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Thanksgiving is such a great time to be with family, watch some football and stuff your face full of some of the best comfort food out there. But cooking a Thanksgiving Feast can be daunting, unless you do it year after year.

It takes strategic planning, off the charts time management skills and the energy of a 6-year old — which is probably why most people leave it to their in-laws or friends.

Those who take on this beast of a feast year after year after year really revel in the chaos and strategy of it. It’s a full day in the kitchen, staying up late the night before and getting up early to get that turkey started on the big day. And it’s always helpful to have tried and true recipes to round out the menu! “Vintage” recipes tend to be some of the best. I mean who doesn’t love their great grandma’s green bean casserole or their aunt’s secret recipe pecan pie? But a

good mix of old and new is sure to satisfy most of your guests. If you are ready to try something different, here is a stuffing recipe sure to please. It typically entices wanting seconds from non-stuffing lovers and is sure to satisfy your tastes.

DRIED CHERRY & SAUSAGE STUFFING: Ingredients -½ cup butter (1 stick) -6 celery stalks, finely diced -2 medium onions, finely diced -1 loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes and toasted (10 cups) -1 cup dried cherries -¾ pound Italian sausage, casings removed, cooked, and crumbled -¾ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped -1 teaspoon kosher salt -1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper -2 14.5oz cans of chicken broth Directions

(1) Melt the butter in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onions and cook until they are translucent, about 5-7 minutes.

(2) In a large bowl or pan, combine the celery and onions with the bread, cherries, sausage, parsley, salt, and pepper. Add the broth and stir until well combined.

(3) If you want some inside your turkey, use a spoon to loosely stuff the mixture into the turkey just before roasting.

(4) If not, pour the rest of the into a baking dish, cover and bake in a 325° oven for one hour; uncover and bake for another 15 minutes. Serve warm.

After you’ve had your fill ( I hope you wore your stretchy pants), watched your team win, and then napped for a bit, it’s time for dessert.

Holiday desserts are seriously the best.

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a pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving taste way better than one on any other normal day.

Fall recipes are always delicious, but some of the best and favorite out there tend to be pumpkin related. If you haven’t tried a pumpkin roll before, you might want to.

They aren’t really that hard to make and it might quickly become a Thanksgiving dessert table staple.

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(2) Pour and smooth evenly into a cookie sheet you have lined with parchment paper.

Here’s what you’ll need: -3 eggs -1 cup sugar -⅔ cup pumpkin -¾ cup flour -1 tsp baking powder -1 tsp ginger -½ tsp cloves -½ tsp salt -2 tsp cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling: -2 cups powdered sugar

Sponge Cake: (1) Sift flour, spices, and baking powder in a large bowl. Add eggs and pumpkin. Mix until combined.

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with cream cheese filling. Gently roll back up.

(6) Place on a platter, sprinkle with powdered sugar and refrigerate. Serve Chilled.

Filling: (1) Mix together room temperature cream cheese and butter, add vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat ingredients until creamy and smooth.

And now that you’ve eaten your way through the table a few times, splurged on desserts and shared all the things you are grateful for, it’s about time for bed.

Being around friends and family makes for some great memories, but all that turkey will probably have you ready to hit the pillow. May your day be filled with joy and laughter, and the best stuffing and pumpkin rolls you’ve ever had!

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There is a time and a place for everything, and sometimes those times arrive later in life. Such is the case for James Noah, currently 64 years old and living out his dream of being a professional driving instructor for a motorsport club.

“Most of the other instructors are half my age,” Noah says.

Not that he’s complaining. He’s just happy to be enjoying retirement behind the wheel of a fancy sports car.

“Let’s be honest,” he says. “How often do you get paid to drive a Lamborghini?”

Originally from Minnesota, Noah moved to Indianapolis in 1999 to work for a company that supplies robotics and assembly equipment for the automobile industry.

Throughout the past two decades, he worked for various automotive companies before retiring in December of 2019.

Noah had a good friend who was an instructor with Porsche Club of America, whose members get together at tracks around the country for high-performance driver education (HPDE). Though these are not racing events, they allow laymen to rent out a track for the weekend and learn how to In 2013, Noah purchased a vehicle he could use on the track, then started going to these drive performance cars. weekend events. As he gained experience, he moved through the ranks from novice to intermediate to advanced. After five years, he applied to become an instructor with a club out of Cincinnati called 10/10ths Motorsports.

“These HPDE weekends enable people to drive their car in a controlled environment,” Noah says. “Though there are no prizes, this is a full speed race.”

In September of 2020, Noah was hired to be a professional driving instructor for Xtreme Xperience, a company out of Chicago that has a fleet of cars such as Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and McLarens.

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“You’re in a half-a-million-dollar car going 140 miles per hour,” Noah says.

“They want people they can trust.”

Instructors arrive in the early morning to test cars and warm them up. Around 9 a.m. they start taking people out on the track to satiate their need for speed. Usually the guest is behind the wheel and Noah is the passenger, but sometimes they ask him to drive.

“You have to profile people to see where they are comfortable, and be sensitive to how the car is handling,” Noah says.

“The main goal is safety, but we want them to experience what it’s like to open up the throttle a bit.”

All of the instructors have closed-circuit radio, so they are connected with one another and the pit boss. They know what the other cars are doing, making it a safe environment. Having said that, this high-octane fun is intense and hectic, which means that Noah must remain sharp all day long. To do that, he stays in tip-top shape, training like a professional athlete by following a regular regimen every day that he’s not on the track.

“In this job, if you lose focus and make a mistake, it’s bad,” says Noah, who combines strength and endurance training with agility training, flexibility and core training, and hand-eye coordination exercises. A lifelong athlete, Noah is both an alpine skier and karate instructor.

He goes to Michigan almost every weekend during the winter. He also skis in

West Virginia and Colorado, and attends race camps in Switzerland. He competes in the oldest and largest national amateur racing program in the world, and is a twotime national champion in his age group.

Four decades ago, Noah met his wife Tsuyako in Okinawa, Japan, when he was studying karate.

“When I lived in Japan, I competed on the U.S. World Championship team,” Noah says. “It’s been a lifelong activity for me.”

Married for 41 years, the couple has a son named George, an Air Force major currently at Northern Arizona University and an instructor with the Reserve Officers Training Corps program. They also have a daughter named Leiona, who lives in Hollywood, Florida, where she is a law school student.

Tsuyako, who worked in the Avon school district for many years before retiring, has been supportive of her active, adventurous hubby and all of his hobbies. Now that they are both retired, she usually accompanies him on his skiing and racing adventures.

Though Noah enjoys his job, he recognizes that it’s not for everybody.

“It’s mentally and physically demanding,” he says.

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“A dream is a great thing, but to be a goal you have to quantify it,” Noah says. “Set a goal and then ask yourself what you have to do to reach it.”

Suffice it to say, Noah is relishing retirement.

“I like the challenge associated with this career, the camaraderie of the instructor core and the enjoyment of driving full race speed in this car,” says Noah, who admits that this job was not originally on his radar. In fact, he was considering driving a delivery truck post-retirement, just to stay active. Then this opportunity came along.

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Nearly 20 years ago, the former senior pastor of Kingsway Christian Church, John Caldwell, regularly preached a vision sermon, as he had a dream of forming a care center that would include not just a food pantry and clothing ministry, but medical care as well. He wanted to find a way to provide low-cost, quality health care to individuals who don’t carry health insurance, since roughly 8% to 10% of the Hendricks County population does not have health insurance.

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renamed Hope Healthcare Services, was born. Leaders of the nonprofit, incorporated in 2004, officially opened the doors in June of 2005. A month later, an oral surgeon from Kingsway, Dr. Rob McDonough, heard about the vision and offered his dental services as well.

Several years ago, the United Way did a study that perfectly defined Hope’s patient population. These folks fell under the designation of ALICE, an acronym for access limited, income constrained and employed. If someone’s income falls below the federal poverty guidelines, the staff at Hope Healthcare will encourage them to sign up for insurance through the government programs. The problem is that many don’t qualify for government programs because they earn too much, yet they don’t make enough money to cover basics like housing, transportation, child care, food and health care.

“Many times health insurance is the one that gets dropped,” says John Mollaun, executive director of Hope Healthcare Services since 2007.

“Folks think, ‘I feel OK. I’ll get it later.’ ” According to Mollaun, 59% of businesses in Hendricks County staff four or fewer employees. That means the employer is not required to provide insurance.

“That’s a large portion of people who are falling through the cracks - people who work at a small business or entrepreneurs or seasonal workers,” Mollaun says. “It could also be a situation where a family breaks up. One spouse had insurance and the other didn’t. Now the one without insurance is left to fend for themselves. There are myriad of reasons a person may find themselves uninsured. We’re here to catch those who are falling through the cracks and hopefully help them get better health.”

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input. Hope is the word that sprang to mind because it’s the feeling that abounds.

“They said, ‘Hope is what you are to us,’” Mollaun says.

In 2019, Indiana University Health Foundation provided a two-year grant that enabled Hope Healthcare to hire their first staff practitioners - a physician’s assistant one day per week and a nurse practitioner one day per week. This was a big deal because up until then, they only worked with volunteers. Volunteers have full-time jobs, which means most of them are only able to work a single threeto four-hour shift per month. Though that grant ended in 2020, they have been able to continue staffing through other fundraising.

Currently, in terms of volunteers, Hope Healthcare has two pediatricians, a urologist, a gynecologist, a chiropractor, a dermatologist, a dietician, an endodontist who does root canals, and an oral surgeon. The dentists are able to provide cleanings, fillings, extractions, crowns and dentures. In addition, Ann McCafferty with the Indiana Rural Health Association comes in one day per week to help patients file for insurance.

She also connects folks to all kinds of available resources.

“I could lose any of these services at any time should they choose to stop volunteering,” Mollaun says. “I could also gain a new service at any time.

For instance, a neurologist recently expressed an interest in possibly volunteering.”

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When patients come to Hope Healthcare, they pay a nominal fee at the time of service.

“We are not a free clinic because it allows us to continue at a much higher capacity,” Mollaun says. “We also think it adds dignity to the patients that they are paying something for the services.”

A visit with a staff provider is $30, and it costs $10 to see a volunteer.

Make no mistake - this is not a charity clinic offering substandard care. The doctors who volunteer here are the same ones you’ll see in local hospitals and health-care offices.

Though Hope Healthcare has had some of the same volunteers since its inception, most of them typically volunteer for several years until changing life circumstances no longer make it viable.

“Sometimes volunteers say they’d like to come in once a week, but we don’t want our volunteers to burn themselves out so we suggest volunteering once a month,” Mollaun says.

Though Hope Healthcare Services is a faith-based clinic, they see people of any faith or no faith at all.

“There is certainly no coercion,” Mollaun says.

Sometimes doctors pray with the patients, but not without permission.

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“Many of the volunteers here are motivated by their commitment to the kingdom of God, and we don’t hide that,” Mollaun says. “There is a spiritual aspect to what we do here.

It’s kind of the heart and soul of who we are. We love people unconditionally.”

Patients can typically see a medical practitioner within a day or two. The dental side, however, is booked out by several months. The primary question Mollaun fields is from people wanting to know whether they can see a dentist at Hope if they have medical insurance but not dental insurance.

Unfortunately the answer is no, simply due to capacity.

“If I took everyone who has medical insurance but no dental insurance, we’d be booked 900 years into the future because most people don’t have dental insurance,” Mollaun says. “Our only criteria here is that you carry no insurance - no VA, no Medicare, no Medicaid, no private medical or private dental.”

The one exception to that rule is if someone has Medicare Part A for hospitalization only, or Medicaid for emergency only.

Despite the challenges the pandemic has presented, some positives emerged from the experience. For instance, they began offering car-side visits and telehealth appointments.

They also developed new alliances with local schools because when most of their senior student volunteers dropped out, that gap was filled by student workers from Avon High School and other learning institutions.

“I honestly think we became a stronger clinic,” says Mollaun, who is pleased by the overwhelming community support for Hope Healthcare.

For instance, a whopping 90% of their equipment and furniture in the building was donated. “It’s beautiful to see the way everyone has rallied around us to fulfill this need.”

Hope Healthcare Services is located at 107 Park Place Boulevard in Avon. For more information, call 317-272-0708 or visit myhopehealth.org.

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STAY HEALTHY AND AVOID COLD-WEATHER GERMS Writer / Jane Forni, MSN, RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist at IU Health West Hospital Photography Provided

As the weather gets colder, extra care should be taken to prioritize your health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 5% and 20% of the United States population gets the flu every year, and the average adult experiences the common cold two to three times per year. While we can’t always avoid winter sicknesses like the common cold, flu and strep throat, we can take precautions to lower our risk.

MAINTAIN PROPER PERSONAL HYGIENE.

Wash hands with soap and water throughout the day, especially before eating or preparing food. The CDC recommends washing your hands for 20 seconds, or using a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol if soap and water is not available. In addition to keeping your hands clean, be mindful to keep the surfaces clean that you come into contact with. Keep disinfecting wipes handy to wipe down high-touch surfaces like doorknobs, light switches, keyboards and countertops.

DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND EAT A BALANCE.D DIET.

Although there isn’t a one-size-fits-all amount, around six cups of water daily is recommended. Your diet should include lots of fruits and vegetables, which are packed with vitamins and minerals needed to stay healthy. You can talk with your doctor to learn more about your individualized water intake and dietary needs.

KEEP A CONSISTENT SLEEP SCHEDULE.

Sleep is an important time for your body to recover after a long day. Set a bedtime and aim for seven to nine hours of sleep per night to get quality rest. If needed, a 20-minute power nap can be taken to recharge during the day. Other tips? Sleep in a dark, quiet room, and put away electronic devices 30 minutes before bedtime.

GET AN ANNUAL FLU SHOT.

The best defense against influenza is getting your yearly flu shot. Everyone ages 6 months and older should get their shot every season, especially those who are at higher risk of serious complications from the flu, like pregnant women, children under 5, people with chronic health conditions, and adults 65 and older. If you do get sick, the flu shot may make your symptoms milder and reduce the risk of a flu-associated hospital stay. In addition to the flu shot, talk with your doctor to make sure you’re up to date on all vaccinations and boosters recommended for you.

SUPPORT SYSTEM PLAINFIELD HIRES WELL-BEING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT MANAGER Writer / Stephanie Singh Photography Provided

The Town of Plainfield has hired Orlando Jordan as well-being and community support manager. As a part of a Comprehensive Mental Health Awareness and Benefit Program initiative, the Town of Plainfield created the well-being and community support manager position in 2021 to support its growing staff.

“The Town of Plainfield has identified a gap in support for employees,” says Town Manager Andrew Klinger. “The gap is typically due to access, and we want to be sure our staff has support readily accessible, especially during critical events. The need for an additional staff member became even more apparent in the last 18 months, most notably in our public safety departments.”

The position is responsible for overseeing and participating in employee assistance programming and assessments, employee counseling and evaluations, and coordinating the chaplain staff and volunteers. Specifically, the well-being and community support manager is the primary on-call therapist to respond to employees and the community during emergencies and major events.

to live, work and play.”

Jordan is the senior pastor of Resurrection Community Church located in the Avondale Meadows community of Indianapolis. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, as a double major in biology and psychology. Jordan earned his master’s of divinity degree from Oakland City University, with a focus urban evangelism Jordan is an Indiana state-licensed and pastoral counseling. In 2016 Jordan counselor. Prior to coming to Plainfield, completed Jordan was a staff chaplain for the his studies at Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Indiana Wesleyan Department.

University, graduating with “I am very excited to join such an innovative a master’s degree in marriage and and growing community,” Jordan says. family therapy.

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PYAP Director, Staci Hovermale

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PLAINFIELD YOUTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

In addition to collaborating with other community organizations, the PYAP members have also experienced some early success in offering services of their own, with a focus on mentoring. Once the foundation was built and the program was able to accept referrals, the PYAP team initiated a structured mentoring program for elementary-aged children that was offered during the last school year. Designed to engage mentors and mentees, and offer fun while learning character skills, positive behaviors, social interaction and creativity, the program demonstrated positive outcomes for all the kids who participated, and served as the springboard for a number of other programs that were offered this past summer.

LOCAL PROGRAM HELPS KIDS AND FAMILIES

Much like the structured mentoring program, the summer programs were developed to engage youth in opportunities and experiences, such as woodworking, floral design, photography and gardening. A number of individuals volunteered their time and talents to design and lead the summer programs. The programs, Writer / Jamie Hergott which were sponsored by Duke Energy, emphasized the joy of Photography Provided learning and opened the door for the youth who participated to The Plainfield Youth Assistance Program (PYAP) is the vision pursue new interests and make new friends. of a group of community leaders who wanted to do more Going forward, PYAP leaders plan to build on the successes of to help kids that might need some assistance and positive the mentoring and summer programs, and develop a more robust direction. Ultimately, the Town of Plainfield, the Plainfield and ongoing mentoring program that will focus on helping kids Community School Corporation, and Hendricks County discover the joy of learning, explore career paths, and ultimately leaders came together to establish the PYAP. They recruited a group of community members to design a program that would engage the community holistically, to identify and provide help to vulnerable youth and their families who have experienced some of life’s difficulties.

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Overcoming what seemed like endless barriers, including COVID, those individuals built the PYAP from the ground up and created a program that helps kids and families navigate resources available in the community. Grants from the Lilly Endowment Youth Program Resilience Fund and the Rotary Club of Plainfield, as well as donations by numerous individuals to the Plainfield Christian Church Love Your Neighbor Fund, provided much-needed help with startup costs, but the program leaders are looking for opportunities to create a sustainable funding model that will allow the PYAP to meet the needs of the growing number of referrals they are receiving.

The PYAP is led by a volunteer board of directors responsible for developing the strategy, setting goals and objectives, and overseeing the operation of the program. Mark Todisco, who formerly served on the Plainfield school board for more than 20 years, serves as president of the volunteer board.

“One fundamental goal of the program is to help kids stay interested or become interested in school, which statistics show goes a long way to keeping them from developing behaviors that might lead to more serious problems,” Todisco says.

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Staci Hovermale was recently hired as the PYAP’s full-time director to provide strategic direction, and oversee the day-today operations. Brandi Beasley serves as an early-intervention advocate for the PYAP and works with kids and families referred to the program. The PYAP operates under the umbrella of the Hendricks County Youth Assistance Program. While the PYAP focuses exclusively on the needs of youth and families in the Plainfield community, the hope is to create similar programs in other Hendricks County communities. Hovermale also serves as director of the Hendricks County Youth Assistance Program. Currently, Hovermale and Beasley are the PYAP’s only employees, serving a caseload of more than 70 children and their families.

One of Hovermale’s first priorities was to work with members of the PYAP board to establish a vision and mission statement that would clearly communicate

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to the community what the PYAP is all about. Hovermale says that the vision of the PYAP is “investing in, assisting, and empowering vulnerable youth and families

in Plainfield by engaging our community to help them realize their self-worth, embrace the joy of learning and achieve their full potential.”

“The Plainfield Youth Assistance Program serves as a voluntary early intervention and advocacy process for at-risk youth and families in Plainfield,” Hovermale continues. “PYAP engages the community holistically and brings together individuals, businesses, faith-based and other nonprofit organizations to provide support, enrichment and opportunities for youth and their parents and caregivers.”

As the PYAP’s vision and mission statement make clear, the program is a community effort.

“Relationships are the core to everything we do, including raising funds for the program and recruiting volunteers,” Hovermale says. “It is all about forming meaningful relationships with individuals, organizations and corporations who are willing to volunteer their time, talents and other resources to have a positive and lasting impact in the lives of the children and families in our community.”

There are multiple entities within the PYAP that have come alongside the youth and families, and have welcomed and embraced the program. These are resources to help support and provided services:

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• Library: Rooms for trainings; individual and structured mentoring • Individual Donors: Cash and in-kind • Individual, family, club and business sponsorships The community continues to show support for the PYAP. In September, Oasis Diner and Jack’s Donuts provided proceeds from their eating contest at the Quaker Days festival to the PYAP. Also,

leaders at the Shops at Perry Crossing offered to have a mural painted by artist Kylin Brown to help bring awareness to the PYAP. This event gave the opportunity for the community to add their handprint to the mural. Thirty-two businesses and families in the Plainfield community sponsored the mural, the event, and additional programming for PYAP kids and families.

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For more information, please visit plainfieldyouthassistance.org, or follow the PYAP on Facebook or Instagram.

Make a referral, become a volunteer, make a donation or simply stay up to date.

If you would like the PYAP staff or board members to speak with your organization or club meetings, please email staci@ plainfieldyouthassistance.org.

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