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Winter 2014-15 | December 6, 2014 Volume 3, Issue 4

PUBLISHER Home News Enterprises Chuck Wells EDITORIAL Editor Jenny Elig Contributing Editors Sherri Dugger and Twinkle VanWinkle Copy Editor Katharine Smith Contributing Writers: Jen Bingham, Brian Brake, Kay Jernigan McGriff, Teresa Nicodemus, Jennifer Willhite, Robin Winzenread Fritz, CJ Woodring ART Senior Graphic Artist Amanda Waltz Advertising Design Emma Ault, Dondra Brown, Tonya Cassidy, Julie Daiker, Ben Hill, Phil Manning, Josh Meyer Photography: Carla Clark, Keith Griner, Greg Jones, April Knox, Andrew Laker, Chet Strange Image Technicians Dillon Howard, Matt Quebe

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With Love Recently, I had a chance to show off Columbus to a friend visiting from Louisville.

An old friend from my days in Indy, he’d visited Columbus ages ago — during the era of the old Commons. Although he remembered a lot of the city, there was a lot he had not yet seen, or that he wanted to see again.

I parked on Washington Street, and we headed to Mill Race Park. It was a gorgeous fall day, with blue skies that stretched over our fair town. We walked past the observation tower, cut through the amphitheater, went around the reflecting pool and paused by the covered bridge.

“This is so beautiful,” my friend said. “This is just amazing.”

We headed back to Fifth Street, passing the dancing C’s bike racks; we peeked in on the Irwin Conference Center, formerly Irwin Union Bank. We climbed up the stairs of the Eliel Saarinen-designed First Christian Church, noting all of the vertically turned screws in the doorways.

We passed under Henry Moore’s “Large Arch” and wandered into the I.M. Pei-designed Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, taking a rest underneath the skylight on the second floor.

My architecture spiel might have been hazy on the details, but it was heavy on love. Since I joined the staff at Home News Enterprises, I’ve felt incredibly fortunate to be working in a city like Columbus.

I’ve lived in many cities. I grew up in Cincinnati and went to college in Athens, Ohio. Shortly after, I ventured east to Washington, D.C., followed by time spent in the other Columbus (Ohio, that is). I moseyed down to the Gulf Coast of Florida before hunkering down for eight years in Indy.

Those places were all just fine and dandy, but I have to say that I feel a swell of pride when I think of Columbus. I feel privileged to live in the Athens of the Prairie. It’s not just the heavy concentration of fantastic architecture and public art; it’s the people, too — the sincere and earnest overachievers who populate this town and who have extended a warm embrace to me since my arrival.

I thank you all for this kind welcome and for making Columbus the wonderland that it is. I look forward to meeting all of you and to

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FRESH MARKETS

Although many of the weekly farmers markets are closed for the season, you can still find locally grown produce, groceries and meats throughout the winter months. Here, some of our favorite spots to pick up everything from honey to homemade breads — without getting frostbite.

Daily’s Farm Market specializes in Indiana-produced locally grown food, like cheese, milk, eggs and more. Open daily Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Bush’s Market provides seasonal produce to local and regional shoppers, but from the first of December through mid-March, the owners purvey a wide range of state-inspected pork products at their winter market.

Open Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 7301 E. 25th St., (812) 379-9077

Duck Creek Gardens and Elsbury’s Family Greenhouse supplies Down E. Farm’s freezer beef, as well as seasonal produce.

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aybe, just maybe, you and your little ones are starting to feel the effects of cabin fever. If that’s the case, there’s one event that will get you out of the house and having fun: Columbus Area Arts Council’s ongoing series, First Fridays for Families.

The series, which kicked off in November and continues once a month through April, features programming geared toward Columbus’ younger residents — kindergartners through third-graders. First Fridays programs are free and open to the public.

January’s presentation features a return visit of kid-friendly rock star Ruditoonz, Indiana’s “rockingest, coolest, awesome-est rock and roller.”

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> > First Fridays for Families schedule: Jan. 2: Ruditoonz | Feb. 6: Pirate School March 6: Wacky Chad | April 10: Snow White by Dancers Studio When: 6 p.m. the first Friday of every month through April Where: Nugent-Custer Performance Hall, The Commons, 300 Washington St. Admission: Free Information: artsincolumbus.org Main Sponsor: Old National Bank —Compiled by Jenny Elig

Ruditoonz. Photo by JJ Kaplan

Caturday Night Fever Columbus is poised for a little visit from a big star — all 4.5 pounds of her.

Bloomington-based Internet celebrity Lil BUB who, in addition to being a celebrity is a tabby cat, is headed to the Bartholomew County Public Library Dec. 13 for its Caturday Night Fever animal adoption awareness event.

Best known for her gaping eyes, dangling tongue, extra toes and otherworldly persona, BUB has garnered nearly 1.5 million “likes” on Facebook.

Encountering BUB has been known to elicit reactions ranging from absolute bliss to joyful tears from those she meets. “She means a lot to people in different ways,” said BUB handler and owner Mike Bridavsky. “I think she’s very therapeutic for people.”

BUB’s appearance in Columbus serves to highlight local animal adoption organizations such as the Bartholomew County Humane Society, Community Animal Rescue Effort (CARE), Hope for Ferals and the Litter Box. Representatives from each group will be on hand to judge CATURDAY NIGHT FEVER videos and pass When: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Dec. 13. out information Video screenings start at 7 p.m. with on adoptable Lil BUB’s presentation at 7:45 p.m. animals and the Where: Bartholomew County Public Library, organizations’ work.

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Transitioning into the Holidays

Feeling cooped up this winter?

Here are at least two good reasons to get out of the house for a little family fun.

Grab the kids, grandkids or a group of friends and take part in one of the many skating activities, including organized games of hockey or broomball, at Hamilton Center Ice Arena. Regular public hours are held Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Fridays, 7 to 9 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m. 2501 Lincoln Park Drive, (812) 376-2686, columbus.in.gov/parks-recreation/ hamilton-center-ice-arena

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A Rising Star

with Tré Reising Artist Tré Reising’s pop culture pieces have a chance to gain a worldwide audience from their vantage point in Concourse B at the Indianapolis International Airport. Reising, a 28-year-old Columbus native who earned a master of fine arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, recently installed his pop culture-based emoji flight — a sampling of four emoticon faces titled “Live, Love, Laugh, Laugh Until You Cry,” which will remain on display through March 8.

The installation is Reising’s second attempt to show at the airport; his first work, “#Belieb,” was rejected by airport curators when the hashtag’s inspiration, pop idol Justin Bieber, was caught throwing eggs at a neighbor’s house and driving erratically in Miami early this year.

What are the emojis in “Live, Love, Laugh, Laugh Until You Cry” made of?

They’re made of polystyrene foam, a few coats of paint, polycrylic finish and glitter. Total, I used about 10 pounds of glitter for the project; materials came from Menards and Hobby Lobby.

What’s your best advice for getting glitter out of things?

Not using it in the first place. It’s in my socks and pockets. My wallet and my bed. There’s a trail of glitter coming from my front door up to my bedroom.

What’s your advice to any aspiring artists in Columbus?

Art is like the rap game. You do have to work really hard. You think art is … easy or something, but art is one of the hardest professions to get into. You’ve got to work and keep doing the next project and keep doing the next project and keep getting attention.

The “Live, Love, Laugh, Laugh Until You Cry” piece began as a snide comment on pop culture and expression, the artist says, but Reising soon grew to love the glittery faces that communicate without words. Next up for him are two more emoji-themed pieces, which will be featured at the Indianapolis Museum of Art New Year’s Eve party.

What are your thoughts on social media?

How can it help you as an artist? Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing, you have to take a lot more responsibility for marketing your work. You kind of have to do it yourself. You have to use the tools you have to get known — or seen. We live in a “like” economy. Your success is measured more in “likes” than whether you’re represented by a gallery or not. That’s how I want people to participate with my work. Not everyone can go to a gallery, but we can all look at Facebook.

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In Style Fashion | Trends | Decor

Warming Trends Another long winter of below-average temperatures? Blizzards?

Deep freezes? Snownados, even? Don’t worry. We have got you covered with the latest fashions to keep you cozy until the first signs of spring.

ABOVE: Home Cozy Spun Plaid Throw, $52, from JCPenney, Fair Oaks Mall, 2252 25th St., (812) 372-8801, left, and Split P. knit throw, $37.50, from Baker's Fine Gifts, 433 Washington St., (812) 372-9635.

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2. Dockers Black Holiday Sweater, $65, from JCPenney.

3. Arizona Jean Co. Zesty Red Buff Check Shirt, $34, from JCPenney.

4. Dearfoam Signature furry slippers, $36, from Bakers’ Fine Gifts.

5. Janska Fleece Headband, $29, from Lockett’s Ladies Shop, 426 Washington St., (812) 376-8363.

6. J. Ferrar Black & Gray Knit Hat (Men’s), $16, from JCPenney.

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7. Peruvian Imports Hat, $42.50, from Baker’s Fine Gifts.

8. Mixit Pomodoro Red Knit Hat (Women’s), $18, from JCPenney.

9. Cotton Country Trapper Snowflake Knitted Hat, $39, from Lockett’s Ladies Shop.

10. Champagne Wrap, $48, from Lockett’s Ladies Shop.

11. Linea Domani Florentine Fashions Plaid Coat $138, from Lockett’s Ladies Shop.

12. V. Fraas Plaid Scarf, $26, from JCPenney.

13) Carol Creek cowl scarf, $20, from Tri-State Artisans, 422 Washington St., (812) 528-5748. –C–

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Compiled by Jenny Elig and Twinkle VanWinkle Photos by Twinkle VanWinkle

Sounds Souper Once temperatures have plummeted for the season, every trip outside seems like a personal ice bucket challenge. But these area restaurants offer the tastiest way to thaw out — with soup.

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You’ll find Soups by Design just off Friendship Alley, and we can’t think of a better way to foster friendships than to break bread over steaming bowls of soup. Try the Tex-Mex style chicken verde (above left), with black beans, hominy and green chilies. The Thai coconut curry (bottom) brings on the heat, and the buffalo chicken soup (above right) is the shop’s top seller. Grab a quick lunch with the $5 combo, which includes soup, bread, a cookie and a drink.

Soups by Design 424 Washington St., Columbus, (812) 372-7687, soups-by-design.com.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Feel-Good Food A soulful soup to warm cold days

By Twinkle VanWinkle It’s easy to understand why people love soup. The flavor, for one, and two because of its hearty appeal during colder months. Still, there’s something else that makes this versatile dish stand out.

Each spoonful can offer a story — your grandmother’s homemade vegetable stew, the kick of your dad’s award-winning five-alarm chili or a well-loved recipe handed down through generations. In some cultures, the act of sharing a healing cup of soup is more than just a means of physical sustenance, but a time-honored tradition.

One of my favorite winter time soups pairs the flavors of Midwestern India with the tastes of the Midwest winter harvest. Just spicy enough to make you wiggle your nose, but not enough to overshadow the rich, hearty flavors of the dish. Although this recipe entails several steps, it’s a dish that any level of cook can prepare.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes | Makes 10 to 12 servings

1 large butternut squash, peeled and diced 2 medium carrots, diced 1 medium parsnip, diced 1 large sweet potato, diced 9 whole cloves garlic 1 large onion, diced 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon curry powder 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon turmeric 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon ground mustard seed 8 cups vegetable or chicken stock (or water)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place your diced squash, sweet potato, carrots, parsnip and garlic into a large bowl. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and cayenne and then toss in two tablespoons of olive oil until they are well-coated with spices.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread vegetables across in an even layer. Bake for at least 45 minutes, stirring a few times, until vegetables begin to brown.

On medium heat, add the rest of the olive oil to a large heavy-bottomed stockpot (approximately 12 to 16 quarts.)

When oil is hot, add diced onion and cook until soft and translucent. Toss in the all spices except for salt and pepper, stir gently for about a minute, then turn heat down to low.

Pour in stock or water and let simmer until vegetables are done roasting. When roasting time is up, stir in the vegetables. Simmer on medium approximately 20 minutes.

Add sea salt and black pepper.

Use an immersion blender to blend ingredients into a puree.

If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can allow soup to cool, then puree in a food processor or blender.

Reheat soup before serving.

Serve topped with a dollop of crème fraiche or sour cream and toasted pumpkin seeds.

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At Addison Bakehouse, owner Joan Jones describes the creamy tomato basil soup, left, as a converter of sorts — those who normally eschew regular tomato soups might find themselves happily chowing down on this made-from-scratch dish. The bakehouse’s French onion soup, right, is another hot option, with bits of beef drenched in a beef broth and topped with house-made croutons and mozzarella cheese. Soups cost $5 for a bowl and $4 for a cup.

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Here’s to hot drinks on cold nights Compiled by Brian Brake Photos by Andrew Laker and Chet Strange

The snow has fallen, and the cold weather chills the bones. Warm up and celebrate the end of the year with one of these local libations.

The Nutty Irishman Garage Pub and Grill 308 Fourth St., Columbus, (812) 418-8918, thegaragepubandgrill.com

“This is our variation on an Irish coffee,” says Gerry Schooler, bar manager at the Garage Pub and Grill.

“It’s sweet and good for dessert, but not too strong.”

1 ounce Frangelico 1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream 1 mug hot coffee Fresh whipped cream Blend Frangelico, Baileys and coffee into a warmed coffee mug. Top with whipped cream.

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Montpelier How-Do-You-Do Henry Social Club 423 Washington St., Columbus, (812) 799-1371, henrysocialclub.com

“This restorative hot drink gives a nod to the resilient people of Vermont that I met there during my brother’s wedding nine years ago,” says Matthew Gordon, beverage director of Henry Social Club. He says the drink reminds him of “the last evening of his (brother’s) bachelorhood, where we knocked back bourbon in a moment of quiet fraternal fellowship.”

Amaretto Cappuccino Tre Bicchieri 425 Washington St., Columbus, (812) 372-1962, trebicchieri-columbus.com

“This is a fantastic after-dinner drink,” Tre Bicchieri’s General Manager Ike DeClue says. “It has a nice punch of caffeine to counterbalance all the wine you had with dinner.”

2 ounces espresso in a cappuccino cup 1½ ounces amaretto ½ cup milk Pour amaretto, then espresso into a warmed cappuccino cup. Top with frothed or warmed whole milk.

1½ ounces bourbon 1 ounce Frangelico liqueur 1 ounce maple syrup Coffee 1 ounce heavy cream Combine bourbon, liqueur and syrup in Irish coffee glass. Add coffee until glass is ¾ full. Stir gently. Float cream on top.

Garnish with three chocolate-covered coffee beans. –C–

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International FARE Jungle Jim’s offers food from over 70 countries in its two Cincinnati locations Compiled by Robin Winzenread Fritz Photos courtesy of Jungle Jim’s

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

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

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

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

That some things can’t be displayed for lack of space is mind-boggling given the grocery store’s 300,000-squarefoot, 6½-acre footprint with more than 1 full acre alone devoted to fresh produce, including some that’s locally sourced. According to Adams, Jungle Jim’s includes fresh produce grown in its home state of Ohio as well as In-

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diana and Kentucky. Homegrown favorites include the Hoosier standards of corn, green beans and melons, though, surprisingly, not tomatoes.

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

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

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

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

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

Craving something spicy? Just head toward Jungle Jim’s hot sauce section complete with over 1,000 brands ranging from sweet to heat to

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just this side of hell, not to mention a wide variety of dried peppers and novelty hot sauce T-shirts. Just be sure to check the prices as one private-label reserve sauce in particular sells for over $1,500 a bottle. And, no, that’s not a typo.

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

The International Cheese Market at Jungle Jim’s is a huge crowd pleaser and carries so many varieties of cheese

— over 1,300, in fact — that the section containing just blue cheese can be measured in feet, not inches — 6 feet, to be exact. If that doesn’t bring a Hoosier gourmand to his knees, perhaps the 70-pound wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano or the nearly 7,200-pound Wisconsin “Big Cheese” will.

And that’s just for starters.

Kangaroo, alligator tail and turtle are some of the many nontraditional offerings in the meat section, with one counter teeming with liver, brains, tongue and other assorted organs.

Chicken feet — great for adding a velvety texture to homemade stock — are readily available, as are hog, calf and duck heads in addition to whole poultry, including geese, quail, duck and, of course, chickens, both with and without their heads.

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

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

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

Jungle Jim’s also features a large bakery, which pumps out more than 5,500 loaves of fresh baked breads weekly, not to mention cakes, pies, cookies and other treats. Other popular sections include a sushi bar, a deli, a gourmet cookware section and one

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section devoted to natural and organic offerings, including gluten-free items.

Dry goods from various parts of the world, including but not limited to Japan, Belgium, Spain, China, Italy, France and India, also command their own spaces within the store, with the United Kingdom section hiding out in a Sherwood Forest setting where one can find the intriguing, but not necessarily tempting, haggis in a can.

Over 80,000 foodies visit the store in an average week with numbers swelling during the holidays. Weekends also tend to be a crazy time, according to Adams. The two-hour store tours, which include product samples, are also hugely popular and even the restrooms are worth a trip.

Featuring actual port-o-let entrances, the restrooms are so unique the Cintas Corp. named them the ultimate winners of its 2007 “America’s Best Restrooms” contest. Cintas went on to

add Jungle Jim’s restrooms to its public restroom hall of fame.

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

Jungle Jim’s has garnered its fair share of national notice. The store has been featured on “Good Morning America” as well as segments of the television shows “Unwrapped” on the Food Network and “Modern Marvels” on the History Channel.

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

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

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

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POP STARS

Indiana is often associated, if not synonymous, with corn.

But several Hoosier-based businesses are taking the celebration of corn to another poppable level.

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INGA’S POPCORN Getting her start three years ago selling homemade popcorn at the Zionsville Farmers Market, Inga Smith now operates two shops in Indiana — Inga’s Popcorn in Bloomington and a second store in Zionsville.

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

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

I listen to my customers and try to make their ideas. Some are quite good.”

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

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

Snickerdoodle, a mix of cinnamon and caramel flavors that tastes like the namesake cookie.

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

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

She says the collaborative sensibilities among Indianapolis business owners have fostered some of the shop’s unique flavors, noting partnerships with Hoosier Momma, whose drink mix is featured in the homemade Bloody Mary popcorn. Just Pop In is involved in a number of other co-branded collaborations with local businesses, such as Sun King Brewery, Ball & Biscuit and Easley Winery.

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

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

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

With holidays of all seasons in mind, Not Just Popcorn has a special flavor and color combination for each: Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras and more.

Party boxes, sampler boxes, special-event bags and “Savories” (including jalapeno, wasabi, beer and Vermont white cheddar) are also available.

In addition to using Gold Medal corn and supplies, Buck also receives popping corn from the Edinburgh-based Weinantz Farms. And if the menu at Not Just Popcorn appears overwhelming, Buck has some simple advice: “Be sure to stop by the shop and sample.”

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

TOP: Barbara Hill, left, and Dawna Roberts work together to fill packages of popcorn.

MIDDLE: Pins show the locations of popcorn customers from across the country.

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

Carmel Corn Cottage offers a number of varieties, with 10 types of caramel. “We make our caramel corn in a copper kettle every day,” says Rispoli. Carmel Corn Cottage also offers sweet treats, such as caramel-coated marshmallows, buckeyes, turtles and fudge.

“Brown County is known for the changing of leaves in autumn; that’s when we are the busiest,” says Rispoli, and his staff of five

expects to continue to be busy throughout the holidays.

“Family packs as well as party packs are available, with the option of ordering online.”

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

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

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Story by Jen Bingham | Photos by Andrew Laker

Alan Whitted

Good Counsel Local lawyers volunteer their time to help those in need

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here are times in life when circumstances require good, sound advice. And sometimes it isn’t the kind of guidance we can get from a parent or friend. That’s when Legal Aid – District Eleven, Inc. comes in handy.

A nonprofit organization, Legal Aid has been serving the Bartholomew County area since 1982. Qualified lawyers can volunteer their time through the organization to help those who would otherwise forgo legal advice because they can’t afford it. Since its inception, the organization has expanded to serve eight local counties.

Here in Columbus, the organization employs one full-time lawyer, Emily Angel, who reviews applications and refers cases to volunteer attorneys, while also managing a full caseload of her own. The office also employs an office manager and an intake specialist.

Volunteers assist with intake, filing and other clerical duties.

In 2013, 29 attorneys volunteered their services throughout Bartholomew County, donating 652 hours of legal services in 115 Legal Aid cases. This volunteer support equals $130,420 of services — about $200 per hour of the average legal fee rate. — Legal Aid – District Eleven Inc.

Alan Whitted Whitted Law 431 Washington St., Columbus (812) 376-6676, whittedlaw.com Alan Whitted has been volunteering with Legal Aid since its inception as a nonprofit here in Bartholomew County.

But he doesn’t see his volunteer work as anything special. “All attorneys that I know do cases on their own pro bono — or it turns out that way because folks can’t really pay,” he says. “They pay what they can and you kind of write off the rest.”

Whitted believes that all lawyers feel some level of obligation to ensure low-income people are represented because the legal system landscape can be very harsh, even more so for people who don’t have representation. In fact, he’s encouraged his son, Alex, who also works at Whitted Law, to volunteer at Legal Aid. As well as taking on cases, Whitted also volunteers for Legal Aid at regular service-day events where people with legal issues can meet with lawyers to ask questions.

“It’s just part of the job to help people,” he says. “The (Legal Aid case) I generally find satisfying is the young single mother that is doing her best to try to pay expenses and bills and then something comes up. Whether it’s a medical expense or a financial problem or a job loss.”

Whitted says most clients are grateful and overwhelmingly appreciative for the help. “Most people cannot navigate the legal system on their own any more than they could perform a simple medical procedure on themselves.”

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Kathryn Molewyk Deppe Fredbeck and Boll 225 Washington St., Columbus (812) 378-5137, deppefredbeckboll.com Kathryn Molewyk’s inspiration to volunteer at Legal Aid was mainly influenced by her mentor John Pushor, who she says had a strong mission for Legal Aid. “He could make anyone volunteer,” she says. “He would call you up and say, ‘I have a case for you and it’s going to be really easy.’”

Those cases were never easy, she says, but that didn’t interfere with his ability to inspire her to help out.

“John was just a good all-around person,” says Molewyk.

“He was the type of lawyer that I always wanted to be.”

In fact, Pushor was a champion of Legal Aid in Bartholomew County. After his retirement in 1997, he volunteered four to five days a week with the organization. Before his death in 2010, he contributed $10,000 to the John Pushor Fund, which pays law students to intern with the organization. It’s no wonder Molewyk remembers him fondly.

“He had a real mission for Legal Aid,” she says. “His special passion was making sure everyone had access to the legal system.”

Molewyk now works in family law herself, and she has volunteered with Legal Aid since 2000. “Sometimes people come in and they don’t know the law and they have definite ideas that are just not possible under the law,” she says. During those times, she works to simply guide those in need to understand what’s realistic and to see the alternatives that will work.

“I always try to make people aware of the services that are available in the community that would help them, too,” she says. “There are all kinds of volunteer groups that are available to help people.”

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C. Richard “Dick” Marshall C. Richard Marshall Law Office 430 Second St. No. 7, Columbus (812) 376-9281 Dick Marshall believes that service is an inherent part of his profession as a lawyer. “We are in a niche of society where a portion of our work should be designated to help the poor,” he explains.

“Some people with serious, immediate problems end up waiting four months, six months, eight months to get a lawyer,” he adds.

With Legal Aid, Marshall says, clients can walk into the Legal Aid office, fill out forms and find out if they qualify financially for support. “These are good people over there (at Legal Aid),” he says. “They’re really doing their best.”

Marshall has been volunteering since the inception of the program. Long enough, he says, that he no longer remembers how he got involved. “I just simply take my turn because it’s what a lawyer’s supposed to do, but I don’t particularly judge or fault those that do not.”

He says he understands why some lawyers don’t have the time to dedicate to volunteering. “I’m a much older lawyer near the end of my career,” he explains. “I can more easily afford to give away free time than perhaps the younger guys and ladies who are on the upswing in their careers.

“Some (lawyers) have really been burned in the sense of horrific time consumption. You run into drug problems, alcohol problems, emotional and mental health problems,” he adds.

Because of the complexity of the legal system, much of what lawyers do is simply teach their clients what they need to do in a particular situation — whether it’s a paying client or a pro bono case. “There’s no difference,” he says. “You explain how things happen and how you do things and the steps you go through. We educate clients on what to do and not to do and how to avoid trouble and how to resolve trouble.” –C–

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A Columbus artisan combines imagination and whimsy into usable art

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here’s more to Columbus artist Tom Tedrowe’s handmade furniture than most run-of-the-mill home furnishings. His woodworking skills, talent for design and active imagination are the perfect trifecta for cultivating creativity.

His journey as an artisan furniture maker began in the mid-’70s when he returned to Bloomington after serving four years in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. The first finished work he created was a waterbed for his apartment.

Not long after, his love of designing and crafting functional art was sparked by an exhibit he visited at the Denver Art Museum.

“It was a show of contemporary woodworking and furniture,” says the 64-year-old artist. “It (included) wild, one-of-a-kind pieces. So I thought combining sculpture and function together was an interesting idea.”

Inspired by the exhibit, Tom began crafting unusual yet practical pieces. He has consistently used traditional woodworking

methods throughout his career to create his adaptations of common furnishings, such as end tables, music stands and cabinetry.

“I like the idea of it being functional, usable art,” he says, “And I like to embellish the pieces with pattern, contrasting woods and exotic materials.”

Determined to hone his skills, Tom received a bachelor’s degree in sculpture from the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University in 1979 and then headed east to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for his graduate studies.

While at RISD, he had the opportunity to study furniture design under the tutelage of the late Tage Frid, an iconic woodworker and teacher.

After college, Tom moved to Chicago, where he opened his own shop and picked up freelance woodworking projects helping area furniture makers fill their orders.

Throughout the two decades he resided there, the city became one of the major influences on his ever-evolving style.

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“For a long time I was very much in love with Japanese art and architecture,” he says.

“I found a lot of inspiration with true French Art Deco furniture from the late 1920s and the architecture of Chicago after living there for 20 years.”

In 2002, Tom and his wife, Martha, left Chicago to make Columbus their home.

Soon after their move, he opened Tedrowe Furniture Studio. This 2,400-square-foot workspace and showroom sits on the couple’s four-acre property just west of town.

Martha describes her husband as an artist and craftsman. “Tom’s woodworking was one of the reasons I married him,” she says. “It was something I’d never been around before.”

The traditional methods he uses, she says, need to be preserved and taught to others so they may be passed on.

“I’m constantly learning things from him,” she says. “His interests are much wider than woodworking, and that is one of the reasons he’s such a fun guy to be around.”

More recently, the artist’s medium has been expanding to include metalwork.

His first metalwork piece, a 24-inch octahedron constructed of rods, sits atop a large workbench juxtaposed with the woodworking tools and supplies that fill his workshop.

Tom says the octahedron’s design, like his other metal sculpture ideas, is influenced by 20th century abstract and cubism art. “It’s like building mini-sculptures,” he says.

His body of work can be found all over the country, but the majority of his clients are local.

Brown County residents Dan and Michelle Pollock had Tom design a pair of free-form tables that defied conventional, straight-edge design. “We wanted an example of his work in our home,” Dan explains.

“If you go to the Smithsonian or Museum of Modern Art, what he does is every bit equal to what’s in those museums.”

Brown County resident Rachel Berenson Perry first met Tom and Martha in the early 2000s when she interviewed him for a magazine article.

“I went out to their place and was blown away by the quality of his work,” Perry says.

“His design work, the way he puts the pieces together, and the quality are extraordinary.”

In 2011, she commissioned Tom to design a room divider for her home. Made of Honduran mahogany, the screen is constructed of hand-woven slats that give it a textile look.

“It is both utilitarian and beautiful,”

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Out of the hundreds of pieces Tom has made during his career, he says his piece “Dream” stands out the most.

It was inspired by his interest in ritualistic furniture, such as the reliquaries used by the Catholic Church to hold saints’ artifacts.

He began conceptualizing and designing “Dream” in 2007 while serving a semester-long term as artist-in-residence at Purchase College, State University of New York.

More than 6-feet tall, the piece is made of a combination of many special types of wood — Australian walnut, Swiss pear, black cherry and spruce. Tom says each piece was carefully placed to convey the elements of a dream motif.

“It’s a dream repository,” he says. “You open the drawer, take a dream receipt and write down your dream with the dream pen.

Then you put the receipt in the slot, and it stores your dreams so you always know where your dreams are.”

With his dreams deposited, Tom shrugs off the idea of retirement, saying he will continue to work as long as he can. He keeps numerous sketchbooks filled with designs and has recently begun adding drawings for projects that marry elements of wood and metal. Even after 40 years, he says, his style just keeps evolving. –C–

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Textures, layers and themes characterize today’s holiday decor

The stairway at the front entrance of Theresa and Marty Books’ home.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Outdoor decor stretches across the front yard of the Bookses and their neighbors, Sue and Lloyd Kamo.

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ecorating for Christmas allows Theresa Books to indulge her deep and abiding love of glitter.

“Most of the time, if you have a bunch of sparkly stuff in your house, it’s tacky,” she says. “So Christmas is the only time you can be that glittery and that tacky and people go, ‘Oh how beautiful.’”

Her husband, Marty, she says, is resigned to the madness.

“Sometimes my husband laughs,” she says. “Well actually, he doesn’t laugh, because he’s usually covered in glitter from about October until the following June — when all the glitter finally goes away.”

Despite her jokes, Books is known among friends and neighbors for creating beautiful Christmas interiors, and she spends several weeks leading up to Christmas — and an annual holiday party that she and her husband host — decorating inside and outside their home.

Books usually puts up three full trees, plus what she refers to as smaller “forests” of alpine trees throughout the house. That’s not to mention the many holiday vistas on mantels and tabletops. “Anything I can stick some glittery stuff in gets it,” she says.

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Home Trends Holiday decor inside the Bookses’ home.

BELOW: The Carnivale tree sits in a corner of the great room.

Tips for Decorating Theresa Books doesn’t want to spend a lot of money on her decorations, but she wants it to look like she did. Here, Books tells us how she likes to get the most out of her holiday decor.

Go for a look that’s clean and organized, but also comfortable.

Color schemes and themes can help keep your decorations minimal while still dazzling your guests.

Use layers of textures. “So it’s not just balls, and it’s not just sprays, and it’s not just flowers,” she says. “It’s a lot of everything.”

Only shop for Christmas decorations when they are on sale or after the holiday season has ended when you can swoop in and make large purchases for a relatively small amount of money. “I buy them (decorations) half price or I buy them on clearance at the end of the year,” she explains.

Purchase decorations in multiples. “And not two or six,” she says. “You want two dozen. That’s what’s really going to make your tree spectacular.”

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Theresa Books. Photo by Keith Griner.

since arriving in Columbus, and Books is passionate about decorating.

The rooms she designs are tied together with common color schemes. “I pick a color scheme, and it doesn’t necessarily need to be a red and green thing,” she explains. For instance, one room may contain a tree covered in gold ornaments, swathed in gold fabric, with copper and ruddy accents and plenty of texture and layers.

Often, she will use matching ornaments throughout a tree, and she will cover a mantel with the same materials that adorn the tree, so pieces within the same room don’t compete with one another for attention.

“A lot of people don’t make things very cohesive. They put one of these and one of these and one of those and one of those,” she says. “If you want a really designer looking tree, then you need to limit some of that and pick a whole theme.”

GO BIG Choosing a design theme and going big with it is something that Susan Brook, of Susan Brook Interiors in Columbus, also encourages. With 32 years of expe-

rience as a designer, Brook came to Columbus in 1999 from England, where she had previously worked for design firm Websters Interiors.

Brook recommends keeping a laser-like focus when designing for Christmas. “Keep it simple, but keep it strong,” she says. “A lot of the times you walk into a room that’s decorated for Christmas and there’s just too much going on; there isn’t a focal point. You don’t know what to look at in the room, and it’s just really more of a jumble.”

Make sure to fill in the tree from the inside out, she says. Brook suggests filling in a tree with unusual elements, such as wide ribbon, artichokes and fruits. Her Christmas topper, for example, is made of peacock feathers.

She also recommends that you fit the style of your tree to the look of your house. A traditional house gets a traditional tree, for example.

And if you want a highly designed tree, but don’t want to disappoint your children by excluding homemade decorations, Brook offers a simple solution: Put another family tree with homemade and personalized decorations in one of the children’s bedrooms. –C–

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n 1998, Mario Sanchez-Lara had the chance to move to Columbus from his home in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. At the time, Mario promised Griselda, then his wife of six months, that they would stay no more than three years. Sixteen years later, they still call Columbus home.

Living in Columbus has offered the couple the chance to discover their passions and explore new opportunities while giving back to the community.

They met while working at a Cummins Inc. facility in Mexico.

Mario was a mechanical engineer, and Griselda worked in the motor source department. After moving to Columbus, Mario continued his work as an engineer for Cummins, but Griselda was not allowed to work due to her visa requirements.

As the end of their first visas drew near, the couple knew they needed to make a decision: They either had to apply for permanent residency status or go back to Mexico. In 2004, they became permanent residents of the U.S., which allowed Griselda to work. A few years later they began the process of applying for citizenship. In

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“As challenging as it was, we very quickly found friends, friends that have been lasting friends. And we also learned, quickly learned, the good thing of Columbus, being a small town with a lot of good services.”

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<< The Sanchez-Lara family, from left, Fernanda Reyes-Lara, Marcelo, Griselda, Massimo, Mario and Valentina.

2008, they became official citizens of the United States.

Mario continues to work at Cummins and has served the company in a variety of positions. He currently serves as the director of technical sales support in sales and marketing. Since moving to Indiana, he has also completed a master of business administration degree through Purdue University. Now, after all these years, “this is home,” he says.

“We don’t talk about when we will go back.”

Moving to Columbus provided many challenges for the couple. Not only did they have to transition to a new language and a new culture, they also had to adjust to living in a small town. Mario and Griselda faced those challenges by becoming involved in their new community.

“As challenging as it was, we very quickly found friends, friends that have been lasting friends,” Mario says. “And we also learned, quickly learned, the good thing of Columbus, being a small town with a lot of good services.”

In 1999, Griselda took classes at McDowell Education Center to improve her English and then began volunteering with Volunteers in Medicine, where she provided translation services until 2001. “That was very important for me because that way I could feel useful to help people,” she explains.

She also connected with Juana Watson, the co-founder of Su Casa Columbus, which offers programs and services to welcome Latino newcomers and to ease their transition to the community. Griselda soon began volunteering there, providing translation services, as well as helping to coordinate fundraisers for the organization.

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The couple enjoy sharing and celebrating their Mexican culture with the people of Columbus and also have been involved with Ethnic Expo. In 2006, Mexico was the host country of the event, and they helped build a float and participated in the parade.

For the past two years, Mario has been actively involved in organizing the Latin Gala. With the support of the Latin affinity group through Cummins, the Latin Gala provides an opportunity to celebrate Latin culture and music and to raise money for charity. As a member of the organizing and planning committee, he has been responsible for the gala’s music and entertainment.

“There was an opportunity to create an event where people will have the opportunity to network, to celebrate the culture,” says Mario. “Party in the way we would have back in Mexico, listen to the type of music that we like to dance, and just kind of feel a little bit of the things that we are missing.”

Mario and Griselda have three children: Massimo, 13, Marcelo, 10, and Valentina, their 3-year-old daughter. Twelve-year-old niece Fernanda Reyes-Lara also recently moved from Mexico to live with the family.

After their children were born, Griselda discovered her true passion — teaching Spanish to young children. “I’m very proud to be Mexican, and I’m very proud to be an American now,” she says. “True teaching of Spanish is sharing my culture. I think language is culture.”

She started by volunteering at ABC-Stewart School in 2003, eventually being invited to teach Spanish there. Then she followed her children to St. Bartholomew School in 2007, where she also taught Spanish. She studied at IUPUI from 2010 to

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2011 to become a licensed middle school Spanish teacher and worked at Central Middle School before taking a teaching position at First Presbyterian Preschool, in 2013, where she works today.

“Columbus has been a place where we’ve found kind of our true calling, what we like to do the most,” Mario explains. “For example, for Griselda, it’s teaching and being involved with little kids, teaching Spanish and teaching about Mexican culture.”

Not only does the family enjoy the

opportunities they find in Columbus, but they appreciate the diversity that Columbus offers. Massimo, Marcello and Fernanda enjoy having friends from countries around the world.

“For such a small town, the diversity is reflected in the things that you can do,” Mario says. “You can get yourself involved. We enjoy that. We like it. That makes us feel, you know, we might be in a small town, but we’re in a big part of the world. Everything is reflected.” –C–

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For Sleep’s Sake Researchers continue to study why we need to get our Zs Story by Barney Quick

Why does sleep occur and why do we need it? For such a critical part of human wellness, researchers are only recently asking these questions about sleep. “Really, all the research has been done in the last 40 years,” says Rita Deskins, a registered sleep technologist and manager of Columbus Regional Hospital’s Sleep Diagnostic Center. “It wasn’t a concern before that.”

In that time, however, a lot of knowledge has been amassed and systematized about why we sleep. Researchers have determined five distinct stages of sleep and the effects of each of those on a person’s nightly restoration. In an eight-hour

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sleeping session, a person can experience up to five cycles of these restorative stages.

The most-often discussed stage of sleep is rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Short-term memory is converted to long term during REM. Deep sleep, which happens in the latter stages of REM, is also when the body performs muscle tissue restoration. “During REM, your muscles are actually paralyzed,” says Deskins.

“That’s a good thing, because otherwise, you might act out your dreams.”

The muscles may be relaxed during REM, but Dr. Jeffrey Hagedorn, medical director at both the sleep diagnostic center and Schneck

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Medical Center Sleep Lab in Seymour, says your brain is “extraordinarily active.” He says that those who claim they don’t dream just don’t remember their dreams, adding that most people have four to five dreams a night.

Researchers agree that when you deprive yourself of sleep, you’re eventually going to have to make it up.

“Once human brains start to establish patterns, they can delay sleep time in a twoday period,” says Hagedorn, “but five days are required to move forward.”

To explain how this works, Hagedorn describes a person flying to California from Indiana to visit friends. “Say you met friends 60

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at the airport (in California) and went out to eat,” he says. “When it got to be 10 o’clock, it would be 1 o’clock back home. You can stay out again the next night, but you’ll set your sleep time back.”

Conversely, says Hagedorn, when you fly back east and move forward three hours, it takes five to six days to reset your regular sleep cycle.

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• Eight hours of sleep per night is average. Some individuals need more, and some can do well with only four hours.

• You will run a sleep deficit if you get less than you require, and you’ll eventually have to make up for lost sleep.

• Create conditions conducive to sleep. Don’t use your bed for activities such as eating or watching television.

• Caffeine and lack of sleep can create a vicious cycle, exacerbating a person’s sleep deficit.

• Science has not fully answered the basic question of why we sleep.

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sleep as a 2-year-old, due to rapid growth and hormonal changes occurring in their bodies. “We may need to rethink the stereotype of the lazy teenager,” says Deskins.

Hagedorn adds that sleeping in on Saturdays may not be the best way for teens to stay well-rested.

“Let’s say an adolescent keeps a fairly regular schedule during the week and then stays up until 1 or 2 (a.m.) on Friday and Saturday,” Hagedorn explains. “When school starts the next week, it’s very difficult for him to go to sleep, and he’s exhausted when he gets up on Monday morning.”

The truth of it, explains Hagedorn, is that a teen should get up at the same time on weekends as he does the rest of the week, even when staying up later at night.

Technology also plays a role in how well teens are resting. Sherry Johnson, also

a registered sleep technologist at the Sleep Diagnostic Center, recently spoke to students and asked if they made a regular habit of answering text messages throughout the night. “Pretty much everybody raised their hands,” she says.

SLEEP APNEA

The most prevalent condition treated at both the Columbus Regional Health and Schneck sleep labs is sleep apnea. “A third of the country snores, and a third of those (who snore) have sleep apnea,” says Hagedorn. Sleep apnea occurs when the normal relaxation of the tissues at the back of the throat (the cause of snoring) close and cause a momentary pause in breathing. This pause in breathing can last from a few second to minutes.

“The brain says it needs oxygen and generally wakes you up,” says Deskins. “This

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Basically, apnea sufferers are struggling to stay alive all night long.”

Hagedorn says there are four basic treatments for sleep apnea: continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), dental devices, surgery (in cases of unusually large tonsils) and weight loss (in cases where obesity is a causal factor). CPAP, a tube and mask device that forces air into the nose and down the throat, is the most common treatment.

Paula Rigsby was diagnosed with sleep apnea at the end of 2013, before which she’d experienced some health issues, “including restless sleep,” she says.

She had to try a few types of CPAP masks before finding one that was right for her. “Honestly, it’s not an easy thing to be sleeping with a mask on your face,” she says.

Wearing a mask for only a couple of hours each night at first, Rigsby now uses it “at least six hours a night,” she says. “The mask is hooked up to a modem, so the lab can monitor usage length. Insurance coverage requires a certain number of hours.”

Rigsby has seen her health concerns improve since using the mask. “I honestly don’t know what I did without it,” she says.

Deskins is a CPAP patient, as well as a sleep technologist. She has atrial fibrillation, a common type of abnormal heartbeat. “My heart sometimes was really not pumping blood,” she says. “It can lead to strokes.”

She is pleased with the treatment. “I can tell that when I don’t wear the CPAP, the AF (atrial fibrillation) is more likely to happen,” she says.

Hagedorn suggests taking proactive measures to ensure a good sleep life. “Try to calm down during the last hour or two of your waking day,” he says. “At night, your body cools. About an hour before you wake up, it starts to warm. This means it’s not advisable to exercise in the late evening and then go to bed. Also, don’t take a hot shower at that time of the day.” –C–

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Todd and Amanda Thompson were living on approximately two acres in Tipton Lakes when they began thinking about moving to a new home. Early on, they had several ideas about what they were looking for: They wanted more land, and they wanted to live outside the city. In essence, they were in search of more than just a home. They wanted a family retreat.

A real estate agent friend suggested the couple look into a secluded property just off Baker Hollow Road west of Columbus, and the Thompsons fell in love with what they found there. The property offered the solitude they were looking for, as well as 18 acres of hilly, densely wooded land. The only problem?

It didn’t come with a house. They were going to have to build.

“We wanted to build something that represents who we are,” 37-year-old Amanda recalls. “We’re pretty casual and laid-back, and we wanted to build a refuge for our family — a place to be away from the world a bit.”

Builders broke ground in January 2013, and after a little more than 10 months of construction the family moved into its new 4,000-square-foot home in November of the same year.

As with any major project, there were a few hiccups, Amanda says.

Building a new home “definitely brought certain things to the surface in our mar-

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riage, like all those communication things,” Amanda says. “We each had our sacred cows, so to speak, and if we absolutely had to have some element included in the home’s design we would find a way to make it work.”

To streamline the process, they decided Amanda would be in charge of the micro-decisions, such as picking out colors and hardware, like fixtures and doorknobs.

“Rather than making those decisions by

The family gathers on the couch in their great room.

committee, I left it up to her,” says 44-year-old Todd, a portfolio manager with Reams Asset Management. “My part was watching the kids to free her up so she could meet with the builder and designers and make it happen.”

Since the home sits atop a hill, a walkout basement was a necessity. The couple wanted to use every inch of available space. Their first decision was to put kids’ bedrooms downstairs along with a main room that serves as a general play area.

In the future, the area can be easily converted to accommodate guests, Amanda says.

“We were trying to think two steps ahead,” explains Todd. “We wanted to make sure we would have ample room for our kids when they come back and bring their kids and also if we are caregivers to our parents at some point.”

The bright, bold colors, including shades of blue and purple, were picked by the cou-

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—AMANDA THOMPSON

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ple’s five children for each of their rooms. The colors serve as reflections of the children’s personalities, their stay-at-home mom says.

“Our 9-year-old, Jude, picked his by the color of his favorite cereal bowl,” Amanda explains. “He’s a boy, and food is very important. And it’s an easy fix; if he doesn’t like it down the road we can paint over it.”

The main level’s open floor plan was designed to encourage family interaction.

“When you have lots of rooms, the atmosphere becomes fractured and discourages that closeness,” Todd says.

The family’s main gathering place is the great room, which offers an uninterrupted flow between the kitchen, dining room and adjacent enclosed porch.

The great room boasts a stone fireplace and a 20-foot vaulted ceiling, supported by large wooden beams. Picture windows frame the surrounding woods to give it a cozy, lodge-like feel. A large area rug and L-shaped couch are the centerpieces of the room and divide it from the main entry hall, kitchen and dining areas.

“I love the openness and huge couch,” Amanda says. “Someone can be in the kitchen, and we’re still in the same area.”

Throughout the upper level of the home, a variety of earth tones and natural materials convey a rustic-meets-industrial feel.

The brushed bronze fixtures, granite countertops and distressed hardwood floors and cabinets are a blend of simplicity and

function, says Juli Suverkrup, owner of Juli Suverkrup Design, who helped the couple design the spaces.

“The home gives you that comfortable, anyone can come in anytime and relax feel,” Juli says.

Open floor plans aren’t often easy to decorate, she says. The goal above all is to avoid what she calls visual noise.

“It’s a matter of consistency to achieve the cleanness of the space,” Juli explains.

“The colors have to flow from one room to the next. When you mix up materials, it makes it messy and muddies up the beauty.”

Using the floors as their starting point, Amanda and Juli worked from room to room. Utilizing elements such as area rugs,

tile and hardware, they were able to accomplish a durable, yet fuss-free décor that brings the feel of the outdoors inside.

“The home, which has a real treehouse feel to it, is a reflection of a family who really enjoys one another and loves to be together,” Juli says.

Equating the process of home building to giving birth, Amanda says overall it was a positive process. The house turned out exactly as she and her husband envisioned, and there’s nothing they would change.

“Our life is pretty busy and loud, which I love,” Amanda says. “But once we come up that driveway, it’s just our family.

It’s our refuge. I feel like we can breathe, focus on our family, and then go back out into the world.” –C–

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Winter Blues If last winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weather is a precursor of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to come, a Florida island might be calling your name Story by CJ Woodring

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kayaking in Cedar Key, Florida.

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GASPARILLA ISLAND

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GO The view from the top of Cape St. George Light (stgeorgelight.org), a reconstructed lighthouse located in the middle of the island, is a must-see.

Crooked River Lighthouse, a cast iron skeletal tower in nearby Carrabelle, has a huge jungle-gym pirate ship. And don’t forget shopping: A few shops are located on the island; however, the majority are in nearby Apalachicola, Carrabelle and Eastpoint (seestgeorgeisland.com/Shopping.aspx).

EAT Visit Eddy Teach’s Raw Bar (eddyteachs.com) for oysters and ice cold beer, the Tiki Bar at Blue Parrot Oceanfront Café (blueparrotcare.net) for a casual beachfront setting, and The Beach Pit (thebeachpit. com) for Texas-style barbecue and fresh seafood.

Lick, slurp or shake your frozen treat at Aunt Ebby’s Ice Cream & Deli (auntebbysicecream.com).

And for a restaurant, bar and nightclub experience, Harry A’s (harryas.com) is the place to be.

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

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

PLAY Stay and play on the P.B. Dye nine-hole championship golf course, practice your backhand at the world-class tennis center or bask on the private beach. Amenities include a full-service luxury spa, salon and state-of-the-art fitness center. The club also boasts an observatory, aviary and two deep-water marinas GO Because island shopping is nearly nonexistent — golf and tennis pro shops and the Gourmet Market — ferryboats service the island 24/7, offering easy access to Miami’s South Beach Art Deco District (miami andbeaches.com/places-to-see/south-beach-art-deco-district), along with the city’s museums, art galleries, theaters and shopping (miami andbeaches.com). And don’t forget night life (miami.com/nightlife): Miami’s downtown night scene is nonpareil, with diverse clubs, intimate lounges, bars, restaurants and plenty of entertainment. Hop on the Metromover (miamidade.gov/transit/metromover.asp), a free people mover system that runs from 5 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.

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

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Local library’s digital daring hopes to draw in new audience

Tyler Munn and Hartwell

Story by Jennifer M. Willhite Photos by Andrew Laker Following the launch of its new website last fall, the Bartholomew County Public Library has found a new way to engage the Columbus community. By utilizing the power of the Internet, creating unique content shared through social media and planning smart, original event programming, the staff at BCPL have found that a successful marketing plan can mean greater rewards, like handing out more library cards.

“It was always the mindset that our digital presence as a whole needed to be better,” says Jason Hatton, BCPL assistant director. “And so the website was one piece and the social media was the other (of the new plan).”

Accompanying the launch of its new website in 2013, the BCPL began offering the community more digital options, from

downloadable e-books, audio books and magazines to streaming videos and music.

Then Curtis Hartwell saw an opportunity to take the library’s revamped online presence to the next level.

What initially started as a Black Friday video spoof posted to the library’s website became the genesis of BCPL’s rebranding online.

As a nod to the abundance of holiday ads and price slashing retailers use to lure shoppers, Hartwell thought, “Why not offer that here?”

“I thought since the library is already free, we’ll cut prices in half,” Hartwell says.

Donning a “sleazy tie and blue jeans” and his handlebar mustache, Hartwell took center stage, adopting a used car salesman approach to invite people in to see what the

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Upcoming library programs go beyond books

Celtic Christmas Concert Dec. 9

Listen to traditional songs of Christmas and the winter holiday season from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales by Celtic fiddler Emily Ann Thompson and her husband, Kelly.

This program is sponsored by the Bartholomew County Library Associates.

Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Red Room

Caturday Night Fever featuring Lil BUB Dec. 13

Join the Bartholomew County Public Library as it celebrates everything cat.

Join in the fun by submitting your own cat videos for a contest, support animal adoption awareness and meet Internet cat sensation Lil Bub. To submit cat videos, email caturdaynightsubmissions@gmail.com. Videos should be no longer than one minute and must feature cats. Time: 6:30 p.m.

Information: (812) 379-1266.

Meet Randy Ollis Jan. 22

Don’t just talk about how cloudy it is, learn the facts on why and how clouds form when WISH-TV meteorologist Randy Ollis visits the Bartholomew County Public Library. Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Red Room

Live Music with Ray Kamalay Feb. 28

Detroit native Ray Kamalay has built a remarkably diverse and historic repertoire of music that is familiar, intriguing and fun. Sponsored by the Bartholomew County Library Associates. Time: 2 p.m.

Location: Red Room

library has to offer. The video was a hit.

Hatton and other staff recognized Hartwell’s talent and gave him creative leeway to see just how far he could take the library’s social media reach.

Shortly after the premiere of the Black Friday video, Hartwell launched the “Dirty in 30” series spotlighting the library’s various resources, from genealogy research to digital resources. Hartwell is now BCPL’s social media coordinator. “Now everything I think of I just jot it down,” he says. “Sometimes the ideas work; sometimes they don’t.”

In his new position, he has also enhanced the library’s online presence

with Tumblr and Twitter accounts and a YouTube channel. And the community response has been tremendous.

Mary Clare Speckner, adult programming director, helps maintain the library’s Facebook page and describes the BCPL’s newfound online presence as helpful.

“It’s just a different way of reaching people,” she says. “No matter what your marketing efforts, you’re still getting your message out there.”

“I feel like going about things this way, with this fun, light-hearted approach, almost changes the way people, on the outside at least, view what we’re doing,” says

Hatton. “It’s more laid-back and inviting.”

He says efforts to push the envelope somewhat when it comes to video content, social media postings and programming to engage the public are what a library is supposed to do.

“As a public library, basically we serve everybody and do everything,” Hatton says. “So the sky is the limit in terms of what Curtis can come up with and what we can do. There are some things in a library that people don’t agree with, but it still gets people talking and it’s that discussion that we crave.”

Library patrons who aren’t social media savvy are also able to take part via the in-house televisions located throughout the facility. The old-school power point presentations once shown on the TVs have been replaced by commercial-type material promoting library services and general information that’s produced in-house.

“Eventually we would like to spread that visual aspect throughout the building,” Hatton says.

Ultimately, Hatton says he would like to see the library’s online engagement with the community morph into engagement in the building and with the library’s services, such as children and adult programming.

The library has always offered programs for the public, Hatton says, but recently the focus is on offering more interactive, creative classes with many of them gleaned from the community, past program presenters and library staff.

Hartwell helped organize a quirky series of lectures titled, “Mr. Hipster,” where area professionals were invited to come speak about their creative passions and offer demonstrations. Among the series’ inaugural guests were a record producer, a screen printer and an illustrator.

Various community organizations, including the Columbus Area Arts Council, kidscommons and Ivy Tech, says Hatton, are also actively involved with helping to shape the library’s interactive programming.

“We’re looking to the community

members to really figure out what developing the interactive classes will look like,” Hatton says. “To figure out how it could be bigger, not just classes, but to have a place to hold the classes. At some point next year, we will have something in place that not only offers the tools, but the classes to go along with it.”

If you’re more of a page-turning book lover than a digital user, fear not. Hatton reassures library patrons the expansion of the library’s social media efforts and digital programming is a balancing game.

“We have not stopped buying print,” he says. “And we won’t stop buying print anytime soon; we have just added the digital to enhance what we already have.”

According to Hartwell, the ultimate goal is to get more people in the library’s doors.

“I would hope to attract an audience who wouldn’t normally come to the library,” Hartwell says. “Just to see what we have to offer and to find out what all these things are that we’ve been talking about online.” –C–

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OPPORTUNITIES Life in Columbus is diverse and refreshing for Hanna Omar

Story by Teresa Nicodemus Photos by Andrew Laker

Hanna Omar

orn and raised in New York City, Hanna Omar has had few opportunities to visit Yemen, her family’s country of origin. Seeking opportunities for a better life, Omar’s parents traveled to the United States from Yemen in the ’60s. Born in 1982, Omar went with her parents to live in Yemen in 1984, coming back to the United States in 1987 in time for her to begin schooling.

Yemen culture was imbedded in Omar’s family life during her childhood. She grew up speaking both Arabic and English when she was at home with her sister, brother and parents. “It’s easy to lose the culture of your homeland when you move to a new culture with a new language. The preservation of our culture, who we are and where we came from, was essential to my parents,” says Omar. “You can’t know where you are going if you don’t know where you came from.”

It wasn’t until 2009 that Omar had the opportunity to visit Yemen again, this time for a summer trip with her family. During the month-long vacation, she remembers how she never felt like a stranger to the culture or country. “I know the language and culture of Yemen, and it’s easy to blend in, yet my sense of home is in the United States,” she says.

She noticed one key difference between the two countries. “There is actually more diversity in the U.S.,” she explains. “In Yemen, everyone is from the same background. America is a great melting pot.

We have the opportunity to interact with people from all over the world. In Yemen, you must travel to another country to experience and explore another culture.”

Omar moved to Columbus in 2011 to live with her husband, Nebil Baqhum, who worked for Cummins Inc. and who had already established residence here. Her perception, she admits, was that a small Midwestern town was not going to offer the same diversity that New York did. When she arrived,

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however, her perception quickly changed. “I saw all the diversity Columbus had to offer and found the people to be welcoming and friendly,” she recalls. “It was refreshing.”

Omar has held a life-long respect for people of all cultures; community involvement has always been important, she says. She graduated from Fordham University in New York City with a bachelor’s degree in political science and Middle Eastern studies and went on to complete her master’s degree in political science. After graduation, she worked with political campaigns and educational programs, helping underprivileged, low-income students.

When she arrived in Columbus, Omar immediately became involved in the Columbus Area Multiethnic Organization (CAMEO), a group of nine ethnic clubs representing the vast landscape of cultures in the city. “All of these organizations come together to plan a number of multicultural events throughout the year in Columbus,” she explains. She has volunteered for the Ethnic Expo, for Ivy Tech’s International Education Week and by creating a holidays around the world exhibit in The Commons.

In 2012 she began serving on the board of the Islamic Society of Columbus, for which she currently serves as president. During her board appointment, she helped coordinate a Heritage Fund grant with the Middle East Association, she says. The grant’s purpose was to promote diversity within the community. “The main initiative was to help Columbus become a more welcoming community,” she explains. “We put together a two-hour event at kidsCommons about Middle East Islamic culture, highlighting a music station, food tasting and other activities to help promote tolerance and understanding of diversity.”

Last year, Omar and her husband served as general chairs, along with another couple, of unCommon Cause, the pinnacle fundraising event for the Columbus Area Arts Council. “Hanna was instrumental in making sure we had a fabulous event,” says Karen Shrode, executive director of the Columbus Area Arts Council. “We gave the chairs several event ideas, and they embraced the theme

of Bollywood (the Indian version of Hollywood), inviting the participation of the Indian, South Asian and East Asian communities. The entire event was colorful and festive.”

“India has a very famous movie industry, even larger than Hollywood,” explains Omar. “Bollywood is known for singing and dancing, so we invited an Indian group to choreograph dancing and singing.

We served Indian food, many came in Indian attire and we featured art from the Indian culture. … If you didn’t know anything about the Indian culture, you left understanding the culture.”

Omar is pursuing a master of business administration from Indiana University and works as an adjunct instructor of political science at IUPUC. As demanding as her schedule is, she continues to find time to give back to the community. “When I first came to Columbus, I was unaware of the diversity and wonderful dynamics of this city and its many options for professional development,” she says. “Now I see so many opportunities for volunteerism and meeting others who want to strive for an even better, more improved community.” –C– Hanna Omar and her husband, Nebil Baqhum, discuss the auction items at UnCommon Cause 2013. Photo by Carla Clark.

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Featuring the art, writing, poetry and photography of talented local students.

If you know a young Columbus area poet, writer, artist or photographer, please send in their creations for possible inclusion in our next issue. Email high-resolution photographs or word documents to awaltz@hne-media.com.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to include the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, age and school.

Mariann Fant, Grade 12, Columbus East High School

Asia Carr, Grade 10, Columbus East High School

Wyatt Miller, Grade 12, Columbus East High School

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MaKenzie Hammers, Grade 11, Columbus East High School “LIttle Brother” by Tori Cheney, Grade 8, Central Middle School

“Color Schemes” by Maya Federle, Grade 7, Central Middle School

*If you’ve recently submitted art, but haven’t seen it in Student Views, don’t worry, it might appear in a future issue.

Matthew Buffo, Grade 12, Columbus East High School

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Weddings

Amy Maurice and Paul Skaggs April 5, 2014 Wedding and reception at Henry Breeding Farm Photos by Erin Hession Photography

Amy Maurice and Paul Skaggs met, thanks to a pizza delivery he made to Wal-Mart back in 2006. Amy and a friend were standing in the checkout line when they saw Paul walk in. Amy’s friend had a sister who worked with Paul at the pizza shop, so they called the sister to get the scoop on Paul. A week later, Amy and Paul met in person.

Their courtship lasted six years. “We always talked about getting married, but I never knew he was even considering proposing,” Amy says. “Neither one of us was in a big hurry, so we took our time planning our wedding exactly how we wanted it.”

Paul proposed to Amy on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida. “We were on vacation, and we took a walk at night,” she recalls. “On the way back to the hotel, he completely shocked me by getting down on one knee.”

The two were married at Henry Breeding Farm, which was the first and only venue the couple looked at while planning their ceremony. “As soon as we flipped on the lights inside, we both fell in love and decided on the spot that we wanted to get married there,” Amy explains.

The couple honeymooned in California.

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Bianca Critzer and Logan Howe May 24, 2014 Wedding at First Christian Church; reception at The Commons Photos by Stacy Able Photography

Logan and Bianca met while attending Columbus North High School. They began dating while on a spring break vacation to Panama, but it wasn’t until eight years later, when they were both still living at home with their parents and working that the pair decided to begin looking for a home of their own. “We started just casually looking at houses, but unexpectedly found one we both liked,” Bianca says. “We took possession of our house …. We wanted to go see the empty house for the first time together.

“I had a feeling something was different,” she adds. “He stopped on our front porch, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course I said ‘yes.’”

The couple married at First Christian Church, with a reception at The Commons.

“The amount of love that was felt at our reception was astounding,” Bianca says.

“We had family and friends helping us get through the day. Whether it was airing up balloons, setting up the place card table, fixing centerpieces or just showing their support, we are so grateful to be surrounded by incredible people.”

The newlyweds honeymooned in Maui.

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Sneakers at Starlight Sept. 12 | Mill Race Park

1. (From left) Victoria Griffin, Victoria Glick, Jenny Kim and April Williams. 2. Erin and Bryan Kendall with Andy and Jacki Mann.

3. Michael and Katrina Whitworth. 4. The event was held at Mill Race Park. 5. Claudette and Dave Hayward.

6. Patsy and Roger Schooler. Roger won second place in the sneaker contest with his James Bond 007 inspired ensemble.

7. Bill Glickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sneakers. 8. In the disco lights Tara Board, Debbie Barrett, John Wischmeier, Donna Booth and Holly Downey enjoy the music.

9. Susan Hundley and Chris Monroe.

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She magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mingle-N-Jingle Nov. 6 | The Commons

1. (From left) Nancy Pugh, Tara Board, Holly Downey and Nora Noblitt. 2. Ali Hendricks and Nikki Purcell.

3. Sweet treats offered by Ashlynn Leigh Cakes. 4. Liz Medley, Becky Douglas and Terri Metz. 5. Melissa Reardon from Tri-State Artisans.

6. Sally Binnie and Victoria Yeaton. 7. Tina Delacy and Melissa Mason. 8. The Dancing DJs perform. 9. Lindsey Babinec places individual eyelash extensions onto model Kelsey Shanks. 10. Attendees make donations to the Firemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cheer Fund.

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Mill Race Marathon and After Party Sept. 27 | Downtown Columbus

1. Philip and Caitlin Haywood with Eero, 2, and Pippa, 6 months. 2. (From left) Hannah Larson, Taylor Spurling, Grace Creer, Josh Larson, and Ethan Creer pose before running the 5K race. 3. Deb Turrel, Lauren Glusak, Siv McNeely, Tricia Helton and Lynda Curtin ran together in the half marathon.

4. Kolten, Billy, and Kavan Brooks. 5. Leah Jackman-Wheitner with her stepmother, Deb Goforth. 6. Molly Jenkins and her daughter, Emma.

7. Street performer Mary Duncan. 8. Amelia Brand climbs the rock wall. 9. The Faze entertains at the after party. 10. Northside Middle School students begin the 5K. 11. Zack and Glinda Ellison. 12. Albert Cyliax, Daniel Hoover, Keisha Cyliax, Lisa Huffman, and Lucie Cyliax. 13. Spectators watch as the 5K begins.

14. Jamie Spence, Dereck Howard and Chad Mayer enjoy pizza from The Flatrock Flatbread Co.. 15. Bhakti Vyas with her mother, Purnima Vyas, and son, Sparsh Kachadiya , came out to support Bhaktiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, Gaurang Kachadiya. 16. Kristen Sparks, holding her dogs Dorothy and Toto, with her daughters, Frances and Mary. 17. Susan and Marcus Jackman with their daughter, Josie.

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Scottish Festival

Sept. 13 and 14 | Bartholomew County Fairgrounds 1. Hannah Leland. 2. (From left) Dillon, Scotlin and Nash Young, with their mother, Kimberly. 3. Douglas Collins.

4. The Saturday opening of the festival featured the SAR Color Guard and Massed Pipe Band.

5. Sean and Braxton Christie with their dog, Pepper. 6. Aija and Paul Pocock with their dogs, Jack and Pete.

7. The American Rogues band members, Corey Walden, left, and Nelson Stewart.

8. Harold Ingalsbe, left, with Lloyd and Helen Elkins. 9. Jack Land and Tammara Sparks practice their sword skills.

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Volunteers in Medicine Reverse Raffle Nov. 14 | Clarion Hotel

1. George and Karen Dutro, Rich and Barbara Newton. 2. Monica Hartung of Seymour, Indiana, as her name is announced as the winner of the $10,000 Reverse Raffle jackpot. 3. David and Lisa Porter.4. Lora Miller, Brigid Jarnagin, Tim Jarnagin and John Miller.

5. Sheryl Tracey, left, Suzie Singer, Brigitte Halvorsen, and Laura Hurt.

6. David and Denise Rau, left, Charlie and Joan Rau, and Jody and Bill Harter. 7. Clint and Laura Garrett.

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UnCommon Cause Oct. 25 | The former Sears

location downtown

1. Guests peruse the silent auction tables.

2. Steve Cox and Paula Eller.

3. Jill Tasker and Doug Stender.

4. Tony Johnson paints a canvas provided

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6. Garrett Ferrel and Kelby Scrougham.

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8. Nikki Holladay, Brock Biehl and Melitta and Zac Nelson.

9. Bob and Amanda Sharpe and Stuart and Debi Davey.

10. Embellished items donated by Victoria Craig Griffin.

11. Brenda Sullivan shows off her wearable art, a shawl created by Kylie Schneider.

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13. Renae Haehl, Jean Thayer, Bob Schwartzkopf, Mark Thayer, Sarah Schwartzkopf and Meg Baker.

14. Heather Shafer, Anna Gilley and Amber Gilley.

15. Chef Gethin Thomas tries out the golf booth.

16. Chanda and Kevin Welsh.

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Gala Latina

Sept. 6 | Clarion Hotel 1. (From left) Paul Erftenbeck, Miranda Cross, Sharon Sung, Patrick Andrews, Kristen Jackson and Jamie Jackson. 2. Nitya and Jenny Rao, Paula Ellenberg, John Orr, Jairo Sandoval and Mayra Sacanamboy. 3. The band plays and dancers fill the dance floor. 4. (From left) Uriel Lopez, Rocio Rodriguez, Jorge Garcia, Guadalupe Oritz, Matt and Tracy Souza. Garcia and Ortiz received scholarships from the Donor Advised Fund at the Heritage Fund.

5. (Front) Alexandra Gamez, Mayra Sacanamboy and Evelyn Stirling. (Standing) Jairo Sandoval and Robert Hay-Smith. 6. Jami and Aaron Perry.

7. Mazzy and Jonah Sims. 8. Ricardo Chavira, Luz Elena Michel, Julia Lopez, Rocio Rodriguez, Angelina Rodiguez, Daniel Valencia, and Patricia Santos. 9. Yeh Hsun Chen, Roberto Bustamante, Karen Estrada, Chengzhi Zhang and Holly Zhu. 10. Fiona Devan, Lino Puente and Leticia Medina-Puente. 11. Vincent Viveros, Miu Asano, Sylvia and Randy Babcock. 12. Fernando Zavala, Amparo Barba, Chonchita and Ramiro Nieto.

13. Kathleen and John Mark Moman. 14. Livia Ball and Kerry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell. 15. Travis and Ana Watts.

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WINTER 2014-15 | Compiled by Amy Norman

Calendar of Events MUSIC | ARTS | ENTERTAINMENT | OUTDOORS | SPECIAL INTERESTS

DEC. 1, 15, 29 An education and enrollment session for the Affordable Care Act, presented by MDwise, an Indiana-based nonprofit health care company, will answer your questions about the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplace. Time: 1 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 1 Drop by the Bartholomew County Public Library and decorate an ornament to take home. Who: Grades 7-12. Time: 3 to 5 p.m.

Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org

Looking for that unique gift for the tech person in your life? Join Mr. Noobie as he reveals his favorite gadgets, all less than $100, for the holidays. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org or noobie.com DEC. 2 Watch episode 1 of Tegami Bachi Letter Bee, enjoy Japanese snacks and hanging out with other Otaku fans during the Manga/Anime Club. Who: Grades 7-12. Time: 3:45 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 2, JAN. 6, FEB. 3 Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group.

Receive emotional support, practical assistance in coping with the issues you face and the latest information on research. Meetings are confidential. Time: 5 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org

DEC. 4 Arts for AIDS presents Ghanaian xylophone master Bernard Woma and Saakuma Ghanaian Dance and Music Troupe in observance of World AIDS Day. Dramatic presentations produced by Jan Lucas Grimm, a global bazaar, food and drink. Time: 5 p.m. Location: The Commons, 300 Washington St., Columbus. Information: artsforaids.com DEC. 5 First Friday for Families features The Night Before Christmas

by ArtReach Theatre. Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free. Location: The Commons, 300 Washington St., Columbus. Information: artsincolumbus.org DEC. 6 The Festival of Lights Parade features floats, animals and walking groups created by local corporations, businesses and community groups. The streets of downtown Columbus light up with thousands of twinkling lights.

QMIX fireworks follow when Santa passes City Hall. Information: (812) 390-6912 or columbus.in.us DEC. 8 Treva Lambert demonstrates how to decorate Santa, snowmen and bell cookies as well as other designs and techniques. She has been decorating cakes and cookies for more than 33 years and she and her husband own The Original Party Mart. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org

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The city Christmas tree shines brightly on the plaza of City Hall following the Festival of Lights Parade.

Photo by Andrew Laker.

Events Ted Sharpe plays trombone during a Columbus City Band rehearsal. Photo by Brian Blair.

DEC. 9 Celtic fiddler, Emily Ann Thompson, along with her husband, Kelly, perform a Celtic Christmas concert.

They will play traditional songs of Christmas and the winter holiday season from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales mixed in with some up-beat jigs and reels. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 3791255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 11 Learn about current Mexican culture and Mexican-Americans as well as sample traditional Mexican foods and snacks, listen to popular Mexican music and meet someone from Mexico. Who: Grades 7-12. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org

DEC. 13 Make sure your home is full of the festive spirit at the Saturday Sampler: Holidays Around the World. As people move from place to place, they take their holiday traditions with them. Learn how different cultures celebrate a variety of winter holidays and make a special craft or two. Time: 11 a.m. Location: Haw Creek Heritage Center, 111 Aiken St., Hope.

Information: columbus.in.us Meet with other writers in the county and share ideas and learn during the Bartholomew County Writer’s Group. Time: 6 p.m.

Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 12 Trip the light fantastic at the Holiday Dance sponsored by Dance Indiana. Time: 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door. Location: The Commons, 300 Washington St., Columbus. Information: (812) 350-5545 or columbus.in.us

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DEC. 14 Community Christmas Gathering featuring the Columbus Indiana Children’s Choir and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic.

Time: Matinee at 3 p.m.; evening concert at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 to $35. Location: Columbus North High School, 1400 25th St., Columbus. Information: thecip.org The Columbus City Band, the longest-running volunteer community band in the state, performs its Christmas concert. Time: 2 p.m. Location: The Commons, 300 Washington St., Columbus.

Get in the holiday spirit during the Santa Hustle 5K/Half Marathon.

Every participant will receive a free Santa hat, beard and customized Santa dri-fit shirt to wear while running. Time: 9 a.m. Cost: $35 for 5K; $60 for marathon. Location: White River State Park. Information: santahustle.com/indianapolis DEC. 15 The Teen Book Club discusses “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan. Teens should read the book ahead of time and come ready to talk about their favorite and least favorite parts of the book. Who: Grades 7-12. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 18 Straight No Chaser is neither straight-laced nor straight-faced.

Tight vocals and loose humor have catapulted these IU-born musical masterminds from local legends to international superstars. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $37 to $55. Location:

Time: 7 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org JAN. 19 The iconic Harlem Globetrotters return to Indianapolis with their unrivaled family show, featuring some of the greatest athletes. Time: 2 p.m. Tickets: $23 to $114. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com

IU Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington. Information: iuauditorium.com or (812) 855-1103 All teens Grades 7 to 12 are invited to watch “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org DEC. 20 The Crossroads Classic returns to Bankers Life Fieldhouse bringing together the four most-storied college basketball programs in the state of Indiana. Indiana takes on Butler at 2:30 p.m. and Purdue battles Notre Dame at 5:15 p.m.

Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: bankerslife fieldhouse.com DEC. 31 Ring in the New Year with the Yes Comedy Showcase featuring Mike Armstrong. Time: 7 and 9:30 p.m. Location: Yes Cinema, 328 Jackson St., Columbus. Information: yescinema.org Celebrate the New Year on Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis. Enjoy live music by White Panda, An Innocent Band, Corey Cox, The Groove Factor, Greta Speaks and Fred Lockett aka DJ Lockstar. Countdown to the new year as an IndyCar drops at midnight and enjoy fireworks.

JAN. 2 Ruditoonz, Indiana’s rockingest, coolest, awesome-est rock and roller for kids and their rocking parents returns to Columbus with a highly energetic and interactive show with fun and original music.

Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free. Location: The Commons, 300 Washington St., Columbus. Information: artsincolumbus.org JAN. 3-5 Marvel Universe Live takes the live entertainment experience to a new level with a mind-blowing show unlike anything you’ve seen before. Watch your favorite Marvel Super Heroes including SpiderMan, Iron Man, Hulk and more as well as threatening villains come to live in an action-packed arena extravaganza. Times: 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 3; 1 and 5 p.m. Jan. 4; 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5. Tickets: $25 to $120. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com

JAN. 21-25 Discover endless riches when Disney on Ice presents “Treasure Trove.” Times vary. Tickets: $11 to $73. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com JAN. 22 WISH-TV meteorologist Randy Ollis will talk about Indiana weather, lightning, storms and tornados.

Learn how storms develop and what to do to be safe when they come your way. Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org JAN. 27-28 “Sister Act,” the uproarious and uplifting Broadway production, comes to Bloomington featuring

JAN. 10 The Princess Ball, an annual father/daughter event that includes dancing, crafts, food and a professional portrait to take home. Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: $20 per couple.

Location: Foundation for Youth, 405 Hope Ave., Columbus. Information: foundationforyouth.com JAN. 15 The Civil War book discussion group will discuss “Conflict and Compromise” by Roger L. Ransom.

Daron Brown laughs as his daughter, Sydney, tries on a mask at the 2014 Princess Ball. Photo by Chet Strange.

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big screen above the stage. Times: 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 13; 8 p.m.

Feb. 14; 3 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets: $15 to $91. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis. Information: indianapolissymphony.org FEB. 15 Josh Aerie conducts the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in “From Russia, With Love.” Time: 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door.

Location: Columbus North High School, 1400 25th St., Columbus.

Information: (812) 376-4431 or columbus.in.us original music by Alan Menken who fills the show to the brim with soul-stirring gospel-inspired tunes that are built to lift audiences right out of their seats. Time: 8 p.m.

Tickets: $39 to $63. Location: IU Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington. Information: iuauditorium. com or (812) 855-1103 JAN. 31 Yes Comedy Showcase will feature Ron Feingold. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Yes Cinema, 328 Jackson St, Columbus. Information: yescinema.org FEB. 5 The fun, the artistry and the jaw-dropping spectacle of the Peking Acrobats keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.

Daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, wire walking, trick-cycling, precision tumbling and somersaulting are just part of the repertoire of these acrobats.

Time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $22 to $40.

Location: IU Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington.

Information: iuauditorium.com or (812) 855-1103 FEB. 6 First Friday for Families features Pirate School where you can learn to be a pirate. Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free.

Location: The Commons, 300

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Washington St., Columbus. Information: artsincolumbus.org FEB. 13 The Marcus Roberts Trio featuring Marcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis and Rodney Jordan brings its virtuosic style — a style that is strongly rhythmic, melodic and filled with dynamic contrast.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $35.

Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org FEB. 13-15 Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your special someone with the timeless classic “Casablanca.” As the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs the film’s score, led by Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly, the film plays on the

FEB. 18-19 “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other Eric Carle Favorites is back by popular demand. This puppet adaptation features blacklight technology to capture the charm and visual style of three favorite books by Carle. Time: 10 a.m. and noon Feb. 18; 10 a.m.

Feb. 19. Cost: $15. Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org FEB. 18 Engage with David Allee, jazz artist and owner of Indy’s Jazz Kitchen, in a conversation about the evolution of Jazz and its many facets, from Dixieland to Straight Ahead from Ragtime to Swing and BeBop and more during Jazz Appreciation 101.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free; but ticket required.

Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org FEB. 24 “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” revives the Beatles sensation with look-a-like, sound-a-like performances that astound even the most versed of Beatles fans. Time:

Festival of Lights Parade

8 p.m. Tickets: $39 to $63. Location: IU Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington. Information: iuauditorium.com or (812) 855-1103 FEB. 26 Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” is part of the 317 Series, bringing the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s concerts and programs to communities and schools surrounding Indianapolis. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Location: Mount Pleasant Christian Church, 381 N. Bluff Road, Greenwood. Information: indianapolissymphony.org

Jersey Boys. Times vary. Tickets: $48 to $69. Location: IU Auditorium, 1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington.

Information: iuauditorium.com or (812) 855-1103 MARCH 6-8 Enjoy an evening with Megan Hilty. From her leading roles in NBC’s “Smash” and Broadway’s “Wicked” and “9 to 5: The Musical,” Hilty is one of the fastest rising stars in the entertainment world. Times: 8 p.m. March 6 and 7; 3 p.m. March

FEB. 27 “Raisin’ Cane: A Harlem Renaissance Odyssey” starring Jasmine Guy and the Avery Sharpe Trio celebrates and honors the legendary voices of the Harlem Renaissance, such as Langston Hughes and W.E.B. DuBois, through text, song, music, movement and imagery.

Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $25 to $35.

Location: Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis.

Information: (317) 940-6444 or cloweshall.org FEB. 28 The Maroon 5 World Tour stops in Indianapolis. Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $27.50 to $123. Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis. Information: bankerslifefieldhouse.com Detroit native Ray Kamalay has built a diverse and historic repertoire of music that is familiar, intriguing and fun. Time: 2 p.m.

Location: Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Information: (812) 379-1255 or mybcpl.org MARCH 3-8 How did four blue-collar Italian kids from New Jersey become one of the greatest successes in music history? Experience the whirlwind journey of pop-music greats Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, as their true-life trip through obscurity, heartbreak, and stardom unfolds in the smash-hit

8. Tickets: $15 to $91. Location: Hilbert Circle Theatre, 45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis. Information: indianapolissymphony.org MARCH 14 Mark your calendars for the Elegant Vintages International Wine Auction. All proceeds from this evening help fund the care and feeding of more than 2,100 animals and 16,000 plants in the collection at the Indianapolis Zoo. Featuring selections of fine and rare wine from around the world, this elegant, black-tie optional event includes both live and silent auctions. Information: (317) 6302001 or indianapoliszoo.com –C–

TOP: Actress Megan Hilty and actor Kristoffer Cusick at the opening night After Party of the production of “Wicked.” ABOVE: Maroon 5 performs in Las Vegas.

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A Look Back

Lincoln Center The Lincoln Center skating rink was open-air when this photo was taken in the early 1960s. It was later covered and renamed Hamilton Center in honor of the Columbus family that donated the facility to the city.

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