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TAKE A LISTEN If you’d like to hear Allen’s work, check out her Myspace page: www.myspace.com/aimeeallen.

Just before Carmel’s Rock the District 2008, Aimee Allen was attacked in an act of random gang violence outside a recording studio in her hometown of Los Angeles. And though she still played Rock the District, she had to sing at half-strength because she was unable to fully open her jaw.

“I had a flight out like two days later, but everyone was so nice here, and I felt safe, so I decided to stay here until my PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) settled down.

I thought this would be the best place to heal and do my record. I’ve absolutely enjoyed it,” said Allen, who recorded a song for the 2007 movie “Hairspray” and has worked with national acts like Unwritten Law. Allen has done her most recent recording with Indianapolis-based Azmyth Recording (5210 E. 62nd St.), owned and operated by Carmel resident Ryan Adkins. She had recorded with Adkins once before, and when she ran into him at Rock the District, they decided to team up again for her new album.

“We worked 10- to 17-hour days almost every day to get it done,” Allen said. “He just really sacrificed a lot to do this album.”

Adkins says the sacrifice will be worth it.

“It was kind of a long process to get exactly what she was thinking on the tape, because it’s something that’s not been done too much,” he said. “But she’s got a really good chance of doing something kind of groundbreaking in the industry. There are not a whole lot of people doing what she’s doing.”

What she is doing is something completely different from her previous work, which was “over-produced” and angry music with a hip-hop or punk edge. This album is all acoustic.

“I set out to do a reggae album . . . I wanted to make a record where when people close their eyes, they feel like they’re on vacation,” she said.

But in Indiana, she had trouble finding purist reggae musicians. And in her opinion, that turned out well.

“It’s very hybrid: Indiana meets the islands,” she said.

Allen also brought in an interesting selection of instruments for the album.

“It has a Hammond B-3 organ and a Wurlitzer that we got delivered to the studio,” she said. “A couple of the songs sound kind of church organ-y.”

The album – still under production – will be released on Side Tracked Records, a label created by Muldoon’s of Carmel owners Beth Hohlier and Debbie Wineberg. The label has national distribution through Warner Brothers Records. “(Hohlier) has so many … good, big connections (in Los Angeles), and they love her because she’s not from L.A.,” Allen said. “People trust her. It’s nice to have a label people regard as small-town and kind and loving.”

Aimee starts touring next month and hopes to tour for the rest of the year, but she’s almost certain one of her stops will be Rock the District. And while she can’t call Carmel her permanent home, she says, “A dream of mine would be to be able to come here every summer . . . I just love it here in the spring and summer and the fall.”

She says she loves the parks, shopping and especially the Monon, which she describes as “heaven on Earth.”

“Everything’s here: You’ve got the live music, the art galleries, and the shopping.”

And what Carmel doesn’t have – violent crime – she doesn’t want, anyway.

Al le n at he r co nc er t/ m us ic vi de o sh oo t la st w ee k at Bi rd y’s Ba r & G ri ll in In di an ap ol is

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By Brandie Bohney Current in Carmel

WEST-COAST SINGER/SONGWRITER AIMEE ALLEN HAS FOUND CARMEL A TERRIFIC PLACE TO REVAMP HER CAREER

OUR TAKES It is our position that the executive order to close Guantanamo Bay was premature. A plan for treating and handling prisoners from the detention camp within the U.S. judicial system should have preceded the announcement. Though it might have been politically expedient to fulfill campaign promises, questions remain unanswered.

How do we define individuals who commit crimes against the United States, but act independently of a sovereign government? As war criminals, captured prisoners are subject to the articles of the Geneva Convention. As domestic criminals, they receive the same rights as U.S. citizens. Were prisoners appre-

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hended in Fallujah or Kabul read Miranda rights? Do they have them? Once in the U.S., these combatants could receive the same rights as any citizen.

We understand placing these folks is a sticky issue. Our allies have refused to take them, and some prisoners, already released, have resumed insurgent activity and killed more Americans. An immediate result of President Obama’s executive order was a delay in the trial of the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. Families of the victims have been waiting since 1997; and U.S. due process could at best delay justice by years and cost millions of taxpayer dollars, and at worst lead to a procedural release.

It is our position that the national news coverage Carmel and Mayor Jim Brainard received relating to the country’s economic stimulus package is a positive development. Our city was described as an “upscale community north of Indianapolis that is faring relatively well.” Carmel was presented as a well-managed, desirable, progressive place with many projects that could benefit from federal stimulus dollars, including roads, roundabouts (of course), a downtown parking garage and fire engines.

Some residents are not pleased, saying the media seized the opportunity to take Brainard’s comments out of context, casting him as a strong supporter of what

is essentially a Democrat-driven piece of legislation. Case in point – the lead for the CNN story was, “James Brainard is a Republican mayor whose city sits in a Republican county carried comfortably

by Sen. John McCain in last year’s presidential race. But at the moment, he is rooting for President Obama.”

A closer look at the story reveals that the Mayor’s comments were appropriate and aligned with the interests of our community. National media coverage is a double-edged sword, and few who receive it emerge unscathed.

Overall, however, both Carmel and Brainard were showcased in a positive and exciting way.

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a fool and his money

s cash the answer to all ills, social and otherwise? We spend like it is.

But sociologists say most people desire to live just a little above their means. Without regard to the absolute need for food and shelter, it seems we want a little more house, a little more luxury, a few more clothes, and a tiny bit more to eat. In fact, a recent study found that the majority among us would rather earn $50,000 Terry dollars a year and be slightly ahead Anker of our peers than earn $100,000 and be at or slightly below the perceived peer level.

Even Tevye (from “The Fiddler on the Roof ”), whose life was filled with loving family, mused about being a rich man.

As the famous tune’s lyric goes, he was not concerned about health or joy or charity. He would rather have a stair just

for going up and another just for coming down.

Do we as Americans have so much that we believe it is a right to sit at the head of the table? Do we have the right to 100 cable stations, unlimited text messaging and leather automobile seats? We have the right to so much food and idle time that we destroy our health; and then we have the right to limitless medical care to correct our gluttony and sloth.

If our government hopes to spend us out of trouble, how does it expect any of us to behave differently? “You have spent too much trying to fix your problems. Now you are hopelessly in debt. Bad taxpayer.”

“Now we will spend too much trying to fix your problems. Now we are in hopeless debt. Good government.”

I guess I just don’t get it.

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

FROM THE BACKSHOP chiefly, the problem is full disclosure As you may know, Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, lived rent-free for years in the home of Rep. Rosa De Lauro (D-Conn.) and failed to disclose the gift, as congressional ethics rules mandate.

This is only a slice of Emanuel’s previously undisclosed ethics problems. Another is the work Emanuel provided De Lauro’s husband, Stan Greenberg (no relation ... that we know of ). Syndicated columnist Dick Morris reports that Emanuel, a multimillionaire, lived for free the last five years in De Lauro and Greenberg’s tony Capitol Hill townhouse. Greenberg got huge polling contracts. This is yet another example of why Democrats don’t believe tax cuts are important.

••• Our state legislators have completely exempted casinos and bars from a proposed statewide smoking ban. It’s the perfect illustration of how disingenuous these elected officials are when it comes to smoking. ... It’s also interesting to note that Gov. Mitch Daniels’ solid plan to do away with wasteful township leadership positions was beaten to a pulp by the Democrat-controlled legislature. The Democrats represent the party of change.

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Citi and AIG defended the contracts as oogity, boogity, boogity. branding and business development opI’m sitting here watching the TV broadcast of the 2009 portunities that are generating revenue.

Critics said sports sponsorships aren’t Daytona 500. Rain is falling hard, and they’ve just declared responsible spending.

Corporate dollars are imMatt Kenseth, driver of the portant in our local economy No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion, as well. Carmel is blessed to the winner of the rain-shorthave the support of many local ened race. businesses. Carmel Symphony, DeWalt and Ford execuCarmelFest, and Prevail and tives, wherever they are, are others rely on the generoscelebrating. The dollars they’ve ity and advertising dollars of invested in their sponsorships many area businesses. are being returned to them in Although corporate investbuckets. All of Kenseth’s sponment in large sponsorships will sors will be able to use this continue, smaller sponsorships victory as a platform to showand charitable donations may case their brands and products see a decline this year. Perhaps for more than a year.

Sue this will make advertisers more Large sponsorships offer Finkam targeted with their media buys companies effective ways to and non-profits more savvy cut through advertising clutwith their asks, ensuring value and return ter and activate additional marketing, are clearly articulated. such as driver appearances, niche events It’s quite simple, really: More value and sweepstakes. According to research equals more investment. That’s responfirm IEG, North American companies sible, right? will increase spending on sponsorships this year by 2.2 percent – the smallest Sue Finkam is interested in making a differincrease in the last 24 years.

Under intense media scrutiny, Citi and ence in the community through healthy conversation. You can participate in the conAIG refused to give up large-scale sports versation by posting a comment on her blog sponsorships, even after receiving bailat www.youarecurrent.com. out funds from the American taxpayer.

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg Except for where it makes sense.

••• Can you recall the last time a president signed a “spendulus” package of such enormity? Ronald Reagan, as a matter of fact, was the man in charge. The Motley Fool tells us the single most important domestic legacy of the Reagan years was laying the economic groundwork for the next decade.

Starting with his first $750 billion stimulus plan in 1981, Reagan’s efforts to revive the economy pulled America out of a deep recession and paved the way for the hightech revolution of the 1990s. If you had put just $1,000 each in Sun Microsystems, Dell and Cisco after they went public, today you would have $519,000. Maybe President Obama will have a similar impact. We certainly hope that’s the case.

READER’S VIEW don’t mess with medicare Editor:

As President Barack Obama invites Americans to forums all across the country to offer suggestions about how to best solve the many challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system, I hope the new administration and Congress will avoid tampering with Medicare Part D. For those of us over 65 years of age, the Part D program has been and continues to be a critical benefit for seniors.

As a heart patient, Medicare Part D has enabled me to afford the prescriptions vital to my continued well-being. It also allows me the flexibility to choose generic equivalents, which creates even more savings.

Like most American retirees, my wife and I live on fixed incomes. So cost savings on

the medications prescribed by our physicians help a lot.

In my opinion and the opinion of many of my friends, the Part D plan works very well. We all had the option of choosing the individual plan, with which we felt most comfortable and which provided the most economical medications. It would be very detrimental to many elderly constituents if they were forced to change, and it certainly would be even more confusing and less cost effective.

In the rush to “reform” the system, my hope is policymakers don’t forget the older constituents of Indiana and this great country.

Raymond Schultz Carmel

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VOCAL COMPETITION – March 1 is the application deadline for the first Great American Songbook High School Competition and Showcase, held at Butler University May 30-31 and June 1. The event, presented by the locally based Michael Feinstein Foundation for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook, will feature students from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. Students must provide CD recordings of two songs from the Great American Songbook, a check for $50, and a one-page application

by March 1. For more information, visit www.michaelfeinsteinfoundation.org.

PAYING FOR COLLEGE – The Carmel Clay Public Library (55 4th Ave. SE) will host “College Funding & Paying for College: What Few Parents Really Understand” Feb. 26 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in its Program Room. The class will teach families with college-bound high school students (especially those who do not qualify for financial aid) how to find the maximum money to pay for college. It is presented by local college-funding expert Kurt Supe. Register online at www.IndyCollegeSavingsSeminar.org to guarantee seats.

Why the decline? Well, due to increased academic graduation requirements and higher college entrance standards, many seniors don’t have enough room in their schedules for the three-block “elective” course. The push for more math and science means consumer sciences, vocational trades and the arts must take a back seat.

But what’s really more valuable? Facts and data they’ll forget minutes after throwing their caps and probably never use again, or hands-on, real-world experience that actually prepares students for a career?

Seriously, if you aren’t a teacher or engineer, how many times have you used precalc in your adult life?

So even though this school year marks the 39th anniversary of Kids Corner, its future is uncertain. Waning student interest makes it difficult for CHS to justify allocating a full-time teacher to a program with possibly only 20 seniors per year.

But to see a group of teenagers so filled with excitement and passion and purpose is truly inspiring. Carmel should be very proud of its young people and its high school and take measures to ensure Kids Corner is around another 40 years.

Peace out.

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

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Monon Bridge over Carmel Drive The Monon Bridge over Carmel Drive is now open to traffic. The detour on the Monon Trail has been removed and the trail is now open in Carmel from 146th Street to 96th Street. Work on the bridge will continue into the spring. The bridge is not yet accessible from Carmel Drive because the access path has not been completed. For more information about this project, visit www. mononbridge.com.

131st St. (Spring Mill Road to Ditch Road) - Improvements will include landscaping, a curbed, two-lane roadway with a median, asphalt recreational paths and an underground storm sewer system.

Culverts at Henley Creek and Almond Ditch will also be replaced, and roundabouts will be constructed at Clay Center Road and Ditch Road. The stretch of 131st St. from Spring Mill Road to Clay Center Road was originally scheduled to close Feb. 16, but it has been delayed.

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ASH WEDNESDAY – King of Glory Lutheran Church (2201 E. 106th St. in Carmel) invites all to attend its Ash Wednesday services Feb. 25 at 7 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.

Discover “It’s All About Love” this Lenten season, as the church begins Rick Warren’s sixweek study “40 Days of Love.” For more information, visit www.kogcarmel.com or contact John E. Patterson, minister of communications, at 317-846-1555 or john.patterson@kogcarmel.com.

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parent-teacher-student conferences; they f you’ve ever been caught at the light issue weekly newsletters and organize field on Main Street between the Carmel Clay Public Library and Carmel High trips to the CHS Planetarium. They’re even “paid” like real teachers, except Kids School, you’ve probably noticed the blue and yellow children’s playground Corner seniors take their checks in the form of nine credit hours from on the southwest corner of the Ivy Tech (the largest number of school. But did you ever stop credits earned by a high school to wonder why on earth a high class in Indiana). school has monkey bars and a These are teenagers, mind you. slide?

Yah, those people somewhere beNo, they’re not for teachers to tween childhood and adulthood work off their pent-up frustrawho make most of us run for tions, but rather part of a unique safety when we see them coming preschool called Kids Corner. in their trendy clothes and creI’ve mentioned it in a previous ative piercings. But guess what article, but I felt I needed to do happens when you give teenagers more for this wonderful prothe opportunity to do something gram, which not only provides important, something wortha low-cost alternative to private Danielle while? When you empower them preschools for Carmel families, Wilson with respect and high expectabut also offers an amazing experitions? They blossom into mature, ence for the student-teachers. thoughtful, contributing members of our Each semester, a new group of select community who care about their futures and seniors (students must have an A or B in those of the children they are teaching.

Child Development and Parenting and a Unfortunately, Kids Corner may not be teacher’s recommendation) enrolls in Kids around much longer. This semester, there Corner and takes on the challenging roles are nine seniors and 11 children in one of preschool teachers. morning class that only meets every other They decide the curriculum; they teach day. Five years ago, when my oldest went the lessons; they prepare the snacks; they through, there were 45 seniors and 35 write the “ouch reports” and handle discilittle people in an A.M. and a P.M. class pline issues; they send home personalized that met four days a week. observations and hold end-of-semester

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CHAMBER EVENT - The Carmel Chamber of Commerce will host a joint Business Roundabout with the Indianapolis Chamber Feb. 26 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Monon Center, 1010 E. 111th St. in Carmel. The event is free to both members and non-members, but space is limited and reservations are required. Visit www.carmelchamber. com or call 317-846-1049 for more information or to sign up.

chs program proves its worth

former carmel resident launches skincare line products were still full of chemicals.”

In response, she contacted her friend, a chemist, and got to work creating what Melissa Malcom didn’t plan to enter they felt was a safer alternative. the skin care business; she simply landed After finding just the right mix of there out of necessity. Malcom, a Carmel ingredients, Malcom’s husband High School graduate, is the helped her put together a busifounder and creator of Green ness plan, and Green Elly was Elly Skincare, which creates born. a variety of eco-friendly, The company’s unusual name luxurious, high-quality isn’t really so unusual. skincare products for Green comes from their infants and children. choice to be environIt all started when mentally friendly: The Malcom couldn’t find products’ ingredients are what she was looking all-natural and orders are shipped for. via ground (instead of air), requir“I was pregnant with my ing fewer environmental resources. daughter” she said, “and I came Elly comes from the name of across an article on phthalates.

Malcom’s daughter, Ellyson.

It stated that these chemicals Green Elly’s product line in(found in a large variety of baby Malcom cludes body wash, skin cream, mascare products) have been linked sage gel and diaper balm. All products to reproductive issues and breast cancer are available online at www.greenelly. in adults.” com. A 10 percent discount is available After reading the article, Malcom to all Carmel residents through the end decided to use only all-natural products on her child. But when her daughter was of March (enter the code “Carmel” when placing your order). born, she discovered finding what she Malcom was raised in Carmel, and she wanted wasn’t so easy. is a CHS and Purdue graduate. She now “I started using products that said ‘all natural’ on the label,” she said. “But then resides in Arizona.

I read the ingredients and found these

By Tracy Line Current in Carmel photo by Chelsie Lanning

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local museum branches out

By Chelsie Lanning Current in Carmel

Suzie Moffett had been waiting three years to display a donated house outside her Museum of Miniature Houses, 111 E. Main St. in Carmel. It finally went up earlier this month.

The house – the first the museum has ever displayed outside – sits inside a glass case on the west side of the building. It is also wired with lights for night viewing.

Because the house is among the biggest ever donated, it could not fit through the doors of the museum. Moffett said the museum has received so many donations in its 15 years, it has run out of room to put them.

“Making miniatures is a different experi-

ence for everyone,” she said. “Some people really appreciate the craftsmanship, and some people see things that remind them of their childhood.”

The museum has one employee, Pam Niccum, and a variety of volunteers who give tours, help rotate houses and answer questions. It features houses donated from around the world, and its oldest house dates back to 1861.

The museum’s hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. All are invited to tour the museum and learn about the history of miniature houses.

“Miniaturists pay so much attention to detail,” Niccum said. “It’s amazing what they can do.”

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taxpayers, but the price has escalated as high as $142 million.

At the Feb. 16 council meeting, Conner, whose company is handling the project, said that number had decreased to $130 million because of scaled-back features, contingencies and project unknowns.

Consulting firm KPMG is currently auditing the project to find more excesses.

Council member John Accetturo complained about the project’s fluctuating price tag.

“This thing’s like a revolving door,” he said. “Next week we’ll get another number on this project. At this point, how can we assure our constituency of the cost of this project?”

Carter was the only council member to vote against the $20 million advance, which would fund construction of either Carmel Drive or 116th Street. Conner said both intersections need to be built at the same time because of their half-mile proximity to each other. He said the pair is really one complex unit, and working on one now would require $2.5 million of new construction later.

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City council approved a $20 million advance to continue work on the Keystone Avenue project last week, but not without some fireworks.

Before the council got to discuss the advance, council member Ron Carter introduced a motion to vote on a $28.5 million bond for the project instead. The motion turned into a CARTER heated debate about funding and parliamentary procedure.

“In my 13-and-a-half years on the council,” Carter said, “that was the most embarrassing meeting for the community and for the council that I have ever been in.”

The $20 million advance will be repaid by the state in its next payment to the city. The $28.5 million bond, however, would cover most of the extra $40 million American Structurepoint President Rick Conner says will be needed to finish the project. The project was originally supposed to cost $90 million, free for Carmel

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Danny O’Malia is a Carmel resident. You may e-mail him at dannyo@thetrustpointe.com

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By Lily Tsay Current in Carmel

bers do the heavy lifting and make sure It is true that Carmel residents do a lot the oatmeal is the perfect consistency. of volunteering in our community. That The meal also includes Panera bread, fact is documented in this column on a pastries, ham, milk, coffee and juice, all weekly basis. I probably knew, but didn’t realize until recently, that Carmel residents provided by the volunteers.

After filling hungry stomachs also do a lot of volunteering with a hot meal, the “handywomoutside the community. en” of St. Marks provide handOne group making a difknitted scarves, ponchos, hats, ference outside city limits is mittens and gloves, giving them the folks who call St. Marks to the residents and homeless in United Methodist Church the area served by the mission. their home. I made a call to Susan Salter is part of anchurch member Nell Mason other group hailing from St. and learned a little more Marks. Every Wednesday, she about the good work of the joins a group that tutors kids people at St. Marks. grades K-12 at the Brightwood Mrs. Mason, just 83 years Community Center. As part of young, is one of 11 memthe afterschool program, Susan is bers who make a monthly Jeff there in the early evening helptrip into the heart of ing with homework and providIndianapolis. Accompanying Worrell ing educational mentoring. her are Ike Williams, Trisha In one short phone conversation with Staneart, Marland Myers, Jim Campbell, Nell, I found out about three significant Rosa Groot, Ada Hoffmaster, Jonathan projects underway to help our brothers Barclay, Jon Rabuse, Chris Hankins and sisters in the larger community of and Susan Salter. Their journey ends at Indianapolis. I believe there are many a wonderful haven for those in need: more stories just like this. Maybe you Fletcher Place Community Center. should let me know.

Fletcher is a faith-based mission agency that has served the southeast side Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He of Indianapolis for more than 134 years. recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with Nell and her cohorts bring all the fixings Carmel” on cable channel 16. Contact him at for breakfast, serving roughly 130-170 jworrell@advantagemedical.com people each month. Those same mem-

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I recently got re-acquainted with Hugh Wolf, an old friend from my days on the board of the Carmel Clay Education Foundation and a long time Carmel resident. He just joined me on the Indianapolis Indians’ WOLF Speakers Bureau.

His story is worth sharing (and now I’m updated on the CCEF as well).

Hugh grew up in Indianapolis and attended Broad Ripple High School. He played baseball at Butler University for the legendary Tony Hinkle. One of his teammates was the Indians’ Max Schumacher!

Hugh actually played professional baseball for one year post-Butler in the Cubs’ organization. His degree had been in education, and after a stint in the U.S. Army, he came back to work in IPS. From 195661, he taught social studies at Wood High School, and from 1961-64 he was dean of boys at Howe High School.

He had always been interested in higher education, so he took a job at the former Purdue Extension in 1965 “In 1969, we were called to a meeting about joining the IU and Purdue extensions,” he recalls. That was the beginning of IUPUI. “Valera and I moved to Carmel in ’72 because our former neighbors, the late

John and June Werner, told us it was a great place to live,” Hugh said. “Boy were they right!”

Hugh’s career at the newly configured IUPUI really took off. He was the first dean of students from 1970-73. He served in the School of Education from 1973 to 1992, and he was athletic director from 1993-96. He is now athletic director emeritus.

He was also a driving force for the CCEF when I became a board Member in the late ‘70s. According to the organization’s executive director, Lorrii Brune, Hugh came up with the idea for the CCEF Telethon back in 1985. Hugh would credit others, notably Jim Garretson. Hugh was quick to credit Garretson as one of the founders in 1966.

Hugh remembers way back to the predecessor of the Telethon, the Auditorium Series, which brought such acts as the Letterman, Count Basie and Ferranti & Teicher to the Carmel High School Auditorium.

According to Bruine, today the CCEF grants scholarships to 95-100 CHS grads a year.

Hugh finished by proudly telling me two of his three kids serve the Carmel schools today. Son Bruce is assistant A.D. at Carmel High, and his daughter, Karen Taff, teaches social studies at the school.

The Wolfs. Central Indiana education.

Carmel Schools. What a team!

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FAIRLEIGH DICKiNSON DEAN’S AND HONORS LISTS – Carmel resident Mary Queisser made the honors list and Carmel resident Anastasia Schauwecker made the dean’s list for Farleigh Dickinson University’s 2008 fall semester.

The university, located in Madison, N.J., requires a 3.5 GPA (4-point scale) or better for its honors list, and a 3.2 GPA or better for its deans list.

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COLLEGE WOOD WINS STATE – Based on results from a competition earlier in the school year, the College Wood Elementary Science Bowl team has been named 2009 state champions. Science Bowl is an annual academic competition sponsored by the Indiana Association of School Principals. This is College Wood’s second consecutive state championship.

Team members: Andrew Baldini, Quinn Gordon, Kathryn Lin, Ryan Middleton, Andrew Parker, Amber Seaman, Bradley Smith, Sarah Tinaphong, Haley Urbansowski and Ryan Wright.

CHS GRAD WINS SCHOLARSHIP - In recognition of outstanding academic achievement and exceptional leadership, 2006 Carmel High School graduate Garrett Greiner has received the coveted Burnett & Masters Scholarship from Indiana University Hutton Honors College. The scholarship is awarded to IU Juniors who have maintained a GPA above 3.6 and who have exhibited leadership potential. In his three years at IU, Greiner has topped the dean’s list with a 4.0 GPA in sociology (his major area of study) and 3.89 overall. Greiner is currently participating in a semester abroad study program in Florence, Italy.

VALPARAISO DEAN’S LIST – Carmel resident Christopher Bednarczyk, a meteorology major, was named to the Valparaiso University dean’s list for the 2008 fall semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must achieve at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4-point scale and be enrolled full-time.

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By Brandie Bohney Current in Carmel

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I’ve been contemplating a column about the use of got for a long time. It’s a word with many meanings, but its use with have (or has – I’m focusing on have, but the has construction follows the same rules) is what I have wanted to discuss. You see, when you use got with have, as in, “I’ve got four Swedish fish left,” its use is redundant. I’m a big fan of reducing redundancies, and I had this big plan for laying out why using have and got together is a really bad idea.

And then I completed a little research. Actually, I received the tip from a wonderful local librarian who unwittingly foiled my plot against the have got redundancy. She sent me a great little column about grammar, explaining why it’s acceptable to use have and got together.

What?! Where had I been? How did I miss this?

As I have mentioned before, my friends, grammar is not a 100-percent, by-the-book, all-the-time sort of thing. It’s fluid and organic. It changes with the language and the needs of the people who speak it. And sometimes, when you least expect it, a rule you thought was rock solid suddenly become a little less firm.

I can remember learning that using have with got wasn’t acceptable because it was redundant. Consider the old Melanie song for a moment: I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates; you’ve got a brand-new key.

If you take out got (both times), the meaning of the lyrics hasn’t changed: I have a brand-new pair of roller skates; you have a brandnew key.

So got is redundant, and redundant is bad, no?

Well, it turns out – and I did a lot more digging on this one – the use of got with have, particularly the contracted version of have (I’ve, you’ve, they’ve), has become so commonplace that it’s no longer considered incorrect by most standards. In fact, especially in less formal communication or conversation, the addition of got is actually encouraged for certain types of emphasis: You’ve got to get the new Birkin bag! For even greater emphasis, remove the contraction: You have got to get the new Birkin bag! (This is in no means an encouragement to waste five figures on a handbag, by the way.)

Then I started to really pay attention to my own informal speech. Guess what? I use this construction with alarming frequency, especially for someone who really dislikes the redundancy.

Sheesh! My whole column had unraveled in a couple of days’ research. Insert sigh and eye-roll here.

So while I stand by my original stance of avoiding the have got construction in any type of formal writing or speaking, I’ve changed my position on the informal use.

Informally, I am now a reluctant fan and user of have got.

Maybe one day I’ll even be an enthusiastic fan and user, but probably not.

I’ve also changed my position on the Melanie song. I still don’t care for the original version much, but the new version by The Dollyrots (what a name!) is rockin’. Grammar and music: It’s all about evolving.

Brandie Bohney is a grammar enthusiast and former English teacher who developed a mastery-learning system of teaching grammar to high school seniors. If you have a grammar-related question, please email her at bbthegrammarguru@gmail.com.

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Ask YiaYia same age-appropriate stanExperience is our greatest dards? Are the Smiths being teacher. Sharing your experiless effective parents and losing credences will help us all to be more effective ibility with their 16-year-old by relaxing parents. If you have a dilemma you’d standards for the younger children? like me to address, please email me at Tell me how you would solve this becky@askyiayia.biz. dilemma.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOL

By Christine Bavender Current in Carmel

Giving children a new chance to be successful in the classroom – that is the mission of the Midwest Academy of Indiana (801 Congressional Blvd. in Carmel).

“It’s for kids who want a second chance to do well,” said STOUGHTON Dr. Edy Stoughton, head of the school. “We take students with learning disabilities or ADHD or Asperger’s Syndrome or who simply have school anxiety … students who are not being served well in public schools.”

Founded in 1983, the academy has endured several identity changes, and in 2002 it became a non-profit. Two years ago, it moved to its current location.

The school has a large, growing population of students with Asperger’s – a mild form of autism.

“We are tremendously successful with those students,” Stoughton said. “We are able to provide for them what public schools aren’t.”

The school is accredited through the National Association of Independent Schools. It has a 100-percent graduation rate.

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This is reserved for cases that do not respond to conservative measures (10-15 percent). The take-home message from this article should be, “Before having neuroma surgery, get a second opinion.”

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DE-STRESS WITH CARBS Doctors aren’t sure why, but many people are able to control stress by eating less fat and more carbohydrates. Carbs produce quick, long-lasting energy that can help you feel more in control. In addition, the body uses carbohydrates to create the brain chemicals that have been shown to reduce stress.

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I have discussed ball-of-the-foot pain (including stress fractures, metatarsalgia, calluses, etc.) in previous articles, but one of the most painful ailments in this area is the “neuroma,” or Morton’s Neuroma, as it is often called.

Although this may sound like a cancerous mass, it is not. It is, however, a very painful, yet benign, proliferation of fibrotic scar-like tissue that accumulates around the nerve that courses between the base of the toes. Most commonly, it is between the third and fourth toes, but it may be found in other areas as well.

It is characterized by an intense burning pain that produces electrical shooting pains and sometimes numbness on the sides of the involved toes. Compressing the foot around the base of the toes might also increase symptoms. This is often characterized by a clicking or popping sound, produced when the neuroma is projected over the edge of the ligament that has been irritating it. This ligament courses from one metatarsal bone to the next and helps keep the front of the foot from splaying or spreading out more.

The nerve gets irritated from tight and/ or high-heeled shoes, and often the structure of the foot itself can be the sole causative factor. The diagnosis of neuroma is too common, because practitioners often jump on this diagnosis when patients complain of burning pain, when in fact

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Tree of True Beauty

By Clay McAtee Current in Westfield

The “gevuina avellana” is an evergreen tree found deep in the temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina. This 65-foot bright-green flowering giant possesses a stunning outward appearance, but its true beauty lies on the inside. The gevuina avellana contains a “super oil” rich with antioxidants, vitamin E, B-carotene and omega 7.

Science of super oil Omega 7: Also known as palmitoleic acid, omega 7 is a rare omega normally found in human sebum. Sebum is produced by the body to protect and moisturize the skin. With age comes a decline in sebum production, leaving the skin unprotected and vulnerable.

Implementing omega 7 into your daily diet is a great way to moisturize and protect your skin from UVB rays. Omega 7’s healing and protective qualities, in addition to its high absorption rate, make it an effective aid for healing scars, sunburns and damaged tissue.

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Vitamin E: Vitamin E brings with it a laundry list of health benefits, both cosmetic and internal. Packed with antioxidants, vitamin E helps keep free radicals neutralized inside the body, thus reducing the risk of cancer and

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Monounsaturated fats: Gevuina oil contains 80 percent monounsaturated fats, making it healthier than olive, sunflower, sesame and borage oils. Monounsaturated fats improve cardiovascular health by reducing LDL cholesterol and improving cellular functioning. The Mediterranean diet makes use of monounsaturated fats, and its followers have some of the lowest percentages of heart and cardiovascular disease in the world.

Clay McAtee is the owner of Nutrition Redefined on 146th Street in Carmel. Have a nutrition question? Call Clay at 317-566-0178.

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very simple stimuli and makes faster deciave you ever reacted so quickly sions when you activate these stimuli. you didn’t even think about it?

Better communication, therefore, lies Like an animal immediately in the ability to activate these stimuli. If reacting without a thought? you speak to the old brain, you are making Let’s say you are in your it easy for people to undercar sitting at a stoplight and stand your message with less you see something in your thought. Thinking takes time, peripheral vision. The light whereas simple messages – oldturns green, and you accelerbrain style – open the decisionate anyway, reacting only to making floodgates. the green light. Or how about The old brain responds to when you touch the stove and simple stimuli. For example, immediately pull back when the old brain likes contrast you feel heat. You don’t know – preferably dramatic, bold whether the surface is dangervisual contrast. Contrasting ous or not, but your body tells statements and visuals make you to react before you have it simple to say “this is better even thought about it. than that” and make a deciHidden in these examples is David Cain sion. The old brain also apthe key to better communicaMarketing preciates a strong beginning tion – the kind of communiand end. cation that sets the stage for Influencing others has always been an faster decisions, more buy-in, and a higher level of understanding. Studies suggest the uphill battle. Maybe that’s in part because people try so hard to influence instead of brain is made up of three segments: the just connecting on a common platform old brain, the middle brain and the new of understanding. And who understands brain. The old brain makes decisions. The better than your old friend the old brain? middle brain is emotional. And the new brain, which develops last, provides most David Cain works at MediaSauce, a digital reasoning and thinking. The old brain media and online marketing company in is our survival mechanism, and it makes “fight or flight” decisions like the examples Carmel. David welcomes your questions or comments at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com. above. This part of your brain reacts to

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LOOKING FOR WORK/NEW EMPLOYEES? Current in Carmel has decided against participating in news of jobless rates. Instead, we want to look in another direction – offering a free service wherein Current plays the “middleman” between employers (do let us know if we can help you) and prospective employees (likewise).

Interested? Send your resume to info@currentincarmel.com and we will feature it, without your name, in the format below. Companies are encouraged to e-mail us to express interest in any featured candidate. We will send all company information to the candidate, who is free to contact the employer if interested.

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PRESIDENTIAL SUITE AUCTION – Auction Web site BeachResortCondoAuction.com is offering luxury condos in Singer Island, Fla. In 2007, the condos sold for $1.9 million; today, bids open at $575,000.

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LOCAL BANK EXPANDS

By Bryan Unruh Current in Carmel

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Beginning April 15, all Lincoln Bank franchises will switch to First Merchants Bank locations.

The Muncie-based First Merchants, which has four locations in Hamilton County (including one in Carmel and one in Westfield), merged with Lincoln Bank Dec. 31. Lincoln Stewart is based in Plainfield, with locations across Indianapolis’ West side.

Michael Stewart, executive vice president of First Merchants, said the merger was an attempt to grow the franchise rapidly without straying from its Indiana roots. He said the Lincoln board also valued the local connection when it chose between multiple merger proposals.

“One of the criteria was to be acquired by an Indianapolis bank,” he said. “I don’t think our offer was the highest, but the idea of serving Indiana customers from an Indiana headquarters was important.”

Stewart said First Merchants customers will not be impacted by the merger. And Lincoln customers, aside from the name change, should notice little difference as well, he said.

First Merchants has formed a conversion group to handle the transformation.

“You might see statement changes, changes online,” he said. “But aside from that, (the group) is there to ensure there is minimal impact on the customer.”

One positive change for Lincoln customers, Stewart said, will be the addition of trust and insurance services. Lincoln had previously been unable to offer these services.

Stewart said First Merchants has been able to grow while many of its competitors suffer because it has steered clear of the subprime mortgage mess and because it has remained customer-focused. He said the bank has felt the effects of the poor economy, but he is confident it will continue to prosper.

“We just need to stay focused on the client,” he said. “If we stay focused on working with people in our backyard, we will be fine in the long run.”

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hy is it that so many people minutia too soon. Don’t worry about who is going to transport the piano until you are sure today have trouble making you’re moving. Figure it out later. decisions? Is it lack of conOnce you have all the inforfidence? Is it the fact that mation, admit you have all the we are bombarded with so information. Some people many choices? Is it that we really are always looking for one more don’t know how to decide? piece of data. There comes a Why do some people pull into point when you know all you the drive-thru at Arby’s as if it’s are going to know. Another day their first time? Why must they or week won’t change it. take so long to decide what to Look for reasons to order? Does it register that they’ve decide, not reasons been sitting in line for five minnot to decide. Your deutes, just a scant few feet from cision to quit smoking has the big menu board? Is it against nothing to do with the end of some law of the universe to confootball season or your niece’s sider the options on that board upcoming wedding. Recognize prior to pulling up in front of the that the minute you quit, you speaker? Dress rehearsal is over at Kent Burns start adding years back to your that point. It’s showtime.

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Should all decisions be easy?

Statistically speaking, the No, that’s not realistic. However, vast majority of the decisions you make little decisions like, “Do I want the No. 3 will turn out just fine. Deliberating will or the No. 5,” and, “Should I pay the extra just cause you grief. Make the call. If it’s 39 cents to make it an extra value meal?” the wrong call, learn from it and move shouldn’t twist the brain too forcefully. For on. You’ll be happier, you’ll see the No. this, as well as some of life’s more demand4 tastes great too, and everybody in the ing decisions, I recommend the following: Set a deadline. Sometimes it’s nec- drive-thru line will be happier. essary to play a game with yourself to force Kent Burns is a Carmel resident, investor and coyou to make the call. Once you set the founder of CrossConfirm. He is also a professional deadline, stick to it. No reprieve.

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BUSINESS NETWORKING – The Carmel Alumni Business Networking group will meet March 4 at noon at Dooley O’Tooles, 160 E. Carmel Dr. The group offers shared business contacts to expand your cliental, and an ideaexchange to enhance your sales. It meets every first and third Wednesday.

For more information, visit www. carmelalumnibusinessnetwork.com or contact Brian Borshoff at 317-846-1005 or bborshoff@aol.com.

RESIDENT ENTERS PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM – Catherine Bowman Jones of Carmel has been accepted into the State Auto Insurance Company’s prestigious PaceSetter program. Only 100 insurance agents nationwide are chosen to participate in this yearlong commitment to professional and personal growth. Following the completion of a rigorous two-week training curriculum at State Auto’s corporate headquarters, Bowman Jones began working with a personal business coach to develop crucial technical and communication skills needed to assist her in becoming a top professional in the insurance industry.

GOOD NEWS FOR HOMEOWNERS Available homes for sale in the ninecounty region dropped 14.5 percent in January 2009, with 2,613 fewer homes on the market than in January 2008. A total of 15,415 homes were available in January, according to active listing statistics compiled by F.C. Tucker Company.

Hendricks County, Shelby County and Marion County experienced the greatest decrease in inventory, with -22 percent, -20.5 percent and -19.7 percent, respectively. With fewer homes on the market, sellers are in a better position to transition to another home.

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to offer,” he said. The center stands out because of the type of acupuncture it offers and its allergy treatment section, which combines a specialist with new technology to test and treat up to 25,000 causes.

“Patients come HAMMETT from all over the country for this allergy work,” Hammett said. “Allergies are just mistakes the body is making. When you think about it, there is nothing harmful about pollen or cat fur or milk. We just retrain the body to not see those as harmful.” Hammett said Acupuncture of Indiana is the only place in Central Indiana that offers such work.

MONEY MATTERS Do you think there is any hope for the U.S. auto industry?

“Yes. Looking at the sales numbers, they are all down, even Toyota and Honda. But I can’t see all of the Big Three going under. Someone will make it out.”

John Hebert Carmel

“Yes. I think if they file bankruptcy and restructure, we have every chance to compete with other automakers.”

Jason Patterson Carmel

“I just feel that as long as they have unions making the demands, we’ll have the same problems as before. They strike every chance they get until they get what they want.”

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Acupuncture of Indiana opened its second location, in Carmel (the first is in Greenwood), in October. Owner Tom Hammett said he first became interested in acupuncture when he had an orthopedic issue and resorted to the oldest, most continuously practiced form of medicine.

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Thus begins the 46-day run-up to Christian) that does not observe the eccleEaster, the celebration of Christ’s siastical calendar outside of Easter Sunday Resurrection signifying the fulfill- and Christmas (also not in the Bible ment of God’s promise of everlasting life. … in fact, the New Testament doesn’t I like Lent. It’s not in the specify any holy days or even the Bible, but it’s a tradition that Sabbath because – Biblically – goes back to the fourth century Christ is to be honored all the A.D., before the great schisms time). of the Eastern (Orthodox) and Still, Lent is sort of the 800Western (Roman Catholic) pound gorilla in the resurrection churches. room that Christian believers of As a young boy in the the non-ecclesial persuasion have 1960s Episcopal Church, to a hard time ignoring. me Lent meant much the We start counting down “shopsame functionally as it did to ping days until Christmas” Nov. the Catholics – ashes on our 1. Without observing Lent, all of foreheads on Ash Wednesday a sudden it’s Holy Week and then and “giving up” something for Easter and then it’s over. Hence, Bob Walters Lent. It was a symbol of sacrichurches not observing Lent Spirituality fice – what the monks would often plan a community prayer consider ascetic (harsh disciregimen or purposeful reading pline) self-denial. program during the 40-day season.

To “give up” something for Lent was a If you don’t “give up” something for big deal. It seemed, well, pious … in a good Lent, you can never go wrong “giving way. It had to be something you liked and more,” whether it is money, time helping was available; no fair giving up, say, waterothers, or time worshipping God. Giving melon, because it wasn’t in season. But you is love, and love is why Jesus died for us. learned to be strategic. One year I gave up Here’s wishing you a well-spent Lent. “candy.” Big mistake. The next year, I gave BobWalters (rlwcom@aol.com) knows Lent up Reese’s Cups. I liked Reese’s Cups, but I is 40 days but said “46 days” above: You don’t did just fine with a Clark bar. count the six Sundays.

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love of the Father is not in him. For all oliness Unto the Lord!” that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, In his book, “Radical and the lust of the eyes, and the pride Righteousness,” Wallace of life, is not of the Father, but is of the Thornton said Holiness world. And the world passeth away, and churches and Camp Meeting the lust thereof: but he that doeth the tabernacles boldly displayed signs with this will of God abideth forever (I phrase, challenging everyone to John 2:15-17).” incorporate it into their own lives.

Clearly this means doing When I read this, I was both more than quoting the comhumbled and pleased to be pany slogan – it is an insiscounted among that refreshtence from HQ that we be a ing stream of Saints called living testimony of “Holiness “Holiness.” Unfortunately, Unto the Lord!” it was a bittersweet moment This is more than name it because the Holiness church and claim it; blab it and grab I was pastoring did not have it. First, it is the eradication of a sign or banner proclaiming, every hindrance to a clean heart.

“Holiness Unto the Lord!”

Second, it is the impartation I quickly set out to correct this of the Divine presence of God oversight. I called Chase – not the bank, rather a very skilled teenag- Michael Frausto Himself within us. We are then Faith characterized by being cheerfully er who consented to make a sign obedient to God and compasfor me for the cost of materials. sionately active towards those in need.

Have you read the memo from headWhat does your sign say? quarters lately? In an effort to ensure everyone was on the same page, Peter, a Michael Frausto is a pastor at God’s Holiness member of the original board of direcChurch in Carmel. He is also the dean of tors, wrote, “But as he (God Almighty) students at Union Bible College in Westfield. which hath called you is holy, so be ye You may contact him at deanofstudents@ holy in all manner of conversation (I ubca.org or 317-525-2220 or visit www.

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On your way to check out the latest John Grisham novel or a book of knitting patterns, take a moment to examine Carmel artist Jerry Mannell’s surrealist canvases, on display through Feb. 27 on the Carmel Clay MANNELL Public Library’s Art Wall.

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Pizza Pasta Etc. owners Claritza and Giacomo Canale have created a fun local Italian restaurant with its own colorful cast of characters “I really think the main reason people come back here is Giacomo,” Claritza said.

Giacomo was born in Sicily and raised in Milan. He’s the chef at Pizza Pasta Etc., and his loud exuberance is heard every time he’s making an order. Pizza Pasta Etc. serves a variety of Italian dishes, including spaghetti, pizza, calzones and breadsticks. But that only scratches the surface. “My husband just loves to cook,” Claritza said. Giacomo creates new dishes for repeating customers who might want something new.

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couple weeks ago, as I was out walking my dog in the minus10-degree weather, I wondered how long we would have to stay outside before we became freezer burnt. On these mornings, as I am sure you will attest, it feels like we’re well on our way after five minutes.

Coincidentally, my daughter recently had four friends sleep over at our house, and we made pancakes and bacon.

I had pulled an Chef Michael open pack of bacon Vlasich from the freezer the Culinary Explorer night before, and I noticed it looked a little funny on the edges. I thought I would cook some of it anyway to see how it tasted.

As it began cooking, a smell wafted through the kitchen. Not the lip-smacking, mouth-watering scent typical of bacon; it was more of a funky blah – not at all appetizing. Upon further inspection, it turned out not to be the usual dried freezer burn.

This was the “could grow in the Arctic” freezer bacteria.

Using her extraordinary, extra-sensory, “something is not quite right” intuition, my wife immediately asked what I was making.

Caught in the act, I explained what happened, and I told her about freezer burn.

After the “don’t try to fool me again” talk, she said, “There you go with your next article.” And after mentioning the topic at work, it was confirmed. Everyone agreed.

“We want to know.” So… There are two basic types of “freezer burn.” Both can be recognized visually depending on the severity. Standard freezer burn occurs when water evaporates from food because molecules have escaped via vapor pressure (or for you technical people, the physics of sublimation). The resulting burn is gray or white on the surface and either spotted or fully covered. There may

also be ice crystals. Even if food is wrapped tightly, water will evaporate, dry out from the surface and cause freezer burn over a period of time.

The more serious kind is freezer burn with the addition of bacteria. Raw proteins and proteins treated with nitrates, brines or cures are more susceptible to this, as they are known to grow additional strands, such as listeria (found in lunch meats). Some bacteria grow in snow, ice, and frozen temperatures and will cause serious food-borne illness, though generally they have odors and tastes you can’t ignore.

To protect against freezer burn, rotate foods, keep items wrapped air-tight, clearly label and date. Keep stored only as long as necessary. In freezers with a manual defrost, keep a constant temperature below zero.

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The Carmel Arts & Design District held its second-annual Valentine’s Day Gallery Walk Feb. 14. Fine art purveyors, storefronts and eateries of the district hosted receptions featuring works by local and international artists, many offering customized hors d’oeuvres and complimentary drinks. The event captured the best of the holiday’s ambiance, featuring exhibits, merchant specials and horse-drawn carriage rides that celebrated the spirit of romance.

1. David Wes at Artichoke Designs holding the hot item of the night.

2. Kate Haldrup and Johnny Hourmozdi enjoying an evening in the Evan Lurie Gallery. 3. Janet Chilton, Kathy Zingraf, and Lisamaria Burkhard enjoying a ladies’ night at the Evan Lurie Gallery.

4. Diners enjoying a romantic evening at Bistro De Paris.

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Central Indiana Dance Ensemble Presents ‘Come Together’ The Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will present its fourth annual Spring Concert and Silent Auction Feb. 28 at the Creekside Middle School Auditorium, 3525 W. 126th St. in Carmel. This year’s theme is “Come Together 2009,” and it will feature selections from the CIDE’s classical ballet repertoire as well as original contemporary ballet choreographed to several Beatles classics. The silent auction and dessert reception will begin at 6 p.m., and the show will begin at 7 p.m.

CIDE is a not-for-profit pre-professional ballet company committed to providing cultural and educational enrichment to the central Indiana community. For more information, call 317-844-7453 or visit www.cidedance.org.

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Music of Course Gala and Auction The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will present its Music of Course Gala and Auction – an evening of musical and culinary adventure – March 6 at 6:30 p.m. Spain, England, France and Russia

provide the inspiration for the evening’s selection of engaging music and fine dining. The four-course dinner includes Spanish tapas, a salad from the English countryside, a duet entrée from the kitchens of France, and a tray of desserts reminiscent of Russian sweets. The entire CSO will perform music from the four countries during each corresponding course. For more information or to reserve your seats for the gala, visit www. carmelsymphony.org, call 317-844-9717 or e-mail info@carmelsymphony.org. ‘‘Cats’ at Beef & Boards America’s favorite musical sensation is playing at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre (9301 N. Michigan Rd. in Indianapolis) through April 5. Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece won seven Tony Awards including best musical, best book of a musical and best original score. For reservations, call the box office at 317-872-9664 any day between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. For more information or a complete show schedule, visit www. beefandboards.com.

Live Music The following musical acts will be playing live at Mickey’s Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian, Carmel. For more information, call 317-573-9746: Feb. 27: Little Eddie and the Fossils Feb. 28: Living Proof March 6: Endless Summer Band

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Keystone Avenue is also under The worst part is it’s not Maddi construction, costing Carmel just the students. Adults have Bourgerie millions as well. Add that to made comments about my the brand new Arts & Design being a Carmel resident as District, and you would think we had well. How can they know the reality of money growing on trees. No wonder where I live? Not everyone in Carmel is wealthy. The demographics vary more than people see Carmel this way.

Individuals are not making this stepeople realize. reotype a reality. It’s the city as a whole.

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when we’re sporting a ponytail and adies, it seems these days we have have major breakout from the whole become a little bitter. What?! Get box of chocolates we just ate. this: I’ve had many men write me • How when we fall apart we saying, “Hey, I’m one of can run to our man and feel the ‘good guys’ and a rosafe and taken care of. mantic at heart, yet the women I • How they pull out our chair try to get to know are so bitter, I for us, help us put on our coat, don’t even have a chance.” open our car door, pay for our Now maybe your little heart meal and help us by carrying has been hurt, so you’ve adopted heavy objects. the ol’ “all men are goobers” • How no matter how mad mentality. But I’d like to chalat them we may get, they still lenge us gals to think about think we are beautiful and still changing our attitudes. Let’s take care about us. a moment to think positively • How a simple thank you to a and focus on what we DO like man goes such a long way. about men.

Rachael Noble Women, these days we are These are the things we love DATING stronger than ever. But does about those wonderful creatures that mean we cannot be soft, called men: loving and appreciative of men? Instead of • How it makes them so happy when we complaining that all men are unromantic, are happy. clueless creeps, let’s consider dropping our • How they are willing to sacrifice for bitter walls, thinking positively and thankus. (We love the way a man scrapes the ing men for the respect and love they show ice off our car and pulls up to the door us. when it’s 20 below zero).

Who knows, maybe by changing our • How incredibly physically strong they attitude, we’ll start seeing men in a differcan be. (Let’s admit it: No matter how ent light and recognize a good man when much we work out, most women are he comes along! no match for the physical strength of men. That’s hot!)

Rachael Noble is a single Carmel resident and • How most men are able to separate contributing columnist. She can be reached at their emotions from the task at hand. nobleadvice@yahoo.com.

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26 ENLARGED LAUNDRY ROOM & NEW MUDROOM LOCKERS FINAL PRODUCT: The existing range hood over the island was removed and the new range hood was relocated to the perimeter. The refrigerator was also relocated to the other side of the kitchen. The new perimeter cabinets are maple full-overlay stock cabinets with a solid square raised center panel, slab drawer fronts, undermount drawer glides and an autumn stained finish. The new island includes offwhite cabinetry with decorative panels on the DESIGN PHASE: The design phase focused back side and flush toe kick for a “furniture” on the removal of the existing pantry walls look. The countertops are black granite with and the removal of approximately 12 LF of an eased edge. The tile flooring was replaced load-bearing wall to open up the kitchen with 3-1/2”-wide prefinished oak hardwood to the dining room. This required the use flooring with a distressed and hand-scraped of temporary supports and the installation finish. The new lighting includes under-cabiof an LVL two-ply beam for supporting Larry net lighting, a pendant light fixture above the second-floor and roof loads. A knee wall was island and two pendant light fixtures above Greene installed in this area to create a breakfast bar the knee wall breakfast bar. Finally, a tumbled area. marble stone tile backsplash was added, and the walls were repainted in a light yellow color.

PROJECT SCHEDULE: The design phase for the kitchen remodel included the creation of several new Have a remodeling question? Ask Larry Greene, owner of floor plans and elevation views for the new cabinetry.

Case Handyman & Remodeling. You may e-mail him at This phase lasted four weeks, while the construction lgreene@caseremodeling.com or call 846-2600. Visit phase spread out over approximately six weeks.

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• Height and intervals - Mow when your grass is dry and 3 to 3-1/2 inches tall. Never cut it shorter then 2 to 2-1/2 inches or remove more than one third of the surface at any one mowing.

This will entail more frequent cutting, to be sure. But the result will be a healthier lawn. Cutting a lawn too short can stress it out, especially during periods of hot weather. Grass always should be cut before it grows as high as 4.5 inches.

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On March 1 from 12:30-3:30 p.m., Carmel Total Fitness (820 City Center Dr., Carmel) will offer Zumba, boot camp and Pilates – all taught by certified instructors – for a minimum $15 donation to the Humane Society of Hamilton County. It’s fun for a healthier you, and it raises money for the HSHC Survivor Program. This program pays for emergency medical care for animals that arrive with life-threatening injuries or illnesses. Maximum capacity is 60, so reserve your spot by calling Allyson Love at 317-446-2068.

SO HAPPY TOGETHER - Experts at the University of Missouri say stroking a furry friend boosts production of the moodenhancing hormone seratonin. So if you are feeling stressed out, angry or otherwise upset, take a breather with your favorite canine or feline friend. It will do you both good.

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Improve your dogs’ food by avoiding corn, wheat and soy, which can contribute to canine allergies.

Help heal the digestive tract with supplements like probiotics and digestive enzymes.

Make ears less hospitable to malassezia yeast infections by cleaning them with vinegar diluted with water.

Add system-supporting herbs or herbal teas to your dogs’ diet.

Ask a dozen health experts about allergies, and you’ll get at least as many answers. What is interesting is that even when they disagree, most allergy theorists point to the same underlying causes. This is because allergic reactions are symptoms of a deeper imbalance.

Dogs don’t develop allergies because

they are exposed to allergens. They develop allergies because something has made them vulnerable, and the culprit is often a combination of diet, stress, conventional medial treatments, heredity and environmental factors.

Leaky gut syndrome

Also known as intestinal permeability, leaky gut syndrome is exactly what it sounds like. The condition stems from damage to the small intestine, which creates spaces between cells in the intestinal lining – spaces large enough to allow fragments of partially digested food, toxins and bacteria to migrate from the intestinal tract into the bloodstream.

The results include incomplete absorption of nutrients and the presence of what the immune system identifies as foreign invaders throughout the body. The immune system responds with its usual weapons, which produce inflammation and allergic

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Symptoms as varied as ear infections, seasonal or respiratory allergies, itchy skin, hair and coat problems, diarrhea, and an inability to gain weight can all stem from digestive problems.

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Be sure to visit your dog health professional for the dog food and supplements necessary to prevent these types of problems, or if they have already started, the proper supplements to help reverse them.

John Mikesell, owner of Love of Dogs Bakery in Carmel, can be reached at john.mikesell@ att.net.

Pets of the week Tenoch is a 9-month-old male black American Staffordshire terrier. He is a happy-golucky boy and is all about having fun! He is playful and energetic like most puppies, but he is also a big boy who isn’t quite done growing.

Tenoch is well-mannered, though, and he knows the commands “sit” and “down,” so as long as his new family is consistent with his training, he will become a gentle giant. Tenoch is a good boy who will be a very loyal and loving pet to his new family.

Bruce is a 4-year-old male gray and white tabby DSH. He earned the nickname Bruce Almighty because he is kind of a big boy, weighing close to 20 pounds. But he doesn’t think he is overweight; he just feels there is more of him to love! Bruce is neutered, and he truly loves human companionship. Bruce is happy to be indoors, but being in a crate at the shelter isn’t exactly what he had in mind. Seriously though … who could resist that big pink nose?

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t’s probably the biggest reaction I ever got to one of my columns. Not only did people e-mail from all over Central Indiana to commiserate with me, but many came to my rescue, offering a solution to the problem I was facing.

This was all during a self-indulgent period in my life when I often consumed an extra beer during dinner and a few too many Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies after a meal. My waist expanded to Dick Wolfsie 35 inches, a miniHumor seismic shift from the svelte 34 I had been most of my adult life. But alas, no matter where I shopped, I was informed that 35-inch pants did not exist.

Manufacturers had instead opted to make only even sizes, ignoring men who had journeyed from size 34 to 36 – or, for the more health conscious, 36 to 34 – and wanted to languish for a time in the comfort of the 35-inch range. It was this corporate decision that explained why a hefty percentage of men were either hitching up their pants every second or walking straight-legged like the scarecrow in the “Wizard of Oz.” Recently, at a well-known department store, I encountered a similar predicament while in search of sensible shoes.

“Excuse me, miss. I need an 8 1/2 in these Rockports.”

She seemed perplexed. “Eight … and a half, you say? We don’t carry that in men’s shoes. We just go from 8 to 9. Can I interest you in another size?”

Was she kidding? You can fudge on pant size with a good sucking in of your gut or a fashionable belt, but you can’t inhale or exhale yourself into a better-fitting shoe.

“Look, I’ve been an 8 1/2 ever since I can remember. Even during my yodel and Twinkie obsession days, the message never got down to my toes that I was on a binge just a couple floors up. Feet, like noses and ears, are pretty much immune to dietary lapses. We can all thank heaven for that.

So please, lady, can you find me an 8 1/2 in a Rockport?”

“Sir, like so many other men, you are more obsessed with size than style. In that case, may I recommend a women’s Rockport in a size 9 1/2, which you may find awkward wearing, not because of your small feet, but your large male ego. It will be a perfect fit, however.

“The nerve,” I thought.

“Gee, maybe you have pumps in my size? How about black so as not to overwhelm my ratty sweatshirt and Wrangler

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jeans?”

She didn’t miss a beat. “Yes, we do. And I’d also recommend a scarf in a manly earth tone. That will draw attention away from your feet, until you learn to walk in low heels.”

Things had gone far enough. I bought the men’s Rockports in size 9 and sloshed my way out of the mall. When I returned home, I got on the Internet and discovered size 8 1/2 was available at the online company store. I ordered those and now

have Rockports in both sizes. It just seemed like the fitting thing to do.

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist, and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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On Feb. 13, Our Heavenly Father received the spirit of Lorraine V. Filipow. She was met by her loving husband of 54 years, Walter Filipow, and her son, Eric Filipow, as well as her brother Fred “Bud” Vilter and their parents. She was born 89 years ago in Chicago, Ill. and lived in the Indianapolis and Carmel areas for more than 50 years. Left behind to celebrate the love and legacy of Lorraine’s life are her surviving children; Mark Filipow of Crawfordsville, Ind., Carol Pigg (Max) of

Troy, Ill. and Keith Filipow (Elizabeth) of Indianapolis; daughter-in-law, Helen Filipow of Carmel; grandchildren, Jason Filipow of Los Angels, Calif., Joe Filipow, of Carmel, Sean Filipow, of Houston, Texas, Andrew Pigg, United States Navy, Taryn, Maggie and Emma Filipow of Indianapolis.

John R. Holmes III, age 45, died unexpectedly Feb. 12 in Columbus, Ohio. John was born at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Oct. 31, 1963 amidst the chaos resulting from the Coliseum explosion. He was the eldest child of John and Sharon Holmes. After graduating from Carmel High School in 1982, John received his B.A. in Political Science from Purdue University and a J.D. from Indiana University. John leaves behind his father, John R. Holmes Jr., Carmel; sister, Elizabeth E. Holmes, Muncie; and brother, David W. Holmes, Carmel. He is also survived by his aunt and uncle, Larry and Sharon Roach, cousins, Cynthia (Ryan) Walters, Amanda Cline, and Alison Daniel.

functional human beings, but once we get in there, we’re mannequins, saying nothing, staring straight ahead. How weird. Why do we do that? What are we afraid of?

Oh, I know. That someone like me might just burst into a chorus of “The Japanese Sandman” or something equally annoying.

Well, don’t worry. I may be a goof, but I do have some standards, thank you.

I only do that when the elevator is going down.

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“Didn’t you know? The more times you push the button, the faster the elevator gets here.” (This one is most often demonstrated by someone stepping forward and punching the button rapidly and repeatedly, as if he was telling the elevator to hurry up ... in Morse code.)

Or: “I beg your pardon, but you obviously don’t know how important I am. In fact, this is MY elevator and the rest of you are using it at my sufferance. And why wasn’t it here with the doors open when I came through the door?”

Like I said, it’s conversation.

And it’s usually the last conversation of the ride. There is nothing so quiet as an elevator full of strangers. Unless, of course, one of those strangers is me.

On crowded elevators, I like to greet my fellow passengers with a hearty, “Are we over the load limit?” If I’m in there with a woman, I mind my manners by tipping my hat and saying, “Howdy, toots!” If I’m in there with just a few people, I like to point out, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” No matter what the weather. And if it’s a couple business-type males, I’ll usually ask, “Which one of you had the fried onions?”

I find this gives me plenty of breathing room for the remainder of the ride.

I’ve always found the elevator experience to be semihilarious. Outside, we can be walking, talking, fully

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I walked in and pressed the “up” button, “up” being the appropriate direction for my destination on the fifth floor. The elevator, one of those older, slightly creaky models, was all the way at the top.

After a wait of ... oh, I’d say no more than half an hour, the elevator began descending from the eighth floor. It stopped on the seventh. Also the sixth. And, come to think of it, the fifth, fourth, third, and second. Each stop took about five minutes – just enough time, you know, to take on water and coal, load and Mike Redmond unload some cargo, and move the Humor passengers around.

Now, as this was going on, I was joined in the lobby by several people who also wished to travel elevatoriffically in an upwardly direction. They came in and saw the “up” light on the panel glowing merrily, indicating that the elevator had been called (and, apparently, would get there when it was good and ready). So what did they do?

They pushed the “up” button. Every last one of them.

This is a form of conversation. And the message is: “Excuse me, bud, but obviously you don’t know how to call an elevator. Here, let me show you.”

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• 10 Workshop sessions to choose from • Booth space • Keynote speakers • Lunch Sponsorships & Booth Space Available • Contact Rick Myers @ 557-1111

The networking game Tony Scelzo, Rainmakers

Effective E-business practices Michelle Burton, Coretech

Tossing it in the toilet: marketing and your business Scott Flood, Scott Flood Writing

How to connect with people so they will buy your stuff Karl Zimmer III, Zimmer Success Group

Strategies to reduce healthcare costs Richard Sutton, R.E. Sutton and Associates Creating a winning team Bobbi Blake, Indiana Tech University

How to incorporate your business Steve Ferrucci, Sean M. Clapp, LLC

Do it yourself HR Brian McDermott Ogletree Deakins

Your image matters Amy Woodall, Image Savvy/Trustpointe

So, you want to be an entrepreneur?

Dr. Mike Goldsby, Ball State University

University resources for small businesses Tom Darling, Ivy Tech State College

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Spa parties also available.

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Joan Willis in front of Carmel’s Flowing Well (5100 E. 116th St.), circa 1953. The well first appeared in 1903, when it was discovered by crews searching for natural gas.

Photo courtesy of Randy Chapman

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any single item

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VACATION RENTAL

Late-spring special in beautiful Southwest Florida.

Twin-villa (ground level) is available for 6-weeks beginning in mid-April.

Located in Estero just minutes from the Fort Myers airport.1900 square feet plus large lanai and attached garage. $2500 for 6-weeks plus taxes & departure cleaning fee ($2875 total).

Completely furnished, all utilities plus wireless internet included.

It will also be available from August to mid-December for a fall getaway.

For more information call Dave at 317-656-9591. Photos available

Personal assistant

Not a glam job. Errands, housekeeping, laundry and organization are the assignment. The perk is the hours can be 9 to 2. Yes, you could get your child on and off the bus. A hard working person with great organization skills is a must. Please email your salary requirements and info to lpleasant@webtechone.com.

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Call for items/prices 317-896-3203

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FOR THE RECORD / CLASSIFIEDS

12:45:53 a.m., animal complaint, 839 Bennett Road 12:57:12 a.m., investigation, 4140 E 96th St 1:20:45 a.m., investigation, 200 E Carmel Drive 1:21:47 a.m., warrant service, 1113 Golfview Drive 1:21:47 a.m., warrant service, 1113 Golfview Drive 2:26:02 a.m., security check, 900 W 136th St 4:17:41 a.m., investigation, 1424 W Carmel Drive 4:40:09 a.m., security check, 3410 Golden Gate Drive N 4:45:12 a.m., investigation, Arbor Drive / Uxbridge Lane 4:50:31 a.m., suspicious activity, 3950 Chadwick Drive 7:08:57 a.m., alarm burglar, 1202 Lynne Drive 7:25:00 a.m., investigation, East 98th St / Lakewood Drive E 7:47:18 a.m., investigation, 25802 Sr 19 7:53:12 a.m., assist public, 3400 E 116th St 8:08:48 a.m., suspicious activity, 14078 Song Court 8:14:10 a.m., accident property damage, East 126th St / South Rangeline Road 8:21:35 a.m., driving complaint, East 116th St / College Avenue 8:24:13 a.m., investigation, Gray Road / Woodcreek Drive 8:31:00 a.m., assist other dept, 3450 Millbrae Drive 8:38:25 a.m., traffic hazard, East 96th St / Hazel Dell Parkway 8:39:59 a.m., suspicious activity, W 146th St / Village Drive North 8:24:13 a.m., investigation, Gray Road / Woodcreek Drive 8:24:13 a.m., investigation, Gray Road / Woodcreek Drive 8:49:51 a.m., assist public, East 96th St / Keystone Avenue S 10:09:26 a.m., juvenile complaint, 10721 Lakeshore Drive W 10:42:12 a.m., investigation, 5150 E 126th St

10:20:36 a.m., damage to property, 310 E 96th St 12:20:51 p.m., security check, 13309 Carmichael Lane 12:57:34 p.m., warrant service, 5002 Loene Drive 1:03:38 p.m., harassment, 22 4th St Se 1:12:27 p.m., animal complaint, 12216 Redgold Run 1:33:50 p.m., investigation, East 136th St / Keystone Avenue North 1:53:20 p.m., investigation, East 116th St / Haverstick Road 1:54:15 p.m., abandoned auto, 10330 N Meridian St 2:12:56 p.m., investigation, 1411 E 116th St 2:20:28 p.m., battery, 12913 Tradd St 2:21:22 p.m., investigation, 13744 N Meridian St 2:27:57 p.m., alarm burglar, 3535 Timber Springs Court 2:55:58 p.m., theft, 4620 E 96th St 2:58:33 p.m., accident property damage, I 465 W / 71st St 3:21:35 p.m., theft, 1424 W Carmel Drive 3:32:21 p.m., traffic hazard, 1825 Jefferson Drive W 4:02:18 p.m., accident property damage, 1217 S Rangeline Road 4:05:26 p.m., animal complaint, 13227 Mink Lane 4:08:20 p.m., investigation, Gradle Drive / West Carmel Drive 4:09:41 p.m., suspicious activity, 13914 Saben Court 4:20:11 p.m., investigation, Dorset Blvd / Springmill Road 4:25:53 p.m., juvenile complaint, Allison Drive / Jason St 4:37:19 p.m., accident property damage, College Drive / Pennsylvania St 4:34:59 p.m., child welfare, 12913 Tradd St 5:16:33 p.m., accident property damage, East 96th St / College Avenue 5:18:47 p.m., welfare check, 616 Ransburg Drive S