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Paul O’Connor (fa r right) poses wi th 18 Cubans wh came ashore De o c. 22 at Dry Tort uga National Park They journeyed . the 90 miles fro m Cuba in one small boat (below ).

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A Carmel man and his stepson Greet 18 cuban refugees on the beach in florida.

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By Brandon Bowman Current In Carmel s the sun rose over the horizon Dec. 22 at Dry Tortugas National Park off Key West, Fla., Karl Ahlrichs, a Carmel resident, was jarred from his sleep by his stepson, Paul O’Connor, a Carmel High School graduate living in Colorado.

The two were camping along the Gulf of Mexico at the park. The younger man had been awakened by voices in Spanish coming from the direction of beachfront. The two men rose from their sleeping bags and went to investigate.

What they found was an international incident: A homemade boat carrying 18 Cuban refugees from Havana had just arrived.

“The park that we were in is the absolute closest piece of (American) land to Cuba. The distance is something (less than) 90 miles,” Ahlrichs said.

The United States offers 20,000 visas to the Cuban government each year, but that’s not enough for the overwhelming number of Cubans with desire to leave the island nation.

Many Cubans then decide to make the dangerous journey from Cuba to the mainland on their own.

The boat that carried these refugees was supplied with oranges and water for the trip, which took them a little more than a day.

“The engine they used was from an old truck. It was just some old diesel four-banger that used an old army dairy can to hold gas,” Ahlrichs said. The refugees said the boat took four months to build. “After I heard about this, all I could think about was the number of people who try to come over here and don’t make it,” Ahlrichs said.

Ahlrichs and O’Connor observed the refugees from a distance at first and soon realized that they would be the unofficial welcoming committee. The refugees were lucky; Ahlrichs speaks Spanish.

“When I got out to where they beached the boat, everyone was in good spirits. They were hugging each

The refugees reach the shore at dawn at Fort Jefferson, after their journey in a homemade boat (below left). They carried a cheap compass and some Cuban money (below right).

other and kissing the sand before they got the supplies off the boat,” Ahlrichs said.

Cubans who decide to come to the United States on homemade boats are treated under a “Wet-foot, Dry-foot” policy. Once they reach dry land, each person has a chance to become a citizen.

If immigrants are caught in open water, they are sent back to Cuba under the Cuban Adjustment Act. Ahlrichs approached the refugees, welcomed them to the U.S. and then asked who was in charge. All of the refugees smiled and pointed at someone else in their party.

“After that, one of the taller guys came forward and it was obvious that he might be in charge,” Ahlrichs said.

The first question the refugees asked was about the adjacent fort near where they landed. “They wanted to know if it was a prison, and I happily told them that it was just a fort in a park,” Ahlrichs said.

He kept talking to the refugees as more people from the six campsites around their landing area started to gather. Ahlrichs made three phone calls to family members of a refugee named Miguelito. “I finally got a call back and let them know that everyone made it all right,” Ahlrichs said.

One refugee credited the Virgin Mary for

some explanations, they were finally allowed back to their campsite.

Ahlrichs and his stepson believe that this experience made their Christmas.

“I later found out that they had left for Miami at 6 p.m. that afternoon and would make it to be with their families for Christmas,” Ahlrichs said.

His meeting with the refugees reminded him of what brought his ancestors here.

“My family has had five generations in this country. After all that time you forget the drive that they must have had to get here,” Ahlrichs said. With all the controversy that comes with immigration these days, Ahlrichs couldn’t help but look on in awe as they smiled and rejoiced as they took their first steps on American soil.

Said Ahlrichs: “It just made me feel so proud.”

their successful trip. He carried a medallion with her emblazoned image on it. One of his companions, a woman, disagreed. She said it was because of her Spanish language copy of The Watchtower, a publication of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

A scream was heard from the growing crowd of other campers. A woman ran back to her tent and grabbed her English copy of The Watchtower, and the two embraced before trading addresses.

“It was a great moment,” Ahlrichs said.

Karl Ahlrichs Once park rangers arrived, Ahlrichs and Age: 52 Family: Wife Barbara, O’Connor had to let the stepdaughter Sarah, rangers talk to the new 27, and stepson Paul, 31 arrivals. “Since we were so Residence: The Village tan, and most of the Cubans of West Clay College: Paid his way were dressed better than we as a photographer at were, the rangers corralled Purdue Occupation: Human us with them and wouldn’t resources consultant let us go back to the campground,” Ahlrichs said. After

Ahlrichs also found time to snorkel while in the Keys.

“It was ninety miles to freedom, but they took the risk / Though ocean was all motion, and the wind was brisk The deadly gunboats never saw them in the pale moonlight / They were off to Cayo Hueso by the dawn’s early light The gringo in the garden called the customs man / They answered all his questions, were allowed to land The ladies shared a hairbrush and their husbands had a Coke / And they were taken up to Krome to meet with their kinfolk …”

— from “Everybody’s Got a Cousin in Miami” by Jimmy Buffett

OUR TAKE It is our position that transparency is a good thing. This week, the Carmel Redevelopment Commission announced that it will finally begin to broadcast its meetings on our local government cable television channel.

This long-overdue move will ultimately improve the work already being done by this group.

While nefarious action at CRC is improbable, the very act of broadcast will help keep the mindset more public. As more forms of our government have opened to a universal audience with the development and expansion of television and the Web, the process is irreversibly altered.

Certainly, we have created opportunity for grandstanding political (or want-to-be political)

windbags to usurp precious meeting time to grab for their 15 minutes of notoriety. But it has also created a new age of openness in all things.

With the OJ trial(s), we all learned more about the weaknesses (or depending on your point of view, strengths) of our legal system. With congressional hearings regularly available for easy review by constituents, our representatives are even more attentive to their own accountability. Just knowing that one is being watched – and recorded – makes the game a little different. And, in balance, it is a little more to all our benefit.

DEATH AND TAXES It is our position that the city of Carmel was right to keep our tax rate fixed this year. Considering the competitive and global nature of job creation and residential patterns and the actual mechanics of taxation, good policy exceeds the understanding of many civic leaders. However, Carmel has been effective in exploiting tools to keep taxes low and increase services.

Certainly the ideal of living where the streets are clean and safe yet taxes are limited is appealing. But seeking that equilibrium illustrates that tax policy is as much of an art as it is a science.

Do companies open or relocate to Carmel,

in part, because of the perceived quality of life resulting from aesthetics, the arts and recreation? Specifically, do statues in the Arts & Design District draw more than enough business and thus corporate tax revenue to justify the expense? We ask the same question of the newly launched Monon Center. And the Brookshire Golf Course. We believe that these ambitious projects will ultimately be successful but that a reduction in tax, while our city boasts one of the lowest tax rates for any its size in the state, would be premature until the revenue worthiness of these efforts are proven.

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BONDING THROUGH FAMILY DISCORD

s it really true that no good deed goes unpunished?

My almost 12-yearold son finds himself asking that question these days.

Some of it maybe is the woe-is-me angst of that demographic, but then again he may be justified in his frustration. With his younger brother looking to him as both a mentor and a playmate, this young man is in a near constant state of Terry self-induced whipsaw. He invites the younger brother to play in his room to both spend time with Younger and to give a momentary respite to Mom and Dad, who are attempting to finish a conversation without interruption.

Older’s motives are well-intentioned (even if he enjoys the admiration of Younger).

Unfortunately, his implementation is less than masterful. Soon, Older and Younger are playing as boys do – a little too rough. Younger suffers some minor injury or equally upsetting humiliation and the inevitable commotion that attends begins. Mom and Dad are now summoned from their interaction to resolve the brewing crisis. Older is blamed.

As an oldest child, I can relate. Once my younger sister, in retaliation for my habit of making her eat what my parents proscribed when I watched her – and in what must have been hysterically funny to a 5-year-old – told our grandmother that I regularly made her eat dog food. I hadn’t before, but now believed I should have. Mustering my best teenage righteous indignation, I asserted my innocence.

I had “done good,” so why was I under scrutiny? Much discussion about whether a child would “lie” (the answer is occasionally YES, by the way) was interrupted by a fit of hysterical laughter that overcame Sis as she admitted the tale. But I already felt punished.

When a particularly gray Indiana winter day sets my mood a little south of pleasant, I have been known to indulge a modicum of negative

thinking. History is littered with good folks punished just for being good. Many who signed the Declaration of Independence saw their lives ruined by this single act. And martyrs are associated with nearly every religion. If good deeds sealed the fate of those who did them, why do thinking people do them at all? Is it possible that we do good deeds to make ourselves feel important; and in doing so, we overlook the obvious and inAnker herent risk in the actions? Or is it more likely that we do good deeds in some moment of altruism that exposes the better nature of man?

Our forefathers and their declarations changed the world. Their deeds immortalized them and, at the same time, doomed them.

Did they know the risks and assume them anyway? Was that, at least in part, exactly what they were seeking?

Today in the fumbling haze of a Dad under construction, I tell my eldest that the reward of the deed is not the all too apparent punishment but instead a far too subtle reward. In his case, Younger has a fondness and affection for Older that will carry them far beyond, God willing, the lives of Mom and Dad. These times together have bonded them. In my case, my sister and I often joke about dog food.

As our lives have changed and Grandma is long gone, it takes us immediately back to a shared memory of simple and happy time. The punishment was a reward all along. I just had to wait and be willing to see it.

Terry Anker is the associate editor of Current in Carmel. You may e-mail him at terry@currentincarmel.com.

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YOUR TAKES LINDNER CHANGED CARMEL Editor: Last week a friend of mine passed away.

Gary Linder, whom I first knew because of my job as a commercial real estate broker, then a business acquaintance with whom I worked through several projects and finally, a friend.

As I attended his memorial service, I listened to the voices of others who called him friend. Later I thought about what I had heard and what those words had told me about the man who was to some a boyhood friend, a

college roommate, a business entrepreneur, a husband and a father …all facets in a life ended too soon at 56.

But there was one other facet of the man Gary Linder. A facet that is now a part of the history of Carmel. His dad owned Ben’s Island, a restaurant where Merchants Square now stands, except then it was called Keystone Square. He worked there learning about the retail business and, after he had started the Linder Company, was asked by the then owner of Merchants Square for advice as to how to save the failing mall. Knowing retail trends and

FROM THE BACKSHOP IT’S AN ELECTION SMACKDOWN Happy New Year! While killing time early Christmas morning, waiting for the kids to get up to see what Santa dropped off, Steve was doing the YouTube thing. He came across commercials

by Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. The fight for first place Huckabee in the Iowa caucuses Thursday was turned ugly early by Romney. He’s suckerpunching his rival in ads, while Huckabee, courting the evangelical crowd, offers a holiday greeting Romney with the strains of “Silent Night” as a backdrop. The opening of voting season could resemble a 15-round heavyweight boxing championship bout. Don’t sit at ringside, but do enjoy the show. *** Tossing out your Band-Aids, Bart? *** Welcome to cityhood, Westfield. Here’s the key to the joint, Andy Cook. We wish everyone every success. *** You just can’t wait – can you – for the ribbon cutting of the “skybridge” connection for Midwest ISO buildings on either side of City Center Drive. Neither can we. Imagine!

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Wanna write us a letter? You can do it a couple ways. The easiest is to e-mail it to info@currentincarmel.com. The old-fashioned way is to snail mail it understanding that this shopping center at 116th Street and Keystone Avenue was where Carmel shopped, he devised a daring plan to redesign and reposition the mall. The owner didn’t want to spend the time or the money, but Gary was so sure the plan would work that he bought Merchants Square.

I was on the City Council and the Carmel Redevelopment Commission when he told us his ideas for saving the shopping center.

It involved tearing down and rebuilding the

Steve Greenberg & Brian Kelly down on potential pedestrian fatalities. ( Wait!

Did we just write that?) *** Did you work Dec. 24? We did. But, thanks to W, government workers had a paid day off … on our dime! Last-minute shopping, and covered by us, at that! We’re all chumps. *** Do Mr. and Mrs. Spears have any other daughters? Enough already! *** While you slept: The writers’ strike in Hollywood ensued, and it will until about the time they sicken from eating catsup on white bread. Oh, well, the writing is better on ESPN, anyway! *** Carmel City Council meetings should be an absolute gas this time around. Look for 5-2 and 4-3 votes … early and often. No cakewalks anymore, apparently. *** Quick! Someone give Clay Township Trustee Doug Callahan “human resources” etiquette lessons. Tsk, tsk! *** Hey, didn’t you used to be Brian Mayo of a fire department in South Carolina? to Current in Carmel, 1 South Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032. Keep letters to 100 words max (we may make exceptions), and be sure to include your home zip code and a daytime number for verification. antiquated indoor design, relocating the Marsh store and the building of new city roads to make that design work. The mayor, the CRC and the City Council all agreed and the rest is Carmel history.

Now the man who changed the face of Carmel and where we shop is gone. I lift my Starbucks to you, Gary Linder. Thank you.

Luci Snyder Member-elect, Carmel City Council

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don’t have a lot to talk about.

There are also times where her self-pity really annoys me even though I know she has every reason to feel miserable. I want to yell, “Be thankful for what you have! A fantastic husband who supports you! The financial ability to pursue treatment! Good health, a job, a home! Stop obsessing about the negative!” Not really the empathy she’s looking for. Bad me!

So what to do? I’m not sure there is a “right” answer. She still needs to know that I care, even if we can’t be around each other all the time. If she wants to talk about it, I’ll listen. If she wants to forget about it for a while, I’ll bring the movie and pizza. I’ll never truly understand her battle with infertility, but I can remember what it takes to be a good friend.

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at danielle@currentincarmel.com.

WHY I LOVE LIVING IN CARMEL

ach week I try to Some may try, but no one find interesting should argue with the facts; Carpeople in our melites are a caring and generous community who people. Not a week goes by that I volunteer to make am not made aware of someone or Carmel a great place to live, work some group reaching out to help and raise a family. It seems as others. A large portion of those though there is never a shortage individuals never seek attention or of good people raising their hand, glory, as they give of themselves stepping forward or signing up to not asking for anything in return. make the world a better place. Our I am humbled at the benevolence community is a mixture of people exhibited to strangers on a regular that create this fabulous place to basis.

Jeff Worrell live. I feel very fortunate to call What better place to live if you CarmelCan! Carmel my home and I believe are looking for opportunities to that the vast majority of citizens grow and flourish as a person. living here are proud of their hometown as If you seek a fit lifestyle, your community is well. Everyone has different reasons for loving evolving to enhance our ability to walk and Carmel, and here are a few of mine. reduce reliance on the automobile. Should Our little corner of the world is growing you desire the arts, more than you could ever and maturing into a community abundant with imagine will be ready and waiting for you to diversity. The mix of cultures and backgrounds access in the new Performing Arts Center risenhances the environment in which we live. A ing from the ground. multiplicity of people, opinions and experiChildren in Carmel rank high on the list ences enriches all of our lives, and I see that as as well, with a multitude of choices for their a huge advantage not all hamlets get to enjoy. betterment. The Carmel Dad’s Club, a jewel in

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our midst, is the most obvious and longestrunning benefit to that contingent of our population. Our school system ranks second to none, and the teachers and staff that serve our students always amaze me with their energy and enthusiasm for K through 12.

If you believe imitation is the best form of flattery, then you will most likely agree that one of the most surprising assets we have is a city administration that has been creative and innovative in its vision for the future. I am proud of the fact that officials from other communities view Carmel as the place to visit for fresh ideas and techniques that they hope will make them more like us.

Last, but certainly not least are roundabouts. If the mayor can handle the jokes, I say keep building them, making 4-way stops a rarity in Carmel. For these reasons and many more, I love living in Carmel and look forward to spending 2008 with you.

Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with Carmel” on Cable Channel 16. Contact him at jworrell@ advantagemedical.com.

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: Learn about Hamilton County’s involvement in the Underground Railroad at 11 a.m. Jan. 21 at Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000 E. 151st St. David Heighway, Hamilton County historian, will conduct the session in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s free and there is no registration needed.

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husband and I have managed to get through?

Would I still be friends with women who had easily managed to have babies? Would I have found joy without kids? I like to think so, but I can’t honestly say “yes.”

So now I’m on the other side of the fence, watching my best friend from high school fight the infertility battle. After several years, she finally conceived and then lost the baby at eight weeks. She hasn’t been able to get pregnant since. Though she tries to be upbeat, she admits that there are days when she doesn’t even want to get out of bed. She’s so tired of having her hopes crushed that they’ve decided to take a break from treatment for a while and re-evaluate their goals. IVF? Adoption? They aren’t sure yet.

While we remain close, her battle with infertility has noticeably strained our relationship. I’m a stay-at-home mom, so mostly I complain about my kids — how their incessant fighting is driving me to prescription drugs, how my body is shot from birthing them, and how I have no real life because

they suck it out of me on a daily basis.

But I know she would gladly endure hell if it meant she could have a baby, and my whining, while honest, exemplifies pure selfishness to her. So we

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PARENTING CLASSES: The Hamilton County Parenting Coalition is offering classes called Raising Children, Building Families. The classes focus on a series of age ranges including: birth to 24 months, 2 to 5 years, 6 to 10 years, 11 to 14 years, and 15 to 18 years. The classes cost $15 per person or $20 per couple.

Scholarships and child care are available. For more information, call 773.2897.

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nfertility totally blows. That’s what I’ve decided after having watched a dear friend struggle with it for seven years. It’s stressful for the couple going through treatment and also for friends and family who can never seem to do or say the right thing.

I only have a small inkling of what it feels like to face the possibility of not having children. My husband and I tried for one year before conceiving our first child and then another year and some Clomid to get our twins. The planets aligned for our fourth as she only took four months.

But what I remember most was the profound sadness I felt each month Danielle when I realized I Wilson wasn’t pregnant and the sheer jealousy I harbored toward anyone else who was. While completely normal I suppose, those feelings made it almost impossible for me to be a nice person, even to family. I got tired of people always asking if I was pregnant because it was a constant reminder of what I viewed as a failure. At the same time though, I was upset when people didn’t ask, as if they no longer cared about me. I oscillated between selfpity (“Why me?”) and hopefulness (“Maybe this month!”). I can only imagine how those feelings would have compounded after two, three, or even 10 years of trying. Would my

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SIGN UP FOR LEAGUES: Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation offers four sports leagues starting in February, which include Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Recreational Co-Ed and Competitive Co-Ed Volleyball and Co-Ed Dodgeball.

If you do not have a team, sign-up on the Free Agent List at The Monon Center. For more information, call 848.7275.

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CARMEL MEN READY TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ WITH NATIONAL GUARD

By Christine Bavender For Current In Carmel

The families of close to 3,500 Indiana soldiers will gather Jan. 2 at the RCA Dome to say goodbye to their loved ones who are headed to Iraq. It is the largest mobilization of the Indiana National Guard since World War II. “Most of these units have deployed individually,” Capt. Chad Pittman explained. “But this is the first time they’ve deployed en masse since World War II.” The 34-year-old Pittman and his 24-year-old nephew, Tyler Pittman, will be among the men and women heading overseas.

They are members of Company B 1-293 Infantry. The unit is based in Fort Wayne, but both men are Carmel residents.

Today is the last day of a holiday leave that started just days before Christmas. They’ve spent the last week with their friends and families, having family photos taken, and just soaking up as much time as they can with those they won’t see for a year.

“I dread leaving, there is no question I dread saying goodbye,” Chad said. “I reflect on the missed memories, something every soldier has dealt with since the beginning of time. The soccer games, birthday parties, even going to the grocery store and having conversations

Tyler Pittman (left) and his uncle, Chad Pittman, will be shipping out to Iraq.

– times you will never get back.”

Chad’s wife, Cristi, will play single mom to Frannie, 6; Maggie 4; and Jack, 18 months old and recently adopted from Russia. It’s Chad’s second tour of duty in Iraq, so she knows what to expect.

“The girls are older so they ask more questions” Cristi said. “But with school and activities we’ll keep busy and work through it.

We aren’t the only family doing it and you just take each day as it comes.”

Tyler’s mom, Jill Pittman, says she and husband, Scott, will miss their oldest son “terribly.” (He has four younger brothers). But she is convinced this is something he needs to do.

“As a mother my perspective is if this is what God has called you to do and this is where you are called and led then you need to do this,” she said. “He’s been interested in the military since he was little. This is what he has been trained to do and worked toward and I think if his unit were to go without him, it

would kill him.”

For Tyler – whose specialty is intelligence – the deployment means leaving school with just a semester left to finish.

But he is ready for what lies ahead.

“I am maybe a little bit nervous,” Tyler said. “I am more worried about someone I know getting hurt or killed.

And I think what I dread more than the danger is what I will miss – hanging with my family and friends.”

But he knows it won’t be forever.

“I look at it historically,” he said.

“Soldiers in World War II were gone four years. In the Civil War it was five years, so knowing it’s just a year that is a huge difference. When you can say this time next year I will be home then you have a light at the end of the tunnel.”

After the ceremony at the dome with Gov. Mitch Daniels, the troops will board buses for Camp Atterbury, where they will spend the night before leaving for Fort Stewart, Ga. They will go through additional training there before getting a four-day pass to say one last goodbye to their families before heading to Iraq in early March.

The Pittmans will be based at Camp Anaconda, located about 70 miles from Baghdad.

They are expected to be home in time for Christmas next year.

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DEFENDANTS WHO FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT

By Bob Newhart

Reviewed by Lisa Dick Carmel Clay Public Library technical services manager

Bob Newhart recounts his life in comedy from his meteoric rise in stand-up through his success in television. He shares stories of how some of his most famous routines were created, complete with the routines themselves.

Newhart talks of his friendships with legends like Johnny Carson and Don Rickles, his family life with his wife of more than 40 years and even the college drinking game, “Hi, Bob,” spawned by his television show.

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Dec. 19, 2007 Bennett, Michael L., Indianapolis – operating motor vehicle never licensed, driving while suspended Burnett, David Jr., Indianapolis – driving while suspended Cabell, Ryan C., Indianapolis – operating motor vehicle never licensed, driving while suspended Javier, Israel G., Indianapolis – operating motor vehicle never licensed Teles, Ricardo, Indianapolis – operating motor vehicle never licensed Vazquez, Antonio L., Indianapolis – operating motor vehicle never licensed, operating without financial responsibility Dec. 20, 2007 Bowes, Justin R., Indianapolis – passing in violation of markings, tinted window violation

Brumbaugh, Elizabeth A., Carmel – speeding Dell, Nancy M., Indianapolis – speeding Digiouanni, David, Carmel – seatbelt violation Duncan, Ashley D., Indianapolis – expired plate Dyer, Steven M., Chicago – speeding Eaton, Kathleen E., Sheridan – seatbelt violation Farafonov, George, Noblesville – no valid license Fella, Lindsey A., Carmel – seatbelt violation, disregard traffic control device Gleghorn, Evelyn L., Indianapolis – speeding Gray, Timothy B., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Grover, Todd W., Westfield – speeding Harper, Thomas A., Carmel – seatbelt violation Heaney, James M., Indianapolis – speeding Housley, James R., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Huddleson, Chad E., Lebanon – driving while suspended Jones, Devinique D., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Jones, Paul H. III, Carmel – front windshield tint Karani, Sunil A., Suwanee, Ga. – speeding Killacky, John M., Galena, Ohio – speeding Manning, Schyler W., Indianapolis – tinted window violation McLain-Mercho, Maureen K., Fishers – speeding Mesterharm, Kelley W., Indianapolis – speeding Mey, Erica, Carmel

– speeding Mino, Alexandru A., Zionsville – speeding Morris, Sean D., Fishers – seatbelt violation/passenger Newman, James B., South Shore, Ky. – speeding Nicolucci, Candy L., Indianapolis – expired plate Phelps, Marcus A. II, Indianapolis – speeding Phillips, Krystyn R., Indianapolis – expired plate Ramones, Jose A., Indianapolis – speeding Reed, Shamika D., Carmel – speeding Ringen, George D., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Robertson, Amy J., Indianapolis – improper turn at intersection Rodgers, Jeffrey D., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Savage, Nick, Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Simmons, Gregory L., Carmel – seatbelt violation Smoot, Gwendolyn S., Carmel – seatbelt violation, speeding Street, Matthew A., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation Ulander, Jeffrey W., Zionsville – seatbelt violation Vasquez, Demetrio, Indianapolis – no valid license Vorhees, Sherry G., Indianapolis – seatbelt violation, speeding Williams, Tia T., Indianapolis – speeding Wooden, Jessie M., Carmel – seatbelt violation Woods, Lynne P., Indianapolis – parking violation in handicapped space

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The following is a list compiled by the Carmel City Court showing defendants who have failed to appear in court on their scheduled date to appear or pay.

Defendants who failed to appear for a traffic-related non-criminal offense could have their driving privileges suspended until the case is resolved. Defendants who failed to appear for a criminal offense could have a warrant issued for their arrest. To resolve a case or receive another date to appear, you should contact the Carmel City Court at 571.2440.

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DISPATCHES TEACHER RECEIVES GRANT: The Indiana Department of Education has awarded a $2,100 grant to Carmel High School economics teacher Michelle Foutz. She will use the money to host Michelle Foutz an economics competition for local high schools and to train 30 of her students to teach economics lessons to elementary classes. Foutz has been actively involved with the Indiana Council for Economic Education and has sponsored the school’s Economics Club.

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SPEECH HONORS: Carmel Middle School speech students earned honors at the Brebeuf middle school competition. They are Arthur Shou, Sarah Larimer, Katie Cheesman, Sally Frazer, Justin Hill, Mary Pat Stemnock, Cam Elliott, Heungtae Moon, Vic Schleich, Priyanka Prasad, Caitie Ward, Bri Zawadski, Ben Burdick, Caroline McCaulay, Tom English, Jeff Hou, Emily Roberts, Cody Donahue, Yuxi Wu, Eric Wang, and Kevin Zhang. More than 350 students competed.

CONFERENCE SPEAKER: Cherry Tree Elementary School counselor Gail Hill has been selected to attend the Sports Backers “Save Our Kids” conference in Richmond, Gail Hill Va. The session will provide participants with information and strategies for addressing childhood obesity. At the conference, Hill will speak about Cherry Tree’s Bronze Award from the Alliance and the school’s “Dial it Up, Down it Down” program, which encourages kids to make healthy choices.

ART STUDENT HONORS: Carmel Clay Elementary School art teachers have selected outstanding student work from each school that will be displayed in the public meeting room at the Educational Services Center through the end of this school year. The students, their parents and their art teachers and principals were recognized at the Nov. 26 school board meeting.

TRY THIS RECIPE FOR EFFECTIVE PARENTING A Barrel of Trust A Bushel of Patience A Gallon of Faith A Liter of Understanding A Quart of Respect A Pint of Humor

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ombine all ingredients. Blend with consistency.Stir well to form a ball of love.

Sift out jealousies, guilt, resentments, anger and frustrations. Pour in encouragement. Soften with decency. Shape into equal parts of caring, humility, inspiration and communication.

Place in lightly coated heartfelt holder. Sprinkle with fondness and affection.

Bake in a high degree of common sense until bubbles of positive parenting form.

Serves a loving Becky Kapsalis family. Preserved for Ask YiaYia life.

Whether we can cook or not, the above recipe will prepare us to empower our children to look for the best

within themselves; to experience their selfworth; to envision their future; to never have to say “if only.” Even if we aren’t equipped with all the ingredients all the time, they have an eternal shelf life we can tap into as needed.

It’s up to us to keep our pantry well stocked.

Our children, the benefactors of our recipe, in turn have a right to be loved unconditionally; cry when they are hurt; be considered disciples; be given choices; be treated with firmness and consistency; be a part of family decisions; not be evaluated or

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My first-hand experience in dealing with problematic children has reinforced the importance of effective communication. Even the worst-case scenario proves that communicating and disciplining the behavior rather than the child results in the child accepting responsibility for their behavior while trusting us to help them recognize their own emotional intelligence.

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Year rich in a deep, growing and abiding faith in I had been contemplating quitting for a Christ. That is something you should tell someone while. It was the year I turned 40. With sons about. ages 7 and almost 3, it was my love for them and my desire to see them grow up that

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appy New Year! perish. Death is part of all life, What does that even planetary or galactic life. mean? It is a Some batch of end-timers will time to look inevitably be lucky enough to live back, a time to in the end era of earth. But, that look forward. A time to celebrate. may not come for millions of years A time to mourn. We celebrate our (through natural causes, that is). gains, lament our losses. People As for those who profit, in one arrived to add to our lives. People way or another, from dire forecasts have left us, some through death, of endings in our generational diminishing our lives. Open-ended lifetime, I offer up this challenge. dates on tombstones have been Contract with me that I, and/or my filled in. But we have survived descendants, will inherit all you another year. own when that end does not come Bruce Braden We have survived in spite of as you predict. I promise you that end-time predictions. Since the I and mine will be very wealthy! dawn of recorded history, there have been Don’t worry; my soul won’t be lost in the prowarnings that “the end is near.” But no end cess of this accumulation of your wealth. came. So, new end-timers emerge every cenWhen several childhood friends and family tury, updating and revising forecasts for doom died young, I learned that we are wise to live and gloom. Our current crop includes Tim each day as if it could be our last. But we LaHaye, a man who has profited immensely should live so that we leave this earth and our from his Left Behind books. It’s ironic, that progeny better for our being here. Let this people who won’t believe Al Gore’s warnings New Year be the first of many more to come about man-made causes leading to earth’s when future generations can look back and eventual destruction will believe prophets say, “Thank you, for what you have left us!” from centuries past who foretold final vision Otherwise, our generations will be cursed scenarios for earth. Who speaks for God? Did for turning this Garden of Eden earth into a God stop revealing centuries ago, or does God wasteland. reveal new information through new prophets when it comes to stewardship of earth and our Bruce Braden is an author and poet. He is the editor of “Ye Will Say I Am No Christian: The lives?

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fter a half day of back-to-back meetings, my computer was nearly out of battery power and in desperate need of an electrical outlet. My next meeting was a lunch appointment at a local restaurant. I walked in the door and was greeted by a smiling server. I had a laptop in one hand and an electrical power cord in the other. When he asked if I had a seating preference, I told him I needed to be near an electrical outlet. His response was surprising: “Don’t worry, we have free wireless here.” I was a bit taken back. I didn’t know that technological advancements had David Cain reached the point On Marketing where electrical current was hopping out of the wall and into laptops and other electricity hungry gadgets. The dialogue that followed was nothing short of surreal as we chatted briefly about the difference between electrical current and the wireless Internet.

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2. Begin a database of friends and family electronic addresses or just get better at tracking it. You probably already have phone numbers and addresses of your friends and family stored away. Why not make it a point to retrieve, store, and use their electronic addresses (e-mail, instant message),

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So this is sort of like my own little mini mall right now,” Ferrin said. Ferrin isn’t worried about having a Starbucks on every corner. “I have talked to people about Starbucks, and people are just ingrained with Starbucks. They just need to explore the area a bit for coffee,” Ferrin said.

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“This is a great way to do strength training for [people] who hate it,” says Jim Liston, C.S.C.S., of Catzsports. com.

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LOG YOUR MILES: Carmel Clay Parks will host a walking marathon for seniors from Feb. 1 through April 30. Log miles at the fitness desk over a threemonth period to find out who walked the most. The winner will receive a new pair of shoes. Each participant who logs more than 100 miles will receive a T-shirt.

Fee is $15. Visit carmelclayparks. com or the Monon Center to register.

in spite? This is also heart attack season, when overeating and drinking puts an enormous strain on your heart. Add a scoop of stress, lack of sleep, and we are cleared for a myocardial infarction lift off.

Uncover what triggers your desire to eat “dead” foods, which render you less than you are. Is it working stress, a bad marriage, credit card debt and foreclosures? Situations we all can control with intellect simmered in a strong resolve. Consider methods for replacing self-destructive habits with something healthy like switching from mayonnaise on all your sandwiches to mustard.

Two psychologists specializing in human change and motivation offer that relapse is

viewed as a normal part of the change process.

Don’t keep your resolution a secret. Share it with the family and ask for their support and cooperation.

Avoid triggers, unless you’re Roy Rogers.

Bad habits serve to reduce stress, to lubricate socialization, or to make tasks more enjoyable. When I quit drinking, parties became frightfully dull, watching folks morph into someone we don’t know. We found ourselves figuring out in advance when Sandi and I planned to exit, stage left.

Slips-up are not relapses; they are opportunities to learn. A big bolt of lightning is not going to come out of the heavens and shoot up your bum. You can do it.

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Bottom line? Sweating it a little can help you lose weight.

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Since we live in a self-absorbed society, no one wants to give up anything, especially money, smoking, overeating, heavy drinking, compulsive spending, fatty meats, and drugs, your best friends when you’re stressed out. Bad habits don’t lecture you and talk back. They chip away at your accrued health equity.

It’s natural that people think about their own life, problems and challenges a bit more than you think about other people. As they used to say, who need enemies when I’ve got friends like lard, sugar food colorings, high fructose corn syrup, and myriad deliWendell Fowler cious, calorie-dense, belly bursting foods?

A waist is a terrible thing to mind, isn’t it?

America, paradoxically uses holidays as an excuse to eat food we know will cause us future health woes. Regardless of all the warnings out of heart hospitals, do we do it

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FREE CLASSES: King of Glory Lutheran Church, 2201 E. 106th St., is offering free yoga and pilates classes. Pilates classes will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday and at 6 p.m. Jan. 10. A pilates and body sculpture class will be at 6 p.m. Jan. 8. A body sculpture class will be at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 10.

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HEALTH WATCH EAT AND LOSE WEIGHT: Some foods can help you lose weight, just by sitting there. You can’t rely on it as a permanent solution – you still have to exercise and build muscle.

Try this metabolism booster pack: milk, whole-grain cereal, and oatmeal.

Secret ingredients: Calcium, complex carbohydrates, and fiber. How they work: Complex carbohydrates and fiber pump up metabolism by keeping insulin levels low after you eat. That’s good, because spikes in the production of insulin send a signal to the body that it’s time to start storing fat. And in order to stockpile fat, your body has to slow down your metabolism, causing you to burn fewer calories, says Margaret McNurlan, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition and medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Since oatmeal breaks down slowly in the stomach, it causes less of a spike in insulin levels than foods like bagels, she says.

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TEA AND PROSTATE CANCER: Drinking green tea may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Japan’s National Cancer Center. It said men who drank five or more cups a day might halve the risk of developing advanced prostate cancer compared with those who drank less than one cup. “This does not mean that people who drink green tea are guaranteed to have reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer,” said Norie Kurahashi, a scientist in the study.

— Msnbc.msn.com BACK-FRIENDLY FITNESS: If you’re certain that regular exercise will help, not hinder, your achy body, these doctor-designed workouts can help you stay fit-not-fat at 40-plus. If you have the classic “bad back,” which is usually caused by either tight or weak

muscles, check with your doctor to see if you’ll benefit from these moves. Your doctor will probably need to rule out a disk problem or another abnormality that needs special therapy before you begin.

Note: All exercises should be done on an exercise mat or soft carpeting.

The Bicycle. Lie on your back, and raise your legs straight in the air. Tuck in your pelvis, and put your hands on your abdomen. Pedal your legs, being sure not to arch your back. Start with 30 seconds, and work up to 1 minute over time.

What makes it back-friendly: Fosters strong thigh muscles while loosening up the back muscles.

The Bridge. Lie on your back with your knees bent and arms stretched out at your sides. Slowly squeeze your buttocks together while raising your hips and lower back as far as you can while still maintaining floor contact with your upper back, neck, and shoulders. Try to form a straight

line between your knees and shoulders.

Hold for 2 to 3 seconds, then gently lower yourself to the floor. Repeat 10 times.

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But when you have a craving, how can you determine which chips are your best choice? Nutrition labels can be confusing, and there’s conflicting opinion about which number on that label is most important to look at.

By the middle of next year, it may be much easier to make your snack selection. Two groups are working to develop a scoring system for the nutritional value of foods. Foods would be graded according to factors such as the amount of fat, sugar, and fiber per serving. The scores would appear on food labels or store shelves.

Until then, you’ll have to fend for yourself. The healthiest foods — fresh fruits and vegetables — don’t have nutrition labels.

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asking you if you want it.

In some cases you can ask for the newsletter to be allowed through, but most providers will deny that they are doing anything to filter the newsletters because they can’t deal with the sheer volume of these types of requests.

If you can’t find the newsletters in any of the junk or bulk folders, and your service provider is not willing to ensure that the message will be let through, your best option is to sign up for a free-mail account and subscribe from that address.

My favorite is Gmail from Google, because it’s easy to combine your existing mail with the new Gmail address into one interface.

The other big advantage to using a Gmail account for all of your newsletters as well as other less critical messages is that when the account starts to get overrun with junk, you can simply stop using it and create a new account to start over without impacting your primary account!

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Scrabulous with his brother, Rajat. But within a matter of weeks, “the Scrabulous application had 20,000 users” on Facebook.

It currently attracts “upwards of a half a million daily users.” The neat thing about that is, once the newbies get a taste for Scrabulous online, they often express an interest in buying “the original version” so they can play with family and friends offline.

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— or more commonly your e-mail service provider — will automatically mark certain “bulk” messages as spam and keep them from ever hitting your e-mail account at all.

Any message that is sent to more than a handful of users on any given system is generally marked as a bulk message, which is also a common sign of spam messages.

Depending upon the policies of the e-mail provider, this could result in everything from a redirected message (look in your spam and bulk mail folders) to a message never getting past this first, unsophisticated filtering method.

If you find that the newsletter is getting through to your account but it is being placed in the spam or bulk folder, you should be able to add the newsletter’s address to your address book or the safe sender list.

Unfortunately, e-mail service providers have to deal with such a large volume of junk, it’s easier for them to summarily kill as much of the stuff before the user is brought into the picture.

That’s because your service provider has decided to kill all messages coming from whoever is sending the newsletter without

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

BLU-RAY VS. HD: Christmas 2007 might have been the deciding joust for the fortunes of competing highdefinition disc standards, Blu-Ray and HD DVD in the U.S., analysts at Understanding & Solutions claim. Performance of both Bluray and HD DVD during this second holiday season were to be crucial in establishing the new generation of optical discs, and may bring the market closer to resolving the war between the competing formats. The analysts observe that drive, chipset and other system component prices are now falling as demand increases, speculating that manufacturers will be able to put together players for either format for under $150 at some point next year.

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It’s not a surprise that more of our desired messages are being blocked or filtered as the spam problem increases.

A recent check of our corporate mail server showed that 94 percent of the messages coming in were marked as spam, another 2 percent were marked as potential spam (but let through) and only 4 percent was perceived to be legitimate e-mail (which is consistent Gary Hubbard with what many Technology others are reporting).

When you sign up for a legitimate newsletter, you generally must input your e-mail address into a form and then validate an e-mail message that confirms that you want to be added (this is often referred to as a “double opt-in” procedure).

Despite all of this, your e-mail program

TOYS FOR THE RECORD

FOR AGING BOOMERS: Phonak Group makes a hipper, cooler hearing aid (which they call a “personal communication device”) called Audeo. It “comes in 15 fashionable colors, looks more like a sleek ear phone than an old fashioned hearing aid.” As Phonak CEO Valentin Chapero explains: “We’ll only get close to baby boomers — who, whether they’re Europeans or Americans all have a similar psychology — if we take away the stigma and show them a product that is high-tech and hip and easily improves the quality of their lives.”

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This is about another Victoria. She’s one of the bigger models and her story is one of faithful service.

It all started soon after she was delivered. Her performance was exceptional for a time; however, after a few years of relentless service, she started to feel a little sluggish and run-down. It seemed she just didn’t have the same zip she used to. While those around Victoria noticed the difference in her performance, they stood by to only watch her continue to degrade. Yet they still demanded the same incomparable (pick another adjective if you don’t like incomparable) performance from her.

As time passed, it took longer for her to get going in the morning and before long, she didn’t even sound the same as she used to. Eventually, Victoria just wouldn’t move, wouldn’t even make a sound, leaving the owners stranded. The call was made.

“Bob, we think Vicky is dead. Can you help us?”

“Well, I’m not sure until we get a look.

Let’s get her towed in to see what the

problem is.”

While we were waiting for Victoria to arrive, her file was reviewed to determine her most recent visit for service. As it turns out “Victoria,” a 2002 Ford Crown Vic, had missed her important appointments with the repair shop. Now with nearly 100,000 miles on her, she needed a lot of work all at once. Hopefully it wasn’t too late. When Victoria arrived, she was quickly assessed and it was determined she would likely make a full recovery.

As it turns out, Victoria made no sound because at 5 years old she still had the original battery, which had died. She was sluggish because her fuel and air filters were plugged and sounded rough because she was in need of new spark plugs. After changing her fluids and completing all of the maintenance items on the schedule she was running like new once again.

Victoria’s secret, what she couldn’t say: A little maintenance along the way will provide continued performance and minimize the chance of being stranded by your model.

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recently saw something – had actually treated the event extraordinary on with some perspective. television, and no, I am Finally, a TV weatherman not talking about the talking about snow – or, as they infomercial for those insist on calling it, white stuff rubber gloves that peel potatoes.

– had kept his hand off the panic It was common sense. button.

Really.

Finally, a TV weatherman had On TV. thrown caution to the wind – or, No, I have not been getting as they insist on calling it, wind into the New Year’s champagne. out of the north-northwest – and I saw it with my own eyes treated viewers as if they had some during the run-up to Awful brains.

Mike Redmond Terrible Horrible Killer Snowstorm Of course, I thought what Humor of mid-December. you’re thinking: “Here’s a guy I turned to one of the local who’s going to have a short all-weather all-the-time services – you know, career.” those 24/7 Track Watch Local Storm Team After all, aren’t weathermen contractually Strike Force Weather Warning stationettes obligated to be as over-the-top as possible that lurk down the cable system, between the when a storm approaches? Don’t stations Pseudoscience Network and the Bad Reruns pay thousands of dollars to phoney-baloney Channel, in the numbers you always skip on consultants who specialize in dumbing down the way to the ball game or the movie. the product? Since when does common sense I thought it might be fun to see what kind have anything to do with storm systems, white of panic the weather people were in. After all, stuff and wintry mix? snow and ice and winter mix (which sounds I called my brother, a TV veteran, to tell like a snack) were hammering people to the him about it. He was impressed. Then he west of us, and you know what that means: In wondered how our grandparents survived all Indiana, we would have crazed weathermen those harsh Northern Indiana winters – and crashing into each other as they ran around remember, we’re talking about an area of the the studio, waving their arms and yelling at us state where they get their winters straight from to head for the hills, stay home, be prepared, the factory, with no middleman – without TV don’t panic, drive carefully, park the car, weathermen to tell them how bad they had it, button up our overcoats, don’t forget our how they needed to put on their overshoes galoshes, pick up lots of bread and milk, and and tie a rope around their waists when they above all hide the remote so the TV stays on went out through the blizzard to the barn to one station and one station only – theirs. do the milking?

This is what I was expecting.

I think it was probably by saying, “We’ve It isn’t what I got. seen it before; we’ll see it again.”

Instead, I tuned in just in time to hear a TV So to Jude Redfield of WTHR I say, “Well weatherman say: done, sir.” My grandfather would approve.

“You know, folks, we’ve had this kind of Anyone who thinks like that has a fine career storm before and we’re going to have them ahead of him. It’s just probably not going to again.” be as a weatherman.

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ome relationships Some people yearn for are so fulfilling closure. I dread it. Last year and so beneficial Donatos Pizza inexplicably closed to both parties that up shop just down the block from the end is tough me. They took their pizza dough to deal with when it’s inevitable. and marinara sauce and had But, I have to accept the fact that the crust to move elsewhere. I it’s over. dabbled in Domino’s and partied The Dollar Store near me is with Pizza Hut for a while. It closing. Forever. wasn’t the same. But I managed.

I wrote about this store a Several years ago, Bruegger’s, couple of years ago and admitted a bagel chain out of Pennsylvania, my addiction. My house is filled opened for business just down Dick Wolfsie with humongous bags of popcorn, the street. It closed less than a Humor dozens of bottles of generic root year later, which was sad because beer, tiny tins of anchovies and 14 Bruegger’s offered a real New sets of Phillips screwdrivers.

York bagel. I had to go cold turkey. I also went I am not ignorant about the pitfalls of corned beef and roast beef. But I had to do it addiction. My concern had always been that at Panera Bread and Einstein Bros. if this store ever closed, would I be able My bank never went out of business, I to handle it? Could I keep my world from don’t think, but they keep changing their crashing in on me? As a true junk name like an uncle of mine who is on junkie, I knew that when the lam. First it was AFNB, the supply of cheap then it was Indiana product dwindled on National, then Bank the street, I would One and now it’s go through an Chase. They excruciating should make withdrawal. up their minds, That although I think was the I have made good thing the transitions about the pretty Dollar Store. effortlessly. Of Withdrawal all the banks was the that have changed smallest of your names, why problems. In fact, hasn’t Fifth Third? a small withdrawal Would you keep of $30 from the ATM your money in a got me all the laundry financial institution baskets, pickled okra, that can’t reduce a gift wrap and power fraction? steering fluid that I There are other would need for a dollar stores, but I week. knew this one like I am not the back of my a stranger to hand. I knew addiction. where the apple When I broke juice was and my Twinkie habit the ginger many years ago, snaps. I could I nibbled on Yodels put my finger on and Snowballs during the cheap shampoo, the transition, just to prevent and nobody knew nosweating and the shakes. name frosted flakes like me.

But there is no step-down I’ll miss the place. I do have a program for the Dollar Store. great idea for what they could put Heroin addicts find some there instead. A hundred pennies for my relief with methadone thoughts? as a substitute, but Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and there is no Dollar-Fifty speaker.

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DISPATCHES FACIAL HAIR RULES: Goatee: no.

Soul patch: no. Elvis sideburns: only if you’re Elvis, which you’re not, because we saw him last night outside a 7-Eleven in Waukesha, Wis. Sideburns: The length of one’s sideburns is inversely proportional to one’s ability to rise in the corporate hierarchy. Unless one works at Graceland. A ponytail: You’re joking, right? Of course you’re joking. Ha, ha. Stubble: Go to work clean-shaven, because you are not Sonny Crocket, and even if you are, “Miami Vice” was canceled in 1989.

— esquire.com THE DIRT ON CLEAN: Americans spend “more than $50 billion annually on cosmetics and toiletries,” and Katherine Ashenburg explains how that came about in “The Dirt on Clean.”

It seems America’s cleanliness trend has its roots in 1927, when a group known as the Cleanliness Institute, created by America’s soap makers, “sought to convince Americans that they could never be too well-scrubbed.” An ad campaign asserted “there was ‘self-respect in soap and water,’ and an aggressive school hygiene curriculum” featured “a daily ‘Keep Clean’ parade.”

— coolnews@reveries.com MORE THAN SALAD DRESSING: Olive oil also has plenty of uses around your home, outside of the sauté pan. Just grab a bottle of inexpensive, domestic olive oil for around-the-house use. You can cut down on excess oil by investing in a refillable spray can. Here are three: Wood Furniture Polish. Wipe with a teaspoon of olive oil and a soft rag. Add a bit of vinegar or citrus juice to bulk up the cleaning power, and add a fresh scent.

Care for your kitty. Add a teaspoon of olive oil to your cat’s food to help prevent hairballs, and provide a shiny coat.

Shoe polish. Rub down your shoes with just a spray of olive oil to maintain their shine.

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DESIGN DOS AND DON’TS FOR 2008 f 2008 is the year that you commit to finally pulling your home together, this list is a foundation of good design basics.

THE DOS Do discover the style of decorating that takes your breath by keeping files of magazine pages that appeal to you.

Do identify the focal point of the room and develop the room around it. This could be a fireplace, a window, a bed or art.

Do select an element that can act as a springboard for decorating decisions.

It could be a fabric, an area rug or art. The Vicky Earley item should embody Decor both the color palette of the room as well as the style and mood you hope to create.

Do make these decisions before selecting paint colors.

Do purchase investment pieces first, such as upholstered furnishings, rugs and draperies. Good design is like a game of chess. Each selection affects the next, so these are the pieces that will dictate future design decisions.

Do keep pathways in mind when arranging furniture.

Do use the principle of repetition when planning shapes, colors, fabrics and patterns.

One green accent in a room may look like an afterthought, but three green elements of differing size and texture will contribute to the overall effect.

Do plan ahead for appropriate task, general, and accent lighting by using a mixture of fixtures on dimmers for maximum control.

Do purchase the best quality furniture you can afford. Some things can be faked in design, but quality construction is not one of them. Learn as much as you can about the materials used in construction before spending a cent.

clusters, and it will add to a room.

Don’t turn your back on the focal point of the room by arranging furniture away from this important feature.

Don’t clutter up a room with so many knick-knacks that your home looks like a gift store.

Don’t construct a color palette from wildly disparate objects. Remember that springboard element mentioned in the “do” list?

Edit out, repaint or re-cover items that don’t fit with the plan.

Don’t decorate around an item that you don’t love. If your new home has ivory plush carpet when you prefer hardwood, you will never love that carpet. Plan on getting rid of that carpet when the budget allows!

THE DON’TS Don’t paint a room without trying a sample of the color in the room. Paint chips are computer generated and can be quite deceiving in terms of tone and depth of color.

Don’t line up the furniture around the walls. It makes the room feel like everyone is in trouble. Pull furniture into conversation

Do have fun while decorating a room and don’t hesitate to call for professional help if you feel overwhelmed!

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SEE THE SLUGGER MUSEUM: Carmel Clay Parks will offer a President’s Day trip to the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville. Bus departs from the Monon Center East Parking Lot at 9 a.m. and returns at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 18. Fee is $43 and includes bus trip and tour. Anyone younger than 17 must be accompanied by an adult.

Register online at carmelclayparks. com or in person at the Monon Center.

reservations, operated by If one of your resolutions is to reduce include waterMagdalena stress in the year ahead, look no further than colorist Debbie Gallery of Art, Main Street. A heavenly host of helpful local Apple, painter month-long angels – um, artists – offers a wide range Don Baldwin, classes by local of art-making classes to release your inner portraitist Sue artists covering Picasso.

Carlson, painta variety of me“Everyone sets goals for the new year, and ers Rosalie dia and techpainting is an incredible way to start out,” said Jonquet and niques start Robyn Brown, executive director of Blue Egg Bob Shade, on Jan. 22.

Gallery, the cooperative artists gallery at Red photograCall 844.0005 Robyn Realty on North Range Line Road. “Our phers Gary or visit www. members are bent on supporting each other, Moore and magdalenaWendy Volkmar and they want the community to share in the Marie Reamer, gallery.com camaraderie.” and calligrafor program To this end, Blue Egg hosts “Paint with the pher Erika Woods. Call Blue Egg Gallery at descriptions and fees.

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A little further afield, Carmel artists Janet days and Saturdays in January. Budding RemTwo galleries on Main Street offer classes Chilton and Susan Mauck offer spring classes brandts and O’Keeffes are invited with a more structured approach. at the Stutz Art Space, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., to paint alongside experienced Artisan Masterpiece presents Indianapolis. Mauck teaches oil sketching and gallery members in a variety of spring classes with local artists in painting of figural subjects weekly starting Jan. media. wheel-thrown pottery, graphite 7. Chilton teaches the principles of color mixThis Saturday, bring your pencil portraiture, pastels, watering in successive four-week sessions Jan. 11 watercolors to work beside colors, oil painting, jewelry design through June 27. Find a list of classes, course Betty Boyle. Artists such as Wendy and beadwork, stained glass, descriptions and registration information Volkmar will be on hand to work drawing fundamentals and mosaonline at www.stutzartists.com. with oil painters on Jan. 16 and 23, ics starting on Jan. 8. For example, Robyn Brown Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who covers while other members will host seskids ages 6 through 14 can opt the arts for Current in Carmel and teaches art sions on photography, calligraphy, for a four-week class on mosaics, history at Herron School of Art and Design (IUPUI) pencil drawings and acrylics until while people age 14 or older can and Ivy Tech Community College. Please send Jan. 30. learn to paint with pastels. Call 818.0774 or comments or story ideas at barbara@i-writersstuArtists participating in the freestyle workregister online at www.artisanmaterpiece.com. dio.com. shops, which are free of charge and require no At the Carmel Academy of the Arts,

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BOURNE, PART 3: The Carmel Clay Public Library will show “The Bourne Ultimatum” (PG-13) at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 18.

The third installment in the popular Bourne trilogy finds former CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) closing in on the truth about his past. Free tickets for this event will be available at the AV Desk beginning Friday.

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Live Music

The Von Bondies Date: Thursday. Location: The Music Mill, 3720 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis.

Time: Doors open at 7:30 for 8 p.m. show. Tickets: $12. Phone: 239.5151.

Web: themusicmillvenue. com.

Von Bondies

Mickey’s Irish Pub Friday: Fire in the Dawn.

Saturday: Why Stop Now. Location: 13644 N. Meridian St. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub.com.

Jennifer Kirk and Friends Date: Thursday and Friday. Location: Kincaid’s at Clay Terrace, 14159 Clay Terrace Blvd. Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Featuring half-priced appetizers and drink specials for beer wine and cocktails, everyday from 3 to 7 p.m. and from 9 p.m. until closing.

Phone: 575.9005 Web: kincaids.com.

Pianist/vocalist Jeff Deherdt Date: 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Location: The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Tickets: $10. Phone: 253.4900. Web: thejazzkitchen.com.

Underground Railroad Ghost Walk Date: 7 p.m. Jan. 12. Hear the stories of ghosts of the Underground Railroad and those who helped them escape mixed with modern day gangsters and murder from Westfield’s haunted history. Cost: $10 to $15. Reservations: 840.6456 or www.unseenpress.com.

Karaoke

Karaoke with Mark When: 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Location: Nippers II, 1772 E. 116th St. Phone: 818.9980.

Karaoke with ‘Pipi’ Date: 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays.

Location: Mickey’s Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian St. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub.com.

Theatre

Run for Your Wife Dates: Friday through Feb. 3.

Location: Beef & Boards Dinner Theater, 9601 Michigan Road,

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Comedy

Andy Kindler Date: Wednesday, Friday through Sunday.

Location: Morty’s Comedy Joint, 3625 E. 96th St., Indianapolis. Price: $10 to $18 depending on day. Phone: 848.5500. Web: mortyscomedy.com.

For Kids

Pajama-Rama Date: 7 p.m. Friday.

Location: Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000 E. 151st St. Best for families with children ages 1-7. A music educator with Moriah Music will be at the Nature Center to lead us in singa-longs, stories, and games. Cost: Free.

Pre-registration required: 848.0576.

Roman Art from the Louvre

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Travelogue: Alaska and China Date: 7 p.m. Jan. 15. Hear about upcoming trips to Alaska in August and China in October. Location: Washington Township Parks office, 1549 E. Greyhound Pass. Registration for this meeting is required by Jan. 13. See www.washingtontownship-hc.us for more information.

Indianapolis. Phone: 872.9664. Web: beefandboards.com.

When: closes Sunday; special extended hours until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Sunday till 5 p.m.

Where: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis Cost: $12 adults, $10 seniors (60+), Dance Latin Dance Party $6 students and children 7-17, free Date: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. for children 6 and younger.

Thursday. Location: Details: You have one more weekend The Jazz Kitchen, to see this extraordinary exhibition 5377 N. College Ave., of 184 Roman imperial and personal Indianapolis. Price: works of art from the Musée du $7. Phone: 253.4900.

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Using the letters in the name "In Vogue," create as many common words of 3+ letters as you can in 20 minutes. No proper nouns or foreign words.

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Answers to CARMEL WORDSMITH CHALLENGE: Among the comm ovine, vogue, give, gone, vine, vino, ego, eon, gin, gnu, gun, ion, one, www.currentincarmel.com

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Answers toAnswers HOOSIER HODGEPODGE: Utensils : Blender, Grater, Ladle, Sieve, Spatula, Tongs; : Blender, Grater, La to HOOSIER HODGEPODGE: Utensils Classes : Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Statistics, Trigonometry; Colleges : Butler, IUPUI, Ivy Tech, Marian; Song Words :: Auld, Lang, Syne; Coaches : Holtz, Weis; Director : O’Haver Classes Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Statistics, Trigonometry; Colleg Song Words : Auld, Lang, Syne; Coaches : Holtz, Weis; Director : O'Ha Answers to ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING: 1) DEFRAUD; 2) FLUNG; 3) INTEGER; 4) ROOKIE; 5) SEPIA; 6) TERRIBLE Answers to CARMEL WORDSMITH CHALLENGE: Among the common words in “In Vogue” are: given, ovine, vogue, give, gone, vine, vino, ego, eon, gin, gnu, gun, ion, one, veg, vie, vig

Answers to ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING: 1) DEFRAUD; 2) FLUN SEPIA; 6) TERRIBLE

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Donald Lee Sales, 55, Noblesville, passed away Dec. 20, 2007. He was born in Indianapolis to Morgan and Wauneta (Davidson) Sales on July 20, 1952. Mr. Sales graduated from Carmel High School and was a carpenter by trade, spending his whole career in the construction industry. He enjoyed bowling and was an avid shuffleboard player and outdoorsman. Mr. Sales was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his daughter, Angela Lehman; son Scott Sales; grandchildren Allyson and Carolyne Lehman, and Audin Allyn and Courlyn Sales; brothers Douglas Sales, David Sales and Robert Zike.

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Dec. 15 girls — Owens, Rudy and Michelle; Waltermire, Nathaniel and Traci; Stum, Brandon and Tinson, Jonnae

Merle Prewitt, 99, Carmel, passed away Dec. 24, 2007.

She was born in Selma, Calif., to Charles and Gertrude (Blankenship) Westbrook on Aug. 31, 1908. She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn (Ray) Tyson of Indianapolis; granddaughters Jennifer (Steve) Moe of Carmel and Stephanie (Tim) Craft of Fishers. Her four greatgrandchildren also survive.

There will be no local services.

Dec. 27 in Leppert Mortuary, Smith Carmel Chapel, and the funeral service was there Dec. 28. Burial followed in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Fishers. Friends are invited to go to www.leppertmortuary. com to sign Mr. Sales’s online guestbook or leave a personal memory or condolence. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Indiana State Parks and Reservoirs, 402 W. Washington St., Room W298, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

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