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RANJ PUTHRAN "HELPING HANDS AWARD" RECIPIENT DEB MEYERS Deb Myers currently serves as President of the Women Like Us Foundation, has been a Board Member since the foundation originated and is a the creator of the Women Like Us Foundation One Girl at a Time Program. She has spoken to thousands on the importance of setting example for our young women, creating awareness on causes that directly affect women, and integrating mentoring and humanitarian work into your life. The One Girl at a Time Program continues to provide workshops to hundreds of girls. They provides leadership skills and positive role models to assist in creating a confident, well rounded girl who also understands her own value and the importance of giving back.

She owns her own interior designer business, Distinctive Designs, is an active humanitarian and has traveled the world extensively. As many woman in Zionsville are active in the Women Like Us Foundation, Deb’s work with the foundation is well known here in Zionsville.

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ZCHS WORLD CLASS ROBOTICS Writer / Cindy Argentine Cover Photographer / Christie Turnball

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JUNE WRITERS & CONTRIBUTORS

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5 Ranj Puthran “Helping Hands Award”

10 Local High School Students

Preserving Our Veterans’ Legacy

18 Klipsch Music Center Summer Concert Lineup Preview

26 Come on in… the Water is Fine atZionsville.com

28 ZCHS World Class Robotics 33 Parks in Bloom 41 Frustrated With Your Vegetable

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LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESERVING OUR VETERANS’ LEGACY Park Tudor students Thomas Knowles of Zionsville & Abbi Dill of Monrovia

Writer / Ray Compton

It started as a challenging class assignment for Park Tudor freshman Fariya Shamrin.

A native of Bangladesh who now calls Indiana home, Fariya was taking her turn at interviewing a United States World War II veteran for the Legacy Initiative project at Park Tudor High School. The student sat down with Lyle Pelkin, an Army veteran who served in the European Theater during the war.

Fariya never blinked. She marched into her interview and completed one of the most rewarding days of her life. “I was nervous and it may have been difficult to talk to him for the first five minutes,” the Carmel

resident said. “But once he got started, things went really well.”

After the four-hour session, Fariya formed an informal friendship with Pelkin, and has exchanged emails with the war veteran.

She has now provided her interview to the Legacy Initiative at Park Tudor. The project has been executed by hundreds of students at the northside school and has produced six hardcover books in the Words of War series, which includes letters, interviews and other communications from veterans of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the two recent U.S. military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The series of books have been sold at major local bookstores and are available in the Park Tudor gift shop.

Leading this charge of recording and maintaining history is Park Tudor teacher Kathryn Lerch, who launched the project in 1999 after she was inspired by a New York Times article that recalled wartime letters sent home by soldiers and the “buried testimony of men and women who had known war too well.”

Since 2002, the Legacy Initiative has partnered with the Veteran History project and the former office of Senator Richard Lugar on the Library of Congress’ efforts to document veterans’ oral histories.

Lerch’s army includes more than 40 Park Tudor students each school year. Besides Shamrin, this year’s class of interviewers and researchers included Thomas Knowles

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of Zionsville and Abbi Dill of Monrovia.

Knowles interviewed a friend of his great grandfather, Jack Morfee, who was born in 1919 and also served in the ground assault against Nazi Germany.

“It was eye-opening,” recalled Knowles.

“I was able to learn what he went through during the war and how he was so modest about his accomplishments.”

Knowles also learned that despite being wounded during battle, Morfee returned severely wounded soldiers to safety at their camp. He earned a Silver Star for his heroics.

“These are things you don’t learn in a classroom,” said Knowles. “He wasn’t trying to glorify war and what he did. But he suffered trauma and saw friends get killed.

It took a lot of guts. The veterans made great sacrifices.”

For Dill, the lessons of war were learned from a different vantage point. Her interview was conducted during a school visit in France and with a veteran of the French military.

Would she do the project again? “Yes, it was a great experience,” Dill said. “But it may not be for every high school student. There is a hefty time commitment.”

Probably the biggest investment of time has come from Lerch, who has herded 700+ students into the project. The students climb aboard as freshmen and most wade through the research, interviews, writing and other assignments for their next four

years at Park Tudor. Some students have encountered emotional sessions with their veterans who open up in recalling their military services. Others have witnessed communication and transcripts from Holocaust survivors, including seeing a passport from Austria that had a giant J (for Jewish) stamped on it.

Two of Lerch’s students interviewed 87-year-old Jim Baize of Carmel. Only 15 at the time, Baize got a veteran to pose as his father so he could enlist in the Navy in 1943.

After stopping in Pearl Harbor, his mission continued at the famous island of Iwo Jima.

“I had never heard of Iwo Jima,” Baize told the students, emotionally collecting himself. “The beach was just full of bodies.

I [his boat] took a mortar shell 20 yards out and lost 38 marines.”

Baize would recover from his physical wounds. But the students learned the emotional scars lasted much longer. As reported in the fourth edition of Words of War, Baize also learned that he was originally listed as killed in action as a member of the USS Highland.

collected from a young soldier in World War II. “History enriches the lives of our students through handson experiences,” said Lerch, who has her battalion pour through Zionsville resident and WWI thousands of Veteran Carver McGriff letters and documents besides conducting the one-on-one interviews.

Sadly, the time interviewing World War II veterans is evaporating. Survivors are now pushing 90 and dying from age and not bullets. Thus, the project is advancing via more interviews with Vietnam Veterans and those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“When you interview the veterans, you realize how brave they were,” said Shamrin.

“We’re anxious to talk to people who want to share their experiences,” wrote Lerch. “In turn, we see an opportunity to actively engage our students in the study of humanities. Our anthology will help preserve the legacy and heritage of these wartime writers.”

Another World War II veteran interviewed by the students is Zionsville resident Carver McGriff, who was part of the Normandy Invasion. His interview with a Park Tudor student was in 2003. The McGriff story provided harrowing, first-hand experiences

And the project will continue. Those with letters and other correspondence from our country’s wars should contact Lerch at Park Tudor for future studies by the students and potential inclusion in future editions of Words of War.

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Chef Thom England’s culinary career began when he was just a teenager, washing dishes in the kitchen of a country club in Warsaw, Indiana. After earning degrees from the University of Evansville and the esteemed Culinary Institute of America in New York, Chef Thom returned to Indiana to work at the Chateau Thomas Winery in Plainfield. Today he is the head of the culinary program at Ivy Tech Community College of Central Indiana, with close to 1,500 students following his direction. In addition, he is co-founder of Dig IN, a nonprofit organization that promotes Indiana food and agriculture. To top it off, his edition of The Idiots Guide: Grilling hit stores across the country and some international locations this month. And he is just getting warmed up!

In 2007, Thom England and Karen Mangia read and embraced a book titled Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Their eyes were opened to the benefits of eating locally grown foods, especially in a day and age where a significant amount of food contains genetically modified organisms (GMO). Genetically modified foods are

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altered to perform better in production, and can contain microorganisms such as bacteria and yeast, insects, plants, fish, and mammals. To reduce or avoid eating GMOs, they set out to know the origins of their food and only eat products from within a 100mile radius for one year. They called it the 100-Mile Diet.

During this year of discovery, they sought the expertise of their grandparents, who showed them the nuances of canning, freezing, making jam…skills that are rare in today’s world. Thom and Karen then set out to know more about the foods they were consuming and the implications of their choices. And they observed several benefits of their 100-Mile Diet.

According to Karen, “If we eat local products, the producers are more likely to spend their money locally, which encourages their suppliers to spend locally, as well.” Thom adds, “If each family spent $1.70 per week on local produce, it could expand into $1.5 billion in Indiana revenue.” And likewise, “If we spend our dollars in bigbox stores, the revenue goes to their corporate offices far away and Indiana loses out on these dollars.”

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There are extensive benefits to our health when we eat local foods. You can often learn what, or if, chemicals were used on the produce before it came to market. Eating foods that are free of pesticides or other potentially harmful chemicals promotes good health.

There is also a social component to eating locally, as people connect and enjoy sharing a good cause. Visit a farmers market and you will probably find kindred spirits who embrace the “know your farmer, know your food” ideal.

Thom and Karen were becoming adept at eating locally when he was asked to be an educator at a Slow Food convention in Italy. Slow Food supports good food and clean products, for a fair wage. It was here that people from all over the world asked Thom what he was doing about GMOs, as he had a key vantage point from the Midwest and middle of the corn belt. They asked him, “Why aren’t you doing something?” (about some of the questionable practices in GMO, such as using cells from salmon to alter corn so that it has a longer shelf life). I had to blink at that one. Yes, some growers really are using fish to enhance corn.

Thom also had the immense pleasure of having lunch with the grand dame of chefs, Alice Waters, who spearheads the local and organic food movement. Waters has been cited as one of the most influential figures in food in the past 50 years, and has been called the mother of American food. Waters believes that eating organic foods, free from herbicides and pesticides, is essential for both taste and the health of the environment and local communities. This meeting solidified Thom’s vision of how to promote organic, locally grown foods.

Thom’s most recent accomplishment is to author the new version of The Idiot’s Guide: Grilling. Only the top 10 of all Idiot’s Guides were selected this year for updating and Thom was chosen to author the manual. Talk about a rock star in the grilling world! His vision was to make grilling as simple as possible and something anyone could enjoy. With approximately 100 recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, desserts, sauces, rubs and more, the book is filled with color images to guide you every step of the way. And not only does it list the ingredients, but also the kitchen equipment that will be needed. You can have everything at your fingertips and be ready to go with Thom’s help. With grilling season upon us, it might be fun to add new recipes to your grilling repertoire.

When I asked him to share a recipe that hits it out of the ballpark, he shared a 10 lb. lasagna recipe that literally blew a fireball 10 feet out of his oven. (For the record, you really shouldn’t add so much cheese that it overflows above the top of the pan. And you should place a pan under the lasagna so any cheese melting from the upper pan will be caught and not drip onto the hot coils below.) His friends extinguished the fire, added more cheese, put it back into the oven, and declared it “delicious!” atZionsville.com / JUNE 2014 / ZIONSVILLE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER / 15

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Ultimately, Thom and all chefs feel the gravity of training the next generation. He says, “The joy comes from training students and passing down the knowledge. All we hope for is our protégés to become self-sufficient and independent leaders. We are not training them for what they can do today, but what they can do tomorrow.”

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To begin your own journey to eating organically and locally, become aware of what you are buying. For example, if you have a choice, buy the apple grown right here in Indiana versus one grown out of state. The same applies to supporting a locally owned versus a chain restaurant. You may also join a community supported agriculture group. Simply buy into a share of a local garden, and pick up your produce. There is one at 106th and Keystone Avenue. There are also companies, such as Green Bean Delivery, that offer a year-round home delivery service. And finally, support your local farmers market, which can become the place where “everybody knows your name.”

It’s bound to be a fun summer with the bounty of fresh produce coming your way. Be an informed consumer and support our local producers. Fire up that grill to enjoy the delicious foods of the season. Dig IN and enjoy!

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SUMMER CONCERT LINEUP PREVIEW Writer / Christy Watson

Will it be cowboy hats and boots, black T-shirts and jeans, or coconut bras and leis that don your arrival at Klipsch Music Center this summer? Are camping for Dave Matthews and date night for ZBB (Zac Brown Band) or Luke Bryan marked on your calendar, as well? The 2014 concert season is underway for yet another spectacular and diverse lineup that gets many area residents’ heart rates aflutter this time of year. Having just celebrated 25 years as a successful and nationally recognized “Best Music Venue,” the changes just don’t stop when it comes to improving the concert experience at KMC. Going head to head with mother nature during the off season, construction of a new bar in the venue’s south plaza and a new program that provides guests the opportunity to purchase a table for individual shows are just an example of the first class service this venue strives to give its guests.

“The concept is that guests can experience wait-free service throughout their visit,

and their own reserved table. The bar will be in a great location so it’s close to just about everything,” says Andrew Newport, the GM for North American Concerts and Live Nation, who is celebrating his own 15-year milestone, working at the venue.

“Healthier food options and locally grown produce and meat from responsibly raised animals is another very cool program being offered that allows us to support the community while offering better products to the fans,” offers Newport.

The variety of talent this year is unsurpassed, with some rock ‘n’ roll heavy-hitters headed this way, from seasoned acts like Journey/Steve Miller, to Kiss and Def Leppard, to the farewell tour of Motley Crüe and Alice Cooper.

Everybody’s favorite Caribbean crooner, Jimmy Buffett, returns June 26 while his Parrothead fans are busy preparing for their extravagant tailgate parties.

Country music has made its way into the hearts of many and the evolution of the Country Mega Ticket has made it easier for patrons to catch the boot-

stomping, hip-shaking talent of acts like Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw and Lady A, to name a few. Camping at Klipsch will be offered for the two-day Luke Bryan event in late August. The season will round out in September with Toby Keith and the resonant sound of Dierks Bentley.

Never to deny the showcase of newer talent and tastes, Klipsch excitedly will welcome OneRepublic/The Script, Wiz Khalifa’s Under the Influence of Music Tour, and Kings of Leon.

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AN ACADEMY OF BASKETBALL & LIFE LESSONS Writer / Ray Compton

As he prepares for a May afternoon practice at the Indiana Basketball Academy, Eliot Burgett wears a blue jersey top No. 21, a replica of one worn by Indiana Pacers star forward David West.

IU Basketball 1976 Seniors (left to right): Bobby Wilkerson,Tom Abernethy, Scott May, Jim Crews, Quinn Buckner

It is likely, if not a certainty, that this episode of imitation will represent the closest the eight-year-old grade school student will get as a player in the National Basketball Association. Indeed, the upcoming workout is not a drill to fine-tune the skills of budding young NBA superstars. And this limited proximity to professional basketball is just fine with Josh’s mother, who has regularly made dozens of trips in the last three years from her home in northeast Fishers to the basketball/life education center in Carmel.

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TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR FORMER SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH PLAYER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY HOOSIER AND LOS ANGELES LAKER, GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR AND INDIANA PACER TOM ABERNETHY YOU HAD MANY THRILLS AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER. WHAT WAS YOUR BEST MOMENT? “Probably when we (St. Joseph) won our sectional. We played at Notre Dame and beat (South Bend) Adams. I had something like 30 points and 20 rebounds. It was a great moment.”

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN INDIANA COACH BOB KNIGHT AND YOUR MOTHER? “It was in our living room and my mother grilled him. She was tough on him. They had been recruiting another player and she wanted to make sure that they wanted me. But I wanted to go to IU even if I hadn’t played basketball.”

HOW DIFFICULT WAS THE 1975 NCAA TOURNAMENT LOSS (92-90) TO KENTUCKY WHEN STALWART SCOTT MAY SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM DURING THE SEASON? “We weren’t ready for the season to end. Some of us went on vacation to Florida after the season and it was a terrible week.”

WHO WAS THE TOUGHEST PLAYER YOU GUARDED? “Adrian Dantley (Notre Dame). He was a bear to guard. His body was so strong and you did everything you could to keep him off the boards.”

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING ON YOUR “SHORT” BASKETBALL SHORTS FROM YOUR INDIANA PLAYING DAYS? “No, no way. And my shirt probably wouldn’t fit much better.”

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO PLAY WITH KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR DURING YOUR TIME WITH THE LAKERS? “It was great. He was unbelievable. My locker was next to his and I was so impressed with his work ethic. And I learned how to pass him the ball.”

DID YOU EVER GUARD LARRY BIRD? DID HE TRASH TALK YOU? “I guarded him a little. He never said that much.”

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE, INSIDE MOVES, WITH JOHN SAVAGE? “It was filmed when I was with Golden State and there was a scene that was to be at one of our games. They showed me dribbling the ball up court and the announcer saying my name. It was cool.”

WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE IN THE MOVIE HOOSIERS? “I was asked to be a technical advisor. I helped with the players and designed a couple of plays. I didn’t design the “picket fence.”

WHICH GAME DO YOU PREFER, COLLEGE OR NBA? “I love the NBA. The biggest change has been the athleticism of the players. You can’t imagine a 6-7 power forward.”

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“We love the IBA (Indiana Basketball Academy),” said Cara Burgett. “It teaches the kids more than basketball. They train the kids hard but they also work on self-confidence and other things that kids can take away with them. It doesn’t matter how good someone is. The staff works with every kid the same way.”

And those words are exactly what Tom Abernethy has hoped to hear since he opened IBA in 1995. Not all of the approximately 25,000 young players who have attended camps at IBA in the last 19 years have evolved into college or pro basketball performers, but most, if not all, have learned life lessons from Abernethy, chief aide Andrew White, and a battalion of college coaches such as Jim Crews (St. Louis, Evansville and Army) and Todd Lickliter (Marian, Butler and Iowa).

Among those teachings is that character counts—for all camp graduates.

“Every kid is valuable to us,” said Abernethy, whose basketball resume includes successful stints in high school (South Bend St. Joseph), college (Indiana University), professional (Los Angeles, Golden State and the Pacers) and overseas (Italy). “The kids know we care about them and the parents know we care about their kids.

We try to help every kid and especially those who may not have a future in sports. We want to get them ready for the real world.”

Of course, there have been future basketball kingpins who polished their budding skills on the two courts at IBA or at the satellite facilities in Zionsville or Lawrence. Indiana and Park Tudor star Yogi Farrell, Butler guard Kellen Dunham, and current high school standouts Ryan Cline (Carmel) and Derrik Smits (Zionsville) have graduated from Abernethy-led classes. Additionally, numerous other area players–such as Gordon Hayward of Brownsburg–have played in games in the Carmel facility.

Abernethy confesses that his camps are probably more designed for the rank-and-file players than those who hope to take the AAU circuit to stardom.

“AAU makes a lot of sense for some players,” Abernethy assessed, “and the popularity of AAU basketball has grown. But we are not a tournament venue and our market has expanded. We are coming off our two busiest years.”

One of the most hectic time frames in the gymnasiums in Carmel, Zionsville and Lawrence starts in June when summer camps begin.

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“I wasn’t that nervous about the project—because of my faith,” said Abernethy, whose wife Susie serves as the unofficial Chief Financial Officer. “Things haven’t always gone exactly perfect, but we have had success.”

One of the things Abernethy teaches campers is that the challenges of life can present potential turnovers for participants. For him, those times included when his father died when he was 10. A few years later, a brother died. “Tough things happen in life,” Abernethy noted. “We tell our kids that you can’t give up.”

Not to be forgotten is the availability of a Bible Basics camp, cementing the strong Christian values that radiate from the 60-year-old Abernethy.

“God has made this whole thing work for us,” said Abernethy, who left the commercial real estate world in the 1990s to build the IBA. He acknowledges it was a leap of faith–his faith in the Supreme Being–that helped him bridge this chapter of his life.

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The Abernethy family learned their “never give up” mode with twins Matt and Andy. After enduring difficulties off the court in college at Pacific, the pair transferred and are now enjoying successful adult careers. And senior Abernethy’s career marched on despite disappointing basketball setbacks. After his South Bend St. Joseph team (which included another Indiana star, John Laskowski) lost in the sectional during his junior season, Abernethy and St. Joseph came back and won the sectional a March later. Following the stunning upset by Kentucky in the 1975 NCAA tournament, Abernethy and the Hoosiers beat Michigan in the NCAA championship game to wrap up an unbeaten season in 1976.

Eventually, life’s journey took Abernethy to his basketball school on Bauer Drive West in Carmel. And one of his earliest challenges was when he coached a seventh and eighth grade basketball team that included his youngest son, Todd (a future player at Mississippi). Abernethy took his team to a tournament in Florida and played against a team from Ohio. On the Ohio roster was a seventh grader named LeBron James. “I had never heard of LeBron,” admitted Abernethy. “Todd scored a lot of points early, but then LeBron guarded him and shut him down.”

But during the rematch the next summer, the Indiana team defeated LeBron & Company, 52-51.

“That was fun coaching those kids,” recalled Abernethy.

Today Abernethy enjoys that same thrill when he sees an Eliot Burgett take the court, wearing his David West jersey and learning another lesson about life on or off the basketball court.

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ccording to the Chinese calendar, this is the year of the horse.

Supposedly, people born this year have ingenious communicating techniques and they always want to be in the limelight.

But in our community calendar, this may be the year to learn to swim, as this year Governor Pence issued a proclamation endorsing statewide programs that help adults learn to swim. The Zionsville Aquatic Masters Club is supporting the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation by offering several swim programs designed for all ages and abilities.

Zionsville Community High School is the home of a vibrant, multifaceted swim program that offers a variety of aquatic programs. From “Swim into Kindergarten” to adult “Learn to Swim” lessons, students of all ages are welcome to learn to navigate these shallow waters. The U.S. Masters Swimming program is trying to create awareness that only a dismal 37 percent of adults know how to swim. This program will save lives. According to Lisa Brown, Aquatics Director, there are several benefits of swimming, ranging from physical to psychological.

First, knowing how to swim provides safety and we all know that swimming saves lives.

Second, there are definite health benefits with a low impact activity that also provides a cardio workout. Third, swimming helps your mental health by offering peace of mind to escape from your busy life.

Fourth, swimming has a social component that makes it so much fun! This lifelong sport has a positive impact on your health regardless of your age or ability.

Some of us take swimming for granted. We learned to float, dog paddle, cannonball, and glide through the water at a young age. Swimming almost seems like second nature. But others who never learned to swim often insist that their children learn.

They feel nervous around water, and regret never learning to swim. Many of these parents want to join their children and are

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learning to overcome their fear of the water by taking adult swim lessons. And they are loving it!

When I asked Lisa why she does what she does, she easily explained, “Because I’m lucky. I get to work in a wonderful school and area that I love. It is more than just a job. It impacts and saves people’s lives.”

Chetan Dave (pronounced Da-VAY) is a participant in the adult swim program.

He insisted that his children learn to swim because he wasn’t taught in his native country of India. He knew how to dog paddle but had a fear of the water. However, spending family time outweighed his fear of the water when he went on a Level 4 whitewater rafting trip. He is determined to feel more comfortable in the water and is planning even more family excursions centered around water. According to Mr. Dave, “As a parent, we invest in our children’s life skills. My children knew how to swim from a young age. Now I want to enjoy this family activity with them.”

The Aquatic Center offers programs for everyone. Learn-to-swim programs are offered to people of all ages and abilities.

Triathletes can hone their competitive skills with private coaching.

In addition to lessons, the pool offers special events for the community. It hosts a monthly movie night, where they turn out the lights and guests enjoy pizza and candy…all for only $6 per person. Can you imagine going to a nighttime pool party with a large-screen movie? Or what about having your own birthday party at the pool for up to 50 of your closest friends? You can reserve the pool for your two-hour private party for only $210, complete with two certified lifeguards.

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zchs world class robotics Writer / Cindy Argentine . Photographer / Christie Turnball

“They are world-class robotics kids,� says Zionsville High School science teacher Jenna Bowling. She is referring to seven students who form two teams that competed in the VEX Robotics World Championship this year. Team 7701 is Andrew Overhage, Sam Miles, Alan Fang, and Michael Wheeler. Team 7708 is Ryan Bing, Drew Bowling, and Alex Wang. Both teams flew to Anaheim, California, for a three-day tournament in April where their robots faced other robots from around the world. Both teams came home with victories, and Team 7701 won a divisional Design Award, one of only five awarded internationally. atZionsville.com / JUNE 2014 / ZIONSVILLE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER / 29

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Thousands of people attend the event, including 760 robotics teams from at least 27 countries. There are approximately 10,000 VEX robotics teams around the globe. By qualifying to participate, the Zionsville teams were in the top 7-8 percent of all competitors.

Based on their performance in California, Team 7701 is in the top 3 percent and Team 7708 is in the top 2 percent of the world.

Success at the world championship is the culmination of a year’s

worth of effort. For Zionsville students, the process begins over summer break. That’s when experienced teams meet informally to discuss strategies, brainstorm ideas, and make sketches. As Alan Fang says, “Throughout the summer we think out the pros and cons of how we could build our robot. Our team uses CAD (computeraided design) to build a virtual robot and formulate what parts we need and what metal needs to be cut. This allows us to save time building the real robot in the fall.”

Each year the VEX robotics game changes, but it always involves scoring points by manipulating objects within a 12-foot by 12-foot field. This year the robots score points by placing a weighted beach ball and various smaller balls into certain zones on the field. Teams earn additional points if their robot can grab a 40-inch-high bar and hang from it. The team with the most points at the end of a twominute match wins.

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The robots compete by battling other robots on the field. “I like to pretend it’s a sport,” says Alex Wang with a grin. Each robot has to move offensively to score points and defensively to block the other team from scoring. Most of the time robots are operated by a designated student via remote control, but there are also brief periods of “autonomous” play when the robots perform on their own according to how the students have programmed them.

Designing a robot is a creative, openended activity. To keep competition fair, VEX sets a few standard rules.

One of these relates to size: robots have to fit in an 18-inch cubical box.

Teams buy an assortment of pieces from VEX, but there is neither a kit nor any instructions for making a robot.

Students are free to imagine and design how their robot will look, work, and move.

“The first robot we build is never the last,” says Drew Bowling.

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trial and error. We design, build, completely take apart, redesign, re-build, and then refine for the rest of the year.”

As they compete against other teams at local tournaments in the fall and winter, they find out what is working and borrow ideas from other teams. As Andrew Overhage says, “It’s very dynamic. The game changes; how people play it…it’s never the same. There are innovations at each stage that change the whole thing.”

Because time and resources are limited, making multiple revisions is not easy. “You would think the natural test of a proposed idea would be to prototype it—just build one and see how it works,” says Drew. “But there are infinite possibilities of what you can do, and only three or four people and less than a year to work with.”

For most Zionsville students, the time they spend on robotics is entirely extra-curricular. (Robotics is offered as a class, but many students are not able to include it in their course schedules, and the class involves more than preparing for competition.) The robotics club is an after-school activity.

Individual students usually unite with a couple friends to form a team within the club. Zionsville’s club, called the Steel Eagles, has 39 members who formed ten teams this year.

The club meets in a large corner room dedicated to robotics. It’s here that they build and experiment with their robots. Most of their experience, however, comes from competitions with other schools. Zionsville usually hosts a tournament each year, and students travel to a few other events.

This year a state tournament was introduced.

“One of our teams (Team 7701) won the high school excellence award at the state tournament,” says Mrs. Bowling.

“That’s the highest award that can be given at a tournament. Basically it means that their programming, design, performance at the tournament, and driver skills were all top-notch, ranking their combined skills above everyone else in the tournament.”

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This aspect of the activity has led the students to an interesting discovery. They say the most challenging thing about robotics is not designing, building, or operating the robot. It is communication. “Whether it’s within your team or with other teams, communication is the hardest part,” says Sam Miles.

Sometimes their allies don’t even speak English. This year Team 7708 was assigned to compete with a team from South Korea.

“Only their grandpa spoke English,” says Ryan, “so he had to translate everything. But he didn’t show up for the match, which made communication really difficult.”

Team 7708 also achieved distinction at the state tournament. “They’ve won every type of trophy (as a team) that is offered by VEX,” says Mrs. Bowling. This year was their fourth trip to the world championship. “Their freshman year they qualified with driving skills, sophomore year with design, junior year with the excellence award, and this year they qualified with programming skills.”

Mrs. Bowling has multiple connections to the robotics program.

She’s teaching the robotics class this year, is mother to Drew, and is one of four sponsors of the club. The others are Lori Bing (Ryan’s mother), Patrick Gentry, and Susan Talbert. All four teach within the science department at the high school. Bowling says their job is just to “keep things running,” and that “the kids are the amazing ones.”

“We’re not training them,” she says. “I tell them the end goal I want, let them know where they can find some documentation, and then I say, ‘Find a path.’ It’s neat to see their ideas go from brain to paper to physical object and then to see those objects move around.”

The kids seem to enjoy all aspects of the path, but they also find their own unique roles within their teams. For Team 7708, Drew likes to program and design, and his teammates say he has the best drawing skills. Ryan is the primary builder and “repairman.” Alex is the driver and also the “scout,” which is an important role at competitions.

In every match at a tournament, two robots compete against two other robots. That means each team has to form alliances with other teams. “At competitions I have to essentially go around and do public relations work with other teams that are either assigned to us or that we find to ally with,” says Alex. They have to sell themselves to other competitive teams while also finding a robot that would complement theirs in a match.

Teams also have to be able to communicate with judges. Team 7701’s ability to do that was part of the reason they won their division’s Design Award. The other part was recordkeeping.

They have hundreds of pages of ideas, sketches, prototypes, and computer code from throughout the year. By compiling and presenting this information in a readable, organized— and very thick— binder, they were able to show the judges much of the work that had been going on in their heads and behind the scenes throughout the season.

For all seven students, their experience with robotics is influencing their future plans. Alan and Michael are sophomores, and Sam is a junior, so they plan to return to ZCHS next year. Andrew, Ryan, Drew, and Alex are graduating this month. Andrew plans to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to study electrical and mechanical engineering. Ryan and Drew plan to attend Purdue University, with Ryan focusing on materials science engineering and Drew on some form of engineering that uses robotics. Alex plans to study finance at New York University or University of Pennsylvania. He said that meeting people from all over the world and learning to partner with them at robotics championships has reinforced his interest in business.

“We have a strong, ongoing, continuous program,” says Mrs. Bowling. “It offers an engineering connection kids can’t get in the classroom normally. And any kid can get involved with robotics.

You don’t have to be a builder; you don’t have to be a programmer.

You may be great socially; whatever your strength is, you can get involved and do something really cool.”

Cindy Argentine is a freelance writer and Zionsville resident. She writes about science, nature, travel, faith, and the arts. Her articles have appeared in a variety of national magazines for children and teens.

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Many of us have enjoyed the parks and trails throughout Zionsville at one time or another.

With hopes of mercy from Mother Nature this season, families, trail-goers and wildlife aficionados will enjoy the local golf course, swimming pools, playground facilities and hiking paths once more. This month, we will be introduced to the newest member of the Zionsville Parks and Recreation Department, Mindy Murdock. Mindy is our new interpretive naturalist.

An interpretive naturalist blends science with art to touch lives and inspire an awareness and appreciation for our natural and cultural resources. Naturalists present programs that share the unique stories of their properties; they oversee development of exhibits in nature centers, in offices, on bulletin boards and through conference displays, and they serve their communities in multiple capacities. For example, naturalists lead bird walks and trail hikes and share their knowledge of where rare vegetation grows and where unique birds nest.

Mindy is originally from Doylestown, Ohio. She grew up helping on her parents’ farm, along with her cousins. She spent her childhood playing out in the pasture and taking care of their animals.

Mindy attended Kent State University for a BA in Zoology and the University of Akron for an MA in Biology. She began her career as a naturalist at Cleveland Metroparks as a seasonal employee in 2001 and eventually came on board as a full-time naturalist.

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“I grew up in a small community and that’s one of the things that attracted me to Zionsville,” Mindy said. “The community vibe that we got when we drove through the downtown area was one of the deciding factors to move here. I’m looking forward to getting to know more about the community, meeting people and learning about everything that’s going on in the parks.”

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Through her advocacy and educational programs, Mindy strives to help create a thoughtful blend of “what is human and urban with what is natural and rural.”

One of the individuals responsible for bringing Mindy on board is the Parks Board president and Zionsville resident Steve Bullington. “We’ve been very fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers that, along with the support of the Parks Department, have been able to get the nature center up and running and have been able to keep that going with the previous naturalist,” Steve said. “We see this as

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“Development brings jobs and recreation but you have to be smart in your development, otherwise it could damage the existing environment.” She used water drainage as an example.

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“The bulk of my work is going to involve the programming that comes out of the nature center and maintaining the exhibits and the animals that are housed there,” Mindy explained. “The town and the Parks Department are growing. The department has a master plan we will put into place that will include programming for the nature

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an opportunity for Mindy to be the nature center person and additionally, the town naturalist. We’re excited bout having her go out and really engage the community.”

Steve mentioned they have discussed having Mindy become involved with the programming at the three area retirement communities to provide a rotating, onsite program for those communities.

Additionally, they have plans for Mindy to become integrated with the area elementary schools by providing programming to complement the schools’ STEM Education curriculum and ISTEP preparations.

dedicated to the enhancement of our parks and trails and with Mindy’s arrival, the expansion of the educational opportunities that will benefit our community as a whole.

Janelle Morrison is the owner of MADD Media Solutions and a freelance writer. She specializes in PR and marketing for small businesses and individuals. She is also a Zionsville resident.

“We want to increase the number of programs that are available in the various parks around the community,” Steve explained. “That may be facilitating a public FrogWatch or NestWatch, or other similar national programs that can be folded into our existing activities.”

Compared to neighboring communities, the Zionsville Parks Department and Nature Center fall in line with their counterparts. Steve admitted that there are always opportunities to enhance the activities geared toward the public and these require funds and available land.

“We strive to maximize our resources and effectively use the taxpayers’ dollars,” he stated. The Parks Board applies for grants that help subsidize various projects and related programs.

A work-in-progress for the board and a rather popular idea that was in the top five requested amenities during the Five-Year Strategy Plan, is a dedicated dog park.

This will be on the board’s agenda for the latter part of this year. Additionally, the Parks Department continues to work with property owners to discuss right-of-ways and easements in an effort to continue the trail expansion projects that would enable the Parks Department to connect to other trails throughout the county and state by running them along the old rail trail. It would alleviate the need to reroute the trails and would be a safer scenario for trail-goers and vehicular traffic.

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Writer / Geri Neita . Photographer / Sarah Zack (Courtesy Photos)

Lincoln Park, named for Abe Lincoln’s visit in 1861, is a serene and peaceful half-acre, nestled right in the heart of Zionsville (at the corner of 1st and Oak streets). Often, the white gazebo at the north end is a setting for photo shoots and weddings, but on Wednesday nights in June and July, it comes alive with eclectic music and entertainment—a summertime treat for local residents.

Last year, the Zionsville Cultural District took the reins of the Lincoln Park Concert Series from the Chamber of Commerce.

The seven-member committee brought in a couple new artists, were blessed with favorable weather, and saw crowd numbers rise.

This year, aiming to appeal to a broader audience, they made some additional changes.

According to committee member Sarah Zack, a survey at the end of last year’s series showed that people wanted new music, so with the exception of Cornfields and Crossroads (a bluegrass band that was the number one favorite last summer) and the Motown sounds of Lonnie Lester, all the performers are new to this year’s stage. Zack credits Tim McLaughlin for scouting out the talent for the 2014 concert series.

Chad Mills, area singer-songwriter, kicks off the series on June 4 with his acoustic, folk sound.

“Chad and his band are the epitome of Americana,” McLaughlin said.

It will be a family-focused event, and from 6 to 7 p.m., prior to the concert, Paige’s music will be on hand to let kids try out an assortment of musical instruments. The Sullivan Munce Cultural Center will also offer face painting.

McLaughlin looked to Zionsville and surrounding areas for something different than in years past, and brought in a variety of genres that the committee hopes will appeal to a wider audience.

Karen and the Beast, featuring Zionsville resident Karen Irwin, will deliver a mixture of rock and soul on June 18, and McLaughlin hopes that “she’ll channel her inner Janis Joplin.”

Also included in the lineup is The Tommy Baldwin Trio, a Rhythm and Blues band from North Central High School, that will feature Carson Diersing, an expert harmonica player who is sponsored by Hohner Harmonicas.

“We’ll end the year with Broadway Showstoppers,” McLaughlin said. “Our accompanist, Doug Krantz, will work with local performers who will perform Broadway (maybe Disney) standards.” So if that’s up your alley, be on the lookout for upcoming auditions.

In addition to the music, the Zionsville Cultural District is working with local restaurants to offer “A Taste of Zionsville” at each concert. Menus will be posted a week in advance on the event Facebook page, but, of course, you’re always welcome to bring your own picnic!

All concerts are scheduled from 7 – 8:30 p.m., rain or shine.

(Lions Clubhouse is the alternate venue, in the event of inclement weather: 115 South Elm Street).

Check out Zionsville’s Lincoln Park Concert Series on Facebook for menu items and weather updates.

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JUNE FEATURE EVENTS Writer / Neil Lucas

RELAY FOR LIFE JUNE 13-14 11-10 A.M.

The annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, will begin on June 13 at 11:00 a.m. and run through 10 a.m. on June 14. The event will be held at Lions Park.

The Zionsville Relay for Life is just one of many that will be conducted throughout the U.S. In May 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, ultimately raising $27,000 to help the American Cancer Society fight one of the nation’s biggest health concerns: cancer. A year later, 340 supporters joined the overnight event. Since those first steps, the Relay for Life movement has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, raising nearly $5 billion to fight cancer.

MISS INDIANA & MISS INDIANA’S OUTSTANDING TEEN PAGEANT COMPETITION JUNE 18-21 The Miss Indiana/Miss Indiana’s Outstanding Teen Pageant contestants begin their week of competition with a reception at the Golf Club of Indiana on Sunday June 15 at 4 p.m. that is open to the public. The pageant begins in earnest at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday June 18 with the Miss Indiana preliminary competition. On Saturday, June 21 the Miss Indiana Parade will begin at 12 p.m. and run through Main Street. At 6 p.m. the finals of the competition begin and will end with the crowning of the new Miss Indiana and Miss Indiana Outstanding Teen.

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CRUZIONSVILLE JUNE 14 10 A.M.

Just before the Miss Indiana Pageant parades into town, the parade of Porsche cars will kick off the 4th annual Cruzionsville 2014. At 10 a.m. cars will leave the staging area via police escort to downtown Zionsville. The show is from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. with the destination drive starting at 3:15 p.m. for Porsche owners and ending downtown for a reception. Proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Organization of Indiana.

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Artists will gather in the Village of Zionsville for a Plein Air Paint Out (Painting Outside). Using their own supplies, artists create original artwork in any medium.

Awards given for various age groups.

Paint Out 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Awards Ceremony and Sales at 2 p.m. at CruZionsville Stage Free Contact Cynthia Young at 317-873-4900 or cynthiayoung@sullivanmunce.org

Enjoy six gardens in Zionsville, bid on containers by local landscapers/designers in a silent auction, and get tablescape ideas by local designers and businesses. The tour this year is dedicated to the memory of Gail Meyerhoff of Zionsville.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Advance Sale Tickets: $15; $20 day of tour SullivanMunce Cultural Center 225 West Hawthorne Street, Zionsville Contact Cynthia Young at 317-873-4900 or cynthiayoung@sullivanmunce.org

1-30 / RICHARD GENTRY – FEATURE GALLERY Richard Gentry, photographer, will be presenting in the Feature Gallery. The name of his show is “Tranquil Solitude,” displaying the spirit of the Southwest in all of its glory.

Free Open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 12-5 p.m.

47 S. Main St., Zionsville 317-733-1813 ccagallery.com

4 LINCOLN PARK CONCERT SERIES School’s Out for Summer Family Concert featuring Chad Mills. The Zionsville Cultural District, in partnership with Zionsville Parks and Recreation, is excited to continue the long-standing tradition of the Lincoln Park Summer Concert Series. This is a wonderful event that takes place during June and July on Wednesday evenings in Lincoln Park. These concerts are offered FREE of charge thanks to our businesses and civic organizations throughout the area that help defray the cost of this series.

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6 / OPENING RECEPTION FOR TRANQUIL SOLITUDE Richard Gentry, photographer, will be present during the opening reception for his June Feature Show. Come and

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6 / JASON CRABB: LOVE IS STRONGER Hear the exciting, soulful voice of Jason Crabb, one of Christian music’s most celebrated artists. Presented by Muse Concerts and sponsored by Feed the Children, Love is Stronger promises to be a high-energy night of music, musicianship and ministry featuring Jason Crabb and his band. Vocalist, musician, author, actor and host Jason Crabb is a rare breed. Neither defined by, nor confined to, a genre or even a singular career path, his powerful, emotive voice and talent transcend industry labels and artistic nooks.

General Admission $15; Gold Circle $25. Purchase at Family Christian Bookstore in Carmel, by phone at 855-223-1008, or through jasoncrabb.com or museconcerts.com 7 p.m.

Zionsville Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry Street

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28 / MI COLOMBIA The Colombian Folkloric Ballet (CFB) has brought from Colombia numerous well-known artists as visiting choreographers to help stage its two-hour folkloric performance titled “Mi Colombia” (formerly, “Colombia Unica”). Spectators are visually transported to the five different regions that typify Colombian dance and music: the Andes, the Atlantic Coast, the Eastern Plains, the Pacific Coast, and the Amazon.

2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Zionsville Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry Street 317-733-4833

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11 / LINCOLN PARK CONCERT SERIES – Downtown Motown featuring Lonnie Lester The Zionsville Cultural District, in partnership with Zionsville Parks and Recreation, is excited to continue the long-standing tradition of the Lincoln Park Summer Concert Series.

Free 7-8:30 p.m.

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13 / GARDEN CLASSICS Join us in vintage Cuba while viewing classic cars from the 1940s & 1950s, enjoying iPhone photography by Rad Drew and listening to the beat of live Latin music!

Cuban-infused hors d’oeuvres and libations will be available, as well as art, for purchase. Proceeds benefit SullivanMunce Cultural Center.

6-9 p.m.

SullivanMunce Cultural Center, 225 West Hawthorne Street, Zionsville Tickets: $45 each Contact Cynthia Young at 317-873-4900 or cynthiayoung@sullivanmunce.org

14 / CRUZIONSVILLE This has become an annual tradition on the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend. Impeccable Porsche cars line the historic brick street in downtown Zionsville. Meet the

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owners, enjoy local celebrity judging, music and FUN! 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Town Parking Lot and portions of Main Street, Central Indiana Porsche Club of Indiana Contact Stephen Tarr at 610-742-7878 CruZionsville.com

18 / LINCOLN PARK CONCERT SERIES Rock and Soul featuring Karen and the Beast The Zionsville Cultural District, in partnership with Zionsville Parks and Recreation, is excited to continue the long-standing tradition of the Lincoln Park Summer Concert Series.

Free 7-8:30 p.m.

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25 LINCOLN PARK CONCERT SERIES Concert: Rockin’ the Blues features The Breakes The Zionsville Cultural District, in partnership with Zionsville Parks and Recreation, is excited to continue the long-standing tradition of the Lincoln Park Summer Concert Series.

Free 7-8:30 p.m.

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JULY 2 Lincoln Park Concert Series – Jazz Fusion featuring the Wade Baker Jazz Trio The Zionsville Cultural District, in partnership with

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Free 7-8:30 p.m.

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JULY 4 4th of July Celebration Join us for an All-American July 4th Celebration in Lions Park. This is the second largest fundraiser for Lions Park.

Food, music and fun begin in the park at 5 p.m. and are followed by fireworks at dusk. Park in Lions Park for a $5 donation. Spend a family day in Lions Park watching a fabulous, fantastic fireworks display at dusk! Rain date: July 5. zionsvillelions.com

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