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A rendering of the proposed 60,000-square-foot medical office building. (Photo provided by city of Westfield)

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City leaders in Westfield have approved a tax abatement for the development of a 60,000-square-foot DEVELOPMENT medical office building.

Westfield City Council members voted 7-0 to approve the declaration of an economic revitalization area for the project being developed at 535 Park St. by Nexcore Companies LLC. The approval of the ERA finalizes the process tied to a tax abatement the company was seeking for the project, which is expected to be completed by December 2023.

The company will receive a 10-year tax

abatement with the first three years abated at 40 percent and the remainder of the term at 30 percent. Nexcore Companies LLC will save more than $2 million during the 10-year period, said Kai Chuck, economic development director for the city.

The $34 million investment, which is expected to create 32 new jobs with an average wage of $35 per hour, was initially presented at the council’s Sept. 12 meeting.

Nedra Moran, a consultant with Indianapolis-based Healthcare4Tomorrow, told the council at the time that the building will feature space for surgeries, a laboratory, a wound care center and a radiology department.

The medical office building is one of several spaces tied to the Grand Millennium

project, a mixed-use developmentSchematic with Rendering residential, entertainment and multi-family components.

One of the anchors of the $190 million Grand Millennium development is the new Westfield Washington Public Library, while a four-story apartment building with retail stores on the first floor and several highend restaurants are also planned. A convention center with several hotels is also targeted for the space.

The entire project is expected to be completed in 2027, according to officials.

Westfield Washington Public Library officials previously said they chose Grand Millennium for construction of a new $16 million library because of pedestrian activity in the area.

City OKs funds for public safety building designs

By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com City officials in Westfield have approved appropriating more than $495,000 for design work tied to a GOVERNMENT new fire station and police headquarters.

Westfield City Council members voted 6-1 to appropriate $495,416, a majority of which will go toward schematic design services for police department headquarters. City Councilman Mike Johns was the lone vote

against the spending.

The city approved appropriating $420,416 for the police department, while the remaining $75,000 will go toward preliminary design services for the proposed Station 84 building. The police department has indicated it was too early in the process for questions regarding the police headquarters, city spokesman Chris Proffitt said.

It remains unclear where the building would be constructed. Officials also declined to answer whether the city has land designated for the project, the estimated

costs and how the city would pay for it.

Meanwhile, the fire department is exploring land in the area of 191st Street between U.S. 31 and Tomlinson Road for Station 84.

A statement from the fire department indicated that continued demand and growth in Westfield is driving the need for the project.

The fire department hasn’t determined cost projections for the project at this time, but hope to open the building in 2025, officials said.

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Festival of Trees provides assistance at holidays

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com For Good Samaritan Network founder and executive director Nancy Chance, the fundraising goal for Festival FUNDRAISER of Trees is to match or better the previous year’s total.

She understands that will be a challenge this year given the downturn in the economy. However, she said early registration numbers are strong.

The 2021 event was the best year ever for the Hamilton County nonprofit’s Festival of Trees, with the largest number of sponsors and participants grossing $79,462.57.

The ninth annual Festival of Trees is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel, 11925 N. Meridian St., Carmel. There is an auction for the trees at the hotel. There will be an online auction and a silent auction at the hotel. The evening includes dinner and an auction featuring custom-designed themed Christmas trees, wreaths and table centerpieces, all hand-decorated by local designers specifically as fundraising pieces.

“It’s to help families over the holiday, and if there is anything left over, we put that money to client assistance,” Chance said.

“The live auction was incredibly fun and very successful (in 2021) in raising nearly $24,000 alone,” Chance said she will serve as the keynote speaker, explaining the mission of Good Samaritan Network. U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz also will be a guest speaker.

Last year’s Holiday Assistance Program served more than 46,000 people with Thanksgiving distribution of food boxes, Thanksgiving Day meals (drive-thru and delivery), Christmas distribution of food boxes and holiday toys and the delivery of 791 holiday meals for shut-ins on Christmas Eve. Good Samaritan Network’s annual Holiday Assistance budget is more than $71,000.

The countywide holiday assistance program is made possible, in part, through in-kind donations received and processed year-round to Good Samaritan Network, which is dependent upon the neighbors and residents of Hamilton County for their donation of gently used or new toys (especially for 8- to 13-year-olds) that are repurposed without cost to the residents of Hamilton County. Gently used bicycles are also wel-

Trees for the annual Festival of Trees. (Photos courtesy of Good Samaritan Network)

One of the trees for the annual Festival of Trees.

comed and repurposed for families through the Recycled Cycles program.

Additional funds are required to handle expenses for the Holiday Assistance program, including perishable and nonperishable food.

“We try to get as many sponsorships as we can and that helps an awful lot,” Chance said. “That brings people to their tables and helps attendance.”

Sponsorships are available in multiple categories, including event sponsor, $8,000; pinnacle sponsor, $4,000; pillar sponsor, $2,000; platform sponsor, $1,000; and partner, $500.

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Guerin senior finishes prep cross country career on high note

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Guerin Catholic High School senior Bridget Gallagher’s main improvement has come from feeling stronger.

“I was undiagnosed with celiac disease for most of my life, and have known for about a year,” she said.

Those with celiac Gallagher disease have an immune response to eating gluten, a protein found in wheat and rye.

“After eliminating gluten from my diet, which allowed my body to actually start absorbing nutrients, I have felt a significant change in the way that I run,” she said. “I feel much more confident as a runner as I have been starting to see more and more how much stronger I am.”

The Westfield resident finished sixth in 17 minutes and 59.8 seconds in the 5,000 meters at the IHSAA girls cross country state finals Oct. 29 at Terre Haute. Her previous best state meet finish was 13th as a sophomore.

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“I was very pleased with my sixth-place finish,” she said. “I knew that this was a very competitive field and was looking forward to racing against some of the best runners not only in Indiana but in the whole country. I was aiming to place in the top five or 10.”

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Guerin Catholic senior Bridget Gallagher finished sixth in the state cross country meet.

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After the state finals, Gallagher was named the Mental Attitude Award winner for girls cross country.

“Winning the Mental Attitude Award was one of the greatest honors that I have ever received,” she said. “One of my favorite

parts about the sport is the people in it, and to win this award amidst all of these wonderful people just means so much to me. I am so honored that I was chosen and am so beyond thankful to everyone who made this happen.”

As a junior, Gallagher ran the season-opening conference meet and then learned she had a stress fracture a few days later. She missed the rest of the season.

“She was diagnosed with celiac disease and the stress fracture at the same time,” said her father, Tom Gallagher, director of cross country for Guerin Catholic. “We didn’t realize that stress fractures are often associated with undiagnosed celiacs. Bridget is feeling stronger and healthier than ever. We were very grateful for the celiac diagnosis because it gave us a game plan to get her healthy beyond resting her leg.”

Gallagher has narrowed her college choices to the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, Indiana University, University of Wisconsin and University of Notre Carolina.

Her older brother, Quinn, a 2019 Guerin graduate, runs for Notre Dame. He placed fifth in the state meet in 2018 and won the Mental Attitude Award.

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Cyclists race in Iceland N O O N E H AS M O R E C R E D I B L E R E V I E WS THAN US.

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com A competitive cyclist for approximately 25 years, Matt Tanner started racing on gravel in the fall of 2021.

SPORTS In July, the 48-year-old Carmel resident had competed in one of the most challenging and grueling races, The Rift Gravel Race in Iceland, a 200 kilometer, or 125-mile, race.

Tanner said much of the attraction of The Rift was the destination. Tanner saw a YouTube documentary on the event, which started in 2019.

“A buddy and I were blown away,” Tanner said. “That’s the coolest event I’ve seen in my life. There was a lottery to do it.”

In 2020, the race was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Tanner wasn’t able to get in. This year, Tanner and two of his Rollfast Cycling Club teammates, Steve Hershberger of Carmel, and Rob Herzog of Westfield, successfully earned spots.

“It was really just to do an event that was on volcanoes and glaciers, stuff you can’t do anywhere else in the world,” Tanner said. “When you race gravel, especially those that are 100 miles or more, it really comes down to who’s the best at handling their bike and those kinds of skills,” Tanner said. “Then who is the strongest, and the third thing is who has the most luck. There is always a pretty good possibility you’ll get a flat tire or you’ll have something on your bike break. When I finished the race in Iceland, I had a flat tire that sealed back up.

We run sealant in our tires that hopefully seal up. I think my tire pressure was around 10 or 15 when I finished and when I started it was 40. It was flat but I was able to ride it to the finish. I saw a lot of people that were stranded on the side of the trail trying to get their bikes running again.”

Tanner’s strength helped him place 13th in just over eight hours in his 40-50 age group and 30th overall.

“Steve was in a shorter race, and I finished around two hours ahead of Rob,” said Tanner, who only stopped to refill his water bottle. “There are people there that are not racing it the way I was. They stop and take pictures and all that.”

Herzog said Tanner is an all-around strong rider in every cycling discipline.

“While there are some unique characteristics to competing in gravel events such as tire selection and bike handling on mixed surfaces, Matt’s training and experience will put him in the lead group of any event he

Rob Herzog, left, and Matt Tanner compete in The Rift in Iceland. (Photos courtesy of Matt Tanner)

enters,” said Herzog, who has been riding with Tanner for more than a decade.

Tanner rates The Rift as one of the top three races in which he has competed. The other two were road races in Rome, Italy, and San Diego.

Tanner’s first gravel race was the Harvest 50 in Zionsville in October 2021.

“I bought a bike, jumped in the race and enjoyed it,” Tanner said. “It’s different from what I’ve done in the past. I’ve done a lot of different disciplines of cycling. It’s a new, trendy race format.”

Tanner founded the Rollfast Cycling Club in 2012. There are 100 members with chapters in Carmel, Clearwater, Fla., Chicago, Boulder, Colo., Austin, Texas and Huntsville, Ala. “I haven’t done mountain races in decades,” Tanner said. “I’m focused on the road, and then gravel is sort of secondary.

There are more gravel races going on because it’s easier to put them on and you don’t have to close roads with traffic. There are less cars and they’re safer.”

Hershberger began competing in the major gravel races in 2019.

“There are a dozen around the United States and a couple around the world,” Hershberger said. “Those tend to be the big endurances races, like 125, 150 and 200 miles.”

Hershberger, 55, raced the 100-kilometer race, finishing 19th overall and first in his 50-and-older category.

“I chose the 100 kilometer, because two weeks after getting back home I had to turn around and get back on a plane to go to Steamboat, which is 12,000 to 13,000 feet in elevation (in Colorado),” he said.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club opened its first Indiana store last month in Noblesville, and now it’s eyeing an DEVELOPMENT expansion into Carmel.

The Massachusetts-based company has filed plans with the city to construct a new warehouse club on 8.5 acres at 14480 Lowe’s Way. The proposed location is currently home to Koto Japanese Steakhouse and is just south of the Lowe’s home improvement store.

The site is zoned as a planned unit development, meaning its development standards are set by an ordinance specific to the site rather than standard zoning.

Amendments proposed to the existing PUD, which was adopted in 2000, include the addition of tire, oil change and lubrication sales and an automobile filling station as permitted accessory uses; and changing the minimum building setback to 60 feet.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club is planning a new store on 8.5 acres at 14480 Lowe’s Way in Carmel. (Image from documents filed with the City of Carmel)

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Northside Disability Resource Fair planned Nov. 12 — White River Christian Church, Achieve Community Services, Connections Case Management and The Columbus Organization will host the Northside Disability Resource Fair Nov. 12. The free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at White River Christian Church, 1685 N. 10th St., Noblesville, and will feature more than 50 agencies, food, vendors and raffles.

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Westfield resident Ben Stoner, who serves as vice president of Fathouse Fabrications in Martinsville, said his company is helping with the production of the limited edition Shelby 1,300 Code Red vehicles. Fathouse Fabrications is working on the powertrains for the vehicles, which retail for $210,000 and were limited to 30 cars when they were released earlier this year and sold out the day they were announced. (Photo provided by Shelby)

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Sham-Rock-Botics team spurs interest among students at Westfield High School

By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com A robotics team at Westfield High School has generated plenty of interest among students, who are preparing to kick off their upcoming season in January.

The Sham-Rock-Botics team competes against other robotics teams in the region and is tasked with different challenges at competitions, said Matt Veldman, who serves as one of several mentors. However, a major part of the team’s work at the start of each season involves building a robot from scratch that takes several weeks, Veldman said.

“Our main goal is to inspire people around STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — but we also try to build students as a whole,” Veldman said.

Veldman said students are involved with team outreach efforts and developing business plans in addition to visual media and public relations as part of their involvement with Sham-Rock-Botics, which is part of the FIRST Robotics Competition, an international high school robotics competition.

This year, there are 12 returning students, and the robotics team as a whole typically has 20 to 25 individuals. The first full Saturday in January marks the kickoff when a new game is released, meaning that students will have approximately six to eight weeks before their first competition to plan, design and build a new robot, according to Veldman.

Veldman said the fall season is typically a time when mentors try to get new students engaged with the team, which placed fourth at the district competition in Columbus and eventually qualified the Sham-Rock-Botics team for the state championship competition.

Veldman, who is a software engineer at Aptiv in Carmel, said he was involved with his own robotics team at Pike High School that ultimately helped him determine his career path. He added that students also get to learn about important skills that will benefit them down the road, such as communication, noting that students are required to work with other teams at competitions within different matches.

“It’s important that we understand our strengths and weaknesses and we can

Abhijay Salvi, a junior at Westfield High School, watches a robot during a Sham-Rock-Botics team meeting Sept. 7. (Photos by Matthew Kent)

announcement and became interested in robotics with his middle school team. Salvi got involved at the high school level during his sophomore year, which he said was a great experience after joining shortly after a kick-off meeting.

Salvi, who wants to pursue a career in computer science and robotics, said he is particularly interested in how the two fields can work together. His involvement with the robotics team has proven to be beneficial, he said.

“This is a great opportunity because not only do you get to learn how to build a robot from complete scratch — from manufacturing to getting the parts to electrical components — but you get to learn other technical skills such as electrical, computer science,” Salvi said.

But it’s the competitions that spur the most excitement for Salvi.

“That’s the time where you get to see how well you perform in a real-life setting,” he said. “You get to see your amazing product out on the field and see it succeed.”

But the challenges and obstacles that students face are an important part of the overall learning experience in robotics, according to Salvi.

“They become way crucial to the success, but it also helps us teach a lot about teamwork, communication and those critical skills you need to achieve good results in a high-intensive zone,” he said.

ON THE COVER: Graham Puterbaugh, a senior at Westfield High School, checks a part on a robot during a Sham-Rock-Botics team meeting Sept. 7 as Abhijay Salvi, a junior, looks on.

The robotics team is preparing to kick off its upcoming season in January. (Photo by Matthew Kent)

Westfield High School students involved with the Sham-Rock-Botics team watch as a robot moves around the floor during their meeting. The robotics team is preparing to kick off its upcoming season in January.

discuss that with our alliance partners and determine best strategies and to hopefully beat (the other teams),” Veldman said.

Graham Puterbaugh, a senior who is in his third year with Sham-Rock-Botics, said he decided to get involved because of his interest in robotics and noted his favorite part is interacting with fellow team members.

“We have some really great members on the team … and they’re a lot of fun to work with,” he said. “It’s a real great learning experience and going to the competitions is a whole lot of fun … and the actual matches are a huge adrenaline rush.”

Puterbaugh’s teammate, Abhijay Salvi, a junior, said he learned about the Sham-Rock-Botics team through a school

LEARN MORE To learn more about the Sham-Rock-Botics, visit shamrockbotics.com/index.html or e-mail shamrockbotics@gmail.com. The group is actively accepting high school students who are interested in being a part of Sham-Rock-Botics for its upcoming season, which begins in January.

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It takes the crowd-sourced and self-proclaimed encyclopedia, Wikipedia, 21 pages and more than 7,800 words to define, including pages of academic citations and references to other related subjects. It turns out that the concept of a “thought experiment” has been in use for millennia. The ancient Greeks first recorded the notion, followed by a 16th-century astronomer, then a 19th-century Danish physicist and then a 20th-century German philosopher.

Suffice it to say, there is a long line of famous thinkers who have used the device.

For most of us, not quite so scholarly, the exercise is more of a parlor game than method of scientific proof. We frame a question as if it were a physical experiment and carry it out only in our imagination. It allows us to explore any number of alternative paths before we commit to one. We might consider the effect if we moved, married, added children, or became better educated.

The subjects are endless. Or we might go from the specific and tangible to the moral and metaphysical. Topics could include surviving the zombie apocalypse, reacting to a foreign occupation of America, or knowing the exact time and date of our death.

What if we received a text message that told us our lives would end in 10 days? Not how or where, only when?

Would we retreat to loved ones? Would we get our affairs in order? Would we spend everything we’d saved? Would we indulge in our vices? Would we avenge those who’ve transgressed or seek forgiveness for our own failings? Would we blame God, decide him a fiction, or seek him? How we answer might give us insight to the direction of our lives. Are we the people we want to be? Would we consider the text a gift or a curse?

I am not a pet person, but as the mother of four children and one manchild, all of whom are animal lovers, I’ve had to tolerate the presence of many “creatures” through the years. Rats, fish, geckos, a cat (may God rest your aloof soul, Ginger!), they’ve all graced our house at some point. We currently only have a Labrador retriever named Libby, who turned 10 in September but acts like a hyperactive puppy. And even though I never wanted a dog, I have become her primary caregiver now that the kids are gone. My husband, Doo, does pitch-in, but it’s really me doing the lion’s share.

The other night, though, we both dropped the canine-parenting rubber ball. We had just returned from a fourhour St. Elmo jaunt downtown when we heard Libby barking at the door. Huh? We looked at each other and quickly realized that she’d been outside the entire time, left not only to navigate the terrifying horror show that is my front yard (yes, my Halloween stuff is still up), but also without access to her dinner.

Needless to say, she was manic.

Fast forward to 3 a.m. After I let Libby back inside from doing her business, she raced upstairs into our bedroom, clearly determined to sleep with us.

For two solid minutes I tried to quietly remove her, but she resisted my every move. Eventually, Libby rolled on her back, paws skyward, as if I wouldn’t dare drag her to the hallway like a dead body. Joke’s on you, Libby.

So now my sole remaining pet responsibility is an aging Lab with abandonment issues.

Peace out.

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

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.”

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A click in time saves … expiring scams?

Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Mary Ellen and I promised each other that during our recent vacation we would not check our emails. At dinner HUMOR each night, we conversed and learned a great deal about each other — things that have happened to each of us since we got our first cellphones in 1990.

When we returned home, we eagerly retrieved our messages.

“Mary Ellen, while we were away, I won a DEWALT Power Station!”

“Hey, that’s great. So did I. What’s a DEWALT Power Station?”

“No clue, but now we have two.”

Actually, we didn’t. We hadn’t won anything. But we did have a “chance” to own a DEWALT Power Station, and a DEWALT Drill.

Also, the “opportunity” to win a Yukon Stove Fire Pit, a gift certificate to Walmart, Ultimate nonstick cookware, and a Yeti Cooler.

And we were “in the running” for a Samsung Neo 8K QLED Smart TV. I didn’t know where not to click first. Walgreens was thanking me for being a loyal customer, but I have never been in a Walgreens in my life. I am a loyal CVS patron, but all they ever gave me for free was a 2-foot-long receipt.

Wait: Incoming! I just received a “shipment pending” notice for a Keurig Coffee Maker and I have “won” a Ryobi Lawn Mower.

I’m no expert in this area, but there are several clues to determine scams. Here are some real examples I received. Read each one carefully: • WIN AN GOLF CART • THEIRS A PRIZE WAITING OR YOU! • YOUR A WINNER!

• YOU HAVE WON A FREE GIFT The phrase “Free Gift” is not only suspicious, it’s redundant. Clearly, it introduces a fake scam — which I know is also redundant.

True, some of these language goofs are because the scammers are not English-speaking, but other mistakes are intentional, to either get your attention or to avoid detection by anti-spam programs.

I tried using those last two excuses on my proofreader, Heidi, to justify some of my spelling and grammar blunders. She didn’t fall for them.

The rip-offs often include an additional method to motivate you, like a countdown clock that tells you how much time you have left to click on the link or the offer goes away.

“Honey, I know you’re breastfeeding the twins, but please drop what you are doing, or we are going to lose out on that free sump pump from Ace.” My favorite come-on is: • YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO TRY CANNABLISS CBD

CONGRALUATIONS Yes, and congraluations to all who have wisely avoided these bogus offers. I never click on questionable links, but I’m tempted by this CBD product, which is shaped like a gummy bear and has a similar texture. Before I decide, I am going to have to chew on it for a while.

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Cat cafe eyes 2023 opening

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com For years, Jenni Beesley has volunteered her time through the Paws on my Heart nonprofit to help adoptable cats PETS and kittens find a home, but she wanted to do more.

So, the Carmel resident is working to open one of Hamilton County’s first cat cafes, which would provide space for customers to enjoy freshly prepared food and beverages in an attached lounge filled with free-roaming felines looking for a home (Smitten Kitten Cat Cafe is set to open later this year in Fishers).

Beesley is eyeing potential sites for Namaste Cat Café in Carmel and Westfield and is hopeful for a fall 2023 opening. The space is set to consist of a for-profit cafe and a connected – but separated – nonprofit lounge area where guests can take their refreshments and interact with cats.

“I look forward to the possibilities of a cafe where people can come in and enjoy themselves and chill, have a bite to eat and a beverage and hang out with the cats,” Beesley said.

Jenni Beesley with her cat, Pumpkin. She and her husband rescued Pumpkin when he was a 4-week-old kitten discovered on the side of Range Line Road in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of Jenni Beesley)

Beesley, daughter of an entrepreneurial veterinarian, wants to eventually open several cat cafes and is open to the possibility of opening a dog cafe in the future.

Cat-friendly adoptable dogs may be present in the cat cafes, one at a time.

Learn more at NamasteCatCafe.org.

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Pilates focuses on health

By Rebecca Fending rebecca@youarecurrent.com When Leah Underwood, owner of Just Breathe Pilates at 11446 Olio Rd. in Fishers, started her own studio in her PILATES house, her Pilates business quickly outgrew her home.

“I was a competitive gymnast in my childhood. I fell in love with Pilates as an early 20-year-old figuring out how to work out again,” Underwood said. “I started teaching Pilates and people asked if I could teach lessons out of my home. I built a studio in my basement, which I quickly outgrew. Then I moved into my brick-and-mortar studio and have been here for nine years now.”

The mission of Just Breathe Pilates, which is celebrating being in its Olio Road location for 10 years, focuses on the importance of physical and mental health.

“It’s not just about physical health, it’s about mental health,” Underwood said. “For our clients, it’s about what you really need.

Do you need stretching? Do you need to get your butt kicked with an intense workout?

Do you need someone to talk to? We have

lots of women come in here just wanting to talk about their lives. Everyone says it’s therapy here.”

The popularity of Pilates has been on the rise in recent years, gaining a following thanks to celebrity endorsements. The exercise mainly draws women who seek a different kind of workout experience ranging from intense strengthening classes to testing clients’ limits in stretching.

Classes available at Just Breathe Pilates are classical Pilates, YoPi, barre and Pilates combination classes, TRX and many more.

For beginners, Underwood recommends the studio’s Beautiful Basics or Stretching classes.

“All you need to bring is a mat and water,” she said. “But we even have those here, so really, just bring yourself.”

Underwood encourages clients to sign up for early morning classes and the popular Wine and Pilates sessions.

“Wine and Pilates is every three months on a Thursday night,” she said. “You come, have a glass of wine and do a 45-minute workout.

It’s a great way to meet new people.”

For more, visit justbreathepilates.com.

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Singer to appear in holiday shows at The Cat Ashley Nicole Soprano will perform her “Holiday & More” show at The Cat in Carmel.

(Photo courtesy of Anna Nicole Soprano)

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Ashley Nicole Soprano has been waiting to give her fans a performance on a larger stage.

“I am most looking forward to MUSIC giving all of my sponsors and fans the stage performance they have been begging for,” Soprano said. “For the last two years, I have been entertaining at charity events, retirement centers, Fishers Parks and private clubs. Traditionally, at the meet-and-greet after the show, people always ask me where I am performing on stage, so they can invite family and friends to a concert.

‘Holiday & More’ at The Cat in Carmel is this concert for all of these people who have been supporting my music career financially and as fans.

“I am also looking forward to meeting and thanking the fans who have been listening and following on social media.”

The Fishers resident will perform her “Holiday & More” show at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. The two afternoon shows are sold out.

“I decided on a holiday show with holiday music because the holidays have a magical way of bringing people together in a spirit of love,” Soprano said.

“Some of our best memories revolve around the holiday season and holiday music. All of the songs I’m singing at the ‘Holiday & More’ concert are my favorites. Perhaps my most favorites are the ones I have selected for

my new ‘Holiday’ CD, which will be first available at the shows.”

Soprano said her music runs the gamut from opera to classical-crossover, contemporary pop and country.

“In 2016, I performed with Projekt:Opera directed by Hidetaka Niiyama and produced by Ji-Eun Lee Music Academy, (and played) the lead role in ‘The Elixir of Love’ as Adina. So, this show also featured musicians from the ISO, namely associate concertmaster and first violin Philip Palermo.

The following year, I was under the same direction, with the lead of Rosina in ‘The Barber of Seville.’”

While attending Butler University, Soprano received a grant to write and produce three original contemporary pop songs and videos, which are available online, on YouTube as well as streaming platforms.

“Meanwhile, my current monthly shows feature tributes from ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ABBA, Patsy Cline, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s throwbacks, Songbook favorites as well as Broadway and classical crossover,” Soprano said. “Whatever I decide to sing comes from my heart and is in my personal style, which has been described as stunning, lovely and sweet as well as giving goosebumps and bringing tears.”

Soprano is her professional name.

“My first voice teacher, Inga Agrest, the current president of the Charleston Music Teacher Association as well as district chair of the South Carolina Music Teacher Association, quickly identified me as a coloratura soprano,” she said, “Although I have a three-plus octave range, the low notes are my labor, the high notes are my love.”

Soprano was born and raised in Fishers and lived there until high school, when the family moved to South Carolina so her brother could attend college there.

“It was in Charleston while homeschooling that I was afforded the opportunity to pursue my vocal and piano training, performing in several recitals as well as with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus,” she said.

She returned to Fishers to attend Butler University.

Soprano performed her October “Pumpkin Spice” show in the Indianapolis area. This month, she is performing her Thanksgiving “Classical-Crossover” show, in addition to preparing for her ‘Holiday & More’ concert and “Holiday” album release.

For more, visit ashleynicolesoprano.com.

‘THE ADDAMS FAMILY’ “The Addams Family” runs through Nov. 20 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

CARMEL APPRENTICE THEATRE Carmel Apprentice Theatre will present “The Addams Family,” a musical, through Nov. 13 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. For more, visit thecat.biz.

‘VIOLET’ Actors Theatre of Indiana will present “Violet” through Nov. 13 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage.org. ’TOSCA’ Angela Brown stars in the title role of “Tosca” in the Indianapolis Opera production set for Nov. 11-13 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit indyopera.org.

GILBERTO SANTA ROSA Gilberto Santa Rosa will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

‘EXPOSED Actors Theatre of Indiana’s LAB series will present the musical “Exposed” at 2 p.m, Nov. 12 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage.org.

CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Carmel Symphony Orchestra will present its Masterworks 2 concert, featuring violinist Alexis Kenney, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

SCHUBERT TRIOS Pianist Wu Han, cellist David Finckel and violinist Benjamin Bielman will perform works of Austrian composer Franz Schubert at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecentpresents.org.

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something ready to be produced. We’ve had couple of table readings and shows in the past year and the show has continued to Laura Goodenow is ready to see her muevolve after receiving feedback from actors sical take the next step in the development as well as any audience who might have process. seen it.”

MUSICAL The 1995 Carmel There was a Zoom reading in High School graduate January and another reading in is the librettist and lyricist for “ExSeptember. posed,” which is part of the Actors The story follows an undocuTheatre of Indiana LAB Series, which mented immigrant, Rosa Maria, who helps musicals and plays develop. It — after being flashed by a peeping will be performed at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 Tom — grapples with the desire to Goodenow at the Studio Theater at the Center be seen in a world in which she for the Performing Arts in Carmel. must hide. When her American-born son is “It’s the first time we’ve had actors readbullied, she fights back. ing and singing the parts,” Goodenow said.

Justin Rayna is the composer and Se“I’m exposing myself, which is somewhat bastián Eddowes-Vargas is the dramaturg. of an uncomfortable feeling. You have to do Goodenow said the story tries to examine what you write about. I’m interested to see immigration from all sides. what this community feels about the piece.”

“I’m constantly honing in on the story and Goodenow said some LAB Series projects working with my dramaturg and other peohave been further along with more workple who can bring perspective to the story,” shops and readings. she said. “It’s an exploration and I’m trying “We are the very first step for what it to honor all the different perspectives. I is for a musical to become a musical,” she want it to be a conversation starter.” said. “We have music, and we have a story.

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derstand what the story is. Every person will feel like I’m the only one I am speaking to. It’s very personal. It’s a wonderful show.

Eliane Elias is ready to share her varied I’m enjoying bringing the bossa nova and musical skills. the music of Brazil.”

“I will be doing Her recently released album “quiCONCERT a show which will etude” is a traditional bossa nova bring different asrecording with acoustic guitar and pects of my music,” Elias said. “It Elias’ vocals in Portuguese. will show my pianist presentation “It came out as No. 1 on several as well as my vocals and some imcharts, as No. 1 (on) iTunes Latin provisations of the jazz. It’s a show and Jazz charts and on several of that has a beautiful curve. It has the Amazon charts as best sellers,” Elias a large spectrum of music that is Elias said. presented.”

Her previous album “Mirror Mirror” with Elias, a Grammy-winning pianist-singerChick Corea, who died in 2021, and Chucho composer, will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Valdes won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz the Palladium at the Center for the PerformAlbum earlier in 2022. She also won a Graming Arts in Carmel. my for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2016 with “It’s music that touches people,” Elias “Made in Brazil.” said. “There are some ingredients to the Elias is based in New York, but spends music that communicate with people. All some time at the end of each year in Brazil. the players are classically trained.”

Opening the Palladium show will be clasElias, who moved to the U.S. from Brazil sical and flamenco guitarist John Alvarado, when she was 21, said she tells stories also a senior lecturer of music and arts during the concert. technology at IUPUI. “I tell people about the songs,” Elias said.

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Play reflects on AIDS epidemic

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com James LaMonte was attracted to directing the play “Mothers and Sons” because he views it as a THEATER history lesson of the lives of gay men over the past two decades.

“The play charts the gains and losses, victories and defeats for gay men in Ruddell the years since AIDS was first identified,” the Indianapolis resident said. “The play is a continuation of ‘Andre’s Mother,’ Terrence McNally’s 1990 television play starring Sada Thompson and Richard Thomas who meet at Andre’s memorial service. Twenty years later, Andre’s mother, Katharine, and Andre’s former lover, Cal, meet again and they have not spoken since.”

Main Street Productions is presenting “Mothers and Sons” from Nov. 10 to 20 at Basile Westfield Playhouse.

“I love the fact that there is a wide generational spread between the characters,” LaMonte said. “There is a 9-year-old boy, a 20-something young millennial gay man, his late 40s husband who attended to his partner Andre until he died of AIDS and then mourned him for eight years, and Katharine, whose rage has not lessened in the two decades since her son’s burial. They become a lovely quartet, each playing notes of love, loss and regret, which never grows old in theater, and neither does the complicated relationships between mothers and sons.”

Zionsville resident Elizabeth Ruddell plays Katharine, which she describes as a very

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“The role of Katharine is a challenge to play, not only because of the subject matter but because I have very little in common with her,” Ruddell said. “While we are both parents, my children are alive while her only child has passed.”

Ruddell had heard of the play but had never seen it performed.

“The moment I saw it was written by Terrence Uebelhor McNally, I knew it would be a wonderful play,” Ruddell said. “He is the author of other famous plays such as ‘Love! Valour! Compassion!’ and ‘Master Class,’ among others. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays.”

Although she has been acting for more than 40 years, Ruddell is appearing in her first play with Main Street Productions.

Indianapolis resident Austin Uebelhor plays Cal, a middle-aged gay man who lost his partner during the AIDS epidemic. Since then, Cal has married and had a child.

“Cal spends a good bit of the show remembering his lost love and everything they went through together,” Uebelhor said.

“Both tears and anger are brought out of him over the course of the show. It’s been quite the experience digging in and bringing out this complex wave of emotions.”

The show first premiered on Broadway in 2014.

Georgeanna Teipen is the producer.

The other actors are Nicholas Heskett as Will Ogden and Tyler Acquviva as Bud Ogden-Porter.

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Where’s Amy attends ATI’s ‘Violet’ Above, from left, Rosa O’Conner (Carmel), Jill Zaniker (Carmel), Rick Buckner (Indianapolis), Fernando Serpa (Indianapolis) and Ganson Salmon (Geist) attend the Oct. 28 opening night of ATI’s ‘Violet’ at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Do not miss this show that runs through Nov. 13. For more, call 317-843-3800 or visit atistage.org. Right, Rick and Laura Campbell (Carmel) (Photos by Amy Pauszek

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I learned how to pronounce GIF Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I understand if you’re not on Reddit; after all, it’s quite the opposite of a local newspaper. However, the online community of Reddit GRAMMAR GUY contains groups for virtually any interest, as well as an unhealthy amount of goofball meme culture. One of my favorite subreddits (i.e., a dedicated page to discuss a specific topic) is “TIL,” which is an initialism for “today I learned.”

Today, I learned the acronym “GIF” is pronounced with a soft “G” sound, like in “giraffe.” If I were commenting on Reddit, I would reply with a “head exploding” emoji character.

What is a GIF? It’s an animated image often used online. You’ve probably seen one posted as a comment on someone’s Facebook post. You can send them in text messages. GIFs are everywhere.

I always thought “Jif” was the peanut butter and “GIF” (with a hard “g”) was the animated photo file. As it turns out, I have been wrong for years.

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inventor of the graphics interchange format (aka GIF) cleared this up all the way back in 2013, which, in internet terms, is an eternity.

Steve Wilhite invented the animated GIF back in 1987. As an employee of Compuserve, he was tasked to come up with a universal file format for animated images.

As many consumers were getting online for the first time, web content creators embraced the file format.

Today, GIFs serve as shorthand language, similar to how emoji characters dominate text messages. The images are our version of low-resolution moving hieroglyphics. Digital architects will scratch their heads someday as they examine the bizarre aspects of our early 21st-century culture.

I still have a hard time with the soft “G” pronunciation of “GIF.”

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

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A visit to Cooperstown Commentary by Don Knebel Today, on our return from Cape Cod, we visit Cooperstown, N.Y, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and TRAVEL Museum.

Cooperstown lies at the southern end of Otsego Lake, about 60 miles southwest of Albany. It was founded in 1786 by William Cooper, whose son, author James Fenimore Cooper, grew up there.

Abner Doubleday, who attended high school in Cooperstown, became a Civil War general and later obtained a patent for the design of San Francisco’s cable cars. In 1906, a Denver mining engineer claimed that Doubleday invented baseball in a Cooperstown pasture in 1839, a claim unquestionably accepted by the Mills Commission, established to determine baseball’s origins. Cooperstown resident Stephen Carlton Clark, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune, used that claim in promoting the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which he opened in Cooperstown in 1939. Clark, who owned a Cooperstown hotel, hoped to bring visitors to his little town.

He also founded the still-open Farmers’ Museum, which opened in 1942 on land once owned by James Fenimore Cooper, recreating rural life in 19th-century New York.

Each year, about 300,000 people visit Cooperstown, most going to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, housed in a three-story brick building on Cooperstown’s historic Main Street. During Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, up to 80,000 people crowd into tiny Cooperstown, which has a population of about 1,600. The Plaque Gallery on the Hall of Fame’s first floor currently honors 268 former Major League players, as well as 40 executives/pioneers, 22 managers and 10 umpires. The upper floors feature exhibits chronicling baseball’s his-

Plaque Gallery inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

Papier-mache fans inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

tory, including one acknowledging that “historians agree that (Abner) Doubleday had nothing to do with baseball’s beginnings.”

Cooperstown is a bit out of the way from anywhere, but is worth the trip for anyone interested in our “national pastime.”

Don Knebel is a local resident. For the full column visit donknebel.com.

You may contact him at editorial@ youarecurrent.com.

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