August 1, 2023 — Carmel

DISPATCHES

Conner Prairie rezone heading to council — The Carmel Plan Commission committee as a whole voted 7-0 July 25 in favor of rezoning land owned by Conner Prairie at the southeast corner of 146th Street and River Road to a planned unit development. Conner Prairie is planning a farm-to-table restaurant, White River Education Center, lodge hotel, cabins, modern farm, walking trails and more on the site. The Carmel City Council will have the final vote on the rezone.

CFD promotions — Lucas Ray has been promoted to deputy chief of administration after serving as Fire Marshal for four years.

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Smoky Row pool ‘closed indefinitely’ after repeated health code violations

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

With several weeks left in the summer swimming season, the Smoky Row Athletic Club, which includes a community pool, is “closed indefinitely,” according to a sign on the building.

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Facility owners did not respond to a request for comment, but a July 19 post on the club’s Facebook page states that the “pump cannot be salvaged.”

According to Amy Ballman, director of environmental health for the Hamilton County Health Department, the club was ordered to close because of health code violations.

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The report detailing the violations that led to the closure wasn’t available as of press time. However, reports from previous inspections state that the health department ordered the pool to close in late May and again in mid-June because pool chemical levels were not within established ranges.

According to the club’s Facebook page, the pool was closed in mid-June because of sub-70-degree temperatures and overcast conditions, and the most recent closure was initially blamed on poor air quality and the threat of severe weather.

The facility at 4255 E. 136th St. in the Cool Creek North neighborhood has changed ownership since last summer, when Jason

and Cindy Lueking decided to sell the club after running it as a family business for 17 years. Club owners now include Zach Douglas, who is also a co-owner of Paradigm Construction.

According to a July 15 email from Cool Creek North HOA President Kevin Harvey to neighborhood residents, representatives from Paradigm Construction attended the CCN HOA meeting in July to propose building two 3,000- to 4,000-square-foot homes to replace the Smoky Row Athletic Club tennis courts. Paradigm is still considering options for the future of the pool, according to Harvey.

“For the pool lot, they would either lease or sell the pool, so they can get out of the day-to-day aspects of running it,” Harvey stated in the email. “If they can’t find someone to take over the pool, they would build two additional houses where the pool and clubhouse are currently.”

The email also states that HOA covenants state the land is to be a recreational facility and that, without homeowner support for changing its use, the club owners could attempt to vacate the plat, which requires a hearing before the Carmel Plan Commission.

The Smoky Row Athletic Facility is offering refunds to pool members for the “latter half of the summer,” according to its Facebook page, by emailing info@smokyrowathleticclub.com.

Prior to that, Ray was a frontline firefighter for five years and deputy fire marshal for six years. Chris Rohr was promoted to CFD fire marshal. Chris has 23 years’ experience with the department and has been deputy fire marshal for the last four years.

Rugby try-on — The Carmel Rugby Club will present a free try-on event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the American Legion Post 155, 852 W. Main St. in Carmel. Boys and girls in grades 9 to 12 are welcome to attend this non-contact rugby clinic.

Girl Scouts recruitment events — Girl Scouts of Central Indiana will set up camp from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 12 at various Dairy Queen locations to recruit new members. Locations in Hamilton and Boone counties include:

• Carmel — 951 N. Range Line Rd.

• Fishers — 11976 N. Allisonville Rd.,13092 Publishers Pl. and 13647

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• Noblesville — 5625 Pebble Village Ln.

• Zionsville — 340 S. 1st Street

• Westfield — 940 Tournament Trail

White River Clean-up — The annual White River Clean-up will return Aug. 26. Participants will paddle the river to pick up trash along one of three routes. The event is free but requires a $15 refundable deposit. Learn more at thewhiteriveralliance.org/programs/ white-river-clean-up.

The Smoky Row Athletic Club is “closed indefinitely” according to a sign on the building at 4255 E. 136th St. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

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City sues 3 state agencies over law diverting tax funds to Fishers

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

The City of Carmel is suing three state financial agencies over a law that diverts income tax revenue from Carmel to Fishers.

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The commissioners of the Indiana Department of Revenue and Department of Local Government Finance and the state auditor are listed as defendants in the lawsuit, filed July 24 in a Marion County court, because “they have a role in carrying out the collection, allocation, and distribution of local income taxes to civil taxing units,” the lawsuit states.

The state legislature approved the law in 2020, which limited Carmel to a 2.5 percent increase in annual income tax growth and diverted funds above that amount to the City of Fishers through 2023. Carmel officials in 2020 said they typically expected and planned for a 5 percent annual increase in income tax distributions.

The law was set to expire at the end of this year, but in May, the governor signed HEA 1454, which extended the tax diversion from Carmel to Fishers through 2026.

According to the lawsuit, Carmel estimates it will lose nearly $40 million in income tax revenue to Fishers during the extension period. The suit states that Carmel lost approximately $16.7 million to Fishers because of the 2020 law after the legislature estimated $10.2 million would be diverted.

The state’s LIT distribution formula was developed in the 1970s because the Indiana Department of Revenue did not have a way to track the city of residence for those paying income taxes. The state provides income taxes in a lump sum to each county, with counties distributing it to municipalities at a percentage equal to their percentage of tax levy within the county.

Before the change in law, Carmel received 42 percent of income taxes but only had 34 percent of the county’s population, while

Fishers received 23 percent of the income tax but had 32 percent of the county’s population. The lawsuit states that, in other counties and elsewhere in Hamilton County, the percentage of income tax distributed to a municipality often doesn’t align with its percentage of the population. The suit states that Carmel is the only city in Indiana subject to an income tax growth cap that diverts funds to another municipality.

The lawsuit states that the rationale behind the state’s tax allocation formula is that “civil taxing units that make more investments in infrastructure will attract greater assessed value and therefore receive more funding from the local income tax allocation formula.”

“Carmel invested millions of dollars in infrastructure by issuing bonds in reliance on the general local income tax allocation formula, thereby attracting a greater amount of assessed value in the form of office buildings and corporate headquarters,” the lawsuit states. “Carmel likewise took risks that Fishers did not in building large commercial office parks, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure for highways and streets, sidewalks, water and sanitary sewer infrastructure, stormwater infrastructure, streetlights, etc.”

The plaintiff claims HEA 1454 “punishes Carmel for successfully taking on the risk of building additional costly infrastructure that others, including Fishers, chose not to invest in.”

A spokesperson for the City of Carmel declined to comment on pending litigation. A spokesperson for the City of Fishers also declined comment beyond stating the city does not have additional information on the matter. A spokesperson for the auditor’s office, also known as the comptroller’s office, stated the office had not received information on the lawsuit and declined to comment.

The Indiana Department of Revenue and DLGF did not respond to a request for comment.

DISPATCHES

Correction — In the July 25 edition of Current in Carmel, a story about Learn2Ride bike workshops misspelled the last name of the program organizer, Matt Tanner.

Sister Cities art contest – The Carmel Cortona Sister Cities Committee has launched a contest for painters ages 14-19 to create a piece of art that pays honor to Luca Signorelli, an Italian Renaissance painter from Carmel’s Sister City, Cortona, Italy. Entries are due by Aug. 31. Learn more at bit.ly/3KfaBUN.

Spartz address healthcare, FAA reauthorization at town hall

By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com

U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz spoke about a wide range of issues, including appropriations, Ukraine, health care and the VA, during a July 22 town hall in Noblesville.

POLITICS

The town hall, which was held at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, drew more than 60 people to hear from Spartz, a Republican who represents Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. The 5th District covers an area encompassing Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Marion, Muncie, Anderson and Kokomo.

Spartz addressed questions from attendees about ongoing issues in Washington, D.C., the United States and internationally. Spartz, who announced earlier this year that she is not seeking reelection in 2024, told those in attendance that the town hall was an opportunity to hear from her about various topics.

“You might like it, you might not like it,” Spartz said. “I’ll tell you the truth.”

Among the key issues in Washington, D.C., she said, include legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years. That legislation, H.R. 3935, was something she voted against because no amendments were allowed to be passed in the committees of jurisdiction or rules.

Spartz said she thought there should have been time for debate on the floor, adding “that’s how it should be,” referring to discussion regarding legislation. The legislation passed the House and now heads to the Senate for further consideration.

“I was absolutely upset they didn’t allow any amendments,” Spartz said. “I mean, this is unacceptable.”

In a statement released to the media, Spartz also expressed frustration surrounding the matter.

“Unfortunately, the D.C., swamp prevailed again – back to ‘four-corner’ deals among Republican and Democrat leadership from both chambers,” Spartz said. “No amendments were allowed to pass in the committees of jurisdiction or rules. Just a few conservative amendments were allowed for messaging on the floor, which were meant to be defeated. They even figured out how to use some archaic and hard-toexplain rule to kill an amendment. I cannot support this charade and hypocrisy from

Republicans.”

Spartz, who also addressed a question regarding health care provided at the VA, acknowledged ongoing issues at the agency.

“It’s very, very complicated,” she said. “I think people should be able to get the best health care. I’m going to see how we can help.”

Spartz pointed out there are “a lot of problems” at the VA, but said she continues to support veterans and their needs.

“I don’t support institutions that are failing us,” she said.

Spartz was also critical of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, also a Republican, saying that 70 percent of spending is not authorized by Congress. In a letter addressed to McCarthy released last month, Spartz said she was expressing her “utmost dissatisfaction with the lack of leadership dealing with the fiscal state of our nation.”

“As you know, we can wipe our (expletive) with all letters and grandiose statements we are sending to the executive branch. Only money matters,” Spartz said. “It has been almost a year since we had these discussions as a conference, and no real progress has been made. Therefore, I am planning to oppose all Republican rules going forward until Congress starts exercising its Constitutional duties.”

Her three reasons for doing so, she said, include unauthorized and perpetual automatic spending not being addressed, in addition to oversight not being effective.

“Our country has very material problems and is in dire need of some governing, not messaging and book writing. If not us –there is no one else left to represent the people – not personal ambitions, government control and big money,” Spartz said.

U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz speaks during a town hall at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds July 22 in Noblesville. (Photo by Matthew Kent)

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Group funds vape detectors

By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com

Four public school districts and a charter school in Hamilton County have received funding to install vape detectors at middle and high schools.

EDUCATION

Carmel, Noblesville, Sheridan and Westfield school districts, in addition to the Options Charter School in Westfield, were awarded a total of $27,000 in funding from the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs that will be used to install 25 vape detectors, said Monica Greer, executive director of the organization. Greer said schools have used funds for vape detectors placed at high schools but have also used their own funds to purchase additional detectors.

“E-cigarettes are the most used tobacco product among youth,” Greer said.

Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid to produce an aerosol that users inhale, commonly referred to as vaping.

“Unfortunately, most e-cigarettes contain nicotine and flavorings which are highly addictive and can harm the developing adolescent brain. We believe the installation of vape detectors may help slow the use of vapes and provide a learning opportunity for the students using them,” Greer said.

Greer said the vape detectors are placed in school restrooms and work similar to smoke detectors. The detectors can differentiate between vaping, THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana’s psychological effects, and aerosols, like deodorant or cologne, students use to mask the smell of marijuana and scented vapes, according to Greer. When a detector picks up on a vapor it sends a text to school administrators identifying which bathroom it is in, she added.

In 2020, Noblesville Schools installed vape detectors at East and West middle schools and at Noblesville HIgh School. Carmel Clay Schools plans to pilot movable detectors at secondary schools that sense chemicals released by vaping and alert school administrators and school resource officers by text or email when activated.

Officials with CCS said earlier this year that the detectors won’t replace physical supervision but will help monitor areas where students tend to vape such as bathrooms and locker rooms. The Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, the Hamilton County Health Dept. and Breathe Easy Hamilton County have developed a vape-free task force this year that meets with school leaders on a quarterly basis to strategize and share ideas, according to Greer.

OBITUARY

Norman C. Aich, 90, of Carmel, passed away Friday, July 21, 2023. Norman was born March 31, 1933, in Clay County, Iowa to the late John W. and Gladys A. Aich. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Norman graduated from Berea (Ky.) College and received his master’s degree in education from Indiana University. He taught band, choir, and music at many schools throughout his career. Norman also worked with his brother-in-law Jim Smith at J&N Foreign Car Services. He was a member of the Emmaus community, a founding member of Hayswood Theater in Corydon IN. and a member of The Kentuckians Male Barbershop chorus.

Norman attended Faith Apostolic Church in Carmel, and he was member of the Berea Church of God in Berea.

Family and friends gathered Tuesday, July 25 at Flanner Buchanan-Carmel. A second visitation was held Friday, July 28th at the Berea Church of God, where there was a funeral service. Burial followed at Pilot Knob Cemetery. Norman is survived by his wife of 70 years, Lois; children, Lynn (Mike) Finn, Wanza (Jeff) Schweiger, Jim (Sandy) Aich; grandchildren, Charlie and Billy Aich, Kevin (Lisa) and Aaron (Sarah) Finn, Danielle (Jeff) Young, Austin (Annie) Schweiger, Samantha (Michael) Johnson, Mikayla Schweiger, Amanda (Nick) Lynch, Ben (Bethany) Aich and Hannah Aich; as well as 13 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Charles W. Aich, great grandchild, Micah Aich, sister, Helen Karnik, brother, Gene Aich and nephew, Mike Karnik.

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CCS proposes major upgrades at stadium, Cherry Tree

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

areas,” said Jim Inskeep, CHS director of athletics.

EDUCATION

Carmel Clay Schools administrators proposed $68 million in facility upgrades, including major renovations to the Carmel High School football stadium and Cherry Tree Elementary, at the July 24 school board meeting.

The district is planning $24 million in upgrades to the football stadium, including expanded office space, new classrooms and an elevator, a corridor to improve flow throughout the facility, a renovated and expanded press box and more.

The stadium opened in 1991, and since that time the high school student population has tripled and the number of athletes using the stadium has more than doubled. Technology has also greatly advanced during that time, making many areas of the facility obsolete.

“This is one of those facilities that has continued to fall behind in lots of different

Upgrades at Cherry Tree, which opened in 1989, are estimated to cost $30 million and include expanded office space and a reconfigured entryway, additional classrooms, converting a loft to a makerspace area, more staff restrooms and other improvements.

Other proposed projects in the district include $3 million for outdoor improvements to the parking lot and landscaping at Creekside Middle School; $2.5 million for repairs and minor remodeling at Carmel Middle School; $6 million for districtwide technology equipment and upgrades; and $2.5 million for miscellaneous repairs throughout the district.

CCS is planning to fund the projects through lease rental bonds, which are not expected to alter the existing tax rate and are set to be paid off in 10 years. The school board is expected to hold public hearings on the proposed projects and funding in August and September.

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Project: Pipeline and curb improvements

Location: 146th Street between Greyhound Pass and Cool Creek Commons. The contractor will first close the inside lanes of eastbound and westbound 146th Street, then move to the outside lanes.

Expected completion: Aug. 21

Project: Improvements to 3rd Ave. SW

Location: 3rd Ave. SW is closed between Autumn Drive and 2nd Street SW. Access to businesses will be maintained.

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Project: Widening and improvements, including a roundabout, along Smoky Row Road

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5K to support first responders

By Edward Redd edward@youarecurrent.com

A local nonprofit chapter wants to give back to first responders.

FUNDRAISER

Sewa International has put together a 5K run/walk fundraiser set for 8 a.m. Aug. 5 at 12575 River Rd. in Carmel. Proceeds from the event will be donated to local first responders’ organizations and the Sewa International Sponsor-A-Child Program.

Sewa International, an international Hindu faith-based humanitarian nonprofit, specializes in disaster relief and rehabilitation. The local chapter focuses much of its efforts in the Carmel area, according to lead program coordinator, Viresh Dolli.

“We are mainly focused on volunteer activities around Carmel,” Dolli said.

In July the organization prepared and served food at St. Vincent House, Ascension St. Vincent and hosted a blood drive at the WestClay Meeting House.

Dolli said it’s the first run/walk Sewa International has put together for Carmel. Around 300 people of all ages have registered so far. Their goal is to raise at least $10,000.

“We wanted to do something for our community and the local community because most of our volunteers are from the Carmel area,” Dolli said.

The registration fee for runners/walkers is $20. First responders and veterans may participate free. Participants will receive a T-shirt, sling band, race bib and refreshments. The event will also have live music by Indy Garjana and food vendors.

For registration information, visit sewausa.org/RunForFirstResponders.

From left, Sewa International volunteers Riti Tandra, Sriya Prasad and Reva Peddi. (Photo courtesy of Sewa International)

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the Children’s Garden at Coxhall Gardens. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

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Public Safety Day returns Aug. 19

By Edward Redd edward@youarecurrent.com

The Carmel police and fire departments will join other local agencies to present the annual Public Safety Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 19 at 11611 N. Meridian St.

EVENT

The free event will feature activities for all ages, including safety demonstrations and kits that could prove useful during accidents. Free food will be provided.

CFD public relations officer Reneé Butts said the event drew approximately 1,500 people last year after being on a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, it features familiar and new attractions.

“We have something for every age group,” Butts said. “We have a giant inflatable slide that the kids can go down. We have a giant teeter totter they get to take turns on.”

Touch a truck will return along with the Indiana State Police helicopter and other vehicles.

Guests will be educated about hands-only CPR, proper use of a fire blanket and more. Safety videos will be available along with

mannequins for demonstrations.

Stop the Bleed kits will be at the event as well, according to CFD firefighter Tim Griffin. The kits come with a tourniquet to control bleeding and other related items. On the outside of the kit is a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone to quickly show the user what to do.

Meet Brenda Soderstrom

Commentary by Shelly Gattlieb

Brenda Soderstrom was born in Pennsylvania and lived for brief periods in Minnesota and the Chicago area but has called Carmel home for many years.

CHARACTERS OF CARMEL

She was a cross country runner at Carmel High School and continued the sport at the University of Dayton, where she earned a degree in electrical engineering.

sity majoring in business.

Soderstrom’s photo is on the athletic wall at CHS, as are all four of her children.

Favorite games: Like It or Lump It, euchre, hand and foot

Reads consistently: The Bible

Joyful experience: Seeing her children launch in different ways and live out their dreams

Hot take: Stow-and-go minivans are the ultimate vehicle

Pets: Jack Russell terrier, Charlie, and bichon-poodle mix, Bentley

Getaway: Family cabin in Owen County

Soderstrom

While attending graduate school at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, Soderstrom met her husband, Eric. Eric is trained as a nurse but has spent the majority of his career working in medical sales.

They have four children: Jimmy, a husband, father, and second-year orthopedic surgery resident at University of Louisville; Pete, a project manager for a construction company; Katie, a recent Butler graduate with a degree in elementary education who is moving to Denmark to play professional soccer; and Susie, a junior at DePaul Univer-

Enjoys: Riding four-wheelers and baking bread

Member of: Faith Church

Sews: Drapes, baby blankets, T-shirt quilts

Characteristics: Administrative, organized, task-oriented

Best gift ever received: “I Have a Turtle” book, from her sister

Favorite movie: “The North Avenue Irregulars”

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Several public safety agencies will present demonstrations and information at Public Safety Day, set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m Aug. 19. (Photo courtesy of CFD)

Book connects alphabet, math

By Riya Chinni news@currentincarmel.com

Krystina Leganza, a college math professor and Carmel resident, recently released her first children’s book, “M is for Math.”

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The book features animals and associated mathematical terms corresponding to letters of the alphabet. Leganza said she was inspired by alphabet books with phrases like “A is for Apple” and wanted to apply the concept to math. For example, the book features sentences like “The chicken calculated the circumference of the circle” and “The hare hopped happily along the hypotenuse” to incorporate math into the book’s content and illustrations. Leganza, who has taught math for the past 35 years, said the subject has always been fun for her.

“Some of my earliest memories, even before I ever went to kindergarten, (were) doing math problems with my dad. He just made it really fun,” Leganza said.

“M is for Math” helps children learn the alphabet and math concepts at the same time.

(Photo courtesy of Krystina Leganza)

Although “M is for Math” is for children, Leganza said she also wrote notes to parents and teachers in the back of the book.

“I explain all the words, and I try to do it in fairly easy terms that kids can understand,” Leganza said. “Maybe parents will think math is fun, too, if they didn’t before.”

Part of the proceeds from “M is for Math” will benefit Project Transformation Indiana, a program serving under-resourced neighborhoods to improve children’s literacy during the summer.

“M is for Math” is available for purchase in both paperback and hardcover through online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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Former Carmel family shares adventures, challenges of full-time RV life

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

When Tiffany McHone’s husband, Ryan, first suggested the family consider living in an RV full time, she thought he was crazy.

After all, the family had recently moved from Carmel into their dream home in Florida, with Disney World, the beach and other unique attractions only a short drive away.

But a few months later the COVID-19 pandemic began, and with lockdowns bringing much of the world to a halt, suddenly Ryan’s idea seemed a bit more appealing.

So, after selling their home, the family of six packed into their new RV in the fall of 2020 and prepared to spend a year on the road. They haven’t looked back.

“Our first year in, we absolutely fell in love with it,” Tiffany said. “Now, we don’t even have an endpoint.”

THE RIGHT TIME

Tiffany, who grew up in Danville, and Ryan, a Carmel native who graduated from Carmel High School in 2002, met as students at Olivet Nazarene University south of Chicago. They married and welcomed four children to the family, now 14, 10 and 7-yearold twins.

The family settled in Carmel, but Ryan’s job kept him on the road much of the time. They had hoped his new job in Florida would lead to him being home more, but that wasn’t turning out to be the case.

For years, Ryan and Tiffany had dreamed of taking the family on an extended RV trip out west to see the Grand Canyon and other attractions, and in 2020 — with pandemic closures limiting their vacation options — the time seemed right.

But the idea snowballed into a bigger plan, and with their home selling for more than they paid for it, they realized they would have enough funds to purchase an RV and travel for at least a year. They left the kids with Ryan’s parents in Carmel and made a trip to Lubbock, Texas, to pick up a 42-foot Fleetwood Discovery motorhome, a model with a design more family-friendly than most.

The family’s first trip in the new RV was to White River Campground in Cicero, where

they stayed for a couple of weeks to adjust to their new lifestyle. Then, they wintered in Florida before heading out West, a region of the U.S. they had not previously explored together.

“The West seemed super appealing and all brand new,” Tiffany said. “I wanted to see Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon and be able to take my kids to those places that I only imagined I would ever get to go to.”

When the year was over, they weren’t ready to be done, so they spent the next year traveling the east coast.

This year, the McHone’s itinerary includes Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming before heading West again.

‘SUCH A BLESSING’

Ryan McHone quit his job to spend a year living on the road, but when the family decided to make their RV a permanent home, he knew he’d need to go back to work. So, in early 2022 he began a job in sales and business development that allowed him to work remotely.

“His boss is extremely supportive and even has said, ‘If you’re on an epic hike and

you need that afternoon off, just let me know,’” Tiffany said.

The McHones had begun homeschooling their children when they moved to Florida, so it was a simple transition to continue their education on the road. In downsizing, the entire family learned a lesson about doing more with less.

“It really showed us how much extra we had,” Tiffany said. “It taught us what we really needed versus what we wanted.”

Initially, the family wondered how they would make and maintain friendships, but they soon discovered resources and organizations for those living on the road full time. They’ve connected with other families living a similar lifestyle and have camped alongside them several times. They’ve also enjoyed having the freedom to visit friends and family living throughout the U.S.

Living in close quarters — and sharing one bathroom — is not always easy. But the family has found ways to adjust and is closer than they’ve ever been, Tiffany said.

“We work on (relational problems) a lot faster,” she said. “You can’t slam cabinet doors and be grumpy and go off into the other room. We have discovered there are things within each of us that we needed to

work on and things in our family that we needed to work on.”

So far, the McHones have visited 42 states, 32 national parks and hundreds of other attractions along the way. But, for Tiffany, none of the landmarks compare with the joy of experiencing time with her family.

“It’s such a blessing to be together,” Tiffany said. “Waking up next to my husband every morning and him being here with the kids and making them breakfast, it’s priceless.”

ON THE COVER: From left, Ryan, Brody, Braydon, Bryson, Amiyah and Tiffany McHone with their motorhome at Potters Bridge Park in Noblesville in the fall of 2021. (Photo courtesy of Tiffany McHone)

FOLLOW THE ADVENTURE

The McHone family documents adventures and shares them through several websites. Follow the their adventures at facebook.com/thepartyof6, instagram.com/the_partyof6 and youtube.com/c/ThePartyof6.

The family and their Fleetwood Discovery are set to be featured this season on the show “Million Pound Motorhomes,” a British series that takes a look at unusual living spaces.

Clockwise from back left, Ryan, Tiffany, Braydon, Brody, Amiyah and Bryson McHone at White Sands National Park, the only national park they have visited twice during their time living in an RV full time. (Photos courtesy of Tiffany McHone)

The McHone family at Bryce Canyon National park in Utah.

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Wife’s persistence leads to diagnosis of rare tumor

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Austin Bunch is glad his wife, Kelsey, was persistent in making him seek answers to his medical issues.

SURGERY

It was finally determined this spring that Austin, 29, had a vestibular schwannoma, also called an acoustic neuroma, a noncancerous tumor.

“I had a golf ball-sized tumor on my brain stem removed,” the Carmel resident said.

Austin had the surgery in May, which removed 98 percent of the tumor. He said he still might need targeted radiation therapy.

“It’s really, really rare. Like in the entire nation, there’s less than 20,000 cases a year,” Austin said. “Two years ago, I just woke up and noticed that my hearing on my left side was gone. That progressively got worse and worse. And then I used to also get these pains in my neck.”

So, Austin began seeking treatment. In April, a brain MRI was performed, and a doctor told him about the size of the tumor and that he should have surgery within the next two weeks.

Kelsey said previously he went to an ear, nose and throat specialist and was prescribed hearing aids.

“Even at the doctor’s appointment, (I said) my biggest fear is just that it’s a brain tumor because I have a lot of anxiety over medical things because of my history,” said Kelsey, who overcame a battle with thyroid cancer five years ago. “The doctor was like, ‘No, not a chance (it’s a brain tumor). That is a very low probability.’”

But Austin kept getting weird pains in his neck, mostly when he lifted something heavy. Kelsey encouraged him to get checked again, and he was referred to a neurosurgeon.

“The neurosurgeon said he didn’t think it was anything, but we mentioned our daughter (Amelia) was born in February, and he said, ‘Well, you’ve already hit your out-ofpocket max, so let’s go ahead and order an MRI since you probably won’t have to pay for it, but I’m 90 percent sure it’s nothing.’”

The MRI revealed a different story. The tumor started in Austin’s ear canal, which is why he lost his hearing. He is completely deaf on his left side and has lost about 10 percent of his hearing on the right side.

“I think it’s important to always trust your gut,” said Kelsey, who pushed Austin to seek

answers to the hearing loss and neck pain.

After the surgery, Austin was in intense pain and got so sick from the medicines that he lost 20 pounds in four or five days.

Austin said he had excellent care at Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, where his doctor was based. The surgery was performed at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis.

“Goodman Campbell has been super supportive, and really helpful,” he said.

Austin also recounted great support from his family and Fidelity Investments, where he works as a financial consultant.

“They even set up a meal train where people three times a week brought us homecooked meals,” said Austin, a Purdue University graduate. “Our neighbors pitched in and mowed my lawn. All of this just happened really fast. I was really amazed at how well people came together in a really short time, especially for the people that I was essentially like a stranger to in the beginning.”

The couple moved to Carmel in 2018 and then moved to Virginia Beach for a year and returned to Carmel in 2021.

In 2022, Kelsey had to have surgery to have a fallopian tube removed because of a large noncancerous tumor on her ovary.

“Because of the scar tissue we were told there was a strong possibility we couldn’t have kids,” Austin said. “Then a few months later we found she was pregnant. We feel like we’ve had equally good and bad things happen to us.”

Austin Bunch recovers after surgery to remove a tumor that began growing in his ear canal.

(Photo courtesy of Austin Bunch)

Cure SMA Walk for Graham grows

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

The Cure SMA Walk for Graham started as a simple celebration but has become so much more.

FUNDRAISER

Westfield couple Adrienne and Nick Vollmer began the event because their son, Graham, has spinal muscular atrophy, an inherited disease that affects nerves and muscles, causing muscles to become increasingly weak.

“Our first event was truly just a way to celebrate Graham’s second birthday, a milestone we were told he would never meet,” Adrienne said. “We had such incredible success, not to mention so much fun, the first year, we figured why not make it a tradition.”

The seventh annual Walk for Graham is set for Aug. 5 at Coxhall Gardens in Carmel. The event, which includes music, food and drink and games and prizes for children, begins at 4 p.m. with the welcome and opening ceremony at 6 p.m., followed by Walk and Roll at 6:30 p.m. A silent auction and raffle closes at 9 p.m.

Adrienne said the event has become a

way to celebrate the lives of SMA families across Indiana and to raise awareness in a much bigger way.

Adrienne said the first event in 2017 drew 465 people and raised $81,629.

“Last year in 2022 for our sixth event, we had 876 people and raised $168,918,” Adrienne said. “We have seen year over year growth with each event and hope to continue that trend as our community learns about it and takes part each year.”

This year’s goal is $150,000. As of July 24, more than $107,000 had been raised.

From left, Carmel Fire Department Chief Dave Haboush joins Be Like Bill board members Jeff Utzinger and Bill Schlies for a ribbon cutting July 18 to celebrate the installation of an AED kiosk along the Monon Greenway in Central Park. In 2017, Utzinger suffered a cardiac arrest while on a morning run, and Schlies, who was on his way to work, called 911 and did chest compressions until first responders arrived. The medics used an AED to shock Utzinger’s heart back into rhythm. This is the fifth AED kiosk installed in Carmel.

(Photo by Edward Redd)

The Vollmer family, clockwise, Ben, Adrienne, Nick, Lucy and Graham. (Photo courtesy of Adrienne Vollmer)

NBA gamer shifts gears to cleaning business

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

A former professional NBA 2K gamer is looking to clean up in a different way in Indiana.

NEW BIZ

Carmel resident Stanley Lebron started Glorious Cleaning, a home cleaning business, in September 2022. The company serves Hamilton and Boone counties.

Lebron, 28, was born In the Dominican Republic and moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., when he was 1 year old. He started working at his father’s grocery store when he was 7.

Lebron became a part of the NBA 2K League season in 2018 after being drafted by the Miami Heat.

“My favorite team growing up was the Miami Heat, so you could only imagine the feeling I had being a part of that organization and representing them as a professional gamer,” he said.

After two seasons, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers and moved from Miami to Portland for one season, which was during the COVID-19 pandemic and all the games were remote. Some were televised by ESPN because of the lack of live sports.

“I would call my dad and say ‘Hey, I’m on ESPN, tune in,’” Lebron said.

Lebron spent one year with the Sacramento Kings’ gaming team. Then he moved to Indianapolis in 2022 when he became a member of the NBA 2K franchise from Spain called DUX Infinitos. The team worked out of downtown Indianapolis at the Pan Am Tower. He met his girlfriend in the area and decided to stay.

“I made a decision before the draft in January that I was just going to put (the gaming) on pause, try to pursue this business and see how far I can go with it,” Lebron said.

He has been doing 90 percent of the cleaning himself but wants to add employees.

“Becoming an entrepreneur has been very

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humbling, and it’s not what everyone thinks it is,” Lebron said. “It feels like the hard work never ends, and it makes me appreciate everything my dad did for us growing up even more.”

Lebron played the game Call of Duty growing up. He got into NBA 2K after playing basketball his senior year in high school.

As a gamer, he was paid for six or seven months. The average range for NBA 2K gamers was $32,000 to $38,000, depending on where a gamer was drafted. There were bonuses for those making the playoffs and tournaments. The first two years all the games were played in New York.

“That’s kind of why I decided to pivot away from it, because it’s just very inconsistent,” he said. “You work six, seven months of the year, then for five months you’ve got to figure something out.”

However, if his business takes off, Lebron said he would definitely go back to the gaming world.

“It was a lot of fun just playing for the NBA representative franchise,” he said.

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Teammate Waseem Talbert watches Stanley Lebron, seated, during an NBA 2K session. (Photo courtesy of Stanley Lebron)

& Shop — Carmel City Center will host a Summer Sip & Shop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 5. Festivities will include a DJ on the plaza, sidewalk sales at participating shops, complimentary white wine and raspberry refresher cocktails at four of our participating shops, free airbrush tattoos for children and a donation slow flow outdoor yoga class on the plaza. Carmel City Center is on the southwest corner of City Center Drive and Range Line Road.

READER’S VIEW Home Place taxes have long funded Carmel schools, library

Editor,

After a comment I’ve heard more than once or twice, I feel compelled to speak up. Many residents in Carmel believe that those living in Home Place/Clay Township never paid taxes to help support the Carmel schools and library until we were annexed into Carmel. I must correct this misconception.

Since my house purchase in May 1991 when (Home Place was) still unincorporated, I paid taxes for both the schools and

library. Others who have lived in Home Place decades longer than I will tell you the same thing about their tax history. We have all along paid the same percentage of our property taxes for the schools and library as everyone else residing in Carmel. The assessor’s office and private tax records can verify this.

So, please no longer speak about “freeloaders” while pointing to us in Home Place.

Dianna Glass, Carmel

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Invitations to thievery

Commentary by Terry Anker

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Each day, it seems our technologies deluge us with an array of would-be crooks, ready to steal our hard-earned cash or even our very identities. Through subterfuge and guile, they get us to give that which they could not get, at least not without our agreement: personal information. This kind of crime, as could be supposed, is the same as many others in that the criminal employs deceit and manipulation rather than pistol and dagger. Theft by prevarication may do no less harm to the victim than one at knife point. Sure, most of us would rather suffer the humiliation of an empty bank account than suffer a stab wound, but the emotional damage caused should not be underestimated.

learned. The cardiac muscle is not actually taken but the trusting nature of the mark is forever changed, hardened. We wrongly give away our hearts. They are not robbed.

ESSAY

It is said that once educated, no one can take the knowledge from us. But does the nature of what it means to hold knowledge shift as time passes? Can we go from being a computer expert and a decade later become obsolete? Can Father Time steal our skills just as easily as our youth? Or do we have the opportunity to replace our waning talents by updating or new learning? Is vigilance always required? Clicking on a link in a random email, falling in love too hard or too quickly, and believing that we have completed our education once the degree is in-hand — each opens us welcomingly to invited thievery.

Almost all the Hallmark Channel movies remind us of the danger of a “stolen” heart. Some handsome Lothario or lovely Maleficent wiles their way into the good graces of the naïve, unassuming hayseed. Ultimately, the ruse is exposed and hard lessons

Warming up to icy travel plan

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Avid readers may recall my family’s December 2022 vacation competition, when we each pitched a potential destination (within a given budget and time frame, of course) and then voted on our favorite. Our younger son won with his beautiful PowerPoint presentation of Iceland and a promise of Northern Lights and breathtaking landscape (in case you’re wondering, I finished dead last with my Costa Rica all-inclusive. Whatever. My kids are idiots).

“Managing one person, it turns out, is way simpler than wrangling four young adults (and on occasion, a man-child husband) as they prep for international travel.”

HUMOR

So, we purchased airline tickets out of Chicago, booked an Airbnb and wasted many a weekend searching for affordable snowmobiling and volcano tours (of which there are none). But in May, I learned I’d be attending a teaching conference in Seattle that ended less than 25 hours before our pseudo-Arctic adventure began. It seemed silly for me to fly home when I could just reschedule my flight to meet everyone in Reykjavik. So, that’s what I did. Obviously. This meant that for the first time in nearly 25 years, I prepared for a big trip with only me in mind. I know! No pre-buying plane snacks for picky eaters, no making sure everyone has clean clothes and appropriate

– DANIELLE WILSON

footwear and no triaging electronics chargers and sunscreen on the kitchen table. Tough stuff, offspring! You’re on your own! And that made a huge difference in my stress level. Managing one person, it turns out, is way simpler than wrangling four young adults (and on occasion, a man-child husband) as they prep for international travel. Packing, passports, protein bars –not my problem.

I still wish our destination was a tropical paradise with unlimited Rum Runners, but fjords and glaciers are cool, too. Iceland, here I come. Alone. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

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

There’s an app for that?

Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

I make a U-turn.

HUMOR

I subscribe to several health publications, and most of them offer some advice on avoiding medical scams. A few years ago, a dermatologist in Southern California avoided jail time by the skin of his teeth. He had been marketing an app for smartphones that emitted a bluish light, which he claimed would cure acne. Dr. Smith sold about 20,000 of these. Now, ironically, he has a blotch on his once-unblemished medical record.

Most of the experts agreed that these lights can’t hurt you, but if a kid is holding his Android or iPhone against his pimply nose while driving, he’s likely to back the Volvo into a mailbox. No instructions were provided with the app, so one of the difficulties was knowing exactly how far from the problem area to hold the device. Some of Dr. Smith’s accomplices — I mean, associates — are now thinking of adding a GPS, a global pimple searcher, that will automatically zero in on any facial imperfections.

Nine out of 10 teenagers with zits will believe anything you tell them if they think it will clear up their faces. That is why I spent most of the ninth grade with lemon wedges and a heating pad on my forehead at night. Another researcher was equally concerned, noting, “I am worried about this because bacteria on the phone could lead to other skin infections.” Wait! There are germs on cellphones? That’s the last time I’ll hold my iPhone between my teeth while

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The app emitted 660 nanometers of light, which anyone with a post-doctoral degree in laser technology knows can’t hold a candle to a good glob of Clearasil. If you are one of those people who paid five bucks for this cyber rip-off, it still might not be a bad idea to rub the smartphone across your forehead. Maybe the smart part will rub off on you.

Even the people at Apple were concerned about the legitimacy of this application, warning customers that it’s “for entertainment purposes only.” Yes, this warning comes from the same people who now offer an app to notify you if you’re going to have a bad hair day, or one that tells you the best time to hit the john during a movie so you don’t miss any plot development, which I have used with great success.

Dr. Smith claimed if he had gone to jail, he would have taken the punishment like a man. He’s been directed by his PR people to say, “Breaking out is not an option.”

His wife was worried that even a short prison sentence would jeopardize their marriage. Dr. Smith confirmed their love. “She’s my main squeeze,” the dermatologist told everyone. Which is not something his PR agency wanted him to say.

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“Wait! There are germs on cellphones? That’s the last time I’ll hold my iPhone between my teeth while I make a U-turn.”

– DICK WOLFSIE

Versatile duo set for Carmel Jazz Fest performance

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Bethany Robinson is confident the inaugural Carmel Jazz Fest will spark more interest in jazz year-round.

‘SOPHISTICATED LADIES’

“Sophisticated Ladies” runs through Aug. 20 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

FEINSTEIN’S CABARET

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“This will provide different options to hear live jazz,” she said. “Hopefully, it will spark interest in people coming to The Jazz Kitchen.”

The Noblesville High School music teacher said it will benefit her students to have opportunities to see several different jazz bands perform during the festival because so much jazz is played in 21-and-older bars or clubs.

“I’m really excited to get my students to as many events as possible,” she said.

Robinson and Sarah Scharbrough will perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11 in the Carmel Jazz Fest at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts. The twoday festival, held at indoor and outdoor venues, ends Aug. 12.

“It will be my first time playing The Tarkington and I’m most excited to be playing among Indiana jazz legends,” said Scharbrough, who lives in Noblesville. “Bethany and I pull from our backgrounds incorporating jazz standards, pop classics with twists and I write lots of original tunes for our performances.”

Scharbrough said the two started performing together in 2009 and have played hundreds of times together.

“I think a fun thing that happens when we’re together is that we both bring our training — reading, lessons, disciplined musical study and then allow our ears and intuition to bend that construct,” Scharbrough said. “It’s a fun mashup of planned and off the cuff. We enjoy playing all kinds of events and styles. This coming event will have more of a jazz vibe but, per normal, with our own take on it. It’s going to be fun.”

Robinson said they will play some of Scharbrough’s original songs and some of their favorite jazz standards.

Robinson, who plays upright and electric bass, said keyboardist Scharbrough performs lead vocals. Robinson provides backup vocals.

Scharbrough’s husband, Jeff McLaughlin, a Westfield High School music teacher, will play drums for the group during the festival. Scharbrough’s brother, Stephen, plays guitar.

Robinson plays with different groups and artists around the Indianapolis area, including Katherine Nagy, who performs folk, Americana music and Irish music.

“Bass is so versatile that the thing that I love about it is I can play every genre any night of the week,” Robinson said. “It’s really fun to play so many different types of music.”

Robinson, a Fishers resident, is the Noblesville High School jazz band program director and assistant band director. She has been with the school district for 18 years.

Scharbrough’s daughter was a freshman in Robinson’s jazz band this past school year.

As a Yamaha Performing Artist, Yamaha

sponsors Robinson when she speaks at music conferences or as a guest artist at schools.

“I spend a lot of evenings and weekends not being bored,” she said. “Most of the time I’m able to do it around my school schedule and don’t have to take time off.”

Robinson was the 2022 Grammy Music Educator Award finalist. She was the 2015 Noblesville Schools Teacher of the Year and 2014 Indiana Jazz Educator of the Year.

Jazz groups from the University of Indianapolis, Butler University, Ball State University and Indiana University will perform Aug. 12 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts.

A small group of Robinson’s jazz students from Noblesville will open as a combo for Spyro Gyra, which is the Carmel Jazz Fest headliner at 8 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts. Spyro Gyra is a separate ticket event through thecenterpresents.org.

For a schedule and tickets, visit carmeljazzfest.org.

Brittany Brumfield presents Baby Grand Dueling Pianos at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2 at Feinstein’s cabaret at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

‘THE SOMEWHAT TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD’

Main Street Productions presents the youth production of “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” through Aug. 6 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

‘LA CASA AZUL’

Gregory Hancock’s production of a concert of “La Casa Azul” will feature the Carmel Symphony Orchestra and Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre at 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

‘MURDER

ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS’

The Carmel Community Players’ production of Ken Ludwig’s “Murder on the Orient Express’’ is set from Aug. 6 to 13 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

DAVE DUGAN

Carmel comedian Dave Dugan will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Echo Room, 124 S. Lebanon St., Lebanon. For more, visit madhattershows.com.

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Indy Shorts issues awards — The 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival, presented by Heartland Film, concluded July 23 with a record number of film submissions (more than 3,900). The festival’s three grand prize-winning films, “We Were Meant To” (Tari Wariebi, United States), “Oasis” (Justine Martin, France) and “Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)” (Ethan Barrett, United States), will receive Academy Award qualification in their respective categories and $5,000 in cash prizes.

Bethany Robinson, left, and Sarah Scharbrough will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 in the Carmel Jazz Fest. (Photo courtesy of Bethany Robinson)

ZZ Top keeps rocking on

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has a unique perspective on transitioning from a solo tour in Europe right into a huge multi-city tour.

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“When (giving) the topic of good times due consideration, the main catalyst is definitely live, loud music,” said the 73-year-old Gibbons, the band’s guitarist and primary vocalist. “ZZ maintains the position to generate that exact kind of good time for audiences across the board. The offshoot of the ZZ outfit does best by staying out there keeping it turned way up. Rock ’n’ roll stays hard on its own as a special reward worthy of multiple gold stars.”

The blues rock band joins Lynyrd Skynyrd on “The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour,” which includes an Aug. 20 appearance at Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville. Uncle Kracker opens the concert at 6:30 p.m.

ZZ Top has a long history with Lynyrd Skynyrd, so it’s fitting the groups are again touring together.

“We’ve known ‘The Skyn’ since forever and it’s great always reconnecting any place, any time,” Gibbons said. “Working with the Skynyrd outfit maintains a strident reward, renewing again and again.”

ZZ Top took a three-year break from touring in the late 1970s as drummer Frank Beard dealt with a substance abuse issue. All three band members were also exhausted from the grind of touring.

“Each of us knew that peculiar break was necessarily temporary,” Gibbons said. “We came back realizing the same wavelength resonated with a crazy fashion of chin whiskers and valuable views of a common world. The mission, which we chose to accept, was and is to get out and make big noise. It’s a time-tested formula for fine times on deck.”

Gibbons and late-bassist Dusty Hill came back from the hiatus with their famous beards, and their status grew even larger with MTV videos.

“Quite unexpectedly, millions felt in touch with the ongoing offerings of ZZ Top videos,” Gibbons said. “Quite a league of followers liked what we were doing. It expanded the band’s horizons with a searing, serious reach. That, and the real Texas get-down approach became obvious — truly, a cross-cultural, cross-generational big bang.”

Hill died in 2021 and was replaced by Elwood Francis, who Hill had recommended as his successor. Francis had previously

been the band’s guitar technician.

“Elwood’s got a great ‘can-do’ attitude that comes through each and every night for the band and beyond,” Gibbons said. “There’s a special positioning maintained so very respectful of the ZZ Top legacy. And now, known to having been inside with us more than three decades, Elwood’s part of it. And, after all, it was The Dust’s desire that wanted ‘Sir Francis’ to be the designated hitter.”

Gibbons has joked the key to the band’s longevity has been separate tour buses, but the main factor is the band members have always been on the same page musically.

“Though we came up in different places around Texas, we experienced the same inspiration thanks to the powerful border blaster X radio stations broadcasting from down in Mexico, which we respectively tuned in and listened to,” Gibbons said. “The skew was a cauldron of blues, Gospel, R&B and rockabilly and reinforcing that common impact driving a desire to play all that stuff in the recording studio and on stage.”

“La Grange” is always a special moment in the concert, Gibbons said.

“The two numbers delivering an unexpected personal charge is actually a collision of ‘Waitin’ For The Bus’ and ‘Jesus Just Left Chicago,’” Gibbons said. “That pairing wasn’t written as a combo. Tracks 1 and 2 on ‘Tres Hombres’ wound up without separation, which unexpectedly melded as a seamless single to the luck of the mastering slip of the blade. We took that coupling forward making certain they co-join with each performance.”

Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top perform Aug. 20 at Ruoff Music Center. (Photo courtesy of ZZ Top)

NIGHT & DAY Fair’s backyard BBQ contest returns

Commentary by Mark LaFay

The Indiana State Fair is coming back around. I love our annual celebration of Hoosier agriculture. The animals, the competition, the fried food, it is all great! This year is going to be extra special because it will be the first post-pandemic year for the backyard barbecue competition. Team Old Major took home the grand champion prize in 2015 and 2017. We are champing at the bit for a rematch and have been putting in the work to prep for this year’s competition! Here are three ideas to get the juices flowing as you are dreaming up what to get on the grill this weekend!

SAUSAGES

I often get asked my preferred method of cooking a sausage. It isn’t an easy answer. It depends on what sausage I’m cooking. I love smoking Old Major Jalapeño Cheddar Brats. In 2015, we won the loin category by

Where’s Amy?

Where’s Amy attends

Heartland’s Indy Shorts

Where’s Amy attended the Heartland Film’s Indy Shorts International Film Festival kickoff party July 20 at High Alpha in Indianapolis and the awards ceremony July 22 at Tinker House Events in Indianapolis. The festival included short films and filmmakers from around the world. Next up is the Heartland International Film Festival, set for Oct. 5-15. For more, visit heartlandfilm.org.

Heartland Film advisory board member Lisa Breall (Carmel). (Photo by Amy Pauszek)

Amy Pauszek is a photographer, award winning film producer and scouting and casting associate for Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis. She can be reached at Amy@youarecurrent.com. To see more of her photos, visit currentnightandday.com.

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NIGHT & DAY

‘Jerry’s Girls’ raises funds for CCP

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Vickie Phipps knows how important this two-night fundraiser is to the future of the Carmel Community Players.

MUSICAL REVUE

“We’re the oldest community theater (in the area) without a home,” Phipps said.

Phipps will perform in “Jerry’s Girls’’ at the fundraising events, set for Aug. 18-19 in the grand ballroom of Woodland Country Club of Carmel. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m., with the performance at 7:30 p.m. each night. There also will be a silent auction and prizes. Proceeds benefit the CCP Capital Fund.

“Jerry’s Girls” is a musical revue from the works of composer Jerry Herman.

“There will be a lot of familiar music,” Phipps said of Herman, who composed music for Broadway hits such as “Hello, Dolly!” and “Mame.”

Phipps will be joined by five other women for the revue. Phipps and Susan Smith are from Carmel. Diane Tsao and Jill O’Malia are Fishers residents. Heather Hansen lives in Zionsville and Georgeanna Teipen is a Greenfield resident.

Phipps’ first CCP show was “Hello, Dolly!” in 1994, when Smith played Dolly and Phipps was joined on stage by her daughter, Carley.

O’Malia co-starred with Teipen in the CCP production of “Suite Surrender” in 2017. O’Malia, who serves on the CCP board of directors, has performed in five different productions of Herman shows, including “Mame” twice, “Hello, Dolly!” “La Cage aux Folles” and “Milk and Honey.”

“It’s so much fun singing favorite Jerry Herman songs and learning some new ones we’ve never heard,” O’Malia said. “Three of the women in the cast are very close friends of mine. The other two ladies (Tsao and Hansen) I’ve met through the rehearsal process are lovely and I’m happy to call them new friends. The chemistry in the group is extremely good. The Carmel Community Players fundraiser ‘Jerry’s Girls’ is being produced to celebrate CCP bringing high-quality theater to Carmel for 30 years.”

O’Malia said CCP’s intention is to “continue producing quality and affordable entertainment in Carmel for years to come.”

Tsao, a vocalist for Swing Shift Indy Big Band, has performed in almost 70 theater productions.

Smith has been in more than 20 CCP productions. She has received 13 Encore Award nominations and has five Encore Award

wins. She was in the crew/production staff of every CCP show produced from 1995 until 2003, more than 40 consecutive productions.

Smith also has played the title role of “Mame” at CCP. She has played the role of Dolly five times at different theaters and was a Dolly understudy at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre.

Smith has served as a music minister since her teens as a cantor for Sunday services and a soloist for funerals and weddings.

Teipen will be performing the title role in “Hello, Dolly!” at Footlite Musicals in September. She has performed in two prior CCP shows, “Next to Normal” (2016) and “Suite Surrender (2017). She was last season’s Encore Award winner for best female singer in the production of “White Christmas” for Main Street Productions at the Basile Westfield Playhouse.

Hansen is performing in her first show featuring Herman’s music.

“It has really opened my eyes to the wonderful work he created,” Hansen said. “I watched ‘Hello, Dolly’ regularly as a child and it is one of my favorite movie musicals. I will be performing in ‘Hello Dolly’ this fall at Footlite as Irene Malloy, and I’m really thrilled with the opportunity to help tell that fun story.”

Hansen’s only previous CCP experience was performing as Mother in “Ragtime” in 2018.

“CCP holds a dear spot in my heart for offering me my first major role (in ‘Ragtime’) after my long maternity leave,” Hansen said. “I will forever be grateful for those who had faith in me, took a chance on me, supported me and have become dear friends.”

Tickets are $75 each or $500 for a table of eight. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

The cast of “Jerry’s Girls” includes, from left, front, Heather Hansen, Georgeanna Teipen; middle, Vickie Phipps, Diane Tsao, back, Jill O’Malia and Susan Smith. (Photo courtesy of CCP)

INSIDE & OUT

Time to cook up your dream kitchen plans

Commentary by Bill Bernard

Ah, it’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about summer vacations, or even back-to-school activities. Believe it or not, if you’re hoping to host your family’s holiday meals in a beautiful new kitchen, then it’s time to start dreaming — and planning.

REMODELING

In the beautiful project pictured, we incorporated several classic elements that have remained stylish for as long as I can remember. There are crisp white shaker-style cabinets with contrasting hardware. The countertops look like marble, and the backsplash tile is a quiet white subway style. The island cabinets are painted a distinctive color. Beyond the classic pieces, we also removed walls to make the home more conducive to today’s more open style of living. Adjacent and open to the kitchen is the dining table and the door that leads to the outdoor living space. The wall separating the dining room from the living room was also removed to fully open the living spaces on the first floor. To help unify the various spaces and enhance the openness,

invest a lot of time and effort into designing the space and selecting all the various materials. Once final selections have been determined, all the materials need to be ordered. Materials can take weeks and/ or months to arrive, so it’s not too early to start planning.

Give us a call and let us help you kickstart your dreams.

Stay home, be moved.

Bill Bernard works for SURROUNDINGS by NatureWorks+. He has more than 30 years of experience. For more, email aaron@choosesurroundings.com.

Classic elements enhance this remodeled kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Bill Bernard)

Not my cup of tea

Commentary by

Curtis Honeycutt

Blame it all on my British roots, but I’ve never preferred coffee. I like hanging out in coffee shops. I don’t mind smelling like I’ve hung out in a coffee shop all day. But, for me, I like tea. Every morning, I need my Barry’s Irish Breakfast Tea with a dash of milk and sugar. In case you were wondering, yes, I do bring my preferred tea with me when I go out of town. And, while I like a good morning cuppa, I’ve never understood kombucha tea.

“incomplete sentences.” A complete sentence includes a verb, makes sense on its own, and communicates a complete idea.

Here’s an example of a sentence fragment: Because he lives near the ocean.

GRAMMAR GUY

Kombucha is like the kale of liquids. Does anyone really enjoy it? If you take a swig of this fermented swill, you’ll get a mouthful of vinegary, yeasty tea fungus. I guess I don’t like my teas fermented in the same way I don’t like my sentences fragmented. Or do I?

The grammar gods strongly advise against writing sentences in fragments. “Sentence fragments” is industry-speak for

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION

HEARING OFFICER

Docket Number: CRC PZ-2023-0125 DP/ADLS

Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission Hearing Officer meeting on the 24th day of August, 2023 at 3:00 PM in Carmel City Hall, 2nd Floor Caucus Room of Carmel City Hall, 1 Civic Sq, Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Plan and ADLS review application for:

Docket No. CRC PZ-2023-0125 DP/ADLS:

Merchants Bank HQ2 at Carmel Midtown Lot B – Development Plan / ADLS review for the new Merchants Bank Headquarters building to be located at 420 3rd Ave. SW., Carmel, IN 46032. The project consists of a five-story office building and pedestrian bridge to connect to the existing Merchants Bank office building.

The real estate affected by said application is described as follows:

Tax ID Parcel No. 16-09-25-04-05-001.000

The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.

PETITIONER: Dan Moriarity, Studio M Architecture

If the sentence read, “He lives near the ocean,” we’d be in good shape. However, adding “Because” to the beginning makes this fragment a dependent clause. We need the “why” to follow the “because.”

Let’s finish that sentence:

Because he lives near the ocean, he collects shells that look like Cher.

That’s completely strange; it’s also a complete sentence.

We speak in fragments. Constantly. We use them either to express a casual style, to create rhythm in our writing or to emphasize a point.

Just as some people like their tea slightly fermented, some people like their sentences lightly fragmented. It adds an interesting flavor to an otherwise conventional cup of language libation. While I don’t prefer kombucha, I don’t have a problem with those who fancy effervescent fungus water.

Visiting Icy Strait Point

Commentary by Don Knebel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION

HEARING

OFFICER

Docket Number: CRC PZ-2023-0127 DP/ADLS

Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Plan Commission Hearing Officer meeting on the 24th day of August, 2023 at 3:00 PM in Carmel City Hall, 2nd Floor Caucus Room of Carmel City Hall, 1 Civic Sq, Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon a Development Plan and ADLS review application for:

Docket No. CRC PZ-2023-0127 DP/ADLS: Monon Square Mixed-Use Development –Development Plan / ADLS review for the new Monon Square Mixed-Use project. The project consists of two (2) buildings totaling 498,726 square feet. The buildings will be constructed on two parcels comprising 4.15 acres; the address is 620 S. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032.

The real estate affected by said application is described as follows:

Tax ID Parcel Numbers. 16-09-25-00-00014.001, 16-09-25-00-00-014.003, and 16-09-2504-04-014.000

The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.

PETITIONER: Dan Moriarity, Studio M Architecture

TRAVEL

In our continuing tour of Alaska, we stop at Icy Strait Point, about 30 miles west of Juneau, which provides a great experience and is a wonderful economic and cultural success story.

Icy Strait Point is a privately owned tourist destination on Chichagof Island, the fifth-largest island in the United States, which reportedly contains more bears per square mile that any other place in the world. In 1996, the Huna Totem Corp., owned by 1,300 indigenous Alaskans, purchased the 23,000-acre site using proceeds received under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. They named the area, which includes a beach front and a temperate rain forest, after Icy Strait, which separates Chichagof Island from the Alaskan mainland, and began trying to convince cruise lines going to Juneau to stop there. In 2004, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship did stop, opening the way for other lines to make Icy Strait Point a regular destination on their Alaska cruises.

Today, more than 100 cruise ships dock

at Icy Strait Point each summer, providing an enormous economic boost to nearby Noonah, a town of about 900, most of them indigenous Tlingit people.

Visitors to Icy Strait Point have a variety of things to do. A building on the site that once housed the Hoonah Canning Co., now includes a museum, a restaurant, shops and some original fish-canning equipment. Whale watching trips leaving from Icy Strait Point guarantee that passengers will see whales. A $30 million gondola transporter, completed in 2022, takes visitors to the top of Hoonah Mountain, where they can explore the rain forest or ride a mile-long zip line dropping more than 1,300 feet, considered one of the longest and highest in the world. Visitors can also take a 30-minute walk to Hoonah, where they can see authentic totem poles and experience the Tlingit culture.

An orca statue at Icy Strait Point in Alaska. (Photos by Don Knebel)

A transporter at Icy Strait Point.

Don Knebel is a local resident. For the full column visit donknebel.com. You may contact him at editorial@ youarecurrent.com.

Curtis Honeycutt is a national award-winning, syndicated humor writer. Connect with him on Twitter (@curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

1. Pitch a tent at McCormick’s Creek State Park

5. “___, Brute!”

9. Big Hoffa’s BBQ rib order 13. Sheltered, at Geist

14. Mattress size

15. Scarlett of Tara

16. Start of an apt description of the Indiana State Fair 18. Bonkers

36. Words of understanding

38. State Fair description, continued

42. Waterpark feature

45. Fishers Farmers Market veggie

46. Emailed a dupe to

50. Colt foe

51. Photo ___ (media events)

54. Crater’s edge

56. Yes vote

57. Unrefined metal

58. Slangy refusal

60. DVR button

61. Made-to-order item?

63. Collectible print, briefly

65. Moral principle

66. End of State Fair description

73. Carmel Racquet Club match units

74. Small bills Down

1. Traveling tot’s spot

2. Some

3.

35. Broom closet item

37. Col. Sanders’ chain

39. Newborn

40. Shore bird

41. “Who ___ that?!”

42. Sellout inits.

43. Petty or grand crime

44. “For real!”

47. Tim Campbell drawing

48. Mask feature

49. Solves a cryptogram

52. Indiana Statehouse figure, briefly

53. Shows derision

55. Jell-O shaper

59. Concur

62. Ivy ___ Community College

64. In that case

31. Potter’s Bridge Fall Festival mo.

69. Chilling

70. Repel (off)

71. Shoe part

72. Folk story

65. Car czar Wood

67. Colts QB mistake

68. Some Current staffers, for short

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4. Banana skin

5. Biblical verb ending

6. Deuce

7. Form-fitting

8. Iffy

9. Yiddish synagogue

10. After a while

11. Circle Tower design style

12. Hoosier Park horse color

15. A Great Lake

17. High five, essentially

21. Knight’s title

24. Not new

25. Window ledge

27. “Incidentally,” in a text

33. Insane

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