On Oct. 18, the International Center, located in Indianapolis, honored Olympic gold medalist, philanthropist and Indiana resident Tamika Catchings as the 2022 International Citizen of the Year. The presidents of the four Carmel Sister Cities organizations were in attendance and Peter Kirkwood, Chief of Protocol for The International Center, arranged for the representative country flags to be placed by each president.
(Above, from left) Lili Guo, Carmel-Xiangyang Sister City Committee; Ming Ye, President Carmel-Xiangyang Sister City Committee; Earlene Plavchak, wife of Ed Plavchak; Ed Plavchak, President Carmel-Cortona Sister City Committee, Inc.; Sophie Gerber, wife of Dr. Evan Kreutzer; Dr. Evan Kreutzer, President Carmel Sister Cities, Inc.; Ina Berzins, wife of Andris Berzins; Andris Berzins; President Carmel-Jelgava Sister City Committee, Inc. and Honorary Consul for the Republic of Latvia to the State of Indiana.