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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com At its core, Prevail is working to put itself out of business.

The NoblesHAMILTON COUNTY ville-based advocate for victims of crime and abuse works to promote its mission to the community in April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but its overarching objective is to prevent sexual assault and abuse altogether.

“What we are actually trying to do is call it more Sexual Assault Prevention Month,” Prevail Marketing and Events Coordinator Natasha Robinson said. “Just bringing awareness is one thing, but really focusing on preventing the crime is a totally different thing. So, you know, a lot of that is breaking down the barriers with victim blaming and believing victims when they say they were a victim of a crime. Those are two issues we face constantly.”

Prevail has several opportunities throughout April to promote awareness and prevention, including Denim Day on April 28, when Prevail staff members wear jeans or denim.

“Why we wear denim is because in Italy in 1992, there was an 18-year-old girl who was raped, and why they decided the perpetrator couldn’t be guilty is because her jeans were too tight for him to pull off and rape her, so the next day all the women in parliament wore jeans as a protest to the Supreme Court,” Robinson said. “Those are just examples of victim blaming, (such as), ‘Her skirt was so short, she was totally asking for it,’ ‘Men can’t be sexually assaulted, they’re too masculine and too big so that can’t happen to them,’ so those are a lot of things we deal with around Sexual Assault Awareness Month.”

This year, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is from April 18 to 24, and Prevail is promoting it through several public displays of the Clothesline Project, a collection of T-shirts designed by Prevail clients. The

From left, Prevail Executive Director Susan Ferguson, Hare Truck Center Commercial Sales Manager Todd Thurston and Prevail Marketing and Events Coordinator Natasha Robinson display some of the Clothesline Project shirts at Hare Truck Center in Noblesville. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

color of the shirt corresponds to the type of crime the victim faced.

“We started the Clothesline Project to give the victims a chance to have a voice,” Robinson said. “This is their chance to anonymously be on a soapbox and share a message with the community.”

T-shirts from the Clothesline Project will be on display across Hamilton County throughout the month, including at Riverview Health, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Hare Chevrolet, HAND, Trinity Free Clinic, the Westfield Washington Township Trustee’s office and elsewhere. Some participating organizations display the shirts for a week, and others display them for the entire month. Robinson said there’s still time for interested businesses to display the shirts, and they can leave them up through May, if they’d like.

Prevail Executive Director Susan Ferguson said the Clothesline Project helps remove the victim stigma from a crime, especially one of a sexual nature.

“I think it’s important because sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, and this is a way to create an environment that allows people to feel less stigmatized about reporting it and asking for help,” she said.

Hare Truck Center Commercial Sales Manager Todd Thurston said the business will display T-shirts this month but supports Prevail throughout the year.

“Education, to me, is the key, and one of the reasons I like the Clothesline Project is because each T-shirt you see tells a unique story,” Thurston said.

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Westfield council approves resolution for investigation

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ask our oversight committee of the council to look into that to put together a list of how many dollars have been spent to date The Westfield City Council unanimously on that so we can disclose that to the approved a resolution during its April 11 public.” meeting allowJohns said he hopes the overGOVERNMENT ing the council sight committee will learn of ways to conduct an to avoid a similar occurrence in the investigation regarding the litigafuture. tion between Mayor Andy Cook and Attorney Manny Herceg, representClerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard. The ing the city, attended the meeting resolution states the council exand said he was concerned about pects access to records pertaining the request and stated that the Johns to the investigation. attorneys would not be able to diCouncil President Mike Johns said much vulge information specific to attorney-client of the council’s concern is about the fees privilege. But Johns said the council wants accrued by both parties. to keep the investigation strictly to the fi“There is litigation between two arms nancial aspect of the case. of our city, our administration and our Herceg said a joint motion was filed April clerk-treasurer’s office, and we are con9 and that the parties were working toward cerned with the costs that have accrued a resolution. because of that,” Johns said. “My plan is to For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

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COMEBACK PATIENT OF THE MONTH This is one in a series of case studies of triumph over injury.

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BACKGROUND: Michael, 8th grader at Noblesville West Middle school, plays football and baseball both at school and through travel leagues. Since his first injury in 5th grade, Michael has dealt with reoccurring sports related knee injuries. When Michael was first injured, his father, Brandon, knew Michael Bennett is an 8th he wanted to get his son over to Methodist Sports grader at Noblesville West Medicine for an evaluation. Brandon had surgery Middle School performed on his knee at MSM years ago when he was injured in high school sports. Knowing the level of care that he received then, and how smoothly the recovery process was, Brandon got Michael set up at MSM. WHY MSM: “Every experience throughout this process has been fantastic,” said Brandon, Michael’s father. “From the care that he received the moment we walked in, to the treatment by Dr. Ritter and his associates, the surgery at Beltway, to the physical therapy at Finch Creek with Nate and Melissa, it has all been phenomenal!”

THE JOURNEY: During his appointment with Dr. Mark Ritter, specialist in orthopedic sports medicine & trauma, Michael was informed that he had a hereditary condition which offset his kneecaps, causing ongoing patella instability. With the need to hold off on surgery until his growth plates were closed, Michael received physical therapy at MSM until the time was right. At a checkup appointment in the fall of 2020, Michael was informed that his growth plates were officially closed, and that it was time to make a tough decision to either keep playing through the pain, or go through with the surgery. Ultimately, Michael decided to have the surgery so that he would be back on the field for summer ball and freshman football. “I thought I would not be able to try out for the Middle School baseball team,” said Michael. “My recovery was so far ahead of schedule I was able to try out for the team and make it.” A surgery that typically takes six to nine months for recovery took Michael only four and a half.

“Michael poured dedication and energy into his rehabilitation,” said Dr. Ritter. “He’s returning to the baseball diamond just a few months after his reconstructive surgery. His quick return is a product of his hard work with MSM’s physical therapy staff.”

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County planning director retires — Charles Kiphart, a longtime director of the Hamilton County Planning Dept., retired April 16. Kiphart was hired in 1989 as the county’s first director of the planning department.

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month — On April 5, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb issued a proclamation declaring April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Indiana.

Now in its 11th year, the national observance is dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers and consequences of distracted driving.

Summer art camps for youth — Westfield Washington Township is offering art camps for youth ages 10 and older. Two weeklong art camps will be offered in the summer. Visit westfieldwashingtontwp.us for registration and details and for other youth activities.

WHS grad earns fellowship — Westfield High School graduate Sam Pigott, now a senior at Earlham College in Richmond earned one of the nation’s 42 Watson Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year.

The post-graduate award is worth $36,000 and supports independent study and travel.

F.C. Tucker stats — Westfield experienced a fast-moving residential real estate market in March, with homes selling very quickly.

According to F.C. Tucker Company, Westfield homes sold in an average of 60 percent – or 42 days – faster than this time last year.

The average sale price of a home in Westfield continued to increase, up 6.9 percent to $402,460, compared to March 2020. Westfield homes also experienced an increase in the average price per square foot - up 12.9 percent to $162.58.

North Central Beekeepers to meet April 21 — The North Central Beekeepers Club meets the third Wednesday at Cool Creek Nature Center in Westfield at 6:30 p.m. Experienced beekeepers will be available to answer any questions a half hour before the meeting starts. Meetings are free to attend in person or online by all levels of beekeepers located centrally north of Indianapolis. Those interested in becoming beekeepers are welcome. See the club’s Facebook group for details about the new online and in-person attendance procedures. The next meeting is April 21 with presentations on Mite Counts and Beekeeping by Chiang Kai-shek.

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The event will include an update from ICPYAS Executive Director Melissa Peregrin The Indiana Center for Prevention of and feature keynote speaker Erin Merryn.

Youth Abuse and Suicide will host its annual Merryn, a survivor of childhood sexual Rise Up For Kids abuse who is internationally known FUNDRAISER breakfast virtufor her activism to protect children, ally this year. will speak about her life experiencThe event, set for 8 a.m. April 29, es and also her perseverance in will serve as an education and adpassing Erin’s Law. vocacy event.

Erin’s Law, which has been Maggie Owens, ICPYAS director passed in more than 30 states, inof education and community relacluding Indiana, requires that public Merryn tions, said the event is important schools implement a child abuse to spread awareness of the Carmel-based prevention program, which teaches K-12 stuorganization’s mission in Hamilton County. dents about body safety and education. The “Child abuse is very prevalent in our law also requires training and education for communities, and sometimes people are not all staff in schools, including bus drivers, aware that Hamilton County and the suron how to protect kids and recognize and rounding areas do have a high child abuse report abuse. rate,” Owens said.

The event will be presented on Facebook Owens said the event is a way to learn live and is free and open to the public. A about the prevention programs in place recording will be posted on the ICPYAS webin schools and the community. It will also site following the event. provide information on how to identify and Learn more at indianaprevention.org.

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COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION WESTFIELD Project: 146th Street roundabouts Location: A section of 146th Street between Towne Road and Shelborne Road is being rerouted south for a Hamilton County project. This section of 146th Street is being constructed to connect to the roundabouts. Drivers are encouraged to use caution in the area and follow the direction of signage.

Expected completion: Aug. 1.

Project: East Street extension Location: A section of Grassy Branch Road between 203rd Street and Ind. 38 is permanently closed as of March 23.

Additionally, a section of 203rd Street is permanently closed as of March 26.

Both closures are associated with the East Street extension project which will improve safety at the Ind. 38 intersection when complete.

Detour: Follow the direction of signage in this area until the new section of East Street is open later this year.

Project: Little Eagle Creek Avenue roundabout Location: Little Eagle Creek Avenue is closed to all thru traffic between 146th Street and 156th Street for roundabout construction.

Estimated completion: July 20 Detour: Local traffic will continue to have access to their homes, while thru traffic is asked to utilize the posted detour route of Hamilton Boone County Road, 156th Street and Shelborne Road.

Project: Changed stop condition Location: The traffic pattern on Centennial Road changed as of Feb. 16. Traffic will stop at 193rd Street, and traffic on 193rd Street will not stop at Centennial Road. Advance warning signs have been installed to alert drivers to the new traffic pattern.

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

Project: East Street extension Location: East Street is being extended north from 196th Street to Ind. 38. Utility relocations are ongoing.

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Lyrid Meteor Shower to occur Commentary by Greg McCauley Have you ever looked up in the night sky and wished upon a shooting star? We’re not sure about the power of shooting stars to make dreams come true, ASTRONOMY but we do find them fascinating.

A few times each year, Earth passes through a trail of rocky debris a comet has left behind while orbiting the sun. This comet trail is called a meteor stream, and when Earth passes through this meteor stream, hundreds or thousands of meteors are born. This is called a meteor shower, a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. This year on April 21 and 22, the Lyrid Meteor Shower could produce a dazzling display of 15 to 25 meteors per hour. If you trace the paths of all the Lyrid Meteors backward, they seem to radiate from the constellation Lyra, near the brilliant star Vega. This is only a chance alignment, for these meteors burn up in the atmosphere about 60 miles above the Earth’s surface. Meanwhile, Vega lies trillions of times farther away at 25 light-

years. Yet it’s from Vega’s constellation Lyra that the Lyrid Meteor Shower takes its name. You don’t need to identify Vega or Lyra in order to watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower. The meteors radiate from there, but will appear unexpectedly, in any and all parts of the night sky.

Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1) is the source of the Lyrid meteors. Every year, in late April, our planet Earth crosses the orbital path of this comet. It last visited the inner solar system in 1861, and isn’t expected to return until the year 2276.

Bits and pieces of rock shed by this comet litter its orbit and bombard Earth’s upper atmosphere at 110,000 miles per hour each.

While the Lyrids are a medium-scale shower in terms of the number of meteors, they’re known for producing quite a few fireballs. Look to the northeast sky late in the evening on April 21 and 22.

Westfield resident Greg McCauley is president and CEO of Grand Universe. He also is an amateur astronomer who worked for NASA during the Apollo moon missions.

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Westfield firefighters withstand grueling week to complete prestigious training program

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com At the Indiana Smoke Divers Association, they call it “The 40 percent rule.”

“When your mind tells your body to quit, you are only at 40 percent of your overall physical capacity,” Westfield Fire Dept. firefighter and recent Indiana Smoke Divers Association program graduate Ryan Moore said. “It’s their goal (at the association) to get you past that 40 percent to finding that 60 percent you have left. It sounds like a lot, but it’s not.”

Moore is one of three WFD firefighters who graduated in March from the prestigious training program and one of four WFD firefighters to ever do so. This year, Moore, Lt. Kyle Howe and firefighter Mark Willis graduated from the program. Firefighter Tyler Hittle graduated from it last year.

The program consists of six days of training designed to best prepare firefighters for what they might encounter in a live fire scene. After a few hours of physical training in the morning, the trainees then perform several tasks, such as victim search and rescue, firefighter survival and other scenarios.

“There’s no way to re-create a fire scene — the heat, the adrenaline, the physical labor, there’s no way to re-create all that,” Hittle said. “So, what they’ve done with this program is, the best way that you can re-create it is they put all the stress on you, put you through an exhausting workout program first thing in the morning and then you start training. So, what they’re doing is trying to teach you how to perform while being tired, while being exhausted and to train at the best level you can.”

Hittle graduated from the program last year and returned as an instructor this year. Twenty-eight candidates from across the nation began the program and only 17 finished, including the three from Westfield. Two Noblesville firefighters also completed the program. It was Howe’s and Willis’ second attempt at completing the program. Howe said he was unsuccessful the first time because he wasn’t adequately prepared and left at the end of Day 2. Willis aggravated a previous injury and left on the third day the first time he tried it.

Despite their incredible experience of completing the program this time, the graduates can’t say much about it.

“They want to maintain the integrity of the class,” Howe said. “Whenever someone shows up, like a new candidate, they want them to get the full experience of the class and not be prepared. That’s what causes part of the mental strain is the unknown of what you’re going to be doing that day. That’s the closest way they can get to re-creating the fire ground is by putting that stress on you.”

Despite the rigors of the program, graduates do not receive a promotion or special benefit for completing it.

“This is not something we have to do. This is something we want to do to better ourselves,” Hittle said.

Firefighter Ryan Moore, right, Lt. Kyle Howe, center, and firefighter Mark Willis participate in a training scenario during the Indiana Smoke Divers Association program in March. (Submitted photo)

“It’s not a promotion. It’s not a pay raise,” Willis said. “It’s a pure professional development process.”

Hittle said finding that 40 percent line is different for each candidate.

“You have to experience that for yourself,” Hittle said. “It’s just pure emotion when you finally finish that class.”

Hittle said his main takeaway from completing the program was an improved confidence level.

“If I can go through those six days of hell to save one life, that’s worth it,” he said.

Moore said before he completed the program, he wasn’t aware of his capabilities while responding to a fire.

“I can think of multiple times in my career where I thought I was exhausted and done, and I had so much more and I had no idea, and now I do,” Moore said. “I discovered a lot about myself internally and how far I can really push myself.”

Howe said the Indiana Smoke Divers Association program is taxing and, at times, “terrible.” But he also said it’s very safe. Candidates were expected to consume 5,000 calories a day to fuel their workouts and tasks and drink a minimum of two to three gallons of water. Physicians on-site conducted tests each morning to make sure the firefighters weren’t experiencing muscle failure. Medical help was available for any candidates who began to deteriorate during training. Physical therapy services also were available.

The training was conducted at Wayne Township Fire Dept. All WFD graduates plan to return as instructors for future classes.

For more, visit indianasmokediver.com/isd_about.html.

THE SUPPORT OF AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters Tyler Hittle, Mark Willis, Ryan Moore and Lt. Kyle Howe all applauded the Westfield Fire Dept. for its support of their Indiana Smoke Divers Association training. It costs approximately $900 per firefighter to go through the program, and WFD covered the costs.

But funding wasn’t the department’s only source of support.

For six months leading up to the program, the firefighters went through a preparation program where they followed specific workouts and read books on mental toughness.

“My crew, they helped me more than they know,” Willis said. “One guy, in particular, did the whole training program with me and didn’t even go to class.

He did every single workout alongside me just to give me support. We have been extremely fortunate to have our department behind us.”

“The support of the department is huge,” Moore added. “(Other candidates) with us didn’t have extra equipment when we were changing out to dry gear and we had backup sets of equipment. We have the most up-to-date equipment when it comes to air packs and gear.”

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Commentary by Terry Anker As the friendly skies have become a little more friendly and a little less frightening, many of us have found ourselves again standing in line awaiting TSA approval for our next destination.

Like it or not, travel is beginning again.

The experience is familiar yet different — like a dream state where our surroundings are as we remembered but with significant incongruencies. Still, to this we will adjust. The burning desire to take the kids to visit the mouse will overwhelm any concerns about unfamiliarity. The notion of a 20-hour car trip seems far more horrifying than whatever awaits in the modern time-of-pandemic airport.

Indeed, most citizen travelers go on their merry way much as they did in the past. Stopping randomly, immediately in front of us in the middle of the hall, as if to say, “I need the attention of you running into me.” The newsstands are open, selling snacks and expensive trinkets for the forgetful or loath-to-shop wanderer who just remembered the missed birthday during their absence.

Notably, the experience all seems a bit more polite. Folks don’t push as much in the lines. Why, we assume, that our pressure will somehow move the queue of 20 in front of us is an eternal mystery. Generally, it only annoys the one person in front of us and moves no one. Airline staff are grateful that we have come back — and that their chosen career might survive this contagion. Airports are not so overrun. But alas, many shops and restaurants did not survive the smaller crowds. Even as every surface is sprayed and cleansed, we’ve come to understand that sanitized does not necessarily mean clean and free from dirt! And, the free pretzels are on hold, at least for now. Still, we didn’t have to drive to Florida!

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

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Behold, fair reader, a new me. Well, maybe not a new me, but certainly a refreshed and revitalized Danielle. My husband Doo and I are just back from a spring break vacation in Florida, and though I drove 35 of the god-awful 38 hours and suffered a fever blister and migraine on our first day, I have returned rested and, dare I say, happy?

I’ve always known the health benefits of sunshine and being near water, particularly the ocean, but in a year like no other after the cold and gray of winter, I hadn’t really appreciated how much I needed a sandy beach and near80-degree temperatures. And obviously, enjoying a few rum punches and fried grouper sandwiches on said beach didn’t hurt, either. But mainly, to have downtime in a tropical warm place was enough to reset my mental state from one of “Dangerous: Stress Levels Too High” to “Excellent: No Worries.”

To park our car at the beginning of the week and not get in it again until we were leaving; to not open my laptop once; to go to sleep at 8 p.m., wake up at 7 a.m. and then perhaps take an afternoon nap; to finish three YA novels that should definitely not be considered young adult (Sarah J. Maas, well done!); to simply hang with Doo and talk about our kids, our future, his crazy plan to buy a 44-foot trawler; to ride bikes and eat coconut ice cream and cattily judge people in their swim attire … this trip was exactly what I needed it to be.

Here’s hoping that you, too, have experienced some spring renewal.

Peace out.

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

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Warm memories of the unforgettable Jack Hanna Commentary by Dick Wolfsie “Who the heck is Jack Hanna?” I asked the staff during a TV production meeting in the fall of 1979.

HUMOR “He asked who the heck you were, too,” laughed my producer, who had booked the director of the Columbus Zoo as a guest on “Columbus Alive,” a television talk show I had been hosting from Ohio’s capital city for about a month.

While I have never attained Jack’s international acclaim, the man in the tan khakis and iconic outdoorsman hat was in some ways responsible for whatever success I have had. I’d like to think we gave each other a kickstart.

Jack, according to his family, has been diagnosed with dementia, a tragic circumstance for a man who should have been able to look back on his life with vivid recollections of the wondrous experiences he’s had with both man and beast.

During that first show we did together, we were both new to being live on TV. I asked him half-jokingly if the snake he had draped around my neck was venomous.

Distracted by the cameras, he took several seconds to answer, appearing as though he had to think about it. It drew audible laughter from the crew. After the show, Jack apologized for his nervousness, but I told him that this naivete was charming, and I thought the show went splendidly. If you have ever watched Jack on talk shows, especially Letterman, you know he retained that air of innocence — even befuddlement — for his entire career.

On another show, Jack brought an opossum that had just had joeys, about seven of them. It was close to Christmas and Jack wanted to decorate me like a tree. He hung the babies on my suit jacket, each clinging with its tiny claws as I mugged to the camera. Six months later, I was awarded an Emmy for Best Talk Show Host, based on a short highlight reel the station had submitted. The first clip was Jack playing ‘possum … with me.

In 2013, I attended the celebration of Jack’s 30-year an– DICK WOLFSIE niversary at the Columbus Zoo, an affair highlighted by penguins walking among the guests while they dined. While there, I asked Jack if he would write a blurb for my new book, “Mornings with Barney,” about my 13 years on WISH-TV with my beagle companion. Jack’s words are highlighted on the book’s back cover: “Bats, bears, baboons, badgers and bobcats. None compare with Barney the Beagle.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the Westfield High School musical in March PERFORMANCE 2020, Cyle Ginsberg was worried he might not get a senior show.

“I can’t overstate how excited I am to have the opportunity to perform,” Ginsberg said. “Although it’s definitely not what I Ginsberg expected it to look like, I’m grateful to be able to perform one last time on the Westfield stage.”

Ginsberg will perform in “Mis-Cast Musicals” at 7 p.m. April 23. In-person and streaming options are available.

“I’ve always thought a cabaret would be interesting but didn’t realize how fun it would be until we started rehearsing,” Ginsberg said. “My favorite part of musical theater is the music, so listening to and performing songs from all different musicals is a blast. The theme of ‘Mis-Cast Musicals’ makes the cabaret even more fun because we get the chance to sing songs we never regularly would.

“The big challenge in my number is a very high note at the end of the song. I’ve spent a lot of time rehearsing and training my voice to hit it.”

Director Lance Grubb said the concept is that each student performs roles they never thought they would play.

“The ‘Mis-Cast’ concept or ‘Backwards Broadway’ has been a cabaret theme for years,” Grubb said. “We chose to do this because it isn’t something that we would traditionally do, and it gives the students the chance to explore their creativity.”

Another reason the concept was chosen was to find a way to offer quality theatrical experiences for students in a safe environment.

“With regulations concerning COVID in mind, we decided that a performance rath-

Reciprocal Productions “Variety Hour Batten Down The Hatches” will have performances at 7:30 p.m. April 23-24 at the The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel.

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Peanut Butter & Jam Series Peanut Butter & Jam Series presents a performance by Rainforest Rhythm Jam at 10:30 a.m. April 24 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will present “Classic American” at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit icomusic.org.

Sam Vance sings while Alison Wessel plays piano. (Submitted photo)

er than production would be best for this own memories and experiences to give a year,” Grubb said. “This also gave us the more authentic performance, so I’ve had opportunity to find new and fun ways to to do a lot more guessing work to get into enjoy theater in a different way.” character this time around.”

Senior Mallory Cooper said she Like Ginsberg, Cooper is grateful loves the concept. to be able to perform.

“In a traditional musical, there “I know that a lot of schools are a couple of lead characters in other areas haven’t been able that are the stars of the show,” to have performances at all or she said. “With the cabaret, it maybe just online, so the fact that gives so many more people the we are able to have shows this Cooper chance to shine with a solo or year and to have them in person duet. Additionally, with everyone playing with live audiences is a really amazing roles that they normally wouldn’t play thing,” she said. “This is most likely the gives the actors a chance to really explore only year Westfield High School will ever outside of their comfort zones.” have a show like this, so it is a must-see Cooper’s song is “Maria” from “West Side performance.”

Story.”

Ginsberg said the presentation will “It has been a bit challenging for me be the first high school show for many to relate to the character and the song freshmen. so that I could have more emotion in my “I’m proud to say we have some amazperformance of the piece,” Cooper said. ing talent climbing the ranks and I’m very “The song is about being in love, which is excited to see all they achieve, starting something I’ve never really experienced with the cabaret,” Ginsberg said. before. As an actor, I often think of my For more, visit whspa.booktix.com.

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Von Eiff will lead viewers in an online course to prepare a three-course meal for two in your own kitchen consisting of Caesar salad with homemade dressing; brown butter sage gnocchi, chicken piccata, Sicilian broccolini for the entrée and mini-cannolis for dessert.

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CSO forges ahead with final Masterworks concert

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Janna Hymes will conduct the final Masterworks concert of the 2020-21 season April 24 at the Palladium. (Submitted photo)

“When we use the livestream, the cameras take up a lot of space,” Hymes said.

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“We’re one of the few orchestras in the country that has played throughout COVID,” Hymes said. “We’re kind of a success story and I’m proud of that.

We’ve worked hard to do that. I have a lot of friends in the industry who have just burned out because they are just exhausted. They are finding other jobs. They are going into real estate. One is selling wine. I think entertainment has been hit the hardest. We were one of the first things to shut down and we are one of the last things to come back.

“You can’t fight it. You have to go with it.”

Carmel Symphony Orchestra will hold its final Masterworks concert of the 2020-21 season at 7:30 p.m. April 24 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Seating will be limited because of social distancing. A livestream option is available for $20.

“The reason I’m excited is, it is all some of my favorite music,” Hymes said. “It’s all beautiful and it’s all really different.”

The program includes “Marriage of Figaro Overture” (Wolfgang Mozart); “Pavane” (Gabriel Faure); “Mother Goose Suite” (Maurice Ravel); and “Symphony No. 1 in C” (Georges Bizet).

“The ‘Marriage of Figaro’ is very exuberant and upbeat,” Hymes said. “It’s a short, fun opening. The Pavane is a slow, beautiful, dreamy piece which features our principal flute player. It’s gorgeous. People will recognize that piece and they will recognize a lot of the music, which is one of the reasons I like this concert. The ‘Mother Goose Suite’ is delightful.”

The concert closes with Bizet’s “Symphony No. 1 in C” that Bizet wrote when he was 17.

“The piece just shows his youth and excitement,” Hymes said. “It’s a really optimistic program and it’s got a lot of positive energy.”

Hymes said 44 musicians will be on stage, which is not a full orchestra because of COVID-19 spacing restrictions.

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Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of an incoming project and day to day office functions.

TO APPLY Clevernest Inc. 240 W. Carmel Drive Carmel IN 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100; www.clevernest.com COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/ hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ctcarmel.com

Senior Home Companions is hiring for the grand opening of its second memory care home, Story Cottage in Carmel.

Flexible schedules and meaningful work. All shifts are available; full time, part time, week days, week nights, weekends and overnights. Paid training, referral bonuses andbenefits available. Competitive pay. Positions in Indy and surrounding areas available, too.

Contact Lindsey Fiddler at (317) 251-0441 or recruitment@shcindiana. com for immediate consideration.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR SKILLED CARPENTERS!

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

For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

HELP WANTED:

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

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

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