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A large prairie teeming with wildlife and containing acres of native blooms exists at 126th Street and Prom-
ise Road in Fishers. Crucial to necessary biodiversity and a hands-on learning experience for kids and adults, the prai-
rie is more than just a pretty green space.Four years ago Geist Christian Church in Fishes be-
gan developing the land that surrounds the church into a prairie; members and friends cleared away construc-tion debris and turned the approximate 20 acres into the wildlife-friendly meadow.
Cheryl Shearer is a member of the church, serves on their Environmental Stewardship committee and is part of the Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society. “The prairie includes three acres of native plants,” Shearer stated. “We wrote for grants and raised money to make this happen.”
A gravel path winds around the church and anyone can access it to view the prairie. The path leads to Sand Creek and signs are installed along the way to provide information about plants and wildlife. There is even a Creekside Classroom on the banks of the creek.
“The Creekside Classroom is a large area that has been cleared,” Shearer explained. “Kids can sit on logs in a kind of classroom formation. A platform has been built in the creek so kids can go out and see what is going on in the water.”
Geist Christian in Fishers will present their Nature
Camp from July 28 – 31, utilizing the prairie and Creek-side Classroom. “This is the first year for a camp that specifically exposes kids to the environment,” said Shearer. “It can be hard for suburban kids to get these exposures.”
The prairie provides numerous learning opportunities including the concept of biodiversity and why it’s im-portant. “What happens with development is that spe-cies cannot intermingle,” Shearer shared. “So inbreeding happens, from insects all the way up to mammals and it’s not good for their survival.” Shearer went on to explain that Ridgefield housing development created a prairie adjacent to the Geist Christian property and with the two prairies, insects and other wildlife can intermingle creating biodiversity.
Take a look at the unique, urban prairie here in Fish-ers and learn something new about the natural world. “You don’t have to travel miles to experience this type of nature,” says Shearer.
Geist Christian creates urban prairieKids using the creek platform at the Creekside Classroom. (Submitted photo)
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DISPatCHeSCorrection in the story “Fishers homicide a rarity” dated July 1, the story should have read: “Chief George Kehl thanked the Noblesville Police Department, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Fishers Department of Fire and Emergency Services for their assistance”. In addition the story should have read “the police department has approximately 10 officers on duty at any given time,.”
Celebrate Bastille Day – Indiana Bastille Day, which celebrates the French Indepen-dence Day, is a fast-growing event in Indi-ana that attracts people from all over Geist, Fishers and Indianapolis. This celebration of the French national day will be held on July 12 from 4 - 11 p.m. in Fortville’s Landmark Park, about three miles east of Geist, and 20 minutes Northeast of Indianapolis. Indiana Bastille Day is a free family event. Learn more and volunteer at: www.indianabastille-day.com
Race Across Hamilton County Team Activi-ties Challenge – Seven parks and recreation departments throughout Hamilton County and Indiana Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) are partnering for the third annual Race Across Hamilton County Team Activi-ties Challenge on Aug. 23. A spin-off of the hugely popular television show, The Amaz-ing Race, the Race Across Hamilton County Team Activities Challenge offers a chance for teams of two, ages 14 and older, to compete in mental, physical and passive challenges at four different park sites around Hamilton County. Each year, the event hosts rely on over 100 volunteers to help put on the event. Visit /raceacrosshamiltoncounty for more event information, or contact Susan Daniels, Volunteer Coordinator at 774-2509.
Art Fair on the Square – The Noblesville Cultural Arts Commission ART FAIR on the SQUARE, in cooperation with the Hamilton County Artists’ Association and Nickel Plate Arts is coming up soon. Mark your calendars and bring your friends and family on Satur-day, August 2, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. to Noblesville’s most exciting day in the shade of the historic Noblesville Courthouse.
Tip a Cop – Fishers police officers will be volunteering as the wait staff and donating 100 percent of the tips for the third annual Cops & Kids on Aug. 18 from 5:30 – 9 p.m. Money raised will allow local kids to get the chance for a great holiday and shop with their personal cop for the day. Contributions will be made to the Fishers Police Founda-tion, Inc. The foundation is a 501(c)(3).
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On the coverFishers Fire Dept. recruits train during the training academy’s fire curriculum portion of their class. There were 16 Fishers Fire Department recruits that graduated on June 25. (Photo by Chris Allen)
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The Hamilton Disc Golf Union will host its 3rd Annu-al Discraft Ace Race, a Charity Event for the Humane Society of Hamilton County on Sunday, Aug. 3. Tee-off anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Lawrence W. Inlow Park, Carmel. For only $25 each player will get a Discraft Players Pack. All profits will be donated to the Humane Society. Pre-registration is open anytime the Pro Shop is open at Dr. James A. Dillon Park in Noblesville. For more info go to cur-rentinfishers.com.
The Plum Creek Golf Club Ladies League is host-ing a Rally for the Cure golf event on Wednesday, July 30, benefiting Susan G. Komen. The event is an 18-hole, 2-woman outing with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast begin at 7 a.m. Lunch immediately follows golf, with drawings for raffle prizes donated by many local businesses. Entry fee is $75 per golfer. Deadline for entries is July 14. More info is available at cur-rentinfishers.com.
The “Help Them Hear and See Classic” sponsored by Fishers Optimist Club is coming up on August 5 at Brookshire Golf Course in Carmel. This is the fourth year for the event. Money that is raised goes to the Fishers Optimist Youth Assistance Council and helps the Fishers Optimist Club to fund hearing aids, glasses and eye exams to children in need in the Hamilton County Area. All money raised through golfing and sponsorship is tax deductible. More info is available at currentinfishers.com.
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Commentary by Autumn Gasior
From a communications standpoint, my depart-ment never has a shortage of things to share
with our community. From summer concerts to snow removal updates, there is
always something to talk about here in Fishers. While we definitely don’t lack content, the
question I find myself asking is “Who is our mes-sage reaching?” The goal, of course, is everyone, and the Town uses various mediums to spread the word including the Fishers Alert email sys-tem, the Town Talk monthly newsletter, www.fishers.in.us, Facebook and Twitter.
However, these channels all rely on the resi-dents to connect with us. We want to come to you.
Moving forward, the Town will develop for more fluid communications with our Fishers neighborhoods. We’d like to work with neighbor-hood homeowners associations to get feedback on projects, spread the word about public meetings and special events and send Town officials out to your meetings to share important
information. We are actively collecting homeowners’ as-
sociation contacts and meeting information, and I’m asking you to help. The Town has created an easy-to-use form on the website in hopes of collecting HOA information, including president/board contact information, meeting schedules and any social media information.
I’m asking that you take a minute, visit www.fishers.in.us/HOA and fill out the form, or remind your HOA president to do so. This will help to ensure that the lines of communications are open between the Town and your neighborhood, and that’s a good thing for all of us.
I’m lucky to work in place where collaboration is a core value. I look forward to this spirit of collaboration expanding beyond the walls of our office and into our neighborhoods. Please take a moment to help us make that happen.
Connecting with neighborhoods
Autumn Gasior is the Director of Public Relations for the Town of Fishers. You may contact her at [email protected] or connect on Twitter @AutumnBGasior.
The Fishers G.I.V.E. Committee, which is a group made up entirely of town employees, is
continuing its seventh year of ser-vice to the community.
G.I.V.E, which stands for generos-ity, involvement, volunteerism and employees, chooses one charity each year to focus on and raise awareness for. This year’s charity is Prom-ising Futures, an organization that works to de-velop healthy relationships and positive changes for the youth and families of Central Indiana.
Every fall the town staff comes together and votes on one charity group they would most like to support. The group selected is not always a local charity; in the past the committee has cho-sen Fishers families in need.
Fundraisers such as the Freedom Festival, where the committee oversees inflatables for kids to play on, and the Nickel Plate District Am-phitheater concessions during movie and concert nights are just two of the many ways the group raises money for their cause.
Run solely with town employees, each depart-ment from the Town of Fishers has a represen-
tative on the team. Once a year during Public Recognition Service Week the group focuses employee contributions through bake sales, raffles and a competition in which directors are voted on to receive a pie-in-the-face.
The Freedom Festival is the team’s biggest event each year. This year the committee raised five thou-sand five hundred dollars and the inflatables were sponsored by Lawn Pride, which allowed all money raised to go directly to Promising Futures.
Aimee Ector, a human resource assistant for the town who serves as the facilitator of G.I.V.E. believes that helping people is a very special experience.
“We’re lucky to have these employees that work for the town that are really passionate about this and have leadership that supports these charities,” Ector said.
In the past the group has supported groups such as Hoosier Burn Camp, The Humane Society of Hamilton County, Janus Developmental Ser-vices and Kammy’s Kause.
To suggest specific needs or local charities to the group for their upcoming year you can call Ector at 595-3106 or email her at [email protected].
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Town employees help non-profitsG.I.V.E members sponsored a bouncy house at the recent Fishers Freedom Festival and raised $5,500 for charity. (Submitted photo)
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Commentary by Larry Lannan
When you need help in an emergency, you call 911. You don’t think about the cost of the service.
The Fishers Town Council has been thinking about the cost, which has gone
from zero to over $1 million in only a few years.Fishers is part of the Hamilton County 911 sys-
tem. As a result, Fishers is assessed an amount of money to participate.
In calendar year 2014, the Town of Fishers was assessed $722,000. The Fishers assessment for 911 service in 2015 is expected to be surpass $1 million.
Why has the local cost of 911 service risen from zero to over $1 million in only a few years?
The rapid growth of Fishers is one reason. When a municipality’s citizens use the service more often, the assessment rises.
The other major reason is the fact that the tax we pay as part of our phone bills has not kept up with the cost of the service. Cell phone users pay much lower 911 fees compared to land line connections. As a result, local governments must pick up the tab.
The 911 service is very labor intensive. You need operators answering 911 calls with the skills to clarify the emergency and dispatch the help needed as quickly as possible.
If you call a company for customer service,
you often talk to someone on the other side of the globe. I don’t think you want 911 service to be outsourced outside the United States.
Keeping 911 equipment up to date with the latest technology also is expensive.
When Fishers must pay $1 million in 2015, that’s $1 million less to pay for our local law en-forcement needs, parks and streets.
Should the money to pay for 911 service come from the taxes we pay for county and city gov-ernment? Or should we be paying an excise tax on our phone bills that pay the entire cost of the 911 service?
The Indiana General Assembly is tasked with making that decision. State lawmakers are obvi-ously hesitant to increase excise taxes on phone bills to pay for 911 service.
However, if the legislature fails to act, the cost of this service will fall on our local government entities already strapped for money under the property tax caps.
When you call 911, you want someone to an-swer and send help. The question is, how do we pay for it?
Those who enjoy the convenience and laid-back atmosphere of a food truck, yet dislike
crowded, noisy shopping malls, may want to check out the area’s first boutique on wheels.
Retro 101, developed by Fishers resident Heather Pirowski, offers a range of clothing styles for women of various ages and sizes, from fun and trendy to young and hipster to retro flair, along with accessories, gift items and styles for men and children.
Pirowski developed her vision of a mobile bou-tique from a visit to a clothing shop housed in an Ohio barn and after having had success herself with setting up a pop-up shop at the City Market when Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl in 2012.
After purchasing “Ellie,” a $1,200 bus, Pirowski began work on her plan, adding local fashionable, yet affordable styles, tailored to where she trav-els, from downtown Indianapolis and Hamilton County to Tennessee, Ohio or Chicago.
“It’s all about having fun,” she said. “You’ll find something different and unique that you won’t find in other places.” Pirowski added that when the bus travels to downtown Indianapolis, the show caters to the younger, “hipster” crowd, however, the styles shown during stops in Ham-ilton County may cater to a slightly older crowd.
Retro 101 has also partnered with Dress for Success, donating clothes for functions. In addi-tion, the mobile boutique attracted the attention
Retro 101, developed by Fishers resident Heather Pirowski, offers a range of clothing styles for women of various ages and sizes, from fun and trendy to young and hipster to retro flair, along with accessories, gift items and styles for men and children. (Submitted photo.)
Retro 101 offers deals on wheels
of Indianapolis 500 princesses, which led to styles being featured on them at special appear-ances, including the Indianapolis 500 parade.
The boutique also offers online “steals and deals” each Monday on Facebook.
Pirowski said she enjoys the unique business, which allows her to have flexibility as a busy mom, and hopes that others may be inspired as entrepreneurs of their own dreams.
“It’s been great for the family dynamic, doing things on my own terms. I’m having fun with the concept,” she said. “You get out of your comfort zone and have fun doing it.”
For more information on Retro 101, go online to http://www.shopretro101.com/, or visit Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest at shopretro101.
Larry Lannan is an active news blogger in Fishers. For his views and coverage, visit larryinfishers.com.
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This week begins my first ever “working on the home” and staying-put vacation. I am work-
ing on a catchy title so that I can start a new meme. I de-cided that I simply cannot fit
all the little things into the weekends. These little things have all added up and piled on top of each other – literally, in the garage. I am about to lose my mind and my husband is not far behind me.
In order to keep what little sanity I have left, I decided to create a list of to-do items and use some vacation time to tackle these projects. The flower beds need constant attention and I intend to get them in order this week. The bathroom paint needs touching up, so that went on the list too. All of the old clothes that do not fit that have found their way into every nook and cranny in the house are getting sorted and given away. The car loads of toys will soon be on their way to Goodwill and to new homes. I also plan to catch up with old friends and maybe make a few new ones. I have thrown in a haircut and doctor visits to capitalize on what this week has to offer. Some serious planning has gone into this week.
In fact, this planned time to get things in order seems long overdue. I looked around this past weekend and wondered how this
happened? I think I have figured it out and the answer: I have re-prioritized and the little stuff is no longer important. I prefer to spend my weekends with my children. I prefer to spend the evenings reading books and playing, even though it creates chaos in the house with far too many toys strewn about. It is time, how-ever, to take the order back!
With day one finished on my home-work-staycation, I must say that having an entire day to fulfill a personal plan has been amazing. The stuff that has piled up is gone. The things that have been broken for a while that I have been meaning to fix are either fixed or removed. The de-cluttering process is like a tall glass of lem-onade for my soul. It feels more peaceful in this crazy space. When my husband came home, I was elated to show him the progress after one day of uninterrupted time.
Why haven’t I thought of this before? I will fill you in on the process of making the home more Zen-like. For now, there is a quietness brewing. And I really, really like it.
Another company has decided to move its base of operations to Fishers. Healthiest Employ-
ers, a technology and health an-alytics company, plans to locate its operations center here and
says it will create up to 90 jobs by 2017.The company will invest $1 million to lease and
equip 4,000 square feet of office space, which should be operational by early 2015. The company is located at 10100 Lantern Road.
The Indiana Economic Development Corpora-tion (IEDC) offered the company more than $1.3 million in tax incentives and up to $75,000 in training grants. The tax credits, however, are based on performance and the company will not receive them until Hoosiers are actually hired. The town of Fishers was also involved in the project to get the company to locate its center in Fishers.
“With the decision to locate their growth in Indiana, local firms like Healthiest Employer con-tinue to demonstrate the health of our Hoosier tech community,” said Eric Doden, president of the IEDC. “The crossroads of technology and wellness meet here, with a business climate that is supportive and affordable, tax policies that encourage investment and a workforce that is committed to the hard work and innovation
needed to keep Indiana a state that works.” Healthiest Employers was founded in 2009
and is a privately held technology firm focused on population health. It collects and measures corporate health data worldwide. According to the IEDC, the company uses software to analyze medical claims and biometric and population health data to help employers predict expenses and cut health care costs.
“We work with employers in nearly every state, but Indiana is where it started for us,” said Rod Reasen, chief executive officer of Healthiest Employer. “We are committed to reinvesting in our state’s workforce and look forward to par-ticipating in the local software ecosystem that is garnering national attention. Indiana is fertile ground for harvesting software that lowers healthcare cost and increases productivity.”
“Fishers is excited about Healthiest Employ-ers’ continued innovation and growth,” said John Weingardt, president of the Fishers Town Coun-cil. “As the company marks its accomplishments and outlines future opportunities, we are very pleased that the plans include Fishers.”
Healthiest Employer has already begun hiring for software development, business development and project management positions. Interested applicants may apply online at www.healthies-temployers.com.
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Heather Kestian is a Fishers resi-dent and mother. She holds a bache-lor’s degree in journalism, as well as a master’s degree in education. Her family moved to Fishers in 2010.
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The Financial Enhancement Group now has an office in Fishers off of 96th Street and I-69.
The company, which offers assistance with retirement planning, opened the Fishers
location June 25 and also has locations in Ander-son, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Rensselaer.
“We chose to open our fourth office in Fishers because the community really meshes well with our culture,” said Joseph Clark, CFP, managing partner of Financial Enhancement Group. “In each of our locations, staff are active participants in non-profit, faith-based, and civic organizations. We believe in giving back.”
The Financial Enhancement Group puts emphasis on tax planning and investment. The staff tries to give a personalized approach to financial planning.
“We believe that nothing can separate you from your retirement dreams faster than the Internal Revenue Service,” Clark said. “Therefore, we put a great deal of focus on tax planning and making sure our clients understand the options and opportunities available to them in order to better prepare for their financial goals.”
Clark is a “foodie” and teaches his clients about investing through cooking. He studied at Paris’ Cordon Bleu and incorporates his passion for the culinary arts with his “kitchen chats” with clients.
“There are several similarities between a well-cooked meal and a good retirement plan,” Clark
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The Financial Enhancement Group opened its new office at 96th and I-69 recently. (Submitted photo)
said. “Just like I like to create a well-balanced meal for my family, I also strive to create a well-balanced plan for our clients as it pertains to their financial journey.”
Clark also teaches about financial planning outside the kitchen. He also is an assistant adjunct professor at Purdue University in the consumer sciences department.
In addition to teaching classes, Clark hosts the “Consider This” program on Shine 99 and WQME radio stations. He talks about financial planning and taxes and their effects on Central Indiana families.
The Financial Enhancement Group is located at 9757 Westpoint Drive, Suite 400 in Fishers. More information can be found at http://your-lifeafterwork.com/.
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By Ann Craig-Cinnamon
The 26th annual Fishers Freedom Festival was very well-attended despite rain throughout
the festival weekend. Festival spokesperson Suzie Willard says usually 50,000 people attend
every year.But weather can certainly be a factor.“Saturday’s off-and-on light rain probably did
decrease attendance from last year, but it was still very busy. Sunday’s attendance was prob-ably the highest we’ve ever seen over all past years. Holland Park was packed especially Sun-day evening for the free concert and fireworks, as well as the areas around 116th Street near the municipal complex, Billericay Park and many other surrounding areas for viewing the fire-works,” she says.
The festival also awarded its eighth annual
winner of the “William D. Kehl Jr. Volunteer of the Year” award to Rhonda Wright. The award was presented by the Kehl family during the Fishers Freedom Festival’s Opening Ceremonie. Willard says that Rhonda Wright, owner of The Wright Touch hair salon, has dedicated endless hours towards a variety of Fishers organizations for decades. Wright has volunteered for Kappa Delta Phi, Delaware Township Food Pantry, Girl Scouts, children’s sports teams, Fishers Freedom Festi-val and others.
The public was asked to bring canned goods to the festival to be donated to food pantries in the area. In all, the festival collected a total of 905 pounds of food from the public’s dona-tions. On Saturday, the 461 lbs of food collected was given to the Fishers United Methodist Church’s food pantry. On Sunday, 444 lbs of food was passed on to Delaware Township’s food pantry and will benefit those in need.
Rain doesn’t dampen Fishers Freedom Festival
Miss Indiana, Audra Casterline, of Fishers takes part in the Fishers Freedom Festival pa-rade. (Photos by Jessica Goldy) Fishers color guard acknowledges the crowd.
Teams take part in firefighter challenge during Fishers Freedom Festival.
Kids firefighter challenge gets underway.
Shriners take part in the Fishers Freedom Festival parade.
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Elected officials from across Hamilton County and the state gathered together at Noblesville
City Hall to discuss a growing issue in the community on July 1. U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) and State
Sen. Jim Merritt brought together those on the front lines of the Indiana drug war, in order to discuss the state’s increased heroin epidemic.
“If society doesn’t see this as a problem they’re in for a huge wake-up call very soon,” Hamilton Country Sheriff Mark Bowen said.
Brooks began the discussion by telling the panel, “I want to learn from you all what you are seeing,” acknowledging that heroin is “not just a big city problem.”
The talk about the gateway to heroin is easy to attain, and most of the time is sitting in young people’s homes. Abuse of different prescription medicines is often the beginning of heroin ad-diction. In a study done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 81 percent of heroin users started with prescrip-tions. The pharmacists on the panel noted that they have seen an increase in pharmacy thefts.
The fear is that dealers are getting young peo-ple hooked on prescription drugs and then turn-ing them to heroin when their prescription habit gets too expensive. Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings said that prison sentence times, a maximum of six years for these dealers,
Leaders discuss heroin growth in county
From left: State Sen. Jim Merritt, U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear, Fishers Police Chief George Kehl and Hamilton County Sheriff Mark Bowen discuss the county’s heroin issue at Noblesville’s City Hall. (Staff photo)
is too short to deter them from the drugs. “The answer from the state is ‘put less people
in prison,’” Cummings said. “The federal govern-ment could help out significantly.”
Indianapolis Police Chief Rick Hite, who said he has seen this problem grow, also said, “We have to look at the root causes.”
Catching dealers and increasing their penal-ties as well as detoxing and rehabbing users
is the first step, but it seems to be easier said than done, and it all takes money. Lack of federal funds in the different departments combatting this crisis was the biggest grievance.
“We’re going to go back and see what we should be focusing on,” Brooks said in closing, hoping that the meeting would bring awareness in the community.
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Commentary by Mike Colaw
“I could never forgive him!” These words often come out slowly, jaws clenched and body tense.
I have met many students deeply hurt by someone they have never met. A
student once said to me that the worst rejection anyone can feel is a father’s rejection. Many have shared how bitter they are at their absent fa-thers, and the pain runs deep. This reasoning sheds a lot of light on our culture’s view of family and children.
The conversation with these young students went something like this. There are two biologi-cal connections to a child. The requirement of the mother’s presence is much higher than the fathers. She literally has to give birth to the baby. The dad has “more” freedom to say he wants out. This freedom means the choice to stay isn’t as much of an obligation for the father as it is for the mother.
When a father does stay, it’s almost like he says, “I can go, but I won’t! I choose to be re-sponsible. To carry the weight, to love instead of leave. I choose you. I want you.”
Did you notice it? There are three powerful things that emerge from this conversation.
First, our culture now sees a baby as an ob-ligation and a burden. Even our own president has implied this numerous times. “But if they (his daughters) make a mistake, I don’t want them
If you didn’t have a great dad
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punished with a baby.” -Obama.Second, the deepest desire of the young stu-
dents in the class is to be chosen. They want someone to love them not out of obligation, but out of a choice.
Third, they want to be enjoyed by their father.Dads, when you CHOOSE to love your kids
and enjoy them it speaks in ways deeper than words. When the actions of your life proclaim that your family is a blessing and not a burden, it gives such deep value to life.
To those who didn’t have a good dad. To those who have spent their life feeling like
a burden.To those who feel like you brought pain to
your parents instead of joy. I want to say this.The power of the Gospel is you ARE chosen.
Jesus knows how fragile and flawed you are, how angry you may be. When you feel the rejec-tion of a very flawed, broken, human father, read the story of Christ. Jesus chooses you.
Let that sink in…He chooses you.This is real love. To be fully known and still
chosen.
Mike Colaw is the director of minis-tries at Trinity Church. You may e-mail him at justthink@ luke117.com. Visit his Web sites www.trinitywes-leyan.com or www. luke117.com
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• Must be 21 years of age• American citizen• Healthy and fit• Clean record (No felony convictions – Background checks are extensive and effective)
• Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic a plus
• Associates degree in Fire Science a plus
• Common sense• Good work ethic• Determination• Positive attitude
• Must be 21 years of age• American citizen• Healthy and fit• Clean record (No felony convictions – Background checks are extensive and effective)
• Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic a plus
• Associates degree in Fire Science a plus
• Common sense• Good work ethic• Determination• Positive attitude
What kid doesn’t see a fire truck and want to climb aboard and take a ride? Many dream of becoming a firefighter when they grow
up. For 16 Fishers fire recruits, it is a dream come true.
The 16, along with six Carmel Fire Dept. re-cruits, graduated in a ceremony held June 25, following 22 weeks of tough training. Fishers Fire Dept. spokesman John Mehling says it is a challenging class.
“It has many similarities to the Armed Services Boot Camp. It is both mentally and physically taxing consisting of long days in whatever weather conditions are provided by Mother Nature that day. Recruits often discover limitations in themselves which must be overcome to meet success. There is a mental and physical growth through this process that teaches recruits the importance of working as a team, knowing the consequences of failure, and understanding failure is not an option. Those who successfully complete this course have likely experienced moments when their mind or body said they couldn’t, but through perseverance, and in many cases shear will, they pushed on,” he says.
There are typically hundreds of applicants and Mehling says recruits are chosen solely by scores and performance. According to Division Chief of Training and Safety Charlie Fadale, the academy consists of EMT training and fire class with training in special operations and hazmat awareness. Fadale spoke highly of the recruits. “We had a great class. We had the full gamut. I think we ranged all the way from 21 to 35 and you have to be hired before your 36th birthday and one individual turned 36 the week after we
“We’re making a difference in our community and we have high expectations for these recruits and I know they’ll make a difference.”
– Fishers Fire Chief Steve Orusa
(Left) Fishers fire recruit trains during training class (Submitted photo) (Above) Fishers Fire Dept. and 6 Carmel Fire Dept. recruits graduated at ceremonies held at Carmel High School on June 25. (Photo by Chris Allen) (Right) Fishers Recruit Brent Schnepp is pinned by his wife Jenni and daughter Riley (Photo by Chris Allen)
Sixteen Fishers Fire Department recruits complete fire training academy and are ready to serve
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started. So, full gamut, everyone performed well. And we’re ready to go and they’re ready to hit the streets,” he says.
The recruit that just barely made the age cut is Amie Flowers, one of seven women in the department. And for her it is a life-long dream realized.
“This means the world to me. I’m so blessed. The excitement that I’ve had from the beginning of the process, getting my letter saying that I was accepted and now the end of the recruit class. I just can’t wait to continue my journey now with Fishers as a career firefighter. I’m blessed,” she says. Flowers has been trying to get on the department for several years and has been a volunteer for Castleton, Lawrence Town-ship and Buck Creek.
For recruit Nate Ginley, being a firefighter runs in the family with a grandfather, two uncles and a cousin on the Indianapolis Fire Dept. He, too, had volunteered for years while trying to get hired full time and is very excited to be on the Fishers department.
“Fire school was a blast. We all worked together as a team. All the recruits we had were just awe-some. We worked together good and that got us by. We stuck together as a group. It was physi-cal. Hot days were the worst. We got tired but we stuck it out kept our heads straight and we got through it. It was the best time of my life. It was the best train-ing I’ve ever had in the fire service, for sure,” he says.
Jordan McClellan applied to the department two years ago and when he was selected, he moved here with his
family from Ohio. He had an interesting encounter right before training began.
“It was my first day at the Fishers Y which was the Sunday before we started the academy. I was working out when a guy went into cardiac arrest
and fell off the treadmill. I started CPR on him and we actually shocked him twice with the defibrillator there before the medics arrived.
From what I was told, he is living a normal life at this time,” says McClellan.
This class is a large one and represents more than ten percent of the whole department ac-
cording to Fire Chief Steve Orusa, who says he is excited to have the new recruits on board.
“I think that we have a robust fire service in Fishers especially our EMS
service. I personally think we have one of the most robust EMS services in the state.
We’ve got paramedics on engines and on ambu-lances. The national save rate is 10 percent for cardiac arrest, ours is 65 percent so we’re pretty excited about that. We’re making a difference in
our community and we have high expectations for these recruits and I know they’ll make a
difference,” says the chief.If you are interested in a career as
a firefighter, you can find information at www.fishers.in.us.
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we miss it, does that feeling set its value? Over time for me, the approach has proven a fairly effective guide. There is so much – some might call it baggage – that we carry along either be-cause we are afraid to let it go or, perhaps even more tragically, because we forget that we even have it. The habit of pruning is a good one. But, the ability to discern what matters from what doesn’t can be tricky.
Can we ever really expect to find happiness if we don’t leave the unnecessary luggage at bag-gage claim? I tend to carry more than is required. It may be time to shake out my emotional hoard and decide what’s worth keeping. A lighter load sounds most appealing.
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Commentary by Terry Anker
Sometimes, I imagine that my parents must have been clairvoyant. They warned of the inevitable turns that my life’s path might take decades before they happened. Their advice could not have imagined the form that my family or career might adopt, yet I constantly reflect on their insight and am amazed by their prescience. How do the things that we learned as kids come back to us over and over again as adults?
Perhaps our folks simply tapped into the hu-man inevitability of natural pattern and were only passing to us the truisms of a lifetime of experience. The basis of our civilization, some would say, is fully vested in each of us by the time that we enter the first grade. Be nice. Don’t take something that doesn’t belong to you. Care for those weaker and lonely. Value one’s inner character more than the desirous objects or even people that come and go from our domain.
Can we determine the importance to one’s life of another person or thing by taking it away? If
Carrying more than needed
Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at [email protected].
It was a heartening 5-4 vote last week by which the United States Supreme Court ruled public-sector unions in Illinois are forbidden from collecting fees from home-health care workers who don’t want to be part of a union. If there was a failing in the decision, it is that it is limited to health-care workers and not all public-sector unions. Justices sadly abjured the opportunity to curb the act of public-sector unions passing representation costs to non-members. The decision, though, has registered as a setback for unions in Illinois and similarly minded states that force home-health care workers to unjustifiably hand over union dues. We believe it should be extended to the entirety of union members nationwide. A closed shop should not exist, for such an entity obliterates freedom on multiple levels. If someone wants to join a union and pay dues, that’s a personal choice. Labor unions argued, though, that if Illinois is allowed to back out of its collective-bargaining agreement with the union, it would only be a matter of time before workers see their wages cut and benefits dropped. And there it is, a scare tactic. Union leaders are said to also fear conservative judges across the nation using the ruling to strike down laws in 26 states that require public-sector employees, such as teachers and police officers, to fork over dues to the unions that negotiate contracts on their behalf even if the employee doesn’t want to become a union member. And as for unions protecting mem-bers’ employment positions, in our experiences we’ve never witnessed a worker with a poor performance record have his or her job “saved by the union” - although we’re not so naive as to think it doesn’t happen, because we’re certain it does. Regardless, it all boils down to this with respect to union leadership and its trailing zealots: Liberals don’t really care what you do as long as it’s compulsory.
High court sendsa clear message
Sleepless in summer readings
“What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived.”
- Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Commentary by Danielle WIlson
I haven’t slept well in a week thanks to my stupid idea to encourage my kids to read this
summer. Like most parents, I am constantly nagging my children to put down the “electronical”
devices (as my 10-year-old calls them) and pick up a book. Generally they laugh in my face or offer lame excuses like, “I have to read at school. I need a break!” But with two months of salt mine vacation and loads of free time, that pretext no longer applies.
Normally I read fantasy, but my summer default is fluff romance, specifically Nora Rob-erts. Easy reading and just enough smut to whisk me away from suburban parenting. This year, however, I decided to expand my perus-ing to other genres in hopes of inspiring the aforementioned anti-literary offspring. Perhaps they would even read along with me!
I began with The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. A student had left it in my classroom, a byproduct of his AP World Lit course, so I as-sumed it was at least decent. Plus, the cover implied a supernatural vibe, like maybe what soldiers carried with them into the afterlife? No. The pseudo-memoir focuses on the dual nature of fighting in Vietnam, both the hor-rible and the beautiful. A far, far cry from Nora, and definitely not an uplifting escape from my soccer mom life. Plus, too many F-bombs for a family book club.
Next up, The Fault in Our Stars. I went into this one knowing it would be sad – my young-est had just finished it – but what I didn’t anticipate was the perfectly injected humor. Somehow this made the story “real” for me. So not only did I empathize with the main characters, as a mom I could also relate to the grieving parents. Double depressing! Another two nights of disturbing dreams and crying-induced headaches, added to a sex talk with my fifth-grader I was not prepared for.
I am now on my latest book, one I was sure would not leave me miserable, Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep. WRONG! It’s a sequel to The Shining, with the protagonist being Jack Nicholson’s now-grown-up son who is trying to overcome his alcoholism despite still seeing dead people. A captivating premise, but one that’s leaving me scared poo-less to use the bathroom at 3:30 a.m. I’d put it down, but in the daylight it’s awesome!
Nevertheless, I need sleep. I’ll be returning to Nora ASAP and my kids can go back to their dumb electronicals. I’ve changed my mind on this summer reading thing. Peace out.
Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at [email protected].
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‘Mum Mum’ dearestCommentary by Dick Wolfsie
If my grandmother were alive today, she would be 125, and she would still, no doubt, be
walking around in her six-inch-high heels, the ones she asked to be buried in - and she’d have a Marl-
boro in her fingers. She demanded to be called Mum Mum because the term “grandma” suggest-ed an older woman. That wasn’t going to work.
She smoked two packs a day, had a few shots of Johnnie Walker Black before noon and then would ask her doctor if she could put cream in her coffee, “or would that be too much choles-terol for a women of my age?” Not that she ever told anyone her age, but my previous estimate is in the ballpark.
Which reminds me: She loved baseball. She never missed a Mets game on TV. She knew the number of each player and their batting averages, but she really didn’t fully understand the sport. I once took her to Shea Stadium, but due to traffic we were almost an hour late. The scoreboard showed it was a scoreless game.
“Oh good,” she said, “We didn’t miss anything.” Mum Mum was hard of hearing due to a child-
hood illness, and she was always adamant that her disability was not due to age. During meals at our house she spent a lot of time saying: “Speak more clearly!” “Don’t shout.” “Enunciate.” During the inevitable family spat, my father would sometimes whisper under his breath: “She
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can be such a pain in the butt.” “You’re a pain in the butt, too,” she’d shout
back. Yes, Mum heard exactly what she wanted to hear and nothing more.
She and my mother were always fighting on the phone. And, it was even harder for Mum Mum to hear when she couldn’t see the person talking. My irritated Mom could not successfully make a point without having to repeat herself several times. Once when I was a teenager, my mother slammed the receiver down in frustra-tion. Half an hour later when I tried to call a friend, Mum Mum was still on the line, ranting, unaware she had been talking to no one.
This week’s column was inspired by the temporary disappearance of my wife’s wedding ring, which we luckily found on the bathroom floor. The modestly sized diamond was a gift from Mum Mum, whose father back in Germany had been in the gem importing business. The loose stone arrived in our mailbox one day back in 1980—just prior to our engagement—in a plain envelope, wrapped in a square of toilet paper.
Yes, if Mum Mum were alive today, I’d whisper another thanks in her ear. And she would hear what I was saying. Every word of it.
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‘Shrek the Musical’ – Footlite presents commu-nity theatre production of “Shrek the Musical.”
Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, “Shrek the Musical” is the story of a hulking
green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in hap-py isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters like Pinocchio, Cinderella and the Three Pigs raid his sanctuary to start an epic journey. Shrek the Musical uses an all-new score to expand on the movie’s original story. There’s a lot for the eyes and ears to ogle over: spec-tacular sets, innovative scene changes, puppets of all sizes, plus a very large and energetic cast. There’s also a good moral and traditional happy ending. Kids will love everything about Shrek. The show debuts at 7:30 p.m. July 11 and runs through July 27. Adults tickets are $20, children 12 and younger are $10. For more information, call 926-6630 or visit www.footlite.org.
’Round the Campfire – Dog Days – Ever wondered what the expression “the dog days of summer”
actually means? The Fishers Parks and Recreation staff will answer that question, and
explore wild canines that live at Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve, 10410 Hague Rd. From 7 to 9 p.m. July 11, guests also can enjoy roasting hot dogs or making s’mores around the campfire. Cost is $4 for residents, $6 for non-residents ages 3 and older. For more information, call 595-3150.
Produce market – Sponsored by Noblesville Main Street, this European style market offers locally
grown seasonal produce, ul-tra-fresh meals, small batch artisan foods, handcrafted
products, high quality art and local live music every Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. through Sept. 18.The green market is in the south alley of the Noblesville Main Street office at 839 Conner St. Admission is free. For more information, call 776-0205.
Historic Underground Railroad Ghost Walk – This two-hour walking tour is filled with stories
of ghosts of the Under-ground Railroad mixed with modern-day gangsters and
spirits from Westfield’s haunted history. The group will meet at 9 p.m. July 12 at Asa Bales Park, 132 W. Main St. Reservations are required and cost is $18 for adults and $13 for senior citizens and children. For more information, call 840-6456 or visit www.unseenpress.com.
Create-a-Plate – Eat off of artwork as the Hussey-Mayfield Public Library, 250 N. Fifth St.,
offers children of all ages the opportunity to draw on special paper which will be
transformed into a melamine plate. The program is available all day this week. Cost is $6.50 per plate. Finished plates may be picked up in six to eight weeks. For more information, call 873-3149.
Could you use a summer evening out with your friends? Singers Jennie DeVoe and Carrie Newcomer hope to provide listeners with
music that anyone can enjoy at the free Fishers Amp After Dark concert series.
Growing up surrounded by music, it was only natural for DeVoe to de-velop a musical interest at an early age. Influenced by greats like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Etta James, DeVoe said she tries to infuse old and new music with folk lyrics in a way that would appeal to any age group.
As far as new music goes she said she is influenced by unique voices like Adele and Imagine Dragons, but during her career she has opened for singers like Bonnie Raitt, Jack Johnson and Ray Charles.
DeVoe would describe her genre of music as Americana soul music. But her goal is to write good lyrical content and paint a picture for her audience.
At every show DeVoe tries to mix a set list of her original songs and a few covers depend-ing on what she feels the audience wants to hear at that particular concert.
“If you are a performer at heart there is something inside you that urges you to please the audience,” DeVoe said.
That’s why she doesn’t believe she has ever stuck to an exact set list.DeVoe recently released her newest album Radiator – which she pro-
duced with John Parish in England. Radiator was her third collaboration with Parish, who is most well-
known for his work with singer PJ Harvey. They also plan on producing and recording a new album together in the spring of 2015.
When she is not working on her music, DeVoe is very passionate about animal rights. She supports messages that get people to ulti-
mately think about the care of their own pets. DeVoe gave her song “Give a little love” to Pet-Pals TV to use with their programming.
She is also is passionate about the treat-ment of farm animals.
“Even if they ultimately go to the butcher, they still deserve to have a happy and healthy life,” DeVoe said.
Singer songwriter Carrie New-comer said she has been influ-enced by all kinds of music, but she always comes back to classic singing poets.
Newcomer has received a Grammy for writing the song “I Should Have Known Better.” The band Nickel Creek got a Grammy for
performing this song on their This Side album. She describes herself as an acoustic
singer/songwriter influenced by Joanie Mitchell and Paul Simon.Newcomer has played concerts all over the
country, but she says that Indiana is her favorite outdoor venue.
“There is nothing like an outdoor Indiana summer concert,” she said.
Nationally known singers Jennie DeVoe, Carrie Newcomer to play Fishers stage in July
Jennie DeVoe said her brand of music crosses the genres of folk, pop and blues – but all of her songs have soul. (Submitted photo)
Jennie DeVoe in concert Nickel Plate District in Fishers • 9 p.m. July 11 • Free
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beaded bracelet to take home. Visitors can also check out Barker Brother’s Pottery Shop to work with air-hardening clay and make custom pieces to take home. • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every Tuesday through Saturday in July. • $5 for each piece plus general admission. General admission is free for members. • 776-6006 • www.connerprairie.org
Aperture Stop: A Photographic Exhibit and First Friday Open House at Nickel Plate Arts •
Visit the Nickel Plate Arts exhibit space to view talented, local photographers’ works. • Today from noon to 5 p.m.; July 11 from noon to 5 p.m.; July 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Free • 107 S. 8th St., Nobles-ville • 452-3690 • www.nickelplatearts.org
Monon Mixer • Adults-only night at The Waterpark! This event is for anyone 21 and over; come out and enjoy music and fun in the water. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. • 1235 Central Park Drive East, Carmel • Tonight from 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. • $10 per person. • 848-7275 • www.carmelclayparks.com
Noblesville Summer Concert Series • Noblesville Parks and Recreation Department offers free sum-mer concerts through July at Forest Park. Tonight’s
show features Zanna-Doo. •Tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. • 776-6350 • Free• 701 Cicero Rd., Noblesville• www.cityofnoblesville.org
Beef & Boards Presents: ‘A Mighty Fortress is our Basement’ • This fun musical comedy is the latest production from the Church Basement Ladies se-ries. Both heartwarming and funny, this story set in the 1960s tells of ladies’ preparations for church events, a food booth at a county fair and more. • 9301 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis • Tonight at 8 p.m.; July 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.; July 13 at 1:30 and 7 p.m.; July 15 at 8 p.m. • Tickets start at $38.50. • 872-9664 • http://beefandboards.com
Clay Terrace Summer Concert Series • Enjoy a summer night out while listening to live music from local bands. Pizza will be available for pur-chase from Tony Sacco’s. Tonight’s performance is by Phone Club. • Grassy Knoll behind Kona Grill at Clay Terrace • Tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. • Free • 818-0725• www.clayterrace.com
Summer Concerts at the Carmel Gazebo • Outdoor family concerts are back for
the summer at the Carmel Gazebo. Families are encouraged to attend and enjoy outdoor summer music. Tonight’s band is My Yellow Rickshaw. • 1 Civic Square, Carmel • Tonight at 7:30 p.m. • Free • www.carmelgazeboconcerts.org
Easel Into Summer Exhibit • Check out the latest exhibit from the Ham-ilton County Artist Association; it’s a
great opportunity to view local and unique art and take advantage of the great gift shop. • 195 South Fifth St., Noblesville • Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Free • 773-5197 • www.hcaa-in.org
Marsh Symphony on the Prairie: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 • Conner Prairie’s outdoor amphi-theater plays host to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as they perform the music of Beehtoven. • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Tonight at 8 p.m. • Tickets start at $24; see the ISO website or buy tickets at participating Marsh supermarkets. • 639-4300 • www.indianapolisymphonyorchestra.org
The Amp After Dark at Nickel Plate Amphitheater • The After Dark series is back in Fishers; all sum-mer long adults are welcome to listen to great music and dance under the stars. Tonight’s perfor-mance is from Jennie DeVoe. • Downtown Fishers • Tonight from 9 to 11 p.m. • Free • 595-3150 • www.fishers.in.us/parks
Summer Nights Film Series at the Indianapolis Museum of Art • The IMA’s beautiful outdoor amphi-theater is the place to be for enjoying movies on the lawn. Bring blankets and picnics (no alcoholic beverages); concessions are available. Tonight’s feature is “Vertigo.” • 4000 Michigan Rd., Indianapo-lis • Gates open at 7 for picnicking; movie starts at approximately 9:30. • $10 per person, $6 for mem-bers • www.imamuseumorg
Carmel Farmer’s Market • Fea-turing over 60 vendors that sell only Indiana-grown and/or pro-
duced edible products. Fun for the whole family, this farmer’s market includes cooking demonstrations, music and free parking. • 1 Center Green, Carmel • Today from 8 – 11:30 a.m. • Free admission • 710-0162 • www.carmelfarmersmarket.com Saxony Market • Find fresh produce from local ar-tisans along with prepared food, kids activities and more. • 13578 E. 131st St., Fishers. • Today from 8 a.m. to noon. • Free • 770-1818 • www.saxony-indiana.com
Fishers Farmers Market • Visit a variety of vendors at the new location in front of the Nickel Plate Amphitheater; items for sale include fresh fruits and vegetables, honey, coffee, jams, sweet treats and many hot breakfast options. • 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers • Today from 8 – noon. • Free admission • 578-0700 • www.fisherschamber.com
Noblesville Farmers Market • The Riverview Hospi-tal overflow lot hosts Noblesville’s Farmers Market which includes fresh produce, bedding plants, fresh flowers, honey, baked treats and more. • SR 19 & 38 in Noblesville • Today from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Free admission • 776-0205 • www.noblesvil-lemainstreet.org
Zionsville Farmers Market • Plants and flowers plus produce and baked goods are available for sale. • Corner of First and Hawthorne, Zionsville • Today from 8 to 11 a.m. • Free admission • 873-3836 • www.zionsvillechamber.org
Carmel Arts & Design Second Saturday Gallery Walk • Take an evening stroll in along Carmel’s Arts & Design district and enjoy entertainment, mer-chant events and activities and plenty of shopping. • 111 W. Main St., Carmel • Tonight from 5 – 9 p.m. • 571-ARTS • www.carmelartsanddesigndistrict.com
Blue Arrow Train – An Evening Dining Experience Along the Nickel Plate Railroad • Catch the train at Fishers or Noblesville for an evening ride through the countryside that includes time to stop for din-ner in Noblesville, Atlanta or Tipton. Stopover time is about an hour and a half; call for reservations. • Fishers or Noblesville • Various times • Call 773-6000 for prices and reservations • www.itm.org
“Grape to Glass” Winery Tour at Easley Winery • Take this 10-min-ute tour to learn fascinating facts
about wine; tour ends at tasting room where participants can taste 7 different wines. • 205 N. College Ave., Indianapolis • $5 per person • Today from noon to 3 p.m.; tours start every 10 minutes. • 636-4516 • www.easleywinery.com
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Legendary R&B group, The O’Jays, with more than 50 charted songs and 24 top-10 hits, will
perform at the Palladium on July 13, bringing more than 50 years of experience to the stage.
The group, formed in Canton, Ohio, in 1958, was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
A stable of songs like “Back Stabbers,” “Love Train” and “For the Love of Money” propelled them to stardom throughout the late 1960s and ‘70s.
Original member Eddie Levert, born in Alabama and raised in Canton, feels like the Midwest has a special quality to it.
“It’s always really great to play the home base and come back to where it all started,” Levert said. “It’s always a gratifying feeling. You take the abuse of running from hotel to hotel, jumping on airplanes. You get home and everybody acts like you’re the hero. They know you so well.”
Despite touring and recording for the better part of a century, Levert knows there’s always room for a hilarious error or two. In a momentary lapse of memory, Levert happened to forget the words to one of the songs he’d been singing for decades while performing in St. Petersburg, Fla.
“The best part is you’re mumbling, so you yell to the audience, ‘Sing it with me!’” Levert said.
Despite rare incidents like that, Levert feels
The O’Jays have continued to build a new genera-tion of fans decade after decade. (Submitted photo)
O’Jays still wowing audiences
the audience knows what they’re there for.“Hit records are hit records,” Levert said. “They
want to hear that record and hear you sing it like that. If you can put a bit of movement in it, they appreciate that.”
Levert, along with fellow band member Walter Williams founded The O’Jays Foundation shortly after their Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction. The foundation provides scholarships for high school, college and even non-traditional adult students.
Levert claims that similar assistance and music education helped launch his career as a musician.
The O’Jays in concert • 7 p.m. July 13 • The Pal-ladium in Carmel • Tickets start at $45 • For more information call 843-3800 or visit www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org
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The Indiana Wind Symphony has announced its 2014-15 season concert schedule and it will
feature the works of a wide variety of composers and performers.
The Indiana Wind Symphony will perform “Bicentennials – The Star Spangled Ban-ner and the Saxophone,” on Sept. 27, with saxo-phone virtuoso Kenneth Tse.
“I’m really excited to have Tse as the soloist,” said Charles Conrad, director of the Indiana Wind Symphony. “I think he’s one of the really brilliant wind players in the world.”
The show will be a tribute of sorts in celebra-tion of Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone. The performance will also feature the works of John Philip Sousa and Frank Ticheli.
Pianist Kelleen Strutz will join the symphony for a performance dedicated to heroism on Nov. 15, featuring John Williams’ “Summon the Heroes,” and Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.”
The holidays won’t want for music, either. Soprano Jessamyn Anderson, along with Santa and Mrs. Clause will join the symphony for rendi-tions of “O Holy Night” and “A Christmas Festival” on Dec. 6.
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The Indiana Wind Symphony will host a concert dedicated to heroism on Nov. 15. (Submitted photo)
“Kentucky Harmony,” “Power and Glory,” and “Fin-landia” will be reworked into concert pieces by the symphony on March 28.
The symphony’s final performance, featuring a tribute to brass instruments alongside solo-ists James Beckel and Julie Beckel opens May 17. Jame’s Beckel’s own “The Glass Bead Game,” based on the novel of the same title, and Cop-land’s “Fanfare for the Common Man.”
Season tickets for all performances go on sale July 1. For more information, call 843-3800 or visit www.thecenterpresents.org.
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McAlister’s Deli in the Hamilton Town Center has added an eighth plaque to their shelf of awards
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Delis across the nation. This is the third year in a row the Noblesville location has won the award, trumping some 320 other stores in the U.S.
“Anticipating the guests’ needs is our number one priority,” General Manager Steve Hon said. “Hot food. Quick service. We just try to win them – give them that ‘wow’ factor.”
The McAlister’s Deli National Conference is an annual event recognizing its stores and their ac-complishments. This year, Indiana locations won four of the 12 awards given.
McAlister’s corporate office measures custom-er satisfaction through online surveys, Hon said, which asks customers a series of questions about their dining experience.
Hon said Noblesville management rewards its staff at least once per week to show their appreciation for the staff’s hard work and good customer service. The rewards range from ice cream for the staff to bowling nights.
Assistant General Manger Michael Pratt said the store’s employees are the main contributors to customer satisfaction.
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Hon called Burgin the “mom” of McAlister’s in Noblesville, both to her customers and her fellow employees.
“I like to have conversations with (the guests),” she said. “I don’t care what we talk about. I just try to know them personally by name. I want them to feel comfortable when they come in.”
Hon said they are aiming to rank first in over-all customer satisfaction again next year. He said the area of focus now is to get employees to actually greet customers the moment they walk in the door so that they feel noticed.
“That’s what we try to improve on everyday – trying to ‘wow’ the guests,” Pratt said.
The highest overall customer satisfaction for McAlister’s Delis in the nation resides at Hamilton Town Center in Noblesville. (Photo by Navar Watson)
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Commentary by Kathleen Connelly
Last week I was grocery shopping with my 3-year-old and out of the blue she asks,
“Can you buy me an iPad?” What? I laughed a little but she was serious and I think
most kids are when they ask their parents for some type of electronic device.
We live in a world now that kids use com-puters, iPads, e-readers, TVs, video games and cellphones. Wow, that is a lot! Yes, some devices can be used for educational means and the HSE school district currently has an initiative to have each student have their own iPad. However, maybe it is all too much? If kids are using all of these electronics, when are they playing? When are they being active indoors or outdoors? I remember play-ing outside until our parents made us come in for dinner but today it seems that most kids are inside in front of a screen.
A study done in 2010 by the Kaiser Foun-dation found the following daily media use results for 8- to 18-year-olds:
• Approximately 7.5 hours using enter-tainment media
• Approximately 4.5 hours watching TV • Approximately 1.5 hours on the
computer • Over an hour playing video games Of course there is a lot of value in all of
the technical advances we have made over the last 50 years but I do think our kids’, even parents’, daily activity is suffering. Can you think of a day that you or your kids didn’t have any screen time at all? So my challenge is for you to reduce screen time starting today!
Some suggestions from www.mayoclinic.com only have electronics in common areas of the house and don’t use screen time as a reward. Another suggestion which I love is to have certain times or days that there is no screen time at all. What would your kids do if there was one day a week that there was no iPad, no DSI or no TV?
If you have kids under 5-years-old, take advantage of the PlayFULL Hours programs in Fishers. Older kids can use one of the basketball courts at Holland Memorial Park. For the whole family, rent a kayak at Saxony Beach or visit the Monon Community Center in Carmel for water slides. Take the chal-lenge and see what new adventures your family can have this summer without the TV or iPad.
Reduce screen time today
Kathleen M. Connelly is a certified personal trainer and health coach through Ameri-can Council on Exercise. For health and fitness consulting, individuals or corporations, contact Kathleen at [email protected].
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Jerash: Ruins and bagpipes Commentary by Don Knebel
The Roman ruins at Jerash, 30 miles north of Amman, are among the best-preserved of any
ancient city. Because of meticulous restorations, visitors can almost imagine they have returned to the
second century, making Jerash the second most popular tourist destination in Jordan.
People have lived near Jerash for more than 6,500 years, but the city remained small until it was conquered by the Roman Empire in 63 B.C. and joined the Decapolis, the league of cities mentioned in the Bible. Known as “Gerasa,” the city prospered from trade with Petra and began building temples, baths and theaters. When Em-peror Hadrian visited in 129 A.D., Gerasa erected a three-opening arch in his honor and began a golden age of prosperity. Eventually, the city encompassed 200 acres, with a population of about 20,000. When Christianity became legal in the fourth century, Gerasa residents defaced the temples and built churches.
After Persia conquered Gerasa in 614, the city began a slow decline. In 749, Gerasa was virtually destroyed by an earthquake and the ruins were eventually buried under blowing sands and forgot-ten. When the ruins were rediscovered in 1806,
the building materials had not been looted as in other ancient cities, allowing reconstruction of structures from the recovered rubble. Today, after almost 100 years of continuous effort, Hadrian’s arch, temples to Zeus and Artemis, two theaters, public baths and fountains, markets and a hip-podrome have been at least partially restored. The half-mile-ling cardo ends at an unusual 90-meter long paved oval surrounded by Ionic columns, whose original purpose is still uncertain.
Each July or August, entertainers from around the world celebrate their cultural connections with ancient Rome in the restored southern theater during the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts. Every day, robed Jordanians in red keffiyehs serenade visitors to the southern theater with bagpipes. Surprising to many, bagpipes are authentically Ro-man. Early writings describe Nero playing the tibia utricularis, its pipes probably sewn to the leg and head openings of a sheep skin. The Scots borrowed the idea from invading Roman soldiers. Where the keffiyehs came from is a different story.
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Jordanian bagpipers at Jerash’s Southern Theater (Photo by Don Knebel)
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Commentary by Jordan Fischer
What is an object pronoun? What’s a sub-ject pronoun? Why are they so confounding to
people?I have no answer for
the latter question, but for the first two I think I can help.
First off: What’s a pronoun? A pronoun is a proform that stands in for a noun or noun clause. In the sentence, “I just called John and he is ready to go,” “he” is a pronoun referring to the noun “John.” The noun a pronoun refers to is called the “antecedent.”
For the purpose of this column, pronouns come in two main varieties: subject and object. A subject pronoun is used when it is standing in as the subject of a sentence. An object pronoun is used as the object of a verb or preposition (which, ultimately, is probably the object of a verb).
In English, our subject pronouns are: I; he; she; we; they; and who. Our object pronouns are: me; him; her; us; them; and whom. The pronouns “it,” “you” and “what” can be used as either
subject or object pronouns, depending upon the context.
How do you figure out is you need a subject or object pronoun, though? Ask yourself: Is this pro-noun performing an action, or is it the recipient of an action? A subject performs an action, while an object is acted upon or receives an action.
Let’s consider this example sentence: “Sally threw the football to Megan.” Sally is throwing the football, so she is the subject. Me-gan is receiving the football (i.e. receiving Sally’s action), so she would get an object pronoun. With pronouns substituted, that sentence would look like: “She threw the football to her.”
Try to remember this going forward: I/he/she/we/who/they do things. Things are done to me/him/her/us/whom/them. And if you hear someone misusing pronouns, try to help them. Only you can prevent pronoun abuse.
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EXISTING HOME: Located in the Willows sub-division in Zionsville, the owners of this home
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under development and there are not yet enough homes to block the strong winds. With the sun and winds constantly blowing over our umbrel-las, it made it impossible for us to truly enjoy our patio.”
BASEMENT ACCESS: A transition room was added off the kitchen with a staircase leading to the basement. Decorative French doors were added to the design of the transition room - which provides the perfect flow from the kitchen and basement to the backyard patio.
NATURAL LIGHT: Preserving natural light was a priority. Fixed windows were added to the existing hearth room wall, basement wall, and on the exterior wall flanking the French doors. Two large skylights were also added to illuminate the basement stairwell.
SUNROOM DESIGN: To make the room feel bright and open, casement windows were in-stalled around the perimeter of the sunroom giv-ing it an abundant amount of natural light while also allowing the cool breeze to come through the room when opened. Cathedral ceilings also give the room a more spacious and open feel.
Four-season addition opens residence up to the outdoors
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BeFOre & aFter RESULT: The homeowners are finally able to enjoy the outdoor weather without the headache of sun and strong winds. “We love using the space in the morning. We open up all of the windows, drink coffee, read the paper and listen to the birds sing. It’s the best way to ease into the day.”
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