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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Notice November 21, 2017 Current in Carmel 27 LIFESTYLE www.currentincarmel.com DISPATCHES The hoodoos of Bryce Canyon Thanksgiving fridge space – Refrigerator space is at a Commentary by Don Knebel premium on Thanksgiving. Make more space available by filling a large cooler with extras from the fridge you Many Americans know they won’t be needing on the big day – dressings, pickles, can find Old Faithful, El Capi- etc. Set the cooler in the garage, or outside if it’s not tan and the Grand Canyon in too cold out, until the cleanup is done and leftovers a national park. have been properly stored. Then you can put everything TRAVEL Only a relative back in its place. handful knows Source: FoodNetwork.com they can also find hoodoos in a national park. That is a Leaf removal hack shame. Hoodoos are among leaves? Try this – take a large, sturdy piece of card- the most spectacular geo- board. Place one edge along the ground and lift up the logic formations in the United opposite edge. Push it along the grass to collect leaves States. – kind of like pushing a shovel into the snow. Once all More than 60 million years the leaves are pushed into a row, bagging will be faster ago, what is now North Amer- and easier. ica was split by an inland Source: WideOpenCountry.com seaway connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Fluffier mashed potatoes — When making mashed pota- Over millions of years, various toes for Thanksgiving dinner, adding baking powder can kinds and colors of clay and make them fluffier. Add about one teaspoon of baking soft rock settled at the bot- powder for every six potatoes at the same time you add tom of the seaway. Beginning Hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park. (Photo by Jen Knebel) the milk and butter. The heat from the cooked potatoes about 50 million years ago, activates the powder and gives a nice fluffy texture. shifting tectonic plates raised the sea bottom, creating lights. For those not up for hiking, buses run along the rim, Source: ChefSteps.com the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau. Exposed stopping at selected overlooks. Bryce Canyon and its spec- to wind and freeze/thaw cycles, the layers of sedimentary tacular hoodoos deserve to be better known. rock and clay were selectively eroded, in some places cre- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE America’s 58 national parks are a national treasure and CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS – HEARING OFFICER ating spires called “hoodoos.” The largest collection of hoo- are among the many things we can all give thanks for as Docket Nos. 17110004 V doos in the United States is in southwestern Utah, where we celebrate Thanksgiving. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Carmel Board of Zoning the erosion created a natural amphitheater. 5th day of Near the end of the 19th century, a Mormon immigrant December, 2017 at 5:30 o’clock p.m., in the Monon Community Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit from Scotland, Ebenezer Bryce, settled near the hoodoo donknebel.com. You may contact him at news@ amphitheater, raising cattle near what neighbors called currentzionsville.com. “Bryce’s Canyon.” Although technically inaccurate (the amphitheater was not formed by flowing water), the name stuck. The amphitheater became Bryce Canyon National Park in 1928. With the acquisition of surrounding land, the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING park now includes 35,835 acres. A 5-mile hiking trail run- BEFORE THE CARMEL ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS Docket No. 17110005 V The Applicant is seeking a development standards variance ning along the amphitheater’s rim allows visitors to see Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals the hoodoos from various perspectives and in different A copy of the Variance request that is described above and the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The applicant is reque sting variance from Carmel Zoning Ordinance Docket Nos. 17110007-9 V Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals for the Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine Clinic. The applicant is (address Docket No. 17110007 V ZO Chptr 23D.03.C.3.c.iii: Max. 45% lot heard at the Public Hearing. The Public Hearing may be continued from coverage allowed, 48.5% proposed time to time as may be found necessary. Docket No. 17110008 V ZO Chptr 23D.03.C.3.b: 69’ or 24.5’ front CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA yard setback allowed, 15-ft proposed Docket No. 17110009 V ZO Chptr 25.01.01.B.5.b: Max. 24’ x 30’ Appeals garage area allowed, 25’3” x 37’2” proposed APPLICANT 17110007-9 V. Jeff Shively Vice President ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT