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LOVE ME LOVE YOU LOCAL STYLIST LAUNCHES ORGANIC SKIN CARE LINE Writer & Photographer / Stephanie Duncan Additional photography provided by Whitley Ketterman
After 28 years of experience working in Studio 2000 Salon in downtown Indianapolis, owner Linda Williams has created an 80 percent organic skin care line that has recently launched at her salon called Love Me Love You. After years of trying different products and not being completely happy, she decided to create a skin care line that used only the best ingredients, which have a big focus on infusing essential oils. “I wanted something to use in the spa that was better than what I was used to using”,
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for everyone. And it all smells amazing. Some of her new products, like the Formula 368, is a combination of multiple high quality essential oils that you apply to your face after cleansing that helps with skin hydration and breakouts. Williams started working on her skin care line about two years ago. When trying to think of a name for her new line, she got inspired one evening hanging out with friends on the local Tiki Barge, floating down the White River. “I wanted the brand to be about loving
yourself so you can give to others,” Williams says. Part of Love Me Love You’s Mission is to donate five percent of our profit to Dress For Success, an organization that helps empower women to achieve economic independence by providing support, business attire for interviews and other tools to help them succeed. Another thing that’s notable about this line is the price. Williams noticed one bottle of a similar product that is sold at her salon goes for more than $300, where you can purchase most of the Love Me Love You line for the same price. With the weather changing, don’t forget to treat yourself and your skin to a spa experience. William’s Love Me Love You line is available at Studio 2000 Salon downtown, but she hopes to expand to most places in the future.
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TASTY TAPAS SANGRITA SALOON DELIVERS BIG FLAVOR, DELICIOUS COCKTAILS Writer & Photographer / Angie Trusty
Named for the tomato-based shot meant as a pallet cleanser between tequila shots, Sangrita Saloon is a modern Mexican restaurant off the beaten path in Broad Ripple. It is reminiscent of an old-time saloon in the west with soft lighting, cozy interior, metal ceiling, various colors of wood plank paneling covering the walls and rustic wooden communal tables. Stationed behind the alabaster-colored bar showcasing Sangrita's stash of premium tequila, the bartender mixes up a few craft cocktails.
No premade overly sweet mixes used here. Sangrita's classica margarita is made with their house premium tequila, Espolon Blanco, Cointreau, agave and freshsqueezed lime juice. Served on the rocks in a salt-rimmed highball glass, this drink is great example of how a margarita should be made. Perhaps a cocktail even more popular in Mexico than the margarita is the Paloma. It’s a light, refreshing, fizzy tequila cocktail made with grapefruit juice, ancho chili liqueur, grapefruit syrup and club soda. The tall glass is rimmed with a mixture of salt, sugar and some cayenne pepper. Sangrita’s version is packed with just the right amount of heat. When you’re ready for a change from the classic margarita, try a Paloma.
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queso blanco, and other cheeses is topped with diced roasted poblano peppers and drizzled with a red pepper puree sauce. It’s mild and creamy with a touch of heat from the peppers and served with house made tortilla chips. In the tostada camarones, smashed black beans are sandwiched between two crispy tostadas, then the tostada is smeared with avocado puree and topped with pineapple, chipotle marinated shrimp and finally topped with a crisp, flavorful jicama slaw dressed with a honey-ancho vinaigrette. The tostada camarones is as impressive to view as it is to eat. Costilla De Res is a flavorful taco with mouthwatering, tender beef short ribs, house crema and finished with crisp pickled red cabbage. The short ribs are stewed in a mixture of espresso coffee, chocolate bitters,
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If you ask Chris Wall, owner and founder of Green Men Restoration, about the new art gallery at the home renovation company’s new facility on 54th Street, he’ll tell you it’s all part of an effort to bring clients, and the community at large, together. Founded in 2011, Green Men Restoration is a licensed general contracting company and certified renovator specializing in older home renovation in the Broad Ripple
and Meridian Kessler areas of Indy. The company specializes in complete restoration and remodeling, interior and exterior painting and staining, trim and wood replacement, flooring, drywall installation, deck refinishing and more.
should be handled and dealt with.” Earlier this year Wall and his staff relocated their headquarters to East 54th Street and began kicking around the idea of building out a gallery in the front room of the Green Men facility to feature local artwork. A painter and woodwork artist in his own right, Wall felt having a gallery would be a way to showcase art and décor ideas for home renovation clients while promoting local art at the same time. The company held an official grand opening on October 27.
“We do all kinds of residential structures, but the older homes are our bread and butter,” Wall says. “We do kitchen remodels and bath remodels too. As a certified renovator, we can deal with things like leadbased paint and asbestos, and we’re able to educate people on how those types of things “We really want it to be a community atBrip.com / NOVEMBER 2017 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 11
involvement type of thing,” he says. “We also have our Green Men carpentry and woodwork station in the back. We want to do different art events here like first Friday events, using our parking lot area and the space we have.” Visitors can find paintings, sculptures, decorative carpentry pieces and even musical instruments in the gallery space, as well as a portfolio of Green Men Restoration’s past home projects. Wall is currently in the planning stages to make the Green Men facility home to the next SubSurface event, which began in 2002 as a networking and showcase event for graffiti artists in the Indy area and was cancelled in 2016. He hopes to revive interest in the event and bring artists together for a collaborative mural around the outside of the Green Men building. “We want to truly make this an artist space,” Wall says. “We have our Green Men workspace towards the back, and we’ll continue to serve customers and their houses, but we also want to do anything we can to help lift up the community and help artists out,” he says. Wall adds that art sale proceeds go entirely to the artists themselves and operational costs for the gallery. “It’s not about us, it’s about keeping the doors open and giving artists exposure,” he says. “Hopefully, as we continue to build out the front of the building with the artwork, we’re going to continue spreading the word and making the community aware of what we’re doing. We want people to know there’s a place they can come to buy artwork from $3 to $2,000, and all the money from the gallery goes towards the artists and the gallery itself.” Green Men Restoration Design Center and Gallery is located at 2376 East 54th Street. For more details on company services and art exhibition opportunities, call 317-339-0213 or visit greenmenrestoration.com.
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STILL FEARLESS AFTER FIVE ACCIDENTS Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing
Zeke Sodrel is only 21 years old, but according to his mom, Angie, she estimates that he’s already burned through most of his nine lives. He was just 14 years old when he was messing around on his dirt bike. After taking a jump, he had a fight with gravity on his way back down to earth when the handle bars went between his goggles and his helmet, crushing his septum upon landing.
pole. Because Zeke’s window was rolled down, his face scraped the wooden pole. Splinters punctured his face, which also sustained multiple fractures. “My face hurt and was swollen for a couple of months,” he says. It was another situation where had his body been positioned just an inch in a different direction and the impact could have been fatal.
“The doctor said Zeke’s nose was crushed worse than any he’d ever seen other than a drag racer he had worked on who had crashed into a wall,” Angie says. “The doctor also made it clear that had the handle bars hit just a half an inch upward, he would have died instantly because they would have been driven into his brain stem.”
“Thankfully, God kept all my kids safe that day,” Angie says.
After repairing the septum, Zeke was told no contact sports for eight weeks. Not that recovery slowed him down much. It seems nothing does.
Despite these near-misses, Zeke, landscaping manager for Sodrel Lawnscapes, LLC in Greenwood, hasn’t taken his foot off the gas pedal of life. He still approaches every day, fearless and full of highenergy spirit.
“He’s a fearless kid with a high tolerance for pain,” says Angie, who describes her son as a hard worker who also likes to have fun to the extreme. An avid fisherman and hunter, Zeke likes to build wheeling rigs, which he takes to off-road parks. He also races dirt bikes on the weekend at various motocross races. Zeke admits that he’s got a reputation for pushing the limits. “Everybody does kind of call me a daredevil,” he admits. It turns out that the high pain tolerance is a characteristic that has served him well through the years. In July 2013, Zeke was riding in the car with his sister, who was driving, when suddenly a squirrel darted in front of the car. She reflexively jerked the steering wheel in the opposite direction, overcorrecting and sideswiping a telephone
And that wasn’t the only day the divine intervened on Zeke’s behalf. When he started driving, he took a corner too fast in the rain and totaled his truck. He also totaled two other vehicles in two separate accidents — each time walking away without a scratch.
“Honestly, none of these accidents have altered my son’s personality in the slightest,” Angie says. “In fact, he just broke his ankle a month ago in a dirt bike race. He goes for it — always living life to the fullest. In doing so, he’s given me a lot of gray hairs.” Zeke was unaware that his mom had even entered him in the Luckiest Hoosier Alive contest until she delivered the news that he had won. “That’s awesome!” he says of learning that his prize winnings include going to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino for an evening of gambling and a free dinner for two. Perhaps he’ll take his mom. I think mothers everywhere will agree that she’s earned it.
CARDINALS SEEK BREAKTHROUGH SEASON Writer / Matt Roberts Photography provided by Ball State Athletics
Entering their fifth season under Coach James Whitford, Ball State University basketball may be poised for a breakthrough.
“(Recruiting in-state) is critical,” Whitford says. “Indiana is such a talent-rich hotbed. The talent here is one of the main reasons I wanted to come to Ball State.” The Cardinals return a wealth of experience in the backcourt including junior point guard Tayler Persons. Whitford credits Persons with speeding up the team’s offensive tempo last year.
After posting fewer than eight wins in each of his first two years, the next two seasons ended with the Cardinals winning more than 20 games each and enjoying “We’ve always tried to play fast, but we were postseason play for the first time since 2002. better on offense and Tayler Persons is a really good point guard,” he says. At least part of the reason for the turnaround may be the Cardinals’ success Whitford’s greatest concern is a scarcity of at recruiting Indiana high school players. options in the post. Over the course of his four years in Muncie, Whitford has landed eight Indiana “If there’s something that keeps me up at All-Stars. In the 10 years immediately night it’s our depth in the frontcourt,” he prior, Ball State signed only two. Those 10 says. “We really can’t afford injuries there. years resulted in only one winning season We have (Tahjai) Teague and Trey Moses, and no postseason berths. but after that we go sophomore-freshmanINDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com
freshman. Those guys are going to have to contribute this year.” The Cardinals lost two starters to graduation from last from last year’s 21-13 team in Franko House and Indianapolis Roncalli product Ryan Weber. Though both will be missed, Whitford worries more about replacing House. “Ryan was a good player, but we have a little more depth there,” Whitford says. “We’re pretty deep in the perimeter. Franko was a unique player. He was a playmaker from the 4 and 5 spot, so we’ll have to make up for him by committee.” The 2017-18 season opens with several tough tests, including dates with Oregon, Dayton, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Mid-November has the Cardinals bouncing between Oklahoma, Oregon and Pennsylvania over the course of just eight days.
“There’s no question that this is our toughest schedule by far,” Whitford says. “It’s really difficult not only with the competition but with the travel. “Since I got here, I’ve been trying to get involved in the more high-profile ESPN events. It’s not that hard for us to get games with major schools on the road, but it’s very hard to get them at a neutral site, and it’s hard for us to get on ESPN.” With increased success and higherprofile opponents come higher fan expectations. The last time Ball State played in the NCAA tournament, most of the current roster was in preschool. It’s quite a leap from the College Basketball Insider Tournament (CIT) to the NCAA. But with consecutive 20-win seasons capped by postseason play, the Cardinals may be ready for the next step.
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STRAIGHT SHOOTER JANET HOLCOMB TALKS ART, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BECOMING A GUN SAFETY INSTRUCTOR
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Walking the grounds at the Penrod Arts Fair on #IndianasNicestDay, First Lady Janet Holcomb readily points out the artistic technique used by one of many talented artists.
to 10 years in 4-H. She was also a Girl Scout. Her drawing cultivated her desire for creativity, which she says applies to her decision-making and many areas of her life.
“During college, I took business classes, having been influenced by my parents and grandparents, who are small business owners,” says Holcomb, who earned “This is encaustic painting, which involves her undergraduate and master’s degrees a method of warming wax, adding colored in Fine Art from Ball State University. pigments and applying on a specially treated “I understood the importance of canvas or wood,” Holcomb says. “It gives the entrepreneurship as a supplement to a painting depth.” potential career in the arts.” A few feet behind us, the artist is encouraging other attendees to touch his painting, for it is approachable. The term “approachable” also describes Holcomb. She is walking around Penrod with her niece, relatively under the radar, for few people recognize her and she is quite comfortable with this.
Holcomb has served as Vice President of her family’s business, R&R Engineering, headquartered in Summitville, Indiana. Due to her responsibilities as Indiana’s First Lady, she needed to step away from R&R to take on an entirely different role, yet in some ways she is coming full circle with her passions.
Growing up near Muncie on a horse farm, Holcomb’s first loves were horses, ponies and drawing. The equestrian passion led
Upon her husband taking the oath of office, one of Holcomb’s first meetings was with the Indiana Arts Commission. INDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com
“The Arts are so important. It enhances the quality of life in our community, shows a richness of culture and diversity, and there is so much talent in Indiana to celebrate,” Holcomb says. “Art adds so much to our lives and shows us new things. An experience with the arts has a tremendously positive impact.” A serendipitous moment occurred at Penrod Arts Fair when the First Lady visited with local artist Jessica Green, who does a lot of plein air painting in and around Indianapolis. The First Lady commented that Green might enjoy painting at the Governor’s Residence some time. This simple suggestion became a reality a couple weeks later. Armed with paint brushes, a small army of en plein air painters set up their easels around the exterior of the Residence, capturing the beauty of the grounds. Green, alongside six other Indy painters, went to work painting a scene in the garden. Green is known for her fresh and modern style, utilizing bright colors.
“Indy has a great, thriving arts community,” Green says. “It’s a pleasure to have our First Lady be so supportive of the arts.” Harrison Arts Center resident Justin Vining was among the painters. Vining is a renowned landscape painter with a specialty in architecture. Artists Addie Hirschten, Alicia Zanoni, Donna Shortt, Stephanie Thomson, and Jed Dorsey were also engaged in creating landscapes alongside one another. “The grounds are beautiful all year long,” Holcomb says. “It is wonderful to capture the spaces on canvas by these talented artists.” “It’s surprising where this (creative approach) intersects: with cooking, decorating at home, business decisions. It is all bound by a common thread of creativity,” adds Holcomb, who sees elements of her formal art training as a creative problem solver. Another passion of Holcomb’s was facilitated by an unpleasant experience, and one that illustrates her strength and resilience. A few years ago, while Holcomb and her husband were asleep, their home was burglarized and her purse stolen. The police told them that it was for the best that they did not wake up during the home invasion, as the suspects were likely armed. Holcomb had been afraid of guns but decided to take a gun safety class. The experience did not end there, because she enjoyed it. This led to several more classes and becoming an instructor. She focuses upon the safety and responsibility, proper usage and education of fire arms. “I felt vulnerable and violated,” says Holcomb, who realized she had several thousands of dollars charged to her credit cards by the time she woke up after the burglary. “We need a way to defend ourselves. I had reached out to some friends who were into shooting sports and took some classes.” TownePost.com / NOVEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO
This year, for the first Gridiron Dinner since her husband took office, one of the best jokes of the evening centered around First Lady Janet Holcomb and her accomplishment of being an experienced markswoman. “The barricades that used to line the front lawn of the Governor’s Residence have been replaced with signs of Janet Holcomb holding a gun that read, ‘Go ahead, make my day!’” shared the pundit, garnering one of the biggest laughs of the evening. Holcomb, who was not present for that dinner, smiles and says, “Yes, I heard about that!” Given her many interests, which include entrepreneurship, gun safety, Veterans affairs, and the arts, Holcomb is thoughtful in her approach as her role as First Lady with defining her agenda. She thoroughly enjoys being in public and meeting fellow Hoosiers. One of her favorite moments was meeting 4-H students at the Indiana State Fair who share the same passion that she had as a young girl. Holcomb and her husband proudly attend events all over the state and around the world, yet perhaps the most popular Holcomb family member has four legs. With his own social media following, the First Dog, Henry, a Miniature Schnauzer, tends to steal the show when accompanying the Holcombs. You can follow Henry on Twitter at @FirstDogHenry and the Holcombs at @FLJanetHolcomb and @GovHolcomb. INDY METRO / NOVEMBER 2017 / TownePost.com
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Topgolf, a restaurant, entertainment and golfing venue with more than 30 locations nationwide, opened its first Indiana location on October 13 and is now in full swing on 116th Street in Fishers across from IKEA and Portillo’s.
The 65,000-square-foot, all-ages complex features more than 100 climate-controlled hitting bays on three levels where guests can play computerized golf games using balls equipped with microchips. Topgolf hired 500 full-time and part-time employees to staff the facility, which offers membership packages and will be open year-round except for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. TownePost.com / NOVEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO
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The support from the community’s been incredible.” Zariah Lombroso, marketing manager for Topgolf Fishers, says one of the company’s strengths is the diverse experience it can offer patrons. “Topgolf is for everyone – all ages, all skill levels,” Lombroso says. “We want to be a place where the community can come together and have a great time. Whether it’s a family night out, a meeting or first date, Topgolf is a place for all. “The majority of the food is made from scratch daily, and we strive to make awesome food for every occasion,” she adds. “Topgolf isn’t your typical bar food, and we can’t wait for guests to experience it.” The Fishers City Council approved construction of the facility in January of 2016, and Chance says Topgolf ’s economic output is projected to be $264.5 million over a 10-year period. “The biggest thing I can tell those who have not been to Topgolf is be prepared to have a great time,” Lombroso adds. “You do not have to be a golfer to enjoy Topgolf. In fact, half of our guests are non-golfers. We have many different entertainment options for all to enjoy.” Topgolf is located at 9200 E. 116 St. in Fishers. For more information, call 765-212-3488 or visit topgolf.com/us/fishers.
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Butler University basketball has been remarkably resilient through its last six coaching changes. From Thad Matta to Chris Holtmann, the Bulldogs regularly promoted assistant coaches to the top job and continued to enjoy success. New Coach LaVall Jordan spent last year at the University of Milwaukee, but that doesn’t mean he’s a stranger to the program. After playing at Butler under coach Todd Lickliter, Jordan served as an assistant coach at Butler for four years. He then joined Lickliter’s staff at Iowa and moved on to Michigan before accepting the head coaching
job at Milwaukee. That team won only eight games during the regular season and lost its last nine in a row. But entering the Horizon League tournament as a 10-seed, the Panthers won three games and lost to eventual champion Northern Kentucky by six points.
the mark of a champion. “I give that group a lot of credit. There were a lot of reasons not to believe, losing nine in a row, but when we won the first game (in the tournament) it was like, ‘Hey, we just did it the way we wanted to all year.’”
A first-year head coach might be expected to question his coaching philosophy after such Working with multiple successful coaches a tough start, but Jordan believes staying has provided Jordan with an opportunity to true to the process facilitated the late-season absorb distinctive strengths and styles. turnaround. “I’ve been fortunate with the type of people “Nothing changed,” he says. “Which is I’ve been around,” Jordan says. “They’re all what allowed us to have good results. If great human beings. With Barry Collier, guys didn’t believe in what we were doing, it was instilling values and holding people if we hadn’t been consistent as a staff, we accountable. Thad was an unbelievable wouldn’t have advanced. Consistency is motivator who just had a gift for getting
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guys ready. Todd was terrific at team building. He got a lot of respect from the locker room because players knew he cared about them. Brad’s (Stevens) organizational skills are off the charts. Coach Beilein is a great tactician. I really learned how to run a program from him. “I still lean on them all now,” Jordan adds. “The nice thing is, they’re just a phone call away.” Jordan was named Butler’s head basketball coach in June, which left only a few weeks to verify that all the freshmen were staying and make arrangements for the team’s trip to Spain. The Bulldogs got four games against international competition and the trip provided a good opportunity for the team to gel with its new coach. “That was really beneficial,” Jordan says. “We had 10 days just to be together and build relationships, especially with the freshmen. It was also good to be able to go
against an opponent. Because in practice, you’re trying to figure out if it was good offense or bad defense. Facing somebody else and having some adversity and seeing who was communicating, having guys make some important shots and seeing what the freshmen can do.” Jordan will put his own stamp on the team, but don’t expect any wholesale changes to
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“The Butler Way.” “We’ve always been opportunistic here, but valuing the basketball has been a staple,” he says. “We’ve always been rated pretty highly in fewest turnovers, and that won’t change. If it does, we’ll have to have some conversations. And playing unselfishly has always been a staple, I don’t see the way we play changing that much.”
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL Meet Torchlite’s Susan Marshall Writer / Kara Kavensky Photographer / Brian Brosmer
“Who knew there was a burgeoning tech community in Indianapolis?” said Susan Marshall after moving back to Indianapolis. Marshall took a hiatus from the west coast with her husband to raise their three children in the Midwest. Marshall, a Brebeuf grad, studied at Dennison University and began working in the tech industry during the early 90s. “I just jumped in,” says Marshall, who has spent 25 years in the tech realm. During the early days, her focus was product management and marketing where she led
product teams. Their mission was how to position, price and how to go to market with a tech product. She worked with Macromedia, which created Dreamweaver and Flash. Marshall pivoted to product development, working on a team with Apple (seven years) during the Steve Jobs come back. At that time, Apple had 3 to 5 percent market share and no one was building software for the MAC. Jobs decided he was going to build his own. Jobs was involved in the day to day architecting for iPhoto and iMovie. “We worked on his floor and directly under his leadership,” Marshall says. “Jobs was the atBrip.com / NOVEMBER 2017 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 29
uber software manager, and he got to peak intensity, up until launch of the iPhone.” Marshall described the experience like working for a small startup within a big company because they were the software division for Apple, which did not have a software division before. The Apple retail stores were just coming online during that time. Upon moving back to Indiana, Marshall built the product marketing team at ExactTarget, leading up to the acquisition by Salesforce. “That’s where I learned the SaaS biz model,
digital marketing and how it’s impacting businesses,” says Marshall, who also learned the challenges marketers experience to get their work done.
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When Salesforce was acquired, Marshall was traveling around the world doing huge events, including world tours, 10k London, 5k in Montreal, with Marshall speaking in each city. She was hearing the same feedback wherever she went, which was, “I have bought your entire marketing cloud, and named 15 tools, but I still don’t have the resources to get all of this done.”
To create a balanced team, Torchlite organizes talented individuals, making it easier to collaborate on projects. Most businesses cannot afford to hire 10 specialists, or cannot find the specialists that they need to get their work done. Torchlite redefines marketing by tapping into freelance resources, making it easier to assign tasks across their diverse team.
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LOCAL LAWYER MENTORS OTHER BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH
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Michael Dalrymple has never shied away from a challenge. This holds true not only in his professional capacity as an attorney with his own practice in Broad Ripple, but also throughout his childhood, academic career and current community involvement. “One of my favorite moments of the day is when I get a call from a client and they say, ‘You will not believe what just happened,’” Dalrymple says. “You know there’s a story coming and you’re at the beginning of a process of trying to figure something out. I love that process.” Born and raised in Indy, Dalrymple attended the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired from kindergarten through seventh grade, and graduated from North Central High School as an honor student. Having lost his vision at age three, Dalrymple’s passion for helping others as a labor, employment and disability lawyer resulted in large part from the help and support he received from friends, fellow students, family and professors throughout his own journey. After taking a casual interest in the legal profession during his high school years, it was a pair of jobs Dalrymple secured after finishing an undergraduate degree in international economics at Earlham College that further ignited his passion for the law. He lobbied the Indiana General Assembly on behalf of several nonprofit groups and spent two years with the Indiana Department of Education, during which time he advocated for improved access to social services and healthcare and drafted a due process hearing handbook for parents of special education students. “Those experiences convinced me that the law was what I needed to be doing,” he says. “I guess I just got tired of saying, ‘I’m not an attorney, but...’ I wanted to learn more about the law and communicate with people directly in that way.” After graduating from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington
Michael Dalrymple attended the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as a child, and today he mentors other blind or visually impaired youth.
in 2002, Dalrymple served a two-year clerkship with the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Supreme Court, followed by a position at Ice Miller’s labor and employment department, representing clients on employer compliance issues and labor relations. After five years with Ice Miller, a desire for closer client relationships led Dalrymple to put out his own shingle on Broad Ripple Avenue in July of 2009.
connection with people. For me, that’s what makes the practice of law great.”
“When you’re representing a Fortune 500 company, which Ice Miller does on a regular basis, you are truly representing a corporation and there are layers and layers of bureaucracy attached to that,” he says. “They’re in need of good representation as well, but I wanted to have a closer
During the time he can spare away from his legal practice, Dalrymple serves as a board member for the Indiana School for the Blind and often takes time to mentor people of all ages with visual or other physical disabilities. He says simply talking to someone else with a disability about
Dalrymple specializes in labor and employment law in areas including discrimination, contract disputes and wrongful discharge, as well as disability cases touching on issues like fair housing and accessibility, civil rights and workplace accommodations.
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their experiences can often help boost confidence.
“My employment plaintiffs are often in a situation where they think they’ve been discriminated against one way or another and maybe inappropriately terminated from their job,” he says. “When you’re fired the last thing you’re able to do is write a big check to an attorney. So, I try to work with my clients. My small business clients are not interested in significant legal bills but do want to make educated and appropriate decisions.”
“I’m often put in contact with young adults who are thinking about college or law school and have a vision impairment,” he says. “When you’re 45 or 50 and you start losing your vision that’s a major challenge, and I also work with attorneys and a couple judges who’ve gone through that experience. There are local resources and organizations that can provide the necessary support. Sometimes it’s just having Dalrymple says Broad Ripple Village someone to talk to, and being reassured that provides an ideal home base for his some of the things they’ve always done, and always wanted to do, can still be done even after they lose their vision.” Dalrymple says technology has, in many ways, leveled the academic and professional playing field for those with visual impairments, particularly with the advent of computerized scanning and text-to-speech software, which he says has developed to the point where individuals can digitally scan a page of text or an entire book and almost instantaneously listen as a computer or smartphone reads it aloud. “The iPhone has changed the way everyone interacts with information,” Dalrymple says. “Ten years ago you had to go to libraries and track things down, and if you were blind you needed help with that. Because of the digitization of text, now I can do first-hand research and reading just as efficiently as anyone. I can be sitting in a deposition, for example, and when opposing counsel hands me an exhibit, I can snap a picture of it with my iPhone and I’m reading it along with my client and opposing counsel. It’s just amazing.” Every aspect of Dalrymple’s law practice reflects his desire to assist those in challenging situations — even his philosophy on client billing. Whereas many attorneys charge by the hour, he often uses project-based billing where clients learn their legal costs beforehand, eliminating concerns over time-based costs. In addition, Dalrymple serves both small businesses and plaintiffs, a balance which he believes allows him to provide superior service to both groups.
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professional practice as well as a thriving social scene with accessible amenities he can take advantage of independently. “I bought my house here in 2003, and I love the area,” Dalrymple says. “There’s an energy to it, but the neighborhoods around here are quiet and it’s a great place to get up in the morning and take a walk. It’s all pedestrian friendly, which for me is important. I use Uber and ride with friends, but when I’m not with someone, the combination of public transportation and walking is required. I love it here.”
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EYE Can See, Inc. owner Tom Blackman has a resume filled with experience assisting those with visual impairments. He began his company in 1998 to help bring assistive technology to Indiana and Kentucky, two states that were underserved in the industry. “We have witnessed the difference these products make in the lives of those with visual impairments, and we are happy to serve this population,” shares Tom’s son Greg, who works with his father. The majority of the EYE Can See clients have age-related vision loss, such as macular degeneration. Their clients discover that utilizing a magnifier gives them the independence to do what they want to do such as read a book or newspaper, write a check, solve a crossword puzzle, do artwork, knit and needlepoint, among other things found challenging with visual impairment. Occasionally a device is sold to people without vision issues who perform precision tasks like watch repair or have detailed artwork as part of their job. “We are a small family company that provides local support and education on devices for people with visual impairments,” says Greg. “Ultimately, most of the people that contact us are interested in seeking a tool that will help them do the things they could do before they lost their vision." Many younger people experience vision impairment and are able to benefit from a magnification device. With programs through the state, vocational and rehabilitation of those with low vision may be eligible for financial assistance in purchasing an assistive technology device. “We find solutions for our customers, and we provide support for the devices that we sell,” says Tom. One client, author and poet Bud Gray, had memorized his own poetry since he was unable to read it any longer with his eyes until Greg set up his new magnification device. “As I was setting up his equipment, Mr. Gray was reciting poetry to me. It was amazing when he could see it again for the first time in years,” shares Greg.
“The impact of one of our devices is immediate. One man hadn’t seen his wife’s face in detail in 10 years,” shares Greg. “It can get rather emotional. The ability to read again, write again and see photos of their loved ones in clarity again is significantly rewarding.” The assistive technology industry is heading in a new direction with speaking options and portability. With handheld devices, the visually impaired are experiencing life improvements going to church, eating at a restaurant and visiting friends. The devices are the size of a cell phone or sized similar to a laptop to make them portable – the trend is smaller, lighter, more portable and things that speak out to you. “Advances in technology positively impact our industry tremendously,” says Greg. “Whether someone is totally blind or has low vision, software and tools exist to help anyone with vision issues access a computer.” Already the machines allow the user to view anything in the room or nearby. Some versions will speak out loud, reading a page or pages. The possibilities can be experienced in the demo room at EYE Can See. Recently Greg took his young son with him on a business call to Easter Seals Crossroads. While at that appointment, Greg remembered walking those halls with his father when he was a kid. “We are a family business and hope to share this business with my son or daughter,” says Greg. “The most rewarding part is being able to help people and be in touch with many of the same people that my dad has helped." Eye Can See has moved to a new location at 61st St. and College Avenue.
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