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Three HSE schools drop letter grade By Noah Alatza • news@currentinfishers.com Three Hamilton Southeastern Schools have dropped a letter grade according to the state’s annual school accountability education report released Oct. 4. Harrison Parkway, Sand Creek and Thorpe Creek elementary schools dropped from an A to a B rating in the 2016-17 school year. HSE officials said that potential ISTEP scores had an impact on the schools’ grade fall. Bourff “Absolutely ISTEP affected school ratings,” Janice Combs, assistant superintendent of curriculum said. “The impact from performance and growth was significant. Based on the scores, we are suring up some of the curriculum.” Poor school accountability grades can lead to state intervention at public schools, however HSE schools has not fallen below state guidelines. HSE Supt. Allen Bourff said the district always is attempting to improve scores, often weighing state average against schools in the district. “When we talk about future performance, higher performance, we always gauge success against state averages; we want to see our per-

centages grow,” Bourff said. “We are constantly gauging ourselves and our performance on this.” Bourff said the district believes all of HSE’s instruction is targeted towards deeper learning, test shifts and critical thinking. “By targeting every school with students who didn't pass the test, (HSE has) strategies to focus on those students, and to make sure they are successful,” Bourff said. “Each school has an improvement plan, which specifically targets skills that need addressed.” Despite other schools in the county facing ISTEP problems, Combs said HSE has not experienced any technological or human errors. The district had the second highest scores in Hamilton County in 2017, at 72.5 percent passing. Both Fall Creek Elementary and Durbin Elementary Schools jumped from a B to an A rating. “I am encouraged by the results of our current accountability grades as an indication of the great education Indiana students are receiving,” Indiana Supt. of Public Intstruction Jennifer McCormick stated in a press release from the Indiana Dept. of Education. “Our work, however, is not finished. As a department, we will continue to partner with stakeholders from the state level to the local community to ensure every school is successful and every student is academically prepared for the future.”

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After state officials dropped the ISTEP+ exam in March of 2016, pursuing a new company to host the state’s key education test has been in the works ever since. Criticism of the ISTEP+ was notable, and with long testing times, technological problems and slow scoring, education officials have opted for a shorter exam. Westfield Washington Grate Schools Supt. Sherry Grate said she was cautiously optimistic about the new test, while also acknowledging that WWS uses many other measures when determining student academic status. After receiving dozens of complaints, most notoriously after test-provider Pearson’s misleading of the district on dozens of ISTEP exams, forcing the district to invalidate scores. While the middle school’s score is currently under appeal, as it is reviewed by the state’s board of education due to the mishap, the in-

termediate school’s letter grade dropped from a B to a C in the 2016-17 school year. District spokeswoman Kate Snedeker said the invalidation clearly affected Westfield’s scores, with just 66.9 percent of grades 3-8 passing. Meanwhile, Carmel Clay Schools has maintained a constant A rating for several years and also touts the county’s highest 2017 ISTEP scores with 80.7 percent passing, far above the state average. Hamilton Southeastern Schools saw a 72.5 percent ISTEP+ passing score, the second highest in Hamilton County. While the replacement is being set up, students are still taking the controversial test this school year. Hamilton County students were expected to begin taking the new test as early as this spring, However, a 2019 target date has now been set. The Indiana Dept. of Education will pay the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research more than $43 million to design and distribute the test. A three-year contract was approved with the company beating four other bidders. According to the contract proposal, test preparation alone begins at $3 million. The first

year of testing in 2019 will cost $20.6 million, followed by $21.6 million in 2020. The new test, now called ILEARN, or Indiana’s Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network, will garner a shorter testing window, with results expected to be released faster. ILEARN will be a computer-based test, administered to grades three through eight, with questions changing throughout the test, depending on whether a student answers the previous question correctly. Education officials said the changes will better assess student abilities inside the classroom. ILEARN will be similar in nature to ISTEP+ in regards to what material students are tested on. Students will still be tested on the basics, English language arts and mathematics. Statewide, only 51.5 percent of students passed both tests. “We are excited for what the future holds for education here in Indiana,” said Charity Flores, director of assessment for the Indiana Dept. of Education. “We will continue to move forward with the procurement process.”

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‘Price is Right’ for resident By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com For Bernice Valentine-Watts, it was the words she longed to hear. “I saw my name entertainment up there and ‘Bernice ValentineWatts come on down,’” she said. That phrase meant that the Fishers resident had been selected to be on “The Price is Right.” “I screamed. I was high-fiving everyone,” Valentine-Watts said. “I got on stage, and I’m actually talking to Drew (Carey), the host of ‘The Price is Right.’ It was a very surreal experience.” Valentine-Watts’ episode was filmed in late July and will be aired Oct. 19. She has watched the show for years. “I’d see when I was doing my housework or holidays I would tune in back in the days when (host) Bob Barker was there,” she said. “It was just exciting to be there. I couldn’t believe I was there.” Valentine-Watts was on the vacation with her husband, with two of her sisters, two of her brothers, a sister’s husband and a brother’s fiancée. “We had planned a family vacation to California and had the hopes of getting on

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By Sadie Hunter • sadie@youarecurrent.com Like many school districts in the area, Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. is experiencing change quickly with its academics, but also with its high cover story enrollment numbers in recent years. Construction of elementary schools and significant renovation at the high school has shaped the district for its future, aside from Mt. Vernon Middle School, Robbins which had not seen physical upgrades or added space for a growing student population. In September of last year, the Mt. Vernon School Corp. School Board of Trustees passed a community feasibility task force recommendation that called for a $10 million renovation of the middle school. Currently, due to space, the middle school houses sixth- and seventh-grade students, but its eighth-grade students attend classes at the high school. “The existing building was a middle school, grades 6, 7 and 8, building when it was originally constructed,” Mt. Vernon Supt. Shane Robbins said. “That was several years ago, and the district has gone through an incredible amount of growth. I can’t tell you how many years ago, but they moved the eighth graders out of the middle school and put them in the high school. So, right there’s the need. We have to get them out of the high school and back in the middle school, for two reasons, from a programming standpoint – so we have room for programming changes at the high school as well – and from a capacity standpoint.” The renovation and reconstruction is expected to increase the building’s capacity by more than 450 students and approximately 60,000 square feet of learning and administrative space, a new gym and reconfigured cafeteria. “It’s to reconsolidate the middle school

A reconfigured cafeteria will also be used for flexible learning space. (Submitted photo)

into a true middle school again so they’re not separated, because right now, we have an administrator at the high school managing the eighth-grade academy,” Robbins said. “It also makes it hard with specials, like our fine arts courses.” Robbins said construction will be done in phases in terms of when the building will be open. “The first phase is the gymnasium, administrative offices and some classrooms in the middle of the building,” he said. “We repurposed the old cafeteria into new, 21st century-type classroom spaces that encourage collaboration. That phase is estimated to be complete by Dec. 31.” Robbins said the second phase will not be complete until about one year from now. “However, we will have a considerable amount of it finished, because we’re doing the site prep work in phase one,” he said. Eighth grade students will return to the middle school at the start of the 2018-19 school, when the building is expected to open and be completely finished.

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Upon announcement of the middle school’s reconstruction, Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. has said the $10 million price tag will be offset by approximately $8 million in savings that the district recently captured with refinancing some of its current bond debt. The refinancing does not extend the length of the debt. With the district’s current debt structure, the project also does not cause any increase to the current debt service tax rate levied by the district. Mt. Vernon’s 2017 tax rate has been the lowest since 2012.

Earlier this month, the Indiana Dept. of Education released school accountability grades for the 2016-17 school year. Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. improved by one letter grade from the 2015-16 year, from a C to a B. On a school-by-school basis, four of the five schools improved by at least one letter grade. Here’s a breakdown:

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o b s e r v ation Prioritized priorities Commentary by Terry Anker

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The well-dressed, if a bit frazzled, man said to his colleague, “I’m managing three No. 1 priorities,” while waiting for a table at a fashionable luncheon spot. His plan, it seems, is to equally attack a triumvirate of matters – begging a plethora of questions. Will he dedicate one third of each day to 100 perent of each problem? Will he dedicate 100 percent of a day in a three-day rotation? Will he dedicate 100 percent of his attention to 33.3 percent of each problem simultaneously? It makes one’s head spin. Can we hope to serve three masters? No doubt, most of us live lives complicated by innumerable and deserving objectives, like chicks in the nest, each squawking endlessly for our attention. They all demand our time, resources and effort. Is it reasonable to believe that one person can effectively address more than one matter? Multitasking, at least for most mortals, has proven a fiction. Studies continue to prove that we humans are ill equipped to drive, text, drink coffee and carry-on a conversation simultaneously. So, what’s a highly motivated, and overtaxed, person to do? Create a discipline of one, and only one, top priority. Then, move to the second, only after the first is complete. Driving for a moment and then texting for a moment doesn’t work. Finish the primary object (think complete, not perfect), only then move on to complete No. 2. If we don’t get to the third, so what? We’ve arrived safely. We’ve fulfilled our chief objective. Of our lists, are we misleading ourselves that each is equal? If we had to choose, could we? Before we give in to our obligations, have we prioritized our priorities?

What a glorious Saturday night this is shaping up to be. The husband and sons are at Regal, guard daughter at humor a competition, and Tiny Dancer is hanging with friends and the dog in the basement. Basically, it’s just me and the cat. I’m so excited! The perfect evening is about to unfold. The kitchen is clean, the lights are dimmed, and I have the next three hours to get reacquainted with my DVR via “Designated Survivor,” “Catastrophe,” and my new fave, “Veep.” Does this make me lame? Yes, but I’m embracing it. I’m old enough to accept the introvert neat-freak I have become and to love every anal-retentive part about her. Because at 45, life is too short to be someone I’m not. Doo, though, disagrees. He’s afraid that once he dies (no doubt before me), I’ll become a friendless, Clorox-obsessed recluse, who only leaves the house for work and Friskies. To that end, he’s constantly trying to get me to “go out,” socialize with people, and have fun. He forgets I have four sisters and 13 in-law siblings, all close in age. I’ve got more peeps than is natural for an earlyto-bed, one-drink-only, soulless ginger like myself. I don’t need any more relationships, nor do I want to spend my weekends “going out.” In my book of middle-age awesomeness, fun is measured in cherry Pop-Tarts and HBO series. Speaking of which, that delicious scenario currently awaits. And because I must capitalize on every alone-but-not-lonely second, I shall bid thee farewell. After all, when it’s Saturday night and the Wilson mice are away, the cat and I like to hit play. Peace out.

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We have entered the percent-age Commentary By Melkote Ramaswamy Life was pure and simple when shirts were made of cotopinion ton, skirts of wool, and scarves of silk. Then came polyester to mix things up. Shirts now come in all percentages of cotton and polyester – 65-35, 60-40, and 50-50. Polyester and cotton have made alliances with wool and nylon and rayon. Time was when milk meant just that – cow’s milk in the U.S. and cow’s or buffalo’s milk in India. A trip to the grocery stores tells us that percentages have taken over. You now have a choice of getting fat on 3.5 percent milk or slimming down on 1 percent milk. On top of this, you have a choice of 2 percent and skim milk. Coffee lovers want nothing less than Half and Half. Paper has its own percentage depending on whether it is newsprint, parchment or wrap. What varies is the proportion of cotton fiber. While the common man may not be fussy, this very much matters to the printer. Nobody has profited more from per-

centages than the TV weatherman. Now it is no longer whether it will rain or not – it is a matter of probability anywhere from 0 to 100 percent. If the forecast doesn’t come true, blame it on the computer model! Other percentage examples abound: if you are an American male, there is a 5 percent chance that you will live up to 100 years; a U.S. tax-payer has a 0.01 percent chance of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service; the probability of our being hit by a meteor is 0.0000001 percent; and there is a 50 percent chance that the Nobel Prize in physics in 2018 will go to an American scientist. With the rapid growth of market research companies and more and more Americans willing to offer their opinions, one can expect percentages to figure in all kinds of surveys and situations. Unwittingly, we all have entered the Percent Age. Melkote Ramaswamy, a Westfield resident, is a physicist, writer, speaker and author of “An Immigrant celebrates America” (University of Indianapolis Press, 2007).

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Talking trash Commentary by Dick Wolfsie After last week’s column about getting a knee replacement, many people expressed sympathy. Not for me, but for humor my wife, who has to pester me every day to do my exercises, which can be very painful. The pestering, I mean. While I’ve been recuperating, Mary Ellen decided to tackle a job she had been putting off: going through kitchen drawers to see what we have accumulated in them over the years and what should be thrown out. “What is this?” Mary Ellen asked me as she dangled a doodad in front of my face. It was small, white, plastic, hexagonal in shape, and had several grooves. “It looks like it goes to something,” she said. “I have no idea what it is,” I responded. “Let’s put it somewhere in case we ever need it. It looks important.” “So you want to keep it because you don’t know what it is for? ” “Don’t be silly. I only keep things that look important.” I knew exactly what she meant. I have a desk drawer in my office filled with things

that look important — but I don’t have a clue what they are for. The only way to find out if something has any value is to throw it away. When Mary Ellen wasn’t looking, I took the thingamajig she asked me about and tossed it in the trash. Whatever that thing was, it was now gone forever. It was just a matter of time before I found out what it was for. The next week our son stopped by the house. “Dad, Mom wants me to mount the kitchen phone on the wall. I can’t find the mounting bracket. It’s a small, white, hexagonal piece of plastic with grooves. Do you know where it is?” “Yes, of course. It’s on the far south side of Indy — at the landfill.” “You threw that away? Dad, didn’t you know that it went to something?” “Yes, I knew it went to something. I just didn’t know what it went to.” “We know now, Dad. It went to the dump.”

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People who hate exercise or have no time for the gym might have a new solution. Founded in 2000, The Exercise Coach is a high-tech “smart gym” that fitness offers private, personalized workouts for people with lofty fitness goals but limited time to pursue them. Clients typically train twice each week in condensed, 20-minute routines. Results quickly follow, according to gym operators. “This is really a perfect fit for people who don’t necessarily love exercise or people that maybe are too busy and don’t like the gym scene,” said Trevor Junga, head coach and manager for the brand’s new studio in Fishers. “We’ve created a very private and personalized and professional environment, and our system allows us to deliver really significant results.” One of two The Exercise Coaches in Hamilton County, the Fishers’ studio at 11488 Lakeridge Dr., is one of 42 nationwide. Owned by franchisees Phil Gordon and Brian Jennings, it opened Sept. 25. The other local studio is in Carmel.

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October business round-up Elliott Hultgren of the City of Fishers was selected as a Junior Achievements 2017 Indy’s Best and Brightest Awards Program finalist. A Nov. 9 event will honor 100 of central Indiana’s most outstanding young professionals age 40 and under in 10 different industries. For more, visit indysbestandbrightest.org.

John McDonald, CEO of Internet of Things Systems Innovator ClearObject, was recently accepted into the Forbes Technology Council. The council is a handselected, invitation-only McDonald community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. For more, visit forbestechcouncil.com. Portillo’s opened Sept. 28 at 9201 E. 166th St. The fast-casual restaurant offers Chicago-style hot dogs, beef, salads and more. For more, visit currentinfishers.com. Another Broken Egg Café will open next to LouVino, 8626 E. 116th St., at the end of this month. The café features southern-style breakfast food. For the full story, visit currentinfishers.com.

STAR Financial Bank announced its title sponsorship of an upcoming holiday concert by the Fishers Community Chorus. On Dec. 2, “STAR Financial Bank presents the Fishers Community Chorus Christmas Concert” will be performed in Fishers. STAR Financial Bank offers personal and business banking, investment services and insurance at several locations in the Fishers area, including a new location opening at the end of October on 146th Street, east of Ind. 37. Pictured, from left, Gavin Fisher, VP, Sr. Retail Sales Officer, STAR Financial Bank; Bonnie Meier, Marc Feeney, Ed Jacques, Kathie Jacques of the Fishers Community Chorus; Scott Bove, Director of Private Banking and VP, Senior Commercial Banker, STAR Financial Bank; Connie Rich of the Fishers Community Chorus; and Thomas Wright, President of STAR Financial Bank. (Submitted photo) IKEA opened Oct. 11. For photos from the media sneak peek preview, visit currentinfishers.com.

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Carmel resident DeGan to display pottery items 20th Annual Pottery Show and Sale Where: The Great Room at the Bloomington Convention Center, 302 S. College Ave. When: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 Website: Visit localclay.net. Admission: Free

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Judy DeGan was considering majoring in art while in high school. “Then I woke up one morning art and thought, ‘I might want to eat,’” DeGan said. “So I decided to do something practical.” So she dropped ceramics to take physics at her suburban Chicago high school. “I was a medical technologist,” said DeGan, a Butler University graduate. “I then had kids and, for various reasons, ended up a special-ed teacher.” Two years ago, she retired to return full time to her love of art. “I started doing clay as a break from raising four kids,” DeGan said. “I started taking art classes at Broad Ripple High School. I moved on to Indianapolis Arts Center and got such fabulous instruction that I became an instructor.” The longtime Carmel resident has been in the Local Clay Potters’ Guild for more than a year. DeGan is eager to hosting another display at the annual show. “I was in it last year for the first time, and it was spectacular,” she said. “It was

fun. It was well-attended.” The 20th annual Pottery Show and Sale is set for 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Bloomington Convention Center, 302 S. College Ave. Admission is free. DeGan said it draws a strong crowd because it is held in conjunction with two other artists’ guilds. The Local Clay Guild show is on the second floor, and the Bloomington Glass Guild and Bloomington Spinners & Weavers Fiber Art Guild are on the bottom floor. “They are separate shows, but we work together as far as advertising,” said DeGan, whose specialty is stoneware. “We have joint grant money to get the venue. People have the opportunity if they travel that far to see three different shows.” To be a member of the Bloomingtonbased Local Clay Potters Guild, the member has to live within 75 miles from Bloomington. DeGan just makes it. “I make pitchers, mugs and bowls,” she said. “We’re allowed to bring in the neighborhood of 200 pieces. We might not put them all out at once. Everyone has assigned tasks, and one of them is making

sure if there are holes in the display,” DeGan has had a space at the Carmel International Arts Festival for several years. She had information promoting the Bloomington show last month. “I was amazed at the people that had been to Bloomington show before or took the cards and were interested,” she said. DeGan, who teaches a Monday day class for clay beginners at the Indianapolis Arts Center, has participated in art fairs since 2001. This one is special, she said. “When you go to this, you are immediately greeted with someone welcoming you and all sorts of ceramic plates with homemade cookies,” she said. “There is an area called Potters’ Choice, which highlights each artist. There are photographs and samples of their work. There is a sculpture gallery for our sculptures. The remainder of that room is everyone’s work blended together.” DeGan said it’s great to be part of the Guild because of professional growth. “You feed off each other technique-wise and also combining marketing,” DeGan said. For more on DeGan, visit pieceofmypeace.com.

Dugan to headline Daniel’s Vineyard show editorial@youarecurrent.com Dave Dugan will be headlining a comedy night at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Daniel’s Vineyard, 9061 N. Carroll Rd., McCordsville. Joining Dugan, a Carmel resident, will be comedian Dave “The King” Wilson at the first Corks & Comedy show. Along with $20 Sangria Dugan pitchers, there will be wine, beer and spirits for sale. There is a $10 entry fee. Due to the mature content, those that attend must be 18 or older. For more, visit danielsvineyard.com

Fishers — LouVino Fishers will host a La Rioja Alta Spanish dinner at 6 and 8:15 p.m. Oct. 26 at LouVino, 8626 E. 116th St. The event will feature wines from the La Rioja Alta Winery and a four-course meal. La Rioja Alta has been making Rioja wines since 1890. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased through LouVino Fishers’ Facebook page. Geist — Ogni Suono Saxophone Duo will perform works from SaxoVoce, a long-term project exploring the wide-ranging musical, dramatic and theatrical possibilities inherent in the synthesis of saxophone and voice at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Theater at the Fort in Lawrence. Tickets are $5 and $10. Noblesville — The Noblesville Parks Dept. will again take its annual fall bus trip to Nashville, Ind., for shopping and sightseeing on Oct. 25. Cost is $40 per person, and the bus leaves at 8:30 a.m., returning at approximately 6 p.m. For more information or to register, visit noblesvilleparks.org, or call the parks office at 317-776-6350. Carmel — The Carmel Choirs Cabaret, featuring the Accents and Ambassadors, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Carmel High School freshmen cafeteria. Purchase tickets at ticketracker.com.

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Carmel artist’s painting gets national honor — Carmel artist Al Hopkins has been accepted into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Societies “Best of America 2017” show. This national competition is hosted by the Castle Gallery in Fort Wayne and started Oct. 16 and runs through Nov. 11. The exhibit’s grand opening reception will be Oct. 20 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hopkins was one of 125 artists accepted from across the United States and Canada. The accepted piece, “Lemons and Limes.” is a still life, 6 inch by 9 inch oil on board. For more, visit noaps.org/2017-best-of-america.

movie and almost everyone knew every line. We want people to have fun.” Hahn said they don’t think they’ll have to October is a busy month for one of two screen anyone’s costume to make movie theaters in Carmel. sure it’s appropriate. Flix Brewhouse is “It’s not the only movie that people movies showing weekly horror come out to in costume,” he said. “We classics all month long, played ‘Monty Python and the Holy ending the October celebration with Grail,’ and there was a guy in a full an interactive sing-along showing of ‘Tim’ costume, and besides him, there “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on was a knight.” Halloween night. Hahn This month, Flix also is hosting a On Oct. 23, Flix will do a special special premiere for an independent thriller showing of the cult classic “Beetlejuice,” and made by an Indiana filmmaker. then follow that up with a horror favorite “A At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, local filmmaker Earl Nightmare on Elm Street” Oct. 26. Both shows Wayne Crabtree II will premiere his first feaare at 7 p.m. and cost $5. ture-length film entitled, “Wolf at the Door,” a At 7 p.m. Oct. 31, expect movie-goers in cosserial killer thriller with some crazy twists. tume to fill Flix for its showing of “The Rocky “It’s kind of like a mystery, kind of like a Horror Picture Show,” which costs $7 a ticket. puzzle film,” Crabtree said. “Always interactive. Always entertaining,” There will be some a short Q&A after said Ron Hahn, manager of Flix Brewhouse. the screening. Tickets cost $30 for regular Victor Talavera, from Flix’s corporate office, admission. said screenings of this movie have been a To listen to the full interview with Ron strong draw for decades. Hahn and Victor Talavera of Flix Brewhouse, “They can get a little weird, but hey, that’s check out Adam Aasen and Larry Lannan’s the whole point of it all,” he said. “But that’s weekly podcast “Hamilton County Goes to the an example of the interactive films we like to Movies,” available on iTunes and SoundCloud. do. We did (an) ’80s Sing-A-Long night, and we did a Quote-A-Long night, where we played a

ATI’s Fall Barn Bash set — The Actors Theatre of Indiana will host its Fall Barn Bash from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Oct. 28 at the newly renovated Demaree Barn in Zionsville. The Stockwell Band will perform. There will be a pig roast/BBQ, line dancing, cowboy cocktails and Sun King beer. The cost is $100 per person. The proceeds benefit ATI. For more, visit atistage.org.

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Commentary by Mark Johnson Where to go: Wolfies Grill Where it is: 1162 Keystone Way, Carmel When it’s open: 11 a.m. to midnight Monday-Sunday Mark’s Take: How about dinner at the lodge? Lodge, you say? That’s right, the lodge. More specifically, how about Wolfies Grill. Entering Wolfies Grill will give you the same feel as a mountain lodge. A comfortable, personable and laid back atmosphere is all part of a great dining experience. Have brunch, lunch, or dinner by the fireplace or get a great seat for the big game. Whatever your seating preference, you’ll enjoy your visit to Wolfies Grill. What to get: You’ll want to take your time and read the entire menu at Wolfies.

Why? It’s loaded with first-rate appetizers, soups, salads, wraps, burgers. Speaking of burgers, I recommend the Craftsman Burger. Cost: Entrees between $9 and $22. Carryout: Available Want to know more? Call 317-844-9070, visit wolfiesgrill.com.

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Southwest chicken sliders can add heat Commentary by Joe Drozda and Bob Bley With the advent of cooler weather, it’s time to start serving more hot foods, and why not grab onto today’s spicy craze and serve a tasty southwest chicken sandwich? Southwest Chicken Sliders Ingredients: 2 packages Johnsonville Flame Grilled Southwestern Chicken Breasts, 1 package top quality sandwich rolls, 1 red onion, 1 large red tomato, 1/2 cup water, Head lettuce, Bread and butter pickles, Frank’s Buffalo Wing Sauce Preparation: Prepare the fixings the night before or the morning of at home. Pack the chicken and prepared sandwich fixings into your food cooler. At the tailgate, open the bags of pre-cooked, flame-grilled chicken, and place all contents, including the juice, and 1/2 cup of water into the skillet. Cover the skillet, place it on your grill or stove at medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes until the chicken and its sauce is heated through. Open a roll, and dip both top

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Supreme Court Justice and conservative icon Antonin Scalia hires a young, liberal, female law clerk, and opinions start flying right and left. Every point of view is explored in this thoughtful, witty, open-minded look at one of our most galvanizing national figures. Cost: Tickets start at $25.

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“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” The CAT, Carmel

7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and 21 and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

Follow Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang on a comedy adventure as the Carmel Apprentice Theatre draws together theater veterans coming to play that role of a lifetime with apprentices curious to perform for the first time in their life.

Noon and 7 p.m. Oct. 19, 8 p.m. Oct. 20-21 and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

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Return to a time and place of hippies, flower children and free love. Dance Kaleidoscope will take you on a journey set to the Beatles songs such as “Magical Mystery Tour” and “Let It Be” with period costumes inspired by pop artist Peter Max. Cost: $22-$45.

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Join this Cleveland-based saxophone duo in a program that features works from SaxoVoce, a long-term project exploring the wide-ranging musical, dramatic, and theatrical possibilities inherent in the synthesis of saxophone and voice. Cost: $5 and $10 More: artsforlawrence.org, 317-875-1900

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A record 213 films – 76 more than last year – from more than 100 different countries made it onto this year’s roster. Big names include James Franco, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Shelley Long and Rob Reiner.

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Richard and Jennifer Crawford face many complications after moving from the city to an old farmhouse, which they are trying to restore. A silent, little girl whom Jennifer claims she has seen swinging in the backyard brings on a chilling climax to the play. Cost: $14-$16 More: carmelplayers.org, 317-815-9387

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Adapted from the hit film “Ghost,” the musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam’s untimely death. Trapped between two worlds, Sam tries to protect Molly from danger. Cost: $42.50-$67.50 (includes buffet dinner)

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7 p.m., Oct. 19-21 and 2 p.m. Oct. 22. (Continues through Oct. 28).

With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage. With the help of her orphan friends, Annie escapes to NYC in search of her past but finds her future. Cost: $24.50-$45.50 More: civictheatre.org, 317-843-3800

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Roman Engineering in Aspendos Commentary by Don Knebel Aspendos is located approximately 30 miles east of Antalya in southern Turkey. Each year 400,000 visitors travel come to the city to see two remarkable accomplishments of Roman engineers. By the fifth century B.C., Aspendos, strategically situated on a flattop hill above the Eurymedon River that flows into the Mediterranean, had become an important port city, with its mints producing some of the world’s earliest coins. The Romans, who captured and plundered Aspendos in 79 B.C., rebuilt the city with markets, monuments, baths and temples. The ruins of many of those structures remain. The most visited ancient structure in Aspendos is the theater, considered the best-preserved Roman theater in the world. Erected between 160 and 180 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the theater emulated the Greek model, with its horseshoe-shaped seating area built against the hillside. Depending on the assumed size of the average theatergoer, the

estimated capacity of the 41 rows of seats, divided into two sections, ranges between 7500 and 20,000. The two-story stage house, from which actors entered the stage from one of five doors, is remarkably intact and is still used for performances. Less well preserved than the theater are the remains of an ingenious system that brought water to the Aspendos hilltop from mountains 12 miles on the other side of the valley. The system took advantage of the principle that water seeks its own level. One 300-foot-tall stone tower near the mountains carried the water in a channel downwardly at a 55-degree angle toward horizontal pipes laid on supports in the valley. Another angled tower channeled the flowing water back up to the city. The remains of the Aspendos water system are the most complete of any similar system in the world and are worth a visit after seeing the theater. Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel.com. You may contact him at news@currentzionsville.com.

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