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COMING HOME

DAN WAKEFIELD

One night last January while sitting comfortably at the Red Key Tavern (where I always feel comfortable), awaiting my burger and glass of red, Michael Therwechter, the resident photographer and creator of the Red Key website (RedKeyTavern.com), approached me with an idea.

“I was talking to Jim [Settle, the owner] and told him, ‘Since Monday nights are always slow, why don’t we have Dan come in and talk one Monday night a month?

We’ll call it ‘Writers Night.’”

Without missing a beat, I said, “No, if we call it ‘Writers Night,’ people will expect me to read their writing.” In the next beat, as if I already had a counter-proposal stored away, I said, “Let’s call it “Uncle Dan’s Story Hour.”

Michael had the ideal response: “Great!”

I’ve been telling stories to friends, new acquaintances and book clubs that meet at the Red Key since I moved back to Indy in 2011, and sometimes people ask for a particular story I’d told to someone

THE STORY OF “UNCLE DAN’S STORY HOUR” else: “Tell us about your dinners with Mia Farrow” or “Tell about the time you worked as a shepherd in The Negev Desert in Israel” or “Tell how you bonded with Kurt Vonnegut because both of you were failed high school athletes.”

One advantage of living to be 84 is you have several lifetimes of stories to tell.

As a natural-born ham, I love to entertain, and storytelling comes naturally. My next thought for “Uncle Dan’s Story Hour” was that it needed music. As if I had already thought of that too, the next thing that popped out of my mouth was, “I want to have Sophie Faught play the saxophone.”

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Sophie is one of the best and most popular jazz musicians in Indy, having played on Wednesday nights at the Chatterbox on Mass Ave. for many years. Last year, she was honored by The Star as one of the city’s up and coming young artists, and when she held a party for a new record at IndyReadsBooks a year ago, she drew the biggest audience the store has ever seen.

Even with Sophie’s music, I also knew I needed a sidekick, a sharp guy to prompt and keep me rolling. The answer to this was obvious: who else but The Star’s Will Higgins?

We met in 1989 when I came to town to publicize a new paperback edition of my novel “Going All The Way,” and after doing an interview for the now defunct New Times, Will conceived and conducted “The Going All The Way Bus Tour,” which took a busload of people to some of the sites of the story (Crown Hill, The Meridian Hills Country Club and of course the Red Key Tavern.)

My old Shortridge friend and former Village roommate Ted Steeg, the inspiration for the character “Gunner” in

the novel, came down from New York to help me out. We passed a mic back and forth on the bus and tossed stories around along the way.

A year ago, Will suggested we revive the bus tour, but I wondered if it would work without Ted who had gone all the way (in the final version) two years ago. Ted and I used to recite with a bottle of red wine as we sat by his fireside, “I’ll meet him later on, at the place where he has gone. . . .”

Will suggested I ask friends to read brief passages from the book as comment on the sites. Travis diNicola, Judy O’Bannon and Karen Kovacik headed the cast with Will as emcee, and I supplied supplemental stories as I careened back and forth at the front of the bus, holding the mic and trying not to fall into the lap of the driver.

When I asked Will if he’d be my co-host for “Uncle Dan’s Story Hour,” he got the picture at once: “I’ll be the Ed McMahon to your Johnny,” he said, “or Arthur Treacher to your Merv Griffin.”

Originally this was conceived simply as an evening at the Red Key, but once the pieces started falling into place, we thought as long as we’re doing this, why not see if we can do it on the radio? I’d been interviewed on WFYI’s masterful production of their documentary on Vonnegut (“A Writer’s Roots: Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis”) and started by asking that producer who put me in touch with the head of programming.

Will and I pitched the exec at a meeting at (of course) the Red Key. The program exec asked me to write up a one-page summary of the show that he could give to his Board, and after a nail-biting few weeks, he said he was turning us over to the person in charge of radio. She gave us the go-ahead for our first show and put us in touch with the sound engineer we would need to employ for the job.

As pieces began to fall into place, it turned out that Michael, the Red Key photographer whose idea set the whole

thing in motion, was a natural-born producer. He announced the show on the Red Key website with a fee of $15 per person, and within hours, the place was sold out. Mike wrote and recorded a terrific intro to the show as well as promos aired on WFYI. He brought in the sound engineer to scope out the logistics for recording. He worked with owner Settle (son of the legendary Russ) to organize closing the bar (a first in its history) to all but participants and show-goers from 6-8 p.m. on Monday night, September 19. He arranged to have drinks and burgers served to the 50-plus people at the 15-minute break and during the show without any interruption in the broadcast.

I almost had a cow. “Serve burgers and drinks to 50 people during the broadcast?

Without any interruption in the program?

That’s impossible!” I ranted. But with the organizational aid of the indomitable lawyer-organizer Pat Chastain and the all-star staff of the Red Key, including Jim behind the bar, Violet at the door and Lana on the burger-magic grill, Mike made it all happen.

For my own all-star broadcast team, I booked my favorite Indiana writer, Susan Neville, to read a poetic piece from her classic “Indiana Winter” as the wind-up to Sophie closing with “I’ll Be Seeing You.” That first show told the story of the local tempest tossed by “Going All The Way” and a recording of Kurt Vonnegut reading the part of his review of the novel in Life magazine: “Having written this book, Dan Wakefield will never be able to go back to Indianapolis. He will have to watch the 500-mile race on television.”

As guests, we had Ophelia Roop, the adult services programmer at the Central Library who assured me it was safe to come back and speak here in public in 1987 (17 years after the novel was published); Georgia Buchanan, the first movie and TV critic of The Indianapolis News who spoke of the trauma of having to transfer from Manual to Shortridge after her sophomore year; and Janet Brucker Herke, my 1950 Shortridge classmate who explained the arcane atBrip.com / NOVEMBER 2016 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 7

social structure of high school life in Indy.

The show aired on WFYI on October 16 and can be accessed on my website, danwakefield.com.

We recorded a second show on September 19 on reporting from dangerous places with my own account of writing in Israel and Jordan in 1956 when I was detained

by The Arab Legion as a suspected spy but allowed to return to what the Arabs call “Occupied Territory” (better known as Israel). Middle East reporting was brought up to date by Will Higgins who The Star sent to Iraq and Bloomington author/foreign correspondent Douglas Wissing who has written two books based on his tours embedded in Afghanistan.

That show has not yet aired at the time of this writing. After our first show, I wrote up ideas for an additional six shows, and WFYI called us in to express their enthusiasm and tell us they wanted to find sponsors for the “Uncle Dan’s Story Hour.” Stay tuned. . . .

Whatever happens, that first hour show was like my own “This is your life,” featuring some of my favorite people –my favorite writer, musician, librarian, classmate, survivor of Indy high school trauma and Star reporter. And for extra good measure, the voice of Vonnegut, the Godfather of my writing career. As a special feature, the recording of a pop song from the days of my “Going All The Way” tempest was played, which begins with sirens: “Indiana wants me, and I can’t go back there. . . .” But I finally did, and I’m glad. “Uncle Dan’s Story Hour” is my testament.

Dan Wakefield’s five novels are now available as eBooks as well as his memoir, “New York in the Fifties.”

TINY HOUSE ROADSHOW COMES TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

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A highlight of this year’s Jewish Community Center’s Ann Katz Books & Arts Festival is the Tiny House Roadshow from November 4-6.

Sponsored by The National Bank of Indianapolis, the JCC welcomes the tiny house progressive movement for minimalist living.

“Programming for our major events, Earth Day and the Ann Katz Festival of Books & Arts, is inspired the Jewish ideals of tzedakah (charity) and tikkun olam (repairing the world—leaving the world a better place than we found it),” states Lisa Waite, JCC Director of Marketing. Although the majority of JCC members are not Jewish, the JCC is grounded in Jewish values. Their mission is to enrich the community by perpetuating Jewish tradition and heritage while celebrating diversity of beliefs through arts, education, health and wellness programs.

Dale Geist, founder of Tiny House Roadshow, took a tiny house to the Tristate Home Builders Show in Chattanooga a year and a half ago.

HGTV heard about it and came to film the house, which was 8.5’ x 24’ with 2 bump outs on it. Geist was the first builder to add bump outs to a tiny house.

Inspired by his success at this show, he started his own roadshow for tiny homes. His first Tiny House Roadshow was in April of this year in Cookeville, Tennessee. With little to no advertising budget, the Mayor of Cookeville placed the event on his Facebook page on a Saturday. The post had gone viral with 43,000 likes by Monday morning.

The show at the JCC will be the 6th of its kind. The event will feature 20 tiny homes from builders around the country, including a couple builders from the Indianapolis area. Brian DeShong, of Burrow Tiny Homes in Pendleton, has been a builder for 17 years. DeShong has always had an affinity for compact, efficient spaces.

“Designing and creating for minimalist living is a unique thing from a construction perspective,” shares DeShong, who launched his side business, Burrow Tiny Homes, within the last couple months. “The feedback from doing a few shows late summer was overwhelmingly positive.”

The JCC will have a Preview Party and

Fundraiser on November 3rd with Joshua Becker, a leading voice in the movement toward minimalist living and is the “Wall Street Journal” and “USA Today” bestselling author of “Simplify” and “The More of Less.”

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Finding The Words:

STORIES AND POEMS BY WOMEN VETERANS Writer / Lisa Mitchell . Photography provided

“I’m not a Girl Scout. I am a marksman, lethal and proficient,” reads Army veteran Cindy “Loc” Hornung aloud to a room of fellow female veterans as she shares part of her writing that will be included in “Finding The Words,” a collection of stories written by women veterans with service times ranging from as far back as WWII. The project originally came as a result of a suggestion from a veteran that had participated in a previous poetry workshop at the Indiana Writers Center (IWC), and both Barbara Shoup, Director of IWC, and Shari Wagner, Indiana Poet Laureate and workshop instructor at IWC, agreed that a workshop focused exclusively on helping women veterans share their experiences with words was a beneficial and much-needed effort.

They received funding from the Allen

Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation that allowed the book project to move forward, and they began meeting together, alternating between the Indiana Writers Center and the Vonnegut Library, to start crafting their stories into what would become the “Finding The Words” book.

Word of the project was shared with veterans’ groups, service providers and the local media where it caught the attention of the eldest of the book’s contributors, 94-year-old WWII veteran Elizabeth Smith who served in the Marines. She was excited to contribute her perspective and share her experiences with the group. She, along with nine other female veterans with service in varying branches of the military, began writing and sharing their walks through military service under Wagner’s guidance during the workshop sessions.

Another contributor to the project is Marine Corps veteran Julia Whitehead, the founder and CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. She shares, “It has been interesting when people find out that I served. They behave differently with me once they know I served.” Because of that, she found herself at one point distancing herself from that past truth but has decided to no longer hide it. She has found a community of support in the fellow female veterans that are involved in the workshop and the creation of the book.

That feeling of support and validation, of knowing that someone else has had a similar experience and can relate to how emotionally taxing military service can be, has been a great source of comfort and encouragement to all of the women involved in this project. Although each woman’s

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story of service and experience within the military is unique, they share the common bond of service and of working within a historically male-dominated arena.

Throughout the generations of service that are represented within this group, each member has their own story to share when it comes to the dynamic of being women in the military during the time in which they served. The role of women serving in the military has changed drastically over the years, from only being allowed to serve in administrative roles or staying on radio guard to now being on the front lines in combat roles. Despite being given increasingly dangerous roles in combat service, several of the women expressed the friction that still exists between men and women in the military and how, even in more progressive times,

defining roles and being given proper respect is still a challenge.

These women veterans have been through a lot, individually and collectively as a group as they worked to write through their experiences, embrace their vulnerabilities and find their voice to share their own unique experiences. They realized that although they each experienced their time in the military under different circumstances and in different roles, they are forever bonded by their service.

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represent a collection of experiences, identities and struggles that they hope will resonate with and comfort those who read them.

The “Finding The Words” book launch event will be held at Indy Reads on Mass Ave. on Saturday, November 19 from 5-7 p.m. The book is available for presale as well at the Indiana Writers Center website for $15.

A special thanks to the women veterans who contributed pieces to this collection. Thank you for your service!

Shanna Reis, Army; Leslie Bales, Air Force; Robin Hall, Army National Guard; Cindy “Loc” Hornung, Army; Laura McKee, Air Force; Anita Siccardi, Army; Elizabeth Smith, Marine Corps; Christylee Sparrow Hawk Vickers, Army; Julia Whitehead, Marine Corps, and Lisa Wilken, Air Force.

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HIBACHI BAR COMES TO BROAD RIPPLE Writer / Angie Trusty

From the same owners as the popular Sushi Bar, Hibachi Bar is a new, authentic Japanese restaurant located right in the heart of Broad Ripple. Upon arrival, we were immediately greeted by the charming manager, Samantha. She seated our party at the Hibachi table (also known as teppanyaki). Plenty of light floods through the windows overlooking the open deck along Broad Ripple Avenue, a fresh change from the dark, windowless Hibachi joints I’ve previously visited.

Hibachi Bar offers a full bar with several specialty cocktails. Samantha suggested I try the Red Lotus Cocktail. The Red Lotus is a combination of vodka, lychee juice and a splash of cranberry juice shaken and garnished with a lychee berry. The sweet lychee fruit provides an exotic twist to the traditional vodka martini, making it a truly refreshing drink.

Sushi chef and co-owner, Bruce, prepared one of his favorite sushi rolls, the Spider Wig, a uramaki style sushi roll with rice on the outside of a thin sheet of nori, surrounding soft-shell crab, avocado, spicy tuna, a thin slice of pineapple, a dollop of spicy green jalapeno and aioli drizzled on top. The Spider Wig roll packed a punch.

The thinly sliced pineapple was a sweet complement to the heat of the spicy tuna and jalapeno aioli. The Spider Wig roll is a visual artistic creation with bright contrasts of colors as well as a fantastic combination of vivid flavors and textures.

This roll really showcases the culinary talents of Chef Bruce.

Of course, the best part of dining at a Hibachi restaurant is the entertaining experience of watching the chef prepare the food right in front of me. Chef Tim did not disappoint. He flamboyantly turned onions into volcanos and skillfully flipped his knife and spatula around to chop and turn the food. The Hibachi dinners are served with a clear soup with sliced mushrooms, ginger salad, fried rice, grilled vegetables and grilled shrimp. I ordered the filet and lobster Hibachi meal. It was perfectlyseasoned with salt, garlic and sesame seeds. The generous-sized portions left me with enough food to have steak, lobster, vegetables and rice for lunch the next day.

Another equally stunning appetizer is the shiso tempura. I wasn’t previously familiar with shiso, but I learned it is a mild Asian herb in the mint family about the size of a large basil leaf. The light, crisp, golden, lacy tempuracoated shiso leaf is topped with a charred tomato slice, a chunk of succulent lobster meat and a generous drizzle of ponzu aioli.

The creative cocktails, decadent appetizers and elaborate sushi rolls at Hibachi Bar bring much more to the table than other Hibachi restaurants in Indy. Great food partnered with top-notch service and the fun of a traditional Hibachi meal makes Hibachi Bar a great place to take a group who want dinner to be the show.

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Dave Farmer drives the Zamboni in between sessions.

INDY FUEL GAME WORKERS KEEP THE CROWDS FIRED UP

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games and wants a clear pathway.

When Dave Farmer enters the Indiana "Everyone is glad to see me, and I get a Farmers Coliseum, people get out of his way. lot of waves from people, especially kids," Farmer said with a smile before a recent For a good reason.

Fuel game. "It's nice to feel welcome and do something fun."

It's not because Farmer is unfriendly or grumpy. He's quite the opposite. It's because Farmer, 68, a retired Union and Iron worker, he drives the Zamboni at the Indy Fuel is one of several people working both

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behind the scenes and in front of the crowds at all of the Indy Fuel games.

He first started working at the Indiana State Fairgrounds when he was 14 years old.

"I've spent an awful lot of time here and have met a lot of wonderful people over the years," Farmer said as he prepared to start up the Zamboni. "I come here and work part-time at the Fuel games and in the Youth arena. The crowds are always easy to deal with, and I like being a part of the fun staff that goes on here.”

Farmer stressed that the biggest thing for him to remember is to just drive slow and turn right.

“That's a big one,” Farmer said. “I'm really glad I don't drive this at the horse shows.

That might get a little messy."

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Allan, who is also the emcee for The Indianapolis Indians, said staying busy works for him.

"It doesn't leave me with a lot of time to get into trouble," he laughed as he gave a fan a high five. "I enjoy talking to them and getting everyone excited about the games, the entertainment and everything we have to offer."

Scott Alan, the Fuel emcee, talks to fans as they enter the Coliseum.

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NITRO IGNITES THE CROWD

I'm excited from the time the doors open until they close."

No one gets Fuel fans riled up the way Nitro, the team mascot, does. He knows how to mingle and get everyone fired up about the games.

Nitro says he doesn't have any trouble getting around the ice rink or the coliseum.

"The best part of being Nitro is being a part of the game itself," Nitro said in a recent interview. "I love the noise, the crowds, the music, the team and the whole experience.

"I just use my eyes and look for fans," he laughed. "I am pleased that everyone is happy to see me. Kids are always excited to see me and want to chase after me. That's

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great because I'm like a big kid myself."

Nitro likes to keep his true identity as secret as he can. He says he's like a super hero. He wants to keep people guessing.

He's usually good at getting around, but he does have a mishap now and then.

"I fell down behind the Zamboni machine one night, hit the wall and fell down. I had a hard time getting back up, and the audience roared with laughter.

They loved it. I grabbed on to the back of the Zamboni and was dragged across the ice. They laughed even more."

Nitro, who graduated from the University of Arkansas, said he hasn't seen the Netflix comedy "Mascots" yet, but he says many of his mascot buddies appear in it. "I would really love to see it," he stated. "I've heard it's very funny. I hope it shows how much fun it is to be a mascot."

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On October 3, 2016, Purdue University announced the launch of a unique partnership between Indianapolis Public Schools and the city of Indianapolis that will result in a STEM focused charter school. Purdue Polytechnic High School which will be an IPS Innovation Network School, will open in the Fall of 2017.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels said, “We thank IPS and the city for the partnership, which we hope will build a new pathway to Purdue and to successful careers for future students from downtown Indianapolis. Students enrolled in the school, which will be located in the former PR Mallory building at 3029 E. Washington Street but during renovation of that location, the inaugural class will have temporary residence nearby at 201 S. Rural Street.”

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BUTLER UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH CHRIS HOLTMANN

“I had spoken with Coach Stevens about a coaching job in the past, but it didn’t work out. This was a different moment in time,” states Holtmann of joining the Butler coaching staff in 2013. “Coach Miller and I talked about Butler heading into their first season with the Big East. This call precipitated a tremendously difficult conversation that I had to have with my team at Garner-Webb.”

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Chris Holtmann grew up in Kentucky where horse farms and basketball hoops are most prominent. Holtmann has always loved sports, especially basketball. “I loved the games and practices when I was a kid and still do,” shares Holtmann. “Beyond that, I didn’t have much of a social life.”

Holtmann played basketball at Taylor University for Hall of Fame Coach Paul Patterson. Patterson was connected to Butler and knew Todd Lickliter and Brad Stevens. This link transcended to Holtmann who aspired to being a coach. He returned to Taylor, taking his first assistant coaching position. Holtmann then went on to be an assistant at Garner-Webb University and Ohio University before returning to GarnerWebb for the Head Coach position.

During Holtmann’s head coaching gig at Gardner-Webb, they underwent a massive rebuild of their men’s basketball program.

In Holtmann’s third year at the helm, the Gardner-Webb team set a school record for wins and earned a spot in the postseason for the first time in school history. Not long afterward, Holtmann received a call from Brandon Miller.

When asked why he left a coveted head coaching job for an assistant position, Holtmann replied, “It was the most difficult professional decision of my life, but Butler is Butler…” Not dissimilar to Lou Holtz having an escape clause in case Notre Dame called him up, Holtmann felt at home in Indiana, and Butler was obviously a big draw. “The reason I came to Butler was because I knew the culture,” continued Holtmann. “I simply could not decline the offer to assistant coach at Butler.”

While Holtmann was content with an assistant position at Butler, little did he know how fate would intervene. The day Holtmann was named Interim Head Coach of the Butler Men’s Basketball team in 2014, he and his wife Lori hosted the team and coaching staff for dinner at their home. The lead-up to the evening was a media circus

surrounding the circumstances of Miller’s leave of absence. The subject of Miller's health was and will remain respectful of his family's privacy, yet the future of the men’s basketball team and their leadership remained questionable.

“A lot of things can go south and take a bad turn when named ‘interim' head coach.

I was certainly nervous,” admits Coach Holtmann of the speculation he and the team faced. “And as a head coach, I would now be speaking to my players a little differently than I did as an assistant.”

So that night at dinner, concerns, questions and commitments were openly discussed. The bottom line was that no one questioned their loyalty to Coach Holtmann or to the Butler University basketball program. The team and coaches were “all in” and strategized their plan for the rest of the season.

“I can't say enough of how accepting they (players and coaches) all were,” says Coach Holtmann. “The buy-in was 110%.”

“When Coach Holtmann became head coach, we all just went to work,” shares Assistant Coach Terry Johnson.

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"WHEN WE STEP ONTO THE COURT, WE WANT TO WIN.” of circumstances. We just follow Coach Holtmann’s lead.”

Coming off a tough 2013-2014 season in the Big East, the team was ready to prove themselves. It didn't take long. Butler fans had their faith restored with a big win against UNC. The game was a defining moment for Butler basketball and for Coach Holtmann.

"A lot of credit goes to our team leadership.

It is the belief of what we can do. Our juniors and senior players had come off a year of struggling, and that struggle gave them an edge," says Coach Holtmann. "That fueled us to a great start that year."

Before the start of the 2014-2015 season, the coaching staff huddled up in a conference room to discuss the question: How can we make this the very best year

for our players?

This is the question Holtmann and his staff asked again this year and will continue to ask. It's their preseason mantra. The players want to work extremely hard to be the best they can be, and the coaches want the players to become the best they can be on and off the court.

“We create an atmosphere that is playerfriendly and want to work with the team to build relationships,” states Holtmann.

“My values align with those of this University. Butler fits me. It fits all of us on the staff. We treat others how we wish to be treated, and we encourage our players and one another to be the best people we can be,” says Assistant Coach Terry Johnson. “We stay positive, and these are the type of kids we recruit.

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But don’t get me wrong, we are fierce competitors. When we step onto the court, we want to win.”

Now at the start of his third season as head coach, Coach Holtmann is ready for business as usual. Butler made it into the postseason the last two years with Coach Holtmann and aspire to do it again with the highest-ranked recruiting class in school history to support the seasoned upperclassmen.

Holtmann shared his favorite Ralph W. Emerson quote, "Trust men, and they will be true to you. Treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.”

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THE INDIANA CHILDREN’S WISH FUND

HONORS GEORGIA BUCHANAN AT THEIR 25TH ANNUAL “PORTRAIT OF WISHES GALA” child. She couldn’t read it all, but she tried.

She kept the papers under her bed by the stove in the kitchen in their flat above the pool hall.

Georgia spent her first couple years of high school at Manual. Up until that point, she studied at The Settlement House. As she walked hand-in-hand with friends across the city blocks, her eyes opened to a world previously foreign to her. She had never crossed West Street to the east or south of Maryland until that moment. The walk across the city to school and back each day expanded Georgia’s world exponentially.

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The Indiana Children’s Wish Fund began in 1984. “Our small staff does huge things,” shares Executive Director Terry CeaserHudson. “We are a local Indiana organization that honors a lot of wishes each year for children diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Our fundraising is mainly done through unique and fabulous events.”

milestone birthday and entering her 10th decade, she’s sharp as a tack and as spunky as ever.

Born to Greek immigrants in 1926, Georgia Gianakos grew up in downtown Indianapolis on West Washington St. above a bakery and a pool hall. This land is now home to the Eiteljorg Museum. She lived in an area known as “The District,” which consisted of Military Park to the north and The Settlement House where These events include an Airplane Pull with the JW Marriott now majestically rises.

Republic Airways, a celebrity softball event The Settlement House is where children held at Victory Field, Fuelicious the night born to immigrants went to learn English. before Automobilia in Carmel, a Celebrity Today, there is a plaque near the Eiteljorg Golf tournament with Fuzzy Zoeller, Evening honoring the historical site of The District. with the Stars at Prime 47 in Carmel with This area represented a true melting pot of a celebrity wait staff and Christmas in the Indianapolis during the early 20th century.

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Celebrating their 25th Annual “Portrait of Wishes Gala,” the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund will present the 2016 Meagan Skinner Award to longtime supporter and champion of children, Georgia Gianakos Buchanan.

Sitting down to speak with Georgia Buchanan is like opening your grandmother’s jewelry box for the first time; she’s filled with personal treasures and delightful discoveries. For just reaching a

“The manager at the back door of the Circle Theater would let us sneak in to watch films,” recalls Georgia. “I thought it was a palace with the velvet chairs and ornate woodwork. This exposure to film left an indelible impression on me. How ironic that I would become a movie critic!”

When Georgia was in the midst of her high school years, her parents realized their American Dream, buying their first home off 40th and Illinois. Leaving the 24 steps to their walkup apartment where Georgia’s bed was next to the oven in the kitchen, the Gianakos family of six moved into a beautiful new home. Georgia transferred to Shortridge High School for her junior and senior years.

Georgia knew, without a doubt, that she wanted to be a writer. She was so astute with this decision that after graduation, Georgia walked boldly into The Indianapolis News/ Star office and announced she wanted to be a journalist. She was ready to get to work.

Georgia’s father owned The Manhattan, a Greek restaurant located near their home.

When asked why her father named it The Manhattan, Georgia shared what her father had told her, “When my ship approached the mouth of the Hudson and the Statue of Liberty was in view, passengers were shouting, “When I was asked where I went to college, my answer was ‘Shortridge High School.’

‘Manhattan! We made it to Manhattan!’”

To his credit, instead of laughing at me, the employment director wrote my name down Newspapers would be left on chairs and and told me to go to college and come back tables in the mornings, and Georgia asked her dad to save them for her when she was a in four years,” explains Georgia. “He said 28 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / NOVEMBER 2016 / atBRip.com

he would hire me, so I earned my degree at Butler University, and he was true to his word. Later, he told me he did not hire me for my talent – he hired me for my guts. He said that ‘guts is the most important thing in the newspaper business.’”

Georgia began writing promotions but longed to be upstairs writing a column with a byline. There were two female writers upstairs; one wrote a radio column and the other wrote the obituaries. One day, the managing editor wanted to see her about a newly available position upstairs. “I thought to myself, ‘Don’t be obits,’” shares Georgia. The gal who had been writing the radio column was pregnant and leaving her position. Georgia was her replacement.

some time. She was just delightful. Charlton Heston was the most intelligent man I’ve ever spoken with,” states Georgia, adding, “Hugh Downs was also very bright.”

A highlight of her career occurred when Cary Grant came to Indianapolis on a media tour. He had agreed to an exclusive with The Indianapolis News, yet she was unable to leave her desk due to the deadline for their weekend TV edition. Cary surprised Georgia by coming to visit her directly at her desk. “And wouldn’t you know, all of our cameramen were out on assignment, but I at least got him to sign a glossy,” recalls Georgia.

The only time Georgia ever felt nervous during an interview was when she spoke with Edward R. Murrow. He was then Harry Truman was recently elected anchor of the CBS newscast, “You Are President, and television exploded, seemingly There.” “He was such a giant in the industry,” overnight. This new medium became an says Georgia. To break the ice, she shared exciting focus for young Georgia, creating with Murrow that when she was a little girl, the opportunity of a lifetime. After years of she listened to him over the radio while he sneaking in to watch movies, reviewing films covered WWII. became part of her job description.

After working without a vacation for Her experiences are ones for the history five years, Georgia, along with her older books. As the first reporter to cover sister Athena, took a trip to Europe where television for The Indianapolis News, she Georgia would ship her column for was flown to New York City an average of print back to Indianapolis. Among their four times a year to watch shows such as destinations, they visited the small village “The Milton Berle Show” and spent much of where their parents were born. After a her time in California as part of an audience rickety bus ride from Athens to Sparta, they of critics. She watched Jane Wyman and traveled by mule to Tarapsa. Georgia knew other stars perform as everything was then just how far her parents had come. broadcast live.

As a little girl, her mom would ship their Not only did Georgia interview celebrities, gently used and worn clothing to Tarapsa. she corresponded with quite a few including “There is always someone who has less than Charlton Heston and Rosemary Clooney. you,” her mother would say. Georgia and her “Rosemary and I corresponded for quite siblings grew up with a keen awareness of atBrip.com / NOVEMBER 2016 / BROAD RIPPLE MAGAZINE / 29

the importance of giving back.

Years later, Georgia would marry and have a son, Bryan, with special needs. Since birth, Georgia has done everything she can for her son who is now flourishing in his 50s.

Georgia created amazing opportunities for him in an age when support was unavailable.

Her draw to the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund is a bond anchored in love and purpose. She has worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for children with special needs and life-threatening diagnoses.

In her lifetime, Georgia has chaired 30 events and sat on 10 different Boards.

One of the events Georgia chaired was the Second Annual “Portrait of Wishes Gala” and continued on as chair for the subsequent decade.

“Georgia entered The Indiana Children’s Wish Fund in its infancy,” shares Terry, who recently honored Georgia for her contribution to the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund at last month’s Portrait of Wishes Gala. “I am who I am today because of her. She is like a mother to me. I can’t say enough about her.”

For more information, visit indywish.org.

For more amazing stories about Georgia Gianakos Buchanan, her memoir, “428½: My Journey Beyond the Railroad Tracks,” is available on Amazon.

Kara Kavensky is the Content Manager for the Broad Ripple Magazine. Follow her: Karakavensky.com; Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @karakavensky.

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were hosts of a cut-a-thon at their Carmel location along Main Street in the Arts District, with all the proceeds benefitting Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place to support their Christmas Day outreach efforts to feed those in need.

Recently named the #2 Best Soul Food Restaurant in the United States, The Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place has been a famous Indiana soul food institution for over 20 years. Located at 19th and College Avenue, the Kountry Kitchen is a popular destination for locals and visitors to Indianapolis. Celebrities like Jimmy Fallon, then-Senator Barack Obama, famous singers and local professional athletes from the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers frequent the restaurant.

This Christmas marks the 8th year the Kountry Kitchen will serve local residents in need on Christmas Day. Owners Cynthia and Isaac Wilson pay for it out of their pocket and serve close to 3,000 local residents. This year, the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Salon donated all proceeds to directly support the Kountry Kitchen’s Christmas day food service.

“My wife and I volunteer at the Kountry Kitchen on Christmas morning every year,” shares Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.

“We help serve meals to those who otherwise might not have a Christmas dinner at all.”

“Tanya and I believe strongly in giving back and we love what Cynthia and Isaac do on Christmas to help others,” shares Mike “Cheez” Brown, co-owner of KKBB Salon. “Kountry Kitchen is one of the best restaurants in the country and we fully support their mission.”

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Since 1979, Kahn’s Fine Wines has been the wine shop in central Indiana. Original owners Carroll and Louise Kahn started the business to provide the Indianapolis area with the finest wine selection possible. Louise was a wine connoisseur and convinced her husband to open the shop, so she didn’t have to drive to Chicago to shop for wine.

The original location was on the southeast corner of 54th and Keystone. Jim Arnold worked for a wine import company, traveling a nine-state territory for his job. Kahn’s was one of his customers.

“I called on the best retailers in each market. Kahn’s was the wine shop in Indianapolis,” says Jim with a smile. “Still is.”

In 1987, Jim heard a rumor that Carroll wanted to sell his business because his wife Louise had been diagnosed with cancer. Jim made an attempt to buy Kahn’s at that time, but Carroll declined the offer. Six months later, Louise passed away. Carroll called Jim and asked him to move to Indianapolis and run his wine department.

Jim agreed on the condition that he be made a partner and had the ability to eventually buy him out.

“It was July of 1988. I was an honest man, and we shook hands. As we shook hands, Carroll dropped a 74-page contract in front of me,” recalls Jim. That contract would later prove critical.

“Carroll was a fantastic teacher but was virtually impossible to work with,” states Jim. “Carroll could be tough, and at one point, I quit.”

In that 74-page contract was a clause that stated if the two parties ever had insurmountable differences, an arbitrator would become involved in settlement of the dispute. Through that process, Jim was able to take over control of the operation. In 1995, Jim bought out Carroll, gaining total ownership of Kahn’s Fine Wines & Spirits.

A year later, Jim opened Kahn’s Fine Wine Marketplace on Carmel Drive. Jim had a partner with that business location, which quickly evolved into more than a gourmet liquor store. “Our ‘gourmet to go’ food became so popular that it spawned Kahn's Catering,” shares Jim. Kahn’s Catering quickly had three full-time chefs. Jim sold Kahn's Catering, the largest independent catering company in Indianapolis, to his partner.

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lockers for rent, the new digs offer full service to the wine connoisseur. including local favorites from Hotel Tango and Cardinal,” says Josie of their support of other Indiana businesses.

“We are a big, one-store location where the owner is in the office every day,” says Jim. He is very proud that Kahn’s Fine Wines & “Kahn’s has a great in-store sampling program where folks can come Spirits has welcomed his daughter Josie to the team. She has the in to taste new products like Hotel Tango Gin or Vodka before passion for good food and wine, and it shows in her interest level purchasing,” says Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery Founder and and excitement.

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Over the years, Jim has witnessed many changes in the marketplace and industry behaviors. Jim and his wife, Cheryl, have over 800 bottles in their wine cellar, as they are avid collectors and consumers of wine. “The Millennials buy to drink it today or tomorrow,” says Jim. “We are not seeing the art of wine collecting to be as popular with the younger generation.”

Other trends include the craft beer and craft spirits movement.

Kahn’s Fine Wines & Spirits has been selected as the Best Beer Store in Indiana by Beer Advocate Magazine. They’ve also been honored by NUVO Reader’s Choice Best of Indy award 23 of the last 25 years.

“Trends in wine right now include red blends, which are super popular. Also box wines and screw caps are totally accepted now.”

The Kahn’s difference is customer service. Their staff is well versed with the products they sell. All are trained as unofficial sommeliers.

Jim is very proud that nearly 40 former employees have moved on to better jobs within the industry. “They call them ex-Kahn’s,” says Jim. “At any given trade event held here at our store, more than half of the people pouring are former employees. I’m happy to be a part of why they moved on, which is that we believe in heavy training and customer service. Our employees are attractive to the distributors.”

“I feel blessed that I get to talk about eating and drinking for a living,” says Jim, who has traveled everywhere in the world that crushes grapes.

In 2000, Wine Spectator Magazine’s professional trade publication Market Watch Magazine listed Kahn’s Fine Wines & Spirits in their Top 10 in 2000 for Leaders in the Retail.

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Broad Ripple High School, one of the earliest Indianapolis Public Schools, is located within the district. Some notable Hoosiers raised in or near the Broad Ripple neighborhood include late night talk show host David Letterman, professional football player Rosevelt Colvin, Indiana Pacers guard George Hill, New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson, and astronaut David Wolf.

The Broad Ripple Magazine, published by the TownePost Network, is an active community partner, sponsoring in part, several of the district’s festivals and special events. The Broad Ripple Magazine is direct-mailed to residential homes in Broad Ripple, Meridian Kessler, Meridian Hills, Williams Creek and Nora neighborhoods.

The publication is strategically distributed throughout the district in designated, heavy-traffic locations. Active members of the Broad Ripple Village Association, the Broad Ripple Magazine has a favorable reputation amongst 11,647and business owners, civic leaders Circulation current customers throughout the district. The magazine supports 90% local organizations and Direct volunteers Mail in encouraging a spirit of community cooperation, economic development and beautification of the community. We are also members of the White River10% Yacht Retaillocated Distribution Club, a 75-year social club in Broad Ripple.

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Broad Ripple’s close proximity to Butler University has put the district on the area’s social scene.

Broad Ripple is home to many of Indianapolis’ premier locally owned restaurants, independent art galleries, eclectic boutiques and specialty shops.

The Broad Ripple Art Fair takes place on the grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center in the Broad Ripple Village Cultural District. This renowned fair attracts visitors and residents from all over the region and state making Broad Ripple a mecca for tourism.

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Welcome to Broad Ripple Village, one of six areas designated as cultural districts in Indianapolis.

Located about six miles north of Downtown Indianapolis, Broad Ripple has a reputation for being socially, economically, and ethnically diverse. The town of Broad Ripple was established on the banks of the White River in 1836. Today, Broad Ripple is known for walks along the canal and the Monon Trail and its offerings of unique shops, dining and nightclubs.

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