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Grain Elevator Goes Down Carmel turned 175 years old in 2012, but one of its most famous landmarks didn’t make it to the end of the year.

Despite a sizable public outcry, the city’s century-old grain elevator was demolished in April to make way for a new development straddling the Monon Greenway.

Local photographer Ron Kern hoped the vacant, city-owned grain elevator could be spared and remodeled as a performance venue and artists’ studios, but city officials decided a shovel-ready site would be more appealing to potential developers.

“The city and the Carmel Redevelopment Commission have found more positive results from private sector investment when sites are ready for redevelopment,” city spokeswoman Nancy Heck told Current last month.

After the demolition, the rubble remained on site until experts were able to determine that trace amounts of pesticide permeating the debris were not hazardous.

The city paid $145,000 for the demolition. In the grain elevator’s place will be a new mixed-use community called Midtown, which is still awaiting a developer.

Expectations for 2013? The city likely will be looking for a developer for the property, but with the economy still struggling, it's possible Midtown won't take flight any time soon.

Rollie Dick, Tania Moskalenko and Frank Basile FIle photo by Jordan Fischer

PAC gets new leader Nearly a year after former Center for the Performing Arts CEO Steven Libman resigned, Carmel officials chose his replacement.

Tania Castroverde Moskalenko was named to her new post in June; Frank Basile had been serving as interim director.

Moskalenko earned her new job after a successful tenure at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre in Tennessee, where she inherited an operating deficit of $500,000 and transformed it into a $300,000 surplus within seven years. Not only was she able to pull that off without cutting staff, she also tripled programming at the 824-seat theatre, doubled its corporate support, quadrupled grant support and developed two individual giving programs.

Outlook for 2013? City officials are hoping for a repeat performance at the Palladium, which received about $6 million from the city in 2012. Mayor Jim Brainard hopes to reduce the city subsidy to $2 million or less in coming years, but possibly not this year.

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Andy Ray reviews “Lincoln” – Andy Ray, Current in Carmel columnist, is a big fan of Steven Spielberg, so much so that he believes Spielberg to have directed the year’s best picture on five occasions “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial,” “The Color Purple,” “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan.” While Ray enjoyed Lincoln for what it is, he does not feel that it belongs on that list. Ray writes “I can’t quite put ‘Lincoln’ in the class with the greatest of the Spielberg repertoire” but “as a political showpiece, I can’t help but hope our current White House occupant watches (the film).” For the full column, visit www.currentincarmel.com and click “On the Web.”

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CRC bailout For years, critics complained about the free-spending ways of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission. In 2012, those days came to an abrupt end.

A cash-poor CRC asked the city council to refinance nearly $200 million in debt, which it had borrowed with between 6-percent and 9-percent interest. After much deliberation, the council agreed in late November. Had the council not agreed to the refinancing plan, the CRC would not have had the money to pay debts, claimed city councilor Luci Snyder.

Despite early indications he would resign under pressure from Snyder and council president Rick Sharp, CRC member Jeff Worrell remains on the commission.

The new bonds sold last month between 2.65 and 4 percent, saving about $75 million, according to Heck.

Outlook for 2013? As part of the arrangement, the city council will have much more oversight of the CRC, which now must seek council approval before incurring any debt.

Many of the CRC employees are now city employees in the new Carmel Redevelopment Authority.

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Little Nightingales Music Together now accepting registrations – Little Nightingales Music Together is now accepting registrations for its winter semester of music classes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents/caregivers. Called “Music Together,” the classes will be offered at various times beginning Jan. 15 at Performer’s Edge, 12955 Old Meridian St. Interested families may attend free sample classes Jan. 4 through the 10. For the full release, visit www.currentincarmel.com and click “On the Web.” Community collection for Homeless Veterans a success – The Kappa Theta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha recently announced that the fourth annual Winter Warm-Up for Homeless Veterans was a tremendous success, collecting more than $7,000 worth of winter wear and personal care items for homeless and at-risk veterans and almost $300 in cash contributions to benefit the VA Hospital Homeless Programs. The collection, which ran from Nov. 10 through Dec. 16, used collection sites in Boone, Hendricks, Marion and Hamilton counties. The total value of items collected exceeded 2011’s collections by more than $2,000. For the full release, visit www.currentincarmel.com and click “On the Web.” Carmel Police Department daily run reports – The complete logs of the Carmel Police Dept.’s daily runs for the preceding week are now available online. Stay up-todate on any crime taking place near you. For the complete list of daily crime watches, visit www.currentincarmel.com and click “On The Web.” Lilly Endowment grants $2 million to Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra – The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced today that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the organization $2 million to fund two major initiatives to attract and cultivate new patrons, supporters and donors to the organization. Half of the endowment’s $2-million grant will be used toward continued, aggressive communications and development activities during the next 18 to 36 months to secure new donor commitments to the ISO, and the other half will fund a long overdue upgrade in seating to provide improved comfort and accessibility in the Hilbert Circle Theatre. For the full release, visit www.currentincarmel.com and click “On the Web.”

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The people of 2012 Commentary by Jeff Worrell I hardly possess the courage to use the new tool, so generously gifted to me by a relative willing to follow my 2012 Jeff Christmas list. But I can’t resist the temptation to go boldly where I have never stepped before. Yet, even with the threat of a well written, sarcastic yet apodictic Letter to the Editor accusing me of stupidity or ignorance regarding my use of the English language, I cautiously enter a new world.

My column has appeared in this publication every week since the first edition hit your mailbox in October of 2006. I am challenged each week to weave together a story describing the wonderful, generous and amazingly gifted volunteers who live among us in this great community. But, my ability to limn is sometimes hampered by my fusty vocabulary. How many times have I penned the words great, amazing or wonderful when referring to these really terrific volunteers?

So, under the tree on Christmas morn was a box wrapped with festive Santa paper adorned by a fluffy red bow. When shook, I was encouraged it may very well be the box I hoped contained the gift I thought would set me free from the vernacular world of wonderful, generous and amazing; not to mention terrific. Not just any Thesaurus was inside that red bowed box, but the nuclear version of a Thesaurus. The “Thinker’s Thesaurus” which claims the words

contained within its covers will not be found in Roget’s or Webster.

Clearly, this book is not a toy. The 7-pound8-ounce weapon must be used with proper context and without the slightest hint of meliority.

But, when used properly, wonderful, generous and amazing disappear and become the words of simple grammar school students.

Starting today, I can more clearly and precisely describe the generous people manning the food pantries, free medical clinics and various homeless shelters in our county by working in caritative? Are the eleemosynary among us better portrayed and thus more visible to you?

Perhaps the Lions Club, Rotary Club, Kiwanis and other civic groups should be from this day forward told how galumptious their work really is. Mirific in the headline is sure to grab reader’s attention and erase wonderful forever from my vocabulary.

But, after only just a few hours holding the keys to the lexicon kingdom, I realized no matter how many times I say it and no matter what form it takes, it is the people of 2012 who made my columns a pleasure to present.

Jeff Worrell is a member of the Carmel Redevlopment Commission.

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Once the family settled down, Ann pursued Ann Albright Daniels died peacefully on Dec. her higher education, receiving a Master’s Degree in Library Science from Butler 10 at Emeritus Palm Court on Hilton University. She joined Carmel High Head Island, S.C. School, where she ultimately became She is survived by her husband, the Director of the Media Center.

Dan Daniels, a brother, Charles AlDuring her tenure, she was a true bright, and sons Bryan, Steven and pioneer in bringing computers to John. She was the proud grandmoththe public school systems. She also er of four boys and two girls, ranging worked to network the school and in ages from nine to 23. public library. She presented her work Ann was born March 31, 1934, in Daniels at state and national library convenPortsmouth, Ohio. Her family moved tions and served as president of the to Bucyrus, Ohio, where she attended school. She graduated in 1952 as Valedictorian of Association of Indiana Media Educators.

Ann retired from Carmel High School in Bucyrus High School. She continued her educa1993, moving to Hilton Head Island, S.C. Even tion at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. After in retirement, she sustained her interest in comgraduating with honors in 1956, she spent the puter technologies. She used her computer skills summer working for an advertising firm in New to design professional newsletters for the various York, with plans of returning to Miami Univernon-profit organizations with which she was sity in the fall to teach freshman English. Fate actively involved. intervened, and she reconnected with her college Ann kept herself busy with a variety of intersweetheart, Dan, who was also working in New ests, including genealogy, supporting local pubYork. One thing led to another, and they were lic and church libraries, theater/orchestra groups married in Bucyrus, Ohio, in December 1957. and the Audubon Society. Her favorite hobby The newlyweds moved to Mexico City in 1958, was reading, and she was never far from a book. where her husband started his international busiA memorial service will be held at Hilton ness career. This was the beginning of a string of Head First Presbyterian Church on Jan. 19 at overseas assignments. After four years in Mexico, 3 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made the family moved to Germany and Brazil, finally to Memory Matters, P.O. Box 22330, Hilton settling in Indianapolis in 1972. Along the way Head, SC 29926. their family had grown to five, with two sons

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Support mass transit From the moderate side by Jim Blessing Last month, I attended a meeting at the Carmel library about the proposed Indy Connect transit plan. Within Hamilton County, the plan includes rail transit, as well as rapid and express buses. There also are circulating buses that will move people from the outlying areas to the transportation centers. Judging from rush hour traffic, I’m sure you are aware that the Indianapolis area is well behind the curve in mass transit when compared to similarly sized cities such as Salt Lake City, Austin and Charlotte. While improved roads such as the Keystone Parkway are quite helpful, we face escalating traffic congestion and owe it to the next generation to build a 21st century transportation system. To learn more about the details of this plan go to www. indyconnectnow.com.

Yes, the plan requires a 0.3% income tax in participating counties. As taxpayers, we are already paying for things like police and fire protection, schools, roads and upkeep, libraries and even sports stadiums. Nothing is free, and we currently make investments in many community services. I feel the cost of this system is

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Advocates of mass transit want to give Central Indiana residents the ability to decide on the plan through a referendum. However, permission to hold the referendum must first be obtained from the state legislature. This issue will be debated at the upcoming state legislative session. I understand that Hamilton County mayors and many state representatives, including Jerry Torr, who spoke at the meeting, favor the plan. However, work is still underway to convince Hamilton County senators to support the referendum.

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Freshman Congresswoman Susan Brooks sits down with Current to talk about her new position

By Christian Sorrell • christian@youarecurrent.com On Nov. 6, 2012, residents throughout the 5th District went to the polls and voted for a new representative. Susan Brooks, a Republican and Carmel resident, won the seat, receiving more than twice as many votes as her competitor, Scott Rieske. As a freshman Congresswoman, Brooks will be taking part in the 113th United States Congress beginning Thursday.

The week before Christmas, Brooks sat down with Current at her now-empty campaign office to talk about the move to Washington, being a woman in Congress, and replacing a congressional veteran.

Current: You hear stories about different members of Congress sleeping in their offices, commuting from home to work every day, or simply getting a residence in Washington D.C. How are you planning to handle having to be at two places at once, both within the district and in Washington?

Brooks: I am going to be a commuter Congresswoman, meaning I will fly out on Mondays and come home on either a Thursday, depending on how late votes go, or on Friday and try to be home on most weekends. My husband is not moving with me to D.C., so I will be like other people who commute to work. I am renting a small studio apartment not too far from Capitol Hill.

In fact, next week I am loading up the U-Haul, and my husband and my son are driving me out there. It’s a little bit like going off to college.

I think it will definitely be a huge change in our lives, but I think it will be manageable.

Current: You recently announced your committee placements: the Education and the Workforce Committee, the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on Ethics. What are you hoping to accomplish with these committees?

Brooks: Actually, the two committees that I did get on were both committees that I asked for. Because of my background at Ivy Tech Community College during the last five years, Education and Workforce was absolutely one of my top committees.

Due to my time as a U.S. Attorney and the focus I had on homeland security after Sept. 11, Homeland Security was another committee that I had requested.

Ethics, interestingly enough, is something you are asked to serve on, you don’t request it. I was asked by the speaker’s office to be on ethics and that ties in nicely with the fact that, on the campaign trail, I talked a lot about restoring confidence in Congress.

Current: With these placements, are there any specific issues that you are hoping to address?

Brooks: In Education and Workforce, because I’ve been very involved in the workforce training side of education, I think there are significant improvements that can be made in the manner in which federal unemployment dollars reach the people who need training. I think we need to increase the amount of each dollar that actually gets to worker training. We have a challenge in our system when we provide people up to 99 weeks of unemployment without requiring them to get training. I believe there needs to be a requirement that people have to go get training, have to improve their skills or have to get involved in higher education rather than just sitting on 99 weeks of unemployment and going out and applying for jobs all the time. I think we need to up our game in this country in the level of skilled workforce we have because we are competing with countries that have just as skilled workers as we have. www.currentincarmel.com

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Current: What can residents of the 5th district expect to see come back to the local level that you will be working on in Washington?

Brooks: We worked hard during the campaign to develop very good relationships with the mayors in most of the communities throughout the 5th District and with local and state legislators.

I don’t think it’s my job to tell them what I am going to do for them. I believe they, and the citizens of the 5th, need to be telling me what they would like me to be a strong advocate for. Because I am going to be commuting and returning here on a very regular basis, I hope to have a very open channel of communication with the people in the 5th as to what type of initiatives they want me to focus on in D.C. I’m always going to keep a focus on jobs, what brings jobs to the 5th and keeps jobs in the 5th, because if people have work, there is far less dependence on government assistance.

Current: You are the first Republican woman to be sent to the U.S. House of Representatives since 1959, with the previous woman being Cecil Harden of Covington, Ind. who served from 1949 to 1959.

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Age: 52 ◆ Birthplace: Fort Wayne ◆ Residence: Carmel ◆ Education: Bachelor of Arts from Miami University of Ohio, Juris Doctor from Indiana University Indianapolis School of Law ◆ Occupation: U.S. Representative – Indiana 5th District ◆ Experience: Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis (1998-1999); Attorney, Ice Miller (1999-2001); U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana (2001-2007); General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development, Ivy Tech Community College (2007-2011) ◆

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Brooks: Yes, that’s right … sadly.

Current: Do you think that puts you in a unique position, at a disadvantage or do you not feel that it matters?

Brooks: No, it does. It does matter because Indiana is actually sending two women to the 113th Congress. We are two of only three women coming to Congress in the 113th Congress, only three women out of more than 30 freshmen which I think is very unfortunate.

I do believe that women are underrepresented in Congress considering that we are 50 percent of the voters, more than 50 percent of consumers that purchase products and make buying decisions in households. We need a much stronger voice in Congress. I want to be involved in encouraging and promoting women to consider running for offices at all levels whether it’s at the school board level to the federal level. I don’t think that Cecil Harden would have imagined it would be 53 years until another Republican woman represented Indiana.

Current: Congressman Dan Burton was a veteran, serving for 30 years, and now, you are coming in as a freshman. Do you feel that there are many barriers to entry or that you have to prove yourself?

Brooks: It is like starting any new job. You do have to prove yourself. You do have to network with colleagues to try to figure out how the place works and how it runs. Times have changed and a lot more people used to live in Washington, D.C. than do today. Since Congress has become much more of a commuting body, that means I have to be more strategic during the week to find those opportunities to meet and network with my colleagues, meet with constituents and taking votes as well as learning the issues. I think time management is going to be exceptionally critical.

The one thing that people are telling us is that they don’t want there to be gridlock. They want us and expect us to work together in ways that past Congresses have not. That’s how I am going to spend my time.

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A toast!

It is our position that 2012 will long be remembered as a significant year in the life of our community. We have seen the completion or advancement of dozens of actions, large and small, with impact unlikely to be fully realized until generations to come. US 31 construction began in earnest – after years of false-starts and empty promises, we are seeing signs that one of our most important arteries will lurch forward in a more efficient and safe way. Grand Park is rising and forming a new heart where only corn once grew. While still much is to be done, the Palladium has matured from start-up to institution. The full effect of the opening of 146th Street has blazed a route across the land bringing retail and family to Carmel, Noblesville, Fishers and Westfield – soon to Zionsville.

And, Current has grown too. With a simple desire to make the communities we serve healthier, wealthier and wiser, this upstart hometown edition has managed to compete against giant corporations from far-away places. Maybe it is because while we don’t think it is perfect, we believe in our hometown. And, we are proud of the progress we’ve made. Cheers to a prosperous 2013!

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Fiscal cliff: More blame on GOP

Extreme balance

Commentary by Terry Anker

Instinct naturally tells us that more is better.

If we have one dollar, wouldn’t two be better? If we can help one person in need, shouldn’t we push the limit to extend to supporting two, or three, or more? Even as many of us are feeling the hangover brought on by holiday spending, eating and revelry, we can’t shake the instinct that there is never too much. We transition from newscasters telling us how to prepare boundless, calorie-laden repast to those same folks admonishing us to get in shape and “lose those holiday pounds.” The sale of extreme workout DVD’s will skyrocket in the coming weeks.

Certainly, we live a life of conflicting priorities. It is wonderful, even necessary, to gather with family and enjoy abundance by the hearth. And, it is wonderful, even necessary, to maintain an ideal weight to preserve and strengthen our bodies. But how do we find the balance between the two? Is moderation lost in a world of competitive priorities?

Imagine this example. The cost of college edu-

cation, especially if on-going or extended, often drives graduates out of the market place rather than into it. Because universities have not kept costs in line with inflation, are kids “overbuilding” their skills for the market? If the market demand for traditional degrees is far exceeded by the quantity of new grads, is the effect a reduction in value (even as tuition and debt to the student and her family is ballooning)?

Certainly education is critically important, like housing, food and family. But isn’t creating a standard of university degree production that attempts to build an absolute egalitarian distribution where everyone pursues the same kind of training simply trapping kids, their families and our government into a thoughtless and costly spiral? If something is good, doesn’t it deserve to be unconstrained?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at terry@ currentincarmel.com.

"The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything."

- Oscar Wilde Current in Carmel

By the time you read this, we all could be careening off the fiscal cliff, which would be a shame. The inability of President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the speaker of the House of Representatives, to get together on a smart resolution (unless it happened after we went off to an early press run as a result of the holiday) is pathetic. While there had been some give and take from both sides, we view the Republican Party as the more dominant culprit here. A majority in the House guarantees absolutely nothing for the GOP and its Tea Party members. We view their actions as divisive and obstructionist. Our take: This hasn’t been about true negotiating – which should have been the case all along – but more about digging in heels and casting blame. It’s really quite sad that the two sides couldn’t come up with a solution that makes sense. In the end, the real and appropriate blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the American voters, for they are the ones who put these intractable, so-called leaders in the position to drive all of us over the edge. When will the voting public learn?

••• As your tax dollars are at stake every time a buying decision is made by the many boards and councils that help to govern our municipalities, how often do you wince at choices that are made? Are your thoughts heard? We believe they should be, and so we urge you to gain knowledge of those panels and the people that serve on them. Hold feet to the fire where necessary and make sure every expense is an indispensible outlay. If you believe something is untoward, please let us know at info@youarecurrent.com, and we will do our best to get an answer for you and your fellow taxpayers.

Brian Kelly, publisher, and Steve Greenberg, general manager, are co-owners of Current Publishing, LLC. Write them at info@ youarecurrent.com.

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Each week, we’ll share one with you. In Mississippi one may be fined up to $100 for using “profane language” in public places.

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Avoiding the flu

Commentary by Danielle Wilson The flu has hit our house, and hit it hard. I left for work this morning with victims Two and Three moaning on the couch running temperatures of 102 and 103, feebly sipping juice boxes for comfort. Patient Zero has made a full recovery, but I'm certain our remaining daughter will succumb shortly, followed, inevitably, by my Husband, Doo. Will I get it too? After all, this is the first year in more than 10 that I did not get vaccinated. The only thing keeping the worry at bay is knowing that Doo has to deal with it all, not I! Is that bad? Is it wrong that I took a tiny bit of joy literally washing my hands clean of the whole germy affair? Are the fates ready to punish me with the flu-to-end-all-flus because I'd rather spend time at the office? Perhaps, but I like control. I need control. At work, everything is neat and orderly, and I'm only in charge of myself. This is so not the case at our house, especially when said house has become an infirmary. Any mom can attest to this fact: Staying at home with healthy kids is tough, but throw in worrisome coughing, running noses, and multiple wake-up calls throughout the night, and the days become downright torturous. Now that Doo works from home, he's the one who

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must deal with the hell of flu season, though he has a much better sense of humor about it than I ever did. His latest email reads <Captain's Log: 2012> The infected are everywhere! I have attempted to barricade myself in my living quarters but my need for sustenance continually drives me to the commissary where I am forced to engage the zombie hordes. Eyes red and puffy, pale chalky skin, and a blank stare that haunts my dreams.

A subtle but continuous moan escaping their lips ‘daaaaaadddd…. DAAADDDD.’ There is nowhere left to run … no one left to call … and they just keep coming!

So yes, while I felt sorry for my sick kiddos this morning, I was elated that I didn't have to stay and care for them. While I do experience a twinge of guilt when my youngest cries out, delirious with fever, "You weren't here to hug me!", I can honestly say I'm a better mom now that I'm able to part with some of my motherhood duties. I'll gladly suffer the flu for that opportunity. Peace out.

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Why only make changes once a year?

Commentary by Christian Sorrell

Each and every year as December ends and January begins, talk of New Year’s resolutions seems to be everywhere. Some people swear to change their lives in a number of ways at the beginning of the new year, while there are others that outwardly deny the concept of resolutions.

While I am certainly of the opinion that making yourself and your life better is a great idea, I have never found that only attempting to do so at one specific time of year is all that helpful. That is why I am not making any resolutions this year.

Most all of us want to make our lives better.

We want to quit that bad habit, get a better job, lose weight, live a more active or healthy lifestyles and the list goes on and on. For the most part, setting out to make a drastic change at one specific moment in time has always led me to failure. Maybe that is just due to a personally low supply of willpower, but I feel it is more the pressure of giving ourselves ultimatums, deadlines and goals that are unrealistic.

The most permanent change is that which comes slowly. It is one of the reason’s the government of the United States was created to op-

erate as frustratingly slowly as it does. Not one group of people can make a drastic decision and the next day make it law. This same principal is why all of the weight loss success stories seem to be those people who made a point to slowly implement reasonable and sound changes into their diet and lifestyle.

Setting out to make a better you is always a good thing to do, but setting yourself up for success when doing so is even better. Remember that in most circumstances, you have plenty of time to implement the change. Be steady in your personal improvements and track your progress over months, rather than days. Don’t get hung up on goals and timelines as, in my experience, doing so always leads to discouragement. Carry on toward your goal regardless of any of these other factors and eventually, if your heart is in it, you will get there.

Happy New Year! Here’s to a better us now and any other time of the year!

Setting out to make a better you is always a good thing to do, but setting yourself up for success when doing so is even better.

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Christian Sorrell is the managing editor of Current in Carmel. You may contact him at christian@ youarecurrent.com. Tweet him @carmeleditor

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Civic payment not in arrears Editor, I was concerned to read the erroneous headline about Civic Theatre in the last week’s edition of Current in Carmel. The statement regarding a late payment is simply not true! The purchase payment under the existing agreement is not due until Dec. 31 of this year. Since that date has not yet arrived, it is clear that the payment is not in arrears.

Within Civic’s current agreement with the Carmel Redevelopment Commission, there are a number of points that are now obsolete and need to be renegotiated. This existing agreement was executed in November 2010, prior to the construction of the Tarkington. As you can appreciate, many issues in the daily operation of the Tarkington were not anticipated in that document.

We anticipate that in the very near future, all relevant parties will have approved the amended

agreement and the required purchase payment will be made.

Thank you for working with Civic to ensure our smooth transition into the community of Carmel. We have taken a big step by moving our theatre and patrons into Hamilton County.

Approximately 50 percent of our previous patron base has remained with us. To our delight, our audience is now comprised of slightly more than 50 percent from the Carmel community.

Prior to our move, only 10 percent of our ticket buyers were from Hamilton County. In addition, we currently have the largest number of season subscribers in Civic’s history! We are excited to grow with Carmel. Thank you for being a supporter of our mission and advocate for our success within the community.

Cheri Dick, Executive Director Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

Perhaps Spigelman has the answer Editor, Robert Annis did a nice job on his Merchants’ Square article. My wife and I are dismayed watching one store after another leave without any real reason. We did hear the rumor that Carrabas left because its rent was doubled. Possibly not true. But I heard from the manager of Butler Barbers that the Plaza owners just refused

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them a new lease. So, perhaps the problem starts at the top. The only encouragement is that on the previous page there was a feature by Marnin Spigelman on the status of Carmel. He seems to constantly have all the answers, so maybe he can solve the Merchants’ Square dilemma.

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Season opens with killer comedy

By Patricia Rettig • news@currentincarmel.com

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opens its 2013 season with the famous killer comedy, “Arsenic & OldLace.” The classic comedy kicks off the theatre’s year-long 40th Anniversary celebration, and is on stage now through Feb. 3.

Brewster sisters Martha andAbby are charming and innocent ladies who have taken it upon themselves to help lonely men. With a little arsenic, strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide in a glass of homemade elderberry wine, their guests are unburdened of their unhappy lives.

Quietly the bodies of these socially and religiously “acceptable” roomers begin to populate their cellar, with the unwitting assistance of their loony brother Teddy, who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt digging locks for the Panama Canal.

Their charity continues smoothly until being discovered by their nephew, Mortimer. A theatre critic who is preparing to marry, Mortimer is shocked to learn the truth – and he only becomes more frantic when his maniacal uncle Jonathan makes a surprise visit!

Made popular by the 1941 Frank Capra film starring Cary Grant, “Arsenic & OldLace” proves things are not always what they seem.

David Schmittou, last seen at Beef & Boards as Cornelius Hackl in “Hello, Dolly!,” returns in the role of Mortimer. Karen Pappas, popular with Beef & Boards audiences from her portrayal of the hilarious Mavis in the Church Basement Ladies series, plays Abby Brewster, while newcomer Gerri Weagraff plays her sister, Martha. Several more Beef & Boards favorites round out the cast with Douglas E. Stark in the role of loony Teddy Brewster, Jeff Stockberger as the sinister Jonathan Brewster andEddie Curry as Jonathan’s sidekick, Dr. Einstein. Another newcomer, Lisa Ermel plays the role of Mortimer’s fiancée, Elaine Harper.

There are 37 performances of “Arsenic & OldLace” scheduled in the intimate setting provided by Beef & Boards. Tickets range from $37.50 to $62.50 and include Chef Odell Ward’s dinner buffet, fruit and salad bar, and select drinks. Discounts are available for children and groups of 20 or more. Parking is free. For reservations, call the box office at 872-

Carmel: Stars of the Russian Ballet • The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Center Green, presents Stars of the Russian Ballet at 8 p.m. Saturday. Encompassing the technical virtuosity and influential artistry synonymous with the rich tradition of Russian ballet, the world’s greatest dancers perform excerpts from the world’s greatest ballets, including “The Sleeping Beauty,” “Le Corsaire” and “Paquita.” For more information, call 843-3800.

Abby Brewster (Karen Pappas), left, and her sister, Martha (Gerri Weagraff), are sweet spinsters who have taken it upon themselves to unburden men of their lonely lives with a very special cocktail of their own creation in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of Arsenic & OldLace, on stage now through Feb. 3.

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9664. For a complete show schedule, visit www.beefandboards.com.

Upcoming local performances • Aug. 2 through 11 – Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty Kids,” directed by Connie Murello-Todd.

Belfry Theatre, 10690 GreenfieldAve., Noblesville (www.thebelfrytheatre.com/) • Feb. 1 through 17 – “They came from Mars and landed outside the Farndale AvWestfield Playhouse, 1836 Ind. 32, Westfield enue Church Hall in time for the Townswoman’s Guild’s Coffee Morning,” directed (http://westfieldplayhouse.org) • Feb. 22 through March 10 – “Last Roby Ron Richards. mance,” directed by Jan Jamison.

• April 5 through 21 – “Little Shop of Hor• May 24 through June 9 – “Monkey Busirors,” directed by Connie Murello-Todd & ness,” directed by Doug Davis.

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• July 25 through 27 – “Secret Garden” • June 7 through 23 – “The Spitfire Grill,” (youth production,) directed by Bobbi directed by Elaine Wagner. www.currentincarmel.com

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• Aug. 30 through Sept. 15 – “Agnes of God,” directed by Brent Wooldridge.

• Oct. 11 through 27 – “Mama Won’t Fly,” directed by Doug Davis.

• Nov. 29 through Dec. 15 – “Nuncrackers” Carmel Community Players, 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd., Carmel (www.carmelplayers.org) • Feb. 28 through March 10 – “Steel Magnolias,” directed by Robert Harling.

• May 2-12 – “The Little Foxes,” directed by Brent Wooldridge.

• July 11-21 – “Marvin’s Room,” directed by Jim LaMonte.

Actors Theatre of Indiana, 160 W. Carmel Dr., Carmel (www.actorstheatreofindiana.org) • Feb. 1-24 – “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)”

• May 10 through June 9 – “My Fair Lady” *Performances are held at The Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts, 4 Center Green, Carmel.

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Fishers: Hearthstone holds open mic night • Open Mic Night with Keith Bliss at Hearthstone Coffee House & Pub (8235 E. 116th St.) – Head to Hearthstone on Thursday for open mic night. It’s a family friendly event, and there’s no cover charge.

Each act has 10 minutes to perform. For more information, visit www.hearthstonecoffee.com.

Noblesville: First Friday Open House • Looking to get out of the house and see interesting works from local artist? Visit the Nickel Plate Arts Campus, 107 S. Eighth St. from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday for its First Friday Open House. Share your 2013 resolution with the Nickel Plate Arts Campus, and let the organization’s winter art show, “Settling In: Winter in Hamilton County,” inspire your goal setting. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.nickelplatearts.org.

Westfield: Time for Kirsten • Come to the Westfield Washington Public Library, 333 W. Hoover St., for the American Girl Club. Make fun items for your doll and hear an American Girl short story. Kirsten will be in the spotlight at this free program at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Registration is not required. For more information, call 896-9391 or visit www.wwpl.lib.in.us.

Zionsville: Zionsville Performing Arts Center presents New Year’s at the Movies • On Dec. 31, four movies in two theaters will be featured for this festive event held from 6 to 10 p.m. Movies include: Back to the Future, Cinderella, Hook, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for students and no charge for children 5 and under. Tickets are available on the ZPAC website or by calling 873-3355 ext 12345. Four adult tickets for the price on 3 with coupon code NYE2012.

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99th Annual Indianapolis Auto Show • Hosted by the Greater Metropolitan Auto Show at the Indiana Convention Center • 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. • 100 S. Capitol St., Indianapolis • $6 online; $7 at the door; children 12 and under free • www.indyautoshow.com

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COTAM New Year’s Day • Explore some antiques; five new vendors have been added to Carmel Old Town Antique Mall. Snacks are available, as well as football on TV • 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. • 38 W. Main St., Carmel • 566-1908 • www.carmeloldtownantiquemall.com Reynolds Farm Equipment 20th Annual Lights Display • Take a drive after dinner to enjoy the holiday lights. • Free • 12501 Reynolds Dr., Fishers • 849-0810 Winter Fun Days • Enjoy some wintertime fun at Conner Prairie. Participate in a chocolate-making demonstration, learn frontier surviving skills in the Featherstone Barn, discover what animals do in the winter and more. • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 6 (closed New Year’s Day) • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • $12 for adults, $9 for ages 2-12 • 776-6006 • www.connerprairie.org

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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis • Starting at $37.50 • 872-9664 • www. beefandboards.com “Joseph and the Amazing Techfriday nicolor Dreamcoat” • Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical adaptation of the well-known Biblical tale returns for the holidays! The trials and triumphs of Jacob’s favorite son are told entirely in song, blending 50’s Rockn-Roll, Country Western, Calypso, Pop and French Chanson. • 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday • Tarkington Theater, 3 Center Green, Carmel • $34-$44 • 843-3800 • www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

“Arsenic & Old Lace” • In this popular comedy from the 1940s, a man discovers that his sweet spinster aunts are poisoning old men to end their lonely suffering. Plays through Feb. 3 • 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday • 1:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday •

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First Friday Open House • Do you have a New Year’s resolution to explore the arts? Enjoy the winter-themed exhibit, Settling in: Winter in Hamilton County • 5 to 8 p.m. • Nickel Plate Arts Campus, 107 S. 8th St., Noblesville • Free • www.nickelplatearts. org Stars of the Russian Ballet at the Palladium • Some of the best names in ballet will perform dances to a collection of classic and contemporary pieces, including “The Sleeping Beauty,” “Le Cosaire” and “Paquito.” • 8 p.m. • 1 Center Green, Carmel • Student tickets are $18; adults start at $38 • 843-3800 • thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

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Hearthside Suppers by Candlelight • Enjoy an authentic 19th century meal featuring beef broth with rivels, potato eggs, squash pudding and Everlasting Syllabub. Entertainment and more to follow dinner.

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‘Looper’ • R, 119 minutes Commentary by Chris Lloyd Ambitious but not entirely successful, “Looper” is much more than your standard science fiction action flick.

Writer/director Rian Johnson (“Brick”) has crafted a film that’s less concerned with the mechanics of time travel than with the ramifications it has on its characters. It also has one of the boldest casting movies of the year, with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing the same man separated by 30 years in age.

Joe is an assassin, or “looper,” living in Kansas City circa 2044. The loopers kill victims sent back in time by a crime syndicate that runs everything in the future. Their careers are prosperous but brief – retirement comes when the victim who shows up to be assassinated is actually

themselves, three decades into the future.

Unfortunately for young Joe, old Joe has apparently been preparing carefully for this day and manages to escape. This sets off a nasty temporal snafu, as well as pitting the two of them against each other and the entire looper operation.

“Looper” is bursting with originality, but the movie seems to spin sidewise from itself and lose focus. Eventually it all gets tied up in a satisfying way, even if the journey there isn’t always a smooth one.

Movie: B Read more of Chris Lloyd’s review of current films and DVDs at www. captaincritic.blogspot.com or www. thefilmyap.com.

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“At St.Vincent Carmel Hospital, our goal is to provide area residents with the options and the resources for the highest level of care,” Michael D. Chittenden, president of St.Vincent Carmel Hospital, said. “We have always had great physicians supporting the needs of our community and that’s why we are delighted to welcome WHA where we can continually expand our services to our female patients.”

The board certified obstetricians and gynecologists joining St.Vincent Carmel Hospital are doctors Beki Denman, Charles R. Echt, Stefanie A. Flora, Catherine Hilliker, Julie A. Hirsch, Amy L. Moon and Sara H. Murphy.

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You can’t afford not to have renter’s insurance Commentary by Jamie Ianigro Question from Christina A. from Carmel: I just graduated in December and am fortunate to have found a job that is going to allow me to move out of my family home. Is renter’s insurance something that I really need?

Response from Jamie Ianigro: Congratulations on the new job! Now it’s time to protect that paycheck with a renter’s insurance policy.

People like to make many excuses about why they neglect to purchase a renter’s insurance policy. “I cant’ afford it.” “I don’t have enough stuff to insure.” “Nothing is going to happen to my stuff.” The liability protection alone is really enough reason to buy, but let’s break it down.

The first thing you need to know about renter’s insurance is that it’s pretty affordable.

A typical policy can cost less than $200 per year. That’s less than $4 per week. It’s worth the sacrifice. You are also in for a nice bonus if you already have car insurance. Many insurance carriers will give you a multi-policy discount if you package your auto and renter’s policy together with the same company.

The second thing you need to know is that your stuff is much more valuable than you realize. How much would it cost you to start over if you had a total loss? Apartments burn down and get robbed just like houses. Starting over after a loss like that is much easier when your

independent insurance agent drops off a check to replace all of your things.

The last thing you need to know is probably the most important. A renter’s policy protects your financial assets by providing liability coverage. Liability insurance covers you for injury you cause to others and for damage to property that belongs to others. There are many ways to trigger a liability claim, so I’ve got some examples for you.

Claim scenario A: You decide to play in a recreational softball league. While batting, you hit a pitch back at the pitcher, hit him, and hospitalize him. The pitcher sues you, and your renter’s policy steps in to defend you and settle the suit.

Claim scenario B: You have some friends over for dinner. Your floor is wet and one of the friends slips and falls and requires medical treatment. Your renter’s policy steps in to pay for the treatment.

The risk of going without this simple insurance coverage is not worth the couple of dollars a week that you save by not having it.

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Grammar on the high seas Commentary by Jordan Fischer Who’s up for a little bit of nautical linguistics this week? I’ve assigned myself some homework on the subject in preparation for a trip. And you, dear reader, get to learn along with me.

I figured there was no better way to start 2013 than out on the open sea; a weather eye on the horizon for that island from “Lost.” Maybe I’ll even see some polar bears. (If that reference slipped over your head, fret not. You’ve apparently been spared six very, very confusing seasons of television.)

First, a test: You’re standing in the middle of a common sailboat. Before you is the front of the boat. Your captain, apparently having no other worthy seamen to aid him, cries out to you to fix a loose rigging on the port side. Do you know what to do? Better yet: Do you know where to go?

Since sailors are a different, saltier breed than us land lovers, they need their own terminology.

Since “left” is too simple for a master of the sea, we’ll be saying “port.” Instead of right, we’ll go “starboard.” Head toward the front of the vessel, or the “bow,” and you’ll be at the “fore.” Walk the other direction toward the “stern” of the ship, and you’ll have gone “aft.” Simple enough, no? Now you’ve just got to learn to tie the right type of knot before the sails come crashing down and your captain throws you overboard.

Assuming we make it back to land, we’ll be hearing some phrases that sound awfully fishy (all puns painfully intended.) Here’s one you may recognize: As the crow flies. The phrase, meaning the shortest, straight-line distance between two points, comes from a British navy tradition of keeping cages of crows aboard ships. In heavy fog or other cases where land wasn’t visible, sailors would release crows. The crows, not being much of a sea bird, would fly directly back toward land.

The sailors would then follow them home.

I’ve managed to dig up a few other unexpectedly nautical phrases: A “filibuster,” now the term for a political maneuver to block legislation by marathon speeches, was once the British term for buccaneers, pirates, who would attempt to waylay ships. And finally, one of my favorites, a “scuttlebutt” was a water barrel with a hole in it. Sailors would gather around it to get drinking water and exchange a little bit of gossip. Nowadays, you still hear the scuttlebutt around the water cooler. And hey! Next time you’re there, you can impress everyone with the neat sailing words your friendly grammar columnist taught you.

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All these broken pieces Commentary by Bob Walters “I am leaving you with a gift – peace of mind and heart. And my peace is a gift that the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” – Jesus (John 14:27) That was Jesus at the last supper telling His disciples that His gift to them would be peace, followed by comfort God would send through the Holy Spirit.

The disciples at this point of course are still clueless, confused, and most likely increasingly anxious. Jesus is talking about His leaving, their staying, His dying, their living, His coming back, and His Father sending comfort they cannot possibly understand referring to a Holy Trinity they cannot yet imagine. Faith was all they had.

As we watch our modern world try to cope with so much daily brokenness, it is mystifying that so many people with so much information have so little faith and endure so much pain.

The disciples were seeing something entirely new; modern mankind steadfastly ignores truth that is widely and plainly available.

We have the Bible, churches, preachers, teachers, fellow believers, and 2,000 years of scholarship, history, evidence and tradition to teach us what the disciples could only guess.

Here in the United States we have an entire nation predicated on the foundational truth that

human freedom and creativity are divinely righteous gifts straight from God. The first of all God’s gifts to mankind, of course, is life itself. One would think that all together – personally, corporately, globally – the family of man would do a better job of defending life. Somehow though, defending life has become the hottest of political hot potatoes, rather than the dearest of God’s gifts.

I’m thinking of the Sandy Hook shootings and how our nation has fervently mobilized on either side of the specific political question of gun control rather than the vast spiritual question of Christ’s salvation for a fallen, broken world.

To me, it’s instructive to look in the Bible for an overall perspective on mankind’s defense of human life. Throughout the Bible chaos, mayhem, deceit and death consistently befall mankind. No guns were involved. God’s laws did not solve the problem then; man’s laws will not solve the problem now.

Our ultimate problem isn’t broken laws; it’s broken humanity. We have no way to pick up life’s pieces, save for the peace God promises solely in the gift of Jesus Christ.

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Showing your home in its best light Commentary by David Decker Functional, beautiful lighting can’t be created from a single light source. To achieve optimum lighting for your home, consider using layers of light in each room. To help you visualize this, try thinking of each light source as a layer in a cake.

Each layer brings a different flavor to the cake, but they come together to make a single delicious dessert. Layering lighting works in the same way, by blending together multiple light sources to create a rich and ambient atmosphere.

The bottom layer of the lighting cake is called the “overall” layer or “ambient” layer. This is the foundation of the room’s lighting design. Chandeliers, ceiling fixtures and wall sconces fall into this category, and are intended to create soft illumination for everyday use. The ambient layer will determine the general brightness of the room. Choose to lower the lights in bedrooms and dining rooms to generate a romantic atmosphere. Or use brighter ones in the kitchen to make the room feel vibrant and energetic.

The next layer of lighting is the “task” lighting. This bright layer illuminates specific areas or surfaces to help with activities like cooking or reading. Because task lighting is more direct, using more of these lights instead of ambient lighting can help you save on energy bills.

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