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Fishers representative confident state will override veto of House Bill 1041 By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com State Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers) said he and State Rep. Michelle Davis (R-Whiteland) co-authored House LEGISLATURE Bill 1041 to protect the integrity of women’s sports. HB 1041 states that athletes who were biological males at birth can’t compete in Indiana High School Athletic Association-sanctioned girls sports if they have transitioned to a female. The bill does not apply to women who are transitioning to men and want to compete in IHSAA-sanctioned boys sports. The bill doesn’t affect college or professional sports, but it does affect private and charter schools if athletes compete against an IHSAA-member public school. “Men typically tend to have stronger, faster builds than women,” Jeter said. “All we are trying to do is say identify however you want, but biological men don’t need to compete with biological women.” The bill passed the Indiana House and Senate chambers but was vetoed by Gov. Eric Holcomb March 21. Jeter said he’s confident the House and the Senate will vote to override the veto May 24. “(Davis) and I just talked to a lot of constituents in our districts and saw things going on at a national level. It was becoming more prominent, and we just really felt it was important to get out ahead of it and protect the integrity of women’s sports,” Jeter said. “This bill acknowledges the biological differences between men and women.” Jeter said men who have transitioned to women and then compete in women’s sports puts biological female competitors at a disadvantage. Lia Thomas, a trans woman and swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, recently won the women’s 500-yard freestyle in the NCAA at the March 17 Division I swimming championships. The competition was Thomas’ final as a college athlete. Jeter said a majority vote would override

Holcomb’s veto. Holcomb issued a letter March 21 on why he vetoed the bill. He stated the bill fell short of providing clarity and one consistent policy for K-12 sports. Holcomb also said when similar legislation was passed in other states, lawsuits followed. “Moreover, even before the introduction of (House Enrollment Act) 1041, a lawsuit was filed in Indiana in federal court by a middle-grade student who Jeter seeks to play in school sports on the team of their choice. Any bill brought forward should address the issues raised in these lawsuits,” the letter stated. “Finally, the presumption of the policy laid out in HEA Ford 1041 is that there is an existing problem in K-12 sports in Indiana that requires further state government intervention. It implies that the goals of consistency and fairness in competitive female sports are not currently being met. After thorough review, I find no evidence to support either claim even if I support the overall goal.” Holcomb said there has not been a single case of a male wanting to compete on a female team that has completed a process to do so established by the IHSAA. State Sen. J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis) posted a Facebook status in support of Holcomb’s veto on March 22. “I want to thank Governor Holcomb for

“Men typically tend to have stronger, faster builds than women. All we are trying to do is say identify however you want, but biological men don’t need to compete with biological women.” – CHRIS JETER

his veto of HB 1041. We agree on many of the reasons why this legislation is unnecessary,” Ford stated. “The Governor rightly points out that ‘It implies that the goals of consistency and fairness in competitive female sports are not currently being met. I find no evidence to support either claim.’ We know from testimony that there has only been one relevant case in Indiana, and that was handled by the IHSAA. Governor Holcomb Holcomb also rightfully notes that ‘Nowhere in the testimony on this legislation was a critique leveled against their (IHSAA) model on how to govern this.’ We have a system in place to deal with any concerns Schaibley of unfairness as or if they arise. In the meantime, let’s let kids play sports with their friends.” State Rep. Donna Schaibley (R-Carmel) voted in favor of the bill and plans to vote to override Holcomb’s veto. “Our goal is to protect women’s sports. I remember when women didn’t have the same rights they have today to play sports and fairly compete,” Schaibley said. “My fear is that we’re inadvertently undoing all of the good that Title IX did for girls and young women. This legislation simply upholds the values of equality and fairness.” Jeter said the bill was heavily debated, and there were seven or eight hours of testimony in the Senate. He said he hasn’t considered authoring another bill addressing the same topic for women who transition to men and who want to compete in men’s sports. “I think we will continue to listen to feedback we get from constituents and pursue those issues accordingly,” Jeter said. If the veto is overridden, the law would go into effect July 1. To read the veto letter, visit in.gov/gov/files/Veto-HEA-1041.pdf.

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Each year, Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. partners with the Mt. Vernon Education Foundation to recogEDUCATION nize a Teacher of the Year and Staff of the Year in each building. Staff members rate nominees on the qualities of dedication, team player, caring, student-centered, lifelong learner and innovative. Each teacher and staff member winner also will receive $500 as a part of the Ryan Fry Excellence in Education Award. Ryan Fry Excellence in Education Award creators Jill Prefontaine and her husband, Kevin, will recognize one District Teacher of the Year and one District Staff Member of the Year with a $2,500 award at the April 23 Mt. Vernon Education Foundation Gala. The Teacher of the Year and Staff of the Year for each building recently were selected and are:

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State Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers), front left, and State Sen. Michael Crider (R-Greenfield), front right, welcome members of the Mt. Vernon High School football team to the Indiana Statehouse March 9. Jeter and Crider presented the team with a resolution recognizing the team’s 2021 IHSAA Class4A state championship. Mt. Vernon finished the season 14-1 in en route to its first state football championship. (Photo courtesy of Indiana House Republicans)

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9am and 10:30am Traditional 10:30 Contemporary Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township Supt. Shawn Smith, fourth from left, and Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier, second from right, participate in a March 24 ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of MSDLT’s new $15 million transportation facility at 10410 East 52nd St. The MSDLT Transportation Dept. has moved its entire operation to the new facility. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

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FHS softball player sees success after overcoming vision issues By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School senior softball player Hannah Abbott’s vision issues started in January 2021. “I had a headache and blind spots in my eyes,” she said. “It affected my everyday life. I couldn’t drive, read or play softball. Not long after, I lost my passion for softball. I would have to sit out of practices some days because I couldn’t see enough to play safely.” Eventually, Abbott said she realized that she didn’t have to play to have fun. “I started to focus on my teammates and support them. I became the cheerleader in the dugout,” she said. “If I couldn’t play, I still wanted to be a part of the team. Once I thought about softball like this, slowly my passion for softball was there again. I would be lying to say that it wasn’t hard to stay positive. But my friends on the team were great and supported me the entire way.” She has since been diagnosed with acute macular neuroretinopathy, which basically means that she has blind spots in her vi-

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Favorite athlete: Steph Curry Favorite TV show: “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” Favorite subject in school? Math Favorite movie: “The Blindside” sion all the time. “It’s like when you look up at the sun for too long,” she said. “I was able to make some improvements being on medicine and seeing a different eye specialist. But I live with it every day and have been able to push through it.” In the first two games this season, Ab-

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Fishers High school softball player Hannah Abbott is seeing the ball better after treatment of her vision problems. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Abbott)

bott hit .750 with two home runs and seven RBIs. “I think I have improved most on seeing the ball, making contact with my bat and just becoming more confident in the box,” Abbott said. “Last season, I wasn’t able to

see or track the ball because of my vision problems. The offensive part of the game I wasn’t confident on anymore. I’ve been working hard this year to build up the confidence and help my team out.” Fishers coach Daren James said Abbott was mainly used in a pinch-running role and played second base last season. She had only 11 at-bats with no hits or RBIs. “Quite a turnaround this year,” James said. “Hannah has been a great leader this year. She has been working hard on her hitting and it is paying off early this year.” Abbott has moved from second base to first base. “Honestly, I was taken by surprise when they put me at first, but so, far so good,” Abbott said. James agreed it’s been a smooth transition. “Her move to first has been very natural,” James said. “Hannah is a very good athlete. She has a good arm and good foot speed. She has really increased her strength in the weight room and she understands the game.” Abbott plans to attend Purdue University and eventually wants to go into nursing.

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Psychiatric service dog Hoss benefits Lawrence Police Dept., police agencies across the state By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com When Erika Schneider’s dog died, her daughter surprised her grieving mother with a Mastador puppy named Hoss. Schneider said she didn’t want another dog at the time and was determined not to bond with the new puppy — a Mastiff Labrador mix. But that quickly changed. Sixteen months later, Hoss is now Schneider’s certified psychiatric service dog. Hoss spends each day at the Lawrence Police Dept., where Schneider is a captain. Hoss’s services have been used by LPD officers and by police departments across the state. “Their handler/owner has to have the medical condition

for them to be a service dog psychiatric dog,” Schneider said. “There’s a lot of law enforcement that have PTSD or anxiety. Most people that know dogs know that dogs in general can provide comfort, which can help stimulate people and calm people. Hoss can provide that companionship to all the other officers.” Hoss is trained to provide emotional

LPD Capt. Ericka Schneider and her psychiatric service dog, Hoss. (Photo by Rachel Greeberg)

support to someone who is struggling with anxiety or if a panic attack is coming. He applies therapeutic pressure on the person’s chest. Besides her role as LPD’s professional standards division commander, Schneider is part of an honor guard team and the Indiana State FOP Critical Incident/ Memorial Team. “So, anytime there is a law enforcement active-duty death, we travel, or our team does, and we go and plan and assist agencies in the planning of funeral services,” Schneider said. “Hoss also goes. He actually ends up probably being the biggest component for law enforcement there.” Hoss joined LPD in May 2021. LPD Chief Gary Woodruff said 16-monthold Hoss is a major benefit to LPD. Hoss originally came to the department each day as Schneider’s personal service dog, but Woodruff noticed the benefit to other officers or families of fallen officers. “Having a dog like that around is a benefit for everybody, especially with Capt. Schneider’s duties at the Indiana State Memorial Team,” Woodruff said. “It is certainly a value added, and it’s another avenue that might assist with a grieving family in their worst imaginable moments they can go through.” Hoss accompanies Schneider to the office each day. She said officers visit and play with him when they need to. “He definitely will know when someone is having stress,” she said. “One of the first line-of-duty deaths we went on, I had an individual come up to me and asked if she could spend time with Hoss. She sat right down on the floor and Hoss went immediately to her and sat next to her and laid his head on her shoulder. She sat there and wept and cried and cried and cried, and that was enough for her.”

In another interaction, an individual was speaking to Schneider and Hoss wouldn’t leave her side. “She was trying to leave, and Hoss kept going back to her and she was calling to me like, ‘Ericka, what’s wrong with Hoss?’ I was afraid to let people know what he did because people would become self-conscious and worried something was wrong with them. But I said he was indicating to her that something was bothering her and when I told her that, she said, ‘How did he know? I’ve had the most horrible day today and I’m under so much stress right now.’ She was able to cry and let loose, and for her, that was a sense of relief for her.” Schneider, who lives in Fishers, is in her 24th year at LPD. ON THE COVER: LPD Capt. Travis Cline visits with Hoss. (Photo by Rachel Greenberg)

ALLOWING OFFICERS TO FEEL Lawrence Police Dept. Capt. Erika Schneider said it’s imperative that law enforcement officers feel their emotions, even anxiety and grief. Her psychiatric service dog Hoss helps provide an avenue for that. “Instead of allowing us to suppress, (Hoss) allows us to feel. No matter what that feeling is, whether it’s a feeling of joy or happiness or love or companionship, he allows us to feel,” Schneider said. “It’s OK for any human being to be happy or sad with an animal versus reality. They don’t judge. Hoss provides that security blanket. I can act like a juvenile and talk like a baby to a dog and not be judged by it. When we’re talking about grown policemen or women, you’re not judged when you can roll around on the floor with a dog and just forget about what’s going on around you or forget about the domestic violence you were just on or someone that just died or someone that just got shot.”

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There is no obligation on the part of celebrities, actors, politicians, athletes and the like to be anything more than good at their jobs. Being a reasonably competent lawmaker may be more important than being an abusive boss or terrible driver. Being a skilled athlete may provide excuse for misogyny or at least counterbalance our reprehension at the idea. And the impressive feats of make-believe that thespians deliver entertain us every day. So, can’t we overlook their illegal and violent acts? Occasionally, anyway? It is painful when heroes fail to live up to our expectations. Long-reigning box office champion Will Smith recently took occasion at one of Hollywood’s many self-congratulatory awards ceremonies to physically attack the host of the show, claiming that he’d been offended by a joke made about another actor, his wife. Smith has been quite forthright about the “open” nature of that marriage and the insufficiency, for him, of monogamy. Four years younger, 4 inches taller and 57 pounds beefier, Smith believes his attack to have been justified because of the tone of the lampooning from the host, Chris Rock, which Smith may have rightly held had gone too far. One can empathize. Most of us don’t like it when we feel ourselves to be the butt of the joke. Likely the comedian, Rock, is used to being bullied since middle school and will laugh it off, but it raises the question, when do we have the right to violent recourse? Do we deputize ourselves vigilantes, fully imbued with the power of retribution? Or do we live in a civil space where we tolerate those that we perceive to be ignorant, even offensive, only using force through codified law? Do we scold Smith or Rock, or neither? Does what we say of them point to us?

Stress is a sneaky villain. It builds and builds, and then, bam, you find yourself sobbing in the minivan after your daughter’s dance competition, barely able to navigate roundabouts through the torrent of tears and snot. I don’t cry often, but when I do, it ain’t pretty. Here’s the skinny. I’d been riding the anxiety bus all week. Nothing major, just a bunch of little annoyances that were throwing off my sleep and continually pressing the angst button. My husband, Doo, and I had argued; our younger son was denied a college transfer request and now may not graduate on time; our high school senior received a rejection from her dream university; and I’d decided to teach something completely new for my annual administrator’s observation. I actually thought I was fine when Saturday rolled around. Doo and I had talked, the aforementioned kids were rallying and my lesson went off without a hitch. I was no longer consciously worrying about anything, and the dance competition went relatively well. But I made it only a few minutes into the ride home before the pent-up emotions burst forth. I quickly went from half-heartedly criticizing the obviously talent-blind judges to bawling about my dad who passed in 2020, our cat who died last May and stupid Indiana politicians. Of course, my breakdown wasn’t about any of those things, but rather a culmination of a psychologically straining week. And part of me is saying, “It’s OK. It’s just stress. Let it go,” while another part is like, “You’re a hot mess. Perfect column fodder!” So, yeah, stress is sneaky but also occasionally entertaining. You’re welcome. Peace out.

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

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Cooking up stories Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

to a good dinner party is the proper preparation. I’m not sure whether Irma refers to Mary Ellen and I were in the middle of preparing the fish or the guests, but I’ll be spring cleaning (we do it every three or four ready, either way: “I hope you enjoy the years) when I found a book blowfish, which is poisonous if not cooked HUMOR in the storage closet that I properly. Just in case, be advised you might thought Mary Ellen could beneexperience violent stomach pain, convulfit from. I retrieved it from a shelf and placed sions and possible death.” it on the kitchen counter, as a subtle hint. One section references people retiring to “What’s with this, the drawing room for Dick? After 42 years of dessert. I believe if First published in 1931, this marriage, I don’t think people are retiring at was the l936 release, with 800 your party, you should I need a refresher course. True, I never pages. It’s actually a collector’s liven things up with a really enjoyed the or the Chipitem. I skimmed the pages and stripper process, but I expectpendales to celebrate. was disappointed to discover And what’s a drawing ed you to participate more than you have.” there were no photos showing room? The only guy I “Mary Ellen, the personally with what it looks like when recipe know book is ‘The Joy of one of those is carsteps are followed properly. Cooking.’ Not ‘The Joy toonist Gary Varvel. of Cleaning.’” Doesn’t this, taken – DICK WOLFSIE Apparently, she right from the book, inherited this volume from her mother. First sound like it could be the climax scene from published in 1931, this was the l936 release, the movie “The Thing”? “When it comes to with 800 pages. It’s actually a collector’s vegetables, cooks often suffer from arrestitem. I skimmed the pages and was disaped development, and the result is indepointed to discover there were no photos scribable, looking like it came from a siege, showing what it looks like when recipe drained of all life force and surrendered to steps are followed properly. Does “The Joy the inevitable.” of Sex” have photos like that? No clue. When Irma finished writing the recipes, This kitchen essential opens with cockher husband, Edgar, told her he would taste tails. Here’s what the author, Irma Rombauthem all, if she cooked them in alphabetical er, wrote: “Cocktails loosen tongues and order, following the index. This was the perunbutton reserves of the socially shy … and fect publicity stunt, he thought, but it was they should be served the sooner the betdoomed to fail before the very last meal. ter.” This is no longer considered good adEdgar, you see, was allergic to zucchini. vice especially if you are a flight attendant. The poultry and game chapter’s introduction includes: “Draw out the entrails, cut the Dick Wolfsie is an author, neck close to the body, remove the windpipe columnist and speaker. Contact end, then chop off the feet.” As you can tell, him at wolfsie@aol.com. this book was a big hit with serial killers. The fish chapter begins by saying the key

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Weed out foot pain Commentary by Dr. David Sullivan April is not only National Foot Health Awareness Month, but it is also PODIATRY National Garden Month. While gardening can give your property curb appeal, it’s also great exercise. Activities like mowing your lawn, pulling weeds and planting flowers work your whole body and can lower your risk for diabetes or heart disease. But it can also put lots of pressure on your feet and ankles. So, for that reason, I’m sharing four foot tips for gardening safely. Tips to prevent gardening injuries • Pick the right shoes: Gardening shoes need to offer plenty of support, since yard work puts pressure on your feet and toes. That’s especially true when you squat down to plant or fertilize flowers, since your bones could get compressed and inflamed without supportive footwear. Wear closed-toed shoes in your yard, especially if you plan to mow your lawn. • Socks matter, too: Working in the hot sun makes you sweat. Choose sweat-wicking socks to keep your feet dry and reduce your risk for fungal infec-

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tions. Avoid high, tight-fitting socks that can reduce your blood flow and lead to foot or ankle swelling. • Protect your toenails: Squatting while you garden can shove your toenails up against the edge of your shoes. And repeat pressure or injury raises your risk for ingrown toenails. To prevent this problem, trim your nails straight across. And leave a little visible white nail when you trim. • Garden like an athlete: Stretch your feet, legs and ankles before and after gardening. Make sure to take breaks while you’re in the garden and avoid daily yard work if your body is tired. Finally, drink plenty of water to reduce swelling and prevent cramps. Through it all, just remember that even walking around and watering your plants puts extra pressure on your feet.

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A bit about cryptocurrency Commentary by Ryan C. Fuhrmann Back in 2015, cryptocurrency Bitcoin traded at about $300. Recently, Bitcoin prices returned back about ECONOMY $48,000. If you were lucky enough to buy some Bitcoin seven years ago, you’re sitting with a very large and impressive return of about 160 times your investment. This impressive run in Bitcoin, one of the first cryptocurrencies, has encouraged the creation of what now numbers more than 18,000 cryptocurrencies, according to a recent article by Investopedia, which also defines a cryptocurrency as a digital virtual currency that isn’t issued by a central bank such as the Federal Reserve or government such as the U.S. Treasury, which prints and oversees the U.S. dollar. Instead, a bitcoin is “mined,” which is to say its creation happens using “sophisticated hardware that involves an extremely complex computational math problem.” This is also part of how a blockchain works. Cryptocurrencies are run on decentralized networks, which, for some, is part of their appeal. Transactions are also created

and tracked through a technology called blockchain, which is supposed to make it safe. Yet, an estimated $14 billion in crypto was stolen last year, up 80 percent from the previous year. The fact that cryptocurrency is decentralized, unregulated and hard to track also makes it appealing to crooks. About $10 billion in crypto is estimated to be used in illicit activities, such as money laundering, drug trafficking and cybercrimes. Given all this complexity and uncertainty surrounding how cryptocurrencies are created, tracked and used, I can’t in good faith recommend them for your investment portfolio. Sure, you can throw a few hundred dollars at one in the hopes it skyrockets in price, but also be prepared to lose it completely. For the full column, visit youarecurrent. com. Ryan C. Fuhrmann, CFA, is an investment manager based in Carmel. He would like to hear what your view on inflation is at ryan@ fuhrmanncapital.com or visit his website at fuhrmanncapital.com.

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‘HELLO, DOLLY!’ “Hello, Dolly!” runs through May 15 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com. ‘EXODUS’ Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will present “EXODUS” at 7 p.m. April 7-9 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org LAS CAFETERAS Las Cafeteras will perform at 8 p.m. April 8 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org. AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman’s concert is set for 8 p.m. April 9 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org. ‘FLAMING IDIOTS’

Kenny Wayne Shepherd set to perform at 8 p.m. April 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of the Center for the Performing Arts)

Back,” a collaboration between Shepherd and blues singer-songwriter Shemekia Copeland that also features guest appearances by lap steel guitar player Robert Randolph and veteran blues drummer Tony Coleman. Copeland, daughter of the late blues artist Johnny Copeland, reached out to Shepherd to write music to the lyrics she and co-writer John Hahn had completed. The lyrics have a strong and multi-dimensional message calling for unity, respect and cooperation, while also pointing out the divisiveness that exists in today’s society overall and the blues community in particular. Shepherd wrote muscular and soulful blues-rock music to accompany the lyrics, which was what he felt the song demanded. “I thought the song needed musically to be big and powerful because I feel the message is powerful,” Shepherd said. Despite a quarter-century-plus history

with the blues, Shepherd, who exploded onto the scene at age 17 with his 1995 million-selling debut album, “Ledbetter Heights,” said he had not encountered the kind of anger and divisiveness within the blues community that are referenced in “Hit ‘Em Back.” “Frankly, I thought of the community having always been very inclusive just up until recently,” he said. “And a lot of things have been revealed to me that I just was unaware of but have obviously been going on in the blues community for a while. I had no idea, so we thought it was time to address that because a lot of people are trying to use situations to divide people, and united we stand, divided we fall, right? “We’re all here in the same music community and we do ourselves much more of a service if we get along and appreciate one another than trying to draw lines in the sand.”

Main Street Productions presents “Flaming Idiots” through April 10 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org. ‘THUNDER AND SILENCE’ Indiana Wind Symphony presents its “Thunder and Silence” concert at 6:30 p.m. April 10 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit centerpresents.org.

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Heather Ward Miles, a thriving Carmel artist, emphasizes buying real art. In fact, she has edgy stickers proclaiming “BUY REAL ART” that are handed out freely in her studio. We share a common frustration of folks buying pieces of art that are not real/original. Of course, there are valid reasons to do that, but often for a similar price point, an original painting can be yours. The beauty of real art is that it can immediately give a room or home a “presence” and set a mood. Real art can be more reflective of the owners’ personality and make a

“Déjà vu” is displayed in Heather Ward Mills’ gallery 890 East 116th St., Carmel.

statement. Just sayin’. Miles taught visual art at Crispus Attucks High School for 16 years and began painting professionally in 2018. She describes her work as abstract contemporary with a connection to the universe. It’s certainly joyful and uplifting. Life is short. Drink the wine. Eat the cake. Buy the art.

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Visiting historic Over-the-Rhine Commentary by Don Knebel As we continue exploring places within driving distance of Indianapolis, today we visit Over-the-Rhine in TRAVEL Cincinnati. In the 1830s, German immigrants began settling north of the Miami and Erie Canal that marked the northern end of downtown Cincinnati. Natives, facetiously (and disparagingly), began calling the canal “the Rhine” and the area where the Germans lived “over the Rhine.” The Germans established numerous breweries using technology they brought from home, and Findlay Market was built in the neighborhood in 1852 using then-new ironworks technology. In 1863, Cincinnati acquired 4 acres in the area that had been cemeteries and established what became Washington Park. In 1878, a Victorian Gothic Revival music hall was built just west of the park over a pauper’s cemetery. The massive hall hosted the 1880 Democratic National Convention. After the canal failed, it was covered by what is now Central Parkway, but the name “Over-the-Rhine,” or “OTR,” continued. In the 1940s, descendants of the original OTR residents began leaving, and the area and its

historic buildings began deteriorating. After major riots in 2001, significant local investments were made to revitalize the area. Today, the renovated (and supposedly haunted) Cincinnati Music Hall, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and other major performing arts organizations. The restored Findlay Market, home to more than 50 vendors, is among the world’s greatest markets. The expanded Washington Park hosts concerts and sporting events. Reestablished breweries offer tastings and tours, and fashionable bars and restaurants have returned. Travel between OTR’s places of interest is facilitated by the Connector, a free streetcar line with 18 stops connecting OTR with downtown Cincinnati. Not everyone is happy with OTR’s revitalization, which displaced people who once lived there. But for visitors to Cincinnati, OTR provides a chance to imagine what life was like in the 19th century.

You probably know about placeholder names, even if you don’t know that’s what they’re called. That’s the whole point. GRAMMAR GUY When it comes to placeholder names relating to business and products, we can list a whole slew of them. It doesn’t matter if your company makes gadgets, gizmos, widgets or thingamajigs — they make doohickeys or whatchamacallits over there. You know what’s-his-head — he works over at Acme making doodads. We find placeholder names in the world of living things. For instance, “bug” is a catch-all term for any insect. Similarly, “critter” is a ubiquitous word for an animal. If that animal becomes unruly or starts knocking over your trash cans, it might classify as a “varmint.” Let’s not leave out everyone’s favorite animal, humans. When we refer to someone generically, we’re using a placeholder name. From formal terms like Sir, Madam, Mr. and Ms. to colloquial phrases like bro, babe, honey or amigo, we use placeholder

names instead of someone’s actual name. For me, there’s a certain type of guy who will always use diminutive placeholder names instead of your real name: buddy, chief, sport, pal or my man. To the guy who refers to me in those terms, I’d like to say this: I am none of those things to you. The world of computer programming has its own language around placeholder names. A metasyntactic variable is a placeholder term that doesn’t otherwise violate the language the code or sequence is written in. Common metasyntactic variables include foo, bar, baz, waldo, fred and thud. The names don’t matter and will be replaced later. Placeholder names are everywhere, whether you live in Anytown, USA, or out in the sticks, just north of the boondocks. Thanks for reading, pal.

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Become a volunteer today Riverview Health is looking for volunteers to join its great team. Some of the many volunteer service areas include patient transport, guest services and the gift shop. Shifts are available in the morning or afternoon, at least one day per week, Monday-Friday. If you’re interested in volunteering at Riverview Health in Noblesville or Westfield, please contact the manager of Volunteer Services, Melinda Nash, at 317.776.7236 or mnash@riverview.org. You can also scan the QR code to download an application. RIGHT SIZE. RIGHT CARE. RIGHT HERE.

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