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Spartz: Promote COVID vaccine, don’t mandate it Compiled by Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, workforce shortages and global unrest, U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz from InPOLITICS diana’s 5th District is staying busy as she finishes the first half of her first term.

She visited with Current Publishing to discuss these issues and what’s next on her agenda.

States and municipalities are handling COVID-19 Spartz measures, such as mask and vaccine requirements, in many different ways. What role should federal politicians play in preventing the spread of the virus?

I’m a big believer in local control and discretion. The more power is centralized, the more ineffective it becomes, because one size never fits all. I think Congress can provide tools and mechanisms and help states provide guidance and be more transparent on some of the issues so people actually trust in us a little bit more, but ultimately, the decision should be on the local level.

If you take the state of Indiana, Marion County is very different than Grant County or Hamilton County, for example.

There are very different (situations) on the ground, and giving local control and discretion for people on the ground will be much better.

Plus, if (local elected officials) do something wrong, it’s much easier to get rid of them than get rid of your president, whether you like him or not.

What is your view on the COVID-19 vaccine? Should it be mandated?

For most people, the vaccine can prevent very serious illness, and I think it’s important for us to promote that, but it should always be a personal choice what you want to put inside your body. You should never have the government tell you what (to put in your body).

Plus, people have different circumstances, and I think people need to be given information they can discuss with their doctor and look at risk and rewards.

Across the nation, school boards are facing increased scrutiny from parents

over issues that include diversity initiatives and mask mandates, among other measures. What is your reaction to this increased interest among constituents?

I believe it’s good to have that local community discretion, but it involves citizens actually being involved. We probably need to have more civil debate on issues. Sometimes, we get too aggressive and are not willing to listen to each other, but it’s good to have people engaged. It’s good to see that people do care, and I think boards need to really start paying attention, too, because I think a lot of them are not used to (increased attention from the public).

Many businesses are having trouble finding workers, and some believe federal COVID-19 unemployment relief programs are to blame. What do you think?

Definitely the current relief package didn’t help. We had some challenges, with employee shortages and workforce development (before the pandemic), but we were getting better, and we were trying to retrain people. Indiana did a great job with new innovative workforce development programs to retool people and get them back in the workforce, but this problem before the pandemic didn’t exist on this scale we have right now.

The incentives for people not to work caused a lot of problems. It’s all across my district, even though I have a very diverse district, and it’s all across the country. When I get together with my colleagues, it’s a huge problem, so we have to figure out how we’re going to deal with it.

What issues will be focus areas for you in the coming months?

One of the material issues is health care affordability and access. The pandemic showed how many problems we have, so I’m working on the Healthy Future Task Force to deliver (Republican) policy solutions. We cannot just do the talk, we must do the walk.

Another big issue I’m working on as a member of the judiciary committee is antitrust and big tech. We need to be thinking about how we are going to protect people’s rights to data privacy, data security and ownership. Then we need to strike the right balance so we can still have innovation but have people have rights to their data.

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Man behind 2019 shooting pleads guilty but mentally ill

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ment calls for a 50-year sentence with the Indiana Dept. of Corrections with five years suspended followed by two years of The man who shot and killed Samuel probation.

T. Bennett on the Zionsville Rail Trail the The morning of April 28, 2019, dispatch morning of April 28, received six calls reporting gunCRIME 2019, has pleaded guilty shots in the area of the Zionsville but mentally ill and Rail Trail behind Town Hall. Police awaits sentencing. found Bennett, who was dead James E. Hughes, 26, of Zionswhen they arrived. ville will be sentenced at 2:30 p.m.

Later, the Zionsville Police Dept.

Sept. 28 at the Boone Circuit Court. discovered a footprint in the mud Boone County Prosecutor Kent of the creek and a revolver in the Hughes Eastwood stated that when a devicinity. Forensic results showed fendant enters a plea of guilty but mentally Hughes’ DNA was on the gun. ill that is accepted by the court, the defen“We have been unable to find any link dant is sentenced in the same manner as between the two individuals,” said Eastsomeone found guilty of the offense. But wood, adding that evidence and police the plea is different from an insanity plea investigations have led officials to believe and allows the defendant to receive mental the two did not know each other. health services following sentencing.

Hughes had checked into St. Vincent “(In) this case, his mental health issues Indianapolis Stress Center following the do not rise to the level by which it would shooting and was arrested there on May be an insanity defense,” Eastwood said.

8, 2019.

According to Eastwood, the plea agree-

Teens die in early morning crash after police pursuit news@currentinzionsville.com A crash in Boone County during the early hours of Sept. 3 resulted in the deaths of two teenagers, according to the BCSO Boone County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 4 a.m., police from the Lawrence Police Dept. were pursuing a 2013 black Kia Soul in the area of Pendleton Pike and Sheila Drive in Indianapolis. The pursuit lasted approximately 15 minutes before the LPD terminated it in the area of Interstate 65 and Traders Lane in Indianapolis, according to a media release.

At approximately 4:23 a.m., the Boone County Communications Center received a call from a homeowner in the area of County Road 650 E. and Ind. 32, reporting a car that was on fire outside their home. The caller advised that officers were already at the scene and that they were extinguishing the fire. Police report the car was the Kia Soul. Soon after, a BCSO deputy arrived on scene to find three LPD officers

attempting to render aid to the six juvenile occupants.

The Kia Soul driver, Nazire Parks, 14, of Indianapolis, and Kamyla Young, 13, of Indianapolis were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the BCSO. The other four occupants were removed from the vehicle and transported to nearby medical facilities for treatment. The rear occupants were Destine Grant, 12; Jeremiah Shanks, 16; Jacob Taylor, 15; and Jania Young, 12, all of whom are from Indianapolis. As of Sept.

8, the BCSO had no further information pertaining to the condition of any of the surviving parties.

As emergency personnel continued to arrive at the scene and render aid to the vehicle occupants, it was found through further investigation that the car was originally northbound on County Road 650 E. Once at Ind. 32, the vehicle crossed the road, northbound, into a nearby yard and hit a tree head-on.

The BCSO is leading the ongoing investigation of the incident.

Three dead in Lebanon residence news@currentinzionsville.com Three people were found dead inside a Lebanon residence Sept. 8, according to the Lebanon Police Dept.

CRIME At approximately 6:11 p.m., LPD officers responded to 403 E. Walnut St. on a report of three deceased persons.

LPD officers arrived and confirmed three deceased individuals were inside the residence “with obvious, violent, traumatic injuries,” according to an LPD media release.

The Boone County Homicide Task Force and Crime Scene Investigators were called to the scene. The three deceased individuals were identified as Grace Bishop, 20, of Lebanon; Brannon Martin, 21, of Lebanon; and Larry Stogsdill Jr., 42, of Lebanon. The deaths are being investigated as homicides, according to the LPD. The department did not elaborate on if or how the three knew each other.

Police say the public is not believed to be in danger.

Assisting agencies included the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Whitestown Metropolitan Police Dept., Zionsville Police Dept., Lebanon Fire Dept., Boone County EMS, Zionsville Fire Dept., Boone County Coroner’s Office, Boone County Prosecutor’s Office and the Salvation Army.

On Sept. 9, during a police-community discussion, ZPD Chief Michael Spears said the community was saddened by the news of the three deaths in Lebanon. “(Three people) were found killed, and, come to find out, Boone County is a very safe, close-knit community, so when something like that happens, even outside of Zionsville, it affects us all, and we all feel that pain,” Spears said. “I think it speaks a lot about the support that law enforcement in Boone County has for one other, and we will always be there to help. Hopefully, we won’t have to be there for something like this again.” “(Three people) were found killed, and, come to find out, Boone County is a very safe, close-knit community, so when something like that happens, even outside of Zionsville, it affects us all, and we all feel that pain.”

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Town launches ZGA website news@currentinzionsville.com The Town of Zionsville recently launched a website outlining its vision for the Zionsville Gateway Area.

BCSO Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron campaigned on the idea of razing vacant buildings in the gateway area encompassed by Main and Sycamore streets to create space for a reimagined entryway into town. In the summer of 2020, the town demolished Zionsville Locksmith & Safe, a vacant building at 390 S. Main St. and another vacant building on the same lot, formerly owned by PNC Bank, marking the first stage of the ZGA. To address challenges and promote development in the gateway area, the town tasked DELV Design and Thomas P. Miller & Associates with conducting a study to identify the best development uses within the ZGA. Town officials believe a mix of public and private developments that combines greenspace, public plazas, parking and a variety of commercial, residential and mixed-use developments are likely, according to the recently launched website, zionsvillegatewayarea.com.

The website is a compilation of findings from the study and “early thoughts about how they could shape the future of the ZGA.” In-person listening sessions were conducted in late 2020 to gather public input on the project. Greater community, individual stakeholder interviews and online sur-

veys were other methods used. The town reported the information-gathering efforts revealed the following general thoughts: • Traffic congestion in the area is generally considered a problem.

• Traffic speed is considered too high.

• Public gathering spaces in the form of greenspaces or plazas are highly desired.

• Nonvehicular connections to trails, waterways and walking paths are desired.

• Maintaining the quaint, mid-rise scale of the Village area is a priority.

After gathering data and input, the town created the following list of major influences and design tenets. They will be used as guideposts for design concepts. The list included: • Reduce traffic congestion.

• Reduce traffic speed throughout the downtown area.

• Support the creation of public plazas and greenspaces.

• Support connections to adjacent trails, pedestrian paths, Eagle Creek and the overall White River watershed.

• Support the creation of amenities such as public restrooms and multi-use structures.

• Maintain a development density and scale that is complementary to the existing downtown and neighborhood areas.

• Work to create a stronger connection between the existing downtown area and the Creekside Corporate Park area.

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ZCHS pitcher Wagner quickly commands attention

I’M WALKING PAIN-FREE AND MY WOUNDS ARE FINALLY HEALING!

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Zionsville Community High School sophomore Nash Wagner didn’t pitch a lot of innings for the Eagles as a BASEBALL freshman, but the 6-foot5 right-hander certainly caught the eye of college scouts.

Wagner, ranked as Indiana’s top pitching prospect in the Class of 2024 by Indiana Prep Baseball Report, made a verbal commitment to the University of Alabama in August.

“Committing early takes a lot of pressure off my shoulders,” Wagner said. “I feel I can be a kid a little more now and live my life. I was up to six calls a day with the colleges.

When you commit, it cuts it down. I don’t have to call three schools every day. I check with my coaches once a week at Alabama.

They’re awesome people, and that made the decision easy.”

Wagner chose Alabama over Clemson and Vanderbilt after he narrowed his choices to three. He will be eligible for the Major League Baseball Draft at the end of his senior season.

“The only thing that would change my mind about going to college would be being drafted in the first round,” Wagner said.

“Other than that, I would go to college because Alabama does a great job developing pitchers and getting them ready for the next level.”

Wagner, who turns 16 in October, said he hopes he grows another inch or two. His fastball reached 91 mph this summer, but mostly was in the 87-88 mph range.

“The biggest thing for me is getting offspeed pitches to go along with it,” said Wagner, who plays for the Indiana Bulls baseball team in the summer and fall. “Once I get off-speed command that I can throw for a strike every time, then I’ll be dangerous on the mound.”

Since he has already committed, Wagner said doesn’t have to take part in any showcases where he might throw more than needed.

Wagner began pitching on the junior varsity team as a freshman but was moved up to varsity after a few games.

“We had two really good pitchers, so I didn’t pitch a lot,” said Wagner, who had a 3-0 record in five varsity games. “I did play some first base, too. Hopefully, I’ll be No. 2

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or 3 in the varsity rotation at pitcher this season.”

Wagner said he likely will play some outfield when he is not pitching.

“I love being on the mound in baseball.

There is something different about it,” Wagner said. “I love hitting and fielding, and that’s the biggest reason I don’t want to become a pitcher only.”

Zionsville baseball coach Jered Moore said Wagner definitely has the body of a Division I pitcher.

“As a freshman, there was no need to throw him into the fire,” Moore said. “The few times he did pitch, he did very well. As long as he stays healthy and takes care of his arm, he is going to be a fun one to watch over the course of the next three years. As a hitter, he has quite a bit of strength and pop when he gets a fastball.

Like many high school hitters, especially freshmen, he has trouble with off-speed pitches. When he hits it, it comes off his bat really well.”

Wagner played on the junior varsity basketball team as a freshman.

“I played baseball and basketball from a young age,” Wagner said. “I was just a lot better in baseball than basketball. It came naturally to me.”

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DISPATCHES Southern Rail Trail closure — The southern portion of the Rail Trail will be closed Sept.

24 through Nov. 25 for installation of a new bridge over Starkey Avenue, to pave and widen the southern portion of the trail and for the installation of a bridge connecting to the future Overley-Worman Park, according to the Town of Zionsville.

Pedestrians/cyclists: • Rail Trail north of Starkey Avenue will be open.

• Nancy Burton Parking Lot will be open with temporary closures only during bridge installation.

• Starkey Park will be open and accessible via the parking lot entrance at the Sugarbush subdivision.

Vehicles: • Starkey Road from Ford Road to 6th Street will be open for local access only.

• Traffic will not be able to drive directly under the Starkey Road bridge.

Town to host zoning and development listening sessions — In an effort to gather input as the town takes steps to modernize its zoning and development regulations, the Town of Zionsville has scheduled three listening events hosted by the town’s consultant McKenna and Associates the week of Sept. 20. Residents are welcome to attend any or all events. On Sept. 23, the feedback gathered throughout the week will be summarized and presented.

• Sept. 20, 7 p.m., listening event Perry Township Volunteer Fire Dept.

7470 Ind. 267, Lebanon • Sept. 21, 7 p.m., listening event Indianapolis Executive Airport, First Wing Jet Center 11329 Ind. 32, Zionsville • Sept. 22, 7 p.m., listening event Zionsville Town Hall, second floor 1100 W. Oak St., Zionsville • Sept. 23, 7 p.m., wrap-up presentation Zionsville Town Hall, first floor 1100 W. Oak St., Zionsville For more, visit ZionsvilleTownCode.com.

Elective procedures suspended — IU Health has temporarily suspended all inpatient elective surgeries and procedures in response to increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. The suspension will relieve pressure on care teams and free up space for critically ill patients.

The hospital is notifying elective surgery patients of the suspension, which will be continuously monitored and extended as needed on a rolling basis for two-week periods.

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Health officials unsure on booster shots’ arrival

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On Aug. 18, the Biden administration initially announced Americans who were vaccinated at least eight months prior would be able to receive a booster Walker shot starting Sept. 20, but since the announcementlocal health officials at the Boone County Health Dept. and Hamilton County Health Dept. said they have not received additional information as to when booster shots will be rolled out. Federal and local health officials said booster shots will require authorization by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel.

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27 — The Town of Zionsville’s Dept. of Public Works will provide curbside brush and limb collection beginning Sept. 27, continuing through the week Oct. 4. This service provides Zionsville residents in the Urban Service District a means to dispose of certain pruning and yard debris. All items must be placed curbside by 7:30 a.m. on the Monday of the district’s designated week. Crews will work to collect all properly placed material no later than the following Friday but may complete this task earlier. The limit on size is 6 inches in diameter and smaller.

Grass clippings, leaves, decorative grass, vines, stumps, root balls, construction lumber, firewood and wooden fencing material will not be collected. Bundling is not required. Limbs up to 6 inches in diameter may be left intact but should be no larger than can be managed by one person.

Town renames department — Following approval by the Zionsville Town Council during its August 16 meeting, the Town of Zionsville has renamed the Planning and Economic Development Department to the Community and Economic Development Department.

Town officials say the department’s name change better reflects the role, the value the department has community-wide and the services rendered from the department to the community. Within the department name change will be a change in title to the director: Wayne DeLong is now the director of community and economic development.

Changes within the structure of the department include being home to the Municipal Action Center — the customer-centric service module in town hall that will open its doors in the fall of 2021 — and increased use of the OpenGov digital customer service platform.

Witham conducting email/phone survey — Witham Health Services is conducting a health needs assessment. Between now and the end of November, residents might receive a phone call or email from Professional Research Consultants, an independent research firm Witham has engaged to assist with the surveys. MaryBeth Searles, Witham’s director of marketing and public relations stated the purpose of the assessment is to identify major health problems, gaps in services and other factors which may contribute to less than optimal health status for residents. For questions or concerns about the legitimacy of the survey, call Searles at 485-8107.

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ZCS requires all students, teachers, staff wear masks

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Zionsville Community Schools Board of Trustees voted to require all students, teachers and staff to wear PANDEMIC face coverings in Zionsville schools in a 3-2 vote during an Aug. 31 special meeting, a shift from its decision a month earlier to only require children 11 and younger to wear masks.

The board met outside of its typical meeting time, which is 6 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the ZCS Educational Services Center Boardroom, 900 Mulberry St. Some ZCS parents complained that the district did not do enough to notify parent of the special meeting, but the meeting was publicly posted beforehand, ZCS Chief Marketing Officer Janet Mann confirmed in an email.

The board’s meeting schedule, meeting minutes and agenda are updated at meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2039. Users also can subscribe, via email, to receive updates at the bottom of the page.

On July 28, the board voted 3-2 to require children 11 and younger to wear face masks,

citing vaccine ineligibility for that age group as a primary reason for the decision. Board member Jeff Papa and board vice president Michael Coussens voted against the requirement. Board members Michael Burg and Katie Aeschliman and board president Debbie Unger voted in favor of the requirement, and teachers and staff were strongly encouraged to wear masks.

But after noting the increased number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and record statewide cases in students, the board voted Aug. 31 to require all students, teachers and staff to wear face masks in schools.

Papa and Coussens again voted against the requirement. “(There is) evidence that the virus is spreading in school to a greater degree than it did last year, when more stringent mitigation procedures were in place,” ZCS Supt. Scott Robison said. “Masks worked on COVID and other illnesses last year. Masks can reduce COVID-19 transmission if everybody in K-12 is masked.”

The district will require masks indefinitely. Board members said they will monitor data and consider recommendations from health professionals.

The board’s next meeting is Sept. 13.

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Bostic sets example for CHS volleyball teammates

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior volleyball player Ella Bostic quickly gravitated to being a setter.

“From a young age I was definitely drawn to the leadership role of setters and their ability to change the game,” Bostic said. “I’ve had great players older than me in club and high school to observe. My height allows me to be an effective setter from both the front and back row and also be an offensive option by tipping or hitting the ball.”

The 6-foot-1 Bostic is in her third season as a varsity setter for the Greyhounds.

“We have a really good rapport on how we like to run the offense,” said Carmel coach Kristine Wheeler Deem, whose nickname is “Wheels.” “She’s been a great asset to the program and is a fantastic leader among her peers. She is always willing to give everything she has got. She is a bigtime leader by example.”

Deem said Bostic is having more of a vocal presence this year.

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“Our team has a lot of potential to make a run in the state tournament,” Bostic said.

“We have an experienced team with seven seniors and a great group of underclassmen. Coach Wheels and her staff have

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worked hard to create a supportive culture and I think we are starting to see dividends of their hard work.”

Bostic said the goal is a Class 4A state title.

“Personally, my goal this year is to be the best teammate I can be by setting, passing, serving and blocking well and being a good leader,” she said. “As a setter, I want my hitters and teammates to look good, so that is always a goal.”

She would like to surpass 2,000 career assists, but added she is “more concerned about wins than my stats.”

Bostic has played for Munciana Volleyball Club in Yorktown since age 12.

“It is a one-hour drive, one way, from home, but worth every minute,” said Bostic, who has committed to play for the University of North Carolina next season. “The training, coaching and competition is exceptional. My teammates are all great players with bright futures in NCAA volleyball. In June, my team won the 18 Open AAU National Championship in Orlando, which was super exciting.”

Bostic’s sister, Bonnie, is a sophomore volleyball player at Yale University.

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Akard True Value Hardware recognized for community service

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Hardware Connection, a magazine that covers hardware topics, recently named Zionsville’s Akard True AWARD Value Hardware as one of 14 Beacon Award winners, recognizing the store’s dedication to community service in 2020.

“They give the Beacon Awards each year, and they added the category for community

service this year, realizing that it was an extraordinary year for so many, and stores went above and beyond for community service,” said Leigh Ann Akard, co-owner of Zionsville’s Akard True Value Hardware and Back to the Bricks.

Akard True Value Hardware was recognized during the Aug. 13 Beacon Awards banquet at the JW Marriott in Marco Island, Fla. The Beacon Awards are a national industry program developed by The Hardware Connection magazine and The Hardware

Conference to recognize the “best of the best” independent hardware/home improvement retailers.

The Beacon Awards, now in its ninth year, honored winners from two participating wholesalers, plus eight Beacon Award for Community Service winners. Akard True Value Hardware was honored with the Beacon Award for Community Service.

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Whitestown Connector expands Local woman wins with kolache news@currentinzionsville.com The Whitestown Connector, a transit service of the Central Indiana Regional Transportation TRANSPORTATION Authority, has expanded its hours and days of operation.

“The Whitestown Connector connects Central Indiana workers to Whitestown jobs,” Whitestown Director of Operations and Economic Development Nathan Messer stated. “In order to best serve the workforce, transit service has been expanded to serve all three shifts, seven days a week.”

The route begins near 86th Street and Zionsville Road in the Traders Point shopping center. The Connector makes multiple stops throughout Whitestown’s industrial

parks and stops at Meijer and the Shoppes at Whitestown.

“We are excited to roll out the new route structure that now includes morning, afternoon and evening service operating seven days a week as well as some new stops including Meijer and the Shoppes at Whitestown,” CIRTA Executive Director John Seber stated. “This new improved service will continue to aid in connecting people to opportunities in Whitestown.”

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“I was really surprised to be a top-five finalist, let alone having won the contest,” the Noblesville resident said.

Miller, 43, made the top five out of more than 1,200 national entries in Miller the holiday competition.

It was announced Aug. 30 that Miller was named the gold medal winner in voting for her recipe for Jolly Gingerbread, which is gingerbread, cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with streusel and drizzled honey icing. As winner, she will receive free breakfast for a year from the bakery and café chain that specializes in the Czech-inspired pastry that is filled with fruits, meats and cheeses. The Jolly Gingerbread will be featured on the Kolache Factory menu as the 2021 December Kolache of the Month.

Amber Miller’s Jolly Gingerbread kolache won first place in the Kolache Factory’s Create a New Kolache contest. (Photo courtesy of Amber Miller)

Miller said it was her first time entering such a contest.

“I really love the traditions of the holiday season and enjoy entertaining family and friends.,” Miller said. “When I saw the contest, I thought it would be fun to create a holiday kolache. I had no idea I would make it this far.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Dave Schweikert developed a special plan for the 200th time he has ridden a bicycle 100 miles in one day.

FUNDRAISER The 53-year-old Carmel resident will do a 100mile charity ride Sept. 25 for World Bicycle Relief on a single-speed Buffalo Bike. World Bicycle Relief raises funds to supply Buffalo Bikes for those in need in rural Africa.

“The Buffalo Bikes are used primarily by teachers and health care workers,” said Schweikert, who moved to Carmel less than a year ago after living in Noblesville for 25 years. “One of the bicycles costs $147. I’m hoping to get a lot of people out to join me for a little or a lot. I basically ask people to contribute $1 a mile. If you come out and ride 5 miles with me, throw in $5. They can use any bike.”

Schweikert will start at 7:30 a.m. in Midtown in Carmel, ride up to Noblesville and then travel east around Indianapolis, eventually coming back through Zionsville and returning to his starting point.

Schweikert has never ridden 100 miles on a Buffalo Bike, which is more difficult than a normal 100-mile ride because it is on a heavier, durable steel bike.

“The farthest I’ve done is 25 to 27 miles on the Buffalo Bike,” he said. “I’ll do a few other training rides on it, but I won’t do that far. That’s part of the challenge to do something new that you’ve never done before. It will get hard, and I’ll get tired, but I’m going to do it because it’s important to me to set big goals and try to accomplish them.”

Schweikert said he does the rides to challenge himself, raise money for World Bicycle Relief and engage the community.

“I think people are capable of more than we let ourselves think we are,” said Schweikert, who said he likes to inspire children with his rides.

Dave Schweikert plans a 100-mile ride Sept. 25 on a Buffalo Bike to raise money for World Bicycle Relief. (Photo by Joe Vondersaar)

Schweikert is an engineering manager for SRAM, which makes bicycle parts.

“In Indianapolis, we make carbon fiber wheels,” he said.

Schweikert set a Guinness World Record by riding his bike around Carmel’s first and largest roundabout (Main Street and River Road) for 24 hours in 2019 for World Bicycle Relief. He completed 376 miles with more than 3,000 laps.

His ultimate goal is to raise money for 1,000 Buffalo Bikes, which would cost an estimated $147,000.

For more, visit whyiride.org. To donate, visit give.worldbicyclerelief.org/ fundraiser/1939756.

“That’s part of the challenge to do something new that you’ve never done before. It will get hard, and I’ll get tired, but I’m going to do it because it’s important to me to set big goals and try to accomplish them.”

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Elm Street. The project will include construction of a new Project: North/South roundabout at Walnut Street Connector (6th Street) and Range Location: The final elCONSTRUCTION Line Road. Alternate routes ement to begin on the during construction include project is the new, two-lane Keystone Parkway, Main Street, City roundabout on Oak Street at C.R. 850 Center Drive and 3rd Avenue SW. E., also known as Cooper Road. While Oak Expected completion: Work on the roundStreet is planned to remain open to traffic about is under way, with a full closure throughout this phase, C.R. 850 E. will of the intersection expected for approxiclose south of the intersection for approxmately 60 days. imately 30 days during construction.

Project: Transmission and water utility Expected completion: This month work Project: U.S. 421 and C.R. 550 Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Location: INDOT has started the interTheatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures section improvement project at U.S. 421 will occur but access to all addresses will and C.R. 550 to add a traffic light at this be maintained. intersection. The project could take a few Expected completion: The four-phase projmonths to complete. There will not be any ect, which will later impact other areas, is closures but there may be lane restricexpected to be complete by May 2022. tions at times with flaggers present.

Project: Burial of overhead lines Expected completion: Late summer 2021.

Location: Guilford Road between Grand WESTFIELD Boulevard and Main Street Expected completion: End of 2021 Project: New roundabout construction Project: Sidewalk installation and drainLocation: The intersection of 169th Street age upgrades and Spring Mill Road will be closed for Location: Shoshone Drive and Oswego approximately 60 days. The construction Road began Sept. 7.

Expected completion: October Estimated completion: November Project: Closure due to weekly farmers FISHERS market Project: Roundabout construction on 146th Location: Mill Street just south of the street.

Grand Junction Plaza will be closed every Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. for the West146th Street. Best detour is bypassing field Farmers Market.

146th street by taking 141st street.

Expected completion: Through Sept. 30 Expected completion: May 2022.

Project: Jersey Street Project: Roundabout construction on 131st Location: From Union Street to Mill Street street.

Expected completion: Jersey Street will Location: The intersection of Ind. 37 and be closed for the remainder of the Grand 131st Street. Best detour is to avoid 131st Junction Plaza construction. street by taking 126th street.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Expected completion: July 2022.

Location: The parking lot west of Union GEIST Street and south of Main Street ZIONSVILLE

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

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Project: Rehabilitation of 116th Street bridge over the White River Location: Lane closures will begin on or after Sept. 20 and be in effect for 116th Street between River Road and Eller Road.

One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained at all times throughout construction.

Expected completion: Nov. 9 Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: Between City Center Drive and

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

Expected completion: After January 1 NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH

Project: Small structure replacement Location: 196th Street between Promise Road and Summer Road is closed.

Expected completion: Dec. 1.

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

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city streets. Membership exceeds 1.4 million youth.

One of the forces that put America on Another problem is dropouts. An estithe course of recovery after World War II mated 7,000 students drop out of school was the GI Bill. Under in the United States every day, many to PLAIN TALK the bill, veterans were join gangs. Obesity among young people is entitled to low-interest, another epidemic sweeping our nation. Kids no-down-payment housing loans and four on the street eat junk, and it shows. years of paid college Racial conflict is expenses. another growing (Gen. Marvin Covault) believes problem in our I took advantage of both after I got nation, and its if every young man and out of the Army in genesis is found in woman was obliged to 1956. I enrolled at street gangs. The the university and spend two years in military final issue Covault received a GI bill addresses is our or community service, the check every month swollen welfare for the next 36 Kids in results would be staggering. programs. months. It wasn’t a gangs likely have no – WARD DEGLER father at home, little lot of money, but it enabled me to go to interest in school or school full time while holding down a couwork and subsist on welfare payouts. ple part-time jobs. Later, I got a VA loan to The general believes if every young man buy my first house. and woman was obliged to spend two years I went into the Army in the first place in military or community service, the results because I didn’t have a choice — I was draft- would be staggering. Gang violence would ed. Compulsory military service for all men diminish dramatically, education would ages 18 to 25 started during the Revolutionblossom both in service and afterward, and ary War and continued until the draft was the enforced spirit of teamwork in service discontinued in 1973 toward the end of the would nearly obliterate racial conflict. And Vietnam War. rather than bloating the welfare rolls, kids Eighteen-year-olds are still required to would be serving their country on active register with the Selective Service System duty. today, but military service is voluntary.

As far as diet goes, I was never a fan However, that could change. Retired Army of army chow. Some of it even defied Gen. Marvin Covault is an outspoken adidentification. vocate for compulsory national service for Maybe that’s why nobody in my unit was every 18-25-year-old in the nation. Could overweight. be military, could be community service or a combination of both. The idea was born Ward Degler lives in Zionsville when Covault noticed some alarming stawith his wife. He is the author of “The Dark Ages of My Youth tistics in our society. At the top of the list — ... and Times More Recent.” street gangs. According to the FBI, there are Contact him at ward.degler@ 33,000 criminally violent gangs roaming our gmail.com.

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New Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame to honor 8 inductees

By Anna Skinner anna@youraecurrent.com The Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame encountered several challenges before getting off the ground. But the ACHIEVEMENT Carmel-based organization persevered and will hold its inaugural honors banquet Oct. 1.

Carmel resident J.C. Buehler founded the organization five years ago and incorporated it as a nonprofit.

“We got everything ready and put together a board and started down that path, and regrettably one of our board members died, and other things came up,” Buehler said.

“Then, 2 1/2 years ago we reconstituted the board and put everything together in 2019 to have something in early 2020, and then of course COVID interfered.”

The Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame honors Hoosiers who have made a significant contribution to the aviation industry. The 2021 inductees will be honored at the Oct. 1 banquet at Ritz Charles in Carmel.

The eight-member class has two living members, J. George Mikelsons and Charles Holleman.

A sample plaque for the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame’s 2021 inductees. (Photo courtesy of JC Buehler)

Mikelsons is being inducted for starting ATA Airlines in 1973. Holleman is being recognized as an educator and Purdue University professor and for being chairman of the Professional Pilot Program.

Mikelsons, 84, was born in Latvia. During World War II, he said he developed a passion for aviation.

“I swore if there was ever an opportunity for me to fly airplanes and be in aviation, I would find some way of doing it,” he said.

After the war, Mikelsons and his parents moved to Australia, where it was very expensive to learn how to fly. In 1960, the family moved to Indianapolis, where Mikelsons’ dreams became reality.

“The biggest surprise of my life is (that) it is a fraction of a cost of learning to fly (in America) than what exists in Europe or Australia or any place else,” Mikelsons said.

“With my father’s help, I learned to fly and bought an airplane and became a flight instructor.”

Mikelsons then became the chief pilot and director of operations at the Voyager 1000 travel club. After that, he left and started ATA, but he credits others for that achievement.

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Mikelsons retired in 2005. He hasn’t flown in 15 years. He lives in Indianapolis and Florida.

Buehler calls the Oct. 1 induction banquet a “formal affair.” The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Ritz Charles, 12156 N Meridian St. Each inductee or inductee’s family, if the inductee is deceased, will receive a plaque and a medallion.

“Inductees had to have made a significant and enduring contribution to Indiana aviation or aerospace,” Buehler said.

In the near future, the IAHOF board plans to fundraise with a capital campaign to construct a building to house the Hall of Fame.

“We have talked (initially) to the (Indianapolis) Airport Authority about locations, but it’s nothing concrete,” Buehler said.

“Money drives everything, so being the new kid on the block, we have to get through the banquet and some other things.”

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Nonprofit wants to provide ZCHS with musical instruments for years to come

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Play On Zionsville Inc. wants to raise enough funds to provide local students band instruments for years to come, but to do so it needs $40,000 by the end of 2022.

The nonprofit’s work supports the Zionsville Band & Orchestra Musical Instrument Endowment, which was established in 2012 and provides long-term funding for larger and more expensive musical instruments at Zionsville Community High School by raising funds and spending the earnings it makes on the interest of the endowment’s principal, which is not spent.

Play On Zionsville grew the fund through several fundraisers and through contributions from individual donors before purchasing its first instrument in 2017 — a full set of timpani drums for the high school band, which replaced a more than 40-year-old set. To date, the nonprofit has spent more than $40,000 on instruments, including five cellos, percussion instruments, instrument sound amplifiiers for orchestra, five baritones, a marching tuba and a set of five marching bass drums for the band. At the same time, the nonprofit grew the principal of the endowment.

Through the endowment, Zionsville Band & Orchestra Musical Instrument Endowment Board of Directors members Ann Pagano, vice president of fundraising, and Lori Byrum, vice president of operations and secretary, believe the fund will help ensure the future of the music programs at ZCHS. Play On Zionsville recently announced it would receive matching funds from the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, which provides support to arts and cultural organizations in central Indiana through grants. The foundation will match up to $20,000 of the nonprofit’s contributions, totaling $40,000, which would meet its goal of raising $250,000 for the endowment. Pagano and Byrum said the $250,000 goal would allow the organization to purchase instruments for the high school every year.

“The principal is never spent, but you spend a portion of the earnings on it,” Byrum said.

“The bigger the principal, the higher the earnings. And it will be at least $10,000 a year once we hit $250,000.”

Although Play On Zionsville has until the end of 2022 to raise the funds, the COVID-19 pandemic has made fundraising more chal-

Zionsville High Schools students pause with a timpani set purchased through the Zionsville Band & Orchestra Musical Instrument Endowment. (Photos courtesy of Play On Zionsville)

lenging. Most of the organization’s typical fundraising opportunities, such as live music events, were canceled or rescheduled last year. Some events are still being affected.

“We are asking for donations, and, of course, this plays a much larger role now because of COVID,” Pagano said. “Fundraising was always, ‘Let’s pack those people in and sell those tickets.’ This is our strategy (now), to ask for donations. When we would put on a show, when they would go online to buy their tickets, there would be a spot to make a donation, which we wouldn’t make a lot extra, but it was an opportunity for people to give, so now we are going very direct and being very purposeful.”

Pagano and Byrum grew up playing music and say the art needs additional funding so that children can continue to learn to play.

“It’s an area that’s extremely needed, because when you think of programs that get cut from schools, what gets cut first?

The arts,” Pagano said. “So, we need to make sure that the instrument music programs are supported because they have to have instruments.

do that in college or not, I don’t know. But they’ve been introduced and have an opportunity after to be really involved in music.”

ON THE COVER: Zionsville Band & Orchestra Musical Instrument Endowment board members Anne Behrend, left, Mary-Jean Vorwald-Schlegel, Ann Pagana and Lori Byrum pasue with Instruments (Photos courtesy of Play On Zionsville)

Play On Zionsville has purchased more than $40,000 in musical intruments for Zionsville Community High School.

“Music is part of your life, and where does it begin?”

Pagano believes music starts at school for most children unless they take private lessons.

“It’s not just because you have kids in the program. It’s beyond that,” Pagano said. “If you go to the grocery store, what’s playing?

Music. Where does that music come from?

It starts with kids that have come through a school music program. And whether they

HOW TO DONATE Zionsville Band & Orchestra Musical Instrument Endowment Board of Directors members Ann Pagano, vice president of fundraising, and Lori Byrum, vice president of operations and secretary, said they are primarily asking people to make donations at communityfoundationbc.org/for-donors/ give-today/.

To learn more about Play on Zionsville Inc., visit playonzionsville.org.

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News flash: No news

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Commentary by Danielle Wilson

We’re the most intelligent persons in the room. We work smart, not hard. We multitask. We benefit from a very, very expensive education. We have a good work/life balance. Simply put, we are better than others and don’t have to do as much as they do to keep up. We work too much. We have too much. It is time to stop and smell the roses.

True, we don’t spend as much time planting, harvesting and preparing food.

True, we have recovered hours per day that were formerly dedicated to chopping firewood and tending to large families. True, we have vacations and holidays and work-from-home choices. True, we have more entertainment options on our phones than a generation ago would have enjoyed in an entire city. Still, shouldn’t we demand a bit more leisure?

Shouldn’t we enjoy a three- or four-day weekend every week? Why not?

Advocates for government restrictions on how much we can work, or be expected to show up, have found new life in the murky world of COVID-19 lockdowns. Surely, the issue is productivity and output, not time spent? But in an increasingly competitive and global world, how long does it take before those who have a different take on the role of labor to catch up? Is work a burden to be eschewed or an opportunity to be made into advantage? How much smarter do we have to be than everyone else on the planet to stay on top without showing up?

If talent matters, can LeBron James practice half as much as a lesser competitor and still dominate? Generational advantage not maintained rarely lasts.

Are we good enough to be a part-time winner? Did our parents work hard so we could have a better life or an easier one? Are they the same thing?

Writer’s block is real, people, as I can attest to this week. I literally have nothing. Or perhaps it would be more apt to say that I have too much going on, but nothing column appropriate. Let’s explore.

Does anyone really want to hear my opinions on Afghanistan, Texas abortion laws or the anti-mask/anti-vax crowd?

Those of you who know me as the liberal pot stirrer probably would, simply for the entertainment value, but honestly, I can’t handle the inevitable hostile feedback. So, no, politics and current events aren’t on the menu.

And I’m certain no one wants to read about my family’s struggle to find closure with Dad’s death, having had to postpone the funeral for an entire year thanks to COVID-19. It’s depressing and expected and hard for me to spin into any form of humorous commentary other than recounting my various emotional breakdowns in a particular McDonald’s drive-thru off I-65.

I could always go down the parenting path of being elated about our current situation of having three-fourths of our chickadees off living their best lives while we focus all our attention on the baby of the brood. She’s not spoiled, I swear! But again, unless you are in a similar boat, our delicious lifestyle will just make you angry.

So, yeah. I’m stuck. Nothing hilarious or horrific happened this week. No one sent me hate mail. My husband Doo, for the most part, behaved himself. The dog is still alive. School is going well.

I’m not pregnant, sick, constipated or passionately obsessed with anything at the moment. Writer’s block is real, gosh darn it! Whatever will I do?

Peace out.

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

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Whistler’s Buster: Portrait of a shell game Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

40 segments that are virtually identical to each other. When he hears my whistle, My neighbors are wondering who the his head bobs up and down and he moves weird guy is standing on the shore of the closer to shore. Rinse, repeat. He gobbles neighborhood pond every day, whistling. up the food, then he’s gone. If any of these Some have seen and heard this from their videos ever won an award, it would be for backyard decks. “I think he’s harmless, but Best Nature Film with No Sound, No Plot, No he is technically trespassing,” Eric said. “If Predator/Prey Chase. this continues, maybe we should call the I look forward to this encounter every day. police,” Paul said.

Honestly, Buster doesn’t need my help with I was opposed to getting law enforcehis daily sustenance. His species has surment involved for vived 250 million years three reasons: without pre-packaged Every day at 5:30 p.m., I wander • Whistling is not turtle food and some down the hill to the pond in hurting anyone. crazy human whistling • Whistling is not at them (while at the our community and whistle to against the law. same time freaking summon my turtle friend • And I am the out the neighbors).

– DICK WOLFSIE Buster may move on whistler.

Yes, it’s true. Every some day. Turtles tend day at 5:30 p.m., I wander down the hill to to relocate, always looking for partners to the pond in our community and whistle to propagate the species. He won’t have much summon my turtle friend to come to the luck in the romance department if he stays shore for a sprinkling of turtle food — a smor- here. On the other hand, Buster may have gasbord of insects, fish eggs and protein more than a few years on him, with his amnuggets. He is always ready and wading. orous escapades 40 years in his past. But if His name is Buster. He’s a red-eared slider he does someday search for new digs, I will about the size of a personal pizza. I named miss him. him after my favorite silent movie star since I know he’s a turtle, but I wish him he is just as quiet. When I found the turtle Godspeed! crossing the road on a main thoroughfare Note: The videos of Buster are on my near my house, I relocated him to our pond. Facebook page. If you want to see a video Turtles are awesome pets. I don’t have to in slow motion, you’re in luck: It looks like it walk him (so, better than a dog); he comes already is. when I call (so, better than a cat); and he is not venomous (so, better than some snakes). And he doesn’t make off-color reDick Wolfsie is an author, marks (so, better than a parrot). columnist and speaker. Contact Every time I go to the pond, I record cellhim at wolfsie@aol.com. phone video of my meeting with Buster. I now have about two hours of footage with

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Raw Flower blooms in new shop

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Doysha Chanel has developed a catchphrase for her business.

“Raw Flower is where art NEW BIZ and creativity bloom,” said Chanel, who is lead designer.

Raw Flower opened at 110 E. Main St. in Westfield in July. Raw Flower opened in Broad Ripple two years ago but Chanel said that shop will close soon. She said most of her clients came from Westfield, Carmel and Zionsville. So, she said it made sense to move her shop north of Indianapolis.

“We do custom design work,” Chanel said.

“We feature a lot of elements within nature.

It’s not just flowers. We incorporate plants and anything from natural habitat.”

Chanel said 95 percent of the business is delivery, offering same-day delivery for floral arrangements or plants for birthdays, anniversaries and other occasions.

“We do weddings, other events, for sympathy, pretty much everything,” Chanel said.

“In our store, we offer home decor items, jewelry, candles, T-shirts and greeting cards.”

Raw Flower offers various floral arrangements and home decor in its Westfield shop. (Photo courtesy of Raw Flower)

Besides Chanel, the store has two delivery drivers, a guest relations person and another designer who helps during busy stretches.

“My background is interior fashion design,” Chanel said. “I’m kind of like a hippie at heart, so I just really love to work with nature. That inspired me to get into this particular field.”

Raw Flower is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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form gamers choose to play on or what business model prevails. Two attractive video game publishers now are: • Activision Blizzard (ATVI) hits include World of Warcraft, which has had $9 billion in revenue since 2004.

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ed. As of Sept. 8, 98.2 percent of Zionsville residents 12 and older were fully vaccinated, according to the Indiana State Dept. of As Zionsville nears vaccinating 100 percent Health. However, some surrounding commuof its eligible residents against COVID-19, nities have lower vaccination rates, including one town official a large portion of Boone County. In PANDEMIC pleaded for the surneighboring Whitestown 87.8 perrounding communicent of eligible residents are fully ty to get vaccinated to help slow the vaccinated, but only 55.3 percent spread of the delta variant. of residents in other Boone County During the Zionsville Town communities are fully vaccinated, Council’s Sept. 7 meeting, council according to the ISDH. member Dr. Alexander Choi said IU Health officials say vaccinations Choi Health Methodist Hospital is being and mitigation strategies, such as “overrun” by COVID-19 patients. Choi, who wearing face masks in areas of high transhas served on the Zionsville Town Council mission, are the most effective ways to since January 2020, is a practicing anestheslow the spread of the disease and lower siologist at the hospital and is the president the risk of severe illness and death. of Anesthesia Consultants of Indianapolis, a “Most of those patients that are intubatprivate practice. ed and on death’s doors are unvaccinated “I know that we’re past part of COVID, and patients,” Choi said. “I mean, it is your we are getting a second resurgence here,” choice whether or not you get the vaccine.

Choi said. “I need the public to know to take But I will tell you that most of the people this second resurgence fairly seriously. who are dying right now are unvaccinated At IU Health, we have canceled in-patient patients. Yes, you do have patients every elective surgeries because we are overrun now and then who are vaccinated and do in our ICUs. We’ve had to convert our reguget sick, but, by and large, the vast majority lar patient rooms into intensive care units of patients we see in our intensive care again. My group has redeployed a lot of our units are unvaccinated, so it is really makanesthesiologists into the intensive care ing me upset right now that we are having units that help the intensive care doctors so many people that are ending up unnecbecause they are overrun with critical essarily in our intensive care units.” patients.”

Zionsville Town Council President Josh Choi’s plea comes as nearly all eligible Garrett echoed Choi’s advice.

Zionsville residents have been fully vaccinat“Get vaccinated,” Garrett said.

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CHN welcomes new board members — Community Health Network welcomes Rodney Cotton and Rafael Sanchez to its board of directors. Cotton is currently SVP, head of Strategy & Transformation and chief of staff to the CEO for Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics. He has more than 35 years of health care experience. Sanchez is an attorney and former president and CEO of Indianapolis Power& Light Co. A native of Puerto Rico, he moved to Indiana in 1996 to pursue a law degree. He is a highly respected business and community leader making significant strides in civic engagement since moving to Indianapolis in 2002.

HCHD offers on-site vaccination clinics to businesses — The Hamilton County Health Dept. is offering on-site COVID-19 vaccina-

tion clinics to Hamilton County businesses.

“Hosting a clinic at your workplace typically leads to more people getting vaccinated, which leads to fewer COVID-19 illnesses,” said Chris Walker, emergency preparedness coordinator. “Businesses with a high percentage of vaccinated employees usually see improved productivity, improved morale, and a reduction in absence due to illness.”

Businesses should consider hosting a workplace vaccination program only if they have enough space to stand up a clinic while maintaining social distancing through the entire process, from screening to post-vaccination observation. Businesses interested in setting up an on-site clinic can contact Chris Walker at Christian.walker@hamiltoncounty.in.gov or by calling 317-776-8500.

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Feinstein, Schott headline Center for the Performing Arts free livestream gala

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Center for the Performing Arts annual gala will have quite a different format this year.

FUNDRAISING “All Together Now! 2021 Gala” will be presented as a free livestream at 8 p.m. Sept.

18 at the Palladium in Carmel. The presentation starts at 7:30 p.m. with information about the auction items and videos with the live performance following.

The fundraising gala will feature Center Artistic Director Michael Feinstein and his piano trio, led by Musical Director Tedd Firth. Other appearances will be by New York City-based performer Melissa Schott, a chorus choreographed by Kenny Shepard and other special guests.

Arts philanthropists Schott Frank Basile and Cheri Dick will serve as emcees.

“Because of the uncertainties of the pandemic at that point in time, we decided to go with virtual,” Center for the Performing Arts President/CEO Jeffrey McDermott said.

McDermott said the decision had to be made far in advance because Straight No Chaser was planned to be a headliner for a live event.

“We had a lot of other catering and deposits that had to be made that were nonrefundable, so we made the determination to go virtual,” McDermott said.

“As we watched things improve, we had people ask if it was possible to go to a live event and it really wasn’t at that point.

We decided to book Straight No Chaser for next year. It was too late to go back and put things in motion that needed to be put in motion months earlier.”

With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, McDermott said the decision looks like the right one.

“We did put together a hybrid event,”

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Michael Feinstein performs with dancers at a previous event. (Photo courtesy of the Center for the Performing Arts)

McDermott said. “There will still be no live audience. We are going to have ‘Our All Together Wow!’ VIP experience in the newly renovated Founders Club, where people can pay to attend a three-hour celebration.”

The VIP experience will have approximately 100 people, McDermott said. While the show is going on live in the Palladium, McDermott said guests can watch on monitors set up throughout the Founders Club and hallways.

After the performance, Feinstein and guests will join the audience for an after-party.

“We are taking advantage of the best of all worlds,” McDermott said. “Those that want to (can) be there as a paid VIP experience. Everyone else can watch the livestream free of charge.”

Livestreams with Feinstein in the past year have drawn large numbers from several nations.

“We really think it will show what we

are doing at the Center and expose us to even more people to donate and bid on auction items,” McDermott said. “COVID has made us do a lot of things differently, and hopefully this will provide a good experience for everyone.”

Prior to 2020, when the gala was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Songbook Hall of Fame induction was part of the gala.

“We are looking at the format of that and whether it makes sense to continue to have it as part of our gala or break it off into something separate,” said McDermott, who also is president/CEO of the Great American Songbook Foundation. “There are pros and cons to both having it as part of this and having it as its own event.”

All funds raised through the event benefit the Looking Forward Fund, which supports the Center.

To register for the livestream or purchase VIP tickets, visit thecenterpresents. org/gala.

The Nexus Impact Center, in partnership with High Frequency Arts and Indiana Originals, is hosting Art 4 Impact, a community event to celebrate the work of nine local artists and their interpretation of Equality for All from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Nexus Impact Center, 9511 Angola Ct., Indianapolis. It is located just below the Carmel border.

The family friendly event will include: food trucks and a variety of sweet and savory snack booths from local vendors; pop-up shops from Indiana-owned businesses and social enterprises ranging from jewelry to home décor/art, books, clothing and more; family friendly art activities led by local nonprofit Re-Generation Indy; and a silent auction for Equality for All artwork.

Viewer’s Choice and Equality for All grand prize winners of the Equality for All Art Banner contest will be announced at 5:30 p.m.

Nexus invites the public to vote through 5 p.m. Sept. 16 for their favorite Equality for All Artwork and help pick the Viewer’s Choice winner.

To register to attend and vote for viewer’s choice, visit nexusimpactcenter.org/art.

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What began as a grassroots effort in Upstate New York to present music in a community setting has blossomed MUSIC into a wildly popular event in downtown Carmel.

Featuring nearly 60 local bands and musicians on nearly two dozen porches, the eighth annual Carmel PorchFest will be presented from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 19 throughout the Carmel Arts & Design District. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people are expected to attend the free, family friendly event, which has grown exponentially since its 2014 debut.

Last year’s PorchFest was presented virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The Carmel community has supported PorchFest every year,” said PorchFest Event Manager Sondra Schwieterman, who has been in her position since 2018. “Each year, the event has grown in attendance and participation. Since 2018, we’ve increased the number of bands participating and the number of vendors at the event.

“People in the community look forward to offering up their porches each year, and we rarely have any issues getting the public to volunteer.”

PorchFests, which originated in Ithaca, New York, in 2007, are music festivals designed to bring neighbors and local communities together. They are presented annually across the U.S. and Canada on front porches and traditionally feature local musicians.

Carmel’s 2021 PorchFest will feature a record 58 bands on a record 21 porches.

Guests are permitted to bring coolers, food, beverages, chairs and blankets. Dogs are permitted on leashes.

“Of course, we will have plenty of food and beverage vendors,” Schwieterman said.

“But we want the event to remain a casual, community event.”

Vendors include Bier Brewery, Sugar Creek Winery, Peace Water Winery, Java House, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria and Market District Supermarket.

Apart from vendors, music is the star attraction. Styles range from acoustic to electric and solo to ensemble, touching an assortment of musical genres. Bands/ artists include Amy Thorn & the Nightcaps; Bedhead; Breanna Faith; Circuit Thursday; Convoy; Dear Lincoln; Derek Lee Bishop; Five After Midnight; Hannah and Jarred; Indy Gorgeous Club; island Party; and Keith Rea, among dozens of others. “(PorchFest) began as a grassroots opportunity to bring the community together and showcase local musical talent in a casual setting,” Schwieterman said. “Since its beginnings in Ithaca, PorchFest has expanded to cities all across the United States, with Carmel joining the ranks in 2014.”

Volunteer-driven in the early years, Carmel PorchFest is now an incorporated organization that also presents Carmel’s Late Night on Main events. PorchFest weekend kicks off Sept. 17 with Late Night on Main performances by the Brothers Footman at 9 p.m., followed at 10:30 p.m. by Rain Dogs.

For the full lineup of bands/artists, porch schedules, street maps and parking information, visit carmelporchfest.org.

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CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR AND CSO PERFORM

A crowd of nearly 1,500 attended a performance by Classical Mystery Tour, The Beatles tribute group, and Carmel Symphony Orchestra Sept. 5 at Coxhall Gardens in Carmel. Above, from left, Rod Pittenger, Reinhold Strnat, Chuck Duke and Larry Lawhead dress up as The Beatles. Strnat, Duke and Lawhead are Carmel Symphony Orchestra board members. Pittenger’s wife is CSO executive director. (Photo courtesy of Carmel Symphony Orchestra)

Carmel Symphony Orchestra joins Classical Mystery Tour for a concert. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

DISPATCHES Art on Main hosts reception for Couet — Abstract painter Marcie Couet, Franklin, will have a reception from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 at Carmel Art on Main Gallery, 111 W. Main. She has 20-plus pieces on display that include abstracts and floral abstracts. Freddie Kelvin is the gallery’s other featured artist. Couet will be a featured guest on the “Podcast on the Plaza,” a Carmel-based business and community podcast, which will be filmed and recorded at the gallery that morning. The gallery owners also will be featured.

CCP forced to cancel three performances — The first three performances of Carmel Community Players’ “Boeing Boeing,” which were set for Sept. 10-12, were canceled because cast and crew members tested positive for COVID-19.

The final four performances are set for Sept. 16-19. Those who purchased tickets for the first weekend will have the option for another performance or another CCP show or can receive refund. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

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Back to regular programming Commentary by Jeffrey C. McDermott As we head into the 2021-22 arts season this fall, one can’t deny an element of uncertainty posed by the VIEWPOINT lingering COVID-19 pandemic. I find comfort and inspiration, however, when I consider how we all have adapted, persevered and even excelled amid the unprecedented challenges of the past 18 months.

I’m sure you have seen many examples of courage, compassion, creativity and ingenuity in how your families, neighborhoods, businesses, schools and churches have responded to new realities. I see many examples among my extended family of colleagues at the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation.

Faced with the inability to gather people together physically for shared experiences — which is always at the heart of our mission — we found new ways to reach our patrons and develop new audiences. We beefed up our online educational resources and employed social media to maintain and expand our enrichment programs for people of all ages.

We also invested some of our untapped production budget in new video and streaming technology that allowed us to host national business conferences virtually, and to create new offerings like our Live at the Center livestream series, introducing local musicians to thousands of viewers across the state and nation. In all, our online events since early 2020 have reached more than 45,000 unique viewers.

Now, our patrons, supporters and staff are looking forward to a season more typical of the Center’s first decade of operation.

We have nearly 50 Center Presents concerts on the calendar, along with educational opportunities of every stripe and performances by our six fine resident arts companies.

I hope you can take time to experience the inspiring, rejuvenating and community-building power of the performing arts this season.

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

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Discovering Broadway founder Joel Kirk “Cody and Gary Fry, who are writing Hamrecently wrapped up the nonprofit’s first let’s music, penned the song ‘I Don’t Know season with You’ which captures the confrontaDISCOVERING another project tion between Hamlet and Gertrude,” he was pasKirk said. “In the scene, Hamlet BROADWAY sionate about. bursts into his mother’s chambers Discovering Broadway held a and accuses her of misdeeds. The writers’ retreat and concert for his energy of the song needed to flow musical “Hamlet” in August. from Hamlet’s emotion. As a book“I didn’t want it to sound like writer, I am having the time of my Kirk musical theater,” said Kirk, who life.” is director and bookwriter for “Hamlet.” “I The week in August was just another wanted it to sound like the radio.” step in the process. Kirk said they are There are 13 writers on the musical he is weeks away from a full draft. creating.

“We will make adjustments to improve “I wanted to create a musical where each the meaningfulness and clarity of the story. character had a unique voice,” Kirk said.

In two months, we will hear the show again “The characters in Hamlet are so distinct after more work sessions,” he said. “Later that you can identify characters they inthis fall, we will hear actors sing through spired in modern stories. It was exciting to the entire score and start preparing for a imagine each character’s style and partner concept album. The musical needs to earn that with a songwriter perfect for that each next development step through faithvibe.” fulness to the story and our collective hard Kirk, a 2012 Carmel High School graduate, work.” said he chose to assign songs, especially

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Editor’s note: The next several At the Table with Anna columns will spotlight gluten-free items.

Address: Available online or at the Broad Ripple Farmers Market What to get: Chocolate muffins Price: $9 Anna’s take: Prior to exploring local options for gluten-free items, I was bummed to find lots of big-box store bakery items were dry and dense. However, that hasn’t been the case with the local spots, specifically Trailhead Naturals. I tried the chocolate muffins ($9 for a box of four) and could hardly believe that the decadent treats were glu-

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Getting out of the woods Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Restoring hotels’ past glories Commentary by Don Knebel In the 1920s, West Baden Springs and French Lick, with world-famous mineral springs, were hosting hunTRAVEL dreds of people a day in their mile-apart resort hotels. All that changed with the Great Depression.

The West Baden Springs Hotel closed in 1932 and became first a Jesuit seminary and then a campus of Northwood Institute.

The French Lick Springs Hotel continued operations but suffered another blow when Gov. Henry Schricker closed the area’s illegal casinos in 1949. Between 1930 and 1960, French Lick and West Baden Springs lost about 22 percent of their populations. In 1991, an exterior wall of the vacant and deteriorating West Baden Springs Hotel, once the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” collapsed.

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In 2005, after Indiana authorized a French Lick casino, a Cook company acquired the French Lick Springs Hotel and built a casino adjacent to the hotel. After improvements costing more than $500 million restored both hotels to their original opulence, they opened to the public in 2006 under common ownership, with a trolley running between them. Their meticulously maintained grounds include 30 miles of hiking trails, a stable and three challenging golf courses.

The reopening of the hotels has revitalized their communities, exemplified by the French Lick West Baden Museum

I’ve been getting into native perennial gardening this year. Of all the plants I’m growing, I love milkweed the most. Seventy-three species GRAMMAR GUY of native milkweeds grow in the United States, and these plants are the exclusive host plants for monarch butterflies.

When people hear “milkweed,” they think of something ugly and undesirable. In an effort to rebrand milkweed, I think we should start calling it “butterfly happy plant.” It could work!

I apologize for getting in the weeds about milkweed. This brings me to discussing and distinguishing a pair of flora phrases, “in the weeds” and “in the woods.” Let’s take a quick hike down a linguistic path to better understand these expressions.

Let’s get into the weeds. This term has multiple applications and definitions.

First, a golf shot can land in the rough, which is tall grass or weeds, as opposed to on the shorter grass of the fairway or green. Being in the weeds is a precarious

position for your golf ball and can lead to killer divots.

If you’ve ever worked in the restaurant industry, you know that “in the weeds” means that the kitchen and wait staff are busy to the point of total disorder.

Political policy wonks love to get into their version of “the weeds.” In this case, getting “into the weeds” means going into unnecessary detail about a policy or initiative.

Being “in the woods” means something altogether different. When someone “isn’t out of the woods yet,” it can mean that she is quite ill and hasn’t gotten better yet. By this logic, being “in the woods” means someone is on death’s door or incredibly sick. Getting “out of the woods” can also mean a person is trying to come out of a difficult situation.

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

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PERSONAL SERVICES Licensed, insured & bonded • Kitchen/Bath Remodeling • Custom Decks • Finished Basements • Ceramic Tile • Wood Floors • Doors & Windows • Interior & Exterior Painting • Drywall • Plumbing & Electrical

Gary D. Simpson Office: 317-660-5494 Cell: 317-703-9575 Free Estimates & Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Professional & Economical Remove tree stumps, ugly tree roots, stumps in and around chain link or wood fences. We also remove tree stumps that are protruding up onto sidewalks and around sidewalks. We grind them and/or remove. Please Call & Text at 816-778-4690 or 317-341-4905.

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NOW HIRING IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR SKILLED CARPENTERS!

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

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NOW HIRING Hiring experienced lawn care laborers, shrub and tree trimmers, Bobcat operators immediately. Text/call Jay 574-398-2135

DOG WALKER/PET SITTER Seeking experienced, mature person to walk dogs and care for cats.

Flexible, part time work.

Apply at www.FetchPetCare.com

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED

Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/ hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ctcarmel.com

PART TIME MEDICAL RECORDS READER

A work from home part time position.

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Email resume to orthogood@sbcglobal.net.

HELP WANTED:

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OPERATIONS MANAGER Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell.

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

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

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

To Apply: CLEVERNEST INC 240 W. Carmel Drive 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com

WORK HERE. BE HAPPY.

HIRING. EVERY DAY. TEXT/CALL: 317.774.0074

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

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

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Working hours will be between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM Monday through Friday.

Qualifying candidates should have an undergraduate degree or a diploma from a technical school and experience working with children ages 3 through 6 years old, should be enthusiastic, kind, and creative with a love for children.

Compensation is competitive and based on experience.

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COME TO OUR JOB FAIR. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 11AM – 3PM Clarity Care Givers, LLC

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Carmel Office

Carmel Office

Hiring full time Custodian

Hiring full time Maintenance Technician

HOA MGMT office – work would be performed on locations around Indy area. Company vehicle provided. $15-$17 with benefits.

Please send resume to: jfreeman@cas-indiana.com

HOA MGMT office – work would be performed on locations around Indy area. Company vehicle provided. $15-$17 with benefits.

Please send resume to: jfreeman@cas-indiana.com

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