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It is our position that the decision from the Obama administration to try the September 11 bombing suspects in a military court is a good one. In examining the viability of a civilian court rendering an appropriate verdict in these matters, and since the al-Qaeda suspects were treated as combatants from the onset, interrogations and even the reading of rights was likely not performed in manner that would make any of the resultant evidence admissible in the courtroom. Additionally, it would be somewhere between difficult and impossible to find an impartial jury.

Moreover, the massive costs surrounding security and crowd control in the city where the trials would take place bring an unreasonable burden to already cash-strapped municipalities. If and when a guilty verdict was rendered, the sentence would likely be carried out in a Federal prison in the continental U.S. exposing the Court and the prison to attack from alQaeda. While much has been said about President Obama’s evolving view on this matter, we are pleased with the course it is presently taking. His maintenance of a consistent position on the subject is less material to us than the positive final (and successful) disposition of the issue.

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It is our position that now is the time to selfeducate and take note about those running for office to represent us in the upcoming primary election. In many cases, this mechanism, designed to determine the candidate to represent each political party in the general election, becomes the de facto determinate for who will be chosen.

Most candidates have websites and are willing to talk to potential voters. Read the mail from the would-be political leaders and form informed opinions. Do we prefer the status quo or are we eager for change? Do we have issues that we care about; and what is the corresponding viewpoint from the candidate? We must not allow the increasing amount of yard signs seen along the streets and byways be the sole guide.

While we believe that it is in everyone’s best interest to become educated on the candidates and vote, we also believe that if one hasn’t taken the time to research in advance, it is still important to vote on those races and issues with which one does have familiarity. Please don’t show-up at the polls on May 3 unprepared. Research now and be happy for it later.

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ARTICLE 6. Administrative Section 7. Impeachment of state officers All State officers shall, for crime, incapacity, or negligence, be liable to be removed from office, either by impeachment by the House of Representatives, to be tried by the Senate, or by a joint resolution of the General Assembly; two-thirds of the members elected to each branch voting, in either case, therefor.

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Section 10. County boards The General Assembly may confer upon the boards doing county business in the several counties, powers of a local, administrative character.

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FROM THE BACKSHOP We’re all for the city developing There are a lot of things we don’t understand, among them the argument Russell Cameron, a Republican candidate for Westfield mayor, deployed last week in a public debate with incumbent Andy Cook.

Before anyone accuses us of being Cook homers (although we will not deny we appreciate the forward motion he has led for this former sleepy, little town), listen to this: As Cameron refuted Cook’s claims that the city’s planned $45 million Grand Park Sports Complex would bring in $2.3 billion in private development, saying it would hurt residential taxpayers, we drew on our own experiences to formulate our opinions on exactly how beneficial attracting business really is. It keeps residential property taxes low … and it is not artificial; it runs for years on end. It could be the most important job a mayor undertakes. We believe Cook has a firm grasp on this. Westfield, Cameron contends, is going to end up spending too much money on the project, and he indicated his own doubts as to the projected return on investment. Fair enough. But we’ve seen this type of plan work elsewhere, and we’ve also seen Westfield become a promising com-

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Cutting corners COMMENTARY

By Terry Anker Over these past few months, I’ve fallen into the habit of stopping in the afternoon after lunch or on the way back from meetings to pick up a soft drink from the ubiquitous fast-food drive-thru. Aside from a slight caffeine addiction, this ritual has given me some insight into the functional operation of these quick-serve behemoths. Somewhere along the line (likely given an unfettered predilection for the Discovery Channel), I’ve learned that each transaction is timed, recorded and reported to management.

So what happens when customers are pushed to the side to await the completion of an unfilled order?

The moment our automobiles activate a sensor and our order is taken, a digital timer counts the seconds required to deliver food and drink. Reward (or punishment) is bestowed based upon the server’s ability to meet or exceed a proscribed baseline for service delivery.

So what happens when customers are pushed to the side to await the completion of an unfilled order? Payment has been rendered and drinks have been proffered. However, the patron is directed to park and stand by until missing food items are prepared and delivered. It occurred to me, does the clock keep ticking after we are told to go, park and wait? If not, is it cheating to call the transaction complete when the customer leaves the window, yet the order is not filled?

I remember Granddad admonishing me that cheating only really cheats me. Sadly, in his lifetime I lacked the maturity to understand his point. Cutting corners, gaming the system and working an advantage all end up making us weak. While I wish I possessed the discipline to always do things the right way, I have learned not to celebrate when I’ve gotten by with something. Yet the desire to cheat seems so much an insidious part of our nature that we often fail to notice and address the behavior in ourselves.

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

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READER'S VIEWS Cameron’s campaign gets facts wrong Editor: In response to the CURRENT IN WESTFIELD April 12 (Candidate files complaint against deputy mayor ); I submit that the chalanger is running his campaign out of desperation, as though he needs to be completely negative in order to become mayor. It is very suspicious as to why anyone would want any office so badly that they would stoop to character assassination with weak and untrue alligations. It goes to the accuser’s character, doesn’t it?

I have read this man’s public writings and taken notes at most of his town meetings. It became apparent early on that his only mission is to destroy the fine reputation of Westfield’s dedicated leadership and its popular initiatives which will have us ready with a plan when the next development cycle is upon us. He has no experience in such planning nor with dealing with the development community as a city leader must. They will bowl him over. Surely we have had enough of this type of “leadership” in Washington!

His recent action to destroy the character and flawless reputation of our Deputy Mayor Bruce Hauk is ridiculously based on Indiana Code IC 36-4-12-6 which reads: “Sec.

6. A city manager may not campaign for or against a candidate for the city legislative body and may not participate in partisan political activities THAT WOULD IMPAIR THE CITY MANAGER’S PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE.” There is not a way that Bruce Hauk’s advocacy “impairs his professional performance” --whether he is technically “city manager” or not.

If this dishonest challenger had finished his homework before making his “serious allegation” (his words), he would also have read IC 36-4-12-2, which along with Westfield’s Ordinance 08-41, make it clear that our Deputy Mayor is NOT a “City Manager” under Indiana Code, and therefore not regulated by Sec.6, as the opponent could only wish, but that the State well knows is not the case.

Andy Cook’s management of Westfield with Mr Hauk’s assistance, has accomplished quite notable results. To name just a few; they have gotten Westfield’s City tax bills down yet “tax rates” is all the opponent wants to talk about (under the new State rules “tax RATES” can not be compared to previous years) yes TAXES ARE DOWN, the morale of the City’s reduced workforce is very high and enviable, the budget

is balanced and priorities are directed by civilian input after very public process. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor have established an unusual and remarkable rapport with INDOT and its designers. This gives Westfield input into the design and scheduling of the new US31, its bridges and intersections, to the great benefit of our business community. Westfield has no finer constructive citizens than Mayor Andy Cook and the Deputy Mayor Bruce Hauk whose performance and devotion to duty is well beyond his job description.

The chalanger’s unfounded insults are destructive and regrettable. There is no dirtyer old fashioned trick than filing this type of false accusation too late to have it resolved before the election.

As for me, at almost 78 and retired, I have no land for sale, no contracts to hope for and no dog in this fight other than a dream of a most magnificent future for the community we call home. Of course I support the one who does not make up issues but has solutions and programs underway. Oh, and please vote for Ken Kingshill, Jim Ake & Tom Smith who also support Andy Cook’s vision.

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Building a better Westfield through TIF Editor: I want to explain why TIF (Tax Increment Financing) works for taxpayers. But first some background: A perceived problem to some of us citizens has been that we can’t control development. Like every past economic cycle, this one will turn to rapid growth. The city can’t stop (nor should it) farmers or homeowners from selling their property.

When I first got on the Westfield council, I too wanted green space, trails, horse farms and low taxes (I still do), and I had a lot of support.

But I realized development was coming like a railroad train.

I learned my best salvation was to influence the process as best as I could. That is why I’ve worked so hard to get much of our present council and Mayor Andy Cook into office. And with City Councilor Ken Kingshill leaving for the Clerk Treasurer’s office, I support a great new council choice, Jim Ake. Before this administration’s skills at planning for the future were working for us, and Mayor Cook gained experience in dealing with the development community, the rule with previous administrations was pretty much to take what came our way. This time, the dedicated voluntary Grand Junction Task Group (on which I serve), and the diligent professional volunteers on the Sports Commission, are creating development plans ahead of the developers.

Do you want Westfield to be all homes with

high taxes and a fine school system, as present zoning encourages? Or do you want to encourage a pedestrian village atmosphere downtown with great little restaurants and shops on our Monon Loop, while keeping many of those old homes?

TIF financing is how to encourage the most desirable businesses. TIFs provide the city owned infrastructure for business parks. Businesses now pay higher taxes than homes do.

The opportunity the Indiana TIF law offers is to direct only the added taxes paid by businesses that otherwise would not have been built.

Contrary to the word on the street, A TIF never relieves a project of paying its full new taxes,

and never adds to residential taxes. TIFs do not take revenue away from the schools. In fact, new businesses that will eventually build around the Grand Park Sports Campus and the Grand Junction will pay huge new taxes without putting any additional student demands on the schools.

Sure, TIFs must be carefully studied to not get ahead of ourselves. Fortunately, I’ve not seen greater financial planning, on multiple levels, than our administration is engaged in presently.

This definitely is not a time to change from Mayor Cook’s leadership.

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DISPATCHES » Support Chaucie’s Place – Register for the annual fundraiser Friends of Chaucie’s Place Breakfast on April 28 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Ritz Charles, (12156 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN.) Representative Dan Burton will be the guest speaker and Angela Cain with WTHR will be mistress of ceremonies.

The event is free to attend. Go online to www.chauciesplace.org to register. » Toastmaster event – Join the Westfield Toastmasters Club, a national organization dedicated to helping people become better at communication and leadership, is hosting a Guest Party Event on April 26 from 7-8 p.m. at the Westfield City Services Building (2728 East 171 St.) . There will be food, drink, and various activities for all to enjoy. The event is open to the public. For more information call: Jody Turner (317) 294-0892. » Westfield awarded grants – Westfield was awarded a $1 million grant to extend the Monon Trail from 191st St. to 206th St, and also a $1.4 million grant to create a roundabout at 161st St. and Oakridge Road. » Mortgage loans seminar – We’ve all heard that mortgage loans have changed, but stop by Ameriana Bank (3333 E. SR 32, Westfield) to learn about mortgage changes, options, terms and pre-qualification with Ameriana Mortgage Lender Jim Hiatt.

Wednesday, April 20 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. For more information call (317) 8677740 or visit www.ameriana.com. » Candidate forum – The next candidate forum will be hosted by the Westfield Chamber of Commerce on April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The forum will featured registered and opposed candidates running in the May 3, 2011 Primary Election for Westfield City Council District At-Large and Westfield City Clerk Treasurer. » Support HEC – Join PillowTalk (23 E. Main St. in Carmel) Aveda and your girlfriends for “Warriors in Lace” on April 20 7-10:00 p.m. at PillowTalk to support the Hoosier Environmental Council to improve water quality across the state.

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‘Me’ time doesn’t work out how I planned it COMMENTARY

By Danielle Wilson I’m kind of disappointed right now. What I thought was going to be a magical 36-hour sojourn from marriage and motherhood has turned out to be not so magical. Here’s what happened.

Doo took the kids to Chicago for an overnight visit since I had to work over Spring Break. I, in my naivety, assumed I would enjoy a glorious 36 hours of no familial responsibility whatsoever. Incidentally, this is the very first time I’ve ever been alone at home. It’s usually me ditching Doo to haul kids to Alabama or Kentucky or South Carolina for my family vacations. Needless to say, my expectations were high.

So what went wrong? Well for starters, I had a full day of work yesterday on a not-so-great night’s sleep. By the time I got home, all plans to see a B-grade movie or order Thai carryout were shoved aside by debilitating fatigue. I settled for a frozen Tostino’s pizza and two hours of “I Shouldn’t Be Alive,” and then called it quits at nine. But I still had today, right? At least that’s what I told myself each time the lonely cat, which generally sleeps with a son, yowled for attention throughout another night of lessthan-satisfactory sleep.

This morning, I started at my desk early in hopes of getting through my home office

agenda as quickly as possible. The next thing I knew, it was noon and time for the first of two hour-long virtual meetings. Finally, at 2 p.m., I was ready to enjoy “me” time, which, though it called for scrubbing floors and washing clothes, also included that crappy movie (I’d literally

Didn’t he recognize I had worked my tail off for two days straight, not only at my job but on the house? been salivating at the thought of buttered popcorn for days). I called Doo to confirm that the magic was still going to happen (praying notso-silently for a change in plans that included another overnight) and learned, to my utmost horror, that they were already on their way back!

Doo gave me two hours tops.

Rat farts! There goes the flick. But with my high efficiency level, I knew I still had enough time for chores (because sadly, I actually enjoy cleaning when no one is around). Then Doo said, “And when I get there, I’ll need a break from these kids! You’ll have to take charge tonight. I’m out.” I replied with the same line he gives me whenever our roles are reversed, “But honey, I’ve been at work! You’re the one on vaca-

tion!” Ha! Ha! He found me less than amusing and hung up.

That butthole! Didn’t he recognize I had worked my tail off for two days straight, not only at my job but on the house? Why was he being so mean?

Realization dawned as I prepped a bucket of Murphy’s Oil soap: I hadn’t validated his feelings! He’d responded the same way I do when Doo complains that his world is “harder” then mine, becoming immediately defensive. Because being a single parent, even if it’s just for an overnight, drains you to the core. True, Doo hadn’t been at work, but a road trip with four kids and a busted GPS is so not the equivalent of sipping a Bahamas Mama at the beach.

When the crew finally arrived home, I gave Doo his well-deserved “there, theres” and announced this had been a good experience for us. He could finally appreciate the way children can beat you down when you don’t have a break from them, and I could now understand how work seriously gets in the way of fun. I’m still disappointed, though. I really wanted to see that movie. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist.

You may e-mail her at danielle@ currentincarmel.com.

First celebration slated for youth program Current in Westfield The Westfield Youth Assistance Program will host a recognition celebration Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at The Bridgewater Club. The event will recognize outstanding students who have overcome major obstacles, and had a significant personal achievement.

The YAP was established to help Westfield’s young people and teens find a path to success through mentoring and support. The program seeks to identify those at risk and helping them take control of their lives.

“Our hope is that these youth will continue to strive for excellence throughout their lives and other students will strive to be better individuals as well – we hope the excellence is contagious,” said Tricia Akers, YAP director, in a statement.

In addition to staff and mentors involved in the program, 11 students, all from Westfield Washington Schools, will be recognized: Joey Abernathy, Dean Bunting, Sydney Grubb, Miguel Hipolito, LaVante James, Justin McKinney, Jaylyn Purcell, Chantay Stewart, Zylar Wright, Charles Yang and Joe Zeman.

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Farmer’s market changes locations

By Brandie Bohney Current in Westfield Like many events in Westfield, the farmer’s market has experienced tremendous growth since its inception in 2008. And while Red Man Park was an ideal location when the market began, it no longer offers the size or amenities the market now requires.

Beginning with the first market of 2011 – June 3, from 4:30 until 7:30 – the Westfield Farmer’s Market will be held in the grassy lawn on North Union near City Hall.

Amber Willis, the chair of the Farmer’s Market, explains that the new location holds several advantages over its predecessor.

“There is a lot more space and shade, a lot more picnic tables – I think we’ll have 10 instead of two. There will also be a lot more [available] parking,” she said.

Another distinct advantage to the new location is the ability to house more vendors: Instead of 20 vendors, the new venue can easily accommodate 50. Already, the committee has approximately 35 merchants, but there is still space for more. Willis notes also that the market is looking for a variety of locally grown or made products and services.

“We’re getting a lot of similar vendors, and that’s a challenge … nobody wants to see five of the same type of booth,” she said.

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Interested vendors or entertainers should contact Amber Willis by e-mail (westfieldmarket@gmail.com) or by phone (317-473-4322). Vendors may also go directly to the Downtown Westfield Association’s Web site (www.dwna.org) to download a vendor application.

is a local winery or brewery; various other merchants would also find success in the market.

In addition to unique vendors, the market is again looking for family-friendly bands, musicians and entertainers. The farmer’s market offers a great opportunity for quality performers to get some local exposure and experience in front of an audience.

Overall, the changes to the 2011 farmer’s market are intended to make it an even better experience than it has been in previous years.

With additional vendors and entertainment, the market should offer an evening’s worth of activities for the whole family every Friday night.

“We’re trying really hard to make it a really fun experience – not just something where you show up and leave,” Willis said. “We want you to bring your family and your friends.”

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Up close and personal with big cats COMMENTARY

By Ken Kingshill Although we spent the bulk of our spring break in Chicago visiting museums and the arboretum, the highlight of the week involved an adventure much closer to home.

The Exotic Feline Rescue Center is just about an hour’s drive west of Indianapolis in Center Point, Indiana. They are one of the largest rescue centers in the country for abused, unwanted and neglected exotic felines.

Situated on more than 100 acres, the EFRC serves as the “forever home” for exotic cats that for whatever reason are homeless and unwanted.

Some of the cats are former circus performers, some were pets of drug dealers and other criminals, and some came from unscrupulous breeders. Others were pets of well-meaning people who simply didn’t know what they were getting into. Each of the 225 cats that call the EFRC home has a compelling story.

You can hear many of those stories and meet about a hundred of the cats while taking a guided tour of the center. Just follow the rules. Don’t touch the fencing. Absolutely no touching or petting of any animals. Watch out or you might get sprayed through the fence. (If you think it’s bad when your housecat misses the litter box, wait until you’ve been sprayed by a tiger.)

If you’re lucky, you’ll be there during feeding time. Workers feed the cats a whopping 3,500 pounds of fresh raw meat per day. That’s a lot of dead cows and horses donated by local farmers.

It can be at once exhilarating and unsettling to walk along a path with tiger and lion enclosures within feet of you on either side. Usually, they don’t pay much attention. However, the first time we visited, our boys were still quite young and we were pulling them along in a wagon. The cats noticed. They tracked us, tight along the fence line as we proceeded down the path. It wasn’t a comfortable feeling.

This time, the boys are bigger, and didn’t seem to attract the kind of attention they had before. I guess they weren’t viewed as such easy prey. They particularly enjoyed hearing the lions erupt into a roar fest as if they were a pack of wolves.

If you’re interested in a nice, educational, half-day excursion, the EFRC provides a unique opportunity right here in Indiana. You can learn more about the center at its Web site, www. exoticfelinerescuecenter.org.

City Councilor Ken Kingshill is a Westfield resident and Realtor.

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Conner Prairie awarded $10,000 to recreate natural habitat

By Krista Bocko Current in Westfield Public voting and community support has secured Conner Prairie a $10,000 Golden Eagle Environmental Grant to help return much of the park’s 850 acres back to a natural wildlife habitat.

Containing Hamilton County’s largest contiguous stretch of undeveloped land, Conner Prairie’s initial phase of the project was completed in 2009 in partnership with the USDA. This phase returned 200 acres of farmland back to a natural habitat of warm-season prairie grasses. The second phase of the project, funded by the grant award, will be to create wetlands. Once complete, guests will be able to view native plants, animals and birds from an observation deck and boardwalk accessing the wetlands and adjacent grass restoration area.

Representatives from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, IUPUI’s Center for Earth and Environmental Science and Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) determined the final grant amounts for the top grant recipients.

IPL Golden Eagle Environmental Grants provide funds for projects that will preserve,

protect, enhance or restore environmental and biological resources throughout IPL’s operating territory. This year, for the first time, IPL partnered with Emmis Communications to broaden involvement in the environmental grant process by inviting the public to vote for their favorite project on WIBC. Three area nonprofits with the highest number of votes received the Golden Eagle Grant, and IPL awarded six runners-up grants of $1,000 for their projects.

“Conner Prairie received the grant due to the community’s support via a social media campaign. It was the first time they implemented this strategy, and it seemed to work for the benefit of all parties involved,” said Alpha Garrett, Conner Prairie’s public relations manager.

Camptown, a program that helps kids reconnect with nature through school programs, river clean-ups and other environmental educational programs, was another Golden Eagle Grant recipient, as was the Hoosier Heartland Resource Conservation Council for its invasive plant project, an effort to educate the public on harmful nonnative invasive plants and how to remove and replace them with native plants.

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Candidates for Westfield’s mayoral primary election were asked several questions about their qualifications and vision for the city. For an election that has been focused about the future of major planning and projects, like the Grand Sports Park and Grand Junction Park, and other economic development issues, candidates shared their plans to help guide the city out of the recession and to a stronger future.

Republican Russell Cameron

Republican (Incumbent) Mayor Andy Cook

Democrat: Kurt Maddox

Why should people want to live in Westfield? Our city has a rural, small-town feel with the benefits of first-class schools and close proximity to the state capital. With our parks, the quality of life is a draw for people of all ages. Our rich Quaker history gives us an identity of social equality, integrity, and simplicity. With these concepts as our guide, further development should follow a steady pace with the citizens included in the plan for our future. Westfield is a community which blends the old with the new, with optimistic citizens ready to improve our surroundings Cameron and our local government. At this juncture, we have the opportunity to create a more desirable city by including a greater number of citizens in the process of developing the place we call home.

Why should people want to live in Westfield? A increasing quality of life in the center of the Midwest and the number one county in all of America in which to raise a family. Our assets are increasing such a trails, parks, an emerging downtown, events, the Grand Sports Park and the quality and reputation of our schools. Nearly every week I hear from young parents who have located here Cook because of the above. On an increasing frequency I hear from grandparents who move here because their children and grandchildren are here and they too have heard of Westfield.

Why should people want to live in Westfield? I think people should want to live in Westfield because it is a growing community but still has the small town charm. I grew up here and the people have not changed in attitude and it is the same people I grew up with.

It needs some work but what city doesn’t. The schools are top Maddox notch and there is plenty to do in this great town. I bragged about this town while I was in the Navy and actually got a few people to visit here and they loved the atmosphere. They thought I was from a small town with nothing to do but they admitted they were wrong. Westfield will always be my home no matter what happens in my life.

How do you characterize yourself as a leader? I am a fiscal conservative with a record of sound financial decisions in my businesses and my personal life. I am a strategic planner and believe the leader of a city should gain a majority of support for large initiatives using public debt. It is the responsibility of a mayor to serve the people with inclusive, open leadership without top-down ultimatums. Good morale is the result of accountability and fair compensation at all levels using a merit-based-system. Differences of opinion, debated respectfully, result in better outcomes. I am a problemsolver and will include experienced citizens waiting to help. I am a hardworking optimist, and will choose what is ethical over legal maneuvering. I care about the quality of life for every person in our community.

What is the state of Westfield’s fiscal house? After reviewing the city budget for the last four years, I believe the doubling of our city tax rate is the result of overspending by the current administration. A bridge to nowhere, land purchases outside of our city, and redevelopment on South Union are examples. Expenditures on large public projects without available financial assessments or engineering studies have left us with no money appropriated for proper road and drainage repair. The structural maintenance has been neglected. With the highest tax rate in Hamilton County, risky investments and so many TIF areas will only worsen our tax burden. Needed tax revenue will be used to pay interest and expenses on the bonds. We lack access to public information for future expenditures. We must lower taxes.

How do you plan to continue to encourage economic development in Westfield now that the economy is starting to recover? I will work with the community-planning and legal staff to update the ordinances for the comprehensive plan needed to protect Westfield’s future growth with regard to development and higher building standards. I will take a broad approach to budget cuts in order to reduce tax rates. We will establish a Local Government Academy to train civic-minded residents who want to be involved in Westfield planning and government. I will look for ways to reduce fees for businesses looking to build or relocate in our city.

We must create a viable plan for economic growth that does not put our taxpayers at risk. I will eliminate the conflicts-of-interest and inconsistency in our local government. We will become a stable, safe investment for current and future businesses.

What are your plans to guide Westfield through the US-31 reconstruction? The biggest concern related to the expansion of US-31 is business retention. It is unfortunate that the current administration did not have the foresight to reduce city taxes, minimize fees, and direct investment to infrastructure for access to existing businesses. Many businesses have already committed to leaving Westfield and taking their tax revenue with them. I must try to slow down this loss to our city, by making my top priority reducing taxes to give confidence to the business community. I plan to actively recruit businesses for other areas of the city to balance the loss in assessed value overall. For businesses around the construction zone, it is critical to use the city website to assist and inform these stakeholders. Signage will also be crucial.

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How do you characterize yourself as a leader? I am blessed with the ability to surround myself with great department heads, employees and very importantly, citizen volunteers. We set forth a vision for Westfield four years ago and have had the pleasure of so many in so many ways, participating in that quest. The volunteer participation on city boards and agencies, the Grand Junction Task Group, the Westfield Sports Commission and the Youth Assistance program has been overwhelming. We have much yet to accomplish.

What is the state of Westfield’s fiscal house? I am very proud of today’s fiscal situation. Since our administration began, the Rainy Day fund has grown from about $400,000 to over one million dollars. We have dropped health insurance premiums by 11 percent. Through the efforts of our city employees in cost saving, and avoidance we have saved over $9 million. Our city debt has dropped from $58 million to $56 million. Outside of Public Safety departments we today have 30 less employees than three years ago. All this while lowering tax bills for three years.

How do you plan to continue to encourage economic development in Westfield now that the economy is starting to recover? As the economy rebounds the opportunities for commercial economic growth will abound. Our proportion of commercial assessed valuation compared to residential valuation needs much improvement. Companies, however, will not just show up at our doorstep. Desirable companies want a reason to locate here: public amenities such as trails and a downtown, a sense of community, the US 31 freeway project and the desire to be near the Family Sports Capital of America: The Grand Park as it attracts the hotels, restaurants shopping, entertainment, offices, sports medicine and research, and senior living.

What are your plans to guide Westfield through the US-31 reconstruction? Westfield was the first city in Indiana that INDOT actually allowed to participate in the design engineering consultant selection process. As a result, the selected firm, R. W. Armstrong and INDOT have worked very well with Westfield as far as interchange locations and style, access road locations, early buying of land, scheduling and aesthetics of bridges and landscaping. The City meets with Armstrong and INDOT monthly to insure the project is kept on track. As the construction phase has now begun we will address traffic issues as a result of construction. The US 31 project is truly a gift to Westfield.

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How do you characterize yourself as a leader? I am a “lead by example” type of leader. If I give someone a task, I expect them to get done quickly, but get it done right. I was a leader in the Navy and my division officer trusted me with the divisions maintenance work. I showed my co-workers how to do it and then went on to the paperwork. They got done in record time because they wanted to impress me. They got it done right as well. I like to say I was born to lead.

What is the state of Westfield’s fiscal house?

From what I have researched, it is not going well. I am early in my studies but it seems like Mayor Cook is using the city’s money as his own personal trust fund.

He’s bonding this city into a deep, deep hole. He has also pushed business out of downtown. The only place in Westfield he cares about is the eastern and southern part of the city. Downtown has 10 or so empty commercial buildings. I would fix that if I were elected.

How do you plan to continue to encourage economic development in Westfield now that the economy is starting to recover? I would give new business coming to Westfield tax breaks, while giving establishments that have been in Westfield the same thing. I would try to cut taxes across the board for everyone. I would try to make Westfield a great place to start a business or raise a family. I would eliminate the extra fees that business has to pay if they want to do something else with the property they own. I would try my hardest to cut the budget without cutting jobs. I have been unemployed in this economy and I am living on 900 bucks a month so I know how to cut things with keeping the essentials in place.

What are your plans to guide Westfield through the US-31 reconstruction? I will work with the state on this project and make sure it goes as smoothly as possible. It affects my family because it would be built right next to the house they live in at the moment. I will make sure no jobs in Westfield are lost and if they are, I will not sleep until those workers get another job in Westfield.

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Current in Westfield Westfield Republican mayoral candidates Russell Cameron and incumbent Mayor Andy Cook met for a candidate debate last week at City Hall.

The debate, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, focused heavily on the economic growth and development in Westfield and the future of the Grand Junction, Grand Sports Park and downtown revitalization projects.

“There are a lot of issues that Westfield really needs to think about,” said Cameron in his opening statement. “I feel the community has been left off, and I want to make sure that I recapture ethical local government and give our community a voice again. That is No. 1 for me, and if we do that then really develop a sense of community and positive economic development.”

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“We started off four years ago doing what we had campaigned about, and that was managing our fiscal growth well. About a year into that arena, everything changed in the financial world and the financial crisis and recession hit – and unanticipated – and suddenly municipalities were looking at how to survive,” said Cook. “But through the great leadership we’ve been able to surround ourselves with, deputy mayor Bruce Hauk and good council members, we are in better financial condition than the city was three years ago.”

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DISPATCHES » Amnesty International tour – Learn about Invisible Children, Amnesty International’s program to bring awareness and an end to the use of children in the military conflict in Uganda. On April 21 Invisible Children is using Westfield High School as one of its stops on its American tour. A presentation will take place in our auditorium where there will be a screening of Invisible Children’s new movie, Tony, and a question/answer session with a Ugandan survivor and the Invisible Children team. Show times are 10:0511:15a.m. and 1:15-2:25 p.m. For reservations contact Dawn Knight: knightd@ wws.k12.in.us or call (317) 867-6889. » Chess tournament – On Saturday, April 30, the Westfield Washington Public Library will host a Chess Tournament. The tournament will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and anyone age 5 to 14 is eligible to participate. The tournament will run as a Swiss system with four rounds of 30 minutes per side. Ties may be decided by Blitz playoff.

Trophies will be awarded. The entrance fee is $12 if paid by April 25 ($16 after April 25), and check in time for entrants is 10:15 a.m.

Contact Children’s Services at 317-896-9391 for registration information. » Computer basics – Are you feeling left behind in trying to use today’s technology?

“Computers 101” is a computer class for beginners who want to learn the fundamentals of using a computer, such as using a mouse, keyboard, and basic Windows.

The class will be given at the Westfield Washington Public Library beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, and again on Thursday, April 28, at 3 p.m. Please contact Information/Reference Services at 896-9391 to register for these free classes. » School age stuff – Don’t miss out on the fun at School Age Stuff at the Westfield public library, the free program that offers something new every week. On Wednesday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m., the program will be “Flurry of Fairies,” and you don’t need to register -- just show up and have fun! » Egg hunt in the District – For a little pre-Easter fun and a different take on the traditional egg hunt head to the Arts and Design District for the District’s Easter Egg Hunt. Search for eggs decorated by artists in the area and when you’ve found each one, you’ll win a prize and be registered to win a gift basket. From now-April 23; Contest begins at Art Splash (111 W. Main St.) Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm.

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Co-op school could close without a new home

By Krista Bocko Current in Westfield Forty five families—including 60 kids in total—are counting on a Fishers-based cooperative preschool to be able to find a new home by this August.

Co-op preschools are ones run primarily by the parents of the students with some help from paid professionals. Because of this arrangement, tuition is cheaper than traditional preschools.

Founded in 1996, Fishers Pointe Cooperative Preschool, now in its third location, quickly outgrew its previous two. Based in Northeast Community Church (9959 East 126th St.) for the past five years, the school’s lease with the church is up in August. The school learned last winter that its lease would not be renewed because of the growing church’s plans to utilize the space differently, and parents have been searching ever since for a new, suitable space to house the school.

While it may seem that space should not be an issue in Hamilton County, that’s not proving to be the case in this situation.

“We can’t find the square footage that a quality program requires,” teacher Carla Bidwell said. “Enrollment is not a problem for us. Having dedicated, hard-working parents is not a problem. We have no problems with any of that. It’s just the space.”

There are a dozen cooperative preschools in the metropolitan Indianapolis area. Fishers Pointe is the only cooperative preschool in Hamilton County, having started here because “Hamilton County fit our demographics,” Bidwell, a founding member of the co-op, said.

The school follows the high standards of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and is a member as well of the Indiana Council for Preschool Cooperatives. These groups set the standards for minimum square footages per child, curDocterFlyer_2.ai 1 10/18/10 8:43 riculum and parental involvement.

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“We don’t want to step away from that high standard,” Bidwell said. “We’re finding that church buildings are small, or their educational areas are small.”

Lisa Switzer, co-president of the co-op since last May, has been searching diligently since for a new space with co-president Courtney Floyd.

“The ones who’ve wanted to welcome us in just don’t have the space, and if they do have the space, they already have a preschool of their own,” Switzer said.

The possibility of locations other than churches is being explored as well. “We have a commercial Realtor, it’s just—what can we afford?” Switzer said. They hope to stay in Fishers but are exploring the outskirts of Fishers, such as the south side of Noblesville or the east side of Carmel.

Office and warehouse spaces that have not been built out is generally out of the budget for the school, though its leaders are looking into getting pre-approved for a mortgage, should they find a suitable space to purchase.

“We’ve increased our fundraising and are trying to raise enough money [for those options],” Floyd said.

When it comes down to it, if the school can’t find a space, or finds a space to purchase and can’t afford a mortgage, they won’t be open in August.

“And we’re bound and determined not to see that happen,” Floyd said.

“We’ve worked too hard for that,” Switzer added.

The parents are optimistic they’ll have a new home. “Even though we don’t know what our address is going to be in the fall, parents are writing checks and enrolling their children,” Bidwell said.

For more information, read Krista Bocko’s column in today’s paper and visit www.fisherspointecoop.org.

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‘Text-speak’ is no laughing matter GRAMMAR GURU

By Brandie Bohney I recently had a lovely weekend with some dear friends I don’t see very often. During our visit, we had a conversation about speaking in text-message abbreviations.

I’ve written about my annoyance with text abbreviations before. While I admit that they have a purpose in texting, I’m not a fan of these abbreviations. And the conversation I had with my friends made me an even bigger opponent of text-speak.

One of my friends is a frequent user of text messaging (as many people are), and she’s also an amazing social worker who works with children in difficult (frequently awful) situations. In her line of work, knowing text-speak lingo is a crucial part of making connections with many of the kids she works with.

So why all this background? My friend speaks in text-speak sometimes. She speaks it out loud.

It’s become a habit from working with her clients. During our conversation, she even verbalized LOL as a word that sounded something like lull.

This disturbs me on a variety of levels.

I’m not worried about my friend. She’s a bright, successful, professional woman who knows when you should and should not use such language (her choice to use it around me is not suspect; she was trying to make me crazy). My concern is for people growing up with this type of strange version of communication. It’s OK to speak differently to your friends that you would your parents than you would your boss. It’s OK, that is, if you recognize the differences in acceptable forms of communication.

It’s important to remember that even if you speak to your friends in text-speak, some people are going to regard you as an imbecile for trying to communicate in such a way.

So here’s my recommendation for anyone who may be saying BRB instead of be right back: Pay close attention to what you say and to whom you say it. If you make a habit of saying BTW instead of by the way, not only are you actually doing more work by pronouncing more syllables in the abbreviation than in the words themselves, you may start saying it without consideration of the words. Do you really want to be in a job or admissions interview and accidentally say, “BTW, I also volunteer as tutor at the YMCA”?

The bottom line is this: As obnoxious and ridiculous as I (and many others) find the verbalization of text-speak, if you can keep it from becoming a habit regardless of situation, using it around others who do so as well is your choice. But just like swearing, if you do it too often, you’ll wind up saying something you shouldn’t say in front of someone who shouldn’t hear you say it.

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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Pastelist Pam Newell achieves notoriety

By Barbara E. Cohen Current in Westfield Pastel artist Pam Newell has made a name for herself locally in the last 25 years, showing her work at many central Indiana art fairs and exhibitions, as well as by teaching regularly at the Indianapolis Art Center. Now, her work is gaining a much wider audience.

“My work will be seen at several new exhibitions that will give me more visibility throughout the Midwest, including the Indiana Statehouse and in Chicago,” Newell said.

Her most prominent work this spring was the presentation of a commissioned pastel painting, “In the Heartland” (18” x 24”), to the State of Indiana at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace April 15. The Hoosier artists’ group asked Newell to create a painting to present at the VIP preview party, which took place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds last weekend.

The commission shows the extent to which peers in Indiana Artisan Marketplace recognize Newell’s contribution to the arts in Indiana, specifically her efforts to educate the public and other artists about the sometimes-overlooked artistry of pastels.

“Pastels are good for artists because you can start one and come back to it weeks later without any fuss, unlike an oil painting,” Newell

See Newell’s work for yourself this spring in the instructor’s exhibition at Community Night at the Indianapolis Art Center on May 11, at the Broad Ripple Art Fair on May 21-22, and at the invitational “Hoosier Masters Exhibition” at the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center in Zionsville, which is on display until June 4.

To try pastels yourself, join Newell and other students each Tuesday morning for an open studio at Renaissance Fine Art & Design in the Carmel Arts Newell & Design District, or sign up for an immersive weekend workshop on pastel paintexplained. “Also, pastel pigments are extremely ing April 30 and May 1 at the Indianapolis Art stable and the artist doesn’t need to work with Center, an intensive introduction that Newell any toxic solvents, which is a real health and says leaves most new pastel addicts wanting environmental benefit.” more.

A top-quality pastel painting will have what Further afield, Newell will be showing with Newell calls “clean” colors, meaning that the artthe Chicago Pastel Painters and Oil Painters of ist hasn’t muddied them, overworked them, or America later this year, as she branches out into mushed them down. The pigment should sit on new media as well as new markets. The good the surface, and a viewer should be able to see news for collectors is that she isn’t planning to the strokes. raise prices – yet.

“Artists can work in any style, from the most In a word, this is an ideal time for Hamilabstract to most realistic,” she said, “and a wellton County residents to admire – and collect done pastel will be luminous.”

–works by a local artist whose prices will no It’s that bright, light quality that aficionados doubt increase as national appreciation for her admire most, but pastel colors are also longtalent grows. lasting without the need for the discoloring varnishes used on oil paintings.

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Carmel student featured on upcoming ‘From the Top’

By Margaret Sutherlin Current in Westfield For Carmel student and bassoon player Tom English, having the opportunity to perform on a nationally recognized program is only part of the excitement surrounding his upcoming performance on NPR’s “From the Top.” Besides having the chance to meet “From the Top” host Christopher O’Riley and the artistic director of the Center for the Performing Arts, Michael Feinstein, English will be able to showcase one of the most technically difficult pieces for bassoon, and also have the chance to share the national stage with some particularly outstanding peers.

“I am really looking forward to listening to the other musicians,” English said. “It’s always exciting to hear what your peers are doing and performing.”

“From the Top” is a national radio program played on NPR stations that gives young musicians the opportunity to share their music and tell their story with others. The April 26 performance at the new Palladium is the first recording to be made in the new concert hall and will feature several young artists, including English and Matthew Liversedge, a cellist from Kentucky, Katherine Kapelsohn from Bloomfield, Ind. who plays the harp, and the Quartet Toujours (Heeyeon Chung, violin, Kaho Sugawara, violin, Eva Kennedy, viola, and Ruthie Cordray, cello, from Ohio).

English said he was introduced to the bassoon in middle school band, and stuck with the instrument through middle school and into high school because it was a unique and flexible instrument, whose mellow sound was different and

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“I’m a bit of a perfectionist,” he said. “I think one of the things that contributed to my success as a musician is the discipline that golf had taught me, and the work ethic really carried into my musical life.”

The performance next week will also be an important opportunity for English to perform one of the “showpieces” for the bassoon, Hummel’s Bassoon Concerto in F Major.

He admits there aren’t many showy pieces for the instrument, so the chance to perform the concerto he has been practicing since early last Fall is an important step for him in his musical life.

“I really have to think before I perform, about what the music is there for. I mean, yes it’s there for our enjoyment as musicians getting to perform it and for the audience to listen to it, but we have to interpret the music too, and show that interpretation to the audience and leave them with the emotional experience,” said English. “We have to identify what the great purpose of what that music is.”

“From the Top” seeks not only to give a stage to young artists, but also help educate them and send them into the community as kinds of arts ambassadors. After the performance, the students involved have a discussion and short training on being good stewards of the arts and helping to use the arts to connect with others in their community.

“From the Top” will be at the Carmel Palladium April 26.

For information about the production, visit www.fromthetop.org. To buy tickets to the concert, visit www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org

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‘Easter Parade’ “Easter Parade,” written

by Irving Berlin, is one of the most well recognized Easter songs, maybe next to “Here Comes Peter Cottontail” by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins in the 1950s. The music for “Easter Parade” was written originally as “Smile and Show Your Dimple” in 1917, but Berlin was not happy with the final product and made several edits to create “Easter Parade” years later, which debuted in the 1933 Broadway show “A Thousand Cheers.”

The song was also performed famously in “Holiday Inn” by Bing Crosby and in the 1948 film “Easter Parade” that starred Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

The 1948 film included several other hits by Berlin including “Happy Easter,” “It Only Happens When I Dance With You” and “Steppin’ Out With My Baby.”

The Great American Songbook collectively describes American composed music from roughly the 1920s-1950s and often includes Broadway, jazz and Tin-pan Alley, and what are called today “standards.”

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Chick and egg cupcakes

Ingredients • 1 vanilla cupcake, recipe follows • About 1/3 cup White Fluff Frosting, recipe follows • Green coconut grass, recipe follows • 6 small candied malt balls (2 yellow, 2 pink, 2 white) • 1 yellow chick peep • White Airhead candy Directions 1. Frost a cupcake with fluff frosting. Press a circle of coconut grass on top. Nestle the malted eggs on top of the grass. Gently press the peep onto the center of the grass. Cut the white Airhead into a 1/2 oval shape; trim one side so it has a cracked egg jagged edge. Place egg next to chick.

Vanilla cupcakes Ingredients • 2 2/3 cups sugar • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces • 2 large eggs • 2 large egg yolks • 2/3 cup milk • 2/3 cup water • 2 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract • 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour • 1 1/3 cups cake flour • 4 teaspoons baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon fine salt Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners. (To avoid cupcakes sticking if they overflow slightly, lightly spray the tops of the pans.) Put tins on a baking sheet. Set aside.

2. Process sugar and butter in a food processor until very creamy, scraping sides as needed, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs and yolks, one at a time, pulsing after each addition. Add the milk, water, and vanilla and process to blend.

3. Whisk both flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add the dry ingredients, in 3 batches to the wet, pulsing, and then scraping batter off the sides of the processor as needed after each addition. Process until the batter is very smooth and pourable like pancake batter, about 2 minutes.

4. Evenly pour the batter into the prepared cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full. Bake until the cakes are just firm and spring back when gently pressed, and the tops are golden, 18 to 25 minutes. Cool slightly in tin, and turn out of tin when cool enough to handle. Cool cupcakes completely on a rack before frosting.

Fluff frosting: Ingredients • 1/4 cup whole milk • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened • 5 cups confectioners’ sugar • 1/2 cup marshmallow fluff • Pinch fine salt Directions 1. Whisk the milk and vanilla extract together in

a small bowl. Slowly beat the butter and sugar, in another medium bowl, with an electric mixer until incorporated. Raise the speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 to 7 minutes.

(Occasionally turn the mixer off, and scrape the sides of the bowl down with a rubber spatula.)

Add the fluff and salt and reduce the speed to low. Add the milk and vanilla mixture, scrape the bowl down, and mix until fully incorporated.

Raise the mixer to high and beat briefly until fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Frost cupcake immediately.

Coconut Easter grass for cupcakes: Ingredients • 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut • 1 to 2 teaspoons liquid green food coloring • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon liquid yellow food coloring Directions 1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place a mesh rack on top, if available.

2. Put coconut in a shallow bowl. While tossing with a large spoon, add food coloring drop by drop until the desired color is reached. A little more green than yellow makes a pretty grass color. Add a few tablespoons water to moisten the mixture and help disperse the color evenly. If the color is too dark, add additional water, as needed, to dilute to the desired color. Drain the coconut in a sieve or strainer.

3. Spread the coconut in an even layer on the rack, or directly on the lined baking sheet. Place in the oven until dry, about 10 to 15 minutes. Use immediately, or store in covered container for up to 3 days.

Local Easter events Easter buffet The Mansion at Oak Hill in Carmel will present its annual Easter Day Buffet designed for the entire family on from 12:15 to 2:45 pm. The buffet will offer some favorite holiday dishes including, carved prime rib, baked honey ham, a sautéed chicken with a champagne cream sauce and seafood pasta.

The Easter Buffet always sells out, so make your reservation today. Cost is $27.50 for adults and $18.50 for children. Service Charge and Sales Tax are included. Reservations are necessary and can be made by calling The Mansion at 843-9850.

Egg hunt Wild Feather Farm claims it will hold the biggest Easter egg hunt around this Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. at the farm, 2109 State Road 38 East, Westfield. All ages are welcome. Admission is $5 per child. Kids can come see the farm’s horses, goats and chickens, too.

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The scoop: For more than 25 years Sahm’s in Fishers has been baking its own breads and desserts, making its own soups and sauces, and offering customers local produce.

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April 29 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: Sylvia McNair and The Four Freshman April 29 through May 1.

45 Monument Circle, Indianapolis www.indianapolissymphony.org She’s one of great operatic sopranos of the last quarter century, but Grammy winner Sylvia McNair can also bring the audiences at Feinstein’s and The Regency to their feet with her sultry interpretations of the American songbook. Formed at Butler University 61 years ago, The Four Freshmen are still the kings of vocal jazz after all these years.

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April 29 Beef and Boards: Annie Get Your Gun Through May 8, Showtimes vary Beef & Boards 9301 N. Michigan Rd. Indianapolis Tickets: (317) 872-9664 or www.beefandboards. com. Join Annie Oakley and Frank Bulter as they compete for the top spot in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

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Phoenix Theatre: This Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Avenue, Indianapolis Productions are Thursdays through Sundays, now through April 24.

Tickets range from $15 to $25 www.phoenixtheatre.org Jane is not okay. She’s a promising poet without a muse, a single mother without lessons to pass along and a great catch without romantic possibilities. This bright, witty, un-romantic comedy captures the uncertain steps of a circle of friends backing their way into middle age. “This” is a very funny drama about how we experience and cope with love, hurt and loss.

LIVE MUSIC Mickey’s Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian Street.

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Friday – 10 Days Pending Saturday – Chris Stone Band Mo’s Irish Pub, 13193 Levinson Lane in the Hamilton Town Center, Noblesville. For more

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Actors Theatre of Indiana: Chicago The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts Friday, April 29 – May 22 Tickets available by phone at 317-8433800 or online at actorstheatreofindiana.org/.

A universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show stopping song after another; and immortal staging

by Bob Fosse, no wonder the show has wowed audiences all around the world. Join Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and the rest of the “Merry Murderesses” as they vie for the spotlight and the headlines during that era known as the roaring twenties.

May 7 Carmel Symphony Orchestra: The Dream of America The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Drive, Carmel May 7, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets begin at $15 and are available at www. carmelsymphony.org or by calling 843-3800 or toll-free at 877-909-2787.

Join conductor David Bowden as he leads the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for “The Dream of America” with vocal soloist Kate Hamilton.

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» Fashion show – Passion for Fashion Show & Benefit will take place tonight at Chateau Bijou, located in the Historic Model Mill Building, at 8th and Mulberry Street, downtown Noblesville. A light reception will begin at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 each and all proceeds will benefit Hello Gorgeous.

If quality light fixtures throughout the home are not in the COMMENTARY budget, splurge on the foyer and dining room fixtures. This will

By Vicky Earley “Designer secrets” are the simply the principles most decorators elevate the less expensive fixtures in the rest of the home.

Always select fabrics before paint colors. There is a limited and designers pull from. Most have been learned from experinumber of fabrics you will love, and you can always find a paint ence, observation, or having made a mistake! Remember, these color to coordinate. are secrets that designers hold near and dear. And remember, you Look at your sample paint didn’t hear them from me! color in the day, in the night, on a Homeowners tend to go for quantity, not quality, when it comes Look at your sample paint color in the day, in cloudy day and a sunny day. You to decorating, to just get it done. the night, on a cloudy day and a sunny day. You want to see how it reacts to light.

A wall that looks like a soft green Instead, if budget concerns are want to see how it reacts to light. A wall that in the morning can look sage in primary, purchase just one or two looks like a soft green in the morning can look the afternoon light and gray at great pieces every year. In five years, a home is complete with quality sage in the afternoon light and gray at night. night.

Try placing furniture at an anpieces rather than rooms full of stuff gle to break the box-like nature of that is not liked or wanted. a room. This includes chairs, beds, sofas and dining-room tables.

Accessorize in “threes” and consider how the pieces play off Add a small glass-top “tuck” table to your furnishings. This is a each other. Use one fabulous (and probably expensive) fabric in every room – this elevates the common fabric (less expensive) and petite table that can be moved as needed to accommodate changing needs for lighting and serving. makes the entire room far more important.

Window treatments don’t have to rob a room of the view. The Go ahead and use wool rugs in areas subject to occasional treatment can begin just inches away from the molding. This moisture. Wool has a natural water repellant in lanolin. makes the window look far bigger without diminishing the natuStart small when tackling a large design job. The victory of a ral light. small job done well will catapult the rest of the project.

Try big art in a small powder room for drama.

If art over a mantle is too small in scale, tape off the area that would be the appropriate size and paint it a contrasting color.

When the art is replaced, the color block will become a part of Vicky Earley is the principal designer for Artichoke the art, thus creating a larger focal point.

Designs in downtown Carmel. If you have an interior Treat the foyer as a special room. It is the area that introduces design question, please contact artichokedesigns@aol. guests to the personality of the entire home. Paint the guest closet com. a color for a truly custom look.

» Update your jewelry – If you need a quick, personalized update for your accessories, look to JewelMint, an online personal shopping experience created by actress Kate Bosworth and stylist Cher Coulter. JewelMint offers a style quiz when you sign up and uses the answers to suggest specific pieces that match your style and taste. The unique, modern designs are available to members for around $30 a piece. Visit www. jewelmint.com to learn more. » Skirt for every figure – For a versatile skirt that suites every figure and comes in a variety of colors look to TopShop’s paperbag waist skirt. The a-line silhouette is a flattering shape and gives definition to the waist. The lightweight fabric in bright colors and neutrals will easily take it from work to after-hours and will be a great transitional spring to summer, summer to fall option for your wardrobe. To buy: www. topshop.com.

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Sophisticated 70’s In recent years we’ve worn the best of the 20’s and 30’s, seen the rebirth and fading of an 80’s comeback, and we’re just about to do it all again. But this time, its the 1970’s that are due for a reinterpretation. Some key 70’s styles are back and better than ever!

These tried but true styles are a great way to update your wardrobe for spring. Accessorize with a floppy felt hat, vintage exotic jewels or a pair of super-high platforms to create this look. You can also opt for high-waisted, wide legged pants or a blouse with billowy sleeves or a ruffled neck to channel this era.

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Basement remodel: Blending a play area with a ‘man cave’ COMMENTARY

By Larry Greene ORIGINAL BASEMENT: This home, located in the Preserve at Eagle Creek, was built in 2006 as a builder’s spec home and left with a completely unfinished basement. The Preserve at Eagle Creek is a beautiful, upscale residential community located in the far northwest corner of Marion County, just a few miles south of Zionsville.

MOTIVATION FOR REMODELING: The homeowner moved to Indiana because of a job relocation and realized their new spec home was built with builder-grade materials. According to the homeowner, “The homes tend to look a lot alike after awhile. You feel like you’re looking for something to differentiate your home.” As soon as the family finally found a 4,500-squarefoot home they liked, they found out they were expecting twins! They realized it was time to finish their current unfinished basement, as they would definitely need the extra space.

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The homeowner relied heavily on using 3D modeling to help them visualize the various design schemes that were presented.

FINAL RESULTS: The homeowner said, “We just couldn’t have been more pleased with our design choices and how our house has been transformed into a wonderful home for our recently expanded family.” Highlights include wide-plank prefinished hand-scraped engineered hardwood flooring throughout the basement and a custom designed wet bar. The bar features a glass tile backsplash, shaker style maple cabinets and brushed nickel cabinet pulls. The

After billiard/gaming area features built-in base cabinets with a granite countertop and adjustable shelving to display items. Finally, an in-ceiling projector system was installed along with a large screen for TV and movie viewing.

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Tackling thistle GARDENING

By Holly Lindzy April showers bring May … weeds. The sad fact is if you garden, you grow weeds. No escaping it.

And some of them are particularly obstinate, even to point of injury to the gardener.

Case and point: prickly and ugly old Canadian thistle. My fingers hurt just thinking of it.

Canadian thistle is a coolseason perennial that gets a jump on its growth early in the season, flowering by mid-June.

The root system of the plant is extensive, with many underground roots forming buds just waiting to make more plants. So, the bad thing is, when you pull thistle, the plant responds by sending two more up wherever the root was snapped. And it WILL snap – you will NOT get the whole root. Trust me.

So the only way to combat this stubborn, prickly garden aggressor is to be extremely persistent with herbicide. Using a non-selective herbicide such as Round Up works well if applied during the right temperatures (according to directions) and quite relentlessly. However,

one sneaky trick is to buy the concentrated mixture and mix it double what the directions say. Call me a weed thug.

But for those of us who take pride in keeping an organic garden, plain white vinegar works well also. It’s cheap and nontoxic, but you have to be just as persistent. Any household spray bottle of it will do the trick. Keep it around to spray on all your garden weeds.

Then go wash your windows with it.

So, when my readers come to me and complain about those thistles – “I just keep pulling them and it seems like I just get more” – I take great joy in explaining to them the reason behind that and revel in the relief I give them to resolve the issue. For I, like you, have tussled with the enemy … and have the scars to prove it.

Holly Lindzy is an Indiana accredited horticulturalist and advanced master gardener residing in Noblesville.

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DISPATCHES » St.V one of best – St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, St.Vincent Carmel Hospital, St.Vincent Medical Center Northeast, and the St.Vincent Mobile Screening Van have each been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program. Only 11 other Breast Centers of Excellence locations throughout the country earned this recognition, which represents a commitment to providing the highest level of quality breast health care. » Fix your breath – Bad breath? Stir a packet of salt into a cup of warm water and swish it around your mouth for about 30 seconds.

“Odor-causing bacteria feed on an acidic environment,” Eric Shapira, D.D.S., told Men’s Health. “The salt solution helps neutralize the acidity by raising the pH level.”

-www.menshealth.com » Women’s retreat – Join the Riverview Hospital Foundation in Montego Bay, Jamaica to relax, share, laugh and lift one another’s spirits during its eighth annual Women’s Retreat, Sept. 28 though Oct. 2. Proceeds will benefit the Riverview Hospital Foundation’s

Women’s Endowment Fund focusing on enhancing women’s programs and technology at Riverview Hospital for years to come. For more information, visit www.riverviewhospitalfoundation.org or call Bottom Line Travel Solutions at 536-5592. » Dangerous side effects – Side effects from medication now kill more than 100,000 Americans every year and harm millions more. But prescription drugs are only half the story. For example, gingko biloba is said to increase mental sharpness, but if linked with aspirin it can lead to internal bleeding. Also, mood-boosting herb St. John’s Wort is taken by millions, but if taken with antidepressants, it can lead to delirium.

-www.bottomlinesecrets.com » Scans may predict Alzheimer’s – Brain scans may help identify which individuals with a mild decline in their mental abilities will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. Researchers used MRIs to evaluate patients with mild cognitive impairment and, when comparing scans made 12 months apart, were able to identify a high-risk group – patients who had a 69 percent chance of developing Alzheimer’s in the next year.

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Walk away from foot pain COMMENTARY

By Dr. Angela LaSalle “Doc, my toe hurts.”

“Hmm” I thought. Seemingly simple complaint, however the list of possible causes was vast. But the piece that solved the puzzle was the patient’s shoes. Looking at the bottom of the soles, the outside of the heel was worn down along with the inside edge up by the toes. Diagnosis: overpronation, or striking the ground with the outside edge of the heel and rolling through the foot onto the big toe.

Though it is a common problem in runners, we can over pronate even with walking, leading to an alteration in the balance of strength in the muscles and wear and tear on the great toe and knee. Supination (the opposite of pronation) also can cause pain syndromes. If severe enough, even the quadriceps of the thigh can be strained, or the gluteal and lower back muscles can be affected. In fact, any muscle group that is weak or tight causes other muscles to compensate and can lead to the development of trigger points or abnormal wear and tear on a joint. The end result: pain.

A decrease in ankle flexion and weakness of the anterior tibialis muscle that runs down the front of the shin may be contributing factors.

Targeted exercises to strengthen this muscle and stretches for the back of the calf may help. Shoe choice can play a critical role, and there are running and walking shoes designed to help stabilize the foot and ankle.

Stretching, paying attention to posture and using good form all help to prevent compensation strains. Wearing appropriate shoes for the activity and using good form in running, exercise and sports activities help.

Don’t underestimate that a supportive tie-up shoe that supports the arch and mid foot with a wide toe box can go a long way to keep our stride comfortable. If you’re having foot pain, checking your stride with your doctor can get you back on the walking trail.

Stretching, paying attention to posture and using good form all help to prevent compensation strains.

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

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DISPATCHES » Trade in your gift card – TowerGroup estimates that consumers left $2.5 billion worth of gift card value on the table in 2010, but a number of sites allow owners of unwanted gift cards to sell them for cash.

Shop around, though. Some sites may offer the most money for a Walmart card, for example, but will offer less than its competitors for other stores.

- Consumer Reports » Economic breakfast – The Hamilton County Alliance will present “An Economic Forecast Breakfast” featuring guest speaker James Paulsen, chief investment strategist with Wells Capital Management, April 26, 7:30 a.m. at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.

Cost is $18 for online preregistration, $25 at the door, and corporate tables of eight are $200. Visit www.westfield-chamber.org or e-mail csiotto@hcalliance.com for more information. » Stock tip: PotashCorp – PotashCorp (POT) is cashing in on demand for agricultural harvests. Yes, fertilizer is big business in this global landscape where rapidly emerging markets have the means to eat a little bet-

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ter than they used to. Potash earned $2.04 a share last year. Analysts see net income of $3.73 next year. An 83 percent bottom-line spurt in two years is pretty impressive for a stock trading at a forward multiple in the teens.

-www.fool.com » Financial forum – The Noblesville Chamber of Commerce economic development committee will present a Financial Resources Forum for Business on May 4, 7:30 to 10 a.m. The event will take place in the Krieg DeVault Conference Room at Riverview Hospital. There is no charge for this event; however, registration is required by contacting the Noblesville Chamber office at info@ noblesvillechamber.com. » Résumé redo – Lots of older job seekers are hamstrung by outmoded rules requiring résumés to fit on one page and crunch down their recent – and most relevant – experience until it says nothing. The fix: Expanding your résumé to two or three pages is perfectly acceptable for someone in his 40s or 50s. Devote half a page to your most recent job and bullet out action-oriented highlights, making sure to include quantifiable achievements.

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A floral and event design boutique serving Hamilton County and Indianapolis just opened its first storefront in historic downtown Noblesville.

Before moving to its retail location at 835 Conner Street, the independently owned company had been operating through its website, www.myfairflora.com, and owner Suzy Leighty’s personal studio before eventually needing more room.

My Fair Flora offers flower arrangements for any event or occasion, from weddings to “just because.”

“Pretty much everything we do is custom,” Leighty said. “People tell us what they like and who they’re getting it for, and we try to create something specifically for that person.”

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Watching TV is tough work these days COMMENTARY

By Dick Wolfsie Nowadays, all you get on television is sex, violence and car crashes – and that’s just the local news. It’s tough to get good ratings covering politics or petty theft. Unless, of course, you can snag a big star like Lindsay Lohan to shoplift her way through a Simon Mall during your 6 p.m. broadcast.

I had hundreds of viewing choices this past Monday night when I was searching for some mindless entertainment. One choice on Showtime was a miniseries titled “The Borgias,� about a family in 15th-century Rome. It’s like the Corleones in the “Godfather,� only the Borgias plot to become cardinals and popes instead of mobsters. Many of the reviewers have compared these two families who lived almost 400 years apart, and there were a few close-ups in the previews where some of the pasta dishes looked very similar.

I ended up watching the two-hour pilot for a new series, “The Killing,� on AMC. I knew I would regret this because it’s a 13-parter and anything with more than two or three parts has always frustrated me. “The Killing� is a classic whodunit, based on the Swedish model of crime drama. That genre, noted one critic, is where the mystery writer “allocates domestic and professional angst to subsidiary characters.� I have no idea what that means, but it already sounds to me like the maid did it.

I made the horrible mistake of going to some of the blogs where people have started guessing who the killer is. Fans were speculating on the meaning of the cigarette butt, the expired credit card, the victim’s boots, the father’s day job and the cop’s tattoo. I must have missed these clues, maybe because I was doing laundry, taking a nap, talking on my cell phone and doing a Sudoku puzzle.

It’s no longer enough to simply enjoy a TV show; you have to be interactively involved. On the AMC Web site you can download a photo of the victim’s room. You then click on any object to magnify it, so you can see if it might be a clue to the murder. I started nosing around this deceased girl’s bedroom, placing my cursor on her desk, her stuffed animals, her pillow, even on her diary. I felt so creepy at one point I started to wonder where I was the night of April 3.

I still have about 11 weeks to go to see who the culprit is in “The Killing.â€? I’m not sure I have the patience, so I may switch to “The Borgiasâ€? instead, since I already know who the evil ones are. Next week’s show, promises the promo, will be “wicked, witty, and compelling ‌ filled with violence, lust and intrigue.â€? That’s an offer I can’t refuse.

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist, and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Air travelers are the problem HUMOR

By Mike Redmond As one who does a fair bit of flying I believe I have identified the biggest problem in modern air travel: Modern air travelers.

Not you and me, of course. We are polite, thoughtful, considerate passengers who go out of our way to make a trip pleasant. No, I’m talking about the other 99 percent, the boorish slobs who seem to have nothing better to do than ride around on airplanes being obnoxious and making air travel such a pain that you just want to tell the pilot to set it down anywhere, you’ll walk the rest of the way.

Maybe you can tell I just got off a plane before writing this.

The biggest problem on my latest flight wasn’t the people as much as it was their belongings, as in carry-on luggage.

To illustrate, I give you Dude (that was the only name his traveling companions seemed to call him) who rode with me on a flight from Philadelphia. Dude, dressed in the standard young person’s traveling uniform of ratty t-shirt, cargo shorts and flip-flops, was one of the last on the plane, moving slow, and toting a piece of “carry-on” luggage the size of a console television.

Dude came down the aisle with the bag on his back looking for an overhead compartment.

Fat chance. These days, every seat on every plane is occupied. Always. And since everyone

brings carry-on luggage, the overheads are always jammed with suitcases, briefcases, shopping bags, duffels, knapsacks and children under 40 lbs.

So Dude set about reshuffling everyone’s carry-ons, moving them from compartment to compartment until nobody knew where his or her bag was and he finally had enough room to stow his steamer trunk. Then he set off in search of his seat, which happened to be about 13 rows forward.

You know where this is going: The plane landed and rather than wait, Dude did the old salmon-against-the-tide routine, fighting the deplaning traffic to go to the rear of the plane for his bag.

People were furious. I thought one old lady with a cane was going to make a base hit out of him. Dude, of course, was oblivious, which is probably the way he goes through life.

Look, air travel is tough enough already. The airlines treat us like annoyances at best – how dare we clog up their nice, empty plane and then demand to be taken to the place on our ticket at the published time? TSA treats us like criminals. How do we respond? We confirm their judgments with our behavior.

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

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DISPATCHES » Reduced adoption fees – The Humane Society for Hamilton County has, for the month of April, reduced its adoption fees for all animals ages 5 and older to $50. The HSHC reduced the price to help find homes for the increasing number of older pets that have recently been surrendered to the shelter for various reasons. To learn more, visit www.hamiltonhumane.com. » Spotting ear mites in cats – Ear mites are a common affliction for household cats and are very infectious. No breed of cat is more susceptible to ear mites than others. Take notice if your cat has very itchy ears. You’ll also see, as the condition becomes more severe, large amounts of black, fungal-like discharge in the ear. If left untreated long enough, ear mites may cause a secondary infection, such as a bacterial infection. Cats may develop an abscess in the ear, and in the worst case scenario, it can actually break through to the brain and cause meningitis. Those cases are very rare, though.

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Behavior modification for itchy dogs CANINES

By John Mikesell Five things to do when your dog chews, licks or scratches: 1. Bring your dog to the veterinarian for a checkup. Nothing you do to address the dog’s behavior will be of much use if your dog itches as a result of environmental allergies or some other medical condition. If you treat the medical condition, the licking and chewing may stop. If not, it has also become a behavioral issue.

2. Identify your dog’s stressors. The behavioral cause of self-licking and chewing is stress.

The stress from a medical condition may persist even after treatment, and learned licking/chewing behavior may persist even after medical stress is gone. Refer to the last column on stress for more ideas. Many other stressors can also cause licking and chewing, especially in dogs that are genetically predisposed to compulsive oral behaviors. Large breeds such as the Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, German shepherd, Labrador retriever, golden retriever, and Irish setter are most commonly affected.

3. Remove stressors from your dog’s life.

There are several strategies you can use to remove stressors from you dog’s list: Get rid of it. Throw away the shock collar – in fact, avoid using aversive as much as possible.

Treat medical conditions: Alleviate with chronic-pain medications, provide dental care and address anything else that might be physically troubling your dog. Live with it. We all live with some stress. Identify the most minimal stressors, and just let them be.

4. Increase your dog’s exercise. Aerobic exercise not only burns energy your dog would

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Ritchie is a two-year-old male white with black spots Dalmatian/ Lab/Terrier mix. Ritchie is an energetic, fun-loving and playful boy. He enjoys playing with toys and romping around the yard, so he would love a home with a fenced in yard where he can run and play safely. Ritchie hasn’t had the opportunity to go through a formal training program, but he has learned a few basic commands and proven to be very intelligent during his stay at the humane society, so he will likely graduate at the top of his class when his new family takes him to obedience school. use to fret (and lick), but also causes the release of feel-good endorphins that help alleviate stress. Mental exercise – shaping, interactive toys – can also help.

5. Use stress-reduction products. There are many good products on the market that purport to alleviate stress. These include “Through a Dog’s Ear,” calming classical music selected and clinically tested to reduce a dog’s heart rate.

Another thing to try is the comfort zone / dog appeasing pheromone (DAP), which is a synthetic substance that supposedly mimics the pheromones emitted by a mother dog while she is nursing puppies, with the biological effect of calming the puppies.

Kali is a seven-year-old female black DLH. Kali is a very loving and sweet natured girl who is good with other cats. She arrived with her brother, Shadow and they are very bonded so they would love to be adopted together. Kali and Shadow both adore humans of all ages and they thrive on attention and want nothing more than to be a lap cat. They have been at the shelter for almost five months and they are hoping a loving family will decide to keep them together and are even willing to share the same cat bed.

For more information on these and other animals at the Humane Society, call 317-773-4974

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Guitar Lessons With Baker Scott

Beginners thru Advanced All styles Electric-Acoustic-Bass Private Lessons Parent-Child Lessons near Carey Road & 146 Carmel 317-

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Happy Pets In-Home Pet Care

A less stressful and economical alternative to boarding with loving care for your pets in the comfort of your home.

Experience in Exotics.

Insured/Bonded Member of Pet Sitters Associates LLC happypetsitter@gmail.com 317-645-6043 References available

FREE MOWING! For one week with weekly mowing for entire season Call Jonathan Walla 2010 IU Business Grad Professional Business for 7 years Most Lawns $30-35 Includes MOWING, EDGING, TRIMMING 698-5480 for FREE ESTIMATE

Team Witsken Tennis

Spring Program: April 18 - May 26 Summer Program: June 6 - August 5 Lessons priced as low as $6/hour

Locations:Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Northwest Indy,

www.teamwitsken.com info@teamwitsken.com 317-848-2023

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counseling, clinical psychology, or social work. Individuals must hold a valid State of Indiana LMHC, LMFT, or LCSW. Experience in counseling adolescents and families is preferred. Responsibilities include facilitation of residents’ treatment plan, case management, and individual family and group counseling. In addition, the counselor will assist in program development, implementation, and crises management Competitive Benefits package includes: Medical, Dental, and Liability insurance, re-licensing assistance, Long-term Disability Insurance, 403 (b) Retirement Plan, and 24 Paid Days Off per year. If interested, please submit vita/resume, current graduate transcript application, and 3 letters of reference by Friday, April 29th to: Youth Opportunity Center, Inc. Office of Human Resources 3800 West Kilgore Ave. Muncie, IN 47304.

EOE Feel free to access our website at www.yocinc.org to download an application or to view more information about this position.

Carmel Clay School Corporation

is now training School Bus Drivers for the 2011-2012 School Year Summer Paid Training Program to obtain Class B, CDL Starting at $87 day after successful completion of training Paid Bi-weekly Available to earn attendance bonus Apply on-line to www.ccs.k12.in.us, AA/EOE

NOW HIRING

Carmel Electrical company needs experienced electrician. Neat appearance, hard worker.

Dependable transportation.

Pay based on experience.

Email resume to robynrickel@rocketmail.com attn: office manager.

Image Epoxy Flooring

Now hiring

For Garages Over 15 colors to choose Install in 1 or 2 days Tough & Durable Free Shop at Home 317-896-3588 imageflooring@aol.com

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F/T receptionists wanted for fast paced Doctor’s offices in Carmel & Castleton. Fax or e-mail resume to 317-815-7567 or Racheld@ lantereyecare.com

Now Hiring; All Positions!

Detour An American Grille 110 W Main St Carmel, IN apply online www.detourgrille.com Interviews at 12411 Old Meridian St.

Nanny For Hire

20 yr old college student looking for nanny position. Loves children and will work day, evenings, weekends.

References available upon request Please call 849-9746 for more information

DON’T RENT ANOTHER APARTMENT!

Single family homes w/appliances as low as $525/mo! Lease w/option to buy!

317-708-4404

CONDO FOR RENT:

Carmel Hunter’s Glen; Spacious condo for rent; $825 per month; 1 bedroom/ den; formal dining; gas firplace; second floor; 5 large windows with window coverings; covered parking; no pets; no smoking; 846-1452

REAL ESTATE DISTRESS SALE

Bank Foreclosures Hamilton Co. Free list of Foreclosure Properties. Receive a FREE daily list by e-mail; www.hamiltoncoforeclosures.com

7-line garage sale ad reaching 91,722 households in Carmel,

Child Caregivers Wanted Orchard Park Presbyterian Church Sunday mornings, 8:30 am-12:30 pm References and background check required: Minimum age: 25 years Phone 317-844-1107 x 18

Fishers, Noblesville and Westfield

There’s No Place Like Home Pet Sitting Company Providing Tender Loving Care from Carmel to Broad Ripple for over 20 years: Now hiring Part Time Pet Sitter.

Must Love Animals and be responsible Please leave message at (317) 466-8306

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For a greener, healthier lawn this summer, aerate this spring. 317-523-4309. www.yaerate.com

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The Youth Opportunity Center is seeking a full-time counselor with a Master’s Degree in

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