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By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com After the Noblesville Board of Zoning Appeals voted Oct. 2 to approve Beaver Materials’ proposal for a sand and CITY NEWS gravel extraction operation near the Cherry Tree Meadows neighborhood, some residents formed a group to fight the decision. The organization — the Hamilton County Neighborhood Preservation Group — has hired legal representation to file a suit against the decision, details of which are still being worked out.

Peggy Kasprak, a member of the group, said it has hired Paganelli Law Firm, a law firm in Indianapolis, which she said has experience representing clients in situations similar to what Cherry Tree Meadows residents are facing.

“We are not against Beaver (Materials),” Kasprak said. “We are not against the company. We are not against Chris Beaver (owner of Beaver Materials). We are not against the industry. That’s what we want to make clear. This is a fight for our neighborhoods.

If it comes in here, it sets a precedent for almost anywhere.”

The Hamilton County Neighborhood Preservation Group has relied on donations to pay initial attorney fees. The group still needs to raise money for the second and third stages of the process, Kasprak said.

She said none of the donations have come from the HOA, but rather from Cherry Tree Meadows residents and residents from the nearby area.

“What I would like to have stressed is the fact that this is a precedent,” Kasprak said. “People who aren’t fighting this can’t say for sure if they will have to. Once this is done, if this is done, companies are going to be open to just put these anywhere they

An aerial view of the Cherry Tree Meadows neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Peggy Kasprak)

want.”

The city issued a statement after the Oct. 2 Board of Zoning Appeals’ decision.

“City staff’s focus was on reviewing the petition, remonstrance and associated materials and ensuring that procedural requirements were adhered to and all interested persons had an opportunity to have their voices heard,” the press release stated. “The approved land use variance includes several conditions that have to be followed during excavation and transporting activities on the site, including a prohibition on blasting or the use of explosives, site watering to limit dust pollution and timing limitations.”

Jonathan Hughes, city attorney who advises the board, said the city cannot comment on pending or threatened litigation.

Indiana Code states the Board of Zoning Appeals must determine the following: • The variance will not be injurious to public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community.

• The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner.

• The need for the variance arises from some condition peculiar to the property involved.

• The strict application of the terms of the zoning ordinance will constitute an unnecessary hardship if applied to the property for which the variance is sought.

• The approval does not interfere substantially with the comprehensive plan adopted under the 500 series of this chapter.

In reference to residents’ complaints, Hughes said the board received all the pertinent information, listened to all the arguments and made its decision.

The board will present a Findings of Fact — a written explanation of its decision — during the 6 p.m. Nov. 6 meeting at 16. S. 10th St.

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Loose-leaf pick-up begins — The City of Noblesville began picking up loose leaves Oct. 2 and will continue to do so until Dec. 8. Loose leaves may be raked as close to the edge of the street as possible without going into the street. On average, according to the city, it takes street crews approximately four weeks to make a complete circuit of the city. After Dec. 8, the city will continue to pick up loose leaves as time allows and as weather permits but residents are encouraged to bag their leaves after Dec. 9.

Holiday Bazaar set —- Moose Lodge 540 will host a Noblesville Moose Holiday Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 18. The location is 950 Field Dr. The event includes breakfast and an opportunity to holiday shop at local businesses.

Holiday market set — The Hamilton County Fairgrounds will host a Holiday Extravaganza Market from noon to 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St, in Noblesville. The event includes vendors with items for purchase.

Open house for the holidays set — The Logan Village Mall will host a Holiday Open House at 977 Logan St. from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.

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Council approves city budget news@currentnoblesville.com The Noblesville City Council unanimously approved the 2024 city budget durig its Oct. 24 meeting. The budCITY NEWS get totals $116,108,606.

The city wants to keep taxes low and accommodate growth, Mayor Chris Jensen stated in a press release.

The budget increased from last year because of inflation and organic city growth, said Ian Zelgowski, deputy financial officer, when the budget was proposed Sept. 26.

The police and fire departments constitute 50.1 percent of the operating budget.

New features for the departments, according to the city, include: • Eight new police officers and two civilian positions • A new ambulance • The site preparation/design for a new police station to replace the outdated one • Expansion of the NobleAct program, including adding an in-house licensed clinical social worker • Equipment/training for 15 new firefighters (their base compensation is

funded by the federal SAFER grant program) According to the city, there will be road and infrastructure improvements, including continuing the Reimagine Pleasant Street project, preliminary engineering for widening Boden Road and Olio Road, additional resources for clearing snow off of streets and an additional tree arborist position.

The city will continue to invest in Innovation Mile, according to officials, and mixed-use projects at the Village at Federal Hill, East Bank and Midland Pointe. It will also finalize design and manage construction for the new Noblesville Events Center.

The city also said there will be public purpose grants for Noblesville Main Street, Nickel Plate Arts, Noblesville Preservation Alliance, Serve Noblesville, Noblesville Youth Sports Alliance, Keep Noblesville Beautiful and the Indiana Peony Festival.

There will be design and site mobilization for Finch Creek Park, including trails, greenspace and possible outdoor sports fields, the press release stated. There will also be funding for the Midland Trace Trail, which connects the Riverwalk Trail and Nickel Plate Trail.

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businesses,” Leazenby said. “And we see a gap in what’s being provided in the housing market there. So, there’s quite a A neighborhood comprised of rental few apartments and there’s some of the homes recently held its groundbreaking in more expensive homes being developed, Noblesville and is but there’s this gap of, ‘How do you HOUSING located off of Maribuild a home in Noblesville for what lyn Road and north I would call the first-time buyer?’” of Campus Parkway. It will consist Rental fees range between $2,250 of 144 homes when completed. and $2,450 per month. Leazenby Onyx+East and the City of Nosaid the fee takes into account blesville held a groundbreaking existing rates for apartments, sinOct. 6 for Marea, a single-family gle-family homes in other subdiviLeazenby rental neighborhood. Each home sions and cost of construction and will have three or four bedrooms with an amenities. attached two-car garage and a private outLeazenby said he is most excited about door space. Maintenance and landscaping the potential for similar projects, where resare included in the rent. idents can rent houses. He said it will look David Leazenby, senior vice president as nice as other neighborhoods but allow of development at Onyx+East, said this is for more consistency in architecture and be the company’s first rental neighborhood managed like an apartment complex. development in Noblesville. It has built “I’m kind of excited to see how the martownhouses and other housing projects in ket responds and how it evolves over time,” Indiana and in other states.

Leazenby said. “People see it as kind of “I speak broadly about Hamilton County. this different type of project that’s pretty They’re fast growing, and Noblesville itself unique and find it as a place where they continues to be a leader in the county can live for longer than they would live in for attracting talent and attracting new an apartment building.”

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ZCHS junior receiver Hilton drawing heavy college attention

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When asked who his favorite athlete is, Zionsville Community High School junior receiver Eugene Hilton Jr. didn’t hesitate.

“I’ve got to say my dad,” Hilton said.

Makes sense or there might be an awkward moment at the dinner table. His father is Hilton Jr. former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, whose given name is Eugene. Nicknamed “The Ghost,” he played 10 seasons with the Colts and one season with Dallas in 2022 and was selected to four Pro Bowls.

Hilton, who has 20 scholarship offers so far, said his top six schools now are Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, University of Mississippi, University of Miami and his father’s alma mater, Florida International University.

“It’s nice knowing that hard work pays off and it’s started to finally take notice,” he said.

MEET EUGENE HILTON JR.

Favorite subject: Math Favorite musicians: YoungBoy and Drake Favorite TV show: “Paradise PD” He said his father’s main advice about recruiting is to enjoy the process and take it day by day.

Hilton caught 49 passes for 598 yards last season as a sophomore. Prior to the Class 6A sectional opener Oct. 27, Hilton had 40 catches for 757 yards and nine touchdowns.

Hilton said his biggest improvement this season is definitely yards after the catch.

“Last year, I could have had much bigger plays than what I had,” Hilton said. “My

Eugene Hilton Jr. has increased his yards after catch this season. (Photo courtesy of Tom Marron Photography)

yards-after-catch average has improved greatly, and that’s shown through the stats. I’ve had people help me work on that. Once you get the ball, it’s your time to

shine.”

Hilton said supportive teammates have been important.

“Everyone cheers everyone on and lifts everyone up,” he said.

At 6-foot-1 and just 16 years old, Hilton said his hope is to grow at least 2 or 3 more inches.

“I was kind of slow early on,” he said.

“But as I started to get taller and build strength, I started to get really fast and become really powerful.”

Eagles coach Scott Turnquist said Hilton has developed in a lot of ways since starting varsity late in his freshman season.

“He done a great job working at his craft and getting better in terms of his skill set,” Turnquist said. “Over the last year, he’s done a good job developing his voice as a leader, especially in that receiver group.”

Being around the game his entire life has helped as well.

“When you’re around it a lot, you understand much more stuff than someone, let’s just say, that wasn’t around the game as long,” Hilton said. “It’s just knowing what is going on, and a good feel for the game puts you above everyone else.”

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James Ginder conducts a Stop the Bleed training session.

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City receives Stop the Bleed kits

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com Four departments in the City of Noblesville recently received Stop the Bleed Kits, purchased through a PUBLIC SAFETY grant from the Hamilton County Health Department.

The parks department, street department, planning department and the wastewater treatment plant received kits, along with training on how to use them. James Ginder, health education specialist for the HCHD, said the city wanted to provide kits for employees who work in the community.

The Noblesville Fire Department already have Stop the Bleed kits.

Funding for the kits was provided through a Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant, according to Christian Walker, the city’s public health preparedness coordinator. He said the grant is used for a range of items to help prepare the public for emergencies.

“We are starting to see more and more active assailants occurring around the country, as well as other events that result

in traumatic injury,” Walker said. “And this is an opportunity for us to pre-position and empower our residents, our members of our government agencies and things like that to be responders even before the first responders get there to help save lives and prevent further injury.”

Ginder said the training focuses on assessing a person who is bleeding, determining the type of bleeding and deciding whether to use direct pressure, wound packing or a tourniquet. The training also covers how to make a tourniquet out of available resources if one isn’t available, among other emergency scenarios.

Stop the Bleed classes are presented by the Hamilton County Health Department and are free to attend. Ginder said another class will be offered in November at an undetermined date.

“I just think this is a really important class that everybody should take,” Ginder said, “because you’ve heard me say this a lot, you just never know when you’re going to need it, just like CPR. I would hate to be in that situation and not know what to do and watch somebody bleed out.”

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COMMUNITY CURRENT NOVEMBER NOBLESVILLE COMMUNITY CALENDAR WELCOME HOME FOR VETERANS The Daughters of the American Revolution will host an open house for Vietnam era veterans from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Noblesville Township Community Center (corner of 8th and Division streets). All attendees are welcome. Several veterans organizations will be on-site, including Veterans Resource personnel, Pets for Vets and the Honor Flight. The event is sponsored by the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans organization.

KIWANIS CLUB OPEN HOUSE The Noon and Sunrisers Kiwanians will present a Kiwanis’ Community Service Impact Open House at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Green Room at Federal Hill Commons, 107 Logan St. in Noblesville. The event is free.

For more, call 317-695-5657.

FLOWER MARKET OPENS The Noblesville Flower Market will open the last Thursday through November from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is presented by the Indiana Peony Festival and is in the east alley of downtown Noblesville. The event is free to attend but the vendors will have products for purchase. Drinks, live music and flowers from local flower farmers and florists will be available. There will be 10 flower vendors selling cut stems, bouquets and other floral related items.

REINDEER EXPRESS TRAIN RIDE SET The Nickel Plate Express will be hosting a Reindeer Express from Noblesville to Arcadia at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Nov. 11-12, 18-19, 24-25.

There will also be rides at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Nov. 26 and other dates in December. The train ride lasts an hour and 15 minutes and includes a holiday treat, chance to see Santa, the chance to write a personal letter to Santa and purchase hot chocolate or an adult beverage. For standard groups, the tickets range from $65 to $750, depending on the seat packages attendees book. Children under 2 may ride free as a lap child in the Standard class seating only. For more, visit nickelplateexpress. com/winter-train-rides/reindeer-express.

LIGHTING OF THE SQUARE SET Noblesville will host a tree lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Judicial Center and Courthouse Lawn.

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Club raises money for football team

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com Noblesville High School has a fundraising booster club for the athletics department called Miller Backers. In ATHLETICS 2022, the Gridiron Club was created at the school to support the football program.

The Gridiron Club is made up of parents and about a half-dozen committees, according to club manager Brandon Bennett. The club provides meals for players; supplemental funding for equipment and other needs; organizes homecoming and the game day program for football; organizes the designated lot for tailgating called Tailgate Town; and organizes senior week, among other events.

Bennett said the Gridiron Club works in conjunction with the Miller Backers.

“There’s 160 kids that they have to outfit, that they have to put into equipment, and that’s expensive, right?” Bennett said. “And so, it really requires a group that’s dedicated to going out and trying to find some sponsor support.”

Bennett said an informal group of parents

Brandon Bennett, Brian Baker, Randy Burrow and Dick Dellinger’s family unveil the Dick Dellinger Victory Bell. (Photo courtesy of the Gridiron Club)

helped with funding for the football program prior to the formation of the Gridiron Club. When the school district built a new stadium, Bennett said the group decided to become a formal club to enhance the gameday experience.

“At the end of the day, ultimately, (the club’s mission is) to support these kids that are busting their butts in the football program,” Bennett said. “And there’s a lot of them, and so we want to be able to support them and enhance their experience as well off the field, so that they get the full experience of playing football.”

Resident donates to nonprofit

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com When Kathleen Guilliam of Noblesville recently won a cash prize from a Fishers tech communications PHILANTHROPY company, she donated it to a charity that meant a lot to her and her husband, John, who has Parkinson’s disease.

Guilliam donated her prize, $10,000, to the Indiana Parkinson Foundation.

The #Get10Give10 giveaway, presented

by TCC in Fishers, a wireless retailer with Round Room, awards a person who signed up for text alerts $10,000 for themselves and $10,000 to a charity of their choice.

When Guilliam, 67, found out she won in mid-September, she said she almost didn’t answer the call from TCC because she was washing dishes. But she was glad she did.

“I was flabbergasted and elated and overwhelmed and felt humbled by the experience,” she said. “I mean, I’ve never won anything in my life.”

She said she chose the Indiana Parkinson Foundation because she and her husband have been involved with the nonprofit since

Kathleen Guilliam and her husband John Guilliam with a replica $10,000 check from the TCC giveaway. (Photo courtesy of TCC)

2014. She said John’s neurologist recommended that he get involved with the foundation and its movement program called the CLIMB exercise program, which he performs four to five days a week.

“They are the most wonderful support system for people who have Parkinson’s in the community and their families,” Guilliam said. “(The CLIMB) has just been a Godsend.”

Guilliam, her husband and representatives from the Indiana Parkinson Foundation attended a check presentation Oct. 4 at a Verizon store on 146th Street and Hazel Dell.

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NHS’ bowling team program continues to grow

By Elissa Maudlin elissa@youarecurrent.com For competitive bowlers, the game poses as much of a mental challenge as it does a physical challenge. That’s what members of the Noblesville High School bowling team appreciate about the sport.

The NHS bowling team consists of 10 boys and is one of 11 high school teams competing in the White River Valley 1 Conference.

The team is coached by Eldon Wilson and comEldon WIlson petes in the White River Valley 1 Conference, the second-largest bowling conference in the state, according to its director, Celena Wilson. She is also Eldon Wilson’s wife.

The NHS team competes Celena WIlson weekly at various bowling centers, including Championship Lanes in Anderson; Bowl 32 in Noblesville; Lucky Strike in Elwood; Wells Lanes in Elwood; and Norwood Bowl in Alexandria. The team practices once a week at Bowl 32 in Noblesville.

Practices for the season started in mid-September and the regular season began Oct. 11. The regular season ends Jan. 7, followed by sectionals, regionals, semistate and the state finals.

Eldon has been the NHS coach for two years. Celena said the couple got involved in high school bowling when their son, Zach Wilson, was part of the NHS program. They continued to be involved after their son graduated. “(My son) really enjoyed it. It was kind of something away from school that he could get in, be around friends and have fun and actually be proud of (his) accomplishments,” Eldon said.

Eldon’s chief motivation for coaching the team is to ensure the continuation and strength of the program.

Eldon said the team has received school support, and a teacher sponsors the team.

Other teachers and the athletic director have supported the team by attending matches, he said.

The Wilsons said one of their goals is

Talon Hutton a 16-year-old junior from the Noblesville High School bowling team, competes at an Oct. 11 tournament in Anderson. (Photo by Elissa Maudlin)

to raise awareness about the team at the school, because many students don’t know about it.

“Our sport will only grow if we continue to promote it,” Celena said. “It’s not a mainstream sport. So, a lot of people don’t think about it, or they don’t even think of bowling as a sport.”

Celena’s favorite part of managing the conference is helping develop the next generation of bowlers. She said she loves seeing the students’ excitement and “seeing how much work the kids are willing to put in.”

During matches, Eldon said bowlers have to tune everything out and concentrate on the task at hand. He said there is more to bowling than simply rolling the ball toward the pins. He said bowlers think about how the lanes are oiled, the environment and the location of the lanes, among other considerations.

“A lot of kids think it’s physical because you throw a ball,” Eldon said. “But, no, it’s mental because it’s repetition. It’s hitting

the same spots or close to that.”

One of Eldon’s favorite moments as a coach was when NHS bowler Cayden Russel bowled a perfect 300 game during sectional play on Jan. 14, 2023.

“Anybody can pick up a ball and throw it down the lane,” Celena said. “But to attain high scores and high averages takes work, it takes skill development and it takes education.”

The Eldons also coach in a middle school league and a youth program at Bowl 32, which Celena manages.

For more, visit the Noblesville HS Bowling Facebook page.

ON THE COVER: Ash Holmes from the Noblesville High School bowling team competes at Championship Lanes in Anderson.

(Photo by Elissa Maudlin)

THE YOUTH PROGRAM AT BOWL 32 Celena Wilson is the director of the youth bowling program at Bowl 32. The group meets at 9:45 a.m. every Saturday. Bowlers range in age from 2 to 19.

The program is separate from the high school and middle school teams at Noblesville Schools.

The youth program has three divisions: bumpers for the youngest kids, bantams for kids who don’t need assistance and juniors for higher level and older bowlers.

The youth program is also part of the Smart Program, which is a scholarship fund for bowlers in the youth program. Scholarships are partially funded by money from weekly fees.

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Lessons from the news cycle Commentary by Terry Anker The arrival of the 24-hour news cycle delivered an abundance of bad, shocking and salacious information from ESSAY the four corners of our universe.

Where we once had a troupe of editors at the local morning daily paper that would sift through, as Adolph S. Ochs said in 1896, “all the news that’s fit to print,” today we have unfettered access to virtually limitless bits of who-knows-what. Like the shelves of a modern grocery store, not all choices are equally healthy, affordable or necessary. Yet without the guiding hand of someone who is thinking about quality and nutrition, we can slide into some fairly bad habits, eating only what we’ve always eaten while not understanding why we are becoming obese.

We live in an increasingly toxic internet age where thieves send us daily messages by every electronic medium manifesting all matter of deception. And when we seek the worst manifestations of human behavior each morning with our coffee, we come to believe that these abhorrent individuals are

more common than they actually are. Most people are good and decent. Most of us try to behave ourselves. And we do.

But this so-called democratization of news has had a twisted effect. Even as we are horrified to watch in real time as missiles are fired and buildings burn, knowing that there must have been humans where now only flames are seen, others conspire about how terror, death and kidnapping might advance their agenda. Likewise, most read about drug arrests, corruption or even murder and wonder how it has become so commonplace while others find comfort that their own perversions might be perceived as mainstream. The middle school cliché, “Well, everyone is doing it” comes to mind. Does learning of the bad actions of our fellow humans motivate fear, action, disinterest or abject indifference?

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

Hitting the road with Mom Commentary by Danielle Wilson

declaring, “I don’t need to come back to this city.” How dare you, madam! Boston is Friends, I recently returned from a mothawesome! And was I annoyed that we had er-daughter trip that went surprisingly to cut the Freedom Trail short, right before well. But please don’t tell my Paul Revere’s house (and Mike’s Pastry), HUMOR sisters! They’ve been applaud- because her allergies were acting up? Yes. ing my Yes, I was. “sacrifice” and But we shared She’s always wanted to see the showering me with great laughs when a presidential sites up there, and since tourist tried to run comments like “We I’m the lone history teacher of her five onto The Plain at West owe you!” and “God bless you.” It’s been Point -- only to be vigdaughters, I volunteered as tribute. lovely, much like the – DANIELLE WILSON orously sworn at by aforementioned jaunt our expatriate German Mom and I took to tour guide, and we New York and Boston. She’s always wanted made quite the pair traipsing around Eleato see the presidential sites up there, and nor Roosevelt’s estate at 8 a.m., not a soul since I’m the lone history teacher of her in sight. I’ll forever cherish our 30 minutes five daughters, I volunteered as tribute. I in the Hancock Cemetery, failing miserably steeled myself for moments of annoyance to keep track of the prolific Adams family. and hours of stories that I’ve already heard “Who’s this guy again?” So fun. and accepted the fact that the week would But please don’t tell my sisters! Peace out. be emotionally exhausting. But I focused on the opportunity for spending 1-on-1 time with my mom and the chance to eat some Danielle Wilson is a contributing outstanding North End cannoli. columnist. You may email her at Was there impressive eye rolling on my info@youarecurrent.com. part? Absolutely. Mom frequently commented on the horrendous traffic, eventually

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Lost another food fight Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Typically, restaurant coupons you get in the mail give you several options. They require some crafty figuring in HUMOR order to know how to most efficiently use them. That’s why we brought along one evening our adult son who has a year of college calculus under his belt. I just wasn’t sure how much stayed in his head.

“It looks to me,” began my wife, Mary Ellen, eyeing the coupons, “that we can get a free burger as long as someone else also orders a burger, two-for-one.”

“Great,” I said.

“Brett and I will each have a burger.”

“Hold it, Dad. I don’t want a burger. I eat them all the time.

I thought you didn’t want me to eat so much red meat?”

“Look, we just have to work together as a family. OK, Mary Ellen, how about this?

If one of us gets an Asian salad, the other gets a salad at half price, as long the second salad is the same or a lesser value.

Which salad do you want?”

“I don’t like the salads here. I want the fish and chips dinner.”

“You can’t have a fish and chips dinner, Mary Ellen. There’s no discount for a fish and chips dinner.”

“Why are we eating out if we can’t get something we like?”

“Because once, just once, I want to show these restaurants that I am not a fool. They are not going to snare me into their trap.

We will save money. I don’t care if we hate every morsel.”

“Hey, Dad, if Mom gets the $14.95 Cobb salad, this coupon says we get a free

appetizer.”

“No, that’s exactly what they want us to do. That won’t save us a penny because we never order an appetizer. So, we don’t gain anything.”

“OK, Dad. Here’s a coupon for a 99-cent draft beer. But you have to order the John Wayne Sirloin for $39.95.”

I was tempted. I sensed growing dissension around the table.

“Here, Dick,” Mary Ellen said. “This part of the coupon says we can get $10 off the check if we spend at least $50.

Then we can order what we want. And what a concept -you know, enjoying what you eat.”

“No, that would – DICK WOLFSIE make the final bill $40, and I want to keep dinner under $40.”

“Why?” “I have no idea. It’s just a personal goal I set.”

Twenty minutes later, the server finally dared approach.

“We’ll have two spinach salads, one of which one is free. And a tenderloin for my son, who was a consultant on this project.”

“You know, Dick,” Mary Ellen said, “I changed my mind. I think I’ll have the fish tacos.”

The bill was $62. I didn’t speak to Mary Ellen the rest of the evening. But I can’t blame the expensive dinner on her. The coupon had expired.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com David Commanday is finding his stint as a Carmel Symphony Orchestra guest conductor to be an enjoyable MUSIC experience.

“The first concert was a great pleasure to prepare and perform with the musicians,” Commanday said. “I think we really hit it off. I love the (concert) hall and I’m really impressed with the town.”

Commanday returns as guest conductor for the third time for Carmel Symphony Orchestra, which will present its Masterworks 2 concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Commanday first served as guest conductor Oct. 7 as Janna Hymes’ resignation as artistic director was announced that day. Hymes resigned to concentrate on her new position as leading the orchestra in Sonoma, Ariz. Commanday then returned Oct. 22 to conduct the Gershwin Kids concert.

Commanday, based in Peoria, Ill., is the conductor of Heartland Festival Orchestra.

He served as music director of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra from 1990 to 2009. “(Masterworks 2) is opening with a piece by Valerie Coleman, an African American composer and performing flutist of real distinction,” Commanday said.

Coleman’s piece is “Umoja, Anthem of Unity,” which she wrote for the wind quintet she played in.

“Later, she was asked by the Philadelphia Orchestra to orchestrate it for full orchestra,” Commanday said. “That’s the first time that orchestra played a piece by an African American woman composer. It’s brilliantly orchestrated and a very beautiful piece. The concert, in my opinion, is about diversity and unity.”

This is the first time Commanday has conducted the piece but he is quite familiar with the other three pieces on the program.

Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couper-

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FEINSTEIN’S CABARET Ari Axelrod: “A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway” is set for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel.

Singer-songwriter Andie Case will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com.

GRACE POTTER Grace Potter’s concert is set for 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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“At first, it’s not clear how it fits in with Veterans Day and the United States,” Commanday said. “Tombeau means memorial and Couperin was a French composer. The fact is, Ravel is a veteran who wanted to serve in the first World War and was disqualified on medical grounds. In order to serve, he became a medical assistant and drove an ambulance.”

Commanday said Ravel wrote the piece on the piano between 1914 and 1917. When Ravel decided to orchestrate it, he dedicated each of the movements to a friend who died in World War I. “So, it is kind of a tribute to veterans and their sacrifices,” Commanday said.

Charles Ives’ “Variations of America” is the third piece. Ives wrote it when he was 17.

“He wrote a tough pedal part,” Commanday said. “Playing the pedal is almost as much fun as playing baseball.”

Commanday said Ives was an insurance man with a refreshing personality.

“He liked the idea of simultaneous things happening that are disconnected,” Commanday said.

Commanday said there are a couple of moments where two different keys are happening at the same time in “Variations

of America.”

“I consider it a patriotic and celebratory type of thing,” he said.

The final piece is William Grant Still’s “Afro American Symphony No. 1.” It was the first symphony by a Black composer to be performed by a major orchestra. Commanday said in 1930 it became the most performed symphony.

“This is a piece I’ve had the pleasure of performing a couple of times,” Commanday said. “William Grant Still was classically trained as a composer and musician. In this piece, he incorporates themes from jazz, specifically blues. He included that as a celebration of his roots. It’s a symphony that takes the audience on a journey through in four movements. He also includes the sound of the banjo, which is an American instrument.”

Commanday said jazz itself is an infusion of West African influences and European classical music.

“This is a fun symphony with a lot of heart in it,” he said.

J’lan Stewart, from Kokomo, will be featured in the program as a guest soloist.

Stewart was one of 40 national finalists in the Songbook Academy summer intensive program in July.

For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

The Ultimate Disney Tribute Band will perform at 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts.

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at 8 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

But Potter found she wasn’t ready emoDuring the height of the COVID-19 pantionally for her homecoming. She had more demic, Grace Potter and her husband Eric processing and healing to do and decided Valentine set about the way to do that was to hit the CONCERT mapping out their furoad by herself. On her trips, she ture after what had recalled stories she’d written in her been a roller coaster of experiences youth, found connections from her through the preceding years. past to her present and eventually Potter had been through the settled on a concept for her new breakup of her band, the Nocturnals, album, “Mother Road.” and divorced her husband, NocturAs Potter describes it in a press Potter nals drummer Matt Burr. She went release, “Mother Road” developed on to make her 2019 solo album “Daylight,” into a series of character-driven story with Valentine producing, after which the songs that in some way express facets of two became a couple, married and had a son. her personality, her past and her present.

Along the way, Potter and Valentine Now, Potter is on tour with a band she decided to settle into a new phase of life said she feels can bring the lively, soulby moving from their home in the Topanga tinged rock of “Mother Road” and her previCanyon area of Los Angeles back to Potter’s ous albums to vivid life on stage. native Vermont and building a home and a “What we’re actually doing is the most studio there. surprising, creative live music experience “I think he (Valentine) was really wisely I’ve ever had,” Potter said. “I tapped into and looking at our lives and looking at the trautilized my instincts to bring a band togethjectory of where we were going and what er that felt like the perfect combination of kind of a life we could have and what we that fearless youth, as well as the road-dog could build together that would be a stabienergy that I clearly have lived inside of and lizing force,” said Potter, who will perform grown up inside of.”

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teresting mix of soothing energy and very exciting hot playing. We try to be very balanced in how much each person does and For Béla Fleck, performing in an interhow it all fits together. There is a lot of joy national all-star ensemble has several that we experience together playing music, benefits. and hopefully that puts warm enerMUSIC “Playing with different gy into the crowd, which they can people certainly brings take home with them.” out different qualities in a player,” Fleck, 65, said the band is a Fleck said. “In this case, there’s great vehicle to explore different an opportunity for some beauty, a genres. connection to the Indian musical “I love learning new stuff and language and a lot of improv.” experiencing different musical lanFleck Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir guages on the banjo,” Fleck said.

Hussain, along with Rakesh Chaurasia, will Fleck became interested in the banjo perform at the “As We Speak” concert at when he heard the theme song from “The 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Palladium at the CenBeverly Hillbillies.” ter for the Performing Arts in Carmel. “As We Fleck said the theme was musician Earl Speak” is the name of the quartet’s album.

Scruggs making a silly song very serious, at Fleck, who has won 15 Grammy Awards, least in the banjo department. is a banjo legend. Hussain is a tabla player, “Then I was fortunate to study with Tony Meyer is a double bassist and Chaurasia is a Trischka,” Fleck said. “If Earl created the bansuri Indian flute player. tradition nearly single-handed, Tony devel“We knew right away that the band had oped a whole new set of strategies to use it a ton of potential, especially when Rakesh for self-expression.” joined in,” Fleck said. “We can have so many For more, visit thecenterpresent.org. more textures and colors now. It’s an in-

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Actor takes on Don José again

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its moments when it can be very taxing.

That’s not always fun if you are having an off night. Don José has some redeemable Adam Diegel might be making his Indiaqualities but very few. He’s a pretty twisted napolis Opera debut, but he is no newcomer character.” to his role of Don José Don José leaves a woman who OPERA in “Carmen.” loves him for the fiery Carmen.

“This will be my 80th“In my opinion, they are equally plus performance of Don José,” he at fault, maybe him a little more,” said.

Diegel said.

“Carmen” is set for Nov. 10-12 at Don José eventually kills Carmen.

The Tarkington at the Center for the Diegel said Indy Opera will stay true Performing Arts in Carmel. Perforto Georges Bizet’s original opera.

Diegel mances will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-11 “I just did a production where I and 3 p.m. Nov. 12. was the one who was killed,” Diegel said.

Diegel, who is based in the Orlando area, “They did it tactfully within the context of said there is a unique character arc to Don the storyline. Don José does admit at the José. end, ‘I did wrong and come arrest me and “It’s kind of fun to follow the betrayal and take me to my fate.’ But, unfortunately, he demise of the character,” Diegel said. “He had to kill Carmen to do that.” kind of devolves into madness.”

Diegel has previously worked with Nina Diegel, a Korean American tenor, said Yoshida Nelsen, who plays Carmen, in a cou“Tosca” is probably the favorite opera in ple of productions. which he has performed because he plays a “She played my mother in ‘Cavalleria rusprotagonist. ticana,’” Diegel said. “Now she plays my love “But I’ve definitely performed in (‘Carinterest, so we’ve come full circle.” men’) the most,” Diegel said. “Don José has For more, visit indyopera.org.

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Conrad said IWS is playing another piece based on it, called “Fantastique,” by Tyler Harrison.

It might be five days after Halloween, “It’s a spoof of the piece (the audience) but Indiana Wind Symphony Music Director will hear right after ‘Dream of a Witches’ Charles Conrad figSabbath,’” Conrad said.

CONCERT ures the audience IWS principal flute player Carl will still be in the Butler is the soloist in the concert, mood for some haunting music. performing during the “Concerto IWS will present “Echoes of Halin D Major” by Wolfgang Amadeus loween” at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Mozart.

Palladium at the Center for the PerThe four members of the bassoon forming Arts in Carmel. section will be featured in the “FuButler It will open with a piece called neral March of a Marionette.” It was “Witch Hunt” by Aaron McMichael. written first as a piano piece in 1872 and The concert will close with “Dream of a orchestrated in 1979, but the IWS commisWitches’ Sabbath” by Hector Berlioz. sioned the arrangement, “More people will know it as the finale “People will recognize it because it’s the to ‘Symphonie Fantastique,’” Conrad said. theme from the old ‘Alfred Hitchcock Pres“It’s really a significant piece in the history ents’ TV show,” Conrad said. of music because it’s kind of the official Conrad said the concert will also include opening of the Romantic Period. It’s one “Symphony in Blue and Gold,” which was that shocked everybody in 1830 when it first part of a commission consortium. The compremiered. It’s one of those landmark move- poser is Erika Svanoe. ments in the history of music. It introduced “It’s a jazzy, very modern-sounding symso many new sounds that people had never phony with kind of a jazz rhythm section,” heard before. When you hear it, you think Conrad said. it was written in the 1880s instead of 1830.

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Integrity Automotive is looking for a full time automotive technician. In business for 28 years in downtown Carmel with a solid, happy customer base and a positive, goodnatured work environment. The best candidate is a motivated, well-organized technician with at least three years hands on experience in automotive diagnosis, problem-solving and repair. Able to interpret and apply diagnostic/repair information from computerized databases and other sources. Also able communicate clearly and effectively with your supervisor, your fellow employees and, as needed, with customers. A complete job description is available with a request to frontdesk@integrityautomotive.net. We offer competitive pay with a Monday through Friday work week and (after 90 days) up to four sick/personal days per year and paid holidays. To schedule an interview, send your resume with contact information to: frontdesk@integrityautomotive.net 40 S Rangeline Rd Carmel Indiana 46032 www.IntegrityAutomotive.net

Clinical Architecture, Carmel, IN seeks Advanced Software Engineer to perform the following duties: Design, develop and modify software systems; Develop and direct software system testing; Coordinate software installation and monitor equipment function; Consult with customers about software design and maintenance; Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design. This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or closely related field. Send resume to careers@clinicalarchitecture.com

FULL TIME FRONT OFFICE POSITION – MEDICAL OFFICE Busy dermatology practice in Noblesville Hours: 8:AM to 5:PM Need dependable, detail, energetic person With strong customer service skills.

Maintain patient files, answer the phones and scheduling appointments (including other various tasks).

SEND RESUME TO: HUMAN RESOURCES 116 Lakeview Dr., Noblesville, IN 46060 or email: DermatologyNoblesville@gmail.com

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Finance offers through Santander Consumer USA for well qualified buyers and subject to credit approval.

See dealer for complete offer details. Offer subject to change without notice. Offer ends 10/31/23.