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In June, the Hamilton County Council will be asked to fund $425,000 for the Hamilton County Center for CaGOVERNMENT reer Achievement.

At the council’s May 5 meeting, councilors Ken Alexander and Steve Nation, OneZone Chamber of Commerce President Jack Russell, Noblesville Chamber of Commerce President Bob DuBois and Hamilton Heights Schools Supt. Derek Arrowood, among other DuBois local officials, spoke about the need for the Hamilton County Center for Career Achievement.

The career center would be a partnership between school districts and other groups in Hamilton County to offer CTE, or career and technical education, and pathways for students in trades such as energy agriculture and science and skilled trades like construction management and exercise science, among other disciplines.

DuBois said although Hamilton County has many amenities, it is still difficult to meet the community’s workforce demands.

“That is the top issue, and it’s been the top issue for my seven years of living here,” DuBois said. “It’s going to look that way going forward. We have done so many good things

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together, and when we come together as a county, we can do great things in this area.”

Instead of constructing a career center, the school districts in Hamilton County are pledging to partner with other organizations, such as local chambers of commerce and the county, to offer CTE programs.

“There seems to be a missing link for good, quality CTE education programs that reside in Hamilton County,” DuBois said. “We can do this. We can bring these programs home to our community. We need to be nimble. We need to be able to react to the needs of the business community.”

Russell Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Russell said there was an increase in new businesses moving to Hamilton County, therefore leading to an increased demand for workers. Russell said the top three items for economic development are public safety, schools and labor.

“Hamilton County has the best public safety and best schools, and we have an opportunity with something like this to have the best workforce in our state, and even our region,” Russell said.

Through enhancing programs already available in some of the county’s school districts, the Hamilton County Center for Career Achievement would better connect employers with the future workforce. It would offer internships, apprentice-like programs

and job-shadowing opportunities.

“This gives a better understanding of all the cool companies we get the chance to work with every day that our kids don’t know about,” DuBois said. “This is a chance to connect all that and get some kids some real exposure.”

Currently, 2 percent of the county’s students travel outside of Hamilton County to receive CTE training. DuBois said the goal with the career center is to increase the number to 10 to 15 percent but keep those students in Hamilton County for the training.

If the council approves the $425,000 funding request at its June 2 meeting, the figure would provide 2 1/2 years of funding to hire an executive director for the career center, fund research and development and implement alignment and enrollment.

Councilor Sue Maki asked how the program decides which industries to focus on.

“That’s why the chamber is here,” Nation said. “We need to constantly reach out to the business community and find out so we can go back to the junior high and high school levels and say, ‘Here are opportunities coming about in Hamilton County, here’s what you can expect to earn,’ all those types of things. We will adapt based on the economy and what the needs of the kids are and the businesses are.”

The June 2 Hamilton County Council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. For more, visit hamiltoncounty.in.gov.

NCL grants scholarships, awards — The Crossroads Chapter of National Charity League, also known as NCL, recently held its annual awards ceremony. Summer Stogsdill, a Lebanon High School senior, was the NCL Crossroads scholarship winner. She was awarded $500 for her involvement in community service, leadership and cultural activities. Lana Reinking, a Westfield High School junior, received the Modelette Award. The award is given to a girl each year who best models the three pillars of the NCL mission: community service, leadership development and cultural experience. Paige Kuper, a senior at Westfield High School, received the Senior Service Award for volunteering 105.25 hours during her time in NCL. Sisters Brooklyn Wolf, Katie Wolf and Adrienne Wolf received the Yellow Rosebud Award, which is earned by donating 50 hours of service to NCL philanthropies. Leadership awards were given to Kiersen Wettschurack, Ava Heitz, Brenna Willis, Cassie Echelmeier, Ava Watkins and Ally Heitz. Mother-daughter awards were given to the Mother-Daughter Awards Gretchen and Kiersten Wettschurack, Laura and Adrienne Wolf, Abby and Rachel Kovacs, Gretchen and Hadley Wettschurack, Michelle and Katie Peddycord, Laura and Katie Wolf, Sarah and Ava Watkins, Gretchen and Ella Wettschurack, Laura and Brooklyn Wolf, Tracy and Paige Kuper and Laura and Isabelle Crum.

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Hot real estate market leads to higher property tax bills

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com If you own property in Hamilton County, chances are you recently received a notice that your assessed value has COUNTY gone up.

More than 85 percent of residential and commercial properties in Hamilton County had a change in assessed value between 2020 and 2021, with the vast majority of them rising. Overall, assessed values in the county increased more than 6.5 percent.

While this may be welcome news for those looking to sell their home soon, for residents staying put it likely brings to mind something else: a higher tax bill.

Most local taxing units, such as cities, townships and school districts, receive a large chunk of their funds through property taxes. But determining assessed values lies in the hands of the county assessor’s office.

“Nobody says, ‘Hey, Robin, I need this much money for the budget,’” said Robin Ward, who has served as the Hamilton County assessor since 2011.

Higher property tax bills do not mean the tax rate has risen. For example, the City of Carmel tax rate for 2021 is 78.77 cents per $100 of assessed value, the same as 2020.

‘I’ve never seen values like this before’ The Hamilton County Assessor’s Office is responsible for assessing property values — and thus tax bills — each year. Ward said her office annually looks at home sales in each neighborhood during the previous year to assess values for the neighborhood.

The county takes a closer look at a rotating quarter of the properties in the county each year through cyclical reassessments

to ensure existing records about each parcel are correct, but those properties are subject to the annual adjustment as well.

The annual review is a market-driven process, Ward said, and in the last couple of years her office has had trouble keeping up with the hot real estate market.

Keith Albrecht, a Realtor with Re/MAX Elite Properties, said those in his industry have also been surprised by the longevity of the hot housing market.

“I don’t think any of us really expected it to last this long, this strong. I’ve been in business 25 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said. “I’m not sure any of us really know how long (it will last).”

According to F.C. Tucker Co,, the average sale price for a Carmel home in April was $507,671, an increase of 22.3 percent compared to April 2020. Homes sold nearly 60 percent faster last month than a year ago.

Some of the largest jumps in the county were in Westfield Washington Township, where residential assessed values increased 12.34 percent, and Noblesville Township, where those values grew 8.34 percent.

The appeals process Because the county appraises homes on a mass scale, by default some of the assessments won’t be accurate, Ward said.

Property owners have until June 15 to appeal their assessment.

Ward said despite the large number of increased assessments this year, her office has received very few appeals.

Her advice to homeowners is to ask themselves if they think they could sell their home for its assessed value. If not, an appeal may be in order.

Learn more at hamiltoncounty.in.gov/404/ Assessors-Office.

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Council president says INDOT breached contract

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May 24 meeting, and those questions will be entered into public record,” Lollar said.

Council members Jake Gilbert and Scott At the May 10 Westfield City Council Willis both said INDOT already provided sufmeeting, Council President Mike Johns read ficient information. a statement about his “I certainly have always been in IND. 32 concerns regarding support of this project, but I abthe Ind. 32 interlocal solutely welcomed the questions, agreement between the City of especially about the costs, in the Westfield and the Indiana Dept. of wake of the (State Road) 37 overTransportation, originally approved run,” Gilbert said. “I thought that in October 2018. was good governance by the counThe ordinance was not voted on, cil to ask certain questions. I felt Johns and Johns said there is not a set INDOT has absolutely stepped up to date to vote on the ordinance. He also said the plate. I do perceive this ordinance to be INDOT had already breached the contract a threat and urge my councilors to vote it when it changed its funding plan for the down if it appears at our next meeting.” project.

Willis said he spent nearly two hours “Introducing this ordinance should not at the May 4 meeting visiting each INDOT be seen as a threat. But in my opinion, we booth and asking questions. do not actually have an agreement,” Johns “I don’t know what else we need in terms said. “I believe the of information other agreement approved when the bids “I do not think it’s a wise than by the previous city finally come in and council in October 2018 we have a decision move to go ahead and was in fact breached to make on that final approve something or

by INDOT in November number,” Willis said.

2020 when they arcontinue down the road “I think the amount bitrarily removed the of emails I’ve got and with a moving target.” calls I’ve had the last federal participation and federal funding – MIKE JOHNS several weeks, it’s from the agreement. silly. I think from a “I believe, at the very purely relationship least, the agreement needs to be amended standpoint, it’s bad business. It’s bad with to take these changes into consideration.” our neighbors in Noblesville, bad with the Westfield Communications Director Vicki county, who we oftentimes need to go to Duncan Gardner said in November 2020 that for support on projects, and it threatens our INDOT changed its plan on how to fund its relationship with INDOT and has an impact portion of the project but still pledged to on our (Metropolitan Planning Organization) fund 50 percent of it. Instead of using feder- process for federal funding. We do not need al tax dollars to fund its portion, INDOT used this reputation attached to us. state tax dollars. INDOT receives federal and “The manner we are going about this, state tax dollars each year and can choose it feels wrong to me. I hope we get this which type of funding it uses for projects. resolved quickly and not dangle this over Although INDOT and the city presented on taxpayers’ heads.” the project during a May 4 forum at Grand Johns said he asked an attorney to exPark Events Center, Johns said he wasn’t amine the agreement and that he still had satisfied. At the May 10 council meeting, he several questions for the mayor’s adminisasked for INDOT representatives to be prestration and INDOT about the project. ent at the May 24 council meeting, but Pub“I do not think it’s a wise move to go lic Works Director Jeremy Lollar said INDOT ahead and approve something or continue officials would be unavailable at that date. down the road with a moving target,” Johns “(INDOT) requested if you have specific said. questions to submit them in writing to The next council meeting is scheduled INDOT either through the State Road 32 for 7 p.m. May 24. For more, visit westfield. website or their email and they will answer in.gov. them in writing by the Friday prior to the

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Sarah Banks competed in her first mountain bike race when she was 10 years old.

“I started running track CYCLING to help with my biking,” said Banks, who competes in cross country and track and field for Guerin Catholic High School. “I like that mountain bike league is just for fun and everyone is out to have as much fun as they can. It’s not super competitive. When we started, I didn’t know what to expect.”

Banks competes for the Northside Indy team in the Indiana Interscholastic Cycling League. Her father, Tim Banks serves as Northside Indy coach. A Level 3 coach with the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, Tim said is seeking more members for the team. The mountain bike league is for grades 6-12.

“We’re a composite team, which means we take kids from any school,” said Tim, a Westfield resident.

Sarah Banks was the sophomore state champion in 2020. Allison Wozniak, a Guerin junior, was the state champion in the junior varsity category. Wozniak is a Fishers resident. The 2020 season ran from July to the end of October.

Tim Banks said several Guerin students knew that he and his daughter enjoyed mountain biking. They discussed starting a team.

“About a third of our kids are homeschooled and the rest are from different schools,” Tim said. “Students from other schools can join our team if they don’t already have a team.”

Tim said they are seeking volunteers and riders.

“We’re trying to get more women involved, women coaches and women riders,” Tim said. “We have a strong women’s program already, but we’d like to expand it.”

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COMMUNITY DISPATCHES WWPL Summer Reading Program returns — The Westfield Washington Public Library’s Summer Reading Program begins June 1 and continues until July 31. Numerous programs and special events are planned at the library over the summer months, and more information is available on the library’s online events calendar at wwpl.librarycalendar.com. The summer program theme is Tails & Tales, and all ages are able to participate. Events will focus on animal themes. To participate in the reading program, register at wwpl.beanstack.org beginning June 1.

Sign-up prizes are available beginning June 14. After reading or listening to books, log the reading hours and complete optional activities on Beanstack to earn digital badges plus virtual tickets for drawing prizes.

The program is completed after 40 hours of listening or reading for all ages. Earn a completion prize and an entry to the grand prize drawing by finishing the program. There will be three grand prizes to choose from: a video game prize package, a book lover’s prize package and an annual membership to the Indianapolis Zoo. The grand prize winner will be announced Aug. 1.

Hamilton County Democratic Party launches nonpartisan program — The Hamilton County Democratic Party recently launched #BoostHamCo, a non-partisan community improvement program focused on volunteerism and community engagement. The initiative will include regularly scheduled events centered around three key pillars – supporting local businesses, beautification and placemaking and civic education. A schedule of events will be announced in the coming weeks.

WEF receives $45,000 grant — Westfield Education Foundation received a $45,000 as a part of a $300,000 Central Indiana COVID-19 Community Economic Relief Fund grant from United Way of Central Indiana to all six Hamilton County Education Foundations.

F.C. Tucker stats — Westfield’s residential real estate market remained dynamic in April, with homes leaving the market much faster than this time last year. According to F.C. Tucker Company, homes in Westfield sold 57.9 percent, or 33 days, faster than April 2020. The average sale price of a Westfield home also increased, up 23.6 percent to $466,344 compared to this time last year.

The average price per square foot for Westfield homes also increased to $178.05, up 15.7 percent.

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Closure Project: 146th Street Location: Citizens is doCONSTRUCTION roundabouts ing an emergency sewer Location: A section of repair project at the exit 146th Street between lane of the Silver Thorne Towne Road and Shelborne Road is neighborhood (Oak Road and 151st Street). being rerouted south for a Hamilton CounThe repair began May 3 and is expected ty project. This section of 146th Street to last approximately three weeks. The is being constructed to connect to the project will not affect 151st Street or the roundabouts. Drivers are encouraged to entrance lane to the neighborhood, but use caution in the area and follow the residents will need to exit the neighbordirection of signage. hood at the south entrance near 147th Expected completion: Aug. 1.

Street and Oak Road.

Project: East Street extension Expected completion: End of May Location: A section of Grassy Branch Project: Ind. 38 lane shift Road between 203rd Street and Ind. 38 Location: There is a temporary lane shift is permanently closed as of March 23. on a section of State Road 38 near Grassy Additionally, a section of 203rd Street Branch Road while work on the south is permanently closed as of March 26. side of the road is completed for the East Both closures are associated with the Street Extension Project.

East Street extension project which will Expected completion: The lane shift will improve safety at the Ind. 38 intersection be in place until the first week of June when complete. Recently, a section of Ind. 2021.

38 is undergoing a lane shift near Grassy Project: 191st Street Branch road. The lane shift will be in place Location: Duke Energy will be doing work until the first week of June. along 191st Street near Grand Park Sports Detour: Follow the direction of signage Campus over the next few weeks. Be adin this area until the new section of East vised of temporary lane restrictions along Street is open later this year.

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NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH Project: Olio Road and 146th Street Intersection Location: The Olio Road and 146th Street Improvement project is widening Olio Road from 141st Street to 146th Street to four lanes and 146th Street from Bergen Boulevard to Olio Road to three lanes as well as constructing a two-lane roundabout at the intersection of those two streets. In addition, significant drainage improvements in the area, including relocation of a legal drain, as well as a sanitary sewer extension will occur.

Expected completion: The intersection closed March 15 for 108 days.

Detour: Motorists should use Prairie Baptist Road, 156th Street, Boden Road and Campus Parkway to avoid the closure.

Project: Morse Reservoir channel closure Location: Beginning on or after May 19, the Morse Reservoir channel at the Carrigan Road bridge will be closed to under-bridge traffic for 10 days. The waterway is scheduled to be closed to thru traffic. The closure is required due to overhead construction activities that pose a safety hazard below the bridge.

Expected completion: The waterway will tentatively reopen to traffic on or before May 28.

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College Summer League baseball returning to Grand Park

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com When college summer baseball leagues were canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pro X Athlete Development President Joe Thatcher and Pro X Athlete Development Director of Operations Mark Walther organized their own summer league in a matter of a few weeks.

This year, the league will return and bring hundreds of players to the area, many of whom are staying with host families for the entire season, which runs from Memorial Day (May 31) through July.

“This was thrown together last-minute last year during COVID,” said Thatcher, who played college ball at Indiana State University and Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros. “College baseball seasons were getting canceled, college summer leagues were getting canceled, and so on a Zoom meeting, we said, ‘Let’s start a league for players only and give these college kids a chance to play and compete.’ We threw it together really quickly and we had over 275 players play last summer.”

The experience proved to Thatcher that there is an excellent opportunity for college summer leagues at Grand Park.

“We found that being out here at Grand Park and with Pro X and the combination of all the resources, we found a product we think can be a long-term product here for the community and we can get the community involved,” Thatcher said.

Thatcher said the league is different from others because it has a central location, and all eight teams will primarily play at Grand Park. College players don’t take long bus rides or stay in hotels.

“They can play here and train here and really be here for the entire summer,” Thatcher said. “Not having to travel is a big advantage.”

The league selected 225 players out of 500 applicants to form eight teams, which are led by college coaches.

The league’s main focus this year is to create a fan atmosphere.

“We really want to get the community engaged and the residents engaged,” Thatcher

Most of the games will be played at Grand Park. (Photo by Topshot Aerial Photography)

said. “It’s a great way for local residents to come out on a summer night and watch some baseball.”

Families that want to host a player for the duration of the league have an even greater opportunity for engagement.

“They’ll be with that family for the whole time. We lean on the families to provide somewhere to sleep, a bathroom, somewhere to hang out and do laundry and a place for the players to be able to cook themselves dinner,” Walther said. “We are not asking (the families) to provide food. The players are on their own for food. However, they are college kids, so if there’s an extra slice of pizza or hamburger thrown on the grill, they won’t turn it down.”

Thatcher stayed with several host families during his career and said he’s still in contact with some of them.

“I had a lot of different host families when I was playing baseball, and it’s a neat dynamic to have that kind of relationship,” Thatcher said. “If you have kids, especially young baseball players, it’s neat to open your house to adopt a player and come

watch them play in the summertime.”

League play begins May 31. Monday, Tuesday and Friday games will be played at Grand Park and Sunday and Thursday night games will be played at Championship Park in Kokomo. Tickets are $10 and can be pur-

chased at the gate.

For more, visit grandparksummerleague. com/csl-details.

ON THE COVER: Cooper Trinkle plays in last year’s summer league. (Submitted photo)

A REASON TO HOST Fishers High School head baseball coach Matt Cherry’s family is one of the host families for the Grand Park College Summer League. Although he has never served as a host before, he lived with five host families when he played in summer leagues during his college career.

“I wanted to give back and try our best to provide a positive experience for these current players like I had,” Cherry said. “The hope is that we are able to build a positive relationship where our player feels like he becomes a part of our family.”

Cherry said another reason he decided to be a host is because he is part of “a baseball family.”

“We have three children and are excited for our boys to be around an older baseball player and potential role model,” Cherry said. “Finally, God has blessed us with a home and space, and we feel led to use and share that space with the next generation. During my time with host families, I learned a lot about relationships and parenting, as those times gave me multiple experiences to add to what I knew about my own life, relationships and family dynamics.”

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Heard it all before

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If we’ve heard it a million times before, why does it feel like this is the very first time? Sure, sometimes we intentionally pretend not to have any idea what they were saying — even when we knew full well that we weren’t going to do what they asked. Being passive-aggressive is shameful but often very effective. Still, sometimes it really does seem like they are communicating a new idea, so why don’t we remember it?

Funny how the human mind works — or doesn’t. To each new bit of information there is assigned a priority and a place. Vetted by experience and capacity, we absorb what we deem important and discharge the rest as unnecessary excess. As we grow and accumulate a bit more life from which to draw, we have a different take on what is important. The filter is adjusted. What didn’t matter last year is central to our thinking this year. New is in and old is out.

In other cases, we have decided that we never have to worry about Subject A or Topic B because our spouse or colleague or teacher or government or doctor or mom will take care of it for us. We focus our energies elsewhere. Scottish economist/philosopher Adam Smith was right about the efficiencies gained by a division of labor in his pin factory. We don’t need to become a universal expert.

But can we claim the same always?

Should we listen when we know they will say it again? Should we work when someone else will work for us? Should we learn our mother-in-law’s birthday when we are certain that our spouse already knows it? Should we educate ourselves or let someone else speak for us? It seems like we’ve heard the answer somewhere before but simply can’t recall when or where. Hmm.

I’m obsessed with sleep, as longtime readers can testify. I follow a strict bedtime routine every night that usually has me unconscious by 9 p.m. and have set up my room with all the necessary nocturnal accoutrements, including a sound machine, black-out curtains and a fabulous weighted-blanket with Cool Max technology. Truth: I take my ZZZs seriously. Woe to anyone who interferes with my 8-to-10 hours of restful oblivion.

So, what to do when that person is my partner? About once every couple of months, my slumbering husband Doo will emit a powerful stink, almost always after a day of rigorous exercise, garlic-infused dining and over-consumption of wine or rum. The fumes coming from his pores are noxious enough to wake me with a terrible headache. I’m not exaggerating – Doo is literally poisoning me with these impressive odiferous events.

Opening the windows does nothing, nor does breathing through my mouth. I even ordered N95 masks pre-COVID-19 in the hopes that like when demolishing a building filled with asbestos, they could help me survive a toxic Doo. No dice. I usually resort to either kicking Doo out or moving to another room myself.

But friends, I think I may have finally found a solution to my decade-long sleep/marital dilemma — Vick’s VapoRub, copiously smeared across my upper lip.

Brilliant, right? Basically, I’m mimicking coroners when they examine decomposing bodies (or at least how “Silence of the Lambs” portrayed it). And last night, it worked! I was so focused on the menthol that I couldn’t smell Doo. Huzzah!

Desperate times call for desperate measures, people. And now I won’t have to woe my husband anymore.

Peace out.

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

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Puzzling punctuation situation Commentary by Dick Wolfsie About 10 years ago the comma on my smartphone stopped working. Now almost a decade later the comma HUMOR key is stuck on my desktop computer. Maybe it’s just a cracker crumb lodged in the key. I usually snack when I write my column, but I am proud to say that all the food groups are represented.

Where did my comma key go? I had plenty of other punctuation marks — which I really enjoyed using. But I wanted my comma back! Wouldn’t you?

Much has been written about how a comma can change the meaning of a sentence.

A bestselling book titled “Eats Shoots and Leaves” has a comma after the word “Eats” describing a murderer who pauses for a snack before firing at his intended victim.

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“Yes it’s important. You can’t write a newspaper column without commas” (as I’m attempting to do now).

John was perplexed so he fiddled with the phone.

“I can’t find the comma anywhere but I can get you another question mark. Would that help??”

“I don’t want any extra punctuation marks. I have enough trouble finishing a sentence the way it is …”

“I do admit this is weird Mr. Wolfsie.”

“See? You made my point. You just called me weird Mr. Wolfsie.”

“No I didn’t. I said this was weird then I paused and then I said Mr. Wolfsie.”

I explained one more time that finding the comma was crucial to being precise and avoiding confusion.

“When was the last time you remember using a comma on your phone Mr. Wolfsie?”

“Well last week I texted my wife a list of things I wanted her to get at the supermarket: hot dogs beans soda apples lettuce potato chips cookies canned soup.”

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“Of course. I’m very punctual.”

“That’s a lot of commas for one text.

Which plan are you on?”

“You’re telling me I get unlimited minutes but not unlimited commas?”

We weren’t making progress so the store manager finally stepped in and said to his employee, “It’s your lunch hour. Why don’t you go eat John?”

I don’t know who John is but apparently he’s very tasty.

They eventually fixed my phone and I was very grateful.

Update: I just brushed between the keys on my desktop keyboard to get that comma working again. However, I think I might have moved some food particles to another computer key.

(You’ll never guess which one.

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As part of the expansion, Ascension St. Vincent Women’s Hospital will move from Township Line Road to the 86th Street Campus and will add 109 private neonatal intensive care unit rooms.

With approximately 268,000 square feet of new space, it will allow mothers and babies to be cared for at one location. Ascension St. Vincent Women’s Hospital in Indianapolis is home to the state’s largest NICU and is one of only two Level IV Perinatal Healthcare Centers in Indiana.

Connected to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, the new structure will bring together all related departments, including mother/baby care, high-risk OB, labor and delivery, NICU and support and administrative services as well as public spaces.

In addition, the health care organization, along with Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, is developing a regional destination for complex neurosurgical care, which will include construction of a new brain and spine hospital. The new hospital will be on

the 86th Street Campus. The investment and partnership is in response to significant growth and demand for dedicated neuroscience clinical spaces, including operating rooms, an intensive care unit and an intensive care step-down unit, according to Ascension St. Vincent, which operates 24 hospitals and a network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices and clinics serving central and southern Indiana. The new dedicated brain and spine hospital also will include the integration of the Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine research institute and the establishment of a residency/training program.

Complex neurosurgical care will complement the existing Level 1 Trauma Center at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, as well as the pediatric neurosurgery program. The investment also includes campus parking infrastructure, with a new and larger garage and additional surface parking.

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On Sunday, we visited Woodford Reserve for a guided tasting, then Castle and Key, a new distillery that is still aging its bourbon but offers vodka, gin and rye.

Although its bourbon isn’t ready, Castle and Key should top the list of places to go when you’re on the trail. It’s a beautiful distillery housed in an actual castle originally built by Col. Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., also known as E.H. Taylor, another bourbon distiller who then abandon it.

Castle and Key purchased the abandoned distillery, then in ruins, in 2014 and refurbished it to be the beauty it is today.

We finished our trip at Stitzel-Weller in Louisville.

My favorite of all was Maker’s Mark. The campus was beautiful, the lush rolling hills of Kentucky accentuating the trees, which are covered in an eerie black fungus called Baudoinia compniacensis, which feeds on ethanol. The fungus isn’t harmful to humans or animals, but it covers everything from the rickhouses where the whiskey ages to the trees and even cars and houses. One tour guide told us the fungus is how underground distilleries were discovered and bootleggers were charged during Prohibition, which is a neat fact.

At Woodford Reserve, the experience included a guided tasting of five of Woodford’s whiskeys, one of which was its traditional bourbon. The others were a cask-strength bourbon, a malted barley whiskey, a rye whiskey and a wheat whiskey. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

Civic Theatre Civic Theatre’s production of “A Few Good Men” has six remaining performances at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Performances are at 7 p.m. May 19-21, 2 and 7 p.m. May 22 and 2 p.m. May 23. In-person and livestream options are available. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Discovering Broadway Discovering Broadway will present “Ever After,” a musical concert starring Christy Altomare and Corey Cott, at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel at 5 and 7:30 p.m. May 23. For more, visit discoveringbroadway.org.

Live at the Center Meghan Cristeen Martin & the 1900 will perform a livestream concert at 8 p.m. May 21 at the Live at the Center series at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpersents.org.

IWS holds ‘Moonlight Fantasy’ concert news@currentincarmel.com The Indiana Wind Symphony closes out its 2020-21 season at 6:30 p.m. May 23 with “Moonlight Fantasy,” an eclectic musical mix, at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The ensemble features guest conductors, Lissa Fleming May, this year’s James B. Calvert Outstanding Music Educator Award recipient, and Jay Gephart, director of bands at Purdue University.

The performances give a musical nod to the architect whose work inspired the Palladium. The Indiana Wind Symphony is celebrating its 10th anniversary performing at the venue.

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The 12-year-old Carmel resTHEATER ident is playing kindergartener Junie B. in Christian Youth Theater’s presentation of “Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook.”

“It is hard to remember what a kindergartner acts like,” Kern said. “The character has tons of energy and is constantly talking and moving. It’s fun but exhausting at times. She’s a little goofy and obnoxious, and she’s not afraid to be herself. I like her confidence. It’s so fun to be funny.”

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“I’m so grateful that CYT kept the cast together and are still going through with it,” Kern said. “I’ve been working on my lines for over a year.”

From left, Sydney Kern and Abby Mickelson appear in separate casts as Junie B. in the Christian Youth Theater play. (Submitted photo)

Kern appears as Junie B. in the finders/ keepers cast while Noblesville resident Abby Mickelson, 10, plays Junie B. in the losers/ weepers cast.

Mickelson, who is performing in her first play, said she has enjoyed making new friends and learning about theater.

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“One of the first things I noticed is there is not a lot of money to be made in theater, so you have to maximize your opportunities,” said Reilly, who serves as ATI’s executive director. “They’re all very talented. They all performed in New York and have incredible backgrounds. If they can find work on their own to utilize their talent in other areas, I encouraged them to do it.”

Farrell has worked at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota in the summer or off-season.

“I’ve also done a number of shows at Beef & Boards with my friends there,” Farrell said. “I had worked with them years ago before we even started ATI.” Farrell said the opportunity to perform Sinatra shows at Feinstein’s at the Hotel Carmichael in Carmel created the need to

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Farrell will perform “All the Way,” a Frank Sinatra tribute show, at 7:30 p.m. May 20. He had a Sinatra show in April and has another set for June 9.

ATI is always the primary focus for all three artists.

“When we started, no one could do anything else but the company,” Collins said.

“We worked so hard. Years later, we started to have some freedom to work at other theater companies.”

Collins has acted in various shows at Beef & Boards and Phoenix Theatre. She has done different auditions with different companies.

Collins and Fitzgerald have collaborated to form the musical programs for the ATI Drive-In Theatre. There are two more this summer, one on June 18 and another on July 16.

Fitzgerald has fewer opportunities because when she isn’t preparing for an ATI show, she devotes time to her daughter, Lizzie Farrell, who is active in two Carmel High School show choirs.

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provides a magnificent view of Chania’s Old Town. You can then relax at one of the many outdoor cafes along the waterfront promenade and venture into Old Town’s narrow pedestrian-only streets, featured in the 1964 movie “Zorba the Greek,” which include a variety of interesting shops.

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9830 N. Michigan Rd Ste A Carmel, IN 46032

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Please submit resume to hr@mbxbio.com EEO Statement : MBX Biosciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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

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Automotive detailer in Westfield is looking for person(s) to help with the cleaning of vehicle interiors.

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