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Council approves $16.7M bond for new library

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com At its Aug. 23 meeting, the Westfield City Council approved a $16.725 million general obligation bond to DEVELOPMENT fund a new Westfield Washington Public Library building The 45,000-square-foot library will be built on 3.6 acres at Westfield Boulevard and Park Street in downtown Westfield. The bonds will be repaid by the library.

“This new building will be a centerpiece in the heart of Westfield’s expanding downtown,” WWPL Director Sheryl Sollars stated.

“While the current building has served us well through the years, it doesn’t allow us room to grow and continue to meet the community’s burgeoning needs.”

The library at 333 Hoover St. was built in 1983 and was expanded in 1994 and 2014. It is 32,230 square feet but doesn’t have room for further expansion.

“The approval on the bond allows us to finalize the purchase of the new property and put the project out for bid,” Sollars stated.

WWPL plans to break ground on the new library in spring 2022 and have a grand opening in fall 2023.

The new bond will create a 2 cent tax increase; however, Westfield Washington Schools plans to decrease its tax rate during the next several years, allowing construction on the new library to be net neutral. KRM Architects is the project’s architect.

For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

A rendering of the new library’s exterior. (Renderings courtesy of WWPL)

A rendering of the new library’s interior.

Westfield is $271,000 over budget in legal fees

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Westfield City Council couldn’t get through the claims docket at the top of its agenda without GOVERNMENT arguing at its Aug. 23 meeting. The argument culminated in a city official claiming the city was more than $271,000 over budget in legal fees.

Prior to the claims docket, councilor Troy Patton asked to see what Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, the firm representing the city, charges. Specifically, Patton said he wanted to see what the city was billed for “suing people.”

Patton then asked the city what it’s budgeted legal fees are and what it’s paid so far this year. An argument between Westfield Mayor Andy Cook and Patton culminated in Patton asking Cook to name the dollar amount the city has spent, and Cook could not. Then, the city’s chief of staff Todd Burtron said the city was more than $271,000 over the annual $652,000 budget for legal fees. The legal fees budget is used for litigation and matters outside of the normal retainer fee.

A city spokesperson said a portion of the amount is due to Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard filing her legal bills under the administration’s budget, although Gossard is supposed to add them to the clerk-treasur-

er’s office budget.

During the claims docket, Council President Mike Johns said he was concerned about the timeliness of invoices from law firms. Johns has expressed similar concerns in the past.

“The attorney invoices appearing on the docket today are for March, April and May, so we are just now receiving invoices (for June and July),” Johns said before asking if the attorneys could “speed up the invoice process.”

The council then approved the claims docket, excluding legal fees outside of the regular retainer until the council could look at the claims further.

For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

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Price is right for Zionsville football team

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Zionsville Community High School senior running back Colin Price has all the attributes.

“He’s an all-around back,” Eagles coach Scott Turnquist said. “He’s got great speed. He’s got really good vision.

He’s a guy that attacks all the time.

He’s a downhill runner. He loves to be physical, and he finishes runs. He’s an all-around great athlete, so he does everything really well. He can beat you in multiple ways. He’s very versatile, which makes it easy for his teammates, coaches and play callers.”

Turnquist said he is valuable catching the football as well.

“We can split him out as a receiver and he protects well,” Turnquist said.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Price rushed for more than 1,000 yards each of the past two seasons.

“He’s a guy we can always rely on physically and mentally, too, as a leader and as a great teammate,” Turnquist said. “He’s a guy we lean on.”

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College plans: Playing football and majoring in finance.

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Favorite athlete: Christian McCaffrey Favorite TV show: “Breaking Bad” Favorite way to relax: Listening to music The Eagles won their season opener as Price rushed for 202 yards on 27 carries with two touchdowns Aug. 20 in a 28-10 victory against visiting Pike.

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Zionsville Community High School senior running back Colin Price ran for 202 yards against Pike. (Photo by Tom Marron Photography)

against Westfield as a sophomore.

“I’ve gotten a lot better at anticipating cuts based on how the linebackers are flowing,” Price said. “Slowing down the game has also gotten easier with the experience that I’ve gained over the past few years.”

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championship game last year before losing to Cathedral 46-28.

“This team has the potential to be as good if not better than last season,” Price said. “We have a lot of experience on both sides of the ball, which will help us in the long run. Going to state and coming up short has definitely made me hungrier to prove what we can do as a team. Our goal this year is to do what it takes to get back to Lucas Oil and finish the job.”

Price said he has gotten more comfortable with being a vocal leader.

“Now being a senior, I have to take the responsibility of being extra vocal in order to share whatever knowledge I have with my teammates,” he said.

Turnquist said he knows Price will do great things individually.

“We just want to make sure he’s spreading the wealth of experience and talent he’s had, and he’s done a great job of that this year,” Turnquist said.

Price, who also is in an outfielder on the high school’s baseball team, plans to play football in college. He has received offers from Hillsdale, Eastern Illinois, Butler, Northwood and Findlay.

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Hospitals update visitor rules Compiled by Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com As the delta variant of COVID-19 leads to more positive cases across the region, local hospitals are updating PANDEMIC visitor guidelines to keep patients and visitors safe.

Below is a list of area hospitals and their visitor restrictions:

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Behavioral health patients are permitted visitors by appointment only, and only one visitor per patient.

Maternity center patients are permitted two authorized visitors for the duration of their stay, one of which can be in the room 24/7.

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All approved visitors must screen negative for COVID-19 and wear a hospital-provided mask at all times. Visitors under the age of 18 aren’t permitted unless they are the parent of a patient. Adult patients can have up to two visitors at a time. COVID-19 positive patients and patients under investigation for COVID-19 are allowed one daily visitor who is either a support person, family member, legal representation or clergy member.

IU Health has reduced permitted visitors from four to two for most patients. Patients with COVID-19 are permitted two adult visitors wearing personal protective equipment provided by IU Health. All visitors to COVID-19 patient rooms must check in at the nurses’ station before entering the patient’s room.

A hospital team member will help the visitor put on all required PPE. Before leaving the patient’s room, visitors should call a nurse or hospital team member to assist with removing PPE. Visitors must follow all COVID-19 protocols while on-site, such as screening negative for COVID-19, wearing a surgical mask at all times if older than 2, practicing hand hygiene and maintaining social distance.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK Visitation hours are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Masks must be worn inside the facility at all times. Personal masks are required upon entry, but Community will provide masks to wear inside the hospital.

All visitors must be 18 or older and will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms and exposure upon arrival.

Non-COVID-19 patients are permitted two visitors at a time per day. The visitors must be the same two visitors with no rotation until the following day. One visitor is permitted to spend the night. ICU overnight visitation will be arranged on an as-needed basis. COVID-19 patients are permitted visitors by appointment only. Visits may be for one hour, with no more than two hours per week. A signed waiver is required to visit a COVID-19 patient, and the visitor must wear

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Expected completion: Through Sept. 30 Project: Jersey Street Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Expected completion: Jersey Street will be closed for the remainder of the Grand Junction Plaza construction.

NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH Project: Small structure replacement Location: 191st Street between Cyntheanne Road and Prairie Baptist Road will be closed to all thru traffic.

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Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and 146th Street. Best detour is bypassing 146th street by taking 141st street.

Expected completion: May 2022.

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Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and 131st Street. Best detour is to avoid 131st street by taking 126th street.

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GEIST Project: Water Main replacement Location: Maple Lane, Zoeller Ave and Wallingwood Drive, had been scheduled originally to be completed by late summer, the project has been delayed due to supply chain issues and has been rescheduled to begin at the beginning of September.

Expected completion: After Jan. 1 CARMEL Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: Between City Center Drive and Elm Street. The project will include construction of a new roundabout at Walnut Street (6th Street) and Range Line Road.

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100 Men Leadership Summit set

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The purpose of the first Prevail’s 100 Men Leadership Summit is to inspire and mobilize men in breaking the PREVAIL traditional mold of what it means to be a leader in the community.

“This idea is founded on 100 Men’s approach of self and youth development,” said Sara Roorbach, Prevail’s primary prevention specialist. “We wanted to provide a space for men to come together to learn how to be better men, especially male leaders. We understand that men hold influential space in our community, and we wanted to inspire and mobilize men in breaking the traditional mold of what it means to be a male leader.”

The event is set for 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 11 at the Cambria Hotel in Westfield. Breakfast and refreshments will be provided.

The keynote speakers are Kyle Miller, coordinator of social emotional learning for Westfield Washington Schools, Westfield Middle School principal Mike Hall and Westfield Mayor Andy Cook. Attendees will learn the Web of Supports Model and how to en-

Live Beautifully Prevail 100 Men member Justin Growden speaks at a 100 Men event. (Photo courtesy of Prevail)

gage in the interconnected system to better shape the community.

“The Web of Supports model is a framework used to describe how youth relate to adults and peers in their lives and how these relationships provide the support necessary for young people to thrive,” Roorbach said.

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Westfield woman encourages local families to host international exchange students

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Westfield resident Jill Woerner long wanted to volunteer as a host family for an international exchange student through American Field Service-USA but was unable to because of her career at the time. That changed when she married her husband, Greg Pugh. Several years ago, she had the chance to host a student, Nuchwara Jhankasem from Thailand, who went by the name Punyee while in America.

Woerner had such a wonderful time with the experience that she ended up joining AFS-USA as a full-time staff member. She is now the director of education and external outreach for the organization.

Woerner served as a volunteer for more than 10 years before she had the opportunity to host a student.

“I wanted to host almost the entire time I’ve been a volunteer, but I was always so busy because I was a teacher and I worked for the Dept. of Education in Indiana. I was so busy traveling to conferences, and I couldn’t figure out how I could do it as a single parent,” Woerner said. “What finally helped me pull the trigger to become a host family is that I got married.”

Woerner married Pugh in 2014. Her husband has three children. Woerner works from home and lives in Westfield.

“My experience with AFS-USA goes much deeper than having been a host family or a staff member outposted from the main office,” she said.

Prior to hosting Jhankasem, Woerner’s volunteer roles included working with local students from Indiana who wanted to go abroad to help prepare them and volunteering as a scholarship coordinator with the program.

When Jhankasem arrived from Thailand for the 2018-19 school year, she was enrolled as a senior.

Although Woerner enjoyed the experience, it was a bit different than she and her stepchildren expected.

“I expected that my stepdaughter would get along really well with my host daughter, and they just didn’t really connect,” Woerner said.

However, Woerner’s oldest stepson, Tom-

made that your dream job to begin with. My own natural children, including my youngest son, who would love to have another older sibling, will have to be content with the memories and experiences they had with their sister in Thailand, and I myself will have to wait patiently for the world to open up and give me my opportunity to visit my most distant of family members to experience her world in person like she was able to experience mine.”

The deadline for a Westfield family to sign up to host a student is Aug. 31. For more, visit afsusa.org.

Nuchwara Jhankasem, left, and Jill Woerner visit the zoo. (Photos courtesy of Jill Woerner)

my Pugh, and Jhankasem connected well.

“They would play video games together and pack their lunch together, and my stepson taught my host daughter how to cook,” she said. “Because we are a blended family, it was a unique experience.”

Woerner said other highlights during her host daughter’s stay with the family included attending a cycling class together, going to the zoo and taking a trip to all the bakeries across Indianapolis that sold macarons.

Another memorable experience was taking Jhankasem to dye her hair.

“That was something she was not allowed to do when she was home in Thailand, and she really wanted to have this blue shimmer in her gorgeous black, Thai hair,” Woerner said. “So, she was just tickled. Of course, we had to dye it back before she went home.”

Greg Pugh said he enjoyed watching “Nailed It” with Jhankasem and taking her to Disneyland.

“Having another child, especially one who was open to learning all about what life is like in the U.S., helped me to find new joy in my own hobbies and interests,” Greg Pugh said. “Even now, I continue to think back on her love of cat videos, chocolate chip cookies and her infatuation with fast-food restaurants, and I miss her just as surely as I miss my own natural son as he is off at college.”

Nuchwara Jhankasem, left, makes gingerbread cookies with Tommy Pugh.

ON THE COVER: Nuchwara Jhankasem pauses outside of Westfield High School. She attended WHS during the 2018-19 school year as an international exchange student through the AFS-USA organization. (Photo courtesy of Jill Woerner)

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Nuchwara Jhankasem pauses as the “I” in an Indy sign on Massachusetts Avenue in downtown Indianapolis.

Now that Woerner works for AFS-USA, her family can’t be a host family because AFSUSA employees aren’t permitted to do so, which she said is heartbreaking.

“It’s heart-wrenching for my husband and I, because now we have more bedrooms because more kids are off to college and out of the house, and it’s hard for us not to host,” she said.

“It’s sad to think that I won’t have another experience like that or expand my own family because my wife and I can’t host anymore now that she works for the AFS organization,” Greg Pugh said. “Who would have thought that choosing to take your dream job meant giving up on part of what

AFS-USA is based in New York.

“The organization has been around since the world wars, because the AFS stands for American Field Service, but really the organization was born out of a core of ambulance drivers from world wars seeing the violence that was coming out of people fighting with other people, and they decided this is not what they wanted to see in their future and the future for their children,” AFS-USA Director of Education and External Outreach Jill Woerner said. “The best way to combat that and be preventative was to engage in intercultural exchange.

So, the organization was born out of people-to-people relationships, and it has evolved into the organization we are today, which supports local students going abroad or exchange students from more than 90 different countries coming to the states.”

The organization also provides resources to educators about global competence and resources about cultures to help educators know how to work with international students in the classroom.

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Finding solace

No putting it delicately

Commentary by Terry Anker It is just something that people say. They sum up difficult or awkward moments, these polite aphorisms that find their way into our collective vernacular. They help us transition from those subjects most difficult for humans to process. As such, funerals are rife with the well-intended cliches: “Her death is a blessing, really.” Really? The devastated family is looking to make order of the inconsolable loss. Maybe it is really, really a blessing. Still, we imagine that there may have been better days ahead had it not been for the finality of earthly parting. No sane person wishes suffering of another soul, yet is pain sometimes required to find one’s way to recovery? How long do we hold out?

“You look just like your dad,” they say. “Thanks. Dad was a handsome guy,” replies the sheepish teen. But he wonders, how could it be? Adopted as a child, father and son could not claim a biological likeness. He keeps the fact to himself. Having been told the same by numerous others through the years, he came to see the disappointment in their eyes when he helped them understand that what they believed they’d noticed was more through the power of suggestion than that of observation.

Is it the very trite nature of these expressions in which we find comfort and therefore learn to embrace? These truisms have been shared countless times for generations and serve to remind us of our common humanity. We can’t think of anything more to say but desperately seek connection. If sad, we’ll offer support. If happy, we’ll offer a compliment. Is the insight particularly deep? Maybe not. Yet, if we recognize these words not as didactic admonishments but instead as hopeful reminders that others care for us, are we assured of solace in their banality?

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

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible battles inside all of us — that’s where it’s at.”

— JESSE OWENS

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What a poopy week I’ve had, and I say that both figuratively and literally. Let’s explore.

In the figurative sense, we suffered a homeowner’s near catastrophe when we discovered standing water in the basement storage room and flowing rivulets through the finished area. Apparently, our sump pump had stopped working a few days prior. I don’t care so much about the now-ruined carpet and discarded junk, but a cardboard box of my childhood memorabilia was left undiscovered for too many hours, resulting in 30-year-old letters and photographs being completely soaked. I managed to salvage most of them, but it was heartbreaking to have to throw away birthday cards from my grandmothers and photographs of old grade school friends.

It was definitely a crappy moment.

On the literal and definitely more humorous front, I had the fascinating opportunity to prepare a stool sample for a Cologuard test, a mail-in colon cancer screening. On balance, my experience was smooth sailing, though I don’t think the dog knew what to think of the interesting smells emanating from the plastic container as I prepared swabs with the lab skills of a mad scientist.

The only awkward part was having to personally deliver it to UPS for overnight shipping. “Would you like a receipt, ma’am?” Um, yes?

I also found myself volunteering to clean up a diaper explosion perpetrated by my youngest nephew in his cloth exersaucer seat. I was surprised and silently pleased to learn that this old mom can still perform sanitary miracles.

You’re welcome, Sis. So, not a terrible week as the theme might imply, but certainly one with a ton of … well, you know.

Peace out.

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

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Tim wasn’t aware of the newest techThere has been a lot of activity in the niques for eliminating mice, but he says his Wolfsie bedroom lately. Sadly, this column is home is free of the pests. It must be known not going to be as interesting throughout Rodentville that his house HUMOR as you might expect. Our home is a ghoulish museum of ancient torture has been the chosen hangout techniques. for a variety of critters, mostly outside in I was surprised to learn online that our yard, but now an animal of some kind is cheese is no longer the bait of choice. Pealoose in the air vent above our bed. nut butter is recommended. My wife feels Mary Ellen and I are both animal lovers. strongly that a last meal should always be In our basement, we special. Death in a Jif! recently set humane We bought an elecOur home has been the chosen mousetraps martronic trap that works hangout for a variety of critters, keted as “catch and quickly and humanely. release.” Word must mostly outside in our yard, but The technology can have spread in our sense mice have now an animal of some kind is backyard woods that loose in the air vent above our bed. entered the comparta good meal could ment and the system – DICK WOLFSIE triggers a shock that be had in the Wolfsie basement, accom“knocks ’em dead.” panied by free transportation back to the The ad for this device says: “It kills over nest. Were we played by rodents? What 100 mice per set of batteries.” That’s the rats! kind of product research missing on most I called my friend Tim Evans, a longtime merchandise. Wouldn’t you like to know respected Indianapolis journalist. He has a how many times you can change the chanhobby of collecting unusual mousetraps, a nel with your remote or open and close your fascination that began more than 40 years garage door with a couple of AAAs? That ago when he and his father found an old useful information is never included. But one, circa 1915, while restoring an old home. deaths per battery? It’s right there on the He has since acquired dozens of these box. devices.

Mary Ellen has been torn by this whole Tim is drawn to those that reflect a Rube situation. She humanizes the creatures, and Goldberg-approach to mice murder. He has her heart goes out to them. I suggested we traps that crush, decapitate or strangle. One try to not think about it for a night and just of his favorites entices a mouse to literally watch a fun movie. walk a plank to tumble into a little tub of “Ratatouille” was probably a bad choice. water. All are relics of the past.

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will be called Harmony Dentistry. It is at 1509 S. Waterleaf Dr. “I’m excited to be in a growing area and Dr. Jessie Barton has created a way to connect with the families in that area,” she provide books to children as she grows her said. new dental practice Barton, who has been practicing NEW BIZ in Westfield. for five years, has been working for Barton is partanother practice in Indianapolis. nering with the Indy Book Project, “My husband is going to be an organization that provides my jack-of-all-trades behind the books to children in need around scenes,” Barton said. “He’s a physIndianapolis. ical therapist, so he’ll be treating “For every new patient that some patients for TMD or TMJ Barton comes into my office, we’ll be do(temporomandibular joint disorder) nating a book to the Indy Book Project to through the practice as well. It’s the pain in help around the community and get kids the jaw, so we work together to treat that. reading,” Barton said. “My husband, Matt, He’s going to be more on management side, and I both were and are huge bookworms, initially.” and it’s one of the things we have really Barton graduated from the Indiana Uniemphasized with our kids. We have 2-yearversity School of Dentistry in 2016. old and 4-year-old boys. My boys have an “Our office is going to have a more cominsane amount of books around our home. prehensive approach where we treat our “I wanted to help spread that love and joy patients as the whole person, not just their of reading to other children in the communi- teeth,” Barton said. “We’re going to work to ty that don’t have that.” educate them on how their teeth and their Barton and her family live in Zionsville. mouth is the gateway to the rest of their Barton said she hopes the practice will be body and how everything is interconnected ready to open in mid-October. The practice to your overall health and oral health.”

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Henthorn to make Fishers Blues Fest debut

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Since the middle of May, musician Doug Henthorn has been plenty busy.

“I had a gig every day, and MUSIC it’s been that way ever since,” Henthorn said. “I basically had a year off, so when May (arrived), it was go, go, go.”

Henthorn said with the lack of gigs from mid-March 2020 until May, he gained 15 pounds.

“My feet hurt, my fingers hurt, and my voice is tired because I’ve been out of practice,” he said. “But it’s great. I’m not complaining.”

Henthorn performs regularly at the Slippery Noodle and The Rathskeller in downtown Indianapolis, the Jazz Kitchen in Broad Ripple and The Corner Bar near Greenwood. He had done some parking lot gigs at The Corner Bar when COVID-19 resulted in indoor restrictions.

Henthorn, 54, is now set to make his first appearance in the ninth annual Fishers Blues Fest, a free two-day event which will be held Sept. 3-4 at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater, 6 Municipal Dr. Henthorn will perform at 3 p.m. Sept. 4.

“I’m looking forward to it,” Henthorn said. “I’m doing an acoustic opening set.

When they called me, they said they wanted a solo accoustic opener, so I’ll just play some blues tunes. It should be cool.”

The Westfield resident has played in several blues festivals, including in Australia a few years ago.

“But this is the first time I’ve been invited to one near my own hometown, so it’s cool,” he said.

Henthorn said most of his gigs since May have been scaled-down acoustic sets.

“People are tentative about booking full bands, which is too bad, because that is really what I would prefer to do,” said Henthorn, who has played some performances with his band.

Henthorn performed vocals and played guitar while fronting the Healing Sixes, a blues-based rock band, for 15 years. The band included drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John

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Indiana Performing Arts Theatre presents ‘Dreamgirls’ Doug Henthorn to perform an acoustic set at Fishers Blues Fest. (Photo courtesy of Doug Henthorn)

Bonham, for four years.

Henthorn toured Europe with Joe Bonamasso. He also performed and recorded with John Hiatt.

Henthorn said he has recorded two solo albums since Healing Sixes split up in 2014.

He is working on a third album.

“I’ll be doing some material off of those two albums and maybe one off a new album that hasn’t come out yet,” Henthorn said of his Fishers Blues set. “I also do some choice blues covers that I enjoy playing.”

Henthorn has a website at doughenthorn.com, featuring his albums and photos.

The Fishers Blues Fest is held during Labor Day weekend each year.

“Our attendance has always been strong at Blues Fest,” Fishers Parks and Recreation director Sarah Sandquist said.

“The Amphitheater is typically full. We have a larger budget for Blues Fest. We’re

super excited to have Bobby Rush coming for one of the nights.”

Tickets aren’t required for the firstcome, first-served event for all ages. Restrooms, hand-washing stations and hand sanitizer will be available on-site. Patrons are encouraged to wear face masks if they are not fully vaccinated.

Outside alcohol isn’t allowed, but vendors will be on-site selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food and refreshments. Coolers, chairs and blankets are welcome.

FISHERS BLUES FEST LINEUP • Sept. 3: Agents of Redemption, 5:20 p.m.; Lil’ Red & The Rooster, 6:50 p.m.; and Bobby Rush, 8:15 p.m.

• Sept. 4: Doug Henthorn, 3 p.m.; Mr. Kinetik, 4 p.m.; Joanna Connor, 5:45 p.m.; Bernard Allison, 7:15 p.m.; and Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, 8:45 p.m.

editorial@youarecurrent.com Indiana Performing Arts Theatre and KaidyDid Productions presents “Dreamgirls” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 and 4 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis.

“Dreamgirls” is a fictionalized story of the Motown girl groups of the 1960s, such as The Supremes and The Marvelettes.

Trina Dingle, executive director and Indianapolis resident, said Indiana Performing Arts Theatre was formed to give people of color more roles in musicals and plays on a more regular basis.

Dee DuVall, a Carmel resident, serves as artistic director. Kaila J. Adams is the talent development director.

The group usually presents two largescale productions a year and two cabarets or readings.

“Our cast is 60 to 70 percent African American,” Dingle said. “Once a year we’ll have a more diverse cast.”

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Dancing with our Stars returns

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Meals on Wheels Dancing with our Stars fundraiser was originally created as an out-of-the-box idea, and seven years later, the fundraiser is FUNDRAISER still a hit.

“We had been looking for some kind of different fundraiser, and we really felt like this would be something the community would enjoy, and we certainly hit the nail on the head with the right kind of event,” Meals on Wheels Hamilton County Executive Director Beth Gehlhausen said.

Dancing with our Stars will return at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at Embassy Suites, 13700 Conference Center Dr., Noblesville. Gehlhausen said her goal is to raise $40,000 to $50,000 net profit from the event.

“The gist of it is, it’s similar to the show (‘Dancing with the Stars),” Gehlhausen said.

“We pair up local celebrities, and celebrity is a loose term. We are looking for people in the community who want to come and have some fun and can get their family and friends to join us, and then we pair them

Dancing with our Stars will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 9.

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with a professional.”

Most professional dancers have participated in the fundraiser all seven years. The celebrities and professionals pick their song and perform a ballroom dance. A top male and female dancer are crowned at the end of the night, as well as a People’s Choice winner, which is the dancer who receives the most votes, or dollars donated.

Tickets are $75 and include dinner, wine at the table and, according to Gehlhausen, the “best entertainment you’ll see all year.”

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Actor gets role in ‘Sharkdog’ Mitchell is represented by the Savage Agency in Los Angeles for his role in “Sharkdog.” The agent sends Mitchell auditions, which he does by tape. He was offered Liam Mitchell performs in a TV series in the role on “Sharkdog” in November 2020 the comfort of his Carmel home. and started working on it shortly Mitchell plays TELEVISION the boy, Max, who thereafter.

“Nickelodeon sends me everything I finds “Sharkdog,” need to record,” Mitchell said. “My dad a half dog, half shark, in an animatbuilt a recording studio in a closet in ed series of shorts produced by our basement. I work once a week for Nickelodeon. It debuts Sept. 3 on Netflix. about two to three hours. I get on a Zoom with the sound team in LA and I Mitchell, who is in the seventh Mitchell record my lines with them.” grade at St. Louis de Montfort in Mitchell has recorded 20 or 21 episodes Fishers, was cast in the series after particifor the first season, plus a Halloween spepating in a summer camp in Ohio in 2019. cial. He is working on Season 2 now.

The camp was hosted by Greg James, “I love that Max is kind of really like me,” who has many connections in the talent Mitchell said. “He has a love for animals industry in Los Angeles. and seems to always be getting himself “At the end of the camp, he flies out manout of tricky situations. Not only will kids agers, casting directors and agents from love the show, adults will, too. They are Los Angeles,” Mitchell said. “The kids put on seven-minute shorts so they can captivate a showcase, and after the showcase the the attention of the littlest viewers, but the managers, agents and directors may offer adventures that Max and Sharkdog have are to sign you. I had several offers at the end fun for adults, too.” but ended up selecting The Savage Agency For more, visit netflix.com. and Heyman Talent.”

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 1720 E 256th St., Arcadia What to get: Varies Price: Varies Anna’s take: This picture is very obviously a corncob at the Indiana State Fair, but as I indulged in the buttery, salty goodness, I realized that Wilson Farm Market supplied all of the corn at the fair. I’ve only been to Wilson Farm Market once, and for a foodie, it’s practically an amusement park. The shop is just north of Westfield on U.S. 31, so it’s not too far of a drive. It sells fresh-baked pies, Amish goods, bakery items, produce and more.

Stepping into the little store feels like something so purely Hoosier that I can’t wait to do it again.

I suggest you take a trip to buy corn or any of its other items since the state fair has ended. Give the Monster Cookie a try, or the blueberry pie. You’ll be happy you did.

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French Lick and its Pluto water Commentary by Don Knebel This is the first of three columns about French Lick and West Baden Springs, adjacent small towns in Orange TRAVEL County that became world famous.

French Lick was named for deposits from mineral springs animals licked along the Buffalo Trace. In 1832, after determining the springs were not a practical source of salt, Indiana sold 1,500 acres to William Bowles, a minister expelled from his local church.

Claiming to be a physician, Bowles built a hotel and began selling spring water he said cured everything from alcoholism and asthma to insomnia and influenza. In 1869, after Bowles beat charges of practicing medicine without a license, he named his largest spring “Pluto’s Spring” for the Greek god of the underworld. After Bowles’ death, a series of owners expanded the hotel, its supposedly magical “Pluto Water” drawing guests by train from across the United States.

In 1905, Thomas Taggart, formerly Indianapolis mayor, acquired the French Lick Springs Hotel and greatly expanded it and

Pluto Springs Pavilion, French Lick Springs Hotel. (Photos courtesy of Don Knebel)

Railroad entrance at French Lick Springs Hotel

its appeal. The Monon Railroad ran a train from Chicago directly to the hotel, where up to 200 passengers a day, including Hollywood celebrities, entered beneath a gilded marquee. In 1911, Taggart erected an

octagonal pavilion over Pluto’s Spring proclaiming Pluto Water to be “Nature’s Greatest Laxative.” Although gambling was illegal, French Lick casinos, including one across the street from Taggart’s hotel, attracted yet more visitors. By the time of Taggart’s death in 1929, his hotel was earning $2 million a year. Franklin Roosevelt attended the Democratic Governors’ Conference in the hotel in 1931, where he sought support for a presidential bid and was photographed wearing leg braces.

The Great Depression and Indiana’s crackdown on gambling led to the hotel’s decline, but a magnificently restored hotel and adjoining (lawful) casino are again attracting visitors from around the world (more in the next two weeks).

Correction: A photo that appeared with Don Knebel’s travel column in the Aug. 24 edition of Current was not a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home.

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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF WESTFIELD COMMON COUNCIL Notice is hereby given that the City of Westfield Common Council (the “Council”) will, at its meeting to be held on Monday, September 13, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. local time, in the Assembly Room of the City of Westfield (the “City”) City Hall located at 130 Penn Street, Westfield, Indiana, conduct a public hearing regarding (1) the acquisition of land and a new City Fire Station #81 and Fire Department Administration Building to be located at 17001 Ditch Road in the City, the installation, and equipping of such facilities and other improvements related thereto (the “Project”); and (2) entering into one or more leases, or an amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases (collectively, the “Lease”), of all or any portion of such facilities, pursuant to which the Westfield Building Corporation (the “Building Corporation”) would be the lessor and the City would be lessee (the “Lease”). Through a loan of proceeds of one or more series of bonds to be issued by the Building Corporation (the “Bonds”) and secured by and payable from the lease payments made by the City under the Lease, the Building Corporation will finance the costs of the Project. The proceeds of the Bonds will also be used to finance all or a portion of the expenses incurred in connection with or on account of the issuance of the Bonds.

The City’s lease payments under such Lease will be payable from ad valorem taxes levied and collected by the City on all taxable property within the City pursuant to IC 36-1-10. At the hearing, the Council will hear any objections to and support for the proposed Project and the proposed Lease from the general public.

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