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Loosening our belts Founded Jan. 29, 2008, at Westfield, IN Vol. IV, No. 45 Copyright 2011. Current Publishing, LLC All Rights Reserved.

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Who doesn’t enjoy the holidays. . . a time for celebration and reflection, spending quality time with those we love, and boy oh boy the food! The moment has come when our calendars are beginning to be filled for the remainder of the year with parties, relating anywhere from our employers, neighbors, children’s schools, to our own families. Each of which will certainly come with an assortment of sweets and treats. Rather than just accept the fact that for the next 90 days, we walk around with our belts notched a bit looser than usual, please take time to consider the following easy steps to account for the seasonal bump in calories.

Some simple suggestions include, using the stairs as opposed to the elevator, enjoying a tall glass of water with your food so you feel full quicker and offering healthy food options if you are hosting the party.

Utilizing some of these simple steps can be the difference to keeping our weight steady, versus gaining that uncomfortable “holiday pounds.”

And don’t forget that just being mindful of what we are eating can go a long way as well. Best of luck and Happy Holidays!

Poverty in our county

It is our position that the holidays can be a tough time on the less fortunate. Everyone needs a helping hand everyone once in a while, thus, we believe that if you, or someone you know who fits the criteria then you should take advantage of the service provided.

Township assistance, or temporary assistance, is a unique service provided by the Clay Township Trustee’s office. The program is available for anyone who lives between 96th street to the south, 146th to the north, White River to the east and the Hamilton/Boone County line to the west.

The assistance helps pay for things such as rent, utilities, prescriptions, medical, school books and supplies, food, fuel, transportation and moving expenses as well as other things.

Those in need of assistance can call the Clay Township Trustees office at 846-2773 or walk into their office, which is located at 10701 N. College Ave. For more information, visit www.claytwp.org. There, you can get the application needed to begin the process of receiving assistance.

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

Article. I. Section. 2. Clause 4: When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

Clause 5: The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

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Clause 2: Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. (See Note 4)

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Finding thankfulness

FROM THE BACKSHOP Sheriff giving major thanks these days We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and extended weekend, but we’re guessing not very many were as thoroughly thankful as Hamilton County Sheriff Mark Bowen, who the week before had a “just in time” heart procedure. It saved his life. Bowen, a slim-and-trim avid runner and fitness enthusiast, unknowingly was battling heredity. He is successfully and quickly recovering, and he said he will be cleared to resume running in the very near future. “I’m lucky,” he told us. We’ll take it!

••• This is disgusting, disheartening and downright inhumane. There’s an overflow of pets at the Hamilton County Humane Society.

That’s not the real headline, though. Consider this: Capacity is overflowing, because selfish humans that went over the river and through the woods last week, decided to dump their pets on the shelter instead of being responsible pet owners and arranging for their care at a kennel or by a family member, friend or neighbor. Rebecca Stevens, the humane society’s executive director, and her staff actually held the shelter’s first-ever Black Friday sale with drastically reduced adoption pricing in response to the overflow of pets. (The event began after our press time, but we hope it was successful.) As for those former pet owners, we hope they take a good, long look in the

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg mirror. It. Just. Blows. Our. Minds!

••• Put down the leftovers and get into the spirit of the season! Westfield in Lights is Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on North Union Street. Downtown Westfield Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the City of Westfield, will bring the second-annual treelighting festival to life. Beginning in the late afternoon, North Union will be closed just North of Penn Street to just South of Catherine Street to accommodate foot traffic safety and carriage rides. Mayor Andy Cook will be judging the JoSheWe Gingerbread House Competition (open to the public at The Fern) and then conducting the annual treelighting at 7 with one of Westfield’s Olivia Carpenter, who will flip the switch. For more information, please visit www.dwna.org.

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from accountability but continued to allow Commentary circumstances to occur that would lead to more

By Terry Anker irresponsible “horse-play,” at best, and criminal Experience teaches that winning football depravity, at worst, on the part of central figures coaches are amongst the most unbeatable of to the institution. political adversaries. If they choose to run for Aside from reckoffice, they put together a plan, organize a qualiThe mantra – we will handle this lessly over-promising and fied, trained and loyal internally – leads to a culture of under-delivering on many of their commitments team and execute without secrecy and superiority. to students, parents and mercy. Likewise, there is others, universities have a an adage in politics that such a formidable personage is “unbeatable unless long history of believing themselves exempt from external review. The mantra – we will handle they are found in the company of a dead girl or this internally – leads to a culture of secrecy and a live boy.” While unmitigated in its crassness, superiority. The fervent belief that outsiders (that the saying sheds an interesting perspective on the appalling turn of events in Penn State University’s means all of us) couldn’t possibly understand the ivory tower breeds contempt for transparency. storied gridiron program and its much-honored Lynching Paterno may satisfy the mob but isn’t head coach, Joe Paterno, and his staff. a significant review of sustained institutional In thinking about this column, I read the 20corruption within these mega businesses what plus page grand jury report that finally brought media attention to a situation that seems to have is really needed? Perhaps better said – also needed. permeated the Penn State team for years. One can only hope that the issue here is not that Terry Anker is an associate editor Paterno and his merry band are all debauched of Current Publishing, LLC. pedophiles – in fact, it is highly unlikely it will You may e-mail him at terry@ be so simple. Yet the fact remains that this opcurrentincarmell.com. eration appears to have not only protected itself

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COMMENTARY

By Lindsay Eckert As the sun sinks into a tryptophan-induced sleep and Thanksgiving day comes to a close our Thanksgiving begins. Grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles flood the kitchen while cooking dinner, trying to snatch the first spoonful of my gran’s poetically-whisked mashed potatoes and my mom’s layered mac and cheese. By the time we sit down to enjoy the turkey, whether it’s injected with Cajun spices, fried or the latest turkey-cooking trend we have already snacked our way through dinner. So we put the food in the fridge and retire to football games, searching ads and overhearing competitive yells of grown men playing video games.

But, come 9 or 10 p.m. everyone snaps out of their Thanksgiving Day haze and the real Thanksgiving begins.

Mom makes her famous “concoction,” an accidental recipe she discovered when she was a teenager and didn’t know how to heat a turkey.

She throws some stuffing in a pan, pulls off pieces of turkey and mixes it together on a yeast roll.

The “concoction” is the fuel that ignites some major competitiveness during the annual Euchre tourney. Thanksgiving night is crucial for Euchre success. Our family tournament starts with pairing up with your partner and you’re stuck with that person for every euchre game until the grand finale on New Year’s Eve night.

My 80-year-old pap and 78-year-old gran are some serious contenders, who mean business,

they’re not afraid to throw some trash talk out or give a few sneaky winks to get them over the edge. My mom is the secret weapon, the one everyone steers clear from because her talk to play ratio is way more talk than paying attention to the cards. However, she and my cousin really did a number on the family two years in a row; her table chatter is her winning weapon.

My uncle was always the star of laughter, “The Allan Show” we would sit on the floor in pjs eating pie laughing about the stories of yesterday.

This year will be the first year without my uncle, he passed away unexpectedly in January and the exciting spirit that comes with preparing Thanksgiving has been substantially dimmed. It’s hard to find thankfulness on Thanksgiving when you’re looking at the empty seat where a great man once sat every year. I’m thankful I can hear the stories he told, I’m thankful I was able to smile back at him when his smile lit our lives.

Whether you’re celebrating new beginnings or honoring a type of ending find thankfulness in the moments you have. Take pictures in your mind and cherish the people around you. Find thankfulness this holiday season, even if it’s not in the way you expected to.

Lindsay Eckert is the managing editor of Current in Westfield.

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Hunting season, yay!

COMMENTARY

By Danielle Wilson ’Tis the season. Hunting season, that is. And like many women around this deer-filled state, I was abandoned last weekend by my darling husband to single-parent our kids while he gallivanted in the woods with his rifle and beef jerky.

Years ago, if you’d asked me how I felt about this annual ritual, I would have complained incessantly about the selfishness of men who ditch domestic responsibilities to go “play” with Bowie knives and tree stands. Then I would have martyred myself for the whole month of November while Doo relived his childhood dream of becoming Jeremiah Johnson. Finally, I would have held his hiatus over his head until I’d had equal amount of fun time.

But guess what? Now that my kids no longer wear diapers or take naps, I kind of like hunting season. In fact, I’ve been looking forward to it for a few weeks now. Wha-aaaat? Yeah, I know. It’s crazy.

But lately Doo and I have been getting on each other’s nerves on the weekends. He’s been swamped at work and so spends most of Saturday and Sunday either sitting at his desk or on the couch. When he isn’t cranking it out, he’s tuning-out with television or Angry Birds. All well and good, except that I’m a guilt-ridden working mom who feels like the only chance I have to clean the house and have fun with our

four children is on the weekends. Did I mention I’m also a control freak? So you can imagine the cuss-word cacophony inside my head when I see Doo − noise-reducing headphones on − “working” on something that looks very similar to a CarMax page while I’m trying to vacuum. And Doo, understandably, gets honked off by my obnoxious bossiness. He tells me to relax and “let things slide,” to enjoy my days off, but that, of course, only makes me more irritated.

Luckily, hunting season is here, providing us a much-needed break from each other. He gets to have manly man time with his NRA posse, and I get to rule the roost without interference from “Fun Parent.” And since my children can all sleep through the night and toast a waffle, I don’t feel abandoned anymore. The house stays clean, I get to hang out with the kids, and we arrive at church and soccer games on time. With Doo gone, there’s no Doo’s “To Do” list to not get done. Make sense?

So yes, ’tis the season for shooting Bambi, but it’s no longer the season for mommy bitterness.

Yay, hunting! Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist.

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

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Students bring warmth to community

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By Lindsay Eckert lindsay@youarecurrent.com Washington Woods Elementary has been the heart of donating to needy families for 10 years. The school’s annual clothing drive brings hundreds of clothes to the school and students fold and sort the clothes for Westfield families.

Brian Sawa, Washington Woods school counselor, said the clothing drive helped more than 150 people last year. Sawa said the students’ dedication for helping families is inspiring.

“They are so excited to help Fourth grade students Cristan Dodson and Brisa others by folding and sorting Martinez sort clothes at Washington Woods the clothes, it’s funny because elementary parents will mention they wish their kids were as enthusiastic to fold and sort “You help people by donating old clothes and clothes at home; but this is one of the ways they you can make a bunch of people happy, that can contribute and they like it,” Sawa said. feels good,” Teles said. “It’s good to let people Brisa Martinez, a Washington Woods fourth know other people care about them.” grade student said she likes the feeling of helpSawa said watching the students is a neat exing others. perience and builds a foundation for students to “It makes me happy and full of joyness,” Mar- understand the value of giving back. tinez said. “We are helping people so they don’t “It’s exciting to be able to involve students at have to stay cold and they can get clothes to stay an early age because they are more likely to help happy and warm.” in the future,” Sawa said. “It shows regardless of Arianna Teles, a Washington Woods fourth who you are or how old you are you can always grade student, said it’s important to give back. contribute.”

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Westfield in Lights serenades the sounds of the holidays

By Lindsay Eckert lindsay@youarecurrent.com Downtown Westfield will be lit up with holiday spirit Friday as the city celebrates its secondannual tree-lighting festival.

Although the tree is the main attraction, there will be many other festivities happening on North Union Street in the gathering area inaugurated by this summer’s Farmer’s Market.

The Downtown Westfield Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the City of Westfield, transplanted the hand-picked tree to its new, permanent location in Hadley Park, which DWNA President Anne Poynter said represents the “heart of the community.”

“We want to establish the Farmer’s Market and community garden area near City Hall as our community gathering spot,” Poynter said.

“Having grown to 30,000-plus residents, we need a large area for the community to get together, and this is a beautiful spot for it.”

Although tree-lighting festivities may unite communities during the holiday season, Poynter said the new City Tree, planted last month, will unite the community all year around, and its presence honors the city’s history.

“Planting a live tree in an area of celebration always carries symbolism of new growth and continuity,” Poynter said. “I think this tree will signify our unity as a community throughout the year. In the winter, it will symbolize our giving spirit and in the summer it will remind us of our growth and endurance as a city. Westfield’s roots are very deep, and I’m so proud of all the family legacies who still participate in helping us thrive as well as the new ‘transplants’ who have stepped up in making Westfield their hometown.”

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e tes kids into th Sant a’s elf invi eats tr r some swee t Sant a hous e fo Gingerbread houses competing for the winning title in last year’s Westfield in Lights will now have a permanent home at the center of Hadley Park, Union Street and Ind. 32, and it is designated as the City Tree for all Westfield future events. Now that the tree has a permanent home Poynter said the city is looking for an official sponsor to give the tree its permanent name.

“We decided that this year we wanted to put a permanent fixture into the downtown,” Poynter said. “We want to secure a sponsor for the tree, and the opportunity is still available.”

Wendy Vivirito, Westfield in Lights founding chair, said the event’s location is a true celebration of Westfield during the holidays.

“The evening is all about bringing the community together to celebrate the beginning of the holiday and sharing the spirit with our downtown merchants and restaurants,” Vivirito said.

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ley Park and the Girl Scout gingerbread house contest.

Westfield Mayor Andy Cook will be judging the JoSheWe Gingerbread House Competition, open to the public at The Fern, 135 N. Union St. “The Girl Scouts bring a sense of youth to the event, Westfield in Lights is all about bringing the community together to celebrate the holiday season and the girl scouts help represent that,” Vivirito said. “It also gives Girl Scouts and other youth the opportunity to know there’s more than just their troop or school.”

Poynter said the community will also be decorating the tree that will symbolize the heart of its character for the event.

“We have the community coming out to help us put up lights around the area and on the tree. The WHS Band Boosters will be selling large bows the night of our event for the community to place on the tree with special intentions,” Poynter said. “Anyone can decorate a tree with fancy lights and ornaments, but that’s not who we are as a community. We are very intimate in our intentions and everything we do strives to have meaning and roots attached.”

Vivirito said the personal touch of decorating is the core of the holidays.

“People can attach notes to their bows in honor of a loved one or something they are thankful for,” Vivirito said. “Giving people a chance to take part in decorating the tree is what Westfield in Lights represents, people coming together.”

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Schedule Tree lighting at 7 p.m. at Hadley Park Other festivities for Westfield in Lights will take place in downtown Westfield from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: • Historic carriage rides on North Union Street sponsored by Wittler Orthodontics, MaxIT and Duke Energy • Indoor winter market at Christ United Methodist Church with 34 craft vendors Westfield Friends living nativity in Hadley Park • Gingerbread house competition by the JoSheWe Girl Scouts at The Fern Mr. and Mrs. Claus at the Santa House with photos by the Westfield Rotary Club • Merchant Light Competition sponsored by the “Westfield in Bloom” committee Local nonprofit organization sponsored planters on Main Street and Ind. 32 Fire Pits sponsored by various community groups • Bows to decorate the City tree provided

by Westfield High School Band • Boy Scouts canned food drive • Amanda Strong drop off location • Carolers and dance performances by local ballet studios

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State of the city

By Lindsay Eckert lindsay@youarecurrent.com Mayor Andy Cook spoke to Westfield community residents during the State of the City last week at The Bridgewater Club. Although Cook touched on the major developments for the Grand Junction and Grand Park, he made it about the city employees.

The speech focused on the different departments within the city and the goals they reached during the past year.

“He wanted to address the city employees for all they’ve achieved this year,” City Spokeswoman Carrie Cason said. “The city employees are the ones making Grand Junction and Grand Park happen so he wanted to focus on them.”

Department Accomplishments in 2011. City of Westfield’s government agencies have earned grants, developed new technology and improved communication with the city. The agencies’ achievements are listed below: Westfield Fire Dept. The department won a $1.4 million SAFER grant. The department recently opened the new station, 83. Construction has begun on the public safety training facility.

Communication Dept. Communications employees added two Facebook and Twitter accounts and a new website to expand the way the city communicates with its residents. The department created a new monthly newsletter to all residents and created a new logo for the city.

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implemented 1,000 more traffic stops in 2011 than in 2010. Accidents in Westfield have decreased 15 percent since 2009. The department established a new initiative to get officers into the community, resulting in1,386 foot patrols and 134 bike patrols Westfield Parks and Recreation Dept. The new Midland Trace trail was built. The trail runs from Union to Carey Street. The Monon was extended from161st Street to Quaker Park. The department completed the reconstruction of Old Friends Cemetery Park.

Informatics Dept. The department introduced the city’s first flex map. Informatics implemented a GPS grid system using mile markers for trails for police to locate the person quickly and accurately to improve public safety.

Public Works Dept. The department constructed and opened Cool Creek Park Road and the new roundabout at 151st Street in a ribbon cutting ceremony last month. The department earned grants to construct roundabouts at 156 Street and Springmill Road and 161st Street and Oak Ridge Road.IRWA voted the public works department as the best tasting water for the second consecutive year.

Clerk treasurer’s office. The office implemented a paperless financial system to maintain finances more efficiently. They also developed a P-card system to precisely track spending throughout government departments.

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Parks and Recreation gets ready for sledding season

By Lindsay Eckert lindsay@youarecurrent.com Get your snow clothes ready. Westfield Parks and Recreation Dept. has created a new sledding hill for the snowy season.

“The Hill” will be the center attraction at Simon Moon Park when Mother Nature leaves hermark on Westfield.

The sledding hill will open for the first time this year after the first accumulative snow fall.

Although the sledding hill will make its slick debut this year, the parks department has been working on the hill far for some time.

The parks department planted approximately 475 trees that will be used to designate sledding paths and ensure safety while sledding at Simon Moon Park.

Although “The Hill” will keep kids sledding all winter, the fun won’t stop when the last snow hits.

According to the parks department “The Hill” should bring fun all year long.

“It will also be good for picnics in the spring and summer or just good old rolling down the hill,” Stephanie Fix, a parks and recreation employee, said.

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WHS business teacher awarded IBEA Emerging Professional Award editorial@youarecurrent.com Lindsay Forrest, a Westfield High School business teacher, was awarded the Indiana Emerging Professional Award for Business Educators by the Indiana Business Education Association last week.

“Lindsay was nominated because she is an incredible role model for her students, is a creative teacher, brings real-world business experiences into the classroom, and her energy for teaching is contagious,” said WHS Principal Stacy McGuire. “Lindsay is the type of teacher that every parent dreams of having for his or her child.”

Lindsay joined the WHS teaching staff in 2008. She is a graduate of Florida State University and received her master’s in business education from Ball State University.

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Meet Your Teacher: Mary-jo Iverson Name: Mary-jo Iverson Grade/Subject at what school: Third Grade, Carey Ridge Elementary Number of years teaching: 32 Background/Schooling (college & high school): North Muskegon High School, Mich.

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Why did you become a teacher? My second grade teacher was a widow that was caring for her mother-in-law during that year. She provided such wonderful instruction, but shared part of her home with us and the importance of compassion and hard work. She made each student feel as if there was nothing that they could not tackle with hard work.

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To truly become life-long learners; taking every opportunity they are given to do their personal best.

What do you encourage parents to do at home to help their children strengthen particular skills? Parents, give your children responsibility and time management skills early in life. Read and talk to them even before they are born. Use every experience to teach, ex. grocery store, museums, nature hikes, carpooling. Provide children with clear expectations concerning education.

Name your favorite movie: “The Notebook” Name your favorite musician or band: Point of Grace What’s something your students might not know about you? I am a cancer survivor. One of my former students is now Michigan State University’s quarterback.

The end of confusion GRAMMAR LESSON

By Brandie Bohney Perhaps that headline is a bit of a hyperbole; this column will not end confusion in its entirety. It won’t even end the whole of grammatical confusion. It is, however, the end of the readersuggested confused-words series.

I have three topics to cover this week. Two are a repeat of columns past (and they both follow the same general rule), and one is new to the Grammar Guru series. Let’s start with the new material, eh?

First up is the difference between stationary and stationery. I had a couple of readers email to ask about this one, and I had a third reader email with a terrific trick to remembering which is which. Reader Paula suggests that it is easy to remember that stationery (with an e) is the stuff you write on if you remember once it’s written on, you can send stationery (again, with an e) in an envelope (also with an e).

I don’t know any tricks to remember that stationary (with an a) means still or immobile, but if you remember the envelope thing, you’ll be

able to whittle your options down.

The other topic for today is the difference between affect and effect and the difference between accept and except. I’ve relatively recently covered this topic, but I continue to get questions about both sets of words, so here it is again.

In both cases, the trick is the same: A = Action. Affect and accept are both verbs. Verbs generally indicate action, and both affect and accept begin with a, as does action. So in these two cases, a is for action. Effect is generally a noun, and except is generally a preposition or conjunction.

And there you have it: the end of your suggestions for confusing word pairs. Feel free to keep the emails coming, though! I’m happy to answer your grammar questions.

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DISPATCHES » Favorite recipes – Have a tasty holiday recipe you’d be willing to share with the community? Current is looking for residents to submit their holiday recipes, which will run in editions throughout December. Recipes can be emailed to lindsay@youarecurrent.com and please include your name so we can give your culinary skills credit. » ‘Arrested Development’ returning in 2013 – For the first time since “Arrested Development” was canceled in 2006, the dysfunctional Southern California clan will return for all new episodes. The show will be available exclusively to Netflix members beginning in 2013. The cult hit aired for three seasons, 2003-2006, on Fox and won an Emmy for best comedy.

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On the most profitable international routes, high fliers are being treated with preflight champagne, flat-screen TVs and seats that turn into beds. Flight attendants greet them by name, hang up jackets and serve meals on china. The lavish treatment is intended to create loyalty among passengers who do not shop based on price.

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Now to Dec. 20 – Continue a family tradition and take a hayride to the field to choose and cut your own Christmas tree during Stonycreek Farm’s Country Christmas, 11366 Ind. 38 East, Noblesville. You will also find a wide selection of freshly cut trees, fresh wreaths and garland at the greenhouse. For more information, call 7733344 or visit www.stonycreekfarm.net.

Thursday – Celebrate the official welcome of the holiday season by joining family and friends as the town of Fishers lights the Holiday tree and decorations from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in front of Fishers Town Hall, 1 Municipal Dr. Enjoy a visit with Santa, caroling with Sister Cities’ Dickens Carolers, refreshments and other surprises.

Thursday to Dec. 31 – Tempt your taste buds as you stroll through a wonderland of gingerbread creations in all shapes and sizes at Gingerbread Village at Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd.,

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Fishers. Gingerbread village will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 7766006 or visit www.connerprairie.org.

Saturday – The Winter Market at Carmel City Center will feature 20 vendors from the Carmel Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon. The Winter Market will be held in a storefront at 719 Hanover Place on the interior of Carmel City Center, located on the southwest corner of City Center Drive and Rangeline Road. For more information, visit www.carmelcitycenter.com.

Saturday – Come enjoy a festive Holiday Farmers Market with all the craft and food vendors from the Noblesville Farmers Market just in time for Christmas. The market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Exhibition Halls at Hamilton County 4-H Grounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. Admission is $1 with no charge for children 10 and under.

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Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano The Scoop: For nearly a decade, Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano has been a cornerstone of downtown Noblesville. Elegance and tradition combine to give customers a truly fine dining experience. Plush décor, subtle lighting, and a rich sampling of both art and music from Italy provide an atmosphere of authenticity. Matteo’s also offers a menu that features the best of Italian cuisine providing a large assortment of favorites for both lunch and dinner. Matteo’s is prepared to meet the dining of needs of couples, families, large parties, and also offers off-sight catering.

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They come from near and far Did you ever wonder, while proceeding in near bumper-to-bumper traffic as you approach the stadium, how far some of your fellow drivers have driven on game day? My staff did parking lot surveys across the country and found that the average tailgater, for Division One college games, drove 79 miles. If you think about it, schools like Ohio State, Minnesota and Michigan have huge amounts of these drivers that only drive a handful of miles. This skews the averages to a lower number. For schools like Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue, the numbers would probably be much

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We interviewed a man who travels to all Illini games from Philadelphia. Another Illini fan drives from Aspen. There’s a family that drives to IU from Traverse City, Mich., every game. I’ve met Notre Dame fans who drive from Pittsburgh. There are pictures on my website of North Carolina residents who drive to Wisconsin games. The draw, for all these college grads, is tailgating, football, and a love of the days of college.

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DISPATCHES » Space out pregnancies – The ideal spacing between an older and younger sibling is at least two years — at least when it comes to intelligence. Older children who are born at least two years before a younger sibling’s debut are smarter, according to research that is due to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Human Resources. They score higher on math and reading tests than children born closer together. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame looked at a data set of about 3,000 women who gave birth to 5,000 sibling pairs and found that expanding spacing by one year increases older siblings’ reading scores on the Peabody Individual Achievement Test by .17 standard deviations.

-www.time.com » Beer for good heart health? – The benefits of a glass of wine in warding off heart disease have been much discussed, but a new analysis indicates that some of those same benefits may be gleaned from a beer. Researchers analyzed 16 studies involving more than 200,000 participants and found that the heart disease risk for moderate beer drinkers – those who drank about a pint a day – was reduced 31 percent on average.

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risk surged with an increase in alcohol intake.

-www.livescience.com » Red meat and cancer – There’s something about eating red meat—a lot of it—that seems to harm the intestines. Numerous studies have linked red-meat consumption to a higher risk of colorectal cancer, as well as diets heavy in processed, salted, smoked, or cured meats such as bacon, sausage, and hot dogs. If you just can’t live without red meat, limit yourself to two 4-ounce portions each week, but choose lean cuts, trim the fat, and don’t char it on a grill.

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Try a 5K run for exercise motivation COMMENTARY

By April Conard I would love to tell you that when we decide to be healthier, that is reason enough to get fit and eat healthy. This is usually not the case – nine times out of 10, this will only motivate you for a short period of time. We are a goal-oriented society and we are motivated by deadlines.

Having an objective gives you reason to exercise.

How about a 5k run? If you sign up for a 5k, your competitive spirit will want to make sure you do not finish dead last. There alone is motivation to put on some running shoes and hit the road. Remember that this is not the Olympics and training doesn’t have to be time consuming. Just make a plan and stick to your schedule. This in turn will make other changes easier to make. It is amazing how you will start to make better food choices once you get yourself into a regimen. The discipline you gain from something like this is very empowering.

A couple weeks ago I wrote about something called the Tough Mudder. Well, I will be participating in this event. Since signing up I have been training and I am amazed at how I am holding myself accountable for my actions, or

lack thereof. Not everyone is into climbing through mud or running through fire but there are plenty of 5k runs around here that you can sign up for.

Not only are you keeping yourself in shape, but you are helping out a cause.

Bad knees? Running not your thing? Not an issue here – you can still sign up and walk.

The object is to keep you moving, and moving for a reason.

Whether you run or walk, these events are for everybody. Once you feel conditioned enough you may start to slack off after a few events. Try to beat your time. Better yet, join with a friend and see who finished first, loser buys dinner!

The bottom line is you need a target, something to shoot for. Once you finish that first 5k, hurry up and sign up for your next. Keep pushing yourself forward. Give yourself reason to keep going.

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Can meditation help your brain? editorial@youarecurrent.com Scientists are finding that it may be worthwhile to train your brain to focus on something as simple as your breath, which is part of mindfulness meditation.

A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the latest in a hot emerging field of research examining how meditation relates to the brain. It shows that people who are experienced meditators show less activity in the brain’s default mode network, when the brain is not engaged in focused thought.

The default mode network is associated with introspection and mind wandering. Typically, drifting thoughts tend to focus on negative subjects, creating more stress and anxiety. It has also been linked to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers looked at experienced meditators and trained novices.

There were 12 in the “experienced” category, with an average of more than 10,000 hours of mindfulness meditation experience (Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” suggests that it takes 10,000 hours to be an expert at something), and 12 healthy volunteers who were novices

in meditation.

Each volunteer was instructed to engage in three types of meditation: concentration (attention to the breath), love-kindness (wishing others well) and choiceless awareness (focus on whatever comes up). Scientists looked at their brain activity during these meditations with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Across all of these types of meditation, the experienced meditators showed less activity in the default mode network than in the novices.

The experienced participants also reported less mind wandering than the novices. Interestingly, experienced meditators also showed increased connectivity between certain brain networks during meditation and non-meditation.

From this particular study, researchers can’t say whether meditating is beneficial to the brain. But, viewed in conjunction with other studies showing the positive effects of mindfulness training for depression, substance abuse, anxiety and pain disorders, it seems to have promise. Also, a 2010 study found that people tend to be more unhappy when they their mind is wandering.

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-MarketWatch » Telecommuting study – Recently, Stanford University published the preliminary results of a study it conducted on the benefits of a telework program, comparing a group of employees allowed to work from home with a control group of people who wanted to telework but were required to stay in the office.

The study clearly showed that the telework group outperformed the in-office group by a wide margin -- about 15 percent -- and not just in aggregate work performed, but also in the overall quality of the output. Not only were workers more productive per unit time, but they worker longer hours, suffered fewer sick days, and even had less overall attrition.

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Fantastically forgetful by dealing with the moment, not the future. So COMMENTARY your brain tells you to deal first with real-time.

By David Cain As a result, what is going on right now – the Nothing is ever as important later as you problems, the pains – will always seem more imthink it is when it happens. We are wired to portant now as compared to the future when you assign the most emphasis to the things that are look back at today. People are resilient, and you happening right now. Live events are the most are designed to forget and move on. You are built important. Real-time is top of mind. The past for finding balance and not dwelling in the ups is neatly archived to be accessible for future or downs. Instead, you snap back to equilibriuml, situations, but as for the right-now, we give never spending too much time in the highs or it priority. It’s how we survive; you deal with lows. current problems first.

If someone is at your You are built for finding balance and This is the reason effective selling and marketing desk, they take priority not dwelling in the ups or downs. requires that you always over an email. And, as be in front of your custime passes, everything tomers. They are built to forget. They are built to becomes less important. Everything fades away move on. They are built to call on prior experiand is forgotten. ences to formulate conclusions about future ones.

Our brains are designed to help us forget. Our Luckily, that also means they are built to repeat brains archive things in a catalog of experiences the past. If you provide great experiences and perthat can be accessed when we need to decipher another situation. Let’s say you encounter a prob- sistent emphasis, you will enjoy greater success.

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Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 Vol. 1, No. 6 grandchildren and finish decorating her apartment as she is to hear from her agent on the West coast about potential work. She sits in her living room with binders and books filled to the brim with photographs, and her grandmother’s scrapbook of reviews predating 1900, and her long-haired Chihuahua Pete, whose ears are as expressive as his eyes.

Wilson’s stories in entertainment begin long before her birth in Columbus Ohio, as the theater was more of a family business. Her grandfather and grandmother met while performing together at the turn of the century, and her father was born on a showboat, so for Wilson, theater was almost an inevitable career choice.

“My father said no more actors in the family. He hated it. But my mother would take me outside and we’d lie in the grassy field on my grandparent’s farm and look up at the clouds and she’d teach me to sing.”

Coast to Coast: Broadway Bound and Hollywood Actress

Patricia Wilson’s extraordinary career in entertainment took her to Broadway, Hollywood, and to Carmel

By Margaret Sutherlin Current Publishing Author John Steinbeck and composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein had all made up their minds: Patricia Wilson was meant to play Suzy in the newest Broadway musical Pipe Dream.

So when the director of Pipe Dream, Harold Clurman, objected to the casting decision, and Wilson was forced out, it was her first devastating blow in show business. Depressed and hurt, Wilson received a special copy of Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday, which the musical was based on, from the author with a rather fat drawing of Pegasus and note for her.

“It was from the legend where a man rode on the back of Pegasus, the winged horse, to reach heaven. When the gods saw him, they pushed him off Pegasus and he fell back to earth,” said Wilson. The Pegasus story was enough to remind her to stand up and try again.

The loss of the Pipe Dream role in 1955, a role that would have without a doubt fast-tracked her career, was the first of a many valuable lessons for Patricia Wilson about the best and worst the entertainment business could hand an actor.

Starring on Broadway in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Fiorello, staring opposite Gene Kelly in Take Me Along, and then transitioning to film and television, famously in A League of Their Own and others, Wilson made her return to the Midwest after living in Hollywood and New York for the past 50 years.

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Wilson’s Broadway career started as soon as she graduated college and moved to New York City with her first husband, Rick.

“It used to be if you could sing, you’d find work no problem,” she said. “As soon as I was there, I had work within the week thanks to my mother teaching me how to sing.”

Starring in reviews around town and going on national tour with future famous choreographer, Bob Fosse, in The Mighty O! a show whose stars were the 1954 and 1955 Oldsmobile cars, not future Broadway sensations. Fosse noted for Wilson she wasn’t much of a dancer with her feet, but could make up for it “by dancing with her face”. Wilson noted for Bob Fosse he wasn’t much of a signer himself.

Once the tour was over, Wilson returned to the city only to lose the opportunity with Pipe Dream and instead went on a nation tour of Supper Clubs, a lost part of American culture according to Wilson. Fancy dresses and costume jewelry also meant years on tour and a grinding experience for the relatively new actress.

Her biggest moment came with the musical production Fiorello in 1959, where Wilson landed the lead female role in the hottest show of the season.

“Fiorello was a wonderful show. We had so much fun and it was the cast you could only imagine,” Wilson said. “I remember when Eleanor Roosevelt visited the show and it was such a big moment for all of us.”

Fiorello won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for drama. It tells the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia’s success breaking up the corrupt political machine running New York City.

“I decided I wanted to leave the show at the end of my contract in a blaze of glory,” she said. “So when the run was over, I left and pursued other things, like commercials and different shows.”

As she tells the story of Fiorello and highlights the cast, Wilson stops at a picture of her co-star Tom Bosley and points him out specifically. “We lost him last year,” she said tapping his picture.

“Sometimes I get phone calls before I see it on the news, sometimes I don’t, but there are not many of us left you know.”

After performing in a variety of shows from Dennis the Menace, Follies, Gay Divorce, among others Wilson moved her family to California to pursue film and television, which was not only more lucrative to support her family, but also seemed the best fit after Broadway was forever changed by arrival of Hair and other contemporary musicals. The classic Rogers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, and Lerner and Lowe favorites were a thing of the past by the 1960s.

“Film was a hard thing to adjust to,” she said. “I didn’t know where to stand or how to let the light hit my face.”

The closest Wilson ever came again to the stage was the 1974 national tour of Take Me Along, where she and co-star Gene Kelly became fast friends. Wilson’s second marriage had recently ended and Kelly’s wife had died suddenly.

“We needed each other and to laugh,” she said. “The tour was an opprotuntiy to make a hard time one of growth and fun.”

Once in Hollywood though, Wilson had roles in films such as The Sting and A League of Their Own, and on television was in Days of Our Lives, and played a variety of recurring roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Designing Women, and replaced Joyce Randolph on The Honeymooners.

She doesn’t spend much time talking about Jackie Gleason though, considering it one of the more challenging moments as a newcomer in Hollywood. “He wasn’t very nice. At the time I don’t think I realized how troubled he was, but oh, he was so mean,” she said. “It was a good lesson to learn and taught me to be a little less arrogant as the big Broadway star moving to Hollywood.”

A New Act

“I never sought celebrity status and fame,” Wilson said firmly looking at the extensive playbill list and her Hollywood experience. “I could have because I had the resume to, but it just wasn’t a priority. I wonder if I should have now, but I’m not sure it would have been right.”

The stage for Patricia Wilson was as much an opportunity to do something she loved, as it was a means to support her family.

Before celebrity, before her career, and before everything, Wilson said her children were her priority.

“I always knew how much our mother loved us,” said Kate Quinn, Wilson’s oldest of two daughters. “She picked us first, always over work, but also did what she needed to support us. I remember just being in awe of her when she was on stage singing or performing. Of course, we were on the road with her and always included in productions. She didn’t have an easy time of things, especially when her second marriage dissolved. But she is in many ways a pioneer and her kindness and other qualities were things she passed to me that have helped make me successful in my own life.”

Quinn currently works as a senior vice-president at WellPoint and recently was transferred to Carmel for work. Once here she knew her mother could easily fall in love with Carmel and make it her new home.

“This is growth for me. Some of my friends out west may not think so, but Carmel is a wonderful place and it has everything I’d need: the amenities and my grandchildren and my family. It’s new and it’s growth.”

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The researchers found that subjects (college students) forgot more after walking through a doorway - whether it was real or virtual.

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Pre-diabetes a rising warning sign among adults HEALTH

By Jugnoo Husain Almost everyone is familiar with diabetes, but may not have heard of pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but are not yet high enough to be diagnosed as full-blown diabetes. Pre-diabetes is also sometimes called impaired fasting glucose, or impaired glucose tolerance.

Pre-diabetes can be a precursor of type 2 diabetes, and is estimated to affect 79 million Americans. It usually occurs in middle-aged or older, overweight and sedentary adults, but is also increasing in overweight children. Because people with pre-diabetes often have no symptoms, most don’t know they have it. Screening for pre-diabetes is important because an estimated two-thirds of people with this condition are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 10 years.

Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose levels. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. In type 1, the body’s immune system destroys the pancreatic cells that produce insulin. In type 2, the body either resists the effects of insulin (insulin resistance) or doesn’t produce enough insulin.

Insulin is necessary for glucose to enter cells to be used for energy. Without insulin, the glucose accumulates in the blood, damaging blood vessels and nerves. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to complications like heart disease, strokes, kid-

ney disease, blindness, impotence, amputations and death.

Some risk factors for both pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes include age over 45, family history (genetic predisposition), non-white ancestry, a sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol, a history of diabetes during pregnancy, and being overweight or obese, especially around the abdomen.

The good news is that having pre-diabetes doesn’t mean that diabetes is inevitable. Progression to type 2 diabetes can be avoided or delayed by making lifestyle changes. Getting blood glucose screening, improving your diet, modest weight loss (5-10%), and moderate exercise, such as walking 30 minutes a day, can yield tremendous benefits. One study found that pre-diabetics reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 58% through such lifestyle changes.

Although drugs are available, early intervention and lifestyle modifications remain the cornerstone of disease management because they are more effective than medications at reducing diabetes risk.

Dr. Jugnoo Husain is a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist.

She currently resides in Hamilton County. Dr. Husain can be reached at jugnoohusain@gmail.com.

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Be prepared, gravity happens!

ANTI-AGING

By Marcia Wilson Did you notice that the gravitational force has become stronger over the years? How else can you explain going from “Pick yourself up and dust yourself off” to “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up?”

We literally trip and stumble through life without worry, then suddenly, it’s serious business. A fall can be the difference between independence and dependence, home and nursing home, life and death. Whether it’s the statistics or the potential embarrassment, our confidence starts to waiver and so do we. Then we start restricting our activities, thereby increasing our risk of falling.

While falls are more common in the older population, don’t even think about blaming it on “old age.” Most fall prevention initiatives focus on environmental factors, which are important, but even if all the throw rugs are gone, the lighting is good, your eyes have been checked, medications adjusted and all the stars and planets are aligned, gravity happens! As long as gravity is in the mix we need to be on friendly terms with the ground, and that means learning to get down to the ground (on purpose) so we can practice getting back up. It is a lifetime skill we can’t afford to lose.

It takes confidence to be comfortable getting up and down, and confidence comes from knowledge, practice, strength, flexibility, range of motion and balance. As you build these skills not only are you less likely to fall, but if (when)

you do fall, your bones should be more resilient.

Here is a safe, simple exercise to build leg strength and practice getting near the floor without committing to time on the ground: Using a sturdy chair (or table), turn sideways so the chair is on your left. Place your right leg about 18 inches in front of your left leg in a forward-backward stride. With your left hand on the chair, keep your shoulders up and your back straight as you bend both knees, keeping your weight evenly distributed. Start out just bending the knees a little. Now come back up.

Eventually the left knee should touch the floor, but it may take some practice. Now turn around and try it with the other leg in front. This is a great exercise to build strength and flexibility without overloading the knees, and just one of many ways to get up and down.

No excuses. It doesn’t matter how old you are or if you have issues with your knees, hips, shoulders or back. There are many ways to rise up from the floor, but it takes a little exercise and practice.

Gravity happens. Whether you’re upright or on the ground, the knowledge that you can get up is priceless!

Marcia Wilson holds an M.A. in gerontology and teaches exercise courses for aging adults in Fishers. Wilson can be reached at wanderw@iquest.net.

Untreated hearing loss linked to increased risk of dementia HEALTH

By Dr. Lauren Hendrickson Hearing loss has always been a touchy subject within families. We all have at least one family member who will constantly ask for repetition or pretend they understand the conversation and respond inappropriately. However, if you comment about their hearing they become defensive, agitated, and come up with an excuse as to why they misunderstood. This is a very frustrating situation for both the family member with the hearing loss and the rest of the family trying to communicate with them.

New information is now available that has made it more important than ever to get that family member to an audiologist for a hearing evaluation.

Recent research from two different studies has found a link between untreated hearing loss and an increased risk of developing dementia.

A study out of the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray matter atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. Basically, the brain matter in the listening center of the brain begins to decrease in size as hearing loss progresses making it more and more difficult to understand speech. Once the

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There are studies that demonstrate an increase in discrimination scores after amplification is introduced to an unaided ear.

The second study was a longitudinal study out of Johns Hopkins Hospital. They tracked 639 adults from 1990 to 2008. By the end of the study, 58 of them had developed dementia. The participants that had hearing loss from the beginning of the study were significantly more likely to develop dementia by the end. The researchers found that an untreated severe hearing loss placed participants at a fivefold greater risk of developing the debilitating disease. Even a mild hearing loss placed participants at a twofold greater risk.

Any licensed audiologist can provide a comprehensive hearing evaluation. Most insurance plans, including Medicare, will cover the cost of the exam as long as there is a doctor’s order. It is important to discuss your concerns with your physician and make an appointment to see your audiologist.

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At The Stratford we don’t have to go outside to get to our grand dining room for a delicious, hot meal. We don’t have to drive anywhere to pick out a good read from our library. No one has to hit the sidewalk to travel to the wellness center for some exercise (ours is just down the hall in the clubhouse). We don’t even have to clean up after our parties because the amazing staff here does it for us.

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This could be you this winter, so call 317-733-9560 now and ask our Lifestyle Advisors about the benefits of living at The Stratford. By the first snow of this year—you’ll be glad you did!

Lauren Hendrickson is a doctor of audiology with Northside Hearing Care. Hendrickson can be reached at lhendrickson@ northsidehearingcare.com.

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The medium is the massage LAUGHS

By Dick Wolfsie Ouch!

Ow! Ooh, that really hurts…

Please stop. Are you trying to kill me?

We can all agree that having a lousy dentist can be an agonizing experience. But I don’t have a lousy dentist; I have a very good one. The only yelp ever heard at one of my appointments was Dr. Smith’s when I bit his finger.

Now, my massage therapist is a totally different story. She is not simply good. She is superb.

“Does that hurt?” she’ll ask.

“Yes, just a little.”

“How about this?”

“A lot: that hurts a whole lot.”

“Good. Now we’re getting somewhere.”

I try to see her about once a month because I spend several hours each day sitting in front of my computer. As a reader of this column, you realize just how painful the results of that can be. I’ve tried everything to relieve my neck and back soreness: a chiropractor, an acupuncturist, a physical therapist, even a ghost writer, but nothing has worked.

My massage therapist’s name, by the way, is Dee. Her business is called Touch by an Angel, but you have to go through a little hell in order to get to the heavenly part. I think she should change the name of her business to DEE…P Massage, but I am literally in no position to have a normal

conversation with her, because I’d be talking to the carpet. Each session begins with me lying on my belly with my head in this device at the end of the massage table. Do you know what this contraption is called? It’s a face cradle, which explains why after about two minutes of DEE…P massage, I’m wailing like a baby.

Dee is a big fan of water. Lots of water. She thinks many of my problems come from not being properly hydrated. She suggested I drink 10 glasses of H2O a day, and it has actually helped my back! I am in the bathroom so much now that I don’t get to sit in front of the computer for any stretch of time.

After the last session, I mentioned to Dee that the next time I get a massage, I’d like a relaxing therapeutic experience rather than the DEE..P kind that can be excruciating at times. Dee thought that sounded like a wonderful idea, “But who’s going to give it to you?” she asked.

When I left the other day I gave her a copy of my new book. Why wouldn’t I? She’s not only been an excellent health care provider, but a loyal friend. “Thanks, Dee,” I wrote, “You always have my back.”

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By Mike Redmond A round of applause, please, for Margaret Ellen Moores, a Canadian woman who recently made headlines, and not just because she reached her 106th birthday.

No, what made Margaret’s story so great was the gleeful way she has lived her life to acquire all those 106 years, at least when it comes to her diet.

We’ve all hear the stories about people who lived to ripe old ages by existing on salads and spring water. Then along comes Margaret, hitting 106 years and getting there eating sweets, salted beef, pizza and French fries.

You go, girl. I mean ma’am.

She’s not alone, either. The story about her mentioned these other examples of centenarian diets: • Elizabeth (“Ma Pampo”) Israel, who lived to be 128 years old in the Dominican Republic, attributed her longevity to her diet of eating lots of dumplings and drinking bush tea.

• Gertrude Baines, 114, said she enjoyed life’s simple pleasures such as crispy bacon, sweets and Jerry Springer.

Of course, cases like these are the exception, not the rule. They shouldn’t be taken as an example for the rest of us: “I can drink all I want. Great-aunt Heloise drank a pint of gin every day and she lived to a ripe old age.” Of course she lived to a ripe old age – she was pickled.

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The fact is, some people live longer than others, regardless of what they eat and what they watch on TV. I know people who deny themselves all kinds of pleasures and wear themselves out with exercise in an effort to live longer.

That’s all right, for them, I guess, but I couldn’t do it. A life given over to a Spartan diet and physical punishment doesn’t strike me as much fun. In fact, it sounds miserable. Why would I want it to last longer?

Margaret’s explanation for her longevity was that it simply wasn’t up to her, but to a higher authority.

“He put me here, I suppose, and that was it. I had to stay till I went,” she said. “After being to the door a few times ... He told me to go away, there was no place there for me yet.”

I think the idea is to live as well as you can with the time you have – and by living well, I don’t just mean bacon and chocolate and parties. I mean being a decent person, too, and working hard. Have a good life and figure that the length of it isn’t your call.

Although just to be sure, I think I’ll go get a pizza and fries. But I’m skipping Springer. Life’s too short.

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