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The Northwest Warriors practice at the Whitestown Municipal Complex. The basketball team comprised of homeschooled students is among the best in the nation at the varsity level. (Photo by Lisa Price) Founded March 20 2012, at Zionsville, IN Vol. VI, No. 37 Copyright 2017. Current Publishing, LLC All Rights Reserved. 30 South Range Line Road Carmel, IN 46032 317.489.4444 info@youarecurrent.com The views of the columnists in Current in Zionsville are their own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of this newspaper.

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Book ceases publication after abuse allegations

By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com

A book co-authored by a Zionsville resident and former pastor has been pulled from publication just weeks after it was update released after at least two women accused him of spiritual and sexual abuse, including the book’s co-author. Jonathan Weyer, 43, who writes under the name Jonathan Ryan, penned “Strange Journey: How Two Homesick Pilgrims Stumbled Back into the Catholic Church” with Jessica Mesman Griffith, 40, of Indianapolis. The book was inspired by the award-winning Sick Pilgrim blog and online community Weyer and Griffith co-founded “as a space for the spiritually sick, and their fellow travelers, to rest awhile,” according to its website. But after Sick Pilgrim administrators heard accusations in mid-November that Weyer had taken advantage of members in the Sick Pilgrim community, they investigated and removed Weyer from the community two days later, according to a post written by Griffith and shared Nov. 17 on the Steel Magnificat blog. St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church officials confirmed Weyer is no longer working as pastoral associate of evangelization at the Zionsville church. A spokesperson for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana said Weyer resigned from St. Alphonsus and is not employed in any of the churches or institutions within the diocese. Loyola Press confirmed Nov. 28 that it had stopped publishing “Strange Journey” and that corresponding publication rights have reverted to the authors. “I stand by that decision and applaud Loyola for their swift response,” Griffith stated in the Nov. 17 blog post. Griffith also stated in the post that she was a victim, accusing Weyer of groping her after she’d had too much to drink in August. “This is why I believe the women who have come forward,” Griffith stated in the blog post. “I’m one of them.” Former Sick Pilgrim community member Donna Provencher also shared her story on the Nov. 17 Steel Magnificat post. She wrote that she began communicating with Weyer, who is 11 years older than her, through Sick Pilgrim during a recent vulnerable time in her life, which he used to take advantage of her. She stated that she and Weyer had a whirlwind, long-distance romance and had discussed marriage and even baby names. She stated that she flew from Texas to Indiana

Jonathan (Ryan) Weyer and Jessica Mesman Griffith co-authored “Strange Journey.” (Submitted photo)

to visit Weyer in mid-October and that she willingly had sex with Weyer based on the belief that they were going to get married. She stated that he dumped her soon after she flew back home. “I had sex with him under horrifically false pretenses of him having assured me of God’s intent for him to marry me, and I had many times said that I would not do so otherwise,” Provencher stated. “And that is, definitionally, sexual coercion; telling other people lies in order to get laid — be it about your HIV status, your cousinship with Brad Pitt, or the Holy Spirit convicting you — is to obtain consent fraudulently.” Weyer briefly posted a response on his Facebook page that has been removed. In it, he denied the allegations of sexual abuse, predatory behavior, harassment, coercion and exploitation. “I admit that I misread emotional cues in my adult, consensual relationships, but I never once acted without express consent of my partner, and I abhor even the vague suggestions to the contrary,” he stated. Weyer denied sexually assaulting Griffith, stating that they “shared kissing and holding” that he believed was mutual. “While I believed she was willing, I should have read the emotional landscape in much better fashion,” he stated. “It was a terrible misunderstanding and one I’m deeply sorry ever happened.” In the post, Weyer said he was molested by an older boy numerous times when he was a child and that he is putting himself “under professional care and spiritual guidance” to help him understand how he “landed in this mess and caused so much emotional damage.” Weyer, Griffith and the Sick Pilgrim administrators did not respond to requests for comment.

Dispatches ZPC approves rezoning — The Zionsville Plan Commission approved Nov. 20 the rezoning of 3.8 acres along Michigan Road to accommodate the planned Zionsville Memory Care. The undeveloped site at 11870 Sandy Drive will go from B-1 Urban Neighborhood Business, R-SF-2 Single Family Residential and Michigan Road Overlay to a single B-O Office Business District Business Zoning District and Michigan Road Overlay if approved by the Zionsville Town Council at its Dec. 4 meeting. Visit CurrentZionsville.com for more. Reward offered – On Nov. 10, 2016, Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the iron bridge that crosses Sugar Creek in northwestern Boone County. A CAT farm tractor towing a chisel plow had struck the bridge and caused significant damage to the structure, which had been recently renovated. Two local residents have offered a $2,500 reward to find those responsible for causing the damage. If you have any information, contact the Boone County Sheriff’s Office at 765-482-1412 or email tips@co.boone.in.us Poetry reading – Poetry on Brick Street presents Sarah E. Morin, who will read her poems and stories for children and adults at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7, at SullivanMunce Cultural Center, 225 W, Hawthorne St. An open mic follows. Morin writes and performs unruly fairy tales and poems and is a regular performer at Fairyville at Nickel Plate Arts. Citizen’s Academy class completed – The Zionsville Police Dept. recently recognized 20 graduates from its inaugural Citizen’s Academy Class. The graduates completed eight weeks of law enforcement related education that included patrol operations, computer crimes, special weapons and tactics and criminal investigations. Thanksgiving meals delivered – Nearly 110 families in Boone County received a Thanksgiving meal this year because of the efforts of Senior Services, Boone County Mental Health, Love Inc., Zionsville Food Pantry, various apartment managers, the Burtner family and friends and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. This is the most families served in a year by this initiative. This year’s event was in memory of Amy Jo Clouse.

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Community remembers Little League coach By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Steve Strecker cast a huge figure, figuratively and literally. “He was 6-6, but in memoriam he was really a teddy bear,” said Steve St. John, a longtime friend. “He had an infectious smile. He gave you the biggest hugs. If you hadn’t seen Streck for several months, it would take you five seconds to get up with his Strecker life. When you talked with Streck, he made you feel like you are the most important person in his life at that moment.” Strecker died at age 42 Nov. 22 at his Zionsville home. He leaves behind his wife, Lisa Richter, and three daughters, Isabella 13, Campbell 10, Elliana, 9 and son, Grayson, 7. St. John played basketball with Strecker at Kalamazoo College, a Division III program. “We were friends for 24 years, and I just wish I had another 24 years with him,” St. John said. A group of 18 former Kalamazoo College

Neighbors in Stonegate lined the street with more than 400 luminaries in honor of Steve Strecker to welcome his family as they returned from the visitation. (Submitted photo)

friends and players gathered the night before the Nov. 29 funeral. “We couldn’t remember one time when Streck was ever mad at anybody,” said St. John, a Zionsville resident. “He was always someone who wanted to rectify and remedy any situation.” Zionsville Little League immediate past president Mike Rinebold met Strecker through his neighbor, St. John, at a Kalamazoo basketball golf outing several years ago. Approximately four years ago, Strecker became involved in softball when his daugh-

ters began playing. “He was passionate through and through,” Rinebold said. “He cared for not only his girls’ well-being but the others.” Strecker served as a coach and on the board of Zionsville Little League. “He was a tremendous asset,” Rinebold said. “He was someone you could always count on and count on to do the right thing. He coached a Major League team that went to the state finals. I can’t say enough good things about the guy.” Strecker helped Rinebold and others bring the Little League International Central Regional Headquarters to Zionsville. “For all the right reasons, he got involved,” Rinebold said. “He was passionate about youth sports, and softball, in particular.” Melanie Green said she was fortunate her daughter, Alexa, was coached by Strecker. “We are one of the many families who were blessed to have called Steve coach,” Green said. “He has left a forever impression on our young daughter as well as hundreds of softball players and other youth through his work as a soccer and basketball coach. His reach and impact will far extend his life on this earth. He inspired everyone to ‘be your best you’ and lived that himself daily.”

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com Three longtime Zionsville business owners have made a proposal to purchase part of the old Town Hall site to construct a new building to house development their offices. Greg Storen, president and owner of Storen Financial Group, and Drs. Jim Haines and Nicholas Garn, both of Zionsville Eyecare, partnered to form Seake, LLC and submit a proposal to the town to construct a 20,020-square-foot, two-story building at 1120 W. Oak St. They plan to spend $5.2 million on the project, with approximately $600,000 for land acquisition and $4 million on construction. Storen and Zionsville Eyecare already have separate offices within a half mile of the proposed site. Storen and Garn have been seriously discussing the possibility of partnering to build new offices together for a couple of years and began working on the Seake proposal approximately six months ago. “When we learned this ground would be coming available, we really started trying to put our ducks in a row to see if we could

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financially get things together so we could bid on this ground,” Storen said. The site is zoned Town Hall PUD and is within the Town Hall tax increment financing district. Taxes collected from the site and others within the TIF district will be used to help pay off the new Town Hall, which is across the parking lot. “We want to be in the heart of Zionsville,” Storen said. “To see what eventually will come of that (area) and be part of that is

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Dollens a Teacher of the Year By Heather Lusk • news@currentzionsville.com

lish teacher Angela Coddington was recognized as Teacher of the Year at LHS. One goal of the grant is to ensure that Zionsville resident Mike Dollens was students taking AP classes are better prerecently named the Advanced Placement pared for college classes. - Teacher Invest“We want to give our kids as education ment Program much of a chance to earn college Science Teacher credit as possible while still actually of the Year by the Institute of Edugiving them a chance,” Dollens said. cational Initiatives. “We want to put them in a position The AP-TIP program was created to succeed when they leave.” to increase the scores of students Dollens said the redesigned AP taking AP classes at Indiana high Dollens physics class focuses more on conschools. cepts and design than in previous years, One of Dollens’ goals is for students to when the honors version of the class was exceed their own expectations on the AP math-based. He has exam. from former Dollens, who teach“I see them last. A lot of the heard students that the es advanced placeteachers that the kids see change benefitted ment chemistry and them upon graduation. physics, has taught before me put them in a As someone who science at Lebanon position to be successful.” teaches juniors and High School since - Mike Dollens seniors, Dollens ap1999. He began teachplauds the efforts of ing AP physics when it teachers who work with the students bewas added to the curriculum several years fore they become upperclassmen. ago. The AP chemistry class was revamped “I see them last,” he said. “A lot of the at the same time. teachers that the kids see before me put LHS has participated in the AP-TIP grant them in a position to be successful.” program for three years. Last year, AP Eng-

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At the first annual meeting of the Boone County Voices for Change, nearly 150 people heard from two state lawpolitics makers about proposed bills Nov. 28 at the SullivanMunce Cultural Center. State Sen. Greg Taylor and State Rep. Dan Forestal, both Democrats, shared their thoughts on legislation imposing stricter penalties on hate crimes and loosening gun control. Taylor said Indiana is one of five states with no form of hate crime legislation; instead he said those instances are treated as criminal mischief and nothing in the law adds additional penalties for hate-motivated crimes. He said legislation is not limited to helping minorities. “Why wouldn’t you want to protect everybody?” said Taylor, whose two pieces of bias-crime legislation were defeated in the Senate. Although Forestal was not involved in the gun legislation, he has spoken publicly against a proposed bill to remove the permit requirement for carrying firearms. Forestal’s comments became part of a

Facebook debate with Republican State Rep. Jim Lucas, after which Forestal was interviewed on the radio program The Gun Guy Show. Forestal said he was compelled to support the opinions of IMPD colleagues against the bill after seeing the impact of guns in households through his day job as a firefighter. “I don’t love the label of pro-gun, antigun,” Forestal said. “I feel like it tries to divide us and section us and make it easier to categorize where we are on all issues.” Recognizing that many in the room were millennials, Forestal urged them to continue to be involved and engaged in their communities. “We need you,” he said. BCVC chair Jan Hornaday reflected on her feelings a year ago when she believed she was the only person in Boone County whose opinions seemed to differ from other conservative views. “Over the course of the year we’ve felt that’s not really true,” she said. “I feel empowered because there’s others like me.” “We are Boone County Voices for Change, a non-partisan, grassroots organization seeking to bring balance to Boone County,” Hornaday said. “And I think we’ve done that.”

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Kim Milas knows the importance of being a self-advocate, and that’s led her to being appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to a new task force for people with intellectual state and developmental disabilities. Milas, 52, has an intellectual developmental disability and began receiving day services at The Arc of Greater Boone County three years ago after moving to Zionsville to be closer to her sister. She has joined the Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Other Developmental Disabilities. Milas hopes the task force will help others with disabilities become their own self-advocates. “I think it will help everyone to see that a person with a disability can do anything they want, no matter what it is,” Milas said. At The Arc of Greater Boone County, Milas takes literary classes, is a part of the Arc Artisans entrepreneurial program and runs concessions at Gasoline Alley. Milas wants to encourage people with disabilities to stand up for their needs, goals and dreams. She said her father instilled

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in her the importance of being her own self-advocate. “My father was a great influence on my life,” Milas said. Milas volunteers at the Lebanon Public Library and Shalom House and was recently elected vice president of the Aktion Club, a Kiwanis program for adults with disabilities. Last year, she served as the Self-Advocate Peer Advisor for the Aktion Club and connected with Self-Advocates of Indiana, which helped her learn more about self-advocacy. “I want to let people with disabilities to know that they can stand up for themselves,” Milas said. “Make sure you know you’re a person.”

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Bullets transformed into earrings By Chris Bavender news@currentzionsville.com Erin Shultz regards herself a “crafty gal who loves to create.” She started collecting bullet casings from whitestown her target practice sessions thinking she could make “something neat with them one day.” “My friend told me I should make earrings with them, so I decided to give it a shot, no pun intended,” said Shultz, 38. “Another Shultz friend of mine was getting married in Nashville, and she wanted a pair of earrings that would go along with the country theme. I made her a pair of earrings, and when she returned from Nashville, she ordered three more pairs for her friends.” That’s when Shultz — who in 2015 moved from Hobart to Whitestown — decided to open an Etsy shop called Beauty and the Bullets. She cuts, cleans and handcrafts the .44 Mag Hornady bullet stud earrings. The fired casings collected from her target practices have their own unique markings.

Erin Shultz uses bullet casings to create earrings. (Submitted photo)

“Stud earrings have been my main focus, but I am currently working on a few different styles of dangle earrings, along with some other types,” Shultz said. The price range for the stud earrings is between $20 to $25 per pair, depending if a customer wants to add Swarovski crystals. Shultz is working on new pieces such as bracelets, necklaces, rings and keychains and wants to soon have her collection in area boutiques and shops. For more, visit the Etsy shop at beautyandthebullets.etsy. com or her Facebook page at facebook. com/BeautyAndTheBullets.

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Special Olympics honors ZPD officer Chapman By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com There is no question why Zionsville Police Dept. Officer Josh Chapman is dedicated to Special Olympics. acheivement “I do it for the athletes. These athletes are incredible,” Chapman said. Chapman’s passion led him to recently receive the Spirit of Special Olympics Indiana Law Enforcement Torch Run Officer of the Year for Special Olympics Indiana “It’s amazing to even be able to be nominated, but to win caught me off-guard,” said Chapman, who has been involved with Special Olympics for more than three years. Boone County Special Olympics coordinator Terry Noffke nominated Chapman. Chapman serves as event chairman for Strikes for Special Olympics Indiana, a bowling fundraiser. It was held Nov. 18 at Woodland Bowl and raised $17,000. Chapman said more than $50,000 was raised the previous three years. He also serves as chairman of the Boone County Law Enforcement Torch Run, held in July. The run goes from Traders Point Church in Whitestown to Lions Park in Zionsville.

Zionsville Police Dept. Officer Josh Chapman display his award from Special Olympics with ZPD Chief Robert Knox. (Submitted photo)

“I also go to speak at recruiting academies with law enforcement to talk with new officers about getting involved in the Law Enforcement Torch Run,” he said. Chapman is a unified dance partner with Special Olympics athlete Maddie Best of

Zionsville. He also has been involved with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Games. Chapman was a member of the recruiting and planning committee for the Law Enforcement Torch Run Unified Run Across America in 2015. In addition, Chapman was a participant in the 2017 Polar Plunge, another Special Olympics fundraiser, and helped coordinate a Zionsville Community High School team. In the past, he had worked event security. “This year I’ll meet with high schools around the area and try to engage them more with the Polar Plunge,” Chapman said. “I think my high school students might get me to plunge again,” he said. “It was really cold. If they raise enough money, they might be able to convince me to go in.” Chapman encouraged others to attend a unified event or attend the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Games at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis in September. “You’d see the energy they put into everything, win or lose,” Chapman said. “They can place first or they can place last and they are just as amazing. They put everything out there. It really is inspiring. I’m not the most athletic person, but watching them makes me want to be better.”

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Forest exhibit to be enhanced By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com The Zion Nature Center celebrated its 15th anniversary in May with a special addition. nature center “We celebrated that milestone with the installation of our first ever professionally built exhibit, the box turtle tree stump,” Zion Nature Center naturalist Mindy Murdock said. “We ended up raising more funds than were needed to make the exhibit come into existence. We didn’t want the money that families and organizations had donated just sitting until the new Nature Center was built, and we wanted to keep that momentum and interest in what the Nature Center was doing.” There is no timetable for when a new center will be built, but it is still on the town’s radar, Murdock said. However, Murdock said the center is continuing to raise funds to bring two seasonal trees from a sketch on paper to reality. “The two trees are a part of our forest habitat that we have planned for a section of the new Nature Center space,” Murdock said. “The tree stump was one of those components, and there is still a future

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Zionsville-based artist Nancy Noel will return to her former gallery, The Sanctuary, Dec. 9 for a one-day the sanctuary sale, which may be her last at the Main Street location. Since closing The Sanctuary and listing the building for sale in 2014, Noel has held other one-day events to sell artwork, although it has been a year since her last one. She looks forward to the Dec. 9 event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love it because people are so happy.â&#x20AC;? The past year has been a busy one for the internationally recognized artist. She was among 14 female subjects in a documentary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women Like Us,â&#x20AC;? which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Noel continues to support the school she created in Kenya and has been working closely with Engineers without Borders to create a water purification system in the area.

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She continues to paint and has no plans to stop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even imagine (retiring) in my wildest dreams. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not on my radar at all,â&#x20AC;? Noel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just who I am.â&#x20AC;? The open house will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Sanctuary, 75 N. Main St. Noel will be present throughout the day. The 10,800-square-foot The Sanctuary is still for sale. Noel said the building, a former church built in 1894, would be a good event space.

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Crews Kay gets some blank looks when he tells others about his basketball team. “We don’t play pubcover story lic schools, so public school kids are totally confused when I tell them I play in a homeschool league,” the Zionsville resident said. Kay started playing with the Northwest Warriors teams when he was 11. “I’ve been with the same group of guys since then, and I love all my teammates and coaches,” said Kay, a senior on the Warriors’ varsity squad. “We work hard and compete hard.” The hard work is paying off. As of Nov. 30, the varsity team is unbeaten, and it won the Tip Off tournament in Arkansas. Last year, the team finished 30-8 and was 10th in the national rankings before the 2016-17 postseason. The Warriors’ junior varsity team finished 25-1 last season, reaching the national championship game before losing. Kay, who has been homeschooled since fourth grade, said the competition is solid at the varsity level. “Once we get to nationals there is a 64team bracket,” Kay said. “Around here is pretty good competition, then once we get to regionals and nationals, it’s really tough.” The Warriors teams practice twice a week at the Whitestown Municipal Complex and play their home games at Traders Point Christian Academy. Among the 51 boys on the five age division teams, nine are from the Zionsville/Whitestown area. The teams are part of the Indiana Christian Basketball Alliance, the Midwest Christian Homeschool Conference, which includes teams from Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, and the National Homeschool Basketball Association. The 28th annual National Homeschool Basketball Championships tournament will be held in March in Springfield, Mo. The Warriors have teams for 10 and under or 10U, 12U, 14U (junior high), junior varsity and varsity. The Warrios’ 10U team made its debut

Crews Kay of Zionsville is a member of the Northwest Warriors varsity team. (Photos by Lisa Price)

this season. Zionsville resident Rob Thomas is coaching the 12U team, which includes his sons, Asa and Zane.

From left, Ben, Zan, Rob, Asa and Jessi Thomas of Zionsville attend a Northwest Warriors basketball practice.

“We’ve been part of the program for nine years,” said Thomas, who has 11 children. “My wife (Jennie) decided to homeschool the children, and I was concerned there

30 years of homeschool basketball The Northwest Sports Club, which was founded by Jack Baumgardner in 1989, is the original homeschool basketball organization in the Indianapolis area. The club was designed to give homeschooled boys a chance to participate in competitive basketball while developing Christian character and basketball skills. Although the Northwest Sports Club doesn’t have a girls program, there are other homeschool girls basketball programs in the Indianapolis area. Carmel resident Sam Wood, vice president of the Northwest Sports Club, has two sons in the program. Wood pointed out there are players from Lafayette to Plainfield to New Castle on the Warriors’ teams. He said the number of homeschool teams are growing in the region, with 125 teams expected for the Midwest Regional at Grand Park. “The IHSAA makes a compelling point on

how sports positively influence the student-athlete by instilling key skills such as leadership, teamwork, discipline, trust and a positive work ethic,” Wood said. “While the general acceptance of homeschooling is rapidly changing as more and more families find success in educating their children, the corresponding sports programs have lagged behind. However, this, too, is rapidly changing as programs, such as the Northwest Warriors, are finding success both on and off the court and developing those same key skills into tomorrow’s leaders from Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield and Noblesville.” The Indianapolis area is home to several homeschool programs, including the Indianapolis-based Eastside Golden Eagles, Indianapolis Wildcats and Noblesville-based Northside Lions. For more, northwestwarriorbasketball. com.

wouldn’t be any sports. We started looking around, and a friend of ours referred us to this program.” Four of Thomas’ children, two girls and two boys, were adopted from Ethiopia. The two boys play for the Warriors. Jesse, a senior, is on the varsity, and Ben, a freshman, is on the junior varsity. Thomas’ oldest son, Isaac, now a sophomore at Cedarville (Ohio) University, also played in the league. Zionsville resident John Penola has two sons, Johnny, 13, and Jacob, 12, who are playing organized basketball for the first time with the Warriors. “We’ve known about it for awhile,” Penola said. “Jacob played soccer and Johnny played football at Traders Point. But those opportunities tend go away when you get to high school. My wife and I went to Jacob and asked if he wanted to play, and John said he wanted to come, too.” Johnny is enjoying his first organized basketball experience. “I like the people on the team and the team aspect,” Johnny said. “I’m still learning the plays. I like to shoot and sort of play around.”

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Commentary by Terry Anker “Would you like fries with that?” The simple question may be a cliché for the underachieving. One supposes it becomes the mantra of every low-performing high school dropout. They are mired in a greasesoaked world of serving high-calorie, lownutrition-value foods to an endless line of bloated consumers. Yet, in a time when more Americans are failing to ever take a first job, does the criticism hold up? The federal government has asserted that as many as 30 percent of all able-bodied citizens could become permanently unemployed. They lack the access and skill to earn sufficient income to support themselves or their progeny. Thus, the argument goes, we must brace ourselves to provision these folks for the entirety of their lives. Perhaps. At the same time, local businesses routinely fail to fill positions. Employers complain that openings go unoccupied as applicants decide to stay home rather than take entry-level jobs. But, how can someone become the supervisor who himself is unfamiliar with the nature of day-to-day work? Does taking a lesser opportunity give us necessary access, under the weight of our own effort and merit, to the next level? Lao Tzu, sixth century, B.C., Chinese philosopher, generally considered as founder of Taoism, is attributed with saying, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” In offering fries, is the server unlocking access to new skills – facility, timing, temperance and management – even as she earns a bit? Without a first step, are we standing still? Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@youarecurrent.com.

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Why I don’t play cards Commentary by Ward Degler I have never been much of a card player. My wife and her family, on the other hand, will launch a card plain talk game at the drop of a hat. Euchre, mostly, although Jeanne has been part of a bridge club from time to time. For some reason I never got the card bug. My dad taught me to play cribbage at an early age. As a forester working with lumberjacks in the north woods of Wisconsin, Dad spent many long evenings playing the game. I still play occasionally. During the long, lonely winters I spent on the farm in Minnesota, the local folks preserved their sanity by playing euchre. I joined in but never got hooked. I have long been fascinated by the jack in a deck of cards. Jacks have a colorful history. Aces are always either the highest or lowest card, and kings and queens have always been, well, kings and queens. But the jack has been playing his own game for generations. He was always the lowest face card, but he was first known in the 16th century as Thani-naib, or second deputy.

In Italy and Spain, he was depicted as an infantry page. In France, he was a valet, and in England he was the knave, or servant, to the queen. The title knave caught on, and his card was marked with a K. Then in 1864 an American card-maker by the name of Samuel Hart recognized the potential confusion K caused with the king, and changed the knave to jack. Among American card players the jack stands for no one in particular. In France, however, the jack of spades represents Ogier the Dane, a knight in Charlemagne’s army. The jack of hearts is La Hire, a famous warrior. The jack of diamonds represents Hector, a character in Homer’s Illiad, and the jack of clubs stands for the fabled Lancelot. To add confusion, jacks are always subservient to the king and queen. Unless, of course, you are playing euchre, cribbage, all fours, hearts or pinochle. Another reason I don’t play cards. Ward Degler lives in Zionsville with his wife. He is author of “The Dark Ages of My Youth ... and Times More Recent.” Contact him at ward.degler@gmail.com.

Doo and I survived Thanksgiving! Thirtythree people, 11 bottles of wine, five tons of mashed potatoes and two humor turkeys came together for an afternoon of family, feasting and competitive charades. At. Our. House. My two-part strategy was simple. First, have everyone bring a dish so that I only had to provide one of the turkeys and my specialty, canned cranberry sauce. I nearly botched the main attraction because I got caught up in four episodes of “Parks and Rec” and completely forgot to put our bird in the oven. Luckily, my 4 p.m. dinner plan was too early for most, anyway, so the hour delay worked out well. More wine for everyone! Second, shove all children and teenagers into the basement for the entire evening. Our main floor is wide open with only one sitting area, and sound reverberates like shotgun blasts in an operating room. There was no way I could handle 20 kids “up in my grill” while trying to orchestrate the perfect Thanksgiving meal. As expected, Ping Pong and Xbox entertained the boys for most of the night, and the door kept the noise to a minimum. But in a surprise development, my daughters lured the girls upstairs for magical makeovers. I can’t say I approved of the heavily lipsticked tartlets that went through the buffet line, but they were happy and quiet, so mission accomplished. Did I enjoy a relaxing time with parents, sisters, in-laws and nieces/nephews? No. The night was a blur of hostess-ing activity. I don’t even remember seeing one of my own sons. But when tears and drama are confined to charades, that’s a great Thanksgiving. Peace out. Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at danielle@ currentincarmel.com.

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Desperate house husband Commentary by Dick Wolfsie We were watching TV one evening last week when my wife asked, “Don’t you think it’s about time we moved?” humor “Sure,” I said. “I’ll stretch out on the floor with a pillow; you take the couch.” Apparently, that isn’t what she meant. After 30 years in our house, Mary Ellen thinks we should move into a condo, a place where owners don’t have to mow or water the lawn or shovel snow. My son will be disappointed if we move. He was making good money doing all that. My wife is certain we have many good years in front of us, but she doesn’t believe in having anything above us. Like rooms. Mary Ellen wants everything on one floor. I like going upstairs to go to bed. That’s my 12-step program from Exercisers Anonymous. If we buy a home on one level, that’s the end of my 30-second evening workout. Last week, despite my misgivings, we started looking for a new place to live. We have this great real estate agent who is the most effusive and energetic person I have ever met. The first condo we looked at, Brad got very emotional about the

baseboards that accented the tall walls and high ceilings, the 1-inch-thick granite countertops and the stamped concrete patio (whatever that is). He was quick to point out that there was an electrical outlet on the kitchen island where we could make frozen margaritas. And those slow-closing drawers and cabinets? He was ecstatic. Mary Ellen and I have totally different sets of criteria regarding the ideal house, so I took Brad aside and said, “Go into that cool realty app you have and see if you can find a four-bedroom home with a little alcove for an office, a finished basement and an exercise bike. Also, I’d love to have a private back deck with a view of secluded woods.” Brad called me the next day. “Dick, I found the ideal place for you. Looks like it’s not up for sale yet, but you can still make an offer … Wait a second, this is your address. This is where you live now!” “Great job, Brad. You are the best. You found the perfect house for me.”

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The Boone County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual awards banquet Nov. 13 to recognize successful businesses and organizations in the county. county With the theme of “Building the Future Together” and the image of a gear to represent that theme, Boone County Chamber Executive Director Diane Schultz said the banquet highlighted how the chamber is partnering with six communities for progress. “Just as gears connecting create speed and power, increasing their effectiveness, Boone County businesses, organizations and communities collaborating and working together have a greater effectiveness continuing to create a county that is a strong thriving region to live, work and enjoy an exceptional quality of life,” Shultz said. The chamber presented three awards that were voted on by chamber and community members. Witham Health Services won Featured Business of the Year, the Community Foundation of Boone County was selected as the Nonprofit of the Year, and Business Professional of the Year was presented to Amy Hammerle of United Way of Central Indiana. Boone County businesses and organizations also collaborated to select and presNBI

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a quarter of the time the first symptom is sudden death. Winning third place in the BioCrossroads New Venture Competition will help ILT — Nathan Alves, a Zionsville researcher which also includes Dept. of Emergency leading a startup working to develop drugs Medicine professors and vice chair of to treat blood clots medicine in the lungs, and research Dr. Jeffrey Kline in the role of vice president and chief medical his team recently officer — expand its local network as received a boost in their efforts to it begins to grow the company. grow the company. “It is important to establish a Founded this year by the IU solid team of advisors early on in School of Medicine’s Dept. of a new venture to provide for the Emergency Medicine, Indiana Lysis Alves greatest potential for success,” Technologies won third place and Alves said. “The money will also allow us to $10,000 in the 2017 BioCrossroads New advance the science to be more competiVenture Competition. ILT is a product-based tive in future fund raising.” drug discovery company that utilizes nanoAlves said being named a finalist and technology to develop therapeutics to treat winning third place in the competition was pulmonary embolisms. an honor. “At ILT we seek to administer active “Being in a state that fosters life science agents via nanoparticles that digest blood growth, such as Indiana, provides unique clots that largely bypass intrinsic activaopportunities through BioCrossroads that tion of clot digesting proteins,” said Alves, an assistant professor in the Dept. of Emer- is not present in all states,” Alves said. Alves said the competition is only a first gency Medicine. “This allows us more constep as ILT continues to commercialize the trol over clot digestion in the body, which next generation of safer clot-digesting we believe will greatly reduce off-target therapeutics. bleeding.” “Our next steps are to apply for federal The Centers for Disease Control and PreSBIR/STTR funding to further validate the vention estimates that as many as 900,000 technology and strengthen our position for people in the U.S. could be affected each expansion,” he said. year by pulmonary embolisms, and about

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Local and international artist finds her ‘Point of Connection’ By Heather Collins editorial@youarecurrent.com

Rosaleen Crowley, a local and international artist, poet, educator and entrepreneur, celebrates the point heritage of connection between her life in Ireland and her life in Carmel. “At this stage, I have built two lives. One in Ireland and one here,” Crowley said. Crowley has built her artistic career through connecting people on common ground and converging the arts of painting and poetry. Crowley recently released her own book of poetry and paintings, “Point of Connection.” The book explores the cultures and landscapes of Carmel and Ireland and how they converge. “It’s natural to want to belong,” Crowley said. “I think wherever you live, you seek out those things that are meaningful to you.” Crowley said she sought the energetic, artistic community that blooms in Ireland when she landed in Carmel. Crowley was born in Ireland and lived in England before moving to Carmel in 1990. She frequently travels between Ireland and Carmel. “Point of Connection” explores Crowley’s Irish heritage and the parallels between life in Ireland and Carmel. Crowley’s art imitates her work. In 2013, she founded Relocation and Cultural Training Services, LLC, to assist employees of international corporations with transitioning to the cultural environment of the Indianapolis area. “It really is in connecting with people that I get my most joy,” Crowley said. “I really enjoy people telling me that I helped them settle.” During her travels, Crowley has gained many prominent fans, including Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard. “(Crowley) is a wonderful artist who has the ability to touch people’s hearts and souls through her unique combination of art and poetry inspired by her Irish heritage,” Brainard said. Crowley’s painting, “Tranquility,” hangs in Carmel City Hall. She continues to connect

‘Loving Where I am Planted Carmel, Indiana’ By Rosaleen Crowley, Sept. 19, 2016 I am riveted by Carmel, from ordinary to extraordinary, The designs are new and old, simple and complicated, Observing from top of city centre, I tarry To take in the farmers market Spread fresh with produce, craft and taffy.

Rosaleen Crowley displays her book “Point of Connection.” (Photo by Paola Williams)

artists in the community as founder of the Carmel Creative Writers Club, a nonprofit community writing group. The club meets at the Hoosier Salon in the Carmel Arts & Design District every second Wednesday of each month. She also founded the Indiana Dramatic Arts and Communication Society, an annual festival and competition hosted by WFYI Public Media. The goal of the society, which was active for three years from 2009-2012, was to allow children, youth and adults to share their passion for poetry, drama and communication in a nurturing environment. “(Crowley’s) willingness to inspire others to produce great works is what truly warms my heart,” Brainard said. Crowley was recently appointed president-elect of the Association of International Women in Indiana. The group’s mission is to facilitate social interaction, cultural understanding and offer support between women from the U.S. and other nations. Crowley will host a private event, “Sharing Gratitude Making the World a Kinder Place - One Poem at a Time,” an enrichment program for retirement home residents, at Woodland Terrace of Carmel this month. Crowley’s book “Point of Connection” is available for purchase at All Things Carmel, Barnes & Noble in Westfield and Peace Water Winery.

Festivals of art, stories and song Together, bring about economic and community growth. Blending cultures from Cork, Ireland to Hong Kong The arts and design elements both Combine to make our city strong. The manicured landscapes of the roundabout leads The way to color and symmetry of a suburban future, I love the walkability of urban living, a choice of city or rural meets my needs. The Monon with its active lifestyle cuts a path through nature Where a large Great White Egrit lands and feeds. The Palladium and theatre location Short distance from Main Street Speaks to Mayor Brainard’s lofty vision A man, who upon seeing you will meet and greet With warm attention to your conversation. Around the traditional well where water is drawn You can see people interact with each other. Life here is comfortable and through giving a helping hand I cherish the opportunity to be myself and nurture My talents, planted here in the city land.

ZLTC features holiday classic editorial@youarecurrent.com The Zionsville Little Theatre Company will present “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” The radio broadcast version, based on the Frank Capra movie, was written by Joe Landry and licensed through Playscripts, Inc. There will be four performances of the holiday classic at 7 p.m. Dec. 15-16 and 2 p.m. Dec. 16-17 at the Whitestown Municipal Complex Event Center, 6210 Veterans Dr. Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased at the door one hour prior to each performance. Reserved seating is available through the Zionsville Little Theatre Company page on Facebook or by calling Marianne Doyle at 317-873-2547. Doyle and Lynne Manning, the cofounders of the theatre, are producing the production. The ensemble cast features Zionsville residents Olivia Begeman, Jim Detwiler, John Griffin, Austin Lizama, Heather Lusk, Mara Lusk , Roger Manning, Augusto Nucci, Parker Ostrom, Patsy See, Jake Stevenson, Jake Strachan, Emily Stucky and Cindy Wampler. Fishers resident Marcus Waye is in the show as well.

Zionsville — The Christmas in the Village Ladies Night will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7 at shops in downtown Zionsville. Indianapolis — “A Beef & Boards Christmas” continues at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre with performances Dec. 5 to 12. For more, visit beefandboards. com. Carmel —The Museum of Miniature Houses, 111 E. Main St., will hold a free candlelight tour from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 9. Guests can view fine-scale miniatures and holiday decorations and exhibits. For more, visit museumofminiatures.org.

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For Julia Bonnett, this will truly be a special opportunity. “There is music nothing quite like performing with a full, live orchestra,” Bonnett said. “It is truly magical to hear all the intricacies and nuances Bonnett involved in a piece of orchestral music. As a vocalist, the power and energy that comes from an orchestra is invigorating. I cannot wait to be on stage with the fantastic Carmel Symphony Orchestra musicians once again to share the holidays with the Carmel community.” Bonnett, the 2009 Great American Songbook Youth Ambassador, will join Lucas DeBard, the 2015 Songbook Ambassador, as vocalists for CSO’s IU Health Holidays two concerts at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Bonnett, a 2009 Carmel High School graduate, performed with the CSO a few times in 2009 and 2010. This will be DeBard’s CSO debut. “I am incredibly excited to sing with such a great orchestra,” said DeBard, a Lebanon

High School graduate and Indiana University junior. “It isn’t every day that I get to sing with a full symphony orchestra, so as you can imagine I am itching to perform with them.” Bonnett and DeBard will sing two duets. “I am thrilled to be working with Lucas on this project,” Bonnett said. “He is a fantastic musician and DeBard an enchanting performer. I don’t want to give away too much of the program, but I am thrilled to be performing one of my favorite holiday songs, ‘What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?’ While it is not as well-known as, ‘O Christmas Tree’ or ‘Deck the Halls,’ it has a beautiful melody, and I love the coyness of the lyrics.” DeBard will sing “The Christmas Song,” his favorite. In the last month, DeBard has been involved in a show with his a cappella group, Crimson Cadence, the chorus of “It’s a Wonderful Life” at IU Opera Theater and his cabaret show, “I’ll Take Romance,” in Indianapolis. For more, visit carmelsymphony.org.

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Show is personal to Huffman By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Kate Huffman has been working on a comedic view of her life for two years. Finally, the actress made a comedy deal with herself: If she could finish the show by her April birthday in 2016, she would reward herself with a trip to Ireland. That worked, and “I’m Too Fat for This Show” was completed. Huffman, who grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Cathedral High School in 2001, is bringing her one-woman show Dec. 8 to 10 to IndyFringe, 719 E. St. Clair St. It’s just a mildly exaggerated version of her life, Huffman said. “It’s based on 20 years of eating disorders, OCD and body dysmorphia, chronic pain,” said Huffman, who has lived in Los Angeles for 13 years. “I started writing in 2014. How do I make sense of my life and make any meaning out of it?” Huffman said writing about it was more therapeutic than she expected. “I hated writing it,” Huffman said. “I would cry at my computer. It did lead to more self-acceptance, mostly because when I did share it with people, they re-

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spond hugely.” Huffman’s show won the Encore Producers’ Award in Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, so she decided to take it on the road, already having a show in Chicago. The Indianapolis performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 9 and 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 10. For tickets, visit indyfringe.org/ theatre-show/i’m-too-fat-show. Huffman will take her show to Ireland Dec. 18 to 20. For more, visit KateHuffman.com. For the full story, visit currentnightandday.com

ATI holds ‘Completely Christmas’ By Zach Dunkin zach.dunkin@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana is turning the Studio Theater into a cabaret and throwing a Christmas “party.” theater “Our cabaret has less of a show-performance feel about it,” said Don Farrell, who co-founded ATI in 2005 with Judy Fitzgerald and Cynthia Collins. “We really want our guests to feel as if they were invited to a Christmas party being hosted by MJ and myself because that is actually what it is. We share stories, sing songs, decorate Christmas cookies and laugh and create memories together.” The ‘MJ’ Farrell referred to is his longtime friend and vocalist MaryJane Waddell, who has moved from New York City to Westfield. Backed by a musical trio, this will be the third time the duo has presented “Completely Christmas: Memories, Mistletoe and Manger Included,” and the second consecutive year at The Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts. The theater, which usually hosts ATI stage productions, will be partially converted to a cabaret set-

MaryJayne Waddell and Don Farrell perform in “Completely Christmas.” (Submitted photo).

ting for the show dates Dec. 7 to 10. There will be seven tables, seating four patrons each, available for VIP seating at $40. Regular tickets are $20 for students and $35 for adults. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 8, 9 and 2 p.m. Dec. 10. “We wanted to celebrate the joys, memories and traditions that we experienced growing up in a Christian family and celebrating Christmas,” Farrell said. “We wanted to embrace our Christian upbringing while sharing some really fun stories and entertaining songs that we have fallen in love with.”  Advance tickets are available by visiting atistage.org or calling 317-843-3800.

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Your inbox is slammed with promo codes. The invitations are piling up. The kids have changed their wish WINEderlust lists about 100 times. In-laws are visiting. The holidays are here and the pressure is on. One thing shouldn’t stress you out this season, and that’s choosing great wine. Check out this fail-proof guide to selecting a great bottle for any occasion. Boom. Good never goes out of style, and that said, it’s time to talk about what excellent wine selections look like. Resist the urge at your wine shop to grab the trendy gift packs of pumpkin-spiced whatever. Don’t do it. Instead, follow this sage: stay classy. Select your category below: Party wine Value-driven options when you need loads of decent wine. I’m loving this little French red: Penya Cotes Catalanes Rouge. It’s so versatile and can be served with anything from burgers to pasta. A mediumbodied blend featuring Grenache, Carignan

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“Swingin’ Little Christmas,” The Theater at The Fort, Lawrence

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1 p.m. Dec. 8, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 11, and 1 p.m. Dec. 12 (continues through Dec. 22).

The theatre cast presents a one-hour musical adaptation of the yuletide Charles Dickens classic with traditional carols.   Cost: $26.50-$36.50 (includes buffet lunch).

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“It’s a Wonderful Life – The Radio Play,” The Cat Theatre, Carmel

7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 9 and 2:30 Dec. 10 (continues through Dec. 17).

The Carmel Theatre Company ensemble brings a few dozen characters to the stage in a “1940s live radio broadcast” of the classic story involving the idealistic George Bailey as he considers ending his life on Christmas Eve.

Pianist Ramsey Lewis and his trio and guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli team up for an evening that includes interpretations of traditional songs from Cole’s Christmas recordings as well as many of his pop standards.

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“IU Health Holidays, The Palladium, the 3 p.m. and 7:30 Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel p.m. Dec. 9.

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“Straighten Up and Fly Right for the Holidays: A Nat King Cole Tribute,” The Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

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Laugh along as Don Farrell and MaryJayne Waddell return to The Studio Theater stage in a cabaret setting to share how ancient beliefs and superstitions found their way into our music and celebrations. Cost: $20-$40.

Get in the Christmas mood with the Heartland Big Band and special guests as they bring in the holiday season with some swingin’ sounds. Cost: $25.

“Completely Christmas Memories, Mistletoe and Manger Included,” The Studio, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

Cost: $$15-$20.

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The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Show, The Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

7:30 p.m. Dec. 7.

The country and gospel vocal quartet’s annual Christmas show features a mix of traditional and contemporary seasonal songs, including tunes from their seven best-selling Christmas CD’s. Cost: $35 to $85.

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra performs classical and pop holiday favorites with special guests Lucas DeBard, 2015 winner of The Great American Songbook Foundation/Songbook Academy, and Julia Bonnett, winner of the Songbook Academy competition in 2009. Cost: $20-$65 (with student discounts available).

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“Dave Koz’s 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour,” The Palladium, the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel

7 p.m. Dec. 10.

The award-winning smooth jazz saxophonist returns to The Palladium with special guests David Benoit, Rick Braun and Peter White – the original lineup from Koz’s very first holiday package tour – performing their own hits and seasonal favorites. Cost: $40-$210.

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You’d expect someone as cultured as yours truly to have a hardline stance in the negative toward a grammar guy phrase like “a-wholenother.” Today, I’d like to not just blow your mind in letting you know I wholeheartedly endorse it, but that I think it passes grammatical muster. I’m pro “a-whole-nother.” There, I said it. And I’m not over here trying to justify a-whole-nother as an example of grammatical tmesis or infixing (look it up), but as meta-analysis, false splitting or rebracketing. In its history of usage in the English language, the compound word another began as two distinct words: an other. Over time, these two words couldn’t get enough of each other and fused into another word entirely (and literally). It’s as if an and other enjoyed being next to each other so much they just decided to informally move in together. But does that make it OK? If another is a combination of an and other, why not write an-whole-nother? Since whole begins with a consonant, it takes the article a

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and leaves nother to complete the phrase. Please don’t start calling me an a-whole. So why not just say another whole pizza? Well, saying a-whole-nother pizza implies you’re talking about a different pizza entirely: Once the Hawaiians put pineapple on top, we were dealing with a-wholenother pizza. If I instead said another whole, this would change the meaning to imply I was introducing an entire second pizza to the situation. So, the word whole here modifies two different things entirely; in the another whole pizza instance, whole serves as a modifier of the noun pizza. When discussing a-whole-nother pizza, whole modifies another, indicating a new type, or category, of pizza. Although I agree a-whole-nother looks ridiculous typed out, I can’t deny its accuracy in what I’m trying to communicate. And if you’re wondering what my opinions on other kinds of pizzas are, that’s a discussion for a-whole-nother column.

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Norway and Sweden. That union fell apart shortly after the Børsen opened. In 1658, Sweden attacked Copenhagen and the successful Danish defenders used lead ripped from the Børsen’s roof for their bullets. Today, the roof is coated in copper. In the 18th century, King Christian VI built his royal palace adjacent to the Børsen. This first Christiansborg Palace was destroyed by fire in 1794. A second palace on the site was destroyed by fire in 1884. During both fires, the Børsen survived, a fact some attribute to the protection of the dragon spire. The third Christiansborg Palace, the seat of the Danish Parliament, has so far survived. The Børsen was used for trading stocks until 1974, when the stock exchange moved to a more suitable building. The Børsen is owned by the Danish Chamber of Commerce, which rents it for private meetings and conferences. It is not open to the public. Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel.com. You may contact him at news@currentzionsville.com.

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