• IPL is offering help with high utility bills. Payment Extensions – IPL customers can request payment arrangements online at IPLpower.com or by calling the automated system at 317.261.8222 and selecting option 2 from the main menu. IPL partners with a number of organizations that have Energy Assistance Programs for people unable to pay their bills. Go to IPLpower.com/Energy_Assistance_Program or call 261-8222 for more information.
• The new Hoosier Lottery commercial for “Duck Dynasty” lottery scratch-offs was filmed in a very familiar location — the Steer-In on East 10th Street! Keep your eyes open for the commercial.
• You can report potholes online at indy.gov/pothole, or by using the free RequestIndy smartphone app, through the Indy Pothole Viewer at indy.gov/indypotholeviewer, or by calling the Mayor’s Action Center at (317) 327-4622.
• There will be a neighborhood meeting on the Library’s Strategic Plan at Yours to Experience: Neighborhood Meeting on the Library’s Strategic Plan at the Warren Library (9701 E. 21st St.) on Feb. 26 from 6-8 p.m.
• Veal’s Ice Tree at 11333 Southeastern Ave. is one of those things you have to see to believe. A tradition since 1961, the ice covered tree is the product of spraying colored water on freezing days. Veal Insurance, who dreamt this up, say the record height for the tree is 70 feet, and it is now at least 65 feet. Looks like we’ll be breaking that record soon! (Don’t follow your GPS to the tree; it is near the Acton exit of I-74 in Franklin Township.)
