The Indianapolis Edition Reaching Marion And Surrounding Counties 32,500 Circulation SERVING ADULTS 50 Y EARS AND BETTER . FREE August 2016 www.seniorlifenewspapers.com In God We Trust S ERVING A DULT S 50 Y E Y Y A R S A ND B ETTER . www.seniorlifenewspapers.com In God We Trust 70 Vol. 31, No. 8 Meet Artist Cortellini Great Escapes 7 16 9DOSDUDLVR·V 'U 0LNH &RSSHU D KDSS\ DFWLYH OLIHVW\OH By WENDELL FOWLER Feature Writer Slowing down has never been on Dr. Mike Copper’s agenda.On a typical day Copper logs 12,000 daily steps on his Fitbit.“Last week I walked 18 holes and then mowed and cleaned the yard; a 22,000 step day.When I’m not golfing, playing tennis, pickle ball or on our pontoon boat with the grandkids, I love yard work, bicycling and training our therapy Labradoodle.” Copper and wife, Suzanne, keep fit together. “She’s as active as I am. I completed in 20 and she 10 consecutive Indy mini- marathons and then tackled sprint triathlons with our chil- dren and friends.” Both success- fully met cancer challenges and believe positive mental attitudes and healthy active lifestyles helped them meet the challenges of illness and recovery. “We’ve been happier and even more positive since.” Copper encour- ages fellow seniors to remember what they enjoyed as youth or as adults and then search that arena for enjoyable challenges and activities. Copper lives a lifestyle that improves attitude and expands thoughts. “When I exercise, my mind relaxes. It’s not about be- ing or looking fit as much as sus- taining a lifestyle of enjoyment and fun. I’m living my dreams with family and friends. If I hap- pen to avoid disease, that’s a big bonus.” The retired basketball coach and school superintendent shares the “feel good” sensa- tion of keeping active is similar to the gratifying feeling people receive from religion, hobbies, close friends or loving family. “Everyone needs an activity; something meaningful to their lives they truly enjoy. But you must become a player, not just a fan in the stands. A cousin of mind espouses never to ‘retire’ but to ‘reboot.’“ Copper grew up in Valparaiso across from an elementary school complete with swings, kick ball and basketball courts. “I’d bicycle to the YMCA and city parks and baseball diamonds and as long as I got home before the street lights came on I wasn’t in trou- ble.” The sports and leadership skills gained in high school and beyond enabled Copper to attain many athletic and leadership awards and a wonderful school career. Cooper was inducted into halls of fame at his high school, college and the Indiana Basket- ball Hall of Fame. Copper recalls the feeling of being in the “zone;” both in sports and life. “I once made 18 of 19 free throws in a college STAYING ACTIVE — Dr. Mike Copper is shown with his wife, Suzanne, along with his sister and brother-in-law on a kayake trip in Bonita Springs, Fla. Copper believes in living a healthy, active lifestyle. He enjoys a variety of activities, including having run several mini-marathons. (Photo provided) FLYING HIGH — Dr. Mike Copper flies by on a zip line in Cabo San Lucas. Copper encourages all seniors to find some activity they enjoy doing as a way to stay fit and feeling good. (Photo provided) HITTING THE ROAD — Shown are Suzanne and Mike Copper as they are about to head out on a moped while on a trip to Martha’s Vinyard. (Photo provided) game and in high school made 409 free throws in a row in practice. These pressure opportunities translated to working with students and parents and school board members every day and especially when crises occurred.” The Copper’s school careers took them to Paoli, Munster, and Warren Central High Schools and then Mike became principal and then superintendent in Co- lumbus and MSD of Lawrence Township in Indianapolis. Need incentive? Find a fun, motivated, positive partner friend; join a swim club, any thing that arouses you. Keeping fit starts between the ears before it starts on the treadmill or pathway. You can find positive, fun people, social clubs, and physi- cal activities like a garden club. Social interaction as we age is crucial. If you’re just being active in your mind by reading books, watching TV, streaming from the web, or cleaning house, that’s not enough. What seniors really need is regular physical activity that includes social connectivity. This enables one to continue to smile, hope and love, think positively and laugh heartily; positive behavior for seniors yearning for a happy life. Play more Experience premier retirement living. .WZWTKQWU .KXKPI r 'ZEKVKPI #EVKXKVKGU r )QWTOGV &KPKPI $GJKPF 9GUVUKFG 0C\CTGPG %JWTEJ nÈ£È 7iÃÌ /iÌ -ÌÀiiÌ 9GUV5KFG4GVKTGOGPVEQO i Õà >ViLt
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Slowing down has never been on Dr. Mike Copper’s agenda. On a typical day Copper logs 12,000 daily steps on his Fitbit. “Last week I walked 18 holes and then mowed and cleaned the yard; a 22,000 step day. When I’m not golfing, playing tennis, pickle ball or on our pontoon boat with the grandkids, I love yard work, bicycling and training our therapy Labradoodle.”
Copper and wife, Suzanne, keep fit together. “She’s as active as I am. I completed in 20 and she 10 consecutive Indy mini-marathons and then tackled sprint triathlons with our chil-dren and friends.” Both success-fully met cancer challenges and believe positive mental attitudes and healthy active lifestyles helped them meet the challenges
of illness and recovery. “We’ve been happier and even more positive since.” Copper encour-ages fellow seniors to remember what they enjoyed as youth or as adults and then search that arena for enjoyable challenges and activities.
Copper lives a lifestyle that improves attitude and expands thoughts. “When I exercise, my mind relaxes. It’s not about be-ing or looking fit as much as sus-taining a lifestyle of enjoyment and fun. I’m living my dreams with family and friends. If I hap-pen to avoid disease, that’s a big bonus.” The retired basketball coach and school superintendent shares the “feel good” sensa-tion of keeping active is similar to the gratifying feeling people receive from religion, hobbies, close friends or loving family. “Everyone needs an activity; something meaningful to their
lives they truly enjoy. But you must become a player, not just a fan in the stands. A cousin of mind espouses never to ‘retire’ but to ‘reboot.’“
Copper grew up in Valparaiso across from an elementary school complete with swings, kick ball and basketball courts. “I’d bicycle to the YMCA and city parks and baseball diamonds and as long as I got home before the street lights came on I wasn’t in trou-ble.” The sports and leadership skills gained in high school and beyond enabled Copper to attain many athletic and leadership awards and a wonderful school career. Cooper was inducted into halls of fame at his high school, college and the Indiana Basket-ball Hall of Fame.
Copper recalls the feeling of being in the “zone;” both in sports and life. “I once made 18 of 19 free throws in a college
STAYING ACTIVE — Dr. Mike Copper is shown with his wife, Suzanne, along with his sister and brother-in-law on a kayake trip in Bonita Springs, Fla. Copper believes in living a healthy, active lifestyle. He enjoys a variety of activities, including having run several mini-marathons. (Photo provided)
FLYING HIGH — Dr. Mike Copper flies by on a zip
line in Cabo San Lucas. Copper encourages all seniors
to find some activity they enjoy doing as a way to stay fit
and feeling good. (Photo provided)
HITTING THE ROAD — Shown are Suzanne and Mike
Copper as they are about to head out on a moped while on
a trip to Martha’s Vinyard. (Photo provided)
game and in high school made 409 free throws in a row in practice. These pressure opportunities translated to working with students and parents and school board members every day and especially when crises occurred.”
The Copper’s school careers took them to Paoli, Munster, and Warren Central High Schools and then Mike became principal and then superintendent in Co-lumbus and MSD of Lawrence Township in Indianapolis.
Need incentive? Find a fun, motivated, positive partner friend; join a swim club, anything that arouses you. Keeping fit starts between the ears before it starts on the treadmill or
pathway. You can find positive, fun people, social clubs, and physi-cal activities like a garden club. Social interaction as we age is crucial. If you’re just being active in your mind by reading books, watching TV, streaming from the web, or cleaning house, that’s not enough.
What seniors really need is regular physical activity that includes social connectivity. This enables one to continue to smile, hope and love, think positively and laugh heartily; positive behavior for seniors yearning for a happy life.
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Key Positions
A job that suits her lifeBy JULIE YOUNGFeature Writer
For Jan Clark, life is all about relationships. As the senior vice-president of leader-ship development and human resources for the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, she helps more than 3,000 employees and countless volunteers at 14 health centers understand their job duties, benefits and solve any problem that may happen to come up.
“I have the longest job title in the world and no two days are exactly alike, but I have a job that suits my life and I am definitely passionate about people,” she said.
She’s also passionate about the Y’s mission to put Chris-tian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Although she was hired
by the Y in 2003, her connec-tion to the organization goes back further. While she was an HR executive with Brighthouse Networks, she served on the board of managers for the Fall Creek YMCA, the same center she used to visit when she was a young girl.
“The Fall Creek Y was an icon of the African-American community ever since it was chartered in 1958,” she said. “My brothers learned to swim there. I went there and when the time came to give some-thing back to the community after high school and college, I chose to serve there.”
The Fall Creek Y closed in 2003 when the organization determined it was no longer financially feasible to keep it open. The neighborhood around it had changed and many of the people who supported it had moved on. Clark said the build-
FOUND HER PASSION — Jan Clark soaks up the sun at the Ransburg YMCA. As the senior vice-president of leadership development and human resources for the YMCA of greater Indianapolis, she said she has the job that suits her lifestyle and she loves her work. (Photo by Julie Young)
ing was sold to Center Town-ship and the Y began looking for an opportunity to establish a new facility in a diverse area. They found exactly what they were looking for in Pike Town-ship at 71st Street and Zions-ville Road.
“Right now it is an ‘express’ YMCA but we have been able to create partnerships with various entities, attract donors and we hope to begin building a full-time facility later this year or in early 2017,” Clark said.
Although she works with all of the YMCA health centers throughout central Indiana, Clark is understandably proud of the developments at Pike considering it is her neighbor-hood Y and the successor of the Fall Creek facility. She said it’s wonderful to have a job allow-ing her to integrate her profes-sional duties with those issues she feels strongly about.
“I like being able to add those elements to any job that I have,” she said. “I am pas-sionate about volunteerism, advocacy and civic engagement and the Y enables me to do just that. I have been involved on the public policy commit-tee. I have gone to Washington a couple of times and I am involved in Affirmative Action, diversity inclusion and the Y’s global initiative. I really enjoy what I do.”
At the present time, Clark is very happy with her posi-tion at the Y and has no plans to retire. However, when that time comes, it’s unlikely she will become inactive.
“I am happy to be working right now and I am happy about the next phase of my life,” she said. “Although I won’t be working in the traditional sense, I will be doing other things I enjoy full-time. I have a feeling I will be busier than ever.”
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Spotlight
Dr. William Mirola infuses each teachable moment with sociologyBy MATTHEW J. SILVERFeature Writer
As a professor, and now the newly appointed head of the Department of Arts and Sci-ences at Marian University, Dr. Bill Mirola will continue to encourage students to do critical thinking. “Instead of ‘I speak and you take notes,’ the goal is to engage students in critical thinking, help them be best prepared to do what they want to do after graduation,” he said.
“My grandparents were Slovak immigrants, and my grandfather instilled in his kids the importance of educa-tion. My father was the first one in the family to earn a college degree. At his 90th birthday celebration people came and talked about his teaching. He never encouraged me to be a teacher, I never desired to be a teacher, but as the accounting teacher, he did taxes for most of the teachers in our entire school district in Walden, New York. As the
business administrator for the school district, just about every teacher in the district, from el-ementary school on up through high school, paraded through our home at some point.”
Mirola began in premed at Houghton College, admittedly an OK student, but seeing the faculty parade through in robes struck a chord in him, prompting him to seek gradu-ate work in order to become a professor. He pursued medi-cine, but his mind really lit up after taking a course in sociol-ogy. He was accepted to the graduate program in 1987 at Indiana University, and seven years later received his doctor-ate. His doctoral thesis is now a book — “Redeeming Time: Protestantism and the Eight-Hour Movement in Chicago,” a study of the clergy’s push for the eight-hour work day in 19th Century Chicago.
“The sociology program at IU had a very strong emphasis in preparing graduate students to work in the classroom. Two of my mentors had won awards for excellence in the classroom. In my second year, I agreed to teach a class of 80 students. While I was a bit terrified, it was an undergraduate version of a course I had just taken. It had been one of the lowest rated classes, and I turned it around to be one of the highest rated classes,” smiled Mirola.
He taught for the next two years at IU, including one semester at IUPUI in India-napolis. “Teaching non-tradi-tional students from different backgrounds was quite a bit different than 18 and 19 year
TACKLING A NEW ROLE — Dr. Bill Mirola enjoying the summer on his back porch as he prepares for his new role at Mar-ian College as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Matthew J. Silver)
olds, but I welcomed the chal-lenge,” he added. “At the end of my four years at IU, I was awarded one of the associate instructor teaching awards. Five were honored, but three of us were from the sociology department.”
He accepted a position with Marian University in 1995, and with four classes to teach his first year, he said, “I wanted to give these students the best sociological experience possible, so I dumped every-thing, all the interesting nu-ances, every detail, everything
I had learned at IU into most every class, and they loved it. But then came the spring semester, the same students. They had already heard all the stories. I had to teach from a different textbook than the one the students used to stay one step ahead.”
Although much of his work will be administrative as he oversees 70 faculty members and 11 departments, he will still have at least one course each semester, one more shot at instilling students with what they need.
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Celebrate the Bicentennial with blue and gold flowersJoin the
celebration of Indiana’s bicentennial as you view blue and gold flowers in the Pur-due Exten-sion-Marion County Demonstra-tion Garden. The garden is participating in the Gar-den Club of Indiana Inc. project en-dorsed by the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Commission.
Join the “Blue and Gold Floral Tribute to Indiana’s Flag” at the Purdue Extension demonstration garden during the State Fair or later at the Indiana State Fair-grounds. Here is a small sample of the blue/violet and yellow/gold annual flowers you can see this year.
Gazania kiss yellow is a low growing flower suitable for a sunny location. This variety of treasure flower usually grows 7-12 inches tall and tolerates dryness once established. You will enjoy the large daisy-like yellow blooms each with a darker ring near the center.
Among the most beautiful blue flowers is Evolvulus Blue My Mind. It stands up to heat and some dryness and dead flower
PRETTY IN GOLD — For a tall yellow-blooming annual flower, try Cannova yellow can-na. (Photo by Steve Mayer)
PRETTY IN BLUE — Bombay dark blue fan flower gets its name from the shape of the blossoms. (Photo by Steve Mayer)
removal is unnecessary. This low growing plant is best viewed on a sunny day in the morning as the flowers may close in cloudy weather and later in the day.
Canna cannova yellow is a seed-propagated canna. It grows 2.5-4 feet tall. When viewed close, you can see tiny orange flecks in the yellow blooms. Like other cannas, they like plenty of water and fertilizer.
Another low trailing plant with blue flowers is Scaevola Bombay dark blue – often called fan flower because of the shape of the blooms. This plant usually grows only about 8 inches tall and it tolerates some heat and dryness.
Lantana landmark gold is a flower with beautiful golden yellow blooms. It thrives in heat and drought once established. It often grows about 15-20 inches high and 18-24 inches wide.
Salvia black and blue has a fabulous deep cobalt blue color for the “blue & gold” tribute. The normally green structures (caly-ces) below the flower are black. This salvia is taller than most. It grows 30-40 inches high and 20-24 inches wide. Deadhead-ing (removal of spent blooms) encourages continued blooming.
Sanvitalia sunvy top gold is called creeping zinnia but it is not related to common zinnias. This plant has masses of small yellow daisy-like blooms on plants growing only 6 inches tall and about 14 inches wide.
Star flower (Isotoma) is an
unusual flower with blue-violet, star-shaped flowers and fine-tex-tured foliage. The heat tolerant plant grows about 12-14 inches high with a similar spread.
A great annual vine with yellow flowers is Thunbergia lemon a-peel. Black-eyed Susan vine usually has orange flowers but this variety has a yellow flower with a black center. This excellent climber can grow 5-8 feet tall.
The vertical wall garden includes two petunias and a golden yellow purslane. Petu-nia pretty flora midnight is a low growing plant with flowers that are described as royal blue. Petunia prism sunshine grows a
little taller with large light yel-low flowers.
For the shade, you can see a blue-violet wishbone flower and a yellow tuberous begonia.
QuestionQ. What else can I see at the
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Other new items to see this year include a vertical succulent gar-den, a strawberry tower, several aquatic plants, as well as some containers and hanging bas-kets. More information is at the demonstration garden Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Pur-dueIndyDemoGarden.
Steve Mayer is Extension Educator-Horticulture with Pur-due Extension-Marion County. He coordinates the master gardener program in Marion County. To contact a master gardener, call (317) 275-9292, or email: [email protected]. Timely gardening-related tips are available on Twitter @purduehortindy.
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Faith
God loves, provides and comfortsBy WENDELL FOWLERFeature Writer
Anne Thurston knows the world needs love; more God-loving people. “When people ex-perience God’s love, there’ll be hope for mankind. Sadly, fear’s taken God from our lives. We must put hope back into our lives; teach others how to love God without the preaching; to share his uplifting message of hope.“
Thurston believes Jesus is the son of God who died for our sins. “I cannot recall a day he’s not been in my life. I believe in the father, the son and the Holy Ghost; the Bible is the truth and the way. Practicing my faith means being compas-sionate and kind to all people.” Thurston shares her love of God with everyone; prays a lot and participates in church activities. “My childhood Sunday school teacher gave us crafts each week that taught us about Jesus and his dis-ciples. I remember singing in the children’s choir at an early age. Mrs. Todd told us we were sweet angels from God; spread-ing the word. Too bad I cannot hold a tune.”
Suffering has taught Thur-ston God always provides. “June 2015, I took my daughter to pick up her infant son from the baby-sitters. While wait-ing on her to return to the car, an ambulance, fire truck and sheriffs arrived and hurriedly entered. I heard my daughter Reba scream ‘My baby is dead.’ One of the firemen swept up my grandson and sprinted to the ambulance. We prayed hard — the deputy too. As the sun arose my grandson went with Jesus.”
Even though no one was present, Thurston felt loving arms wrapped around her; a calming yet strong force. “It was the Holy Spirit taking over. It was like God sent his angels to hold an umbrella
WORKING ON HER SERMON — Anne Thurston spends time rehearsing her sermon as she fills in for her vacationing min-ister. “I’m not a public speaker or much of a singer, but I do my best,” she said. Thurston attends Shelbyville’s West Street United Methodist Church. (Photo provided)
WATCHING THE COLTS — Shown is Anne Thurston with United Methodist Bishop Michael Coyner. (Photo provided)
over our family.”Thurston’s been inches from
death; nearly killed in a car crash; on a plane that crash landed, “and each time, I had the same feeling. Suffering is when you want Jesus by your side the most. I want Jesus in good times also! Jesus is with us daily but I feel the Holy Spirit comforts us during our suffering. He gently assures us there’s a peace beyond our world. I really do not know how to explain it. I just feel it.”
The compassionate Shelby County Assessor since 2008, Thurston volunteers as chief cook and bottle washer at Shelbyville’s West Street United Methodist Loving Oth-ers-Acting in Faith program servicing the downtrodden.
Thurston’s go-to scripture: John 14: 15-21 when Jesus promises the Holy Spirit: “If you love me, keep my com-mands. And I will ask the father, and he will give you an-other advocate to help you and be with you forever the spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with
you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” Amen.
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Nominations will be accepted through the end of day Monday, Aug. 1.
The IMVHOF is a nonprofit organization that honors Hoosier veterans for service during and after active duty. To date, it has
recognized 34 men and women for their outstanding military and civilian service.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a nominee must meet any one of these criteria:
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Up to 15 veterans will be hon-ored this year for military service achievements and/or community contributions. All branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, all ages, liv-ing or deceased, male or female, will be considered equally.
The induction ceremony will take place Nov. 4 at the Garri-son at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence.
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Daily senior luncheon — 11:30 a.m. at The Social of Greenwood, 550 Polk St., Green-wood. Luncheon is open to the public and membership in the center is not required. A $2 dona-tion is suggested for ages 60+, and $6 is charged per person for under 60. Diners are asked to call (317) 882-4810 by noon the day before to make a reservation. The luncheon is located in the new Center Cafe.
Bethany Village Gives Back to Seniors — 4-9 p.m. every Tuesday at Madison Grill, 3003 Madison Ave., Indianapo-lis, during their senior night. Seniors 62+ receive a half price entree and they can register for a chance for Bethany Village to pay for their meal. Ten meals to be awarded. For more informa-
tion, call Ben Porter at (317) 783-4042.
VA Lunch — Every Tuesday at Westside Garden Plaza, 8616 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Call (317) 271-1020 for times.
Quilt Connection Guild — 7-9 p.m. the first Thursday at Greenwood United Methodist Church, 525 N. Madison Ave., Greenwood. Program features experienced quilters sharing their knowledge, workshops, sew days to learn new skills, annual quilt challenges, bees (work on personal or charity projects), an annual action and parties in July and December.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association — Meets on the
first Friday of every month in the Truman room at the Sottish Rite Cathedral, 650 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. NARFE’s mission is to support legislation beneficial to current and potential federal annuitants and to oppose legisla-tion contrary to their interests. All meetings are open to all interested parties. The cathedral is handicap accessible and has handicap parking. For those who wish to join for lunch, the lunch line opens at 11:30 a.m. All inqui-ries may be directed to Chapter 151 officer, Leo J. Hahn, by phone at (317) 255-4928 or via email at [email protected].
IS Dances — (Formerly India-napolis Senior Dances) Ballroom group classes and parties at Rio-
lo’s, La Boca Studio, second floor, 502 N. Capitol Ave. (northwest corner of Michigan Street and Capitol Avenue) with DJ Monica Lung, professional instructor. For more information, contact Monica Lung at (317) 590-2655 or visit www.MonicaLung.com.
Coffee with the Curator — 8:30-9 a.m. first Friday of every month at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis. Free for presidential site mem-bers and guests; $6 for non-members.
Community Bingo — 2 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at Madison Health Care Center, 7465 Madi-son Ave., Indianapolis.
JCSS Dining in the Dark — 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
4, at Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin United Methodist Com-munity, Franklin.
Honor Flight Breakfast — Saturday, Aug. 6, at Westside Garden Plaza, 8616 W. 10th St., Indianapolis. Call (317) 271-1020 for time.
Broad Ripple celebrates the Bicentennial — Aug. 11-14 in Broad Ripple Park. The festival will feature carnival rides and games, food and drink, an Indiana craft beer garden, live entertainment and pro-grams and community booths. A history exhibit provided by Broad Ripple Gazette will be on display and Saturday and Sunday will feature artisan and
Conrad Cortellini: Making the fleeting permanentBy MATTHEW J SILVERFeature Writer
Well-known local artist and architect Conrad Cortellini was explaining his Total Perspec-tive Vortex, a 16 foot by 8 foot brightly colorful, two-paneled paper relief diptych that has been hanging in the Grand Lobby of Clowes Memorial Hall since 1992: “That is part of the feedback fractal project. It is a digital image generated by pointing a video camera into its own monitor that produces feedback fractals. I see it as feedback on us because it rep-resents the chaos that is preva-lent all around the world.”
A fractal is a mathematical set that repeats specific pat-terns. Moving the camera an inch to the left will produce a whole different set of fractals, just as turning your head to one side will produce a differ-ent visual image. But both are fleeting images that will never occur exactly the same way. One might say each person is a fractal on the spectrum of time, never to be exactly replicated.
His current project is “The Monument,” a 24 foot by 34 foot sculpture made of folded paper sections, “dedicated to the hu-man condition in appreciation that it too displays a fractal nature,” says his brochure,
for which he seeks commu-nity involvement. It is at the intersection of mathematics, technology, community and hand craft. Also captured from a computer program that simu-lates video feedback, it is 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels tall, which translates into 307,200 individually folded paper tubes, or elements, each one-half inch square, that are placed on the frame.
The work is partly inspired by the artistry of Jackson Pol-lock’s drip paintings, which have fractal dimensions. Cortellini’s fractals are more mathematically determined.
Each 10 inch by 10 inch mod-ule contains 100 elements, the little half inch squares folded into tubes.
Cortellini is actively distribut-ing artisan kits in an effort to recruit 200 artisan collaborators who will help in cutting, folding and gluing the elements. This is the community part of his project. Each of the 200 contrib-utors will be signatories to the artwork, becoming a permanent part of the project. “We have had people come in and fold some elements for the piece, out of sheer interest,” he said.
He has put the word out on social media looking for par-ticipants for this distributed art production. “People call and we
ART IN 3-D — Artist Conrad Cortellini with one of the sections of his sculpture in celebration of the human condition. Cortellini loves to get the community involved in his projects. (Photo provided)
send out a kit with the materi-als and they send the work back, and when it is complete, we will have a big party and invite all who participated to celebrate,” he added. “If the piece is sold, each artisan will get a share.”
He came to the U.S. at 9 from Italy when his father was selected as first chair violist for the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra. He has always had an ability to draw, and except for his first year when he majored in engineering at Purdue, he has been following a thread in the art world. Having a fam-ily at a young age, however, he began working for a real estate company, and grandfathered in as an architect, studying con-struction technology at IUPUI,
eventually earning a degree in fine arts from Herron School of Art. “This project has helped me extend the end game,” he smiled, referring to being energized at the age of 73 by this project.
Reach him at cortellinistudios.com.
Cortellini has four grandchil-dren and four great-grandchil-dren.
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Scammers target seniorsBy JEROME S. LAMETSupervising AttorneyDebt Counsel for Seniorsand the Disabled
Scammers are targeting seniors by calling them and say-ing they are with Medicare and need their Medicare account number and bank account infor-mation, so that they can send them their new Medicare cards. Of course, if you give them this information, your bank ac-count will be hacked and your money stolen. The scammers are persistent and know how to push the right buttons to scare seniors into giving them their personal information. They call several times, and they will say you will no longer receive benefits unless you provide this information.
A government agency will never call or ask for your personal information. If you receive a call from someone saying they are calling from a governmental agency, such as the IRS or Medicare, hang up and keep hanging up.
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Understanding Social Security —
You can still file and suspendYou probably heard that
changes in the law now affect the way you file for certain Social Security benefits.
These changes place limits on when voluntary suspen-sion and reinstatement can begin for you and your family members who might also be entitled to benefits.
This is not the demise of “file and suspend.” It’s still one of your best tools for
boosting your Social Security benefit after you reach full retirement age.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 made changes to the Social Security claims filed by married couples. The law af-fected an unintended loophole primarily used by married couples to gain more money.
If you’re full retirement age or older and apply for Social Security retirement benefits,
you can suspend your ben-efits for any amount of time up to age 70. You may do this to earn “delayed retirement credits,” which result in a higher benefit payment when you turn 70 or when you request reinstatement of ben-efits, whichever comes first.
Under the new law, when you submit a request to sus-pend your benefits to earn de-layed retirement credits, you
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will no longer be able to re-ceive spouse’s or widow(er)’s benefits during this voluntary delay period.
In addition, if you suspend your benefit, any benefits payable to your spouse and children on your record will also be suspended for the same time period.
There is an exception: A request for voluntary sus-pension will not suspend a divorced spouse’s benefit. Your divorced spouse also can receive benefits on your record during this voluntary delay period.
Remember, you can still plan and make the most of your retirement benefit by filing and suspending. These new rules
don’t pre-vent you from do-ing what’s best for you and your family. We have a wealth of retire-ment information at www.socialse-curity.gov/planners/retire.
For more information and answers to your questions about these changes in the law, go to www.socialsecurity.gov/planners/retire/claiming.html.
Indy Chamber awards GoGlobal Grants to support export growth
The Indy Chamber recently awarded its first ever GoGlobal grants to three local firms looking to enter or grow their export services globally. Grant recipients include: Candy Dy-namics, DIVSYS and Thomas Medical, who each received grants of $5,000.
The GoGlobal grants were established in partnership with JPMorgan Chase to recognize and support the efforts of local employers to begin or expand exporting activity. To earn the competitive grant, the compa-nies shared specific, practical plans to increase international sales during the next year.
“International trade provides a pathway for local businesses to create jobs, attract capital and grow our economy,” said Al Smith, managing director and chairman of Chase in Indiana.
“JPMorgan Chase is proud to support the GoGlobal export program and hopes our local businesses discover new inter-national markets. Their success will have a significant impact on our region’s future vitality and economic success.”
The grant announcement was made at the Indy Cham-ber’s 2016 World Trade Day, an annual event highlighting the impact of global trade and investment in the Indianapolis region. Exports and foreign investment support more than 100,000 local jobs, with Indianapolis companies selling nearly $15 billion in goods and services outside the U.S. last year.
“Indy ranks 23rd out of the 100 largest metro areas in total exports, but the successful exporters in our community are
far outnumbered by companies who aren’t taking advantage of global opportunities,” said Michael Huber, president and CEO of the Indy Chamber. “With the support of JPMor-gan Chase, the GoGlobal grant program will help businesses explore new markets and find new customers around the world – and inspire others to follow suit.”
The GoGlobal Grant awards are part of the Indy Chamber’s Global Indy Initiative, which exists to encourage the Indy metro’s companies to engage in global opportunities through export support and facilitat-ing foreign direct investment activity.
For more information about the GoGlobal Grant awards, visitIndyChamber.com/GoGlo-balGrant.
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a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Community Center at Frank-lin United Methodist Community, Franklin.
2016 Hometown Roots Con-cert Series — 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14 and 28, at the Central Library, One Library Square, 40 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis.
Classic Movie Night — 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at Beech Grove Branch Library, 1102 Main St., Beech Grove.
Beach House — 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Old National Centre. General admission tick-ets are $25. For more informa-tion, visit www.oldnationalcentre.com.
Free Estate Planning and Asset Protection Workshop — 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 19, and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Community Health Pavil-ion, 9669 E. 146th St., Room 160, Noblesville. Presented by Hunter Law Office. Workshops are free. Reservations are required. Call (317) 863-2030 to reserve your
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Concert — 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, in the Amphitheater in Su-rina Square, Greenwood. There is no admission fee. For more information, visit www.green-woodband.com.
O.A.R. — 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, on the Farm Bureau Insur-ance lawn at White River State Park.
Cottage Open House — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Community Club at Franklin United Methodist Com-munity, 1070 W. Jefferson St., Franklin.
Community Yard Sale — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Waters of Indianapolis, 3895 S. Keystone Ave., Indianapolis. Each table is $5. Proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Association. For more information, call (317) 787-5364.
Health Fair — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Alpha Home, 2640 Cold Springs Road, Indianapolis. Proceeds go to the Parkinson’s Awareness Associa-tion.
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How to maintain a sense of self in assisted living communitiesBy EUNICE TROTTERAmerican SeniorCommunities
Many people would prefer to age in place at home, but when living independently becomes too difficult or even dangerous, making the move to an assisted living facility is vital.
Transitioning from your home to an assisted living community doesn’t mean you
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will have to sacrifice your independence and autono-my, said Becky Nichols of American Senior Communi-ties, which operates several assisted living communities across the state. Assisted liv-ing communities work hard to take their residents’ needs and comfort into consider-ation, while allowing them the help they may need with activities of daily living and keeping them safe, she said.
If you’re worried about maintaining your indepen-dence and sense of self as you move into an assisted living facility, there are plenty of ways for you to remain feeling in control in your new living arrangement. Here are some tips to help in the transition:
• Bring personal items with you. Many assisted living communities will al-low you to bring personal items, like photos, pillows, knickknacks and even some
furniture. • Get involved in ac-
tivities. Spending time with other residents will give you a chance to connect with others and grow new relationships.
• Keep in touch with family and friends. It’s important for family members to recognize the importance of staying connected.
• Get to know the staff. The staff will work diligently to ensure you are being provided with the best care possible while allowing you to maintain as much indepen-dence as possible in a home-like, secure environment.
Moving into an assisted living facility might take a little adjusting, but there is no reason why you cannot maintain independence once you are there.
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Prostatecancer breakthroughBy JOHN GRIMALDIAssociation of Mature American Citizens
The prognosis for men suf-fering from prostate cancer has changed momentously for the better.
An estimated 2,850,139 men are living with prostate cancer in the United States, according to recent studies. They are “lucky” victims, one might say, because of recent breakthroughs that may allow doctors to stop the disease in its tracks.
One treatment, stereotac-tic body radiation therapy, is reported to have a nearly 99-percent cure rate.
Dr. Raquibul Hannan, as-sistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medi-cal Center in Dallas, led a study that revealed just how effective this new means of pinpointing radiation delivery is.
“The high cure rate is striking when compared to the reported five-year cure rates from other approaches like surgery or conven-tional radiation, which range between 80 to 90 percent,” Hannan said, “while the side effects of this treatment are comparable to other types of treatment.”
Don’t be fooledby fake-debt fraudBy CECIL SCAGLIONEMature Life Features
If you’ve become a victim of calls threatening garnishment or any other form of prosecution for a debt you owe, your first step should have been to take a deep breath and hang up on the first call.
Seniors are a major target of these collection-agency crooks and their harassment.
Your next step? Sit back and review your finances to determine if there are any outstanding bills or credit card payments.
Next, check AnnualCreditRe-port.com. You get one free credit report a year from each of the three major credit-reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Spread them out over the year so you can review
your financial position through-out the year.
This will help you make sure the debt exists, and it is yours. Even credible collection agen-cies can make errors.
Fraudulent callers will try to collect debts they claim are owed by a deceased member of the family. In most cases, you have no responsibility for a late relative’s debt. Laws differ from state to state regarding a dead spouse’s debt.
The next time the collectors call, ask for their company name, address and telephone number so you can respond. If they aren’t forthcoming, it’s most likely a scam.
If the call is valid, write to company you owe. Ask for writ-ten proof of the debt so you can make payment.
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Indy’s wide world of sports By JULIE YOUNGFeature Writer
Although Indianapolis has been home to the Greatest Spectacle in Racing for 100 years, boasts a professional football and basketball team, the nation’s finest AAA baseball park and has hosted one of the most successful Super Bowls in recent memory, the Circle City is still largely known as the “Amateur Sports Capitol of the World.” With all eyes on Rio this month, we’re taking a look back at Indy’s quest for gold and the athletic events that brought the wide world of sports to the state capitol.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, city leaders made a con-certed effort to improve existing sports venues and build new ones in hopes of attracting a diverse range of athletic offerings to Indianapolis. One of the first was 1982’s National Sports Festival, a nine-day competition that at-tracted 2,600 athletes to the city in order to determine if Indy had an Olympic future.
The National Sports Festival was the brainchild of the United States Olympic Committee in hopes of offering larger scale, international, multi-sport show-cases in communities that were
longing to put in an Olympic bid. There was a parade, the light-ing of a ceremonial torch and a wide range of events throughout the downtown area that drew well-known athletes such as diver Greg Louganis, long jumper Carl Lewis and sprinter Evelyn Ashford as well as a long list of unknown prospects in search of some pre-Olympic support. Mike Moran, the USOC’s media coordi-nator said the city’s size as well as the new cycling velodrome, track and field stadium and nata-torium were among the reasons Indianapolis was the right pick for such an event.
Five years later, the city cemented its place in amateur sports when it hosted the 1987 Pan Am Games. Though nearly 30 years have passed since the western hemisphere came to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to celebrate their best, it is an event that continues to be a rich part of the state’s history. Over 17 days, all of America was able to watch 4,500 athletes from 38 countries compete in 27 sports. Indianapo-lis was proud to host a sporting spectacle that is second only to the Olympics, especially when they only had 30 months to put the whole thing together. (Two of the cities that were selected prior
to Indianapolis backed out of hosting the event.)
“It was an enormous undertak-ing for our community,” Pan Am president and COO Mark Miles said in a 2012 interview.
The Olympics are naturally a bigger challenge and although the USOC did send a letter asking if Indianapolis might be interested in putting in a bid for
the 2024 summer games, city officials say we’re not quite ready for that. Still, even though we have yet to bring the Olympic rings to the Hoosier Heartland, hosting the National Sports Fes-tival, the Pan Am Games, NCAA Final Four Championships and other amateur events has paved the way for it to receive the ulti-mate challenge: the 2012 Super
Bowl. When the NFL questioned the city’s ability to accommo-date the number of visitors, find volunteer support and host one of the biggest parties in the athletic calendar, committee members were able to say “been there, done that.”
Maybe an Olympic torch will be in our future someday.
Staying eventful at Westside Garden PlazaBy TRACY CORNFORTHExecutive DirectorWestside Garden Plaza
Summer is an exciting time. If you’re ever in the area this season, take time to check out some of the programs and events held at Westside Garden Plaza.
Are you wondering about how to downsize for retire-ment? There’s an upcoming seminar featuring experts who will offer advice on how to get started. Are you a history enthusiast? History speakers is an event at Westside that focuses on a different historical figure each month. And what about music? Well, Westside has you covered there. There is a monthly community concert
featuring music from various genres. The month of July will feature Americana artist Scott Greeson.
“Westside has a super strong reputation in Indianapolis!” said Tina Corbin, community outreach coordinator at West-side Garden Plaza. “We feel like it is important to keep the com-munity involved.” And Westside accomplishes this through the many exciting community events, such as a yearly family picnic, where great music, food and fun are the main course.
Westside is also active in community outreach. They are working with local schools to develop events that promote education and charity in the community. And each year, Westside sponsors a family
in need. This year they are providing support to the fam-ily of Savannah Bettis, a local teen who was killed in a car accident recently (#Savannah-Strong).
Many of the events and pro-grams at Westside are designed to promote wellness. With its state-of-the-art fitness center and pool, Westside provides health-boosting fitness courses such as aquatic therapy and The CLIMB, a program de-signed to fight the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Westside Garden Plaza proves staying active and well can be done at any age.
To learn more about the exciting events, programs and services Westside Garden Plaza has to offer, call (317) 271-1020.
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However, what most people do not realize is that your Will only controls the property that you own individually at your death. Therefore, understanding legal ownership of property and how legal ownership affects your Will is key to making sure your stuff ends up where you want it to in the end.
Legal ownership of property can be broken down into these basic categories: individual owner-ship; joint ownership; beneficiary designated, or pay on death (POD), and transfer on death (TOD) accounts; and trust ownership. That being said, anything that is “yours” but is jointly owned, has a beneficiary designated, or is owned by a trust, will not pass pursuant to your Will at your death. That is why it is so important to look at your assets and their ownership types to make sure that your Will actually controls distribution of those assets at your death.
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CICOA honors Martinsville man as Central Indiana Senior Volunteer of the YearBy CICOA STAFF
Martinsville resident Joseph Mills was named Central In-diana Senior Volunteer of the Year by CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions at a June 23 luncheon. The award honors an older adult who has tried to make his or her community a better place to live.
The eight finalists already had been named Volunteer of the Year by the Council on Aging in their home coun-ties, and a panel reviewed the nominations to select a regional winner.
Mills, 77, spends about
15 hours a week volunteer-ing. That’s in addition to his full-time job as director of the Morgan County Substance Abuse Council, a position he was tapped to fill last fall during his fourth attempt at retirement. He plans to try again later this year, once he has trained his successor.
“It’s not like I’m going out and looking for things to do,” he said.
Maybe not, but Mills doesn’t hesitate to help when he can.
He was nominated for Senior Volunteer of the Year by Judy Bucci, a fellow board member at Stability First, a
SENIOR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR — Joseph Mills, center, was recently honored as Central Indiana Senior Volunteer of the Year by CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions. He is shown with Orion Bell, president and CEO of CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions and Judy Bucci, fellow board member at Stability First, a faith-based ministry that is working to move individuals from poverty to prosperity. (Photo provided)
faith-based ministry that is working to move individuals from poverty to prosperity. In addition to the time he devotes to that cause, includ-ing about 100 hours compiling a $200,000 grant application, Mills chairs the housing com-mittee for Morgan County Bridges Out of Poverty and recently helped implement a program that aims to raise the standard of rental housing in the county.
He also is coordinator of the Garden of Feedin,’ a commu-nity gardening ministry that has produced more than 5,000 pounds of fresh vegetables for low-income families and local food banks. He oversees plot preparations, coordinates water delivery to the site and organizes donations.
Mills recently stepped down after 12 years as coordinator of the Overcomers Ministry, though he continues to serve the organization in an ad-visory role. He founded the support program for recover-ing addicts and their families, leading weekly group sessions and facilitating the men’s support group. He also trained and supported volunteer staff and even coordinated trans-portation and child care.
It was Mills’ work with the Overcomers Ministry
that transformed him from what he calls a “Sunday pew Christian” into someone who hears the call to help oth-ers. “I didn’t have a physical addiction, but I was self-cen-tered,” he said of his personal epiphany.
So he focused his attention elsewhere and kept find-ing opportunities to serve. These days, “the things I do are based on my faith and I approach them as a mission, not just volunteer work,” Mills said. “It’s a labor of love.”
Pay your taxes to keep your passportBy CECIL SCAGLIONEMature Life Features
In a couple years, showing your driver’s license to hop a plane to domestic U.S. destina-tions may no longer be enough. You may be required to show your passport.
It has to do with U.S. govern-ment regulations calling for a federally-accepted identity card.
A recent law empowering the Internal Revenue Service to revoke your passport if you’re behind in your taxes makes that document even more valu-able.
Now that a new section of the tax code has become law, the State Department will block Americans who are “seri-ously delinquent” in their tax payments. The list of laggers will be compiled by the IRS, with a threshold of $50,000 in unpaid federal taxes.
What this means is that the State Department will not approve or renew passports for anyone owing $50,000 or more in back taxes. They might even rescind existing passports held by such tax delinquents.
A new passport wrinkle for this year requires anyone need-ing extra pages to renew their entire passport.
The former system allowed passport holders to order 24-page packets for $82, to accom-modate extra visas.
Now if your passport is filled and you need more pages, you have to request a whole new passport for $110, regardless of its expiration date.
However, you can order a larger 52-page version rather than the standard 28-pager for the same price. This applies whether you’re a first-time ap-plicant or renewing an expired passport.Mature Life Features, copyright 2016
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Westpark a community leading the way in rehabilitationBy TERISA MESSMERAdmissions LiaisonWestparkA Waters Community
Westpark at 1316 N. Tibbs Ave. is a facility who has always had a stellar reputation. But in the past few years it has gained not only local recognition but na-tional recognition for the forward thinking care and innovation in the delivery system of that care.
Westpark is a five-star facility and was recently recognized by CMS for two separate quarters of 0 percent readmission to the hospital.
We were recognized for POISE rounds through IU Health and our administrator, Gina Couch was asked to speak about this holistic way of treating our resi-dents. POISE allows the resident the power to direct their care. It takes into account the entire per-son instead of a list of symptoms and diagnoses.
Most recently the facility re-ceived an award from the AMDA
(American Medical Directors Association) for their care and continued desire to improve.
Westpark is a member of the Eskenazi Post Acute Network and as such has five day a week visits from our medical director, Dr. Kamal Wagle, who has an office in our building. We also have a nurse practitioner in our building 8 hours a day five days a week. Each of these and their practice are available at a moment’s notice 24/7. We offer seven day a week therapy to al-low the fastest road to recovery for our rehabilitation residents. We are also a participant in the OPTIMISTIC program. This program provides services and resources to our long term care residents to allow the highest level of resident satisfaction and quality of life.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED — Westpark now has a national reputation for being providing forward thinking care to its clients and the innovation in delivering that care. (Photo provided)
Georgia still on my mindMy
wife and I recently re-turned from a very relax-ing vacation in Savan-nah, Ga. Life there seemed so serene I began to wonder if I would have been better off in a career that didn’t include the nerve-racking deadline stresses of radio, TV and print media.
I once considered being a Walmart greeter. It looked like such a low-stress job, but a friend told me he saw their employment contract and it included a reference to being nice to people. Like I’d sign something like that?
Toll booth collector intrigued me. It gives you a chance to meet lots of people with-out running the risk of ever establishing a real relation-ship. When you think about it, if you are looking for real change in your life, this is the gig you want.
I went through a brief wannabe-lumberjack stage. You get to be outdoors and you can wear the same shirt every day. Although, they do have a formal Friday. It would be fun to come home and tell my wife, “I got the axe at work today,” and not have her burst into tears.
Based on our recent trip, I am now certain I should have been a tour guide.
First of all, you don’t re-ally have to know anything, because no one will dispute it, and no one will remember what you say, anyway. For ex-ample, our guide told us how Savannah was founded when the Pilgrims came over and … no, that’s not it. Actually, the Spanish missionaries arrived first … no, that doesn’t sound right. Did she say it was the Puritans who were looking for cranberries? Whatever.
I could have been an excel-lent tour bus driver, as well. I have no sense of direction, so there would be no disadvan-tage in my being geographi-
cally challenged. The people on the bus have no idea where they are going — that’s why they took a bus. They know nothing about the area, and that’s why they hired a tour guide. So if I did get lost (that’s a sure thing), I could make up some outrageous story about how in this very isolated area, hundreds of miles from food, water and shelter, three Catholic nuns saved the city of Savannah from the Spanish war ships by staying awake 72 straight hours to man the lighthouse with only those dried cranber-ries to eat.
See? I told you I’d be good at this.
I couldn’t be this imprecise in my present work. My bosses at WISH-TV and my newspa-per publishers have this thing about my being “factual.” The last 40 years would have been so much more pleasant without that accuracy monkey on my back.
I might miss being on TV if I change career tracks, but the lure of a microphone and a captive audience moving at 45 miles per hour would be tough for me to turn down.
And here’s the best part: I could tell the same jokes three times a day, 50 weeks a year. And no one will know the dif-ference.
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Soak up the summer at the Indianapolis Museum of ArtCelebrate the outdoors this
summer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Tee off at the new artist-designed mini golf course, tour the colorful gar-dens with an IMA horticultural expert and enjoy a film under the stars at the National Bank of Indianapolis Summer Nights Film Series.
Beginning July 1, garden retail will shift from the Mad-eline F. Elder Greenhouse to the museum store. The store is free to visit and allows for easy parking.
The Elder Greenhouse will be returned to its historical purpose as a working green-house to support the campus. With two glasshouses now dedicated to production, guests are invited to watch gardeners propagate and cultivate plants for displays
around the IMA campus. Highlights include:Mini golf at the IMA -
The course features 18 holes inspired by Indiana history, heritage and landmarks in honor of the state’s bicentennial celebration.
Exhibition: “19 Stars of Indiana Art: A Bicentennial Celebration” - Learn about 19 artists with Hoosier ties who impacted the regional, national and even international art scene.
Cheers! Art and Brew Tour - Second Thursday of the month at 5:45 p.m. Admission is $45 per person. Explore liba-tions featured in art from the IMA collection. Learn more at www.imamuseum.org/cheers.
Evening garden tour with IMA’s director of horticul-ture: gardens of IMA - Last
Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Join Chad Franer, the IMA’s director of horticulture, for a special evening tour through the IMA’s historic gardens.
The National Bank of In-dianapolis Summer Nights Film Series - Fridays, June 3-Aug. 26/doors open at 6 p.m. Single film tickets: $8 mem-bers/$12 public; Double feature tickets: $12 members/ $18 pub-lic. Bring a picnic and enjoy a film beneath a starry sky every Friday night in the IMA Amphi-theater. For a complete list of films, visit www.imamuseum.org/summer-nights.
Family Day: Art Olym-pics - Aug. 6 / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Test your athletic and artis-tic prowess in a decathlon of physical and mental challenges throughout the IMA galleries
and gardens. Grown-Up Summer Camp
- Aug. 13 / 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $125 members/$150 public. Join museum staff for a day-long immersive experience with art-ists, musicians, chefs, curators, and performers throughout the campus. Cap off the day with a drink by the campfire and live music by local bands.
Day of Flight -Aug. 27 / 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. It’s a celebration of nature at the new Day of Flight program. Watch demonstrations on bee keeping, hummingbird banding and pollinator plants. Take a nature photography class and see birds on display.
For more information about the IMA’s summer offerings, visit www.imamuseum.org/.
Season six champion of NBC’S ‘The Voice’ Josh KaufmanJosh Kaufman, season six
champion of NBC’s “The Voice,” released his first self-titled EP, now available on all music platforms.
The EP features a total of six songs, in-cluding his first single “Truth Be Told,” re-leased May 27. Other songs on the EP include the soulfully upbeat “All I Ask,” power-ful vocal ballad “Avalanche,” jazzy foot-tapper “Paycheck,” love-inspired “The World,” and catchy radio-ready hit “Digging Deep.”
For most of his life, Kaufman has used his smooth, master-ful vocals to uplift and inspire. The Indianapolis-based singer-songwriter possesses a stunning range and singular power that captures pure emotion. A long-time guitarist and piano player, Kaufman has also diligently per-
fected his instrumental skills, with the new EP channeling his rich vocal work into a gracefully catchy blend of soul, funk, R&B, rock and classic pop.
Growing up in a musical family, the Florida-born Kaufman got his start singing in church when he was just 4 years old. In addition to perform-ing in choirs throughout his childhood, he further honed his vocal skills in
part by closely studying the lay-ered harmonies of gospel music. While attending high school in Blacksburg, Va., Kaufman began playing in bands and writing his own songs, mining much inspiration from the soulful yet fiery and guitar-fueled sound of Lenny Kravitz. Kaufman kept up with his music throughout college and, some years after earning his degree in philosophy, went on to become a staple of
the Indianapolis music scene as a solo artist and front man for local soul band The New Etiquette.
Despite his dedication and undeniable passion for singing, Kaufman found himself strug-gling to move forward with his music as the years went on. “The more I thought about it, the more I realized how important it was for me to keep on pursuing music in my life,” said Kaufman. “But since my wife and I had started building a family, I wasn’t at a point where I could just keep going and see what came of it. I knew that if I was really going to make something happen, I needed a jump start.”
That jump start came in the summer of 2013, when
Kaufman auditioned for “The Voice” and was selected for the show. Throughout the season, Kaufman floored audiences with his stirring renditions of tracks like Sam Smith’s “Stay with Me,” Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and John Legend’s “All of Me,” the studio performances of each climbing to the top five on the iTunes charts, and eventually made his way to victory.
During the past few years, Kaufman has kept busy by sit-ting in with The Roots on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” headlining the Indy Jazz Fest, making his Broadway debut as the lead and title role in the Tony Award-winning “Pip-pin,” and most recently singing
the classic Hoosier tune “Back Home Again in Indiana” at this year’s historic 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Naming soul legends like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and introspec-tive singer-songwriters like Jeff Buckley and Paul Simon among his favorite artists, Kaufman said one of his main goals for his debut is to make music infused with a powerful intimacy.
“I’m a pretty reserved and introverted person by nature, and singing has always been a way to express the things that I might not express otherwise,” Kaufman noted. “At its best, music creates this deep emotion-al connection that transcends explanation, and that, I think, is what keeps me making music.”
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Microbes are your BFF’s
Lactose or gluten intoler-ant; constipated, got IBS, frequent yeast infections, al-lergies, asthma or a frail im-mune system? Is that’s what’s got you down bucko?
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microbes within your gut ecosystem that are scream-ing for your attention. Eating fermented foods can restore the proper balance of good and bad bacteria and intro-duce peace to your temple’s ecosystem.
At my presentations, folks routinely ask, “What’s the most important food I should introduced into my diet?” My answer: probiotics/fermented foods. One germaphobes walked out when I discussed humans’ life and death syn-ergy with microbes, but it’s a reality. Without gut flora in balance, you’re easy pickins. You’ve probably heard about 80 percent of your immune system resides in your gut.
If you do over-the-counter or street drugs, drink alcohol, smoke, inhale environmental toxins, use personal care and cleaning products or anti-bac-terial cleaners, eat too much
sugar, take antibiotics or eat grocery meats with antibiotic residues, drink chlorinated water, or under chronic stress, you’re feeding bad microbes growth. Digestive dysfunction is the root of most illnesses. Research states an imbalance of beneficial-to-pathogenic bacterial microbes and yeasts decimates your delicate intes-tinal barrier; your temple’s department of defense against invading pathogens.
All the good and bad bac-teria living inside you would fill a half-gallon jug. Your temple’s intestines are colo-nized by billions of harmless individual micro-organisms assiduously protecting your temple being infected with damaging microbes. They are known as the normal body flora. The University of Idaho says the number of normal bacterial cells live in our temple is in the region of 100
million; 10 times greater than the trillions of cells that cre-ate your sacred holy temple.
Globular cultures through-out history celebrated and benefited from the healthy virtues of fermented foods. Fermentation dates back as far as 6000 BC. Nearly every civilization has included one fermented food in its culi-nary heritage: Korean kim-chi, kombucha tea, miso, unpasteurized sauerkraut, kefir and plain, unsweetened yogurt.
Probiotics are potent invis-ible microorganisms that go a long way to reinforce your temples ability to fight off alien invaders. In fact, in the conference at the Interna-tional Center for Interdisci-plinary Studies of Immunol-ogy Georgetown University Medical Center concluded, “Probiotics will be to medicine in the 21st century as antibi-
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Probiotics boost the im-mune system by increasing antibodies that fight infec-tious disease. The flora in living cultured foods form a “living shield” that covers the small intestine’s inner lining and helps inhibit pathogenic organisms including E.coli, salmonella and an unhealthy overgrowth of candida (yeast). Eating fermented food helps the temple absorb nutrients from food you eat.
Upholding optimal gut flora, and “reseeding’” your gut with fermented probiotic foods when you’re taking an antibiotic may be one of the most important steps to improve your health. If you aren’t eating fermented foods, you should take a probiotic supplement if you eat a lot of crappy processed foods. Poor diet in general and course of antibiotics give pathogens freedom to flourish unchecked. And you suffer needlessly,
For their good taste and your good health, eat more living fermented foods. This is how you keep healthy. Our temples are miracles gifted to us by God.
You are a beautiful, bril-liant miracle of creation; the sole architect of your health. Carpe diem!
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Have you heard the latest about hearing aids?By CECIL SCAGLIONEMature Life Features
It’s difficult to tell if you’re losing your hearing.
Your family and friends may have to speak louder and repeat themselves. But they may be too polite to holler that you’re going deaf.
Your doctor probably won’t tell you, since only one out of 10 regularly screens patients for hearing loss.
And today’s television sets and telephones have sound boosters that can overcome your hear-ing loss by reverberating sound through the neighborhood.
Whatever your age (although the problem worsens as you grow older), if you haven’t already had a hearing test, get one.
If you learn that your hear-
ing is deteriorating, talk with an audiologist about the avail-able solutions. There’s an array of hearing devices available, with a range of costs.
These days, hearing aids can fit your budget as well as im-prove your ability to pick up on what’s going on around you.
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Russian robot going rogue?By JOHN GRIMALDIAssociation of Mature American Citizens
It appears Russia’s Promo-bot, a robot that looks a lot like
Frosty the Snowman, accord-ing to the Chicago Tribune, may be headed for the junk heap.
The recalcitrant cyborg has
escaped from the Promobot lab in the city of Perm. Twice.
Its creators now say Promo-bot may not make its public debut at an international expo
in September as planned.“I think we might have to
dismantle it,” declared Oleg Kivokurtsev, one of the itiner-ant robot’s chief engineers.
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Coffin House in Fountain City Underground Railroad Grand CentralIn the
first half of the 19th Century the Under-ground Rail-road ran through the little town of Fountain City, (then Newport). And the so called “Grand Cen-tral Station” of the system was the home of Levi and Catherine Coffin.
Levi, who publicly spoke out against slavery, jokingly referred to himself as the “president” of the Underground Railroad.
The couple fed, clothed and hid runaway slaves in their eight-room house and transported them in a wagon with a false cargo hold. They continually confounded bounty hunters who came to their door by demanding to see a search
warrant. If a bounty hunter actually rode the 12 miles to the county seat to get one, any slaves whom had been hid-den were long gone. Bounty hunters never searched the house. During their 20 years in Newport they helped more than 2,000 slaves on their way north.
The Coffins were Quakers who came to Newport from North Carolina in 1826. They were well respected in the com-munity. Levi opened a general store and later had several business interests. Everyone in town knew he was defying the Federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, but no one turned him in. Others helped by giving money, food, clothing and protection for their work. Catherine organized sewing circles to make clothing for the freedom seekers.
The house, a state historic site and is a registered Na-tional Historic Landmark, was carefully planned for the purpose of hiding runaways.
The dining room, for instance, has five doors leading outside for a quick getaway and two staircases to the second floor. They hid young girls between the straw and feather ticks in a bed, in a secret garret in a bedroom and in the basement. Levi wrote a book about their adventures entitled “Reminis-cences” published in 1876.
In 1847 the Coffins moved to Cincinnati to operate a wholesale warehouse supply-ing goods to free labor stores selling products not produced by slave labor. While there, they continued to assist slaves flee to Canada. After the Cof-fins left Newport, the house changed hands several times, and in 1910 it became The Underground Railroad Hotel. Two dollars got customers a comfortable room and break-fast.
Plan to visit the 5,156-square-foot Levi Cof-fin House Interpretive Center opening in September right next to the original house. It
OUTSPOKEN ABOLITIONIST — Levi Coffin (painting above desk) openly defied the Federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 and jokingly referred to himself as president of the Underground Railroad. Everyone in town knew what he was doing, but no one turned him in.
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will feature a theater where visitors will be introduced to the Coffins and explain how they assisted escaping slaves. In addition, exhibits will tell individual stories of slaves seeking safety and show the paths taken to get to freedom in Canada.
Present operating hours June through August are 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children. The center and the house will be open seven days a week starting in Sep-tember. Check the website at indianamuseum.org/levi_coffin for updated times and admis-sion fees.
To get to Fountain City, take I-70 east to Richmond and head north about 10 miles on US 27 into town. The Coffin house is on the right side.
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LEVI COFFIN HOUSE — Located on US 27 in Fountain City is the house that became known as the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad. Its owners, Levi and Catherine Coffin, helped more than 2,000 runaway slaves on their way to Canada. The house is an Indiana State Mu-seum and Historic Site and is a registered National Historic Landmark.
DESCRIPTIVE MURAL — Across the street from the Coffin House is this huge mural showing Levi and Catherine Coffin assisting runaway slaves.
Coffin HouseAnniversary season built on collaboration —
From Indianapolis to New York, partnerships keep Symphonic Choir singing
One of the nation’s oldest symphonic choruses, a choir typically associated with a given community’s symphony orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir marks its 80th anniversary season in 2016-17 with a stellar lineup of concerts shaped around the choir’s longtime dedication to collaboration.
Featured collaborative part-ners for the 80th anniversary season include:
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra – The symphonic choir was founded at the ISO’s request in 1937 and continues to be a key musi-cal partner. Shared 16/17 performances include: Han-del’s Messiah, the Brahms Requiem, Carmina Burana and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Indianapolis Children’s Choir – The symphonic choir helped found the children’s choir in 1986 and will invite the ICC to the stage at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall in October 2016.
Indianapolis Public Library – As part of the library’s digitization project, the sym-phonic choir’s archives are being made available to the public, including past concert programs, audio clips, and correspondence from yester-year. To access the archives, visit www.digitalindy.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/isc.
Indianapolis Public Schools – For nine years, the sym-phonic choir’s partnership with IPS provides continuing education classes for teach-ers, musical master classes for students, and the All-City
Honor Choir returns for its third year in fall 2016.
Beyond these local collab-orative relationships, the In-dianapolis Symphonic Choir will join forces with New York-based orchestra Mimesis Ensemble for a performance at Carnegie Hall Oct. 16. This marks the symphonic choir’s first performance at the sto-ried venue in nearly 40 years.
“Our 80 year musical legacy is built on collabora-tion, when you really get down to it,” suggested Artistic Director Eric Stark. “Whether collaborating with our friends at the ISO or through music-making with 200 of our clos-est musical comrades each Tuesday in rehearsal, choral music is built on communal music-making. This is at the very core of who we are and what we do.”
“It is only through col-laborative programming that we are able to present such large-scale projects like bringing more than 300 Indy musicians to perform at Carnegie Hall, or providing an innovative education expe-rience for the students of IPS through the All-City Honor Choir,” stated Indianapolis Symphonic Choir Executive Director Michael Pettry. “In the arts, Aristotle’s saying couldn’t ring more true that ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ As we mark 80 seasons, what better way than to celebrate with those institutions and individuals closest to us!”
For more information on the full lineup, visit indychoir.org/press.
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Travel
Travel Talk —
A visit to Ford Island and the Pacific Aviation Museum By JERI SEELYEditor In Chief
I wrote a front page article last December about our visits to the USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Missouri. Both took place on our World War II Pearl Harbor Heroes Adventure. We’ve been to Hawaii five times and Bud always insists we visit the USS Arizona Memorial.
While on the tour we also visited the Pearl Harbor Museum or Pacific Aviation Museum. It’s located on Ford Island. The island contains 33 acres of land and is a military base. In 1887 King Kalakaua granted the United States exclusive right to enter the harbor and establish a coaling and repair station for U.S. ships on what was then called Mokuumeume.
In 1919 the area was officially named Luke Field after World War I fighter pilot Frank Luke, who was killed in action dur-ing the war. During that time the Army and the Navy shared the base. In the early 1940s the Army moved to Hickam Field.
Hickam Field is now an Air Force installation named for aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.
Today the island, which sits in the center of Pearl Harbor, is called Ford Island, named after Dr. Seth Porter Ford, a Honolulu
HER LAST FLIGHT — This display shows photos taken of Amelia Earhart while she was in Hawaii in December of 1934 and January of 1935. A short time after leaving the islands she was reported missing. (Photo by Jeri Seely)
ONE OF MANY — This airplane is one of many on display at the museum. (Photo by D. G. Seely)
physician. The island became a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and in 1976 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Thirty-three of the 70 aircraft located on Ford Island Dec. 7, 1941, were destroyed. However, the base remained in operation throughout the attack.
In 1962, the Navy deactivated Ford Island as an air base. It is still an active military base and requires official authorization for civilians to enter. To reach the island by vehicle people must pass over the Admiral Clarey Bridge and have the proper identification or an invitation from someone on the island. Tour buses, like the one we were on, are allowed but they must also pass the inspection.
Ford Island is home to Battle-
ship Row. Besides the USS Mis-souri, the island is also home to the USS Utah Memorial and the USS Oklahoma Memorial.
The museum was founded in 1999 and opened to the pubic in 2006. It continues to grow as more aircraft and exhibits are added. It has expanded to take up two World War II hangars that still show scars from the 1941 bombing.
Visitors can view a short film on the events of Dec. 7 before visiting Hangar 37 where vintage planes are located. More vintage plans are located in Hangar 79.
Inside Hangar 37 are many of the planes used in World War II. The displays include an authen-tic Japanese Zero, a P-40 fighter, a B-25B Mitchell like the one used in the Doolittle Raid on Ja-
Vickie Peters of Greenwood, Ind., is this month’s Take Us Along Winner. She took Indianapolis Senior Life along on a trip to Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. She was on a land/cruise combo vacation. She said she found a real respect for the miners of this area and is shown, with a copy of the newspaper, at a statue in Dawson City of a miner
Joseph Ladue founded Dawson City in 1897. It served as the capital of the Yukon Territory from 1898 until 1952. Members of the First Nations had a camp there for a number of years. Dawson City was the center of the 1896 gold rush and the city grew a population of some 40,000. When the rush ended in 1899, the population soon changed with only some 8,000 people remaining.
The gold was discovered in 1896 by George Carmack, an American prospector; his wife, Kate; a nephew, Dawson Charlie; and her bother, Skookum Jim Mason. The discovery began what was to become the Klondike Gold Rush.
In 1902 Dawson was incorporated as a town, however, it was allowed to keep the name City for historical reasons
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ON DISPLAY — With every airplane there are men dressed for work and scenes show them as they would have been associated with the airplanes, most during World War II. (Photo by Jeri Seely)
A visitpan in 1942, an SBD Dauntless dive bomber that tells the battle of Midway, An F4F Wildcat and the Stearman N2S-3 in which former President George H. W. Bush soloed. There is also an area that pays tribute to Amelia Earhart who stopped in Hawaii on her last flight. Here, too, visi-tors find the Laiakea Cafe and the Museum Store.
Hangar 79 is a short walk away. It is much bigger and fea-tures windows that were riddled with bullets during the Japanese attack. It is filled with all types of aircraft from World War II and the Korean War.
It was an interesting part of our heroes journey. Something we had not done on previous trips.
Jeri Seely is editor in chief of Se-nior Life and has done extensive trav-eling with her husband, D. G. “Bud” Seely, not only in Indiana and Ohio but throughout the United States and in a number of foreign countries.
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CICOA launches faith-based support program for caregivers
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is launching a video series created to give family caregivers the support they need to take care of themselves while they care for loved ones.
The series is being of-fered free to faith community partners throughout CICOA’s service area to aid in conduct-ing caregiver support groups. CICOA serves Boone, Ham-ilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties in central Indiana.
The series also is avail-able for webinars, classes and presentations, and will be shared with other Indiana Area
Agencies on Aging as part of a broader distribution plan. The series was funded by the State of Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration through an Aging & Disability Resource Center grant.
Hoosiers provide more than 780 million hours of caregiv-ing each year for loved ones, and the need to support family caregivers will grow as the population ages, according to a 2015 AARP Public Policy Insti-tute study.
Caregiving can be both re-warding, but also stressful. In a 2015 survey of central Indiana caregivers, 42 percent admit to feeling overwhelmed, 44 per-cent feel lonely, and 61 percent report changes in their person-al health as a result of being a caregiver. The most common health changes reported were stress, anxiety, depression, so-cial isolation, grief, weight gain, insomnia, high-blood pressure
and diabetes.To address those challenges,
CICOA’s six-part video series and accompanying workbook features local experts and caregivers who provide insights and practical advice about caregiving. The series builds on the success of two CICOA programs, CareAware, which provides one-on-one counseling and group education for family caregivers, and Honor Your Father and Mother, which is a partnership with central Indi-ana congregations of all faiths.
“The faith community is a perfect partner for this series, as many caregivers turn first to their places of worship, where they have long-standing, trusted relationships,” said CICOA President and CEO Orion Bell.
Rev. David Greene, senior pastor at Purpose of Life Minis-tries in Indianapolis, said many people in his congregation,
including his wife, have found themselves juggling respon-sibilities at home while also caring for parents and grand-parents. As baby boomers age, more people will find them-selves in caregiver roles, and congregations need to begin addressing those needs with special ministries, he said.
Purpose of Life will be among the first congregations in the area to offer the program. Greene said he wants caregiver ministries to be woven into the fabric of the church, and also will be introducing special Caregiver Moments during services.
To order a free copy of the series or to discuss CICOA’s faith community partnerships, please contact CICOA at (317) 803-6131 or visit www.cicoa.org/careaware/caregiver-videos.
For more information about CICOA Aging & In-Home Solu-tions, go to www.CICOA.org.
Ask and you shall receiveBy JOHN GRIMALDIAssociation of Mature American Citizens
There are benefits to grow-ing old.
For example, many restau-rants — both franchise and local stand-alone eateries — offer discounts to seniors. But often they don’t advertise the fact. So ask your waiter or waitress when placing your order.
Even those establishments with no specific policies re-garding senior discounts are apt to make an on-the-spot decision to reduce your final bill by five to 10 percent if you ask.
Restaurants thrive on repeat business. Offering a break to seniors is one way to turn you into a repeat customer.
It’s the same at supermar-kets and other chain stores. Some even have special days when seniors get discounts.
Meanwhile, you can go also online and search the web for “senior discounts” before you go out.
You’ll be amazed at the va-riety of reduced-price offerings out there for older Americans.
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