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Eagles build foundation with postseason success

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Zionsville Community High School football team has proven to be a force to be reckoned with in the FOOTBALL postseason.

For the second consecutive year, the Eagles reached the Class 5A state title game, losing to Cathedral 34-14 Nov. 26 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Cathedral topped Zionsville 46-28 in the 2020 state title game.

“The program is in a great spot right now,” Eagles coach Scott Turnquist said.

“Having postseason success in the last two years has helped that a lot. Our seniors have been a driving force for us the last several years. They’re a lot of guys that played a lot of football that have been in pivotal roles and in leadership positions for us the last few years.

“Our coaching staff has been phenomenal, constantly looking at improving what we do on a daily, weekly basis.”

The Eagles will graduate 20 seniors, with more than half being starters.

“It’s a high-performing class in a lot of

The Zionsville Community High School football team with its Class 5A state runner-up trophy. (Photo courtesy of IHSAA)

different ways,” Turnquist said. “It is certainly tough to have them leave us, but they are leaving the program in a good place with younger guys, as well.”

The Eagles (9-6) started the postseason with a 4-5 record, winning five straight to reach the state title game. Zionsville had a record of 2-5 in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference. Westfield, which won the conference title, reached the Class 6A state title game before losing to Center Grove.

“I hope people recognize by now the quality of our conference. It’s unbelievable,” Turnquist said.

Turnquist said there is no looking ahead because each game is difficult.

“Every single week you are playing a team that is at an extremely high level, (is)

extremely well coached and is very talented,” he said. “It certainly prepares us for the postseason because we have to learn how to prepare every week as if it’s a championship-level team, because that is the type of team we are playing week in and week out.

It makes us better in every way.”

Zionsville defeated Harrison (West Lafayette) 42-21 in the sectional semifinals and Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 35-14 in the regional final. Harrison was ranked No. 3 in the media rankings and No. 5 in the coaches poll. Dwenger was ranked No. 9 in the coaches poll.

Among the top seniors the Eagles are losing is senior offensive tackle Joey Tanona, who has recently reaffirmed his commitment to Notre Dame despite Brian Kelly

leaving to become LSU’s coach.

Turnquist said he expects other seniors to play college football, including running back Colin Price, receiver Trey Firestone, tight end Gunnar Hartwig and kicker/punter A.J. Vinatieri, son of former Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri.

Price rushed for 1,698 yards and 26 touchdowns.

“He’s the best running back that has ever laced them up at Zionsville; there’s no doubt about that,” Turnquist said. “He’s a complete football player.”

Hartwig had 32 catches for 415 yards.

Firestone had seven catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns in the championship game to give him 61 receptions for 937 yards and 12 TDs for the season.

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Grinch and snap a photo when they see him, then post it on social media and tag the Town of Whitestown.

The Town of Whitestown is kicking off the holiday season with a variety of family friendTHINGS TO DO ly events.

The seasonal events lineup includes:

SANTA’S WORKSHOP Santa will make a stop in the gymnasium of the Whitestown Municipal Complex from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 11. Children will get a chance to visit him and Mrs. Claus and receive a souvenir photo. They also can enjoy cookies, hot chocolate and a candy buffet. Santa will bring a couple of his best reindeer along, too. The free event is presented by Trader’s Point Christian Schools.

LETTERS TO SANTA Stop by the Whitestown Municipal Complex and drop off a letter to Santa in his mailbox. To receive a response, residents must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Letters dropped off after Dec. 11 aren’t guaranteed to receive a response. The activity is for Whitestown residents only.

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The Grinch will make his way around town the week of Dec. 6, leading up to Santa’s Workshop and Parade on Dec. 11. Residents are asked to be on the lookout for the

Above, a Whitestown firetruck is decorated for Christmas festivities. (Photo courtesy of the Town of Whitestown)

The 2021 Santa Cruise kicks off at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Whitestown Municipal Complex. Santa will climb aboard a firetruck and travel through the neighborhoods of Whitestown.

To view the map and track Santa’s location that night, visit wfdfire.org/ santacruise.

Officials outline possible long-term bonds

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com

Area and Holliday Farms Allocation Area.

In 2022, the TIF districts are estimated to generate a combined $2,799,659 in reveThe Zionsville Redevelopment Commission nues, according to Zakowski. The redeveloprecently received the town’s annual tax inment commission’s estimated expenditures, crement finance which include bond payments and TOWN NEWS report, in which other scheduled payments, total town officials $2,370,102. However, the projected outlined long-term plans for possibudget will go before the Zionsville ble bond issuances.

Town Council for approval and apOn Nov. 22, the commission heard propriation during one of the couna presentation from Becca Zakowcil’s scheduled December meetings, ski, a municipal advisor represenZionsville CFO Tammy Havard said.

DeLong tative with Crowe LLP, and Wayne DeLong said the redevelopment DeLong, the town’s director of community commission could expect to issue bonds for and economic development. Indiana code long-term projects in three of the districts, requires an annual TIF presentation be givif they are approved by the town council. en during a public meeting to share a redeOne bond issuance could be for the Zionsvelopment commission’s projected budget, ville Gateway Area, which would see a relong-term plans and impacts on overlapping imagined entryway at the south end of Main TIF districts, Zakowski said.

Street, near the intersection with Sycamore A TIF district is a financing method that Street. The bond issuance would support diverts property tax revenue increases in the redevelopment of a 13-acre area within a defined area toward future economic the Zionsville EDA, with the first steps being development projects in that area. In total, the completion of a traffic study associated Zionsville has seven TIF districts: the Ziwith the possible extension of First Street. onsville EDA Allocation Area, Oak Street AlThe redevelopment commission might location Area, 2015 334/700 Allocation Area, also consider a bond issuance for the HolCreekside Allocation Area, Metro FiberNet liday Farms economic development area.

Allocation Area (1), 146th Street Allocation Holliday Farms is an approximately 597-acre

development under construction west of South Michigan Road and south of County Road East 300 South. The bond issuance would support a sanitary sewer capacity improvement project and pedestrian improvements along U.S. 421 corridor. The bond would cost approximately $3 million, DeLong said.

“It was a project approved as an EDA in 2019,” DeLong said. “The primary component, at least on the public side of the conversation, was improvements along the (U.S.) 421 corridor. One of the unique things happening with Holliday Farms, the project is going so well, and it is moving along so quickly.”

Holliday Farm’s sanitary sewer capacity was expected to be upsized sometime in the next few years, but the project is moving so quickly that town officials expect upsizing will need to happen sooner.

“That work would have been undertaken, I’m going to say, maybe about four years from now,” DeLong said. “However, with the project advancing so quickly, we are looking for that sewer work to move in tandem with that success.”

DeLong said a third bond issuance to be considered would be to support infrastructure improvements in the County Road 700 East economic development area.

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CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE, PARADE RETURN

Zionsvsille’s Christmas in the Village annual Christmas parade returned Nov. 28. Above, residents watch at the parade reaches Main Street. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

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ZFD’s Santa drivers return news@currentzionsville.com.com Zionsville Fire Dept.’s Area Familiarization, where Santa will ride atop a fire engine and visit Zionsville neighborTOWN NEWS hoods, returns this year.

The department’s nightly routes will start Dec. 11 and continue through Christmas Eve. All routes start at 6:30 p.m. and end no later than 9 p.m. As Santa approaches a neighborhood, residents might see emergency lights and hear holiday music.

Because of health and safety precautions, Santa will not stop and greet people at gathering spots, according to the Town of Zionsville. The department encourages social distancing.

Although the department will attempt to cover as many areas as time permits, emergency runs will remain its primary priority, thus nightly routes and times are subject to change. In the event of a cancellation, the department will attempt to cover any missed neighborhoods on a different date.

Each evening, a link to the ZFD Santa Tracker will be placed on the ZFD’s Facebook page, allowing residents to follow San-

ta as he approaches their neighborhood.

The ZFD Area Familiarization Driver Training 2021 nightly routes include the following neighborhoods: • Dec. 11 — Taylor Avenue, Pine Ridge, Timberwolf, Mallard Point, Saddlebrook Farms, Pleasantview Lane, The Woods at Huddersfield, St Claire Estates, Countrywood, Fox Run • Dec. 12 — Willow Glen, Brookhaven, Fieldstone, Willows (West) • Dec. 13 — Willow Springs Drive, Brittany Chase, Austin Oaks • Dec. 14 — Hunter Glen Townhomes, Independence Village, The Sanctuary, Zion Hills, Oxford Woods, Valley Meadow Drive, Clarkston, Coventry Ridge, Colonial Heights, Northview, Ravinia, Hidden Pines, Bridlewood • Dec. 15 — Blackstone, Eaglewood Drive, Stonegate, Pemberton, Hampshire, Old Hunt Club Road • Dec. 16 — Shannon Springs, Enclave, Cooper Heights, Lexington Hall, Cheval De Selle, Hunt Country Preserve (Hunt Country Lane) • Dec. 17 — Royal Run For a full list, visit youarecurrent.com.

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Mt. Vernon QB Slunaker’s perfect finish includes state title

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com For Mt. Vernon High School senior quarterback Gehrig Slunaker, the ending couldn’t have been more perfect.

Slunaker threw three touchdown passes as the Marauders topped Northridge 45-14 to capture the Class 4A state championship Nov. 27 at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was Mt. Vernon’s first state football title.

“Wrapping up your high school career with a state title, you can’t write it any better than that,” Slunaker said. “It’s amazing.

Not a lot of people get to go out on the season with a win, let alone their high school career with a win. It’s a picture-perfect ending.

“I love this team. We’ll be brothers for life.”

To make things even sweeter, Marauders coach Vince Lidy also is Slunaker’s uncle.

“It was amazing to share that moment with my uncle,” Slunaker said. “I am so happy for him because he has wanted to become a head coach for so long, and in his first year as a head coach he wins it all.

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Favorite TV show: “Friends” Favorite movie: “Rudy” Favorite athlete: Tom Brady I love playing for him. He is so energetic, which feeds to the players.”

Lidy was Mt. Vernon’s defensive coordinator for three years under Mike Kirschner, who left to take the Warren Central job.

Lidy and Slunaker share something else.

Lidy won a state title playing quarterback and linebacker for his late father, John Lidy,

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From left, Jeff Slunaker, Jennifer Slunaker, Gehrig Slunaker, Dr. Phil N. Eskew Jr. and Indianapolis Colts Community Relations Manager Kelsey Rowles in the Class 4A Mental Attitude Award presentation. The award is named for Eskew’s father. A replica check is presented in Slunaker’s name to the Mt. Vernon general scholarship fund. (Photo courtesy of Gehrig Slunaker)

at Castle in 1994 and was named the Phil N. Eskew Mental Attitude Award winner for Class 5A. Slunaker earned the award for 4A this year.

“He’s a great leader,” Lidy said. “He prepares like none other.”

Senior running back Keagan LaBelle was glad to see Slunaker, who transferred from Greenfield-Central after his freshman year, get the accolades.

“He deserves it. He came here his sophomore year and has been a hell of a player ever since,” LaBelle said. “I wouldn’t want anyone else at quarterback.”

Slunaker completed 12 of 18 passes for 235 yards and two interceptions in the title game. The interceptions were uncharacteristic as he finished the season with 34 touchdowns and only five interceptions.

For the season, Slunaker completed 147 of 214 passes for 3,028 yards for the Marauders (14-1).

Mt. Vernon lost its season-opener to Class 6A Noblesville before winning its final 14 games.

“You don’t want to lose any games, but if you are peaking in Weeks 1 and 2, you are not where you want to be,” Slunaker said.

Slunaker, who maintans a 3.81 GPA and is ranked in the top 20 percent of his senior class, said Hanover, Marion, and Saint Francis are among the schools interested in him with regard to continuing his playing career.

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Worth their weight in gold Commentary by Ward Degler I was standing in the shower the other morning when I realized I take the good life for granted. I realized this PLAIN TALK because I had just opened a new bar of soap.

That’s when I remembered listening to a man talk about World War II. The man and his wife were dinner guests at our house. It was 1946, and he had just gotten out of the Army after spending three years fighting in Europe. The war was over, and he talked about little kids, barefoot and wearing rags.

“They would appear out of nowhere from the rubble of a bombed-out building,” he said.

“They would beg the GIs for cigarettes.”

He explained that the kids didn’t smoke the cigarettes. They used them to buy things.

“The country had been destroyed, and there wasn’t any money. American cigarettes were worth their weight in gold,” he said.

There also wasn’t much to buy, he added.

Food was hard to get, and clothing didn’t exist. What little there was, was strictly rationed, and the kids didn’t get anything.

“We gave them K-rations and C-rations,” he said. “They ate the food, but the most valu-

able thing in the package was a pack of cigarettes. With it, they might buy a used blanket or some heating oil for their homes.”

The man said he never saw any of the children smile. He said they looked haunted.

War correspondent Ernie Pyle said they looked like old men.

Our guest told us there was something even more valuable than cigarettes — soap.

If you had a bar of soap, you could wash and get clean.

I hadn’t thought about this incident for years. I had grown up during the last days of the Great Depression and knew kids and their families that didn’t have very much.

But after the war ended, America prospered, and we got used to having things again.

It was easy to forget the past, where the most important things in life were a pack of cigarettes and a bar of soap.

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Keep pets safe during holidays Commentary by Dr. Michael Graves The holiday season is upon us, and many pet parents include their furry companions in the festivities. BeFROM THE VET fore you haul out too much holly, take some precautions to keep your pets safe.

Be careful with seasonal plants like holly, mistletoe and poinsettias. When ingested, these holiday favorites can cause all kinds of stomach upset. Opt for just-as-jolly artificial plants made from silk or plastic.

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Securely anchor your Christmas tree so it doesn’t tip and fall. If possible, set up your tree in a room you can easily close off when you’re not home. Cats especially love tinsel, but swallowing tinsel can lead to an obstructed digestive tract, severe vomiting, dehydration and possible surgery.

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Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Expected completion: The trail is Location: 116th Street to Carmel Drive. The anticipated to open later this year. initial phase affects the right southbound Project: Templin Road Bridge reconstruction lane of Range Line Road as crews replace Location: The shoulder of this bridge a water main. Work will stop for the is closed. The Templin Road bridge over winter and resume in mid-March 2022 Eagle Creek was inspected, and an with construction of a roundabout at engineering firm has been hired by the Medical Drive followed by construction of Boone County Highway Dept. to work on a roundabout at 116th Street. design of a complete bridge replacement.

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Experiencing the impact of cancer research

Pemberton soon met Bryan S c h n e i d e r, MD, the Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology at IU and a leading expert in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer.

Genetic testing—aimed at better understanding her disease—revealed a new surprise: Stephanie had a mutation in a gene, BRCA1, that put her at greater risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

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tephanie Pemberton was no stranger to the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Wo r k i n g f o r t h e Indianapolis Colts in community relations, she had arranged for players, cheerleaders, and even the Colts’ mascot, Blue, to visit the center to encourage cancer patients. Often, Pemberton went along.

She gained additional perspective through the team’s support of its cancer-stricken coach, Chuck Pagano, and the Colts’ Chuckstrong initiative, which has raised nearly $10 million for cancer research at IU School of Medicine.

Yet, even as she walked

IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center she knew from Chuckstrong events. “I knew I didn’t want to be anywhere else,” she said. “I knew what we were dealing with was, literally, a life and death matter.”

the halls of the chemo infusion center and met cancer survivors, the disease remained remote. “It was always something I worked on from a work perspective,” she said, “but it was not something I ever thought, ‘What if I get breast cancer?’”

That changed in February 2020 when Pemberton, a 36-year-old wife and mother of two, found a lump in her breast that was soon diagnosed as triple negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive types of the disease.

After a heartbreaking call to her husband, Keith, and an emotional conversation with her parents, Pemberton’s next call was a nobrainer: a contact at the

Pemberton underwent 16 weeks of chemotherapy to shrink the tumor, but also made the difficult decision for her longterm health to undergo a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy. More than a year later, followup testing has revealed she shows no evidence of cancer.

It’s a dramatic turn from her lowest moments following her diagnosis, when Pemberton feared she might not live to see her children, ages 5 and 3, grow up, graduate college, and have families of their own.

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on U.S. 52, near Lebanon resulted in one man’s death. Boone County Sherriff’s Office deputies responded to the crash in the area of County Road 300 North. A beige Ford Excursion had rear-ended a silver KIA Sorento because of stopped or slowed traffic on U.S. 52 southbound. As a result of the initial impact, four additional vehicles rear-ended one another, according to a press release.

The driver of the Kia Sorento, Patrick Donovan, 72, of Indianapolis, was transported to a nearby medical facility but died because of his injuries. The BCSO FACT Team is investigating the incident. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a contributing factor.

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Frye initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa — Haley Frye, a Zionsville native, was recently initiated into the Indiana State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The society welcomed 350 new initiates from 17 universities during October 2021. Students initiated into the society must be sophomores, juniors, seniors or graduate/professional students in the top 35 percent of their class who demonstrate leadership experience in at least one of the society’s five pillars. Fewer than 5 percent of students on a campus are invited to join each year.

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Zionsville doctor’s book raises awareness for pediatric cancer endowment

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com As a practicing physician for adults and children, Dr. Ryan Deweese has cared for patients at some of the worst moments in their lives — something that has been difficult at times for him to emotionally process.

But after spending four years writing his newly published young adult novel about a doctor who befriends an ailing girl, he feels he has found a way to do just that, and he hopes the book can help others do the same.

Deweese, 42, practices family medicine at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.

During his first several years at the hospital, he treated children and adults. But because of the hospital’s expanded pediatric program, he primarily works with adults now. During those first years, he saw the toll diseases and illnesses can take on individuals and their families, especially if children are the ones afflicted.

A Zionsville resident, Deweese enjoys reading and writing in his spare time, and for the last four years he has channeled his passion into something to help others, and himself, cope with the emotional trauma of pediatric illnesses.

Deweese authored “Where Rainbows Never Die,” a young adult novel about a doctor who befriends a 9-year-old cancer patient and a treasure hunt for a magical Inkan bracelet. The 304-page book was published Oct. 25 by Lollipop Books. It can be purchased on Amazon at amzn.to/3dj2ENv or at other book carriers.

“The project started as something inside me that I had to get out and express on paper,” Deweese said. “I see everyone at their worst. I see everyone when they’ve just lost a loved one, or they’re hanging on to their life barely, or their loved one is hanging on to their life barely. The book, I think, is a comedy that balances out tragedy, and, in the end, you still end up with hope.”

Deweese thought that if he could share his experiences in a fictional narrative, something good would come of it, and he might instill hope in people in difficult situations. To ensure the book would make the impact he intended, he dedicated half of all proceeds to the Caroline Symmes Children’s

that her loss would raise money for cancer research, with the goal being to have a cure for every kid with cancer. But it would all be worth it even for one,” Deweese said.

ON THE COVER: Dr. Ryan Deweese pauses with his book, “Where Rainbows Never Die.” (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

FUNDING PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH

From left, Alexandra, Isaac and Ryan Deweese stand outside the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

Cancer Endowment, which solicits donations to fund pediatric cancer research at Riley Hospital for Children.

The Caroline Symmes Children’s Cancer Endowment was started by Carmel residents Libby and David Symmes in remembrance of their daughter Caroline Symmes, who died of cancer shortly after her fifth birthday. According to the endowment, less than 5 percent of the federal government’s total yearly funding for cancer research is dedicated to childhood cancers. Since its inception, the endowment has raised more than $3.3 million to fund research to create better drugs and outcomes for critically ill children.

Deweese met Libby and David more than 10 years ago, during one of the endowment’s first annual golf fundraisers, called the Caroline Classic. After learning more about the family’s story, he was so moved by their efforts that he dedicated “Where Rainbows Never Die” to Caroline.

Libby, the endowment’s executive director, said she was shocked by the dedication.

“As a parent, to have someone say they were inspired by our child and to dedicate a book to our child, I don’t know. The word is ‘humbling,’” Libby said. “He believes in our mission and supports our mission. It’s incredibly humbling and a great honor.”

Deweese’s book has also had an impact on someone else close to him.

“What’s really cool is my daughter, (Alex-

Caroline Symmes died of cancer in 2009, inspiring her parents to found an endowment in her name. (Photo courtesy of the Caroline Symmes Children’s Cancer Endowment)

andra, 11) she read the book and just loved it,” Deweese said. “She went upstairs and counted her allowance and decided she was going to donate half of her money to a mission. She started writing, and she wrote a 38-page book about her and her cousins going on this crazy adventure. She’s going to sell it and donate half (of the proceeds).”

Ultimately, Deweese hopes the book raises awareness for the endowment.

“They want that to be Caroline’s legacy,

Caroline Symmes was diagnosed with Wilms tumor disease, a type of kidney cancer, in 2008, a month before her fourth birthday. Even though Wilms tumor disease has a high cure rate, Caroline’s disease was very aggressive. Through the experience, her parents, Libby and David Symmes, learned each child’s cancer is unique, meaning cure rates might not be indicative of an individual child’s outcome.

Libby and David also learned of precision genomics. According to IU Health, precision genomic testing looks at the genetic structure of a person’s tumor to determine mutations that can be targeted with therapy. The discoveries can lead to new treatment recommendations that might effectively treat the person’s cancer on a personalized level.

After Caroline’s death in 2009, they founded the Caroline Symmes Children’s Cancer Endowment.

“The hope is always better outcomes for children,” Libby said. “We are very fortunate to have Riley Hospital in our backyard. We have a wonderful research team we support.

We fund research for all childhood cancers. We also fund precision genomics. It’s now catching on across the country, but Riley was one of the first hospitals to fund this type of research, so we are very proud that we have been able to fund that type of research.”

Learn more about the endowment at carolinesymmes.org.

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Perfect timing?

A French toast to Christmas

Commentary by Terry Anker Timing is everything. This axiom sounds about right. We cannot catch a fish when the fish are absent. We cannot board a plane that has already departed. And we cannot order breakfast after the clock tells us that now is inexplicably reserved for lunch food.

Still, is the sweeping truism worthy of strict adherence? Or is it better if we observe it only as a general guide?

Sure, scheduling is important but so are preparation, opportunity and ability.

It is comforting to boil down the complexities of modern life into a few simple phrases, and it is better to live by some rules than none. But what do we overlook when we apply all that comes our way through the filter of an orthodoxy that would fit on a bumper sticker? Do we really believe it to be so straightforward, or are we just a bit lazy? When is the right “timing” to get a job, get married, start a family, go to college, or begin an exercise regimen?

No doubt, there are some moments that are less convenient, maybe even life altering. Many would delay awaiting a perfect instant that never arrives, leaving an open door for regret to take up residence.

An expert gardener was asked, when is the ideal point to prune the plantings? He pondered for a few moments and asked the inquirer if they had a sharp knife. If so, he suggested, now is the time. In an unkept lawn, an imperfect action carries more value than no action whatsoever. He may have had a point. Yet, imprudence flows from the reckless assumption of duty. If we decide to move forward despite inopportune timing, we must acknowledge the increased risk and dedicate ourselves to overcoming. It might be the best decision of our lives.

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

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Parlez-vous français? Neither do we, but we’re heading to France, anyway!

Here’s the plan for a Christmas like no other.

One of our sons is studying abroad just north of Marseilles (you may recall my fine parenting moment in August when I opted for a trip to Vegas instead of depositing said son at Chicago O’Hare, nary to be seen for 10 months.

Sometimes you gotta let it ride, baby!).

As soon as he landed safely, my husband Doo and I immediately concocted a crazy scheme to take the rest of our crew over there for the holidays, but with COVID-19, we figured it wouldn’t actually amount to anything more than several wasted hours on Expedia. But as travel reopened and we realized this would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our six-pack, we decided to go for it. Can we afford it? No. Am I confident it won’t get shut down at the last minute?

Absolutely not. But might this be the most memorable December ever? Oui! A thousand ouis!

So, we’ve ditched the live Douglas fir, all presents and most decorations. Our focus has been on rounding up proper walking shoes, warm coats and vaccination passports. We’ve secured two Airbnbs, booked tickets for the Eiffel Tower and are praying that we experience neither a “Home Alone” “Kevin!” scene nor an emergency mandatory quarantine, although if we had to get stuck in a foreign country, we could do worse than one known for red wine, stinky cheese and croissants sent from heaven.

Regardless of what transpires, I can’t wait to share what will certainly be an extraordinary adventure. Wish me bonne chance! Peace out.

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

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Apple standards, you need to “stand and Recently, we were shopping in a boutique move at least one minute, 12 different hours on Mass Ave in Indy. As soon as we walked in the day for a week.” I had to read that in, I sat down. After we left, Mary Ellen said, directive several times to understand it.

“When I saw you do that, I thought, oh, dear, I found all kinds of advice online about frail and 100 years old.” how to cheat the watch. One guy admitted “Well, that’s pretty mean, Mary Ellen.” flapping his arms like a bird before he went “No, not you. The chair was a hundred to bed to fool the watch, so it registered a years old. We were in an antique store.” higher standing time. I tried that one night What’s ironic is that sometimes I stand so I could show Mary Ellen on my watch when I should sit. I never sit to eat lunch; I that I had made some improvement. She stand over the kitchen sink and snarf down caught me flapping. a sandwich. Who has time to walk over to Now, she no longer tells me not to sit. the table? Sometimes, I just nibble from the She tells me not to roost. shelves in the fridge, but only when Mary

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COVID cases rise; omicron poses questions for researchers After a temporary plateau in COVID-19 cases, Indiana has seen an uptick in recent weeks as concerns about the new PANDEMIC omicron variant grow.

On Oct. 23, the Indiana State Dept. of Health reported the state’s seven-day moving case average was 1,591 cases. One month later, on Nov. 23, the seven-day moving average had more than doubled to 3,206 cases, according to the ISDH, and the effects were being felt by local health care networks. The ISDH reported 2,012 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Indiana hospitals as of Nov. 28.

Dr. Rocky Singh, chief medical officer for IU Health’s Indianapolis Suburban Region, said hospitalizations have increased across IU Health’s system.

“Hospitalizations per 100,000 residents have increased to 24 per 100,000 residents, which is a 30 percent increase in the state of Indiana,” Singh said Nov. 30.

As of the morning of Nov. 30, Singh said IU Health had 328 COVID-19 patients across its hospital system. At the peak of the pandemic, IU Health had more than 500 patients in its hospitals.

“We are seeing some hot spots across IU Health’s system, especially our downtown hospital. (IU Health Methodist Hospital), has 77 COVID patients by itself, so there have been some spikes,” Singh said.

A new variant, omicron, has been labeled by the World Health Organization a “variant of concern” that poses a “very high” global risk. It was detected for the first time in the U.S. last week.

Singh, who encourages vaccinations, said it will take researchers time to figure out what threat the variant poses.

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Zionsville residents gathered Nov. 28 to celebrate the lighting of the Zionsville Town Christmas Tree on Main Street. The event coincided with the chamber’s Small Business Saturday initiative to hand out free tote bags to shoppers and the Christmas parade. Above, Zionsville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Allyson Gutwein and Santa prepare to light the tree. (Photo courtesy of Tell the Story Photography)

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BEEF & BOARDS “A Beef & Boards Christmas” runs through Dec. 23 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

MUD CREEK PLAYERS Mud Creek Players will present “A Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon” through Dec. 11 at Mud Creek Theater, 9750 E. 86th St., Indianapolis.

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The cast of “White Christmas” gathers on stage at Westfield Playhouse. (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

‘White Christmas’ to finally arrive for Westfield Playhouse audiences

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Andrea Odle has been dreaming of directing “White Christmas” for some time.

“I had this picked out MUSICAL about 2 1/2 years ago and then COVID delayed it,” Odle said of the musical originally scheduled for a Westfield Playhouse run in December 2020.

The Noblesville resident is directing Main Street Productions’ presentation of “White Christmas” from Dec. 9 to 19 at the Westfield Playhouse.

“We’re just polishing at this point, and we have four sold-out shows already,” Odle said. “It will probably be a sellout run before we open. It’s a timeless classic. The play is a little different from the movie.

There are some different characters involved. The show is still about Bob Wallace and Phil Davis putting on a show in a barn to help the General.”

Noblesville resident John Parks Whitaker, who plays Bob Wallace, is performing at Westfield Playhouse for the first time.

“I didn’t really know about it,” Whitaker said of the musical. “‘White Christmas’ is a part of a ton of family traditions, but it really wasn’t one of ours. Even beyond

that, the show is different from the movie.

Even what I did know of the movie, I was surprised how different the music was.”

Whitaker said performing “Blue Skies” in the first act is a huge dance number and lots of fun.

One big difference in the musical from the 1954 movie is, Wallace was played by Bing Crosby, a baritone singer. In the musical production, Wallace is a high tenor.

“So, there is no Bing in me at all,” Whitaker said.

Noblesville resident Katherine Conrad plays Betty Haynes.

“I’ve always loved the song ‘Sisters.’ My mom would sing it around the house when I was little,” Conrad said. “That attracted me to the show, the possibility of singing that. But I haven’t even gotten through the whole movie.”

Along with “Sisters,” which pays homage to the movie scene with the blue-feathered fans, Conrad said she enjoys singing “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun.” “I love how it sounds,” she said.

Westfield resident Sarah Seyfried is cast as Judy Haynes.

“I actually own the DVD of ‘White Christmas.’ One of my parents gave it to me a few years ago and I still haven’t watched it,” she said.

Her favorite number is “I Love a Piano.”

“I learned to tap dance this summer, so trying that out as been really fun,” Seyfried said. “This is my first production since high school in Bloomington.”

Logan Laflin, who moved to Carmel in February from Michigan, plays Phil Davis.

Unlike the other lead performers, Laflin said he grew up watching the movie.

“It was a favorite movie of my mom and grandmother on both sides,” Laflin said. “My mom and her sister are close, so they would always sing ’Sisters’ to each other. It’s their ring tones for each other. I watched the movie several times growing up.”

Laflin said one of the main numbers is “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing.”

“I get to sing for about a third of the song, and it’s all dancing from there,” Laflin said.

Laflin displays his tap dancing skills during “I Love a Piano” as well.

“I love big shows, and Christmas shows are always fun,” he said. “I saw the audition and I was champing at the bit to come out.”

Thursday, Friday, Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows are at 2:30 p.m. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

Civic Theatre presents “A Charlie Brown Christmas” through Dec. 18 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Civic Theatre’s production of “Elf” runs through Dec. 24 at The Tarkington. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Christmas with the King’s Singers is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The AES Indiana Yuletide Celebration runs through Dec. 23 at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit indianapolissymphony.org.

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King’s Singers set for show

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Julian Gregory always looks forward to Christmas concerts with his British a cappella group, The King’s CONCERT Singers.

“Musically, it’s lovely to sing those really familiar songs we’ve sung with our families and in choirs,” he said.

“It’s also a warm, fuzzy feel when you’re full of pumpkin spice lattes from the shop.”

The King’s Singers will appear at 7 p.m.

Dec. 12 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“We love our Christmas season,” Gregory said. “We bring with us the traditional carols.

We love the variety we can sing at Christmas, whether it’s carols from the 16th century, which they would have sung in churches, or whether it’s carols we still sing in church today or around the piano in our homes after a few glasses of wine. We also have carols from other parts of Europe and different languages. That’s always fun to sing.”

Gregory said the group recently released its latest album, which has Christmas carols.

The King’s Singers will perform Dec. 12 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of The King’s Singers)

“We’ll be singing songs from that new album,” he said.

Gregory, a tenor, has been with The King’s Singers since September 2014.

“It’s a full-time job,” Gregory said. “There are normally 120 concerts every year across America, Europe and Asia, and we get down to South America. We even get to South Africa once (every) few years.”

After being inactive during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gregory said the group began touring full time in September.

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Dave Koz will perform at the Palladium Dec. 11. (Photo courtesy of the Center for the Performing Arts)

Koz & Friends Christmas Tour to land at Palladium

By Alan Sculley editorial@youarecurrent.com Back in fall 2019, as Dave Koz was readying himself to do his annual holiday tour, he was having thoughts PERFORMANCE about making an ambitious new album.

“In the beginning, the idea was to make like a double album or maybe a double EP that would reflect a little bit about where I’d been and then where I’d like to go,” Koz said. “I remember even ‘Yesterday and Today’ was the working title of that.”

Within a few months, the pandemic hit and turned everything upside down, including Koz’s plans for a double album. But Koz, who has always been one of the busier artists in music, didn’t let the unexpected interruption keep him from being productive.

As a result, this fall Koz had two new albums under his belt as he launched the 24th edition of his “Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour.” Koz and Friends will appear at 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The first of those albums, “A New Day,” arrived in October 2020, and it’s Koz’s first album of original non-holiday music in a decade. To an extent, it follows through on the idea of making an album that stays true to the musical style of the 10 non-holiday studio albums Koz has released since 1990 — all of which have gone at least top five on the

contemporary jazz chart. Like his previous albums, “A New Day” is largely in the instrumental R&B-accented smooth jazz realm.

The pandemic, though, did influence the upbeat feel of the music for “A New Day.” Koz found that music helped him cope with the pandemic and he decided he should try to bring some musical happiness to his fans.

One issue, though, was how Koz would be able to work with his co-writers and musicians when they couldn’t get together in person. To his surprise, Koz found working virtually using the internet was a viable way to get things done. “(The album) was amazingly easy to make because everybody was home (and available),” Koz said. “I would have loved to have gotten together with people and written in person. But in this situation, it had to be what it had to be. So, these guys would send me fragments of songs, maybe like a verse, chorus, saying what do you think of this? Either I would hear something immediately or not.”

Koz didn’t have that issue with writing for the second album, “The Golden Hour.”

The pandemic delayed recording sessions for several months, but in September 2020, Koz, Wong, the musicians and crew convened and recorded “The Golden Hour” in three days.

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have been dancing 15-plus years,” Brazus said. “So, for something like that to completely stop after all the hours they have It’s a historic year for Ballet Theatre of put in all these years will be a hard thing Carmel Academy as six of the featured for them when they graduate.” dancers in Hannah agrees.

BALLET “The Nut“This ‘Nutcracker’ is uncracker” deniably bittersweet, as I production are high am both extremely excited school seniors and will be to be playing the lead role graduating and leaving of Clara and heartbroken the troupe. to leave behind this magThe BTCA will present ical Christmas tradition,” Brazus Brame “The Nutcracker” at 2 and Hannah said.

7:30 p.m. Dec 18 and 19 at the Star But for now, Hannah and the Bank Performing Arts Center in other dancers are immersed in the Zionsville. world of Clara and ‘The Nutcracker.’

“As far as I know, they have They will dance in all four shows never had that many graduating but portray different characters in seniors, and this group is very each production. tight knit and (are) all very good “It is almost always double cast, TerBush friends who try to support each so it allows the girls more opportuother,” said Lisa Brazus, marketing volunnity to have different roles and learn differteer at BTCA. “In a studio of teenage girls, ent dance techniques,” Brazus said. that is not normal. It really is a very unique “The Nutcracker” is always a popular situation, and they don’t know how lucky production for BTCA. they are.”

“I think a lot has to do with tradition, so Brazus’ daughter, Hannah, is among the when it comes to the holidays, everyone six seniors. Hannah, Elizabeth Brame and wants to see it,” Brazus said. “And it’s the Cora Maine attend Westfield High School. fantasy of it all, especially at ChristmasThe other seniors are Riley TerBush, Carmel time. Little girls get excited because they High School; Olivia “Liv” Weintraut, Brebeuf get to see princesses and fairies, and it’s Jesuit Preparatory High School; and Caitlin just magical and special.”

Connolly, Heritage Christian School. WeinBesides the live performances, BTCA traunt is a Zionsville resident and Connolly will offer a recorded version of the Dec. is from Carmel.

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Brown County Music Center in Nashville. (Photos by Don Knebel)

A visit to historic Nashville Commentary by Don Knebel About 350 million years ago, a shallow inland lake covered most of southern Indiana.

Over time, sediment created TRAVEL layers of soft rock, eventually lifted by tectonic forces and eroded by flowing waters to fashion hills and valleys. Glaciers stopped just north of what is now Brown County, leaving it probably the most picturesque county in Indiana, with deep ravines and tree-covered hills.

In 1836, European settlers founded the town of Jacksonburg as the Brown County seat. With a population of 270, the town was incorporated as Nashville in 1872.

Artists from across the U.S. began coming to the area after nationally acclaimed impressionist painter T. C. Steele made his home on a remote hilltop south of Nashville in 1907. In 1929, Brown County State Park opened near Nashville.

Today, Brown County State Park’s 16,000 acres and miles of trails attract about 1.3 million visitors each year, many coming in the fall when the colors are the most spectacular and entering through a covered wooden bridge. Nearby Nashville, with a population of about 1,000, features more than 100 shops and tourist attractions.

The Brown County Courthouse, built in the 1870s, is a nationally registered historic landmark, as is the F. P. Taggart Department Store Building, now housing the Hob Nob Corner Restaurant, a favorite of locals. The Brown County Music Center, southeast of town along Salt Creek, opened Aug. 24, 2019, with a soldout performance by Vince Gill.

The county built the 2,000-seat facility at a cost of $12.5 million to replace the famous Nashville Opry, destroyed by fire in 2009, that once attracted country music lovers from across the U.S. Willie Nelson is sched-

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uled to appear at the center on April 25, 2022, as a part of his farewell tour, with a handful of remaining tickets going for more than $500 each.

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Today I’d like to take a look at ananyms and anadromes. Ananyms are backward names while anadromes are backward words.

GRAMMAR GUY An ananym is a pseudonym (or false name) using a real name written with the letters arranged in reverse order. It comes from the greek “ana-” (back) and “-nym” (name). For instance, if the CIA hired me, my code name could be “Sitruc.” No one would ever guess it was me.

Plenty of American town names got their names from reversing the letters of the town’s founder or the name of another prominent resident. These include Nedrow (Worden), N.Y.; Mahned (Denham), Miss.; and Remlap (Palmer), Ala. Of course, not all ananyms are town names. Famously, Oprah Winfrey’s production company is called Harpo. In the multiple vampire sagas (the movie “Son of Dracula,” the video game “Castlevania” and the manga series “Hellsing,” to name a few), we see characters named “Alucard,” which is an ananym for “Dracula.” The

closest ananym to my heart is “Seltaeb,” a merchandising company founded in 1963 to protect licensing and trademarking products depicting The Beatles.

We get the word anadrom from the Greek “ana-” (back) and “-drome” (course or road). For instance, “stressed” and “desserts” are anadromes of each other.

The same goes with “drawer” and “reward”; “diaper” and “repaid”; “deliver” and “reviled”; and “nametag” and “gateman.”

When it comes to town names, anadromes are all over the place. The town of Nolem, Fla., was named as such because “Nolem” is “Melon” spelled backward. Does the town grow tons of melons? Let’s call it Nolem! We also see this naming technique in the towns of Ekal (lake), Fla.; Enola (alone), S.C.; Ragic (cigar), Ore.; Tesnus (sunset), Texas; and my personal favorite, Rotavele (elevator), Calif.

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