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Helping MOTHERS The O’Connor House 4th Annual Fundraiser When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian St., Carmel For more information: Contact Lisa Claps 575.0145 or lisaclaps@mac.com

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By Stephanie Carlson Curtis Current in Carmel

Two Hamilton County women create a caring place where unwed mothers can learn skills they need to succeed.

nominational, non-profit organization, the home Staff members proserves childbearing women over 17 years of age vide child care while the who lack the ability to manage motherhood. women attend class or She is pregnant, penniless, afraid and alone. She is “Society says when you turn 18 you are an work. Volunteers teach angry, defensive, hurt and on the verge of giving up. But adult and you’re on your own,” said Dulac. cooking classes, parenting there is a spark, a glimmer of hope, a chance that given “But, many of these women were not parented skills, cleanliness and enthe opportunity she just might survive. That she might at all and don’t have the first clue of how to do courage hobbies. Financial actually thrive. it. We can’t ignore them. We need to hold their responsibility is dealt with Women who find themselves in troubling situations hands, too.” daily, focusing on ways to facing a crisis pregnancy have a place to call home where Modeled after a program in New York City budget, save and pay off opportunity knocks and the door is wide open. called Good Counsel Homes, DuLac and debt. Residents watch little Since June 2005, The O’Connor House has given 18 Bussick contacted crisis pregnancy agencies and television and spend free time unwed, expectant mothers a chance to create a better life social workers to assess the need. After months talking or playing with their for themselves and their children by providing a viable of diligent research, they determined there children. alternative to abortion. was a demand, developed an advisory board, According to Teter, “We are “We ask them not to abort, but we raised money and built a centered on family and our give no options and no answers,” said strong volunteer base. goal is to teach these women The O’Connor House Colleen DuLac, co-founder of The As their vision moved to become self-sufficient and Co-Founders Ellie Jones, House Manager, feeds O’Connor House. “It’s not a choice if toward reality, Bussick move out of the social welfare a survival is at stake.”

Colleen “Coco” DuLac – 1985 and DuLac encountered baby whose mother is at work system so that they can pay Angie Hill, abused and neglected, graduate of Carmel High School some zoning and fundfor the things they need and was removed from her birth home by • Carmel resident and mother of ing challenges, but Carmel approvide for their children.” social services when she was 5 years one 17-year-old daughter. proved the home and the structure “We keep in contact with the women once they leave so old. She has lived much of her life • Loves children, always wanted was donated. The organization is they know someone cares,” said Bussick. One woman has moving in and out of foster homes. five of her own, but made some currently supported by private con- gone on to become a poet, while another is planning to Just weeks before graduating from a mistakes got divorced and felt tributions and operating costs run get a degree in social work so that she too can help those program that provides housing for called to create a place that about $11,000 per month. who struggle. former foster children while teaching would empower women and save The home is staffed around the The O’Connor House has been so well-received that them how to make the transition to children. clock, and residents must follow the organization is searching for a larger home or land on adulthood, Angie became pregnant strict rules. Coordinating House which they can build a dorm-style residence. Their goal is Kris Bussick – 1980 graduate of and was forced to leave the shelter.

Manager Mandy Teter keeps to serve at least 12 women and their families on a consisCarmel High School Homeless and pregnant at the age close watch on residents’ activities tent basis.

• Noblesville resident and mother of 23, Angie was desperate. and works one-on-one with each Tasha Jones, a loyal supporter, believes The O’Connor of four children.

“My case manager introduced me woman, helping them set goals, House is greatly needed, “without it we would be doing • Husband Bill Bussick is president to The O’Connor House,” said Hill. manage finances, and learn how to our country, state and city an injustice.” She advocates of the O’Connor House Board of “I’m studying to be a medical asparent. that expectant women are given the chance to assess Directors and a great supporter. sistant and I’m learning things like “We allow our residents to bring without worry what is going to happen next and focus on • Hopes to implement more budgeting and saving.” their other children and make this what really matters, the unborn child. programs for unwed mothers “We teach life skills and require home their home for 18 months or “Parents are able to make a well-thought out decision as well as increase partnerships each resident to work or attend until they are ready to live on their and not a permanent decision for a temporary situation,” with corporations, businesses and school,” said Kris Bussick, co-founder own,” said Teter. “Our residents said Jones. other not-for-profit groups. of the organization and mother of are not allowed to date, must obey “We all make mistakes,” said DuLac. “If you screwed four children. curfew and are required to grocery up and God chose you to be a mom, do you run from it The O’Connor House, named after Roman Catholic shop, cook, do laundry and clean as well as balance their or choose to do something that will define your life?”

Cardinal John O’Connor, is the first home for unwed check books. We hold each woman accountable for their mothers in Hamilton County. Designed as a non-deactions.”

Photos by Stephanie Carlson Curtis

OUR TAKES It is our position that property tax relief cannot come too soon. Recently, it was announced, the state of Indiana saw an increase in the number of foreclosures. This abysmal statistic comes following several years where Indiana was a leader in this unenviable regard. There is a silver lining in that we have actually moved down the list as states like California, Nevada and Michigan are suffering from extraordinarily high rates of foreclosure. Our state legislature is working furiously to achieve some compromise that will reduce, at least in part, the astonishing challenge of home ownership during what is increasingly being called a

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recession.

That said, property tax reduction plans being proposed by the governor’s office would ultimately call for a reduction in services in some municipalities. In a principled way, we support the concept that while the citizens are tightening their belts, so should their government. We encourage our leaders to spend as much time focused on how to reduce costs in a way that has the lowest impact on those who might need services in these difficult economic times; and not to focus their energies on attempting to replace tax dollars to feed bloated programs and staffs.

PERCENTAGES OF SUCCESS It is our position that our fine city should revisit its decision to reduce the overall funding for the arts as a percentage of the cities budget. Our City Council recently decided to reduce arts funding, formally 1 percent annually in the city budget, to a capped amount. This week the city of Carmel announced recommendations from the Carmel Arts Advisory Committee for the distribution of the 2008 arts funding category. While we believe that the committee did good and thoughtful work and distributed money equitably among a number of highly deserving entities, Carmel’s significant investment in civic

space and in the Arts & Design District will require more capital during its initial years of existence.

We are concerned that city leadership might be penny-wise and pound-foolish. In other words, saving thousands today could ultimately cost us hundreds of thousands in tax dollars.

Given the significance of the capital invested in buildings and infrastructure, nourishing a fledgling community to support them only seems prudent. Certainly we are not recommending irresponsible distributions of cash, but we urge the city to reinstitute the 1 percent guideline and adequately invest in building the community to its fullest potential.

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ANOTHER TAKE DO WE TEACH ANTICIPATION?

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e always seem to be wait- tience, disappointment and frustration ing for that next imporof the years of attention and temperance tant event in life – it’s the required to build a solid family unit. Let annual return of warm me explain. Love occurs at first sight. weather for me.

Intimacy arrives at an ever Why do we spend much of our faster rate in the dating energy wishing our lives away? process. Weddings can be These days at our house, we are planned and executed in awaiting the looming spring weeks. Homes are built in break family vacation (accordmonths. The conception and ing to my youngest son, we are delivery of a child is done 53 days out). in a year or so. Then, raising Counting manifests a that kid to independence number of redeeming qualiadds another decade or two. ties: one, its math benefits are But, building a marriage surprising; two, it offsets a good takes a lifetime. Just as comdeal of the constant barrage of munities require generations “how many days now” questo build, and civilizations tions precipitated by any such need centuries. Are we paTerry awaiting child; and three, but tient enough to wait and Anker perhaps most importantly, we to set out to seek outcomes have come to value the lesson of so far off in the future? In anticipation. many cases, so far off that we certainly Do you remember the old ketchup cannot begin to imagine how or when commercials with the slow-moving conthe sought after might be realized. diment staving off the awaiting FrenchDo we teach anticipation? Are we buildfry eater? Carly Simon’s “Anticipation” ing a culture based on both the present and was the only accompanying audio. As in the future? While opportunity should be a younger person, I failed to get the aggressively pursued, we should never wait value of this ad. Why would we want to when someone has an immediate need. wait? I recall rejoicing with the advent We should learn to let life steep a little of the plastic squeeze bottle, effectively sometimes. While I long for the day that eliminating the need to be patient. But our boys will be able to drive themselves somehow, as time has flown by and I to and from their various activities, I relish find myself looking at my life as having those moments alone in the car with each reached the halfway point. of them.

Don’t misunderstand, I’m not ready to In much the same way that enjoying stop and smell the roses, go out to pasture, a bottle of wine is enjoying a bottle of or let life pass me by. In fact, in many rewine – but there is an extraordinary gap gards, staying current and in motion is a between a Mad Dog from a convenience key to happiness, especially to those of us store and an aged Tuscan. For me, I’m in the business of building and growth. willing to make the investment in my But much of life only becomes clear and boys (and in vino) regardless of how long fully brought to fruition in the passage of it takes. time. Tea is best when steeped.

Terry Anker is the associate editor of Current And, the best marriages are often the in Carmel. You may e-mail him at terry@curlongest lived ones. Passion – the exciterentincarmel.com. ment of marriage, weddings, dating and independence often give way to impa-

FROM THE BACKSHOP Got questions; got answers?

So many questions, so few answers: 1. Why does this nation set its watch by American Idol?

2. Why do meteorologists spend so much time getting everyone all freaked out about THE STORM THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN? (Shouldn’t they be chasing meteors?)

3. Exactly from where did that additional $5 million for Hillary Clinton’s campaign come?

4. Is there a governor around here who would make a dandy U.S. Senator?

5. This region clearly needs the new midfield terminal at Indianapolis International Airport, but does the Big City really need the stadium?

6. Why is no one taking Ron Paul seriously?

7. Why do Westfield residents have Carmel addresses?

8. Why do Carmel residents have Westfield addresses?

9. Whatever happened to “leave a message, and I’ll return your call” actually meaning something?

Steve Greenberg & Brian Kelly 10. What would Dr. Phil say?

••• About that library teaser from last week, here’s the partial scoop: Current Publishing and Woodys Library Restaurant are teaming to help raise some dough-re-mi for the Carmel Clay Public Library. The idea: a day-long Mini-marathon, Woodys-style. The eatery serves the most kick-tail mini-burgers, and we’re gonna see how many can be sold on a sunny, warm Saturday in late April or early May. We’re looking at having a flat fee to eat and partake of beverages all day, dance to some music and raise as much cash possible for the CCPL. We’ll keep you posted.

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LITTLE ROCK NINE: Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the nine black teenagers who first desegregated allwhite Little Rock Central High School 50 years ago, will speak at 7 p.m.

Thursday at The Brown-Trickey Orchard School, 615 W. 64th St., Indianapolis. The event is free and open to the public.

LEADING THE MUSIC: Gordon Temple has joined six other Carmel residents on the board of the American Pianists Association, which is based in Indianapolis and operates the Indy Jazz Fest. Other Carmel residents on the board are Tom Hirschauer, Peggy Watanabe, Nelson Alexander, Craig Gigax and Janet Nine.

HUNGRY TO HELP? Carmel Elementary School Hospital Helper Month continues Feb. 19 with dinner at Majors Restaurant — 15 percent of the proceeds for the night will benefit the Carmel Elementary sponsored “Hospitals Helper donation fund.” Additional donations can be made to the St. Vincent Foundation or Riley Children’s Hospital, on behalf of Carmel Elementary School.

I’m confident a rapist is breaking into our house every night at 1 a.m., 2:38 a.m., and 4:12 a.m.

So yes, parenting without my husband is hard, and my first reaction when I hear about an upcoming trip is always, “Ah s@#*!”

On the other hand, I do enjoy the freedom that comes along with being the sole-decision maker and the last person in bed at night. I get the remote and can watch whatever fluff, non-political/science TV show I want. I’m not asked for a foot rub or back scratch at 10 p.m. I can hide in my office and play Spider Solitaire for hours if I choose. I can read my juicy smut novel in silence and not feel guilty about ignoring my spouse. Basically, he’s one less person who needs anything from me.

Mostly though, and I think this is the main reason why I function a little less bitterly when he’s gone, I have no expectation of help. In other words, I know that if I want the dishes done or the coffee made, I have to do it myself. Since I’m not expecting the trash with the dirty diaper to be taken out while I’m asleep, I’m not upset when I wake up in the morning and find it still sitting in the kitchen. When I get frus-

trated with my husband, it’s usually because he didn’t fulfill an expectation of mine. When he’s gone, I have no expectations, and therefore, no disappointments.

Not that I’d like him to travel more. (Please see third paragraph.)

I’m fairly confident that I’d be in therapy by the second week. After all, it’s one thing to know I’ve only got to survive until Saturday, and quite another to realize no help is ever coming.

I’m just saying that occasionally it’s refreshing to have a break from the demands of marriage. Not only do I have the chance to test out my single-parent survival skills, but I am reminded that my husband is an amazing father and that I, along with our children, really do need him in our lives.

Plus, by the time he does return home, I could care less about what chores haven’t been done or if the kids haven’t had a bath in seven days. Daddy’s back! Daddy’s back!

And that’s all that really matters. Peace out.

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

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DEADLY BUG: A presentation on the Emerald Ash Borer in Indiana will be given at 7 p.m. March 4 at Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 Fourth Ave. SE. The Emerald Ash Borer, a new exotic beetle was discovered feeding on Ash trees in Carmel/ Clay Township on Hazel Dell Parkway in January 2006. Emerald Ash Borer larvae feed below the bark of ash trees, producing galleries that eventually girdle and kill the tree.

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y husband has been traveling a lot recently for work.

Mostly short trips of two or three days, but occasionally a five-nighter. Women ask me, “Is that hard when he’s gone, or do you kind of like it?”

An interesting question when you think about it, as most would assume that with four small kids, being a single parent for a week would be a living hell. But truthfully, the answer is “yes” Danielle to both parts.

Wilson As much as I complain about my husband, he is a tremendous help and I would not survive long without him.

So when he’s away, simple routine tasks turn into monumental, dreaded events.

Homework, baths, bedtime — with no other adult around to assist, my patience level quickly bottoms out. Any stalling or whining on the kids’ part literally sends me over the edge of sanity and I turn into Super Mean Mommy. “No dessert!” “No Wii!” “No breathing!” Plus, I generally sleep like crap when he’s gone because

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CARMEL GRAD AT ESPN: Matt Housemeyer, 2002 graduate of Carmel High School and 2007 graduate of Purdue University, recently joined ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.

Housemeyer is Housemeyer an operations technician specializing in video editing for the numerous ESPN networks.

Housemeyer is the son of Doug and Diane Housemeyer of Carmel, Indiana.

NO EXPECTATIONS MEANS NO DASHED HOPES

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GET YOUR TEAM READY FOR 2008 RELAY OF LIFE

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ay McDonald would be proud. brate their life yet to live. And, should you He lost his battle with kidney want to honor someone felled by cancer, cancer in 1999 an emotional and properly and slipped away. solemn luminary presentation Gone, but not will take place with each person’s forgotten, he will be rememname announced as a tribute to bered this year as he has been their life cut short. each year since it started, Age is no barrier to team memduring the Carmel Relay For bership, as Rays of Light proved Life benefiting the American when an 85-year-old crewmemCancer Society. Actually, ber successfully kicked off the Ray and others like him have first lap. Schools in Carmel are become reasons for the rest of organizing teams as well as cous to get involved and do anyworkers, neighborhoods, coffee thing to help fight the disease klatsches and civic groups. Ten that touches too many lives.

Carmel High School students His namesake team, Rays from the class of 2005 have parJeff of Light will be led this June ticipated on Stephanie’s team Worrell 7 and 8 by his wife, Stephanie each year, and will be carrying on McDonald. Now retired, she the tradition again this year. taught 29 years at Carmel High School.

Celebrate. Remember. Fight back. Those This year she is on the organizing comare the words organizers have chosen to mittee along with Co-chairwoman Tracy inspire the 40 teams for 2008. Stephanie Uhrig and Shelby Hicks for the third time McDonald is already living those words around in Carmel. Around and around for Ray. She could use your help. literally, as this fundraiser is a team event Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He that sends teammates running, walkrecognizes volunteers on “Connecting with ing, limping or being pushed around Carmel” on Cable Channel 16. Contact him at the Carmel High School Track to earn jworrell@advantagemedical.com. the pledge money promised by friends, co-workers and family. For 24 hours, one team member keeps the relay going by locomoting around the perimeter of the famous Carmel Football Stadium.

Activities and special events along the way keep everyone entertained and energized.

Once Carmel started the Relay three years ago, each year has been better than the year before in the amount of money raised and number of participants. For year three, Uhrig, Hicks and their committee have set a goal of 40 teams made of 8-15 people willing to stay for just one hour or the entire time. A community within a community will pop up along the fence line as teams erect tents with all of the modern conveniences possible on school property. They also want to invite all cancer survivors to come to opening ceremonies and be recognized and cele-

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Team Name: Eat Your Oats Team Category: Church (Pilgrim Lutheran Church) Members: Maureen Nestor, Susan Pyburn, Jennifer Karmolinski and Paula Snyder. The ages of their team members range from early 30s to 50s, so their goals will also vary. Three of the members on the team participated in the Challenge last year.

This week’s report: Almost half-way through, we’ve all hit stumbling blocks but are learning from them this time.

When I joined this little challenge I was gung ho, I was doing a boot camp at 5:30 a.m. and loving it. I felt I was really making progress and I knew that exercising would help me lose weight and in

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Current In Carmel is following one of the many teams participating in the 2008 Carmel Mayor Wellness Challenge.

Over the next few months, Team “Eat Your Oats� will share their progress with readers.

turn help with my blood pressure. I hit a MAJOR stumbling block when I injured my ankle and am not allowed to work my lower body. I was so disappointed. I HAVE to exercise to lose weight... I was at a crossroads. I was pouting one day that I was going to have a decent upper body as I could still do weights to help with that but I really needed cardio. I have discovered the pool, not that I wanted to get in a bathing suit at this juncture but you have to do what you have to do. I feel SO much better again; it is amazing what exercise can do for you mentally as well as physically. So hopefully I can start moving forward again.  I was using this challenge to help me lose weight and get in shape, and it has turned in to so much more. My children ask when are we getting regular bagels back... never, the whole grain bagels are delicious, All but one of my four kids have come to the whole grain side. I have learned so much about healthy eating and cooking new things and I feel really good knowing I am setting my kids up for healthier habits. — Maureen Nestor

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Know the god you pray to

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ope Benedict was recently “You Christians always sound like that,� asked how Christianity is difhe said. “You won’t tolerate the thought ferent from other religions. that someone else might be right.�

He responded that in every Still, I asked him to name the name religion, human beings seek of the God he was seeking. If prayer is God. Christianity, he said, is talking to God, isn’t it a good a religion in which God also start, I reasoned, to know seeks man. with Whom one is trying to As a Christian, I like the talk? idea that God is looking for He couldn’t say, but trusted me, because I am looking for the lady Ashram author as the Him. How do I know God is more appropriate broker of looking for me? Because He his hoped-for, deeper prayer sent Jesus Christ to establish life with God, the Divine, or an eternal relationship with whatever. He just couldn’t say me, you ‌ all of us (John What or Who the Divine was.

3:16).

I wonder sometimes why I accept that my human people make it so hard. Truly pursuit of Christ is imperfect, and too often, I lament my Bob Walters but know that in my faith I own inability to convincingly Spirituality have the assurance that God is share the following wonderful on the other end of that relanews: tionship perfectly trying to find me. The God is already looking for us, the Holy Bible tells me so. So does the pope.

Spirit is already in us, and Christ has alA friend recently lamented to me that ready created a bridge for us to an eternal he was indeed trying to find God in relationship with God. prayer, but couldn’t. He cited an author If we want that, all we have to do is he read who had searched Ashrams in ask, and then be still. We will know that India for prayer, meditation, enlightenHe is God (Psalm 46:10). ment, etc.

Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com) archives / When I asked him the name of the blogs his Current! columns at www.believerGod he was seeking, I tacitly (and to my bob.blogspot.com chagrin) went a little overboard it seems in challenging his interpretation of God.

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eorge Washington is the those in elevated stations, who invariably perfect Christian to many turned their backs on the Lord’s supper. I Christians these days. Yet, in acknowledge the remark was intended for his own day, Washington was the President, as such, he received it. not “Christian� enough to “A few days later, in a conversation with, suit other Christians, including I believe, a Senator..., he told his Philadelphia minister, James me he had dined the day Abercrombie. before with the President, who Details can be found in works in the course of conversation such as “George Washington and at the table, said, that on the Religion,� by Paul F. Boller Jr., preceding Sunday, he had reand “The Ways of Providence,� ceived a very just reproof from

by Frank E. Grizzard Jr. the pulpit, for always leaving Reverend Abercrombie dethe church before the adminclares: “That Washington was a istration of the sacrament; professing Christian is evident that he honored the preacher from his regular attendance in for his integrity and candor; our church; but, Sir, I cannot that he had never considered consider any man a real Christian the influence of his example; Bruce Braden who uniformly disregards an that he would never again give Faith ordinance so solemnly enjoined cause for the repetition of the by the divine author of our holy reproof; and that, as he had religion, and considered as a channel of never been a communicant, were he to divine grace.� become one of them, it would be imputed In an 1831 letter to Origen Bachelor, to an ostentatious display of religious zeal Abercrombie provides details: “Observing arising altogether from his elevated station. that on Sacrament Sundays, General Accordingly, he afterwards never came on Washington immediately after the Desk the morning of Sacrament Sunday...� and Pulpit services went out with the Bruce Braden is an author and poet. He is greater part of the congregation, always the editor of “Ye Will Say I Am No Christian: leaving Mrs. Washington with the comThe Thomas Jefferson/John Adams municants... I considered it my duty, in Correspondence on Religion, Morals, and a sermon on Public Worship, to state the unhappy tendency of example, particularly Values.�

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big-time coffee company It was, shall we say, bracing. My cousins – make that THE big-time and I have often talked about how edgy coffee company, the one with our parents were back during our kidthe same name as a character in hoods. Well, there’s your answer: They Moby Dick – just put another were all stoked up on plastic explosives. outlet close to my neighborEvery single McKenzie cousin hood. That makes three within – there are 50 of us – rememwalking distance of my house, bers being yelled at by a parent with three more close by if you for some minor kid-type misdon’t mind hoofing it for antake, and to a person, it’s not other couple of minutes. the speeches we remember. It’s This raises a question: the coffee breath.

Just how much coffee do we (I’m pretty sure this is why need, anyway? my cousin Dena is so short.

I’m serious. Well, as serious She got into a lot of trouble. I as I ever get. Are we going to think it stunted her growth.) keep going until there’s a YouWell, anyway, this was the Know-Whatbucks within walkcoffee of my kidhood. And it ing distance of EVERYBODY’S probably had something to do Mike Redmond house? Are they going to start with what happened the day I Humor popping up on cul-de-sacs in took a sip of coffee at a coffee the suburbs and then at inshop, and thought, “You know, tersections out in the country? Is there I think I’d rather have tea.” I bought a box some sort of social need (of which I am, as of Red Rose tea bags on the way home and usual, unaware) being met by the presence I’ve been drinking it ever since. of java joints every 300 yards?

Which gets back to my questions about And, more to the point, what’s the big the coffee shops. Did someone decide we deal? You can gussy it up with all the foam were undercaffeinated? Must have. These and sprinkles you want, but underneath it things don’t just happen by themselves, all it’s still just coffee. you know. Someone’s obviously done reI used to be a major coffee drinker. search that says every available inch of real Major. My intake was measured by the estate should be turned into a coffee shop, pot, not the cup. I inherited this from my and that one brand (the Moby Dick one) mother’s side of the family, the McKenzies. should be the name every one thinks of The McKenzies are a northern Indiana when they think coffee. farm family, and northern Indiana farm But is it going to be this way forever? Is families drink a lot of coffee. As in gallons. the day coming when we all live in walkThe coffee I grew up on was farm coffee, ing distance of three to six of these joints? made in a percolator on the stove. You’d Before you say yes, think of this: fill the pot with water, fill the basket with There used to be A&P stores everytwice the recommended amount of ground where, too. coffee (preferably Eight O’Clock brand, Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, purchased at the A&P), close it up, set it humorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ over a roaring flame and let it boil until it mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, resembled asphalt sealer.

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DISPATCHES LEAP INTO FITNESS: Carmel Elementary will hold Family Fitness Night “Leap into Fitness” on Feb. 29. The purpose of this event is to help increase community nutrition, fitness and wellness knowledge and awareness. Healthy food and fitness activities will be available. For more information, contact Linda Masai at 844.0168.

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MIDDLE SCHOOLS AID JULIAN: Carmel and Creekside middle schools have donated $8,566.37 to the Julian Center, an Indianapolis facility that provides services for the victims of domestic abuse. All proceeds from the Jan. 25 basketball games went to the charity, in addition to two new flat-screen televisions given by National City Bank, another TV donated by a parent, two DVD/VCR players, 70 children’s movies, 26 boxes of canned food, and many bags of clothing.

ELEMENTARY SCIENTISTS: College Wood’s science bowl team has won the Class 3 state title in online competition for students in grades four, five and six.

Team members are Andrew Baldini, Adit Chandra, William Chen, Brock DeMark, Scott Liu, Sima Navid, Cynthia Wu, Dennis Yang, Edward Zhang and Willie Zhu. Dan Farmer, who teaches the fourth- and fifth-grade challenge class, coaches the team.

MERIT FINALISTS: Thirty-six CHS seniors have been named National Merit Finalists. They are Grace Baranowski, Omar Bari, Jack Boeglin, Anisha Chakrabarti, Jacyln Chen, Kelsey Collins, Abigail Edwards, Daniel Frascella, Jennifer Gitter, Kush Govani, Timothy Harris, Claire Horton, Alexandra Jacobsen, Yue Jiang, Susan Keen, Kuen Bae Kim, Anne Lenzi, Hillary MacBain, Yifan Meng, Jesse Mentz, Alexander Metz, Megan Morrison, Harry Murzyn, James Peng, David Pison, Xingping Shen, John Shi, Yili Shi, Daniel Stamer, Erica Ting, Alexis Tryba, Lauren Waterman,

APPLY RICHER PRINCIPLES TO YOUR CHILDREN

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udos to the Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation Department Extended School Enrichment (ESE) Program.

It’s a fee-based before- and after-school program for kids of working parents. There are 11 elementary schools with facilitators at each school providing clubs and activities for children in kindergarten to fifth grade. Unlike school programs having one grade in one classroom at a time, the ESE program Becky Kapsalis has kindergarten Ask YiaYia thru fifth graders playing, studying, cooperating and sharing with each other, within the same confines.

That’s challenging. The same type of challenge we face as parents. Trying to maintain a sense of importance within our children while balancing the chronological demands and coping with the emotional divides, is, at best, a juggling act and, at worst, an emotional roller coaster.

I know a little bit about the ESE program because I’m one of the privileged

facilitators at Forest Dale Elementary.

We’ve been trained in the NCAA’S “R.I.C.H.E.R. principles with C.A.R.E. program.” We practice and teach “Respect, Integrity, Caring, Harmony, Excellence, Responsibility with Compromise, Attitude, Recognition, Enthusiasm.” We incorporate these principles to teach the children to accept responsibility for their actions.

We get the kids to think about their behavioral choices and then we help them decide which of the “RICHER principles with CARE” they would most like to identify with to enhance or adjust their behavior.

We at ESE recognize the importance of responding to the children’s needs with a level of understanding that we know will make a difference in their day. These are principles that we can apply at home

too. Using the RICHER principles we can teach our children to take care of their wants thereby helping them assume responsibility for their choices without them even realizing they are learning to be reliable, respectful and resourceful. As long as their wants are legal, affordable and beneficial – letting them achieve their wants – is the greatest of all character building skills we can give them. We know how to take care of their needs!

Hugs!

Have a parenting topic or question? Submit it to Ask Yiayia, aka Becky Kapsalis, Certified Parent Coach and founder of P.A.R.E.N.T. Development Principles, at askyiayia@indy. rr.com or call 810.9358.

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WHO WILL BENEFIT? What companies stand to make out once tax-rebate checks are distributed?

MSN Money’s Michael Brush writes that history points to consumers spending their money on clothing and casual-dinning.

Brush reports that means retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Target (TGT), Kohl’s (KSS) and Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) should see gains.

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GRAND OPENING: ERA Real Estate Links will celebrate the grand opening of its new office with an open house from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday at 4630 Lisborn Drive, in the Bridgewater Corporate Village.

Westfield Mayor Andy Cook will preside over a ribbon-cutting at 5:30 p.m.

Mike Deck, owner/broker of ERA Real Estate Links, has more than 17 years of experience in the real estate industry.

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was driving along minding my own deer begins to walk into view. The couple, business, when all of a sudden, a deer surprised, begin to look for other deer as jumped out of the woods. His antlers they smile sheepishly at each other. They looked like they could tear through feel special to have this creature wander the early morning sky as he leaped into their life. And it’s the same deer. out of the shadows. His slick How does your business start brown fur glistened as he arched relationships? How do you let his back. In the time it takes for customers know you are frienda 2-year-old to get into trouble, ly and gentle and here to help? this deer saw he was going to Do you charge out of nowhere, touch down on the hood of the dent the hood, and bounce off car I was trailing. As he touched to the golf course? Or do you down on the hood, his hooves walk slowly into their life and slipped and he shuddered. And just be yourself? Companies just as quickly as he had arrived, and people that learn the lesson he bounced off to the other of the deer know that you can side of the road. It was surreal. accomplish more, and cause less Never had I witnessed a deer damage in most cases, by just pop out of nowhere so quickly, being yourself. And that inDavid Cain touched the hood of a car, and cludes not “selling� people, but Marketing then bounded off into a golf instead letting people buy. course. That deer Next time you decide how was shocked, and so was you are going to market to your audience, everyone who saw it. think of the deer and make sure you are Imagine a different not bounding toward your customers out scene. Picture a of the darkness. Instead, work on building couple sita relationship. ting outside David Cain is president of MediaSauce, a digilooking tal media and online marketing company in into their Carmel. David welcomes your questions or yard. comments at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com.

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CHAMBER EVENT: The Carmel Chamber’s Business After Hours will be 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Vine and Table Gourmet Market, 313 E. Carmel Drive. Open to members and potential members. No fee to attend. Reserve a spot with an e-mail to chamberinfo@ carmelchamber.com.

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reinvented myself in 1999 when I I am at this moment in my life because left corporate finance and became a of the choices I have made. Some really recruiter. I had never been in a sales good ones. Others ... not so much. What environment, and had to figure it out inspires me is that I have the rest of my life on the fly. After eight and one-half ahead, with lots of chances to make more years, I recently made a decision choices, better choices. What to leave the recruiting busia gift! ness. The Lord is calling me to You are no different — you another endeavor, and it’s time have the rest of your life ahead for me to reinvent myself once of you, too. Does circumstance again. I’m going to speak more. enter in? Do some doors get I’m going to write more. I’m closed in our faces? Absolutely. going to put my 6-year-old on But guess what? That’s a chance the school bus in the morning to make another choice, permore. I’m going to read more, haps even a better choice. think more and pray more.

It isn’t for the faint of heart I’ve been around long enough — the choices we make affect to know that when one door others. My wife is a stay-home closes, another one opens. mom; we have three children, Kent Burns How about you? What verwith one who starts college in On Success sion of “you” are you on? Are the fall. The stakes are high. you happy with the current verAm I afraid? Nope. I’ve been sion? The old saying, “if you’re not moving through choppy waters before, and I’ve got forward, you’re going backward” is true. the Lord to guide me.

We have two tremendous realities in our Version 1.0 — Accountant/finance guy. favor — one is that we live in America, Version 2.0 — Executive Recruiter. What where there is more opportunity than any- will Kent Burns, Version 3.0 look like? I’m where else on Earth. The second is that we in the saddle. Let the games begin. as individuals have the power to choose.

Kent Burns is a Carmel resident, professional You are where you are at this moment in speaker and author of “What’s Your Why?” His your life because of the cumulative effect blog is www.kentburnsblog.com and he can of the choices that you have made. If you be reached at kent@currentincarmel.com want to be in a different place, you must make different choices.

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them to fully grasp the needs of their clients and even develop personal relationships with them. The studio, which opened in November, offers individual, partner and group training and features an array of new equipment.

The owners also plan to offer nutrition counseling, an on-call dietitian and chair pilates. In the summer, they hope to start a walking club that would meet at the studio and use the nearby Monon Trail. Brannen has 10 years of training experience in Carmel, and Markusfeld has been a trainer for almost four years. Both hope to use their experience to help their clients lead healthier, happier lives.

MONEY MATTERS Do you agree with Gov. Mitch Daniels’ proposed caps on property tax?

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DISPATCHES GOOD NEWS FOR LILLY: Eli Lilly & Co. recently got good news regarding Zyprexa. A committee of FDA advisers said the agency should approve the company’s long-acting version of the drug for use in schizophrenia patients. The FDA did voice concern over the injectable version’s propensity to cause profound sedation and warned that it should only be given under a doctor’s supervision to patients who have trouble taking pills. The patent on regular Zyprexa will expire in 2011. — Blogs.wsj.com GENETICS AND DISEASE: Scientists have found more than 500 genes that account for variations across human populations, including skin color and vulnerability to disease. In a recent study that compared millions of fragments of genetic code from individuals in Nigeria, China, Japan and northwestern Europe, researchers showed that natural selection has played a key role. The findings hold particular promise for understanding the genetic underpinnings of certain diseases like malaria. — Discovery.com

A DIET OF DEAD BARN ANIMALS – NOT SO GOOD

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Get prepared. Your resting heart rate is 155, you are in atrial fib, there is seven pounds of fluid surrounding your heart, and your heart ... it has doubled in size.�

A heart virus. Two weeks later, I walked out completely healed. I took charge.

Flashback: In 1964, at age 17, I watched as my father died from a Wendell Fowler massive coronary.

Nutrition He was dead before he hit the ground.

What did we know in that era about heart disease? Not much. Dad was only 47.

Our diet consisted of dead animals three times a day: bacon, biscuits and sausage at breakfast; a burger at lunch; then chicken at dinner. In the ’50s, no one pulled off the skin before they ate chicken as we have learned to do.

Before my death sentence, I smoked and drank liquor abusively, so my heart was weak and resembled gelatin. I couldn’t walk across the street without becoming

winded. The heart is a muscle I never exercised. I ate red meat like someone was going to take it away from me, snarling and snapping. I did, however, get over that and now I do not miss meat at all since I found out what they do to it before it graces your diner table. I refer to carbon monoxide and Red dye #40 used by the factory farms to keep meat looking fresh even when it is rotten. My blog has an indepth story on “Why we are Exhausted.�

Pun intended. “You’re getting old,� people would say. “I’m only 40,� I’d respond. “I’ve still got half my life to live and I’m going to feel like this? No way, pal. I like the taste of life more than I like the taste of dead barn animals,� was my cynical retort.

Since 1988, I have lost 100 pounds,

turned into a vegetarian, and exercise my heart muscle aerobically six days a week, come rain or shine.

This is why I am proud to announce the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has made me a speaker in Indiana for heart disease prevention. Their message: To avoid heart disease, become a vegan. Life tastes better than partially decomposed barn animals. Anyone wish to dispute Dr. Neal Bernard, Dean Ornish and Andrew Weil?

Bon appetit.

Wendell Fowler is a retired chef, as well as an inspirational speaker, health humorist, storyteller and author. Contact him at fowlerindy@ aol.com or go to www.wendellfowler.com. His blog is chefwendellfowler.blogspot.com.

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GREENER GADGET: The EnerJar took top prize of the design competition — both a favorite of the judges and the crowd at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City. The EnerJar is an easy-to-build, DIY device that accurately measures the power draw of electrical appliances.

Sitting between any wall outlet and the appliance (think blowdryer versus laptop), the EnerJar helps users gain an understanding of power draw, investing them in the knowledge, and leading them to reduce their electricity use.

— gizmodo.com SIGN OF THE TIMES: The forerunner of the instant photos we get today with digital cameras is going out of business.

Polaroid has announced it will cease production of film for its instant cameras by the end of the year. It had already stopped making the cameras. Those of us of a certain age might remember fondly the commercials for the Polaroid One Step in the ‘70s featuring actors James Garner and Mariette Hartley.

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Answer: I would use an undermount sink. These are ideal for use with granite because of the integrated look and ease of cleaning as you can wipe away spills directly into the sink bowl. There are many other choices you will need to consider including the following options: 1. Sink material: With granite countertops there are three common choices of undermount sink material: stainless steel, cast iron and composite.

Stainless steel is durable and easy to clean and comes in a mirrored or brushed finish. Make sure you select 18-guage steel or heavier. Enameled cast iron is durable and comes in a wide range of colors. For example, Kohler cast iron sinks are now available in 23 different colors. Composite sinks are gaining popularity. These sinks are made with quartz compounds mixed with resin.

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3. Basin design: The size of your kitchen and your typical activity should determine the optimum number of sink bowls you need. For families, double-bowl sinks are the most popular choice. The other option is a triple or single bowl design. A new feature by Kohler includes a lower height divider between the bowls, resulting in easier washing of large pots and pans. Remember to consider the sink configuration in relation to the dishwasher. With double bowl sinks the garbage disposal is typically installed on the dishwasher side.

4. Cost: There are many price points to choose from but expect to spend from $200 to $600 for a good quality undermount sink and from $600-$1,000 for the more top of the line models.

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Keep plenty of ice on hand for juice, soft drinks, cocktails and for chilling bottles.

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FASHION SNEAKERS: Nike and Adidas have been making hip kicks for years, but mainstream fashion brands from Lacoste to Michale Kors are selling sneakers as casual footwear – and trying to claim a share of the $15 million sneaker market.

— Fortune

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— Esquire SCREW JOB: The latest shot across the bows in the wine-cork wars comes from DeLoach, the Sonoma winery of French innovator Jean Charles Boisset.

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You immediately want to hate her. It’s a riot! We are so different, but she has taught me a lot. Our journey has been interesting to say the least.

Her house looked beautiful when I first met her. She did it herself and should be proud. But it drove me crazy! I tried many avenues with her in the beginning.

How can’t she see it, too? She would go through magazines, show me pictures and ask, “Julie, why doesn’t my house look like this?” I would tell her “the magazines show the real stuff” or Julie Shambarger Design “You can’t get “high end” without touches of vintage!” Still….nothing.

Then I’d try to appeal to her fashion sense. (If you know Leslie this is a big one) Would you wear fake Channels? Never!

She would laugh. All the while I’m thinking to myself, “Then why in the world would you have fake architectural salvage

on your bookshelves?” Or a new piece of furniture made to look old?” (Someone please explain that one to me.)

So I started with a gift, always a good disguise. I found an old statue of Mary, from a far away garden, aged to perfection.

She took it home and loved it! Perfect!

It made it to one of her shelves with her “fake” antiques. I finally got her attention!

Next thing she knew, she had two unmatching nightstands for her new bed from Arhaus. Above the bed we put a neat architectural piece. It came off of an old piano, and she LOVES it! We weren’t done yet. Down in her basement we found the perfect spot for a vintage console to proudly hold her family photos and double as great storage. A zebra chair here, a small table there.

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Like many, the antique trade did not appeal to Leslie on any level. “Antiques” to her meant one style – country. Or the pieces she would see at Home-a-Ramas were in a price range that took the fun out of it. It simply wasn’t for her. That’s where our stuff can be so much fun. It’s from the 1920s not the 1820s. Yes it’s old but not old enough to conjure prices seen on “Antique Road Show.” It’s just old cool stuff!

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SPORTSCASTER TO VISIT: Barnes & Noble Bookstore (14709 U.S. 31 North, Westfield) will hold a book signing with ESPN’s Rich Eisen at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25. His new book, “Rich Eisen: Total Access: Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe,” covers Eisen every aspect of pro football, including Eisen’s unique take on the off season events, on and off field controversies and the facts you don’t get from a stat book. Call 844.2501 for more information.

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AT MYSTERY COMPANY: The Mystery Company (233 Second Ave. SW, Carmel) will host author Brian Freeman at 2 p.m. on Saturday. He will talk about and sign copies of “Stalked,” third in his series about police detective Jonathan FREEMAN Stride. Visit his Web site at www.bfreemanbooks.com or themysterycompany.com.

MEET THE ROBOTS: The Carmel Clay Public Library will host Purdue’s Roger Boyce and his Physics on the Road program from 2-3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Following Boyce’s presentation, the CHS Tech Hounds Robotics Team will activate the robots they have designed.

Professional engineers will also be available to talk about their specific fields. Free tickets are required and available now. This program will be held in the Program Room and is for students in grades 3-7.

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CHOIR TICKETS ON SALE: Tickets will go on sale Feb. 26 for the popular “Evening with the Ambassadors” performance at Carmel High School. The Ambassadors, CHS’s nationally recognized 44-member show choir, has scheduled shows for 7:30 p.m. on March 28 and 29 in the high school’s auditorium. They will be joined by the 41-member Accents, an all-female choir. Ticket ($8, $10, $12 and $15) may be purchased in the book store during school hours.

Kersey Brindle’s giant grasshopper and Ryan Lampe’s crab. Madeline Brunner drew plants and vines on Prehistory is alive in the halls wood. Lamie cut out the painted of Towne Meadow Elementary images, which the students then School. attached to the background, which No, creatures from the Black had been painted on six 2-foot by Lagoon haven’t suddenly enrolled 2-foot panels. their offspring in the school’s K-5 The latest installation in the program. But students in Philip mural project was shown at the Lamie’s Art Club are bringing World’s Smallest Children’s Art the ancient history of Indiana to Gallery in January before all three life through a series of 6-footpanels were hung in the hallway long murals that now hang in the at Towne Meadow, where they school’s hallways. joined works by other students.

Students in the winter 2007 Art Club gather “Twice a year we have a popular The school is an art gallery of past around the Carboniferous Indiana mural. after-school program for about 20 students’ best work.

Photograph courtesy of Philip Lamie, Towne kids at a time,” said Lamie, who “Our PTO is very supportive of Meadow Elementary School has been the art teacher at Towne the arts program,” Lamie said.

Meadow since 2000. “I try to coorThat’s clear the moment you animal specimen, paints the background dinate some of our art projects with what enter the school, where self-portraits of or letters the mural. students are studying in class.” students adorn the main office and other In the first year, the club explored the That’s how Lamie began exploring the works by past students on view in the hallPaleozoic era, creating a mural full of criPaleozoic, Ice and Carboniferous ages of ways enrich young minds all day long. noids and other underwater animal and Indiana with a group of fifth graders three To view the murals and other works by plant life that gave rise to Indiana’s rich years ago. The mural project takes over Lamie’s students, visit Towne Meadow limestone resources. The next group exwhere the state’s fourth-grade curriculum Elementary School at 106th Street and plored the Ice Age, developing a tableau of ends.

Towne Road during regular school hours. mastodons on parade.

Students begin each mural with an exIn November and December 2007, amination of books and visual materials Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who Art Club members focused on the about the period being studied. Then the covers the arts for Current in Carmel and young artists make preliminary sketches of Carboniferous Age, when Indiana’s coal teaches art history at Ivy Tech Community beds were laid down. Students drew inCollege. Please send comments or story ideas what a scene from that period might look sects and animals alive at that time, such as at barbara@i-writersstudio.com. like. Finally, each student draws a plant or

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Ingredients 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 Tbsp minced fresh ginger 2 Tbsp honey 2 Tbsp miso paste 1 Tbsp minced garlic 2 tsp toasted sesame oil 1/4 tsp red-pepper flakes 8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (3-4 pounds) 1/2 tsp kosher salt Directions Combine soy sauce, ginger, honey, miso,

What he likes about Sullivan’s: I like the atmosphere, the quality of food and the service. And the live jazz is always great.

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Barcelona Tapas 201 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 638.8272 Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday (bar open until 1:30); 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Barcelona Tapas offers a dining experience unique to the Indianapolis area.

Its menu features a variety of traditional Spanish dishes, the most popular of which are baked goat cheese with garlic bread and beef tenderloin with crumbled blue cheese. However, in the Spanish tapas bar tradition, meals are not presented all at once or in courses, but in individual plates customers share with one another. “We thrive on small gatherings of friends who come in to share two or three plates,” owner Frank Schmitz said. “Our style of service is perfect for socialization and sharing.”

The restaurant came to Indianapolis last May, expanding from its original location in St. Louis and bringing with it a unique perspective on food service.

An average meal costs about $30, with plates ranging between $4 and $9 each.

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Mickey’s Irish Pub Date: Friday: The Flying Toasters. Saturday: The Woomblies. Location: 13644 N. Meridian St. Phone: 573.9746. Web: mickeysirishpub.com.

Jennifer Kirk and Friends Date: Thursday and Friday. Location: Kincaid’s at Clay Terrace, 14159 Clay Terrace Blvd., Carmel. Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Featuring half-priced appetizers and drink specials for beer wine and cocktails, everyday from 3 to 7 p.m. and from 9 p.m. until closing. Phone: 575.9005 Web: kincaids.com.

Brazilian Carnaval Date: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday.

Location: Brazilian Grill Steakhouse, 2654 Lake Circle Drive, Indianapolis. Phone: 471.8447. Web: braziliangrillindy.com.

Larry Carlton and Robben Ford Date: 9 p.m. Friday (doors open at 7).

Location: The Music Mill, 3720 E. 82nd St., Indianapolis. Tickets: $39.50. Web: themusicmillvenue.com.

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Theatre My Fair Lady Dates: March 4-9. Location: Clowes Hall, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Phone: 940.9696. Web: broadwayacrossamerica.com.

Thoroughly Modern Millie Dates: March 7-22. Location: Indianapolis Civic Theatre at Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis. Tickets: $25 to $32. Phone: 923.4597. Web: civictheatre.org.

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Rangeline Road

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Joe, living a normal life with heart disease

Everyone over the age of 40 should have a baseline EKG, even if there are no apparent heart problems.

The Pocket EKG allows you to carry this information with you at all times for more rapid, accurate diagnosis and treatment in the event of a future medical emergency. To schedule a FREE evaluation and receive a Pocket EKG Card, please call 317-688-3188.

Clarian North offers comprehensive heart care, including emergency services and interventional cardiology (stress tests, advanced diagnostic testing, etc.) to help identify, predict and treat future problems. Visit clariannorth.com for more information.

Be prepared.

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