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Nelson has been with the department since 2017. She was previously director of Legislative Affairs within the department, a role she has held since 2020. Prior to that she was the program manager of policy and regulatory affairs at ISDA. She graduated in December of 2016 from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

County, has promoted Kim Kasting to president and chief executive officer.

She replaces Gail Richards, who is retiring after serving at JCCF for 15 years but will continue to serve as director of special projects until March 2024.

leading operations at the company’s treatment, distribution, and field service operations facilities across the state. She will be headquartered at Indiana American Water’s corporate office in Greenwood, Ind.

n Dr. Christopher Browning was awarded the Meritorious Service Award which is given to a member of the Indiana Optometric Association in recognition for service to the profession of optometry in a specific category or categories.

Browning practices optometry at VisionQuest Eyecare in Greenwood. He is a past president of the Indiana Optometric Association and has taken on the role of legislative committee chair.

n Franklin resident Katie Nelson has been selected as deputy director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.

As deputy director of the department, Nelson will support the director in achieving ISDA’s mission and strategies.

Among many responsibilities, she will oversee the day-to-day operations of the department, represent ISDA at events, engage with producer organizations and identify opportunities to grow the state’s agriculture sector.

n Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announced appointments to various state boards and commissions.

Bill Barrett of Greenwood, a partner with Williams Barrett & Wilkowski LLP, was named to the Indiana Business Law Survey Commission. The appointment has no term but serves at the pleasure of the governor.

Commissioner Mike Smith of Greenwood, representing INDOT, will serve in the FIRSST Task Force until its sunset date of June 30.

n Dr. Scott Dolejs has joined Franciscan Physician Network as a colon and rectal surgeon at Franciscan Physician Network’s Indiana Colon and Rectal Specialists in Indianapolis and Mooresville. Dolejs is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison, Wis. He gained residency training in surgery at Indiana University and fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Colon and Rectal Specialists, Indiana University.

Board certified in colon and rectal surgery, Dolejs specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum with an emphasis on screening for colon cancer, the surgical management of colorectal cancer, hemorrhoids, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease.

n The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF), a nonprofit serving Johnson

Kasting previously served as the Foundation’s VP of development and as director of grants and scholarships. During Kasting’s tenure, she has help lead JCCF from $11 million to $40 million in assets. Additionally, she developed and executed JCCF’s first 24 hour Giving Day that netted support more than $270,000 for local nonprofits.

n Mutual Savings Bank has promoted Kellie L. Gordon to chief information officer. She will retain her role Senior Vice President, a position she has held since 2019.

Gordon’s tenure with the bank started in 1996 as a teller. During her time at the bank, she completed her college degree in information technology, computer security and information assurance. Her responsibilities will continue to include the duties related to information security, network administrator, deposit services, cybersecurity, and information technology.

Gordon and her husband, Andy, live in Franklin.

n Indiana American Water announced that it has named Kari Britto vice president of operations.

Britto will oversee all operations within Indiana American Water’s service districts. Her responsibilities will include

She joined Indiana American Water in 2009 and has held several roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as senior manager of business performance.

Britto has a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from the University of Indianapolis.

n Radiation Oncologist Dr. Peter Garrett, whose 45-year career included leading Franciscan Health’s cancer program in Central Indiana for the last two decades, joined colleagues at Franciscan Health Cancer Center Indianapolis to celebrate his retirement.

A native of Ottawa, Canada, Garrett graduated medical school from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario in 1977.

In March 2002, Garrett was appointed medical director of Cancer Services and chairman of the Cancer Committee, where he contributed to the tremendous growth of Franciscan Health’s oncology services during his 23 years with the program, seeing patients at both Indianapolis and Mooresville cancer centers.

Upon his arrival in Indianapolis in 1984, Garrett joined Cancer Care Group, the largest radiation oncology group in the state, and has served on the staff of 14 different hospitals during his tenure. Garrett led his 100th and final Cancer Committee in May.

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n Union Elementary School’s principal has been recognized as the best elementary school leader in the sevencounty region.

The Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) named Katie Smith 2023 District 9 Elementary Principal of the Year. District 9 covers south-central Indiana, including Johnson, Morgan, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Lawrence and Jackson counties.

Smith served as Northwood Elementary School’s principal for 16 years before taking the lead role at Union Elementary School in 2017, said Robin Betts, spokesperson for Franklin Community School Corporation.

The IASP recognizes the top school leaders from each of the 12 districts in Indiana. One of those 12 leaders will be named Indiana Elementary Principal of the Year this fall.

n Vena Holden, founder and owner of Selective Seconds Consignment, announced that she has hired Cassie Valdez as general manager.

Valdez will be managing the dayto-day operations, including new hires. She will work closely with the team of 20, to offer current women’s clothing, handbags,

accessories and home decor.

Valdez comes to Selective Seconds with many years of experience working in the retail industry. The store is located at 1000 N. State Road 135, Greenwood.

n Franklin College announces the retirement of two employees, Joel Cramer, who retires after a 38-year career as a professor with the college, and Marti Schrock, who served in several capacities at Franklin College over 21 years.

Cramer, professor of journalism and the chair of the Pulliam School of Journalism, joined the Franklin College faculty in 1985. He spent 38 years in the classroom, sharing his expertise in media law, broadcast journalism, videography and photography with his students, often times learning right alongside of them as technology rapidly changed. His students praised his patience and care in making sure they had mastered skills, helping them to become confident in their abilities.

In October 2022, Cramer received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. During his tenure, Cramer also earned the Clifford and Paula Dietz Award for Faculty Excellence in 2008 and the Academic Advisor of the Year Award in 2015. During the 2023 Commencement ceremony, Cramer was honored with the title of Professor Emeritus of Journalism by the Franklin College Board of Trustees in

recognition of his dedicated service to the college.

Cramer resides in Avon with his wife. They have three adult children and one grandchild.

After graduating from Franklin College in 1993 with a degree in journalism, Schrock returned to campus in a professional role in November 2001 as the secretary in the Office of Career Services and Professional Development. In addition to managing the office and overseeing the budget, Schrock also served as an instructor of the college’s New STeP (New Student Transition Program), which educated students on topics such as time management, risky behavior, financial management and ways to get involved on campus.

In July 2007, Schrock took another role on campus as the assistant director of annual giving in the Office of Institutional Advancement. Schrock, who has an adult daughter, Maddie Long, resides in Franklin with her husband, Brad

n Shana Quattrocchi has been named branch manager of Horizon Bank’s Greenwood office at 151 Marlin Drive.

With her experience in the banking industry spanning 12 years, Quattrocchi began her career as a teller and was later promoted to a personal banker, then advanced to an assistant branch manager. In her new role, Quattrocchi will oversee day-today branch operations while building rapport with customers and the community.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Quattrocchi has actively participated in several community organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Young Bankers Club and Reading with Students.

n Cardiologist Dr. Philip George Jr. has joined the heart care team at Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Heart Physicians.

George is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami and completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease from University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. and clinical cardiac electrophysiology from University of Florida.

Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Heart Physicians is at 5330 E. Stop 11 Road, Indianapolis.

n Dr. Jenna Walls has joined the medical team at Franciscan Physician Network Sports Medicine Specialists. Walls is fellowship-trained in sports medicine and certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She graduated from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies. She completed her residency in family medicine at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis where she also completed her fellowship training in sports medicine.

She practices at the Sports Medicine Specialists office in Indianapolis at 5255 E. Stop 11 Road, Suite 310, Indianapolis.

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Foundation, Aspire team up for workshops

The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) and Aspire Economic Development + Chamber Alliance have introduced a new series of workshops especially for professional advisors, business owners and community members.

The next one is Charitable Planning on Nov. 16 at Franklin College (101 Branigin Blvd., Franklin). The workshop covers how you can provide insight to your clients about charitable planning and how to reduce income taxes on the scale of a business. The workshop will explore CLATs and CRTs and how they can be used in combination with a sale of a business (CFP and Life Insurance credit). Brian A. Eagle, nationally known attorney, educator, author and wealth strategy consultant, will lead the workshop.

These sessions will include a hour of networking starting at 8 a.m. followed by a hour of continuing education at 9 a.m. Cost is $45/session and individuals can register on JCCF’s website at https://www. jccf.org.

For more information, contact Kim Kasting at 317-738-2213, kimm@jccf.org or visit www.jccf. org.

meridian Health Services and Franciscan Health collaborate

Meridian Health Services and Franciscan Health announced a new collaboration to provide integrated care for patients at

the current Franciscan Behavioral and Psychiatric Health offices located at 5230 E. Stop 11 Road and 1001 Hadley Road, Mooresville. The highquality behavioral and psychiatric health care that patients have come to count on will be complemented by a new and wider spectrum of integrated care specialties that Meridian has to offer.

Meridian Health Services is a regional, integrated health care system that believes in treating the “whole person.”

Duke Energy awards economic development grants

Duke Energy is awarding more than $125,000 in grants to 26 local and regional economic development organizations to spur new jobs and investment in Indiana communities. The grants are through Duke Energy’s Partnership Program, which funds marketing and strategic efforts to grow cities and towns.

This year, Aspire Johnson County was one of the organizations to recevie a $5,000 grant for the continuous service and positive economic impact they bring to their comunity through.

Grant dollars are used to support marketing campaigns and promotional materials, website development and updates, conference and tradeshow registrations and continuing education.

Duke Energy Foundation invests in workforce development initiatives

The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding more than $300,000 in shareholder-funded grants to 16

organizations providing job search, education and specialized training opportunities for Hoosiers.

The Ivy Tech Foundation (Johnson County) was granted $30,000. Funds will support the purchase of programmable logic controllers for Ivy Tech Franklin’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab. This state-ofthe-art lab will be used to teach courses in industrial technology and advanced automation and robotics.

local hotels awarded

Hilton recently recognized the hotel teams and respective leaders as Award of Excellence recipients for 2022.

Included in the honorees are Hilton Garden Inn — Columbus/ Edinburgh and Hampton Inn & Suites Indianapolis Franklin.

Considered one of the most prestigious honors among Hilton properties, the award recipients demonstrated the highest level of quality and service across the band in its division under criteria of overall guest experience, overall guest service and quality assurance.

Hilton Garden Inn — Columbus/ Edinburgh was just one of 32 properties in the U.S. and Canada to win this distinction out of 778 Hilton Garden Inn branded hotels.

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Indianapolis Franklin is just one of 122 properties in the U.S. and Canada to win, out of 2,438 Hampton Inn branded hotels.

college receives Arbor Day award

Franklin College earned a 2022 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation. This program honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting

healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. This marks the 10th consecutive year Franklin College has earned the distinction.

The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its Tree Campus Higher Education Program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant trees on their campuses.

Franklin College achieved the distinction by meeting Tree Campus Higher Education’s five standards.

Greenwood employees give back

Employees from Arbonne International’s Greenwood distribution center volunteered at Strides to Success Equineassisted Services Center in Plainfield during the company’s Global Day of Caring.

The team spent the day helping with spring cleaning ahead of Stride’s busy season. The volunteers were greeted by Bear, the therapy dog, who joined them for an orientation session before heading out to clean at the 10,000-square-foot facility. The group cleaned and organized the classroom, updated flower beds, cleared walkways and updated them with fresh timbers and mulch.

local companies named best Places to Work

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce honored employers from throughout the state by naming them to the annual list of Best Places to Work in Indiana.

Local area honorees are Carter’s My Plumber of Greenwood and Johnson Heating, Cooling, Plumbing of Franklin.

Honorees and rankings were determined through employer reports and a comprehensive, anonymous employee survey. The Workforce Research Group handled the selection process.

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Franklin chamber to launch ‘GEnUInE FrAnKlIn’ branding campaign

Franklin’s exceptional quality of life and culture — and their importance to the local economy — will be the focus of a new branding program by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

The campaign, called “GENUINE FRANKLIN,” will convey a message about the authenticity, friendliness and trust within the greater Franklin community located 20 minutes south of Indianapolis.

“An essential part of the chamber’s mission is to promote the important relationships between our businesses, organizations and communities. Telling that story helps Franklin thrive,” said Rosie Chambers, executive director of the chamber.

The campaign will be featured on the chamber’s website, social media channels, videos and signage and within other partner marketing efforts. Hats, shirts and other items featuring the slogan will be available to purchase online.

The campaign was developed by Clever Dogs Media Inc., a Franklin-based marketing firm that engaged chamber leadership and community stakeholders in a branding process. Chambers said focus groups discussed phrases and words that captured the value of Franklin’s community-centric culture.

“We landed on one key word that best describes our community –Genuine,” she said.

The chamber plans to roll out the campaign in August.

More information about the chamber is available on its website: https://www.franklincoc. org/

local companies make IbJ’s Fast 25 list

Three local companies were named to a list of the fastestgrowing companies in Indiana. The list is developed by the Indianapolis Business Journal by ranking the growth of companies that are submitted for consideration by revenue increase percentage from fiscal years 2020 to 2022.

Process Alliance LLC of rural Franklin is No. 5 with revenue growth at 252%. Peterman Brothers of Greenwood is ranked No. 13 with 198% growth. The Garrett Company of Greenwood is ranked No. 20 with revenue growth at 155%.

Senior living community wins award

Independence Village of Greenwood earned the Excellence in Talent Development award from the local chamber, Aspire Johnson County. According to the chamber, this award recognizes employers who have demonstrated excellence in talent recruitment and retention.

To find the right applicants, Independence Village created an internal staffing agency and an employee referral program. They also offer continuing education opportunities for staff members and mentorship for new hires once they start.

Independence Village is located

at 2339 S. State Road 135, Greenwood.

bank opens new branch

JCBank celebrated the opening of its new Greenwood banking center with a public ribbon cutting on April 28. The branch, located at 2871 S. State Road 135, is the first location for the 123-year-old Seymour-based banking company in Johnson County.

In addition to personal banking services, the location will feature commercial and mortgage lending and wealth management services. The branch is the 12th for JCBank.

Windrose earns recognition

WindRose Health Network, a health care provider in central Indiana, announced that it has achieved Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition, demonstrating its commitment to delivering high-quality, patientcentered care.

The Recognition is awarded by National Committee for Quality Assurance and signifies that WindRose Health Network has met rigorous standards in teambased care, practice organization, patient management, patient-centered access, care management and support and performance measurement and quality improvement. In addition, the organization received the Distinction in Behavioral Health Integration status, further enhancing its comprehensive approach to health care.

Franciscan Health Indianapolis named best Hospitals

Franciscan Health Indianapolis announced that it is one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals for 2023, according to new research released by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting

doctors and patients. This achievement puts Franciscan Health Indianapolis in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance across the most common conditions and procedures. Franciscan Health Indianapolis is the only hospital in Indiana to receive this distinction in 2023.

Kroger donation supports tornado recovery

Kroger offered a special “thank you” to the American Red Cross in Indiana. The grocer donated $5,000 to support the organization’s service to victims of the June tornado in White River Township.

Ibc wins $3.1 million in orders from contractor Franklin based IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, announced that it has won a new purchase order for its beryllium-aluminum alloy products from a major aerospace defense contractor. The value of the new orders is approximately $3.1 million, which the Company expects to fulfill in 2023.

Subaru Dealer donates to patients

Patients at Franciscan Health Cancer Center will be provided with some additional comfort for themselves and their families while undergoing treatment and at home, thanks to Dreyer & Reinbold Subaru and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Representatives from the Greenwood-based auto dealer visited the center on June 7 to deliver 200 blankets to be distributed to patients. The Dreyer & Reinbold team also brought 50 art activity kits for the children whose parents are undergoing bone marrow and stem cell transplants.

The donations are part of the Loves to Care program, a healthfocused initiative of Subaru’s national philanthropic platform.

A majority of Americans would feel “uncomfortable” with their doctor relying on AI in their medical care, according to recent polling, but despite those misgivings, it is likely you have already encountered the results of artificial intelligence in your doctor’s office or local pharmacy.

The true extent of its use “is a bit dependent on how one defines AI,” said Lloyd B. Minor, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, but he said some uses have been around for years.

Most large health care providers already use automated systems that verify dosage amounts for medications and flag possible drug interactions for doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

“There’s no question that has reduced medication errors, because of the checking that goes on in the background through applications of AI and machine learning,” Minor said.

Hundreds of devices enabled with AI technologies have been approved by the FDA in recent years, mostly in the fields of radiology and cardiology, where these fancy formulas have shown promise at detecting abnormalities and early signs of disease in X-rays and diagnostic scans. But despite new applications for AI being touted every day, a science fiction future of robot practitioners taking your vitals and diagnosing you isn’t coming soon to your doctor’s office.

With the recent public launch of large language model chatbots like ChatGPT the buzz around how the health care

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industry can ethically and safely use artificial intelligence is reaching a crescendo, just as the public is starting to get familiar with how the technology works.

“It’s very obvious health and medicine is one of the key areas that AI can make a huge contribution to,” said Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Her group has joined forces with the Stanford School of Medicine to launch RAISE-Health (Responsible AI for Safe and Equitable Health), a new initiative to guide the responsible use of AI across biomedical research, education and patient care.

But the concerns are also front of mind. AI and algorithms “could replicate and amplify disparities … unless they’re recognized and responsibly addressed,” Minor said. For example, he cited data collected from the clinical trials that the FDA uses to approve drugs, the participants of which have “typically been Whites of European descent.”

“If you train AI on a narrow demographic group, you are going to get results that really only apply to that narrow group,” Minor said.

Stanford is one of many institutions tackling the challenges and promises of artificial intelligence in the health care industry, and many of its researchers and experts have been at the forefront of these discussions for years.

Sonoo Thadaney Israni was co-chair of the Working Group of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for the

National Academy of Medicine (NAM) when the group published a report in 2019 titled “Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Hope, the Hype, the Promise, the Peril.”

“The wisest guidance for AI is to start with real problems in health care,” Israni and her colleagues wrote, like the lack of access to providers for the poor and uninsured, or the ballooning costs of care.

Will using AI provide better health, lower costs, improve patients’ experience and clinicians’ well-being, and promote equity in health care? Those are the key questions, Israni says.

But there is no central regulatory agency overseeing the boom in AI, and as a World Health Organization report points out, the laws and policies around the use of AI for health “are fragmented and limited.”

Israni thinks “the real question becomes not what should be the regulation, but what should be the values underlying those regulations,” and politicians already have their sights set on the topic. The Biden administration has said addressing the effects and future of AI is a “top priority.”

Systems that detect and prevent errors — checking for a misplaced decimal point in a dosage of medication or automatically checking possible adverse drug interactions — are “clearly making health and health care safer,” Minor said.

And other examples are already being

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Franklin Chamber to host ‘BizBash’

The Franklin Chamber of Commerce is proud to bring BizBash Business and Community Expo to the greater Franklin Community on Thursday, Sept. 21, at the Garment Factory Event Center in historic downtown Franklin.

BizBash is an exciting, oneof-a-kind event designed to be the ultimate celebration of the businesses, restaurants and shops that make the Franklin community unique.

BizBash will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and feature business-to-business and business-toconsumer networking, food and beverage tastings throughout the day. An anticipated 80 exhibitors will participate in this

annual event. Once again, Fox59’s Indy Now morning program will be broadcasting live from the venue for interactive demonstrations.

“The Franklin Chamber is excited to host BizBash Business and Community Expo and showcase our local businesses to let visitors know all Franklin has to offer,” said Rosie Chambers, executive director of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

BizBash is open to the public and free to attend at the Garment Factory Events Center, 101 E. Wayne St. in downtown Franklin.

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Ivy Tech celebrated the grand opening of their new manufacturing lab with a ribbon cutting on June 20 at 2205 mcclain Drive, Franklin.

Small Town Girl boutique celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting on June 23 at their downtown Franklin shop, located at 110 W. Jefferson St.

A local coffeeshop hands out samples at the 2022 bizbash.

Jcbank held its grand opening ribbon cutting at 2871 S. State road 135, Greenwood, on may 4.

The grand opening ribbon cutting for Twin Peaks, 600 Greenwood Park north Drive, Greenwood, was June 2.

Accentus Health

TmS had its grand opening ribbon cutting at 5218 E. Stop 11 road, Suite 34, Indianapolis, on June 14.

cellar’s market and Up cellar had its grand opening ribbon cutting on June 22. It’s at 63 n. baldwin St., bargersville.

A Senior retreat held its oneyear anniversary celebration at 1040 W. Jefferson St., Franklin, on July 13.

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Aphrodite Esthetics held a one-year anniversary ribbon cutting at 545 christy Drive, Suite 113, Greenwood on may 8.

Edward Jones – Dave Eger held a relocation ribbon cutting at 706 W. Trafalgar Pointe, Suite c, Trafalgar, on June 5.

beauty and brows by megan celebrated its grand opening ribbon cutting on July 27 at 8202 bluff road, Indianapolis.

‘Into the sky I go’

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Some might say Jason Newbold has his head in the clouds. Ironically, as founder and president of Greenwood-based BOLDAviation, that’s exactly where he wants it to be.

With main offices located at the Indy South Greenwood Airport, BOLDAviation specializes in preflown aircraft sales, maintenance, flight training, charter service and aircraft management.

“We are a multi-service aviation company,” Newbold said. “In two-and-a-half years of business, we have expanded to two flight schools (Greenwood and Danville), opened a maintenance division in Greenwood, and have grown to 15 employees.”

Newbold was born in San Diego but raised as a

Hoosier in Bedford, all the while gaining valuable exposure to the aviation industry through family connections.

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“My grandfather got his pilot’s license when he was 16,” Newbold said. “He grew up in Southern California and worked as the chief flight instructor at the Grissom airport in Bedford for 30 years. So, when I was growing up, I spent a lot of time being around planes and flying with my grandfather. I was inspired by him.”

However, after graduating Bedford North Lawrence High School, Newbold committed to military service rather than immediately beginning pursuit of his goal to work in the aviation industry. He joined the U.S. Army six months after the events of 9/11, completed

Jason newbold works in his office at the Indy South Greenwood Airport.

Operation Iraqi Freedom tours in 2003 and 2004, and then returned to Bedford as a civilian in 2005, hoping to find work in corporate America.

“I was in corporate business for 10 years and then realized I needed to be chasing my childhood dream, so I decided to pursue a degree in aviation,” Newbold said. “I got my pilot’s ratings, then joined another company in aircraft sales and acquisitions. I spent five years there and then started BOLDAviation in December of 2020.”

However, initially, as an entrepreneur, he was flying solo.

“It was just me, myself, a computer and a cell phone,” Newbold said.

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hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

After that first year of business, Newbold purchased a flight school in Danville, and named the flight training wing of his business BOLDFlight.

“We have six airplanes and we offer training at both the Greenwood and Danville locations,” he said.

That particular business line is also BOLDAviation’s most popular.

“Flight training is extremely busy for us,” Newbold said. “There is a need for pilots. In fact, the industry is projected to need 20,000 more pilots over the next decade.

“Between both locations, we currently have approximately 60 students.”

With a lean employee base comprised of service specialists, a sales team, certified flight instructors and aircraft maintenance personnel, BOLDAviation, a member of the National Aviation Business Association, boasts more than 150 transactions, 5,000+ flight hours and more than 50 years of aviation experience.

Understandably, expansion is already a possibility.

“We’re planning to get into the aircraft charter business at some point in the next couple of years with a goal of being able to offer complete charter services,” Newbold said.

“We may also eventually expand our flight school locations but for now, we’ll stay with Greenwood and Danville.”

While continuing to strive for business success, Newbold also takes a great deal of pride in helping others.

“I’ve learned one of the best ways to succeed is to surround yourself with good people,” he said. “But what really helps me through the daunting stuff, headaches and growing pains, as a

business owner, is being able to offer a place for other people to pursue their own goals and dreams. I enjoy employing people and helping them continue to grow.”

Believe it or not, in his spare time, Newbold enjoys flying.

“I have a warbird Yak-52 so I enjoy flying that and other planes too,” he said. “Flying has allowed me to be able to get places quickly and to be able to take quick vacations.

“I also have a 16-year-old daughter I enjoy spending time with. She’s my little best friend.

“I also enjoy spending time on Lake Monroe.

“Between flying, boating, spending time with my daughter and work, I don’t really have time for anything else.”

For Newbold, flying is much more than just a chosen career path.

“I like to say ‘Into the sky I go, to escape the chaos down below,’” he said.

“For me, flying is like hitting a country road on a motorcycle for some people. I feel like I can breathe a little. Sometimes, I just find my peace up in the sky.”

“I was in corporate business for 10 years and then realized I needed to be chasing my childhood dream, so I decided to pursue a degree in aviation.”

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Kent and leslie beeson stand with one of their trucks at their Whiteland business.

Company serves residents, businesses and community after storm

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FFor 23 years, Kent Beeson has been serving his community. Kent started Beeson Mechanical Service when he was just 19 years old on Jan. 1, 2000, while he attended Whiteland Community High School half the day and worked the other half in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning or HVAC trade. His wife Leslie joined him in the business five years later.

“The business grew really big, really fast,” explained Leslie. “He started as a contractor for Camp Atterbury, but after 9/11, they ended all contractor work when they activated the base.”

industrial equipment including installing whole house air cleaners, cleaning and installing commercial ice machines, servicing chillers and everything in between. As a full-service mechanical company, Beeson can take care of anything that “runs” a house, business, school or hospital.

owners: Kent and Leslie Beeson

founded: Jan. 1, 2000

address: 501 E. Main St., Whiteland IN 46184

phone: 317-659-9672

website: www.beesonco.com

hours: Open 24 hours

All Beeson Mechanical Service HVAC systems come with an extended warranty, and they only stock quality equipment saving customers money with financing options that have high approval ratings.

March, Kent and Leslie stepped up to serve the community again showcasing how they’re a local and family-owned business that cares.

“The response was a tornado in itself — it’s been very chaotic,” shared Leslie.

With most of the damage within a block or two of their Whiteland shop, Kent and Leslie volunteered with clean up from the beginning. Their shop on Main Street served as a generator station where people could come and charge devices, store medication in their fridge and grab food and drinks. Additionally, the office team helped serve as a gift card donation and pickup site, tracking all the cards.

This is when Kent pivoted to residential work. Over time, Beeson Mechanical Service has gone back to its roots by adding commercial and industrial services. Leslie estimates the company now serves half residential and half commercial/ industrial customers.

Serving central Indiana

Licensed and insured, Beeson Mechanical Service specializes in HVAC, electrical and refrigeration with customer satisfaction guaranteed. Offering free estimates, they service and install residential, commercial and

To offer all these services, Kent and Leslie have a knowledgeable and friendly team employing 12 full-time technicians and three part-time office staff to serve the Central Indiana area.

“Our technicians live all over, and we have multiple people with expertise in the same trade,” said Leslie. “Each technician spends the day in the same area, so typically, we’ll start their day with a job farthest from their home and move toward their home as the day goes on.”

With 24-hour service available, there’s a Beeson Mechanical Service technician close to any customer.

building back the community

With the tornadoes that ripped through Whiteland this past

“We actually just left our office unlocked and let people come in even when we weren’t here,” said Leslie. “We were just trying to think of ways we could help that are practical, because we’re right in the middle and people could walk here. It just made sense because a lot of them didn’t have cars anymore.”

Beeson Mechanical Service technicians volunteered their time and expertise to help families during the first weekend following the tornadoes. Then, Kent and Leslie paid their technicians to go and help.

“I wasn’t going to make them forfeit getting paid,” explained Leslie.

Additionally, because of the tornado, the Beesons began a new business called Bees Construction, which remodels and rebuilds homes that were destroyed.

“We started this with the goal of minimum costs to everybody, as

bUIlDInG PErmITS

April

Franklin

4017 Washington Road

electrical upgrade - Cell tower

$15,000

Contractor: not listed

4605 s allendale Drive

electrical upgrade

$1,200

Contactor: not listed

771 e. Commerce Drive

Commercial remodel

$167,300

Contractor: Dukate Fine Remodeling Inc.

460 n. Morton st.

Commercial remodel

$175,000

Contractor: sCI enterprises

242 e. Jefferson st.

Commercial addition

$77,581

Contractor: Green Gables Design

May Franklin

1137 Graham st. new construction

$120,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

1137 Graham st. new construction

$120,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

1137 Graham st. new construction

$120,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

1137 Graham st. new construction

$120,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

1137 Graham st. new construction

$150,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

2625 n. Hurricane Road

Commercial remodel $400,000

Contractor: estates at Franklin

1941, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1979 Chambers Drive

new construction

$1,066,042

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

1981, 1985, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 Chambers Drive

new construction

$1,066,042

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

700 bartman Parkway

sprinkler system

$45,000

Contractor: 3e ventures Construction

Greenwood

370 Homestead ave.

Commercial accessory

$100,464.70

Contractor: The Garrett Companies

905 Orchard Drive

Commercial accessory

$73,329.50

Contractor: The Garrett Companies

1150 south Park Drive a

Commercial addition

$20,000

Contractor: burnette Hoods

1251 n u s. 31 F5

Commerical remodel

$239,000

AI, from Page 12 used in local hospitals, and showing promising results.

“Our team developed an algorithm in order to identify patients who were at high risk for clinical deterioration while they were hospitalized,” said Dr. Vincent Liu, a senior research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. The system could prevent over 500 deaths at Kaiser’s 21 hospitals in Northern California each year, Liu and his colleagues estimated in a paper published in 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Liu said the risk score they developed is “the gold standard of early warning systems, and one of the few cases in

Contractor: TbD

2245 sheek Road

Commercial remodel

$55,000 no contractor listed

704 s sR 135

Commercial remodel

$250,000

Contractor: Julie Cooper

1055 n. Graham Road

Commercail remodel

$1,200,000

Contractor: Marksmen Construction services

677 Commerce Parkway

Commercial remodel

$850,000

Contractor: McGovern Construction Inc.

1251 n u s. 31 e23

Commercial remodel

$25,000

Contractor: Tri Peak Construction & Design

247 s. sR 135

Commercial remodel

$45,000

Contractor: Manpreet singh

300 s. Madison ave.

Commercial remodel

$5,000

Contractor: electric Plus

2755 Red bloom Drive new commercial building

$547,580

Contractor: Forge Construction

2755 Red bloom Drive new commercial building

$108,965

Contractor: Forge Construction

which an AI or machine learning tool has rigorously shown that patients benefit.”

Despite his embrace of new technologies and applying those to providing better health care, Liu is also skeptical.

“I’m not an AI-phobe,” he said, “but … I have some pretty broad concerns, as well.” Those mainly focus on privacy and security, data quality and who is represented in the data, he said.

Many experts and reports have warned how bias and disparity can be reflected and amplified when algorithms are used without careful consideration.

For example, a 2019 paper published in Science found that a commonly used algorithm to identify the sickest patients

2755 Red bloom Drive new commercial building

$17,041

Contractor: Forge Construction

370 Homestead ave. new commercial building

$547,280

Contractor: The Garrett Companies

390 Oliver’s Pass new commercial building

$79,007.60

Contractor: The Garrett Companies

189 Worthsville Road new commercial building

$1,397,107

Contractor: versatile Construction Group

June

Franklin

3200 essex Drive

Commercial addition

$500,000

Contractor: shiel sexton

2990 n. Morton st.

Commercial addition

$2,416,580

Contractor: alderson Commer

2151 n. Morton st.

Commercial addition

$100,000

Contractor: Duke Commercial

95 s. Drake Road new construction

$6,000,000

Contractor: boyle Construction

1070 W. Jefferson st.

Commercial addition & remodel

$1,500,000

Contractor: Otterbein Homes

in hospitals underestimated the care needs of Black patients even when they were sicker than White patients.

“The bias arises because the algorithm predicts health care costs rather than illness,” the authors wrote, “but unequal access to care means that we spend less money caring for Black patients than for White patients.”

Narrow benefits for those who already have the best access to health care are what Israni and her colleagues hope to avoid as AI applications spread throughout health care.

“Whatever we create has to work very well for the person with the least privilege,” she said. “We should not be building technologies that exacerbate inequities.”

a way to help the community and help people get back in their homes,” Leslie said.

Bees Construction recently completed the rebuilding of a four-unit apartment complex from which four families had been displaced after the tornadoes.

“A couple of the same families are moving back in, including a single dad with two sons, so we’re really excited to see that,” she said.

Training workers

Beeson Mechanical Service offers an apprenticeship in which they’ll train individuals. They also offer existing technicians ongoing training, continuously

educating employees.

“It’s just harder and harder to find skilled people,” shared Leslie.

“The majority of the time, we hire someone as an apprentice, and we do all the training here. They don’t necessarily need any outside schooling.”

Leslie added for those looking for additional schooling, Central Nine Career Center is an excellent local resource with a new HVAC program. The Beesons also served on the Central Nine board for several years.

“Central Nine not only has the program during the day for students, but they also have an adult program in the evenings,” Leslie said.

Kent beeson and apprentice Ever Ituarte move an Ac unit at a house bees construction is working on; leslie beeson stands ready to help. below: The beesons stand on patios installed by bees construction, a new company created to handle all the different trades needed for remodeling.