December 26, 2017 – Zionsville

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Zionsville man collects, restores antique heavy construction equipment / P11 Neighbors voice concerns about Wolf Run plan / P3

Tree removal planned along Big-4 Trail / P5

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Neighbors speak out against Wolf Run proposal

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com It was standing room only at the Zionsville Plan Commission’s Dec. 18 meeting, with a vast majority of audidevelopment ence members attending to remonstrate against a plan to rezone the defunct Wolf Run Golf Club for hundreds of new homes and retail space.

Plan commissioners raised several questions about the project, ranging from drainage to impacts on schools to the number of entrances. After more than an hour of discussion, the commission voted to continue the request to its Jan. 16, 2018 meeting to allow additional time to review the project.

Petitioner Stan Burton, owner of the golf course, is requesting the rezoning from Rural R-1 Residential to a planned unit development on 235 acres at the southwest corner of US 421 and SR 32. The Wolf Run Community is proposed to have a maximum of 360 singlefamily detached homes ranging in price from $400,000 to $1.5 million, mixed-use buildings with retail and offices or up to 200 multifamily housing units, a clubhouse of at least 3,000 square feet, walking trails and a swimming pool.

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A development, including up to 360 homes and mixed uses on 10 to 12 acres, has been proposed on the 235-acre site of the Wolf Run Golf Club.

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Jim Shinaver, an attorney representing the petitioner, said Burton worked to “incorporate important elements” of the town’s long-term plans for the site into the PUD. But many in the audience disagreed. “(This proposal is) making (Zionsville) ordinary,” said Doug Boles, who lives in the nearby Timber Wolf neighborhood. “What makes us different is that we don’t have to be Carmel. We don’t have to be Whitestown.

We don’t have to take the fast dollar. We do

the right thing, which is plan things out.”

Ed Espey, a founding member of Wolf Run Golf Club, said he would prefer to see the course remain operational, as it has attracted celebrities such as Michael Jordan, Peyton Manning, Mike Ditka, the late Glenn Frey and many others to Zionsville.

“Our hope is that the community sees the benefits of having a world-class golf course right here in our community rather than succumb to the green desires of someone that would bulldoze it over like it was a cornfield just for the money,” Espey said.

Mike Andreoli, an attorney representing the remonstrators, said many of them aren’t comfortable with Burton’s qualifications to develop the site.

“They’re concerned about making sure this isn’t Amateur Hour,” Andreoli said. “Mr. Burton is not a developer.”

Real estate agent Gary Angstadt was the lone audience member to speak in support of the proposal.

“This project has many positive aspects,” he said. “When I’m helping buyers buy a house in Zionsville, especially from out of state, we’re happy to find three or four houses to look at in a given price point. We can find 20 in Carmel, so guess where they typically buy?”

No tax refund requests submitted so far

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

Zionsville will be responsible for covering the amount DOR approves to be refunded to diners. DOR announced the refund process Dec. 1, and as of Dec. 20 no one had requestThe Indiana Dept. of Revenue is still worked one. DOR will subtract refund request ing to determine what to do with nearly amounts from Zionsville’s monthly $300,000 in food disursement before sending it to the town news and beverage town. taxes charged by Some of the funds aren’t available several Whitestown restaurants that for refunds because the transactions shouldn’t have collected it. happened more than three years Nine Whitestown restaurants ago, exceeding the state’s statute of collected Zionsville’s 1 percent food limitations for refund requests. Emily and beverage tax between 2008 and Haak Landis, DOR director of external com2017 which they sent to the state munications, said the agency can’t reveal the for a lump sum disbursement. Most of the amount of nonrefundable money because “it restaurants have Zionsville addresses, which would be considered personal taxpayer inforofficials believe led to the confusion.

mation, which is protected.”

Zionsville Mayor Tim Haak said town officials alerted DOR a couple of years ago that some Zionsville restaurants weren’t charging the town’s food and beverage tax, so if the town doesn’t have to pay back the rest of the money it might break even.

“There were a lot of businesses that weren’t charging it that should have been,” he said. “We’re not going back and getting that revenue, so we think it could be fairly close to a wash as far as we’re concerned.”

Because the town doesn’t receive an itemized list from DOR, Haak said he does not know how much revenue the town lost from Zionsville restaurants not charging the tax.

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Tree removal planned on trail

Tiny Wonderland debuts

By Dawn Pearson news@currentzionsville.com A slender green beetle, smaller than a penny, is killing ash trees across the nation, including in nature Zionsville.

The emerald ash borer is native to east Asia and likely made its way to the U.S. in recent years on solid wood packing materials in cargo ships or airplanes. It has been found in 31 states and in Canada, where its larvae have killed hundreds of millions of ash trees and led to regulatory agencies to enforce quarantines and fines to prevent potentially infested wood from moving to areas not yet facing the infestation.

In Zionsville, areas along the Big-4 Rail Trail are expected to temporarily close this winter as the town’s parks department works with outside contractors to take down large ash trees.

The closures will take place when trees are ready to come down and aren’t expected to last for more than several minutes at a time.

“The trees that are being taken down

The emerald ash borer has led to the destruction of ash trees in 31 states. (Stock photo)

due to the emerald ash borer all have the potential, when they fall, to cause damage to trails and structures,” said Matt Dickey, superintendent of Zionsville parks and recreation. “We will be leaving trunks or snags for wildlife to nest, such as the woodpeckers and other animals, which is a positive addition after losing so many trees.”

Zionsville has already removed more than 40 dead ash trees, but there are still more than 1,000 in town parks, Dickey said.

“The trees we are taking down have the potential to fall on the rail trail and could also hurt trail users,” Dickey said.

“It’s all for public safety. That is our responsibility.”

More than 3,300 people marched through a dozen tiny homes Dec. 8 to 10 in Lions Park for the inaugural Tiny Wonderland. “We were really excited about the support, especially considering the blistering cold weather,” said Maggie Daniels, owner of Try it Tiny and organizer of the event. Given the success, Daniels expects to continue the event in the future. (Right) Danny Weddle of Carpenter Owl stokes the wood-burning fireplace in the 140-square-foot tiny house he custom built for an Indiana client. (Photos by Heather Lusk)

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By Desiree Williams news@currentzionsville.com U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks visited Zionsville Community High School Dec. 4 to award junior Will Schrepferman achievement a certificate marking his first-place finish in the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for the 5th Congressional District of Indiana.

Schrepferman created ZCHS Clubs, an application to help students sort information about each high school club to find which one is right for them.

“It was a fabulous concept and he had the skills to pull it together, and the judges thought it was incredibly well done,” Brooks said.

The U.S. House of Representatives launched a pilot program of the app challenge in 2014 as a way to engage students in STEM fields like computer science and coding. Schrepferman said he has always been interested in coding.

“I submitted it and I was waiting for the results and I actually got called down to the principal’s office the Friday before Congresswoman Brooks came to give me the award,” he said. “(The principal) told

U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, right, congratulates ZCHS junior Will Schrepferman on winning the 2017 Congressional App Challenge for the 5th District of Indiana. (Submitted photo)

me that I’d won, so it was a little nervewracking getting called down to the principal’s office, but at the same time I won the award, so that was really cool.”

The app features a catalog that lists each club with a short summary and contact information. Students can take a quiz that asks about their availability, financial situation and interests. Using that information, the app matches students with certain clubs.

Schrepferman received a $250 web credit to use toward hosting his app on the Amazon hosting site. See his winning video at youtu.be/y8DaENLEQ4M.

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Lavallo visits every nation on Earth Commentary by Donna Monday Quick, without Googling, how many nations are there in the world?

The answer: 193 (not counting the Vatican and Palestine), and Sal Lavallo travel has seen them all.

Sal, 27, is the grandson of Zionsville residents Frank and Terry Lavallo, and he’s been burning up the airwaves in New York City talking with media outlets all across the nation about his travels. Last week, he was featured in a piece in the New York Post.

I recently spoke with Sal by phone after his grandma told me about his exploits. His desire to see the world may have started early. As a student at New York University, he went to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

He fell in love with the place, so much so that after college he went to work there for McKinsey and Co., a management consulting firm.

“I did mostly social sector work helping governments and large organizations with their strategy, planning for the next handful of years,” he said.

While working for McKinsey, Sal travelled four or five days a week and stayed at Marriott hotels, where he had loyalty

Sal Lavallo hugs his grandmother, Teri Lavallo of Zionsville, during a recent trip to her hometown. (Photo by Donna Monday)

points (Marriott, after learning of Sal’s goal, provided properties during the last five months of travel and sponsored the media blitz in New York).

“I was really lucky,” he said of all the traveling.

By the time he quit his job in January 2016, he already had been to 115 nations. He decided to see them all.

“It’s been really crazy,” he said of the quest.

And what has he learned?

“There’s no such thing as normal,” he said, using fashion to illustrate his point.

“What’s cool in one place is ugly in another.

You have to focus on what you like.”

In addition to Abu Dhabi, Sal has a warm spot in his heart for Tanzania.

“I own a small farm there (5 acres),” he said. “It gives me reason to come back.”

He loves the history and the peaceful culture of the nation, and he said the landscapes are “dynamic and diverse.”

He loves Syria, too.

“It is one of the most historically important and beautiful countries in the world,” Sal said.

Yet, he laments we only hear the negative. He said he likes to show the positives and acknowledges he would like “to open people’s eyes to see the positive things,” especially in those places where we hear so much negative.

One hundred, ninety-three nation. Now what? Sal said he likes to “plan 10 amazing things to do, and if you only do one of them, you are still doing something amazing.”

Stay tuned.

Donna Monday is a Zionsville resident and columnist. She can be reached at dmonday8698@att.net.

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Zionsville man collects, restores antique heavy construction equipment

By Heather Lusk • news@currentzionsville.com Jim Carter’s earliest memories are watching orange backhoes and red bulldozers push dirt around Keystone Avenue.

“Mom never had to worry about cover story where I was. She just stuck her head out the door and listened for an engine running somewhere,” he said. “Follow the sound, and I was sitting in a dirt pile.”

Now, Carter has made a hobby of restoring antique heavy construction equipment from the 1950s and ’60s.

“I admit it’s not everybody’s cup of tea,” he said. “Think of it as a bigger sandbox with bigger toys.”

When Carter and his wife, Bonnie, began to build their Zionsville home in 1980, the childhood interest “came roaring back,” he said. They were doing much of the work on the home themselves, so he purchased a 1952 Insley Model L dragline to dredge the pond on the property. Soon realizing that the pond needed to stay, the dragline sat at the end of his driveway for several years. The couple rented a bulldozer, which Carter’s wife learned to drive, to move dirt on the property.

“She may be the only Junior Leaguer who knows how to drive a bulldozer,” Carter said.

Carter now owns or has part interest in six draglines and cranes and four tractors and bulldozers acquired at auction or found “looking so forlorn” while Carter drove around the area.

Tracking down some of his machines, “I can just smell them,” he said.

Although he’s purchased other equipment, he prefers the revolving shovels with a machinery deck and attachment on a round pivot to swing freely.

“Bulldozers are fun, but the ride is rough,” he said, adding he prefers mechanical equipment versus hydraulic machinery.

“It really is just Stone Age technology,” said Carter, who does most of the restoration himself. “If you’re remotely mechanically inclined, you can usually look at it and figure out how it’s supposed to work.”

With the acquired manuals he can figure out how to do the adjustments.

“I’m a one-man show, and some of this stuff gets incredibly difficult to work on. It’s heavy and complicated,” he said. “Most of the machines that I have purchased have been pretty well cared for.”

One of his more recent pieces also is the tallest, a 305 Excavator made by Koehring with a boom that reaches 35 feet.

“This is probably the best one I own,” he said. “In its life it probably needed the least work to make it functional.”

Carter doesn’t care as much about the outward appear-

his Jim Carter uses an antique crane at ) Zionsville home. (Photo by Lisa Price

ance of the equipment as long as it’s mechanically sound.

“I want it to operate the way it’s supposed to,” he said.

A recently purchased military loader has proved the most challenging restoration. It was built by Case but with an engine by General Motors, making repairs difficult.

“There was one tiny little crack in a piece that was causing all of the problems,” said Carter, who eventually found someone familiar with the equipment who fixed it.

“I own four pieces of military equipment now, and it finally dawned on me that this stuff was meant to go out onto the battlefield and be destroyed before it needed major work,” he said.

Carter takes his machines to historical construction equipment shows across the nation and stores several pieces near Pittsburgh in a location that has a museum and operates a biannual show. During the shows, most equipment is used for demonstrations so visitors can see how they once operated, bringing the equipment back to life.

“This is the equipment that built this world that we live in,” he said.

Carter appreciates being able to keep the equipment functioning for future generations.

“I’d really like to find a young person who has that fire, that interest in it,” he said. “I don’t look at myself as an owner as much as a custodian. I’m just keeping this stuff until I can pass it on to somebody else and let them get some enjoyment and let other people see how the old stuff used to run.”

see the equipment The Historical Construction Equipment Association (hcea.net) in Bowling Green, Ohio, organizes events where visitors can see the equipment operate as it did in the past. Carter also brings his equipment to the I&I Tractor Show in Penfeld, Ill., every July.

“You get to see the sights and the sounds of the machinery actually working,” he said.

The National Pike Steam, Gas and Horse Association has shows annually in May and August on 100 acres in Brownsville, Pa. The show originally focused on horsedriven and steam-powered equipment but now includes mechanical equipment from the mid-20th century.

“There’s a little bit of something there for everybody,” Carter said.

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o b s e r v ation

In the moment

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

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

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

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

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

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

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Celebrating Christmas in Germany Commentary by Ward Degler Years ago I was living in a small village in Germany at Christmas time. The local economy still was replain talk building from World War II, and wreckage from the conflict still dotted the landscape.

Mostly, the residents of the town lived day to day on limited incomes and had little more than the essentials. But when Christmas rolled around, they pulled out all the stops. They brought in branches from fir trees and decorated the cobbled main street and all the houses along the way. They hung ribbons and wreaths on the front of the big, stone Catholic church.

The green grocer arranged vegetables in his front window to spell out “Frohe Weinachten” (Merry Christmas). The meat market posted an undecorated tree inside the front door. Every customer who came into the shop was expected to bring a decoration for the tree.

The corner Gasthaus gave everyone who walked through the door a free swallow of egg cognac. Of course, most folks stuck around and bought several more along with a sizzling schnitzel and kartofel (cutlet and potato).

I rented a small, two-room apartment

upstairs in the house owned by the local shoemaker. The shoe shop was just outside my door, and the pungent smells of leather and glue permeated the air.

As an American soldier I had access to things not available to my German hosts. Grapefruit was a special treat, and I presented Christmas citrus to everyone I knew.

Something else I had that was a rarity in the town was a record player. After a few egg cognacs at the Gasthaus, a dozen or more locals would gather on the street below my apartment and call out for “Gramafon musik.”

Most nights when I was home I would open my window, set the record player on the sill and stack my Christmas records on the spindle and hit “play.” Everybody loved it.

A lot has changed over there since those post-war days, of course. But I’m pretty sure the townsfolk still decorate the streets for Weinachten. And I imagine the egg cognac is still tasty.

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.

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

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

The problem is, NYRs are impractical.

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

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

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

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

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A bad Christmas rap Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Most men can’t wrap presents. And it annoys them when they watch women do it so effortlessly. Men who do know humor how to wrap gifts certainly won’t admit it. If your bowling partner knows how to bake cookies, that would be the kind of thing you discover by accident. “Whoa! Sorry to barge in on you, Chuck. Marge said you were in the kitchen, so I figured you were downing a six-pack.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think her blindfold fell off.

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Holcomb’s senior executive team. She also has served on several museums’ board of directors. Her love of history helped spark Conner Prairie is well known locally, but newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer Su- her interest in the CMO position.

“I was very happily engaged doing sana Suarez wants to history make the interactive the work I was doing with the governor. When I first became aware of history museum beConner Prairie, I became a member come a global destination. Suarez and visited often with my children,” was recently chosen from more she said. “When I heard about this than 200 applicants to oversee all opportunity there was just somemarketing and communications. thing that said to me this is perfect.

“It’s very exciting, especially in Suarez This is what I want to do.” light of the fact that Conner Prairie She wants to work toward growing the is on this wonderful growth track,” said museum’s global footprint.

Suarez, a Zionsville Town Council member.

“Our goal is to make sure that folks “They have really exciting plans for the outside of Indianapolis know that this next year. For me, as the CMO, coming in as Smithsonian-affiliated museum exists and someone who has a communications and what it’s all about,” Suarez said. “We not marketing background to be able to walk only want to create awareness but make it into an organization that is really poised a destination goal for those coming in from for growth is very exciting.” out of state and out of the country.”

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

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Master drummer coming to Palladium

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dancing is not only allowed, but highly encouraged.

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

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

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

Their “Peanut Butter & Jam” session will be their first.

They feel ownership of the series and their place in it. Parents

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

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

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

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

A question-and-answer session will follow.

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

Zionsville — Dr. Chuck Dietzen will sign copies of his book “PintSized Prophets” from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 30 at Black Dog Books, 115 S. Main St. Book sale proceeds benefit the Timmy Global Health Foundation. For more, call 317-733-1747.

Westfield — Tickets are on sale for the Westfield Young Professionals’ New Year’s Eve Bash. The event is from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Dec. 31 at the Grand Junction Taproom, 1189 E. 181st St. Live music, a photo booth, champagne toast at midnight and more will be available. For more, visit the Westfield Young Professionals’ Facebook page.

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

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

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Student crafts documentary

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

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

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

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

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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 sees ‘The Last Jedi’

Father and son “Star Wars” fans Cody Baker (Zionsville) and Joe Baker (Geist), pause with Jedi Knight (Sean Ward) and stormtroopers at the special, sold-out premier party for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at Flix Brewhouse in Carmel. The night included photos with “Star Wars” characters, vendors, “Star Wars”-themed craft brews and a screening of the long-awaited blockbuster. The film is full of amazing special effects, old and new characters and was exciting for “Star Wars” fans of all ages. Grab your friends and family and check out “The Last Jedi” at Flix, and may the force be with you this holiday season. (Photo by Amy Pauszek)

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Artist captures wildlife beauty

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

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

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

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

The performances conclude Jan. 7.

“The role is a fun one because of the

Noblesville’s Bruce Neckar doesn’t consider himself a wildlife artist.

“It just happens,” he said. arts Yet, Neckar’s Noblesville studio features a vast array of wildlife art. “I love animals, birds, especially migratory birds, but I’ll only draw those here in Indiana,” he said.

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

“It’s funny,” said Neckar, whose wife, Karen, also is an artist. “People don’t know that I was a classically trained artist. My mother was an art teacher. As a kid, I was spoiled. I always had art materials. I had always wanted to be a printmaker, but I found it to be too restrictive.

I always loved drawing. I like to paint, also, but I like to use my hands a lot. I rarely use brushes.”

Although his main gallery is in Atlanta, Ga., Neckar’s commitment to the Nobles-

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

people you get to interact with along the way,” Butler said. “You get to work with so many talented actors and it’s always fun seeing what the creative team behind the show comes up with. And most people have heard the story and or seen the show before, so I feel like the show is very nostalgic for audiences. So, it’s fun getting to tell the story again for them. There aren’t too many challenges that come along with being Joseph because the brothers, wives and other actors are the ones doing most of the work. Joseph’s name may be in the title, but this show would be nothing without everyone else.”

For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Bruce Neckar in his studio.

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ville area and its art community remains strong.

“We have a cadre of really good artists in the Noblesville community, like my very good friend John Reynolds, who encourage each other in our endeavors,” Neckar said. “We have painters, printers, photographers who all exhibit together. There are so many local organizations here as well. The Hoosier Salon Gallery in Carmel will have its 94th consecutive exhibition next year.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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One of the most common questions we get asked during a divorce is regarding alimony. Does Indiana have it? What about spousal support? Will I have to pay either to my ex? The short answer: no.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Southern end of Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Photo by Don Knebel)

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

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

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

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

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

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Top pay, including OT and Bonus Flexible Schedules

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622 Rangeline Rd, Suite S, Carmel • 317-506-6902

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