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Dr. Clair Francomano’s love of genetics has spanned decades, starting during her years as a high school student. (Photo courtesy of IU School of Medicine) the report. Individuals living with EDS ex perience a range of side effects that may include joint hypermobility and stretchy, fragile skin. She said some patients also suffer neurological complications. “It can be a very complex disorder that has involvement of multiple organ systems,” Francomano said. The nearly 400-page report covers a wide range of HDCTs, such as history, types and how health care professionals diagnose and treat the disorders.
Project: Range Line Road reconstruction Location: 116th Street to Carmel Drive. A roundabout is under construction at 116th Street. Expected completion: Summer Project: New roundabout Location: E. Main Street and Richland Avenue.
ZIONSVILLE Project: I-65 reconstruction and wideningLocation: INDOT is reconstructing and widening I-65 from north of Ind. 32 to north of Ind. 47 in Boone County. The project will add one lane in each direction and reconfigure the I-65 and Lafayette Avenue interchange near Lebanon. Construction began in March 2021 and will continue until late this year. INDOT also is considering a new exit on I-65 at West County Road 300 North, although a timeline and financial details haven’t been made public. Expected completion: The added lane and reconfiguration will be complete late this year. A timeline for the new exit hasn’t been announced. Project: Templin Road Bridge reconstructionLocation: The Templin Road bridge over Eagle Creek was inspected and an engineering firm has been hired by the Boone County Highway Dept. to work on design of a complete bridge replacement. The project began midMay. Templin Road will be closed during
“I got bit by the genetics bug, and I never looked back,” Francomano said. A Zionsville resident, Francomano earned an undergraduate degree from Yale Univer sity and a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Now a faculty member at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Francomano recently contributed to a report focusing on individ uals with hereditary disorders of connective tissue, or HDCT.
WESTFIELD Project: New roundabout Location: The intersection of 191st Street and Grassy Branch Road is closed to all thru traffic.
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Dr. Clair Francomano remembers the place where she fell in love with genetics: the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. She was there participating in a pro gram as a high school student.
The report, which was commissioned by the Social Security Administration, was put together by a committee for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.Francomano specializes in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, one of the more common HDCTs, and one of the conditions highlighted in Zionsville doctor contributes to new genetics report
Expected completion: Fall Project: New roundabout Location: E. Main Street and Lexington Boulevard.
Expected completion: Late summer Project: Widening of the Monon Greenway Location: Between City Center Drive and Carmel Drive. Expected completion: November NOBLESVILLE & NORTH Project: New trail Location: The project will construct an 8-foot-wide asphalt trail north from Wellington Parkway of the Wellington Northeast subdivision to the 5-point roundabout at Greenfield Avenue. Southbound 10th Street (also known as Allisonville Road) will be detoured to Eighth Street. Two more closures will happen later. Expected completion: November.
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Expected completion: Fall Project: Widening and improvements along Smoky Row Road Location: Between the Monon Greenway and U.S. 31. The road will be fully closed during the project. The Monon Greenway is closed until later this month.
Expected completion: Because of delays with utility relocation, the completion date has been pushed to October. 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.
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“It’s really great to see the finished prod uct,” she Francomanosaid. hopes that the report will not only help patients, but also their care givers and family members. “People struggle with so many different physical difficulties that often physicians don’t recognize that there may be a unifying underlying diagnosis,” Francomano stated. “Their family may also doubt what they are saying, which can lead to tremendous con flict in families. It’s a long journey to diag nosis for many of these patients. I am really optimistic that the report will be a useful resource for many different people.” To view the report, visit bit.ly/3dr4zTD construction with a detour route posted.Expected completion: The project is expected to be completed mid-September.
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With back-to-school season in full swing, Advent Lutheran School, 11250 N. Michigan Rd., is preparing for its first day Aug. 24. This year, the school will serve students from preschool through second grade.The school, which is a part of the Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zionsville, formerly only offered preschool and kinder garten options. The expectation is that the school will eventually benefit learners rang ing from preschool to eighth grade. “It will be some time before we get up to eighth grade, but that’s the goal,” said the school’s headmaster, the Rev. Aaron Schultz.Advent Lutheran plans to eventually ex pand to eighth grade by adding a new grade each academic year. Schultz said Advent Lutheran puts an emphasis on classical Christian education. “This is the best approach to education,” Schultz said. Prior to joining the school, Schultz was Eagle Fest supports athletics
a teacher for 10 years. Five of those years were spent with Immanuel Lutheran School in Alexandria, Va., which has a similar edu cation model to Advent Lutheran. Schultz said today’s academic environ ment is primarily concerned with ensuring students obtain financial success later in life. While Schultz wants students to be successful, he also wants them to grow as learners and individuals. “We’re developing learners to love learn ing for the rest of their lives,” Schultz said. Schultz said students at Advent Lutheran are taught from a curriculum that includes classic literature, grammar and math. He said the school will explore incorporating more Latin as it adds additional grade lev els. The school also emphasizes a low-tech approach. Schultz said an emphasis on technology can lead to passive learning. Schultz’s goal is for Advent Lutheran is that the school will eventually have its own building apart from the church. “It’s going to happen at some point,” Schultz said. For more, visit adventlutheran.org/
Zionsville Community HighSchellhaseSchool. said the funds are used to purchase equipment, uniforms, supplies, entry fees, sports medicine needs, weight/ fitness equipment, field and facility mainte nance, professional development for coach es and many other items that help support the schools’ athletic programs. Advance sale tickets are $7 and available at Kern Bros. Shoes, Fundae’s Ice Cream and Sweets, ZCHS and both middle schools. Tickets are $8 at the gate and do not in clude admission to the football game.
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The 38th annual Eagle Fest, sponsored by the Zionsville Athletic Booster Club, is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at Jennings Field, which is near the ZCHS football stadium. The ZCHS football team will host Lebanon at 7:30Proceedsp.m. support the athletic programs at Zionsville Middle School, Zionsville West By Will Riddell will@youarecurrent.com
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Along with the much-needed fundraising benefits, Zionsville Community High School athletic director Greg viewsSchellhaseEagleFest as a great way to begin the school year. “The event is a wonderful community event that brings thousands of members of the Zionsville community together to celebrate the start of the school year and the fall sports season,” Schellhase said. “We have an entertainment area that includes cheerleaders, dancers, marching band, youth groups and more. The food trucks and bounce houses are always a huge hit along with the community booths that have games and prizes.”
The Zionsville Community High School marching band performs at a past Eagle Fest. (Photo by Tom Marron Photography)
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Westfield safety follows older brothers’ path to Purdue
Westfield safety Dillon Thieneman displays his athleticism. (Photo courtesty of Arron Walpole)engineering, said his respect for Boilermak ers coach Jeff Brohm and the rest of the staff made the decision clear to him. His brothers both played at Guerin Catho lic High School. “My deep love for the sport along with watching my brothers’ success in football has greatly fueled my motivation for the Thieneman
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MEET DILLION THIENEMAN Favorite athlete: Troy Polamalu Favorite show: “Hunter x Hunter” Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, playing video games and watching TV sport because I have always looked up to them growing up,” said Dillon, whose Shamrocks open the season Aug. 19 at New Palestine.Dillonhad 106 total tackles and an inter ception last season for the Shamrocks. “The most improvement I made from sophomore year to junior year was my preparation before games, along with more position and speed training, which allowed for me to play faster, smoother and have a bigger impact,” Dillon said. The Shamrocks reached the Class 6A IH SAA state championship game the last two years and lost to Center Grove both times. “I’m most looking forward to leading this team as a senior with my friends and playing both sides of the ball,” Dillon said. “Reaching state two times in two years was definitely very monumental and exciting for everyone to experience. I think it has helped to push people to finish the job with a vic tory this next time around.” Dillon became a starter his freshman sea son, playing cornerback. “He’s a phenomenal special teams player,” Westfield coach Jake Gilbert said. On defense, Gilbert said Dillon is a ball hawk.“He has excellent speed and athleticism and really good length,” he said. Gilbert said Dillon might be used more on offense this season, playing running back or receiver.
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Dillon Thieneman is set to follow in his brothers’ footsteps. His older brothers, Jake and Brennan, played safety on the Purdue University foot ball team. Dillon, a 6-foot, 190-pound Westfield High School senior free safe ty, committed to play for the Boilermakers in June.However, one difference is Jake and Brennan joined Purdue as walkons before earning scholarships while Dillon will be on scholarship from the start. “Purdue was definitely my favorite (col lege) growing up, especially because of my family history and that I have always loved the school, but once I was getting the at tention from colleges, I didn’t decide right away because I wanted to view other col leges and compare,” Dillon said. “In the end, I decided Purdue was the best choice for me, football-wise and academically.” Dillon, who likely will major in mechanical
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trips in August. It’s still summer, and there’s a heck of a lot of hide-and-seek, roller skat ing, swimming and bike riding to be done. Plus, some older schools may not have air conditioning. Kids will be melting at their desks.When I was a kid, school started the day after Labor Day. That’s in September! It was still hot and summery, but at least we had been able to play out the summer to the end. It was important to suck every ounce of fun out of the month of August. We were also comforted knowing that fall would start just a couple weeks after classes began. I don’t know what it’s like for kids today, but in my day, the first day of school was kind of fun. In high school, we registered for classes, got our books and got back to gether with school buddies we hadn’t seen all Insummer.elementary school, we found our class room, were assigned our desks and then went shopping for school supplies. The shop ping list seldom varied from year to year. One item that was always on the list was a protractor. I don’t know why because I don’t remember ever using it. At the end of the school year, we put it in the box of stuff we harvested from our over-filled desks and took it home. At one point, I think I had sev en of them. I still have one of them. I don’t use it, either. I know school schedules are different now and there are reasons for the early start. Mini vacations are scattered through the school year to sort of make up for the lost days of August. When I was a kid, Mom and Dad usually planned our vacations for early June to escape the blistering heat of late summer. Today, family vacations are pretty much squeezed into the month of July. The kids today don’t have as much time as they would like for hide-and-seek, roller skating, swimming and bike riding either. But that probably means they just play harder. But it’s still unfair.Ward Degler lives in Zionsville with his wife. He is the author of “The Dark Ages of My Youth ... and Times More Recent.” Contact him at ward.degler@ gmail.com.
New crosswalks require analysis
A new crosswalk was recently installed in Zionsville at Oak Ridge Drive and Coun ty Road 975 East. According to Dept. Public Works Direc tor Lance Lantz, other locations that could receive marked crosswalks include inter sections at Ford Road and Starkey Road and Mulberry Street and Governor’s Lane. “You want the world to know you’re on the road,” Lantz said in a July 7 video on the town’s Facebook page. In the video, Lantz said pedestrians appreciate having access to crosswalks, but having an abundance of them is not realistic. Lantz said that unlike larger towns and cities, Zionsville does not frequently have hundreds of people trying to cross busy intersections. As a result, he said the town considers a variety of factors when deciding to place new crosswalks. The pro cess includes installing cameras to monitor activity in proposed areas. Lantz said a minimum of 10 pedestrians per hour must frequent an intersection
PUBLIC SAFETY before installation of a crosswalk is consid ered. One child counts as two individuals. “It gives a higher priority by virtue of a higher count,” Lantz said. Lantz said the last steps involve a meet ing with the Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committee, a citizen group that “evaluates crosswalks throughout town and focuses on making walkways accessible for all, re gardless of physical limitations or mode of transportation.” When that step is complet ed, Lantz said a crosswalk proposal will be sent to the Zionsville Town Council for final consideration.Thenewmarked crosswalk at Oak Ridge Drive and County Road 975 E. has a flashing lights function to notify drivers that pe destrians may soon be crossing the street. Lantz said it is important for citizens to remember that cars are only required to stop when a pedestrian is actively crossing the street. If the lights are flashing but no person is crossing, then vehicles are not required to stop. Lantz said a marked crosswalk with lights cost about $15,000. For more, visit Pedestrian-Mobility-Advisory-Committee.zionsville-in.gov/581/
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Zionsville residents Janice and Da vid Agarwal operate Watch Us Farm, a nonprofit that employs adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.Onthefarm, adults try out gar dening, handmake crafts and design greeting cards, among other job op tions available to them.
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Janice said she and her husband plan to add housing to Watch Us Farm in the future, which would solve the common problem of transportation, give the adults a social network and help them live semi-independently.“We’retryingtoprovide those jobs for these kids that actually can have jobs. They just need a different environment,” she said. “It looks a little different but they’re amazingly talented.”
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The Easterdays run the Zionsville non profit Independent Living for Adults with Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, with Tom serving as president. Deb is a commit teeDebmember.Easterday said grants are the most effective way for the government to sup port adults with IDD and make close-knit neurodiverse communities a reality. “We’re talking supports without man dates, and I think that’s really the bottom line, and that’s really the key,” she said. “A lot of times when the government gets in volved, they want to throw the money at it,
The Agarwals and the Easterdays both say options are what adults with IDD need to thrive. Support cannot take only one form, they say, and the beneficiaries must be able to choose where to live, work and socialize.“Weall want that for every one of our kids, and just because they have special needs does not mean that should end,” JaniceJanicesaid.said people should start treating IDD like they approach mental health, with less stigma and more willingness to speak openly about it. She said cities and towns like Zionsville can improve the support net works for adults with IDD if they seize the opportunity.“Weneed to be looking down the road,” Janice said. “What we’re trying to do is start looking generations down. If we’re going to build housing, if we’re going to build a com munity, we want to think about not just our kid but the next kid and the next kid.”
Zionsville residents David and Janice Agarwal are 58 and 60 years old, respective ly. Their son, Alex, is 22. They said they worry about their son’s relationships, employment and well-being. But they said they worry most about what he will do when they die. “If Janice and I died today, I do not know what would happen to my son,” David said. Alex has Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder. He is classified as an adult with intellectual or developmental disability, or IDD.In a state where approximately 100,000 individuals are registered as intellectually or developmentally disabled, Alex is one of many Hoosiers whose future is uncertain when his caregivers die. For the caregivers, the question of their own mortality is never far from mind. “We live in fear,” Janice said. “We live in fear every day.”
ON THE COVER: From left, Alex, David and Jan ice Agarwal. (Photo courtesy of Janice Agarwal)
Alex Agarwal participates in Watch Us Weave, a program associated with Watch Us Farm. (Photo courtesy of Janice Agarwal) but they want it to be their special program as opposed to providing grants and/or mon ey for different options.”
Zionsville resident Deb Easterday, also a parent of an adult with IDD, said another problem to address is the often-confusing government aid programs that prevent peo ple who need assistance from receiving it or even knowing it exists. “The problem is dealing with the bureau cracy,” she said.” “Tom (her husband) and I are lawyers, and I’m telling you, there are Parents of adult children with IDD worry about future
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Janice advocates through her nonprofit organization, Watch Us Farm, which pro vides sustainable employment opportunities for adults with IDD. She said the adults need alternatives to staying at home with their parents around the clock after they age out of the school system. “When you have a child with special needs, the first thing you’re doing is, ‘How can I get them through high school?’” Janice said. “The problem with that is, after high school, what happens?”
times we sit there and look at each other and say, ‘How do (non-lawyers) go through thisTommorass?’”Easterday said Indiana lawmakers must act to make aid available to a greater number of families who need it. “There needs to be more flexibility under the waivers that are offered in the state of Indiana,” he said. “The flexibility for the Medicaid waivers is a tremendous help for parents that can’t otherwise self-pay for those support services.”
Parents and advocates of adults with IDD say the issue of aging caregivers is not going away, and the burden cannot fall on familiesJanicealone.saidcommunities like Zionsville should serve as pilot programs for creating supportive communities for adults with IDD, drawing assistance from the state, nonprof it organizations and individuals instead of relying only on caregivers.
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It is the time from July through Au gust when Sirius sets and rises with our sun. At least, it did about 700 B.C., when Greek poets spread lore wrought from the constellation Canis Major that the brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere was imagined dragging the sun into the early morning sky, bringing with it all the heat, humidity and accom panying discomfort of the hottest days of the summer season. With time, we have come to understand that the shift ing rotation of our planet in proximity to its sun is the culprit. Yet, despite our advancing scientific understanding, we assign the “dog days of summer” to the influence of the Dog Star. For most of us, these long, hot days urge us to remain indoors and keep the air conditioning adjusted to near shiv ering levels. For others, it signals the impending end of summer vacation and the return to a new year of school. Gone are the days when we imagined this an evil time with boiling oceans, diseased zombies, bad wine and mad dogs. Now, we mostly work to make sure that all remain hydrated and that those at risk can get shelter away from the heat of theFarmersday. prepare for the coming harvest. Summer resort towns plan for the final weeks of fun. Drivers are reminded to slow down for youngsters at intersections and school zones. And college students across America return to campus. They bring with them hope for a new year, expectation of con necting with old and new friends, and desire to advance in life. Sure, they will have a little fun — perhaps the concerns about cheap drink and zombies are not entirely misplaced — but they will return months from now as better versions of themselves. These “dog days” could be their “best friend.”
I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV. And by TV, I mean the imaginary life I lead in my head, which in my defense, is based on both my extensive field experience while raising four children and my amazing internet-search skills. Usually, this confidence serves me well. I’ve avoided pointless trips to the pedi atrician, where they’ll just tell me it’s an untreatable virus, and at the other extreme, I know an emergency when I seeButone.for some reason, I completely missed the medical boat when self-di agnosing my injured right arm. You may recall I was 95 percent positive I had broken it, even though I hadn’t fallen or been in an accident. The orthopedic gently proved me wrong with an X-ray, and I begrudgingly accepted a diagnosis of over-use and old age. I could not, however, get on board with what the physical therapist told me, as it made no common sense that a rotary cuff issue would manifest as intense deltoid pain. And she refused to even examine me since I was only two weeks postCOVID-19. How could she possibly know what was going on with me? So, I didn’t do the prescribed exercises and allowed life to get in the way of follow-up visits. TakeUnfortunately,that! she was right about everything, and because I foolishly ignored sound, professional advice, I’m now facing something called a frozen shoulder, with an eight- to 10-month recovery period. Ugh. Talk about a ginor mous slice of humble pie! Bottom line, playing a doctor in my TV head is not the same as being an actual M.D. Lesson learned. Probably. Peace out. Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.
VIEWS Commentary by Dick Wolfsie Want to know who the G.O.A.T. is (The Greatest of All Time) for any particular en deavor? If you google G.O.A.T. for baseball announcers, Vin Scully is almost always No. 1. Scully passed away recently at the age of 94. He called Dodgers games for 67 years, both in Brooklyn and LA. Scully was also a poet and a painter. On the radio, he created vivid pic tures of what was happening on the field, but in the TV booth, he helped the viewer understand the game, and when great ball,happenedmomentsinbaselikeHenryAaron’s
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Former Indianapolis Colts sportscaster Bob Lamey revered the broadcaster as well. He agreed with Carl’s sentiment that you always felt you knew Scully, that he was part of your family … even more so than the players were. According to Lamey, one of Scully’s greatest skills was to adjust his style to the broadcasting situation. Scully had a different presentation for day versus night games. During summer afternoon con tests, when there were a lot of fami lies in attendance, he might give a little extra explanation for something like a squeeze play. But at night, he was talking to true fans, not just folks look ing for a pleasant afternoon’s entertainment. “They knew what a squeeze bunt was,” Lamey mused. “No explanation needed.”
HUMOR Fond recollections of
“It was always about the game and the fans and the players, and even if you were not a Dodgers fan, he made the game fun. There will never be another one like him.”
As a kid, I kept a transistor radio under my pillow, falling asleep to Vin’s voice, while he described a Jackie Robinson steal or a Carl Erskine overhand curveball. Now, you may not agree that Vin Scully was the G.O.A.T., but this week it has been my honor to go to bat for him. the G.O.A.T.
homerun to break Babe Ruth’s record — he let the cheers of the crowd tell the story. After Aaron hit that historic blast, Scully retreated to the restroom to heed nature’s call. He knew the next two minutes of the game did not require “his” call. When he returned to the mic, that’s when you heard his poetry. Carl Erskine, Hoosier native and former Major League Baseball pitcher, is the only living Dodgers link to the Jackie Robinson age of baseball, covering the late ’40s and ’50s (with one exception: Robinson’s widow, Rachel, just celebrated her 100th birthday). I spoke to Carl the other day in Anderson, where he and his wife, Betty, will celebrate their 75th anniversary in October. Carl explained to me what made Scully great.“You always felt he was talking directly to you,” Carl said. “You don’t get that feeling today with many broadcasters. The voice of the announcer is part of people’s lives. “
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“I never once heard Vince Scully talk about himself,” Lamey said. “It was always about the game and the fans and the play ers, and even if you were not a Dodgers fan, he made the game fun. There will never be another one like him.”
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VETERANS By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com
Indianapolis-based Nexus Impact Center is an avenue for businesses to operate in a coworking space. However, the center requires business tenants to have a social impact element to their business. For Westfield’s Sam Glanders, his business’ social impact is environmental consulting, environmental construction and environmental remediation.
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Glanders has another mission, though. Through his busi ness, SAGE, he wants to help veterans transition to working in the civilian world. Glanders retired from active duty in the U.S. Army in 2018 and started working in business development for an envi SAGE Business Manager Bob Verworn, left, and SAGE President Sam Glanders discuss upcoming projects. (Photo by Anna Skinner) ronmental firm. He recognized there was a large gap in the federal workforce for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, specifically in the environmental consulting sector.“So,I said, ‘Hey, if I start my own shop, would you guys want to partner up and go and chase some federal work?’ And they were all in,” Glanders said. Glanders, 34, incorporated his business a week before the March 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns began. “Which is probably the best time to start a business,” he said,Glanderslaughing.said SAGE’s main focus is environmental work on the federal side. Some of his main clients are the U.S Continued on
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At Nexus Impact Center, Glanders was able to speak with other companies about navigating business ownership during the pandemic.Businesses in the Nexus Impact Center must have a social impact element to the way they do business. Lee said businesses run the gamut. For example, one works with the opioid epidemic, one helps veterans coming into the workforce and one helps recently released inmates entering the workforce, among other causes. “All those things are dual purpose,” Lee said. “So, yes, it’s a revenue model and everything (at the impact center) is priced under market to help businesses launch, grow and scale and move out of Nexus. You have to be a nonprofit or a for-profit embed ding impact into your model.” For more, visit sage-grp.com.
17August 16, 2022 Current in Zionsville currentzionsville.comBUSINESS LOCAL Does your kid love a challenge? If so, your child should participate in the 2022 Kids TRI for Kids Series! Designed for kids ages 7-14, Kids TRI o ers safe races where kids learn the value of fun and friendly competition and healthy fitness habits. 2022 DATES & LOCATIONS: June 12 Kathy Dowling Aquatics Center - Greenfield July 4 Zionsville High School July 31 TRI Indy White River State Park Aug 14 Riviera Club Aug 28 Greenwood Freedom Springs Aquatics Park (Duathlons - biking and running only - also available) THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! Andersonwww.spartz.house.govOffice(765)639-0671CarmelOffice(317)848-0201 Anderson Office: (765) 639-0671 | Carmel Office: (317) 848-0201 spartz.house.gov Dept. of Veterans Affairs, mostly in Indiana, and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.“It’skind of interesting, we haven’t done a ton of work locally,” Glanders said. “But that’s the nature of the beast when chasing government contracts.” Locally, Glanders said he wants to enter contracts with the Indiana Dept. of Trans portation or contracts for city work in Indiana. SAGE only works in the commercial area.SAGE’s role changes depending on the client. For example, for the VA, Glanders said SAGE does asbestos abatement oversight. “We work with abatement contractors, and we basically do the managing of the project and oversight for that,” he said. Glanders still serves in the U.S. Army Reserves. A master sergeant, he recently returned from a six-month deployment to Niger.Glanders said he plans to stay in In dianapolis so SAGE can have a “strong foothold” in the Midwest. He said there are plenty of government contracts in the Great Lakes Region and parts of Kentucky and Illinois.“Weare really trying to expand that way,” heGlanderssaid. said Nexus Impact Center has been “phenomenal” helping him get started. “One of the things we are really appre ciative of is when we were looking for (space) the first year we got incorporated, it was COVID,” Glanders said. “So, everyone was working from home. We reached out to them and (Executive Director) Robin (Lee) brought us in a nice, easy transition from working from home to over there.”
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Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will present selections from past performs during the 25th Sea son Celebration Concert. (Photo courtesy of GHDT)
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“The entire season, except for ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ and ‘The Nutcracker,’ will be selections from the company’s vast and eclectic repertoire,” said Hancock, GH DT’a executive artistic director. “The com pany is known for many of its full-length pieces. However, there are numerous smaller pieces that have not been seen for quite a while. The 25th season is a perfect time to showcase the diverse repertoire of the company, highlighting a broad scope of powerful, moving, intimate and epic stories told through the art of dance.”
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‘ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE’
Ballet INitiative presents ‘A Social Media Experience’
whimsical piece that is inspired by a Latvian fairytale. I’ve never had the pleasure of per forming this piece in the past. It’s an excit ing new adventure for all of the dancers.”
Ballet INitiative presents a multi-genre dance concert, “A Social Media Experience,” for the IndyFringe Festival. The show tells the story of Ballet INitiative, based near Carmel, and its mission of being inclusive, inspiring and innovative. Along with the fan favorites, the artists will debut a new work created by its in novative choreographers each weekend of the festival. The show will represent Ballet INitiative as a company and how it interacts with the community, according to Ballet INitiative founders. The performances are 9 p.m. Aug. 18; 1:45 p.m. Aug. 20; 5:30 p.m. Aug. 26; 7 p.m. Aug. 28; 7:15 p.m. Sept. 2; and 1:45 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Basile Theatre at the Ath enaeum. Tickets for all six performanc es can be purchased at performance/2022-fringe-ballet-initiative/indyfringe.org/Formore,visitballetinitiative.org.
Carmel Community Players presents “Ship wrecked! An Entertainment, the Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont” runs through Aug. 21 at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel. For more, visit carmelplayers.org.
Following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and some health issues, Han cock said it is special to celebrate this season.“Thearts are constantly challenging, but the past few years have given the company, as well as me, personally, so many new and unique challenges,” he said. “Everything that happens in life, both triumphs and tragedies, are part of life and continue to add to the fabric of my character and my story.” For more, visit gregoryhancockdancet heatre.org. Tickets are available at thecen terpresents.org.
Abigail Lessaris has been a Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre company dancer since 2015. She became a student of The Academy of GHDT in 2009. “I feel the perfect way to celebrate 25 years of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre is to honor the history of the company while diving into the exciting future,” Lessaris said. “This entire season is full of Gregory Hancock’s repertoire, which is a beautiful look into the foundation of GHDT. At the same time, we are in the process of transforming our own space into a gor geous black box theater, which is a great glimpse into the future.” Lessaris said she looks forward to per forming every piece in the concert. “But the one that sticks out to me the most is ‘The Rapture,’” she said. “It is a
THE AVETT BROTHERS The Avett Brothers’s concerts are set for 7 p.m. Aug. 20-21 at Nickel Plate District Amphitheater in Fishers. For tickets, visit npdamp.com.
In the opening concert Aug. 25-26, excerpts or entire pieces represent six distinctly different pieces from the GHDT repertoire.Hancock said numerous factors are in volved in the selection of pieces to include in repertoire programs, such as length and style, how the program can be structured, how the costumes complement each other and what pieces showcase the current dancers well. “All of this can make for a challenging selection process,” Hancock said. “With such a large repertoire it is impossible to tell the complete history of the company in one season, but the 2022-23 season will offer some insight on how the com pany has survived and flourished over the years. Programming is set a minimum of one to two years in advance. For all the productions planned this season, we have the pieces and/or excerpts that will be in each production determined. “However, with repertoire productions, there can be some freedom to make changes, if needed. The beauty of reper toire concerts is that audiences are en tertained with a variety of shorter works and can experience the varied textures of dance and storytelling.”
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Theatre to host 25th Season Celebration Concert
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s open ing performance will set the tone for the season.TheGHDT 25th Season Cel ebration Concert is set for 7 p.m. Aug. 26-27 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.
“Escape to Margaritaville” starts Aug. 18 and runs through Oct. 2 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beef andboards.com.
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“It’s so hard to pick a favorite role, but I loved playing Belladova, Erik’s mother, in ‘Phantom,’” she said. “Other favorites include Patsy in ‘Crazy For You,’ Anytime Annie in ‘42nd Street,’ and Rhoda in ‘White Christmas.’ I also had the opportunity to understudy and perform four shows as Mrs. Banks in ‘Mary Poppins,’ and that was incredibly special to me. It was wonderful being able to do scene work with Eddie Cur ry. I also loved exploring her character arc as a woman and mother finding her voice and her gumption within her family.” For more, visit beefandboards.com.
The production has not been without challenges, though. “It’s a challenge in memorization, that’s for sure,” said Scharbrough, whose maiden name is Mitchell. “There’s lots of music and choreography, all to be learned in a very short amount of time.” Scharbrough recently performed in “Mary Poppins,” “Kinky Boots,” “Beef & Boards Christmas” and “Phantom.”
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The Indianapolis resident is quite familiar with Buffett’s repertoire because her uncle, Tom “T.C.” Mitchell, was a saxophonist for Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band from 1994 to 2005. Mitchell performed on 15 of Buffett’s albums.“Seeing and hearing my uncle follow his passion and succeeding in an industry that can be tough has been an inspiration to me all my life,” Scharbrough said. Mitchell finds it fitting that his niece is now in a musical featuring Buffett’s songs. “Life is chock-full of coincidences,” he said. “Of course, I can only chuckle at the idea of my dear niece also coming into contact with Mr. Buffett’s world. I enjoyed my time as a Coral Reefer and wish her, and (Beef & Boards) audiences, a ‘Lovely Cruise’ as well. Speaking of wheels within wheels, I remember Beef & Boards well from seeing shows there as a kid. “In fact, I attended a concert there that did a lot to put me on the path toward be coming a musician. This is all happy stuff to ponder.”Scharbrough, naturally, has many favorite tunes.“I’ve been jamming out to the soundtrack for months,” she said. “Each time the next MUSICAL Tom “T.C.” Mitchell played the saxophone for Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band from 1994 to 2005. (Photo courtesy of Scharbrough song starts, I have that, ‘Oh, I love this one’ moment. ‘Son of a Son of a Sailor’ and ‘Come Monday’ are my current favorites.”
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This musical is the perfect fit for Sally Scharbrough, for more than one reason. Scharbrough plays the role of Jennifer and is part of the ensemble of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of “Escape to Margaritaville” Aug. 18 to Oct. 2 at the Indianapolis venue. The musical come dy, written by Greg Garcia and actor Mike O’Malley, features Jimmy Buffett’s songs.“I’m excited to share this show with the audiences. They’re really going to love the high energy and fast-paced songs and dances as well as the funny and poignant script,” Scharbrough said. “The cast is ex ceptional, and I’m just amazed with their talent. And who doesn’t love to sing along with Jimmy Buffett songs? I’ve always found the music fun and reminiscent of a carefree summer day.”
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Walters, who has been the executive director for four years after being a board member, has been involved in cultural nonprofit management and fundraising. Walters, who has lived in Zionsville for 30 years, worked as executive director as Sulli vanMunce Cultural Center in Zionsville in the early 2000s. She then fundraised for Indiana Landmarks and Newfields. For the schedule, chamberfestbrowncounty.com.visit
Zionsville resident Andra Walters usually spends three days each week in Brown County as the executive director of the Brown County Art Guild. “Andra is an inspiring woman and an important contributor to the vitality of the arts in Indiana,” said Annie Hawk, who serves as presi dent of ChamberFest Brown County. The ChamberFest, which is in its second year, began Aug. 14 and concludes Aug. 20 in Nashville. This is the second year for the event. “We will host the reception after the final concert like we did last year,” Walters said. “I believe this festival is a very unique opportunity and it would be nice for a com munity such as Zionsville or Carmel to have something like this. To be offering this level of quality of music in a small community like Nashville is special. The quality of music is fantastic.”Thefinalconcert, by Lincoln String Quar tet and Pacifica Quartet, is set for Aug. 20 MUSIC Walters at Brown County Playhouse, near the Brown County Art Guild. “People will come to our gallery after wards and we will have entertainment as well,” WaltersWalterssaid.said tickets prices are reasonable and some concerts are free.Brown County Art Guild started in 1954 and is in the same building, which was expanded in 1975. “The acoustics are designed for music,” Walters said. “Not only do we have the art on the walls that come from close to 50 Midwestern artists, but we are also able to provide music from time to time as it works for us.”
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Commentary by Don Knebel Today, in our ongoing road trip, we come to the Gettysburg National Cemetery, the site of Abraham Lincoln’s fa mousWhenaddress.theBattle of Gettys burg ended July 4, 1863, after three days of ferocious fighting, hundreds of soldiers from both sides lay dead or dying in the streets and fields in and around Gettysburg, Penn. Thousands more lay in shallow graves where they had fallen. It soon became clear that Gettysburg, with a population of 2,400, could not provide proper burials for all the fallen Union soldiers. As a result, the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania purchased 17 acres atop Cemetery Hill, near where Union soldiers had beaten back “Pickett’s Charge,” for a cemetery. Over several months, 3,512 Union dead were buried in concentric semicircles. Eighteen semicircles included bodies from the 18 states that had provided volunteers. Another semicircle contained bodies of United States Regulars. Another 979 bodies, never identified even as to their state, were buried in three other sections. On Nov. 18, 1863, President Lincoln came to Gettysburg by train and spent the night at the home of David Wills, a Gettysburg attorney instrumental in the cemetery’s creation. The next day, following a two–hour speech by Edward Everett of Massachu setts, Lincoln delivered the 272 words of the Gettysburg Address that he believed the world would not “long remember.” In 1865, Massachusetts commissioned the Soldiers’ National Memorial, to be placed in the center of the semicircles, near where Everett and Lincoln spoke. The 60-foottall monument, dedicated on July 1, 1869, includes a statue at the top signifying liberty. Four smaller statues represent War, History, Peace, and Plenty. In January 1912, the Lincoln Address Memorial was erected about 300 yards from where Lincoln made his famous speech. Today, the train station where Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg and the home of David Wills are popular museums. Soldiers’ National Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery. (Photos by Don Knebel).
GRAMMAR GUY Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I love being at home. It’s where I sleep. It’s where I write. Home is where I watch Netflix. It’s an amazing place. I would be content to stay at home all the time if it weren’t for the fact that my house isn’t also a coffee shop.We have some interesting names for people where I live. In the state of Indi ana, we’re referred to as “Hoosiers.” My home state, Oklahoma, calls its inhab itants “Okies” or “Oklahomans.” While I understand “Okie,” the “Hoosier” moniker is an ongoing mystery. This got me wondering: Is there a name for the nickname we apply to people from certain places? Of course, there is! Demonyms are the words we use for groups of people from different places. We get the word “demonym” from the Greek words “demos” (people, citizens, tribes people) and “nym” (name). I grew up in Norman, Okla., where its residents are called “Normanites.” Now, I live in Noblesville, Ind., where I hope we are called “Noblesvillains,” but that can’t be right. People in New York are New Yorkers. Folks in Nebraska are Nebraskans. Yawn. I’m more interested in funky demonyms (and, boy, there are plenty of them). For instance, people in Mexico City are called “Capitalinos,” as Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. Those living in Tangier, Moroc co, are proud “Tangerines.” I can’t pronounce the word for people from Utah without yawning; I can’t even type it. They’re called “Utahns,” which just reminds me of a yawn. Sorry for making you yawn — blame the Utahns. Crossing the U.S., residents of Arkansas are called “Arkensawyers,” although many will contend they are called “Arkansans.” For some reason, all I imagine when I hear “Arkensawyer” is Tom Sawyer floating down the Mississippi in a boat big enough to fit two of every animal.
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