Smile

What makes Dan Clark smile? “Doing events like this, and my family,” said the 73-year-old Carmel resident, who was found on a Saturday morning at the Noblesville Farmers Market, collecting donations, with the Thurber family, from the vendors who have food to donate to the Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank. He expected to collect lots of vegetables and some microgreens that would be distributed through the food bank and then on to food pantries around the county. “They’ll do this all summer … It’s perishable goods they donate. They’re really, really generous. It’s a great thing that happens for the families who are in need in this county.” The former vice chancellor at Ivy Tech Hamilton County in Noblesville, who was at the campus for six years, is still staying busy. Besides volunteering, he said, “I’m working with some school corporations to figure out some more opportunities for students.” Clark was born and raised in Lafayette but had an early family connection to Noblesville. His dad started coming to Forest Park in the 1930s. “He had relatives here.” Then Dan’s children played in Forest Park as they grew up. “We came to Noblesville a long time ago because we appreciated the range of people who live in Noblesville and thought that was a good environment for our children.” He and his family lived in Noblesville for 26 years before moving to Carmel a year ago. His wife, Anne Minnich, served on the Noblesville Parks board for 15 years. He has two daughters, Kylie Clark, physical therapist in Arvada, Colo., and Jenna Clark, children’s mental health counselor in Owatonna, Minn. He said he’s finally found time to exercise more, and he walks a lot. He also likes to ride his bicycle. He said, “Just enjoying the things I can do now.”