February 2, 2010

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A SUPER OPPoRTUNITY The 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis will bring more than football to central Indiana, and Westfield is positioning itself to make the most of the event

By Stephanie Carlson Curtis Current in Westfield “One bowl, one community.”

This simple, direct theme articulates the objective of the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee.

In less than 24 months, central Indiana will host the greatest spectacle in football, a global sporting event viewed by more than 100 million people around the world.

And many in Westfield are positioning to take advantage of the opportunity.

“We have so many projects underway, projects that are moving toward groundbreaking as fast as we can move them given the current economy, and to have some of those projects underway by then in the midst of all of the Super Bowl hoopla would be incredible,” said Tom Smith, president of the Westfield City Council.

Allison Melangton, Hamilton County resident and president of the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee said nearly 150,000 visitors will pass through central Indiana. Visitors will use hotels, car rentals, restaurants, retail sites and entertainment venues. According to NFL estimates, Super Bowl XLVI will generate more than $275 million in revenue for the state, and Westfield stands to get its slice.

“We’ve been thinking about how the Super Bowl might impact our area for quite awhile now, ever since Indy placed its first bid and secured hotel room blocks from our hotels,” said Karen Radcliff, deputy director of the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Soon after Allison was hired, I met with her to talk about a regional approach and how Hamilton County might be involved, especially through a coordinated hospitality effort.”

Student ambassadors When Indianapolis pitched its bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl, students from around the area were chosen to serve as ambassadors. One student was selected per NFL team, responsible for pitching the city’s package to the respective owners. Westfield High School student Adam Dietz served as ambassadors for the Cleveland Browns and will continue contributing through 2012 – his senior year.

Melangton Melangton said she plans to work closely with city leaders and tourism organizations to maximize the economic boost for the area. Westfield Chamber of Commerce executive Director Julie Sole said the city, so close to Indianapolis, will only benefit from such efforts.

“We are located in a great position to serve visitors as they arrive or pass through on their way to the stadium,” said Sole.

“With the Indianapolis Executive Airport located on our eastwest corridor, we will especially be able to serve those visiting via air.”

Melangton said the host committee intends to fully engage the community, city and state to highlight Indiana’s vibrant cultural, business and tourism climate, maximize educational opportunities and raise the Super Bowl bar by throwing the best, most all-inclusive sporting event the NFL has ever experienced. She said the state has a track record of embracing large sporting events and striving to be one of the best host cities for big events in the country.

Mayor Andy Cook said he’s hoping the state’s “sports culture” will help with one of Westfield’s ongoing initiatives.

“Here in Westfield, we are striving to become the Family Sports Capital of America, and hopefully in 2012 we’ll be closer to achieving that goal,” said Cook. “We are extremely sports oriented in Westfield, and, hopefully visitors will recognize it and want to be a part of it.”

In order for the city to take full advantage of the many op-

portunities the Super Bowl can provide, Melangton said the host committee will need extensive help from community volunteers.

“We will need 8,000 volunteers to serve on various committees including community programs, hospitality, marketing, operations, administration, near-east side legacy initiatives as well as guest and volunteer services,” Melangton said. “We are coordinating 66 committees comprising of 150 volunteer leadership positions to be filled by April.”

Hoosiers interested in volunteering can register online at www.our2012sb.com.

Melangton said Indiana residents have track record of putting forth the necessary effort to make Indianapolis a premiere location for major sporting events. But as Melangton detailed the wide scope of community-oriented activities and international visibility she emphasized, “The Super Bowl isn’t just about football.”

a unique location 14 cities have hosted or will host a Super Bow, but only four Super Bowls have been awarded to cold weather cities: Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Detroit (twice). Miami has hosted the most Super Bowls with 10, including this year’s game.

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It is our position that Frank and Katrina Basile should be thanked for their very generous gift to the Regional Performing Arts Center in Hamilton County. And the longtime philanthropists and supporters of the arts should also be praised for investing in a venue that, for some, has fallen noticeably on the “wrong” side 96th Street.

In honor of their significant contribution to the project ($500,000), the RPAC is expected to name a food service and gift area after them. But their contribution to the discourse is far more valuable. In effect, the donation reminds naysayers that we are all in the business of building our region together.

Companies considering Central Indiana as their home – and companies working to recruit or retain talent here – do not see political county or municipal lines. And we must work to remember the importance of that perspective. Like the airport and Colts, the RPAC will help to define this community, and we must work together to ensure its success.

Opening in January of 2011, the RPAC, along with Artistic Director Michael Feinstein, aspires to make our region one of the great places in America to enjoy the performing arts. With the support of visionaries like the Basiles, that goal is within reach.

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It is our position that the people of Westfield are right to be working hard to help the people of Haiti as they struggle to recover from recent devastation caused by historic earthquakes. The truth from Luke, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required …” remains the dictum for us to remember.

We can count ourselves fortunate to not only be living in a stable and relatively wealthy country, but to be privileged enough to benefit from such a safe and clean surrounding. And many of our fellow Westfield citizens have made contributions – grand and modest – recognizing our obligation to help those in need.

But even as we share our good fortune, please do not do so blindly. Research the benefiting charitable entities to ensure the money is going as directly as possible to help the people of Haiti rather than to its often-crooked government or some other like institution. While generations of poverty and systemic corruption may have trapped the people of Haiti, our obligation to offer compassion must remain stalwart even if a fraction of our good intentions are siphoned off by those who would profiteer in squalor.

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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. continued The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in

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chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President [Modified

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The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

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By Terry Anker As I have matured into middle age, it occurs to me that I spend a lot more time learning than I ever believed I would at this age. Rather than overflowing with the accumulated wisdom that comes with a few decades, it seems the vessel never fills.

In fact, it would be more accurate to say the more I learn, the more I want to know. Maybe it is that so much new is happening that there is much excitement to learn. Or it could be that the access afforded to information today has transformed not only the way we research and compile data but also the very way we think. Whatever the reason, I am thrilled that we live in a time with a nearly unlimited access to thought – both the kind vetted by the ages and the un-ripened rants of the Web. While my daily life doesn’t allow for as much of the “big” thinking as I might like, I do have occasion to read some, catch the Science and Discovery channels, and spend a few moments

with others who make thinking their business. I’m not talking about the kind of thinking we do in our jobs. Lawyers, doctors, entrepreneurs and others certainly are creative and thoughtful. But we all too seldom think, read and study the words of our founding fathers, biblical scholars or romantic poets. I’m talking about old-school ivory tower academics.

I’ve often thought it would be a great way to spend a life – surrounded not by balance sheets and business taxes but instead immersed in the classics. But does the Academy tend to study the thinker or the thought? Do we focus on what Roosevelt said to the omission of why he said it?

Perhaps the real value of thought is not simply in its thinking, but it is in its application.

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

Readers' views Wilson is the real deal Editor: Upon reading the letters in the Jan. 19 issue of Current, I have decided to weigh in.

Danielle Wilson’s columns are almost always funny, poignant, honest and on target regarding living in the millennium and raising kids. Cut her some slack. We’ve all experienced (or will) the day-to-day episodes she pens.

She’s the first to cite she’s not always a per-

fect mom, wife or person, but I wouldn’t read a word written by someone who claimed to be. Current can easily sign up a plastic talking head Carmel/Westfield housewife to tell us Buffy made cheerleader and Brandon is the quarterback who will go to Med School. Give me the real deal. That would be Danielle. Peace out.

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However, I think this article borders on irresponsibility, as it is my understanding that Carmel High School has a “pill party” problem, and our local teens have moved from sneaking a few beers to popping the prescription or over-the-counter pills lingering in their parents’ bathroom cabinets.

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» Play guitar! – The Washington Township Parks and Recreation Department is offering two different justonce guitar classes for people who would like to learn enough guitar in one session to start playing right away. Both sessions will be Feb. 13. Registration is required

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» Free ice skating – The Downtown Westfield Neighborhood Association and two Westfield Girl Scout Troops offer free, public ice skating on a temporary, outdoor rink in the city’s downtown, every Saturday from 4-7 p.m. through February. The rink is located on S.R. 32 in the Red Man lot.

I am officially a 'cat person'

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By Danielle Wilson Well, we took the leap and now own a cat.

More accurately, Santa pushed us into the deep end of pet ownership. That’s right, folks, our children woke up on Christmas morning to a note, handwritten by the Big Man himself, saying a special gift was waiting for them in Dad’s office.

I have it all on video … quite precious actually. Now, almost a month later, I feel I can finally let my true feelings be known. (Recall that I am not a pet person and have held out for nearly 14 years against owning any sort of domesticated mammal, particularly dogs and cats.)

Drum roll, please! I. LOVE. THE CAT. I know! Who’d a thunk it? And I didn’t even gag when I wrote that. But here’s why: 1. Felines have the lowest maintenance plans available, especially the shorthair domestic options. I’ve yet to take “Ginger” for a walk in the single-digit temps, wipe drool off my couch or bathe her in the tub. Top that, Labrador retrievers!

2. There’s not much funnier than a kitten chasing her tail on hardwood floors.

No traction, whatsoever, and no way to apply the brakes. It’s kind of like watching someone who accidentally steps past the boundary line in a bowling lane, only without the disturbing shoes.

3. There’s just something magical about having a soft little creature purring with contentment on your lap on a cold winter’s night. Who needs the Snuggie when you have a cat? (Actually, the cat’s favorite spot is atop our Snuggie, making for a double dose of adorable warmth!)

4. You never know what you’ll find in the fridge. Seriously, my husband thought he heard meowing in the kitchen, opened the door to the refrigerator, and there was Ginger. Oops! No worries though, she wasn’t cooling down for more than a minute or so. Five tops.

5. Cleaning the litter box makes for the most perfect punishment for the short people who live with us. We bought the clumping kind with baking soda, but even so, scooping poop is stinky and degrading. Love it!

6. Almost overnight, the kids have developed an enormous sense of responsibility when it comes to caring for Ginger.

Feeding, disciplining, playing . . . even our 5-year-old pays strict attention to open doors and empty water bowls. Not so much with the gecko, although he is still alive after two and a half years of accidental neglect.

7. We’ve had the opportunity to finally meet a veterinarian, who as a group,

have to be the most patient and friendly people on this earth, even more so than volunteer preschool teachers. Animal lovers can’t be serial killers. They just can’t.

8. Speaking of vets, the absolute best moment of owning a cat so far came when we had Ginger at her first checkup. The doctor asked the kids if they had any questions, and after a few basic ones (“How old is she?” “How big will she get?” “What kind of kitten is she?”) my youngest posed this in her most serious voice: “What percent love is she?”

Though this sent my older kids into a round of hysterical laughter and taunting, the veterinarian looked Maddie straight in the eye and answered, “One hundred percent!” Right? How can you beat that?

Now I know we’re still essentially petowning virgins, but if this past month has been any indication of what’s to come, I don’t think it’s too much to say that by the end of the year, we’ll be calling ourselves “Cat People.” Peace out!

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

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“I think almost all 950 kids have worked on it,” said Allison Staub, a seventh-grade art teacher at the school. “I’ve had some people who Photo by Kevin Kane have brought their kids down five Nearly every Westfield Middle School student has contributed to the times. The kids are just really into currently untilted school-wide mural, including eighth graders (top, left it, and that’s awesome.” to right) Dalton Puckett, Samantha Majerick, Allison Lipetz, (bottom, The mural is the first of this scale left to right) James Dodd, Andrew Rohrer and TJ Palacios. at the school, and it was largely The school’s students are divided into six Staub’s idea. She said she used to help her mother, Washington Woods Elementary teacher teams – the Golden Eagles, Green Hornets, Sharks, Navigators, Voyagers and Explorers Beverly Staub, with school-wide murals while in college. She brought the idea up to the WMS – and each is represented in the mural. Ellen Joseph, a seventh-grader at the school and one administration, and after a few months of planof about 25 volunteers on the mural commitning, work on the mural began in mid-January. tee said including every team was a priority.

At any given time Staub said there could be Each of the six “mascots” surround what Joseph three to 30 students breaking tile and placing it termed as the Dream Tree, which has long on the wall. branches and sits in the center of the mural.

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Dillinger: more cuts likely in 2011

By Zach Dunkin Current in Westfield As if dealing with a $5 million-plus budget cut for 2010 weren’t difficult enough, Hamilton County Commissioner Steve Dillinger expressed concern today during his State of the County address for what lies ahead in 2011 and 2012.

“Our financial advisor predicts we’re going to have to cut our budget again next year to cover a shortfall of about $4.5 million,” Dillinger said in his 22nd State of the County address during the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon at the Oak Hill Mansion in Carmel. “That could mean cutting into basic services, and that is not good.”

While already dealing with lost income due to the state-imposed property tax cap, Dillinger said the county must now face a decrease in County Optional Income Tax (COIT) revenue. The COIT was established by the House Enrolled Act 1478 in 2007 to provide an avenue of relief for property taxpayers by allowing counties another funding source for increased spending.

“It’s first collected here, then sent to the state then returned to the county after two years,” Dillinger said. “Think about what was happening two years ago. That’s when we were in the depths of our economy, which means our income for COIT, which we (the county

government) rely heavily on, is going to be down the next two years.”

Dillinger said the options the county could be facing would be laying off employees, which would affect services, going to a fourday work week of 10-hour days to save facility costs or four-day work week of 8-hour days to reduce salaries, and cutting back on road paving and snow and ice removal.

“We can’t put our jails, sheriffs and highway departments on four-day weeks, and can you imagine the backlog in our courts if we went to a four-day week there?” Dillinger said.

“None of these options are what we want to do. We’re just going to have to take close look at what happens the next few months here.”

Still, he noted, Hamilton County’s financial situation is not as dire as that of other counties in the state. Hamilton County has a $13.7 million surplus, down from $20 two years ago, but still better than many counties with no surplus. The national unemployment rate is 9.4 percent, the state’s is 9.3 percent and the county’s is 6.5 percent. And, he noted, CNN Money ranked Hamilton County 11th place in the U.S. for job growth over the last eight years.

“I can sit here and cry and moan about not having any money but, trust me, there are many counties out there going, ‘What are you guys complaining about?’ We have a lot to be thankful for,” he said.

Local singer-songwriter to release first original CD Current in Westfield After years of performing seemingly everyone else’s work, a diminutive performer with a powerful-yet-polished vocal prowess that belies her physical stature is about to debut her first CD. And this one is all her.

Carmel resident Chris Stone – “lil’ c” to her friends – relentlessly dedicated nearly every spare minute of the last year to writing and recording the project, Leftover Grooves, which is due out in the next few weeks.

Stone, for now, perhaps is best known on the greater Indianapolis music scene for fronting any number of local cover bands, including her own Jayne Bond & the Pink Martinis. She currently works with up to a dozen bands. Another night, another stage. It’s her lifeblood. It’s who she is and what she does, and, by all accounts, she does it very well. But the monotony of it all left Stone wanting something more.

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FINDING HER CD Chris Stone is finishing the final mixing of her eight original tracks and two covers. The CDs will be available locally at Indy CD & Vinyl and Karma, or online through CD Baby and iTunes. Leftover Grooves can be heard now on Myspace.com/ChrisAStone, on Facebook under Chris Stone Band, or at her Web site, ChrisStoneBand.com.

Stone material,” she said. “I think I’ve sung ‘I Will Survive’ so many times I’m almost resentful.”

So Stone began work on her original album in the time she had between preparing for working other gigs. Her husband Jeff Stone, a bassist for Healing Sixes, is one of many collaborating artists. It was a discarded bass line from one Jeff’s other projects that became the start of Stone’s title track.

“I’m just really happy she’s finally getting around to her own original project,” Jeff said.

“She has wanted to do this for a long time, and it’s gratifying that she was able to latch on to something I wrote and like it.”

But Stone says she believes her new endeavor won’t change her day-to-day routine. She’ll continue fronting her own band and other cover bands, but she says she hopes to perform her original work with the Chris Stone Band as well.

“It just seemed like everyone else had a CD,” she said, “so I wanted one, too.”

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How you say what you say COMMENTARY

By Robin Chaddock “Life is not so short, but that there is always time enough for courtesy.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson You can tell a lot about a person by what they say in a conversation with others. You can tell even more about them by how they say it.

I have recently had the opportunity to observe a Westfield City Council meeting and a Grand Junction Task Group meeting. Ken Kingshill oversees the first; Jim Anderson oversees the second.

While I was, of course, interested in the content of the meetings, what struck me most about the communication was how it was facilitated. I was thoroughly impressed by the process by which the members of the groups talked to each other.

In each meeting, members had differing opinions about topics discussed. What made the communication so rich, fruitful and civil was the process that had been established for how the opinions were expressed.

Group members knew, because the ground rules had already been established, that they were each going to get uninterrupted time to express their views and the reasons for their views. No one was allowed to speak over anyone

else, and no one individual point was debated once an individual was finished speaking. Ken and Jim, in each of their meetings, gathered all the points of view and then the group took action on what they had heard and what they believed to be the right course.

One of my favorite mentors, Dr. Bill Enright, said this to a large church congregation when a highly volatile political event appeared on the scene about 17 years ago: “I know there will be many differing opinions between us on this issue. I’m not as interested in the position you take as in how you treat one other in your discussions.”

Behind every opinion or point of view is an actual person, and people thrive on respect and safety in communication. None of us ever gets our way 100 percent of the time, but when we are engaged in this kind of exchange, we know we will be heard. More importantly, we know the fabric of relationship and community will remain strong.

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Sometimes technology just passes me by Commentary

By Ken Kingshill Up until about a year ago, I used to say we would be the last ones on the planet to get caller ID on our home phone. We just never got around to ordering the service. Then we changed plans and the service was included. Now I can’t see how we ever lived without it.

When I was a young lawyer in the early ‘90s, I thought it would be pretty cool to have a car phone. You could tell which cars had one because they had those 10-inch antennas sticking up from the roof. Some cars even had a phone built into the center armrest. I never did get one. However, my firm did give me a pager so that they could summons me to call the office when I was out on the road.

By the end of the ‘90s, when I was just starting out in real estate, I got a pager. That lasted about six months before I actually got my own cell phone. That was a monumental moment. Nevertheless, I was a bit chagrined that you could actually carry it in your pocket rather than have it permanently affixed to the car along with that antenna.

I never did get a Palm Pilot. Those things were pretty neat. By the time I was ready to jump on that bandwagon with a hand-me-down from my wife, something came along which was a predecessor to today’s smartphone. It seemed kind of ridiculous to carry a Palm Pilot around

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when there were phones that could do the same thing. Except I never did get one of those. iPods also passed me by pretty quickly. I think my kids got a Shuffle before I finally got a Nano of my own. Now the iPhone does just about everything that an iPod does – and more.

So you’ll understand when I tell you that I just got onto Facebook and I’m walking around like the proverbial deer in the headlights. It’s pretty sad that my parents have been on Facebook long before me.

I was hesitant to join the social networking scene precisely because I knew once I did it was going to come at me pretty fast. Sure enough, within hours of signing up I started getting friend requests. Somehow, most of them are from people I know – I’m still not sure exactly how that works, but it seems to be a convenient way to keep in touch with people and find long lost acquaintances.

Now I’m worried about social networking etiquette. I mean if there’s golf etiquette, there’s gotta be social networking etiquette, right?

I guess all of this explains why I don’t drive a Prius.

City Councilor Ken Kingshill is a Westfield resident and Realtor.

You may e-mail him at kkingshill@ westfield.in.gov.

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‘Under the Big Top’ offers audiences a unique experience

By Haley Vannarsdall Current in Westfield The Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, located in Carmel at 329 Gradle Dr., is featuring an eastern European-themed circus performance called, Under the Big Top. GHDT puts its unique take on this cabaret-style show by incorporating the audience for a more personal atmosphere for an “up-close and personal” experience.

“Audience members are fascinated to see dance so close, hear the dancers breathing, and really experience the physicality of dance,” said Gregory Hancock, artistic director.

This is the first time the theatre has portrayed a circus-theme compared to its past shows where the focus was mainly cultural themes. The performers are modern dancers, meaning they have combined ethnic and character dance forms with circus elements to create their unique dance style.

“Audience members often comment how surprised they are by our programming and how they always learn something new through our programming,” Hancock said.

Going back to the days of gypsies and caravans, the theatre has revolved the show around more of an eastern European style.

“Our dance company is known for combining many different elements in our programming, including elements of music, theatre and dance,” Hancock said.

Besides the distinct style of dance and atmosphere, the theatre also makes sure to include costumes that enhance the audience’s overall experience. Cabaret-style dancing is exclusive to the GHDT and will captivate all who watch.

Show dates are Fridays and Saturdays Feb. 12, 13, 19, 20 26, 27 at 7:30 PM, and Sundays Feb. 14, 21 and 28 at 2:00 PM at the Academy of the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. Tickets are $35, which includes circus-themed snacks and beverages along with the cabaret-style dance performance. Due to limited seating, reservations are required; reserve tickets at 846-2441.

» Anniversary celebration – Accent Details consignment studio is approaching its two-year anniversary and would like to thank its customers. All are invited to the store (45 W. Main St. in Carmel) Feb. 13 from 5-10 p.m. during the Valentine Gallery Walk for Valentine punch and sweets. Enter a drawing for one of two $100 gift certificates. » Salon 01 among top 200 – Carmel’s Salon 01 recently was named to the Salon Today 200 by Salon Today magazine. The 200 salons were selected for their best business practices from applications submitted by readers, who represent the 25,000 top-producing salons and spas in the country. » Removing beer stains – Let’s face it: chances are fair to good that you or someone else may spill beer during the Super Bowl. Luckily, beer stains are fairly easy to remove. If the stain is still wet, blot up as much as you can with a clean white cloth or paper towels. Never rub. Mix a teaspoon of a good dishwashing detergent with a cup of warm water.

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Wine and movies – a perfect combination

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By Richelle Rider I love movies, and I love wine. In the past few years, wine has been a hot topic in Hollywood.

The movies “Sideways” and “Bottle Shock” are two examples. Some vineyards have actually been used as a filming production site such as the re-make of “Parent Trap” with Lindsay Lohan.

Some famous movie producers are also vintners. Francis Ford Coppola, for one, has a vineyard in Napa Valley, Calif. Some movies are not about wine per se, but have some unforgettable scenes utilizing the beverage. I thought I would share my “picks” on some “flicks” that are top on my movie list.

“French Kiss” with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline.

It is toward the end of the movie where she drinks wine and really thinks about what creation she is tasting. She correlates it to distinctive smells, personality and structure components of the drink with some assistance from her French scene partner who plays a thief but has a true passion for wine.

“A Walk in the Clouds” with Keanu Reeves.

The part in the movie where they are celebrating the harvest of the vineyard. This sensual scene captures music, laughter, dance, romance and the historical wine-making technique of crushing grapes with your feet. Also, all throughout the movie there are beautiful

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Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman.”

In this scene she (aka “Vivian”) gulps down a glass of champagne before her co-star (aka Richard Gere) can even offer her a strawberry to compliment the sparkling beverage. I love how she just consumes it like she would a glass of water after a workout.

Speaking of champagne, did you know that James Bond was one of the most classic film champagne drinkers? Or that Jack Nicholson and Marilyn Monroe’s beverage of choice is also champagne?

How about movie stars such as Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp’s favorite beverage being red wine?

If you love wine AND you are also a movie buff, then I urge you to come to Woody’s Library Restaurant’s next wine tasting to combine your two passions. The “Food & Film” tasting will be held Feb. 22. Come walk the red carpet for award winning food paired with allstar wines. Please call 317-573-4444 to reserve your spot. It’s showtime!

Richelle Rider is a chef/owner at Woody’s Library Restaurant, 40 E. Main St. in Carmel. For more information, visit www. woodyscarmel.com or her catering Web site, www.chefinspired.com

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Score big with these super ideas at your gridiron gathering

the store’s frozen food section. The possibilities are endless with these little pastry shells, and they take very little effort to make.

Stuff them with any variety of combinations like strawberry or cherry pie filling, peanut butter and chocolate kisses or crushed Snickers, Nutella hazelnut spread and homemade whipped cream, or blueberry and peach with crème fraiche (sour cream).

Just pop ‘em in the oven to warm through and then add your filling. You can make them ahead of time and warm them again right before serving.

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By Molly Herner Current in Westfield The Super Bowl party has become one of those great American pastimes, rivaling even a birthday or Fourth of July party.

And although our grand captivation with American football escapes me, I do appreciate family gatherings with copious amounts of food and alcohol!

There are a few standards, I’m told, that are musts for a good Super Bowl party: beer and nachos, two of my very favorites.

Hmm, maybe I do like football, after all.

This year, offer a variety of superior beers in serve-yourself mini-kegs, instead of the watered-down, light stuff. Beer, in my opinion, should be cold, frothy and pilsner-esque in body and taste. Nothing beats a good, cold Stella Artois or even a Heineken with your grub-feast.

For delectable nachos with a touch of class, use ground lamb instead of ground beef. Lamb offers a different taste sensation which is even more delicious.

Sautee your lamb with onions, garlic and red pepper flakes (to taste) and combine this mixture with a can of crushed tomatoes, plenty of chili powder and a can of spicy, nacho cheese sauce.

Keep this warm in a crock pot and set all of the fixin’s next to it, so guests can build their own nachos. I like to have corn chips or tostada shells, chopped onion, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, black beans and black olives. Don’t forget the salsa, sour cream and perhaps a bit more cheese.

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Featuring arthur shou, cso’s young artist competition winner: sit on stage with the orchestra, hear excerpts of the world’s great classics, and try out instruments at a musical petting zoo.

enjoy a fun-filled cabaret style concert with grammy-award winning sylvia mcnair. Featuring the music of george gershwin, hoagy carmichael, richard rodgers, stephen sondheim, leonard bernstein and more!

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The Dining A La Heart Fundraiser on Feb. 28 will feature the creations of several local chefs. Many of them participated in a competition at H.H. Gregg Jan. 25. Local chefs and media personnel scored each dish, and the chefs with the best hearthealthy entrees and desserts will be announced and awarded prizes at the event. 1. Kevin McHugh from the Ritz Charles 2.

Matt Bush of Fleming's 3. Krystal Denz and Bryan Ferrera of Treat America Dining 4. WISH-TV's Scott Sander and Terry Stacey of WIBC 5. Joy Dumandan of WISH-TV Photos by Kevin Kane

THEATRE ‘All Shook Up’

From Feb. 19 through March 7, Carmel Repertory Theater will present “All Shook Up,” a musical featuring the sweets sounds of Elvis. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, and a special performance will take place Feb. 20 in conjunction with the Carmel High School Dance Marathon. Call 317-767-3973 for details

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Carmel Community Players will present Tennessee Williams' timeless play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” during a two-week run beginning Feb. 11 at the Carmel Community Playhouse at Clay Terrace. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students/ seniors and can be purchased at www.carmelplayers. org or by calling 317-815-9387.

The Foreigner

The Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre 2010 lineup kicks off with the comedy “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue.

The play runs from Jan. 6 to Feb. 7. Call the box office at 317-872-9664 for ticket information.

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MUSIC Carmel Symphony Orchestra

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will hold a performance on Feb. 14 to be enjoyed by music fans of all ages. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. at Westfield High School. Call 317-844-9717 for details.

Be My Valentine with Blair Clark

Join local entertainer Blair Clark at the Woodland Country Club on Feb. 12, 7 to 11 p.m.. Heather Ramsey will join Clark for duets throughout the evening.

Tickets are $45 and include a buffet dinner. Visit Hblairclark.com to purchase online, or call 324-8320 for details.

THEATRE Housewives of Manheim

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.

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.

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LIVE MUSIC 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: Feb. 5: Zanna-Doo! Feb. 6: The Late Show Feb. 12: Henry Lee Summer and Friends Feb. 13: Peace Train & the Flower Power Brass Feb. 19: The Good Seed Feb. 20: Toy Factory

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.

LECTURE Ben Vereen coming to Carmel

Carmel Community Players is bringing Tony awardwinning Broadway entertainer Ben Vereen to Carmel High School for its major fundraiser for 2010.

Vereen will present his educational, entertaining and inspirational Broadway lecture at Carmel High School's Dale E. Graham Auditorium at 7 p.m. on March 7. Tickets are $34 and are on sale now at www. carmelplayers.org.

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By Rhys Bowen In turn-of-the-century Ireland, a young woman named Molly Murphy must defend herself from the unwelcome attentions of a well-to-do landowner’s son by committing murder. Molly’s mother always said she’d been a troublemaker, but now she is running from the law in a journey that will take her overseas to America.

When Molly gets an offer to travel in a sick woman’s stead, she jumps on the chance to travel to a new world where she can escape the hangman’s noose. But when a man she exchanged harsh words with onboard the ship turns up dead, it’s Molly that the police suspect. With a handsome young policeman on her case, Molly is determined to uncover the true motives behind the murder, even if that means pounding the pavement and confronting political mobsters.

Can Molly’s brash personality help her solve the crime, or will it prove her demise once again? Find out as this mystery weaves its way through immigrant New York villages, in all of their grit and glory.

Born in Bath, England, Rhys Bowen has won nine Edgar Awards and writes three different mystery series. “Murphy’s Law” won three awards, including the Agatha.

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Health is the most important consideration before cosmetic surgery COMMENTARY

By Dr. Barry Eppley As of Jan. 1, a law has taken effect in California with the intent to provide greater safety for patients undergoing plastic surgery.

Known as the “Donda West Law,” it is named after rap artist Kanye West’s mother, who died a day after cosmetic surgery in 2007. According to reported autopsy results, Donda West died of pre-existing coronary artery disease and other unspecified postoperative events a day after she underwent a tummy tuck, breast surgery and liposuction.

This new law requires a physical examination within 30 days before a procedure and clearance from a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant before cosmetic surgery is performed.

In essence, this makes it illegal for doctors to perform elective cosmetic surgery without a physical examination and clearance from a medical professional.

This law will actually change very little in most plastic surgeons’ practices, because reputable plastic surgeons do take a medical history and perform a physical examination before any major procedure. But it does bring to light and reinforce several important concepts about cosmetic surgery and a patient’s preparedness for it.

While the potential changes cosmetic surgery can create can be somewhat euphoric when one is pondering the procedure(s), the most important consideration is your safety.

First, a cosmetic procedure like the one Donde West went through is major surgery. It should be viewed in the same light by a patient as having a hip replacement or gastric bypass surgery. While it may not be exactly the same, the extent of the procedure does pose risks, which can be magnified based on one’s medical history or pre-existing health conditions.

Second, while not every procedure needs laboratory testing beforehand, many do, and that expense should be seen as just part of the procedure. In an otherwise healthy person (no known medical problems) under age 50, no laboratory testing is needed. This will change if the patient has medical problems.

Lastly, be concerned if this information is not required of you before any major cosmetic surgery. Taking a medical history and filling out such on forms is almost always the very first step before you ever see a plastic surgeon in their

office.

While the potential changes cosmetic surgery can create can be somewhat euphoric when one is pondering the procedure(s), the most important consideration is your safety. If a plastic surgeon suggests you should not have the operation or recommends a less extensive approach, you would be wise to heed those suggestions.

In some cases, doing the procedure in stages is both easier and safer for you. It may cost somewhat more and be an additional inconvenience, but that is a small sacrifice to pay for your health.

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What do you want out of your life? TOM WOOD COMMENTARY

By Dr. Robert Montgomery When you were born you had to discover what you needed to stay alive.

When you were born you already knew what you wanted. But how much of what you wanted did you have to give up for what you thought you needed?

Now is the time to go back and start thinking about things that you might want in your life.

If those things you want are not there, now is the time to start looking for them.

You can start by meditating every day. What you want is more a part of your instinct than what you need to stay alive. Sit quietly for seven minutes every day around 10 a.m. Before you close your eyes at night, take a few moments to ask yourself, “What do I want out of my life, and what did I accomplish today to get it?”

Most people your age are haunted by what you want because you know that money and lifestyle have, in fact, taken control of your life.

Do you feel the nagging constant emptiness of the incongruent life? Are you ignoring your “self ” to live for other people, purposes, and goals that are not your own?

Now is the time to reconnect with the authentic “self ” that only you can recognize in those precious moments when you meditate and listen to what is going on in your brain when it’s

not busy working on other people’s problems.

Your life is created, it was never just given. Your life must come from the inside out so you have to spend more time inside walking the channels of your mind and listening to the wee small voice that is “you” … and that takes time … you do not have.

Today, stress and concerns for other peoples’ problems, is costing each one of us about 14 years of life, if you’re a man … maybe more.

Your life is power. Your life is the most powerful energy on earth. You can be happy in your life only by being true to your “self ”.

If you love music then find a way to create it. If you want a career, find a way to define it. If you’re tired of being fat then define a way to trim down. If you want dignity and respect, define these two words for “yourself.”

It’s easy. Just make sure to take seven minutes every morning at 10 a.m. to meditate, to let your mind wonder about what you want to get out of life. Then just before you go to sleep at night, ask yourself, “Did I get out of today what I really wanted?”

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Winter interest in the landscape COMMENTARY

By Randy Sorrell A critical element in landscape design is creating winter interest, typically accomplished with evergreens. Fortunately, stimulating alternatives are available.

Most homes have a sufficient supply of yew, juniper and boxwood, but my preferred evergreen for cold weather intrigue has to be the Princess Holly. Her blue – green glossy, serrated foliage provides a vibrant contrast for its orange berries.

Most holly performs best in the protected environment of the north or east side of your home. Prevailing winter winds and direct summer sun often scald the leaves, leaving them unsightly. Female holly needs a buddy to produce berries, so confirm that a male (prince) holly exists in your landscape for every six females or so. Tired guys!

If your prefer something a little more dramatic for winter interest, introduce a series of these: • Ornamental grasses turn a marvelous toasty color, provide movement and stark contrast against frost or snow. Every landscape deserves a few of these.

• Yellow-and red-twigged dogwood shrubs planted in mass or as a specimen give great winter stem color, as the name implies. Allow room for plenty of growth and cut to the ground every few years to maintain stem color.

• Big Blue Liriope (not spicata, an aggressive spreader), a 12” tall semi evergreen perennial and

Spiders and other insects are our friends – even (ugh!) cockroaches COMMENTARY

By Holly Funk Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld nailed it when he quipped, “I know I’m not going to understand women. I’ll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it on to your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root and still be afraid of spiders.”

And we relate because for the most part, it’s true.

Well not this girl, Jerry. I’m not scared of any old arachnid.

Or any bugs for that matter. I will say that I do prefer a razor to the wax, however. But I digress.

I feel sorry for the spider, as he is merely trying to exist in this world. He wanders into your home, seeking warmth and shelter, stumbles upon you taking a shower and the last thing he “hears” is shrieking before being squished in a tissue. Ouch! Poor guy.

I can’t get people to understand that spiders are extremely beneficial insects. Mighty predators, they actually keep many other insects in check. Like, if we didn’t have them, my house

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member of the lily family, can highlight festive bed lines and often maintains bold black berries into the winter.

• Consider Bayberry, inkberry and lenten rose.

• Most homes will support a majestic blue spruce, even if it’s a dwarf variety • Never underestimate the unique branching structure of clump ornamental trees (serviceberry, Kousa dogwood, redbuds) and those with peculiar textured bark (birch, beech, sycamore, paper-bark maples, Japanese maples). My favorite is the winterking hawthorne, aptly named for the profuse orange berries that persist into February, peeling bark and pesky thorns.

• Boulder clusters, dry creek beds and large curvilinear bed lines offer some interest.

• Erect seed heads of coneflower, sedum and hydrangea can look pretty cool too, or messy, depending on your perspective.

Relying on evergreens completely for winter interest may work, but adding some variety will often produce a more intriguing palate. In the next few weeks, perform a quick inspection and note any necessary 2010 landscape adjustments.

Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS by NatureWorks+, a Carmel home improvement firm. He may be reached at 317-679-2565, randy@ choosesurroundings.com or www. choosesurroundings.com.

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could be overrun with those little roly poly bugs, and I really don’t like those things.

But, in fact, I can see something good about almost any little insect. They can’t help it that they are creepy and crawly.

Many of them are important pollinators, predators or composters and even if they aren’t, they are food for other creatures.

Who are we to say they are inferior to the human? Without the checks and balances of the insect and animal world, we could not even exist. And that’s the truth. Ruth.

I say I’m not scared, but I will pass out over the sight of a cockroach. I still won’t kill it though. I’ll pack my bags and check out before you can even say “spider.”

Holly Funk is an Indiana accredited horticulturist and advanced master gardener residing in Noblesville. Email your gardening woes (or wisdom) to hollyfunk75@yahoo.com.

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The difference between ‘gone’ and ‘went’ COMMENTARY

By Brandie Bohney I had a request recently to discuss the differences between gone and went. I thought the request was a little strange at first, because you rarely hear someone say, “I gone to the store,” instead of, “I went to the store.” I was just about to type a response to the reader asking her to clarify when I realized that I was thinking of the mistake in the wrong direction. Instead, people use went in lieu of gone. Once again, this is an error that is really one made one way.

Went is the past tense of go. Gone, on the other hand, is the past perfect tense of go. In case the words past and past perfect are making you feel queasy, have no fear. Words in simple past tense don’t accompany auxiliary verbs like has or is. Words in past perfect require an auxiliary verb. If all past and past perfect verbs were different, this would probably be no big deal, but in English, you form most past and past perfect tenses in the exact same way: with the addition of the –ed suffix.

So that’s part of the problem. Regular verbs are the same in past and past perfect. It’s just as correct to say, “She arrested the suspect,” as

it is to say, “The suspect was arrested.” (Well, not just as correct, but the difference between active and passive voice is another day’s topic.) Anyhow, in the case of irregular verb such as go, an entirely different word is needed with the auxiliary verb than without it. “She has gone to the store,” is correct, but, “She has went to the store,” is not.

The same is true for other irregular verbs like see, be, do, and dozens more. An easy way to remember which is which is to use the verbs with is. For example, the constructions is gone, is seen, and is done all make sense, but is went, is saw, and is did are ridiculous, even to people who confuse the forms otherwise. If an irregular verb pairs with is, it can pair with other auxiliary verbs, but it can’t stand without them. It’s just as incorrect to say, “We done our homework,” as is it is to say, “Our homework is did.”

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

Is your child suffering from attachment disorder?

COMMENTARY

By Becky Kapsalis Attachment is an emotional bond to somebody or something. In the case between parent and child, emotional attachments can be healthy or devastating. It’s a good thing if the emotional attachment is paralleled with self- respect, self-reliance and self-dependence on the part of both parent and child. On the other hand, emotional attachments that are the result of a child’s reaction to abuse, neglect or the loss of a parent may suffer from attachment disorder.

Children who show signs of attachment disorder are chronically on mental overload and have become accustomed to living in the threat mode. In fact, according to www.helponechild. org, these children “on their own, cannot override their natural stress response. They are easily over stimulated because the brain has not learned to let the frontal cortex kick in to self-regulate.”

Some symptoms of attachment disorder are …

• Controlling personality • Chronic stealing/lying • Cruelty to animals • Destroying property • Hurting self • Setting fires • Gorging or hoarding food • Outburst of rage

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• Indiscriminate affection • Poor conscience development • Poor eye contact • Poor peer relationships • Preoccupation with fire, gore and blood.

• Seductive behaviors Triangulation is another symptom of attachment disorder. This is when a child sets one adult against another through deception and manipulation. This is very evident in divorced families.

Awareness is the first step in combating the attachment disorder. Parents must learn to control themselves and the environment and avoid attempting to control or “fix” the child. Setting healthy behavioral limits and assigning chores goes a long way in teaching children to have healthy attachments. Children with attachment disorder need to learn to not only take care of themselves, but also to contribute to the rest of the family. Chores, as a behavioral consequence and NOT a punishment, will help teach them they are important members of the family, because of their natural attachment.

Hugs!

Becky Kapsalis. aka YiaYia (pronounced Ya-Ya.) is a certified parenting advocate and child behavior coach. You may reach her at 317-848-7979 or e-mail becky@ askyiayia.biz.

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• The William K. Nasser, MD Dining A La Heart 19th Annual Fundraiser is endorsed by The Care Group, a statewide network of cardiologists and primary care physicians and proceeds benefit The Reviving Hearts Program to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) into area high schools.

• To date we have placed 35 AEDs with training and follow up procedures in local high schools. Two high school student’s lives were saved this year because of the availability of an AED, which was presented to their high schools through our fundraising efforts.

• The 19th Annual Dining A La Heart Fundraiser features over twenty area chefs presenting samples of delicious, heart-healthy entrees and desserts. The event will also include a raffle of fabulous items.

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What will your story be?

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By David Cain Sometimes when I run, I look like a bear that’s been shot with a tranquilizer dart, lumbering along just trying to get back to my den.

Regardless, I still do it. I still am compelled to feel the crisp air in my lungs.

Yesterday, I was running, nearing the end of my trek, when I ran by a Twizzler strawberry licorice wrapper right in the middle of the sidewalk. I was maybe two blocks from my house and making my final surge to get the great grizzly back to his home. Even so, I couldn’t get the thought of that wrapper out of my head. I kept thinking that I should have picked it up.

I should have thrown it away. How could I run by the wrapper without action? Is that my story?

Every day you write your story with your actions. What you do, how you live – both are a part of who you are, what you stand for … your story. Was my story going to be “the guy who could run over a candy wrapper in the very subdivision where he lives?” So I thought, if I go back to pick up the wrapper and rewrite today’s story of myself, where will it stop? How much trash do I have to pick up? I thought for a second and profoundly realized the question is not, “Where will it stop?” It’s, “When will it

start?”

For me, I decided, it starts today. I rounded the corner and headed back. As I approached the wrapper, I saw a plastic Dr. Pepper bottle off to the side in the grass. I grabbed all of it up quickly so no one would see me and started to run for home. I probably looked more like a lousy runner with a sweet tooth than a bear. I put the wrapper in the trash and the bottle in the recycling bin.

It really doesn’t matter whether we are talking about a company or a person; our actions write our story. And you can rewrite your story at any moment by just making the decision to do it. While it might be easier to understand and practice this premise as a person, it seems a more challenging concept for companies to grasp. How you act defines who you are. How your company does business and treats customers also defines that business. Is your business willing to pick up the wrapper? It’s a safe bet your customers expect it.

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MONEY MATTERS How many times a week do you dine out?

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I usually cook at home. I eat out maybe once every three weeks."

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"We probably eat out once a week. We dine in every other week and pick something up once a week."

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Type: Traditional American Age: Built in 1998 Location: Whitcomb Place, Westfield Square footage: 2,166 Rooms: Four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, finished basement, wood-burning fireplace Strengths: Finished basement for this price. Backs up to common area, all new flooring.

Weaknesses: Basement size and competition

"I go out to eat once a week on the weekend."

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Keith Albrecht is a Carmel resident and realtor with RE/MAX Real Estate Groups. Contact him at 317-819-3388 or Keith@ KeithsHomes.com.

A number of professions saw significant salary increases from 2009 to 2010. Here's a sample of the occupations experiencing such a bump.

Oral pathologists Current salary: $188,577 Last year: $159,759 Percent increase: 6.83 Pharmacologists Current salary: $99,370 Last year: $90,012 Percent increase: 5.35 Academic deans Current salary: $100,771 Last year: $93,126 Percent increase: 4.9 Early childhood development teachers Current salary: $37,072 Last year: $34,418 Percent increase: 4.8 Insurance sales agents Current salary: $52,743 Last year: $49,121 Percent increase: 4.73 Credit representatives Current salary: $45,875 Last year: $43,092 Percent increase: 4.53

Government fire marshals Current salary: $60,775 Last year: $58,336 Percent increase: 4 Toxicologists Current salary: $70,273 Last year: $63,655 Percent increase: 5.35 Vocational training teachers Current salary: $57,401 Last year: $52,982 Percent increase: 4.93 Social psychologists Current salary: $85, 766 Last year: $79,272 Percent increase: 4.9 Facilities managers Current salary: $94,491 Last year: $89,262 Percent increase: 4.38 Food and beverage order clerks Current salary: $29,607 Last year: $28,213 Percent increase: 4.18 Public accountants Current salary: $72,607 Last year: $69,670 Percent increase: 4 - MSN Careers

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Hunters, gatherers and bargain shoppers Commentary

By Vicki Earley I am convinced there is a hunting and gathering gene in the human biological makeup.

Though hunter/gatherer is a term used to describe a survival strategy employed by humans – probably before the discovery of fire and the wheel – the behavior still seems to be woven into our daily lives.

For those who doubt my theory, I can provide empirical evidence. Just look in bargain shoppers’ closets and basements.

Several years ago, I worked with a client who was ready to have her home pulled together once and for all. Our first meeting was a getto-know-you session and a tour of the space in question. Notes were taken and suggestions were made. Nothing was out of the ordinary.

Until she uttered the words, “Oh, by the way.”

Experience is a good teacher, and my experience said “Oh, by the way” was a strong indica-

tor that we were about to turn a corner.

“Turn a corner” was a mild euphemism for what I was about to encounter.

My client escorted me down a hall to a closed door. She opened it, displaying a room filled with mountainous piles of plastic shopping bags. Peaks developed where lamps were stashed, and a precipice formed from numerous framed art prints.

This room was the result of years of hunting and gathering bargains. My client recognized that each and every decorating relic was a monument to waste. The items all bore a similar trait – they did not work for this home.

These purchases were made with good intentions. My client truly thought she was bringing home that one item that would make her room beautiful and complete at clearance price.

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I think I’m starting to spend too much time with the dog COMMENTARY

By Dick Wolfsie A few weeks ago, I related the story of my poor 62-year-old knee that may require replacement, or at the very least, a little high-tech poking around by my orthopedist. I prefer the word orthopedist to the alternative name orthopod, which sounds like I’m going to be strapped to a gurney and clawed by a lobster.

Then the other yesterday, I discovered that my dog, Toby, has a virtually identical malady, a degenerative cruciate ligament, making it difficult for him to negotiate stairs and chase squirrels. I stopped chasing rodents long ago, but I have no intention of sleeping downstairs on the couch with a chubby beagle.

It’s bad enough that the two of us are starting to look alike, but I don’t think we should be getting the same illnesses. Even at my age, I still sport an occasional pimple, but it would be hard to go on TV with even a mild case of mange.

And I can get a few days off if I get the flu, but I’m not going to call in sick with fleas. I just won’t do it.

Part of the problem is Toby and I are the same age, assuming, of course we observe the

old canard that one year in a dog’s life is the equivalent to seven in a human’s. I don’t think we do this age adjustment with any other species. “Hey, Charlie, how old is Fred, your giant turtle?”

“About a 150 years old – 54 in human years.”

“Say, Neil, what’s the age of that fruit fly of yours.”

“About 12 seconds old. About 112 in human years.”

Yesterday, I read that your pet can get H1N1.

I’ve had dogs and cats my whole life, and I’ve been pretty tolerant of the fact that rabies was always a lurking possibility, but I never expected this. Now I’m so paranoid, I think my dog has the flu. I admire you people with goldfish.

The article said sneezing could be an indication of the virus in your furry friend, so I spent most of last week trying to teach Toby to sneeze in his right front leg. He was extremely resistant.

You just can’t teach a dog good hygiene. I am also keeping an eye out for other symptoms.

Chills are often present with the flu, but it hard to tell if a canine has the chills. When your dog is asleep, just about every part of his body kind of ripples, so you don’t know if he’s having one

of those erotic toy poodle dreams or is possessed by an alien. It’s tougher with cats. Flu symptoms include lethargy and lack of interest, which, correct me if I’m wrong, is the definition of a cat.

What do you do with a dog that has the flu?

The experts recommend plenty of bed rest, which seems pretty easy since most dogs sleep about 18 hours a day. Millions of years ago, canines spent time hunting for prey, but now the whole meal comes in a huge 40-pound sack, which is how I hurt my knee. Finally, this column is starting to make sense.

At this point, I’m not sure what else I can do. I tried putting one of those masks on him, but he keeps pulling it off and chewing it. I also have been insisting that he not have any nose to nose contact with any of his buddies, but that’s been hard to enforce and, considering the alternative, I’m just going to leave well enough alone.

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By Gary Hubbard In-flight Wi-Fi brings a whole new meaning to the term “cloud computing.” In past years, the offerings were expensive, restrictive and inconsistent.

That’s all changed with today’s options, and it’s what every business traveler has been praying for! Here is an actual experience from a Data Doctors owner who just used this service.

“My personal experience with in-flight Wi-Fii was on a crosscountry Delta flight, and it proved to be a very productive use of $12.95. I was able to complete work that would normally have been delayed until after getting off the plane late at night.

The primary task was to get our newsletter completed and delivered, which is very web-intensive … so a reliable Internet connection was critical.

I was pleasantly surprised at the speed and reliability of the connection (or maybe I managed my expectations really well!) and more importantly, was grateful that I didn’t have to stay up late after a long flight to complete my work.

The actual service that I used was from Gogo (www.gogoinflight. com), which currently works with Air Canada, AirTran, American Airlines, Delta, United and Virgin America and is scheduled to launch service on Continental and U.S. Airways this year.”

Not all flights on all carriers are offering Wi-Fi at the moment (you can check which airlines are offering it on which aircraft at Gogo’s Web site). In most cases, it is being offered only on longer flights (3+ hours), but that is bound to change.

Gogo’s service is based on a special high-speed cellular frequency that communicates via towers on the ground in the continental US. Another provider Row 44 (www.row44.com) is a satellite-based

service, which will allow it to provide service on transcontinental and domestic flights. The company is working with Alaska Airlines and Southwest, among other international carriers.

As of this writing, the providers and airlines are not blocking access to any specific content or Web sites and are relying on passengers to behave themselves (this could change!)

Also, the Internet service can only be used at 10,000 feet or higher, so it’s not like you can use it during the whole flight or if you get stuck on the tarmac for hours waiting to take off.

Any device that is Wi-Fi enabled and has a browser can make use of the connection: laptops, Netbooks, smartphones and even the iPod Touch and some handheld gaming systems. You must have a browser to get past the terms of use gateway page.

As far as safety goes, this shouldn’t be approached any differently than any other public Wi-Fi connection. If you aren’t careful, you could expose your computer to others on the flight, just like in the airport or at a hotel.

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