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Family’s desire for country life sow seeds for farm By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com In 2012, when spouses Greg Butts and Jennifer Rhodes bought the property at 10728 S. 700 W. in FortAGRICULTURE ville that would one day become Wild Blackberry Farms, it contained little more than a corn and soybean field. But the couple had a desire for their kids to get a dose of country life, so they turned the land into something the whole family could enjoy. They have four children: Sam, 16, Nora, 15, Jesse, 11, and Olivia, 9. “We knew we wanted a rural property. We knew we wanted acreage for our kids to run around on outside and not be inside on devices all the time. That’s what led us here (to Wild Blackberry Farms),” Rhodes said. “We found the property, fell in love with it and it felt right, and we went with our gut.” Nine years later, a house they built on the property is their full-time home and the barn and surrounding area will host 30 weddings this year. The multiple rows of blackberry bushes, first planted in 2015, are in their first full season of u-pick, meaning the plants are producing enough berries that the public can visit between 7 and 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday to pick their own fruit. Thousands of blackberry bushes were planted under the August sun in 2015. It wasn’t until 2017 that a decent number of berries popped up on the vines. With the exception of a couple u-picks last year, from 2017 to 2020 all the blackberries were for commercial use. For help picking the thousands of berries, the couple turned to an eclectic group of rotating employees. “We’d hire a variety of people. We’ve had prison labor,” Rhodes said. “We’ve had Venezuelan asylum seekers. Most of them were physicians and engineers normally, but they couldn’t do that here. Another year we had high schoolers on break picking for us.” Because of how Butts and his one, fulltime staff member, Ruben Gonzalez, tend the blackberry plants, the berries are simple to pick. “It’s really easy picking,” Rhodes said. “They are thornless, unlike the ones you’d pick in the wild.” To make the berries easily accessible and produce a better yield, the thousands of blackberry canes (the cane is the stalk the blackberry branches shoot off from) are attached to a trellis that can be straightened out or collapsed, depending on the need.
Greg Butts and Jennifer Rhodes pause by a blackberry trellises. The married couple planted all the blackberry canes on the property and built the barn in the background. (Photo by Jonathan Matthes)
When straightened, the leaves of the canes face the sun, while the blackberries are shaded, protecting them from scalding. The process is labor-intensive. It takes a full day to raise all of the trellises, another day to mow and tend to the property and a third day to readjust the trellises. Butts works the farm full-time. “It’s three full-time jobs,” Butts said. Butts spent 15 years in financial advising before switching to farm work. He sometimes works 19-hour days. Rhodes, his wife, is a partner at Ice Miller law firm. “After my career and kids, I always say we kind of lost our minds and moved to a farm,” Butts said. “We used to live out on Geist Reservoir, but we decided to find some acreage and raise our kids in the country.” Butts and Rhodes grew up with room to roam. Butts is from Galveston in Cass County, and Rhodes is from Peru, Ind. For nearly two decades, the couple looked for the right piece of land that wasn’t too expensive to purchase and build on. Then they found the field in Fortville that would one day become Wild Blackberry Farms. Nothing was on it. So, they first built the barn. Butts enjoyed playing barn basketball as a kid, so there is room in the loft for basketball and other sports. Initially, the property served as a place to play, as the family continued to live in Geist. The couple got a horse and four-wheelers and would visit, but eventually they felt a desire to live there permanently. So, they sold their home and moved to the farm. The only problem was, there was no house on the property. “So, we moved into the barn for 13
months,” Butts said. “While we built the house,” Rhodes said. “It was OK for six months.” “We had a kids bounce house and trampoline. We had a living room set up in here. The kids loved it. Well, I loved it too,” said Butts, who served as the general contractor for the building of the house that was completed in 2018. “It was an adventure.” For more, visit wildblackberryfarms.com.
NAVIGATING THE BLACKBERRY INDUSTRY The vast majority of blackberries consumed by Americans are grown internationally. “Ninety-five percent are imported from South and Central America,” said Greg Butts, Wild Blackberry Farms co-owner. A major portion of American blackberries are grown in the Carolinas, Georgia and California. For Butts, the lack of blackberry producers in the Midwest signaled an opportunity. “(This time of year) the markets in Central and South America are now finished selling, so my bigger buyers are coming to us now saying, ‘Hey, our southern markets are dried up now and are done with berries,’” Butts said. “So, it’s a supply-and-demand thing. They still want berries but there are no berries coming out of Mexico now, but we are just getting started. Even Georgia and South Carolina are wrapping up with their seasons.”
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Former Fishers teacher charged with child molestation By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com
Child Services was contacted by a mental health professional on May 21, leading to the police investigation. A former Fishers math teacher has been Emily Abbotts, director of school and arrested for allegedly molesting a student community relations for Hamilton Southmultiple times on cameastern Schools, stated in an email POLICE pus during the 2017-18 that Gray was placed on administraschool year. tive leave from the school on April Ian Gray, 38, was most recently 22. A school spokesperson said he an eighth-grade math teacher at resigned in June. Riverside Junior High from 2018 until According to Abbotts, Gray was earlier this year, but the alleged placed on administrative leave incidents occurred during his time when the school was notified by Gray as an advanced math teacher at Fall FPD of the alleged incident. Creek Intermediate. He turned himself in to “We are aware that a former school the Hamilton County Jail after a warrant for employee has been charged with alleged his arrest was issued July 22. He is charged misconduct with a minor student,” Abbotts with two counts of felony child molestation. stated. “We have cooperated fully with According to a probable cause affidavit, the Fishers Police Dept. since its investithe juvenile victim told her mother that Gray gation began and will continue to do so inappropriately touched her during sixth in coordination with the Hamilton County grade. The inappropriate touching of the Prosecutor’s Office. When the investigation female victim allegedly occurred approxicommenced, we placed the school employee mately 10 times during the school year. on administrative leave, per district policy. According to Fishers police, the Dept. of The employee has since resigned.”
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Mercer hopes summer provides springboard for success By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel High School senior tennis player Eli Mercer got a nice lift from his summer experience. Mercer joined 2021 CHS graduate Jones McNamar and four other friends on a boys and girls team that won the World Team Tennis national title for 18 and under in Orlando at the United States Tennis Association campus. The Central Indiana team beat a California team in the final. “It was special because we’ve all known each other since we were in second or third grade,” Mercer said. “We’ve played the same competition the last three years, and to finally make it to the top is really nice.” In June, Mercer won the Central Indiana 18 and under boys singles title and advanced to the Midwest Section tournament. Mercer said he is playing at a high level entering his final high school season. Carmel tennis coach Bryan Hanan said Mercer is an exceptional leader for the younger players. “He is a very hard worker and has really showed great improvement the last four
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years,” Hanan said. “He puts the work in during the offseason and plays in a lot of tournaments, and that’s the reason for his success.” Mercer finished 27-0 as a junior at No. 2 singles for the state champion Greyhounds (23-0). “He also was the clinching point in the state finals and was the reason we won the state championship last year,” Hanan said. Mercer’s three-set win was the difference
in a 3-2 victory over North Central in the state final. Senior Broc Fletcher was the No. 1 singles player last season. “I think it will be interesting to see Eli and Broc battle it out for the top spot,” Hanan said. “I think competition is a great thing and both those guys will be able to push one another to get better this year. They are both really good friends and great competitors, but when it’s all said and done, whoever plays one singles they will still be the other one’s biggest cheerleader because just that’s how they both are. They are just great kids that come from great families.” Mercer said his conditioning has improved since last season. “I’m more fit and I’ve just grown a little bit,” he said. “My serve has gotten better. I’m just trying to play smarter tennis. I’ve got smarter on the court from practicing with a lot of good players.” Mercer said he expects the Greyhounds to contend for another state title. “We still have four really good players returning and we have some good freshmen and sophomores,” he said. “I’m feeling confident we can get a sixth one in a row.”
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Fishers Arts & Culture awards $43k in grants to local artisans news@currentinfishers.com On July 22, the Fishers Arts & Culture Commission awarded $43,000 in grants to a variety of artists, nonprofits and other ART organizations with ties to the arts. The grants were the first round of what the FACC is distributing to a diverse group of programs to help nurture “creative partnerships within the Fishers arts community,” the FACC announced in a press release. Funding for the grants is from the City of Fishers annual budget. To qualify for a grant, the groups needed to have their projects take place within the city boundaries and represent at least two of the FACC’s core values of: inclusive, authentic, engaging, collaborative, innovative and educational. Examples of what different organizations will be using their grants for include: the Fishers Arts Council, for live musicians at public receptions and events; St. George Orthodox Church for an authentic Middle
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City is becoming a hub for the life sciences industry By Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com
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During the last year, the life sciences industry has taken root in Fishers. Several companies, even international firms, have announced moves or expansions to Fishers, while others already in the community plan to continue growing in the city. The latest to announce an expansion in Fishers is Telix, an Australian-based biopharmaceutical company that develops diagnostic and therapeutic products using molecularly targeted radiation. The company is doubling its workforce at 12 Municipal Dr. Telix joins Quantigen Biosciences in expanding operations in Fishers, while companies like Italy-based Stevanato Group, INCOG BioPharma Inc. and Genezen have announced plans within the past year to establish their first headquarters in Fishers. INCOG and Genezen are startups. Fishers has seen increased interest from life science companies, which generally create and manufacture high-tech tools and supplies for the health care industry, since announcing in June it would create a life science district on 75 acres on the southwest corner of 126th Street and Cumberland Road. The Stevanato Group, which makes EZ-Fill syringes, vials and pre-sterilized glass containers, was the first company to announce a move there. “The amount of new companies and new leads that have come our way over the last two or three weeks after the (June 16) announcement of Stevanato (has increased). And really, in particular, having this land available now, hopefully it will result in some exciting new companies to announce in the next few months,” said Baumgartner Megan Baumgartner, Fishers director of economic and community development. The increase of life science companies has already brought the promise of hundreds of new high-wage medical tech jobs coming to Fishers by 2025, and more are expected to be added as additional companies commit to the life sciences medical park.
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The reasons why Fishers has seen an increase in life science vary, but there appears to be one common thread. “When you are looking at these growth companies, whether they are (life science), pharma or software or (internet of things) technology, the one thing that all of them have in common is that culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, and with a similar culture radiating throughout Fishers, it makes us a very hospitable place for those types of companies,” said John Wechsler, founder of Launch Fishers. Most of the businesses that have moved to or expanded in Fishers have received tax breaks from either the City of Fishers or the Indiana Economic Development Corp., or both. The city and the IEDC work together to follow up on leads, with the IEDC alerting Fishers about prospective businesses that might relocate to Fishers, while Fishers keeps existing businesses up to date on new funds or grants that might be available from the IEDC if they are interested in expansion. The tax breaks that Fishers offers come with contingencies, such as hiring requirements that each business must meet by a mutually agreed upon deadline. “We like to come in as that final gap closing to secure a project,” Baumgartner said. “We like to learn a bit more about what’s
important to (a particular) company. Are they cash flush and want to look at more offsetting, ongoing annual expenses? Or is this a brand new first-in-the-country operation for them and being able to have some assistance with up-front funding? “Then, based off of their investment, the number of jobs that they are committing to, the wages of those new jobs, the industries, the location that they are looking at, all of those things are taken into consideration for us to create an incentive package that hopefully fills that gap for them to make the decision to come to Fishers.” But according to Wechsler, the incentive packages are not the most important factor for national and international companies when deciding to expand or relocate in Fishers. “Incentives are one part of every major business expansion discussion, but it’s secondary to the value of the community itself,” Wechler said. “They know that they have access to talent, because they need to continue to hire people to grow. They have a community that is a great example of what it means to live, work and play in the community that your business is based. It’s very attractive when you’re looking to hire someone locally or relocate someone from another place. “When they come to Fishers and see our amenities and what’s available, it really puts that company in a favorable light.” The entire community was appealing to Telix officials who decided to locate its U.S. headquarters to Fishers in 2020 and then announced an expansion last month. “The proximity of big pharma companies like Eli Lily or Roche make it a great environment for a biotech like Telix,” said Bernard Lambert, Telix’s president in the U.S. “The Fishers area is an affordable place, and living is great here, so there was no reason to go to a higher-end place like New York or the West Coast. Also, we had access to the high-skilled and educated person. We have people who come from schools like Purdue or IU that have the skills we are looking at.” Fishers’ proximity to Indianapolis keeps Telix close to companies with which it collaborates, and the FedEx hub at the Indianapolis International Airport is a benefit.
The company deals with radiopharmaceuticals with a half-lives that require efficient logistics. ON THE COVER: Five new life sciences companies have announce plans to move to, or expand in Fishers in the past year. (Photo Illustration by Zach Ross)
INCENTIVES TO HIRE When it comes to a company like Telix that had room to add employees inside its existing building, Fishers doesn’t get involved in incentivizing the hiring process. “In Telix’s case, the state is the entity that is set up to incentivize job growth through their tax credits and their incentive program,” said Megan Baumgartner, Fishers director of economic and community development. “That one was almost entirely incentivized by the IEDC.” What follows are examples of incentives for businesses that have relocated or expanded in Fishers: INCOG BioPharma: $2.5 million in conditional tax credits and a grant of $200,000 to support on-site infrastructure by the IEDC; and 100 percent personal property tax abatement for 13 years and 100 percent real property tax abatement for two years from Fishers. Stevanato: $2.9 million in conditional tax credits and $500,000 in conditional training grants from the IEDC; Fishers offered up to $1.2 million in conditional tax credits. Quantigen: $350,000 in conditional tax credits by the IEDC; and a $50,000 grant toward start-up costs from Fishers. Genezen: Was self-funded and then received a growth-equity investment from Massachusetts based-Ampersand Capital Partners. The amount was unreported, but Ampersand invests between $10 and $100 million typically in startups.
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Commentary by Terry Anker “You are wrong, and I don’t want to hear what you think,” barked the domineering spouse to their beleaguered partner. Wouldn’t it make sense to consider what they say before determining disagreement with it? Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to have our views challenged openly than to rest insecurely in ignorance? Indiana Congressman Jim Banks was recommended by his peers for appointment to a review commission. Our nation’s capital is rife with such blue-ribbon panels, special committees, and double-secret boards. One can assume that they are designed to help our leaders gain insight into important or faddish matters and oil the rusty gears of government so that they might lurch forward. In this case, a wrench has fallen into the works. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has broken tradition by blocking Banks from appointment. There are many, given the chance, who would do the same to her. Is it true that open discussion is dangerous in that it only obscures a predetermined truth? Or are we calling folks liars before they lie? A commission is not required to determine the moment of sunrise. Still, there is much debate about whether we should awake before, at, or after it. We all have our perspectives, perhaps firmly held, of when to emerge from slumber. So, how do we honor the views of those with whom we disagree? It is an alluring temptation to prevent those thoughts that don’t align from ever being heard. It is an alluring temptation to hold back that seat at the table. It is an alluring temptation to invite disingenuous compliance from those who will quiet their own beliefs to avoid expulsion. But do we benefit from their exclusion or are we weakened by failure to seek challenge? Can we seek the truth if we already believe we know it?
Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.” — ANNE FRANK
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People often ask which of our four heirs is my favorite. The expected response is, “I don’t have one,” and I suppose in the aggregate, that’s true. But let’s be honest, on the daily, there is absolutely a podium placement for Most Loved Kid. And though it changes frequently, I’ve noticed the gold medal normally goes to whoever is in their happy place, typically when they are away from the expectations of established family roles. To that point, last week’s Champion Child was our youngest, simply because I had the chance to spend time with just her. We traveled to Massachusetts for a few days to visit fancy colleges and geek out on American history (our reenactment of the Boston Massacre is sure to become legendary). It was amazing to me that once I got her on her own, she transformed into a totally different person. Instead of encountering an angsty teenager who constantly competes with her older brothers and verbally spars with her sister, I enjoyed a kind and caring young woman who is quite funny (she dramatically threw the “snowball” at my unsuspecting British soldier, beginning the aforementioned Boston Massacre reprisal). Now that we’re back home again in Indiana, she’s returned to her usual MO of either hiding in her room, except for meals, or running off to hang with her besties. We communicate through eye-rolling, cold silence and incessant hurumphing, if we see her at all. It’s a struggle to remember that the girl with whom I’m occasionally interacting isn’t necessarily who she is. Suffice it to say, she is no longer my reigning favorite. Congratulations Male Heir No. 2! Peace out.
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Remembering a close friend and public servant Commentary by Dick Wolfsie There will never be another Dr. Pat Keener. This dear friend of the Wolfsies passed away two weeks ago. Even HUMOR if her name is not familiar to you, her lifelong dedication to the health of this city — indeed the nation — should not be forgotten. Among a score of accomplishments, this dedicated pediatrician and neonatologist founded the Indianapolis Campaign for Healthy Babies back in 1989 that improved the dismal infant mortality rate in central Indiana. She also was the founder of the Safe Sitter Program, a national training initiative to teach teens how to be better babysitters. The program covers everything from whether it’s OK for sitters to raid the fridge to how to save a choking toddler. For the past 40 years, Pat was resolute in finding appealing little snippets in magazines and newspapers, cutting them out and sending them to me via snail mail. I always looked forward to seeing what was in each next installment. If it weren’t for Pat, I wouldn’t know that: • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. • A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why. • The shape of a Pringle is a hyperbolic paraboloid. Dr. Pat once mutilated a brand-new copy of the “New England Journal of Medicine” so she could send me an article saying babies are born with about 300 bones, but by the time they reach adulthood, these bones will have fused together to form 206 bones. There is something about opening a ma-
nilla envelope fresh from the mailbox and having several pieces of a newspaper article (that was continued on three different pages) tumble out across the kitchen table and flutter to the floor. Just fitting it all together was always a challenge, and I must admit that I have probably read the parts in the wrong order more than once. My mother also used to send me newspaper articles with references to people I knew from years earlier. She usually included a little note with each article: “Thought you’d want to see this. Wasn’t he a friend of yours?” Mom asked. I know my mother’s heart was in the right place, but obituaries didn’t quite cheer me up the way Pat’s articles did. Pat read everything, so I always wanted to look smart when I was with her. One evening, she and her husband, Garry, were out to dinner with Mary Ellen and me. I tried to jazz up the conversation. “Pat, did you know that an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain?” “I did,” she said. “I’m the one who sent you the article.” There is so much about this incredible woman that I will miss. There was a wonderful write-up about her in the newspaper when she passed away. In her honor, I cut out the article … and mailed it to several of my friends.
Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.
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Lorch appointed President and COO of First Internet Bancorp — The board of directors of the Fishers-based First Internet Bancorp has appointed Nicole Lorch as president and chief operating officer of the company as well as its subsidiary, First Internet Bank. Lorch has worked for First Internet Bank since 1999 and most recently served as the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer of First Internet Bank.
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ant cases) every week that they’re reported,” Heltz said. Heltz said the symptoms of the regular COVID-19 strain and the Delta strain vary slightly. Most of the symptoms are the same, such as fever, sore throat, and cough, but the Delta strain also has symptoms of a runny nose, instead of the loss of taste associated with original COVID-19 strain. Heltz said the best measure of safety to take against the Delta variant is getting vaccinated and to continue wearing masks in public spaces. For more, the entire video is available at: youtube.com/watch?v=MyujogcuyYA.
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Hamilton County breweries strike gold By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Three Hamilton County breweries won big at the July 10 Indiana Brewers Cup. Grand Junction Brewing Co., BEER Westfield, won four medals and took home the Best of Show designation for its Mulligan Scottish Ale. Field Brewing, Westfield, won two gold medals. Primeval Brewing, Noblesville, won seven medals — one gold, four silver and two bronze. The seven medals tied Primeval Brewing with Metazoa Brewing Co. in Indianapolis for Brewery of the Year, but Metazoa won the distinction by virtue of receiving more gold medals than Primeval. GJBC owner Jon Knight said the brewery has participated in the Indiana Brewers Cup for the past seven years and he was confident entering the competition that the brewery would do well. Winning Best of Show was a first-time accomplishment for the brewery. Knight credits GJBC’s head brewer, Ryan Thomas, for the achievement. “We have got a tremendous head brewer, and he has actually won medals in the past for us, and I think he’s really hitting his stride,” Knight said. The competition had more than 500 entries. The Best of Show category pits gold medal-winning beers in 35 categories against each other. GJBC won a trophy and banner with the Best of Show designation and plans to display the items in the brewery.
Mulligan Scottish Ale won Best of Show at the Indiana Brewers Cup. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Thomas)
Knight said the competition shows that breweries in Hamilton County strive to produce the best beers. “When you’ve got 13 medals between three breweries 12 to 13 miles apart, that’s a pretty unique thing,” Knight said. Field Brewing owner Jackie Dikos credits the brewery’s head brewer, Rian Umbach, for the brewery’s wins at the competition. “Working with Rian has been amazing. He definitely feels like part of our team and family for sure. He started with us
before we opened Field Brewing,” Dikos said. “I feel like what Rian’s creating is the backbone of who we are in Westfield and the type of beer we wanted to create. Rian’s greatest strength is making beers approachable.” Primeval Brewing co-owners Nathan Compton and Tim Palmer also serve as the brewers at Primeval. The brewery produces mainly European-inspired beer, drawing from Germany, Great Britain and Belgium. Compton and Palmer have competed in the Indiana Brewers Cup as home brewers for several years, but this is the first year they competed as professionals. Compton said although he didn’t expect to win so many medals, he was confident about his chances of winning something. “It’s limited to 12 entries (per brewery), so in a competition of that size, to place in over 50 percent of your entries is certainly more than you could reasonably expect,” Compton said. Compton described Primeval Brewing as “contrarian” in the craft beer world. “The American craft beer scene has tended to push the envelope on bigger beers, hoppier beers, and beers more out there with creative additions,” Compton said. “We focus more on traditional styles, and we try to make them as best we can.” Thomas said that’s his strategy at GJBC as well. “I pride myself on not being a brewer that only brews IPAs or trying to figure out the next ridiculous thing I can put in a beer to sell as much as I can,” Thomas said.
HAMILTON COUNTY WINNING BEERS Grand Junction Brewing Co., 1189 E. 181st St., Westfield: • Mulligan Scottish Ale, won Best of Show and gold in the Scottish & Irish Ale • Westfield Underground ESB, a strong bitter, won bronze in the Pale British Ale • Imperfect Backside Oatmeal Stout, an oatmeal stout, won bronze in the British & Irish Stout • Westfielder 8, a Biere de Garde, won
silver in the Belgian Ale Field Brewing, 303 E. Main St., Westfield: • Doppel Dribble, a Doppelbock, won gold in the Strong European Lager • Black Friday, a sweet stout, won gold in the British & Irish Stout category Primeval Brewing, 960 Logan St., Unit 100, Noblesville: • Rauch My World, a Rauchbier, won gold in the Smoke-Flavored Beer • Chompinator, a Doppelbock, won
bronze in the Strong European Lager • Edelweiss, a Weissbier, won silver in the German Wheat & Rye Beer • Titus, a Weizenbock, won bronze in the German Wheat & Rye Beer • My Pretty Irish Girl, an Irish stout, won silver in the British & Irish Stout • Afterflow, an English Strong Ale, won silver in the Strong UK Ale • Spring Fling, a Saison, won silver in the Saison
BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “The Sound of Music” through Aug. 15. For more, visit beefandboards.com. FEINSTEIN’S Don Farrell will perform “All the Way: A Frank Sinatra Tribute” at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. Carol J. Bufford will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6-7. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Songbook Academy Online Virtual Showcases, held at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, will be presented at 8 p.m. Aug. 6-8. The virtual events are free, but registration is required. Donations are accepted. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.
Discovering Broadway hosts ‘Hamlet’ concert editorial@youarecurrent.com The creative team of the new musical “Hamlet” will participate in Discovering Broadway’s writers’ retreat program in Carmel. Discovering Broadway Inc. will premiere songs at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 in a concert from the new musical “Hamlet” in the Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. The writers’ retreat begins Aug. 17 at the Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. Discovering Broadway founder Joel Kirk, a 2012 Carmel High School graduate, is the bookwriter and director for “Hamlet.” The concert features Jordan Donica (“My Fair Lady”) as Hamlet; Samantha Pauly (“Six”) as Ophelia; Adam Pascal (“Rent”) as King Claudius; and Bryonha Marie Parham (“Prince of Broadway”) as Gertrude. Giving the concert a local flavor are performers Eric Wiegand, a CHS graduate; Christina Barnes, a Zionsville Community High School graduate; and Sophie Miller, a 2018 CHS graduate.
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Artist RENEWAL Summer has flown by and it’s back to school already! Challenge yourself with a new class or workshop! Nickel Plate Arts offers a new Vision Board workshop on July 29, as well as painting and drawing classes starting soon! Fishers Arts Council offers a new ASSET(Artist Professional Development Series) at Hub & Spoke - join their FREE session on Navigating Online Sales and Starting Your Business on Aug 19th from 6:30-8:30 p.m.! Learn more at nickelplatearts.org
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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 8626 E. 116th St., Fishers What to get: Seared duck and peaches Price: $28 Anna’s take: LouVino is an excellent place for date night or brunch with friends. I tried an array of items, including the baller board charcuterie ($36), which was overflowing with Italian pepperoni, Manchego, a triple-cream brie, Capacolla, pancetta and local honey, among other items; Brussels sprouts salad ($11), which gave me fiesta vibes with cilantro lime vinaigrette, pickled cherry peppers and roasted corn; and the raspberry wedge salad ($14), a delicious, sweet salad with crushed raspberries, dates, gorgonzola cheese, red onion, Marcona almonds, romaine and a creamy raspberry vinaigrette. My favorite dish was seared duck with peaches ($28), which was thinly sliced layered duck and juicy peaches atop fingerling potatoes, assorted veggies
Seared duck and peaches features thinly sliced duck, juciy peaches, fingerling potatoes. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)
and a sweet cognac gastrique that paired beautifully with the duck. Another favorite was the vegan stir fry ($20), which got extra points because not only was it vegan, it was delicious, with a colorful array of rainbow carrots, baby corn, water chestnuts, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, zucchini, onions and spinach, all tossed in a spicy sweet ginger sauce and dotted with sesame seeds. LouVino does an excellent job with cooking its veggies, which may seem like an easy task, but I’ve found most restaurants overcook them, whereas LouVino prepares them with the perfect amount of crisp and still hold their shape. End your meal with chocolate chip cookie dough stuffed beignets ($9).
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Tuesday Oil Painting Studio: 201 Session 3: May 25-July 27 Session 4: Sept 14- Nov 16 9-11am | $200 for full course, Nickel Plate Members can receive 20% off Wednesday Beginning Oil Painting: 101 Session 3: May 26-July 28 Session 4: Sept 15- Nov 17 9-11am | $200 for full course, Nickel Plate Members can receive 20% off
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Indy Opera regulars to perform at Lobster Palooza By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Indianapolis Opera veterans Daniel Narducci and Marci Jackson will FUNDRAISER display their musical theater talents at the 11th annual Lobster Palooza. The Indianapolis Opera Narducci fundraiser is set for 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 8 at Daniel’s Family Vineyard and Winery in McCordsville. Jackson said they will start by singing four songs with a pianist and then perform a Nat King Cole song with the Dean Martini Band. “It’s a little musical theater, a little Gershwin. It will be fun,” Jackson said. “Dean Martini has a ton of great songs. If they need background vocals, I might feel the need to pop in.” Narducci said he has always performed in opera and musicals.
“I always cherish the opportunity to present the classic music theater,” said Narducci, who lives in Unionville. “I’ll be singing a Frank Wildhood song from the modern Broadway era. The Dean Martini band does a lot of ‘50s and ‘60s songs, kind of jazzy blues. The whole point is just to have a blast.” This will be Narducci’s first time at Lobster PalooJackson za, which previously had been held in downtown Indianapolis. Narducci appeared as King Arthur and Jackson was Guinevere in Indy Opera’s Camelot in March 2019. Jackson, an Indianapolis resident, is eager to perform live again. “This will be my first public performance since a recital in March 2020, just a week before the pandemic shut things down,” Jackson said. Jackson attended Lobster Palooza a few years ago. For more, visit indyopera.org.
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Visiting T. C. Steele State Historic Site in Brown County Commentary by Don Knebel
State Museum operates the site. A visitor’s center, opened in 2019, provides information about the Steeles and their property. The spectacular grounds, including hiking trails, a lily pond, Selma’s restored gardens and a replica of Steele’s studio wagon, are open to the public without charge. The House of the Singing Winds, furnished essentially as it was at Selma’s death, and Steele’s barn studio, displaying his works on a rotating basis, are available with a reservation and a modest fee at tcsteele.org/.
Continuing to focus on Hoosier historic sites, my 450th column is about Brown County’s T. C. Steele State HisTRAVEL toric Site. Theodore Clement Steele, Indiana’s best-known artist, was born in Owen County in 1847. After studying at Munich’s Academy of Fine Arts, Steele and his family settled in Indianapolis, where he earned a living painting portraits for $500 (about $16,000 today). However, his passion was for plein air (outdoors) painting and his impressionist landscapes gained widespread acclaim. In 1907, he moved with Selma, his second wife, to the House of the Singing Winds, a studio/residence featuring high ceilings and porches he built on a remote hilltop 10 miles south of Nashville. He expanded the site and built a barn-like studio in 1916, where he displayed his works for visitors from across the nation. Steele frequently painted his woodlands and formal gardens Selma created on the property, but also traveled, painting from a horse-drawn wagon. Steele’s Brown County paintings drew other plein air artists to Nashville,
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T. C. Steele State Historic Site, near Nashville, Ind. (Photos by Don Knebel)
where they established an artist’s colony. When Steele died in 1926, his ashes were buried on his property, marked by a stone proclaiming “Beauty Outlasts Everything.” Selma, who was 23 years younger, maintained the property until just before her death in 1945, when she donated the entire 211 acres and 350 of Steele’s paintings to the state of Indiana. Today, the Indiana
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FISHERS PLAT COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE PP-21-12 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Fishers Plat Committee at 5:00 PM on Thursday, August 26, 2021, 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”): Case # PP-21-12 – Consideration of a Primary Plat for the “Slate (formerly the Villas) at Fishers District”, a 4-block multi-family development located on 36 acres presented by Bill Butz with Kimley-Horn and Associates (bill.butz@kimley-horn.com) on behalf of Watermark Residential. LOCATION: 9799 E 116th Street, generally located east of Ikea Way and south of 116th St. 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. If you have specific questions or want to provide written contacts to the case planner directly, please contact: Planning & Zoning Department City of Fishers (317) 595-3155 planning@fishers.in.us www.fishers.in.us/notice FISHERS BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE VA-21-29 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY GOING TO: https://townoffishers.formstack.com/forms/public_meeting_comment_form MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY STREAM THE LIVE MEETING BY GOING TO: http://tinyurl.com/CityOfFishers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 25 2021, 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”): Case # VA-21-29 - Consideration of a Development Standards Variance from UDO Sec. 3.2.3.B-5.a “Impervious Area of Lot (max)” to allow for an increase in maximum impervious surface coverage, thus permitting the construction of a new pool and subsequent site improvements. LOCATION: 12170 Bridgewater Road, Fishers, 46256; Generally located south of Fall Creek Rd and Brooks School Rd. 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. If you have specific questions or want to provide written contacts to the case planner directly, please contact: Planning & Zoning Department City of Fishers (317) 595-3155 planning@fishers.in.us www.fishers.in.us/notice
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