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‘Constantly evaluating’: WWS explains safety protocols; parents share emotional pain

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com For Westfield resident Whitney Moore, seeing news coverage of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in SCHOOLS Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers was particularly haunting. Moore has four children who attend Westfield Washington Schools and her husband, John, is a teacher at Westfield High School.

“As time has gone on and these events have become more prevalent and frequent, it’s definitely increasing in intensity and difficulty in sending everyone each day,” Moore said.

Moore said news of the shootings has raised anxiety for everyone in her home.

Each time she hears a siren or learns of a lockdown at a Westfield school, she checks her family’s location on a tracking app on her phone.

“I look for if (my family) is safe and people are moving around and things are continuing as normal,” she said. “But the anxiety is definitely there every day. It’s getting worse, for sure.”

Moore’s four children will be in second, fourth, sixth and ninth grade this fall.

Although Moore is confident her family members are safe at school, she said the rise in school shootings is unnerving.

“It’s becoming a nationwide issue that doesn’t know bounds of any particular risk factor,” she said. “I am becoming more heightened and aware of small things we could be doing better as a district potentially.”

Moore said she wants all school entrances to be locked throughout the school day.

She also wants more mental health services to be available for students.

“Eighty percent of shootings happen from kids already in the school,” she said. “I feel like the district could use more support on the emotional level.”

WWS Communications Director Josh Andrews said the district is proactive in school safety. He said safety starts with relationships between students and teachers.

Andrews “We find that’s the best way to understand what a student is going through and how they’re doing because

Whitney Moore, center, with her family, from left, Jack Moore, Whitney Moore, Violet Moore, John Moore, Jonah Moore and Jayden Moore. (Photo courtesy of Whitney Moore)

that can potentially turn into a safety issue,” he said. “We have good relationships with the students and are checking in on them on a regular basis.”

Other safety measures include communicating with parents when drills or trainings are planned and tightening the district’s relationship with the Westfield Police Dept.

“We work hand-in-hand with a lot of things,” he said. “We work with them proactively.”

WWS has five school resource officers – two at the high school, one at the middle school, one at the intermediate school and one that patrols the district’s six elementary schools. However, Andrews said police have a presence at the school beyond SROs. “Every school building is a police substation,” he said. “Any officer on patrol, SRO or not, can stop in and get paperwork done and be a presence in the school building.”

From August 2021 to January 2022, police officers made 503 visits to the school’s substations.

Andrews said each school also locks its doors and visitors are only allowed access through a buzzer system. Every visitor also is asked to complete a Safe Visitor Background Check prior to visiting the district for the first time.

Other initiatives include educating new teachers on safety briefings and trainings.

When a national or global tragedy occurs at a school, Andrews said WWS examines its protocols.

“We are constantly evaluating,” he said.

“If something happens globally, it can make us realize a flaw, or something we want to reiterate that is already in place. Anytime

anything happens, we are ready to reevaluate what we have to do to make this a safer environment.”

Danyele Easterhaus, a mom of WWS students and the executive director for Student Impact, a nonprofit focused on building relationships with students, said she worries people are becoming desensitized to tragedies such as school shootings.

“Because of that, a lot of times parents, myself included, think kids can handle big things like this easier because there’s so much of it going around,” she said. “The way reality is, it’s way too easy to overlook the Uvalde shooting and understand what the impact could be on those actual kids who still have to go to school.”

Easterhaus said it’s important for kids to feel comfortable asking parents about safety.

“In life we find so often, with teenagers, especially, that it’s not about giving kids answers, it’s giving them a space in which they can sit and ask questions,” she said.

“They can probe, they can be heard. It’s not an answer itself they need, it’s time to process the information.”

Easterhaus said she realizes her kids might not be safe anywhere – in a car, in an airport, walking down the street or in a school. But takes comfort in knowing what the WWS administration and Westfield Police Dept. are doing to ensure safety.

“We are here as preventative measures as parents to see what could potentially happen and equip our kids and raise solid adults,” she said. “Am I happy there are school shootings? No. Do I think we are doing the best we can? I think we learn every day what more we can do.”

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Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron recently had some harsh words on Facebook in response to a comment GOVERNMENT from a Westfield man on a post about supporting candidates in favor of stricter gun laws.

On May 26, in response to the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, Zionsville-based Robert Goodman Styron Jewelers posted about the need for businesses to “put aside profit” and “support candidates who support change.”

Later that day, Joel Bardach of Westfield commented on the post, stating that mass shootings are “a mental illness problem,” that you “can’t get rid of the guns,” that violence in Chicago and New York “prove gun laws alone don’t work” and that there is “no easy answer from anyone.”

The following day at 2:22 p.m., Styron posted an expletive-laced reply to Bardach from her personal Facebook account.

“Hey Joel Bardach … [expletive] you. I am so sick and tired of the stupid, useless rhetoric by jack***** like you when it comes to gun regulation. [Expletive] sick and tired of mass murders if (sic) OUR [expletive] CHILDREN… it’s time for the majority who know that gun permits and banning automatic weapons is COMMON [expletive] SENSE. So yeah, [expletive] YOU,” Styron’s post states.

In another post in response to Bardach, she stated that she is the “[expletive] mayor of this town.”

Styron, the only elected Democrat in town government, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Bardach said he has never met or interacted with Styron beyond the post and that he didn’t immediately realize who she was.

“I just thought it was the ultimate expression of bullying and hate that I’ve ever seen,” Bardach said. “I’m 71 years old, and I don’t think I’ve ever had anybody talk to me like that.”

Bardach said he hasn’t received an apology and doesn’t expect one.

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“In fact, it goes beyond what statute requires to ensure that the proposals are The City of Westfield is in the process of fully vetted by experienced and capable establishing a Grand Park request for proindividuals, who are also city residents and posals review stakeholders. We are confident that GRAND PARK committee. the review committee will yield the The commitbest possible recommendations for tee will consist of five appointthe RDC’s and city council’s considments made by Mayor Andy Cook eration,” Lollar said. and will include a recommended The Westfield City Council has Westfield City Council nominee. the option not to choose the review Appointments will consist of Westcommittee’s recommendation and Lollar field residents and stakeholders. select an alternate route. RecomWestfield Chief of Staff Jeremy Lollar will mendations cannot move forward without be a nonvoting member representing city council approval. administration.

Lollar said he expects the review process The Westfield Redevelopment Commisto take “an extensive period of time.” sion issued a request for proposals, or RFP, “Once we have received proposals by the March 3 to sell Grand Park or enter into a deadline of June 22, that will set the course public-private partnership. June 22 is the for the review committee and really the deadline for proposals. next steps of the timeline,” Lollar said. “So, Lollar said because of the possibility of there will be, I imagine, a couple months’ a public-private partnership, state statworth of review of proposals. These are ute requires a review committee to be going to be in-depth documents folks are established. submitting, and likewise, there will be a “We could be partnering with a private due diligence period as the review comentity to operate, lease or some other mittee works with proposers, meets with mechanism of operating Grand Park,” Lollar them individually, talks about the proposals said. “Effectively, the committee will be and asks questions prior to any recomreviewing any proposals we receive for a mendation being made. Then if there is a (public-private partnership), or if we receive recommendation, that would go before the proposals to outright purchase the park, appropriate bodies. they will review those as well.

“We have a pretty long runway here. It’s “At the end of the process, they will not going to be the end of June for when make a recommendation to the council and we know what’s going to happen or when (Westfield Redevelopment Commission) to we know we can make recommendations.” review.”

Lollar expects a final list of Grand Park Lollar said the review process complies RFP review committee members to be made with state statute for a public-private partpublic this week. As of press time, all apnership for the operation of Grand Park or pointment letters had not been issued.

“It goes beyond what statute requires to ensure that the proposals are fully vetted by experienced and capable individuals, who are also city residents and stakeholders.

We are confident that the review committee will yield the best possible recommendations for the RDC’s and city council’s consideration.”

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RoseFest is returning for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

Indianapolis Rose Society Vice President Teresa Downham said each year, the two groups try to add more to the event.

Master Gardeners will answer rose-related questions. Keynote speakers are American Rose Society President Diane Sommers and Kansas State University Professor and Extension Specialist Raymond Cloyd. Sommers will present on rose classifications.

Cloyd will present on Japanese beetle management.

Gardening experts Eloisa Garza will present on how to use roses for rose oil or rose-

The Hamilton County Master Gardener’s Rose Garden at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Noblesville. (Photo courtesy of Teresa Downham)

hips, and Humberto DeLuca will present on how to propagate a rose from a cutting.

“Featured speakers will talk about the different types of roses,” Downham said.

“People who don’t grow different roses sometimes think all roses are the same.

There are so many different classes of roses and different forms a rose can take.”

Downham, a Fishers resident, also is the chairperson for the Hamilton County Master Gardeners rose garden.

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Caddy program helps students compete for scholarships

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com For the students caddying at Prairie View and Wood Wind golf clubs, their time working on the green is more EDUCATION than just a summer job.

As they clean clubs and help locate golf balls, each caddy is hard at work with hopes of being selected as an Evans Scholar. Presented by the Western Golf Association, the Evans Scholarship covers housing and tuition for up to four years of college.

Matt Cohoat, owner and operator of Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel and Wood Wind Golf Club in Westfield, and his brother both received Evans Scholarships to study at Purdue University after caddying at Crooked Stick Golf Course in Carmel. Years later, when Cohoat learned that so few Indiana students were applying for the scholarship that funds designated for Hoosiers were going to other states, he decided to launch a caddy program at his golf courses.

Cohoat tapped Jake Peacock, his son-inlaw and head PGA professional at Prairie View, to lead it.

“It’s been extremely rewarding for me since taking this on for both facilities to be able to see the kids, get to know them and watch them grow up from eighth grade to their senior year of high school and beyond,” Peacock said. “How rewarding it’s been as a golf pro to be able to give these kids an opportunity to change their lives.”

Since launching the caddy program in 2014, 16 caddies from Prairie View and Wood Wind received the scholarship, which is named after amateur golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. He established the Evans Scholars Foundation in 1930 in conjunction with the Illinois-based WGA. More than 11,500 caddies have received Evans Scholarships since its inception.

Hannah Vanderbosch, a Cathedral High School student who received the Evans Scholarship in 2017, caddied at Prairie View and Wood Wind beginning in 2015. She used the scholarship to study web programming at Purdue and now works as an associate technical producer at Lev in downtown Indianapolis.

“The Evans Scholarship is so much more than just a scholarship for those who earn it,” Vanderbosch said. “It has given me an amazing education, a community of alumni

From left, caddies Daniel Johnson, Ethan MacKinnon and Reese Gheen pause during a fundraising event at Prairie View Golf Club. (Photo courtesy of Prairie View Golf Club)

and mentors like no other and the network of people at the Western Golf Association who are willing to help me in any way they can.”

Mike Lupke, a Fishers resident who graduated this month from Cathedral High School, is among three Prairie View/Wood Wind caddies to earn the Evans Scholarship this year. He plans to attend Indiana University in the fall.

“It’s truly a blessing,” Lupke said. “We were still waiting to hear back on financial aid from several universities, and we weren’t really sure what we were going to do. When we heard I received the scholarship, it was a no-brainer that it would be put to use.”

To apply for the scholarship, students must have caddied at least 100 times during a minimum of two years, completed their junior year of high school with above a B average in college preparatory courses, show financial need and demonstrate outstanding character.

Students can apply to become a caddy at Prairie View or Wood Wind as early as eighth grade, and golf skills aren’t required.

“They don’t need to know anything about golf. All they need to be able to do is show up on time and be able to carry a golf bag for short distances of 50 to 100 yards every 15 to 20 minutes to be able to stay in front of groups and find golf balls for them,” said Peacock, a Fishers resident.

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Duke Energy is planning to construct two new transmission lines and one new substation near the intersection of Ind. 32 and Moontown Road on the Westfield/ Noblesville border. The map showes the preferred southern route for the project. (Image courtesy of Duke Energy)

Duke plans new substation

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Westfield and Noblesville residents will have an opportunity to view conceptual plans and ask questions reUTILITIES garding a new Duke Energy substation and transmission lines during virtual and in-person information sessions this month.

Duke Energy plans to construct two new transmission lines and one new substation near the intersection of Ind. 32 and Moontown Road on the Westfield/Noblesville border. Residents can attend an information session at 6 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. June 7 and June 9 virtually or attend in-person from 6 to 8 p.m. June 21 at Grand Park Events Center, 19000 Grand Park Blvd., Westfield.

Transmission lines will be constructed first to power the substation. Duke Energy Community Relations Manager Mark LaBarr said the company is constructing the transmission lines and substation because of growth in the Westfield area.

“If we don’t address growth, there is concern with reliability and not being able to meet that demand,” LaBarr said. “We all expect when we flip the light switch or turn the appliance on that the electric energy is going to be there when we need it.”

The substation will be constructed in the southeast quadrant of Ind. 32 and Gray Road.

For more or to receive the link for the virtual information sessions, visit duke-energy.com/our-company/about-us/ electric-transmission-projects/Noblesville.

OBITUARY David T. O’Malia, 70, of Fishers, passed away May 24, 2022. He was born June 6, 1951, in Indianapolis to the late George “Joe” and Lois Walters O’Malia. David was a graduate of Cathedral High School’s Class of 1969.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Xavier University, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University.

David married Cynthia K. Werner on June 25, 1977, and he was the general counsel for Joe O’Malia Food Markets and Marsh Supermarkets for 41 years, retiring in 2016.

David was a longtime member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, and he was active in St. Michael’s and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parishes. He was a loyal alumnus of Xavier University, and a member of the Lew Hirt Society. He had not missed a Xavier home basketball game for 20 years.

David was a devoted husband, father and Pop Pop, and he was extremely active in coaching his children in softball, baseball and basketball. He also enjoyed reading and traveling with his family.

David is survived by his wife of 44 years, Cindy K. O’Malia; children, Amy E. (Doug) Pickrel, Katy L. O’Malia, Casey S. (Courtney) O’Malia, Scott M. (Stephanie) O’Malia, Andrew J. (Lei) O’Malia and Molly K. O’Malia; grandchildren, Grace, Jack, Stella, Rowan, Caroline and Zelda; brothers, Dan J. (Rita) O’Malia and Dennis J. (Jill) O’Malia; and sister, Sharon M. (Tim) Pettygrove. A son, Matthew O’Malia, preceded him in death.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, May 28, 2022, at St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church, Fishers, Visitation preceded the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Matthew O’Malia Scholarship Fund in care of Cathedral High School and/or the Parkinson’s Foundation and/or the Alzheimer’s Association and/or the Indianapolis Humane Society and/or Xavier’s Men’s Basketball.

Final care and arrangements were entrusted to Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel.

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Crockett ready for ‘last hurrah’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Westfield High School’s Alyssa Crockett is ready to enjoy her final high school basketball BASKETBALL experience as a member of the Indiana Girls All-Stars team.

“I am most looking forward to staying in the dorms with the girls and Crockett getting to know everyone and then being able to play at Southport for the last time as a high schooler,” Crockett said. “I got the chance to watch girls ahead of me play in the All-Star games and saw how awesome it was and how many people came and supported and the special part about it being a last hurrah of playing high school basketball.”

The Indiana Girls All-Stars, comprised of seniors, will play in the June 8 Junior AllStars boys-girls doubleheader at Mt. Vernon High School. The Indiana All-Stars face the Kentucky All-Stars June 10 in Owensboro, Ky., in the annual boys-girls doubleheaders.

The second All-Stars doubleheader will be at 5 p.m. June 11 at Southport High School.

Crockett will be playing with future University of Michigan teammate Kate Clarke from Carmel High School.

“It will be super fun to go through it with Kate Clarke,” Crockett said. “Her and I have been friends and teammates since the second grade, and last summer we played together on the same travel Smith team.”

Crockettt said the strengths of the Indiana Girls All-Stars is their overall communication and positive energy from all the players and coaches. The 6-foot-2 Crockett averaged 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2 steals per game for Westfield.

Purdue-bound Braden Smith became the first WHS boys basketball player to be named to an Indiana All-Stars team when he was named Mr. Basketball. Smith will not play after having foot surgery after the season but will take part in the All-Star festivities. He averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists last season.

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COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts nation

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Conversation about the economy has centered on COVID-19 the last two-plus years.

Michael Joyce, president ECONOMY of First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors, said every economic presentation since April or May 2020 has included the number of positive COVID-19 cases.

Joyce, who spoke at the May 25 Noblesville Chamber of Commerce’s State of the Economy at Purgatory Golf Club, said the pandemic has affected the supply chain and inflation. But he said there are other complicating issues as well.

Joyce, a Carmel resident, was preparing to deliver a State of the Economy address in December 2021 when it was postponed.

“The crisis in Ukraine was not in my materials in December,” Joyce said. “This is a humanitarian issue and this is a geopolitical issue. I’m not qualified to talk about those two things. I’m mildly qualified to talk about the economic impact of the Russian-Ukraine issue that is going on right now.”

Joyce said Russia is not an economic

Michael Joyce, president of First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors, gives the State of the Economy address to the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

powerhouse, making up less than 2 percent of global gross domestic product market.

“However, they control some very key inputs for the global marketplace, particularly around energy and broader commodities, particularly in the agricultural space,” he said. “Eleven percent of the world’s wheat comes from Russia.”

Another 2 percent of the world’s wheat comes from Ukraine.

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supply chains “You can see the impact the RussiaUkraine crisis could have in the coming weeks,” Joyce said. “As the planting season has been missed in Ukraine and Russia because of this conflict, the global supply of wheat is about six weeks’ worth. You could start running into some downstream effects of there not being enough wheat in the world.”

Joyce said northern Africa gets more than 8 percent of its wheat from the Russia-Ukraine region.

“Nothing will cause unrest like not being able to feed people,” Joyce said.

Joyce said the Russian-Ukraine crisis has dealt a shock to commodities, particularly energy, grains and select individual metals such as aluminum, nickel and zinc.

The most noticeable shock is the cost of gasoline.

Joyce said the slowdown in China’s economic growth has created additional issues.

He said China is hampered by much stricter COVID-19 regulations, causing shutdowns.

“That is part of what has been driving inflation higher,” he said.

Joyce said unemployment in the U.S

spiked to 14.7 percent on April 30, 2020. Two years later, the unemployment rate is 3.6 percent.

“It’s almost historical lows,” Joyce said.

“You look on the surface, and that appears to be a good thing. The unemployment rate doesn’t tell us the full scope of the story. You have a low unemployment rate, but then you have a rapidly rising average hourly wage. If you run your own company, you know it’s hard to find people. When you do find people, it’s hard to be able to pay them.”

Joyce also addressed core inflation.

“Things that are flexible like energy, food, we’re used to one week that eggs might be more expensive than the previous week,” he said. “There is always that volatility, but it’s the sticky items that the economy can handle a little less movement because they stick around for a long time. We’re thinking about health care, education and rent. If you look back at the 1970s, you had pressure on both sticky goods and flexible goods. Since the 1980s, we’ve not had that. Economists and the (Federal Reserve) in the last few months are starting to see an increase in the price of those sticky items.”

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Events should incorporate themes of education, historic preservation, environment/ parks, diversity/inclusion and arts. Only The Hamilton County Bicentennial Comnonprofits are eligible for grants, but Petty mission’s goal is to offer lots of community said the funds could be used to support events during the artists, historians, content creators, FUNDING county’s 200th designers and others whose talents birthday in 2023. To are needed to support the program. accomplish that, the commission is Petty said applications are open awarding microgrants to qualifying to any nonprofit in Hamilton County. organizations.

“We ask that it takes place in Hamilton County Bicentennial Hamilton County and is open to the Coordinator Jessica Petty said the public,” Petty said. “We prefer if it Petty objective of the microgrants is to was free events. It’s not a fundraisencourage organizations to present events er, it’s an educational event for the public.” in 2023 that highlight the history of each of Businesses can partner with nonprofits the county’s nine townships. to make the program stronger. Programs The commission will award 25 to 40 could include exhibition development, public microgrants valued at $500 or less. Grant programs, interpretation or performances. applications are due by Aug. 1 and funds For more, visit hamcoturns200.com/ will be distributed at the beginning of 2023. plan-an-event.

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WESTFIELD A roundabout is under construction at Medical Project: New roundabout Drive, which will be followed Location: The intersection of 191st Street and Grassy CONSTRUCTION by construction of a roundabout at 116th Street Branch Road is closed to beginning this month. all thru traffic.

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Westfield resident joins Indiana Donor Network — Westfield resident Kristen Edwards has been named director of hospital services at Indiana Donor Network. Edwards has an extensive nursing leadership background, most recently serving as the chief nursing officer for Ascension St. Vincent Central North Region. She is responsible for directing the strategic planning, operations and development of the organization’s hospital services department and provides oversight of relationships with hospital partners.

Westfield Welcome announces Workout Wednesdays — Westfield Welcome will offer special programming at Grand Junction Plaza this year in partnership with the Westfield YMCA. Workout Wednesdays is a series of fit-

ness classes taking place at the plaza. Classes will be offered each Wednesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. through Aug. 3 in the Wetland Amphitheatre at the plaza, 225 S. Union St. There will be three different types of classes offered, including a high-intensity interval training class, a yoga flow class and a cardio class.

Ivy Tech dual credit program now accredited by NACEP — Ivy Tech Community College’s dual credit programming is now accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. NACEP is a national accrediting body that ensures both the quality of college in high school programming, as well as the alignment of the programming with on-campus academic policies and procedures. Dual credit courses are college courses

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Weed Wrangles clear invasive species — The organizations of the Hamilton County Invasives Partnership are inviting volunteers to help clear local parks of invasive species by participating in Weed Wrangles. During the Weed Wrangle, teams of volunteers, supervised by guides, will locate and uproot unwelcome plants. Learn more and sign up to volunteer at hcinvasives.org.

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smaller companies is health care benefits. Indie Coffee Roasters in Carmel is one example of a small business taking advantage of the Freedom Healthworks model.

According to Chris Habig, membership-based Indie Coffee Roasters owner Diane McAndrews health care models are the future. Habig said the company was looking for options started Freedom for health care when it discovered Freedom Healthworks in WestHealthworks. field in 2016 as a way “I feel like most people think of a coffee to provide health care shop as intermittent employment, but havto patients with a clear understanding of ing the option to offer health care benefits services and costs. creates more investment in the employees Freedom Healthworks operates directly who are here,” McAndrews said. “If you don’t with doctors. All procedures — tests, office Habig want the suit and tie and you don’t want time, etc., — are listed with a set price, so something like a 9-to-5, Monday-through-Fripatients know what the exact costs are. day (job), you could want a different career.”

“When you don’t use insurance to pay for health McAndrews said Freedom Healthworks offers a care, costs decrease dramatically and access increasbenefit to employees who might not want a traditiones,” said Habig, an Indianapolis resident who grew up al career but struggle to find health care elsewhere. in Westfield.

Indie Coffee Roasters offers the plan to salaried Freedom Healthworks strives to connect paand hourly employees. Four employees use the health tients to a medical professional and keep patients care plan now. healthy. The company grew exponentially during Habig said 80 to 90 percent of medical care can the pandemic. be provided at the primary care level. He said most Freedom Healthworks now has 15 locations Americans have anywhere from $400 to $2,000 in throughout the Indianapolis area, including in west emergency savings, but if they have a high-deductible Carmel, Noblesville, Zionsville and Fishers. It has health plan with a $5,000 deductible, emergencies are nearly 60 locations nationwide with 10 new pracstill unaffordable. tices planned.

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CIRTA offers van pool program for employers, employees to address transportation issues

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Every time Kokomo resident James Mayhew works a shift at IMMI in Westfield, he drives a van and picks up several other employees who live nearby. The group is part of a van pool through Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority’s Commuter Connect program.

According to its website, Commuter Connect helps people get to work in ways other than driving alone. Commuter Connect is offered by CIRTA. IMMI recently joined the program to provide a free van pool for employees who commute to the Westfield business from Kokomo.

Like many local employers, IMMI was having a difficult time filling open positions.

IMMI Vice President of HR Jon Tice said the van pool is a way to attract potential employees and combat a lack of public transportation.

CIRTA offers a $50 subsidy per seat in the Commuter Connect vans. Employers or employees cover the rest of the cost. Costs vary depending on the size of the vehicle, distance traveled, number of riders and other factors. IMMI is covering employee fees for its vans.

CIRTA Director Jennifer Gebhard said riders and certified drivers participate in the program for myriad reasons — everything from saving money on gas to not having a valid driver’s license. CIRTA has 30 vans operating in the central Indiana region.

“Any employer or resident in Westfield or Hamilton County or Marion County and the surrounding doughnut counties can participate in the program,” Gebhard said.

Tice said IMMI offered the transportation service to its employees in Kokomo because some resided in a sober-living house in the city. Many of those employees didn’t have a valid driver’s license.

“There are 34 men that live in a sober-living environment which gives them a second chance of employment,” Tice said. “Most of them don’t have licenses or their license has been suspended.”

IMMI welder Craig Hollis resides in the sober-living house to get his life back on track. He said the van pool helps with that goal.

A heat map showing how many IMMI employees commute from Kokomo for first shift. (Image courtesy of IMMI)

ees use the service, too.

Mayhew said he uses the van pool to help offset the cost of gas.

Tabitha King, a production assembly line worker at IMMI, said she uses the van pool because her vehicle needs repaired.

“I needed a ride and it helped me a lot,” she said.

IMMI uses two of Commuter Connect’s 30 vans. Four employees use the van for first shift and five employees use a van for second shift.

Gebhard said CIRTA is the only van pool provider in the state. Businesses interested in participating in the program should email Gebhard at jgebhard@cirta.us.

CIRTA also assists with matching riders for the van pool. For more, visit commuterconnect.us.

ON THE COVER: From left, Craig Hollis, James Mayhew and Tabitha King are IMMI employees using the Commuter Connect van to travel to work from Kokomo. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

EACH VAN POOL IS UNIQUE CIRTA Director Jennifer Gebhard displays one of the Commuter Connect vans. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

“I’m staying in a recovery house and rebuilding my life, and the van gives me an opportunity to get a good job and work during my recovery,” Hollis said.

Tice said Commuter Connect vans aren’t exclusively used by IMMI employees in the sober-living house. Other Kokomo employ-

Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority Director Jennifer Gebhard said each of its Commuter Connect van pools are tailored uniquely to riders.

“Every van pool can look a little different,” she said. “It’s up to each van pool group to decide what that might look like.”

For example, a pool driver might the van home each night and pick up em-

ployees on the way to work the next day. Another option is parking the van in an approved big-box store parking lot. Riders then drive their vehicle to the meeting place and catch the van there.

Gebhard said van drivers are volunteers. Drivers are typically employees that also use the van pool and are certified to drive the van.

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Last but not least?

On a more serious note

Commentary by Terry Anker

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

We cannot miss school on the day when we are to be line leader, the person assuming the important role of guiding a procession of fellow students from the classroom to the next activity.

While some might imagine the position to be largely ceremonial, the savvy elementary pupil will argue it to be filled with responsibility and rife with potential for disaster. What if a wrong turn is made? What if an untied shoelace leads to an embarrassing trip?

Why is it worth the risk? Isn’t getting a break from the toils of the day — a moment to talk to friends, enjoy some tater tots or run on the playground — enough? Would we care if our day were overshot, and we were sentenced to be perpetually the fourth person in line?

Others would be behind, at times, but always someone would be ahead. As we mature into adulthood, this echo from our collective childhood hangs with us. While we enjoy travel, sailing on the open water, eating great food and watching the home team, many of us remain aware not of the destination of the line and how lucky we are to be in it but of our specific position within its ranks.

We may board the plane first because of the credit card we’ve chosen but there is always someone before us. We may love our watercraft until we see the one sail by sleeker and more spacious. We may enjoy our delicious meal but lament that a reservation had denied us finding an establishment with a slightly higher rating. And we enjoy our sport tickets but wish ourselves to be a few rows closer. Why is it so frustrating for so many of us to be the worst of the best, the last to board first class?

Let’s talk mental health, friends. Undeniably, the last two years have been hard for most. For me, personally, I also lost my dad to cancer and turned 50, which surprisingly has been like a physical “off switch.” My eyesight is tanking, mood swings are elevating, and I can’t seem to shake the nagging tendonitis in my right shoulder. Needless to say, I’ve noticed an uptick in irritability and anger, especially when I am around my husband, Doo. From his eating granola to his dishwashing avoidance, his latenight Netflix binges to his early morning interruptions of my sacred bathroom routine, he manages We must prioritize to push and destigmatize the every sinconversations around gle one of mental health. my buttons on a pretty – DANIELLE WILSON regular basis. This isn’t new, but between the perimenopausal hormones, the last kiddo getting ready to fly the nest and the events of an almost inconceivable 2020 and 2021, my patience has gone the way of my continence. And I’m really tired of being mean to the ones I love.

So, I’ve started seeing a therapist. Yeah, I said it. I’m in therapy! And it’s glorious!

I’m able to share whatever I want without fear of judgement and in return receive new insight and practical feedback. I even have a workbook! I’m finally working on the things I can control and learning how to, if not exactly let go of, then at least obsess less over the things I can’t, like the stupid dishes. I’m not there yet, obviously, but I have noticed an easing of crankiness and resentment towards Doo. Friends, these are still difficult days.

We must prioritize and destigmatize the conversations around mental health.

Let’s talk about it! Peace out.

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Start spreading the news Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

would have violated her fourth condiment rights. It’s legal to own a Glock, but a Whenever I read a newspaper article that squeezy bottle of mayonnaise is suspect. begs to become the basis of my next humor The woman accused the police of profiling column, I cut it out and save her, but the trail of Gulden’s Mustard packHUMOR it. Then I forget where I put it ets she left served as probable cause. She (I also do that with car titles, was once detained at an airport for having birth certificates and insurance policies). more than two ounces of vinaigrette in Here’s one rich article I did find on my her carry-on. She tried to avoid trouble by desktop. flirting with the In Boise, Idaho, TIA agents but was My mother was an unrepentant police thought they then arrested for Sweet’n Low thief, so I saw firsthand being too saucy. solved a yearlong how easy it was to score big at White condiment spree. A Pouring mayo 74-year-old woman down a library book Castle or Steak ’n Shake. Mom seemed was arrested after slot is a serious like a very nice person, but those pouring mayonnaise offense, but judges close to her knew that her sweet in a library book can use discretion disposition was artificial. drop box. She may in sentencing. also be connected – DICK WOLFSIE Hellmann’s on Hemto nine other condiingway is clearly ment-related crimes. a punishable crime, but mustard on “Mein I should have sent the Boise police a Kampf”? Any judge worth his salt should thank-you note for practically writing my overlook that breach. column for me. You could watch every “TwiPolice were reluctant to reveal the other light Zone” episode, and I’m tellin’ you, the nine condiment capers she committed — fearwords “condiment-related crimes” are not ing a wave of food-topping, copycat crimes going to pop up. would sprinkle the country. The woman did I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about not use Worcestershire sauce during the comwhat I would do if circumstances had led mission of any misdemeanors. Lea & Perrins me to a life of crime. However, I know that management could capitalize on this. Because when you’re looking for shifty ways to their product is high in sodium, they could make a living, the answer does not lie in a brag about how low it is in crime rates. select variety of sauces.

The woman was put on probation. The My mother was an unrepentant Sweet’n judge thought she might be a flight risk, Low thief, so I saw firsthand how easy it and at last report she was on the lam. I bet was to score big at White Castle or Steak ’n she had some mint jelly in her purse.

Shake. Mom seemed like a very nice person, but those close to her knew that her sweet disposition was artificial.

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Noblesville welcomes new specialty fitness gym

By Jillian Kurtz news@currentinwestfield.com ISI Elite Training, a new specialty fitness gym, is coming to Noblesville.

The athletic-based training NEW BIZ center was scheduled to open June 3 at 14165 Cabela Pkwy. It will offer free pop-up classes leading up to the grand-opening date. The facility is ISI’s first franchise in Indiana.

Jenny Bromley, 42, co-owns the franchise with her husband, Scott. She is also the facility manager.

Bromley, a former personal trainer, has a degree in exercise science and kinesiology from Purdue University.

“Fitness back then was just a different world,” said Bromley, who became a personal trainer immediately after college. “It’s not like today. It was just a little difficult to do that on my own. Even if it wasn’t my full-time job, I was always doing part-time personal training and leading group fitness.

It’s something I’ve always kept a part of my life.”

Bromley, who most recently worked in the legal field, and her husband started looking at franchise options when she decided to work in fitness again.

“We wanted something that was a proven concept with that built-in support and business model,” Bromley said. “We stumbled upon and did a little more research on ISI Elite Training. We really liked the way that the workout is structured. We like the philosophy of the workout, we love the com-

ISI Elite Training is a specialty fitness gym that was schedueld to open June 3 in Noblesville. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Bromley)

pany, the people behind it, that’s how we settled on ISI.” The 50-minute strength-based training sessions target a different part of the body each day. The facility is one large room where members will rotate stations and execute different exercises with the help of board-certified coaches.

Three levels of membership are available, ranging from four sessions per month to an unlimited package. Founding members are

eligible for a discount with a locked-in price for the entirety of their membership.

The Bromleys are planning to open two more ISI Elite Training facilities in Hamilton County -- one in the Westfield area and one in the McCordsville/Fortville area. They want to open each within the next two years.

For more, visit isielitetraining.com/isi-location/noblesville or find it on social media at @isi.noblesville.

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Avoid common summer injuries

These tiny cracks in your bone tend to develop over time, as you put repeat stress on the same part of your body. You may notice pain that comes on when you’re active, then goes away with rest. You might also have swelling around the painful area.

Start any new exercise program slowly, progress gradually and wear the appropriate footwear for your activity. Adding low impact exercises and making sure your diet includes enough calcium and vitamin D can also help prevent stress fractures.

A board-certified foot surgeon and wound specialist, Dr. David Sullivan is the owner of Westfield Foot and Ankle, LLC. Contact him at drs@ westfieldfoot.com.

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fasciitis can develop by increasing your activity levels suddenly. Your symptoms will likely feel worst when you first get up from rest.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Christine Colquitt Thacker is eager to see the love story of her late grandparents depicted on stage.

PERFORMANCE John and Becky Colquitt’s romance is one of eight stories featured in “I’ll Be Seeing You: Love Stories of World War II,” which is set for 8 p.m. June 11 at the Palladium at the Center at the Performing Arts in Carmel. The work is the creation of Carmel resident Ellen Kingston, the director of special events for the Center.

John Colquitt met Becky before he left for World War II. He was stationed in the Philippines.

“My great grandmother wasn’t entirely crazy about John Colquitt, but my grandmother said she wasn’t going to have anyone else,” Colquitt Thacker said. “They got married and started a family. They raised four sons and all the boys went off to serve in the military in some capacity.

They just had an amazing, beautiful family life. They were the center of their community. They served in their church.”

Colquitt Thacker said her grandfather served in an all-Black unit.

“His story is kind of different from going into World War II and coming back to the United States where he wasn’t really able to vote yet,” Colquitt Thacker said. “He had a love for country, and his feelings of duty and service, no matter what, is really beautiful.”

Colquitt Thacker said his unit captured an enemy troop.

“There was a certain level of irony when they were captured by a Black unit,’ she said of her grandfather, who earned two Bronze Stars.

Colquitt Thacker’s father, Michael, will be among those attending. Colquitt Thacker, a Noblesville resident, and Kingston are friends, having worked together in Yuletide with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Colquitt Thacker is an assistant professor of dance at Anderson University.

Another story told will be that of Harry and Eleanor McCafferty. Their son Dennis is a retired cello instructor from the Uni-

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“THE LITTLE PRINCE” Mud Creek Players’ production of “The Little Prince” runs through June 18 at the Mud Creek Barn Theater in Indianapolis. For more, visit mudcreekplayers.org.

“DECEIVING GRANNY” Red Barn Summer Theatre’s “Deceiving Granny” will be presented June 8 to 19 at Red Barn in Frankfort. For more, visit redbarntheatre.net.

“I’ll Be Seeing You: Love Stories of World War II” is set for 8 p.m. June 11 at the Palladium at the Center at the Performing Arts in Carmel. (Graphic courtesy of Center for the Performing Arts)

versity of Indianapolis. His wife, Anne, is a retired Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra member.

Harry, 97, primarily served in China for the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a cartographer, drawing troop maps from aerial reconnaissance.

“He’s in good health but he’s not very mobile,” Dennis said. “He can’t really travel.

But the rest of the family will be here for him. I have two sisters and a brother-inlaw. Our son is coming down from Chicago.”

Harry and Eleanor met in Columbus, Ohio, before the war.

“They were married in Washington, D.C., right before he shipped out,” Dennis said.

“My mother has saved the letters he had written during the war. He did a lot of drawing and painting, so a lot of the letters were illustrated that he sent back.”

Dennis said it will be special to see his parents’ love story played out.

“We went through the memorabilia and the stuff she had saved,” Dennis said.

“They had been packed away for several years and he hadn’t seen it forever. He had a terrific time going through it. It was a meaningful experience for him to see

these things. It spurred him telling us stories that we had never heard before.”

The show also includes the story of Bud and Maida Hyde, who were married in 1942. Kingston said Bud wrote Maida consistently and she kept all the letters. Their love story tragically ended when Bud’s plane was shot down during a mission over Tokyo. Matthew Vire, who is performing in the show, shared the story of Bud and Maida, who were the grandparents of Kevin Wanzer.

“We are delighted with the narration Ellen wrote for my in-laws’ story and honored that she chose to include them,” said Vire, who lives in Indianapolis. “We dug up some great old photos and, shown in the context of their story, it’s extremely moving. I’m always very happy to do anything with Ellen. She’s extraordinarily creative, gracious and a joy to work with. This particular show is especially thrilling because we get to do it at the Palladium. To sing on that stage is indescribably wonderful. My mother-in-law (Maida’s daughter) will fly in from Florida to see the show. She’s excited and we’re so looking forward to that.”

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“ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA” Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of “Antony and Cleopatra” at 7 p.m. June 9-11 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

Songbook finalists set editorial@youarecurrent.com From hundreds of applications nationwide, 40 finalists from 19 states have been selected to participate in this year’s Songbook Academy® summer intensive, a youth music program focused on the timeless standards of jazz, pop, Broadway and Hollywood. The intensive is held from July 16-23 at the Foundation’s headquarters at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Among the 12 finalists from Indiana are 2022 Carmel High School graduates Ayaan Abbasi and Sarah Warf; Seth Jacobsen, who will be a CHS senior this fall and Emmaline Colvin, who will be a CHS junior; Izzy Casciani, who will be a junior at Zionville Community High School, and Lauren Sciaudone, Westfield, who will be a senior at Guerin High School.

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Songbook Foundation to celebrate international archives editorial@youarecurrent.com The public will be able to view rare music memorabilia and receive tips on preserving their own family history EXHIBIT during an upcoming Great American Songbook Foundation special event.

To celebrate International Archives Day, the Songbook Archives Day Open House is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Admission is free. Additional information is available by registering at TheSongbook.org/ArchivesDay. The event will include educational presentations, activities and displays of some of the treasures housed in the Songbook Library & Archives, from Ella Fitzgerald’s elaborate stage dresses to musical arrangements from Andy Williams’ iconic TV specials. Visitors can learn about archival materials and practices; test their knowledge on the best ways to store photos, records and other media; and explore the various types of notated music, from simple sheet music to full scores.

Great American Songbook Foundation will celebrate International Archives Day at the Songbook Archives Day Open House June 9 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts.

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Hourly presentations are: 11:30 a.m.: “What Does an Archive Actually Do?” — Emily Rapoza, director of library & archives; 12:30 p.m.: “What Happens Without an Archive?” — Rapoza; 1:30 p.m.: “All About Arrangements” — Anna LoPrete, music librarian 2:30 p.m.: “How to Use an Archive” — Rapoza; 3:30 p.m.: “Mini-Concert from the Collections” — A special preview performance by Olivia Broadwater and other cast members from the upcoming local musical production, “I’ll Be Seeing You: Love Stories of World War II,” premiering June 11 at the Palladium.

Play makes Red Barn debut

Music by ALAN MENKEN Lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN AND GLENN SLATER Book by DOUG WRIGHT

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

“I try to do things at the high school that you wouldn’t necessarily call a high school show,” said Taylor, who directs the show.

Michael Taylor has long been connected “The problem is you can’t cut or edit anywith Red Barn Summer Theatre, but this is thing. Most authors don’t want you to, so something new.

I thought I would write something COMEDY The season opener that had my students’ sense of of “Deceiving Granny” humor but still doesn’t feel like a marks the first time one of Taylor’s middle school show. I then decided four plays has been presented at to submit it and it was published. the Red Barn in Frankfort. The show “Since then, this show has been has eight performances from June played in several countries and all 8 to 19. over the U.S.” Taylor Taylor has been with Red Barn for The cast has 11 members.

26 years, including the past seven as artis“We have actors who have been acting tic director, for only a few years or just out of college “It’s very slapstick, very much a farce,” to seasoned professionals who have been Taylor said of his play. “It’s very over-theacting for 40 years,” Taylor said. top physical comedy, the slamming-door Taylor said an actor, Jan McGill, saw the farce, one person leaves and another play at the high school and asked Taylor enters.” why it hadn’t been presented at Red Barn.

The play is about a married couple trying “She said the high school audience and to inherit a fortune from a grandmother Barn audience are very different, so a lot of they have never met. people didn’t get to see it,” Taylor said.

“Deceiving Granny” made its debut at McGill has a part in Red Barn’s second Frankfort High School, where Taylor teaches show, “Murdered by Death.” theater, 10 years ago.

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Charles Haas acknowledged he had stage fright when he was younger.

But a little shove from his THEATER mother, theater veteran Tanya Haas, was all he needed to overcome it.

“In 2016, she pushed me to do a Christmas show at Carmel Community Players,” Charles said. “I had an absolute blast and that kickstarted my interest in doing theater.”

Charles is in two of the three shows that make up “A Medley of Murders,” which is Carmel Community Players’ youth production set for June 10 to 19 at Carmel Friends Church, 651 Main St. Charles appears in “Murder at the Art Show” and “Death of a Dead Guy.” The other short play is “Cheating Death.”

“It’s fun getting to play more than one character,” said Charles, a Carmel resident who will be a senior at Cathedral High School. “My characters are relatively different types of people. They’re lighthearted comedy, not dark, deep heavy stuff.”

From left, Emerson Bobenmoyer, Morgan Rusbasan, Charles Haas, Quinn Yeater, Owen Yeater, Mason Yeater, Joey Brandenburg and Jayda Glynn. (Photo by Tanya Haas)

Tanya is directing the youth show with a cast of 15.

Jayda Glynn, who will be a Carmel High School senior in August, previously performed in “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at CCP. “I’ve done plays around Carmel and other community theaters,” Glynn said. “I do like working with people my own age. This feels very welcoming, and you get to know your cast.”

Glynn appears in “Murder in the Art Show,” which is the second act of the show.

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Squaring circular phrases Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

The Borghese Gallery in Rome. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Visiting Rome’s Borghese Gallery Commentary by Don Knebel Today, in the continuing series about Rome, we visit the Borghese Gallery, displaying one of the world’s TRAVEL greatest art collections.

In 1605, soon after his election, Pope Paul V named Scipione Borghese, his favorite nephew, cardinal and appointed him to many lucrative church positions, including papal secretary. Using his enormous wealth and the coercive powers of his offices, Cardinal Borghese assembled the best art in Italy, ranging from Roman and Egyptian antiquities to paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael, Rubens and Titian. He commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of his age, to create enormous works based on Greek and Roman mythology. To display his massive collection and to entertain his important friends, beginning in 1608 Cardinal Borghese built a 20-room villa on several hundred acres just outside Rome given to him by Pope Paul. The land itself featured gardens displaying important works.

Cardinal Borghese’s land and villa stayed in the Borghese family until 1902, when the Italian state acquired them. Today, the

villa is open to the public as the Borghese Gallery, and the surrounding land is a large park. The gallery contains most of the cardinal’s extraordinary collection, including definitive paintings by Caravaggio, and important works added by his descendants.

Fourth-century mosaics on the floor of the entrance hall provide unique information about Roman gladiators. The many displayed works of Bernini, representing much of his life’s work, include two nearly identical busts of Cardinal Borghese, the second reportedly created in three days after the first developed a crack, and a remarkably expressive statue of David about to release his slingshot. An important 19th-century sculpture by Canova, commissioned by Camillo Borghese, shows Napoleon’s sister Paolina, then Camillo’s wife, as Venus. If you are in Rome and miss the Borghese Gallery, you will have missed one of the city’s most important treasures.

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

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What do they mean, and how did we get them?

GRAMMAR GUY If I had a nickel for every time someone called me “square,” I’d be able to retire from being a part-time columnist. “He’s such a square.” In this usage, “square” means nerd, geek, old-fashioned, unpopular, or dorky. It’s middle school all over again. We get this slang usage of square from jazz musicians in the 1940s to refer to a person who didn’t appreciate jazz, but instead preferred passé, oldey-timey music. Back then, it wasn’t hip to be square.

Is that a square deal? What exactly is a square deal? Simply stated, a square deal is a fair, honest trade or transaction.

Teddy Roosevelt liked the term so much that he attached it to his labor reform initiatives during the early 1900s. The term “square deal” first shows up in print in the New York Times in the 1870s and 1880s to refer to a fair arrangement. As good writers are wont to do, Teddy stole

“square deal” and made it his own.

What is a square meal? Is it a lunch comprised of bouillon cubes and saltine crackers? Don’t be ridiculous! A square meal means “a healthy, nourishing meal.”

Have you ever heard someone use the term “square the circle”? It means someone is attempting to complete a seemingly impossible task. It could also mean someone is trying to bring together two parties who are completely different.

Oil and water. Democrat and Republican.

Sooner and Longhorn. “Square the circle” is a phrase we get from geometry; in fact, Greek mathematicians posed the problem of constructing a square with the area of a circle with only a compass and a straightedge. What does that mean? I’m not sure; I don’t let things like this get me bent out of shape.

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

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Professional & Economical Remove tree stumps, ugly tree roots, stumps in and around chain link or wood fences. We also remove tree stumps that are protruding up onto sidewalks and around sidewalks. We grind them and/or remove. Please Call & Text at 816-778-4690.

• House Wash • Roof Wash • Concrete Cleaning & Sealing House Wash • Concrete Cleaning & Sealing • Stamped Concrete Cleaning • Stamped Concrete Cleaning & Sealing • Deck Cleaning & & Sealing • Paver Cleaning and Sealing Cleaning Staining • Fence Cleaning and Staining••Dock Paver Cleaning and and Sealing

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Serving, Hamilton, Marion, Boone Madison & Hancock counties

Trim/Remove trees & shrubs Building Demolitions Build Decks Painting inside or Outdoors Clean Gutters Property Clean Outs FULLY INSURED Text or Call Jay 574-398-2135 shidelerjay@gmail.com www.jayspersonalservices.com

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FIREWOOD SALE Topping – Removal Deadwooding – Landscaping Stump Grinding – Gutter Cleaning INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES CALL STEVE 317-932-2115

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The Annual Enclave Neighborhood Garage Sale 334/850 East Saturday June 11th, 8a-2p.

Rain or Shine This is a huge garage sale! Too many items to list! Everything from furniture, to children’s clothing & toys, household appliances, designer clothing, etc. Look for the balloons!

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TIRED OF CLEANING YOUR GUTTERS? CALL JIM WEGHORST AT 317-450-1333 FOR A FREE ESTIMATE ON THE #1 RATED GUTTER PROTECTION SYSTEM

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Advanced Active Safety Software Engineer. Carmel, IN. Develop software for use in Active Safety products. Integrate object tracking and sensor fusion algorithms and feature functions such as ACC/FCW/AEB into microcontrollers. Develop software in Embedded C/C++ for 16/32 bit microcontrollers. Optimize object tracking and sensor fusion algorithms for real-time embedded targets. Test software using debuggers, emulators, and simulators. Perform software quality assurance activities. Write unit and integration tests. Participate in peer code review. Perform technical root cause analysis and outline corrective actions. Requires Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, or Electrical Engineering and coursework in Embedded System Design, Digital Signal Processing, VLSI Circuit Design, Real-Time DSP, and Rapid Prototyping & ASIC Design. Mail resumes to: Aptiv Corporation, Attn: Kirsten Gawronski, Director, Human Resources, North America, 5820 Innovation Drive, Troy, MI 48098. Ref: 70999A. Validation Engineer. Westfield, IN. Create test development and execution schedules at local and remote VT&T sites. Perform data analysis and create test reports. Plan and perform verification testing activities. Analyze requirements and establish traceability.

Develop verification test strategies and plans. Review functional test plans with peers. Lead and conduct pre-verification activities. Report test results to project team and customer. Track and resolve identified issues. Develop and debug test system configuration. Design and fabricate cables, specify electrical loads, and configure tester software. Requires Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering and coursework in Linear Circuit Analysis, Semiconductor Devices, Signals and Systems, Electrical Measurement Technique, Advanced C Programming, Electric and Magnetic Fields, and Electromechanical Motion Devices. Mail resumes to: Aptiv Corporation, Attn: Kirsten Gawronski, Director, Human Resources, North America, 5820 Innovation Drive, Troy, MI 48098. Ref: 71012A. Local growing Dental Lab

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Logistic Department is looking for product packing, shipping, local pick-up/Delivery person.

Requires good driving records, pay attention to detail Pay $15/hr. plus Quarterly Bonus.

Paid Holidays/Vacations Contact: info@royaldentallabs.com

NOW HIRING Experienced mowers

($15-$25/hr to start). Three years experience required. Also: landscapers and lawn care technicians ($15-$25/hr to start) and operations manager ($20$35/hr to start). Immediate openings!

Greenlawn By Design.

Veteran owned. Email: catherine@greenlawndesign.com for immediate consideration. EOE.

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STAFF SUPPORT FOR ACCOUNTING & TAX PRACTICE-PART TIME

Ideal for a parent that wants to work while the kids are at school or retired person seeking part-time work in far northside Marion County. We are a friendly, growing, professional company that provides accounting, tax and business advisory services, searching for a service-oriented person as an addition to our team. This new position will work closely with our clients and other team members to enter data, ensure accurate & timely processing of documents, and maintain both internal and client files.

For more information & qualifications see the complete job listing and details in our ad with the same name on Craigslist. Inquiries and resumes can also be directed to: position4newperson@gmail.com

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.

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We are in need of painters with or without experience Please Call (317) 397-9389 for info

HELP WANTED:

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

Primary duties include inbound tech support calls, emails, and light office work. This is a part-time or a full-time position, depending on experience and demand (20+ hours), in a flexible work environment. Please send resumes to: agilbert@theankerconsultinggroup.com.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER

The elementary school teacher will be responsible for teaching all aspects of elementary school in a progressive environment designed for children with learning differences. This position is full time or part time, and compensation is commiserated with experience. Strong communication skills, attention to detail and a child centered mentality are essential to this position.

Please submit your resume to Jean Coffman at careers@mymwa.org.

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