May 18 will bring a momentous morning to Carmel with another edition of the Carmel Farmers Market, which that day will lift the curtain on its 2013 outdoor season. Hours are 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the weekly event runs through Oct. 5. Sixty-five vendors under the direction of market chief Ron Carter and his legions of volunteers will [...]
Editor, I knew something was different – and better-looking – when I began my weekly reading of my favorite newspaper. First of all, it seemed easier to handle and read, ads “jumped out at me” and headlines and color were sharper. Kudos to you. I went on to read what you did, and I LIKE IT. Lori Mansell 46033
Dear Editor, Congratulations to Current in Carmel for publishing the cover story, “Reflecting Poorly” in the April 30 edition. As a resident whose apartment overlooks the reflecting pool and to whom the reflecting pool is potentially an exceptional, beautiful and laudable structure honoring our veterans and the city of Carmel, it has been my frustration to see during the last three [...]
Editor, I am disappointed in your poor choice of timing when you cite (with photo) Andy Ray’s long-past renunciation of his Eagle Scout credentials in the same issue of Current (April 30) in which the Carmel Mayor’s Breakfast for Scouting appears (without photo). This was an unfortunate and completely unnecessary distraction. Mr. Ray was undoubtedly aware of the words comprising the [...]
Editor, As a Palladium ‘country series’ subscriber from the start, the facility and the talent it attracts to Carmel is appreciated. But for these amplified concerts, the sound to me is not good. It’s faint and garbled in my area, and apparently loud and shrill in others. It’s like what you might expect in the lawn at an outdoor venue. [...]
Dear Editor, I was glad to read that at the recent school board meeting there was public participation requesting the school board to consider increasing the time allotted for elementary school recess. I have a child in a Carmel/Clay elementary school and was surprised when I learned that all CCS elementary school children (grades K-5) only receive a 15-minute recess. I [...]
I often have been struck by the nodes of genius that periodically have occurred throughout history, clusters of brilliance such as the great art of Greece and Rome and then, again, during the Renaissance, the glorious music of Handel, Mozart and Beethoven in the early 1700s. And, fortunately for America, in the late 1700s, the great minds were focused on [...]
Commentary by Joan Isaac Indianapolis recently hosted a United Way Worldwide conference, attracting 1,600 people who all wanted to learn from each other about how to drive change in their local communities. Author Dan Pallotta’s keynote about how restraints on nonprofits undermine their potential really hit home. Pallotta argues that the public only asks for low overhead because it’s what [...]
This week, Keira Amstutz, chief executive officer of Indiana Humanities (www.indianahumanities.org), and Sally Jo Vasicko, co-director of the Bowen Center for Public Affairs at Ball State University, announced the recipients of grants to support local Community Conversations. The program, now in its fifth year, brings together civic, business and political leaders to consider significant regional matters important to Indiana communities. [...]
It is our position that the technical glitches that occurred during the implementation of the recent statewide mandated ISTEP test are merely a symptom of the superfluous nature of standardized testing. While technical difficulties come with the territory when tens of thousands of computer users are simultaneously logging into the same website, CBT/McGraw-Hill was grossly negligent in its failure to [...]
