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Election brings new faces to the town council By Jessica Todd jessica@youarecurrent.com With all precincts reporting, the Town of Zionsville will have a new mayor and some new members on the town ELECTION council. All seven of the town council seats were contested. In unofficial results, Democrats picked up one seat on what had been an all-Republican council. In the District 1 race, Democrat Tim McElderry beat Bob Harris with 51.95 percent of the vote. “I don’t think any town councilor who gets elected is anything short of incredibly excited,” said McElderry, who will serve as the first ever Democratic town council member in McElderry Zionsville. “I could not be more excited about the opportunity. I am so humbled and gracious for all the support that I got. The opportunity ahead of this town is amazing. There’s so many big, big things we could get done and I am so happy to be a part of it.” In District 2, Republican incumbent Jason Plunkett beat Democrat Jason Ramer with 61.51 percent of the vote. “I’m thankful for all candidates who ran for council during this election cycle,” said Plunkett, the council’s president. “It’s not

Republican candidates celebrate at Cobblestone in Zionsville on election night. (Photos by Adam Seif)

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UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS MAYOR OF ZIONSVILLE • John Stehr* — R — 6,487 ZIONSVILLE TOWN JUDGE • Samantha Spencer* — R — 5,038 • Judith (Judi) Coffey — D — 2,987 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL AT-LARGE (vote 2) • Evan M. Norris* — R — 4,096 • Joseph (Joe) Stein* — R — 4,440 • Richard (Rick) Graef — D — 2,788 • Amanda Rubeck — D — 3,683 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 • Bob Harris — R — 739

• Tim McElderry* — D — 799 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 • Jason Plunkett* — R — 927 • Jason Ramer — D — 580 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 • Craig J. Melton* — R — 855 • Monisha Mitchell — D — 591 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 • Sarah Esterline Sampson* — R — 957 • Tim Casady — D — 872 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 • Brad Burk* — R — 1,136 • Tiffany Stoner — D — 939

an easy decision to run and it’s a great sacrifice to campaign. I am proud of all of our candidates and the campaign that we ran. We ran a clean, honest campaign that focused on the unique qualities that each candidate brought to the table. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve this town, and look forward to the work ahead.” In the District 3 race, Republican incumbent Craig Melton beat Democrat Monisha Mitchell with 59.13 percent of the vote. In District 4, Republican Sarah Sampson beat Democrat Tim Casady with 52.32 percent of the vote. In the District 5 race, Republican incumbent Brad Burk beat Democrat Tiffany Stoner with 54.75 percent of the vote. The two at-large winners were Republicans Evan Norris with 27.29 percent of the votes and Joseph Stein with 29.59 percent. Uncontested in the mayoral election, Republican John Stehr will succeed Democrat Emily Styron, who did not seek reelection. Republican Samantha Spencer is the newly elected town judge, who won the election with 62.78 percent of the votes. “The votes are in, and Zionsville has made great choices,” Stehr said. “I look forward to working with all seven members of our new town council to move our town forward in a collaborative and positive way. All voices will be heard and respected. We are stronger together.”

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Council OKs traffic code amendment, adopts road impact fee By Jessica Todd jessica@youarecurrent.com

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The Zionsville Town Council met Nov. 6 and amended the town’s traffic code and adopted a road impact fee. It also approved American Rescue Plan Act funding. Several ordinances were introduced upon first reading and will be further discussed at the 7 a.m. meeting on Nov. 20.

What happened: The town council unanimously approved the adoption of a road impact fee. What it means: The ordinance updates the road impact fee put in place in 2007. The town council and plan commission have already adopted a zone improvement plan into the comprehensive plan. According to Director of Public Works Lance Lantz, the updates to the road impact fee will confirm and reaffirm processes in place. The update will increase the per-trip fee from $106 to $278.35.

What’s next: The ordinance will go into effect in six months.

What happened: The town council unanimously approved American Rescue Plan Act funding. What it means: Councilmember Josh Garett and Town Council Attorney Heather Harris presented an ordinance to approve American Rescue Plan Act funding as amended. The council voted 4-0 to amend the ordinance at the Oct. 23 meeting. According to ordinance No. 202324, the Town of Zionsville and town council want to fund several priority expenditures for the town with this third amendment to the town’s ARPA plan. The ordinance states that the council determined it will be of public utility and benefit and in the best interests of the town to proceed with the projects.

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What happened: The town council unanimously approved the amendment of the Town of Zionsville’s traffic code. What it means: The ordinance amends Schedule II, Title VII, Chapter 75 of the traffic code to establish a 30-foot no-parking zone in all directions from the mid-block crosswalk for the Big-4 Rail Trail at Lemberger Drive and Vonterra subdivision that was approved at the Oct. 23 meeting.

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Spanish IV students at Zionsville Community High School celebrated Dia de los Muertos Oct. 30 through Nov. 3 by creating ofrendas, or offerings, and displaying them in the school. Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday where the belief is that the souls of the dead visit their family members. One of the ways people celebrate is by setting up ofrendas with deceased loved ones’ favorite foods, drinks and photos. Mrs. Lankenau’s fifth-period class, including Melanie Worzala, Isabella Gibson, Zachary Strueh, Bethany Michael, Caroline Katzenberger, Elaine Berrong, Elise Effner, Tate Beier, Eli Showalter, Cormac Miller, Jane Timberman, Sydney Rose, Julia Sanders, George Pease, Zachary Cook and Grant Poehlein created a display. (Photos courtesy of Candy Hays)

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Upward of 50 bags of leaves line the ditch next to the street. They appeared there after two hours last PLAIN TALK Saturday when an army of young citizens and adults from our church descended on our lawn armed with rakes and leaf blowers. I used to take care of the leaves myself with help from one or two family members — no big deal. We piled them onto our compost pit and stuffed them into bags. Not anymore. A bout with cancer last year left me struggling to walk, much less rake leaves. To be clear, the cancer is gone, and I am returning to normal. Slowly. Our yard is large and filled with mature trees that rain leaves in the fall. At one point, there was a pile of leaves in the backyard, tall enough to block out the sun. Still, these youngsters made quick work of them, raking them into piles and stuffing the bundles into bags. Sometime over the next week or so, the city will pick them up. When the kids finished, they lined up for a photograph and a solemn thank you from me. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, he said to love God with all our hearts, minds and bodies. And then he added, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” How do we love our neighbor, I wondered. Watching these youngsters, it became clear: We love our neighbor by doing for him what he can’t do for himself. We read about kids in trouble, kids in gangs, and we feel helpless. Then we look at these kids who got up early on a chilly Saturday morning and went out to rake leaves in someone else’s yard. And it occurred to me that this was happening all across the nation. Youngsters are giving of themselves and their time to help others. And that made me realize these young citizens are tomorrow’s leaders. That means the future of our country is secure. 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.

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Christmas open house returns By Jessica Todd jessica@youarecurrent.com The Little House at Earth and Turf, which sells an array of indoor home decor, garden center items, seasonal plants, EVENT flowers and more, will hold its annual Holiday Open House at the store, 5095 W. 106 St. in Zionsville, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19. Meggan Waller, the store’s operations and retail manager, said the small business started selling trees on a whim in 2018. “We had just started retail, and after some hunting, we found a tree supplier and opened that year with about 30 to 50 trees,” Waller said. “We started our open house that year, and it continues to get a little bigger each year.” The center expects to have nearly 650 Christmas trees available for purchase, ranging in height from 6 to 16 feet. Species include Fraser fir, Canaan fir, Douglas fir, Colorado spruce, Scotch pine and balsam fir. There will also be a large selection of live greens, roping, wreaths, decor, porch pots and more for purchase. The indoor space will have Christmas gifts, hot chocolate,

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Fishers High School junior’s focus on distance running pays off By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School junior Sam Quagliaroli gave up one passion to focus on another. “I started running competitively in sixth grade,” he said. “I was playing hockey at the time. I started doing both at the same time. The running reQuagliaroli ally picked up during my eighth-grade year.” Quagliaroli stopped playing travel hockey after his sophomore year. “Then it really took off,” he said. With his full focus on running, Quagliaroli finished third Oct. 28 in the IHSAA boys cross country state meet at Terre Haute. He had a time of 15 minutes and 6 seconds in the 5K race. Fishers placed second to Carmel in the team standings. “I feel like the biggest thing is, I have a lot more time to focus on aspects of running that are going to improve my running,” Quagliaroli said. “Instead of going to

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Library continues tradition Commentary by Donna Monday Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebrations have been over for most of the world since Nov. 2. The CELEBRATION celebration continues in Zionsville at the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Library, thanks to the efforts of Crystal Ward, who leads the Teen and Adult Services departments. Years ago, Ward worked at the Indiana State Library, where she saw different cultures creating altars and honoring their late loved ones through Dia de Los Muertos celebrations. Photos, flowers, candles and other memorabilia celebrate those loved and lost. She said she thought the tradition was sweet. “It was more of a party than a funeral,” she said. Ward decided the tradition would be a good fit for the Zionsville library. Besides, she thought such a display “would be a great transition between Halloween and the holidays.” Today, visitors can find the display on the second floor in the “Quiet Zone” nonfiction area. Ward’s late husband, Tim Ward, is among

those honored. The library director Kristin Shelley’s parents, Ann and Eugene Shelley, and Marty and Lois Livers, parents of Leeanne Gilmore, who works in circulation, also have displays. Owners have also displayed memorabilia for their pets, including Eleanor, the dog. According to her owner, Eleanor was adopted at age 4 and lived to be 11. She was a Weimaraner/border collie mix who looked more like a basset hound. When asked one thing to be remembered about Eleanor, her dog mom said, “Her fur was incredibly soft,” and added, “I wish I could feel that again.” Also honored are Sequoia the snake and Sheila the bearded dragon who lived at the Zionsville Nature Center on the first floor of the library. Visitors can find the display at 250 N. 5th St., Zionsville.

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Bob Knight always made one thing clear to his Indiana University basketball players. “He always told us, IN MEMORIAM ‘I’m going to be tough on you guys. I’m going to be demanding that you be the best player and best student. You may not like me when you are playing, but when you are done and graduated, I’ll be the best (darn) friend you ever had,’” former IU guard Joe Hillman said. Hillman, a Zionsville resident, visited the former IU coach to say goodbye on Oct. 31, the day before Knight died at age 83 in hospice care at his Bloomington home. “It’s a sad day for Indiana basketball fans,” Hillman said. “He was such a large figure and had such a great personality. I’m just going to miss him.” “Indiana basketball was not for everybody. You had to be a special, unique guy to go there and play,” said Hillman, a co-founder and partner of Wellington Wealth Strategies. “You had to be mentally tough and have thick skin. If guys left, that wasn’t

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By Jessica Todd jessica@youarecurrent.com A Zionsville Middle School teacher recently got the thrill of a lifetime when she took a ride on a U.S. Navy jet. On Oct. 25, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels 7, a demonstration team based in Pensacola, Fla., arrived in Indianapolis to take Brittany Moon, who teaches humanities at ZMS, on a once-in-a-lifetime flight in advance of last month’s Crossroads Air Show at the Indianapolis Regional Airport. Prior to each show, the Blue Angels select a key influencer, someone who shapes attitudes and opinions of youth in their communities, to take on a flight. Moon was nominated by her family and peers as the key influencer for the ride. “I kept an eye out on social media, and once it was posted, several people nominated me, and I nominated myself,” Moon said. The Crossroads Air Show took place Oct. 28 and 29. The Blue Angels arrived a few days early to take Moon on the ride. Moon, a Noblesville resident who has taught at ZMS for 12 years, said the experience of flying in the plane was “surreal” and “indescribable.” “I don’t believe it happened,” Moon said. “I keep watching the videos over and over again because it was an adrenaline rush like none other.” A sixth-grade teacher who works at Target part-time, Moon said she has been around aviation since childhood. “My father was a pilot, and I grew up at the airport,” Moon said. “I have been around aircraft my entire life, and I wanted to be a pilot, but things changed, and I became a teacher, which I love.” Two years ago, Moon decided to pursue her pilot’s license. She started training in March 2021 and earned her private pilot’s license in April of this year. She said there are many ways she could continue as a pilot. “I am not taking it all the way; however, I am going to stay with my private pilot license and eventually earn my (Certified Flight Instructor) Light Sport license so I can teach others in a specialized aircraft,” Moon said. “Getting a private pilot’s license is not easy.”

Brittany Moon, Blue Angels pilot Thomas Zimmerman and Fox59 meteorologist Jim O’Brien.

Brittany Moon flying in the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aircraft. (Photos courtesy of Brittany Moon)

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Compared to the flying that she has done in her 1946 Aeronca Champion aircraft, Moon said flying with the Navy Blue Angels in one of their Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets was “insane.” “The slowest the F18 Hornet can go is the fastest I can go in my aircraft,” Moon said. “The jets are insane, and the flying capabilities they can handle through the maneuvers are incredible. Mine, which has to be hand-started by someone outside of the aircraft and does not have an electrical system, cannot handle anywhere near any of that.” Besides teaching, Moon helps coordinate the Young Eagles program for the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter. In the role, she prepares Ray Aviation Scholarship

pilots for their check rides and assists Scouts in earning their Aviation Merit Badge. “I work with the local chapter out of Noblesville,” Moon said. “I am the secretary and coordinator for the Young Eagles. We put on two pancake breakfast fly-ins a year in June and August. We stay busy and serve anywhere from 800 to 1,000 meals at these events. Last year, the EAA had 60 aircraft fly-in for one of the breakfasts.” Moon said the Young Eagles program offers free flights to kids ages 8-17. The EAA also has a scholarship program. “For the scholarship, we select a teenager to earn their private pilot’s license,” Moon said. Besides her work with the EAA and as a teacher, Moon also runs an aviation history

club at ZMS. “I am hoping next year to expand the aviation club to Zionsville High School,” Moon said. “I would also like to get an aviation program going at ZHS that brings more awareness to the careers that aviation provides. Not just being a pilot, but the important ground support such as maintenance crews, dispatchers and air traffic controllers.” Moon said one of the most rewarding parts of her career is telling kids that she is a pilot and that hard work pays off. “(Kids) think that all pilots are the ones that fly commercially, not the ones that are everyday people like teachers, nurses and engineers,” Moon said. “Anyone can be a pilot, not just the person that flies people to their vacations.” ON THE COVER: On Oct. 25, ZMS teacher

Brittany Moon got to fly with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Moon)

THE BRITTANY MOON FILE Residence: Noblesville Occupation: Sixth-grade humanities teacher at Zionsville Middle School Husband: Jason Moon Children: Vincent, 8, and Lincoln, 6 College: “I went to IUPUI and majored in elementary education.” Hobbies: Reading, crafting, being a mom, sleeping Favorite Zionsville restaurants: Salty Cowboy, Rice Cooker, Happy Kitchen and El Toro

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Complicated history lessons Commentary by Terry Anker Our past is a reliable tool in predicting the acts and outcomes of the forthcoming. To be clear, it can only ESSAY forecast and not guarantee, but is still more dependable than most other indicators. If we fail to factor it into our understanding about the present or calculus for the future, we do so at our own peril. Don’t hide from history. Most of us have come to realize and incorporate what predates us into our thoughts about what is happening now. Preceding our own imperfect parenting, our parents parented us as theirs had done before them and so-on. Where a pigeon now soars above, a pterodactyl may have been a few years earlier. Before this society, there was another. Before that one, another anteceded it. We all, each of us in kind, relate to others in the context of the past, present and future. With the rise of each unproven, an established is displaced. Time alone determines the sustainability of the newfound

or the resurgence of the old. Is there anything new under the sun or have we done it all before? Perhaps this answer, like so many, is lost to the insatiable hunger of history. We search for absolute answers but are often disappointed to only find opinion where fact should dwell. We have loved some thinkers so much as to name buildings for them to later denounce and rebrand under new paragons. Egyptians of antiquity built monuments of carved stone for beloved leaders only to soon refashion them in the likeness of new gods. Societies are built, and destroyed, upon the very ashes of those that predated them. If so much of our future is built upon the past, who owns “history?” And when is it fact, when is it advocacy and when is it wishful thinking?

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simply make peace with the filthy floors and train my eyes upward. Nope, there’ll be no worries here. I’ll be enjoying the beautiful gift of a miserable afternoon and Googling properties for sale in Seattle (from my couch!). Don’t get me wrong. I definitely can’t handle months on end of no warmth or sunshine. Usually by March I’m ready to auction off our twins and the aforementioned dog to buy an airline ticket anywhere south. But a good old-fashioned rainy fall day every once in a while? Well, that’s right up my Irish, redheaded, soulless alley. Peace out.

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Carmel filmmaker’s ‘Kennedy’ docuseries set for History Network debut By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is Nov. 22. However, what interestDOCUMENTARY ed Ashton Gleckman the most was not how Kennedy died but how he lived. “Reading the testimony of those who knew him in high school and college and even his teachers when he was younger, I began to be interested in who this person would have been,” Gleckman said. “JFK’s favorite question whenever he met an historian who wrote a book about Abraham Lincoln or whoever else was what was this person like. He was always curious about what people were like and I’ve always been that way, too.” The 23-year-old Carmel resident began researching in the summer of 2020 and conducted more than 70 interviews. The result is an eight-part, three-night docuseries called “Kennedy,” to be shown starting Nov. 18 on the History Network. Heartland International Film Festival will hold a sneak peak of Episode 7 at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at The Toby at Newfields in Indianapolis, followed by a question-and-answer session with Gleckman and featured subject Lawrence J. Haas, former White House official, author and historian. Gleckman is the director and score composer of the docuseries from Gleckman’s production company Blackbird Pictures and Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia. It is narrated by actor Peter Coyote. Gleckman said while delving into the story of JFK, it became an examination of America at a pivotal moment in its history from the 1920s to the 1960s. “I wanted it to be a deeply intimate character journey more so than another Kennedy documentary,” Gleckman said. “I wanted half of the entire show to be before he even becomes president. I was interested in his origin story and how this person became iconic. I knew he was

Anthony Shriver, left, a nephew of John F. Kennedy, and Ashton Gleckman. (Photo courtesy of History network)

this charismatic, stylish, good-looking, well-spoken president, but how did he get from here to there? Sometimes, it takes a little more unpacking to find the essence of the person.” The final four episodes are about Kennedy’s term as president. “The second half of the show is crisis after crisis,” Gleckman said. “You probably become aware that more things happened in his 1,000-day presidency than typically happen in a four-year term or even an eight-year term. The amount of things happening, whether it was the Berlin Crisis, the Bay of Pigs, the Cold War brewing and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which nearly brought the world to nuclear war, it’s also a time of hope with 15 years after World War II, the baby-boomer period where all things seemed possible. When Kennedy was killed, we faced an awakening that things were about to take a darker turn. That’s what happened with the Vietnam War and everything else.” Gleckman said historians can only speculate on what might have been. However, from his research, Gleckman said he doesn’t believe Kennedy would have escalated the Vietnam War to the point of having 500,000 combat troops in Vietnam. “He was someone who was far more suspicious of the military complex sur-

rounding him,” Gleckman said. “He had experience through the Bay of Pigs and had been in a war himself.” Gleckman said viewers might be surprised at Kennedy’s health problems. “He had scarlet fever and then had a full series of problems as a young boy. As a teenager, he had digestive problems and then he was fainting all the time,” he said. “He was ending up in the infirmary. Then he got diagnosed with Addison’s disease. He was given his last rites three times before he was tragically assassinated in 1963.” In 1954, Kennedy had back surgery and went into a coma. “This was someone who knew what death was because he had been so close to it so many times, which also gave his life a sense of speed and energy that I don’t think he would have if he had not had these encounters,” Gleckman said. “This goes to the amount of things he was able to do and be and also goes to the more questionable behavior in his personal life.” Among those interviewed was Kennedy’s niece, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and his nephew, Anthony Shriver. He also interviewed comedian Conan O’Brien, who had served on the Kennedy Presidential Library board of directors. However, Gleckman was born 10 to 15 years too late to interview some of the JFK administration members. “It causes you to be a little creative to find new perspectives into the story,” he said. “I want people to walk away with the sense this was a complicated, three-dimensional person that happened to do remarkable things. There are many aspects that are inspiring and many we can be critical of and it’s fair.” Gleckman released “We Shall Not Die Now,” a documentary about the Holocaust, in 2019 when he was 19. He then made a documentary set in the Appalachian Mountains, released in 2021. For tickets to the sneak preview, visit heartlandfilm.org.

BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” through Nov. 19 at the Indianapolis venue. For more, visit beefandboards.com. ‘A MOTOWN CHRISTMAS’ The Motortown All-Stars presents “A Motown Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org. FEINSTEIN’S CABARET Johnny Folsom 4 will perform his Johnny Cash tribute show at Feinstein’s cabaret at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. Matthew Scott’s “Letters from My Father” one-man show will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. For more, visit feinsteinhc.com. ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter & string quartet Brooklyn Rider’s concert is set for 8 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org. MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is set to perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit thecenterpresents. org.Meshell Ndegeocello THE BLACK MARKET TRUST The Black Market Trust will perform 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more visit, thecenterpresents.org.

DISPATCH Puddles Pity Party, Marx concerts set — Puddles Pity Party, the 7-foot sad clown whose voice has been compared to such legends as Tom Jones and Freddie Mercury, will make its Center debut at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at The Tarkington. Richard Marx will return to the Palladium with a solo show at 8 p.m. Feb. 17. For tickets, visit thecenterpresents.org, call at 317-843-3800, or go to the Palladium’s Fifth Third Bank Box Office, 1 Carter Green, Carmel.

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From left, IBC performers include Luke Derksen, Starla Karlsson, Haylie Fletcher, Celine McGrew, Ashlie Rohan, Thomas Wilcutts and Reilly VerSchure. (Photo courtesy of IBC)

there are so many challenges to it, which also makes it very fun but also hard at the same time. Ever since I was a little baby angel in the show, after I was done performing, I would go up in the audience and watch all of Act 3. I loved looking at all the dances and it’s made me the dancer that I am today.” Thomas Wilcutts, a Fishers resident and eighth-grader who takes online classes, plays the little nutcracker. “I love the battle scenes and the music in it, and I love being on stage and performing,” Wilcutts said. Starla Karlsson, a native of Sweden who lives in Carmel, performs in the character dance called Spanish. “I like that I can play around with my character and I just love performing,” said Karlsson, a freshman who takes online classes. Karlsson said the Spanish role takes a great deal of stamina. “There is a lot of footwork,” she said. Celine McGrew, a Carmel resident and freshman taking online classes, portrays the Mouse Queen. “I get to work on my intensity and my confidence in my dancing,” McGrew said. “I’ve needed to work on that in my dancing, so it’s a good way to work on that.” Luke Derksen, a Carmel resident and senior who takes online classes, is performing in the Spanish character dance for the second time. “It’s probably the most challenging dance I’ve done in ‘The Nutcracker’ and it’s really fast,” Derksen said. For more, visit indianaballetconservatory. org.

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Wines to complement turkey dinner Commentary by Mark LaFay What’s for dinner this Thanksgiving? Last year, I took a stand against turkey. That’s right, no turkey OENOPHILIA for Thanksgiving. This year, however, we have been corralled into a larger family Thanksgiving soiree. I am the protein guy, and naturally I have been put on turkey duty. Now, I will say that our smoked turkey at Old Major has got me singing a different tune. It is a very delicious turkey — one that I have been eating on for months as I’ve been fine-tuning the recipe for the big day. While I may not get jazzed up on the meal itself, I do enjoy the wine pairings. There are wines that I think go really well with the Thanksgiving meal and they include a dry champagne (or sparkling wine), dry German Riesling, and Cru Beaujolais. Here are my picks for this year: Argyle Extended Tirage Brut Sparkling Wine – Argyle is a larger producer of wines in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. It specializes in pinot noir wines but also makes some white and rosé wines as well as an assortment of different sparkling wines. Its Extended Tirage brut is righteous. It is a sparkling wine fermented mostly dry. Domaine Weinbach Vin d’Alscace Riesling – Domaine Weinbach is crisp, tart and powerful. Lemon and lime zest, apple, pear, and a hint of gun flint minerality. It is bone dry but is so fruit-forward the palate can be deceived into thinking there is some residual sugar. A truly remarkable wine. Jean Foillard, Morgon, Cote du Py – Jean Foillard is a legendary wine producer in the Beaujolais region of France. The primary grape used in Beaujolais is not pinot noir but rather it is Gamay, a very fruity, thin-skinned grape that can almost taste like bubble gum in fresh young wine. Truly a turkey wine if there ever was one.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Cosmopolitan Carmel kitchen Commentary by Larry Greene Built in 1992 in downtown Carmel, this home’s new owners were reimagining their builder-basic kitchen, looking to transform it into a sleek and sophisticated space.

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