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Heartland Church in Fishers pilots new higher-ed program

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com A new post-secondary educational opportunity from Heartland Church in Fishers pairs degree-path online EDUCATION classes with faith-based service opportunities and support.

The Heartland School of Leadership and Development is in its first year of operation, partnering with Indiana Wesleyan University. JoAnna Brown is executive director of the program and said the hybrid model allows the school to provide in-person spiritual leadership, development and support, and hands-on work experience while students earn online degrees for their career of choice.

“There are over 30 academic degree options that they can actually apply to through Indiana Wesleyan,” she said. “And so, they come here to be on-site Tuesdays and Thursdays, they have classes and then after class here, they go into their ministry area to work based on their gifts.”

Brown said the program pairs each student with a mentor from their chosen career path and provides other opportunities for personal and spiritual growth, as well as professional connections.

“I look at it as being a really holistic program, where we’re trying to support the students at different angles,” she said.

The first class at the new school is small with just four students, but Brown said that’s a comfortable number as Heartland administrators tweak the program based on observing what does and doesn’t work, and through student input.

“Putting together programs such as this, you always have to be open to change,” she said. “We’re doing continuous improvement.”

The four students are Elisha Takpale, Gwen Kennedy, Hadessa Henry and Ibrahim Kamara.

Takpale, who is interested in the medical field, said she likes the school’s holistic

From left, Elisha Takpale, Gwen Kennedy, Hadessa Henry and Ibrahim Kamara are the first four students enrolled in the new Heartland School of Leadership and Development. (Photo by Leila Kheiry)

approach that includes classes, hands-on experience and career support.

“One of the greatest things about this was that it is a Christian organization, and I was looking for a place also, in which I’ll be able to grow my faith and learn how to use it,” she said.

Kennedy wants to go into student ministry. She said that in all fields, recent college graduates can struggle to find jobs because so many of those jobs require experience.

“I think that’s one of the coolest things about HSLDA is you get hands-on experience, whether it’s in ministry or whether it’s out in the marketplace or wherever … that you can have on your resume when you’re applying for jobs when you graduate,” she said.

Henry, who also is interested in a career in worship, said she recently transferred to Heartland. She had been taking online classes on her own through Indiana Wesleyan, but felt disconnected and wanted to be closer to her church family.

“I really enjoy being around people who are also growing in their faith and around the same age range that I am in that I can relate to,” she said.

Kamara, who is working toward a degree in community development, also tried other college experiences before transferring to

Heartland. He said the previous schools didn’t benefit his spiritual life.

“I wanted to be somewhere where I can get the education, but also get the spiritual discipline and the spiritual advice that I need,” he said. “And also, just the guidance throughout life.”

Kamara said he has lost friends to violence and wants to work with communities to help reduce or stop that cycle.

Henry Mosley is the pastoral care director at Heartland. He said the new program is a way to help young adults maintain core values as they continue to develop.

“And that development will hopefully help them find their place in a world where everybody’s searching for significance,” he said. “So, I’m finding the value in the fact that (we can) be a part of that really healthy experience for them.”

Brown said she expects the school will expand in its second year to 10 to 15 students.

“I think, comfortably, we can — where we are now in terms of our growth — expect that many students into the program for next year,” she said. “I envision, though, within the next five years, we’ll have probably over 50 students, hopefully, in the program.”

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Hamilton Southeastern Schools educators can apply for City of Fishers’ new Educator Innovation Grants. (Photo courtesy of HSE)

City of Fishers opens Educator Innovation Grant applications news@currentinfishers.com The City of Fishers recently opened up applications for its Educator Innovation Grants, a new program that FUNDING provides city funds for innovative projects proposed by Hamilton Southeastern Schools educators.

According to the city’s website, the 2024 budget allocates $500,000 to the grant program “to empower educators with the resources to bring innovation to the classroom and inspire students to rethink learning.”

The program is funded through city reserves.

According to the city’s website, eligible grant projects should be sustainable without needing additional funds after the grant award, be replicable within a grade level or discipline and have an identifiable long-term impact on students.

Eligible projects can include professional development and other learning opportunities for educators, technology that improves and expands curriculum and project-based learning opportunities inside and outside of the classroom.

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By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com A public hearing regarding the terms of a proposed contract for a new Hamilton Southeastern Schools superintenSCHOOLS dent has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the HSE Central Office, 13485 Cumberland Rd. in Fishers.

The superintendent candidate chosen by the HSE Board of Trustees has not yet been identified.

According to a summary of the proposed three-year contract posted on the district’s website, the terms of employment include a starting base salary of $215,270. The board has the option of increasing that salary by up to $20,000 annually.

The contract also calls for the district to provide retirement benefits, including a contribution from the district of about $2,500 per pay period. The district also would pay $1,000 a month for an auto allowance and $100 a month for a technology allowance.

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nounced during the Jan. 24 regular meeting that the board had chosen its preferred candidate and would announce a public hearing on the contract by early the following week.

The announcement was posted Feb. 5.

Following the Feb. 21 public hearing, the board will schedule a time to vote on approving the contract. The candidate will be named at that time.

Former HSE Superintendent Yvonne Stokes, the first Black woman to lead the district, resigned in mid-September with one year remaining in her contract. She and the board negotiated a separation agreement at that time that paid Stokes her full salary for the final year of her contract, along with some benefits. Her base salary at the time of her hire in 2021 was $187,500.

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Senior guard’s versatility proves valuable to Shamrocks

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Senior Ellie Kelleher led the Westfield High School girls basketball team in scoring this season, but that was only one facet of her contributions.

“She had some big games, scoring-wise,” Shamrocks coach Kelsey Steele said. “She does a lot of other stuff for us Kelleher as well. It’s not just the scoring, it’s the passing, it’s the deflections and the other ways to create offense for us (that) makes her special. Her ability to see the floor is really good and just makes others around her better.”

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“She’s really versatile for us all over the floor,” Steele said.

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Ellie Kelleher led the Westfield High School girls basketball team in scoring this season.

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Kelleher scored 31 points Jan. 19 on 12of-17 shooting, including six 3-pointers, in a 59-57 overtime loss at Brownsburg.

Kelleher will play for Indiana Wesleyan University next season.

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Fishers Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster ‘retiring’ after many years leading Troop 199

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com After 15 years as Scoutmaster for Troop 199 in Fishers, Bryan Spellman is stepping back from that role. But he and his good friend Ed Ratts, who has been assistant Scoutmaster and also is retiring, plan to remain involved on a smaller scale because Scouting is just too much fun to give up completely.

Spellman said he became involved in Scouts at a young age when he joined Cub Scouts as a kid back in New York City, where he grew up. He eventually earned his Eagle Scout designation.

“Fast forward a lot, and my son becomes of age and he joins Cub Scouts, and as soon as he joins Cub Scouts, I become an adult leader,” Spellman said. “Then we moved … to Indianapolis in 2003, and in 2004, my son joined Troop 199.”

Spellman became assistant Scoutmaster, and then in 2009 became the Troop 199 Scoutmaster and has helped numerous Scouts since then on their journey toward adulthood.

“Developing those relationships with those Scouts and watching a 10-year-old kid become an 18-year-old young man, and seeing that development and being able to, in some small part, be a part of it,” was his favorite part of being Scoutmaster, he said. “I saw when they were 10 and 11, these goofy, awkward kids. and then watched them take over the troop and watched them develop those skills and see them build friends and have struggles and overcome those struggles and find a love of nature or mathematics or whatever they wanted to do and then off they go to college or off they go to trade school or off they go to work. And just watching them do it. That has been the best part of Scouting.”

Ratts had a different journey to becoming a Scout leader. He said he was in Cub Scouts as a kid but dropped out because the adult leaders in his troop weren’t very involved.

“It’s a great program — fantastic program,” he said. “I obviously believe in the program wholeheartedly and I didn’t want my boys to suffer that same fate, which is primarily the reason why I got into leadership and Scouting in the first place.”

(Below Troop 199 organized a trip to Mount Rushmore in 2017.

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(Above) Troop 199 Scoutmaster Bryan Spellman, left, and Assistant Scoutmaster Ed Ratts met each other through their children’s Scout troop and have been good friends ever since.

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Ratts got involved as an adult Scout leader when his oldest son, now 28, joined Cub Scouts. He stayed on as a leader long after his kids left the program, but now, he said, it’s time to make a change. “Retiring” might not be the right word, though. He said “stepping back” is more accurate.

“I’ll still go to the meetings, I still plan on camping with the troop whenever I can,” he said. “I’ve got over 300 nights camping with them over the years, so I’ve done a lot of camping with them and really enjoy that part. But just stepping back from my duties a little bit and for the first time not really having a responsibility in the troop, which has been nice.”

Spellman said he, too, plans to remain involved.

“Ed and I have been doing it for a very long time together and I wouldn’t have been able to do it without him,” he said. “We’ve talked about it and, yeah, we’re going to be able to enjoy it without the pressures of responsibility.”

The troop is Scout-led, which means the Scouts do much of the planning and take on a lot of responsibilities. But, Spellman said,

at the end of the day, when 70 Scouts go into the woods, there’s one person who has to make sure all 70 come back out safely, and for 15 years that one person has been him.

Spellman and Ratts agreed that Scouting is a great way for kids to learn leadership skills.

“Scouting is, in my opinion, just the

greatest youth organization, period,” Spellman said. “It allows them to be themselves, learn a lot of good life skills, learn outdoor skills and an appreciation for nature and learn leadership skills. It’s not teachers running the show or coaches running the show or parents running the show — it’s Scouts running the show. They’re leading it, they’re running it and that’s how I run the troop. It’s a Scout-led troop. They make the decisions, they plan and organize the troop meetings, they decide where we go camping.”

There’s a lot of administrative work involved, though, which he said was akin to a second full-time job. Spellman’s wife, Beth, also recently stepped back from her role as the troop’s treasurer, which she’s done for the past 17 years. Spellman said their conversations and activities have revolved around Scouts for many years, and now he and his wife will have more time for other pursuits, like traveling or completing house projects.

But Scouting will remain an important part of his life.

“The marriage to my wife, the birth of my son and Scoutmaster for this troop for 15 years — (are) probably the top-three things that I’ve ever done,” Spellman said.

ON THE COVER: Longtime Troop 199 Scoutmaster Bryan Spellman, left, and assistant Scoutmaster Ed Ratts are retiring from their leadership positions with the troop.

(Photo courtesy of Ed Ratts)

A CONVOCATION OF EAGLES Troop 199 in Fishers has a great track record for producing Eagle Scouts.

Retiring Scoutmaster Bryan Spellman and Assistant Scoutmaster Ed Ratts’ sons all were Eagle Scouts and were among the 152 Scouts who achieved that level during Spellman’s 15 years leading the troop.

“We’ve had 208 total (in 30 years),” Spellman said. “Since I’ve been Scoutmaster, I’ve had 152 Eagle Scouts. We averaged about 10 a year.”

Along with guiding those young Scouts on their journey, Spellman said one of his

biggest accomplishments as Troop 199 Scoutmaster was successfully organizing a trip to Mount Rushmore in 2017, complete with hiking in the Badlands, visiting Crazy Horse Memorial and seeing Devil’s Tower.

“It took us like two years to plan that trip,” he said. “We moved 120 scouts and adults from Fishers, Indiana, to the Black Hills of South Dakota.”

And then, of course, Spellman and Ratts are gratified by the relationships they built with each other and countless Scouts over the years.

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The company’s seventh newspaper title, Current in North Indy, will debut on March 12, joining Current editions in Carmel, Fishers, Lawrence/Geist, Noblesville, Westfield and Zionsville. The 6,803 households in North Indy, to be served by U.S. Mail, as is the case with all Current newspapers, will bring to 139,235 the number of households Current serves.

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According to the announcement, bank employees were invited to vote for nonprofits to receive a celebratory donation.

Each of the bank’s eight branches presented $1,000 to their employees’ selected organization.

Recipients included Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County, Meals on Wheels of Hamilton County, Humane Society for Hamilton County, Westfield Youth Assistance Program, Brooke’s Place, Coordinated Assistance Ministries, Family Service Association of Howard County and Kokomo Humane Society.

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A rendering of H&H Fieldhouse in the old Marsh Supermarket building. (Photo courtesy of Jon Horton)

H&H Fieldhouse in Fishers slated to open late spring

By Samantha Kupiainen news@currentinfishers.com In 2021, Jon Horton and Harvey Harrington — brother of former Indiana Pacers player Al Harrington — decided SPORTS to move forward with their dream of a state-of-the-art, 125,000 square-foot sport facility.

H&H Fieldhouse at the former Marsh Supermarket on 96th Street in Fishers is still under construction, but is slated to open in April or May. The new facility will have one full court, two half-courts and a partnership with iFast for comprehensive strength, conditioning, speed and agility training.

“When Jon came to me about starting H&H, I had just finished our Annual DreamChasers basketball camp,” Harvey Harrington said. “I had toyed with the idea of having my own gym, but now I had someone that truly believed in not only my ability but the vision as well. We both were after the same thing — giving young kids opportunities to recreate themselves as athletes, making the process better and creating an asset to the community.”

Construction was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the two shifted strategies, opting to start with a smaller facility at the former Marsh Supermarket.

The two partners signed a lease for the Fishers location in the summer of 2023, and H&H Fieldhouse was born, drawing name inspiration from their respective last

names, both starting with ‘H.’ Harrington and Horton said their goal is to offer more than physical training.

“We offer a one-stop-shop for everything a basketball player needs,” Horton said. This includes not only training and physical development but also mental well-being, nutrition, shot coaching, league play, crisis management, (cryotherapy), sports recovery and professional polishing for athletes transitioning to the next level where public scrutiny, unfortunately, becomes a part of life.”

The partners recognize that athletes have diverse interests off the court. They plan to leverage their personal networks to help athletes explore those interests.

Horton said the journey has had its hurdles.

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As the saying goes, everyone has a mother who loves them, even the bad guys. In 2021, 15-year-old Ethan Crumble ESSAY walked into his suburban high school in Michigan and slaughtered four of his classmates and severely injured seven more. Ultimately pleading guilty to charges of terrorism and murder, he is serving life in prison without the opportunity for parole. Last week, his mother, Jennifer, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and will be sentenced April 9, facing up to 60 years in prison. Dad’s trial is next.

The proceeding revolved around whether a mother is criminally responsible for the actions of her child and the harm that they cause others. Mom’s commitment to her extramarital affair and her preoccupation with horses were central elements. Evidence was presented that Mom bought a weapon for her son as a Christmas present and should have known that he had mental health issues, citing text messages from the boy

to her about “demons” in their family home.

Regardless, Mom held that he was just “fooling around,” they were a normal family, and she considered herself to be a “helicopter” parent, highly engaged in her son’s friend group and grades. The jury didn’t buy it.

What is the cost to the mother for the sins of her son? What are the limits of what a parent must know and understand about mental health and its potential downstream consequences? Does extramarital activity that generates anger in a child become the responsibility of the adults involved, too?

Does Mom’s lover deserve a trial? Is a car, baseball bat or Swiss Army knife an appropriate gift for anyone who lives under our roof? Is it time to jail parents with their errant kids and put the siblings in foster care?

For Michigan, it seems like it is.

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

Singing the February blues Commentary by Danielle Wilson Ah, February, how I hate thee. I really do.

The gray, the cold, the abysmal performance of the Louisville men’s basketHUMOR ball team. And this year, I’ve decided to add anxiety into the mix by piling on a poo-ton of extra stuff in my life. Take a grad class, they said. DIY renovate two bathrooms. Don’t forget your daily PT! That elbow and foot aren’t going to heal themselves, little darlin’! (cue sardonic glee).

Seriously. What the what? Every morning, I wake up having slept horribly (I’m still on the weighted-blanket wagon, friends, and it continues to go poorly) and stressing about the length of my to-do list: Teach all day, start that paper, spackle the dry wall, act like you don’t want to murder every single member of your family, buy milk. It’s truly exhausting. And though I take supplemental vitamin D, the lack of sunshine is definitely not helping, particularly because I’m also dealing with the ever-present yet unpredictable effects of perimenopause. I am quite literally a walking hot(flash) mess.

So, what to do? I am focusing hard on self-care. Trying to be social at work, to prioritize sleep and to move the body in some

“Though I take supplemental vitamin D, the lack of sunshine is definitely not helping, particularly because I’m also dealing with the everpresent yet unpredictable effects of perimenopause. I am quite literally a walking hot(flash) mess.”

– DANIELLE WILSON capacity other than getting off the couch to use the bathroom in between episodes of “Madame Secretary” (she recently headed off a nuclear war with Russia! Girl power!)

I’m making peace with saying “no” and with doing the best I can, even when I know that under different circumstances, I could do better. I don’t love it, but I just need to make it through this month.

Stupid February. How I hate thee!

Peace out.

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Stupid is as stupid does Commentary by Dick Wolfsie After I finished a game of pickleball the other day, a woman approached me and asked if she could give me a HUMOR hug. “What’s that for?” I asked.

“I read your column every week and I think you are the most self-deprecating guy in the world.”

“Thanks,” I said, assuming it was a compliment. She went on to say — and rightly so — that the best humor is when you make fun of yourself. Of course, I also skewer my wife, but most of the barbs I write are directed at me.

My ability to self-deprecate would soon be put to the ultimate test.

The other night, I was trying to learn how to download podcasts to listen to while out jogging. My sister had already spent about 20 minutes on the phone the previous week explaining the process, but I had forgotten everything she told me. I had no clue how to do it.

Linda’s son, Barry, is a computer whiz, so I assumed some of his savvy had rubbed off on her. Of course, the rubbing should go in the other direction: Your kids don’t rub off on you, you are supposed to rub off on them. In any case, compared to her son, Linda was out of her league when it came to computers.

Nevertheless, she proceeded to explain everything to me again. She suggested I take notes this time, so I wouldn’t pester her a third time during her California vacation with the family.

I finally got it.

“Thanks, Linda,” I said, and I shut off the phone. Or so I thought. And my sister made the identical mistake. I could still hear her talking to her son.

“How’s Uncle Dick?” Barry asked.

“He’s fine. But let me tell you something, if you ever want to stop feeling stupid, talk to someone stupider.”

Yes, that’s really what she said. My own

“The other night, I was trying to learn how to download podcasts to listen to while out jogging. My sister had already spent about 20 minutes on the phone the previous week explaining the process, but I had forgotten everything she told me. I had no clue how to do it.”

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– DICK WOLFSIE flesh and blood! I wasn’t going to take this lying down. But I did. I fell on the floor laughing. I understood exactly what she meant — and I knew this had potential for a column. I remembered what that woman said to me at the pickleball courts about self-deprecation.

How would I respond to this moment? I called Linda back and told her I heard everything she said to Barry. Linda laughed hysterically. I guess that was her way of apologizing.

After we hung up, I realized I wasn’t finished milking this situation, so I sent her this text: “Linda, like you, I would like to feel smarter by talking to someone dumber than me. The problem is that right now I can’t think of anyone I could call.”

Be warned, dear reader: If you ever see my name on your caller ID, consider why I might be trying to reach you.

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Kelleen Strutz loves a Gershwin tune.

So, naturally, the Carmel resident is delighted to be the piano CONCERT soloist for the Indiana Wind Symphony’s tribute to the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” The concert is set for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“I’ve had the honor of performing a variety of classical concerts with the Indiana Wind Symphony at the Palladium over the last 10 years, including the ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’” Strutz said. “It’s one of my favorites to perform because it melds together both my classical and jazz backgrounds. And the reason the piece was so significant 100 years ago was because of its ability to take a classical form and interweave jazz elements throughout.

“The fact that it’s still relevant and popular today is a testimony to its versatility and its importance in the history of American music.”

Strutz said she enjoys sharing her love of Gershwin and jazz classics with her 7-year-old son, Ethan.

Strutz is pleased to perform with the IWS in music director and founder Charles Conrad’s final season as music director.

The Carmel resident will retire after the 2023-24 season.

“It’s been great fun working with Charlie over the years and he will be greatly missed,” Strutz said. “His vision and dedication for the IWS has created an important musical entity in the Carmel community and his legacy will carry on.”

Conrad said “Rhapsody in Blue” is one of his favorites, too.

“It was originally written as a piano solo with orchestra, but it’s one that transcribes with concert bands almost seamlessly,” Conrad said.

The concert will start with Gershwin’s “Strike Up the Band.” Conrad said the second number is a jazzy piece Gershwin

‘BEAUTIFUL” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical” through March 30 at the Indianapolis venue. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

FEINSTEIN’S CABARET The Dave Matthews Tribute Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, while “Anthony Nunziata sings Romantic Classics for Valentine’s” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

‘ROMEO & JULIET’ Civic Theatre’s production of “Romeo & Juliet” runs through Feb. 24 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

‘ROUTE 66’ Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production of “Route 66” runs through Feb. 18 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit atistage. org.

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Kelleen Strutz is the piano soloist for the Indiana Wind Symphony’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of “Rhapsody in Blue.” (Photo courtesy of Kelleen Strutz)

wrote in the 1930s called “Walkin’ the Dog,” followed by “Swanee,” also by Gershwin.

Next on the set list is a John Philip Sousa march called “The Black Horse Troop,” which also premiered in 1924. Sousa attended “An Experiment in Modern Music,” which was the premiere of “Rhapsody in Blue,” in February 1924.

The last piece of the first set is Donald Grantham’s “Fantasy Variations of Prelude No. 2,” based on Gershwin’s “Prelude No. 2.” Strutz will perform on that piece.

Selections from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” opera begins the second half of the concert, along with a world premiere

performance of a new piece called “The Wave Returns to the Ocean” by composer Charles D. Norris, who lives in North Carolina.

Conrad said Norris will attend the premiere and work with the symphony before the concert.

The concert concludes with “Rhapsody in Blue.”

A guest conductor, Grace Ishikawa, will join IWS on a couple of pieces. Ishikawa is the band director for Chapel Hill 7th/8th Grade Center in Wayne Township in Indianapolis.

For more, visit ndianawindsymphony.org.

The Indianapolis Youth Orchestra’ Symphony, Philharmonic and Concert orchestras will perform its midwinter concert at 5 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

‘THE WILD WILD WEST’ Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “The Wild Wild West” through Feb. 25 at The Florence Theatre, 329 Gradle Dr., Carmel.

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‘LOST IN YONKERS’ Main Street Productions will present “Lost in Yonkers” through Feb. 18 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

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‘Route 66’ passes through Palladium Commentary by Jennifer A. Haire The musical “Route 66,” which runs through Feb. 18 at the Studio Theater at the Center for the PerPERFORMANCE forming Arts in Carmel, takes the audience on a lively 90-minute, nonstop road trip from Illinois to California.

An intimate three-person band and all-male cast of four keep the audience engaged and laughing throughout the performance. Creative costuming adds humor.

Inventive and often rolling blocking puts the audience on the highway with our travelers as they fall in love with billboards and diner waitresses, take bus rides, race fast cars and encounter interesting locals as they pass through cities. The show marks co-founder of Actors Theatre of Indiana Cynthia Collins’ ATI main stage directorial debut.

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Quiet inspires Carmel artist Commentary by Randy Sorrell After a tasty lunch date with my mom at Joe’s Butcher Shop, we decided to take a stroll down Main COMMENTARY Street to “get our creative on” and wandered into Art On Main in the Carmel Arts & Design District. The proprietors showcase a lot of talent there, including Carmel resident Margot Brown, a self-described late bloomer.

Brown said her creative is always on, especially in the early mornings. But when she needs a boost, she quiets herself. She takes long, deep breaths, then paces like an expectant father — except that she’s a mother of four, grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother to four! Her greatest inspirations have emerged from her friend and art teacher, Irina Smulevitch, owner of Carmel Art Education Studio. Turns out, we may have both taken classes from Smulevitch at the same time about a decade ago.

At 86 years young, Brown’s noteworthy fantasy is to become a world-renowned artist, which could be launched at her Art On Main’s March art show. Stop by and get an intimate look at her calming, ethereal/

intuitive impressionist-style watercolors and pastels. I love them! She predominantly paints landscapes inspired by the hundreds of thousands of miles traveled in her airline career while admiring the magnificent cloud formations and incredible atmospheric conditions and grounds below.

She quiets herself to boost creativity.

Think about your latest “ah-ha” moment.

Likely, you were quietly hanging out at a beach, hiking a trail or intentionally bored on a Sunday afternoon. Your mind is still, phone out of sight, shoulders relaxed.

Problems hanging off in a distance and … ah-ah! The creative idea and solution simply appear. Inspiration.

As Brown proves, it’s never too late to “get your creative on!” Let me know what your creative outlet and passion is at rsorrellart@gmail.com and let’s help others find their “ah-ha!” For more from Brown, email brocheva@aol.com.

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The Egyptian Museum was founded in 1858 in a former warehouse along the Nile River near Cairo. After that and a later location proved unsatisfactory, the museum moved to a new neoclassical-style building in downtown Cairo’s Tahrir Square. It was the first museum in the Middle East devoted to a single purpose and was, until recently, the largest museum in Africa.

The collection eventually reached about 120,000 items, only some of which could be displayed.

Today, the museum is most famous for items on the second floor, recovered from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen in 1922 (most of which cannot be photographed), including his golden burial mask. The first floor includes imposing statues of important pharaohs, including Akhenaten, who temporarily established monotheism in the 14th century B.C., and was probably the father of Tutankhamen. One of the most

important first-floor items is the Narmer Palette, created from dark gray siltstone in about 3100 B.C. to celebrate the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. The Merneptah Stele, a 10-foot-high victory monument from the late 13th century B.C., contains the earliest known nonbiblical reference to Israel. The first floor also includes a number of important painted statues, including one from about 2500 B.C. showing a crosslegged scribe preparing to write.

Long criticized for its crowded displays and sometimes incoherent organization, much of the Egyptian Museum’s collection, including at least most of Tutankhamen’s artifacts, will be transferred to the much-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza. But most people expect the Egyptian Museum, beloved by many despite its flaws, to remain open, perhaps displaying only smaller items in a more organized fashion.

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