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The view of the Steven J. Cage Foundation Animal Wellness Center from Hague road. (Photo by Jonathan Matthes)

The Humane Society for Hamilton County’s new state-of-the-art facility is now open Jonathan Matthes jonathan@youarecurrent.com The Steven J. Cage Foundation Animal Wellness Center, the new home for the Humane Society for GIVING BACK Hamilton County at 10501 Hague Rd., is so new that on April 5 it did not yet appear on Google Maps. The facility appeared as a dirtbrown blotch on the satellite picture. But that will soon change. The HSHC has moved from a 7,000-squarefoot facility into a 40,000-square-foot stateof-the-art building that Humane Society for Hamilton County President and CEO, Rebecca Stevens calls one of the top three in the nation — and possibly the best. One of the new amenities is a kitchen, which features a restaurant-grade dishwasher. Before, volunteers had to wash all the dishes by hand. It also has state-ofthe-art ventilation systems in each of the feline kennels that keep the air circulating to reduce the risk of the spread of disease, along with three washers and three dryers that tremendously enhance efficiency.

“Now, it takes just 40 minutes for towels and everything to get dry when before it used to take two runs for anything to dry,” said Mary Roney, a HSHC volunteer from Westfield. Other features include an expanded reception area, expanded overall capacity and more spacious kennels. Roughly 200 animals call the new facility home, the majority of which are cats. The goal for staff is for the animals’ stays to be brief. “If it is a long wait (for adoption), at least it’s in a facility that’s state-of-the-art,” said Max Williams, HCHS director of marketing. Added Stevens, “this place represents, for me, personally, over a decade of blood, sweat and tears trying to create a place where animals can go temporarily that celebrates their life and would be a destination for families to want to visit because it’s full of life and happiness.” When Stevens joined the HSHC 16 years ago, its facility was on the campus of the Hamilton County Jail and had been in Noblesville, at various locations, for 36 years. Stevens often thought about what she would add if she could help design her own animal welfare facility, such as exercise

space and a fully developed veterinary clinic with its own operating table and X-ray machine. The new facility has each of those amenities. “This place is probably going to be my legacy and why I was put on this earth, to create a brighter future for these animals,” Stevens said. “Not just in Hamilton County, but from outside this county, too.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, the HSHC has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in adoptions. But there has already been an uptick in surrenders, whereby people drop off an animal at the facility. In many cases, people discover that caring for a pet is more difficult than they expected. The HSHC tries to help those people learn how to properly care for their pets to avoid surrenders. “We go to the ends of the earth to help pet owners keep their animals,” said Williams. But animals are always arriving. It is the hope of Stevens that all of Hamilton County might visit and see the new place, and maybe discover a new member to the family in the process.

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COMMUNITY DISPATCHES April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month — On April 5, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb issued a proclamation declaring April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Indiana. Now in its 11th year, the national observance is dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers and consequences of distracted driving. Summer art camps for youth — Westfield Washington Township is offering art camps for youth ages 10 and older. Two week-long art camps will be offered in the summer. Visit westfieldwashingtontwp. us for registration and details and for other youth activities. Camps are taught by a certified art teacher and activities are age-appropriate. WHS grad earns fellowship — Westfield High School graduate Sam Pigott, now a senior at Earlham College in Richmond earned one of the nation’s 42 Watson Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year. The post-graduate award is worth $36,000 and supports independent study and travel. Solarize Indiana to conduct Zoom meeting — Area residents and business owners can learn how the federal tax credit of 26 percent has been extended through 2021 and 2022 for installing solar panels on houses, farm structures and places of business during the next Zoom meeting of Solarize Indiana. The Zoom meeting for Solarize Indiana, a grassroots community group, will be 6:30 p.m. April 15. The meeting will involve a 30-minute presentation followed by an hour for questions and answers. There is no charge to attend, but prior registration is required. The Zoom link for registration can be found at facebook.com/solarizeECI or by sending an email request to Carolyn Vann, cvann@bsu.edu, or John Vann, jvann@bsu. edu, who are co-chairpersons of Solarize Indiana. North Central Beekeepers to meet April 21 — The North Central Beekeepers Club meets the third Wednesday at Cool Creek Nature Center in Westfield at 6:30 p.m. Experienced beekeepers will be available to answer any questions a half hour before the meeting starts. Meetings are free to attend in person or online by all levels of beekeepers located centrally north of Indianapolis. Those interested in becoming beekeepers are welcome. The next meeting is April 21 with presentations on Mite Counts and Beekeeping by Chiang Kai-shek.

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Church to offer home repair By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

or cots. “With COVID, we’ll make sure they are socially distanced,” Lohe said. “They will be CrossRoads Church at Westfield lead passtaying there and eating there and doing tor Eric Lohe will finally get to direct this work around the community.” summer camp at The program is being conducted GIVING BACK home. in partnership with Group Mission “I’ve served Trips, a youth mission organization as director of home repair camps based in Ft. Collins, Colo. across the country for the last 15 Lohe said the main repairs are years,” Lohe said. “I usually do one building or repairing wheelchair or two a summer. Our church’s ramps, repairing and installing adults and students have gone to decks, doing mobile home skirting Lohe these around the country in differand painting the exterior of homes. ent places.” Lohe said the students will work in groups However, Lohe said this is the first time of five to seven at approximately 40 to 50 the Westfield church has brought the camp homes. locally to service homes in Westfield, SheriLohe has been in touch with township dan, Noblesville and Cicero. trustees, the Good Samaritan Network and Approximately 300 high school students Youth Assistance Programs to get the word and adult leaders from their respective out to those who need such repairs. churches will stay one week at Westfield CrossRoads is seeking applications from Middle School doing free home repairs to anyone who needs home repairs with an those in need from June 20-26. The repairs emphasis on senior adults (55 and older), will be performed June 21-25. veterans and low-income families who own Lohe said he expects most of the stutheir own homes. Applications are available dents will come from the Midwest. The stuonline at CrossRoads’ website, ForOurNeighdents bring sleeping bags, air mattresses bor.Life, and due by April 15.

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Westfield Mayor Andy Cook is not only worried about the consequences of widening Ind. 32 from Westfield Boulevard to East Street, but he also is concerned about repercussions if the project doesn’t happen. Recently, some Westfield City Council members voiced concern about the Cook cost of the project to widen Ind. 32 to four lanes, a price that won’t be fully known until bids are accepted. The council, which has five different members from when the then-estimated $15 million project was approved in 2018, is set to reconsider an interlocal agreement between the city and INDOT outlining terms of the project at its April 12 meeting. Council President Mike Johns said his main concerns are the financial aspect and creating a walkable city. The main financial concern is that, like Grand Junction, unforeseen costs will arise and cause the project to go over budget or allow it to be completed under budget, but without critical Johns items that were originally planned, as happened with Grand Junction. “The interlocal agreement was agreed on two and a half years ago now, and expenses have gone up and we’ve seen what’s happened with some of the other city projects that have gone considerably over budget,” Johns said. “I wanted to find out exactly where we’re at, and the city came back and said only a million over budget, which is good, but they don’t take into account the associative projects. Within the interlocal agreement, it said the city wants to expand Jersey Street, which I am 100 percent supportive of, but that’s a $2 million cost, and (the interlocal agreement) also says we are going to need to have a (pedestrian) bridge, but now the administration is saying we don’t mean that anymore. A bridge, or a tunnel, would be $7 million. The interlocal agreement specifically said there was an intent to do it, but (the city) doesn’t

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want to acknowledge it now or allocate the money for it.” Johns also stressed that by building Ind. 32 as proposed, the city will be split between the north and the south. “What you’re going to do is, you won’t have a city center anymore,” he said. “The best case is, it will look like Fishers with 116th going through Fishers and dividing it right in half. There’s no easy way for folks to get from one side of the street to the other side of the street. We have identified we want to be a walkable city, and I don’t think you can be a walkable city with a fivelane highway going through.” Instead, Johns hopes the city can agree to a road diet, which is essentially a boulevard with one wide lane in each direction with a bike path. “That would be very walkable, and it would help to hold our city together and develop the city,” Johns said. Cook said it’s impossible to know the

true cost of a project until bids open. “Sometimes they’re over, and sometimes they’re under,” Cook said. “We’ve been successful with our roadway projects (in) that many of our projects come in under budget, like East Street (through the Northpoint development), which was $900,000 under the estimate.” HOW IT BEGAN The added travel lanes to Ind. 32 were originally proposed by the Grand Junction Task Group, a citizens’ volunteer group responsible for the design of the area. The group knew INDOT eventually planned to add travel lanes to Ind. 32 through Westfield’s downtown, but leaving the project up to INDOT meant the expansion likely wouldn’t happen until 2030. “(The group) pressed for adding one additional lane in each direction to make it four (lanes) with our design,” Cook said. “(If we waited until 2030), INDOT would do

everything their way. Their way would be that it would look like 32 west of the Monon bridge – no medians, very little landscaping, no lighting.” Several years ago, Cook proposed for the city and INDOT to partner on the project and that the city could begin developing it sooner than INDOT could. “The development was coming to our downtown,” Cook said. “I couldn’t really wait another eight to 10 years. I proposed we split the cost and that the City of Westfield will manage the project, and the state of Indiana will do the land acquisition process and the city will manage the construction and design. “We have influence on a very important piece, which is the maintenance of traffic during construction and how can we least impact our businesses. By having our people manage that, I am most comfortable.” Continued on Page 11

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Continued from Page 10 Because of requests from the public to maintain some of the historic buildings in downtown Westfield, the city moved the Ind. 32 project slightly to save a historic home. It also is working to save the building on the southeast side of Union and Ind. 32 that used to house Erika’s Place. The new historical mitigation efforts added roughly $900,000 to the price, raising the project’s cost to $16 million. The City of Westfield is responsible for any cost overuns. Cook said the entire portion of the Ind. 32 project Westfield was responsible for would be completely funded with cash saved from the city’s road impact fees and that no debt would be acquired. He said the downtown Westfield segment of Ind. 32 sees 17,000 vehicles a day. “By next year, the entire segment will be rated from standard INDOT mobility standards as an F,” Cook said. “The traffic, especially in the afternoon, backs up from Union Street west clear to the Poplar Street roundabout, and similarly, it backs up to the east. That’s today. The future is we have a lot of building going on on our east and west sides, so these traffic numbers are only going to grow as our city grows.”

ADDITIONAL CONCERNS In addition to the main concern of not improving the roadway if the council decides to break the interlocal agreement, Cook said there would be many other indirect impacts of breaching the contract with INDOT. The city would owe all the INDOT expenses that have occurred to date, which is approximately $450,000. The city also has incurred approximately $1 million of its own engineering costs. Cook said that in 2028, INDOT plans to add lanes to Ind. 32 from East Street in Westfield east to Noblesville, which is figured into INDOT’s plans and would be 100 percent funded by INDOT. However, that wouldn’t happen if the Ind. 32 widening in downtown Westfield doesn’t happen. “INDOT has stated that if Westfield fails to widen our downtown, INDOT will cancel the additional lane project to Noblesville, because it makes no sense to have four lanes to the west and four lanes to the east and an existing pinch point in the middle,” Cook said. Breaching the contract also would affect resurfacing projects. “INDOT has told me that because of the way they have different pots of money, the pavement in downtown Westfield today is

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very poor and needs to be reconstructed, but if we pull out of this project and do not reconstruct that pavement, we do not have resurfacing funds available for another six to seven years,” Cook said. “So, that pavement will sit there for another six to seven years and deteriorate beyond the poor condition it’s in today.” Cook said breaking the contract also could affect future roadway funds for the city. “We have a lot of projects that we share costs with INDOT, such as the 161st and Union Street roundabout, and the 169th and Spring Mill roundabout. (Breaching the contract) would damage the relationship,” Cook said. “All Indiana cities participate in Community Crossings (grant) money, which is solely at the discretion of INDOT on how to dish that out. “We feel like by breaching our contract, we are going to damage our future awards from INDOT.” However, Johns said he feels like the city is using INDOT as a threat instead of the concerns being true concerns. “It was almost like the administration was using INDOT as a threat to say if we decided to have a boulevard through the heart of the town, that INDOT would suddenly refuse to allow us to put a roundabout at

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DESIGNED LIKE CLAY TERRACE Mayor Andy Cook compared the proposed design of Ind. 32 to Clay Terrace Boulevard in Carmel. “It has a roundabout at each end, and a (pedestrian crossing) in the middle, which is exactly like this design,” Cook said. The west side roundabout would be at Ind. 32 and Westfield Boulevard. The east side roundabout would be at Ind. 32 and East Street. East Street, which prevents us from widening Jersey Street, which are both absolutely critical to building the city infrastructure to sustain the growth that’s coming to the downtown area,” Johns said. “So, at the end of the day, we decided that the administration would arrange a meeting with INDOT so I could ask them specifically that question.” Johns said the meeting was supposed to be scheduled prior to the April 12 council meeting, but as of press time, Current was unable to confirm if the meeting with INDOT was scheduled. For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

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Commentary by Terry Anker Why can’t life be easy all the time? Would it be so difficult to remove our difficulties? For many of us, such questions resonate, especially these days. Things that used to be very simple can now be abundantly complicated. Do we shake hands anymore? Or, is it best to deploy a fist bump, elbow bang or nod across the room to acknowledge a kind greeting from a friend? Even from those many things we might keep after the pandemic is officially pronounced no longer a threat, most of us are struggling to make sense of the new social order. For some, it may be — or seem — irreversibly life damaging. For many, it will be an inconvenience for a while. At least we have our health, right? The cliché, like many others, makes a good point. Anyone who has ever endured a toothache will tell you that all is well until the pain starts. Then, within hours, nothing else matters. Time stops until the anguish is alleviated. Birthday parties, long-planned trips, big presentations at work — all are set aside in the increasing wave of sensory-induced focus. No matter the cost, we’ll do anything to make it relent! Our previous worries have faded into some fistclenched negotiation with God — make the pain recede and we promise to be good and stop tormenting our brother, complaining about the job, or watching too much television news. Then, modern medicine rescues the tooth — equilibrium is ultimately restored. How long do we hold our promised repentance? With the sharp and shooting agony alleviated, our attention returns to the annoyances of the daily ritual. Is the corporal sufficient? Does mental anguish count? Maybe the saying should be redrafted to proclaim, “At least we have our physical and mental health.”

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

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I met my husband Doo 31 years ago this month. We were seniors in high school who happened to be spring breaking in the same small island town in the Bahamas. I had a rich best friend with a timeshare, and Doo had a family connection through an uncle. He was tall and skinny, with an impressive mullet (Doo, not the uncle), and for me, at least, it was love at first sight. Surprisingly, he called a few days after we were back stateside to invite me to visit. We married six years later, and the rest, of course, is Wilson history. It’s a great story, right? Spring break fling-turned-matrimonial bliss? With our own children now around the age we met, I can’t help but think how crazy it all was. For starters, my parents let me travel internationally to a place where the drinking age was 18, essentially unchaperoned (there was a designated adult there, but she wasn’t either of our mothers and drank more than we did). And then to fall for a boy who lived only two hours north, and like me, heading to Colorado for college? What were the odds? I believe it was fate. And so, when I give my annual spring break talk to my students about making good choices, I do in fact spend some time on vacation romance. “Be prepared for one of two eventualities!” I warn. “Heartbreak is the more likely, but you might also land at the spectrum’s other end: Three decades of marriage with a guy whose once enviable mullet has been replaced by an immaculately bald dome.” Peace out.

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Unpleasantly surprised to see me? Commentary by Dick Wolfsie People always act surprised to see me. Not happy to see me — just surprised. I remember walking home from HUMOR elementary school and coming in the door about 3 p.m. My mother would say, “Are you home already?” I must have lived closer to school than I thought. When I was on TV every morning, people who saw me at the supermarket seemed shocked. “Dick Wolfsie! What are you doing here?” I had a list of answers that began with eggs, bread and 2 percent milk. The staff at my dentist’s office was stunned to see me the other day, but I can’t figure out why. True, I had not been to the dentist in a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but I made an appointment in January for late March, assuming I would be vaccinated by then. Ten minutes after I made that appointment, I got a text asking me to confirm the date. Then, two weeks ago came a postcard in the mail reminding me that at 2 p.m. on March 31, I was to see Dr. James about my pearly off-whites. Then a few days before the appointment date, I received an email and a text, all not-so-subtle hints to be sure I arrived at my scheduled time. I also got a message on my answering machine that morning: “Hi, this is Dr. James’ office. We are confirming your appointment. Could you call us back and let us know you got this message?” When I returned the call, I got their an-

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women put the pieces together that this was the same guy. The story went on even after we finished the film. But he was finally arrested and charged with the felony with the sheer numbers of bills he’s skipped out on paying. “I thought the story was a funny real-life thing and we kind of adapted that to a fun movie to make.” Cavin wrote and directed the film with Cairns. Cavin’s girlfriend, Mafalda Pinto Correia, from Portugal, portrays the main character since the story is told from the perspective of the girl who is left from dinner. They set up a sting to catch him. While in college, Cavin took a semester off, from January to July in 2018, to study in New York City, winning a scholarship to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He met several actors, including his girlfriend, who he used for the film. They were in an acting class together. The short film was completed at the end of 2019 and won the Best of Fest at the 2020 Strasberg Film Festival in February 2020. It was nominated in several categories. “It was in a handful of virtual festivals,” Cavin said.

Cavin said because of the short film success, they decided to produce a series called “CherryBomb,” with Corriera as the lead and co-creator. “We took the core characters that are in ‘The Dine-and-Dash Dater,’ minus the guy doing the dining and dashing,” Cavin said. “We took the tone of the film and adapted it to be a TV show. The story is about entrepreneurialism and the experience of finding your way in the world as a young adult.” The six episodes, which were filmed during the summer of 2020, are about 25 minutes each. “There were obstacles filming in New York during the pandemic,” Cavin said. “It was an ambitious thing for us to do and none of us were sure when we were shooting the first episode that we would make it all the way to six episodes because of the time, energy and money it takes to produce even one of them.” The series is in post-production, and Cavin hopes to find a streaming home later this year. Cavin recently took a job as a writer and production coordinator at Echobend Pictures. For more, visit quinncavin.com.

editorial@youarecurrent.com The Fishers Arts Council is presenting the 12th annual Senior Showcase, sponsored by corporate sponsor Star Bank, through April 29. The exhibit celebrates the art of seniors from Fishers High School and Hamilton Southeastern High School. A free public reception is set for 6 to 7:15 p.m. April 16 followed by the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Both events will take place in The Art Gallery at City Hall. 1 Municipal Dr., Fishers. COVID-19 protocols will be in place. Facial coverings are mandated as is social distancing. Fishers Arts Council volunteers will help visitors navigate the gallery and auditorium.  The winners will receive scholarships totaling $2,000. The categories are: Best of show ($500), first ($250), second ($150) and third place ($100) in the categories of drawing, photography and painting/mixed media.  The gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jesse Kramer, director of exhibits at Conner Prairie, will serve as the judge. The artwork for the exhibit was selected by Jasmine Osborne, chair of the visual arts department at Fishers High School, and Angela Fritz chair of the visual arts department Hamilton Southeastern High School along with art department teachers Danielle Ontiveros and Lisa Brown.

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Tickets will be available May 1 by emailing boxofficeredbarn@gmail.com. Artistic Director Michael J. Taylor has an“Who’s in Bed with The Butler” by Michael nounced the lineup for the 2021 season at Parker is a madcap farce that is not nearly Frankfort’s Red as salacious as the title would imPRODUCTION Barn Summer ply. When a billionaire dies, his only Theatre. The child assumes she will inherit his three shows will be “Who’s in Bed estate. When she arrives to claim with The Butler?”; Neil Simon’s “The her father’s mansion and fortune, Odd Couple”; and the musical comeshe finds out otherwise and the dy “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” eccentric butler seems to be at the “Who’s in Bed with the Butler?” center of the screwball mystery. Taylor will open the season June 9, folThe second show of the season is lowed by “The Odd Couple” June 23. “The the classic comedy “The Odd Couple.” From Wonderful Wonderettes” will open July 8 Broadway success to movies and television and close out the season July 18. The curshows, Simon’s bickering roommates have tain will rise on all Wednesday through entertained audiences for decades. Saturday evening performances at 7:30 p.m., The Off-Broadway hit musical comedy while Sunday and any additional matinees “The Marvelous Wonderettes” will close out will start at 2 p.m. the 2021 season. The four-woman show “Due to socially distanced seating this is packed with humor and song as Betty year, we are only admitting 85 people to Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy entertain attend each show, so patrons should order classmates at the 1958 prom. The charming their tickets as soon as they receive their musical is for all ages. ticket brochure,” Community Outreach ManThe Red Barn Summer Theatre is at 2120 ager Bethany Sheets said. “The brochure East County Rd., 150 South in Frankfort. will be mailed later this month.”

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Have you ever noticed people adding “-y” to the end of a word to make it sound cuter? That’s a hypocorism. My daughter (who is 3) calls her blanket a “blanky.” The “blanky” is fuzzy and “comfy.” Of course, the rest of our family follows suit with this kind of talk because it’s just so darn cute. A “kitten” becomes a “kitty.” “Bird” turns into “birdy.” In the 1920s, the term “chamber pot” gave us the word “potty.” In our family, we’ve gone so far down the hypocorism rabbit hole that koalas have become “koalies.” Think about when you’re talking to someone dear to you. Instead of saying “Agnes” (if Agnes is the focus of your endearment), you say “honey.” I’m sure you have a dating or married couple who calls each other “babe.” While “babe” is a far cry from “sugar pie” or “honeybunch,” it counts as a form of hypocorism, or as I like to call it, a precious wittle hypycory.

Curtis Honeycutt is a national award-winning, syndicated humor writer. Connect with him on Twitter (@curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

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