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Dispatches Correction — In a Dec. 23 article about elected officials’ salaries, the increase percentage was incorrect. Elected officials’ salaries will increase 2 percent in 2018. The date for the next city council meeting also was incorrect. City council will meet at 8 a.m. Dec. 27 at City Hall, 130 Penn St.

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The interior of Westfield Restaurant Group’s cafeteria-style restaurant at Grand Park Events Center.

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Westfield Restaurant Group fixes food violations

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Bob Taylor has managed restaurants for 38 years, but never one inside a 370,000-square-foot event center.

The restaurant he operates food inside Grand Park Event Center occupies only a small part of that space, but it presents challenges most restaurants don’t encounter.

Three months ago, the cafeteria-style eatery was cited for an array of food violations ranging from non-critical to critical. One violation included mouse droppings found near the dish area of the restaurant, but others were as minor as two French fries found on the floor under a counter.

Since the citations, Westfield Restaurant Group and Grand Park have taken steps to keep the mice out and have had no more violations.

“We are basically in the middle of a 400acre cornfield,” Taylor said. “This (mouse prevention) is not something we can ever let up on.”

Traps were placed outside the building and certain areas were secured, by filling in exposure around piping.

Developer Birch Dalton of Edgerock Development said the problem stems from loading doors at the events center being open for long periods as equipment is set up prior to events, not from restaurant uncleanliness.

“You have to compare it to Lucas Oil, Banker’s Life and the state fair,” Dalton said.

“When you have big buildings and lots of openings, there’s lots of people coming and going all the time.”

According to ESPN, Lucas Oil Stadium was cited for 42 critical food violations in 2009, which led to inspections being completed 11 days prior to a game.

As far as other inspection violations at Westfield Restaurant Group, food items were found expired. Taylor said it’s a learning curve the restaurant is working on, because Westfield Restaurant Group does not operate seven days a week like a typical restaurant. Most of the inspection violations are attributed to the restaurant’s downtime, according to Taylor.

Taylor said he and his team are now being preemptive. If a period of downtime is upcoming, some food is pitched even if it hasn’t expired but will by the time the restaurant reopens.

The city released the following statement regarding the violations: “The city is engaged in a temporary agreement that is month-to-month with the Westfield Restaurant Group at this time. Since these health inspection reports have come to the attention of the administration, the contracts are being heavily reviewed. Grand Park is a state-of-the-art facility that hosts tournaments and events from all over the country and these violations are not acceptable.”

4-H enrollment now open — The Hamilton County 4-H program will hold an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 28 at Purdue Extension Hamilton County office on the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds at 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. The program is open for youth in grades 3-12 and a Mini 4-H program is available for youth in grades kindergarten-2. Nearly 2,000 people in the county are currently enrolled. Jan. 15 is the final day for youth to enroll in the 2018 4-H program. For more, contact Purdue Extension Hamilton County at 317-776-0854 or visit extension.purdue.edu/hamilton.

Westfield Fire Dept. creates new Twitter account — The Westfield Fire Dept. has created a new Twitter account geared toward working incidents in the area. This includes working fires, major traffic incidents, technical rescues and more, as well as updates regarding those calls. General information will not be posted to this feed. For more, visit the Westfield Fire PIO Twitter feed at @wfd_pio.

WWS seeking bus drivers — Westfield Washington Schools is searching for bus drivers. WWS offers a flexible schedule with summers and holidays off and no required weekends. Health insurance also is available. For more, or to apply online, visit wws.k12.in.us.

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Beck’s Hybrids is a seed company based in Atlanta, Ind. “It definitely needs to be a part of (STEM),” Brinegar said. “Indiana is an agricultural state, and Beck’s Hybrids is an amazing facility with incredible technology and research going on in the agricultural field, and it’s a great place for young people who are achieving STEM degrees to go into.

It’s not your grandfather’s farm anymore, for sure.”

Another topic was increasing the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 to discourage smoking for high school students and reduce the number of lifelong smokers.

“The vast majority of people who smoke throughout their lifetimes start before age 21,” Brinegar said. “If (the requirement) is 21, you won’t have 18-year-old (students) in high schools hanging out with 15-, 16-, 17-year-old (students). We will reduce our smoking rate. We want the cigarette tax to increase, but that is more likely to happen in 2019 than 2018.”

Other 2018 Legislative session items Brinegar previewed included civil justice for transparency in asbestos claims, better planning for a statewide water and wastewater plan and offering a workshare program to employers.

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Kevin Brinegar presents at the Dec. 8 Legislative Breakfast and previews the 2018 Legislative Session. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

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Despite recovering from knee surgery, Indiana Chamber CEO and Noblesville resident Kevin Brinegar presented a state preview of the 2018 Legislative Session Dec. 8 at Conner Prairie in Fishers.

Brinegar said he expects the 2018 session to be relatively quiet. He opened the event with results from a statewide poll of Indiana voters regarding business, government and more. The poll was completed last month.

Poll results One poll questions was: What is the most important issue facing Indiana?

“We wanted to see what was on voters’ minds,” Brinegar said of the survey.

In response, 15 percent of Hoosiers claimed the most important issues facing Indiana were education and schools. Fourteen percent said the economy and jobs.

Eight percent said health and welfare and 6 percent said transportation growth.

The survey also reflected that a majority of Hoosiers support a fuel tax increase for road funding, alcohol sales on Sunday and cold beer sales and raising the cigarette tax to discourage smoking.

2018 Legislative session Brinegar outlined projected highlights for the 2018 Legislative Session, including the focus on K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) courses statewide.

“We are pleased the governor is talking about computer training courses for K-12, and we would like to openly see a course requirement in high school (for computer training),” Brinegar said. “We don’t take course requirements lightly because we know there are enough of them already, and time is the most valuable resource in the K-12 setting. We are not talking a high level, but introducing kids to coding, introducing how to use Microsoft office products, like PowerPoint and Excel spreadsheets. I know many, if not all, schools in Hamilton County have those courses already available, but that’s not the case in many places around the state.”

During a question-and-answer session, Westfield Chamber of Commerce President Jack Russell asked Brinegar how agricultural courses might integrate with STEM programs, providing Beck’s Hybrids as an example of the county’s agriculture ties.

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2 candidates to run for Ayers’ open county council seat

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Two prominent local leaders have announced their candidacies for the Hamilton County politics Council to replace Paul Ayers, a Carmel resident who decided to not seek a third term.

Rick Sharp, former president of the Carmel City Sharp Council and candidate for mayor of Carmel, has decided that after two years out of office he is interested in running again. He said he didn’t have a desire to get back into municipal government, but the county council appeals to him because it’s a financial body, not a legislative one.

“I always feel I’ve been a good steward of the taxpayers’ money, and I don’t believe in frivolous spending,” he said. “But at the same time I’m not opposed to spending to invest in our area, and I think my record shows that.”

Sharp said he considers Ayers a friend, and although he never agrees with any elected official 100 percent of the time, he said they share many core beliefs.

“I’ve shown fiscal conservatism and pragmatism, and I hope to carry that out in

Paul’s giant footsteps,” he said.

Another candidate is Ken Alexander, a Westfield resident. He is the vice president of sales at the Fishers-based Hagerman Group and was previously the director of Grand Park in Westfield. Alexander planned to run for the seat before Ayers announced he wasn’t running. He also served as director of Public Works for the City of Alexander Westfield.

“Our county needs leaders who will prioritize engaging young people in our community to ensure Hamilton County will continue to be a wonderful environment for families to live, work and play in future years,” he said. “Along with engaging our young people, I want to ensure our unprecedented growth is managed well and in the most transparent way and that community tax dollars are managed efficiently, maximizing investment in our community.”

Carmel Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley said she’s been asked to run and that she’ll make a decision after the holidays.

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Campbell said the move will help increase the Republican Party’s presence across the county while adding much needed space.

The Republican Party of Hamilton County “We needed more options and really will move its headquarters to Westfield needed the space,” Campbell said. with an opening county expected as early as “The new location will have room for meetings and much larger gathJanuary. erings. This is great for us, and I The previous space was off could not be more excited.”

116th Street and Allisonville Road The offices were in the county in Fishers. The lease on that space seat of Noblesville until 2007, when has expired, prompting the GOP to they were moved to Fishers. search for a new office.

Campbell “We were just trying to find the In a deal between Westfield resiright space,” Campbell said. “I had mentioned dent Birch Dalton’s EdgeRock Development something to (2018 Hamilton County) sheriff LLC and the Republican Party of Hamilton candidate Bill Clifford, who introduced me County, the new headquarters will be in to Birch Dalton, who is a great salesman for office spaces west of U.S. 31 and south of Westfield, and he sold me on it.”

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is relocated, traffic will move to the inner lanes WESTFIELD of Range Line Road for work on the outer lanes.

Construction has begun on the City of WestThe road will remain open throughout the projfield’s Fall Resurfacing and 2017 Trail Connecect. The city is unsure when the project will be tions projects. Fall Resurfacing includes Joliet CONSTRUCTION complete.

Road, Catherine Drive, Greyhound Pass from Veterans Way at Carmel Civic Square is 151st to Western Way, Greyhound Court, Spring closed through the end of the month as overhead power Meadows subdivision and half of Pine Ridge and Quail lines are buried from city hall to midtown. Access to the south Ridge subdivisions. parking lot at city hall is limited to vehicles accessing the lot Utility relocations are under way. The project will be comoff of southbound Range Line Road. pleted by the end of the year. The project includes construcFISHERS tion of a roundabout at 186th Street and Spring Mill Road and Contractors will construct a turn lane in the eastbound a new boulevard roadway construction to Kinsey Avenue. lane of 106th Street between the railroad tracks and the Towne Road reconstruction includes three new culverts, roundabout at Crosspoint Boulevard. The lane will be closed widening and vertical sight distance corrections. Construcduring this time. tion has begun. The project is expected to be complete by Periodic lane restrictions will occur at the intersection summer or fall of next year. Resurfacing Towne Road from of 131st Street and Cumberland Road for utility work to be 116th street to 156th Street will begin after the new year. completed.

The Monon trail is being extended from 191st to Periodic lane delays may occur at 126th Street and Hoosier 216th streets. Most of the work will begin after the new year.

Road through the end of the year.

The second phase of the riparian corridor for Grand JuncPeriodic lane restrictions will occur on 116th Street east of tion Park and Plaza will begin construction before the end Allisonville Road for the repair of concrete curbs and ramps of the year and most of the work will be done over the winter and resurfacing work on the roadway. Restrictions will be in months when the water is frozen. place between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ZIONSVILLE/WHITESTOWN GEIST C.R. 400 S./425 S. is closed between C.R. 650 E. and 750 E, The left, southbound lane of I-69 between Exit 219 near as crews work on the 300 S./400 S. connector project in east Pendleton and Cyntheanne Road in Fishers is currently closed Whitestown. Two lanes are under construction, although ulfor general construction work. timately it is planned to be a four-lane, divided roadway. The On I-69, between Exit 205 near 116th Street in Fishers and project is expected to continue into 2018.

Exit 219 near Ind. 38 in Pendleton, drivers should watch for CARMEL A water main upgrade is under way on Range Line Road be- major nighttime construction work for a bridge reconstruction. Speed limits may be reduced. tween City Center and Executive drives. Once the water main

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Westfield, Fishers firefighter recruits graduate academy

On Dec. 15, recruits with Fishers and Westfield fire departments graduated academy at a ceremony at Fishers City Hall. Training lasted 27 weeks. Firefighters will serve as probationary firefighters for a year.

Westfield firefighters Courtney Reed and Mark Willis, standing, take the oath. (Submitted photo)

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APC holds three public hearings Compiled by Noah Alatza • news@currentinwestfield.com

The Westfield Advisory Plan Commission met Dec. 18. The next APC meeting is 7 p.m. Jan. 2, at City Hall, 130 Penn St. For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

What happened: The Advisory Plan Commission hosted three public hearings, including one for an amendment to additional land in the Trails Planned Unit Development District.

No members of the public commented.

What it means: The Trails PUD adds real estate and general business zoning and land to the southeast corner of Ind. The Trails PUD will be built on the southeast corner of Ind. 32 32 and Oak Ridge Road. The and Oak Ridge Road. (Submitted image) commission hosted a public hearing requested by Edgerock Development, LLC, but nobody commented. A positive recommendation was sent to the council. It could adopt Trails as early as its Jan. 8 meeting.

What happened: Two additional public hearings were held on a Park and Recreational Impact Fee Zone Improvement Plan and on the ordinance itself.

What it means: The city requested an amendment to the comprehensive plan to update the Park and Recreational fee and the improvement plan for the next five years. Fees are used for capital improvements on the city’s parks and trails system. According to city records, from July 8, 2018, to July 7, 2019, the updated total would be $1,427 before increasing more than 8 percent by 2023. Both resolutions were approved unanimously.

What happened: The advisory commission heard additional information on the Westchester PUD, which has been met with concerns from citizens and members of the APC at past meetings.

What it means: Westchester encompasses 309 acres, with additional acreage south of 156th Street to the east of Towne Road. More than 360 single family homes could be developed on the land near Wood Wind Golf Course. The real estate in the area has been highly sought by developers for several years. At a previous meeting, several citizens expressed concern about the proposal. The PUD met opposition from at least four city councilors during its introduction Nov. 13.

Meet your teacher: Chad Eppley Grade/Subject at what school: Algebra 1 and geometry at Westfield High School Number of years teaching: First year Background/Schooling (college and high school): Wawasee High School, Syracuse.

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Why did you become a teacher? “One of my high school math teachers, Mr. Walmer, encouraged me to be a teacher. I would always get my homework done early in his class, and he would let me go around and help other students. I liked helping people with their math, so when senior year came around I still did not know what I wanted to go to school for, so I decided I wanted to be a teacher.”

What goals do you have for your students?

“To grow as a person and as a student in my class.”

What do you encourEppley age parents to do at home to help their children strengthen particular skills? “Try to help them with homework as much as they can.”

Name your favorite movie. “‘Forest Gump.’”

Name your favorite musician or band.

“Don’t have any particular singer, but I do like country music.”

What’s something your students might not know about you? “I played football at the University of Indianapolis.”

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By Heather Collins • news@currentinwestfield.com Last July, Charlotte Robinson, an Arkansas resident, made a stop at Simon Moon Park to discover her ancestry and learn more about the history of the cover story City of Westfield.

In a letter to the City of Westfield Parks and Recreation Dept., Robinson revealed her family connection to one of the founders of Westfield.

“See, Simon Moon is my great-great-great-grandfather.

On the way to the reunion in Michigan, the family letter showed the park and said (Moon) had donated land to Westfield years ago for a school for Quaker children,” Robinson wrote.

The legacy of Simon Moon Simon Moon co-founded Westfield along with Asa Bales and Ambrose Osborne on May 6, 1834. Westfield was incorporated as a town in 1848 and became a city 160 years later in 2008. Moon was the first white settler in Westfield in 1832.

Robinson said learning more about the legacy of her ancestors inspires her to be a more thoughtful and helpful person.

“It’s nice to know that your ancestors cared,” Robinson said. “Now, the people of Westfield are enjoying the land that (Simon Moon) gave the city.”

In her letter, Robinson asked the City of Westfield to

install a plaque at Simon Moon Park stating why the park was named after him.

Carol Daubenspeck, Westfield, also is a descendent of Moon but wasn’t aware of her connection with Robinson.

Despite not knowing each other, Daubenspeck shares Robinson’s desire for a plaque honoring her ancestors.

“I’d like to see something like that. There just needs to be an effort to make it very accurate,” said Daubenspeck, who owns several Moon family artifacts, including a Bible and mixing bowl.

act with the playground via their smartphone or tablet and hear Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.

In 2016, the Tree of Hope, a tulip poplar tree, was planted by a local Boy Scout along with 10 honorary trees to celebrate Indiana’s bicentennial and to represent the park’s commitment to the sustainability of forests.

In 2017, The Little Library, funded through a $500 grant from Youth Service of America and the Walt Disney Company, was installed at Simon Moon Park to promote childhood reading. Robinson noted The Little Library was her family’s favorite addition to the park.

Connecting the past and present Park communications spokesperson Zach Burton said Simon Moon Park is one of the most visited parks in Westfield because it is family friendly.

“Simon Moon Park serves as a way to honor one of Westfield’s founders and to keep his name alive in everyday, fun ways,” Burton said. “It is our hope that families from all over Westfield will come to the park to create memories of their own and build their own history within the community.”

Burton Through the years, the park has developed several ways to connect Westfield residents with the past, present and future.

In 2015, the park unveiled a “smart playground” that enables park goers to inter-

Letter from Charlotte Robinson to Simon Moon Park To whom it concerns: Hi, my name is Charlotte Robinson and on a trip to Michigan in July we stopped at the Simon Moon Park. The park is great, loved the area for book trading, the part of the restroom (in the) picnic area - great - nice and clean.

See, Simon Moon is my great-great-great grandfather. On the way to the reunion in Michigan, the family letter showed the park and said that Simon had donated land to Westfield years ago for a school for Quaker children. I stopped and while it carries his name, there is no plaque stating how the park came to be named after Grandfather Simon. I thought since so much land was donated by him surely your fine city could afford a plaque stating why it was named this. I know my mom’s cousin, Martin Moon, lived in Westfield for years, and he has told us his great-grandfather loved that area, and had been a Quaker.

So I’m asking that you consider putting up a plaque stating the history of the park. It would be a great favor to the Moons in that area and to many of his descendants.

Thank you for consideration. I’d love to stop at the park again on my trip north.

Sincerely, Charlotte Robinson

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Daubenspeck displays a mixing bowl, which previously belonged to Simon Moon’s daughter-in-law.

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Continued from Page 14 at Simon Moon Park an annual family “Simon Moon Park has evolved many times since its initial construction,” Burtradition.

For more on Simon Moon Park, viston said of possibly installing a plaque at the park. “We are always looking for it westfield.in.gov. ways to enhance it, so that is certainly a possibility. We do have historical plaques, for instance, in Old Friends Cemetery Park that provide information on Westfield’s founding as a Quaker community. We appreciate Simon Moon’s great-great-great granddaughter for recommending this.”

The future The park is nestled on 6.75 acres.

Burton noted the City of Westfield plans to expand the park to approximately 25 acres.

“With its involvement in the Underground Railroad, and its background as a historic Quaker community, Westfield has a unique and fascinating history,” Burton said. “We are always eager to learn more about that past and share these stories. Hearing from descendants of those previous citizens of our community is a great way to personalize the past and get closer to it.”

Carol Daubenspeck owns many Moon family artiThe Robinsons want to make a stop facts, like this cowbell. (Photo by Sadie Hunter)

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Christmas morning, everybody knows which gifts dad wrapped. It’s a pretty universal notion that if the ends of the package are crumbled up like a big spit ball, it’s a present from dear ol’ Dad. This year, I wanted to learn how to giftwrap, so I went to YouTube for visual aids.

Results showing men doing the task? Exactly two. The first one was a video of a Japanese man demonstrating an ancient secret wrapping technique. I bet this guy can solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded.

Then there are clips of a scene from the movie “Love, Actually,” where Alan Rickman watches the fastidious sales clerk (Rowan Atkinson) as he takes F…O…R…E…V…E…R to gift-wrap the necklace Rickman has

purchased. Into the gift box go cinnamon sticks, flower petals and some glitter. All done with a flourish as Rickman squirms— as any man would.

If you search for: MEN KNITTING or MALES QUILTING, there are loads of examples. But men wrapping gifts? Just those two.

Have you ever seen males hoarding items that come pre-wrapped? “Is that a gift for your wife?” I asked a friend in line at Kohl’s.

“Yes. It’s either a compact umbrella, a coffee mug or an emergency flashlight. I dunno. But it’s already gift-wrapped.”

I’ve always bought my wife big gifts. Not big in the sense of expensive or memorable. I mean BIG. Because when you give a large gift, it’s OK to not wrap it. A new patio grill? Not what Mary Ellen wanted, but I can just throw a red ribbon and bow over it.

This year, Mary Ellen has agreed to wrap the holiday presents I bought for her. Uh oh, she’s calling for me, so I better go help.

I think her blindfold fell off.

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

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Resolute about no resolutions

o b s e r v ation

In the moment

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Commentary by Terry Anker We humans like to count things – especially temporal things. At the end of the day, we reflect on the day and prepare for the day ahead. The clock strikes on the hour to signify the same – beginning and end. Tick, tock. As the hours advance, we count them all.

And with the waning days of December, our collective thoughts turn to the year rapidly closing. What did it bring? What did we find in it? Perhaps more importantly, what did we make of it? Reflection is a good thing. It can fortify and educate us.

But it also can trap us in a loop of angst about the fleeting nature of our lives. Moments fade and opportunities close.

Yet, with each end there also is a bright promise of a new year. Certainly, our prospects expire with each instant. We know that our days on earth are numbered, and with every twilight we are a bit further down our own path. Still, we so rarely notice the passage in the instant. Why do we busy ourselves with the mundane and then, as we are reminded of the calendar, find that our lives are moving faster than we can process? Would we benefit if we could see time as it travels and not only in the aggregate?

Or, would our contemplation of every instant prevent our enjoyment of them, much like the amateur photographer who is so caught up in photographing life as it occurs that he/she ends up missing much of the life that is happening? What is the balance between recognizing the passage of time and still not being held captive by it? How do we find peace in a long life while working to savor every moment?

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

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Our nation has all sorts of arcane, nonsensical laws on the books. Each week, we’ll share one with you. In West Virginia, for each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar.

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Taking memory for granted Commentary by Melkote Ramaswamy Despite the explosion in information processing and retrieval, personal memory has lost none of its standing and impact. It is still considered an asset to memorize and reproduce speeches. People who can recite the entire or parts of the Bible or the Bhagvad Gita (700-verseHindu Scripture) continue to astonish us.

Debate coaches are always seeking new ways of getting facts and figures into memory.

Speakers with no written notes or index cards or prompters who can deliver to an audience continue to score. The Philippine’s ex-President Ferdinand Marco is known to have stuck word to word to his printed circulated speech. If you have ever attended a South Indian Carnatic concert, you will be amazed to hear vocalists sing for three hours without referring to notes.

The human mind is fascinating. It appears to have an infinite capacity to store information througout a lifetime. With some brain racking, we are able to recall almost anything that happened years ago!

It is true that we tend to best remember the most pleasant and unpleasant experiences (how one wishes one could forget the unpleasant ones). With a little prompting, we are able to recall an entire song.

However, it is challenging to pick up a song from the middle.

We take memory for granted. We talk of memorable experiences, going down memory lane, of memorabilia and writing a memorandum.

Computers are beginning to compete with the human brain. Unlike humans, computers do not care about good and bad memories. They do not decide what is worth remembering. Come to think of it, computers have an advantage: They do not have to match faces with names, like humans.

Can someone brainwash a computer?

Perhaps another computer can.

Melkote Ramaswamy, a Westfield resident, is a physicist, writer, speaker and author of “An Immigrant celebrates America” (University of Indianapolis Press, 2007.)

It’s that time again, friends, to set ourselves up for failure and criticism and perhaps even an infinity scarf of humor guilt should we fail in our lofty endeavors. I’m speaking, of course, of New Year’s resolutions.

Don’t get me wrong. I think the idea of taking a moment for reflection to see where changes and/or improvements can be made is wonderful. You can start over and set goals to encourage a better you.

The problem is, NYRs are impractical.

For starters, I’ve just survived a fourweek marathon of family, shopping, traffic, flu-like symptoms, meat and booze, and in the post-race tent, I’m in absolutely no condition to analyze my behavior. I need hydration and rest before seriously committing to a year with less swearing and less soda.

Secondly, most of us aren’t going to successfully meet our resolutions, anyway, which for me will lead to a self-mocking mantra of “I suck.” I’m a List Girl, and if I put a promise to paper, I feel compelled to check it off. Until I do, that “thing” will not only haunt me, but it will judge me in its haughty, two-dimensional space, creating frustration and anxiety in my already chaotic world.

For 2018, then, I’m postponing any New Year’s resolution-making until I can get my exhausted family back on track. Then, and only then, will I decide whether competing in the “hang on until spring break” race is more important than a fruitless pronouncement to curtail cussing or my aspartame intake (not that you’ll ever know because I won’t be writing anything down). If not, so be it. Life’s more interesting with the Fword and Diet Coke, anyway. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at danielle@ currentincarmel.com.

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BUSINESS LOCAL Dispatches State of the County — Hamilton County Commissioner Steve Dillinger will present the State of the County at 11:15 a.m. Jan. 24 at Purgatory Golf Club, 12160 E. 216th St., Noblesville. For more, visit noblesvillechamber.com.

Avoid rash investment decisions — Investors hear so much conflicting information and advice in the media these days that it’s easy to become confused and make decisions based on emotion rather than on sound financial advice. To avoid making rash decisions, stay focused on your investing goals and educate yourself about current market conditions. Also, understand your own tolerance for volatility and talk with a trusted financial advisor before making any changes to your portfolio.

Source: Jason Labrum, Labrum Wealth Management Financial resolutions – If you resolve during 2018 to improve your finances, paying down debt is a great way to start. If you have multiple sources of debt, use the avalanche method. The avalanche approach is the most financially efficient because your extra payments go to the loan with the highest interest rate. Once you’ve paid off the debt with the highest rate, move on to the loan with the next-highest interest rate.

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WHS grad launches biz at 22

By Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com Christina Taylor is only 22 years old, but the Westfield High School graduate already has launched her own business.

Taylor originally thought her future entrepreneur was in teaching, but after attending college and reconsidering her passions, she pursued hair styling and cosmetology, something she’s always loved.

Taylor is enrolled at Aveda Frederic’s Institute. When she completes her cosmetology license, her mother, Denise, will be her mentor.

In January, Taylor will open Urban Studio in the Nora neighborhood of Indianapolis. She and her mom will occupy the space.

They will recruit two other stylists to work out of the available suites.

Taylor drew much of her inspiration and courage from her aunt, who recently died.

“My family needed something positive to bring us together and work at, and I definitely wanted to find a way to be investing in my future,” the Westfield resident said. “This is in honor of my aunt who died earlier this year, and she loved people and making people feel loved. For a salon, that’s such a good mission, to make people feel beautiful and loved and perfect. It’s a good homage to her life.”

Taylor said one of the things she’s most excited about is working with her mom.

“That’s the dream because my mom is my best friend,” she said.

Lifting more than your spirits this holiday season.

Christina Taylor, left, with her mom, Denise. Taylor owns Urban Studio, to open in January.

Her mother will work out of the space. (Submitted photo)

Although the salon will open next month, Taylor won’t work out of the space until August, when she receives her cosmetology license.

Taylor said mentors and role models play a huge role behind the decision to invest in a business.

“When you’re young, you have to be willing to do a lot of selfeducation, take advantage of your resources,” Taylor said. “If you find people who are eager to help you, it’s good to have mentors.

School has taught me a lot, too. Invest in your future, invest in school. Put that time in.”

To learn more, email Taylor at hairbychristinaafi@yahoo.com.

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Reduce moonlit commute risks Commentary by Dr. Matthew Clark, O.D. Winter driving can be hazardous. Not only is there potential for ice and snow on the roadways, it’s also very dark during otherwise conventional “daylight” vision hours. Many of us commute to work before the sun rises and return after it’s set during wintertime. Here are a few simple tips to complete your moonlit commute more safely.

• Reduce glare — The most important addition to your everyday glasses is antiglare coatings on the lenses. These coatings reduce the haloes and “starbursts” around headlights and streetlights. Dim any ambient lighting inside your car, including your dashboard, to reduce reflections. Consider an artificial tear eye drop before driving, and keep your heating vents from blowing toward your face and drying out your eyes. Dry eyes are one of the most common causes of glare because a dry ocular surface will scatter light instead of focusing it. Make sure your wiper fluid is full and clean the muck and salt from your windshield regularly.

• Update your glasses prescription – So,

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• Don’t look at headlights – It sounds like common sense, but I do it, too, when someone is passing with headlights blaring, and I can’t help but look closer to see if this fool has his or her high beams on. When a bright light like a headlight hits the center of your vision, the photoreceptors in your eyes become “bleached,” which may reduce your vision for several minutes.

Stay safe out there and have a wonderful holiday season.

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By Rick Morwick • rick@youarecurrent.com In the time before telephones, long-distance communication was a challenge throughout much the world.

But in Kwesi Brown’s home nation of Ghana, conveying messages to distant villages was never more performance than a drumbeat away.

“Before the telephone was in use in Ghana, we used to communicate through the drum,” said Brown, an Indianapolis resident who was born and raised in the tiny West African nation. “The drum can imitate the language of the people.”

No one knows that better than Brown, an enthnomusicologist and master drummer who will share his knowledge and talent during his Jan. 6, 10:30 a.m. performance of “Global Rhythms With Kwesi Brown” at The Palladium inside Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts.

Part of The Palladium’s ongoing “Peanut Butter & Jam” children’s series, Brown’s show will feature an infusion of sounds from Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, the Caribbean, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, with a sprinkling of Western pop and soul blended in.

Master drummer Kwesi Brown will Brown, who plays an assortment of instruments, will be acperform at the Jan. 6 “Peanut Butter & Jam” sess companied by his band in a high-energy performance that comion at The Palladium. (Photo by Kurt Anno ) bines music, storytelling and audience interaction.

Dancing is not only allowed, but highly encouraged.

“We’ll teach songs I’ll be doing, and then I invite them on stage and grandparents love it because it is an easy way to expose and show them how I learned to play music,” Brown said. “It’s children to the performing arts in a very ‘low-risk’ manner.” like audience participation, and then we’re going to dance to the Engaging audiences is Brown’s chief objective. Besides drums, drums as well.” he plays trumpet, trombone, saxophone and keyboards. He also Designed for children ages 1 through 7, “Peanut Butter & Jam” sings and tells the stories behind the music. And, he makes sessions encourage children to become interested in the perdrums talk. Literally. forming arts. Launched five years ago, the series has been im“I’ll play the different drums, talk about it, and then show mensely popular and continues to grow. Organizers are already them how to use drums to communicate,” said Brown, referring booking for the sixth season. to the hourglass-shaped drums from his native Ghana that can “The artists are selected for their ability to work with young mimic language by applying and children,” said Julia Shildmyerrelieving pressure with a tenHeighway, director of education sion cord wrapped around the and community engagement for • When: Jan. 6, 10:30 a.m. instrument. the Center for the Performing • Where: The Palladium, 1 Center Green, Carmel.

“We will learn how the drum Arts. “Performances actively speaks,” Brown said. “We’ll also • Tickets: $10 per child; two free adult tickets engage the children, and at the introduce how this drum can end of each, children are enwith every child’s ticket speak English (and) even sing.” couraged to ask questions and • To reserve tickets: Call the Center’s box Brown, who received a mastry their hand at some of the office at 317-843-3800. ter’s degree in ethnomusicology instruments. The environment of from Bowling Green State Univerthe performances are such that sity in Ohio, has performed for the children feel at home and more than 30 years. He and his band, Sweet Poison, also play for comfortable. adult audiences and convey a message of healthy eating habits.

“Many come to every performance and have for several years.

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Westfeld Aquatics hosts documentary editorial@youarecurrent.com Westfield Aquatics will host a swimming documentary about perseverance and toughness as well as the history of cheating in the sport.

“The Last Gold” documentary is the story of the U.S. women’s swimming team, which competed against East Germany in 1976 and upset the East Germans in the final race of the Olympics. The East Germans were later found to be involved in a massive state-run doping program.

The documentary will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Keystone Landmark Art Cinema at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis.

The Tugg screening is open to the public and will be a chance to meet the swim coaches and swimmers from the Westfield teams.

A question-and-answer session will follow.

Westfield Aquatics has a deadline of selling approximately 90 more tickets by Jan. 8 for the screening time to be secure. For tickets, visit tugg.com/events/ the-last-gold-86w5.

Westfield — Tickets are on sale for the Westfield Young Professionals’ New Year’s Eve Bash. The event is from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dec. 31 at the Grand Junction Taproom, 1189 E. 181st St. Live music, a photo booth, champagne toast at midnight and more will be available. For more, visit the Westfield Young Professionals’ Facebook page.

Zionsville — Dr. Chuck Dietzen will sign copies of his book “Pint-Sized Prophets” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at Black Dog Books, 115 S. Main St. Book sale proceeds benefit the Timmy Global Health Foundation. For more, call 317-733-1747.

Carmel — Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton will perform at The Palladium, 1 Center Green, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27. For tickets and more information, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Carmel — The Bishops will headline the New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at The Palladium in Carmel at 9 p.m. Tickets are $95.

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“One thing I was thinking about a lot after I spoke to them was that there are so many people who have lived for so long Garrett Van Tiem had a desire to make and seen so much history and no one asks a film but didn’t have a subject. But after them about their stories. I thought spending a day driving that was kind of sad,” Van Tiem film around the city, the Westsaid. “This opened my mind that field High School senior people really do have something saw something at a house on the to say. They just need someone to border of Westfield and Zionsville listen.” that caught his attention.

Van Tiem said he’s always been “As I was driving around, I a storyteller and even acted as a passed these giant, welded statVan Tiem child. As he grew up, he gravitated ues, and I always wondered why to being the one behind the camera. He’s those were there,” he said. “I drove up, already been accepted into the New York knocked on the door and a lady invited me Film Academy, his top choice for college, in. I talked to her about an hour and asked and is waiting to hear back from a few othif I could do an interview and they said absolutely, and that’s kind of what happened.” ers before making his final decision.

As for his documentary, Van Tiem said The statues that caught Van Tiem’s eye he might submit it to the Heartland Film were of dinosaurs, globes, turkeys and Festival. more. The catch is the couple, Ernie and “Heartland Film Festival opens up for Dot Taylor, don’t sell their art. They simply submissions early next year, and then Rock display the 300-plus pieces on their front the Arts does something every year at lawn.

Westfield (High School), so that’s my plan Van Tiem’s film, “The Hillbilly & Dot,” is with it,” he said. five minutes long. The project took two To view the documentary, visit Garrett hours of interviews and nearly a full day of Van Tiem’s channel on YouTube. editing to complete.

Artist captures wildlife beauty

By Mark Johnson news@currentinwestfield.com Noblesville’s Bruce Neckar doesn’t conider himself a wildlife artist.

“It just happens,” he said. arts “There is no formula.” Yet, Neckar’s Noblesville studio features a vast array of wildlife art. “I love animals, birds, especially migratory birds, but I’ll only draw those here in Indiana,” he said.

Born and raised in Noblesville, Neckar has dedicated his life to the arts. A 1971 graduate of Ball State University, he said people are often surprised by his artistic background.

“It’s funny,” said Neckar, whose wife, Karen, also is an artist. “People don’t know that I was a classically trained artist. My mother was an art teacher. As a kid, I was spoiled. I always had art materials. I had always wanted to be a print-maker, but I found it to be too restrictive. I always loved drawing. I like to paint, also, but I like to use my hands a lot. I rarely use brushes.”

Although his main gallery is in Atlanta, Ga., Neckar’s commitment to the Noblesville area and its art community remains strong.

“We have a cadre of really good artists

Bruce Neckar in his studio. (Submitted photo)

in the Noblesville community, like my very good friend John Reynolds, who encourage each other in our endeavors,” Neckar said.

“We have painters, printers, photographers who all exhibit together. There are so many local organizations here as well. The Hoosier Salon Gallery in Carmel will have its 94th consecutive exhibition next year.”

Yet, Neckar also manages to devote time to the charitable organization, Casting for Recovery, of which Neckar said he is most proud. Casting for Recovery features a fly fishing event that aids breast cancer survivors.

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still try to crack each other up. We just do our best not to laugh on stage, not always successfully. But I think that’s one of the aspects of comedies featuring me and Jeff Stockberger and Eddie Curry have shared the stage with each other for near- Eddie is that our audiences have come to expect that anything could haply three decades, and comedy there are times when pen on any given night.”

The northwest side Indy dinner they can read each theatre last presented “Greater other’s minds. And that, said StockTuna” in 2004. “Greater Tuna” berger, is usually a good thing. is a satirical comedy set in the “Although sometimes it can get fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the us in a bit of trouble,” Stockberger third-smallest town in the state. said.

Stockberger Through Stockberger and Curry, During the last few weeks, the the audience gets a hilarious glimpse of two funnymen have been doing their best to avoid trouble by getting all of the break- small-town life in the South as the two actors portray 20 eccentric characters of ing out in laughter eliminated as they both genders and various ages. rehearse for the two-man show “Greater “The show isn’t about sets or lights or Tuna” at the Beef & Boards Dinner Thebig production numbers. It’s about the peoatre. As they traded lines for the upcomple of the town,” Stockberger said. “Making ing show, Dec. 28 through Jan. 28, they those people interesting and funny, and couldn’t help but crack each other up. having the audience care about those peo“We figure during rehearsals is the best ple, are the keys to the show’s success. time to get all of our laughs out before we “And remembering all of our lines.” are in front of an audience,” said StockFor reservations, visit beefandboards. berger, who is also directing the show. “Of course, during the run of the show we will com.

Jacob Butler views himself as a bit of a latecomer to the acting world.

“I didn’t start acting until theater my senior year of college at Ball State when I was 21,” Butler said. “The Civic Theatre in Muncie was holding auditions for ‘Into the Woods’ and, after seeing the film and Broadway recording just that past Christmas, I knew I had to audition.”

Butler was in choir in elementary school and band in middle and high school, but those were his only experiences performing in front of people until he got the role in “Into the Woods.”

Butler performed as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” with the Indiana Performing Arts Initiative and portrayed Quasimodo in the Indiana premiere of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” with BOBDIREX. Now, the 23-year-old Fishers resident has the title role of Joseph in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Civic Theatre at The Tarkington in Carmel.

The performances conclude Jan. 7.

“The role is a fun one because of the

Jacob Butler performs as Joseph in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at The Tarkington. (Submitted photo)

people you get to interact with along the way,” Butler said. “You get to work with so many talented actors and it’s always fun seeing what the creative team behind the show comes up with. And most people have heard the story and or seen the show before, so I feel like the show is very nostalgic for audiences. So, it’s fun getting to tell the story again for them.

There aren’t too many challenges that come along with being Joseph because the brothers, wives and other actors are the ones doing most of the work. Joseph’s name may be in the title, but this show would be nothing without everyone else.”

For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Students consider film project

By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School junior Joey Schmidt comes from a family of movie buffs.

“We always watch movies contest on the weekends,” Schmidt said. “I took this (filmmaking) class, and now there is an opportunity for us to make our own movie. It’s pretty cool.”

Professional filmmakers John Armstrong and Zachary Spicer presented their Project Pigasus, a statewide scriptwriting contest for high school students, at CHS for the second year. The deadline for the Project Pigasus short screenplays is Jan. 25. It’s 12 pages of script, and Armstrong said the films are eight to 10 minutes long.

“We’ve been talking to classes, the Dept. of Education and social media,” Armstrong said. “We’re trying to spread the word and get as many entries as possible.”

Armstrong and Spicer showed the 2017 winner, “Through the Window,” during their recent visit to Carmel High School.

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they were coming to talk to us about their program for high school students,” CHS senior Lacey Farrow said. “I may enter the contest. I have to think about a story first.

I might try to get a partner to do it with me.”

Schmidt said he asked a lot of questions and is considering writing a script with a friend, too.

“I kind of have an idea but I have to talk it through,” Schmidt said. “It’s nice to have someone to talk it through.”

Armstrong said there were “60 entries from Elkhart to Evansville” last year.

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The best way to lead off a New Year Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt It’s resolution time, which means your local gym’s treadmills will be in high demand while they glisten with grammar guy other people’s sweat (until roughly the end of February). You’ve probably set some goals for yourself and defined ways you’d like to be more awesome in 2018. Allow me to suggest an additional resolution: To win at life with better grammar.

We can start right now. Since it’s time to lead off a new year, let’s examine the words lead and led, which often trip us up (just like that treadmill you set at a slightly-too-ambitious speed).

Lead is an example of a heteronym. Heteronyms are homographs that are spelled the same, have different meanings and sound different. Lead is not only a heavy metal with a short e vowel sound, but it also is when someone is in charge, or ahead of something (as a verb) or a position of advantage in a competition (as a noun), and has a long e vowel sound.

Where lead gets tricky is when people incorrectly use the word led in its place. When you were in first place, you were in the lead; you led the race for 19 laps. Use led as the past tense for the verb lead (the one that rhymes with bead).

The confusion, of course, is when lead (like the metal) and led (the past tense verb) go head-to-head. These words are homophones, which are homonyms (words that sound the same) with different spellings. Homophones trick us, kind of like the small print in the gym membership stating we can, under no circumstance, quit the gym.

This paragraph is a lightning round to clear up any other lead/led related words. Leed (with a long e vowel sound) is a Scottish word for language or speech. Led Zeppelin (with a short e vowel sound) was an English rock band, which, ironically, was one of the pioneering bands in the genre of heavy metal music (not pioneers in lead, the literal heavy metal). One of their favorite venues was Leeds University (pronounced with a long e vowel sound).

So, if you’d like to get the lead out on 2018, I suggest you lead the way by working out with Led Zeppelin blaring in your earbuds. And wipe down the treadmill before you use it.

Curtis Honeycutt is a freelance humor writer. Have a grammar question? Connect with him on Twitter @curtishoneycutt or at curtishoneycutt.com.

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Spousal maintenance may be awarded in a divorce or legal separation, but under limited circumstances. The physical or mental incapacitation of a spouse, the physical or mental incapacitation of the parties’ child, or what Indiana coins “rehabilitative” maintenance are all circumstances in which a court may award spousal maintenance. Of course, a spouse can always agree to voluntary pay another spouse maintenance or alimony, but let’s take a closer look at the statutory circumstances that a court may order maintenance.

If a spouse’s mental or physical incapacitation affects their ability to support himself or herself, a court may order the other spouse to pay maintenance. The courts can take in to account the disabled spouse’s ability to earn income as well as the other spouse’s ability to provide for maintenance. A key take away from this provision of the statute is that the court may find maintenance necessary, which means a judge may use his discretion when determining whether to award maintenance.

If the parties are the parents of a child who is physically or mentally incapacitated, the court may find an award of maintenance appropriate. This depends on a few things, one of the most important being whether the child’s incapacitation requires the spouse needing maintenance to forego employment. Another factor the court will consider is whether the parties have assets or marital property available to them that would allow them to provide for the spouse and the child’s needs. It’s important to note here that a court has complete discretion to determine what they deem appropriate in terms of the amount and length of maintenance that is necessary.

Courts can award what is known as rehabilitative maintenance, which is the most common of the three types of maintenance awarded in a divorce, if the spouse requesting rehabilitative maintenance lacks an ability to support himself or herself due to lack of education or training.

In these cases, courts look at several factors, some being the education level, training and employment experience of each party both at the time of marriage and at the time of divorce, the earning capacity of each party, the extent to which a spouse sacrificed education and/or employment because of homemaking or child-care responsibilities, and the time and expense necessary for the spouse to find appropriate employment. While a court’s decision to award rehabilitative maintenance is discretionary, the maximum length of time this type of maintenance can be awarded is 3 years.

What happens if you’re ordered to pay spousal maintenance and then you lose your job? The statute does allow for modification or revocation of an award of spousal maintenance, however the circumstances are, again, limited. Like the laws surrounding modification of a child custody or support order, a court can modify a spousal maintenance order under 2 different circumstances. If you can prove there’s been a substantial and continuing change in circumstances that make the current order unreasonable, you’ll have a good argument to modify. The second route to getting a modification is a two-prong test that’s less straightforward. If you can prove you’ve been ordered to pay an amount in child support that differs by more than 20% of what you should be paying under the Indiana Child Support Guidelines and that order was at least 12 months prior, you may be in luck.

As you can see, the parameters surrounding spousal maintenance are limited. If you have questions about spousal maintenance, divorce, or any other family law matter, the attorneys at Hollingsworth & Zivitz, P.C. have the experience, the understanding, and the compassion to assist with your family law needs. If you have questions or concerns please contact our firm at 317.DIVORCE or visit our website at www.hzlegal.com.

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Mount of Olives: Meeting place Commentary by Don Knebel A single place in Jerusalem provides a view of sites holy to three of the world’s great religions. travel At the time of Jesus, King Herod, who ruled on behalf of Rome, refurbished the Jewish Second Temple and significantly extended the Temple Mount on which it rested. The Temple Mount is just west of the Mount of Olives.

Many Jewish people believe their expected Messiah will walk down the Mount of Olives toward the Temple. In anticipation, Jews have long been buried on the Mount of Olives. Early followers of Jesus welcomed him as the Messiah as he rode a donkey down the Mount of Olives toward the Temple on the day Christians call Palm Sunday. Jesus then preached from the southern steps of the Temple Mount.

In 70 A.D., the Romans crushed the First Jewish Revolt, razed Jerusalem and demolished the Second Temple. After the Second Jewish Revolt in 135, Romans rebuilt the city, named it Aelia Capitolina and barred

Jews from entering except on one day a year. After Christianity became legal in the Roman Empire, Christians began settling in Aelia Capitolina, reportedly using the barren Temple Mount as their garbage dump. Muslims captured the city in 638, named it after Jerusalem and built the Al-Aqsa Mosque near the southern end of the Temple Mount.

Some Muslims believe the resurrected dead at the end of time will walk across a narrow bridge suspended between the Mount of Olives and Al-Aqsa Mosque, which has become the third-holiest site in Islam. In 1888, Russian Orthodox Christians opened the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley from the Temple Mount. The gold-domed church, AlAqsa Mosque and the southern steps of the Temple Mount can all be seen from a spot in what is now East Jerusalem.

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

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LECTRIC LLC Brian Harmeson (317)414-9146

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Services

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