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communications background. My family grew up in the Village, and both my mom and dad went to Shortridge High School.

Grandpa was the chauffeur of the chief of the fire department and was stationed in Broad Ripple. I grew up in Nora and lived in the Village after attending Indiana University.

This monthly print publication is the latest addition to the TownePost Media Network of hyperlocal magazines and websites founded by Tom Britt up in Geist Reservoir 10 years ago. Our network now serves nine Indianapolis markets with a total circulation of more than 100,000 homes and businesses We promise to share compelling and relevant editorial content through print, our monthly. website at atBRip.com, Facebook (/atbrip) and Twitter (@atBRip). Send me your story Along with being an effective print ideas or just contact me for a cup of coffee and online advertising vehicle for local sometime. I look forward to helping our businesses and organizations, we bring Village feel like a community. a community voice for news, personal profiles, entertainment and events.

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DECKADEMICS ROCKS NEW DJS Writer / Anne E. O’Connor

A good DJ is like a fine guitarist. Both require skill and technique to reach the top of the pack. Nick Saligoe, or DJ MetroGnome, has been training disc jockeys in the Indianapolis area for a few years now. A city grant helped fund a program for three years at the Martin Luther King Community Center, but Saligoe and his fellow instructors found there were a few things they could not accomplish in this space.

“We were in the basement,” he said. “No one knew we were there.”

Saligoe got together with Doug Morris to plan a school where aspiring DJs can learn the tricks of the trade. Deckademics was born. Saligoe brings solid teaching credentials into his mix.

A former teacher in the Chicago school system, he teaches turntablism to children and adults alike. “Instruction comes natural to me,” he said. “It’s a natural extension of what I do.”

The art of the DJ appeals to all ages. Saligoe once taught a 9-yearold girl and her 39-year-old father. Both were interested and involved with learning the skill. “Kids seem to be fascinated by all of the things they can do with technology, obviously music being one of them,” he said.

Morris, known as Sir Doug, is a business guy. He creates opportunities for DJs to get work and build brand recognition.

Deckademics, located at 6108 N. College Ave., Suite 200, in Indianapolis, has plenty of new technology for aspiring DJs to use.

Students use both analog and digital equipment. Learning both technologies helps students develop a good ear and solid skills, Saligoe said. Three studios are available for student practice.

Saligoe does not expect every student to become a professional DJ. The training allows people to express themselves and gives them the ability to make music at home. The self-trained turntablist did not set out to make a living with his skill. He originally just wanted to “scratch.” Scratching and mixing can be a teambuilding exercise. “People are always looking for ways to bring people together,” Saligoe said.

During his 10-year career as a DJ, he has led corporate teambuilding activities. “DJ school is kind of a unique twist,” he said.

Saligoe and fellow teachers DJ Chase, Cool Hand Lex and DJ Top Speed perform around the area. A day-after Valentine’s Day gig in the back room of The Jazz Kitchen gave the audience a chance at an unusual romantic activity. Each couple could learn to record their own mix and then take their finished project home with them.

Deckademics held a “quite successful” soft opening in late 2013 and are now scheduling classes.

The organizers of the school know that DJing can be an expensive hobby and offer everything from a one-day “crash course” to six- and 12-week sessions for novice, intermediate and advanced students.

Professional DJs have plenty of scheduling flexibility and enjoy another great benefit. "It’s a pretty fantastic job to go party and make music,” Seligoe said.

For more information on classes and programs at Deckademics, visit deckademics.com or call 317-662-8661.

Nick Saligoe (right), or DJ MetroGnome, got together with Doug Morris (left) to plan a school where DJs can learn the tricks of the trade called Deckademics . Photographer / Brian Brosmer

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MARCH WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS

Anne E. O’Connor / Debra Legg / Kara Reibel / Laura Issacs / Pat Carlini

OUR HOMETOWN HERO GEORGE HILL Writer / Pat Carlini

After a long west coast road trip, Broad Ripple’s own George Hill talks about returning to his hometown and his new life on Geist Reservoir.

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Our Hometown Hero

GEORGE HILL

Writer / Pat Carlini . Photographer / Brenda Staples

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“It feels pretty good,” says George Hill with a smile when asked how he feels as the announcer at the Pacers’ game refers to him as “our hometown hero, George Hill!”

He should feel good and he is a hometown hero!

Hill grew up in Broad Ripple, attended Broad Ripple High School where he was a standout player, then went on to play for IUPUI. Except for a brief time with the San Antonio Spurs (2008-2011), Hill spent his career in central Indiana — rare for an NBA player to stay in his hometown.

Hill always wanted to stay near his ailing great-grandfather, who died shortly after Hill verbally agreed to attend IUPUI. He knew he could move on, but his great-grandfather had always taught him to be a man of his word, and Hill stayed and went on to have a great career at IUPUI. I met up with Hill just days after he had the best game of his NBA career — scoring a career-high 37 points against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Although on top of his game, so to speak, Hill is a humble guy and thankful for how far he has come from being the young boy growing up in Broad Ripple looking up to players such as Michael Jordan.

“I didn’t have a lot growing up,” says Hill. I had obstacles to overcome, but I made it.”

“I just feel blessed.”

He was a determined boy, though, as Co-Athletic Director Jim Sherrill of St. Richard’s Episcopal School will tell you. “I would see this little boy hop the fence and shoot hoops here at St. Richard’s,” says Sherrill. “Who would have thought he would go on to be a Pacer? I knew he would be successful, but not to this level!”

Today Hill has a home on the water in Geist, with his girlfriend, Samantha Garcia, and his two dogs — goldendoodles named Brodie and Bailey. He loves fishing, boating, listening to music, watching movies and the occasional glass of wine — moscato or Riesling.

His dream vacation? “I want to go to Bora Bora and stay in those little gazebos out in the ocean,” laughs Hill.

Hill’s fellow teammates and buddies Paul George and Luis Scola live nearby, and they are already planning some summer get-togethers on the lake.

And speaking of summer, Hill will tell you he much prefers warm weather over cold. He doesn’t mind sleeping in a cool room at night, but that’s it!

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Talking about cold also reminds Hill of when he had to jump in the cold Geist lake to save his buddy Paul George’s dog!

“The dog tried to jump on my boat but missed — I saw him, so I knew I had to go in,” laughs Hill, who says he’s still mad at his buddy George for that one.

On this particular game day, Hill takes me through his typical game day routine: a couple strawberry-banana smoothies, some Boston Market chicken and maybe a nap if he’s lucky!

As we were wrapping up our conversation and taking pictures, my 19-year-old daughter, Nicolette, a budding journalist, yells, “By the way George, your girlfriend is beautiful!” While some chuckled, Hill thought for a moment and then politely answered, “Why, thank you. We are very happy. I think she’s the one.”

Did my daughter just get a scoop? Could that trip to Bora Bora be a honeymoon?

Well, nobody knows for sure, but we do know that we all hope that that our hometown hero, George Hill, sticks around on the court and near his home for seasons to come!

Pat Carlini is an experienced television/radio personality associated with NBC in Indianapolis and the syndicated Bob & Tom Show. She can be contacted at patcarlini.com.

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Survivors march together in the Pink Parade before the start of the race. “I have cried every year,” Borges said.

“The sense of camaraderie and support is amazing,” she said. One returning woman is a 60-year survivor. Other marchers will be newly diagnosed.

Volunteers have fun while helping support the cause. Borges is in her 14th year on the executive committee. “It really is a sense of family. I feel very fortunate to be part of that group,” she said. “I’ve loved every minute of it.”

The survivors and volunteers connect during the event. Jeff Saturday, a former Colts center, arrives yearly with his wife, Karen, as Honorary Race Chairs to open the parade of survivors.

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IU SCHOOL OF NURSING CELEBRATES 100 YEARS IU SCHOOL OF NURSING DEAN MARION BROOME, PH.D. Writer / Kara Reibel

This June, the Indiana University School of Nursing will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The year will also mark the 10th year for Marion Broome, Ph.D., serving as the dean. An IBJ “Woman of Influence” in 2011, Dr. Broome began her nursing career in the Army, where she was stationed at Fort Gordon in Georgia.

She was assigned to a pediatric unit and knew instinctively this would be her career focus. It was there that she met her husband, Capt. Carroll Broome. He was a member of the signal corps and is a Vietnam veteran.

“ Health care is shifting to the community. The shift will see growth in community care, with increases in wellness, preventive care and a stronger focus on more holistic chronic illness management.”

leader in research and education, its highly competitive programs have expanded.

Student enrollment has increased by 20 to 30 percent over the last 10 years, and the numbers remain strong. The IU School of Nursing offers a full range of degree programs and has the infrastructure in place to meet the needs of the future in health care.

“Health care is shifting to the community,” indicated Dr. Broome.

She further explains that hospitals will have fewer beds, with increased — Dean Marion Broome, Ph.D. capacity for intensive care, surgical care and emergency departments.

Back in the 1950s, the Associate in Science “The shift will see growth in degree was created to address a nursing Dr. Broome received her master’s degree community care,” states Dr. Broome, “with shortage. There were not many schools in family health and her Ph.D. in child and increases in wellness, preventive care and that offered a nursing baccalaureate at family development from the University of a stronger focus on more holistic chronic that time. Every decade or so since that Georgia. Her dissertation topic was how illness management.” parents’ child-rearing practices and behavior time, the industry experiences a shortage, proliferating the number of nurses with an and children’s medical fears influenced Forecasting health care trends indicate associate degree, obtained mostly through children’s responses to pain. For a part of that patients will spend shorter periods of community colleges. that study, Dr. Broome interviewed 125 time in the hospital, increasing demand children and their parents. As a result, she for home health care, wound care, some In a recent study released by the Institute of developed a questionnaire to measure post-surgical, rehab and hospice. With the Medicine, one recommendation was that 80 Affordable Care Act, more people who children’s fears. One such conclusion percent of nurses should have a baccalaureate have insurance who previously would only was that children who had high levels of degree. Not only that, the study emphasized go to the emergency room are increasing fear reported more pain from medical procedures. The results of this study created the future trend in nursing care would involve the need for access to health care services a baccalaureate as a minimum requirement to and preventive care. Another factor is that the “Child Medical Fear Scale.” This scale meet the needs of the changes occurring in created by Dr. Broome has been translated there are fewer primary care physicians health care. into five different languages. due to specialization, enabling an increased demand for nurse practitioners.

Nurses will have to keep up with the The IU School of Nursing has a lot increased complexity of their profession. to celebrate for its centennial: its Chronic care management, for conditions They need to understand the impact of consistently impressive national ranking, such as diabetes and asthma, will focus technology and informatics, as well as groundbreaking research, international on keeping patients out of the hospital by outreach and, most important, its students. realize an increased need for a scientific helping them to manage their symptoms. background. IU’s nursing school has Nurse practitioners with advanced maintained an impressive national ranking Nursing, like any profession, has nursing degrees will find an increase in job in the top 20 of 700-plus nursing schools. A opportunities with this shift in health care. experienced changes over the last 60 years.

This study looks closely at women returning to work and how to best handle that transition as well as sleep, stress and quality of life after chemotherapy. There are many more studies, all important and relevant, whose findings may help benefit those with diabetes, those with cancer, stroke victims and their caregivers, and teens.

The reach of IU’s nursing school extends across the Atlantic to Africa. In Monrovia, Liberia, IU has partnered with the University of Liberia to establish the first public baccalaureate program in nursing and midwifery. Students currently enrolled at the Tubman National Institute for Medical Arts at JFK Medical Center will complete their degree at the University of Liberia. An IU nursing alum, Wvannie Scott-McDonald, Ph.D., who is Liberian, received her master’s degree and her doctorate at the IU School of Nursing at IUPUI. It was through Dr. Scott-McDonald’s efforts and initiative that this school liaison was achieved. Dr. Scott-McDonald’s cousin is the president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

Abroad or stateside, Dr. Broome indicates that preparing students for their careers in nursing is the single most important role of IU’s nursing school. With the dynamics in health care continually changing, creativity and flexibility of health care providers is a must. Dr. Broome, throughout her tenure, has witnessed changes in nursing care as well as foreseen changes to come, adapting as necessary to meet demands and to be ahead of the curve.

Research is an important component of IU’s nursing school. IU focuses on symptom management with studies focused on helping individuals maintain or improve their quality of life. Recently in the news, attention has focused on a current study of music therapy with teens experiencing chemotherapy. In an article by the BBC News, “Making Music Videos Helps Young Cancer Patients Cope,” IU music therapist nurse researchers, led by Dr. Joan Haase and Dr. Sheri Robb, found the patients gained resilience and improved relationships with family and friends. All the patients were

undergoing high-risk stem cell transplant treatments. To produce their music videos, the young patients were asked to write song lyrics, record sounds and collect video images to create their story.

In another study, the nursing school is examining the experience of diabetic teens transitioning from high school to college.

Dr. Kathleen Hanna’s study of these teens may help others transition to managing their own care independently. IU’s nursing school is also studying cognitive changes in women during and after chemotherapy.

Little known fact: Audrey Geisel (widow of Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel) is a graduate of IU’s nursing school and received her honorary doctorate in 2005.

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You did the raucous bar scene throughout your 20s, but you’re ready to move on, to somewhere a little quieter where you can relax and talk. Come spring, the Alley Cat Lounge will be ready to move on with you.

Indiana’s favorite dive bar is opening an expansion in March, a Prohibition-themed area that owner Lori Davis refers to as the “grown-up side” of the operation. There won’t be the pool tables or arcade games Alley Cat regulars are used to. No jukeboxes either — satellite music instead. There will be televisions, but they’ll be muted.

“It’s going to be a cozier place, where you can have a conversation,” Davis said. “It’s for the after-work meltdown or the afterdinner drink.”

Davis, whose father bought the Alley Cat 37 years ago, said the family has long thought about expanding. When an adjoining storefront became available, they decided the time was right. Inspired by changes she’s seeing in today’s young adults, she also decided it was time for the Alley Cat to grow with its clientele.

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professionals who want to learn about spirits and wine,” she said.

Through classes at least a couple of times a month, the Alley Cat plans on helping them. Distillers, vintners and other experts will be on hand to explain the differences in various spirits and wines, often offering tastings that will make the distinctions immediately noticeable, Davis said.

The focus will be on regional beverages.

“We might be in bourbon country, but it doesn’t have to be made in Kentucky.

Indiana produces some great bourbon too,” she said.

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The expansion will feature expanded draft beer selections. The current Alley Cat has a single tap. The new area will have 15 to 20 available, with a focus on regional brews.

The new section’s Prohibition theme was inspired by what Davis calls her dad’s “crazy resemblance” to Al Capone. A portrait of the famed gangster hangs in the bar beside one of her father in costume, and the similarity draws double takes. The decor will resemble a Chicago warehouse, right down to block walls.

Patrons will be able to enter the new addition from the front. That’s a big change for customers accustomed to coming in from the back of the graffiti-covered building at 6267 Carrollton Ave. The same great food service Alley Cat is known for will be available in the addition.

“We have a regular steak night, and I’ll put our cheeseburger against anyone in the city,” Davis said.

The addition’s hours won’t be as extensive as the ones in the lounge that seldom closes.

It’s open from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. most days and from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Sundays, hours that see a significant breakfast crowd in addition to the party-hardy bunch.

Davis readily adopts the dive-bar appellation, and she takes pride that the Alley Cat has been recognized in the top 20 in the country. “Dive bar doesn’t mean it’s dirty. It just means there aren’t any frills.”

She wants the expansion to be dramatically different, though. “We’re definitely building for the future,” she said.

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GOODMAN'S SHOES IS A LOCAL LANDMARK WITH 100 YEARS OF HISTORY Writer / Laura Isaacs Photographer / Brian Brosmer

own children in, just because they want to share the experience of getting great shoes.”

For Gary Goodman, there’s no business like shoe business.

Gary Goodman has spent close to 50 years in the store. He started working at the family business in 1964 at age 9, spending his afterschool hours scuttling from the sales floor to the stockroom. Back then, his mother managed the books while his father worked with customers. He took the reins in the mid-1970s after his father’s death. And since then, he’s dedicated himself to running his family’s business. Now he’s in the store almost daily, leading a staff with more than 10 decades of combined experience.

His family’s store, Goodman’s Shoes, has been an Indianapolis fixture for more than a century, dating back to a much simpler era before dot-coms and megamalls dominated the retail landscape. And despite the mounting competition, the store has thrived by carving out a special niche based on providing the community with good shoes and great customer service for generations of local families.

According to Goodman and his wife and partner Patti Goodman, what sets their business apart from the rest is their dedication to building a solid relationship with their customers. Patti Goodman said she knows many of their customers by name. Gary Goodman said he shares a bond with customers who have shopped at his store for years.

“I love that in my work; I’ve met with generations of families,” Gary Goodman said. “People I helped as children now bring their

“We truly are a family business,” Patti Goodman said. “We consider our staff part of our family too.”

Today Goodman’s Shoes specializes in providing comfortable, stylish footwear and accessories to people of all ages. The store carries more than 40 brands of shoes, including many popular Euro-comfort brands. The store also caters to the hard-to-fit customer, who might struggle to find comfortable, well-fitting shoes online or in other stores.

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Kessler Blvd & College Ave “The Internet has really changed the way a lot of people shop,” Gary Goodman said. “That isn’t always a good thing. You might need to try on four or five pairs of shoes to find one that’s a comfortable fit, which is difficult when you’re dealing with a retailer located a thousand miles away. Here you can do that in one stop, which ultimately saves time and money. And it’s important. When your feet don’t feel good, nothing feels good.”

The Goodmans are proud to be part of a lasting Indianapolis legacy. Goodman’s Shoes started out as Goodman’s Department Store, founded in 1913 by Gary’s grandfather, Jacob Goodman.

The original store opened at 2611 W. Michigan St. The current store in Broad Ripple’s Nora Plaza opened as a second location in the late 1950s but became the family’s sole operation in 1965.

And in the half-century since, the Goodmans have built a strong foundation based on their unrelenting dedication to service.

They don’t see that changing anytime soon, either. The Goodmans two adult children both work in the financial sector.

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L E G AC Y L I V E S O N AT T H E

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Writer / Anne E. O’Connor Photographer / Brian Brosmer

In 1934, a group of WPA artists formed the Indianapolis Art League.

This legacy of the Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal intended to improve the economy during the Great Depression, lives on.

Now known as the Indianapolis Art Center, the organization’s on-site classes and community-wide outreach programs involve hundreds of Hoosiers with making art each year.

The 76th annual student exhibition is on display at the center. Any member who has taken a class through the center within the last two years was eligible to submit works for the competitive show.

“It’s really cool. It’s probably our most mission-driven exhibition of the year,” said Kyle Herrington, exhibitions associate.

“People like to see what other people are making and doing.”

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“Everybody is represented,” he said.

“There’s just a buzz in the air when we have this show.”

“It is just such a great local showcase,” said Lily Pai, architect by trade and jewelry maker by avocation. “My artwork does get seen by people who are like-minded.”

The annual show is a chance for artists to network and see what is being done in studios outside of their own, Herrington said. Usually 400 pieces are submitted and between 150 and 200 are chosen by jurors to exhibit.

“There’s lots of prizes, thousands of dollars,” he said. “It’s like the Oscars.”

The artist chosen as best in show will be given a solo show at the center.

There is no typical student at the center.

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are all included in the show, providing a cross-section of art.

Pai, 40, learns plenty at her regular Tuesday night class. She won the fine metalsmithing award last year. Improving her skills and meeting people with similar interests are both important to the working mother.

“I can just get completely involved with my jewelry,” she said.

Her class, taught by Marilyn Smith, includes people of different ages and from different professions. “I have made many friends,” Pai said.

One of the department heads started out as a student at the show. Another woman who took classes during high school returned to the center after she retired. After winning a best in show, she “has studio shows all over the place,” Herrington said.

Pai makes time apart from class time to go to the studio to use the torch. She works with fine metals, stones and enamel. The less dangerous tasks, such as assembling pieces, are done at home.

Her goal for the jewelry is simple. “I just want it to be timeless.”

Connections with the center are longlasting. Smith has taught for 24 years, and Pai has taken classes for almost eight years.

The show is free and open to the public through April 6. The hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

Studying through the center and entering the annual show can be a stepping stone for younger students pursuing a life in the arts.

It can also be a way of pursuing a life dream.

To contact the center, call 317-255-2464 or visit indplsartcenter.org. The Indianapolis Art Center is located on 820 E. 67th St., Indianapolis.

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