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CarmelFest announces entertainment lineup Current Publishing CarmelFest 2010 officials have announced a wide variety of acts for this year’s running, July 4-5 at Civic Square. The schedule: July 4 Gazebo Main Stage Noon-2:45 p.m. – CarmelFest Has Talent 3:15-4:15 p.m. – Carmel Brass 5-7 p.m. – Barometer Soup (rock, beach/island) 7:30-10:30 p.m. – The Wright Brothers (country, rock, Americana) Americana North Zone Noon-1 p.m. – Charlie's Pocket Jazz Trio 1-1:45 p.m. – Indy Dog and Disc: Frisbee Dog Show 1:45-2:30 p.m. – Actors Theater of Indiana: Patriotic Theater 2:45-3:45 p.m. – Emily Ann Thompson: Celtic music 3:45-4:30 p.m. – Indy Dog and Disc: Frisbee Dog Show 4:45-5:30 p.m. – Actors Theater of Indiana: Patriotic Theater 5:30-5:45 p.m. – Carmel Fire Dept: Cooking Fire Demonstration 6-7:30 p.m. – Gordon Bonham Blues Band 8-10 p.m. – Blue Monkey Side Show KidZone South Stage 1 p.m. – Indiana Jim's Reptile Show 2:30 p.m. – Master Yoo's Worldclass Tae Kwon Do: Interactive Demo 3:30 p.m. – ShowTime Dance Company: Musical and Dance Review 5 p.m. – Indiana Jim's Reptile Show 6 p.m. – ShowTime Dance Company: Musical and Dance Review 7 p.m. – Oogles n Googles Interactive Rock and Roll Experience 8 p.m. – Silly Safaris Animal Show 9 p.m. – Comedy Sportz July 5 Gazebo Main Stage Noon-1:30 p.m. – The Tides (Caribbean-flavored rock) 2-3:30 p.m. – Deep Breath: (light rock) 4-5:30 p.m. – Healing Sixes (original rock) 6-7:30 p.m. – Blair and Co. (rock, R&B) 7:30-8:15 p.m. – CarmelFest Has Talent finals 8:30-9:45 p.m. – Carmel Symphony Orchestra 9:45 p.m. – Fireworks with simulcast on B105.7 Americana North Zone Noon-1 p.m. – Carmel Voices: Patriotic a capella 1-1:45 p.m. – Dog and Disc: Frisbee Dog Show 1:45-2 p.m. – Carmel Fire Dept: Cooking Fire Demonstration 2-3 p.m. – Heavenly Mambo (jazz trio) 3:30-5 p.m. – Jimmy the Doorman (classic rock) 5-5:15 p.m. – Carmel Fire Dept: Cooking Fire Demonstration 5:15-6 p.m. – Indy Dog and Disc: Frisbee Dog Show 6-7:45 p.m. – Ben Hammond (solo acoustic rock) 8:15-9:45 p.m. – The Elms (original rock) 9:45 p.m. – Fireworks with simulcast on B105.7 KidZone South Stage Noon – Silly Safaris Animal Show 1 p.m. – Oogles n Googles Interactive Under the Sea Experience 2 p.m. – Magical Moments with Ryan Demler 3 p.m. – Comedy Sportz 4 p.m. – MC Axe and the Firecrew w/ Kasey the fire and life safety dog 6 p.m. – Oogles n Googles Interactive Rock and Roll Experience 7 p.m. – Magical Moments with Ryan Demler 8 p.m. – MC Axe and the Firecrew w/ Kasey the fire and life safety dog 9 p.m. – ShowTime Dance Company: Musical and Dance Review * All schedules subject to change.

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Ten finalists selected for Great American Songbook Competition IN), Gabriela Carrillo (Palatine, IL), Crofton Coleman Current in Carmel (Champaign, IL), Tyler Huckstep (Crawfordsville, The Michael Feinstein IN), Andrew Johnston (Bourbonnais, IL), Krystal Foundation last week announced Morris (Beavercreek, OH), Bethany Perkins (Brighton, the 10 finalists who will parMI), Madeline Raube (Glen Ellyn, IL), Jillian Slade ticipate in the 2010 Great (Dubuque, IA) and Annie Yokom (Naperville, IL).

American Songbook Academy Johnson and Huckstep were finalists in the inaugural and Competition, the only competition last year. high school vocal academy and The competition will be held from June 2 through competition in the U.S. dediFeinstein 6, with the first-place winner receiving a trip to sing in cated solely to the music from New York City with five-time Grammy Award nomiBroadway, Hollywood musical theatre and the Tin Pan nee and world-renowned performer Michael Feinstein.

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Swensson: All cuts will be undone Current in Carmel Carmel Clay Schools Superintendent Jeff Swensson said all teaching positions previously cut would be restored thanks to the referendum approved by voters last Tuesday.

The seven-year, $12 million tax levy passed with 10,417 Swensson votes – 58 percent of the total ballots cast. The school board voted in March to cut 40 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions in response to funding deficiencies, and President Andy Klein had

stated that most of the cuts could be undone if the referendum passed. Last week, Swensson said all 40 cuts would be undone.

Swensson also released a statement earlier in the week thanking the public for passing the referendum and all individuals who helped spread the word.

“As we look forward to creating a bright future for our students, for our school district, and for our community, the Carmel Clay Schools extends a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ for passage of the Referendum so we can maximize the positive effect our great school system strives to have on each of our students,” he said in the statement.

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It is our position that the city of Carmel benefits tremendously from its AA+ bond rating. After reviewing 28 other school districts and municipalities, Standard and Poor’s Rating Service recently raised our hometown’s rating from AA to AA+ (AAA being the highest score afforded). Some may scratch their heads and wonder why this is such important news. In essence, this grade is similar to and exemplary credit score – the higher the score, the better the credit risk and the lower the cost of credit.

According to Standard and Poor’s Web site, “Credit ratings express an opinion about the stability of an issuer … a city government, to meet its financial obligations in full and on time.” Standard and Poor cited Carmel’s strong income levels, strong gross assessed values and low unemployment rate. Mayor James Brainard and the City Council and city department heads have maintained strong fiscal discipline through the current economic downturn, leaving us in excellent financial condition.

A good bond rating will save taxpayer dollars through lower interest rates for our projects. We urge our city leaders to continue their good work. We urge leaders in Washington to protect the U.S. bond rating, in similar fashion, by exercising fiscal greater restraint.

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To be clear, the views reflected in the “Backshop” are the personal views of Publisher Brian Kelly and General Manager Steve Greenberg. Current Publishing enjoys the support of an independent group of editorial board members, none of whom are employed by Current Publishing.

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Every week, we will print a portion of the U.S. Constitution, followed by a portion of the Indiana Constitution. We encourage you to benchmark government policies against these bedrock documents. Today: the U.S. Constitution..

Amendment 12 continued … The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the

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But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Amendment 13 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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From the backshop The Fed should be held accountable Does anyone truly believe the U.S. Senate is seriously considering financial reform? Is it just a formality, one from which our grimfaced representatives will emerge with a “Well, we tried” explanation? Our friends at American for Limited Government hit the nail on the head last week, calling for the Senate to comprehensively audit the Federal Reserve as part of the overall process. ALG also demanded prohibition on potential bailouts by the central bank. We know amendments sponsored by senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and David Vitter (R-La.) would do just that, although none appears to have much of a chance of passing.

Despite the Fed’s role in contributing to the financial crisis, officials still lack the onions to corral it. Congress should not let go of this.

If it does, in the end it will have abdicated its constitutional responsibility to ensure the fiscal health of the fiscal policies of our nation. That would be wholly shameful.

••• Heroism was in full swing last Wednesday, when a group of Carmel High School students participating in an outdoor session of advanced physical conditioning noticed

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg groundskeeper Rick Schoolcraft literally on fire after the lawnmower he was operating appeared to have seriously malfunctioned.

Three male youths rushed to his aid, taking off their T-shirts and batting the flames until they were extinguished. Others ran back into the school in search of fire extinguishers, which, we were told, they could not immediately locate. Schoolcraft, whose condition was unknown at press time, still was hospitalized. This wonderful behavior by the students stands in stark contrast to those being investigated for the alleged bullying case in January. By the way, do you wonder, as we do, why the investigation of the basketball mess is taking so long? “No comment” is not a suitable explanation.

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Current’s referendum coverage should be applauded Editor: On behalf of all those voted “no” to the school referendum, I would like to thank the Current in Carmel staff for providing a honest dialogue on the issue of increased property taxes to fund our public school system. Thank you to all those who voted “no” to increased taxes!

To Superintendent Swensson, we will be watching to see if you will be able to keep your promise that this referendum money will be used to increase “teacher” staff and not “other non-teaching positions.”

To the school administration and the public school employee union, do not view this refer-

endum money as a slush fund for the up-coming negotiations, because Carmel families are hurting in this economic downturn, and our hardearned tax payer dollars need to be prudently spent on the children.

Shame on the proponents of this referendum for using the students of the school district as props at the polling sites to play on the emotions of the taxpayers making hard decisions regarding their own family’s budget shortfalls! We want to challenge the school district to do more with less!

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ing that people not university trained to teach should be allowed to do so. They argued that special skills and talents imparted in the secondary schooling at the college level made certain folks prepared to teach and others, absent this training, not able to instruct the youngsters.

Yet, we still work for hours at night to learn (and then teach) any number of academic subjects to our own children. When I ask who performs well in these technical subjects and then ask what those kids’ parents do for a living, there is a correlative. Math parents produce better math students. Is it genetic, or is it latenight instructional sessions?

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By Terry Anker Even as a reasonably well-educated human, I feel increasingly ill prepared to be teaching material to my own children. The basics of math, science and reading for the lower school were manageable. However, we are now working on dividing square roots and a whole bunch of stuff that doesn’t really come up that much when working on a structured finance deal or writing a column for a newspaper. To be clear, this is not a commentary on teachers but how education is being delivered.

It is troubling that American children routinely lead the world in almost all academic subjects until they reach the middle school level where they increasingly fall behind most first-world nations each year thereafter. Is the primary culprit that we parents lose our ability to teach around seventh grade?

A debate raged earlier this year between a union representing some teachers claiming Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett was wrong minded in advocat-

Editor: While Current’s position on the CCS Referendum was unpopular on many levels within the community and local government, your reasoned and articulate arguments and calls for fiscal responsibility within the city and schools were refreshing and overdue. Although your weekly format doesn’t normally support hard news, the protracted campaign by CCS to convince the Carmel voters to prop up their coffers provided an extraordinary opportunity for in-depth analysis. I applaud you for this extended foray into the political abyss.

Though the motion was approved by voters, I think the high turnout on this issue and small

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margin of victory tell us it could have been defeated.

As in any American election today (e.g. Dan Coats and Dan Burton), the biggest spender reaps the rewards of battle. Unfortunately, this was a no-win proposition for a taxpayer, parent and citizen like me. Calling for reasoned analysis and dialogue amid scare tactics such as those used by Dr. Swensson and his board and teacher’s union meant incurring the labels “anti-education” and “anti-children,” neither of which is correct.

As for me, my career as a political activist is on hiatus at best. Frankly, the pay stinks.

Mark A. Paul, CPA Carmel

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DISPATCHES » Corrections – In the May 4 issue of Current in Carmel, candidates for various districts in the Indiana House of Representatives were inaccurately listed as candidates for State Senate. Additionally, a profile on Mudbugs Cajun Cafe published April 27 stated the restaurant is closed Saturdays. It is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every Saturday. We apologize for any confusion resulting from our mistakes. » 50th anniversary celebration – King of Glory Lutheran Church invites all to join in its special service May 23 at 9:30 a.m., celebrating the church’s 50th anniversary. The special worship service will feature guest speaker Bishop James Stuck. » Antique auction - A single-owner collection of antiques will yield about 900 lots of Americana at Dan Ripley’s Antique Helper during an auction May 15 in Indianapolis. The auction begins at 9 a.m. at Antique Helper, 2764 East 55th Place, Indianapolis. For more information, visit www.AntiqueHelper.com. » Keystone update - The Carmel Drive intersection opened to right-in and right-out traffic last week on Keystone Parkway. Crews are removing old Keystone Parkway pavement and excavating for the lowered roadway. Construction of the Carmel Drive bridge structure will also take place during this phase, scheduled to last into September.

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By Danielle Wilson Well, it finally happened. The emotional breakdown I’ve felt coming on for the last couple weeks took place in a Marsh parking lot just past three this afternoon. At least I made it out of the grocery store. I almost lost it at the checkout aisle when the cashier chastised me for trying to buy liquor on a Sunday.

I cried solid for a good four minutes once I got to my car, then relapsed a short time later after reading a sappy e-mail from one of my brothers-in-law (No fair, SJ!). I do feel a lot better, though, and now have the peace of mind that comes with knowing I won’t go mental in front of my children or neighbors at the bus stop come Thursday.

Why? Because this week marks the final few days my family will spend in our sweet little saltbox of nine years. We close on Friday and are moving in with my in-laws. Say what? Yes, you read correctly. We were unable to successfully purchase a new home, so my husband’s parents have graciously offered shelter at theirs. My second-worst real estate nightmare has come true (the worst being paying two mortgages) – we sold a home we loved when we didn’t need to, but couldn’t find another to replace it.

Actually, we found four to replace it, but never obtained an accepted offer from any of them. One house denied us twice! But my husband and I both agree we will not settle on just some house.

Until we fall in love with another property, we will sit tight at his parents’ house, get through the end of the school year and reevaluate our homelessness come summer. (We might also become alcoholics, but that’s another story.)

Hence the waterworks today. I’m having to say good-bye to our first home and all its wonderful memories without the anticipation and motivation of moving to the house of my dreams. I’m having

to pack up nine years worth of toys, clothes, appliances, plants and furniture without the fun of decorating a new place. I’m having to forward my mail but not permanently change my address. I’m prepping my kids for a possible change of schools, but am not able to excite them about a new one. I’m entering real estate limbo without any idea of what will happen to the economy, interest rates or home prices. Is it any wonder that I’ve lost five pounds in the last couple of months while cutting back on workouts and doubling my Little Debbie intake?

I keep telling myself that it will all work out in the end, and that someday, we’ll look back on this experience and laugh. But right now, the whole situation blows. My husband and I feel like bad parents for putting our kids through this and incompetent adults for having to move in with Grams and Pops. This was not our plan way back in January!

The only positive thing I suppose is that we hopefully will be able to save a little cash, as the rent at the in-laws is exceptionally cheap.

I may be deluding myself, but I also hope my family will benefit from spending such quality time with the grandparents. It takes a village, right?

I’ll keep you updated on our homeless status, but it should be interesting for the next few months. And if you happen to stumble across me, teary-eyed and sucking my thumb in canned foods, please don’t call security. Just say a quick prayer for my sanity and walk away. Peace out.

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

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By Kevin Kane Current in Carmel After a horrifying experience, Carmel High School students who rushed to the aid of a school maintenance worker are still coming Pesyna Navid-Azarbaijani to terms with what happened and keeping the man in their prayers.

Students were among the first to assist school maintenance worker Rick Schoolcraft when both he and the lawnmower he was among other subjects. In addition to becoming using caught fire around lunchtime last a psychologist, she also has an interest becoming Wednesday. The incident happened outside a writer. the school’s Natatorium, and senior Ronnie Kaleen Marie Pesyna – She is a senior at Fowlkes said he was one of the students CHS who plans to study fashion design at outside for a conditioning class who saw New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

Schoolcraft and ran to help him.

Throughout high school, she has won numerous “I heard a pop and looked up and he was in awards for her artistic abilities. After completflames from head to toe,” Fowlkes said. ing college, she hopes to someday open her own Fowlkes said he and two other students fashion business. took off their shirts and batted the flames Pedram Navid-Azarbaijani – He is a CHS but it wasn’t until others arrived to help that senior who plans to study biomedical sciences the flames were extinguished.

Fowlkes and and piano performance at Indiana University. another senior at the scene, Nick Logan, He is a Carmel Icehounds Varsity Hockey player both estimated that it took between two and and is an active community volunteer, playing three minutes to put out the flames.

Principal piano in various nursing homes. He hopes to John Williams said Schoolcraft was taken to both become a biomedical researcher and deWishard Memorial Hospital and, as of press velop into a “true” pianist, able to teach younger time, was said to Sponsors be in serious condition.

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English Tea scholarship recipients announced Current in Carmel Four college-bound high school seniors will be presented $1,500 scholarships by the Carmel Arts Council at the organization’s 10th Anniversary English Silver Tea this Thursday.

Those four recipients are: Lauren Bowers – She is a senior at St. Theodore Guerin Catholic High School. She plans to study musical therapy at Hanover College. She is a member of the Guerin Catholic Golden Voice Chamber Choir and individually has received numerous awards. She hopes to one day help people with mental deficiencies as a musical therapist.

Blakely Meyer – She is a senior at Carmel High School who plans to study psychology at Indiana University. She will graduate high school with an academic honors diploma, excelling in English and language composition

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Wiggam didn’t want to speculate on the exact cause of this specific incident but said most fires occur when fuel combines with a hot exhaust. He added that, from what he can tell, the school’s equipment is properly maintained. CHS purchases its parts and equipment from Carmel Welding, and he said someone from the school is usually in the store several times each week, appearing to follow a maintenance schedule.

Williams said that Occupational Safety and Health Administration workers were at the school last week investigating the incident and checking the rest of the school’s equipment.

He added that he was heartbroken that the incident occurred, and sorry that such a great person was injured because of it. The school, he said, is appreciative of the quick reaction from the students involved.

Though they didn’t see how it happened, both Logan and Fowlkes said the images of the incident were etched in their memories. Even more than 24 hours after the fire, Logan said he was still trying to come to terms with what happened.

“I’ve just been having really bad visions and praying for him to get better,” he said.

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Relay For Life approaches, sign-up still open

By Haley Vannarsdall Current in Carmel The 2010 Carmel Relay for Life is coming up, and it’s not too late to sign teams up, join a team, or participate as a survivor in the 24-hour event.

Honoring cancer survivors, their caregivers, and loved ones lost to cancer and increasing cancer awareness will be the focus June 5 and 6 at the Carmel High School football stadium.

The teams will also participate in their own fundraising efforts by having garage sales, making crafts and hosting silent auctions, poker tournaments and other events.

There will be activities throughout the day and night June 5 and 6 that are free to the public including. These include karate demonstrations, boot camp classes, cornhole tournaments, live bands, food and various games. The band featured is Ten Days Pending, a Carmel High School administrative band performing at 7 p.m.

“Come! It’s free to the community, so you can come be supportive, purchase items or participate in any of the ceremonies,” said Jennifer Coghlan, co-chair for Carmel Relay for Life.

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Great Carmel organization almost gone, but never forgotten COMMENTARY

By Jeff Worrell May 17, will go down in Carmel history as a day of sadness. As the remaining members of the aging Citizens for Greenspace gather one last time this Friday to say their goodbyes, I would insist they add one more item to their final agenda: a standing ovation for all that has been accomplished to improve our community.

Founded in 1988, Citizens for Greenspace was the driving force behind the establishment of Arbor Day in Carmel, planting 68 trees the first year. CFG raised enough money to purchase 275 trees, which were planted by 800 volunteers in 1992.

Today, Arbor Day is a full-day event sponsored by the Carmel Clay Parks Department that boasts a turnout of groups and individuals from across our city. CFG raised awareness about the importance of trees in our neighborhoods and public spaces. Hundreds of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have attended Arbor Day celebrations over the years to learn not only how to plant a tree, but how to care for it and protect it.

President Pattie Chester alerted me to the end of 22-year-old Citizens for Greenspace.

The group’s last meeting is Friday at 7 p.m. at the John W. Hensel Government Center (107th Street and College Avenue). The meeting is open to the public. Wouldn’t it be great

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This column would be far from accurate if I failed to mention Sue Dillon. I cannot find her name anywhere in the official recorded history.

Most likely she wrote it and is too modest to take credit, but anyone who knows anything about parks, greenspace or our environment knows full well she is responsible for this organization’s success.

According to Chester, “Sue Dillon is and was the backbone of the effort to improve the environment through greenspace projects. She is amazing.”

As you travel the streets of Carmel and note the treasure of trees, you should thank citizens for fighting for standards. As you see wetlands and open spaces where an office building might stand, please give credit to citizens. And when your child brings home a seedling to plant in your front yard, think good things about citizens. Not just any citizens, but Citizens for Greenspace. They will be missed, but not forgotten.

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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Arts center given $1.6 million; more to follow

By Sandy Arles Current in Carmel The Center for the Performing Arts is now using tax money to operate while still months away from its official opening.

More money will come the Snyder center’s way in the future, but exactly how much is still unknown.

Last week the City Council voted 6-1 to grant The Center for the Performing Arts $1,635,000 from the city’s rainy day fund to cover the center’s Accetturo operating and start-up costs for this year. However the center’s Executive Director Steven Libman asked the council for $2 million last month. The remaining $365,000 will come from a separate account, a land acquisition fund that has Sharp had no activity since 1999.

Councilwoman Luci Snyder, chair of the finance committee, said this money will likely be deappropriated and given to the center in June.

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Snyder added that she believes Libman will provide a good accounting of the money through monthly written statements, oral reports at council meetings and audits made by a professional firm. He is required by the ordinance to provide such information.

Currently, though, Libman cannot say exactly how much the center will need from the city next year, when money will be set aside in the city’s budget. He estimated recently that the amount would remain consistent, but with so many variables, the exact amount cannot yet be determined. Few exact figures will be known until artists are successfully booked, and many other costs are merely speculation at this point.

Councilman John Accetturo was the only council member to vote against the $1.6 million grant.

“We need to be very cautious in these economic times, especially when we dip into our savings accounts,” he said. He added that over $150 million will be used to build the center and wondered how much more Carmel will have to pay to keep it open.

Council President Rick Sharp, however, said that the city is in a position in which it cannot let the center fail because of the effect it would have on taxpayers.

“Even though we may tussle on issues, this is an investment we must make to enable the success of the performing arts center,” Sharp said.

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Up to par

By Kevin Kane Current in Carmel Under new management and new direction, Carmel’s Brookshire Golf Club is back in play and better than ever.

After years of offering its customers poor value resulting from neglected maintenance and a lack of commitment from ownership and management, Brookshire was purchased first by the Carmel Redevelopment Commission before being resold to the city of Carmel for about $2.6 million two years ago. Since then the entire club has undergone substantial renovations and reemerged as a true city park, winning over new golfers and bringing back those who once vowed they would never return.

Those seeking an analysis comparing Brookshire’s past and present need only ask Brian Ballard, the club’s PGA head golf professional. Ballard worked as the assistant golf pro for his first few years out of college, back when the club was privately owned. He doesn’t hide his opinion that, during that time, Brookshire was perhaps the worst course in the area, and certainly the worst value. He took another job at a course in Indianapolis, but during his years away he said he was always looking for the right opportunity to return.

“I knew I wanted to come back to Brookshire, because I knew the potential,” he said. “It just needed the right people and the right owners for that to happen. It has that now.”

As a golf pro, part of Ballard’s responsibilities include giving lessons, so he has first-hand knowledge of the course’s past and present conditions. Before, he said, the entire course was poorly maintained. Grass was regularly brown, and the course as a whole struggled to meet even the lowest standards. When dissatisfied customers frequently told him that they would not return, Ballard said he never could blame them, but now, all of those problems have been addressed. The course now is in great condition, Ballard said, and local golfers are taking notice.

“I hear a lot of people say that they quit playing here five years ago and were never going to come back,” he said. “Now, they’re playing here again.”

Under city ownership, Brookshire Golf Club has transformed from a deterrent to a destination for local golfers Compliments have replaced complaints, tee times are full and Brookshire is once again relevant in the local golf scene. Mayor Jim Brainard said these were the city’s intentions when purchasing the club. He said after the previous owners had failed to reinvest into the course over so many years, the city was being pressured to rezone the area for housing. However Brainard said the city opted to instead purchase the course to maintain the greenspace and preserve the Brookshire neighborhood. Once the city owned the property, though, Brainard said leaving it in its previous state was not an option.

“We’re not going to own anything if it isn’t going to be kept up and done well,” he said.

While the city effectively has turned the course and the club around, Ballard said there is still work to be done in building the Brookshire brand. The goal is to not only bring back the customers who were turned away by past insufficiencies but to build Brookshire into Carmel’s premiere course. One way Ballard said the club plans to do that is by holding its first city championship next month. The three-round event will appeal to players of any skill level and, most importantly, will crown one Carmel golfer as the best in the city, something he said was a prestigious title in his hometown.

Next month’s tournament, Ballard said, will bring Brookshire one step closer to where he wants it to ultimately be; however, he said there is still room for growth. Though great strides have been made, Ballard said he believes the club will continue to grow, because now everyone involved is moving in the same direction.

“We have good leadership here now,” he said. “I feel like the people here now want to be here, and that’s important.”

money maker The city has invested thousands into renovating the course, including paying for a new irrigation system currently being installed. But the club should serve as a revenue source for the city, Brainard said, adding that Brookshire was profitable for the first time last month. He said many courses are unable to turn a profit that early in the year.

Additionally, he said the city purchased the club for millions less than its previous private owners paid for it.

» Seeking a city champion The inaugural city championship at Brookshire Golf Club will be held June 12, 13 and 19. It is open to any man or woman aged 18 or older. The field will be flighted after two rounds, and an awards banquet will be held immediately after the final round. At the banquet, awards will be presented to the city champion and flight winners. For more information, visit www.brookshiregolf.com.

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The value of a good book extends to decorating Commentary

By Vicky Earley “I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”

- Anna Quindlen A library of books will serve to teach, illustrate, inspire and explain. Fortunate is the homeowner who has a rich library dedicated to the love of great literature. Wall upon wall of warm wood shelving with a library ladder is a rarified home feature. The reality is that old books can consume our space, volume by volume!

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The ideal book for aesthetics is a beautiful leather-bound classic edition. The reality is most of the books on our shelves are novels read at the beach and outdated reference books. These books, if they have lived a full life, are prime candidates for decorating alteration!

The simplest way to turn these literary outcasts into a decorative accent is to paint the hardback covers with several layers of ivory or deep brown paint and follow with a glaze.

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Linen and burlap make an interesting textural book cover. This is just a matter of cutting the fabric slightly larger than the book cover, spreading a light layer of craft glue on the cover, and then applying the fabric much like you would wallpaper. Use a ruler to work out any air bubbles, and glue the edges to the inside of the cover. If glue shows, simply go over the fabric with a layer of brown-tinted glaze.

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If books in their original state are preferred, start the decorating process by removing the dust covers. I look for spines that are browns and blacks and arrange in like colors. Entire groupings, in which the books are displayed backwards with the pages showing, create a beautiful textural look that provides interest without interfering with other colors in a room.

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Valerie Carter “I love how hair defines a person; just a glance at anyone’s hairstyle is almost like a peek into their personality,” said Valerie. Valerie Carter came to Salon01 right after graduating from Honors Beauty College.

She has continued improving her cutting and coloring techniques at Salon01, reaching a Level 2 status so far. Valerie excels in medium to short hair and also in many highlighting techniques. “I love how dimensional color looks in shorter haircuts.”

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What’s worse? Bad grammar or severe back pain?

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By Brandie Bohney Somehow in the midst of organizing my garage sale, I hurt my back. A week later, the pain became intolerable and I went to the doctor, only to find I have sciatica. Ouch. That led me to the shoe store for supportiveshoes.

The shoe store led me to today’s column topic.

How did I get a column topic out of shoe shopping, you ask? While at the store, another shopper told her friend she liked the shoes she tried on but was hoping for a pair that was “more dressier.” Double ouch.

The problem here is overuse (or incorrect use) of comparatives. There are two ways to make an adjective comparative: add the suffix –er or preface the adjective with the comparative adverb more. You don’t do both. Just as a person can be more attractive but not attractiver, that person can certainly not be more attractiver. My back hurts just typing that. It’s the tension such poor grammar causes me.

I think it’s possible some people get confused about using both comparative forms together, because sometimes it sounds correct to use either, so they just go ape-spit and use both. Take for example the more dressier example. Most people will probably agree that more dressy sounds nearly – if not entirely – as correct as dressier.

Most people would be wrong about that. The correct comparative form of dressy is dressier, not more dressy. I understand if you don’t hear the difference.

But not hearing the difference is no excuse to go nuts and use both forms. It’s like filling in two bubbles on an SAT question: Even if you get one answer correct, you’re not getting credit for it. If you don’t know which comparative form to use, check a dictionary. If you absolutely cannot access a dictionary, take a guess. It’s better to use the wrong form than both forms. And honestly, you’re going to choose the correct form most of the time.

Remember, though, that your comparisons have to be complete. I can’t just be more comfortable without a reference to what I am more comfortable than. My shoes can’t simply be more supportive. They have to be more supportive than my previous shoes or more supportive than going barefoot or more supportive than walking on a bed of nails.

I’m feeling better already.

Brandie Bohney is a grammar enthusiast and former English teacher. If you have a grammarrelated question, please email her at bbthegrammarguru@gmail.com.

Memo to parents from a child COMMENTARY

By Becky Kapsalis A friend of mine recently shared a poem with me titled “Memo to Parents from a Child,” written by an unknown author. I feel it is worth paraphrasing and sharing with all of you – lest we forget what is on the minds of our children during their developmental years.

• Please keep yourself fit and healthy. I need you!

• Please be firm with me. I prefer it – it makes me feel secure.

• Please help me from forming bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages so I don’t carry them into my adult years.

• Please think about not correcting me in front of other people. I get embarrassed.

Correct me in private when you need to.

• Please understand that my fears are not silly. They are terribly real, and you can do a lot to reassure me if you try to understand.

• Please give me consequences – not punishments. You’ll help me learn to be accountable for my behavior.

• Please help me learn from my mistakes. It upsets my sense of values when you make

me feel my mistakes are sins.

• When I say “I hate you,” please know that it isn’t you I hate but your power to suppress me.

• Please be consistent. Your inconsistency completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

• Please don’t spoil me. I know that I don’t need all that I ask for … I’m only testing you.

• Please don’t think it’s beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.

• Please remember I’m not a puppet and I need to be developed with no strings attached – unless they are strings of roots and wings.

• Finally, remember that I cannot thrive without lots of love and understanding. I promise I’ll give it right back.

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This year, Spring Break was a life-changer COMMENTARY

By Maddi Bourgerie On the week of April 3, most Carmel families headed out of town for Spring Break. A certain group of Carmel families, however, travelled to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, for more than just warmth and sun.

As a senior, my Spring Break this year was a big one, and it was supposed to be, well, an all-out party. But my four best friends and I decided to venture away from the common theme, and what we found was the experience of a lifetime.

We were approached with the opportunity to participate in a mission trip to a Mayan Village about two hours away from Playa Del Carmen.

The village had about 120 students (grades 1-5) who needed supplies to further their ability to learn.

We jumped at the opportunity, along with about 35 other Carmel residents. Before leaving, we participants collected a variety of school supplies to fill about 100 backpacks. We also brought items such as Frisbees, balls, candy and family food packs to further our donation.

Upon arriving at the village, we stuffed all the backpacks with school supplies and prepared for the work ahead. While traveling down the dirt roads, we were informed of their situations. The village was just recently given access to a limited amount of running water by the government.

Ninety-five percent of the villagers have never left these grounds and never will.

We pulled up to the village fence, and the children all ran up to it, sticking their hands through, ecstatic to see us. I was told they all dressed in their finest clothes and tried to look their best for visitors.

They waited extremely patiently as we organized our items. They stood in straight lines, hesitant to take anything from us, but beyond grateful as we handed them the supplies. Their little eyes grew huge with thankfulness, while large smiles were wiped across their faces as they saw what they had just received. One item in their pack was a toothbrush; they were stumped by this item because they have never seen one before.

The students felt appreciation for us, but I felt extremely blessed to have met them. It may have been an experience they will remember, but it is one that will always be with me. It was beyond life changing and truly made our senior Spring Break memorable. Thank you to all the Carmel residents who participated and to anyone who donated.

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Months of hard work to pay off this weekend for local dancer

By Kevin Kane Current in Carmel Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will present its latest production, “The Sleeping Beauty” at Westfield High School this weekend, culminating months, even years of hard work for some of the area’s young performers.

One such performer is Carmel’s Michelle Vlasich, playing Little Red Riding Hood in the production. The sophomore at Carmel High School has been dancing since she was six years old and involved with Central Indiana Dance Ensemble since 2004. She, like many of the performers in “The Sleeping Beauty,” has been treating the upcoming ballet production like an after-school job since the beginning of this year.

Vlasich said a typical week involves practicing about 15 hours over five or six days, and though she loves dance, she added that preparing for the show leaves little time for anything else.

“It’s definitely really hard since I go straight

the sleeping beauty Presented by the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble Performances are Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Westfield High School Auditorium. For more details visit www.cidedance.org.

from school to practice and get home at 8 or 9 o’clock,” she said. “I’m tired and just want to go to bed but I know I have to finish my homework.”

Balancing dance and school is so difficult, in fact, that Vlasich said Dance Ensemble dancers are required to sign a contract each year stating that they will be able to maintain their grades despite the significant time commitment outside of school.

Acceptable grade levels are determined by each dancer’s parents, and Vlasich said, for her, that means maintaining a B average or better.

With so much time invested in dance and school, however, Vlasich said making time for friends isn’t easy, either, but she said her friends are understanding.

“They know that this is what I love and what I want to do,” she said.

But despite all of the difficulties in preparing for “Sleeping Beauty,” one of the Dance Ensemble’s main productions this year, Vlasich said getting on stage this weekend will make it all worthwhile.

“I love just getting on stage and the adrenaline that you feel when everyone’s watching you waiting what you can do,” she said.

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Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will present one of its main productions for this year, "The Sleeping Beauty," May 16 and 17 at Westfield High School. After months of practice, Carmel's Michelle Vlasich will play the part of Little Red Riding Hood in the production.

PICK OF THE WEEK

The Carmel Arts Council’s 10th Anniversary English Silver Tea

When: Sunday, May 13 from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

Where: The Ritz Charles, Carmel Cost: $20 per person Info: www.carmelartscouncil.org Details: Join the Carmel Arts Council for its 10th Anniversary English Silver Tea, themed “An Elegant Afternoon.” The event will feature prize drawings, silent auctions and antique English Silver. For the first time in the event’s history, the four recipients of $1,500 arts scholarships provided by the council will be introduced to those in attendance.

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Add a little spice to your life COMMENTARY

By Chef Michael Vlasich Some of us enjoy a little zip in life.

And as we age, our taste buds desensitize, becoming immune to milder flavors.

Our bodies and hormones change, which may create new cravings for food varieties we hadn’t previously preferred.

We often hit middle age and find ourselves eating more acidic, salty or spicy foods. The most drastic of these are spicy chills, peppers and sauces. As younger adults, we may not have always enjoyed this flavor sensation, but as we age, we turn up the heat more and more.

Traditionally, spicy pepper refers to black pepper, and chili pepper refers to a fruit variety belonging to the tomato family.

Peppercorns have been

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famous throughout history. They have been so treasured they were used as currency in many civilizations. While the chili pepper has not been so profiled, its does have its own spice rating system called the Scoville Scale.

The major misconception is that the seeds are a pepper’s main source of heat but, it is actually the white membrane that holds the seeds and the chemical compound capsaicin. This compound stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes found around the lips and in the mouth.

Capsaicin levels are measured in SHU’s (Scoville Heat Units) and vary from one chili pepper variety to another. Capsaicin as a solo ingredient is not water soluble. It is soluble in fat and alcohol, so drinking water won’t sooth the burn. Drink milk and beer and eat ice cream or guacamole; they work well if you need an edible extinguisher.

The following are some examples of better-known peppers and their ratings for spice according to the scale in SHU’s.

Green bell peppers: 0 Anaheim pepper: 1,500 Jalapeno pepper: 4,500 Cayenne pepper: 35,000 Tabasco pepper: 50,000 Habanero pepper: 300,000 Included is a quick-and-easy summertime entrée you can make ahead of time to please your guests using some different peppers.

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THEATRE ‘Always…Patsy Cline’

The life, friendships and music of legendary country singer Patsy Cline are celebrated as Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents a new show to its stage this season. “Always… Patsy Cline” is playing at Beef & Boards now through June 6. For ticket information, call 872-9664.

A Flea in Her Ear

Next on stage at Indianapolis Civic Theatre is the French farce “A Flea in Her Ear” by Georges Feydeau, presented now through May 23. The play is directed

by Artistic Director Robert Sorbera. Tickets are $21 on Thursdays and $28 Fridays through Sundays. For tickets and more information, visit www.civictheatre.org.

THEATRE Comedy at Morty’s

May 13 through 16 – Headliner: Shang. Tickets are $10 per show. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday with a second show at 10:15 p.m.

Friday and Saturday.

May 21 and 22 – Headliner: Heywood Banks. Tickets are $20 per show. Performances are at 8 and 10:15 p.m. both days. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.mortyscomedy.com.

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Mickey’s Irish Pub

The following musical acts will be playing live at Mickey¹s Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian St., Carmel. For more information, call 573-9746: May 14 – The Good Seed May 15 – Twisted Gold May 21 – Endless Summer May 22 – Why Stop Now

Dinner and concert

Come see the musical artistry of Seth Rye, organist and comedian, during an evening of food, music and fun, May 19, 6 p.m. at Harbour Trees Golf Club in Noblesville. The meal is $15 per person (including tax and gratuity) but the concert is free. Call 877-3612 today to make a reservation.

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Mo’s Irish Pub

The following musical acts will be playing live at Mo’s Irish Pub, 13193 Levinson Lane in the Hamilton Town Center, Noblesville. For more information, call (317) 770-9020.

May 13 – Cari Ray May 14 –Greta Speaks May 15 – Through Being Cool May 20 – T-Splurge May 21 – Lemon Wheel

Verizon Wireless Music Center

The following musical acts will be playing live at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., Noblesville. Tickets are available at the venue box office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 or www.LiveNation.com.

May 15 – Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, 8 p.m., $36.50, $136.50.

May 22 – Nickelback, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin & Sick Puppies, 6:30 p.m., $35, $69.50, $89.50.

The Indianapolis Brass Choir will be joined by the East 91st Street Sanctuary Choir and Wayne Lundberg, organist of the 102-rank Schantz, May 16, 4 p.m. at the East 91st Street Christian Church, 6049 East 91st Street, Indianapolis. For more information, visit www. east91st.org/content/musicworkship.php.

‘Pure Prine’

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announced the World Premiere of “Pure Prine: The Music of John Prine.” This musical presentation will be on the Phoenix Mainstage May 13, 14, 15 and 16. Tickets for all performances are $20. Show times are Thursdays at 7 pm; Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Visit www.phoenixtheatre.org for details.

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ROASTED PORK WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND APRICOTS

By Catherine O’Flynn

What Was Lost Ingredients: • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 1 pork tenderloin (1 1/4 lb.)

• Kosher salt and black pepper • 12 oz. Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced • 1/4 cup dried apricots, chopped • 2 tbsp. roasted unsalted almonds, chopped Directions: Heat oven to 400º F. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large oven-proof skillet over mediumhigh heat. Season the pork with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, 6-8 minutes.

Transfer the skillet to oven and roast until the pork is cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes. Let rest before slicing.

Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in a second large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the Brussels sprouts, apricots, almonds, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, tossing, until the Brussels sprouts are just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Serve with the pork.

Kate founded her detective agency Falcon Investigations with the help of the children’s book “How to Be a Detective,” given to her by her father. She and her toy Mickey the Monkey monitor the neighborhood and the Green Acres shopping center looking for suspicious activities and possible cases. But one day she disappears and the prime suspect is a young man from the neighborhood who was last seen with her. Nearly 20 years later, a security employee at Green Acres sees a young girl from a surveillance camera, late at night, in an area of the building off-limits to the public. With the help of a woman who works at the shopping center, he tries to find the young girl. Unsure of whether the girl was real or a ghost, the two employees uncover secrets and recognize personal losses as they search for the identity of the girl on the camera.

Catherine O’Flynn takes a heart-breaking subject – the disappearance of a child – and crafts a sensitive, imaginative story with moments of humor and a wallop of an ending.

She uses an inventive style and bittersweet tone to capture different kinds of loss and the manifestations of grief. Readers who enjoy the fiction of Kate Atkinson, particularly “Case Histories,” may find “What Was Lost” an appealing read.

Reviewed by Deanna Street CCPL Readers’ Advisory Librarian Visit the Carmel Clay Public Library’s Web site at www.carmel.lib.in.us for more book reviews.

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French café as far as your own backyard

By Molly Herner Current in Carmel The croque-monsieur is a popular French bar and cafe snack. This sinfully delicious sandwich, surfacing in Parisian bars in the early 1900’s, is said to be the very beginning of “fast-food” with its crispy outer crust and deliciously melted inside.

It’s name is based on the verb croquer (“to crunch”) and the word monsieur (“mister”), and the reason behind the combination of the two words is unclear.

Although the sandwich is a French cafe standard, it is easily prepared on your home grill. Though typically made with thick cut ham and gruyere cheese, my croque-monsieur uses thin Italian prosciutto ham, mozzarella cheese and a pesto sauce instead.

For a truly gourmet outdoor café effect, enjoy the croquet-monsieur with a variety of marinated vegetables, olives and a glass of Pinot Grigio.

Molly Herner, is the baker/pastry chef at Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano. You may email her at odette05@aol. com.

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2. Add layers of prosciutto ham and mozzarella on the bread.

3. Close the sandwich together.

4. Whip the eggs and ricotta cheese together until creamy.

5. Douse each side of the sandwich in the cheesy-egg mixture and put it on a hot grill to cook.

6. Let the sandwich cook until it slides easily off of the grill on each side. Flipping it too early will break the sandwich.

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A weekend in the Windy City on the cheap Commentary

By Tracy Line With 7,000 restaurants, 700 hotels and a myriad of things to see and do, Chicago is a perfect weekend destination for Hoosiers. Getting there has never been easier, and lodging is more affordable than you’d think.

Let’s take the weekend of July 7-9. A random search using my handy-dandy travel agent tools tells me I can get two adults to Chicago via the Megabus for just more than $70. If you’ve never traveled the Megabus, start now. These double-decker buses offer a safe, clean ride with comfortable seats, big windows and free Wi-Fi. More importantly, you’ll get from Indy to Chicago in about three hours.

While you’re there, you’ll need a great hotel in the heart of the city. For this hypothetical trip, I’ll suggest the River Hotel, which at press time has rooms for a rate of $119/night plus taxes and fees. Sitting on the Magnificent Mile (think shopping!), you’ll be close to Chicago Theater, the Wrigley Building and Millennium Park.

For cheap eats, I’ll recommend Pompei’s Bakery,

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For delicious Asian noodles and soups, try Penny’s Noodles, 950 West Diversey Ave. In a word: yum.

Last but not least, check out Foodlife at Water Tower Place. It may feel like a food court, but the eats here are high quality and made from scratch daily.

To keep you busy, I’ll propose some Chicago freebies. Second City comedy club offers a free improv show every night except Friday.

Grant and Millennium parks have a free summer concert series. Navy Pier has free fireworks every Wednesday and Saturday. Swanky hotels, delicious food and fun for free; I’m ready to go, are you? (Prices based on availability, and subject to change).

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Five lessons from TV bad guys

DISPATCHES » Subaru adds production plant – Subaru plans to add an additional production plant in Lafayette in response to high consumer demand. Sale of the Legacy and Outback models more than doubled in the first quarter, to 8,550 Legacy sedans and 19,275 Outback wagons.

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“Susan has been a great asset to Somerset and our clients and will be missed,” stated Somerset President Pat Early. » Eat up these restaurant stocks 1. Yum Brands (YUM) – Analysts are looking for Yum to make a profit of $2.40 per share in the current year.

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COMMENTARY

By David Cain Television bad guys are a strange bunch. They never seem to have their act together and always end up behind bars. Here are five businessmarketing lessons you could learn from those big-screen bad boys.

1. When the gun jams, don’t throw it away.

Ever notice bad guys are always throwing away their guns? Whether it jams or is out of ammo, they often choose to toss it away in anger. Seems to me it’s better to keep the gun and get it to start working or find more ammunition in lieu of haphazardly tossing it aside. Are they expecting a better weapon to be lying around? As it relates to marketing tactics, don’t throw away the gun just because it jams or you use all the ammo. Reload it, fix it, and improve it, but stay with it.

2. Vengeance gets you sidetracked. Bad guys always get mad and let their desire for payback get in the way. Don’t let frustration and personality conflict get in your way. You’ll only end up unfocused and, if you are a television villain, it will get you killed. Off-screen, it just makes you less successful.

3. Practice your aim, and shoot less. A flurry of gunfire and no one gets hurt; I must be watching the sloppy aim of

an onscreen scoundrel. If you can’t hit anything, you aren’t going to get very far.

You certainly won’t get away. Instead of blasting gunfire all over the place, take steady aim and shoot less for more reliable results.

4. Car chases end badly. Have you ever seen a real-life car chase? Me either. Seems like the bad guy always goes for the car and a chase ensues. Well, if the 56-inch flat screen has taught me anything, it’s that car chases never end well. They always seem to wrap up in a fiery ball with more gunfire and jammed guns. Here’s some advice: Stay out of the car and see No. 5 below.

5. Get a better plan. The evil crook never seems to have a plan. If they had a plan, they would know what to do and have contingencies if something didn’t go right.

Don’t be a bad guy; make a plan, have a strategy, and stick to it. After all, you don’t want to be associated with those good-fornothing’s on the television – they never win.

David Cain works at MediaSauce, a digital media and online marketing company in Carmel. David welcomes your questions or comments at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com.

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COMMENTARY

By Ryan Fuhrmann Gilead Sciences (GILD) is a fast-growing biotechnology firm with a dominant market share in treating the HIV virus. Its current financial and operational health can be matched by few competitors. The rub is approximately 80 percent of its revenue will be subject to patent expiration in seven or eight years. Still, the stock is worth a look.

The upcoming generic competition onslaught explains the very low forward earnings multiple of 11 times. However, the company has a number of drug candidates in its pipeline, foremost of which is a new antiviral combination treatment that will be combined with a drug being developed by Johnson & Johnson.

The bottom line

Gilead ended the quarter with more than $3.3 billion in net cash, or after netting out long-term liabilities from cash on the balance sheet. This provides some dry powder should it wish to pursue acquisitions as another means to diversify into new drugs. The low P/E also leaves it vulnerable to a buyout, be it from partner J&J or another embattled pharma company, such as Bristol Myers, Eli Lilly or Forest Labs, both of which will soon see patent expirations of top-selling drugs. These possibilities leave plenty of potential upside for individual investors.

Ryan C. Fuhrmann, CFA, is a financial writer and investment manager based in Carmel. He is long shares of Walgreen and Cardinal Health but has no positions in any other company mentioned above. Contact him at ryan@fuhrmanncapital.com or visit his website at www.RationalAnalyst.com.

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Sometimes breast implants save lives COMMENTARY

By Dr. Barry Eppley Despite the recession, breast implants have not waned in popularity and remain a very common plastic surgery procedure. While they are unparalleled in their ability to instantly change one’s body, they also make news for other interesting and unfortunate reasons.

Last week, a California woman was sentenced to six months in jail and required to pay monetary reimbursement for “stealing” breast implants in 2008. Under an assumed name, the 30-year-old woman used a credit line in someone else’s name to obtain $12,000 in plastic surgery, which included breast implants and liposuction. She pleaded guilty to burglary, grand theft and identity theft for using another woman’s personal information to obtain the surgery.

How did she get caught, you may ask? Police tracked her down using the serial numbers from her old implants, which she had removed when the new ones were put in.

You may also remember the murder of model Jasmine Fiore last August in California. The swimsuit model mysteriously disappeared and was later found dead and mutilated. With missing teeth and fingertips, she was initially unidentifiable. But later, she was identified by something her assailant could not see: the serial numbers on her breast implants.

Most implantable medical devices today have serial numbers for tracking purposes as an FDA requirement. Usually, their benefit is for replacement and warranty reasons, but they also serve

nicely as a human identification method more precise than fingerprints or dental records. With only two breast implant manufacturers in the United States and a large data bank, every breast augmentation’s ID is recorded.

On a happier note, it was reported that a silicone breast implant saved the life of a California woman who was shot in the chest.

A woman working in a Beverly Hills dental office last July was struck by a bullet after one employee’s estranged husband entered the office and killed her with a handgun. Upon exiting, the gunman ran into another employee and shot her in the chest. Unlike her co-worker, she miraculously survived. According to the Los Angeles Times, one of her breast implants stopped the bullet and prevented any fragments from getting as far as her heart.

While this is an appealing story, this scenario is not likely.

Breast implants have stopping power similar to that of Jell-O. More likely, her sternum or ribs were the reason the bullet was deterred. The intervening breast implant, however, is happy, no doubt, to take the credit.

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Kevin Mendell was eager to put his creative talents to work as part of the CarmelFest committee.

Since he is the co-owner of “Oogles & Googles” - offering kid’s themed parties and enrichment programs – the natural fit for Kevin was to become co-chair for the CarmelFest KidZone.

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Kevin and his wife, Danya, started “Oogles & Googles” nine years ago. The response to their “creative kid’s themed party” concept has been incredible and their company has grown in leaps and bounds. “Oogles & Googles” has a main office in Carmel, plus over 20 franchises in the U.S. and 3 internationally.

Kevin admitted, “In my business, I deal with kids and families every day. Seeing smiles on kids’ faces really lights up my world!”

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acoustic, rock & ballads Deep Breath, a Camden, S.C., band featuring (from left, above) Susan and Cam Mullikin and Mary Watson, makes its first CarmelFest appearance on July 5 at approximately 2 p.m.

Drawing on strong lead vocals and harmonies, Deep Breath will provide a breath of fresh air to music lovers. The trio, which will be backed by John McDowell of The Wright Brothers on bass and David Barnes of Barometer Soup on drums, will play a wide variety of cover tunes, including, perhaps, some you haven’t heard in a while.

Mark your calendars. Deep Breath will not disappoint.

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you can support the Carmelfest fireworks display by purchasing colorful Spark buttons. two types are available: the traditional Spark buttons for $3 each and the new, light-up Spark buttons for $6 each.

Spark buttons will be on sale in the Carmel arts & design district and at the Saturday Carmel farmers’ Market. each Spark button purchase automatically enters you in a drawing for cash prizes!

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carmelFeSt - “a rich hiStory oF celebration” the little town of bethlehem, indiana, a day’s ride north of indianapolis, carved out of the frontier in 1837 by fur traders and a handful of settlers, was a far cry from the City of Carmel, today. there were no roundabouts or new buildings, only a small log cabin general store on a dirt path. when the townsfolk decided to build a post office, in 1846, they were informed that there was already an indiana town called bethlehem. So, the name was changed to Carmel. no doubt, they probably had a parade that year to celebrate their new beginnings. throughout the early years, Carmel residents and neighboring communities held social gatherings to proudly celebrate local and national holidays – especially independence day. Cake walks, horse Shows, and colorful parades were the venues of that time. as

the population grew in the late 1900’s, the 4th of July festivities in Carmel became more elaborate with parades and street fairs. in the late 1980’s, the annual 4th of July celebration was officially given the name “Carmelfest”. it was such a success and had such a positive impact on the Carmel Community that two long time Carmel residents - wayne wilson & bob land – received the rangeline pioneer award, Carmel’s highest honor, for their work in building Carmelfest into one of the best festivals in indiana.

Since then, Carmelfest has continued to grow and has become a key event held in the City of Carmel. we don’t have horse shows or cake walks anymore (although both are great ideas) but, we still have a fabulous parade, dazzling entertainment on three stages, a local talent contest, creative activities for children, exhibits with ties to our historical past, stunning fireworks, creative and interactive displays …oh! and lots of food to entice our over 50,000 attendees.

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Carmelfest 2010 will take place on Sunday, July 4, from noon to 10:00 pm and on Monday, July 5, from noon to 10:30 pm at Carmel Civic Square.

Mark your calendars for the StVincent heart Center Carmelfest parade on Monday, July 5 at 10:30 am. look to the skies on Monday evening at 9:45 pm for the fireworks Spectacular, sponsored by Firestone. The fireworks display will be simulcast to music on b105.7.

we hope that the fur traders and early pioneers would be proud of Carmel’s evolution from a wilderness outpost to a modern community commemorating independence day in style! today, Carmelfest is operated by the rotary Club of Carmel and its core of business and community leaders, and it is staffed by our committed community volunteers. “americana” is alive here in Carmel - celebrating our past, our present, and our hope for the future. for an event details, visit www.carmelfest.net.

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Celebrate America’s Birthday at the CarmelFest Freedom Run/Walk on Saturday – July 3rd. This 4.5 mile scenic trek thru Carmel will start at 8:00 a.m. at Carmel High School. There will also be a “pee wee run” for ages 10 and under at 9:30 am.

Pre-registration is $20 before June 29th. (Race Day the fee will increase to $23.00.) All entrants will receive a patriotic colored T-shirt, bib number, goodie bag, post race refreshments.

The Pee Wee Fun Run is FREE and open to all children ages 10 and under.

Register for the Freedom Run thru the CarmelFest web site at www.carmelfest.net

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Facial redness an ailment with many solutions COMMENTARY

By Dr. Jodie Harper and Dr. Angela Corea Facial redness is a very common cosmetic concern. On a basic level, redness or flushing is a result of a collection of dilated, superficial vessels (telangectasias). Many times, the disease process is more advanced and these vessels are always apparent and very obvious, even without triggers.

Causes of facial redness are abundant, but the most common causes are photo damage (sun damage), rosacea, heredity and trauma.

Photo damage is described as damage caused by the effects of the sun, specifically ultraviolet rays/radiation, which have long term negative effects on the skin. A physical exam may reveal sun spots (lentigenes), bronzed skin, wrinkles, precancerous/cancerous lesions, and many times these obvious vessels.

Rosacea is a very common disorder with flushed-appearing areas of the face, classically, symmetrically on the cheeks, nose, forehead and chin. Other conditions can also cause a similar rash. Patients usually have a long history of periodic flushing and are most concerned with the cosmetic ramifications.

The underlying disease should be appropriately addressed for possible treatment and prevention. For most of these unwanted superficial

vessels, however, laser treatments in addition to sun avoidance can help tremendously.

IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) is practically a household name for treating sun-damaged skin.

IPL uses light physics technology to target both pigment and redness depending on the settings determined by a professional. Other lasers, like the NdYAG (commonly used for the treatment of leg veins), can also be used to address facial redness. These unnecessary superficial vessels absorb the laser’s light, and your body absorbs the vessel like it would a bruise. Many times, results are immediate. Other vascular lesions can also be addressed with lasers, including port wine stains, hemangiomas and venous malformations.

Direct, intentional sun exposure should always be avoided, and a good physical sunscreen, containing zinc or titanium oxide, should be used daily. See your medical professional for more information!

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Paul: Grace, peace, preeminence

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By Bob Walters St. Paul – who we meet in the St. Luke’s Book of Acts as “Saul of Tarsus” – wrote 13 of the New Testament’s 27 books.

Really, they were letters, or in church language, “Epistles,” that Paul wrote to various towns and people describing the proper doctrine of Jesus Christ: how to worship, how to obey, how to identify heresy, how to defend the faith, and how to interact and function with fellow Christians and non-Christians.

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Just this bit of preceding information could start enough arguments among modern theologians to make Paul shake his head in bewilderment. Such as: • Paul really wrote 14 of the 27 New Testament books, because “Hebrews” was the unsigned work of Paul; • Paul really only wrote six epistles, the rest were either co-written or forgeries; • Paul’s writings inspired great legalism (codified, enforced obedience) among some Christians; • Paul’s writings – especially Romans and

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Authorship, in my view, is secondary to message. Scripture is scripture. If you want to argue tangent issues, then Paul’s important central point is being missed.

And that point is the preeminence of Christ.

You can’t add to Christ, and you can’t take away from Christ. He’s already the complete, main attraction in our salvation saga. If we add rules, we will worship the rules instead of Christ. If we make Christ – the fully human, fully divine Son of God – less than His promise, we won’t truly know Him and unleash in our lives the awesome spiritual power of faith, hope and love – the core of the Gospel.

Paul’s greeting in each Epistle contains the phrase, “grace and peace.” That’s grace, as in forgiveness of our sins and eternal communion in heaven with God; and peace, as in “Christ is our peace.” God’s grace. God’s peace. Only through Christ.

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Date nights and a good cause COMMENTARY

By Rachael Noble Remember your first date? Oh, those butterflies in your stomach and the way he made you so nervous you couldn’t get that silly grin off your face. Remember when you couldn’t wait to see each other – to do even simple things like take a walk together or go get some ice cream?

How long has it been since you enjoyed spending time together with no phones to answer, texts to send, deadlines for kid’s bedtimes, work e-mails or family distractions? Dear couples, I encourage you to take a moment to think about your significant other and recall the sweet memories from the early days that brought you close together.

Take note that even with your ups and downs, good times and bad, you are so very lucky to have each other. In a world of uncertainty, in a city full of singles who would love to have what you have, and in a lifetime that can be much shorter than we can predict, find – no MAKE – some time to renew your love and spend some fun times together.

Play a game, take a road trip to anywhere, hold hands, take a walk, be playful, make a picnic, take the day off work to watch a matinee, get up early and watch the sunrise together, make dinner

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The experts say to find and stick to a scheduled date night each week, and I couldn’t agree more. If you can’t always be spontaneous, at least try to make time to spend alone together.

Need a date night idea? Excuse my shameless plug, but I have a perfect suggestion for a fun date night, while contributing to a great cause. Come watch myself and my two singing partners in concert at Zionsville Presbyterian Church on 116th Street and Michigan Road on May 16 at 6 p.m.

This is our second-annual fundraiser for mission trips – teens that will help people rebuild towns and improve their way of life. It’s a good cause and an entertaining evening of Broadway, rock and movie tunes – great for a date or the whole family! I hope I will see you there, and be sure to say hello to me after the show if you can.

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Printing from a smartphone: Possible, but not easy COMMENTARY

By Gary Hubbard As the capabilities of today’s smartphones improve, the line between them and what we perceive as traditional computers continues to blur.

While there are a number of ways to “potentially” print from smartphones, I’ll give you some low-tech alternatives that are generally much less complicated and more likely to work for the average person.

Unless you are trying to print a photograph at the highest possible resolution, my first suggestion is to e-mail whatever you wanted to print (text or image) to a computer that is already attached and configured to print.

This will avoid all the complications of getting your smartphone configured to print and will likely take less time than downloading, configuring and troubleshooting any of the solutions currently available.

If e-mail isn’t an option, think about “cloud-based” solutions such as Google Docs (copy and paste) or photo-sharing sites (upload the photos) so that once again, a computer already configured to print can access your information and print it.

If you really need to print from your smartphone on a regular basis, then what you need to print and what type of printer you have will make a big difference in the solution.

If you have a wireless HP Photo printer and a Windows Mobile, Symbian or iPhone OS-based device, you can download HP’s iPrint Photo program, but don’t expect it to go as smoothly as the Web site might make it sound (http://bit.ly/aXYjkR).

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If you own a Windows Mobile device, you have a few options for printing from your smartphone as well.

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Baachmann Software has a product called PrintBoy that works with Windows Mobile, Nokia, Palm OS or Sony Ericsson smartphones that ranges from $29 to $49 depending upon your platform.

Another offering called ActivePrint is available for both Windows Mobile and iPhone/iPad users, but you can only print through a Windows-based computer (no current support to print through a Mac) via a special Desktop Installation program that must be running in order to print (http://www.activeprint.net).

Having read dozens of pages of complaints from just about every solution available, my best advice would be to find another way to get what is on your smartphone to a printer.

As elegant as it may sound to be able to print directly from your smartphone, nothing that I have looked into was easy to set up or keep running or as flexible as what most of us are used to when it comes to printing from our computers.

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I hate getting my hair cut COMMENTARY

By Mike Redmond I need a haircut. Again.

This is ridiculous. I just got one, what, a month ago? And now I have to get another? Sheesh.

Maybe you can tell I don’t particularly enjoy haircuts.

As some of you know, I used to wear my hair long. Very long. Rock-and-roll long. Between-the-shoulder-blades long.

Lost-on-a-desert-island long (although it was still shiny and manageable, with lots of bounce).

I used to gather it up and tie it back at work, which earned the enmity of a straight-haired female colleague, who sneeringly mocked my “perfect Debbie Reynolds ponytail.” Tsk, tsk. Jealousy is so unattractive.

Of course, this was back in the olden days. How olden? So olden that long hair was fashionable and I was involved in the music business as a critic and performer. Also, dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Oh, what a manly mane I cultivated. Unlike today, it actually had color in it, and a hairline that began

quite a bit south of the present location. Men admired it. Women adored it. And barbers hated it, which was fine by me. I felt the same about them.

I take that back. I didn’t hate barbers. I just hated haircuts. This was my sole reason for wearing my hair long. I wasn’t making a fashion statement. I just didn’t want to get a haircut.

You see, I was traumatized in childhood (Bear with me. I’m a Baby Boomer. We ALL think we were traumatized in childhood) by …

My mother.

Also known as Lois, Peeler of Scalps.

Mom cut all the hair in our house, including the girls’ and Dad’s, but for some reason they got to have a little say in how their hair looked. My brother P.D. and I, on the hand, did not.

For years we wore the same haircut, a standard model in which the head was more or less shaved except for a little decorative sprig in the front. And it was administered with all Mom’s usual loving tenderness: “Sit still! Stop wiggling! Keep your head down! I said down! If you lose an ear it won’t be my fault!

Didn’t I tell you to sit still? Now look what you made me do!”

(That last remark was in keeping with the McKenzie Law of Parental Infallibility, which states that all mistakes committed by parents are caused by misbehaving children. This can apply to anything from crooked furrows to lopsided bangs to maritime disasters.)

Mom attacked our hair with the gusto of a sheep shearer on piece rate and never, ever did we have anything to say about it. So when I finally got to start calling my own shots, I started with the hair. I grew it long and kept it there, except for when I had to clean up to get a new job. Then I would visit a barber. A not-Mom barber.

So it went until a couple of years ago when I took a job that required my hair to be short.

Since then, I have been a slave once again to the tyranny of the shears. Plus, guys my age with long hair look kind of pathetic to me these days.

I think it’s a conspiracy.

Oh, well.

And now, if you will excuse me, I am off to you-know-where, even though I hate it.

You see, I hate unemployment even more.

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The sentence of a lifetime?

COMMENTARY

By Dick Wolfsie I hope you will enjoy this column, intended to be a brief but poignant journey sprinkled with insightful observations – insights worthy of a few minutes of your time spent looking at the craft of writing, examining how great literature is a mirror to all existence, reflecting our goals and values and defining the stuff of life, the very being of who we are.

Whew! That was quite a sentence, wasn’t it? It’s so bad that Heidi, my editor, called me before she reached the end of it to inquire if I had forgotten to take my meds.

I never would have written anything quite so monstrous had I not made the huge mistake of listening to a CD set from the Teaching Company, the creators of hundreds of educational presentations for people who think they can learn everything from chaos theory to the hidden meaning of Joyce’s “Ulysses” by simply by absorbing the information found in a handful of video or audio recordings.

“Building Great Sentences” is the work of Prof. Brooks Landon of the University of Iowa, who is not a fan of concise wording. He believes long, layered, textured prose moves the reader along and challenges him at multiple levels.

Really? I don’t. No way!

Dr. Landon insists that only criminals like short sentences, which, interestingly, is the only joke he tells in this 24 hours of lectures. I never heard anyone laugh during his sessions. It’s possible the audience was warned not to ruin the somber mood, but more likely, no one showed up for these mind-numbing monologues to begin with.

In these 12 CDs about writing, the professor spends a lot of time talking about things like cumulative and subordinate syntax, rhetoric, coordinate modifications, the mechanics of delay, left and right branching sentences, and word sequencing. When I first heard about this course, I assumed it was going to be more about the technical aspects of writing. You know, how to change the font or the page margins in Microsoft Word.

Knowing all this heady stuff about crafting sentences is like ordering a plate of barbecue hot wings, then finding out that the dish comes with a short video of the chicken’s last few minutes on earth. This is just too much information. I don’t want to lose my appetite for snappy phrasing.

My wife Mary Ellen and I are dredging our way through an instructional DVD called “History of Ancient Egypt” in preparation for our Nile River cruise, where we’ll see the pyramids that were designed and constructed with

the same rigor one would build a sentence, although Dr. Landon would probably assert the Egyptians had it easy in comparison, working in concert, a luxury unavailable to creative writing students, all of whom apparently revere this instructor who has taught for 30 years, which by the way, now puts us at the end of another sentence that would just charm the literary pants off the wordy professor.

The CDs, by the way, cost $200, but I think they are a good value because I listen to them at bedtime instead of taking Ambien. Truth is, the set was given to me by my friend Garry, who is not a writer. He’s an ophthalmologist.

He gives these lackluster lecture series as gifts to all his friends, who become glassy eyed by the third class. Then they think they need cataract surgery.

That about wraps up this column. I don’t think Dr. Landon would approve of my writing style. Of course, with just a few tweaks in the punctuation, I could turn this whole thing into a 602-word sentence.

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Summertime means time to think about shade COMMENTARY

By Randy Sorrell Like many other maturing neighborhoods in Hamilton County, we have a plethora of shade tucked in the back corner of our property. Huge majestic maples and oaks are the usual culprits, and challenging planting conditions are the result.

Most of us lean towards the safe solution of hosta, astilbe, ferns and boulders to create a place of interest. We introduced a handful of other favorites last article to add pizzazz (ligularia, monkshood, black snakeroot, hellebore, pachysandra, etc.) and suggested creating a wandering path through it for a little more intrigue. But if you want to be really brave, go native.

QUESTION: What’s causing this profuse outbreak of maple tree seedlings dropping all over creation?

ANSWER: Judd Scott, founder of Vine and Branch and registered consulting arborist, says that while many young wives tales exist, nothing of a scientific nature explains this irritation. “Heavy masting” seems to occur every 3-4 years. Remember last year’s crop of acorns? wood hyacinth.

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SHADE GARDENS GONE WILD

Sometimes going wild, or native, just makes sense. First, determine what sort of “woodland community,” or environment exists. Typical neighborhoods, which we will focus on, support either dry or mesic woodland where oak / hickory or beech / maples are respectively at home.

How would you like a shady area resembling a maintained park where shady grasses and sedges thrive, wildflowers produce a four-season display and occasional flowering shrubs interrupt the mix? My favorite shady grasses are northern sea oats and bottlebrush. They both take the shade and have cool seed heads in

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the heat of summer. Wetter areas will love 3’+ silky wild rye or Virginia wild rye. Some carex grasses are even short enough to be employed as groundcover.

For native forbs, or wildflowers, think about

2’-3’ tall spring flowering wild columbine, many forms of fall flowering aster (short’s, side flowering, blue wood) or false sunflower. If you really want to be provocative, add some true woodlands like trillium, wild ginger, bloodroot and

I love old-world, moss-gathering patios in the middle of a shady retreat. Native flagstone and local crushed aggregates seem to be the best solution to avoid disturbing tree root systems. Likely an old iron bench or a couple of seat boulders will capture the preferred climate best.

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Peace in the garden?

Not a chance on Earth Commentary

By Holly Funk Are there really gardeners who relax in their own gardens?

We have good intentions…the sound of flowing water or a hammock slung between two oaks. But how many of us actually spend more than just a few minutes enjoying these things before we’ve eyeballed a dandelion to exile?

I’ll be “relaxing” in the garden for 5 minutes, maybe, and then I’m up searching for my snips to deadhead something. Once I start deadheading, the next thing I know I’m up to my waist in weeds and garden trimmings. I don’t know that I can relax in my garden.

It doesn’t stop in my garden. I can’t relax in other people’s gardens either. Catching a few winks on my parent’s patio, I think hmmm…the petunias could use a little water…well, now that I’m up I’ll just water everything… and there I am, wearing myself out “relaxing” in the garden.

I’ve got double trouble, with plants inside my house as well. As soon as I sit down to read or chat on the telephone I’ll notice a thirsty pathos in the corner and think, I’d better give that some water…hmmm, it could use a little dusting too…

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Oh, I may as well just dust all the plants… What can I say? I’m a nurturer…

Or nutty.

We all build our gardens with visions of plopping on a teak bench by the fire pit just like in that catalog you’ve dog-eared to death. We work tirelessly, arranging beds and laying out paths leading to our “garden rooms” that we’ll relax in…one day.

Yeah, right.

Until then, I find gardening to be more relaxing than any old bench. There is nothing like putting your hands into the earth.

Hummingbirds might dance around the bee balm while you are deadheading petunias …but how will you know, unless you’re in the garden?

I would rather rub noses with lilies than spend an afternoon studying the back of my eyelids.

To really chill out, I’ll visit a public garden where all of the plants are someone else’s worries. There, I’ll relax in “garden rooms” with teak benches.

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