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The time has finally come to tackle those favorite fall activities we all love, and it’s the perfect time to come together and enjoy them with family and friends.

With fall comes a great mix of warm and cool weather, and getting outside is a must. Enjoy time outside exploring during the day, and then grab a blanket and get cozy around a fire at night. Here are a few ideas - some new, and some tried and true - for that fall to-do list of yours.

Apple Picking

One of the best parts of fall is the apples.

Head over to your local orchard and have fun picking apples as a family. While you’re there, enjoy some ice-cold apple cider and maybe even some apple cider donuts. Then take your pickings home to make your own apple sauce, apple pie or apple crumble.

snacks, and pick your favorite trail to search on. One list for the family will do just fine, but take pictures with your finds to make it a little more fun. You could even make this a yearly tradition and put all the photos together in a memory book.

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Corn mazes are all the rage these days. They keep getting bigger, better and more creative.

Some people prefer scary mazes, but the ones you can get lost in for hours without being scared half to death are just fine too.

If you take kids, keep them close or maybe grab a megaphone before you go, just in case.

However you like your corn mazes, this is a great fall activity to do as a family. Look up a museum or farm nearby to see what they have to offer.

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Go Geocaching

If you don’t already know what this is, you are in for a real treat. It’s like treasure hunting but close to home, and while the treasure might just be documenting your name on a tiny piece of paper and putting it back, this is fun for everyone. Download a geocaching app and begin your hunt. This is something fun to do that’s a little different, and provides a good time for the whole family. Sometimes there are hidden gems very close to home.

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to hike. Fall is actually ideal with its cooler temperatures. Pick a state park to explore together as a family. Take in the gorgeous, changing scenery while enjoying a little outdoor exercise.

more vibrant colors than others, there’s an amazing amount of beauty to be found in the trees this time of year. Challenge yourself and keep a count of how many different colors you can find.

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Lastly, start your very own thankful jar.

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Write down events, memories or even small treats you enjoyed. It’s a sweet and easy way to remind yourself that it’s a wonderful life, and to enjoy the little things.

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hen Trey Mock attended freshman orientation at Auburn University, his eyes immediately gravitated to Aubie the Tiger, the university’s mascot who was both athletic and entertaining.

“He was hilarious, and I thought that looked like fun so I set out to learn how mascoting works,” says Mock, who, his sophomore year, auditioned and landed one of four student slots who shared the costume.

“I learned a lot about how to become a mascot and performer while at Auburn,” says Mock, who, in 2003, won the Collegiate Nationals Mascot championship.

Since Auburn’s rule only allows a student to act as mascot for a two-year term, when he finished his second year, he didn’t want to quit.

“I felt like I had more in the tank,” he says.

A number of former Aubies had gone on to become professional mascots so he followed in their footsteps and became the Atlanta Falcon’s mascot in 2004 and the Buffalo Bill’s mascot in 2005. Neither felt like the right fit for him, however, so he moved back home to Marietta, Georgia, and was considering going back to school when the phone rang in March 2006. The Indianapolis Colts had plans to launch their own mascot and encouraged him to apply SEPTEMBER 2020

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for the position. Mock was flattered but uninterested and declined the offer. They told him that if he changed his mind to submit his resume by a certain date. That night, he found himself sketching out Blue on a legal pad, and over the next few days, he felt conflicted.

“The night before the application due date, I had this overwhelming dread wash over me that I had made a mistake,” Mock says.

He shared his regret with his dad, who told him to get his resume together. He then drove his son to the Atlanta airport so he could ensure his package made it on a FedEx plane to arrive in Indy the next day.

“That’s a small ounce of the support my parents have given me through the years,” Mock adds.

Reviewing resumes and highlight tapes, the Colts narrowed the field down to 58 people, then from there cut it to 12. They flew in their top five to perform a two-minute skit and impromptu session, followed by an interview. The next day, they offered him the position.

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got them on board with my vision of Blue,” Mock says.

That vision was an approachable anthropomorphic horse with blue fur and big eyeballs. Blue was first introduced on September 17, 2006, in the Colts’ first home regular-season game.

People may assume Mock has little to do in the off-season, but the truth is he stays plenty busy.

“This is a 365-day-a-year business,” he says. “We work on content creation and new promotions, not to mention community day events and schools shows.”

Through the years, Blue has presented shows about anti-bullying, energy conservation, literacy and authenticity.

By next year, Mock will have performed 2,000 school shows in the state of Indiana.

He cultivates each show to be meaningful for children while still interesting to adults.

“I go for that Pixar movie vibe where there is something for everyone,” Mock says. “People mistakenly assume my demographic only serves kids but really my demographic is the kid in all of us.”

In 2016, he published “Blue’s Road Trip Through Indiana,” a story that shares all the hidden gems in the state that many people may not be aware exist such as Amish Acres in Nappanee or the Grissom Air Museum near Peru. He’s now working on his second children’s book about Blue, an anti-bullying story scheduled to be released in 2021.

Over the past 14 years, Mock has earned a number of accomplishments, including winning the NFL Mascot of the Year in 2016 and 2019. In addition, Blue was scheduled to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in June SEPTEMBER 2020

of this year. Nevertheless, Mock maintains that it’s not these accolades that mean the most to him. In fact, he recalls how years ago, he was always chasing a thrill that seemed to elude him.

“I loved interacting with fans and throwing footballs from the upper deck and all of that, but after the game was over, I’d feel empty inside,” he says. "It’s like I was creating joy but not finding true fulfillment.”

Then in 2010, a Make-a-Wish appearance changed his entire outlook on life. Karen’s wish was to have access to the Colts field so her family could play on it. She added, “If Blue could come down to the field and take a picture with us, that would be the icing on the cake!”

Mock still recalls running through the tunnel of Lucas Oil Stadium and seeing a mom, dad and twins and wondering which of the kids was Karen. He then learned Karen was the mom.

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“Her one wish was to create the perfect day for her family,” says Mock, who spent two hours dancing and throwing the football with the family. “When I waved goodbye, I had the most amazing feeling wash over me, and that feeling stayed with me for weeks after.”

including his career and his wife Ali, a former Colts cheerleader. Now their family has grown to include two children: Tegan (4) and Gunnar (7).

He’s eternally grateful to represent the

Several months later, while at a Colts game, a policeman told Mock that there was a woman in the stands who was begging to see him. Though he usually doesn’t venture into the stands for fear of creating pandemonium, something told him he should go. When he approached the lady, she threw her arms around him and started crying, then said, “You don’t know me, but you met my daughter Karen. I wanted you to know that she lost her battle with cancer, but Blue, I’ll never be able to thank you for what you did for my family that day.”

Mock says that, at that moment, the thousands of fans around them melted away.

“I don’t remember if we won or lost that game, but I remember the light switch that flipped in my head when I realized that my purpose in life was not to get laughs or applause from fans but to give them my time and my love,” Mock says.

He cites renowned psychologist Karl Menninger, who had stated that the best way to overcome depression is to find someone in need and do something for them.

“I get to do that every single day through a silly blue horse, and it’s not lost on me that that is a massive blessing and responsibility,” Mock says.

Mock, 39, says he’d like to continue playing Blue for as long as possible, though he admits that the wear and tear on his body is not inconsequential.

“I’ve had four surgeries due to Blue — both knees, shoulder, a staph infection in my right hand,” Mock says.

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which he learned a few valuable lessons, Danforth worked for his dad at a pallet company. He founded Elite Pro Painting twelve years ago as a local, family-owned, professional painting company that offers interior and exterior painting in the central Indiana area.

Over the course of his year in the pallet shop, Danforth spoke with his longtime best friend, who had worked at the same job for fifteen years. Once he heard what Danforth was doing, he dropped everything to help, and he’s now Elite Pro’s Danforth says the truth of how his business general manager. started is actually somewhat embarrassing.

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“If you look at our company overall online, the reviews are great. When it’s hard to find the bad, that says a lot.”

“I actually worked for a competitor for a while, and I learned what not to do when it comes to running a painting company,” he says. “I saw something that could be improved upon, so we started a paint company to do just that.”

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“We’ve changed the way warranties work in the painting industry in Indianapolis,” Danforth says. “If you tell us you’re not happy, we’ll come fix it. I’ve never denied a warranty claim, and I’ll continue to do that. But if we do things right on the front end, which is why our supervision is there, then it shouldn’t happen at all.”

In addition to serving customers wholeheartedly, Danforth and his family believe in serving the community as well, and 10% of what Elite Pro makes on any job goes toward Gift Kindness, a ministry that helps to feed those in need throughout the community. When the coronavirus pandemic shut the doors of many businesses this past March, SEPTEMBER 2020

Danforth found a creative way to lend a helping hand to those in need.

“Painting was the last thing on everyone’s mind,” Danforth says of the coronavirusrelated shutdown period this year. “No one wanted us in their house, so we shifted our focus again and decided to deliver meals to the community. We delivered a few thousand meals to local people who were laid off or lost their jobs. Our theory was, when the smoke settles, we want everyone to know we’ve got their backs and we’re part of this community.”

The experience was extremely eye-opening for Danforth, and he has continued to look for opportunities to give, donating to the Avon Education Foundation and sponsoring events for Misty Eyes Animal Center.

These acts of service continue to impact

Danforth and connect him to others in the community. During the winter, Danforth often provides free painting services for local churches, business and charities.

One particular winter, his staff painted the senior services building in Danville, and simply seeing what this local organization was doing has stuck with Danforth for years.

has our best interest in mind, and not everyone’s family is that way. They’ve been amazing.”

“That was a turning point,” Danforth says.

“I didn’t realize what those people were doing. It’s just awesome seeing their heart out there in the community and how they’re helping others.”

The Elite Pro staff offers no-touch, noappointment quotes, and uses Zoom calls to discuss quotes and work that needs to be done.

Danforth owns Elite Pro along with his family, and works with his wife, mom, dad, nephew, his cousin’s husband, and others.

“A lot of people try to separate themselves from family in their work,” Danforth says.

“It’s been an amazing blessing. Everyone

Three years ago, Danforth added commercial painting to Elite Pro’s list of services. He is looking forward to getting started on painting The Barlow, a mixed-use development in Plainfield.

“You have to pivot, or you’re done,” Danforth adds. “We are willing to work to literally give you anything you want, and we love our community. I really do think people want good things around here. We really want to be a part of keeping it that way.”

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Rex Roseboom II has been in the equipment industry since he was a toddler. As co-owner of Plainfield Equipment with his father, Rex senior, Roseboom’s earliest memories include coming to the shop after school, and on The family-owned business has been through many changes Saturdays when his dad would make him sweep floors, wash equipment, take out the trash, and do other odds through the years. Roseboom’s grandfather Russell was a farmer in the Pittsboro, Indiana, area more than forty years ago. He eventually and ends for the family business. recognized a need for quality farm equipment in his community, “I’ve always worked here,” Roseboom says. “It’s kind of in my blood. and started Roseboom Farm Supply in 1975. He offered farm supplies and equipment for local farmers.

I’ve worked here since I was big enough to hold a broom, and it’s always been what I wanted to do.”

In the early 1980s, Russell sold his business to his son, Rex senior, who had worked there with his three brothers throughout the Plainfield Equipment offers a wide variety of outdoor power equipment. Customers can find push mowers, handheld equipment, years. At that point the business name officially became Plainfield Equipment. agriculture products and construction machinery. The largest machines available are full-size backhoes and 300-horsepower The shop branched out into the lawn-and-garden sector, selling tractors. lawnmowers, chainsaws and trimmers. Roseboom always had plans to join the business, and brought his innovative and entrepreneurial These outdoor power products help customers with simple yard spirit with him when he did. He studied accounting and finance at work, the federal government with road projects and farmers with crops, among other tasks. The Plainfield Equipment staff has found IUPUI, and became co-owner with his dad in 2002. itself contributing to multiple industries including landscaping, “I’ve always had ideas to grow the business,” Roseboom says. “Some agriculture and construction. of those ideas allowed us to branch out to other brands and other SEPTEMBER 2020

markets as far as machinery goes, like ag machinery, construction machinery, commercial products, landscaping machinery, and other high-dollar items to fit the contractor, the farmer or the landscape contractor.”

Roseboom and his dad are involved with orders and deal with customers daily, and Roseboom wouldn’t have it any other way.

He says it’s what makes their business different than others in the industry.

“We are hands-on and involved as owners,” Roseboom says.

“When you come in, you could get us at the parts counter or selling machines. We don’t step out of the scenes - we’re always involved.”

One of the best parts of the job for Roseboom is working with his dad.

“We typically have lunch together, even though we never leave and are always busy,” he says. “I have lots of memories here with him as a kid.”

The company has been through three generations, and Roseboom continues the tradition by exposing his three-yearold son Silas to the fun of the family business. While Silas loves tractors and everything on the Plainfield Equipment lot, Roseboom plans to support his son on whatever career path he chooses.

“He wants to drive everything,” Roseboom says with a laugh. “He loves when grandpa drives him around in anything he desires.

He knows the names of all the equipment. He loves getting in the excavators and the skid steers, and he loves the enclosed cabs. We just want him to be happy and follow his dreams. If this business is what he wants as a career, then we will fully support him.”

Roseboom is proud of Plainfield Equipment’s high-quality customer service. He and his dad put the customer’s needs first and try to be as accessible as possible, even beyond closing time.

“We don’t leave until the last person stops coming in,” Roseboom says. “I think that’s the success of this place, us just being here every day. It’s about fulfilling promises. If we tell someone we’ll do it, we’ll do it.”

The coronavirus pandemic, which has disrupted many American businesses, has hardly affected the daily operations at Plainfield Equipment. If anything, business has picked up, bringing new challenges.

“The biggest challenge has been keeping up with business in the past four months,” Roseboom says.

Because of booming business, the Plainfield Equipment staff has never closed the company’s doors, working in the store SEPTEMBER 2020

and offering curbside pickup as well as delivery of equipment as small as chainsaws and handheld items.

“Even a pandemic won’t stop us from supporting our clients and customers,” Roseboom says. “We were deemed essential by the Department of Agriculture for the state of Indiana. We had to help keep these farms going, keep the roads open and keep the infrastructure operational.”

Plainfield Equipment sees a wide variety of clients, from farming to construction to the federal government, and Roseboom partially attributes this to the company’s location. He feels that Plainfield’s proximity to rural communities and large property owners, as well as its accessibility to the city, have contributed to his diverse clientele.

“We can service anyone, no matter what size project you have,” Roseboom says. “We want you to feel comfortable and confident buying from us, and that you’ll have our support down the road.”

While day-to-day life and business are forever changing, Roseboom appreciates many of the familiar faces that he deals with. His staff’s strong work ethic has carried the company through one of its most challenging seasons. He attributes Plainfield Equipment’s success to the hard work and dedication of his staff members, and values the staff’s commitment to the company.

“I’ve been very pleased,” Roseboom says. “We couldn’t do it without them. We told them during the pandemic, ‘If you don’t want to work, don’t work.’ Everybody wanted to work. They adapted but we never closed. We are friendly and easy to do business with. If you ever have a problem, we’ll take care of you.”

Plainfield Equipment is located at 716 West Main Street in Plainfield. For more info, call 317-839-2448 and visit plainfieldequipment.com.

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Born in San Diego, California, Allan Bolante moved all around the country while growing up because his father was in the Navy. When he was six years old, his family transferred to the east coast, spending time in Virginia and Connecticut. He spent the majority of his teenage years, however, in the Sunshine State.

Though Bolante received a presidential nomination to attend the United States Naval Academy, he wasn’t interested in the military lifestyle, having lived it his entire life. Much to his dad’s chagrin, he chose a different path. Bolante attended both Jacksonville University and the University of Florida, playing baseball at both schools. Though he adored the sport, his stature kept him from excelling in it.

“When you’re at that level of baseball, if you’re not 6 feet tall and weighing 190 pounds, it’s tough to see a lot of playing time,” Bolante says. “I was 5 feet 7 inches at the time, and as I’m getting older I think I’m shrinking.”

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love of sports. After graduating, however, Bolante returned to Orange Park, Florida, where a friend of the family asked if he’d be interested in helping to open a hotel in the Jacksonville International Airport area.

“I thought, ‘Why not? I’ll help out until I figure out what I want to do with my life,’” Bolante says.

The industry was a good fit and Bolante stayed with it. He married and had two daughters. Within a few years, he was managing a 275-room hotel in Kissimmee, located just outside the main gate of Walt Disney World.

When he divorced and his ex-wife moved with the kids to Indiana, it didn’t take long for Bolante to follow suit because he wanted to be closer to his children. Though he was back and forth between Indianapolis and Key Largo, Florida, where he was helping a former colleague re-establish a business, he desperately missed his daughters and decided to put down roots in the Hoosier State. In 1997, Bolante opened a Comfort Inn in Lebanon, and in 2000 he opened the Brownsburg Comfort Suites.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the hotel’s opening.

“When you play the game Monopoly, you always want to be a hotel owner,” Bolante says. “To network my business as a hotelier, I wanted to get involved with the community and help out as much as possible.”

Bolante served on the Brownsburg Economic Development Commission, the Board of Directors of the Hendricks County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Brownsburg Chamber of Commerce and the Brownsburg Rotary Club.

“Probably one of my most satisfying moments while serving as a Rotarian was being involved with Habitat for Humanity,” says Bolante, who is also proud of the work the Rotary Club did towards paving the B&O Trail and adding a lighted crossing on State Road 267.

In addition, Bolante organized a fundraiser for the police department to raise funds to purchase bicycles so the Brownsburg Police Department could create a bicycle unit. Several years later, Bolante was appointed to the Brownsburg Police Commission (BPC).

“There are four of us who are appointed, and one elected official who serves as a liaison from the Town Council,” Bolante says.

In his BPC role, Bolante’s duties include hiring and terminating sworn officers, as well as creating and providing policies for the police department to follow. The BPC also appoints the chief of police.

Even as he dove into all of his volunteer work, Bolante stayed focused on his work in the hotel industry.

“As a hotel operator, you learn a lot about your guests and why they are in town, what they are planning on doing stuff like that,” Bolante says. “I kept hearing, over and over, of people interested in relocating to Brownsburg due to location, public safety and excellent education.”

Bolante also heard from businesses leaders interested in

relocating to Brownsburg due, in large part, to the accessibility to interstate roads. This included many National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) dragracing teams. According to Bolante, Bill Simpson, a pioneer in the racing safety business, convinced Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, an American drag racer, to move his race shop to Brownsburg. Bolante met Prudhomme when he stayed at the Comfort Suites.

“Through Simpson, I met John Force and Don Schumacher,” says Bolante. “That’s how the Lauth industrial park exploded, with all the race teams and distribution centers.”

Bolante says many of his regular hotel customers are clients in the racing industry, including former NASCAR star Kasey Kahne.

“Every once in a while, I’ll have NASCAR people stay here because Tony Stewart’s race shop is down the street,” says Bolante, who recalls coming to Brownsburg in the late 1990s when it was still a small, quaint town, and he and his wife Angie

would dine at Harley’s restaurant. “Through the years, I’ve watched Brownsburg grow from a population of 15,000 people to more than 30,000 - and if you count the townships, well over 50,000.”

Bolante and his wife have three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. In his spare time, Bolante likes to play golf, mow his lawn and attend races of all kinds, including NHRA, IndyCar and NASCAR. “I also like keeping my wife happy,” he says, adding that the couple enjoys taking trips to Lebanon and Kokomo to visit their grandkids. “A few years ago, we flew out to Las Vegas and she had a blast going to all the different casinos.”

A huge fitness buff, Bolante makes sure to get in some form of exercise every day.

“At 60 years old, I am starting to feel the aches and pains when I get up in the morning in a way that I didn’t in my 20s and 30s, but that’s okay,” he says. “I like staying active. I don’t ever want to be a couch potato. Life is too short.”

Bolante’s goal is to one day pass his hotel business along to his daughter, who is an apartment manager, so that he and Angie may spend summers in Indiana and winters in Florida where his parents reside.

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