Broad Ripple Community Newsletter July 2014

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PUBLISHER Tom Garriott

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JULY WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS Janet C. Striebel / Kara Reibel / Kathi Moore / Marc Allan / Matthew VanTryon / Neal G. Moore / Pat Carlini / Tom Britt

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THE RAFT OF THE BUZZARD Writer / Neal G. Moore

July marks the 40th anniversary of WNAP radio’s Raft Race – a seminal cultural event in conservative 1970s Indy. Read how Broad Ripple played host to this memorable, anything goes summer celebration.

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Writer / Kara Reibel

Broad Ripple Fire Station #32

Indianapolis Fire Department Station #32 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, but it has long been considered a historic landmark on the north side. The current firehouse was built in 1922, however prior to this construction, the site had been home to the Community House for Wellington, which merged with Broad Ripple (north of canal) in 1884. Prior to this merger, the Community House served as the town hall for Wellington (town south of the canal), as well as a jail, polling place, and base for the volunteer fire department.

The dedication of the new fire station in 1922 offered room for the firefighters to sleep upstairs in a loft, plus a garage for the hose truck, jail cells in the basement, a courtroom, and offices for the town board and police department. A few months later, Broad Ripple was annexed by the City of Indianapolis, making Station 32 the newest fire station within IFD. An addition in 1966 kept the original design and integrity of the structure intact. The extra room was badly needed by the eight men who worked and lived at the station.

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With budget cuts in 1978 and given the cost and maintenance of equipment, along with the infrequent number of runs compared to other stations, 32 was losing their water truck. The truck was removed in February of 1978, but residents pressured the city and it was reinstated a few months later in April. Again, in 1982, the same issues arose over equipment and budget concerns. This time the truck was retired for good.

Residents were up in arms over this change, but the concern over losing the truck shifted focus to the potential of losing the beloved fire station. Station 32 was on the chopping block, but a petition with 5,000 signatures influenced the decision to allow 32 to remain open.

The station may not show a strong value on a spreadsheet, but its intrinsic worth to the community is immeasurable. As much a part of Broad Ripple as the canal and the ducks, Station 32’s role in the community is now one of community outreach.

“The worst time to be introduced to your neighbor is during an emergency,” states Captain Gregg Harris. “Station 32 is a safe house, a place to park a bicycle safely.” Capt. Harris has been at Station 32 for five years. He explains that the station provides a Rescue Squad, offering an Advanced Life Support (ALS) vehicle that can do everything except transport a patient.

The station plays a role in the annual Broad Ripple Lights Up holiday event held the first week in December. The festivities begin with a parade at Broad Ripple High School, and ends with the lighting of a 14-foot-tall Christmas tree located at the station.

Now the oldest operating fire station in Indianapolis, 32 is a historical fixture that Broad Ripple residents couldn’t imagine living without. It’s a reminder of what community is all about.

Stories from 32 Memories from (retired) Captain Greg Roembke

I was assigned to Station 32 in March of 1987 after being promoted to captain and spent just about one year there. It took a little adjusting as I had primarily been at busier stations and the pace at 32 was a little more laid back. It was also was very much the “people’s fire station.” We always had people in and around the station, wanting to use the restrooms, the telephone, and the kitchen, and even to watch TV. During my time, the one constant was the ducks. A prized treasure of the Village, the fire station was their second home. When securing the station at night, you had to make sure that one was not left behind, as they would leave quite a mess. The “Duck Lady” ran the drugstore across the street, so the ducks spent a lot of time there.

That fall, other firefighters told me that when the “Duck Lady” would go on vacation, she would bring us duck food and ask us to take care of them. I learned that ducks would pretty much eat until they couldn’t move. So sure enough, I reported to work one morning and there was a large-scale cleaning effort taking place. A couple ducks spent the night in the station eating and discharging the food all over the first floor.

That winter, we had a really bad ice storm with high winds. We still had the open cab engine where the firefighters rode on the back step. We had a number of runs due to downed power lines, traffic accidents and first aid calls. We’d make the run, and then get back to the station and thaw out.

About 3:00 p.m., someone stopped by the station and said there was a duck stuck in the Water Company canal about six blocks

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south of the station. When I told them there was not much I could do about it, they stated they would start making some calls. We quickly learned that meant to the City County Building.

By 5:00 p.m. I had received a call from the Fire Chief stating that the Mayor’s Office wanted us to do something about that poor duck that was frozen in the canal. So we loaded up and headed out.

When we got there, there were about 20 people standing around in the freezing wind and sleet, begging us to rescue the duck. It was about 10 feet from the bank, just out of our reach.

We thought we’d try using water to melt the ice around him, but the crowd thought we were trying to drown it and yelled at us to stop. We then used a ladder on the ice and sent the new guy out to see what he could do. Of course the duck wasn’t happy for the company and tried to peck him. We finally used water and a pike pole to break the ice from around his leg and off he went. We figured he would beat us back to the station.

I left 32 the following May, with the knowledge that while I might have been in charge of the fire station, the ducks were in charge of Broad Ripple.

cemetery, they drove slowly past Station 32, where the mourners who weren’t already teary reached for tissues. For there stood four IFD officers, saluting in formal dress, standing next to a wreath of flowers honoring Dutch’s badge number.

Through the Indianapolis Firefighters Museum, I discovered proof that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (but not for speeding).

Tom Garriott, the publisher for Broad Ripple Community Newsletter, must have publishing in his blood. For his grandfather, Dutch Garriott, was part of the team that put together the newsletter The Helmet for IFD. Many thanks to those who assisted with my research: Capt. Rita Reith, Capt. Gregg Harris, Capt. Greg Roembke, Cindy Beaver with the Indianapolis Firefighters Museum, and Tom Garriott.

If you have a fun story to share about Station 32, please do so by going online to atBRip.com. Comments and stories are welcome.

Kara Reibel lives in the Geist area with her family. In addition to writing, she owns Geist Pilates.

Tom Garriott, publisher of Broad Ripple Community Newsletter, reminisces about his grandfather, who was stationed for a time at 32: John “Dutch” Garriott, born in 1906, had to quit school due to the Depression and help his father at their livery stables (which were located where Rogers Pools now stands).

With an 8th grade education, he somehow created a career for himself as a firefighter with IFD. He served as the assistant to the Fire Chief for 15-20 years as well as being stationed at various firehouses. Dutch went to all the big fires, driving like he owned the streets. When the Indianapolis Rubber Company burned down, there was a photo of Dutch holding a hose in the basement of the building.

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After an extensive career with IFD, Dutch (who retired as a captain) never quite understood things like stop signs and speed limits. As a kid, you took your life into your hands when you got into a car driven by grandpa Dutch. One story told by grandma relates that they were blazing down the highway to their home in Orlando, Dutch was pulled over for speeding. After whipping out his honorary badge to impress the impress-less officer, Dutch supposedly announced that he had “gone faster backwards than that officer ever had forwards.” License suspended.

At Dutch’s funeral, held in Broad Ripple at Flanner and Buchanan, there were scores of callers lined up out the doors.

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Wouldn’t you love to come home to fully prepared gourmet meals that are fresh, wholesome, and tailored to your diet? Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating, located at 65th and College Ave. in Broad Ripple Village, offers this luxury with no binding contract. You don’t have to think about buying groceries, preparing the food or whether it exceeds your quota for calories. Someone has already carefully planned each breakfast, lunch and dinner for you. The philosophy of Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating states, “Your life. Your health.

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“We serve busy professionals, people who know they need to eat better, and those who would like to lose weight,” says Roosevelt Jackson, owner of Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating. “We have a calorie controlled program containing meals with 1,200 or 2,000 calories per day depending on the portions. We also offer vegetarian meals with 1,500 calories daily. You can try our program for 4 or 5 weeks and you won’t get stuck even if you pay in advance.”

Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating was founded in 1985 by Seattle Sutton, who raised five children and worked as an RN in her husband’s medical practice in Marseilles, Illinois. She came up with this business idea as a result of working with patients and seeing the need for improving eating habits and overall health. There are now thirty-five locations in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota).

“This is good-tasting, nutritious food with limited calories,” says Dr. Bill Rieber, a six-year customer and Economics Professor at Butler University. “One of the reasons I like this program is that there is no initial contract. It’s very flexible and I can purchase meals on a weekly basis.”

Imagine having for breakfast a crisp golden-brown Belgian waffle topped with thick, luscious strawberry sauce. Then for lunch, a sweet tangy balsamic vinegar-glazed chicken breast served with Asian broccoli and red pepper salad with spicy sweet soy sauce dressing and rice pudding for dessert. Finally, for dinner you could enjoy a crisp, thin, whole wheat flatbread topped with creamy spinach artichoke spread and a sprinkling of sundried tomatoes with a side of fresh fruit.

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“We make it easy for you,” says Jackson, who was a former athlete in track and field and admits that he’s always been connected to a healthy lifestyle. He trained for the Olympics in the ’80s for the 1,500-meter and became a sub-four-minute miler. “Although we deliver meals to you, we are centrally located for pick-up, too. We even have our own parking lot!”

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Janet C. Striebel is a Fishers resident and freelance writer. She and her husband, Doug, have three children: Ryan, Jessica and Justin.

She has been writing for TownePost.com for more than seven years and claims that the best part is meeting all the interesting people in her community.

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Paddle Board Fun on the White River

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Writer / Pat Carlini

Paddleboarding is taking the water sports world by storm and is becoming a popular summer activity for many right here in Central Indiana. “It’s easy to pick up,” says Brad Maley, owner of The Ripple Surf and Board Shop, which offers paddleboard junkets on the White River during the summer months. “We take them down to Broad Ripple Park and drop them in,” says Brad, who charges $50 a person for a couple of hours on the White River.

I caught up with Nikki Miller and Griffin Thomas who were trying paddleboarding for the first time. “We love it,” says Nikki. “We want to come back!” Griffin said it took only minutes to learn the basics and the rest of the time they were enjoying the water. “You tend to see more on a paddleboard than you do in a canoe or kayak,” says Brad, “and you’re only going to hit water if you fall!”

Brad says sometimes beginners get sore feet.

“Paddleboarding works a lot of little muscles in the feet to help stabilize you on the board.”

Stand-up paddleboarding also works the core, which has attracted another group practicing yoga on paddleboards this summer.

Brad’s Ripple Surf and Board shop has been a staple in the heart of Broad Ripple for more than 5 years—recently relocating to Carmel (200 W. Carmel Drive) for more space. But, customers still come from Broad Ripple and all over for the shop’s wide variety of boards for wakeboarding, surfboarding, skateboarding and longboard skateboarding.

Stand-up paddleboards range in size from 10 ½ to 12 ½ feet long, and cost between $1,000 and $1,200 new. Paddles run from $100-$200.

Garrett Wilson, who works with Brad at the shop, also suggests water shoes along with a life jacket for paddleboarding. “A lot of river and lake shorelines are rough, so the shoes help protect your feet getting on and off the board.”

The boards are good for ocean waves for the more experienced stand-up paddleboarders.

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THE EAGLE HAS LANDED Writer / Kathi Moore . Photographer / ColinHale.com

To Broad Ripple residents who spend a lot of time along the White River, perhaps it’s no surprise to hear there is a nest of eagles there. The Friends of the White River and Central Indiana Land Trust have committed themselves to stewardship of the waterway, cleaning out invasive honeysuckle and aquatic plants and planting native species that prevent soil erosion. This has seemingly helped to provide suitable nesting and feeding areas for eagles.

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“Water quality, fish populations and retention of large trees along the White River have an impact on this,” says John Castrale, DNR biologist.

Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources states that there are currently 200-250 eagle nests located in 70 of Indiana’s 92 counties, with the most near Lake Monroe, Sugar Creek, and Mississinewa. Over the years, just eight or fewer of those nests have been recorded in Marion County.

“Bald eagles continue to increase in Indiana, being more adaptable than we originally thought,” commented Castrale. “Minimizing disturbances near the nests is still important so the eagles can nest successfully. The return of bald eagles to much of their North American range is one of conservation’s greatest success stories.”

Avid ‘river rat’ and White River Yacht Club member Dan Ripley remarked, “I’ve seen this nest for the past 4-5 years, but it was rebuilt in another tree and now has at least one fledgling in it, so I know it’s an active nest.” Thanks to the efforts of conservationist volunteers like Ripley, the area is not as overgrown as it was, which helps to attract the magnificent birds.

Cliff Chapman, Executive Director of the Central Indiana Land Trust, noted that they are in the final year of a three-year restoration project in that area.

“I think it’s just great that we are at that point now where we can attract bald eagles to the city. You can often see the eagles from Oliver’s Woods and Town Run Trail Park near the Fashion Mall.”

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Monitoring of the eagle population is best done in the winter and the DNR counts on property managers and the public to alert them of newly discovered nests.

In 2008 Indiana removed eagles from the endangered species list after reaching a goal of 50 nesting pairs.

This was a remarkable achievement, considering that no bald eagles were known to have nested in the state from about 1900-1988. Restoration efforts began in 1985-1989 when 73 eaglets from Wisconsin and Alaska were raised and released at Lake Monroe, contributing greatly to the statewide recovery.

DNR’s Castrale reminds us that bald eagles have legal protection surpassing almost all other birds in the United States. Not only is it illegal to harm or disturb (even if actions are unintentional) an individual eagle without a permit, nests and areas around the nest tree are also protected. Be aware!

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HOOSIER ‘KARATE EXPERTS’ AUDITION FOR AMERICA’S GOT TALENT Writer / Tom Britt

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t was a Tuesday night after a long Memorial Day weekend and I was watching television, flipping back and forth between America’s Got Talent and a baseball game. Unfortunately, the Dodgers were beating the Reds, so I spent most of my evening watching the “talent show on steroids” premier episode. That’s when a 20-something kid came out and said, “My name is Dustin’s Dojo and I’m a trained black belt and I learned to be a black belt at Roger Baker’s Taekwondo and Pizza, Pensacola, Florida.”

He took a bow with his silent sidekick who was wearing a ski mask “This is my friend Terry and I am his sensei,” he added, followed by a roar of laughter from the audience.

Over the course of the next five minutes I witnessed the funniest karate parody I’ve ever seen. Dustin’s Dojo put on a demonstration featuring the breaking of flimsy wood slats, 60 seconds of full-extension punches, and a face full of salt thrown into his eyes by Terry “when he least expected it.” Comedy genius was rewarded with a golden buzzer save by judge Howard Stern, which allowed them to go to the next round in New York this July.

I rewound the skit, watched it with my wife several times, and posted a link of the clip on my Facebook wall the following morning, noting, “This was the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time.”

Then something magical happened. One of my Facebook friends left a comment that Terry Terry was his wife’s cousin from the Indy area. These guys are locals? I had to meet them.

So we headed west with a carload of people: our trusty videographer Mitch Jacki, and magazine designers and fans Alyssa Sander and Austin Vance. Our rendezvous spot was in Covington, Indiana at the famous Beef House Restaurant in their back parking lot.

From there, Dustin’s Dojo and Terry Terry took us to two of their training locations in Fountain County: The “snake pit” and the “road that leads down to the river.”

Dustin’s Dojo, donning his WWE Santino Marella t-shirt, treated us to an on-camera, in-character interview. He told us about his karate inspirations, being bullied in 3rd grade and roundhouse kicking his nemesis in the ear, the ever-presence of attackers and what they would do with the $1 million grand prize should they win America’s Got Talent. “We would build the Roger Baker Taekwondo and Pizza, Pensacola, Florida, Fountain County.”

Off camera, Dustin Britton (Dustin’s Dojo) and Ed Kent (Terry Terry) talked about their backgrounds and the events that led up to their premier. They met through their church, where Britton is the youth minister.

When they heard that America’s Got Talent

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was doing auditions in Indianapolis, they came up with these two characters and fleshed out the skit on the drive over to the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

“We were in character all day long,” said Britton. “The producers didn’t know what to think of us. At the end of the day, I broke down and laughed when he questioned my ‘world record’ for full extension punches thrown in 60 seconds.

The entire room erupted.”

Their act is like watching Napoleon Dynamite trying to understudy Bruce Lee. Dustin’s Dojo speaks loudly, as if you’ll believe him if he says it with pronounced authority. Terry Terry, whose name is a spoof on local horror movie host Sammy Terry, looks around aimlessly, trying to spot attackers. “Only locals would get the Sammy Terry reference,” Kent said with a laugh.

With their newfound fame, Britton has created a website at DustinsDojo.com where he posts exercise videos, karate demonstrations and merchandise including a “Roger Baker’s Taekwondo and Pizza, Pensacola, Florida” t-shirt.

As for America’s Got Talent, the two will be making their second-round appearance sometime in July. Be sure to watch on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. for their New York debut.

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INDIANA’S NEW SECOND CHANCE LAW Writer / Mario Massillamany

We all make mistakes in our youth.

Sometimes even as adults. Luckily for us, the Indiana General Assembly just revised the expungement laws (Indiana Code 35-5-5.5 and 35-38-8, 9) to give Hoosiers a second chance. The Legislature understood that old arrests and convictions can prevent you from getting a job, renting an apartment, serving in the military, or participating in service groups. Known as the “Second Chance Law,” the new law allows for sealing arrest records and expunging certain convictions.

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Broad Ripple brings in plenty of visitors each weekend to occupy its plentiful tourist attractions. However, those visitors may struggle to find a parking spot. “Parking is a little bit of a cluster,” Tracy Thomas, a regular visitor to the Broad Ripple area, said. “The guys do a nice job with the pay lots in the evenings on Friday and Saturday nights, but besides that, it’s hard to find parking in this area.”

A parking garage opened in April 2013 that has been used sporadically. However, incoming Broad Ripple Village Association president Elizabeth Marshall said the garage is being used during peak times.

“It’s not that the garage is not being used,” Marshall said. “Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night is when we have traditionally had a parking shortage. We knew when the garage was built that it was for those peak times. It is being used during those times, but I think people feel like it could be better utilized.”

Marshall said the garage was built with the intention of implementing a parking permit program on the streets, but the permit program plans are still in progress.

“We ran into some complications determining who would run the parking permit program, who would monitor it,” she said. “Some people don’t want to pay for a permit to park on their own street.

I don’t know what (the permit program) would look like or if there’s even going to be one.” Marshall said the association is considering other restrictions on street parking to increase public safety.

Austin Burriss, a regular visitor to Broad Ripple, uses the parking garage consistently.

“I use it every time I come. I can depend on it,” Burriss said. “I park in the same place every time I’m here, so it makes sense and I feel like it’s safe.”

Burriss said he hopes once more businesses and bars go up in the immediate area, garage use will increase. “Once they get businesses out here, hopefully people will

want to park in here,” he said. “Right now, none of these places are even open during the day at all, so there’s no reason to.”

Adam Bustamante, who works at Ripple Bagel and Deli, says he regularly sees the streets filled and the garage empty. “I’ve been out here Friday and Saturday nights, and Guilford will be backed up to Kessler.

But I’ll drive by the garage and it’ll be desolate.”

Thomas said the village could advertise the garage more effectively. “People are creatures of habit and I think that’s why it’s not being used. I think they need to put signs around (the northwest side of Broad Ripple) saying there is more parking available in the parking garage.”

Marshall says the garage will bring in additional development to the village in the long run. “Broad Ripple will continue to grow because we have parking available. Development breeds additional development, so the fact that we have parking favors development.”

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Buzzard air talent (Left to right): Adam Smasher, Ann Craig Cinnamon, Freddy Fever, Cris Conner, Ron Below [Archival photo courtesy of Dave Fulton] Writer / Neal G. Moore . Photographer / Dave Fulton

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An example of raft creativity. Engineering? Not so much. [Archival photo courtesy Dave Fulton]

years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play—so sang The Beatles in 1967. However, the song’s lyrically famous “one and only Billy Shears” couldn’t have imagined what music WNAP would soon be playing on the radio in Indianapolis, or its inventive listener promotions. Forty years ago this month ( July 28, 1974, to be exact) WNAP—arguably the city’s most important radio station at the time—launched its most famous promotion: a Raft Race on the White River between Nora and Broad Ripple. “[It] was a happy, sun-drenched, smileyface celebration of the younger generation in Indy,” says Mike Griffin, former WNAP jock. “The WNAP Raft Race was a blend of Woodstock and the first turn at the Speedway on Race Day,” recalls former morning host Bob Richards. And leave it to former Buzzard newsman (and former WTHR news anchor) Tom Cochrun to cut to the chase. “It was a party—an all-day social event choreographed with great rock and roll. ‘Anything goes’ was the mindset. And it did.”

The all-day float party and rock concert at Broad Ripple Park served two primary purposes: to provide a memorable, good-time event for Indianapolis, and to promote WNAP’s free-form music format and its rebel radio jocks. “Just crazy people having fun on the air… and we were allowed to do that,” recalls Cris Conner, 69, longtime WNAP morning show host and event co-founder. He was, along with other organizers, stunned by the Raft Race’s rapid success.

“We thought if we had a hundred rafts it would just be amazing.

When we showed up the first year and had 400, we knew we had a hit; and to then end up with 70-80,000 people in Broad Ripple Park? We never anticipated it to be what it became,” says Conner.

No less an authority than Buster Bodine remembers the Raft Race as a seminal part of growing up in Indianapolis. “An annual tradition similar to what Hoosiers enjoy every May. The only thing missing was Jim Nabors singing Freebird,” says Bo Honey.

Here’s how it worked. Rafters would put in the river at a cove near the Landings Apartments, just north of the Keystone Avenue bridge. “We encouraged life vests, which nobody wore,” says a smiling Conner. Two-and-a-half miles later, they flooded in to Broad Ripple Park for a concert. Artists would include REO Speedwagon or Faith Band, and locals musicians, too. “If you were a local band, you played it,” says Conner. “It was a positive, creative birth of the tribe, a ‘wow, look at how many of us there are,’” adds Griffin. “There had been cool concerts in Woodstock and Golden Gate Park, but this was really happening in Naptown—in Indianapolis! And we were the party.”

While advertised as a race, it really wasn’t. Most rafters weren’t interested in floating down the river in record time. They were content enjoying liquid (and perhaps “other”) refreshments while listening to the Buzzard and showing off their rafts. And my, what creations! “They were anything and everything, and inner tubes, too,” remembers Conner. “People bought 50-gallon oil drums to make rafts. Styrofoam, milk containers…hundreds of them with plywood on top. There was one that was 150 feet long, hooked up like a train, and I think there were 72 people on it. It had a swimming pool, a bathroom, cold running water and a band.”

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Left to right: The wait to get on the river was long, but these rafters didn’t seem to mind. [Archival photo courtesy of Dave Fulton] . The post-race concert in Broad Ripple Park was hugely popular.

Here, Singer Bill Wilson entertains the massive crowd. This photo first appeared in the nowdefunct Broad Ripple publication, Hot Potato. Photo credit: Karann Kuehn/Hot Potato . View from the stage at Broad Ripple Park. [Archival photo courtesy of Dave Fulton] . Tom Cochrun & Bob Richards demonstrate their sea-worthy skills at the 1976 Raft Race. [Photo credit: Tom Cochrun] . The sign says it all. [Archival photo courtesy of Dave Fulton] . A massive traffic problem developed as the event grew larger every year.

Here, cars sit on Keystone Avenue waiting to drop off their rafts. . Former WNAP personalities Bob Richards & Tom Cochrun reporting on the scene of the Raft Race launch, circa 1974. The original Bob & Tom. [Photo credit: Tom Cochrun]

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Vintage photos of rafters on the Mighty White for WNAP’s Raft Race. These photos first appeared in the now-defunct Broad Ripple publication, Hot Potato.

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Morning host Richards marvels at the time and effort expended on the often-buoyancy-challenged vessels. “Groups of friends worked for weeks building and painting their rafts. The improvised watercraft resembled submarines, autos, anything one could imagine. A commercial entry from a bar called Godfather’s featured a huge rectangular bar and many young women, each wearing nothing more than a small white bikini and a smile.” “I doubt that any of us thought in our wildest dreams we would see the awesome, creative entries that we did,” recalls Griffin.

All of this, of course, unfolded in front of Broad Ripple villagers.

Conner says neither the radio station nor the village quite knew what to expect, and as the event grew in scope and attendance, WNAP found itself answering questions. “Some of the residents were bothered by it, but they put up with it,” Conner says. “I remember we had a 90-year-old man at a meeting about whether we were going to be able to [return] to Broad Ripple, and he stood up and said, ‘You know, every year these people come by and they take my lawn furniture and they pee in my yard, but you know, they’re all nice people.’ I think he was a big sway in allowing us to come back.” Another factor in the station’s favor was former mayor Bill Hudnut, Conner says. “He was a big fan of WNAP. He knew good P.R., and he was behind it all the way. In fact, if it hadn’t been for Bill, we might not have had [future races].”

Broad Ripple was the music hub of the city at the time, and WNAP co-sponsored many events there. When thousands of rafters showed up, it likely created a financial windfall for local merchants and restaurants. Besides, says Conner, Broad Ripple was a natural because it’s where all the freaks were hanging out.

Some go so far as to suggest the Raft Race played a role in shifting attitudes about the counter-culture of the era. “We were not ‘establishment,’ but a bit radical, especially for conservative Indianapolis in the late ’60s and early ’70s,” says Cochrun. “Indiana youth and young adults, discontented with WIFE, WIBC and a Top-40 world, embraced the peace-sign-wearing, counter-cultural vibe and hipness of WNAP. The Raft Race was a way to celebrate all of that.”

that WNAP was a living, breathing entity; a touchstone for their generation.” Longtime listener Dave Fulton says, “Anyone who lived through that era remembers WNAP, and the first subject they bring up is the Raft Race.” Fulton’s recent film, Naptown Rock Radio Wars, explores the station’s rich history and significant community impact. “It was a cultural phenomenon,” he adds.

At its peak, there were 1,400 raft entries, and pre-race traffic and parking became an increasingly difficult challenge. City police handled the cars, sheriff ’s deputies the rafts, and Bodine was, well, somewhere. “My assignment was traffic reportage via chopper borrowed from sister station WIBC,” recalls Buster. “My job was to help folks get into Broad Ripple Park, and more importantly, find where to park and unload their floating creations. Naturally, I pretty much spaced all of that (I was no Big John Gillis) but instead enjoyed hovering over the park, blabbing incoherently on the FM radio, yelling at cars below and skimming about five feet over the White River doing about 150 mph.” Remarkably, says Conner, there were few arrests and no serious injuries. However, after nine years of rafting, the station pulled the plug on the annual event. “It got too big,” laments Conner. “That’s when it ended.”

You know that stack of 1970s-era LPs in your basement? Flip through them and find the Doobie Brothers album, What Once Were Vices Are Now Habits. On it you’ll find the unofficial theme song of the Raft Race. Eric Edwards, production manager at the time, explains why. “One song used in the promos was Black Water.

It perfectly captured the mood of lazin’ down the river.”

“Well, I built me a raft and she’s ready for floatin’…

And I ain’t got no worries ’cause I ain’t in no hurry at all.”

Happy Anniversary, Buzzard. Many of us wish you’d never left the nest—or the river.

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Richards recalls it as a seminal event that resonated with listeners.

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In December 2013 Dr. Zachary Allmand and Dr. Grant Cleveland were granted the opportunity to purchase the dental practice of Dr. Scott McDonald and Dr. Marvin Schmidt, a practice that dates back some 50 years on Indy’s north side. Having taken care of their patients for such a long time, Drs. McDonald and Schmidt did not want to turn over their patients to just anyone. After carefully evaluating possible successors for nearly a year, they decided that Dr. Allmand and Dr. Cleveland were the right dentists to take over their historic dental practice.

Dr. Cleveland graduated from the I.U. Dental School in 2007 and has been working ever since in a large private group practice where he received years of extensive training, continuing education, and experience in all areas of general dentistry. Dr. Allmand attended IU Dental School on a U.S. Air Force Scholarship. His first year in the Air Force was spent in a year-long intensive residency program The residency program was designed so that CpaAllmand would be proficient to handle a wide array of complex dental procedures and be more self-sufficient while serving in remote areas with limited access to specialty care. This training also made Dr. Allmand a perfect candidate to serve our country deployed as a dentist in

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While the name of the office has changed to “Monon Family Dental” and some of the doctors treating the patients have changed, many things have stayed the same. The staff who served the office previously are the same, and Dr. Tim Carlson, a full-time instructor at the I.U. Dental School, continues as he has for the past 15 years to practice part-time at the office.

Drs. Allmand and Cleveland are breathing new life into the practice. They have updated the technology in the practice, incorporating large digital displays, intraoral cameras and digital x-rays. They feel that these improvements help educate patients on oral health. They plan to continue to implement new technologies, while carefully maintaining the things that made the practice so

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There are 8 million burger places between County Line Road and 96th Street, give or take, and maybe eight that are worth your time. Included in that number is 317 Burger, located in the heart of Broad Ripple at 915 Westfield Blvd., a place where the meat is fresh and tasty, the fries are thick enough for you to actually taste potato, and the beer is cold and plentiful.It’s like summer opened up its own burger place.

Even though the menu is limited almost entirely to burgers and fries, in reality you have almost no limits at 317 Burger— starting with the dining options (inside at a booth or table, at the bar, or outside).

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Inspire means “to breathe life into,” and that’s just what Creative Coach Ellen Robinson does every day from her studio in the heart of Broad Ripple. The coach/artist inspires business people, moms, educators and everyone who stops by to be more creative and eventually to put it all on canvas.

“People ask me exactly what I do,” laughs Ellen. “I tell them I am a creative catalyst. I get people to break the rules. I don’t mean go out and run a stop sign—I mean the rules that confine them. I want them to try something new and be creative, and I love it when it winds up on canvas!”

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Robinson who lives in Geist with her two kids and husband of 17 years, Tim, left her job as development director for a township school corporation over a year ago to pursue her dream of inspiring creativity in others. She was looking for a space to call her own when she and her husband spotted an empty bungalow last year in Broad Ripple at 6503 N. Ferguson. It was just what Ellen was looking for.

Ellen turned the former hair salon into a colorful retail space and workshop she calls appropriately enough, “Inspire”. Here, she has conducted sessions for business owners who want to re-energize their workforce, educators who want to inspire a group of new teachers, and individuals who just feel “stuck in a rut.”

The process helps to trigger a theme word/phrase that eventually inspires a painting. That painting becomes a permanent reminder to the person of his or her hidden creativity that can be tapped into at any time.

Ellen also conducts numerology readings—the ancient practice of understanding the numbers associated with names and birth dates.

The foyer of “Inspire” is a retail space filled with Ellen’s original greeting cards and paintings. The family room mantel is filled with paintings from

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