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POKING FUN: LOCAL COMEDIAN SENSATION & AMERICA’S GOT TALENT FINALIST RYAN NIEMILLER LOVES TO ENTERTAIN

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Let’s face it. These days, emotions are running high. And understandably so. In a society where we are used to Googling how to do life—e.g., “How to build a bird cage” or “How to get in shape,” we are suddenly at a loss since we can’t exactly type into a search engine, “How to navigate a COVID-19 existence.”

Because we have entered unchartered territories, we may alternate between moments of feeling fine and moments of total terror. Just so you know, if you awake in the wee hours of the morning thinking, “I don’t know what to do,” “I don’t know what to think,” or “I don’t know how to live,” you are totally normal. And that’s because our world suddenly feels inside out and backward. When we run into someone we know out in public, we can no longer greet them with a handshake or a hug. That feels odd. And when someone has passed away, we aren’t allowed to attend the funeral to console the mourning. That’s also sad and unsettling.

When the coronavirus spiraled into our world like an F5 tornado, it wreaked havoc on life as we knew it. I don’t think that any of us conceived of the day when schools would shut down, followed by churches, restaurants, gyms, doctor’s offices, beaches, parks, movie theaters, retail stores, barbers, hair salons, amusement parks. We didn’t anticipate concerts, sporting

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On top of that, in the blink of an eye, we suddenly went from shopping with abandon to feeling uneasy partaking in completely mundane tasks like pumping gas and cruising the aisles of a grocery store.

As we tiptoe back into safely resuming normal life, let’s give each other grace, kindness and the benefit of the doubt.

The “we’re all in this together” mantra is meant to remind us that although we may be feeling lonely, disconnected, scared, frustrated or confused, we are not the only ones harboring such feelings.

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Local Comedian Sensation & America’s Got Talent Finalist Ryan Niemiller Loves to Entertain

So after graduating in 2006, he packed up his car and drove to L.A. When he arrived out west, he did an internet search on “how Being born with short arms, one might to get started in stand-up comedy” and went expect that Ryan Niemiller would be selffrom there. At just 24 years old, he claims conscious about his disability and do his the “ignorance of youth” helped him push best to blend into the background. However, past his fear of failure. ever since he was young, he has gravitated toward the spotlight.

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“I watched a ton of stand-up comedy in high school and always wanted to try it,” Niemiller says. “But I mistakenly thought that you could only do it in L.A. or New York. I didn’t know you could start here in the Midwest.”

His dream simmered on the back-burner as he studied theatre at Indiana State.

people are,” Niemiller says. “I just had this feeling that it would all work out.”

He enrolled in an eight-week comedy class, which provided the basic foundation for stand-up. Mining material for his sets has always come easy.

“When you have a disability, a lot of stuff happens for you,” he says. He does what he calls “observational comedy” in which he “I love theatre, but I was getting tired of observes how people treat him or others and telling other people’s stories,” Niemiller says. works it into his set. He notes that stand-up “I was ready to tell my own.” comedy is one of the few art forms in which

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because if not, that could have affected my confidence and changed the trajectory of my career,” he says.

Niemiller lived in L.A. until 2009, at which time he bopped around from Terre Haute to Indianapolis to Pensacola, Fla., taking various “real jobs” to begin saving money to buy a house. He found, however, that as much as he liked having health insurance, he couldn’t stomach a desk job.

“My brain just couldn’t do it,” he says.

the only way you know you’re good is by performing in front of other people.

“If you want to learn guitar, you could spend 10,000 hours in your bedroom and know you sound pretty good before you ever let another set of ears hear it,” Niemiller says. “With stand-up, however, you may think your material is hilarious, but you don’t actually know until you do it for others.”

The first official show Niemiller performed was on October 2, 2006, at an empty coffee shop.

“I’d gone to an open mic to get a feel how it worked and found out that my teacher had signed me up to do a set,” Niemiller says. “I was totally put on the spot. I don’t know if it was performer’s pride or stubborn male pride, but I didn’t want to back down from a challenge.

He performed in front of four other comics and a barista and scored a few chuckles.

There’s a joke amongst comedians that it typically takes 15 years to become an overnight sensation.

“I beat that trend. It only took me 13,” he says with a snicker. His big break came in the summer of 2019 when Niemiller competed on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” (AGT), performing in front of judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Julianne Hough, and Gabrielle Union, along with 3,400 spectators at the Dolby Theatre. The experience didn’t faze him.

“That felt at home,” Niemiller says. “Now, if you told me afterward to go ask the girl

out who was sitting in the fifth row, that would be mortifying to me. Large crowds have always been easier than one-on-one interaction.”

Though he didn’t get teased much as a child, he suspects that’s because he learned, early on, that if he made the jokes first, people left him alone.

“It became my default,” he says. “Whether it’s fair or not, it’s kind of on me to make other people comfortable with me.”

It didn’t hurt that he had a natural affinity for easing tension through humor. Though he calls himself the “cripple threat of comedy,” refers to his fan club as “club nub” and regularly incorporates his disability into his sets, he admits that having a disability is difficult.

“As much as I’ve come to terms with it and made the best of it, it’s not what I would have chosen,” Niemiller says. “Yes, I use it in my comedy, but it’s not a crutch. It’s me talking about my life.”

Niemiller, who recently turned 38, notes that one of the toughest parts of this career is the way it affects the timeline of his life.

“Being a touring stand-up comic puts strain on a lot of things,” he says. “When you’re 25, not married, no kids, on the road all the time with no health insurance, that’s easier to power through than when you’re 35 in that same position.”

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“If you make the finals on AGT as a standup comedian, your career gets a huge bump,” says Niemiller, noting that his social media following grew throughout the season but doubled between the semifinals and finals. When he made finals, the number of bookings he got quadrupled.

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Niemiller found comedy to be his ticket to travel. And travel he has, week after week.

Take last November, for instance. He performed 25 out of 30 days that month.

Calling himself a “road dog,” he says he has a reputation for doing 14-hour drives to get to the next gig.

Prior to the pandemic, his day-to-day was driving to shows, hotels, airports and more shows. But he made the best of it, exploring new places whenever his schedule allowed.

“I like to try local restaurants — find at least one place that’s unique to that location,” Niemiller says.

In the future, he hopes to return to acting, perhaps doing television, movies and podcasts.

“As much of a life-changing experience as AGT was, if I’m still the dude from AGT years down the road, I’ve screwed up somewhere,” Niemiller says. “I want there to be more.”

Niemiller, who currently lives on the southside of Indy, played several soldout shows at Avon’s Red Curb Improv Comedy Club earlier this year. He also appeared on WZPL’s Smiley Morning Show and the Pat McAfee Show. He loves performing locally as he says Hoosiers always have his back.

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“A lot of people have been surprised that I still live here,” Niemiller adds. “They are trained to think that if AGT says I’m from Indiana, that must have been years ago.

Then they see me at Kroger and are like, ‘Oh, you’re actually here!’”

And he’s happy to be here, as he adores Indy’s small town and big city feel.

“There’s theatre, pro sports and great restaurants, but you don’t feel like you’re in this huge metropolis where you have to struggle to get around,” he says. “If there’s traffic in Indy, it adds 10 minutes to your trip whereas in L.A. it can legitimately add four hours.”

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Levi Riggs Talks Local Upbringing and the Music Industry Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided by Jeremy Ryan

“Success is just a stack of little victories you’ve achieved over time,” says Levi Riggs, a country musician from Hendricks County.

Riggs lived in Danville for the first six years of his life before his father’s job took his family to Minnesota. A couple years later the family relocated to Texas, which he calls both a culture shock and weather shock. While living in the Longhorn State, Riggs developed an affinity for country music. While he was in the fifth grade, the family packed up once more, this time to return to Danville for good.

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encouraged him to step out of his comfort zone.

“We bumped heads at first,” Riggs says. “I remember she made me stand up and sing.”

Back in Indiana, classmates took notice of Riggs’ musical talent and encouraged him to pursue singing. However, he was more interested in sports.

“I was all about football, basketball and track,” Riggs says.

During his sophomore year at Danville Community High School, Riggs broke his ankle in two places during football season.

At that point his choir director, Erin Slavens, now a teacher with Avon schools,

his audition, on that song.”

Riggs still loved sports but couldn’t deny his appreciation for music, which is why he acquired the nickname, “The Singing Quarterback.”

Slavens spotted raw talent and was eager to mold it. She told Riggs not to take his talent for granted, and that while he was sidelined from sports, he might as well focus on music. He reluctantly agreed and ultimately landed lead roles in three of the high school’s musicals.

Riggs gravitated to iconic stars like Johnny Cash, Elvis and Roy Orbison, appreciating their blend of country and rock-and-roll music. He also enjoyed the harmonies of groups Alabama and the Eagles. After graduating from Danville Community High School in 2003, Riggs studied agriculture at Purdue University. While there, he joined the Purdue glee club, which performed every weekend.

“I remember one audition when Levi came up on stage and sang ‘Danny Boy’,” Slavens says. “It was mesmerizing. His tone was so clear. It was very musical and it was perfectly in tune. He later joked about how he had just decided, five minutes before

“The primary focus of the club is to be ambassadors for the school,” says Riggs, who went

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Favorite piece of advice: Erin Slavens used to tell me, “You better use your talents. They can be taken away.”

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from milking cows to belting out tunes at glee club gigs.

Though it was a huge commitment - the club did 100 shows per year - he fell in love with performing.

During his junior year at Purdue, Riggs saw “Walk the Line”, a film about Johnny Cash’s life.

“Everything I envisioned in my head, I saw on the screen,” Riggs says.

The following year Riggs scheduled his classes in the morning so he could spend afternoons recording songs at a studio in Lafayette. He then began pitching songs in Nashville, Tennessee, to promoter Jerry Duncan, who worked with George Strait and Martina McBride. His first song, “My Best Friend’s a Girl”, did well on Spotify in 2012. He released a fulllength album, “She’s Everything”, in 2016.

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“I had all my windows down and the song blaring,” Riggs says. “That was the coolest moment ever.”

Riggs admits that he’s always nervous about how listeners will perceive a song.

He knows that some will be fans and some will not.

“You have to be vulnerable and just put it out there,” he says.

Riggs graduated from Purdue in 2007.

Since then, he has split his time between Nashville and Danville, devoting part of his time to music and part to farming.

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fans. In the spring his touring schedule came to a grinding halt. As of now he has no definitive timeline as to when touring will resume, but he’s set to perform at the 2020 Kentucky Derby, which is scheduled for September 5.

“My rock-solid foundation is here in this town and this community,” Riggs says.

“Music in itself is a very hard business, but I’ve been fortunate to be able to pursue music and agriculture careers hand in hand,” says Riggs, noting that many of his friends in agriculture attend his concerts.

“Levi led the singing of it as they brought the two of us on stage,” Slavens says. “He always had a star quality.”

During Riggs’ senior year, Slavens went on maternity leave and the choir prepared a song for her daughter Olivia.

came full circle, when Slavens sat in the front row at Purdue’s Elliott Hall of Music for one of his shows.

“I feel blessed to have been a part of Levi’s journey,” Slavens says. “He’s worked very hard to get to where he is today. I’m very proud of him.”

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Riggs, 35, has always enjoyed performing in his hometown with his band, all of whom he considers his extended family.

“We’ve loved and supported one another through all the highs and lows,” Riggs says. “We have a good time, and it’s been fun to see our families grow.

We all have kids about the same age.”

Riggs’ family consists of his wife Brittany, their children, Stella (8), Maizie (5) and Leland (2), and a baby girl expected this year.

Riggs, who has written songs for Brett James and Carrie Underwood, pens his own music. This spring he released “Cash Black”, a song he wrote after befriending a man who used to design Johnny Cash’s dark wardrobe.

Five years ago Riggs wrote a novelty song called “Tailgate Time”, which 13 NFL teams and a few college teams asked him to customize.

“People go to concerts to have fun, relax and get away,” Riggs says. “They laugh, cry and dance. Music takes you places mentally. It also has an ability to pull people together, even across languages, continents and countries. It’s like an instant glue.”

Riggs loves performing in Hendricks County because he knows he’ll see people who have always encouraged and believed in him, including former teachers and coaches.

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Length: Approximately one mile Difficulty: Easy to moderate 2. Avon Town Hall Park Trail Featuring a 10-foot wide paved trail that loops through Town Hall Park at 6570 East U.S. Highway 36 in Avon, this trail offers a diverse mix of scenic and environmental views. Some highlights include a nine-acre lake, open space, woods, and native Indiana prairie and wetlands. The trail is handicap accessible, and fun for all age groups and skill levels.

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Length: More than 4 miles Difficulty: Moderate 5. Bluebird Trail Washington Township Park, at 115 South County Road 575 East in Avon, is home to numerous trails ranging from easy to difficult. The Bluebird Trail provides a picturesque, leisurely stroll through the woods, and also offers easy access to some of the park’s intermediate trails as well as the historic Iron Whipple Truss Bridge, built circa 1876.

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6. B&O Trail The former railroad-turned-trail provides an easy hiking or biking experience in Brownsburg for anyone. The B&O Trail currently extends from Raceway Road westward past the Ronald Reagan Parkway and State Road 267 to approximately County Road 500 East in Brownsburg. Parking can be found at the State Road 267 trailhead.

The trail will eventually extend 16 miles through Hendricks County. Equestrian trails are planned for future expansion.

Length: Approximately 9 miles Difficulty: Easy 7. Maple Ridge Trail The main section of this crushed-stone trail in Williams Park, at 940 South Locust Lane in Brownsburg, isn’t rigorous, though a number of secondary trails that lead off of it are a bit more challenging. The natural trails sit on 45 acres, and provide a nice hike with elevation changes and ravines that lead to White Lick Creek.

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Difficulty: Moderate 8. Red-Tailed Ridge Trail This trail in North Salem offers hikers spectacular views of McCloud Nature Park as it passes over the park's centerpiece, its 100-year-old historic iron truss bridge over Big Walnut Creek. It then traverses mature woodlands and crosses through grasslands and prairie, providing a varied hiking experience that can be enjoyed by hikers of all abilities.

Length: 1.1 miles Difficulty: Moderate 9. Vandalia Trail In many ways, Hendricks County has two trails in one along the former Vandalia Railroad, as the two sections do not link.

A newly paved portion of the Vandalia Trail extends from Amo to Coatesville. This portion tends to be popular for horseback riding, far away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Ample parking in Amo provides plenty of room for horse trailers.

In Plainfield, the paved trail runs from County Road 500 South to a trailhead at County Road 900 South, and has some nice spots, especially when it crosses White Lick Creek at Franklin

Park. It also extends through older portions of Plainfield, behind subdivisions and businesses, and crosses several busy streets.

Length: Approximately 2 to 3 miles Difficulty: Easy to moderate 10. White Lick Creek Trail Beginning at the Richard A. Carlucci Recreation and Aquatic Center, at 651 Vestal Road in Plainfield, the White Lick Creek Trail is the centerpiece of Plainfield’s trails system. This paved trail meanders south along White Lick Creek down to Hummel Park where it hooks up with a number of other wonderful trails. Hikers, bikers and walkers can get wonderful views of the creek. At Friendship Gardens Park, the trail crosses over White Lick Creek on an old iron truss bridge that was relocated from southern Guilford Township.

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The vegetables take up what is in the soil and we consume its contents.

This is why the other two most important things, for consumption purposes, to remember are never use soil with any enhancements like ‘moisture control’ or ‘fertilizer pellets’ and always choose organic soil to put in the garden. Also, keep grass fertilizer and herbicides away from the edge of any garden from which you will eat what you grow. Not good. Also, I like to remind folks really stretch before you get out there and work. I had a very serious back injury this spring and could not continue cutting in my new bed or mulching.

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“I moved to Indiana in hopes of planting fresh roots and giving life a second chance,” Apodaca says. “With owners like Steve and Jennifer Sanner, and a boss like [COO] Lonnie Hinkle, I am motivated every day to be the best person I can be. Jiffy Lube feels like a family, and we all push ourselves to reach our potential and achieve our goals.

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I hear it like clockwork when I speak to women as warmer weather approaches. School is out, kids are getting restless and vacations are on the horizon. But what is the one thing of utmost priority?

“Oh, I’ve been doing (insert fad diet) because we’re going on vacation in a few weeks and I don’t want to look like this in my swimsuit!”

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1. GO OUTSIDE FOR VITAMIN D The sun is the best source of vitamin D we cannot obtain through food. We’ve been fear mongered to believe that even an ounce of sunshine will ruin you with skin cancer, but, in reality, going outside and being in nature and sunlight is good for you! Not only is it linked to helping with anxiety and depression, but it keeps your skin and bones healthy as well.

Insecurity and outward comparison I’m sure play a huge role in making us feel so self-conscious to look our best. But really what do you gain by obsessing over how you will look in that suit? Does it bring peace of mind? Most likely not. And is cutting out entire food groups a sustainable and healthy lifestyle for you? Again, probably not!

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4. BE PRESENT Sounds easy, right? But being mindful to your inner thoughts and creating gratitude for what’s around you can take some practice. It’s so easy to let the negative thoughts overcrowd being present in the moment. By focusing on what’s behind or what’s ahead of us, we lose sight of what’s right in front of us. Which if you think about it is really the only thing that’s important. Your ‘now.’

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