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NOVEMBER 2014

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“My husband was a computer engineer and head of IT for his company,” she said. “He had the ability to write a program and get us set up so that we could track the families and people that we served from year-to-year.

We had 397 people the first year and last year we had 22,978 families in Hamilton County. This year, we are anticipating over 26,000 people that we will have served.”

What do these families need?

Good Samaritan Network - left to right: Dianna Glass (receptionist/administrative services), Jim McGee (Communications/Operations Director), Joni Cowan (Administrative assistant) and Nancy Chance (Founder/executive director) Writer / Janelle Morrison Photographers / Brian Brosmer & JJ Kaplan

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s a very young girl, Nancy (Mason) Chance had an innate passion to serve others. While growing up in Noblesville, she would watch from the picture window pane of her grandfather’s cabinet shop on the corner of Logan Street where the judicial building sits now. From there she would watch the people board and unload from the trains that would stop frequently throughout the day.

“I asked my grandfather where the people were going once they got off of the train,” Chance said. “He told me that they were going to sit under the bridge and wait until their next train came to take them to wherever they were going to. Then I asked what they were going to eat, and he replied, ‘Nothing, if you can’t think of it. You’ve got to think of it.’”

Chance did just that. She recruited the help of her grandmother and together they made up several little sandwiches in which Chance, along with one of her grandparents, took to the workers under the bridge and fed them while they waited.

“I took a linen napkin over and did that for two years until I started school at age 4,” she said. “I still remember the stories and the

pictures that the workers shared with me of their families. I’ve had a passion for people ever since.”

Today, Chance is the Holiday Coordinator, Founder and Executive Director of the Good Samaritan Network GSN of Hamilton County, Inc. “It all started back in 1980. I was working with the Carmel and Noblesville Fire Departments and with the Department of Family and Child Services,” she explained.

“I worked a lot with child abuse and was one of the specially trained people that they would have to go out to talk and educate the public, law enforcement, etc. about the issues.

“So all of those of guys knew who I was and about some of the work that I was doing.

When I shared my concerns with the local departments, they asked me to get involved with the holiday initiatives because they needed better planning and oversight. There was no balancing beam.”

Chance selflessly took on the county holiday project and named it “Good Samaritan,” but it was very much in its infant stages of development. She didn’t have a 501(c)3 or a board. She and her volunteers were just trying to solve problems and move everybody in the same circle so that nobody was duplicating services. atNoblesville.com / NOVEMBER 2014 / NOBLESVILLE / 5

“The families need food,” Chance said.

“They are food insecure. If you look at the statistics of food insecure families that are in our county, per last year’s numbers, approximately 25,890 people are accessing food pantries and 10,978 of these were kids.

What we are seeing are middle class families in Hamilton County that would otherwise fall through the cracks if we didn’t have the network. Luckily, we do. While working on the holiday project in 1995, I got the vision that our county was getting bigger, and it continues to grow expeditiously. I could see this burst, and I thought we are going to become one of the big cities where nobody knows what anybody else is doing to help unless we do something to coordinate them.”

Chance took the 20 agencies, nine pantries and nine township trustees and formed a committee. For over a year, they hammered out how they were going to process people in need in Hamilton County.

“In March of ’95, we rolled out the Good Samaritan Network,” she said. “Today we have 262 agencies which include agencies from Indianapolis and surrounding counties that offer services like mental health services, and have a presence in Hamilton County. It’s important to have all of pieces of the puzzle when you have this many people in the county at risk so that you can help a family extensively and keep them from falling into first generation poverty.”

Due the economic downturn that began in 2007, many people have not been able to find another job to replace the one that they had for 20 to 30 years. Chance and her staff have seen an increase of middle class families come in for services. Most of them

had not ever seen a pantry nor did they have a need until now.

Chance explained that the times have been taxing on the families and on the service agencies.

“Many of the guidelines for agencies won’t permit financial support for people on that financial line,” she said. “A family of four making $40,000-45,000 annually is not much if you have a single pay earner in the home. They need to be able to buy food, food for their pets, clothing, pay their mortgage or rent, car payments, bills and pay for things that their kids are involved in. All of these can take their money to a very low ebb. When you go into the grocery stores, you’re seeing higher prices on products, and these families have to make other choices. They are making food choices that are not as nutritious and are seeking out pantries to supplement their income. We’re seeing in the 43 pantries a lot of middle class families are standing in line.”

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we will help them with the rest of it one time a year,” Chance said. “If you can stabilize a family one month out of 12, they can usually catch their footing if they’re employed and keep going. As a taxpayer, we want everybody on the tax paying side of the line. We don’t want all of this entitlement programming that we have seen grow rapidly. It should not be an entitlement program but a partnership. Our families see us as partnering with them and helping them up. A year or two later, we have seen those people give us $25 or whatever, as a contribution to help another family. We are seeing a circle of thinking not that they got something for free but that they were partnering with somebody who helped them keep their family going and now they want to give back because they remember how that hurt.”

The agencies that make up the GSN meet once every month to discuss the needs of Hamilton County and to develop solutions.

Once planned, they execute their protocols and mobilize their resources where they are most needed. Whether for an evicted family, fire victims or any other crisis situation, Chance’s teams are prepared and ready for anything.

“I have trained every pantry in the county, and they are all emergency prepared,”

Chance explained. “I email and prepare our families for bad weather when it looks imminent so that they come to the pantries early and stock up on food and necessities before the storm hits. All of our preparedness and training was put to the test earlier this year. Last April, the Open Door pantry flooded when the levy broke, trapping four workers in the building. They later recalled to me that they heard a funny sound and looked out through the windows and saw the water coming.”

The pantry’s workers were up a little over

four feet of water, and they called 911. The Washington Township Fire Department went in with ropes to rescue them. The pantry put their disaster plan into place and contacted Chance.

“I emailed our network and had over 500 people there the next day,” Chance recalled.

“We staggered the teams and started clean up at 7 a.m. We had the whole place cleaned by 11 p.m. With help from our volunteers and the City of Westfield with dumpsters, they were able to clean up quickly.”

The Open Door pantry was fully functional and up and running, two weeks to the date.

“We received a lot of help from the local communities,” Chance admitted gratefully. “That’s what teamwork does.

When I think about how our agencies and volunteers come together for the greater good, it refreshes my feeling of humanity.

We do direct service to the client but also coordinate services as well. That is what makes the Good Samaritan Network different.”

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At 9 a.m. on Tanksgiving morning before helping themselves to their Tanksgiving meal, 18,000 Hoosiers and their families will serve others frst by participating in the 12th annual Drumstick Dash.

DRUMSTICK DASH from 1,300 for the inaugural race to 18,000 runners and walkers last year. When Chief Development Ofcer Steve Kerr proposed the idea over 12 years ago to hold a race on Tanksgiving Day, he had no idea it would grow to be so popular. Te Drumstick Dash is the second largest in the state, second only to the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon.

Tis race, benefting Wheeler Mission, has grown into one of the top 10 events in the U.S. for Tanksgiving Day running events.

Te most important part of the Drumstick Dash is raising awareness of the services and support that Wheeler Mission provides.

“Tanksgiving is the number one day of Tey have been serving the homeless in the year for races, with July 4th being the Indianapolis for 121 years. Current numbers second most popular,” said Wheeler Mission indicate there are approximately 1,900 Marketing Director Brian Crispin. homeless. With zero government support, 100 percent of their funding is from community Te number of participants has increased support – 80 percent is from individuals and

the remaining 20 percent comes from grants, corporate gifs and fundraising events such as the Drumstick Dash.

With feeding on average 1,000 homeless men, women and children every day at the cost of $2.25 a meal, the seasonal spike is approaching. Te Drumstick Dash is welltimed as the need during the winter months increases dramatically.

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Last year Gov. Pence ran the race, and we had the entire cast of Te Lord of the Rings represented. It is a fun, family-focused event that raises money for a great cause and gets people out early on Tanksgiving to burn some calories before their big meal.”

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Magic and excitement will again permeate the air around Monument Circle, during one of Central Indiana’s most treasured holiday traditions, the Circle of Lights.

Presented by Quality Connection and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) #481, the 52nd Circle of Lights will kick of the holiday season, starting at 6 p.m. Friday, November 28, with a free family-oriented celebration.

From the Friday evening afer Tanksgiving until early January, millions of spectators will take in the brilliant displays around Monument Circle.

In the middle stands the centerpiece, a 284 foot Christmas tree, standing lit as a symbol of peace and brotherhood. Every year I have stood in awe of that, and I have prayed a prayer of thanks for the teams of individuals who have contributed their time to give such joy. I’d like to tell you what just a small percentage of individuals have done behind the scenes for the Circle of Lights.

Decorations on the Monument have been a holiday tradition since 1945. World War II

had just ended, and Christmas was nearing.

Indianapolis architect Edward D. Pierre envisioned the Monument lit up in lights and decorations, standing as a symbol of peace and brotherhood. For the next 17 years, Christmas trees, giant candles and small toy maker shops brightened the Circle’s base, while elegant banners with phrases such as “Peace on Earth Good Will, Toward Men” clung to the Monument’s botom section.

It wasn’t until 1962 Pierre’s vision of lights strung from the top of the Monument to its base became a reality. As I have mentioned, many people and organizations have played a role in designing, fabricating, installing and implementing the celebration décor.

Initially, a group called the Indianapolis Christmas Commitee, or the Indianapolis Holidays Commitee, started the mission of what today is called the Circle of Lights.

Tis mission today is the responsibility of Downtown Indy, Inc. Te union electricians of IBEW #481 have always been the organization to install and remove the décor. Two hundred of these volunteer electricians utilize more than six miles of electrical wire, 52 garland strands and 4,784 lights to produce Indiana’s

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In a chat with Julia Saltsgaver, Quality Connection Executive Director, she told me the electricians work one strand at a time hoisting up the most northern strand frst.

Ten the most southern strand goes next.

Te project continues with this north-tosouth rotation going in a counter-clockwise direction until completed. By handling the strands in this manner, great care is taken to protect the structure and integrity of the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in the transformation process.

“Te contractors of Quality Connection and the IBEW #481 electrical workers are thrilled to provide their talent and skill to make sure that the Circle of Lights brings holiday joy for everyone,” Saltsgaver said.

Te free celebration festivities start at 6 p.m. with the televised portion of the program running from 7-8 p.m. Te Monument lightup will occur at approximately 7:50 p.m.

Te celebration incorporates local acts from dancers to choral groups, to singers and musicians, all of whom were selected back in early October from a panel of judges in a format similar to the American Idol auditions.

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For the third year in a row, the nine member band from Mount Pleasant Christian Church, led by Brian Tabor, has been selected as the house band. Based out of Greenwood, the group will rock the night away with Christmas tunes in a variety of styles, including R&B, pop and classic rock.

“Yes,” she said, smiling. “We are also excited to have Indy’s own Josh Kaufman, 2014 winner of Te Voice, to headline the Circle of Lights. Additionally, professional performers appearing at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s IPL Yuletide Celebration will take the stage. It’s going to be a spectacular show!”

“We are honored to serve as the house band for Circle of Lights again this year.

Our team is hard at work, preparing music that will help us ring in the season of Christmas,” said Tabor. “We are thrilled to be a part of such a special event in the life of our city. It has become one of the highlights of our year. If you have never been to the Circle of Lights, I encourage you to check it out. It is an unbelievable experience.”

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More beer is sold, and hardly any beer is wasted. Te customers beneft from shorter lines, the perfectly poured beer and a reward souvenir magnet for drinking all their ale.

Even advertisers can beneft by placing their logo onto the magnets.

Banker’s Life Fieldhouse is an example of how Botoms Up can beneft a venue. With the Botoms Up System, their beer sales increased by 30 percent, their mixed drinks increased by 30 percent and they did it with nine less kegs.

It’s genius!

Tat’s exactly how I would describe Springer – genius. He never fnished college – not because he couldn’t, but rather because he didn’t need to. He invented the product, created the business and even developed the assembly lines.

But that doesn’t mean he didn’t encounter obstacles.

“Doing something that’s never been done before and geting people to understand and wrap their minds around it [was a challenge],” Springer said. “For example, it was difcult to fnd a manufacturer for the dispenser or cups, so we decided to just do it ourselves.”

Botoms Up dispensers have found residence in 49 states (except stubborn Rhode Island), Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Scandinavia, Germany, Norway and soon the UK. Growth is in the future for GrinOn Industries, according to Springer. Tey are also working on producing reusable glassware and pitchers for their systems and expanding their home units (yes, you can have a system in your basement!) and commercial sales. Tey are currently in a fundraising stage and looking for accredited investors.

I encourage you to check out their website at BotomsUpBeer.com, at the very least, for a visual of how the system works.

Cheers!

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ack in the day, you did not want to wait for the draft notice,” said World War II and Korean War veteran Eddie Mode.

So he and a few of his buddies joined the Navy in 1945, three days after his 17th birthday. Mode was placed with the 137th Navy Seabees during WWII. After training, his unit was deployed to the Pacific theater where they came ashore upon the beaches of Okinawa. Mode and his Seabee unit were with the 1st and 6th Marine division on the second day of the campaign, April 2nd, 1945.

The Seabees were the contractors in charge of the infrastructure of the military operations. The Seabees were given a task of building an airstrip. Typically this would not be a problem, however the location was on a beach.

“The Army Corps of Engineers told us it was impossible, so we completed the task in a month,” Mode said.

This feat of determination was awarded with a Presidential Citation.

The Seabees accomplished this task by first spreading out coral with bulldozers, crushing it with steamrollers, then they laid interlocking metal grids together over the crushed coral. The impossible became possible with these brave and courageous men, who literally worked under fire.

The airstrip was strategically critical for the war effort, for the location allowed the US Navy fighter planes easier access to the Japanese mainland. In addition to building this airstrip, the Seabees also brought installations to shore such as bombs, ammunition and other needed supplies.

Eddie Mode and sailors One of Mode’s first of seemingly countless brushes with celebrities during his lifetime happened just a week after the war ended. Mode was a passenger aboard a Marine cargo plane that was piloted by Tyrone Power. Mode recalls that it was a C46.

“Here was this famous actor but he was serving his country like the rest of us,” said Mode.

Mode was flown by Powers from Okinawa to the Japanese mainland.

Within a couple weeks of the Japanese surrender, Mode’s Seabee unit was disbanded. Many of the drafted men were shipped back home, but since he had enlisted for 4 years with the Navy, he was re-assigned. Mode was “Shanghai’d”. This meant he was re-assigned to the fleet aboard a Landing Ship, Tank in Shanghai.

After sailing around the Pacific, traveling where needed during the post-war occupation, Mode finally found his way back to Indiana.

Originally from Muncie, he loved playing basketball. The courts closest to him were part of the US Military Reserves. In order to play basketball on those courts, he had to re-enlist. So he joined the Navy Reserves for the simple pleasure of playing basketball. Not

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long after re-enlisting, Mode was surprised that his reserve unit was called up to active duty.

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“I found myself in the Korean War simply because I loved basketball,” said Mode.

He was assigned to the USS Missouri, which shipped out of Norfolk and made its way through the Panama Canal and sailed on to Korea.

The USS Missouri, and its sister ships the USS Iowa, the USS New Jersey and the USS Wisconsin, were a force to be reckoned with.

The hull construction was armor upon armor and the guns were the most powerful at the time. Each gun was 16 inches in diameter with each shell weighing 1 ton.

Every shell contained 625 pounds of gun powder.

“Those years in the Navy were the best times of my life and I don’t regret it for a minute,” said Mode.

Having served aboard the USS Missouri, Mode naturally became a member of the USS Missouri Association. The deck of the USS Missouri has historic significance, of course, for that is where the Japanese surrendered, ending WWII. After its last deployment during the Gulf War, the USS Missouri battleship was sent to Bremerton, Washington to be scrapped.

The USS Missouri Association, headquartered in Tennessee, rallied to buy the ship from the US Government for $1. The USS Missouri Association was then responsible for paying the relocation fee of approximately $5 million to transport the ship to Pearl Harbor. That note was paid off 18 months ago.

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Not long after the Korean War, Mode and his family moved to Florida. In Cocoa Beach, he owned a few nightclubs that entertained NASA astronauts with the top talent of the day.

“I knew all the players,” said Mode. “I was there the night Hank Aaron hit is 714th home run. What an exciting moment!”

“Cher, the Smothers Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Jr. are a few of the acts we had at The Maverick,” said Mode.

Mode then moved to Las Vegas where he was an odds-maker and bookie. His company name was none other than “Fast Eddie”. Mode developed quite the reputation and was sought after to teach classes on sports gambling at a local community college.

All of the original seven U.S. astronauts found themselves at Mode’s club along with Walter Cronkite and other notables of the era.

Mode claims that Cronkite came into the bar every night he was in town for the lunar launch.

Moving back to Indiana in the ‘90s, Mode, along with his daughter, Sandy, opened Eddie’s Cafe. He made the soups, and Sandy made the desserts. It closed this past summer, much to the dismay of the patrons.

A decade later, NASA began laying off workers. The Mode family moved to Atlanta, where Mode managed the Stadium Club for the Atlanta Braves.

“Several factors went into the decision to close the cafe,” said Mode.

The cafe was as much a museum as it was a wonderful lunch spot.

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Bridge built on Okinawa The giant model of the USS Missouri is now at Ginger’s in Noblesville, and many of the photos that adorned the walls were given to friends and family or kept by Mode.

In the last couple of decades, Mode has focused his efforts on an orphanage in Nicaragua. He claims that the best thing to happen to him aside from his own children, is his involvement with this orphanage. His daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Doug Ehrgott, helped facilitate Mode’s involvement through the Nicaragua Resource Network. With all of his hospitality and cooking prowess, and Mode’s love of feeding people, the kitchens have been named in his honor. To date, he has made 63 mission trips to Nicaragua, loving every moment and every child.

When I first met Mode a couple years ago, it was in Sam’s Club in Fishers. My youngest son is obsessed with the USS Missouri and I do my best to express my gratitude to every serviceman/ woman I encounter. I love seeing the blue hats with the gold embroidery on the WWII, Korean and Vietnam veterans, so I go out of my way to shake their hand. Upon seeing a familiar blue hat at a distance near the dairy case, I got my chance to offer gratitude to this man. As I approached, he turned around, I read “USS MISSOURI” on his hat and nearly freaked out in the store.

He told me about Eddie’s Cafe and to come up with my son to let him see the model ship and of course, to eat. But, Mode told me, he was heading to Nicaragua in a couple weeks to “walk one of his girls down the aisle”. I was touched. I was so impressed by this amazing man who has led an incredible life, and he added, “Honey, I was a bit of a scoundrel in my day.”

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There are currently four flavors of the Petality drinks with hopes of creating more in the near future!

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John and wife, also co-founder of Petality, Alecia Burkhardt with their daughter AnnaBelle and founder Andrea Burkhardt showing off a few of their bottled products.

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onceiving an idea happens rarely, acting on an idea even less frequently. The smallest percent of ideas are seen to fruition. The Burkhardt family is in this smallest percent.

The Burkhardt family of Fishers are entrepreneurs who developed their idea into a fledgling enterprise that is starting to make a name for itself in the foodie world. Their company, Petality, produces organic flower beverages such as rose, hibiscus and lavender tisanes, as well as palm soda. The company was selected as the grand prize winner in the start-up category at the Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge held on July 30 at the Ivy Tech School of Culinary Arts.

Chosen from more than 80 entries of food artisans, their concept was awarded: $2,000 in seed money from Reliable Water Services, $1,250 of kitchen design services from Zesco.com and business and marketing plan software from the Indiana Small Business Development Center.

The brother and sister team of John and Andrea Burkhardt co-founded the company and John’s wife, Alecia, offers support as their social media expert. Together they came up with the name Petality, which is a blend of the words petals and vitality. Rich in Vitamin C and phytonutrients, the drinks are touted as having the health benefit of aiding the body to continue to function properly by maintaining healthy cholesterol levels and preventing disease.

The Burkhardt family moved to Fishers in 1988 and John and Andrea attended Hamilton Southeastern schools. During their teen years, both siblings enjoyed drinking tea. Later, while traveling through Asia and Europe, they were exposed to tisanes, which are beverages made from brewing flower petals. Similar to the process of making a cup of tea, steeping petals releases the aroma, color and flavor of the flowers they come from. A long time natural health enthusiast, John was also intrigued with the history behind tisanes. For hundreds of years they were valued for the promotion of vitality and were the prized drink of kings and queens.

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The idea of bottling and selling the fragrant brewed tisanes began to dawn on the Burkhardts and, after much investigation and research, they established Petality in the summer of 2013. Billed as the world’s only organic flower beverage company, it produces beverages totally brewed from flower petals and buds, not extracts or concentrates. The drinks Petality produce are totally natural with no added color or flavors. John calls the product, “Beauty in a bottle with health benefits."

The family was encouraged to enter the Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge from contacts they had made at the Indiana Small Business Development Center. After they were selected as a finalist, they were featured in an “Indy Style” segment on local television news station WISH Channel 8.

Since winning the contest, they have been overwhelmed by the response from retailers such as Trader’s Point Creamery and Whole Foods in California, who would like to carry their product. They are looking forward to full unveiling of their company this spring.

Visit their website at stopanddrinktheflowers.com.

Brother and sister and founders of Petality, John and Andrea Burkhardt.

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