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Riverview Health Westfield Hospital held a VIP grand-opening ceremony Aug. 30 with a ribbon cutting at the new HEALTHCARE hospital campus, 17600 Shamrock Blvd.

Tours were given of the first two floors, showing off amenities such as emergency and urgent care areas, three operating rooms, pre- and post-operative rooms, four inpatient beds, laboratory services, an employee clinic, a pharmacy with a drive-thru, state-of-theart imagining with mammography and MRI services, among other features. Sixteen more beds will be added in the near future.

The first two floors will open to patients this month with the following three opening by the end of the year. The sixth floor provides room for growth for physicians such as surgical specialists.

Riverview Health CEO Seth Warren spoke about the county hospital’s efforts to expand to Westfield.

“We have a mission to improve and preserve the health and well-being of those we serve, and we are going to be able to do that in Westfield, Indiana, now,” Warren said.

Warren thanked various individuals such as Westfield Washington Schools Supt. Sherry Grate and the WWS system for selling the property, which previously housed WWS’s football stadium; former Riverview Health CEO and President Pat Fox for laying a solid foundation; and American Structurepoint for designing the building, among other contributors.

Warren also said when he joined Riverview Health in 2016 the project was well under way, and that the project was one of the reasons he took the position.

“I was very intrigued by the growth opportunities presented here,” he said.

Riverview Health Board of Trustees Chairman Greg Murray said Riverview Health’s strategic plan began 10 years ago.

“A new strategic plan would help us to better fulfill our mission going forward in the future,” he said. “A key part of that plan was to enhance our presence and plant the Riverview flag in the Westfield community.

Fast-forward 10 years, and we see the results

Riverview Health CEO Seth Warren (fifth from right) is joined by Hamilton County commissioners, Westfield City Council members, Mayor Andy Cook (third from left) and others as he cuts the ribbon for Riverview Health Westfield Hospital. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

Mayor Andy Cook speaks during ribbon-cutting ceremony for Riverview Health Westfield Hospital.

From left, Hamilton County Commissioners Steve Dillinger, Mark Heirbrandt and Christine Altman present at the Aug. 30 ribboncutting ceremony for Riverview Health Westfield Hospital.

of that strategy.”

Although a county-owned hospital, Riverview Health Westfield Hospital was constructed with funds generated from Riverview Health only. No taxpayer dollars were spent.

Riverview Health is overseen by the Hamilton County Commissioners, who appoint the hospital’s seven board members. County commissioner Mark Heirbrandt also spoke at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We’re very proud of the collaboration of Westfield Washington Schools under the leadership of Dr. Sherry Grate, and the City of Westfield under the leadership of Mayor Andy Cook, and also Hamilton County to seek their health care from Riverview Health clinics and the pharmacies both in Westfield you just saw here on the first floor and also in Noblesville,” Heirbrandt said. “This collaborative ef-

fort will provide convenience for the citizens of Hamilton County and our employees while promoting cost efficiencies for our insurance programs.”

Mayor Andy Cook called it a huge day for the City of Westfield. He said when he and his team originally began developing the town into a city, people told him Westfield couldn’t be a real city until there was a hospital.

“We couldn’t dream that this reality would come within really the last 10 years of this new city,” Cook said. “We are all very grateful to have this beautiful facility here that truly is going to set the stage and the bar for what the rest of this very important interchange is going to look like. It is truly the entrance to metro Indy from the north, and it certainly is the entrance to the City of Westfield.”

For more, visit riverview.org.

COMMUNITY DISPATCHES Fire department merit commission meeting — The City of Westfield Fire Dept. Merit Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Westfield Public Safety Building, 17535 Dartown Rd. Westfield Preservation Alliance meeting — The Westfield Preservation Alliance’s next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Westfield Washington Public Library, 303 W. Hoover St. The meeting will take place in the conference room, which is in the library’s basement. Paul Diebold from the DNR speak about the National Register of Historic Places. Downtown Westfield has been nominated for the national register, the meeting will educate the residents on what that means. Mark Dollase and Sam Burgess from Indiana Landmarks also will be present to answer questions.

St. Maria Goretti golf outing — St. Maria Goretti will host its ninth annual golf outing with lunch beginning at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at noon Sept. 21 at Pebble Brook Golf Club, 3110 Westfield Rd., Noblesville.

Tickets are $100. For more, visit membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/2139.

Westfield GOP Club hosts meet-and-greet — The Westfield GOP Club will host an event from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 20 at The Nest at the Grand Park Events Center, 19000 Grand Park Blvd. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available. To RSVP, email mindy@ arnettmanagement.com.

Car Free Day — Central Indiana residents are encouraged to take part in Car Free Day Indy by taking a bus, biking, walking or carpooling Sept. 21. To sweeten the challenge, Commuter Connect, the region’s rideshare program, is offering a free emergency ride home for anyone who signs the online pledge at CarFreeDayIndy.com. The day also includes two events – one at Cummins Plaza from 7 to 9 a.m. and one on Monument Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both will feature free music and food while it lasts.

Candidate forum — The League of Women Voters of Hamilton County will host a candidate forum for Hamilton County contested races. It will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 22 at Noblesville City Hall. Candidates from the following races will attend: county commissioner, county council districts 1, 3 and 4, county circuit court clerk, county sheriff and county coroner. For more, contact Peg Harmon at peg.harmon@gmail.com.

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Alison Van Natta has planned an inaugural fundraiser at her Westfield barn to benefit the Westfield Youth FUNDRAISER Assistance Program.

Boots and Bling will be from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Van Natta barn, 1881 W. 161st St. The casual wearevening will feature a dinner catered by Keltie Domina, a live auction, a 50/50 raffle with a chance to win $5,000, an open bar and more. Tickets are $150 per person. Only 100 are available.

Van Natta chose WYAP as the beneficiary because she has served on its board since 2014.

“It’s a great local organization that really has such an immediate and direct impact on the youth of Westfield,” she said. “It’s just really important and we feel great about supporting it. Our goal is to let people know what Westfield Youth Assistance does for people in the community.”

Mayor Andy Cook and Superior Court Judge Steve Nation will attend. Cook and Nation helped form the WYAP in 2009. WYAP serves as an early intervention advocate for kids ages 3 to 17 who may be facing chal-

Bruce and Allison Van Natta will host the inaugural Boots and Bling event Sept. 22 at their barn, 1881 W. 161st St. (File photo)

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Grapes and Grains 5K to return

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com The Grapes and Grains 5K Run and Walk will return for its second year Sept. 29. It will feature a few changes.

EVENT After completing the nontimed, non-competitive run, participants will, for the first time, receive a medal. In addition, sponsors of the 5K, Grand Junction Brewing Co. owner Jon Knight and Urban Vines owner Noah Herron, have chosen the Westfield Education Foundation as a beneficiary.

“I think there’s nothing better than giving back to the community we operate our business in,” Knight said.

Tickets are $30 and include a glass of wine or a pint of beer, a long-sleeved Tshirt, a medal and participation in the race.

Participants can start from either Grand Junction Brewing Co.’s taproom, 1189 E. 181st St., or Urban Vines, 303 E. 161st St. They will finish the 5K route at the business they didn’t start from and receive their drink of choice there.

“I think it’s cool that two businesses in Westfield can collaborate and work together and not only benefit us but benefit the community,” Herron said.

From left, Grand Junction Brewing Co. owner Jon Knight, Westfield Education Foundation board member Ashley Knott, Westfield Education Foundation Executive Director Jan Skinner and Urban Vines owner Noah Herron. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Grand Junction Brewing Co. has chosen WEF as a beneficiary before, during its annual Rock the Junction beer festival in May. “We’re honored to be chosen to help assist with the success of the event and receive a portion of the profits that will enhance teacher grant awards and college scholarships,” WEF Executive Director Jan Skinner said.

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A new multi-family proposal, if approved, could bring 244 market-rate apartment units to Grand Park DEVELOPMENT Village. CharlesTowne, proposed by Henke Development Group and Freeman Development Corp., is a multi-family development that was presented to the Advisory Plan Commission Sept. 4.

The development would allow for Monon Trail and Grand Park Village lake frontage. It would feature a resort-style pool, clubhouse, business center, fitness center, urban gardening opportunities along the Monon trail, swings near the waterfront and a boardwalk.

A public hearing was held, but no one from the public spoke. APC members expressed enthusiasm for the project, specifically the parking and garage availability.

The apartments would face outward, with the parking area and garage enclosed in the interior of the development.

The proposal would allow for 1 1/2 parking spaces per each one-bedroom unit, two parking spaces per each two-bedroom and three parking spaces per each threebedroom apartment.

“As part of our review of this proposal, we actually like the parking standards better than our ordinance,” said Matt Skelton, director of economic and community devel-

opment. “They’re actually more conventional and relevant. Ours are out of date with modern development.”

If approved, construction would begin next summer and be complete by 2020.

Multiple APC members voiced support for the project.

“I think this is an awesome project. I’m really excited to see you here and building apartments in our community,” member Chris Woodard said. “There’s a lot of good there.”

Several other projects went before the APC during its meeting, including a public hearing for an amendment to the Andover planned unit development.

The amendment would allow for a continuation of the existing Lakes of Westfield neighborhood at 18377 Shady Nook Rd. The amendment would increase the Andover planned unit development by 22 acres and requests an increase in the number of permitted dwelling units. Homes would range from $375,000 to $600,000, with an average of $480,000.

If approved, construction would begin next spring with a completion date of fall 2019.

Because no one spoke at the public hearing, the APC voted for the development and sent it to city council with a favorable recommendation, 8-0.

The next APC meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at City Hall, 130 Penn St. For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

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COMMUNITY Hamilton County Prayer Breakfast — A prayer breakfast for police, fire and emergency services will be held at 8 a.m. Sept.

29 at IMMI, 18880 N. East St. The event allows residents an opportunity to support and thank Hamilton County first responders through prayer.

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Emergency response training — Hamilton County Emergency Management is recruiting members for its Community Emergency Response Team. Members will be trained on how to safely respond to both manmade and natural disasters. Classes start Sept. 11. Graduates will receive a backpack full of disaster tools and supplies. For more, visit HamiltonCounty.in.gov/CERT.

F.C. Tucker stats — Buyers are finding homes at slightly lower prices in Westfield and taking them off the market quickly. According to F.C. Tucker, the average sale price for homes in the city was $314,874 at $136.33 per square foot in July 2018.

This sale price represented a 3.4 percent decrease from July 2017. Homes in the city sold in an average of 43 days, 12.2 percent faster than July last year.

Affordable vacations in county — Reader’s Digest recently included Hamilton County on its list of 41 Mini Family Vacations That Won’t Break the Bank. Hamilton County attractions mentioned in the article include Strawtown Koteewi Park, Conner Prairie, and the Nickel Plate Express.

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From left, officers Anuar Velazquez, Noreen Henriquez and Eli Rebollar.

On Sept. 4, the Westfield Police Dept. hosted the ninth annual Jake Laird Community Day at Quaker Park. Det. Lt. Brodie Houston, front, and Lt. Jim Lilly grill hotdogs. (Photos by Anna Skinner)

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ter, a Westfield High School freshman, has friends who talk about vaping, the use of e-cigarettes.

Stacy London has good reason to be pasSo, when the position came open, London sionate about her position as program coorquickly accepted, leaving a previous posidinator with Breathe Easy Hamilton County. tion with Westfield Washington Her mother, BREATHE EASY Helen Bauer, Township.

London wants parents and studied at 82 dents to know that while less toxic in May 2016 of complications from than cigarettes, e-cigarettes still smoking with chronic obstructive contain harmful chemicals. pulmonary disease and heart probThe use of e-cigarettes has lems. She smoked from age 16 until risen from 1.5 percent in 2011 to 11.7 60.

London percent in 2017 among high school “She couldn’t even walk across students. Research shows that many ethe room without her oxygen level dropping cigarettes contain nicotine. so low that she would have to sit and slowLondon is eager to share her message ly breathe to bring it back up,” London said. about the dangers of e-cigarettes with par“I would tear up and be so concerned that ents and school groups. she wasn’t going to make it. She wasn’t “I’m speaking next month to a group of ready to go and we weren’t ready for her to seniors because their grandkids are doing go, but the disease took her away.” it,” she said.

London, who started in the position in London and her assistant program coorOctober 2017, spoke about her motivation dinator, Vanessa Montgomery of Westfield, to have a smoke-free county at the Aug. 23 Just Breathe luncheon at the Delaware Com- want to do presentations whenever possible to share information. munity Center in Fishers.

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Chaucie’s Place gala returns

By Renee Larr • news@currentincarmel.com Chaucie’s Place will host its annual fundraiser, the Treasure Our Children Gala, to support the organizaFUNDRAISER tion’s mission to prevent child sexual abuse and suicide.

“The Treasure Our Children Gala is a night of Hollywood-themed fun to raise awareness and funds for our suicide prevention programs for teens and our child abuse prevention programs,” said Olivia Cloer, Chaucie’s Place director of development.

The 18th annual gala will begin at 6 p.m.

Sept. 19 at Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian St. in Carmel.

“There will be a couple of different aspects to the event,” Cloer said. “There will be a red-carpet entrance, a silent auction, a wine pull and a walk of fame with some of our community partners on it who do great things to protect children.”

The event is not only a fundraiser but a celebration of the previous year’s success.

“One of the things we’ve really been emphasizing is that we’ve grown a lot in the last year,” Cloer said. “Last year, we served about 25,000 kids. This year, we are sched-

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uled to serve 90,000 kids. We’ll have one of our board members come up and talk about the great things that have been going on and the successes that we’ve had protecting kids.”

The event evolves each year to add to the fun.

“In keeping with the theme, one of the new parts is a walk of fame, where we’ll feature community partners who use our program just to show our reach,” Cloer said.

“We are so lucky to have people who have supported us year after year.”

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Eugene A. Zmarzly, 75, of Westfield, died Aug. 26 at St. Vincent Carmel Hospital. He was born Oct. 15, 1942 to Erwin and Josephine (Kaplan) Zmarzly in Buffalo, New York.

Eugene proudly served in the Air Force for 27 years before his retirement, serving in the Vietnam War. He served in the NSA during the Cold War. Eugene served FEMA on the disaster cadre for hurricane victims.

He is survived by his sons, David (Anastasia) Zmarzly and Robert Brian (Jennifer) Zmarzly; daughter, Jayne Richards; ex-wives Carrie Zmarzly and Carol Zmarzly (Jedrysik); grandchildren, Lyla Bowers, Brayden Robert Zmarzly, Bryan Thomas Zmarzly, Elena Richards, and Scott Richards; brothers, Erwim Zmarzly and Leon (Joey) Gorkiewicz; and several nieces and newphews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his nephew, Leon Gorkiewicz.

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Learn-to-play program begins

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com A program previously offered by Arctic Zone and Carmel Ice Skadium will continue to operate but under the HOCKEY leadership of the Indianapolis Youth Hockey Association. The Jr. Racers Learn to Play Hockey program offers classes for kids ages 3 to 17 and teaches them how to skate and play hockey.

“We are a very unique program in that most learn-to-play hockey programs require you to learn to skate (in classes) first before being eligible to come learn to play hockey, but we have created a unique, customized program that teaches both learning to skate and learning to play hockey all in one,” IYHA Administrator J.J. Beck said.

The ice rinks previously ran the program, but owner Mike Aulby opted to let IYHA take over in order for a smoother transition for kids to enter other programs within IYHA. “By having the IYHA take over the Learn to Play Hockey program, it makes an easier transition for our customers entering into the youth hockey programs they offer,” Aulby said.

IYHA conducts the programs at Arctic Zone, 16616 Southpark Dr., during its season-

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Classes at Arctic Zone are at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays. IYHA offers the classes yearround at the Carmel Ice Skadium, 1040 3rd Ave. SW, Carmel, for a 4 p.m. Tuesday class.

It is $95 for one weekly class a month.

“It’s more interactive, more engaging, more fun, and they certainly learn quickly,” Beck said. “Our whole goal is to get them, within six months, onto a team and into a league.”

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WESTFIELD Construction is ongoing for Grassy Branch Road will Monon Trail Phase 7, which be closed between 206th will extend the trail from Street and Ind. 38 through 5 CONSTRUCTION 191st Street in Westfield to p.m. Sept. 11 for a stormwa216th Street in Sheridan. The ter project. trail is currently under construction The Indiana Dept. of Transportaand planned for completion next month. tion recently released an update regarding NOBLESVILLE a pavement preservation project. Lane Some restrictions may be in place on Ind. restrictions will be in place on U.S. 31 from U.S. 38 to the U.S. 31 bypass in Tipton County 32/38 between 10th and 19th streets for road maintenance. Drivers should expect for pavement rehabilitation. Traffic will be changing traffic patterns, slowed traffic restricted to one lane in each direction durand narrow lanes. Large trucks are being ing construction. E&B Paving crews will be advised to avoid the stretch of road. patching asphalt and concrete, milling and 241st Street between Overdorf Road and resurfacing. INDOT encourages drivers to slow down and stay alert while driving near Fall Road in White River Township is closed for the replacement of a small structure. crews. Arrow boards and barrels will be in The closure is scheduled to open Nov. 7. place to direct traffic around the crews. The Construction of a single-lane roundabout project began April 30 and should be comat Strawtown Avenue and Ind. 37 in north plete this fall.

Noblesville is ongoing. Ind. 37 will remain The Indiana Dept. of Transportation will open with some changes to normal traffic perform strip patching on Ind. 32 from patterns. Strawtown Avenue may be closed.

Noblesville to Westfield. No road closures The Indiana Dept. of Transportation expects are anticipated, and the strip patching the intersection to be fully open this fall. should be complete within a week. MotorCARMEL ists should be cautious, and INDOT flaggers Carmel Drive and Old Meridian Street are will be in place to control traffic flow. INDOT closed for construction of a roundabout. also announced lane closures along one The closure is planned through September. lane at a time down Ind. 32 for crews to Lane restrictions have begun near Keyimprove and modernize traffic signals. Ind. stone Parkway and 96th Street, where a 32 will be affected at Spring Mill Road, Darnew roundabout interchange will be built. town Road, Oak Ridge Road, Union Street, Construction is expected to last through Grassy Branch Road, Gunther Boulevard and Moontown Road. The project should be com- 2019.

West 96th Street is closed west plete by December. Flaggers will be in place of Ditch Road for a storm water culvert projdirecting traffic. ect. The road is expected to reopen by Oct. 1.

A traffic signal is planned to be conRange Line Road is closed to northbound structed at Ind. 32 and Ditch Road. Utility traffic between 8th Street to just south relocations are expected to begin this fall, of Clay Terrace for installation of a storm and turn lanes will be added next spring. water collection system and pedestrian The traffic signal should be complete by connectivity. The project is expected to last summer 2019. No road closures are anticiuntil November. pated for the early construction plans such ZIONSVILLE/WHITESTOWN as utility relocation.

All lanes of the roundabout are now open The Towne Road Improvement Project has at Whitestown Parkway, but there may be begun, and Towne Road is closed to through localized lane restrictions next week while traffic from 156th Street to 161st Street. The crews finish. project should be finished in October. Three Zionsville Road is closed to through trafbox culverts will be replaced, and new ditchfic between 96th and 106th streets. The cloes will be cut to facilitate better roadside sure will last approximately one more week drainage. Each travel lane will be widened by 2 feet, and grade adjustments along the road to allow for clearing along the roadway.

Drivers are redirected to Michigan Road via will improve line of sight.

96th Street and 106th Street. All local acA new connection that will link 146th Street to southbound Keystone Parkway is cess for residents and businesses within the project limits will be maintained. under construction. Lane closures are acMain Street bridge reconstruction has tive on Keystone Parkway, and construction begun. The bridge, south of Sycamore is expected to last through 2019.

Street, will remain open to two-way traffic A section of the Midland Trace Trail from during this project. Drivers should be alert Union Street to Cherry Street closed Sept. to narrower lanes, workers in the area, and 9 for two weeks for the construction of a follow any directions from traffic control new sanitary lift station south of Mill Street personnel. to accommodate for the sanitary needs of

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Westfield Fire Dept. deputy chief Shoaf recalls experience on 9/11

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com When a plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Russ Shoaf was en route to Lafayette from Pike TownCOVER STORY ship Fire Dept. to teach a confinedspace class. During the trip, Shoaf was listening to a CD, not the radio, and knew nothing of the terrorist attack.

Upon arrival, a firefighter with the Lafayette Fire Dept. told the Pike Township crew what had happened.

“I didn’t believe them,” Shoaf said. “Then we went inside and started watching the Shoaf news. We were more fixated on the events happening in New York than what I could teach but pushed During their deployment, firefighters slept on the concrete on with the class until the first tower fell. I was an active floor of the Jacob Javits Convention Center, which served member of the Indiana Rescue Task Force, and when the as their headquarters. (Submitted photos) second building fell, I received a phone call saying, ‘Hey, I ing sure everything was in a safe condition, and we came think we are getting deployed.’”

Shoaf raced home, grabbed his pre-packed bag, kissed his across a rope made out of manila hemp, which is what fire rope used to be made of back in the day,” Shoaf said. “It wife and told her he would see her later, and left. He went was tied around a pillar and tied in a perfect bowline knot, to the Indiana Task Force 1 headquarters in Indianapolis. which is what they teach firefighters to tie. We followed INTF-1 deployed 62 members and four K-9s by 5 p.m. Sept. that and it went off the side of the building where it was 11. The group reached New York at 9:25 a.m. the following sheared off.” morning. From then on, Urban Search and Rescue teams Shoaf speculates a firefighter was trying to escape, posworked 12-hour shifts until they departed from New York sibly while trying to rescue someone, by rappelling off the Sept. 19. building. He said they never discovered what happened to “(Shoaf’s) role during 9/11, he was a whomever fastened the rope. rescue specialist, and his role as a rescue At Ground Zero, Shoaf said everything was pulverized specialist would’ve been working through into debris, none of which was identifiable. Some of the the rubble at Ground Zero and searching for searchers’ assignments consisted those that perished FAMILY REACTIONS of collecting body parts. during the collapse During the time INTF-1 was in NYC, of the World Trade Westfield Fire Dept. Deputy Chief of Neal Shoaf said team members were esCenter,” INTF-1 coorOperations Russ Shoaf said when he corted to Ground Zero on Humvees dinator Tom Neal said. was deployed with Indiana Task Force 1 with military personnel manning Shoaf said during their searches, to serve at Ground Zero immediately fol.50-caliber machine guns. No planes INTF-1 teams were accompanied by lowing 9/11, his wife was the glue holdother than military fighters were an FDNY firefighter or an NYPD ofing his family together. allowed in the sky. ficer. This was done so when the “It was probably more stressful for Shoaf was 44 when he was deteams located a victim in the rubble, her (than me),” he said. “We had two ployed to Ground Zero. Now 61, he FDNY or NYPD would move the body. sons in the military — one in the Navy still is a member of the task force.

Shoaf said one of the searches in the Persian Gulf and the other was at Of the 62 members from INTF-1 dethat stands out is when he and his Cherry Point (North Carolina) in the Maployed to Ground Zero, three have team entered a building which faced rine Corps., and not knowing what their died from cancer. the World Trade Center. The facade status was going to be, my wife bore the “Most of the 62 deployed, we of the building had been torn off brunt of the stress the whole time. She still stay somewhat in contact with when the Twin Towers collapsed. bore the brunt of the stress in keeping each other,” Shoaf said. “Usually, “We were about two-thirds of the the family in touch. She was our central it’s to talk about who’s got what way up the building, searching and control point.” illness.” looking for any small fires and mak-

Firefighters conduct searches amongst the rubble at Ground Zero following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Of the 62 INTF-1 members deployed, 48 percent have experienced an illness or cancer from being at Ground Zero.

Shoaf is no exception.

“I have sleep disorders, asthma, multiple medical issues that are primarily respiratory,” he said. “What we found out through OSHA was that cloud of dust (at Ground Zero) was made of pulverized concrete, mercury glass and a number of other chemicals and products of the World Trade Center.”

Now, Shoaf is the deputy chief of operations at Westfield Fire Dept. He joined WFD five years ago. Through his involvement with INTF-1, he also has been deployed following events such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, among other national emergencies. He said he’s been on more than six deployments.

When asked if he would respond to an event such as 9/11 again, Shoaf said, “in a heartbeat.”

“I am privileged to be called upon to provide those services,” he said. “We train to go to house fires and train to help people, but to this magnitude, to a national event, I always equated it to Pearl Harbor.”

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Love for Doo and LBJ, too

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Hurry home Commentary by Terry Anker

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

We all reach that tipping point in life – the one where our lives go from the endless activities of our children and families to more quiet times at home. Gone are the study tables and gym bags, replaced by empty rooms and open seats for evening meals. It is the natural way of things, but doesn’t make it easy. Rightly, the youngsters are filled with anticipation, and perhaps apprehension, as their lives lurch forward. New sights, sounds, rights and responsibilities flood in and are processed and soon mastered.

Unmoving, our days shift little. We walk the same halls. We sit in the same chairs.

We live the same. Except, that the little ones that used to fill our homes with noise and joy are either away or cloistered in their rooms confronting the homework and required tasks of the coming day.

Flummoxed by the concern expressed by a younger sibling, a recently returning college student expressed her frustration, “Why does my little brother care so much that I’m gone? I’ll be back at Thanksgiving!”

True. But while the big sister’s days are filled with new and more, little brother is confronted with absence and less.

As summer smolders to an end and the streets are increasingly littered with falling leaves, we return to our winter cadence. We wake, and retire, at more consistent hours.

The sun streams in only as we are preparing for our days, and nightfall arrives hours before the nightly news. Even as we hope for the next chapter, we long for that which is forever passed. Yet, do we really want for things to stay the same? Isn’t the only thing worse than watching them mature and leave the house is having them not?

I never thought I’d be comparing my husband, Doo, to my president-crush Lyndon Johnson, but apparently once your life as a dance mom ends, you resort to HUMOR weird topics.

As an American history teacher, I “fall in love” with historical figures all the time. Alexander Hamilton, Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg – they each make my Top Five. But during the last few years, I’ve consistently come back to LBJ as my No. 1. The way the 6-foot-4, foul-mouthed Texan, who came to the presidency in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, essentially bullied Congress into passing some of the greatest pieces of domestic legislation ever, and then crashed down amid the chaos and confusion of Vietnam, speaks to me in ways that other dead people, or soon-to-die people, don’t.

And I just now realized the reason I’m obsessed with LBJ is because I’m attracted to bad boys with good hearts. Case in point, my husband. The direct opposite of me, he drinks, occasionally smokes and can still party like it’s 1999. But he also isn’t afraid to fight for things he deems right. During Labor Day weekend, for example, one of our sisters-in-law returned from a walk, upset that some old lady had blocked her from going down a street which, though marked “private,” has always been open to the community. Doo was immediately up in arms, beer in hand of course. “Let’s protest! I’m going down there right now! Free the lane!”

Clearly, not as important as equality for all, but the passion is the same. And that’s why I love Doo (and LBJ).

Ugh, I miss dance.

Peace out.

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

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READER’S VIEW History is happening now Editor, We are a group of mothers, grandmothers and independent women who are concerned about the direction of our nation.

After the election in 2016, “HuddleforHope” began meeting monthly to share feelings, learn from each other, encourage each other, participate in events together and, most especially, to feel empowered to make a difference. We keep each other up to date on the issues most important to us: redistricting reform, environmental concerns, women’s health, immigrants/ refugees, common sense gun safety and the election of candidates.

Sitting around the fire in a living room in early 2017, we closed our eyes and envisioned what we wanted our world to look like by 2021. How could we mobilize our community to win back a nation for the people? Who should be representing us in Congress? After a few minutes, we opened our eyes and described a world of new, diverse leaders who were representative of all of us. We saw more women, people of color, men and women of different religious, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds whose sexual preference was not important. What was important

were leaders who were honest and interested in policies and laws that put the public good ahead of wealthy special interests.

A great vision, but how do we get there? Where do we find great candidates who can help move our nation in the right direction? When we find such candidates, let’s support them, work for them and share their message of unity instead of division.

“HuddleforHope” found that candidate in Dee Thornton. She is the person we envisioned on that dreary night in February when we felt angry, lost and in disbelief.

We were not going to follow the suggestions of “get over it.” No, getting over it meant that we were OK, and we were not OK. We have heard and talked with Dee in our homes on several occasions and truly believe she is a breath of fresh air in our current toxic political environment.

We are hopeful that you will vote for Dee. She is ready to listen to you, to work for you and to represent you and all of us in Washington, D.C. in 2019. As Dee says, “game on.”

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The Wolfsie house is for sale, and we have settled into a new home just a few blocks away. This was a moving experience, to be sure, but there was nothHUMOR ing settling about it.

Prior to closing on the new house, we did something the builder calls a “celebration walk,” or our opportunity to nitpick every paint blemish, wobbly cabinet door and crooked electric socket before we coughed up the last portion of our down payment. My wife researched what to look for before we took possession. She wanted to ensure the structure’s soundness, and that there were no leaks or strange odors.

I’m not sure I could pass that test.

Our home of the past 35 years is going on the market. We consider ourselves neat and clean people, but when we started pulling furniture and appliances from against the walls, we found old keys, pennies and Bic pens everywhere. There were dog biscuits under the couch, and we haven’t had a dog for five years. When we found a clean diaper behind the washer, I gave it to our 31-year-old son.

I told Mary Ellen every night for 35 years that I was tired and was going “up” to bed. I couldn’t say that anymore because we don’t have a second level. Now I have to say, “I’m going across to bed.”

“That’s crazy, Dick. Just say ‘I’m going to bed.’”

“It’s a hard habit to break. It would be like all of a sudden having to say, ‘Good night, Vivian,’ instead of, ‘Good night, Mary Ellen.’ That’s why I’ll never remarry.”

The second evening, Mary Ellen caught me pacing, confused.

“What can’t you find, Dick? Glasses?

Phone? Wallet?”

“No, the bathroom. I keep turning the wrong way.”

We just enjoyed our first meal in our new kitchen. My wife asked, “Do you think we’ll ever move again?”

“Mary Ellen, this house will be perfect for us for another 30 years.”

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Joe Schwarz earned the nickname of Fightin’ Joe for his determination through life.

IU HEALTH NORTH Schwarz moved with his family from Argentina when he was a youngster in New York City’s Spanish Harlem. Schwarz, whose mother was Argentinean and father was German, shined shoes, worked in grocery stores and delivered newspapers to help his poor family.

In a true rags-to-riches story, Schwarz moved to Indianapolis in the 1960s and became a wealthy hotel and apartment developer, owning the Marriott on the east side of Indianapolis.

“He used to describe himself by saying, ‘Not too bad for a shoeshine boy,’” said Scott Davison, IU Health board of directors chair.

After successfully battling prostate cancer, Schwarz was diagnosed with throat cancer. It was treated, but the throat cancer returned and he succumbed to the battle in March at age 75. To honor his memory, his wife, Shelly Schwarz, who now lives in Longboat Key, Fla., donated $10 million to IU Health North in Carmel to help with the hospital’s new cancer center, which was named the Joe & Shelly Schwarz Cancer Center at a groundbreaking announcement Aug. 23 on hospital grounds.

In a video, Shelly said Joe always said he made his money in Indiana so he “wanted to pay it forward to the people in Indiana who

supported his business.” “(The center) will share resources and expert physicians with IU Health’s nationally recognized Simon Cancer Center at Indianapolis,” Davison said.

Davison described it as a truly transformational gift to support the center’s construction and programs and said it’s the largest philanthropic gift ever to IU Health by a living donor.

“We were given beautiful weather to celebrate the life of an amazing man, an amazing woman and amazing couple and their incredible generosity to this institution and the cause of curing cancer in our lifetime,” he said.

Davison, a Zionsville resident, said it will change the delivery of cancer care in Carmel, other northern suburbs and well beyond.

The $55 million investment will be an 88,000-square-foot, two-story facility on the south side of the IU North campus.

The center will include radiation oncology, hematology-oncology, pharmacy, laboratory and patient navigation to surround patients and families with care and support.

“This gift will allow IU Health to offer new and expansive programs at the North cancer center that would not be possible otherwise,” Davison said. “Combined with IU Health investment, the Schwarz generosity will ensure our new cancer center meets not only the clinical needs of patients but the emotional, physical and their spiritual requirements as well.”

The center is expected to open in January 2020.

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By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com After eight seasons at the local farmers market, Sophie Abell is ready to expand the popular Texy Mexy busiGROWTH ness into a brick-and-mortar building.

Abell said that at every market since Texy Mexy’s launch, market-goers have asked where the Texy Mexy business is. Now, Abell has an answer. Texy Mexy will open at 818 Logan St. late next month.

Abell hails from Texas, and she said when she and her husband, Gerry, moved to Indiana 12 years ago, the concept behind farmers markets was much different.

“When I started going to farmers markets (here), that was a neat concept to me being from Texas because farmers markets in Texas differ,” Abell said. “Texas farmers markets are open-air in a concrete building where you can buy produce. I loved going to those farmers markets and just had a desire to be a vendor and didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to be a vendor.”

Texy Mexy started during a Friday night market in Westfield in 2010. When looking for a business, Abell originally eyed Park Street in Westfield and owners of the Rail Epicurean, also on Park Street, offered advice for her business venture. Instead, Abell opted for Noblesville.

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Abell also has taken part in other community events like the Noblesville Parks Dept.’s Salsa for Salsa competition in May, where Texy Mexy earned first place.

“We feel like we are at a perfect location,” Abell said. “We live in Noblesville, so it’s our community.”

Texy Mexy will feature a dining area and take-out menu. Abell also has applied for a liquor permit.

“For a lot of years, we’ve known and we’ve been told this is our golden egg, and there has not ever been a market or an event that we do that people don’t ask, ‘Where are you guys located?’” Abell said.

“They tell us, ‘You guys need to open up a restaurant.’”

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com For Great American Songbook Foundation Executive Director Chris Lewis, there were distinct reasons to start the Hall of Fame.

“The whole reason behind the Great American MUSIC Songbook Hall of Fame is really to honor those, first, who helped create the beginning of American popular music, and within that we try to always honor a songwriter, someone who helped create the soundtrack of our life,” Lewis said. “Then we try to honor an iconic performer who sang and performed the music and someone who is still carrying on the tradition of the Great American Songbook and music that lasts beyond the time it was written.”

Actress-singer Rosemary Clooney, Academy Award-winning songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen and cabaret and musical theater star Marilyn Maye will be inducted into the Hall of Fame Sept.

15. Along with singer-actor Chris Isaak, Songbook Youth Ambassadors Finn Sagal (2017) and Lily Rasmussen (2018) will perform at the Songbook Celebration at 8:30 p.m. at the Palladium in Carmel.

Clooney, who died in 2002 at 74, is one of two legend award inductees. She will be represented by her brother, Nick Clooney, who is the father of actor George Clooney.

“Rosemary is one of the most recognizable voices in American popular music,” Lewis said. “Even those who aren’t familiar with her recordings know her from ‘White Christmas’ and her iconic film roles and duets with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby on the Nelson Riddle albums.”

Van Heusen is honored as the other legend award winner.

“He is a name people might not recognize right away but everyone knows his songs,” Lewis said. “He and one of his longtime writing partners, Sammy Cahn, wrote more than 80 songs recorded by Frank Sinatra. The songs he wrote are still used for commercials, movies and television shows.”

Van Heusen and lyricist Johnny Burke won an award for Best Original Song for “Swinging on a Star” in 1944. Clooney later had

a popular recording of the song as well. Van Heusen and lyricist Cahn won Academy Awards for Best Song for “All the Way” in 1957, “High Hopes” in 1958 and “Call Me Irresponsible.”

Van Heusen, who died in 1990 at 77, will be represented by his nephew Brook Babcock, president of Van Heusen Music Corp.

Maye, who is slated to attend, is still performing regularly at 90. She plans to sing a few numbers.

“Maye is a powerhouse and was a recording star in the ’50s and ’60s,” Lewis said. “She has the distinction of having appeared on the ‘The Tonight Show’ with Steve Allen, and then Johnny Carson, more than any other singer in history. She appeared on the show 76 times.”

Maye recorded several albums for RCA Victor in the 1960s and performed in theater and supper clubs around the nation.

“When rock and roll came in and music tastes changed and supper clubs went away, she never stopped working, but not in as high-profile a setting until a few years ago when she was invited to sing at the New York Cabaret Convention and she brought the house down,” Lewis said. “She began performing all over New York and there was really a renewed interest in her style and her singing. I’ve seen her many times through the years. She sounds as good now as she ever did. She is our new standard award (recipient) because she is still carrying on the legacy.”

Under the theme “Swinging on a Star,” the Songbook Celebration begins with a 5 p.m. cocktail reception, followed by dinner in the concert hall, live auction, program and after-party. Tables seating four to 10 guests for the entire evening are available for purchase at SongbookGala@TheCenterPresents.org.

Tickets for the after-dinner portion start at $100. The tickets include gallery or box seating for the 8:30 p.m. Hall of Fame induction ceremony, followed by Isaak’s headline performance as well as admission to the all-inclusive after-party, with dancing and complimentary drinks and desserts in three uniquely themed rooms from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Carmel PorchFest will feature a variety of free musical acts, ranging from acoustic to electric, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16.

The first PorchFest was held in Ithaca, N.Y. in 2007. Since then, it has expanded to many cities across the U.S., with Carmel holding its first event in 2014.

There will be solo and ensemble performances at 20 different porches, with three acts on some porches and two on others.

The expected music performers will range from electric to acoustic groups, string quartets and garage bands.

The PorchFest area will be open to foot traffic only. The area is 1st Avenue NW and 2nd Avenue NW between 1st Street NW and 6th Street NW in Old Town Carmel. The area is between Range Line Road and the Monon Trail and north of Main Street and south of 136 Street/Smokey Row Road.

The event is staged by a large group of volunteers from Carmel and surrounding areas.

The schedule of performers and maps can be found at carmelporchfest.org.

Noblesville — “A Time to Re-Member,” art pieces depicting scenes from yesteryear, will be on display at Nickel Plate Arts through Sept. 29. For gallery hours, visit nickelplatearts.org.

Fishers — Concerts on the Central Green features Phil Pierle at noon Sept. 12.

Zionsville — CV Art and Frame Gallery, 110 S. Main St., will hold public receptions from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 14 and 4 to 8 p.m Sept. 15 as part of an exhibit featuring works of Peter Max. Carmel — The Center for Creative Arts (CCA) Gallery, 111 W. Main St., Suite 135, will hold a 40th anniversary celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 15.

Carmel — Midnight Noon will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 at Summer Family Concert Series at the Gazebo.

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GHDT presents ‘The Casket Girls’

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Cory Gabel and Gregory Hancock collaborated on “The Casket Girls” for the first time in 2009, creating a one-act play.

DANCE “From the get-go we knew we would expand it to a fulllength play,” Gabel said. “After it ran we were definitely happy with it and the audience was, too. We wanted to expand it to a full play, but life and other projects got in the way.”

Now, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s full-length production of “The Casket Girls,” a modern gothic vampire ballet, is ready for its debut at 7 p.m. Sept. 21-22 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“I worked with Gregory to craft the story and characters, but my bigger role is the music,” said Gabel, a composer/musician from Simsbury, Conn.

Gabel composed the music.

“There is a little bit of vocals here and there,” Gabel said. “There is an alternative rock style and some orchestral parts, but it’s more rock ’n’ roll. With the vampire element, it’s meant to be an edgier, darker show.”

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Gabel said apart from a few small tweaks, Act I is presented as it was in 2009.

“Having a vampire as your main character, they don’t die,” Gabel said. “Act II we are leaping forward to the future. Act I roughly was in the 1750s, and Act II is now closer to modern times.”

The legend has “The Casket Girls” arriving in New Orleans in 1729. Hancock described the play as a fascinating tale of the origins of vampires in New Orleans.

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Noblesville residents Myron Glover and Bryan Glover own Mr. G’s Liquors.

“Their contacts and knowledge of the beer and wine industry have already enhanced this year’s event,” Baker said. “We hope his synergistic alliance continues for years to come. Our patrons will see a product offering that surpasses all previous Brewfests.”

The ninth annual event is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at Forest Park’s Shelter 1 area. The fundraiser, whose premier sponsor is the Noblesville Township Trustee’s Office, benefits Forest Park Aquatic Center.

“This is one of the older beer-tasting events in central Indiana,” said Baker, a member of the Noblesville Adult Swimming Team Inc., based in Forest Park.

The band will be Indianapolis-based Poparazzi, a high-energy group with two female lead singers, Baker said.

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com In Lady Antebellum co-lead vocalist Hillary Scott’s view, Darius Rucker is the perfect touring partner.

CONCERT Lady Antebellum and Rucker’s Summer Plays On tour stops in Noblesville for a 7:30 p.m. Sept.

14 performance at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center.

Scott said Rucker has been a musical hero to Scott and bandmates Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley for several years and became a good friend.

“It’s awesome to be able to be on tour with him and his camp,” Scott said. “Everyone is so kind and gets along great and has a blast. It carries into the live show, which is one of the most collaborative shows we’ve ever had.”

Typically, there are several spontaneous moments.

“One night Darius randomly walked out and did the guitar change for Dave, which was hilarious,” Scott said. “Our opener, Russell Dickerson, has so much energy and such great music. It’s a lot of guys, and I luckily get to be the only girl on the stage every night, which I take as a huge honor.”

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Scott said Rucker’s country solo career started around the same time Lady Antebellum was formed in 2006. Rucker gained fame as the lead vocalist for Hootie & the Blowfish.

Scott said they play three or four songs from their 2017 album, “Heart Break,” as well as other fan favorites.

Scott’s husband, Lady Antebellum drummer Chris Tyrrell, is taking the tour off to be with their three daughters, 5-year-old Eisele Kaye and twins Betsy Mack and Emory JoAnn, who were born in January.

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Oates to perform at Butler

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com The music of Mississippi blues artist John Hurt was rediscovered during the revival of folk music in the 1960s.

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“I was very much into the folk music in those days. I saw (Hurt) at Philadelphia Folk Festival and various coffee houses around Philadelphia when I was a kid,” Oates said.

“I was given a chance to play his guitar when it was given to my guitar teacher after he passed away (in 1966). I eventually bought that guitar that he played in the early ‘60s when he was rediscovered.”

Oates, who is accustomed to playing in large arenas and amphitheaters with his music partner Daryl Hall, will perform with The Good Road Band at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Butler University’s 450-seat Schrott Center for the Arts in Indianapolis.

Oates recently wrapped up a Hall & Oates tour, playing in large arenas.

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 111 W. Main St. #110, Carmel What to get: Debris Po’ Boy Price: $10.99 Anna’s take: Joe’s Next Door is an extension of Joe’s Meat Market in downtown Carmel. The business is a cross a between a deli, local grocery and meat and seafood market. Joe’s Next Door offers hot and cold sandwiches with deli-style sides sold by the pound. I ordered the Debris Po’ Boy, a fusion of a traditional New Orleans po’ boy with spicy remoulade and seasonings with Indiana beef braised in a strong IPA called All Day IPA from Founders Brewing Co. A 5-ounce portion of the braised beef is sandwiched between two airy slices of French batard bread and topped with sunshine yellow heirloom tomatoes, pickled red onions and romaine lettuce. A garlic aioli is smeared on the bottom slice of bread.

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lade gives the sandwich a hearty kick of heat. Those with a more sensitive palette can request less remoulade. The sandwich is wrapped in foil and served hot.

Joe’s Next Door is the perfect place to grab a couple of the cold sandwich options and items from its fresh market and head to a local park for an afternoon picnic.

Suggested pairings: A side of the cold street corn salad ($7.99 a pound) pairs excellently with the Debris Po’ boy. The corn salad is similar to elote, or Mexican street corn, but less messy because it has already been shaved off the cob. The salad is a creamy mix of sour cream and sweet corn, which pairs well with a little spice from diced jalapenos. Other ingredients include bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, cumin and paprika. Since the Debris Po’ boy beef is braised in the craft beer, pair the sandwich with a bottle of the IPA, also sold at Joe’s Next Door.

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Center says thanks Commentary by Jeff McDermott The 2018-19 performance season is kicking into high gear at the Center for the Performing Arts, but before PALLADIUM we get too far along, I want to thank the entire community for all the support that made this past season so successful.

The Center takes seriously its role as an economic catalyst for the City of Carmel and a gathering place for the central Indiana community. It is wonderful to see, after just a few years of operation, how local residents, organizations and businesses have embraced the Center as their own.

During the course of the 2017-18 season at our three venues, 106,450 patrons attended performances presented by the Center, its six resident companies and other arts groups. Those events included 88 Civic Theatre performances; 83 Actors Theatre of Indiana performances; seven Carmel Symphony Orchestra performances; and 16 performances by the Indiana Wind Symphony, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre and Central Indiana Dance Ensemble.

Our own Center Presents series of 47 performances included 14 sellouts at the Palladium, with average paid attendance

increasing 40 percent from the previous year to 920 per event. Subscription sales rose by 23 percent, and first-time visitors accounted for a whopping 37 percent of our ticket sales.

Another key segment of our work in the community is providing education and enrichment opportunities for people of all ages. Last season, those efforts included scores of adult classes in dance, ukulele, speech, standup comedy and vocal performance; nearly 30 interactive music sessions for toddlers and preschoolers; three performing arts day camps; and seven school field trips in which hundreds of students visited the Palladium to explore principles of physics with the Center’s lighting and audio professionals.

Indeed, the Center for the Performing Arts is fulfilling the vision of local leaders who placed the arts at the core of their strategy for building a vibrant community, repeatedly ranked as one of the best places to live in America.

Jeffrey C. McDermott, the president/CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation, is an occasional columnist.

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A favorite California winery Commentary by Elizabeth Morse On one of my first trips to Napa Valley, I was lucky to be a guest at Trefethen Family Vineyards. I stayed in WINEderlust their charming guesthouse and enjoyed delicious wine, French Laundry coffee, an enormous hawk that hung out on the deck and knowing that Julia Child also had stayed there. I fell in love with the property and always offered their wine at my restaurant.

This year, Trefethen is celebrating 50 years as one of a few remaining family owned wineries. They grow their grapes and bottle their wines on the estate in the Oak Knoll District. Here are my suggestions: 2017 Trefethen Dry Riesling is always a crowd-pleaser. It isn’t sweet, but the bright fruit offers peach, honey and grapefruit flavors, which gives an impression of sweetness – a perfumey, feminine style. The winery suggests dishes like lemon chicken and seared tuna, while I enjoy it most with Indian food. I dig it with chicken paté and ginger snaps, too. Around $26.

Normally, I don’t love Merlot, but Tre-

fethen’s 2015 is stylistically correct (ahhh!) and elegant. You’ll notice flavors like fresh raspberry and black pepper: silky and sexy.

If you ever grab a BBQ pizza at Some Guys (Indianapolis or Carmel), this wine will turn it into a fancy occasion. Could be pretty perfect with lasagna or a chocolate desert, too. Around $40 I encourage you to splurge on the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s a little spendy but hey, you’re worth it. For special evenings featuring red meat (think steak au poivre or filet), it’s spot-on. The aromas of chocolate, coffee and brambly fruit are a bit of a surprise when you taste cherry pie in your glass, distinct oak, a little tannin and a lot of supple. Around $60 Let me know what you think, and cheers!

Elizabeth Morse owned the Corner Wine Bar in Broad Ripple for close to 20 years. She is a graduate of IU, is a Hoosier chef, food writer, wine guru and Hamilton County Master Gardener who believes in supporting all things local. Morse has been a resident of Hamilton County for more than a decade. Check out her blog: schlepicurean.com.

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Indianapolis Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s love story set in Paris featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor Gregory Turay in the role of Rodolfo and Cristina Bakhoum Sanchez as the leading soprano, Mimi.

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Singer-actor Chris Isaak will headline Songbook Celebration, which includes the induction of Marilyn Maye and posthumous induction of Rosemary Clooney and Jimmy Van Heusen into the Great American Songbook Hall of Fame.

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“A Comedy of Tenors,” Actors Theatre of Indiana, The Studio Theatre, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

7:30 p.m., Sept.

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Cost: $20 (students) to $40

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Lady Antebellum with Darius Rucker, Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville

7 p.m., Sept. 14

Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker, of Hootie & the Blowfish fame, are co-headlining the tour. Russell Dickerson will be a special guest.

Cost: $24.25 to $98

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Beef & Boards presents “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”

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8 p.m., Sept. 11, 13, 14, 15; “Seven Brides for Seven 1 p.m., Sept. 12; 1:30 p.m.

Brothers,” Beef & Boards and 7 p.m., Sept. 16 Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis Beef & Boards presents the classical musical, set in 1850 in Oregon Territory, for the first time since 2009.

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Ballet Theatre of Indiana announces schedule — The Carmel-based Ballet Theatre of Indiana directors recently announced the 2018-19 schedule will kick off with the return of the successful Edgar Allan Poe themed ballet, “Macabre,” Nov. 2-3 at The Tarkington Theater. The Nutcracker will be performed at the Athenaeum on Dec. 20 to 23 and Beer and Ballet, BTI’s annual partnership with Sun King Brewing, is set for Feb. 15-16, 2019. The season will wrap up with the premiere of BTI’s Cinderella April 18 to 20.

Art IN Gallery holds Humane Society of Boone County fundraiser — Art IN Hand Gallery, 211 S. Main St., Zionsville, will be featuring a Found Hound and Phat Cat Silent Auction through Sept 30. Many of the gallery’s artists donated art for the auction. All of the proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the Humane Society of Boone County.

Migration Celebration A fun day of learning about monarch butterflies!

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Blueprint for Improvement: Fishers basement fit for a sports fan Commentary by Larry Greene

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Background info: This home in the Arbor Glen neighborhood of Fishers was still in great condition, but the basement needed some attention. The home was built in 2012. Although the basement was already finished, the owner was looking for a more custom design.

BEFORE PROBLEMS The original basement was only partially finished and felt very dark and crowded.

The unfinished portion was not being utilized by the homeowner. Space for entertaining guests was limited and there weren’t clearly defined spaces.

AFTER SOLUTIONS The goal was to transform the existing basement into a more inviting space where the homeowner can entertain guests.

1. The largest transformation came by creating an entertainment system that allowed watching three sports games at once. Builtin cabinetry was added for storage.

2. In addition, the unfinished area of the basement was transformed into a home theater, making it a perfect place for large groups to gather.

3. There also were several updates made to the basement bar, including new cabinetry and replacing the upper cabinets with floating shelves, making the space feel more open.

4. Additionally, the bar backsplash was replaced with a geometric vinyl wallpaper adding visual interest to the space.

5. New luxury vinyl flooring was added throughout the lower level.

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Mushrooms in Don and Jen Knebel’s Brown County meadow. (Photos by Don and Jen Knebel)

Mushrooms in the meadow Commentary by Don Knebel Since February 2012, I have written about places I have visited. For this column, No. 300, the distance traveled was about 100 yards.

TRAVEL In the spring of 2009, my wife Jen and I closed on a small cabin in the woods of Brown County and immediately left for Turkey. Upon our return, we began exploring the areas around our cabin, one of which is a grassy hilltop area surrounded by trees. I call this our “meadow,” a word I learned as a toddler from “Little Boy Blue, Come Blow Your Horn” and had no chance to use since. In the meadow, we found what looked like mushrooms, but they were bright yellow.

We both thought that all mushrooms were either brown or white. As we walked around our meadow, we found more brightly colored mushrooms, red ones and blue ones and purple ones and orange ones and green ones and pink ones. We also found white mushrooms covered with black spots and black mushrooms covered with white spots.

Some mushrooms were shaped on top like pancakes and others looked like tiny parasols. Both of us took dozens of pictures of our discoveries. Every year since, our colored mushrooms have reappeared in about mid-June and disappeared about a month later. If the summer is wet enough, as it has been this year, they reappear.

We have learned more about colored mushrooms. There are many varieties in addition to the ones in our meadow and they all have names. Some colored mushrooms are edible and some can kill and there are no easy rules for determining which are which. We have learned something else from our mushrooms. We can always make discoveries traveling around the world, but we also can make discoveries just by paying attention to what is in our own backyards.

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

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