December 24, 2019 — Fishers

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Councilors split on apartments, continue proposal to future meeting

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com After discussion on the proposed Woods of Britton Phase 2 at the Dec. 16 Fishers City DEVELOPMENT Council meeting, councilors and the petitioner agreed to revisit the proposal at a later date.

Developers of the Woods of Britton Phase 2 proposed a rezone at the southeast quadrant of 141st Street and Ind. 37 to change 5.3 acres to allow for a multi-family development.

If approved, the rezone would allow for the second phase of the Woods of Britton apartment complexes. It would include two new buildings with 128 units, a gym, parking and a private road to connect the new section with the existing apartment complex.

Several councilors were hesitant about approving the plan because of Ind. 37 construction.

“That’s an economic corridor right there,” councilor Todd Zimmerman said. “I might not be opposed to this down the road once (Ind.) 37 is done and sits there and no commercial development comes, but I think it’s shortsighted to stop at apartments right now as the decision before we see this full-length development of 37. I think this is a vital economic corridor for us, and I don’t think this is the right time to do this, so I’ll be opposed.”

The proposed apartments would

A rendering of the proposed Woods of Britton Phase 2 apartments.

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be a $17 million development, and petitioner Steve Hardin, a partner with Faegre Baker Daniels, said 25 percent of residents in the existing Woods of Britton apartments are 65 and older. He also noted that if apartments are built on the site instead of a commercial development, they will increase the assessed value and improve traffic flow.

“You can’t add apartments in a restricted access area and say you’re relieving traffic. That can’t happen,” Zimmerman said. “If it wasn’t right on 37, I (would) have no problem with the project concept, but we have one chance of developing the 37 corridor, and I just think it’s a miss this early on before we see what 37 does to just go to apartments.”

Other councilors supported the project. Councilor Brad DeReamer said he thought no retail develop-

ment could build on the lot and succeed because of difficult access to the area. “(The petitioner) is not asking for an abatement or anything else. He hasn’t asked for a dime,” DeReamer said. “Twenty-five percent (of residents) over 65, we don’t cause a lot of traffic. We sit around and play bocce. I really appreciate that because we all know over 20 percent of Fishers is over 65, and that is just going to keep increasing. You probably won’t have any trouble filling that up, probably with seniors over anything else.”

After hearing feedback from councilors, Hardin asked for a continuance to reassess the development and return to the council at a later date. The continuance was unanimously approved.

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Fishers, Indianapolis schools win at We the People – Fishers Junior High School and Cathedral High School won the Indiana Bar Foundation’s premiere civics competitions, We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution. Nearly 600 middle and high school students versed in the U.S. Constitution and American history competed in the We the People State Finals December 8-10 in Indianapolis.

OneZone January luncheon – The next OneZone Chamber of Commerce luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 8 at the FORUM Events Center, 11313 USA Parkway.

Designers and developers of The Yard at Fishers District will present, and attendees will be able to meet the Test Kitchen chefs and hear about the space. For more or to register, visit web.onezonecommerce.com.

National Honor Society donates to ICPYAS – Fishers High School National Honor Society selected Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide as its charity of choice for the annual No Shave November fundraiser. Students from the National Honor Society delivered a check of $7,788.78 to ICPYAS Dec. 6.

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Cities offer options for Christmas tree disposal

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com When the holiday season ends, many families look for ways to dispose of live Christmas trees. Here is a list of disposal HOLIDAYS options for local residents: Noblesville: Republic Services will collect Christmas trees from Dec. 26 until Jan. 10. Trees will be collected on the same day and in the same location as residents’ trash/recycle collection.

Trees must be cut into sections of no more than 4 feet per section and placed inside the trash cart so that the automated arm of the trucks can place them in the truck. Trees laying on the ground beside trash containers will not be collected. For more, call Republic Services at 317-567-6400.

Fishers: The City of Fishers offers a free tree recycling program sponsored

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by Sambol’s Tree Farm. Residents can drop off bare, live trees through Feb. 1 at Brooks School Park, Roy G. Holland Memorial Park or Cumberland Park. For more, visit fishers.in.us/ treerecycling.

Lawrence: Each household can put out one tree for disposal. Trees are mulched by Republic Services.

Westfield: Ray’s Trash Service will pick up one Christmas tree per household. The tree must be cut into 4-foot sections. Pickups will run from Dec. 26 to Jan. 17.

Carmel: Christmas tree pickup is included in the Carmel city trash pickup service at no additional cost. Cut Christmas trees in half and lay them next to the trash cart.

Zionsville: The Town of Zionsville offers no service for live Christmas tree disposal. Residents should call their trash service to inquire about options.

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Fishers council approves economic agreements Compiled by Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Fishers City Council approved several economic development GOVERNMENT agreements, including one for new office buildings on 96th Street and one for Strongbox at the previous Marsh site at 96th Street and Lantern Road. For more, visit fishers.in.us.

What happened: The council unanimously approved an economic development agreement for three office buildings in the northwest quadrant of 96th Street and Lantern Road on Sunlight Drive.

What it means: Mattingly Construction recently approached the City of Fishers about an opportunity to purchase additional land previously owned by Sun King Brewery. It plans to construct three build-to-suit and owner-occupied buildings ranging from 8,000 to 14,000 square feet. The agreement waives impact fees for the project.

What happened: The council unanimously approved an economic agreement for Strongbox Commercial at the northwest quadrant of 96th Street and Lantern Road, which was the former Marsh grocery site. The agreement waives impact fees, and in exchange, Strongbox will purchase license plate readers to place along 96th Street.

What it means: Director of Economic Development Megan Baumgartner presented at the meeting and said the city has worked with Strongbox, an Indianapolis-based developer and construction company, and the owner of the property to develop a project to further redevelopment efforts along 96th Street. Strongbox is working through an agreement process with a new user who has not yet been announced. If an agreement is reached, the new user will occupy 60,000 square feet of the 80,000-square-foot building. Strongbox will demolish the remaining 20,000 square feet and invest $7 million in the project to update the façade, the parking lot and

landscaping.

What happened: The council unanimously approved a confirmatory resolution to establish an economic revitalization area and authorize a tax abatement at 10300 Kincaid Dr. What it means: A confirmatory resolution is the second step in the abatement approval process. The site previously housed Rosch Diagnostics and has been vacant since Rosch left in January 2017. The city is working with prospective tenants and the building owner to fill the building.

Because the building is vacant, the 100 percent 10-year abatement is post-dated to begin in 2021. Nobody spoke during the public hearing.

What happened: The council unanimously approved a request to amend the project agreement for Flexware Innovation’s new headquarters on Municipal Drive in Fishers. Flexware Innovation is a software and engineering services firm headquartered on Technology Lane.

What it means: The amendment requests a closing date extension to June 2020. The closing date previously was April 2019, but the company encountered multiple challenges with the site plan, which delayed construction.

What happened: The council unanimously approved an impact fee waiver for the Humane Society for Hamilton County’s new building at 106th Street and Hague Road.

What it means: An HSHC spokesperson presented at the meeting and said it has reached $11.5 million of its original fundraising goal of $12 million. The goal is now $14 million and includes a $2 million operating endowment.

What happened: The council unanimously approved an amendment to an ordinance about beekeeping.

What it means: A state law passed at the end of May states municipalities can’t prohibit beekeeping in residential areas; they can only regulate the location and number of hives. For more, visit youarecurrent.com/2019/12/12/ fishers-to-amend-beekeeping-ordinance/.

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Graduate profile: Haley Pratt

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and Alpha Lambda Delta. During my time at DePauw, I was able to work on different psychology research projects, spend a winter term in El Salvador, weld sculptures of protein molecules, write for the school’s literary magazine and co-write a musical about Krampus.

I graduated in 2015.

Haley Pratt, 26, is a 2011 graduate of Fishers High School.

EDUCATION She lives in Noblesville, where she works as a school psychologist.

Q: What was your favorite subject in high school and why?

A: Science was always a favorite subject of mine, especially in the later years of high school when I was able to take more specific classes. I took everything from environmental science to microbiology to astronomy. Each scientific field lets you see the world from a different perspective.

Q: Why did you choose psychology?

A: I’d had an interest in psychology since taking a couple of psychology classes in high school. Once I started taking more psychology courses in college, I knew it was the field I wanted to study. I like the way that psychology blends quantitative and qualitative methods, and I love how many different career paths there are within psychology.

Q: Who was your most influential teacher throughout Q: What’s a “day in Pratt school and why? the life” like for a school A: My most influential teacher was psychologist?

Lisa Blamey. I was in her AP Language A: Every day is different, and that’s and Composition class, and she really part of what I like about my job. In the pushed me to improve my writing. She course of a day, I may meet with stuput a lot of effort into giving her students, teachers and parents, work with dents helpful feedback. I still use the students one-on-one and spend time in writing skills she taught me. different classrooms. My primary role is to evaluate students who may need Q: Can you tell me about your colle- special education services and to help giate experiences? put a plan in place for them to be sucA: I attended DePauw University in cessful at school.

Greencastle, and I majored in psychology with minors in Spanish and socioloQ: Do you have any advice for gy. I was president of my sorority, Delta younger students?

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Fishers City Council unanimously approved an agreement to allow for DEVELOPMENT construction of Hotel Nickel Plate, which is the third piece of the 116th Street downtown Fishers development.

The master plan for the area was announced by Browning Investments in December 2018. The plan includes a new six-story, 180,000-square-foot headquarters for First Internet Bank, a 237-unit, multi-family development

by CRG featuring first-floor retail and residential amenities, and the rehabilitation of three historic buildings in downtown Fishers.

“The plan all along while working with First Internet Bank, CRG and Browning Investments was to bring a boutique hotel to this area,” Megan Baumgartner, director of economic development, said at the Dec. 16 council meeting.

The five-story, 116-toom hotel is part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton. It will feature a full-service restaurant on the first floor and access to the Nickel Plate Trail.

The hotel is a $21 million investment. Part of the project agreement includes a waiver of impact and permit fees and $2.1 million from the downtown tax increment financing fund.

“Downtown Fishers is quickly becoming the heart of our community, showcasing the vibrancy of the community alongside growing and entrepreneurial companies,” Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness stated. “Hotel Nickel Plate will create another iconic destination downtown where residents, visitors, businesses and more come together to enjoy all that downtown and the Nickel Plate Trail has to offer. We’re grateful to Browning and Dora Hotel Company for bringing our vision to light.”

The hotel’s design will pay homage to the Nickel Plate Railroad.

“We are eager to bring Hotel Nickel Plate to downtown Fishers. This project is especially fun for us because we get to bring such a cool project to our own backyard,” stated Tim Dora, president of Dora Hotel Company.

“We are excited to see the development of downtown Fishers and to team up with Browning and the City of Fishers.”

“The Hotel Nickel Plate exemplifies the key factors that make the Nickel Plate District one of the most exciting places in central Indiana: great brands, collaboration among established leaders, strong community support, outstanding placemaking, and an ambitious vision,” Browning President and CEO John Hirschman said.

“Browning is delighted to be a part of the team that’s making big things happen for the people of Fishers and central Indiana.”

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1981 and a juris doctorate from Indiana University in 1989. He worked at KPMH and Ernst & Young in auditing Carmel accountant and attorney and health care consulting from 1981 Matthew Hook has announced his to 1988; at Ice Miller in corporate and candidacy for security law from 1989 to POLITICS Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Con1994; at HKW, a private equity gressional Fifth firm, from 1994 to 2000; and District seat. at Centerfield Capital PartThe seat currently is held ners, a private equity firm, as

by Republican Susan W. a senior partner from 2001 to Brooks, who announced her 2017. retirement in June for a term With a platform focused Hook that will end in 2020. on finances and economics, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am concerned about the fiscal Hook said he also cares about climate and environmental problems that we change and supports an outline, are leaving our children and grandâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The Conservative Case for Carbon children,â&#x20AC;? said Hook, a Republican. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Dividends,â&#x20AC;? which proposes a fee on experience as a CPA, an attorney and carbon and distributes proceeds from senior partner in a private equity firm the fee equally to all households. give me a broad depth of knowledge Hook has been married to Jody for with respect to fiscal, legal and busi26 years and has lived in Carmel for ness matters that would be useful 24 years. They have four living chilin dealing with issues facing our dren, ranging in age from 16 to 25. country.â&#x20AC;?

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Fishers resident Liz Smith didn’t order a home COVER STORY DNA test kit with the same goal as most people. She wasn’t trying to connect with long-lost family members, but simply wanted to learn new possibilities about her medical history because her mother, Mary, was adopted as a baby.

“She knew nothing about her medical history on the maternal side of her family,” Smith said. “I grew up knowing my mom was adopted, and she had a heart attack at 45, which is very young, so her doctors were adamant about her finding her family history. She tried, but because (the) adoption was sealed, she couldn’t find anything. I’ve had doctors ask me, ‘What’s your family history?’ And I can only give them half.

“I saw 23andMe (DNA test kit) had a health side of it to tell you precursors based on genetics, and I thought that’s the closest I’ll come

to finding anything out.”

What Smith discovered, however, through the testing was something much bigger than she ever imagined.

“I had no idea it could potentially link me to family members,” she said.

When Smith received her results, she had a connection with a woman named Tracy Miller. 23andMe indicated Miller was Smith’s first cousin, but she was actually her mom’s sister. Smith connected with Miller, and they figured out their connection.

“She said my mother was forced to give up a baby girl in Baltimore, which is where my mom was from,” Smith said.

Smith sent a photo of her mother to Miller, and the resemblance between Mary Smith and her biological mother, Helen, was uncanny.

Smith then learned her mother had three half-sisters and two half-brothers with the same mother but with a different father.

“They didn’t know my mom existed until 1998, when their mom was on her deathbed and said, ‘I need you

to find her,’” Smith said. “My great grandmother was a very strict German Catholic, so when my grandma became pregnant with my mom, she was in love with my biological grandfather, but they were not married. She was forced to not be with him and forced to give up my mom for adoption.”

Miller signed up for 23andMe and has been searching for Mary since 1998.

After Smith told her mother what she had found, she participated in a four-way FaceTime with her mother, Miller, and two of her mother’s siblings.

The siblings talk frequently and are planning a reunion in Baltimore in the spring.

Smith has remained in touch with her aunts and uncles as well.

“I just think it’s amazing, and I’m hoping my mom will do (a 23andMe) because we still haven’t found her dad’s side,” Smith said. “They know his name, and I tried Googling him and couldn’t find him. I’m going to get my mom a 23andMe for Christ-

mas, and I’m hoping we can fill that gap for her because she could potentially have brothers and sisters on that side as well.”

FAMILY SIMILARITIES Although Mary Smith’s resemblance to her biological mother is what her biological siblings and her daughter, Liz Smith, first noticed, Mary has other similarities with her biological family.

“My mom and all my aunts have the same nose,” Liz Smith said. “My mom has never looked like anyone.

She’s never had the similarities, and they have so many. My uncle’s handwriting is so similar to my mom’s, and my mom has really distinct handwriting.”

Liz Smith lives in Fishers, and her mother, Mary, and brother, Drew, live in California. Some of her mother’s biological family lives in Baltimore, and she has a half-brother who lives in Montana.

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What is too much?

Response to Powell

Commentary by Terry Anker

Earlier this month, Bloomberg Businessweek published a story querying if the state of Tennessee’s project to provide “free” college to any citizen who enrolls should be standard operating procedure across the nation. It sounds good.

So, how has it worked? Eligible Tennesseans apply about 80 percent of the time, but only a handful actually progress to enrolling in classes. Of those, nearly 20 percent drop out after one semester. Half quit by the end of three years.

Jobs, family obligations and a panoply of other distractions are cited for the disappointing stats.

The article rightly points out that money is not a magic wand. Socalled “wraparound services” are suggested to prop up the Tennessee Promise. Help finding day care, stable food, appropriate additional financial support and connection to tutoring are among the range of suggested benefits. There is some evidence that these may increase persistence, but no single one is sufficient to stop the bleeding and save the state.

Should more, or less, be expected from students trying to move their way up? Is it possible that our sympathy rather than expectant support reinforces the failure?

Certainly, folks need grit and encouragement from those they trust to overcome the challenges of life’s hardships. When are working, studying, car repairs and family relationships justifiably regarded as overwhelming, and when are they best described as commonly human, and therefore simply routine?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Bring on the holidays!

Commentary by Danielle Wilson I’ve finally gotten my holiday groove on, people! I’m just back from a 6 a.m. Meijer run, HUMOR followed by an hour at Kohl’s. With a generous serving of Amazon and a few swigs of merlot, I’m feeling quite good about Christmas. True, I’ve not yet written the annual family missive, nor have I mailed a single card.

But I’m not worried.

“Better late than never” is our family motto!

Now, if only my husband Doo would stop being such a Grinch. He’s been oscillating between “I don’t care if Maddie has dance, I’m vacuuming up this stupid tinsel” and “I can’t possibly get anything done if you keep nagging me about addressing envelopes.” That is why I’m stuffing my face with bourbon-soaked English fruitcake. I need a dense dessert to keep my potty-mouth in check.

I want to tell Doo to quit whining and go to the office if he needs to

work. Seriously, anyone here expecting to be left alone in the peace and quiet just days before Baby Jesus arrives is living in a winter wonderland.

This place is the Island of Misfit Toys, my friends. We have cats vomiting on rugs, cars breaking down, college kids up in my grill, and almost certainly a nasty flu virus lurking. Plus, I only finished teaching yesterday. Momma still has a ton of miracles to perform.

Let the reindeer games commence!

My point is, I need Doo to get on board my Polar Express — for him to take a moment to enjoy this crazy season, and more important, to revel in my spectacular purchasing prowess.

Also, we should probably get on the card thing. Peace out.

I need a dense dessert to keep my potty-mouth in check.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist.

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Editor, I try to avoid discussing politics as it is a no-win situation and feelings get hurt, but when something is so misguided, like the letter submitted by Carol Powell, I just felt it had to be pointed out.

You can argue about what Trump has achieved and policies and have a good debate, but when you tell me the man that has used the words ugly, nasty, ignorant, liar, despicable and Pocahontas to describe American men and women and leaders of allied nations, I must call nonsense. You want us to believe that Obama, who never in his eight years uttered one of those words to personally attack an American, let alone a foreign dignitary, was the divider but Trump is restoring America?

A guy who has told more than 13,000 lies and has been forced to return stolen money to Veterans charity has no business restoring anything.

Ray Cucuz, Fishers

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That’s not the way I want to get my buzz in the morning.

Mary Ellen walked into the room and saw the package under the tree.

“What a beautiful box — so tastefully wrapped,” she said. “I just don’t want what’s inside. I know it’s the thought that counts, but, unfortunately, I know what you were thinking. I’ll take it back today before those return lines get too long.”

“Huh? You don’t even know what it is, Mary Ellen!”

“Yes, I do.”

“I think you’re bluffing. You have no idea what’s inside.”

“Well, let’s see. My guess is that I already have something similar, that it will take up more space on the counter than the current one, and that the little disposable containers it uses are bad for the environment. Oh, and a cup of coffee will taste exactly the same as it does now, but for three times the cost.”

“Wow, you pretty much nailed it.

But other than all that, why don’t you want it?”

Mary Ellen agreed to take back the Keurig after New Year’s, just so I can say she kept one gift for at least a week. Returning a coffee maker any sooner would be grounds for divorce.

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“I love that movie so much,” Hymes said. “The kids know it, and we watch it every year.

Hymes It’s so funny. The music is incredible.”

As far as favorite musicals, that’s a little harder for the Carmel resident to pin down. She regularly listens to Christmas albums by Doc Severinsen and Michael Bublé.

“I have a compilation CD with people on it like Natalie Cole, Idina Menzel and a lot of pop artists,” Hymes said. “Now with Echo, I can just say, ‘Play holiday music,’ and it plays great music. Last night, I just said, ‘Play holiday jazz.’ We just did our Holiday Pops concert, so I’m up on all that much. I love the holidays and being able to perform in the holidays. When everything kicks in and everyone is in the spirit, there is nothing like it.”

Unlike Hymes, Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founder Don Farrell can’t pick just one holiday movie.

The holiday Farrell movies he loves for different reasons are “A Christmas Story,” “Christmas Vacation,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

His favorite Christmas musical is one ATI has presented in previous years, “A Year With Frog and Toad!”

“Some of my best Christmas memories are with that musical,” he said.

Farrell said “A Christmas Story: The Musical” has become a new favorite. Farrell is appearing in Beef & Boards’ production of the musical, which runs through Dec. 31.

“My favorite dish was what I thought my mother invented, the famous green bean casserole with Durkee onions on top,” he said. “I can’t believe I thought my mom invented that dish. Can’t have a holiday meal without it.”

The Westfield resident had several traditions growing up in Georgia.

“My favorite tradition in the past as a child was driving out with my dad

and two brothers to cut down a tree in the woods picking out what we would call our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, one that most likely no one would ever think would be suitable,” Farrell said. “Then baking and decorating gingerbread cookies with my mom and hanging them on the tree for my friends to pick one when they came over to play at my house.”

Farrell said another nice memory growing up was going caroling around his neighborhood and at the Children’s Hospital with friends.

“Always a feel-good way to get in the Christmas spirit,” Farrell said.

“Today, my go-to tradition for trees is at the Carmel United Methodist Church and purchase a live Christmas tree to support their CUMC youth work.”

HERE ARE SOME OTHER HOLIDAY PICKS: Cynthia Collins, Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founder, Carmel resident • Favorite holiday movies: “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

• Favorite holiday dish: “My Aunt Joan’s pecan pie, which I make now from her recipe.”

• Favorite Christmas song: Barbra Streisand’s version of “Sleigh Ride.”

Doug Stark, Beef & Boards owner, Zionsville resident • Favorite holiday movie: “We always watch ‘A Christmas Story’ on Christmas Eve. That’s part of a holiday tradition. We have a Christmas Eve pizza so that we don’t have to cook anything.”

• Favorite Christmas song: “White Christmas.”

Greg Sorvig, artistic director for Heartland Film, Carmel resident

• Favorite holiday movies: TV special of 1988’s “Pee Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special.”

Movies are “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Christmas Vacation” and “Elf.” • Favorite Christmas music: From Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Spike Jones and Squirrel Nut Zippers.

• Favorite dish: “Passed-down (family) tradition is making lefse, a Norwegian potato flatbread made on a skillet, later rolled with butter and sugar.”

Nancy Keating, Art on Main co-owner, mosaics artist, Carmel resident • Favorite tradition: “Each Christmas Eve, my husband and I enjoy a quiet and peaceful dinner at Donatello’s Italian Restaurant in the Arts & Design District.”

The Fishers Arts Council will present its 2020 exhibit season of art at The Art Gallery at City Hall beginning Jan. 2. The season features 16 exhibits by artists from Fishers and the surrounding area, including a High School Senior Showcase in April. Each exhibit will feature a free evening reception.

The season includes the works of artists such as James Anderson, Greg Beall, Bryce Culverhouse, Britton Farrand, Michael Janosky, Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi, Gale Sturm and Paula Wright. Additionally, the gallery will display a special exhibit in February (Black History) featuring Fishers High School and Fall Creek Junior High School students. In March, as part of Disabilities Awareness Month, the gallery will present the work of artists with disabilities.

The exhibits are open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at The Art Gallery, and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon during Fishers Summer Farmers Market.

Westfield — Uncorked with Joshua Bucy will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 26 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St. Carmel — Ross David will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 27 at Sugar Creek Winery, 1111 W. Main St. Whitestown — Biscuit Miller & the Mix will perform at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 in the 1915 Room at Moontown Brewing Co., 345 S. Bowers St. Admission is $35.

Indianapolis — “A Christmas Story: The Musical” runs at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre through Dec. 31. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

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Special fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. Ticket information available at connerprairie.org/explore/ things-to-do/merry-prairie-holiday/ Topgolf 9200 E 116th St., Fishers 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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The main restaurant and bar will be open from 9 p.m. to closing for walk-in guests at no cover charge.

Urban Vines Winery New Year’s Eve 2020 303 E 161st St., Westfield 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Tickets are $60 to $75 and include entrance for one, hors d’oeuvres, champagne toast, bubbly bar, pretzel bar, live DJ, NYE picture backdrop, games and more. Drinks are not included in ticket price. Wine and beer will be available for purchase all night. Cocktail dress attire.

Wolfie’s Grill — Geist Wolfies Rockin’ New Year’s Eve 11699 Fall Creek Rd., Indianapolis 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles and his HOLIDAY staff figured Lights at the Brickyard would be a good way to draw racing fans during the offseason.

“We learned that 50 percent of the people that came through the first year had never even been to the Speedway, which is pretty crazy,” Boles said. “We figured it would be mostly race fans, but it was families looking for something to do in their cars.”

So, Boles said the lights display has become a great way to introduce IMS to people who have never been before.

The holiday lights display, in its fourth year, keeps growing. This year, Lights at the Brickyard has added an out-of-car experience around the IMS Pagoda Plaza.

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the out-of-car experience,” Boles said.

“People can park their car and walk around Pagoda Plaza and go up into the Pagoda.”

Boles, a Zionsville resident, said motorists can drive through the 2-mile lights display and then park and walk around. Lights at the Brickyard will remain open until Jan. 5.

Operating hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 6 to 10 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. The Pagoda Plaza Village and Pagoda Experience will be available through Dec. 24.

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Bier Brewery North Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 13720 N. Meridian St., Carmel What to get: Killer Grilled Cheese Price: $8.95 Anna’s take: Well, folks, by popular demand, At the Table with Anna has returned. For my first venture back into the dining world, I checked out Bier Brewery North because Patrick Mullen, formerly of Patrick’s Kitchen and Drinks in Zionsville, recently partnered with Bier Brewery North to offer a food menu. If it’s your first time visiting, order the Killer Grilled Cheese. It’s a melty, delicious sandwich with Swiss, provolone, Monterey jack, mild cheddar and extra sharp white cheddar topped

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The story centers on Buddy, a young orphan who climbs into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole and raised as an elf.

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CHS choirs tribute set — Tickets for Carmel High School’s “The Legacy Concert” are on sale at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The concert is set for April 13 at the Palladium. The concert celebrates the Carmel Choir program, which has impacted thousands of young men and women for more than 50 years. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Walk Off the Earth to perform — Canadian indiepop band Walk Off The Earth will perform at 8 p.m. April 17 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The group is known for unconventional arrangements, catchy original tunes and innovative covers that have become a YouTube sensation. Tickets are on sale at thecenterpresents. org.

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Remains of Jerusalem’s Second Temple Commentary by Don Knebel In about 34 B.C., Herod became King of Judea. To improve the image of his backwater kingdom, TRAVEL Herod undertook massive construction projects, including rebuilding Jerusalem’s Second Temple, then located atop a flatted area on Mount Moriah. Beginning in 19 B.C., Herod built and filled a massive trapezoidal-shaped retaining wall around Mount Moriah, creating a much larger platform, or Temple Mount, on which he built a much larger Second Temple complex to replace the original. The 1,000-foot-long western side of the stone retaining wall extended about 100 feet above the Tyropean Road, ancient Jerusalem’s shop-lined main street. An arched bridge, then the highest in the world, straddled the Tyropean Road, allowing visitors to enter the Temple Mount from the west.

According to the Gospel of John (2:20), the reconstructed Second Temple was completed 46 years af-

the arched bridge ogists began excavating the area near had connected to Robinson’s Arch, reaching the Tyropethe western wall. an Road in 1987. Today’s, visitors can In 1838, American walk a section of the Tyropean Road Edward Robinson and see what remains of the arched identified that bridge and what are likely stone connection point, blocks from Herod’s Second Temple. and the arch became known Don Knebel is a local resident as Robinson’s who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full The excavated Tyropean Road in Jerusalem. (Photo by Don Knebel) Arch. After Israel column visit donknebel.com. gained control You may contact him at ter the project began, or just before of the area around the Temple Mount editorial@youarecurrent.com.

Jesus last visited Jerusalem in about after the Six-Day War in 1967, archaeolA.D. 30 In A.D. 70, after a long siege, troops sent to Jerusalem by Emperor CITY OF FISHERS ADVISORY PLAN COMMISSION Nero to put down the First Jewish NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Revolt broke through the city walls.

RZ-19-15 To protect their temple, Jewish deNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Advisory Plan Commission at 6:00PM, Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 in the Fishers City Hall fenders destroyed the arched bridge building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana. leading to the Temple Mount, but to REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following no avail. Roman troops demolished request (“Proposal”): Strongbox Commercial requests a public hearing and favorable Herod’s Second Temple, throwing its recommendation to rezone the subject property from C-3 with a Commercial Use limit overlay to C-3 Commercial. The Subject property is west of Lantern Road, on the north side of 96th stone blocks onto the Tyropean Road.

Street. Property is approximately 7.91 acres with the common address of 8766 E 96th Street.

Throughout the following centuries, LOCATION: The Proposal is located at 8766 E 96th Street. Property is generally located debris collected above the Tyropean on the west side of Lantern road, on the northside of 96th Street. Parcel #(s): 15-14-12-00-05011.003.

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Written objections filed with the secretary of the Advisory Plan Commission before the hearing will be considered. If you would like your written comments to be provided to the Fishers Advisory Plan Commission, you must submit them one (1) week prior to the hearing date noted above. Oral comments will be heard during the public hearing.

Department of Planning and Zoning City of Fishers 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN 46038 (317) 595-3120 www.fishers.in.us CITY OF FISHERS ADVISORY PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Advisory Plan Commission at 6:00PM, Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Consideration of a Text Amendment to the Parkside PUD Ordinance amending the Parkside PUD commitments concerning the use and development of real estate. Petitioner is Joe Calderon with Barnes & Thornburg, LLP on behalf of TWG Development, LLC. LOCATION: The Proposal is located north of 126th Street and east of State Road 37, on the west side of Parkside Drive. 12750 Parkside Drive; Parcel# 15-11-30-00-00-023.009.

The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above.

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