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Theresa Brust chose teaching over performing, and generations of her students are thankful Story By Christine Bavender Photo by Tyler Gillaspie For Current In Carmel

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Theresa Brust

Hometown: A native of Coloraf you’re looking for do, she grew up in Fort Morgan.

Carmel resident Theresa Personal: Married for 45 years Brust, you might want to Dennis; she has three daughto look beyond the ters, Debby, Diane and Danelle; dance studio she owns and two grandchildren, V.A. — she just might be on the open and Cheyenne. road on her Harley.

Business: For 37 years, Brust “I got a Harley for my 60th,” has owned and operated Brust said. “My mother died at Carmel Dance Center in the 59, so 60 was a big thing for my Performing Arts Center on West sister and me, so I wanted to do Carmel Drive. something that really was differHobby: Riding her Harley or ent and made a statement.” relaxing at her second home in The now 64-year-old has put Steamboat Springs, Colorado. a lot of miles on her Harley since that birthday, she said. But ridest in dance at all,” Brust said ing isn’t her main passion — that with a laugh. would be dance. Since the age The center offers lessons for of 15 she has been involved all ages — from three to 90 and with dancing, from lessons to classes include tap, ballet, jazz, teaching to now owning her (From left) Theresa Brust, granddaughter Cheyenne lyrical and even hip hop. own studio, the Carmel and daughter Diane sit in front of Performing Arts “To instill the love of dance in Dance Center.

Center students rehearsing for “Holiday of Dance.” anyone that comes through here “I grew up in Fort is the point of the whole thing,” Morgan, Colo., and So Brust moved back to Colorado, married Brust said.

“For most it’s a fun my dad was a farmer,” her boyfriend, Dennis, and began to teach. activity and helps children learn coordination Brust explained. “My But when Dennis graduated from college and or to not be afraid to be on stage. There is just mom was a very culturwas hired in a sales position for Eli Lilly & Co., something about watching each new phase of ally interested person Brust found herself on the move. The couple kids when the accomplish something. That joy so she drove me 80 lived in Texas and Georgia before finally landthat you see them feeling makes it all worth miles one-way to Dening in Indianapolis. while.” ver to take me to dance But she never stopped teaching dance. For Some students have even gone on to dance lessons starting when I the past 37 years, she has owned and operated professionally, including Carmel resident was 15. That was totally the Carmel Dance Center, in the Performing Isabella Lekic Ozdemir, who toured with a prounheard of back then.”

Arts Center on West Carmel Drive. duction of “Cats.”

Brust said her The Lydia Weimer Auditorium is named for “A lot have also gone on to teach,” Brust mother would have her mother and has a special plaque: “To my said.

“It’s nice to know that they are carrying been a fantastic dancer.

At age 16, Theresa Brust performs mother and all the mothers that make it poson the tradition to keep the arts going.”

“But she was the the splits on two chairs. sible for their children to follow their dreams.”

While Brust doesn’t teach full-time anyoldest of 14 kids and The Dance Center is a family affair. Daughmore, she does fill in when needed. didn’t have that luxury roads. When she was 16 she had started teach- ter Debby is the photographer and graphic “I’m the building’s best sub,” she said. “We so she lived vicariously through me,” she said. ing dance in a small Colorado town and found designer and is in charge of advertising. Diane have a really good staff, but when someone Brust’s mother made that 160-mile round she really enjoyed inspiring others. She also runs The Starting Line, an academic pre-school needs to miss I will step in.” trip drive to Colorado for almost three years. had started dating someone. in the building, and is the office manager.

And continue to inspire those who want to When Brust graduated from high school, “I had to make the decision to go on and But it is Brust’s daughter, Danelle, who dance. she moved to Los Angeles to study with dance be a professional dancer or do something followed in her mother’s dancing footsteps, “I’m very partial but I think dance is someteacher Mary Claire Sale, whom she’d met at else,” she explained. “And I had always liked studying in New York and London and dancthing every young child should be exposed the prestigious Perry Mansfield Dance Camp the teaching, and I could make more money ing professionally in the Big Apple and San to because it teaches body awareness,” Brust during her summer breaks. teaching in my little town than professional Francisco. She now teaches dance in Seattle. said.

“It transcends everything else whether “She was just so wonderful and so inspiraballet dancers were making. And I found I Brust’s 12-year-old granddaughter also dances. you go on in music or sports or anything with tional,” Brust said. didn’t like doing the same thing over and over “But my grandson, who is 15, has no interdance — it just benefits everything else in life.”

But Brust soon found herself at a crosslike in shows.”

“I had always liked the teaching and I could make more money teaching in my little town than professional ballet dancers were making.” — Theresa Brust

OUR TAKE It is our position that our fair city is in good transition categorize the exit interviews by three hands, as this past week Indiana Supreme Court postures: Chief Justice Randall Shepard administered the oath of office to re-elected 1. How can we help you serve Mayor Jim Brainard, to the returning the citizens? and newly elected members of the 2. We will help you only if you City Council and to City Court Judge make us.

Paul Felix.

3. We’d rather see the city burn Kudos to these few among us who than have you take office. have stepped forward to serve to the best of their ability. With the election Several years ago, an outgoof both political newcomers and ing group of political appointees returning statesmen and women, we removed all of the W keys from Brainard expect lively and productive debate. federal taxpayer-owned keyboards While much work is to be done, in some sort of sophomoric display blind cooperation is not expected nor desired, of protest. We hope and expect that our own and neither is blind contention. Word from merry band will keep their minds on our busithose managing the Indianapolis mayor’s ness and not their own petty agendas.

THE MORE THE (NOT-SO) MERRIER It is our position that regardless of the outcome of the most recent CarmelClay Schools redistricting effort, school officials should take a hard look at the quality and manner of the planning process that has led to yet again another shifting of local kids.

Teachers, parents and children alike are on edge. We have already praised the good and true leadership of our schools, including Superintendent Barb Underwood, for attempting to include the community into solving the redistricting debacle. But that said, who was responsible for these consistently inaccurate projections?

And will they be held accountable?

Letters and e-mails from all corners are talking about this continuing problem and

how it will be addressed. Among the most compelling is the plight of kids who are now threatened with a school change for the fifth time since 2004: 1. The former College Wood Elementary.

2. The new College Wood Elementary.

3. West Clay Elementary.

4. Creekside Middle School.

5. (If redistricted again) Carmel Middle School.

What are the stats on kids who move every year? Is it good for academic performance? Is it good for building long-term relationships between administrators, teachers and parents? We don’t believe it is. We believe these kids deserve better.

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VICTORIA’S SECRET BY THE NUMBERS The issue of the window displays at Victoria’s Secret rages on. E-mailed opinions sent to Current In Carmel are divided.

66.7 percent – Found the Victoria’s Secret windows offensive and wanted something done about them.

26.7 percent – Did not believe the window displays were offensive, or believed there were more important issues that needed addressing.

6.6 percent – Did not appreciate seeing the photos in the newspaper.

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ALL THEY HAVE IS HOPE Editor: Victoria’s Secret’s window displays should never deprive someone of hope. It may be all they have. Maybe the general public shouldn’t major in minor things.

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OFFENSIVE

You say that the paper reflects this community.

It doesn’t reflect mine and I am part of this community. I would like to see your approach a little broader. Maybe because I came from another continent I see things “behind my own nose”. There is a world out there that it’s different from your close-minded newspaper.

Miria Alllman 46033

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NOT ‘MY’ NEWSPAPER

Year in review: It was 2007, in case you forgot. ... Forget resolutions. Here are hopedfor headlines for 2008: 1. Someone not named Clinton elected president.

2. City secures $25 million in naming rights for Performing Arts Center.

3. Government spending reaches an all-time low.

4. Abusive lenders shut down for mortgage scams.

5. Trucks banned from Keystone forever.

6. Hillary opens Whitewater Canoe Livery.

7. (Only because Carmel will benefit) Indy lands Super Bowl X-Whatever.

8. “American Idol” canceled!

9. After exhaustive search, Chivas Regal names Teddy spokesman.

10. Legislators turn down pay raise, saying, “We don’t deserve it, do we? Well, maybe. Or not. We can’t decide. This is going to take all night, and we need to meet our lobbyists for handouts and cocktails.” *** We rip and we praise. Last February, we lashed the city for horrendously underachieving in removing snow during the MASSIVE BLIZZARD THAT BROUGHT CENTRAL

Editor: I am a Carmel resident and your newspaper is not “my” newspaper. Your strong conservative approach (yours and the newspaper) doesn’t minimally reflect my point of view.

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Steve Greenberg & Brian Kelly INDIANA TO ITS KNEES (film at 11). Today, we heap copious amounts of admiration for the job the city did 10 days ago to not only make roads safely passable, but doing so as it snowed, rained, froze and snowed again. Even the tertiary streets received plow treatment.

Nice job, folks! Keep up the good work! *** Hey, Hillary: Concerned about the possibility that Sandy Berger (aka Sandy Burglar) never shredded those docs he stuffed down his pants at the National Archives? What was in those papers that compelled Burgler, presumably at your or Bill’s command, to remove them? Last we checked, the National Archives belong to us, too. Crooked? Natch! *** Did you enjoy your Victoria’s Secret sweet nothings yesterday morning? Merry Christmas!

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DO YOU SUFFER FROM ACNE? C. William Hanke, M.D. of the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of Indiana is participating in a research study evaluating an investigational therapy for moderate to severe facial acne.

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COOKIE COMMOTION: Girl Scouts of all ages will get ready to sell cookies at the annual Cookie Commotion pep rally at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at all Carmel middle schools. The activity is being split into three simultaneous events to allow all Carmel Girl Scouts to participate. Cookie Commotion has many contests and serves as a pep rally to get Girl Scouts excited about cookie sales, which begin Jan.12.

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comes, attempt to round up the toddlers and get moving toward the wailing.

6. Add a skoshe of chaos. When the first twin face-plants, scatters his toys, and begins bawling hysterically, ignore and keep moving toward the accident. Disregard second twin as she wanders over into another neighbor’s yard looking for flowers. Ditch stroller and its newborn on sidewalk and meet howling, injured kindergartener in street.

7. Quickly whisk together grandparents.

8. Do head count of kids. (Three out of four ain’t bad!) Yell out the door to neighbor that you’re missing the face-planter.

9. Prop a bottle of Similac for infant.

10. Rush to E.R. and bake for three hours.

Increase heat to 400 beats per minute, and continue cooking for another two hours.

11. Remove from oven once cast for fractured elbow sets, then cool on rack for 30 seconds.

12. Pull dessert out of freezer and let thaw.

With dad at the hospital spending your life savings, send grandparents home and attempt to nurse your baby, eat dinner, and put overtired, neglected twins to bed.

13. Serve Disastrous Day immediately with a large tumbler of red wine and enjoy!

Peace out!

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

Fire crew ignored danger to themselves

tragedy struck Carmel last week when the minivan Batul Abbas and her three daughters were riding in slid into an icy retention pond and became completely submerged.

When I first heard the news Saturday night, I prayed for the best, but learned the next morning that the outcome was far worse than I could have imagined.

CFD Engine Company 46, responded from the fire station Jeff Worrell at Springmill Road CarmelCan! and 131st Street, arriving just minutes after the call came in. Leading the crew was Capt. Jim Selbring, followed by Lt. Brad Love, firefighter Barry Crane, medic Kyle Condra, and firefighter Bruce Frost. Jumping from the fire truck and rushing to the bank of the pond, each of the men felt the overwhelming pressure of circumstances almost too grim to comprehend.

From the edge of the frigid water the glow of tail lights was eerily visible beneath the

Kyle Condra

Lt. Brad Love

surface. Love and Condra knew that Rescue Crew 45, under the command of Capt. Jace Platt, was still minutes away with the necessary rescue gear. Feeling they couldn’t wait another second and without regard for their own safety, proper protocol or common sense, they began peeling off the heavy fire gear that was their only protection from the subfreezing temperatures.

Stripped to just department issue cotton T-shirts and shorts, Love and Condra quickly donned lifejackets and tied a rope around their waists to be anchored by Frost and Selbring on shore. Both men, armed with a windshield pick, swam the 50 agonizing feet to the van, used what strength they had left to swing the pick underwater and successfully broke out the back window.

At the same time, Rescue Company 45, fully dressed in wetsuits, arrived to help rescue the family while medical personnel set

up at pondside to immediately begin CPR. However, Condra and Love did not stop working once out of the water, but provided CPR on the way to the hospital, refusing to give up.

It makes me very sad to write this story, knowing the grief and pain that Mr. Abbas must be feeling over his loss.

From talking to Fire Chief Keith Smith, I learned the men and women who tried so desperately to save the lives of Batul, Azmeh, Shaail and Shazreh feel a personal sense of loss as well over their inability to effect a different outcome.

There was a heroic effort put forth by all members of our public safety personnel on that dreadful night. According to Smith, “Kyle and Brad broke every rule in the book, but absolutely did the right thing.”

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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The Saddle Creek Community has created a donation fund for Syed Abbas. The money will be used for whatever Mr. Abbas may need during this difficult time. Individuals can make donations at any Charter One branch to the Abbas Family Memorial Fund.

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DAFFODIL DAYS 2008: The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteers – anyone from school children to corporate CEOs – to assist in taking daffodil requests in January and February and packing or delivering daffodils during March. To help make a difference in the fight against cancer through Daffodil Days, contact the American Cancer Society office at

hours. Anything more and your patience level will be too high to fuel the emotional breakdown essential to this recipe.

• Ten cups of arrogance, or if unavailable, an overrated ability to multitask will work fine.

Cooking Instructions: Danielle 1. Preheat blood Wilson pressure to 160/110.

2. Mix together an infant, a phone call, and a toddler with a dirty diaper.

3. Grease pans with a trip to the Children’s Museum, ensuring no one takes an afternoon nap. Time your exit so that all kids fall asleep on the car ride home but don’t stay asleep for the transfer to beds.

4. Stir in slowly a neighborhood walk.

Let each 2-year-old carry a basket full of tiny, rolling toys while you push the fussy baby.

Allow older son to ride his bike without training wheels in cul-de-sac with a buddy while you head around the block with a now crying, hungry infant, stopping periodically to pick up the toys your twins keep dropping.

5. When the indisputable scream of pain

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KIWANIS SPEAKER: Jim Palecek will speak Jan. 7 to the CarmelClay Kiwanis Club. Palacek recently retired with 40 years of government service. He has been active with church-related mission trips to aid hurricane victims, even though he lost his sight 36 years ago. The meeting will be at 7 a.m. at the Life and Learning Center, 515 E. Main St. For more information, call Don Moehn at 873.1956.

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his is an oldie but goodie, and one that I’ve used many times over the years with several different variations. Enjoy!

Recipe Name: Disaster I got this Recipe From: Spending too many days at home with children Prep Time: 12 hours Can it be prepared ahead of time? Yes, but it’s best when served the same day.

Can it be frozen? No. Storing Disaster results in spontaneous combustion.

Serves: 6-8 Ingredients: • Four children, any age, but maximum flavor comes from having them all younger than 6; preferably a still-nursing infant, diaperwearing toddler twins, and a restless 5-yearold boy with a penchant for dare-deviling.

• Seven days of Spring Break Vacation ( You may substitute any seasonal vacation, as long as school is not in session.)

• One Friday afternoon. If you can’t find a Friday, choose a Monday.

• One Dad, strained and working late (or, if in season, a Dad away on a business trip).

• Three tablespoons of the best weather you’ve had in weeks so you feel compelled to get out of the house.

• A pinch of sleep; maximum of four

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A YEAR ABROAD: Students Kaity Walker and Tim Purnell will speak on their experiences on studying abroad for a year at the Carmel Rotary Club meeting.

The luncheon is on Friday at Oak Hill Mansion, 5801 E. 116th St. The buffet luncheon costs $10.

A TIMELY RECIPE FOR A DISASTROUS DAY

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JOHN SCHULER IS DEFINITELY A VALUABLE PLAYER

t’s amazing how some things work out. On Dec. 11, I interviewed Carmel’s John Schuler, a longtime civic leader (he’s advised ALL 5 mayors) about his memories of his time in Carmel. On Dec. 12, I attended the Carmel Chamber’s annual awards luncheon.

I learned one more thing about John at the luncheon.

The BIG award is the chamber’s MV2 (Most Valuable Volunteer) Award. Guess who the very first winner (in 2001) was? None other than John Schuler.

John grew up in the southeastern Indiana Ohio River town Danny of Aurora. He took a O’Malia job out of high school (Aurora, now South Dearborn) in 1963, with Standard Materials in Hamilton, Ohio. By 1966, Martin Marietta had bought Standard and John was transferred to their stone quarry in Lapel. John and his wife (high school sweetheart Pat) built a home on Lexington Avenue in Carmel in 1971 He spent most of his career with Martin Marietta, retiring in 2005. His job involved “lobbying and public relations.” And he was great at both.

With the late Jim O’Neal, the inaugural event. There John organized the Carmel was a reception at the new Optimist Club in 1973. His H.H. Gregg headquarters and chamber involvement began then everyone was bused in the mid 1970s. Later he down into the quarry. It was was chamber president. like a Disney ride. Very cool.

He added, “The best But John and Martin thing I ever did was run for Marietta did not stop helping County Council in 1980. I Carmel with this event. They lost but it really got me active donated the land for the in this great community.”

Flowing Well Park, just south I asked about my favorite and east of my Brookshire John Schuler initiative — the home and definitely a huge late but definitely missed positive for Carmel. Then Concert in the Quarry, which they donated the land for the John Schuler benefited the Carmel Symstill undeveloped Founders’ phony Orchestra and was Park at 116th and Hazel Dell. one of the neatest events I’ve ever attended.

John’s big charity these days is JANUS John explained: “Nancy Blondin (Carmel Developmental Services. “It’s a wonderful Chamber executive director at the time) nomi- organization doing the right thing for the right nated me for the Symphony Board. Martin reasons and serving all of Hamilton County, Marietta had purchased American Aggregates including Carmel. And we’re tied into the and thus the stone quarry on 96th Street. At whole future of mass transit for Hamilton and the time, we were the largest property owner Marion Counties!” in Hamilton County and the quarry was literI plan to sit down with John again and disally ‘the gateway to Carmel.’ with the extencuss the mass transit aspect of JANUS having sion of Hazel Dell Parkway and the 96th Street long-lasting implications far beyond JANUS. bridge over White River.

With people like John Schuler involved, per“I got thinking ... the symphony needs haps we in Central Indiana will get this issue money and Martin Marietta needs positive figured out sooner than I’d envisioned!

P.R.” And so the Concert in the Quarry was held Danny O’Malia is a Carmel resident. Contact him for three years in the late ’90s. I’ll never forget at dannyo@thetrustpointe.com.

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James Patterson introduces a new law enforcement protagonist after his highly successful Alex Cross series. His new central character has not been fleshed out completely, a task left to future installments. The primary plot stretches the limit of imagination, as do the timing and coincidence of many of the other events. Along the way, Patterson exposes some of the foibles and strengths of his fictional celebrities and provides brief glimpses inside the prison environment where the climax unfolds.

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The solar ovens help Darfurian women stay out of harm’s way. “When the women go out Taylor Stevens and Mac Sutphin held a to get wood for fires, they get murdered. The joint birthday solar ovens party where let them stay the focus was in,” Sutphin not on themsaid. selves. They Stevens were thinkand Sutphin ing about the chose Washcondition of ington-based women in Darfur Peace Darfur when and Developthey raised ment to help $1,021 at them get the their party to solar cookers buy 32 solar to Darfur, a cookers. region in the “We have Mac Sutphin and Taylor Stevens.

African coun60 people try of Sudan. in our class, Stephen and I think 50 or so showed up,” said Stevens, Harrigan is a liaison of the organization in who lives in Carmel.

Fort Wayne. He travels to Darfur to deliver and Money came from students and parents. teach the women how to use the ovens.

“We both knew this was an important topic The two plan to keep involved with issues right now and that maybe others could be in Africa when they reach high school. “I inspired by what we did,” Stevens said. Their think I’ll take a class that Brebeuf offers about initial interest in the topic came from a school African topics,” Stevens said. Sutphin said project for eighth graders at the Orchard he planned on signing up to participate in a School in Indianapolis. peace rally being held near the IUPUI campus.

“We researched the topic of Darfur for the More information about Darfur Peace and project and went out to look for a way to con- Development may be found at www.dpado.org. tribute,” said Sutphin, who lives in Zionsville.

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DISPATCHES VFW ESSAY CONTEST WINNER: Carmel Middle School eighthgrader Allison Kenney has won first place in the Carmel Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriot’s Pen writing contest.

The contest accepted Allison Kenney submissions from students in grades 6, 7 and 8, who were to write a 300- to 400-word essay on “Why I Am an American Patriot.” Kenney received $200 from the Carmel VFW chapter and was recognized at an awards ceremony at the VFW post.

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PARKING BANNED: To ensure that emergency vehicles will be able to access the building, Carmel High School officials have designated additional areas around the school as vehicle-free zones. Drivers who park there at any time, including before and after school and on weekends, are subject to ticketing or towing. The areas are clearly marked with bright yellow stripes and “No Parking” lettering.

SULLIVAN SELECTED: Lisa Sullivan, a veteran Carmel Clay music teacher has been selected to present a session at the third annual Michigan Music Conference next month in Grand Rapids.

Lisa Sullivan Lisa Sullivan has taught music at Mohawk Trails Elementary for 19 years. More than 2,000 music teachers will be joined by up to 10,000 administrators, parents and students at the three-day event.

REDISTRICTING UPDATE: Steve Dillon updated the Carmel Clay School Board on the progress of the Redistricting Committee at the Dec. 10 meeting. The presentation may be found at the Redistricting Web site (www1. ccs.k12.in.us/district/studentservices/redistricting). As more information becomes available, the web site will be updated. Members of the community may share their comments with the Redistricting Committee by e-mailing Dillon at sdillon@ccs.k12.in.us.

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Children are not born decent or moral. Decency is a learned behavior.

Children learn from our behavior. I say it is indecent to flaunt sexual posturing in a public place because I don’t live that way.

I say it is indecent to suggest that we all accept sexual Becky Kapsalis innuendos as a means Ask YiaYia of social acceptance because sexual innuendos are not a means of social acceptance for me.

Can I keep my children from being attracted to the exposures they will be getting outside the home? No, I can’t. But they will know they are acting in an indecent manner, unacceptable to our family values.

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they are learning from us. Their choices will develop their self-worth or establish their consequences. We like to blame our indiscretions on divorce, homelessness, society, environment social status and competition, but the bottom line is blame never comes into play when we live with decency in and away from our home.

Victoria’s Secret and the like are perhaps suggesting they are putting decency aside for their bottom line – profit! We can teach our children by using Victoria’s Secret as an example of exploiting. We can teach our children that being decent is a responsibility not an asset.

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ne of the unique Turns out Santa had set up the things about a electric train in the basement gift is that you because it was too big for the livcan’t earn it. ing room.

You really Some gifts are just too big for can’t deserve it, either. the living room … and turn up in If you earn it or deserve it, then unexpected places. I feel that way it’s a wage or a prize, not a gift. about courage and Christianity If you give and expect someand salvation. thing in return, then it’s a bribe, There are many things one can not a gift. do with a gift: Appreciate it. Use it.

A gift is one of the ultimate Ignore it. Say thank you (always expressions of freedom. I give besay “thank you”). Re-gift it. Return Bob Walters cause I want to; I receive because I it. Share it. Grow it. Praise God Spirituality am free to. for it.

Whether I return a gift … now With Christmas over and as we there is an act of will and discernment. start this brief season of gift returning, let’s I’ve been writing this Christmas season also consider the joy of gift-sharing. Return the about how my friend and long-time Indiagift of courage to those around you. Be brave napolis minister Russ Blowers, who died last and ask to understand the gift. Be brave and month, gave me the gift of courage a few years share your story as a Christian. ago in finding Christ. Christ on the Cross and It is the kind of gift return that explains our eternal salvation is a gift from God; the why so many people know who Russ Blowers courage to make that truth part of my life was was … and who he will always be to us. in large part a gift from Russ.

Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com) knows the electric It was more a gift of his demeanor than a train story doesn’t exactly fit this “return a gift” Christmas stocking stuffer – “Here Bob, have context, but it’s a true story. Christmas is about a some courage.” But I must say it was a far true story. larger gift than I understood at the time.

To take a slightly different track …

When I was 6, I asked Santa for an electric train. Christmas morning in the living room … no electric train. I threw a fit. Got spanked.

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Bruce Braden for Jefferson a vote for no God. Howl, snarl, bite, ye Calvinistic, Adams, from his youth, was ye Athanasian divines, if you will. not one to back down from an argument. As a Ye will say I am no Christian I say ye are no young man, Adams wrote a friend that he had Christians, and there the account is balanced. chosen the law profession over the ministry Yet I believe all the honest men among you are so that he would have the “liberty to think for Christians, in my sense of the word.” myself.” That in mind, read some of the Sept.

Bruce Braden is an author and poet. He is the 14, 1813 letter from Adams to Jefferson: editor of “Ye Will Say I Am No Christian: The “Dear Sir, “Had you and I been forty days with Moses Thomas Jefferson/John Adams Correspondence on Religion, Morals, and Values.” on Mount Sinai, and been admitted to behold the divine Shekinah, and there told that one was three and three one, we might not have had courage to deny it, but we could not have believed it. The thunders, and lightnings, and earthquakes, and the transcendent splendors and glories might have overwhelmed us with For more columns, go online at terror and amazement, but we could not have

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WHY ARE WE LATE? According to one recent study, those who are late were second only to “office gossip” as the thing that makes co-workers crazy, writes Jared Sandberg in The Wall Street Journal.

“Even late people can’t stand when others are late, in part because from the point of view of habitually late people, meetings start very promptly.” Dr. Piers Steel notes that there’s no single theory as to why some people are always late, but suggests that in many cases it’s that the dawdlers “can’t get motivated before their deadlines.” Others are less charitable, observing that some people use their lateness like a weapon. Leil Lowndes, author of “How to Talk to Anyone,” admits that she gets off on being late.

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HOLIDAY SHOPPING PROVIDES INCENTIVES

he holidays are here and another shopping season (for those of us who only shop for the holidays) has come and gone.

Chances are you made some purchases online. Some studies suggest that as many as 50 percent of holiday shoppers made an online purchase. Does that signal the end of the retail store? Not by a long shot. Instead, it is a glimpse of the future, which will be populated by retail outlets complemented by virtual stores that provide a different level of information and customer service.

Did you know that sometimes you David Cain can fi nd better prices On Marketing online? It only makes sense, considering the retailer’s costs are lower for the online store compared to the physical retail store. Online stores don’t pay rent, they don’t pay utilities, and they aren’t staffed with sales consultants.

It would make sense that they can afford to sell items cheaper online – it’s a lower cost platform. Despite costs being lower, most retailers don’t want to create competition for

themselves by offering lower costs online.

However, it is a growing trend for retailers to want to push some of the retail traffic online – especially for certain customers, like me, who don’t enjoy shopping. So it is not uncommon to see incentives, such as lower costs on some items, products that are only available online, and free shipping, at their virtual store.

Generally, online shopping is more targeted. If you are shopping online, you probably have some idea of what you want to buy. That is a contributing factor to why retail stores won’t disappear any time soon. They provide a refuge where shoppers can shop. Browsing occurs online and, especially for clothing,

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How about the future? Right now we generally enjoy broadcast programming on a television or specific “content” on the Internet. Some day not too distant, the two will converge. That future will allow selling online to be more advanced. Imagine viewing your niche program on your “screen” (not necessarily a television) and being able to purchase items in a specific scene of your movie or show.

Imagine instead of a remote control you have a keyboard and mouse?

Imagine if you could click on items in a scene and the movie would pause? Imagine if you could explore items you clicked and make an immediate purchase? Well, this world of imagination is currently under development.

It might not be the next shopping season, but there will be a holiday in your future where you can explore products in a movie or show, buy them, or send a note to a friend to add the product to your shopping list.

David Cain is president of MediaSauce, a digital media and online marketing company in Carmel.

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If you’ve ever had to over come a deadly disease like I have, then you’re aware it is difficult to change life-long habits. This was like putting a cocktail in front of a recovering alcoholic. It was terribly insensitive and the austere Cancer group blew a golden opportunity to educate, not to reinforce poor eating habits.

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There were no fresh vegetables or fruit, nor bottled water, marinated veggie salads, bean salads, sliced tomatoes, corn on the cob or anything that resembled sensible food. But there were plenty of cupcakes, sugary soft drinks, baked beans with carcinogenic bacon, hot dogs and hamburgers on white bread buns.

“Wendell, you’re getting too upset. We wanted it to be a classic cookout theme,” the cook bristled defensively.

“What kind of message are you sending out to these folks? English scientists discovered that processed sugar feeds cancer. The Washington Post reports charred meats can cause

breast cancer. The soft drinks contribute to obesity and osteoporosis. White bread contributes to diabetes, not to mention dessert.

Colorful iced white flour cupcakes, imitation food colorings and sugar” I felt it was an egregious, yet profitable affair. Everything they served had a connection to cancer. The savvy folks from The Little Red door were there and were the only ones who quietly

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CARB YOURSELF: Carbs are the optimal workout food. “Not the simple ones, because they wind you up and drop you down,” says Jackie Berning, Ph.D., R.D., of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. “You want complex carbohydrates in their natural package, aka whole grains.” A whole-grain bagel is an ideal presweat-session pick: You’ll digest it slowly because of all the fiber, which will deliver a steady flow of energy over time rather than one big burst.

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That’s $550 per person, which included the band and rental of the outdoor facility.

My career for 35 years has been catering, but $550 per person?

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DRY SKIN? Winter weather drying out your skin? Only wash your face once a day — in the p.m. — to get the day’s makeup and grime off. There’s really no need for morning cleansing. If you need that splash to wake up, put some of your lightweight moisturizer on damp hands and rinse off with warm water. You’ll still get the dead skin cells off just by rinsing.

A cream cleanser and heavy-duty moisturizer can also help prevent dryness.

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his time of year, it tackle all of the holiday tasks yourself is very easy to get — enlist the help of friends and family. caught up in the Have a pitch-in dinner and let guests whirlwind of activbring food to lighten your load. Assign ity that surrounds each family member a room to clean the holidays. Shopping for gifts, to get the house ready for company. writing and sending cards, cook• Be choosy about the events ing, baking, and attending parties you attend. You do not have to go on top of your regular duties may to every holiday event that you are make you feel overwhelmed. How invited to. Just attend a few that you can you enjoy the holidays when enjoy the most and save some time you have so much to do? It is very to relax. important to remain calm and • Set realistic goals. The holidays Dr. Eve Olson focus on the positive aspects of do not have to be picture-perfect. Try Wellness the season. to focus on progress not perfection.

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This can lead to physical imbalances, performance flaws, and eventual injury. If you do a bilateral exercise (the bench press, for example) on Monday, for your next two workouts, swap in unilateral exercise (dumbbell alternating bench press) instead. This trick will prevent injuries and make you stronger, faster.

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ave you been getting a lot of e-mails advertising live TV and movies on your computer for a one-time charge?

Live and streaming video on the Internet is booming, so wherever there is a crowd, there is bound to be a con. One red flag that pops up on my radar is when you see an advertisement stating “a one-time charge.”

Legitimate access to copyrighted movies, music and live TV content is generally made available in one of three ways: free as a promotion or a teaser, on a per use charge (much like buying music from iTunes), or through a monthly subscription.

The one-time Gary Hubbard charge offers are Technology often scams to get you to pay for a software program that is readily available for free and they are often trying to encourage you to use illegal file sharing networks. In some cases, they may just want your credit card information.

The exception to this would be paying for

the enhanced version of a free program like the Real Player Plus, but buying the enhanced version does not give you access to anything different than the free Real Player version.

If you think about it for a minute, no other legitimate content delivery system is based on a one-time charge (cable TV, newspapers, magazines). When you stop paying, you stop getting.

It’s a simple business model to follow!

There are lots of legitimate places on the Internet to watch live or archived streaming content that does not require you to pay.

If you are a news junkie, you can watch CNN live or choose from their posted archives at www.cnn.com/video.

If you want to tickle your funny bone, checkout www.comedycentral.com for archived videos from “The Daily Show,” “The Colbert Report,” “SouthPark” and a host of other popular shows.

Various television stations from around the world offer free live streams that you can access from sites like www.wwitv.com, www. channelchooser.com and www.streamick.com.

All of the major broadcasting companies have video archives of their popular shows on their Web sites and many even include full

episodes that you can watch on demand.

If you are a space junkie, you can watch live video feeds from the Kennedy Space Center at http:// science.ksc.nasa.gov and from NASA at www.nasa. gov/multimedia/nasatv.

Technology junkies may want to checkout Digital Life TV at http://dl.tv, Cnet’s live and archived tech videos at www.cnettv.com and gamers will want to bookmark www.g4tv. com.

Be careful of sites that seem to be able to provide you with just about everything under the sun (television, movies, music) from what they claim to be all the major broadcast companies and movie studios.

These sites are generally setup as adware sites that are just trying to trick you into installing something sneaky onto your computer. If you have never heard of a site, do some research via a search engine before you start using any of the content or video tools from that site.

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LAZY SNOWBALLS: Don’t you hate it when your hands get all frozen forming those snowballs? There’s a gadget that’s made to solve that problem, called the SnoBaller. Now your snowballs can be just as precise as everything else in your life. And in the summer when there’s no snow, you can use this press to create gigantic meatballs. It’ll cost you $8.95 to see for yourself if its resulting projectiles are lethal enough to vanquish your winter enemies.

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Too Late, despite some scary moments. Even We’ll both be 90 then. I think being able to the couple who wanted to skydive for their write that story would be my wish.

60th wedding anniversary had no regrets.

Happy birthday, Bob. Bob is not a billionaire. Or a millionaire.

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’ve just had a Cardiac MRI. working. You think you’re being Not fun. Not fun at all. microwaved.

Really, about the In fact, they even ask if you best thing you can say have any tattoos, because certain about the experience kinds of tattoo inks can heat up – aside from it being an amazing during the MRI process. I guess diagnostic tool (and, in my this explains why I went in with case, one that showed nothing a picture of an eagle on my left structurally wrong with my heart) arm, and came out with one that – is that at least you don’t have to kind of looks like a roast turkey. If wear one of those hospital gowns you squint. with the picture window in the But wait, it gets better. There back. comes a time in the experiment Mike Redmond I had the MRI as part of the – I mean, test – when they inject Humor continuing investigation into why you with Kryptonite or something my heart occasionally decides to to give the pictures contrast. This go “ka-THUMP” and then zoom up to about stuff can make you nauseous. How nauseous?

200 beats per minute for a few seconds.

Cold-Sweat Nauseous. Flying-Upside-Down It’s the cardiac equivalent of knocking the Nauseous. Stuck-On-The-Tilt-A-Whirltruck into neutral and accidentally racing the While-The-Carny-Fights-With-His-Girlfriend engine. Which, I admit, I’ve done a couple of Nauseous. And with the coffin lid – I mean, times out of sheer clumsiness. Funny, I never ceiling – an inch from your nose, you can’t expected clumsiness to affect the internal do much except grit your teeth, sweat, pray organs as well. for deliverance and congratulate yourself for Now, first you have to understand that this taking the technician’s advice and skipping isn’t your garden-variety walk-in MRI machine. breakfast.

Oh, no. This is the kind where you lie down And here’s the best part: Yippy Skippy and they slide you in like a calzone going into Mississippi, I get to do it again in a year. the oven. And it’s powerful. How powerful?

As I said, my test indicated nothing When it’s on full throttle, structurally wrong with my heart, but cars going past we’ll need to take another look in 12 the hospital months, just to be sure. And it may lose 15 miles not be fun, but I’ll gladly do it. A little per hour, MRI discomfort is indeed a small price and their to pay for knowledge – and health. radios change I just hope the carny and his stations. Any girlfriend have things worked out by more oomph then. to this gizmo Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, and they’d humorist and speaker. Write him have to at mike@mikeredmondonline. reclassify it as com or P.O. Box 44385, a cyclotron.

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At least, not from the inside, which is where I spent … oh, let me see … seven or eight hours. Well, it seemed like it.

The first thing I thought upon getting shoved into the thing was that now I know what Dracula went through. Later, as they were extracting me, I changed that to knowing what toothpaste feels like. Tight fight, you might say.

Now, here’s what they don’t tell you on TV: MRIs make a lot of noise. Even with muffling headphones on, it’s still like you’re lying next to a working foghorn. And then, when the thing is cookin’, you are, too. I swear you can feel your insides heating up when the thing is

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DISPATCHES SHAKE IT UP, BABY: As if shaking martinis could get all that much classier, this Cocktail Cyclone Portable Drink Mixer makes shaking a drink high-tech and awesome. Pour in your ingredients, snap on the top and hit the button to create a liquid cyclone inside that mixes while entertaining. The best part is that as you make more and more drinks, it’ll only get more exciting to watch. Spin, you crazy gin! Spin!

— gizmodo.com THE RIGHT WINE MOVES: Serving: Serve both red and white at room temperature. A chill can mask a wine’s flaws and strengthen the astringent taste of the tannins. At room temperature, the wine’s unique flavors — fruit, oak, whatever — are more obvious.

Decanting: Let wine breathe for 2 to 3 hours.

Aeration speeds up the oxidation process that takes years to occur in a sealed bottle. This smoothes out the taste and brings out complex flavors and aromas. Tasting: First, give it a sniff, which primes your palate.

Take a sip and let the wine hit every part of your mouth. You’ll taste several flavors at once. The wine will evolve as you eat, as certain foods bring out different flavors.

— lifestyle.msn.com FEED YOUR BRAIN, END HUNGER: Improve your vocabulary – and keep your mind limber – while helping feed the world. Go to the Web site freerice.com, where you are presented with a word and four definitions.

Click on the right definition, and the Web site donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Keep getting right answers, and the words get harder.

Almost 10 billion grains of rice have been donated since Oct. 7.

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A SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT SOIRÉE A spur-of-the-moment soiree is one of the small pleasures of life and it doesn’t require nearly as much effort as you’d think. To pull it off these days, you’ll need the minimum of preparation and the maximum of flexibility. In short, you need to be ready to play host at the last minute for a cocktail party..

No time for that. In fact, I recommend calling during the day when people are at work and just leaving the details on their answering machine or sending e-mail. As a rule of thumb, invite roughly twice as many guests as you’d like and expect half of them to show.

Set the mood: The heart of a good party is lively conversation, so Here are a few do what you can tips to get you to stimulate it. ready throw a Always set up the party on a whim. food and the bar Food on the fly: The extemporaneous nain different places, to minimize traffic and inture of the event cuts you plenty of slack when crease circulation. Keep the lighting and music it comes to what you offer for noshing. While low (everyone looks better in soft lighting you want to go beyond chips and dip, no one and no one should have to shout to be heard expects you to assemble a buffet table of nouover your soundtrack). Not enough chairs for velle cuisine appetizers, either. Three or four everyone? Perfect. Parties hit a dead end when bite-sized dishes should do it, with a couple of everyone is sitting down. bowls of mixed nuts here and there. Crackers Like anything done well enough to make it and cheese will round things out, with a tray seem effortless, hosting a cocktail party takes a of crudités and dip for the vegetarians. little practice, but in this case, your investment And if someone offers to bring something, offers immediate rewards. your answer should be, “Yes, please!”

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Jon Kane’s AP Studio Art class at Lurie Gallery (left to right): Christa Bala, Theresa Downie, Joshua Barthuly, Julia Kane, Emily Taylor, Dennis Wojkiewicz, Christine Latta and Yiting Zheng.

of a working artist.

“I try to expose the students to the whole gallery experience and encourage them to see exhibitions,” Kane said. “It’s exciting to see what is there, especially because the students come back inspired by the work they see.”

On the Saturday in question, the students visited both Blue Egg Gallery on North Range Line Road and Lurie’s gallery, where Wojtkiewicz gave them a retrospective of his work from age 17.

“The students are really drawn to contemporary art, and there are strong correlations between what we’re doing in the classroom and Dennis’ experiences,” Kane said. “It was great for the students to see his development since he was their age.”

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In addition, Wojtkiewicz talked about the value of an art degree, especially the program where he teaches at Bowling Green State University, and the artist was able to provide practical advice on becoming a studio artist.

“This is the kind of community outreach and education that really benefits the students,” Kane said. “It’s great to have the galleries in the Arts & Design District on our doorstep.”

Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who covers the arts for Current in Carmel and teaches art history at Herron School of Art and Design (IUPUI) and Ivy Tech Community College. Please send comments or story ideas at barbara@i-writersstudio.com.

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Experience an intimate dinner in central Indiana’s first brick home. Help with preparations by the hearth, sip on hot cider and indulge in a delicious multi-course meal by candlelight. Reservations are required. Recommended for ages 10 to adult. Cost is $45/ person ($40/member). Go to www. connerprairie.org for menu and more information.

When gallery owner Evan Lurie asked painter Dennis Wojtkiewicz ( Voit-kev-ich) to meet with a group of Advanced Placement art students from Carmel High School recently, the artist was more than willing.

“When I was approached about it, I was happy to do it,” the artist said recently in a phone interview from his studio in Bowling Green, Ohio. “About 12 kids showed up, and I was impressed that they would come in on a Saturday – I mean, that they would give up a Saturday for the opportunity to meet an artist.”

Wojtkiewicz was especially impressed with the good questions they asked him about his work. His paintings, which are on view at Evan Lurie Fine Art Gallery, are primarily largescale still lifes, including an oversized slice of melon. Prices on his works range from $9,000 to $13,500.

“In my work, I want to get away from the commonplace approach to the traditional table-top, tableau-style still life,” Wojtkiewicz said. “My work is both minimalist, because I reduce the object to a simple shape within a format, and maximalist, because I paint the living daylights out of the thing.”

For Carmel High School art teacher Jon Kane, Wojtkiewicz’s appearance at the first Carmel Arts & Design District gallery walk in November was a sensational chance for his pupils to ask questions and hear the opinions

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MEET THE AUTHOR: Writer Suzanne Arruda, author of the popular Jade Del Cameron series, will be at The Mystery Company, 233 Second Ave. SW, at 7 p.m.

Jan. 9 to discuss and Suzanne Arruda sign copies of her new book, “The Serpent’s Daughter” the third African adventure in her series. For more information, call 705.9711 or go to www.mysterycompany.com.

By Barbara E. Cohen

DIVERSIONS FOR THE RECORD

NEW YEAR’S WITH JON: Celebrate New Year’s Eve Monday with Jon McLaughlin at the Music Mill, 3720 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis.

Doors open at 8 for the 9 p.m. concert featuring the Carmel Jon McLaughlin resident and recording artist. Guest acts are The Last Good Year and Red Moon. Tickets are $25, and are available at the Music Mill box office with no service charge, all Ticketmaster outlets, or Charge-By-Phone in Indianapolis at 239.5151.

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Where she likes to eat: Romano’s Macaroni Grill

Drain liquids off. If you like, place meat in a 300-degree oven for 10-15 minutes to dry off the outside of the brisket.

Slice meat across the grain. Serve warm or cold.

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What she likes to eat there: Anything with chicken or pasta.

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Open at the Fashion Mall for five years, Maggiano’s Little Italy is a national chain offering a wide variety of Southern Italy-influenced cuisine and an extensive wine list, floor manager Michael Ayers said. Ayers calls the portions “very generous” and said the sausage and ground beef lasagna, baked ziti, chicken parmesan and Rigatoni D – white meat chicken, mushrooms and a marsala cream sauce – are the most popular menu items. The restaurant serves food “family style,” which is a three-course meal consisting of two appetizers, two salads, two pastas, two entrees and two desserts, and each course is an “endless plate,” Ayers said, so diners don’t have to worry about running out of food. “It’s definitely a nice way to bring family and friends together,” Ayers said. Wednesday is Martini Crostini Night with specials on martinis and other drinks.

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Jon McLaughlin Date: Monday. Location: The Music Mill, 3720 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis.

Time: Doors open at 8 for 9 p.m. Concert tickets: $25.

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Mickey’s Irish Pub Friday: Zanna-Doo. Saturday: Endless Summer Band. Monday: Big Daddy Caddy.

Location: 13644 N. Meridian St. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub.com.

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

Phone: 575.9005 Web: kincaids.com.

Cynthia Lane Date: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday. Location: The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Tickets: $25, includes champagne toast. Phone: 253.4900. Web: thejazzkitchen.com.

New Year’s Party at the Zoo Date: 5 to 9 p.m. Monday. Location: Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis Includes the Radio Disney Party Patrol, free rides on the train and carousel, and a laser light show countdown to 9 p.m. Tickets: $8 ($10/non-members). Phone: 488.5555. Web: indianapoliszoo.com.

New Year, Brazilian style Date: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Monday. Location: Brazilian Grill, 2654 Lake Circle Drive, Indianapolis. Tickets: $30 a person until Friday. Must be age 21 or older. Phone: 471.8447. Web: braziliangrillindy.com.

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Karaoke with Mark When: 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Location: Nippers II, 1772 E. 116th St. Phone: 818.9980.

Karaoke with ‘Pipi’ Date: 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesdays. Location: Mickey’s Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian St. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub. com.

Latin Dance Party Date: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Thursday. Location: The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Price: $7. Phone: 253.4900. Web: jazzkitchen.com.

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A Beef & Boards Christmas Dates: Through Monday. Location: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9601 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Tickets: $32.50 to $52.50, including the holiday buffet. Phone: 872.9664. Web: beefandboards.com

Comedy

Aries Spears Date: Wednesday, Friday through Sunday.

“MAD TV” actor and comedian.

Location: Morty’s Comedy Joint, 3625 E. 96th St., Indianapolis. Price: $15 to $50 depending on day. Web: mortyscomedy. com.

For Kids

Friday Night Storytime Date: 7 p.m. Friday. Location: Barnes & Noble Bookstore (14709 U.S. 31 North).

Phone: 844.2501.

Hibernation Hop with Campfire Kevin Date: 1 p.m. Thursday. Location: Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000 E. 151st St. This hilarious program is about hibernating animals and their experiences during the winter season. Phone: 848.0576

Gingerbread Village When: Opens 10 a.m. daily; closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Where: The Eatery, Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers Cost: Free access to The Eatery without museum admission Details: See a festive display of gingerbread houses, churches and historic buildings with intricate designs and colorful trimmings created by area professionals and individuals.

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CAR-MEL-KU

HOOSIER HODGEPODGE Find the items in the puzzle going up, down, sideways or diagonally and list them. Each letter is used no more than once. Answers below

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Answers to ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING: 1) DELTOID; 2) OUTSMART; 3) TERRAPIN; 4) THROTTLE; 5) VIGNETTE; 6) VISCOUS Answers to CARMEL WORDSMITH CHALLENGE: Among the common words in “Nutcracker” are: nutcracker, centaur, cracker, cranker, currant, current, retrack, tracker, trucker, uncrate, accent, cancer, canker, canter, carter, crater, curate, curter, errant, nature, nectar, racker, racket, ranker, ranter, recant, rerack, retack, return, tacker, tanker, tracer, trance, tucker, turner, untack Answers to HOOSIER HODGEPODGE: Colors : Aqua, Blue, Pink, Red, Tan, Teal; Dogs : Benji, Lassie, Odie, Snoopy, Toto; Energy Sources : Coal, Hydroelectric, Natural Gas, Petroleum; Carols : Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World; Parks : Garfield, Sahm; Principal : Williams

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BIRTHS

St. Vincent Carmel

Friday December 14 Boys: Smith, David and Sarah; Kucinsky, Rastilau and Kucinska, Slavka; Girls: Linville, Kyle and Lauren Saturday December 15 Boys: none Girls: Owens, Rudy and Michelle; Waltermire, Nathaniel and Traci; Stum Brandaon. and Tinson, Jonnae Sunday December 16 Boys: Ladine, Nick and Melanie; Girls: Cordero, Julio and Fernandez, Alissa Monday December 17 Boys: Akinrefon, Akintayo and Alaka, Alarape; Girls: none

Wednesday December 19 Boys: Herthel, Bret and Strain, Lisa; Smith, Ryan and Kristin; Christie, Sade Girls: Thursday December 20 Boys: Brinkruff, Daniel and Kelly; Girl: Brewer, Anthony and Lisa

OBITUARY

include her parents, David and Ying Hu He; brother Eric He; maternal grandparents Rui Ying Zin and Zu rang Hu; paternal grandmother Shu Jun Cui. Family and friends gathered Dec. 20, 2007 in the Zionsville Christian Church, 120 N. Ninth St., Zionsville, followed by the funeral service. Go to www.leppertmortuary. com to share a memory, sign Ellen’s guest book or make a memorial contribution to the Eric He Educational Fund.

Arrangements were handled

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Kathleen “Kathie” Reifers, Ellen Hu He, 14, of Carmel, 54, Indianapolis, passed passed away Dec. 14, 2007. away Dec. 14, 2007. Mrs. She was born on Nov. 3, 1993 Reifers was born on Nov. 12, in Greenwood, Ind. She was 1953 to George an eighthand Catherine grade student McLaughlin Mihal. at Carmel She worked as Middle School. a certified public Ellen was an accountant for avid reader Ernst & Young and enjoyed LLP and was a swimming former member of as well as the Indiana CPA other sports, Society. The joy Ellen Hu He such as snow of her life was her skiing and ice family. As a Purdue skating. Hannah student mom, she enjoyed Montana was a favorite of tailgating with students and Ellen’s as she liked to listen parents at Purdue football to her music. Ellen also games. Mrs. Reifers was played the violin and was a preceded in death by her member of the Carmel Middle father, George Mihal on Dec. School Orchestra. Survivors 5, 2007. Survivors include her

husband, Nicholas Reifers; son Brett Reifers; daughter Blake Reifers; mother Catherine Mihal; and brother Thomas Mihal. Friends and family gathered Dec. 18 in Leppert Mortuary, Smith Carmel Chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Dec. 19 in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Entombment was in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery. Go to www. leppertmortuary.com to share a memory, sign the guest book or make a memorial college contribution Payable to: Brett and Blake Reifers.

Mail to: National City Bank of Indiana, 9102 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46260-1860.

Attn: Suzie Simerman.

POLICE RUNS

December 13 12:15:21 a.m., alarm burglar, 841 S. Range Line Road 2:54:26 a.m., battery, 10615 Vali Drive 6:44:38 a.m., criminal mischief, 1809 Revere Place 7:10:53 a.m., criminal mischief, 1812 Revere Place 7:10:35 a.m., investigation, 3 Civic Square 7:23:34 a.m., accident property damage, 750 E. Carmel Drive

7:34:04 a.m., domestic, 10012 Holaday Drive 7:57:12 a.m., suspicious activity, Timber Creek Drive / City Center Drive 8:10:31 a.m., alarm burglar, 75 Executive Drive 8:19:31 a.m., accident property damage, East 96th St. / Westfield Boulevard 10:00:42 a.m., investigation, 11486 Perkins St. 10:03:54 a.m., suspicious activity, 12900 N. Meridian St. 10:10:26 a.m., criminal mischief, 1424 W. Carmel Drive 10:55:19 a.m., investigation, 5149 Wynstone Way 11:30:43 a.m., domestic, 1168 Golfview Drive 11:33:06 a.m., juvenile complaint, 867 Joann Court 11:28:12 a.m., escort, 812 Auman Drive East 11:40:25 a.m., alarm burglar, 12469 Heatherstone Place 11:36:03 a.m., welfare check, 13530 Clifty Falls Drive 12:17:30 p.m., investigation, 13215 Carver Court

12:23:38 p.m., alarm 9:01:47 p.m., alarm burglar, 11161 Westminster burglar, 14300 Clay Way Terrace Blvd.

12:42:53 p.m., domestic, 9:54:26 p.m., burglary, 1028 Woodridge Court 14445 Blue Sky Court 1:19:35 p.m., theft, 4610 E. 11:55:12 p.m., theft, 1122 96th St. Golfview Drive 1:46:01 p.m., theft, 1250 S. Range Line Rd. December 14 2:28:51 p.m., alarm 2:55:21 a.m., battery, burglar, 14350 Avian Way 10784 Downing St. 2:39:21 p.m., found/lost 3:55:23 a.m., alarm property, 1140 Indian Trail burglar, 12802 Hamilton 4:10:42 p.m., harassment, Crossing Blvd 12339 Lancelot Lane 3:53:21 a.m., burglary, 4:26:54 p.m., investigation, 3786 Carwinion Way 11205 Echo Crest Drive E. 4:12:10 a.m., suspicious 5:21:16 p.m., accident activity, 10295 Bosloe property damage, North Drive Meridian Street / East 6:30:28 a.m., alarm 103rd St. burglar, 1177 Clay Spring 5:44:45 p.m., suspicious Drive activity, East 96th St / 6:51:30 a.m., accident Haverstick Road property damage, Ivy Hill 5:49:02 p.m., investigation, Drive / Dunwoody Lane 10916 Haverstick Road 7:03:05 a.m., warrant 6:05:02 p.m., accident service, 1415 Handball property damage, Lane North Meridian Street / 7:47:49 a.m., disturbance, Interstate 465 E. 11700 North Meridian St. 6:59:14 p.m., investigation, 13248 Blacktern Way 7:16:29 p.m., accident property damage, East 96th St / State Road 431 N. For more obituaries, go 7:41:57 p.m., to currentincarmel.com. suspicious activity, 5120 Williams Circle

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When it comes to medical emergencies, a few minutes can make a world of difference. Clarian would like to recognize all the men and women who serve as firefighters, police officers, paramedics and emergency medical technicians. They tirelessly protect our community with timely responses, rapid decision-making, and unwavering professionalism.

They not only serve the citizens of Hamilton County, they also serve as role models for our children and young adults. Keeping our homes, families and lives safe and healthy. Thank you.