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OrthoIndy to open new medical office building
By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com
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services on Saturdays, and Hellman hopes that can be offered in Westfield, but it will depend on staffing and demand.
DEVELOPMENT
An orthopedic provider in Westfield plans to open its new medical office building off Ind. 32 in early Octo ber under the first of three planned phases.
OrthoIndy has constructed a new facility at 288 E. 175th St. that will offer physical therapy services and space for four physi cians to be working at the same time, said Ed Hellman, an orthopedic surgeon with OrthoIndy who also serves as president of its board of directors. The building is set to open Oct. 4.
OrthoIndy has an urgent care clinic on Wheeler Road that also offers physical therapy that opened a few years ago, but continued growth and demand in the area prompted officials to pursue construction of the new building.
“Over time, several of our physicians wanted to go up there seeing regular clinic patients, and we very soon realized there was much more demand for services in that area than what we could accommodate,”
Hellman said.
The new office building, which encom passes more than 15,000 square feet, will offer urgent care services with an MRI facil ity being available on-site as well, according to Hellman. He added that the new facility will allow OrthoIndy orthopedists to see more patients who need physical therapy and physician services.
Hellman said regular physician appoint ments will be offered Monday through Fri day at the new building in Westfield. Several other OrthoIndy locations offer urgent care
The larger space is in stark contrast to its current facility, which is only large enough for one doctor at any given time providing services, according to Hellman. A physical therapy gym in the new building facing Ind. 32 will allow patients to be involved in reha bilitation activities such as recovering from injuries and returning to function, he added.
OrthoIndy is also planning additional med ical office buildings on the existing site and plans to break ground on the second phase within the next few months for a facility dedicated for orthopedic surgeries. Officials are in the final design stages for the second phase, while a third planned phase remains on the drawing board, Hellman said.
Hellman said he anticipates the building dedicated to orthopedic surgeries would take about 18 months to complete. He added that every aspect of orthopedics such as hip, spine or knee replacements will be rep resented at its Westfield office.
For more, visit orthoindy.com/locations/ westfield.
McCarty announces run for Westfield City Council
By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com
meeting to prepare himself for the future, he said.
tion of Westfield outside of our little bubble, it hurts,” McCarty said. “I want people to know that Westfield is open for business.”
GOVERNMENT
A Westfield resident who serves on the city’s Advisory Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals has announced that he is running for Westfield City Council.
Victor McCarty, 29, is a lifelong resident of the city and said he decided to make a run for a seat on the city council in part because of his love for Westfield and because he thinks he can bring a different perspective if elect ed. He plans to formally declare in January, he said.
“Westfield is really ingrained in who I am,” McCarty said.
McCarty, who was appointed to the APC and BZA boards in 2020, got his start in politics as an intern with former Indianap olis Mayor Greg Ballard in 2012 and also worked for the Indiana House Republicans at the Indiana Statehouse. After graduating from Huntington University in 2015, he re turned to Westfield and started attending Westfield City Council meetings and other
He was appointed to the city’s APC and BZA boards in 2020 by Mayor Andy Cook and is a marketing coordinator for Berkshire Ha thaway HomeServices Indiana Real ty. He formerly worked at Westfield High School in the special education department.
“I knew it was going to be some point in time that I wanted to take that next step of public service, but didn’t know when,” McCarty said.
McCarty, who has not decided if he’ll seek an at-large or district seat since the council has not redistricted, is running on a platform centered on “WeRISE,” with a particular focus on relationships, infrastruc ture, safety and engagement.
“What’s unique to me is my perspective and seeing where we’ve been and where we can go,” he said. “I’m very hopeful for our future.”
Still, McCarty thinks the city can improve when it comes to relationships, infrastruc ture, safety and engagement, noting that he has had some frustrations as an APC board member on how long some things are taking.
“To hear there’s a negative representa
McCarty also said he backs public safety in Westfield and supports the idea of adding another fire station as the city continues to grow. That should be done by creating a fiscal plan and being proactive at the same time while looking at the city’s infrastruc ture needs as well, he added.
McCarty also said he has not taken a position on whether the city should sell the Grand Park Sports Campus or enter into a public-private partnership, saying he doesn’t yet have all the information avail able to make a decision. The 400-acre com plex, which serves as the training camp for the Indianapolis Colts, has 31 soccer fields, 26 baseball diamonds, two administration buildings, seven concession stands and a 378,000-square-foot multi-use event center.
However, McCarty did say he has traveled to other sports complexes across the U.S. and thinks the city is underutilizing space around Grand Park. He said he wants to help facilitate relationships in order to make Westfield better if elected to the council.
For more, visit McCarty’s website at www.victormccarty.com.
An exterior view of the new OrthoIndy medical office building located at 288 E. 175th St. in Westfield. It is set to open Oct. 4. (Photo by Mat thew Kent)
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COMMUNITY
City releases names of Grand Park bidders
By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com
The City of Westfield has released the identities of seven entities who submitted bids for the Grand Park Sports Campus that will be reviewed by a panel of six individuals.
GOVERNMENT
City officials are looking to sell Grand Park or enter into a public-private part nership to operate the complex, which is owned by the Westfield Redevelopment Commission. The 400-acre complex, which serves as the training camp for the In dianapolis Colts, has 31 soccer fields, 26 baseball diamonds, two administration buildings, seven concession stands and a 378,000-square-foot multi-use event center.
The city received proposals from the fol lowing entities:
• Card & Associates Athletic Facilities, LLC
• A confidential client of Cushman & Wakefield
• Indy Sports & Entertainment, LLC and related entity
• Ambassador Enterprises
• REV Entertainment
• Sports Facilities Companies, LLC
• Anytown USA, Inc.
Details about the proposals will remain confidential until a panel of six individuals appointed by Mayor Andy Cook makes a recommendation, according to City Attorney Manny Herceg.
Those six individuals are Brian Tomami chel, chief financial officer with Westfield Washington Schools; Jeremy Lollar, chief of staff with the city of Westfield; Troy Patton, Westfield City Councilman; Larry Clarino,
City officials are looking to sell Grand Park or enter into a public-private partnership to oper ate the complex. (File photo)
board member with the Westfield Public Works and Safety; Dan Moyer, a Westfield business owner; and Chuck Lehman, a for mer Westfield city councilman.
The panel, which held its first meeting earlier this month, will make a recommen dation at some point to the Westfield Rede velopment Commission and the Westfield City Council regarding the proposals. The redevelopment commission and the council will eventually vote on either a buyer or operator of Grand Park or choose not to sell the campus, which opened in 2014.
Two appraisals were received by the city in August with the minimum being the av erage of the two appraisals, meaning Grand Park’s minimum price would be $85 million.
If Westfield were to sell Grand Park, city officials previously said they would use the proceeds to pay off park debt. The city still owes nearly $80 million for the complex.
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Traders Point Christian quarterback improves his accuracy
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
As a Traders Point Christian School fresh man, Cooper Simmons-Little chose not to play football. He regretted it quickly.
“I chose not to play football my freshman year because I strug gled with it through middle school,” said Simmons-Little, who lives in Pittsboro. “After watching my friends playing as brothers on the football field, I missed it and joined my sophomore year.”
The 6-foot-2 Simmons-Little played receiv er his sophomore year but was injured and missed much of the season. The senior now plays quarterback.
Last season, Simmons-Little completed 141 of 315 passes (44.8 percent) for 2,154 yards with 18 touchdowns and 18 intercep tions for the Class A school in Whitestown.
In the first five games this season, he greatly improved his completion percent age by completing 108 of 174 passes (62.1
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percent) for 1,592 yards with 18 touchdowns and two interceptions.
“My deep ball has improved the most,” Simmons-Little said. “My goal since last year was to be able to throw the ball deeper with more accuracy.”
His receivers deserve credit as well. Senior Phillip Moran had 34 catches for 519 yards and eight TDs in the first five games.
Sophomore Colton Pollard had 26 catches for 446 yards and senior Eli Meals had nine receptions for 325 yards.
“I have solid receivers and our relation
ships have come easy,” said Simmons-Little, who also plays basketball for Traders Point. “We do little things to connect, such as (having) dinner together.”
Traders Point coach Sam Carnes said he is impressed with Simmons-Little’s leader ship during adverse moments.
Carnes, who is in his third year as Knights head coach, said he also is im pressed with Simmons-Little’s footwork in the pocket.
“A lot of kids when there is pressure will just go down or throw a bad pass or just try to go ahead and run,” Carnes said. “Coo per’s footwork has improved to the point where he is always trying to complete the pass. He is going to use his feet to maneu ver in the pocket and complete a pass. He’s thrown three or four touchdowns that way. I’m very impressed with his feet, very im pressed with his attitude.”
Carnes’ brother Ben is the Knights’ offen sive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Ben formerly was a Westfield High School assistant coach before joining his brother.
Carnes said some NAIA and smaller college teams are showing an interest in Simmons-Little.
Traders Point Christian senior quarterback Cooper Simmons-Little threw for 1,592 yards in the first five games. (Photo courtesy of Traders Point Christian)
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WESTFIELD
Project: New roundabout
Location: The intersection of 191st Street and Grassy Branch Road is closed.
CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION
Expected completion: Due to delays with utility relocation, the estimated completion date is Oct. 8.
Project: Reconstruction of 151st Street
Location: A section of 151st Street from Towne Road to Buchanan Lane is closed for reconstruction. The intersection of 151st Street and Towne Road will remain open during construction.
Expected completion: Summer
Project: Boulevard with a roundabout
Location: A section of 191st Street west of U.S. 31 is being converted into a boulevard with a roundabout at Chad Hittle Drive. 191st Street is open to traffic going westbound using Westmore Lane and Chatham Commons Boulevard. The road will remain closed for eastbound traffic.
Expected completion: TBD
Project: Reconstruction of 151st Street from Towne Road to Buchanan Lane
Location: A section of 151st Street from Towne Road to Buchanan Lane (the entrance to Kimblewick on 151st Street) is closed for reconstruction.
Expected completion: Officials anticipate the project will be completed this month. The intersection of 151st Street and Towne Road will remain open during construction.
Project: Grand Park Boulevard extension
Location: A section of 181st Street between Dartown Road and Wheeler Road is closed through September for construction of the future Grand Park Blvd. extension.
Expected completion: The road will be closed through September, but motorists can use the detour route, which is 186th Street to Wheeler Road.
CARMEL
Project: Roundabout, multi-use path construction
Location: The intersection of 106th Street and College Avenue is closed for construction of a roundabout. The multiuse path is under construction along 106th Street from Pennsylvania Parkway to College Avenue. 106th Street is not expected to be closed during construction of the path.
Expected completion: November
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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
As a former Guerin Catholic High School cross country and track and field runner, Brandon Oblazney knows how import ant it is to have the right personal care products in the locker room.
ENTREPRENEUR
It became even more apparent when his younger brother, Chad, a former Guerin Catholic soccer player, had a skin condition aggravated by some products.
That led Oblazney to found of Youthsport All-In, which offers personal care products developed for young athletes.
“Growing up we were always conscious of what we were putting on our skin,” said the Carmel resident, who graduated from Guerin in 2015.
Oblazney said the mission of Youthsport All-In, which he started in January, is to pro vide natural-based personal care products for children ages 7-14 while giving back to charities and organizations that help youth play sports.
“I want to help change lives with this
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District’s new Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center named in honor of longtime teacher
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Craig Wood knew how important helping to shape young minds was to his late moth er, Virginia F. Wood.
Wood said after teaching at Westfield Washington Schools for a few years, his mother worked with at least 100 students. Starting her own family, she saw a need and co-founded Christ United Methodist pre-school in Westfield, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in May. The number of students who have gone through it is in the thousands, Wood said. His mother, a 1933 Westfield High School graduate, died in 1993.
Wood, a Westfield resident, and his family made donations for naming rights to West field Washington Schools’ Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center, which is on the prop erty of the Monon Trail Elementary School. It is home to the TOTS Child Care Center for infants ages 12 weeks to preschool and All Aboard Pre-K Program. The ribbon cutting was held Sept. 6.
Adding the Early Learning Center into the mix has the potential to impact develop ment exponentially, Wood said.
Wood said he had initial conversations about the center with former WWS Supt. Sherry Grate approximately two years ago.
“Dr. Grate said there was a need for an early learning center, and if they had that in place, they could (do) other things within the school system,” Wood said. “Wheels began to turn. Then things were beginning to progress, so I thought, ‘Would it be OK if we could require the naming rights in honor of mom?’ Dr. Grate was very much appreciative. Our family contributed toward the building of the building. Donations from our family helped turn the building into a realistic probability and hearts were still beginning to warm.
“During construction, I felt mom’s pres ence in the building checking out all the features.”
Wood said he could envision his mother and father standing with huge smiles and nodding approval with his mother saying, “That’s our family,’ and dad saying, ‘Yeah, that’s a pretty good job.’”
Wood, a 1973 Westfield High School gradu ate, said the facility has features that other facilities across the city can’t offer. Wood has two older sisters. One, Rachel Merrill,
lives in Wellbrooke of Westfield, a senior living community. The other, Mary Margaret Banas, lives in Virginia.
“We can see mom all over this building,” Wood said.
Marci Derado, director of student support programs for the Wood Early Learning Cen ter, has been with WWS since 2015. She has led the child care program since November 2017.
“It’s amazing to see everything done, see the kids all together and be able to watch my staff members collaborate within the same building, which is something we’ve never been able to do,” Derado said. “We’ve been little islands in multiple schools. They are thriving as leaders because they are able to discuss things with people like them. The same with kids who get to see all the kids their age.”
Derado said the 57,487-square-foot build ing, which has about 18 classrooms, will be able to hold up to 436 children.
“We intentionally don’t fill our 4-year-olds
classrooms to capacity because we are allowed to put 24 in, but we only put in 20 because we feel they are going to get extra attention from having 20 instead of having 24 in a classroom.”
Derado said the children have an 18,000-square-foot playground designed for infants through age 5 rather than one de signed for elementary school students.
“Bathrooms are all the right size,” she said. “The sinks are at the right height. The table and the chairs in the cafeteria are the right height for the kids to be able to eat correctly. It’s wonderful to know this is built for children this age.”
ON THE COVER: School board members past and present, current district administrators, members of the Wood family, members of the Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center staff and four children who attend the center — Laila Andrews (TOTS), Brooks Tomamichel (All Aboard), Ian Cooley (preschool) and Cameron Derado (All Aboard) — cut the ribbon on the Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center. (Photo by Bailey Ruble)
A plaque inside the Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center explains Wood’s contributions to educating young children.
From left, Victor Landfair, vice president of Skillman Corp., Westfield Washington Schools Supt. Paul Kaiser and Jeff Olsen, principal of CSO Architects, pause with a ceremonial key to the building that was presented to the district. (Photo by Jaciaya Gross)
The new playground is designed for younger children in Westfield.
Craig Wood, son of Virginia F. Wood, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Photos by Mark Ambrogi)
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ESSAY
Cost of not knowing
Commentary by Terry Anker
Cocktail menus are often conspicuous ly absent prices. Some food menus are, too. Boutiques routinely keep the MSRP on a need-to-know basis. Consumers, it seems, don’t need to know. One is urged to try it on, fall in love and throw down the credit card. How much we would pay and how much the object is worth to us is not a consideration.
Health care is likewise priceless. Asking cost is almost always met with a look of abject confusion. “Why do you care? How much is your health worth to you?” How can we know the answer to that question unless we know how much we are about to be charged? Shaming and social pressure do the dirty work. It is like middle school all over again, and good decision-making is out the window.
Nonprofits have their own version. An acquaintance reaches out to see if we’re interested in catching up over a meal. In fact, he has an open spot at an event next week. No need to buy tickets, it’s on him. In addition to our talk, we’ll learn something about the cause. It all conceals a modern fundraising tool, the “get-to-know-us” breakfast.
The host is already sold on the project and is “network marketing” to us. For the cost of a continental breakfast, he becomes entitled to arm-twist cash for the cause before we are freed. It is a timeshare presentation for charity. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the device, if we know what we are getting ourselves into. But the Trojan horse of it all is the demand for giving. “Give a lot,” the pledge card directly placed into our hands by the host pressures. “Give every month,” it not-so-politely urges. We find ourselves cajoled into giving to a cause that, while important, is not central to our priorities.
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Loving my empty nest
Commentary by Danielle Wilson
My, how times have changed! I re cently attended a birthday party for the soon-to-be 3-year-old of a co-worker. Be sides the grandmother and great-grand mother, I was the oldest person there and the only one without little kids claimable as blood kin. Although this is not a new phenomenon — our young est is 18, after all — the idea that I no longer am beholden to nap schedules and cupcake sugar rushes and bouncy house injuries really hit home. And it was magical.
I thoroughly enjoyed sitting back and watching the chaos unfold, able to enter the fray if — and only if — I chose. I was not required to chase down a toddler as she made a break for a neighbor’s jun gle gym, nor did I need to carefully pre pare a dinner plate with nonchokeable, cut-up grapes. I didn’t have to worry about food allergies or skinned knees or the bees wreaking havoc near the baked beans. And when a tense moment erupt ed during the present-opening grand finale — “That’s my Baby Moana!” — I could legitimately just shake my head and giggle.
Lest you think I’m a complete jerk, I did help clear plates and locate juicebox straws, and I occasionally assisted with step navigation. But the point is, I was under no obligation to do so. I was there as a true guest, unencumbered by the responsibilities and expectations of parenthood.
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The moral of my story is this: Even tually, everyone makes it to the empty nest Promised Land, where backyard barbeques are actually delightful experi ences and other peoples’ children, much like puppies, are unlimited sources of entertainment. My, how times will change.
Peace out.
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WHERE IS TIM? — Tim Campbell, a Carmel resident and internationally decorated cartoonist, is taking a break from Current in an effort to focus on his work for a newer cartoon syndi cate, Counterpoint, as well as other projects. Campbell had drawn nearly weekly for Current since October 2006.
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HUMOR Applause
An eggstra interesting read
Commentary by Dick Wolfsie
My wife and I didn’t go to the Indiana State Fair this year, the first one we missed (other than the two years affected by COVID-19 closures) since we moved to Indiana in 1982. Mary Ellen’s favorite thing is going to the poultry barn to see the baby chicks. I love to get a grilled you-know-what on a stick. We don’t talk much about our favorite things on the way home.
Menards sells mag azines called Chick ens and Poul try World — both dedicated to the proper care and breeding of our feath ered friends. On the cover, the editor is seen holding his buddy, a handsome Springer Spaniel. I guess he has learned he’ll attract more chicks holding an adorable puppy than cuddling a rooster.
Inside these magazines, let the puns begin. There are puns I am sure have made their way into every edition through the years. Let’s face it, there are only so many chicken plays-on-words you can come up with to name various sections of the periodicals.
Eggciting recipes: During Easter, we see this wordplay in every newspaper a hun dred times. Enough, already. It’s, well, you know … eggasperating.
Online eggstras and eggsclusives: The plays-on-words here cover the spectrum from horrible to somewhat clever. Mary Ellen and I only eat cage-free eggs, and we want the jokes to have free range, as well.
Cracking up: Their joke page, of course.
A chicken in every shot: Don’t have an adorable cat to feature in YouTube videos? Here’s some advice on how to capture your
cuddly capon on camera.
Chicken scratch: Gifts and gadgets for chicken lovers with the subtitle, “Everything Our Readers Are Crowing About.” You buy an app that figures how many eggs annually to expect from your flock. Yes, it’s called a cluck-u-lator.
Get the shell out: Ensuring the maximum daily egg production from each breed. This pun is also used in Turtle Monthly Digest in articles encouraging pet owners to exercise their aquatic friends with a daily walk.
Fowl language: A glossary of import ant terminology for bird lovers. Actually, I like that pun. But once or twice is enough.OK, three times.
– DICK WOLFSIE
There were also questions in a feature called “Chicken Chat.” A better title would be, “Can We Squawk?” I know nothing about chickens, but I would like to take a stab at some of the answers.
Q: My chicken seems bored. Her head is down, and she is all fluffed up. What does that mean?
A: It is definitely a chicken.
Q: I raise quail. Recently, I found one run ning around my yard with half of its head missing. What should I do?
A: It’s too late.
Q: I am considering hatching chickens myself for the first time. Any suggestions?
A: No, but if you are successful, we’d like to interview you for this magazine.
Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.
Mary Ellen’s favorite thing is going to the poultry barn to see the baby chicks. I love to get a grilled you-know-what on a stick.
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Welcome, Samer Kawak, MD
Monkeypox dashboard launches
By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com
Hamilton Surgical Associates is pleased to welcome Dr. Samer Kawak to the team. Dr. Kawak attended Indiana University School of Medicine and is board-certified in general surgery and fellowship-trained in colon and rectal surgery. Dr. Kawak prides himself on creating a safe space for patients where they feel comfortable discussing their problems and needs. Dr. Kawak has extensive training in robotic surgery, and is committed to providing the most up-to-date treatment to patients when appropriate.
What do you do for fun?
I enjoy cooking, hiking and playing basketball.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Kawak, call 317.776.8748 or visit riverview.org.
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Indiana Dept. of Health has launched a new data dashboard showing the preva lence of monkeypox cases in the state broken down by age group, gender, ethnicity, race and public health district.
Since mid-June, Indiana has reported 153 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox. The dashboard does not include two pre viously reported pediatric cases because follow-up investigations determined those to have been false positives.
As of Sept. 21, there were 143 cases of probable or confirmed monkeypox cases in District 5, which covers Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Mor gan and Shelby counties, according to the dashboard.
“Our goal with any dashboard is to pro vide accurate, up-to-date information on the status of an outbreak or important public health issue to keep Hoosiers informed,” said Lindsay Weaver, chief medical officer with IDOH. “As the monkeypox situation
evolves, we continue to review cases and lab results in consultation with our federal partners to ensure our data accurately re flect the current situation.”
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, which is part of the same family of viruses as small pox. The illness typically begins with fever, headache, chills, muscle aches and exhaus tion about five to 21 days after exposure.
Person-to-person transmission is possi ble through skin-to-skin contact with body fluids, monkeypox sores or contaminated items, such as bedding or clothing, or through exposure to respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact, ac cording to the IDOH.
Within one to three days, or sometimes longer after the appearance of fever, an in dividual develops a rash. The illness typical ly lasts two to four weeks, and people are considered infectious until all scabs from the rash have fallen off and a fresh layer of skin has formed, according to the IDOH.
The dashboard, which is available at monkeypox.health.in.gov, will be updated Monday through Friday by 5 p.m. to reflect cases identified as of 5 p.m. the day before.
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HEALTH
Developer plans $57M apartment project in Westfield
By Matthew Kent matthew@youarecurrent.com
An Indianapolis real estate development company plans to build a $57 million apart ment community in Westfield near Grand Park.
TWG, which specializes in commercial, market rate, affordable and senior housing developments, plans to build a 240-unit apartment complex known as Grand Park Village. The multi-family project will encom pass multiple buildings and will be built directly south of Grand Park.
“This project provides suburban living at its best with top-notch amenities and com munity access,” said Chase Smith, vice pres ident of market rate development at TWG. “We are excited to bring Grand Park Village to the growing City of Westfield.”
Construction on the project began in July
with first units becoming available for rent in the summer of 2024, according to the company. Grand Park Village will include a dog park, fitness center, clubhouse, pool, grilling stations, a bike hub along the Monon Trail and a boardwalk along the lake to the north, officials said.
“Centier Bank knows the importance of high-quality housing, and Westfield is no exception,” said Brian Ternet, vice president and senior lending officer at Centier Bank. “Through this partnership with TWG, Centier Bank is thrilled to support the economic growth of communities across Indiana. With the thoughtful design and engineering of the project, Grand Park Village will enhance the already attractive and thriving area.”
TWG is also developing Chatham Hills, a $41 million apartment complex on the north east side of Grand Park. It is expected to open next year, according to the company.
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DEVELOPMENT
Civic director has emotional ties to ‘Rent’
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Civic Theatre Executive Artistic Director Michael Lasley has a special connection to “Rent.”
The musical centers on struggling artists in Lower Manhattan’s East Village. Two of the char acters are HIV positive and another has AIDS.
Lasley is directing the rock musical, “Rent,” and his wife Marni Lemons is the assistant director. Civic’s production is set for Oct. 7-22 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Per forming Arts in Carmel.
“It’s a seminal piece of theater for peo ple of a certain age,” Lasley said. “COVID brought up other epidemics in my mind, and the AIDS epidemic has been going on since the early 1980s. While we’ve made a lot of progress, it still exists. There are thousands of people who die from AIDS every year. It’s far more treatable if you are in a situation where you can seek out treatment. It’s still a serious health issue in the world. Many of the characters are HIV positive.”
Being in the artistic world, Lasley said he and his wife lost many friends because of the AIDS epidemic in the early and mid-1990s.
“It seemed like we were going to more funerals than our parents and grandpar ents because it was taking so many peo ple from the theatrical and artistic world,” Lasley said.
Lasley said the musical, which debuted in 1996, ran 13 years on Broadway. The composer, Jonathan Larson, died at age 35 of an aortic dissection on the night of the off-Broadway opening for “Rent.”
Lasley said Civic Theatre presented a concert version of it in 2010.
“It was a bigger cast, but less staging,” Lasley said. “We mostly concentrate on the music.”
Olivia Broadwater, a 2020 Zionsville Community High School graduate, plays Maureen Johnson.
“She is a powerful, bisexual woman who
is a performer and protester,” Broadwater said. “It’s a role that is pushing me outside of my comfort zone, artistically, and finding the confidence to do some of these awe some, crazy things on stage (is challenging).
Vocally, it’s a very good challenge for me. I’ve had a blast playing her. She is just so power ful and it’s awesome to get to play.”
Broadwater said she has been watching the musical for years.
“This is definitely the closest to a rock musical I’ve done,” she said. “But I’m clas sic rock girl. I like all the oldies. One of my goals is to be in ‘Rock of Ages’ because that is one of my favorites.”
Broadwater loves the fact that the production is almost all singing, like ‘Les Miserables.”
“There isn’t much plain dialogue,” Broad water said.
Broadwater was first runner-up June 18 in the Miss Indiana competition. Auditions for “Rent” were two days later. She told her mother she wasn’t going to go at first.
“I was nervous and didn’t feel prepared on the audition day, and my mom said, ‘Just go do it, it will be fun,’” she said. “It wasn’t one of the most fun auditions I’ve ever had. I was glad I ended up going.”
Broadwater, a Ball State University mu sical theater major, is traveling from Mu nich for rehearsals. So is fellow Ball State junior Julia Ammons, a 2020 Carmel High School graduate who plays Alexi Darling, among other ensemble roles, and is one of the two dance captains.
“I saw it once with the national tour and once with a smaller production,” Ammons said. “I loved both times I saw it and could envision myself being part of it someday.”
Ammons has performed in Civic’s Young Artists Program in the past. Her last pro duction at Civic was “Elf” in 2019.
“This show has more maturity and inti macy work that we do with our intimacy coordinator, which is stuff I’ve worked with before but not in this depth,” Am mons said.
Ammons said she is used to performing in more traditional musicals, not rock musicals.
“Alexi talks really fast, and she is pretty annoying,” Ammons said. “She says a lot of phone numbers really fast, so there was a lot of memorization. But it came pretty easily once I started working on it.” For more, visit civictheatre.org.
‘ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE’
“Escape to Margaritaville” runs through Oct. 2 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indi anapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.
’THE CURIOUS SAVAGE’
Main Street Productions of “The Curious Sav age” will be presented from Sept. 29 through Oct. 9 at the Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.
‘REHEARSAL FOR MURDER’
The Belfry Theatre will present “Rehearsal for Murder,” a murder mystery, through Oct. 2 at the Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville. For more, visit thebelfrytheatre.com.
WHAM
Live at the Center presents WHAM (We Have All Music), a Carmel-based nonprofit group, as part of the Live at the Center series at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Tickets are $5 or register for the free lives tream at the centerpresents.org.
JOSHUA BELL
Violinist Joshua Bell will be accompanied by pianist Peter Dugan in concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Palladium in Carmel. For more, visit the centerpresents.org.
TOWER OF POWER
Tower of Power will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Palladium in Carmel. For more, visit the centerpresents.org.
DISPATCH
Men sought for choral group – VOCE, Voic es of Choral Excellence, is looking for male vocalists with tenor, baritone and bass ranges. Singers with music degrees or cho ral experience and excellent music-reading skills are encouraged to apply. VOCE is a small semi-professional vocal ensemble based in Carmel. It meets twice a month on the second and fourth Sundays from 2-4 p.m. at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 1402 W. Main St, Carmel. For more or to schedule an audition, contact Brenda Iacoc ca at bmiacocca@gmail.com or 317.946.2056, or visit voceindy.org.
MUSICAL
Olivia Broadwater, left, and Miata McMichel appear in Civic Theatre’s production of “Rent.” (Photo courtesy off Joshua Hasty Photography)
Ammons
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Brazilian performer to join CSO
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
them,” Assad said. “It not, ‘Let’s just do Latin music.’ It’s, ‘Let’s celebrate music for what it is.’”
MUSIC
Carmel Symphony Orchestra Music Direc tor Janna Hymes watched Brazilian pianist and vocalist Clarice Assad perform a set of pieces in a concert in Maine.
Hymes liked what she saw and invited her to perform with the CSO.
“I was with musicians who just got together to perform that one concert (in Maine),” Assad said. “The music was a varied combination of world music, Brazilian music, classical music and jazz. It was me on keyboards and singing arrangements that I had written for the group that I performed. (Hymes) said she loved the music and felt it could really work with her orchestra.”
Assad will make her CSO debut with the concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The concert celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
“I’m also performing some Bach with
Assad, who was born in Brazil and is based in Chicago, will be joined by India napolis-based band Pavel & Direct Contact. Assad said she watched Pavel Palanco-Safadit in online performances.
“He’s incredible,” said Assad, who said this will be her first appear ance in the Indianapolis area.
Assad came to the U.S. to attend college. She studied at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Hymes said it will be an upbeat and thrill ing program.
Hymes has not worked with either per former before, but said she feels like she has.
“The reason I say that is that we have been in communication for over a year, and I have a strong grasp of their musical lan guage and performance skills,” Hymes said. “Both of these artists are extraordinary.”
Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per cou ple. For more, visit CarmelSymphony.org.
(Above) Crowds line 2nd Ave. NW to listen to live music as 18 porches in the Carmel Arts & Design Dis trict transformed into stages for 53 bands Sept. 18 for the annual PorchFest event. (Left) Tay Bronson of Tay Bronson & the Tackle Box performs. (Photos by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
Assad
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‘Curious Savage’ set to open
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Nancy Lafferty and her association with “The Curious Savage” goes back many years. As a high school junior in Uniontown, Ohio, she played the role of Mrs. Savage, a woman in her 60s, and she then played the role of Mrs. Savage in 2004 at the Belfry Theatre.
PLAY
“I’ve directed the show at two different high schools in Florida and Georgia,” said Lafferty, a McCordsville resident. “This is the first time I’ve directed with adults.”
Lafferty will direct Main Street Produc tions’ “The Curious Savage,” which runs Sept. 29 through Oct. 9 at the Basile West field Playhouse.
“It’s a solid old chestnut,” Lafferty said. “It’s a sweet, sweet story and has one of the most beautiful endings. It is a beautiful theme that is timeless.”
Lafferty said legendary actress Lillian Gish, who got her start in silent films, played Mrs. Savage in the play’s Broadway debut in 1950.
Lafferty recommended to Carmel resident Tanya Haas that she audition for the role of Mrs. Savage. Haas was not familiar with the play previously.
“It’s about a wealthy widow whose step children have her committed to his home (for the mentally ill) because she is basically giving away all their money to give people their dreams in memory of her husband,” Haas said. “They want the money for them selves, and she has hidden it somewhere and nobody knows where.”
Haas said the residents of the home are kind and embrace Mrs. Savage.
“Where her family members try to claim that she is insane,” Haas said. Haas, who is playing a character approx imately 10 years older, said this is the first time she has played a character who is old
The cast of “The Curious Savage,” front, from left, Phoebe Aldridge (Fairy Mae), Tonya Haas (Mrs. Savage), Jennifer Poynter (Florence); Back, from left, Rachel Pope (Miss Wilhelmina), Tom Riddle (Dr. Emmett), Lisa Warner (Mrs. Paddy), Thom Johnson (Hannibal), Steven Marsh (Titus), Ian A. Montgomery (Samuel), Jan Boercherding (Lily Belle). (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)
er than herself.
“She has a very gentle personality, and I feel I also have a gentle personality, which is part of what Nancy saw in me to play the part,” Haas said.
Haas said the challenge is she has many more lines than anyone in the cast.
“Other than the first couple of scenes, I am on the stage for the rest of the play,” Haas said. “I have lines throughout all those scenes.”
Haas has dyed her hair to silvery blue.
“She is the oldest of the residents and she takes on a motherly role,” Haas said. “She loves them and appreciates them. She doesn’t want her freedoms taken away be cause she is trying to be a good person and help others.”
Lafferty said the role is demanding and would be hard for a woman in her late 60s or 70s to play.
“I saw this part in Tonya,” Lafferty said. “She had the right characteristics of Mrs. Savage — the tenderness, nurturing, a little bit of sarcasm. All the characteristics I was looking for, she had it.”
Actress offers auditioning tips
editorial@youarecurrent.com
Sierra Boggess, the Broadway star of Dis ney’s “The Little Mermaid” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” will teach two in-person auditioning classes Oct. 15 for Discovering Broad way Inc. at Grace Church, 5504 146th St., Noblesville. The nonprofit incubates Broad way-bound musicals and offers master
For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org. classes to local artists. Twenty-five percent of class participants are sponsored at-risk youth and BIPOC artists.
CLASS
“For our young artists, learning from Sier ra Boggess is a dream come true,” Discover ing Broadway founder Joel Kirk stated. “I am thrilled for the attending students to have the opportunity to experience the expertise and acquire knowledge from one of Broad way’s most beloved leading ladies.”
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Heartland’s festival has state ties
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Blues” with King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band in 1923.
Join us for the 7th annual
FILM
Films from the Heartland International Film Festival and Indy Shorts International Festival captured 33 Acad emy Awards nominations and won seven Oscars in 2022.
Heartland Film Artistic Director Greg Sorvig is convinced there will be several Academy Awards contenders among the more than 115 films in the 2022 Heartland Film Festival, set for Oct. 6-16.
“We have an amazing slate of inde pendent films which makes up the lion’s share of our lineup,” said Sorvig, a Carmel resident. “We have become an Oscar stop. Distributors see something special with our festival. If it plays in Indiana, it will play anywhere.”
The opening and closing nights have Indi ana ties. “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” will open the festival at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at The Toby at Newfields in Indianapolis. Sorvig pointed out Armstrong’s recording career began in Indiana when he recorded “Chimes
“We all know Louis Armstrong but there is more behind the man,” Sorvig said. “The director really brings Louis to life. (Arm strong) kept these super-detailed journals, so you get to see those journals come to life with some great narrators.”
The festival’s closing night be gins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at The Toby with “The Whale” with Indianapolis native Brendan Fraser. The actor visited the festival in 2019 on the 20th anniversary screening of his film “The Mummy.”
“The Brenaissance started a couple years ago when he returned here,” Sorvig said of the welcome Fraser received at the festival. “We loved Brendan before it was cool. ‘The Whale’ is the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who intends to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.”
Fraser should be an Oscar contender, Sorvig said.
For more, visit heartlandfilm.org
October 1, 2022
Escorted ride through Hamilton County Event T Shirt | Lunch | After Party
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After Party at harley davidson of 1indianapolis :00pm Includes lunch, drinks, and live music from The Tempos
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Benefiting the Pets Healing Vets program of Humane Society for Hamilton County: Pairing Hoosier veterans with emotional support animals
Event is rain or shine Tickets are non refundable
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Where’s Amy?
Amy Pauszek is a photographer, award winning film producer and scouting and casting associate for Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis. She can be reached at Amy@ youarecurrent.com. To see more of her photos, visit currentnightandday.com.
Where’s attends Center Celebration
From left, Angie and Randy Ernst (Carmel), Jeanne Merry (Carmel), Pete Emigh (Westfield), Shari and Jeff Worrell (Carmel) and Kim and Randy Sorrell (Indianapolis) attend the Center Celebration Sept. 16 at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel for the annual arts gala. Manhattan Transfer, Straight No Chaser and the Lennon sisters were inducted into the Songbook Hall of Fame. Guests enjoyed a lovely dinner, fabulous auction and a great concert featuring Michael Feinstein with the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre performers and Straight No Chaser. The gala raised money for pro gramming for kids and young adults to be a part of great music programs. Guests were dressed to the nines celebrating and supporting the arts. Through table reservations, auction sales, partner ships and donations, the gala, presented by Krieg DeVault, raised more than $689,000 in support of the Center’s arts and educational programming. (Photo by Amy Pauszek)
From left, Bill and Nancy Palmer (Carmel), filmmakers Laura and Jeffrey Graham (Carmel/Los Angeles), Linda Maurer (Carmel) and Carol and Brian Urbanski (Carmel) at tended the Sept. 14 Heartland VIPs and Sips announcement party at Daniel’s Vineyard in McCordsville. The 31st Annual Heartland International Film Festival revealed more than 100 independent films for viewing from Oct. 6-16. For more, visit Heartlandfilm.org. (Right) Brianna and Ronnie Saunders (West field). (Photos by Amy Pauszek)
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Legend of Plymouth Rock
Commentary by Don Knebel
Last week, we visited Provincetown, Mass., where the Pilgrims first came ashore in the New World. Today, as we return from Cape Cod, we visit Plymouth, Mass., and its famous rock.
TRAVEL
On Nov. 11, 1620, the Mayflower landed near Provincetown. After 41 male passen gers signed the “Mayflower Compact” while still onboard, the passengers disembarked. Because of the harsh winter conditions, most of them went back onto the ship. After three expeditions identified a suitable site for a farming settlement, the Mayflower sailed across Cape Cod Bay, arriving near what is now Plymouth on Dec. 18, 1620.
During the following winter, the passen gers lived on the ship, finally going ashore in March 1621. None of the writings of the Mayflower passengers made any reference to going ashore on or near a rock, let alone a specific rock. However, 120 years later, a local resident proclaimed that a 10-ton boulder identified during construction of a wharf in Plymouth Harbor was a literal step ping-stone as the Pilgrims walked ashore. Despite its implausibility, Plymouth resi dents promoted the story and the legend that “the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock” was born.
In the years since 1741, Plymouth Rock has been broken, moved around town and cemented back together. So much of the original boulder has been chipped away for souvenirs that only about a third remains.
Today, the rock, with “1620” carved into it, lies higher than where it originally lay under a stone portico erected in 1920. Nearby is the Mayflower II, a replica of the original ship that sailed from Plymouth, England, to
Plymouth, Mass., in 1957 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Plym outh, with a population of about 60,000, is a pleasant coastal town about 40 miles southeast of Boston, offering some of the best whale watching, shopping and restau rants in the area.
Don Knebel is a local resident. For the full column visit donknebel.com. You may contact him at editorial@ youarecurrent.com.
NOTICE
STATE OF INDIANA, COUNTY OF HAMILTON: SS
I, Kathy Kreag Williams, Clerk of the Hamilton County Circuit Court, pursuant to IC 3-11-13-22 and 3-11-14.5-1 do hereby publish notice of a test of the voting systems to be used in the General Election held November 8, 2022 to ascertain that the system will correctly count the votes cast for all selections. The test will be conducted in the Hamilton County Election Office at the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center, One Hamilton County Square, Noblesville, Indiana on the 7th day of October, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Witness my hand and seal this 13th day of September, 2022.
Kathy Kreag Williams Hamilton County Circuit Court Clerk an of fun in the street, with vendors opening at 7 p.m.! The stage will be located at E. Main Street and Range Line Road.
The Mayflower II in Plymouth, Mass., is a replica of the original Mayflower. (Photo by Don Knebel)
Portico over Plymouth Rock.
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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.
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
Come join the NRP Group as a Maintenance Technician at our 84 unit property, Meredith Meadows, in Noblesville, IN!
We are seeking a skilled maintenance individual with HVAC experience who is ready to work for an amazing company with great benefits.
AMAZING BONUS POTENTIAL
Limited nights/weekends, Limited on-call!
Please apply on our career site https://www.nrpgroup.com/careers
Or contact Olivia Palcisko at opalcisko@nrpgroup.com
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