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Aquariums Plus Founder and Owner Matt Waggoner, a Whiteland native, has certainly come full circle in his passion for animals. After working for 20 years as a veterinary technician, Waggoner opened the Greenwood-based retail establishment, which offers a range of fish, reptiles, birds and small animals as well as tanks and a full line of supplies, to the public in August, and he says the endeavor hearkens back to one of his first jobs as a teen at a local southside pet store.
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Business Spotlight: Ripley Orthodontics: Dr. Mark Vaughn Critical Mass: Greenwood Native Nathan Epler Wins USA Bodybuilding Championship In Las Vegas
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Around the globe, more than 140 million orphans struggle to survive. A Greenwood non-profit offers a variety of ways to help them. For two decades, The Boaz Project has been providing effective channels for donors, volunteers and prayer warriors to impact children without parents around the world. Assisting Orphans “The Boaz Project is a little different from many orphan care organizations,” says April Jurgensen, the founder and executive director. “We don’t do individual child sponsorship. Instead, our methods of assisting orphans are strategically designed to nurture their
attachment to the long-term caregivers in their orphanages. We don’t want these children constantly looking to the next group of foreign visitors to meet their needs. We want them to feel secure, knowing their house parents are competent to care for them.” Through house parents and volunteers who are native to the countries where The Boaz Project operates, the organization assists orphans with ongoing humanitarian aid, job training and tutoring, baby nurturing, Bible Discovery Classes, as well as birthday and Christmas gifts. Supporting Caregivers “Our mission is to inspire and equip leaders around the globe to care for orphans in their own communities,” explains Jim Jurgensen, managing director.
To do this, The Boaz Project comes alongside those God has called to provide the daily, hands-on care for orphans in their countries and assists them through financial support, prayer, encouragement and training. Their trauma-informed care classes help those who care for vulnerable children deal with the behaviors and challenges that often come with abuse and neglect. “The house parents and volunteers we’ve partnered with are just amazing, taking children from the streets and raising them as their own,” Jim adds. “But most don’t have any financial backing from their government, any training in trauma, any moral support until we are able to join hands with them.” Engaging a Caring Community In order to accomplish its mission of helping orphans and their caregivers, The Boaz Project
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engages the Greenwood community and beyond. “The need is much greater than our small staff can meet alone,” April says. “So we see educating our community about orphans’ needs and recruiting individuals, churches and businesses to help as part of our calling.” Staff from The Boaz Project are available to speak in schools, churches and civic organizations. They also partner with local businesses to host local events like an annual 5K and a variety of dine-to-donate events where the community can learn about and give toward the needs of the orphans in their care. In addition, they hold one-hour, inspirational introductions to the ministry. These “Encounters” are not fundraisers, just an informal means of learning about the needs of orphans and The Boaz Project’s strategies for meeting them.
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Current Needs Today, The Boaz Project serves 428 children in 14 homes in Russia, India and Kenya. “But there are so many more children still in need of help — infants in garbage dumps, children on the streets,” April says. “As long as that’s the case, we’ve got more work to do.” Currently, the organization is raising money for the construction of a multi-story apartment building in Kenya which will house six foster families (48 children total). This home will be the first to care for orphaned girls in the village of Limuru and will allow orphaned siblings to stay together. “If a little girl is orphaned in Limuru today, the authorities will put her on the streets. They just don’t have any alternative,” April says. You can learn more about The Boaz Project and how you can help provide a home and a family for numerous vulnerable children by visiting boazproject.org/kenyahome.
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For Greenwood native, Mark Vaughn, joining the team at Ripley Orthodontics is a homecoming. In July, Dr. Vaughn ended a lengthy journey of schooling and came back to his roots to bring his specialized dental knowledge to families in Greenwood and the South Side of Indianapolis. Working alongside Dr. Kirk Ripley, fulfills a longtime goal. “I always saw myself practicing in this area. I love when my patients come to the office sporting their school t-shirts”, Dr. Vaughn says. “My wife Amanda and I, along with our two daughters Kennedy and Caroline, recently moved back to Greenwood and it feels so good to be back home. I’ve had the privilege of joining the thriving practice of Ripley Orthodontics as an associate doctor. This means that with two Orthodontists, we can offer more hours and increased flexibility for our patients. We strive to make visits to our office fun and efficient because we know how hard it can be for parents to get their kids out of school for appointments.”
After graduating from Center Grove High School in 2007, Vaughn attended Indiana University in Bloomington where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Biology with minor focus in Chemistry and Psychology. He then earned a Masters in Biology from Purdue University before beginning his 4-year journey at the Indiana University School of Dentistry where he graduated with Highest Distinction. His class rank afforded him the opportunity to enter into a 2-year specialty training program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
Dr. Vaughn and his wife Amanda with their daughters Kennedy Rose (3) and Caroline Rose (1)
“It’s so nice to be treating patients in the community where I grew up. I’ve received an incredible welcoming from our patients and Dr. Ripley’s fantastic team. Our goal is to make office visits the highlight of the patient’s day as we watch them grow into their best smile. I feel that our patients truly view us as friends, not just as their orthodontist that they visit every few weeks.” Ripley Orthodontics has provided orthodontic
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care to patients on the South Side of Indianapolis for over 27 years. The practice offers patients a state-of-the-art experience made possible by a digital dental scanner and an on-site 3-D printer which negates the need for dental impressions. “It has been exciting to have joined a 100% digital practice. If needed, we can do impression-free orthodontics. Dr. Ripley has done an amazing job staying ahead of the times”, Dr. Vaughn says. “Our low-dose 3D x-ray machine is the best thing going in dental imaging. We are one of the few practices offering a complete digital workflow.” They offer Invisalign, clear braces, traditional braces, and even gold braces! Orthodontic exams and consultations are free to the patient so if you are wondering if you or your child might be a candidate for braces or invisalign give Dr. Ripley & Dr. Vaughn a call!
Critical Mass Greenwood Native Nathan Epler Wins USA Bodybuilding Championship In Las Vegas
“By the time I started my college career I knew I wanted to pursue bodybuilding, and my background in wrestling with the discipline I had learned prepared me pretty well for it,” Epler explains. “I didn’t Greenwood resident Nathan Epler has reached a major milestone in know what direction I wanted to go with it, but I was only 132 his four-year journey as a competitive bodybuilder. pounds my senior year in high school and I knew I needed to get bigger.” In July, Epler took home Heavyweight Champion honors at the 2019 National Physique Committee (NPC) USA Championships in Daily weightlifting sessions and a structured diet eventually led to Las Vegas, earning his professional bodybuilding card in the process. an interest in competition, and by 2015 Epler had entered his first And at age 25, he’s just getting started both as a competitor as well as show and, as he puts it, “Caught the bug.” a personal trainer and coach. Writer / Jon Shoulders Photography Provided
Born and raised on the southside of Indy, Epler graduated from Greenwood Community High School in 2012 and from the University of Indianapolis in 2016 with a degree in sports management and a minor in business administration. His journey into bodybuilding came by way of participation in wrestling through his middle school and high school years, which he says served as a fitting segue into the world of bodybuilding he now inhabits daily.
“Going through all the training and preparation is difficult, but once you get up on the stage it’s pretty indescribable with the adrenaline and excitement,” he says. “I was hooked at that point.” However, it would be more than two years from that first show until Epler competed again, in March of last year at the NPC Midwest Battle of Champions at the International Federation of
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Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Indy Pro event. “I knew I needed to grow and develop, plus I finished college in that time and got married,” he says. “I knew I’d be getting back into it though, and I won both of those shows in 2018 at the Midwest Battle of Champions.” Epler’s championship run this year began with a first-place overall win at the NPC Junior Nationals in Chicago in June, which set the stage for the Las Vegas USA Championships. “After winning both local shows in 2018, it was a 15-month plan that my coach Matt Kouba and I had, to win Junior Nationals and go into USAs with some momentum,” Epler says. “It was very strategic the way we planned it, and everything lined up the way we wanted it to so I’m thankful for that. I connected with Matt through social media and he’s a great coach. We clicked right off the bat as far as how we approach dieting and training.” He describes the moment when the results were announced in Vegas as surreal. “There were 21 guys in my class which is a big Heavyweight class — typically you don’t see that many guys in a class,” he says. “It was very nerve-racking but exciting. When they called my name all
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I could do was smile and think back on the 15-month run and all the hours in the gym I put in and focusing on my diet 24/7.” Epler recently left his job as a loan officer with Bailey & Wood Financial Group to pursue personal training and bodybuilding full time, and his first professional show will be at the 2020 IFBB Indy Pro next spring, in the 212 weight class. “Having won the Battle of Champions Heavyweight class here last year, it’s pretty iconic to come back home after winning my pro card and do my pro debut at that same show,” Epler says. While training for the Indy Pro event, Epler plans to continue growing his personal training client base with an eye toward opening his own facility in Greenwood in a few years. “My personal training and coaching really took off two years ago when I started winning some big shows, and I’ve always been good at coaching people,” he says. “Within the last year, I’ve gone from five clients to about 20. After I won USAs this year, I knew that coaching and training was my passion, and it coincides with what I’m doing with my bodybuilding.”
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Aquariums Plus Founder and Owner Matt Waggoner, a Whiteland native, has certainly come full circle in his passion for animals. After working for 20 years as a veterinary technician, Waggoner opened the Greenwood-based retail establishment, which offers a range of fish, reptiles, birds and small animals as well as tanks and a full line of supplies, to the public in August, and he says the endeavor hearkens back to one of his first jobs as a teen at a local southside pet store.
“It’s fun to think I’ve come back to the pet retail world where I was a long time ago, and I feel like Greenwood needs a business like this for small animals, fish and all the supplies they need for the care of those types of animals,” he says.
20 years, Waggoner gained experience as a vet technician in a variety of areas including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) imaging for small animals. In October, after 20 years in the vet tech field, Waggoner decided a new challenge was just what he needed, and while he wasn’t certain of the direction he wanted to go, one thing was certain - he would stay involved with animals.
Waggoner’s pet store job long ago prompted him to further his knowledge and expertise in the animal field, and after moving to Denver upon graduating from Whiteland High School he obtained an associates degree in veterinary technology from the Bel-Rea “I fell back on my experiences as a Institute of Animal Technology. For the next younger person, being around animals in
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a pet store, and I started putting things in place and doing research,” Waggoner explains.
livestock like tropical fish and small animals,” he says. “I wanted to give people another choice to check things like that out.”
Being based on the southside and having observed the lack of retail stores devoted to small animals like fish, reptiles and smaller pets like hamsters and rabbits, Waggoner realized he could succeed in filling such a void. “There aren’t a lot of other pet stores in the area that do what we do and carry
By November, he’d filed for a retail license, and in April of this year he secured his current location on South Madison Avenue near U.S. 31. A fourweek construction and renovation process ensued, and a soft opening for Aquariums Plus was held on August 12.
Waggoner’s store offers a wide selection of freshwater, saltwater and coral fish, various reptiles including lizards, snakes and frogs, birds, as well as small furry creatures like rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters and gerbils. “It’s a full range of small animals and the supplies that go along with their care and housing,” he says. “We just don’t carry dogs or cats, or their supplies, currently. It’s been a challenging process becoming a business owner and all the things
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that come with that, but I feel like I’ve done a good job using what I’ve learned all these years. I’m proud of it.” Waggoner plans to hold a grand opening celebration for the public on October 12 with special sales and appearances by representatives from local pet adoption agencies. “The biggest challenge has been getting the animal enclosures and aquariums up and running the way they’re supposed to be,” he adds. “But it’s been a smooth process for the most part, and I was fortunate enough to secure a business loan through Bankable, which is a non-profit that helps start-up small businesses.” Waggoner adds that he’s excited about the
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grand opening event on October 12 and says the southside has embraced his small animal concept. “It’s been a really great reception from the community,” he says. “I haven’t done any advertising yet, but from the first day I’ve had people coming into the store every day, which shows that a lot of people around here are interested in checking out small animals and not just dogs and cats.” Aquariums Plus is located at 707 South Madison Avenue Suite W in Greenwood. Call 317-894-2709 or visit facebook.com/ AQPlusGreenwood for additional info including hours of operation, updates on inventory and special sale announcements.
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She started in the role in May 2019. The JMH Foundation Gala, the first of which was held in 2017, was created to improve access to behavioral health care in Johnson County as well as spread the word about mental health awareness. Thanks to funds generated from the Gala, the JMH Foundation has been able to launch several significant initiatives. For example, in 2018 they added a Behavioral Health Navigator to their family medicine practice. Housed in the physician office in the hospital, it’s a wonderful on-site resource for patients. “It’s been proven that a lot of people have a hard time getting to a doctor so if, while seeing their doctor for an exam, a follow-up appointment is suggested, often patients fail to come,” Kasting says. “But if a physician or a patient has a concern while they are there, our Behavioral Health Navigator, Tricia Duncan,
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can meet with them right then. It helps provide wraparound services.”
Kasting enjoys the variety that her new role brings.
Duncan assists patients in navigating through behavior health care and connecting them with the proper resources.
“I like that it’s not the same thing every day,” she says. “I get to work with donors and committees to award scholarships to students and adults to further their education in health care. I also get to prepare for our golf outing, which raises money for foundation programming.”
In addition, this year the Gala’s funds enabled the Foundation to embed a Masters Level Clinician, Kimberly Beck, to work two full days a week in their family practice. “She can do on-site therapy as well as conduct full health assessments and develop treatment plans,” says Kasting, noting that Beck has an abundance of experience treating all ages, as well as lots of experience with PTSD. “By adding the therapist, we’re coming full circle in being able to help people immediately,” Kasting says. As the Gala grows and proceeds increase, they hope to stretch that into a full-time position. The most prevalent issues they see include depression, anxiety and grief.
She also mentions coordinating and sponsoring the annual Women’s Outdoor Wellness Trip in which a group of 54 women take a five-day trip that focuses on outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, biking and zip-lining. This year, the ladies traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico. “They’re having the time of their lives as they build friendship and fellowship along the way,” says Kasting, noting that the youngest in the group this year is 38 and the oldest is 80. And then, of course, each year Kasting gets to coordinate the fancy Gala, the next of which will take place on February 22, 2020, at the JW Marriott in downtown Indy.
“Mental health does not discriminate,” Kasting says. “Almost everyone has a family member or knows someone who has a family member who has been affected by some sort of mental health issue.” She mentions that recently she read an article about the suicide rate in Johnson County, and it highlighted the youth and what the schools are doing to help with that. According to Kasting, Franklin Community Schools recently passed a referendum, and some of that money will go toward mental health.
“I think it’s so important as a county that we come together and provide services and resources to help people who suffer with their mental health,” Kasting says. For more information, visit johnsonmemorialfoundation.org.
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The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® recognizes that Mike Cagle on March 30, 2019 earned the Commitment to Excellence Endorsement for dedication to practicing business at the highest professional standards.
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F.C. Tucker Company Top Ten recipient nine consecutive years. South Office production for individual agents for the thirteenth time.
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148 Wellness is an “all in one” private gym that offers 24/7 Gym Memberships, Group Fitness Classes, Personal Training, Semi-Private Training, Physical Therapy, and Counseling. A portion of the proceeds from 148 Wellness goes to 148 Ministries which help support and fund programs to help trafficked and addicted men and women.
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Real Estate in the Indy area is our specialty. Our team is committed to making the buying and selling of real estate a pleasurable and rewarding experience. atGreenwood.com / OCTOBER 2019 / GREENWOOD MAGAZINE / 23
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