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WEDDINGS 74
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 86
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The Magic of Perception
THE ART
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As I wrote my editor’s note or this issue, my mother had just walked
around Te Cloisters in New York City. A branch o the Metropolitan
Museum o Art, the Cloisters museum and garden is a space devoted
to the art and architecture o medieval Europe. It houses pieces that date
(largely) rom the 12th through the 15th centuries. O the collection, the
Unicorn apestries might be the most well-known. Made at some point in the
1450s by an unknown artist or an unknown rich patron, the tapestries are still
reerenced nearly 600 years later.
Google “Cloisters” and “Te Unicorn in Captivity,” and what is perhaps the most amous
o the tapestry series comes up. Te piece depicts a European unicorn, that is, an amalgamation o a horse and a goat, with a lion’s tail, leaning against a young, thin tree. Someone has captured the unicorn. What I like most about the tapestry is the rather mat-
ter-o-act vibe accompanying it. Yes, it’s a unicorn; or the olks o the Middle Ages, unicorns and the magic that accompanied
them existed.
As I pictured my mother standing in Te Cloisters (and, I’m sure, slyly taking illegal photos o the tapestries beore sneaking
her iPhone 5s back into her purse), I thought about all o the magic and mystery that existed in the world. Tis was a time beore
everything crystallized into act. I you whipped out a smartphone to tell a medieval person what character actor just had a
cameo in the blockbuster movie you were watching, you would have been burned at the stake or witchcraf.
Magic is about perception and worldview.
Tis isn’t the first time in recent days that I’ve thought about magic. My end o the summer reading included S.C. Gwynne’s
“Empire o the Summer Moon,” about the settlers’ fight with the fierce Comanche Indians. Cynthia Ann Parker, the white mother
o Quanah Parker, one o the last great Comanche leaders, had been captured as a child and adopted into one o the tribe’s bands.
In 1860, Cynthia Anne was captured again and brought back to what was now a oreign culture. She went rom the Comanchecosmology, in which waterways were teeming with spirits and omens, and magic lurked around every corner, to being stuffed
into a corset. She died in 1871, o pneumonia, in a world depleted o magic.
Tis editor’s note is not an argument against act or science; Columbus is a town built on eats o science and art. I would like
to make an argument or embracing the air o mystery that surrounds all. Tere is little that is more dynamic than all in the
south central Indiana region; I like to think o our autumns as a mix o act (this is what nature does) and magic (this is the vibe it
gives). Te days will get shorter. Another harvest will come in. Leaves will erupt into gorgeous colors. Te air will turn crisp, and
we will don our jackets as we walk around, taking it all in.
With every issue o Columbus magazine, I find new magic in this city; magic, as I noted earlier, is about perception, and I
choose to see a lot o Columbus as magical. From the generosity o Mugdha Naik (p. 42) who donated her art to raise money or
Riley Hospital or Children, to the healing hands o area doctors who treat thyroid conditions (p. 50), to the incredibly un use o
space in Chris Price’s downtown condo (p. 62), Columbus is ull o magic or us to uncover.
I hope you uncover some magic this season as well.
Best,
CORRECTION: In the summer issue of Columbus magazine, the name
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this & that
Stop in at Seymour’s Rails Craft Brew & Eatery and you’ll find hearty Amer-
ican fare, a slew of craft brews and a warm and friendly environment that
make this cozy restaurant worth the trip. Menu offerings include beer cheese
(a blend of sharp cheddar cheese, infused with garlic, peppers and flavored with
hearty malts); Maryland crab cakes; and the 50/50 burger (a half-and-half combi-
nation of Applewood smoked bacon and certified Angus beef ground together,
then grilled and served on a toasted Hawaiian roll).
You can get your dinner with wine or soda, but the restaurant’s big star is the
craft beer. The staggering beer menu includes ales, lagers, stouts, porters and gin-
ger beers. The collection hails from various locales, including Munster’s 3 Floyd’s
Brewing Co. Don’t know where to start? Try a flight of beer and find your favorite.
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held in The Commons,
Geri Handley, will be silvery gray,
red, white and black.
nuanced as many of the arts
council’s events, was composed
by Dan Grunden, executive chef at
Harrison Lake Country Club, and
is a celebration in its own right. It opens with a salad of honey and
poached pear, fig, duck breast,
frisse and bacon vinaigrette.
puree, white truffle whipped
etables. The repast ends with a
spread of gourmet cupcakes with
assorted liquor pipettes.
of the most important things in
everyone’s life,” Handley says. “UnCommon Cause helps the
arts council provide a lot of free
programming. It benefits people
in so many ways.”
LOCATION: The Commons,
at Hope Heritage Days for
concerts, food, crafts, a parade
and more. Now in its 48th year,
it is Bartholomew County’s
largest and oldest multiday
festival. Often described as
largest fundraising event, with
many local nonprofits selling
organizations.
but the festival will still open
with the traditional Gospel Sing
the evening of Sept. 25 and
close Sept. 27 with the God &
Country Rally at Hope
ADMISSION: Free
INFORMATION: (317) 446-1414
or heritageofhope.com
Pakistan serves as the host country for this year’s Ethnic Expo, Columbus’ annual
showcase of world culture. Organized in large part by groups under the Columbus
Area Multi-Ethnic Organization umbrella, it features food, cultural exhibits and en-
tertainment. In its 32nd year, the two-day event attracts more than 30,000 people
to City Hall, where attendees can sample foods prepared by residents who hail
from around the world. Founded in 1984, the event celebrates the city’s diverse
ethnic heritage by presenting customs imported from around the globe.
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 9 and 10 LOCATION: Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington St. ADMISSION: Free | INFORMATION: ethnicexpo.org
It’s hard to think of a kind of produce more heavily tied to autumn than
the pumpkin. Orange, cheery and a great material for sculptural en-
deavors, you know why this gourd is great, now you just need to know where to get it. Columbus is ripe with places to pick up your pumpkin.
Nay-ture’s Hilltop Farm, 5883 Hamilton Creek Road, southern Brown
County, (812) 480-7767, offers U-pick pumpkins. Call for hours and
appointments.
Whipker’s Farm Market & Greenhouse, 5190 S. U.S. 31, (812) 372-
4216, has U-pick options with hay rides to the pumpkin patch. Fall
hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sunday. Also look for Indiana apples and cider.
Nienaber’s Farm Market, 6970 W. State Road 46, (812) 342-3606, is
selling pumpkins. Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting.
Hackman’s Farm Market, 6040 State St., (812) 376-6345 also has a
U-pick pumpkin patch with hayride/corn maze option, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Bush’s Market, 7301 E. 25th St., (812) 379-9077,
has a variety of pumpkin sizes, ready for the choosing.
They range from $2 and up.
Daily’s Farm Market, 2255 W.
Jonathan Moore Pike, (812) 372-3276,
will offer pumpkins fresh from its field.
Pumpkins come in to Wischmeier Nursery,
250 Jonesville Road, (812) 372-4662, in October.
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How did you get the book deal? I went to school with the acquisi-
tions editor for DK publishing. We were talking at a class reunion several
years ago here, talking about what we do. She said she was in publishing.
I said, ‘Oh, I’ve always wanted to write a book. A couple of years later, she
called me and said, “We want to find a makeup artist to write a book.”
How does it feel to be a published author? It’s really exciting.
wenty years ago I together put a bucket list of things I wanted to accom-
plish and writing a book was on it. When I was younger, I read a lot of Da-
nielle Steele, so I didn’t know what the book would look like. I just wanted
to put something creative out into the universe, and the opportunity came
to me. It’s really overwhelming to see something you created in print. It’s
international; it will be in bookstores in the U.K., Canada and Australia. I
love education, that’s my passion, and I really approached writing this book
from an educational standpoint.
with Daniel Klingler Columbus native and professional makeup artist Daniel Klingler
is the author behind “Idiot’s Guides: Everyday Makeup Secrets.”
The lavishly illustrated 250-page tome, published by
Alpha, a division of Penguin Random House, features tips for choosing the best makeup for your features and step-by-step
lessons for creating contemporary looks. Klingler, who lives
in Indy and owns the Broad Ripple salon Neck Up Designs,
has also created and crafted hair and makeup for theatrical
productions in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How so? As consumers, we’re so
inundated with all these product lines
and makeup. Tey, makeup compa-
nies, are constantly trying to create the
new “it” product, and yet, on average,
American women only use
three products a day. I was just in Korea in September, and they wear 10
makeup items a day on average. I’m really trying to help women go into Wal-
greens or Sephora and educate themselves.
Where are most women getting their makeup products? I
think it depends on their budget. I have the best products because I have
clients. I will a grab Maybelline from Walgreens for my mascara because
it’s great. I say mix and match. You can get a black eye pencil for a couple of
dollars that’s fine, then layer in Kat Von D’s attoo.
Who are your makeup inspirations? And how would you
describe your aesthetic? My No. 1 makeup inspiration is Kevyn Aucoin.
He has books called “Face Forward” and “Making Faces,” and I have owned those
for years. He represents my aesthetic, which I call “theatrical beauty.” Tat’s really the
marriage between my love for theater and beauty. When I’m doing beauty makeup
for a bride or in a photo shoot, I love to transform her look in subtle ways. In theater,
I love doing dramatic changes. But my aesthetic always leans toward beauty.
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Be it a satchel, a messenger or a hobo, we’re in love with cross-
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supportive strap that goes over the shoulder, cross-body bags give
the wearer freedom of movement. Better still, they’re available in a
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FEELING
the process of buying a drink, be it a
cocktail or glass of wine, is succinct. They head into their favorite restaurant, scan the
menu, select and order their vino or spirits. The drink shows up tableside, and they
consume it, as consumers do.
But this is only the front-of-the-house experience. The true system of locating, se-
lecting and purchasing alcoholic beverages for bricks-and-mortar establishments has
become an art in a burgeoning, ever-evolving industry. “It’s an ongoing, everyday business, with new products coming through the door
for us to try,” says Warren Scheidt, co-owner of Cork Liquors. “It changes all the time,
and it’s amazing that so many people have gotten into the business worldwide.
They’re just everywhere.”
Whether the venue is a full-service butcher shop, a retailer dealing solely in wine,
liquor and beer, or an upscale restaurant that stocks fewer than 100 bottles, there’s a
time-honored selection system that goes on long before the consumer pops the cork.
The process is more than a shot in the dark. Here’s how three local spots go about
selecting their wine and spirits. But first, some background.
For most customers
Warren Scheidt in the wine room at Cork Liquors. Photo by Joe Harpring
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to understand the three-tier distribution sys-
tem that mandates distributors’ involvement.
“Te third tier is the seller, whether a
restaurant, bar or retailer,” Scheidt says. “Te second is the wholesaler who buys directly
from producers and then wholesales prod-
ucts to retailers, and the first is the producer,
whether it’s Gallo Winery or (Colum-
bus-based brewery) 450North. In theory, we
can’t buy directly from them; we have to go
through the wholesaler.”
Prohibition. In 1919, Congress passed the
18th Amendment to the Constitution. Te
amendment prohibited manufacture, sale and
consumption of alcoholic beverages in the
United States; the Volstead Act was passed the
same year to enforce the amendment’s intent.
Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the
passage of the 21st Amendment, which Indi-
ana ratified on June 26, 1933. According to the
Heartland Institute, the regulation system was
set in place more than 80 years ago, allegedly
protecting consumers, limiting consumption,
preventing monopolization by manufacturers
of tax collection. Te three-tier system of alcohol distribution
in the United Sates has been in place ever since.
POPPING THE CORK
tion of beer, wine, spirits and cigars. Brothers
Warren and Randy Scheidt currently co-own
a dozen retail stores in Columbus, Shelbyville
and Greensburg.
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“My customers appreciate when wine comes from
different areas of the world and they can learn to know
and appreciate the different tastes .”
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Warren Scheidt says the business stocks
thousands o bottles; he maintains contracts
with about a dozen distributors. Deciding
which products to offer is an ongoing chal- lenge. Decisions are made in tandem with
trusted and knowledgeable distributors, along
with taste testing by staff.
“What one person likes, to another is just
terrible,” he says. “Tat’s why you want to have
as wide a selection as you can: So they can find
something they like.”
retailer to offer both recognized and specialty
products, Scheidt says. “We carry common
brands because people want what they recog-
nize. It’s a big part o the market,” he says.
Te push behind the craf and specialty
markets is today’s consumer, who can be an
adventurous sort when it comes to trying
flavors. “It’s kind o like craf beers. en, 15,
20 years ago, people just bought what they
liked,” Scheidt says. “Now they want to try new
things, have new experiences.”
ducers, but even big producers are constantly
coming up with new blends. Tere’s an endless
line o new products, but there comes a time or every business when it reaches the satura-
tion point with shel space at a premium.
As or taste testing, Scheidt says he partic-
ipates only once in a while. “I don't necessarily
do that, but have employees who do,” he says.
WINE AND SWINE
vory Swine, an urbane ull-service butcher and
deli on Washington Street downtown. Open or
lunch and or evening charcuterie parties, Te
Swine staff is more than happy to sell you a glass
or bottle o wine to go with that cheese.
Abendroth, who stocks between 50 to
60 different wines, looks or hard-to-find
varietals. I you can buy a varietal at Kroger or
CVS, she’s not likely to give it shel space.
“My customer draw is my high-end meat,”
she says. “Tey want a high-end bottle o wine
to go with that. I offer wines rom throughout
the world, cabernets and merlots, a lot rom
the West Coast, along with European and
South American wines.”
Abendroth says. It’s nothing personal, she
says; Hoosier wines are easy to find in state. It’s
about exposure to new wines.
“My customers appreciate when wine
comes rom different areas o the world and
they can learn to know and appreciate the
different tastes,” she says. “So it doesn’t have to
be a recognizable label.” Deciding what customers want and
what will sell is a matter o trust: trust that
you know your customer base and trust in
the distributor, she says. o find her wines,
Abendroth goes through a wine distributor,
the Fishers-based Carroll Wine & Spirits,
which specializes in brands not offered at big
box venues; Carroll caters to boutique venues.
Te relationship has been good since Day 1,
Abendroth says.
“My salesperson visits me every week,” she
says. “Tere’s not really a science to it. We just sit down and taste, talk about the wine’s origins and
the winemaker, and i we think we can sell it.”
In the end, the selection process can boil
down to a eeling. “Wine is very subjective. I
don’t have a chart by which I evaluate it. It’s
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manager and I like the story, it has wonderful
flavor and looks great, more than likely we’re
going to offer it to our customers.”
JOIN THE CLUB
rant is a wine and cocktails menu that blends
with the overall concept. Henry Social Club, a
75-seat restaurant that opened on Washington
Street downtown in November, attracts pa-
trons seeking a farm-to-table experience with
an upscale ambience. HSC beverage director
Matthew Gordon uses his 14 years of experi-
ence in the liquor industry to create a drink
menu that reflects the venue’s vibe.
From his vantage point behind the bar, Gordon sees just how well his selections
are received. He works with about six wine
distributors, in addition to two or three liquor
wholesalers.
“I always try to think what (customers
would) be into, and if I could sell it to them,”
Gordon says. “Tere’s always a little bit of risk,
because every salesman will have a spiel, and
sometimes you don’t know if a product will sell
until you’ve gotten it. I taste it and try to think
about it beforehand.”
ventory. Behind the bar are 80 bottles of wine
and spirits. “We’re trying to shy away from
huge brands, so the smaller distributors seek
us out to show off their wares,” Gordon says.
“We try to offer things that are a little unusual,
understanding there are familiar brands we’ll
have to say ‘no’ to.”
Wine buying has a strategy to it, he says,
mainly in covering the basics requests: pinots
of both hues, sauvignon blancs and zinfandel. Tough Gordon stocks the bar with local beer,
he doesn’t stock Indiana wines. Sometimes, he
says, patrons will bring back recommendations
picked up during their travels, which he is
happy to stock.
particular varietal,” he says.
says he seeks input from HSC owner and chef,
Gethin Tomas, to ensure they’re all on the
same page.
the tongue easily? Something that hasn’t been
around town a lot? Almost every vendor has
something that could fit that list, so we assess
where we are and select something not too
bizarre but not too boring.”
Te bottom line in buying wine and spirits
is to try to get to know the product as best you
can, Gordon says.
“Smell it, drink it and think about it and [decide] if you have room for it,” he says. “Oc-
casionally, if someone’s in the shop, you might
get their opinion, too.”
Still, he says, “Tere’s always a bit of a
chance you take when you’re ordering.”
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Worth the Trip
Some among us would cross the desert for a dessert.
Fortunately, there’s no need for such drastic measures; Columbus is plunked conveniently
in the middle of the triangle that is Cincinnati, Louisville and Indianapolis.
Each city has treats that will make you wonder why you ever wasted calories
on a pre-packaged cookie.
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enter a posh oasis. With its
pink-and-gold decorative ca-
resses, sweeping French-style
chandeliers and blossom-lined
embrace. Owner Gwendolyn Rogers, who went from baking mom
to businesswoman, opened the shop in
November. Her cakes have been featured
in films including “Man Down,” starring
Shia LaBeouf, and “Dum and Dummer To.”
Rogers’ cakes also make appearances at
downtown Indianapolis’ highly acclaimed
able to purchase The Cake Bake Shop
confections at Kroger grocery stores
across the country.
specific selection from The Cake Bake Shops’
cookie, pie and cake-laden menu, standouts
include the award-winning Earl’s chocolate
cake and Rogers’ five-layer caramel cake.
The Cake Bake Shop 6515 Carrollton Ave., (317) 257-2253, thecakebakeshop.com
INDIANAPOLIS
The Flying Cupcake 5617 N. Illinois St., (317) 396-2696, theflyingcupcakebakery.com
The Flying Cupcake’s first location opened in 2007 in Indy’s Broad Ripple
neighborhood. Owner Kate Bova Drury’s original shop has a 1950 shabby chic
vibe with pastel colors and old-fashioned wallpaper. Eight years later, The Fly-
ing Cupcake concept has expanded to five locations in the Indianapolis area,
and locals know to keep an eye out for Petunia and Penelope, the business’s
mobile units.
The cupcake shop has more than 60 flavors to choose from. “Red velvet Elvis is our signature flavor; we sell thousands of those a week,” says man-
ager Emily Hunter. Also popular: Pretty in pink, a strawberry cupcake with
strawberry cream cheese swirls; salted chocolate caramel, a chocolate cup-
cake filled with caramel topped with a rich chocolate caramel ganache; and
zucchini bikini buster, a zucchini cupcake loaded with pecans and topped
with cream cheese. To cater to its vegan and gluten-free clients, the Broad
Ripple location serves an entirely separate “RAW” menu.
Circle City Sweets 222 E. Market St., (317) 632-3644, circlecitysweets.com
In 2007 Circle City Sweets made a home
in Indianapolis’ historic City Market, an
indoor market featuring rows of food ven-
dors. Among them, you’ll find Circle City
Sweets, owned and operated by pastry
enthusiast Cindy Hawkins.
She grew up baking with her mom, who is now one of her employees. Circle City
Sweets menu offerings include brownies,
blondies, muffins and yeast breads. If you
can’t get enough of Hawkins’ giant sugar
cookies or her buttery croissants, you can
also sign up for one of her pastry classes
and learn how to do it yourself.
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Sweet Surrender Dessert Café 1804 Frankfort Ave., (502) 899-2008, sweetsurrenderdessertcafe.com
It’s easy to surrender to the sweets at this café, which is nestled in a Victo-
rian home built in 1894. Sweet Surrender Dessert Café opened in 1987. Jes-
sica Haskell, who had worked at the café off and on for years, bought the
spot in 2006. As visitors nosh away at the café’s popular offerings, which include bourbon caramel carrot cake or mocha concord, Haskell will make
you feel right at home.
“I love what I do here. It ’s great to be in a business where you’re making
people happy,” Haskell says. “It feels really good when people come back.”
Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen 10 area locations. (502) 459-8184, piekitchen.com
Before it was the pie kitchen, Homemade Ice Cream
& Pie Kitchen was a lunch counter owned and op-
erated by Mike and Gina Cox. Now owned by Adam
and Mary Lee Burckle, the business has expanded to
10 kitchens, which fire up daily at 4 a.m. The menu features more than 100 dessert options, and cus-
tomers are often overwhelmed by the endless selec-
tion of pies and cakes. Look for the award-winning
Dutch apple caramel pie. Other favorites are the
upside-down caramel cupcake, meringue pie and
the seasonal peach ice cream.
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Featured on the Travel Channel’s “Man vs. Food” in Janu-
ary, this 6,500-square-foot shop boasts an ever-changing
rotation of flavors. Owners Tim and Roy Koons-McGee
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Coffea canephora and Coffea arabica thrive in exotic locales. These plants,
which yield the coffee beans that fuel many Hoosiers’ mornings, hail from far-
flung points in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and South America.Though coffee-farming locales are far from the Midwest, that’s not to say
Hoosiers don’t have a hand in the coffee trade. The beans, which come to
the United States in an unroasted form, are being processed by a growing
number of Indiana roasters, who are happy to satisfy the evolved palates and
demand for artisan beans of today’s coffee consumers.
Selling their roasts and, often, their brews in accompanying cafes, Indi-
ana-based roasters are making their marks in the coffee world by providing
what is, truly, an elevated cup o’ joe.
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Chris DeMarse worked in the campus coffee shop during his time at Indiana Wesleyan University but saw his job
mostly as a social experience; he didn’t really like coffee.Now, he has seen the way coffee can change the world.
Afer graduating with a degree in ministry, he joined a local church not ar rom his university. To round out his post-college income,
he worked with a roasting company. “It was at a time where there was a push or sustainable trading and transparency o trade,” DeMarse says. “I ell in love
with the missional aspect o coffee.” He visited arms in Costa Rica, Panama and Ethiopia to see the way the coffee armers worked diligently with their hands to pick
and sort the beans. He saw the way ethical trading was
changing the lives o people around the world. “It’s not charity,” he says. “It’s just not taking advantage o them.”
In 2012, DeMarse ounded Abbey Coffee Co., in
Marion. He wanted to roast and sell coffee that told a story; in the coffee shop that accompanies the roaster, he has provided a space or community connections.
During his travels or work, Jeff Johnson would pop into coffee shops;
he then brought these coffees back to his amily. His brother-in-law, Stephen Hall, also ell under the spell o the exotic beans, and at the beginning o 2014 and afer plenty o research, they began roasting the type o coffee they wanted to drink, Hall explains.
Afer brewing a batch o their own beans and tweaking aspects o the roasting process, they sent the ruits o their labor to their riends or honest eedback. As they learned and grew as roasters, they began using sofware to track and plot temperatures and pressures.
In November they opened Tinker Coffee Co. in Indianapolis. Since then, it has grown month by month. Johnson and Hall began offering tasting classes shortly afer opening; this gave them the opportunity to share their knowledge
and passion or coffee with others. “Once you’ve experienced the di- erences, you want to explore this new world,” Hall says.
Tinker Coffee Co. 212 E. 16th St., Indianapolis. tinkercoffee.com
Beans to know: Conduit Espresso,
a dark roast that’s sold
year-round.
The Abbey Coffee Co. 1500 South Western Ave., Marion, abbeycoffee.com
Beans to know:
Crownlinks Coffee & Tea Columbus, crownlinkscoffee.com
Working out o a trailer he designed and built himsel, Wayne King roasts coffee solely to benefit Haiti, which he first visited during a mission trip in the 1980s. Struck by the island nation’s beauty and its poverty, he wanted to help; in 2000, when he wrapped up
his career in financial planning, King built coffee roasting into his retirement plans. And then he made the venture mobile.
“My wie and I are retired,” he says. “She wanted to enjoy travel, so I designed aportable roaster.” Te trailer-roaster hybrid allows King to take his business on the road;
the roaster spends six months o the year in Columbus and six months in Florida. He primarily sells through his website, where he offers individual bags o coffee and coffee subscriptions.
Benefits to Haiti are twoold: King typically buys his coffee beans rom Haitian armers, supporting the Caribbean agriculture. Since its inception, he has donated all the proceeds rom Crownlinks Coffee to
Haitian Christian radio station Radio 4VEH. “I do what I do to see change in Haiti,” King says.
Beans to know:
EcoCafé Haiti, which
meticulously in
northern Haiti.
When Andy Gilman met uture business partner BJ Davis at an art gallery, Gilman was pursuing a career as an artist, and Davis was in the coffee business. She had managed a coffee network in Indianapolis and competed in the first ew barista
championships. Davis had recently purchased a coffee shop near Indy’s Eagle Creek Park, and she invited Gilman to work or her as a barista. A ew months in and Gilman was obsessed with coffee.
He lef or a brie oray at a roaster in Zionsville; he returned to Davis’ enter- prises, with some savings, and invested in the roaster her partner had already set up. He and Davis ormed Bee Coffee Roasters. Te roasting work is done on the northwest side o Indianapolis at the original shop. Te beans are sold there and
at the company’s downtown coffee shop, where
business is booming, thanks in no small part to the nearby convention center.
Bee Coffee Roasters 5510 Lafayette Road and 201 S. Capitol Ave., Suite 110, both in Indianapolis, beecoffeeroasters.com
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and chocolate.
Hopscotch Coffee 235 W. Dodds St., No. 102, Bloomington, hopscotchcoffee.com
Hopscotch Coffee is the only caé and roastery in Bloomington. Since its opening in October, Jane Kupersmith
has headed up the roasting. “Our coffee is really smooth,” she
says. “We roast in a way that removes bitterness. We take the time to sort the
beans and pay attention to the process.” Along with making sure the roast
is remarkable, Kupersmith ocuses much o her energy into finding air-
trade beans. She searches or ethical sources o coffee, including arming groups that prioritize women’s rights and en-
vironmental issues. One blend rom Sumatra is sourced rom a women’s cooperative arm; pro-
ceeds rom sales go back into local education. “It has an all-emale supply chain,” Kupersmith says,
something almost un- heard o in the industry.
Attached to the roaster is the caé,
run by Kupersmith’s business partner, Jeff Grant. Although the caé is not in downtown Bloomington, it receives a significant portion o pedestrian traffic rom the commuters rom the
surrounding neighborhoods. “Te physical space is really beautiul,” Ku- persmith says. “One o our benches is reclaimed subfloor rom a 110-year-
old building.”
Beans to
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a coffee roastery, resurrecting its historic brand in 2009. Te name was tweaked to
Rex Roasting Co.; the crown graces the company’s packaging once again.
Chris Weber roasts for Rex Roasting Co., creating new blends, and has grown the company’s bean profile to include coffee sources from Central America,
South America and Africa. Te roaster’s walls have large windows where patrons to the adjacent Clabber Girl Bake Shop can watch Weber as he processes the
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ou may have seen the Force organization’s logos around town, on
trucks and signs at construction sites. Te company, which includesForce Construction and Force Design, is a amily business that Clayton
Force was happy to return to in his hometown afer eight years garnering work experience in Chicago.
He brought his wie, Angela Force, a Chicagoland native rom Burbank, Illinois, with him. Working together, they contribute to the quality o lie in Co-
lumbus through their work lives and their volunteer roles. Clayton attributes this spirit o achievement to the examples o leaders who came beore him.
“We have an obligation to learn rom the philanthropy, the giving and the volun- teerism that came rom those who helped make this community,” he says.
In their day jobs, Clayton and Angela are orces to be reckoned with. He works as a project engineering manager with the Force companies. He, along with his ather, Harold Force, and uncle, David Force, operates their amily’s three-generation design
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and building firm. Te business has roots in Columbus that go back to
Clayton’s grandather, Don Force, who grew up in Martin County ona arm near the banks o the White River. Don moved to Columbus as a teenager, and in 1946, he ounded Force Construction. Don’s wie, Vera, joined the company a ew years later.
Harold Force is the president o Force Construction Co.; he joined
the amily business in 1974 afer obtaining a degree in civil engineering rom Purdue University. David Force is an architect and the president o Force Design.
Also shaping Clayton was his mother, Debbie Force, an audiologist
who worked or Columbus Regional Hospital or 25 years. Clayton graduated rom Columbus North High School in 1998; he went on to Purdue University, graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 2002.
Different horizons
With every intention o eventually returning to Columbus, Claytonlooked or a job outside the amily business. He wanted experience in another market that did not compete with his amily. Afer an exten- sive application process, he got a job with Chicago’s Power Construc-
tion; he earned his master’s degree in civil engineering in 2003 rom Purdue University.
Angela, who also graduated rom Purdue in 2002 with a degree in agriculture and biology, was working or Illinois oll Roads, a job she
ound through a government internship that allowed her to use the environmental aspects o her degree in an innovative, policy-driven way.
At Purdue both were active members o Greek lie — he in Sigma Chi raternity and she in Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Despite a
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number of friends in common, neither Clayton nor Angela can recall meeting during their college days.
Tey didn’t meet until Christopher Burke, an acquaintance of
both, invited them to a Purdue-Northwestern basketball game. Tey started dating and were married more than a year later at First United Methodist Church in Columbus.
Tey spent eight years in Chicago before moving to Columbus in September 2011, when Clayton joined his family’s company. Burke offered Angela a job within his Columbus-based firm, Christopher
Burke Engineering LLC. She works as the company’s strategic projects manager.
In their four years in Columbus, they’ve been instrumental in pro- pelling the community forward through their involvement with local initiatives and community growth projects.
And the duo has become a quartet. Teir family expanded to include daughter, Julianne, 2, and son, Dawson, who was born in January.
Giving back Te Forces’ passion for Columbus keeps growing as they find more ways to get involved. “What I love about this community,” Angela says, “is that it asks the right questions.”
When they moved to the area, neighbors and co-workers began
asking them how they planned to give back to the community. Claytonand Angela dived in; one volunteer experience led to another. “I was a volleyball coach for St. Bartholomew for two seasons and
Columbus North Volleyball Club,” Angela says. She played volleyball for a large Catholic high school in Illinois. She is a current board member of two youth-driven organizations: Foundation For Youth and Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation. Angela also
helped with the parks department’s 2012 fundraising efforts, which benefited the People rail expansion project.
She credits others with sparking her desire to contribute. “Clayton’s parents are both very active in this community,” she says. “When you
spend a lot of personal time with a family committed to this community, I think that energy is contagious.”
“We have an obligation
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Clayton does not take that energy or
granted. Like Angela, he was an athletic child, playing soccer or Columbus North High
School and Columbus Express. In the off-season, he played indoor soccer in Columbus and around Indianapolis; shortly afer they moved
back to Columbus, he played soccer on the Parks and Recreation men’s league.
Clayton is involved in a number o service and educational initiatives. He serves as the vice
chairman o the City Utility Board. “My grandather on my mother’s side, Bud, worked or the utility services here in town,” he says. “Some o my ellow board members worked or Bud.”
Additionally, he has worked with IUPUC’s
engineering program to create a proessional mentors program and links between local re- sources in engineering with students who will
one day work in the field. He and other proes- sionals spend time in the classroom, with the objective being to create local support o the IUPUC engineering program and to expose
students to the wide variety o engineering opportunities in Columbus.
He helped organize site visits with the students to the Cummins echnical Center,
Cummins Midrange Engine Plant, the City Wastewater reatment Plant, a Force Con- struction job site and CyberMetrix. He is also working with Ivy ech administrators in his
capacity as chairman o the school’s pre-engineering advisory committee.
“We have ound a lot o opportunity to get young people engaged,” Clayton says, which he
sees as an important investment in our uture.
Full-speed Ahead Clayton and Angela are looking orward to what Columbus will grow to be. Tey share
similar visions and are encouraged by the community’s current trajectory. “I hope the community is even stronger than it is today,”
he says. “Tere has been a lot o growth, anda lot o diverse communities are coming to Columbus.”
Tere is potential in diversity, he says, particularly in the younger generation, or
innovation and or carrying on the Columbus legacy o greatness.
“Tis community is great because o the people who came beore us,” he says. “It is go-
ing to require that rom uture generations. In order or Columbus to continue to be a great place to live, we need to learn rom those who made it a great place to live.”
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Mugdha Naik came to Columbus in 2007. With a master’s degree in engineering rom the University o Nevada, she relocated to Indiana or a job at Cummins Inc. Shortly afer, she met her now-husband, Samrat Patil, who was also working in the
Cummins emissions solutions department. “When she first moved to Columbus, she was
sharing an apartment with my riend at work. I still remember it clearly,” Patil recalls. “We all were going or a movie up in Indy and I was driving. She was sitting in the back seat; I was checking the mirror all the time. I ound her very beautiul and very interesting.”
Both originally rom India, the couple grew together through cultural and proessional amiliarity. Tey were born and raised in the same state
in India; their hometowns, Pune and Kolhapur, are separated by only three hours.
Naik and Patil were married in 2010. Tey have made their home in Columbus, enjoying the employment opportunities offered by Cummins. “I think working or Cummins is one o the best career decisions,” Naik says. “People rom diverse backgrounds are working here. It’s a small town, yes, but there are so many things to do.”
Room to stretch out
Having come rom such a densely populated country, Naik sometimes finds the calm atmo-
sphere o Columbus lonely. In India, the streets are constantly filled with people. “Even i it’s 12 in the night, you see people,” she says.
She admits that during her annual pilgrim- age home, India is always more crowded than she remembers.
Naik has tried convincing her parents to come live in the States, but she says they don’t want to leave their riends and amiliarity. “Tey like to come visit, but they don’t like to stay long,” she says.
During their visits, Patil says, both his parents and Naik’s have agreed that Columbus is a great place to live, although not, perhaps, or them.
I the less dense population is a bit odd or Naik, it has its benefits; she and Patil enjoy the
easier work commute. “Tere’s more quality time to spend at home,” she says.
Tey have a relatively new reason to spend time in their ipton Lakes home: their daughter, Kaeya Patil, who was born June 20, 2014.
Artistic bent
Te mind o an engineer operates in a linear ash- ion. Despite efforts to incorporate art into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (SEM) education, the “A” doesn’t always fit in.
But Naik bucks the tradition; in her hours away rom Cummins, she has embraced painting as a mode o expression. It’s a hobby she’s enjoyed since she was a little girl in India. “In school all o my report cards said, ‘She draws really well,’” Naik says. She laughs because she’s unsure about her grades in other subjects.
Her canvases are filled with striking images. One, based on a photo rom a magazine, eatures a woman’s upper ace; her lower ace is concealed by a scar. Done in green tones, the woman’s fixed gaze transcends the canvas.
Naik’s work bears Impressionist and Expres-
sionist influences. A depiction o a dancer calls to mind the more dreamy works o Marc Chagall. A pair o horses’ heads, rendered in thick brush strokes, invites comparisons to Vincent van Gogh.
Patil says he is jealous o his wie’s talent. She and other artists are truly blessed people, he says.
“hey can use time and create something that is so beautiul and expressive,” he says. “She is a dierent entity when she is painting, a purely happy human.”
Mugdha Naik taps into her creative side to give back to the community
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A talent for giving About our months into her pregnancy, Naik began to eel as i something were missing. She wanted to celebrate her daughter’s birth in a meaningul way.
“When I was pregnant, I was thinking about all these other kids,” she says. “We are such ortunate parents to have what we have and to be able to take care o our child. Not all kids have that.”
With that in mind, she tapped into her artistic talents to raise money or Riley Hospital or Chil- dren. She began to paint, hoping to complete 20 paintings beore giving birth to Kaeya.
“She gets ocused and energized when she finds a goal or cause to go afer,” Patil says. “I am so proud o her.”
Naik posted each painting to her Facebook page, which generated a surprising amount o positive eedback.
“My inspiration comes rom pictures I have taken or something that I’ve seen on television,” she says. “We have traveled to a lot o different coun- tries, like Japan, Peru and China, so some o that comes rom my travel as well.”
Tough the painting became challenging in her last month o pregnancy, she persevered. “Since I was
expecting, I couldn’t use the oil paints because it was harmul to inhale,” Naik says. “I was using acrylics so I had to work ast because they dry up.”
Friends and amily encouraged her to put
together an exhibit o the 18 paintings. It was held in July 2014 in the MainSource Bank Community Room, not long afer Kaeya was born. Most paintings lef with new owners the evening o the exhibit; Mukta Gokhale became the proud owner o one.
“I was introduced to Mugdha through a common riend at a get-together,” Gokhale says. “I saw her paintings on her Facebook page and was impressed. I bought a beautiul piece named “Lost in Rhythm” during her undraiser. I was the first one to reach and grab it. I liked her choice o colors and blending with the mood o the painting.”
Naik raised more than $700 or Riley. She plans to continue her hobby, appreciating how it motivates
her mind and body. She typically makes a large donation to a nonprofit every year and eels that painting might be the avenue to help her do so.
“Maybe the uture holds something or me,” Naik says. “I don’t have any plans yet, but I definitely want to continue because I enjoy it so much.”
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Arts & Community
Columbus does not have a brick-and-mortar
art museum.
Perhaps it’s a little odd that a city with a
long and storied history o celebrating the
arts does not have a dedicated museum space,
but don’t be mistaken. Columbus does have
an art museum. It is, like the city itsel, a little
unconventional.
the Columbus Museum o Art and Design is
a museum that works with an open concept. It is, in effect, homeless. But or the leaders o
CMAD, the lack o a dedicated gallery space
has opened doors, and with careul coordi-
nation and the efforts o a small board, the
organization now curates shows at points
around the city. Art patrons can catch CMAD
exhibits in the Hotel Indigo, WellConnect and
Te Commons.
ever, be whatever,” says CMAD board Presi-
dent Brooke Hawkins. “We are nimble. And
that’s what we love about the organization.”
And now, afer a sizable rebranding process,
it is moving into a new phase. “I really hope this
can move us beyond the status quo,” says Heather
Dunn, CMAD’s vice president o operations.
The History
Miller, working with Carl Weinhardt Jr., the
director o the Indianapolis Museum o Art,
opened an IMA satellite gallery. As part o the
agreement with the IMA, portions o the India- napolis museum’s collection would be displayed
in Columbus, i a suitable space could be ound.
“Te original goal is that we would have art
rom the IMA that would be shared with the
residents o the Columbus community,” says Beth
Stroh, CMAD’s longest-serving board member.
Miller suggested the second floor o the
Columbus Area Visitors Center; the gallery was
christened the Indianapolis Museum o Art-Co-
lumbus. Te first curated show was a retrospec-
tive o work by Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen;
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TOP LEFT: A mural by Andy Miller is displayed at kidscommons. CENTER: “100 Variations” by Jonathan Nesci at First Christian Church. BOTTOM: Reflections on “100 Variations” by Jeffrey Bond at Hotel Indigo. Photos courtesy of CMAD.
in Te Commons. It closed in 1998.
In 1993 as the Visitors Center grew,
the gallery lost its home or the first time. Te
museum ound another second-floor home,
this time in Te Commons. In 2004, the group
changed its name to Columbus Museum o
Art and Design and veered rom the IMA
partnership in an effort to expand its offerings;
this strategy, or example, brought in a trav-
eling Smithsonian exhibit. Te name change
was also intended to expand the organization’s
scope to include design.
Stroh says. “Not just in architecture, but in
other industry.”
down or renovations, and the museum became
homeless again, this time or a longer period.
Te organization went into a less active period,
with programming occurring mostly at the
Hotel Indigo. “When they demolished Te
Commons, we elt kind o lost,” Hawkins says.
“We didn’t know which direction we wanted to
take; we were sad because we were homeless.”
Tere was a positive side, Stroh says. “I
think that sometimes place is very important,
but it’s also limiting,” she says. “What we could
show, in that gallery, was limited by the space.”
CMAD volunteers rallied and ound new
spaces or gallery shows scattered around
the downtown area. When Te Commons
reopened in 2011, CMAD took over the glass cases on the second floor.
In the past five years, the group has spon-
sored various art undertakings around the city,
including Andy J. Miller’s mural at kidscom-
mons; “Yu Columbus,” with Mark Cooper, an
installation at Indiana University College o Art
+ Design; “Modern otem,” by Martin Beach,
a permanently placed sculpture installed in the
courtyard between the Bartholomew County
Public Library and the Columbus Area Visitors
Center; and “100 Variations: New Reflections
on Eliel Saarinen and the Golden Ratio,” an
installation by Columbus-based urniture
at First Christian Church.
a acelif. “CMAD needed to rebrand to be
recognized and seen by the community,” Dunn
says. “Many or most community members are
not aware o our organization despite its long-
standing history in the community.”
Te board members began working to
reshape and solidiy the group; they asked
questions to identiy goals. “Who are we?”
“What do we want to do?” “Who do we want
to be?” “What do we want to look like?”
Some o the changes were superficial; a
component o the process was designing a
new logo. Hawkins looked or a graphic that conveyed the message “that CMAD is flexible,
approachable, modern, and that art is or
everyone,” she says.
rectangles in different configurations; it’s a
design that can be changed in different ways
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we can do whatever, be whatever.
We are nimble. And that’s what we love about the organization.”
— BROOKE HAWKINS
A patron checks out the CMAD-curated cases on the second floor of The Commons.
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cluded increased outreach efforts. In addition
to curating at the three spaces that CMAD
occupies, the organization has vowed to be
involved in one large project per year. Te nine
board members also serve as volunteers, or-
ganizing, executing and overseeing the gallery
openings and other events.
Most recently CMAD received a grant from
the Heritage Fund to create the Community Cu- ratorial Mentorship Program, founded with the
objective of engaging other community agencies
in conversations and activities in the arts.
“Te idea of the project is to work with
community organizations that are not inher-
ently art-related. CMAD welcomes them in
A new energy
at the Downtown Farmers Market, passing out
tote bags bearing the new logo. Te following
weekend, the group held an Art Walk that fea-
tured displays at Hotel Indigo, Te Commons
and WellConnect. For Indianapolis-based
work at Hotel Indigo during the Art Walk,
CMAD’s rebranding shows a recommitment
on its part.
ganization should thoroughly re-evaluate the
course and scope of their mission to best serve
its constituency, revitalize its relationships and
provide strong leadership through collabora-
tion,” Fruits said.
to contribute to their vision in this small
exhibition.”
Te rebranding, Stroh says, is a chance for
CMAD leaders and the community to reflect on
the role art plays in our daily lives and just how
far a museum without walls can take art.
“Te important step we’re taking now is the
reflection that art is around us everywhere,”
Stroh says. “If we look at the presenta-
tion of art and design in a variety of
locations, we can recognize that it
is part of our daily life.”and takes them through a series of work-
shops,” Hawkins says. “We teach them about
art and how to curate their own shows based
on the interests of their organizations.”
o get the presentations going, CMAD
recruited Paula Katz, the director of the Indi-
anapolis Museum of Contemporary Art. Te
curatorial program has brought in represen-
tatives from Arc of Bartholomew County, Co-
lumbus Signature Academy, Mill Race Center and Pride Alliance.
“We are on the cusp of a really exciting
time in Columbus right now,” Hawkins
says. “I feel like things are changing
rapidly, especially with the
arts.”
CMAD President Brooke Hawkins, left, and Heather Dunn, vice president of operations, stand in front of "Modern Totem," a CMAD-sponsored installation. Photo by Andrew Laker
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Health Story by Jenn Willhite | Photos courtesy of Columbus Regional Health
C olumbus resident Mary Daley recently learned a valuable health lesson she hopes will help others. She noticed small, pebble-size nodules on either side o the ront o her lower neck.
For several years, she put off going to the doctor, thinking the bumps would just go away. Tey didn’t.
In early 2015, when her voice started ailing her, the 74-year-old paid a visit to her amily doctor only to discover she had multiple nodules on her thyroid. She was reerred to an ear, nose and throat doctor, who scheduled her surgery, and soon ound out the imaging tests hadn’t quite shown everything.
“During surgery, the doctor ound two hollow nodules that he said would have developed into cancer,” she says. “But, on the other side, there was a gol ball size knot that was wrapped around my vocal cords that didn’t show up on the MRI.”
Afer undergoing nearly three hours o surgery to remove the nodules and her thyroid, Daley was able to go home the same day.
She now takes medication, which requires regular
blood testing, to supplement the loss o the gland; she will take the medication or the rest o her lie. But with a history o cancer in her amily, she says she is just grateul the doctor was able to remove the nodules beore they’d developed urther.
Daley’s experience is one shared by millions o Ameri- cans each year.
“Many patients pick up on their own thyroid nodules by simply resting their hand on their neck,” says Dr. Allison Royer who, along with her husband, Dr. Mark Royer, has a joint practice affiliated with Colum- bus Regional Health. Te Royers treat many common issues affecting the ears, nose and throat.
“(Patients) think, ‘Oh, it eels firm,’ or ‘Oh, there’s a bump I didn’t used to have,’” Allison Royer says.
But palpable lumps are just one possible sign. According to the American Tyroid Association, about 12 percent o people will develop some orm o thyroid disease in their lietime. Nearly 20 million Americans have thyroid disease, and more than hal o those are unaware they have it.
Thyroid conditions present health challenges
<< Dr. Allison Royer and Dr. Mark Royer do much of their practice's thyroid treatment in the operating room.
Hyper or hypo?
Te most common thyroid conditions are hyperthyroidism, also known as an overactive thyroid, and hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, says Dr. Anthony Sanders, a physician at Southern Indiana EN in Columbus.
Te thyroid is a shield-shaped gland with two sides that are connected by the isthmus, which resembles a bridge. Located in the neck, the thyroid produces hormones that help regulate the body’s metabolism.
One o the most common thyroid disorders Sanders sees in his practice is hypothyroidism. Individuals with an underactive thyroid may experience a variety o symptoms, rom a lack o energy and cold intolerance to weight gain despite not changing their diet, he says.
“Te most common cause is thyroiditis, which is an inflammatory disorder where the thyroid cells are overtaken by inflammatory cells,” he explains. “It tends to run in amilies and is a cousin to rheumatoid arthritis.”
Tough it may sound intimidating, hypothyroidism is one o the easier thyroid disorders to treat. Te treatment is usually thyroid hormone replacement to get the gland back in working order and hormone levels balanced. Once balance is restored, symptoms will subside, he says. Hypothy- roidism is most commonly diagnosed in
women, but men aren’t exempt, he cautions. Peak incidents o this thyroid disorder generally maniest rom age 30 to 35.
Hyperthyroidism, which is less common, has symptoms that are the opposite o hypothyroidism. When the gland is working overtime, one may lose weight, experience tremors or anxiety, and eel his heart race or flutter.
“People who have overactive thyroid usually require some investigation and testing to decide the nature o the problem,” Sanders says.
Te most requent cause o hyperthy-
roidism is Graves’ disease, which causes thethyroid to work overtime and, as a result, enlarge. Te antibodies responsible or stim- ulating the thyroid trigger the production o an overabundance o hormones, causing the body to lose its ability to sel-regulate.
Medication is commonly used to block thyroid hormone production. But when that doesn’t work, patients may be given a one- time dose o liquid radioactive iodine to kill thyroid cells. Surgery may also be perormed to remove the thyroid in part or entirely.
Beware of nodulesIn some cases it’s possible that a solitary nodule can instigate the development o an overactive thyroid. Nodules can cause the thyroid to initially work too much beore hindering its ability to unction at all. De- pending on the size and number o nodules, a person may develop a chronic cough, hoarse voice or even cough up blood.
Multiple nodules also contribute to the ormation o a goiter, or enlarged thyroid, Sanders says. “Te multiple thyroid nodules get bigger and bigger, and no one knows
why,” he says. “Certain things can make your thyroid enlarged, like iodine deficiency.”
Generally, goiters can require medical intervention when they cause cosmetic or compressive symptoms. I a goiter gets too large, it can press on the windpipe or esopha- gus, making it difficult to breathe or swallow.
It’s important to have a goiter removed as soon as possible, he says, both to lessen the risk o it enlarging urther or migrat- ing downward.
“Tey can grow into the chest, causing what’s called a substernal goiter,” Sanders says.
“We try to get those beore they get too arsouth where we have to split the chest to remove them, which is like having heart surgery.”
Advances in surgery
For Allison and Mark Royer, the majority o their practice is perormed in the operating room.
“Where we come into play is when a patient develops a nodule in the thyroid, because the concern is it is cancer,” says Mark Royer. “When a nodule is detected, we work to figure out what’s going on, whether
we need to watch it or remove hal o thethyroid or the whole gland.” Statistically speaking, the AA says nod-
ules are requently detected; however, ewer than one in 10 is malignant. However, when malignancy is detected, the most common and treatable orms o thyroid cancer include papillary and ollicular, Allison Royer says. Both orms generally offer a good prognosis with treatment.
Individuals who have a nodule or enlarged thyroid that isn’t palpable will ofen complain that it eels like something is stuck
Dr. Allison Royer and Dr. Mark Royer use nerve integrating monitors during surgeries that treat thyroid conditions.
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in their throat, Mark Royer says. In more concerning cases, the individual may even experience significant changes to his voice.
“Tere’s a nerve that moves the vocal cords that you have to identiy and monitor
during the course o a thyroid procedure that runs right next to the thyroid gland,” Mark Royer says. “I there’s a cancer or a large nodule, it can push on that nerve. It’s like how i you all asleep on your arm and you can’t eel your fingers as well, the same thing can happen with your voice.”
Te Royers, who ofen operate together, use a cutting-edge nerve integrity monitor, or NIM, when perorming thyroid surgeries. Te NIM system involves a special breathing tube that has electrodes on it, Mark Royer says. “It goes right next to the vocal cords,
so i the vocal cords twitch or move at all, it monitors that on a computer screen that we can monitor throughout the procedure.” Using the NIM not only adds an additional saety layer or the patient during the procedure, but it also allows or smaller incisions, which can expedite recovery, he says.
In days past, patients undergoing thyroid surgery could expect to spend days in the hospital, have a large incision and long recovery time, Allison Royer says. Fortunately, medicine and technology have come a long way.
Daley says she was surprised by how
quickly she was up and moving around afersurgery. But above all, she was impressed by the incision. “I figured I’d have a bad scar,” she says. “But I hardly have one, and people can’t believe it.”
echnological advances, such as more sensitive imaging tests and two-phase needle biopsies that allow or genetic testing, have helped make the diagnosis and treatment o thyroid disorders much easier, Sanders says.
For those patients who may undergo surgical treatment or a thyroid condition, Allison Royer offers some advice.
“Ask questions,” she says. “Is the surgeondoing enough o a volume o thyroids and requently enough that he is comortable with it and the management o the different thyroid issues?”
Daley echoes the doctor’s sentiment and takes it a step urther.
“I someone eels a knot anywhere on their body, I would advise them to go to the doctor right way,” she says. “And i you aren’t comortable or don’t like the answers you are given, get a second opinion. You have to be your own advocate.”
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he Columbus Regional Hospital Gif Shop stands out with its cheery ront display case and dark wood accents. Enter, and you’ll find shelves ull o
sundries and whimsy. “Te gif shop has such a draw because it’s a
very happy environment. It’s a place to connect
with people on positive and happy terms,” says Kelsey DeClue, CRH public relations specialist.
Run by the CRH Auxiliary and staffed primarily by volunteers, the gif shop sells bags, scarves, jewelry and candles; inspirational and seasonal items; and gifs or newborn babies. “We actually have customers who just come here to shop,” says auxiliary President Beverly Bryant-Ulrey.
Te shop also stocks candy, magazines and toys that help pass the time, says Paula Eller, CRH director o volunteer services. Shoppers will find
more than ephemera, though, as the shop carries medically driven items requested by hospital staff, such as a cream that’s very popular or cancer patients and compression socks that are helpul or diabetic patients.
Beyond brightening a patient’s day, gif shop sales do a wealth o good in the community. Its
profits go directly to the auxiliary, which then implements projects within the hospital and benefits programs outside the hospital. Commu- nity beneficiaries include the Granny Connection, urning Point Domestic Violence Services and the Columbus Bike Co-Op.
“Te shop exists not just to pull in unds or ourselves, like a traditional retail shop, but to give back in some way to the patients however we can, which really goes in line with the philosophy at CRH in general,” DeClue says.
Hospital gift shop exists to serve others, even beyond its walls
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More than just a retail venue, the gif shop unctions as a hub rom which service flows to patients, hospital staff and nonprofit organizations in the community.
Hospital history
In the days beore there was a gif shop, CRH vol-
unteers wheeled carts rom room to room, selling small essentials and gifs to hospital patients. In 1950, the volunteers ormed the CRH Auxiliary, a nonprofit organization, which would work with hospital administration and staff and address patients’ non-medical needs. In 1968, the hospital dedicated space or the gif shop on the main floor. Since that time, gif shop offerings and the use o the profits rom sales have slowly expanded.
Today, CRH boasts more than 200 volunteers; they are identified by their green vests. “Volunteers
Carol Shoultz, left, and Pat Legger
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are at the ront desk, some are at the surgery center and some you never see; they are all over the hospital,” says Bryant-Ulrey. Volunteers orm the largest staff group in the hospital.
Volunteer Services, which staffs the gif shop, ocuses primarily on contributing to the patient experience. It also operates a silk floral design department or which volunteers create arrangements.
Inside these walls
Just inside the hospital’s main entrance is a glass aviary. Finches and canaries flutter inside. Te birds are beautiul on any day, but the aviary is by no means
the only auxiliary-unded project within the hospital. Te auxiliary heads meet with various hospital
departments and work with financial officers to determine what the needs are and which projects to tackle. “In September, we do a contribution back to the hospital, earmarking that money or various projects,” says Eller.
Te beautiul outdoor ountain just outside the caeteria, and the waiting area, called the Oasis Room, were both unded by the auxiliary. Since 1951, it has contributed more than $2 million toward proj-
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ects within the hospital. wice a year, the auxiliary contributes
unds to a nonprofit organization in the community; recipients include urning Point Domestic Violence Services, Just Friends Adult Day Services, Volunteers in Medicine and Love Chapel. It also donates gif shop items to be auctioned or raffled or undraising events to organizations such as the Columbus Area Arts Council, kidscommons, the Columbus Bike Co-Op, Our Hospice o South Central Indiana and the CRH Foundation.
“We try to keep our name out there to let people know what we actually do here,” says Pat Legger, gif shop manager.
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By selling merchandise rom other nonprofit organizations in the community, the gif shop benefits goals that extend deeper into
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