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5th grader heads to Honduras to tell children about Jesus / P5

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Brides toBe Inside Looking behind her as she sleds downhill backwards, Audrey Pham enjoys the year's first big snow in early January at Forest Park.

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Children of all ages have flocked to Forest Park’s hill for generations / P2

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Children of all ages have flocked to Forest Park’s hill for generations

By Casey Kenley Current in Noblesville The busiest hole at Forest Park Golf Course these days isn’t the most challenging or scenic.

In fact, few players are out hauling clubs and practicing their swings in January. But when the snow falls and school is out, it’s a sure bet that the green beside hole No. 9 will be packed with people enjoying the public course.

“When you get three flakes, somebody’s out there,” said Don Seal, Noblesville’s Director of Parks. The sledding hill at Forest Park stretches from the Forest Park Inn to the course clubhouse and during peak season — whenever it snows — sledders line the entire top of the ridge, waiting to throw themselves to the mercy of the snow gods.

Although Seal acknowledges the hill in Forest Park to which people with sleds often flock, the long ridge overlooking the golf course is not an authorized snow playground. “We don’t have a sledding hill,” Seal clarified. The “sled at your own risk” sign helps clear up any misconceptions about whose fault it is if you get too creative or gutsy for your own good.

“Normally when we have injuries, there’s a common thread. It’s men over 40,” Seal said.

Age doesn’t stop the fun, nor does lack of traditional equipment. Seal has retrieved all kinds of makeshift sleds, from seat cushions to plastic chairs to car parts.

“You always wonder who ended up without a car hood,” he said. One nervy visitor to the park brought his own wood and built a campfire on the putting green to make things a little more comfortable in the cold weather.

Perhaps to help curb such “self-reliance,” the course’s PGA pro Gary Deakyne some-

In the beginning On a December evening in 1925, the Noblesville City Council approved the purchase of 118 acres from former Mayor Horace Brown for $26,500. With the initial help of 10 men and seven tractor teams, a wheat field was cleared and grass was planted. Forest Park Golf Course was turned over to the city in 1927, writes Alan Philip Hinds in his history of the course.

According to Seal, Mayor Brown had to resign from his position in order to close the land deal, avoiding a conflict of interest.

As one story goes, a special election was held following Brown’s departure to choose a new leader of Noblesville, during which Brown was re-elected.

Sledders of all ages line up at the top of the Forest Park hill awaiting their turn to descend. times opens up the toasty clubhouse to sell hot chocolate, coffee and snacks to visiting sledders.

Such snow-loving crowds have most likely been coming for more than 80 years, Seal said.

If the course was there and there was snow, it’s hard to imagine there weren’t kids sliding down and tramping up that hill. Patrick Reed was born and raised in Noblesville, graduating from Noblesville High School in 1946. As a boy, he would fly down the Forest Park hill on a 6-foot Western Flyer. His parents also grew up in Noblesville and sledded there.

Reed, who is 81, served on the City Council from 1976-1980 and has been on the Parks and Recreation Board since 1987. He has seen a lot of snowfall hit his hometown. During the blizzard of 1978, when snowdrifts up to 20 feet tall covered the state, he says road crews brought in front-end loaders to remove snow from Logan Street. The plan was to dump the snow in the river. Progress was briefly interrupted when a buried Volkswagen was accidentally scooped up with a load of snow.

As a young girl in the early 1950s, Dottie Young recalled her and her cousin’s families filling up a 1952 Chevy and a 1948 Willys Jeep and making their way west along Highway 38 to Noblesville’s Forest Park.

“There were at least seven kids and four adults,” she said. “It seemed like we were there all day, snow flying in our faces as we went through new snow, doubling up, piling up.

“We used anything that would slide, including my mother’s little sled she had as a child.

A pair of unidentified riders lose control of their high-speed trip on an inner tube sled.

She was born in 1912. I've been since, and it's always great, but that time stands out in my memory. My mother sledding. I never saw her in anything but a dress until she was in her 60s!”

Last fall, Reed gave his 70-year-old sled to another Noblesville resident. The vintage ride will be right at home among the plastic discs, snowboards and inner tubes carrying the youngest generation of daredevils racing down the Forest Park hill.

Now all they need is another big snowfall.

Nolan Pham grimaces as he zooms down the Forest Park hill.

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It is our position that educators especially need (and deserve) the support of our community during difficult economic times. The current state of our financial infrastructure has forced schools to tighten budgets and review monetary allotments to classrooms. While budgets have changed, the expectations of student performance have not. Teachers will need to be extraordinarily creative to reach young minds while meeting state benchmarks for performance.

In tough economic times, few industries don’t feel the added pressure of budget constraints and reduced expenditures. In addition to teachers, many occupations are often required to work longer hours with fewer resources available. While those in other professions work hard for the bottom line, teachers have to work hard to maintain a quality education for a future.

Stress levels are elevated during the dreary winter months, as students are often stagnant inside because of inclement weather. With anxiety on the rise, cost-cutting measures in place and the ISTEP+ exam looming in the near future, teachers need our boost – perhaps now more than ever.

Thanks 100 times over

It is our position that the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America is an important event in our community and should be recognized as such. Feb. 8th marks the milestone date on which Americans transplanted the British-founded organization to our shores. And since then, many thousands of men and boys have developed leadership skills and contributed countless hours (and dollars) in service to all of us.

We believe those years of service deserve our gratitude.

As the morays of our culture have shifted, the Scouts have come under fire for some of their long-standing religious and other principles no longer perceived to be politically correct. But even now, the Scouts continue to expand programs – especially those in underserved urban areas where responsible male role models are all too rare. Of the many charitable efforts we support, we especially like the Scout focus on the development of future leaders.

To honor the anniversary, the Scouts are hosting a Gathering of Eagles dinner Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott. Tables of 10 (including your donation of two seats for the new crop of Eagle Scouts) are $500, with individual seats at $50. Call 317-925-1900 or www.crossroadsbsa.org to attend.

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Our nation has all sorts of arcane, nonsensical laws on the books. Each week, we’ll share one with you.

In Colorado, it is illegal to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor..

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

Article. II. Section. 1.

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Rep-

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resentatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted.

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Sharing her Christmas with the kids of Honduras COMMENTARY

By Zach Dunkin Like a lot of 10-year-olds, Gwen Greenaway really wanted that special gift under the Christmas tree. For the fifth-grader at Legacy Christian School in Noblesville, that gift was the “DJ Hero” video game.

But unlike a lot of kids Gwen’s age, she sacrificed the Wii game and all other gifts for what she felt was a greater cause. She wanted to join her parents, Will, attorney and a magistrate in Hamilton County, and Angela, a dentist, on their mission trip to Honduras. Angela will provide dental work for the impoverished Hondurans.

So, instead of unwrapping presents Christmas morning, Gwen was collecting monetary gifts to buy crafts and toys for the Honduran children.

“While the kids are standing in line for my mom, I can gather a small group of them and do crafts and tell the kids about Jesus,” said Gwen in a voice way beyond her years. “There’s also a time when the kids come for milk and cookies, and that’s when we can do more crafts and I can teach them about God.” “I’m really, really excited about that.”

The Greenaways will leave on Jan. 30 and will be gone for a week. An A/B honor roll student, Gwen is expected to make up all school work missed.

And while the school takes student attendance seriously, Legacy communications director Karen Hawkins says, “We also know that a

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Gwen Greenaway is a fifth-grader in Ms. Soultz’ class at Legacy Christian School.

trip like this can offer a view of the world unlike anything a student has ever seen before, and an opportunity to share Christ in ways a student has never imagined.”

Gwen says she wants to attend a Bible college and become a missionary with her own mission house “It’ll have a farm in back,” she added. “I’ve always wanted to be a vet.”

And about that Wii game?

“I went to Best Buy and played it for awhile and realized I’d never really play that at home anyway,” she said.

Zach Dunkin is the managing editor for Current in Noblesville.

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Change. There has been so much talk of change in at least the last 18 months that it made us numb. Now, we’re re-energized by some real and very positive change in Washington.

Unless you just rolled in from an Arctic outpost, you know that Scott Brown (R-Mass.) pulled off something of a major miracle in wresting from the Democrats the Senate seat formerly occupied by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. This is exactly what our nation needed, and we have two major forces to thank: 1. Brown, the man who “dared” to tread where no other party had enjoyed success in modern history. He appears to be a different Republican, one with a spine of steel, and that’s rarer than an honest Kennedy.

2. The voters of Massachusetts who finally stood up to be counted and delivered Brown a five-point margin of victory over Martha Coakley.

And so the Kennedy machine is no more, and despite President Barack Obama’s protestations to the contrary, neither will be the health plan Obama has been attempting to shove down the nation’s collective throat. We hope Brown’s decisive vote will see to that.

Massachusetts uncharacteristically fairly

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg shouted, “We’re not gonna take it any more.”

Good for them. Voters with backbones! They didn’t simply enter the voting booth and push the “D” button, as, we believe, has been their history.

Consider this social-networking commentary from a friend’s friend up in the Bay State: “You are damned right we’ve had enough, enough of Democrat BS. I was a life-long Dem until recently.

I am now registered undecided. I voted for Brown. Coakley ran a very dirty campaign and has been a pretty lousy (attorney general). In fact she is being sued over false allegations made in campaign ads. … Keep your (stinking) hands off my guns, trans fats, tobacco and wallet. …”

Sound familiar?

Living in the eleventh hour

COMMENTARY

By Terry Anker The colloquialism “in the eleventh hour” refers to the concept of some activity or event being completed successfully at the moment just before it becomes moot to consider. While the expression originally suggested irresponsible or intentional procrastination, today it can be considered good strategy.

But many of the decisions we make are forced not because of a lack of interest in thoughtful consideration, but because those supplying necessary addendums to the decision wait until that faithful “last” minute to pass along the information. How often do we hold off our own plans waiting to learn what those upon whom we depend add to the agenda?

We contact and arrange for a sitter weeks in advance. Yet those who we expect to live to that commitment too frequently are waiting to decide their actual plans until they have received and reviewed all their options. They will work for us, unless the “amazing, once-in-a-lifetime-for-thethird-time-this-month party at that dreamy boy’s house” comes up. Then, we get an eleventh hour

change-up, and we scramble to adjust.

Such action forcibly takes power from the opposing side of a negotiation. When a contract counter-proposal is forwarded moments before it is set to be signed, it gives a significant advantage to the side holding back the document and forces the receiving party to either sign without thorough consideration or reject the proposal outright.

Political decisions are routinely made at the last possible moment to deny the views of the opposition a hearing. And in sport, a finalsecond touchdown to take the lead effectively prevents the other side from having the opportunity to score (not for want of ability, but for lack of time).

Last minute decision making can be an effective tool, but it carries with it an ethical burden.

If it prevents necessary discourse, is it right?

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

CORRECTION: In a recent editorial we expressed our frustration and concern about the apparent lack of ethics and responsibility of certain entrepreneurs, financial advisors and fund managers. In our list we included local financial advisor Dave Knall. We believe that including Mr. Knall in this list was wrong. Mr. Knall is a reputable and respected member of our business community and has never been convicted of any crime or accused of mismanaging the assets of his clients. We apologize for any confusion that resulted from the editorial.

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DISPATCHES » Jaros awarded for financial reporting – Noblesville Clerk-Treasurer Janet S. Jaros has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting in recognition of the city’s comprehensive annual financial report.

This is the eleventh consecutive year that Jaros has received the honor. The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting and is presented by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. » Dispatch center awaits Noblesville workers – Hamilton County’s new emergency dispatch center is now operating. The center is about three times the size of the old one and eventually will house both Hamilton County and Noblesville dispatchers.

It can accommodate up 24 dispatchers, instead of nine in the old facility. The Noblesville dispatchers, who also cover Westfield, will move into the center in the next three months. » 4-H callout at fairgrounds – There will be a Hamilton County 4-H callout from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Exhibition Center at the 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. Current 4-H club members and leaders will be available with sample projects and information about the 4-H program and the variety of clubs and projects available. March 1 is the deadline for Hamilton County youth in grades 3 through 12 to enroll in the 4-H Program for 2010. For more information and an enrollment card, stop by Purdue Extension Hamilton County, 2003 Pleasant Street, Noblesville, or call (317) 776-0854. Information and online enrollment is also available at www.extension.purdue. edu/hamilton/4h.

Exposure to tragedy in Haiti gives kids greater appreciation of U.S. COMMENTARY

By Leslie Webber Like everyone, I watched, read, and listened about the horrific turn of events in Haiti. My heart went out to the Haitian people in a way I can’t quite describe. The faces of injured, scared and likely orphaned children pulled at my heart strings even more.

Our kids watched coverage on television. They asked questions and were concerned about all those affected, but they really didn’t seem to grasp the gravity of the situation.

Not that I want our children to be constantly exposed to the cold hard truth; but I want them to be aware of what goes on in the world around our cushy Hamilton County existence.

We spent time discussing how lucky we are to be Americans.

When disaster strikes in America, we have resources to help people.

Our buildings and infrastructure are more solidly built. Our military can swoop in and get nearly any situation under control.

Some argue hurricane Katrina wasn’t handled in an efficient manner. However, people had an opportunity to evacuate, they were provided with basic shelter, and they weren’t lying in the streets with critical injuries a week later.

Leslie Webber is a Noblesville resident, wife and mother of two very young children. She writes a blog at www. lesliewebber.blogspot.com.

I was thrilled when I opened an e-mail from our Noblesville elementary school principal announcing a day for the students to show support for the Haitian relief effort.

The Wild just couldn’t weather ‘perfect storm’ COMMENTARY

By Krista Bocko The Wild, the incomparable bookstore on the Square, is a place I feel a deep connection with. I was there at the beginning.

My husband Rob and I helped start the store together with Jane and Ernie Mills. In the planning stages, I was the leader of the so-called “Board Meetings,” keeping those goofballs on task with my running “to-do” lists as they threw back Barley Island Dirty Helens and went off on irrelevant tangents.

Though we parted ways with the Mills later on, we remained friends and have seen the good the shop has done in this community since 2005.

But now The Wild is for sale. If no buyer is found by February’s end, the store will close.

Last week I sat down with Jane to discuss her decision to make The Wild available for sale. She referred to the “Perfect Storm” of circumstances that led to the decision.

» Baseball signups online, in person – Registration for Noblesville Youth Baseball for players age 3 through sixth grade and Noblesville Babe Ruth Baseball for players age 13 through 18 is open via the two organizations’ Web sites or at two other locations. For registration forms for youth baseball visit www.noblesvillebaseball.org. For Babe Ruth baseball, visit www.eteamz.com/nbr. Both leagues will have in-person registration sessions through Jan. 28 at the Noblesville Boys’ and Girls’ Club from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and at Noblesville Middle School Feb. 6 and Feb. 20 from noon to 4 p.m. Deadline for both organizations is Feb. 6. » Correction: The Hamilton County Silvernotes Extension Homemakers is offering one $500 scholarship to a Hamilton County graduating senior who plans to major or minor in music and has a C average or better. An earlier press release erroneously reported the value of the scholarship. Applications, due Feb. 1, are available at the Purdue Extension Hamilton County office at 2003 Pleasant St., or online at www.extension.purdue.edu/hamilton/4h.

The desperation the people of Haiti face really isn’t something we can fathom as Americans. Again, we are blessed and it’s important our kids know it.

I was thrilled when I opened an e-mail from our Noblesville elementary school principal announcing a day for the students to show support for the Haitian relief effort. The students were invited to wear red, white and blue representative of both our nation and Haiti.

It was an opportunity for our kids to help by donating money to The Red Cross, and it would help drive home the message that the United States pulls together to help others in need.

I would be hard-pressed to think of a better example of Hoosier hospitality.

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She cited: • Price wars over books among big chain stores like Wal-Mart and Target • Increased competition with Hamilton Town Center and Amazon • Lack of support for the Square from city government • A slow economy • Corporate pay cuts for Ernie, an afternoon DJ at Hank 97.1 FM. • Staggering out-of-pocket heath care costs.

The store has always been profitable and could have taken on half of these circumstances, but not all.

This would be an amazing opportunity for someone looking to have a meaningful, creative store with loyal customers.

Thank you, Jane, Ernie and Fritz Mills, for your friendship to us and to so many others, and for your many, many contributions to this community. We love you.

Krista Bocko lives in “Old Town” Noblesville with her husband and four children.

She can be reached via her blog at www.cachetwrites.blogspot.com.

The Wild bookstore downtown will close if no buyer is found by the end of February.

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‘Dead-wrong’ driver lives to tell teens sobering truth Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on www. yourarecurrent.com at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 19

By Zach Dunkin Current in Noblesville On a steamy, August night in 2003 Sarah Panzau and her so-called friends made a very bad decision. After a few hours of drinking, the athletic, 21-year-old from Belleville, Ill., chose to get behind the wheel of her ’96 Saturn and drive home. Her socalled friends let her.

Precariously inebriated and moving along at 70 mph, Panzau missed her exit on Interstate 64 in East St. Louis and rolled the car four times before it tumbled to a rest upside down. Her blood alcohol level was .0308 when a policeman found her unconscious, lying on the road, ejected from the rear window, which ripped away her left arm. That’s four times the legal limit in the state of Illinois.

“I thought I was invincible,” she often tells her listeners. “I lived like I would never die.”

She was nearly dead-wrong. Clinically dead at the scene – no pulse, no bleeding – she was given no chance of surviving before being airlifted to the hospital Several months of hospitalization and more than 35 surgeries later to repair multiple fractures, lacerations and a partial scalping, Panzau is dedicating her second chance in life to speaking to teenagers and parents across the country about the perils of drunk driving She will deliver her emotional “Living Proof: Drinking and Driving has Drastic Consequences” at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Leonard Auditorium.

(Attendees are requested to park in the south lot on Olio Road and enter through door 13).

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Sarah Panzau will give ‘Living Proof ’ talk to Hamilton County students, parents.

During the 90-minute presentation with its crowd-silencing video Panzau shares her own experience of being a two-time junior college all-American volleyball player before she began making wrong choices. She describes the physical and emotional pain of a life and talks about determination, perseverance, peer pressure, the “wrong crowd” and the meaning of “real” friends.

“We wanted to give the kids a real-life example,” said Lisa Wissman, program director of SNAP Into Action & Parents in Partnership. “When you’re young, you think it can’t happen to you.

“So, the more times you can put the memory of something about someone they heard who actually went through what Sarah did, maybe that will make them think about the choices they are making and the consequences.”

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens. In Hamilton County, there were 1,418 crashes involving teens (ages 16-18) in 2008.

Panzau’s appearance is a county-wide collaboration between SNAP, a grassroots organization focused on changing the attitudes and behavior of families in Hamilton County on drinking and drug use; Prevail, Inc., a Hamilton County-based organization assisting victims of crime and families in crisis; the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department and the Hamilton County Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.

“We worked hard at spreading the word all over Hamilton County,” said Wissman, a Fishers resident. “All schools in Hamilton County were notified.

“We wanted the evening event to be open to the parents, too.

The auditorium seats 999 but we’d be delighted to get more.

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Hometown Heroes Aaron McDonald, the son of John and Denise McDonald, joined the U.S. Army in July of 2006 and completed his basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., where he received “Fast Track” honors and graduated on Dec. 7, 2006 as a PFC infantry soldier. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 as a member of the 101st Airborne 1-32 Calvary Division and spent seven months there. The 23-year-old McDonald is now ranked Corporal and is training at Fort Campbell, Ky., for deployment to Afghanistan in May. Editor’s note: Please send photographs and information about your son or daughter serving in the Armed Forces to zach@ currentnoblesville.com for future publication.

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Aaron McDonald (above) holds his nephew Kegin after returning from his first tour of Iraq (below) in 2007.

Residents will decide in May on $63.6 million school project eliminate 15 percent

By Hannah Davis » What does it mean to the taxpayer? of the system’s spendCurrent in Noblesville For an another version of the school project ing in 2010.

Now, it’s all up story and charts displaying the financial “I’m not sure (the to the residents of impact of the plan visit www.currentnoblesdepartment of educaNoblesville. On the ville.com. tion) had growing May 4 ballot they will school corporations in mind when they crafted decide whether to approve an increase of propthese budget cuts,” Hamm said. erty taxes to help pay for a $63.6 million school The new proposed budget, just over $48 milimprovement project. lion, is notably less than the budget of three With students and neighbors in the audiyears ago, even with the addition of 1,400 stuence at the Noblesville Schools administration dents. Per-student spending has been slashed building annex on Jan. 19, the school board by $428 in those three years, at the sacrifice of unanimously approved the tax-bumping, 1058 many after-school and summer activities and all referendum that will appear on that ballot. field trips, superintendent Dr. Libbie Conner The project includes building a new elemensaid. tary school to replace Forest Hill, adding more “We’ve frozen spending everywhere we can than 20 classrooms for elementary schools, upgrading the intermediate school into a second freeze it,” Conner said.

Nevertheless, the proposed improvements are middle school and adding additional science necessary to accommodate the educational stanlabs and health and physical education classdards of the community, she said. rooms at the high school.

The board also voted to move forward with The board feels that the taxes, no matter how a $5 million operational referendum to allow great, are necessary. the school district to raise additional money for “To achieve a lesser level of education will its General Fund, the fund that pays operating cause the community to die,” said board expenses, including teachers’ salaries. The operamember Chris Hamm. tional referendum also will be added to the May The costly plan comes at a time when the 4 primary ballot. state education department’s budget cuts will

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We’re going to shine the spotlight on the venerable Jim Dandy restaurant in an upcoming issue and would like you to be a part of it. Feed us your fondest memories of the 45-year-old Noblesville landmark. It could be about a date you once had there, about a family tradition or about the food, service and atmosphere there. Send your thoughts, age, occupation, zip code and a photo attachment to zach@currentnoblesville.com.

The ultimate babysitting checklist, from a pro Commentary

By Danielle Wilson I got my first babysitting gig was when I was 11. My twin sister and I went to watch two small children just down the street from our house. We had a tornado warning and had to call home for advice on disaster preparedness, but other than that, our three hours in charge were fairly uneventful.

From then on, I babysat often, and probably made thousands of dollars over the course of the next six to seven years. If I may be allowed to toot my own horn, I was an amazing sitter. And not just because I never lost a kid (both in terms of physically misplacing one or having one choke on a hot dog), but also because I went above and beyond what most people expected from a teenage short-term guardian.

All my sisters were that way, thanks to my mom, who made sure we acted not only as a playmate, but also as a secretary, cook, paramedic and maid. We of course played with the kids and answered the phone, made PB&J’s and spoon-fed Gerbers, bandaged scrapes and kissed owies, but we also made sure the house was spotless before the headlights pulled into the driveway, even if it resembled a frat house when we arrived.

In 11 years of using babysitters, I’m not sure we’ve ever returned home to a clean house. In all honesty, though, I’ve never really specified my expectations. So I’ve created a list of things they can do to ensure a call-back and reprinted them here for your own use and reading pleasure. If you’ve reached the Promised Land of child-rearing and have kids who now babysit (you lucky dogs), please turn this article over to them now.

In case of fire, get all children out of the house and do a head count. You should have _______ (Insert #). Call 911 at the neighbor’s.

Do NOT call us unless you see blood, vomit or severe swelling,

or in case of fire (please see #1).

Do NOT allow the children to call us unless you are bleeding, vomiting, swelling or are on fire.

Do NOT allow the children to watch “Family Guy.” Though brilliantly hilarious, this is a special privilege we grant when we need to up our cool factor.

Ensure that the TV room, living room, office and basement are clear of toys, juice boxes, shoes, popcorn kernels and anything else that doesn’t belong there. Put items in their respective places, not in a closet or hallway. Vacuum if necessary.

Ensure all dishes are rinsed and placed in the dishwasher. Run if full.

Put the kids to bed at their designated times. Do not succumb to their lies, bribes or idle threats. Remember, you are in charge, and they are smaller than you! Use your size to your advantage.

Do NOT allow other children or teens into the house, even if said teen is your extremely hot boyfriend. Our kids have been taught to rat you out for a buck, and for a five-spot, they will also provide name and number of said boyfriend so that, at a later and unexpected date, we can systematically embarrass you.

Periodically confirm cat’s location. Try the fridge if missing.

Have fun! Or at least fake it!

I don’t think it’s wrong to expect more than just responsible childcare from my babysitter, especially when the house is in good shape when they arrive. They’re making $10 an hour for playing Xbox, styling Barbies and eating junk food; the least they can do is pick up. Peace out!

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

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DISPATCHES » Mini-Marathoners can get training here – The Noblesville Parks Department in partnership with Athletes in Action is offering a training course for the 2010 One America Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini Marathon. The 13-week program will provide an in-depth, personalized and interactive training approach, beginning at 6 p.m. on Feb. 2 at Forest Park Inn and continuing with runs and walks on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. through April 27. A training instructor will provide personalized coaching based on each participant’s level of fitness, experience and goals. Cost is $65 per person. Each participant must be able to walk or run a minimum of 2 miles at a 16-minute per mile pace. Healthy snacks and refreshments will be provided after designated training runs and walks. For more information or to register, visit www.cityofnoblesville.org/Parks or call the Parks Department at (317) 776-6350. » RevolutionEYES adds Latisse - RevolutionEYES, Carmel's leading optometric practice, recently announced the inclusion of Latisse into its product offering. Latisse solution is a prescription treatment used to grow eyelashes; making them longer, thicker, and darker. » Free women’s health fair - On Jan. 30 from 8 a.m. to noon, St.Vincent Medical Center Northeast will host its first community women’s health fair offering free screenings, educational programs and activities. For more information or to register for a free screening call 338-CARE (2273) or visit northeast.stvincent.org by January 22.

Alpha Male Challenge: It takes more than muscles to make the man

By John Bellmore Current in Noblesville The traditional attributes that make us “men” are blurring due to society so often encouraging us to get in touch with our “feminine side.” This loss of masculinity is also physical.

Studies over the past 20 years are showing increasing declines in our testosterone levels.

This week, the Alpha Male Challenge program based on the book by James Villepique and Rick Collins, focuses on a major alpha attitude adjustment to develop not only the physical but also the mental traits that define an alpha male: confidence, courage, commitment, resiliency and alpha intelligence.

We aren’t trying to be just more successful in our workouts, but also in our careers, and even in our relationships, as we learn to practice the everyday heroism of the alpha male.

It’s time to begin to transform our mindset, and one of the ways to do that is to consciously focus on progress not perfection. By focusing on progress we can stay positive, confident and motivated.

The mind is an incredibly powerful processor of information, but what’s often overlooked is the fact that the mind is also a powerful creator of our experience. If we get up in the morning and start looking for things that are wrong with ourselves and others, we’ll find it.

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John Bellmore is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Health and Fitness and has been working with clients in the Noblesville area for the past six years. You can reach John or submit questions for future articles at jwbellmore@hotmail.com

It’s time to begin to transform our mindset, and one of the ways to do that is to consciously focus on progress not perfection.

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Shake that booty, get in shape with Zumba COMMENTARY

By Katja Baird Shake it, shake it, shake it!

Shake yourself into shape with Zumba, a fitness program inspired by Latin music and founded

by Colombian Alberto “Beto” Perez. The name Zumba is derived from the Colombian word meaning to move fast and have fun.

The dance part: We use up tempo, Latin music that is used in dances like salsa, merengue, hip hop, mambo, and others.

The fitness part: We use those dance steps in addition to aerobic steps for a fantastic cardio workout. By alternating songs with fast beats and songs with slower beats you burn more fat, as in interval training.

An awesome thing about Zumba is that there is no right or wrong; you take it to your own level, high impact or low impact, and move as you like.

On the other hand, if we look for good things, we’ll find those too. And not only will we find the good, we’ll send out a signal with our mental energy which works like a magnet to bring us more of what we see.

By changing our mindset in this positive way, we actually transform the energy of our consciousness and tune into a frequency of appreciation and we turn off lower energies like frustration and disappointment.

You have signs of positive progress all around you. Take the next step here and begin to train your mind to nourish your confidence, your positive energy and your motivation by giving yourself credit for the positive progress you’ve already made. Focus on that progress and see it clearly.

Forget about perfection and let go of the need for instant gratification. The rewards of this challenge are worth working for, but the growth is in the earning of it, not just the owning of it.

Encourage others to do the same.

By doing it over and over your skills will improve as you get used to the steps.

You engage all the muscles, while still having fun. How can you say no?

I started going to the gym to get healthier, and I got hooked on Zumba. Now I listen to Zumba music and practice all the time. Even my children love it, and it’s so much fun to watch them try to learn the steps.

Zumba is now taught by more than 20,000 instructors around the world, and most gyms offer classes with a membership.

So, if you want to shake the fat away, lose weight, and have a good time try it out.

Katja Baird is a Zumba instructor at the Noblesville Athletic Club and teaches a 1-hour class beginning at 7 p.m. every Thursday.

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DISPATCHES » Heartland invites young filmmakers – For the first time, Heartland Truly Moving Pictures is establishing the Heartland High School Film Competition and is accepting submissions through May 15.

The competition is open to all currently enrolled high school students who have not yet graduated. Film submissions will be judged on criteria similar to that of the Heartland Film Festival, including artistic excellence, technical merit and representation of Heartland’s organizational values (hope, integrity, tolerance, beauty, reconciliation, courage, humility, faith and fidelity.) The inaugural competition’s theme will be “the art of hope.” Entry fee is $15, and entrants must have an adult sponsor affiliated with a school, home school or community organization. Four finalists will be awarded $500 and two FEST Passes to the 2010 Heartland Film Festival where the films will be screened as part of a Shorts program. One Grand Prize winner will be awarded $2,500, paid travel and accommodations for the filmmaker and one parent/guardian to attend the 2010 Heartland Film Festival, along with two FEST Passes to the 2010 » Public invited to Conner Prairie meeting – Conner Prairie President and CEO Ellen M. Rosenthal, Conner Prairie staff and foundation board members will report on 2009 attendance, financial results and rebranding efforts and provide a preview of plans for 2010 at a public meeting, beginning at 6 p.m., Jan. 27 in the Conner Prairie Welcome Center, 13400 Allisonville Road. Rosenthal will discuss plans for 2010 and beyond; marketing communications director Michelle Runzer will report on 2009 attendance and rebranding efforts; Kyle Wenger, Conner Prairie CFO, will discuss financial results from 2009; and Conner Prairie Foundation Board members will provide a report on the activities of the foundation. All speakers will be available to answer questions following the meeting.

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Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig skate their way around the oval roller derby track in “Whip It.”

When you say “roller derby,” a lot of people bring to mind an image of a cheesy sport on roller skates that briefly captured the public imagination back in the 1970s. It’s been reborn in recent years as a sport for wheeled women who want to showcase their bruises and bad attitudes.

“Whip It” wants to be the anthem for a generation of derby girls, and it serves that role, if fitfully. Ellen Page plays Bliss, a small-town teen who gets caught up in the derby craze, much

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But after going to a local match, Bliss is enamored by the tough, fun-loving girls of the Hurl Scouts -- even if they’re the league bottom-feeders.

Drew Barrymore, who also directed the film, has a small role, and other players include Eve, Kristen Wiig and Juliette Lewis.

Soon Bliss -- renamed Babe Ruthless -- is winging her way around the oval, trading

elbows and having the time of her life.

There’s no denying the brash energy of this movie, which taps into a more modern, punkrock take on feminism.

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» Cancer survivor speaks at library -- Kristen Forbes, who spent the last 11 months of her life fighting cancer, will tell her story of faith, hope, tears, laughter and endless small miracles in “Love, Kristen – A Battle Against Cancer” from 7 to 8 p.m. Jan. 28, at the Noblesville Library, 1 Library Plaza. Kristen’s father, Kirk, will also share his daughter’s story, plus talking about HPV (Human Papilloma virus) and its effect on young women. This program is free and open to the public.

Registration is not required.

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Cupcakes for a wedding?

Or maybe lemon tiramisu

By Molly Herner Current in Noblesville The traditional, three-tiered, white wedding cake may have become a thing of the past. As we head into the “wedding planning season,” allow me to entertain you with a few alternative wedding cake ideas.

Cupcakes, though a child-like pastry, are a popular wedding phenomenon. Bakeries dedicated specifically to cupcakes are commonplace on the East Coast, but it is harder to find locally.

Cupcakes of all varieties, including flavorfully stuffed cupcakes, are a popular alternative to the traditional wedding cake. The downside to a cupcake-wedding-cake is, of course, that they can seem like a novelty dessert. This could feel like the wrong impression for someone who has spent months planning the perfect wedding reception and shelled out quite a bit of money doing so.

Another cake alternative is to serve individual ramekin portions of your favorite trifle or tiramisu recipe. This is a unique way of ensuring

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your wedding cake is memorable and served equally to each guest.

Tiramisu is a wonderful dessert for this occasion because it is easily made, classic and delicious. Alternative varieties of the classic tiramisu work nicely too. Try lemon-flavored tiramisu, using lemon liqueur and lemon whipped pastry cream instead of chocolate and coffee liqueur.

This also works using raspberry, white chocolate or any other berry flavor you want.

However you serve it, the wedding cake should be a thing of beauty and memory for your guests and especially for all of those people who helped plan the wedding and reception.

If you are planning a wedding and want your cake-cutting moment to stand out, consider these alternative pastry plans. They just may make your reception especially memorable.

What do you like about Benihana? The food tastes good. It’s fresh.

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Hidden under the looming porch of the Craycraft House, locally referred to as the Victorian House, The Ruby Pear has made its name as Noblesville’s only tea room, and a popular destination for parties, showers, and occasional casual get-togethers.

But this is no ordinary restaurant. Its menu is a single sheet, and the choices are limited. The Ruby Pear strives for perfection in miniature, one could say.

Each dainty sandwich (choose from decadent chicken salad and cucumber cream cheese) is smaller than average and satisfies only the lightest appetites. Diners can fill the void with homemade Fat Rascal cookies, made with a recipe kept in the family for 41 years, and luxurious chocolate-covered strawberries. Both are available for special order with 48-hour notice.

1095 Conner St., Noblesville Phone: (317) 770-8322 Web site: www.therubypear.com Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday.

Private tea parties can be reserved for other times.

Molly Herner, is the baker/pastry chef at Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano.

You may email her at odette05@ aol.com.

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5. Garnish with maraschino cherry and orange slice.

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Valentine’s Day at Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Where: 120 E. Delaware Place, Chicago How far, how long: About 311 miles, 3 ¼ hours.

What: The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago offers exceptional value and unique experiences to go that “extra Magnificent Mile” for a Valentine’s Day weekend getaway.

Here are three packages: Suite Heart Package – Enjoy beautiful accommodations and views in one of the hotel’s suites and dinner for two in Seasons restaurant featuring a four-course aphrodisiac inspired menu. Rates begin at $595 per night for an executive suite and include tax and gratuity for the four-course dinner. The package is available Feb. 12-14.

For reservations, please call (312) 280-8400 or visit www.fourseasons.com/chicagofs.

Chocolate Treatments in the Spa – Choose from the Chocolate Chip Mint Sugar Scrub ($135), Deep Chocolate Massage ($140) or Swiss Chocolate and Caramel Body Wrap ($185). For the ultimate chocolate and spa lover, the Chocolate Decadence package combines all three treatments ($375). Each treatment culminates with chocolate truffles and a chocolate martini to enjoy in the relaxation lounge. For reservations, call the spa at (312) 649-2340.

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This executive suite and dinner for two at Seasons are included in the Valentine’s Day Suite Heart package.

Valentine’s Day Sunday Brunch: Seasons’ award-winning Sunday Brunch includes aphrodisiac-inspired selections such as East and West Coast Oysters, Wild Mushroom Raviolis with Toasted Pinenuts and Nutmeg Cream Sauce and Braised Veal Cheeks with Himalayan Black Truffle Sauce. Afterwards, stroll a Chocolate Lovers Lane of desserts featuring Milk, Dark and White Chocolate Crème Brulees, Warm White Chocolate Coconut Shooters, Lava Cakes, Milk Chocolate Espresso and Doughnuts and more. Cost is $72 for adults; $25 for children ages 5 to 12. Seatings are at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

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SHOW 87th annual Indianapolis Home Show

See the latest in home design and products at the Indianapolis Home Show, Jan. 29 through Feb. 7 in the West Pavilion and Toyota Expo Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis.

Hours are Fridays from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Monday-Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Admission is $12; $9 online; $5 children 6-12; children 5 and younger free. For more information visit www. indianapolishomeshow.com.

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No secret is safe once “The Foreigner” continues Tuesdays through Sundays through Feb. 7 at the Beef & Boards Dinner Theater. Painfully shy, Charlie, played by funnyman Jeff Stockberger, just wants to be left alone when he vacations at a rural fishing lodge. He pretends not to understand English, which makes him an ideal confidant to the others there. Charlie learns secrets and scandals by the score, resulting in a hilarious climax in this winner of two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Tickets range from $35 to $58, and include Chef Odell Ward’s dinner buffet, full fruit and salad bar and unlimited coffee, tea and lemonade.

Beef & Boards is located at 9301 N. Michigan Road.

Call (317) 872-9664 for reservations.

Hearthside Supper

Experience an authentic and intimate dinner in the Conner House during Conner Prairie’s Hearthside Suppers on Fridays through Sundays through March 21.

Guests help with preparations by the hearth, sip on hot cider and indulge in a meal of queen soup, pork roasts with winter vegetables and chicken fricassee, with everything from the menu created from early 19th-century recipes. The 3-hour program, recommended for ages 10 and older, begins at 6 p.m. with Conner Prairie’s costumed historical interpreters, the evening’s hosts, leading guests along a lantern-lit wooded path to the historic 1823 William Conner homestead. Reservations are required. Cost is $55 per person. For information and reservations, call (317) 776- 6006. Conner Prairie Interactive History Park is 13400 Allisonville Road in Fishers.

Bus Stop

Beginning Jan. 22 through Feb. 7, the Indianapolis Civic Theatre will present “Bus Stop,” a comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright William Inge.

Tickets are $28 Fridays through Sundays and $21 on Thursdays. Visit www.CivicTheatre.org for tickets and details

Mickey’s Irish Pub

The following musical acts will be playing live at Mickey’s Irish Pub,13644 N Meridian, Carmel. For more information, call 317-573-9746: Jan. 29: Wooly Bullies Jan. 30: Why Stop Now Feb. 5: Zanna-Doo! Feb. 6: The Late Show Feb. 12: Henry Lee Summer and Friends Feb. 13: Peace Train & the Flower Power Brass

Mo’s Irish Pub

There’s live music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at Mo’s Irish Pub, 13193 Levinson Lane in the Hamilton Town Center, Noblesville. For more information, call 317-770-9020.

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Jan: 28: “Screw-Your-Resolution Night” with Barometer Soup, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd, Carmel. Call 843-1200 for details.

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The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents “The Housewives of Mannheim.” Written by Alan Brody, this play starts Jan. 14 and runs through Feb. 6 on the Phoenix Mainstage. Tickets start at $15. For details visit www.PhoenixTheatre.org.

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Target Metabolism’s Carmel location opened January 11 and is second to the company’s original Avon location. Founder Beth Thompson has each of her clients make a new life goal every two weeks. If that goal is met, the client receives a free thirty-minute massage therapy session as reward. Thompson keeps a registered nutritionist on staff at each location to ensure personal dietary plans are available for each of her clients.

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Weaknesses: Some buyers don’t prefer Victorian décor and living spaces. Though home is in great condition, it’s kitchen and baths could use some updating.

Kurt Meyer in a Noblesville resident and realtor for F.C. Tucker. Contact him at (317) 776-0200 or talktokurt@ comcast.net

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DISPATCHES » Launch party for new business – Culture Shock, a new jewelry and beading shop at 159 N. 9th St., in Noblesville, is having a launch party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Antaak restaurant, 9546 Allisonville Road. Several jewelry items made by owners and sisters Emily and Irene Wasonga will be on display at the launch party. The event requires guests to be “dressed to impress” or cultural wear.

There will be prizes for the best male and female cultural outfits. There will be international music and snacks. » Matteo’s co-owner honored – Emily DiRosa, co-owner of Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano in downtown Noblesville, was honored as the Noblesville Main Street Board Volunteer of the Year during the organization’s annual meeting at The Hamilton restaurant. Dan Herbst was recognized as Program Volunteer of the Year, and Community Bank and Aardvarks Party Rental were presented The Main Street Extra Effort awards. Five members were re-elected to three-year terms to the board -- DiRosa, Jae Ebert, Peggy Kumler, Christy Langley and Steve Wood.

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Two lessons learned from the O.J. Simpson trial COMMENTARY

By David Cain It’s hard to believe it has been more than 14 years since the “not guilty” verdict rang out in the courtroom of the O.J. Simpson trial and in businesses and homes across the country. That verdict taught me two lessons that I reflect on periodically. Maybe it was because I was recently called for jury duty, or maybe it was because I see people act this way all the time. In a prioritized order, here are the lessons: 1. People want to believe the best in people. Few people are truly skeptical of others. People will believe folks they don’t even know. Think about online reviews.

People I don’t even know submit them, but I believe them. They could be serialkilling hobos or the Unabomber, but if someone writes two sentences to tell me that a book wasn’t good, I don’t buy it. It’s human nature; we want to believe the best in people.

2. Sometimes what you want to believe is wrong. This message is probably more important than the first. O.J. probably did

it. Yet, people want to believe the best in people. They want to believe anything that gives them a reason to believe other people are fundamentally good. Fact is, not everyone is fundamentally good. Fact is, sometimes what you want to believe is wrong.

Let’s focus on the first lesson. This means that if your marketing is about a good story that gives people what they want – a reason to believe the best in you – they will. If you make reasonable statements, most people will believe them. Would you ever question a message that says, “We are the No. 1 provider of (insert name of product or service)?” Sounds a bit crazy, but most of the time people take unsupported statements at face value without research or question. And I think we learned why they do on Oct.3, 1995, when that foreperson spoke the words “not guilty.”

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Couples massage, one of the hottest services at spas right now, is when two people are massaged in the same room, at the same time, by two different therapists. It can be a husband and wife, partners, moms and daughters, sisters, or best friends. Anyone you have an intimate relationship with that might want a special, bonding experience. Couples massage can also be a good choice if you’re traveling with someone you don’t get to see very often -- a sister, girlfriend, mom or best friend -and you want to spend as much time together as possible. It is especially popular around Valentine’s Day, Anniversary’s, and Mother’s Day. Couples massage is a reassuring way to introduce a friend or partner who has never gotten a massage before in a way that makes them feel more comfortable during their first experience. Some people, particularly men, are apprehensive about getting a massage because of the nudity involved; and to have their wife or girlfriend there is reassuring. Those new to massage usually discover that the therapeutic touch is very relaxing and restorative. Once they experience a couples massage, they are more willing to book a massage on their own.

Having a couples massage is a good way to teach someone to take care of himself or herself. The basic goal of massage therapy is to help the body heal itself and to increase health and well-being. In this age of hard work and the usual stresses and strains involved within modern day life, a couples massage is the perfect way to show someone else who is deserving that you care! It is the perfect excuse to give our bodies a well-earned break. A massage gives our bodies a well-needed boost; they pamper the senses and help us to indulge in relaxation.

As for couples massage etiquette, it is fine to talk to each other through the massage if you want, or be quiet the whole time. It’s really up to you. Potential problems can occur if you have different expectations and needs during a massage particularly if one person wants to zone out and the other likes to talk. For maximum enjoyment for both participants, discuss your needs prior to the massage.

The main aim of any massage is to help you and your body to relax and unwind. The couples massage is designed to invigorate the senses and leave you feeling refreshed, revived and revitalized.

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Hacked-up shrubs bare their ugly side in winter COMMENTARY

By Holly Funk You might know by now that I’m increasingly irritated by things made more obvious with the bareness of winter.

Some things I do enjoy -- the sight of gorgeous homes usually hidden by leaf cover and the bright red berries of the Hawthorn tree. But then I am plagued by the sight of neglected (or overly tended) shrubs.

Ugh. I can hardly stand the vision of a half-hacked hedge in the winter. What possesses a person to randomly hack at a perfectly good shrub to produce a little box or shrubby meatball is beyond me. Once you start hacking at a shrub, you are forever a slave to its growth/recovery. While I know that a freshly trimmed hedge is some gardeners’ vision of loveliness, there is no harm in letting shrubs grow to their natural shape. Plus, it’s a lot less work, to boot.

And then while some shrubs are overly tended, those that need it are left to go begging.

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In most cases, no plant should be cut in half, or left with stubs. Anytime you take out a stem or branch, prune it back to its point of origin, even if that means the base of the plant. It will recover by producing a new stem, trust me.

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DISPATCHES » NHS a ‘best buy’ again – Noblesville High School is among 135 Indiana high schools to be named a “Best Buy” high school by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The 10th consecutive designation recognizes NHS for achieving at a high academic level for a low amount of tax dollars. Using ISTEP+ pass rates, ISTEP+ Pass+ rates, graduation rates, SAT participation rates and average composite scores and Advanced Placement (AP) passing scores, the Indiana Chamber developed a total school performance index, which was compared to each school’s total revenues per pupil to determine “best buy” schools. » Grant will help autism library – Noblesville Schools has received a $3,000 grant to establish a resource library on autism. The grant, awarded by the Autism Advocates of Indiana, Inc., allows the district to begin ordering books and material on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

The resource library will be housed at Noblesville High School and will be available to the Noblesville community. The first materials are expected to be available by mid-March.

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By Hannah Davis It is a truth universally acknowledged that a teenager in possession of a little money must be in want of pizza.

As one family friend put it, there are no bad pizzas, just different pizzas for different moods. A rather wise observation, I think.

Nothing fits the bill like a DiGiorno Supreme for a late-night cram session. A Quattro Formaggio from Bazbeaux on date night. A Tombstone for empty wallet night.

Perhaps, it’s their simplicity, their sheer ability to both tempt and satisfy, that makes pizzas so appealing. They’re the perfect – and very efficient -combination of tasty, tasty carbohydrates, cheeses, vegetables, and, assuming no one’s a party-pooping

» Thinking about summer school?

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Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch/textbook assistance do not pay for summer school but must turn in a registration form. Deadline for applications (other than failed courses) is May 1. Session I is from June 2 to June 22, and Session II is from June 23 to July 14, with no school on July 5. The daily session time is from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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But ease, as it seems, isn’t always the attraction.

I’ve known people to include pizza in the most basic, preliminary steps of trip planning.

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By Vicki Earley Color. On the surface, it seems so innocent. After all, how difficult can it be to match a wall color to a fabric or rug?

Achieving a home with the colors that just work really is more than pulling a chip from the rack and opening a can of paint. In fact, the wrong color can be the ruin of a room.

If you have an eye for color and an understanding of color theory, you are well ahead of the game. If not, calling a color specialist in on the job will save you the cost of several gallons of paint and the expense of labor.

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This part is crucial. Determine a palette by considering existing furniture, window treatments and accessories. Identify the colors that repeat and you have identified a palette!

Color chips from the paint store are just the beginning of the story. The color and sheen must be observed in daylight, artificial light, at night and in corners.

Before you allow even a drop of paint to touch a wall, purchase a test quart in the desired sheen and roll it on white poster board. If rolled directly on the wall to be painted, the current color will interfere with the visual processing of the new color.

Also, it will put you in a position of making decisions under pressure, because at some point, the patches will demand attention.

Will the paint appear lighter or darker once the room has been painted?

Over a larger surface area, most colors appear somewhat darker. Also, undertones will be far more obvious when painted on a larger surface. Undertones can be pinks, yellows, grays and browns. Study the color, and determine the undertone to ensure there is not a conflict with flooring, ceiling color, etc.

How do colors affect the perception of a room’s size?

In general, strong, warm colors such as reds, oranges and yellows tend to close a space. These colors are known as advancing colors because they jump out and meet the eye. Receding colors such as blue, green and violet can make a room look larger because they stand back visually.

Another way to think about the issue of size is to think of deep saturated colors as cozier – a room painted with a mid to deep tone is like putting a warm coat in the dead of winter. Light colors are breezier. Consider your goal and remember the room dimensions do not really change based on color!

What color should the ceiling be painted?

While it is customary to paint ceilings white or off-white, simply skipping to the lightest color on the color strip will provide a ceiling color that is interesting and complimentary to the wall color. This works well in rooms that lack interesting moldings.

A ceiling painted in a medium color from your color strip will allow fabulous moldings to shine with contrast.

Dark colors will create the illusion of lowering the ceiling, which can create a cozy look if the ceiling is higher than usual.

Color really can make or break a room, so plan properly, test your color, test your color and test your color. If you are at all uncertain, contact a color professional. The cost of a mistake far outweighs the cost of an in-home color consultation.

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She’s only two and already a headbanger COMMENTARY

By Joe Shearer After work the other day I decided to make a call to my satellite provider to schedule a service call. Crystal wasn’t home yet, but I had all three kids with me.

As I wrangled with the service agent, I heard Mason start to cry. It was a relatively loud cry, but somewhat muffled. I turned around, but only saw Jenna in the kitchen, repeatedly opening a cabinet drawer, then pushing it closed with a thud.

The cabinet below it was still open, and it took me only seconds (but enough time for Jenna to open and close it again) that the cries were coming from inside. I ran over, the phone to my ear, to see Mason sitting inside the cabinet, his forehead right at the level of the drawer.

Jenna had been slamming the drawer closed on his head.

Thus marked the official beginning of Jenna’s troublemaker stage.

Jen is two now, with just enough motor skills and mental capacity to do catastrophic damage to her immediate environment. She takes full advantage, whether she’s tormenting

(or outright torturing) her brothers, carelessly handling an uncovered cup of water or milk into (and onto) the living room carpet, or basically getting a hold of and making the most creatively destructive possible use of whatever she can.

And she’s taking full advantage of the Terrible Twos (which really start at 18 months and last to…I don’t know…four?), gleefully savaging her brothers at every opportunity, but still taking care to come out looking like the victim.

And though I try to avoid it, it’s difficult to not fall victim to her puppy dog eyes, her alligator tears and her sympathy-seeking wails.

It’s as difficult to fend off as the siren’s call, and just as dangerous.

So, I make sure to let her know I’m onto her little game. And I’m onto it.

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There’s a torch-bearer in every family lighting the path COMMENTARY

By Darla Kinney Scoles As I sat in on January’s genealogy roundtable at Hamilton East Public Library, I was struck by one particular statement made as we shared family history resolutions for 2010.

“I’m going to make a point to spend more time with my grand-niece,” commented one participant. “She seems to be the only one in my family with any interest in my genealogy research, and I need to pass it to someone before I pass on!”

Good point.

At some point, the family history torch must be passed from one generation to the next. Each family seems to have one member who catches the genealogy bug.

Often, however, it seems there is only that one person with an interest in those who came before. Everyone else simply says things like; “Uncle Fred does all our genealogy. He’s a bit, you know, weird.”

On my mother’s side of the family, that person is my great-uncle Bill. A few years ago, when Bill found out that I had stuck my toe in

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It was quite intimidating and a bit scary to be the recipient of so much treasured family history. I knew something of the time and effort that he must have put into that research.

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Cleaning 'dog logs' makes for a good winter afternoon

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By Mike Redmond The recent warm spell – False Spring, I like to call it – actually gave me another reason to like winter.

Winter means cold. Cold means snow. And snow means all the things in the backyard that were buried under previous snows will be buried once more.

I speak, of course, of the natural byproduct of sharing your life with a canine: Dog logs. And my goodness, but there are a lot of them in my back yard. I had no idea it was so abundantly fertilized. If I didn’t know better, I’d think my dog Cookie had gone out and recruited some friends to help with the job. Big friends.

(Note to those contemplating becoming dog owners: Well-meaning people will tell you to look at a puppy’s feet for an indication of how large the dog will be when grown. Uh-uh. The answer is alimentary.

(My vet, using the foot guide, said Cookie would probably be about a 35-pounder, and then looked puzzled when I burst out laughing.

I had already seen Cookie on a bombing run, so to speak, and knew from the size of the payload that she wasn’t going to be a 35-pound dog. I guesstimated 65, which still turned about to be 15 pounds too conservative.)

At any rate, I have my work cut out for me.

Perhaps you, as a dog owner, have your work cut out for you as well. In that case, allow me to pass on …

Mike’s Tips For Cleaning Up A Month’s Worth Of Dog Logs 1. If you can, invest in a high-quality hazmat suit. Your best choice would be one of those big shiny jobs that makes you look like a visitor from the planet Purina.

2. Failing that, old scuba gear works fine.

3. Get some of those big, black mad scientist gloves. This is NOT a job for cotton work gloves, food service gloves, or oven mitts.

4. Buy those tongs they use to change control rods from nuclear reactors. They’re about 15 feet long and made from kryptonite.

5. Wear flat-soled shoes. One wrong step and you can kiss your brand new Air Jordans goodbye. On second thought, don’t kiss them. Burn them.

6. Try for a day when the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Remember, the difference of a few degrees is the difference between a chore that is merely unpleasant, and one that will make you pass out.

7. After you have gathered the deposits, dis-

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Solutions on page 23 pose of them in an appropriate manner.

That does NOT mean dumping them over the fence, leaving them in a vacant lot, or the favorite of my teenage years, putting them on the principal’s doorstep, setting the bag afire, ringing the doorbell and running like mad.

And finally …

8. Be sure to lock the dog in the house while

you’re doing this. Number one, dogs can be awfully possessive of these things, the goofs. Cookie just has a fit: “Hey! I was SAVING those!”

And number two (sorry), your dog will immediately start to replace what you remove.

You think Sisyphus had it bad rolling that rock up the hill? Try keeping ahead of a dog with paws the size of Cookie’s. You’ll be – you should

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pardon the expression – all worn out What, you thought I was going to say pooped? Please. It’s the YARD that’s pooped.

Bigtime.

Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, humorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, Indianapolis, IN 46244.

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