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contents Rowana and Martin Umbarger

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Feature Stories

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Community Cats

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The Flying Frog Bed & Breakfast

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A new program at the Humane Society of Johnson County

Guests from far and wide flock to the local inn

Hoosier Roots

The Umbargers give back to the town they love

The Flying Frog Bed & Breakfast, page 98.

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Departments

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This & That

Southside news and views

21 In Style Parting gifts

25 Taste

Winter cocktails, seasonal brews and Revery

42 Authentic Indiana Gourmet popcorn

46 Worth the Trip

Revery in downtown Greenwood

Jungle Jim’s

54 Arts & Lifestyles 60 Home Trends Joyful Sound

Holiday decorating

66 Profile 72 Travel

Dean Abplanalp

Florida islands

80 Health

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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8 Welcome 110 South weddings

116 Our side of town 121 Calendar of events 130 A look back

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86 Health & Fitness School of Strength

Taxman Brewing Co.

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Warming Trends ON THE MORNING THAT I write this note, my social media news feeds have blown up with reports of icy roads and highway slide-offs and commuter versions of demolition derby. Winter, my friends, is here.

I can’t say I’m very happy about this fact, but it is what it is, and each year, with the arrival of the season, I put my best game face on and suffer through the realities of the weather. Sometimes the chill hangs in the air around the office enough that I sit at my desk with my coat on all day (as well as several layers of clothes underneath). When the day comes to a close, I run to my car, I wrap a blanket on my lap, I blast the heat and I head for home, where I can layer on more fleece, sit by the fire and thank my maker for the blessing of living in a home with insulated walls, a wood stove and highefficiency propane heat.

That’s what winter means to me: It’s a neverending quest to stay warm.

Which might explain a little about this issue of South. We stopped by several local establishments to find out what customers are sipping to stay warm this season. The results — several creamy, soul-soothing beverages — are included on pages 25 to 32 of this issue.

They say there’s no better way to get your blood boiling than by exercise, and Marty Mills is wellknown throughout the Center Grove area for his muscle- and health-building workouts. Starting on page 88, we find out why the adult and student athletes in his classes adore their strength and conditioning trainer and how Center Grove High School’s athletic program continues to excel, thanks to the coach’s efforts.

Also in this issue are stories about The Flying Frog Bed & Breakfast, now a Franklin institution,

which helps international travelers and locals alike feel at home — even when they’re away (p. 98), as well as profiles on longtime residents and community supporters, Dean Abplanalp (p. 66) and Martin and Rowana Umbarger (p. 104).

Then there’s the story in this issue, which — quite frankly — warms my heart, if nothing else.

Janet Gorrell volunteers with the Humane Society of Johnson County to run a community cat program on the southside; you’ll find a feature about her and the program on page 92. Her efforts, as well as those of many southside volunteers, help to feed and care for feral animals who might otherwise be forgotten or, worse yet, euthanized each year.

This story hits close to home for me. My husband and I care for a small colony of cats that we took in through a similar organization in Indianapolis called IndyFeral. These cats, though they live outdoors and might be considered wild by some, are as loving as any of our indoor critters, and since we’ve been able to give them a home, they’ve been a blessing in our lives.

So if none of that works to warm you up on a cold winter’s day? There’s always Florida. Check out our travel package on the hottest islands to visit on page 72.

Happy reading.

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» Two Franklin residents have combined efforts to open a new retail art gallery featuring the works of esteemed artists such as Salvador Dali. Located in downtown Indianapolis along the Cultural Trail, Gallery Forty-Two includes the street-level gallery and the upstairs SECOND FLOOR. Curt Hunter, a partner of the gallery along with Nick Hunter, helped launch the endeavor as “a new family venture” after about two years of planning, preparation and property restoration.

(The gallery’s home is the oldest commercial building in Indianapolis.)

A gallery seemed a natural fit, Curt said. “My parents (the owners of JHL Properties) traveled the world and visited different galleries, and they got me interested in the arts at a young age.”

The downstairs European-style gallery space focuses on classical figurative artwork in the traditional vein. The current featured artist, Boban Ilic, creates sculptures from flatware and also paints.

Expect to find additional works from Dali, Frederick Hart, Tuan Nguyen and M.L. Snowden.

Upstairs, the SECOND FLOOR stands on its own, with sports- and enter-

tainment-themed imagery. Its current featured artist, Mark Gray from San Jose, California, is known for his portraiture of sports, music and entertainment figures.

Together, the floors provide 2,500 square feet of space, which also hosts meetings, seminars, rehearsal dinners and other special events.

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Manifest Destiny WHEN DAVID CUNNINGHAM began drawing and painting at the age of 5, a career in art was far from his mind. As an introverted child, his creative pursuits provided “a world where I could make whatever I wanted, be completely in control and have a lot of power.”

Today, that talented child is now in his 11th year as a faculty member at Franklin College, where he is a recently tenured associate professor of fine arts. And his striking painting “New Year’s Resolution,” which won Outstanding Still-Life at the 90th Hoosier Salon juried exhibition this past summer, has been purchased by the Indiana

State Museum for its permanent collection.

Cunningham’s inspiration for the painting was twofold.

“The first thing (is) a painting has to work as a visible experience that’s enjoyable,” he explained, “the way those colors and shapes and textures combine together in a way that is interesting.”

The objects themselves, however, go even deeper. Oranges represent good fortune in Chinese culture (itself portrayed by the red and yellow fabric covering the table), and the silver ball “reflects the present moment of me as an artist. … It’s reflecting my world.”

The work, Cunningham said, portrayed his “hope for wealth, prosperity and happiness in the year to come.”

Apparently it worked.

“I do lots of paintings every year, and then ironically, this is the one that is purchased by the State Museum. ... It was a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

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TOODLEYDOO TOYS 1 W. Jefferson St., Franklin, (317) 346-7529, toodleydootoys.com

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OWNING A TOY STORE might sound like the ultimate dream job, but Debi Pierson, owner of the new Toodleydoo Toys in downtown Franklin, knows it’s far from a Peter Pan “never grow up” fantasy.

“Everybody always says, ‘Oh, it must be fun to go to work and play all day,’” said Pierson. “Running a toy store is no different than running any other business. There are bills to pay and schedules to plan. There’s a lot of work, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Pierson honed her skills at Franklin’s former Imagination Station for eight years, eventually serving as manager. About a year ago, when one of the store’s two owners left the business and the other relocated to Florida, Pierson had the opportunity to step up.

She took over the business, but made quite a few changes. “I decided that a fresh start in a new location with a new name would be a great way to personalize it and really make it mine,” she explained.

Two blocks from Imagination Station’s previous location, Toodleydoo stocks an ever-changing inventory of specialty toys hand-selected by Pierson to “entertain, educate and captivate the interest of parents and children.”

Don’t expect to find standard-issue video games and other mass-market items hawked on TV and sold in big-box stores. Instead, you’ll discover addictive games such as the chicken-and-egg-centered Peek-A-Doodle Doo, matching challenge Spot it! and strategy-seeking Battle Sheep. Other treasures include the updated 1970s and ’80s favorite Fashion Plates and Sands Alive, a miniature indoor sandbox that often finds its way onto grownup desks.

“While (the toy selections) may be designed with children in mind,” Pierson said, “the young at heart still find a lot of amusement there.”

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Evan Hawk BALDWIN STREET BLUES Evan Hawk fronts Baldwin Street Blues, a Johnson County-based band winning over local fans. Hawk, 18, a senior at Franklin Community High School, sings and plays guitar and harmonica. His band mates are Adam Land (backup vocalist and drummer who is a sophomore at North Park University in Chicago) and college freshman Ryan Chandler (backup vocals and base). Drummer Jeff Clendening, a Franklin High School senior, plays when Land is unavailable. How did a group of young musicians learn to sing the blues? Hawk explains.

Where did you play your first concert?

Family friends hooked us up with Small Town Pizza in Trafalgar.

It was nice, because we got money and some free food.

Where do you play now?

Jeff Street Pub (Franklin) and Vino Villa in Greenwood once or twice a month, the Main Event on the west side of Indy and Gas Light Inn in Greenwood.

When did Baldwin Street Blues get its start?

In 2011, we met in Jazz Band at Franklin High School. We just jammed and decided to start playing some gigs. (Land and Chandler) really didn’t have a lot of blues (background), but that was what I played. ... We just spun off that. We do early rock and roll and rockabilly and jazz and country, too, but we focus our sound around blues-fueled (music).

How did you get into the blues?

I started playing guitar when I was 8. When I was about 10, my grandpa gave me an Albert Collins CD, a really good blues guitarist. That same year, my family took a vacation to Memphis, Tennessee, the blues capital. I got to play on stage because my mom tipped the band that was playing there. I played a song with them and then got really interested in the blues. I started listening to all the CDs I could find.

And you’ve also played out of state, correct?

In January 2014, we went to Memphis for the International Blues Challenge.

We represented the Kentuckiana Blues Society for the youth division. And I’m going back this year with a harmonica player; we’re doing an acoustic duet.

In 2013, I played the Rising Biscuit Stage at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas, which is one of the biggest blues festivals.

» Just in time for the holiday party circuit, Greenwood’s new FiveZero Boutique Salon offers an upscale environment to primp and prepare. Brittney Conwell’s salon, which opened this fall, focuses on hair services for women, men and children.

From its location next to Oaken Barrel Brewing Co., FiveZero benefits from two giant bay windows, providing an abundance of natural light, and utilizes two high-tech air purification units to combat typical salon chemicals.

FiveZero Boutique Salon, 50 Airport Parkway, Greenwood, (317) 997-0504, facebook.com/ fivezeroboutiquesalon » Beefcake Burgers was voted to be serving up the No. 1 Burger in Indy by the Indy Food Tour 2014. The contest, which included votes from a 50-judge panel, placed Beefcake’s Natural Double Cheeseburger in the top spot, against contenders from the capital city’s Bru Burger Bar and Punch Burger. » This winter, Mallow Run Winery unveils its latest limited-release wine, which features juried artwork from local artist Patti Paris Owens on the label. More information can be found at greenwoodarts.org.

Have your audiences been surprised to see young men playing blues?

They don’t really expect us to be so young. When we go up to talk to them, we’re younger than they thought we were.

What role do you see music playing in your future?

I don’t know if that will be my main job, but I always want to maintain a musical career and play music.

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“Landline”

By Rainbow Rowell “Landline” is equal amounts sweet and bittersweet. Main characters Georgie and Neal have been married for years, and Georgie’s work is interfering with their relationship. As Georgie cancels plans again for her work, Neal takes their children to spend Christmas with his parents. Landline takes on an “It’s a Wonderful Life” theme with the use of a magical phone. When Georgie tries to call him, she reaches the college-age Neal from the beginning of their relationship through an apparently magical landline phone.

The story is simultaneously romantic and complicated, and it is yet another Rainbow Rowell book that is easily read in one sitting.

Reviewed by Aubrey Watson, reference librarian, Greenwood Public Library

“One Plus One”

By Jojo Moyes Jojo Moyes explores a lighter side in her novel “One Plus One.” Jess is a struggling single mother working two jobs. Her son, Nicky, is having troubles with neighborhood bullies, and her bright, young daughter, Tanzie, has one chance to escape the same fate. With the reluctant help of Jess’s rich, tech-savvy employer Ed Nicholls, Jess, Nicky, Tanzie and the family dog travel across country to get Tanzie to a Math Olympiad. Winning the Olympiad will give her the opportunity to attend a prestigious private school and escape the struggles of her lower-class neighborhood. Moyes creates a hilarious, feel good, romantic adventure that fans of the movie “Little Miss Sunshine” are sure to love.

Reviewed by Valerie Moore, reference librarian, Greenwood Public Library

“Be Careful What You Wish For”

By Jeffrey Archer The fourth of seven books in Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles, “Be Careful What You Wish For” follows protagonist Harry Clifton and the Barrington family for more than 100 years in England. This story opens with Harry Clifton and his wife, Emma, rushing to a hospital to learn if their son, Sebastian, is alive after a car accident. Archer moves the story along to include Jessica, the daughter whom Emma and Harry adopted, and keeps us informed of their foe, Don Pedro, who uses every available resource to bring down the Barrington and Clifton families. This book offers a fast-paced, well-written story with characters who are complex and complicated. If you decide to read this series, you should start with the first book in the series, “Only Time Will Tell.”

Reviewed by Sheila Harmon, reference librarian, Greenwood Public Library

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Bloom with Grace Clipboard, $16, Brick Street Boutique, 34 E. Jefferson St., Franklin, (317) 739-0525, brick-street-boutique.com

It’s perfectly acceptable to arrive fashionably late to the party this holiday season, but to come without a gift for the hostess? Never. Just in time for this year’s festive get-togethers, we gathered these cute little leave-behinds any party girl will love.

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7 The Big Cheese, slate cheese board, knife and chalk, $32, Brick Street Boutique.

8 Hart’s Handmade Felt Soaps, $6.50, The Marshmallow Monkey.

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Seasonal Sipping In the heat of summer, there’s usually no shortage of ideas to go around for liquid refreshment — pour an extra tall Long Island iced tea, whip up a frozen margarita or just crack open an ice-cold beer. But what about wetting your winter whistle? Bartenders and managers from several local establishments gave us the details on some of their most soughtafter hot drinks, shots, cocktails and martinis when temperatures begin to plummet.

French Toast LOUIE’S AT STONES CROSSING

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Pam’s Coffee “It was named after a regular who would tend to request it, but it’s actually caught on with a lot of other people,” says Tony Priola, general manager at The Willard in Franklin, in reference to Pam’s Coffee, now considered a beverage staple at the historic establishment. “Now, if people want something good and hot, the bartenders mention it as one of our favorites.” Highly recommended for the chilliest of chilly winter evenings.

How to make it: Pour one half ounce each of Bailey’s Irish Cream, Grand Marnier and Kahlúa into a coffee mug or glass, then add desired amount of coffee and top with whipped cream.

Where to find it: The Willard, 99 N. Main St., Franklin, (317) 738-9668, thewillard.com

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French Toast A cinnamon-flavored whiskey mixed with a creamy rum liqueur to counteract the winter chills? That’ll work. Tim Williamson, general manager at Louie’s at Stones Crossing in Greenwood, says the drink’s cinnamon-cream combo “makes it very warming as it goes down, and it’s good as a shot or on the rocks.”

How to make it: Fill a martini shaker with ice and add equal parts Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey and RumChata liqueur.

Shake and strain into a shot glass, martini glass or rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with a dusting of cinnamon or cinnamon stick if desired.

Where to find it: Louie’s at Stones Crossing, 2800 S. State Road 135, Greenwood, (317) 535-1044, louiesindiana.com

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Campfire S’mores Martini You don’t have to be huddled in front of a campfire to enjoy this one, but a blazing indoor fire and some subtle background holiday music wouldn’t hurt.

Order it up at Shallos on Indy’s southside or mix up your own version at home — get creative with garnish combinations like bars of chocolate or toasted marshmallows.

How to make it: Pour equal parts Three Olives S’mores Vodka and Adult S’mores liqueur into a martini shaker filled with ice.

Shake and strain into a martini glass and serve with a chocolate syrup and graham cracker crust rim.

Where to find it: Shallos Antique Restaurant & Brewhaus, 8811 Hardegan St., Indianapolis, (317) 882-7997, shallos.com

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POUR PROTOCOL While tending bar at your home holiday gathering, keep the fun flowing with a few helpful do’s and don’ts.

DO get creative with your ice cubes. Fill a few ice trays with fruit juices to prevent drinks from getting watered down too quickly and add some extra flavor in the process.

DON’T let olives sit out for long periods of time.

They’ll become mushy and bitter, potentially ruining an otherwise perfect martini.

DO keep limes at room temperature instead of refrigerating for best results when serving as a garnish. Pick limes that are dark green and soft to the touch.

DON’T stir cocktails that contain citrus or dairy ingredients. Shaking reduces acidity and creates a lighter texture.

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Tiramisu Martini Among the lengthy list of specialty drinks available at the Stacked Pickle in Greenwood, bartender Kiersten Brand says the Tiramisu Martini “always seems to be very popular on the weekends. A lot of our martinis are popular when it gets colder, but that one is definitely a favorite.” Try it out during a drinks only outing or as an after-dinner beverage to put a flavorful finish on the evening.

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Where to find it:

Pour equal parts Kahlúa, crème de cacao and vanilla vodka into a cocktail shaker over ice.

Shake and strain into a martini glass with optional chocolate syrup garnish.

Stacked Pickle, 172 Melody Lane, Greenwood, (317) 300-9462, stackedpickle.com

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Wintertime Brews Liquid refreshment during the colder months doesn’t always have to mean traditional classics like hot cocoa, eggnog or mulled wine — step outside the winter beverage box with selections from several southside breweries. By Jon Shoulders

Bean Counter TAXMAN BREWING CO.

13 S. Baldwin St., Bargersville, (317) 458-0210, taxmanbrewing.com Open Mondays 4 to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fridays & Saturdays 11 a.m. to midnight; Sundays 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

WHAT IF YOU COULD experience the flavor of a robust dark ale and the essence of authentic coffee in a single beverage? Consider Taxman Brewing Co.’s Bean Counter, a brown ale made with cacao nibs, Mexican vanilla beans and coffee beans from Indianapolis-based Mile Square Coffee Roastery.

“It’s a little on the thicker side without being too heavy, and it’s got a nice light coffee flavor on it — just fantastic for winter,” says manager Nathaniel Decker, adding that the ale is available, while it lasts, on tap or by the growler. Taxman Brewing typically offers two rotating bourbon barrel-aged beers during winter as well, which Decker says are “usually heavier and darker with a higher alcohol percentage, but with a nice, sweet flavor.”

The Bargersville-based microbrewery features a gastropub with plenty of options for munching while you sip, including Belgian frites, chips and salsa, tacos, salads, burgers and more.

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Solar PLANETARY BREWING CO.

500 Polk St., Suite 22, Greenwood, (317) 215-4941, planetarybrewing.com Open Fridays 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 6 p.m.; Sundays noon to 4 p.m.

PATRONS CAN CHOOSE from three or four draft beer selections per week at Planetary Brewing Co., and this winter the selection includes Solar, a milk chocolate oatmeal stout that “will warm your insides better than pale ales and hoppier beers when it’s cold out,” according to brewer Andrew Groves. “It’s a heftier beer on the malty, sweeter side with a lot of body to it.” Groves also recommends the brewery’s Parallax vanilla porter and Fly Casual nut brown ale for patrons hoping to fend off winter chills.

A two-barrel nanobrewery located in Greenwood, Planetary Brewing opened in March 2013 and currently features a small tap room open to the public on weekends, as well as to-go growlers for carryout orders.

Select Planetary brews are also currently available on draft at Hal’s Fabulous Vegas Bar & Grille and Shallo’s Antique Restaurant & Brewhaus in Greenwood.

Epiphany

MashCraft Red

OAKEN BARREL BREWING CO.

MASHCRAFT BREWING CO.

50 Airport Parkway, Greenwood, (317) 887-2287, oakenbarrel.com Open Mondays through Thursdays 11 a.m. to midnight; Fridays & Saturdays 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

ONCE A YEAR AS THE holidays draw near, the staff at Oaken Barrel Brewing Co. presents its Epiphany ale, a golden, Belgian-style tripel (a term used in Belgium and the Netherlands to describe a strong ale, and pronounced like triple) available by the bottle or on draft. Owner Kwang Casey says the ale’s rich and fruity flavor offsets its 9 percent alcohol content. “It’s quite strong and is great for slow sipping when you’re trying to warm up,” he says. “It’s not a chugging beer by any means. We usually brew it for release right around Thanksgiving and offer it through Christmas time, and it’s gotten a very loyal following.”

The brewers at Oaken Barrel, which includes two bars, a dining area and a small banquet facility, also offer a series of robust stouts on draft through the colder months, from their coffeeinfused Java Stout to the Englishstyle Nitro Stout, which features a dense, creamy head and a milky flavor. The casual establishment’s lunch and dinner menu includes a variety of salads, burgers, wings, pastas and pizza.

1140 N. State Road 135, Greenwood, (317) 215-4578, mashcraft.com Open Mondays through Thursdays 4 to 9 p.m.; Fridays & Saturdays noon to 9 p.m.; Sundays noon to 6 p.m.

ALL WINTER LONG, THE staff at MashCraft Brewing Co. will be serving one of the brewery’s amber ale specialties, MashCraft Red. “It is rich and malty with caramel and toast notes, so it is a great daily drinker for the winter season,” says owner and brewer Andrew Castner, who formerly served as head brewer at The Ram Restaurant & Brewery in downtown Indianapolis before opening MashCraft last summer.

Patrons can order carryout or delivery from local eateries while sipping their selections in MashCraft’s tap room, and the staff serves sampler flights for those keeping their options open. Growlers and bullets are available for to-go beer orders.

MashCraft’s Winter Ale will be available on draft throughout January, featuring a “heightened malt profile with raisin and plum character,” according to Castner.

One of the brewery’s February selections will be its Russian Imperial Stout, which Castner says includes “a big mouth feel with a lovely combination of dark fruit, chocolate, and roasted coffee in its flavor.”

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WE ALL GET A BIT STIR CRAZY from time to time as winter rolls on. When the urge to step out your front door can no longer be ignored, it’s probably not a bad idea to have a few locations around town in mind to help keep you and your crew frostbite-free. Before grabbing the gloves, scarves, boots and earmuffs, note the following spots for some tasty antidotes against Old Man Winter’s icy grasp.

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Customers can choose from several spots at Vino Villa in Greenwood to warm up with a relaxing nightcap, including the second floor bistro, which serves gourmet sandwiches and small plate dishes, and the third floor wine bar. More than 450 wine choices are on display, and resident wine expert Jim Lizon recommends the Malamado Malbec, a port-style wine produced by Zuccardi Winery, for a winning winter warm-up. “It’s intensely sweet and rich, and great for sub-zero evenings,” he says. “We also have a tawny port available by the glass and some other heavy reds that work well during winter.” Open Tuesdays through Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sometimes nothing else warms the soul like crumbling some crackers into a big, steaming bowl of soup, and the selection at Benjamin’s in Franklin might be just what you’re looking for. All the deli soups are made fresh in-house, from Tuscan potato to chili to roasted red pepper — the latter being a runaway favorite among regulars.

While you’re at it, sample the selection of hot sandwiches, quiches and coffees (shots of espresso can be added to any beverage for $1 if you need an extra bit of caffeinated courage before plunging back into the elements).

Open Tuesdays through Thursdays 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fridays 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

No pre-packaged powders here — the baristas at Coffeehouse Five in Greenwood use actual melted white or dark chocolate with optional whipped cream when serving the shop’s hot chocolate beverages. If one serving isn’t enough, try the Red Riding Hood for your second cup, described on the menu as a “chocolate-covered cherry in a cup.” Open Mondays through Fridays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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PRECISION COOKING Greenwood’s newest restaurant is a dream come true for owners

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Danny Salgado in the kitchen at Revery

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REVERIE IS, OF COURSE, a dream — a daydream, to be more precise. Aptly named is the restaurant Revery, though the spelling is a variation; this upscale collaboration of Mark Henrichs and Danny Salgado is one of the latest editions to the ever-evolving community of old-town Greenwood.

But just weeks before the grand opening, the interior of the Van Valer Building — the venerated, 150-year-old community landmark that Henrichs and Salgado had acquired for their project — resembled more of a “daydread” than a fanciful daydream: thick coatings of antique dust and debris … scuffed, wood-planked flooring containing splintered holes giving shadowed glimpses of the cellar … frayed wiring clinging to the bare walls like electric ivy. Zero equipment. No precise opening date.

Yet the duo of Henrichs and Salgado could see it. Like an imagined double exposure — concrete reality overlaid by creative vision.

A dream. “It’s a raw building,” said Henrichs on the initial tour. “And it’s definitely bare-bones.” And the bare-bones concept has served the pair well, because Revery also represents a blank slate for this pair of restaurant vets. Henrichs shrugged his shoulders, examining the

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exposed branches of ductwork up toward the ceiling. “I don’t know,” he said, “I’ve always been a dreamer.”

Owner Henrichs hails from the Bloomington-Normal region of Illinois and is a graduate of the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, Le Cordon Bleu, while Salgado, the restaurant’s executive chef, is a Windy City native and graduate of the estimable Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Their paths led them to Indy, where they both held head-chef gigs at several high-end restaurants. But it was at the downtown eatery Mesh where the two, well, meshed.

BUSINESS AS USUAL Revery opened, as planned, in October.

The restaurant’s interior blends hints of the Van Valer legacy — wide portions of aged, brick walls — while embracing contemporary touches with sleek lighting and tinges of sedated slates and grays. The tables are topped with white paper runners, and though it evokes refinement, it is actually butcher paper. And look closer: The centerpiece is a small glass jar containing crayons. The suggestion is simple: doodle, draw, have fun — a reminder of the whimsical, daydreamer-drive behind the restaurant’s philosophy. Instead of

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Over in the bar area, Henrichs points out that the weathered, vertically arranged planks lining the bar top are reclaimed wood from his family farm’s barn in Iowa. And for Henrichs, the concept of family is just as important as his dream.

“Both of my grandparents have a German background,” he explains. “They had this huge garden. As a kid, I just remember my grandma canning things.”

His grandparents also owned a cozy, short-order diner called Al and Dar’s Tap, a critical influence in his formative years.

“They served simple stuff, like blue-plate specials,” he says. “And I was raised really near my grandma, watching her cook.

Everybody else would be watching a Cubs game or something, and I’d be in the kitchen, hanging out with grandma.”

For both Henrichs and Salgado, the Revery venture represents a return, of sorts, to the kitchen trenches. “We both cook with our own style,” says Salgado. “And for some reason” — he aims a thumb at Henrichs — “he and I just make things work. He’ll have an idea; I’ll dis-

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agree. We’ll argue about it, put our heads back together, break it down and make a dish work.”

Henrichs cuts in: “The thing about Greenwood,” he says, “is that everyone loves to eat, but they also love value.” And that sense of value is reflected in the menu offerings and the price pairings. Revery’s contemporary dinner menu is divided into “Smalls,” “Mids,” “Roughage” and “Bigs.” The “Smalls” (all $7 or less) serve one to two people — house-cut fries with choice of dipping sauce, General Tso’s pig tails, calamari served with honey wasabi, watercress and truffled ginger vinaigrette are just a few offerings. “Mids” vary from $8 — items like the sausage trio served with German potato salad, and lamb-neck Bolognese with pecorino cheese, orzo pasta and toasted crostini — and work their way up to $13 and $17, the higher-end pricing here mirroring select items, such as a generous meat and cheese board, beef

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tartare with egg-yolk jam and foie gras accompanied by brioche, ginger-marmalade and curry granola.

Full-size salads fall into the “Roughage” category, while “Bigs” signify entrees covering a wide-range of “relatable” culinary bases — the bacon and blue burger ($10), veal meatloaf ($11), fish and chips ($19), diver scallops and Scottish salmon (both $22). Revery will » 299 W. Main St., Greenwood also run nightly specials of more » (317) 215-4164, reverygreenwood.com experimental dishes. “Those rotating » Revery is open 4:30 specials,” says to 10 p.m. Tuesday Salgado, “will be through Thursday, our playground.” and 4:30 to 11 p.m.

Ultimately, Friday and Saturday, with plans for Sunday there’s a combrunch taking shape. mon, underlying attitude about the food that Henrichs articulates. “If you won’t serve it to your mother,” he says, “then don’t serve it to a customer.”

Priding themselves on “precision cooking,” Henrichs and Salgado intend to make their mark with both exotic and fresh ingredients. There’s no microwave in the kitchen — no walk-in freezer, with the absence of the latter placing more emphasis on the required freshness of the dishes. Locally speaking, Revery has partnered with a number of Indiana farms to furnish ingredients, citing Gunthorp Farms (LaGrange), Viking Lamb (Morristown), Fischer Farms (Jasper), Heartland Beef (Bloomington) and Capriole Farms (Greenville) as central suppliers. Seafood will be arriving via Supreme Lobster, which, says Henrichs, is the best purveyor in the Midwest.

“The food is so fresh,” he explains, “people will ask, ‘How’d they achieve that?’”

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Pop Stars Indiana is often associated, if not synonymous, with corn. But several Hoosier-based businesses are taking the celebration of corn to another poppable level.

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Inga’s Popcorn GETTING HER START three years ago selling homemade popcorn at the Zionsville Farmers Market, Inga Smith now operates two shops in Indiana — Inga’s Popcorn in Bloomington and a second store in Zionsville.

“I found a cheese formula and had three flavors to begin with,” says Smith. “By the end of that summer (of 2011) I found a farmer who had organic yellow butterfly popcorn, which was perfect for my cheese flavors. I sold enough of the popcorn at the Zionsville market that summer to consider going retail.”

Smith took the plunge. Now Inga’s Popcorn offers 16 flavors year-round. The shop owner uses mostly organic, Indiana yellow popcorn, though organic white popcorn does play a role in a few of her flavors. “I use no additional preservatives, and all flavors with one exception are gluten free,” she explains. “I am always trying new flavors. I listen to my customers and try to make their ideas. Some are quite good.”

FLAVORS OF NOTE Snow Storm, a seasonal variety that features classic caramel corn with dark and white chocolates drizzled on top.

Hoosier Mix, a salty and sweet mix of cheddar and classic caramel.

Snickerdoodle, a mix of cinnamon and caramel flavors that tastes like the namesake cookie. » For more information, visit ingaspopcorn.com.

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Barbara Hill, left, and Dawna Roberts work together to fill packages at Not Just Popcorn.

IN 1989, CAROLE BUCK, owner of Not Just Popcorn in Edinburgh, had eight flavors of popcorn in her kitchen portfolio. She’s added quite a few since then. “When I started the business,” says Buck, “I never dreamed that one day I would have 380 flavors of popcorn plus (be) shipping (the popcorn) worldwide.”

With holidays of all seasons in mind, Not Just Popcorn has a special flavor and color combination for each: Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras and more. Party boxes, sampler boxes, special-event bags and “Savories” (including jalapeno, wasabi, beer and Vermont white cheddar) are also available.

In addition to using Gold Medal corn and supplies, Buck also receives popping corn from the Edinburgh-based Weinantz Farms.

And if the menu at Not Just Popcorn appears overwhelming, Buck has some simple advice: “Be sure to stop by the shop and sample.”

FLAVORS OF NOTE The shop’s menu offers a large number of premium flavors, such as baklava, mimosa, peanut butter delight (featuring Reese’s Pieces) and butter pecan. Chocolate-covered varieties include pumpkin pie, creamsicle and Snicker snack. Gourmet flavors include caramel apple, root beer and pistachio. » For more information, visit notjustpopcorn.com.

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Just Pop In MANDY SELKE and Carly Swift, twin sisters and owners of Just Pop In, believe their business has the potential to be much more than a popular popcorn shop — it’s an extension of their philosophy. Popcorn isn’t just popcorn, say the entrepreneurs; it’s a catalyst to sharing an experience with people they meet each day.

The sisters opened Just Pop In in Broad Ripple in 2003, and five years later opened a second shop at the Indianapolis International Airport with a kiosk set up in the food court area. “Each space has its own kitchen,” says Selke.

She says the collaborative sensibilities among Indianapolis business owners have fostered some of the shop’s unique flavors, noting partnerships with Hoosier Momma, whose drink mix is featured in the homemade Bloody Mary popcorn.

Just Pop In is involved in a number of other co-branded collaborations with local businesses, such as Sun King Brewery, Ball & Biscuit and Easley Winery.

“Flavors are created by inspiration of food we love,” says Selke. “Sometimes, we will create a flavor to support another artisan’s vision.”

FLAVORS OF NOTE The shop offers flavors like bacon, featuring bacon from Smoking Goose Meatery, caramel and hickory-smoked cheddar and white chocolate peanut butter. “Our Indy Style (mix of cheddar and caramel) is a customer favorite,” Selke says. » For more information, visit justpopinonline.com.

Carmel Corn Cottage IF YOU’RE IN Brown County in search of popcorn, just follow your nose. For 36 years, Nashville’s Carmel Corn Cottage has been creating kettle after kettle of the good stuff, and the owners use a fan to blow the smell of caramel corn into the streets from the shop’s signature red-and-white (intended to resemble a popcorn box) building. “As you walk by, you get a mouthwatering smell of caramel that makes you want to get some popcorn,” says Jim Rispoli, owner.

Carmel Corn Cottage offers a number of varieties, with 10 types of caramel.

“We make our caramel corn in a copper kettle every day,” says Rispoli. Carmel Corn Cottage also offers sweet treats, such as caramel-coated marshmallows, buckeyes, turtles and fudge.

“Brown County is known for the changing of leaves in autumn; that’s when we are the busiest,” says Rispoli, and his staff of five expects to continue to be busy throughout the holidays. “Family packs as well as party packs are available, with the option of ordering online.”

FLAVORS OF NOTE Carmel Delite, which contains no hulls or hard kernels, making it easier for some people to eat. “They are baked cornmeal for those who have digestive issues,” says Rispoli. “The other (Delite) flavors … include butter toffee and cheese.”

A Chicago-style variety, which features a combination of cheese popcorn and double-dipped caramel corn. » For more information, visit carmelcorncottage.com.

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Jungle Jim’s founder, Jim Bonaminio, selling produce in 1972. Left, Jungle Jim’s customers can shop in Sherwood Forest for products from the United Kingdom.

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ANY HOOSIER WITH A GARDEN knows the thrill of picking a fresh tomato from the vine, but what is one to do when craving a more exotic treat? Say, for instance, a pound of cactus leaves or a fresh 4-foot-long sugar cane? The answer? Head southeast to Jungle Jim’s International Market with two locations in the greater Cincinnati area.

Since 1971, “Jungle” Jim Bonaminio has been selling homegrown Midwestern produce, starting with white potatoes sold out of the bed of a truck, but it’s the international and exotic offerings that have made his original Fairfield location and the more recent Eastgate location into worldwide, go-to destinations. From Scottish haggis in a can to Indian laddu flour to Chinese snake beans, the renowned grocery store has it, and if it doesn’t, store managers are willing to track it down.

According to Stephanie Adams, a marketing associate with Jungle Jim’s, Bonaminio began branching out into international foods in the 1980s, adding offerings one country at a time to see how each would sell. Apparently, sales were good, as the international options filling the shelves now come from over 70 countries from around the world. In fact, every continent is represented with the exception of Antarctica, though that may change should penguin ever land on any menus.

In fact, Jungle Jim’s offers so many products, some aren’t even on display and must be requested from the cavernous depths behind closed doors. For example, while the olive bar displays 50 varieties at any one time — with samples available and encouraged — the store actually offers over 100 varieties of olives (including blends), making it impossible to put every type on display at once.

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That some things can’t be displayed for lack of space is mind-boggling given the grocery store’s 300,000-square-foot, 6½acre footprint with more than 1 full acre alone devoted to fresh produce, including some that’s locally sourced. According to Adams, Jungle Jim’s includes fresh produce grown in its home state of Ohio as well as Indiana and Kentucky. Homegrown favorites include the Hoosier standards of corn, green beans and melons, though, surprisingly, not tomatoes.

Hoosier farmers interested in selling their produce to Jungle Jim’s need only call the store and ask to speak to one of its many buyers. While there are no guarantees, Adams said it is possible, though the international produce actually brings in more customers.

“Our ethnic produce is a huge attraction for so many international customers,” said Adams, “and an adventure for those who are unfamiliar with the produce. We carry such a great variety — around 200 specialties — from durian, jackfruit, taro root, lychees, passion fruit to kumquats and more. A lot of the ethnic produce comes from Florida and some other countries like Costa Rica.”

Given the store’s large footprint and overwhelming variety of both fresh produce and packaged goods, a 12-by-24-inch store map is available at the door, but a quick look at the store’s product numbers reveals why the commodities at Jungle Jim’s have to take turns sharing space on its many shelves and produce bins.

Think honey only comes in one flavor?

Not at Jungle Jim’s. There are 100 types available — from in the comb to whipped to buttered — including the well-known Sue Bee brand to specialty flavors harvested from specific flowers, such as clover, tupelo, orange blossom, apple blossom and buckwheat.

Over 12,000 domestic and imported wines can be found on the shelves, along with roughly 1,200 types of beer, including micro and craft brews, many of which can be bought in single bottles. Adams said the store also carries some Indiana wine and beers, including those from Upland Brewing Co. and Oliver Winery.

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and novelty hot sauce T-shirts. Just be sure to check the prices as one private-label reserve sauce in particular sells for over $1,500 a bottle. And, no, that’s not a typo.

Even given that hefty price, it’s not the most expensive item for sale at Jungle Jim’s. That honor goes to a bottle of 2005 vintage Petrus Pomerol merlot from France, which runs $4,999 and, incidentally, can also be purchased via the New York-based wine auction arm of world famous auction house, Sotheby’s. Other high-end products include a $231 bottle of Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale de Reggio Emilia balsamic vinaigrette and Jamon Iberico, which is a type of ham made from hogs fed an exclusive diet of acorns and sells for $119 per pound.

The International Cheese Market at Jungle Jim’s is a huge crowd pleaser and carries so many varieties of cheese — over 1,300, in fact — that the section containing just blue cheese can be measured in feet, not inches — 6 feet, to be exact. If that doesn’t bring a Hoosier gourmand to

his knees, perhaps the 70-pound wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano or the nearly 7,200-pound Wisconsin “Big Cheese” will.

And that’s just for starters.

Kangaroo, alligator tail and turtle are some of the many nontraditional offerings in the meat section, with one counter teeming with liver, brains, tongue and other assorted organs. Chicken feet — great for adding a velvety texture to homemade stock — are readily available, as are hog, calf and duck heads in addition to whole poultry, including geese, quail, duck and, of course, chickens, both with and without their heads.

If packages of chicken feet fail to impress, Adams said Jungle Jim’s also carries assorted exotic snacks that may pique an interest, including chocolate-covered ants.

For customers who prefer the savory over sweet, larvae in cheddar cheese, barbecue and Mexican-spice flavors are available, too. And don’t forget the crickets, which, in this instance, are meant to be snacked on rather than used as fish bait.

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In the seafood aisle, whole frozen octopuses lie near giant, swoon-inducing scallops, and live seafood — including catfish and bluegill — fill the tanks. Fresh fish and seafood, including live lobster, salmon and tilapia, are delivered to Jungle Jim’s as often as five days a week, and many more varieties are also available frozen.

Jungle Jim’s also features a large bakery, which pumps out more than 5,500 loaves of fresh baked breads weekly, not to mention cakes, pies, cookies and other treats.

Other popular sections include a sushi bar, a deli, a gourmet cookware section and one section devoted to natural and organic offerings, including gluten-free items. Dry goods from various parts of the world, including but not limited to Japan, Belgium, Spain, China, Italy, France and India, also command their own spaces within the store, with the United Kingdom section hiding out in a Sherwood Forest setting where one can find the intriguing, but not necessarily tempting, haggis in a can.

Over 80,000 foodies visit the store in an average week with numbers swelling during the holidays. Weekends also tend

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The store features 1,200 types of beer, including micro and craft brews.

to be a crazy time, according to Adams.

The two-hour store tours, which include product samples, are also hugely popular and even the restrooms are worth a trip. Featuring actual port-o-let entrances, the restrooms are so unique the Cintas Corp. named them the ultimate winners of its 2007 “America’s Best Restrooms” contest. Cintas went on to add Jungle Jim’s restrooms to its public restroom hall of fame.

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And should you feel overwhelmed by the myriad choices, Jungle Jim’s offers a cure for that, too. An on-site cooking school offers a tasting tour to provide tips and ideas on how to use different exotic ingredients, and classes often feature international themes, such as a German Oktoberfest or a Christmas in Italy cooking demonstration.

Jungle Jim’s has garnered its fair share of national notice. The store

has been featured on “Good Morning America” as well as segments of the television shows “Unwrapped” on the Food Network and “Modern Marvels” on the History Channel.

From its humble beginnings as a temporary produce stand to its current status as the Midwest’s most popular grocery store, Jungle Jim’s is definitely worth a trip. Just be sure to wear comfortable shoes and bring a cooler.

What to Know Before You Go Jungle Jim’s has two locations, the closest to Indiana being the original Fairfield store at 5440 Dixie Highway. The newest location, opened in 2012, is actually larger but further east at 4450 Eastgate South Drive, Cincinnati. Both locations are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.

Jungle Jim’s also hosts theme events, including the Barrel Aged Beer Bash on Jan. 16 and 17 and the Big Cheese Festival on Feb. 7 and 8.

For more information, go to Jungle Jim’s website at junglejims.com

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June Hannah leads a Joyful Sound rehearsal

A Joyful Noise A local handbell choir transforms the Old World ring of bells to modern-day music for the ears

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JUNE HANNAH’S first experiences with handbell ringing in junior high school formed her love of music early on and helped to shape her later career path.

Hannah participated in choirs at school and church as a youth, and she later majored in music education while studying at Ball State University.

She has been directing church choirs for the past 30 years, perfecting her handbell ringing skills through solo and ensemble performances.

In 1999, Hannah fulfilled a lifelong dream by founding Joyful Sound, a group

of talented bell ringers on the southside.

“When I first started recruiting members, I contacted people that had been in my handbell choir at church and also contacted directors that had advanced choirs in the area to see if they or their ringers were interested,” she recalls. “We began with 12 members, and currently we have grown to a 15-member choir.”

Once the group was established, auditions were scheduled and continue when an opening arises. The audition process requires potential ringers to participate in three consecutive rehearsals. “This way

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we can see if they are good ringers, good sight (music)-readers and this helps determine their commitment level and how their personality fits in with the rest of the group,” explains Hannah. “After that three-week period, we decide as a group if we think they are committed, can work well with us and have the skills to ring the level of music that we perform.”

“There is a separate set of bells for each key, just like the keys of a piano. Every set of bells represents one key on a piano.” —Lindsey Fischer The first year of Joyful Sound’s development was focused on the business side of the choir, defining the mission statement, establishing the name and logo, and finding a place to borrow handbells and rehearse. Community Church of Greenwood offered its facility and use of its handbells for the fledgling group until the bell ringers could afford their

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own. “The handbells and the All concerts are free to attend. chimes we use are quite exDonations are accepted. pensive,” Hannah explains.

“We finally purchased all WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 14 of our equipment using WHERE: First Christian Church donations given to us from of Morgantown concerts and also a large 2717 S. Morgantown Road, gift … given by my dad, Morgantown George Norton, through his fccmorgantown.org foundation. We are supported through donations at WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 15 our concerts and also earn WHERE: Crestwood Village money by doing recordings 8813 Madison Ave., Indianapolis for various national publish(317) 888-7973 ing companies.”

Joyful Sound has perTo learn more about Joyful formed at the Indiana State Sound and purchase CDs, Museum, the Indianapolis visit joyfulsound.info.

Children’s Museum, The Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis and at weddings, churches and nursing homes.

“Handbells can be rung using different techniques notated by offer a very pure sound — almost like the different symbols on the sheets of music,” sound of an organ,” she adds. “We may explains Hannah. “We may shake the play one instrument or the other or at the bells or use soft mallets to strike the bells same time.” for a unique sound.”

Joy Whitesell, one of the first members The group also uses hand chimes, of Joyful Sound, still plays for the group. “which look like large tuning forks and Her love of handbells and the group’s challenging scores inspire her musical talents. “Being involved with Joyful Sound offers more than playing in a normal church handbell choir,” she says.

“It offers something deeper. We can play more difficult pieces.”

Setting up the handbells and chimes for each concert and carefully packing the instruments away in cases is an art in itself. Joyful Sound members work together to arrange the table for each performance. Each table is topped with a heavy foam hidden under a skirted tablecloth to both protect the delicate bells and serve as a sound barrier. Mallets are placed at each bell ringer’s station, and acrylic stands are set up to hold sheets of music. Every member wears a pair of gloves when performing. The gloves serve dual purposes to protect the bells’ casting from oils on the skin and to cushion the bell ringer’s hands.

Each set of bells is laid out in chromatic order around the table. “There is a separate set of bells for each key, just like the keys of a piano,” explains Lindsey

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Fischer, who has been a Joyful Sound bell ringer since 2004. “Every set of bells represents one key on a piano. The smaller bells ring a higher pitch, and the large bells, which can weigh up to 13 pounds, ring at a lower pitch.”

Each ringer, according to Fischer, reads from the same music and is responsible for picking out the musical notes corresponding to his or her two bells or chimes. “We don’t pick our positions to play, but we play where needed with the exception of the larger bells,” Fischer says. “The guys that play those, play those particular bells because they are heavy. And, at times, a song calls for playing two bells or three bells in each hand instead of one. This takes a particular music reading skill and coordination that not every member has. This can influence what position a bell ringer will play in the group.”

Hannah steps in to fill a spot with the smaller bells.

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arts & lifestyles The group is tight-knit, Fischer says.

“We have a lot of fun, yet take the art of bell ringing seriously. Not many groups in this area can play music at this level of difficulty. We strive to produce quality music and represent this musical art form in the community.”

The group performs a couple of concerts each fall and spring, with several shows scheduled around the holidays in December.

This year, Joyful Sound is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The group commissioned music composer Jason Krug to create an original composition in commemoration of the anniversary. Joyful Sound debuted the score at its first fall concert at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in October.

“The highlight for me at every concert is seeing the faces of the people hearing the handbells and chimes for the first time,” Hannah says. “We will take the chimes out to the audience to try, and we explain the instrument to them. We hold interactive performances with the audience.

During our concerts, the audience gets a background of each song. It’s not just a performance; it’s an education as well.”

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Handbell History in the U.S.

» English handbells are direct descendants of the great tower bells of England from the 16th century. Original church tower bells, says June Hannah, were the town’s newspaper, ringing to announce events such as weddings, births and special feasts. The bell towers were cold, uncomfortable places for the bell ringers, and the sound of the bells became a nuisance to the villagers. Smaller handbells were developed with softer sounds to alleviate the problem.

Handbell ringing became an art form around the 18th century.

“Barnum & Bailey Circus initially brought the art of handbell ringing from Europe to the United States in the early 1800s as part of their vaudeville act,” Hannah says.

“The handbells began to be used in churches, and the popularity of handbell ringing grew across the country.”

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House of Style Today’s holiday decor blends vintage elegance with personalized charm

By Teresa Nicodemus

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WHEN WE THINK of traditional holiday design, we likely picture the halls decked in red and green, along with mistletoe, smiling snowmen and stockings hung by the chimney with care.

Yet, today’s home trends go beyond the traditional, instead offering stylish nods to the ghosts of Christmases past, paired with modern-day sensibilities, flourish and flair.

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attended the International Design Market this past July to preview the coming holiday trends for this year, and while there she says she saw many natural elements in holiday home décor, “like white birch trees and bark being paired with mercury glass accents,” she explains. “The vintage mercury glass with muted jewel tones coupled with flocked white branches and evergreen trees and grapevine wreaths painted white … seemed to be décor staples.”

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Pair white birch trees with mercury glass accents.

Marshmallow Monkey’s holiday display.

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adds Nicoloff, with the reverse star imprint, like the old mercury ornaments with aging patina that our grandparents had.

Nicoloff says the old tinsel garland is making a comeback as well. “We purchased 20 silver strands of it for our store, and we sold out immediately,” she says.

“We can’t replenish our stock of silver garland; the national market is completely sold out. We were forced to purchase similar vintage lime green garland, which may be just as popular.”

Dale Hughes, owner of Dale Hughes Interior Design, Inc. in Franklin, says neutral colors swirled with soft golds, champagne and cream colors serve as elegant backdrops to the jeweled mercury glass and vintage décor elements. This neutral palette, explains Hughes, helps the apple color that we remember from our childhood holidays and the other offbeat colors of this year, such as lime green, really pop.

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Do-it-yourself arts and crafts are also popular this year, says Nicoloff. Recycling or upcycling old wreath is an easy way to add a striking statement over your holiday table. Spray the wreaths with an aerosol snow product and suspend it upside down from your chandelier with wire. Add scraps of fresh greenery to your recycled wreath and hang ornaments from it. “You can get Christmas tree scraps from local hardware stores for free,” she says.

Entertaining for the holidays? Then purchase galvanized metal containers from a local tractor supply store, fill them with ice, and store drinks in them for guests. Use a metal chicken feeder from the farm store, fill it with floral foam and add greenery and a beautiful candle in the center. “The challenge is to look at the ordinary and ask yourself how you can use items in a different way,” she suggests.

Karen Mercer, interior decorator and owner of Karen Mercer Interiors and Other Fabulous Finds in Indianapolis, keeps her holiday designs fresh, natural and simple. Using real ferns, pinecones and branches with natural potpourri and LED candles adds subtle elegance to holiday décor. “I use ribbon and colorful glass apothecary jars as decorative

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accents,” Mercer explains. “The jars have unique, canister-style tops and come in a variety of sizes from tall cylinders to rounded shapes. They make interesting groupings among greenery.”

AN ARTIST’S EYE Heather Diers, interior designer and three-dimensional artist, is the co-owner of the ProArt Gallery in Greenwood, along with her mother, Pauline Beuke.

Diers welcomes the holidays every year with an artist’s flair. “We try to step away from traditional décor,” says Diers. “Instead of decorating one large tree, we will use a grouping of smaller trees. We will decorate each tree in a color theme. A tall skinny tree may be in all rust-colored balls, another shorter tree may feature all gold ornaments and another tree may sport red decorations.”

“Decorate for the holidays with elegance and style. Make room for the things that really matter.… Holiday décor is all about the heart.”

—DALE HUGHES

And Diers suggests getting the kids involved. Your children are your most valued artists, she explains. “Their work is amazing. Many times in school they do crafts that they bring home. Frame your children’s holiday art and set that out on an easel during the holidays.”

Represent your history in your décor, suggests Diers, who comes from a family of furniture artisans. One year she created a unique reindeer lawn ornament, using a sawhorse as the body, a wood clamp for the head, sticks for antlers and a brush used in her family’s wood shop for the tail. “All of the materials for the reindeer were items we used in the shop,” she says. “Our reindeer became an awesome decoration created out of things that were meaningful to us.”

“Decorate for the holidays with elegance and style,” says Hughes. “Make room for the things that really matter.…

Holiday décor is all about the heart.”

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Dean Abplanalp in his Greenwood office.

Community Investment Service has become Dean Abplanalp’s stock in trade

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DEAN ABPLANALP can still recall being 5 years old and marching down a flight of stairs to the basement of First Baptist Church in Franklin on a cold Saturday around Christmas time. Alongside his father and a group of volunteers, including future Franklin Mayor Eddie Teets, Dean helped to organize baskets of food donated through Johnson County’s Good Cheer Fund and deliver them to needy individuals and families throughout the county. It was the start of a tradition he and his father would continue for many holiday seasons thereafter, and to this day, Dean, 57, still supports the Good Cheer Fund. His child-

hood recollection serves as a fitting illustration of a long-term commitment to the well-being of his hometown.

“I was born and raised here, and having lived here all my life with the exception of college, I’ve come to appreciate Franklin as a small town of people who want to constantly improve their surroundings,” Dean says.

“Helping others has always been a part of my life, and I credit my parents for instilling that in me. I’ll never forget delivering those baskets that we would load on the back of a pickup, and the impact it had on me that what makes a community strong is the care you have for one another.”

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Clockwise, Abplanalp chats with his children, Jon and Jennifer. With his wife, Dorcas. Golf scores hang on his office wall.

As Dean’s junior high school years approached, a generous familial gesture piqued his interest in the stock market, a subject he would eventually choose as the basis for his career and which he remains passionate about more than 40 years later. His father, Gilmore, a former engineer who co-owned a land surveying business for 35 years, bought the youngster a few shares of stock in what was then known as Public Service of Indiana (now Duke Energy). “My father taught me what a dividend was, and at a certain point I got excited and said to myself, ‘Wait a min68

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ute — that’s actually money,’” he says, laughing. “Mostly I would let it all just reinvest and every now and then I would try something on my own, and eventually I began to learn how stocks worked. Then when I became of age, what little we had in that account became mine, and I started playing around with it. That’s how I got engrossed with the stock market.”

While accounting and math were fast becoming favorite subjects throughout his years at Franklin Community High School, Dean excelled in another pursuit that tends to reward precision and careful calculation

— golf. He achieved all-state status and after graduating in the top 10 percent of his high school class, played at Broward Community College (BCC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “At the time I had the idea of wanting to go pro, but when I got down to Florida I saw how good everyone else was and realized I ultimately wanted to play for fun,” he recalls. “I saw that I had an opportunity to excel in business, and I wanted to make the best of that. I think my dad, as an engineer for more than 30 years, probably passed on his interest in math and analytics to me.”

After graduating cum laude from BCC in 1978 and subsequently finishing a bachelor’s degree in corporate finance at Ball State, where he also co-captained the university’s golf team as a senior, Dean was primed to embark on what would become a successful career in finance. He worked for a year and a half at Hilliard Lyons before joining A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc., where he would remain for the next 26

“I was born and raised here, and having lived here all my life with the exception of college, I’ve come to appreciate Franklin as a small town of people who want to constantly improve their surroundings.”

— DEAN ABPLANALP

years as a financial adviser and manager of branches in downtown Indianapolis, Columbus and Greenwood.

Shortly before the stock market tumble of 2008, A.G. Edwards was sold to Wachovia Corp., and the acquisition prompted Dean to switch firms and join Raymond James & Associates, where he has served for the past six years at the company’s Greenwood branch as senior vice president of investments. “I still enjoy sitting down with people and helping them make the best financial decisions for their particular situation,” he says. “It’s challenging work to look at all the pieces on the chessboard and try to make those pieces work.”

As a member of the board of directors for the Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF), Dean brought his financial expertise to bear several months after the 2008 financial crisis when he began chairing a committee to manage the foundation’s investments without the assistance of a third party firm. According to Gail Richards, president and CEO of the JCCF, the foundation has saved more than a quarter of a million dollars in fees since the committee’s inception and currently has over $20 million in donor assets for present and future Johnson County causes.

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Dean also spearheaded a 2012 campaign to renovate the JCCF building, which was constructed in 1903. He secured over $45,000 in donations to assist with facility renovations and oversaw the design and new construction for the building, which was unveiled to the community in August 2012.

“Dean leads his life as a servant-leader,” Richards says, adding that he can often be spotted mowing or landscaping the foundation building’s front lawn. “Whether it be personal or business, his first and foremost thought is for the people. He selflessly gives of his time, talent and treasure to make an individual’s life or the community better. Through his coaching, he has helped guide me over the years to make JCCF stronger.” Dean also serves on the audit, investment, facilities and finance committees at Franklin College and volunteers with the Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County.

Still a golf fanatic, his current favorite Indiana spots to hit the links are Crooked Stick in Carmel and Otter Creek in Columbus. An enduring affinity for nature that comes with an outdoor hobby like golfing might just be in his blood. Dean says his distinctive surname is Swiss in origin and is derived from a Latin phrase most closely translated as: from (or across) 70

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Dean and Dorcas Abplanalp with their children, Jon and Jennifer.

the plain. “It’s a pretty unique name,” he says. “There are a few in central Indiana near Napoleon and Versailles, which is around where my father grew up.”

Dean and his wife, Dorcas, a retired health care professional and member of Leadership Johnson County’s Class of 2013, enjoy dining out at southside Indy restaurants like La Trattoria, Carrabba’s, Stone Creek Dining Co. and Famous Dave’s, and spend as much time as they can with their children, Jon and Jennifer, both Greenwood residents, and three grandchildren, Taylor, 9, A.J., 7, and Harper, 7 months.

“I can remember when there was nothing but cornfields from Franklin to Indianapolis,” Dean says. “There was no I-65, and as a young adult the treat was to take a date to the Artcraft (theater) or if you really splurged, go to the movie theater in Greenwood. As the area has changed, Franklin and the southside of Indianapolis have always been home to me. It is a wonderful place to raise a family, to live and work in a community that cares about others.”

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Winter Blues If last winter’s weather is a precursor of what’s to come, a Florida island might be calling your name

BY CJ WOODRING

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FLORIDA’S ISLANDS ARE a shell’s throw from the mainland. They feature beautiful beaches, water sports and land activities, natural settings, historical destinations, shopping opportunities and scrumptious food. But each has a distinct character. Call it island vibes.

Some locales, such as Cedar Key, are casual and laid-back.

Others are artsy, trendy and cultural. Think Sanibel. Some, like St. George, offer upscale ambience with amenities and prices to match. Then there’s Fisher Island, the créme de la créme among island destinations.

And because each destination has price points that align with any budget, you can pick and choose whichever is right for you.

SANIBEL ISLAND Consistently ranked as one of Florida’s best beaches and one of the best shelling beaches, Sanibel is a barrier island off Fort Myers. More than 5,000 acres of the 12-mile island are federally protected, and its wildlife sanctuaries are renowned. Sanibel’s accommodations and eateries are plentiful, as are opportunities for water sports and island activities.

STAY The Island Inn (islandinnsanibel.com) has welcomed guests since 1895. Charming style, superb management and a 10-acre beachfront location make this a favorite destination. Visit 1950s-era Parrot Nest (parrotnest.com) and enjoy an old-Florida hideaway. For a nature-filled sanctuary with 600 feet of beachfront, consider Sanibel Inn (theinnsofsanibel.com).

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PLAY Fishing and water sports are just a few reasons to visit Sanibel, where you can explore on foot, by car or bicycle (the locals’ preferred mode). Tarpon Bay Explorers (tarponbayexplorers.com) provides guided tours/cruises and chartered fishing excursions; Royal Shell Port Sanibel Marina (portsanibelmarina.com) touts its Adventures in Paradise Cruises (adventurein paradiseinc.com), which include dolphin watches, sea life encounters, lunch excursions and trolley tours. The eastern end of the island showcases the 1884 Sanibel Lighthouse (Point Ybel Light) (sanibeltrails.com).

GO Dual faces of nature and culture are presented in Sanibel. Nature-related destinations include the 6,000-acre J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge & Bird Sanctuary (fws.gov/dingdarling); The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum (shellmuseum.org); Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) (crowclinic.org); and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (sccf.org). Island residents and guests are enriched through the annual Sanibel Music Festival (sanibelmusicfestival.org), The Schoolhouse Theater (bigarts.org) presentations and Big Arts (bigarts.org). After island hopping, go island shopping at Sanibel’s retail oases: Periwinkle Place Shops (periwinkleplace. com); Tahitian Gardens, The Village Shops and Olde Sanibel Shoppes (shoponsanibel. com). Best bet: Surroundings by Melinda (surroundingsbymelinda.com).

Sanibel Island

EAT Begin with “The World’s Best Breakfast” at Lighthouse Café (lighthousecafe.com); lunch at Blue Giraffe (mybluegiraffe.com).

Dining suggestions: Blue Coyote Supper Club (bluecoyotesupperclub.com), Mad Hatter Restaurant (madhatterrestaurant. com), Il Cielo (ilcielosanibel.com); Sweet Melissa’s Café (sweetmelissascafe.com); The Sandbar (sanibelsandbar.com); and Cip’s Place (cipsplace.com).

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CEDAR KEY If you’re looking for a destination designed for laid-back vegging out, Cedar Key is your key to nirvana. Jutting three miles into the Gulf of Mexico, along Florida’s less-developed Nature Coast, the island is primarily a sleepy fishing village and artists’ colony. Stay in historic rentals, fish from the town’s dock and chow down on clam chowder.

STAY A 19th-century building and beautiful, lush grounds are keynotes of the Cedar Key Bed & Breakfast (cedarkey bedandbreakfast.com). Built circa 1859, Island Hotel & Restaurant (island hotel-cedarkey.com) has central heat and air but no TV or phones in rooms.

Pet-friendly Faraway Inn (farawayinn. com) is a five-minute walk from town.

For apartments, suites and condos, visit the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce site (cedarkey.org).

Kayaking in Cedar Key, Florida.

PLAY Go kayak fishing (kayakcedarkeys.com) or paddle to Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge (fws.gov/cedarkeys). Established in 1929, the refuge is composed of 13 offshore islands totaling 762 acres.

Bird watch, tour a historic cemetery or visit the historic lighthouse on Seahorse Key (lighthousefriends.com). Book island tours with Cedar Key Boat Rentals & Island Tours (cedarkeyboatrentalsand islandtours.com) or Tidewater Tours and Boat Rentals, which also offers airboat rides (tidewatertours.com).

GO Boardwalk shops, such as Dilly Dally Gally (dillydallygally.com), offer items from books to fudge; art and galleries also abound, among them the Cedar Keyhole Artist Co-op & Gallery (cedarkeyhole.com). Cedar Key Museum State Park (floridastateparks.

org) contains exhibits of seashells and Indian artifacts collected by Saint Clair Whitman, whose former home can be toured. Cedar Key hosts several annual events, including its Fine Arts Festival (cedarkeyartsfestival.com) and the Pirate Invasion Weekend (cedarkeypriatefest.com), which draws mateys in September.

EAT In addition to the Island Hotel Restaurant and Neptune Lounge (islandhotel-cedarkey.com), try The Island Room (islandroom.com) and Steamers Clam Bar and Grill (facebook.com/steamersclambar).

Tony’s Seafood Restaurant (tony schowder.com), home of “The King of Chowder,” is a must-go: The house specialty is a three-time winner in the Great Chowder Cook-off held each June in Newport, Rhode Island.

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GASPARILLA ISLAND

The heart of this seven-mile-long island is the historic village of Boca Grande. Think “Old Florida”: Pristine white beaches. A centuryold lighthouse. Decades-old banyan trees. Separated from the mainland

by Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, the barrier island is an enclave for celebrities and a favorite locale for movie producers, photographers and destination weddings. Boca Grande Pass is considered among the best tarponfishing spots in the world, and nature studies are popular.

STAY The Gasparilla Inn & Club (the-gasparilla-inn.com) is celebrating its 101st season this year. Guest accommodations are within the inn and on-site cottages and villas; dine in the main dining room, Pink Elephant or Golf Club Gazebo. The historic Anchor Inn (anchorinnbocagrande.com) offers furnished suites with access to sitting porches.

Consider The Innlet (theinnlet.com) for waterfront lodging.

PLAY You’ll enjoy the welcoming waters surrounding Gasparilla Island. Picnic. Go shelling.

Bike, walk or jog the bike trail. Explore the island by golf cart, as locals do. Tee up at the Gasparilla Inn & Club’s Pete Dye Signature Course or select from among nearly a dozen mainland courses (bocagrandechamber.net).

GO Whether you’re shopping for fly fishing gear or catching a Lilly Pulitzer creation on the fly, a bevy of boutiques and shops will fulfill your expectations (bocagrande chamber.net). Visit Holly’s Home Accessories & Gifts (hollysonbova.com) and grab a unique sign for your Indiana lake home. Love history? A trip to Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum (barrierislandparkssociety.org) at Gasparilla Island State Park (floridastateparks.org/gasparillaisland) offers an exciting family excursion.

EAT Casual and upscale eateries are aplenty in Boca, beginning with The Loose Caboose (loosecaboose.biz), housed in a historic train depot. Try the homemade ice cream.

Visit South Beach Bar and Grille (southbeachbarandgrille.com) for dinner and a sunset; Miller’s Dockside Bar & Grill (eaglegrille.com) for the ultimate sports bar experience. For “Innovative island cuisine” and The Fishtails Lounge, try PJ’s Seagrille (pjseagrille.com), located in the historic Old Theatre Building.

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ST. GEORGE ISLAND Discover this little-known barrier island treasure — and camper’s paradise — about 75 miles west of Tallahassee. Renowned for its oyster industry and highly ranked beaches, St. George has miles of undeveloped beaches and is the setting of Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park (floridastateparks.org). Its natural beauty includes more than 300 species of native and migratory birds. The East End Fishing Area is popular in March and April, when Spanish Mackerel and Pompano migrate through.

STAY Pet-friendly St. George Inn (stgeorgeinn.com) offers adjoining suites for family gatherings and a honeymoon suite with fireplace. The only motel directly on the beach, Buccaneer Inn (buccinn.com) offers rooms and efficiencies. Breathe Easy (vrbo. com/393915) and Still Waters (vrbo.com/84023) are homeaway-from-home beach houses with accommodations for up to 12 guests.

PLAY Birding and biking are popular on the island, which also attracts crab hunters, picnickers, beachcombers and sunbathers. Take a sunset, eco or river trip, or go kayak fishing with Journeys (sgislandjourneys.com). Or rent boats, bikes, boogie boards and more at Jolly Roger Beach Shop (jollyrogersgi.com) and Island Adventures (sgiadventures.com).

Seasonal events are ongoing (seestgeorgeisland.com).

GO The view from the top of Cape St. George Light (stgeorgelight.org), a reconstructed lighthouse located in the middle of the island, is a must-see. Crooked River Lighthouse, a cast iron skeletal tower in nearby Carrabelle, has a huge jungle-gym pirate ship. And don’t forget shopping: A few shops are located on the island; however, the

majority are in nearby Apalachicola, Carrabelle and Eastpoint (seestgeorgeisland.com).

EAT Visit Eddy Teach’s Raw Bar (eddyteachs.com) for oysters and ice cold beer, the Tiki Bar at Blue Parrot Oceanfront Café (blue parrotcare.net) for a casual beachfront setting, and The Beach Pit (thebeachpit.com) for Texas-style barbecue and fresh seafood. Lick, slurp or shake your frozen treat at Aunt Ebby’s Ice Cream & Deli (auntebbysicecream.com). And for a restaurant, bar and nightclub experience, Harry A’s (harryas. com) is the place to be.

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GO VIP: FISHER ISLAND If you want to party with the high rollers — or just glimpse them at play — head for Fisher Island, one of the most affluent ZIP codes in the United States. The 216-acre private retreat, the former single-family island home of the Vanderbilts, is located on a historic barrier island in Biscayne Bay. Just seven minutes from the South Miami mainland, it is still considered a private retreat and accessible only by auto ferry or yacht.

STAY Fisher Island Club (fisherislandclub.com) is the only hotel. Luxury accommodations include four circa-1925 cottages once part of the Vanderbilt estate, six Courtyard Villas and a Guest House with five Junior Suites. Prices are based on availability. Minimum stay is one night; a daily per-couple Fisher Island club membership fee applies.

PLAY Stay and play on the P.B. Dye nine-hole championship golf course, practice your backhand at the world-class tennis center or bask on the private beach. Amenities include a full-service luxury spa, salon and state-of-the-art fitness center. The club also boasts an observatory, aviary and two deep-water marinas.

GO Because island shopping is nearly nonexistent — golf and tennis pro shops and the Gourmet Market — ferryboats service the island 24/7, offering easy access to Miami’s South Beach Art Deco District (miami andbeaches.com), along with the city’s museums, art galleries, theaters and shopping (miamiandbeaches.com). And don’t forget night life (miami.com): Miami’s downtown night scene is nonpareil, with diverse clubs, intimate lounges, bars, restaurants and plenty of entertainment.

Hop on the Metromover (miamidade.gov), a free people mover system that runs from 5 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.

EAT If you plan to stay on Fisher Island, select from among beachside, casual and upscale dining options, including the Beach Club for formal dining and Garwood Lounge, an intimate piano bar, both located within the historic Vanderbilt Mansion. Café Porto Cervo offers Mediterraneaninspired cuisine, and La Trattoria’s Italian fare can be enjoyed indoors or alfresco (fisherislandclub.com).

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A local look at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BY ALISA ADVANI

UNTIL THIS SUMMER’S Ice Bucket Challenge, most people didn’t think much about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

If someone broached the topic, the likely reference was baseball player Lou Gehrig or maybe astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

As those self-made videos of ice water-covered philanthropists circulated on the Internet, however, a public dialogue about ALS, a progressive and incurable motor neuron disease, ensued. While the disease is somewhat rare, doctors diagnose more than 5,600 new cases in the United States each year. Currently, the condition affects up to 30,000 Americans, some who call Indianapolis home.

ALS has a rather complicated disease process, as it causes both the upper and lower motor neurons of the brain and spinal cord to gradually deteriorate.

» Symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are usually noticed first in the arms and hands, legs or throat.

Approximately 75 percent of people with classic ALS will develop weakness and wasting of the bulbar muscles (muscles that control speech, swallowing and chewing). As the disease progresses, affected individuals lose strength and the ability to move their arms and legs and to hold their bodies upright.

Most individuals with ALS die from respiratory failure within three to five years from the onset of symptoms. ALS usually affects men more often than women, and patients are almost always between the ages of 40 and 60.

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Within the central nervous system, the upper motor neurons direct the lower motor neurons to produce movements like walking or chewing, while lower motor neurons control movement in the arms, legs, chest, face, throat and tongue.

When disruptions in the signals between the lowest motor neurons and the muscles strike, the muscles gradually weaken, eventually leading to complete paralysis.

Like many other diseases of the modern world, scientists have not pinpointed the direct cause of ALS. A genetic component has been identified in a small percentage of cases, but researchers believe environmental and traumatic influences also play a part.

The late Charles Martin Proctor was 54 when he first developed the telltale muscle twitching and leg cramps that often herald an ALS diagnosis. His son, Brian Proctor, who serves as principal of North Grove Elementary School, has worked tirelessly to share his father’s story. Within the span of his dad’s seven-year battle with ALS, a legacy of love, dedication and inspiration unfolded.

Proctor was only 23 when he and his older siblings received the news that their dad was ill. “My dad was in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the VA medical center when he first got diagnosed,” Proctor recalls.

“It was a big shock. We are a close-knit family, and we of course had a lot of questions.”

It wasn’t long before the reality of the disease set in. “During the first year, Dad’s whole standard of living changed,” Proctor says. “But he remained dedicated to

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Charles and Charlotte Proctor in 1997. Right, at their wedding.

“During the first year, Dad’s whole standard of living changed, but he remained dedicated to Mom and to making the most of each day. He wanted to experience life, and he wanted my mom to live hers to the fullest.”

—BRIAN PROCTOR

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Mom and to making the most of each day.

He wanted to experience life, and he wanted my mom to live hers to the fullest.”

In 1998, Proctor’s parents moved back to Indianapolis to be closer to their children. Along with his mother, Charlotte, Proctor assumed a caregiver role and helped to move his father from the bed to the shower and back again as the disease progressed over the next three years.

There became a point, however, in 2001, when his father decided he would be better served in a long-term care facility. He moved to the Richard A. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, where he remained until his passing in 2004.

Before this time, Proctor’s father had participated in several clinical trials and received care from Robert Pascuzzi, professor and chairman of Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology, at the ALS Clinic. The clinic offers patients access to neurologists, a speech therapist, a respiratory therapist, occupational and physical therapists, a dietitian and others.

Through these trials, researchers like Pascuzzi toil away, slowly filling in the gaps that still exist in understanding complex neuromuscular diseases. “Over the years, we have been involved with

numerous clinical trials for patients with ALS, including the testing of nerve growth factors, glutamate inhibitors, neuro-protective agents and others,” says Pascuzzi.

“We are currently working on a neuro-protective drug that is derived from the beehives of New Zealand. Published work in mice with ALS at our medical center has shown favorable results.”

In 2014, the National ALS Association allocated $3.5 million for research. In 2015, the organization will earmark a total sum of $60 million to $70 million, thanks to the amazing success of the ice bucket challenge. Cindy Wise, executive director at the ALS Association’s Indiana Chapter, says that she believes the additional funding is a game changer for ALS. “There is so much promising research out there that adding these additional dollars can only get us closer to finding a way to stop this devastating disease,” she says.

“I think these new numbers alone bring hope. On a local level, it will allow us to get even closer to providing services that are needed at the most critical time.”

Southside residents who have ALS, along with their caregivers, can find emotional support and access to a network of important services from the ALS Association’s Indiana Chapter. Wise says that PHOTOS PROVIDED BY BRIAN PROCTOR

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the organization works with approximately 300 to 350 people a year, providing information about home visits, loan equipment, support groups, nutrition programs and grief support.

The ALS Association meant a great deal to Proctor during his father’s illness, and he now provides support to fellow caregivers. “Families come to me because I know what they are going through,” he says. “I can talk them through the transition, and I can at least point them in the right direction.”

His desire to serve others comes directly from watching his father stay strong and hopeful throughout his battle with ALS. “My dad was a living example of kindness,” he recalls. “He lived for seven years with his illness for my mother.”

On Sept. 9, 2004, at the age of 61, Proctor’s mother passed away in her sleep from a heart attack. Two days later, his father made the decision to be disconnected from his breathing machine.

“He had everything ready,” Proctor says. “The will was done, and the arrangements were made. We convinced him to wait for my brother to fly in from California, and then Dad joined Mom. He had been waiting on her all along.”

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Q & A with

Robert Pascuzzi What got you interested in neurology and treating patients with ALS? » Neurology is inherently interesting, and neuromuscular diseases, even though difficult to treat, represent an important and fascinating collage of challenges. When we lack a complete understanding of a disorder and when we have limited treatment options, we turn to the arena of research to make progress in getting us to a better place.

What do you tell patients who are newly diagnosed? » We tell them what we think and what we know. We try not to beat around

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the bush. Honesty and clarity are paramount. Many patients have already seen multiple other physicians, and some already know that they have ALS. For others, it is new and a shock. We try to explain the basis for the diagnosis and the relative level of certainty. Second opinions are common. And we emphasize that we have a terrific management program for our patients. … There is a great deal we can do to help patients, and we try to give them the message that we can and will help them.

How do you help patients prepare for the eventual paralysis they face? » Nothing changes overnight, and we see patients every three to four months.

We try to help with tools, techniques,

therapy, equipment, physical medicine and rehab to provide whatever equipment and therapy is needed to allow for the best possible function and quality of life.

What advice do you give caregivers? » Great question. The disease is not limited to the patient, and the caregiver is faced with major challenges. It can be a rewarding job, but it can also be too much for one person. I think it is important to look at getting as much help as possible, using all available resources. What they do is inspirational, but it is tough, and I think we need to provide them with help.

Can you explain how patients are empowered to decide when enough is enough? What if they don’t want a feeding tube or if they decline a breathing machine? Is that legal?

Can they decide to die?

» The patients typically have normal cognition. As such, they can listen to the treatment options and then decide what they want to do. We tell them that there is nothing that they absolutely have to do.

They may lose their independence, but they do not lose their autonomy. That’s very important. If they do not want a PEG tube, then we will support their wish. If they reach a point where they are tired of the disease, and they have a poor quality of life, we shift the focus of their management to emphasize comfort. Typically in such circumstances, we involve hospice services with their management with the intent to enhance and enrich comfort measures for the patient and family in the latter stages of the illness.

ALS is often described as the worst — the worst of the worst. How do you stay positive and plow ahead with your work and research? » I suspect there are many worst of the worsts, and they all need to be addressed.

Alzheimer’s disease, while different, is a slow progressive loss of memory and cognition. Parkinson’s disease can reach a point where it can be terribly disabling. Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in adults and the leading cause of long-term disability in adults. They are all bad, and all of them need better understanding, prevention and also therapeutics. The similarities between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS are considerable, and a big breakthrough in one may provide the answers for all of the degenerative neurological diseases. I think my colleagues see this work as their professional responsibility to correctly diagnose and optimally manage patients with such conditions. That’s our job.

There is a huge amount that we can do for patients even though we, at this juncture, cannot stop or reverse the disease. It is a truly rewarding experience for those professionals who have the opportunity to work with these patients and with their families. I would not trade it for anything. We draw strength from the patients and their families. They are interesting, passionate, human, and they are inspirational. Heroic is a good word for them.

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Strong Man

Center Grove’s Marty Mills brings passion to his strength and conditioning program

BY ALISA ADVANI PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK FREELAND

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Marty Mills explains the kettlebell workout.

UNDERNEATH THAT 200 POUNDS OF MUSCLE, Marty Mills is all heart. At first glance, Center Grove High School’s strength and conditioning coach looks as steely as one of the Russian kettlebells that his athletes swing, but don’t be fooled. His students adore him for his passion and persistence even more than they appreciate the results of his rigorous program. As he stands at center command, giant arms crossed, and watches his “kids” transform into elite competitors, girls and boys move quickly through the carefully designed stations in his gym. Thumping music blares just enough to soften the sounds of clinking bars, chatter and the occasional grunt.

Newbies might walk in and think that they’d never measure up, but the 40-year-old coach leaves no one behind. He promises that anyone can do his workout, jumping up to illustrate that a proper squat can be broken down into 12 different scaled exercises. “I can watch you do one squat with a kettlebell, and I will know how to fix you,” he says.

In the middle of his demonstration, a sophomore on the girls’ soccer

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School of Strength instructors Tony Mathews, Carrie Pogue, Marty Mills, Scott Meek and Jeremy Hartman

team runs up and puts her arm around her coach. Mills beams. “I’m his favorite,” the young lady explains, then she happily skips away to do another rep. “Kids know if you aren’t being sincere. They see right through you,” he says.

Nearly 13 years of interacting with every student within Center Grove’s athletic organization has taught him that lesson.

His storied weightlifting career helped him hone the kettlebell program for which he’s well-known. A natural athlete, Mills played football and baseball, ran track, learned judo and wrestled in high school, also participating in the latter in college at the University of Indianapolis.

After college, Mills began a 10-year powerlifting career that included winning a United States powerlifting national bench press championship, making the U.S. powerlifting national bench press team, finishing fifth in the world championships in Hungary and setting an 88

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After accomplishing these formidable milestones, in addition to receiving his Russian Kettlebell Certification (RKC), Mills decided to implement his personal training regimen at Center Grove.

He arrived in 2002 and convinced the district to let him loose. The student body has reaped the benefits. Year after year, Center Grove leads the pack in its division. Most recently, former student Nick Stoner joined Indiana University’s football team as a receiver. “Nick weighed 110 pounds as a freshman,” says Mills.

“Now he is playing in the Big 10.”

Despite that record-setting Indiana State Bench Pressing certificate, which hangs in his office, and his ranking as the No. 1 kettlebell instructor in the U.S., Mills is hesitant to discuss his lengthy sports resume. His attention consistently redirects to both his kids and his pro-

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Tony Mathews works with Kaden McConnell , 9, during a class.

“We train all year. If you lift year-round, you don’t get sore, so we focus on big athletic movements that protect the joints to create fast, explosive, healthy athletes.”

—MARTY MILLS

gram, as he worries that someone might believe that he is partial to football.

“We all know most athletic high school programs focus on football,” he says. “Center Grove does it differently. My favorite thing — the most important thing — is the kids. I love them all equally. Soccer, volleyball and tennis players need to be just as conditioned as basketball players.”

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protect the joints to create fast, explosive, healthy athletes.”

With the evident success of the student program, adults began to take notice.

“And the kids started asking me to train their parents,” he explains. Before long, Mills found himself in front of 40 adult students ready to participate in his school of strength in June 2011. The response was tremendous.

Word-of-mouth reviews spread throughout Center Grove and Greenwood rapidly while blogs echoed praise and accolades to the coach. Entry after entry

talks about weight loss, renewed energy, pain-free living and a respect for self.

Hanna Johnson, 18, has been training with Mills most of her high school career.

Before starting her regimen, Johnson describes herself as “that small player on the team that was easily pushed off of the soccer ball.” After three years of training, however, she is now committed to a Division 1 college on an athletic scholarship. “His training has completely reshaped me as an athlete and improved every aspect of my play,” she explains. “I am now stronger, faster and a more dedicated player on the soccer field.”

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Mills takes all the fuss in stride. “I have 10 other coaches who help me teach,” he says. “They are all RKCs or are certified as sports performance coaches. I’d put my coaches up against anyone. I encourage people to try. I always tell my kids not to go through the motions. I ask them to really be tapped into their passion.”

Fortunately for Center Grove, Mills lives his bliss daily while running the school’s program and being an involved husband to wife, Tiffany, and father to two daughters and one son, Kaley, 15, Kenzie, 12, and Drew, 9. “I would do this job for free,” he says. “I am so blessed. I know that I am fulfilling my purpose. This is what I was supposed to do.”

Then with a tiny smile he adds, “well this, or maybe a drill sergeant.”

For more information, visit centergroveschoolofstrength.blogspot.com.

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The Humane Society of Johnson County works to keep feral felines in check

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It’s Humane Society of Johnson County 3827 N. Graham Road, Franklin, (317) 535-6626

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a bright fall day and Janet Gorrell has just arrived at the Humane Society of Johnson County where she serves as board president. She breezes in the door and greets three employees, trading jokes and commentary about animals in their care. The office is a relatively small space with one friendly, calm, adoptable dog named Tucker who greets visitors, as well as a number of well-cared-for cats waiting for adoption sitting in large cages or atop cat trees.

Outside, in a large attached garage, several long cages are carefully covered by blankets or towels so their inhabitants can’t see out. From one of the cages comes a series of annoyed yowls. Despite the irritated cries of the one, Gorrell explains that the use of the towels helps to calm the caged animals.

Gorrell is on her way to transport a recently spayed mother cat and her kittens back to live as community cats in a local trailer park.

At 53, she runs the community cat program, which is one of the humane society’s many programs designed to help animals in the area. Gorrell, a volunteer for the program, feels blessed to be able to work with the local humane society.

A new ordinance Gorrell and Johnson County Animal Control helped push through last year (with the help and advice of IndyFeral, a community cat organization from Indianapolis) allows unowned cats to live in the commu-

Far left, Janet Gorrell, Humane Society of Johnson County board member and volunteer, runs the community cat program. Left, she helps provide shelters for outside cats. Shelters can be built from coolers and straw. Below, kittens at the Humane Society of Johnson County.

to live outside and have no desire to live as pets. When left to their own devices, they may get into loud fights and reproduce heavily, but spaying and neutering calm their demeanor.

“A lot of these cats are extremely healthy,” Gorrell says. “Cats have been outside for thousands and thousands of years, and so these cats that are out there have adapted to the outdoors.”

nity instead of being automatically euthanized, as was previously the case.

But along with this new ordinance comes the responsibility of managing feral cat communities and avoiding a population explosion. The community cat program uses donations and grants to trap feral cats. The cats are then spayed or neutered, vaccinated and ear tipped (which means cutting the tip off the left ear — a universal sign that a cat has indeed been spayed or neutered), and released. The process is known as trap, neuter and release, usually just referred to as TNR and often used as a verb: TNRing.

“I’ve been TNRing the cats in my neighborhood for a number of years,” says Gorrell, explaining what drove her to start the program in Johnson County. “Just through talking to people, I realized that the majority of people wanted to do something for these cats, but there were no resources in our county available.”

With the help of local veterinarians who are willing to perform services at a reduced cost for the program, as well as funds from several organizations in Bloomington, Brownsburg and Indianapolis, Gorrell and others are able to run the program in Johnson County.

After the cats have been captured and neutered, they are returned to what are termed “feral colonies” — groups of cared-for cats who are tended and fed, but who, for the most part, may remain wild their entire lives.

“A lot of these caretakers are attached to these cats they’ve never even touched,” Gorrell says. “I just did a lady’s cats — six cats this past week — and she called me and said, ‘I miss them being at their door.’ But again, she’s never touched them; they’ve never laid on her lap or anything like that. They’re company for some.”

Gorrell says the cats that exhibit feral behavior are happy

Life on the outside The kittens she is taking to the trailer park are considered wild or feral, though their mother is a bit friendlier, Gorrell says. She loads the covered cages carefully into the back of her truck.

Before pulling away, she flips through the paperwork for these cats. “Every cat that goes through our program is named,” she says. “I think the cat deserves a name. Each gets a rabies certificate.”

When asked why she devotes so much time to these animals, her answer is simple. “Not as many people care about cats,” she says. “And unless we speak up for them, they don’t have a voice. Just to see the number of cats who were healthy cats that were being euthanized in our shelters and the rate that they were multiplying (while) nothing was being done.

(I knew we needed) to go to the source of the issue and deal with the source of the problem.”

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of her truck to open the cages.

Mama Cat (as Gorrell refers to her) saunters out as if nothing has happened, tail held high.

The kittens are more nervous and run a short distance before returning to cautiously investigate the bowl of food she has set out for them.

Gorrell counsels the park manager on how to deal with the many other feral cats in his community and offers to provide more assistance through the program. “Euthanizing cats to get rid of them doesn’t work,” she says. “If we euthanized all the cats in this community, more would just move in to fill the space.”

She explains that each cat that is sterilized prevents a snowballing number of future cats, as many as 24 for each female — and who knows for each male.

Michael Delp, director of animal control at Johnson County Animal Control and director of the Johnson County Animal Shelter, works closely with Gorrell and the humane society. “Just a few years ago, we euthanized over 1,300 cats a year,” Delp says. “In May and June this year we euthanized zero.” This number is especially impressive when you realize that these months tend to be the high tide of kitten births.

Delp credits the reduction to the program. He estimates that fewer than 100 cats have been euthanized this year. “All the cats we put down have been sick or injured cats,” he says.

Gorrell says that her organization has pulled about 200 cats from animal control since the community cat program began. She feels privileged to have such a great working relationship with Delp and his team.

The program has taken off quickly, giving the team much more work than it planned for initially. “We’ve been a victim of our own success,” Delp explains. “It’s been more successful than we thought it would be, which is a great problem to have. People from all over the county are calling for help with stray cats; we have to put them on a waiting list. With more people helping, we could get out there right away.”

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Trap, neuter , release (TNR) allows unowned cats to live in the community.

How You Can Help Assist with setting and monitoring traps throughout the community to help capture feral cats and kittens so they can be spayed or neutered. Once the cats are fixed, they are returned back to their natural habitat where they are fed by caretakers.

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Adopt. Many cats are friendly and adoptable and could use a loving home.

Brownsburg for spay and neuter. We will re-release them into the community; they won’t breed anymore, are vaccinated for rabies, won’t have objectionable behavior associated with cats that haven’t been spayed and neutered.”

He says that the community cat program needs more people to help transport animals, and Gorrell agrees.

“It’s very rewarding,” she says of volunteering for the program. “(It’s) something you can do in your spare time, (and) we’re always looking for volunteers to help out with this.”

Donate cash or in-kind supplies, such as dry pet food, towels and other items needed.

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Sharon and Butch Isselhardt combine small town comfort and European aesthetic at their Franklin bed-and-breakfast

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Butch and Sharon Isselhardt share kitchen duties to provide breakfasts for their guests.

IN 1937, MEMBERS of the state Legislature designated “The Crossroads of America” as the state’s official motto, intending to emphasize Indiana’s location as a travel hub with major highways, railroads and waterways within its borders.

Since opening the doors to their Main Street Franklin bed-and-breakfast in late September 2012, Sharon and Warren “Butch” Isselhardt have come to appreciate firsthand why Hoosiers have boasted such an appellation proudly for more than 75 years.

“Since we’re right in the middle of the country, a lot of people choose us as they’re traveling from one end of the country to another,” Sharon says. “We’re starting to get a lot of business travel and people just traveling and sightseeing across the United States. We even had people from England and Sweden stay here as they were driving through the country.”

The Flying Frog Bed & Breakfast, named after a colorful frog sculpture hanging at the end of the first floor hallway that the Isselhardts purchased during a trip to New Orleans, offers guests a choice of four European-themed rooms decorated in celebration of countries the couple have visited throughout their 22 years of marriage.

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Sharon, 65, and Butch, 62, purchased the five-bedroom, 5,600-square-foot building in May 2011 and undertook a number of renovations over the next 16 months, including new roofing, plumbing and electrical wiring. “Structurally we didn’t have to do much except add a short wall upstairs just outside the Provence Room, which is the smallest guest room, but we had to bring some things up to code like the wiring, and the entire house got repainted,” Butch says.

“All the updating was a little bit of a pain to go through, but now it’s behind us, and it was worth it.”

Built in 1875 as a single family home, the Italianate-style building was converted into several apartments in the early 20th century for use as a boarding house for wealthy widows. According to Sharon, the building’s second owner constructed a Southern plantation-style front porch and railed balcony, which

she says have become preferred relaxation spots for her guests. “The balcony had indoor-outdoor carpeting when we bought it, and Butch was down on his hands and knees for a while taking that off,” Sharon says, adding that she and Butch decorated and repainted the entire interior of the building themselves. “We had the wood underneath redone and deliberately made it look imperfect so it looked old and had character.”

Alison Cardwell-Noakes, a paramedic from Australia who found The Flying Frog during an Internet search, chose the establishment for a two-night stay during a month-long U.S. travel vacation with her husband. “As soon as I saw a photo of Sharon and Butch’s house, I knew I wanted to stay there,” she says. “To me it was the quintessential all-American house with the weatherboarding, New Orleans-style balcony and a big red door.”

The Isselhardts added distinctive decorative touches to each of their four guest rooms, all located on the building’s second floor and each with its own bathroom.

The French-inspired Provence Room features old crates for end tables, wicker furniture and a headboard made from a louvered door that the couple discovered after moving in. “A former owner had taken down solid wood doors and put these up as bedroom doors instead

The flying frog is suspended in the main hall.

because they had some children with autism,” Sharon says. “They put louvered doors up so they could get to the kids if they needed to.”

Pernilla’s Room, named after a friend the Isselhardts met while living in Sweden for a year in the early 1990s, is fitted with authentic Swedish antique furniture and a mid-century cabinet repurposed as a bathroom vanity. “We added some nice bathroom touches in each room, like vessel sinks and unique faucet parts,” Butch

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The Flying Frog Bed & Breakfast European-themed decor with four guest rooms, each with a bathroom, flat-screen television and Wi-Fi. Evening dessert dishes and breakfast offered daily.

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LOCATION: 396

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(317) 697-3212, theflyingfrogbedandbreakfast.com

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says. “The faucet in the Giovanni Room cost more than the tub itself.”

To approximate the look of worn, plastered bedroom walls for the Tuscan-inspired Giovanni Room, Sharon stripped off multiple layers of wallpaper from previous building owners and left various edges, cracks and holes exposed. She then added several coats of golden-orange paint and finished with a coat of polyurethane. “It was the most fun room to do, but it was hard work,” she says, adding that the room’s king-sized canopy bed is a guest favorite.

“French and Italian is definitely a style we like, and people always say the place looks very European even though a lot of the pieces and décor are purchases from local places,” Sharon says. “We just have an eye for European-inspired pieces and go to a lot of local auctions and vintage market type places.” The 1940s Paris Room, adorned with red walls, a wroughtiron king bed and black-and-white movie photos, is popular for birthdays, wedding nights, anniversaries and girls getaways.

In the upstairs common room, guests can enjoy after-dinner coffee, tea, soft drinks and desserts prepared fresh daily

by Sharon, and can peruse a large collection of old black-and-white photos of the Isselhardt family hung along the upstairs hallway en route.

“When it’s nice out, we typically have breakfasts out on the front porch, which guests really like,” Sharon says. “When we have meals inside, the kitchen table opens up for when we have a lot of people in here. One of our favorite things is standing in the kitchen after we’ve served, and

guests will sometimes sit there for over an hour after breakfast laughing, talking and trading emails.”

A self-proclaimed foodie, Cardwell-Noakes says she acquired a few recipe ideas from Sharon during her two-evening stay in Pernilla’s Room. “They left us a couple of desserts on our nightstand for when we got home from dinner,” she says.

“The following day we were the only guests, and we helped Sharon carry the breakfast out to the veranda. We had to remind ourselves that we were paying guests and not old family friends. I don’t think I’ve ever had a three-course breakfast before, and we certainly didn’t need lunch afterwards!”

Directly across from The Flying Frog’s kitchen and ground floor common room are Sharon and Butch’s living quarters, complete with a living room, office, bedroom, bathroom and a laundry station, where Sharon says one of the most exhausting innkeeping duties occurs on a daily basis.

“The mountains and mountains of laundry are hard to stay ahead of,” she says. “The sheets, towels, the cloth napkins — it never really ends.”

Both Illinois natives, the Isselhardts were married in 1992 and spent their first year of marriage in Sweden after Butch’s engineering job with Rolls-Royce, where he still works after more than 40 years with the company, led to a temporary relocation.

Not long after purchasing the house in 2011, Sharon realized running a bedand-breakfast would require her fulltime energies and quit her job at RE/ MAX in Greenwood where she spent 16 years as a real estate agent. “We had the thought of doing a bed-and-breakfast about 18 years ago, and it was always kind of in the back of our minds,” Butch recalls. “We just couldn’t find a place in Franklin until now that we liked and that was big enough without being too big. We didn’t want to rush it.”

The couple also stay busy these days spending time with their five children and 10 grandchildren and enjoy hosting the grandkids, ranging from 2 to 18 years old, when time permits. “Some of the youngest grandkids’ favorite spots are the Paris Room, which they call the ballroom because they like to dance under the chandelier, and they love playing on the main level porch and having books read to them on the wicker porch swing,” Sharon says.

Butch adds that constantly meeting new people from all over the U.S., and occasionally from other countries, makes the upkeep that comes with running a bed-and-breakfast worthwhile. “It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be,” he says. “There’s always something to do, and when people check out it can be a little stressful when you only have so many hours before the next people come. We still have some work to do, but we love it, and we’ve got it a long way toward where we want it to be.”

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W WHEN DESCRIBING where relatives live, Rowana Umbarger points.

“My sister lives over there, and my niece is building a home just on the other side of her,” she says. Rowana and her husband, Maj. Gen. R. Martin “Marty” Umbarger, continue to list the nearby locations of various relatives (brother, son, daughters).

They can look out the window and see the farm Rowana grew up on, where her parents still live.

“All of our family live close by,” Rowana says. “Our family is kind of an anomaly because no one moved away.”

The Umbargers have deep roots in the Bargersville community. Marty, a twostar general with 45 years in the military, currently serves as adjutant general of Indiana. He plans to retire in May, after having served in the position since 2004.

He is also the president and co-owner of Umbarger Show Feeds with his son, Jackson. The company, a fourth-generation family business that started in 1939 under Marty’s grandfather, Roy Umbarger, weathered the agricultural crisis of the 1980s by moving away from general agriculture to focus on feed for high-end and show animals.

Rowana also has farming roots; her family has owned land in the area since 1831. She now serves as the office manager and accountant for the feed business, and she is finishing her fourth year on the Bargersville Town Council.

The Umbargers are not quite childhood sweethearts, though they have known each other for most of their lives. “Our parents were best friends,” says Marty.

“We’ve known each other through all the years, but we’re six years apart.” He attended school with Rowana’s brother, Reggie. During those early years, to Marty, Rowana was just a kid.

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The two reconnected in 1981 when Rowana stopped by his family’s feed store. When Marty saw her again that day — by this time, he was in his 30s and Rowana was in her late 20s — he saw her differently. She was “grown up,” he says.

“So a few months or so after that, we kind of started dating.”

“About a year and a half (later),” Rowana corrects Marty, with a laugh. “He doesn’t rush into too many things.”

“I still don’t know today why it struck me,” he says, “(but) I just got her number and called her. And we went out, and then we dated for like a year and a half, and we’ve been married 31 years.”

Rowana is now 61; Marty is 67 — the age difference now not a problem. They have three children, all from previous marriages: Marty’s son, Jackson Umbarger, and Rowana’s two daughters, Trista Gordon and Erica Garrity.

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adjutant general of Indiana, Marty exhales a disbelieving breath and answers.

“No.” He had been a citizen soldier since 1969, an active member of the Indiana National Guard who served his country on a parttime basis while also holding down a fulltime job working for his family’s business.

After Sept. 11, 2001, Marty was called to serve as deputy commanding general (Reserve Component), United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia. It was during that time that he was promoted from brigadier general to major general.

In early 2004, he got a call from then Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, who asked him to become adjutant general of Indiana.

Adjutant generals serve over their state’s National Guard.

Marty says he refused the post at first, because he felt it would draw him away from his business, but Rowana, as well as Marty’s brother Tom, talked him into it.

“Rowana said, ‘It’s meant to be; you

Above, Umbarger stands in his office at Stout Army Air Field.

should do this,’” he recalls. “And we thought about it, prayed over it and just decided. … Rowana and I went, and we met with Governor Kernan, and we said we’d be willing to do it.”

Since, Umbarger has served two additional governors, to his own surprise.

“Governor Kernan was defeated (in 2004), so I figured I would be retired, because I didn’t know Governor-elect (Mitch) Daniels,” he explains. “I got a phone call right before Thanksgiving, shortly after he took office. So I went down and talked with him for about an hour and a half. And about three days later he asked me to be his adjutant general.

I had the honor of working for him for eight years — great guy to work for, very brilliant man.”

Marty now works for Gov. Mike Pence, who also asked him to remain in his position.

Rowana says her husband’s leadership style explains a lot about why three different governors have asked him to serve. “I think it’s his integrity,” she says. “I think

A print of the Armed Forces race cars signed by the drivers hangs in the Umbargers’ home.

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Over the years, Umbarger has received many gifts from dignitaries around the world.

it’s his ability to bring people together.

He’s a consensus builder; he’s very inclusive and very easy to work with.”

Rowana, too, has participated in the Indiana political arena, though in a more local capacity. She was Bargersville’s Town Council president for three years, and she remains a general member of the council now.

Her political involvement began back in 2008 when Greenwood and White River Township were looking at reorganizing so that the previously unincorporated area of the county where she and Marty live could become part of the town of Greenwood.

“We’re less than a mile from Bargersville, and it’s almost 10 miles to Greenwood,” she says. “We were perfectly happy being unincorporated White River Township, but when they started that reorganization process, there were several of us that got together and tried to decide what can we do? We looked at annexing ourselves to Bargersville.

That’s what we did.”

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“I want to be a part of seeing the community grow and sustain itself.

I want to be part of how that change evolves. I want it to be the right kind of change for the community.”

—ROWANA UMBARGER

she was eligible to do once they became part of the town. At first she said no.

“That was the last thing I wanted: political office,” she explains. But eventually Rowana had a change of heart. She now enjoys her position.

“I want to be a part of seeing the community grow and sustain itself,” she explains. “I want to be part of how that change evolves. I want it to be the right kind of change for the community.”

Rowana is excited about a downtown planning grant the town recently received from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.

“The initial grant is for the consultant to come in and help us decide the planning of our downtown,” she explains. “Before you can apply for a lot of other grant money out there, you have to have a plan in place, so that’s the first step. From that, we can apply for grant money for facades or for lighting or for other things.”

She hopes to see the project through, which was one reason she ran for Town Council again this past November.

“I’ll stay four more years, and after that, time will tell,” she says. “We’ll see where

Through the family business and public service, the Umbargers are vested in the community of Bargersville.

we are in our life. I think we’ll both remain involved with the community. And we would like to travel.”

RJ McConnell, a partner with Bose McKinney & Evans in downtown Indianapolis, has known the Umbargers for about 10 years, getting to know them better when he began serving on the board for Johnson Memorial Hospital, on which Marty also serves. “Marty is a humble public servant with a keen business sense,” McConnell says. “He has been someone who’s been an absolute pleasure to get to know. He’s someone who shared his sage advice whether it was for the military, for the hospital or his family’s local business in Bargersville. He always seemed to bring the same demeanor and common sense.”

Because McConnell and his wife, Karla, live on a farm outside Franklin, they share an interest with the Umbargers in the small towns that lie south of Indianapolis, and they frequently spend time with them in a social realm.

“They’re clearly wonderful ambassadors for the town of Bargersville,” McConnell says. “They’re very delightful people to be around.”

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Mary McConnell & Alexander Bloom Aug. 2, 2014 Wedding and reception: McConnell residence in Franklin

Alex and Mary met in February 2011, shortly after Mary had moved to Minneapolis to begin her first post-college job. Alex had also recently moved to the city, so the pair shared many new experiences there together.

Alex grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, but his family hails from Chicago.

It’s the city where his parents first met and became engaged. Each Christmas, his family returns to Chicago to be together. Alex and Mary went out in Chicago alone one evening to exchange gifts and celebrate the holidays. It was then that Alex proposed to Mary.

The ceremony and reception were held at the Franklin home of Mary’s parents, RJ and Karla McConnell.

“The ceremony actually took place under a tree that my dad planted the spring I was born,” Mary says. For their honeymoon, the couple spent 10 days in Hawaii. “Our adventures included biking down a volcano the morning that Hurricane Irene was supposed to hit.”

Photography by Eli Kean

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Krystan Schwomeyer and Matthew Steinkamp Sept. 27, 2014 Wedding and reception: Valle Vista Golf Club

Though they had known each other nearly all their lives (both had the same baby sitter as young children), it wasn’t until 2009, when Krystan Schwomeyer was a freshman in college, that she and Matthew Steinkamp reconnected and became friends through Facebook. Soon after, they began dating.

In 2012, Krystan returned home from work and discovered a gift awaiting her. “I came in and found a bouquet of my favorite lilies and a photo album leaning against the vase,” she recalls.

“The album was full of a collection of photos spanning from the time we began dating up to our most current ones,” she says. “As I reached the last couple of pages, he had created two inserts that went next to one another saying, ‘Will you marry me?’ As I looked up, I found him down on one knee with the ring in his hand.”

The couple were married at Valle Vista Golf Club in Greenwood, where the reception was also held. They honeymooned by taking a seven-day Caribbean cruise.

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Lindsay McClure and Michael Petronie Oct. 11, 2014 Wedding and reception: Crane Bay Event Center

Lindsay McClure was hanging out with friends in 2007 when she met Michael Petronie for the first time. “A group of friends and I were having a few drinks and talking about scary movies,” she recalls. “The new ‘Halloween’ movie was out, and none of my friends said they would go because they didn’t like scary movies. Michael, who was sitting near me, said that he would go with me to see it.”

Michael followed through on his offer, and the two began seriously dating soon after. By 2013, he was ready to propose, and though they had talked about someday looking at rings, the actual proposal came as a surprise. When Michael dropped to one knee, she recalls, “I honestly thought he was tying his shoe until it hit me that he was proposing.”

The wedding and reception were held at the Crane Bay Event Center in downtown Indianapolis. “My father passed away when I was 12,” Lindsay says. “My mother gave me a ring of his that he used to wear. I had them put that in my bouquet so there was a sense of my father walking me down the aisle along with my mother.”

The newlyweds honeymooned in St. Lucia.

Photography by Marty Moran of Bello Romance Photography

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South magazine’s Ladies Night Out Oct. 4 Hilton Garden Inn

1. Models from Edinburgh Premium Outlets representing Banana Republic, DKNY, J. Crew, Jos. A Bank, Tommy Hilfiger and White House Black Market 2. Martha Longfellow and Hamid Siadat from the Hilton Garden Inn 3. Stephanie Hadley and Nathan Elrod from Edinburgh Premium Outlets

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Franklin Fall Festival Oct. 4 Downtown Franklin

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4. Daniel Wicker and his dachshund, Copper.

5. Girl Scouts with Troop 2412 participate in the parade.

6. Lilly outpaces her competition to finish first in her heat at the Dachshund Derby.

7. Santa Claus waves to parade spectators.

8. Members of the band Bronco, from left, Mike Yates, Sally Yates and Chris Jacobs.

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12. Brooke Loy waits on Jefferson Street to collect candy.

13. Olivia Langdon, 8, takes a bite of pepperoni pizza from Brozinni Pizzeria.

14. Debbie Hamilton is the winner of the Franklin Fall Festival baking contest.

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designer in Indianapolis, has painted for the last four decades in the Midwest. O’Malley has created dimensional works in fine art, culinary art, interior design, architectural design, graphic design and event design. Time: 6 p.m.

Cost: Free; no ticket required. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org

Dec. 13

Have Breakfast with Santa in Franklin. Each child receives a picture with Santa. Time: 9 to 11 a.m. Information: franklinparks.org.

Visit with Santa | Dec. 13 and 20.

Ongoing Through Dec. 23

The Yuletide Celebration features renowned soprano Angela Brown and Broadway star Ben Crawford as co-hosts this year. ISO artistsin-residence, Time for Three, music director Jack Everly, a cast of Broadway’s best singers and dancers, and the beloved Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra also take the stage. The cast will pay tribute to “Frozen,” the Yuletide Jukebox returns featuring a medley of pop holiday tunes as well as Yuletide traditions, including “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and the tap-dancing Santas. Times vary.

Tickets: $34 to $76. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Through Jan. 4

Surround yourself with the magic and beauty of the holiday season as the Indianapolis Zoo hosts its 47th year of Christmas at the Zoo. Location: Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 630-2001 or indianapoliszoo.com.

Visit with Santa at the Johnson County Museum of History. See the holiday displays, vote on your favorite Dec-A-Tree entry and make a craft. Time: Noon to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free. Location: 135 N. Main St., Franklin.

Information: johnsoncountymuseum.org.

Through Jan. 19

Head West without ever leaving the state during “Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure.”

Enter a locomotive wonderland — a network of trestles, bridges and tunnels with chugging trains and detailed replicas of national treasures, all made of natural materials like twigs, moss and nuts and wrapped in holiday trimming. Cost: Admission to the museum.

Location: Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: eiteljorg.org.

December Dec. 12 and 13

Join contemporary art curators Jennifer Complo-McNutt and Ashley Holland for an introduction to the art of linoleum block printmaking, an easy and fun form of relief printing, during a Linocut Workshop. They will guide you through the process of creating a linoleum block print from sketching a design, to carving the block, to inking and finally pulling a one-of-a-kind print. Location: Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: eiteljorg.org.

Brian Regan performs. Time: 7 p.m.

Tickets: $37.50. Location: Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis.

Information: livenation.com.

“Rejoice,” Butler University’s annual tradition, is an evening of holiday music performed by the music ensembles of the Jordan College of the Arts. Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cost: Free; ticket required. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

Get in the holiday spirit during the Santa Hustle 5K/Half Marathon. Every participant will receive a free Santa hat, beard and customized Santa shirt to wear while running. Time: 9 a.m. Cost: $35 for 5K; $60 for marathon. Location: White River State Park.

Information: santahustle.com/indianapolis.

Check out the Phil O’Malley Gallery Tour.

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events dimensional art form of the rock opera. This year’s production features the debut of “The Christmas Attic.” Time: 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $44.95 to $84.45. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.

Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Dec. 16-21

“Elf the Musical” tells the tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. Times vary. Location: Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis. Information: livenation.com.

Dec. 20

Visit with Santa at the Johnson County Museum of History. See the holiday displays, vote on your favorite Dec-A-Tree entry and make a craft. Time: Noon to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free. Location: 135 N. Main St., Franklin.

Information: johnsoncountymuseum.org.

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The Crossroads Classic returns to Bankers Life Fieldhouse bringing together the four moststoried college basketball programs in Indiana.

Indiana University takes on Butler University at 2:30 p.m., and Purdue University battles Notre Dame at 5:15 p.m. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.

Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

January Jan. 16-17

For 5,000 years divine culture flourished in China. Through music and dance, Shen Yun re-creates it. A Shen Yun performance features classically trained dancers, a unique orchestra blending East and West, costumes and animated backdrops. Time: 7:30 p.m.

Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets: $60 to $120. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

At the Artcraft Theatre Dec. 12-14: “It’s a Wonderful Life” Dec. 19-21: “Christmas Vacation” Jan. 9 and 10: “Viva Las Vegas” Jan. 23 and 24: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Feb. 13 and 14: “My Fair Lady” Feb. 27 and 28: “Lawrence of Arabia” Classic movies are shown on the big screen at the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin.

All movies start at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays unless otherwise indicated. Location: 57 N. Main St., Franklin. Information: (317) 736-6823 or www. historicartcrafttheatre.org.

Relive Simon and Garfunkel’s glory days in music with the ISO and guest artists A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle during “Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel.” Times: 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 16; 8 p.m. Jan. 17.

Tickets: $27 to $91. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Jan. 19

The iconic Harlem Globetrotters return to Indianapolis with their family show, featuring some of the greatest athletes. With ball-handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks and trick shows, this event is guaranteed to entertain the whole family. Time: 2 p.m.

Tickets: $23 to $114. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.

Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Jan. 21

Absorb the beauty of classical Indian dance as David Hochoy, artistic director of Dance Kaleidoscope, chats with Anindita Sen and local experts about the art form. Time: 8 p.m.

Cost: Free, but ticket required. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

Jan. 21-25

Discover endless riches when Disney on Ice presents “Treasure Trove” featuring favorite princesses. Times vary. Tickets: $11 to $73. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.

Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Times: 11 a.m. Jan. 29; 8 p.m. Jan. 30; 5:30 p.m. Jan. 31. Tickets: $15 to $81. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Jan. 30-Feb. 8

“Cold Storage,” a play about life and learning, is an intimate masterpiece and dark comedy that examines health care and end-of-life issues at a cancer hospital. Times vary. Tickets: $16 adults; $14 children and senior citizens. Location: Buck Creek Playhouse, 11150 Southeastern Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 862-2270 or buckcreekplayers.com.

Jan. 31

Ragamala Dance freely moves between composition and improvisation, music and dance.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 to $40. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

February Feb. 6 & 7

Music Director Krzysztof Urbanski conducts the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad.”

Times: 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 to $81. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Feb. 7

Rimsky-Korsakov’s imaginative, musical depiction of the classic tale, “The Arabian Nights,” comes to life with his epic work, “Scheherazade.” Time: 8 p.m. Jan. 23 and Jan. 24; 3 p.m. Jan. 25. Tickets: $15 to $81. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Enjoy this annual evening of contemporary, traditional and sacred gospel music. It includes performances by national gospel artists, Butler’s Voices of Deliverance Gospel Choir, as well as Midwestern church and university choirs, joining in celebration of this historic musical genre that has made a profound impact on the fabric of American culture and society. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

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Jan. 23-25

Bring your American Girl doll and enjoy storytelling and activities inspired by Kaya during American Girl Kaya Day. Play games, create art and enter a chance to win your own Kaya, American Girl doll. All activities are free with general admission. Location: Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: eiteljorg.org.

Jan 29-31

Han-Na Chang makes her debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducting

Poet Maurice Manning was born and raised in Kentucky and often writes about the land and culture of his home. Time: 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free; ticket not required. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

Feb. 13

The Marcus Roberts Trio featuring Marcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis and Rodney Jordan is known for its style that is rhythmic, melodic and filled with dynamic contrast. Time: 8 p.m.

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Tickets: $25 to $35. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

Feb. 13-15

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your special someone with the timeless classic “Casablanca.”

As the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs the film’s score, led by Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly, the film plays on the big screen above the stage. Times: 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 13; 8 p.m. Feb. 14; 3 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets: $15 to $91. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Feb. 18-19

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle Favorites” is back by popular demand. The puppet adaptation features black-light technology to capture the charm and visual style of three favorite books

by Carle. Time: 10 a.m. and noon Feb. 18; 10 a.m. Feb. 19. Cost: $15. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

Feb. 18

Engage with David Allee, jazz artist and owner of Indy’s Jazz Kitchen, in a conversation about the evolution of jazz and its many facets during “Jazz Appreciation 101.” Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free; but ticket required. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

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Feb. 20-21

Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss were two of the most significant 20th century composers. Hear Ravel’s festive take on Spanish melodies in his “Rapsodie Espagnole” plus a collection of Strauss’ lyrics by soprano and Indiana University graduate, Twyla Robinson. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 to $81.

Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis. Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Feb. 21

Enjoy a night out for sons ages 3 to 12 and their moms at Hi-Way Lanes in Franklin. Cost includes two hours of unlimited bowling, shoe rental, pizza, soft drinks and party favor. Time: 7 to 9 p.m. Cost: $25 for Franklin city residents and $27 for non-residents. Information: franklinparks.org.

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Daddy/Daughter Dance is for girls ages 3 to 12 and their daddies. Cost includes dancing, appetizers, sweets, photo opportunities, event CD and party favor. Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $35 for Franklin city residents and $37 for nonresidents. Information: franklinparks.org.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, Modupe Labode will provide a historical overview of the progression of emancipation with details on the Indiana experience during “Moving Toward Freedom: The Process of Black Emancipation.” Fay Williams will relay personal stories about her family’s experience in Galveston, Texas, in 1865.

Location: Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: eiteljorg.org.

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Feb. 26

Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” is part of the 317 Series, bringing the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s concerts and programs to communities and schools surrounding Indianapolis. The concert also features Gershwin’s Concerto in F and John Adams’ upbeat composition “Lollapalooza.” Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Location: Mount Pleasant Christian Church, 381 N. Bluff Road, Greenwood.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Feb. 26-28

Jeffrey Kahane will conduct the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and play piano in concerts featuring Gershwin’s Concert in F and Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.” Time: 11 a.m. Feb. 26; 8 p.m. Feb. 27; 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28. Tickets: $15 to $81. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

Feb. 27

“Raisin’ Cane: A Harlem Renaissance Odyssey” starring Jasmine Guy and the Avery Sharpe Trio celebrates and honors the legendary voices of the Harlem Renaissance, such as Langston Hughes and W.E.B. DuBois, through text, song, music, movement and imagery.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $35. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org.

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Feb. 28

The Maroon 5 World Tour stops in Indianapolis. Time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $27.50 to $123. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis.

Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

March March 6-8

Enjoy an evening with Megan Hilty. From her leading roles in NBC’s “Smash” and Broadway’s “Wicked” and “9 to 5: The Musical,” she is a rising star in the entertainment world.

She will perform songs from her album, Broadway favorites and contemporary hits with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Times: 8 p.m. March 6 and 7:30 p.m. March 8. Tickets: $15 to $91. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

Information: indianapolissymphony.org.

March 14

Mark your calendars for the Elegant Vintages International Wine Auction. All proceeds from this evening help fund the care and feeding of more than 2,100 animals and 16,000 plants in the collection at the Indianapolis Zoo. Last year’s event raised more than $286,000 to benefit animals and programs at the zoo.

Featuring selections of fine and rare wine from around the world, this elegant, black-tie optional event includes live and silent auctions.

Guests enjoy a multicourse dinner paired with wines and live entertainment. Information: (317) 630-2001 or indianapoliszoo.com.

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a look back

Oh, what fun Roy, Carolyn and Jane Sharp ride in a sleigh made

by William Samuel Sharp. Photo taken around 1930 in Whiteland.

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