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Little League Central Region Headquarters Comes to Whitestown

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“We pay all of our adults minimum wage or higher,” David says. “Labor laws allow you to pay pennies to a disabled person, and that’s just not right. Providing at least minimum wage gives them dignity and normalizes what it means for them to work.”

One special feature is the farmhouse’s loom room, where the farm’s adults weave beautiful scarves, blankets, table runners and other functional art pieces. Each loom is different, which helps suit the adults’ varying needs. Recently, Watch Us Farm received a $5,000 grant and high-quality textile supplies from Ashford Wheels and Looms in New Zealand to further the project.

Another exciting summer project is the farm’s new hoop house, made from materials donated by Witham Health Services. A hoop house resembles a cross between a greenhouse and a tent, protecting sensitive crops from cold and heat. It allows farmers to extend the growing season from earlier in the spring to later in the fall.

FARMING FOR THE FUTURE WATCH US FARM PREPARES FOR FIRST FUNDRAISING GALA

Through friends, the Agarwals met a man familiar with building hoop houses, botanical gardens and other niche features.

“He came out here and just fell in love with our adults, because they’re awesome,” Janice says.

Later, Janice learned he had a high-functioning autistic son. It didn’t surprise her.

“Everyone knows someone with special needs,” Janice says. “If you don’t, you will.”

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When they co-founded Watch Us Farm three years ago, Janice and David Agarwal couldn’t predict what the future would bring. Their 501(c)(3) nonprofit, located in Boone County, employs highfunctioning adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Inspired by the mission, the builder put in extra effort to make the hoop house something special. The structure is spacious, with a high, sweeping ceiling. Watch Us Farm is preparing for pavers, which they’ll install with the help of volunteers. The hoop house will be done in time to serve as a gorgeous outdoor setting for the organization’s upcoming “We make no money from it,” Janice says. “I do this seven days a week. I gala, Dinner at Dusk. couldn’t do that unless we were changing lives. It’s more than just giving someone a job. We’re giving them friends and helping our society Dinner at Dusk will take place on September 25, 2021, from 6 p.m. to realize that they have value.”

10 p.m. It serves a dual purpose - raising funds for the farm, in order to expand and raise awareness of its mission and vision. The event will Most programs that support high-functioning disabled people end combine food, wine, entertainment and an auction into an elegant with graduation from high school. Watch Us Farm fills the gap by night under the stars. serving disabled adults, including those with brain injuries and autism, who are too independent for most services, but unable to live without The evening will begin with a gourmet dinner provided by Sweet and assistance. On the farm, these adults can work, learn and thrive in a Savory Catering, featuring organic ingredients grown at the farm. secure, nurturing setting. The organization helps them build deep Zionsville-based Grapevine Cottage will expertly pair a wine with friendships, confidence and vocational skills. each dish. For guests craving a sweet treat, My Sugar Pie, also based in Zionsville, will provide slices in autumnal flavors for each table.

Each adult employed at the organization takes care of one or more jobs around the farm. They raise heritage animals including Scottish Professional musicians from the Bach to Rock music school will play Highland cows, pigs, chickens and more, and cultivate organic produce, live music throughout the evening. The auction, which anyone can which they sell at a farm stand. They handcraft greeting cards and detail access on Watch Us Farm’s website, will run throughout the event. cars. Sometimes, they travel off-site for maintenance projects, such as Auction items include one-of-a-kind articles from the farm, like the fence painting and trail clearing. hide of a Scottish Highland cow. The auction also includes unique 6 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / SEPTEMBER 2021 / TownePost.com

donated prizes, such as Waterford lamps, jewelry, and baskets, as well as travel packages like a trip to swim with dolphins. Attendees in evening attire will enjoy the delightful food and company, as the sun sets and the stars begin to sparkle through the clear roof of the newly built hoop house.

Tickets for Dinner at Dusk are $100 per person or $1,000 per table - a highly affordable price for the value of the event. Attendance is capped at 150 people, and seats are filling quickly.

“You’re getting more than $100 worth of a meal because a lot of it is 100% fresh, organic food grown on our farm,” Janice says. “If you come to this event, you know that all of your money is going straight back to provide jobs in your community to the people who truly need it most.”

This will be Watch Us Farm’s first gala, and the Agarwals have big plans for the funds it will raise. In the short term, they’re looking into a hydroponic farm. They’d also love to build a cooling water wall in the hoop house. Such a wall would allow heat-sensitive adults to work through hot days while providing a therapeutic, sensory experience.

Their bigger goal is to expand the farm, either by buying more land or starting a new location. The farm has limited space - something that weighs on both Janice and David.

“We have a long list of parents who want their kids here,” Janice says.

“We need to expand. We just don’t have the space.”

Expanding the farm would take Watch Us Farm one step closer to its owners’ ultimate vision - a self-sustaining community combining jobs, housing and education for high-functioning disabled adults.

With the right setting and community support, Watch Us Farm could create a space for these oft-forgotten adults to live fulfilling lives in an environment designed to nurture their growth.

When they’re not at the farm, David says, these adults exist in a community that isn’t built for their needs. The model they envision is inspired by facilities they saw in Europe.

“You have a town, and next to that you have a community of people with special needs, supported by the town,” David says. “We’d like to have civic support, private support, public support, and make something like this normal.”

“A lot of people say, ‘Why didn’t you start with housing?’” Janice adds.

“If you just provide housing with no transportation, and without a job that works for their needs, you’ve set them up for failure. You’ve put

them in a place where they’re isolated, and most people think they’re so quirky, they won’t get to know them.”

When the Agarwals think of permanent land for Watch Us Farm, they think of a complex that becomes a hub for the community. Their priority is a larger, multi-featured farm including a vocational center and beautiful housing for special-needs adults. Janice says they would develop features like a museum, orchards and walking paths.

“I would love to have a beautiful park setting,” Janice says. “You bring your kids out, we have a farm-to-table restaurant, you volunteer here, maybe even get married here - and our special-needs adults are contributing to all of it. When you come here and you talk to these adults, you start to realize that this is just the way it should be. What we’re trying to build is right and good, and should be done on a regular basis. This shouldn’t be a new concept. This should be our community.”

In order to realize its vision, the Watch Us Farm staff needs support.

Those interested in helping can buy tickets for Dinner at Dusk, participate in the online auction during the event, or simply donate through the organization’s website. The staff is also seeking donated gifts for the auction, which any business can provide, and donated land to expand the farm. The Agarwals also encourage community members to volunteer or stop by for a visit.

Supporters can also sponsor Watch Us Farm’s Fall Festival, scheduled for October 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s a low-sensory event where special-needs kids and their siblings can play games, and pick and decorate pumpkins.

“We try to get sponsors because we want to make this event all about the families, so it’s totally free for them,” says Janice, encouraging all families with special-needs kids to come enjoy the event.

No matter what’s next for Watch Us Farm, the Agarwals are looking forward to it.

“I don’t know where we’re going,” Janice says. “Every time I have this plan, it gets bigger. It gets more beautiful. This [version of the farm] was just our experiment. Now that we know it works, we’ve got to grow.”

Watch Us Farm is located at 9906 East 200 South in Zionsville. Tickets to Dinner at Dusk are available at watchusfarm.com, along with information for the silent auction. Loom-woven items are also available for purchase on the site. To donate an item, volunteer or visit the farm, call or text 317-590-6496.

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Classic Cuts BOONE VILLAGE BARBER SHOP STILL CUTTING IT AFTER THREE DECADES

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A visit to Boone Village Barber Shop every two weeks or so has been a tradition for many Zionsville dads and sons for decades.

Owner Mike Nell often gives haircuts to third-generation family members. Women and girls are also welcome, but what the shop truly specializes in is a good, basic haircut. Located in the Boone Village Shopping Center, it’s situated in the perfect spot for running other errands as well.

“I was lost coming out of high school - I had no idea of what kind of work I wanted to do,” Nell says. “One day while getting my hair cut, I started talking to my barber about his job. It sounded like something I would be interested in doing. I went to the now-closed National Barber School in Indianapolis. I first started working in Greenfield. Then in 1978 there was a job opening here, and here I am.”

Owner Mike Nell

Nell has lived in Zionsville since taking that job, and bought a house here in 1980.

“All my kids went through the Zionsville schools,” he says. “I’ve continued to work here all these years except for 1987 to 1989, when a friend and I had a shop in downtown Zionsville. In 1989 I became owner of Boone Village Barber Shop.”

Nell has seen Zionsville transform through the years, but COVID necessitated a change in how his shop operates today. Now, instead of just popping in he recommends calling for an appointment first. Extra time is needed between appointments for sanitizing between haircuts and making sure there isn’t a crowd of people waiting.

“When we opened up after the pandemic shutdown, it was a whole new world,” Nell says. “A haircut still takes about 20 minutes and costs $18, but now our busiest day is every day. Lots of people work from home now and it’s caused our business to change.

If someone calls and we have an opening, we try to get them in.”

He says style preferences have shifted since last year.

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“The pandemic made styles go full circle,” Nell says. “In the late 1990s to early 2000s, guys liked to keep their hair really short, but now teenagers like it longer than the past 20 or 30 years. During COVID people let their hair grow and they liked it longer.”

Boone Village Barber Shop was closed for seven weeks during business shutdowns last year. Expecting to be closed for only a couple of weeks, Nell had already gathered the construction material he needed for a modest makeover of the shop. When customers came back in the spring of 2020, the business had a fresh look.

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“I plan on working for three more years and then I’m not sure of what will happen,” Nell says. “My wife Tina and I have lots of grandchildren living in Lebanon, Plainfield and Noblesville. I’d like to thank the Zionsville community for their support over the years.”

Boone Village Barber Shop is located at 67 Boone Village in Zionsville. Call 317-873-2234 for an appointment.

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PLAY BALL LITTLE LEAGUE CENTRAL REGION HEADQUARTERS COMES TO WHITESTOWN

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ittle League Baseball and Softball now has a new home for its Central Region Headquarters right here in Boone County.

Located on South Indianapolis Road in Whitestown, the Central Region Headquarters will now serve as the Midwest’s Little League home, hosting the Little League Softball regional tournament every July and Little League Baseball regional tournament every August. These tournaments are shown on ESPN and feature teams from the 13 states that make up the Little League Central Region.

Currently, there are five U.S. Little League headquarters. These include the East Region Headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, the West Region Headquarters in San Bernardino, California, the Southeast Region Headquarters in Founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Warner Robins, Georgia, the Southwest Pennsylvania, Little League International Region Headquarters in Waco, Texas, first began developing regional headquarters and the Central Region Headquarters in across the country as the youth sports Whitestown. program grew and developed.

“As it expanded across the country, there was really the need to develop regional service centers with staff that were able to assist with customer service,” explains Nina Johnson-Pitt, senior strategy executive with Little League International and former Central Region director. “As our tournaments continued to grow, we also needed to have facilities that could accommodate.”

Formerly, the Central Region Headquarters had been located in Indianapolis at 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer Road, JohnsonPitt explains, but a few factors eventually prompted Little League officials to look for a new home in the Midwest.

“It was a really large piece of property, and because our footprint really could’ve been smaller, the maintenance of up-keeping that property didn’t make a lot of sense,”

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WE WANT TO GIVE WHITESTOWN AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT COME IN TO BE ABLE TO SEE A REALLY NICE MIDWESTERN TOWN, WHERE FOLKS ARE FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE.” — NINA JOHNSON-PITT Little League field with stadium seating, bleachers and a press box.

In addition to marquee Central Region tournaments, Johnson-Pitt says the Central Region Headquarters will host other special events and tournaments. Additionally, she hopes the facility can also service needs in the local Boone County community.

Johnson-Pitt says. “The second piece of that, unfortunately, was that area of Indianapolis really started to deteriorate. 42nd and Mitthoeffer is a very high-crime area, so we didn’t feel comfortable continuing to bring people in from outside of the area, having them play games in the evenings into dark.”

After selling their former property to Cathedral High School, where it is still used for athletic purposes, Little League International began the search for a new home, inviting communities across the Central Region’s 13 states to make their proposals. Through this process, four communities emerged as finalists.

“It ended up being four main players, and most of them were in central Indiana,” Johnson-Pitt says. “There was one community just outside of Chicago that was interested. Here locally, there was Zionsville, Plainfield, and for a while Westfield had some interest in incorporating us into Grand Park as part of their proposal.

When we really started to dig into those four, Westfield removed themselves and determined that wasn’t going to be the right fit for us, so we were left with the three.”

Following site visits to each of the three finalists, Little League International eventually landed on Zionsville to be their Central Region home. However, these plans would soon change.

“We made that announcement and started to move forward with the proposed property in Zionsville,” Johnson-Pitt says.

“Due to some concern from some of the neighbors in that area, we made the determination to actually remove ourselves from that property in Zionsville. We didn’t really want to be in an area where we weren’t welcome and wanted, so it was just the best choice for us to remove ourselves from that situation.”

With help from the Zionsville Local Organizing Committee (ZLOC), Little League International began looking for a new home for their Central Region Headquarters in the Boone County area.

“Through some conversations within Boone County, [the ZLOC] was able to talk to Dax Norton, the town manager at the time in Whitestown, and put together some options for us here in Boone County,” Johnson-Pitt says. “We had a couple of options and felt like this area here off of Indianapolis Road was going to be the best fit for us, so here we are.”

Following a year of construction, leaders celebrated the opening of the Central Region Headquarters in Whitestown with a ribbon-cutting event on June 26. The new complex features the Central Region Headquarters administration building, a gift shop, a concessions stand, restrooms and batting cages, as well as a full-size, lighted

“We’ve always been a really good partner to others in the community,” Johnson-Pitt says. “For example, at the previous regional center, we worked with the Marion County Sheriff ’s Office to allow them to use the facility for training, like Badges Without Borders. We’re certainly open to working with other nonprofits in the area that may need some meeting space, just to be a good neighbor.”

Ultimately, Johnson-Pitt and her colleagues at Little League International hope to shine a light on the community of Whitestown as a whole with the new Central Region Headquarters.

“We’re going to get a lot of great media coverage on ESPN,” Johnson-Pitt says.

“They always do a nice job of talking about the towns they’re in. It should be a really nice national spotlight for Whitestown, in addition to the families that come in from outside the area. We want to give Whitestown an economic opportunity, and for those families that come in to be able to see a really nice Midwestern town, where folks are friendly and supportive.”

The Little League Central Region Headquarters is located at 7185 South Indianapolis Road in Whitestown. You can reach them at 317-897-6127, and visit their website at littleleague.org/region/centralregion.

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LEADING BY EXAMPLE GLENN ROBINSON III IMPACTS LOCAL FAMILIES THROUGH ARI FOUNDATION

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here,” he says. find success at Lake Central High School, where he realized what it was going to take if he wanted to make his own way to the NBA. While playing for the Pacers, Robinson decided to buy a house in central Indiana s the son of an NBA star and Indiana “I saw the numbers statistically as a kid, and and was drawn to Zionsville, where he Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Glenn Robinson III had a lot expected I was like, ‘I have to make it. I have to be one currently resides. of these 3,000 kids [at Lake Central] that of him growing up. Early on, however, the “I’m a country boy - I like space,” Robinson move on to the next level,’” Robinson says.

Gary native learned it was imperative that says. “I do like neighbors, but I like a “I would be at the school an hour before he pave his own path to success. school started, and I would get up 1,000 little bit of room. If you go to some places downtown, you’re just surrounded. I ended “That was probably one of the biggest hurdles shots every morning. I really think high up moving to Zionsville in 2017, my second school taught me how to be different.” that I had to get through, being young and year with the Pacers. I kept the house and I having the same name as not only my dad, but a number-one pick in ’94 who was also a Robinson went on to play college basketball love it.”

Purdue basketball legend,” Robinson says. “I out of state at the University of Michigan - a In addition to personally liking the area, decision that puzzled some at first. had to get past that, create my own lane and Robinson’s 3-year-old daughter Ari lives in realize I’m my own person.”

“My dad had gone to Purdue, and everyone Carmel, so living in Zionsville keeps them always asked me, ‘Why didn’t you go to near each other.

From birth, Robinson was immersed Purdue or Indiana, being an Indiana kid?’” in basketball culture via his father. At a “It’s a community where I can get to he says. “I always tell them - because no very young age, he even had a post-game downtown Indianapolis if I need to,” one knows - that neither one offered me a encounter with one Michael Jordan.

Robinson says. “As far as building a family full scholarship. Michigan offered me a full scholarship and is a better school, so I took it.” and the school system, there’s nothing better “My dad was playing against Michael that you can get than a town like Zionsville.”

Jordan,” he says. “Michael had 44 points. My After being drafted by the Minnesota dad had 42. The Bulls ended up winning.

Speaking of his daughter, Robinson Timberwolves in the 2014 NBA Draft, I was in the stands with my mom and my started a foundation named after her in Robinson eventually found his way to the grandma. You know those signs you hold 2018 called the Angels are Real Indeed Indiana Pacers in 2015, where he spent up behind the backboard that say ‘miss?’ three seasons playing for the blue and gold. (ARI) Foundation, which is dedicated Michael Jordan turned it around to the to empowering fathers and families of side that said ‘make’ since they won, and he “Coming back to Indiana, it really made me fatherless homes. signed it for me.” realize how much this state loves basketball “Growing up with my father being who he and the genuine love you get [as a player] Not surprisingly, Robinson would go on to Writer / Seth Johnson Photographer / Robby Berry

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On the near horizon, Robinson will be holding his annual fall-themed “Pumpkins with Pops” event. Like all ARI Foundation functions, this event will be free and open to the public.

“We encourage dads to bring their kids, but sometimes we do open it up to both parents,” Robinson says. “We just try to create as much positivity as we can within the city.”

At the end of the day, his ultimate hope is to have a lasting impact on families for generations to come.

“To be able to play in the league for seven years has been great, but it means nothing if I don’t pass along things that I’ve learned on and off the court,” Robinson says. “It’s

was, I always said, ‘I want to continue on our legacy, and I want to be even better than my dad was,’” Robinson says.

Since starting his nonprofit, Robinson has gained support for the ARI Foundation from NBA teammates like Draymond Green and Steph Curry (as a member of the Golden State Warriors), Al Horford (as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers) and Myles Turner (a former Pacers teammate).

moved with Robinson from team to team, the current NBA free agent is now claiming Indiana as the ARI Foundation’s home base.

“Now being home more during the summer, I can really get out and reach the “I’ve had a bunch of teammates support me community where I’m from and try to make - teammates that are fathers and not fathers,” an impact,” Robinson says. “What better he says. place to do it?”

so important that we just keep growing and have people who are leading the youth. It’s a hard job, and it’s not for everybody. But I’m willing to take that on.”

To learn more about the ARI Foundation and its upcoming events, be sure to visit ARIFoundation.org.

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THE GRASS IS GREENER

HOLLIDAY FARMS GOLF COURSE OPENS IN ZIONSVILLE Writer / Jon Shoulders Photographer / Amy Payne

The new 18-hole golf course at Holliday Farms was a few years in the actual making, with construction beginning in early 2019.

However, the course’s inception goes all the way back to the 1990s.

Pete Dye, a world-renowned golf course designer known for courses throughout the country and the world, had a vision more than two decades ago for a course that would sit amidst the 600 acres that comprise the Holliday Farms development in Zionsville.

“It’s been neat to bring to life this project that Pete and Alice Dye did a plan for, over 20 years ago,” says Betsy Garfield

of Henke Development Group, which is also developing the former farmland into a community with space for 450 homes.

“There were some changes to the plan along the way but the essence is certainly there.

The Dyes’ last two projects were Holliday and Chatham Hills, here in Central Indiana where they lived, before they passed away, and it’s really special to bring their vision to life.”

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construction on the course began.

“The Holliday property has a long and storied past - it’s been owned by the Holliday and the Rogers family,” Garfield Dye’s first well-known course was Crooked says. “Mary Rogers is a Holliday, and she Stick Golf Club in Carmel, the construction inherited a lot of the property from her of which started in 1964. By the 1980s Dye father. It’s been in their family for some had designed courses all over the U.S. as time. We began talking to the owners of well as Europe. the property four or five years ago about possibly developing this property. They’re The Holliday Farms residential development an incredible family to talk to and work is projected to take eight to 10 years, and with. We knew how important the property lots started getting staked in 2019, the year and the project are to the family, and took a 18 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / SEPTEMBER 2021 / TownePost.com

lot of time with the planning.”

The Holliday Farms golf facilities include two 9-hole courses, each of which have two par-3s, five par-4s and two par-5s.

“It’s a beautiful course with a lot of terrain change,” Garfield says. “Because of Eagle Creek, there are all these creeks and ravines that wind their way down. It creates a different type of experience, where for example, you’ll be sitting up really high and then fall off. There are a lot of really mature woods areas on the property too, which will be challenging at times but very beautiful.”

There’s more than just an 18-hole course.

Members can also enjoy a 9-hole par-3 course, a 9,000-square-foot putting green, a 7,000-square-foot chipping green with bunkers, and a driving range.

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were able to view homes up close.

“Despite COVID, it was a successful home show and a great way to show people Golf course construction was completed in what was going on and what was coming,” the fall of last year, and around that time the Garfield says. “The course was done in developers opened up the Holliday Farms 2020, and we’ve just been letting the grass property for the annual Home-A-Rama and everything grow in and now it looks event, organized by the Builders Association great. It already has nearly full membership, of Greater Indianapolis, during which guests and it ranges from 20-year-olds to those in

retirement.”

The Henke Development Group team worked with the Dyes on a few projects prior to Holliday Farms, including the fiveyear Chatham Hills project in Westfield.

“Luckily, we had great weather through the more recent construction months, so that helped with construction, building bunkers

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and the seeding quite a bit,” Garfield says. “Weather and timing is critical to the buildout phase when you’re not in a Floridian climate, and with COVID we tried to make sure we did everything safely and still hit our deadlines.”

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Garfield adds that the construction team is also nearing completion of a temporary clubhouse at the course, located directly across from where a permanent clubhouse will eventually sit, and the temporary structure will house a pro shop, refreshments area and more.

“That will be our membership hub for the next few years until the clubhouse is complete,” she says. “It will be a very cool spot for members to meet and grab a drink. The permanent clubhouse will have dining, fitness, tennis courts and all sorts of great stuff, and construction on that will probably start later this year. It’s been a very busy process, and we’re very excited that the course is opening up for people to get out there and enjoy.”

The Club at Holliday Farms is located at 3650 S. U.S. 421 in Zionsville. For more info on the Holliday Farms community, membership details, maps and more, visit hollidayfarmszionsville.com.

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A Calling for the Canvas SALLY MILLS FINDS INSPIRATION AS A PAINTER This is just one way Sally Mills brings her skills to canvas for appreciative clients who live both locally and as far away as Israel and Art can be an impactful part of our lives. The Australia. beauty of a favorite place, or a destination dreamed but not visited, provides a resting Mills, 68, resides in Brownsburg, and lived place for tired eyes at night, and greets in Zionsville for much of her adult life. those same eyes with hope or remembered She worked as an executive administration fondness in the morning. assistant while raising her two grown Writer / Shelly Sack Photography Provided

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children, a son and daughter who graduated from Zionsville schools.

Mills is not formally trained in art and has no background in painting. She says she felt “a tapping on the shoulder one evening” after seeing a shadow on a wall 13 years ago.

Mills paints at home in a room with windows facing north and west, for four to six hours daily. On darker days, she supplements her lighting with a Lux light system. She often uses oils, preferring a scraper tool to a brush, while listening to a range of music from rock to Bach. At any given time, she finds herself working on four to six pieces.

“Something inside me became aware to sketch the shadow,” she says. “I got a sketch pad and didn’t really like it, and moved to color, thinking no one has to see it.”

Her first painting, which she still holds close, depicts her and her grandfather walking through woods during the fall.

As a child she spent summers with her grandparents on their property in Brazil, Indiana. Her grandfather, who is of Cherokee-German descent, worked in strip mining during the day.

“Oil is live and is a medium that remains alive, and can take decades or a century to cure and you can still smell the life in it,” she says.

Her chore of collecting eggs for her grandmother translated into her memorable rooster paintings, which clients appreciate.

Mills says she has a love-hate relationship with them because they remind her both of fond summers, and a rooster pecking her kneecaps. Her landscapes and florals are mostly impressionistic. She draws from childhood memories of laying in fields and making flower chains, or falling asleep to the flowers imprinted on her grandmother’s bedroom wallpaper.

She does abstract work, and has painted clients’ pets as well. Her largest commission

piece to date is a 14’ fantasy mural on canvas roll, for a client’s daughter’s bedroom.

Her smallest piece is an 8” square logo commissioned by a client for gifting.

Each painting carries her signature mark with a mustard seed, which draws from a biblical reference to faith.

“I’m exposing a vulnerability to the world,” she says. “I lived a rather reserved adult life. I feel I am now exposing myself, and learning along the way that people are enjoying what I do. They consider it a piece to hand to generations, and that has taught me volumes. I’ve received a precious gift.”

Several of Mills’ pieces are on display at CV Art and Frame, located at 110 South Main Street in Zionsville. Mills accepts private commissions, and can be reached at 317-371-6836.

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