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By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com Democrat Deb Whitfield will be the new City of Lawrence mayor following the Nov. 7 election, leading a DemoELECTION cratic sweep of Lawrence elected positions.

Republican David Hofmann — former Chief of the Lawrence Police Department and deputy mayor to outgoing Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier — conceded early in the evening.

Whitfield said in a telephone interview that she is grateful to Hofmann for running a great race.

“We are very excited with this victory,” she said. “We want to move forward and unite this city. We want to be inclusive of all of Lawrence.”

Whitfield has served on the Lawrence Common Council as an at-large representative. She works at Community Health Network as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion director of Community Outreach and Engagement, but has said she will resign to be a full-time mayor.

Whitfield said the Democratic sweep of Lawrence elected offices is also exciting.

She credited teamwork for the success of the Democratic candidates’ campaigns.

“The team worked very hard to achieve that,” she said. “It’s time to move forward to build relationships, partnerships and listen to the community that we serve.”

Whitfield said her first step will be to establish a transition team that will represent all of Lawrence. She said she is humbled and honored to move forward as the new Lawrence mayor in January.

“I don’t take this opportunity lightly,” she said.

John McCarty, 18, was among the voters who chose Democratic candidates on Election Day. The Lawrence resident said it was his first time voting, and he was excited about the opportunity.

“I hope a lot of other young people turn

Democrat Deb Whitfield is the mayor-elect for the City of Lawrence. (Photo by Leila Kheiry)

out,” he said outside the Lawrence North High School voting location. “Based on polls, it seems like a lot of young people are turning out, but I just hope that continues.”

McCarty said he voted for Democratic candidates because their policies are more in line with his own values.

Hofmann did not return messages seeking comment before deadline for this story.

UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS LAWRENCE MAYOR • Deborah Whitfield* — D — 5,111 • David C. Hofmann — R — 4,600 LAWRENCE CLERK • Leatric Adkinsson* — D — 5,357 • Kathleen Walton — R — 4,281 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL AT-LARGE Vote for 3 • Lisa Chavis* — D — 4,636 • Liz Masur* — D — 4,490 • Betty Robinson* — D — 4,583 • Tom Ashcraft — R — 3,468 • Heather Hewitt — R — 3,562 • Bob Jones — R — 3,782 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 • Tyrrell Giles* — D — 461 • Carl H. Barnett Jr. — R — 383 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

• Rick Wells* — D — 276 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 • Sherron R. Freeman* — D — 1,380 • Brent F. Addington — R — 736 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 • Carlos Jennings* — D — 1,082 • Valerie Shake — R — 499 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 • Zach Cramer* — D — 1,152 • Pamela Anderson — R — 1,083 LAWRENCE COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 • Kristina Krone* — D — 1,254 • Aaron Short — R — 1,242 INDIANAPOLIS CITY COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 • Nick Roberts* — D — 5,924 • Natalie Goodwin — R — 5,115

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MSDLT board approves new McKenzie Center director news@geistcurrent.com The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township School Board voted Oct. 30 to approve the EDUCATION appointment of Chauntee Smith as the new director of the district’s McKenzie Center for Innovation & Technology.

Smith has been the interim director since June, according to an announcement from the district. He Smith previously served as the assistant director of the McKenzie Center, and as an assistant principal at Belzer Middle School and Lawrence Central High School.

Smith also taught language arts at Fall Creek Valley Middle School for nine years.

“The Career & Technical Education Program in the MSD of Lawrence Township is second to none. Mr. Smith has demonstrated his leadership ability and strong commitment to the secondary students of MCIT and it is a pleasure to see him permanently in this new role,” Superintendent Shawn Smith stated.

Chauntee Smith stated that he is a previous student of the McKenzie Center, and he’s honored to be chosen as its new director.

“I am excited to take on the responsibilities and challenges that come with this role,” he said.

According to the announcement, Chauntee Smith is a 1995 graduate of Lawrence North High School. He continued his education at Indiana University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in science and secondary education (English/language arts) in 2000.

He earned his master’s degree in education, focusing on curriculum and instruction, from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2005. In 2008, he completed the Principal Leadership Program at Indiana Wesleyan University. Smith is completing his CTE Director License at Ball State University.

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“If this council would like to remove me because I speak my mind — I stand up for myself. That is the same leadership quality The Lawrence City Council voted 5-3 Nov. to why they put me in this position,” he said.

6 to reject a motion to remove Council Pres“And so, I am fine with that. I am not going to ident Tyrrell Giles apologize because she was a plant.

POLITICS from his position as We all know it. We know it was a president. political ploy.”

The motion was brought to a vote Shevlot, who was not present for by councilmember Tom Shevlot, a Rethe Oct. 18 meeting, said he watched publican representing District 5; and the video a couple of times. seconded by Rick Wells, a Democrat “I have to say that the comments serving District 2. They were joined that were made by council presiGiles in voting in favor of the motion by dent to a constituent (were) sexist Lauren Russel (Republican, District 6.) and misogynistic (and have) no place in this Shevlot made the motion in response to body,” Shevlot said. “Every citizen that comes Giles’ comments to a Lawrence resident before us and speaks should be able to during the Oct. 18 meeting. The resident, Judy speak freely, without being accosted, withLogston, spoke during public comment and out being called names.” expressed concern about Giles not living in Wells said he was dumbfounded by Giles’ Lawrence for more than a year. comments to the citizen.

Giles, a Democrat representing District 1, “I’ve been in this council chamber for over has said that he is renovating his home and 20 years coming to council; I’ve never heard he intends to return. In the meantime, he is such a conversation,” he said. “We’re here to living at his wife’s home in Speedway. represent the people of this city. We’re not Giles interrupted Logston during her comhere to chastise them.” ments, asking, “Did you sleep with me last Councilmember Lisa Chavis (Democrat, at night?” large) said the council has only three meetHe then asked how she knew where he ings left before choosing a new president, resided, and Logston responded that his arguing that it’s not appropriate to make a residency was a known issue. There was change at this time. additional back-and-forth before Giles cut off Voting against Giles’ removal as president public comment and adjourned the meeting. were Giles, Chavis and councilmembers Deb During discussion of the motion, Giles arWhitfield (Democrat, at large), Shawn Denney gued that his statements were not meant as (Democrat, at large), and Sherron Freeman sexual innuendo.

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DISPATCHES Lawrence Central plans mattress fundraiser — Lawrence Central High School’s auditorium will become a mattress showroom from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 18 for its first mattress fundraiser with the national company Custom Fundraising Solutions.

Through the event at 7300 E. 56th St., all mattresses sold will benefit the school’s Performing Arts Programs. According to an announcement from the school, the event will offer 30 different mattress styles on display, priced below retail and available to order. Purchases will be available two to three weeks after the event. For more, visit bit.ly/beds4lawrence23 Lawrence North fall play coming up — Lawrence North High School’s fall play, “The

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Fishers HS Marching Band to march in Macy’s Parade — The Fishers High School Marching Band is one of six high school marching bands to perform in the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 23. To watch, tune in starting at 8:30 a.m. to NBC or Peacock.

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Event encourages minority youth to consider medicine

By Edward Redd edward@youarecurrent.com The second Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit was conducted Oct. 28 at Lawrence Central High CAREERS School, presented by Community Health Network. The event featured speakers, a panel discussion and hands-on activities for elementary and high school students, all designed to encourage minority youth to consider medicine as a future career.

BMWC was established in response to a 2012 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges. It highlighted a decline in Black men applying to medical school. Even in 2020, it was reported that less than 3 percent of physicians were Black men.

Deborah Whitfield, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion director of Community Outreach and Engagement for Community Health, said BMWC’s mission is to reverse the declining trend.

“We are proud to be part of an event that

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Students participating in the Black Men in White Coats event were offered different activities to expose them to the medical professions.

From left are Catherine Le, physician assistant, Cooper Brown and Cameron McCurdy. (Photo by Edward Redd)

inspires young black students to see themselves as medical professionals,” Whitfield said.

The summit included medical professionals who attended Lawrence Township during their own youth and shared their stories.

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Fishers High School junior’s focus on distance running pays off

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School junior Sam Quagliaroli gave up one passion to focus on another.

“I started running competitively in sixth grade,” he said. “I was playing hockey at the time. I started doing both at the same time. The running reQuagliaroli ally picked up during my eighth-grade year.”

Quagliaroli stopped playing travel hockey after his sophomore year.

“Then it really took off,” he said.

With his full focus on running, Quagliaroli finished third Oct. 28 in the IHSAA boys cross country state meet at Terre Haute. He had a time of 15 minutes and 6 seconds in the 5K race. Fishers placed second to Carmel in the team standings.

“I feel like the biggest thing is, I have a lot more time to focus on aspects of running that are going to improve my running,” Quagliaroli said. “Instead of going to

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Prior to the state finals, Quagliaroli won the Noblesville Sectional and Shelbyville Regional individual titles.

“One of the things that helped me is

Sam Quagliaroli competes in the state finals Oct. 23 at Terre Haute. (Photo courtesy of Quagliaroli family)

having a great team to train with,” he said.

“That toughens your mind to know those boys are there to hold you accountable every day. If you want to slack off, they are there to keep you accountable. It keeps

your mind strong. Throughout the season, I think that was the deciding factor. It’s a long season, so it’s all about your mental strength and how hard you can fight.”

His best time is 14:52, which he achieved in the Nike Twilight meet in Terre Haute.

Quagliaroli was slated to compete with his Fishers teammates Nov. 12 in the Nike Cross Country Regionals at Terre Haute.

As a sophomore, he placed 18th in the state cross country meet.

“It was hard for me to give up hockey, but coming off last track season made it a little bit easier,” he said.

Quagliaroli placed sixth in the 3,200 and was a member of the fourth-place 3,200 relay team in the IHSAA state track and field meet.

Quagliaroli was a left winger on the Hamilton Southeastern hockey club team as a sophomore with a team made up of both Fishers and HSE players. Previously, he played for the Junior Indy Fuel.

Quagliaroli said it’s always been a goal to compete at the collegiate level.

“I’m just trying to get to know college programs,” said Quagliaroli, who said he likely wants to major in business.

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According to an announcement from LPD Deputy Chief Gary Woodruff, Hector Cuautle-Sanchez was arrested following a review of video and license-plate radar data from the area of the accident.

Officers and EMS responded to the accident at 11:15 p.m. Nov. 5. Woodruff stated in an earlier announcement that the pedestrian was crossing the street at the 4400 block of North Franklin Road and had been struck by a southbound vehicle at Records Street.

The driver of the vehicle continued south on Franklin Road.

“Cuautle-Sanchez told detectives he saw the pedestrian, identified as 30-year-old Jasmine Singleton, in the roadway too late to avoid striking her and after doing so, panicked and drove away from the scene of the crash,” Woodruff stated.

Cuautle-Sanchez is preliminarily charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in fatality, a Level 4 felony. Final charging decisions will be made by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.

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HSE teachers, admins reach contract agreement

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com Hamilton Southeastern Schools negotiating teams have reached a tentative agreement for a new NEGOTIATIONS teacher contract, which was presented to the HSE Board of Trustees during a public hearing Nov. 2.

The new one-year contract includes raises in base pay for all levels with additional compensation to recognize educational achievements. The proposed new salary scale ranges from $48,500 to $91,801, compared to the current range of $44,074 to $87,530.

The draft contract also revamps paid leave to provide more flexibility. Teachers still get 14 days of paid time off, but instead of four personal days and 10 sick days, they have seven days of each.

There was no comment from those in the audience during the public hearing, which was a required step before the board’s scheduled vote to ratify the contract Nov. 8.

Interim Superintendent Matt Kegley presented the new contract to the board and noted that the interest-based bargaining method made for more productive negotiations. Interest-based bargaining is a collaborative approach where those involved work together to find solutions that benefit everyone.

Kegley said negotiators for the district and Hamilton Southeastern Education Association recognized that competitive salaries would help the district retain teachers and attract new staff. The negotiation teams not only increased the starting salary for new teachers, he said, they also adjusted the salary schedule to provide additional compensation to teachers who have achieved higher levels of education — a master’s degree, for example.

“We’re really excited about understanding and knowing that the salaries are super competitive … and hope that continues to lead to folks wanting to come and join HSE,” he said.

Following ratification, the new contract will be retroactive to July 1 and is effective for only this school year.

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over again next fall,” Kegley said. “Hopefully a little sooner in the calendar than we did this year.”

There was a question from the board about how the results of the Nov. 7 referendum vote might affect the new contract.

Kegley said the negotiated raises would remain, even if the referendum fails.

“It’s not referendum-dependent because the fact of the matter is, if we have to make budget cuts related to if the referendum wouldn’t pass, then those likely could mean staffing losses and not necessarily wage reductions,” he said. “We all hope that we’re successful (Nov. 7), and that would go a long, long way to continue in our goals in this district. But if, for example, we have to raise class sizes — well, we also need the folks that are going to be here to also be compensated because they’re likely taking on additional work as well.”

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A Lawrence Central High School senior is the 2022-23 Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis Youth of the Year honoree.

HONORS The youth organization announced Arael Stigler as this year’s winner during its Blue Door Gala celebration Oct. 28 at Crane Bay in Indianapolis. According to BGCI, the designation recognizes young people for their contributions to family, school, community and to the club, as well as personal challenges and obstacles they have overcome.

“The ‘Youth of the Year’ program is an opportunity to showcase our city’s most inspirational young people,” Maggie A. Lewis, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis, stated in an announcement.

Stigler has been a member of the Finish Line Boys & Girls Club since 2016 and now serves as a youth development professional at the club.

“The exceptional teen has become a fearless leader, overcoming grief and personal obstacles to thrive,” the announcement stated. “She has not only demonstrated excellence in the classroom as a member

Lawrence Central High School senior Arael Stigler, center, with her parents after she won the Youth of the Year honor by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis. (Photo courtesy of BGCI)

of the National Honor Society, but on stage through involvement in step and dance teams. In addition to her academic honors, Stigler has served as an instrumental role model and mentor for many younger members at the club.”

The announcement stated that Stigler plans to attend Tennessee State University in the fall to study nursing.

Stigler will go on to contend for the Indiana Youth of the Year title and a college scholarship from Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

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By Cassie King news@currentinfishers.com Four Boy Scouts representing three families were among the volunteers who helped plant more than 100 PUBLIC SERVICE trees Nov. 4 at Heritage Park in Fishers.

Boy Scout Pack 110, led by Desiree Friedman, participated in a program led by the City of Fishers and Duke Energy Foundation to plant trees in the community in honor of the Hamilton County Bicentennial and Allisonville Road Corridor Revitalization project.

Friedman said the tree-planting event was a good project for the Scouts.

“I get emails regularly from the City of Fishers with volunteer opportunities,” Friedman said. “Our den is working on earning their community service badge, and this was a great opportunity to do community service while earning their badge.”

Duke Energy Foundation donated

From left, Desiree Friedman, Zach Friedman, Mason Lyons, James Lyons, Henry Lyons, Chris Rehfuss (back) and Simeon Rehfuss plant trees at Heritage Park in Fishers. (Photo by Cassie King)

$20,000 to the City of Fishers to purchase 200 native trees to help grow the tree canopy at Heritage Park at White River off Eller Road and 106th Street, as well as the Allisonville Road corridor.

Besides the trees at Heritage Park, 85 trees will be planted along the Allisonville Road corridor from 106th Street to 126th Street to provide more green space. That event was set for Nov. 9 at businesses along that stretch of road.

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A LAWRENCE CHRISTMAS Annual Winterfest celebration kicks off the weekend after Thanksgiving

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com

The City of Lawrence’s annual Winterfest kicks off the Saturday following Thanksgiving with A Lawrence Christmas, starting at 2 p.m. and running through 8 p.m. Nov. 25 at Civic Plaza, 5710 Lawrence Village Pkwy.

The celebration includes a skating rink, vendors offering food and holiday gifts, a parade, musical performances and tree-lighting ceremony.

Chief of Staff Cori Korn said after A Lawrence Christmas, Winterfest is open every Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. through Dec. 23.

“It’s very exciting,” she said. “We will have live entertainment both on Saturdays and Sundays as well as the skating rink. And then this year we will have a winter market every day that we are open at Civic Plaza.”

Vendors at the outdoor winter market will have three-sided tents to protect those inside from the cold, she said, creating a shopping village around the outskirts of the skating rink, which will be set up in the center of Civic Plaza.

The skating rink is synthetic, so it’s not dependent on freezing temperatures.

“The theory is it glides like ice, but that it’s actually a little bit easier for newbies to learn to skate on,” Korn said. “Our parks department installs that and that will go up mid-November.”

There is a fee for skating, which includes skate rental. The cost for a day is $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under.

The rink and winter market open at 2 p.m.

Nov. 25, with the Christmas Parade starting at 5:30. Korn said the parade starts at Government Center, 9001 E. 59th St. According to the event webpage, the route winds from Post Road to Kent Avenue, south on Lawton Loop to Otis Avenue, ending at Civic Plaza.

The parade will feature the Marching Pride of Lawrence Township Drum Corps, Lawrence North dance team Fierce Felines, Mayor Steve Collier, Santa and The Grinch on a firetruck, various city public safety vehicles and more.

Korn said the city is incorporating the 2024 solar eclipse into the festivities.

“Our theme this year for the holidays as we lead into the eclipse is ‘Ice Eclipse,’” she said. “That is the parade theme. So you’ll

(Left) Skaters enjoy the synthetic skating rink at Lawrence Civic Plaza, installed every year for the monthlong Winterfest.

(Right) Lawrence’s Christmas parade starts at 5:30 p.m at Government Center off Post Road and ends at Civic Plaza. (Photos courtesy of the City of Lawrence)

expect to see Elsa and Anna in there (from the movie ‘Frozen’).”

After the parade, a variety show will feature different performances, and at around 7 p.m., the “tree,” made from lights strung into a tree shape and suspended from light poles, will be illuminated.

“It’s 40 feet tall and stands at the south end of the plaza,” Korn said. “It’s really neat because people can see it coming over the bridge on 56th Street.”

Korn said she anticipates around 2,000 people will attend A Lawrence Christmas on Nov. 25. She said it’s grown significantly over the last decade.

“It’s energizing and it is so much fun and everyone who attends has a great time,” she said. “There are free goody bags for the first 500 children there, and hot chocolate and cookies that are given out by the police department and their support team. Our market is a little bigger that day, we have an expanded kid zone that evening with an area for a picture with your family. So, it’s just — it’s a really, really fun day with all kinds of hustle and bustle all day.”

Other weekends during Winterfest will

include the rink, winter market and entertainment, she said. Santa will be at the Civic Plaza on Saturdays. The dates are Dec. 2, 9, 16 and 23.

The city has other special Winterfest celebrations planned, including a Winter Solstice event on Dec. 21 with the new Fort Ben Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library; and Breakfast with Santa with MSD of Lawrence Township and the Fort Ben YMCA on Dec. 9.

Arts for Lawrence and Heartland Films both have holiday-themed events throughout the month, as well.

For more, visit visitlawrenceindiana.com/ events/winterfest.

Korn thanked the sponsors for this year’s holiday festival: Purple Ribbon Office Solutions, Cohron Homes, Ed Martin Automotive Group, Keystone Group and United Consulting, Inc. ON THE COVER: A tree-lighting ceremony is set

for around 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Civic Plaza, 5710 Lawrence Village Pkwy., part of the annual Lawrence Christmas celebration. (Photo courtesy of the City of Lawrence)

A LAWRENCE CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Here’s what’s planned for A Lawrence Christmas Nov. 25 at Civic Plaza, 5710 Lawrence Village Pkwy.: • 2 p.m., ice rink, kids zone and winter market open • 4:30 p.m., goodie-bag tent opens • 5 p.m. parade line-up at Government Center parking lot • 5:30 p.m., parade begins

• 6 p.m., variety show begins, including performances by Lawrence North Fierce Felines, Lawrence North acapella group, soloist Grace McKillip and others.

• 6:45 p.m., tree lighting and group rendition of Feliz Navidad • 6:45-8 p.m. DJ music

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Complicated history lesson Commentary by Terry Anker Our past is a reliable tool in predicting the acts and outcomes of the forthcoming.

To be clear, it can only forecast ESSAY and not guarantee, but is still more dependable than most other indicators. If we fail to factor it into our understanding about the present or calculus for the future, we do so at our own peril. Don’t hide from history.

Most of us have come to realize and incorporate what predates us into our thoughts about what is happening now.

Preceding our own imperfect parenting, our parents parented us as theirs had done before them and so-on. Where a pigeon now soars above, a pterodactyl may have been a few years earlier. Before this society, there was another. Before that one, another anteceded it. We all, each of us in kind, relate to others in the context of the past, present and future.

With the rise of each unproven, an established is displaced. Time alone determines the sustainability of the newfound or the

resurgence of the old. Is there anything new under the sun or have we done it all before? Perhaps this answer, like so many, is lost to the insatiable hunger of history.

We search for absolute answers but are often disappointed to only find opinion where fact should dwell.

We have loved some thinkers so much as to name buildings for them to later denounce and rebrand under new paragons.

Egyptians of antiquity built monuments of carved stone for beloved leaders only to soon refashion them in the likeness of new gods. Societies are built, and destroyed, upon the very ashes of those that predated them. If so much of our future is built upon the past, who owns “history?” And when is it fact, when is it advocacy and when is it wishful thinking?

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

I get cheery when its dreary Commentary by Danielle Wilson

means that our arthritic Lab Libby will be tracking mud and wet leaves through the I don’t know if it’s my British ancestry house nonstop. After the first few times of or my highly flammable ginger complexion, Annie-style, hard-knock-life scrubbing, I’ll or perhaps, according to my simply make peace with the filthy floors and HUMOR husband train my eyes upward.

Doo, my Nope, there’ll be no worcold and dead soul, but ries here. I’ll be enjoying “I especially love when I I am digging the fact the beautiful gift of a that rainy weather has can legitimately go to bed miserable afternoon and returned. properties for at 6 p.m. because glorious Googling There’s just somesale in Seattle (from my nightfall has arrived early couch!). thing about a dreary day. I love when Mother Don’t get me wrong. (thank you, DST!)” Nature gives me perI definitely can’t handle - DANIELLE WILSON mission to sit on my months on end of no comfy couch and ignore warmth or sunshine. dumb yardwork and even dumber exercisUsually by March I’m ready to auction off ing. I love when I am basically forced to our twins and the aforementioned dog to turn on the fireplace. I love when I feel no buy an airline ticket anywhere south. But a compulsion whatsoever to literally do anygood old-fashioned rainy fall day every once thing productive except microwave leftover in a while? Well, that’s right up my Irish, Stouffer’s mac-n-cheese and sip hot tea. I redheaded, soulless alley. Peace out. especially love when I can legitimately go to bed at 6 p.m. because glorious nightfall has arrived early (thank you, DST!) and that I can Danielle Wilson is a contributing sleep under the heavy comforter because columnist. You may email her at temperatures might dip below freezing! Fininfo@youarecurrent.com. gers crossed!

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Aw, rats, look who’s No. 15 Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

pre-shrunk and pre-gnawed. The back of the garment should have a picture of JimMy wife Mary Ellen called to me from the my Cagney saying, “You dirty rat.” Although kitchen the other day, sharing a headline his exact line was: “You dirty yellow-bellied she had just read online. rat.” Shirts are selling well, even in the nicHUMOR “I’m not surprised,” I reest rodential part of Chicago. sponded. “I was walking in Years ago, there was a famous YouTube the park just yesterday and the kids were video of a rat in New York City (No. 3 on driving me crazy with their screaming and the list) scampering down the steps of a complaining and fighting …” subway with a slice of pizza in its mouth.

“Dick, what are you talking about? The The camera followed it on its long journey headline said Indianapolis has the back to its nest. You would never see that 15th-highest number of rats.” sight in Indy because even rats here know “Oh, sorry, I thought if you want really good you said brats.” thin pizza, you have to Yes, we are No. 15 make a road trip to the “The No. 1 city for rats is Big Apple. on a list of major cities that are rat-infested. I’m Remember now, ChiChicago. This is the ninth sorry I have to tell you cago is No. 1. Rats living year it has won. It’s some of the other cities there apparently prefer because you may be the famous deep-dish sad that the rats have planning a little winter’s pizza, which is more of a better record than vacation there and that a casserole. You’d need might make you really a whole pack of rats the Cubs. The nation’s nervous eating at a just to move one slice capital was fourth with crosstown. restaurant or dangling your feet from a movie After I finished reada half-million rats, theater seat. ing the article, Mary El500,535 if you count Also reported: Los len and I headed out for Angeles moved up to the dinner so we could stop Congress.”

No. 2 ranking while New - DICK WOLFSIE obsessing about the fact York rounds out the top we were No. 15 on the three spots. Jumping list. But I couldn’t erase up 10 spots this year is this image from my Houston to No. 20, and mind. That’s why I ordered the ratatouille.

Greensboro, N.C., moves up 17 spots to take By the way, the Indianapolis area is the No. 50. Wow, that’s more complicated than 13th-best city to raise a pet bunny. That a March Madness bracket. is absolutely true, so help me internet. I The No. 1 city for rats is Chicago. This thought I’d end with some good news. is the ninth year it has won. It’s sad that You’re welcome! the rats have a better record than the Cubs. The nation’s capital was fourth with a half-million rats, 500,535 if you count Dick Wolfsie is an author, Congress. columnist and speaker. Contact The people at Orkin, who publish this rehim at wolfsie@aol.com. search annually, market clothing that heralds Chicago as “No. 1 in rats.” Shirts come

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is Nov. 22. However, what interestDOCUMENTARY ed Ashton Gleckman the most was not how Kennedy died but how he lived.

“Reading the testimony of those who knew him in high school and college and even his teachers when he was younger, I began to be interested in who this person would have been,” Gleckman said. “JFK’s favorite question whenever he met an historian who wrote a book about Abraham Lincoln or whoever else was what was this person like. He was always curious about what people were like and I’ve always been that way, too.”

The 23-year-old Carmel resident began researching in the summer of 2020 and conducted more than 70 interviews. The result is an eight-part, three-night docuseries called “Kennedy,” to be shown starting Nov. 18 on the History Network. Heartland International Film Festival will hold a sneak peak of Episode 7 at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at The Toby at Newfields in Indianapolis, followed by a question-and-answer session with Gleckman and featured subject Lawrence J. Haas, former White House official, author and historian.

Gleckman is the director and score composer of the docuseries from Gleckman’s production company Blackbird Pictures and Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia. It is narrated by actor Peter Coyote.

Gleckman said while delving into the story of JFK, it became an examination of America at a pivotal moment in its history from the 1920s to the 1960s.

“I wanted it to be a deeply intimate character journey more so than another Kennedy documentary,” Gleckman said.

“I wanted half of the entire show to be before he even becomes president. I was interested in his origin story and how this person became iconic. I knew he was

Anthony Shriver, left, a nephew of John F. Kennedy, and Ashton Gleckman. (Photo courtesy of History network)

this charismatic, stylish, good-looking, well-spoken president, but how did he get from here to there? Sometimes, it takes a little more unpacking to find the essence of the person.”

The final four episodes are about Kennedy’s term as president.

“The second half of the show is crisis after crisis,” Gleckman said. “You probably become aware that more things happened in his 1,000-day presidency than typically happen in a four-year term or even an eight-year term. The amount of things happening, whether it was the Berlin Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the Cold War brewing and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly brought the world to nuclear war, it’s also a time of hope with 15 years after World War II, the baby-boomer period where all things seemed possible. When Kennedy was killed, we faced an awakening that things were about to take a darker turn.

That’s what happened with the Vietnam War and everything else.”

Gleckman said historians can only speculate on what might have been. However, from his research, Gleckman said he doesn’t believe Kennedy would have escalated the Vietnam War to the point of having 500,000 combat troops in Vietnam.

“He was someone who was far more suspicious of the military complex sur-

rounding him,” Gleckman said. “He had experience through the Bay of Pigs and had been in a war himself.”

Gleckman said viewers might be surprised at Kennedy’s health problems.

“He had scarlet fever and then had a full series of problems as a young boy. As a teenager, he had digestive problems and then he was fainting all the time,” he said.

“He was ending up in the infirmary. Then he got diagnosed with Addison’s disease.

He was given his last rites three times before he was tragically assassinated in 1963.”

In 1954, Kennedy had back surgery and went into a coma.

“This was someone who knew what death was because he had been so close to it so many times, which also gave his life a sense of speed and energy that I don’t think he would have if he had not had these encounters,” Gleckman said.

“This goes to the amount of things he was able to do and be and also goes to the more questionable behavior in his personal life.”

Among those interviewed was Kennedy’s niece, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and his nephew, Anthony Shriver. He also interviewed comedian Conan O’Brien, who had served on the Kennedy Presidential Library board of directors. However, Gleckman was born 10 to 15 years too late to interview some of the JFK administration members.

“It causes you to be a little creative to find new perspectives into the story,” he said. “I want people to walk away with the sense this was a complicated, three-dimensional person that happened to do remarkable things. There are many aspects that are inspiring and many we can be critical of and it’s fair.”

Gleckman released “We Shall Not Die Now,” a documentary about the Holocaust, in 2019 when he was 19. He then made a documentary set in the Appalachian Mountains, released in 2021.

For tickets to the sneak preview, visit heartlandfilm.org.

BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through Nov. 19 at the Indianapolis venue. For more, visit beefandboards.com.

‘A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS’ The Motortown All-Stars presents “A Motown Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

FEINSTEIN’S CABARET Johnny Folsom 4 will perform his Johnny Cash tribute show at Feinstein’s cabaret at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. Matthew Scott’s “Letters from My Father” one-man show will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. For more, visit feinsteinhc.com.

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter & string quartet Brooklyn Rider’s concert is set for 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is set to perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents. org.Meshell Ndegeocello THE BLACK MARKET TRUST The Black Market Trust will perform 7 p.m.

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DISPATCH Puddles Pity Party, Marx concerts set — Puddles Pity Party, the 7-foot sad clown whose voice has been compared to such legends as Tom Jones and Freddie Mercury, will make its Center debut at 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 18 at The Tarkington. Richard Marx will return to the Palladium with a solo show at 8 p.m. Feb. 17. For tickets, visit thecenterpresents.org, call at 317-843-3800, or go to the Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel.

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Performing Arts Conservatory youth perform in the 2022 version of “The Nutcracker Suite.” (Photo courtesy of Bridget Townsend)

‘Nutcracker’ reimagined set

By Leila Kheiry leila@youarecurrent.com When Bridget Townsend took her 5-yearold daughter to see “The Nutcracker Suite” for the first time, the child HOLIDAY was not impressed.

“She’s watching the ballet and she’s going, ‘Is anybody going to say something?’ She says it just like that,” Towsend said, laughing at the memory. “She said, ’Is anybody going to talk?’ And then she asked, ‘When is half time?’”

They ended up leaving at “half time,” Townsend said, and that experience eventually led her and her husband — co-founders of the Lawrence-based Performing Arts Conservatory — to come up with a contemporary take on the classic holiday tradition, with lots of input from youth who participate in PAC programs.

Two performances of the reimagined “Nutcracker Suite” are scheduled. The first is set for 1 p.m. Nov. 18 at Castleton United Methodist Church, 7101 Shadeland Ave.; and the second is 4 p.m. Nov. 19 at Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, 3535 W. Kessler Blvd.

N. Dr. Townsend said the 29 kids in the program this year are “a wonderful small group with a huge impact,” who will be sharing their interpretation of “The Nutcracker” with help from screenwriter Tiffany Wolfork.

“The fun thing about it is, yes, it is infused with the true story of ‘The Nutcracker,’ but they found ways to embrace their own community and their own culture,” Townsend said.

She said the performance changes every year to reflect the message the kids want to convey. The music is based on Duke Ellington’s jazz version of “The Nutcracker,”

with a couple of original compositions by her husband, Robert Townsend. The show includes instrumental and vocal performances, along with dance and drama.

“We make sure that we work together with all four performing arts disciplines,” she said. “We have dancers, singers, performing artists for drama and instrumentalists. What we’re really doing is, we’re trying to teach these kids: Here’s how you work together as a group. Here’s how what you do impacts another group, because we believe these are life skills that they have to have just to be in whatever industry or workforce that they decide to join.”

Townsend said they’ve had hundreds of kids come through the program since the Performing Arts Academy was founded in 2012. Some have continued with the performing arts, but she said that isn’t necessarily the goal of the program, which serves grades six through 12.

“What we’ve noticed over these years that we’ve had the after-school program is that kids come in very introverted, very shy, lacking confidence that they can do other things, particularly in their schools,” she said. “We’re seeing that we’re building up their confidence, their self-esteem, their ability to believe in themselves and that they can do different things and really, you know, be out there and extend themselves.”

Townsend said they serve students from throughout the greater Indianapolis area, but most of the youth in the Performing Arts Conservatory are from Lawrence Township and Indianapolis’ east side. The PAC’s headquarters are at 7160 Shadeland Station, next to Castleton United Methodist Church in Lawrence.

For more about PAC, and for ticket information, visit tpacindy.org.

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For Carmel High School sophomore Haylie Fletcher, progressing into the role of Sugar Plum Fairy is truly rewarding.

DANCE “I am so thankful as I have been able to grow so much as a dancer and person through Indiana Ballet Conservatory over the years,” Fletcher said.

“I love dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy. The character is very delicate and generous, which I enjoy portraying and am so excited to share with the audience.”

Fletcher shares the Sugar Plum Fairy role with Ashlie Rohan in performances of IBC’s production of “The Nutcracker,” set for Nov. 25-26 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The performances are at 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 25 and 1 and 6 p.m. Nov. 26.

“I’m looking forward to it because it’s the biggest role in the ballet and it’s a very challenging role,” said Rohan, who has been at IBC for 11 years. “It’s so beautiful and there are so many challenges to it, which also makes it very fun but also hard at the same time. Ever since I was a little baby angel in the show, after I was done performing, I would go up in the audience and watch all of Act 3. I loved looking at all the dances and it’s made me the dancer that I am today.”

Thomas Wilcutts, a Fishers resident and eighth-grader who takes online classes, plays the little nutcracker.

“I love the battle scenes and the music in it, and I love being on stage and performing,” Wilcutts said.

Starla Karlsson, a native of Sweden who lives in Carmel, performs in the character

From left, IBC performers include Luke Derksen, Starla Karlsson, Haylie Fletcher, Celine McGrew, Ashlie Rohan, Thomas Wilcutts and Reilly VerSchure. (Photo courtesy of IBC)

dance called Spanish.

“I like that I can play around with my character and I just love performing,” said Karlsson, a freshman who takes online classes.

Karlsson said the Spanish role takes a great deal of stamina.

“There is a lot of footwork,” she said.

Celine McGrew, a Carmel resident and freshman taking online classes, portrays the Mouse Queen.

“I get to work on my intensity and my confidence in my dancing,” McGrew said.

“I’ve needed to work on that in my dancing, so it’s a good way to work on that.”

Luke Derksen, a Carmel resident and senior who takes online classes, is performing in the Spanish character dance for the second time.

“It’s probably the most challenging dance I’ve done in ‘The Nutcracker’ and it’s really fast,” Derksen said.

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Wines to complement turkey dinner Commentary by Mark LaFay What’s for dinner this Thanksgiving?

Last year, I took a stand against turkey.

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This year, however, we have been corralled into a larger family Thanksgiving soiree. I am the protein guy, and naturally I have been put on turkey duty. Now, I will say that our smoked turkey at Old Major has got me singing a different tune. It is a very delicious turkey — one that I have been eating on for months as I’ve been fine-tuning the recipe for the big day.

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Here are my picks for this year: Argyle Extended Tirage Brut Sparkling Wine – Argyle is a larger producer of wines in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. It specializes in pinot noir wines but also makes some white and rosé wines as well as an assortment of different sparkling wines.

Its Extended Tirage brut is righteous. It is a sparkling wine fermented mostly dry.

Domaine Weinbach Vin d’Alscace Riesling – Domaine Weinbach is crisp, tart and powerful. Lemon and lime zest, apple, pear, and a hint of gun flint minerality.

It is bone dry but is so fruit-forward the palate can be deceived into thinking there is some residual sugar. A truly remarkable wine.

Jean Foillard, Morgon, Cote du Py – Jean Foillard is a legendary wine producer in the Beaujolais region of France. The primary grape used in Beaujolais is not pinot noir but rather it is Gamay, a very fruity, thin-skinned grape that can almost taste like bubble gum in fresh young wine. Truly a turkey wine if there ever was one.

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