Southside Times Week of October 22
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Southside Times Week of October 22
face to face Southsiders answer the question, "How has Halloween changed today from when you were a child?" Page 3 B E E C H G R O V E • C E N T E R G R O V E • G A R F I E L D PA R K & F O U N TA I N S Q UA R E • G R E E N W O O D • S O U T H P O R T • F R A N K L I N & P E R R Y TO W N S H I P S FREE • Week of October 22-28, 2015 Serving the Southside Since 1928 ss-times.com HALLOWEEN 2015 Pages 6-10 Lawsuit against Beech Grove clerk-treasurer Dan McMillan goes to federal courts. Page 12 GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG Greenwood discusses effects of tif district for multi-family dwellings along State Road 135. Southport approves 2016 budget. Page 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 20 WHO YA GONNA CALL? Three Southside paranormal investigators share their experiences and beliefs on things that cannot be explained. Pages 7-9 Transportation Free Wi-Fi Social Programs & Trips Free Assistance with VA 23 ASCSeniorCare.com 10 34 41 30 31 32 46 43 44 Page 21 53 54 27 48 49 50 40 57 55 58 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 60 26 45 47 52 56 59 25 33 35 42 51 13 19 39 38 12 22 24 37 11 16 WORK SOUTHSIDE PUZZLES 29 28 61 Free Emergency Response System • Free Utilities • Free Wi-Fi Assistance with VA • LTC Insurance Claims Management Be a part of the worry-free Rosegate experience! Tour today and we will have a sweet gift for you! 9 21 Breakfast • Social Programs & Trips • Transportation Check out Rosegate’s Free Maintenance & Upkeep • Free Meal Delivery Free Amenities! 8 18 17 36 7 15 14 FACTORY AUTHORISED LIQUIDATION 18th ANNIVERSARY SALE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!! 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COMMUNITY THIS WEEK ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 on the Chuck Roach: Personal injury accidents Want to Advertise? Despite what many people believe these days, the most important thing to remember is not every injury means someone is to blame... However, in situations where you don't know whether a third party might be responsible, it makes sense to get some advice on how to proceed. The Southside Times reaches a vast segment of our community. For information about reaching our readers, call Brian Ruckle at 300-8782 or email him at bruckle@ ss-times.com. ss-times.com/personal-injury-accidents Follow the footsteps A product of Gerald Sargent Publisher Emeritus Rick Myers, Publisher Brian Kelly Chief Executive Officer Nicole Davis, Editor Members of Carey Germana Production/Art Mgr. 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The Southside Times is devoted to clearly differentiating between sponsored content and editorial content. Potential advertisers interested in sponsored contact should call: (317) 300-8782 or email: [email protected]. Pick Me Pets celebrates one year in Beech Grove Pick Me Pets, 4850 S. Emerson Ave., in Indianapolis, celebrated its one-year anniversary on Oct. 19. Pick Me Pets is independently owned and offers a wide selection of puppies, kittens, fish, birds, and exotic pets. ss-times.com/pick-me-pets-anniversary For more information on these articles and other timely news, visit ss-times.com. To join the conversation, visit our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @southsidetimes. face to face Visit us online at: facebook.com/TheSouthsideTimes Q: How has Halloween changed today from when you were a child? "The only thing I can think of is kids these days don’t tip over outhouses like we used to do." Times-Leader Publications, LLC ©2015. All Rights Reserved The views of the columnists in The Southside Times are their own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of this newspaper. WEB JB Baker of Perry Township "When we were children we didn’t have the money to buy costumes. If we were fortunate enough our parents would give us a quarter and we would go down to the local drug store and pick out a mask that was attached to your face by an elastic type string. I used to wear my father’s old clothes on Halloween and I would go around wearing that mask. I dressed up like a tramp, because it didn’t cost anything. I was just wearing my dad’s old clothes." Joe Seiter of Perry Township "The costumes for one thing. We used our own clothes, bought used clothes or borrowed clothes. The trick-o-treating is also different. Children today don’t go door-to-door as much with more of them going to parties at their church or school. Our church has a truck or treat and that seems to work out better. I understand it is for safety and I think that is a good thing." Helen Hicks of Greenwood "It is much more commercialized now. It isn’t a kidfriendly activity. It is more organized with parties and church groups." Kenny Winslow of Southport 3 4 VIEWS Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times READERS' WRITES Advertise your service in three Southside publications! Promote your service to individuals, homes and businesses. The Southside Times: Center Grove Icon: Publishes weekly in Beech Grove, Center Grove, Garfield Park, Fountain Square, Greenwood, Southport, Franklin & Perry Townships Mailed directly to homes monthly in Johnson County’s White River Township Southside Business Leader: Mailed directly to businesses in Marion County & Johnson County Call us today for more information: 317-300-8782 Southport is fortunate to have experienced building commissioner At last week’s Board of Public Works & Safety meeting Mayor Jesse Testruth “apologized” to Duane Langreck for attempting to have him resign as Southport’s Building Commissioner. Testruth defended his actions by stating that when something is brought to him, his job is to “protect” the city. His research into the supposed concern was off base. Had he bothered to check our Building Standards ordinance, he would have known that the alleged allegations brought to him were unfounded. Our ordinance was approved by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission and endorsed by their Chairman on July 2, 2013. Testruth received a copy of that letter of approval. The contract the city has with Langreck does not require any credentials. Our ordinance does not require the Building Commissioner to have any education or experience to perform the duties. Testruth’s actions didn’t stop there. Prior to talking with Langreck, the mayor came into my office to deliver a notice to cease assigning permits and to refrain from paying Beech Grove Eagles 712 Main St. • (317)782-8922 Enjoy great lunch specials from 11-2, Mon-Fri $1 off lunch with this ad! A Social Club with Real Friends www.Facebook.com/BeechGroveEagles4167 This Saturday Oct. 24 HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT? Music Night Stop in for some great food and drink specials! Luke & Carol perform 6:30-9:30 p.m. Visitors Welcome! Langreck for any work until further notice. While in my office, in front of three other people, he stated Langreck had committed fraud because his architect license had expired. He said that all of the work Langreck had done (inspections) was not legal. He also referenced “all the money” Langreck had made from performing these inspections. Langreck is not paid a salary or hourly rate by the city. Rather he is paid a percentage of each building permit issued once the inspection has been completed and all necessary paperwork is submitted to my office. The Common Council then approves the payment. Our city is fortunate to have a Building Commissioner with education, experience and integrity. For someone to try to ruin a person because of a personal vendetta is unconscionable. It seems some things never change. And that is very sad, indeed. Diana Bossingham Clerk-Treasurer, City of Southport Environmental work to begin in Beech Grove The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has recently issued a permit for the City of Beech Grove to remove two underground storage tanks on municipal properties. After Oct. 26, the City can proceed to remove the underground tank located at the Department of Public Works and the tank that is located behind the police station on Churchman Avenue. This is a program to protect the environment and to isolate our fuel dispensing to one location. As part of the removal program, above ground tanks will be removed as well at Sarah T. Bolton Park, behind the fire station on Churchman Avenue and at the Department of Public Works. A new above ground tank will be installed at the Department of Public Works for dispensing. Once this program has been completed, the only property that city vehicles can fuel their vehicles is at the Department of Public Works. On another note, work will soon begin on another sanitary sewer update. Within the next week televising and cleaning of sewer lines will take place and lining should begin around the first week of November. Those of you in the affected areas will receive notification from Miller Pipeline when the actual work will begin. A friendly reminder that the city will offer free shredding on Saturday, Nov. 14 behind City Hall from a.m. to Noon. Dennis B. Buckley, Mayor City of Beech Grove VIEWS The Southside Times ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 5 HUMOR OUR VIEW ‘Tis the season holidays are spooky A manager at a local grocery store was moving Halloween decorations to prepare the shelves for the next display. As a customer walked by, she exclaims, “It’s not time for Christmas already!” The manager shoots back a smile and says, “No, I’m getting ready for Valentine’s Day.” Yes, he was joking, but it really is a sign of how fast these next few months are going to go by. We have Halloween next Saturday. Thanksgiving in November. Christmas in December. Or Hanukkah in between. Whatever you do or don’t celebrate, it’s likely these next few months will be filled with holidayrelated activities. Don’t get too caught up in it all, but do take the time to enjoy everything we have to offer on the Southside. We love to promote our local events – and we have some great ones available for families, no matter your interest or budget. Halloween-themed events will begin this weekend. Greenwood has its Monster Mash on Oct. 23, 6 – 8:30 p.m. at the Greenwood Community Center. Southport has a free Halloween parade and party on Oct. 24, 5 p.m. parade and 6 – 9 p.m. party at the Southport Community Center. The Garfield Park area has its Ghoulish Garfield on Oct. 28 and 29, 1 – 4 p.m. at Garfield Park. Beech Grove Parks Department will host this Halloween party with a Silly Safari show on Oct. 31, 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the senior center. There is so much more – so be sure to check our calendar for up-todate listings or email your events to news@ ss-times.com. We’re looking forward to the upcoming holidays: to seeing children looking cute in their costumes, to time spent with family and friends, to seeing how Southside residents will come together to give back to one another or celebrate. Just be sure to slow it down enough to enjoy it all! QUOTE OF THE WEEK "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt Editor's Note: Backshop will resume next week in The Southside Times. Top ten useless excuses us guys need to avoid By Torry Stiles 10. Last night it didn't look so bad. 9. I didn't see any cops. HUMOR 8. It'll bleach out. Feedback: From pain to… well, not so painful Commentary by Gus Pearcy You know that high-pitched screech that can sometimes come from a sound system? You quickly jerk to cover your ears because of the intensity and unpleasantness of what is commonly called feedback. Feedback is also what we call criticism of our performance at work or even in our personal lives. It can be an ear-wrenching task to listen to someone spout off about our performance. It makes you want to cover your ears and run for the nearest ice cream shop. We blame the messenger. If the recipient isn't liking the feedback it must be the fault of the manager giving it. Did you ever think we just don't know how to take criticism? No matter how artful critiques are offered; they only work if the receiver is ready to listen. A book titled Thanks for the Feedback by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone tackles the issue of feedback from a new perspective. Early in my writing career, I had a horrible time with feedback. This was a smash on my identity in a field where I wasn't comfortable. As my skills grew, I became more accepting of feedback. My mindset was one of learning. If feedback threatens our self-perception, it generates feelings of anguish and we become defensive sometimes. That's the thing: We want to learn to be better, but we have to be ready to listen and mull over the advice. Our human blind spot is ourselves. We can't see how we come across to others. Our mind is constantly aware of our intentions whether or not we telegraph those to others is the key to great communication. How often have you received feedback just to blow it off because you don't respect the giver? Another feedback problem is truth. What if you don't believe the feedback? A manager gives you feedback about your sales presentation and tells you to be more aggressive? You think you're already pretty aggressive. Do you ask questions about specific behaviors, or are you offended by the notion and blow it off. Learning to give feedback is helpful, but we should also work on how to hear it without inserting our fingers in our ears. One way to change our perception of feedback is to ask for a simple suggestion to improve. Don't wait for the large dossier during review time. Simply ask. It can go both ways. It can be a request from a boss or a subordinate. Feedback is a constant process and most people can easily think of one or two things to make you better. This tactic works in two ways. It will change the perception that you are not open to feedback (because you were dumb enough to ask) and that you really want to improve changing future feedback from a compassionate giver. Criticism is tough to take most times. But it gives us all an opportunity to improve ourselves which, in turn, makes us better and more readily accepted. Gus Pearcy is a contributing columnist to The Southside Times. He may be reached at (317) 4036485 or [email protected]. Gus blogs frequently at guspearcy communications.wordpress.com. 7. I saw them do it on TV. It looked easy. There wasn't this much smoke when they did it. Blame the TV people. 6. We're insured.... Right? 5. Batman can, so can I. 4. I wanted to see how fast it would go not how fast it would stop. 3. I thought the kid would duck. 2. Yes, there was alcohol involved. No, I wasn't drunk. If I was drunk I couldn't have climbed the water tower, now, could I? 1. Now, honey. You told me you didn't care what I did at deer camp. So this is kind of your fault, you know. BELIEVE IT! Our nation has all sorts of arcane, nonsensical laws on the books. Each week, we’ll share one with you… In Hawaii, coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears. -dumblaws.com The Southside Times welcomes letters to the editor in good taste. All submissions are subject to editing. Please send to [email protected]. All letters must be signed. Please include a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. 6 HALLOWEEN 2015 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times Goodbye to the ghosts of faded childhood memories HAUNTS & JAUNTS By Rick Hinton Where could one find a wise-cracking cowboy, two pretty ladies with million dollar smiles emceeing syndicated cartoons, and a weekly ghoul with a sarcastic sense of banter, arising from his coffin to show B-level horror movies? A familiar landmark on the Southside— the pale yellow WTTV-4 television studio— Adrian’s Not So Spooky Halloween Nights October 23rd & 24th 6:00PM to 9:00PM EVENING’S EVENTS: MINI HAYRIDES • FACE PAINTING HALLOWEEN CRAFTS • SCAVANGER HUNT U-PICK PUMPKINS Adrian Orchard 784-0550 500 W. Epler 784-7783 housed those personalities in an era of locally produced, low budget programming where, with a little innovation, anything was possible. The rectangular building located at 3490 Bluff Rd. sat empty for several years in a weed strewn lot with its lone antenna still reaching into an Indianapolis sky. Its heyday produced an exciting Mecca of live shows and creative thinking, often pushing the boundaries. However, its time came and went. In October of 2015 it was bulldozed to the ground. Bloomington resident and entrepreneur Sarkes Tarzian was the founder of one of the country’s first small town television stations. Originating in Bloomington, the station eventually transitioned to the location on Bluff Road, keeping the southern operation as a satellite station. What started as an affiliate feed for the ‘big’ boys—ABC and NBC—changed as tiny WTTV-4 became independent, airing their own newscasts, local sporting events, talk shows, syndicated cartoons and old movies. Consequently there emerged a diverse catalog of personalities quickly becoming central Indiana household names. I tried to get permission to tour the historical building before its demise. The own- at Marion County Fairgrounds …can you survive? Open Oct. 21-25, 28-31 Fri-Sat, 7-12pm Sun, Wed, Thurs, 7-10pm Prices: Tickets $20; VIP: $27 Group of 15/$15 each; Children under 10/FREE 7300 E. Troy Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46239 (317) 919-9347 or (317) 787-8486 theasylumhouse.com COUPON ! Bring this ad and get $2.00 OFF WORLD WIDE SIMULTANEOUS DANCE EVENT OF “THRILLER” FOR WORLD RECORDS & CHARITY! Saturday, Oct. 24: 3pm-6pm World Record attempt 6pm Sharp! Wear Your Zombie Gear! $5 Donation to Register at Learn the Dance@ wildheartassociation.com All dancers must report 1 hour prior to be counted. Arrive early to learn the dance. Please bring old cell phones to donate. Benefiting the Wild Heart Association (non-profit charitable organization that fights domestic violence) The WTTV-4 building on Bluff Road was demolished this month. Photo by Laura Brown Hinton er stated the roof was too unstable to allow anyone inside. I wasn’t looking for ghosts. Well at least not of that sort, but rather ghosts of faded childhood memories where a camera sitting in the center of the studio would rotate 360 degrees, locking in on different sets, and different hosts that I remember to this day: Cowboy Bob (Bob Glaze) and lunch hour’s Chuck Wagon Theater. He would almost wink at you with the absurdity of it all; teacher Janie Hodge in several incarnations (Popeye & Janie and Janie’s Treehouse). She had a killer smile and wore short skirts; Peggy Nicholson with Peggy’s World and Peggy & Popeye. Dimples, cute and so bubbly you felt she would just float away; Sammy Terry’s Nightmare Theater. Bob Carter made Friday nights so campy that the movie played second fiddle to his undead charm and wit. There were the staple talk shows, Bob Braun and Jim Gerard, along with frequent Ronald McDonald (Don Barnes) appearances. And when Championship Wrestling alumni Dick the Bruiser (William Afflis) stopped by, it was always a memorable visit. There are those ghosts we have to let go in time. Thanks for the memories, WTTV! Rick Hinton, a Southport resident, loves researching things that go bump in the night. His articles can be read on Facebook: Rick Hinton, Southport Paranormal Examiner. Hinton conducts paranormal investigations with his team, South Central Paranormal. AROUND TOWN Dept. of Public Safety announces trick-or-treat hours Indianapolis Department of Public Safety has announced trick-or-treat hours for Halloween in Indianapolis and is also offering Glow Bracelets and tips to help trick-ortreaters stay safe. Trick-or-treat hours in Indianapolis will be from Oct. 31, 6 – 8 p.m. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is planning extra patrols and enforcement in neighborhoods during that time. Trick-or-treaters can also receive treats from their neighborhood firefighters and police officers by stopping by any neighbor- hood Indianapolis Fire Department station, and three IMPD District Headquarters, between 6 and 8 p.m. This year, through the generous support of the Indy Public Safety Foundation, IMPD, IFD and IEMS will also be handing out red, white and blue Glow Bracelets to provide another level of safety for children as they trick-or-treat. The Glow Bracelets will be available at locations including IMPD Southeast District, 1150 Shelby St. and IMPD Southwest District - 551 King Ave. The Southside Times HALLOWEEN 2015 ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 7 WHO YA GONNA CALL? Three Southside paranormal investigators share their experiences and beliefs on things that cannot be explained They don’t talk about it much but they acknowledge it’s going on. My mom talked about how she saw her dead sister playing, laughing and running but she was suspended in the air. That got my interest going as a kid. I dismissed it as a teenager. I would still kind of follow it in books. It always piqued my interest but it was always in the background.” When Hinton moved from Oregon back to home in the mid ‘80s, he said that’s when things came around full circle. His father passed away at the Lake house, and he experienced some unusual things relating to him – the smell of By Nicole Davis Paranormal investigators can sit in silence for hours, lis- his cologne in the air or the sound of someone clearing their tening and waiting for the sounds and sights of paranormal throat like his dad used to do. He found an interest in paranormal TV shows and finally activity that may or may not be there. But sometimes, that found Indy Ghost Trackers, a large group which would visit waiting and paying close attention pays off when they find commercial venues in search for the paranormal. He grew the unexpected. “The one that gets my heart pumping was at Waverly Hills tired of political infighting that comes from a larger group, Cemetery in Louisville,” said Rick Hinton, of South Central left and became part a small group which formed their own Paranormal. “They have what they call a death tunnel. It’s a team, Everyday Paranormal. This team helped scout out potunnel cut through the hillside going to a road below. When tential locations for the TV show, Ghost Lab, which was people started dying of TB they started using that tunnel to canceled after its second season. He started another team, take the bodies down so residents wouldn’t see them carted SciMinds, before joining North Central Paranormal. “I enjoyed the company of those people,” he said. “Everyout the front door. Tunnels have a reputation for having a lot of paranormal activity. We shot a laser light down the tun- one was professional. Everyone was friends. Steve Edwards nel. All of a sudden that laser light is coming toward us like split the group into branches: South central paranormal is what I’m in now. We’ll do two fun little paysomeone is walking up that shoot with the laing things a year but generally we do private ser on their chest. It’s drawing closer and closhome investigations.” er. About 30 feet from us, the laser stopped Hinton said a lot of people get into doing and shot right back down the tunnel. Someparanormal investigations for the wrong reathing was walking toward us.” sons, like money or fame, and he was looking Here, three Southside residents share their for a group that would use their interest in the experiences and what influenced them to beparanormal to help people, which is what he gin seeking out that paranormal activity. does with the private home investigations. “When you go into a home situation, that’s South Central Paranormal a different ball park,” Hinton said. “You’re dealing with someone that’s on the edge of Rick Hinton leaving their house.” Hinton said the reality of the ramifications Rick Hinton was leaving his late mother’s Rick Hinton of death, why some people leave and some home in Kentucky two weeks ago when he rePhoto by Nicole Davis don’t, doesn’t really hit you until it hits you at alized he left his phone in the garage. He went to retrieve it but the phone wasn’t where he left it. He finally home. Earlier this year, before his mother died, he said the found it – hanging from the doorknob from the strap on the paranormal activity reignited at the lake home in Kentucky. “She was definitely talking to people, looking at people,” phone case – a place he wouldn’t have left it and couldn’t have accidentally gotten there. That’s just one strange occur- he said. “My sister-in-law lived there 24//7. There was crarence in a series of events that Hinton has experienced in zy stuff going on while that was happening. Sounds – feeling real oppressed. When people are on their death bed, the the house. “I got an interest in (the paranormal) in Kentucky as a house takes on a real thick blanket. The moment my mom kid,” Hinton said. “People in Kentucky are very superstitious. died, the house, the heaviness, was gone. Did the things that "Death Tunnel" at Waverly Hills Cemetery, Louisville. Submitted Photo were there when she was going, have they left? No, not really. Every time I go down there, like this past trip, there’s something weird that goes on.” Hinton said paranormal investigating for him is more about a personal interest, questions he would like to have answered. He said they all have the same questions, and there have been no answers. “It’s a mysterious world out there,” Hinton said. “When you have an experience that you can’t explain, you might see things through another set of eyes.” For anyone looking to get into paranormal investigating, Hinton said to be sure to get into it for the right reasons. What is not shown on TV are the long hours spent sitting in silence in the dark, listening and waiting for something that may or may not happen, hours spent afterwards listening to recordings taken during the investigation, to again potentially not find anything. “It’s more of what you hear,” he said. “We set out visual audio recording. We have hours and hours of this stuff to listen to. So we hear a lot of audio and shadow movement. You’ll get something in pictures. Do you see full blown apparitions? No, not usually. You may go your whole investigative career and not see anything.” Hinton began sharing his experiences on the paranormal in articles on examiner.com. One reader struck up a conversation with him on Facebook about the topic. He met that reader, Laura Brown, one day at Gas Light Inn on the Southside of Indianapolis, a place said to have paranormal activity. Who Ya Gonna Call continued on pages 8-9 8 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com Who Ya Gonna Call continued from page 7 Together, they sat in the basement, listening to see if they heard anything. They didn’t. Two years later and Laura has gone on all but one paranormal investigation with Hinton. They married on Labor Day this year. “She’s very level-headed and somewhat sensitive,” Hinton said. “I rely on her instincts, when she says something’s not right. It’s good have someone there you can trust.” While his main focus is private home investigations, Hinton said there are a couple of larger places he looks forward to visiting this year, including an infirmary in West Virginia and an elementary school in Ohio. For more information on his group, visit norcenpara.net/south_central_paranormal.htm and read his weekly column here in The Southside Times. HALLOWEEN 2015 few friends. S.I.G.H.T. Paranormal was formed late 2012, his team which investigates residential cases. The group is part of some paranormal societies, which help assign cases to different teams. “There are areas that no one touches and those are where we started going,” Thrasher said. “We aren’t there for the whole ‘come look at me’; we’re here to find out what we can. There’s too much evidence that people have come across, too much to say there’s something else out there.” Thrasher said his memorable experience is documented S.I.G.H.T. Chris Thrasher Chris Thrasher was 16 when he had his first experience with the paranormal. After his grandpa decided to move to Missouri from a small town in Northern Indiana, Thrasher was given the task to drive one of two cars, his grandpa’s car for Chris Thrasher the move. He was a new driver, Photo by Nicole Davis driving the old vehicle with no radio and no air conditioning that summer. They each carried CB radios to communicate to one another. “I enjoy this story. I get chills every time I tell it,” Thrasher said. “It was an interesting introduction to the weird things out there.” They were in Illinois when they hit a construction zone, a long 45-mile stretch of construction. There were two or three cars in between Thrasher and his family, a semi directly in front of him. “Highway hypnosis is fully set in, so I'm sitting here like I’m going to fall asleep,” he said. “I hear a voice on the CB that’s says ‘watch out kid.’ It startles me, and I was trying to figure out what it was. About 10 seconds later the tire of the truck in front of me blew out, rubber everywhere. I asked my grandpa, ‘how did you know that would happen?’ They didn’t know what I was talking about, hadn’t heard it. From that point I was always curious as to what was it, why did it warn me?” Thrasher decided he really wanted to pursue his interest of the paranormal, and formed an investigative team with a The Southside Times on S.I.G.H.T. Paranormal’s account on the Sound Cloud app. They set up for an investigation at Thornhaven Manor in New Castle, Ind. The front room is set up to where there is a couch against the wall, and on the other side of the wall is a staircase. They were sitting on the couch and shut all doors in the house aside from the one that leads to the staircase. They heard noise over the Ovilus, a device which converts energy into words, then a loud crash on the staircase. “For every piece that we think we know, we get 20 more questions,” Thrasher said. “Some of the stuff that we have put together at this point, we’ve noticed if there is a person who is not ready to leave their physical body, you’re more likely to come across the impulses and residual from that person.” Thrasher, who works as a deputy for the Marion County Sheriff ’s Department, said that while he hasn’t had as much time this year to invest in the paranormal investigations, he has plans for places he wants to visit next, and theories that he would like to test such as whether digital recording or cassette recording will produce more evidence. His hypothesis is that cassettes will produce more results. “Our agent has a saying and I like it,” Thrasher said. “The paranormal is normal. The supernatural is natural. They’re just not yet understood.” More information on S.I.G.H.T. Paranormal can be found on Instagram, Facebook, youtube, Sound Cloud and sightparanormal.net. Paranormal in Ohio. Submitted Photo SPIRIT Tim Poynter What do you hope to learn, personally, from conducting paranormal investigations? “I wanted to prove that they (the spirits) are actually who they portray to be. I want to know, why did this person leave and this person stay behind? I want to know if we have a choice.” – Rick Hinton, of Southport South Central Paranormal “I’d really like to know what happens once our physical body ceases to function. I am one of those believers that matter isn’t created or destroyed, it’s just reassigned.” – Chris Thrasher, of Perry Township S.I.G.H.T. Paranormal “There is a here-after. There is a place that we go. When I first started, I thought that. I always felt there was something after this. But now because I’ve had so many experiences, I know that there is something after this. That kind of takes away that fear of death. To me and a lot of the people I work with, dying is just the physical side of you and it's not the spiritual side of you that dies. To me, it’s a blessing to know what everyone wants to know; what’s after this?” – Tim Poynter, of Franklin Township Spirit Paranormal Tim Poynter Photo by Nicole Davis There is no doubt in Tim Poynter, Franklin Township resident, that there are spirits that walk this earth – souls that may be lost and need help finding their way to where they belong. That’s why he’s not searching for ghosts; he’s trying to make a connection with them through his participation in the Indianapolis-based group, Spirit Paranormal. “Our job with Spirit Paranormal is to help people that have issues with spirits, but also to help the spirits,” Poynter said. “We don’t go in and just say ‘oh yeah, you have ghosts.’ That’s kind of like a painter going in a home, saying ‘you have to paint that wall,’ and leaving. We go in, try to establish who’s there, why they’re there and try to solve it.” Poynter’s interest in the paranormal began at a young age, after a plane crashed in London, Ind., not far from his home. He said it created a large paranormal area that everyone would talk about. He would go to the site to explore. “I met a couple of groups, joined them to see what they were doing,” Poynter said. “It always seemed to me that it came down to someone was looking for money to do something. That was not for me. I do a lot for charity. I want to help people.” Helping is the focus of Spirit Paranormal, which concentrates on private investigations and ridding a house of ghosts or paranormal activity. The five-member group will often work with other local groups on cases, when they need help or more people. “When I first started this group, I thought our job was to help the spirit cross over,” Poynter said. “As I found out, that’s not really a goal. Some of the spirits are supposed to be here. Others are stuck. We try to help those who feel like they’re stuck.” This time of year is the busiest for Poynter, as interest in HALLOWEEN 2015 The Southside Times The SPIRIT paranormal team. Submitted Photo the paranormal always peaks before Halloween. He volunteers to walk the Irvington Ghost Tours, indianaghosttours. org, which take place on Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. There will be two daily tours on Oct. 30 and 31, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., meeting at 10 S. Johnson Ave., Indianapolis. The tour spans a mile and a half, talking about the history of Irvington and its ghostly activity. Cost is $15, which includes a book by tour guide, Al Hunter. The group will host its Spirit Academy on Nov. 7, taking people who have never done anything with paranormal and showing them the equipment, teaching them how to use it and teaching them how to use their intuitive side to work with ghosts. “What I hope to do is help, to teach people to connect with spirits,” Poynter said. “People think being haunted is a Maria, a six year old spirit that resides in the Irving Theater. Submitted Photo ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 Projectionist, a protector spirit from the Irving Theater. Submitted Photo bad thing. Being haunted is part of being alive.” Poynter said he will often go on an investigation with people saying they have a demon in their house. “Come to find out, it’s just mom, grandma or grandpa,” he said. “They just don’t know how to interpret it... I’ve had some really touching investigations. One was on 10th street near Irvington where they lost their daughter to drugs. They had a lot of activity in the house. The activity would mimic the actions of the daughter. We did a two week investigation. At the end of the investigation, the stepdad had written a letter to her about how he felt. When she died, the letter had disappeared. We found out that she had the letter. They said there’s no way she could have it. He had it after she passed on. A week later they called and said we were right. He had taken the letter and put it in the casket with her. When I Spirit, close-up. Photo by Cheryl Auberry from Central States Medical History museum. went back and did the EVP work, at the very end, we got a very clear thank you for making the connection with her step-father.” Poynter is retired and spends his time doing handyman and charity work. He says his biggest thrill is to help someone realize that it’s true, ghosts do exist, and he looks forward to continuing to do just that. “All of our cases are by word of mouth,” he said. “Someone had a problem and run into someone that had a problem. One of my favorite saying is the spirit will find a way. We end up in the weirdest places with the oddest connections but it’s always some place that we needed to be.” For more information, visit Spirit Paranormal on Facebook. Criminal Record NEW EXPUNGEMENT LAW MAY HELP HAUNTING You? GET RID OF IT! D2ave B yers C L nD 9 hanCe awyer (317) 787-8395 • BeechGroveLaw.com 1818 Main St. Beech Grove, IN 46107 10 HALLOWEEN 2015 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times AROUND TOWN Kool Smiles is a partner for Fourth Annual ‘Operation Troop Treats’ Kool Smiles, a dental care provider in Indianapolis, is coordinating for the fourth year ‘Operation Troop Treats’, a program that helps give kid’s teeth a post-Halloween break while giving our U.S. troops serving overseas a sweet reminder of their home. Operation Troop Treats encourages children and their families to visit a local Kool Smiles dental office between Oct. 30 and Nov. 4 to exchange their Halloween candy for toys. The donated candy will then be sent in care packages to U.S. troops serving overseas via Operation Gratitude. In addition to the candy cargo, Kool Smiles is donating the funds to cover the assembly and shipment of 200 Operation Gratitude care packages to overseas troops, which will include dental kits from Kool Smiles. Kool Smiles offices include: Indianapolis Kool Smiles, Target Ctr., 3658 East St., Indianapolis, IN 46227, (317) 781-5667. For more information, visit mykoolsmiles. com/trooptreats. 015 AAA Insurance shares Halloween safety tips During the Halloween season, no one chooses the trick over the treat, but sometimes, mischief simply can't be avoided. "Unfortunately, property vandalism and injuries tend to spike on Halloween night," said Greg Seiter, public affairs manager for AAA Hoosier Motor Club. "So, it's important to make sure you're covered for whatever hijinks might occur." Prepare for Pranksters Vehicles are nearly twice as likely to be vandalized on Halloween as on an average day, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. To avoid having your car egged or even stolen, park it in a secure garage or a safe, well-lit area. Double check that car doors are locked and windows are up. Arm your car alarm if you have one. Look out for Black cats, blind spots and Batman Drive slowly and be on the lookout for creatures that can appear from almost anywhere. Turn your headlights on earlier in the day to spot children from greater distances. 2 Creepy Cats and Halloween Hounds Photo Contest Don't hesitate to use your horn if you're concerned that trick-or-treaters may not see you coming. Never drink and drive. Light up the night Generous lighting outside of your home will help keep the creeps away while providing safe passage to party guests and trick-ortreaters. Make sure walkways and stairs are clear of debris and well-lit to help prevent slips, trips and falls. Follow safe pumpkin protocol Keep candles, lit jack-o-lanterns, matches and lighters where children can't reach. Trick-or-treaters in unwieldy costumes - or masks that limit sight - are particularly at risk of brushing against open flames. Use flameless candles if possible. Beware the brew Keep a close eye on party guests. Depending on local laws, you could be liable for injuries that partygoers cause to themselves or others while still at your party or driving home. Serve non-alcoholic beverages and food along with your preferred potion. Stop serving alcohol at least one hour before the party ends. For more information on AAA Hoosier Motor Club, visit AAA.com. 1st Place 2014 Fuzzy / Eric Lough Tippy / Angela Bagoly 2nd Place 2014 We know Southsiders love their pets, but we also know that they love Halloween! To celebrate this spooky and festive time of year, The Southside Times is holding the Creepy Cats and Halloween Hounds Photo Contest! All we need from you is your best photo of your cat, dog, or other pet dressed in their Halloween best, as well as your name and the name of your pet. Our staff will choose the top three and they’ll win great prizes, not to mention your pet and all other entries will be published in the Oct. 29 Issue! Please e-mail your image to [email protected] by Oct. 23 or drop a photo by our office at 7670 US 31 South, Indianapolis, 46227. For more information, call (317) 300-8782. The Southside Times TIMESOGRAPHY Park it By Nicole Davis ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 11 Southport Lions and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield partner for beautification of Southport Park Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield partnered with The Lions Club of Southport Inc. on Oct. 17, with more than 30 volunteers coming to help with landscaping and fall clean-up. “It worked wonderfully,” said AJ Johnson, president Southport Lions. “The Anthem people were extremely pleasant and hard workers. I think they truly enjoyed themselves, judging by the number of people playing on the playground equipment after they were done. Everyone seemed happy. It was a very good experience.” Volunteers painted all of the parking lot bumpers yellow, painted the sheds, the enclosure for the dumpster, did general cleanup of dead wood and debris from along the creek and more. Southport Park, 6901 Derbyshire Rd., closed to the public from Oct. 12 to 18, allowing for the maintenance department to prep for and lay down 160 cubic yards of mulch – one and a half semi loads, according to Rob Bettcher, head of maintenance. The parks department was awarded a $1,000 grant from Lions Club International which helped purchase some of the mulch. Southport Park will see more improvements in the coming year, as Renaissance Electronic Services (RES) donated $50,000 to support improvements to accommodate children with disabilities. The Indianabased business in national dental industry services which announced that it is opening a sixth location in Southport. In addition to volunteering in the park, the Southport Lions recently donated 10 body cameras to the Southport Police Department. They will sell food and drinks at the city’s family-friendly Mardi Grasthemed Halloween Party on Oct. 24, 6 – 9 p.m., with those proceeds going to their general fund which supports community initiatives. “(The park clean-up) worked out well for the city in terms of making the park look good before this coming Halloween weekend event,” Johnson said. “Getting the mulch down was important for the play areas, but the park just looks nicer.” (Submitted Photos) Top, left: Montie Hall prepares some tools for park clean-up. Top, right: Lions Club of Southport Inc. and volunteers from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Left, middle: Southport Mayor Jesse Testruth and Lion AJ Johnson. (Photo by Nicole Davis) Bottom, left: Southport Park on Oct. 16, a day before volunteers came to help finish improvements on and around the park. (Submitted Photos) Bottom, middle: Southport resident and Redevelopment Commission Vice President Duane Langreck volunteers in the park on Oct. 17. Bottom, right: Anthem volunteers spend a little time playing after their work cleaning up the park. 12 COMMUNITY Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times Lawsuit against Beech Grove clerk-treasurer Dan McMillan goes to federal courts women in his office, yelling and rude response to city department heads and to the public. The council sued McMillan last year By Bruce C. Smith when he refused to include one of the resBeech Grove Clerk-treasurer Dan McMilignation letters in the minutes of a council lan intends to fight in court against a Federal meeting. lawsuit that accuses him of being a bully and The new lawsuit was filed Aug. 26 creating a hostile work environment in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis in City Hall. by Julie Lockwood, the administraTwo city employees filed the suit tive assistant to Mayor Dennis Buckagainst McMillan and also named the ley, and also by Linda Mohr, who is a city of Beech Grove as a defendant, clerk in the city’s sanitation departsince the name-calling and harassment. Both women have worked for ment allegedly happened in the muthe city more than 18 years. Their sevDan McMillan nicipal building on Main Street. At en-page suit does not ask for a speleast eight women have made similar cific monetary amount but it does ask complaints. for back pay and other damages and His attorney says the timing of the also for the city to adopt policies and trainsuit appears politically motivated, coming a ing to prevent more incidents. few weeks before the Nov. 3 election, when Lockwood and Mohr filed complaints McMillan is seeking a second four-year last spring with the state Equal Employment term. Opportunity Commission, claiming sex disHowever, this is not the first time for such crimination and alleging a hostile work envicomplaints against McMillan. A separate inronment. In May, the EEOC found that the vestigation conducted for the Beech Grove women could sue. City Council more than a year ago report“McMillan has subjected many women, ed similar allegations of verbal harassment, including Lockwood and Mohr, to harassbelittling and degrading comments toward ment, intimidation, yelling and belittling,” FEATURE Are you looking for a career in APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE or SALES? JOIN US AT THE RENAISSANCE ELECTRONIC SERVICES JOB FAIR WE ARE GROWING FAST! 35 POSITIONS AVAILABLE! Tuesday, Oct. 27, 4-8 p.m. • Crown Plaza Hotel 123 West Louisiana Street • Downtown Indianapolis Please bring a current resumé with you to the event. Health care or insurance industry experience preferred. Renaissance provides integrated solutions for the dental industry. More than 28,000 dentists use our services each year to process more than 65 million claims. Stop by to learn more about joining our team and the full range of benefits we offer! More information: res-llc.com RES job fair print ad Southsider.indd 1 attorneys Barry A. Macey and Quincy E. Saur claim in the suit they filed on behalf of the two city employees. Among the incidents cited in the lawsuit is a claim that “McMillan has called Lockwood a pain in the a.. and stated that his goal is to get rid of her. And he prohibited her from entering his (the clerk’s) side of the building, where the restroom is located.” There are more restrooms on the other side of the building where Lockwood now works with the mayor. The suit also says McMillan has called Mohr “a liar, and turns his head when he walks by her in the hallway and yells at her in a hostile tone.” McMillan’s attorney Karen CelestinoHorseman denied the claims and said, “Dan’s a fine man and these allegations are baseless.” McMillan could not be reached for comment but his attorney said the timing of the suit seems politically opportunistic. The lawsuit was filed but unnoticed by news media for weeks until copies were distributed recently. She also pointed to language in the investigation report to the council last year that could be interpreted as “a roadmap” to politically knock McMillan from office in this year’s election. “There are two sides to every story. Dan wants to address these allegations in court. For now, he’s trying to run on his record and rise above this mess,” she said. “Some people get upset at some belt tightening. But the city has gone from a deficit to a surplus.” Mayor Buckley declined to comment about details in the lawsuit since the city is a defendant. “I’m not privy to the nuts and bolts of the case,” he said, adding that he would be “very disappointed” if the allegations of a hostile workplace are proven to be true. The mayor acknowledged that he has been aware of an unusual number of women leaving their jobs with the city since McMillan Place Your Ad! 2016 GGCC Community Guide ide wood GreeConmmunity Gu 2015 r Greate nity Our Commu y ss & Industr Busine ng & Shoppi Arts & Dining inment Enterta tion Golf Tuesday October 27 4-8 p.m. 10/19/15 9:00 AM came into office in 2012. The council investigation last year reported at least eight resigned or were fired, citing issues with McMillan. The mayor is seeking re-election but notably is not running alongside fellow Democrat McMillan. Details of the allegations contained in the seven-page lawsuit are very similar to a nine-page report to the council in June 2014 by attorney Amy J. Adolay with Ogletree Deakins. The law firm was hired by the council to investigate complaints from both men and women claiming to have been verbally abused by McMillan. A three-page redacted version of the report, without names, was released by the council in July 2014. The full report, including names, was confidential until recently, when it became a public document through the state’s open records law. At least 14 men and women were interviewed in that investigation. Nearly all of them reported second-hand or personal experience with a pattern of behavior particularly directed toward women in City Hall, but also toward men and women department heads, top brass in the police and fire departments, the director of the senior services agency, vendors to the city and the public. The report said McMillan was overheard “yelling at the top of his voice” at the city’s traffic court judge in a closed-door meeting with the mayor. Top ranking police and fire officials said they tried to avoid McMillan as much as possible because of his repeated abusive behavior. The council report disclosed that at least eight women left jobs with the city claiming to have been victims of harassment, intimidation, discrimination and belittling from McMillan. Men and women told the council’s investigator that workers in the office would often appear upset and crying. & Recrea s orhood Neighb Health Look Insid Care ion Educat n ortatio Transp s Utilitie ment Govern e! Big to be Looks wood 2015 Green Year for h Growt pages 10-11 er ber Partn Cham Profiles pages 12-13 unity Our Comm ation Inform pages 16-36 A total of 6,000 copies will be distributed to Chamber members, local families, visitors, new residents, new businesses, as well as from the Chamber office, Greenwood City Center, Greenwood Airport, local hotels and businesses. Moreover, it will be seen by more than 40,000 Chamber website visitors. Publishes November 13, 2015. gs ess Listin Busin pages 38-68 For more information, contact: Katy Cavaleri [email protected] • (317) 313-5033 CONNECTING My SOUTHSIDE. CENTER GROVE COMMUNITY The Southside Times Southside News Quiz How well do you know your Southside community? Test your current event knowledge each week with a little Q&A! 1 Indy Family Farms of Greenwood posted on its Facebook page on Oct. 19 that its corn crop is 56 percent complete and soybean crop is ______ complete. The dry weather has contributed to good conditions to harvesting and field work this year. A. 98 percent B. 45 percent C. 75 percent D. 56 percent 2 Southport Park was closed for a week for what reason? The park opened back up to the public on Oct. 18. A. The city prepared for Halloween B. To clean up from a large rainstorm C. Mulch was added to the playground area D. For a family reunion 3 Forbes recently named Indianapolis to which place on the list of 25 cities where your paycheck will go the farthest? A. 1 B. 5 C. 10 D. 20 4 Which Southside organization announced that it received its 501c3 accreditation this week? A. Warrior’s Hope B. Humble Impressions C. Restore Old Town Greenwood D. Handi-capable Hands 5 Which Southside high school is hosting a school-wide community service day on Oct. 30? A. Greenwood B. Franklin Central C. Perry Meridian D. Beech Grove Answers found on page 20 ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 13 14 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times COMMUNITY Photo by Nicole Davis Nick Roll Firefighter says he couldn’t image a day that he didn’t work for Greenwood Fire BEHIND the BADGE Serving at Station 91 in Greenwood is where Nick Roll says he feels most at home. Having graduated from Ivy Tech with a degree in fire science in 2001, he began working part-time for the Greenwood Fire Department in 2002. In 2007 he was hired full-time to the fire department in Franklin, still maintaining his part-time status in Greenwood. He left Franklin last year to go full-time in Greenwood. “This is where I started, where I learned to do the job,” Roll said. “I was 21 when I started here. I’ve stayed here in some capacity for the past 13 years. I really couldn’t see a time that I didn’t work at Greenwood Fire Department. I like the size of the city. The whole city of Greenwood is put together nice as far as moving forward. I like the atmosphere here.” Roll is a 1998 graduate of Southport High School, currently residing in Franklin Township with his wife, Jamie and three children, Chase, Keeley and Teagan. What was your inspiration to become a police officer/firefighter? I was kind of lost after high school. I tried a couple of different things. I went to Ivy Tech for automotive. I did a semester there and worked a semester for Ford at a dealership. There was nothing wrong with the job. It just wasn’t for me. I was looking at different options and got a book on majors from Ivy Tech. I saw fire science program listed there. I talked to the head of the program; I didn’t know anyone in it at the time. It felt like it was just what I was looking for. I liked the team aspect. I played football in high school and was missing that after I graduated. I found a job where I could be part of a team and make a difference. I enrolled at Ivy Tech and got fire science degree. What has been one of your most gratifying moments on the job? Helping people. I feel like people call us at their weakest moments and we show up trying to make a difference. Not everything we do is a true emergency but those people called us for a reason. They were calling out for help and we show up and try to make their day better. It’s gratifying to know that’s what I do for a living. It’s the little things and it’s the big things. What aspect of the job do you find most challenging? Besides the obvious, the bad runs, the most challenging is missing my family. We are here every third day. I have three kids and a wife. It seems I’m always missing a baseball game, birthdays, holidays. It’s hard on my wife. Life doesn’t stop just because I’m here. We make it work. What do you enjoy doing in your off-time? I like spending time with my kids. Two aren’t in school so I’ll watch them. I try to spend as much family time as I can. What are your future goals, professionally or personally? Professionally, to continue to grow as a fire fighter, take classes, grow in my job and career. What would you have done if you hadn't of became a police officer/firefighter? I was lost when I found this. I didn’t have a second option. Maybe construction or landscaping. Compiled by Nicole Davis COMMUNITY The Southside Times Purchased launches ALLIES program Local nonprofit Purchased has launched a survivor support mentorship program for victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. The ALLIES program, launched officially in October, 2015, will pair female human trafficking survivors aged 12-24 with a community mentor. Based in Indianapolis, Purchased empowers Hoosier communities to end modernday slavery through a curriculum-based prevention program for teen girls. In this new program called ALLIES, Purchased will couple survivors with an older female com- munity “ally” who will meet with her approximately twice per month to link her to community resources, work on socialization and academic or career support, help with child rearing, share a meal, or just be an unwavering friend. Purchased will also provide a quarterly gatherings for “allies” and mentees with a different focus each get-together— from cooking lessons, to community activities, to holiday parties. For more information, visit purchased.org/survivorsupport/. GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG GREENWOOD COMMON COUNCIL Meeting, Oct. 19 ■ What happened? Resolution 15-12 was amended on the spot. The amended wording passed 6-1 and the resolution, including the amendment, passed 5-2. ■ What it means: Resolution 15-12 discusses the creation of a tif district on State Road 135 with additional multi-family dwellings, condos and apartments. Paul Gabriel, CFO for Center Grove Schools, expressed the school system’s concern of the additional housing, and therefore additional students, with how the school will be affected revenue wise to educate and create further classrooms for the additional students. The amendment brought more detail to the resolution in how the government will work together with everyone, helping to create revenue for all. ■ What’s next: The amended wording will be put into writing and signed on for the public to view. The development plans for the additional multi-housing is able to move forward now with the passing vote. SOUTHPORT CITY COUNCIL Meeting, Oct. 19 ■ What happened? Ordinances 15.10.01, .02, .03, .04 and .05 were passed with rules suspended. ■ What it means: All of these ordinances are budget-oriented. The council approved the appropriation and tax rates for its general, local road and street, motor vehicle highway, park and recreation, cumulative capital development funds and redevelopment bond for a total of $891,545 with an adopted tax levy of $321,000 and adopted tax rate of .8192 percent. LECE and public safety funds appropriation is $84,736. Elected officials and city employee pay rates were established. ■ What’s next: The budget has been fully approved for 2016. No additional readings are required. In brief... • The Lions Club of Southport Inc. presented 10 body cameras to the Southport Police Department at the meeting. The police department is currently working on finalizing the policy for how to use the camera. ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 AT&T brings faster network to Southside AT&T has added 10 more new cell towers to its 4G LTE network to give customers faster, more reliable wireless service. They are located in Avon, Fishers, the Greenfield area, Greenwood, Indianapolis, Noblesville, Lawrence and the Lebanon area. The expansion brings to 16 the total number of new cell towers added in the Indianapolis area over the past few months. The locations of the 10 new cell sites are near: GreenwoodI-65 and E. Main St.; E. Thompson Road and Five Points Road. American Staffing Association recognizes Milliner & Associates Milliner & Associates, headquartered in Indianapolis, was recognized with a 2015 American Staffing Association Care Award. This national awards program recognizes outstanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives—business processes that produce an overall positive effect on society—among ASA member staffing firms, associate members (industry suppliers), and affiliated chapters. Milliner & Associates, owned by Rich Millner of Southside of Indianapolis, was honored for “Mentoring Today’s Youth Into Tomorrow’s Leaders” program was created to answer the call of the American Staffing Association to share expertise in career readiness and employability with Jobs for America’s Graduates students—all at-risk youth. For more information, visit millinerandassoc.com. New VP of ambulatory services for Franciscan Alliance Christopher A. DiGiusto was recently appointed vice president of ambulatory services for Franciscan Alliance. Among his duties, DiGiusto will provide operational leadership and direction over Franciscan Alliance’s retail sites and ambulatory services, urgent care and occupational health sites; assist with direct-to-consumer engagement; and development and oversight of all telehealth platforms and services. DiGiusto has held many positions with Franciscan St. Francis Health since joining the organization in 2003. He has served as director of product and business development and manager of business development. He also was a project team leader for information technology implementation. Anthony Davidson About Anthony: for City-County Council - Graduate, Beech Grove High School - Graduate, University of Indianapolis - Serves in the U.S. Air Force Reserve - Serves on Beech Grove City Council, District 3 Member, 2012-Current - Author of Business Friendly Legislation as a Councillor. - Authored creative Public Safety Fund, geared at putting more officers on the street without a tax increase. - Beech Grove Schools Strategic Planning Committee, Member - Beech Grove Health Fair, founding organizer. - Lifelong resident of Beech Grove with wife Heather, and two sons. As your City-County Councilor, Anthony will focus on: Improving Public Safety More Economic Development and Jobs Representing Our Neighborhoods, not Special Interest Southport Police Chief Thomas Vaughn with members of the Southport Lions. Photo by Nicole Davis Compiled by Katie Bowman and Nicole Davis DAVIDSONFORCOUNCIL.COM 15 Paid for and Authorized by The Committee to Elect Anthony Davidson 16 COMMUNITY Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times Oldest Living Person with Down syndrome is in Greenwood In honor of October, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Down Syndrome Indiana (DSI) recognizes Martha “Marsie” Mathauer. Marsie is believed to be the oldest living individual with Down syndrome in the State of Indiana. Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent decades. When Marsie was born in 1935, individuals with Down syndrome weren’t expected to live past 9 or 10 years old. In 1983, an individual with Down syn- drome had a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years. Today, the life expectancy is 60. Yet, Marsie, a resident at University Heights Health and Living Center in Greenwood, has surpassed all odds and celebrated her 80th birthday this past July. Family members describe her as, “such a blessing to all who meet her. She has gifted all of us with her humor, laughter and kind heart.” For more information, visit dsindiana.org. Perry Township Colts fan with autism chosen to be MVP General Manager Terry Moberly enjoys the view of Scotty’s Brew Club at Hillview Country Club. Photo by Nicole Davis Dining with a view Scotty's Brew Club to celebrate grand opening with week-long celebration FEATURE By Nicole Davis Sitting on a patio facing the golf course, diners can enjoy a full meal with a scenic view. Hillview Country Club and Scotty’s Brew House struck up a one-of-a-kind partnership this year when they formed Scotty’s Brew Club. The franchise restaurant opened on July 27 inside of the clubhouse, 1800 E. King St., Franklin. “The distinction is we don’t do exactly what Scotty’s Brew House does,” said General Manager, Terry Moberly, Greenwood resident. “That’s more of a college club in a small community. We have to cater to a different crowd. We added steaks. We have a more extensive wine menu. With this balance, we’re trying to be respectful to our roots and our clientele who want a little more grand dining experience.” Scotty’s Brew Club will host a week-long grand opening celebration from Oct. 26 – Nov. 1. Included in the celebration, they will have activities for children on Oct. 27, 5 – 7 p.m. with face painting, pumpkin painting, Darth Vader and Tinkerbell appearances and gummy worms; the public is invited to watch the Thursday night football game between the Patriots and Dolphins on Oct. 29; Oct. 30 the Franklin Fire Department will come with its fire truck from 5 – 7 p.m. when Fire house Chili will be served for $4, a hay ride around the golf course will take place 5 – 9 p.m. and corn hole tournament at 6 p.m.; and a Haunted Ribbon Cuttying will happen on Oct. 31, 4 p.m. with live music beginning 8 p.m. “Once you find us, you will love us,” Moberly said. For more information about the restaurant and its grand opening events, visit scottysbrewclub.com. Seventeen-year-old Matthew Hovey is so excited about seeing his favorite NFL players – Andrew Luck, Robert Mathis, Pat McAfee and Anthony Costonzo – in person that, a couple of weeks ago, he made a paper chain to help him count down the days. Now he’s down to the last few links on that chain. He’ll be at Lucas Oil Stadium to see the Colts play the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 25. Thanks to his hard work and a partnership between the Colts and Damar Services, Matthew will arrive in style, catching a ride in a limo before getting the full MVP treatment at Lucas Oil Stadium. Diagnosed at a young age with autism spectrum disorder, Asperger's Syndrome and a variety of other issues, Matthew receives help and treatment at Damar Residential Services. Since being placed there about two years ago, he’s made tremendous improvements. That’s been a huge relief to his parents, Chris and Bonnie Hovey of Perry Township, because there was a time when Matthew’s outbursts and tendency to run away meant it was no longer safe for him to live at home. This won’t be the first time Matthew and Chris have seen the Colts, but it will be their first real game. Long-time fans, they attended a preseason game a few years ago, and Chris has also taken his son to a Dwight Freeney camp, a father-son camp with former coach Tony Dungy, and even a celebrity softball game that featured Colts players. Matthew has a collection of Colts autographs. Matt will be joined at the game by his parents and his Damar counselor, Richard Njeri. Ave Maria Guild president attends White House event Ave Maria Guild President Emily Gutzwiller Vance had the privilege to attend the "Welcome Ceremony to the United States" by President Obama at the White House on Sept. 23 in Washington, D.C. She donated two American Papal Visit Items which were given away to two of our Ave Maria Guild members. Pictured from left, Michelle Billings, Emily Gutzwiller Vance and Joan Porten. IN OUR SCHOOLS The Southside Times Calvary Cross Country sends athletes to championship Calvary Lutheran School's cross country team sent six athletes to the Indiana Middle School Cross Country Championships on Oct. 3rd. Despite less than ideal conditions, the runners set many new personal records. Pictured from front left, Nicholas Bell, Xavier Hardiman, Rebekah Caston, Shelby Cooper; back, Coach David Honebrink, Chloe Andre, Savannah Morrall. Calvary Volleyball team wins 2015 tournament Calvary Lutheran School's Varsity volleyball team won the 2015 Trinity Lutheran Volleyball Tournament that took place Oct. 2 - 3. The Lady Knights played well throughout the tournament and defeated a very team from St. John's in the championship game. Pictured, Emily Streib, Abby Caston, Chloe Andre, Jamie Brown, Katie Fites, Cierra Calloway, Gabby Moore, Gaby Hoffman, Lena Skeens, Alyssa Fitzpatrick, Libby Sorenson, Aubrey Evans. The team is coached by Dawn Schultz and Chris Jeffers. Nativity Students Experience Fantasy Club Seventeen Nativity Catholic School Students in grades 5-8 took part in a first-of-its-kind club during Quarter One: Geek Out! The club was designed for boys and girls who are fans of Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Percy Jackson, the Mortal Instruments, comic books, anime, etc. Each of these is commonly called a “fandom.” Over the course of six meetings, the students played a competitive card game in which they debated which “fandom” character would prevail in a battle; wrote and/or illustrated a fanfiction story based on a randomly generated topic; created their own superheroes and origin stories; and shared prize possessions during show and tell. The culminating activity was a game of Quidditch, the wizard sport in the Harry Potter series. With the help of several families, a Quidditch pitch went up on the football field behind the school. Club moderator Mr. Boyle, the middle school literature teacher, got the idea for Geek Out! from his hometown library. Club member, 8th grader Erin Rooney, holds a trophy she won during one of the club’s games. ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 Choose Excellence Choose Roncalli Visit Our Open House Roncalli invites all prospective students in 5th – 8th grades, along with their parents and family members, to join us for Open House 2015 on Thursday, November 5th. All facets of school life at Roncalli will be on display from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Students will be able to visit information booths on all academic, extra-curricular and service organizations and have an opportunity to speak with our students, teachers, coaches, club moderators and school administrators. Tours of the school will be available throughout the entire two hour time period. Please stop by and see why so many people are making Roncalli their choice for high school! For more information, please contact Roncalli High School at (317) 787-8277. Take a closer look. Open House - November 5, 2015 from 6-8 p.m. RONCALLI.ORG 17 18 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com OBITUARIES Yukiko Mikoshiba Baker Yukiko Mikoshiba Baker, 87, of Greenwood, died on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. She was born April 2, 1928 to the late Shigayuki and Yushi Mikoshiba in Tokyo, Japan. Yukiko was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and also enjoyed attending Greenwood Christian Church. She met her husband, Mahlon “Hank” Baker, of 64 years while he was in the US Air Force stationed in Japan; he survives. Yukiko is also survived by her children, Henry Baker (Debbie), Charles Baker (Sharon) and Linda Baker; eight grandchildren, Brad, Jeff, Brittany, John Baker; Rhonda (Jon) Siira & Beverly (Chris) Huntley, Tammy (Joseph) Acker; and Bridgett (Dustin) Belt; 11 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Family and friends gathered Oct. 18 in Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services, 1458 S. Meridian St Indianapolis. A Memorial Service followed. Carolyn Sue Boynton Carolyn Sue Boynton, 66, of Brownsburg, died on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Carolyn was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church. She enjoyed being a grandmother, gardening, cooking, being with her family, listening to music, and taking drives. Carolyn is survived by her husband, Daryl Boynton; son, Kevin G. Boynton and his wife Virginia; grandson, Fletcher Alexander Boynton; sisters, Eileen Holland and Debbie Richards. Calling will be Oct. 24, 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home, 925 Hanna Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227. Graveside Funeral Services will be conducted Oct. 26, 2 p.m. at Marion National Cemetery. James “Jimmy” Eugene Cannon James “Jimmy” Eugene Cannon, age 55, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 12, 2015. He was born on May 29, 1960 to the late James Henry and Sharon Sue (Dennis) Cannon in McLeansboro, Ill. Jimmy served his country honorably in the Army. Survivors include his son, Jason Brockmeier; siblings, Kimberly Balay (Jerry), Kelli Cannon Brown, and Jon Cannon; and nephews, Jacob Runyon, Andrew Balay, Michael Balay. Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements and care were entrusted to Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services. Juanita Collins Juanita Collins, 81, of Indianapolis, died on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. She was born on Aug. 15, 1934 to the late John and Linda (Smith) Collins in Pardee, Virginia. Juanita was a steel worker at Diamond Chain for 34 years, retiring in 1997. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa D. Dunn; sister, Shirley Elkins (Albert); grandchildren, Toby Miller (Gina) and Sheila Miller; and great-grandchildren, Cayden, Mason, Chas and Owen. Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Dunn, of 28 years. A celebration of her life was Oct. 21 in One Body Ministries with Pastor Chris Dunn officiating. Memorial contributions have been suggested to One Body Ministries, Inc., 3132 Carson Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227. Arrangements and care were entrusted to Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services. FOR THE RECORD Angela R. (Spicer) Davis Angela R. (Spicer) Davis, 49, of Indianapolis, died on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2015. She was born Feb. 1, 1966 in Indianapolis to the late William and Linda (Wheeler) Spicer. Angela was married to the late Larry Davis. Angela is survived by stepsons Larry and Donnie Davis; stepdaughter Katherine “Katy” Davis; aunts Tressa Wechsler and Elizabeth “Betsy” Larrabee; uncle Daniel (Martha) Wheeler; several cousins and two special children Mickey and Sammie. Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center is handling the arrangements. Jerry Roscoe Deem Jerry Roscoe Deem, 80, of Franklin, died on Oct. 11, 2015. He was born on Sept. 16, 1935. He worked for Coca Cola and Comfortaire of Indianapolis before retiring. Jerry is survived by his sons, Jerry Ray, Mark Edward, and Thomas Eric; six grandchildren. Sean, Lani, Eric, Haley, Evan and Allyson; one great-grandson, Hunter; siblings, Judy Lambert, Barbara Hall, and Carolyn (Mark) Kritzer; several nieces and nephews; also, caregiver, Shari Deem. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe and Helen Deem; and a son, Ronald Murphy Deem. A graveside service was Oct. 16, 2015 at Greenwood Cemetery, 620 W. Main St., Greenwood. Arrangements have been entrusted to G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home. Barbara Jeanne Dyar Barbara Jeanne Dyar, 82, of Cumberland, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. She was born Jan. 8, 1933 in Indianapolis to the late George and Anna (Owens) Hill. Barbara was married to David Dyar. She was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints- Cumberland Ward. Barbara owned and operated Ye’ Old Sweet Shop in Brown County from1985-1995. She was also employed at Sears spending 10 years downtown and 10 years in the Jewelry Department at Washington Park Square before retiring in 2006. Barbara is survived by her husband, David E. Dyar; children Linda (Gary) Petersen and Bill (Debbie) Ingram; stepchildren, Dana Hansen, Carole Campbell Garry and Larry Dyar; sisters Delores (Rudy) Sperger and Gloria (Clifford) Griesemer; daughter-in-law Karla Ingram; 16 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Barbara is preceded in death by a son Don Ingram. Service for Barbara was Oct. 17 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints- Cumberland Ward, 11220 E. 30th St. Visitation was Oct. 16 at Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center and Oct. 17 at the church. Interment is at New Crown Cemetery. Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association, 50 E 91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Frances L. Ferguson Frances L. Ferguson, 89, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 15, 2015. She was born on Sept. 9, 1926 in Vincennes, Ind. to William and Ruth Brown. Frances is survived by her children, Tony (Sandy) Ferguson, Jon (Kerry) Ferguson, Jacque (Craig) Jones, of Wyoming, and Carol (Tim) Jaynes; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and brother, William Arthur Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, of 67 years, Jack J. Ferguson. A Celebration of Life will be held for both Frances and Jack on Saturday, Oct. 24, 1 p.m. at Bethany Christian Church, 4727 S. Sherman Dr., Indianapolis. Arrangements have been entrusted to G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. Rosemary (Steward) Gabbard Rosemary (Steward) Gabbard, 82, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 14 2015 in Indianapolis. Rosemary was born in Bellville, Ind. on March 10, 1933, a daughter of the late Della Mae (Ogden) and Benjamin F. Steward. Survivors include husband, Earl Gabbard; sons, Ron (Pam) Gabbard and Rick (Vicki) Gabbard; daughter, Mary (Kevin) Crothers; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; niece, Debbie Colley; sister-in-law, Opal (Leslie) Grubbs. She was a member of the Burge Terrace Baptist Church and retired from Emmerich Manual High School after 22 years of service. Services were Oct. 16, 2015 at Bell Mortuary & Crematory, Shangrila Chapel with Pastor Walter Coles officiating. The visitation was Oct. 15 at the mortuary. Burial is in Round Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. Nadine Anne Gantt Nadine Anne Gantt, 81, of Greenwood, died on Oct. 14, 2015. Arrangements are pending at G. H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, 1605 S. State Rd. 135 and Olive Branch Road. Mary Helen Geoghagan Mary Helen Geoghagan, 80, Greenwood, died on Oct. 15, 2015. Survivors include her children, Hurtis (Kathy) Geoghagan, Cecil (Tony) Zink and DeWayne (Adriane) Geoghagan; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and brother, William “Bud” (Lois) Baudendistel. Visitation was Oct. 18 at G. H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home, at The Gardens at Olive Branch, 1605 S. State Rd. 135. The funeral service was Oct. 19 at the funeral home. Burial is at Washington Park East Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Martha J. “Marti” Gibbons Martha J. “Marti” Gibbons, 62, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 15, 2015. She was born on April 11, 1953 in Munford, Tenn. Marti was a spiritual advisor to many. She worked for many geriatric care facilities in the community, she also volunteered to help the youth at Indian Creek Christian Church. Marti is survived by her husband, Pastor Denny Gibbons; son, Brian (Carrie) Gibbons; mother, Emma L. Smith; brother, Richard (Anita) Smith; granddaughters, Kenzie and Quinn Gibbons; and lifelong friend, Rainy (Gary) Benedict. She was preceded in death by father, Norman E. “Gene” Smith; and brother, Norman Smith. Visitation was Oct. 16 at G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. There will be no additional services. Marti will be laid to rest privately in Washington Park North Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Indian Creek Church, Generous Bucket organization. Paul R. Haupt Paul R. Haupt, 58, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 17, 2015. He was born on Sept. 29, 1957. Paul was a graduate of Purdue University. Paul is survived by his mother, Eleanor Haupt; brother, Eric Haupt; cousins, Lisa Haupt Miller, David Haupt, Daniel Walker and Amy Spurrier and their children, Bradley Walker, Brian Walker, Brett Walker, Hanna Spurrier and Haley Spurrier; Aunts, Sara Walker, Carolyn Wheeler and Lois Haupt. He was preceded in death by his father, Arno W. Haupt. A memorial service will be held on Oct. 24 at Friedens United The Southside Times Church of Christ, 8300 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, where friends may call from 11 a.m. until the service at 1 p.m. Arrangements have been entrusted to G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. Joyce E. Hutcheson Joyce E. Hutcheson, 75, of Greenwood, died on Oct. 14, 2015. She was born on Aug. 4, 1940 in Jackson, Ala. to the late Earl and Eloise Garris. Joyce was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, PEO, Red Hat Society, Christian Women’s Club, and the Antique Club. She had a passion for antiques, cooking, and loved her friends and family. She was a fan of Alabama Crimson Tide football. Joyce is survived by her daughter, Patricia (Richard) Walton; son, Chris (Sheila) Hutcheson; grandchildren, Preston Spidle, Cory Walton, and Jonathon Walton; great grandchildren, Karmindy Abbott and Kayson Walton; and brothers, Edward Garris and Sam Garris, both of Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl Hutcheson, Jr. Calling was Oct. 19 at Calvary Baptist Church, US 31 S., Greenwood with a Celebration of Life following. Arrangements have been entrusted to G.H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, Greenwood. Marilyn Jenine Mercer Marilyn Jenine Mercer, 83, of Greenwood, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. She was born Oct. 12, 1932 in Marion, Ind. to the late Roy and Cordece (McKee) Martin. After graduating from Marion High School Marilyn went on to be a cosmetologist with Merl Norman, before becoming a home health care aid for the elderly. She was an avid reader, enjoyed water aerobics, and loved dogs. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Above all Marilyn loved her family. Marilyn is survived by her children, Jeffrey Thomas, Marc (Kathleen) Thomas, Debra (Allen) Kirkendall, and Julie (Rick Pericich) Napier; sister Patty (Pete) Stonerock; aunt Joyce Diamond; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Marilyn is preceded in death by her husband Jack Mercer. The family will be holding a private family service for Marilyn at their own discretion. Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to the Indianapolis Humane Society at 7929 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268. Daniel Paul Merkler Daniel Paul Merkler died on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. He was born on Dec. 26, 1961 to Jeannie (Buff ) Merkler and Norman L. Merkler in Baltimore, Maryland. Dan graduated from Indiana University with a degree in journalism. Daniel is survived by his mother, Jeannie Merkler; sister, Susan Rachel Merkler and his niece, Paige Mazza. He is preceded in passing by his father Norman Merkler; grandparents, Daniel Joseph Merkler, Hungary, Sylvia Ruttman, New York City, Sydney Francis Buff, Baltimore, Maryland and Pauline Diver, Cape Town, South Africa. Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center is assisting with the arrangements. Mary J. Potter Mary J. Potter, age 86, of Indianapolis, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Mary was born July 1, 1929 in Indianapolis to Joseph and Gertrude Curtis. Mary attended St. Mary’s High School and graduated with the Class of 1947. She The Southside Times worked for several years at L.S. Ayres. Mary loved to fish, golf and spend time raising her grandchildren and family. On Feb. 3, 1951 she married the love of her life, Ivory Potter, and together they spent 64 years at each other’s side. Ivory survives Mary, along with their sons, David W. Potter, Larry A. (Judy) Potter, and Kenneth D. (Donna) Potter; sister, Louise Adams; grandchildren, Michael, Bryan and Jeffrey Potter and Kelly (Adam) Drotar; great-grandchildren, Hudson and Nolan Drotar; several nieces and nephews. Mary was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Joseph and Michael Curtis. Funeral services will be Oct. 23, 12 p.m. at Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Greenwood, with Pastor Dennis Patton officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Friday from 10 a.m. until service time in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509 New York, NY 10018. Sarah Frances Poulson Sarah Frances Poulson, 95, of Butlerville, died on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Born Feb. 23, 1920 in Indianapolis, Sarah was the daughter of the late Earl and Alma Clark Grady. She later married Robert Poulson whom preceded her in death. Sarah enjoyed reading her Bible and doing word searches. She is survived by two daughters, Carolyn (Darrell) Beasey and Taunie Dunn; son, Gary (Judy) Poulson; granddaughter, Erin Herndon; and great-grandson, Xavier Herndon. Mrs. Poulson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Roberta Frances Poulson, a son, Duane Lee Poulson, and a son-in-law, Jeff Dunn. A graveside service was Oct. 19 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Indianapolis. Memorials may be made through the funeral home to the Wounded Warrior Foundation. Bobby Dale Powers, Jr. Bobby Dale Powers, Jr., 28, of Martinsville, died on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. He was born on Dec. 23, 1986 in Indianapolis. He loved to fish, roller skate and be in the kitchen. He is survived by his wife of nine years, Stephanie Sue Parker; mother and stepfather, Mary and Lonnie Decker; maternal grandmother, Janet Gore; sisters, Tonya Sue Murphy and Heather Kaye Powers; step-son Michael Troy Parker; and aunts/uncles, Gary Gore (Mickey), Debbie Dodson (Donnie), Tammy Wilkins and Jeff Gore (Jenny). He was preceded in death by his father, Bobby Dale Powers, Sr. and grandfather, Charles Gore. A celebration of his life was held on Oct. 19 in Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services with Brother J.C. Phillips officiating. Coy Eugene Quinn, Sr. Coy Eugene Quinn, Sr., 85, of Greenwood, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. He was born on Sept. 17, 1930 in Sparks, Okla. to Arley and Ester (Mason) Quinn. Coy was married to the late Betty Jean (McIntire) Quinn. He was an Army veteran, a member of Amvets Post 99 and Seerley Creek Christian Church. Coy was employed as a superintendent in the Rescue Mission field in IN, IL, MA and Ohio, for 30 years, until his retirement in 1983. He then worked for J and L Steel and in distribution at the Indianapolis Star before retiring in 2002. Coy is survived by his son Robert Quinn; stepson Kevin (Janet) Galbreath; brother Cletis Quinn; 10 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He is FOR THE RECORD preceded in passing by his wife, parents, sons Joe and Coy E. Quinn, Jr.; brother Lynvil, J.B., Cecil and Troy; sisters Liness, Vida, Wilma, Selma and Phyllis; step-daughter Sue Lyle and first wife JoRetta Quinn. Services were Oct. 17, 2015 at Singleton Community Mortuary and Memorial Center. Visitation was Oct. 16 at the mortuary. Entombment is at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Memorial gifts have been suggested to the Seerley Creek Christian Church or the Wheeler Mission. June Mable Rawlings June Mable Rawlings died on Oct. 12, 2015. June was born in Chicago, Ill., on June 20, 1925, and grew up in Chicago along with her sisters, Bheula and Marjorie, and brother, Carter. June earned her degree as a registered nurse. In 1944, while in downtown Chicago admiring the famous Marshall Field's Christmas window displays, she was approached by a handsome sailor in his Navy uniform. He asked for her phone number and she gave it, even though her parents told her not to give her number to strangers. Six months later, June married Robert (Bob) Rawlings, the handsome sailor. They were married for 66 years and had four daughters, Linda, Jane, Barbara and, Diane, and four sons-in-law, Jim, Randy, Bill and Rocky. Her grandchildren are Rob, Randy, Nick, Joe, Megan, Katie, Scott, Mike, Dustin, Bianca, and Gabriel, and great-grandchildren, Kamryn, Lila, Caleb, Haley, Mary June and Margot Lynn. June especially loved traveling with her daughters. She and Bob danced to Lawrence Welk in the family room on Saturday nights. No audience. No live music. Just two love birds enjoying the moment and each other. Bob died in 2011, but June packed a lot of life into her remaining four years. She traveled, attended weddings and reunions, played Scrabble, and went to Bible Study. She was also an artist who loved to paint pictures, sew, and decorate. June was a devoted Christian and spent her time serving others, reading the Bible, and pointing people to Jesus. A celebration of life will be held at the Greenwood United Methodist Church, 525 N Madison Ave., Greenwood, on Nov. 14, 2 p.m., with visitation hours from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Memorial gifts may be made in June's name to the One Mission Society (OMS), the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, or the Salvation Army. Arrangements were entrusted to Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory, Greenwood Chapel. Joseph Aug. Schembra Joseph Aug. Schembra, 88, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 11, 2015. He was born on Aug. 20, 1927 to the late Lorenzo and Anna (Ray) Schembra in Kokomo, Ind. When young, he worked in his parent’s fruit and vegetable stand in the City Market and later graduated from Manual High School. Joe loved to play CYO baseball and was a catcher. He met his future wife, Mary Ann Caito at CYO events and they were married in Holy Rosary Catholic Church on July 3, 1949. After high school, Joe worked for Eli Lilly for nine years prior to becoming a co-owner of Caito & Corsaro Produce. He was a founding member of St. James Catholic Church (now Good Shepherd), a life member of the Knights of Columbus 3660 and a Past President of the Antelope Club of Indiana. Joe loved to cook and prepared many spaghetti dinners for Catholic Churches, the K of C and other organizations. He made thousands of fruit baskets and Italian Christmas Cookies for family and friends. Joe also enjoyed going to his son-in-law’s farm and fishing. In the early years, he was active in fundraising for Roncalli High School and sports. Joe was an avid bowler, participating in K of C and many church leagues on the Southside. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Schembra; son, Larry (Kathy Nalley) Schembra; daughter, Ann (Art) Berkemeier; sister, Angela (Jim) Bagnoli; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Frank Schembra. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Oct. 16 in Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Entombment took place in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions are encouraged to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Roncalli High School or the Knights of Columbus 3660. Arrangements and care are by Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services. Leslie K. Sherman Leslie K. Sherman, 68, of Greenwood, died on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. She was born Aug. 22, 1947, in Detroit to the late Ben and Maryjane (Howell) Sexson. She graduated from Scecina Memorial High School in Indianapolis. Leslie married Mike Sherman on Sept. 9, 1967; and he survives. She was a clerk for the Greenwood City Court for 17 years and an administrator for the Greenwood Police Department for 17 years. Other survivors include children, Marc (Carey Germana) Sherman, Lisa (Jeremy) Jobe, Karen (Alan) Alfrey and Matt Sherman; sister, Sue (Paul) Cotter; and grandchildren, Lincoln and Brandi Germana, Hannah, Matthew and Andrew Jobe, Jacob, Lindsey, Joshua, Abigail and Rachel Alfrey, and Mason and Madeline Sherman. Services will be Oct. 22, 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood Church, 335 S. Meridian St. Visitation was Oct. 21 at Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service, Greenwood Chapel, 481 W. Main St., and from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association, 8604 Allisonville Road, Suite 140, Indianapolis, IN 46250; or Indiana Chapter Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1261 W. 86th St., E-2, Indianapolis, IN 46260. John Lee Smith John Lee Smith, 72, of Martinsville died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. He was born to the late Edward R and Helen G (Shaner) Smith in Beech Grove on Jan. 12, 1943. He married Judy Windmiller on June 6, 1964 at Olive Branch Christian Church. John was a member of the Union Village Masonic Lodge #545. He worked at Roadway Express for 28 years before retiring in 2001. He loved cars, especially die cast replicas and 1/8th models. He also loved boats and being out on the water. John is survived by his wife, Judy Smith; his children, Jill Barkhimer and Jason (Michelle McBee) Smith; his grandchildren Blake (Ashton) Barkhimer, Tyler (Michelle) Barkhimer, Caitlin Barkhimer, and Zachary Smith; his great-grandchildren, Broden and Wyatt Barkhimer; and siblings Robert (Sally) Smith and Richard (Marsha) Smith. A memorial service for John was Oct. 18 at First Christian Church, 89 S Main St, Martinsville, IN 46151. Flowers contributions can be made to Indiana Masonic Home, 690 State St, Franklin, IN 46131. ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 19 Alline Simpson-Sullivan Alline Simpson-Sullivan, 89, of Indianapolis, died on Oct. 17, 2015. She was born on Feb. 22, 1926 in Bowling Green, Ky. to the late Johnnie and Mildred (Hood) Towe. Alline is survived by her sons, Darrell (Glenda) Simpson, Jeffrey (Sue) Simpson, and Byron (Suzanna) Simpson; grandchildren, Rob, Jennifer, Daniel, Matthew, Jeffrey, Patrick and Conner Simpson; great-grandchildren, Abigail, Holden, Ethan, Cierra, Evan and Olivia; and siblings, JC Towe, Jerry Towe, and Willie Mae Cooley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel W. Simpson; son, Robert D. Simpson; and sister, Charlene Carter. Visitation was Oct. 20 at G. H. Herrmann Madison Avenue Funeral Home, 5141 Madison Ave., Indianapolis. Alline will be laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Mari M. Tataren Mari M. Tataren, 84, died on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. She was born on Jan. 9, 1931 in East Chicago, Ind. to the late Stephan and Mary Lacko. Mary was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church and the St. Margaret Guild for many years. She is survived by her husband, Robert M. Tataren; children, Lynda Gleim, Lisa Piech (Joe) and Robyn Ludlow (Brian); grandchildren, Jason Gleim, Brianna Ludlow and Robert Ludlow, II; and great-grandson, Eric Gleim. A service will be held at a later date in Northern Indiana. Arrangements and care were entrusted to Lauck & Veldhof Funeral Home. Rosie Veronica Tillberry Rosie Veronica Tillberry, age 55, died on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. She was born on Oct. 17, 1959 to the late Donald and Norma Mathena Stuckey in Washington, Ind. She was a dedicated homemaker and devoted volunteer at Fletcher Place. She is survived by her son, Steven Price and his wife, Melissa; daughter, Angel Underhill; brothers, Donnie and Marty Stuckey; sister, Connie Stuckey; grandchildren, Harley, Samantha, Christopher and Isaiah Underhill; step-grandchildren, Katlyn, Emma and Logan Purvis; and two great-grandchildren, Vivian and Marlee. No services will be held. Arrangements and care were entrusted to Lauck & Veldhof Funeral & Cremation Services. Obituaries are printed free of charge. Funeral directors are encouraged to send obituaries and photos to news@ ss-times.com. Information received by noon Tuesday will be published Thursday, space permitting. Leslie K. Sherman 1947-2015 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER! Marc Sherman & Family 20 LIFESTYLE Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com The Southside Times PFC celebrates grand opening Personal Finance Company celebrated their grand opening Thurs. Oct. 15 with a ribbon cutting with the Greater Beech Grove Chamber of Commerce at their 5375 E. Thompson Rd., Ste. A. location. Photo by Brian Ruckle Be an inhospitable host NUTRITION By Chef Wendell Fowler Flu season is here. No one deserves being sick. It sucks. Well then, today’s the perfect time to begin to fortify your Department of Defense (DOD). Everyone has a DOD: the immune system. But it requires quality tools to get the job done. A strong immune system doesn’t just happen. If you’re building a football team and draft poor players then don’t be disappointed when you lose the game. Quality food infinitely trumps the convenient process food that screams “Buy Me!” If you get sick frequently in winter, more than likely you’re doing something wrong or unaware how food can affect immunity. In my opinion, Flu season is not a season as much as it is an inability for your body to adapt due to decreased sun exposure, inferior nutrition, water intake, combined with sugar intake and holiday stress. Show yourself some love. Create health and you create resistance! Start taking Vitamin D-3, the sunshine vitamin, get regular exercise and sunshine, cut back on sugar and white flour, keep hydrated, chill out, avoid stressful people and situations, get plenty of rest, frequently wash your hands, and by all means possible, feed and fuel your temple real food. Preparing fresh healthy meals instead of processed food is an act of love towards yourself and those for whom you cook. Eating well is your best defense. Foods that fuel immunity: Citrus, garlic, shiitake and Maitake mushrooms, ginger and turmeric tea, sweet potato, dark greens, yellow fall squash, dark leafy greens, red peppers. Steele cut or whole Oats with their beta-glucan, more potent than Echinacea, according to studies. Not instant, although. Almonds have Vitamin E and pumpkin seeds contain zinc that supports your DOD. Include fermented probiotic foods like Kombucha tea, kefir, Korean kimchi or yogurts that don’t contain sugar or fruit. Foods that trash Immunity: #1 Sugar, AP flour, white rice, minute rice or instant oatmeal, soft drinks, bottled fruit juices, Mac and cheese, burgers and fries, biscuits and gravy, pancakes and syrup, fried chicken and fish and alcohol. Stress, anger and hostility suppress your immune system too. As you can see, it’s your favorite friends that are betraying you. Is that Little Debbie and plate of pancakes really worth a lost, sucky week of misery? To perform its important job, please understand you must fuel your temple with the heavenly tools provided by a generous God: food from nature, not a factory. Chef Wendell is a lecturer and food journalist. Contact him at [email protected]. uPaint Pottery celebrates grand opening with Greenwood Chamber uPaint Pottery Studio, located at 3113 W. Smith Valley Rd., Greenwood, celebrated its grand opening ribbon cutting with the Greater Greenwood Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 20. uPaint offers paint-your-own pottery and warm glass fusing. All ages are welcome to create a project, no reservation needed. Find more information, visit upaintpotterystudio.com. 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Halloween Bowling Bash • Join this familyfriendly event for kids and adults. Rock & Roll Bowl (cosmic) light will be on. Casino Bowling will take place. Every strike is a chance to win money. | When: Oct. 31, 9 p.m. to midnight. | Where: Beech Grove Bowl, 95 N. 2nd Ave. | Info: Visit bgbowl. com. St. Roch’s Women’s Club Christmas Bazaar Sat. Nov. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Roch Gym, 3603 South Meridian St. Handmade crafts, gifts and jewelry, food and kid’s crafts. Krieg Brothers Religious Supplies will be represented. $1 admission or one can good for the David Moore Food Pantry. For more information or booth space rental Call (317) 652-7131 The Southside Times CENTER GROVE GARFIELD PARK Castlewood Singers Presents: Radio Hits! • The Castlewood Singers (which includes Mallow Run co-owner John Richardson) present Radio Hits. | When: Oct. 24, 2 – 4 p.m. Winery is open 12 – 6 p.m. | Where: Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Rd., Bargersville. | Info: Visit mallowrun.com. Hispanic Heritage Month Art Workshops: ¡Máscaras! • In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and the October 17 Central Library visit by author Yuyi Morales, children ages 6 and up and families are invited to celebrate with a festive new face! They will create a Mexican-themed mask, either a Calavera (Day of the Dead skull) or Luchador (wrestler). Cut-out mask templates, colors and other materials will be provided. | When: Oct. 24, 11 a.m. | Where: Garfield Park Branch library, 2502 Shelby St., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 275-4490. Passport Club: Australia • Learn about countries around the world each month. | When: Oct. 26, 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Where: JCPL White River Branch, 1664 Library Blvd., Greenwood. | Info: Visit pageafterpage.org. Project FeederWatch • Naturalist Joni James will explain how you and your family can get involved with this citizen science project sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. | When: Oct. 28, 7 – 8:30 p.m. | Where: JCPL White River Branch, 1664 Library Blvd., Greenwood. | Info: Visit pageafterpage.org. Fall Fun Fest • Mount Pleasant Christian Church will host this event with games, candy, bounce houses and more. | When: Oct. 30, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Where: 381 N. Bluff Rd., Greenwood. | Info: Visit mpcc.info. Trunk or Treating • Bargersville will host this trunk or treat event with food vendors with hot dogs, nachos, hot chocolate, apple cider, craft vendors, DJ, treats and games. Come dressed up. | When: Oct. 31, 5 – 9 p.m. | Where: Bargersville Main St. | Info: Call Lynne Hess, (317) 422-3126 or email [email protected]. Taxman + Scarlet Lane: Heaven & Hell Collaboration Release Party • Scarlet Lane & Taxman Brewing Company have collaborated and the result is something unearthly. Join on Halloween night as they release Heaven & Hell, a two beer collaboration series. | When: Oct. 31, 5 p.m. – midnight. | Where: 13 S. Baldwin St., Bargersville. | Info: Visit facebook.com/events/1679308082285769/. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP Little Farmer's Market: Healthy Eating Class for Preschoolers • Preschoolers ages 3 - 6 and an adult are invited for a fun workshop with the Marion County Health Department to learn why fruits and vegetables are so fabulous. | When: Oct. 27, 1:15 p.m. and Oct. 28, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. | Franklin Road Branch library, 5550 S. Franklin Rd., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 275-4380. Halloween Party at Franklin Road • Children of all ages are invited to drop in anytime for Halloween games, crafts and stories. They'll make Halloween paper bag puppets and a witch's broom bookmark and try to eat a donut off a string (no hands!). | When: Oct. 31, 10 – 12 p.m. | Franklin Road Branch library, 5550 S. Franklin Rd., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 275-4380. FOUNTAIN SQUARE Scare in the Square • Fountain Square Merchants Association invites area children to follow the Trick-or-Treat Trail to receive goodies from participating merchants. Pick up a trail map and treat Bag at the Plaza at Shelby & Prospect Streets. | When: Fri. Oct. 31 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Where: Fountain Square plaza, Indianapolis. Creepy Creatures at the Garfield Park Conservatory • Children can wear a Halloween costume, do crafts, and learn about creepy and not-socreepy creatures. Ages: 2-5. | When: Oct. 26, 1011 a.m. | Where: Garfield Park Conservatory, 2505 Conservatory Dr. | Cost: $5. | Registration Required. | Info: (317) 327-PARK or visit garfieldgardensconservatory.org. Creatures of the Night: Preschool Animal Program • Preschoolers ages 3 - 6 and an adult are invited to join Silly Safaris to explore the lore surrounding nighttime animals and learn about how they survive in the dark. | When: Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. | Where: Garfield Park Branch library, 2502 Shelby St., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 275-4490. Ghoulish Garfield • A family-friendly Halloween celebration at Garfield Park at the Burrello Family Center, The Arts Center, and The “Haunted” Conservatory. Admission will be charged only at the Haunted Conservatory. All other activities are free. The Haunted Conservatory is open from 5:30 – 8: 30 pm. All other events at the art center and the family center will run from 6 – 8 pm. | When: Oct. 28 and Oct. 29, 1 -4 p.m. | Where: Garfield Park, 2505 Conservatory Dr., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 327-PARK. World of Families: Bilingual Storytimes • Families with small children are invited for a fun and interactive bilingual storytime that encourages literacy to all people in all languages. | When: Oct. 31, 11 a.m. | Where: Garfield Park Branch library, 2502 Shelby St., Indianapolis. | Info: Call (317) 275-4490. GREENWOOD Monster Mash Community Halloween Party • Greenwood Parks & Recreation and the Greenwood Public Library will host Monster Mash, a free community Halloween party. $2 tickets will be available for purchase and include dinner and a hayride. | When: Oct. 23, 6 – 8:30 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Community Center, 100 Surina Way, Greenwood. | Info: Visit greenwood.in.gov. Spooktacular • Visit the Annual Halloween Spooktacular at Pinocchio's Original Italian Ice Cream with face painting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brain Freeze Icee Cream Eating contest 2 p.m., cornhole tournament 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and special treats. Spin the wheel for prizes and silent auction benefiting Rett Syndrome. Children in costume receive free topping. | When: Oct. 24, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Where: 1011 N. State Rd. 135, Greenwood. | Info: facebook.com/Pinocchios-Original-Italian-IceCream-Greenwood. Psycho in the Library • GPL presents Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Hitchcock inspired costumes are encouraged. Prizes will be awarded to the best costume and the winner of our trivia contest. | When: Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Public Library, 310 S. Meridian St., Greenwood. | Info: Visit greenwoodlibrary.us or call (317) 885-5036. Best of Indiana Hauntings • Nicole and Michael Kobrowski of Unseenpress.com present some of their most exciting, favorite and perplexing paranormal investigations at some of Indiana’s most haunted locations. | When: Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Public Library, 310 S. Meridian St., Greenwood. | Info: Visit greenwoodlibrary.us or call (317) 885-5036. Safe Trick-or-Treat • Greenwood Park Mall invites the public to its Safe Trick-or-Treat event. Simon Kidgits Club members can also take part in exclusive, members-only Halloween-themed events, crafts, and activities in the Von Maur Court, and participating retailers will provide candy and treats for children. The Indiana State Police will also be in attendance, showing off their SUV, passing out candy, and teaching attendees about Halloween safety. | When: Oct. 31, 6 – 8 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Park Mall. | Info: Visit kidgits.simon. com. Fall Concert • The Greater Greenwood Community Band presents its fall concert with Halloweenthemed music for all ages. The entire band will be in costume. Come dressed up to enjoy this theatrical show. | When: Oct. 31, 7 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Community High School, 615 W. Smith Valley Rd., Greenwood. | Info: Visit greenwoodband. com. JOHNSON COUNTY Haunted House Philanthropy • The Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity at Franklin College will host its second annual Haunted House. Donations benefit Wounded Warrior Project. | When: Oct. 29, 9 p.m. – midnight. | Where: 800 E. Monroe St., Franklin. The entrance is on the east side of the house. | Cost: $4 at the door. Children under age 12 are free. | Info: Call (317) 738-8185. Foodie Fest for a Cause • Johnson County Senior Services, Gateway Services, & Access Johnson County Public Transit will host a Foodie Fest & Cakes for a Cause 2015, a new event celebrating culinary delights. Attendees will listen to music music throughout the evening with silent and live cake auctions. | When: Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Last day for vendor applications is Oct. 30. | Where: Johnson County National Guard Armory, Franklin. | Cost: $1 vendor fee. General admission $20 and $25. | Info: Call Kimberly Smith at (317) 560-1707 or Kim Lakin at (317) 738-5500. Halloween Social Event • The Johnson County Autism Support Group invites families with an autism diagnosis to a sensory friendly movie featuring "Casper.” | When: Oct. 31, 10 a.m. Doors open 9:30 a.m. |Where: Historic Artcraft Theater, 57 N. Main St., Franklin. | Cost: $5 includes ticket, small popcorn and drink. | Info: Visit jcasg.org. PERRY TOWNSHIP King Lear by William Shakespeare • Long ago in ancient Britain, King Lear contemplates retirement. He will divide his empire among his three daughters, as there are no male heirs to inherit the throne. | When: Oct. 23-24 and 29 - 31, 8 p.m. and Oct. 25, 2 p.m. Free preview Oct. 22, 8 p.m. | Where: NIGHT & DAY The Southside Times University of Indianapolis, Ransburg Auditorium, Esch Hall. | Cost: $12 general admission. | Info: Visit uindy.edu/arts/ETC or call (317) 788-3251. IMPD and Hubler’s Child Safety and Pumpkin Event • Parents and children of all ages are invited to this join Hubler in this annual pumpkin event. IMPD will be running the event and taking FBI quality digital fingerprints and photographs of children. | When: Oct. 23, 3 – 7 p.m. and Oct. 24, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Where: 8220 U.S. 31 S., Indianapolis. | Info: Visit hublerchevy.com/safekid or call (888) 819-1606. Eat Right Now • Wendell Fowler, Southside Times health columnist and WISH TV personality will host a book signing of his new book, Eat Right Now 2.0. There will be food tasting and dietary consultation. | When: Oct. 24, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Where: Greenwood Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, 8750 U.S. 31 S. | Info: Visit chefwendell.com/bookstore.html to order a signed copy. Parkinson’s Symposium: Empowering Yourself – Living with Long Term Illness • Learn the trends of acute rehab care for Parkinson’s patients, the changing concept of hospice and how it can be helpful. | When: Oct. 24, 12 p.m. | Where: 3143 S. Thompson Rd., Indianapolis. | Info: Contact Sheri at (317) 255-1993 or [email protected]. Trunk or Treat • When: Oct. 25, 6 – 7 p.m. | Where: Southport Christain Church, 201 E. Epler Ave. | Info: Call (317) 784-4431. SOUTHPORT Mardi Gras & Zombie Village • Celebrate Halloween with Southport. There will be a Mardi Gras themed parade with a party and Zombie Village following the parade. | When: Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m. parade line-up. Party is from 6 – 9 p.m. | Where: Southport Park, 6901 Derbyshire Rd. | Info: Visit southportevents.org. Southport ’73 Alumni • Southport High School Class of 1973 will get together for a 60’s Birthday Bash. | When: Oct. 24, 7 p.m. | Where: Fireside Brew House, County Line and Emerson Avenue. | Info: Contact Jim Daniel, (317) 372-1233 or [email protected]. Baby and Toddler Storytime at Southport • Babies and toddlers up to age 3 with an adult are invited for an active class featuring stories, songs and rhymes that focus on early literacy skills. | When: Oct. 28 and 29, 10:30 a.m. | Where: Southport Branch library, 2630 E. Stop 11 Rd. | Info: Call (317) 275-4510. Teen Read Week: 3Doodler Art Session • Teens are invited to sketch in 3D during this drop-in workshop featuring the 3D printing pen that can draw in the air! | When: Oct. 31, 2 – 4 p.m. | Where: Southport Branch library, 2630 E. Stop 11 Rd. | Info: Call (317) 275-4510. AN OPTION Jaggars The scoop: If you are looking for fast food that is fast and fresh and rivals food prepared at the best casual dining restaurants then Jaggars is a good option. Located just south of where Shelby Street crosses US 31 in the Greenwood Place shopping Center, Jaggars is an easy stop away from Wal-Mart, The Room Place and Pet Smart. They take pride in serving everything on the menu fresh and never frozen. On the menu are five chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, six hamburgers, five salads, and shakes. The special Jaggars sauce is a great addition to your chicken or beef burger. Type of food: American ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 Bridge of Spies… Hanks shines MOVIE REVIEW By Adam Staten There are very few actors and directors more accomplished than Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Hanks has starred in some of the most memorable films of all-time. Along the way, he’s managed to capture two best actor Oscar awards and countless other honors. Spielberg, a threetime Oscar winner, has directed such iconic films as Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List and E.T the Extra-Terrestrial. The two titans of the film world team up once again for the recently released, Bridge of Spies. Bridge of Spies is the true story of an American lawyer, James Donovan (Hanks), who is given the unenviable task of defending a man accused of spying for the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Donovan insists on providing his client the best possible defense even when the jury and the judge in the case are convinced of the accused’s guilt even before the case gets underway. The man is ultimately found guilty of espionage. The judge hands down a sentence of time in prison rather than the death penalty as a result of the repeated requests of Donovan. Soon after, Donovan’s foreseen scenario plays itself out; an American is captured in Russia and charged with espionage. Donovan quickly finds himself in a chess match BEHIND BARS Witches Brew Bartender: Gabe Burgund Location: Bert & Den's Grille, located in the Southern Plaza shopping center. Ingredients and directions: Add one shot of orange juice and layer Jägermeister on top. Hamburger an Specialties: Chicken, burgers, salads and shakes d Fries at Jaggar Recommendation: Crazy Good Cheeseburger with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and Jaggers sauce. Hours: Mon – Sat: 11am – 10pm; Sun: 11am – 9pm Location: 7833 South U.S. 31, Indianapolis in the Greenwood Place Shopping Center area, Phone: (317) 781-0855 Behind Bars, Where I Dine and An Option Compiled by Brian Ruckle s 23 Note: Bert and Den’s Grill will have a Halloween party Oct. 31. Over 21 only. Pictured: Burgund shows his holiday spirit. with the Soviets and the Germans as he attempts to negotiate an exchange of citizens accused of spying on the others country. Bridge of Spies is an extremely straightforward story. What you see is what you get and there are no real surprises. Everything that happens throughout is fairly predictable, especially the first half hour or so. The film’s story is so direct and kind of been-theredone that that it does tend to get a bit boring in a few places. However, Hanks does more than enough to keep Bridge of Spies moving forward and interesting. Some of the best scenes of the entire movie happen in the early portion of the film. The verbal exchanges and the level of acting on display between Hanks and the man playing the Soviet spy is a sight to behold. While it may not be an Oscar-winning performance, Hanks’ work in Bridge of Spies is the best element of the entire film. While Bridge of Spies is not the best film of the year, you could certainly do much, much worse at the theater. It is an above average film with a very strong lead performance. 3 out of 5. Adam Staten lives in Perry Township and is a movie buff. Staten graduated from University of Southern Indiana with a degree in Communication Studies. WHERE I DINE Stephanie Garland, Juice Plus+, a home based business. sgarland. juiceplus.com Where do you like to dine? Suzy's Teahouse & Bakery in Franklin. It is wonderful. What do you like to eat there? They have gluten free doughnuts. Who has gluten free doughnuts? They also have gluten free quiche. What do you like about this place? It is a cute little place that is fairly new. Everything they make from doughnuts, to tarts, to soup, to quiche are all gluten free. That is a wonderful thing. The food is non GMO, not genetically altered in any way. It is just a quaint little, small little place. Just hometown. Suzy's Teahouse & Bakery is located at 25 E Court St., Franklin, IN 46131. The phone number is (317) 739-0800. 24 Week of October 22-28, 2015 • ss-times.com St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church • 1117 S. Blain Ave., Indpls, Faith Assembly of God • 186 Royal 46221 | Ph: (317) 632-4157 | Fr. Rd., Beech Grove | Ph: (317) 784-8566 Bryan Eyman | Sunday (Divine Liturgy | Pastor: Lawrence Cook | Sunday: 10:30 Celebrated): 10 a.m. a.m. & 6 p.m. | Wednesday: 7 p.m. Saints Francis & Clare Catholic Church • 5901 Olive Branch Rd., ✞ BAPTIST Greenwood | Ph: (317) 859-4673 | Fr. Crossroads Baptist Church • 1120 S Steve Giannini | Assc. Pastor Fr. Tim Arlington Ave., Indpls, 46203 | Ph: (317) Wyciskalla | Saturday Anticipation Mass: 357-2971 | Pr. Guy Solarek | Sunday: 10 5:30 p.m. | Sunday: 7, 8:45 & 11:30 a.m. a.m., 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. | Wednesday: 7 St. Jude • 5353 McFarland Rd., Indpls, p.m. | cbcindy.com | Ph: (317) 786-4371 | Fr. Stephen Faith Baptist Church • 1640 Fry Banet | Sunday: 7, 8:30, 10:30 & Noon | Rd., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 859-7964 Saturday Anticipation Mass: 5 p.m. | Pr. Steve Maxie | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. | Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. | St. Mark Catholic Church • 535 East Edgewood Ave., Indpls, | Ph: (317) Wednesday: 7 p.m. | KJV 787-8246 | Fr. Todd Riebe | Deacon Tom First Baptist Church of BG • 5521 Horn | Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, 11:45 a.m. | Churchman Ave., Indpls | Ph: (317) 784- Saturday Anticipation Mass: 5:30 p.m. 1478 | [email protected] | Sunday: 9:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 10:50 ✞ CHRISTIAN CHURCH a.m. | Wednesday: 7-8 p.m. | Childcare & programs, all ages, all services. Join Us! | Greenwood Christian Church • 2045 Averitt Rd., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 881fbcbeechgrove.com. 9336 | Pr. Matt Giebler | Saturday: 6 Historic Grace Baptist Church “Since p.m. | Sunday: 9:30 & 11 a.m. | Sunday 1927” • 1907 E. Woodlawn Ave., Indpls School: 8, 9:30 & 11 a.m. | Ph: (317) 638-3143 or 536-8655 | Pr. Rick J. Stone | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. & 6 Mount Pleasant Christian Church • 381 N. Bluff Rd., Greenwood | p.m. | Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Senior Pr. Chris Philbeck | mpcc.info Lighthouse Baptist Church • 6950 | Saturday: 6 p.m. (ASL Available) | E. Raymond St., Indpls | Ph: (317) 359- Sunday: 9 & 10:45 a.m. | Video Venue 4275 | Pr. Dan Tidd | Sunday: 11 a.m. & at Student Ministries: 10:45 a.m. 6 p.m. | Wednesday: 7 p.m. | Thursdays Youth Meeting: 6:30 p.m. | Ladies’ Southport Heights Christian Church & Men’s meetings (call for times) | • 7154 S. McFarland Rd., Indpls | Pr. Steve Ferguson | Sunday: 9:00 & 10:30 “Independent Baptist Church” a.m. | Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. | Deaf Southport Baptist Church • 2901 E. Ministry: James Wines (317) 493-0414 Banta Rd., Indpls | Ph: (317) 787-8236, VP or [email protected] Pr. Jeff Stratton | Sunday: 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 10:45-11:30 ✞ CHURCH OF CHRIST a.m. | “Come and Watch Us Grow” | Madison Avenue Church of Christ • Park Open to Public 8224 Madison Ave. | Sunday Bible Study: The Rock Baptist Church • 4855 S. 10 a.m. | Sunday Worship: 11a.m. & 6 Emerson Ave. | Ph: (317) 222-1958 | p.m. | Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. Pstr: Steve Lawson | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. | Interactive children’s & youth ministry, ✞ CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST uplifting worship, and simple messages relevant to everyday life | therock-indy. Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist • 7625 McFarland Rd. | Ph: (317) 888-3204 org | Sunday: 10 a.m. | Sunday School: 10 a.m. | Wednesday: 4 p.m. | Reading Room ✞ CATHOLIC Hours Tues: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & Wednesday: Good Shepherd Catholic Church 2:30-3:30 p.m. • 2905 S. Carson Ave., Indpls | Ph: (317) 781-5959 | Rev. Todd Riebe, ✞ CHURCH OF GOD Administrator | Rev. John Beitans, Sacramental Minister | Saturday Mass: Church of God (Anderson) • 3939 4:30 p.m. | Sunday Mass: 10 a.m. | S. Emerson Ave. (Beech Grove) Indpls | Completely Handicapped Accessible | All Parsonage: (317) 788-6845 or Church: (317) 787-0467 | Pr. Paul A Kirby | Welcome! Sunday: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. | Sunday Holy Name of Jesus • 89 N. 17th Ave., School: 9:30 a.m. | Wednesday: 7 p.m. Beech Grove | Ph: (317) 784-5454 | Fr. Youth/Adults William M. Williams | Worship Times & Anticipation Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.; Saturday Mass: 5 p.m. ✞ ASSEMBLY OF GOD The Southside Times PLACES OF WORSHIP ✞ CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN ✞ NON-DENOMINATIONAL ✞ UNITED METHODIST Christ Cumberland Presbyterian Church • 6140 South Meridian St., Indpls | Ph: (317) 787-9585 | Pr. Elmer Price | Sunday: 10 a.m. | Sunday School: 9 a.m. | “Come Grow With Us!” Church of Acts • 3740 S. Dearborn, Indpls | Ph: (317) 783-ACTS (2287) | Pr. Bill Jenkins | Sunday: 10 a.m. | Wednesday: 7 p.m. | Club Acts Friday: 7-11p.m. | Latin Acts Saturday: 7 p.m. churchofacts.org Center United Methodist Church • 5445 Bluff Road, Indpls | Ph: (317) 7841101 or email: [email protected] | Sunday Traditional Worship: 9 a.m. & Contemporary Worship: 11:15 a.m. ✞ DISCIPLES OF CHRIST First Christian Church of Beech Grove • 75 N. 10th Ave., Beech Grove | Ph: (317) 786-8522 | Pr. Paul Hartig | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. | Sunday Christian Education: 9:30 a.m. The Father’s House • 1600 S. Franklin Rd. (just south of Brookville Road) | Ph: (317) 358-8312 | Multi-cultural Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. | Wednesday: 7 p.m. | TheFathersHouseIndy.com Community Church of Greenwood • 1477 West Main St., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 888-6024 | Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m. | St. Thomas Episcopal Church • 600 Paul Real Church. Real People. | ccgonline.org Hand Blvd. (South of Whiteland), Franklin |Ph: (317) 535-8985 | Rev. Whitney ✞ PRESBYTERIAN Rice | Sunday: 10:15 a.m. | Adult Forum Sunday School (During Worship): 11 a.m. Greenwood Presbyterian Church • | stthomasfranklin.org 102 West Main St., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 881-1259 | Pr. Cheryl Montgomery St. Timothy's Episcopal Church • | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 2601 E. Thompson Rd., Indpls | Ph: (317) 9:30 a.m. | Free Community Meal – 3rd 784-6925 | Rector: Rev. Rebecca Nickel | Monday: 6:30-8 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. | Godly Play: 9 a.m. (Sept May) | Food Pantry: 3rd Tues each month | ✞ SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST sttimothy.indydio.org Southside Seventh-Day Adventist ✞ EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN • 801 Shelbyville Rd., Indpls | Ph: (317) CHURCH OF AMERICA 786-7002 | Pr. Brian Yensho | Services Saturday: 11 a.m. | Sabbath School: 9:30 Bethany Evangelical Lutheran a.m. | southsideadventist.org | Health Church • 4702 S. East St., Indpls | Ph: Ministries, CHIP+: chiphealth.com (317) 786-7854, Rev. Michelle Elfers | Sunday: 9:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 8:15 ✞ SOUTHERN BAPTIST a.m. (all ages) | “We Welcome You” Calvary Baptist Church • 200 Sunset ✞ FULL GOSPEL Blvd., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 881-5743 | Ernest E. James, D. Min. | Sunday: The Worship Center • 90 South 7th 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 9 a.m. | Ave., Beech Grove | Ph: (317) 786-9802 Something for All Ages | Rev. James Archie Strong | Sunday: 11 a.m. | Sunday School: 10 a.m. | Thursday: Southwood Baptist Church • 501 S. 6:30 p.m | worshipcenterindy.org 4th Ave., Beech Grove | Ph: (317) 7862719 | Adult Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. | ✞ INDEPENDENT Youth & All Age Children Worship: 10:45 NON DENOMINATIONAL a.m. | Sunday Evening Worship: 6:30 p.m. Community Church at Murphy’s Landing • 7401 South Harding St., ✞ UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Indpls | Ph: (317) 807-0222 | Pr. Paul Erny | Sunday: 9:30 a.m. | Sunday Faith United Church of Christ • School: 11 a.m. | yourccml.org NW Corner Thompson Rd., Gray Rd. & Shelbyville Rd. | Ph: (317) 784-4856 ✞ NAZARENE | Pr. Kurt Walker | Adult & Jr. Church Service: 10:30 a.m. | God loves you! You Cross-Way Community Church of are invited to worship with us. We have the Nazarene • 1248 Buffalo St., Beech a pew for you. | Nursery Care Grove | Pr. Mark Ramsey | Sunday: 11 a.m. | facebook.com/CrosswayCCN St. John’s United Church of Christ • 7031 S. East St., Indpls (U.S. 31, South Side Church of the Nazarene • Southport Rd.) | Ph: (317) 881-2353 | 2447 E. Thompson Rd., Indpls | Ph: (317) Rev. Ross Tyler | Sunday Contemporary 784-1373 | Pr. Ray McCrary | Sunday: Worship: 9 a.m. & Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. ✞ EPISCOPAL CHURCH Zion United Church of Christ • 8916 E. Troy Ave., Indpls | Ph: (317) 862-4136 | Sunday: 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 9:30-10:15 a.m. | ZionIndy.net Edgewood United Methodist • 1820 East Epler Ave. | Ph: (317) 784-6086 | Pr. Jim Allen | We are on Facebook | Sunday: 8:15 & 10:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 9:25 a.m. | edgewoodumc.com | “The Church for The Next 100 Years” Greenwood United Methodist • 525 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood | Ph: (317) 8811653 | Rev. In Suk Peebles | Sunday: 10:15 a.m. | Sunday School: 9 a.m. Rosedale Hills United Methodist • 4450 South Keystone Ave., Indpls | Ph: (317) 786-6474 or email: officerhumc@ att.net | Rev. Doug Wallace | Sunday: 9:30 a.m. | Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. | rosedalehillsumc.org ✞ UNITY Unity of Indianapolis Church of the Daily Word • 907 N. Delaware St., Indpls | Ph: (317) 635-4066 | Rev. Bob Uhlar, Senior Minister & Rev. Carla Golden, Director Lay Ministries | Celebration: 10 a.m. | unityofindy.com ✞ WESLEYAN Southview Wesleyan Church • 4700 Shelbyville Rd., Indpls | Ph: (317) 7830404 | Pr. Rick Matthews | Sunday: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. | Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. To advertise in "Places Of Worship" Call (317) 300-8782 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." ~ Matthew 6:33-34 The kingdom of God, where is it and how does one seek it if it doesn't already exist? Two very important questions for those who seem to believe it has not arrived yet and who expect it to arrive sometime in the future when Jesus returns for a second time. But, Jesus said, "Seek...the kingdom of God." If He said we were to seek it, then, that means that it is locatable. That means we can find it. In no less than 11 different passages in the New Testament Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is..." Now, "is" is a present tense verb. In Romans 14:17 Paul wrote these words which will help us in our understanding what the kingdom of God is and what form it takes in today's world: "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." Jesus had previously told us in this sermon delivered on the mount that if a man was to hunger and thirst after righteousness, he would be filled. Paul then writes to echo what Jesus said in that the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy. The righteousness Paul speaks of is God's righteousness so if one wants to find the kingdom of God they have to seek the God of the kingdom and seek to live a life of God's righteousness. In order to have that righteousness one must receive it from the Lord. How does one get it? By and through the Holy Ghost of Christ Jesus. When one finds Jesus Christ and accepts Him as their personal savior then God forgives them of their sins and cleanses them from all unrighteousness. God bless and go and have a great day. Paul A. Kirby is the pastor at the Church of God at 3939 S. Emerson Ave. The Southside Times EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFIEDS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT ss-times.com • Week of October 22-28, 2015 EMPLOYMENT Edgewood Christian Preschool & Daycare: Have positions available looking to hire immediately. Must be available FULL time Mon-Fri. 1st shift 8am-2pm. 2nd Shift 2pm - 6:30 pm. Must be able to pass a drug screen & background check. Exp is preferred but not required. Apply in person @ 1820 E Epler Ave, Indianapolis,IN 46227 Call to schedule interview 317-784-8466. Gas Meter Exchange Technicians needed in the Greenwood, IN market. 15 months project starting October 2015. Paid training. Pay range from $12.50 - $16.00. Contact Mark Kruse [email protected] DRIVERS WANTED Weekly Hometime. 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We need to Dear Beech Grove Ci r Citizens need to ch ou d an t t en m rn ve Go is over, we need to pu een our City e. When the election de ov “The relationship betw asi Gr h set ec st Be mu of e t W en betterm Beech Grove. of s en tiz Ci as er work together for the eth de and all work tog h Grove. our party affiliation asi to focus solely on the betterment of Beec els to invite the Citizens past grudges and quarr al government. I want loc l fu ess cc have more su a to al is vit ent. I want Citizens to m rn ve go Citizen involvement ty Ci e th in ens to be involved tively take part I want to invite Citiz g. tin ee of Beech Grove to ac m ll Ha ty Ci a tion, and about our t attending about our City’s direc et, involvement than jus nt to dg bu s ty’ Ci r ou t abou th good and bad. I wa all in the decision making invite Citizens to share their opinions...bo ve ha to to admit that I don’t the City’s progress. I want eir ideas and thoughts. I will be the first ve ha ll wi th of Beech Grove invite Citizens to share I guarantee you that one of the Citizens ver, of the answers. Howe ”. n’t do answer if I d States of America! God Bless The Unite Respectfully, Edward A. McDonald ited States Army, Retired Un Lieutenant – Colonel, ove Gr h ec Be for Candidate CITIZEN NOT POLITICIAN “Beech Grove is a great place to live. But I know that by working together we can make it better. My goal is to keep the “small town feel” of Beech Grove intact while improving our City to make it better for all Citizens and businesses. I will work hard to solve current problems, grow our economy, and enhance the reputation of our City. I understand that taxpayers’ money is sacred so I will spend money wisely and efficiently.” -Edward McDonald “Paid for and Authorized by Edward A. McDonald Candidate for Beech Grove Mayor, Edward A. McDonald Treasurer.” “The Secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other” – Thomas Stallkamp