Plainfield Magazine October 2021

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WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER CANDY THIS HALLOWEEN SEASON Writer / Abigail Hake Photography Provided

The time for Halloween comes and goes, but the candy goes on forever, right?

Just when you think it’s all gone, it rears its sugary face again. Before you just go ahead and eat it all and regret that decision, think about these cool ways to deal with those massive amounts of Halloween candy.

MAKE A PIE

Not a fruit pie, a candy pie. This is an easy one to search for online to find a great recipe, but think of a blondie bar in a pie crust filled with candy. They are pretty easy to make and will quench all those candy cravings at one time. Look up candy bar pies online and you’ll be set.

EVERYTHING BARS

Along the same lines as making a pie, let’s make some snack bars. Much like making cookie bars, you’ll need the basic ingredients of sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, flour and salt, but then add chopped-up Halloween candy. Mix it all together and cook it up, and you’ll be in for a tasty treat. Search recipes available by looking up Halloween candy cookie bars.

LOADED POPCORN

This is another easy one, and will be loved by your family. Pop some popcorn and then spice it up, or rather sweeten it up. Add some sort of drizzle like chocolate syrup and then sprinkle in chopped-up candies, or keep it to round candies like M&M’s and Reese’s Pieces. It’s never a bad idea to add rainbow sprinkles.

FREEZE IT

A tried-and-true way to make a dish last forever is to freeze it. This might make

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Don’t forget about local soup kitchens, homeless shelters and retirement communities. While it’s probably smart to call first to make sure they’ll take your goods, most will probably appreciate the thought. Treats like candy often fall to the wayside and can bring a true smile to those in need. It might seem small, but small things can make a big impact on someone’s day.

CALL YOUR DENTIST

No, not for cavities - but do watch for those. Call your dentist to see if they participate in a candy buy-back program. If they do, your kids might be in for a surprise when they are able to exchange their candy for a reward. Who knows, they might get another toothbrush out of it too. dishes too easy to access during the year, but as long as you keep it to just a few here and there, this is a great way to enjoy a sweet treat until next Halloween. You can also freeze it until your next gettogether and let your guests devour it when they visit, saving your sweet tooth and your waistline.

Now that you are drooling thinking about candy and the things you can do with it, what do you think you’ll do when you have gobs and gobs of Halloween candy this year? It might be a combination of ideas, but whatever it is, enjoy the Halloween season, and happy trick-or-treating!

TRAIL MIX

This is an easy one if you are into trail mixes. Gather your favorites to add to a mix of nuts. Recipes are out there and easy to find. Plus, you won’t feel so bad eating chocolate while taking in something more nutritious like nuts and berries.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES

Yes, I know we are talking about Halloween candy, but it’s the perfect accent to any holiday gingerbread house. This will save you a lot of money if you can keep the candy around that long. Think of how well mini Kit Kats would look as a brick pathway, or Skittles in a beautiful gingerbread garden.

GIVE IT AWAY

There are quite a few ways to do this, and all are a little different.

First, you could just send them to your friends as small, sweet care packages. Create cards or crafts for friends and family, and then send them off in a small package with candy underneath. This sweet surprise is sure to make someone smile.

You can also send the candy off to our hard-working soldiers. There are a couple programs led by folks who will take unopened candy for our troops. Look up Soldiers’ Angels and Operation Stars & Stripes to find out where you can drop off the delicious treats. Little bits of candy are just a small way of saying thanks for serving and sacrificing for us.

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NHRA RACING CHAMP IS NOT SLOWING DOWN Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided by Matt Polito/Racing Perspectives

In the 1970s, Byron Hines began racing with Terry Vance at a drag strip. They started riding each other’s motorcycles and Byron, who was mechanically inclined at a young age, figured out a way to make them run quite a bit faster. After working together at a motorcycle performance shop, in 1979 the friends founded Vance & Hines Exhaust Systems, which has become a permanent structure in the motorcycle industry. As a result, Byron’s sons, Andrew and Matt, grew up around the sport of drag racing.

“I’ve never known anything different - it’s ingrained in my DNA,” says Andrew Hines, who in the early 1980s spent his weekends

tinkering on motorcycles with his dad.

In his youth, Hines rode motorcycles and dirt bikes but didn’t race initially.

“I’d hop on anything with an engine and wheels,” he says. “I liked figuring out how to go faster and ride harder.”

Hines quickly fell in love with the acceleration and agility that comes with riding a motorcycle.

“It’s unparalleled in a car,” says Hines, who notes that to be able to have complete control over something that’s not very heavy is exhilarating, since the power-to-weight ratio is extreme.

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“You’d have to have a really highhorsepower car to match a motorcycle that can accelerate the way these things do,” Hines says. “Besides, you can’t do a wheelie in a car.”

In the early 1990s, Byron raced professionally in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), receiving one win and the notable distinction of being the only man to ever win on a Yamaha motorcycle in the class. Hines’ older brother Matt raced from 1996 to 2002.

“In his era, Matt was the best racer-rider out there, with 30 national net wins and three championships,” says Hines, who began racing professionally in 2002.

In his 19-year career, Hines has amassed an impressive number of wins. He’s a six-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion with 56 national event wins.

Although Hines always loved bikes, he didn’t always have his heart set on a racing career. Growing up in Trinidad, Colorado, he excelled in the junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in high school, where he was the top cadet commander.

“I was the command sergeant major my junior year, then switched to the officer side my senior year and became a battalion commander,” says Hines, who was also a top marksman.

All through school, he was torn between pursuing a military career and studying human anatomy. Ultimately, after graduating from high school in 2001, he chose to focus on the family business.

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At the end of 2002, the Hines family decided it would be wise to move to Indiana.

“Most of the stuff we were relying on was Indy car-based technology, and we were sending so many parts to the Indy area,” Hines says.

There was the added benefit that twothirds of the NHRA races are based in the

Midwest.

“We did the math and saved 12,000 miles a year of driving on each of the vehicles,” Hines says. “Plus, we were back in the shop a day earlier on each end of the trip.”

A little over a decade ago, Hines was injured riding a motocross-style dirt bike when he came up short on a large jump and blew out both of his ankles.

“That was at a point in my career when I’d already won three championships, quite a few events and set multiple national records, so I got to thinking, ‘OK, what more do I have to prove? Do I still have a passion for doing this?’” Hines recalls. “I was feeling kind of burned out, but as soon as that injury happened, I was eager to do my next race. That told me that the passion was still there.”

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In this sport, if a racer hits the wall or crosses the center line, it’s a disqualification for that round, whether it’s a qualifying run or an elimination round. One of the most difficult factors in racing a Pro Stock motorcycle other than going 200 miles per hour is getting it to go from 200 back to zero. Early this summer, while in Norwalk, Ohio, Hines had trouble with his braking and suspensions and he ended up going into the sand trap (which is technically pea gravel).

“That was my first adventure down there,” Hines says. “I went in at 25 miles per hour and the bike kind of laid on its side.

Physically, it was the softest landing I’d had.”

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As for Hines’ future goals, they don’t really extend beyond his next race.

“That’s how I’ve always focused my career forget about the long term and worry about the short term because the short term takes care of the long term,” he says.

As he astutely points out, drag racing doesn’t care about the last corner, like on a circle track. Drag racing is about the here and now.

“You’ve got one chance to get it right,” he says. “There is no next corner where you can make up for it, as you’re only on the vehicle for six or seven seconds. Though there are three Gs of acceleration, tire shake and vibration, and 200-mile-per-hour wind on your shoulder trying to rip you off the back of the motorcycle, 90% of [the sport] is mental.”

Hines, 38, plans to continue racing as long as he is physically capable and still having fun. He’s also started to pass the torch on to Declan, who began his own racing career when he was 7. In the drag-racing world there are half-scale dragsters that have engines from five to 40 horsepower, based upon the age group.

“We go out to Lucas Oil Raceway for testing and streetcar nights,” Hines says. “Declan participates in the Mid-West Drag Racing Series.”

In four years he has progressed through three different age groups, running first at 13.9 seconds. He switched to the next age group at age 8, dropping to 11.9 seconds, and again at age 10, dropping to 8.9 seconds.

“Declan loves speed, acceleration and noise,” Hines says. “After his second full run in the 8.9-second car, he was like, ‘This is slow.’ He’s definitely a product of me.”

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According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every two minutes in the United States. With the advancement of treatment and technology, the prognosis for breast cancer patients has improved over time, but a breast cancer diagnosis is overwhelming, and many women are left wondering what’s next.

Every woman’s breast cancer is different. If you’re being treated with surgery, your breast surgeon will review your medical records and imaging results, and then discuss your treatment options with you to help identify the best treatment plan. Depending on your specific breast cancer, treatment could include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or endocrine therapy. Your treatment plan will be individualized based on the results of your specific breast cancer, and your personal preferences.

YOU WILL HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS DURING YOUR TREATMENT.

After a breast cancer diagnosis, your provider will meet with you to discuss a treatment plan. A team of experts will be assigned to provide care for you during the treatment process. The team may consist of an oncology nurse navigator, a breast surgeon, your primary care provider, and any other medical professionals involved in your treatment and care process.

YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

After hearing your diagnosis, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed or confused by all the information. Take some time to process the information, and as questions come to mind, write them down to ask during your next visit. Asking questions is important for understanding your diagnosis.

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It’s important to remember that you’re not the only one going through this journey. Joining an in-person or virtual support group can help you cope with your new cancer diagnosis.

FOLLOW UP VISITS WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

Follow up visits with your breast surgeon are necessary and vital after finishing your treatment. During these visits, your physician will check to see if there are any signs of cancer recurrence, treat any side effects, and observe your overall health. As you continue to be cancer-free, your follow up appointments will be scheduled less often.

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SHELTERING WINGS HOW YOU CAN RAISE AWARENESS Story Provided

October is here! For us at Sheltering Wings, this means a greater opportunity to share with our community what awareness and prevention of domestic violence looks like and how everyone plays a role! From a declaration of our county commissioners, to people wearing purple to show their support of survivors, and so much more in between!

However, there is a part of me that wishes to fast forward 20 years to see if the methods of awareness and prevention are working.

While I know this isn’t possible, I do know that it is working! We just have to be patient and keep motivating each other to keep at the good work we are doing.

The awareness and prevention of domestic violence go hand in hand. We can’t prevent what we aren’t aware of, but awareness alone won’t equip us to act (or react) properly.

Raising awareness about domestic violence includes educating people about how to recognize and act against abuse, and making help accessible to survivors.

Preventing abuse includes eliminating factors that contribute to abuse. This means creating protective environments in schools, workplaces and communities, as well as engaging men as allies and teaching parents, adults and young people the skills they need

for healthy relationships!

At Sheltering Wings, we are working to do a combination of both of these and we need your help as a community because it doesn’t have to be this way.

relationships, and businesses don’t have to be unprepared for domestic violence to enter the workplace. It doesn’t have to be this way. Use our many resources, training and educational materials to prevent abuse from starting or happening again.

The coming month of awareness and prevention reminds us that domestic violence doesn’t have to be part of life.

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In October you can help raise awareness by: • Attending one of our training sessions, or encourage your church, workplace or school to host one!

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Jennifer Bryer 317-271-69328 info@goldcleavermeatmarket.com Our mission is to provide our community with high quality proteins from your neighborhood meat market. We are proud to offer top quality beef, pork, seafood, chicken, in-house dry aged steaks and grocery items. We cut and grind fresh daily.

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HIPPIES CLOSET Kim Garner 317-667-4652 hippiescloset311@gmail.com Hippies Closet is a consignment boutique shop in Brownsburg. I carry women’s and men’s name brand clothing and accessories along with designer handbags like Louis Vuitton, tory burch and many more. I carry high end perfume and cologne. I have sizes XS to 4X. INNER BALANCE - PILATES & YOGA STUDIO

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INSPIRED HOME AND GIFTS Casey Smitherman 317-501-5469 casey@inspiredhomeandgifts.com Inspired Home and Gifts is your one stop shop for home decor, gifts, specialty foods, baby clothing, and more. We carry well multiple items from local vendors along with well recognized lines such a Farm House Fresh, Duke Cannon, and Soberdough.

INTEGRITY LEARNING CENTER Alicia Boyll 317-514-0442 alicia@integrityaba.com Compassionate pediatric therapy and support for autism, speech, and behavioral challenges in Plainfield, IN. Our program offers an inclusive, childcentered environment where kids learn through interactive play and positive reinforcement.

IVRY LANE GOWN & TUXEDO Synthia Nance 317-350-2197 ivrylane@gmail.com Ivry Lane Wedding Gown & Tuxedo is a wedding and occasion boutique specializing in making you look and feel as impressive as you deserve. Our mission is to provide each and every customer with outstanding gowns and unforgettable shopping experience you won’t find anywhere else.

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KAY. RENAE DESIGNS Kaylin Carter 317-730-0761 kay.renaedesigns@gmail.com I’m a local seamstress who specializes in custom designs and wedding gown alterations! I graduated from Purdue with a bachelor’s degree in Apparel Design.

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KIDDIEWINKS Nikki Musser 317-625-7663 nmusser76@yahoo.com Kiddiewinks is a kids resale boutique, located in Brownsburg. We sell gently love kids clothes from infant to junior sizes, toys, equipment and more.

KITCHEN TUNE UP Jill Mirise 317-442-5924 jmirise@kitchentuneup.com We offer affordable Kitchen updates that will transform an your kitchen in 1-5 days. We offer 5 service options at different price points for every investment level. (Our original Tune Up, Cabinet Refacing/Redooring, Cabinet Painting, Custom Cabinets, Countertops, Backsplash,& Flooring. We are locally owned and operated here in Avon.

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MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER OF PLAINFIELD Joy Dorsey 1-812-360-5831 meinekejoy@yahoo.com I not only love being a co-owner of a family- owned and operated independent auto repair shop along side my husband, but I also love that our business in Plainfield, Meineke Car Care Center as well as my partner- has always valued and respected my voice, and it’s been our main goal that the Community we serve on a daily basis know we feel the exact same way about theirs.

NEW STRENGTH COUNSELING LLC Marcia Wirt 317-868-7133 canderson@newstrengthcounseling.com New Strength Counseling provides trauma-informed, evidenced based, client centered, cognitive behavioral therapy to help everyone find their strength. New Strength Counseling strives to create a space that is welcome and accessible to everyone. In network with most major insurance and EAP providers.

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Meaghan Molsberry 317-696-9043 dance@premieracademyofdance.com Meaghan Molsberry, is owner/creative director of Premier Academy of the Performing Arts. Serving both Hendricks County and Indianapolis west side, this Avon studio provides a welcoming environment and technically sound instruction. Ages: 18 months+ Recreational and competition dance programs available.

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Suzy Pineda 317-271-9500 suzyp80@yahoo.com Since 2012, Style Threads Resale (formally Suzy’s Consign & Resale) has been Hendricks county’s premiere ladies resale shop! We carry name brand ladies fashion in sizes XS-3X, shoes, purses and accessories. Style Threads is a fun, friendly and fashionable place to shop and to consign your gently loved items. With over 1500 active consignors, our inventory changes every day!

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Gift of Giving

LOCAL BROTHER AND SISTER START PROJECTS TO HELP OTHERS Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing Photography Provided by Amanda Trebley Photography

Christmas good, and I like helping the community,” Colbie says.

Several years ago, Trisha Johnson was working with area families to put on a free Thanksgiving dinner at their church. As her daughter Colbie, a kindergartener at the time, watched Trisha do something nice for others, she was compelled to create a philanthropic project of her own.

Since her birthday is in early December, she asked her friends to bring toys to her birthday party, which she then donated to Toys for Tots. Thus a tradition began, as she has collected donations each year and dropped them off at the Plainfield Police Department (PPD).

This year Colbie’s little brother Huck decided he wanted get in on the altruistic action.

“I like knowing that I’m making a kid’s

“This summer just before his fifth birthday, he told me that he wanted to do his own project,” Trisha says.

The family brainstormed and came up with the idea of putting together blessing bags for the homeless.

Trisha’s friend from high school, Josh Jellison, is a school resource officer in Plainfield. She reached out to him and

asked if the police department would be interested in distributing these blessing bags around town. Jellison asked Deputy Chief Joe Aldridge, who green lit the idea.

“He said that officers come into contact every day with people who need these sorts of things, so he would love to have a stack of blessing bags to put in the back of their patrol cars,” Trisha says.

Huck, who named his project Huck Helps, includes a toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap, snacks, water and hand sanitizer in the bags.

Huck says helping others makes him feel good.

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“I put together the bags with love,” Huck says.

His mom concurs.

“This little dude is going to become an engineer one day,” Trisha says. “He’s so organized, and he loves making sure each bag is assembled correctly.”

Though their original goal was to assemble 25 bags, once Trisha put the word out on social media requesting donations, it was shared with the Town of Plainfield Chatter Facebook page and donations came

pouring in.

“The public was so giving,” says Trisha, who created an Amazon Wish List with items they needed. “We had Amazon boxes on our porch like crazy.”

People shipped items from all over. One woman from northern Indiana sent money for Huck to spend on the things he needed for his bags, and included an extra $20 for his birthday. People who donate include kind messages, thanking him for what he’s doing and wishing him luck. As a result of so much support, Huck was able to

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assemble and drop off 100 blessing bags to the PPD in July.

Aldridge thanked Huck and asked him to keep the project going, as the homeless are in need year round.

“Our patrol officers keep several of these in their vehicles to hand out to the needy community as needed,” Aldridge says.

“Sometimes it’s just something simple like toiletries that we can provide the public that make a huge difference.”

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Later this year, a new government-funded housing project will open in Plainfield, and the PPD will donate laundry baskets for each unit, filled with hangers and detergent.

They would also like to include blessing bags with each basket. Currently Huck and his cadre of helpers are working on the next round of bags.

“People can’t believe a 5-year-old is heading this up,” Trisha says.

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Trisha, however, is not surprised.

“To say that I’m proud of my children is an understatement,” Trisha says. “They have such a desire to love others. They realize how blessed they are so they want to make sure others are taken care of.”

Looking after others is the way Trisha was raised by her parents, Steve and Marsha. The family used to always donate to the Angel Tree at Christmas time, a program that provides gifts to children who have a mom or dad in prison.

“When we were shopping, my mom would tell me that this little girl needs underwear, and I was like, ‘But that’s not a toy. That’s just something that’s in your drawer,’” Trisha says. “Once you realize that not everybody is as blessed as you and that not everyone has what you have, giving really comes easy.”

When Trisha was growing up and she and her mom would run across a homeless person on the street, Trisha witnessed empathy in her mom’s reaction.

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parents’ giving nature floated down to me.”

Now, when Trisha and Colbie are out and they see someone who looks dirty or disheveled, Colbie will ask her mom if they can help the individual. The answer is always yes.

“I would never say no to someone who is down on their luck,” says Trisha, who regularly encourages her kids to make

somebody smile. “When you’re 5 years old, you do that by telling a joke or giving a hug. For Colbie, she realizes she can make someone smile by throwing out their trash at lunch, or offering to sharpen someone’s pencil - just simple stuff brings smiles.”

That’s because it’s often the simple things that yield the greatest blessings.

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inspiration to all of us,” Aldridge says. “In a world where we see a lot of negativity, we also see great people with big hearts doing wonderful things.”

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