December 10, 2019 — Zionsville

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Supporters seek to restart Young Life club at ZCHS / P17

Company buys farmer Lids headquarter / P3

Woman helps visually impaired / P5

New brewery coming soon / P7

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Insurance company buys former Lids headquarters

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com An Indiana-based insurance holding company announced Dec. 3 that it has purchased the EXPANSION former Lids Sports Group headquarters building at Creekside Corporate Park.

Group 1001’s acquisition will allow the company to expand beyond its Indianapolis headquarters into the new 150,000-square-foot space.

“I am proud Group1001 selected Zionsville as the location to expand their operations,” Zionsville Mayor Tim Haak stated. “As a reputable Indiana company that’s not just known for sponsoring the Indy 500, but also for supporting local youth and communities through sports and education, we’re both excited and pleased to welcome them to Zionsville.”

Lids Sports Group, the athletic headwear company that previously occupied the building, was sold by its parent company, Genesco, to FanzzLids Holdings, a holding firm operated by an affiliate of Ames Watson Capital, for $100 million cash in February. Shortly thereafter, Lids moved its headquarters to Indianapolis.

The building purchase closed on Nov. 12, according to the town. The building will be renovated in the first and second quarters of 2020 to accommodate the company’s needs, with occupancy expected by the end of 2020.

Through its subsidiaries, Group1001 provides protection and wealth accumulation products, such as annuities, life insurance and property and casualty insurance.

At the Dec. 2 Zionsville Town Hall meeting, council members voted to amend a 10-year tax abatement, a temporary reduction or elimination in property taxes, given to Lids Sports Group, forwarding the remaining years on the tax abatement to Group1001.

After the building was vacated and sold, Group1001 officials asked for the remaining years in the tax abatement to be transferred to the company. The

Group1001 now owns the Creekside Corporate Park building that was formerly Lids Sports Group’s headquarters. (Photo

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abatement, put in place in 2014, is set to expire in 2024, town officials said.

Three years have been realized to date, and Group1001 will see the final seven years realized after the council’s decision.

According to Chad Sweeney, senior principal at Genovus who served as a Group1001 legal representative at the meeting, the aggregate payroll of Group1001 employees at the location will be higher than Lids, but with fewer employees. He said an estimated 200 employees will work at the site by the end of 2021. Lids formerly employed 450 at the same location.

The total assessed value of the building is $15 million, according to Sweeney. He said the total taxes payable will be “roughly $300,000 a year.”

“This expansion speaks to the hard work of our employees and our commitment to grow in Indiana,” Group1001 Chief Executive Officer Dan Towriss stated. “This purchase is an investment in our business and in the community of Zionsville. We’re proud to expand our presence to this great town to establish space for current and future growth.”

Group1001 partners with nonprofit organizations such as the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Fields & Futures and DC Scores to make direct investments in at-risk communities. Its goal is to renovate distressed and outdated sports facilities to provide children with safe, nurturing areas to learn and develop.

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DISPATCHES Christmas in the Village Family Saturday — Snowflake Seek-andFind. Parents and children can search for snowflakes at local businesses, restaurants, and galleries. Santa will be at the Santa House presented by F.C. Tucker - Zionsville from 12:30- 3:00 p.m. at the corner of Main and Cedar Street on Dec. 14. Victorian Carolers will stroll the streets.

And horse-drawn wagon rides throughout the village will be presented by Hurst Beans from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Board the wagon at 106 N Main Street.

Chili Cook Off and Army vs. Navy Football Party — On Dec. 14, the Zionsville American Legion Post 79, 9950 E. 600 S. will host an annual chili cook off and football fun when the Army Black Knights take on the Navy Midshipmen. Chili entries must be at the post by noon. Judging begins at 1 p.m. Allyou-can-eat chili starts at 2 p.m. for $5, and the game starts at 3 p.m. The first place chili will win $100 cash and bragging rights.

The event is open to the public.

For more, call 317-873 3195 or email post79@att.net.

Next town council meeting — The next Zionsville Town Council meeting will be at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 16 at Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. For more or to view the agenda, visit zionsville-in.gov.

Fairbanks joins Community — Fairbanks, which offers substance-use programs, will become part of Community Health Network by the end of 2019. The partnership will provide patients a more comprehensive approach to addiction and behavioral health services, including treatment for serious mental illness and a psychiatric intensive care unit.

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Local woman helps visually impaired find their way

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com A Zionsville woman has dedicated her time to helping visually impaired Indiana residents by matching them with a blind-leader LEADER DOG dog.

Gail Robbins, state secretary and trustee for Leader Dogs for the Blind, searches for blind and visibly impaired Indiana residents who can benefit from the nonprofit’s program. Robbins, a Zionsville Lions Club member, said she took an active role with the program as part of a statewide Lions Club initiative.

She has been to several locations throughout Indiana.

In the past few months, Logansport resident Karen Bohling was brought to Robbins’ attention through a phone call with the organization’s headquarters in Rochester, Mich. Officials wanted Robbins to see if Bohling would be interested. Not long after, the two got a chance to meet at Bohling’s Logansport home to begin the process.

“I was born blind in one eye, so I have an artificial eye,” Bohling said.

“And then I have macular degeneration in the other eye, and my vision is slowly diminishing. I’ve been aware of this all my life that it could happen, so I’m just accepting everything that’s going on and hope that I can continue to do well.”

The program includes filming the visually impaired candidate’s surroundings – their home, backyard, typical routines and routes – and attempting to match that person with a blind leader dog which best fits their gate, surroundings and daily life.

Robbins and her husband, Tom, a Leader Dogs for the Blind associate, travel to the candidate’s residence for an interview before sending them to the organization’s headquarters.

After reviewing the applicant’s information, officials request some candidates to travel to the Michigan headquarters and participate in mobility training. The visit is an ex-

Zionsville Lion Gail Robbins, left, has helped Karen Bohling match with her future leader dog. (Submitted Photo)

pense-free stay, usually for 27 days.

They receive white-cane walking training and spend uninterrupted time bonding and training with their leader dog, Robbins said.

Bohling had mobility training in November and will train for different scenarios, including shopping, crossing traffic and other situations.

Leader Dogs for the Blind started in 1939 when three Lions Club members approached a dog trainer to see if he’d help one of their blind members.

The group now matches 200 clients and leader dogs a year, partially through the efforts of Lions Club members.

“We need to help people that need help,” Robbins said. “It’s a lonely life when you’re blind. The one thing I can assure you is that every time one of these people gets these dogs, their whole life changes.”

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“How long do birds live?” my wife asked, gazing out our living room window where our front PLAIN TALK yard bird feeders were overwhelmed with more birds than we’d ever seen.

Most of them house finches and sparrows.

We’d been noticing an increase in activity for some time, and this must have been a special feast day. We watched, dumbstruck, as 30 or more birds maneuvered for a peg to perch on and a feeder slot from which to chow down.

We have only two feeders, each with four feed slots. You can see the problem here. Birds don’t make reservations. Apparently, they just show up.

“So, how long do birds live?” she asked again. I had to admit, I didn’t have a clue. A little online research yielded some startling numbers.

“Apparently, the bigger the bird, the longer they live,” I said. “The albatross lives to be 65 or more.”

“Don’t they fly thousands of miles over the ocean?” she asked. “They’d have to have longevity to do that.”

“The Arctic tern has been known to live to age 34,” I said.

“No surprise. It’s freezing up there.

Everything keeps better in the cold.”

“Great horned owls can live to be 25 or more,” I added, recalling that a few years ago we had one living in the woods behind our house.

“Didn’t it used to wake us up in the

middle of the night?” my wife asked.

A painful memory, lying awake all night wondering when the stupid bird would shut up. I nodded and continued down the list.

“Swans can live to be 25 or more,” I said, “and so can herons. Ditto redtailed hawks.”

“How about these?” she asked, pointing at the melee of feathers in our front yard. I consulted my notes.

“Ornithologists claim cardinals can reach the ripe old age of 15, robins and sparrows live to be 13 or more, and finches can make it to 11,” I said.

“That explains it,” my wife said.

“What?”

“Why we have more birds than ever before. Robins will have four babies every spring. Same with sparrows.

And finches will nest twice, sometimes three times every summer,” she added.

I did some quick calculations and whistled.

“That means the finches alone, during a three-year period, would produce 240 more finches,” I muttered in disbelief. My wife looked out the window where the feeding frenzy had now reached full throttle, and wings were flapping everywhere.

“Yeah, that seems about right,” she said.

Ward Degler lives in Zionsville with his wife. He is author of “The Dark Ages of My Youth ... and Times More Recent.” Contact him at ward.degler@gmail.com.

DISPATCHES Men’s ministry to feature Gary Brackett — The Zionsville United Methodist Church Men’s Ministry will feature former Colts player Gary Brackett at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 14 as a speaker for the Mighty Men’s Breakfast. The event is open to the public, and RSVPs are required by Dec. 10. There will be a free-will offering at the event.

Retirement open house — Zionsville Pediatrics office nurse Leslie White is retiring after 26 years of service. A retirement open house will be 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the office, 1650 West Oak St., Suite 210.

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Renovatation will begin this month on the building that will be the Corvus-Black Acre Rotisserie, Taproom and Bourbon Bar at 98 S. Main St. It is expected to open by late January or early February 2020. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

Black Acre to open new location in town

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com A new brewery will open in Zionsville in early 2020.

Renovation of a NEW BIZ former bank into what will be the Corvus-Black Acre Rotisserie, Taproom and Bourbon Bar at 98 S. Main St. will begin this month. Black Acre Brewing Company co-founder Justin Miller said he expects the location to open in late January or early February.

The bar and restaurant will occupy 2,700 square feet on the first floor of the building across from Noah Grant’s Grill House & Oyster Bar on Zionsville’s historic brick road.

The brewery will offer food, Wilderland Distillery Spirits, Black Acre’s new spirits brand, craft cocktails on tap and a selection of bourbons, in addition to 24 beers on tap.

In 2011, Miller and met a beer enthusiast in law school, where they started home brewing beer as a hobby. Miller put together what he called a joke website advertising the brews, and during their third year at law school, it snowballed into a serious business after the website stoked interest.

Black Acre Brewing Company started with a three-barrel, hand-worked brew system in a taproom in Irvington. Eventually, attempts to keep up with growing demand became overwhelming.

After several years of struggling to keep the taproom supplied, the company upgraded to a larger brew system at an offsite production facility.

Small distribution of draft followed, then cans of beer. The company’s distribution range expanded, and its beers can now be purchased throughout Indiana, in Kentucky and Europe.

Justin Miller and the other founders, his wife, Holly Miller, and Stephen Ruby, first opened a location in Irvington. Now, they are expanding to Zionsville.

“For a couple of years, we wanted to open a second brick-and-mortar tap room location,” Justin Miller said.

“In Zionsville, it clicked for us because where we are in Irvington, it kind of has a historic feel. Zionsville gave us the same thing. It felt like (it has) a great sense of community, supporting small local businesses.”

Two other distilleries, Alchemy Spirit House and Hotel Tango Whiskey, also will open in Zionsville soon.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Zionsville resident Mark Nigbur wanted to bring a cool atmosphere to town, and he’s doing so with Alchemy Spirit House, a NEW BIZ micro-distillery at 640 S. Main St. “The building will be laid out speakeasy-esque, and in the middle will be a glass wall separating the distillery from the tasting area,” Nigbur said.

“Basically, you can come to this, get on a sofa in a cool atmosphere and watch all the spirits being fermented, distilled and bottled in the building.”

Nigbur began distilling in Colorado in 2004 and has aspired for a decade to create the Alchemy Spirit House concept.

“I think it’s a good fit for any village, but Zionsville is really a perfect fit,” Nigbur said.

Nigbur plans to start distilling this month, but Indiana law requires a dis-

Mark Nigbur with his wife, Laurie Rutkowski-Nigbur, and their son, Harrison. (Submitted Photo)

tillery must be owned for 18 months before alcohol can be consumed on the premise. Although the distillery will be open, consumers won’t be able to purchase beverages on the property until 2021, but Nigbur said he would be happy to offer tours.

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Children Ages 5 to 12 were joined by TheraPets of Indiana dogs for reading and other activities. (Photos by Jarred Meeks)

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Gietl arrived at her office Nov. 26 and told her staff she wanted to thank charities that have served Boone County and the foundation for several years. So, she and her staff decided to drive to 10 randomly selected local charities in the county that the foundation has worked with the past year and present them with $1,000 checks.

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Front, from left, ZCHS sophomores Riley McCooey and Brody Towns are part of group that hopes to bring Young Life back to the Zionsville. Back, from left, Young Life Park Tudor/Brebeuf Jesuit club members Austin Yates, Kendall Martin, volunteer leader Zach Fontaine and club member Claire Shank. Yates, Martin and Shank are from Zionsville. (Photo

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Mike McCooey is a huge proponent of the benefits of Young Life.

“We are trying to reach every kid everywhere, for eternity is the verbiage they COVER STORY use a lot,” McCooey said. “It’s an incredibly successful, very dynamic ministry when it’s in full force. I feel it’s a great option for our kids. It’s one that should be in Zionsville, without a doubt.”

McCooey was one of the original people involved with starting a Young Life club in Zionsville approximately 15 years ago. Young Life’s mission is introducing children to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. It is often accomplished through games and skill-building experiences.

The club has been on hiatus at Zionsville Community High School since the fall of 2018, but it is in the process of restarting for the 2020-21 school year.

“It was due to waning financial support,” committee member Nick Abel said of the hiatus. “Participation did decrease the last few years.”

Young Life is completely funded through community efforts, Abel said.

McCooey and his wife, Renae, are on the committee as well. McCooey’s oldest daughter, Reagan, a ZCHS senior, previously was involved in Young Life.

And his younger daughter, Riley, is a ZCHS sophomore who has been attending a group with Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory and Park Tudor students.

McCooey, who was involved in Young Life while growing up in Bethlehem, Pa., said one of the issues facing the club was a loss of leadership.

Newt Crenshaw, who helped start the Young Life club in Zionsville with McCooey, left to become president of Young Life, headquartered in Colorado

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From left, Adam Blake, Angie Blake, Nick Abel, Mike McCooey, Renae McCooey, Jennifer Baker and Clinton Baker want to restart the Young Life club at Zionsville Community High School for the 2020-21 school year.

Springs, Colo., in 2016. Crenshaw was a committee chair and a charismatic leader, McCooey said.

“When he left, a lot of our donors didn’t leave Young Life, they went on to donate to big national or international organizations like Young Life Nicaragua,” McCooey said.

In addition, McCooey said similarly charismatic leader Andy Miller left his position with Young Life as area director as he and his wife, Darcy, moved on to the next phase of their lives with their young children.

Those two factors, along with other key donors’ children graduating, created challenges.

“So, we were in a little bit of a slump, but it’s picking back up,” McCooey said. “We’re looking at adding new donors, new leaders and adding part-time staff.

We’re very confident we’ll get it restarted.”

Abel is convinced participation will increase.

“We have committee members who have been waiting, and now their kids are in that sweet spot in high school,” Abel said. “Like me, they started before their kids were in high school. I think the interest is out there, and, even more than interest, I think there is a need.”

Abel was involved in Young Life in high school in Iowa and was a volunteer leader after college. He

has been on the ZCHS committee for five years.

“I’ve taken my family to Young Life family camp four times,” he said.

Abel said some of the magic in Young Life is the relationship the leader forms with the kids in their own community.

“So, our kids are getting a good experience going to club meetings (outside ZCHS) and having fun, but we are lacking those leaders in Zionsville that come into their lives,” Abel said.

Abel’s daughter, Nina, is a Zionsville West Middle School eighth-grader and is excited about joining a ZCHS chapter in the 2020-21 school year.

Club provides relaxed atmosphere

ZCHS sophomore Brody Towns took his first visit to Young Life in November, joining a group that included Park Tudor and Brebeuf Jesuit students.

“Everyone was very friendly,” Towns said. ”It’s fun and engaging. They find ways to have fun and connect it all together with the Bible.”

Towns said he is excited about a club restarting at ZCHS. “It would mean that I won’t have to travel as far and it would mean more familiar faces,” he said. “It would give others in Zionsville who maybe didn’t know about Young Life an opportunity to try it out.”

Riley McCooey also looks forward to the club’s return.

“I think it’s important. Every kid needs to know the Lord,” she said. “Kids have a lot of pressure. It’s nice to go to a place that is stress-free. Most club meetings, you sing and dance and dress up. It’s like a pressure-free youth group where they don’t pressure you about it.”

Riley attended WyldLife meetings, Young Life’s ministry for middle school students, when she was at Zionsville Middle School.

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Perpetual celebration

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Commentary by Terry Anker The leftovers are gone. The turkey bones have been boiled and the resulting soup was enjoyed. Soon, the decorations will be hung by the chimney with care. Our sights set on the coming holidays, and then the new year, distract us from the impending threat of winter.

Sparkling lights, abundant food and the closest friends and family all align to help us wrangle some deep-seated, primal fear about the hunger and isolation triggered by the frosty nights.

Still, doesn’t it all seem most harsh weeks past the solstice in the waning days of January? The festoons are packed neatly away, back in the attic awaiting next year.

Guests have gone home. And we are focused on bringing our waistlines back into pre-holiday circumferences. But, the days remain short, cold and blustery. Don’t we need each other much more after the fun is over?

Even the bitter and unrepentant Ebenezer Scrooge learning the depth of his error was heard to exclaim, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” He could have sent a goose to the Cratchits, donated a few bucks and settled in to enjoy the 19th-century London equivalent of holiday football games. Instead, he vowed to play the long game. As family clears out for another year, can we make the same declaration?

If not, have we missed the point of the whole thing?

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

A holiday survival guide Commentary by Danielle Wilson All right, people. Here’s my plan for surviving the holidays. Feel free to adopt, share or reject HUMOR outright. I really don’t care.

Because that’s my mantra as I wade through the next few sugar-filled, sleep-depriving, financially and emotionally draining weeks. It won’t be all bad, true. Who doesn’t love a season that embraces 1970s claymation, egg nog and ugly sweaters? But I’ve learned through the years that December can become your worst nightmare if you don’t prepare properly. The key? Don’t get too invested. In anything. You’ll only be setting yourself up for disappointment and alcoholism. So, here you go.

You’re welcome.

1. Just say no. “No, I can’t make it to the office party.” “No, I won’t be participating in Secret Santa.” And, “No, I’m not driving you, my darling daughter, to ice skating, Yogurtz, Castleton and then to Emily’s.” Borrow from the Mothers-of-Twins handbook: Just say no!

2. Expect the worst. The almighty flu will smite your house, and the 12-foot fir, laden with antique glass ornaments, will topple. If you expect high levels of chaos and stress, you’ll either be well-prepared when it hits or pleasantly surprised that you survived unscathed. Win-win.

3. Schedule “me time.” In this season of gift-giving, don’t forget to love yourself! Take 20 minutes after your fifth Meijer run to play solitaire. Lock yourself in the bathroom for an afternoon of “The Crown.” Have a second cranappletini with your gal pal. You can’t successfully navigate choppy Yuletide waters if your mental compass is perpetually pointing south.

Ignore the guilt, recite the mantra and practice self-care.

Good luck, friends. See you on the other side.

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist.

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Editor, I am outraged that as Donald Trump continues to act with impunity, the GOP is continuing to shield him from the consequences of his actions. It’s time for Republican representatives – mine, included – to stand up for the rule of law and support impeachment.

Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election demonstrate that he is a danger to our democracy and the security of our elections. Thanks to whistleblower complaints, information released by the White House and the testimony of more than half a dozen witnesses, we have proof that Trump withheld military aid to coerce the president of Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election.

No American is above the law, especially the president. I believe Congress has no choice but to draft articles of impeachment and vote to impeach Donald Trump.

Democrats are bravely standing up for the rule of law and our democracy. It’s not too late for Republican representatives to do the same.

Steve Leyndyke, Carmel

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Weekend segments: A year in review Commentary by Dick Wolfsie I’d like to celebrate some of the special people I interviewed while doing my weekend segHUMOR ments on WISH-TV in 2019.

Gregg Bell is 90 and still practices dentistry and is director of that department at Logansport State Hospital. But wait, there’s more! In 1953, Bell won the Olympic gold medal in long jumping in Melbourne, Australia.

When I interviewed him, I asked him to show me the 26-foot, 5.2-inch distance that won him first place. He eyeballed the floor and walked it off within a quarter of an inch.

At the age of 18, Carmel resident Ashton Gleckman wrote, filmed, edited and produced an incredible documentary about Holocaust survivors that was featured this year at the Heartland Film Festival. He learned to do all this from YouTube videos. Not to brag, but I learned from YouTube how to use dental floss to get a stuck

ring off my stubby finger.

Senior pickleball player Ralph Fowler is the star of the Monon Center pickleball league, and I was there with TV cameras to surprise him for his 90th birthday. He plays every bit as well as people half his age. He beat me in a game. I’m sure I could have beaten him if there had been a rematch, but I was too tired to play again.

Lonnie Bedwell lost his vision in 1997 when his best friend accidentally shot him during a hunting trip. The story of his adventures while blind include kayaking down the Colorado River, climbing to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro and skiing down the world’s most challenging slopes. “I wish I had my sight back,” Lonnie said during our interview, “but I wouldn’t trade the last 23 years for anything.”

Kenny Sailors died in 2016. He was credited as the player who introduced the jump shot to basketball in the 1930s. I interviewed Jake Hamilton, who produced a biographical film about Kenny Sailors. Kenny is not in

the Basketball Hall of Fame, but he should be. The documentary should give him a better shot, just like he gave basketball.

Dr. Richard Moss, author of “A Surgeon’s Odyssey,” tells the story of how he (a Jasper head and neck surgeon) traveled across Asia, with extended stops in Bangkok, Nepal and Bangladesh to treat the locals, operating on people with almost unspeakable deformities. Stymied by limited resources and the challenges of diverse cultures, his story deserves a full documentary feature film, not just a 10-minute interview with me.

These stories and more are available on the WISH-TV website or can be Googled with my name, along with the guest’s name.

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By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Zion Nature Center will offer two additional toddler programs for children in 2020.

Starting in January, NATURE the nature center, at 690 Beech St., will offer a Knee-High Naturalist program for children ages 3 to 5. They will explore the outdoors with binoculars and magnifying glasses with the help of nature center employees.

The program complements the Mommy and Me program, which the center has offered for the last two years for children ages 1 to 3.

The Mommy and Me program, which also is open to fathers, grandparents and other family members, gives families the opportunity to expose toddlers to nature. Nature center employees accompany the children to outdoor activity stations, where children can decide what they want to investigate and when they want to move on. The center also provides indoor activities during bad weather.

Toddler Trek, another program to be added in January, is for children ages 6 and under. Nature center employees will lead a hike through a park, providing information along the way, rain or shine.

To participate in the programs, parents can register at zionsville-in.gov/ activities. Registration for the KneeHigh Naturalist and Mommy and Me programs will open the first of each month, starting at 8 a.m. Space is limited, so residents are encouraged to register early.

“Children, they need time to be

Audrey Murdock learns about nature at one of the Zion Nature Center’s programs for children. (Submitted photo.)

outside,” Zion Nature Center Park Naturalist Mindy Murdock said. “They need time for unstructured play. And, of course, we all need to go outside.

Nature is just as important for adults as it is for kids. Everyone knows that if you go out for a walk, you feel a little bit better afterwards.”

By focusing on creating programs for children, the nature center is able to attract children and parents and can to impress upon children the importance of nature at a key point in their development, Murdock said.

“Any parent would tell you, with their child, that from one day to the next or a week later, the things they learn, the things they can do changes almost daily,” Murdock said. “And so, that’s really a great time to expose them to this and make sure we are reaching all the different milestones that they need. This is the perfect way to do it. What kid doesn’t want to go out and explore, stomp in puddles or check out a butterfly or a flower?”

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From left, John McDowell, Tim Wright and Tom Wright of The Wright Brothers will perform with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. (Submitted photo)

This will be a first for Actors Theatre of Indiana.

“We sing a lot at Christmas songs but we have never done a Christmas fundraiser for ATI,” co-founder Judy Fitzgerald said.

The Donatello’s Holiday Celebration with ATI is set for 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at Donatello’s Italian Restaurant, 9 W. Main St., Carmel.

Fitzgerald will be joined by fellow co-founder Cynthia Collins and Eric Olsen. Pianist Nathan Perry will accompany the singers.

“Santa will be there and we’ll do three sets of songs,” Fitzgerald said.

A silent auction will be offered that includes items from Holder Mattress and Rusted Window.

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Indianapolis singer Sarah Scharperformances together,” Hymes brough is another special guest. said. “They’ve been around for “She is a jazz singer and (nearly) 50 years and they’re has a fantastic following,” looking at slowing things Hymes said. “She is a really down. It’s been a long time soulful singer. We are arand they are all doing differranging some music for her ent things. They sing some to sing.” arrangements that they had Scharbrough will be arranged for an orchestra joined by her bass and guithat they did many years Scharbrough tar players and a drummer. ago.”

“That’s going to be exciting to The Wright Brothers feature Tom have her band performing with the and Tim Wright and John McDowell. orchestra,” Hymes said. “She is goThe group formed in 1972. ing to be doing some great music.

“We really like the idea of collabShe is singing ‘Santa Claus is Comoration. We are working with other ing to Town,’ ‘Come All Ye Faithful’ artists and other organizations,” and a piece she wrote called ‘Shine’ Hymes said. “It’s a way to increase with the Ambassadors. There is a audiences and create something real mix of music.” new for the community.”

The Wright Brothers also will perCSO will join Actors Theatre of Inform with the CSO. Hymes said she diana for a production of “Sweeney worked with the band for the Pedcor Todd” Feb. 21-22 at the Palladium.

Pops “Salute to Heroes” concert in The performances run two hours January. with an intermission. For more, visit “This might be one of their last carmelsymphony.org.

Noblesville — Whitestown-based Village Dance Studio, in partnership with the LIFT program at Grace Church in Noblesville, will present excerpts from “The Nutcracker,” a holiday classic ballet.

Performances are at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Dec. 15 at Grace Church.

Fishers — Circle City Ringers will perform a free handbell concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at Crossroads Community Church, 14885 Southeastern Parkway.

Carmel — The AAA Insurance Carmel Holiday PorchFest is set for 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 14. The free event is held between 3rd Street and 5th Street downtown. There will be a cappella performance and free s’mores roasting stations. Vendors will sell warm beverages and snacks.

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel Symphony Orchestra Music Director Janna Hymes began a mission to make the MUSIC traditional holiday concerts more pops-oriented last year.

“It’s fun for everybody,” Hymes said. “We want everyone to have a great time and get into the holiday spirit. We know there is a lot going on and people are inundated with things to do at the holidays, but this is pretty fun, and then you walk outside and the Christkndlmarkt is going on.

“It’s a great time of the year at the Palladium, and the show is very festive.”

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops concerts are set for 3 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The afternoon show is geared toward children with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

“I decided to bring in a mix of local talent, and I think it’s going to be fantastic,” Hymes said. “It’s really a concert that we really enjoy playing.

It’s so different from what we do with our masterworks. In fact, we are looking at increasing our pops offerings. We know the community really likes those concerts.”

Carmel High School’s Ambassadors, the mixed show choir, will perform.

“I haven’t worked with them before, so I think it’s really going to be fun to bring them to the Palladium because they are just so beloved by the community,” Hymes said.

“They are great singers. They are doing some fantastic music. One is a cappella and the rest is with the orchestra.”

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Koz’s Christmas show Dec. 15

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The concept for Dave Koz’s annual Christmas show started during an interview he was doing CONCERT with his good friend, pianist David Benoit, on Koz’s radio program.

“He had just lost his mother and I had lost my father, and he said, ‘What are we going to do for the holidays?

Maybe we should go out and play some music,’” Koz said.

They did, and Koz has been doing it ever since. Benoit has joined him on several tours.

“This is year No. 22, which is very unbelievable for me because I never would have thought it would go on this long,” Koz said. “It’s a tribute to the fact that people love holiday music. I love holiday music and we love putting together these shows.”

“Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour” is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Palladium at the Center for the

Dave Koz will bring his annual Christmas tour to the Palladium at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 (Submitted photo)

Performing Arts in Carmel. Joining saxophonist and bandleader Koz are singer/songwriters Jonathan Butler and Melissa Manchester, saxophonist Michael Lington and special guest Chris Walker, a singer/songwriter.

Koz’s recent album, “Gifts of the Season,” features all artists on the tour.

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Children’s Choir in demand

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

The Indianapolis Children’s Choir is in the midst of its busiest time of the year.

HOLIDAYS The year was made even busier with Thanksgiving coming so late.

“We’re highly in demand,” ICC Artistic Director Joshua Pedde said.

The holiday performances include Dec. 13-14 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Pedde Church, 100 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. Angels Sing, featuring the most advanced choirs, will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 13-14; “Celebrate the Season” will be performed at 12:30 p.m.

Dec. 14; and the “Sounds of the Seasons” concert is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 14.

The theme is music from movies.

“We spent some time researching all the holiday music we find in dif-

ferent movies,” said Pedde, a Carmel resident. “Even as background music, ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ has ‘Jingle Bells as a background song. There is a lot of research.”

The ICC serves approximately 5,500 children, including a large group from Hamilton County.

Erin Mayer has two children, Katie and James Mayer, in the ICC. “As a parent, I have really enjoyed the fact that she has become a better singer and grown in confidence over the Katie Mayer years that she has been involved in ICC,” Erin Mayer said.

Katie, a Carmel High School freshman, said the best part of her experience with the ICC was her trip to Europe last summer. She sailed down the Danube River on a river boat cruise for several days and got to visit Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany.

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exciting to work with everyone,� Hogan said. “It’s such a combined effort.

Snow Queen is my favorite. It’s a pas “The Nutcracker� has a special (ballet step) that goes to a solo. I get meaning for Alaina Hogan. to do both on stage. I dance “‘Nutcracker’ with the snow choral as well.�

DANCE has always been This is Hogan’s first “Nuta huge part of my cracker� performance with life,� Hogan said. “I’ve done the academy. two other different producNatalie Heinemeyer, a hotions of it, so it’s really cool meschooled Westfield junior, to integrate. Each ‘Nutcracker’ plays Sugar Plum Fairy for Heinemeyer is different, and this one is the second consecutive year. definitely based on the story and Heinemeyer has attended Ballet Themagic of it all.� atre of Carmel Academy since 2013.

Ballet Theatre of Carmel Academy Ella Dyer, an eighth-grader at will present “The Nutcracker� at 7:30 Carmel’s Clay Middle School, and p.m. Dec. 14 and 2 p.m. Dec. 15 at Claire Smith, a Carmel Middle School Carmel High School’s Dale E. Graham seventh-grader, will each perform as Auditorium.

Clara in one performance.

Hogan, a homeschooled senior from Ariana Ortmann, a homeschooled Noblesville, plays Clara’s mother and senior from Greenwood, will play Snow Queen in the two performances. several roles, including the Arabian In addition, she will play Russian in soloist in one performance. one show and Dew Drop in the secLarisa Tuttle, a homeschooled seond show. nior from Indianapolis, will be making “With us having so many roles, it’s her debut as Sugar Plum Fairy.

Where’s Amy? Amy Pauszek is a photographer, film producer and scouting and casting associate for Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis. She can be reached at Amy@youarecurrent.com. To see more of her photos, visit currentnightandday.com.

Where’s Amy attends IBC’s ‘Nutcracker’ Rachel Goddard (Carmel), left, and Suzy and Chris Grifa (Westfield) attended a special presentation of the Indiana Ballet Conservatory’s “The Nutcracker� at the Palladium Nov. 24. Founding Artistic Director Alyona Yakovleva-Randall and the professional IBC faculty presented the classic Russian version for audiences of all ages to enjoy. The cast and crew delivered a wonderful production with beautiful dancing, music and holiday joy. If you missed this special presentation at the Palladium, you can catch it Dec. 14-15 at the Tobias Theater at Newfields in Indianapolis. For more, visit indianaballetconservatory.org. (Photo by Amy Pauszek)

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“A Christmas Carol,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

Beef & Boards presents its 25th production of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge.

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“Elf The Musical,” the Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

7 p.m. Dec. 12-13; 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 14; 2 p.m. Dec. 15

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“A Christmas Story,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis

The story centers on Buddy, a young orphan, who climbs into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole and raised as an elf.

Cost: $32 to $55

IRT’s production of “A Christmas Carol” will feature additional carols and all-new costumes.

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“The Nutcracker,” Indiana Ballet Conservatory, Tobias Theater, Newfields, Indianapolis

Noon Dec. 14-15

Indiana Ballet Conservatory students present the classic tale with a version closest to the original “Nutcracker” ballet.

Cost: $30 to $45 More: indianaballetconservatory.org

1 p.m. Dec. 10, 13, 17; 8 p.m. Dec. 16

The musical is based on the movie classic, set in the 1940s in a fictional Indiana town, focusing on 9-yearold Ralphie and his desire for a BB gun for Christmas.

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“A Christmas Carol,” 7 p.m. Dec. 13, 17; 1, 4 OneAmerica Stage, and 7 p.m. Dec. 14; Indiana Repertory Theatre 2 p.m. Dec. 15

Cost: $28 to $78

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Cost: $28 to $38 (A discount of $3 per ticket is available to ages 3-15) Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox’s “A Very Postmodern Christmas” is set for 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Palladium. (Submitted photo)

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: “A Very Postmodern Christmas,” the Palladium, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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“The Very Merry Xmas Carol 7:30 p.m. Dec. Holiday Adventure,” Carmel 12, 13, 14, 2:30 Community Players, The Cat, 254 p.m. Dec. 15 Veterans Way, Carmel.

A narrator’s retelling of Christmas tales unravels into an action-packed adventure when Frosty the Snowman, Scrooge and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer seek to save Christmas from a malicious force named Xmas.

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Fermenting fragments Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt

Ruins of Adobe churches in Pecos Historical Park. (Photo by Don Knebel)

Pecos Historical Park: 800 Years of History Commentary by Don Knebel Pecos National Historical Park provides an opportunity to explore the ruins of an ancient PuebTRAVEL loan village and a Civil War battlefield.

In about 1100 A.D., the Puebloans, an indigenous people living throughout the American Southwest, established a village of mud buildings 26 miles east of what is now Santa Fe, N.M. Located near the strategic Glorietta Pass, the villagers became prosperous trading with other indigenous peoples. In 1540, Spanish forces under Vasquez de Coronado discovered the village, then a five-story pueblo housing 2,000 residents, and named it “Pecos. In 1598, the Catholic Church sent a Franciscan friar to Pecos. He destroyed the circular kivas the Puebloans used for religious ceremonies and smashed their idols, creating enormous resentment. The original priest was replaced in 1621 by a more tolerant one, who convinced the residents to build a massive adobe church, by far the largest in New Mexico. In 1680, Puebloans throughout New Mexico revolted against what they considered unnecessarily harsh

Spanish rule. The residents of Pecos killed their priest, demolished the huge church and built a new kiva near the church. The Spanish fled but soon returned and built a much smaller adobe church within the site of the earlier one. In the late 18th century, Pecos began to decline from disease and Comanche raids, and by 1831 Pecos and its historic church were abandoned.

In 1965, the ruins of Pecos became part of the Pecos National Historical Park, enlarged in 1990 to include almost 7,000 acres. A trail takes visitors past the foundations of the original adobe church, the still-standing walls of its replacement and a restored stone kiva. The park also incorporates the site of the Battle of Glorietta Pass, an 1862 battle along the Santa Fe Trail that ended the Confederate campaign to separate the Union from the West.

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.

What is kombucha, anyway? I know you were already thinking about it. KomGRAMMAR GUY bucha is like the kale of liquids. Does anyone really enjoy it?

If you take a swig of this fermented swill, you’ll get a mouthful of vinegary, yeasty tea fungus.

I guess I don’t like my teas fermented in the same way I don’t like my sentences fragmented. Or do I? The grammar gods strongly advise against writing sentences in fragments. “Sentence fragments” is industry-speak for “incomplete sentences.” A complete sentence includes a verb, makes sense on its own and communicates a complete idea. After all, writing is all about communication.

Here’s an example of a sentence fragment: “Because he lives near the ocean.” If the sentence read, “He lives near the ocean,” we’d be

in good shape. However, adding “Because” to the beginning makes this fragment a dependent clause.

We need the “why” to follow the “because.”

We speak in fragments. Constantly. We use them either to express a casual style, to create rhythm in your writing or to emphasize a point.

While grammar purists will probably beg to differ, I will throw them this bone: Avoid using sentence fragments in formal writing.

If you’re writing your law dissertation, stay away from sentence fragments. However, when you are writing in a conversational, informal forum, feel free to play with the rules.

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Midwest Academy is currently seeking candidates to fill the role of a part-time one-to-one student aide.

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