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Recently, a couple stopped by the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce office to pick up some information on Plainfield. The couple grew up here and had just moved back after having been away for nearly 40 years. They were simply amazed at how much the town had grown.

According to 2020 Census data, Hendricks County is the third fastest-growing county in Indiana. Plainfield, Avon and Brownsburg are all in the top 15 fastest-growing cities and towns.

With a population of nearly 35,000, Plainfield is the largest town in Hendricks County.

The continued growth of the town can be attributed to the value its residents place on community, quality education, and the diverse industrial, commercial and business sectors.

Years ago the Plainfield Town Council decided on a strategy for creating an industrial and commercial district at the east end of the town near Indianapolis International Airport. The strategy has paid off.

During the 1990s the district established itself as one of the premier sites not only in the central Indiana area, but also the entire Midwest. In the last 10 years this reputation has led to tremendous growth in Plainfield in commercial, industrial and residential development.

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Along with the Town of Plainfield and the Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership, we have helped both large and small businesses get a start in Plainfield.

Most people are often surprised to learn that chambers are not government agencies,

and receive no state, federal or county funds. In a nutshell, chambers are not-forprofit agencies whose purpose is to provide services to their membership and promote business, economic development and involvement in the community.

Some of the functions of the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce include the following: • Serving members and the public, including welcoming tourists and new members of the community. The chamber distributes welcome bags to all new and relocating residents quarterly.

• Supporting and promoting local businesses and services. The chamber’s online directory averages more than 6,500,000 business and organization referrals per year.

• Offering networking and education opportunities for members, including monthly member meetings, small groups and after-hour events.

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Bonds of Brotherhood Russell Broughton Talks Military Career and Post-Service Life

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of 2003 he was deployed to Afghanistan.

Before that, in April of 2003, he married Kristi, whom he had known since high school.

Center, where he stayed for two months.

Though there was a level of fear in re-enlisting for a fourth deployment, Broughton wanted to serve his country for In total, Broughton served four tours in Iraq. as long as he was physically able to do so.

His first deployment was 14 months long.

“I can’t say my wife was overjoyed that I re“When I came back, the Army was enlisted after I was hurt,” says Broughton, reshuffling how they did things, organizing who was gone four out of the first eight “My mom’s dad was in the Air Force and their combat teams as they were trying to years they were married. was a Morse code guy,” Broughton says. “My figure out how to deal with two wars at one dad’s dad was infantry in World War II so I time,” Broughton says.

Broughton was in a wheelchair at first as he was intrigued.” rehabbed his way back to mobility. When He got back in October of 2004 and was he was stationed in California in 2013, he Broughton joined the Army on September deployed again in June of 2005. A year later struggled physically because the infantry is a 3, 2001, just eight days before 9/11 rocked in June of 2006, he was riding in a vehicle strenuous job that requires a lot of running our world. when it was hit by an improvised explosive and carrying. device. Unconscious for an hour and a half, “That changed the whole scope of my he then remained hospitalized in Iraq for “My injuries caught up to me and I could career,” says Broughton, who graduated two weeks. When he redeployed for the no longer physically do what I used to, so from basic training in January of 2002, then third time, he was once again injured when I decided to get my hip fixed,” Broughton went to Airborne School at Fort Benning says. a truck bomb was driven through the front where he learned how to jump out of an gate of his base and detonated. Broughton airplane. Following that training, he was He was thrown a curveball, however, when fractured his pelvis and was medevacked stationed in New York, and in September routine blood work revealed that he had to Walter Reed National Military Medical After graduating from high school, Russell Broughton went to Indiana State University for a year, but he never really felt like college was a great fit. Then one day, out of the blue, an Army recruiter called and encouraged him to enlist.

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focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a condition in which filters in one’s kidneys wear down and stop working. In short, his kidneys were functioning at 40%.

“This was a huge surprise,” says Broughton, who was just 32 at the time. Once he learned how sick he was, surgery to fix his hip was off the table. The doctor told him it was a matter of time before his kidneys failed. Because the condition was irreversible, in December of 2013 Broughton was medically retired from the Army. By March of 2014, he was extremely ill.

“I was exhausted and nauseated every day,” Broughton says. “My ankles and calves swelled because I was retaining fluid, and my skin was gray.”

In May of 2014 he started dialysis at a veterans hospital, where he was the youngest patient by 25 years.

“Dialysis is way more difficult than anything I ever did in the Army,” Broughton says.

Though he desperately needed a new kidney, he wouldn’t let his wife be a donor because he knew his condition could be passed on,

and he wanted to be sure that if one of his daughters had issues, Kristi could potentially be a good match. His parents and several friends got tested, but no luck. In February of 2015 he got an infection in his port and ended up in the hospital with sepsis. Within two days, he was at death’s door.

He was on a transplant list, but he knew full well how many people die while awaiting a transplant. Though it was a long shot, he posted a plea on Facebook requesting a donor.

“It was my Hail Mary pass,” he says.

His condition improved enough for him to be discharged from the hospital, but he was still hurting greatly. Three months passed and then one day a man named Andrew Coughlan, another Army veteran who had served with him during his first deployment, contacted him.

“I saw your post on Facebook,” Coughlan said at the time. “I’ve been doing these tests without you knowing, because I didn’t want you to get your hopes up. Turns out, I’m a match.”

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The two men had been in the same company but had served on different missions. They didn’t go to basic training together or serve in the same platoon. Still, despite not being close, they were brothers. Coughlan told Broughton that during the motor attack that left Broughton wounded, Coughlan’s sergeant passed away, but not before shielding Coughlan with his body, thus saving Coughlan’s life. Donating his kidney to a fellow soldier was his way of paying it forward.

In May of 2016, Coughlan flew up from Florida for the transplant.

“It immediately took and I’ve had no issues,” says Broughton, who couldn’t be more thankful for Coughlan’s selflessness.

“He saved my life and provided me with the ability to see my kids grow up.”

His girls, Abigail and Sophia, are now 17 and 13 respectively.

During his time in the military, he received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star Medal, a high-level honor given for outstanding leadership.

Though Broughton will forever appreciate the brotherhood of the military, he admits that it was difficult trying to be a father and a husband while also having to go to war.

“I had to come home to my daughters and wife and be kind and attentive to their needs, then a week later go into a war zone and make split-second decisions that could cost somebody their life,” Broughton says.

“It’s almost like I had to be two people.”

Serving in a war undoubtedly affects anyone, and often soldiers feel like they have to stuff down their emotions despite struggling on the inside.

“For me personally, I’ve lost just as many soldier friends to suicide as I have to combat,” Broughton says. “It’s been seven years I’ve been out of the military, and friends are still taking their lives.”

He describes the infantry as a proud division whose members are often reluctant to seek help.

“It was frowned upon to ask for help years ago, but people are now realizing this is a huge problem,” Broughton says. “It took me getting blown through a wall and fracturing my pelvis to admit that I have some issues I needed to talk about. It shouldn’t take something catastrophic to reach out for mental health help.”

As he was getting dialysis, he went back to school to earn his college degree. Now he’s a staff accountant at the Kemper CPA Group. He’s also a homebody who enjoys watching movies and spending time with family.

“I’m not a fan of crowds,” Broughton says.

“That was true even before COVID.” As for future plans, mostly he’s just excited to watch his kids grow up.

“Kristi and I put everything we have into our daughters,” Broughton says. “That’s what matters most.”

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Every year millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, many of which are to eat better, go on a diet or lose weight. There are many fad diets that circulate, but many are usually abandoned come February. Instead, I recommend focusing on small things you can change in your everyday life to eat better and feel better year round.

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e all have routines and rhythms that work well for us. Maybe yours is morning coffee before the family gets up. Maybe it’s a long walk in the evenings. One of my own routines is to rest on Sunday from my workouts and runs. I try to walk, do yoga and, in general, relax and let my body recover from a week of tough workouts and parenting full time.

However, I have struggled with anxiety for many years, and in recent weeks it has been a bigger struggle than normal.

What does that mean for me? It means my guilt over every little thing I spend time on, or don’t have time for, is in overdrive. It means I struggle to make simple decisions, let alone big ones. It

means I stress over that thing I said or did weeks ago that I shouldn’t have said or done. It means constantly feeling like my chest is heavy and forcing myself to take deep breaths.

Usually I can stay on top of this anxiety, but lately it’s been tough. I sense I’m not alone in this. We could blame the oppressive summer heat or the full moon, but in reality it’s clear that heightened political awareness, a global pandemic, as well as impossible decisions like whether we should send our kids back to school, are looming and cannot be avoided. If I had a dollar for every time my husband and I wondered, “Can we just ignore everything going on?” we’d be packing for Belize.

Recently, I spent a Sunday during which I simply could not rest.

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The jittery anxiety was at a fever pitch, and I needed to ditch it somewhere. Walking, yoga and relaxing were just not options, so I laced up my shoes for a run, even in the heat of the Indiana sun. It was a long, hard, sweaty six-mile run. My music was blaring, my feet were pounding, and for the first time in a while, I felt like I could leave my cares at home, even if it was just for an hour.

While the rhythm of rest works for me, so does the rhythm of movement.

When you see people post their workouts, a run they completed or a project they accomplished, remember that many of them are doing it for their mental health. Many are doing it because it’s the one thing they can control. Many are doing it because the roads

or the gym are their safe place, where they can just be themselves.

Many are doing it for the release of stress and for the endorphins that keep them afloat. Many have a tough time taking a day off because it feels like skipping their anti-anxiety meds. Many are doing it for bigger reasons than you might think.

We post our workouts for the same reasons any of us post anything - we feel proud. We want to inspire others. We want to share a big moment. We want to put a stone down in the sand to remind ourselves that we can do this, one day at a time.

So can you. We are all in this together. We have tools - movement, sunshine, gratitude, community, service to others, and even a simple cup of coffee. Use them, and reach out for help if you need it.

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The new year promises to be full of new and exciting things at the PlainfieldGuilford Township Public Library. The library leaders will be unveiling the new Library On the Go van in the spring of 2022. This vehicle will provide several valuable services to the community, such as a mobile computer lab, pickup and drop-off for library materials, school visits, as well as checkout service for library materials.

Four new self-checkout units will be installed in early 2022. These new devices will have large display screens, sleek design and full payment integration.

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Passes for free admission to local museums and attractions will be available for checkout. Passes to the Indiana State Museum, the Eiteljorg Museum and Indiana Historical Society will be available. The library leaders most recently added a pass to the Rhythm!

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Community members are welcome to participate in the first-ever Plainfield History Harvest from January 21 through 23. Stop by the Indiana Room any time during the History Harvest to share and scan historical documents pertaining to Plainfield such as deeds, wills, photographs, newspaper clippings and more.

The library has a fantastic lineup of programs scheduled for 2022. “Crispus Attucks: From the Beginning” will be presented on February 17 at 6:30 p.m. for Black History Month. The program will be presented by Robert Chester, curator of the Crispus Attucks Museum in Indianapolis.

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Trusted by more moms than anyone else in Indiana.

When you’re having a baby, highly skilled care you can trust changes everything. In Indiana, more moms trust Indiana University Health to deliver their babies than anyone else in the state. We give moms-to-be our unwavering commitment to compassionate, safe and quality care — plus access to in-person or virtual visits, based on their needs. Moms give our highly skilled OB/GYNs 4.8 out of 5 stars. Moms know best.

Find your highly skilled OB/GYN at iuhealth.org/moms

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Our Safe Care Pledge Rest assured your safety is our utmost priority. At IU Health, we want to assure you that we are taking thoughtful steps to make sure our spaces remain safe for everyone.

How we’re keeping you safe at each IU Health care facility: ■

A universal mask policy

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Social distancing

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Limited waiting room time

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Continually disinfecting