SOUTH | Fall 2013

SOUTH Fall 2013

Indy’s southside magazine

John & Sandy

Ditmars Also inside:

Farmhouses, the southside art scene, sports rehab facilities and a champion for animals SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

1

contents Kennel manager Bethany Fulps holds newborn kittens at Johnson County Animal Control.

on the cover

Feature Stories

96

88 On the Rise

The southside art scene is looking up

96 Johnson County Animal Control Michael Delp is dog’s best friend

100 Farmhouses

We stop by two homes on Whiteland Road

John and Sandy Ditmars, page 80.

Photos by JOsh Marshall

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

5

contents Oaken Barrel’s Idaho Nachos

Departments

15

This & That

25

Southside news and views

21 In Style

Farmhouse chic

25 Taste

Food for game days

32 Authentic Indiana

Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc.

36 Worth the trip Mass Ave.

42 Home trends Indoor plants

48 Community Dr. Douglas Harty

56

& Fitness 70 Health Training Section 70 | Sports injury rehabilitation 76 | Specialty training for student athletes

Education Library classes

62 Travel Michigan

80 Profile The Ditmars

In Every Issue

8 Welcome 112 Our side of town 118 South weddings 6

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

123 130

Calendar of events A look back

21

welcome

T

Highs and Lows

The high temperature on the day that I write this Editor’s Note—in the middle of August—is expected to be a beautiful 87 degrees. This has been the most temperate summer that I can recall, and you’re going to need to remind me of just how wonderful this season was come December.

This incredible summer weather, you see, has me a little worried. (This is not surprising—I’m a worrier by trade.) With mild summers, I reason, come frighteningly cold winters, and there’s nothing worse than being cold, if you ask me.

The fall season, which should otherwise be considered an incredible time of year in Indiana, is always slightly tainted in my mind, because it warns of the coming winter. Sadly, I have a hard time enjoying the beautiful turning of the leaves, the many fall festivals, the pumpkin-flavored treats, the haunted houses and the hayrides because somewhere, in the back of my mind, I know what’s coming. The thought of it, even today, makes me shiver.

Still, together—and with a couple of extra layers of warm clothing—we will survive. This issue of SOUTH can help. For sustenance, might we suggest one of the recipes (p. 30) that celebrate the season’s bounty: squash. If you’re more inclined to head out for food, especially on game days, we also have fea-

tured a roundup of where to go for great game food (p. 25). Want to branch out from the southside?

Venture into downtown Indianapolis and take in the many restaurants, boutiques and galleries found on Massachusetts Avenue. We show you what you will find there on p. 36.

And if that’s not enough, I hope you enjoy one of my favorite stories of this issue: Scott Hall’s overview of the southside art scene (p. 88), which highlights the many great artists and organizations taking root here.

There’s so much to see and do and eat this season.

If you can, get out there, take it all in and enjoy this beautiful season. If nothing else, do it for me.

sdugger@indysouthmag.com

Keep up with SOUTH happenings on Facebook.

8

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

SOUTH Indy’s Southside Magazine

Fall 2013 | Vol. 9 | No. 2

Publisher Home News Enterprises Chuck Wells

Editorial Editor

Sherri Dugger Copy Editor

Katharine Smith

ACTUAL PATIENT

Contributing Writers

Alisa Advani Scott Hall Caroline Mosey Teresa Nicodemus Amy Norman Ashley Petry Ed Wenck

Art Senior Graphic artist

Margo Wininger

REFRESHED LOOK, RENEWED OUTLOOK.

contributing advertising Designer

Amanda Waltz

Discover how to turn back the hands of time by scheduling a consultation with one of Indianapolis Monthly’s Top Docs.

Contributing Photographers

Andrew Laker Josh Marshall Caitlin O’Hara Jamie Owens Joe Saba

Dr. Mark Hamilton, MD, FACS DOUBLE BOARD CERTIFIED FACIAL PLASTIC SURGEON

BEFORE

AFTER

Stock images provided by ©Thinkstock

Patient received a facelift, blepharoplasty and laser resurfacing.

Advertising Advertising Director

Christina Cosner ACCOUNT Executive

www.hamiltonfps.com | 317.859.3810 | 533 E. County Line Rd. Greenwood, IN 46143

10

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Miranda J. Stockdall

uniquely, unmistakably

McNamara

Proud Sponsor and Floral Provider of the Indianapolis Colts

floral arrangements | plants | gifts | home dĂŠcor

m namara florist c

your hometown florist since 1954

NEW STORES now open in Avon and Geist!

Also located in Carmel, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Glendale, Greenwood & Willow Lake West

northside 579.7900 | greenwood 881.8877 | w w w.mcnamaraflorist.com

SOUTH Indy’s Southside Magazine

reader services mailing address 2575 N. Morton St., Franklin, IN 46131

phone

(317) 736-7101

fax

(317) 736-2713

SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES subscribe@indysouthmag.com (800) 435-5601

advertising inquiries southmail@indysouthmag.com (317) 736-2769

story ideas

info@indysouthmag.com (317) 736-2732

web site

www.indysouthmag.com

Single copy sales

Copies of South magazine are available at southside Kroger, Marsh and Barnes and Noble locations.

Subscriptions

To subscribe to SOUTH magazine, please send $12 for 4 issues, or $24 for 8 issues to the mailing address above. Call (800) 435-5601 to subscribe by phone or place your subscription request online at indysouthmag.com.

Address Change

Please send any address changes to the address or e-mail address listed above.

Back issues

To order back issues of SOUTH magazine, please send $5 per issue (includes S&H) to the mailing address above or call (800) 435-5601 to order by phone. Š2013 by Home News Enterprises All rights reserved. Reproduction of stories, photographs and advertisements without permission is prohibited.

12

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Compiled by Ashley Petry

this & that

Survivors walk the runway during the Breast Cancer Survivor Fashion Show and Luncheon

The Power of Pink Several southside breast cancer survivors will model fashions from The Secret Ingredient at this year’s 19th annual “Stars of Pink” Breast Cancer Survivor Fashion Show and Luncheon.

The event, to be held on Oct. 5, benefits Pink Ribbon Connection, an organization that provides free information and resources to Central Indiana residents touched by breast cancer.

Approximately 800 guests attend each year, says Dori SparksUnsworth, executive director for Pink Ribbon Connection, but she expects approximately 1,000 this year. “The annual fashion show is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Pink Ribbon Connection,” she says. “The survivor models are simply glowing as they walk the runway, while their personal stories are being told. It is an event full of hope, inspiration and celebration.”

What: “Stars of Pink” Fashion Show and Luncheon When: Oct. 5, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Where: Indianapolis Downtown Marriott,

350 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, (317) 822-3500 Tickets: $75 Info: pinkribbonconnection.org SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

15

this & that

Girls night Q&A

Cory Carpenter Chairwoman, American Girl Fashion Show Center Grove resident Cory Carpenter is coordinating a unique fundraiser this fall — an American Girl fashion show benefiting the Cheer Guild of Riley Hospital for Children.

About 150 participants (and their dolls, of course) will model clothing representing the historical time periods of each doll, as well as contemporary fashions. We recently caught up with Carpenter to get the details.

What can people expect from the American Girl Fashion Show?

In addition to the fashion show itself, we’re going to have historical doll-themed food, as well as craft stations, a doll hair salon, a raffle, an American Girl marketplace, a silent auction and a photo booth. It’s a great way to raise money and celebrate being an American Girl.

Why did you decide to get involved?

About three years ago I lost several significant family members in the matter of about a year and a half, and this is a way to pay homage to them. One in particular was an aunt I lost to cancer who was 46 at the time. I If You Go » also wanted to show my What: The American Girl Fashion Show daughter how important benefiting the Cheer Guild of Riley Hospital for Children it is to give back to the community.

When: 1 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9 and 1 p.m. Nov. 10 Where: The Arabian Room, Above: Cory Carpenter Murat Shrine Temple, 510 N. New Jersey St., with husband, Forrest, and daughter, Zoë.

Indianapolis Cost: $25 Contact: (317) 435-2402, www.americangirlfsindy.org

Do you have a personal connection to Riley Hospital?

My daughter had to go to Riley for physical therapy when she was a baby. When she was there, they gave her gifts, and that was through the Cheer Guild. There was one special toy she really liked, a little flower that lit up when she pressed the buttons. She played with that all the time.

Why did you choose to support the Cheer Guild specifically?

I like that it affects children directly, and it’s sort of the underdog at Riley. Millions are donated to the Riley Children’s Foundation, but the Cheer Guild works on a very limited budget, and I felt I could make a difference that would impact children directly. I hope many of the children who have been touched by the Cheer Guild are able to participate or watch the show.

Knots for Hope founder, Bethany Smith.

» Retail Therapy Through September, Greenwood-based Scarves.net is offering a feel-good deal. With every scarf purchase you make, you can send an additional scarf to a cancer patient at Riley Hospital for Children.

The donation amount is just $3.25 per scarf — about 20 percent of the usual $16.95 retail price for the style being donated. The donation drive is part of Knots for Hope, a program that aims to help cancer patients feel strong and beautiful. www.scarves.net

16

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Southside women are invited for a night of pampering at the fifth annual Ladies’ Night Out, an event hosted by South magazine. Transformations Salon and Spa from Greenwood will be doing guests’ hair and makeup, and several local vendors, including Ray Skillman and Southside Harley, will be on hand. Fred Astaire Dance Studio will provide the entertainment.

Prizes including a designer purse, a $100 gift card to Von Maur’s Shoe Closet, a SkinMedica Facial Product Basket and much more will be raffled throughout the evening.

Ladies Proceeds are Night Out » to be donated When to local breast Oct. 4 cancer awareness 6 to 9 p.m. programs.

Where From 9 p.m.

Hilton Garden to midnight., Inn, 5255 Noggle Way, women can Indianapolis, take shuttles (317) 888-4814 provided by Aadvanced Limousines from the event at the Hilton Garden Inn to Fireside Grill, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse and Shallo’s Antique Restaurant & Brewhaus in Greenwood.

this & that Richard’s Kitchen and Market

The To-Go

Gourmet

After years of serving sit-down dinners, chef Richard Goss — the owner of Richard’s Kitchen and Market in downtown Franklin — has switched gears. “I’ve got a 10-year-old son that I’m interested in spending more time with, and the restaurant was just taking up all my time,” Goss said. Instead, he converted his restaurant into a gourmet market, specializing in fresh fish, hand-cut steaks, fine cheeses, imported olive oils and other hard-to-find gourmet goodies. Check out the grab-andgo sandwiches and salads, the gluten-free grocery items and the wide array of inexpensive wines.

And watch the calendar for special cooking and dining events, such as the recent paella dinner. 229 S. Main St., Franklin; (317) 738-5451; www.richardskitchen.com

Beauty Secrets

Greenwood is now home to Salon Lofts, a growing chain of sleek beauty salons known for its innovative suite of technology tools — including easy online appointment scheduling.

The Greenwood location has more than a dozen hair and nail specialists, and additional loft spaces are still available for lease. The chain already has locations in Carmel, Westfield and the Fashion Mall at Keystone, and a Fishers location is scheduled to open early next year. 740 Fry Road, Greenwood; www.salonlofts.com

Here She Is,

Miss Hoosier High Last year, Greenwood resident Carrie Owens claimed the title of Mrs. Indiana United States. This year, the newly minted beauty queen is channeling those experiences into a new venture, White River Pageant Productions, which will organize annual Miss Hoosier High pageants for girls and young women. Unlike other pageants, Miss Hoosier High won’t have a beauty score or a swimsuit competition, and younger girls won’t be allowed to wear makeup or

elaborate hairstyles. Instead, judges will look for contestants who are personable, confident and poised. “Whether you win or not, you gain confidence from being on stage and learning how to speak in front of others,” Owens said. “I want these girls to get out of their comfort zones.” Rather than awarding bonus prizes for Miss Congeniality or Miss Photogenic, the pageant will reward participants for academic achievement and community service.

www.whiteriverpageantproductions.com SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

17

this & that

Book Nook

Provided by Greenwood Public Library

“The Humans”

by Matt Haig One of the world’s greatest mathematicians, professor Andrew Martin, cracks a hypothesis that could open a gateway for humanity to gain limitless knowledge, but there are other creatures in the universe who decide to take steps against this advancement. One of these other life forms assumes the guise of the professor and slips into his life with the intention of eliminating anyone who might know about the breakthrough.

Once human, however, the impostor begins to think he has made a terrible mistake. This book was instantly engrossing. The idea of an alien body snatcher has been reimagined in a presentation that is fresh, funny and insightful. The writing is often tonguein-cheek, yet candidly examines what it means to be human.

Reviewed by Becky Preston, Greenwood Public Library teen services librarian

“Astray”

by Emma Donoghue Emma Donoghue has a unique way of writing that pulls the reader into her stories. This was especially true in her coming-of-age novel, “Room,” in which she wrote from the viewpoint of a young boy.

In her new short story collection, “Astray,” Donoghue explores ways in which people have gone astray, either by crossing oceans or abandoning morals. Her collection was a joy to read. Each tale is set in a different location and time. With characters such as the Yukon gold miners to the Massachusetts Puritans, each story highlights a moment of history.

After each story, Donoghue writes a few paragraphs outlining the sources she used and what parts of the story were fabrications. I loved being able to read about the truth behind each story.

In a way, “Astray” is really more of an entertaining nonfiction title. Historical fiction fans will certainly want to check out this one.

Reviewed by Valerie Moore, Greenwood Public Library reference librarian

“The Death of Bees”

by Lisa O’Donnell “The Death of Bees,” Lisa O’Donnell’s debut novel, is at times an extremely unsettling tale about two sisters in Glasgow who are trying to go undetected after the death of their parents. The prologue clarifies that the parents’ deaths and the girls’ lives are not what we’d expect.

Marnie, the older sister, is a swearing, smoking and risky teen who quickly decides no one can know about their parents’ deaths. If found out, she fears she would be split up from her slightly off, but extremely bright younger sister, Nelly. The girls have lived hard lives and are used to taking care of themselves.

Their elderly neighbor, Lennie, who has a few ghosts in his own closet, begins to care for the sisters in a way they have never known.

This new little family unit, however, is threatened when a couple of unsavory characters from their parents’ past threaten to expose Nelly and Marnie’s secret. Will their secret stay safe or will they be torn from the only adult who has really shown them proper love and care?

Reviewed by Sara O’Sha, Greenwood Public Library reference librarian

18

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

in style

Country Club Primitive, rustic, French country, shabby chic, farmhouse … call it what you will, but home décor trends have gone country.

Here, some of today’s popular finds.

Set of Three Birds, Teal, Green and Yellow, $159, D. Ray Décor, 1799 Michele Lane, Greenwood, (317) 300-1000, www.draydecorhome.com

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

21

in style

1

2

3

4

1

2

The Old Farmhouse Print by Billy Jacob, $19.99, Take Root Country Store, 202 N. Madison Ave., Suite A, Greenwood, (317) 882-0497

22

SOU T H

|

Black Lantern, $69.99, Take Root Country Store, 202 N. Madison Ave., Suite A, Greenwood, (317) 882-0497

indysouthmag .com

3 Pint White Reproduction Jars, $5.99 each, Take Root Country Store, 202 N. Madison Ave., Suite A, Greenwood, (317) 882-0497

4 Decorative Bird Box, $24.99, D. Ray DĂŠcor, 1799 Michele Lane, Greenwood, (317) 300-1000, www.draydecorhome.com

in style 6

5

7

8

5 Set of Four Framed Pictures, Passion Brand, Just Peachy, Blue Bird, Good Times, $79 each; $316 for the set, D. Ray Décor, 1799 Michele Lane, Greenwood, (317) 300-1000, www.draydecorhome.com

photography by andrew laker

6 Black Teapot, $15.50, Honey Creek Cottage Country Home Décor & More, 75 N. State Road 135, Suite A, Greenwood, (317) 851-8137, www.shophoneycreek.com

7 Ball Jar with Candle, $19.99, Take Root Country Store, 202 N. Madison Ave., Suite A, Greenwood, (317) 882-0497

8 White Distressed Serving Tray, Strawberry Guava Fruit Artwork, $189, D. Ray Décor, 1799 Michele Lane, Greenwood, (317) 300-1000, www.draydecorhome.com

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

23

groceries laundry soccer practice dinner

Jill is one BUSY mom!

Her to-do list is NEVER ending.

INJURIES HAPPEN. Know where to go for bone, joint, spine and muscle injuries.

OrthoIndy Walk-In Clinic South

She doesn’t have TIME for...

the UNEXPECTED!

1260 Innovation Pkwy.

Suite 100 Greenwood, IN 46143 (317) 884-5200

Arlington Ave.

Southport Rd.

Stop 11 Rd.

Main St.

But when injuries happen, she KNOWS where to go.

OrthoIndy Walk-In Clinic.

For more information, please visit OrthoIndy.com/WalkIn.

Graham Rd.

County Line Rd. Innovation Pkwy.

Hours

Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.* Saturday: 9 a.m. to Noon * The WIC is closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

By Caroline MOsey // Photography by Josh marshall

taste

Covering the Spread Another Indiana autumn is upon us, and that means any given Sunday (or Monday or Thursday for that matter) is game time.

The southside has plenty of indulgent dishes to keep you satisfied as you cheer your team to victory. Here, we kick off our list of winning game-time grub.

Pulled BBQ Chicken Jockamo Pizza

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

25

taste

Idaho Nachos

Oaken Barrel

26

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Oaken Barrel has undoubtedly—although mistakenly—created the Cadillac of nachos. Swapping corn chips for crispy waffle fries as a base, the spuds are topped with tomatoes, black olives, onions, jalapenos, sour cream, salsa and, of course, lots of cheddar cheese. “It was a late-night concoction 19 years ago,” says Kwang Casey, owner. “The fire chief was hungry, so I went into the kitchen to make nachos but couldn’t find the chips. So I made them on waffle fries, and it was a big hit among the late night crowd.”

When they decided to keep the new concoction on the menu, “we were trying to come up with a name, and someone yelled, ‘Idaho nachos!’ It’s been a best-seller since.” 50 N. Airport Parkway, Suite L, Greenwood, (317) 887-2287, www.oakenbarrel.com

taste

The Original Beefcake Burgers

Burger fanatics can get their fix at Greenwood’s Beefcake Burgers, where you’re free to load up to five beef patties between buns.

A refreshingly versatile list of free toppings ups the burger ante, and a wise selection can achieve the ultimate burger bliss. Owner Richard Payne likes to keep things classic when it comes to creating the ideal game-time burger. “I’d go with The Original,” he says.

“It comes with three patties.

Add on some grilled onions and mushrooms, and definitely a side of our onion rings.” 1642 S. Olive Branch Park, Greenwood, (317) 215-4192, www.beefcakeburgers.com

Pepperoni pizza Arni’s Few relationships run as deep and loyal as the one between pizza and the big game. And we get it—it’s a crowdpleaser you can eat with your hands, and it makes for decidedly delicious leftovers. The Arni’s crew has spent 40 years mastering the thin-crust creation. Despite a lengthy list of specialty pies and custom toppings, a triedand-true tradition still reigns supreme. “Our pepperoni pizza is the customer favorite,” says Kurt Cohen, owner. “We use ground pepperoni so you get more in every bite. It’s spicier and has more of a kick, too.” 1691 Curry Road, Greenwood, (317) 881-0500, www.meetyouatarnis.com

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

27

taste

Pulled BBQ Chicken Jockamo Pizza Sports and barbecue make for a nice marriage, especially when said barbecue is locally raised and smoked. For Jockamo Pizza owner Mick McGrath, it’s important to stay away from prepackaged flavors. “We use pulled smoked chicken from Smoking Goose (in downtown Indianapolis), and we use our own homemade sweet, tangy barbecue sauce,” he explains.

Piled high on a bun and served with sweet pickle relish and red onion (“and a wet-nap ’cause it can be messy!”), the pulled barbecue chicken sandwich is McGrath’s answer to game-time cravings. 401 Market Plaza, Greenwood, (317) 883-8993, www.jockamopizza.com

What about

the Wings?

No, we haven’t forgotten about this finger-lickin’ game companion. Below, a few versions you won’t want to miss.

BBQ Chicken Wings

10 count, $6.75

The Willard, 99 N. Main St., Franklin, (317) 738-9668

28

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Mo’ Fo’ Thai Peanut Boneless Wings

Teriyaki Jumbo Chicken Wings

Scotty’s Brewhouse, 1 Virginia Ave., Indianapolis, (317) 571-0808

Brozinni Pizzeria, 8810 S. Emerson Ave., Indianapolis, (317) 865-0911

6 count, $8.50

12 count, $9.99

taste

Loaded Polish Jack Happy Jack’s Hot Dogs This hot dog lunch cart is stationed in Greenwood, serving Happy Jack’s heavily loaded dogs and sausages throughout the year. The Loaded Polish Jack is an entire quarter pound of locally sourced Indiana beef and pork on a steamed bun. The sausage gets topped with mustard, ketchup, chopped sweet onion, spicy Southernstyle chili sauce and shredded cheese. “It’s different from anything you’ve ever tasted,” says Jack Meeks, Happy Jack’s owner. “It’s enhanced by the Blue Ridge Mountain flavors of old family recipes, and our Polish sausage is satisfying and it’s always moist. If you go away hungry, it’s your own fault!” 189 W. Main St., Greenwood, (317) 397-6844

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

29

taste

For the Greater Gourd Cooler weather ushers in a whole new bounty for our palates, including the humble (yet hearty!) winter squash varieties. We’ve scoured the southside for unique ways to dish up these gorgeous gourds.

Here, two of our very favorites.

By Caroline Mosey

prep tip

Butternut Squash Soup

Goat Cheese Squash Cakes

Courtesy of Pipers Restaurant, 2130 W. Southport Road, Indianapolis, (317) 888-7667

Courtesy of Cerulean, 339 S. Delaware St., Indianapolis, (317) 870-1320.

1¼ large butternut squash, peeled and cubed 3 carrots, chopped 8 cups vegetable stock 4 ribs celery, chopped 1½ large Spanish onions, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root, minced or grated 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 pinch ground cinnamon 1 pinch cayenne pepper 1 pinch ground white pepper 1 pinch salt 1 cup heavy cream Sprinkle squash with cinnamon, salt, pepper and cayenne and roast at 375 for 25 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, sauté celery, carrots and onion in a large stockpot over medium heat until they begin to soften. Add vegetable stock and simmer until tender. Add squash to mixture, then puree all ingredients either using an immersion blender or food processor (working in batches). Stir in heavy cream, sugar and maple syrup.

Squash Cake Base 4 pounds acorn squash, peeled and medium diced 1 cup milk 1 cup heavy cream 4 cinnamon sticks Sachet of fresh thyme and sage 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper Simmer together in saucepot until soft, about 20 to 25 minutes over medium heat. Remove cinnamon, thyme and sage. Puree mixture and refrigerate.

Squash Cakes 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½3 cups light brown sugar ½ cup olive oil 1 cup light lager 1 cup squash cake base ½ cup goat cheese Butter individual ramekins and fill 1/3 full with squash cake batter. Place 1 tablespoon of goat cheese in each ramekin.

Bake at 400 degrees until just set.

Smoke Signals

Sure, you can grill your meat. But why not try your hand at smoking your next barbecue centerpiece for a change? Chris Eley, the owner of Smoking Goose (407 Dorman St., Indianapolis, 317-638-6328, www.smokinggoose.com), offers a few tips on the best smoking techniques.

“The best cuts to smoke are going to be heavily marbled with a nice fat cover. This will allow for long cook times at low temperatures without drying out. These low and slow methods also will break down some of that structure from heavily used muscles to make them tender. Some prime examples of these cuts include the top butt and spare ribs of pork, and the brisket and shoulder clod from beef.”

30

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

“Woods we typically use include oak, hickory and fruit woods for a lighter flavor. So by balancing the three of these we can impart different levels of smoke flavor and control the heat. Fruit woods that are great for smoking include persimmon, pear, apple, peach, cherry and crab apple.”

“Dry rubs are usually the go-to for smoking. If you are smoking a leaner cut, say the loin or the ham, you may opt to brine the cut rather than dry rub.”

Chris Eley. Left: The smoker at Smoking Goose

taste

FIND

WINE

DINE

Philanthropy, exercise and great wine are all on the schedule at Mallow Run Winery’s “Wine at the Line” 5K run and walk. Now in its fourth year, the event benefits the Johnson Memorial Hospital Foundation. “Courses start and end at the winery and take participants through the countryside and past our vineyards,” says Sarah Shadday, marketing coordinator.

When the race wraps up, participants enjoy food, live music and yes—a glass of wine. The event will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 5. Visit the Mallow Run Winery website to register. 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville, (317) 422-1556, www.mallowrun.com

A local food truck has launched a new storefront, Between the Bun, in downtown Greenwood. The restaurant will offer hot dogs and hamburgers, and it features its own line of signature barbecue sauces.

Owners Scott and Trisha Sims are excited to take their food truck experiment to the next level in Greenwood. “We felt the time was right to introduce our unique backyard style of cooking and fresh daily products to the masses,” the owners explain. Customers can indulge in innovative burgers topped with a range of food from diced Granny Smith apples to nacho cheese. 102 S. Madison Ave., Greenwood, (317) 300-8327, www.btbindy.com

The Flying Cupcake Bakery takes its confections on the road each weekend now. Satisfy your sweet tooth at the mobile cupcake truck from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays, which parks at the Greenwood Park Mall for the specified hours or until the bakery’s renowned cupcakes sell out, whichever comes first.

In addition to customer favorites like Red Velvet Elvis and Orange Dreamsicle, the bakery also offers vegan and gluten-free cupcakes in a wide variety of flavors. www.theflyingcupcakebakery.com

Arni’s TM

Indianapolis 96th St. & Gray Rd. 317-571-0077 Greenwood SR 135 & Curry Rd. 317-881-0500

MeetYouAtArnis.com SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

31

Local producers, merchants and entrepreneurs

By Sherri Lynn Dugger

For the birds Jim Carpenter’s early experiences of feeding birds turned into a career and, eventually, a North American chain

Nancy and Jim Carpenter

By Sherri Dugger

R

Raised in southern Indiana, Jim Carpenter developed an early interest in bird-watching, thanks to his visits to his grandparents’ home in the country. There, he fed and learned about birds of all varieties, especially hummingbirds, he says, because they were his grandmother’s favorite.

But bird-watching wasn’t something Carpenter thought would ever play out in his later life. Instead, as a young boy he had his sights set on one day becoming a doctor.

32

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Photos provided by wild birds unlimited

Roncalli SaluteS indiana’S

MiSS Softball Kendra lynch was selected as indiana’s 2013 Miss Softball, as voted on by the indiana coaches of Girls Sports association. lynch was awarded the honor after a season of impressive numbers as both a hitter and pitcher. among her many records and accomplishments, Kendra set a state record for the most hits ever by an indiana high school softball player.

Kendra will continue her softball career at the university of north carolina. congratulations to Kendra and indiana Softball coach of the Year david lauck on an outstanding season!

THE LIFE PREP SCHOOL Prepare for Success. open House - november 7, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. RONCALLI.ORG

the shop was one of only a few of its kind in North America.

In 1983, Carpenter married Nancy Roush, and together the pair continued to work toward building the company.

“She (Nancy) worked closely with me for about 10 years,” Carpenter says. “She was an integral part” of growing the business. The couple eventually had two daughters, Rebecca and Casey, and his wife took time off from the business to raise their children.

During that time, Carpenter took on a partner, Dick Schinkel, and together they started the francise company Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. Schinkel helped Carpenter further build the company and develop franchise stores until 1989, when Carpenter became sole owner. “It was a slow growth,” Carpenter recalls. “I didn’t charge much as a franchiser. I was very happy to grow slowly, and I was learning how to be a business person, which I had no training for.”

During his senior year at Indiana University, while pursuing a biology degree, however, Carpenter revisited his early bird-watching hobby by joining the student Audubon Club. At the same time, he found his medical program pursuits cut short. When applying to enter medical school at IU, “they (university officials) decided maybe I wasn’t cut out to be a doctor,” he recalls. “I decided they were probably right.”

So Carpenter switched gears and began working toward a master’s degree in horticulture/plant physiology at Purdue University. He thought he might one day become a college professor, though that idea was soon cut short, too. After graduation, Carpenter discovered there weren’t many jobs for professors available. “The good thing about ag(riculture) school is you’re 34

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

learning to do science for business,” he says. “So I thought I would just go into the business, in a sense. I got a job running a little garden center in Indianapolis.”

During his college days, Carpenter had served as a teaching assistant, so “that’s the style I brought to my work,” he recalls. “I was teaching instead of selling.”

He eventually began to manage two garden centers, as well as a small produce stand. Two years passed, and Carpenter was again ready for a career change. In 1981, he opened a small 700-square-foot store on the north side of Indianapolis, Wild Birds Unlimited, which specialized in supplies and information to help homeowners attract and feed birds. At the time,

In 1992, the 100th Wild Birds store was opened. By 1996, there were 200 stores across the nation. Now Carpenter says there are approximately 285 stores throughout the United States and Canada, with the Wild Birds Unlimited Inc. headquarters based in Carmel. Though the

“Nobody knows how to grow their company.

You have to learn how to grow your company. It’s truly a lifelong pursuit.”

—Jim Carpenter

numbers point to success for Carpenter, he says the path hasn’t always been easy.

“The thing I learned is that you can’t self-teach,” he says, when it comes to growing your business. “You have to seek out mentors or some kind of learning environment, and I waited way too long to do that.

Nobody knows how to grow their company. You have to learn how to grow your company. It’s truly a lifelong pursuit.”

Also a lifelong pursuit for Carpenter: helping others better understand and enjoy nature … and better take care of birds.

Beyond selling specialized birdhouses, bird feeders and birdseed in his stores, Carpenter contributes to other organizations that educate the community about birds. He also started his own program called “Pathways to Nature,” which provides funding for wildlife viewing and education projects at 24 wildlife refuges, as well as for scholarships for kids to attend Audubon Summer Camps.

Through it all, Carpenter hopes people look to his stores to find others with whom they can share their passion. “In our stores, you have someone to talk to about your hobby,” he says. “The customer experience is what we really put a lot of attention to. We want it to be engaging, interesting, educational and fun.” Wild Birds Unlimited Inc. Franchise Support Center, 11711 N. College Ave., Carmel, (317) 571-7100, www.wbu.com SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

35

worth the trip

Take a Road Trip Indy’s Mass Ave. is Far From Ordinary

Massachusetts Avenue — Mass Ave., for short — has long been known as an artsy Indianapolis cultural district. Its slogan, “45 Degrees from Ordinary,” reflects both its unusual angle and its quirky character. But the recent completion of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail has made the district more pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly than ever, making this fall a perfect time to head to Mass Ave. for a family adventure, girlfriend getaway or romantic date night. Here are three potential itineraries.

Story by Ashley Petry | Photos by Amanda Waltz

36

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

EXPERTS AT SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS. AND OUR COMMUNITY.

Mike Combs Tricia Rake

Shirley Best

West Smith Valley Road and SR 135

882-8200

Š2013 The National Bank of Indianapolis

www.nbofi.com

Member FDIC

worth the trip Silver in the City, left, and Arts a Poppin, bottom right

Your ideal girlfriend getaway begins with brunch at Hoaglin to Go Café and Marketplace (448 Massachusetts Ave.), a bright, welcoming eatery decorated with local art. The menu changes frequently, but the restaurant is known for its pancakes, omelets, quiches and BMLT sandwich (bacon, mozzarella, lettuce and tomato).

Next stop — shopping. On the same block as Hoaglin, you’ll find several gems: Arts a Poppin (425), Silver in the City (434) and Global Gifts (446). Arts a Poppin is known for functional art, such as hand-woven scarves and recycled-glass wind chimes. Global Gifts specializes in fair-trade jewelry and housewares from across the globe.

Nearby, Silver in the City is the destination for locally made accessories and quirky housewares. Check out the Indiana-shaped pillows and cute headbands from Crimson Tate, the

38

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

“317” T-shirts from People for Urban Progress, and the variety of goofy kitchen gear.

Down the street and around a corner is Chatham Home (517 E. Walnut St.), a combination interior design studio, art gallery, furniture store and gift shop. Need some decorating advice? Ask for Hope Harsin, who made a name for herself with a show-stopping playroom at this spring’s Decorators’ Show House.

The 800 block of Mass Ave. yields another batch of treasures. Start at the Art Bank Gallery (811), with rooms like the Vault and the Teller Room. (As a bank, it was once robbed by John Dillinger.) Next up is White Dog (845 B), which stocks vintage housewares and clothing, and Crimson Tate (845), a trendy fabric store.

Check the Crimson Tate calendar for lowpressure group sewing classes, including Sewing 101 and project-based classes for iPad

sleeves, holiday stockings, sundresses, tote bags and basic quilts.

When it’s time for dinner, go across the street to R Bistro (888 Massachusetts Ave.), owned by James Beard-nominated chef Regina Mehallick. The menu changes weekly to reflect what’s in season, but it always includes five appetizers, five entrees and five desserts — often including a selection of chocolate truffles from nearby Best Chocolate in Town (880 Massachusetts Ave.). Alas, the restaurant’s famous sticky-toffee pudding is only available at lunch.

Finally, head to the Rathskeller at the Athenaeum (401 E. Michigan St.), where you and your girlfriends can enjoy a frosty mug of beer under the stars. The restaurant’s openair biergarten often welcomes bands such as Zanna Doo, Living Proof and Polka Boy — the perfect way to dance the night away.

Changing the World One Life, One Family, One Opportunity at a Time

During the day, Mass Ave. is a casual, walkable district that children of all ages will love. Start your adventure at Mass Ave Toys (408 Massachusetts Ave.), a feast of newfangled and nostalgic delights.

Kids and parents alike will swoon for Eeboo flashcards, Uglydoll plush monsters and Zolo baby toys. The shop also has a collection of kid-friendly wrapping papers — some so pretty that you’ll want to frame them.

Nearby you’ll find Nurture (433 Massachusetts Ave.), a children’s boutique that stocks organic, ecofriendly clothing and accessories.

Look for the house brand, Elms and Cedars, featuring owner Ashley Martz’s handmade knitwear and bodysuits.

At the far end of Mass Ave. is Indy Reads Books (911 Massachusetts Ave.), a secondhand bookstore with a wide selection for children and adults. You can stock up on summer reads and make a difference: The store’s profits go directly to Indy Reads, a nonprofit that offers free adult literacy tutoring.

Time to eat? Treat the kids to pizza at Bazbeaux (333 Massachusetts Ave.), a locally owned restaurant named for a French court jester. You can order a standard pie, like a four-cheese or margherita, or spring for something adventurous: say, a Neptune pizza made with crab, shrimp and veggies or a Cubano made with black-bean dip, ham, salami and Swiss cheese.

But for a real bargain, head to Yats, a Cajun-Creole restaurant known for dishes like jambalaya and etouffee — always just

381 N. Bluff Road, Greenwood, IN

rship o W r o f s U in o J Every Weekend!

(ASL Interpretation available @ 6pm service)

Mass Ave Toys

$6.25. Meals are served atop beds of white rice, with two slices of toasted, buttered French bread on the side. The local chain opened its original Mass Ave. location at 659 Massachusetts Ave. in 2002, but this summer it moved to a larger spot at 875 Massachusetts Ave. For dessert, try Flying Cupcake (715 Massachusetts Ave.), a shabby-chic bakery that often snags “best in the city” titles.

Our favorite treats include the signature Red Velvet Elvis, the decadent Salted Chocolate Caramel and the bacon-topped Hungry Lumberjack. Vegan and gluten-free options are always available.

Before you head home, immortalize your adventure by taking goofy family photos with the district’s wealth of outdoor art. Good options include the “Ann Dancing” digital sign, the imposing “Brick Head” sculpture and a freshly painted Kurt Vonnegut mural.

facebook.com/mountpleasantcc @mpccgreenwood www.mpcc.info

Join Us for

A Night of

Worship & Praise

Sunday, October 27 6pm

worth the trip

Old National Centre

Your romantic evening begins at the Mass Ave Wine Shoppe (878 Massachusetts Ave.), where you can stock up on aphrodisiacs like red wine. Then, head to Ball and Biscuit (331 Massachusetts Ave.) for a pre-dinner vintage cocktail, such as a sidecar or claret cup.

For dinner, the Mass Ave. district presents a wealth of options. One of the newest is Black Market (922 Massachusetts Ave.), whose brick-and-wood dining room has an industrial vibe. The menu changes frequently but often includes dishes such as roasted marrow bones, duck buns and vegetable curries. For dessert, order the unforgettable salted-chocolate brickle, a dish of candied saltine crackers drizzled with chocolate sauce and bourbon caramel, all topped with cream cheese ice cream.

Another good option is Mesh (725 Massachusetts Ave.), a sprawling restaurant known for upscale fare such as filet mignon, lamb chops and shrimp fettuccini.

After dinner, it’s time to see a show. Head to ComedySportz Indianapolis (721 Massachusetts Ave.) for a hilarious and interactive improv show or to the Phoenix Theatre (749 N. Park Ave.) for irreverent productions like “Urinetown: The Musical” and “Naked Boys Singing.” Other options include Theatre on the Square (627 Massachusetts Ave.) and the American Cabaret Theatre located inside the Athenaeum (401 E. Michigan St.).

Prefer a little night music? Guide your sweetheart to the Chatterbox Jazz Club (435 Massachusetts Ave.) or to the Murat Theatre at the Old National Centre (502 N. New Jersey St.), where you’re likely to see a touring Broadway musical or headlining concert.

40

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

home trends

Smarty Plants Ordinary houseplants make extraordinary accents to your home décor

By Teresa Nicodemus

42

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

F

From herb gardens in the kitchen and ficus trees in the living room to wisps of jasmine on a nightstand, indoor plants can add natural elegance to any room.

Kitchen Greens

Leafy herbs overflowing from decorative containers make for eye-catching displays—and they’re great to have on hand in the kitchen. “My favorite herbs to grow in the kitchen are thyme, rosemary and basil, which are wonderful for cooking and fragrant for the kitchen,” says Mela-

nie Piper, interior decorator and owner of Interiors by Melanie.

When deciding what to use to house your herbs, survey your kitchen, suggests Piper. Choose your herb pots based on existing decorative elements. The soft hues of a French country kitchen are flattered by delicate china tea cups housing green sprays of herbs. A collection of colorful ceramic water pitchers centralized on an island make perfect homes for oregano or thyme. Decorative clay pots stamped with the names of the herbs they contain or ob-

“Tell me and I forgeT. Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.�

Involved learning happens to be our specialty.

franklin fast facts 95% of Franklin graduates are employed

36 majors, 39 minors, and 11 pre-professional programs

98% of Franklin College students receive some sort of financial assistance

74 full-time teaching faculty, 0 teaching assistants 12:1 student to faculty ratio Average class size of 15

Indianapolis Franklin

or in graduate school within six months of graduation

50+ clubs and student organizations 35% of the student body participates in our 19 NCAA Division III sports 95% of students complete at least one

internship before graduation

Schedule a visit and see our numbers in action: admissions.franklincollege.edu/visit. www.franklincollege.edu

home trends long, rustic wooden boxes, like old flower boxes, from a flea market will fit right in to a rustic farm kitchen. Or go sleek and simple with an array of stainless steel pots for a contemporary look.

As for the care of your herbs, Erick Brehob of Brehob Nursery, which sells wholesale plants to landscaping companies and garden centers, offers a few tips for maintaining a successful indoor herb garden. “Oregano, thyme and basil are among the lower maintenance herbs you can grow,” he says. “They do not require constant trimming. Parsley and cilantro, for example, need constant trimming for vegetation production. Seeds are produced from the older shoots of these plants. The leaves on the newer shoots are used for flavoring. Trimming allows the plant to produce newer leaves.”

Brehob also suggests that you consider strategic placement of your herb garden to allow for ample sunlight. “If the herbs do not have access to natural sunlight, purchase a grow light at any local garden center and place herbs consistently under that light,” he explains.

44

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

home trends

Indoor Care for Outdoor Plants When night temperatures drop below 55 degrees, it’s time to prepare your outdoor plants for the move indoors. Dottie Wright, greenhouse manager at Dammann’s Lawn & Garden Center, offers a few guidelines.

Give your outdoor plants a haircut. Before bringing your outdoor plants in for the winter, give them a good trim. Consider ceiling height and where you will place the plants indoors to determine how much to trim.

Check for bugs.

Examine leaves under and over, including the buds and leaf tips where insects may live. A magnifying glass can help. Inspect the bottom of the pot for pill bugs, ants and other insects. Use an organic or regular insecticide and spray the plant and soil according to label directions.

Wait one week and spray again to catch newly hatched bugs.

Use a drainage tray. When bringing plants indoors, be sure to clean the pots and insert a drainage tray underneath to protect your flooring.

Polish the leaves. Outdoor plants will accumulate dirt, bird droppings, water spots, etc., on the leaves and stems. Polishing the leaves makes the plant more aesthetically pleasing and healthier looking.

Use a leaf polisher available at any local garden center or hardware store.

Make sure the indoor light source is appropriate. If a plant is thriving in full sun, place it near a bright window, but not directly next to the window, which could cause the leaves to scorch. Rotate on a weekly basis so the entire plant gets even sunlight.

If your home does not have much natural light, consider supplementing with fluorescent or grow lights positioned over the plants.

Care Credit

accepted

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

45

home trends

Good Reads for Indoor Gardeners “The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual: Essential KnowHow for Keeping (Not Killing) More Than 160 Indoor Plants,”

by Barbara Pleasants “The New Houseplant: Bringing the Garden Indoors,”

by Elvin McDonald

46

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Chinese evergreens and schefflera as easyRather than starting your indoor garden to-grow plants. from seeds, which take much longer and Less common, yet cheerful for any room, need more natural sunlight and constant are shamrocks. “They only need average moisture, start with plant plugs available at light, and they are constantly garden centers. Plant plugs are producing new leaves, bloomsmall plants usually grown in trays with individual sections ing all year long,” Wright says.

TIP of compost for each plant’s Fragrant jasmine and “Don’t forget the pet factor root system. Use any housegardenia plants with their when considering which fragile white flowers make a hold potting mix that is rich plants to have in your delicate design statement in in nutrients to plant the herb home,” cautions Dottie your home; however, they are plugs and continually fertilWright of Dammann’s Lawn not in constant bloom. The ize as you water them, using & Garden Center. “Cats will eat anything, and many plants only bloom about every a liquid fertilizer mixed with houseplants will be toxic six weeks, Wright explains. water. A typical watering regito them. If in doubt, search While jasmine can get by with men is once or twice a week. A the American Society for regular home lighting, gardeplug plant will start producing the Prevention of Cruelty in several weeks, depending nias need stronger light to efto Animals website, www.

ASPCA.org, which has an upon adequate fertilizing and fectively bloom. extensive listing of toxic light exposure.

As for placement, “Large and nontoxic plants.” houseplants are not necessarBlooming Ideas ily focal points in a room but make distinctive fillers for any Dottie Wright, greenhouse lonely corner in the home or beside a piece manager for Dammann’s Lawn & Garden of furniture,” says Donna Ray of D Ray DéCenter, has several suggestions for greening your home with common houseplants cor. “They add warmth to the room.” And that require little maintenance. Wright as a bonus, greenery is also great for hiding suggests sansevieria, tropical ficus trees, electrical cords, she adds.

good will

A street corner in India.

What he knows best A southside dentist uses his expertise to help others all over the world

By Ed Wenck Photography submitted by Doug Harty

48

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Dr. Doug Harty draws onlookers while he treats a patient in Guatemala.

fo Now Open!

r5

Fu

&

un

n

de

Discover It Together Presented by

The museum’s new Playscape gallery is designed for early learners—infants through the preschool years—and their adults to play and learn together. It’s better than ever!

Start your year of discovery now.

Become a member today.

childrensmuseum.org/membership

Download the App!

Supported by

r!

good will

Harty’s daughter, Brittany Webb, is a nurse practitioner who went to Cambodia through the Center for Global Impact, an organization that works with the impoverished and deals with human trafficking issues.

Here, she is administering medication to a patient.

T A Haitian woman came to Harty with her arm wrapped by a “leaf doctor” in palm tree bark. She had multiple fractures in that arm, her shoulder and her ankle.

During the earthquake, she had gone back into her house and thrown herself over her baby as her house collapsed around them. Her arms and legs were pinned, but she said she kept the baby alive by shifting her chest back and forth so the baby could eat. Three days later, her husband was able to dig them both out of the rubble.

50

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

There’s a dental practice in Greenwood in a small strip mall just off State Road 135. The sign above the office says simply “DENTIST”—along with the image of a tooth—but when you step inside the business shared by Douglas Harty and Sherri Wilson, it’s obvious there’s more going on here. A map on the wall illustrates all the continents Harty has visited; photos depict faces from places like Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda. These were not vacation destinations, mind you. Harty travels to the Third World to help those who are most in need of medical care.

“It’s how I serve God—how I help the poor,” he explains. Harty is soft-spoken; he carries a slight smile on his face … even when he’s discussing tragedy.

His demeanor and presence suggest a

man younger than the age betrayed by his graying hair. Harty, whose first trip abroad was a mission to the Dominican Republic in the mid-1980s, spends a good bit of his time and cash volunteering to help those here and abroad who can’t afford proper dental visits or even find a provider. It’s a condition that knows no borders.

In 2010, Harty arrived in Haiti three days after a massive earthquake struck the country. The dentist, his close friend Dr. Bill Rutherford (medical director in IU Hospital’s emergency department) and a number of volunteers had been traveling to Grand Goave in that country for more than 20 years, and Harty felt compelled to check in on and provide care for the people he’d struck up friendships with during those previous trips.

As he writes on the cover of his book “From the Roof”—a collection of emails he sent home from Haiti after his arrival—the visit “was personal. It was urgent.” The body of the book is filled with Harty’s missives, printed without corrections. The typos, shorthand and grammatical errors impart the emotion he was carrying; and the power of those communiqués is summed up with passages such as this:

Left: A little boy had a severe cut in his hand, but his mother hoped the doctors could save three of his seriously injured fingers. Harty and a colleague in Haiti sutured his fingers as best they could. “The mother brought the boy the next year, and he was doing well,” Harty wrote. “Could not move those fingers, but he still had them.”

Below: A number of women who were home cooking when the earthquake struck had their homes crumble around them. Many women, like the one pictured here, suffered fractured pelvises.

LETTERS HOME “It is the smell unlike any other. It is the smell of death, of the dead. And in Port-auPrince there is no escaping it.”

Harty continues: “We were the only medical clinic around for miles. Doctors Without Borders came to us the second day we were there. They told us we were the only clinic standing.”

While he travels overseas to pull and restore teeth, he’s also often pressed into service to provide other kinds of care. “Even though I’m a dentist, I’m a health provider,” he says. He and his colleagues have to improvise when they’re in places that have

Excerpts from Dr. Doug Harty’s “From the Roof,” a collection of emails from his medical mission to Haiti after the earthquake of 2010

“We just had our second baby today. The first one was stillborn, right off the bat this morning … (the mother) was not too upset that her baby was stillborn, at least not obviously upset, but that is the culture, incredibly resilient people.”

– Entry #8, Jan. 23, 2010

good will been struck by disaster, both natural and manmade. “That’s actually part of the fun— to get your MacGyver on,” he says. “One time I went up on a mountainside and I had to suture, but I didn’t have any hemostats— the thin pliers that you use to sew with—but I had a Leatherman (multitool). That was the deal! It worked perfectly.

“During the earthquake, we used cardboard and duct tape,” he recalls. “Zip ties and a Leatherman—you can do a lot with just those things. We had to do IVs on ourselves once in Peru and found that duct tape and carabiners on the end of an extension

Dr. Harty removed a tooth from a boy who lived in a landfill in Guatemala. The young boy had never had his mouth “numbed” before and, immediately after the procedure, he ran over and picked up a piece of broken mirror to see what his face, while still numb, looked like.

“We are dangerously low on diesel fuel. It could be trouble. If our electricity goes out, we lose our Internet … it is the only reliable way of communication to the outside world, the Navy, Lifeline Christian Mission. Also I think our clean water will stop … but God will provide.” – Entry #4.5, Jan. 19, 2010

“We are collecting everything we find that might be useful for splints, etc. So far we are saving paper towel rollers, palm ribs, plastic and about anything we can find.” – Entry #3, Jan. 18, 2010

of a suitcase handle works perfect as an IV pole. We use paper clips all the time if we’re trying to make something stay.”

Despite the fact that Harty has been to countries that might not have the best relationships with the U.S., he’s never encountered anything more disconcerting than an insult yelled by a driver in a passing car. “Actually, being American is a benefit in most places,” he says. “I’ve never felt threatened. Someone pointed out to me that I tend to go to places where there’s been genocides, but as far as the areas where we’re not well perceived, because we’re there to provide health care … people watch out for us very carefully.”

Since 1978, Indiana Heart Physicians has proudly served the residents of south central Indiana with the highest quality and comprehensive cardiovascular care. Our 25 cardiologists specialize in the diagnosis, management and treatment of heart and vascular disease which include: Arrhythmias (pacemaker & defibrillator)

Atrial Fibrillation Coronary artery disease Heart failure

Heart valve disease High cholesterol Peripheral arterial disease Syncope Varicose veins

To schedule a patient appointment, call 317-893-1900 or 800-992-2081.

FranciscanDocs.org

WELCOMING NEW PATIENTS 52

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Tailgate Checklist Cooler Chips Hot dogs Seat cushion Megaphone Insurance This season protect your team with insurance from Auto- Owners Insurance and keep everything you value Safe. Sound. Secure.® We are an independent agency proudly representing Auto-Owners Insurance!

AGENCY NAME Town Name • 555-555-5555 website

12733 (10-11)

54

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Of all the places Harty has been, “India is probably the place that touched me the strongest,” he says. “India is one of the most beautiful countries, the hardest to travel in, the hottest, I’ve never been hungrier … but the people—it’s all about humility and respect. The first time we went, it was in 2000 and [we] went with a missionary by the name of Ajai Lall. We went to a church there, and the place was packed, probably 600 people in a very small space. At the end of the service, he asked some people to stand up; there were about 150 people that stood up that were rescued out of slavery.” It was his first exposure to the realties of human trafficking in the modern age.

“When I asked how I could pray, she whispered, ‘I want my dad to come home.’ I looked up at her mom, and she gave me a quick shake sideways. He was dead from the earthquake, and I am guessing they could not find his body. I prayed for her, for her heart, for her dad to come home, for her mother, and her mother’s heart. I said ‘amen,’ gave her a long hug, and she held onto me for a minute afterward. I bid them ‘Bon Soir’ and almost made it to the corner of the building before I started to cry. I tried so hard to be quiet.” – Entry #12, Jan. 27, 2010

That exposure has spawned something else. In addition to his volunteer work with the poor, Harty sells scarves made by Cambodian women. He’s part of a faith-based organization called the Center for Global Impact whose mission is to help lift people out of poverty. (Sales of his book drive proceeds to the center as well.) Many of the women making these scarves were trafficked, and some of those former slaves are being given culinary training, too. Cooking is a vital skill in a country with a developing tourist trade.

For Harty, though, his missionary work ultimately comes back to what he knows best—dentistry. “When I was in Haiti, I removed 27 root tips out of this old woman.

When she got up, she gave me this bloody kiss. I asked what was going on and she said tomorrow she’ll wake up and her teeth won’t hurt anymore. You know what? That’s what it’s about in the end.”

owned for 60 y e ily ar m s fa

Save $100* or more with rebates

on qualifying purchases of Hunter Douglas window fashions.

Skyline® Gliding Window Panels

celebrate.

SEPTEMBER 14 – DECEMBER 17, 2013

Welcome guests with beautiful window fashions.

education

A Try It Tuesday project at the Greenwood Public Library

Book Smart

Public libraries offer full fall lineups of adult workshops, family programs and children’s classes

L

By Teresa Nicodemus

Libraries have been keepers

of important books and documents for centuries, but only since the latter half of the 20th century have they been seen as community hot spots, where people of all ages can come to socialize, research information and participate in family activities.

Now, with even more classes, workshops and unique events on the schedule, these once-overlooked community resources are more popular than ever.

“Part of literacy is learning new skills, not just reading books,” says Tiffany Wil-

56

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

son, branch manager for the Clark Pleasant Branch of the Johnson County Public Library. “Library classes give people a chance to try something new, something they have never done before.”

Amy Kitchen, community relations coordinator for the Johnson County Public Library, agrees. She describes the library as a creative sanctuary that goes beyond books and reading. “There’s always something to do at the library for any age group,” she explains. “It’s a place to come and experiment.”

New in your neighborhood Community Health Network and Johnson Memorial Health are pleased to provide easier access to healthcare services in your neighborhood.

You’ll find access to the majority of your family’s care needs right here, with an array of primary and specialty care physicians and other health services to keep patients of all ages in the best health possible.

Family Medicine Care • Pediatric Care • Orthopedic Specialty Care Women’s Health • General Surgical Care Outpatient services in One cOnvenient lOcatiOn:

Stones Crossing Health Pavilion 3000 State Road 135 Greenwood, IN 46143

• Behavioral Health Services • Imaging Center • Lab

• Physical Therapy and Rehab • Community Room

Visit ecommunity.com/pavilion or johnsonmemorial.org to learn more about our physicians and services.

education

Here, a closer look at this fall’s offerings.

Snakes Alive! » Ed Ferrer, also known as Snakehead Ed, is

Memory-Enhancing Tips » Dr. Steve Rumble, psychologist at the St. Francis

the Greenwood Public Library, approximately 15 teens visit for Try it Tuesday. The events have been offered for almost two years, and “teens know to expect an activity every Tuesday,” says Emily Ellis, head of reference and teen programs. “They often come in ready and eager.”

Activities vary each week, but events can include anything from creating dream catchers and playing board game tournaments to participating in rolling-chair relays. “The library’s teen department provides a safe, inviting, inclusive environment for teens,” Ellis says. “That’s our priority. Programming is just the tool we use to create that environment. They get to try new things, expand their skills and meet new people.

Every program comes with a snack, because teens are always hungry after school, and it’s a time for them to relax and enjoy their friends.”

a retired middle school science teacher and a snake aficionado. With a collection of 26 snakes, from a 15-foot, 100-pound, yellow and white albino Burmese python to various snakes from Africa, Asia, Australia and South and North America, Ferrer takes many of his snakes on the road to schools, scout camps, retirement homes, nature centers and libraries, where he gives presentations and demystifies myths about snakes, arachnids and wildlife. “I try to replace myths with facts,” he explains. “Snakes have a bad reputation. Many believe snakes will attack them just by sight. Only unless you step on the snake or try to harm it will it attack you.

It will just go on its way if you leave it alone.”

Ferrer encourages children and their parents to get close to the snakes in his presentation. His sessions are filled with interaction between the snakes and the audience, all while he teaches conservation issues. “I try to entertain and educate at the same time,” he says. “I’m thinking about bringing a tarantula along with me this time. They have a bad reputation, too, that I need to debunk.”

Behavioral Health Center at St. Francis Hospital with a specialty in neuropsychology, has been leading presentations on cognitive functioning and stress management for 20 years. “Memory enhancement has been of particular interest to me,” he says. “It has become an increasing need as our population ages and as people are living longer and experiencing strokes and memory loss.”

There are several ways to improve your memory, he goes on to explain. And if you’re a coffee drinker, you’re in luck. “Caffeine, in terms of memory enhancement, can be a good thing,” he says. “Even moderate coffee consumption can be good for the brain.”

Look for ways to be creative to enhance awareness of your environment and productivity in life, he adds. “Having a positive outlook can also improve your memory.”

Rumble’s presentation will include more insight into how to maintain and enhance memory through general good health, including nutrition and exercise. “Everything makes a difference, and nothing is unimportant in terms of brain health,” he says.

Date: Every Tuesday, pending library schedule Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Greenwood Public Library, 310 S. Meridian St. Greenwood, (317) 881-1953

Date: Sept. 21 Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Location: Franklin Branch, Johnson County Public Library, 401 State St., Franklin, (317) 738-2833

Date: Oct. 3 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: White River Branch-Johnson County Public Library, 1664 Library Blvd.

Greenwood, (317) 885-1330

Try it Tuesday » Almost every Tuesday in the Teen Room of

Join us for great arts events at UIndy!

Faculty Artist Concert Series

Sept. 16, 23 & 30; Oct. 7 & 28; Nov. 4 & 11

Theatre Production

Oct. 18-20 & 24-26: Private Lives

Jazz Concert Series Oct. 9: Steve Allee

Art Exhibition

Aug. 26-Sept. 27: Forms in Silver Pictured at right: Raymond Leppard, Artist-in-Residence, University of Indianapolis, and Conductor Laureate, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. See Maestro Leppard at the Sept. 16 Faculty Artist Concert Series performance.

The University of Indianapolis is located at 1400 East Hanna Avenue, just 10 minutes from downtown. Each year UIndy presents more than 100 arts-related events. Most are free to the public and many are family-friendly.

317.788.3251

58

SOU T H

|

uindy.edu/arts/south

indysouthmag .com

education Woofs and Books » Nickie Scott takes her dog, Bentley, along

with several other dogs and their owners to schools and libraries as part of Woofs and Books, a literacy program where children in preschool through fifth grade can practice reading books to the visiting dogs. “The program builds excitement for reading,” explains Scott, program leader for Woofs and Books.

“The children’s reading skills and confidence improve after participating in the program.

Shy children read in louder voices, and all the children learn to respect books and the dogs.”

The 14 canines in the program, including Bentley, are dogs that were rescued and must undergo temperament testing and earn a Canine Good Citizen certification by a trained evaluator before participating in the program.

“It’s a win-win situation for the child and the rescue dog,” says Scott. “I always thank the children after the program. I tell them they are helping the dog heal and remind them the dog is helping them improve their reading.”

Age group: Children’s School-Age Program Dates: Oct. 14 and Nov. 11 Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Location: Clark Pleasant Branch, Johnson County Public Library, 530 Tracy Road, Suite 250, New Whiteland, (317) 535-6206

SELECT EVENTS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES By Amy Norman

JCPL Clark-Pleasant Branch 530 Tracy Road, Suite 250, New Whiteland, (317) 5356206, www.jcplin.org Get in the Act: Teen Improv Workshop is designed to give teens a taste of what acting is all about. For fifth through 12th grades. Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11.

Celebrate music by making your own musical instrument using materials you can find around the house. For kindergarten through fourth grades.

Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16.

Saturday Family Fun. Make many different types of puppets for your at-home puppet show.

Time: 2 to 3 p.m. Sept. 21.

The Anime Club meets the last Wednesday of every month. For sixth through 12th grades. Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 25, Oct. 30, Nov. 26.

Join Operation Military Kids in celebrating military families during the month of November. A special military VIP will come to read stories, showcase military uniforms and gear, and discuss resources available to children of military families.

Time: 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 9. from the Indianapolis area, will be demonstrating the tools and techniques of this ancient craft. All supplies are provided.

Registration is required. Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 26.

JCPL Franklin Branch 401 State St., Franklin, (317) 738-2833, www.jcplin.org Bouncing Babies, a lap-sit program designed for babies and their caregivers.

9:30 to 10:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month.

Bring the whole family for a morning of Wii gaming during Saturday Family Fun. Popcorn and drinks provided. Time: 10:30 to 11:10 a.m. Sept. 7.

Learn the beautiful art of calligraphy. Erika Woods, an award-winning calligrapher

SOU T H

An introductory program, “Alzheimer’s: Know the 10 Signs,” provides an understanding of the difference between age-related memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. Time: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 9.

Make a turkey lollipop cover, a fun centerpiece and a pine cone turkey. For kindergarten through sixth grades. Time: 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Nov. 19. (continues)

|

indysouthmag .com

59

education JCPL Trafalgar Branch

STAY TUNED The Greenwood Public Library is gearing up for its fall focus on music. September through October, the library adds music to its class agenda with programs for all ages, including guitar performances for families and specialized children’s classes on how to make musical instruments and sessions on music around the world. Greenwood Public Library’s Special Edition of Greenwood’s Got Talent contest from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 5 will feature singers, dancers, musicians, comedians and anyone in the community with a talent to share. “We have so much talent in the Greenwood community,” says Valerie Moore, assistant head of reference. “We want to provide an outlet for that talent as part of our music focus.”

Location: Greenwood Public Library, 310 S. Meridian St. Greenwood, (317) 881-1953

60

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

424 Tower St., Trafalgar, (317) 878-9560, www.jcplin.org Storytimes to Go features 30 minutes of stories and songs for ages 2 to 4. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. weekly on Tuesdays.

Suzy Milhoan shares her journey of losing her beloved husband, hitting rock bottom and painfully finding her way back to her life during “The Healing Game: Journaling Through Grief.”

Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5.

Do you love vampire stories?

Are you a writer? Welcome local author K.A. DaVur whose debut novel is “Hunter the Horrible.”

At this family friendly event, she will discuss writing and how this book helped her come to terms with her son’s autism. There will also be a costume contest for kids 14 and under, and the winner will receive a copy of the book. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 10.

Learn the basic steps of salsa and tango dancing. Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct 10 and Nov. 14.

Join Roger Graham, of Graham’s Bee Works, for this exciting beginning beekeeping class. Learn about the history of beekeeping and its modern practice. Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 17.

JCPL White River Branch, 1664 Library Blvd., Greenwood, (317) 885-1330, www.jcplin.org Toddlers and tykes ages 1 to 3 are invited to an art program just for them. Dress for a mess, and parents and/or guardians must attend along with their children. Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6.

Kids can improve literacy skills and gain confidence by reading to a registered Delta Society Pet Partner during Tales for Tails.

For kindergarten through fifth grades. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 9.

Join the Lego Club and gather to build awesome Lego creations. For kindergarten through fifth grades. Time: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 14.

• • • • •

Lego Club Join Dr. Charles R. Thomas as he presents the subject of wine and discusses the many topics about it from his new book, “Practical Wine Talk: A Physician-Winemaker Examines Wine.” Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10.

Get your year-end tax planning ready with this presentation from tax professional Karen Lunsford. Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12.

Excavating Footings Drain Tile Gravel Conveying Poured Smooth Or Brick Textured Walls

• Super Dry Waterproofing • Basement & Garage Slabs • Backfill • Retaining Walls

WEBER CONCRETE DOES IT ALL FROM START TO FINISH READY TO FRAME!!

CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE WE PICK UP YOUR PLANS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE!

Greenwood Public Library 310 S. Meridian St., Greenwood, (317) 881-1953, www.greenwoodlibrary.us

Brick Textured or Smooth Walls Available

Try It Tuesday. Make colorful rings to take home.

Snacks included. Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept.

3: Duct Tape Rings; Sept. 10: “No Cook” Snack Making: Guacamole; Sept. 17: Cuponk Tournament; Sept. 24: Magazine Baskets; Oct. 1: “No Cook” Snack Making: Pinwheels; Oct. 8: Q-tip Art; Oct. 22: Apples to Apples Tournament; Oct. 5: Giant Candyland; Oct. 12: “No Cook” Snack Making: Grape Dessert; Nov. 19: Catching Fire.

Fifi and Scruffy are having puppies and you’re invited to the puppy shower. Join in the celebration and bring a dog gift for the animal shelter. Time: 2 to 3 p.m. Sept. 14.

Calling all scrapbookers, crocheters, needlepointers, jewelry makers and generally crafty folks. All skill levels are welcome to join.

Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 26.

Meet with other anime fans for crafts, games, movies and more. Time: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 28, Nov. 25.

Learn about different soap making techniques from Christine Garrett, owner of Aquae Sulis Handmade Soap. Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2.

Receive guidance to help you meet monthly household expenses, organize your finances and put together a budget that really works during “Financial Literacy: Basic Budgeting Can Lead to Financial Freedom.” Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10.

For a complete list of classes and events, visit the Johnson County Library website, www.jcplin.org, or the Greenwood Public Library website, www.greenwoodlibrary.us.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

JULY 15-21 2012 JOHNSON COUNTY 4-H & AGRICULTURAL FAIR

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

61

travel

By Ashley Petry

Smitten by ‘the Mitten’ Northern neighbor Michigan offers cornucopia of vacation options

N

No matter what kind of vacation you’re planning, you’ll find what you need right next door in Michigan. Sure, the Great Lakes state has miles of sandy beaches, but it also has renowned wine regions, challenging mountain-biking trails and hot spots for cuisine and culture.

To jump-start your vacation planning, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite destinations in the Mitten State. »

62

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Pe r s o n a l T r us t s a n d E s t at e s

Our full-service Personal Trust Division offers a complete menu of Trust and Estate services designed to enhance the wealth and wellbeing of our personal clients.

Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts

Charitable Trusts

Estate Settlement

Guardianships

Life Insurance Trusts We are ready to respond with the highest level of personal service, privacy, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

In the ever-changing world of financial services, our Personal Trust Division is a constant.

261-9790

Š2013 The National Bank of Indianapolis

www.nbofi.com

Not FDIC Insured

No Bank Guarantee

May Lose Funds

travel

Big City Culture

Grand Rapids While Detroit is Michigan’s biggest city, Grand Rapids may soon take the title of cultural capital — if it hasn’t done so already. The city of 189,000 has much to offer, from memorable restaurants to renowned museums and gardens.

“Grand Rapids is very much an up-andcoming urban area,” said Michelle Begnoche, senior communication specialist for Travel Michigan. “It is just exploding.”

The newest Grand Rapids destination is Downtown Market, a permanent indoor market that opened this August. The facility has its own restaurant and microbrewery, plus dozens of vendors selling fish, meat, olive oil, wine, candies and more. In the meantime, visitors can browse among more than 80 vendors at the outdoor farmers market nearby.

The market is a good fit for Grand Rapids, which is renowned for its farm-tofork cuisine and homegrown microbreweries. One of the best-known restaurants is the James Beard-nominated Reserve Wine and Food (www.reservegr.com), which serves gourmet goodies such as vanilla-rubbed bacon, mushroom crepes and dry-aged ribeye steak.

Another of the area’s top attractions is the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (www.meijergardens.org), a 132acre open-air art museum that will please children and art buffs alike. The facility has more than 30 acres of outdoor sculptures by artists such as Auguste Rodin, Tom Otterness and Edgar Degas. It also has an arid garden of cacti and agaves, a tropical conservatory, a house of carnivorous plants, a woodland shade garden, and a formal English perennial garden.

The park is also home to a re-created 1880s farmstead and a children’s garden, which has puppet shows and a treehouse village.

If that sounds like too much walking for one day, don’t worry; the park offers tram tours throughout the day. After your tour, head to the Taste of the Gardens Café, which has a floral ceiling sculpture created by glass artist Dale Chihuly.

64

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Grand Rapids is also known for its Grand Rapids Art Museum (www.art museumgr.org) and Grand Rapids Public Museum (www.grmuseum.org), which highlights local history.

“The Public Museum has a lot of really cool exhibits,” said Karolina Haines, marketing coordinator for Experience Grand Rapids.

But perhaps the best part of visiting Grand Rapids is simply exploring this walkable city by foot.

“You can experience a lot in a short amount of time,” Haines said. “We have a lot to offer in terms of our attractions, walkability and food — and, also, we’re half an hour from Lake Michigan.”

INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHSIDE

HARLEY-DAVIDSON

Biking at Lake of the Clouds.

Photo by Raymond J. Malace, courtesy of Michigan.org

ON THIS ROAD wE ALl RIDE TOgETHER

outdoor adventure

The Upper Peninsula The landscape of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is dominated by state parks, national forests and wildlife refuges, making it the ideal escape for travelers seeking a rustic getaway.

“That is really where you’re going to be out in nature in this beautiful landscape,” Begnoche said.

The first step in planning an Upper Peninsula adventure is choosing a home base.

One popular option is Munising, a city on the shore of Lake Superior with a population of just 2,300. Across the bay is Grand Island, a designated national recreation area. It has miles of hiking and biking trails, as well as fishing areas and campsites.

The region is popular among kayakers, who paddle around Grand Island and along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

“You will not find a more beautiful place to kayak,” Begnoche said.

Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie are also popular home bases for Upper Peninsula visitors. But the entire region is dotted with memorable destinations, so choose a home base closest to the activities that interest you. In the north, Copper Harbor is renowned for its network of mountain-biking trails. In the west, the Porcupine Mountain region offers beaches, picturesque waterfalls and miles of wilderness trails. And in the east, Tahquamenon Falls State Park has one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River — right behind Niagara Falls.

In other words, no matter where you stay on the Upper Peninsula, outdoor adventure isn’t too far away.

Share the journey of those affected by breast cancer with Harley-Davidson® Pink Label gear and apparel. A portion of the proceeds go to breast cancer support groups.

SouthsideHarley.com • 317-885-5180 I-65 & Southport Rd. Exit 103

Beach fun runner-up:

Mackinac Island No story about Michigan tourism would be complete without a mention of Mackinac Island, which has been voted one of the top 10 islands in the world. The tranquil Lake Huron island prohibits cars, so the 600,000 visitors who descend on the island each summer get around on bicycles.

Many visitors stay at the Grand Hotel, which is known for its wide front porch and Grand Pecan Ball dessert. But other parts of the island are more rustic: The Mackinac Island State Park

66

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

covers more than 80 percent of the island’s land mass, and it has more than 70 miles of hiking trails. Visitors can also try kayaking, sailing, fishing and golfing, or visit one of the island’s two butterfly conservancies. And after all that activity, many visitors head straight for the island’s famous fudge shops.

beach fun

Ludington You probably haven’t heard of Ludington, a beachside community with just 8,000 residents. You won’t find any glitzy resorts here. Instead, Ludington offers a low-key vacation packed with old-fashioned family fun — boardwalks, beaches and bottomless ice cream.

“It’s definitely a bustling time here in Ludington during the summer, but it’s also really relaxed. Everyone is here for the same reason, to get away from the dayto-day grind,” said Brandy Henderson, executive director of the Ludington Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Generations of families come back here.”

Many visitors head straight for Stearns Park Beach, a half-mile stretch filled with sunbathers, volleyball courts, putt-putt courses and a new skate plaza.

“It’s a big, open beach where you can find your own little place but still be part of the bigger atmosphere,” Henderson said. “Families love it.”

When it’s time to get out of the sun, visitors walk along the half-mile breakwall to the North Breakwater Light. The pyramid-shaped building has been named one of the top lighthouses in the nation — despite its slight tilt. The Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (splka. org) offers tours.

Beachgoers also flock to Ludington State Park, where they can sunbathe on the shorelines of either Lake Michigan or Hamlin Lake. The park has wooded trails, great fishing spots and the Big Sable Point Lighthouse.

For adventurous travelers, nearby Silver Lake Sand Dunes (www.silverlake sanddunes.net) is a regional destination for dune buggy rides, which can be just as thrilling as any roller coaster.

At its heart, though, Ludington is a quiet, simple place. Many families make a tradition of buying ice cream at the House of Flavors (www.houseofflavors.com) and walking to the harbor. There, they watch the sunset and wave at the SS Badger car ferry as it chugs in and out of the harbor.

experience harvest

@

mallow run

Mallow Run WINERY

open daily 12-6pm with complimentary tasting daily 6964 W. Whiteland Rd. | Bargersville, IN | mallowrun.com

317.422.1556

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

67

Old Mission Peninsula. BELOW: Dishes at Trattoria Stella. Photo courtesy of Trattoria Stella.

foodie town runner-up:

Ann Arbor Ann Arbor also made the Midwest Living list of top regional foodie towns — and with good reason. The college town is home to Zingerman’s (www.zingermans.com), a world-renowned gourmet food shop that started its life as a traditional Jewish deli. The Zingerman’s empire now includes a coffeehouse, roadhouse and creamery, plus a bakehouse that offers popular cooking classes. Options range from two-hour baking classes to week-long “bake-cations.”

But Zingerman’s isn’t the only reason to visit Ann Arbor. Other highlights include Mani Osteria, Vinology Wine Bar and Restaurant, the Ravens Club speakeasy and a stellar farmers market.

“The thing it has that’s so unique is the highly concentrated but diverse types of restaurants,” Begnoche said. “You can get great Ethiopian or Hungarian or Italian food, and it’s all within a couple of blocks.”

foodie town

Traverse City Locals weren’t surprised when Midwest Living chose Traverse City as one of the region’s best food towns, alongside state capitals like Madison, Wis., and Des Moines, Iowa. The lakefront city has a pioneering farm-to-fork mentality and a wealth of top-notch restaurants.

The most sought-after table in the city is at The Cooks’ House (www.thecooks house.net), a tiny restaurant serving seasonal, gourmet cuisine. And we do mean tiny: The Cooks’ House has just six tables.

But don’t despair if you can’t snag a reservation. Other destination restaurants include Trattoria Stella (www.stellatc.com) for Italian

68

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

cuisine, Red Ginger (www.eatatginger.com) for Asian cuisine and Pearl’s New Orleans Kitchen (www.magnumhospitality.com/ pearls) for dishes with Cajun and Creole flair. Filling the brewpub niche, the North Peak Brewing Co. (www.northpeak.net) serves beers like Diabolical IPA, Mission Point porter and Northern Light ale.

Between meals, visitors hit the beach or stroll the picturesque downtown streets, where they find gelato and preserves at American Spoon Foods (www.spoon.com) and gourmet gifts at Silver Swan Homemade Foods (www.silverswantc.com). Traverse City is known as the cherry capital of the world, and Cherry Republic (www. cherryrepublic.com) puts that bounty on display with goodies like cherry salsa and

white chocolate-cherry peanut butter.

On the outskirts of Traverse City are two hilly peninsulas dotted with wineries — the Leelanau Peninsula and the Old Mission Peninsula. Old Mission is easier to navigate, but Leelanau has a higher concentration of wineries, with 28. Because visitors are likely to need a designated driver, many transportation companies in the area offer winery shuttles and guided tours.

Another key stop on the foodie itinerary is Fishtown Preservation (www.fishtownmi. org), located in nearby Leland. The district honors the maritime traditions of Lake Michigan with its collection of weathered fishing shacks, smokehouses, docks and boats.

“It’s a cute little fishing village like you would picture on the East Coast,” Begnoche said.

health & fitness

The HydroWorx aqua-therapy area at Stones Crossing Health Pavilion helps patients with orthopedic and neurological problems and sports injuries.

Training section

Sidelined

A

When walking it off won’t work, local athletes seek the help of southside experts By Alisa Advani

Athletes of every level dread one thing most: injuries. There is nothing worse — except maybe losing the Super Bowl two times in a row — than sustaining a game-stopping, win-spoiling, career-stalling tear, pull or break. But if the worst should come to pass, never fear. The southside of Indy offers scores of physical therapists, orthopedic specialists and trainers able to help athletes on the mend.

Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers (ARC) offers highly specialized physical therapists. “Our location is unique because we have therapists dedicated to specific conditions,” explains Jim Scifres, manager. “We have a concussion specialist, a general orthopedic therapist and several who focus on either women’s or men’s health. Behind the scenes, we are comparing notes and

70

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

developing treatment protocols for the patient in a unique way.”

Scifres tells the story of a young basketball player who came to ARC suffering from lower back pain. After discussing the case with Amy Robinson, an ARC physical therapist with an interest in women’s issues, the two discovered that some of the patient’s problems stemmed from repetitive imbalances that needed correction. “We got her back on the basketball court,” Scifres says.

Physical therapists utilize a cache of tools to mend their clients. Weights, bands, balls and cardio equipment all contribute pieces to the recovery puzzle, while the profes-

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

71

health & fitness

sional’s knowledge fills in the blanks. “Our combination of exercise equipment and excellent therapists ensures our clients first find normalcy in their everyday life and then we take that success and accelerate it,” says Scifres.

Like Scifres, Community Hospital’s Mike Darosa works to return athletes to their game, and he says balancing, stretching and strengthening the body are all critical.

“Physical therapy is the number one thing that will actually cure most athletes,” explains Darosa, who previously worked as a

team physician for Purdue University, IUPUI and the Indianapolis Colts. “There are lots of things we can do to get them ready for their first session, like (making sure they) rest (and suggesting the use of) anti-inflammatories and braces.”

In September, Darosa will move his practice to the new Stones Crossing Health Pavilion, a $14 million, 70,000-square-foot facility that will provide state-of-the-art mental and physical care on the southside.

As a non-operative orthopedist, Darosa specializes in concussion management

37

harding St.

The Pediatric Sensory Gym at Stones Crossing Health Pavilion, where children receive playbased therapy.

and musculoskeletal injury treatment—not thought to be common sports injuries. A torn meniscus or a torn rotator cuff might seem more common, he says, but “concussions can be as prevalent as knee and shoulder injuries.” And the treatment protocol for them is crucial.

“At the high school level, all athletes undergo a baseline neuro-cognitive test, called IMPACT. If that student sustains a concussion, we can compare their performance to baseline to be sure they are where they need to be before going back onto the field,” he says. “The initial treatment is rest. … After a rest period and cognitive testing, we take them though a series of steps that ramp up their mental and physical activity. At every turn be sure to protect their brain function.”

Franciscan St. Francis Hospital, located in both Indianapolis and Mooresville, works with athletes to improve their game as well as avoid injuries. Should an injury occur, however, physicians can help with that, too.

“We have a robust rehab program, which is in large part due to the success of our sports medicine facility,” says Joe Stuteville, media relations manager at Franciscan St. Francis.

1480 W Southport rd, Suite a

BLuFF

rd.

Southport rd.

72

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

877-FE MORAN FEMoranSecurity.com

NEED A NEW SYSTEM?

For every system sold throughout the month of October, we will donate $100 of your purchase to Breast Cancer Research.

LIFESTYLE PACKAGE Cellular Communication

Door Lock Control

Arm & Disarm

3 Door / Window Contacts Motion Detector

ARMED

Text Notifications

Thermostat Control

Smoke Detector Keyfob

View Live Video

Appearance and functionality of app may vary.

Light Control

Interactive App Control Switch & Save Options

Monthly monitoring starting at

$42.99

*

4G

Wireless monitoring**

No cables to cut**

No phone line required**

A+

R AT I N G

Complete control on any device**

AMERICAN OWNED A N D O P E R AT E D

Š COPYRIGHT FE MORAN SECURITY SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. AL: 12-1503 AZ: ROC277991 AR: EM-20120047 CA: ACO7037 CT: 0181623-L5 DE: CSRSL-0030 FL: EF20000845 GA: LVU406131 IA: C116545 IL: 127-001277 MD: 107-1565 MI: A-1102, 3601205239 NC: 27099-SP-FA/LV NJ: 34BA00182100, 34FA00141800 OK: 1851 SC: BAC#5537, BAC#3400 TN: 1394 TX: B16020, ACR-3338 VA: 11-5414 IN PD #150563

Chris Robb trains at House of Pilates instructor Rachel Williams.

“We have a great synergy between physicians and physical rehab personnel. The partnership is both clinical and administrative, and it allows us to provide optimal treatment to the recovering athlete.”

Pilates offers another option available to southside sports aficionados. The program, developed by Joseph Pilates, focuses on a body conditioning routine that builds flexibility, muscle strength and endurance.

It puts emphasis on spinal and pelvic alignment, breathing and core stability.

At Indy House of Pilates, Rachel Williams carefully analyzes the bodies of each of her clients with computer-like precision.

“I figure out the imbalances in the body to find out the original source of the problem,” she explains. “An injury is usually in the making for some time.”

Williams, no stranger to being sidelined from sports herself, spent years of her life confined to a bed or wheelchair after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Pilates succeeded where medication, surgery and physical therapy delivered sub-optimal results. She has since dedicated her life to helping others with injuries.

One of Williams’ clients, Chris Robb, came to the studio after sustaining a complete ACL tear, three meniscus tears and a complete MCL tear. “As a basketball player, 74

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

I was done,” Robb says. “No running or cutting sports for me. I was able to do Pilates though. After working with Rachel, I gained back full knee flexion and much greater muscle strength.”

The desire to play has not faded over time in 60-year-old Mary Gordon, an avid golfer.

Although her progressive disc disease worsened each year, she longed to zip around the golf course. She soon found herself playing much less than usual because of the pain.

After training with Williams for only a few months, she picked up her clubs and started playing again.

Gordon no longer simply drives the golf cart around the course. “I can outdrive most men,” she says. “I am so glad I went home a different way to work one day and saw the sign for Indy House of Pilates. It changed my life.”

Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers, 1273 N. Emerson Ave., Suite E, Greenwood, (317) 807-0770 ATI Physical Therapy, 2421 N. Morton St., Franklin, (317) 738-4401 Indy House of Pilates, 6960 Gray Road, Indianapolis, (317) 750-3024 Franciscan St. Francis Sports Medicine, 610 E. Southport Road, Suite 101, Indianapolis, (317) 781-1133 Stones Crossing Health Pavilion, 3000 State Road 135, Greenwood, www.ecommunity. com, www.johnsonmemorial.org SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

75

health & fitness

Training section

Field Advantage

Student athletes are seeking individual training to up their games

By Alisa Advani

P

laying a sport is serious

business for students these days.

Coaches and parents have high hopes and expectations of their athletes, and competition for key team positions and elusive college scholarship dollars is growing more intense. These days, Little Leaguers and first-string varsity athletes alike are opting for performance training outside the regular school or league environment to gain advantages on the field.

Tessa Strube, a junior at Plainfield High School, regularly travels from her hometown of Plainfield to Greenwood to train.

And her efforts have paid off. As a soccer goalie, the 16-year-old has already been accepted in the state’s Olympic Development Program (ODP), a national organization that was founded in 1977. ODP selects only the highest caliber athletes to represent their state, region and country in soccer competitions. Strube credits the additional preparation she receives at Acceleration Indiana on the southside of Indy with her notable success on the field.

“I have been training at Acceleration for four years,” she explains. “I initially wanted to pick up speed. I honestly believe my work there is what got me onto ODP. I stepped up my game, and I can track the ball better.”

Acceleration Indiana (often referred to as Accel) offers a prolific range of sport-specific programs, including football, tennis, softball, golf, basketball, track and field, hockey, and soccer. Accel tailors each program to match team position, short-term needs, and long-term goals and safety. For Strube’s training, 76

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Jim Weddle works with student athletes at Acceleration Indiana

that meant doing plyometric drills and teaching her brain to track a ball with superhero-like efficiency using Nike’s Vapor Strobe goggles.

“Everyone loves the strobes,” says Jim Weddle, manager and trainer at Acceleration Indiana. “When a ball is heading towards you, your brain actually takes a series of pictures instead of tracking it in a straight line. By blocking or disrupting vision using a strobe or a flicker effect, a player can develop quicker reaction times and motor skills.” The goggles, he explains, improve reaction time by switching between clear and blocked vision, which trains the brain to anticipate

what’s coming when the eyes are blocked.

Trainers can change the program on the goggles based on the needs of each athlete.

A wide receiver might need a different approach than a hockey player, for instance.

Accel offers programs developed from 20 years of scientific research and development. Degreed professionals who have backgrounds in exercise science, athletic training or biomechanics, administer all the sessions.

“We frequently have kids in the news celebrating their success,” Weddle says.

“Many of our athletes will receive college scholarships or placements within very selective showcase camps. Most of our cli-

health

Franciscan St. Francis Health’s volunteer medical and support crew have been a constant presence at the annual Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, providing medical assistance to participants along the run route and near the finish line.

78

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

ents come from Southport, Perry, Greenwood and the Whiteland/Franklin area, but we pull students from as far as Lafayette, West Vigo and even Lawrenceburg.”

Ben Wilson, a sophomore who attends Trader’s Point Christian Academy in Zionsville, travels to Greenwood to benefit

from Accel’s fine-tuned offerings. Wilson, a wide receiver and running back for his school’s football team, plans to attend the University of Florida.

“I heard about performance training through other kids who came here,” Wilson says. “We decided I should do speed and agility training, which mostly means I do plyos (plyometrics) and the treadmill.

I also use the strobes, and they definitely give me an advantage.”

Involved parents look to these additional opportunities to help their kids improve in their sports, while gaining confidence. Southside resident Denise Cooper, mother to 9-year-old Braden, decided to send her son to Accel when he needed to better develop his running style.

“Braden is a multisport person who just needed to pick up his speed,” she says. “He is great with competition. Jimmy (Weddle) helped him with pitching and running, and he has increased his stride.”

Student athletes and their families also can find enhancement programs at area hospitals’ sports medicine facilities.

Community Health Network and Johnson Memorial Hospital teamed up to open a

new health pavilion this fall. The $14 million, 70,000-square-foot Stones Crossing Health Pavilion will provide residents of Johnson County with a state-of-theart source for mental and physical care.

Within the new space, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and strength coaches will work together to assist the public.

“Sports performance sessions will be available to the public on a fee-per-visit basis,” says Nichole Wilson, director of physical therapy, rehab and sports medicine for Community Health. “We can serve a vast array of athletes with the basketball court, cardio and strength-training equipment and putting green.”

But at Stones Crossing, the focus isn’t just on winning. “We want to focus on the wellness of the child versus just their victory on the court,” Wilson explains. “We want to prevent injury. We want them to go back to their team with everything they need to perform well in all aspects of their lives.”

St. Francis Hospital, located in both Indianapolis and Mooresville, also offers sports performance sessions. With multiple high school partnerships already in place, the organization works to help student athletes achieve and maintain optimal health. Under St. Francis’ spectrum of care, young athletes receive sports nutrition counseling and sports-specific training, as well as on-site injury care.

“We feel that the purpose of the service is to limit injuries while fostering overall health and conditioning off the field,” says Joe Stuteville, media relations manager at Franciscan St. Francis.

Amid the discussions and planning sessions taking place each day at Accel regarding wins and losses, scrimmages and championships, and awards and rewards, young Braden Cooper goes about his training with intensity and perspective.

His passion for sports shows.

“I like to work out,” he said. “Running makes me faster and stronger. I will always play baseball. It is a lot of fun.”

L

Expert investment management for portfolios of $500,000 or more.

Acceleration Indiana, 9247 Castlegate Drive, Indianapolis, (317) 842-2702, www.accelindy.com Franciscan St. Francis Sports Medicine, 610 E. Southport Road, Suite 101, Indianapolis, (317) 781-1133 Stones Crossing Health Pavilion, 3000 State Road 135, Greenwood, www.ecommunity. com, www.johnsonmemorial.org

317-261-1900 Not FDIC Insured

No Bank Guarantee

2232 DCM_500000_4.75x4.75.indd 1 Client/Filename:

NBI

www.dmdcap.com May Lose Value

© 2013 Diamond Capital Management

SOU T H 2232 DCM_500000_4.75x4.75

|

1/28/13 3:27 PM indysouthmag .com 79

profile

80

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

From left, Alli and Brent Ditmars, John and Sandy Ditmars, Jami and Eric Howland

keeping balance

John and Sandy Ditmars find time for family, work and their community

By Ashley Petry Photography by Josh Marshall

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

81

profile

F

For five generations, the Ditmars family has tended its farm just west of Franklin

and successively enlarged its picturesque 1850s farmhouse. It’s the house where John Ditmars grew up, where he and his wife, Sandy, raised their children, and where they recently prepared a bedroom for their first grandchild, a newborn who is ushering in the sixth generation of Ditmars in Johnson County.

Perhaps because John and Sandy have such deep roots in Franklin, they have contributed countless hours of volunteerism and leadership to local community organizations — especially ones focused on agriculture, education and economic development.

But they don’t think of their efforts as “giving back” to the community.

“I hesitate to use ‘give back,’ because I think it’s more along the lines of participating in a productive way and in a way that makes a difference,” John says. “I don’t think the community owes me anything or that I owe the community anything. I do it because I want to.”

82

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Focusing on Family

John and Sandy, who both came from farming backgrounds, met in an animal science class at Purdue University, where he was studying economics and she was studying management. On their first date, he whisked her away to a steakhouse, where she ordered the most expensive items on the menu.

“The very first time I came into his fraternity house, they said, ‘So this is the one you almost had to wash dishes for,’” remembers Sandy, who is originally from Greencastle.

The couple married in 1980 and had two children, Brent and Jami, now both grown and married. For several years, the family lived in town. But when the Ditmars family started talking about selling the old farmhouse — which had been leased out for 20 years and was falling into disrepair — John and Sandy jumped at the chance to fix it up.

More accurately, Sandy says, she “begged” to keep the house in the family, largely because she was charmed by the house’s quirky character.

profile

From left, Sandy and John Ditmars, Alli and Brent Ditmars, front, Jami and Eric Howland. Right: John and Sandy walk their black Lab, Murphy.

“John’s dad figured we would get a divorce over it, because he said it needed so much work,” she explains. “We still would have kept the farm, and it would have killed me to come out here to the farm and have somebody else living in this home, so that is when they finally agreed to sell it to us.”

And it was a lot of work. The electrical and plumbing systems had to be replaced, along with the windows. Some of the walls had been eaten away by termites.

84

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

The kitchen and bathrooms needed complete overhauls.

John and Sandy did most of the work themselves, moving in with John’s parents when their previous home sold more quickly than expected. Most days, they went to work during the day, stopped at home to eat dinner and put their two young children to bed, and then worked on the house until midnight. It took three grueling months, but the couple now says the effort was well worth it. A

few years back, their son was married on the front porch.

“The family relevance makes it special, and then it is just a great place to come home to,” John says. “It’s close to town but yet it is out, and the kids really enjoyed it and still do.”

Supporting the Community

In the midst of raising their children and improving their home, John and Sandy continued to be active in professional and volunteer endeavors.

Autumn Solace Hot Tub Soak · 45 minute Massage Express Facial · $150 per person

$55 Single Massage & Hot Tub Soak

Weekdays Monday-Thursday only

40% off Regular Spa Packages Tuesdays & Sundays at the Spa

Ethereal Day Spa & Salon 812.720.9009 EtherealVillage.com Monday–Saturday 10 to 7 Sundays by appointment Gift Cards available online or at the Spa Village of Nashville Corner of Van Buren & Washington 2nd floor · Elevator access Stay overnight at Olde Magnolia House Inn, show your spa receipt; receive 10% off at 4th Sister Vintage store.

Original Italian Ice Cream

John, 56, is a senior vice president with First Merchants Bank. He serves on boards for the Franklin Development Corp., the Johnson County Development Corp. and Leadership Johnson County, and he’s also been involved with United Way of Johnson County and initiatives through Franklin Community Schools.

“I’d call John one of those quiet leaders,” says Cheryl Morphew, president and CEO of the Johnson County DeSOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

85

profile

“Anytime that you can get kids involved in sports or 4-H or anything that is not totally on their own, I think that is better for the kids. It teaches them social skills and responsibility.”

—sandy Ditmars

velopment Corp. “He kind of sits back, sets expectations and then lets folks run with that.”

Naturally, John keeps a close eye on local economic development issues.

“It interests me,” he says. “We went through a phase where we had no development, which I don’t think is right. But I think rubber-stamping everything that comes along and saying, ‘Yeah, let’s do that,’ is equally inappropriate. I think there is some place in the middle that is the balance, and I like to think that I can be helpful in bringing that balance to the table.”

Franklin is already seeing the benefits of recent efforts to revitalize the downtown, he says, and he hopes that momentum will continue over the years as more businesses invest in the area.

86

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Another key concern for John is community leadership development. He describes his own leadership style as one that encourages collaboration and discussion.

“When you start thinking you know it all, you figure out real quick that you don’t,” he says. “I learned a long time ago that I’m not the smartest person in the room, but I’m going to surround myself with people who are and listen to them.”

Sandy, 55, has been active in the community, as well. She recently retired from the technology department at Franklin Community Schools, where she worked for more than two decades, and she just joined the Johnson County Fair Board of Directors as its treasurer.

“The kids were in 4-H growing up, I was in 4-H growing up, and I have al-

ways loved the fair,” she says. “Anytime that you can get kids involved in sports or 4-H or anything that is not totally on their own, I think that is better for the kids. It teaches them social skills and responsibility.”

Both John and Sandy are also active participants at Hopewell Presbyterian Church. That, too, is a multi-generational Ditmars family tradition. Despite everything they do, they still find time to relax and enjoy life.

“To me it is more about quality than quantity,” John says. “Early in my career, I would say yes to everything, and then I figured, I just can’t do that. You have to keep the balance between the things you do in the community, your work life and your home life.”

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

87

Art on the Trailways.

Left: Point Defiance by Beth Nybecks.

Right: Landing by Cecilia Lueza.

88

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

On the

Rise When the culture mavens of Indianapolis talk about the arts, they don’t always face south. At least, not yet. By Scott Hall

I

ndy’s southside isn’t known for cutting-edge contemporary galleries or palatial performance venues. But it does have an established population of creative minds, an influx of newcomers who are both business and media savvy, and friendly relationships among arts advocates, merchants and public institutions like the library and park systems.

The result is a critical mass of artists and patrons who are starting to create a scene, and they’re doing so by collaborating on new events and finding innovative ways to engage with the broader community.

The year 2009 saw the formation of the Greater Greenwood Arts Council as well as the launch of Greenwood Sertoma’s annual WAMM Fest, a celebration of art and beverages. The following year, interested Southport residents formed SoArts, an artists’ collective in the vein of the Greenwood-based Southside Art League, which is still going strong as it marks its 50th anniversary this year.

“There’s plenty of art to be had,” says Angela Stelljes, vice president of the Greater Greenwood Arts Council. “A lot of it just falls under the radar.”

The council is a registered nonprofit with a volunteer board dedicated to advancing and promoting the visual, performing and literary arts in the greater Greenwood area.

Its strategy is not to compete but to complement the efforts of other organizations and individual artists, acting as a focal point for funding, information and coordination.

“Our vision is to be a community connector,” says Stelljes, who brought arts administration experience to the area when she and her family moved to town four years ago.

“We’re trying to support what’s here.”

‘What do people want?’

An initial step in 2010 was to conduct a census and survey of local artists, the results of which are posted online.

Continuing the data-driven approach, this year the group is surveying local residents about what they’d like to see in the vicinity, whether it be concerts, visual arts exhibitions, or classes and interactive events.

Photos Provided by Greater Greenwood Arts Council

“This is a really crucial piece for our organization,” Stelljes says of the survey, accessible at greenwoodarts.org.

“Not just that ‘art is good,’ but what do people want? What does this community really want?”

One of the group’s more visible initiatives is Art on the Trailways, a partnership with Greenwood Parks and Recreation that placed large sculptures along the paved path that follows Smith Valley Road from Main Street to Madison Avenue. With Franciscan St. Francis Health as the lead sponsor, the arts council conducted a national open call and selected three works for installation, marking the occasion in April 2012 with a day of activities dubbed “Arts Alive.” The council has been seeking funds to put new pieces on the trail next year, perhaps in conjunction with another public event.

Since 2011, with support from the University of Indianapolis and in cooperation with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the council has staged two concerts at Community Church of Greenwood featuring the progressive string trio Time for Three.

The arts council’s signature fundraising effort involves a partnership with Mallow Run Winery near Bargersville.

A line of wines branded “Impression” features local artists’ work on the label and proceeds shared with the arts group.

The first batch, introduced last fall, is a pinot grigio with a painting by Greenwood artist Patty Coulter. The next one, a cabernet, will be uncorked at the council’s annual supporter event Nov. 16 at the winery.

Artists for artists’ sake

Another upstart group, SoArts—officially known as the Southport Artistry Committee—fills a different niche.

Like the arts council, it began with some nudging from local officials, with an eye toward economic development.

But it functions fundamentally as a networking and support group for artists of various stripes, with 20 to 30 members who come from near and far to monthly business meetings at the Southport Community Center and monthly gettogethers at members’ homes for art-making and refreshments. A wall at the community center serves as the group’s main gallery, with a different member featured each month.

There’s no fee to belong, but members are expected to organize or volunteer at events.

“There are a lot of people looking for places to make and show their art,” says SoArts President Duane King, a graphic designer, multimedia artist and Southport native. “We’re always looking for ways to help people sell art, if that’s what they want to do. We want to help the artist teach, if that’s what they want to do.”

Already, in collaboration with Southport Parks & Recreation, SoArts has been offering summer painting and drawing classes for kids and adults. A group exhibition titled “Seven Virtues” hung during July at the Athenaeum in downtown Indianapolis, opening with a reception that included music, refreshments and charity fundraising.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

89

Like other arts groups, SoArts is tapping into preexisting local events to build its presence.

For Southport’s annual Spring Festival, the group stages Artists in Action, a one-day art contest with cash prizes for ages 16 and older. At the Southport Fall Festival, members will staff a pumpkin-painting booth.

“We’re a young group, and that gives us energy,” King says. “We’re always wanting to do something—right now.”

Looking ahead, SoArts hopes to obtain nonprofit status, pursue some grants and establish a physical space of its own. King envisions something like the Harrison Center for the Arts on Indianapolis’ near northside, which offers several galleries, public event spaces and low-cost studio rental to both full-time and part-time artists.

“We’d like to get a building we could call home,” King says. “That could really be a draw for Southport.”

Artist profile

Matthew Sheek

Culture on campus

Photo Provided by John Spurr

New arts organizations like these join an established roster of institutions that have enlightened and entertained local residents for decades. Greenwood Public Library displays local art and touts the work of local writers. Greenwood Parks and Recreation hosts a Summer Concert Series,

SALI Photography Show of 2010 at Citizens Bank in Greenwood.

90

SOU T H

|

among other events.

The list also would include the University of Indianapolis, where the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center hosts more than 100 arts and cultural events each year, most of them free and family-friendly. Its European-style Ruth Lilly Performance Hall hosts numerous student performances as well as the annual Faculty Artist Concert Series, 20 free Monday night concerts of classical, jazz and contemporary music from September through April. A separate schedule of jazz concerts featuring local and national players runs throughout the season.

In the visual arts, several professional and amateur exhibitions are mounted each year in UIndy’s DeHaan Center Gallery under the direction of adjunct faculty member and longtime local art impresario Mark Ruschman, the Indiana State Museum’s chief curator of fine arts. The university’s Department of Theatre presents four productions each season in the 700-seat Ransburg Auditorium or the more intimate black-box Studio Theatre, with a mix of comedy, drama, musicals, classics and edgy contemporary fare.

A similarly eclectic mix is found onstage at Franklin College, which offers four productions each season in its

indysouthmag .com

Matthew Sheek spent more than two decades in radio, working across the country and here in Indiana, where you might have heard the occasional traffic report from “Matt Joyce.”

Five years ago, however, he got serious again about his first love: art. Eventually the Greenwood native and current Whiteland resident told his wife he was dropping the broadcast career to focus on painting.

“She’s been very tolerant and absolutely fantastic in supporting me,” says Sheek, who holds a manual labor job to help with the bills but otherwise focuses on his acrylics and oil pens.

As a dyslexic kid, he struggled a bit in school, especially with numbers, but he loved art classes at Shelbyville High School and seemed headed for a related career before being bitten by the radio bug. Still “80 percent rightbrained,” he now stands out as an abstract painter in a region where realistic and figurative work is far more common. He approaches his paintings by trying to distill the visual world into basic components.

“I am not Brown County material,” he says. “I just try to go to a place of simplicity and try to break things down. I’m actually surprised by some of the things that come out on the canvas.”

Sheek has sold work through the Southside Art League’s Art About Town program and through connections he makes on Facebook, to patrons as far away as Chicago, Houston and London. In November, he will be the showcase artist at SALI’s Off Broadway Gallery in Greenwood.

He has found camaraderie and helpful connections through his membership in local collectives like SALI and SoArts.

“It’s given me a lot of opportunities,” he says. “It’s just a great way for people to be able to connect.”

Photography by Josh Marshall

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

91

92

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Artist profile

Donna Shortt Finding the right light is the inspiration that drives painter Donna Shortt.

“When I see that morning light or that late afternoon or evening light, it brings out the colors in everything,” says the longtime Perry Township resident. “It could be a tree, or objects in a still life, or a person—it’s all about the light.”

Shortt has had a lifelong interest in art, thanks to a Beech Grove High School teacher who encouraged her even after she graduated. Shortt did office work as her four children were growing up, but later, with more time and more work space at home, she ditched the day job to focus on painting, favoring oils and pastels.

Her impressionistic works include still lifes and portraits, but landscapes are a specialty.

She enjoys working outdoors with other artists through the Indiana Plein Air Painters.

“I paint in 13-degree weather sometimes,” says Shortt, also a member of Southside Art League, Hoosier Salon, Indiana Artists Club, Brown County Art Guild, Chicago Pastel Painters, Pastel Society of America and the Indiana Artisan program.

She actively shows her work and has won honors, including a best-of-show in the fine arts professional category at the 2007 Indiana State Fair and a 2008 purchase award from the Indiana State Museum. She sells original paintings through her own website, www.dshortt.com, and also sells print reproductions online through a company called Fine Art America.

Shortt also teaches painting and drawing classes at SALI, an activity that helps her as well as her students to develop their craft.

“There’s always something to learn,” she says.

Photography by Josh Marshall

black-box Theatre Margot, located in the Johnson Center for Fine Arts. The center hosts several visual arts exhibitions each year showcasing both students and professionals, with accompanying receptions and artist lectures. On the music side is an annual schedule of free instrumental and choral concerts by students, faculty and guests in the Old Main building’s Custer Theatre.

Franklin College also has partnered with the city and local restaurateurs to open the 66 Water Street Arts Cafe in downtown Franklin. Staffed and run by students and faculty, the space is open 3 p.m. to midnight daily, offering food, drinks and art exhibitions.

Another pillar of local theater is the Buck Creek Players, an all-volunteer community theater company currently celebrating its 40th anniversary. Staging several productions each year in its converted former tennis facility on Southeastern Avenue, the nonprofit group offers opportunities to perform, help out or just enjoy.

Ride, SALI, ride

Among the grass-roots organizations, one of the most established is the Southside Art League Inc., or SALI, founded in 1963 and tucked away in a residential neighborhood on Greenwood’s East Broadway Street. The two-story brick building that houses the group’s class and work space is the former pump house for a hot springs spa that occupied the property a century ago. The smaller adjacent building is the Off Broadway Gallery, which contains an office and two display spaces where members can hang work for a nominal fee. One room is a rotating, themed group exhibition; the other spotlights individual members as well as artists from outside the organization.

SALI’s membership in recent years has hovered around 200, which includes professional artists, hobbyists and supporters of the cause, some from as far as Zionsville. Led by a small governing board, the all-volunteer group sustains itself through corporate and public grants, member dues, and fees from classes, workshops and wall space. Members offer a range of painting and drawing classes for all ages, and they meet quarterly to discuss business and watch artist demonstrations.

The group stages several public events each year, the largest being the Midwest National Abstract Art Exhibition, which will enjoy its ninth annual run Sept. 28 to Oct. 26 at the Garfield Park Arts Center. The call for entries is advertised nationally and has attracted submissions from as many as 30 states. Last year’s edition drew more than 100 entries, of which about half made the cut.

Also this fall is SALI’s 22nd annual Competitive Membership Show, on display from Sept. 7 to 28 in the ample lobby of Citizens Bank on East County Line Road. The same bank in April hosted the fourth annual SALI Photography Show, featuring professional and amateur work.

Another relatively new event for the group is Create Your Heart Out, a one-day art competition held during Greenwood’s Freedom Fest in late June.

Open to everyone

SALI is doing a good job of serving its members, board SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

93

Photo Provided by John Spurr

President Tom Leavitt says, but it has the capacity to do much more for the community. Its workshop building, for example, has a largely unused second floor awaiting renovation, if there were enough interest to expand the schedule of classes and events. Despite the many outreach efforts and opportunities to participate, the group still finds many local residents hesitant to get involved.

“That’s the challenge—they assume that it’s a closed community,” Leavitt says. “I would like to see more people participate and have some fun with the arts.”

One of the group’s innovative initiatives is the Art About Town program, which allows members to stage two-month solo exhibitions at partner locations around town that have wall or floor space to offer. The current sites are Greenwood Public Library, Greater Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, Sassafras Tea Room, Winchester Place and VisionQuest Eye Care.

Whiteland painter Matthew Sheek, a member of both SALI and SoArts, sold some work from his recent show at VisionQuest. He says this approach to exhibiting art bypasses the intimidation factor that keeps some folks away from other venues.

“It’s not natural for some people to say, ‘Let’s go to the gallery and look at art,’” Sheek says.

“This is putting art in places where people are.”

In like fashion, the Southport group is starting a SoArts Venue program, looking for local merchants who want to freshen their décor with work from participating artists, “basically turning any Southport business into a gallery,” King says. Each collection can be tailored to the management’s tastes and available space, and the partner businesses can even turn a little profit through sales commissions.

Landscape artist Ron Mack works with a student on her painting.

He works in oils and is currently offering a landscape painting class at SALI.

‘We’re catching up’

Perry Township painter Donna Shortt, an active SALI member and teacher, is pleased to see new groups and younger arts supporters replicating successful programs and testing new ideas.

“We need people who are not only artists but have a head for business, too,” she says. “It takes all kinds of people.”

King expects more small groups like his to emerge, allowing local artists to share opportunities and inspiration.

And gradually, he says, the Southside will build awareness and credibility for its homegrown arts scene.

“The northside does have a lot of things already established,” King says. “We’re catching up. They just got a head start.”

94

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Artist profile

Duane King Duane King took all the shop classes at Southport High School, planning to be a mechanic, but he had long enjoyed a different kind of hands-on work. He recalls the moment it first occurred to him.

“In sixth grade, I did a painting in art class, and everybody loved it,” he says.

Later, with encouragement from longtime SHS art teacher Roger Gale and the support of his family, he changed course and went to Herron School of Art, earning a bachelor’s degree in visual communication.

Now King works full time as a graphic designer for a major real estate firm, doing some Web and logo design on the side, but he spends his free time as a purveyor and promoter of fine art. He is president of the Southport Artistry Committee and a member of Southside Art League, Hoosier Salon and Indiana Plein Air Painters.

His favorite medium these days is ceramic sculpture, through which he creates realistic forms of people, animals and other subjects. But as evidenced by his website, www.duaneking. com, he also paints and draws portraits, caricatures, cartoons and illustrations.

King has further studied ceramics and oil painting at the Indianapolis Arts Center, exhibiting there as well as the State Fair, Hoosier Salon events and many small art fairs. He sometimes sells quickie portraits to passersby in order to draw attention to his ceramics.

As he and his artist comrades know, selling original work has been especially tough since the 2008 economic downturn.

“Sometimes you think, ‘Well, I should have gone to med school,’” he quips.

King takes heart, however, in seeing positive indicators like the rising housing market.

“Hopefully the same thing will happen with art,” he says.

Photography by Josh Marshall

What do you want?

The Greater Greenwood Arts Council is surveying local residents to help prioritize its efforts and resources. The questions assess the level of local interest and support for various cultural activities, from exhibitions and concerts to art classes and interactive events. The council hopes for one response per household. The survey will remain accessible online through September at www.greenwoodarts.org/surveys.

SELECTED FALL EVENTS

Southside Art League Inc. 22nd annual Competitive Membership Show Sept. 7 to 28; reception 2 p.m. Sept. 21 Citizens Bank, 2334 E. County Line Road Local artists vie for awards in juried show.

UIndy Faculty Artist Concert Series opening gala 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Artist-in-residence maestro Raymond Leppard leads orchestra and choirs to kick off 33rd season of weekly classical and jazz concerts.

Midwest National Abstract Art Exhibition IX Sept. 28 to Oct. 26; reception 6 p.m. Sept. 28 Garfield Park Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis SALI-sponsored show offers cash awards to artists from across the nation.

Greater Greenwood Arts Council Artist Series Uncorking Event 7 p.m. Nov. 16 Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville Arts group fundraiser includes introduction of new signature wine.

Space is limited; request an invitation at ggartscouncil@gmail.com. LINKS Greater Greenwood Arts Council www.greenwoodarts.org Southside Art League Inc. www.southsideartleague.org Southport Artistry Committee www.soarts.org University of Indianapolis www.uindy.edu/arts Franklin College www.franklincollege.edu Garfield Park Arts www.gpacarts.org SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

95

dog’s

Best friend

96

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

By Ashley Petry Photography by Josh Marshall

Michael Delp spends his days helping stray and neglected animals

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

97

Sometimes Michael Delp has nightmares about the animals he couldn’t save in real life — such as the scared, disoriented puppies that were dumped in the middle of an interstate and killed by oncoming traffic before Delp could reach them.

As director of Johnson County Animal Control, Delp has seen countless examples of such cruelties. Dogs doused in gasoline and set on fire. Cats used as test targets for their owner’s new bow and arrow. A dog kicked in the mouth so many times that its teeth had begun to grow sideways.

Yet Delp keeps going, even if he sometimes has to put his head on his desk and cry. The Greenwood resident has been with animal control for nine years now, serving as director for the past four years — even though the average animal control officer stays in the job just three years before succumbing to compassion fatigue.

“This is an interesting job in law enforcement because I get to fall in love every day, but I also get my heart broken every day,” Delp said. “It really parallels officers involved in the sex-crimes units. It’s very difficult emotionally, and sometimes you have to approach horrific situations and view them through the eyes of an investigator and not get so emotionally involved.”

Delp, 53, was working in quality control at Eli Lilly nine years ago when he saw a notice in the newspaper that Johnson County was seeking animal control officers.

Undeterred by the pay cut, he accepted the position because he wanted to make a difference in the lives of both people and animals.

“It sounded like it might be something different every day, and I liked the idea of the law enforcement aspect of it,” he said.

Kennel manager Bethany Fulps

98

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Delp was right: The job does present him with new challenges every day. He testifies in court about cases of alleged animal cruelty. He writes tickets for leash and vaccine violations. He speaks at local schools to kick off pet food donation drives.

He mows the facility’s lawn to save money on landscaping fees. He assists in the kennel, giving the animals some much-needed attention or helping with the tough work of euthanasia. During his interview with South magazine, he had to pause to dispatch an officer to rescue a cat stuck in a drain pipe. (The rescue operation was a success.)

“This is an interesting job in law enforcement because I get to fall in love every day, but I also get my heart broken every day.”

—Micheal Delp

Through it all, Delp has focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the animals in his care. Johnson County Animal Control takes in about 3,000 animals a year — about 1,000 dogs and 2,000 cats. Yet it hasn’t euthanized a dog for space reasons in more than three years, claiming one of the lowest dog euthanasia rates in Indiana among open-admission shelters.

Delp is “good about getting the animals out, finding homes for them and getting sponsorships for programs to keep them alive instead of euthanizing them,” said County Commissioner Brian Baird. “He has a passion for the animals that’s really neat to see. He works really hard, and I think that’s a great accomplishment that we’re not destroying animals like we used to.”

That success comes amidst many pressures. The agency’s budget has been slashed by 40 percent in recent years, despite its move to a larger facility. Animal adoption rates have plunged during the recent economic slump. And as the population of Johnson County increases, the agency must stretch its resources even further to cover growing needs.

Carman Stratton of Franklin is a regular kennel volunteer. She helps by walking the dogs and gives them much needed one-on-one attention.

Michael Delp

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

99

100

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Another problem is the increasing number of owner-surrendered animals coming into the shelter. Animal control isn’t set up to accept those animals; its priority is stray, abused and neglected animals, as well as animals seized during criminal investigations. Yet more than 60 percent of its intakes are owner surrenders, which it isn’t allowed to refuse.

“That places a huge burden on us,” Delp said. “Once (the animals) come in, my staff starts working immediately to get them out Carmen and Bob Rosegarten of Whiteland had Benji and Pinky microchipped at Johnson County Animal Control

to the rescue organizations.

Our adoption rate has gone down in the past five years, but our rescue rates have gone way up.”

Johnson County Animal Control has four full-time officers, one full-time kennel manager and five part-time kennel workers. Delp also has reserve officers on call for emergencies and relies on about 15 dedicated volunteers, some of whom show up nearly every day.

Although the agency’s resources are spread thin, Delp maximizes its effectiveness with new technologies — such as portable chip scanners that help officers quickly identify stray animals and reunite them with their owners. The agency also fills budget gaps with in-kind donations of food, toys, cleaning supplies and other items.

Items such as pig ears and chew toys keep the animals entertained, so they’re happier and more likely to get rescued or adopted, said kennel manager Bethany Fulps.

“You don’t think about a pig ear saving a dog’s life, but it could,” she said.

Like most animal control officers, Delp has struggled against the urge to adopt every needy animal that enters the shelter. He has made only one exception in nine years, for a chow now named Her Royal Highness Princess Panda Bear.

As a puppy, Panda was placed in a How You Can Help cardboard box and thrown out a car Adopt an animal. The $115 window on the interstate. The impact adoption fee includes spay/ killed her two brothers, and Panda was so seriously injured that animal control neuter surgery, all necessary officers scheduled her for euthanasia. vaccines, microchip insertion The night before, Delp decided to give and registration, a collar Panda one night of comfort and happiness, so he took her home. But he couldn’t and tag, and 30 days of bring himself to return her, so he and pet health insurance. his wife adopted her instead, gradually Volunteer to work with helping her recover from her injuries. the animals at the shelter, “Panda is the reorganize a donation cipient of all the love drive or assist with I want to give to all the animals but can’t facility maintenance. because I have to Donate cash or in-kind maintain some kind supplies, such as dry pet of distance,” he said.

Delp hasn’t alfood, toys, cleaning supplies ways been so good and other items on the at maintaining that agency’s wish list. (Call emotional distance.

In his early years or stop by for details.) on the job, he got attached to another dog — the one that had been kicked so Johnson County many times that its teeth were growing Animal Control sideways. The dog was understandably skittish when it arrived at the shelter, but 2160 Graham Road, Franklin, (317) 736-3924 he decided to show the dog that it was possible for someone to care about it.

Every day, when he walked past the dog’s kennel, he said comforting things, such as “I love you, and I’m not going to let anybody hurt you.” Eventually the dog let Delp sit with him in the kennel, then pet him and finally hold him on his lap.

But the dog had another problem — a painful form of terminal cancer. Eventually euthanasia seemed like the most humane option, and Delp insisted on doing the procedure himself.

“When I put my hand over his heart, he lifted his head and licked my hand,” Delp said. “That was a day when I went home and wept. If I can remember Bethany Fulps holds kittens born animals like that and in the kennel. Spaying and never let them be forgotneutering would greatly reduce the number of kittens without homes. ten, then I can make it.”

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

101

Larry and Debby VanLandingham

home

improvement 102

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Ken and Debbie Tomey

Whiteland Road in Johnson County boasts a number of notable—and beautiful—farmhouses with hundreds of years of history. We met with two couples who have poured their energy (and finances) into making their century-old houses feel like home.

By Sherri Dugger | Photography by Jamie Owens

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

103

“We’re very blessed” Travel west of U.S. 31 along

Whiteland Road, and you will have a hard time missing the head-turning homestead of Larry and Debby VanLandingham. So many people notice the home, in fact, that they make a point of stopping to take impromptu family photos, prom photos and wedding pictures, the VanLandinghams say. The property is picturesque, with a grand, approximately 104

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

4,000-square-foot home, a pair of red barns, small outbuildings, an outhouse, a grain silo, landscaped gardens and various antiques and restored vintage tractors scattered throughout the grounds.

The farmhouse, which was built in the late 1800s, now boasts three bedrooms and four bathrooms and has retained its original hardwood floors, which have been refinished over the years. Nearly every room in the home has been renovated by Debby’s brother, Dennis Drake, save for the parlor at the front of the home; it remains virtually untouched.

Debby tells of some of the history of the residence as she walks through, pointing out an upstairs bedroom that once served as living quarters for newlyweds in the Brunnemer family, who originally constructed and lived in the home.

“They (the Brunnemers) had three kids.

When each one of them got married, they (the newlyweds) would start off living at home up here. It was like a little apartment. They would come up through this way,” she explains, motioning to a door that leads to stairs on the outside of the house. “This would have been their living room, and where the bathroom is would have been a little kitchenette. This (a present-day walk-in closet) would have been their bedroom.”

Each room of the home, blanketed in antiques and accessories, now boasts a decorative theme, Debby says. She calls her sitting room, for example, “The Titanic Room,” and it’s filled with nautical and Titanic-related relics. The dining room is a “bottle room,” where she keeps a collection of some-500 brightly colored bottles, and upstairs is a “Civil War” hallway, where war-era uniforms, caps and books are housed. The room over the garage, now a movie-themed room, is also considered the man cave of the house.

It’s where Larry spends the majority of his downtime, “remote control in hand,” Debby says with a smile.

Antiques are in every room of the VanLandingham home.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

105

Several restored outbuildings, as well as antique tractors, can be found throughout the property.

106

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

“We look at the big picture. It (the home) isn’t ours anyway.

We share it with whoever.”

—Larry VanLandingham

Debby and Larry met through his sister, Tammy, when Debby was just 13 and Larry was 15 years old. “We went together all through high school, since eighth grade,” Debby says. “We got married right out of high school.” This past August, the couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.

Both VanLandinghams graduated from Whiteland Community High School; Larry in 1972 and Debby in 1974.

They soon had a son, Jason, now 38, and a daughter, Amy, now 36, and then bought a house in New Whiteland, later moving to Acton, before finally settling back into a Whiteland subdivision when the kids were older. “We moved in there and lived there for 10 or 12 years,” Larry says.

In 1997, Debby made her way back to the street where she was raised. “I grew up on the next seven acres,” she says, gesturing to the east of her home. “There are four acres between us and the three houses next to us, which are all family.”

Next door to the VanLandinghams is a home where Debby’s grandparents once lived. Her brother, Jim Drake Jr., owns it now. To the east of that house, her father, James Drake Sr., still lives where he and

his wife, Rosemary, raised Debby and her three siblings. Debby’s aunt Hazel Drake and cousin John Drake live in the home directly east of James Sr. Over the years, the couple has put a great deal of work into the home and grounds. “We probably put more into it than we will ever get out of it, but that’s just the way it goes,” Larry says.

He painted the entire outside of the house during the summer of 2008—with a four-inch paint roller. “It took the whole summer,” he recalls. “I started using a sprayer, but it was dripping all over. I could get more paint on with a roller, so I used that. I had to paint it (the house) twice. I did a section every night. She (Debby) mentioned painting it again recently. I said: ‘No. We’ll move, or I’ll be dead.’”

In recent years, the couple had a 40-by56-foot pole barn built to house their vintage cars—Larry has a 1967 Camaro and Debby has a 1973 Volkswagen—as well as the antique tractors Larry has restored (a 1937 Unstyled A John Deere and a 1953 Super M Farmall).

Larry, who works as a supervisor at Otis Elevator Co. by day, handles the lawn mowing at night. “He won’t let me

mow,” Debby says. “It’s his therapy.”

Pulling weeds is her therapy. “On a typical day? I’m pulling weeds, pulling weeds and pulling more weeds,” she says.

“When I get done with this side of the house, it’s time for that side of the house.”

All the work has paid off. The VanLandingham home and property are a grand destination for their 10 grandchildren, who swim in the in-ground pool or play among the gardens on the weekends.

And the home continues to attract attention from passersby almost daily. “We’re very humble. We’re very blessed,” Larry says. “We look at the big picture. It (the home) isn’t ours anyway. We share it with whoever (stops by).

“It’s just another house to me,” he adds. “Maybe sometimes I don’t appreciate it like I probably should.”

(Continued on next page.)

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

107

“That’s character” From left: Debbie, Kelsey, Adalynn Rae, Madison Harkness, Jacob and Ken Tomey.

108

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

The backyard on the two-

plus acre property that the Tomey family owns has at times been referred to as a miniature version of Conner Prairie Interactive History Park. Behind the 2,100-square-foot farmhouse, you will find a carriage house, a greenhouse, a chicken coop, a primitive cabin and a WPA-constructed outhouse, which was built during the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, shortly after the Great Depression. There is also a stone-lined pond populated with waterlilies and dozens of koi and goldfish. The property also features antiques, tractors, an old gasoline pump and a number of vintage cars—the restoring of which is one of homeowner Ken Tomey’s passions.

Ken and his wife, Debbie, met at a restaurant where she worked as a waitress

when she was just 20 years old. Then 27, Ken was a truck driver from Whiteland, who regularly stopped by the now-defunct D&D Restaurant in Uniontown.

“The lady I worked for I also baby-sat for during the day; I worked for her in the restaurant at night,” Debbie explains.

“She kept trying to fix us up, but he always just drove through during the day.

One night he stopped in. That was it.” The year was 1984.

The pair married in 1985, and Debbie moved to Whiteland to live with Ken, where he’d been raised since he was 2 years old. In 1986, the Tomeys’ firstborn, Trisha, now 27, arrived. Two years later, their first son, Zachary, now 25, came along. And four years after that, they welcomed Jacob, who is now 21, to the family.

The Tomeys moved to their home on

Adalynn Rae Tomey

The Tomey property houses cabins and barns, a chicken coup, an outhouse and vintage cars.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

109

Whiteland Road when Debbie was eight months pregnant with Trisha. “He (Ken) wanted something bigger, and he saw this house for sale,” Debbie recalls. “He fell in love with it. He said, ‘I want that house.’”

“I always loved the house,” Ken adds. “I used to drive by when I was going to visit my grandparents in Martinsville. I just liked the looks of it. I liked the setting.

There were more big trees around it when we bought it.”

Since that time, some of those trees have fallen or been cut down. There used to also be a treehouse. “It had a nice little staircase up the side of it,” Ken recalls. “It had a nice little roof.”

The fate of the treehouse fell to one winter day when the Tomey boys were out playing in the yard. “I was at work,” Ken says. “I picked up Debbie, and we went to the post office. We had pagers then, and my pager started going off. It said to call home. Then it came up with 911. So I hurried up. I got out to the truck. Then I hear 110

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

fire sirens. I’m like ‘Are you kidding me?’

The fire chief went by first. Then the fire truck. And we’re both saying ‘Turn, turn, don’t go toward our house.’”

But the truck did, in fact, head for their house. The treehouse was on fire. “The two boys had been up there,” Ken explains.

“They were pretending like they were hunting. They started a little fire in there to get warmed up. One of them kicked the tray, and it caught a mat on fire.”

The treehouse came down, and it now stands as one of the many family memories the Tomeys have of their nearly 28 years on the property. Last year, the couple hosted a wedding reception for Zach and his wife, Kelsey, on the property, and they have since welcomed their first grandchild to the world. Adalynn Rae, who regularly spends Fridays at the home with her grandparents, was born to Zach and Kelsey in September 2012.

The farmhouse, which was built sometime in the mid-1800s, has experienced a number of cosmetic facelifts over the years, thanks to the efforts of Debbie and Ken. “We thought it was in the best shape ever when we moved in,” Debbie recalls. “Until you got in here.” Within the first few years of living in the home, the Tomeys had to install a new septic system and well. They ripped up layers of shag carpeting that covered the dining room floor, and they turned the front parlor in the house into a master bedroom to provide more room upstairs for their growing family. Now that the kids have grown, they say, their next project is to reclaim one of the two upstairs bedrooms for themselves.

Outside, the Tomeys have found yet more chores and projects to tackle. Ken had a 40-by-64-foot pole barn constructed to house his project cars. The cabin, which was purchased in 2008 for $230 through Craigslist, was originally intended to serve as a shed to hold Debbie’s gardening supplies. “It took a wrong turn; it’s not a garden shed,” Ken says with a smile. Instead, the couple decided to add a wraparound porch to it and decorate inside with period-correct antiques. A bed, a dining room table and a wood stove, among other collectibles, are in the small, one-room structure. On warm summer mornings, Debbie

and Ken enjoy their coffee sitting together outside on the cabin’s porch.

Remodeling the home and the grounds has been “a long process,” Debbie says.

“It’s what we’ve done ever since we moved in here.”

The house “has a lot of character,” she adds. “When we moved here, we were looking at doors, and you could tell they were uneven. The guy who lived here would say: ‘That’s character.’ So that’s always been a running joke when we find

lives with his mom and dad, though his “job and his girlfriend keep him pretty busy,” Debbie says.

The property is now also home to the Tomeys’ chickens and guinea fowl, and the couple’s four dogs, Smokey, Roxie, Dixie and Spanky, and to Ken’s old cars.

Currently, he owns a 1957 Ford wagon, a 1946 Ford coupe and a 1939 Ford 8N tractor that once belonged to Debbie’s great-grandfather. “I’ve always been into the old cars and antiques,” says Ken.

something wrong, we say: ‘That’s character.’ We have found a lot of character in this house.”

Occasionally they think about moving, but the thought quickly passes. “I can’t sell it,” Debbie says. “In the wintertime, you think ‘I’m out of here’ (to head to warmer climates). But I can’t see us leaving, leaving the kids, and everything we have done here. This is home.”

More and more the home is now beginning to feel like a space just for the two of them. Their eldest, Trisha, is now married and living in her own home with her husband, Justin Brown, and Zach and Kelsey also have their own home. Jacob

“We used to go antique shopping a lot,” Debbie adds. “As the kids grew, we would sell them (the antiques) because they weren’t as practical. Now it’s getting back to being our house, with antiques. We are doing what we want and using the rooms the way we want to use them.”

The remodeling projects will continue, the couple says, and the old farmhouse on Whiteland Road will remain with the Tomey family. “In the spring, when everything is coming back to life, when you’re out in the summer, enjoying the yard and the kids, it’s like how could we ever leave this place?” Debbie says. “It’s the only place the kids have ever known.”

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

111

our side of town

Greenwood Chamber Golf Classic July 18 // Hickory Stick Golf Club

1. American Senior Communities, first place team: Mark McAllister, Brian McKaime and Ryan Jorgenson.

2. Aqua Systems team: Charley Hammond, Jim Ricketts, Dave Leathers and Josh Stephens.

1 2

3. Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers, Vicki Perry and Mike Combs.

4. Reis-Nichols Jewelers team: Jon Winteregg, Ray Murray, Cole Hale and Mark Snyder.

3

5. Dean Bouzeos from the Gathering Place with wife, Betty Bouzeos, and Mike Reed and Jamison Corn of FE Moran Security Solutions.

6. Daily Journal team: Jerry Ott, Julie Swango, Chris Cosner and Loren Snyder.

4

5

112

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

6 Photos by Pro-Tek

35th Annual Franklin Chamber Golf Outing June 6 // The Legends Golf Club

1. Aaron Clark and David Seiwert

1 2

3

2. Steve Bechman, Doyle Burgess, Rob Henderson, Steve Reed 3. Joe Beardsley and Larry Heydon 4. Golf carts heading out to play.

5. Blake Bastling, Curtis McClure, Kurt Schletzer, Scott Neal 6. Deb Turrel, Tricia Bechman, Shannon Tankersly

4

5

7. Representatives from Edward Jones Investments as title sponsor 8. Bill Doty, Mayor Joe McGuinness, Cary Hargis, Aaron Hagist 6

7

8 Photos Provided by the Franklin Chamber

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

113

our side of town

1

2 3

4

5

Carmel Symphony Orchestra at Mallow Run Winery July 6 // Mallow Run Winery 1. Mallow Run co-owner Bill Richardson plays the French horn in the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. His wife and co-owner of the winery, Laura Richardson, plays clarinet. 2. The VIP section. 3. The large crowd applauds. 4. Representatives from the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization. The concert benefited this organization, which assists families with organ donation and helps educate the community. 5. Mallow Run co-owner John Richardson introduces sponsors and kicks off the concert.

114

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Photos by Mallow Run

Greenwood Freedom Festival Parade June 29

1 2

3

1. Members of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio warm up before the Greenwood Freedom Festival Parade.

2. Jackson Cook, 6, uses his umbrella to hold his candy and treats.

3. Members of the Greenwood Middle School Dazzlerettes 4. Greenwood Freedom Festival

4

5

5. Sonora Vozos (left) and Brianna Marzan, both 6.

6. Ryan Core of Pilsung Martial Arts holds a board while 11-year-old Jessica Archer breaks it with her hand.

6

Photos by joe Saba

7. Members of the 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry march down the streets of Greenwood.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

115

our side of town 1

Johnson County 4-H Fair

2 3

4

July 14-20

1. Miss Johnson County contestant MaryEllen O’Connor rides in the Johnson County Fair Parade.

2. Korbin Heminger, 12, of Trafalgar, shears his goat as he prepares for the goat show.

5

3. Twelve-year-old Aaryn Richardson of Bargersville competes in the dressage competition.

4. Bailey Johnson waves to the crowd after being crowned the 2013 Johnson County 4-H and Agricultural Queen.

6

7

5. 2013 Johnson County Little Mister Davis Cole is presented with his sash.

6. Ashley Acton and her dog Lucky perform in the agility competition at the Paw Pounders Dog Show.

7. Oakley Wood, 7, wins two goldfish.

8. The Poor Jack Amusements Midway as seen from the Ferris Wheel

116

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

8

Photos by Caitlin O’Hara

Print is

DEAD.

weddings

Alexis Saba and Erik Robinson Married Aug. 17, 2013.

Ceremony and reception at Indianapolis Museum of Art.

After months of noticing one another on the same commuter train in Chicago, Alexis Saba and Erik Robinson finally met during the summer of 2011 when Erik walked into the office where Alexis worked at Northwestern University (and where he was finishing his Ph.D.). “That was the first of many times I stopped in,” Erik wrote on their wedding website. “I think she began to catch on when I asked her about enrolling into classes that I had already taken and that were not even in her department. I used any and every excuse to visit her.”

The two dated, and eventually Erik proposed to Alexis on Dec. 14, 2012, in Chicago. Alexis graduated from Hanover College with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and from Indiana University with a master’s in international education and comparative studies. Throughout her college years, she made many international friends and chose to have traditional saris made in Pakistan for her bridesmaids to wear at their outdoor wedding at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The couple honeymooned in Sweden, where Erik’s mother was born and raised and where much of his mother’s family still lives.

Photography by Josh Marshall, Sunlit Images

118

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

119

weddings

Corinn Wittig and Caleb Gove Married June 22, 2013. Ceremony and reception at Indiana Statehouse

Corinn Wittig and Caleb Gove met at a young professionals’ volunteer event in Indianapolis in the fall of 2010. Their first date was at the Indianapolis Museum of Art a few days later. Caleb, a Web designer, and Corinn, an artist and musician, spent many hours enjoying the graphics at the IMA’s special Andy Warhol exhibit.

After dating for almost three years, Caleb invited Corinn to the winter solstice celebration at the IMA in December 2012. There, on a bridge in a winter garden amid swirling snow, Caleb got down on one knee and asked Corinn to be his bride, presenting her with a blue sapphire mounted in platinum. She said, “Yes, forever, yes!”

Their wedding date was set in the late morning of the summer solstice, June 22, 2013. Majestic rose marble pillars, ornate golden filigree and stained glass rosette windows presided over their 1920s-style vintage ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse.

The happy couple spent a week honeymooning in historic San Juan, Puerto Rico, and another week cruising the southern Caribbean.

Photography by David Q. Maurer II

120

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

121

SOUTH Magazine Presents the 5th Annual

Friday, October 4th | 6-9 p.m. at Greenwood Hilton Garden Inn

Join us for an evening of great vendors, food samples, a cash bar, demonstrations and more!

The first 100 SOUTH subscribers to mention this ad will receive a special VIP gift!

Enter to win great prizes like a designer purse and accessories, a $100 gift card to Von Maur’s Shoe Closet, a SkinMedica Facial Product Basket & more!

FREE Admission & Open to the Public!

Stay the Night for Just $99 (Standard Room; 2 Queen/1 King)

(Group Code: INDYS If reserving online, IN SOUTH-GIRLS NIGHT If calling front desk) Hurry! Reserve by September 13th, 2013 Aadvanced Limousines will provide their PINK LIMO to make trips to the Greenwood Park Mall, Fireside Restaurant and back from 9pm-12am for the ladies that take advantage of the overnight stay.

Exciting Booths By: Aadvanced Limousines | American Cancer Society | American Girl Fashion Show Arni's Restaurant | Deck the Walls | FE MORAN Security Solutions | Financial Center Federal Credit Union Franciscan Physician Network | Franklin College | Fred Astaire Dance Studio | Hamilton Facial Plastic Surgery Integrated Therapeutic Wellness/Braincore Therapy | Pilsung ATA Martial Arts Reis Nichols Fine Jewelers | Southside Harley Davidson and Buell | Transformations Salon & Day Spa Major SponSorS Include:

Valuable breast cancer information will be provided by the american cancer Society

Win tickets to the american Girl Fashion Show

In Honor of October’s Breast Cancer month, Ladies Night Out will have a PINK theme, with a percentage of proceeds from our company-wide Breast Cancer initiative going toward local agencies associated with Breast Cancer prevention and care.

events

Compiled by Amy NOrman // photos provided

Sept. 14 | Greenwood 5K Trail Trek

September Sept. 12

The Sun King Oktoberfest takes place on Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis.

Time: 6 to 11 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: www.indydt.com.

Sept. 12-15

Celebrate during the 18th annual Indy Irish Fest. Time: 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 12 featuring a concert, food and drinks; 4:30 to 11 p.m.

Sept. 13; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 14; 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 15. Tickets: $5 at the gate Thursday only; $10 per day in advance; $15 day of the event; children 13 and younger free. Location: Military Park in downtown Indianapolis. Information: (317) 713-7117 or www.indyirishfest.com.

Sept. 12-21

Indy Jazz Fest will have acts performing all around Indianapolis. Performers include Allen Toussaint, Ramsey Lewis, Diane Schuur, Brian

Nova featuring special guests Stan Hillis and the Steve Allee Trio, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra and the Zach Lapidus Trio, Eddie Palmieri, Ravi Coltrane, Jeff Coffin, Aaron Diehl and more. Information: indyjazzfest.net.

Sept. 14

Enjoy an evening on the lawn with the Fab Four as Mallow Run presents American English, a Beatles tribute band, in concert.

Relax and let the memories flood in as you enjoy all your favorite Beatles hits. Time: 7 p.m. Tickets: $15 in advance. Location: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville. Information: (317) 422-1556 or www.mallowrun.com.

Grab your running shoes and get ready for the seventh annual 5K run/walk during the Greenwood 5K Trail Trek. The race begins and ends at the Greenwood Community Center. The race course utilizes Greenwood trails around Craig Park and Valle Vista Golf Course. Cost: $20 in advance or $25 on race day. Proceeds will help provide the funds necessary to ensure the trail remains a safe

and environmentally friendly area that encourages a healthy lifestyle. Time: 8 a.m.

Information: www.greenwood.in.gov.

Sept. 14-15

Take Root Country Store and Carriage House Primitives Fall Gathering Open House. Fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children. Hot dogs, chips and a drink on sale for a $1 donation. Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept.

14; noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 15. Location: 202 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood, (317) 882-0497.

Sept. 14-15

Take in all things Scottish at the Scottish Festival. Enjoy highland dancers, clan tents, athletics, sheepdogs, European cars, bagpipes, re-enactors, Scottish country dancing, food and more. The Columbus Scottish Festival is the home of the annual Midwest Highland Games Championship. The athletic competitions include amateur and professional athletes.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday. Location: Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. Information: (812) 546-6060 or www.scottishfestival.org.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

123

events

Oct. 4-5 | Franklin Fall Festival

County Park. The Indiana Live Steamers takes you on a journey through forested park land, over several bridges, across prairies and along creeks. Time: Noon to 4 p.m. Cost: $2 per person. Location: Johnson County Park, 2949 E. North St., Edinburgh. Information: www. indianalivesteamers.org.

Sept. 27

The legendary Bill Cosby performs in Indianapolis. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $28 to $58.

Location: Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis.

Information: www.livenation.com.

Sept. 27-29

Enjoy concerts, food, crafts, a parade and more at Hope Heritage Days. Information: (812) 546-4673 or visit the Hope Area Welcome Center on Facebook.

Sept. 27-Oct. 6

The Community Education Coalition in partnership with Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue College of Technology is sponsoring the second annual Community EdFest, a night of free food, live music and fun games for all ages. Six scholarships will be awarded ($1,000 each). To apply, visit www.

CommunityEdFest.com. Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Location: Columbus Learning Center, 4444 Kelly St., Columbus. Information: (812) 3148591 or www.CommunityEdFest.com.

Sept. 15

Chicago performs with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Tickets: $25.50 to $76.50.

Time: 7 p.m. Location: The Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park.

Information: www.livenation.com.

Canadian crooner Michael Buble stops in Indy.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $56 to $101.50. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: www. bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

An exotic car rally, MotorCity Gumball Rally, stops in Indianapolis. Time: 7 to 10 a.m. Location: Monument Circle, downtown Indianapolis. Information: www. motorcitygumball.com.

124

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

Sept. 21

It’s time to celebrate Riesling and Reiberdatschi.

Enjoy German-inspired foods and fun polka music by Jay Fox & The Bavarian Showtime Band. Free admission. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Wine available for purchase by the glass or bottle.

All outside alcohol prohibited by Indiana law. Location: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville. Information: (317) 422-1556 or www.mallowrun.com.

Take a trip around the world and never leave Franklin during the Franklin Multicultural Festival. Celebrate many different cultures through sights, sounds and tastes. The event is free. Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Downtown Franklin. Information: (317) 3461198 or www.franklinparks.org.

Enjoy tours of the charming and picturesque Duck Creek Valley during the Hope Bike Ride, featuring live music, a pancake breakfast and root beer floats. Proceeds benefit the Hope Food Bank. Cost: $30 until Sept. 16; $40 after Sept. 16. Time: 7:30 a.m. Location: Hauser High School, State Road 9, Hope. Information: hoperide.org.

Bring your friends, family or anyone who would like the experience of traveling the rails on a miniature transportation network at Johnson

The Buck Creek Players are celebrating 40 years with Neil Simon’s “Rumors: Believe What You Hear.” Times vary. Tickets: $16 adults; $14 children, students and senior citizens (62 and older). Location: 11150 Southeastern Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 862-2270 or www.buckcreekplayers.com.

Sept. 28

Bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy some mobile meals on the lawn at the Food Truck Eats & Groovin’ Beats at Mallow Run. Have fun exploring new tastes and pairings with your favorite Mallow Run wines while groovin’ to great local music by Hightide Trio. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Free admission.

Complimentary wine tasting in the tasting room until 8 p.m. Food trucks will be parked along the lawn. Wine, cheese plates and other snacks will be available at The Shack on the patio. Wine available for purchase by the glass or bottle. All outside alcohol prohibited by Indiana law. Location: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville. Information: (317) 422-1556 or www.mallowrun.com.

The 2013 Out West: LGBT Stories of the American West features a film screening and panel discussion of “Two Spirits,” a powerful documentary about the brief life and tragic murder of transgender Navajo teen, Fred Martinez. Location: Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 636-9378 or www.eiteljorg.org.

Sept. 28–Oct. 26

Midwest National Abstract Art Exhibition

IX is on display at The Garfield Park Arts Center. This juried exhibit is presented by the Southside Art League and features abstract art by artists from around the country and local artists. All of the artwork is for sale. Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Location: 2432 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis. Information: (317) 327-7135, gpacarts.org or southsideartleague.org.

Sept. 28

The ninth annual Let’s Get Ready Drive-in Movie event will feature a movie, games, music and fun. Time: 5:30 p.m. with the movie beginning at 8 p.m. Cost: Free. Location: Mill Race Park, Columbus. Information: (812) 3762680.

The inaugural Mill Race Marathon takes place in Columbus. The event will include a full marathon, half-marathon and 5K. The marathon will be sanctioned by United States of America Track and Field and will be a certified Boston Marathon qualification course.

Information: www.millracemarathon.com.

Roll back in time for Retro Rock 2013. Event proceeds benefit Mill Race Center and LincolnCentral Neighborhood Family Center. Time: 6 to 11 p.m. Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Location: Mill Race Center, 900 Lindsey St., Columbus. Information: (812) 376-9241 or millracecenter.org.

October Oct. 4-5

The Franklin Fall Festival offers a free outdoor concert featuring The Snake Handlers from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Events on Oct. 5 (9 a.m. to 10 p.m.) include a street fair, baking contest, parade and more. Location: Downtown Franklin. Information: www.franklinparks.org.

Oct. 5

The fourth annual Wine at the Line is an annual 5-mile run and 5K run/walk on the winery grounds and country roads of Bargersville.

Registration fee is $27 and includes a long sleeve T-shirt, commemorative wine glass, timing chip, food and beverage, and post-race entertainment by The Woomblies. Time: 4 p.m. Location: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville. Information: (317) 422-1556 or www.mallowrun.com.

Take a trip back in time to celebrate Heritage Day at the Johnson County Museum. Visitors SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

125

can experience history through Pioneer and Civil War re-enactors, demonstrations of traditional crafts, and plenty of handson activities throughout the museum.

Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Johnson County Museum of History, 135 N. Main St., Franklin. Information: (317) 346-4500 or johnsoncountymuseum.org.

Oct. 6

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons perform.

Time: 7 p.m. Tickets: $69 to $99. Location: Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis. Information: www.livenation.com.

Oct. 11

Re-spook, re-wear, re-scare. Franklin is pairing up with the Johnson County Recycling District for the eighth annual Halloween Costume Swap. The exchange is free. Simply bring a clean, gently used costume to swap for another costume. Costumes should be in good condition without tears and stains. Hundreds of quality costumes are available in a range of sizes. Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Cultural Arts & Recreation Center Theater Room, 396 Branigin Blvd. Information: (317) 738-2546 or www.recyclejohnsoncounty.com.

Oct. 12-13

SOUTH SOUTH SUMMER 2012

Indy’s southside magazine

SprIng 2013

Indy’s southside magazine

SOUTH Indy’s southside magazine

Summer 2013

Ted Bishop PGA president

Taking the Lead

McGuinness Franklin Mayor Joe d Mayor Mark Myers and Greenwoo

Also inside:

southside bakeries, a

green home and one

man's experience at Richmond

Hill

wedding venues Also InsIde: Unique

Clay | sun King Brewery’s

Robinson | Meat markets

SOUTH SOUTH WINTER 2013

Fall 2012

Indy’s southside magazine

Indy’s southside magazine

Abigail Johnson

Joyce Nies

Greenwood lawyer passionate about family and community

Keeping up with the

McCartys her Joyce photographed at Blake. home with grandaughter,

ALSO INSIDE: Also InsIde:

A guide to southside

Indiana Dunes, comfort

foods and new section:

Authentic Indiana

adventures pizza | FarmIndy | Railroad

Also inside:

Father’s Day Gifts • Summer Cocktails •

Contemporary Treehouses • Outdoor Concerts

Celebrate the crisp air and colorful trees at Mallow Run’s Fall Festival. Time: Noon to 6 p.m. both days. Free admission. Complimentary wine tasting in the tasting room until 6 p.m.

Food available at The Shack on the patio. Wine available for purchase by the glass or bottle.

All outside alcohol prohibited by Indiana law. Location: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, Bargersville. Information: (317) 422-1556 or www.mallowrun.com.

Oct. 17-26

The Heartland Film Festival, a 10-day celebration of film, honors independent filmmakers and helps promote the movies they make. Information: www. trulymovingpictures.org.

Oct. 18

“Ghost Brothers of Darkland County” is a supernatural gothic musical creation by songwriter and Indiana native John Mellencamp, world-renowned suspense novelist Stephen King and music and film producer T Bone Burnett. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $38 to $79.50. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or www.cloweshall.org.

126

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

The legendary Eagles perform in Indianapolis.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $49 to $179. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: www. bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Oct. 19

Bring your friends, family or anyone who would like the experience of traveling the rails on a miniature transportation network at Johnson County Park. The Indiana Live Steamers takes you on a journey through forested park land, over several bridges, across prairies and along creeks. Time: Noon to 4 p.m. Cost: $2 per person. Location: Johnson County Park, 2949 E. North St., Edinburgh. Information: www. indianalivesteamers.org.

Oct. 25

Enjoy a night of old and new hits from Colbie Caillat and Kenny Loggins as they perform in concert together. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $50 to $125. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or www.cloweshall.org.

Buckaroo Bash is the annual fundraising event for the Eiteljorg Museum. Get expert instruction in line dancing with a modern twist, watch talented chefs face off in the dessert battle to end all battles, and bid on high-end items and unforgettable experiences. Partygoers will also enjoy live music from The Endless Summer Band, a raffle of fine jewelry courtesy of G. Thrapp Jewelers and a surprising and sumptuous menu by Kahn’s Catering.

Time: 6 p.m. Information: (317) 275-1333 or www.eiteljorg.org.

Oct. 26

Whoopi Goldberg, Academy Award-winning actress, acclaimed talk show host, activist and author, comes to Clowes Memorial Hall. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $50 to $125. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

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

Enjoy some fun and safe trick-or-treating on North Main Street by the Artcraft Theatre in Franklin. Kids can collect treats from 6 to 7 p.m. from decorated trunks and trucks then head to the Artcraft Theatre to watch a fun Halloween movie. Information: (317) 346-1198.

Celebrate Day of the Dead at the Eiteljorg Museum. The Mexican holiday of Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is celebrated throughout Mexico, in communities across SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

127

events the United States and around the world.

Celebrated between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, this festive and colorful holiday is a time to remember and honor deceased loved ones.

Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: (317) 2751333 or www.eiteljorg.org.

Oct. 27

All ages can relive the joy of Pixar’s most beloved characters from the “Toy Story” trilogy, “Cars,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Wall-E,” “Up” and “Brave” with visually stunning film clips and their memorable scores performed live by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erik Ochsner.

Time: 2 p.m. Tickets: $50 to $65. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or www.cloweshall.org.

Oct. 5 | Heritage Day

November 328 Jackson St., Columbus. Information: (812) 378-0377 and yesfilmfestival.com.

Nov. 1-3

The third annual YesFest is a film festival that celebrates the creativity and diversity of independent film, bringing to the screen the best documentaries, narrative features and short films with competitions in all three categories. Times vary. Location: Yes Cinema,

Nov. 2

Three wood carving clubs will team up for the Woodcarving Magic Show and Sale. The gymnasium at the Cultural Arts & Recreation Center in Franklin will be filled with tables

At the Artcraft Theatre Sept. 12 Taste of Home Cooking School, 7 p.m.; $15 advance; $20 at the door Sept. 20 & 21

“After the Thin Man”

Oct. 4 & 5

“Ghostbusters”

Oct. 11 & 12

“The Night of the Hunter”

Oct. 18 & 19 Monster mania of films: “Dracula,” “Wolfman,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Mummy,” “Frankenstein” and “Creature from the Black Lagoon” Oct. 25 & 26

“Young Frankenstein”

Nov. 2

Cartoons for Cans; admission is one canned good.

Nov. 8 & 9

“Double Indemnity”

Nov. 15 & 16

“High Noon”

Nov. 29 & 30

“Elf”

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.

128

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

of carvings, award ribbons, and vendors for tools, supplies and wood for carving. The event is free to the public. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information: (317) 736-3689 or www. franklinparks.org.

America’s Got Talent Live brings the show’s winner and other fan favorites to Indianapolis for a performance. Time: 5 p.m. Tickets: $15 to $75. Location: Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis.

Information: www.livenation.com.

Start training now for the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, which will feature a full marathon, half-marathon and 5K. Time: 8 a.m. Location: Downtown Indianapolis. Information: www.tuxbro.com.

The Art Market at the Johnson County Museum of History. Time: 10 a.m. Location: 135 N. Main St., Franklin. Information: (317) 346-4500 or johnsoncountymuseum.org.

Nov. 8-10 & 15-17

Our Town Players presents “A Christmas Story” at the Active Adult Center, 160 E. Adams St., Franklin. Tickets: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and children. Information: (317) 6007518 or www.ourtownplayers.net.

Nov. 9

Armed with only an armchair and some yellowed pages, John Lithgow tells the stories of his life during “Stories by Heart.”

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $40 to $55. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or www.cloweshall.org.

Nov. 13-Dec. 1

“Wicked” returns to the Indianapolis stage.

Times vary. Location: Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis. Information: www.livenation.com.

Nov. 15

Bela Fleck returns to Clowes Memorial Hall for the world premiere of a piece specially commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the hall. He brings a brand new work “Night Flight Over Water” for banjo and string quartet performed with Brooklyn Rider. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $35 to $50. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

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

Nov. 16

The Déjà Vu Art & Fine Craft Show features artists who creatively reuse and recycle materials. Find book arts, fiber arts, furniture, jewelry, mosaic, sculpture, woodworking and more. Cost: Free. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: The Commons. Information: 376-2539 or www.artsincolumbus.org.

Discover the building blocks of architecture and create some unique projects sure to inspire the budding designer in all of us during Saturday Sampler: Modern Masterpieces: Architecture in Columbus.

Time: 11 a.m. to noon. Location: Bartholomew County Historical Society, 524 Third St., Columbus. Information: (812) 372-3541 or www.bartholomewhistory.org.

Nov. 29

The Downtown Indianapolis holiday lighting centerpiece features 4,784 lights and 52 garland strands, which are used to create the 242foot Monument Circle light display. Enjoy live entertainment and fireworks. Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Nov. 30

The Gaither Homecoming Christmas Spectacular. Time: 6 p.m. Tickets: $29 to $76. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Visit indysouthmag.com for more listings.

Confirm dates, times and locations by calling or visiting event website.

SOU T H

|

indysouthmag .com

129

a look back

The Big Game The crowd in the stands at a Greenwood High School football game.

Early 1940s.

Photo courtesy of

Johnson County Museum of History

130

SOUTH

|

indysouthm ag.com

Life needs financial solutions.

Running a small business is hard work. At MainSource, we understand. That’s why we’ve designed our products and services to help your business succeed.

Whatever your needs, we can help.

- Lines of Credit - Commercial & Small Business Loans - SBA Loans - FREE Business Checking* - Commercial Online Banking - Investment Services MainSourceBank.com

* 500 free transactional items. Transactional items include all debits and credits. $0.50 per item for each item over 500. Insurance and Investment Products are NOT insured by the FDIC; not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, the institution; subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

Member FDIC