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WATCHING CARMEL GROW

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LONGTIME CARMEL RESIDENT JIM STECKLEY COULDN’T BE MORE THRILLED WITH THE CITY’S DEVELOPMENT

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By Stephanie Carlson Curtis Current in Carmel

When Jim Steckley moved to Carmel with his parents in 1945, there were less than 1,000 residents.

Fifty years later, more than 69,000 people live in Carmel.

Steckley shares his venture into entrepreneurship and ride on the wave of progress, as this small town flourished into the thriving suburb it is today.

“My parents raised us in Home Place in a little cape cod on ten acres,” remembers Steckley. “There was nothing around at that time but corn fields.”

The fact that the nearest home was a mile away didn’t stop Steckley from developing his entrepreneurial spirit at a young age. From delivering newspapers at the age of seven to cleaning newly constructed homes, hard work laid the foundation for his future in the food business.

“We’d get $5 a piece to sweep a house and clean the yard,” said Steckley. “We would do anything to earn a little bit of money.”

As a 1958 graduate of Carmel High School, he and 54 other students were the last class to attend school in the the original building, “When I graduated from Carmel High School, we didn’t have our own football field. Every game was an away game,” said Steckley, who played tight end for the team.

After high school, Steckley enlisted

in the Navy, completing two years of active duty. He then attended Indiana University Extension and studied for a year at the University of Hawaii.

He took a job as a supervisor for an insurance company, but he dreamed of owning his own business.

In 1964, he took the first step toward achieving his dream.

Steckley and his first wife, Mary, formed a partnership to purchase a fast food carry-out restaurant called Mr. Chicken.

“That was our first venture into the food business, and we had no food experience,” said Steckley.

A year later, he opened his own Mr. Chicken at the corner of 106th Street and College Avenue.

“Look at the prices of our chicken dinners,” Steckley pointed out on a menu.

“You could feed a family of eight for $7.59 and our barbeque rib dinner was $2.30.”

From there, his food business boomed.

Following the expansion of Carmel to the north, Steckley searched for property in the downtown Carmel neighborhood.

“In 1969, we purchased two structures along the east side of Range Line Road,” said Steckley.

“We knocked down one structure for a parking lot and renovated the old farmhouse, which was built in 1899, into our restaurant.”

Today, Steckley’s Olde House is home to Steckley an antique store and is for sale.

In 1981, Steckley and his current wife, Ginny, purchased Northern Beach, converting it into

a private catering park. In 1990, he moved Oak Hill Mansion to its current location on East 116th Street.

“American Aggregate was going to demolish the house.

I knew it was well-built, a grand colonial style, and I knew I could not duplicate that quality of a house, so I moved it one-half mile to my property.”

As the small town grew, so did Steckley’s restaurant and catering business.

At his recent 50th high school reunion, he recounts comments from his former classmates.

“One of the gals from New Jersey summed it up when she said we were extremely lucky to grow up where there were no drugs, no crime and so many opportunities in the schools and in business.”

He credits the city’s continuous growth to geographic location, desirability of schools and proximity to Indianapolis.

A self-proclaimed advocate of Carmel, he supports the direction the city is headed.

“Most things Carmel has done have been the right thing to do, but because we are hitting a time in our country where the economy turned south. Some of these things are not going to work out as planned, but overall, it’s an area of character that holds its value.”

Steckley, who is enjoying retirement and spends time in Florida fishing, recalls fond memories of doing business during explosive decades of progress.

“I love Carmel,” he said. “It’s a great place to grow up.”

Stephanie Carlson Curtis is a freelance writer/photographer.

She can be contacted at Stephanie@currentincarmel.com

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OUR TAKES It is our position that central Indiana is lucky to call Eli Lilly & Company a corporate citizen. It was recently announced that for the first time ever, an Indiana company will receive United Way’s highest national honor for a corporation: the Spirit of America Award. In 2008, the drug maker and its employees gave $11.4 million to the United Way and volunteered more than 160,000 hours. During the company’s first Global Day of Service, 22,000 employees volunteered in more than 55 countries. This past week, they did it all again!

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generation that companies like Lilly are rapacious self-servers that must be regulated to the point of extinction. Certainly oversight is important – because the profit motive can entice bad behavior – but their capitalist leanings have also proven the most progressive force in pioneering medical breakthroughs in the history of humankind.

The paradox of Schindler’s List applies. If companies fail to profit, consumers will benefit for the short term but will go entirely underserved in the long. As we prepare to debate “big pharma” on the national political stage, let us not forget the immense good that companies like Lilly do.

It is our position that the PNC Bank property (formerly National City) located at Range Line Road and Main Street is a strong location for potential redevelopment. We urge PNC to consider development of the important and high-profile corner – or seek an arrangement with another developer to build out the space.

Certainly, the bank (under all its banners) has been a good citizen and supporter of Carmel. But now it is time to consider the best use for the intersection.

We hope PNC will remain at its location in some new configuration allowing for more store-front retail and perhaps residential options.

The establishment of the the Arts & Design District – with restaurants, art galleries, retail and residential – suggests that the bank branch (originally designed as a headquarters office) should be replaced with a building that better corresponds with the emerging atmosphere of the buildings in this area.

During a time of considerable economic stress, especially in the banking industry, many might overlook the opportunity for the bank to realize significant value for an underutilized and underrealized asset. Exploiting the full value of the corner will not only enhance the tax revenue generation capacity, but the return to PNC shareholders.

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ANOTHER TAKE DEVELOPING TOMORROW’S LEADERS

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its Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s eadership is the ethereal qualLeaders, the IHC honors the contribuity that makes us better than we tions of 12 academic, community and would otherwise be. Through entrepreneurial leaders between the ages leadership, communities thrive, of 19 and 29 each year with statehouse grow and sustain themselves. recognition and a cash award.

Leaders take on the responsiNot surprisingly, Hamilton bility of the corpus, and in so County has seen seven doing, burden themselves with of its own as recipients the hopes and failures of all. since the program began.

Unfortunately, unchecked Congratulations to Robert and rampant egotism, narcisMcKinney, Julie Grim, sism and megalomania are too Gabriel Grant, Margaret often confused for leadership.

Kleinhenn, Matthew Conrad, Leadership, as I imagine it, Susan Beckwith and Daniel can only be that which acKent. A new class is being counts for setting a positive considered, and the deadline track – the kind of leadership is June 2. Demonstrated abilthat has made central Indiana one of the most appealing ity to incorporate the humaniTerry ties to enhance entrepreneurregions in the Midwest. ship, community leadership But whether innate or Anker and/or academic endeavors is learned, the skills and traits of key. Check out the IHC Web good leadership must be fossite (indianahumanities.org/GATL), and tered. We should urge those with the poconsider nominating a leader you know. tential and desire to lead to step forward We will all benefit. and develop both the ability and network of resources to be effective and efficient Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current in delivery. The Indiana Humanities Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at Council, with Gov. Mitch Daniels, has terry@currentincarmell.com. for the past six years done just that. With

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of a national organization, or find a raduates will receive much local chapter and mix with professionadvice as they leave high als. These activities are fabulous resume school and prepare for their builders. next challenge. Whether that Smell the Roses. Don’t be so focused is college or the start of a on achievement that you career, I have some advice of forget to enjoy the new opmy own I’d like to pass on. portunities in life. College is Use Alterations. A good a gift that many others don’t tailor or seamstress can put a get a chance to experience. tuck here or a dart there and Moving out of the house and make you look just that much onto your own is frightenmore fabulous. Clothes that ing and exciting all at the fit well make you look like same time. Take stock in how you spent more money. blessed you are.

Secure a Mentor. Most Show Gratitude. Thank seasoned professionals enjoy those who helped you succeed assisting young professionals. along the way. Did you have a Find someone with whom pivotal soccer coach or music you can meet occasionally to Sue teacher? Did a friend’s parent assist you in honing your skills Finkam or youth pastor help you or increasing your knowledge. when you needed some assisAsk this individual if they tance? Write them a note (not an e-mail would mind being your mentor. This same concept works for college freshman or a tweet). Your thoughtfulness will be remembered and rewarded. and upperclassmen.

And lastly, remember, no one really Get Involved. Find trade associacares about your GPA. tions or related charitable organizations for which you can volunteer your time.

Sue Finkam is interested in making a difAttend meetings. Assist with projects. ference in the community through healthy If you work in construction, volunteer conversation. You can participate in the for an organization like Habitat for conversation by posting a comment on her Humanity. If you are a healthcare stublog at www.youarecurrent.com. dent, get involved in a student chapter

FROM THE BACKSHOP toll road lease deal headed for a u-turn?

Remember Gov. Mitch Daniels’ deal that leased the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road over to a foreign consortium? It gave Indiana $3.8 billion up front with the consortium, Cintra-Macquarie, able to keep all toll revenue for 75 years. C-M is responsible for operating and maintaining the road. Well, rumor has it that due to the downturn in the economy, traffic and, therefore, toll revenue, the level of maintenance required in the deal also is down.

Here’s the interesting part: There’s a clause in the contract that allows the state to take back ownership of the road if the contract is violated, which apparently it has been on the maintenance front. So, we could get our road back and keep the money!

••• Our illustrious Indiana Department of Transportation finally got one correct!

If you’ll just hold your water for a bit, it’s soon going to be imminently easier for Carmel motorists to enter eastbound and westbound I-465 at Meridian Street.

Kudos for the planned new entrance AND the fact that it will be accomplished in hyper-fix cadence. So, pardon the temporary slowdown there, and then, once complete, floss right through onto the highway, where you’ll no doubt get caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the un-

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg dersized interstate.

••• Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin adroitly points out the Service Employees International Union spent $60.7 million to get President Barack Obama elected. “The behemoth labor organization’s leadership is getting its money’s worth. Whether rankand-file workers and ordinary taxpayers are profiting from this ultimate campaign payfor-play scheme is another matter entirely,” she wrote. It’s no surprise that one of the most corrupt groups in America is aligned with the Democrats. ... We did hear about the government’s extortion of California by threatening to withhold money from the stimulus scam. It was an incredible, and incredibly underreported, story. Thank God for Fox News. The mainstream networks’ anchors probably were dining with Obama as the dirty deed was transpiring. Margaret Thatcher, America needs you!

READERS’ VIEWS MOTORCYCLE NOISE NOT THAT BAD Editor:

I have a different take on motorcycle noise than you expressed (“Noisy News,” May 12).

I like it. It means the arrival of spring and warm summer days. I am in favor of cracking down on scooter noise, however. Those whiney little engines bug me.

I have a suggestion to help with your

aversion to motorcycles: Move. Move to one of those quiet communities where the denizens move about on their three-wheel bikes and their quiet little golf carts. As for me, bring on the motorcycles! The more the merrier.

Tom McElmurry Carmel

A LOT IS WRONG WITH THE MORNING AFTER PILL Editor:

I must comment on Andy Ray’s piece about the “morning after pill” (“What’s Wrong with the Morning After Pill?” May 12). He is misled on at least two points: The pro-life community is interested in more than numbers. It is interested in truth about the human person, the dignity of the human person, and the good of all human persons, born and unborn.

Regardless of Mr. Ray’s take on pro-life motives and purported solutions to the ills of society, merely reducing the number of abortions without attention to root causes

is not the way pro-life works.

Even if we assume virtuous motivation for introducing the morning after pill, (which, like oral contraceptives, often acts as an abortifacient), this “cure” is probably worse than the disease, and in fact, may actually contribute to an increase in pregnancy. It certainly contributes to an increase in STDs, risky sexual behavior, violence toward women and serious sideeffects. It has long been used abroad with adverse results.

Laurel DeStefano Carmel

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CLARIAN EARNS MAGNET REDESIGNATION - For the second time, Clarian Health has been named a Magnet hospital system by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, recognizing excellence in nursing care at its downtown hospitals. Magnet redesignation was awarded to Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children after an exhaustive evaluation of its Nursing and Patient Care Services department, which had to satisfy a demanding set of criteria measuring the strength and quality of nursing care. The designation is the highest national honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Fewer than 5 percent of hospitals nationwide have earned Magnet status. Clarian was initially

designated a Magnet hospital system in 2004. Hospitals must earn re-designation every four years based on improvements in patient care and quality.

ST. CHRISTOPHER RECOGNIZED – The S.t Christopher Episcopal Church Garden Committee (1440 Main St. in Carmel) was selected to receive recognition from more than 200 youth and community programs nationwide. It was chosen because it “demonstrated commitment to using resources, creativity, and community connections to produce bountiful gardens with far reaching benefits.” As a winner of this recognition the committee will receive a tiller/cultivator from the National Gardening Association and Mantis, valued at $349.

St Christopher’s uses land on the church property to raise vegetables for local food pantries.

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suicide. o you ever get really mad at To pour more vinegar in the wound, the God? I’m having one of those roofing guy is coming tomorrow, because months in which it seems one at some point last week, half the shingles bad thing after another keeps on our garage mysteriously blew off. Helcoming at me. I feel God is lo, God, I really don’t need this either not paying attention to right now! my life, or he is simply having So, yah, I’m mad at God fun stressing me out. Whatever and blaming every crappy little the reason, I am not liking Him thing that has happened over at the moment. the last month on Him. Sue me.

Today for example, I got a call I’m having a self-pity party and from my mom telling me my judgers are not invited. And yes, grandmother has a day to live.

I do know it could be worse.

She’s been in a nursing home My husband still has his job and for a while and has Alzheimer’s, my kids are all healthy (except so it’s not that unexpected, but for a mysterious rash that got still. I thought she had another my second-grader kicked out of year or two at least. She survived school while I was at a funeral!) two broken arms last summer Danielle And deep down, I do realize and a really bad haircut, so why Wilson none of this is anyone’s fault, does God need her now? but I feel better being able to Then, about 20 minutes later, pin it all on someone, and that someone I received news that my friends who are is God. on their fifth round of IVF got their pregBecause the beauty of making it His (or nancy test results back. Negative. Again. I Her – the jury’s still out in my courtroom) mean seriously! Why is it so hard for God fault is I can release pent-up frustration to just give them a freakin’ baby? He gives plenty of other people more kids than they and anger and despair and not actually hurt anyone or end up in marriage councan handle, and he can’t spare one for my seling. I just feel better giving God the friends? That’s total bull. proverbial finger and trusting that life will All of this comes on the heels of my get better soon. I’m trying desperately to husband’s aunt losing her battle to uterine view these past few weeks as a test of my cancer about three weeks ago, just when inner strength, or – at the very least – as her only daughter was about to have her a reminder to appreciate each day I have first child, a girl to be named after the with family and friends and to never take grandmother, who died last September for granted all the good things in my life.

Not cool, God. My house may be disintegrating before my And let’s not forget the financial strain very eyes, but at least I still have one. this spring has brought to our household: Here’s hoping your spring is going We actually owed taxes for the first time better than mine, and that summer brings since our twins were born eight years ago, good news. we had to replace the brakes on our new Peace out. mini-van, we managed to clog our sink to the tune of a couple-hundred bucks in Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and conplumber fees, and we just spent almost tributing columnist. You may e-mail her at $600 to repair our AC that decided April would be a good time to commit electrical danielle@currentincarmel.com.

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CARMEL RESIDENT CREATES IPHONE APP WITH ‘HEROES’ STAR

By Kim Puckett Current in Carmel

Carmel resident August Trometer and his business partner, Greg Grunberg (Parkman on the NBC show “Heroes”) have created a new application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. “Yowza!!” works with businesses, such as Finish Line and Saks Fifth TROMETER Avenue, to provide exclusive digital coupons.

Trometer is a long-time Mac developer and has worked on several other iPhone applications, such as Loan Shark, a mobile financial lending assistant. He said the idea for “Yowza!!” began when he met Grunberg through Twitter, a social networking Web site (twitter.com).

“It was a weird, two-people-crossingpaths kind of thing,” Trometer said. “I had the technical expertise to create the application, and Greg had the marketing opportunity. He’s on TV for God’s sake; he can just make a call and be on Jay Leno.”

The new app’s tagline is, “Shop like you mean it. Save like it too.” By providing digital coupons, “Yowza!!” helps users save

money and trees. Customers simply present coupons on their devices at the businesses, no printing necessary.

“Saving money, especially these days, is important to everyone.” Trometer said.

“This is a great way of letting people do that.

The application is location-based, so users can search their current address and find deals locally. Grunberg recently explained the process on Sacramento’s KATM radio station.

“You have your iPhone, you’re in the mall and you press the ‘Yowza!!’ icon. It finds your location, and it gives you all the deals from all the stores around you,” Grunberg said. “So, let’s say it comes up Starbucks, half-price coffee or the Gap 10 percent off. You take it up to the register and scan the barcode. It’s mobile couponing.”

Trometer and Grunberg are working with other businesses such as Container Store, Target, Dairy Queen, Guitar Center, Sears and Starbucks to provide more coupons for the free application. Locally, Inner You Pilates in Carmel is already working with the application.

Yowza!!” is available for download at the iTunes store (itunes.com).

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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE Keystone & 136th Street Interchange: Access to Keystone from 136th Street and access to 136th Street from Keystone will be closed until approximately Aug. 1, when the full interchange will open to traffic.

Monon Bridge over Carmel Drive: The Monon Bridge over Carmel Drive is now open to traffic.

The detour on the Monon Trail has been removed and the trail is now open in Carmel from 146th Street to 96th Street.

Remaining work on the bridge will continue into the spring.

This work consists of constructing the trail connection to Carmel Drive, plaza construction, signage implementation, masonry, and landscaping. Please note the bridge is not yet accessible from Carmel Drive because the access path has not been completed.

By Brandie Bohney Current in Carmel

Have you ever walked into the genealogy department of a library? Chances are good you won’t run into many people under the age of 60, and it would be downright impossible to find anyone under the age of 20 there, unless he or she is woefully lost.

Carmel residents and Carmel High School graduates Valerie Moore and Katie Andrews Potter hope to change that. Moore and Andrews Potter are in the process of developing a history magazine for kids, The History Tree, that could be used in social studies classes starting in the fourth grade.

Andrews Potter, an elementary education major turned history major, explains that the idea came to her as a blend of her own educational fields.

“Kids learn history through stories; when it comes alive through a story, it really gets kids engaged,” she said.

The magazine, online at www.thehistorytree.com and scheduled for a first print issue in August, would combine history stories from well-known historians as well as folklore and family histories.

And while the pair have several historians lined up to write for the publication, they hope to convince many more to

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“We’re also working with the senior archaeologist of the Indiana DNR who is going to be writing several articles for us,” explains Moore.

Their current challenge is getting the word out to local schools and convincing districts that the magazine will be a valuable addition to social studies classrooms.

“We’re just looking for teachers and historians to take a chance on us and to use this in their classrooms,” Andrews Potter said. “We think it could be a really valuable tool.”

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Carmel Clay Schools Superintendent Barbara Underwood recently announced she would retire from her position.

Underwood, 66, has served as superintendent for eight years and has been with the corporation since UNDERWOOD 1994.

Underwood said she has several goals in mind before her retirement, which takes effect Dec. 31.

“We (the school corporation) have some very serious financial challenges, as most schools do at this time,” Underwood said.

“We still need to continue to work to put us in a sound financial situation. We need to do the best we can for our students.”

By making sound budget decisions and settling contracts with the Indiana State Teachers’ Association, Underwood said the school corporation can work to getting on track financially.

“Being a school administrator is a position that gives you an opportunity to serve the community and serve the children,” Underwood said. “When you’re an administrator you don’t get to work as closely with students. Our staff truly are incredible folks and do a fantastic job.”

“I had a long great career,” Underwood said. “My husband retired two years ago, so we think it’s time we do something else with our lives.”

Underwood said though she and her husband plan to stay in central Indiana, they plan to spend more time with family and grandchildren in Chicago.

“Before I became a school administrator I had some hobbies,” Underwood said.

“So, I need to try and remember what those were.”

Another long-time Carmel administrator, DeWayne Akin, principal of Woodbrook Elementary School, also announced his retirement recently. Kelly Davis, Smoky Row Elementary’s principal, will take over Akin’s position, and Carmel Elementary Principal Kim Barrett will fill the Smoky Row opening.

Underwood made all these staff-change decisions, saying the openings created opportunities for new, positive challenges.

She said she matched the skill sets of the faculty members with the openings available.

“Kim Barrett’s been principal of Carmel Elementary for nine years,” Underwood said. “She has done a great job, but I talked to her about the opportunity to go into another school.

Most of us in the administrative business don’t stay in one place. This is a refreshing process, not atypical of something BARRETT we would do.”

Barrett said the move to Smoky Row is a positive one for her and the students. She said although leaving Carmel Elementary will be sad, the opportunity it creates is worth it.

“People have portrayed as me unhappy, but people are portraying it like that because one when you’ve worked at a school for this long, you become part of a family,” Barrett said. “It’s a sad thing for people who have formed relationships, but this is not a negative thing. It will work out for everyone.”

The Carmel Clay School Board is currently working on predecessors for both Barrett and Underwood. According to Barrett, the selection committee has 28 applicants left for the Carmel Elementary position.

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fill the position of co-chair. She immediarmelFest is just around the ately went after Cindy Roberts-Greiner, corner, and volunteer hours are a veteran of corporate business, who said starting to add up. Without the yes without (much) hesitation. Together, sweat, toil and months of planthey are trying to get the word out that ning by dedicated Carmel citiCarmelFest is quickly approachzens, the CarmelFest parade and ing, and they want you and fireworks might not take place. your family to fully participate Lynda Pitz grew up in in every fun-loving minute.

Carmel and remembers atThe two work well together, tending CarmelFest as a child. which comes in handy when Naturally, she took her own directing a committee. Both are children to the festival, earnmotivated by one another and ing fond memories of chasing frequently bounce ideas off each candy during the parade. other. The pair estimates they Those happy memories mohave logged roughly 120 hours tivated Lynda to give back a since January. little, so she decided to sign up “I am amazed by how many to help for the first time last volunteers it takes to put on year. Her first assignment was to Jeff such a large event,” Robertsserve as parking lot attendant.

Greiner said. “There are so This coveted position’s descripWorrell many people working behind tion does not begin to describe the scenes, and all of them seem legitithe fun involved. The post allows relaxing and sometimes comical exchanges between mately concerned with every action and how it will benefit the people.” volunteers and motorists looking for a parking spot. It must have been enjoyable, Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He because this year, Lynda agreed to increase recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with her commitment and join the CarmelFest Organizing Committee to serve as co-chair Carmel” on cable channel 16. Contact him at jworrell@advantagemedical.com for public relations.

Lynda’s first task was to find help and

By Kim Puckett Current in Carmel

Carmel resident Kelsey Johnson, 13, read her way to a $250 second-place prize in “The 39 Clues,” an interactive, multimedia book adventure game through Scholastic Media.

The fiction series combines online gaming, reading and card collecting.

Johnson received her prize as part of the second round of winners. She was one of 66 kids to receive a combined total of more than $8,000.

“I got the first book for Christmas this year, and I just got addicted,” Johnson said. “They leave every book as a cliffhanger at the end.”

The fiction series centers on the Cahill family, the most powerful family known to earth. Their power source is unknown and has been hidden by the late matriarch of the family. Readers must track down the clues to find the power source, joining part of one of the four branches of the Cahill family: Lucian, Ekaterina, Janus or Tomas.

After taking a personality quiz on the Web site (the39clues.com), Johnson solved the clues as part of the Janus branch. The book characters have different traits that participants are tested for and assigned to their matching character.

JOHNSON “Janus is the athletic and artistic character,” Johnson said. “The athletic part fits me, but not the artistic part because I can’t draw or anything.”

Johnson’s mother, Karen NapierJohnson, said her daughter is an avid reader, and if parents need books to encourage their kids to read, “The 39 Clues” series is a good start, she said.

“Reading is the window to the world,” Napier-Johnson said. “You can be or do anything through a book.”

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While Honest Tea Organic Honey Green Tea topped the charts with an impressive 215 milligrams of total catechins, some products hardly even registered on the antioxidant scale. For instance, Republic of Tea Pomegranate Green Tea had just 9 milligrams and Ito En Tea’s Tea Lemongrass Green had just 28 milligrams.

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At the same time, the longer such pain persists, more difficult it is to treat it, because the central nervous system gets wound up more and more. Even if the source goes away, pain continues every day. It happens because the nervous system develops sensory pathology and continues to fire up even without input from outside.

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RECESSION-PROOF YOUR SKIN - With your financial adviser (or husband) scrutinizing every expenditure, lunchtime peels and filler appointments are getting harder to justify. It’s time to tighten the belt and find at-home solutions for antiaging.

Consider: A skincare regimen doesn’t have to be all-designer to do the job. “It doesn’t matter if you’re buying an item at a department store or a drugstore,” says New York City dermatologist Dr. Francesca Fusco. And while asset diversification may be essential in your financial portfolio, it’s not when stocking your bathroom caddy.

“Switching too often from one product to another can make your face more irritated,” warns Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr. Ava Shamban. The bottom line: A simple, age-appropriate routine will save money and make skin brighter, plumper, and less sensitive.

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Only one animal on the planet, other than humans, has back pain: the sabertooth tiger. Because of its mode of attack – hitting its prey with the chest – the Dmitry Arbuck animal’s spine is Pain Management constantly compressed. You know humans with back pain are frequently irritable. Imagine an irritable saber-tooth tiger.

Though lower back pain may last for years, usually the mechanism of it is an acute pain. It is no different than if somebody would come poke a person with a needle day after day for a year or two.

Such pain, though it persists for months or years, nevertheless is an acute pain, just prolonged in time. Acute pain is easier to treat, and because of that, lower back pain

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Drinking and eating dairy while dieting is a proven technique to help you shed pounds. Now, a multicenter study suggests that sticking with milk products after you’ve lost weight allows you to eat more without gaining the weight back. When a group of 169 post-dieters ate one or fewer daily servings of milk, yogurt, cheese for six months, they didn’t put on any pounds. But neither did a group who ate three or more daily servings, even though they took in about 200 more calories a day. High levels of dairy may increase your body’s ability to burn fat, say the researchers. Aim for three low-fat servings a day – during your diet and after you’ve reached your goal.

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Inulin, a plant compund that resists digestion in the stomach and small intestine, has already been touted for its ability to help with calcium absorption and promote a healthy gut. But a recent study funded by the Agricultural Research Service says the carb and dietary fiber source also helps the body absorb more iron from foods that contain high levels of iron-impeding compounds. So take a hint and tag-team your iron-rich eats with onions, wheat, garlic, asparagus, leeks, artichokes, bananas, and chicory – all chock-full of inulin.

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BUSINESS NETWORKING – The Carmel Alumni Business Networking group will meet June 3 at Dooley O’Tooles, 160 E. Carmel Dr. The group offers shared business contacts to expand your cliental, an idea-exchange to enhance your sales, and opportunities to reunite with your fellow classmates. It meets every first and third Wednesday. For more information, visit www.carmelalumnibusinessnetwork.com or contact Brian Borshoff at 317-846-1005 or bborshoff@aol.com.

MYTHS, FACTS AND HALF-TRUTHS – Somerset CPAs’ Wealth Management Team is hosting a three-part seminar series explaining how to take control of your financial future by overcoming today’s retirement challenges and being prepared for the unexpected. Each will be held in the Somerset Conference Center, 3925 River Crossing Parkway in Indianapolis. There are no fees to attend.

Part three, “Myths, Facts and Half-Truths,” will be May 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. Most of us make some common assumptions about investments that may or may not be based on facts. Misguided assumptions can leave us caught off-guard when our expectations don’t work out as planned. The fact is, the markets rarely follow historical patterns. It’s important to be prepared for the unexpected. You are invited to attend this educational workshop where you will learn sound strategies that can help you prepare for your financial future. For more information and future dates, visit www.somersetcpas.com.

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Kent Burns that person. All that stuff your There once was a time when On Success parents taught you about manyou actually thought about ners and being nice and treating what you were writing to someothers like you want to be treated … That one. When you called someone on the wasn’t baloney. As a matter of fact, those phone you spoke to a real person. And, of lessons seem more appropriate now than at course, when you spoke to someone face any time in my life. to face, you didn’t want to come off as a jerk, so you were careful with what you Kent Burns is a Carmel resident, investor and cosaid and how you said it. founder of CrossConfirm. He is also a professional No more. Now we hide behind elecspeaker and author of What’s Your Why? He can tronic mediums that depersonalize us and be reached at kent@currentincarmel.com. those we interact with. Punctuation and

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sun room with cathedral ceiling adjoins the kitchen and provides access to a large deck. The two-story great room boasts a floor-to-ceiling brick heart fireplace. The main floor den has built-in bookcases. A decorative ceiling and a luxurious bath highlight the master suite.

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more options for the parties. “We wanted to be in more of a family atmosphere,” Mendell said. In honor of the grand opening of the new location, Oogles and Googles is offering a $25 off deal on parties scheduled before MENDELL June 30.Mendell said the company’s parties are unique because they relieve parents from the usual duties associated with throwing parties. “It’s a private party, and the kids are totally engaged for two hours,” Mendell said. “The parents don’t have to bother with anything.” Party themes available include Superheroes, Pop Rock Party, I Spy Detective School and Hula! Hula! Hula!

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Logic is harder to prove than Eric, heading into his senior evidence. “My concept of good year at Purdue, is a baptized outweighs God’s likelihood of believer in Christ and walks his existence,” is a big, awful asfaith in a number of tangible sumption, not evidence. ways – missions, campus minBut here’s my point: istries, Bible study leadership, Secularists – who in my experiyouth group mentoring, worship ence are particularly queasy music, avid volunteering for asabout being called “sinners” sorted Kingdom activities, etc.

– immodestly fight against the Plus, he’s a sinner like the idea of God’s existence, eternal rest of us. It’s ironic that we salvation by Jesus Christ, and Christians, so often assailed the indwelling of the Holy by secularists for either being Bob Walters Spirit, because they see no evihypocrites or goody-two-shoes, Spirituality dence … and call their position are also the first to admit we are logical. sinners.

Look at a changed human life, look at a Eric’s faith, thankfully, is surviving church full of believers, look at the Bible, both the college experience and what he is look at beauty, look at love, experience an learning about philosophy and theology. answered prayer, look at the sacrifice of On our most recent ride down I-65, Christ … evidence of God is everywhere, Eric mentioned a philosophy class this unless you assume it isn’t. semester that said there are just two kinds of arguments – evidential and logical.

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Remember, once a stain sets in, it becomes that much more difficult to clean.

Never rub a spill, as it forces the spill deeper into the rug. Always blot as much moisture as possible with a clean white cloth or towel. Use lukewarm water containing a wool cleaning liquid to remove any residual stain.

If water does not help, you can always use a solvent to remove a spill.

Remember to pretest the solvent on a small area of the rug by applying a few drops, then blotting with a clean, white absorbent cloth.

Vicky Earley is the principal designer for Artichoke Designs in downtown Carmel. If you have an interior design question, please contact artichokedesigns@aol.com.

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GET A GREAT WAX - When you’re paying someone to put hot wax on sensitive parts of your body, trust is obviously important. Don’t be shy about asking lots of questions in advance.

• Let it grow. The hair on the legs and bikini area should be a quarter-inch long if it’s fine and a half-inch long if it’s coarse. That means you’ll need to wax every two to four weeks.

• Prepare yourself. If you’re waxing anywhere on your face, don’t use retinol products, Accutane, or some antibiotics for the week beforehand.

The morning before your appointment, exfoliate but skip the lotion.

• Check the wax. There are two basic waxes: Strip wax is removed with a piece of fabric; hard wax goes on thicker and can be peeled off. Both are effective, though many people find hard wax, which is usually used for the bikini area, less painful and request it.

• Manage the pain. Take two Advil an hour before your appointment. After a wax, apply an aloe lotion or use a hydrocortisone cream if you get any red bumps.

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Vacuum, vacuum and vacuum to reduce fiber wear. The frequency of cleaning varies according to the traffic the rug receives.

Caked-on dirt is difficult to remove, so remove as much soil as possible while still damp to prevent staining.

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hile area rugs can be art underfoot, much is expected of this form of flooring.

Simultaneously, area rugs provide a focal point in the room and are expected to warm the floor, create cozy conversation areas, provide a splash of color and serve as the unifying element that ties colors together.

The beauty of Vicky Earley a quality area rug Design can last for many years with the help of proper maintenance.

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‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND’ COMES TO CARMEL

By Barbara E. Cohen Current In Carmel

WANT A VEGETABLE GARDEN? - It’s not too late to plant a vegetable garden, even if you want to start from seeds.

Certain plants, like parsnips and radishes, are beyond a suitable planting time now, but many, many more are still in an ideal planting time frame. For a complete list of suggested planting dates, visit www. almanac.com under Planting Table.

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Saturday May 30, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Dale E. Graham Auditorium, Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St. The first CIDE performance is preceded at 12:30 p.m. by a special Mad Hatter Tea Party, during which kids can make a craft, have a souvenir picture taken with cast members and enjoy cake and punch.

Purchase tickets online at www. cidedance.org or call 317-844-7453.

What: “Interpreting William,” by James Still When: Through May 31 Where: Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W. Washington St., Indianapolis Cost: $29-$49 adults, $19 students and children 18 and under Details: The IRT unravels the life of Indiana icon William Conner, the 19thcentuty frontiersman and founder of Conner Prairie (played by Tim Grimm), in this world-premiere play by IRT playwright James Still. The past and present meet head on as college professor Bill Montgomery (David Alan Anderson) uncovers the secrets of Conner’s complicated personal life while also trying to understand his own.

Info: 317-635-5252, www.irtlive.com

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Flis and Secrest

Flis recommends the ballet as enjoyable for people of all ages, especially to appreciate the effort that goes into the entire production, not merely any single role.

“It’s hard work, but it’s also fun because everyone puts a lot of work into it,” she said.

Barbara E. Cohen covers the arts for the Current community newspapers. Please send comments or story ideas to barbara@i-writersstudio.com.

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FROZEN FLAVOR - When you’re looking for a cool, healthy treat, think granita.

Then take a shortcut and enjoy this easy version. The refreshing drink is usually made by freezing a mixture of sugar, water, and flavors and scraping it often as ice crystals form. This variation calls for just one ingredient and requires no scraping. Freeze any juice in an ice-cube tray; pliable silicone ones are ideal. When solid, pulse 3 to 5 cubes per serving in a food processor until shards form. Serve the granita in a pretty glass.

-Martha Stewart Living

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BAMBOO TOWELS? - While bamboo is an easy-to-grow plant, in order to make it into a soft, weaveable yarn, the raw fibers have to go through a chemically intense process (like many textiles) that is typically not good for the environment. The material created is rayon, and any characteristics specific to bamboo, like its anitmicrobial and antifungal qualities, are likely destroyed.

Further, to make towels, the bamboo fiber is often blended with cotton – which we’ve found to have far superior absorbency. To dry off fastest and most efficiently after you shower, stick to 100 percent cotton.

-Good Housekeeping

Follow Alice through the looking glass when the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble offers its interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s much-admired, magical “Alice in Wonderland” this Saturday in two performances at Carmel High School.

Amy Flis, a senior at CHS, is cast in the title role for her final performance with the company before heading off to college in the fall.

“For me, it’s a bittersweet role, even though the show is fun to perform and watch,” said the ballerina, who has taken part in every “Nutcracker” CIDE has staged for the last nine years, as well as many of the company’s spring concerts.

“As Alice, I get to be a kid again in a won-

derland with a host of adorable dancers and creatures around me.”

Flis, as Alice, is on stage throughout most of the show, although it’s not all dancing. She spends some time sitting on a mushroom watching other characters perform, when she’s not pirouetting her way into our hearts.

Accompanying her through Wonderland is the White Rabbit, danced this weekend

by Rachel Secrest, a junior at Brebeuf High School who also lives in Carmel.

Along the way, Alice and the White Rabbit encounter the Queen of Hearts, performed on Saturday by Mackenzie Surbey, a junior at Westfield High School, and many of Carroll’s other fanciful characters. Among the ensemble to greet and entertain Alice is Kristen Wood, a sixth grader at Westfield Intermediate School, who will dance in the role of a fish.

Getting cast as Alice was a pleasant surprise for Flis, who desired the role to mark her final CIDE performance. Flis doesn’t intend to pursue a professional ballet career, describing dance as something she loves but won’t major in at Duke University. The Duke dance program will let her continue to enjoy it as a serious amateur, without the pressure to turn pro.

“I’ve known for a long time I wasn’t destined to be a famous dancer,” said Flis, explaining her choice to study biomedical engineering.

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Bartender/server/manager at Dooley O’Toole’s Restaurant and Bar Where does he eat? I eat at Houlihan’s in Noblesville.

What does he eat there? I get the spinach dip and pot roast.

What he likes about Houlihan’s. It has a really good atmosphere.

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11301 Village Square Lane Fishers, IN 46038 Phone: 317-845-5500 Web: www.indiasizzling.com Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Friday – Sunday, 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

India Sizzling Restaurant is themed on Mumbai (Bombay), India. Mumbai is on par with New York City for restaurants. India Sizzling brings out the best India has to offer. The owners, originally from Mumbai, traveled across the United States on a quest for a quality Indian restaurant. At India Sizzling, copper-wire art on the walls by well-known artist Steve Wright depicts monuments of Mumbai.

White silk canopies hang high in the middle of the ceiling, illuminated with flood lights. Chefs at India Sizzling have several years of experience from top hotels in India and well-known cruise lines. Everyday Lunch Buffet is extremely popular among the office/ business crowd.

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t is a very confusing and deceitful world we live in, with this modern age of technical electronics. With the advanced media options and free thinking/anything goes mentality, everything can become mixed up. We hope this does not apply to the items we call “food.”

Have you ever wondered what makes up a hot dog, or why something like carob tastes like chocolate and not dirt? Or why sea urchin will trigger your gag reflex visually, but leave you asking for more after the first taste?

Fruit is the most confused category of food. Fruit is generally thought of as feminine, although many have Chef Michael the deep rooted Vlasich desire to be mascuCulinary Explorer line, like vegetables.

In turn, a large portion of the vegetables we prefer are also fooling us and are secretively, categorically, fruit.

We do not bathe, towel dry and coddle vegetables. We tend to chop, dice, grill or pan fry them. What fruit do you think can handle these methods? The botanically defined types of fruit I am referring to are avocados, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, chiles, and peanuts. All of these “fruits” appear and act like vegetables, but looking underneath it all, we learn the truth.

On the other hand, are there traditional fruits that can act like vegetables, even though they are passive and sweet? Some examples would be grilled pineapple, pineapple and ham pizza, or grilled melon

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caribbean ceviche • 1 cup scallops lightly chopped • 1 cup medium shrimp lightly chopped • 1/3 cup small dice mango • 1/3 cup small dice papaya • 1/3 cup small dice pineapple • 1/2 cup small dice ripe tomato • 2 tbsp. small dice Vidalia onion • 2 tbsp. small dice celery heart • 1 tbsp. minced fresh parsley • 1 tbsp. minced fresh Cilantro • 1 juice of large lemon • 2 juice of key lime In a large bowl, start by placing the seafood in first. As you cut all the items, pour juice secreted by any of the fruit or vegetables while chopping along with the items into the bowl. Mix all ingredients well, and marinate 36 hours, stirring occasionally. Serve with tortilla chips. (People with health concerns may lightly cook the seafood and chill prior to making the recipe.)

with crushed black pepper and sake wine vinegar. During the holidays, do you make a beautiful fruit and bread stuffing, or smoked apple and pear chutney?

The moral of the story is, just like people, we must accept fruit and vegetables for what they are. No matter how they appear or act, or who they hang out with, give them a chance.

Try the included unique summertime dish from the tropics: Caribbean ceviche.

Chef Michael R. Vlasich, CEC, AAC, is a Carmel resident and the executive chef at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. You may e-mail him at chefmichael@currentincarmel.com

DRY RUB • 1 tsp. cinnamon • 1/2 tsp. salt • 1/2 tsp. cumin • 1/2 tsp. turmeric • 1/4 tsp. cayenne (optional) • 1/4 tsp. pepper • 1/4 tsp. cardamom • 1/8 tsp. ground cloves • 1/8 tsp. nutmeg • 2 tsp. brown sugar KEBOBS • 2 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts • 2 small red onions, peeled and cut into 1-inch wide sections • 2 bell peppers, cleaned and cut into 1-inch squares • 1/4 cup olive oil • Salt and pepper • 12 (10-inch) bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes Directions: • In a small bowl, combine dry rub ingredients and mix well.

• Cut the meat into 1 1/2-inch cubes and put them in a gallon-size ziplock bag with the rub mix. Seal the bag and shake it vigorously until all the chicken is well coated.

• Place the onions and peppers in a gallon-size zip-lock bag, add the olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Seal the bag and shake it vigorously to coat the vegetables well.

• Assemble the kebobs by alternately skewering pieces of chicken, onions, and peppers.

• Prepare a charcoal fire or set a gas grill to medium-high, close the lid, and heat until hot –about 10 to 15 minutes.

• Grill the kebobs, turning occasionally, until the chicken is no longer pink inside, about 8 to 10 minutes on a gas grill

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DRESS REHEARSAL The students at Carmel Elementary School gathered last week for a dress rehearsal of the school’s latest production, “The Wizard of Oz.” The play was presented to fellow students Thursday morning and to a full audience Thursday evening. 1. From left: Kaid Aquino as “Tin Man,” Laura Levine as “Dorothy,” Haley Glickman as “Cowardly Lion” and Jonas Raguse as “Scarecrow” are off to see the wizard. 2. A few of the “Winkies,” the Wicked Witch of the West’s minions, strike a pose. From left: John Hale, Luke Sanders, Jeffrey Oscherwitz, Dylan Frechette and Jake Stock. 3. Dorothy (Laura Levine) and Toto (Phoebe Kane) meet the “Scarecrow,” played by Jonas Raguse. 4. The Wicked Witch of the West (Corinne Levy) plots to kill Dorothy.

BOOK REVIEW

By Carolly Erickson Although it is now known that all the members of the imperial Russian family were killed in 1918, in this gripping story, the author imagines that Tatiana, the second of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra’s four daughters, actually survived and lived out her years in Canada under an assumed name. Tatiana recounts her life, from her remembrances of growing up amid the luxuries of the tsar’s palaces to the day the Bolsheviks arrested her family during their attempt to flee Russia.

Tatiana and Michael, her soldier/patriot lover, escape, but they are powerless to save the rest of her family.

In an intimate portrayal of the doomed Russian imperial family, popular historical fiction author Carolly Erickson imagines what life might have been like for one of the tsar’s daughters. Erickson spins a mesmerizing tale of a young woman coming of age in turbulent times. Sympathetic characters, brisk pacing and a detailed setting make this poignant story a must-read for those who enjoy historical romances.

Reviewed by Nina Kennedy CCPL Readers’ Advisory Librarian

Visit the Carmel Clay Public Library’s website at www.carmel.lib.in.us for more book reviews.

Peggy Archer Robert A. Black Ray E. Boomhower Lorene Burkhart Nathan Clement Marlis Day Rebecca Kai Dotlich Alice Rowen Easley Valiska Gregory Meggan Hill

Ben Keckler & Dick Davis Bette Killion Alina Klein Jim Kraft Valerie Marsh & Patrick Luzadder Bobbi McPeak Roxy Morgan Anne Paluszny & Lori McDonough

Tracy Richardson Julie Shore & Kate Jones Jeff Stone Lois Main Templeton Geoffrey Thornton Peter J. Welling Tony Wofford Chris Woodworth Jennifer Zivoin

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This year Jason is the chair for the Development Committee and arranges sponsorships that allow CarmelFest to be the incredible event it has become. Jason takes every opportunity to thank our loyal sponsors for being so supportive regardless of the economic times.

Jason has been a financial planner with Wachovia for three years and is married (Gretchen). Together they are hosting a Rotary exchange student, Bruno, and he says it has been a fantastic experience.

It has been 144 years, and one month since generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant signed the unconditional surrender at Appomattox, Va., in April 1865, officially ending the American Civil War. In that horrible fouryear conflict, more than 600,000 soldiers died defending their states, their beliefs and their honor.

But, for many, the war never really has ended. It is such an ingrained part of American history and culture that it continues almost every weekend somewhere in the United States through living history re-enactors.

This year at CarmelFest 2009, three units of Civil War re-enactors will camp on the grounds in uniform and in charac-

teers for the Union than ter. Members of the 49th Indiana Infantry, the 11th any other state. In addition, there were 47 Medal Indiana Infantry, and the of Honor winners from In44th Tennessee Infantry, diana, including Captain (representing the ConfedWilliam W. Kendall, erate side) will be of the 49th. present. While The members of these are re-enthe Indiana 49th, actor units, they 11th, and the Tenrepresent actual nessee 44th Infanregiments in the try are excited to war. These men be present at this have full-time kendall year’s CarmelFest. jobs, and are not Their encampment paid for their area will be set up avocations as re-enactors. just east of City Hall on They purchase their the grounds of our good own authentic replicas friends at Marketing of uniforms, equipment Services of Indiana. Make and weapons, and often sure you drop by and visit wear the facial hair and with them, and experihaircuts that were used by their forefathers in the ence a little of our Hoosier heritage. I understand actual conflicts. A little known fact about Indiana they have some really bad coffee and hardtack they’ll and the Civil War is that give you, too.

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caribbean, calypso Michael Beck and Kenny Kipp, former members of the wildly popular Dog Talk, are in a new and just as popular groove as the mainstays of this high-energy act that takes you down to the islands. They bring a calypso vibe to most every selection with surprising ease. Percussion, steel drums and, really, overall stellar musicianship, elevates this band into the spotlight position. They take the stage at the Gazebo on July 4 in the late-afternoon slot, back by popular demand. Turn on the blender! Sing along! The conga line forms on the right!

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of events

July 3 carmelfest has talent: noon-4 p.m. barometer soup: 4:30-6:30 p.m. the wright brothers: 7-10 p.m.

July 4 the st.vincent heart center of indiana carmelfest parade: 10:30 a.m.

Jes and vicky richmond: noon-2 p.m. blair and co.: 2:30-4:30 p.m. the tides: 5-7 p.m. carmelfest has talent finals: 12:30-1:30 p.m. carmel symphony orchestra: 8:45-9:45 p.m. the b105.7 fireworks at carmelfest launches by firestone: 9:45 p.m.

(Performances at the Gazebo at Civic Square. All times approximate.)

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Freedom run primer

training tip: Try the 400-meter repeats with a float. Run for 2 to 4 miles, alternating between 400 meters at 5K pace and 200 meters at a strong but relaxed pace. This is an excellent workout for raising your lactate threshold and running economy at race pace. To build lactate, alternate between running for 30 seconds at nearly full pace and 30 seconds at an easy pace. Keep running until you are unable to hold a strong pace.

This is an excellent lactate threshold builder. It also improves your vVO2 max and running economy.

THEATRE

Last year’s Brew-Ha-Ha Brew-Ha-Ha The Phoenix Theatre (749 N. Park Ave. in Indianapolis) will host its 14th annual microbrew festival, Brew-Ha-Ha, June 27 from 3-7 p.m. The event is open to individuals aged 21 and older. Sample the region’s finest microbrews and craft beers, relax to live music all afternoon long, and enjoy great food at Indy’s origi-

‘Alice in Wonderland’ The Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will present “Alice in Wonderland” May 30 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the Carmel High School auditorium. Peer through the looking glass with Alice and experience her fantastic adventures as the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble interprets Lewis Carroll’s magical story, “Alice in Wonderland” through dance. Amy Flis, a Senior at Carmel High School, will dance the lead role of Alice and Rachel

Secrest, a Junior at Brebeuf High School will dance the role of White Rabbit. This beautiful ballet will bring to life Alice’s magical wonderland filled with mischievous characters including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and many forest creatures. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for children. For purchase information, visit HYPERLINK “http://www.cidedance.org” www. cidedance.org or call 317-844-7453.

Immediately following the 2 p.m. show, audience members will be invited onstage for an autograph session with the cast.

LIVE MUSIC The following musical acts will be playinglive at Mickey’s Irish Pub, 13644 N Meridian, Carmel. For more information, call 317-573-9746: May 29: Cousin Roger May 30: The Fynal Episode Band June 5: Sour Mash 7 June 6: Alan Kaye & The Toons June 12: Meatball Band

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nal beer sampling event. Proceeds from Brew-Ha-Ha support the educational outreach programs of the not-for-profit Phoenix Theatre. Brew-Ha-Ha provides an outdoor block party atmosphere in 700 block of North Park Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and East St. Clair Street in downtown Indianapolis’ historic Chatham Arch neighborhood, with the street blocked off to traffic for the event.

Live entertainment is provided all afternoon with music by three local bands: The Elect, AyAwAscA (eye-uh-WAH-skuh), and The Alpha Primitives Brew-Ha-Ha is a rain-or-shine event. Tickets are $25 ($20 in advance through June 26), just $10 for designated drivers. For additional information, contact Tom Robertson, the Phoenix Theatre’s Development Director, by phone at 317-635-2381 or by e-mail at trobertson@phoenixtheatre.org

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SHAKE IT LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE - Okay, don’t shake it. Polaroid has now cleverly combined Zero Ink printing technology with a 5 megapixel camera to bring us a good-looking gadget which takes pictures and prints them too. Like an old-style Polaroid camera, but without the waiting around, waving the picture in the air until it dries. And a whole lot cuter and more compact. You can even crop and edit pictures prior to printing. It will be available from 26 May from Firebox.com.

- www.popgadget.net NEW E-BOOK READER OUT SOON Details are not totally clear at this point, but Bookeen recently teased its newest e-book reader offering – the Cybook Opus -- during a presentation. At 200 DPI, the teensy 5.3-ouncer will have one of the higher resolutions we’ve seen on a reader, and it will supposedly

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If you feel the other What the?! After all, he was the person rushing ahead too one making all the emotional quickly, help them pull back by advances and said the “L” word communicating that things are first and spent hours breaking Rachael Noble moving too fast and you can down your walls! either take it slowly or risk loosDATING So what happened here? Let’s ing it all in a matter of weeks think about it. It’s not wrong or days. to have strong feelings early on. But we are holding the hearts of others in our Join Noble Networking for a speed dating hands and we are also putting our own event/Prada sunglasses trunk show, sponhearts on the line. Not only is it unwise sored by Revolutionary Eyes at Bar Louie on to jump into relationships with both feet June 4 at 7 p.m. E-mail Rachael at nobleadright away, but it can almost be “cruel” vice@yahoo.com to RSVP and for more info! if it turns out Charming Charlie is actuRachael Noble is a single Carmel resident and ally Lazy Larry eating potato chips on his contributing columnist. She can be reached couch 24/7. at nobleadvice@yahoo.com.

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Lesson: Most obstacles are simply opportunities for creative design solutions.

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re you letting TBP syndrome stifle your backyard dreams? Tacky Backyard Playset syndrome, coupled with many homeowners’ need for privacy, has smothered more creative design movements than any other issue. Sure, there are other buzz-killers, but most can typically be overcome, even the “B” word (budget).

Example: For several years, we’ve had a tacky problem in our backyard that precludes the very cool fireplace we need to finalize our retreat. The “tacky backyard playset” simply consumes too much space for the fireplace. Frankly, it’s a budget buster anyway, and without any Obama TARP dollars coming our way, it likely won’t happen for a few years.

Randy Nevertheless, the interim soluSorrell tion of a very cool, naturalized boulder fire pit has produced loads of fantastic memories. Often, the middle schoolers negotiate a fire, only to disappear after a few quick marshmallows, allowing the adults to move in and trade stories.

Recently, 50-60 well behaved/testosterone-driven teenagers (a curious oxymoron) consumed the backyard and enough Dr. Pepper to stimulate Keystone construction schedules until past midnight – a serious test of the space, along with my endorphin-driven stamina.

Privacy issues are the most predominant and easiest to overcome. Large perimeter spruces, coupled with flowering ornamental trees and edgy grasses, usually resolve the perceived crisis. Interestingly, a few well-placed shade trees

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Prune suckers from fruit trees now before they become established.

Provide support for flowers that need it before they start to fall over.

Spread a little lime or wood ashes around delphiniums and peonies.

Divide late-summer or autumn-flowering perennials.

Trim climbing roses and attach securely to fences or trellises.

Scatter crushed eggshells in a thick ring around roses to deter slugs.

Sow annual poppies and baby’s breath in borders for midsummer bloom by scattering them between the other plants, covering with fine soil, and tamping down gently.

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As reptiles grow more popular as pets, it’s important to understand proper handling procedures.

Wash hands after each handling.

A small amount of salmonella bacteria is harbored in the intestines of nearly all animals. Your pet reptiles and amphibians can become carriers. Symptoms of salmonella poisoning in people include loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. If salmonella poisoning is suspected, a doctor should be consulted immediately.

Salmonella occurs when a salmonella bacterium is allowed to multiply, often the result of unsanitary conditions or contaminated foods like spoiled meat. As a precaution, reptile owners should always wash their hands after handling their pets.

Children need to be reminded of this necessary hand-washing routine, especially before eating or touching food.

Reptiles carrying the salmonella bacte-

ria may display the following symptoms: greenish feces with green or yellow-stained wet uric acid, loss of appetite, enteritis (inflammation of the intestines) and pneumonia. If you notice these symptoms, have your pet examined by a veterinarian.

Socializing snakes: Though it is always safe to hold a snake firmly behind its head, it is not the best way to socialize or tame a pet snake. The snake will consider this method an unfriendly form of restraint.

Wearing gloves to tame an unsocialized snake is best. Using both hands, firmly but gently lift the snake from its housing unit.

Once you are comfortable holding your pet, loosen your grip, allowing the snake to move freely. If it tries to slither away, support its body with one hand and lead it back toward you with the other.

Lounging with lizards: Lizards should never be picked up by their tails, as this appendage can break off.

Small lizards generally tame quite quickly. Larger species, however, require more patience. Before handling, owners should have their lizard’s toenails clipped to prevent scratching. Socialization sessions should begin with owners wearing gloves and keeping a firm grip (without squeezing) behind their lizard’s head. Once the lizard is tame to your touch, allow it to rest in the palm of your hand or lay against your torso.

Taming turtles: Most pet turtles and tortoises are harmless, making handling easy. However, some aquatic turtles can nip, so it is advisable to pick up all turtles from the rear of the shell. With repeated socialization, even the most introverted turtles will become tame, enjoying human attention.

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couple of recent local TV news segments have me scratching my head. One station did a story on how to save money when dining out. The first tip was to order items that are less expensive.

My wife was working late, but I called her at the office because I didn’t want take a chance on forgetting this earthshaking news.

If I had only realized the steak and shrimp platter was pricier than the deep-fried chicken planks, who knows how much I could have saved? The station also reported that you can save Dick Wolfsie money by ordering Humor tap water instead of a triple-dirty vodka martini. Why was I never told about this?

Then the other night, another must-see segment … are you sitting down? You’d better be, because the story was about the increasing number of people who end up in emergency rooms because they trip over their pets.

The news lacked the kind of in-depth analysis that I have been trained to do as a crack reporter. Inexplicably, all pets in the study were lumped together (which makes them easier to trip over), preventing you from making an intelligent pet purchase.

If no one has bothered to take the time at the emergency room to record whether patients stumbled over a hermit crab or an Irish wolfhound, the result is just another bunch of useless statistics.

I have stumbled over my dog many times, and I am always struck by the look Toby gives me as I crash headfirst into my oak nightstand. Mark Twain once said, “Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being tripped over.” I think this is true because I sense from my beagle’s expression that, if he could talk, he’d be saying, “Walk much?”

I once had a Cocker Spaniel that I also continually became entangled with. His expression seemed to say, “Have a nice trip?” I finally gave the pooch away. No dog of mine is going to spout clichés while my head is lodged in the mahogany credenza.

How many people trip over their pets?

This year, the number hit 86,000 emergency room admissions. This is already about 85,500 more than swine flu admissions, but the CDC (Committee for Dog Collisions) has tried to conceal these numbers for fear that people will hide in their bedrooms while their Chihuahua is lying in wait, just panting for a chance to assist them in breaking their patella.

The problem may be related to the econ-

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omy. It’s not just humans who are worried about the worldwide financial crisis. Many dogs are having trouble getting their 14 hours a night. They lie awake fretting about where their next meal is coming from.

Canines walk the house in the dark, only to run head and leg into their owner, who is pacing the halls, already upside down on his car loan, and now about to be upside down on his coffee table.

Even cats, historically uninterested in global monetary issues, are getting more underfoot lately. But most feline-related admissions are due to owners putting one foot in the kitty litter and then doing a split worthy of Julianne Hough on “Dancing with the Stars.”

As a result of the story on TV, I am now paranoid that my dog and cat hold secret meetings each night hashing out a devi-

ous plan to weave between my legs as I am gingerly making my way up the stairs to my office with a bagel and hot cup of coffee. We are all concerned about coming down with the swine flu, but here’s the truth: There is a better chance you’ll trip over your potbellied pig.

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

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They’re outside all year tending yards that look like golf courses, and reminding you of the covenant that says YOUR lawn is supposed to look like the 14th fairway, too. roots. And as I pulled the bushes from their earthly confines, I heard a series of pops that I thought were the last little stragglers from the rootball breaking free of the soil. Silly me. It was actually the sound of my thoracic and lumbar vertebrae re-aligning themselves into something approximating the letter “Z.” That was when I decided to call it a day. And I also decided to hire a service to come out and remove the rest of the bushes. Or maybe if I leave it half-done, the Yard Cops will get so annoyed they will come over and finish the job for me.

However it happens, the bug bite seems to have healed, and I am on to new chal-

lenges, such as standing upright once again.

Or using my arms. Or posing for a new diorama: Modern Man Visits The Chiropractor.

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f you want to know why I am walking around looking like I am searching for a four-leaf clover or a face-up penny, the short answer is this: The home improvement bug recently planted its incisors in my gluteus maximus, resulting in me trying to do three months’ worth of yardwork and house fix-ups in one weekend, which translates into Oh My Aching Back.

I spent two days digging, chopping, cutting, raking, hoeing, weeding, Mike Redmond planting hammerHumor ing, sawing and about 67 other gerunds, and now I am paying the price: $35 for a new heating pad, $10 for the bottle of extra-strength aspirin, and a posture reminiscent of the third guy from the left in the “Ancient Man At His Daily Tasks” diorama at the Museum of Natural History.

Why? Because it’s spring, and the home improvement bug is at its most ravenous at this time of year. It gets nice outside, and we figure we might as well do something constructive with the season. This turns out to be just the opening the home improvement bug is looking for. Chomp.

The biggest task of my weekend was removing the yews that a previous owner planted around the front porch. They’ve seen better days, and I thought it might be nice to replace them with something that doesn’t look like it died three years ago.

I thought about spray-painting them green, but I don’t think that would have fooled the Neighborhood Yard Cops. You know the ones. They’re outside all year tending yards that look like golf courses, and reminding you of the covenant that says YOUR lawn is supposed to look like the 14th fairway, too. Although I’m not sure what they’ll do if you don’t comply.

Send you to Yard Jail, I suppose.

I did some in-depth research (called a relative) and found that yews have fairly shallow roots, but require a little effort to remove – a little effort, as in severing the roots with a pickaxe. Lucky for me, I was instructed in the use of axes by my Grandpa McKenzie. It was a matter of some astonishment for him, as well as the entire McKenzie family, that I made it through the afternoon with both feet still size 11.

That was 40 years ago. And that was also the last time I used an axe before this weekend. But off to work I went, Mike The Lumberjack (and that’s OK, I sleep all night and I work all day) chopping through yew roots, old roots and new

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CHS PHYSICS FINISH FIRST - Based results of a 40-item exam that students have 45 minutes to complete, Carmel High School’s second-year physics students have finished first in Region 8 the annual Physics Bowl. First year physics students from CHS captured the runner-up title in Region 8, which includes high schools from Indiana and Michigan. Physics Bowl is an annual competition that attracts 4,500 students from 225 high schools from across the nation. CHS senior Yingxue Li earned the second highest individual score in the two-state region. This marks the third straight year that Carmel students have finished first in one of the contest’s two divisions.

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CHS STUDENT RUNNER-UP IN POSTER CONTEST - Carmel High School junior Alice Shen has won second place in the Right to Life of Indianapolis art contest.

For her work, Shen will receive $200.

A student from Arlington High School finished first in the competition. LaNisha Jackson-Miller’s art will appear on the program cover at the annual Celebration Life dinner, which will take place in September in downtown Indianapolis.

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CHS STUDENTS ELECT OFFICERS - In elections that took place over the last three weeks, Carmel High students have chosen their student government and class officers for the next school year.

Junior Steven Brisley will serve as the student body president. Junior Sunny Huang will be the speaker of the house.

Senior class officers: Deanna Daly, president; Madison Brake, vice president; Charlie Dankert, secretary; Anna Phipps, treasurer; Michelle Baques, Griffin Brunk, Lisa Dunnivant, Ansel Nalin, Victor Obasaju and Laura Palmer, senators.

Junior class officers: Jeremy Weprich, president; Arjuna Capulong, vice president; Marianna Cooper, secretary; Alex Roth, treasurer; Natalie Addington, Collin Brunk, James Frascella, Madeline Hess, Rithvi Melanta and Devin Surface, senators. Sophomore class officers: Avi Goot, president; Avi Mishra, vice president; Katie Urbanowich, secretary; Jeff Hou, treasurer; Patrick Bryant, Alex Chong, Terrance Lewis, Jeff Stratford, Sara Towle and Mason Yao, senators.

Freshmen will elect their officers at the beginning of the next school year.

As a high school English teacher, I frequently saw misspellings that ranged from the understandable to the absurd. One student of mine chose to rework the spelling of her own name to Genifure. I had to check my class list before I realized the word in question was supposed to be Jennifer.

One of my favorites was the many misspellings of probably. Because probably is one of those words that frequently gets shortened in pronunciation, I regularly saw the following attempts at the real word: probly, probaly, and – my favorite – prolly. I’m sure there are many more variations out there; I only taught for five years.

Another five years, and I’m sure I could’ve come up with half a dozen more crazy examples.

But probably isn’t the only word with a slew of creative misspellings based on pronunciation. There are just some words out there that don’t look exactly as they sound: heinous, colonel, medieval, rhythm.

We’re going to clear one pronunciation misspelling up for good today, though.

It’s a big pet peeve of mine because it produces a terrible erroneous combination

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of words. The problem words are these: could’ve, would’ve, should’ve.

Many of you are nodding your heads; I can see you now.

I don’t know how many times I have seen people write the contractions above as could of, would of, or should of.

It’s like something out of a grammarian’s nightmare (which is part of the reason that no one makes scary movies about grammarians’ nightmares).

The main problem with this construction is it creates a ridiculous and illogical sequence of words. They don’t make any sense. And most readers will notice that.

I get that it’s a pronunciation thing, but unlike most other misspellings based on pronunciation, this one isn’t going to be caught by spell check, because of is a real word. It does not, however, mean the same thing as have.

And that’s the other part of the problem: Some people honestly believe could of means the same thing as could have. I know that some of you are shaking your heads in disbelief, thinking, “That can’t possibly be true, Grammar Guru. Say it isn’t so!” But it is so.

When used with could, would, or should (and a variety of other verbs), have func-

tions as an auxiliary (helping) verb. On the other hand, of is not a verb. Ever. Of is a preposition only.

So please, readers, don’t populate my dreams with could ofs, would ofs and should ofs. I have my own could haves, would haves and should haves to worry about.

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

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a limb here, but there wouldn’t be moms ’m often asked, “YiaYia, what age without dads. How’s that for a potentially of kids do you focus your parentforgotten perspective? In any case, I want ing classes on?” My response is, to be your parent morale booster. I want “Whichever age your kids are, to remind you how important you are because I focus on empowering to your kids. I want to be the parents.” shot in the arm you might need It doesn’t make sense for me when frustration, second guessto put the cart before the horse. ing and guilt permeate your Without parents, there would ability to communicate effecbe no kids. Parent development tively with your kids. Married, is my focus – not to advise you single, adoptive and foster how to raise your kids (you’re parents all have one thing in the best), but rather to help you common: KIDS! find alternative approaches to We owe it to them to parent your kids’ behavioral challenges with the best tools available to – approaches that have proven us. Sharing and improving on effective in the development of the tools we’ve been given will children of all ages; approaches help build the kindest, most that I am using on my own Becky Kapsalis decent kids we are capable of children and grandchildren Ask YiaYia developing. today that I wish someone had I’ve learned that everything helped me with when I was is a choice; that every problem has a soluyoung.

Granted, having raised my family, I have tion; that parents were kids first and that kids are people too! What age kids do I the luxury of time and patience, plus I graduated from the Academy for Coaching focus on? However old YOU are.

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Parents, which emboldens me to help parents of all-aged children to participate and Have a parenting topic or question? Submit enjoy the parenting journey.

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1:17:21 p.m., investigation, 508 S Rangeline Road 1:53:02 p.m., investigation, East Carmel Drive / Coventry Way 1:59:42 p.m., accident property damage, North Meridian Street / West 136th St. 2:04:25 p.m., animal complaint, 12906 Double Eagle Drive 2:55:12 p.m., criminal mischief, 220 2nd St S.W. 3:28:02 p.m., animal complaint, 13690 Cheswick Blvd.

3:52:23 p.m., domestic, 5841 Hornbean Court 4:13:02 p.m., missing person, 102 Jordan Court 4:20:32 p.m., theft, 5258 Apache Moon 4:45:10 p.m., accident property damage, 9952 Maswa Court 5:15:08 p.m., alarm burglar, 10585 N. Meridian St. 5:22:06 p.m., animal complaint, 12216 Redgold Run 5:10:58 p.m., suspicious activity, 12744 Wembly Road 5:39:31 p.m., solicitor, 12667 Plum Creek Boulevard 6:03:05 p.m., investigation, East 131st St. / Harrison Drive 6:08:19 p.m., disturbance, 3107 Hensel Drive 6:06:36 p.m., missing person, 270 Hawthorne Drive 6:34:00 p.m., animal complaint, 1451 W. 136th St. 7:30:48 p.m., alarm burglar, 13540 Lablanca Bend

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May 8 Boys- Weesner, Benjamin and Erin Girls- Batuello, Christipher and Emily; Arterburn, Stephen and Misty; Pimentel, Yeimi May 9 Boys- Smock, Robert and Ana; Creel, David and Shana Girls- Tank, Danielle May 10 Girls- McGrath, Matthew and Jennifer May 11 Boys- Dobson, Zachary and McCracken, Courtney Girls- Price, David and Beth; Schultz, Branden and Samantha May 12 Boys- Johnson, Lonnie and Kari Girls- Nielsen, William and Stacy May 13 Boys- Couch, Sean and Balchak, Nicole Girls- Beck, Jason and Wallace, Tiffany; Frye, Steve and Jennifer

8:47:48 a.m., alarm burglar, 85 9th St N.W. 9:38:47 a.m., juvenile complaint, 10721 Lakeshore Drive W. 9:44:21 a.m., investigation, Gray Road / Morgans Creek Court 9:47:00 a.m., warrant service, 1623 Handball Lane 9:41:52 a.m., welfare check, 280 E. 96th St. 9:49:31 a.m., investigation, West 131st St. / Illinois Street 9:54:59 a.m., accident property damage, West 116th St. / North Meridian Street 10:07:21 a.m., accident person injured, East106th St. / Westfield Boulevard 10:05:05 a.m., investigation, 12635 Royce Court 10:41:14 a.m., alarm burglar, 13821 Stone Haven Drive 10:47:39 a.m., accident property damage, Keystone Avenue North / East 116th St. 10:04:10 a.m., investigation, 16231 Carey Road 11:17:04 a.m., battery, 12345 Old Meridian St. 11:50:44 a.m., theft, 111 Congressional Blvd.

12:08:33 p.m., accident property damage, East 116th St. / South Rangeline Road 12:07:50 p.m., juvenile complaint, 5042 Colfax Circle 12:25:39 p.m., accident property damage, East 111th Street / Westfield Boulevard 12:57:23 p.m., accident property damage, AAA Way / Station Drive