March 19, 2019 — Westfield

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City council narrowly approves $39M park and plaza bonds / P12

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Council approves housing, zoning Compiled by Sadie Hunter • sadie@youarecurrent.com The Westfield City Council met for a regular meeting March 11. The council will meet again at 7 p.m.

March 25 at City Hall, 130 Penn St. What happened: The Downtown Westfield Association’s administrative coordinator made a presentation to the council.

What happened: A change of zoning request was approved unanimously for The Lyons Real Estate Team.

What it means: Administrative Coordinator Colleene Quinn presented a brief overview of the programs and events coordinated by the organization.

Quinn said the DWA is working to improve its website, present new and continuing events and create a membership packet, to be rolled out in 2020.

What it means: Petitioner Mike Lyons, of The Lyons Team, a local real estate team with Keller Williams Realty, requested a change of zoning for approximately 0.09 acres at 750 Liberty Dr., so the office can be used as a real estate office.

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DISPATCHES Correction — Alen Cisija’s name was misspelled in a March 12 article.

Westfield Democrats meeting — The Westfield Democrats will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 10 at Wolfie’s Grill, 137 W. Main St. The club will be reorganizing and energizing the Westfield Democrat party.

What happened: The council unanimously approved the Lancaster planned unit development.

What it means: Lancaster, a 145-acre housing development by Platinum Properties Management Co., has approval at the northwest corner of 186th Street and Spring Mill Road. The project includes a variety of home models, including single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes, for a maximum of 490 lots.

The Lancaster housing development was unanimously approved at the Westfield City Council’s March 11 meeting. (File map)

What happened: The Oak Manor North II planned unit development district ordinance was approved.

What it means: The ordinance to make an amendment to building and design standards for a 1-acre property at 3540 E. Ind. 32 for a business, Tire Discounters, was approved. Tire Discounters is an auto service shop.

Councilor Cindy Spoljaric voted against the ordinance with concerns about the business’ overhead doors facing Ind. 32 and the placement of a monument sign.

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What happened: The council introduced an ordinance petitioned by Headfirst Holdings, LLC, which is requesting a reduction of the required landscape buffer.

What it means: No action was taken. The council will vote on the ordinance at its May 13 meeting after receiving a recommendation from the Westfield Advisory Plan Commission.

What happened: The council unanimously approved a resolution to re-establish a cumulative capital development fund.

What it means: The fund will re-implement a 5-cent tax per every $100 of assessed value on a property. The CCD tax rate currently is 5 cents, so there is no change. The tax will be levied on 2019 taxes that will be paid in 2020.

What happened: Councilors held a public hearing for the voluntary annexation of a property in northwest Westfield.

What it means: Owners of property at the southeast corner of 193rd Street and Casey Road have petitioned the City of Westfield for their land to be annexed into city limits. The ordinance, if passed, will take effect Jan. 1, 2020 and return to council for final approval in May. No one spoke at the public hearing.

What happened: Owner Noah Herron of Urban Vines winery is petitioning for an ordinance that would change zoning on the Urban Vines property at 303 E. 161st St. for special uses on the property.

What it means: The change of zoning, if approved, would allow Urban Vines to hold special and temporary-use events on the property, such as weddings.

No action was taken, and the ordinance will be forwarded to the advisory plan commission. The council will vote on the ordinance at its May 13 meeting.

What happened: Petitioners presented a plan for an indoor beach volleyball facility at Grand Park.

What it means: Petitioner Katie Conner said the project would diversify the type of sports offered at Grand Park.

No action was taken. The ordinance will be presented to the Westfield Advisory Plan Commission April 1. The ordinance will return to the city council for a vote May 13.

New member inducted — On March 7, the Westfield Lions Club inducted Penny Dollens-Smith, center, into the club. Past District Gov. Dan Wilcox, right, and Lion Mark Albright conducted the ceremony.

Not pictured is Dollens-Smith’s sponsor, Lion Anna Skinner. Dollens-Smith’s induction brings the club roster up to 55 members. For more on the Westfield Lions Club, visit westfieldlions.org.

Hamilton County Community Foundation announces new staff — The Hamilton County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, announced new staff members: coordinator Morgan Meyer, community leadership officer Mackenzie Poole and effective philanthropy officer Heather Woock.

Mustard Seed of Central Indiana fundraiser set — The Mustard Seed of Central Indiana, a furniture bank based in Fishers, will conduct its first Swing into Spring fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. March 20 at TopGolf, 9200 E. 116th St. The event is $100 in advance and $110 at the door.

There will be food, games and prizes.

Those who attend will be able to play TopGolf as well as participate in a silent auction and other games. Monetary or furniture donations are both accepted.

To donate, visit mustardseedindy.org.

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that they have these ideas and want to get them out into the world.”

Chamber members have the opportunity Five groups of Westfield High School to vote on which business they believe students will have the opportunity to pitch should win. The winning student their business INNOVATION ideas to the or students receive $1,500 — $500 in cash and a $1,000 investment in Westfield Chamtheir business model. The $1,000 is ber of Commerce luncheon attendplaced in a fund where the student ees from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 21 then requests money to purchase at the Bridgewater Club, 3535 E. items needed for the business.

161st St. Several local businesses serve as The students will pitch their busiBruns sponsors to make the prize money ness ideas in a way similar to the possible.

“Shark Tank” television show. This is the “I want to challenge other chambers of fourth year for the event, but the first year commerce in Hamilton County to do the in which students have pitched to a chamsame. I want it to get even bigger,” Bruns ber audience. said. “I would like to do our version, then “When we met this year to talk about Noblesville have a competition with their what we wanted this year to look like, we chamber of commerce, OneZone would have really wanted to find a way to get more of a competition with Fishers and Carmel and the community involved, and so I thought the Hamilton County North Chamber would that presenting to the chamber, we had a have one, and then each one has individual built-in audience for the students just to competitions, and then we all come togethsee a little more energy around the event,” WHS Innovation Specialist Joel Bruns said. “I er for a final round.”

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OBITUARIES Glenn Ray Hollins, 71, Westfield, died March 9. He was born Nov. 5, 1947, in Cincinnati to the late Raymond and Marie Hollins.

Glenn is survived by his loving wife of almost 42 years, Christina J. Hollins; sons, Scott (Jessica) Wagner and Marc (Heather) Wagner; grandchildren, Scotlyn, Avery, Mychaela, Melanee, Derrick, and Merissa; brothers, Ronald (Patricia) Hollins and Donald (Ruth) Hollins; sisters, Linda (Randy Kemmish) Hollins and Beverly Hollins; sister-inlaw Diana (Jerry) Goodman; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by grandson Foster Evan Wagner.

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Carol McCoy, 63, Westfield, died March 5 at Riverview Health in Westfield. She was born July 28, 1955, to Edgar “Gene” and Janet (Wilson) Brashers in Little Rock, Ark. Carol was a charter member for Sheridan First Baptist Church. She was a nurse of more than 25 years at Miller’s Merry ManMcCoy or in Middleton. Carol was a great cook and avid reader. She enjoyed singing and doing crossword puzzles.

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Phase 5 of the Monon Trail will be a pedestrian bridge crossing Ind. 32. Construction is under way, and temporary lane closures may occur along Ind. 32. The Monon Trail is closed near Ind. 32 until the bridge is complete.

NOBLESVILLE Work is ongoing on the Logan Street Pedestrian Bridge Project in downtown Noblesville. The northbound lane of Ind. 19 between Ind. 32 and Logan Street will be closed the duration of the project, through September. The detour consists of taking Ind. 32 westward, turning northbound onto Ind. 38, then eastbound on Logan Street and northbound on Ind. 19 to avoid the closure. On Logan Street, the designated westbound right turn lane on the bridge will become a combined straight and rightturn lane. The eastbound straight lane will be shifted north, and the south side of the bridge will be under construction. The Riverwalk near this area also is closed.

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nesses in anticipation of what’s to come. We’ve been waiting. It’s not some giant monstrosity, it’s a park where people can bring their families, hang out and listen to music.”

Edwards said although he wants the park and plaza to be built, he agreed with some residents that the project might be too convoluted or overly ambitious, and that simplifying the design could save money.

Spoljaric said her issues rose from repeatedly asking for an annual operating costs figure but never receiving one.

She was told for the first time at the meeting, just before voting, that the anuual cost was estimated at $700,000.

Lehman, whose no vote drew surprised responses from meeting attendees, did not expound on his reasons but said he thought speakers during the public hearing made good points and that he’d be happy to talk to anyone about his concerns or reasoning at a later time.

Councilor Jim Ake was frustrated by accusations that the city had not been transparent enough or did not offer enough opportunity for public input.

“We’ve been at this 12 years or longer. It’s been vetted,” he said. “We’ve had public meetings about this, and to have doubts at the 11th hour doesn’t get us anywhere.

This has been an open process all the way through, and the people I’ve talked to are tired of waiting. The park will only cost more as we go forward.”

City officials said construction of Grand Junction Park and Plaza could start as early as this summer for a projected completion date of summer 2021.

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At the March 11 Westfield City Council meeting, President Mark Keen took a brief pause before casting what would be the determining vote to approve bonds COVER STORY up to $39 million to fund Grand Junction Park and Plaza.

Audience members showed surprise when three councilors voted against the bond issuance. The ordinances approving the financing were passed 4-3, with councilors Joe Edwards, Chuck Lehman and Cindy Spoljaric voting no, all citing the park’s total cost as an issue.

More than 10 years in the planning, Grand Junction Park and Plaza will put green space, gathering space and an outdoor music venue in the heart of Westfield’s downtown.

City officials at the meeting vowed that residents would not see a tax hike because the city will use tax increment financing to pay back the bonds, which will happen when the project is built out. And if TIF district money doesn’t cover the cost, officials said local income tax dollars will be used.

John Rogers, Westfield’s director of enterprise development, said based on projections, there should be no issue with paying back the bonds with TIF money, because revenues from the TIF districts are expected to grow by nearly $3 million in the next five years. Rogers said an even stronger projection shows more than $20 million in the same amount of time.

Residents and business owners spoke during a public hearing. Eleven spoke against the project and eight spoke in favor of it. Most speaking against said the overall cost was too high, while others pointed to the Grand Park sports complex as an example of an economic development project that didn’t perform as quickly or as well as the city projected. Those speaking in favor were primarily business owners

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who said they started or moved their business to Westfield with the anticipation of Grand Junction being successful, or were members of the Grand Junction Task Group, a collection of residents and stakeholders who originally got the project off the ground several years ago.

Resident Ron Thomas said since Westfield became a city, its debt has grown exponentially.

“Our community was established back in 1834, 185 years ago. In the past 12 years, we’ve been a city, but our debt in that first 173 years was only $10 million total,” Thomas said.

“We’re now somewhere, with this (project), around $200 million. What is the rush of continuing to grow that debt so quickly? We don’t need to be Carmel with $1.3 billion in another 10 years.”

Melanie Miles, resident and owner of the Rail restaurant on Park Street, spoke in favor of the project as a business owner. Her restaurant is just west of where the plaza will be built.

“My husband Toby and I opened Rail five years ago this April. We knew (opening the restaurant) was going to be a little bit of a challenge because we saw businesses come and go,” Miles said. “We would even joke and say, ‘We’ll build it and hopefully make it until Grand Junction Plaza happens,’ but there is some truth in that. (Downtown business owners) have all invested our own money. We’re busy every Friday and Saturday.

We’re packed, but that’s not enough. You have to be busy every lunch, every weeknight dinner.

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CD update accounting for stream modification and code changes Right of way and easement acquisition Reimbursable relocation of utilities Remaining removal of items on site Earthwork to grade site and install culvert under Jersey Street Road construction All hardscape and site/civil features east of stream All hardscape and site/civil features east of stream Structural building features Amphitheatre, stage, supporting buildings Ice rink pavilion, supporting buildings Trailhead pavilion Seeding, sodding, landscaping Surface and equipment at NE quad Construction administration and management

A chart from the City of Westfield shows a cost breakdown for Grand Junction Park and Plaza.

$120,000 $50,000 $200,815 $246,945 $865,439 $886,639 $3,783,923 $7,860,430 $9,160,386 ($4,207,661) ($3,345,727) ($1,606,998) $2,645,425 $872,975 $2,159,118 $2,200,00 $4,000,000 TOTAL $35,052,095

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LETTER Green New Deal concept an ‘idiotic scheme’

New age question Commentary by Terry Anker Sam Adams, colorful mayor of Portland, Ore., is recorded as saying of his city, “This is where young people come to retire.”

Likely, he was addressing the rampant youth homeless challenges that confront his city and others in the Pacific Northwest. Still, he does point to an interesting sociological theme. At the turn of the most recent century, the phenomena was routinely called a failure to launch.

Now, much more accepted in the general population, it has morphed into a panoply of forms. This is not to say that some gap years, world tours and periods of self-discovery are not entirely warranted, but they are assuredly more common, in some cases expected, among a growing number of young adults.

Metal-detecting seniors strolling along the beach in South Florida might be seen in a T-shirt declaring that youth is wasted on the young.

In many ways, it makes sense. As we age, we become more self-assured and confident in our own skin.

The elderly are routinely measured as markedly happier and more content, even as they divest themselves of their many ambitions as unattainable due to an understanding of their own limitations or simply a chronological lack of runway. Is it possible that happiness correlates with low stress, which correlates with low self-expectations?

Likewise, could we claim that retirement is wasted on the elderly?

Could we match the retirementprovided spirit of freedom to an ambulatory and youthful body? One wonders, are these constraints societal or necessary in the evolution of humankind? If we give up early, can we still find satisfaction in a life well spent? Is permanent vacation or productive labor the key to fulfillment?

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

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Stop the DST insanity Commentary by Danielle Wilson I’m starting a movement, people. End daylight saving time now, before we tear ourselves to pieces! It’s archaic, HUMOR old-fashioned, out of date, antiquated, obsolete and redundant.

I mean, we do this every. Single. Spring.

And I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one still riding the struggle bus, 10 days in. My poor teenagers, bleary-eyed over their cereal, can’t even tell that it’s morning. “What’s happening, Mommy?” one whispers, a tear rolling down her cheek and into a bowl of Lucky Charms, to which she’s forgotten to add milk. “I don’t feel right.” Me, neither, sweetheart. Me, neither.

I’m going to bed at 8 p.m., waking at 4 a.m., and panicking every time I find a clock that I forgot to reset. The extra daylight also is messing with my internal ginge-ometer (trademark pending), which measures my genetic vulnerability as a redhead to sunshine. The needle has been frantically

oscillating between “You Can Go Outside Now, It’s Dark” and “No, Wait a Few More Minutes.” And, it will only get worse. Come June, I won’t be able to enjoy the glorious freedom of true night until way past reruns of “Jeopardy.”

Is this any way to live, I ask? Must we continue on blindly, pretending we haven’t sacrificed a precious hour of our existence to the ancient gods of a long-since demised, agrarian-based society? Have we no decency? Think of the children!

So join me, and together we can, nay, we will, end this DST madness (or at least force a switch to central time. Anyone with a map can see we should ally ourselves with fellow Midwesterners rather than East Coasters).

Huzzah! Peace out.

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

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

-Mark Twain

Editor, I should like to politely disagree with the letter by Dr. Steve Simon about the Green New Deal. I do not have a Ph.D., but I do have some common sense.

The whole concept of the Green New Deal is one of the most idiotic schemes ever devised by our politicians. The idea of doing away with all fossil fuels is totally impractical. There is no way we can totally depend on wind power or solar power to supply all our energy needs. The most laughable part of this concept is that of doing away with cows to eliminate their flatulence.

I am not totally convinced that climate change is as bad as some scientists lead us to believe. Even if we grant that climate change poses an imminent danger to our planet, there must be better ways of dealing with it than with the Green New Deal.

Dr. Stevens does not mention it in his letter, but I would like to add that the thinking that the United States should pay the major part of the bill for climate change in the world is another ridiculous idea.

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Commentary by Dick Wolfsie If there’s something on the market that might make my life a little easier, you can bet I’m going to try it. My interHUMOR est was piqued when I saw a product on Amazon called the EZ Cracker, which is a nifty little mechanism that (the manufacturer claims) takes all the work and mess out of cracking eggs.

For a mere $17.95, this product guarantees you’ll never find eggshells in your food again. You simply place the egg in this handheld appliance and squeeze the handles. Before you know it, it has sliced the egg cleanly in half and deposited the liquid contents in a bowl, yolk intact. I’ll wait while you grab your credit card.

As a bonus, there is a tiny spindle attached to this kitchen tool that you can insert into the raw egg, and after a bit of witchcraft, the egg is scrambled while it is still in the shell. Why is the newest iPad getting all the good PR? Testimonials from recent buyers were mostly positive, but there are some complaints: “I would love to give this five stars, but I find that it doesn’t work with

free-roaming eggs.” Don’t eggs have to be stationary in order for the thing to operate properly? One customer said the EZ Cracker was “OK,” but that she probably wouldn’t order another one. Was she thinking of putting one in the extra bedroom?

Amazon says some people who bought an EZ Cracker also purchased the $5.99 Egg Yolky, a state-of-the-art device that divides the yellow from the white in order to make cholesterol-free dishes. I’m thinking that people too lazy to crack their own eggs are not real interested in a healthy diet.

Another featured egg item is a round wire thingamajig that cuts the top off of softboiled eggs. One husband was angry his wife left it out where the kids could find it because he thought it was her IUD. I wish I were making that up.

I’m going to stick to the old-standard methods of food prep. What would Eggs Benedict be without a little crunch?

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

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By Sadie Hunter • sadie@youarecurrent.com A California-based company specializing in an alternative to smokeless tobacco products has chosen NEW IN TOWN Westfield for its new headquarters, a move welcomed by the city council.

At the March 11 Westfield City Council meeting, members unanimously approved a resolution establishing tax abatements for Grinds, LLC at its new headquarters, production facility and warehouse at 17075 Oak Ridge Rd. The property is in an area the council deemed an economic revitalization area in June 2008, allowing the body to offer the tax abatement.

Grinds, LLC manufactures small pouches of flavored coffee grounds as a tobaccocessation product. Originally designed to be an alternative for smokeless/chewing tobacco, the product has been developed into an energy source, similar to — and arguably healthier than — an energy drink, according to Ken Warren, Grinds’ chief operations officer.

Warren said one pouch is equal in caffeine to approximately a quarter-cup of coffee.

“We’re looking forward to opening our new production facility and warehouse in Westfield,” Warren said. “We are relocating our headquarters from Oakland, Calif., that employs about 26 people currently. Those will all be moved here. The average salary is $40,000, and that’s a conservative number.

The lowest-paying job will be $35,000 with no overtime. The capital investment is $5.7 million, and that includes the production facility, the inside of an existing warehouse as well as capital equipment purchases for our manufacturing lines.”

The entire facility will be approximately 27,000 square feet, 7,500 of which will be production space. Warren said the space will allow the company to produce approximately 10 times the volume of product. An estimated 56 new jobs will be added.

The tax abatement of 100 percent in the first year will decline by 20 percent each subsequent year.

Warren said a can of 18 to 20 pouches can cost between $4.50 and $5.

For the full story, visit currentinwestfield. com.

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Senior Christian Williams, who has cerebral palsy, enrolled at Lawrence Central her sophomore year, arriving in a manual wheelchair she had used since second grade. Someone had to push the wheelchair wherever she went.

Her junior year, her father found an electric wheelchair at a garage sale, and Williams was able to use that. However, she returned to school her senior year in the manual wheelchair because the batteries failed in the electric one and its seatbelt was shredded.

Lawrence Central teacher Deb Dufek launched a GoFundMe to raise money for a battery charger for the power chair.

When teacher Andy McClain heard about the effort, he contacted one of his former students, Grant Klinedinst, a Zionsville resident, who works as a rehab product specialist at Quantum Rehab.

From left, rehab product specialist Grant Klinedinst, Christian Williams and clinical education manager J.B. Radabaugh are creating a case study to educate others on the importance of mobility through power wheelchairs. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Klinedinst immediately offered to help.

Klinedinst asked Williams if she would be interested in participating in a case study so that Quantum Rehab could use her story to educate clinicians across the nation. She agreed.

Quantum Rehab clinical education manager J.B. Radabaugh, Westfield, is working on the presentation for Williams’ case study. He’s planning on using Williams as a keynote during his presentation, which will

be ready in the spring.

“The goal is really to help therapists and physicians and caregivers to get past the barriers of mobility,” Radabaugh said. “A lot of times, people think with a power chair, they’re so heavy they’ll never be able to use it, or they don’t have the mental or physical capacity to, but it’s allowing individuals significant social growth and cognition by having the ability to do what they want to do when they want to do it, which is making them more independent.”

The chair normally costs $20,000. Williams received the chair free for participating in the case study.

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Williams especially likes the eye-level feature on the Quantum Rehab chair, which allows her to raise up to see the food in the lunchroom, meet people at eye level or see herself in the bathroom mirror.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Barrington 5 are a versatile group of performers.

“We play everything from MUSIC The Beach Boys to The Beatles to The Everly Brothers to Jimmy Buffett,” Tim Fishburn said. “There is probably nothing we haven’t attempted to sing.”

What makes the group even more unique is all five are employees of The Barrington of Carmel, a senior living community, and are all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

They formed the singing group approximately 15 months ago. The Barrington 5 performs each Friday night between 30 and 40 minutes at all four care levels of The Barrington, starting at the independent living level during social hour.

“We usually have 90 to 100 people show up there,” said Fishburn, resident services coordinator. “We then go to memory care, then assisted living and finish in skilled nursing.”

The other members of the group are Fishers residents David Hui Hui and Scott Buhler and Geist-area residents Sarah Lopez and Laura Haynie.

Haynie works in the elite concierge services department on the independent living side. Lopez is the lifestyles coordinator for memory care. Hui Hui and Buhler are drivers.

“The Barrington 5 is rewarding in a multitude of ways,” Lopez said. “I love connecting with the residents on this more personal level. It helps build community and family. I started working for The Barrington four years ago and it led me to bring in these four friends of mine, but I had no idea at the time what that would mean to me and the residents here. I had close relationships with residents and these friends before our group formed. But serving this way has made us all a strong family group that are there for each other and lift one another up. It has been a joy and blessing.”

From left, Tim Fishburn, Sarah Lopez, David Hui Hui, Laura Haynie and Scott Buhler perform as The Barrington 5. (Submitted photo)

Fishburn said the musical performances usually have a theme. For instance, a recent theme was beach songs, featuring songs by The Beach Boys and similar groups.

“They’ll choose after every song what they think the theme for that night is,” Fishburn said. “Usually, they guess it after two or three, unless we are being really cantankerous and making it really hard.

But not often will we do that.”

The group performed Disney songs for the memory care unit and Lopez dressed as Snow White.

Fishburn said everyone sings. Hui Hui, who is from Hawaii, plays the guitar.

“He’s extremely gifted in many ways,” Fishburn said. “He put himself through college (BYU-Hawaii) by singing at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii. He is incredible.”

Fishburn also can play guitar when Hui Hui isn’t available. There also is a karaoke box if needed to play in the background as the group sings.

“We all ended up at The Barrington one by one, and we were drawn here to have

this music ministry,” Fishburn said.

Lopez organized the Christmas program and The Barrington 5 provided the entertainment.

“She wrote it, choreographed the whole thing,” Fishburn said.

Fishburn said Hui Hui and Lopez occasionally perform as a duet called Serendipity.

“Once a quarter, they will put on a concert,” Fishburn said. “They did all songs from movies or plays. It was incredibly good. I emceed it and they did all the talent-side of it.”

Lopez suggested The Barrington as a place to work for Fishburn, who had turned his business, Midwest Sports Complex, over to his son.

“I just fell in love with it,” said Fishburn, who was originally hired as a driver.

Fishburn said the music ministry gets a number of requests from residents to sing at funerals.

“We have also been able to go to the residents’ apartments and sing happy birthday as well as sing them one or two of their favorite songs,” Fishburn said.

Oca gets spot on Cooking Channel show editorial@youarecurrent.com Goose the Market’s Carmel restaurant, Oca, is being featured on “Burgers, Brew & ‘Que” on the Cooking Channel.

The episode featuring Oca will air at 9:30 p.m. March 26 and 1:30 a.m. March 27.

Oca opened in Sun King Spirits, 351 Monon Blvd. in Carmel in July 2018. Oca also has a restaurant inside Sun King Brewing, 135 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. There also is an Oca inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

“The episode Oca is in we are the only one from Indiana,” said Corrie Cook, libation and narration manager for Goose the Market.

The episode was filmed at the Indianapolis Oca in summer 2018.

Chef Chris Eley, who co-owns Oca with his, wife Mollie, is behind the counter crafting Oca’s specialties from start to finish like a cooking show. Eley demonstrates the restaurant’s custom recipes made by hand, from grinding and stuffing sausages to dressing every dish.

Oca’s specialties include slow-roasted top round beef, piccante meatballs, house-made salumi and vegetarian plates.

Westfield — Rob Amrhein, a guitarist and singer who performs a variety of songs from The Beatles to The Fray to Ed Sheehan, will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. March 23 at Urban Vines & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St. Noblesville — The Fourth Friday Young Musicians Series at Logan Street Sanctuary, 1274 Logan St., is set for 7 p.m. March 22.

Tickets are $5.

Indianapolis — Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play” has been extended through March 31 at Indiana Repertory Theatre. Several matinee times are scheduled. For more, visit irtlive.com.

Carmel — Illusionist David Thomas leads this story-driven theatrical experience featuring beautiful costumes and set designs and whimsical humor at 2 and 7 p.m. March 23 at The Tarkington. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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“Grease,” Beef & March 20; 1:30 and 8 p.m. March Boards Dinner 23; 1:30 and 7 p.m. March 24 Theatre, Indianapolis Sarah Daniels stars as Sandy, and Kaleb Lankford stars as Danny in the classic musical based at a high school in 1959.

Cost: $45 to $70 (includes buffet dinner)

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“Fools,” Carmel Apprentice Theatre, The Cat Theatre, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel

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The two-time Grammy winner, 81, who is equally adept at singing pop and jazz, first rose to popularity in the 1960s.

Cost: $29 to $85

Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play,” The Cabaret, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis

7 p.m. March 22, 23; 2 p.m.

March 24

Civic Theatre presents Oscar Wilde’s farce, adapted by Michael J. Lasley and Parrish Williams.

Cost: $15 to $20

Cost: $8 (youth) to $15

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“The Importance of Being Earnest,” Civic Theatre, Studio Theater, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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2 p.m. March 21; 5 and 9 p.m., March 23; 2 p.m. March 24

Lucas Hnath’s play follows up on Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking play focused on feminism, marriage and societal expectations.

Neil Simon’s comedy focuses on a new teacher traveling to a small yet strange Russian village to teach the town doctor’s daughter, who the teacher falls in love with.

Cost: $15 to $20

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Graham Nash will perform at the Palladium at 8 p.m. March 22. (Submitted photo)

Graham Nash, the Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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March 22

Graham Nash, from Crosby, Stills & Nash and, occasionally, Young, and the Hollies, will share songs and stories from his legendary career. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with both groups.

Cost: $30 to $285

More: thecenterpresents.org

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Noon March 21; 10 a.m. and Noon March 20; 11 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m., March 23; 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. March 24

The story of friendship is designed for children ages 3 to 8. The musical’s script and lyrics are by Mo Willems, who wrote a book series about Elephant & Piggie.

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that it was weighed down by the volume of repetitious dialogue and political commentary of the time.”

Civic Theatre Artistic Director Michael One benefit for Lawrence resident Craig Lasley had wanted to bring “The Importance Kemp is he already has a of Being British accent.

THEATER Earnest” to “One thing that attracted the stage me to it is I’m English, so but first felt changes were I don’t have to struggle needed. with the accent,” he said. “I So, he and Assistant quite like flaky vicar charDirector Parrish Williams acters. I will enjoy being worked on an adaptation Kemp Duprey Rev. Canon Chasuble.” of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 clasLawrence resident Sabrina Dusic farce and it will have its debut prey is making her Civic debut as at The Studio Theater at the Center Cecily Cardew. for the Performing Arts in Carmel. It “She doesn’t pay attention to opens March 22 and runs through her lessons and gets caught up in April 6. her imagination,” Duprey said. “But “Both Parrish and I were very she is extremely quick-witted and familiar with the original text due, Reilly thinks she knows everything, so frankly, to the fact that we’ve been she is very fun to play.” around theater for as long as we have, Bradford Reilly, a North Central High and we’ve all seen or done the show many School graduate and Bloomington resident, times,” Lasley said. “It’s a great, classic plays Algernon Moncrieff. show, but we felt it needed a refresh to ap“I get to eat a lot on stage, so I have to peal to a contemporary audience. We didn’t make sure my mouth is clear when I’m talkset out to update the story or language, ing,” Reilly said. “I did a script analysis for a but rather to cut the fat out and focus the group project as an undergraduate at Ball narrative.

State.”

“A lot of the original text remains intact, For more, visit civictheatre.org. but the main issue, as we saw with it, was

Hosner enjoying role at IRT

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tion of ‘Photograph 51” at the Court Theatre in Chicago. He said there are a number of similarities with the roles.

Nathan Hosner is a huge fan of Lucas “Both deal with choices we make, living Hnath’s sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s classic. with those choices, and how regret Hosner perversus accepting the results of PERFORMANCE forms as Torthose choices and moving forward vald in “A Doll’s can shape the rest of our lives,” House, Part 2,” which runs through Hosner said. “Both Maurice and TorApril 7 at the Indiana Repertory Theatre vald are haunted by decisions and in Indianapolis. The story revolves events of the past.” around Torvald’s wife, Nora, returning Hosner performed in “Holmes and 15 years after leaving her family.

Hosner Watson” at IRT in the fall of 2018.

‘While this play is emotionally Prior to that, he played Aramis in “The Three challenging as an actor, Lucas Hnath’s script Musketeers” in IRT’s 2016 production. is a joy to perform, and the entire cast is “I’m thrilled to have been a part of three relishing the playing of it,” Hosner said. “It’s productions in less than three years,” said such an engaging, funny, moving and comHosner, who has been based in Chicago for pact story. Of all the productions I’ve been 16 years. “As someone who has worked in involved in over the years, I can think of few New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, I hope I’ve been more excited to bring to an audithe Circle City appreciates how fortunate ence. Hnath is a genius. The play may be set they are to have a theater of this consistent in the 1890s, but it couldn’t be more fresh high quality and with such vital artistic and current, both in style and content, and yet Hnath somehow honors and continues to leadership. IRT is right up there with all three of those cities.” illuminate Ibsen’s original work.”

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founded by disc jockey Dick Robinson.

Jones said he doesn’t base his show on his hits alone.

Jack Jones is eagerly preparing for his “I do the important ones,” first trip to the Palladium.

Jones said. “I do the two The one in Grammy Awards and ‘The CONCERT Carmel, that is.

Love Boat’ theme. The show’s “I’ve been in designed to go from mood to the Palladium in London about mood. I do ‘Girl Talk,’ poking 25 times,” Jones said. “From fun at the ladies in a nice way the looks of this, it’s going to and a careful way, too. I’m top the Palladium in London. just doing things that have It’s a beautiful theater.” worked for me in my concert.”

Jones, 81, will perform at 8 Jones, who rose to popularp.m. March 23 at the Palladium ity in the 1960s, won Gramat the Center for the Performmys for best male vocal ing Arts in Carmel. performance for “Lollipops and “This one has been planned Jack Jones will perform at Roses” in 1963 and “Wives and a long time because of Mi8 p.m. March 23 at the PalLovers” in 1965. chael Feinstein and what they ladium. (Submitted photo) Jones plays The Beach Boys’ are doing there promoting song “God Only Knows” in an arrangement the American Songbook and preserving the

by Beach Boys member Bruce Johnston.

American Songbook,” Jones said. “It’s all a “As long as I can sing and feel good, I’m good thing.” fine,” Jones said. “The audience has to be Feinstein is the Carmel-based Great American Songbook Foundation founder and there. Fortunately, there are people writing me already, ‘Could I get an autograph from the Center for the Performing Arts artistic you when I’m there?’ I haven’t been in that director. area in a long time.”

Jones, a pop and jazz singer, was a longFor more, visit thecenterpresents.org. time member of The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook,

Any port in a storm Commentary by Elizabeth Morse In December 2018, I shared my love of Sherry. Right on the heels of Sherry seems like the perfect time WINEderlust to mention another fortified wine: port.

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They are great during the holidays and cold weather and are actually great throughout the year. Sub them for an after-dinner drink, or in some cases, a stand-in for dessert.

2011 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port is a crowd-pleaser. It can be described as a classic. A smooth but meaty option with heaps of black cherry. It is a delicious mouthful and great with chocolate and caramel. A little pricey at $49 for the smaller, 375 ml bottle.

2008 Dow’s Port, Quinta Senhora da Ribera presents a deep, dark color with spiced berries on the nose. The finish is at once bright, long and lingering. An intense and concentrated wine. Lovely with dark

chocolate ($75).

2016 Kopke Vintage Porto is another black beauty. Kopke is the oldest port house in the world, founded by a German diplomat in 1638. The hand-stenciled bottles stand out on a bar and add a sentimental nod to tradition. Very dark in color with aromas of black fruit in the glass and one of my favorite flavor combos: cocoa, violet and black pepper on the tongue. An aggressive mouthful, Kopke layers balance, flavor and tannin beautifully. Big, long finish. About $60.

The aforementioned would be a hit with dark chocolate, caramel and fruit desserts but would work with dinner, too. Berry flavors can be a terrific match with savory fare like roasted meat, blue cheese and duck. Cheers.

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Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I had a friend visit me the other day to tell me about a problem. I listened to her secret shame GRAMMAR GUY and consoled her.

Under the veil of anonymity, she agreed to allow me to use her issue, but not her real name. For our purposes, we’ll call her Gwenifer.

Gwenifer didn’t know whether to use the word “medal” or “metal” in an email she was typing. When I reminded her of the existence of “meddle” and “mettle,” her brain nearly exploded.

Medal, metal, meddle and mettle are examples of homophones. Homophones are a type of homonym that sound alike, have different meanings and also have different spellings.

Metal is a substance like gold, silver or copper that is usually hard and shiny.

Metals are malleable and have excellent thermal and electrical conductivity properties.

Confusingly, a “medal” is always made of metal. In the Olympics, the top three contestants win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A medal is a flat-

tened piece of metal, often in the shape of a circle, to commemorate or honor someone.

Meddle is when you get all up in someone else’s business, to borrow from a common colloquialism. Meddle means getting involved in another person’s matters without (and often against) her consent.

Gwenifer’s nosy neighbor Nina often meddles when she gives Gwenifer unwelcome relationship advice.

What does “mettle” mean, and how did we get it? It simply means courage or fortitude. Mettle speaks of a brave person’s unwavering temperament. If it sounds similar to “metal,” that’s because mettle originated from a metaphorical version of metal.

I don’t fault folks like Gwenifer when they trip over these incredibly similar words; that’s why I didn’t even mention pedal, petal, peddle and pettle. Those are homophones for another day.

Curtis Honeycutt is a national award-winning, syndicated humor writer.

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Porvoo, Finland, from the Porvoonjoki River. (Photo by Don Knebel)

A brief history of Porvoo Commentary by Don Knebel For visitors to Helsinki, Finland, a drive to Porvoo takes an hour. It provides an opportunity to go back several hundred years.

Beginning in prehistory, TRAVEL members of the Tavastian tribe lived in the areas around the Porvoonjoki River in southern Finland. In the middle of the 13th century, Sweden, apparently encouraged by the Pope, launched military crusades to impose Christianity on the Tavastians, eventually gaining control of what is now Finland. Swedish immigrants established Porvoo as a trading town on the eastern bank of the Porvoonjoki River, near where it empties into the Gulf of Finland.

Porvoo’s residents built a small wooden church in their new town, which they rebuilt in the 15th century from stone, featuring a steep wooden roof and a separate bell tower. By the beginning of the 18th century, Sweden had become Lutheran. Porvoo, profiting from agricultural trade, had become the second-largest city in Finland, and Porvoo’s church had become a cathedral as the seat of the bishop for Finland’s Swedish-

speaking Lutherans. Near the end of the 18th century, Porvoo residents painted the wooden warehouses along the river red in anticipation of a visit by Swedish King Gustav III. In 1809, the Diet of Porvoo was convened in the town hall, and the resulting document transferring control of Finland from Sweden to Russia was signed that year in the Porvoo Cathedral.

Today, Porvoo is a modern city, with about 50,000 residents, a third of whom still speak Swedish. The Old Town, with a population of about 800, is set off from the rest of the city and its buildings meticulously maintained. Most of the still-red riverside warehouses serve as restaurants or private homes. The Old Town Hall is a museum, and the cathedral still welcomes worshippers.

When you are next in Helsinki, spend an afternoon in Porvoo.

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

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Beacon Technologies seeks Software developer. Position requires an associate’s degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of experience.

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