December 21, 2021 — Zionsville

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Zionsville Community Schools will receive $522,538.34 in ARPA funds. (File photo)

How ZCS will spend ARPA funds

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department of education and through the advocacy of people like Dr. (Jeff) Papa here on our (school) board,and Donna Schaibley, Zionsville Community Schools Supt. Scott one of our legislators, who made calls on Robison said some school districts were our behalf, we believe some of those disgiven significant cretionary funds were freed up to PANDEMIC monies through assist us.” federal American ZCS was slated to receive Rescue Plan Act funds, but Zions$522,538.34 in ARPA funds. The disville had to lobby for a fraction of trict has identified three planned the same amount. expenditures.

“The original funding structure “We are happy that we got some specified distribution because of funding.

It assisted in some ways,” Robison Title 1 status,” Robison said of the Robison said.

ARPA funds. “Title 1 is that federal education Robison said much of the school district’s program that is supporting students of ARPA funds — $89,869.34 — will cover panpoverty, illiteracy and innumeracy. And obvi- demic-related expenses. ously, with the lowest poverty in the state, “Certainly, when we look back to the we have ceased to be identified as a Title 1 ways in which we had to ramp up our utildistrict or have Title 1 schools.” ities to do more circulation of air during Because of the district’s low poverty rate, COVID, I’d say the HVAC got an outsized ZCS was not initially earmarked for ARPA proportion of those early dollars,” Robison funds. The American Rescue Plan Act is a said. “But certainly, being ready with more $1.9 trillion federal economic stimulus bill PPE and more equipment supplies was imthat was passed in March in response to portant to us, but it did not cover what we the COVID-19 pandemic. spent in either of those categories. Not by a “Long stock and barrel, we were cut out,” long shot.”

Robison said. “We couldn’t get any of that Many of the dollars will also go to English distribution after a small amount, even as a New Language programming — in total, though the state retained significant dollars $177,669. in discretionary funds. And those discre“There’s a little piece of the newer funds tionary funds were paid mostly to charter that regard special education,” Robison and private schools, as I understand it. They said. “We are using that for some (English were way ahead of us. We got nothing. As as a New Language) because we have some I understand, we were the only school dis56 or 57 native languages spoken here.” trict in the state that got zero (dollars).

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Council, mayor entangled in financial argument

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not been transparent, but this is simply not true.”

During the meeting, Traylor cited conThe latest drama between the Zionsville cerns about how the mayor’s administration Town Council and Zionsville Mayor Emily funded the town’s Municipal Action Center, Styron unfolded which opened in late October on TOWN NEWS during a Dec. 6 the first floor of Town Hall. Council council meeting members raised concerns that the when council member Bryan Traylor fund did not appear on the town’s accused Styron of “going around Dept. of Local Government Finance the council” to fund the town’s Mubudget or non-DLGF budget. nicipal Action Center.

The Dept. of Local Government “There’s no trust there,” Traylor Finance only reviews tax-supportStyron said during the meeting of his and ed funds, and the town has funds other council member’s relationships with that are not reviewed by the DLGF, which Styron. are accounted for in a separate, non-DLGF “(The mayor’s administration) spent budget. Council members say the Town Hall $204,000 out of (the Town Hall Improvement Improvement Fund is a non-DLGF fund, but Fund) that the council didn’t have transparit was not included in the mayor’s Dec. 6 ency to, and the mayor specifically asked presentation of the town’s 2022 non-DLGF for an appropriation for that money,” Traylor budget. Zionsville CFO Tammy Harvard said said during the meeting. “We, as a council the Town Hall Improvement Fund was not said, no. She went instead out of this acincluded in the non-DLGF budget because it count that you guys aren’t disclosing to us. has a balance of zero dollars. Council memIt’s (expletive). It’s flat-out (expletive). We bers accused the mayor’s administration were very transparent. We didn’t want to of completely exhausting the fund without spend that money.” their knowledge or approval to pay for the After meeting with legal counsel Dec. 14, Municipal Action Center.

Traylor said he and two other council mem“Even though it didn’t show up in the bers and the council’s attorney, Heather budget, they kept it off in this third budget, Harris, were confident the mayor’s adminwhich was just random funds that they istration operated outside of state statute didn’t put into either budget and started when it drew money from the Town Hall Impulling money out of it to pay for this Town provement Fund and Motor Vehicle Fund to Hall renovation,” Traylor said. “And the bigpay for the Municipal Action Center — money gest thing is, I get a lot of push-back from Traylor said the council did not budget for people who say, ‘Why don’t you just talk to or appropriate funds out of in 2021. the mayor?’ Well, the problem is she doesn’t “Right now, it’s the process of trying to answer us. Getting information from this figure out if she’s allowed to do what she’s administration is next to impossible.” done,” Traylor said after the meeting.

During her first year in office, Styron enBut Styron believes she acted within her visioned the center as a one-stop shop for authority to use the money from the funds residents and officials to conduct governto pay for the project in a “public and transment business. Plans for the center were parent” way. incorporated into the Town Hall reconfigu“Everything that we did in terms of the ration earlier this year and was a point of additional appropriation request was procontention between Styron and some town vided during a public meeting,” Styron said council members. The council voted 4-3 after the meeting. “And all of the related against two additional appropriations for expenses were reviewed and voted on by the reconfiguration, with the majority voicthe town council in their bimonthly claims ing budgetary concerns and a reluctance package. Every dollar that was spent on the to remodel the first floor of a building that MAC went before the council after the fact, opened less than five years ago. The addiwhere they reviewed the claim package, tional appropriations were suggested to and they all voted individually. And all of the come out of the town’s CCI and CCD funds. project abided by all state statutes related Havard said during a council meeting to public bidding. earlier this year that the town planned to Due to how the fund was established, it finance the reconfiguration regardless of is unappropriated.“Cash available can be the council’s vote concerning additional used for the specified purpose of the fund. appropriations. The mayor and many town That is how it was used in the past. Counofficials favored the reconfiguration becilor Traylor has insisted this process has cause it was expected to save the town

money by relocating two departments into Town Hall. Town officials said the additional appropriations were primarily for furnishing and other supplementary expenditures that were not crucial to construction.

But in the past year, council members have expressed frustration with the town’s switch to a new financial system, which they say impedes their ability to see cash balances and expenditures. They said they were not able to see specifics as to how the Town Hall Improvement Fund money was spent until they reached the council’s claims process, which is typically a formality at the end of council meetings when council members approve claims for vendor services already rendered. Council members say if they were to not approve claims by that point, vendors would not be paid for completed services.

Traylor said it leaves council members no choice but to approve the claims. “(At best), we’ll have late fees,” Traylor said.

“At worst, we’ll get sued. But I learned a valuable lesson there. I won’t be as easy going on claims going forward because we were definitely taken advantage of, in my opinion.”

The switch to a new financial system also delayed monthly financial reports to the council for most of the last year. According to Zionsville Town Council President Josh Garrett, council members didn’t receive January 2021 through June 2021 financial information until September. He said because the previous financial system was turned off in 2020, the town council could not see comprehensive financials — including total revenue, total expenses and cash balances from the second half of 2020 through June 30, 2021 — until Sept. 23.

“What we had been asking for all along was, ‘Where are you coming up with this money?’ But without those monthly financials, it was really hard for us to follow along,” Traylor said. “We were kind of at a disadvantage there.”

Harvard said the council will receive financials monthly now that the new financial system is operational. The financials the council received in September included information regarding the Town Hall Improvement Fund. Traylor said the council, because it did not have financial reports to reference, was unaware of the cash balance in the fund until Sept. 23 and did not know the fund had no budgeted expenses in 2021 earlier this year.

Traylor said the council is unsure what its next steps will be after meeting with legal counsel, but he expects state officials will want to investigate the matter further.

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Demand but no supply Commentary by Ward Degler We have a car problem. The fuel lines on our 2006 Buick Lucerne are leaking and have to be replaced.

PLAIN TALK This puzzles me because the car only has 80,000 miles on it, is immaculate inside and out and is absolutely beautiful. Through the years, I’ve driven all of my cars past the 200,000-mile mark and have had nary a gas leak.

The Lucerne’s brake lines also failed a few weeks ago. That, too, was a surprise. I have had that problem before, but on a 2000 Ford Explorer that had already run nearly 300,000 miles.

The problem with the Lucerne is replacement fuel lines can’t be found. I know. I couldn’t believe it, either.

At first, I thought it might be because there are several hundred loaded cargo ships sitting idle off the coast of California.

Fuel lines could be nestled in the hold of one of those ships waiting to be beckoned ashore for unloading.

Nope. Turns out, the real reason is General Motors no longer makes parts for cars

more than 10 years old. This means the only fuel lines available for any 2006 GM vehicle were made before 2016.

I could understand this philosophy if we could expect a car to be worn out and ready for the junk pile after 10 years on the road.

At an average 1,000 miles a month, however, that would add up to only 120,000 miles at the end of a decade.

A local Ford dealer a few years ago showed me the maintenance schedule they used for their service vehicles, the ones they used to pick up and deliver parts. The dealer said they never retired a vehicle until it had more than 300,000 miles on it.

Maybe the manufacturers expect us to buy new cars every eight to 10 years now to make sure replacement parts are available.

I don’t know about you, but I would have a serious problem coughing up $30,000 to $40,000 for a new set of wheels today.

Ward Degler lives in Zionsville with his wife. He is the author of “The Dark Ages of My Youth ... and Times More Recent.”

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Commissioners adjust districts

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com In a unanimous vote, the Boone County Commissioners approved an ordinance establishing county REDISTRICTING commissioner districts, shifting sizes based on population growth revealed by the census.

During the commissioners’ Dec. 6 meeting, they discussed the necessity to alter commissioner districts to account for the county’s growing population.

“Boone County has experienced a lot of (growth), particularly in the southeast corner of the county,” Boone County Attorney Bob Clutter said. “And the commissioner districts and council districts were kind of seriously out of whack. At least a couple of them were.”

Clutter said the commissioners are legally required to examine existing commissioner districts and council districts and redistrict them based on population growth the year after the census.

Clutter said Boone County Commissioner

Tom Santelli’s district, District 1, had a significant population increase, thus requiring changes.

The county is divided into three county board of commissioners districts.

District 1 will include precincts E2, E3, E4, E7, E8, E9, E10, E12, E13, E16, E17, E18, E19 and E20 in Eagle Township.

District 2, Commissioner Donnie Lawson’s district, will include precincts E1, E5, E6, E11, E14 and E15 in Eagle Township and precincts 2, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 15 in Center Township in addition to the entirety of Union, Marion, Clinton, Washington and Sugar Creek townships.

District 3, Commissioner Jeff Wolfe’s, will consist of Center Township precincts 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17 and the entirety of Harrison, Worth, Jefferson, Jackson and Perry townships.

“It reallocates the populations in each district to about within 300 or 400 people,” Clutter said. “Each district has a little under 24,000 residents.”

The commissioners were expected to consider redistricting county council districts at their Dec. 20 meeting.

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DISPATCHES READI Grant funds awarded — The 180 Alliance, a new partnership of Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Montgomery, Morgan, and Putman counties, was awarded $20 million in Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative funding. The 180 Alliance’s READI proposal consisted of six strategic areas for talent growth: downtown quality of place, outdoor recreation, arts and culture, housing, infrastructure and talent development. Boone County specific projects included in the 180 Alliance proposal include a downtown revitalization program called 180 Makeover, Interstate 65/ State Road 39 mixed-use development in Lebanon and the Legacy Core Revitalization in Whitestown.

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National Guard to assist IU Health in managing COVID surge — IU Health will receive assistance from the National Guard to help handle the rising number of patients suffering from COVID-19 and other conditions at its hospitals, including IU Health North, Saxony and West. The National Guard is sending six-person teams consisting of two clinical and four non-clinical service members for two-week deployments. Clinical service members will treat patients, and the non-clinical service members will offer administrative and logistical support to allow hospital staff to focus on patient care. IU Health issued a statement addressing the issue: “As COVID cases continue to increase and hospitalization of COVID and non-COVID patients reach all-time highs, the demand and strain on Indiana University Health’s team members, nurses and providers has never been greater. To best support our team members and patients, IU Health will leverage all available resources and enlist members of Indiana’s National Guard, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Health, to assist in areas of critical need.”

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state were at 2,755 as of Dec. 9. The highest number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 occured on Nov. 30, 2020, at 3,460 patients. All members of the National Guard teams are fully vaccinated.

Zionsville homes selling fast — According to F.C. Tucker Co., the average sale price for a home in Zionsville increased 12.4 percent to $543,585, compared to November 2020.

The average price per square foot also increased for a Zionsville home, up 11.8 percent to $185.01. Homes in Zionsville left the market faster compared to this time last year, selling 12 days, or 32.4 percent more quickly.

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COMMUNITY The purpose of this study is to identify a preliminary scope Project: Southern Rail Trail and a potential design of closure future road widening and Location: The southern CONSTRUCTION intersection improvements portion of the Rail Trail considering feasibility, costs, closed Sept. 24 for the impacts to properties, environmental installation of a new bridge over Starkey concerns and bridge needs.

Avenue, to pave and widen the southern Estimated completion: While there is portion of the trail and for the installation one known bridge replacement project of a bridge connecting to the future planned within the next four years, there Overley-Worman Park. are no identified intersection or road Expected completion: The trail is projects at this time. The information anticipated to open in early 2022. learned from this study will initially guide Project: Templin Road Bridge bridge design as these structures are reconstruction maintained and replaced as needed.

Location: The shoulder of this bridge WESTFIELD is closed. The Templin Road bridge over Project: Utility extension projects Eagle Creek was inspected and an engineering firm has been hired by the Location: Horton Road will be closed Boone County Highway Department to between 199th Street and 191st Street work on design of a complete bridge Expected completion: Dec. 22 replacement.

Project: Wheeler Road traffic signals Location: Construction started on Wheeler Estimated completion: Construction will start in 2022.

Road at the intersections of both Indiana Project: County Road 300 South corridor 32 and Tournament Trail. The project will add a traffic signal at Wheeler Road and project Tournament Trail, complete the connection Location: The town has partnered with on Tournament Trail from Wheeler Road to the Boone County Highway Dept. to Oak Ridge Road and add a second left turn conduct a corridor study along County Road 300 South from County Road 800 lane on Wheeler Road at Indiana 32. There will not be any closures.

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ZCHS junior forward Hall takes game to new level

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In Zionsville High School girls basketball coach Andy Maguire’s view, junior forward Laila Hall has improved in every aspect of her game.

“Her outside jump shot has improved,” Maguire said. “She spent a lot of time this summer and offseason working on her shooting form and improving her shot.

She has also gotten much stronger inside. Her work in the weight room has paid off and she is able to finish better through contact. Her rebounding has been outstanding.”

Prior to Dec. 16, the 6-foot-1 Hall was averaging 19.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game for the Eagles (7-3).

“Overall, she has become a better leader on and off the court, and her maturity has been a big part of our success this season,” Maguire said. “Her play on the court has been very valuable. Her scoring is important to our success, but her rebounding and ability to defend have been keys to our success.”

Hall averaged 17.9 points and 7.8 re-

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Favorite athlete: Anthony Davis.

Favorite movie: “The Wizard of Oz” Favorite musician: Steve Lacy bounds as a sophomore and 13.4 points and 5.1 rebounds as a freshman.

“I feel like my patience and rebounding have made the biggest improvement in comparison to my previous seasons,” Hall said.

“I have been taking the weight room a little more seriously this year and it has definitely assisted in my rebounding improvement.

I started taking APC, a weightlifting class, during school and it has been really helpful.”

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Laila Hall is averaging a double-double for the Zionsville High School girls basketball team. (Photo by Tom Marron)

Hall is rated as a four-star recruit and ranked 57th in the class of 2023

by HoopGurlz/espnW rankings. She already has 15 college offers, including from Big Ten schools Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Purdue. She also has received offers from Butler, Florida, Seton Hall and Oklahoma.

“I am looking to narrow down my list sometime in 2022 for sure, but I’m not completely sure (of) the exact time,” Hall said. “I am really looking for strong relationships, similar to how my high school team is now, and a system that is supportive and not adamant on putting restrictions on my game or anyone else’s.”

Hall said she is extremely optimistic about Zionsville’s potential.

“I think the sky is the limit for us if we can be consistent and play the way I know and have seen us play,” Hall said.

Hall has played basketball since kindergarten. She played soccer when she was younger and ran for the track and field team in middle school.

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ZCHS KEY CLUB’S CHRISTMAS BOXES A SUCCESS

Zionsville Community High School Key Club members continued their annual tradition of making Operation Christmas Child boxes during its December meeting. The club put together 51 boxes, setting a new club record. Operation Christmas Child is organized by Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. The mission of the project is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene products and school supplies. The organization ships the gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine and disease, and to children living on Native American reservations in the United States. Above, club members pause next to the boxes. (Photo courtesy of Zionsville Community High School)

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COMMUNITY DISPATCHES Versiti announces five state “Drive to Save Lives Sweepstakes” — Versiti announced its “Drive to Save Lives Sweepstakes,” a five-state car giveaway to encourage donors to give blood this holiday season. From Dec. 1, 2021, to Jan. 9, 2022, all Versiti donors will be entered to win an SUV valued at approximately $25,000. One winner per state will be announced in January. According to Versiti, one blood donation takes less than an hour and can help save up to three lives. Although blood is typically used by a patient within 24 to 48 hours of being donated, it can be safely stored for 42 days until it’s needed. All blood types are needed, with type O-positive and O-negative most in demand. O-positive is the most common blood type, while O-negative blood is the universal type that can be received safely by all patients in emergencies when their blood type is not known. To make an appointment, visit versiti.org or call Versiti Blood Center of Indiana at 800-632-4722.

United Way of Central Indiana seeking volunteers for Indy Free Tax Prep — United Way of Central Indiana is looking for volunteers for Indy Free Tax Prep, a program that provides free tax preparation to individuals and families with a household income of $66,000 or less in 2021. Volunteer roles include greeters, reviewers, tax preparers, interpreters and tax coaches. Those interested in volunteering are encouraged to sign up before the end of December by visiting volunteercentralindiana.org/vita.

The program will run from late January through May 3 in Boone, Hendricks, Marion and Morgan counties. Volunteers must be 18 or older. Tax preparers must complete approximately 10 hours of online or in-person training to become IRS certified. Training is free, and no prior tax experience is required.

Last year, the program helped nearly 4,000 households get about $5 million in federal refunds. Since the program started in 2015, volunteers have filed more than 40,000 tax returns, helping families receive more than $34 million in tax refunds, according to United Way of Central Indiana.

Barnes & Thornburg elects Zionsville resident next managing partner — Barnes & Thornburg, an Indianapolis-based law firm, recently announced Zionsville resident Andrew J. Detherage will become the firm’s next managing partner, effective early November 2022. Detherage will succeed Robert T. Grand.

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ZIONSVILLE POLICE DEPT. HOLDS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

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VISION SCREENING VOLUNTEERS Thank you, community volunteers and Zionsville Lions Club members for helping to vision screen nearly 15,000 students in over 50 schools!

The Zionsville Police Dept. recently conducted its annual awards banquet, where it recognized officers who have excelled during the year. Sgt. Thomas Lucas, above with Chief Michael Spears, left, and Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron, right, was awarded Officer of the Year. Other winners included Det. Nicolas Johnson, officers Christopher Wheeler and Joshua Rupp, Chief’s Award of Excellence; Lt. Brad Kiefer, Lt. Adrian Martin and Det. Thomas Beard, Letters of Commendation; officers Richard Lind and Joshua Rupp, Lifesaver Award; Sgt. Tessa Potts, Fifteen Years of Service Award; and Lt. Bryan Sauer and Sgt. Thomas Lucas, Rifle Expert Qualification. (Photo courtesy of the ZPD)

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By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Two international students from African nations hope their first Christmas will be as exciting as the first time they saw snow.

For Salha Mohamed, 17, of Tanzania and Farah Ben Salah, 17, of the Republic of Tunisia, the white dusting on the ground earlier in early fall was “crazy,” a wondrous product of the coldest climate they have ever been to.

In August, Zionsville resident Amy Montgomery, 50, a single mother with three college-age children, began hosting Mohamed and Ben Salah through the U.S. Dept. of State’s Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program, which allows high school students from nations with significant Muslim populations to live and study in the United States for an academic year. It was started in response to the events of 9/11, and the state department regards international students who participate in the program as “youth ambassadors” of their home country, promoting “mutual understanding by forming lasting relationships with their host families and communities,” according to the YES program’s website, yesprograms.org.

To participate in the program, international students in their freshman and sophomore years of high school must go through a rigorous application process, which includes interviews, written tests, grade requirements and more.

When accepted, the students are required to enroll at a local school and complete 25 volunteer hours per semester.

Ben Salah and Mohamed have helped with the Best Buddies program, the Zionsville United Methodist Church and other organizations while they have been in Zionsville.

Mary Hilton, co-director of the Zionsville United Methodist children’s Christmas children’s musical, enlisted Ben Salah and Mohamed to help children with their costumes, microphones and other performance accessories.

“They started coming to every Wednesday and Saturday practice and helping us out with whatever we had a need for,” Hilton said. “I think it’s really great for our kids to understand that this is a global thing, that they are meeting people from literally around the world.”

However, because their academic credits at Zionsville Community High School won’t transfer to their home schools, Ben Salah and Mohamed will need to retake their junior years of high school when they return to their home countries.

Ben Salah, a junior, applied for the program her freshman year. She wasn’t accepted, but that didn’t deter her. She knew she wanted to live for a time in the United States and improve her English to complement her French and Arabic.

“It is a popular program in Tunisia, and everyone knows about it,” Ben Salah said. “I’ve always wanted to speak English fluently and learn more about American culture and share my culture with the American people.”

Mohamed, also a junior, said the program was first offered at her school in 2007.

Salha Mohamed, left, and Farah Ben Salah work on computers. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

“A lot of students at my school have done it before, and when they get back home and to school, they inspire us that it is good,” Mohamed said.

The new environment has come with some changes. The girls noted that teachers are friendlier, classes are held in different rooms and there are no school uniforms, allowing for more expression. The girls also have experienced many “firsts” in Zionsville and are still looking forward to another this holiday season — participating in Christmas celebrations.

“I’ve noticed that America is filled with joy,” Mohamed said. “Their holidays are different from ours. I think there is only one similar holiday to ours, and that is Thanksgiving.”

Eid al-Fitr, a holiday the girls celebrate, is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam. It marks the end of the monthlong dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.

“I haven’t experienced Christmas, but there are Christians in my country, and they do celebrate that,” Mohamed said.

“I also have Christian friends at school, and they celebrate that, and I love it because I get to stay home from school. I always see their decorations, so I’m excited to see the decorations, but we are not allowed to celebrate.”

In Tunisia, there are fewer Christians, and Christmas celebrations are rarer, Ben Salah said.

“We’ve never celebrated Christmas,” Ben Salah said. “People who celebrate it in Tunisia are more rare, and if they do it, it is more for the gift than the actual meaning behind it.

And our hotels also put up Christmas decorations. But I’m really excited to celebrate Christmas.”

Montgomery selected the girls because she wanted to host two students at one time, something she has never done before. The only requirements were that the students could not be native speakers of the same language or be from the same country.

“Ben Salah speaks French, and my son was a foreign exchange student in France for a year, so I thought that (it) would be fun that they could maybe speak some French together,” Montgomery said. “And I didn’t know anything about Tunisia. Mohamed speaks Swahili, and she likes to dance, and I do, too, so we sometimes move our bodies together in the kitchen. But I have learned things about their countries that I never would have learned without hosting them, and I hope to one day visit them.”

During the girls’ stay, Montgomery has learned, for example, that five of the first six “Star Wars” movies were filmed in Tunisia, where the fictional world of Tatooine was created. Many of the original sets remain popular tourist attracContinued on PAGE 15

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Continued from PAGE 14 tions. Tanzania is home to the dormant volcano Mount Kilimanjaro and Serengeti National Park, an international tourist attraction and the location of the largest annual animal migration in the world.

Montgomery has also learned a lot about Ben Salah and Mohamed.

“For me, you are not juggling just different personalities of different teenagers, but you are juggling different cultures because, of course, they are from different countries,” Montgomery said. “That keeps me on my toes, I’ll say. I was worried about hosting two (students) because you have expectations that they will get along and be the best of friends. And they do get along very well. But that’s a risk that you take when you take in two. But it’s been what I wanted, which was challenging, interesting, different, growing. That’s always why I do this.

“Whether it’s an easy year or a hard year, you can still see growth in the kids, with language, with maturity and getting to know themselves better. And getting to be a part of that is a really special thing.”

So far, the girls have visited Chicago and Cincinnati and attended homecoming — their first school dance.

Ben Salah attended her first school musical and saw the inside of Lucas Oil Stadium. The girls went trick-or-treating and attended a Cincinnati Reds baseball game.

Montgomery planned for the girls to observe Christmas a week early so that they can all go to Orlando on Christmas Day to show them more of the U.S. and allow

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Salha Mohamed, back left, and Farah Ben Salah, back right, adjust children’s costumes at Zionsville Methodist Church.

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them to see a beach again to remind them of home.

“I’ve hosted for more than 20 years, and the best part for me is that a little piece of your heart stays thousands of miles away, and even over time that doesn’t fade away,” Montgomery said.

ON THE COVER: Salha Mohamed, front from right, and Farah Ben Salah, front from left, lead children during a musical rehearsal at Zionsville Methodist Church. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

Zionsville resident Amy Montgomery, 50, is a single mother with three college-age children, who hosted an international student for the first time in 2006.

She was a foreign exchange student in college, living in Austria. She also lived abroad with her family as a child, something she said has led to a lifelong interest in other cultures.

In 1988, she married and moved to Minnesota, where she found a job working for AFS-USA, a foreign exchange student program. She later moved to Zionsville and has hosted several international students from around the world because of her fond memories of her time overseas. She now works as a hospice nurse at Anew Hospice in Indianapolis.

Through the 2021-22 academic year, she is hosting Salha Mohamed, 17, of Tanzania and Farah Ben Salah, 17, of Tunisia through the YES program.

“Both programs started after a war, after violence,” Montgomery said. “A group of people, in both situations, came together and wanted to figure out how to promote peace, and the best way they thought to do that was to bring kids (of different cultures). That’s how both programs came to be — people coming together, wanting understanding of different cultures and understanding the best way to learn about different cultures is to live in those different cultures.”

For more, visit afsusa.org and yesprograms.org.

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Many media outlets reported last week that the rate of inflation in the United States surpassed its 39-yearhigh mark posted in 1982. Then, Madonna was first “Burning Up” the stage and “The Dukes of Hazzard” raced to top ratings. Fueled by any number of variables, including — but not limited to — the lingering effects of the pandemic, those of us not benefitting from the seismic shift in the way we work, live and shop continue to be caught in a gap.

Although wages are increasing, they are not able to keep up with the sticker spike of almost everything. And America’s small businesses struggle to pass through the surging costs of labor and materials to we consumers, who, back to the beginning of the circle, must demand higher wages to compensate for increasing prices. With shrinking margins, business owners push on their suppliers to reduce their fees and drive their own beleaguered employees to the brink with additional demands on their time. If labor outlays grow with no way to pay, increased efficiency per job may be the only path to achieve financial balance.

If we are all richer, how can we be getting poorer? Families live amid wages outpaced by inflation; and employers are caught between customers expecting reductions and staff demanding increases. For now, the squeeze is on.

Eventually, we will adjust. We must.

Increasing expenses and decreasing margins invariably lead to bankruptcy or abandonment. If there is no reason to work, why do it? Isn’t the same true for both our families and businesses? So, we plod along looking to pass our problems off to someone else, to take their surplus to help prop up our own deficit.

Is it just the simple nature of things or should we demand a redistribution?

Who is to benefit?

I’m feeling weird. As you know, our little six-pack will be abroad for Christmas, and though international travel always is a bit stressful, and particularly so during a global pandemic, this is the most relaxed December I can remember since becoming a parent 23 years ago.

Literally, no Grinch in sight. What gives?

For starters, we have no family obligations whatsoever. There’s no debate on when we’re going to Louisville to celebrate with my mom and sisters, there’s no coordinating Mass and Christmas Eve dinner with my husband Doo’s folks, and there’s no determining a time for either set of cousins to do a gift exchange that ultimately ends with us single-handedly bringing Five Below into the black. We have completely eliminated ourselves from the multiple equations that normally drive me bonkers. “It’s a Wonderful Life,” truly.

Secondly, I don’t have to worry about gifts for Doo or any of the kids. Not one.

Airline tickets and room/board were paid for months ago and are far more than Santa usually brings. I’m not even doing stockings for fear their hand-knitby-my-nanny socks might get lost en route. Our 2021 “Miracle on 34th Street” is that we’ll be on the Champs-Élysées!

And you’re welcome.

Finally, I scaled way back on the home décor. I brokered a fake tree, deep-sixed the insufferable 12-house light-up tabletop village, and apart from some garland around the front door, did not do anything with the front yard. In terms of set up and maintenance, less is abso-“Elf”-ly more this year.

So, yeah, I’m feeling weird. But I’m Red Ryder-excited by this far-less stressful “Christmas Story.”

Peace out.

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

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Mirthful memories, Part 2 Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Here is Part 2 of my look back on the people, places and peculiarities that made it into my column in 2021.

To the various streaming services that have made it difficult for the Wolfsies to stay friends with anyone who doesn’t subscribe to the same options we do: This makes it tough to find things to talk about over dinner. I feel bad about Mikki. She doesn’t have cable. We had been so close for 30 years. I miss her.

To my friend Marc Allen, who has been the subject of dozens of butt dials because his name is the first on my contacts list: He asked to be taken off the list, so now my insurance agent Ashley is getting all my unintended calls. She told me she is changing her name to Zelda.

And thanks to me, who has been trying unsuccessfully to be a grumpy old man, a title I deserve to have at 75: To attain this distinction, I complained about everything in my neighborhood. I yelled at kids for playing basketball in our cul-de-sac Sunday morning; I wrote nasty letters to people who put their garbage out a day early. I left nasty notes for people who left their garage doors open and who didn’t shovel their sidewalks. Did people call me grumpy? No! They elected me president of the homeowner’s association.

Thanks to the dental website I went to that warned against eating sugary treats: I had the best laugh of the day when I read at the bottom of their homepage, “We Use

Cookies.”

To the young man in the office supply store who seemed stumped when I asked for a landline phone for my office: “Oh, I don’t know if we carry them,” he said. “But look in the very back corner of the store next to the carbon paper, the white-out and the floppy disks.”

To the folks at AARP who sent me my 300th copy of their bulletin that included recommendations for how to live a stressfree life. For example, AARP said to take time to appreciate your partner’s skin (I thought that sounded very romantic. Then AARP added: “Be on the lookout for suspicious moles.”

Well, that kind of ruined the mood).

To the chirping noise that went on in our house every 30 seconds: We could not locate the problem and it was driving us crazy for three days. We finally located the errant smoke detector. The constant chirping has had no lasting effect on us, but our cat is still in therapy once a week.

To Mary Ellen, who was traumatized when our cat killed a mouse in our basement storeroom: She humanizes the animals, and her heart goes out to them. I suggested we try to not think about it that night and just watch a fun movie. “Ratatouille” was probably a bad choice.

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

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We understand some parents are concerned about the vaccine’s safety — questioning the speed at which the vaccine was developed and distributed. However, it’s important to remember the COVID-19 vaccine has been through rigorous testing and thorough review. Consider the following: • The science behind the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been in development for 20 years.

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Since the pandemic began, tens of thousands of kids have been hospitalized, with 1 in 3 hospitalizations requiring intensive care. Hundreds have died. Why take the risk? Learn more about the decades of research behind the vaccine at hamiltoncounty.in.gov/VaccineSafety.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com It has been quite an eventful year for Jonas Kazlauskas and Kathleen Ilo. They were engaged Feb. DANCING 20 and celebrated the birth of their son, Renzo Vincent Kazlauskas, in March.

Five months later, they were back in high-powered ballroom dancing competitions. The Carmel couple captured the 2021 World Professional 10-Dance Championship Sept. 18 in Ukraine. It was their first world title. Their previous best finish in the World Championships was third.

The 10-Dance is a combination of the five standard ballroom dances (waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, quickstep) and five Latin dances (cha cha, samba, rumba, pasodoble and jive).

“There are people that specialize in just five,” Kazlauskas said. “Then there are people like us who like both and cannot choose, and we can do both quite well. It’s probably the hardest category.”

Ilo credits the couple’s drive to prove they could balance home life and competing for their success.

“We want to prove that it’s possible to do both,” Ilo said. “You can have a family and still chase your dreams.”

Both agreed it was a major sacrifice not having as much time with their baby, especially because the COVID-19 pandemic made for a crowded schedule.

The week prior to the World Championships, the couple also won the United States 10-Dance Championships for the fourth consecutive time on Sept. 11 in Orlando.

“We were home for three days, trained and then left again,” Ilo said. “Actually, I had a left knee issue, and the last two days we couldn’t train before we left for World, I was watching him practice.”

Ilo said adrenaline helped pull her through the competition.

After the Worlds, the couple won the United Kingdom 10-Dance Championships

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“Those competitions usually happen sometime (within) in a year,” Kazlauskas said. “This time, it happened all in the same month because of COVID.” Kazlauskas, 30, and Ilo, 33, teach at Starlite Ballroom, which is owned by Ilo’s parents, Rauno and Kristiina Ilo, on the northwest side of Indianapolis.

“The fact that Kathleen pushed so hard to get back to where we were was amazing,” Kazaluskas said.

Ilo was active through her pregnancy.

“I taught my last lesson the night before giving birth,” she said. “My first lesson I taught was two weeks after he was born.

We really started to come back training about a month after he was born.”

Kazlauskas’ mother stayed with the couple to help with the baby when their training picked up.

“It gave us a lot more freedom to work and train for these competitions,” Ilo said.

Ilo said it was hard to get her stamina back after giving birth.

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“She was saying, ‘Can’t we stay home and hug him for a bit?’” Kazlauskas said.

“We wanted to defend our national title.”

Ilo was born in Estonia but moved to Carmel at a young age and graduated from Cathedral High School. The couple met when Ilo advertised for a dance partner.

“He came here for a tryout, and it obviously worked out,” Ilo said. “That was in August 2014.”

The couple has returned to teaching and getting ready for a 2022 wedding.

Although not much prize money is awarded at competitions, Ilo said the prestige does help attract students, who are mostly adults. But Kazlauskas would like to see ballroom dancing become bigger for boys like it is in Europe.

“Once we do retire (from competition) and I have more time, I will spend energy toward that,” he said.

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The star of the iconic comedy series, “Laverne & Shirley” will share memories of her career and hilarious backstage tales from her lifetime in entertainment. Although best known for her role as Shirley Feeney, Williams is a versatile actress and comedienne who overcame a challenging childhood to pursue her love of acting and found stardom.

During “Me, Myself & Shirley,” Williams will chronicle the stories, the secrets, the embarrassing moments and the highs and lows of her life in Hollywood.

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By Chris Bavender editorial@youarecurrent.com It’s been an amazing past few months for dancers from Darren’s Ballroom in Carmel, who traveled to Los AngeDANCE les in late October to compete in the Hollywood Dancesport Championships. Several dancers were named top in their divisions, while owner Darren Cupp won Top Instructor. The studio was also named Top Studio out of more than 150 competing studios.

Cupp said this year’s competition was special after it was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The competitors and performers at my studio do it for a reason,” Cupp said. “When that is taken away from us, you start to find yourself looking for and missing that creative and challenging output that dance provided for you. We were all very anxious to get back out on that competition floor and prove we still had it. That’s exactly what they did. “

From left, Stephanie Jackson, Julie Phillips, Darren Lee Cupp, Kelly Miller-Crider and Priscilla Turner pause at the Hollywood Dancesport Championships. (Photo courtesy of Darren’s Ballroom)

Dancers competing this year were Priscilla Turner, who has been dancing at the studio for 12 years; Julie Phillips, who has been with the studio seven years; Kelly Miller-Crider, who has been with the ballroom for four years; and Stephanie Jackson, who has danced with the studio for about 18 months. All four are from Carmel.

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mentally would be celebration enough, but to receive recognition on top of that is beyond what I could’ve dreamed.”

Noblesville High School jazz director and The winner will be announced during assistant band director Bethany Robinson Grammy week. The Grammy Awards show has earned her share is Jan. 31, 2022.

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Robinson, a Fishers resident and Her latest one is esaccomplished jazz bass player, pecially sweet. Robinson has been began teaching music in 2005 at named a top 10 national finalist for Noblesville Schools. She is chairthe 2022 Grammy Music Educator elect for the National Association Awards. She was selected from for Music Education Jazz Council more than 1,100 nominees across and president of the Indiana Jazz Robinson the United States. She will now Educators Association. She was compete for the top spot, which includes named 2014 Indiana Jazz Educator of the a $10,000 honorarium and matching grant Year, 2015 Noblesville Schools Teacher of for NHS. the Year and was a 2016 Indiana Teacher of “I am thrilled to be included in this list of the Year semifinalist. incredible music educators from across the Robinson’s top jazz ensemble finished country,” Robinson said. “It immediately second at the National Jazz Festival in 2021 makes me grateful for all of the mentors and was named a finalist for the 2021 Jazz and teachers who believed in me early on at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Jazz in my music and teaching careers. To walk Festival. alongside so many talented students and For more about Robinson, visit bethanysee them flourish musically and developrobinsonjazz.com.

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A visit to Catalina Island

With winter upon us, I am suspending my visits to Indiana landmarks in favor of warmer destinations.

TRAVEL About 10,000 years ago, Native Americans discovered a 22-mile-long island, 29 miles south-southwest of present-day Long Beach, Calif. A Spanish explorer stumbled onto the rugged island on the eve of St. Catherine’s 1602 feast day and named it “Santa Catalina.”

In 1919, chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. purchased controlling interest in the company, owning 99 percent of what is usually simply “Catalina.” Using Wrigley Field’s architect, he built a summerhouse on a hilltop overlooking Avalon, the island’s only incorporated city, and began bringing his Chicago Cubs in for spring training. To give the island a European flavor, Wrigley and his wife installed Westminster chimes on a hill above Avalon Harbor.

On May 29, 1929, Wrigley opened the 12-story Art Deco-style Catalina Casino, its 20,000-square-foot rooftop ballroom still the largest circular room in the world without interior support. Mainlanders flocked to the Casino (which has never had gambling) to

Catalina Island’s Avalon Bay. (Photos by Don Knebel)

hear the big bands and watch movies in its theater. Hollywood celebrities came to Catalina because of its relaxed atmosphere, some joining the still-exclusive Catalina Yacht Club. U.S. presidents joined the island’s famous Tuna Club. Catalina was the location of a number of movies, including “Mutiny on the Bounty,” which is responsible for its palm trees. Descendants of bison imported for “The Vanishing American,” a silent Western, are now an attraction.

Catalina’s glamorous history and pleasant ambiance attract visitors from around the world, most coming by ferry. Others arrive

at the Airport in the Sky, built in the 1940s atop a hill. The many attractions include a long zip line, a glass-bottom boat and the candy store where 17-year-old newlywed Norman Jean Dougherty (Marilyn Monroe) worked as a taffy puller. The Wrigley summerhouse is now a hotel.

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

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