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In each issue of Columbus, we ask local folks or visitors for their opinions on a variety of topics. This month’s question:

What’s your favorite scary movie?

Compiled By Carla Clark

“Silence of the Lambs,” because of the pacing and tension and just how well made it is.

— James Landry

“Sinister,” because it keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end of the movie, and the music makes you want to jump out of your seat during the entire movie, too.

— Taylor Brackemyre

“It,” based on the novel by Stephen King. I like the underlying theme. It seems like it’s all scary, but there is kind of a friendship motive in the movie.

— Karlee Robertson

The Michael Myers movie.

—Peyton Reardon

William Wood (right) agrees, and he likes him because he is scary and moves slowly.

“Blair Witch Project,” and the reason for that being it is really unsettling. It’s like a first-person view of things as opposed to the cinematic third person, and you feel like you are actually in the moment. Not a lot of movies do that. I remember watching it as a kid, and it still scares me when I watch it. I like movies like that.

— Parth Padalkar

“Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” because I am from Texas.

— Peter Tran

“Nightmare Theatre” with Sammy Terry from way back when I was a kid. I would watch “Frankenstein” and all of the old movies. I was young enough to be scared by them. I helped in 2002 when Sammy Terry was here promoting the Cummins bookstore that was located in the building right behind me.

Even then, he was older, but he still had a line of people from the bookstore down to Irwin Union Bank. People were bringing old dolls, pictures, etc. He really kept his fame. —Jeri Cannon

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A short history of Halloween

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Halloween is just around the corncrib, so if you haven’t picked out the turnip you plan to carve and place on your porch to ward off the evil spirits, you might get started.

I will warn you: Shopping around Columbus may be difficult this year, since turnip stands and pick-your-own-turnip hayrides are as scarce as political harmony.

You may find a good turnip at one of the local farm markets — Bush’s, Daily’s, Hackman’s, Whipker’s and the like — but you will have to sleuth around the distracting piles of pumpkins. And finding a turnip large enough not to require arthroscopic surgery will be difficult.

October didn’t use to be that way — at least among those who arrived here as immigrants from Scotland and Ireland way back when. Everyone seemed to be able to find a suitable turnip for carving.

The Scots and the Irish brought with them a scary story about a man named Stingy Jack who lost his soul to the devil and was sentenced to roam the Earth forever carrying a carved “turnip head” lantern with a burning coal inside to light his way.

Being the story-telling type, who occasionally shared their truths over a pint or two, the Scotch-Irish didn’t major in consistency. The story of the condemned man known as Jackof-Lantern (later just abbreviated Jack O’Lantern) has gone a lot of different directions through three centuries. Halloween historians (a relatively obscure set of professionals) can’t seem to agree on the right path to the truth.

However, most historians agree the tradition started with turnips.

And the rest of us seem to agree that turnips are small, dull-looking and not a good base for pie-making. As such, they are pretty much a stupid vegetable for use in carving — even after a pint or two.

Eventually, some enterprising Halloween reveler decided the good old American pumpkin was better for carving. No one appeared to care that Stingy Jack would now have to lug around a lantern heavy enough to bring about chronic back pain.

That is why all of you Halloween traditionalists — and bleeding-heart humanists who worry about Jack’s back — need to get started on your turnip shopping.

The rest of us, who care little for either historic purity or the orthopedic problems of condemned spirits, can just go ahead and pick out a pumpkin. Piles of them adorn the county at farmers markets, roadside stands and grocery stores.

Thousands of others are colorfully scattered across farm fields.

As for me, I will be in the pumpkin line or in one of those fields — probably with my granddaughter.

Next to the red, green and gold of autumn’s color palette of leaves, nothing says welcome to Indiana more than pumpkins of October.

Henry Social Club is a unique culinary gem in the heart of Columbus, Indiana. Since opening in late 2014, the HSC staff, under the direction of owner and chef Gethin Thomas, have presented an exciting selection of large and small plate dishes, including steaks, homemade breads, pastas, salads, and desserts. The beverage program includes an extensive selection of fine spirits, creative cocktails, and a world class wine selection. With a warm, sleek interior, a private event space perfect for holiday parties, and an open concept kitchen, Henry Social Club offers the kind of restaurant experience you would find in a large city, right in our hometown.

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“Her Name Was Rose”

By Claire Allan A good psychological thriller hooks the reader right away, introduces a myriad of characters and storylines to keep you guessing and then provides an ending that you were not expecting. The main character, Emily, allows Rose to exit an elevator first, only to see Rose get hit and killed by a car. Feeling guilty, Emily uses social media to learn about Rose. Emily finds that Rose lived the kind of life she wished she had. She applies for Rose’s old job, inserts herself into Rose’s friendships and even falls in love with Rose’s husband. But was her life as perfect as it seemed? Soon Emily discovers that her death may not have been an accident after all. Is she truly responsible or just in over her head? —Theresa Wilson

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“We Were Liars”

By E. Lockhart They were just a group of teens who hated the prestigious status of their last name, but every family has dysfunction, right? One day “enough was enough” for the four Sinclair liars, so they decided to make a change in their defective family – not only for themselves, but for the future generations.

Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, and the main character, Cadence, endures a head injury that leaves her with retrograde amnesia. Now, she must try to remember the events that took place that summer. Can she bear the ruthless truth of her escapades? The Sinclair story is surely one that you will not forget. —Peyton Walsh

“Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife”

By Mary Roach I am surprised how often a factoid from this older book (still in print) floats like the proverbial ghost into my mind. It gives the reader a peek into the turn-of-thelast-century, emerging “science” of death, the soul and the afterlife. From the popularity of seances, to the obsession with finding where the soul lives in the body, this read is captivating, in part, because we still are in the dark about these mysteries. Many of the early attempts for knowledge were pretty clever … like weighing bodies just before and just after death to discern if souls had departed. In this season of Halloween, light a candle some gloomy night and curl up with Spook.

Perhaps you’ll summon something. —Polly Verbanic

“In Cold Blood”

By Truman Capote While I cannot remember what prompted me to pick this as a summer vacation book in high school, I will never forget its impact.

Always one to read before bed, I didn’t sleep at all the night I started it. Capote’s skillful blending of almost journalistic reporting of a true crime along with his powerful descriptions of the lives and psyches of the victims, the murderers and the community compelled me to read on and, frankly, terrified me enough that I was afraid to close my eyes. This is a classic scary read.—Beth Stroh

Reviews by the staff of Viewpoint Books

“Force of Nature”

By Jane Harper What could be scarier than being lost in the Australian bushland? Five women start out on a corporate retreat.

Only four emerge from the bushland. Federal agent Aaron Falk is asked to help for two reasons: The missing woman is turning over evidence for her company to Falk, and he is the last person she tried to call. The voice mail message she left has two words: “Hurt her.”

Did she leave the message or was it someone else’s voice? Twists, turns and a great ending will leave you wanting more from the author. —Kelli Stricklin

“The Turn of the Screw”

By Henry James This is a classic ghost story. Set in an old country house, a young governess takes on the job of caring for two orphans whose uncle demands that she never bother him about the children. Believing them to be perfect little charges, she is surprised by a letter noting the young boy’s expulsion from school with no explanation. The governess sets about to find out the cause. At the same time, she begins to see apparitions, first in the form of a former servant to the uncle and then as a governess who died mysteriously. Convinced the ghosts have come to take the souls of her charges, she is determined to shield them from the evil trespassers. —Michelle Malina

“The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane”

By Katherine Howe A woman who is finishing her Ph.D. in New England is asked to get her grandmother’s home in Salem ready for sale. She discovers a family secret and wants to learn more.

The story flows seamlessly between the witch trials of the 1690s to present day. Howe’s research of the subject and history are impeccable. This is a “smart” horror story that is believable. These witches don’t wear pointy hats or ride brooms; they are powerful women who could be your kind and helpful neighbors. ­—Melinda Clark

“The Last Time I Lied”

By Riley Sager ’Tis the season for all things scary, including books. What could be a creepier setting than a girls summer camp deep in the woods? Emma is just 13 when she goes to camp for the first time and is housed with three older girls. The girls befriend her, yet by camp’s end they disappear and are never seen again. Emma spends the next 15 years tortured by what happened to her friends and decides to return as a camp instructor to see if she can discover any clues as to what happened. Be sure you turn on all the lights and lock your doors as you get closer to the ending. —Celia Allman-Watts

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Take your pick of ghoulishly good, seasonal bites

By Sara McAninch Photography by Jana Jones

Fall provides a break from summer’s heat. It’s the time of year when you trade in your flip-flops and sunglasses for hooded sweatshirts and sweaters.

Menu options convert from hot dogs, potato salad and iced tea to soups and stews, ciders and squashbased everything. Fall also means Halloween: that time of year when ghosts, ghouls and goblins roam and creepy, crawly decorations abound.

Leading up to Halloween some Columbus restaurants offer seasonally themed treats with a side of eerie delight. Don your vampire fangs, fairy wings, witches’ hats or whatever else chills your blood and get ready to scream over these ghastly goodies.

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‘Bloody’ Cupcakes Just over four years ago Oh Sweetie joined the Columbus food scene and quickly gained a cult following with its handcrafted ice pops. Many of the popsicles start with a fresh fruit base and a little bit of citrus, then simple syrup made in-house with organic cane sugar is added as a sweetener. Dairy-based popsicles, milkshakes and hand-dipped ice cream are other cool treats for sale.

Oh Sweetie’s also offers a variety of homemade candies and other goodies, including themed confections for any holiday.

Owner Nichole Young doesn’t keep some of these items in the store for everyday purchase, but you can call ahead and custom order them at any time. For Halloween two of her more popular specialty items are red velvet cheesecake with a chocolate graham cracker crust and “bloody” cupcakes.

The cupcakes will make you cackle in delight as you indulge in vanilla cake goodness topped with buttercream frosting.

Natural-colored rock candy is then crushed into tiny shards and sprinkled on the frosting to give it a shattered glass look. Just before being served, the cupcakes are drizzled with red sauce — a combination of cornstarch, corn syrup and red food coloring — to give them a bloodied appearance.

Fall seasonal treats, including the apple cider float, are available at the store any time and without special order. Like its more traditional root beer float counterpart, this fall brew also has vanilla ice cream as one of its main ingredients. The seasonal twist happens when apple cider is added, and then it gets topped off with a garnish of whipped cream and cinnamon.

Later in the season pumpkin puree and vanilla ice cream are mixed together to create the base for the pumpkin pie milkshake.

A proprietary blend of spices that includes cinnamon completes this unique take on the popular autumn dessert.

3988 25th St. 812-344-8384, www.facebook.com/OhSweeties

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Halloween Doughnuts Open for just over 18 months, Donut Central has gained a dedicated following due to its creative take on Long Johns, Bismarcks and rings. Through its doughnut of the week flavors, such as chocolate cheesecake, pineapple whip and maple bourbon to name a few, the shop sells a combination of the owners’ ideas and customer-suggested delights.

One tasty treat that might send shivers up your spine resembles Bram Stoker’s brainchild, Dracula. In doughnut form the most recognizable scary monster of the season is ring-shaped and has candy corn teeth, red eyes and black icing. You can also order doughnuts decorated to look like spider webs with candy corn on them.

If scary or creepy isn’t your thing, then Donut Central also offers a variety of fall flavors. One of the most popular is its caramel apple doughnut. Starting with an apple cake doughnut, this round concoction is then topped with a dollop of whip cream, a sprinkling of chopped peanuts, a drizzle of caramel and a thinly sliced piece of fresh apple. If this combination is a bit too sweet for you, then the shop also offers the apple cake doughnut unadorned.

If you prefer pumpkin, then pumpkin cake and pumpkin cream — a cake doughnut with cream cheese icing and pumpkin cream on top — are available for purchase.

1504 Central Ave 812-657-7056, donutcentralcolumbus.com

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Halloween Popcorn Balls

Ahlemeyer Farms Bakery has been a Columbus mainstay for almost 30 years. Serving 26 varieties of scratchmade pies, along with homemade brownies and cookies, the shop also sells seasonal goodies that will make you shiver with delight, and Halloween is no exception.

One of the many spookily spectacular treats available is the popcorn ball.

Owner Kim Kiel uses an old-fashioned recipe that makes the edible spheres taste like caramel corn, then she adds a dash of Halloween themed sprinkles that include bats and pumpkins.

Decorated cutout sugar cookies are a frighteningly famous concoction that the bakery offers year-round, but when ghosts, goblins and zombies are roaming the streets they can resemble witches’ fingers.

For a taste of fall without the side of spook, try the walnut caramel apple pie. Tart, sliced Granny Smith apples are tossed with cinnamon and then covered with a crumb topping that consists of brown sugar, oats and butter. Toasted walnuts and a drizzle of caramel complete the confection. If you’re a pumpkin fanatic, then you can get your fill with the bars: pumpkin puree mixed with sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and then topped with cream cheese icing and toasted pecans.

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Halloween-Themed Sugar Cookies

409 Washington St. 812-378-9728, gramzbakery.com

When the Cole family purchased Gramz Bakery from the previous owners in 2013, they kept the shop name and soon started expanding the pastry, baked goods and beverage offerings; in the past year they’ve added nitro cold brewed coffee and kombucha. One item that’s remained a customer favorite, and a staple in their display case, is the sugar cookie.

Throughout the year Gramz sells homemade sugar cookies that are slightly crunchy and tease hints of vanilla. As seasons enter and exit, the cookies get an icing makeover, including camping-themed decorations for summer, leprechauns for St. Patrick’s Day and Santa Claus in December.

During the spookiest time of year, the crunchy confection is frighteningly

frosted with Frankenstein, jack-o’-lanterns and pumpkins.

If Halloween cookies are too scary but you still want to partake in the flavors of the season, try the homemade pumpkin roll. Sold by the slice, the roll starts out as pureed pumpkin, flour, cinnamon and a few other ingredients that are mixed together and baked. The cake is then rolled around a rich cream cheese filling and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Another popular seasonal treat are the apple cupcakes. The cinnamon apple cake made with fresh Gala apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves will warm you up as the days grow cooler, and the caramel buttercream frosting will warm your taste buds as the flavors mingle in your mouth.

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Clockwise from top: Volunteers help prepare meals for delivery during the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center Thanksgiving dinner at First Christian Church.

Yes Film Festival guests pose with Western re-enactors. Book distribution at Ninth Street Park’s summer program. Opposite page: A volunteer power washes a neighborhood home.

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While it’s hard to miss the Yes Cinema sign and marquee at the corner of Jackson and Fourth streets, it’s easy to miss the unassuming building that houses the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center about a mile away at 11th and Sycamore.

In LCNFC’s building, you can find the people who have consistently supported neighborhood residents for almost 25 years and also the minds behind Yes Cinema, including its film festival Oct. 26 to 28.

This year will mark the eighth annual Yes Fest, featuring independent films that have been screened to be top-notch and in line with any other Midwestern film festival.

“We try to look at our festival from a film purist’s perspective. It’s about the film and not the commercialization of

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movies. It’s not a huge venue, so people get out of the movies at close to the same time, then they can hang out in the lobby and talk about the film they just saw and encourage others to see it. The conversations between the films are as fun as the films themselves,” says Randy Allman, the executive director of LCNFC, who has been at the organization since 1994.

Diane Doup, who also has been with the organization from the early days as her first job out of college and who currently does community outreach, says that the festival is an opportunity to meet the people involved with the movies.

“A number of filmmakers attend each year,” she says, and the attendees, including the special guests, will “mill around the whole weekend. It’s an opportunity to meet people behind the lens and stars of the movies. We’ve had aspiring filmmakers Columbus Magazine

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come for the opportunity to meet people already working in the film industry.”

The theater, like the other programs under the LCNFC umbrella, supports the neighborhood in more ways than one.

Allman and Doup say that not everyone realizes that the theater — while it’s state-of-the-art for sound and plays current films — also raises money for LCNFC and provides training opportunities for employees in various jobs.

Trainees learn “customer service, tangible and intangible skills, how to work in a team environment. They learn how to operate equipment, the importance of hygiene, how to make yourself a real team player. How not to offend others by being aware of the smell of smoke in your clothes. The idea was to put all those things together,” says Allman, who adds they’ve been “stressing the importance of cleaning the theater. We’ve wanted Yes theater to always be clean.”

Allman says one of the goals is for theater patrons not to know whether they are being helped by a trainer or trainee.

While the cinema might be the most obvious initiative in terms of the physical space, it is one of several services offered by LCNFC year-round, all of which tie into the seven needs identified by residents of the neighborhood: safety, infrastructure, health, education, positive youth development, parent-child interaction and parent support. Resident involvement itself is also paramount — 60 percent of the board must be people who live in the neighborhood.

Among the programs are Sidekicks, which pairs children and teens with special needs with a running buddy of a similar speed to exercise together, and

Diane Doup looks over a diagram during a Council for Youth Development planning workshop for community leaders.

Bartholomew County Works, which helps residents become more self-sufficient by offering resources for job training, transportation, money management and workplace attire.

There are also several partnerships, including the various United Way-supported programs LCNFC will suggest to residents when it’s a question or issue they can’t directly resolve.

Recently, Southern Indiana Housing Community Development Corp. has been working with LCNFC and other organizations, including Columbus Area Career Connection students, to redevelop a lot to build a home in the area.

Allman hopes it will be one of many opportunities for Lincoln-Central residents to achieve home ownership.

LCNFC also offers access to tutors, limited legal advice from volunteer lawyers, computer training, automobile maintenance workshops, a summer camp at a neighborhood park, and access to cleaning supplies and even tools that residents can borrow as needed.

As for why they provide cleaning supplies, says Doup, “When you’re living on a very tight budget, cleaning supplies might

not be on the top of the list.” She adds that many homes in the neighborhood are older, so there is a need to get rid of dust and allergens, “so there is a health benefit as well as a financial benefit.”

Jason Major, who has worked with LCNFC through Cummins’ Community Involvement Team that helps provide volunteers for downtown projects, first got involved by helping clean up Ninth Street Park. The experience a couple of years ago with about eight to 10 of his co-workers was meant to be a team-building opportunity, while also a chance to get out of the office, be outside and help the community.

While Cummins has had a relationship with LCNFC for many years, Major adds that in the last year the company has supported Sidekicks, neighborhood clean-up initiatives, a community needs assessment, Angels of Love and an Easter egg hunt.

For a cleaning supplies drive earlier this year, says Major, Cummins employees volunteered their time on Take Your Child To Work Day so their children also could participate in bringing hygiene products and assembling the supplies.

“People consider the good things about Columbus and take that for

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Angels of Love gift distribution, a partnership with St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

granted at times, so they don’t realize there is still a pretty significant need in the community in different areas. … You see where some of that need is [in Lincoln-Central]. People that don’t regularly eat, people might not always have home stability, and the part that “People consider the good things hits the hardest is sometimes there about Columbus and take that are kids who maybe for granted at times, so they don’t have the best don’t realize there is still a visibility of hope for a good future bepretty significant need in the cause of whatever it community in different areas.” is that is in the way as a roadblock for — Jason Major them. Volunteering with LCNFC, you know you will have a solid impact with someone that needs it.”

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Love. Jack Combest, who has had a connection to the neighborhood since the early 1960s and has been involved with the organization since its founding, says his favorite program is Angels of Love.

LCNFC, along with St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, helps pair children with those who wish to provide a gift. Combest says that instead of a name, a donor will get a child’s age, clothing size or other information.

“And on Christmas Day, the kids get bicycles,” he adds, saying he has gone with Allman to deliver them.

Combest calls LCNFC a one-stop shop and appreciates not only what it offers, but how Allman, Doup and staff members Lisa Pein and Dawn Bieberle address residents when they come in looking for help.

“The big thing is they respect quality of life and dignity. Instead of taking it away from you, they help you,” he says.

“Lisa is so connected to neighbors and a great resource and support to them.

She has a gift working with people and

Left: Delivering bicycles on Christmas morning.

Above: Volunteers loan tools and give advice on how to use them.

displays incredible compassion. Dawn is the self-sufficiency coach for Bartholomew County Works and dedicates her days to helping members’ lives be better. She is a passionate advocate for them,” adds Doup.

Sheryl Nulph, a facilitator for the Historic Downtown Neighborhood Alliance, which works closely with LCNFC, has lived in the neighborhood for 18 years and has had ties there all her life through First United Methodist Church. Plus, her grandmother lived in the area.

“I think the biggest thing they do is offer support,” she says. “No matter what you need or who you are, they are there to help in any way possible. If they can’t help directly, they try to get you connected to someone who can. I can’t imagine our neighborhood without their services.”

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Each fall in the heart of Indianapolis’ Irvington Historic District, locals come together to organize a week full of Halloween-inspired events, including a charity ball, ghost tours, contests, a silent auction, a 5-mile run, concerts and much more, culminating in an all-day street fair on the last Saturday in October.

The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival has become an annual tradition that draws individuals and families from all over the U.S, and according to director Nancy Tindall-Sponsel, it’s the oldest and longest-running ongoing Halloween festival in the country. Not bad for an event that started as a small

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community gathering in 1946 to help parents keep their kids on the straight and narrow around Halloween time.

“It was all started by a couple of fathers as a way to keep their teenagers busy and give them something to do, because there was a group of troublemakers here in town,” Tindall-Sponsel says. “They started with a street parade, and it grew.”

For years the festival was a one-day affair, and the parade was judged by local celebrities like former Indiana Gov. Henry Schricker and three-time Indy 500 winner Wilbur Shaw. East-side high school marching bands would typically provide a rousing soundtrack, and by Columbus Magazine

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“A lot of people call Irvington a small town in a big city, and we take a great deal of pride in what we do, including the festival, which is our signature event.”

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the 1950s it had grown to include a talent show, a poster contest and street dancing.

A jack-o’-lantern contest and sidewalk booths were added by the ’70s, and the annual festival was slowly shaping up into the grand spectacle it is today. Tindall-Sponsel says the event evolved into a weeklong extravaganza within the last seven years, thanks to increased interest from locals in expanding the variety of shows, contests and attractions offered. The street fair is now just one of many activities spread over several days for the whole family to enjoy.

“Our motto is that we want it to be an affordable family event,” Tindall-Sponsel says. “Every child event is free, and there’s really something for every age.”

This year the weeklong festival kicks off with a charity ball on Oct. 20 at 8 p.m., with proceeds to be donated toward maintenance of Irvington’s historic Benton House. Be sure to bring your flapper headbands and dancing shoes — this year’s ball has a 1920s theme.

The following day will feature a few events at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish, starting with a silent auction, with antiques and artwork including the winning entries from this year’s festival poster contest, followed by a Spooky Organ Concert.

Bring the kids to the Slightly Haunted Puppet Show, running on Oct. 22 and 23 at the Irving Theatre on East Washing-

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ton Street, or treat the whole family to a showing of the ’80s comedy “Beetlejuice” at Howe High School on Oct. 24.

“I’m proud that we’re able to continue to expand on the festival and offer new things and make it magical for the east side,” says Charles Miller, an Irvington resident now in his third year on the committee. “And the fact that it’s free in an increasingly commercialized age where everything costs so much is nice for the community.”

Miller and his committee colleagues are trying several new events this year, including a family-friendly coffin race, similar to a soapbox derby where riders can get creative and craft their own casket-shaped cars. Those participating in the 5-mile Vampire Run on Oct. 27 might want to fuel up the night before at the Carb Fright Night Spaghetti Supper (non-runners are welcome too), taking place at Our Lady of Lourdes. Runners can pick up their race packets at the supper.

“This year we also have a new beer garden featuring beer and wine, and we’re excited to be starting that up,” Tindall-Sponsel says, adding that four local breweries and two local wineries will be featured. “Black Acre Brewing, which is an Irvington staple, will also have their own beer garden.”

Joe Hammond, a fourth-generation Irvingtonian and former festival chairman from 1988 until 1993, attributes the festival’s staying power to one simple factor — the devotion of locals willing to put in the time and energy to make each year better than the last.

“It’s come an amazingly long way,” says Hammond, who runs Oakley-Hammond Funeral Home on East Washington Street in Irvington. “Thankfully, those who have moved here and taken over the local traditions have taken it

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72nd Historic Irvington Halloween Festival What: An annual weeklong event in October featuring a street fair with food, contests, a parade and more.

When: Oct. 21 to 27 Where: Irvington Historic District in Indianapolis Contact: Visit irvingtonhalloween.com for additional information including a full list of event dates and times, a festival site map, and a contact page.

Admission: All festival events except the charity ball, silent auction and spaghetti supper are free to the public.

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“We have a lot of people coming from far away because they grew up in the neighborhood and they love the festival, and they want to come back to take part in the tradition.

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as seriously as the predecessors. A lot of people call Irvington a small town in a big city, and we take a great deal of pride in what we do, including the festival, which is our signature event.”

If you plan to make the drive from Columbus, you won’t be the only one coming in from out of town. Tindall-Sponsel says families come from as far as Georgia and Alabama to share in the fun and frightening frivolities.

“We have a lot of people coming from far away because they grew up in the neighborhood and they love the festival, and they want to come back to take part in the tradition,” she says. “It brings back such great memories, and people can bring their kids and show them the event they’ve gone to for so many years.”

Event organizers are apparently doing something right. The last two years combined brought more than 100,000 people, many of them costume-clad, to the street fair alone.

“My father went to it, I go to it, my children have been to it, and my grandchildren are going to it,” Tindall-Sponsel says. “It’s just in the blood of the people who have a connection to Irvington. We love it.”

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Does this seem familiar?

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Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show demonstrates how to make the old new again

By Jennifer Willhite

Déjà vu is more than a feeling.

In Columbus, it’s the name for the art and craft show that offers visitors an opportunity to see amazing creations that artists bring to life from recycled materials.

Founded by Marilyn Brackney, the inaugural Déjà Vu show was held on Earth Day in 2005 at The Commons and featured 30 area artists. Realizing that America Recycles Day, annually recognized Nov. 15, might be a better day to offer the event, a second Déjà Vu was presented in November of that same year.

“It was much better,” Brackney says.

“So it became an annual event.” It was based on the idea that most artists repurpose recycled materials to make their art. There is a distinction between repurposing and recycling, Brackney says.

“Recycling is actually taking a material and grinding or melting it down to make a new material,” she explains.

“Whereas repurposing is taking an existing material and making it into something else, like taking an old coat and making it into a leather purse.”

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Belted kingfisher created by Doug White. Right: White at his booth.

Wearable art created of repurpose T-shirts

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Lacewood kitchen utensils created by Tom O. Reed of Sandborn.

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With the exception of a few years (think 2008 with the flood), Déjà Vu has been an annual go-to event for unique wearable art, sculpture, jewelry and household items. It is made possible by the support of nearly a dozen sponsors, including the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center. “We couldn’t do this without our sponsors,” Brackney says.

Each year an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 people from all over Indiana and neighboring states attend. In years past, participating artists have traveled from as far as Florida and New Hampshire to participate. Artists must DEJA VU ART apply for the juried show, AND FINE and applications must be CRAFT SHOW submitted by June each year. To qualify, they 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. must make their art from Nov. 10 scrap or repurposed/reThe Commons cycled materials.

The greatest challenge of putting together the event is finding quality artists to participate, Brackney says. “It is a lot of work. The purpose is to show the general public that you can make something out of nothing and it is just as good as something you would go buy at Macy’s.”

One of the factors instrumental in making the show the success it has become is the quality of the artists who participate. “We have 12 Indiana Artisans in this show, and to be an Indiana Artisan is a big deal,” she says. “That in itself speaks for the quality.”

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wood carving from downed trees and sculpture from old glass that has been melted down.

This year’s featured artist, Chris Gustin, has participated in the art show since its inception and says the event is one of the best organized, quality, one-day shows in which she’s participated.

“There is always a great group of artists who take part,” the Brown County resident says. “Marilyn is a promoter with no equal and puts so much of herself into the show that I couldn’t not do it.”

A weaver for 50 years, Gustin makes rugs, household items and clothing from pre- and post-consumer waste harvested

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Having contact with other artists is certainly one of the best parts about participating in the annual show, she says.

“Seeing the amazing stuff these other artists are doing with recycled materials just fuels my desire to continue recycling when I see what artists in other mediums are able to accomplish.”

Gustin will be one of more than 60 artists participating in Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show 2018. In addition to her unique woven art, visitors can explore and buy woodwork, leatherwork, metal and wood sculpture and mosaics, to name a few.

Brackney says she would put the work of Déjà Vu artists up against many of the artists who exhibit at Penrod Arts Fair, held at Newfields at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Bloomington’s Fourth Street Festival of Arts and Crafts.

Prior to the Nov. 10 event, a free showing of “Landfill Harmonic” will be at Yes Cinema at 2 p.m. Nov. 7. The film tells the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a Paraguayan musical group that plays instruments made entirely from garbage.

As Brackney contemplates the future of Déjà Vu, she sees it remaining a staple event in the Columbus community. “I am not going to be here forever,” she says. “I am trying to get things together so someone or a group can take this over at some point.”

But until then she plans to continue her role as organizer and promoter. It is long hours and a lot of work, but worth it, she says.

“What I enjoy most is when it is all together and I look out and see all the beautiful things people have been able to make from nothing,” she says. “Putting the whole show together is a creative act for me.”

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Tricia Gilson poses with a model proposed for First Christian Church.

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Designed to be different

Tricia Gilson documents the architectural evolution of Columbus

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W Above: Materials related to the Bartholomew County Home for the Aged (now the Salvation Army). Designed by Harry Weese & Associates, the building was completed in 1959.

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hen Tricia Gilson first visited Columbus on a college field trip in the mid-1980s, she couldn’t have imagined that her career would bring her back to the city with which she had fallen in love. But in 2014 she returned to stay as the archivist and curator at Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives.

“I’m interested in design, so I love living in a place that has such a remarkable design history,” she said.

“And I like the people. It all comes down to people and the relationships you can build with them.”

The path that led her here included graduation from Purdue University, two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology. It also included two years in Rome, where she wrote her doctoral dissertation on the antiquities museums there.

“The time in Rome was important because it connects to what I do today,” Gilson said. “I wanted to understand better how the Italian state presented ancient Roman archaeology materials in museums and what those presentations said about Italy at the moment those museums were created. The question for me was ‘How do we use the past today?’”

Before taking the position here she taught at Ball State University and did

research for the Indiaten notes. But even that Below: A concept model for the napolis Museum of Art, treasure trove isn’t the most Cummins Child where one of her projects significant.

Development involved the Miller House “The Harry Weese colCenter by archival collection. lection is our strongest one Morphosis. The model dates to Now, however, she puts because the materials came the mid- or late all of that knowledge directly from his office,” 1990s; the design to work overseeing the Gilson said. “Weese was was not built. archives’ many thousands prolific in Columbus, and of documents, photos and we have everything from slides, drawings, models, quick sketches on tracing audiovisual materials and paper all the way through interior design samples. Among these to the construction documents of his last are the notebooks of interior designbuildings as well as letters between his er Alexander Girard that include fabric office and his clients. They capture the swatches, paint colors and his handwritarchitect’s thinking, and we can see how

some of his early ideas were refined over time. For some researchers this kind of material is gold.”

Irwin Management Co. donated the largest collection when it closed after the death of Xenia Miller, the widow of J. Irwin Miller, a philanthropist and former chairman of Cummins Inc. “It’s quite a far-reaching collection that helps us to understand Irwin Management’s role — and by extension the Miller family’s role — in terms of shaping the city’s built environment,” she said.

The mission of the archives is to “collect, preserve and promote the documentation of the design and construction

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process of the city’s (and county’s) significant architecture.” This means that on any given day Gilson is busy working in one of those areas, and she’s passionate about all of them. Perhaps her greatest challenge, though, is just getting people to realize the archives are available.

“When I arrived, it seemed that very few people knew there was an architectural archive, where we were located, what our mission was and what types of material we have,” she said. “We’re

doing much better, and to me that’s a big accomplishment — to have our name out there so that people understand the materials we have and why it is important to maintain those materials.”

Emily Dill, executive director of the University Library of Columbus, serves on CIAA’s board and was one of the people who hired Gilson.

“Tricia has been a godsend for the archives,” she said. “She has raised the professionalism and profile of the archives in the community beyond what any of us expected when she came in. I hate to think where the archives would be if we hadn’t lucked out and found her.”

One way Gilson said it has been possible to raise awareness has been through exhibits such as the “Avenue of the Architects” photographs on display at the library and the digitization of the artifacts pertaining to 301 Washington St., the former offices of Irwin Management. She also continues to curate the local history displays in “Window to Columbus,” an installation leftover from last year’s Exhibit Columbus event. The result she hopes to achieve is being able to host even more researchers — from university professors, students and building professionals to writers, journalists, museum curators, artists and designers — who come to use what the archives have to offer.

“The more people who use our collections, the more we’re cited in publications,” she said, “and the more publications we’re cited in, the more researchers find us and the more we’re consulted.”

And when researchers come, Gilson said, her knowledge grows, too.

“People are often looking at materials that I’ve only glanced at,” she said. “I get to make my own discoveries alongside them.”

Equally important is the preservation part of her job. The archives’ space on the lower level of the Bartholomew County Public Library recently increased, and Gilson is working to improve the storage conditions by bringing more objects there from an off-site warehouse and putting documents into

A detail of a blueprint showing the building site and a sketch of the courtyard for Bartholomew County Home for the Aged.

folders that allow them to be handled more carefully.

“It’s not a flashy activity,” she said, “but it’s a really important one because it means we are preserving the material for future generations. I joke that my job is to make sure all of these materials will last forever, but if they could last for several hundred years, I’d be happy.”

Another part of preservation is keeping track of what objects are available and where they are stored. To that end, Gilson is about to start a project that will involve bringing together all of the Weese artifacts that were donated over a couple of decades. Her goal for that collection — and eventually all of the others — is to create a written description to show researchers so they know immediately what the archives have and their significance as well as what the archives don’t have.

So how does she decide what objects go into the archive?

“Our policy is to collect documentation of the design and construction of significant buildings, landscape architecture, public planning projects and public art,” she said. “When someone comes to me with materials to donate, I try to see how they fit in with the overall collection. Do they meet some of the criteria in our collection policy? Do they help to provide context that gives the other materials in our collection meaning?”

Considering that she’s constantly surrounded by these gems of Columbus’ architectural history, does she have a favorite?

“It’s a challenge to pick out the coolest or best because archival collections rely on context,” she said. “A single piece of paper is rarely interesting or valuable by itself, but it becomes more important in relationship to all the stuff around it.”

That said, however, she does have a favorite — a model of the neo-Gothic cathedral designed by Edmund Gilchrist that was supposed to have become First Christian Church. When Gilchrist became ill and couldn’t complete the commission, Eliel Saarinen designed the church that would begin to establish

Columbus as a modernism mecca.

“It’s evocative of a type of craft and skill that are no longer used,” Gilson said, “but the reason I love this model so much is that it tells a great story. With this one piece I am able to ask visitors to imagine what Columbus would be like if this had been built across the street from where we are now.”

When Gilson isn’t working at the archives or cooperating on projects with other community organizations, she enjoys reading widely, sewing many of her own clothes and continuing to explore her adopted hometown.

“The great thing about Tricia is that even though she isn’t from Columbus, you’d never know it,” said Jason Hatton,

director of the library of which CIAA is a part. “She immersed herself in Columbus history and community and has become such an integral part of it. Her knowledge is unbeatable.”

Architect Rachel Bourne, global sourcing and diversity recruiting leader at Cummins and co-leader of the Columbus Arts and Entertainment District, echoes that sentiment.

“Tricia is a solid fixture in the Columbus design community,” she said.

“She’s a fantastic partner for many of the organizations in town, including us.

Not many communities like ours have someone of her caliber documenting and managing our stories and design work.

She is one of our cultural assets.”

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Hoosier trails welcome folks seeking a path less traveled

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Indiana is home to some of the most scenic hiking trails in the Midwest. Whether you are seeking rugged trails that meander through forested hills and valleys or a more urban hiking adventure, the state has a plethora of destinations within a two-hour drive.

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Clifty Falls State Park and Clifty Canyon

Charles C. Deam Wilderness State Road 446 and Tower Ridge Road, Bloomington, 812-275-5987 Nearly 38 miles of hiking trails are located within the Charles C. Deam Wilderness that spans nearly 13,000 acres within the Hoosier National Forest. The nearly 5-mile Sycamore Loops is designated as a hike-only trail, whereas the other trails require yielding to horseback riders.

Clifty Falls State Park and Clifty Canyon 2221 Clifty Drive, Madison, 812-273-8885 Clifty Falls features 10 hiking trails rated easy to very rugged, ranging from .75 to nearly 5 miles in length. The longest is Trail 8, which is rugged and starts just west of the north gatehouse.

Skirting the rim of Clifty Canyon the trail features a steep switchback that exits south canyon to Park Road.

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Brown County State Park Nashville, 812-988-6406 Brown County State Park offers 31 trails, both paved and dirt, that range from 0.3 to 4.5 miles in length and from easy to rugged in difficulty. Trek around scenic Strahl and Ogle lakes or tackle the park’s longest trail, Trail 9 Extension.

Brum Woods 611 South Mulberry St., Batesville 812-934-4560 Brum Woods offers hikers four miles of forested trails that are open from sunrise to sunset.

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Fort Harrison State Park, 317-591-0904 The trails at Fort Harrison State Park offer a variety of surfaces, including asphalt and dirt. The estimated 10-miles of terrain are open to both bike and foot traffic and include the Schoen Creek Trail, Camp Glenn Trail and the east part of the Fall Creek Trail. Hikers may take in not only the natural beauty surrounding the trails but also visit former military sites that include the Citizens Military Training Camp and the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp.

Franklin Historic Trail 396 Branigin Road, Franklin 317-736-3689 Franklin Historic Trail is a 2.7-mile asphalt walking trail that provides a scenic view of Franklin, including passage through Morgan and Province parks. The path, which does have some slope to it, meanders through the Franklin College campus, as well as wetland and meadow landscapes.

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Hickory Ridge Trail, Hoosier National Forest 811 Constitution Ave., Bedford 812-275-5987 The nearly 50 miles of hiking trails feature a spaghetti bowl of trail options that will suit hikers’ distance preference. Trails vary in difficulty and feature flat surfaces to steep ravines for the more experienced hiker.

Knobstone Trail

Story Designated as Indiana’s longest footpath, Knobstone Trail provides 60 miles of hiking trails that meander through Clark State Forest, the Elk Creek Fishing Area and JacksonWashington State Forest. The forested trail follows ridgetops and ravines that overlook valleys and farmlands and features the Knobstone Escarpment, an ancient geologic landform.

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O’Bannon Woods State Park 7234 Old Forest Road SW, Corydon 812-738-8232 Formerly known as the Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area, O’Bannon Woods State Park offers nine hiking trails rated easy to rugged and ranging in length from a short .8 mile to 2 miles. Those who opt for the CCC Ghost Trail should expect challenging steep climbs and rocky descents.

Potato Creek State Park 25601 State Road 4, North Liberty 574-656-8186 Potato Creek has six hiking trails that range from an easy 0.5 mile trek to a rugged 2-mile Trail 2 that winds up and down hills and leads to the park’s highest peak. The moderate 2.5 mile Trail 4 leads hikers through the scenic Beech Maple Woods.

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Fort Harrison State Park Trails

Located in Brown County, this nearly 5-mile hiking trail takes visitors through one of southern Indiana’s hardwood forests. Considered a physically challenging hike, the rugged trail is one of four in Yellowwood State Forest and meanders through deep hollows and peaks at the summit of High King Hill, which offers great views of Yellowwood Lake.

T.C. Steele Trails 4220 T.C. Steele Road, Nashville 812-988-2785 Named for the Indiana landscape and portrait painter Theodore Clement Steele, the 211-acre site offers five trails ranging from easy to difficult.

Trails include Inspiration Ridge Trail, Trail of Silences and Wildflower Trail.

White River Greenway 701 Cicero Road, Noblesville 317-776-6350 Highlights of the White River Greenway’s nearly 3-mile asphalt walkway include passages through its wooded flood plains, the historic Potter’s Bridge Park and restored covered bridge, and White River.

Versailles Park Trails 1387 U.S. 50, Versailles 812-689-6424 Located in southeastern Indiana, Versailles Park Trails feature three hiking trails from easy to moderate in terrain with distances of 1.5 to 2.75 miles. The scenic trails include ravines and upland woods that make for a challenging hike.

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Erica Tucker & Brandon Colliver Ceremony at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church; reception at Harrison Lake Country Club Sept. 8, 2018 As far as Erica Tucker and Brandon Colliver are concerned, there definitely is an app for love. They met in Indianapolis in 2016 via a dating app called Bumble. “Thank goodness we did, because we likely never would have met were it not for that app,” Erica said.

Their first date was at The Rathskeller in downtown Indy, and they ended up talking until closing time. Then they moved across the street to Fat Dan’s and talked until that establishment closed, too. “As they say, the rest is history,” she said.

Brandon proposed during a Caribbean cruise last year. They stopped at a private island owned by the cruise line. They took a walk and came to a beautiful, secluded point overlooking the water. That’s when “Brandon got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife,” Erica said.

The pair wanted the wedding to feel classy and timeless with some fun twists and a lot of personal touches. They decided on navy as their primary color and focused on gold accents in the décor and various shades of pink and green in the flowers.

Erica wore a ring her grandfather had given her grandmother many years ago. She borrowed a veil that her mother wore. And she wore her mother’s sapphire and gold necklace and earrings.

Even though it rained nonstop the entire day, the bride and groom went ahead with all plans, including taking outdoor photographs.

“They say rain on your wedding day is good luck, so if that’s true I think we banked enough luck for our entire lives.

“The entire day was full of so much joy and love, we wouldn’t have changed a single thing about it. We wish we could relive it over and over again.”

Erica and Brandon went to Sanibel Island in Florida for their honeymoon.

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Exhibit Columbus 2018 National Symposium Opening Night Party The Columbus Pump House, Sept. 27

1. Susan Saarinen, Saarinen Landscape Architecture, Denver; and Eric Saarinen, filmmaker, Los Angeles 2. Lloyd Brooks 3. Architect Louis Joyner with Jorge Otero-Pailos, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture 4. Erlee del Orbe and Lora Arneberg 5. Tom Dell, Tracy Haddad, Pam Lienhoop, Jim Lienhoop and Robin Hilber

9. Barry Threw, #NEWPALMYRA; Jon Phillips, #NEWPALMYRA; Hannah Brokenshire; and Matt Wizinsky, UIC School of Architecture 10. Becky Harper, Stephanie Bowers, Rachel Green, Amber Gaither, Michael Marra and Heather Pangburn 11. John Weigand, AIA Ohio; Rick Johnson; David Rubin, Land Collective, Philadelphia; Alice Johnson; and Peg Faimon

6. Richard McCoy and Tracy Haddad

12. Sharon Haar, University of Michigan; Geoffrey Fox and Susana Torre, Carboneras, Almeria, Spain

7. Martin Summers, UK College of Design; Christopher Battaglia, Ball State University Department of Architecture; Jeffrey Johnson, UK School of Architecture; Jen Riley; and T. Kelly Wilson

13. Jack Pyburn, Lord Aeck Sargent; Flora Chou, Page & Turnbull; Gunny Harboe, Harboe Architects; and Harry Hunderman of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

8. Brian McCutcheon, Ignition Arts, Indianapolis; Donna Sink, Rowland Design, Indianapolis; Steven Ward, Studio Kremer Architects, Louisville; Jeffrey Rawlins, Architectural Artisans Inc., Louisville; Chris Merritt, Merritt Chase, Indianapolis

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14. Gustavo Araoz, International Council of Monuments and Sites; William Mallari, University of Maryland, AIA; Daniel Hayes, Docomomo US, University of Maryland

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Mill Race Marathon Sept. 22

1. Constanza Lรณpez and Aruto Lรณpez 2. Kaitlyn Yancey and Veronica Pirie 3. Truck winners Kara and Matt Kidwell 4. Finish on the Fourth After Party 5. Hannah Kelley and Amelia Otte

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6. Larry Wasson, Kristin Wiley and Amber Fischvogt 7. Kesie, Dorie and Bowen Shoaf, in front, and Mattie and their dad, Julius Shoaf, in back 8. Sandy Alexander and Tim Conger 9. Judy Greiwe, John Lirette, Jayne Farber, Ginger Lirette and Charlie Farber 10. Luis Littlewood and Cameron Tolliver 11. Ben Davey 12. Viviana Linares and Alexis Trevino

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Fiesta Latina Fourth Street Sept. 14

1. Raices Folklorico 2. Yamilet Lopez, Mireya Pendaz and Ivannesa Pendaz

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3. Luz Elena Michel, Miguel Aranda, in back; Ingrid Jacinto Ramirez and Rafaela Flores Ramirez 4. Ernesto and Ginna VillaseĂąor, Julie VillaseĂąor, Maria Herrera, Blanca Miranda, Raul Miranda and Alexis Miranda 5. Josie Steinmetz, Sabrina Portaluppi, Georgia Abdallah and Camilla Jackson 6. Alice Gold, Amy McCormick, Chris Beach, Kathy Oren, Julie Abedian, in back; Rich Gold and Eduardo Martinez, in front.

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7. Jorge Sanchez Catano, Mexican consul, Indianapolis 8. Valentina, Fernanda, Cecilia and Fernando Vazquez and Ruth Chavez 9. Guillermo Anton 10. Bertha Olmeda 11. Fred Armstrong, Leo Portaluppi and Miriam Portaluppi 12. Marcia Bartolo, Telma Santana and Inez Barbieri 13. Ashlee Bello and Adam Kolomaznik

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32nd Annual Hospice Concert Sept. 1 Mill Race Park

1. Natalie Lewis, Bethany Lewis, Claire Behnke and Zoe King 2. Doug and Laura Leonard with Riley, Jennifer and Jon Hurt, and Sam Hurt, in front 3. Hailey McDonald, Emily Fisher (baby) and Thomas McDonald, children from left, with Britny McDonald and Collin Fisher and in back, granddad Charles Fisher 4. Randy Bachman, founding member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive 5. Josh and Rishona Shelley 6. Jimmy Baker 7. Gracelynn, Klaytin and Marcie Leonard with grandmother Beckie Fields

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New view

Easels line the windows in The Republic building of the Indiana University J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program.

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