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As an entrepreneur with more than seven years of experience in the entertainment industry, Bryan Sigmon immediately saw potential in offering a fresh, all-ages recreational concept to Hamilton County upon relocating here from Texas with his wife and two children two years ago.

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15 Endless Fun: Urban Air Trampoline

9 Sunrise Cafe at Uptown

18 Student Spotlight: Abby Haley 21 For The Theatre: Booth Tarkington

Organization Helps Youth Who Face Food Insecurity Completes Expansion

12 Red Geranium Artisan Market Raises Money for Numerous Projects

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Fueled For School President Kristina Trusty

Fueled For School LOCAL ORGANIZATION HELPS YOUTH WHO FACE FOOD INSECURITY Students who participate in the program are provided with a 2 ½ pound meal pack, which they take home for weekend Many Noblesville residents have no idea consumption. The packs contain that some area families are unable to nutritious food that the child can prepare provide enough food to feed their schoolfor themselves. Examples of some of the aged children. Even among the affluent food included are oatmeal, chicken noodle of Hamilton County, there are those who soup, fruit, granola, peanut butter and struggle because of an unexpected laypasta. The food comes from foodstuff and off, large bill or medical problems. The monetary donations and is stored at Ivy organization Fueled for School seeks to aid Tech in Noblesville. During the week, youth who face food insecurity by providing volunteers assemble the packs and deliver meal packs, which they can prepare and them to the schools. consume at home.

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“A lot of people do not realize that many of our friends and neighbors right here in Hamilton County face food insecurity and hunger. It has been estimated that there are 27,760 food insecure individuals here in Hamilton County, 10,860 of which are children. It is likely you know someone who is concerned about running out of food or who knows they will have to choose between paying a bill or buying food,” says Audra Shock, Operations Director of Fueled For School.

“When we first offered weekend meal packs to Noblesville elementary students, we thought maybe 50 or 100 students would request a meal pack,” Shock says.

“In reality, over 300 students in the Noblesville elementary schools requested food for the weekends!

“The food in the meal packs comes from generous donations from the community.

There were two food drives at Noblesville elementary schools during the 2018-19 school year. We have had donations from

scout troops, individuals, and businesses.

Noblesville Elks did a “Fueled For School Challenge” at Bowl 32 earlier this year and local businesses provided silent auction items. Kiln Creations did a spring break fundraiser and Noblesville Meijer matched $500 of that fundraiser! Amerifence generously donates money each month to buy food. Fueled For School has sold t-shirts and used those profits to buy food,” Shock says.

In November 2017, some of the teachers from Hinkle Creek Elementary School decided to volunteer as a group at a local food bank. While they were there, they noticed that weekend meal packs were being assembled for students attending Carmel Clay Schools. Kristina Trusty, who is now the president of Fueled For School, inquired if there was a weekend meal pack program for Noblesville School students.

She discovered there was a weekend meal pack program for every other school system in Hamilton County, except Noblesville. As a kindergarten teacher, she knew first hand

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that some of her students did not have enough to eat while they were home over the weekend. Trusty organized successful food drives in each of the Noblesville elementary schools. By early February 2018, Fueled For School was founded and was able to start sending home weekend meal packs.

With the help of community support, Fueled For School plans to start providing weekend meal packs to Noblesville Middle School students during the 2019-20 school year.

Helpers are always needed to shop for, organize, assemble and deliver the meal packs. Volunteer opportunities are posted on the organization’s website. There is always a need for funding and food donations. A gift of $20 can feed a student on the weekends for an entire month.

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“We truly appreciate our partners.

Noblesville schools assists in identifying the students who participate and assist with food drives and distribution at the schools. Ivy Tech Noblesville provides us the space to store our food and assemble the meal packs. Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank provides monthly donations of food. Amerifence provides financial and community support,” Shock says. “It has been truly amazing and inspiring to see the Noblesville community generously offer their time, effort, and donations, which has made it possible to feed 300 Noblesville students each weekend!”

To make a monetary donation, visit FueledForSchool.org or mail to P.O. Box 373 Noblesville, IN 46061.

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SUNRISE CAFE AT UPTOWN COMPLETES EXPANSION Writer / Jon Shoulders Photographer / Glenda White

A new chapter has been added to the story of long-time Noblesville fixture Sunrise Cafe at Uptown, previously known to locals over the years as the Uptown Cafe.

In early July, owner Jonathon Smith completed an expansion of the eatery, which opened back in 1932 and became a breakfast mainstay in the community.

His goal in expanding was to build on the welcoming atmosphere locals have come to appreciate about the spot, while injecting some fresh, new features into his overall culinary concept.

“It’s great to be able to offer more seating and add new space to such a historic destination for the community,” Smith says.

When the space next to the cafe formerly occupied by a law office became available

last year, Smith jumped on the opportunity to expand his seating capacity, which has increased from 36 to 55, with approximately 700 square feet of new dining area. Along with additional seating, Smith decided to add a stainless steel counter and worn barstools, which he felt would mirror the history of the original cafe space.

Smith also acquired a three-way liquor license allowing him to offer beer, wine and hand-crafted cocktails with fresh-squeezed

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juices and house-made ingredients.

“The expansion allows me to use the new space as a dining room with a bar,” Smith explains. “We’re still going to be 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day, but from Monday through Friday from 2 to 7 we’re going to be doing a happy-hour concept with snacks and appetizers that will be complimentary for anyone who orders a drink.”

Sunrise Cafe at Uptown’s food menu includes classics like eggs Benedict, hotcakes and biscuits with sausage gravy, as well as breakfast bowls, burritos, specialty omelets and more.

“Our baked items have taken off too, and we have a great pastry chef Brooke Smith who does English muffins, bagels and cinnamon rolls,” Smith adds. “We can do breakfast and lunch caterings, with office parties and stuff like that if you want pastries and coffee or a full-fledged breakfast.”

While Smith became co-owner of the eatery in 2013 and sole owner two years later, his involvement in the restaurant business goes back much further. He went to work as a high schooler at the Sunrise Cafe in Carmel under the tutelage of owners Scott and Jim Horsfield more than 20 years ago.

“When I was 16, my dad said if I wanted a car I needed a job, so I went to work at the Sunrise Cafe,” Smith recalls. “I worked at both Sunrise locations and helped Scott grow the Fishers location. So having grown up and trained underneath the Horsfields, when I had the opportunity to buy the place here in Noblesville, I wanted to try to take it to the next level.”

Smith felt it was crucial to avoid changes to the existing restaurant while expanding into the adjacent space and brought on MacInnis Construction, another Noblesville business, to do the build-out and some of the new space’s design.

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here who used to be servers here back in their 20s. There are so many cool things like that that connect the community to this building — that kept me motivated to do it right and add to the history and tradition of the original Uptown.”

Ultimately, Smith views completion of the project as an enhancement of a historic local destination, rather than a mere increase of customer capacity.

“I grew up in the industry, not many people can say they have the same job they had since high school,” Smith says. “The Uptown Cafe has been an institution in Noblesville, and it felt right to take over with the experience I’ve gained since I was 16. I’m trying to live up to the name and the tradition and make Noblesville proud.”

Sunrise Cafe at Uptown is located at 809 Conner Street in Noblesville. Call 317-2147553 or visit scuptown.com for additional info and to view a complete menu.

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The Red Geranium Artisan Market will have its fourth annual event on August 17 at First Presbyterian Church in Noblesville, 1207 Conner Street.

Jennie Auble, a member of the church’s mission team, is looking forward to the event, which raises a lot of money for various worthwhile projects.

“I have been a member of the church for about 30 years,” Auble says. “There are six of us on the team, and Sue Jourdan is our mission elder, who oversees the committee.”

Auble noted that the market is missionbased in two ways.

“First, because we use the money from vendor space rental ($45 per space), to support our church mission budget for local, national and international projects such as Habitat for Humanity, the Boys and Girls Club or Last Bell Ukraine,” Auble says. “Second, the church is also missionbased because we allow international organizations or local groups that serve others a free booth space.”

Auble added that this is a unique feature of the market.

“It sets it apart from other craft shows because shoppers will be able to help support local organizations and artisans from other countries, such as ‘Africa Bags,’ a vendor that sells hand-crafted items made by the local women from Malawi, Africa, and ‘Padilka,’ that will be selling beautiful hand-painted Ukrainian eggs and other artwork.”

AN EXTRAORDINARY TRIP The church’s mission team recently went on an extraordinary trip.

“Sue Jourdan and I were in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, for 11 days as part of a small team of Americans teaching English camp through Last Bell Ministries,” Auble says.

“This is the second year for the camp, and it is designed to provide basic English lessons

to help older orphans who might want to attend a university. The young adult orphans are roughly ages 16-25, and have aged-out of the orphanage system, and have nowhere to live or any family support. Many attend government trade school in the morning and come to the Last Bell Day Center for camp in the afternoon. Last Bell also has a shelter for young mom’s with children, so they came to our classes in the morning.”

vendor booths, grilled food, MammaMia Gelato, a giant bake sale and live music entertainment,” Auble says. “Each vendor booth will feature hand-crafted, oneof-a-kind items, including art, antiques, furniture, mosaics, boutique and children’s clothing. There will also be photography, jewelry, wood and glass craft, pottery, fiber art, garden art, re-purposed and up-cycled unique creations, vintage and more.”

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The church’s deacons will provide free, short guided tours of the sanctuary for people who would like to get a peek at their historical 1893 building, and the church’s pipe organ.

They will also ring the church bell.

Auble is hoping for another big crowd at the Artisan Market this year, so funding can continue on all of the mission projects.

“We are very excited to have around 40 vendors this year,” Auble says. “We keep growing each year. The event will be held on Saturday, August 17, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.”

Auble noted that The Red Geranium Artisan Market was the brain-child of Jourdan.

“She is also an avid designer/antiquer, and collector of cool stuff. Our team decided we wanted to enhance our church mission Admission is free to the public, with artisan funding by creating a fun outreach day booths located outside in an open-air setting in our community that would promote behind the church, as well as indoors, in local artists, while generating income for their air-conditioned gathering space. our local, state and international mission projects. Our first market was held in 2016, “The market will feature 40 different artisan with around 20 excited and eager vendors.”

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Auble, a retired art teacher, used to work at Westfield Middle School. She currently works at Ball State University, supervising student teachers, and serves as an adjunct instructor for Indiana Wesleyan University.

She loves her work with the market and the church missions.

“The groups we help are very appreciative of the Red Geranium Artisan Market because it helps promote their cause, and supports their own missions,” Auble says. “The sale of artisans’ work in poorer countries helps them survive and earn a living.”

“Each year we have customers return who love the unique nature of our vendors,” Auble says.

“We limit the number of booths for each type of craft to keep things fresh and provide a wide variety of arts and crafts for our shoppers. We promote our event through social media, and free publicity and advertising, and through word of mouth, to make sure the bulk of the money raised goes directly to our mission projects. Watch for our banner on the corner of the Hamilton County Courthouse!”

For more information, please visit the market’s website at redgeraniummarket. wordpress.com, Facebook page facebook. com/RedGeraniumMarket, church website fpc-noblesville.org, or contact Jennie Auble at aublej@comcast.net.

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Auble added that the market’s vendors are very excited to return each year.

“This year we will have 28 returning vendors,” she says. “They tell me they love the atmosphere of the market because it is a smaller show, compared to some they participate in, allowing plenty of time for personal attention with their customers, socializing, and enjoying the live music.”

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As an entrepreneur with more than seven years of experience in the entertainment industry, Bryan Sigmon immediately saw potential in offering a fresh, all-ages recreational concept to Hamilton County upon relocating here from Texas with his

wife and two children two years ago.

This fall, Sigmon will open Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park on Mundy Drive in Noblesville, and he says the facility, of which there are more than 160 nationwide, has something for the whole family.

“My previous business worked with a wide range of entertainment venues and I was able to gain a lot of knowledge about the industry from the outside looking in,” Sigmon says. “We ultimately targeted Urban Air as the premium concept to partner with because of its focus on safety, fun, variety and adaptability and joined forces midway through last year.”

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The 34,000-square-foot park will feature climbing walls, a warrior course, dodgeball, bumper cars, a ropes course, and. of course, plenty of floor-and-wall trampoline action. A full-service cafe will offer food and sodas and as well as beer and wine for adults.

“We are a full-scale adventure park designed to be safe, fun, clean and familycentric,” Sigmon says. “Weaved into our attractions is an elaborately designed audio-visual component adaptable to the time, day or event to create a unique and energetic atmosphere.”

Sigmon says the location on Mundy Drive, formerly a Marsh supermarket, was a no-brainer when it came time to choose a physical spot for the business, and he opted to incorporate the existing variety of ceiling heights and unconventionallyshaped areas within the building into the Urban Air buildout.

“Highway 37 and 146th Street serves as a major crossroad connecting the greater Noblesville, Fishers and Carmel areas,” he says. “The region is communityfocused, family-oriented and extremely active. Combine that with the fact that we experience relatively harsh winters and hot summers along with the need for a premium entertainment offering in the area designed to engage the entire family year-round, and it was a perfect match.”

Kids’ birthday parties are a major component of the Urban Air concept, and the Noblesville facility will include six dedicated private party rooms along with several party tables throughout the park. Private functions of all types, such as sports team celebrations, girl or boy scout troop gatherings, church group lock-ins and corporate team-building events are also welcome.

“We live and breathe birthday parties and private events,” Sigmon says. “While our core age group is between six and 14 years old, adults will find our facility equally entertaining. We can accommodate groups of all ages and sizes. Urban Air locations are recognized across the nation as a

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premier birthday party destination, and in combining the support of our café with our amazing attraction mix we aim to be the goto birthday party spot in Hamilton County.”

Sigmon is in the process of hiring between 85 and 100 staff members and plans to have the park open to the public by early September. Locals will be treated to a grand opening with special entertainment and free giveaways. The first 200 people in line at the opening to purchase a pass for the day will receive free access to the facility for a year.

“In the days leading up to our grand opening, we plan to have soft openings that will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local city and chamber officials, first responders, active and former military, friends and family and others,” Sigmon says.

Sigmon is excited to offer the county a year-round place for kids of all ages to be physically active in a safe environment.

“As a father of two young children, I

know how easy it is to hand over the iPad sometimes just so my wife and I can catch our breath,” he says. “Our hope is to offer a premium alternative. Our adventure park is designed to be an outlet for kids to have fun, challenge themselves and expend some energy, all centered around our core competency of safety first.”

Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park is located at 14450 Mundy Drive in Noblesville. For grand opening updates and more, visit urbanairnoblesville.com.

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Abby Haley, like many Noblesville High School students, has an extremely busy schedule. The 17-year-old, who has lived in Noblesville her entire life, will be a senior this fall. Her time is divided between sports -she plays both basketball and lacrosse- and being a mentor to special needs students in the after-school peer tutoring program. The activity that sets her apart, however, is her commitment to those suffering from childhood cancer by raising money to benefit research and the quality of life for young patients and their families.

This spring, Haley was able to donate $79,158 while participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) Students of the Year Campaign (SOY). In this sevenweek program, students compete to raise money through developing and overseeing several fundraising projects. Haley is the first student from Noblesville High School to be involved with SOY, and her team of family and friends placed third in the Indianapolis area division.

“I was nominated to participate in the Students of the Year Campaign by a family friend, Kelly Treinen, who is principal at Promise Road Elementary School. Mrs. Treinen lost a son, Michael, to cancer and

was a past LLS Woman of the Year. She was really helpful and supportive through the whole process,” Haley says.

During the seven-week program, Haley organized several events. One was a night at Buffalo Wild Wings in which a percentage of every check went toward her campaign. She held a bingo night at Morse Park and Beach in Osprey Pointe Pavilion. In addition, she collected donated raffle items and assembled baskets to be auctioned off. The Noblesville boys’ basketball team donated a signed jersey to be raffled and volunteers supporting Haley sold cookies.

Long before she entered high school, Haley raised money for the fight against childhood cancers. In elementary school she started Quarter Hat Friday, where students were allowed to wear a hat to school if they donated a quarter. When the school had carnivals, Haley would make an item and sell it in order to donate the profits to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Later in middle school, she participated in efforts to package food to be sent to Africa and collect goods for area food pantries.

When asked what motivated her at such a young age to raise money to help others, Haley says, “When I was in second grade, I had classmate who was diagnosed with leukemia. He was a friend and he passed on around Christmas time. I remember

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thinking that I needed to do anything I could to help other kids like him. I first asked the students in my class to make cards and ornaments. When I delivered them, it made me feel good to see how happy the patients were to get them.”

Since Haley has entered high school, her efforts to raise school supplies and funds for research have increased. She is a twotime recipient of the Kohls Kids Who Care Award, given to students who have made significant contributions to their community. She received the Outstanding Youth Achievement Award after being nominated by Peyton Manning Children’s hospital. Manning himself acknowledged her efforts to benefit his foundation at the ceremony.

Haley has advice for someone who wants to make a difference, “Find something that touches you. The more committed you are to it, the more determined and successful you will be.”

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FOR THE THEATRE BOOTH TARKINGTON CIVIC THEATRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON 30 YEARS WITH THE ORGANIZATION “Community theater is tribal. Everyone knows each other. I started doing community theater in 1983 when I was in Individuals involved in local performing arts high school. I studied theater at IUPUI and comprise a group who pursue their passion then at Ball State. After graduating, I got a more as a labor of love than full-time job with King’s Productions through a Ball employment. Michael J. Lasley, however, State alumnus,” he says. “When the job has managed to carve a career out of his was over, I returned to Indianapolis. Again, almost 30-year affiliation with the Booth through alumni connections I was hired by Tarkington Civic Theatre.

Civic Theatre.”

“This business is built on challenges,” Lasley says. “The most challenging times I’ve been through were the two moves I was point man for. In 2004 the theater moved to Marian University, and then in 2011 it relocated to the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For two years I met with the representatives from Carmel two or three times a week in order to design and plan the facility.”

Lasley, the current executive artistic director, has been involved with the organization in many capacities since 1990, and will celebrate his milestone anniversary with the organization in January 2020.

Another hurdle that Civic Theatre had to deal with was a major financial and leadership upheaval in 2015. As a nonprofit, it committed to more than it could handle.

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When asked what initially attracted him to the Civic Theatre, Lasley says, “I needed a job!”

His first job with the theater was working in the carpentry shop by day and running the sound system at night. As the years went on, his tenure included performing, sound designing and administrative duties. He served as producing director for 15 years and supervised budgets, timelines and staff.

In August 2016, he was named executive artistic director.

“The City of Carmel has been great champions for us,” Lasley says. It was able to renegotiate and stay at the Center for the Performing Arts as a result.

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Executive Artistic Director Michael Lasley

As the longest continually operating theater in the nation, it has put on hundreds of shows. One of the most successful produced under Lasley’s watch was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. It was the first musical of its scale that the theatre attempted, and the first under Lasley’s direction.

Featured during the 2000 holiday season, it was extremely popular. The theater has brought the show back nine additional times since then.

“One show I have to mention is 42nd

Street. I met my wife of 25 years, Marni Lemons, when we were both working in the production. We’ve been together ever since,” Lasley says.

Since Lasley has been at the helm, the seasons under his direction have shown record-breaking sales. His dedication and hard work made it possible. He realizes that staying at one theater for 30 years is extraordinary.

“Civic Theatre is a true community theater.

We only have 10 full-time employees, three

part-time employees and hundreds of adjunct workers. Over the years, thousands of people have come through our doors to volunteer in one capacity or another. Those of us who are on staff never slow down. We are constantly busy opening a show, holding auditions and thinking about what’s coming up next.”

Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre is located at 3 Center Green in Carmel. For more information, such as ticket information and upcoming shows, visit civictheatre.org or call 317-843-3800.

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