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I won’t be home for Christmas While most are opening gifts and enjoying a day off with family, the rest will be working on Dec. 25

By Zach Dunkin Current in Noblesville Not everyone will be home for Christmas. At least not all day long.

Golden Corral general manager Scott VanKirk of Noblesville and his staff will be serving up their special Christmas buffet with turkey, ham, roast beef and all of the tradition holiday fixings on Christmas Day at the restaurant in the Cumberland Point Marketplace, just south of Greenfield Avenue on State Road 37.

“We don’t force anyone to work; we ask for volunteers and pay them time-and-a-half,” said VanKirk, who also oversees a small group of Golden Corral stores in Warsaw and Fort Wayne. “Then, if we have enough volunteers we’ll stay open. But we usually have more than we need.”

This is VanKirk’s second year at keeping the buffet tables open on Christmas and he expects bigger crowds than last year.

“A surprisingly great number of people are looking for a place to eat on Christmas Day, and we’ve gotten some pretty good business at the other stores. Last year, I don’t think too many people in Noblesville realized we were open, but I

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think they know now.”

VanKirk closes the store earlier than usual on Christmas Eve – at 8 p.m. – and then opens for a short day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m to give his employees enough time to celebrate the holiday.

“We might even stay here a little later on Christmas Eve to have dinner at the restaurant,” he said. “Or sometimes, I’ll ask some of the employees over for Christmas dinner the next day if they have nowhere else to go.”

How will VanKirk celebrate on Christmas Day? “We’ll have a couple of little ones, and they’ll be up at 5 a.m. before I’m off to work,” he said. “Then I’ll come home after 6 when we have our big Christmas dinner.”

Of course, the Noblesville Police force and Fire Department will be protecting the town on Christmas Day, and the hospital staff at Riverview will be sharing the holidays with patients who probably don’t want to be there either. But what about those who work at some of the area businesses that remain open to serve our needs? Here’s a look at how some will be finding time to celebrate the holiday with family and friends while working on Christmas Day:

Golden Corral general manager Scott VanKirk of Noblesville and his staff will be serving up their special Christmas buffet on Dec. 25.

Tiffany Phelps Dog Days Playhouse and Retreat 15310 Herriman Blvd., Noblesville Christmas is one of the year’s busiest times for Dog Days as residents board their dogs while they go on vacation or while hosting family members and guests. Someone has to be there to watch and feed the dogs, and that will be Tiffany drawing time-and-a-half pay on the early shift.

“We work in split shifts, and I always ask for the early one from 5 a.m. to noon,” said Phelps.

“My kids are 10 and 12, so they’re not getting up as early as they used to when they believed in Santa. They’re up by the time I get home from work, and I’ll plan dinner around 2 or 3 o’clock, and then we’ll start celebrating.”

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Adam Wahl Manager, Village Pantry Greenfield Ave., and State Road 37.

The Village Pantry will be open round-the-clock on Christmas Day for those needing gas, snacks and maybe some batteries for the camera that died on you. There’s a good chance Wahl could be sleeping through most of Christmas Day. the Fishers “I’m working midnight to 8 a.m.,” said going over be I’ll so ois Illin in ly bachelor. “I have fami istmas. On there on Sunday (Dec. 20) to have Chr on my shift Christmas Day I may stay a little later ) and then ham to help out my assistant (Gloria Barn as dinner istm Chr e maybe I’ll go home and have som out.” work with my roommate. It’ll all

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Janelle Green Assistant manager, Walgreens Pleasant Street and State Road 37, Noblesville Although the pharmacy will be closed, the store will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., which makes it handy for those of us who didn’t know Aunt Tillie was coming this year and you hadn’t bought her a gift. Janelle will work from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Christmas Day. “All of my family lives out of town (Richmond) so I’ll be celebrating with them on my weekend off (Dec. 19-20),” said Green. “Then they’ll celebrate again without me on Christmas. I’ve had Christmas off before so it’s my turn now. You have to do it sometimes.”

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It is our position that restrictions on school snow days should be considered with great caution. Believing that kids need 180 days of instruction per year to achieve best results, the Indiana Department of Education recently made changes to the school instructional days policies that all schools must make-up all snow days taken throughout the year with no waivers accepted from schools missing in excess of “make-up” days built into many school calendars.

Noblesville Schools, like many others, have a few built-in calendar place-holders to accommodate these snow days, but we are not prepared to confront the exceptional year. In fact, in the event of a lengthy winter emergency, we could find schools in session well into the summer months and facing enormous budgetary challenges. School and city leaders must coordinate road crews – accommodating for unusual or difficult topography – and those routes with large boundaries and a scattered population.

In light of the new state rules, careful planning and cooperation must occur now before we face the challenge. Alternatives to a longer year, like a lengthened day, might be considered. But regardless, concerns about extending the school year cannot lead to decisions based in economics or convenience rather than safety.

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It is our opinion that we in the media must remain mindful of the higher calling and value of professional journalism and work to avoid the salacious reporting of grocery-store tabloids. With more constant and thorough reporting on the death of Anna Nicole Smith, most Americans know more about her than Nancy Pelosi. And the recent maelstrom launched from Tiger Wood’s mansion has us mistaking the marital crisis of a philandering golf legend as “late breaking news.”

Is such info truly relevant, or have we simply substituted thoughtful consideration of issues with a voyeuristic tendency to celebrate another’s fall from grace?

Woods and others have made themselves and their families, homes and habits into a product. And Woods makes hundreds of millions selling a lifestyle – his lifestyle. Do we have right to know if the “product” works? Perhaps. Even so, we must demand a higher standard – of ourselves and for our readers. Is the price of modern celebrity shared by even innocents in their families? Do we have a right to demand access to the private lives of public figures? Can we lurk in hospitals and stalk loved ones to get an up-close photo of tears? We think not.

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Section 8. Continued To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and cur-

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rent coin of the United States; To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

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From the backshop We’re gonna amp it up in 2010!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Hamilton County’s Best Weekly Newspapers™.

It has been a wonderful year here, thanks to all our loyal readers, advertisers and hardworking staff. We’ve grown as an organization, we’ve become more involved in our communities and we’re looking at (being urged is more truthful) expansion into possibly two more markets in 2010. Ideas for future coverage are bouncing around this joint like atoms in a blender. As you may know, our content is research-based, all of it centered on what the readers have told us they want in their own newspaper. So we’re prepared to amp it up even more in the new year. First, we shall take a nap. Enjoy your holidays, be safe, get rested and be well. (We really do mean that.)

••• Remember this next April 15: IRS statistics from 2008 detailing the amount of money federal workers failed to pay the government in taxes showed $3.04 billion is owed by federal employees and retirees from dozens of agencies. Maybe they were too busy counting the generous raises they get every year. Also, according to The Washington Times, some members of Congress splurged with taxpayer money

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg on extravagant meals - including a $5,380 dinner enjoyed by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) at a Maryland banquet hall.

The newspaper, citing a newly released report by watchdog.org, reported last week that Guam Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo racked up the most expensive tab - $6,090 - for a single meal with members of the House Natural Resources Committee. We have to assume grapes had something to do with that tab.

••• CORRECTION: Sen. Harry Reid (D) represents Nevada. An editing error in the Backshop column in Dec. 15 editions resulted in aligning him with another state. We sincerely apologize to all the good folks out in Utah.

Just do it COMMENTARY

By Terry Anker This week, I had occasion to attend the Indiana Humanities Council’s Governor’s Awards for Tomorrow’s Leaders. Each year, the council selects a group of 12 outstanding young (20-something) Hoosier business, political and philanthropic go-getters to recognize (and boost) their considerable commitment to our state and its communities.

As the evening news is filled with stories of kids who will be “tried as adults,” these folks are faith-restoring. Among them are all manner and sort of leader, innovator and entrepreneur. I cannot figure out when these young men and women find time to sleep.

Yet even as others show their tremendous capacity to give, I am considering a reduction in some of the community investments I am making. Earning a living and providing jobs is never particularly easy (and this year has been especially challenging). My own kids desire (and deserve) more of my attention. And it seems to take increasing effort with each passing year to

ensure my pants still fit.

But even as I struggle to juggle the obligations, I hang on to a few guilty pleasures. Is it wrong to reserve time to watch Godzilla movies on Saturday morning in hole-filled college sweat pants when there are open work shifts at the local soup kitchen? Is it better to focus on ourselves and someday leave an enormous estate to charity; or is the more ethical to spend our time and dollars along the way?

Recently, I enjoyed lunch with a good friend (and senior development officer for my alma mater), and we pondered these question questions. Being a wise man and all-around good guy, he responded that either gift is good. “Give as you can … give as you choose,” he said. If you can give more, do. If you can give less, do.

Just give. Good point.

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

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By Zach Dunkin Kimberly Stackhouse doesn’t know where her son is today. All she knows is that he’s not home for Christmas, and “it’s scary.”

PFC Justin Long, 20-yearsold and a graduate of Hamilton Heights High School, is a U.S. Marine who was deployed overseas in September. The last time Stackhouse had contact with her son was about a month ago.

He left her a phone message from his ship assuring her that he was OK. This will be Long’s first Christmas away from his family, and Stackhouse says she aches because of it.

“I know he said he’s OK, but I don’t know if he really is,” said Stackhouse, a custodian for Noblesville Schools. “And I don’t know where he is. He was in Singapore headed to Somalia, Iraq or Afghanistan.

“I’m really proud of him for what he is doing but it’s just really scary, not knowing where he is over there, or if he’s safe.”

It’s that time of the year when families get together no matter the distance between them.

And when someone is missing, the family doesn’t seem whole.

If you are reading this column via the World Wide Web, PFC Long, your mother has a message for you: “I miss you, and I hope you are safe,” she said, struggling with the words. “And we’re all waiting for you to come home.”

It’s a message so many mothers – and fathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children LONG and – share with Stackhouse for loved ones of their own in the armed forces.

Take a moment during this hectic time of the year to say a prayer for Long and thousands of armed forces men and women who are not here with their families on Christmas Day. Pray that they will return safely to share Christmas with them once again.

Zach Dunkin is the managing editor for Current in Noblesville.

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Splitting the holidays – a remedy to family-related stress

DISPATCHES » Health department offering H1N1 vaccine – Approximately 500 doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be available for the general public Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or while supplies last at the Hamilton County Health Department clinic in Exhibition Halls A and B of the Hamilton County 4-H Grounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. Children younger than 10 years of age will need a second dose. The recommended time between doses is 28 days. The vaccine is being distributed to private physician offices as well as public and private schools in Hamilton County. Local pharmacies also have the vaccine.

Visit www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/h1n1 for information on the virus and clinic schedules. » Wage freeze for some school employees -- The Noblesville Schools board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of a pay freeze for more than 500 school employees, including 105 bus drivers, for the 2010 calendar year at its board meeting Dec. 15. The pay freeze does not include teachers and administrative staff but negotiations with them continue. » Good Samaritan program aids thousands -- More than 15,000 families in Hamilton County received holiday assistance from Good Samaritan Network’s annual Christmas Give-Away. Most of them received gifts of food, clothing and toys at the Dec. 12 giveaway at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville.

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By Danielle Wilson Sometimes I am jealous of friends and family who have both sets of parents in town. They get more free babysitting, a stronger showing at Grandparents Day and greater moral support when their 5-year-old takes a header off the monkey bars. My in-laws live here, but my mom and dad are two hours away. And while they’re close enough for weekend visits, they certainly aren’t any good for spontaneous date nights, soccer games or emergency-room runs. Tear.

That being said, I am thrilled that I only have one family nearby around the holidays! I can’t tell you how many people I know who completely stress out come mid-November, not because of the financial strain of presents and parties or the frenzy to find the perfect scarf for their son’s music teacher, but rather because they can’t take the emotional toll that comes from trying to please two sets of parents and siblings.

My husband and I will be enjoying (or perhaps suffering through – only time will tell!) our 14th Christmas as a married couple next week, and we’ve never once had to shuttle back and forth between families during the 48-hour extravaganza that is Christmas Eve and Christmas.

But had my parents lived in the metro-Indy area, we’d have been screwed. Fights over where to spend Christmas Eve (my family is legendary for our post-feast skits, while my husband’s biggest tradition is Brandy Alexanders while reading “The Night Before Christmas”), arguments over which grandparents get to see the kids first on Christmas morning even though they’re running on too little sleep and too much sugar and won’t make for good company anyway (the children that is, not the grandparents), and finally, snide comments about which family is enjoying more quality time with us and which is being shafted (“We just spent eight hours with your stupid brother, and my sister is only in town for another

day! It’s NOT fair!”).

Nope, none of that. We decided long ago to alternate our holidays. If Thanksgiving was to be spent in Indianapolis, than Christmas would be in Louisville, and vice versa the following year.

When our children became too numerous and their gifts too cumbersome to haul (I mean when Santa’s Alzheimer’s kicked in and he couldn’t remember which chimney was Mamaw and Judge’s), we issued an official Wilson proclamation that all Turkey Days would be spent down south (except when one or more parties is in the Caribbean) and all Baby Jesus birthdays celebrated at home.

So this will be my sixth Christmas without my parents and sisters. Does it suck not partaking in Christmas Eve shopping, latenight movie re-enactments and my British brother-in-law's famous roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner? Yes. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I get to celebrate Christmas in Kentucky either the weekend before or after Dec. 25, focusing solely on my family, and the kids get an extended gift-giving session. On the real Christmas Day, my husband and I can spend quality time with our kids and his family, knowing our longest commute is the seven minutes to Pops and Grams'.

So good luck to all of you splitting your Holly Days! If at all possible, consider Dec. 24 with one side and the 25th with the other.

Your internal barometric pressure with thank you for it. And a quick note to all you doting grandparents out there: Allow your kids do what’s best for their family and keep the guilt-laden fruit cake stashed in the cellar. Nobody likes that stuff anyway. Peace out!

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

No TV or phones? Yes, kids, that’s the way it used to be COMMENTARY

By Krista Bocko In November my daughter and I went to a local craft show on a whim. On the way out, I nearly missed the small table with the books on it, but the woman there stopped me and invited me to take a look.

I was drawn to the titles, one of which read “Grandma’s House Has Had No Electricity.”

People who know me know I am enamored with old homes and aprons and vintage Pyrex and the like, so I’m always thrilled to listen to stories from people that lived in earlier times.

That woman at the table, author Laura Konger Nicodemus, grew up on a 30-acre farm in the 1930’s near Churubusco, a small town north of Fort Wayne It had always been Laura’s dream to paint a picture of the daily lifestyle of a child growing up on a farm, and the text and the illustrations in these four books are delightful and informative.

Children are fascinated to learn that there wasn’t always electricity, TV and phones, and she "shares the feeling of freedom from the visits to the outhouse in the middle of the winter cold

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and the summer rains" when indoor plumbing was installed.

I bought the set of four books, and Laura autographed them. I am excited to read them with my children and open their minds to how children their age used to live, compared to the relative life of luxury they live today.

These books are a great classroom resource for elementary teachers also.

Visit www.tcswoodentoys.com or The Wild at 884 Logan St. to purchase the set of four books for $12.

I’m also hosting a Christmas giveaway on my blog, an autographed set of these four books.

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School board likes new $63.6 million plan; phone survey next

By Zach Dunkin Current in Noblesville When the residents of Noblesville voted down its $59.5 million proposed capital improvements project last January, it was a wakeup call for Noblesville Schools.

“It certainly got our attention,” admitted superintendent, Dr. Libbie Conner.

A lack of information was one of the reasons for the rejection of the referendum, school officials were told. A sluggish economy didn’t help either.

Determined to get the word out during its second attempt at a plan that addresses the school system’s rapid growth, school officials paraded their new proposal all over the district last month with a dozen open forums in which the public could not only hear the plan but help reshape it. The forums were attended by an estimated 500 residents.

“Literally, every week after a forum we would come back to the plan, relook, readjust, rethink and rediscuss,” said Conner. “This time we think we have a much more responsible and efficient plan than what we had last year.”

The proposal is “about million lower than what we were a couple of months ago,” said Todd Cass, an architect and project manager with Gibraltar Design.

All of that retooling was on public display one more time Dec. 13 as everyone from Conner to board of school trustees president Julia Kozicki to those in charge of construction

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If you own a home with a gross assessed value of $200,000 your property taxes would be: 2009 -- $2,274.04 x-2010 – $2,000.00 2011 -- $2,037.93 2012 -- $2,125.51 2016 – $2,185.73 (maximum impact) x-Tax reform limits property tax cap for 2010 to one percent of gross assessed value. and finance discussed details of the $63.6 million proposal at a state-required 1028 hearing at Noblesville High School.

Favoring the revised proposal but seeking more time to gather additional input, the board voted to table discussion about proceeding with a referendum on the May ballot.

Conner said the school system will conduct a random telephone survey during the first week of January, polling taxpapers, of which 63 percent in the district do not have students in the schools, on their support for the project.

State law requires voters to sign off on building projects costing $10 million or more for kindergarten through Grade 8 pupils and $20 million or more for Grade 9-12 students.

Survey results will be completed before the

• Close Forest Hill Elementary School and build a larger new school at Promise Road, north of 146th street. Done by Fall 2012. Budget: $22 million.

• Add space and make improvements to North, Stony Creek, Hazel Dell and White River elementary schools. Done

by Fall 2011. Budget: $14.25 million.

• Expand Hinkle Creek Elementary into the Tri-County Education Center building and make improvements. Done by Fall 2011. Budget: $8.35 million.

• Convert existing intermediate school into an additional middle school with science labs, athletic fields, gymnasium and locker rooms. Done by Fall 2012.

Budget: $8.75 million.

• Remodel Noblesville Middle School for safety and security. Done by Fall 2012. $2.5 million.

• Add four science labs and enlarge health/PE classroom area at Noblesville High School. Done by Fall 2012. Budget: $7.75 million.

Total budget: $63,600,000. next board meeting Jan. 19, when a decision could be made to proceed with the referendum.

If approved the school corporation can then

issue 20- year bonds to pay for the project. The money to repay the bonds is taxed to property owners in the district. Construction would start as soon as September 2010 with a targeted completion for the beginning of school in 2012.

The revamped plan is the result of a fresh demographic study and another feasibility study of existing facilities. The goal: cut costs by utilizing what was already there.

“We worked very hard at that,” said Kozicki following the board vote. “Frankly, it’s very expensive to open an entire elementary school.

But Forest Hill is so small and no longer economically efficient, and we’re trying to be economically efficient.”

She was referring to the school system’s smallest and oldest school at 470 Lakeview Drive.

While much of the plan involves increasing the space and quality at existing facilities, Forest Hills is targeted to be torn down, and a new elementary school will be built at Promise Road, north of 146th St. Another major piece of the plan is a second middle school using the current intermediate (fifth grade) school located at 19900 Hague Road. Fifth-graders would return to the elementary schools to create K-5 elementary programs.

Enrollment in Noblesville Schools has climbed from 6,429 students in 2000 to 8,964 in September 2009. School officials estimate 28 classrooms will be needed for the return of the fifth-grade program to the elementary schools by 2012.

‘No one should be sad on Christmas’ COMMENTARY

By Leslie Webber Our family is truly blessed. We live in a nice Noblesville neighborhood. We love our children’s schools. We don’t have to worry about from where our next meal will come. We are so thankful for all we have.

Sometimes I worry it’s a bit much. Our children are the only grandchildren on both sides of the family. Our toy boxes runneth over.

It’s important to us that our children know just how fortunate they are. We want them to know we have a responsibility to give back. We make an effort to make charitable contributions as a family.

Watching us write a check and mail it to a food bank is one thing, but I’m always on the lookout for opportunities to make giving more tangible. The holiday season is the perfect time to get kids involved.

A few weeks ago, I asked our daughter to pick an angel off the Angel Tree at our preschool. As soon as we got in the car, she started to discuss what type of toy she would buy for the “7-year-

old-girl.” I explained to her we needed to buy what was written on the angel. In this case, it happened to be a modest request for a size 8 shirt.

I explained that not every little girl in Noblesville has a closet full of clothes with matching hair bows. I reminded our little one we are very lucky her dad has a great job. I told her gently, that some children are without basic necessities like shirts that fit them or enough food in their pantries.

I witnessed a light bulb moment from my rearview mirror. “Oh Mom, we have to help those families! It’s Christmas. No one should be sad on Christmas.”

I received an early Christmas present that didn’t cost a dime; proof that my “lessons” are sometimes received.

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

I witnessed a light bulb moment from my rearview mirror. “Oh Mom, we have to help those families! It’s Christmas."

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Platinum Living takes top two awards for holiday home design

Photo courtesy of Noblesville resident Sid Davis, owner of the Noblesville Golf and Batting Center.

Think summer on this cold December day with this photo of the Forest Park bath house and pool, which served as the ol’ swimmin’ hole for area residents until the new Forest Park Aquatics Center was built in the mid-70s.

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By Zach Dunkin Current in Noblesville Platinum Living won both the “Spirit of the Season” award and the “People’s Choice” award for its room holiday room design at the 11th annual “A Home for the Holidays’ event, sponsored by the Circle City Chapter of The Links, Inc. “A Home for the Holidays” showcases Central Indiana homes decorated for the holidays by some of the area’s top interior designers.

The “Spirit” award is given as the first-place award for the room that has the best overall design, and it is voted on by the event’s 13 participating designers. The “People’s Choice” award honors the favorite room voted on by the Link’s members and invited guests at the event.

Platinum Living, 1718 Pleasant St., designed a dining room featuring a round, silver-leafed and mirrored dining table, surrounded by black velvet “corset” dining chairs.

A contemporary art piece was featured by the artist Sandro, on loan from Tenth and Cherry Galleria.

Designers for the award-winning project were Jacquelyn Fry Bilbrey, owner of Platinum Living and Tenth and Cherry; Laura Smith, showroom manager for Platinum Living and Tenth and Cherry; Wendy Prather, interior designer for Platinum Living; and Jaclyn Dunn, head of

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The award-winning team of Jaclyn Dunn (left), Laura Smith (center) and Jacque Bilbrey pose with their dining room design, featuring a round, silver-leafed and mirrored dining table, surrounded by black velvet “corset” dining chairs. (Not pictured: Wendy Prather).

interior design for Platinum Living.

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DISPATCHES » Alcohol and pain relief - In general, the safest pain reliever for older adults is acetaminophen, or Tylenol. However, acetaminophen carries a warning against taking it while drinking more than three alcoholic drinks a day. This is because excessive alcohol consumption damages the liver, and acetaminophen may not be safe for those whose livers are impaired.

Unfortunately, aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, are not necessarily any safer. In short, level with your doctor about your alcohol intake when discussing pain relievers.

- health.msn.com » Life after retirement – You need to believe that there is life after retirement if you want to live that long. In a Yale University study of older adults, people with a positive outlook on the aging process lived more than 7 years longer than those who felt doomed to deteriorating mental and physical health. Already envisioning decades of decrepitude? Selfless actions can put a positive spin on life and distract from unhealthy obsessing, reports a study in Psychosomatic Medicine.

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Okay, guys, you’ve got 10 weeks to man-up

By John Bellmore Current in Noblesville I have enjoyed following Tracy Line’s weight-loss progress here in our pages and have been thinking how it would be nice to do something similar -but with all of you men taking part, too.

After all, being a personal trainer means living a fitness lifestyle and encouraging others to do the same. I just read a wonderful book called “The Alpha Male Challenge,” and I encourage all of my male readers to go out and get it right now. Or for my female readers to go get it as a holiday gift for the men in their lives.

According to the authors of “The Alpha Male Challenge,” “manliness” has become a dirty word in a society of uncertain beta males and weak couch potatoes.

Not surprisingly, many men are in worse shape now than ever. One out of every three American men over age 20 is obese, and approximately 40 percent of men aged 40 to 59 are obese. Lack of exercise contributes to the prevalence of strokes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, blood clots, cognitive decline and dementia, diminished strength and muscle mass, osteoporosis and depression.

My goal is to help all of you guys who may have gotten a bit soft to get back in shape with

The less is more project: Eating out is a slippery slope COMMENTARY

By Tracy Line For 30 days I’ve given up soda, salt and free time to work out, get healthy and raise money for charity. I’ve lost pounds, feel great and don’t even feel deprived (most days). It’s all good, except for one thing -- dining out.

I tried last weekend. My husband and I tried a nice restaurant we’d been eyeing. We were seated quickly; the atmosphere was great; and the menu had a variety of healthy entrees.

Only, I didn’t want the healthy entrees. I wanted the artichoke chicken sautéed in butter.

And the bread and oil they brought to our table, and just one teensy glass of wine.

It’s hard. I want to be healthy but I want to enjoy life. When I’m in a restaurant, I’m faced with a tough decision: stay strong or cave. One can’t always cave, or that one will gain every pound back.

This time I threw caution to the wind and had the chicken (I only had half, but also enjoyed the bread and wine!). The next day I worked out harder to alleviate my guilt.

This week I met a friend for lunch. I felt strong and chose the healthiest thing on the menu: a vegetarian sandwich. Later. I discovered my healthy choice was anything but.

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» Tracy’s progress report

Week 6: What you think is a healthy choice may not be.

Total pounds lost: 7 (last week’s total: 5.4) Goal: 10 pounds.

Money raised for Christel House: 7 x $62 per pound equals $434.

Thoughts: Every splurge has its price

Oops.

I’m amazed (appalled?) at the calories in restaurant food. At home I can cook tasty dishes that won’t break the calorie bank. Yet, one meal out can be twice the calories I burn in a 40-minute elliptical workout. Eating out is a slippery slope.

Even so, it’s one I can’t help but slide down.

It’s not just the food. Eating out means relaxing with family and friends. And I believe relaxation is an important part of being healthy. So, though is time on the elliptical.

Tracy Line is a wimpy yet soon-tobe-fit freelance writer and Noblesville resident. To sponsor her in her weight loss efforts, email her at Tracy.

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the principles used in this book. And I’m going to be doing it with you.

For the first 10 weeks of the New Year I’m going to provide workouts and suggestions for us all to become the men we dream of being physically and mentally.

A modern-day alpha male exemplifies the esteemed qualities of the male species not only physically, with strength and power, but also with a mental capacity to make one a leader, protector and a hero.

To all you girly-boys out there: quit getting pedicures and highlights while killing chivalry and take this challenge with me to give your mindset and physique the manly make-over it needs!

I am going to give our workouts a “kick in the rear” with a sophisticated, yet easy-to-follow workout regimen that will have our testosterone (the manly hormone) boosting without having to spend endless hours in the gym. We are on our way of becoming new men!

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

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Back in 1983, researchers first discovered that eating more protein increases the amount of blood your kidneys are filtering per minute. From this finding, many scientists made the leap that a higher GFR places your kidneys under greater stress. Dutch researchers found a few years later that protein-rich meals didn't have an adverse effect on overall kidney function. In fact, there's zero published research showing that downing hefty amounts of protein damages healthy kidneys. As a rule of thumb, shoot to eat your target body weight in grams of protein daily.

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MONEY MATTERS How successfully have you stayed within your holiday shopping budget?

“I have a Christmas savings account, so I save all year long, but I always spend more.”

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At Prosthetic Dentistry North, patients can come in for essentially any dental needs. Not only are Páez de Mendoza’s specialty services ofPáez de Mendoza fered, such as veneers, crowns, bridges and implants, but she also performs routine cleanings and the standard services available at any other practice. In a new office, located around 157th St. and Gray Rd., Páez de Mendoza is able to assist each of her patients using the latest technologies.

But just because the board-certified doctor can do many things doesn’t mean that her patients get lost in the shuffle.

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MUSIC Musical grand opening

‘The Wizard of Oz’

Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s signature holiday extravaganza “The Wizard of OZ” returns to the stage for the holidays through Jan. 3. Directed by Civic Director of Music & Education Brent E. Marty and choreographed by Rory D. Shivers, the show will feature more than 40 munchkins, lavish sets, amazing special effects and all of the well-loved songs from the film. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the popular MGM movie that made Judy Garland famous.

For more information, visit www.civictheatre.org.

‘A Christmas Carol’ at the IRT

The IRT brings “A Christmas Carol” back to the main stage for the 14th consecutive year. The play runs through Dec. 27. Tickets for this St. Vincent Health-sponsored event start at $25. Call 317-635-5252 for details.

A Beef and Boards Christmas

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Chelsea McLean, 19, of Noblesville sings and dances in "A Beef & Boards Christmas 2009" at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. On stage through New Year's Eve, the performance features singing, dancing, a salute to the military, a live Nativity, and a special segment for children. Call 317-872-9664 for ticket information

Lambert's Lowrey Organ Center will hold a musical grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 7 to celebrate the move to Noblesville Square Shopping Center. Artist Lori Graves will perform mini-concerts at 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m. All are welcome. For more information call 317-773-2002.

ART Native contemporary art

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will present its biennial Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art through Jan. 18. The sixth cycle of the initiative features an exhibition of artwork, called Art Quantum.

Mo’s Irish Pub

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

Dec. 26: Aberdeen Project Dec. 31: TBA

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: Dec. 26: Toy Factory Dec. 31: Bunny Brothers Jan. 2: C.W. & The Working Class Trio Jan. 8: Pack of Chihuahuas Jan. 9: Twisted Gold Jan. 15: Endless Summer Band Jan. 16: Soul Street Jan. 22: Living Proof

My Kid Can Paint That!

Magdalena Gallery of Art in Carmel is presenting this art show, displaying artwork by local kids. Opening night was Nov. 21. All artwork is available for sale, ranging from $100 to $150. Call 317-8440005 for details.

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‘Up in the Air’ and its star Clooney top critics list COMMENTARY

By Christopher Lloyd The Indiana Film Journalists Association, an organization of journalists dedicated to promoting quality film criticism in the Hoosier State, named “Up in the Air” as Best Film of 2009 in its first-ever annual film awards.

The group of nine regional film critics also tabbed “Up in the Air” as Best Screenplay and Best Actor for George Clooney.

Winners were declared in 12 categories, with a runnerup in 11 categories. In addition, 10 movies (including the winner and runner-up) were recognized as finalists for the top prize, Best Film of the Year.

“Where the Wild Things Are” received two awards, Best Director Spike Jonze and the Original Vision Award. The Original Vision Award recognizes a film that is especially innovative or original.

Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress for “An Education.”

“Fantastic Mr. Fox” was named Best Animated Film, “The Cove” Best Documentary and “Sin Nombre” Best Foreign Language Film.

Doug Jones, Morgan Mead and David Hamilton were honored with The Hoosier Award for their work on “My Name Is Jerry,” a film shot in and around Muncie and partially funded

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by Ball State University. The award recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with Indiana roots To be eligible, a film must have played theatrically in Indiana during the 2009 calendar year, screened to state critics in advance of a 2010 general release date, or play in a Hoosier State film festival such as Indianapolis International Film Festival or Heartland Film Festival.

Best Film of the Year Winner: “Up in the Air” Runner-up: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Best Animated Film Winner: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Runner-up: “Up” Best Foreign Language Film Winner: “Sin Nombre” Runner-up: “Welcome” Best Documentary Winner: “The Cove” Runner-up: “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” Best Screenplay Winner: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air” Best Director Winner: Spike Jonze, “Where the Wild Things Are”

Christopher Lloyd is a member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association and a weekly contributor to the Current in Noblesville.

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DISPATCHES » Organ player at grand opening – Lowery Organ artist Lowrey artist Lori Graves will perform mini-concerts at 11 a.m. and 1, 3 and 5 p.m. at Lambert’s Lowery Organ Center musical grand opening on Jan. 7. The ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location in the Noblesville Square Shopping Center, 573 Westfield Blvd. will start at 10:30 a.m. with owners Phil and Judy Lambert, Noblesville Mayor John Ditsler and representatives from the Lowery Organ Company and Noblesville Chamber of Commerce in attendance. For more information call (317) 773-2002. » Teen time at the library – Teens looking for some free fun over Christmas break can find it Dec. 29 at the East Hamilton Public Library at One Liberty Plaza. From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. visitors can play Wii, board games and card games in the Teen Programing Room. Then from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the film “Angels & Demons” will be screened in the Teen Programing Room. The film stars Tom Hanks and is rated PG-13. Snacks will be provided. » Family nature program at park – Families are invited to join Noblesville Parks’ recreation staff for a fun exploration of nature and all of its mysteries at the Forest Park Lodge, 701 Cicero Road, beginning at 10 a.m. Dec. 26. Held the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 11:30 am, each family nature program has a different focus with activities and fun surrounding that theme.

Noblesville singer, dancer heads into final B & B performances

By Zach Dunkin Current in Noblesville Noblesville residents have only seven more opportunities – only three before Christmas – to see their own Chelsea McLean sing and dance in the annual “A Beef & Boards Christmas” production at Beef & Boards Theatre on the northwestside of Indianapolis.

The Noblesville High School graduate is part of the dance and chorus team in the popular holiday show.

“Right now I’m having a lot of fun with no major mishaps so far,” said Chelsea, who turned 19 on the opening night of the run on Nov. 25. “I don’t really have a favorite number that we do, but I get the biggest kick out of the reindeer scene mostly because the outfits are so outrageous.”

Beef & Boards owner and artistic director Doug Stark indicated he intends to ask Chelsea back for more roles in future productions.

“She has a lot of talent and potential for such a young person, and we want to take advantage of that,” said Stark, who narrates the holiday production as Santa Claus.

Meanwhile, the customers down at the venerable Jim Dandy

» A Beef & Board Christmas Where: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 N. Michigan Road, Indianapolis.

Showtimes: 8 p.m. Dec. 22, 1 p.m and 8 p.mm. Dec. 23, 8 p.m.

Dec. 26, 1:30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Dec. 30 and 31.

Tickets: $34-$57, including buffet dinner, and $72-$92 on New Year’s Eve, which also includes a breakfast buffet.

Information and reservations: (317) 872-9664, www.beefandboards.com

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Chelsea McLean of Noblesville performs a number with Santa, played by Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre owner Doug Stark, in the annual production of “A Beef & Boards Christmas.”

Restaurant on Conner Street will have to wait until next year to see Chelsea’s smiling face at the door. During the performance she has been taking a leave of absence from her hostess and serving job there.

“Tell them I’ll be back in January and happy to see all of the regulars again,” she said.

The final performance of the holiday production is Dec. 31 on New Year’s Eve when the Beef & Boards Orchestra helps bring in 2010 with music and dancing. The New Year’s Eve package also includes a party favors, a balloon ball-drop, a champagne toast and breakfast buffet.

The 2010 season opens Jan. 8 with “The Foreigner.”

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Ricotta, lemon give holiday pancakes a delicious twist

By Molly Herner Current in Noblesville Christmas morning is such a special and unique time for each family. My family traditionally had a huge Christmas breakfast with baked cheese grits, pancakes or waffles, bacon, sausage and plenty of strong coffee.

Now that I have a family of my own, however, I am going to start our own Christmas breakfast tradition this year. My daughter loves cake of any variety, so I think fluffy ricotta pancakes with plenty of syrup and bacon sounds like the

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This is a great pancake recipe for any morning occasion or especially on Christmas morning.

Start with a basic pancake mixture and add ricotta cheese and fresh lemon zest for a delicious twist on an everyday pancake.

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

Ricotta and lemon pancakes Ingredients: • 1 cup flour • 1/2 cup of sugar • 1 tsp baking soda • Pinch of salt • 3 eggs • Heavy cream or whole milk • 1/4 tsp of almond extract • The zest of 1 lemon • 1 hefty spoonful of ricotta cheese Directions: 1. Sift together flour and baking soda in a bowl 2. Whip 3 eggs, 1/2 cup sugar and almond extract in a separate bowl with hand-mixer or tabletop mixer together until light and fluffy.

3. Grate the zest of 1 lemon using a microplane or fine grate cheese grater. Add the zest into the egg-sugar mixture. (Omit this step if you don’t like lemon).

4. Slowly sift the flour and baking soda mixture into the egg-sugar mixture.

The batter should thicken a bit, it should be pourable at this point.

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5. Add about a 1/4 up of heavy cream or whole milk or buttermilk -- whatever you prefer. Reduced-fat or skim milk can be used, too, but it will make the batter very thing.

6. Add a hefty spoonful of ricotta cheese and a pinch of salt and blend thoroughly.

7. Set your griddle or pan to medium heat and melt butter or use vegetable oil.

Remember butter burns very quickly so use a lower heat with it. The first pancake is always the practice one to make sure your heat is precise. Adjust your heat up or down after the first pancake and remember to re-oil your pan before each pancake.

Waitress at Mudsocks Grill Where do you like to eat?

The Ram. I prefer the one downtown (Indianapolis), though.

What do you like to order?

Bourbon Blackjack Burger.

Why do you like The Ram? I like that they brew their own beer. And the burgers are great.

The Ram Restaurant and Brewery 12750 Parkside Drive Fishers, Ind. (317) 596-0079

The first Cool River Pizza opened 10 years ago way out west in Roseville, Cal., but has since worked its way into the Noblesville community. Known for fun topping pairings and wholesome, hardy pizza, Cool River offers a variety of specialty pies with clever, river-related names. Try the Mighty Gorge, a sub on a crust, with pepperoni, mushrooms, bell peppers, ham, black olives, onions, ground beef, Italian sausage, and salami, or the tangy Buffalo River, with garlic ranch sauce, buffalo chicken, red onions, and a smattering of banana peppers.

Delve into an order of heavenly, garlic-y breadsticks, drizzled with herb butter sauce, or an order of ranch chips, homemade dough rolled out thin, covered with ranch-garlic sauce, mozzarella cheese and chopped garlic. Too much bread? Try a taco salad, crisp iceberg lettuce layered with seasoned beef, tomatoes, jalapenos, and cheese, or a grilled chicken salad.

Cool River looks forward to offering more large group seating and Wii games to their guests in the future, but currently offers plenty of big-screen TVs and board games for diners.

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(500) Days of Summer

Frankenmuth, Mich.

PG-13, 94 minutes

Photo by Chuck Zlotnick and provided by AllMovie.com.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph GordonLevitt hit it off right away in Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “(500) Days of Summer.

One of the unexpected delights of the cinematic year, “(500) Days of Summer” was the sleeper hit that reminded us romantic comedies don’t have to be formulaic and gooey.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel play the couple, who (unlike in most films of the genre) don’t spend 80 minutes clashing with each other before suddenly realizing they’re in love.

They hit it off right from the start -- mostly because Summer is a fearless gal who makes the first move on office drone Tom -- and spend the next 500 days riding the ups and downs of modern romance.

Director Marc Webb and screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber coyly shift the timeline back and forth, using numbered titles to

let us know which day we are in the progression.

So we know that Tom and Summer hit a rough patch somewhere around Day 320, while Days 50-100 are that love-stupid phase where everything seems magical.

Told with original verve and hipster irony, “(500) Days of Summer” is funny, charming and smart filmmaking. It’s a romantic comedy even the boyfriends will love.

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Getting there: Take I-69 north to I-75, then north to Exit 136, then east and north on Mich. 54 and Mich. 83. About 312 miles, 5 hours.

Info: www.frankenmuth.com, (800) 386-8696.

What: They say that “No Town Wears Winter Like Frankenmuth,” and warmhearted Frankenmuth residents and more than 150,000 visitors seem to support that claim when they check out the annual Zehnder’s Snowfest. At the center of the five-day event Jan. 21-26 is snow sculpting and ice carving competition, with teams ranging from local amateurs to international experts competing for cash prizes. Kids can get in on the snow sculpting, and there’ s also a play area and petting zoo. Michigan’s “Little Bavaria” was founded in 1845 by a group of German Lutheran missionaries seeking to teach Christianity to the Chippewa Indians.

Nearly 5,000 people live there, preserving the German heritage in Bavarian-style homes and farmhouses. Town shops sell fudge, cheeses, sausages, jams and jellies, clocks, beads, Michigan wine and wool

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Ice sculptures by international carvers highlight the annual Zehnder’s Snowfest in Frankenmuth, Mich.

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DISPATCHES » Getting ready for high school – Eighth-grade parent scheduling night is Jan. 6, beginning at 7 p.m. at various locations throughout Noblesville High School, 18111 Cumberland Road. The presentations will help answer questions about graduation requirements and career planning and provide parents with resources to begin the process of scheduling 8th grade students in courses for their freshman year. Parents should attend the session location according to the student’s last name: A through B in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) room, C-H in the Main Cafeteria, I-P in the Auditorium and R-Z in the Junior/Senior Cafeteria. Park in the main lot and enter through Gate 16. Direct questions to Anne Kenley, Director of Guidance, (317) 7766257 ext. 177 or Kathy Wynkoop, freshman counselor, (317) 776-5913. » Read while on break – Noblesville Schools will be on Christmas vacation from Dec. 21 through Jan. 4, and school officials at Noble Crossing Elementary School are encouraging parents and students to spend some time over the break with books that are nominated and awarded through the Young Hoosier Book Award program. For a list of the books nominated go to the school’s Web site at www.noblecrossing.noblesvilleschools.org/ and click on the Dec. 14 newsletter. » NHS basketball boys at Purdue – The Noblesville High School boys basketball team will compete at Purdue University’s Mackey Arena as part of the Super Hoops New Year Classic on Jan. 2. The Millers will face perennial power Warsaw at 7:15 p.m. The Super Hoops New Year Classic will feature an eight-game schedule of some of the top teams in the state, including two other Hamilton County Schools. Fishers will play Kankakee Valley at 10:30 a.m., and Carmel will face Valparaiso at 9 p.m. All-session tickets are $12 at the gate. Seating is general admission.

You don’t need Christmas as excuse to wish for peace and good will COMMENTARY

By Hannah Davis Here it is, folks. The most highly anticipated holiday for anyone under the age of, well, anything is just three days away.

And, if you’re anything like a Davis, the tree still needs to be decorated, the stockings still need to be hung, and the cookies are nothing more than a few sticks of soft butter which have been sitting on the counter for a few days.

Weaker souls might be daunted, but we push onward.

Things routinely get a little hectic around the holidays – Mom and Dad just had to get married on Christmas Eve – but my parents keep their cool.

Traditions aren’t tossed aside for convenience. The ornaments eventually find their way onto the tree, we dig the stockings out as soon as we remember they exist, and someone usually ends up finding some flour to go with that butter.

We have to. Those tasks make Christmas Christmas for us. No, there’s not any correlation between that nonsense and the birth of Jesus Christ, but without those traditions, there wouldn’t be much left anymore. Not for us, anyway.

Christmas is undeniably a Christian holiday, but religion doesn’t have much to do with December 25 for many families. I choose to acknowledge that the holiday’s most basic foundations are historically questionable at best and could benefit from a serious round of fact-

Hannah’s top 5 favorite holiday traditions

1. Watching Christmas movies (“A Christmas Wish” is a cheesetastic film in which Jimmy Durante’s family’s Christmas is saved by a squirrel, and like in “A Christmas Story,” nothing beats a kid in bunny pj’s).

2. Baking cookies 3. Shopping 4. Hanging lights 5. Sledding checking. I haven’t attended a service at my own church since I was eight, but I still celebrate.

I’ll gladly take the holiday for what it’s become: a very valid excuse to decorate the house, listen to cheesy music, give gifts to the people you care about, and gather with your family, related or not.

You don’t have to be holier-than-thou to wish for peace on earth and goodwill toward men.

Hannah Davis is a senior at Noblesville High School and is currently enjoying her final Christmas break as a high schooler.

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DISPATCHES » Fair isle sweaters – These sweaters have horizontal bands of geometric patterns, which can be quite intricate.

The style originated on a small remote Scottish island of that name, and it has been widely copied. Like many fashion trends, these knits were popularized by the Duke of Windsor. They can be quite charming. They certainly aren’t macho, having a tweedy, English-schoolboy provenance, but they are popular among well-dressed ski bums and have been worn by rockers over the years.

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Tell yourself that any and all touchy subjects are off limits.

Don’t ignore someone who brings up a touchy subject; just respond neutrally, and then change the subject. Remember your audience, and you can be the hero of the party.

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Online sites can help you decorate your family tree

By Darla Kinney Scoles Current in Noblesville Remember the old family Bibles that had a family tree in the middle pages? One exists in our family somewhere, and I hope to track it down. In the meantime, however, I’ve taken to decorating our family tree online.

With dozens of pages of history in hand, sorting the information via a pedigree chart is a time-consuming endeavor. When completed such a chart provides an overview that puts entries in perspective and helps keep the names straight in my surname-swimming head.

Several choices exist in creating such a file. The one I’ve chosen is Personal Ancestral File -- a free download from www.lds.org. The program allows me to not only enter the names I found, but additional information about each one that would otherwise be filed away somewhere and – given my filing techniques – impossible to find.

Personal Ancestral File is a Windows-based version of one of the most widely used genealogical management programs for personal home computers. The highly versatile program does not provide genealogical data.

Instead, it helps me organize their family history records. It can produce, either on screen or on paper, family histories, pedigree charts, family group records, and other reports to help me search for missing ancestors.

Starting at lds.org led me to familysearch.org and ultimately ldscatalog.org for the free download. Along the way I discovered that the sites, which belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offer much to the beginning genealogist.

Particularly useful was the site’s list of six basic steps in family

history research. Each step is outlined, with further resources listed at the bottom of the page where a navigation guide links you to even more helpful information.

Check it out. It may be the best free thing you get this year.

Happy decorating!

Darla Kinney Scoles is a freelance journalist living in Noblesville. Her most recent work involves the creation of “Stories,” an individualized writing service helping people get their personal histories down on paper. Contact her at darlas@mpinet.net

Good memories will outlast the sleepless nights than capable of a good cry, but COMMENTARY neither could match Mase’s gusto.

By Joe Shearer For a time in the summer When it came to losing sleep, months, he had cried himself Crystal and I always said we hoarse, but as the seasons changed were lucky with Riley and Jenna. so did the boy’s pitch. When the Both slept through the night at mood strikes him, either from a relatively early age and were hunger, hurt or annoyance, he lets relatively independent at bedtime loose with a bellow roughly akin (Jenna especially would lay down to the one Daryl Hannah emitted with nary a whine or wail), which in “Splash.” meant our sleep interruptions That’s the tradeoff in being a were kept to a minimum. parent. For all the good times, the When Mason (the only “surcountless wonderful memories prise” of our clan) came into our Photo by Joe Shearer and various joys you are allowed, family, we found Lady Luck up When the mood strikes him you have those lapses in sanity and split on us in the middle of Mason Shearer can bellow with the best of them. brought upon my lack of sleep the night, and took the curtains doubled with public displays of and lampshades with her.

As much as we love the kid, he has easily been annoyance.

In the end, of course, the memories are all the the most high-maintenance of our brood, espesame, whether funny, heartwarming, or stretchcially after hours. ing your patience to its bare limits. They’re all For the first five or six months, multiple equally great, no matter how much, or little, nighttime feedings were common, and weaning sleep you’ve had. him off of nursing only meant that I would be able to share in the witching-hour routine.

For now he’s settled into a routine: sleep at Joe Shearer is an editor, freelance 8:30 p.m., wake during the 5 o’clock hour for a writer and the father of three children living in Noblesville. He bottle, then some state of rest (or at least quiet) blogs at daddyheaven.blogspot. until the alarm at 6:30. com and also writes for www.

He also seems to have a bit more of a temper thefilmyap.com. E-mail him at than the other two, who have always been more joeshearer@gmail.com.

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Start the New Year with classes in music, dance, exercise Current in Noblesville Enrollment is now open for January sessions of Noblesville Parks Department’s popular recreation programs for teens and adults.

Pre-registration is required for all classes. For more details about the classes or to register, visit www.cityofnoblesville.org/Parks or call the Parks Recreation office at (317) 770-5750.

Classes available include: • Instant Drum Class for Hopelessly Busy Adults and Teens: January 29 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. at Forest Park Lodge, $55 per person

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• Walk Live: January 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 11 a.m.-noon at Forest Park Lodge, $32 • Gentle Beginner Adult Yoga: Two sessions offered at Forest Park Lodge, January 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 11 a.m. – noon, and January 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 5:45 – 6:45 p.m., $32 per session.

• Lunch Time Yoga: Two sessions offered at Forest Park Lodge, January 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 12:10 – 12:50 p.m., and January 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 12:10 – 12:50 p.m., $24 per session.

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All she wants for Christmas: seeds, bulbs and maybe a greenhouse COMMENTARY

By Holly Funk Dear Santa, I know that my age far surpasses your guidelines, but we have this silly agreement in our family that the adults won’t exchange gifts and well…I have some things I really want.

And since you’ll be dropping by anyway, I thought you might put a few things under the tree for me, too.

I’m a gardener, so I really like things that have to do with plants. Or flowers. You get the idea.

I’d love an Amaryllis bulb to pot up and grow in the house. They come in kits…but I just want the bulb by itself, since the kits have puny bulbs in them. If your elves can’t come up with one, they have a really great selection at Smith and Hawken. Just sayin’.

Oh, if you do go, they have a great selection of flower seeds, as well so I wouldn’t balk at a few packets of those, too.

You might ask your elves if they can come up with a handheld pruning saw. One that locks open and shut…my old one is shot so that would help a lot.

I also like stationery with birds, botanicals or butterflies. That way I can send you a nice thank you note later. (wink) But if you’re feeling ambitious, I’d love to

AMARYLLIS have a greenhouse most of all. I know that’s asking for a lot and I don’t expect anything but maybe we can work something out where I can, like, do some landscaping for you in exchange for it…you know? If you have a Florida getaway, I could really hook you up there.

So, I just want to thank you for even reading this letter. I’ve been super good this year, as always and promise I will keep up the good work. Thanks.

Yours truly, Holly Holly Funk is an Indiana accredited horticulturist and advanced master gardener residing in Noblesville.

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They have a Tiger by the tail, and I wish they’d let it go COMMENTARY

By Mike Redmond I believe I speak for many of us when I say I now know more than I ever wanted to about Tiger Woods.

Every day, when I sit down to the computer to begin a long day of goofing off, it seems the first thing I see is another Shocking Revelation about Tiger Woods’ love life and marital strife.

Shocking? Please. It’s only shocking if you care. And I cannot recall ever wasting a single minute wondering about the state of Tiger Woods’ home life.

Unfortunately, it’s the perfect story for our celebrity-crazed times.

We are awash with celebrities, folks. The current rate seems to be about one celebrity for every 10 households. You see them on TV. They’re in the newspapers and magazines –and not just the trashy ones at the checkout counter. They’re all over computers and Blackberries. And for most of them, their only discernable means of employment, their only talent, is … being a celebrity.

(Case in point: The Kardashian sisters. What exactly do they DO, other than being Kardashians?)

Anyway, back to ol’ Tiger. Now, I’m not suggesting we ignore

the fact that Tiger pranged the Family Battlewagon during a late night/early morning excursion, or that his wife had to get him out of the wreckage with a seven iron (not her best club; she duck-hooked it). I’m not even saying we should ignore the revelation that Tiger may have had one or more extra caddies toting his tour bag.

What I AM saying is it’s being blown WAY out of proportion.

It knocked all sorts of real news out of the headlines, and that’s just stupid. Or, to use my preferred spelling, S-P-Triple O-P-I-D. Stoopid. Because you have to stoop pretty low for this kind of stuff.

Personally, I don’t care what Tiger does in his spare time. If it’s true, I feel sorry for his wife and kids, and for him, too, for being so messed up. Not that it matters to any of them.

But I also feel sorry for us, because the world we live in has really important stuff going on, and we’re missing it by pandering to those who obsess over Tiger, the Kardashians, Real Housewives of Various Cities, et al.

Of course, somewhere in the discussion someone invariably trots out the old “But he’s a role model for our youth!” argument, which is a bunch of hooey. I don’t buy it. The athlete-as-rolemodel began to die off when Curt Flood (rightly) challenged the

Reserve Clause and baseball free agency was born. Role model devotion takes time to build, and you can’t very well make a role model out of Joe Shlabotnik if he’s playing in your city one year, Cleveland the next and Denver the year after that. Besides which, given the general lowering of the behavioral standards and the speed with which we find out about celebrity transgressions.

Anyone who encourages a kid to take an athlete as a role model these days is just asking for trouble.

So where does this leave Tiger in the Pantheon of American Golfers? The top, as usual. American Husbands? That’s none of my business. American Role Models? Behind the real ones – teachers, doctors, soldiers, sailors, public servants, volunteers … it’s a long list. He’s at the back of the pack and not likely to make the cut. Which should not be shocking at all.

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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Views | Community | Anti-Aging | Dough | Diversions | Education | Life Style | Inside & Out | Laughs | Puzzles | Obituaries John Harold Scherer, 93, Noblesville, died Dec. 15 at Riverwalk Village in Noblesville. He was born Nov. 14, 1916 in Hamilton County. John was a selfemployed barber. He had been a member of First United Methodist Church in Noblesville for more than 50 years, where he was active in the choir.

He was also a member of the Sunrise Kiwanis and Noblesville Senior Citizens, a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge, and a Republican Precinct Committeeman. He is survived by four sons, Steve (Diane) Scherer of Florida, David (Linda) Scherer of California, Jim (Carol) Scherer of Indianapolis, David Lee (Trudy) Scherer of Lapel, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Naomi Scherer, son, Richard Scherer, and brother,

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Keith Elsworth Rott, 80, Fishers, passed away Dec. 7 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Aug. 20, 1929 in the Brightwood area of Indianapolis to Charles P. and Clara (White) Rott. Keith had operated Keith Rott Drafting Service in Westfield. He attended Walnut Grove Chapel. He is survived by wife, Elizabeth A. Rott of Fishers, son, Wayne (Kim) Rott of Carmel, and two grandchildren, Bradley Rott and Krista Hilgenbrinck. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by two brothers, Charles and Robert, two sisters, Betty and Patty, and a son,

Alfred “Al” Edward Fountain, 73, of Milan, Tenn., formerly of Tipton and Madison Counties, Indiana, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 in Jackson Madison County Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Tennessee. He was born June 10, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to Alfred and Florence (Hurtubise) Fountain. His father preceded him in death. Alfred was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Korea. He was a member of the American Legion. He was a licensed firearms instructor for police departments in Arcadia and Frankton. He retired as a guard at the Pendleton Correctional Facility. He is survived by his mother, Florence Fountain of Milan, Tenn., (formerly of Westfield and Noblesville), former wife Marilyn Fountain of Anderson, Ind., two sons and a daughter in law, Dan Fountain of Middletown, Ind. and David and Gina Fountain of Anderson, Ind., and several grandchildren and great grandchildren, one brother and sister in law, Richard and Nancy Fountain of Milan, Tenn., , one sister and brother in law, Nancy and Phil Bailey of Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., and several nieces and nephews. Online condolences may be sent c/o mcmullan56@yahoo.com

Bonnie S. (Berry) Ramey, 53, Cicero, passed away Dec. 7 at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville.

She was born Dec. 6, 1956 in Marion, Ind, to Charles Leon and Bennie Jack (Baize) Berry.

Bonnie attended the Pentacostal Church. She is survived by husband, Richard Ramey of Cicero; two daughters, Bonnie Jean Liberty and Sonia Gayle Lyons; one son, William Odell Whitmer; one sister, Raymonda Bower; one brother, Richard Dale Berry; 15 grandchildren and on great-grandchild.

She is preceded in death by her parents. Memorial contributions may be made to Richard Ramey c/o Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St.,, Noblesville, IN 46060.

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Barbara J. Orberson 61, of Noblesville, died Dec. 4 on Riverview Hospital. She was born April 2,1948 in Noblesville to Robert and Clara (Frazee) Wilson.

She married Howard Orberson who preceded her in death in 1995. She is survived by her mother, Clara Wilson of Noblesville, daughter, Nonnie Perez-Martinez of Noblesville; one sister, Marsha Kellums of Gallup, N.M.; three brothers, James Wilson and Robert Wilson of Fairmount and Larry Wilson of Indianapolis, and seven grandchildren.

Joan Elizabeth Wild, 63, Rockville, formerly of Noblesville, passed away Dec. 14. She was born May 15, 1946 in Noblesville to Frank M. and Evelyn (Asbury) Wild. Joan was a social worker.

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Helen Irene Harrison, 83, of Ruskin, Florida, formerly of Westfield and Noblesville, died Dec. 9 at her residence. She was born Sept. 11, 1926 in East Prairie, Mo., to John and Minnie (Summers) Collins. She is preceded in death by her husband, Willie R. Harrison. sister, Merillian Simpkiss and two brothers, Elden Collins and John Wesley Collins. Online condolences may be sent c/o efw@ efwagner.com

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