Center Grove Magazine February 2018

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GRIDIRON GRIT: CGHS DEFENSIVE END, AUSTIN DAMING, OVERCOMES INJURIES TO REAP THE REWARDS IN HIS FINAL SEASON After injuries in 2014-2016, Austin Daming finally got to play a full schedule this season.

He ended the year with more than 100 tackles and was named Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) Defensive Player of the Year.

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A Blossoming Business: Mcnamara Florist Owner Talks Floral Success, New Downtown Headquarters

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Austin Daming, Overcomes Injuries

To Reap the Rewards In His Final Season

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Owner Toomie Farris bought McNamara Florist in 2007.

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showroom bursts with gorgeous vignettes of floral designs and gifts for customers to picture in their own homes or as a gift.

But under this roof is much more than just a retail showroom. Along with the floral showroom, the building houses a McNamara delivers to Indianapolis, Avon, conference room for bridal and special event Noblesville, Zionsville, Carmel, Fishers, consultations, a massive warehouse for floral Brownsburg, Greenwood, Broad Ripple delivery, storage for rented seasonal displays and Glendale. The company moved to its (like those in hotels and corporations), new location in 2016 on Massachusetts Avenue in the Brookside Industrial Corridor sales and administrative offices and even the call center where orders are received. in a bold move to revitalize the area and Leaving no small detail untouched, there’s establish a presence in a location that’s even a place where McNamara delivery vans central to all the McNamara stores. can pull in and load flowers in a climate After purchasing an old abandoned controlled area, minimizing the flowers’ warehouse and completely renovating it, their new 78,000 square foot space exposure to the elements. reflects modern trends just as their floral designs. With a modern industrial flair, the The bustling hub is where Owner, CEO t’s been just a little over a year since McNamara Florist moved its headquarters from its Fishers location, and business is blooming.

and President, Toomie Farris, makes it all happen. Joining the company in 1980, Farris has seen the business through a complete cycle of economic phases and ownership phases. The floral giant was started by Bob McNamara in 1954, who still sits on the company’s board today. Through the years, McNamara Florist has gone from a privately held company to family held to publicly held to private equity and back to privately held when Farris bought the business in 2007. It’s ridden the roller coaster of economic upticks and downturns, including the most recent one in 2008.

Farris has also weathered the storm. Joining the company as a store manager, Farris was delighted at the opportunity to leave his job in Iowa, move to Indianapolis and put

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his horticulture degree to work. Flexing his floral muscle, he electrified customers with his innovative floral designs.

“I developed my passion for flowers growing up on a farm in Missouri,” Farris says. “Both sets of my grandparents had lots of flowers around and I always loved it. But as I grew up, I became interested in medicine. My parents talked me out of it, so flowers it was.”

When landscaping company, Engledow, bought McNamara, he spent time with them. From that springboard, Farris flourished, launching Enflora, the brand specifically for businesses. Through Enflora, businesses can buy flowers for special events or occasions, rent elaborate seasonal displays, decorate and beautify their common areas, or even for gifts or recognition. The brand still thrives today, and is a major part of McNamara’s seasonal

decoration operations for hotels, restaurants Since buying the company in 2007, Farris has nurtured the company like his flowers. and other corporations.

“We’ve been fortunate to be a part of so many exciting events like the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Gala for decades, and the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Gala,” Farris says.

“I feel about the McNamara brand the same way you would on a farm,” he says. “You care for it and nurture it because you have to leave it just as good or even better than the way you found it.”

Eventually, Engledow sold McNamara and Enflora to Marsh, and Farris became head of floral fashions for 60 stores. Throughout all of it, he’s maintained an unshakable loyalty to McNamara Florist that has kept him there for more than 37 years.

Farris has kept McNamara the way he found it with one simple strategy. As one customer wisely told him, people buy flowers from people.

“There were times I knew things were changing,” Farris says. “I’ve seen retail stores dwindle from 28,000 to under 15,000 since 2000. But I know the brand and I have a lot of years and experience invested, so, I’m going to do what it takes to keep the business moving forward.”

“We’re just good old folks doing business with Hoosiers,” he says. “We want to be there for you during the important and emotional times in your life. Whether it’s a happy or sad time, it’s an appropriate time to send flowers.”

McNamara’s strategy of relationship building shows in the way they give friendly,

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personalized service, in conveniently accessible locations (especially online 24 hours a day).

“We still do stems and other cash and carry orders,” Farris says. “But, when it comes to a special occasion like a birthday or Valentine’s Day, you need someone experienced in design. It’s like the difference between a burger on the grill or a filet.”

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But McNamara doesn’t just focus on high end. Their designers put a lot of effort into offering a wide variety of bouquets for under $20.

“We offer bouquets for $150, $20 and everything in between,” Farris says.

“Customers tell us it’s worth it. That’s good to hear, because we want it to be worth their time to come into our store.”

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Over the course of the 2014-2016 seasons, Center Grove High School played 41 varsity football games. By his own estimation, linebacker and defensive end, Austin Daming, played in only five of those due to knee injuries.

“I had four knee surgeries (before the fall of 2017), all on my left knee,” Daming says.

“My senior year was the only time I got to play for a whole season.”

In 2017, Daming finally got to play a full schedule. He ended the year with more than 100 tackles and was named Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) Defensive Player of the Year.

How does a guy go from seeing action in only one game as a junior to all-conference the next season?

“Our coaches really prepare us well,” he says. “Our practices are very intense. It’s almost like a game setting. Playing football for Center Grove is completely different from other places. The expectations are to work hard every day. If we’re not in the final four it’s a let-down. As a kid, you grow up dreaming of playing football for Center Grove.”

As late as the summer of 2017, Center Grove head coach Eric Moore didn’t know how much he could count on his oft-injured linebacker.

“Before the season, the coaching staff talked about how the kid was playing on a new wheel and we had no idea how solid it was going to be,” Moore says. “So, we just assumed if he did play, we’d be getting a huge bonus.

“When he was ready to go before the season opener at Warren Central, I told him, ‘Warren Central has no idea what kind of built-up aggression they’re going against.

You’ve been waiting four years to play this game.’

One wonders what kind of numbers Daming would have put up if not hobbled by injuries. Moore knew he had a special athlete coming up through the Center Grove system.

“I’ve known him since the second grade,” Moore says. “He was a competitor from second grade all the way up through junior Trojans. He was always the toughest, strongest kid at his level. He comes from a great family and has great character. He has such a passion for the game, but he still finds time for other activities, like track and FFA. “He was always a hard worker who loved to practice,” he adds.

Even when he was on crutches - which was a greater percentage of the time than you’d wish on anybody - Daming stayed engaged in preparation and team activities.

“It was tough,” Daming admits. “But I had really good teammates and coaches who supported me. They were always giving me confidence that I could come back. And I’ve spent countless hours with really good trainers.”

The Trojans’ final game of 2017 was a regional semi-final against Avon. The Trojans not only lost the contest, but Daming found himself in familiar territory: limping off the field with yet another knee injury.

“It was the second defensive series against Avon, and I felt my knee give out,” he says.

“I found out that I had a microfracture and Moore answers immediately when asked if he a torn meniscus again. I had surgery on ever saw any signs of discouragement.

December 19, and I’ve been on crutches ever since. In mid-January I can wean myself off of “No, no,” Moore says. “Austin had a really, those and then start physical therapy. I’ll do really bad injury his freshman year. Like, career-ending bad. And that’s what he fought that until my quad muscle is the same size as the other one, because it’s shrunk drastically.” through over the next two years. It wasn’t a series of things, it was all related to that freshman year injury. And he still came to Despite the late season injury, Daming is every meeting and every practice.” still drawing interest from college football programs. In early January, Marian University

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“I’m keeping my options open,” Daming says.

“I haven’t really decided. I’ve been offered

by Morehead State and some Division III schools. But I’ve already told Morehead I probably won’t be going there. My final two options are probably Marian or trying to walk on at Purdue.”

Through all of the pain, surgeries and rehab, football has been a constant in Daming’s young life. And from now on, Coach Moore and the Center Grove staff can point to him as a gold standard for perseverance and overcoming adversity.

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People take different approaches when they encounter a homeless person on the street.

Some might believe that the homeless have only themselves to blame. Others might want to help, but don’t know how or feel too embarrassed. Many people just focus on avoiding eye contact.

But for the past 14 years, a group named Helping Our Own People (HOOP) has persistently gone out of their way to feed the homeless where they live and try to bring some human kindness into the lives

of people hidden from most of society. Don Beckwith is President of the HOOP Board of Directors, and he and his wife Karen have been working to provide comfort to the Indianapolis homeless population since 2004. The couple live on the south side about a half mile from Greenwood.

“Originally a Marion County Sheriff ’s Deputy started delivering blankets to the homeless,” Don says. “He asked a woman who worked at the Children’s Guardian Home if she’d like to help. So, she and her husband (George and Linda Cuff) got their friends together and started going

out nightly. Karen and I saw an article in the newspaper later that year and started helping.”

At first, the Beckwiths were focused on collecting donations, but then they joined the outings to distribute food and clothing.

In 2016, the organization made more than 3,500 contacts with people in need as they dispensed some 317 gallons of soup, 4,300 sandwiches and thousands of items of clothing.

“HOOP is unique in that we take the supplies to the homeless camps,” Don says.

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Beckwith adds that most of the homeless encampments can be found along the White River, though this wasn’t always the case.

“The homeless have been pushed out of a lot of the other areas where they were living,” he says. “The railroad had them kicked out of the areas around the CSX tracks up and down Washington Street and across from Eli Lilly. And, sometimes, that makes sense. About 10 years ago there was a big fire (started from cooking fires) under Davidson Street, which could have burned down the railroad bridge. So they had to stop that.

“But, let’s face it,” he adds. “The homeless are treated like today’s lepers.

People don’t want to see them in the corners or under bridges wrapped in blankets. People often ask if what we do encourages people to stay on the streets.

I doubt that anybody would live on the street just to get a cup of soup from the back of a van. But the people we meet have pretty much given up all hope, and they’re living on the street because they have no place else to go. And just knowing that there are some people willing to help them is encouraging for them.”

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“The smallest thing can really help sometimes,” Karen adds. “When it’s really hot outside, you’ll meet people who have clothes on that they’re been wearing for days. And when you give them a clean T-shirt, they’ll hold it up to their face, smell it, and get a big smile on their face. And we’ll soak a wash rag in ice water and give that to them. Something that simple can make them really happy for just a few minutes.”

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“It was hard,” she says. “There wasn’t a lot going on (in the area) at that point. But the first couple of years are hard for any business. In the restaurant industry, the really hard knocks come over the first seven years, and we’re just now getting past that.”

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Fireside Brewhouse opened in its present location in 2008. Part of the reason they chose the southwest corner of County Line Road and Emerson was the expectation of a huge water park planned for a short distance Reilly’s family owns and operates The Pub east close to I-65. in downtown Indianapolis, but they wanted Fireside to cater more to families and The water park project never materialized, businesses. but Fireside remained and is thriving along with the expanding roster of businesses on “We wanted a family atmosphere,” Reilly the east side of Greenwood. says. “But we have several different hats that Managing Partner Carol Reilly remembers the stress of dealing with the loss of the water park project shortly after the restaurant opened.

we wear here. We have a bar for those over 21, two dining rooms where we cater to families and a banquet room for parties and rehearsal dinners.

“We also get a lot of support from St. Francis and Community hospitals, along with all the doctors and pharmacists around them. We host the St. Francis Christmas party every year. This year we had more than 350 people in for that.”

But Reilly doesn’t plan to let the business coast. With the explosion of restaurants within two miles of the County Line and Emerson intersection, she can’t afford to rely solely on repeat business.

“I worry about every restaurant that opens around us,” she says. “Many of them feed families, but don’t necessarily have a bar.

But if customers come through the area, it’s not bad for us.

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“You have to try to stay ahead of the curve.

We have to make sure our event space is going a good percentage of the time, and that we’re hitting the rest of our cylinders (family dining and bar business). We’re not corporate, so we have a lot more flexibility and can mold ourselves to the needs of the community.”

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Over the past couple of years, Fireside has refreshed its menu and made other changes to keep from getting stale.

“We have live music now on Friday and Saturday nights, using mostly south side bands,” Reilly says. “We started with music just on Fridays a year and a half ago, and now we’ve added Saturdays. Four years ago we had 10 beer taps, and we’ve expanded that to 20 with a lot of local beers, which has been really good.

“This year we’re going to focus a lot on catering and going to outside events. We recently did a wedding at Mallow Run where we catered the food,” she adds.

Recent news reports have even detailed a revived interest in a sports complex where the water park was supposed to be in 2009.

But whether that materializes or not, Reilly thinks their location is a good one.

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“In the restaurant business sometimes you do really well, and other times it slows down,” Reilly says. “But I really believe this is the side of Greenwood that’s going to be booming.”

Fireside Brewhouse is located at 997 E County Line Rd. You can visit them online at firesidebrewhouse.com or give them a call at 317-859-9505.

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NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER DISCOUNTS. 1 OFFER PER GUEST PER DAY. THIS LOCATION ONLY. EXP 2/28/18.

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Celebrate a decade of big, bold Hoosier beers at the Indiana State Fairgrounds!

Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center

Return of the Mac is a food festival dedicated to that creamy goodness we all love, mac n’ cheese, and one of the fastest growing food festivals in the Midwest.

Attendees have access to unlimited mac n’ cheese sampling, while 30 of Indy’s finest chefs put their unique spin on everyone’s favorite comfort food.

Circle City Inustrail Complex 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Celebrate with your Gal’s with a fun Nite at Mashcraft building a terrarium in a trendy wooden box. Celebrating Valentines Day or any type of date night? Men are also welcome.

Mashcraft Brewing 7:00 p.m.

The 10th Annual Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Return of the Mac: Indianapolis

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Trace Thompson in the Saloon!

3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 Winter Warm Up Weekend

Dating all the way back to China’s Han Dynasty -- we’re talking 206 B.C. here -- the Lantern Festival has been lighting up the night sky in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Barn at Bay Horse Inn 7:00 p.m.

Galentines/Valentines Day Terrarium Nite

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Center Grove night with the Pacers

The Pacers are giving Center Grove an opportunity to sell tickets for the game to raise money for our schools. The evening will be dedicated to Center Grove schools with recognition during pre-game and a presentation during half time.

Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Enjoy satisfying soups, freshly-baked breads and delightful desserts that will warm your belly and your heart this winter season!

Mallow Run Winery 12:00 p.m.

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TOUR our Design Open House...

Interior and exterior settings showcase ideas to improve the functionality & value of your home!

SHOP the Marketplace, LEARN from experts WIN tickets to the show HELP those in need.

featuring handmade arts, crafts and products from local artisans! giving seminars daily on our

Belgard Hardscapes Stage!

FEBRUARY 8–11

THU-SAT 10am–9pm SUN 10am–5pm

GRAND PARK EVENTS CENTER 19000 Grand Park Blvd, Westfield READER EXCLUSIVE! Use code TownePost for 20% off tickets at SuburbanIndyShows.com!

on our Facebook page!

by entering contests

We donate 10% of all ticket sales to a local charity!

Did we mention? PARKING IS FREE! Compliments of Central Indiana Chevy Dealers.

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