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7 A Priceless Gift 41 Fashion Forward

58 DPW Hosts 82nd Street Widening

9 Old Oakland Celebrates 50 Years!

11 The Fight for Life 14 Superheroes Wanted!

18 Insuring Success 20 Maple Creek Golf & Country Club 22 Knowing the Signs 23 Bloggers Tour Fortville 26 Immersed with Scott Jones 30 The Venture of a Lifetime 45 Redemption Aleworks

48 Are You Riding the Devil’s Tricycle?

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A PRICELESS GIFT Writer / Suz Huntzinger

Lori and Ken Krabbe might have been expecting the traditional diamonds and pearls for their 30th anniversary, but what the couple received was something they could never have imagined. Married at the ages of 18 and 19, they always knew they had an enduring love, promising to be in it for better or worse. They found out just how much one’s life would have to depend on the other. Lori gave Ken the gift of life by donating her kidney to him last December.

With Ken’s kidneys failing and putting him just four weeks shy of beginning dialysis, Lori was looking for a way to make the worse better. So without a blink of an eye, she underwent the process to donate her kidney to Ken. A few months after the surgery, the two look fantastic and say they’re doing remarkably well. The couple left the hospital just a few days after the surgery. As of February, Ken could drive and go back to work. Lori was able to drive and go back to the gym by the end of January.

Lori’s demeanor is nonchalant as she describes the journey that began nearly two years ago. Battling unexplained chronic high blood pressure since his teenage years, Ken says he tried everything to keep his blood pressure under control including medications and diet modification. But two years ago in January of 2013, the years of chronic high blood pressure began to catch up with him. A nephrologist confirmed extensive damage to his kidneys. Ken’s health deteriorated so much during that time, causing extreme fatigue, shortness of breath and swelling. Instead of joining the family for vacations or other activities, Ken was sidelined, often resting or napping and struggling to feel better.

In November of 2013, he became so sick he had to be hospitalized. “It was really tough seeing him go through this,” said Lori. “We’re used to being very active, going

on vacations and such. But we couldn’t do anything or go anywhere because Ken felt so fatigued.”

Lori decided she would work on improving her own health by starting a weight loss program. “I was improving, but he was declining,” Lori said. As Ken’s kidney function dropped and the date for starting dialysis drew closer, the couple kept searching for answers. Lori explains since dialysis is not a permanent fix, they were hoping to avoid it for Ken. Finally by March of 2014, Lori started exploring the idea of donating her kidney to Ken. Doctors told her she would have to lose more weight first to become a candidate.

moment before they were ready to start anesthesia, nurses and doctors were asking her if she wanted to reconsider. Lori refused to change her mind.

Lori wasn’t nervous and she actually couldn’t wait to get the surgery over with and see Ken return to health. “Nurses, doctors, friends, relatives, they all say I saved Ken’s life,” she said. “Maybe from their perspective, I did. But I saw it as improving his quality of life.”

Now, they’re both amazed at the changes in each other. Lori lost 60 pounds and Ken lost 55 pounds of fluid. Lori and Ken both tell me they were shocked to see how quickly the effects of kidney disease reversed. “I look at myself in the mirror and I’m shocked to see that I’ve dropped 55 pounds of fluids.

I can actually see my ankles. I have more energy and I feel great,” Ken said.

So, what’s ahead for them as they embark on their new lease on life? Lori says they’re going to concentrate on recovery and improved health. After that, they want to resume their normal activities. They hope to take a vacation in May and spend time with their two children and granddaughter.

But more important than that, Lori says she’s on a mission to spread awareness about organ donation. “There are over 100,000 patients on the list waiting for a kidney, and only 15,000 donors,” she said. “I want to spread awareness to help bring those numbers closer.”

During the process, many people tried to talk her out of donating her kidney.Even Ken wasn’t sold on the idea. “I hated the idea of someone going through major surgery for me,” Ken said. But according to Lori, it never crossed her mind to do anything else but help make Ken’s quality of life better. Then, in October 2014, she got the call that she was a match and was fit to undergo surgery. Even right up to the

For more information about live organ donation, go to matchingdonors. com, and for more information about kidney disease, go to kidney.org. And to learn more about organ donation, see donatelifeindiana.org.

Suzanne Huntzinger has a journalism degree from IU and has lived in the Geist community for 18 years.

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OLD OAKLAND CELEBRATES 50 YEARS! Writer / Pat Carlini

It is a new year for Old Oakland Country Club at 75th and Oaklandon Road and a milestone for the club as they celebrate 50 years in business! It is also a new beginning for Old Oakland as they open this spring in their new building, which they finished up last year after a fire in 2013.

“It really is a new beginning,” said General Manager Lyle Palmer who has been with the club for 25 years. “Although we moved in May of 2014, it is just like starting the new year off with a new clubhouse. Everyone is excited about the new space and the 50 year anniversary!”

Golf continued during construction with refreshment tents set up in the parking lot. But, members missed the camaraderie of the bar and restaurant, and were anxious to get back into their clubhouse.

Today there is a new patio, dining room, bar and locker rooms. The décor may be all new, but overall Old Oakland remains the same.

“It was built to be a private golf course first,” said Palmer. “The original owners never planned for it to be a place with a pool and tennis courts, just a place to play some good golf and to socialize after.”

Palmer says still their main asset is the 27 hole golf course on more than 200 acres. “We can almost get a member out to play on the The clubhouse was under construction for almost a year after the course anytime they show up,” said Lyle with a smile. He also said a building caught fire on a summer night in June almost two years ago new chef has been hired and some new menu items will be offered after closing for the night. in the new season ahead.

Palmer, a former Geist resident before moving to Carmel to be closer to his wife’s job in Zionsville, got a call and drove to the clubhouse that night. But upon his arrival, he found there wasn’t much left. The rebuilding process soon began and the construction process was posted on Facebook and social media for all to enjoy.

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PARKINSON’S PATIENTS FIND THE STRENGTH TO BATTLE THEIR ILLNESS THROUGH BOXING Writer / Kara Reibel

“I like punching things,” said Rock Steady Boxing member and retired teacher Judy Rempala. This is evident by the way Rempala threw her punches into the focus mitts worn by coach Kristy Rose Follmar, a former professional boxer turned head coach and program director at Rock Steady Boxing. Also in the ring is Mary Thiel, former bacteriologist, who took some mean jabs at the focus mitts with Follmar as well.

Mark Caldwell, a retired RN, is punching a double-end bag, which is tethered to the floor and from above. Bill Kuhn, a retired Indiana state policeman and sharpshooter, takes rhythmic punches to the speed bag. Steve Gilbert is doing his cardio rotation on a recumbent bike.

While all of these participants from varied backgrounds are swinging at focus mitts, jumping rope, punching bags, doing core work, cardio and stretching, what they are actually training for is the fight of their lives. All of these boxers have Parkinson’s disease.

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“This is an inspirational place to work,” Rock Steady Executive Director Joyce Johnson said. “All of our members share the common bond of Parkinson’s, and we see various levels of the presentation of the disease, but all improve when they walk through our door.”

Founded in 2006 by former Marion County Prosecutor Scott Newman after an early onset diagnosis of Parkinson’s, Rock Steady Boxing now has 33 total affiliates in 11 states and three locations internationally. Indianapolis boasts five of these locations around the city.

As Follmar neared the end of her professional boxing career, she was looking for a way of helping others when Scott Newman asked her to join Rock Steady Boxing.

“A career fell in my lap when Scott approached me about being the boxing coach for Parkinson’s patients,” said Follmar. “Thanks to his positive results with boxing, others may now experience those same benefits.”

Not only is Coach Follmar an ideal Rock Steady trainer based on her fitness education and boxing career, but she can relate with the members’ struggle with their depressive tendencies. Follmar started boxing to help release her anger and depression after the death of her father. When Follmar started boxing, she thought anger is what drove her. She realized over time that it is love that motivates her.

Her mantra is “love always wins,” which is tattooed on her forearm.

The program at Rock Steady Boxing is a non-contact, intense boxing-inspired fitness program. The members train just like professional boxers.

“The only difference between us and the professional boxers is that they get to take a day off,” said Steve Gilbert, who shares the Rock Steady story every chance he gets. Gilbert’s 102-year-old father who also has Parkinson’s said, “It’s the only time in my life I have ever taken a swing at a lady.”

“Balance, gait work, vocal training, we do all of it,” said Follmar.

“Parkinson’s patients have a list of symptoms, such as tremors, depression, imbalances while walking and their voices get softer. So we combat these and many other expressions of Parkinson’s with our training techniques.”

“Everything we do is done with intention. For instance, to help with voices, we do a lot of yelling to help the vocal cords,” added Follmar.

“Boxing is a groundbreaking means of helping others with Parkinson’s. It is a way to fight back,” said Follmar. “Every member is inspiring, everyone is unique. Who wouldn’t want to tell their grandkids that they are going to boxing? The members take pride in being hard-core.”

Co-coach Christine Timberlake’s athletic husband, Tom, was diagnosed at the age of 36 with Parkinson’s. “When you are told you have 10 years before you are in a wheelchair, it is devastating.

We went home and basically had a bunker mentality,” shared Timberlake. Tom’s posture and attitude declined as he slid into mid-to-late stage Parkinson’s rapidly over the next six years until he attended a conference with Scott Newman.

This encounter with Newman encouraged Tom to take up boxing as one of the original members of Rock Steady Boxing.

DAVID BINSTADT (Fishers) Retired radiologist Dr. David Binstadt was encouraged to go to Rock Steady by his daughter, Melanie. After six months, he had noticeable improvement.

Melanie is now one of the many volunteers at Rock Steady Boxing. “I give a lot of credit to Kristy Rose, Christine and Marcia Wilson. They are always upbeat and it is a pleasure to be in that atmosphere,” said Dr. Binstadt.

STEVE GILBERT (Fishers)

Gilbert was diagnosed with prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease within four months at age 59. He started running competitively at the age of 64. “Rock Steady Boxing has been so important in my life,” said Gilbert. “We are so blessed to have this resource here in Indianapolis.” Having run the Mini socially a few times in his 30s, he had not taken running seriously until three decades later. His brother, Bruce, had run marathons for years, so when Gilbert told him he was thinking about running the Monumental, Bruce said he would run it stride by stride with him. The Monumental organizers were so moved by Gilbert’s story, they published it in their race program and online. “I never climbed mountains or ran marathons before Rock Steady,” said Gilbert. While Steve’s brother shows no signs of Parkinson’s, their father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Ron Gilbert is 102.5 years old. The retired Associated Press sports writer lives on the west side and attends Rock Steady occasionally. Johnson asked the senior Mr. Gilbert how he has managed to live to 102 and his reply, “You get up every day.”

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“In six to eight weeks, I saw my husband stand up straighter, he was smiling again, and he wanted to go out and do things,” said Christine. Inspired by her husband’s progress and those of other members, Christine started volunteering with Rock Steady, now working there full-time.

There are four levels of classes held at Rock Steady. Level one is the least restrictive with the minimal amount of modifications, and level four has participants who are experiencing the most severe expression of Parkinson’s.

“With our level four classes, it is amazing what these participants can do, even from a wheelchair,” shared Johnson, whose mom had Parkinson’s. “Our participants are experiencing real results in staving off their symptoms and improving by fighting it. Literally.”

Follmar and Timberlake are in a unique situation. “We do the initial assessments of new members, then we watch the magic happen as they get into our training,” shared Timberlake.

Follmar added, “We see people on their first visit here. It is a powerful moment because it is the first time they decide that they are going to fight back. We are uniquely positioned as coaches to tell them that they are accepted here, that we have a place for them. The most exciting part is that we know the potential of where they will be.”

The promising results from that study showed significant differences in all measured categories including spinal rotation, gait balance and quality of life.

“The results from the group of boxers were higher, in many cases significantly higher, than those who were exercising but not boxing,” said Combs-Miller.

Dr. S. Elizabeth Zauber, a neurologist specializing in movement disorders, knows programs like Rock Steady can help patients.

“Every patient I see, I recommend exercise to them. Those that are active have better control over their symptoms.”

“In the last 10 years, the Michael J. Fox Foundation has invested $300 million looking for a cure and it is still elusive,” said Johnson.

“Rock Steady is about maintaining the highest level of quality of life while we wait for that cure.”

But even without a cure, Rock Steady boxers are going to keep fighting. “We don’t know what the future holds,” said Gilbert.

“We’re not waiting.”

For more information, please visit RockSteadyBoxing.org.

Researcher and Associate Professor at University of Indianapolis Stephanie Combs-Miller, PhD, just completed a two-year longitudinal study including 88 people with Parkinson’s that shows that the boxers in the Rock Steady program maintain a higher level of function than those who do other types of exercise.

Kara Reibel and her family reside in the Fishers/Geist area, where she has lived for more than 30 years. In addition to owning Geist Pilates, Kara loves writing. You can follow her at karareibel.blogspot.com. She can also be found on Facebook and Twitter: @karareibel.

BILL KUHN

(Geist) For Bill Kuhn – a competitive pistol shooter for over 20 years who is ranked in the State and has won medals at the Police and Fire Games – the diagnosis of Parkinson’s was devastating. Once this retired Indiana State Police Captain started working out at Rock Steady Boxing, he felt better, citing the positive emotional benefits are not to be understated. “We’re not going to take this; we’re going to fight it,” said Kuhn. And fight it he does. His wife, Joyce Johnstone, said, “Going to Rock Steady gets him moving. Bill is a bright man, and I have noticed an increased cognitive sharpness since he started last August at Rock Steady. If there was ever a day when Bill didn’t want to go to Rock Steady, I’d go with him. I know what a difference it makes to him,” said Johnstone.

MARK CALDWELL (Broad Ripple) Since training with Rock Steady shortly after his diagnosis in 2010, Mark Caldwell has experienced a drastic improvement with his Parkinson’s symptoms. “I feel at home at Rock Steady,” said Caldwell. “I even volunteer to teach classes when needed.” Caldwell was an RN case manager for cancer patients at University Hospital. After working out at Rock Steady, his co-workers noticed that his symptoms improved. After retiring and being able to go to the gym more frequently, he noticed further impressive improvements and he has lost 50 pounds. “My gait stability has improved so much that the only time I have fallen is on ice,” said Caldwell. atGeist.com / MARCH 2015 / GEIST COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER / 13

SUPERHEROES WANTED! Writer / Allie Nash

Elizabeth Cramer is on a mission to serve her community by helping people find their inner Superhero.

Cramer started Superheroes to help children, teens and women identify their strengths and weaknesses, build better relationships and more. But that doesn’t mean that she didn’t face struggles getting Superheroes started.

After actually opening in July, Cramer was diagnosed with a chronic illness, meaning she couldn’t work at all.

Then as she started to feel better, she was faced with the failing health of her mother. But that wouldn’t stop her from going after what she considers her calling.

“We actually thought we were going to have to close,” said Cramer. “But I expect this to be successful. I know what we are doing is important and needed.”

Cramer takes the obstacles in her life as learning lessons to help others with their own struggles. And with a background in education and counseling, she has seen the need for help. “I was a counselor at Geist Elementary and saw first-hand the effects of bullying, social skills and anxiety,” said Cramer. “I know there is a need to reach a lot of people. I started this ministry as a way to serve, not to make money.”

But Cramer doesn’t want to be confused with a typical counseling service, she likes to think of her services more as coaching.

“We have a mixture of coaching and counseling, but counseling seems so clinical,” said Cramer.

Some areas that Cramer specializes in are ADD/ ADHD and divorce. She also wants to teach areas like positive identity, conflict resolution, study skills, time management and social competencies.

Cramer has her bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in counseling, and she hopes to hire on more people who specialize in serious therapy needs and nutrition. Cramer also plans to offer alternative medicine to her clinics which includes vitamins, essential oils and aromatherapy.

To meet Cramer and see her new space, come to an open house of Superheroes March 20 and 21. And for more information, visit wesuperheroes.com.

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INSURING SUCCESS TOM COVERDALE TEAMING UP WITH PAT O’BRIEN

Writer / Janet C. Striebel Photographer / Hannah Switzer

Tom Coverdale, a renowned Indiana sports figure, has recently joined forces with Pat O’Brien, a successful American Family Insurance agency owner. Both graduated from Indiana University and share common goals with what they want out of life.

They remain committed to their family, community, customer relations, and career all while strategically maintaining life balance, stability and purpose. “I like being a part of a team atmosphere where we work toward common goals,” said Tom Coverdale, licensed agent at Patrick D. O’Brien American Family Insurance Agency. “We build each other up.

When one of us wins, we all win,” he said.

You probably have heard the name, “Tom Coverdale” attached to the title, “Mr. Basketball” in 1998 when he was a senior at Noblesville High School. Or perhaps you remember how he was recruited by Bobby Knight and played basketball at Indiana University where he led his team to the 2002 NCAA Championship Game against Maryland. Later, Coverdale coached college basketball in Louisiana and Texas but eventually returned home to Hoosier territory.

“When I was away, I realized that being home with family and friends is what’s most important,” said Coverdale. Three years ago, Tom began his career in the insurance field as a licensed agent and has been advising a variety of both small and large businesses throughout Indiana as well as personal accounts. Married a year and a half to his wife, Rachael, Coverdale said, “I’ve lived in many places, but we’ve settled in Fishers to be close to my hometown and everyone we care about.”

Pat O’Brien, an IU graduate and a huge IU basketball fan, started his insurance agency from scratch in 2004. After three years as an agency owner, he accepted the opportunity to become an Agency Sales Manager in 2007, and held that position for six years before returning to agency as an agency owner the fall of 2013.

“I have lofty goals and I know that to grow this agency I need talented professionals,” said O’Brien. “I like running the office according to my mission that includes being involved with community and with my customers. Everyone in our office works within a specialized role, allowing our unique service to function most effectively.”

They both served as “Table Captains” for the Legacy of Hope Breakfast event.

Coverdale’s wife, Rachael, serves on the board for Brooke’s Place and happens to be friends with O’Brien’s longtime friend, Lori Winkler, owner of WDM Creative and president of the board at Brooke’s Place.

In establishing their relationship over time, O’Brien and Coverdale realize they share common values between them especially for how they go about making a positive impact on people and their community.

“When I met Pat I knew we were moving forward in the same business direction,” said Coverdale. “The more we talked, the more we aligned in our way of thinking.

We believe in giving the best honest advice to our customers, which is what we would expect if we were sitting in the other seat.”

And that mission is what attracted Coverdale to the agency. “Pat’s goals for his business and for his family very much align with what I want for myself and my family as I continue building a career in the insurance But it’s not just about making deals at business,” said Coverdale.

O’Brien Insurance. “We don’t sell insurance, we listen to our customers and make It is not just Coverdale who knows that recommendations,” said O’Brien. “We don’t O’Brien is on a mission. “Pat has always just provide a quick-fix proposal; we consult been driven to succeed, and he experienced and provide guidance thereby allowing our a lot of success prior to agency, but as an customers to make conscious decisions to agency owner he is able to do what he buy.” loves, which is helping people,” said Shawna O’Brien, marketing & communications for To learn more about the Patrick D. O’Brien the agency and O’Brien’s wife.

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TWO PATHS CROSS AT BROOKE’S PLACE O’Brien and Coverdale met a couple years ago through mutual friends while volunteering for Brooke’s Place, which is a non-profit organization that helps grieving children who have lost their parents (brookesplace.org).

Janet C. Striebel is a Fishers resident and freelance writer. She and her husband, Doug, have three children: Ryan, Jessica and Justin. She has been writing for atGeist.com for more than seven years and claims that the best part is meeting all the interesting people in her community.

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Back in 1961 Heather Hills Country Club opened on Indy’s east side. It was the first 18-hole course designed by worldrenowned course architect Pete Dye, leading him to build other golf courses throughout the world. The course was reputed to be one of the most challenging layouts in Indianapolis, with mature silver maple trees, multiple bunkers and a meandering creek serving as a beautiful backdrop to the sport.

manager. “There is not much competition on this side of town that does all of what we do.”

All the amenities of a country club from unlimited golf and personal lockers to banquet facilities, a driving range and swimming pool exist. In addition there is a full-service restaurant and Pete Dye’s Pub.

can play unlimited golf with no cart fees,” Lorenzano said. If you’re not a golfer, but want access to other amenities, there are also social memberships and pool memberships.

Some aspects of the club will still be open to the public, such as the restaurant. Pizza & Pasta nights are every Wednesday along with Trivia Night. For Easter Sunday there The real selling factor is how inexpensive the will be a full brunch buffet and the famous Easter Egg hunt. Mother’s Day will also course is for members. “For just $3,500 a year for singles or $5,000 a year for families feature a full brunch buffet. Look at the new Fast forward to 1989, Heather Hills was website or call for reservations. Also, the you get full access to everything the club renamed Maple Creek Golf & Country Club has to offer,” explained Joe Lorenzano, facility is available to service organizations and continued to have a strong membership membership sales director and former and business groups during the week. until the economic downturn of 2006. The Cathedral H.S. golfer. club was destined to be sold to a housing Of course golf lessons are always available, developer. But then a local businessman and “Payments on a monthly basis include food even for non-members. Swing by former club member Dave Bego stepped sometime! and beverage minimums and members in, determined to protect the legacy of Pete Dye’s first masterpiece. His father had been a long-time member and Bego had grown up playing on the course, so he wanted to preserve the historic value of it.

Under Bego’s tutelage from 2007 to 2015 the semi-private/public club has been recognized as “Indy’s Best” Golf Course (2013, 2014) and “Indy’s Best Kept Secret.”

Bego brought back Pete Dye to assist with some course design tweaks, a pavilion was built for large (up to 220 persons) parties and golf outings, the pro shop was rebuilt and the club’s pool facility has been updated.

And now, in 2015, the club has reverted back to a private country club, to better serve its members. “We are targeting golfing families as a much more economical club,” said Jim Grossi, course PGA pro and general

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“Kevin’s message is so powerful because he lived it,” said Mike. “He was an athlete at the top of his game, but he was suffering from depression. So, he found a way to hide it, holding it in day after day, masking it through humor. Until one day he decided he needed to tell someone.” Now Breel travels the circuit delivering his powerful message through humor and compassion.

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STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TEENAGE DEPRESSION AND HOW TO HANDLE IT Writer / Suz Huntzinger

In July of 2013, the lives of Mike Riekhof and his family changed forever. Mike’s daughter, Peyton, who battled teenage depression, ended her life at the age 18, just one month shy of going away to college at Kansas University. Instead of holding the enormous burden of grief inside, Mike and his family created The Peyton Riekhof Foundation to spread awareness about teenage depression.

“I’m no expert,” said Mike. “I’m just a dad who lost his daughter and I’m using this format to save others. If I can spread the word and save one life, this will all be worth it.”

As many parents of teens would agree, teens tend to deal with challenges by holding it inside. “That’s what Peyton did, and I want kids to know they don’t have to. It’s ok to talk about,” Mike said. To help him spread the word, he and the foundation have enlisted the help of well-known motivational speaker and sufferer of teenage depression Kevin Breel. Mike found Breel about two months after Peyton’s passing when he started to hear about “TED Talks.” TED Talks, from the nonprofit organization, are aimed at spreading ideas worth talking about. The idea began after a 1984 conference dealing

A guest last year at Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers High Schools, Breel is back to deliver his message to those schools and Cathedral High School. The junior classes of HSE and Fishers high schools will listen to Breel Monday, March 2, in the morning.

Those presentations will be closed to the public. Later that evening, Breel will give a shortened version of his presentation during a community program open to anyone interested at Fishers High School from 6-8:30. Breel’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session. Before and after the presentation and panel discussion, there will be time for the public to interact with representatives from more than 15 different local organizations.

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Cathedral High School, still mourning the loss of two of its students last year from teen suicide, will hear Breel’s message Tuesday, March 3. The entire student body along with their parents will attend the presentation in the morning. Then in the evening, Cathedral will hold an adults only presentation, “Finding Hope: Understanding Adolescent Mental Health,” featuring Dawn Crossman of The Center for Hope. The goal of this program is to help parents understand and deal with the struggles and issues facing our youth.

Crossman will address important topics like the warning signs of depression, what to do, when to medicate, how to approach it from a spiritual perspective, best practices and more.

Riekhof wants people to be aware of what could happen. “Suicide is a permanent consequence of mental health,” he said. “But there is hope. Don’t brush it off.”

For more information on mental health and hope, go to thepeytonriekhoffoundation.com. For more information on Kevin Breel, visit kevinbreel.com.

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BLOGGERS TOUR FORTVILLE

Writer / Allie Nash

Indianapolis area bloggers got a taste of what makes Fortville great during the Fortville Mama Blogger Tour on Feb. 9.

The McCordsville/Fortville Chamber also sponsored the event which showcased Main Street restaurants and shops. At the core of the event was social media, complete with #FabFortville, Instagram posts for prize drawings, and mentioning of the different vendors on Facebook that bloggers visited.

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About 20 or so minutes was spent at each stop, giving bloggers an opportunity to meet the owners, browse and post photos on social media. Many of the shops featured special deals for the bloggers to shop. Studio 309 even let bloggers get a preview of what hosting a party there would be like by having an art project to work on. Taste tests were done at Java Junction, R-Smokehouse and Indulge, which will have bloggers back in Fortville tweeting for more.

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One can only imagine how proud Scott Jones’ parents were to find out that their son was hired on as a research scientist at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, only to discover that after spending six years at IU, including summers, he had not yet earned a degree. A mere technicality of one economics course and a language requirement was needed for Jones to move to Boston.

The econ credit was completed via correspondence. What is interesting is the manner in which Jones studied for his Spanish language fulfillment exam – by locking himself in his grandmother’s attic for 10 days. Oddly, while immersing himself in his Spanish textbooks, Jones listened to German music.

During his time at IU, Jones applied to study abroad in Hamburg, Germany.

However, Jones was not accepted into the program because he had not done well enough in class. Ironically, while attending MIT, he lived with a family from Hong Kong. There were four generations under one roof speaking Cantonese, which is more challenging to learn than Mandarin.

Jones became mildly fluent in Cantonese conversation through this immersive experience.

The earliest memory Jones has of his extended focused attention was the time when he completely dismantled his journalist mother’s Selectric typewriter and reassembled it, which took all night. “I think it worked all right after I was done with it,” Jones recalled, smiling, from his reverse engineering experience.

This pattern of immersion would continue during the creation of Boston Technology, a voicemail company he co-founded. The hard-working crew barely left their offices, sleeping under their desks, ordering in

carry-out and completely immersing themselves into their voicemail services project. While this did result in a nice liquidity event for Jones, his partner and their investors, the process was not without moments of panic, sometimes expressed by partner, Greg Carr. What concerned Carr was Jones’ constant stream of entrepreneurial ideas.

“While perhaps valid ideas, most of these did not pertain to our project at hand,” said Jones. “And Greg was absolutely right, these were distractions for us.”

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Jones knew that in order to achieve what the team of Boston Technology set out to do, he had to get rid of all unrelated distractions.

They vi rtually did not leave the building for two years. His immersion paradigm would prove successful.

Jones needed to somehow release all other percolating ventures out of his head.

“I realized if I wrote these ideas down in journals, I could clear my head and focus,” shared Jones. By writing down his extemporaneous thoughts, Jones was able to declutter his brain and focus.

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After the Boston Technology liquidity event, Jones explored those notebooks of ideas. He has been able to “play” in a spectrum of playgrounds. A few results of this are: Gracenote music services which are integrated into every iPhone, ChaCha human-powered search, Precise Path Robotics, Galaxia Lighting, Escient Home Automation, Gazelle TechVentures and now Eleven Fifty Academy.

With the proven success of Jones’ immersive style, this quintessential entrepreneur — with an innate understanding of technology — has repeated this pattern of immersion in everything he does. His process is not without moments of doubt or fear creeping in.

It was a fear of failure that initially delayed him from diving into programming while at IU, but once he immersed himself into coding, he spent most of his time with computers in the basement of the HYPR building.

As challenges arise during Jones’ creative process, Jones focuses on the question, such as, “How can I solve this?” before he would sleep, then awake with an answer.

If this doesn’t work, he goes outside to walk and contemplate the solution.

During the Boston Technology days, Jones hiked around the famous Walden Pond in Concord, contemplating a snag that had arisen and a solution would inevitably surface.

Another coping mechanism that Jones employs is to look at all possible outcomes.

“I mentally fast forward to what’s going to happen,” shared Jones. “I look for what can

be done to prevent as many of the failed scenarios as possible and move forward.”

He has trained himself to take risks.

Back in 2005, Jones co-founded Indy Robotics, LLC, which funded a team of 120 researchers to create an unmanned vehicle in a competition sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Of the researchers, about 20 of them spent one month camped out in the Mohave Desert doing nothing but working on their 6,000 pound, autonomous robot vehicle. In truth, there was no other choice. They were in the middle of the Mohave Desert with the closest hotel 45 minutes away.

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“The 20 of us made more progress during that month in the desert than the full team of about 100 managed during the prior 18 months leading up to the race,” said Jones.

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The coding classes are often offered in Jones’ home. A proven forward-thinker, Jones believes it is essential to have the skill of programming.

While Jones may have a dozen or more major projects going on all at once, Jones has proved time and again that, while immersion isn’t the only way to learn, he has proven how effective it can be.

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THE VENTURE OF A LIFETIME IU KELLEY SCHOOL PROFESSORS EXTEND THEIR PASSION BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Writer & Photograher / Kara Reibel

What do two high-energy individuals who are passionate about their work consider fun? Investing in startups, consulting with business owners, mentoring, holding Board positions, supporting charitable organizations, traveling and training for triathlons.

Todd Saxton is an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship for the IU Kelley School of Business. He is also the 2015 president of the board of directors for the Venture Club of Indiana and Indiana Venture Faculty Fellow. Kim Saxton is a clinical associate professor of marketing at the Kelley school, leads Lean In Circle for women MBA students, and holds a doctorate in statistics. As popular professors, both instruct an unusually high number of classes per year, across a number of Kelley’s leading programs.

Not only are Todd and Kim committed to education, they are involved beyond the scope of their jobs and have immersed

themselves in the venture community.

For example — 15 years ago — Todd sought opportunities to strengthen the relationship between Kelley and the Indianapolis venture community, so he joined the Venture Club of Indianapolis, of which he is now president. Both Todd and Kim are involved with numerous

other organizations, including being board members for Marlon Jackson’s Fight for Life organization, which facilitates social and emotional learning programs for kids.

Entrepreneurs at heart, neither set out to be educators, but eventually tapped into their natural talent in the area, as both have parents that were teachers. The two met as employees of a startup company in D.C., providing competitive analysis and acquisition support for Fortune 500 companies.

The appeal of IU’s doctorate and MBA programs brought them to Indianapolis.

“We were looking for a program that would work with the needs of our growing family,” said Todd. IU won out over several schools, including a few Ivy League options.

Once their girls were older, Todd and Kim made a commitment to each other and set new goals to celebrate turning 50. After years of shorter events, some with their daughters at kids’ triathlons, they decided to train for an Ironman distance event. No small undertaking, this fits right in line with their “all in” modus operandi.

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“My parents encouraged me early on to find the activities that I most enjoy and pursue them,” shares daughter Lindsey. “Going to their triathlons has helped foster part of my giving nature. At triathlons, you’re not just cheering on the people you’re there with; you’re supporting every runner that passes you, as well as other spectators.”

Everything that Todd and Kim do is done with intensity and tenacity of purpose. An Ironman race is the pinnacle of a personal fitness challenge, consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run over the course of one day. Supportive and dedicated, the time spent training only brought Kim and Todd closer.

Todd and Kim are people of initiative and action, engaging and energetic. Whether it is triathlons, corporate ventures, the entrepreneurial community, or teaching, the Saxtons are fully engaged.

The Saxtons note many parallels between the triathlon and venture communities.

Both are made up of supportive, fun, inspiring and very generous people taking on very complex and challenging endeavors; but ones nearly all of us could be successful in undertaking with the right encouragement and training.

“There is an entrepreneur inside of all of us. Depending on circumstance and provocativeness, it can come out at any time,” said Todd.

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CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANCER Writer / Tom Britt Photographer / Brenda Staples

Luke Andritsch was the official starter of the 2010 St. Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K.

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n early 2010, I received a phone call from a Geist resident telling me about a 5-year-old boy battling leukemia named Luke Andritsch. He was diagnosed on Mother’s Day at the age of 3. Through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, they had formed a Team in Training group called Team Luke and began running various races around town in his honor. They were talking about running the St. Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K, and I thought this would make for a good story for our Geist Community Newsletter.

The Andritsch family in their Geist home.

Arriving at their front door, Luke greeted me donning a Spiderman costume complete with padded muscles. He was short, chubby and nearly bald. Vicky, Luke’s mom, gave me and our longtime photographer Brenda Staples a tour of their home ending in Luke’s bedroom upstairs. Luke was anxious to show us his superhero toys, “get well” letters on his walls, and his stuffed animal toys wearing scrubs and surgical masks.

Vicky told me that trying to explain leukemia to a child is difficult. “We told him that the cancer was a bunch of bad guys in his blood, and the chemo was the good guys going in there to kill them.”

Now the Spiderman suit made more sense.

In many ways, the visit and ensuing story was inspiring. In other ways, it was heartbreaking. No child should have to deal with such a horrific disease as leukemia.

Luke framed his Spiderman costume which now hangs in his bedroom. I’m wearing one of the Team Luke capes which gives whoever wears it superpowers.

It was through the Andritsch family that I learned more about the research work being funded and sponsored by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In 2011, Luke was named their “Boy of the Year” and participated in a 10-week fundraising campaign called “Man and Woman of the Year.” After the Grand Finale Gala, the Andritsch family had a party of their own for Luke. His chemo port in his chest was removed that summer and the Team Luke TOWNEPOST NETWORK / MARCH 2015 / TownePost.com

followers and friends hosted a “Port Party” in his honor. Luke was cancer-free and done with chemo.

Last fall, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society called to inform me that I had been nominated to run for the 2015 “Man of the Year.” After seeing how they had helped the Andritsch family and several other friends and neighbors dealing with blood cancers over the years, I accepted the challenge.

Much like a political election, the man and woman who raise the most money during a 10-week campaign (Feb. 26 – May 9) wins the title.

My campaign will look and sound much like a political campaign; after all, we are in primary season. You’ll see campaign posters at restaurants around Indy like Mama Bear’s and Lincoln Square Pancake Houses. You’ll hear my “negative campaign” commercials on various radio stations. You might even spot a political yard sign asking you to “vote against cancer.”

A campaign against cancer is personal to everyone. Only cancers of the respiratory and digestive systems, including lung and colon cancers, are more deadly. Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20. One person is diagnosed with blood cancer every three minutes. Every 10 minutes, another person loses the fight.

More than 1.6 million people in the United States are living with or are in remission from a blood cancer.

To date, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has funded more cancer research than any other voluntary health agency in the United States or Canada. When they started in 1949, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (which is the type of cancer Luke had) was only three percent. Today, thanks to advances in research, the survival rate is more than 90 percent. For other blood cancers, the survival rate has doubled, tripled and even quadrupled. However, one third will not make it five years post diagnosis. We have a long way to go.

On a personal note, I’ve had several friends and family suffer through cancer. My wife and I started a charity event the year we met the Andritsch family called Vines for Life, which raises money for three local cancer charities supporting patients and survivors.

While we’ll continue to help those dealing with the fallout of cancer, this is our one opportunity to get out ahead of cancer and fund the cure. My hope is that we’ll have a cancer-free society in my lifetime.

I’m asking each of you to donate to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and support our campaign against cancer. There is a donor envelope in the center of this publication that you can send back with your generous donation. You can also visit my website at TomBritt.com to learn more about the campaign, sign up for emails from the campaign trail, and donate online via a secure link. You can also read about the latest advancements and treatments that The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has funded. Every dollar you donate gets us one dollar closer to the cure.

As for Luke, he’s a healthy 11-year-old boy that still visits Riley Hospital for Children every month passing out “rhythm pax.”

Team Luke is now its own charity that raises funds year round to give other children and families who have been dealt the cancer card some hope. Please join us in our campaign and thank you in advance for any and all support you offer us along the way.

Luke framed the front cover of the Geist Community Newsletter from 2010.

Today, he’s a healthy 11-year-old boy.

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FASHION FORWARD

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When Dottie Couture Boutique opened in Greenwood five years ago, it was welcomed by fashion conscious yet budget minded southside women who were thrilled to discover a local clothing shop that was stylish but affordable. The word began to get out and northsiders began to take notice. A following developed, and in 2013, owner Brooke Magdzinski opened a second location in Keystone at the Crossing. The buzz continued and now Fishers residents are happy to see that one of the first retail establishments in the new downtown commercial development, The Depot, is a third Dottie Couture Boutique.

Magdzinski began her retail career after being in management in the healthcare industry. She didn’t enjoy it so she starting working in a small apparel store. It was such a positive experience that in 2006, she opened B Boutique in Bloomington. After having her first child, she sold the Bloomington store in 2010. She used the knowledge she gained from that first plunge into the fashion merchandising world, rebranded and the same year opened Dottie Couture Boutique in Greenwood.

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The name comes from her grandmother Dorothy. “My grandma’s name is “Dottie” for short,” said Magdzinski. “She is a fashion icon to me, very stylish and proper. I love it when people call and ask for Dottie, it makes me giggle!” The Greenwood location seemed like a logical move since she was living in Center Grove, and she realized that if ladies wanted to shop in a boutique they had to drive to the northside of Indianapolis to do it. She felt that Greenwood would be a perfect spot to open a shop. After moving to Fishers, she saw the need for a Dottie Couture Boutique there.

“I really felt like we needed something like Dottie,” Magdzinski said. “I chose 116th Street because it is a high traffic area and close to the places most women frequent.”

“Don’t get caught up in sizes, but buy what fits and lays nicely, and if you don’t love it, don’t buy it.”

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Each store carries the same merchandise: stylish clothing for women of all ages, accessories such a jewelry and handbags, and gift items. Magdzinski attends trade shows and markets but also visits her vendors directly. Most of her buying is done in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta.

And she has some advice for customers.

“Don’t get caught up in sizes, but buy what fits and lays nicely, and if you don’t love it, don’t buy it.” The staff at the boutiques are not on commission and each location wants shoppers to have an enjoyable experience and to genuinely love their purchases.

supply room, then moved to an office building, and now is located in a 6,000 square foot warehouse.

Internet customers hail from all over the world and the constant growth is thrilling to Magdzinski. “A year ago I could take our packages to the UPS store myself and now we have a UPS truck with a U-haul attached picking up our daily outgoing packages.”

Besides word of mouth, social media is a large component of what drives business to the retail stores and internet sales.

Along with the Dottie Couture website, the business has thousands of followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Each site features photos of models wearing The brick and mortar stores are just one facet of Dottie Couture Boutiques’ business. the clothes offered as well as beauty and style ideas. The women who showcase the The largest part is online sales from the website, dottiecouture.com. The website was styles and how to wear them on the social media sites are local. “Most of the models launched at the same time the Greenwood also work in the stores or have worked for shop opened. Inventory for the Internet sales was initially housed in the Greenwood me in the past. They are full-time employees

at this point and shoot three to four times a week,” said Magdzinski.

Dottie Couture Boutique also has a presence on Wanelo, a virtual shopping mall for online buying. Magdzinski feels that social media has been an important way to reach customers and keep them engaged. It allows window shopping but also encourages feedback.

Magdzinski usually buys merchandise every single day to keep up with the demand. “I love what I do. I shop for a living, and who can complain about that?” She admitted that she is always brainstorming for the future, but she could not be more thankful for the present success of Dottie Couture Boutique.

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REDEMPTION ALEWERKS A DESTINATION MICROBREWERY Writer / Lynda Hedberg Thies Photographer / Hannah Switzer

When brothers Brandon and Ben Smith, cousin Josh Smith and Brewmaster Cameron Fila considered opening up a microbrewery in the Indianapolis-Fishers area, their vision was much larger than just a place to sample craft beers. They wanted to create a destination to not only redeem your beer taste buds with great craft beers but create a place for the community to gather. Think “Central Perk” of the sitcom “Friends” meets “Cheers, where everybody knows your name” sitcom and you will have some idea how cool it is to hang out at Redemption Alewerks.

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“WE REALLY WANT TO BE A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE AREA AND WILL WORK WITH ANY GROUP WANTING TO UTILIZE OUR SPACE FOR MEETINGS, AN EVENT OR BUSINESS.” Inspiration for Redemption Alewerks came from a trip to Traverse City, Michigan, where there are seven such microbreweries on one block and they were all doing well. According

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offering a full service bar and menu along with a variety of theme-nights, live bands with the furniture literally being sold to customers and replaced to create a new experience every visit.

“We really want to be a gathering place for the area and will work with any group wanting to utilize our space for meetings, an event or business,” said Josh.

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Brewers Cameron Fila and Brandon Smith are expecting their equipment to be installed this month and plan to provide a glass partition so that patrons can observe the brewing process. The brewers plan to offer six house beers: an India Pale Ale, an extra special/strong bitter, an American Pale Ale, a cream ale, a nitro vanilla porter, and an orange blossom honey wheat, in addition to six seasonal selections. They will also offer craft cocktails for those that may accompany a craft beer-loving friend or spouse. The menu will complement the quality of beverages they are serving and offer a pairing for each meal.

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ARE YOU RIDING THE DEVIL’S TRICYCLE? Writer / Pete Walkey

Do you have regular headaches? Do you have trouble sleeping, or wake up tired after a full night’s rest? Do you regularly consume caffeine?

If so, you might be riding “The Devil’s Tricycle.”

Fishers resident Dr. Jeff Van Valer, board certified in Sleep Medicine and Neurology, just released his new eBook, “The Devil’s Tricycle: Migraine Headache, Caffeine Abuse, and Insomnia (the ride you can learn to stop).”

“The Devil’s Tricycle” cites that around 90 percent of Americans regularly consume caffeine, and that if you suffer from frequent headaches, insomnia and consume caffeine regularly, there is hope! “The book exposes caffeine’s dark secrets,” Van Valer said. “It explains how caffeine robs us of sleep and worsens our headaches without us knowing it.” Not only that, but the book “provides the basics of how to regulate the sleep/wake cycle, and that’s something almost no one knows.”

For the past 12 years, Van Valer has treated thousands of patients who suffer from regular headaches and various sleep problems.

In the office, he draws simple diagrams to explain the tight relationships between headaches, insomnia and caffeine abuse.

After years of explaining these problems to “a baffling number of people,” he thought about designing an educational handout for patients. But he soon realized that much of the information was

suitable not for a pamphlet but for a book. And writing a book happened to be on his bucket list.

Van Valer’s 45-minute commute to and from work gives him “plenty of time to think,” and in one week this past spring, he voicerecorded the entire first draft for “The Devil’s Tricycle.” Although his momentum through the revisions ebbed and receded, the next few months were some of the most rewarding he can remember.

He adds that he’s excited at the prospect of helping someone he will never have the opportunity to meet. “If just one person finds this book and gets better because of it, that would make the effort completely worth it,” he said.

Van Valer says his wife, Luci, and their two children, Martha and Joe, have been “not only supportive but excited” about the project.

In fact, this year in school, 11-year-old Joe accepted a challenge to read 40 books before year’s end.

“Joe told me, when he was finishing number 36 that he wanted ‘The Devil’s Tricycle’ to be one of his books,” said Van Valer. Then with momentum “like a freight train,” Van Valer finished his project and published it in late January.

Van Valer enjoys riding bicycles, on- and off-road, as much as he can, often riding 20 to 50 miles at a time. He grew up in Greenwood, lives in Fishers, and practices neurology and sleep medicine in Muncie. “The Devil’s Tricycle” can be found in the Amazon Kindle Store.

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Geist resident Scott Cranfill organizes the Noblesville Mini Marathon with the help of title sponsor Courtney Cole and Boy & Girls Club Executive Director Becky Terry.

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NOBLESVILLE MINI MARATHON MAKES IMPROVEMENTS FOR RUNNERS calendar as a must do and to continue to benefit the Boys & Girls Club with this growth,” said Cole.

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This year’s second annual Noblesville Mini Marathon will still benefit the Boys & Girls Club, but there will also be changes to bring a better race experience for runners.

The Boys & Girls Club has great support from the race. “The funds raised from the Noblesville Mini Marathon are used to support programs and activities for our 2,200 members,” said Executive Director Becky Terry. “The donation Noblesville Mini Marathon The race was founded by Courtney Cole of Hare Chevrolet and provides through this event supports programs that we would gives runners a chance to experience Noblesville. “Noblesville has otherwise not be able to provide; it allows us to try new programs some great landscape, and I always thought that it would make great like Time to Invent, Choir Club, and News 2 U. These programs scenery for a race,” said Cole. “Forest Park, Morse Reservoir, Potters provide opportunities for our youth to explore ideas, challenge Bridge, and downtown Noblesville make for a beautiful course. themselves, and use their creativity.”

The race is a chance to showcase the city and to do it in a healthy manner.”

Cole brought in Scott Cranfill to be the race director this year, But just seeing the great views of Noblesville is not the ultimate goal of the race. “The ultimate goal is for it to grow into a race that most people in Central Indiana and the extended area put on their

who made some management changes. “Our Race Director, Scott Cranfill, has engaged Carmel Road Racing Group (Carmel Marathon, Woman’s Half Marathon, Bedford Half Marathon) to advise us and to manage race day operations,” said Cole. “This has led to some adjustments to the course to provide a safer environment and will help ensure a great experience for our participants.”

And Cranfill has some goals of his own. “My goal for the event is for participants to have the best experience possible and to enjoy many of the attractions that make Noblesville a special place,” he said.

“I strive for the event to be inviting to participants of all abilities whether you are a seasoned athlete seeking a PR on our flat course, a walker or runner achieving a new race distance goal, or coming together with family and friends to kick off the Memorial Day weekend with a healthy event.”

According to Cranfill, the race worked with feedback from the first Noblesville Mini Marathon which led to big improvements. “The race will start and finish at Hare Chevrolet Field which affords us more space for participants, substantial parking, and ready access to facilities at the field and the Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville

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and 10K routes so participants can experience more of Noblesville’s beautiful parks and greenways. We also created a Kiddie Run so children 6 and under will have an opportunity to run their own race. These little athletes will start on the football field’s 10 yard line, run to the opposite 10 yard line, and back while carrying their very own Noblesville Mini Marathon football.”

“This year, we will encourage families to walk or run together, kids will hand out water and cheer on runners, and they will help with handing out the medals as the racers cross the finish line.

We are excited to be a part of the Noblesville Mini Marathon and look forward to being a part of this monumental event again this year!”

The day before the race, the And the expected 1,000 runners public can experience the NMM should include some of the THIS YEAR, WE WILL ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO Expo held at the Boys & Girls members of Boys & Girls Club.

Club from 3 – 8 p.m. The expo is “The Club definitely encourages WALK OR RUN TOGETHER, KIDS WILL HAND OUT free and will include exhibitors/ the kids to get involved with the WATER AND CHEER ON RUNNERS, AND THEY WILL sponsors sharing information Noblesville Mini Marathon,” said HELP WITH HANDING OUT THE MEDALS AS THE about their products and Terry. “Last year, we focused on RACERS CROSS THE FINISH LINE. services and offers something for our families and promoting the everyone, whether participating in event to them as an activity they the event or not. could do together. Through the generosity of Hare Chevrolet, The race will be May 23 and runners can register online at our families and members were able to participate at no cost. We noblesvilleminimarathon.com. had several families and lots of kids participate in the event: many members ran in the kiddie run, several teens and staff members Allie Nash is the TownePost Network managing editor and a Geist challenged themselves and ran some of the longer distances, and native. She is a recent graduate of Franklin College with degrees many more youth were volunteers at the water stations cheering on in publication relations and broadcast journalism. Follow her on the runners and making sure they were hydrated.”

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“There will be lots of dancing including Riley’s signature line dance, and a group called Lawrence Swingin’ Singles is coming to teach the crowd how to square dance. There will be games like corn hole, ping pong, and basketball,” said Harris. “There will be Riley families speaking about their experience and stories. And lastly, there will be a band made up of Riley kids called Midnight Run performing. A DJ will be there as well.”

Riley Dance Marathon started at IU in honor of the death of Ryan White, a longtime Riley patient.

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“After taking a tour of Riley Hospital for Children in the summer of 2014 and learning more about the true difference that Dance Marathon makes in the lives of Riley patients, we decided that bringing DM to our school was a must,” said LCDM Executive Board member Caroline Harris.

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So, when LLS asked me to join the campaign, I jumped at the chance to help out. I don’t know if bungee jumping will be involved these days, but we are planning to hold some fun events that I hope you all will take part in and support! Look for a sushi roll to be named after our campaign at Red Sake to get us started!

It’s a 10 week competition that kicked off Feb. 26 between ten candidates around central Indiana, including me and my Geist running mate, Tom Britt.

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So thank you ahead of time for your support and I hope to see you all on the campaign trail!

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This “open house” portion of the meeting n Feb. 17 the Indianapolis came after a presentation was given to Department of Public Works hosted explain the project. Many people filled out a community meeting about the comment and question cards for the DPW 82nd Street widening project. which will addressed in a subsequent meeting.

According to the DPW, the road is operating at an unsafe level of service during peak hours of traffic. Many residents of the area have suggested changing the signal timing, but the city said that P r i v a t e would only give a short-term solution and that widening 82nd Street from Hague Road to Fall Creek Road is the only long-term solution to the traffic congestion.

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which holds Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza.

Another popular restaurant is yet to be You’ve seen the construction at 56th near announced. There are 100 individual Post Road. You might even have heard the office suites available for small and startbuilding will hold a new Jockamo’s Upper up businesses. The tenants will have their Crust Pizza location. But there is so much own suite as well as the use of four “smart” more to the story. conference rooms in the building and other conference rooms around central Indiana, A few years back Freddie Burris, Executive which can be scheduled using a web-based Director of the Fort Harrison Reuse Authority tool. The monthly rents (ranging from $395 approached developers and longtime friends to $695) include the use of the conference Scott Yeager of Yeager Properties and Scott rooms, break-room, kitchenette, high speed Baldwin of Envoy, for help in drawing new internet, all utilities, reception, mailroom, businesses to the Lawrence area. They and a wireless cafe where Lawrence’s own eventually drew up a plan that includes a Brickhouse Coffee Roasters will be serving public-private partnership, an emerging trend up freshly ground coffee products. with municipalities and developers, allowing the developer to charge a lower rent.

It is a formula that Yeager excels in, having other similar buildings in Carmel, “There has been so much great collaboration Noblesville, Greenwood, Plainfield with this,” commented Burris. “This would and Fishers plus another three in the never have happened if our board wasn’t as Dallas area. driven and creative as they are, to work out such a new partnership between the city, the “We might not normally have chosen this Reuse Authority and the developers.” location on our own,” mentioned Baldwin.

“But the value was clear; we can drive costs Baldwin of Envoy said, “One of the most down with the assistance of the city and Reuse exciting opportunities for us and the Authority and it’s a good partnership that will community is the opportunity to blend help to bring more business into the area.” business incubation with co-working, virtual office suites, and small office suites.

Jockamo’s agrees. When the Reuse Our goal is to provide our tenants with Authority approached owners Mick everything they need to conduct business, McGrath and Bob Stark 2 ½ years ago, they all at an affordable and flexible rate.” weren’t necessarily planning on expanding beyond their 2-restaurant existence. But The building will have approximately the lure of the historic area as well as its 11,000 square feet of retail space, half of walkability and cycle-ability drew the entire Writer / Kathi Moore

Jockamo team to meet with Burris. “They were the first guys to come see me on a Saturday,” chuckled Burris. “And Saturday is a big pizza-making day for them!”

“There is no one else like us in the area,” pointed out Stark. “Even in a downeconomy pizza always sells.”

The partners eye the other building tenants, Ivy Tech, DFAS and other commerce in the area as obvious potential pizza-eaters, but their beer and wine license will also be a draw for evening meals. The restaurant will be much like the original in Irvington and the newer Greenwood location, seating 150 people plus outside seating. They also have a separate room seating up to 50 for meetings or parties. In the future delivery will be available, but not right at the beginning.

“We love to be very supportive of the community,” said McGrath. “We want to be part of Lawrence and will support local teams and raffles as much as we can, just like we do with our other locations.”

Jockamo’s and the rest of the building is scheduled to be open between mid-April and early May. “Small business owners can grow here at a sustainable pace, then graduate into the Lawrence community where they will eventually need more traditional office, industrial, and retail spaces. To top all of that off, they will be able to get a great pizza after work at Jockamo’s!” said Baldwin.

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