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It is our opinion that we in Hamilton County have survived the recent “Snowpacolypse” in fine shape. While the uncertainty of and reality in the storm generated problems great and small, all concerned made thoughtful decisions to survive the tempest without major incident. School administrators, law enforcement officials and other authorities are to be praised for extensive advanced planning and emergency preparedness.

Moreover, many of us acquired batteries, flashlights, water and other survival necessities in anticipation of a wide-range power failure. Schools and businesses closed to keep people safe and off the streets and to give the dedicated road crews an opportunity to get their jobs done. Hospital and other emergency personnel took their posts without fail.

But even as we recognize our successes, lesser rural roads and neighborhood streets remain severely challenged in many areas. We urge officials to use this opportunity to review and improve upon the extensive planning already done and to report back on how we are even better prepared for future snow events. With so much expansion and growth in our county, plans based upon storms as near as five or 10 years ago may be woefully outdated. Now is the time to rethink.

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It is our position that Westfield’s investment in creating the 300-acre Grand Park Sports Campus is a smart choice for this growing county. By identifying the profile of its community, creating a family sports campus is not only filling the needs of the local community, but also positioning an economic driver via tourism with a niche currently unmet in surrounding areas.

Unlike other attempts at creating a destination to drive the local economy, Westfield has assured taxpayers of the need beyond their own agenda by receiving the endorsement of and partnership with LIDS Indiana Bulls in advance of moving dirt. As a leader in the national amateur baseball world, the Bulls lend a more than credible endorsement to Westfield Mayor Andy Cook’s vision.

It is evident that this city consulted with the experts in determining the vision for Westfield’s future rather than building and “hoping” they would come.

With this impending sports complex and the state’s committed improvements to the 31/32 intersection, Westfield’s first-term Mayor has made major moves in creating an identity for this community that will soon significantly enhance the surrounding cities in Hamilton County and, possibly, the entire central Indiana region.

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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 Indiana Constitution.

ARTICLE 5. Section 10 (f) An individual holding one (1) of the following offices shall discharge the powers and duties of the governor if the office of governor and the office of lieutenant governor are both vacant, in the order listed: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives. (2) The president pro tempore of the senate, if the office described in subdivision (1) is vacant. (3) The treasurer of state, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) and (2) are vacant. (4) The auditor of state, if the offices described

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in subdivisions (1) through (3) are vacant. (5) The secretary of state, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) through (4) are vacant. (6) The state superintendent of public instruction, if the offices described in subdivisions (1) through (5) are vacant.(g) An individual's authority to discharge the governor's powers and duties under subsection (f) ends when the general assembly fills the office of governor under this section.

(History: As Amended November 7, 1978; November 2, 2004).

Section 11. Whenever the Lieutenant Governor shall act as Governor, or shall be unable to attend as President of the Senate, the Senate shall elect one of its own members as President for the occasion.

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Township offices need to go … NOW! We could be thanking the trustee of Washington Township here, Delaware Township (Fishers) or Noblesville Township, but sincere appreciation goes to Clay Township Trustee Doug Callahan (Carmel). We’re sure you’ve heard all the controversy regarding his decision to purchase, using taxpayer money, a $10,000 table for the Palladium Gala Celebration on Jan. 25. Why would we be thanking Callahan for his actions? Well, we think it’s important to bring to light, for those few people that might actually endorse the continuation of Indiana’s Jurassic township government system, just how out of touch and mismanaged this system really is.

Still not convinced? How about this: Instead of just paying back the money, township officials had to consult with the township attorney for advice before doing anything.

Perhaps taxpayers had to pay for that advice on top of everything else. Sorry, Doug; time for you and your counterparts to go, and we didn’t need any legal advice to arrive at this common-sense conclusion.

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State Teachers Association and the Indiana Federation of Teachers urged teachers to pack the Statehouse for their “Rally for Public Education.” The unions, of course, object to several proposals from Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels. Teachers across Indiana previously raised complaints about the proposals, but last week’s rally gave them face-time with lawmakers gathered in Indianapolis for the 2011 legislative session. We wonder how many had to leave school early in order to make it downtown for this event. How many after-school activities – including tutoring and other initiatives that would advance student progress – were shoved aside? This isn’t political; it’s common sense. Stay the course, Mitch. You’re doing the right thing.

simply not up to snuff? I doubt it.

In an interesting paradox, the Konrath study goes on to point out that kids today give more hours to direct service than any previous generation. Has the degree of rhetoric about deficiency in the United States been elevated to the point that young people, when exposed, find a far narrower contrast to their own, at times, brokenhome, college-admission-declined, mom-andher-new-boyfriend-fight-about-money lives? Is it possible that empathy has not been vacated only refined? Was there more room for youthful empathy when the definition of poor was closer to the image created by Charles Dickens than the one shown on Maury Povich? The data certainly illustrated a disturbing diminishing of empathy in the tested categories, but it did not assess the compassion of our youth. I remain hopeful.

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

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Feeling empathetic for our youth?

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By Terry Anker A study published by University of Michigan research scientist Dr. Sarah Konrath reports data showing empathy manifested by American college students has steadily declined for several decades. The hefty document outlines a rigorous scientific methodology and points to a number of suggested conclusions in explaining how the datum might lead us to better understanding.

While one generation after the other believes itself to be set apart from all that came before (and in this most current group that belief registers at 90 percent), Millennials may, in fact, be substituting some heightened level of selfinterest for empathy. If the research is bona fide, what has led to this disappointing trend? Is the expansion in electronic mediums such as violent video games and egocentric reality television (is it difficult to imagine the Hilton sisters as the empathetic heroines the likes of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”) behind the trend? Or, is America's fixation with ensuring that all hardship and risk be removed from childhood more likely to blame? Is it possible that our youth is

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DISPATCHES » Fire department recognized – Westfield Fire Department was awarded the State of Indiana Career and Technical Education Partnership Award for Excellence for 2010 last week for their outstanding partnerships to develop and implement paramedic educational courses in Hamilton County. » Blood drive – Community Association Services of Indiana will host a blood drive on Feb. 23 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the CASI office, 11711 North College Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel. Call 875-5600 for more information. » Orchestra fundraiser – The Carmel Symphony Orchestra League presents "A Jewel for the Symphony" luncheon at 11:15 a.m. on April 12, 2011 at The Mansion at Oak Hill, 5801 East 116th St., Carmel. Informal modeling by Mary & Martha's of Carmel and musical entertainment by Blair Clark. Cost $35.00 per person. Reservation deadline is April 5 and proceeds support the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. For information call 317-459-6040. » Westfield Woman's Club meeting – Mayor Andy Cook, will be the guest speaker at the March 8 meeting of the Westfield Woman's Club. He will speak on the "Developments of Westfield." The meeting will be at the Westfield Friends Church, 324 South Union St, 1 p.m. The Club's meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, contact Darlene Fuller, 317-8961981. Come join us and hear what's happening in your City of Westfield. » St. Maria parish mission – St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Westfield will hold their Annual Parish Mission Feb. 2124. The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal will lead the mission, Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Me. Each night at 7:00 p.m. the missions will begin. The Annual Parish Mission is free and open to everyone.

A free-will offering will be taken the last night of the mission to aid the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in their work. » Join the Game – Are you a euchre enthusiast looking for three other players? Join in the fun when the Westfield Washington Public Library Euchre Group meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The next game is Wednesday, February 23.

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I need to be alone at home

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By Danielle Wilson My family is really bugging me. Every day over the last two weeks I’ve either had a kid home sick or a husband taking a “vacation” day.

Don’t these people know I have work to do?

This morning, with Doo gone on a business trip and me scheduled for a home office day, I thought I’d finally be able to get my life back together. But nooooo. The gods of frustration have chosen to continue the pattern by ensuring yet another child will be missing school due to influenza. Curse you, Fate!

See, I’m particularly fond of schedules and plans. Each morning that I get to work from home, I consult my ever-present and always precise calendar and create my “To Do” list.

Here’s today’s: lunches, laundry, e-mail, conference calls, plan meetings, attend virtual meetings, exercise, water plants, shower, UPS store, return pie dish to mother-in-law, swing by tailor’s, clean up spilled box of nails in garage, take Andrew to piano, take kids to P.R.E., roast a chicken, take girls to gymnastics, coerce smelly children to bathe, put away laundry, and call Doo. I try to include everything so I feel a greater sense of accomplishment. I know that’s weird but it’s how I roll.

Problem is, when Doo’s around like he was last Monday and the Friday before, my perfectly planned day often gets muddled. He insists on setting up his laptop and taking phone calls in the room next to me, so I’m constantly distracted. Then he’ll come in and chat about what he’s going to do on his day off, and what he’ll need me to do while he’s on his day off. And then, being the spontaneous guy that he is, he’ll say something like, “Hey, let’s bag it all and go see True Grit again.” When I explain I have reports to write and a school bus to meet and children to chauffeur, he gets pouty and irritates me even more.

When I have a sick child, like I had for three days of each of the last two weeks, my plans are further stymied. Depending on the age of said child, I may or may not be able to leave the house to run errands. If the patient is my 12-year-old, no worries. But if it’s my first grader, items on the list must be postponed or heaven forbid, cancelled. And depending on the severity of the illness, I may or may not be left alone to work. Last week, my flu-infected daughter was full of energy even though she continually sported a fever between 101 and 103 degrees. Despite being pumped full of antihistamines, she wanted to talk and play and

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talk some more. Ugh! I know she was sick, but really? Can’t she suffer in silence?

I was so relieved when her fever broke over the weekend because I knew she would be heading back to school today. Finally, me time!

Yeah, right. Like that was gonna happen. “Me time” lasted approximately 20 minutes, ending with a different child coming down the steps complaining of a headache, malaise, and general achiness. Damn it, Janet! Here we go again.

The truth is, most moms get much more done when left to their own devices. Husbands and kids don’t quite understand what it takes to juggle a million balls at once, and how one uninvited quest to the single soccer mom party will ruin all the fun. So I’m praying to the gods of patience that I will survive yet another inefficient week. There’s rumor of a big ice storm, but what do meteorologists know? Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist.

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Westfield Parks to create master plan

By Lacey Nix Current in Westfield The Westfield Parks and Recreation Department is beginning the process of creating a five year master plan for the parks and they are looking to the community for help.

They will hold a public input meeting on Thursday, Feb. 17at 7 p.m. in the assembly room at City Hall.

Melody Jones, Director of Parks and Recreation for the City of Westfield said, “We want to hear from the public regarding what they want to see for the future for parks and recreation opportunities.”

She added, “If we don’t have an understanding of the communities wants and needs we cannot plan to provide services they are interested in.”

Jones encourages everyone to attend the meeting so they can express their thoughts and provide input for the plan. The city would also like for people to fill out a parks survey online.

The survey takes five minutes and Jones says it can make all the difference in collecting data from the community.

To access the survey visit www.westfield. in.gov. The survey link is located in the middle of the front page under City News and Announcements.

The survey is important because it will assess the communities desire for certain programs and how the community would like to fund these programs.

For more information on the survey or the public forum contact Melody Jones at 317-8043185 or email at mjones@westfield.in.gov.

Chicago man formally charged with child enticement Current in Westfield Chicago resident Samuel T. Henzel, 27, was formally charged in Indianapolis last week with travel with intent of engage in illicit sexual conduct after the conclusion of an extensive, several month long investigation.

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after he allegedly drove to meet a 12-year-old Westfield girl to have sex with her, after meeting her online. These new charges are more formal and also have been considered after the investigation.

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Middle school students lead the way

By Lacey Nix Current in Westfield Special courses at Westfield Middle School are leading the way to a bright future for many students. More than 200 eighth-grade students are taking part in courses through Project Lead the Way. Project Lead the Way is a pre-engineering technology program that gives students a hands-on view of design, modeling and automatics.

PLTW instructor Ben Carnes said, “These kids are doing things that 10 years ago could only have been done on a college level.”

Students enrolled in the PLTW courses use computer programs that are currently taught to college students studying engineering at Purdue University. Carnes said, “It gives them a huge advantage over peers that they will one day compete against in the job market.”

The classes truly benefit students such as Katherine Frede, who one day hopes to be a civil engineer. “I decided to take this class to get me ready for my career path,” she said, adding, “it has given me an insight on how things actually work in the real world.”

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out engineering problems in real-life situations. Already this year, students have worked on a functioning elevator and traffic lights, and they have built their own furniture using computer programs.

PLTW is a national program; Indiana is leading the U.S. with more than 300 high schools and middle schools participating.

The program also has been helpful to students that never considered themselves strong at math or science.

“I’ve had a lot of students who are below-average in science and math, and all of the sudden they do these activities and something just clicks, and their grades in other classes go up,” Carnes said.

Trevor Hughes said he is proud to be one of those students. He said he truly started seeing improvement in his grades after taking the courses.

“It’s been helping with my math because this class is so hands-on. You don’t just sit around and read; you actually get to do things, it makes more sense to me.”

Said Carnes: “No matter where the kid is … academically, this is something they can get involved in and truly get something good out of it.”

The district hopes to open the program up to seventh-graders eventually.

Trivia for a Promising Future Current in Westfield Residents are invited to test their knowledge and help a charitable organization on Thursday at the Promising Futures’ second-annual Trivia Night at the Noblesville Groups of four, or individuals, may enter for $25 per person. Food and beverages will be available.

Michele Whelchel, Promising Futures of Central Indiana development director, sees this as a novel way by which to help the community.

“Promising Futures has served the community for over 37 years and continually seeks opportunities to add new ways to help the community,” she said. “By supporting us at this event, our guests are truly making a difference in the community.”

Promising Futures provides resources to develop healthy relationships and create positive changes for youth and families in Hamilton County.

“The event is a fundraiser for the agency as a whole,” Whelchel said. “The money raised helps programs that serve our clients.”

Programs that will benefit from the fundraiser include: pregnant and parenting teens, supervised visitations and exchanges, parenting classes, safe place and host homes, counseling and anger-management services, teen leaders in action and SNAP buckle down programs.

The event begins at 6 p.m. and the trivia contest starts at 6:30.

WYAP fundraiser supports at-risk youth Current in Westfield The Westfield Youth Assistance Program will host an evening of Yoga Nidra to raise money to make a difference in the lives of Westfield families.

The fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, March 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the Bridgewater Club Ballroom. The cost is $50 per person. The practice of yoga nidra is an extended period of deep purposeful relaxation, it’s intent is to help the body heal physically, emotionally and mentally.

After yoga, WYAP will provide hors d’oeuvres and give people an opportunity to learn more about the needs and opportunities of Westfield children.

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The WYAP was created to join together individuals from Westfield City Government, Hamilton County Juvenile Courts, and the Westfield Washington Schools in an effort to help at risk youth. The ultimate goal of the program is to identify at-risk youth and provide preventative services to the child and their family.

Organizers ask that you wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or beach towel. A cash bar will also be available.

Register early to guarantee your space. To register or for more information contact Amy McGinley at 317-218-3835 or e-mail at abmcginley@comcast.net.

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Making Old Town on a smaller scale recreated in a travertine path.

By Margaret Sutherlin Nearly everything in the space has Current in Westfield been designed to reflect an element The annual Flower and Patio of Carmel’s old town, and make it Show in Indianapolis is getting a an accessible for homeowners. Inlittle inspiration from of the Carmel corporating exterior design trends Arts and Design District this year.

Coyle said one of the particular chalCarmel resident and owner of lenges of this years’ space wasn’t just Noblesville-based Vive Exterior the size, but also the fact that it was Design, Ryan Coyle, has taken his Croyle visible from four fronts, so he had to company’s 2,500 square feet of create four interesting views for the booth space. booth space and transformed it into old town Additionally Coyle said that biggest challenge Carmel, complete with huge trees, streetlights, though is the push for complete set up and tear and plenty of Carmel design.

“I’m proud of living here in Carmel and right down, which usually runs until the last minute before the show opens. “We have to build a down the street from the heart of old town,” complete landscape in only eight days,” said said Coyle. “I wanted to make sure we did it Coyle. “It usually takes six or seven guys workright.”

The theme at this year’s show is neighborhood ing 10 hour days to get it ready.”

Coyle said that the show was one of the most block party, which for Coyle saw as a perfect important for his business, one that drove a opportunity to bring in many of the design large majority of his residential business in the elements familiar to his home. A large water spring. He suggests that homeowners take feature was designed to mimic the reflecting the time now to start making outdoor plans pond at City Center, while hanging baskets and in order to get them underway in time for the Carmel-style light posts will also distinguish the warmer months. area. One feature in particular Coyle turned The 53rd Indiana Flower and Patio Show is to for design ideas was the Monon Trail and March 12-20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. history of the railroad in Carmel. An outdoor Tickets are $12. For more information visit: bar has taken on a few elements that reflect old http://indianaflowerandpatioshow.com. railroad train stations, and the Monon has been

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Flo and David renewed their vows during a Polynesian ceremony

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By Lacey Nix Current in Westfield After nearly losing his wife of 53 years in 2009, David Riese no longer feels the need for gifts or lavish dinners on Valentine’s Day. Riece says he has all he has ever wanted just having his soul mate Flo by his side.

Flo Riece was rushed to the emergency room on that dreadful day where doctors discovered she was suffering from a life threatening blood infection.

“I saw her slipping away and I was scared out of my mind. I thought I was going to lose her, my best friend. I would be absolutely lost without her,” David said.

David said his thoughts were on getting Flo better so they could continue living their fairytale romance.

David and Flo met in 1955 under similar circumstances. At the age of 18, David was hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was during his stay that he became infatuated with his student nurse, Flo. He said, “She had a wonderful personality and was a beautiful

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The couple went out on a few dates, however because she was young and in nursing school, Flo worried they were getting too serious too fast.

A heartbroken Dave waited for his chance to win her back, a year later he got his chance. Flo and her friends found themselves stranded across town, in order to make curfew she had to call Dave and ask for a ride. The rest Dave says is history.

“It took us a year apart, but in that time we both grew up a little bit,” Flo said.

In the fall of 1957, David bought a ring and despite some worry from his mom about his age, he asked Flo to marry him.

The couple was married on Aug. 18, 1958, one week after Flo graduated from nursing school. David worked for a few years at a paper mill and put himself through college, eventually graduating with a degree in Economics.

The couple worked hard and after some time saved up enough money to buy their first home. Flo said, “It was so much fun in those days. We didn’t have much money, but we had each other and it was great.”

Under the impression they could not have children of their own, David and Flo started the process to adopt a child. Shortly after making a $10,000 payment for the process, Flo began to feel

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David took her to the doctor and says he will never forget when she came out of the room.

He said, “She came out of the room with a huge smile on her face and I knew we were going to have a child.”

Flo added, “He was so happy, he picked me up and twirled me around the room.”

The Riese’s welcomed David John II in 1965. Two years later they adopted their baby girl Stephanie when she was three weeks old.

The family moved to Westfield in 1974. They both worked hard and credit that to their long relationship. Flo said, “We were both working so we had very little time together, we made the most of every second.”

In 2008, David and Flo renewed their wedding vows at New Joy Lutheran Church in Westfield. New Joy was also there to help when Flo fell ill. Thankfully, Flo recovered and says she and David are as in love today as they were when they first married over 53 years ago.

“There is a sense of security and love knowing he is there and loves me. I feel safe,” she said.

David added, “I am absolutely 100 percent still in love with her.”

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It's starting to happen COMMENTARY

By Ken Kingshill At least one new manufacturing business is already moving to Westfield in part because of it. Several fast food restaurants are making noises about relocating to the vicinity as well. Add to that the recent news of the Indiana Bulls, a heavy hitter in the amateur baseball community, committing to making Westfield their home.

Other sporting organizations are coming as well.

What is it? It’s the Family Sports Capital of America; the sports campus and surrounding economic development zone. It’s the Monon and Midland Trail systems. It’s the Grand Junction. It’s the U.S. 31 upgrade to limited access highway. It’s the economic health of the city in the midst of an economic storm. In short, it’s Westfield’s Ch’i.

Businesses and families considering a move to Westfield value not only our excellent school system, but also the amenities that we have to offer. It’s called quality of life.

These things don’t just happen. They take vision. They take planning. They take effort. They involve the hard work and input of residents,

public servants, city employees and professionals. And they happen incrementally over time.

They can’t be wrapped up in pretty little packages at the outset.

This Ch’i, this mojo, is important because it will have the ultimate effect of luring more and more businesses to Westfield. More businesses are important because they pay property taxes just like you and me. With more businesses contributing to the revenue needs of the city, the burden on the residential property owner diminishes.

This is particularly true since the state has capped property taxes at one percent of assessed value for residential property and three percent of assessed value for commercial property.

Westfield’s Ch’i would not have materialized without the vision and leadership of our first mayor, Andy Cook. I think that’s something worth remembering, don’t you?

City Councilor Ken Kingshill is a Westfield resident and Realtor.

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

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DISPATCHES » Lots of Legos – Bring your imagination to the Westfield Washington Public Library and get creative at a Lego Freebuild. There will be plenty of legos and lots of room to work. Be part of the fun on Thursday, February 24, at 3 p.m. » Calendar extended – The Westfield Washington School district has extended the calendar to make up for four days worth of recent school cancellations. The school year now runs to May 31, and President’s Day and Spring Break schedules are unaffected by the changes. The second trimester has been extended to Feb. 25. » ExtraordinAIRy Treasures scholarships – Williams Comfort Air is sponsoring its annual ExtraordinAIRy Treasures scholarship program again this year. Visit www. extraordinairytreasures.com to nominate an Indiana high school senior who has done outstanding things for his or her community. Applications will be accepted through April 13.

» Bigger class sizes good to go? – A headmaster has defied conventional thinking with mammoth class sizes of up to 70 – and he says the result has been a dramatic improvement. Bure Valley Junior School, in England, teaches youngsters aged seven to nine in groups of 60 to 70. The classes are divided into smaller groups and taught by two teachers and two assistants in one big classroom. Headmaster John Starling insists that since beginning the experiment two years ago, his pupils have doubled the amount they learn in a year.

-www.dailymail.co.uk » Scholarship opportunity – The Hamilton County Extension Homemakers Association is offering four $1,000.00 scholarships to Hamilton County graduating seniors or undergraduate students who major in a Consumer and Family Science related field. Scholarship applications may be obtained at the Purdue Extension Hamilton County office on the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant Street, Noblesville or online at www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/hamilton. Applications are due to the Purdue Extension Hamilton County office no later than March 1.

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Seeking brevity and clarity GRAMMAR

By Brandie Bohney I’m taking a couple of graduate courses to renew my teaching license, and I’ve discovered something: I’m a wordsmith. This may come as no shock to my editors, who, week after week, must edit into a 400-word space what I’ve used 600 words to say. And while I knew I had a knack for using 10 words when two would suffice, I had no idea how severe my problem was until I completed the first of two online courses and had to review my work before submitting it (proofreading: it cannot be undervalued).

I submitted my coursework in the same format that I submit my column: single-spaced, 11-pt Calibri with an extra space between each paragraph. In 14 sections of assignments, I used 43 pages and nearly 20,000 words to explain and express myself.

Good grief!

Now, in my defense, it is graduate-level coursework that requires thorough explanation, and not all of those words are my own (quite a few of them explain each assignment before I’m allowed to start adding my words). But I’m breaking one of the cardinal rules of writing: brevity. Say what needs to be said, and then shut up. Work for precision. Use 10 words if you need them, but if you don’t, use fewer than 10.

Why is brevity important? Think of the professor who opens my monumental work. He or

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she probably won’t be halfway through the body of information I’ve submitted before muttering, “Get on with it, already!” You don’t want to lose your audience in unnecessary blathering. Revisit your writing to ensure that you’re not saying more than you need to, over-explaining, or confusing your reader with extraneous information.

But consider your audience: An email that says simply, “Your cat is dead” isn’t exactly the gentlest way to break such news. On the other hand, an extensive exposition of the redeeming qualities of your now-passed feline companion probably isn’t necessary, either. Actually, a phone call would probably work best in this scenario.

On the flip side, clarity is also important. But clarity doesn’t require Dickensian exposition, either. And if you find yourself struggling to be clear while trying to uphold some sort of grammatical standard, you have probably either misunderstood the grammar or you need to chuck the standard in favor of clarity.

Choose your words carefully, and make every word count. Brevity and clarity: They’re your writing buddies. And apparently I need to invite them for dinner and get to know them better.

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

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in the show. “I like landscapes, despite the historical baggage, because they are so accessible and operate on many different levels,” said Craddock.

Craddock drew most of her pictures last summer in Massachusetts, where she was renting a house near friends. Usually painting landscapes in New York City, Craddock said she relied on the annual trips to new and favorite locations to refresh herself and help her escape from city life. The images captured in Massachusetts represent a favorite spot for Craddock, who often returns to places she’s visited before to experiment with her art.

“I like going back over a period of time, and seeing the imagery as it has changed. It helps me develop a vocabulary to describe Field study (Third, 2010) the area in my art. I’m not interested in being a photorealist,” said Craddock. “It feels familiar and helps me to crystallize the City, New England and the south. compositions I have been working on for years.”

Often creating large scale oil paintings, A To learn more about Daisy Craddock visit Leap Into White is for Craddock an opportunity to show images she considers not only part of http://daisycraddock.com or learn about the her own story, but also creates a close experience show at Art Access at www.garvey-simon-artaccess.com. Leap Into White is showing until for the viewer, who must get up close to the Feb. 26. small scale, colorful and personal images. The Editors Note: This article originally appeared abstract representational landscapes, and as a online at www.currentincarmel.com. See the origigeneral characteristic of her work, helped Cradnal and extended version online. dock to really define ownership in the pieces

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While roughly half expect to keep their travel budget largely unchanged from last year, 37 percent said they will dig deeper into their pockets in 2011.

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By Margaret Sutherlin Current in Westfield The images are small and intimate, and the scenes iconic American countryside, but they are an entirely new experiment for established New York artist and art conservator Daisy Craddock.

Her exhibition, A Leap Into White, is in its last few days at Garvey-Simon Art Access in the Carmel Arts and Design District, and represents a shift from Craddock’s typical artistic style and artwork.

Craddock, who has been painting since the 1970s, usually creates her paintings from a dark background, having to paint to bring images to the foreground with careful strokes and thick colors.

“This is quite an unusual show for me,” said Craddock. “But these drawings really functioned as a diary for my summer.

They feel intimate and almost like escapism, or ‘getting out’ of the art world that automatically recognizes my works. It was more about responding to the spot and emptying my thoughts and thinking about nature.”

Receiving an MFA from the University of Georgia and working as an art conservator and artist since, Craddock has shown her pieces across the United States, though she draws inspiration from and shows typically in New York lic

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The show changes annually, so it is always fresh, but always features unique folk dances and several vocal and orchestral performances.

See Shen Yun Performing Arts at Clowes Memorial Hall on Friday March 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday March 5 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $60-120. Visit http:// www.shenyunperformingarts.org/city/ indianapolis for more information.

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Civic Theatre keeping kids in touch with the arts COMMENTARY

By Cheri Dick Hardly a week goes by when an article about education doesn’t appear in the local newspapers. Education is far more than the topic du jour these days; rather, it’s the topic of the year.

Of particular concern is the number of school districts in our area that, because of budget considerations, have been forced to either drastically reduce or completely eliminate arts curricula. As recently as one month ago, one district in central Indiana announced that it is firing 81 educators, including all elementary art and music instructors in addition to the high school orchestra teachers.

As more and more schools are forced to cut funding for arts programming, the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre strives to fill the void by introducing children ages 3 and up to the world of music, acting, and dance. Numerous studies agree that the arts help children become more creative, develop a greater understanding of themselves and others, gain more self confidence, learn to communicate more clearly and score higher on standardized tests. Civic is proud to provide these lessons to students who might otherwise not have the chance to explore the performing arts.

Since 1941, Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s junior civic education program has offered the only year-round, theatre-based performing arts

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program in the state of Indiana. Junior Civic provides children the opportunity to explore their imaginations, release their creativity, and better express themselves with the tutelage of caring theatre professionals.

Civic’s new home at the Center for the Performing Arts will give us the opportunity to expand our education program and serve more children in need of opportunities in the performing arts. With three times more space than we currently have available, Civic will be able to offer more classes, workshops, camps and youth performances than ever before – tripling our capacity to serve the community.

In this, Junior Civic’s 70th year, I know that tens of thousands of children have gained a lasting sense of purpose, direction, confidence, poise and – perhaps most importantly of all – hope because of our education program. And now, with Civic Theatre’s move to the Center for the Performing Arts, we are assured that our programs will continue to serve the community’s youth for decades to come.

Cheri L. Dick is the executive director of the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre at the Center for the Performing Arts. To learn more about Civic Theatre or to contact Cheri visit www.civictheatre.org.

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Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre: Fiesta Feb. 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 7 p.m.

At the GHDT Academy, 329 Gradle Drive, Carmel Tickets $35; Reservations, call 844-2660 Fiesta is a Latin inspired performance of classical and contemporary dances, from Bolero to La Casa Azul, an original dance created by Gregory Hancock and Kate Ayres.

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Winter Nights, Detour Friday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.

Indianapolis Museum of Art in The Toby Tickets $9 nonmembers, $5 members, www. imamuseum.org The sister series to Summer Nights, Winter Nights features great movies. Detour is a low budget, B-movie from 1946 that is high in suspense pulp fiction classic. Film introduced by historian Eric Grayson.

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Exhibit Opening of Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial Thursday, Feb. 24 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Indianapolis Museum of Art-Pulliam Great Hall Tickets: $50 nonmembers, $25 members Reserve by Feb. 21; www. imamuseum.org Thornton Dial is an extraordinary American artist, whose work addresses social issues in innovative and thoughtful ways.

Indiana Wind Symphony: Rhapsody in Blue Feb. 26, 7 p.m.

The Center for the Performing Arts, The Palladium Tickets $15 adults, $10 for seniors and children 11 and up; www. indianawindsymphony.org Join the IWS as they perform their inaugural concert at the Palladium and celebrate their residency at the Center for the Performing Arts. The concert features a performance by vocalist and pianist Kelleen Strutz and will feature a variety of pieces to cel Indiana Repertory Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank Now-Feb. 24, Show times vary Indianapolis Repertory Theatre Tickets $20-52, visit www.irtlive.com The IRT presents a powerful and moving story of Anne Frank and her family during World War II.

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre: Hairspray Now through March 27 9301 N. Michigan Road, Indianapolis Tickets range from $36 to $59 and include dinner, www.beefandboards.com This eight-time Tony Award winning Broadway hit is making its debut at the Indianapolis dinner theatre.

Belfry Theatre: Don’t Talk to the Actors Now-Feb 27, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays; Show times vary Belfry Theatre in Noblesville, Tickets are $15 for adults, www. thebelfrytheatre.com A fledgling playwright and his fiancée are suddenly swept up in the whirlwind of New York’s theatre scene when the playwright’s autobiographical play is optioned for Broadway. This show is not suitable for children.

Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art: Reflections of Sea and Light Now-March 19; Gallery hours Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art-1043 Virginia Ave. Free admission; www.indymoca.org Artist Christos Koutsouras returns to Indianapolis to present his works that reflect his painting experience in Oregon and around the world.

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DISPATCHES » The latest in wedding style – A spring bridal show will be held at Conner Prairie’s Woodland Hall on March 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. At the event, future brides can visit with numerous vendors and take a look at the latest trends in wedding fashion, decorations, food and much more. For details or vendor inquiries, call 773-4478. » Tips for fine hair – Cut: Fine hair looks best when it's chin- to shoulderlength, with either blunt ends or a few short layers. Avoid choppy styles or razor cuts that take away too much volume. Color: The thinner your strands, the faster dye and bleach will process on them; as a result, altering the color and covering grays can be a cinch. If you're using an at-home color kit, follow the directions, but don't leave the tint on any longer than recommended to avoid overdoing it.

-www.goodhousekeeping.com » Outlet clothes are of lower quality – Retailers rarely overproduce in large quantities these days, so many outlet store goods are made specifically for those stores and aren’t always on par with their regular-store equivalents.

Clothes can be made of cotton instead of wool or lack details like reinforced buttonholes. Inspect tags for the letter F (for factory outlet). For non-clothes items like appliances, check the model numbers online (a product modified for the outlet may have a different model number).

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Easy treat when winter keeps the kids at home COMMENTARY

By Ashley Phipps With the recent snow days, my daughter became bored staying at home for so long. It is often hard to come up with fun activities to do with your children while being house-bound.

Well, along with my love of interior design, I also enjoy making (and eating) delicious treats.

My daughter enjoys helping me bake, so I love creating simple and fun recipes for her and I to make together.

So I’d like to share with you an easy recipe that not only tastes good, but looks impressive too! Fruity Pebble Cupcakes are inspired by traditional rice crispy treats and shaped to look like cupcakes. Plus, they are simple enough for a child of any age to help you make so this is a great snow day, after school or spring break activity.

Ingredients: • 1/2 stick butter • 1 package mini-marshmallows (about 10.5 oz) • 8 1/2 cups fruity pebble-type cereal (about 13 oz) • 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional) • 1 container of store bought vanilla/white frosting (or you can make your own) • Powdered sugar • Food coloring • Mini-muffin tins

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• Cooking spray • Disposable icing bag or ziploc bag, icing tip (optional) Directions for the “Cupcakes”: 1. Melt the butter in a microwave safe dish.

2. Add marshmallows and continue microwaving until melted.

3. Stir melted butter, melted marshmallows and vanilla (optional) together.

4. Add in the fruity pebble cereal and mix until the cereal is evenly coated in the marshmallow mixture.

5. Press the mixture into greased mini-muffin tins until they are firmly packed.

6. When they have completely cooled, remove the fruity pebble cupcakes from the tins.

Directions for Icing: 1. I typically like to make my own icing, however I really do like to keep things simple so I used store bought icing for these. However, my icing was a little soft, so I mixed a bit of powdered sugar into the icing to give it a stiffer consistency.

2. Add the food coloring of your choice to the icing (Hint: I prefer gel food coloring as you can get vibrant colors without changing the consistency of the icing.)

3. Place your preferred icing tip on a disposable icing bag or cut the corner off of a large ziploc bag for a similar effect.

4. Place the icing in the bag and ice the cupcakes!

5. These are so simple to make yet are so bright, fun and delicious! So the next time your children are looking for something to do, have them help you make a yummy treat!

Happy Baking!

You can find this and other simple, fun food and décor ideas at simplydesigning.blogspot. com and at Twitter @SimplyDesigning.

Ashley Phipps, Interior Designer NCIDQ #25242, floral designer, and creator, designer and author of Simply Designing: www. simplydesigning.blogspot.com.

» Go with linen this spring - The cool new breed of linen suit is darker, dressier, and easier to wear. Avoid that fusty and very blah beige color. Don't be afraid of a few wrinkles—they're what give linen its attitudinal appeal. Despite its casual rep, a linen suit can stand up to dressy accessories. Finish it off with a pocket square and a formal watch.

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When planning out your fashion wardrobe for the winter, don’t just concentrate on your clothing.

Accessorizing starts from the top down, and that includes a bold piece for your hair. This season, pick up a headband with any type of ornamentation, a bow, feather or jewels, to make the perfect statement. Small barrettes with rhinestones or bright ribbon can also compliment almost any look. Stop in Salon 01 and check out our latest line of hair fashion accessories to complete your cold weather look!

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Top 10 Wedding Dress Trends Are you or someone you know in the market for the perfect wedding dress? We tracked down these top trends to help you decipher the style that is best for you!

1. Tiered Skirt: Layered panels of fabric that fall from the waist to the hem in varying lengths.

2. Shorter Hemlines: Who says your wedding dress needs to be a floor-length ball gown? Try TeaLength or Street Length.

3. High Necklines: Covering collar extending to just below jaw line. They’re not just for grandma anymore.

4. Sheer Overlays: For a whimsical look.

5. Embellished Belts: Go for this modern look to set you apart.

6. Dropped Waists: Falls to several inches below natural waistline.

7. Jewel Necklines: Circles the base of the neck.

8. Sweeping Train: Short train, barely sweeps the floor. Can work in a formal setting or on the beach.

9. Mermaid Silhouette: Narrow, body-hugging style with a skirt flaring from or just below knee.

10. Lace Adornments: Romantic and chic, lace can add some style to a plain gown.

Professional Tip: Remember, not all trends should be contained in one dress. Pick one or two to avoid overdoing it!

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Your lawn is your canvas LAWN CARE

By Mark Skipper The drought in the summer of 2010 and the extreme harsh winter of 2011 has caused havoc to your lawn and landscaping. As we enjoyed the meltdown this past weekend, I am quickly reminded that the lawn areas around our outdoor wedding area at the Metsker Plantation need early attention this spring. I have also noticed plants around our garden center and outdoor kitchen have some damage due to the heavy snow and large amounts of ice from the recent storms.

Now is the time of year to make plans for restoring your lawn. The big question is this: Do I purchase grass seed, starter fertilizer, straw, etc. and attack the lawn myself, or do I hire a landscaping professional? Actually, the answer is “yes” to both.

In most cases, your lawn will just need the ground roughed up and new seed planted. But, if your lawn has large areas that took a beating last summer, and these areas need aeration, top dressing, seed, fertilization, etc., hiring a professional can get you an immediate fix with lasting results. But in both cases, regular maintenance is extremely necessary.

Our lawn is a critical part of our overall landscape. Grass frequently forms the basis from which the rest of our landscaping efforts emerge. A good-looking, healthy lawn is a necessity for those seeking landscaping success. The lawn is the canvas upon which landscapers paint.

In understanding the importance of a thick, rich, green lawn and the need for regular landscaping maintenance, let’s look at three things you can do to keep your landscaping attractive.

Fertilization: Recent studies have shown that annual, four- or fivestep fertilization programs will dramatically help the appearance of your

lawn. The timing of these applications is extremely important. If you are disciplined and can follow the correct time to apply each step, the results will be greater. Even if you missed the most important fall fertilization, getting started early this spring will help.

Spring clean up: Inspect your lawn and landscaping for signs of winter damage or the residue effects of last summer’s drought. Make a plan and set your priorities. In most cases, damaged plants can be properly pruned to remove the damaged areas and to help the plant survive.

Don’t forget to schedule and complete the spring basics: mulch, bed edging (I hate this task!), etc.

Aeration: Usually a fall activity, I highly recommend that you have your lawn aerated this spring. The turf areas got extremely hard during the drought last summer and aeration will provide your lawn with an added boost to help the existing grass as well as preparing the soil for the new grass seed.

Remember, your lawn and landscaping is not a pretty picture that, once painted, remains in place forever. It is a constantly growing and changing collection of living things. It is, in many ways, an organism unto itself. In order to nurture it effectively, you will need to revisit it frequently. That is what maintenance is really all about. Come On Spring!

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By David Decker Nothing matches the emotional pull of a knock-out, updated kitchen in home sale transactions.

If you’re a home seller and your kitchen is functional but a bit long of tooth, let’s talk about some of the smartest ways to make the kitchen help sell your home.

First … ask an expert. Each home is different, each kitchen has unique “qualities” only you as a homeowner know, and each buyer responds to different value triggers. But here are some things to consider.

A kitchen designer is best able to see and hear your unique kitchen story and turn it into maximized kitchen value on resale. For discussion’s sake, let’s ballpark a kitchen that’s 10-15 years old, the appliances, electrical, plumbing, lighting and décor are dated but functional, and you want to bring your home up to the high side of neighborhood comps.

The biggest factor is how the fixtures and finishes look and how they relate to the house value. For example, if the house was worth $500,000 and it has white vinyl cabinets that were a bargain basement at one time, replace them even if they function perfectly.

If the cabinets fit the value of the house and are presentable, I’d recommend dressing them up with new counters, tile splash, sink, faucet and possibly matching trim. The idea is to use the best combination of existing materials paired with new to give the kitchen an updated look.

“Ho hum” is not a good option.

It’s a definite plus to have granite counters, but in some homes they might be overly exotic and not return the value. Few buyers pick an entire home just because there is granite in the kitchen.

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A designer can evaluate your existing kitchen and tell you the best route to a smart presale redo.

David Decker is president of Affordable Kitchens and Bathrooms, based in Carmel (877-252-1420, www.affordablekandb.com). Have a home improvement question? E-mail David at david.decker@ affordablekandb.com, and he will answer in an upcoming column.

If the cabinets fit the value of the house and are presentable, I’d recommend dressing them up with new counters, tile splash, sink, faucet and possibly matching trim.

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Sold on faith, not on sales FAITH

By Bob Walters Looking back on the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day, are you at all weary from being in the crosshairs of America’s high-powered marketing mechanism?

Be the MVP, we’re told. Everybody’s a VIP. Sit on the 50-yard line. Buy a big TV. Win love with a gift. Say it with flowers. And on, and on.

Back in the late fall there was all the election hoopla, followed by Christmas. More marketing. Vote now. Buy this. Consume that. Experience the magic.

As consumers, we are bombarded with sales messages encouraging us to maximize our personal feelings of importance. That’s the coin of the realm these days – personal esteem – and oh how it’s laid on thick, aimed at our hungry egos.

Is it any wonder that churches often struggle to create effective marketing plans? The whole world is telling people how to buy personal specialness and importance, and the message of Jesus Christ – of humility and service – is just the opposite.

Our world, or at least our nation, is filled with people whose profession it is to make sure we have fun and they make money. Through a trade, purchase, transaction or “deal,” our personal prestige is a commodity vigorously sought, bought and sold. We learn to be savvy, to trust no one, and to look out for No. 1.

Antithetically, Jesus Christ tells us to have faith, love God and love others. Our faith and love become our Christian life, loving the Christian community and serving mankind as best we can. No marketing, just trust.

For a consumer, that’s not much of a deal.

But salvation is a gift, not a transaction. There’s nothing in it for the marketer; you can’t make money on free gifts.

In Philippians 3:20 we read, “Our citizenship is in heaven …” I haven’t always “gotten” what that scripture meant. But I recently read an interesting theological/political commentary that described “consumers” and “citizens” as opposite sorts of creatures. A consumer waits for the best deal and looks out for himself. A citizen focuses his or her own life on the selfless service of others.

The difference is the basis of relationship. As a consumer, it’s money, pride, “me” and maximized value. As a citizen, it’s love, truth, service and the right thing.

Our relationship with Christ is a tough sell, because it’s not a sale; it’s a gift. No purchase necessary.

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DISPATCHES » Pasture or factory farm-raised meat? – Of the two, choose pastureraised meat. Pastured chickens roam around and consume vitamin-rich bugs and grasses, so their meat has 21 percent less fat and 28 percent fewer calories than conventional chicken. Grass-fed beef, likewise, is 11 percent lower in calories than conventional beef.

-www.fitbie.msn.com » Don’t stretch before workouts? - How many times have you been told to start with a little stretching? Yet multiple studies of pre-workout stretching demonstrate that it actually raises your likelihood of injury and lowers your subsequent performance. Turns out muscles that aren’t warmed up don’t really stretch anyway, and tugging on them just firms up their resistance to a wider range of motion.

-www.mensjournal.com » Solution could detect cancer sooner - Cell>Point, a bio-technology company, says its new imaging agent that's injected in the body can help Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) scanners see tumors as small as two millimeters. That's an advance from what the gold standard and much pricier Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners are able to detect. A patient is injected with a solution of sugar and mild radioactive isotopes. This increased activity lights up under the SPECT scan.

-www.foxnews.com » A.M. exercise offsets poor diets? - A new study suggests that exercising in the morning, before eating, can significantly lessen the ill effects of a poor diet.

Researchers recruited healthy, active young men and fed them a bad diet for six weeks. A group of them that exercised before breakfast gained almost no weight and showed no signs of insulin resistance.

What's more, they burned the fat they were taking in more efficiently.

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Hair loss?

Check your iron levels WELLNESS

By Angela LaSalle, M.D. Hair loss is a distressing problem for many women. Stress, nutritional issues, hormonal changes or thyroid issues can cause hair loss.

Iron deficiency can cause hair loss, and can occur in all age groups. About 10 percent of women in perimenopause and 6 percent of postmenopausal women are iron deficient, and up to 75 percent of teens don’t get enough iron in their diet.

Iron deficiency can cause anemia, or a low hemoglobin level, but can also cause symptoms such as fatigue, palpitations, fast heart rate, exercise intolerance, muscle cramps, restless legs, nail ridges, concentration problems, attention deficits and pica, which is the unusual craving for foods like ice or lettuce.

It has been commonly thought that a complete blood count, or CBC, tests for iron deficiency; however, measuring the iron stores of the body with a ferritin level is a more accurate test. Ferritin levels below 50 may slow hair growth and levels below 30 may cause difficulty in maintaining the current hair follicles.

It is important that you are being monitored by your doctor and are truly deficient before you begin a supplement. Too much iron can cause iron to deposit in your organs and tissues, leading to damage. To prevent iron deficiency, it is best to eat foods that are high in iron. Below is a partial list of high-iron foods.

• Fruits and vegetables – such as dandelion greens, spinach, arugula, kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard, raisins, peaches, figs and prunes • Red meat, liver, chicken and turkey • Beans and lentils • Fish – tuna, halibut, shellfish • Whole grains and brown rice • Soybean flour • Blackstrap molasses • Enriched cereals Hair loss caused by iron deficiency usually improves with normalizing the iron levels. If you think you might be deficient, check with your doctor.

Angela LaSalle, M.D. practices integrative medicine with the Indiana Health Group in Carmel and is board certified in family medicine.

For more information, visit, www. angelalasallemd.com.

It is important that you are being monitored by your doctor and are truly deficient before you begin a supplement. Too much iron can cause iron to deposit in your organs and tissues, leading to damage.

You can't tone fat FITNESS

By Laura Marenco We are learning that a true measure of our health is really not just a number on a scale, but also how much body fat we are carrying around. Even some of us may be relatively normal in weight per conventional standards, but have high percentages of body fat. With it comes greater health risks, and it might counterproductive to maintaining a healthy body composition. Having high levels of body fat also leads to lower metabolism and even greater likelihood of storing more body fat with calories taken in.

How does one make changes in their body fat composition? Typical thinking is to focus solely on lots and lots of cardio, but this is only one part of the equation. Building a better body is really through a fitness regimen and nutrition that will develop your lean muscle.

You should include some weight training in addition to cardio, which counters your body fat through lean muscle gains. Developing lean muscle leads to a toned and healthier physique and increases metabolism for greater fat loss.

It’s a common fallacy with many women to think weight training will make them big and bulky. Maybe it is the huge muscle-head in the corner lifting giant weights. Among other

things, that guy has to consume tons of calories a day to get that way, so don’t be afraid of picking up that dumbbell. In reality, muscle is much denser than fat, and it takes up much less space, so gaining lean muscle will lead to a more sculpted body. Muscle gain means you lose inches, and it is really developing and strengthening lean muscle that gives you the toned abs and legs you dream of.

In addition to resistance training, getting adequate protein in your diet is also key to developing lean muscle. Drink a lean calorie shake once per day along with other good sources of protein. Following a workout, a protein shake within 30 minutes will start lean muscle recovery. A protein shake as a snack is ideal as it also stimulates appetite-suppressing hormones that will satisfy hunger levels longer and improves insulin sensitivity, which reduces hunger cravings.

Just about everyone wants to get more fit and toned. Just remember, you can’t tone fat, but you can tone muscle.

Laura Marenco is a certified personal trainer and nutritional advisor for PointBlank Nutrition.

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Hamilton County Leadership Luncheon Friday, March 25, 2011 Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, Noblesville Doors open at 11:30 a.m. v Lunch/program from noon to 1 p.m.

More than 450 Girl Scout friends attended last year’s event. Please join us this year to celebrate the Girl Scouts and help build great futures!

Event coordinators: v State Representative Kathy Richardson v Mary Sue Rowland, Noblesville former mayor v Mary Burns, Girl Scouts of Central Indiana board member The wonderful lunch is free. Tables of 8 or individual seats are available by reservation. The program will inspire you to make a donation, which will help local girls attend camp and other program activities. Your donation is tax deductible.

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DISPATCHES » Free financial seminar – Joel Harris of Amicus Financial will host a free financial workshop Feb. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Monon Community Center in Carmel. The seminar will focus on important risks that are often overlooked in financial planning and discuss asset allocation, non-correlated asset classes, and ways to help minimize. RSVP to Joel@goamicus.com. » Retire with these five stocks – Dan Caplinger of The Motley Fool set out to find five conservative stocks that offered solid income, growth and stability. For income, he only considered stocks with a dividend yield of at least 2.5 percent and weeded out any stock that hadn't grown its dividend payout by at least 10 percent per year over the past five years. He found five meeting his criteria: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Raytheon (RTN), Chevron (CVX), Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) and Chubb (CB).

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By David Cain Now, I make my share of mistakes; that’s for sure. However, if I had to present to 100 million people, I’d sure like to think I’d be ready.

As 100 million people witnessed, if you believe the hype, Christina Aguilera took some creative license with the words of our National Anthem.

While singing, she changed the words, “O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming,” to, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last reaming.” Not such a proud moment.

I heard the words come out of her mouth and said to the room, like any true patriot would, “I don’t think that’s right.” It all happened so fast, I wasn’t really sure. I wasn’t sure if she missed a line, made one up, or I had too many chips in my mouth and didn’t really hear what she sang.

In any event, I stood by my statement.

At halftime some friends stopped by. They hadn’t seen the beginning of the game (they’re moving). They dropped in and said, “How bad was Christina Aguilera’s improv?” It surprised me to learn that her misstep had now reached people who hadn’t even seen it. I was intrigued and asked how they knew. Someone had texted them to poke fun at the mistake, assuming of course they were watching the game too.

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younger than me. One of them, let’s call him Scott because that’s his name, said, “Did you see Jim Irsay’s tweet last night?” I couldn’t help myself so I sparked off, “You were on Twitter during the game?” His response got me thinking.

When someone 27 years old hears this televised flub, he turns to social networks to get the scoop. He turned to Twitter in this case to see what the “trending topics” were. He knew in seconds from his phone that she’d indeed made a haunting mistake. If you had used a search engine (like Google) to find the scoop, it would have been an hour later before you even saw some trickle of information. Social networks, however, delivered the humiliating blow within seconds, and it came from masses.

Christina’s creative license with the National Anthem echoed in the ears of tens of millions of people. Twitter was immediately abuzz with talk of her mistake, and by the third quarter her Wikipedia page included the details. Before she could finish the song, social networks powered by people delivered the message. We are all reporters. We are all contributors. Today, history is being written in real time.

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Strengths: Property is close enough from the north side, but yet far enough for a horse lover’s weekend, or someone looking for the peace and quiet of the country. The tillable acreage is under a lease agreement as is the horse stable, generating income.

Challenges: Location

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A new business in Hamilton County gives residents and businesses owners in the county a chance to make a little extra money off of some items they might otherwise throw away.

Going Green Metal Recycling opened late last year in Cicero and buys all scrap metal – from full cars to aluminum cans. The business, which is the third and newest location owned by Michigan-based Randy’s Metal Recycling, accepts all types of metal and prides itself on customer service and competitive prices.

Operations Manager David Bishop said Going Green soon will be able to compensate recyclers even more for their metal. After the company completes construction of a recently approved shredder in Carlisle, Bishop said Going Green no longer will have to pay other companies to break down recycled goods, meaning it will be able to pay even more for metal.

Until that time, however, Bishop said the company will still pay competitive prices, and he advises everyone from individual residents to business owners to think twice before throwing out metal items of any size.

“A lot of people throw out washers and dryers, but the going rate on those is about $30,” Bishop said. “It’s worth it to put it in a truck and bring it here.”

The same is true for old, non-running cars, he said. On average, Going Green pays $400 to $500 each.

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I hope I don’t catch the ‘twilight’s last reaming’

become the norm for pop singers today. I call it the American Idol-ization of popular music.

For pop music, I guess that’s fine. After all, I don’t have to listen to it. And I exercise that option pretty much all the time.

But this is the National Anthem. It deserves a proper, respectful performance, which means, simply, that it should be sung as written. No improvisation. No showing off. No interjection of your personal “style.” Save those for the hits, and the listeners who think that the further you get from the melody, the more talented you must be.

Here’s the funny part, for me anyway: I get all riled up about it, but I don’t particularly like the Star Spangled Banner. I have always thought “America The Beautiful” would make a far better national anthem, although people have abundantly demonstrated they can screw that one up, too. Actually, if you really want to • its talk national anthems, I think Canada’s is clearly ce wsu EOC tion a R a E na the best in our part of the world. Not only is it a A • II • Lcy • rimi rets D great song, but every time you hear it you know V an sc ec EA A r • itle egn • Di e S • AD hts e • there’s a hockey game coming up. e nd • T Pr ce ad s Rig pet LA Oh well. What’s done is done. Christina Ge ges ce • • Ra • Tr rgeivil com • FMes • apologized for her flubariffic performance and s ag • ce A Wa an A ts ha C nML n • ver • AD sui C Cion •• No ract • W nce Ra issued a statement saying she hoped we all could F • w a • O o e t n i t ts iss • S derI • La• EE ina retsCon sio everADAits feel her love for the country and the spirit of the c s n A • mi im c u • e VI cy S ra mm S n anthem. Sure, kid. Whatever you say. You’re fornt Co • FL • Gtle nan iscre SeDEA om A • der awsEOC tio o a S A L C i s n D E C d g given. What’s more, I’ll even give you courage A e L n L t T • s e • • h et M • • ts F G II t mi re e • ra y points for singing it live instead of lip-synching DEA Rig mp s • F ges • P ac • T ges igh te • A • e V anc cri cre A o E e s R s r l e e L R l i a c A i t n c t t a • S D ts • p to a tape. s • Civ on-trac • Wran DA sui Ch ivilcom • FM • Ti reg e • D de • A igh ete A e g n • • N n ion ve • A aw OC • C n- ts es • P ac ra es l R mp ML But if you really want to show how artmuch io ts • Co iss Se er I • L EE ion No rac ag ce • R s • T arg ivi -co • F es h you love it, sing it right. Twilight’s last e C na reaming?

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By Mike Redmond Another Super Duper Bowl (number XLV, pronounced XLV) is done, and as luck would have it, my team, the Green Bay Pachyderms, walked off the field clutching the hard-won spoils of victory, or whatever overblown expression the TV sports buffoons are using these days to say “won.”

However, I think my favorite part of the game was Christina Aguilera’s spectacularly awful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Lots of folks, it would seem, were plenty upset that Miss Christina apparently forgot the words to the song. In case you were ignoring it (and wisely so) here’s the instant replay: In the second verse, where she was supposed to sing, “O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming,” she sang, “What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last reaming,” which you may recognize as a version (the proper words are “hailed,” not “watched” and “gleaming,” not “reaming”) of the last line of the first verse.

Twilight’s last reaming? I have no idea what that is supposed to be, and I don’t want one, either.

Anyway, I watched the disaster with unparalleled delight. For years I have complained about ridiculous renditions of the National Anthem, and here was a doozy. Not only was it an overthe-top vocal rendition, full of dips and swoops and loop-the-loops, but with mangled lyrics to boot. You have to go back to 2001 – the year of Steven Tyler at the Indianapolis 500 and Macy Gray at the Pro Football Hall of Fame – to find one this bad.

The Star Spangled Banner is not a Top 40 hit and should not be treated like one. That kind of singing, full of embellishment and flourish from the Patti LaBelle School of Vocal Aerobatics, has

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There is a special place in my heart for people who dedicate a portion of their lives to helping animals. Especially if you do it in your free time, out of the kindness of your heart and without expecting compensation. Without volunteers and donations, the Humane Society for Hamilton County and the Humane Society of Indianapolis wouldn’t exist.

Furthermore, it’s clear there are hundreds of private groups and rescues who do their part by repeatedly opening their homes and wallets to foster pets, freeing space at the shelters to accept more homeless animals. Especially when it comes to special-needs pets that don’t do well in a shelter situation, rescues often provide an invaluable service to the public by not only aiding in rehoming, but also by screening and training potential owners, saving these pets from certain death by humane euthanasia.

Even though my practice is new, as a pet professional, I consider it my obligation to not only keep my business doors open and a roof over my family’s heads, but also to contribute my knowledge and skills to matching pets with loving homes for the betterment of humankind.

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So I’m faced with a choice. Do I as a business owner support any particular group’s efforts to reduce overpopulation? At this point, I choose to believe that the public voice of pets in Marion and Hamilton counties, the Humane Societies, are ultimately in the best position to help the most pets find homes. Our form of contribution at Leo’s Pet Care is to offer free exams and rabies vaccines to any pet newly adopted from either Humane Society. It’s not much, but it’s what I can afford.

I know the American public is smart enough to solve the problem of pet overpopulation eventually. I agonize about this problem every day in search of a solution. I believe that if we ever hope to spay, neuter, train and place every homeless pet in a forever home, it will take the entire collective of pet lovers working together to do it. For now, our world is far from perfect, and our Humane Societies do the best they can with the resources they are given.

Happy Veterinary Year 2011, and thank you for reading. Please call and book a one-on-one consult at Leo’s Pet Care today!

Dr. Magnusson, a practicing veterinarian for the last decade, is now the owner of Leo’s Pet Care, a new veterinary hospital located at 106th and College. Contact Dr. Magnusson at DrM@LeosPetCare. com or 317-721-7387 (721-PETS).

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Pets of the week Ty is a five-year-old male black and tan Hound/Shepherd mix. Ty is a handsome, sweet and playful little guy who is very outgoing and social. He is gentle when taking treats and he is learning to not protect his food. He arrived at the shelter very thin and underweight which may contribute to his passion for his food, but during this learning process he is best suited in a home with teenage children. Ty wants a home with a family who will play with him and be sure he gets the training he needs to be a happy dog and a lifelong family pet.

Tinker is a 10-year-old male seal point Siamese mix. Tinker is a gentle and loving boy with adults, but is stressed by children. He wants a quiet home with a couple or single person where he can be a lap cat. Tinker is neutered and litter box trained and hopes he won’t be overlooked because of his age. He qualifies for our PAWS Program - Partnering Animals With Seniors. He is currently in a foster home, so please contact us to setup a time to meet at 774-1263 or at animalprograms@hamiltonhumane.com.

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Introducing Indiana University Health. A national leader in medical research and a home for the most innovative treatment options.

Clinical trials come here first. In fact, several of them originate here. That means you have a vast range of medical options close by should you need them. And as the only healthcare system in Indiana to be recognized nationally for clinical excellence by U.S.News & World Report, you also get the peace of mind that comes from knowing you’ll receive exceptional care when you need it most. That’s the strength it takes.

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Discover the strength at iuhealth.org

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