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‘He was king of like Peter Pan’

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Many Zionsville children lost a “second grandfather” when Bill Moore, longtime art coordinator of the Boys & Girls Club of Boone County’s Zionsville IN MEMORIUM Unit, died Nov. 18, the unit’s director Glenn Sanford said.

Moore, who died of prostate cancer less than a month before his 81st birthday, had worked at the unit for 11 years.

“He was kind of like Peter Pan. He never really grew up,” Moore’s daughter Katie Williams said. “He identified with children, and they identified with them.”

Moore, who because of declining health had to stop working at the club in 2020, talked about his love for the kids he worked with until the end of his life, Williams said.

“His time there was extremely meaningful and valued,” Williams said. “All of the kids there were very special to him, and up until the end of his life he was still talking about them.”

When he was younger, Bill Moore was an aspiring actor, according to his former daughter-in-law Zoe Moore, who is still close to the family. He went to California to become an actor and was in a commercial, Zoe Moore said, but becoming a professional actor didn’t materialize. However, he lived by the motto, “Love the art in you.”

Later in life, after he retired from a career selling furniture at a now closed Lazurus store in Castleton, Bill Moore

Bill More, right, teaches kids art skills. (Photo courtesy of Glenn Sanford)

then sought a way to continue his love for the arts, and he found it in screenwriting.

“He wrote a few different pieces, and one was a short movie that he wrote (and was) filmed called ‘Catching the Light,’” Zoe Moore said. “Even in his last days on Earth, he was working on another screenplay that he had been working on for a long time about a kid’s baseball team and basing it on his experience when he coached his kids in baseball. He was all about drama and art and super creative.”

In retirement, Bill Moore also found a renewed calling at the Boys & Girls Club of Boone County’s Zionsville Unit as its art coordinator. He created programming for children,

encouraging them to love the art in themselves.

“I’d be out at sporting events for my kids and people would say, ‘Oh, Bill’s your father-in-law? Oh, my god, my son loves him so much,’” Zoe Moore said. “There were so many times where people made mention of how much their kids loved him, so he obviously made a big impact on parents and their kids in Zionsville while he was working there.”

Sanford said the arts are one of the club’s five areas of programming. Bill Moore planned programming for the fine arts and drama program. The programming incorporated art, acting and drama and emotional wellness.

“He empowered the kids to get up on stage and (do) public speaking and get to know one another,” Sanford said.

“Bill was great at that. BIll was always my go-to for new kids at the Boys & Girls Club. I’d always bring them to the art room to meet Bill because there was nobody better to welcome them. He had a way about him and got to know the kids and knew how to make them feel special.”

Bill Moore’s family had a private funeral for close friends and family. Donations in his memory to the Zionsville Unit can be made at bgcboone.org.

“There were thousands of kids he would have encountered in his career,” Sanford said. “He was a second grandfather to them. He cared for them and loved them just like any loving grandfather would do.”

Bill Moore is survived by his wife, Diane Moore; his adult children, Bill, Jason and David Moore, Stephanie Weitkamp and Katie Williams; and several grandchildren.

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In a 4-0 vote during its Dec. 6 meeting, the Zionsville Town Council approved an ordinance to modify a TOWN NEWS commitment concerning the Appaloosa Crossing development plan. The ordinance concerned the central 18 acres of the development and revised development plans for 22 total buildings containing 113 total units within the acreage, among other revisions.

Council members were given a presentation concerning the central 18 acres of the Appaloosa Crossing development, a conjoined 54-acre, 264,000-square-foot retail and office development which will include shopping, dining opportunities and medical services, according to developers. The development is east of U.S. 421 and south of East 300 South/146th Street.

The ordinance concerned the central 18 acres of the development and revised development plans for 22 total buildings containing 113 total units within the acreage, among other revisions, which the council unanimously approved.

Project developer Pulte Homes of Indiana LLC and its legal representatives worked with the Zionsville Plan Commission to revise plans for the housing area.

“We arrived at the number of 113 (townhomes) after several plan revisions as we worked through the plan commission process,” said Matt Price, Pulte Homes’ legal representative.

After a public hearing on the development in August, the plan commission formed a special study committee to continue revi-

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Appaloosa Crossing’s development plan includes 22 total residential buildings containing 113 total housing units. (Photo courtesy of the Town of Zionsville)

sions to the developer’s proposal. Revisions included reducing the number of housing units by eight, adding 74 additional street trees and enhancing the buffer package on all sides of the property so that the development would surpass ordinance buffering standards, Price said. Additionally, all internal housing units were revised to be rear-loaded, three-story buildings. Buildings on the outer perimeter will be two-stories.

The plan commission certified the proposal to amend the commitments to the town council with a unanimous favorable recommendation on Nov. 16.

“One of the challenges is to create really more of a mixed-use-type development,”

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Price said. “We have a residential use that complements and helps support the commercial development around its perimeter, while at the same time providing that nice transition between the commercial uses and the residential uses to the east.”

The Appaloosa Crossing property was first rezoned in 2008, when developers initially envisioned a Kroger store as the development’s “power center,” Price said.

“As the Marsh bankruptcy unfolded and as Kroger made its response in the marketplace to that, along with other changes in market conditions, the development concept has evolved,” Price said. “In the past several years, we have periodically revisited the commitments that govern the property to modernize them and really respond to the marketplace, and this is the latest iteration of one of those opportunities to revisit a specific commitment.”

Price said the development’s 113 townhomes should not significantly affect the school district.

“Zionsville updated its demographic analysis back in 2018 (for its) schools, and what they conclude is that a single-family home generates just slightly (more) than one-half a child per unit, and you have less than half of that for townhomes, based on historical data and their projections,” Price said. “So, it has a significantly lesser impact on schools than the permitted single-family homes by half.”

Town council member Craig Melton said he supported the development because he liked having the buffer of residential units between commercial development and existing residential homes.

“I’m excited to see this,” Melton said.

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Multiple-vehicle accident results in fatality — On Nov. 27, a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 52, near Lebanon resulted in one man’s death. Boone County Sherriff’s Office deputies responded to the crash in the area of County Road 300 North. A beige Ford Excursion had rear ended a silver KIA Sorento because of stopped or slowed traffic on U.S. 52 southbound. As a result of the initial impact, four additional vehicles rear ended one another, according to a press release. The driver of the Kia Sorento, Patrick Donovan, 72, of Indianapolis, was transported to a nearby medical facility but died because of his injuries.

The BCSO FACT Team is investigating the incident. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a contributing factor.

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Community Foundation of County gives back for third year

By Chris Bavender news@currentinzionsville.com For the third consecutive year, the Community Foundation of Boone County awarded 10 $1,000 grants to 10 TOWN NEWS nonprofits as part of the foundation’s annual Day of Giving Back.

This year’s focus ranged from parks to chambers of commerce to an organization that works to foster the revitalization and reengagement of its municipality’s downtown.

“This year we took more of a civic approach, if you will, and focused on our six park systems in Boone County. We are all about mental health and the impact COVID had on that,” said Jodi Gieti, CFBC president and CEO. “So, we wanted to make a concerted effort to get out and support them and (create) awareness of them, and then, also, a nice focus on our chambers who serve residents every day and make sure (Boone County continues) economic growth.”

This year’s recipients were the Boone County Chamber of Commerce, the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce, the Boone County Economic Development Corp., The Heart of Lebanon and the county’s six parks departments — Advance Community Parks Association, Lebanon Parks & Recreation, Thorntown Parks & Recreation, Jamestown Parks Dept., Zionsville Parks & Recreation and Whitestown Parks & Recreation.

Gietl had the idea for the Day of Giving

Back when she became CEO in 2019.

“I wasn’t even there a few days, and someone asked if we were doing a day of giving, and I sat there for a minute and said, ‘No, we are a granting organization, so instead of asking, we will give.’ Luckily, my grant committee said yes,” Gietl said. “We threw all the names in a hat that year and completely randomly picked them out, and off we went. And now this is the third time, and I can’t tell you how rewarding this is.”

The Day of Giving Back is about surprising recipients. Although each stop is announced on social media, Gietl said they always manage to pull off the surprise.

“We try to keep it as secretive as possible and try to wait until the very last minute to notify them we are coming by so (that) we make sure someone is there,” Gietl said. “A fun one this year was in Zionsville when we showed up to the parks department and the mayor was there and a whole group, and (parks staff) had no clue. It was super fun to watch all their faces.”

Gietl said while it’s not the largest grant the organization awards each year, it’s a “fun one.”

“What I love most of all is the opportunity to give back and to bring awareness to nonprofits at a critical time of year,” Gietl said.

“My staff are amazing, and I can’t do this without them. Mary Hatton, Julie Reagan, Ali Maxey, Jess Stokely, Crystal Dimiceli and intern Brynn Hensley, none of us is as good as all of us.”

Thorntown man charged news@currentinzionsville.com Chad Michael Grimball, 40, of Thorntown has been charged in connection with a triple homicide in Lebanon COUNTY earlier this year.

Grimball was preliminarily charged with three counts of murder; one count of carrying a handgun without a license, a Level 5 felony; one count of carrying a handgun without a license, a Class A misdemeanor, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer, a Class A misdemeanor.

The charges stem from acts committed

in the early evening hours of Sept. 8, when police found three deceased adults shot in the head in a Lebanon apartment at 403 E. Walnut St. The victims were identified as Brannon Martin; Larry Stogsdill Jr., Martin’s father; and Grace Bishop, Martin’s girlfriend.

Lebanon Police Dept. detectives and members of the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office have been investigating the case. In the coming weeks, the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office will evaluate the case and its circumstances to determine if certain sentencing enhancements, such as life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or the death penalty, are warranted.

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Boone County CVB funding enhances local trout fishing news@currentinzionsville.com The Boone County Convention & Visitors Bureau recently awarded grant money for the release of rainbow OUTDOORS trout into Eagle Creek in Zionsville.

The CVB contribution continued the November tradition of stocking trout in two Zionsville locations along Eagle Creek.

Zionsville-based Moving Waters Outfitters presented the grant request to the CVB board and, working with the Zionsville Parks & Recreation Dept. and the Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, obtained a permit to stock the creek with hundreds of trout for catch-and-release fishing only.

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Since the program began in 2019, Eagle Creek has attracted many avid fishing fans to the area via public access points that are available along the creek.

“The introduction of rainbow trout into Eagle Creek creates a (six) month fishing opportunity from late Fall to early Spring every year,” stated Mike Exl, co-owner of Moving Waters Outfitters. “We support this event for the unique experience it brings to Zionsville as well as the positive impact it has had on our surrounding ecosystem. Just ask the bald eagles who now live here.”

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Commissioners to explore funding second-chance program

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Boone County Commissioners voted to amend their American Rescue Plan Act project list to include funds COUNTY for a second-chance program aimed at helping people in the county justice system.

During a Dec. 6 Boone County Commissioners meeting, Boone County Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Molly Whitehead expressed a desire to fund second-chance programming, which gives individuals in the justice system a “second chance” at finding employment.

Earlier this fall, the Boone County EDC offered webinars focused on financial literacy skills.

“We opened it up to the public, but we had the most success in partnering with community corrections and probation,” Whitehead said. “I had some of the most engaged audiences I’ve actually ever had during a presentation.”

Since the webinars, the Boone County EDC has worked with community corrections and probation officials to develop a second-chance program. The EDC plans to launch a second-chance employment coalition in 2022.

Whitehead proposed the program as a five-part series. It would be divided into cohorts, with each cohort consisting of 10 to 15 people.

The program would include soft skills training, such as how to apply for a job, what to wear to an interview, how to prepare for an interview and interpersonal skills.

Whitehead requested up to $125,000 to fund the program. The funding would sustain five cohorts for several years.

The county has been allotted $13.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, but officials can only use the funds by first submitting projects they want to use the funds for to the Indiana Finance Authority for approval. The county commissioners, who assembled the project list, voted to amend it to include funds for Whitehead’s request.

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Firestone views bond as key to ZCHS football success

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Zionsville Community High School receiver Trey Firestone will never forget the journey with his teammates.

The Eagles reached the Class 5A state championship game in 2020 and 2021, losing to Cathedral each time at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

“It’s hard to put into words the love I have for the seniors and my brothers that I played with,” Firestone said. “We created such a strong bond and such great relationships with one another that made us the team that we were. We competed against one another each day no matter how tired or sore we were. We always competed.

“The underclassmen tagged along early and worked their tails off each day with us, and I’m excited to see what the future holds for this program.”

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Firestone was the leading receiver with 61 catches for 937 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Eagles (9-6).

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well,” Turnquist said. “He had an injury bug early (in the 2020 season), which slowed him down as well. He finished extremely strong.”

As a sophomore, Firestone grabbed 42 passes for 529 yards. He made strides with the experience of his first two seasons.

“I felt like I made the most improvement as a leader overall and understanding coverages,” Firestone said. “I started playing receiver as a freshman when they switched me from quarterback. “ Firestone moved to Zionsville in seventh grade.

“I enjoyed playing quarterback when I grew up in Fort Wayne, but being a quarterback wasn’t the best option for me when I moved to Zionsville, and that is why I switched to receiver,” he said.

Firestone said he played almost all sports growing up, including football, baseball, basketball and golf.

Firestone was an outfielder for the high school baseball team last season but hasn’t decided if he plans to play as a senior.

His plan is to play football in college.

“I am considering a few schools but keeping my options open for now,” he said.

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New region presents READI vision

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com A new 180 Alliance Region, which includes Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Montgomery, Morgan and Putnam counties, has COUNTY outlined its vision to acquire funding through the IEDC’s Regional Economic Acceleration & Development Initiative.

The 180 Alliance Region was named for the six counties that form a half-circle, or 180-degrees, around the north, west, and south sides of Indianapolis.

According to the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the READI initiative will dedicate $500 million in state appropriations to promote strategic investments that will make Indiana a magnet for talent and economic growth. Through the initiative, the state encouraged neighboring counties, cities and towns to partner to create a shared vision for their future, mapping out programs and projects that are critical for the region to retain talent and attract new talent.

The 180 Alliance Region’s vision places an emphasis on six strategic areas for growth: downtown quality of place, outdoor recre-

ation, arts and culture, housing, infrastructure improvement and talent development.

The region has accounted for more than 22 percent of Indiana’s growth in the last decade, according to the Boone County Economic Development Corp, and the region’s downtowns are being redefined as epicenters for business and community building.

“Our charm and location have been a catalyst for our regional growth,” stated Chassity Neckers, marketing lead for the 180 Alliance Region. “Now is the time to enhance and protect those qualities as we make our region an undeniable magnet for talent growth.”

The Town of Zionsville is not part of the 180 Alliance Region. It joined another region vying for funds in July, when Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron announced the town had joined mayors from six other central Indiana cities along with commissioners from Hamilton and Madison counties.

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ASSISTANCE LEAGUE HOLDS JINGLE & MINGLE FUNDRAISER

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The Assistance League of Indianapolis held its annual Jingle & Mingle Holiday Luncheon and Style Show Dec. 2 at Ritz Charles in Carmel. The fundraiser was the nonprofit’s first in-person event since 2019. The Assistance League, which draws much of its membership from Carmel and Zionsville, provides several services and programs in the community, including school clothes for children and companionship for seniors and people with disabilities. Learn more at ALIndy.org.

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COMMUNITY FOUR ZIONSVILLE SWIMMERS SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT

On Nov. 15, four Zionsville Community High School senior swimmers signed letters of intent to continue their academic and swimming careers in college. Above, front from left, Jack Donovan, University of North Carolina; Devon Kitchel, University of Michigan; Reagan Mattice, Purdue University; Charlie Krone, Naval Academy; back from left, Jeanine Surfus, assistant coach of ZCHS Swim and Dive; Don Cozad, assistant coach of ZCHS Swim and Dive; Scott Kubly, head coach of ZCHS Swim and Dive; and Eric Meyer, assistant coach ZCHS Swim and DIve, pause at a signing event celebrating the swimmers. (Photo courtesy of Kim Donovan)

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Beds fill with COVID patients

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ics or EMTs pick up a person who is stable, we ask them not to bring them to Witham,” Servies said. “The problem is everyone else is on diversion.”

Servies said IU Health North Hospital in Carmel, Riverview Health in Noblesville, Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis and many other local hospitals were on ambulance diversion as of Dec. 6.

The Boone County Health Dept. reported 247 new positive COVID-19 cases for the week that ended Dec. 3, the highest increase in the county since early January and a 10-fold increase from July. The department reported a record 557 new cases during the reporting week ending Jan. 8 of this year.

Servies said there has been a shortage of supplies, such as face masks ventilators and vaccines, throughout different points of the pandemic. Now, he said rapid tests are in short supply. Because of national supply issues, the BCHD will no longer offer rapid COVID-19 testing.

The BCHD now offers PCR testing with results expected between 24 and 48 hours.

Boone County Health Officer Dr. Herschell Servies said the COVID-19 pandemic concerns him more now than PANDEMIC it did a year ago, primarily because Witham Health Service’s beds are filling with COVID-19 patients and local case numbers are again approaching record highs.

During a Dec. 6 Boone County Commissioners meeting, Servies told the commissioners, “We are in a lot of trouble from a public health standpoint.”

As of Dec. 7, Witham’s ICU bed capacity was at approximately 80 percent, according to Witham Director of Infection Control and Prevention/Quality Improvement Gene Davis.

“We have 56 (percent) of our ICU beds in use with COVID related patients,” Davis stated in an email. “COVID is definitely impacting both our ICU and our non-ICU beds.”

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“Their core values are to be excellent, be genuine and be a catalyst for love,” Erika said. “There are fewer things that could have stood out more than those core values to my husband and I. It aligned with who we are as people and how we try to live our lives.”

Just Love Coffee Cafe is scheduled to open in late January 2022 at 12525 Old Meridian St. The coffee shop features several waffle dishes and its own specialty coffee.

Erika said the restaurant was founded to help the owner fund an international adoption agency.

“When it took off, he said he wanted to help others do this,” Erika said. “When they developed the franchise model, they realized the franchisees were each going to have their own passions. They don’t tell us how they want us to give back, but it’s something they instill. They choose franchisees that will make a difference in their community and be involved in their community and support community initiatives.”

Erika ran a nonprofit in Houston before the couple moved to Whitestown more than a year ago. Her husband works in information technology for an Indianapolis company.

“I’ve been meeting with nonprofits to see which ones we want to partner with,” Erika said.

The Carmel restaurant will be the 30th location for the company, which is based in the Nashville, Tenn. area. The Steeles first visited the leadership team in Nashville and tasted the menu items and the roasted coffee. They have since visited several other locations.

Peter and Erika Steele plan to open Just Love Coffee in Carmel in late January 2022. (Photo courtesy of Erika Steele)

“The food is fun,” Erika said. “Everything we cook on our menu is cooked on a waffle iron. We have a wide arrangement of waffles, but we also have salads, sandwiches, paninis and wraps. The coffee is phenomenal.”

Erika said the couple is excited about the location.

“It’s right in the center of a huge residential area with great apartment complexes and retirement facilities,” Erika said. “When we found this location, we felt we hit the jackpot.”

Erika, a Center Grove High School and Purdue University graduate, moved to Houston to work for NASA. She met her husband there. The couple has 13-year-old twins, Caleb and Rebecca, who attend Zionsville West Middle School.

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Location: Veterans Way between The Cat Project: Templin Road Bridge Theatre and 1st Street SW. Partial closures reconstruction will occur but access to all addresses will Location: The shoulder of this bridge be maintained. is closed. The Templin Road bridge over Expected completion: The four-phase Eagle Creek was inspected and an project, which will later impact other areas, engineering firm has been hired by the is expected to be complete by May 2022.

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By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com In a fateful mix-up, two local girls received golden tickets, but to what they didn’t know.

It was only later, in September, that equestrians Ashley Vaught, 15, of Zionsville, and Samuelle Leerkamp, 11, of Indianapolis discovered the golden tickets were invitations to the 2021 United States Hunter Jumper Association National Championship in Las Vegas.

Leerkamp, whose family lives in Broad Ripple but is moving to Zionsville, placed first in multiple events, surprising even herself. But her attendance wasn’t originally planned. Her golden ticket was initially intended for Vaught. More on that in a moment.

Three years ago, Leerkamp and Vaught met in Zionsville at Canterbury Manor Stables, which offers equestrian lessons and camps. Vaught taught Leerkamp, helping her during lessons at the stables, and the two became friends. Vaught mentored Leerkamp through her first month leasing a horse, Rooster (Be Sorta Bad!). The girls have since become Zionsville Equestrian Team Big/Little Sisters on the ZEQ equestrian team.

“Over time, we started to bond together as a group with everyone there,” Leerkamp said.

“We all get along. She started training me a little bit extra and my friend Emma to help us with more technical stuff, and we really got to bond there because it was just us.”

Both girls competed in trials during the summer and performed well.

“Apparently, the (Indiana Hunter Jumper Association) reports their scores, which we honestly didn’t know about because we are very green, very new in the horse show world,” Leerkamp’s mother, Deborah Jacobs, said.

Later in the year, a surprise awaited Leerkamp. Another girl told Leerkamp she finished in the top five of Indiana’s competion zone and that Leerkamp had earned a “golden ticket.”

“We didn’t know what it was, so we had to research,” Jacobs said. “We asked some

Ashley Vaught, left, and Samuelle Leerkamp pause outside. (Photos courtesy of Samuelle Leerkamp)

of the local trainers. They had never heard of it, so we had to keep looking and tried to figure it out.”

Leerkamp’s family, by chance, found the golden ticket in their spam email folder.

“At first, I had no idea how I got the golden ticket or what it was about,” Leerkamp said.

After two days of research, Leerkamp’s family discovered the ticket was an invitation to the USHJA National Championship.

However, Vaught was listed as the trial winner. As it turned out, during trials Vaught scored higher than Leerkamp, which earned her a berth at the national championship.

But because of a miscounting of points in the IHJA’s system, a golden ticket was instead sent to Leerkamp, who finished second.

When the mistake was discovered, Vaught received her invitation, and officials honored Veerkamp’s invitation, as well, meaning the girls could go to Las Vegas together.

But Leerkamp found out her trainer, Sandra Brady from Canterbury stables, and her leased horse, Be Sorta Bad, couldn’t travel because of its age. The Leerkamp family

Samuelle Leerkamp, atop Idol of Kings, pauses at the championship.

exhausted all possible resources in finding a trainer and a horse to compete at the national championships before hiring trainer Emily Farmer and her assistant trainer, Catherine Blessing, at Keepsake stables, another barn, in Sheridan, where Leerkamp trains. The trainers offered one of their horses, Idol of Kings, to Leerkamp. After securing a horse, Leerkamp trained daily for 40 days to prepare for the competition.

“I was nervous and excited at the same time because I had never been to a show like that,” Leerkamp said. “And it was nerve-wracking to be there. I honestly did not expect to get one ribbon there. I just wanted to be there for the experience.”

Leerkamp finished first in in the champion tricolor in the USHJA Affiliate 0.7-meter Children’s Jumpers division, making her a national champion. Vaught finished fourth.

“It was kind of like Christmas came early,” Leerkamp said of the experience. “It was really like a dream come true.”

What made Samuelle Leerkamp’s experience extra special was the time she got to spend with her friend Ashley Vaught.

“It definitely made me feel more comfortable to be there with someone that I knew fairly well,” Leerkamp said. “It made me feel

like we were in it together and we were both going through the same thing because we were nervous, and it was our first time.”

ON THE COVER: Samuelle Leerkamp pauses outside her home. (Photo by Jarred Meeks)

A LOVE FOR ANIMALS Samuelle Leerkamp’s love for the sport started on her eighth birthday, when she was given a Groupon from her uncle for a free horseback riding lesson.

“I was pretty excited because I really like animals, in general,” Leerkamp said. “But it wasn’t exactly horses that I was into, it was all animals. So, I was really excited to have the experience, but I had no clue I’d keep going with horseback riding and that I’d stick with it. I just really liked being able to share an experience with an animal, and I really enjoyed learning how to control and really have a bond with an animal that I could have a connection with.”

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Commentary by Terry Anker “The snow is snowing and the wind is blowing, but I can weather the storm.”

Struggling through years of the Great Depression and on the verge of World War II, Irving Berlin penned the 1937 lyrics to “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” Despite the coming tempest, he advised we’d do all right as long as we remembered what really mattered — namely to love and be loved.

It reminds us that we can only control what we can control and should let go of the rest. Still, we seem invariably to occupy our days with thoughts of the feral. We obsess over the uncontrollable and too often overlook places where we could have great influence. While no amount of rage will stop the snow from falling and may not be able to “remember a worse December,” we could send a positive note to a friend, check on an elderly neighbor, or make cookies to share.

Anxiety, suicide, crime and other negative indicators are off the charts.

And supply chain disruptions continue to suggest an insecurity of where our next roll of toilet paper might be found.

What does it all mean? Once we’ve built the bunker and stacked wood for the winter, is it time to settle in to snuggle a bit by the fire? Can we do more to prepare? Should we? Or is it time to relax for now and wait for the squall to subside?

Berlin’s coming storm would last through 1946 and kill millions. At the end of it all, stability returned and humans reconnected. Does love sustain us even as hate endeavors to drive us? Can we safely take off our masks long enough to share a smile? Let’s make some hot chocolate and share a blanket. Surely, together we can weather the storm.

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

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My children are disgusted with me, specifically with my decision to erect a fake Christmas tree this year, and I’m not being dramatic. “We are not those people!” was their weekend refrain, exclaimed with abject disdain and barely concealed rage. Definitely not the holiday spirit I was going for.

Over Thanksgiving, see, I forced them to help assemble the monstrosity that I’d purchased last January at an online auction (I hadn’t planned on buying a faux fir, but at that price, I simply could not pass on the opportunity to own a reusable, non-needle-dropping, passable rendition of a 13-foot Douglas!). With the vertical addition of each of the seven plastic and metal sections and subsequent “lifting and separating” of branches, the skepticism I’d harbored about any worthy substitute for fresh-cut pine slowly diminished. By god, it actually looked like the real thing, although it is extremely tall and narrow and does indeed smell more of department store than Sherwood Forest. The kids were far less impressed.

In their defense, they’ve never known anything but a live Tannenbaum. It’s our tradition as a family. We go choose one from Ace Hardware, ridicule Doo as he struggles to secure it to the van, collectively wrestle with ceramic lights and half-broken ornaments, and then debate the pros and cons of tinsel for hours.

But in the end, our collaborative effort results in a beautiful focal point we all cherish.

I’m hoping once we decorate The Imposter, as they’re now calling it, that everyone will calm the elf down. Change is scary, granted, but it’s just a Christmas tree. Albeit fake.

Peace out.

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

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Next day, back for more treats. I mean, are humans really that dumb?”

• To the makers of our new toaster who, in the directions, warn against using toasters for any other purpose, like six of them to heat an extra bedroom: Their liability is limited to the price of the appliance. So, if the toaster ignites and burns down your half-million-dollar home, a check for $29.95 is in the mail.

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• To all the critters in our backyard — the deer, rabbits, birds and squirrels that are so enjoyable to watch: We used to have raccoons, but when they lifted the mask mandate in Indiana, the little bandits felt self-conscious, and we haven’t seen them since.

• To my doctor, whose new Medicare questionnaire really stumped me: It

asked how all my aunts and uncles died. I had no clue. We were not a close-knit family. I called my brother.

“Peter, it’s Dick.”

“Dick who?”

“Very funny. I have a question about Uncle Sid’s death.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. When did he die?”

“1978.”

• To the Prevagen people who make a pill that supposedly improves your memory: Mary Ellen and I both took the pills for a few weeks. One night Mary Ellen was arguing with me.

“I am angry because you once told me I was starting to look a little chubby in a bathing suit,” she said.

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The Salvation Army of Boone County was named the Boone County Chamber of Commerce’s December 2021 Chamber Impact recipient. The Salvation Army of Boone County raises funds to provide services to the community, including a service extension, its League of Mercy program and Tools for Schools program. Its services are made possible through the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Season. For bell-ringing days, the Salvation Army seeks volunteers to help provide all of its services for the next year. Interested volunteers can register for a one-hour bell ringing time slot at registertoring.com.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com After a year’s hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir will spread CONCERTS its holiday cheer in person this year.

The Indianapolis Children’s Choir will present its holiday concert “Comfort and Joy” Dec. 17-19 at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.

In recent years, the concerts had been held at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.

“So, we’re really excited to be in a new space,” ICC Artistic Director Joshua Pedde said.

The shows are at 7 p.m. Dec. 17, 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 18 and 4 p.m. Dec. 19.

“The 7 o’clock performances will be our advanced singers,” said Pedde, a Carmel resident. “The afternoon performance will feature beginning levels and intermediate choirs. The younger kids sing for just over an hour and the advanced ones sing for an hour and 15 minutes to an hour-and-a-half worth of music. The whole program will be showcased over that weekend.”

Pedde said there will be different arrangements of holiday classic songs, such as “Jingle Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”

“We’re doing some new music,” Pedde said. “We’re doing a version of the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ that was recorded by Pentatonix. There is going to be something for everybody at these performances.”

The Dec. 19 concert will feature the ICC alumni choir.

“Alumni from the past 36 years will be together to sing along with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir,” Pedde said. “We have about 50 that will be our alumni choir.

They will be featured on a couple songs on their own. They come together (Dec. 18), do rehearsal, have some time for fellowship and put on the concert (Dec. 19). The range is from some of our founders 36 years ago to recent college graduates.”

Pedde, who is his sixth year as artistic director, is familiar with many of the alumni. He has been with the choir for 20 years.

Pedde said the holiday concert has been held at several places, including first being held at Second Presbyterian Church sever-

al years ago.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 holiday concert was videoed and available to watch streaming during the month of December.

“Our COVID protocols include social distancing and masking,” Pedde said.

“Our audience also will be asked to wear a mask while they are in the building. We are taking extra precautions as we see cases rise here.”

Pedde said ICC performed an in-person concert in the fall.

Pedde said the ICC has been busy this holiday season, participating in three different presentations of “The Nutcracker” in central Indiana and singing at the Indianapolis Zoo. “We’re getting back to as normal a schedule as we possibly can still during this time,” Pedde said.

The “Comfort and Joy” concert will be recorded and presented early in the morning on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on WTHR-13.

“It’s never the full concert but people can see portions of the concert,” Pedde said.

For tickets, visit icchoir.org/tickets. Tickets will be available at the door.

Civic Theatre’s production of “Elf the Musical” runs through Dec. 24 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts Center in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

‘HOLIDAY POPS’ Carmel Symphony Orchestra presents its “Holiday Pops” concert with Jon McLaughlin at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at Westfield High School. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

‘CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH ATI’ Actors Theatre of Indiana will perform “Celebrate the Holidays with ATI” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15-16 at Feinstein’s Cabaret at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. For more, feinsteinshc.com.

‘DAMIEN ESCOBAR: 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS’ “Damien Escobar: 25 Days of Christmas” is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

‘YULETIDE CELEBRATION’ The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents AES “Indiana Yuletide Celebration” through Dec. 23 at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit indianapolissymphony.org.

‘THE NUTCRACKER’ The Ballet Theatre of Carmel Academy presents “The Nutcracker” at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18-19 at STAR Bank Performing Arts Center in Zionsville. For more, ballettheatreofcarmel. org.

‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’ Main Street Productions’ presents “White Christmas” through Dec. 19 at the Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Even if it wasn’t a holiday tradition, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra resident conductor Jacob Joyce views CONCERT performing Handel’s “Messiah” as a treat.

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will present “Handel’s Messiah” at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The 2020 performance was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s really special to have it back this year,” said Joyce, who conducted “Messiah” for ISO in 2019. “It’s one of our favorite events of the symphony orchestra. To get to perform at a venue like the Palladium is really fun and exciting. It’s been my experience there is a great crowd that comes out to this concert as well. It’s a holiday favorite. We like to see that the Indiana community really supports the ISO and understands what a world class of an operation they are. I love being a part of it and it’s a really great event for the ISO and, hopefully, for the community as well.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra resident conductor Jacob Joyce conducts a previous “Handel’s Messiah” at the Palladium. (Photo courtesy of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra)

“In a time when we all could use more joy in our lives. ‘Messiah’ is a musical tradition that has been a source of joy and comfort for centuries.”

The ISO will be joined by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and four guest soloists.

The soloists are Sari Gruber, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Miles Mykkanen, tenor; and Nicholas Newton, bass.

Joyce said “Messiah” requires a smaller orchestra because it was composed during the Baroque era.

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on what is really important. “ The music was written by Glenn Rudolph and the lyrics are by Thomas Troeger.

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir member “He began it in July (2001) and completed Mary Jo Wright missed singing with her it Sept 30 after knowing what happened on friends during the Sept. 11,” Wright said. “It’s a beautiMUSIC height of the COVID-19 ful piece and dedicated to the mempandemic. ory of those who perished on 9/11.”

“We are thrilled to be back live Wright said the show always this year,” Wright said. “It was really ends with “Hallelujah Chorus” from hard not to be together last year Handel’s “Messiah.” because we’re like family.”

“We have changed other pieces The Carmel resident has been a every year,” she said. “We have Wright member of Indianapolis Symphonic some really great pieces this year. I Choir for seven years. The Indianapolis Symknow when people hear ‘Festival of Carols,’ phonic Choir will perform “Festival of Carols” they think we’re just going to get up and Dec. 17-19 at the Palladium at the Center for sing Christmas carols. (While) they are that, the Performing Arts in Carmel. The shows they are some of the most beautiful choral are 8 p.m. Dec. 17 and 3 p.m. Dec. 18-19. (songs) that have been written at this time.”

“Festival of Carols is one of the biggest Wright is a retired elementary school performances we put on solely by the Symteacher. She taught at Sycamore School in phonic Choir,” Wright said. “It’s such a treat Indianapolis, Park Tudor and in Washington to sing at the Palladium.”

Township in Indianapolis. She retired seven Wright said there are always two songs years ago. the choir does each year. One is “The Dream Wright’s husband, Phillip Wright, is a pasIsaiah Saw.” tor at Traders Point Christian Church.

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that I am the granddaughter in as well. I was struggling with the first note in my solo song, but Brenna the music director Zionsville Middle School sixth-grader Liv helped me, and I’ve got it all figured out Keslin has no problem pinpointing the best now.” part of performing in “White Keslin said she watched YouTube perforMUSICAL Christmas.” mances from the movie.

“I really like mak“My mom helped me figure out ing friendships,” Keslin said. “I’ve more about my character before become really close with several auditions,” she said. of my cast members, even though Keslin played Tootie in “Meet Me they are all adults and I’m the only in St. Louis” at the Westfield Playkid in the show. They help me with house last summer. my costumes and makeup. One of Keslin started acting at age 7.

Keslin them is trying to teach me how to “Then after my fourth-grade do my makeup. I definitely learned a school musical I started doing more lot from them.” classes at the Booth Tarkington Civic TheKeslin plays Gen. Waverly’s granddaughatre in Carmel,” she said. ter, Susan, in Main Street Productions’ Keslin auditioned and was accepted into “White Christmas” at Westfield Playhouse. the Jr. Civic Theatre program. In June 2022, The musical was set to begin Dec. 9 and the Jr. Civic group is scheduled to travel to runs through Dec. 19.

New York City where they are scheduled to Keslin, 11, said she has quite a few lines in attend two Broadway shows and likely be the musical. part of a workshop.

“I am in four songs total. One is a solo One of Keslin’s favorite roles was playing song as the granddaughter,” she said. “One Anna in “Frozen Jr.” while in elementary is a song where I am a random little girl on school. She performed in “Singin’ in the a train, and the two others are group songs Rain” at ZMS in May.

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Concertgoers are encouraged to add one or more requested items to holiday shopping lists and bring them to Westfield High School Dec. 18 to donate. Requested items include: blankets (new or “loved”); new hats and gloves; new socks and underwear and hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, deodorant, face or body lotion, soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc). Collection bins will be near the auditorium entrance doors. The “Holiday Pops!” concerts feature Jon McLaughlin. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

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Front of the Athenaeum in Indianapolis. (Photos by Don Knebel)

Visiting the historic Athenaeum in downtown Indianapolis Commentary by Don Knebel The Athenaeum, at 401 East Michigan St. in Indianapolis, became a National Historic Landmark in 2016. It was once TRAVEL the center of German social life in the city.

After an 1848 revolution failed to unify Europe’s German-speaking states, prosperous Germans (the “Forty-Eighters”) began coming to the United States. Upon arrival, they established institutions known from their homeland, including “turnvereins” (gymnastics clubs), where immigrants could exercise and socialize to develop their ideal “sound mind in a strong body.” In 1851, 26-year-old immigrant Clemons Vonnegut (who founded Vonnegut Hardware Co.) and others founded a turnverein in Indianapolis, which merged in 1852 with another turnverein to form what became known as the “Socialer Turnverein.”

In 1892, after meeting in various downtown locations, Socialer Turnverein officials decided to build a permanent home and purchased two lots at the corner of Michigan and New Jersey streets for $32,000 (about $1 million today). It engaged renowned local architects Vonnegut and Bohm (founded

by Clemons’ son Bernard) to design a suitable building and raised the needed funds through a stock sale. When completed in 1898, Das Deutsche Haus (The German House), built in the German Renaissance Revival style, featured an ornate brick and stone exterior and a richly carved hardwood interior. It included a gymnasium, auditori-

Do you throw up your dukes when you hear someone wish you “Happy Holidays?”

If so, you probably are coming from a place of assuming most GRAMMAR GUY Americans celebrate and observe Christmas. You’re right; a 2019 Gallup poll showed that 93 percent of Americans observe Christmas. However, did you know that “Happy Holidays” has Christian origins?

“Happy Holidays” originally referred to the Advent season, which was comprised of four Sundays that range from late November to late December.

Many churches also celebrate the Christian feast day of Epiphany, which is in early January each year.

Originally, when someone wished you “Happy Holidays,” they most likely meant “Happy Advent season, which will culminate in the celebration of Christmas and subsequently the Epiphany of Christ.” It just so happens that Hanukkah and Kwanzaa align with this time period as well.

Of course, the term “holiday” comes from an Old English word that literally

meant “holy day.” The term only applied to special days on the Christian calendar.

On top of “Happy Holidays” rubbing some the wrong way, writing or saying “Xmas” bothers many people. However, this term is rooted in church traditions as well.

“Xmas” shows up in writing as early as the 1500s. The “X” stands for the Greek letter “chi,” which is the first letter in “Christ” in Greek. “X” was used as an abbreviation for “Christ” because the word was so widely used at the time.

You won’t be surprised to learn that the “-mas” in “Xmas” means “mass.” The “mass of Christ.” Therefore, “Xmas” does not belittle or remove the “Christ” from “Christmas.”

Both “Happy Holidays” and “Xmas” have deep theological roots. Instead of berating people who use them, allow the terms to enrich your devotion to your faith tradition.

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um, ballroom, bowling alleys, beer garden and restaurant (the Rathskeller), now the oldest restaurant in Indianapolis. The building hosted a number of weekly events to acclimate new immigrants to their city.

At a celebration of George Washington’s birthday in February 1918, amid increasing anti-German sentiment in the United States during World War I, Das Deutsche Haus changed its name to the “Athenaeum,” after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war whose terra cotta image inexplicably adorns the building’s highest arch. Today, the Athenaeum annually holds a German Fest, celebrating German culture and the contribution of German immigrants to Indianapolis.

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COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED

Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ ctcarmel.com

Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell.

We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion; day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision; and likes to get his hands dirty! Construction or Carpentry skills required.

To Apply: CLEVERNEST INC 240 W. Carmel Drive 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR SKILLED CARPENTERS!

Looking for job security? Simpson Construction Services has so much work that it must hire five people for residential remodeling NOW. The skilled carpenters we select will have strong abilities in bathroom remodeling, but also with respect to kitchens, decks, basements, wood and tile flooring, doors and windows, interior and exterior painting, drywall, plumbing and electrical, siding and room additions. Again: Only skilled carpenters need apply. For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

Hiring experienced lawn care laborers, shrub and tree trimmers, Bobcat operators immediately. Text/call Jay 574-398-2135

Organic vegetable farm outside Noblesville hiring full and part time positions for 2022. Idyllic location, tight knit team, work that matters to people and the environment. www.fullhandfarm.com/employment for more info.

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Private Property Manager This position is responsible for the cultivation and care of the landscaping and grounds. Manager will manage the care of grounds and buildings as well as facilitate projects, which may include lawncare including specialized golf greens, cultivation, fertilization, and irrigation. Flowers and bed maintenance, repairing and maintenance of buildings/structures of 30 ac private estate.

Key Responsibilities • Hire and manage temporary/seasonal employees • Perform grounds keeping and building maintenance duties.

• Lawn mowing and trim and edge around walks, flower beds, and walls.

• Landscape by planting flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes.

• Apply pesticide, fertilizer • Snow removal • Tree shrubs maintenance • Perform repairs and maintenance of equipment • Project management • Maintain expenses and contracts with outside contractors • Interact with owners and family members • Special projects: Seasonal/Holiday decorations, other Successful candidate must be a hands-on working manager, capable of managing others and projects to successful completion, have an eye for 5-star quality, demand perfection, detail and results oriented and the ability to work independently and self manage.

Mail resumes to: laura.miller@heartlandfpg.com

NOW HIRING OFFICE MANAGER: CARMEL PART TIME

Part-time tax Preparer needed for upcoming tax season.

We offer a laid-back work environment with flexible hours.

There is the possibility of some remote work, if desired.

A degree in accounting or related field OR individual tax preparation experience required. Prior knowledge of Lacerte tax software would be a plus but is not required.

Candidate must possess strong written and verbal communication skills and be customer service oriented.

Must be mature and experienced Must have internet skills CALL 317-844-0747

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