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Associate Supt. Dave Mundy presents on the district’s plan to implement solar energy. (Photo by Anna Skinner) Founded Sept. 15, 2009, at Noblesville, IN Vol. XI, No. 24 Copyright 2019. Current Publishing, LLC All Rights Reserved. 30 South Range Line Road Carmel, IN 46032 317.489.4444 info@youarecurrent.com The views of the columnists in Current in Noblesville are their own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of this newspaper.

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Options Schools will have staff at the HYCA campus in Knightstown so students can remain on track for a high school diploma. (Submitted photo)

Options partners with youth academy By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

Classes are taught by Options staff. “One of the buildings is set aside for student education, so students A new partnership between Opcome there,” Gustin said. “After they tions Schools and the Indiana Naget done with their morning routine tional Guard Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe with the folks at HYCA, they’ll march Academy is them over in the morning EDUCATION designed to when they would normally go steer atto school, and we will take risk students toward a path over and provide education of achieving a high school like a normal educational diploma. day.” The organizations recently When a student graduates announced a partnership in from HYCA, Options works Gustin which Options staff will teach with either the public school cadets at HYCA to keep them on track the student came from or finds a for a high school diploma instead of charter school to continue the stua GED. dent’s education. The students also HYCA enrolls students ages 16 to can continue education with Options, 18 in a 22-week residential program which has locations in Noblesville and that mirrors military-style training. Carmel. A new building is under conThe cadets are identified as students struction in Westfield. struggling within their community, In addition, Options works with and the academy has philosophies to kids with autism at a Fishers location. help them navigate adult life. Options also has an online presence. “During that 22-week program at “We anticipate a percentage of HYCA prior to our partnership, every those students being transitioned student enrolled was being enrolled back to traditional public school, in the high school equivalency prowhich is our hope, that once they gram to achieve a GED,” Options CEO get through HYCA, we can continue and President Mike Gustin said. “So, to keep them on track and transition they were struggling because this is them back,” Gustin said. “We are a Dept. of Defense program, and a lot going to educate between 80 and of the outcomes they were achiev100 kids per semester, and in a full ing with those students were not in year, that’s 160 to 200 kids we get to alignment with the Dept. of Defense redirect back into a diploma-earning expectations.” track, which is huge for us. At HYCA, students participate in “We are really excited for that early morning calisthenics and physopportunity.” ical activities, followed by classes For more, visit optionsschools.org. on the HYCA campus in Knightstown.

Student wins Lilly endowment scholarship — Noblesville High School senior Joseph Gassensmith was one of four students in Hamilton County who won a Lilly Endowment Scholarship. The scholarship provides four years of full tuition to any Indiana college or university. F.C. Tucker stats — It was a seller’s market in Noblesville in January 2020, with home prices increasing and homes leaving the market much faster than this time last year. According to F.C. Tucker Company, the average sale price of a home in Noblesville was $299,853, an 8.8 percent increase over January 2019. Homes also sold 25 percent faster than this time last year, spending an average of 54 days on the market. The average price per square also increased 8.7 percent, to $128.23. Noblesville Babe Ruth Baseball registration now open — Noblesville Babe Ruth Baseball registration is now open. For more, visit noblesvillebaberuthbaseball. com or email noblesvillebaberuthbaseball@gmail.com. Strikes for Stansfield — Strikes for Stansfield is set for 1 to 3 p.m. March 1 at Woodland Bowl, 3421 E. 96th St. Net proceeds from the ninth annual event will provide funding for Fletcher Place Community Center’s food and clothing pantry, preschool, senior outreach and other initiatives. Four-person teams may download an entry form at stansfieldcircle.org or register online at eventbrite. com/e/strikes-for-stansfield-2020tickets-83485921639. Registration deadline is Feb. 21.

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Noblesville bowling team members are, front, from left, Nathan Smith, Lena Tarzwell, Taylor Smith and Drew Elliott and, back, from left, assistant coach Doug Smith, McKinley Brooks, James Sutton, Coach Tom Tarzwell, Noah Tannenbaum and assistant coach Jamie Elliott. (Submitted photo)

Noblesville wins state title By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com A return appearance made all the difference for the Noblesville High School bowling team. Noblesville finished BOWLING fourth in the state in 2019 but returned to win the Indiana High School Bowling state championship for boys by beating Terre Haute South 394 to 359 in the two-game final Feb. 2 at Anderson’s Championship Lanes. Noblesville was seeded first in the stepladder finals so only had to win one match. Noblesville had two girls on the team because the school does not have a girls team. “The major difference is, after our hearts got broken last year and making state but getting fourth, we were cut out of the (live broadcast) show because we lost the first match and there was no video of us,” junior Noah Tannenbaum said. “That was a chip on our shoulder for this year. We limited our mistakes and picked up our spares.” The state finals uses a Baker format where each bowler bowls two frames. Tannenbaum won his first match in the stepladder and then finished third. “One of my coaches (Jamie Elliott) was talking me through it, keeping

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From left, Mayor Chris Jensen, Deputy Chief Jason Voyak, Assistant Police Chief Brad Arnold, Deputy Chief Shannon Trump, Noblesville Police Chief John Mann, Noblesville Fire Chief Matt Mitchell, Assistant Fire Chief Adam Biddle, Deputy Chief Eric Cunningham, Deputy Chief Shane Ginnan and Noblesville Public Safety Director Chad Knecht. Noblesville’s public safety departments recently held a ceremony to promote officers and firefighters to lead their respected agencies. Arnold was promoted from deputy chief to assistant police chief. Voyak was promoted from lieutenant to deputy chief of investigations. Cunningham was promoted from lieutenant to deputy chief of the patrol division, and Ginnan was promoted from lieutenant to deputy chief of the support division. For the fire department, Biddle was promoted to assistant fire chief. Other promotions included Mike Cummins to battalion chief, Uriah Eddingfield to captain and Scott Hunter to lieutenant. (Submitted photo)

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Map of where a solar field will be built at Noblesville West Middle School. (Submitted images)

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Noblesville Schools to implement alternative energy at three locations By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Noblesville Schools Associate Supt. Dave Mundy said the reason for installing solar panCOVER STORY els at three of the district’s schools is two-fold: It saves money and it’s better for the environment. Mundy recently held an informational meeting at each of the three schools Mundy slated for solar energy conversion: White River Elementary, Promise Road Elementary and Noblesville West Middle School. “Solar has a huge impact, not only the environmental part, which we believe in, but solar also has a fiscal impact on schools, which is unique to the school system and very beneficial when we want to help our teachers,” Mundy said. The $3 million project is estimated to annually save the district $250,000 to $300,000 during the next 30 to 40 years. “We pay two things out of our op-

erations budget, salaries and bills,” on marshy land the district already Mundy said. “Ninety-five percent of it owns. The fourth field will be in front goes to salaries, and 5 percent pays of White River Elementary. The field the bills. (Solar energy) is one of the will be surrounded by fencing and a areas we can windscreen. “Solar has a huge impact, not save money on. “We will not only the environmental part, which That is $250,000 interfere with the we believe in, but solar also has to $300,000 a cross country area a fiscal impact on schools, which year we are and the courses is unique to the school system allowed to use out there,” Mundy and very beneficial when we to help with said of the White want to help our teachers.” teacher salaries — Dave Mundy River Elementary and support staff field. salaries. That’s a huge deal, especially The solar panels are funded with the way Indiana finances are through a bond and will not require a being run right now. raise in the school tax rate. The proj“We are lessening the overall bills, ect also won’t use referendum dollars. and we wouldn’t do that on other Throughout the next several deenergy sources. That allows us to use cades, school officials say solar enery that money toward salaries and other could save the district between $6 benefits for teachers.” million and $12 million. The district spends approximately Construction on the NWMS field $1.5 million each year on energy exbegan this month and is expected to penses for lighting, heating and air be finished by July 31. and technology tools. Construction on the Promise Road Four solar fields are to be inElementary location is set to begin stalled at three locations. Two will March 20 and be complete by Aug. 7. be installed at Hague Road and 196th Construction on the White River EleStreet, to service NWMS the district’s mentary field is set to begin May 21 transportation center, and one will be and be complete by Aug. 28. built behind Promise Road Elementary “This is an opportunity for us to do

something that’s going to have a major, long-lasting impact for our community,” Mundy said. “We, as a community and society, are so used to seeing (solar fields). They blend in, and it’s what we should be looking for down the road. They will look very nice.” For more, visit noblesvilleschools. org.

A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY Besides cost savings and environmental benefits, Noblesville Schools Associate Supt. Dave Mundy said there’s a third sound reason for using solar energy. “There’s a huge educational component to solar. We have so many people entering the engineering field and so many people going into the environmental field,” Mundy said. “Solar has a huge learning capacity for grades K through 12 that we are able to use. We also are planning on using some of the interns at the high school to be involved in this project, so they’ll get some firsthand knowledge of using solar and how it works.”

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Second chances

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Commentary by Terry Anker Famed American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a 1932 essay, “My Lost City,” that “I once thought that there were no second acts in American lives, but there was certainly to be a second act to New York’s boom days.” The line exposed the resilience of the great city following a period of poor decisions and adverse externalities. Fitzgerald’s novels, including the literary classic “The Great Gatsby,” often wrestled with the notion of redemption. Unlike Gatsby, New York would rise again. Recently, pundits have debated the entry of one-time political highflier Carl Brizzi into an already crowded local congressional primary battle (note, Brizzi, former Marion County prosecutor, is a reader and well-known to this columnist). To some, his peccadillos, while arguably unsubstantiated, have come to cause doubt in his prudence. Examination is warranted. Still, are we best defined by what we have been? Or better, should we be measured by what we have the potential to become? Divorced? Failed business? Less than stellar fourth-grade student? When, if ever, are we fully defined? When can we no longer expect the dawn to follow the night? In a world of ubiquitous social media spouting, do our failures become indelible stains on our lives? Or, are they simply the hardship that frames and molds us along the way? How are we judged as a human in full? The voters will decide if Brizzi gets a second act. But, who decides about us?

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

Most unwonderful time of the year

Commentary by Danielle Wilson

February ... am I right? As I was contemplating my weekly missive, on the way to a dance HUMOR competition, mind you, it occurred to me that I’m not a huge fan of this month. Dreary weather, no sunshine, and the lamest holiday of the year, Valentine’s Day. Seriously, Valentine’s Day ranks about 74th on my list of celebratory dates, right between Mammogram Awareness and the Ides of March. If I want an excuse to eat sea salt caramel hearts, I’ll just pretend I’m having a low-sodium moment and be done. No excruciating card-buying experience necessary. Anyway, while these depressing thoughts are circulating, I glanced at my teenage daughter, who was simultaneously applying fake eyelashes and sneering. She was operating on 5 hours of sleep and no caffeine and was frustrated that I was making her wear a seat belt. The horror! I’m Mommie Dearest, apparently. Her attitude

did not improve my take on February. Naturally, then, I missed my exit, like I do every time I drive to this particular venue. You would think that after probably 18 trips during the last few years, I would know to head east on I-70 and not west. Even worse, Barb, my Google Maps voice, totally judged me afterward: “Recalculating route, you idiot!” Ugh. February — this is all your fault! Yes, you bring Black History Month and great college basketball and a three-day weekend for some, but you are simply too cold and dark and boring, even during a leap year. And you turn my children into brats and impair brain functioning. No, February, I am not a fan. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

Editor, We recently heard from a concerned boomer about the impending doom of climate change. I, too, am a boomer, with the difference that I haven’t forgotten the countless false alarms of the last 50-plus years. Here’s a sample: • 1967: Dire famine forecast by 1975 • 1968: Overpopulation will spread worldwide • 1970: Ice age by 2000 • 1974: Ozone depletion a ‘great peril to life’ • 1989: Rising sea levels will obliterate nations if nothing done by 2000 • 2002: Famine in 10 years if we don’t give up eating fish, meat and dairy • 2005: Manhattan underwater by 2015 • 2008: Arctic will be ice-fee by 2018 Just a thought – how about all the alarmists settle on “the sky is falling!” and be done with it? Bob Davidson, Fishers

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Hide and (continually) seek Commentary by Dick Wolfsie

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Last weekend, some friends called at the last minute to ask if they could drop by. Panic set in. HUMOR We had a lot of areas to straighten up. Of course, no matter how successful we were at making order out of the chaos, the first thing my wife would say when our friends arrived was the obligatory, “I’m so sorry the place is such a mess.” The clock was running. Guests were on the way. That’s when the old toaster was taken off the counter and stuffed in the kitchen pantry. The cat’s scratching post was rolled under a bed. The kitty litter was placed on the cellar steps. I even put the cat in the storage room because she snarls at strangers. The ugly basket with all the TV remotes that sat on the coffee table was hidden behind a chair. The guest bathroom was sufficiently clean, but there was a chance someone might want to use my bathroom (yes, I have my own bathroom; that’s why we have been happily married for 40 years). “Hide everything,” Mary Ellen said. “Your bathroom is a disgrace.” I grabbed all my medications off the counter, my electric toothbrush, the Norelco shaver, a gallon-size bottle of minty-blue mouthwash, two combs and three hairbrushes and hid them in the … well, I put them under the …

behind the …I had no clue where they were. I should have kept track. Our dining room table had become the depository for bills and assorted important papers. My wife has always been concerned about leaving material like this out in plain sight. She thinks it all should be secured in a place where no one can find it. Well, mission accomplished. When our friends left, it was time for us to find everything. And quick. I was sure the cat had to pee and was anxious to scratch her post. I wanted to watch TV and Mary Ellen wanted to pay some bills. We spent most of the next morning looking for stuff we had squirreled away. We didn’t find everything, but I did locate the huge pile of instruction manuals for all our new appliances in the back of the laundry closet. I hid those two years ago before our housewarming party. So, that’s where they’ve been? The next morning, I couldn’t brush my teeth, comb my hair or take my Lipitor. Fortunately, when I got in the shower, I found all the items from my countertop piled up in the back end of the tub. I know that eventually everything else will show up, too. Mary Ellen really misses the cat.

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Smith takes on physical role in CCP’s ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Some might consider this to be Tom Smith’s fourth act. The Westfield resCOMEDY ident was an English teacher at several central Indiana school districts, followed by a 23-year career as an FBI agent in the Minneapolis, New York and Indianapolis field offices. After retiring in 2006, Smith served on the Westfield City Council. Smith, 70, then began acting four years ago and performs as much as possible. “I’m trying to catch up for lost time,” he said. Smith will be in his biggest role yet in Carmel Community Players’ production of “Lend Me a Tenor” Feb. 27 to March 8 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. “This is a challenge for me, not only because there is a lot of lines but there is a lot of running around, and I’m not a young man,” Smith said. “It’s a physical show. It’s a lot of work to get ready for, but it’s going to be hilarious.” Smith plays Saunders, the manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Co., in the farce by Ken Ludwig. Smith said he had no reservations about taking the part. “(Director Susan Rardin) offered it to me and I jumped at it,” he said. “It’s the most energetic farce I’ve ever been in. I love the cast.” Smith said he auditions for roles he believes he has a shot at getting. “I’m a little old for the part but it fit me pretty well,” he said. Smith said his daughter, Jessica, from Chicago, and son, Tom, an Indianapolis police officer, will attend the show because he has a large part.

“Saturday Night Fever” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis: Through March 29. For more, visit beefandboards.com or call 317-872-9664. “Murder for Two” Actors Theatre of Indiana, Studio Theater, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: Through Feb. 16. For more, visit atistage.org. “In the Beginning” Mud Creek Players, Mud Creek Theater, 9740 86th St., Indianapolis: Through Feb. 15. For more, visit mudcreekplayers.org. “Much Ado About Nothing” Civic Theatre, The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel: Through Feb. 22. For more, visit civictheatre.org. Family Fun!

From left, Tom Smith, Caity Withers and Tyler Marx perform in “Lend Me a Tenor.” (Photo by Charles Hanover)

Carmel resident J.D. Walls plays Tito, or Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation. “I’ve been in Ken Ludwig’s ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ at Civic Theatre,” Walls said. “I’ve always wanted to do this show, so when I saw they were doing it, I was first in line to audition.” The production is Walls’ first with CCP. He planned to audition for Saunders, but Rardin wanted him to audition for Tito. “It’s a great part and a lot of fun,” Walls said. “It’s a farce, so there is a lot of physical comedy and a lot of timing. It’s outrageousness and misdirection.” Walls said he had never worked with Rardin or any of the cast before, but everyone has been fantastic. “I think this will be a big crowd-pleaser as far as a show,” he said. Caity Withers, who lives in Speedway, plays the female lead of Maggie.

“Every single character gets to do something fun and funny,” Withers said. “Maggie is fun because she is hopeful and earnest, but she is definitely someone used to getting her way. If she doesn’t get her way, she will go to great lengths to make sure she does get her way.” Withers, from Anderson, did theater when she was younger and then picked it back up a few years ago. “I saw this show a few years ago and thought it was hilarious, so when I saw the audition notice, I knew I wanted to try out,” she said. Tyler Marx, Anderson, is performing in his second CCP production. He played in “The Failure to Zig-Zag,” which Rardin directed in the summer of 2019 “This is my first farce, but I like it so far,” said Marx, who plays Max. “It’s high energy and a lot of fun. The challenge is having all your actions synched up with the other actors.”

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the area, maybe an aunt or an uncle, to see a niece or nephew sing that they may not normally be able to. For the second consecutive year, “Or, grandparents down in Florida the Indianapolis Children’s Choir is or somewhere can see a grandchild combining sing, so it’s a great opporFUNDRAISER singing tunity for the community and fundoutside of Indianapolis to be raising with a marathon event involved.” that can reach audiences A fundraiser for the ICC, the right in their living rooms – or Sing-A-Thon features singers wherever they have a comin grades K through 12 who puter screen. will perform, by age group, in Pedde Beginning at 10 a.m. Feb. increments of approximately 22, the ICC will conduct its second one-hour. Many of the singers have Sing-A-Thon, a 12-hour performance formed fundraising teams to solicit showcasing more than 1,000 agepledges. The public also can donate group singers at Butler University’s and is invited to form fundraising Shelton Auditorium. The show also teams. will be livestreamed via the ICC’s webLast year’s inaugural Sing-A-Thon site and Facebook page. raised $26,000 for ICC programs and “Someone who maybe doesn’t outreach initiatives. This year’s goal know a lot about us has an opportuni- is $35,000. ty to learn a little bit more about us,” “It’s a great way for our choirs to said ICC Artistic Director Josh Pedde, a get involved in fundraising for the Carmel resident. “It’s also a great way Children’s Choir,” Pedde said. for family members who are not in For more, visit icchoir.org.

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History of the onceincomparable palace Commentary by Don Knebel Just south of the famous central square in Marrakech, Morocco, are the ruins of El Badi, perhaps TRAVEL once the world’s most spectacular palace. In 1578, Ahmad al-Mansur, a member of the Saadi dynasty that had ruled Morocco since 1549, became ruler after his brother, the sultan, died in a victorious battle against the Portuguese, who had sought to bring Christianity to Morocco. The Portuguese were forced to pay enormous sums to al-Mansur to ransom their many important prisoners taken in what became known as the Battle of the Three Kings. Al-Mansur used the money to begin building a magnificent palace in Marrakech, his capital. The palace became known in Arabic as El Badi, “The Incomparable.” The El Badi palace, which took 25 years to complete, lived up to its name. Modeled on the Alhambra in Granada, the palace contained 360 rooms, a massive courtyard and a reflecting pool 300 feet by 60 feet. It included stables for

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