March 25, 2008

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Well Done Dieter Puska proudly looks back on his years at The Glass Chimney, and forward to retirement. P2

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Dieter Puska proudly looks back on his years at The Glass Chimney, and forward to retirement.

By Ellen Gilmer Current in Carmel

Just weeks from retirement, Carmel restaurant owner Dieter Puska looks back on his 32 years in business with appreciation. Puska will close The Glass Chimney and Deeter’s in April to focus more on his health.

“Times change, and things change, and now it’s time to take it a little easier,” he said. “Business requires a lot of time. I’m working 65-70 hours a week, and it’s just getting to be too much.”

The business is for sale, and he is negotiating with several potential new owners.

Puska said it might end up with a Carmel resident who would make relatively few changes to the décor and menu. “(The prospective new owner) may make some minor changes here and there, but overall, it’s going to stay pretty much the same, I think,” he said. “But once it’s out of my hands, I have no control over what they do.”

Puska said he expects to close the deal within the next month or two.

The Glass Chimney and Deeter’s contributed to the Carmel community by being one of the first to offer unusual or exotic foods, instead of steak and fried chicken, he said. The menu ranges from filet mignon to wiener schnitzel to brandied chocolate mousse.

This variety in menu is what originally attracted Puska to the restaurant industry. As a child in Austria, Puska witnessed his parents’ time spent in the grocery store business and was instantly drawn to cooking. He practiced and studied to become a chef and was eventually offered a job in

Cincinnati in 1967.

After arriving to the Dieter Puska United States, Family: Wife, two chilthe Ohio resdren, two step-children taurant asked Hometown: if he would Originally from Austria like to work in In business in Carmel: Indianapolis 32 years instead at the What’s next? restaurant, Relaxing and part-time King Cole. He restaurant consulting didn’t know anyone in either city, so Puska said he was happy to make the switch. His only desire was that he could cook.

“Cooking lets you be creative,” he said.

In 1976, Puska decided to start his own restaurant and opened the Glass Chimney in Carmel. The restaurant was successful from the start, Puska said. Through the years, however, he said he has witnessed significant change in the restaurant business in the United States, with a shift toward fast food with low quality.

“There’s been an influx of restaurants in general but mostly chain, unfortunately,” he said. “It’s less ‘dining;’ it’s more just having supper.”

However, Puska said his restaurant has retained its high standards despite competition. Also, the fact that it offers fine dining (at the Glass Chimney) and casual dining (at Deeter’s) helps it to meet the needs of the community.

Since the restaurant’s suc-

cessful opening, Puska said he has had several opportunities to host celebrities and dignitaries. However, he said he is thankful for every customer who has supported his business.

“As far as I’m concerned, every customer that walks in here is a celebrity, and that’s the way we treat them,” he said. “I would like to thank all my patrons that have frequented the place. Without them we’d be nothing.”

In fact, Puska could not seem to talk enough about restaurant patrons. Out of all of the honors and special guests the restaurant has received, he was adamant that the best day at work has always been simply any day that customers leave happy.

“Any day people are happy is a great day,” he said.

When he is not working, Puska said he enjoys cooking at home and has passed on the talent to his two children, who now live in Colorado and New Zealand, his two stepchildren and his wife, though none cook professionally.

When he officially retires in April, Puska said he’ll spend some time fishing, reading and visiting the restaurant under its new ownership. He might even help with some restaurant consulting elsewhere.

Puska said although he cannot give the time to run his own business full-time, he would like to remain connected to the industry he is so passionate about by working with other restaurant owners to help them start a business or improve an existing one. Until then, however, he’s focused on serving his customers.

“We’ve been extremely busy,” he said. “Hopefully we can do as good a job as we have done for 32 years … that’s all we can do.”

OUR TAKES It is our position that the Legislature is to be half commended and half blasted for sticking to (at least in large part) the plan advanced by Gov. Mitch Daniels to see permanent resolution to the antiquated property tax system. In a nutshell most are going to go down; some of us will see considerable reductions and others not so much (30 percent for the average Hoosier).

And, the state will implement an increased sales tax (from 6 percent to 7 percent beginning April 1), to recover some of the shortfall in taxation.

Still here’s the real shame of the plan: Businesses and landlords are going to see tax increases. What does that mean?

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Perhaps it means leases will escalate, and it also could mean business owners would need to adjust accordingly. That $8 tuna appetizer eventually could cost you $8.50 or $9. We’re not constitutional law experts, but it strikes us unconstitutional to tax one group in a different way from another.

The legislation signed last week moved Indiana toward much more regular referendum voting. Schools will be required to ask the voters before spending more than $20 million ($10 million for an elementary) for high school-level projects; and other community ventures crossing $12 million would need voter approval. That was a good move, too.

youth drive aware!

It is our position that Carmel City Judge Paul Felix is on the right track with his recently announced program targeted at preventing youth traffic accidents. All too often, this paper must report on the irreplaceable loss to the community when a young life is forever altered (and in the worst cases unforgivably ended) by a momentary lack in judgment or expeFELIX rience while behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. The good judge is bringing together young drivers and those who enable them – parents, healthcare workers, school officials and others in the community who are all too

aware of the intensity of the risk at hand.

The monthly Youth Drive Aware! begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 at Carmel City Court in City Hall. Contact the City of Carmel (www.ci.carmel.in.us) for other dates and times.

Judge Felix will be employing actual health care and public safety workers to help these young people and their parents come to a better understanding of how fragile life is; and how dangerous a momentary lapse in attention while driving can be. Keep up the good proactive work, Judge. Your kind of leadership is all too rare.

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ANOTHER TAKE mr. big’s big payback

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ne of the risks of attendbusy and important man spends almost ing benefits for one charity a full third of his time at these simple or another is that Central and often undervalued undertakings. My Indiana only has so many mind began to wonder just how he could big shots. And they get that done month after seem to get into a cycle where month and year after year. they are the hot community The idea that one could speaker. Don’t misunderstand, meet on a regular basis so we should be grateful that these many people that they could very busy and important people spend three of every 10 are able and willing to take time hours with someone new is away from their lives to share not difficult to understand. their names and experiences There are loads of folks out with the masses and perhaps there who would LOVE the raise a little money along the chance to sit down with this way. But after hearing the prominent guy and ask for amusing, off-the-cuff anecdote the free stuff! But how do for the third time, it loses some you go about making these of its charm. relationships something Terry In arriving at this most recent more than just a one or two Anker event, I greeted our speaker time cup of coffee? And how (let’s call him Mr. Big), and we does someone as busy as our were both momentarily amused by the Mr. Big find time to sit down with all of fact that I would be hearing on this octhe people who want to meet with him? casion much of same that I’d heard from If the man works 40 hours a week, that him earlier in the week. So as we were means that means he’s got 12 hours a being ushered from the reception week to meet with new folks. In a couple space to take our seats at tables hours a day he’s got to break away from near the podium, it struck me all of the demands of his busy career to that since I was too close to risk meet with people who are not likely overtly sending e-mail via my to ever really make it into his sanctum telephone that I might as sanctorum. well try to seek something Why does he do this? Well, new out of this redundant some of it might be a self interhearing. Mr. Big shared est in being philanthropic. Mr. the story of his really cool Big has much to offer and a free and interesting life. He hour or two with him could have told audience-endearing a significant impact on the life of stories about his personal the uninitiated. Some of it could life – being just the right be that he gets a good deal out combination of intense of the honest man-on-the-street confidence and self-depreinteraction with the common cation. Then he got to the folk that make up our everyday take-home piece. existence. Over the years I have He mostly speaks to been very fortunate to be invited other successful (if not quite to learn from some of these good as much) people in their own folks. And, now I find a chunk of rights. And as such, he will my time spent meeting new and often discuss what he believes interesting people. The pace is to be some of the “obligations� tough, but the rewards are high. that go along with victory in Terry Anker is the associate the game of life. He tells about editor of Current in Carmel. the percentage of his time that You may e-mail him at terry@ he uses to meet people and currentincarmel.com. develop new relationships. This

FROM THE BACKSHOP puppy training on road to votes Puppy-training class on the campaign trail: Former Boy Gov. Bayh now is Mrs. Clinton’s lapdog as she crisscrosses our fair state in search of votes. We assume he’s showing her all the things he was unable to accomplish during his time in the Big Chair. Long ago, talk was that if Hillary defeated Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, Baby Bayh would be tapped to be her veep.

Might as well trot him out now to the homefront – and let the national media have a look at the little feller, too. ...

Where have you gone, Geraldine Ferraro? ••• We’ve told you about businesses on the west side of U.S. 31 that will be demolished in the freeway project. We’ve since

Steve Greenberg & Brian Kelly learned that the southwestern portion of Village Park Plaza on the east side of the highway also could meet with the wrecking ball. Again, we hope the state plays fair with Westfield and Carmel to ensure these high-traffic establishments get a decent relocation plan. Anything less is unacceptable. ••• Of course, no one expected this, right?

Motorists paying cash on the Indiana Toll Road will see their rates rise next month.

ITR Concession Co. will nearly double cash tolls for passenger vehicles once electronic tolling equipment is fully installed.

And who said privatization can’t be a profitable thing? We’ll take a different route into the Loop, thank you.

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READER’S VIEW LIKES THE CARTOONS Editors: I just moved to Carmel and really enjoy your articles. Especially the local political ones. Also the cartoons. Tim (Campbell) is

right on track.

I look forward to getting the next issue.

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DISPATCHES

116th INTERSECTION TO CLOSE: The intersection at 116th Street and Clay Center is scheduled to close Monday and will be shut for 45 to 60 days for the construction of a roundabout and bridge culvert replacement. 116th Street traffic will be detoured to 106th Street via Spring Mill Road and/or Towne Road.

GOLF GURU TO SPEAK: 2009 U.S. Senior Open representative Matt Sawicki is scheduled to speak at the next CarmelClay Kiwanis Club meeting. Sawicki is the operations coordinator for the 2009 U.S. Senior Open at Crooked Stick Golf Course in Carmel. The meeting is Monday at 7 a.m. in the Life and Learning Center at 515 E. Main St. LIBRARY BOND RATING RISES: The Carmel Clay Public Library Building Corporation’s bond rating on all General Obligation bonds supported by the Carmel Clay Public Library has been raised to AA from AA-, according to the latest Standard & Poor’s ratings report, released Feb. 29. According to the report, the upgrade reflects continued good tax base growth and stable finances. The library’s new rating is the same as both the City of Carmel and Clay Township.

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return to high school prom. Girls dancing in circles with each other, boys standing off to the side hoping to get lucky late night, pretty cheerleaders looking perfect with their quarterback boyfriends, the plain Jane stunning one and all with her amazing transformation to beauty queen, and the class slut hitting on everyone else’s date. The only difference was that no one had to sneak into the bathroom for Schnapps shots from a flask. (Although for some reason people were being very secretive about smoke runs. It was weird.)

And I would have missed all of it had I not refrained from getting blitzed. None of these intriguing observations would have made it to print and you would never be trying to figure out who the chick in gold is. (Talk about her now and thank me later!) So consider being the sober driver at your next big event. Get high on other people’s lives! Lord knows after that experience, I could use a drink. Peace out!

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

LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITNESSED IN PROGRESS

hose remaining in the Council Chambers, having arrived early to get a good seat, now realized they had witnessed local government at work for well more than three hours. The large room with theaterstyle seats arranged in semi-circular rows was almost full at the start, but by the crack of the gavel signaling the meeting’s end, only a small percentage of the original crowd remained. Throughout the evening, various ordinances and resoJeff lutions were entered into business, debatWorrell ed and then disposed of or turned into law.

I attended the ritual that occurs every other week on Monday nights in Carmel, admiring the quality and quantity of participation by people with skin in the game.

On this particular night, two agenda items

seemed to bring out the largest number of people, with opinions both for and against.

One was the fourth reading of Ordinance D-1883-08, amending Chapter 8, Article 6, Sections 8-56 and 8-58 of the Carmel City Code, imposing weight limits on Keystone Avenue and certain other roadways. To you and me, this is the truck ban on Keystone Avenue. The second topic to draw the interest of a crowd was Resolution CC-03-17-08-05 supporting a Child-Safe Community Standard.

Immediately after approval of the minutes, every resident present as well as nonresidents are given the opportunity to address the council about any topic that is on their mind. During this particular session, the majority of the comments centered on the Keystone truck ban or the child-friendly resolution. The truck ban comments were either “get rid of the trucks because it will make my life better” or “don’t get rid of the trucks because it will make my life worse.”

Mixed in with truck discussion and in no particular order, advocates and opponents to adopt a child-safe community

standard rose to the podium to express their views. There was passion and emotion, statistics and anecdote championed on both sides.

Dissenters of the Keystone truck ban and advocates of the child-safe resolution clearly were in the minority and, frankly, had no chance of achieving success for their desired outcome. The truck ban passed and the child-safe resolution failed. But, in both cases our system of government provided an opportunity for public discourse in an open and cordial environment. All presenters were allowed to express their viewpoint. It was clear that a lot of thought and preparation went into the votes finally cast and dictated by the councilmembers’ principles.

Some are tempted to categorize the proponents or dissenters into winners and losers. I see only winners, as I admire those willing to take a stand.

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

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LITERATURE CHAMPS: The Bibliophiles team from the Carmel Newcomers Club won a literature trivia contest held March 15 at Carmel Clay Public Library. Three teams totaling 12 people answered questions put forth by library staff. The winning team was made up of Karen Burrow, Alya Fattah, Donna Moni and Swathi Williams.

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f you ever have the opportunity to after my one bourbon and attend a fundraiser, wedding or some ginger ale even though we other event where there is an open had both aforementioned bar and dancing, I highly recomautomatic DD’s at our mend being the designated driver. table.) Yes, I do have a big Observing your friends, family and com“L” on my forehead, but plete strangers slowly getting smashed is I’m OK with that. It gives just plain fun, not to mention an enterme the chance to bear wittaining way to really get to know people. ness to the drunken antics Plus, you’ll spend the following morning of upper-class Midwestern sans splitting headache and embarrassing society and to share them memories. Let me elaborate. with you.

My husband and I recently Where to attended a PTO dinner and start? I saw normally subdued auction for our children’s elmiddle-aged fathers unsuccessementary school at the Ritz fully attempt the latest hip-hop Charles. For $100 a couple, moves on the dance floor. I witwe dined, danced and bid on nessed a lovely women in gold items like autographed Colts lamé perform a very convincmemorabilia, a basket of board ing pole dance that was only a games and spa packages. (We whisper away from a full-blown won two tickets to the Notre strip-tease (And believe me, Dame/Stanford football game many a men were muttering in the fall after playing a game “Take it off!”) A man to whom of “Top That!” with another I had never in my life spoken Danielle dad. In your face, you sneaky told me funny, but terribly sneak!) The planning comobscene jokes, while another Wilson mittee organized the event in stranger shared her experiences brilliant fashion, making sure a solid two with massage therapy. hours of drinking ensued before the live My husband, not to be outdone, auction. How else would they get $1,300 danced like a maniac recently freed from a for a Bunko/pool party at a neighbor’s? straight-jacket, became close friends with By the time the DJ started playing “Pass the bartenders and coat check staff, and the Dollar,” the only sober people were tried desperately to find out the identity pregnant women, recovering alcoholics, of two gorgeous, 6-foot blondes. (It’s cool; and me. (I am so responsible/practical/anal I got to drool over my neighbor, a former retentive that because daylight-saving time model who sings and plays acoustic guitar. was to end that night and I detest feeling He’s dreamy.) hung over, I voluntarily stopped drinking In many ways, too, the evening was a

COMMUNITY

PANCAKES AND BLOOD DRIVE: The Carmel-Clay Kiwanis Club will sponsor a blood drive from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday in conjunction with its pancake breakfast at Fire Station #1 at Civic Square. The all-you-can-eat breakfast is from 7 to 11 a.m. Tickets for adults are $5 and children (younger than 12) $3. The bloodmobile will be in front of the station. Donors must be at least 17 years of age and weigh at least 110 pounds. To secure a time appointment, call Don Moehn at 873.1956.

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The clubhouse at the Bridgewater. guy from New Castle who planted trees.

The plan was to raise trees for the future neighborhood and to sell to other property owners as well. By the fourth year, 200 of the 280 acres were planted with nursery stock. They brought in students from the bible college in Westfield, kids “with farm backgrounds,� to raise the trees That really paid dividends. According to Dave Coots, “During the ’88 drought, one of those kids rigged a hay wagon to a 500 gallon water tank to irrigate our 150,000 trees.� This saved the day!

Next, “We contracted with Blue Grass Nursery out of Anderson to sell every third tree,� primarily to golf courses. Dave added, “All the trees on Pebble Brook North came from the Bridgewater.�

Next Henke and Doc O’Neal purchased the 80 acres at 161st and Carey for Doc’s Golf Preserve. That’s where the clubhouse stands today.

In 1997, Coots and his other law partner Jim Wheeler made the decision to stick to law, leaving Steve Henke and the Throgmartin family to finish the development of what we now know as THE BRIDGEWATER. The Throgmartins had purchased the rest of the land. The Bridgewater now extends from Carey Road to Gray Road and from 146th Street to 161st Street. It is one of the jewels of Hamilton County. And it all started in 1981!

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ne of the most dynamic, and large, developments in all of Hamilton County, the Bridgewater had its genesis when the partners of the Coots, Henke & Wheeler law firm formed a real estate company. The company was formed to facilitate the move of the law firm to its current site on Carmel Drive and to oversee the development of that tract of land.

In 1986, a family of second-generaDanny tion farmers put a O’Malia 150-acre plot between Carey Road on the west and Setters Road (I’d never heard of that road, though I drive by it all the time).

The lawyers hired a farmer named Jerry Brown to farm the acreage. The income from the Carmel Drive buildings and the farming helped maintain the property in the early years.

Later Steve Henke approached Alice Males about selling the 120 acres north and bordering 161st Street. She agreed.

Soon after that, the law firm met a

EDUCATION

DISPATCHES WONKA ON STAGE: Creekside Middle School will present its spring musical, “Willy Wonka, Jr.,” at 6 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Friday.

For more information, call 733.6420.

PROM COMMITTEE NAMED: Members of the Carmel High School prom committee have been named and are working on plans for the event, which will be from 8 p.m. to midnight May 3 at the Fountains in Carmel. Prom committee members are Beth Brookie, Nick Cooper, Heather Fitzpatrick, Jessica Gelov, Corinne Goen, Sarah Hogarth, Izzy Landis, Jenn Makio, Amanda Moon, Anna Mowery, Molly Longest, Jordan Rolsky, Becca Scheidler, Amanda Shapiro, Katie Underwood and Stephanie Wright. Prom ticket sales will begin April 21. Tickets are at $35 for singles or $65 for couples.

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HEALTHY SCHOOLS: Indiana Action for Healthy Kids has recognized five Carmel schools with the Healthy Hoosier School Award for having policies and programs in place that improve students’ physical well-being. Cherry Tree was one of only nine schools in the state to earn a Gold Award. Four others one Silver Awards.

They are Carmel High School and Carmel, Towne Meadow and West Clay elementary schools.

TEACHER SHARES KNOWLEDGE: Carmel High School math teacher Janice Mitchener recently served as a presenter and speaker at the Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference in Dallas. MITCHENER More than 3,000 teachers from the United States and seven countries participated. Mitchener provided information about using graphic calculator technology with precalculus and calculus students.

TOP MATH TEAMS: Indiana’s top three Class 3 elementary math bowl teams this year are from Carmel Clay. West Clay won first place, College Wood second, and Forest Dale finished third. Members of West Clay’s championship team are Kevin Bonar, Chrishan Fernando, Matthew Gardner, Ben Klapper, Jan Li, Alex Liu, Stanley Liu, Tyler Moon, Lauryn Padgett, Sreeti Ravi, Sriya Ravi, Ethan Smilg, Jessica Tao, Ryan Vierhile and Alexander Wurtz.

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hange brings its own unique chal- ing more than a backstop for my children lenges to our lives. Bringing chiland grandchildren. As a backstop I allow dren into our lives is, notably, one the child to be the batter, get a hit or strike of the changes we face out, all the while making sure with the greatest chalhe or she plays by the rules of lenge. Equipping ourselves with our family and stays within the the skills, strategies and techcontrolled choices of the playniques to meet the challenge of ing field, emphasizing that the change is one of the nicest things sky is the limit as to what he or we can do for our children. she can accomplish.

Experts agree that change I’ve told my children many has an incredible psychological times, “We won’t take credit for effect on the human mind. King your successes, nor will we take Whitney Jr. writes: “To the fearthe blame for your failures. We ful, change is threatening because will, however, encourage your it means things may get worse; successes and see you through to the hopeful, change is encouryour failures, but YOU own aging because things may get both of those principles.”

Becky Kapsalis Ask YiaYia better; to the confident, change If there is a moral to this is inspiring because the challenge story it is: We are the bows and exists to make things better.” the children are our arrows; Improving our parenting skills is a when the arrow is released through our work-in-progress. A good majority of us parenting skills and confidence to change, fall into the third sentence of change. the chances of them hitting their target Because we are confident, our changes results in a bull’s-eye. are inspiring since the challenges exist to Hugs! make things better. Asking ourselves what Have a parenting topic or question? Submit changes we need to define and implement it to Ask Yiayia, aka Becky Kapsalis, Certified to “make things better” for our children is Parent Coach and founder of P.A.R.E.N.T. the real challenge we face.

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Hell is where sin plays its home games.

I don’t thoroughly understand Hell is inescapable once you’re there. It’s any of them, but I do know that not just fire; it’s a furnace with intensified Creation and Heaven are not threats or and perpetual heat. It is complete aloneness, warnings; they both embody God’s goodhopelessness and shame. It is awake, not ness. I’m fairly certain that unconscious. It is death, and you ignoring them will only lessen are aware of it. It is where God, the joy of my experience with over and over again in scripture, God here on earth, not create promises that he vanquishes souls eternal ramifications for my who reject him. salvation.

A lot of churches ignore Hell.

The specifics of Hell, on the Shoot, a lot of churches ignore other hand, demand our unsin. divided attention at least once But if the Bible is your stanin a while because if we miss dard of what God promises, study God’s message on Hell, we can up on what scripture says about and very likely will stumble Hell. into very deep doo doo for all A Christian blogger I like eternity. named Brent Riggs has a succinct, Bob Walters Frankly, I don’t spend a lot of four-part teaching on what the Spirituality my Christian faith-walk fearing Bible says about Hell at seriousHell because I wasn’t frightened faith.com, search “040722.” into the faith by threats of damnation. I was I don’t follow Christ because I fear Hell, intellectually drawn to Christ by a preponbut it’s a special kind of crazy to ignore derance of both evidence and emotion that Christ because you don’t fear Hell. acted on my heart, mind and soul.

Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com) fully appreciNow, none of that means I’m not a ates how uncomfortable it is to contemplate sinner; I am. So it’s necessary to take a Hell. Can you imagine what it’s like to be there? moment every now and then to contemplate the awfulness of sin and what, exactly, Hell is. “Eternal damnation” is a hackneyed

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and the moon both help determine when Easter falls. But, the “ecclesiastical” vernal equinox (always March 21) and its full moon, rather than the actual astronomical vernal equinox and its full Easter? moon are used to set Easter Well, long ago, the Anglodates. So, Easter fell on March Saxon Teutonic people of 23 this year, and will be April Europe celebrated a spring12 in 2009. Easter eggs/jelly time goddess of fertility. Her beans? Again, eggs have been name was Eastre/Eostre. a natural and long-established The symbol for Eastre was a symbol for rebirth and fertilrabbit. Since rabbits can mulity, dating back thousands of tiply quickly, they were a great years. In the 1800s, German symbol for fertility. Eastre’s settlers in America carried on name itself apparently was an the tradition of a bunny named ancient name for spring. Our “Oschter Haws” who left Easter is likely another variacolored eggs in nests for chiltion on Eastre’s name. dren at houses on Easter Eve. Bruce Braden Some people think our Colored eggs are said to repFaith word Easter evolved from resent the reborn sunlight and some mistranslations resulting the resurrected colors of spring. in the German word “ostern,” meaning In Hot Cross Buns, Christians see the sunrise. That, too, could make sense if Cross of Jesus, Mithraists saw the sword you realize that the celebration of Easter of Mithra, and Eastre’s revelers saw moon hinges on the vernal equinox, when quarters. Meanwhile, the Eastre Bunny night and day are almost equal in length. hops on and on.

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s a source of information, I’ve Flatter something she has created. The always found the Weird Wide guide said it doesn’t have to be anything Web about as reliable as the big; she’ll welcome praise on her superb party line, the rumor mill and execution of a nice dessert or cocktail. Oh? the kid in the ninth grade who Try this, then: “Gosh, honey, I thought the said he knew the real lyrics to way you negotiated peace in the “Louie Louie.”

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Never was this truer than until I tried your icebox cookies!” recently, when I stumbled onto Flatter her accomplishment an Internet essay purporting of a big goal. Shouldn’t you be to teach men how to score doing that anyway? If someone brownie points with the opdoes something well, it is only posite sex through flattery. appropriate to compliment “Flatter her physical attributes,” them. This comes under the it said. “Flatter something she heading of “truly caring” (as has created. Flatter her accomopposed to “merely trying to plishment of a big goal. Ask her rack up brownie points”), crossadvice. Defer to her in front of referenced under “manners.” your friends. Compliment her Ask for her advice. Do that Mike Redmond on a task in front of others.” and you’ll soon be looking Humor Of course, I recognized imfor tips on how to patch up a mediately that this was no helprelationship. Why? Because it’s ful essay; this was a fiendish plot to send only half the job. The other half? TAKE a bunch of gullible goofballs into a minethe advice. field, mapless.

Defer to her in conversation in front I know this because I am ... well, I was of her friends and compliment her on a going to say a former goofball, but that’s task in front of others. I lumped these in not true. I’m still a goofball. But I am a together because they remind me of those goofball with experience, having been old “My wife ... I think I’ll keep her” comthrough this particular minefield a time mercials for Geritol. That’s right, fellows. or two.

Go ahead and brag about what the little Let’s take the points one by one, shall lady accomplished ... all by her little bitty we? self! Then go look up “patronizing.”

Flatter her physical attributes. They Here’s the deal, men: Want to get forgot to add “at your peril.” Yes, there through the minefield that is a relationare certain women who seem to respond ship? Spend less time worrying about favorably to comments about various how to rack up brownie points, and more body regions. However, studies show the time just being open, honest, sincere and response is really for the money being loving. That goes for you women, too. tucked into what is left of their clothing.

Oh, and if a guy comes up to you Guys, I’m going to pass along the same and says he has the real lyrics to “Louie, advice my mother gave me when I was Louie,” save your quarter and tell him to a teenager, brimming with carbonated get lost. They’re on the Internet. hormones, and said something I believed Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, appropriate about the bounteously-aphumorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ pointed Raquel Welch who was, at that mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, moment, dancing across our TV screen.

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TIME ON MY HANDS

ave you got the time?

“Spring back, fall on your face?”

Ever since daylight-saving I reset all my wristwatches except my time officially began, the time Swiss Army model, which hasn’t worked of day in my house differs since Woodstock. I figure it’s right twice from room to room. I can’t a day, regardless. That’s good enough for figure it out. me.

Now, I wake up at about 7 Then there’s the grandfaa.m., I get down to my basether clock in the living room. ment office as quickly as I can I didn’t reset it because it’s and it’s already 8:15. Imagine unfair after all these years to if I had showered and shaved! ask the old guy to change.

My friend Bob called the It was tough enough for me other day to discuss the recent to adapt and I’m only 60. I political debates, but it was 2 know how set in their ways and I had a doctor’s appointseniors can be. ment at 2:30. “Well I’m in a Now let’s talk about my rush right now, Bob, but hold car clock. I have always had on. Let me call you back from that set five minutes ahead, another room where I’ll have anyway. That way when I am Dick Wolfsie about an hour extra to talk.” running a few minutes late, I Humor By the time I got to my still arrive on time. I decided appointment, the receptionnot to spring forward on that ist said I was two hours late and they clock, so now I can be 55 minutes late charged me $25. I guess I lose track of and I’ll still be early. I wonder why I time when I get too involved in a phone didn’t think of this before. conversation.

I showed Bob the beginning of this Now here’s something Rod Serling column, and he said it was dumbest might have been interested in. There is a thing he had ever read. He asked how difference of three minutes between the I find the time to write such rot. I said time on the hall clock and the microwave it was easy. I just go by the clock in the clock. I don’t laundry remember that room. being part of I also Gov. Daniels’ showed this plan. column to My VCR is my wife. She another probasked me lem. For the how many last year it’s words I had been flashing written and 12:00, but I I said about finally figured 500. She out how to wanted to if program it, so know if that now in honor of DST, it’s flashing 1:00. was long enough. I said it was, and she The clock radio is a real mystery besaid that no matter what the clock said, cause it’s an hour earlier than the dining it was clearly time to stop. room clock but two hours earlier than I think that’s a good idea. the bathroom clock. The bathroom clock Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and is right near where I keep the Nyquil, speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com. which makes me kind of loopy, and I distinctly remember thinking that night,

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JOINT BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: The Carmel and Westfield Washington Chambers of Commerce plan a joint Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m.

Thursday at the Ashley Furniture Home Store, 2003 E. Greyhound Pass, Village Park Plaza, Westfield. There is no charge.

RSVP today to 867.8066 or www. westfield-chamber.org.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS: The Carmel Chamber’s group of young professionals, the Arrows, will meet from 5 to 7 pm.

April 8 at Max & Erma’s Restaurant, 12195 N. Meridian St. The group is open to chamber members and guests, age 40 and below. There’s no fee to attend. Call 846.1049 to make a reservation or e-mail ab@carmelchamber.com

LOW-PRICED STOCKS: Fidelity LowPriced Stock (FLPSX) and Royce LowPriced Stock (RYLPX) have posted nearly 15 percent annual returns, which absolutely pummels that of the broader market. What’s their secret? Both of these funds invest solely in low-priced stocks. Tim Hanson of the Motley Fool says, “I have it on good authority… that the key to this strategy is to concentrate on finding stocks trading for less than $10 per share.” But he cautions that both success by keeping widely diversified with hundreds of stocks.

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practice it, and visualize the success of it. A good start makes it all easier.

Kill the key points: The middle takes care of itself if you know your material and understand you only need to make a couple of key points. It’s common for people to wrongfully believe the audience requires encyclopedic detail. They don’t. Most attendees can only absorb one to three key points. Take the pressure off.

It’s OK to talk about one key point for the entire program.

Clinch the close: You have to know how you are going to end. You should have a solid ending that allows you to close when you are ready and ends the program on a strong note – something to think about afterwards – a takeaway.

If you know why the audience is attending, all you need is a good start, a couple of key points, and a solid closing to turn a speaking event into a marketing opportunity. And if you get stuck in the middle, don’t think of something to say, think of something to ask. Also, know that when speaking in public, it is OK if people don’t share your opinions, but it’s never OK to sound hesitant. Always say it like you mean it.

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BACK ON MAIN: B. Meylor Interiors is moving back to Main Street. Starting Monday, B. Meylor Interiors will be open in its new location at 110 E. Main St. The building is located on the north side of Main, across First Avenue NE from Woody’s Library Restaurant. Studio hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by appointment by calling 844.3900.

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erry Seinfeld once said that at a funeral, most people would rather in be in the casket than giving the eulogy. Everyone knows that public speaking is a common fear among people. It also happens to be a fundamental way of establishing yourself as a thought leader and marketing your business. While there are thousands of tips available on how to be a better, more confident speaker, the following four are useful to consider.

David Cain Aim for the Marketing audience: If you don’t know the audience and you don’t know the reason they are attending, the intersection of your key points and their attention will be difficult to locate. You need a roadmap and understanding the audience at least lets you navigate with some benchmarks.

Slam the start: When you stare out at a sea (or even a small pond) of people, what will you say? There is a bucketful of anxiety about what to say first.

Make sure you know how you are going to start – what is your introduction? Know it,

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GRAND OPENING: Dr. Jeremy Ciano and the staff of Revolution Eyes will celebrate the grand opening of their new office from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at 14250 Clay Terrace Blvd, Suite 160, in Carmel. The grand CIANO opening will include tours of the new office and displays of the latest trends in fashion eyewear from presenting sponsors CibaVision, Oakley, Chanel, and TAG Heuer. All guests will also receive a gift certificate for a free appetizer from Abuelo’s. For more information, call 844.2020.

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IS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AS BAD AS IT IS PORTRAYED?

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iving in the Midwest, we are often affected by national issues that don’t pertain to us. The recent real estate and lending crisis is a prime example. Is the real estate market down? Absolutely.

What drives our market down though, is a national problem. Once again, Forbes magazine has ranked Indianapolis the most affordable market based on the ratio of incomes to median home prices. At the same time, builders are Nathan leaving and sales Thornberry are down, but only Real Money slightly by comparison to historical down markets.

What has affected our market is first and foremost the mortgage market. Subprime lending is all but gone, and the criteria to qualify for a conforming mortgage continue to tighten. The second factor is the glut of new homes that saturated the market, especially in the $150,000-$300,000 range over the last 10 to 15 years. Now that

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several builders are leaving the market or shutting their doors altogether, the future is bright, but the liquidation process is brutal to surrounding properties.

Yes, we have a lot of land to expand to in Metro Indy, but for the foreseeable future, massive development and expansion is no longer viable. And while some markets like New York and Los Angeles have unsustainably high home prices, ours are unsustainably low. When the market corrects, it will reward those homeowners, property investors, and developers who take advantage of the market opportunities we see today in distressed and undervalued property.

Nathan Thornberry, a Carmel resident, is owner of Residential Warranty Services. You may e-mail him at pnthornberry@blackberry. nextel.net.

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hy do so many drivers slow hands that it really doesn’t matter? down for green lights?

A green light is an opportunity. It’s an This is a classic pet peeve opportunity to advance. We are to seize of mine. It’s happened to opportunity, not yield to it. I am not you too, right? You’re driv- advocating that people drive in an unsafe ing, following another car, apmanner, so don’t get upset proaching a stop light. There’s and send me a nasty e-mail. plenty of time...the light is Perhaps someone should create green. You get closer and closer a bumper sticker that says, “I and then what happens? The brake for green lights.” That person in front of you hits the way the rest of us would know brakes. The light turns yellow, to pass these people before we then red, and you sit there anget to a stoplight. Maybe the noyed because there was plenty highway department could of time for both of you to make mount those timer things they it through. use at crosswalks on top of UGH. traffic signals so that drivers There are actually two types could know how many seconds of people who brake for green remain before the light turns Kent Burns lights. One group just taps yellow. If it’s good enough for On Success the brakes, and then goes on pedestrians, why not cars? through. Other folks R-I-D-E That’s actually a really good the brakes, just begging the light to turn idea. Someone please run with it. red. When it inevitably does, I am sure In the meantime, consider what your they think, “Wow, good thing I hit the driving style reveals about you. If you brakes. I only had 10 more seconds to get brake for green lights, what other opportuthrough there!” nities are passing you by?

LOSERS! Kent Burns is a Carmel resident, professional Do these same people speaker and author of “What’s Your Why?” His slooooooooooooowwww down every time blog is www.kentburnsblog.com and he can they pass a restroom, just in case they get be reached at kent@currentincarmel.com a sudden urge to urinate? Are they bored?

Is it that they have so much time on their

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he inflation of the commodity poultry will have increases in prices as the market is going to strip away any year continues. savings from Sir Bernanke’s rate Sir Bernanke can’t raise interest rates to cuts. Those of you that strengthen the dollar given the read this article need depressed real estate market. to go to your local grocery and Our foreign debt grows by buy your favorite pasta. There the day. It is time for a little will not be any pasta for about American ingenuity. We need four months because we are out inflation! We need to pay back of the type of wheat that makes these foreign debts with inflated pasta. dollars. We need a technoThe hard wheat market has logical advancement in energy. gone from $6 a bushel to the We have made the Middle $24 a bushel. Basically, there is East rich. We are making the a severe shortage of high quality Chinese rich. pasta flour. Historically, when America believes in the free the price gets crazy, the farmmarket system, but we are getBrian Shapiro ers will plant more wheat and ting clobbered with the foreign With Mustard prices will fall. My guess is that money owning our debt and wheat will retreat to $12-$16 buying our natural resources. dollars this fall, but who really knows. The Our outflow of money is related to oil. $6 price is gone forever. The price of pasta The price of wheat is higher because of oil, is going up. weak dollar, weather, and a huge demand America is writing a new chapter in from other countries. We have to find an economics. We are converting corn and alternative to energy because we cannot cane into fuel. America used to loan Third keep shipping our money and goods to World countries money to buy our grains, other countries at our expense. and now the Third World countries have more money than we do. “Scotty,” we have Brian Shapiro, a non-practicing certified public account and lawyer, is the owner of Shapiro’s a problem.

Delicatessen. You may e-mail him at info@ Our citizens are not going to be to currentincarmel.com. afford to feed ourselves. Beef, pork and

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WHAT’S IT WORTH? MY OPINION:

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Square footage: 5,258, including 1,776 in the finished basement.

Rooms: This five-bedroom home has four and a half baths, a two-story great room, open central staircase, expansive screen porch, kitchen with quality cabinets, Corian countertops, center island and breakfast bar. There is also an in-ground pool with an automatic cover.

Strengths: This home has a great outdoor living area with a large screened porch, pool, exposed aggregate patio, wrought

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9 W. Main St, Carmel, IN 46032 Owner: Denise Frazier Pettee In Business: Opening Friday Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. WednesdaySaturday or by appointment (hours will likely extend as weather gets warmer.)

Phone: 848.5353 E-mail: frazierpettee@earthlink.net Web site: www.frazierpettee.com It’s been a quick transformation from the former Pizza King game room to a stylish art gallery. After discovering the location in mid-December, Denise Frazier

iron fence and more than 50 trees. Special features include built-ins, tray ceilings, hardwood floors, a fifth bedroom on the main floor, and a full finished basement.

Challenges: According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Board of Realtors, there are 88 active listings in this price range in Carmel.

John Pacilio and his team specialize in Carmel real estate with RE/MAX Ability Plus. Contact him at 216.8500 or John@ JohnPacilio.com

Pettee and her husband, Jim, have had the space completely renovated and will open Frazier Pettee Fine Art Friday. With an abundance of galleries in the Carmel Arts & Design District, Pettee said she wanted to offer something unique to the area. Her gallery is the only one featuring impressionist paintings, all her own. After working as an illustrator and teacher and raising three children, Pettee said she rediscovered her love for fine art in 1996 and has been painting avidly ever since. She describes her painting style as “bold and expressive.” Pettee often paints “en plein aire,” or “on location,” capturing ballet rehearsals, street scenes in Paris, landscapes in Vermont and more.

MONEY MATTERS Beginning April 1, the Indiana sales tax will increase from 6 to 7 percent.

Will you accelerate a planned purchase before the sales tax is increased?

“No. I don’t have anything large I want to buy before then.”

Nick Worsham, Carmel

“My wife just bought a new couch a couple days ago. But it was on the spur, not because of the tax increase.”

Lavon McDaniel, Carmel

“No. I didn’t even know about it, but I wasn’t planning on making any large purchases anytime soon anyway.”

Jan McGuffey, Noblesville

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Nutrition. I will make this simple: Get off the fad diets. Find a nutrition plan that is realistic for a lifetime and lifestyle. You may have to put a little work into this. It involves five to seven smaller meals throughout the day, lots of water and little to no sugar. Most women will require between 1,250 and 2000 calories, will require between 1,600 and 2,500 calories. If you rely solely on an exercise program without incorporating the proper nutritional balance, your expected results may come slower or not at all.

John Karesh, who owns Fitness Together in Carmel, is an exercise and nutrition expert.

For more information, you may e-mail him at FTCarmel@att.net.

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Maximum heart rate: 206.9 beats per minute minus 0.67; multiply by age (in this case, 23).

You end up with 191 bpm. Take that number and subtract your resting heart rate (in this case 65).

You end up with 126 bpm. Multiply that number by 65 percent (low end of heart rate zone) or 85 percent (high end) to get 82 or 107 bmp, then add 65 to get your exercise heart rate.

Resistance and or weight John Karesh training is a noFitness brainer. Weight training will increase your metabolism. This means the more muscle you have will burn more calories. This directly correlates to weight loss. Bone density also will increase. Some studies have shown that people who weight-train have about 50 percent greater bone density than someone who does not exercise. These benefits are amazing, considering women after age 30 lose about 3 percent per year.

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SPRINT FOR SPEED! Speed training conditions the fast-twitch muscle fibers that are seldom recruited during slower running. It also maximizes aerobic capacity and increases stride power and efficiency.

Plus, speed training makes you ripped.

You burn more calories, because, simply, it takes more energy to run hard. Fast running is the perfect companion to strength training. — Menshealth.com

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o you want to make a difference in the way you look and feel? Here are three “opportunities.� When combined, they will produce the desired results.

You must stay true to the program. The way you will look and feel will improve your life in multiple ways.

Cardiovascular training. The largest and most important muscle in your body is the heart. Many people’s health woes would go away by starting a simple cardiovascular training program.

Education of your cardiovascular system is key. Simply starting a walking program is fine, but actually breaking a sweat and getting your heart into a training zone is key. Realistically you want your heart rate to be at 65 percent to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. The Karovonen Formula can be used to calculate your optimal training zone. Here’s an example (clip it out and keep it with you):

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LEARN ABOUT EATING DISORDERS: The Church at the Crossing (9111 N. Haverstick Road) will offer “Living to Eat,� a free seminar on eating disorders, at 9:30 a.m. on April 5. If you are concerned about yourself, a friend or family member, come explore the symptoms, causes, and treatment options for eating disorders. In addition, discover what can be done to prevent an eating disorder.

Here are 3 easy lifestyle change tips

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HEALTH WATCH MEMORY BOOST: Vincent Fortanasce, MD, a Neurological Rehabilitation Specialist at the Fortanasce Neurology Center in Acadia, Calif., recommends adding 1 cup of blueberries to your daily diet; studies show they contain compounds that improve short-term memory. You should also increase your intake of fruits, vegetables, and fatty fish (such as salmon) to help protect and nourish brain cells; cut saturated fat to keep your heart strong and pumping blood to your head; and replace refined grains with whole ones to keep brain fuel reserves full.

— health.msn.com STEW ON THIS: Here are four fresh picks to throw into your pot. Parsnip – Health bonus: Phytochemicals called phthalides ward off cold-weather aches. Serve it: toss it into soups.

Winter squash – Health bonus: Full of immunity-boosting vitamin A to head off colds and flu. Serve it: roasted. Sweet potato – Health bonus: contains beta-carotene to keep skin soft and smooth. Serve it: baked or mashed. Artichoke – Health bonus: lots of fiber (one has six grams) to keep overeating at bay. Serve it: steamed or boiled.

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CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING BEANS: Except for your morning wheat bran, no food is more fiber-rich than beans. And beans are especially high in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. Eating a cup of any type of beans a day — particularly kidney, navy, pinto, black, chickpea or butter beans — can lower cholesterol by as much as 10 percent in 6 weeks.

— prevention.com INGREDIENT WATCH: Potassium bromate. Used to process flour, bromate has been the subject of much scrutiny and concern. A study by the FDA concluded that “it is reasonable, based on an extensive database, to assume that bromate induces tumors via oxidative damage.”

A committee of experts from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization deemed its use as a flour agent “unacceptable” based on evidence that it causes cancer in animals. It also appears to cause abnormalities in human blood cells in lab experiments. While potassium bromate has not been banned in the U.S., the FDA discourages bakers from using it.

— newsweek.com

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SHARE YOUR HEALTHY RECIPES AND WIN TICKETS TO ‘TASTE” Create a healthy gourmet recipe and enter it to win tickets to the Taste of Indianapolis, which will be April 23 at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.

Here’s how to enter: • Create a unique healthy gourmet recipe.

• E-mail your recipe to infoclariannorth@clariannorth.com.

• Include your name, address and phone number in the e-mail.

• Winners will be contacted by phone on April 21.

Healthy recipes should meet one or more of the following criteria: • Low fat • Low sodium • Filled with vitamins and nutrients • Full-flavor The contest runs through April 14. Two grand prize winners will each receive four tickets to Taste of Indianapolis. One runner-up will get two tickets. Grand prize recipes will be printed and distributed to all attendees at the event. All three winning recipes will be posted on the Clarian North Web site.

Taste of Indianapolis, presented by Clarian North Medical Center, will be from 6 to 9 p.m. April 23 at Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian St., Carmel. Visit clariannorth.com for more details.

BLU-RAY LIVE SUPPORT: Sony has announced that its PlayStation 3 is poised to take the next step in the evolution of the Blu-ray Disc format. The firmware, due soon, will update the PS3 to Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, also referred to as BD Live. BD Live enables Internetconnected activities such as multiplayer gaming, e-commerce, downloading new content, and social networking.

— pcworld.com

FORGET THE EXTRAS: Do you really need call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding and three-way calling? Figure out which services you actually use and cancel the ones you don’t. Also, consider paying your bill online, especially if you have a cheap phone plan already. Some low-cost carriers charge a fee to send you a paper bill.

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an extended period. In some cases, you can remove the ink cartridges and place them in a sealed plastic bag to reduce the chances of them drying out (check the support section of the manufacturer’s Web site before doing this). Make sure you store the ink cartridges upright and put a piece of tape over the print nozzle and any breather holes.

As far as getting your e-mail while on the road, there are no shortage of options.

Sign up for a “web-mail” account before you hit the road so you can get your messages from any Internet terminal. Sign up for a free Gmail account from Google at http://mail.google.com. You can configure Gmail to check your regular e-mail account(s) as long as they conform to industry standards for electronic mail.

Cruise ship and hotels these days offer options for gaining access to the Internet, but most are very expensive as they are charging you for the convenience.

If you do a little homework before you leave and think through exactly what level of access you will need while on vacation, you can be very efficient and keep the costs down.

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High-quality lightweight frame material and UV400 polarized flip-up lens. A rechargeable battery provides a battery life of up to 9 hours (shooting 1 photo/ minute). USB 2.0 interface via a standard Mini USB port for data upload and download & re-charging the battery.

The sunglasses also allow you to enjoy your music via MP3 playback. Built-in earbuds provide super convenient listen capability and can be hooked out of the way when not in use. $99.99.

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Protect your computer while you’re away by shutting it down and unplugging it from the electrical outlet as well as any Internet connection.

This will protect it from any external power anomalies while you are away.

Most people remember to unplug the computer from the power outlet to Gary Hubbard eliminate any chancTechnology es of getting “hit,” but don’t realize that the computer is still exposed to potential power surges through a high-speed Internet connection or even a dial-up modem.

Another thing to consider is your inkjet printer. Inkjet printerscan get clogged up when they’re not used during a long vacation (this is not an issue with laser printers). No matter what brand of printer you use, run the built-in head cleaning utility for your inkjet printer prior to leaving for

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Put a fresh edge on the beds Soon, ambitious homeownwith your recently sharpened ers begin to wonder about flat edge spade and administer the exterior “spring clean” a final clean up of the lawn and that typically consumes more beds. I like to loosen up the mulch, grass seed and ibuproold, crusty mulch with a hard fen than we care to budget for. rake to hasten decomposition Following is a simple strategy and allow the beds to breathe. designed to cause this stimulatSpread your favorite pre-emering process to flow efficiently. gent weed control and 12.12.12 FIRST, properly sharpen all fertilizer to ease summer Randy Sorrell maintenance and repeat in late shovels and pruning blades for Gardening lasting dividends. Then love August. Spread mulch to a total your mower a little with predepth of 4 inches, including the ventive maintenance (sharpen the blade, old stuff. We prefer the dark, pure, shreddrain and replace fluids, scrape debris from ded hardwood mulch free of disturbing under the deck, fresh spark plug, etc). additives like sand and ground up pallets.

THEN, start high and clean the gutters Starved for the great outdoors? Enjoy (before cleaning the mulch beds). Work the feast! your way down to cutting back toasty Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS ornamental grasses and snipping spent

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• Check your wipers and top off your Many folks hurry in to their washer fluid. local mechanic to have their • Carry some rags and a gallon of anticar “looked over” for a trip. freeze in the trunk just in case If you are a do-it-yourselfer, you encounter overheating I’d like to share with you the during steep grades in the basic checklist I follow for my mountains. own vehicles to ensure safe, I recommend these be problem free and fuel-efficient checked a week or so BEFORE travel: your trip to allow time in case • Change the oil (if you think you need some repair or seryou’ll exceed the service vice. Not the day OF the trip interval indicated on your necessarily, although, this is oil change sticker during better than nothing. the trip).

These might all sound fa• Check tire pressure and miliar and they should. It’s adjust as necessary. If any what you get when your oil is Joe Peil are significantly differchanged at our facility or any Automotive ent than the rest, have it other. It’s always better to serchecked for a leak. If any vice your vehicle at a “familare bald, replace them! iar” shop rather than at a shop while on • Make sure your spare is properly the road. For those of you not traveling, inflated. some of your children are coming home • Make sure your air filter is clean (this from college for their break and it’s a improves fuel economy). great time to have their vehicle checked.

• Make sure ALL fluids are topped off.

When I’m traveling and see a car (These are power steering fluid, brake broken down on the side of a highway, fluid, antifreeze, transmission and oil.) I always wonder if they took the time to • Look for any drips in the garage. check these simple things.

(Depending on its nature, these can Joe Peil owns Joe’s Auto Service in Carmel. haunt you on the road if not checked You may contact him at 846.3216. by a professional.)

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Erma L. Moffitt, 90, of Carmel, passed away March 13, 2008. She was born in Carmel on June 28, 1917, to the late Otis and Ina Brown Brattain.

She was a graduate of Carmel High School. Mrs. Moffitt enjoyed sewing, cross-stitching and was known as a great cook, especially for her macaroni and cheese. She had worked at Ann’s Hutch Restaurant in Carmel and the candy counter at Carmel High School. Mrs. Moffitt was a lifetime member of the Carmel OES and the Rekamemoh Club of Carmel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers and her husband, John William Moffitt. Survivors include her

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11895 N. Meridian St. 8:35:00 a.m., theft, 13511 Dallas Lane 8:36:07 a.m., theft, 11324 Green St. 10:27:38 a.m., alarm burglar, 867 W. Carmel Drive 12:53:14 p.m., theft, 5403 Zoeller Circle 1:25:14 p.m., assist public, 10012 Holaday Drive 2:25:18 p.m., accident property damage, 2050 E. 96th St. 3:07:48 p.m., alarm hold up, 14490 Clay Terrace Blvd.

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DISPATCHES THINK YOU’RE TOO OLD to attend the rock concerts or ride the roller coasters you used to love? Not so fast! Acting like a kid again can help your brain stay young, too. Turn out that the production of another important brain chemical, dopamine, drops off naturally as we age, so we can lose the feelings of elation and pleasure and end up with a lack of vigor. Pump up your brain’s dopamine production by consistently doing what you enjoy, and you’ll preserve a healthy mental function.

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“If you’re not nervous, you’re either a liar or a fool. But you’re not a professional.” – Jerry Lewis.

— esquire GRAB A TALL ONE: Pour your drink into a tall, narrow glass and you’ll sip much less than if you used a short, wide one — but you’ll think you’re drinking the same amount, report Cornell University researchers.

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An average room that feels unfinished is often a space where every color used in a room is an exact match. Depth and interest begins when various shades of the colors used are introduced.

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Color tones in fabric that blend rather than provide a perfect match allow a room to relax. A precise match feels too perfect and the opportunity for visual depth is lost. In addition, fabrics have subtle variations in color and texture that bring out new, interesting aspects of a room that are lost to sameness.

Another aspect of this weave of color and style is the idea of mixing wood finishes. Designers generally work with the premise that not only is it OK, it is mandatory to mix finishes to create a room with abundant personality. Anyone with a willing credit card limit can walk into a big box furniture store, select a furniture grouping and have a “room to go” delivered within a week or two.

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sleek, modern style can be dramatically softened by the introduction of an antique. The introduction of a contemporary item such as a sunburst mirror gives a traditional room a sense of humor. It does not “match” but it works!

Once again, these are not looks that can be purchased from a pre-designed furniture store grouping. A room of depth and interest is a reflection of a life well lived.

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COUPLES DATE NIGHT: Get lost in the Bermuda Triangle and learn to cook fabulous Caribbean cuisine. Kiss Z Cook’s chef will teach you how to prepare a romantic meal that will make you feel like you’re on a cruise. It will be at 6 p.m.

Saturday at Kiss Z Cook, 890 E. 116th St., Carmel. Cost is $125 per couple. Register at 815.0681.

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IT’S ELEMENTARY: The Indianapolis’ Sherlock Holmes group, The Illustrious Clients, a Baker Street Irregulars scion society, will hold a meeting at The Mystery Company (233 Second Ave. SW, Carmel) at 6 p.m. Saturday. Join them for a discussion of “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” followed by dinner (bring your own take-out). All are welcome. For more information about the Clients, go to www.illustriousclients. org.

MUSICAL TICKETS: Tickets go on sale April 1 in the Carmel High School bookstore for the spring musical, “42nd Street.” Performances are May 8, 9, 10 at 7:30 p.m. and May 10 and May 11 at 2 p.m. in the high school’s Dale E. Graham Auditorium.

UPCOMING TRIPS: Washington Township Parks and Recreation (1549 E. Greyhound Pass, Carmel) will hold an informational meeting for its upcoming international trips to China, Italy, and France, at 7 p.m. on April 14 in the conference room. Registration for the meeting is required, either in person or online. For details, go to www. washingtontownship-hc.us.

Patricia Bartels, “More than a Statistic” (mixed media)

art students. More than 2,100 submissions – in acrylics, oils, pastels, watercolors, photography and two-dimensional mixed media – came from 43 countries.

Most of the American entries were from people diagnosed with cancer, family members, friends and caregivers, including several Indiana artists.

In 2006 Patricia Bartels, an art teacher from Brown County, was moved to create a painting to honor her friend and colleague, gym teacher Karen Harper, a breast cancer survivor. Her mixed-media canvas “More Than a Statistic” will be on display here next week. “ ‘More Than a Statistic’ symbolizes all of the numbers you hear surrounding a

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HOOSIER GROUP: The Blue Egg Gallery, 430 1/2 N. Range Line Road, will honor the Hoosier Group, Indiana’s famous group of five painters who brought impressionism back to Indiana in the early 1900s. The rooms at the gallery will be named after T.C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark, William Forsyth and Richard Gruelle. Then on April 19, there will be free one-hour workshops, open to the public. Instruction in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil, calligraphy and photography will be given by our resident artists.

When someone has cancer, it affects everyone around them. An exhibition of works of art that “honors the journeys people face when confronted with a cancer diagnosis” shows through visual imagery just how the disease impacts the families and friends of cancer patients.

Hosted by Clarian North Medical Center’s office of Coordinated Breast Care Services, “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” is an exhibition of 25 drawings and paintings visible Sunday through April 5. Works will be visible in the atrium of the hospital at North Meridian Street at 116th Street and in the Women’s Diagnostics lobby, as well as in Suite 545 of Clarian’s Medical Office Building.

The project began in 2004, when Eli Lilly and Co. and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship asked women with cancer to create works that express emotions felt by cancer patients. The first group for the biennial competition included more than 400 objects of art from 23 countries. On world tour, they reached millions of people in more than 100 cities around the world.

In 2006, the competition was opened to anyone affected by cancer, including patients’ families and friends, cancer advocates, health care providers, artists and

cancer diagnosis, while capturing the fact that my friend was – and is – more than the sum of all the statistics flashed at us,” Bartels said, referring to the large numerals that dominate her color-energized painting. “I know that Karen was really touched that I created something based on her experience.”

Another 25 works from the 2006 competition will be shown at Clarian West Medical Center, North Ronald Reagan Parkway, Avon, during the same period.

The current world tour, which includes week-long visits at cancer centers, hospitals, physicians’ offices and cancer advocacy group offices, will take the canvases to about 200 cities, where the show is intended to inspire and lend hope to people affected by cancer.

Artists inspired by the exhibition have until June 30 to submit work for the 2008 competition.

For more information about the 2008 “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” competition, visit www.LillyOncologyOnCanvas.com.

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Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 to 10:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Kathy Jones, executive chef at Bistro de Paris, is focused on more than food at the newly opened French restaurant in the Arts & Design District. The aim of the restaurant is to be an integral part of the community, Jones said.

Bistro opened its doors Feb. 14 as part of the Arts & Design District Valentine’s Day Art Walk. Since then, Jones said it has enjoyed a regular influx of customers and a supportive neighborhood.

Popular dishes so far include salmon and seafood cocktail, but Jones said she thinks people are still experimenting with various dishes on the menu because the restaurant is so new.

Bistro’s food selection is unique in that it features French cuisine with a “fusion” of American and African tastes, stemming from co-owner Kamafily Sissoko, who is from Mali.

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What: World premiere of “Midwestern Hemisphere,” a play by Lou Harry and Eric Pfeffinger, presented by the Heartland Actors’ Repertory Theatre When: 8 p.m., Friday Where: In the Artsgarden, above Washington and Illinois Streets, Indianapolis.

Cost: $18 adults, with $10 student rush tickets available after 7:30 p.m.

Details: What happens when people who live next door to each other suddenly have to become, well, neighbors? The result can be described as “Desperate Housewives” meets “The Truman Show” by way of “Our Town.”

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Karaoke with Mark When: 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

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Theater Music Mickey’s Irish Pub Friday: Big Daddy Caddy. Saturday: The Merecats. Location: 13644 N. Meridian St., Carmel. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub.com.

Jennifer Kirk and Friends Date: Thursday and Friday. Location: Kincaid’s at Clay Terrace, 14159 Clay Terrace Blvd., Carmel. Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Featuring half-priced appetizers and drink specials for beer wine and cocktails, everyday from 3 to 7 p.m. and from 9 p.m. until closing. Phone: 575.9005 Web: kincaids.com.

Monte Montgomery Date: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday (doors open at 7:30). Location: The Music Mill, 3720 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis. Tickets: $12.

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Karaoke Bobby Brennan’s Family Pub Date: 9 p.m. to close Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Location: 81 E. Main

Show Boat Dates: Thursday through May 11.

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APRIL 1 -30 Carmel Illustrator April Willy is showcasing original illustrations from her four published children’s books at the CCA Gallery of Zionsville at 27 E. Cedar St. Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 7331813. Artist reception Friday, April, 11 5-7:30 p.m. Info: 352.9656 APRIL 13, 20 and 27 Prairie Trace Elementary School Art Exhibit.

Carmel Arts Council’s World’s Smallest Children’s Art Gallery, 40 W. Main St., Carmel.

2 – 4 p.m. Info: 844.4989 APRIL 19 Carmel Symphony Orchestra will present “Joy & Passion” on Saturday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Westfield High School, 18250 N. Union St., Westfield. Info: 844.9717.

APRIL 26 “Enjoy the Ride” Fundraiser for Prime Life at Irsay Charity Pavilion, Carmel. Cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner, silent and live auction. Cost $100. Info: 815.7000.

APRIL 27 International Talent Academy’s Second Annual Fundraiser, 4 to 8 p.m. at The

Mansion at Oak Hill, 5801 E. 116th St., Carmel. Featuring piano and ballroom dance showcase by the winners of local and national competitions. Info: 815.9381.

MAY 1 Carmel Arts Council’s 8th Annual English Silver Tea. ‘Garden Party at the Ritz’ at the Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian St., Carmel.

3 to 5:30 p.m. garden setting with live plants for sale, silent auction and this year a spectacular tea menu. Donation $20. Info: Linda Bachofner, 844.6033.

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ALL MONTH Kathleen Wenzel Biale will exhibit her work (watercolor and oil) on the Carmel/Clay Library’s Art Wall during all dates the Library is open. 55 Fourth Ave. S.E. Info: 844.6711

MAY 2-4; 9-11; and 16-18 Carmel Community Players present “The Foreigner” at 15 First Ave. NE, Carmel. Info: 815.9387 MAY 8-10 Carmel-based Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will host the Regional Dance America Circle of Dance Festival.

Approximately 350 pre-professional dancers from 10 Midwestern states will participate in three days of intensive dance training, lectures, seminars and social events. Info: 844.7453 or www.cidedance.org.

Please e-mail your art events for May to Doreen Squire Ficara, Executive Director, Carmel Arts Council at dsfcarmelarts@yahoo. com by April 18 for listing in Current in Carmel’s Carmel Arts Calendar.

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