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One man’s journey from Carmel to Rodeo Drive

The evolution of Playboy CEO Scott Flanders

By Sophie Pappas • sophie@youarecurrent.com

In 2009 the board of directors at Playboy Enterprises, Inc. made the leap from a decades-long tradition of putting only family members at the helm.

In came Scott Flanders, now 59, Profile asked to lead the company perhaps best known for its center spreads of naked women.

Now, on a sunny, 84-degree day in Los Angeles and a 3-degree day in Carmel, the Carmel native and father of three sits in his office on Rodeo Drive.

“It was 81 degress yesterday in Beverly Hills,” he said during an interview with Current. “I walked to lunch but had to take off my jacket because it was so hot.”

He and his wife, Linda, keep homes in Newport Beach and on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, along with a vacation home in Colorado. They sold their Carmel home in Bridgewater two years ago.

“I always joke that we should send our Christmas cards from our Rodeo Drive address just to be pretentious,” Flanders said. “But we haven’t done that yet. It would be like saying Indiana boy makes it to Rodeo Drive.”

Even though, of course, that’s exactly what happened.

The early years Flanders was born in Carmel, but early on was deemed a “black sheep” for moving to the west side of Indianapolis with his parents, where he graduated from Ben Davis High School.

“My entire family is from Hamilton County,” he said. “My grandmother graduated from Carmel High School and my grandfather graduated from Fishers a bazillion years ago.”

After high school, he went farther west where he studied at the University of Colorado.

“My father thought I need a little bit of exposure out of state … but then I came back and went to law school at Indiana [University], then after law school I took a job in Indianapolis,” he said. “Once I did that I moved to Carmel and almost never left.”

He practiced law in Indianapolis for three years and worked locally until 1992, when he moved Linda and three daughters, Jade, Jordan and Allison, to New York City for a job with the music and media company Columbia House.

“During this time we still spent a great deal of time and our summers in Carmel,” he said. “And now we still love Indiana and I’m glad that my daughters were raised there, as was I and my wife. I think that the grounding in the Midwest is all about the values of hard work and family and strong personal ethics. It’s the real world. But all of my daughters would say they wouldn’t trade their upbringing in Carmel for anything in the world.”

The path to Playboy In 2009, Flanders was exhausted. After decades of working in law, media and music industries plus nearly five years in the newspaper business and overseeing thousands of layoffs, it had all taken its toll on him and he was ready for a change. That’s

From left to right: Playmate Raquel Pomplun, president of Playboy media David Israel, CEO of Playboy Scott Flanders and playmate Alison Waite. (Photo courtesy of The Standard)

Scott and Linda Flanders. (Submitted photo)

when Playboy approached him.

“It was really a classic case of a headhunter who I had met in New York,” Flanders, who was by now living in Los Angles, said. “She got the assignment from the board to hire the first non-family member CEO of Playboy. And she knew 180 people that she processed through the search and I was just one of the candidates.”

His wife and daughters supported him fully, something that many people still find hard to believe.

“Whenever we’re at cocktail parties I always get asked that question,” he said. “People always ask, ‘How did you get the job?’ ‘Have you met [Hugh Hefner]?’ then ‘What did your wife say?’ Interestingly enough my wife strongly encouraged me to do the job. Her feeling was that it would be a lot more interesting than the newspaper business.”

Flanders said his wife has been by his side through all of the international travel and the “complexities” of their busy lives.

“I don’t think she fully understood all of the

parties she would have to host at the [Playboy Mansion],” Flanders said, laughing. “Recently before Halloween, a woman told my wife, ‘Oh I’d love to go to one of those parties at the mansion,’ and my wife said, ‘Well why don’t you dress up as Linda Flanders and host it for me?’”

Restoring the vision These days, Flanders spends his weeks revamping what he calls Hefner’s original vision for an “aspirational lifestyle brand,” and has brought Playboy out of the pornography business and into a multi-level media outlet that publishes articles about everything from clothing to dating, and sometimes even sex.

In recent months Flanders has been quoted saying that Playboy will stray from having nudity on its pages, which is true, but only to an extent.

“It should be tasteful,” Flanders said. “But it was never supposed to be porn. That’s never been the vision.”

Three years ago, the company sold off its porn TV business and has since been “chipping away” on what Flanders calls an “ice block” to regain the company’s online presence with a new, non-porn, and “safe for work” website.

Last year, the relaunched Playboy website had more than 20 million unique visitors, a point of pride for Flanders.

“It’s about being tasteful and classy,” he said.

“It’s about restoring Playboy.”

about scott: Job: CEO of Playboy Enterprises Hometown: Carmel High School: Ben Davis High Colleges: University of Colorado and Indiana University School of Law Favorite team: Colts Wife and kids: Wife Linda and three daughters; Jade, Jordan and Allison Fun fact: Flanders still has season tickets for the Colts and flies to Indiana for at least one game a year.

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By Mark Ambrogi • mark@youarecurrent.com Ed Pendoski once was as wrapped up with wins and losses as much as the next coach.

“When I was 22, I was really big on training your guy to go beat the Achievement other guy that’s really good,” said the Carmel High School wrestling coach. “I’d be lying now if I said that still didn’t feel pretty good."

However what Pendoski has learned is teaching life skills is a far more important part of his mission. “You see a kid that gets out of college and is a successful person in life and learns how to deal with garbage that everybody has in life,” Pendoski said. “At the end of the day, that’s what we do. We give kids some skills to take them to the real world. So when real adversity hits, they’re in a little better place to attack the problem.”

Pendoski would rather talk about his program and his wrestlers than his own accomplishments. So he isn’t too comfortable focusing on his induction into the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame on Feb. 22 in Greenwood.

A master motivator, Pendoski, a former Purdue wrestler, had a 327-27 record and guided eight state champions in 11 seasons (1994-2005) as Portage High School coach. One of those Portage state champions, two-time Fred Joseph, will be entering the Hall of Fame with Pendoski.

He retired from teaching and left Portage to start the Central Indiana Academy of Wrestling in 2005. In 2012, he sold the CIA and became the Carmel High School coach and president of Carmel USA Wrestling Club. Pendoski said the wrestling club has sought to model itself after the highly successful Carmel Swim Club.

“What a great thing to try to copy a program that is 50 yards from us (at the school),” Pendoski said.

Pendoski said the first thing he tried to

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do was develop the culture around Carmel wrestling.

“People in the school let alone the community weren’t talking about wrestling,” Pendoski said.

“We had to get out there in front of people to make it something people wanted to see.”

In the 2013-14 season, the Greyhounds captured sectional (first since 2009) and regional (first since 2007) titles.

“Coach P made us act more like how we should be expected to act,” senior wrestler Morgan Pruitt said. “He brought us together as a team and made us more of a family. We all do things together now. He has a way of motivating us. He’s able to apply a lot of things in the past to a lot of our present situations and deal with them accordingly.”

Pruitt said Pendoski has expressions that they call P-isms, such as “do or do not, there is no try.”

“I wouldn’t have come to where I am without Coach P,” Pruitt said.

One of Pendoski’s main philosophies is learn to love to train.

“That’s the key to anything whether it’s wrestling or being a parent or street cleaner,” Pendoski said. “We don’t spent a lot of time about talking wins and losses. If you train just to win, what do you have. If you love to train, it’s sustainable and it goes a long period of time.”

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Roads budget looks ‘good’ in 2015

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com After a year of fighting about repaving streets in 2014, Carmel leaders say the road repair budget looks strong for 2015.

Streets The Carmel City Council approved a $4 million budget amount for road repaving in 2015 and then waited to see if Indiana’s Department of Local Government Finance would make any cuts.

That $4 million for salt and repaving was confirmed by Mayor Jim Brainard and council e-mails, but the money broken up into different budget line Brainard items.

The 2015 budget proposed $15,260,974 in the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund and $1,092,183 in the local roads and streets budget. There were no DLGF cuts to MVHF but the department did cut $172,817 from local roads and streets, which is something that regularly happens if the state government doesn’t predict as much revenue as the city does.

City Councilor Luci Snyder said it is expected that Brainard – who is the chief executive in charge of the budget – will replace the DLGF cuts later this year. He will either do that by using additional revenue that wasn’t anticipated by DLGF or by making cuts to other departments. Snyder

said she wants to keep an eye on that.

“He (Brainard) is the chief executive and should be making those decisions,” Snyder writes in an e-mail. “However, since we discovered that for several years the money was not replaced, we will now be watching carefully.”

City Councilor Rick Sharp said that he thinks 2015 looks good for road repaving and Brainard agrees, but there’s some disagreement about whether it’s always been good.

“The road budget really is fine,” Brainard said. “Actually it’s so good that we skipped a year in the recession.”

In 2006 to 2010, Brainard Snyder consistently budgeted for about $2 to $3 million a year for road repairs, but that number dropped to essentially zero in 2011 and less than $100,000 in 2012. In 2011, the city opted to spend $4 million to redo the new annexed roads from Southwest Clay, leaving little for the rest of the city.

In 2014, the City Council voted to move $700,000 in money from the city’s rainy day fund to increase the year’s city roads budget to $3.3 million. Brainard said he was told to cut money from the roads budget with the understanding that it was always going to be restored. Sharp claims that Brainard underfunded the roads budget that year without council input.

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State vows to cut Carmel’s 2015 budget

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com The city of Carmel approved its 2015 budget in November and now the Indiana’s Department of Local Government Finance has reviewed its budget and made more than $6 government million in cuts.

According to the DLGF website, the department is responsible for, “ensuring property tax assessment and local government budgeting are carried out in accordance with Indiana law.”

DLGF oversight makes sure Indiana towns and cities aren’t risking financial problems by spending more money than they will actually have. The DLGF could make this decision because they predict less revenue than a city actually anticipates.

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said the cuts for 2015 shouldn’t be a problem because the city anticipates this regular occurrence and often will over-budget. Some items – such as bond payments – are double-budgeted with the expectation that they will be cut.

Brainard said the city double-budgets to protect the city’s tax levy. Cities will set a percentage rate for imposing taxes, called a levy rate, which is then used against assessed value of each homeowner’s property. Carmel set its 2015 tax rate at $0.7007 per $100 of assessed value.

City councilor Luci Snyder tended to side with the DLGF’s less-optimistic view on excise tax and new permit projections and suggested that the

city cut its budget.

Predicting revenue is Fund often about predicting how much a city will grow.

General fund “(DLGF is) super, super Fire pension conservative for growing counties on a lot of the Police pension revenue sources,” Brainard Local roads said. “Last year they preMotor Vehicle Hwy dicted excise tax revenue Cumulative Capital at 20 percent of what it Improvement actually came in at.”

If Carmel grows faster Cumulative Capital than DLGF’s predictions, Development then Brainard said the Carmel City Council can vote to restore the budget and use the extra revenue to fill the holes.

“The cuts are kind of where we expected, so there’s no problem,” he said. “We’ll put some of it back. There’s no reason to think revenues won’t be what we projected.”

City councilor Eric Seidensticker said he disagrees with Brainard’s practice of double-budgeting revenue sources just to keep the tax rates where they are.

“The State of Indiana allows double budgeting,” he said. “It’s a lie. Every clerk-treasurer knows that it’s a lie. We are falsely raising the necessary revenue we need so we can maximize the tax levy.”

Seidensticker said he expects the budget will be restored “to some level,” but he said it’s important to watch where Brainard might cut from the budget.

Carmel approved budget $78,325,108 $613,572 $539,448

State approved budget $71,637,690 $593,294 $539,448

$1,265,000 $15,260,974

$1,092,183 $15,260,974

$172,817 $0

$225,000

$198,153

$26,847

$6,115,000

$1,888,818

$4,226,182

Difference $6,687,418 $20,278 $0

Source: Clerk-Treasurer’s Office

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Local Muslims speak out

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com When Islamic terrorists shot and killed 12 people at a French satirical newspaper earlier this month, it helped to fuel inreligion ternational fears about Muslims in some communities.

Here in Carmel, some people might say they don’t know very many Muslims.

But local followers of Islam want to help increase awareness to change any misconceptions. One positive step will be the construction of a new mosque in Carmel.

“Once people know there’s a mosque in their neighborhood, they will realize that there are Muslims in the area it will encourage people to know more about the religion and the people who follow that faith,” said Muzaffar Ahmad, spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Hamilton County.

The Al Salam Foundation, based in an office suite at the corner of 96th Street and Michigan Road, continues to plan to build a full-scale mosque in Carmel.

Ahmad is not involved in the new mosque, but he said everyone in Hamilton County is buzzing with excitement about the new facility.

“Whenever there’s a new mosque opening in the area, the Muslim community gets excited,” he said.

He said he understands a certain level of outreach will be needed when the mosque opens.

“Unfortunately when there’s a new mosque opening in an area, there’s a certain level of discomfort,” he said. “People start to have strange thoughts in their minds related to terrorism and

Muslim and Jewish protestors gather in the streets of Paris after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. Carmel Muslims say they are ‘excited’ for their new mosque and condemn terror on all levels. (Submitted photo courtesy of Daily Mail U.K.)

fears about what they don’t know. So I always tell people it’s best to go and talk to some of the people.”

As for those who are angered by the attacks in France, Ahmad wants you to know he’s just as angry.

“Being a Muslim myself, it’s pretty frustrating,” he said.

Where will the mosque be?

Officials from Al Salam Foundation for Muslims told Current they are “currently at the stage of acquiring a property,” and that at this point they “won't be able to give any details.”

Plans for the new mosque must go before the Carmel Plan Commission and subsequently the city council, at which time they will become public knowledge.

Connor Prairie elects board for 2015 news@currentincarmel.com Gay Dwyer has a long history of civic involvement and currently serves on the boards of the Indianapolis Garden Club, National parks Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Indiana and the Woodstock Club.

Jay B. Love currently serves as senior vice president of Avectra and is the CEO and cofounder of Bloomerang.

Dick Ristine recently retired as program director in the Community Development division of Lilly Endowment.

Jenny Schalliol is an active civic leader and volunteer with a strong focus on children and education. She is a former PTO president at Carmel High School.

Shawn Smith, Ph.D., is superintendent of the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township.

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It’s Independence Day. Parents lay out blankets For the second year in a row, Matt Del Busto and lawn chairs while children run freely, eating is the winner of the Carmel Clay Library elephant ears and neighbors throwing footballs.

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The award recognizes the best of the Eventually, the best and includes a $100 prize as well parents call their children, who come, as an opportunity to rub elbows with reluctantly leaving their games. Moms lay professional authors at the annual lunout chips and dip, cheese and crackers, cheon. It is obvious; Matt is a talented and other assortments of snacks which writer. His name appears each month as kids quickly devour. The sun is beginning Del Busto Managing Editor of CHS HiLite Student its slow descent from the sky, and the News Magazine. Next year, he hopes to pursue sunlight dims gradually. Silent tension builds in his passion at a university, yet to be named. preparation for the show that is to come.

Any school would be lucky to have him, as Matt That is how Carmel High School senior Matt has proven to be a well-rounded member of our Del Busto opens his award-winning piece encommunity. He is a four year member of the CHS titled Independence. It is a story about a young Football team and extremely active in his church, boy who asks his Dad, a combat veteran, which includes community service. if the loss of his leg was worth He said, “I am fascinated by the power of it. The fictional account unfolds during the singing of words. By putting pen to paper, people’s eyes the National Anthem at a can be opened.” …. Gave proof through the night that our flag July Fourth celebration. was still there...he vaguely remembers a hospital …. His mind flashes bed. An IV drip. A calm voice speaking to him. An back. The present American flag draped on the wall... world no longer exists, Matt keeps the reader hanging on every word and he sees snapshots until the very end to find out how the dad responds of a scene unfolding before him. A Humvee, to his son Max’s question. To read the entire story, leaving a trail of dust it can be found at www.gooddaycarmel.com.

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City Council studying transparency of various boards

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suggested that the CHPC shouldn’t be singled out and that other boards and commissions should also be included in these new rules for It appears that a recent run-in with the Carthe sake of fairness. mel Historic Preservation Commission might lead "You have to do the same for everythe Carmel City government Council to want to body," Schleif said.

Councilor Luci Snyder agreed and have more compresented a list of groups that should munication with the organization. give presentations or send their meetIn December, the council voted 4-3 to ing minutes, such as boards and comapprove the Johnson Addition neighbormissions dealing with the library, the hood becoming a conservation district, parks department, telecommunications, which would help maintain the historic Finkham economic development and more. Defeel of the area. This was the result of tails are being hammered out, but Snymonths of effort by the CHPC to draw der said it’s important to expand these boundary lines and encourage neighbors changes beyond just the CHPC. She said to sign petitions. some groups are failing to report their Mayor Jim Brainard vetoed the ormeeting minutes right now. dinance and so it ended up dying. The The Carmel City Center Community three councilors who opposed the Development Corporation, also known conservation district – Ron Carter, Sue Rider as the 4CDC, would likely not qualify for Finkam and Kevin “Woody” Rider – exthese changes since it is a nonprofit organizapressed the need to have better communication tion which has many ties to local government, between the commission and the council in the but isn’t an agency of the city. future. Carter and Finkam drafted an ordinance In the proposed changes, it stated that the that would require the CHPC to give reports to representative from the CHPC who gives the prethe council so no actions will catch anyone by sentation can’t be a member of the city council. surprise going forward.

Snyder and Schleif both serve on the commission The bill was discussed in the council’s finance and it was suggested that language could be committee on Jan. 15, but some councilors felt removed in committee. the proposed changes are just reactionary be"I don't see the benefit of not being a council cause some perceive a shadowy secrecy that person," Councilor Eric Seidensticker said. "What doesn’t exist. does that have to do with anything?"

Councilor Carol Schleif, who serves on the The finance committee asked Ashley Ulbricht, asCHPC, said the meetings are usually quite unsistant city attorney, to consider their suggestions eventful but she sees no reason why the council and draft new language which will be brought back can’t hear quarterly presentation and also be to the committee for review in February. sent monthly minutes from meetings. But she

Dispatches Workplace and school violence forum – The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office will offer a free public education forum on the topic of workplace and school violence at 7 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds. Sgt. Bill Clifford will examine how to prepare for and respond to issues of violence that might arise in the workplace.

Crime Watch meeting – Neighborhood Crime Watch captains are invited to join Carmel Mayor James Brainard and Carmel Police Chief Tim Green at the annual joint meeting of the Neighborhood Crime Watch Liaisons and the Carmel Neighborhood Association Network from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at Carmel City Hall.

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Pauley files, will face Cordray in clerk-treasurer race

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From right to left, Patriot members Dwight Lile, John Accetturo, Bob Wallace. (Photo by James Feichtner)

Questions raised about debt

By James Feichtner • james@youarecurrent.com The Constitutional Patriots, a local conservative watchdog group, held their first meeting of the year on Jan. 20.

An announcement was government made that the organization aims to develop a committee structure. During a previous meeting, four committee groups were proposed to start out the structure. The first would be a political committee followed by a social/programming committee, a membership committee and an IT committee, which will include all of the social media coordination of the group.

“The idea behind all of this is to create engagement amongst all of our members,” member Lee Crannell said. “We just felt like it was important to get people more engaged with the

activities of the Constitutional Patriots and so we felt the committee structure was a good avenue.”

Other agenda for the meeting was the discussion of transparency within Carmel’s government, specifically within the Carmel City Center Community Development Corporation and the Carmel Redevelopment Commission.

Members strongly believe that the two are subject to audit.

“We ought to be able to see what the 4CDC is spending its money on,” member Dwight Lile said. “The 4CDC is subject to audit and we would like to see that done so that we see how much money is being spent on what, and what we are actually supporting as a city.”

The interest comes from Carmel’s current debt situation and the Patriots’ opinions on the lack of public information for a solution.

clerk-treasurer disagreed on some issues, occasionally venting their frustrations through the media. Pauley wouldn’t comment on her opinion Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray has not faced a on Brainard. challenger since 1995. But in 2015, she will.

“The clerk-treasurer is required to work with Christine Pauley, a senior contract negotiator the office of the mayor, no matter who at Raytheon, is running election against Cordray in the is in that office,” she said. “The mayor’s office deserves our respect and we primary. Pauley, 54, filed need to work together.” her paperwork on her birthday, Jan. 22.

Brainard has also suggested that CarShe said it was a “special day” and she mel could become a second-class city, feels honored that her friends asked her which would mean the elected clerkto run. treasurer position would be replaced by “At this point in my life, I work with Pauley an appointed controller. Pauley said she government contracts and I have the doesn’t have an opinion one way or another but experience,” she said. “I have the business and she would assist if that transition were to octhe legal background and people have asked me cur. She said one of her big issues is improving to run, so I’ve accepted the call and I think I can bring a positive influence on the clerk-treasurer’s transparency by increasing the notice time for meeting agendas. office.”

Pauley has lived in Carmel for the past four Pauley said she has the necessary backyears. She is single and has three grown children ground. She said she’s a paralegal who underin their twenties: Daniel, Susan and Samantha. stands finances, government contracts and Pauley’s campaign manager is Chyrise King. proper organization. But she said she’s uniquely Pauley graduated from Michigan State Uniqualified because she has the right temperaversity in 1983. She said she worked her way ment to work in a cooperative and professional through college working several jobs. She’s the manner.

It’s been said that supporters of Carmel Mayor first in her family to graduate from college and her parents immigrated from Poland and LithuJim Brainard wanted to find a strong candidate ania following World War II. to oust Cordray because the mayor and the

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It’s official: Brainard vs. Sharp

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The race to Carmel mayor is a whole lot clearer now.

Even though he announced months ago, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard made election his re-election campaign official by filing his paperwork on Jan. 20. Rick Sharp announced his run for mayor against Brainard Jan. 26.

“I’ve never run in a citywide campaign so I’m excited to start campaigning,” Sharp said.

Sharp said his strategy is to remain positive, even though Brainard he wants to show his contrast against Brainard’s methods and spending philosophy.

“My wife and my close friends have instructions to beat me with a club if I start talking negative,” Sharp said. “Because the voters deserve better than that.”

Sharp said he is looking forward to possible public debates during the next three months of campaigning in what he called a “sprint” to the May election, noting that economic development and jobs for Carmel residents is at the top of his list if he were to become mayor.

“That, along with real transparency,” Sharp said.

So far, he’s had positive responses from the community; including one Carmel resident who

reached out and said that after working the phone banks for two of Brainard’s campaigns he thinks it’s “time for a change.”

“He told me to give him a call,” Sharp said.

“Even though this is not an anti-Brainard campaign.”

Brainard said that he, too, is looking forward to a good discussion about “where the city is headed and the progress we’ve made and the progress we’d like to make.”

Brainard said the big issue is, “what people want in the community” and he highlighted success in job creations and keeping tax rates low. Sharp Sharp said he thinks the city’s mounting debt should also be brought up again.

In the past three elections, Brainard received 62 percent of the vote in 2011, 59 percent of the vote in 2007 and 65 percent of vote in 2003. If Brainard wins this time, it will be his sixth term.

According to campaign finance reports filed this week, Sharp reported raising $94,064 in 2014 and Brainard raised $227,277, both of which include cash in hand.

Sharp praises the mayor for helping to build Carmel into what it is today, but he thinks the future will require a prudent manager more than a dreamer.

“I’ve said to many people that I’m not against Jim Brainard. This is not personal,” he said.

Obituaries Mildred Runyon Marien, after living a long and fulfilling life, Mildred Runyon Marien passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on January 14, 2015 at The Stratford in Carmel, Indiana surrounded by her immediate family. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was born on Christmas Day, 1921 in Batesville, Indiana to John and Alice Artmeier, who preceded her in death.

She earned an Associates Degree in 1939 from Royal Beauty Academy and was a licensed stylist.

She is survived by her brother, Frank Herman Artmire, her sons, Steven (Barbara) Runyon and Gary (Jackie) Runyon, and five grandchildren: Wendy (Tim) Ricker, Toya (Aaron) Jones, Carla (Jim) Fazekas, Jack (Ashley) Runyon, and Marlee Runyon.

She is also survived by her 13 great-grandchildren: Ashley (Greg) Janisse, Stephanie (Mitchell) Runyon-Thomas, Brooke Runyon, Reagan Ricker, Alex Jones, Raley Ricker, Roc Ricker, Race Ricker, Creek Fazekas, Fisher Fazekas, Piper Fazekas, Ryder Runyon, and Rysen Runyon.

Vernon ‘Wayne’ Hyatt, 81, died Jan. 17 and Joyce ‘Marie’ Hyatt, 82, joined her loving husband of 60 years on Jan. 18. Both passed peacefully at IU Health North after long illnesses. Wayne served in the U.S. Navy and had an extensive career in the automotive industry. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and enjoyed reading and fishing.

Marie was a homemaker and worked in watch and jewelry sales. She liked to garden and spend time with her family. Wayne and Marie leave behind a large, loving family. Survivors include their children Cynthia, Jeffrey (Mary), Christopher (Carla) and Tracey Hyatt; 9 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A son, Larry Wayne, preceded them in death.

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How two men grew up to be leaders in Carmel

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard and City Council President Rick Sharp are very different men, and now that they are running against each other in the race for mayor the stakes cover story are high to win over Carmel residents.

But if anyone were to look at the two of them as people and not politicians, they actually have a lot in common.

Jim Brainard

Growing up in the small town of Bristol, Ind., Brainard, now 60, always had a love for music. He spent hours by the radio, listening to Chicago stations, 1950s rock and show tunes.

His father was the band director at nearby Elkhart schools, where Brainard was a student.

His mother was a piano teacher. Brainard played the French horn.

“As a kid, I never much liked having him as a teacher, but he was a great teacher,” he said.

“I was always convinced he was tougher on me because I was his son.”

Friends say that Brainard was a talented musician and could have gone into that field professionally, but competition was fierce at his Jim Brainard with high school. This is partly his French horn. because a factory that made band instruments (Submitted photos) was located nearby, causing an increase in band participation. A few years ahead of him in school was Phillip Meyers, a renowned horn player who has been a principal in the New York Philharmonic since 1980.

When he was a student, Brainard said there were five French horn spots in the All-State orchestra and his school claimed all five spots.

In a small town of a thousand people, Brainard said he grew

an appreciation for people of all economic backgrounds and walks of life. Many people didn’t own a car. He worked odd jobs as a kid, mowing lawns, in a tool shop and as a janitor in a factory. He was an avid member of the Boy Scouts and he still is active at local scout meetings today.

“I learned that all work was good, whether you were a physician or a factory worker,” he said.

Even though he grew up in a small town, Brainard said his family went on plenty of road trips. As they drove through different towns, he said he began to notice how some cities just seemed better than others and he asked his dad why that was.

“He told me it came down to the decisions that those town leaders made,” he said.

He attended Butler University, hoping to become a musician but politics grabbed hold of him. He had internships in local government and as student body president he convinced Gerald Ford to make a campaign stop in Indianapolis.

He studied law at Ohio Northern University and moved back to Indianapolis to work at a law firm specializing in real estate transactions. He met and wed Liz Hackl, daughter of Herff Jones executive A.J. Hackl. She was actually his student in a night class he was teaching at University of Indianapolis. He wanted to ask her out, but he waited until the class was over so it wouldn’t be inappropriate.

They bought a house in Carmel in 1988 and they started their family. He now has four kids, Jack, Will, Marie and Martha. They grew up with him as mayor; his oldest son was eight when he was first elected.

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A Polaroid of Rick Sharp from his early years in business.

Rick Sharp, 59, can’t remember when he didn’t have a job.

Even when he was 9 years old, Sharp was paid to dust off the shelves at a local pharmacy in Hollywood, Fla. A job that he jokes you couldn’t have nowadays.

He worked as a paperboy at age 11. He was a wholesale florist, a delivery driver, restaurant worker, steel plant employee and a psychiatric aide. For a brief time, he thought he wanted to be a priest and even attended seminary school. He considered going into the military. As a young child, he dreamed of becoming an astronaut.

“The reason is that I’ve worked in so many industries is because I started working so young,” he said. “I mean, I had a credit card at age 14 because I already had good credit.”

He worked his way through college at the University of Florida as a property manager. He became so successful in that field that he left school with just a few foreign language credits short of receiving his diploma. He was able to walk

Brainard as a young boy.

Born in Kansas, raised in Bristol, Ind.

As he began to raise his family, he noticed that Carmel had great schools, but other amenities were missing, such as parks.

Eventually, he was encouraged to run for mayor against incumbent Ted Johnson.

“Carmel was a prosperous city and we thought the place could be so much better,” he said. “We noticed it was a brand new city.

It’s going to grow a lot. We wanted to be part of that growth.”

Although an underdog, Brainard upset Johnson, who’s health was on the decline, in the 1995 election. He’s been deploying his vision for Carmel ever since.

Part of that vision came to fruition when The Palladium opened in 2011. A special moment of its opening was when Brainard placed his lips on his French horn and played the first musical notes ever played in the hall, in order to demonstrate the venue’s world-class acoustics.

Despite going into politics instead of music, his musical dreams became, in a small way, reality.

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Sharp met his wife, Susan, who Rick says is not a fan of doing public appearances, in Florida and they moved to Carmel in 1992. Sharp grew up with three sisters and now he has three daughters, Rachel, Brenna and Sara.

Eventually, Sharp moved out of the property management business and began working for his father-in-law’s company, which sells commercial laundry equipment.

“I have a great faith in the for-profit sector,” he said. “I think Carmel has too often tried to force growth and determine where that growth happens. Because I believe so much in the private sector, I believe in organic growth.”

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Sharp decided to move into the public realm when he saw an ad for an opening on the Carmel Plan Commission. He interviewed for the seat and was appointed.

When his western portion of what is now Carmel was annexed, Sharp ran for city council and won in an unopposed election. From there, Sharp served six years as an appointee to the Carmel Redevelopment Commission.

Just like Brainard, Sharp has strong interests in the performing arts.

Sharpe has always loved the arts. One of his first dates with his wife was at the Miami Ballet. He loves to take photographs, sing and play guitar.

But at 50, Sharp decided to get on stage and try out for a local community theater production.

His first show, with the Artist Studio, then in Fishers, was called “Christmas Windows.”

His next show was in “Narnia: The Musical.” He did both of those shows with his daughter Rachel. In December, he appeared in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” an adaptation of a Dylan Thomas story.

“The arts are vital to any civilized society,” he said. “You can judge to any degree or rate of civilization in a city by how they support the arts.”

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Commentary by Danielle Wilson

Perhaps the best salient point ever In case you were wondering who most of us are dealing with as the leader of the free world, consider this passage from the Wall Street Journal last week: “In the 1944 film ‘Gaslight,’ a con artist manipulates his new wife psychologically to make her doubt her own sanity in a scheme to steal her inheritance.

That’s increasingly the way to understand President (Barack) Obama’s behavior toward Congress and especially the tax increase he floated in Tuesday’s State of the Union (Address). The only plausible rationale is that he thinks he can gain politically by driving Republicans nuts. Mr. Obama’s income-redistribution themes are familiar, though they are amusingly detached from the reality of the largest GOP majority in Congress since 1949.

••• Also, consider this: Obama in one corner, a potential two-thirds Senate majority opposed to his position on Iran in the other. This could be good (or bad) theatre. In his State of the Union Address last week, the president said he would veto sanctions on Iran, because they “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails, alienating America from its allies, and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again.”

Twelve Democrats in the Senate previously co-sponsored legislation for sanctions. If that continues, the Senate would be so close to a majority that it would take one additional vote to seal it – if all 54 Republicans stand behind it. Keep in mind the president has vetoed only two bills in six years; neither was overridden.

••• Lest you believe Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn’t favor her connections in the banking world, she recently delivered a speech cohosted by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Yes, it’s the same bank that is being investigated by the United States for helping wealthy Americans stash money in the bank’s Caribbean accounts to avoid paying federal taxes. Some might call that unmitigated gall.

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The gap of the gaps

Commentary by Terry Anker

The American founders knew it. Even the modern, liberal French know it. The distinction between a mob and a populist revolution is a narrow one. Contemporary French journalist and politician Jean-Francois Revel illustrates the point beautifully: “A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.”

Rich! Wealthy! Income disparity! Income divide!

If these words are meant to sting, does our leadership hope to foment classism? If so, is it warranted and rightly defined? Who are these “rich” people? President Barack Obama has chosen a combined annual household income of $250,000 to be the metric. He points to the very real gap from the median showing that those higher wage earners eclipse their fellow Americans by almost 6 times. Assuming that the math is cor-

rect, what is the context of this contrast?

A Gallup poll in 2013 of median incomes globally places the United States sixth highest at $43,585 with Burundi the lowest at $673. In other words, the median American family expects income 65 times of that in the comparison country. Moreover, this income number excludes the enormous infrastructure, safety-net, education and other advantages found in the U.S. The gap of the gaps is over 11 times.

Our own author, Mark Twain, said “Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.”

Even as our own misguided Robin Hoods attempt to equalize inequality, are we spending too much time looking at those whom we believe have more and not enough time caring for those whom we know have less?

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

Q U O T E O F T HE W EEK We ourselves feel what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

– Mother Teresa

I’ve been struggling for topics of late but was holding on to the notion that dance competition season would soon be starting and I’d have a plethora of tacky, delicious stories to relay. But alas, either I’m a seasoned veteran with the super-hero ability to ignore the highpitch antics of several hundred overly-rouged, be-sequenced ‘tweenagers’ and their obnoxious, also-sometimes-sparkling mothers, or, this past weekend was tame when compared to last year’s nearly-traumatic introduction to competitive dance.

My youngest started dancing just two years ago. Having myself never been a dancer or anything that required extensive parental involvement and “judging” to determine the winner, I nearly stroked out at her first competition last January. The make-up, the false hair and the myriad of shoes and tights and bandeaus all came as quite a shock, and that was just the moms! You should have seen their daughters! Not to mention the way scores are calculated and awards are bestowed ... a judge doesn’t like your costume so she deducts points? What kind of nonsense is that?

And the unfamiliar terminology had my head spinning. Lyrical, contemporary, grand line, production, minis, juniors, adagios … a whole new vocabulary world big-banged into existence as soon as I set foot in that often-terrifying convention space.

I saw choreographers yelling at high schoolers, mothers violently applying lipstick to toddlers, and dads stumbling around aimlessly no doubt wondering what they’d done to be cast down into such a low level of female hell. I temporarily lost hearing in one ear after repeated screeches of “Nail it, Kayla!” and almost went blind from over-exposure to under-clothed (but well-endowed) tappers. And I wasted hours upon hours of quality weekend time that could have otherwise been spent binge-watching Downton Abbey, waiting for my daughter to perform her three-minute jazz number. When we finally made it home that Sunday, I was ready to pull her from the team and return to the frozen fields of youth soccer.

This year, at the same competition in the same hotel, with Maddie actually dancing twice the number of routines, I actually enjoyed myself. I knew to bring a good book, to retreat to my “quiet space” if I felt edgy, and to appreciate the weekend for what it was- a chance for my girl to do what she loves most.

I guess I’ve simply mellowed out. Was there dressing-room drama? Absolutely! Did I have a slight ringing in my ears after the third awards ceremony of the day? Indeed I did. But I came away surprisingly rested and of course, feeling extremely proud of my daughter.

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REA D ERS ’ V I E W S IOSHA is ‘already a joke’ Editor, You gloated over the dismissal of the USWA challenge to the “Right to Work” law. Though unjust, it was not unexpected. What does “Right to Work” really mean? On face value of the words it means that a person has some right to a job. Only the most naïve would believe that. Does the law mean that a worker has the right to a job with just compensation, benefits and a safe working environment? Does it mean protection against layoffs or termination? Actually, the real purpose of “Right to Work”, which is to destroy labor unions, will really accomplish the exact opposite. Without unions, to negotiate wages and benefits, workers’ compensation will stagnate and shrink. Since the 1960s labor unions have steadily lost membership and real wages and benefits have steadily

gone down. IOHSA, which is already a joke due to restrictions put on it by the Republican legislature, will become much less effective. With no union to regulate lay-offs and plead unjust terminations, workers “Right to Work” will be curtailed under this law, not strengthened.

We have the “Greatest Economy in the World”, but the average American worker is the 17th best compensated (real wages and benefits) in the “civilized” world, and we are dead last in paid time off. The average American worker works twenty hours longer per year than the average Japanese worker.

Who benefits from “Right to Work”? The corporations and their paid lackeys in the State Legislatures.

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Five lives intersect at Belfry’s latest show, ‘Bus Stop’

By Robert Herrington • robert@youarecurrent.com

In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City pulls up at a cheerful roadside diner. All roads are blocked, and five weary travelers are going to have to hole up until morning. A nightclub chanteuse is being pursued and kidnapped Theater by a 21-year-old cowboy with romantic intents; the proprietor of the cafe and the bus driver at last find time to develop a friendship of their own; a middle-age scholar comes to terms with himself; and a young girl who works in the cafe also gets her first taste of romance.

“It’s a little touch of what life used to be in 1955,” said Connie Murello-Todd, director of “Bus Stop.” “Some of the things they talk about still ring true and some things … life was so much simpler then.”

For its 50th season, The Belfry Theatre is reproducing shows from its history. “Bus Stop” was originally produced for the 19831984 season and directed by Jim Bray. This year’s show runs Jan. 30 through Feb. 15.

“This was the one that stood out for me,” Murello-Todd said.

“Marilyn Monroe starred in the movie and I just thought it was cute. I just enjoyed it when I read it.”

Staying true to its timeframe has caused the cast some issues with props.

“They didn’t know you had to use opposing thumbs to unlatch the suitcase. They’d never seen a rotary dial telephone and didn’t know how to use the coffee maker,” Murello-Todd said. “It’s been fun to bring them into the ’50s. The first time Rose (Franzen) couldn’t get into the refrigerator because it latched was a hoot.”

The cast includes a group of veteran actors like John Whitaker and Ryan Shelton and newcomers to the Belfry stage like Addison D. Ahrendts, Rose Franzen and James Maratea.

“It has been one of the easiest shows I’ve directed,” MurelloTodd said. “It’s a very professional group and we’ve been able to dive into character development, nuances and gestures which we normally don’t have time to do.”

Returning to the Belfry stage after a long hiatus is Jeff Maess, who last appeared in “Light up the Sky.” “That was about 30 years ago,” Maess said, adding he has acted

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in five other shows at different theaters since that time. “I’ve been interested in coming back. I saw their schedule and was interested in this show and next one, ‘Noises Off.’” Maess said the script for “Bus Stop” is one reason he auditioned and enjoys the show.

“The thing that stands out for me is how well written it is,” he said. “I’ve been in different shows and learning lines, a well written show makes it that much easier.”

For his role as Virgil Blessing, Maess had to learn how to play the guitar.

“All the other guys in the case can play the guitar except for me,” he said. “They’ve been helpful.”

bus stop Where: Belfry Theatre, 10690 Greenfield Ave. Noblesville When: 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 6, 7, 13 and 14; and 2 p.m. Feb. 8 and 15.

Cast: John Whitaker (Bo), Addison D. Ahrendts (Cherie), Jeff Maess (Virgil Blessing), Rose Franzen (Elma Duckworth), James Maratea (Carl), David Korff (Sheriff Will), Ryan Shelton (Gerald Lyman) and Jennifer Mauldin (Grace). The show’s hosts are Tara Douglas and Hank Kratky. The show is directed by Connie Murello-Todd with assistance from Evan Elliott.

Cost: $15 for adults, $12 for 12 and younger.

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Nickel Plate Arts Events Show opens First Friday, Feb. 6, 6-9 pm: You will be wooed.

Nickel Plate Arts’ third annual Love, Lust & Poetry February gallery show features artworks that evoke a feeling of love, inspire a sense of lust or embrace poetic sentiments.

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Feb. 13, 6-9 pm: “Make Art, Not Love” Anti-Valentine’s Day mixer. Groups and singles welcome.

Age 21 and over event. $40/person.

Includes art activities, wine/beer and snacks. Feb. 14, 10 am-5 pm: Children’s activities, crafts ($5/each) and sweet treats. Free admission throughout the day. Come and go as you please! Feb. 14, 6-9 pm: Make this the creative stop on your Valentine’s Day evening. Live performances, artist-led adult art projects ($10/couple), music, wine/beer and snacks for sale. “Love, Lust & Poetry” art show/sale open. No cover charge. Stop by before or after your romantic downtown Noblesville plans.

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NICKEL PLATE ARTS ANNUAL MEETING / Feb. 4, 5 pm / Public Welcome. Hear about Nickel Plate Arts’ 2014 accomplishments, get an overview of our strategic plan, hear from the Hamilton Country Tourism Executive Director Brenda Myers, and meet our dedicated board members.

For more events, classes and details, visit nickelplatearts.org.

All events held at Nickel Plate Arts sponsored by the City of Noblesville and Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim.

Despite their beatdown at the hands of the New England Patriots, fans of the Indianapolis Colts have a lot to be excited diversion about with their football team.

Nobody knows that better than Renny Harrison, owner of Fanfare Tickets, located in Carmel at 890 E. 116th St., Suite 110.

Harrison started his company six years after spending years as partner at Circle City Tickets.

He talked to Current about his expectations for his local ticket reseller.

How was this year’s Colts season for your company?

“It was better than I had expected. At first glance, you look at the schedule and we didn’t have one of those blockbuster games at home.

We didn’t play the Packers or the Steelers or the Broncos at home. And overall with the NFC teams we had played, I would have certainly loved to play the Cowboys here rather than away.”

What was the best Colts game this year?

“The Cincinnati regular season game. The Bengals were doing well at the time and it was just the right time.”

How have sales been for Indiana University basketball games?

“Surprisingly good. I think the team’s better than we thought. The schedule after Christmas

is pretty decent. We have hung in there against a tough schedule and now we have a lot of weekend games and some games that really fit into everyone’s schedules. I think there are only like three weeknight games and the rest are on the weekends, which is really good.”

Besides sporting events, what other events have been a big draw?

“Neil Diamond is touring again and while that might not be everyone’s favorite performer, it appeals to people with money. Maroon 5 is coming and that’s very good. Taylor Swift is coming and that’s very good. The shows that aren’t here every year are great for business. Unlike the bands that come every single year, where there isn’t really a sense of urgency to see them. There are some other events that are pretty interesting such as Monster Jam.” I expect a lot of parents might have been willing to shell out a little extra for Taylor Swift tickets to make their daughters happy.

“Oh yeah. Over Christmas, we saw a lot of holiday presents bought from us. Taylor Swift is nine months away, but sales were really good.”

Do you have a favorite venue for ticket resale?

“Banker’s Life Fieldhouse is always the best.

They seem to draw the big names like Maroon 5 or Taylor Swift.”

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‘Bus Stop’ at the Belfry Theatre / Jan 30, 31 & Feb 6-8, 13-15 Find out what kind of romance, antics and hilarity can ensue when a bus ends up stranded at a roadside café in the middle of a snowstorm. Now in its 50th season, Noblesville’s Belfry Theatre presents “Bus Stop.” Tickets are $15/adult, $12/children 12 and younger. thebelfrytheatre.com Digital Photography Know-How / Feb. 12 and 19 / FREE The Noblesville Library hosts two beginner classes in digital photography in February: Introduction to Digital Photography on Feb. 12, 7 pm; and Digital Photography: Beginning Composition, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. hepl.lib.in.us ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in Tipton / Feb. 20-22 / $5-$15 Tipton Community Theatre presents a young performers’ edition of “The Wizard of Oz” inside the Tipton High School Auditorium. Tickets available at the door and range $5-$15. tiptontheatre.com Mary Ann Davis Oil and Pastel Painting Class / March 7-8, 9 am-4 pm The Hamilton County Artists Association is hosting celebrated artist Mary Ann Davis as she presents a two-day workshop at the Birdie Gallery in Noblesville. Cost is $155 for HCAA members and $175 for non-members. hcaa-in.org

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Devour Downtown Winterfest 2015 • Many Indianapolis and Indy-area restaurants are offering 3-course value-priced meals. Check the website for participating restaurants and ask for their Devour menu. • Various locations. • Various times through Feb. 1. • Meal prices vary. • 673-4211 • www.devourdowntown.org

Winter Farmers Market in Carmel • Stop by the Wilfong Pavilion in Founders Park for a large selection of locally produced food and wine at the Winter Farmers Market. Over 30 vendors will be on site through March 14, 2015. • 11675 Hazel Dell Pkwy., Carmel • Today from 9 a.m. to noon. • Free admission. • 710-0162 • www.carmelfarmersmarket.org

Beef & Boards Presents: “The Odd Couple” • 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the popular television and stage show that continues to enjoy a multitude of revivals and adaptations. Check out the Beef and Boards version of Oscar and Felix as mismatched roommates. • 9301 Michigan Rd., Indianapolis • Today at 1 p.m.; Jan. 29, 30 and 31 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 1 at 1:30 p.m. • Tickets start at $40.00. • 872-9664 • www.beefandboards.com

7th Annual Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest • This craft beer celebration at Indiana State Fairground’s Marsh Blue Ribbon Pavilion features over 80 craft breweries, mostly from Indiana, and benefits the Brewers of Indiana Guild. • 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis • Today from 3 – 7 p.m. and only for people 21 years of age and older. • $40 per ticket, $10 for a designated driver. • www.drinkin.beer/ event/winterfest_2015/

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93rd Annual Indianapolis Home Show at the State Fairgrounds.

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Windows, flooring, cabinets, roofing and everything in between will be on display in the Exposition Hall, West Pavilion and South Pavilion. • 1202 East 38th St, Indianapolis • Today from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Jan. 30 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Adults $14, Youth 6-12 $3, Kids 5 & under are free • 927-7503 • http:// www.indianapolishomeshow.com

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Hearthside Suppers at Conner Prairie • Learn how 19th century dinners were prepared by participating in the Conner Prairie’s Hearthside Suppers. Guests will help prepare, serve and eat an authentic 19th century meal inside the historic William Conner House. Party games and storytelling follow dinner; this program is recommended for ages 10 and up.

Reservations are required. • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Tonight from 6 – 9 p.m. and every Fri., Sat. and Sun. through Jan. 31. • $65 per person; $60 for members • 776-6006 • www.connerprairie.org Nickel Plate Arts Exhibition: “Collaboration: Painters, Poets, Playwrights, Singers, Songwriters, Sculptors and Actors Unite!” • Come to Nickel Plate Arts for this special exhibition of local artist projects meant to inspire each other and you! • 107 S. 8th St., Noblesville • Today from noon to 5 p.m.; Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Free • 452-3690 • www.nickelplatearts.org Carmel Symphony Orchestra Presents: The Texas Tenors at the Palladium • Enjoy a salute to veterans and sounds with country roots at this performance which includes the popular Texas Tenors; this group routinely sells out shows all over the world. • 1 Center Green, Carmel • Tonight at 8 p.m.; January 31 at 8 p.m. • Tickets start at $25. • Call 843-3800 for tickets. • www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.com

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The Belfry Theatre Presents: “Bus Stop” • This classic story is told in a cheerful diner where passengers on a Kansas City bus must stop to wait out a snowstorm; tales of romance and friendship soon emerge. • 10690 Greenfield Ave., Noblesville • Tonight at 8 p.m. • $15 per person; $12 per child 12 and younger; please call to reserve. • 773-1085 • www.thebelfrytheatre.com Live Music at Hopwood Cellars in Zionsville • Visit Hopwood Cellars to enjoy award-winning wines that are made from Midwestern grapes and stay to listen to live music from Water Down George. • 12 E. Cedar St., Zionsville • Tonight from 8 – 10 p.m. • Free • 873-4099. • www.hopwoodcellars.com

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Actors Theatre of Indiana Presents: “The 39 Steps” at the Studio Theater • This fun show turns Hitchcock’s 1935 film thriller into a smart comedy via four actors who use just a few props and quick thinking to tell the classic tale. • 4 Center Green, Carmel • Today at 2 p.m. • Tickets start at $20 • Call 843-3800 for tickets. • www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.com

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Prairie Pursuits: Basic Blacksmithing • This is a series of classes designed to teach the basics of blacksmithing and bench-work techniques. All materials are provided and students will complete a variety of projects. Participants should be 16 years of age or over. • 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers • Tonight from 6 – 9 p.m. and every Monday through March 9. • $225 per person for series of classes; $215 for members and please call to register. • 7766006 • http://connerprairie.org

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First Tuesday by Zionsville Chamber of Commerce • Visit Patrick’s Kitchen & Drinks and Brick Street Inn for the chance to network and meet new people. Guests will enjoy appetizers and door prizes. Chamber members and first-time guests are free. • 175 S. Main St., Zionsville • Tonight from 5:30 – 7 p.m. • Free for members. • 873-3836 • www.zionsvillechamber.org and please visit website to RSVP.

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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to visit Carmel’s Palladium Feb. 7

By Amanda Foust • news@currentincarmel.com The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is featuring a once in a lifetime opportunity here in our own backyard. Krzysztof music Urbanski enters his fourth highly acclaimed season as music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and is conducting the orchestral debut of Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (“Leningrad”) at Carmel’s Palladium.

Jessica DiSanto, Indianapolis Symphony director of communications, said, “We love to be at the world class Palladium facility. We are here to compliment the calendar of the Palladium with the finest classical music.”

The orchestral piece, Shostakovich 7, was written based on Nazi troops invasion of Russia and the siege of Leningrad. Dmitri Shostakovich noted in his memoirs, Testimony, “The symphony was not a mere echo of Hitler’s aggression; it was [my] requiem for the many victims of Stalinist terror.”

A gripping story is heard through the power of the orchestra’s stage presentation. “This is a story of human despair and, yet, triumph in the end. It was an incredibly dark time in history and, yet, they prevailed,” DiSanto said, “This is a full compliment of musicians on stage bringing

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to life this powerful symphony.”

The Palladium is offering a great opportunity to not only hear the debut of Shostakovich 7 but also to see Urbanski, who is making his presence known in Indianapolis as well as abroad.

He is a preferred and highly respected conductor among top orchestras in Europe and Asia as well as the United States.

“There is nothing like a live orchestra sound.

You can listen to recordings on the radio, but to hear an orchestra symphony live, there is none like it,” DiSanto said, “You get nuances with the music you get no where else. You get to watch the musicians exercise.”

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com Most young kids are afraid of needles.

Even most adults might get a little irritated if they had to sit with a needle in their arm for three hours at time philanthropy nearly every month.

But two-year-old Emily Stephenson sits there with a smile on her face.

The week she was born, Emily was diagnosed with spherocytosis, a disease that necessitates the need for regular blood transfusions. Emily has had more than 20 since she was born.

Her father, Wayne Stephenson, said Emily is such a trooper that she even inspires those undergoing chemotherapy. She never complains.

“She is an inspiration,” he said. “She is a champ. I thought she would be fighting and screaming, but she is tough.”

In order to help people out there – just like their daughter Emily – who need blood transfusions, the Stephensons are promoting upcoming blood drives. St.Vincent’s Women’s hospital will host a blood drive on Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The next day, there will be several locations to donate in Carmel, Fishers, Greenwood, Avon and Downtown Indianapolis YMCA locations from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Giving blood, it’s such as big concept that we thought this would be a good way to put a face to it,” he said.

Wayne Stephenson and his wife Amy both graduated from Carmel High School in 2001 and 2002 respectively. They relocated to Nebraska in 2004 because Wayne is in the military, but most of their family still lives in Carmel so they decided to hold a blood drive in Indiana. They will also be organizing blood drives in Omaha, Neb. The blood drives are meant to benefit all people and not just Emily.

The Stephensons first noticed something was wrong with Emily during the 24-hour check-up when the doctors noticed she was jaundiced. She had her first transfusion on her seventh day of life.

“It was absolutely terrifying,” he said. “We had

Daughters Julia, 5, and Emily, 2, and parents Wayne and Amy Stephenson. Wayne and Amy are Carmel natives. Their daughter Emily suffers from spherocytosis and needs regular blood transfusions. (Submitted photo)

never heard of this disease before and the nurses and the doctors tried to explain everything to us but it’s still that initial shock.”

Spherocytosis is a form of anemia where red blood cells are sphere-shaped, rather than bi-concave disk shaped, which causes them to break down easily. Those diagnosed can live happy lives with the disease, but there are some limitations. Emily probably can’t play contact sports and a serious illness could harm her more than other people. But at age 12, she will likely receive a splenectomy. By removing the spleen, that should help prevent many of the weak red blood cells from being destroyed. This would reduce the need for blood transfusions.

Besides the blood transfusions, Emily is just like any little girl. She loves the movie “Frozen” and can sing all of the songs. She loves animals and pizza. She likes to watch Mickey Mouse cartoons when she is sitting during her blood transfusions, just one part of the eight-hour hospital visits this tough little girl goes through every five to six weeks. Her father said he knows she’ll keep her smile.

“There will be lots of times later in life that I’ll be able to tell her that she’s the toughest girl out there,” he said.

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Source: European Society of Cardiology New director of quality – Stephanie Tooley, DNP, RN, NE-BC, a Carmel resident, has been named the new executive director of quality at St.Vincent Indianapolis. Tooley’s new role will include overseeing accreditation and patient safety, clinical quality and infection control, risk management and medical credentialing as well as the Magnet credentialing process. Prior to this position, Tooley served as the interim executive director of quality where she demonstrated focus and discipline, finding ways to immediately improve regulatory readiness to ensure the safest care, facilities, processes and procedures to benefit patients and their families.

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com

In April, Barrett & Stokley will open a new array of apartments.

Tenants could pay development as much as $1,900 a month, but amenities are expected to be plentiful: attached two-car garages, two-story fitness center and a giant swimming pool with a lap pool and TVs as you sunbathe. The luxurious upscale feel is modeled after resort communities.

The Seasons of Carmel is on Westfield Boulevard across from the Sunrise golf course that Old Town Design Group will be developing into homes. Situated near the county border, Alex Barrett, district manager for the company, said it will be a short drive away from Nora in Indianapolis and the Carmel City Center.

“It’s close to everything you want, but still just removed enough from the hustle and bustle,” she said. “It’s very conveniently located.”

There will be 256 units with 29 different floor plans spread out among 14 buildings. There are about three ranges for apartment types. About a third will be around 900 square feet with no elevator access starting around $900 a month.

About a third will from 600 to 1,800 square feet with elevator access around $1,800 a month,

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at the most. About a third will be around 860 to 1,633-square feet with two-car garages attached around $1,900 a month at the most.

Every unit will have granite countertops, flattop stoves, double-door refrigerators with filtered water dispenser and a washer and dryer inside the apartment.

“If you don’t want to buy, but you want some of the luxuries of a home, here’s a place you can rent that’s convenient,” she said. “The whole idea of the complex was to make it feel like a resort.”

Local developer Pittman Partners is working with Barrett & Stokley on the 21-acre project, valued around $34 million. The first units will be available the beginning of April.

Chipotle holds the pork

By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com

Earlier in January, it was announced that Chipotle, a popular Mexican restaurant chain, would stop selling pork products at about food one-third of its locations nationwide because it was discovered a supplier wasn’t keeping the pork up to their standards.

As of press time, the “pork carnitas” were not available at the 12697 N Pennsylvania St. Chipotle in Carmel, near Meijer and U.S. 31. But the carnitas were sold at 2420 E. 146th St. in Westfield.

The carnitas also are available at the nearby Keystone Fashion Mall location.

Some business analysts wondered if the shortage of the popular menu item would hurt sales. The company branded the decision by reiterating their opposition to selling pork that isn’t “responsibly raised,” a phrase the company uses so often that they’ve registered it as an official trademark.

It appears that their marketing spin has paid off. Ask local customers and they say they have more respect for Chipotle for deciding to not sell the pork.

“It’s good to see the company stand up for its morals,” said Rob Lower of Westfield. “I don’t typically order the pork, so it doesn’t affect us, but it makes me more likely to come back. I usually order the chicken, but I know they are probably going to hold those farmers to the same standards as the people supplying the pork.”

A sign on the door states it clearly, no pork carnitas for diners. (Photo by Adam Aasen)

Keke Reynolds, who works at the Pennsylvania Street location, said customers have been very understanding about the shortage and most have had positive comments to say in response.

Carmel’s Ross Hamilton said he thinks more companies should go in that direction.

“We’re getting into more organic products as opposed to animals filled with hormones, so it does make a difference to me,” he said.

And while some customers might be craving pork, luckily it’s only a short drive to a location that serves carnitas.

“I could understand why it’s frustrating for people who want pork but couldn’t get it,” said Lauren Creek of Carmel. “But it’s important to have a higher quality product.”

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By Adam Aasen • adam@youarecurrent.com On Feb. 2, Huntington Bank is opening a new branch in the Sophia Square building on Main Street. coming soon But company officials say this won’t be “just another branch.” This new concept will feature a lobby that is open 24/7 with self-service banking machines, far more powerful than the typical ATM. If this “smart branch” pilot program works out in Carmel, then Huntington might open similar locations, maybe connected to retail centers, grocery stores or apartment buildings.

Mike Newbold, regional president for Huntington Bank in Indiana, said this is all part of a strategy to offer many different ways that customers can do their banking. It’s obvious that people can choose to go to a teller if they want face-to-face help and most people are familiar with banking online or on their smartphones – taking photos of checks to make a deposit – but the next step is self-service machines.

These aren’t just ATMs, which can deposit checks and spit out cash, these machines will allow people to complete transactions such as opening a new checking account or checking on the status of a loan. Staff on hand will be available to teach people how to use the new technology. There will be four self-service terminals and several secure ATMs in a lobby, part of which will be open 24/7.

“This way people can come in out from the cold and feel safe inside our lobby at any time,” he said. “The machines available will look kind of like our traditional ATMs, but they’ll have more features.”

But the move toward incorporating technology at the branches doesn’t mean the end of the personal face-to-face experience. Not only will there be tellers at the Sophia Square branch, but Huntington is also planning a new branch near Old Meridian that will be much larger than the existing location on Range Line Road.

“That’s a great location, but we’ve just run out of space,” Newbold said.

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Nearly 1,500 homes pended in December, with all but three Central Indiana counties reporting increased sales compared real estate to the same time period last year, according to statistics compiled by F.C. Tucker Company. Overall, December 2014 pended home sales rose to 1,497 over December 2013, an increase of 43 homes sold in the nine counties that F.C. Tucker tracks.

In Hamilton County, pended sales decreased while the sale price increased: • Last month, pended sales in Hamilton County dipped 13.3 percent to 260 homes compared to 300 homes in December 2013.

• Sale prices in Hamilton County continue to trend up. In December 2014, the average sale price rose to $267,559, which is an increase of 5 percent compared to December 2013.

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which is 28 fewer homes than December 2013.

• Inventory in Carmel remains stable. Last month, 419 homes were available for sale – an increase of six homes compared to December 2013.

• Homes in Carmel are selling fast. In December 2014, homes were available for sale for 68 days – a week less than the same time last year.

Overall across Central Indiana, listing inventory continues to fall while home sale prices inch up – positive indications that stabilization continues across our region. We expect this positive movement to continue into the first half of 2015.

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Question: “Hey Jordan. My 10-year-old daughter, my wife and I are in quite a conundrum.

When listing nouns in a grammar guy sentence, is a comma used before the conjunction ‘and’ or ‘or?’ My daughter thinks it is, my wife thinks it is not and I think it’s acceptable with or without a comma. So, who is correct, my daughter, my wife or yours truly?” – (James Swick) Answer: The serial, or Oxford, comma is a hotly debated subject in the grammar world.

Let’s talk briefly about who uses it, and why.

If you’re a serial comma fan, you’re in good company. The bulk of style guides call for using the serial comma (APA, MLA and “The Chicago

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People who don’t use it: The Associated Press, the Canadian Press and the Brits (although it is mandated by the Oxford University Press, where it gets its name).

The major point upon which arguments for and against the Oxford Comma stand is the creation or resolution of ambiguity.

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Pancha Rathas: Honoring a poem Commentary by Don Knebel Monumental shrines carved in solid rock in southeast India pay homage to a poem that influences the lives of hundreds of Travel millions of people every day. The shrines themselves, although never completed, have also had a lasting influence on the appearance of India.

Near the small town of Mamallapuram, about 40 miles south of Chennai along the Bay of Bengal, seventh century artisans sculpted five enormous shrines from a single outcropping of granite. The tallest of the intricately-carved shrines rises more than 35 feet from the sand and all include chambers for sheltering the images of one or more Hindu gods and goddesses.

Inside one shrine, an adoring follower of Durga is famously shown cutting off her own head as a sacrifice to her goddess. In another, a statue merges the separate gods Shiva and Vishnu into a single, ecumenical image. Two lions and an elephant, carved from the same outcropping, stand guard.

The shrines are known collectively as “Pancha Rathas” (Five Chariots) because they reportedly suggest the wooden chariots used in ancient temple processions. Although originally intended to become temples, the shrines were never completed and therefore never consecrated. Long ago the residents of Mamallapuram decided to name the shrines in honor of the heroes of

Pancha Rathas Shrines in Mamallapuram, India (Photo by Don Knebel)

the Mahabharata, an epic poem completed in the fourth century A.D. that includes 1.8 million words and 200,000 verses, making it about eight times longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. Included within the complex poem is the 700-verse Bhagavad Gita, a synthesis of moral and religious principles that is as important to Hindus as the Bible is to Christians. The Mahabharata recounts the story of five brothers of the Pandava family who battled their cousins for control of a legendary kingdom in northern India. Four of the Pancha Rathas are named for the Pandava brothers, two of whom were twins,

and one is named for Draupadi, the wife they all shared.

The distinctive styles of the Pancha Rathas became models for later Hindu temples constructed throughout the Indian subcontinent. As a result, the shrines are now part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Delivery Drivers Needed

Immediate Openings for Delivery Drivers We are looking for energetic, detail oriented, delivery drivers with a back ground in customer service. This job can be full or part time. You make your own schedule.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT JANUS DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, INC 1555 WESTFIELD ROAD NOBLESVILLE, IN 46062 SUBSTITUTE DRIVER Janus Developmental Services is seeking substitute Bus Drivers to be responsible for the safe and courteous provision of transportation services to individuals of the Hamilton County Express Transportation System. High School Diploma or equivalent required along with a valid Public Passenger Chauffeur’s License.

PART TIME BUS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN Janus Developmental Service is seeking a part time Bus Maintenance Technician. Successful Candidate will perform general upkeep of all agency's vehicles and buses to be in compliance with INDOT standards.

High school diploma or equivalent, general truck maintenance knowledge, First Aid and CPR certification, Valid Indiana Public Passenger/Chauffeur License.

To apply, visit Janus’s website at http://www.janus-inc.org/who-we-are/careers and download our application, or fax your resume to 317-773-8798

BRixx Wood Fired Pizza

Computer service center

seeking full-time technician to assist business and residential customers with all aspects of computer support. Send resume with references to jobs@ctcarmel.com

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Classroom Assistant (Hamilton County) Responsibilities Include: • Assist the planning and implementation of lesson plans • Use developmentally appropriate techniques to interact with children-individually or in groups-to support learning throughout the day • Daily completion of USDA documentation at point of service Specific Requirements: • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) • Must have at least 1 year of experience working in a childcare setting • Child Development Associate certificate (CDA) must be earned within one (1) year after hire date in order to remain employed Apply at our website www.fds.org or call at 317-803-3830.

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Put yourself in a better place.

Xerox Services has immediate positions for Customer Service Representatives Walk-ins Welcome!

Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm Questions?

Please contact Tessa at 765-778-6219 Apply in person: 2828 Enterprise Drive Anderson, IN 46013

Must pass background and drug screen.

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We are growing our team in our Fishers, IN location, and we're looking for qualified customer service and sales professionals to join us in a new business venture!

**ATTEND OUR CAREER FAIR** **Wed, Feb 4 from 5pm - 9pm** Hampton Inn & Suites 11575 Commercial Drive Fishers, IN 46038 69 Freeway, Exit 205 317.913.0300 (Front Desk) Please, apply online, bring your resume, and meet us at the Career Fair! www.xerox.com Job Numbers: 15001899 & 14043408

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Rockstar delivery drivers and sandwich makers at all Indianapolis area locations.

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TMS Health, a Xerox Company is commitment to service excellence, exceeding our client expectations, reward performance with a competitive compensation, monthly performance bonuses, bilingual differential, and an excellent benefits package.

Customer Care Specialists *English and Bilingual French Canadian *Troubleshooting - Diabetic Medical Device-Inbound *Customer Service focused *Bachelor’s degree required Inside Sales Representatives *Motivated sales professionals who love to sell and manage relationships with their clients *Previous sales and customer service experience *Ambitious, competitive and self-motivated *Bachelor's degree preferred

For more information contact: Phyllis Jackson Senior Recruiter 317.521.1620 | phyllis.jackson@tmshealth.com

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Experts delivering before, during and after your delivery.

Indiana University Health North Hospital not only provides an exceptional care team, we make sure your birthing experience is the one you always imagined.

Expert doctors and the comforts of home. That’s what you can expect from IU Health North Hospital. Each of our services is designed to make sure your pregnancy is as comfortable as it is memorable. And should you need a higher level of care, you can be confident that Level III NICU care with private rooms is available at Riley at IU Health North—staffed around the clock by Riley neonatologists and some of the best pediatric physicians in the state. As you can see, your peace of mind means everything to us. Because you deserve it, we deliver it.

Discover the strength at iuhealth.org/northmaternity or arrange an on-site tour by calling the childbirth educator at 317.688.2465

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