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Westfield mother remembers late son for smile, determination

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Mary Strain remembers her 18-year-old son as someone who lit up the room with his smile. Dominic IN MEMORIAM Strain was killed Sept.

28 after being accidentally shot by his stepfather, Garrick Baker, Sr. A press release from the Westfield Police Dept. said Baker was intoxicated and shot Dominic Strain after a negligent discharge of the weapon.

Mary described her son as someone who loved music and WWE wrestling.

“He loved watching WWE wrestling, and his favorite was John Cena. He loved playing Xbox with his friends and three of his brothers. His conversation during these games was quite amusing to hear. He loved … playing his guitar as well,” Mary said. “(Dominic) endured many medical obstacles as a young child, which included four brain tumor surgeries.”

Dominic was a member of Westfield High School’s Best Buddies program, which is a chapter of Best Buddies International. Best Buddies International is a “nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” according to its website. Dominic’s Best Buddy, WHS senior Joe Barbera, described Dominic as sweet and kind. Barbera was friends with Dominic since eighth grade.

“He was very sweet, very kind and always included others. He liked to run and work out with me, and he loved WWE and guitar. He loved dogs,” Barbera said. “I loved him very much and will miss him forever.”

Mary said her son’s love for music led him to want to start a band called Dominic and Friends.

“He definitely was a determined one and always pushed himself to do better,” Mary

Dominic Strain, left, attends prom with Madison Walker in the spring. Strain was killed Sept. 28.

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Joe Barbera, right, said his Best Buddy Dominic Strain, left, loved watching WWE. (Photo courtesy of Joe Barbera)

said. “Dominic loved going to Westfield High School. He loved being in Best Buddies and doing fun activities like homecoming with his friends.”

Dominic participated in Unified Track, a team that consists of an equal number of athletes with intellectual disabilities and athletes without intellectual disabilities.

Mary said even though her son didn’t love the 400-meter race, he was determined to do it.

“I can truly say his life has touched more than I realized,” Mary said.

A GoFundMe memorial fund was established to help the family with funeral expenses. As of press time, it had raised more than $20,000. To donate, visit gofundme. com/f/e7sc3-memorial-fund-for-dominic.

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The concept plan for the proposed Courtyards at Spring Mill. (Rendering courtesy of westfield.in.gov)

Council expresses concern with Courtyards at Spring Mill

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Westfield City Council on Oct. 11 discussed two residential proposals: Courtyards at Spring Mill, an DEVELOPMENT empty-nester community, and Towne Run, a mixed-use development with townhomes and commercial uses. The council did not vote on either proposal at the meeting.

The Courtyards at Spring Mill is proposed on 68 acres east of Spring Mill Road between Ind. 32 and 186th Street. It targets the retirement community and consists of 198 single-family, empty-nester homes. The homes are expected to range from $350,000 to $550,000.

Council member Scott Frei was one of several councilors to express concern about the proposal.

“Westfield is very busy right now and growing very quickly, that’s no secret. For me to support something, it’s going to have to far and away meet more than the minimum expectations,” Frei said. “I’ve reached the point where something needs to be phenomenal to vote for another subdivision of 198 homes.”

Council member Cindy Spoljaric also had concerns about the proposed number of homes.

“It’s getting inundated up there, and the

infrastructure needs to catch up,” Spoljaric said. “The idea of approving another 200 homes in that same vicinity is disturbing to me. They’re really packed in there. It’s not a product that’s unique.”

Jon Dobosiewicz, a land use professional with Nelson and Frankenberger presenting on behalf of the petitioner, asked the council to provide information on where they would like to see more open space or where they thought the project was too dense, and once that was provided, the petitioner would work through those issues. The council did not provide the information at the meeting.

Towne Run is proposed on 27 acres at the northwest corner of Towne Road and 146th Street. It is proposed to include retail, restaurants, office and townhome uses, as well as accompanying amenities. The townhomes would consist of attached, three-story owner-occupied residents. The lifestyle amenities hub in the center of the development would include water features, park benches and trails.

Council member Scott Willis asked if the project would utilize tax increment financing dollars. Attorney Matt Skelton, who spoke on behalf of the petitioner, said although that was part of the original proposal, using TIF dollars was no longer part of the discussion. Councilors did not provide additional feedback on the proposal.

“It’s getting inundated up there, and the infrastructure needs to catch up.

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Council tables vote to appropriate $668K for legal expenses

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com The Westfield City Council unanimously voted at its Oct. 11 meeting to table an ordinance CITY NEWS to appropriate $668,000 from the general fund to pay for mounting legal expenses incurred because of ongoing litigation between Westfield Mayor Burtron Andy Cook and Westfield Clerk Treasurer Cindy Gossard.

Westfield Chief of Staff Todd Burtron told the council the proposed amount is expected to cover legal expenses through the rest of 2021, but he acknowledged certain factors could lead to additional costs. He also said the total didn’t include expenses incurred if Gossard exceeds her budget for legal expenses.

Councilor Cindy Spoljaric said she would prefer to consider legal expenses from both

sides in one ordinance. “(The proposed ordinance) leaves this equation half-solved, if you will,” Spoljaric said. “There’s still ongoing litigation, so I don’t feel comfortable approving this.”

The litigation began earlier this year when the city sued Gossard, claiming she had unauthorized access to data. Several lawsuits and accusations followed, the most recent of which included Gossard accusing Gossard the city of installing “spyware” on her and her staff’s computers.

The city council is expected to hear a report from IT professionals examining computers in Gossard’s for spyware at the Oct. 25 meeting, which could answer some of the councilors’ outstanding questions.

City Attorney Manny Herceg told the council that tabling the vote could result in a delay in paying vendors, especially because the city will need to advertise and hold another public hearing if the amount of the appropriation increases.

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Westfield City Council delays vote on 2022 budget to review $5M in proposed cuts The Westfield City Council on Oct. 11 tabled a vote on the 2022 budget after councilors said they CITY NEWS need more time to review more than $5 million in cuts they learned of Oct. 9 to balance the $64 million proposed budget.

Cook The cuts include eliminating the purchase of three pickup trucks and five police vehicles, reducing the crack seal street maintenance program and delaying construction of a roundabout at 169th Street and Carey Road and a vertical curve correction at 151st Street and Oak Road.

The original proposed budget included more than $8 million in capital expenses, such as police cars, that in past years were funded through general obligation bonds. However, the current city council wants to issue bonds

to pay for capital expenses less often, so many of those expenses were added to the city’s budget, leading to the increase.

Mayor Andy Cook said he disagreed with most of the proposed cuts to the 2022 budget and with delaying a vote on it, as city officials have been working to develop the budget for months, which included input and questions from the city council.

“I think this process Patton right now, this delay, delay, delay is making a mockery of our budget process,” Cook said. “I think our citizens are looking at us like (we’re the) federal government, bicker, bicker, bicker, go down to the last minute and kick it down the road, and I don’t think our citizens deserve that.”

City Councilor Troy Patton, who attended the meeting virtually, said that Cook and his administration chose the proposed cuts and that delaying the vote “is of no consequence” because state law sets the deadline to adopt a budget by Nov. 1.

“The fact is you want to remain spending half a million dollars on lawsuits and other things. That’s your prerogative, but we don’t have to like it,” said Patton, referring to Cook’s ongoing lawsuits against Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard. “To say that we have to vote on it tonight, I think that’s ludicrous.

That’s like giving something to someone at the last minute and saying, ‘Hey, just trust us on this.’”

The council unanimously voted to meet again the week of Oct. 18 to further discuss the budget. A special meeting has been set for 9 a.m. Oct. 20 at city hall.

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Vaccine safe in pregnancy

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com IU Health Indianapolis Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rocky Singh recently offered updates on the state of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC pandemic and IU Health’s response.

Vaccine during pregnancy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent health advisory Sept. 29 urging those who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

“Evidence about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy has been growing,” a statement from the CDC said. “These data suggest that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy.”

Singh said research shows the vaccines are safe and effective, including during pregnancy.

“There is no evidence currently to support the vaccines will harm pregnant women or their infants,” Singh said. “Because the delta virus is so highly contagious, the low

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“We are seeing a little bit of a downward trend in both the State of Indiana and IU Health in our hospitalizations,” Singh said Oct. 7. “IU Health, as of this morning, we had 309 patients in the system who were COVID positive. Good news was we discharged about 46 COVID positive patients from our hospitals in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately, we also had six COVID deaths in the last 24 hours.”

A majority of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in IU Health’s hospitals are unvaccinated, IU Health officials said.

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CONSTRUCTION WESTFIELD Project: Monon Trail closure Location: The Monon Trail just north of Tournament Trail Expected completion: The trail is closed for two weeks. The closure began Oct. 11.

Project: Wheeler Road traffic signals Location: Construction started on Wheeler Road at the intersections of both Ind. 32 and Tournament Trail. The project will add a traffic signal at Wheeler Road and Tournament Trail, complete the connection on Tournament Trail from Wheeler Road to Oak Ridge Road and add a second left turn lane on Wheeler Road at Ind. 32. There will not be any closures.

Expected completion: Before the end of the year.

Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 151st Street and Ditch Road will be closed for approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 20.

Estimated completion: End of November Project: New roundabout construction Location: The intersection of 169th Street and Spring Mill Road will be closed for approximately 60 days. The construction began Sept. 7.

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

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Location: The parking lot west of Union Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking lot on the east end of Park Street is permanently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction phase. Parking is available on the west end of Park Street.

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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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Drive-thru a Halloween Barn

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com After 200 people participated in Andrea Carey’s Halloween-themed drive-thru barn, the 2017 Westfield High School graduate decided to bring the attraction EVENT back for a second year.

Carey, who lives at 2060 W. 291st St. in Sheridan, said Halloween is her favorite holiday. She and her mother, Crissy Stephan, decorated two barns on Carey’s property for the holiday.

“Last year, we had a great response, so we want to do it again this year,” Carey said.

The drive-thru barn is $10 per carload. One barn is decorated in a Disney theme and the other has more traditional Halloween decorations like skeletons, pirates, Frankenstein’s lab, skulls and a dragon. Both barns only have decorations and no live interaction. Last year, the Disney barn featured decorations from “Beauty and the Beast,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Jungle Book” and “Toy Story.” This year, the Disney barn will feature decorations from “Sleeping Beauty,” “Maleficent,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “The Lion King” and “The Little Mermaid.”

One of the barns features Disney decorations, such as from “Beauty and the Beast.” (Photo courtesy of Crissy Stephan)

The cars drive through the Disney barn first, then through an outdoor cemetery and then through the traditional Halloween barn.

“It was so fun. We love Halloween and we love decorating,” Carey said.

The drive-thru dates are Oct. 22 to 24 and Oct. 29 to 30. The drive-thru is open from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the Friday and Saturday dates and 7:30 to 830 p.m. on the Sunday date. For more, visit the Our Barn page on Facebook.

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Maloy’s play key factor in Noblesville girls soccer success

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In Makenna Maloy’s view, there are several key factors in the Noblesville High School girls soccer team’s success the past three seasons.

“One being friendship, everyone on the team is so close and genuinely enjoys each other’s company, so we do everything for each other. We want to win for each other,” said Maloy, an NHS senior. “Another being grit, and in my opinion this is the biggest one. We’ve lost players to concussions, (anterior cruciate ligament injuries) and many more injuries, but this team’s grit didn’t let that affect us. Players stepped up when we needed them to, and even if we aren’t playing our best game or are down, I’ve never seen anyone on this team give up.

So, ultimately, I think it’s our grit that makes us so successful as a team.”

Noblesville won the past two Class 3A state championships. The 3A No. 1 Millers saw their 55-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Homestead Oct. 13 in the regional semifinals at Homestead. Noblesville finished 16-1-1. The

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Millers coach Mike Brady said Maloy has been an integral part of that success.

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There are free and paid classes available for preschool through adults. Registration is required for all classes. To view the program guide, visit westfieldwashingtontwp.us/101/ OWWN-Guide.

F.C. Tucker stats — September 2021 saw a fast-paced residential real estate market in Westfield. According to F.C. Tucker Company, homes in Westfield sold 50 percent, or 21 days, faster than this time last year.

Westfield home prices also increased to an average sale price of $438,553, up 13.9 percent compared to September 2020. The average price per square foot for a home in Westfield also increased, up 19.2 percent to $179.20.

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Pedal Perks — Hamilton County Tourism’s Pedal Perks promotion has returned for the fourth year. The goal is to incentivize locals and visitors to explore Hamilton County by bicycle. Through Oct. 31, more than 30 participating Hamilton County businesses are offering deals and discounts redeemable on a smartphone. Visit PedalPerks.org to learn more and register.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Grand Park campus is about more than just games played on the 26 baseball and softball diamonds, 31 multi-purpose fields and three indoor facilities.

Grand Park Director William Knox said the Research & Development HUB is about extending the campus reach to the business of sports.

Knox “The Research & Development HUB was created to harness all the opportunities we have on the Grand Park campus to further develop technology and service-related projects that serve our industry,” said Knox, who announced the HUB launch during the summer.

Knox said the goal is to use the campus’ 400 acres to advance every aspect of sports. With the continued growth of youth sports, Knox said there is opportunity to innovate in the areas of safety, technology, marketing and nutrition.

“We can play a part in making it safer and more accessible,” Knox said.

Knox said the mission is to work with companies throughout the United States that have technology-related projects that serve the industry.

For instance, Knox said Grand Park is working with Aware Sports, which has developed a streaming technology. Parents can watch the game on a livestream and after the game they can go on the website and capture the plays their child made during the game.

“They have what they call a snipping feature, where the technology and the (artificial intelligence) they have within their software tracks the ball and the player and can associate that player with all of the top plays,” Knox said. “That company is located out east but they will deploy and continue to refine their technology here in Westfield.”

Aware Sports can also measure speed and trajectory of the ball and speed of the athlete.

“A lot of the metrics that coaches look for when they are doing (scouting) will be able to be captured digitally,” Knox said.

Knox said Aware Sports installs the system and has an employee on site probably

“We knew creating the park was just the first piece of the puzzle,” Knox said.

“The campus helps create that ecosystem that attracts these other businesses. What we’re looking to now are the areas around the 400 acres and how we can continue to support the success of the campus.”

Westfield Mayor Andy Cook said COVID-19 was an obstacle but it also became a huge learning point.

“William Knox did an excellent job figuring out how to respond to COVID and to get us opened back up,” Cook said. “William served on some national committees with sports groups across the country on how to do this. Out of that, we learned the high demand that both youth and parents had for youth sports. At the same time, it flowed over to the business world. If we look at the hospitality industry, we learned Grand Park is relatively recession-proof because the moment we opened the doors, it was more like a floodgate.”

Grand Park recently launched the Research & Development HUB. (Photo courtesy of William Knox)

once a month to maintain it. He said many of these technologies can be remotely managed.

There is a small office complex at Grand Park designed for companies that want to have an on-site presence.

“Part of our long-term strategy as we work with these companies and they begin to grow their businesses is they will look to locate in Westfield,” Knox said.

Knox said Grand Park has worked with several companies on development of autonomous equipment, such as mowers, that could support the grounds team. Reducing those costs would benefit the campus, Knox said.

Grand Park is working with companies that have developed nutrition apps, such as ZoneIn. “We have access to the clientele they desire, and as they go through their due diligence or proof of concept, they can use our clientele to help flush that out,” he said.

“We have half a dozen other places we are vetting.”

Knox said there has to be a benefit to Grand Park for any of the companies with which they plan to partner.

“We need them to help us grow and develop,” he said.

Some of the other partners are Spotz, RefReps and ZoneIn. Each company is housed or has deployed its products on campus.

ON THE COVER: The Research & Development HUB at Grand Park focuses on extending the campus reach to the business of sports, such as Spotz, one of the new HUB partners. Spotz is a subscription-based software company that helps hosts manage and promote multiple reservable spaces. (Photo courtesy of William Knox)

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH IMPORTANT The other mission of the Research & Development HUB is to be used as a center for institutional research. The IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute is the first partner university working with the HUB. “Because of the transition with COVID, we had the opportunity to work with IUPUI and the Sports Innovation Institute on a research project, which was one of the first items we ran through our Research and Development HUB,” Grand Park Director William Knox said. “We’ve also spoken with Butler and other institutions in the area and are trying to identify how their sports tourism programs can use the campus as that laboratory.”

IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute Director David Pierce stated the “goal is to set the industry standard for how universities partner with sports businesses

to benefit students, communities and participants.”

Knox said the HUB has begun to develop educational and internship opportunities at the high school, college and postgraduate levels.

Knox said 11 high school interns are in a program now.

“The interns are coming to campus three days a week and we cycle them through this curriculum, so they can learn what it takes to manage a campus like Grand Park,” Knox said. “We are teaching them the lower-level operational aspect of what we do on campus. We also have several college-level interns and then even more graduate-level students who use Grand Park to produce their capstone project or thesis project.”

For more, visit grandpark.org.

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I don’t have many friends Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Commentary by Terry Anker “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

So penned English playwright William Shakespeare in the 1599 comedy “As You Like It.” But the notion that social order is structured like a theatrical performance is much older. Likewise, the concept that we humans follow a tight pattern of progress from infancy to aged decline is seen in art and literature long before being reinforced by this play.

Of course, on the most specific level, we are all individual thinkers, liberated by our own free will to live as we see fit. Still, a child of 5 is unlikely to paint a masterwork, teach a graduate class or lead a platoon into battle. She is held to the constraints of the parts available to her as dictated by her then position.

Once past, she may not return to reprise the roles again. A childhood squandered cannot be regained without regard to the number of toys that we might, as later adults, gather around us. And in our advancing years, we move from expressions of the passion of middle life to the wisdom earned in twilight times.

Some resist this natural progression, while others embrace it.

Even if we aspire to take a lead, can we hope to escape our assigned parts, be it understudy or bit player? Disguising our features behind a Kabuki mask, would the audience accept us against type? Even more, if all the world is a stage, are we better as its actors or as its patrons, simply paying to observe as others perform? Could we be destined to contribute in each role and position on the stage and in the audience?

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

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I don’t have many friends. I know that sounds sad, but honestly, outside of family and my co-workers, I don’t have the time or energy to hang with people long enough to develop a close relationship. And that’s why when I get together with one of my few best gal pals, it generally doesn’t matter that we haven’t seen each other for months or even years. We have such a wealth of shared experiences that we can fall right back in to wherever we were when we last met.

Take for instance two women I’ve known since high school. Though we live in different cities now and usually meet only for Christmas coffee, I consider them “best friends.” We grew up together, navigating first boyfriends, rebellious stints and the inevitable drama that runs rampant among teenage girls. It’s easy to be with them now because we understand how and why we became the people we are today.

For me, that’s how I build a friendship, through long-term shared experiences. Like my old neighbor. We lived across from one another for 10 years and basically raised our children in a commune. We dealt with first-time home ownership issues, organized kindergarten carpools and watched our husbands fire golf balls at rooftops after every cul-de-sac chili party. We talk every so often, but I still consider her a close friend.

The point is, I don’t need many friends in my life because I have three really good ones plus great coworkers and family. And frankly, I don’t have time to make new ones. So I’m okay with sounding sad, because I’m actually quite happy.

Peace out.

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

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Budget increases are alarming Mike Johns that not having a sustainability Editor, The Sept. 21 article by Anna Skinner rereport in the hands of the Westfield City Council until the 11th hour seems fiscally imgarding the 2022 proposed budget increase prudent. No property owner would finance in at least four Westfield departments conmajor expenditures without knowing how tained information that seems alarming for they would be paid Westfield taxpayers on its surface. for, and for the city I have to agree with Council President to do so seems like Proposed budget Mike Johns that not having a fiscal malpractice increases listed sustainability report in the hands of the to me. would total around Westfield City Council until the 11th hour Not everyone can $13 million and by get to city meetpercentage range seems fiscally imprudent. No property from somewhat owner would finance major expenditures ings or hearings. It more than 20 perwithout knowing how they would be paid would be helpful to have more details cent for the police for, and for the city to do so seems like available from our department to more fiscal malpractice to me. local press. With than 45 percent for – MICHAEL REESE all the growth the fire department Westfield is underto more than 150 going, it is understandable to me that more percent for the public works department. services will be needed, but I would expect Details of these proposals should be the growth to largely pay for those added made much more public to the citizens of services. Is that being done? Or are the local Westfield along with how the city would taxpayers being taken to the cleaners? propose to pay for any increases.

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known to disappear when placed in a confined environment under 40 degrees.

Do you have a tough time finding things I often require marital help for this search in your refrigerator? I am mostly talking to and seizure. Last night, I hollered upstairs the men reading here. Of course, we have to my wife: no trouble finding the refrigerator, do we?

“Mary Ellen, where’s the mustard?”

Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this “In the refrigerator.” week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s “Gee, thanks, that really cuts down the Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. What amount of time I’d have spent looking in the do these women have against me? Why are washer and dryer.” they avoiding me?

The inevitable I did find a tube sigh wafted down Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this of anchovy paste from the living room week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s behind the vegeand cut through table bin, which Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. me like a dull knife expired in 2014, but What do these women have against me? slicing a squishy I believe the differtomato.

Why are they avoiding me? ence between fresh “Keep looking, – DICK WOLFSIE anchovy paste and Dick. It’s there.” stale anchovy paste “It’s not here, is pretty academic, so I put it back where I dear. Are you sure we have mustard?” found it.

“Yes, I’m sure. Look behind the pickles.”

I know these other things are in there “Are you sure we have pickles? I don’t see somewhere, and my wife hides the good any pickles.” stuff from me. I’m convinced that when I’m Mustard should be the easiest thing to sleeping, Mary Ellen sneaks downstairs and find, but even when it’s right in front of me, rearranges everything in our second fridge.

I always think we are out of it, so I keep She shoves the jar of horseradish behind buying more. That’s why there are three the milk carton, buries the tartar sauce half-full containers on the lower shelves under the bag of spinach and conceals the and five more full ones poking out their lettuce in the lettuce bin (Never underesticrusty heads from inside the door. mate how tricky she is).

I can never find anything. I can’t even It annoys me that companies like Amana, find a funny way to end this column. I think Frigidaire and Maytag label parts of the I’ll just relax, maybe go in the kitchen and fridge. Who are they to tell me where to put make myself lunch. A hot dog with mustard my food? I want to jam everything onto the and relish sounds good. top shelf so I don’t have to bend down to Okay, maybe just a hot dog. eat directly out of the appliance.

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Source: Dr. John La Puma, ChefMD Get some sun — Sunlight is necessary for vitamin D production, and low levels are associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular disease and other causes. A recent study showed that women who avoided the sun entirely were twice as likely to die over a 20-year period as women with the greatest sun exposure. So, enjoy the sun - in moderation.

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Pink Martini to perform at the Palladium

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When China Forbes’ former Harvard University classmate Thomas Lauderdale contacted her about being CONCERT a vocalist in a band in 1994, she had no idea what would eventually transpire.

“I didn’t even think we would make an album,” Forbes said. “It was just this fun band he put together to play at political fundraisers and events in Portland. They were playing all covers, not originals. It was just a fun party band with a cocktail flair.”

Twenty-seven years later, that band, Pink Martini, is still going strong. Pink Martini will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Forbes said Lauderdale, a pianist, had an idea to sing songs in their original languages. The music is a multilingual mix of jazz, classical and old-school pop music.

“There was a spirit of inclusion always,” she said. “Thomas saw beyond Portland.”

Forbes, who has made Portland her home, has sung songs in more than 25 languages.

“I grew up with a French grandfather, and my father always wanted to speak French with me,” Forbes said. “I studied French from seventh grade on, but I never became fluent because I never got to live there. I studied Italian in high school because I wanted to sing opera. I lived in Rome as a mother’s helper.”

Forbes was an actress and a singer-songwriter in New York when Lauderdale first called her. She went back and forth between Portland and New York the first few years. Forbes had been in a drag queen film.

“It was an over-the-top film, but we went to Cannes Film Festival for the movie,” Forbes said. “I got asked to sing a song at a party, and Thomas asked if he could come as my accompanist. We thought we should bring Pink Martini here to play, because so much of our music came from films in the early days.”

The band’s first big hit “Sympathique”

FEINSTEIN’S Feinstein’s in Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael will feature Edmund Bagnell of Well Strung at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22. The Phelps Connection will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Phantom” through Nov. 21. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

CIVIC THEATRE Civic Theatre’s production of “The Color Purple” will be presented through Oct. 23 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes, will perform Oct. 23 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Photos courtesy of Pink Martini)

China Forbes is the lead vocalist for Pink Martini, which performs Oct. 23 at the Palladium.

(Je ne Veux Pas Travailler), was co-written

by Lauderdale and Forbes.

“My little drag queen music proved to be the springboard,” Forbes said. “The film ‘Franchesca’ is hard to find. I think the only place it exists it is dubbed into Italian, which makes it seem better.”

Forbes and Lauderdale began writing more songs together and collaborating with others. Forbes said Lauderdale has become a very good songwriter.

“I write all the time, but when I have

a backlog of songs that are waiting to be recorded and released, I kind of slow down because I don’t want even more of a backlog,” Forbes said. “I’m working on a solo album now and I have a lot of songs that I love.”

When Forbes had vocal cord surgery in 2011, Storm Large joined the band as a temporary replacement. She eventually began splitting time with Forbes because Forbes didn’t want to be on the road as much when her son was younger. Forbes does the majority of the concerts now.

“My son is 12 ½, and it was really amazing to have this time together when the world was in lockdown (amid the COVID-19 pandemic) and people suffering,” Forbes said. “It was such a confusing thing to be happy to be home at that moment. I had never been with my son for so long.

Since he was born, I’ve been touring periodically.”

Unlike bands who perform in support of an album, Forbes said the band keeps touring.

“We promote all of our albums. It’s nonstop touring,” Forbes said. “We’re lucky to be at this for so long and still have an amazing fan base and play such amazing (concert) halls.”

An Evening with Clint Black is set for 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Purchase tickets at thecenterpresents.org.

BELFRY THEATRE The Belfry Theatre presents its season opener, “Cheaper by the Dozen,” at Noblesville First United Methodist Church, Oct. 21 to 31. For more, visit the belfrytheatre.com.

ATI to present Blessing’s new play editorial@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana will present a reading of Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Lee Blessing’s play “The Family Line” in ATI’s Theatre Lab Series at 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

In Blessing’s new drama, the main character, Finn has just lost his mother suddenly to COVID-19. He is a mixed-race 15-year-old who must now be transported to his estranged father. No one dares fly, so Finn’s white grandfather, Jonah, whom he’s never met, is tasked with making the nonstop, cross-country drive. They spend 24 hours together, each getting to know a perfect stranger at the most imperfect time.

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Hancock’s ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ serves as autobiography

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Gregory Hancock pays homage to “The Wizard of Oz” and his own past in his latest production.

DANCE “There’s No Place Like Home” is an autobiographical piece.

The story follows a boy from Kansas who sets out on a journey down the Golden Path to India. Like the fictional Dorothy, Hancock is from Kansas originally.

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will perform the premiere of “There’s No Place Like Home” Oct. 28 to 30 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“It’s a very personal piece, and those are sometimes scary to do to make yourself vulnerable, but the dancers are trusting me with my vision,” said Hancock, who is the GHDT executive artistic director. “It’s my journey through life and what we’re looking for and why things happen the way they do. I’ve gone to India several times and I’ve always found a lot of enlightenment, peace and chaos, too. It’s a very spiritual place, and, hopefully, that’s infused into the piece.

Everybody can relate to it because we are all on a spiritual journey and a journey through life. I think at some point we all wonder what we’re doing here and why we’re here.”

Company dancer Thomas Mason portrays Hancock.

“It’s challenging because I want to honor his story and do the best I can do,” Mason said. “It’s also challenging physically. I’m on stage the majority of the show and dancing to the most of my ability, so it’s very tiring, and I’m still trying to build stamina for show after show.”

Hancock said technically it’s a challenging role.

“Thomas’ character is the one who remains the same through the whole piece,” dancer Abigail Lessaris said. “He doesn’t change costumes or morph into a different character. He rarely leaves the stage.”

Hancock said it is unusual to see himself portrayed on stage.

“It’s weird to watch and weird to think about sometimes,” Hancock said. “It’s weird for both of us. It’s easier to portray someone you don’t know or someone who is gone, a fictional character. We don’t often play someone we work with.”

Lessaris, who is Mason’s fiancee, por-

From left, Hannah Brown, Camden Lancaster and Olivia Payton (seated) appear in costumes created by the Kalbeliya gypsies in “There’s No Place Like Home.” (Photo by Lydia Moody)

trays several characters including Mother India, Mother Ganges, Saraswati, Buddha, and Hanuman. They all represent Hancock’s mother, Florence Marie Hancock, who died in 2014.

“Anyone who knows Gregory knows his mother was so important in his life,” Lessaris said. “These three characters he meets throughout are like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the (Cowardly) Lion equivalent. I portray all of those parts. It’s really about that person in Gregory’s life who gave him compassion, courage and all those things his mom provided for him. I dance all of those parts. I get to wear a lot of fabulous costumes.”

The characters he meets dispense knowledge, compassion and courage rather than seeking it like the characters in “The Wizard of Oz.” Lessaris, Mason and Hancock all live in Carmel.

The performance was originally scheduled for June 2020 before COVID-19 pandemic forced postponement.

“This has been waiting to be born,” Hancock said.

For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Mamas: The Musical Times of Sophie Tucker.”

“I do a yodeling song, ‘I want to Be a Cowboy Sweetheart,’ which was written by Sharon McNight is eager to get back on Patsy Montana,” McNight said. “She was the the road. first woman to copyright a country “The last time I song in the Library of Congress.”

COMEDY worked really was McNight learned how to yodel by January 2020, except watching Roy Rogers on “The Tofor teaching a class or performing a night Show” with Johnny Carson. benefit on Zoom,” McNight said. “It’s “He tried to teach Johnny how been quiet. That’s tough on a cometo yodel, and Johnny couldn’t do dian, because you have to be funny it,” she said. “I thought ‘Gee, I McNight all the time. Your passion is to be a think I can do that,’ and the rest is screwball, so it’s been tough entertaining history.” myself. It’s odd to work all your life performMcNight has performed at some of Miing, and then have a long dry spell.” chael Feinstein’s other clubs.

McNight will perform her unique blend of “Wherever the check doesn’t bounce is comedy and music at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at where I work,” McNight said.

Feinstein’s in Hotel Carmichael in Carmel.

McNight earned a Tony Award nomination “Make you laugh and make you cry is aland a Theater World Award for her perforways my motto,” McNight said. mance as Diva in “Starmites” in 1989.

McNight, who is based in Los Angeles, McNight does many charitable perfordoes impressions of famous actresses such mances to support AIDS organizations. She as Bette Davis and Mae West. She sings was honored by having her name engraved “Everybody’s Girl” as Mae West. in the Circle of Friends on San Francisco’s McNight researched, wrote and performed National AIDS Memorial in Golden Gate Park. her one-woman show, “Last of the Red Hot For tickets, visit feinsteinshc.com.

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Komarova said the most successful performing arts programs are the Main Stage classes that include show choir and musical The International Talent Academy recently theater at the Monon Community Center. reached a special milestone.

“We are the only program that The Carmel has a curriculum for preschool kids EDUCATION nonprofit, which with the full musical at the end,” provides performshe said. “We are the only program ing arts education for students where kids write and perform their from ages 1 to 15, marked its 15th own unique musicals and hold no anniversary in September. auditions. Everyone is welcome to “I am most proud of the number discover and develop their own talKomorova of families we have touched with ents with us.” our programs,” ITA Executive Director TatyaKomarova said the support from the na Komarova said. “More than 10,000-plus Monon Community Center, the community students and parents were involved in and Carmel Mayor Jim Brianard have been a our programs, workshops, camps, special big part of ITA’s success. events and international trips. I developed “My longest and the most successful the academy programs with the ‘well-round- program in early brain development was ed child’ philosophy in mind. In my dream, a ‘Train the Brain,’ where kids ages 3 to 5 child who would go through our programs learned reading, writing, math, logic, public will learn to read and write at the age of speaking, music performance and etiquette 4, have good language and public speaking during the three-year course,” she said. abilities by the age of 8, learn and practice “These kids are now 9-10 years old, and I am etiquette by the age of 9, develop their extremely proud of their accomplishments musical and acting abilities by the age of 10, as they are two to three years ahead of learn problem solving and decision-making their peers in their schooling.” by the age of 12, and be a fully responsible For more, visit internationaltalentacadeperson by the age of 14.” my.org.

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Don’t read too much into it Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

William Henry Harrison home at Grouseland. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Grouseland: Indiana home of William Henry Harrison Commentary by Don Knebel Grouseland, a National Historic Landmark since 1960, was William Henry Harrison’s history-making Indiana home TRAVEL for 12 years.

In 1800, President John Adams named 27-year-old Harrison, the youngest son of a prominent Virginia planter/ politician, the first governor of the Indiana Territory, with its capital in Vincennes. Soon after arriving in Vincennes, founded by French traders along the Wabash River in 1732, Harrison established Jefferson Academy (now Vincennes University). In 1802, Harrison and his wife, Anna, began building a 5,000-square-foot federal-style mansion on a 300-acre riverfront site Harrison named “Grouseland” for its birds.

The 13-room house, completed in 1804 at a cost of $25,000 (about $540,000 today), incorporated 400,000 bricks fashioned from local clay. The first floor featured a council room and dining room, and the second floor, reached by a self-supporting curved staircase, contained six bedrooms. The Harrisons imported many of the house’s furnishings from Europe. During 12 years as governor, Harrison negotiated 11 treaties with Native American tribes, five signed at Grouseland, obtaining a total of 60 million acres for the United States. The 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne drew the anger of Tecumseh, the great Shawnee leader, who met twice with Harrison outdoors at Grouseland, demanding that he abrogate it. Harrison’s insistence on maintaining the treaty precipitated the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The Daughters of the American Revolution acquired Grouseland in 1916 and restored the house, furnishing it with period items and original items obtained from Harrison’s descendants and others. Among the many interesting items on display in the house

Portraits of Willian Henry Harrison at Grouseland.

are memorabilia from Harrison’s two presidential campaigns, a gilded plaster bust made in 1837 and two portraits of Harrison looking little alike. The grounds include the walnut grove where Harrison met with Tecumseh. A tall wooden statue memorializing Tecumseh, dedicated in 2009, is nearby. Grouseland is undergoing extensive renovations and is open by appointment at grouseland.org.

I wouldn’t say I have a book problem.

It’s more like I have a time problem. You see, the pile of books on my bedside table keeps growing. The GRAMMAR GUY stack features stories and accounts I’m looking forward to reading, but I just can’t find the time. But this isn’t the entire story.

You see, I own this handheld digital rectangle called an Amazon Kindle. This rectangle holds hundreds of books on a simple black-and-white screen.

Again, I see this less as a “book” problem and more of a “time” problem. There’s a term for people like me: bibliobibuli.

Coined by author H.L. Mencken in 1956, bibliobibuli means “the type of people who read too much.”

In “Minority Report,” a compilation of Mencken’s notebooks published after he had a stroke, the author writes, “There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion.”

While I’m also fond of whiskey and religion, books have a special place for me. As a bibliophile (a person who either collects or has a great love for books), I go back and forth in a struggle between physical and digital books. I love how physical books have a place on the shelf.

The pulpy paper of their pages reveals intentionally laid out letters forming shapely paragraphs.

On the other hand, digital books have a backlit screen, which allows me to read without the aid of my bedside lamp. As I’m fond of reading late into the night, I find it more conscientious to have my lamp off so my wife can fall asleep more easily. Then there’s always a question of ownership: do I actually own a digital book? I’m not sure.

So now you understand my dilemma.

I hope I never find a cure for my need to read.

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Looking for job security? Simpson Construction Services has so much work that it must hire five people for residential remodeling NOW. The skilled carpenters we select will have strong abilities in bathroom remodeling, but also with respect to kitchens, decks, basements, wood and tile flooring, doors and windows, interior and exterior painting, drywall, plumbing and electrical, siding and room additions. Again: Only skilled carpenters need apply. For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

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

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

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Come to Clarity Care Givers, LLC Trusted, Requested - Preferred OPERATIONS MANAGER Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell.

We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion; day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision; and likes to get his hands dirty! Construction or Carpentry skills required.

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Sponsored by United Way of Central Indiana United Way is proud to partner with a network of nonprofits in our community that are making a measurable impact in the fight against poverty and ensuring every person in Central Indiana can reach their full potential.

The Children's TherAplay Foundation, Inc. Children’s TherAplay is a nonprofit medical facility providing physical and occupational therapy using a horse as a treatment tool for children with special needs. The organization works with children aged 18 months to 13 years old with a wide range of diagnoses including Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, developmental delays and more. In May 2019, Children’s TherAplay received a $1,000,000 grant from the Capital Projects Fund administered by United Way of Central Indiana and made possible by the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc. to renovate their existing pole barn and riding arena and add an additional 11,652 square feet to the clinic, waiting room, administrative and event spaces. The project was completed in early 2021, and the new space is now being utilized by 190 clients each month.

In September 2021, TherAplay added speech therapy to their program offerings. They are now actively filling their speech therapy caseload!

If you are interested in learning more about speech therapy for your child, you can call the front office at 317-872-4166.

TherAplay is looking for volunteers!

TherAplay has 8-10 volunteer sidewalkers every day to assist with our hippotherapy sessions. These volunteers are an essential part of the program, and get a front row seat to the transformational outcomes that occur every day through hippotherapy. If you would like to learn more about volunteering, contact McKenzie Land, Volunteer & Development Coordinator, at mland@childrenstheraplay.org

The Children's TherAplay Foundation, Inc. 9919 Towne Road, Carmel, Indiana 46032 Phone 317-872-4166

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