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A WORK OF ART: 7TH ANNUAL PLAINFIELD-GUILFORD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY ARTS GALA RETURNS APRIL 26-28

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Hearing a click in your hip can be worrisome for anyone. But for Deb, who’s active all day as head coach of the DePauw University women’s volleyball team, it was especially concerning.

That’s why she turned to the sports medicine and orthopedic experts at Hendricks Regional Health. After learning that anterior hip replacement was her best option, Deb had surgery — and was back on her feet in just days.

Deb’s also back on the court, setting the Tigers up for even more success. And she knows with the support of Hendricks, she can keep leading her team as they dig, spike, block and enjoy the game they love.

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Milk & Honey Brings French-Style Bakery to Plainfield Writer / Jamie Hergott Photography Provided

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hen Jenna Tucker was four years old, she told her mom she wanted to open a bakery. At the ripe young age of 26, she did just that right in the heart of Plainfield.

Last June, Tucker opened Milk & Honey, a French-style bakery popular for its croissants, macaroons and full coffee bar. Tucker and her husband searched tediously to find the perfect spot.

When Sweet M’s Boutique moved out of the 100-year-old building on the corner of Main Street and Vine, Tucker felt it was the perfect spot. They bought the place and refurbished it into a quaint and simple bakery with rustic benches, chalkboard menus and white subway tile. They opened the bakery in June of 2017.

The display case reveals warm and gooey pastries, multi-colored macaroons, morning buns dripping with frosty goodness and, of course, Tucker’s favorite item on the menu, the vanilla croissant.

“There’s a funny story behind that croissant,” Tucker says. “We had so many people ask us constantly if we sold donuts. So one day, I said, ‘alright, I am going to put out a croissant that is basically a glazed donut.’ And now they are one of our most popular items.”

What’s funny is that while the vanilla croissant is Tucker’s favorite item, technically the entire menu is her favorite.

“I was trying to come up with what we wanted to sell,” Tucker says. “I knew it would be French style, but we had a small space and it needed to be a limited menu. So I picked my favorite things to bake. And that became the menu.”

The menu is delectable and features items like double chocolate shortbread, chocolate chunk cookies, muffins, brownies, seasonal flavor tarts, éclair and cream puffs and morning buns. Each item is baked fresh each day, with a baker arriving at 4:30 a.m. to get the pastries started. While they look and taste like perfection, it’s hard to believe that Tucker never went to culinary school.

She earned her undergrad at Johnson University in Knoxville and her Master’s degree online at Liberty.

“Everything I learned in the kitchen was self-taught or on the job,” Tucker says.

She grew up watching The Food Network, especially the Barefoot Contessa. But make no mistake, she doesn’t enjoy cooking. It’s just the baking that has her heart.

“I love to bake,” Tucker says. “I have always loved how such simple ingredients can make something so flaky and delicious. I love the technique behind it.”

Samantha Kershaw joined Milk & Honey last May as a barista but is now a baker. She also grew up loving to cook and bake, and when she saw that the bakery was hiring, she jumped at the chance to work there. Over the past year, she has learned more about baking, specifically macaroons.

“It’s just a really good group of people here,” Kershaw says. “We are all friends and have a lot of fun when we are here. There’s a lot of freedom and creativity.”

Kershaw, a student at IUPUI, feels that Milk & Honey brings a new kind of space to Plainfield and to Hendricks County as a whole.

“It brings more of a community space,” Kershaw says. “Students come here to study, people come here to meet up with old friends.

It’s just a cool space to hang out and a really good environment.”

Milk & Honey may be a tiny bakery, but they have the capacity to cater any size crowd given enough notice, having served several weddings last summer.

As she runs her bakery, Tucker focus on three main values: honesty, kindness and quality. She deeply believes in being honest and open about the ingredients they use at Milk & Honey and being transparent about their processes.

Tucker also has dreamed of her bakery being a welcoming place in the community for people in all walks of life. Being from North Carolina, she typically welcomes customers with a, “Hey, ya’ll!”

Quality is the cornerstone of Tucker’s products and her services.

“Quality is incredibly important to me,” Tucker adds. “When you put out a lot of one item, you lose focus. I try to give everyone the mindset of paying attention to each individual item I put out and what makes it unique. We do try our best to use the highest quality things we can find, even down to the flour.”

While it is a dream come true, running Milk & Honey hasn’t come without its challenges. Tucker says it’s been a bit tough introducing the community to an entirely new concept of coffee and pastries.

“It’s been challenging to get people to choose a small business over a chain for coffee or pastries,” Tucker says. “We try to feel out what the customers want but also introduce completely new products.”

One thing that brings Tucker the most joy is hearing customers taste the food and enjoy the company of their friends and family in her bakery. Recently, a child dining there with her family screamed, “Woo hoo!” after biting into a chocolate chunk cookie from the menu.

“I told my husband there’s a specific bakery in North Carolina and to this day I think about the donut I had from there as a kid, and I would go to great lengths to get it,” Tucker says. “The fact that I could make a cookie that 20 years from now some kid will think about is really cool to me.”

Milk & Honey is located at 111 S Vine St in Plainfield. You can give them a call at 317-406-3955 or visit them online at milkhoneybakery. com for more information.

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Sycamore Services Local Organization Fosters Confidence & Independence In Those With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities they began serving students with a wider variety of disabilities.”

As these children grew into adults, it was clear that additional services were needed. That’s how the employment services division got started. Sycamore Services branched beyond Hendricks County several decades ago and now serves close to 30 counties in central and southern Indiana.

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Times have changed, and that’s a good thing. Sixty years ago, those with developmental delays didn’t get much, if any, assistance to help them along the way in life. But in Hendricks County, at least, that all changed in the late 1950s when several families in Danville who had children with special needs joined forces to create an organization that would offer services to their sons and daughters. The group was formalized in 1959, and additional families joined.

Now known as Sycamore Services, Inc., it is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization devoted to providing individualized training and services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities by increasing their independence and enhancing their quality of life.

“In 1959, most of the children had intellectual disabilities,” says Aimee Ketterer, Sycamore Service’s Director of Community Relations & Business Solutions. “But as the needs and issues facing the kids in the group grew and changed, the group grew and changed, and

The organization provides a variety of services — everything from a First Steps program, which provides speech, physical, behavioral and occupational therapy to those up to age 18 to transition planning for older students, which are essentially supported internships where students learn job skills and work in the real world during their senior year. They have partnered with the state of Indiana government center downtown for Project Search.

“We had one student who went through the program working for Suzanne Crouch, an auditor for the state,” Ketterer says. “When Suzanne moved to the Lt. Governor’s office, she invited him to move with her because she said he was one of the best hires she’s ever had.”

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Ketterer says they hear that same sentiment from many of their employers who are impressed with the work ethic they see from those with special needs.

“People with disabilities take their jobs extremely seriously and are very enthusiastic about doing a great job,” Ketterer says. “We hear time and again that they are among the best employees because their attitude is outstanding.”

Sycamore Services also offers a Day Series program, which is a type of supported work center that is designed for those who are more severely affected by their disability and therefore require more assistance on a regular basis.

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The supported Work Center is in between Day Services and Employment Services.

About 70 adults come to the work center every day to learn job skills such as sorting, counting and packaging. It’s considered pre-vocational. Though some stay in the Work Center for decades, others ultimately transition into Employment Services and eventually land jobs in the community.

Sycamore Services also provides residential services for those who require some assistance with cooking, cleaning, budgeting and managing medical appointments. Finally, they provide respite care for primary caregivers so they can have a few-hour break to shop or just take time for themselves.

“People with disabilities are just like you and me in that they want to be a part of community and hold down a meaningful job,” Ketterer says. “They want to get up, go to work, be productive, live a normal life and have as much freedom as possible.”

Job coaches (called employment consultants) at Sycamore Services work one-on-one with applicants for a “discovery period” where they carefully prescreen applicants for employers to determine the best environment for them. The applicants may do some job shadowing, practice interviewing, conduct a skills assessment and even do a trial run with an employer.

“We identify their skills and interests and learn what motivates them,” Ketterer says.

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do you want to do?’

“We want to help them grow and become more independent so we listen carefully to what they say,” Ketterer adds.

For instance, if somebody expresses an interest in washing dishes at a restaurant but they don’t have the speed necessary to work in a fast-paced environment, the job coach will assess their skills and guide them into something similar that is a better fit. The whole point is to help ensure that the applicant succeeds.

Last fall they placed a bright student named Ben in the kitchen of an assisted living facility. Though he had a photographic memory, he was directionally challenged, which made it difficult to deliver meal trays to residents given the number of hallways that all looked the same. Ben’s supervisors came up with a numbering system, labeling the food trays to correspond with the hallways, and it worked beautifully.

“The staff is thrilled and so is Ben,” Ketterer says. His supervisor told Ketterer that Ben says he wants to work there forever. He’s found his home.

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“When we’re able to match up someone to a job that’s a great fit, it’s a beautiful situation all the way around,” Ketterer says.

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“Especially when you consider that we’re building confidence in these individuals because sometimes they have abilities that they, themselves, can’t see until we identify them.”

Ketterer shares the story of a nonverbal gentleman with autism who possessed an amazing ability for numbers and number sequences. He was placed in a role where he was able to identify a major computer glitch within the state’s system because he had memorized number sequences as he was doing data entry.

Anna is a true success story as she moved into her own apartment where she cooks her own food, does her own laundry and makes her own bed.

“He recognized that these numbers had come through before and that it was a huge programming error,” Ketterer says.

One of Ketterer’s favorite stories is of Anna, a woman in her mid-30s with Down Syndrome who started out working with Sycamore’s Day Services with the long-term goal of finding a job and living on her own.

“After a few years of working in Day Services, her personality started to bloom,” Ketterer says.

She landed a job bussing tables at Chili’s and this past year was promoted to hostess.

“She’s so excited that she gets to work up front and greet people as they come in,” Ketterer says. “She has the neatest personality. She’ll talk your ear off, which is funny when you think of how shy she was initially.”

“Think about how differently things would have gone for someone like Anna 50 years ago,” Ketterer says. “A lot of people never would have given her a chance. She might have been institutionalized or lived with family her whole life and no one would have given it a second thought. It’s amazing how far we’ve come and the opportunities we’ve been able to provide for people with special needs. Because it’s not all about the disabilities. They really do have amazing abilities.”

Sycamore Services, Inc. is located at 1001 Sycamore Lane in Danville. For more information, visit sycamoreservices.com or call 317-745-4715.

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Lindsay Knez has had a passion for working with children with autism since she was a teenager. She worked her way through college as a Community Living Specialist at a group home for children with autism. During this time, she discovered that many children with autism struggle with communication, which prompted her choice to pursue a career as a speech-language pathologist. After earning her master’s degree in speech-language pathology, she felt blessed to find a position at a large residential facility for children with autism. Her caseload consisted of approximately 60 children with severe autism during her years at this facility.

“I took pride in helping the children find their “voice” whether it was through speech, PECS or a communication device,” Lindsay says.

“However, problem behaviors often interfered with learning during therapy, which is why I returned to school to become a boardcertified behavior analyst or BCBA.” Lindsay always had a passion to own a business similar to where she worked in college, a place that could holistically serve children.

After driving past an old farmhouse for sale in Brownsburg for two years with a dream to serve kids, she and her husband, Frank, knew it was the perfect place. In January 2015, they opened K1ds Count LLC with a goal to provide pediatric speech, occupational, physical and ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy services.

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primarily for ABA, speech and occupational therapy. The couple soon realized, however, that the needs of the community were much bigger than what just one house could serve.

“We felt a calling to do more so that we could help as many families as possible,” Frank says.

Today, K1ds Count has grown from a farmhouse into a small campus of blue buildings on Main Street in Brownsburg with a second facility in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Together the two locations serve approximately 100 children in the autism services program and approximately 300 children within the outpatient speech, occupational and physical therapy program.

K1ds Count’s ABA and autism services program focuses on teaching children speech, language, social, play and daily living skills while also decreasing barriers to learning through consistent application of ABA principles and strategies. Each building on the K1ds Count campus simulates different settings, including an actual house as well as two other buildings with classrooms, to assist in generalizing skills to the natural environment. The children have many opportunities to engage in group learning with peers throughout the day.

“We look to add an additional classroom to Brownsburg this year,” Lindsay says.

All children with autism in the ABA program also receive speech and occupational therapy regardless of insurance coverage. A collaborative approach to serving each child is such an important part of the K1ds Count mission. It takes a whole team to reach each milestone, big and small. That team consists of the child, family, RBT (registered behavior technician), BCBA, speech therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist and teacher.

“We want our therapists to feel that they have not just a team, but an extended family at K1ds Count,” Frank says. “They lean on each other each day to serve not only children and families but also each other."

K1ds Count cares about each team member’s personal and professional development as well as their feedback to continue making K1ds Count the best employment experience possible.

Each quarter, K1ds Count administers anonymous surveys to gain feedback from all team members.

“That feedback has really taken our culture to the next level,” Frank says.

Throughout the year, K1ds Count hosts multiple events that are open to all children — children at K1ds Count as well as all children in the community. For instance, they invite the APRIL 2019

“Lindsay and I want to thank all of the

community to Fall Fest, Bubble Day and Doughnuts with Santa (which attracted a whopping 250 people in 2018).

“It is important for us to be invested in the community we serve,” Lindsay says.

In addition, K1ds Count provides parent training for families at K1ds Count and will soon provide open house training for all parents in the community. These trainings include BCBAs, speech therapists, occupational therapists and physical therapists as well dentists, dietitians, financial specialists and more. The training consist of booths that focus on a variety of topics related to autism.

“Parent training is a fundamental part of our program,” Lindsay says.

“It is important for parents to attend the group and community training we put on, but we also provide individualized training on the child’s treatment and behavior intervention plans at the center.”

Frank and Lindsay, parents to sons Franklin (4) and twins Asher and Oscar (3), are sure to also keep K1ds Count moms and dads in the loop through daily communication with therapists, monthly newsletters and social media.

“It’s important that parents know and understand the goals that their child is working on as well as what goes into that behavior intervention plan so they can carry those out outside of this environment,” Frank adds. “The end goal is for the child to be successful at home, at school and in the community.”

Through the years, Frank and Lindsay have witnessed a transformation in the children they have served.

Kids may come into therapy at K1ds Count without basic communication, play or social skills. These difficulties lead to frustration and sometimes problem behaviors. Give them time at APRIL 2019

parents that trust our Team to serve their child and recognize our Team of talented, caring, hard working, and committed people that allow K1ds Count to provide quality services, be a purposeful and fulfilling working environment, and positively impact our local communities."

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K1ds Count, however, and that can change. Though every child walks a different path, many see improvement. In fact, many children have transitioned out of therapy and successfully into a school setting. Also, several of their older children participate in vocational opportunities at the 1911 Grill in Speedway, helping with various restaurant tasks.

Another helped the Brownsburg Parks & Recreation Department plant flowers last summer.

Lindsay has one student whom she has worked with since he was seven years old, before K1ds Count even existed.

“He proudly tells people he was the first K1ds Count kid,” Lindsay says. “Now he drives a car and has grown to become a peer mentor.

Last year, he was employed here for his first real summer job. That was really cool to see.”

Over time, Frank and Lindsay have established strong partnerships with the Brownsburg School Corporation, the Town, the Parks & Recreation Department and, of course, all of the K1ds Count families.

“No one organization can do it alone,” Frank says. “It’s been an overwhelmingly welcoming experience, and, going forward, we want to make things even better.”

K1ds Count is located at 1353 E. Main Street in Brownsburg. For more information, visit kidscounttherapy.com.

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April bring us 30 days of pure gardening heaven, you know why? Because you are in the honeymoon phase, with dreams of all the good things to come, and let’s face it — we are all glad winter is almost over.

Brutal! But you must proceed with a bit of gardener’s cautions, our last hard frost date in the area is always around May 15. I plant like a seasoned gambler, keeping lots of old sheets on standby for frost protection.

If there is one thing you will do in the garden this month is work your tail off!

Get outside and clean up that winter debris all over the ground and begin to uncover the little green spouts that are underneath all the months of brown. There are many good things to be found in the garden and even some spring blooms. Bulbs will begin to emerge and the buds on most blooming trees and bushes will begin to swell. I fertilize absolutely everything in the month of April. You can get a jump-start on all the spring chores this month, giving you more time to enjoy May and June.

Pruning trees and bushes is a perfect first garden chore. Just be sure not to prune early flowering varieties. Like, Fortyish,

APRIL GARDEN CHORES • Go for a walk in the woods to view the spring flowers blooming.

• Fill your containers with pansies before annuals arrive in May. • Give your home a deep clean.

• Fill your water features after a good cleaning.

• Weed, edge, mulch…repeat.

• Get hoses out of storage and turn on outside spigots.

• Toss out any old tools, hoses and gardening pots. Not worth the effort.

• Make new plants by dividing big clumps of perennials.

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• Feed lawns, weed application and mow.

• Continue sowing seeds indoors.

• Divide early blooming bulbs and replant.

• Feed roses.

• Spray fruit trees.

• Wash garden furniture.

• Power wash and stain deck.

• Be prepared for hard freezes and frost with extra bed sheets for coverage.

• Enjoy the month and begin entertaining outdoors!

and always cut at an angle to allow rainwater to run off the freshly cut opening, so not to cause rot and disease. Then I add a little 10-10-10 granular fertilizer to the base of the tree and make sure there is no mulch touching the base of the trunk.

Pruning does a couple of things. It helps to encourage new growth. It cuts out any dead or broken branches, and, most importantly, it maintains the shape of the plant. It is a

wonderful way to get up close and personal with your trees and bushes, to really observe closely the branching order of things and make a few adjustments. Just like people, we all need a little pruning!

For us, May 15 is ‘go time.’ That is the date when you can safely plant your annuals in the ground or sow seeds directly into the soil without the fear of a hard frost. So think of it this way, April is for prepping and May is for planting. But like I said, I am a bit of a rebel, and I start much earlier, and if a threat presents itself, I just cover up what I have put down.

Flowers bring extra beauty and happiness into our world, and the best kind of flowering plant is the kind that keeps coming back year after year. I have an entire garden bed dedicated to my favorite — The Perennial. Growing Perennials are one of the easiest ways to garden.

I have more than 40 varieties of perennials in my yard, I just love them because they give me a great ‘cutting’ selection all growing season long in which to make beautiful floral arrangements. Because for me, in the summer months, entertaining and gardening life go hand in hand.

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At this point in Indiana, most of us are happy to be packing up our Sherpas for the spring and breaking out the sandals and sundresses. The hype surrounding spring style is astounding as these trends are known to set the tone for what we might see the rest of the year.

You’ve probably noticed your favorite retailers highlighting their popular floral prints, best-selling sandals and bringing back rompers. Some spring trends may never die, while others just seem to be accentuated for the year. Read on for five spring trends to try for 2018 and how you can incorporate them into your wardrobe.

1. PASTELS Yellow, pink, purple, mauve, light blue, powder blue, lilac, blush. Whatever you want to call it, if it’s light and reminds you of coloring Easter eggs, it’s in. I personally lean towards the blush trend more than any as I feel like it’s one that’s versatile. You can transition it to summer, fall and winter with different layering pieces. Who doesn’t love a basic you can wear all year?

That being said, since the Pantone Color of the Year is Ultra Violet, we are seeing a huge influx of lavender for spring. It dominated the runways seen in shows such as Michael Kors and Victoria Beckham. You can find lavender tops and dresses at many of our local retailers.

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Pastels are great to wear with light denim, distressed denim and white bottoms. Pair these with your favorite taupe or cognac sandals.

2. WINDBREAKERS What goes around comes back around and the windbreaker is no different. We started to see this 90s fashion comeback in 2017, but this year it seems that these jackets are a wardrobe must. I think this trend is one that anyone can try because it’s the definition of functional fashion.

Windbreakers are just good to have on those chilly, rainy spring days.

I’m planning to sport one with a graphic tee, light wash distressed denim and my Adidas

sneakers. Windbreakers are a great compliment to the athleisure trend, perfect for those who have a more casual sense of style.

3. WHITE We often relate white pieces to events surrounding a wedding or to those family beach pictures where everyone is a little sunburnt. But this year, head to toe white is a fashion statement I encourage you to try.

Even I wasn’t sure how I felt about this trend at first due to my fair skin and eating-on-the-go lifestyle.

However, this color is timeless and encompasses those basic pieces we all need in our closets. If white on white scares you, try implementing it in various staple pieces.

For example, I love the white dress I’ve featured here from Lesley Jane. I could pair it with a white sandal, but I could also pair it with taupe, cognac or something more colorful to break it up.

4. PRINTS We’re seeing everything from florals to stripes to bold check prints. I find myself wandering through stores, ending up at the register with all stripes. I love that prints add so much to a simple look. You can use these pieces to layer or stand alone.

I know not everyone loves those bold floral prints, and I want you to know you are not alone. Although I will say, these are fun for a beach getaway. If florals are too much for your style, stripes are a good print go-to.

5. FLATS AND PLATFORMS Popular spring shoes include sandals, casual sneakers, flats, wedges and ankle booties. While I love all of those, we are seeing an increasing demand this year for flats and platforms. Steve Madden is my man for shoes.

I know the quality, I know how they fit and I know I will wear them. Dolce Vita and Franco Sarto are two other brands I love.

I suggest investing in some type of neutral flat, like mules or loafers, that you can dress up or down.

Platforms are a great option if you want something with a little height that’s more comfortable than a stiletto.

Spring fashion gives us an opportunity to try something new. I’d challenge you to pick a couple of these trends, head to your favorite local retailer and invest in some new pieces. You might never have guessed you’d fall in love with a white dress paired with a cognac platform sandal.

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n September 11, 2001, thousands of volunteers showed up at the World Trade Center in New York City, desperate to offer help. But given the mass chaos and the fact that folks lacked identification, credentials and an organized plan of attack, many well-meaning citizens were turned away.

Following this national tragedy and its aftermath, the Citizens Corps Council was formed and, as a byproduct of that, the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) — with a purpose to organize and train groups of volunteers to aid existing community response teams in the event of national, regional or local emergencies.

time recruiting people to get involved with the MRC.

According to Jeff Corder, the Public Health Preparedness Coordinator of the Hendricks County Health Department, a total of 900 units exist across the country with upwards of 200,000 volunteers. Prior to Corder’s current position, he was a Brownsburg firefighter for 25 years so he knows what it is to jump in and take charge during disasters.

Another reason folks are sometimes reluctant to volunteer is because they fear that in the event of a county disaster, they will be expected to abandon their families to come volunteer, but that’s not the case.

Having said that, volunteers should take their commitment seriously.

“When tragedy strikes, people often show up wanting to help, like with 911,” Corder says. “Those are what we call ‘spontaneous unaffiliated volunteers.’ We like to have affiliated volunteers who have background checks and have been trained beforehand so that they know what to do and we can organize them.”

The Medical Reserve Corps of Hendricks County, created in 2007, has had as many as 230 members and as few as 25. They currently have 50 and are always in search of more. Therefore, Corder spends a lot of his

“I think there’s often a hesitancy because of the term ‘medical.’ People assume they need a medical background to participate, but they don’t,” Corder says. “And Reserve Corps sounds military, which also is misleading.”

He stresses that they welcome people of all vocations — everyone from translators to veterinarians, electricians to construction workers, valets to amateur radio operators.

“Anybody and everybody can help out in a disaster situation,” Corder says.

Part of Corder’s job is making sure he has sites identified as Points of Dispensing (PODs) in the event of a public health emergency. For instance, if there is an exposure to a toxic element that requires mandatory countywide vaccinations in a short period of time, the MRC aids in that effort by supplementing the health department to staff PODS around the county. The main one they use is the Hendricks County Fairgrounds, though there are four schools in the county they use as well. It takes 42 people to staff one POD.

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The question Corder gets the most is, “How is the Medical Reserve Corps different than the Red Cross?”

“People are confused because we do similar things,” Corder says.

And that’s precisely what he likes. In fact, when he first came on staff, he immediately met with a Red Cross representative to draft a letter of agreement between the two entities that stated that in the event of a disaster, the groups would work together to provide relief to those in need.

“I said, ‘I don’t want to see the MRC volunteers over here and the Red Cross volunteers over there,” Corder says.

“I wanted us to collaborate and share resources.”

Therefore, they run joint meetings and training sessions so MRC people know how to set up Red Cross shelters and Red Cross people know how to assist in Points of Dispensing.

“We’d like to have enough volunteers to set up at least two PODS,” Corder says.

The PODs can be set up for volunteers to distribute medication but can also be modified to hand out food, water, blankets or other essential items.

Corder enjoys working with all demographics, though most of his leadership consists of retired doctors, nurses and dentists who are eager to give back to the community. Retired physician Bruce Matis joined the MRC because he saw a great need for supplemental assistance in the case of a community catastrophe.

“I want the highly trained emergency personnel to be able to use their skills instead of doing jobs others can do,” Matis says. “In an operating room, one does not have five surgeons involved in a procedure but others assisting the highly trained surgeon. This way more can be accomplished.”

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Corder encourages his volunteers not only to get involved in Hendricks County but all across Indiana. SERVE Indiana has a state of emergency registry of volunteers to pull from in the event of state disasters (called Emergency Management Assistance Compacts or EMAC requests).

For instance, following Hurricane Florence, 10 Indiana nurses traveled to North Carolina to lend a hand. A group of volunteers also were summoned to the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria hit. And during the wildfires in California, MRC units set up medical clinics.

Tornadoes and floods are the two most common disasters Hoosiers face, followed closely by power outages caused by winter storms or excessive heat in the summer. The MRC not only prepares for such events but they also plan for the potential for hazardous materials spills on major highways.

“We have I-70 and I-74 so there’s the chance for such incidents,” Corder says.

A big part of Corder’s job is simply letting the public know the purpose and mission of the MRC. “I’ll be honest. I didn’t know the MRC existed when I was a firefighter,” says Corder, who now attends fairs, festivals and other community outings to spread the word.

Joe Valorani joined the MRC when he heard that Corder was looking for someone to head up a disaster animal response team. A passion of Valorani’s for the past five years, he took a class on how to decontaminate animals.

“Jeff saw us working on the IMPD horses. Shortly after he asked me to head up HART, Hendricks Animal Rescue Taskforce,” Valorani adds.

Corder knows that a lot of people won’t

evacuate if they can’t take their pets with them. So, he wants to set up animal shelters near human shelters. Plus, if there was a situation with a lot of human fatalities, what would become of their pets? Given that Animal Control is at capacity, Corder has met with different organizations within the county, including the Humane Society, the State Board of Animal Health, Misty Eyes Animal Shelter and other animal rescue groups to determine what can be done.

“When I’m out at festivals or fairs, you would be surprised how many people tell me, ‘I’m just not as much into people as I am into animals. If you had something for animals, I’d be interested in volunteering,’” says Corder, who is trying to use Hendricks County as a model for setting up an animal response team. The State Board of Animal Health maintains that they would like to get every county

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Every spring for the past several years the PlainfieldGuilford Township Public Library (PGTPL) has welcomed artists from all over the state to participate in one of the most sensational fine art fundraisers of the year: Arts Gala. Through the years, this event has evolved from a modest beginning to one of the premier events in Hendricks County.

“There is something for everyone,” says Art Gallery Coordinator, Laura Appleby. “We are so proud to host such an accomplished array of artists.

“One of the new highlights this year is that the Starlight Reception is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend,” says Matthew Stevenson, Technology and Training Services Supervisor, PGTPL. The library expects hundreds of visitors for this unique indoor art sale, which begins with the Starlight Reception on Friday, April 26 and continues through the weekend. This event marks the Arts Gala’s seventh year of successfully raising money to help support library activities, events, programs and community engagement.

“In the past, any profits from Arts Gala have gone towards interactive children’s programs, hands-on art classes and promoting mental health,” says Joanna Sproull, Community Central Manager at PGTPL. “It’s refreshing to see community support for local artists, which leads to engaging programming for all ages.”

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As a child, he was more interest in doodling and drawing than school. Art was always his favorite class, and this love translated into painting, ceramics and glass. After growing up in Muncie, he attended Anderson University where, he explained, he was blessed to have access to a glass studio.

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“I had the privilege to learn from Arlon Bayliss, a professor hired from England to teach glass,” Bickel says. “After college, I had an unquenchable thirst to learn and create art. For years, I would just make art for fun as therapy and give away my art to family and friends.”

Bickel graduated from Anderson University with a BA in Arts, and, in 2013, Bickel started professionally selling his art. He began to sell at local farmers markets, craft shows, art galleries and art festivals, but in 2015 he moved into selling strictly to the fine art community at art shows throughout the midwest.

“I am overwhelmed with excitement for this amazing fundraiser celebrating wonderful local artists,” Bickel says. “I hope my work will inspire others to explore the beautiful world of art.”

The Arts Gala raises funds for Library programs and initiatives that benefit the community. In previous years, funds went towards updating the Children’s Room and sponsoring mental health events and awareness. This year the library will feature more than 80 artists and their work. Items for sale include paintings, drawings, greeting cards, prints, jewelry, functional bowls, mugs, vases, cutting boards, benches, coffee tables, boxes, artistic pieces, garden art, glass pieces, textile goods, handmade bound leather books and much more.

The 2019 Arts Gala: Facets opens with the Starlight Reception on Friday, April 26, from 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Attendees will enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres, wine and craft beers. The Arts Gala continues on Saturday,

April 27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 28, 1 – 5 p.m., with various live-artist demonstrations throughout the day. Art can be purchased at any time throughout the weekend.

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