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ZIONSVILLE YES! LOCAL PARENTS INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT NOVEMBER VOTING FOR ZIONSVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS REFERENDUMS Zionsville residents have an important vote coming up on the ballot in November, and a group of Zionsville parents are doing all they can to inform the community about it.

4 A Designer’s Dream: Zionsville’s Nikki Blaine Couture Features Designs at Paris Fashion Week

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A Designer’s Dream Z I O N SV I L L E ’ S N I K K I B L A I N E C OU T U R E F E AT U R E S D E S I GN S AT PA R I S FA S H I O N W E E K Writer / Samantha Kupiainen Photographer / Ellie Sophie Photography

At Nikki Blaine Couture, a glam chic boutique located in Zionsville, almost everything is a one-of-a-kind original customized by Blaine herself. The selftaught fashion designer opened her freestanding boutique in 2011, after owning an Etsy shop since the mid-2000s.

“For the most part, if I were to describe who my client is, she’s typically a professional woman that’s on a platform,” Blaine says. “I deal with a lot of professional women who are CEOs or they are the president or entrepreneurs themselves. I deal with a lot of prominent professional people.”

Since she started, Blaine’s designs have been worn on runways around the globe and

displayed in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Nikki Blaine Couture has even made it to the Capital — the Neighborhood Ball at the inauguration ceremonies for the President of the United States.

Soon she will fulfill every fashion designer’s dream — featuring designs at Paris Fashion Week.

professional at that age,” Blaine says. “I told them to take their shirts apart and let me fix it for you guys. So I helped them get a better grade on their assignment and I was so excited about helping them that I was like, ‘Oh, I really enjoy making clothes.’ It started to blossom from there.”

Her interest in fashion and designing clothes stayed with her throughout school.

A Blooming Interest The North Central graduate had her first Blaine has had an interest in fashion since fashion show when she was in high school she was nine years old. Her interest began to and even designed some prom dresses for bloom while she was in middle school, after her earliest clients — her friends. learning how to make a sweatshirt for a class “I was very passionate and very focused project. Having a natural talent for design, about having my own brand,” she says. “It she excelled at the assignment. The same couldn’t be said about her classmates. was a passion of mine. In high school is when it really became established.”

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“My senior year, I pretty much wrote my own curriculum,” Blaine says. “They were like, ‘OK, if you’re really passionate about this, then these are the classes you need to have.’ They kind of just cultivated my direction that way.”

After graduating high school, Blaine earned her business degrees and entered the corporate world. While continuing her education, she continued to foster her knowledge in fashion. After dabbling in the corporate world for a few years, she left to pursue fashion full-time.

“During my own personal research, I learned that a lot of businesses fail, a lot of fashion designers fail in their independence of being an entrepreneur because they do not have the business savvy to actually operate a business,” Blaine says. “They were talented as an artist but they were uneducated in the world of business.”

She finally opened her free-standing store, Nikki Blaine Couture, in 2011 after transitioning out of her Etsy shop.

Her Main Street to Paris Runway In August 2019, Blaine hosted one of her last shows before she jets off to Paris for Fashion Week. It was titled “Her Main Street to Paris Runway” and was based on the popular 1986 film, “Pretty in Pink,” while merging together Paris and Indianapolis.

“My thought process was, Pretty in Pink, what would a high school girl want to wear and cultivate that thought,” Blaine says.

“That’s kind of how that show came about.”

Most of her shows are local to the city.

Whenever she does a fashion show, she always keeps her audience in mind.

“I’m very mindful of the audience who’s wearing the clothes and the image I want to portray,” she adds.

For this particular show, it was targeted toward high school girls. It included 16 pieces and was pieced together in just three weeks.

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“I was able to create the show out of my pre-existing garments because I just did a show in March as well,” Blaine says.

“I tweaked and made a couple of quick things. I can do shows fairly quick.”

As for her Paris Fashion Week show, it will feature eight Nikki Blaine Couture originals. The invite to Paris is called Flying Solo, which is a showroom in New York City for independent designers like Blaine. The show was September 28 and featured designs that are layered and glam chic, with the focus of a beautiful goddess.

Paris Fashion Week ran Sept. 23 through Oct. 1.

When asked about her reaction to being accepted into the show, Blaine was grateful for such a prestigious opportunity.

Nikki Blaine Couture is located at 99 N 1st St #100 in Zionsville. For more information about Blaine and her designs, visit her website nikkiblaine.com or her social media accounts, @NikkiBlaineCouture.

Halloween Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating Writer / Abigail Hake Photography Provided

Kids (and parents) love the magic of Halloween. Walking around at night, in costume, collecting candy, what’s not to love? But there’s many aspects of the evening that get parents feeling nervous, which is why safety for the evening is especially important.

Did you know only about one-third of parents discuss Halloween safety with their kids? But keeping Halloween safe is very important, not only for the safety of the kids, but also to keep the magical feeling of the night. Here are a few tips to help keep your little ones safe while trick or treating this year:

you head out, it will be by the time you head back as most fall nights are. Make sure to layer up if it’s going to be cold because you don’t want to be frozen in the middle of your trick or treating route!

of an emergency with your kids. Children can easily become lost on a dark Halloween night and these are small and easy reminders to practice and are important things to know for every day too.

STAY WITH YOUR CHILDREN Join in on the fun and walk with them, even dress up if you like! At our house we take turns, one person hands out candy for an hour while the other takes the kids out and then we swap. If that’s not an option, maybe try to connect with a group of friends to trick-or-treat together. You might also try to plan to have your kids go out with your neighbors, girl scout or cub scout troop, or even cousins. Always make sure there is some sort of adult supervision.

TRICK-OR-TREATING ETIQUETTE Make sure to only visit homes with a porch light on and only approach doors that are well lit. This one can be tricky these days with automatic lights and decor. Use your best judgment and always remind the kids to never enter a home or car for a treat!

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STAY VISIBLE If your kids are going to be out after dark then blinking LED safety lights are a great addition to the back of their costume or candy bag! Pick them up at any sporting goods store or order from Amazon. Not only will they stand out for you to see, but they’ll also attract the attention of others,

keeping them extra safe. Reflective tape is another option that will make your child more visible when added to the back of their costumes or all sides of their candy bag.

BE COMFORTABLE While we know some costumes require the right shoe (hello Cinderella), let’s be real on Halloween night while trick-or-treating, no one wants their feet to be uncomfortable.

Most costumes can handle rain boots or tennis shoes depending on the weather.

Remember, the longer your feet feel good, the more candy you can get!

Also, try to keep props to a minimum. If it’s part of the costume, make sure they are easily carried and it doesn’t have sharp edges or points. Try adding a strap to a sword, shield or really anything, so they can be thrown over the shoulder or held on your child’s back while walking from house to house.

ADVANCE PLANNING Decide what streets you want to hit and which you’ll skip before you head out.

There’s nothing like walking a route that’s too far for a little and getting stuck carrying them home. Make sure the route you pick is manageable for whatever ages are heading out the door.

And don’t forget to always use the sidewalk and walk don’t run. Most injuries on Halloween are pedestrian injuries, so make sure to review routes, use flashlights and take your time!

CANDY CHECK We have all heard the horror stories of the candy that’s made kids sick and had harmful things in it. Maybe they were true, maybe they weren’t, but it’s still a good idea to check your kids’ candy for safety purposes and maybe pick out some of your favorites while you are doing it. Look for partially opened pieces, ones that look questionable or types the kids might be allergic to. There’s most likely going to be plenty, so pulling out one or two because they don’t seem like great quality will be fine.

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Mary Reid, Chairperson for Zionsville Yes! and Joe Stein, ZCS School Board President

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Zionsville residents have an important vote coming up on the ballot in November, and a group of Zionsville parents are doing all they can to inform the community about it.

Mary Reid and Mike Copher are leading the charge for Zionsville Yes! in support of the two school referendums up for vote this November. Both Reid and Copher,

along with a group of local parents, are strongly encouraging Zionsville residents to vote yes for the referendum — especially ZCS parents.

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“In 2009, we moved here, and we chose our home in Zionsville specifically for the school district,” Reid says. “I felt compelled to get involved because it was an immediate problem for us.”

“I grew up in the area and moved back later,” Copher adds. “When the 2010 referendum failed, I think it was a surprise to a lot of people. I don’t think people necessarily believed what the school administration said they would have to do (if it didn’t pass)

— cutting 150 teachers and cutting major programming. People thought the money would be able to come from elsewhere, and that wasn’t the case.”

After seeing the impact of the 2010 referendum not getting passed, in 2012, Reid and Copher, along with a group of other concerned residents, organized Zionsville Yes! — a campaign in support of the ZCS referendum. The parent-led, parent-operated organization is focused solely on supporting the referendum and informing all Zionsville residents about why they should vote “Yes” come November.

“We, as a group of parents, work together to get the word out and encourage people to vote,” Reid says.

The referendum on the upcoming November ballot that Boone County residents will be voting on actually includes two separate referendums for ZCS — a facilities referendum and an operating referendum. The facilities referendum aims to provide bonding authority to build a new elementary school, expanding and

modifying Zionsville Community High School, as well as improvements to other schools in the district.

Currently, according to Zionsville Yes!, two elementary schools are already at capacity and the high school is nearing capacity. The facilities referendum will provide “additional classroom space that will protect class sizes, eliminate the need for semi-annual redistricting and safeguard curriculum.”

After the 2010 referendum failed, class sizes skyrocketed. According to ZionsvilleYes.com, there were 223 classes with more than 30 students and 45 classes with 35-plus students.

Those numbers alone, Zionsville Yes! hopes will catch the attention of ZCS parent voters.

“We have had more than 200 new students a year for the past decade,” Reid says. “We have a very reliable study that shows there will be at least another 200 students per year for the next decade as well. So, we need that new elementary school and 32 new classrooms at the high school by 2023.”

The operating referendum extends the current referendum for eight years and will protect class sizes from exploding, fund at least one-third of all teachers and 100% of referendum dollars will stay in Zionsville to fund the teachers.

students that aren’t quite to the elementary or high school grade levels can be impacted by the referendum.

“Even parents with small children, this becomes your reality very quickly,” Reid says. “Once your kids enter school, time goes by quickly. You want the best educators and best curriculum available to them. If this referendum were to fail, there is no quick fix.

You have to wait at least another year before you approach another referendum. The pain that the schools feel and that the students feel is immediate. We know that our school district has put together a very thoughtful plan. They’ve addressed the space need and a great timeline for construction.”

“The fact is if this referendum doesn’t pass, just like in 2010, you will have overcrowded classrooms, a loss of a third of our teachers and program cuts,” Copher adds. “A lot of newer parents, or even those with kids Even those parents with toddlers or younger in middle school or elementary school, 10 / ZIONSVILLE MAGAZINE / OCTOBER 2019 / atZionsville.com

probably don’t have much knowledge of what happened back in 2011 and 2012. They may think someone will take care of it, but this can’t be taken care of without the proper funds.”

For those residents who are empty nesters, parents with newborns or even those with no children at all, the thought process is likely that the referendum won’t affect them that much. That voter group, oftentimes, is more likely to abstain or glaze over that part of the ballot come November. Still, Reid and Copher both urge that the referendum does impact those voters as well because of the negative effect on property values if it were to fail.

When the referendum failed in 2010, according to zillow.com, Zionsville home values dropped significantly while neighboring home values increased. Zionsville Yes! insists that the value of homes is directly related to an excellent reputation of Zionsville Community Schools.

“The property values are a big thing,” Copher says. “In 2010, when that referendum didn’t pass, the property values in Zionsville went down, while communities around us went up.

There is plenty of evidence out there showing that direct correlation between strong schools and increased property value. We want to attract businesses to set up shop in Zionsville, too. Those businesses are not going to want to invest here if they can’t draw a good labor pool and be in a place that wants to support the school system.”

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Ahead of November, Reid and Copher urge Boone County residents to visit ZionsvilleYes.com and ZCS.k12.in.us for more information and statistics. The group will also be sending out mailers to inform local residents, too.

Zionsville Yes! also encourages parents to get involved. Currently, they have about two dozen, core people that help out.

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“But there are more than 100 people that end up helping with different volunteer activities like putting up yard signs and door hangers before the election,” Reid says. “We always have people at the polls on election day thanking people for voting, too. So we do have a lot of community support and parents that contribute where they can.”

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Interested in trying out rock climbing as a new, invigorating pursuit with some friends or family members? Don’t book a flight out to Wyoming or Colorado just yet — Hoosier Heights in Carmel offers plenty of indoor rock-scaling action right here in Central Indiana.

General Manager Ryan Fischer says the facility, which opened in June of 2012, provides a safe, non-intimidating indoor rock climbing atmosphere for any age and skill level.

we realized this is something that could be accessible to the masses, so we’ve all worked really hard to create an environment that is welcoming and nonjudgmental.”

“It’s a full, inclusive climbing experience, and one of our main tenets is climbing can be for anyone,” says Fischer, a Logansport native who joined the Hoosier Heights team in 2014. “As all of us here got into the sport

With sister facilities in Bloomington and Louisville, Hoosier Heights features walls over 40-feet high, as well as the Snake — a 25-foot overhang that stretches out above a foam pit.

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“The Snake is by far our most popular feature, and it draws people from everywhere,” Fischer says. “It’s one-ofa-kind, and other facilities have tried to duplicate it around the world but it’s really unique. You can climb to the top with no ropes or harness, and if you fall, you fall into a nice, fluffy marshmallow pit.”

Hoosier Heights is truly an all-ages affair — member and non-member kids up to around age 10 can participate in a twohour, introductory Youth Climbing Club, which includes game-based activities that familiarize kids with the basics of safe climbing. The members-only Hoosier Heights Recreation Team is also for new climbers, but covers climbing technique, terminology and etiquette in detail.

“Then we have our intermediate team that starts to get a little more serious with more dedication involved,” Fischer says. “You can compete at that level at the USA climbing competitions around the tri-state area. After

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Fischer touts the sheer physical benefits of spending a day at Hoosier Heights, in addition to the fun participants typically have.

“It’s a total body workout,” he says. “You’re of course working all of the back and the pull muscles, but there’s a lot of static holding almost like doing a plank, where you’re flexing your calves, quads, glutes and your core. So you get quite the lower-body workout too. It’s as full-body of a workout as it gets.”

That’s not all. Hoosier Heights offers a yoga program and fitness area with treadmills, spin bikes, free weights and more. Those interested in further diversifying their exercise routine can also explore the Dojo, which houses obstacle courses similar to those featured on the “American Ninja Warrior” television show as well as resistance equipment like dumbbells and TRX bands.

“One other thing that I don’t think many people realize is that climbing is like vertical chess, and you have to figure out how to get from point A to point B using just your body,” Fischer adds. “There’s a mind game to it that can be very satisfying when you figure it out.”

Hoosier Heights can accommodate group

parties and lock-ins for young crowds, and also features a gear shop with snacks, books and apparel.

that intimidation factor so everyone can fall in love with the sport that we all love here.”

The Hoosier Heights staff has established the facility as a destination experience for customers from all four neighboring states, in addition to becoming a local fixture for seven years and counting.

“We’ve been really fortunate to enjoy the best parts of Hamilton County,” Fischer says. “It’s an honor to be part of the community. Not just our member base — we have a large fraction of users that come in for day passes and come back and enjoy a Saturday with their families.”

“A lot of the other climbing gyms out there are great but it can be a little more intimidating in other places,” Fischer says.

“We really wanted to focus on taking away

Fischer and his staff have seen customers young and old overcome initial apprehensions about the heights or physical demands involved in climbing and become repeat customers.

“It’s perfectly natural to be intimidated and even a little afraid of heights, and that’s what is unique about this — whether it’s the pros or the first-time people, they’re all sharing that experience,” Fischer says. “But we will help you along the way and find a wall that you can get to the top of. That’s what we’re all about.”

Hoosier Heights is located at 9850 Mayflower Park Drive in Carmel. For more info including pricing for classes, teams and camps, call 317-802-9302 or visit hoosierheights.com. Individual and family memberships are also available.

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A poisoned picnic, an escaped monkey, and a presidential visit all have one thing in common — they are all part of the rich fabric of Zionsville lore. They are also the inspiration behind tales that have been enchanting adults and children at the SullivanMunce GhostWalk for 17 years.

The 2019 SullivanMunce GhostWalk is October 4 and October 5, starting every 15 minutes from 6-9 p.m. The 1-mile walk begins at SullivanMunce Cultural Center, 225 W Hawthorne St. The tour has nine stops featuring performances about the town’s history.

Heather Lusk, a Zionsville resident, is chairing the event for the first time.

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The event will feature history inspired vignettes that visitors have come to love.

However, each year’s featured stories are a bit different from previous walks. This year there will be all-new tales, while prior presentations will be slightly modified.

New to the SullivanMunce GhostWalk this year will be a psychic, who will be available for readings in the center as folks

wait for their tours to begin.

“There’s something for everyone, whether it’s a young child who wants to see something funny and not too scary or someone who’s interested in a historical story,” Lusk says.

The GhostWalk has an abundance of stories. One tale involves a picnic where two young girls were poisoned.

Another, staged in Lincoln Park, is about a visit from President Lincoln.

Train accidents also play a role in the stories, and all will be part of the 2019 GhostWalk.

Previous years’ walks have spotlighted a monkey that’s said to have once roamed the town after escaping from animal testing at a lab. While all stories draw from real accounts of events from the late 1800s through the 1950s, they’re embellished for entertainment.

The event began in 2002 and returned each year before going on hiatus in 2010. In 2011, the GhostWalk was reincarnated, and it’s been going ever since.

Lusk describes the tour as “more spooky than scary in a lot of instances,” so children are welcome. She does recommend they take part during daylight hours.

As for older children and adults seeking something a little creepier, Lusk suggests going later.

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The SullivanMunce GhostWalk is typically a sellout, drawing 600 each year from Zionsville and beyond.

However, those going on the tours are only part of the story.

Behind each GhostWalk, there are more than 100 local volunteers — some who begin working in the summer.

Volunteers include performers, makeup and costume assistants, and homeowners who offer the use of their front porches and yards for skits. One stop features dancers from the Village Dance Studio in Zionsville.

Lusk herself was an actor in the GhostWalk for eight years and her husband and children also have roles in the production. Their story is not unusual, she says.

“A lot of families are fully involved,” Lusk says.

SullivanMunce Cultural Center depends on its volunteers, as well as those who take the tours. The GhostWalks are fundraisers that support the nonprofit center’s work to preserve Zionsville’s history.

The 2019 SullivanMunce GhostWalk is October 4 and 5, starting at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center — rain or shine.

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high school years is when students do an awful lot of experimentation. Currently, marijuana is the most common substance being used. Some parents make light of the fact that their child is “smoking a little weed,” but Johnson points out that marijuana today is eight times more potent than it was 20 years ago.

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This happened in an upscale neighborhood in a north suburb of Indy,” Johnson says.

“It just goes to show that the stereotypical caricature of addiction is not of a dirty, disheveled criminal living on the street.”

What’s scary is that addiction often starts with a level-headed kid who does his “I see an awful lot of parents who are rather homework but makes a few wrong choices, then feels backed into a corner and doesn’t naïve,” Johnson says. “They assume that if know what to do. Addiction can also be their child is attending a good school and getting good grades, drugs won’t be an issue. born out of a simple Rx. For example, a In recent years, drug addictions — opioids, Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.” mother hurts her back, fills a prescription, in particular — has really blown up. and six months later, she’s hooked.

According to Dan Johnson, Founder of According to Johnson, one in 10 people Johnson tells the story of a high school girl NewDay, curbing that trend starts with who went to a party that had a giant bowl of who take an opioid will have an attraction introducing parents into the equation pills. The game was to go around in a circle, to it. Instead of simply numbing the pain, it early on. The middle school and early gives them more energy. pick and swallow a random pill.

Johnson notes that addictions programs typically work if three factors are met.

The person seeking treatment must 1) truly want help, 2) have a good support network of those who can protect, encourage and hold them accountable (since beating addiction is nearly impossible to do alone) and 3) commit to a prolonged counseling program of at least six to seven months.

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Johnson first got involved in addiction recovery when a dad came to him in the 90s and confided that his son was a heroin addict.

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