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4 Opening of Conner Prairie’s Apple Store Marks Start of Fall

by Julie Vincent

6 Sporting Events Leader Kicks Up Super Plans for 2012 Super Bowl

by Stephanie Carlson Curtis

King: Indianapolis’ King of Beer 12 Sun

by Christopher Collins

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WZPL Family Magazine: Parental Advice 16 from Teachers for a Successful School Year

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Learning Rx: Train Your Brain for 18 Life Success

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20 Art Angels Set Out to Help Indiana State Fair Victims

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by Stephanie Carlson Curtis

22 Biking the Crossroads for a Good Cause!

by Stephanie Carlson Curtis

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Grace Wiles, daughter of Megan Wiles, VP and presidentelect of the Alliance, enjoys a crisp hand- dipped caramel apple from The Apple Store.

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t’s that time again – when an Indianapolis tradition opens its doors and signals the real start of fall. It’s the opening of The Apple Store on Thursday, September 1, on the grounds of Conner Prairie.

Since 1985, The Apple Store has offered the best hand-dipped caramel apples, cider slushies, apple butter and a wide array of gourmet foods. The store, operated by the women of the Conner Prairie Alliance, provides a great destination for visitors, but it’s much more than that. The Apple Store has been a significant revenue stream for Conner Prairie. Last year, proceeds from The Apple Store allowed the Alliance to donate $90,000 to the museum, including $80,000 to support the 1863 Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana exhibit, and $10,000 to support the 1859 Balloon Voyage, making 2010 the store’s most successful year ever. In fact, more than $385,000 has been raised in the last five years by the Conner Prairie Alliance for the museum.

Opening of Conner Prairie’s Apple Store Marks Start of Fall

The Apple Store will be in operation September 1 through October 30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. It’s also open during Symphony on the Prairie September 1-4 and on evenings during the Headless Horseman in October. Visitors who come to The Apple Store on opening day will receive a 15% discount on all purchases.

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• 19,374 hand-dipped caramel apples; • 6,929 apple cider slushies; • 7,437 apple spice and pumpkin donuts;

The Apple Store at ie Conner Prair is Open NOW thru Oct.30

• 3,620 novelty items like decorated pretzels and other seasonal items; and

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Jackie Clark, 2011 Chair of the Apple Store, said, “We’re looking forward to another great Apple Store season with all of our traditional treats, including Indy’s best caramel apples, cider slushies, apple butter … and maybe a few new surprises! Our goal is for every person who comes into the store to have a great experience and find something they love – that’s what makes it so rewarding for all of us!”

The Conner Prairie Alliance was formed in 1982 as a small offshoot of the Junior League of Indianapolis. For the first three years, Alliance members decorated the Visitors Center and helped staff with Candlelight Tours. In 1985, The Apple Store was opened in a pole barn on the Conner Prairie grounds. In 1993, ground was broken for the current Apple Store building.

Currently, the Alliance has nearly 100 members, with a diverse membership of working women and stay-at-home moms. Any women who are interested in learning more about volunteering to support Conner Prairie are invited to join the Alliance on September 13 at 9:30 a.m. for a behind the scenes look at The Apple Store and a tour of Conner Prairie’s newest attraction, the 1863 Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana. To sign up for this event or to join the Alliance now, please call 317-776- 6011 or email ConnerPrairieAlliance@ gmail.com.

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Carmel resident Allison Melangton, President of the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee.

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The “BOWL” game is on and Indianapolis is “SUPER” excited. So is Allison Melangton, president of the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee.

“We never slowed down during the NFL lockout. We’ve been moving full-steam ahead since our bid was accepted in 2008,” said Melangton, a Carmel resident well known for her efficient, imaginative sporting event management talents.

As one of only three women to coach a Super Bowl Host Committee, detailed and diligent, Melangton researched past Super Bowls to determine a direction for the Crossroads of America. “The NFL told me, ‘We want what Indy does best. Don’t look at what the others did. Decide what works best for your Super Bowl, and it will be great.’”

Taking that responsibility to heart, the quarterback of the Indy Super Bowl Host Committee huddled with colleagues and community leaders to think outside the playbook and create a unique, memorable experience. Now, the pace is kicking up in a sprint to the goal line. Melangton has fielded a winning Host Committee team, executing plays that promote Hoosier hospitality and welcome visitors from all over the world to join in the greatest spectacle in NFL history.

More than 25 years ago, Allison moved from Colorado to Indianapolis, sight unseen. Reflecting on her storybook upbringing, with parents Norm and Ellie Cummings and older sister Lynn, the Auburn, Maine native had never been to Indiana and certainly didn’t plan on staying in the Hoosier State. Upon graduating from Colorado State, her game plan was to build a career in sports.

“My mentor, Sandy Knapp, who was executive director of the Indianapolis Sports Corporation, invited me to join her in developing a strategy to move a number of sports organizations to Indy,” said Melangton. “At the time, Sandy was one of the few women with a leadership role in the sports industry. She was very influential and enthusiastic about sports tourism. I really liked her, which is why I ended up in Indy.”

One of the first groups to unpack was USA Gymnastics, and Melangton, a competitive gymnast from childhood through college at Colorado State, joined the team. She thought Indianapolis sounded like a nice place and was thrilled to be working with Knapp in a city that cared so much about sports.

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She started with USA Gymnastics as a spotter, helping television crews find gymnasts. Since then, she has been involved in seven Olympics – Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing. “In 1984, they needed people to move to Los Angeles for two months.

I was ready to go, moved to LA and that’s where I was introduced to the TV side while working with ABC Sports.”

“I anticipated Indiana was a stop on the way to somewhere else,” said Allison. “But, I met a guy who kept me here.”

That guy, Tom Melangton, who grew up in Carmel where they now live with their teenage son, Cameron, cheered from the sidelines as his wife put hundreds of national and international sporting events into play. “We never wanted to keep each other back from our careers,” said Tom. “When Cameron was three and she was gone for a month, I was happy to hold down the fort. It was hard to be apart for that long, but I wanted her to do what she loves.”

While gymnastics is her favorite routine, as senior vice president of the Indiana Sports Corporation, Melangton put together bids for and administered high-level competitions, from Big Ten and NCAA basketball tournaments to Olympic trials and world championships.

Sports have played a prominent role throughout Melangton’s life. Her father, who was part of the 1956 Olympic Training Squad and tryout team, participated in the 1960 Eastern Olympic Tryouts and was a guest on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1957. “He was a huge influence. I was involved in gymnastics and ski racing, but my favorite sport is definitely gymnastics.”

According to Melangton, hosting high profile sports is a positive venture for Indiana. “Sports provides exciting volunteer opportunities, positive economic impact, a national and international reputation as a destination for world class events, exposure for Indiana youth, and opportunities for residents to work hand in hand with each other on a project that brings pride to the community.”

And gymnastics has taken her for a ride on the road to the Olympics, not as a competitor, but as an Emmy Award winning television producer. “The Olympic movement has been a highlight,” said Allison. “It’s a lot of work and long days for long periods of time, but I’ve met great people.

Many of us have been together since the 80’s.”

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From Left: 2008 Beijing Olympics, NBC TV Production Team, NBC Commentator, Andrea Joyce in front with Allison on the right; TV production setup in Beiing; 2011 Super Bowl, Indy Media Center, North Texas – Mark Miles, Mayor Greg Ballard, Dallas Clark, Governor Mitch Daniels, Allison Melangton; and Allison attending the wedding of 1984 Olympic Gymnast - Gold Medalist, Mary Lou Retton.

Bowl is much more than a game,” said Melangton.

The NFL Legacy Project is just one long-term benefit of hosting a Super Bowl. The bid committee chose to focus on revitalizing the Near Eastside neighborhood, building new homes and apartments, attracting new businesses and a constructing a versatile community center located on the campus of Arsenal Technical High School. “Almost $100 million will be invested in this area, thanks to Chase Bank, multiple grants and community support,” said Melangton.

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From Left: Super Cure Announcement, a program implemented by the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee to support breast cancer research. Dr. Anna Marie Storniolo, Jill Henry, Connie Rufenbarger, Dr. Susan Clare and Allison Melangton; Allison Melangton and Tracy Runge of Carmel, announce “Super Cure”, the 2012 Super Bowl initiative to recognize the success of Indy’s Breast Tissue Bank.

Not only is the Super Bowl a game and a ticket to support the community – it’s a party. “Downtown Indy will be a gathering place,” said Melangton, with obvious enthusiasm.

“We received an $8 million federal grant to redo Georgia Street, creating a permanent outdoor festival plaza.”

Ambassadors. “Alaina Finkelmeier and Shawn Heffern are students at Carmel High School. They were chosen as eighth graders and will be seniors when the Super Bowl comes to town,” said Melangton.

“I love the Super Scarves program,” said Melangton.

“Volunteers all over the country are hand knitting blue and white scarves, complete with their own personal touch.

We are the first Super Bowl to have a relationship with a women’s prison. Inmates are sewing patches on the scarves.” Everyone who volunteers to work the Super Bowl receives a commemorative scarf.

“We’ve got such an awesome team. The NFL has complimented us on our social media strategy and we are challenged to be the most communicative Super Bowl in history.”

2012 will be a year of milestones for Melangton. Not only is she pulling off the biggest sporting extravaganza in the history of Indianapolis sports tourism, she turned 50 in August, her son graduates from Carmel High School and she heads off to London to prepare for the Summer Olympics.

What’s in store for Melangton at the close of the 2012 Olympics? “I think I’ll need a vacation.”

“Super Cure is our most recent effort,” said Allison. “We teamed up with the Komen Tissue Bank at IU Simon Cancer Center to bring awareness to the center’s need to collect healthy breast tissue for research and their need to raise money for that research.”

Traci Runge, Carmel resident and center of Indy’s Super Cure initiative, is on the line of scrimmage in this search to discover a cure for breast cancer. She is the first woman to supply a healthy tissue specimen and then donate cancerous tissue a few years later. Thus, creating a collection that could have major medical implications.

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ave Colt can almost pinpoint the day when he figured out what he wanted to do with his life.

It was around April in 1996 when he brewed a batch of beer, and he was hooked. Later on, while the brewery at the downtown Ram restaurant, he and some friends started kicking around the idea of a brewery of their own. And the seed – a barley seed, of course – was sown.

Sun King Brewery is the result of around 30 years of craft beer development in the U.S. After Jimmy Carter deregulated the beer market in 1979, home brewers got busy concocting tastier (and stronger) alternatives to the giant commercial beer market, then dominated by companies like Budweiser and Miller. And many got serious. So serious that an entire new industry of microbrewing sprang up like carbonation bubbling from the bottom of a mug.

The revolution really hit Indiana in 1989. Microbreweries produce fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer per year, and all stress two things: quality and diversity.

Fast forward to 2008. Colt had been honing his craft, as had other local beer zealots, and an alliance of expertise, skill, funding, and passion found its ideal mix. From the beginning, the founders of Sun King had a simple vision: Make beer that tastes good. Although other breweries throughout the state were well on their way to carving out a respectable Hoosier craft beer profile, Sun King was the first production brewery since the Indianapolis Brewing Company closed its doors in 1997. Their goal was to become “Indianapolis’ brewery,” and after seeing nearly 800% growth over just last year, the demand for Sun King beer has literally gone off the charts.

By Christopher photos by Bren Collins da Staples phot ography Colt said. Think Little Kings and Genesee. The beauty of cream ales is in a brewing style that allows canned beer to closely resemble true draft beer. Little did they know how much the beer quaffing public craved that taste, too. Enter Sunlight Cream Ale. “It’s by far our best seller,” Colt said.

Sun King’s Cream Ale is one of the reasons that the brewery’s products are now in over 450 bars, restaurants, and liquor stores throughout central Indiana. But from the beginning, Sun King has always been about being local.

“Our focus will always be Indy, Carmel, Fishers, Geist, Greenwood,” Colt said. Carmel, in fact, was a place where Dave and his wife looked around and realized they had found the place to raise their family. “It’s the convenience.

Everything you need is right there.”

Drinking Buddies Back when Fishers resident Andy Fagg was a full-time engineer, he also loved to drink beer at the Circle V Brewery, where Colt was assistant brewer. It wasn’t long

The initial plan was to offer a pale ale, a brown, and an ESB (extra special bitter) – what some might call a holy trinity of draft beer. Soon, however, Colt and his partners longed for something a little more nostalgic. “We all remembered those cream ale-style beers that tasted so good in the summer,” september 2011 |

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before a small group of likeminded beer lovers began getting serious about their vision for a craft beer operation that would offer Indy the brewery it seemed to have been clamoring for. By selling only carryout and partnering with a few key bars downtown early on, Sun King slowly whetted its customers’ whistles. Colt, Fagg, Clay Robinson, and Clay’s father Omar formed a brewing operation that created something people started asking for. “People who already liked it started asking other bars to put it on,” Fagg said. And now, it’s controlled growth; there’s only so much beer they can brew, and the best way they can control the quality of the product is to not get too big too fast.

From Grain to Glass Perhaps the most unique aspect of Sun King’s operation is that they are their own distributors. Yet the relationship remains good with the big distributors because what’s good for Sun King is generally good for other microbrewers. By helping the craft category of beer in general, they elevate demand for all craft beers. Being its own distributor, though, means that Sun King controls its product “from grain to glass.” It also means their staff handles everything – orders, delivery, installation, and maintaining the draft lines.

At this point, Sun King could sell their beer almost anywhere (they regularly get offers from all over the U.S. to carry their beer), but they realize how easy it would be to lose touch. Indy has such a large market potential for craft beers within a 50-mile radius, they think there’s still a lot to be accomplished in Marion and the doughnut counties.

“We can make plenty of beer here and be happy,” Fagg said.

Where St. Louis has Schlafly and Boston has Harpoon, the brewers at Sun King believe Indianapolis is too large not to have one of those – and they want to be it.

The Sun King crew sought to create not just beer that tasted good, but to do it in a way that was transparent about their love of the product. Slick marketing campaigns targeted toward getting people in the door is not what Sun King is about. It’s all about the beer. “You can come down to the tasting room and see us working right across the rope from you,” Fagg said. They believe that you really get only one or two chances with the kind of beer drinkers who typically enjoy nothing more adventuresome than a Bud Light, so consistency is essential. “Consistent taste will build the brand,” Fagg said. “There’s stuff that Dave can taste that I can’t – he’s got a sense of what’s flawed and can translate that directly into how to correct it through the brewing process.” Through weekly tastings on quality control at the brewery, consistency is king indeed.

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The challenge, according to Fagg, is maintaining the growth while keeping consistency in taste the number one goal. “It’s a brain problem – keeping track of tank capacity, storage, and kegs and making sure that keeps pace with sales.”

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It’ s Five O’ Clock Somewhere Not many of us can walk into a pub and order a beer we created. But both being northsiders, Colt and Fagg have the opportunity to drink their brews at the places they hang out.

When Fagg started frequenting Pinheads (13825 Britton Park Rd., Fishers) after he and his wife had a child, you can guess what kind of new beer they put on tap. While they love seeing Sun King in their neighborhoods, lots of room for expansion exists in communities like Carmel.

Where Sun King is on tap – or in their special cans, coated inside with a food grade liner so beer never touches aluminum – it’s extremely popular. The Brockway Public House in Carmel (12525 Old Meridian St.) is one such neighborhood pub that’s been serving up Sun King suds for two years.

Brockway offers the Osiris Pale, the Wee Mac Brown, and the Cream Ale – one is usually on tap; the others in cans. Bartender Ben Nicholas confirms that Cream reigns supreme. “It’s extremely popular. There are those days where, for whatever reason, people will just drink us out of it.” Nicholas confirmed the owners’ contention that Sun King spreads mainly through word of mouth. “We start carrying certain varieties because people ask for it.”

Perhaps one of the best ways to sample Colt’s passion (“Dave is a very skilled German lager- style brewer,” Fagg said) is by checking out the Oktoberfest tapping at the Sun King Brewing Company (located at 135 N. College Avenue) from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 1. Indeed, there seems to be little doubt about it, Sun King has tapped into

a Hoosier market thirsty for something a little different. And by brewing local, producing local, and distributing local, Indianapolis may have just discovered that the King of Beer is right in its own backyard.

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2. Make School Important. Stress the importance of school and encourage your child to apply himself conscientiously and enthusiastically. This starts with good attendance and minimizing tardiness.

Teachers and school administrators alike continuously stress 3. Know Your Child’s Teacher. Stay in close contact with your child’s teacher. Ask that you be made aware the importance of parental involvement. In fact, Concetta of any difficulty your child may be experiencing Raimondi, Superintendent of Lawrence Township Schools, academically or socially. says, “Parental engagement sends a strong message to your child that school is important.”

4. Get Rest and Stay Nourished. Make sure your children have enough sleep and eat breakfast before they Here are five ways to support your child’s growth and go to school. This makes them physically and mentally development this coming school year: prepared to learn every day.

1. Monitor Their Grades. Review your child’s written 5. Go to School Yourself. Attend functions at your work and their results on quizzes, tests, and daily child’s school, including parent teacher conferences, assignments. When they do well, praise them. When they sporting events, open houses, and activities developed need encouragement, see what you can do to help them. by the parent/faculty organization.

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Business Spotlight LearningRx Executive Director Lynne McCauley in her Indianapolis office near Geist Reservoir.

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Learning Rx: Train Your Brain for Life Success Story by Marcia Ellett

Lynne McCauley’s fifth-grade son struggled with math most of the school year, despite the fact that he was excelling in advanced classes in his other subjects. She tried to help him. In fact, she said, “We tried everything – studying with him, rewarding him, grounding him, tutors – nothing worked.” Going in to speak with her son’s guidance counselor didn’t yield satisfactory results either.

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As a critical care nurse with a business background, McCauley felt that her son’s problems were rooted in how his brain was handling the information.

She was determined to find a solution, a search that would take her five years.

“Then I found LearningRx,” she said.

Cognitive testing quickly pinpointed the underlying cause of her son’s math struggles, as well as an answer for overcoming them.

LearningRx isn’t a tutoring center; it’s a cognitive skills training center.

“There are really two parts to smart,” explained McCauley, “the knowledge part of smart – the facts and information that we learn at school or on the job – and intelligence, the underlying cognitive, or brain, skills that we are born with that allow us to be able to learn.”

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A vast array of research studies point to the critical role of cognitive skills in learning. In fact, in nearly 80 percent of students, common learning struggles or failures are directly connected to specific weak brain skills. “Poor teaching or instructional issues only account for about 10 percent of learning problems.

Unfortunately, that is usually where blame is laid first,” McCauley noted.

Traditional tutoring focuses on the symptoms of learning problems.

Cognitive training focuses on the underlying cause. “Tutoring or reteaching without understanding why someone is struggling to learn is like pouring water in a bucket with a hole in it,” said McCauley. “Until you address the cause and plug the hole, you are wasting time and money, and frustrating the student even more.”

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What LearningRx does is identify those cognitive weaknesses and tailor an individualized program to strengthen and fine-tune the brain’s ability to process information.

In her son’s case, McCauley said, “Testing showed he had weak visual processing, visual long-term memory, and logic and reasoning skills – the key cognitive skills essential to math learning. As a nurse, the science and methodology behind training the brain for optimal performance made perfect sense to me.” She was so thrilled with having finally identified her son’s issues and a program that could truly help, she bought the franchise and opened LearningRx Indianapolis in the Kroger plaza at 79th and Fall Creek in Geist.

Mike Blackwell is a big fan of LearningRx Indianapolis. His son, Jalen, was a first-grade, high-functioning autistic student with hyperactivity issues who was having considerable difficulty in class and consistently scoring below average on tests.

“Jalen’s doctor recommended LearningRx,” Blackwell said. After cognitive testing and meeting with McCauley to review his son’s results, they worked together to customize a training program to address Jalen’s needs. His son went through the ReadRx and ThinkRx programs, working one-on-one with a trained professional for several hours a week for 24 weeks, a time investment that paid enormous dividends in improved cognitive skills that have served Jalen very well.

“Before he went through LearningRx, we had to micromanage him,” Blackwell said. “Then his confidence picked up; he was wanting to do homework without asking lots of questions.”

And an interesting fact with AD/HD Awareness Month coming in September: Blackwell found his son to be so settled through his experience at LearningRx and the skills he gained that he felt comfortable taking Jalen off Ritalin.

individual’s ability to provide for his or her family. These are outcomes no parent wants to visualize for their children, and McCauley believes through LearningRx, “many of these are fixable problems.”

LearningRx can play a life-changing role in equipping kids and adults alike for success in school and beyond.

John (center) with his father (left), “LearningRx clients Dr. Wayne Kinney of Keystone Dentistry in Carmel, and his mother don’t just get Lois shortly after he graduated from better grades and LearningRx. greater IQ,” said LearningRx founder and CEO Dr. Ken Gibson. “They get faster, sharper brains that help them succeed in every area of life, over the course of their entire life.”

For more information or to schedule a cognitive ability and achievement test for your child or yourself, call LearningRx Indianapolis at (317) 845-1999.

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“Jalen’s starting the fourth grade this year,” his dad added. “Last year he was on the honor roll.”

McCauley says cognitive issues that get in the way of efficient learning “eventually begin to close the door on educational opportunities and career choice. Learning struggles don’t go away when you graduate from high school. Unaddressed, adults carry them in to the workplace.” That, in turn, impacts job opportunities down the road and an

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Carly & Grace Hahn display some of their Art Angels artwork.

Art Angels Set Out to Help Indiana State Fair Victims

By Stephanie Carlson Curtis

Rainbows, lollipops, flowers, colorful mosaics and Magic Banana Man; Art Angels will draw anything as long as it yields a contribution to the victims of the Indiana State Fair tragedy. Carly and Grace Hahn, 8-year old twins, felt bad for the families affected when the stage collapsed in August and wanted to do something to help.

“We were thinking about the crash and decided to raise money by selling our pictures,” said Carly.

“We didn’t think many people would buy our pictures but we wanted to do it anyway,” said Grace. Both girls delight in drawing, an enjoyment inherited from grandparents who were artists.

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“We set up a card table at the end of the driveway and the girls started drawing,” said Matt Hahn, their father who is a Carmel Firefighter. “We really didn’t think they would sell very many pictures, but kids started coming by after school and joining in the drawing.”

Before long the driveway was filled with kids coloring and neighbors wanting to purchase pictures. After a couple of hours the girls raised $83. The next day, more children participated and contributions jumped to $363. And, the total dollars raised keeps rising.

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Carmel kids pitch in to draw for funds, raising money for the vicitims of the state fair stage collapse.

and told some friends, who told their friends,” said Matt. “As of now we have people from all over the nation and as far away as Norway making contributions by purchasing the artwork.”

According to the girls’ mother, Cari Hahn, word spread fast and the girls,

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along with all of the children creating mini masterpieces, were dubbed Art Angels. “Some kids bought pictures with their allowance and neighbors have stopped by to drop off art supplies and compliment the kids on what they are doing.”

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The twins plan to keep doing it. “Until everyone’s medical bills are paid,” said Carly.

And, their parents encourage their daughters to draw as much as they want, as long as they finish their homework first.

“It’s wonderful to see all these kids working together to do something positive for something so tragic,” said Matt. “Their hearts are filled with selfworth, pride and the emotion is hard to put into words.”

“I’ll draw anything people want me to draw,” said Carly. “I like sunsets, but Grace is funny.”

AMS Neighborhood kids surround Matt Hahn to read responses to their Art Angel project on their newly created Facebook page.

“I like to draw comics,” Grace agreed.

“Especially bananas. My favorite is Magic Banana Man.” Who is a fellow who happens to have a big banana for a head.

Big bananas, big ideas and big hearts, give these small kids a way to a make a big difference and they hope others will follow their lead.

Attn: Cari Hahn 10100 Lantern Road, Suite 150A Fishers, IN 46037 artangels@rocketmail.com “As everyone gathered in the driveway to color, one of the young artists mentioned that other kids might see what they are doing and start the same thing in their neighborhood,” said Matt.

“We’ll see where this goes but any kid anywhere can be an Art Angel.”

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Biking the Crossroads for a Good Cause!

By Stephanie Carlson Curtis

blurred vision and serious mobility issues,” said Amanda Shelley, public relations marketing manager, National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Indiana state chapter. “It’s very important to maintain mobility and be active to fight this disease. Many of those ride in spite of their disability and as a way to laugh in the face of MS.”

Ride for those who can’t – a simple, but significant reason to cruise the crossroads through scenic central Indiana.

Hundreds of cyclists have accepted the challenge to saddle up and put pedal power into action by riding 30, 50, 75 or 100 miles to raise money for Bike MS on September 10th and 11th at University High School in Carmel. From serious athletes to casual riders, participants will move with a mission in mind.

Two young riders having some fun after last year’s Crusin’ the Crossroads – Bike MS ride.

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Kurt Lorch, a Carmel resident and Bike MS committee member, was diagnosed in 1996. Instead of letting MS knock him off his bike, he strapped on his helmet and rode hard, participating in challenging rides, logging hundreds of miles on unpredictable terrain.

“I feel blessed everyday that I’m able to ride,” said Lorch.

“When I was diagnosed in 1996, I began to progress very rapidly and was not able to ride anymore.” He refused to let MS control his destiny and in 1998, he started taking daily injections that have reduced symptoms and slowed the advancement of the disease. “Five years ago, I was able to start riding again. Now, I bike MS to raise awareness and money for research so one day we are riding to celebrate a cure.”

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Crusin’the Crossroads – Bike MS http://bikeini.nationalmssociety.org September 10 & 11 Registration starts at 7am followed by ride at 8am University High School – 2625 W. 116th Street, Carmel, IN Phone: (800) 344-4867 Email: christine.degliumberto@nmss.org

According to Shelley, the MS Ride is the most successful biking series in the United States and has been an annual event in Indiana for more than 20 years. “It’s a fully supported, safe but challenging experience,” said Shelley. “ Due to our high standards, anyone can bike at any MS Ride throughout the nation, regardless of ability.”

In addition to biking, the Indiana chapter of the MS society has organized a Battle of the Bands on Saturday evening, featuring local musical groups. Participants are invited to pitch a tent or spend the night in the gym so they are onsite, ready to go when day two of the ride starts on Sunday morning.

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POLE UP: A New Fitness and Dance Studio That Puts the WOW Back Into Getting in Shape!

By J. Andy Murphy

“What I enjoy most is seeing the dramatic change in our clients’ self confidence when they complete one of our Pole Up courses.

Lifting one’s own body weight can seem daunting, but if you’re ready to really accept the challenge of getting in shape and redefining what exercise can be, then a visit to Pole Up is a must!

Owner Laura Meyer’s family had a tradition of attending the prestigious male dominated military academy, The Citadel, located in South Carolina.

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“It was tough going through the physical training and challenging course instruction, but I loved it,” she said. “I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and went on to get a master’s in Exercise Science,” she added. “I was looking for something new when my husband (Andrew) and I relocated to Indianapolis. I had a traditional fitness business in the Chicago suburbs, but we wanted to open a different type of studio here that would combine all the elements of exercise and dance instruction, while adding in the sheer FUN experience that fitness provides.”

Pole Up does just that, as women gain confidence in themselves while gaining control over their bodies in workouts that are designed to promote the athletic and artistic side of pole dancing. The pole fitness and cabaret dance classes are fun, flirty and will give you an incredible calorie burn and muscle toning workout. Women of all ages are participating in a variety of classes taught by experienced fitness and dance instructors who focus on whole body strengthening, movement choreography

Burlesque instructor Jenee Michelle has an extensive professional dance background, including a dancer for Engelbert Humperdinck.

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and a routine that will help shape a hot new body.

There is indeed a variety of course instruction available. A sampling of these classes includes:

Pole Dance & Fitness – Six levels

of pole fitness, each providing eight weeks of classes where you will learn a progression of moves and skills while toning your body.

Cabaret Tease – Release your

inhibitions in this intermediate level, choreographed 8-week session. Learn an entertaining routine that will help you shape a dancer’s body.

Belly Dancing – Shake your hips to a slender and toned waist! This class is for all fitness levels. A fun class that achieves a great overall workout.

exercises, core training, flexibility and some pole exercises. Be prepared to sweat a lot, lose weight and tone up!

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class for all levels. Full of flirty and sexy moves that will get your heart pumping and your body rocking.

Sensuous Flow & Flexibility – Once you are warmed up, our instructor will guide you through deep relaxing stretches that will help increase flexibility in targeted areas. This class is designed to increase flexibility for pole dance performances by introducing deep stretching with use of multiple stretching tools.

Bombshell Burlesque – Classic

Add to this list parties and special classes that use chairs, feather boas and high heels in choreographed dance routines. Pole Up also offers Girls Night Out parties for up to 20 women.

Come in, hang out with your girlfriends in a comfy, contemporary lounge to open gifts, share a glass of wine and chat. Then head into the studio for some fun and pole dance instruction.

Booty Camp – Ongoing class for all

“Pole Up will help you plan the evening, be it dinner and drinks, a visit to a spa or out at a club. Girl’s Night Out should be special,” Meyer

style burlesque class where students learn to walk, turn and tease, all while breaking a sweat using classic burlesque choreography and music. A new routine will be offered every week so students are always challenged. fitness levels. Involves lots of cardio.

High intense training, body weight Pole Up instructors Jenee Michelle, Laura Meyer, Marcy Kerr and Karri help women gain confidence in themselves while promoting the athletic and artistic side of pole dancing.

says with a smile. “What I enjoy most is seeing the dramatic change in our clients’ self confidence when they complete one of our Pole Up courses.

You can see the difference in their body and their attitude. That’s what Pole Up is all about – changing how a woman feels about her body – inside and out,” she adds.

You can sign up for classes online at www.poleupindy.com or by calling direct at (317) 845-4286. You can also send an email to info@poleupindy.com.

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Vacation and Recycling: Stand Back!

By Michelle Freed

I recently got back from a nine-day vacation in Colorado, or as I like to call it, Mountain Tour 2011. Only I didn’t have to perform anywhere, unless you count the late night karaoke stint at a tiny bar in Creede. I certainly didn’t get paid for my rendition of Stevie Nick’s Stand Back, but I did have a drunken tourist ask me to sign his bar napkin – right before he passed out cold. But that’s a whole different story.

Game, where we, like a bunch of prepubescent tweens, systematically examined our unsuspecting elders as they tried to clean up after themselves.

Those who performed properly received cheers and thunderous applause. Those who failed were publicly humiliated and made to try again.

My family traveled throughout the state, visiting relatives and good friends, and I personally drank over a case of wine. I have bug bites, fantastic memories and a five-day recovery program in hand, including detoxification from my mother’s homemade pies.

But what made the biggest and most lasting impression on me was our visit to the beautiful and quite lethargic city of Boulder. It’s been about five years since I was last there, and well, things have changed dramatically. You now have to earn a certificate in Recycling and Waste Reduction Strategies before stepping foot within city limits. This was a little frustrating, as I had not studied the latest composting techniques.

We found the same challenges at our hotel (The Boulder Outlook, Boulder’s First Zero Waste Ready for a hike in Boulder, Colo., and Hotel), where the yes, we recycled our water bottles. daily complimentary breakfast included mandatory recycling challenges that ultimately led to my withdrawal from public. The pressure was too great. I chose to take my meals within the safety of Room 205, forcing the cleaning staff to make the recycling decisions for me. I figured they’d been properly trained.

On the first night of our arrival, we met a large cluster of relatives at my cousin’s home for a reunion. After dinner, I went to dispose of my paper products and crumbs, and was thrown into a state of confusion. There were multiple containers set out with labels, including: Composting, Recycling and Landfill.

All the restaurants we visited were the same, and I developed a mild case of paranoia, as I soon suspected that even on hiking excursions there were probably Recycling Enforcement Agents lurking behind the pine trees ready to dole out fines.

At first, I was not shaken. After all, my family proudly recycles paper products, aluminum, glass and plastics. We dispose of all our chemicals and batteries properly, and we reduce and reuse when we can. How hard could this be? But as I stood before the bins, I doubted myself. My water bottle went in, but I had to take the lid off and put it in the Landfill container. This made me frantic, as I envisioned a mountain full of spiteful white lids, suffocating little squirrels and smothering trees.

Ultimately I learned the ropes, and found new confidence in my recycling abilities. I’d like to think my vacation was not only fun, but educational. I’m now trying to figure out how to build a compost bin in my garage … if I can only get used to the smell and the friendly worms that will surely follow.

Perhaps they’ll enjoy my rendition of Stevie Nicks.

Composting threw me off, as I didn’t know paper napkins could fit the bill. After about fifteen minutes and a deep conversation with myself, I finished my disposal process, only to find a snickering audience behind me, watching my every move. “We wondered how you’d handle it,” said a cousin from Texas. “We went through the same thing, only you took longer.”

Michelle Freed is a humor writer, a life stumbler, and has a husband and two children who can prove it.

Follow Michelle on Twitter @MichelleFreed, on Facebook, or www.MichelleFreed.com. Just don’t follow her in public.

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Carmel Firefighters to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of 9/11 at Northview Church The Carmel Fire Department and Northview Church will hold a memorial service on Sunday September 11, 2011 at Northview Church, 12900 Hazel Dell Parkway, Carmel. Carmel firefighters will recognize the sacrifices of the individuals and public safety personnel who died in the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001.

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