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Under $10 Lunch Special
Day care gets final approval
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
A new day care at the corner of Templin Road and U.S. 421 is a go after the Zionsville Plan Commission approved a development plan for the project May 18.
The Learning Experience will build a 10,000-square-foot facility enrolling up to 165 students and employ about 20 people. Amenities include a fenced-in playground behind the building, away from U.S. 421. It would be open during normal working hours on weekdays.
The Learning Experience offers preschool and day care programs for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years, according to its website. It is one of the fastest-growing child care providers in the country, according to attorney Kyle Resetarits, who presented the proposal to the plan commission.
The Zionsville location is one of 200 in development. The Learning Experience has locations in Noblesville, Westfield, Fishers and Brownsburg.
Final project approval includes a pause on a proposed median on Templin Road that would have made the entrance into the day care right in, right out. An entrance on U.S. 421 will be right in, right out and have a median.
The removal of the median on Templin Road is meant to quell concerns from residents in the Chelsea Park
neighborhood just north of the to-bebuilt day care. The neighborhood’s homeowners association spoke against the project last month, claiming motorists turning left onto Templin Road would use Chelsea Park streets to turn around to get to the day care.
The absence of a median will allow motorists to turn left into the day care off Templin Road. Traffic will be monitored for two years after the day care opens to see if a median is needed.
Still, Chelsea Park residents pushed back against the project, hiring attorney Roger Burrus to represent them at
the May 18 meeting. Burrus said east bound traffic on Templin Road could back up, preventing people from turning left into the property. He argued the location wasn’t right for a day care.
“We don’t see this as an answer at all,” Burrus said.
Plan Commission Member Brad Johnson said any project proposed for the property would have two entrances.
“If we say no, we’re also rendering that site undevelopable,” he said.
The commission voted 5-2 to approve the development. Members Nicole Finelli and Kendrick Davis voted against it.
West Clay at 131st & Towne Rd
The Learning Experience would be at 11695 Templin Rd. near the U.S. 421 intersection. (Image courtesy of the Town of Zionsville)
ZCS prepares for new accountability grades
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
School districts in Indiana will receive an accountability grade as the Indiana State Board of Education approved a new system to evaluate schools earlier this year.
It marks the return of the A-F grade system that was paused five years ago. The new system focuses on student achievement metrics, like earning high school credits, taking dual credit and AP classes, performing well on ILEARN and meeting an attendance goal.
Greg McDaniel, coordinator of school services at Zionsville Community Schools, said the new grading system is meant to consider more factors than only a standardized test.
“This was designed to hold schools accountable for serving every single child, and that’s a wonderful thing,” he said. “We might not agree how they got there, but it’s a great thing and thought process.”
Schools will receive their first grades in the fall, based on this school year. Grades will be assigned to each dis-
trict’s third grade, 10th and 12th grade, fourth through eighth grade, each school building and an overall district grade.
The first round of grades is for baseline purposes. There will be no consequences to this year’s grades. It is also unclear what consequences will be for low performing schools. It’s one of many details schools are still waiting on. ZCS Superintendent Rebecca Coffman said more guidance is expected from the Indiana Department of Education later this year.
Each student will receive a score based on a combination of metrics deemed academic mastery and additional knowledge. The scores will be used to determine letter grades for schools.
Metrics differ for what group of students are evaluated. For example, for 10th graders, credits earned as a freshman and earlier factor into the letter grade as do credits for specific subject areas like English and math, and taking dual credit, career and technical and AP courses.
“The whole idea behind school ac-
countability was to push kids learning down further to open up opportunities at the top end, specifically work based learning, among other things,” McDaniel said in a presentation to the school board April 13.
College readiness factors, such as SAT performance, is a focus for evaluating a school’s 12th grade.
“We are going to be a school that gets advantaged by this,” McDaniel said. “This is going to help us.”
More than 90% of Zionsville Community High School students go to college.
The new grading system considers a high school student who earns a diploma seal to be at expectations. Above expectations, which would be scored higher, would require a student to earn a plus seal. A plus seal is more demanding, including several, sometimes more than 100, hours of work-based learning.
“That is going to be a challenge for high schools across the state,” McDaniel said. “It just will because there is a lot you have to do to get into that plus category.”
The seals are part of the state’s new graduation requirements that replace
the old Core 40 and academic honors diplomas. The new requirements apply to the class of 2029.
The accountability model also weighs a student earning an academic honors diploma (the old diploma model applies to students who will graduate before 2029) as meeting expectations.
“They are setting up a system that says if you get an academic honors diploma you are, at best, a B student,” McDaniel said. “That’s pretty rigorous. That’s something that has made us uncomfortable.”
Accountability grades for fourth through eighth grades will be tied to ILEARN scores, demonstrating growth and soft skills. McDaniel said the state is developing an employability, soft skill test for these grades.
School board vice president Michael Berg said the accountability grade system will be biased toward communities like Zionsville, where parents have the time and means to invest in their children. He argued the system will create an environment that is critical of public education and places unachievable goals on certain districts.
COMMUNITY
Lincoln Park to get new sign
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
A historical plaque that will be placed at Lincoln Park documents the history of Zionsville’s old train depot and Abraham Lincoln’s famous stop in town.
The historical plaque was unveiled May 21 at SullivanMunce Cultural Center’s celebration of National Historic Preservation Month.
One side of the plaque details the depot’s history. It was built around 1853 when the railroad ran down what is now First Street. The depot was moved to the Big-4 Rail Trail in 1923 after the New York Central Railroad moved its track to the west side of town after safety concerns with trains in the Village. The depot was moved down Hawthorne Street using logs.
The other side features a picture of Lincoln on a train. The president stopped briefly in Zionsville in 1861 on his way to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
The sign was made by Sewah Studios, a Marietta, Ohio, company. Mark Zelonis, chairman of the center’s historical committee, said the lettering on the plaque is set by hand.
SullivanMunce is working on additional historical plaques for the town, including one for Main Street that will document how the area looked in its early days as well as the rebricking efforts that started in 1911. Another is in the works that will be located near Eagle Elementary School and recognize the former Zion Park that used to host Chautauquas, a type of social gathering popular in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The next batch of Century Structures were also recognized during the event. The center’s Century Structure program recognizes homes in Zionsville that are 100 years or older. Homeowners, or members at SullivanMunce, conduct research on the home, building a portfolio that includes when it was built, who owned it, the architecture style and other historical tidbits.
Mark Zelonis, chairman of the SulivanMunce Cultrual Center Historical Committee, unveils a new historical plaque for Lincoln Park May 21 during a historic preservation celebration at the center. (Photo by Spencer Durham)
Structures include:
• Munce Art Center, 205 W. Hawthorne St.
• 195 Willow St., owned by Joshua and Margaret Phelps
• 170 E. Ash St., owned by Alexander and Mary Oser
• 125 N. Main St., owned by Sigrid Camarena
• 110 N. Third St., owned by Patrick and Danielle Pezet
• 480 W. Ash St., owned by Scott and Jennifer Zvokel
• 560 W. Poplar St., owned by Brent and Eileen Davis
• 560 W. Pine St., owned by Daniel Clark
• 210 S. Second St., owned by Janet Stutzman
• 290 W. Pine St., owned by Judy Varner
Of particular interest is 560 W. Poplar. Brent and Eileen Davis, who are architects, did most of the research on the property. They’ve also restored it to its original design elements. There is no clear date on when it was built. The couple’s best guess is 1852, which would make it one of the oldest homes in town. Some documents indicate it could have been built as early as 1840.
St. Alphonsus planning expansion — St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church is planning an expansion to its campus. The congregation plans to build some sort of structure and add parking to a lot just north of its campus at 6355 S. 950 East. Craig Flandermeyer of Schmidt Associates said a parish hall and other parish uses are being considered. A final decision will be made once the church finishes its master planning. The Zionsville Plan Commission gave a favorable recommendation for a rezoning for the property May 18. The matter now heads to the Zionsville Town Council for approval.
SAFETY, MEET STYLE
Four sentenced in drug case
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Four Indianapolis men were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine across central Indiana, which included using a Zionsville home to store guns.
Lionel Muse, 25, Andre Anderson, 32, Adoni Gillepsy, Jr., 24 and Dontae Blount will all serve multiple years in federal prison. Between September 2023 and April 2024, the four men conspired to sell fentanyl and methamphetamine by operating out of at least four different apartments, according to a Department of Justice press release.
The four locations, including 6304 Pickwick Court in Zionsville, were raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives in April 2024. Agents found seven firearms, including one that was reported stolen from Hendricks County. One was equipped with a machine gun. More than $100,000 was also seized.
Searches at the other locations netted additional firearms, fentanyl, meth and equipment used in drug trafficking.
“These defendants operated a multilocation drug distribution network and stocked their apartments with illegal firearms and equipment to support it,” stated Tom Wheeler, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. “These sentences reflect our commitment to protecting Hoosiers.”
Blount, who was most recently sentenced to more than 16 years in prison, rented the apartments under false identities and paid rent with drug proceeds. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
Muse pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. He was sentenced in 2025 to 10 years in prison.
Anderson will spend six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a machine gun.
Gillespy, Jr. was sentenced to 10 years. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
14-lot subdivision proposed
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
A 14-lot subdivision along U.S. 421 will need more consideration before a decision is made on its future.
The Zionsville Plan Commission continued a proposal for Walnut Run Estates, a 14-acre subdivision at 5356 U.S. 421 at its May 18 meeting. The developer, JB Partners LLC in Zionsville, is seeking primary plat and development plan approval.
The property would be split into 14 residential lots for custom home builds; however, the plan commission had a number of questions about the proposed developments, with a couple regarding sidewalks.
The developer seeks a waiver from a requirement to extend a sidewalk north along U.S. 421 due the low topography of the area and the costs associated with doing so. Mike Andrews, who spoke on behalf of the developer, said it would be difficult to finance the path with only 14 homes planned.
Some plan commission members seemed resistant to grant the waiver.
A sidewalk to the south, which would connect to another, would snake through some of the residential lots before heading back toward U.S. 421.
Plan Commission Brad Johnson said he’d like some sort of easement that would guarantee the sidewalk remains public, to prevent a future homeowners association from making it private.
The developer presented a list of commitments agreed to with Chelsea
Park, the neighborhood directly south including a landscaped boundary between homes in the two subdivisions and agreed access to a sewer easement within Chelsea Park.
Commission members supported continuing the proposal so they could review the commitments and to give the developer more time to sort through the issues the board raised.
Andrews pushed back against delaying the project another month as it had been continued in March and April.
“There are quite a few pieces here that are just not thought through completely,” Johnson replied. “I don’t think you’re ready for an approval tonight. No matter how many commitments you put down I don’t think we’re there. That’s just my opinion.”
The commission is expected to revisit the matter at its June 15 meeting as well as hold a public hearing on the project.
LIONS CLUB MEMBER HELPS AT STATE CONVENTION
Zionsville Lions Club member Sam Robbins helps at the silent auction at the 105th Lions State Convention held in Plainfield. More than $9,000 was raised through the auction, which will benefit Riley’s Children Foundation. The Walthers Cancer Foundation will match the donation. (Photo courtesy of the Zionsville Lions Club)
A 14-lot custom home subdivision has been proposed for 5356 U.S. 421. (Image courtesy of the Town of Zionsville)
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DONETTA HUFFMAN
Native American film has local connection
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
A film with Zionsville ties will have a free showing June 5 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis.
“Things You Know But Cannot Explain” is a stop-motion animated short that explores the late artist Rick Bartow and his identity and culture as a member of the Wiyot, a Native American tribe in northern California.
The film’s editor is Richie Wenzler. Chris Burrus served as the music composer. Both are from Zionsville and grew up together.
The 10-and-half minute film was produced by Sugarbush Hill Productions, the production company founded with his wife Michelle Hernandez. The name is a nod to the neighborhood Wenzler grew up in in Zionsville. Hernandez co-directed the film.
The film features Bartow’s artwork and is narrated by Cara Jade Myers, who starred in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Narration is spoken entirely in Soulatuk, the traditional language of the Wiyot tribe.
“It’s very moving to see,” Burrus said of Bartow’s artwork. “You can spend a lot of time contemplating what you’re looking at.”
Burrus is the music director at WFIU in Bloomington. Hernandez and Wenzler live in Los Angeles.
Bartow primarily created drawings using pastels and graphite but also dabbled in sculpting and painting.
Hernandez, who also is Wiyot, said Bartow lived most of his life knowing he had indigenous ancestry but did not know what tribe.
“He always knew he was native, but he thought he was Yurok (a tribe in the same area of California),” she said.
Hernandez is Bartow’s niece. He was adopted into the family.
The film is about “his journey of reclaiming himself again as an indigenous person,” according to Wenzler.
“The movie was made out of love and
respect,” he said.
The film gained a second wind after the film festival circuit as it was featured on AMC+ for Native American Heritage Month. It ultimately led to the Eiteljorg screening.
“That was Chris and Richie’s goal, to show it at the Eiteljorg,” Hernandez said.
Some of Bartow’s work is in the Eiteljorg’s archives. Hernandez said he was one of the first Native Americans to have a fellowship at the museum.
The film will be shown at 5:30 p.m. June 5, part of the museum’s Free First Friday event.
The animated short is part of the Bartow Project, a series of films on the artist’s life. Another film, focusing on Bartow’s PTSD — he was a Vietnam War veteran — is in the works. Hernandez said Bartow’s estate has enjoyed the films.
The Eiteljorg Museum is at 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.
Zionsville Safety Board — The safety board meets at 8 a.m. June 15 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. The safety board oversees operations of the Zionsville Fire Department and the appeals process for residents seeking relief from the Fire Protection Ordinance.
“Things You Know But Cannot Explain,” a stop-motion animated film that explores the late artist Rick Bartow, will have a free screening June 5 at the Eiteljorg Museum. Zionsville natives Richie Wenzler and Chris Burrus worked on the film. (Image courtesy of Sugarbush Hill Productions)
COMMUNITY
Polo match aids Heroes Club
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
The Heroes Club has provided an accidental death insurance policy and support for Carmel police officers and firefighters for 30 years.
The nonprofit has expanded this year to cover accidental death insurance for Zionsville police officers and firefighters and any other police or firefighter responding to an incident in Zionsville city limits.
The Heroes Club will hold a fundraiser June 19 at Hickory Hall Polo Fields, 7551 E. 100 North, Whitestown. Gates open at 5 p.m. with the polo match at 6 p.m. The cost is $40 a carload. A polo match fundraiser was rained out last year and rescheduled for later in the year.
The event will also serve as a fundraiser for Morning Dove Therapeutic Riding Center in Zionsville.
“We like to call it raising funds for heroes and horses,” said Renee Butts, an adviser on The Heroes Club board and Carmel Fire Department public education officer.
Through the years The Heroes Club has expanded its coverage to include mental health and equipment and training grants.
“They started a grant program where they raise money for police bullet and
knife proof vets for the K-9s,” Butts said. “They raised money for the dog kennels for the police department. They also raise money for the Qwake Technologies C-THRU helmets, which helps firefighters see through smoke. The club also provides a small payout for cancer diagnosis because it kind of goes hand-in-hand with firefighting.”
Matt Frey, owner of Bub’s Burgers in Carmel and Zionsville, serves as president of the club.
“There’s a lot of needs that weren’t in the (first responders’) budget that come up,” Frey said. “I’m not OK with them paying out of their own pocket for something that protects us. We’ll have specific fundraisers for things they need like Qwake helmets. It’s an absolute game changer and a life saver. It’s a wide variety of different resources we provide. The club has done a wonderful job, and the board has been very supportive. Since we started in 1996, this is the most we’ve ever contributed.”
Frey said the club’s goal is to raise at least another $300,000 by the end of the year.
There will be golf outings Aug. 24 to support first responders in Zionsville and Sept. 14 to support Carmel. Both are at Twin Lakes Golf Club in Carmel.
For more, visit theheroesclub.org.
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Zionsville resident Bill Parker and his team, Total Smoke Show, won the second Brick Street Smoke Off May 2. The cookoff, hosted by Willy’s Wagyu during the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce’s Brick Street Market, challenged teams to prepare different cuts of meat. Categories included New York strip, picanha and brisket point. Total Smoke Show was grand champion, winning $1,000. Individual category winners received $250. (Photo courtesy of Willy’s Wagyu)
Artist blends healing, protecting waters
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
Carolyn Springer added streaks of light blue with her brush to the canvas. The streaks, representing light reflected through water, crossed over names written in chalk.
Forty-one names comprised the 11th layer of Springer’s “The Forgiving Sea VI,” an interactive painting that invites people to write the names of those they want to forgive. Springer spent the afternoon of May 13 at Indiana Institute of Prosthetics in Whitestown adding the 12th layer, featuring starfish, a shark, fish and other water-related elements.
The painting is part of Springer’s The Forgiving Sea nonprofit that combines forgiveness, healing and protecting waterways. Each painting is of an underwater landscape that includes layers of paints and names of those to be forgiven. Proceeds from sales benefit restoration and conservation initiatives. The painting Springer worked on in Whitestown will benefit Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
forgive on the painting, which Springer incorporates into the final design. (Photo by Spencer Durham)
to restore damage from Hurricane Ian in Sanibel, Florida.
“We are supposed to be healing our waters, and water is healing,” Springer said.
The prosthetics institute’s clinic is designed to be like an art gallery. Instead of pictures of people with prosthetics adorning the walls, there are pieces of art, including multiple from Springer. Matt Habecker, founder and CEO of the institute, said the design choice is meant to remind people who
they are, not what they’re missing.
“I saw the power of art in our old clinic,” he said.
The Indiana Institute of Prosthetics was in Zionsville before moving in 2021. At its previous location, Habecker displayed photos from his sister’s nonprofit, where children took photos of things they found beautiful.
Springer added some gray around the shark. It appeared to smile back at the viewer. Springer, who is a resident artist at the Harrison Center in Indianapolis, said The Forgiving Sea paintings can help people start the forgiving process.
“I’ve seen traumatic things,” she said. “The water is like a washing away.”
This year marks 10 years of Springer’s nonprofit. There will be a celebration at the Indianapolis Art Center in September.
“I’m feeling so excited people want to participate,” she said. “It’s so much more satisfying to have people play with me on canvas.”
For more information on Springer’s work, visit studiocarolynspringer.com.
DISPATCHES
Committee to study Cash’s topic — The Interim Study Committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services will look into the development and implementation of a statewide sexual assault response plan, as suggested by State Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville.) The committee is composed of state lawmakers and will meet during the summer and fall months to prepare for the 2027 legislative session.
Golf fundraiser set for June 6 — The Zionsville Knights of Columbus will hold its annual Saint Alphonsus Cup Golf Tournament starting at 9:30 a.m. June 6 at Eagle Creek Golf Club, 8802 W. 56th St., Indianapolis. The annual outing raises money for Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics of Indiana. There will be a silent auction featuring golf packages and sports tickets and memorabilia. Cost is $125 per person or $500 per team. For more, visit trellis. org/2026knightsofcolumbusgolfouting.
Zionsville Board of Zoning Appeals — The board of zoning appeals meets at 6:30 p.m. June 3 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. The board considers relief from the requirements of Zionsville’s zoning ordinance.
Zionsville school board — The School Board of Trustees for Zionsville Community Schools meets at 6 p.m. June 8 in the Educational Services Center Boardroom, 900 Mulberry St.
Zionsville Parks Board — The parks board meets at 7 p.m. June 10 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St. The parks board oversees maintenance and development of parks and recreation in Zionsville.
Zionsville Town Council — The town council meets at 7:30 a.m. June 15 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St.
Zionsville Plan Commission — The planning commission meets at 6:30 p.m. June 15 at Zionsville Town Hall, 1100 W. Oak St.
Carolyn Springer paints May 13 at the Indiana Institute of Prosthetics. Clients of the clinic were invited to write the names of people they want to
NATURAL SPLENDOR
Zionsville unveils Carpenter Nature Preserve
By Spencer Durham spencer@youarecurrent.com
Five years ago, Jim and Nancy Carpenter walked through the closed Wolf Run Golf Course with former Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron.
The Carpenters had a vision: A nature preserve for the town — a 215-acre area along Eagle Creek where people could walk, slow down and connect with nature.
“Nature was already starting to reclaim the once manicured golf course,” Jim Carpenter said. “Me and Nancy said that place has to be preserved.”
That vision is now reality. On May 21, the Town of Zionsville officially unveiled the Carpenter Nature Preserve at 601 S. 900 E. in a private celebration featuring stakeholders and donors who helped make the project possible.
The nature preserve features a pavilion with restrooms and nature playground (with natural features like wood and water), 2 miles of trails, an outdoor classroom, amphitheater, two scenic overlooks, a wildlife blind and new entrance.
The Carpenters purchased the property for $5.5 million and sold it to the town in 2023 for $4.52 million.
“They set the gold standard for being good stewards, good neighbors,” Zionsville Mayor John Stehr said.
Carpenter Nature Preserve is not yet open to the public. It is expected to welcome visitors in the coming weeks.
Zionsville Parks and Recreation Superintendent Jarod Logsdon said frequent rains have delayed some of the finishing touches needed before the preserve can open.
Construction funding was made possible by local donations and state grants.
Zionsville was the recipient of the largest single infusion of conservation funding in history from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources via a $3 million grant through the Next Level Conservation Trust. The DNR also awarded a $500,000 grant from its Land and Water Conservation fund. Locally, the Zionsville Parks Foundation raised more than $800,000.
Funding also supported the planting of 1,500 new trees and the restoration of several acres of prairies and wetlands. Jim Carpenter said the preserve will be home to hundreds of bird species, rare and endangered bats in the summer, pollinators and plenty of oth-
er wildlife.
“Today, you might see a blue bird or you might hear a meadowlark,” he told the crowd.
Those who attended the May 21 event were able to walk the trail and check out the scenic overlook and amphithe-
COMING SOON: PHASE 2
Work is ongoing at Carpenter Nature Preserve — and will continue in the coming years — as a second phase is planned that will include more preservation efforts and, eventually, more infrastructure, including trails, so people can enjoy more of the property.
The Indiana Stream and Wetland Mitigation Program plans to restore up to 10,000 linear feet of land along Eagle Creek and tributaries within the property. Zionsville Parks and Recreation Superintendent Jarod Logsdon said work will include removing nonnative species. The DNR will also help take care of the
area for 10 years.
The former golf clubhouse and bunkhouse will be replaced with a nature education center. Prairies and wetlands will continue to be restored. Boardwalks through wetlands are planned as are more trails, overlooks and a tree canopy.
“There is much more to do … phase two is on the drawing board,” said Tim Casady, president of the Zionsville Parks Foundation.
The parks foundation is raising money for the continued development of Carpenter Nature Preserve. To donate, visit zparksfoundation.org/donate/.
Nancy and Jim Carpenter speak during a May 21 private unveiling and celebration of Carpenter Nature Preserve. The Zionsville couple purchased the property, formerly Wolf
ater. Some, using the Merlin Bird ID — an app that identifies birds based on their calls — listened as they strolled along the paved path, venturing deeper into the former golf course.
Much of the celebration recognized and thanked those who contributed to the project.
“Long after we are gone, the preserve will still be here because the community came together to protect something larger than itself,” Jim Carpenter said.
The preserve is meant to be a regional destination that draws people from across central Indiana. Stehr said he’d like Carpenter Nature Preserve to host field trips for schoolchildren like Conner Prairie in Westfield.
The Carpenters received a standing ovation for their efforts.
ON THE COVER: An amphitheater is one of the new additions to Carpenter Nature Preserve. It is expected to host events as early as this fall. (Photos by Spencer Durham)
(Above) The Carpenter Nature Preserve features a pavilion with restrooms and a nature playground. (Photos by Spencer Durham)
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Run Golf Course, and later sold it to the town.
Carmel Comedy Club to open at The Cat
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Debbie Hughes has a vision of regular comedy shows in Carmel.
She founded Carmel Comedy Club, which will open at 7 p.m. June 27, at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way. Dobie Maxwell is the headliner while Hughes, known as “Lady Wisecrack,” and Indianapolis comedian Chris Cline will be the opening acts.
Cline, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was the 2023 recipient of the NFL Salute To Service Award. He helped veterans work through trauma through the power of comedy.
Vocalist Sadie Cohen, who will be a senior at Carmel High School this fall, will close the show with Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” and “Happy Days Are Here Again.”
Hughes, a Carmel resident, connected with Maxwell through a Facebook group and they formed a friendship. Maxwell originally wanted to play professional baseball, but the left-handed pitcher chased another dream after being cut from a Kansas City Royals tryout.
“I went to a comedy open mic, and I thought, ‘These guys are terrible, I can do this,’” he said. “I got up and was worse than both of them, but I learned that’s what I wanted to do. I worked my way up to headliner. Then I had a car accident when I was 30, flipped my convertible over, almost died. I had to learn to walk again, broke my sternum and (had) my jaw wired shut. I was asked at a continuing education place in Milwaukee if I wanted to teach a comedy class. I said, ‘You can’t teach comedy. You either have (it) or you don’t.’ They said, ‘We’d be willing to pay you a few bucks.’ I said, ‘Tuesday at 7 o’clock we’re having a comedy class.’”
Since then, he has taught approximately 3,000 students from around the world at Zanies Comedy Club classes in Chicago.
“I was their exclusive teacher for 25 years until COVID came and shut
(Below) Debbie Hughes is the founder of Carmel Comedy Club. (Graphic courtesy of Debbie Hughes)
down the world,” he said.
Maxwell has performed in 49 states and was a morning radio host in several cities, including Chicago’s 97.9 FM called “The Loop.”
“I think I really like teaching as much as performing,” he said.
Maxwell, who had a Dry Bar comedy special in 2025, performs a clean comedy act with profanity. He also avoids politics, figuring a comedian risks angering half the crowd.
Maxwell is the booking agent, comedic educator of the Stand-Up Comedy course set to start in September at The Cat. He said Hughes is an expert on the business part.
“I needed someone like her for many, many years,” said Maxwell, who now lives in Kenosha, Wis.
Hughes graduated from Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts’ four-week comedy class in February. She headlined the final show and takes remote and in-person lessons at Second City in Chicago.
Maxwell will return as headliner for the July 11 performance at The Cat. Comedian Todd Hunt will present “The Making of I Love Lucy”July 25
and 31 at The Cat. Hunt is a nostalgic humorist and Lucille Ball historian.
“He’ll be telling all the behind-thescenes that nobody knows on how they prepared to make the shows,” Hughes said.
Video clips of classic “I Love Lucy” episodes will be shown.
For more, visit carmelcitycomedyclub.com.
DUGAN RETURNS
Longtime Carmel comedian Dave Dugan, who has made more than 200 appearances on the “Bob and Tom” radio show, will perform his “Busting Out with Laughs!” shows at 7:30 p.m. June 5-6 at The Cat. Dugan has performed comedy nights at The Cat over the past several years.
Dugan also specializes in clean comedy and has performed a Dry Bar Comedy special. Dugan will continue to have comedy shows at The Cat, separate from Carmel Comedy Club.
For more, visit thecat.bz.
‘CINDERELLA’
“Cinderella” runs through July 12 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.
FEINSTEIN’S CABARET
“The Beach Boys Tribute Featuring Pet Sounds Live” is set for June 4, followed by “Tribute to Huey Lewis and the News” June 6 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. The performances start at 7:30 p.m. For more, visit feinsteinshc. com.
’ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA’
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “Antony and Cleopatra” at 7 p.m. June 5 and 5 p.m. June 6 at The Tarkington at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.
’SECRET GARDEN’
Main Street Productions presents “The Secret Garden” through June 7 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.
Carmel PorchFest sets schedule — Carmel PorchFest Inc. will host four events in 2026, including three Late Night on Main in the Arts & Design District. Carmel PorchFest will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 20. Late Night on Main returns to Carmel’s Main Street on the third Saturday of each summer month. The street party begins at 6 p.m. Beverage vendors will be available. Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs. The Late Night on Main are Jai Baker Trio, a High energy country band, June 20; Blair Clark and The Fun Factor Band, July 18 and DUDE!, a five-member dance pop band from Indianapolis, Aug. 15. For more, visit carmelporchfest.org.
(Above) Dobie Maxwell will be headliner for the Carmel Comedy Club opening show June 27 at The Cat in Carmel.
(Photo courtesy of Dobie Maxwell)
THE SONGBOOK ACADEMY® IN CONCERT
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ART GARFUNKEL: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD CELEBRATION CONCERTS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BRIAN SIMPSON, JACKIEM JOYNER AND JESSY J 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
STEWART COPELAND: HAVE I SAID
TOO MUCH
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
GLADYS KNIGHT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
“PSYCHIC” COMEDIAN PETER ANTONIOU
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
THE CENTER CELEBRATION 2026
FEATURING THE BACON BROTHERS
5PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN: THE TASTE ME TOUR THE FINAL LEG 7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LOU GRAMM: THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF FOREIGNER
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
RUMOURS ATL: A FLEETWOOD
MAC TRIBUTE
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DEMOLA LIVE!
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PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE & PABLO CRUISE
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THE BILLY JOEL LEGACY: CELEBRATING THE PIANO MAN
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BECKY ROBINSON: THE BEASTS IN ME TOUR
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS: INDIGO PARK TOUR
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE WAR AND TREATY
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE SIXTIES SHOW
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
INVINCIBLE: A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DANIEL EMMET: THIS THING CALLED LOVE
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
NILADRI KUMAAR: THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES – HONORING ZAKIR HUSSAIN
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL CARBONARO: WONDERBOY
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE SHARPE FAMILY SINGERS: THE BEST OF BROADWAY 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HASTA LA MUERTE
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BLKBOK
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
YEFIM BRONFMAN, PIANO
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
RYAN AHLWARDT: CRYING IN THE CANYON RELEASE PARTY
8PM | THE TARKINGTON
THE FOUR PHANTOMS IN CONCERT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BONEY JAMES
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
A CONVERSATION WITH AMY SEDARIS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
SIMPLY THREE
7PM | THE TARKINGTON
MAVIS STAPLES
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HOOSIERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
SCREENING WITH Q&A
3PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
PUNCH BROTHERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND: LEDBETTER HEIGHTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS: TEN THOUSAND HOURS
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY’S WILD & SWINGIN’ HOLIDAY PARTY
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LESLIE ODOM, JR. THE CHRISTMAS TOUR 2026
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN IN COMING HOME: THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HOLIDAYS IN HARMONY WITH GIRL NAMED TOM
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
JON MCLAUGHLIN & FRIENDS: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ALAN CUMMING: UNCUT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LIVE AND LET DIE: THE MUSIC OF PAUL MCCARTNEY FEATURING TONY KISHMAN
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BIG BANG BOOM 3PM |
THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS PERFORM BACH’S ST MATTHEW PASSION WITH MASAAKI SUZUKI
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MARCUS MILLER
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICKEY DOLENZ: 60 YEARS OF THE MONKEES
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE MÉXICO DE AMALIA HERNÁNDEZ
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WITH CONRAD TAO
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE MUSIC OF THE BEACH BOYS FEATURING PET SOUNDS LIVE 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
PAVLO AND BAND IN CONCERT 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
VICTORIA CLARK: IMPROBABLE INGENUE
MUSIC DIRECTOR, TED SPERLING
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
VITALY: AN EVENING OF WONDERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
JOHN MALKOVICH AND THE VIENNA
ACADEMY ORCHESTRA: ROLL
OVER BEETHOVEN
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
SPYRO GYRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST STANLEY JORDAN 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
KRUGER BROTHERS 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
DIONNE WARWICK: OVER AND OUT A FAREWELL TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BROOKLYN CHARMERS: A TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN 8PM | THE
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ITZHAK PERLMAN IN RECITAL 7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
AMY SEDARIS
MARCUS MILLER
BERNADETTE PETERS
ALAN CUMMING
HASTA LA MUERTE
GLADYS KNIGHT
LESLIE ODOM, JR.
Civic in Concert features ‘Chess’ music
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Michael Krauter admitted he knew nothing about “Chess” when he heard Civic Theatre was staging a concert with songs from the musical.
“Everyone said, ‘(What about) ‘One Night in Bangkok’? I never heard that song before in my life,” Krauter said. “And now I’m all too familiar with the music. There are like five different versions of the music and recordings of the show. The music is incredible.”
Civic in Concert will present “Chess” at 7 p.m. June 13 at the Payne & Mencias Palladium at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The evening is a fundraiser for Civic.
online,” Foulks said. “Each one of the stories are different, who sings what songs are different. The lyrics are different. It’s been a lot but it’s fun to learn.
Brent E. Marty, director of music and education for Civic Theatre, is the music director while Civic Executive Artistic Director Michael J. Lasley will direct.
The music was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA. The lyrics are by Tim Rice.
Krauter plays a Russian grandmaster chess player named Anatoly Sergievsky during the Cold War era.
Krauter’s character has two main songs, including “Where I Want to Be,” which is about his chess-playing ability and how he’s being pulled in different directions. The other song is “Anthem.”
“It’s about his loyalty to his country, to his family, to his relationships and to the game,” he said. “So, it’s a really moving song at the end of the first act.”
Following that song, Sergievsky defects to the U.S.
“He feels he’s being used, which he very much is,” Krauter said.
Krauter, who grew up in Carmel, said it’s a new thing for him being in character but also not a full showcase.
Mackenzie Foulks plays Florence Vassy, the American chess player Freddie Trumper’s assistant who falls in love with the Soviet Union defector.
“She is divided on her allegiances and her ambitions,” said Foulks, who lives on the northeast side of Indianapolis.
“Her heart is getting pulled in every which way.”
The only song she knew prior to the show was “Someone Else’s Story” from an audition book in college.
“There’s so many different versions
“I’ll be conducting on stage with a full orchestra and a chorus of 40 people and (the principal characters),” Marty said.
Civic performed “Jesus Christ Superstar” last year in its first Civic in Concert presented at the Palladium.
Marty and Lasley were fans of the music from the musical, which was released in 1984 before “Chess” made its debut in 1986.
“It came out when we were in high school and college. The CD, I wore that thing out,” Marty said. “The music is so beautiful and so catchy in places, and I was already an ABBA fan. Tim Rice’s lyrics are brilliant. Nobody ever does it, so I’ve never gotten to work on this show. Now, I get to do it in a really majestic and cool way.”
Marty said the initial run on Broadway was a flop because of the script.
“They tried to change the book when they brought it from London to Broadway and it didn’t really work,” Marty said.
Lasley said there are four distinct versions of the show. Civic is performing the London version of the music.
Matt Branic, a 1997 Carmel High School graduate, plays Trumper, the American chess player who likely was modeled after Bobby Fischer.
“There’s so many things about his character that I find interesting,” he said. “The big thing is being a child prodigy and he comes from a broken household. You discover that in one of his big songs, ‘Pity the Child,’ which is a gorgeous kind of rock ballad. You find out neither parent cared what he was doing, so he just retreated to his room and used his brain to conjure up battles on the chess board.”
For more, visit civictheatre.org/ civic-in-concert-chess.
Krauter Foulks
Branic
ENTERTAINMENT
ZCHS grad reprises role
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Olivia Broadwater is returning to a special role.
The 2020 Zionsville Community High School graduate plays Sandy in Summer Stock Stage’s production of “Grease” June 3-7 at Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University in Indianapolis.
Broadwater played Sandy in Civic Theatre’s Young Artists Program production the summer before her sophomore year of high school.
“I had a blast during that production, and it was such a special time for me as it was my first leading role in a production outside of school,” she said. “It pushed me to grow as a performer and I made so many connections in the Carmel-Indy theater community that I still am friends with today.”
Broadwater said she is excited to reprise the role after having more training and life experiences.
“The last time I played Sandy, I was definitely living through similar life experiences as her, but this time I feel like I am able to reflect and have a bet-
(Photo courtesy of Summer Stock Stage)
ter understanding of what she is going through in the show as a woman in the 1950s,” she said. “I am enjoying getting to explore that push and pull of innocence and sexuality that young people go through as they’re growing up and figuring out how they fit into the world.”
Broadwater was recently a main vocalist at Hong Kong Disneyland.
“I performed there for a little over a year and had the time of my life,” she said. “I sang as friends of Elsa, Rapunzel and Ariel in their ‘Mickey and the Wondrous Book’ show (and) was a main vocalist in their ‘Christmas Castle Show’ (and) did voice overwork for the park and hosted some of the park’s events. It was a truly life-changing experience.”
Red Barn set for premiere
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Michael Taylor is ready to see his play make its true premiere.
Taylor, Red Barn Theatre’s artistic director, will direct “The German Tropics” June 10-14 and June 17-21 at Red Barn Theatre in Frankfort.
“It’s the latest version of this script,” said Taylor, Frankfort High School’s director of theater. “I did it for the high school 10 or 11 years ago. We did a trial run of it, but since then it’s been back in the workshop, trying to scale it down so it can be done in a slightly smaller theater at a cheaper cost. It’s a very different show from when it was on its feet before. It is very new and people seeing this will be seeing it for the first time.”
“He shouldn’t be dating her because she is the boss’ daughter, and the boss has a strict no-dating anyone at the office policy,” Taylor said.
Taylor said the couple are going to the German Tropics resort on an island. The boss has a weekend business meeting at the same time.
“Through mistaken identities, slamming doors and the usual farce fare, the craziness ensues,” Taylor said. “I’m very free with the actors. I like them to create the characters themselves. I always say the script is just words on the page, it’s up to them to bring them to life. What was done before is in the past, and I just want to erase that. I want to see this version brought to life.”
The original set had 11 entrances and exits and was two stories high, but the new version is scaled down.
The play was previously called “Trouble in the Tropics.” Taylor said the plot centers on a young man who wants to go on vacation with his girlfriend.
Taylor will play Mike Talman in “Wait Until Dark,” which is set for June 24-28 and July 1-5 (except July 4). Associate Artistic Director Luke McLaughlin will direct that show.
Taylor then returns to direct “Something Rotten,” the third and final play of the season, set for July 9-12 and July 15-19.
For more, visit redbarntheatre.net.
Olivia Broadwater performs as “Sandy” in “Grease.”
Adapting to taste
Commentary by Terry Anker
There are countless subtle indicators of our preferences and cultures. The way we hold a fork, the timbre and intonation of our voices and how we nonverbally show support or disagreement all define us even if we believe the overt markers to be suppressed. We rarely notice these cues in ourselves. Like a scar that we’ve looked at so often that we no longer take notice, the daily habit makes them inconsequential to us, yet they can be jarring to others.
Tables in American diners are preset with silverware, napkins, salt, pepper, ketchup and yellow mustard. In the U.K., we’d find vinegar. In the Philippines, we’d still see ketchup but made from bananas, not tomatoes. Indians would demand chutneys. The Chinese would be lost without chili oil. Fish or soy sauces replace salt in much of Asia. And millions would plan to add mayonnaise to a slice of pizza! There are inclinations allowing for individual preference, but so much of what we come to expect in food is based
upon tradition and familiarity rather than any empirically measured taste. As with all that is culturally instilled in us, we have the capacity to adapt. Salty yogurt, as one would find widely in Turkey and the Middle East, is different than the mostly sweet varieties found elsewhere but undeniably tasty.
As we march forward across time, the customary can be removed or lost from the table. Children grow and begin their own independent lives. Rooms once filled with life now sit empty. Couples, once stalwarts of our social networks, move, divorce, pass away, remarry or simply evolve. Careers, hobbies, practices, habits and pleasures that used to be daily presets on the table are now exchanged with others. We often resist unfamiliarity although millions enjoy. If we can adapt, why don’t we?
Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@youarecurrent.com.
Unfinished basement biz
Commentary by Dick Wolfsie
My home office is downstairs. It was just a cellar when we moved into this house in 2018, but we invested a little money to fix it up, so it became a basement. I guess you could call it a finished basement. Well, it will be finished if we ever finish paying the mortgage.
Apparently, it wasn’t finished enough. A designer we hired said that for a few extra bucks, she could add a few finishing touches, and then we could truthfully call it our lower level. We didn’t have that kind of money, so it’s still a basement.
“We didn’t have that kind of money, so it’s still a basement.”
I stored a dozen suitcases under the base, and the table’s top became a perfect nesting place for a year’s supply of Campbell’s Soup. Each side pocket held a flashlight. Corner pockets? Duct tape, Scotch tape masking tape, and electrical tape. And my wife said we’d never use the pool table. Jeez, what a pessimist.
We got rid of the exercise bike because we couldn’t hang enough clothes on the handlebars to make it worthwhile.
– DICK WOLFSIE
Two years ago, we bought a ping-pong table. We played ping-pong once. We took a break when the score was 9 to 6. We had hoped to finish the game before race day. Right now, it is the perfect place for 16 cans of Bush’s Baked Beans. Let me sum up the current state of our lower level. We have an exercise bike that needs a little exercise, a rowing machine that has been left adrift and a ping-pong table that is seldom pinged or ponged.
Our original plan was to make it a beautiful room for entertaining guests, sipping white wine and discussing good books. That hasn’t happened. I occasionally invite people downstairs to see my huge Laurel and Hardy statues, and my wife once let the neighborhood yoga group practice Balasana, Uttanasana and Savasana. By the way, that last one is called a corpse pose, and it scared me half to death when I peeked in on the class. Did I leave the gas on?
In my office, I have lots of my TV memorabilia. I’m in every single photo. Then there are photos in the rest of the cellar that my wife Mary Ellen took on our vacations and later had them blown up and framed. I am not in one of these pictures. Fair is fair.
All of this reminded me of the last basement in our previous home.
We had a pool table, but we seldom played pool. We used the cue sticks to wrangle cobwebs from the ceiling.
We do have a treadmill that Mary Ellen uses quite often, mostly to catch up on “Outlander” episodes on her iPad while walking. I also use it religiously on Sundays for 10 minutes after church. It’s about time we finished the table tennis game that we started.
But first, I have a whole lot of baked beans to eat.
Dick Wolfsie
Contact
at wolfsie@aol.com.
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