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It is our position that the resurgent trend of local breweries here and around the Unites States is good thing for our communities. Known as micro or craft breweries, these operations are loosely defined as ones which create limited amounts of exotic, high-end beer. These brewers, which are riding a wave of generous public support, have afforded Brew Masters the opportunity to innovate, creating new flavor profiles while giving us a chance to exercise our taste buds – the ultimate win-win situation. One such brewer, Flat 12 Bierwerks, is set in the near East downtown Indianapolis Cottage Homes’ area and has quickly become a lynchpin of local life. Unlike distant commercial manufacturers, these micros invest deeply and locally often hosting community events and charities. With deep Hamilton County connections including active local ownership, Flat 12 is now filling growlers at The Brockway Public House on Old Meridian at Carmel Drive. And, Barley Island has been serving fine suds for a decade at its home in Noblesville. If you enjoy an occasional fine malt beverage, grab a growler and support the local guy. Do it responsibly, of course, but enjoy and make the calories count in both quality beer and local impact.

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It is our position that the horrific events in Japan should not sideline current US applications for new nuclear power generating plants. Instead, engineers must promptly apply the lessons learned from the failures in Asia. The naturally occurring 9.0 earthquake and ensuing colossal tsunami were disasters, while unpreventable by man, able to be imagined. The resultant failure of the cooling systems in the stations was and is potentially preventable. The standby generators that were supposed to provide electrical power to cooling pumps during power outages survived the earthquake, but failed when the tsunami flooded them. Are there solutions to ameliorate this risk? Is it necessary (or wise) to disregard nuclear power generation as an option because of the present crisis? Among the most unique of human qualities is the ability to assimilate knowledge from our surroundings and the errors of other. This should be no exception. We believe the United States should use the data collected from this terrible failure to ensure no reoccurrence. And, we continue to believe that nuclear power can be an important part of our goal to attain energy independence and carbon free emissions in the near future. Isn’t now the time to adapt and not to panic?

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Crisis averted at city council meeting COMMENTARY By Jeff Worrell Perhaps you failed to notice the danger. But rest assured, members of your Carmel City Council were able to control the damage from the dreaded second revised agenda controversy. The near calamity first came to light with the acknowledgment by Parliamentarian Rick Sharp that â&#x20AC;&#x153;interest was caused within the city.â&#x20AC;? He prefaced his remarks by pointing out that he is not a lawyer, nor plays one on TV, but in his semi-official role as council parliamentarian, he gets to interpret the rules. He then proceeded to educate those who care what all the fuss was about. It seems the mandatory Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had not been properly dotted, because the mayor slipped on some ice and became unable to physically appear at City Hall due to a resulting back injury. Section 327 of Carmel Code clearly states the mayor has 10 days to sign proposed ordinances into law once passed by the City Council. If he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, an automatic veto or pocket veto is the result. Sharp carefully explained each step of the broken process and rightly concluded the ordinances were not presented to the mayor, and therefore a veto was not intended. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move on. Not so fast, Mr. Sharp. Councilor John Acceturro had not yet turned on his â&#x20AC;&#x153;bully pulpitâ&#x20AC;?

microphone and weighed in on the matter. Sharp did not have the luxury of Acceturroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dire warning before interpreting the rules. Acceturro said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The citizens are at risk by what is being done by the city.â&#x20AC;? Yes, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;At risk!â&#x20AC;? Councilor Acceturro was absolutely serious. We the citizens are in grim jeopardy because level-headed, reasonable members of the city council agreed to acknowledge a ministerial error and get on with business. But Acceturro went on to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have an e-mail here that went to the mayor that presented the ordinances.â&#x20AC;? He waved the e-mail like they do on TV courtroom dramas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand the Mayor was injured â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but that is not the issue. The issue is the documents were not signed within 10 days of being presented!â&#x20AC;? Fortunately for us, Council President Eric Seidensticker used common sense to purge, at least in this case, our legislative branch of petty, time-wasting, bureaucratic nit picking. Acceturro concluded his logic with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Revote to protect the taxpayers of Carmel.â&#x20AC;? In this case, the city council had to protect us from itself. The meeting continued without further incident. Jeff Worrell is a local businessman. He recognizes volunteers on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Connecting with Carmelâ&#x20AC;? on cable channel 16. Contact him at jworrell@advantagemedical.com

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DISPATCHES » Historic bridge in Carmel – The Indiana Department of Transportation announced last week that a historic steel bridge from Randolph County will have a new home along the Cool Creek Nature Trail. George R. Harvey & Son, Inc. bid $583,765 to refurbish the steel truss bridge and relocate it over the Cool Creek for bike and pedestrian crossing. The bridge was originally built between 1910 and 1920 over the Little White River in Randolph County. It is 80 feet long and 14 feet wide. » Prevail receives grant – Prevail Inc. has received a $150,000 grant from the Crosser Family Foundation. The grant will be used over a three year period to support the children’s programs and hire another child advocate to staff. Prevail is a victim awareness and family crisis nonprofit serving Hamilton County and is located in Noblesville. For more information visit www.prevailinc.com. » Interns – Current Publishing is currently seeking summer interns for reporting, photography, design, and Web. To apply please send your cover letter, resume, and clips or work samples to Margaret@ youarecurrent.com.

My latest parenting blunder COMMENTARY By Danielle Wilson Our oldest son is twelve. He plays travel soccer and alto sax. A few nights ago, he had the Spring Concert and a mandatory soccer practice, both scheduled for 7 p.m. I was reminded of the concert a week before, and learned of the practice less than 48 hours prior. Obviously, I felt that band was the priority, given that soccer was just a practice. My husband, however, thought Geoffrey’s commitment to his team was more important. Since we couldn’t come to an agreement on which activity to attend, we left the decision up to our son. Naturally, he chose soccer. What? But that’s a terrible decision! “Are you sure?” I asked. “You’re missing a concert for a practice.” “I know,” he replied, “but we have to do well this weekend in our tournament if we want to win.” Knowing it was the wrong choice, but respecting my son’s wishes, I emailed the band teacher about Geoffrey’s impending absence. Minutes before we were headed out the door for soccer, I received a reply. It seemed the teacher was NOT impressed. He requested a parent-teacher-student conference ASAP to discuss. Frick. I pleaded with Geoffrey to change his mind. “Jeeze, Mom! What’s the worst that could happen?” “Um, you could get an F or get kicked out

of the class or, worse yet, I could get yelled at for poor parenting.” But it was all to no avail. He wouldn’t budge. So I drove him to soccer practice, feeling sicker and sicker with anxiety, knowing I was allowing my son to make a huge mistake.

Why didn’t I just put my big size-nine foot down… As soon as I dropped Geoffrey off, I went in search of a distraction. I found a small one in the sleeveless blouse collection at Goodwill, but I simply could not shake the feeling that I had royally screwed the pooch. I needed someone to talk to, someone other than my husband, who felt I was overreacting. So who could I call? Who did I know who would understand my stress? Ding, ding, ding! Got it. My mother-in-law. As expected, she validated my concerns and confirmed what I already knew. “Yes, it sounds like he made the wrong decision. And yes, you probably shouldn’t have let him make that choice to begin with. But more important than either of those is the fact that you followed through with your commitment to your son.” I suppose that was something.

» Register for festival – The deadline for film submissions is March 31 for the 2011 Indianapolis International Film Festival (Indy Film Fest), hosted July 14 – 24 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Filmmakers of all genres, backgrounds and skill-levels are invited to submit their work to this highly-anticipated annual event. Entry fees meeting the extended deadline of Match 31 are $50 per film and $35 for Withoutabox (WAB) members. All entry fees are non-refundable. Films interested in submitting must utilize Withoutabox. com (http://www.withoutabox.com/ login/4101), the online tool connecting festivals and filmmakers. » Cancer fundraiser – A Cut-A-Thon to benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be held on April 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.at Avail Salon, located inside Sola Salon, 726 Adams St. in Carmel. McCall has partnered with Rhonda Kile of AlphaGraphics for the event. Call Rhonda at (317) 844-6629 for an appointment. If you cannot make it to the cut-a-thon you can also mail or bring a check to AlphaGraphics, 12955 Old Meridian St. Suite 103, Carmel, IN 46032.

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But I still felt terrible. What kind of mom puts her middle-schooler in the position to choose between a sport that he loves and a required school performance? Is it any surprise he chose the game? Why didn’t I just put my big size-nine foot down and tell him how it was going to be? Stupid, stupid, stupid! And now it was too late. When the conference arrived two days later, I was extremely nervous. There’s just something about being back in a junior high – feeling like you’re headed to the principal’s office for a lecture you deserve – that makes you want to vomit in a locker. But guess what? Geoffrey’s band teacher was amazing. He wasn’t upset at all; he merely wanted to understand Geoffrey’s reasons behind his decision and to explain why choosing the concert would have been the smarter move. He didn’t make me feel like a bad parent, but rather a partner in Geoffrey’s education. I’m convinced Geoffrey learned a lesson. And I learned one too: Always trust your motherly instincts. So, sorry youngest child! By the time we get to you, you’ll have no fun at all! Peace out. Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at danielle@ currentincarmel.com.

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Wilson is a rosy faced, white-haired lady who is as excited to spend time with her grandchildren and finish decorating her apartment as she is to hear from her agent on the West coast about potential work. She sits in her living room with binders and books filled to the brim with photographs, and her grandmother’s scrapbook of reviews predating 1900, and her long-haired Chihuahua Pete, whose ears are as expressive as his eyes. Wilson’s stories in entertainment begin long before her birth in Columbus Ohio, as the theater was more of a family business. Her grandfather and grandmother met while performing together at the turn of the century, and her father was born on a showboat, so for Wilson, theater was almost an inevitable career choice. “My father said no more actors in the family. He hated it. But my mother would take me outside and we’d lie in the grassy field on my grandparent’s farm and look up at the clouds and she’d teach me to sing.”

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uthor John Steinbeck and composers Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein had all made up their minds: Patricia Wilson was meant to play Suzy in the newest Broadway musical Pipe Dream. So when the director of Pipe Dream, Harold Clurman, objected to the casting decision, and Wilson was forced out, it was her first devastating blow in show business. Depressed and hurt, Wilson received a special copy of Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday, which the musical was based on, from the author with a rather fat drawing of Pegasus and note for her.

“It was from the legend where a man rode on the back of Pegasus, the winged horse, to reach heaven. When the gods saw him, they pushed him off Pegasus and he fell back to earth,” said Wilson. The Pegasus story was enough to remind her to stand up and try again. The loss of the Pipe Dream role in 1955, a role that would have without a doubt fasttracked her career, was the first of a many valuable lessons for Patricia Wilson about the best

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and worst the entertainment business could hand an actor. Starring on Broadway in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Fiorello, staring opposite Gene Kelly in Take Me Along, and then transitioning to film and television, famously in A League of Their Own and others, Wilson made her return to the Midwest after living in Hollywood and New York for the past 50 years. Now a grandmother and new Carmel resident,

Wilson’s Broadway career started as soon as she graduated college and moved to New York City with her first husband, Rick. “It used to be if you could sing, you’d find work no problem,” she said. “As soon as I was there, I had work within the week thanks to my mother teaching me how to sing.” Starring in reviews around town and going on national tour with future famous choreographer, Bob Fosse, in The Mighty O! a show whose stars were the 1954 and 1955 Oldsmobile cars, not future Broadway sensations. Fosse noted for Wilson she wasn’t much of a dancer with her feet, but could make up for it “by dancing with her face”. Wilson noted for Bob Fosse he wasn’t much of a signer himself. Once the tour was over, Wilson returned to the city only to lose the opportunity with Pipe Dream and instead went on a nation tour of Supper Clubs, a lost part of American culture according to Wilson. Fancy dresses and costume jewelry also meant years on tour and a grinding experience for the relatively new actress.

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Her biggest moment came with the musical production Fiorello in 1959, where Wilson landed the lead female role in the hottest show of the season. “Fiorello was a wonderful show. We had so much fun and it was the cast you could only imagine,” Wilson said. “I remember when Eleanor Roosevelt visited the show and it was such a big moment for all of us.” Fiorello won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for drama. It tells the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia’s success breaking up the corrupt political machine running New York City. “I decided I wanted to leave the show at the end of my contract in a blaze of glory,” she said. “So when the run was over, I left and pursued other things, like commercials and different shows.” As she tells the story of Fiorello and highlights the cast, Wilson stops at a picture of her co-star Tom Bosley and points him out specifically. “We lost him last year,” she said tapping his picture. “Sometimes I get phone calls before I see it on the news, sometimes I don’t, but there are not many of us left you know.” After performing in a variety of shows from Dennis the Menace, Follies, Gay Divorce, among others Wilson moved her family to California to pursue film and television, which was not only more lucrative to support her family, but also seemed the best fit after Broadway was forever changed by arrival of Hair and other contemporary musicals. The classic Rogers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, and Lerner and Lowe favorites were a thing of the past by the 1960s. “Film was a hard thing to adjust to,” she said. “I didn’t know where to stand or how to let the light hit my face.” The closest Wilson ever came again to the stage was the 1974 national tour of Take Me Along, where she and co-star Gene Kelly became fast friends. Wilson’s second marriage had recently ended and Kelly’s wife had died suddenly. “We needed each other and to laugh,” she said. “The tour was an opprotuntiy to make a hard time one of growth and fun.” CONTINUED PAGE 9

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Views|Community| Cover Story |Education|Diversions|Panache|Anti-Aging|Dough|In Spirit|Toys|Relationships|Inside  &  Out|Laughs|Pets|Puzzles Once in Hollywood though, Wilson had roles in films such as The Sting and A League of Their Own, and on television was in Days of Our Lives, and played a variety of recurring roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Designing Women, and replaced Joyce Randolph on The Honeymooners. She doesn’t spend much time talking about Jackie Gleason though, considering it one of the more challenging moments as a newcomer in Hollywood. “He wasn’t very nice. At the time I don’t think I realized how troubled he was, but oh, he was so mean,” she said. “It was a good lesson to learn and taught me to be a little less arrogant as the big Broadway star moving to Hollywood.”

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included in productions. She didn’t have an easy time of things, especially when her second marriage dissolved. But she is in Movies many ways a pioneer and • The Nutty Professor her kindness and other • A League of Their Own qualities were things she • The Sting passed to me that have Television helped make me successful • Designing Women A New Act in my own life.” • Misfits of Science “I never sought celebrity • The Honeymooners Quinn currently works status and fame,” Wilson • Facts of Life as a senior vice-president at said firmly looking at the • Newhart WellPoint and recently was extensive playbill list and • Days of Our Lives transferred to Carmel for her Hollywood experience. Broadway work. Once here she knew “I could have because I had • Fiorello! her mother could easily fall the resume to, but it just • Take Me Along in love with Carmel and wasn’t a priority. I wonder • Dennis the Menace make it her new home. if I should have now, but • Stephen Sondheim’s Follies “This is growth for me. I’m not sure it would have • South Pacific Some of my friends out • Gay Divorce been right.” west may not think so, The stage for Patricia but Carmel is a wonderful Wilson was as much an place and it has everything I’d need: the ameniopportunity to do something she loved, as it was ties and my grandchildren and my family. It’s a means to support her family. Before celebrity, new and it’s growth.” before her career, and before everything, Wilson

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Lemonade Day teaches important lessons By Margaret Sutherlin Current in Carmel The lemonade stand is a familiar sight in many (Carmel,Fishers, Westfield, Noblesville) neighborhoods in spring and summer, but on Sunday May 1, don’t be surprised if there are a few more than usual. Lemonade Day is a national program that teaches children the entrepreneurship and how to run a business, all through the model of the lemonade stand. Sponsored by Carmel resident and entrepreneur Scott Jones, Lemonade Day is hosted on May 1 this year across the Central Indiana area. “Last year over 7,000 kids signed up for Lemonade Day in the area,” said Jami Marsh, who directs the Central Indiana Lemonade Day. “This year our goal is 10,000 and we really want to reach a much larger area of kids this year too.” Once children have their official Lemonade Day backpacks, workbooks and other help inside can help them make the most of the experience. Kids have their own workbooks which guide them through designing the stand, picking a good location, advertising their stand and setting goals, and eventually operating their own lemonade stand. Parents and adults also have their own guide to help supplement the process. “Lemonade Day is great for kids to learn not just business but also important life skills,” said Marsh. “We always encourage at the end of

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Lemonade Day kids learn to spend a little, save a little, and share a little to teach them about the money they’ve earned.” One of the other opportunities with Lemonade Day are a variety of workshops and classes for kids to further help them develop their concept and learn about business, from handling money to marketing. And competitions for the best tasting lemonade, best stand design, and most successful stands help encourage kids in the area to go all out for the big day. For children interested in participating, visit any local library or a few other select sites in the area to sign up and receive your backpack and workbook and visit http://indianapolis.lemonadeday.org/ for further information.

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Trash contract left in committee, Palladium receives funding Current in Carmel The Carmel City Council made several decisions at its last meeting affecting the future of the Palladium and also other potential city contracts. In a 6-1 decision, the council approved a permanent line item for the funding of the Center for the Performing Arts. Mayoral candidate John Accetturo was the only council member to vote against the measure. Earlier in the year, Executive Director of the Center for the Performing Arts Steven Libman said he was anticipating $2 million would be needed to help supplement operating expenses for the nonprofit. In addition to the funding for the Center for the Performing Arts, the Council also awarded $253,000 to the Carmel Symphony Orchestra

and the Carmel Repertory Theatre. In the past, the arts fund has helped to support several more arts groups in the Carmel area and help pay for operating expenses and other costs. City Council cut the 2010 arts budget to save money. The issue of citywide contracted trash collection was left in committee despite a few protests from council members asking President Eric Seidensticker to bring it up for a vote. The utilities committee had been looking at the contract, and last Monday it was sent to the finances committee also. The bidding process started several months back to create standardized trash collection throughout the city. Currently, residents and homeowners associations have the ability to contract separately with whichever company they choose. Republic had the lowest bid for collection.

Center for the Performing Arts launches The Scene Current in Carmel Young professionals and arts and culture enthusiasts have a new social and civic group to get involved in. The Center for the Performing Arts is launching The Scene on April 1, immediately following the Savion Glover performance, with a food, dessert and craft beer pairing. Sponsors include Sun King Brewery and Seasons 52. Monthly mixers, social and professional

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Estridge closing sends ripples across county By Jordan Fischer Current in Carmel The announcement Monday that Carmel-based Estridge Group will be shuttering its sales department has homeRupp owners like Steve Rupp wondering about the status of their warranties, and in some cases, whether their half-built homes will be finished. Rupp lives in Estridge’s Centennial neighborhood in Westfield – his second Estridge-built home. His home recently received a yearly “check-up” covered under Estridge’s highly regarded three-year HomeLife warranty, but may be one of the last to do so. The Estridge Group, one of the last homebuilders based in the Indianapolis area, has a number of communities in various stages of completion across the north and west side of the metropolitan area – including Anderson Hall and Somerset Woods in Fishers, and Carmel’s Lincolnshire and Grandin Hall. Rupp, who is also broker associate at Prudential Indiana Realty Group, said homeowners with incomplete homes may have to look to third parties to finish construction jobs Estridge can’t, or to the still-functioning Estridge Custom Galleries, which is financially separate from the beleaguered production builder. “Short term, it’s going to be a black eye,” said Rupp. Estridge Group President Paul Estridge Jr. has

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DISPATCHES » March gardening tips – 1. Set out pansies as soon as the ground is ready. They’ll happily withstand cold weather and will bloom steadily if the spent blossoms are kept picked.2. Remove the mulch from your perennial beds gradually. Take it off as the season progresses and add it to your compost pile.3.If your compost pile has been frozen all winter, add some manure now and turn it frequently. -www.almanac.com » Tips for buying wine online – Check vintages carefully. Remember that most wines these days are meant to be drunk young, so you want to make sure, in those cases, that you get the newest vintage. If the site has a “comments” section, tell them that you don’t want vintage substitutions. And be sure to read the fine print about substitutions. Some sites say they can substitute a different wine if it’s under a certain price — say, $15. -www.nyt.com » Arts center launces ‘The Scene’ – The Center for the Performing Arts will unveil plans for The Scene, a new social and civic group focused on connecting young professionals with the arts community, on April 1 with food, dessert and craft beer pairing. One hundred tickets for the launch event – including the preceding Savion Glover performance - are available by calling 843-3800 or visiting www.TheCenterForThePerformingArts.org. Use the promo code “thescene” for online orders. » Garlic-roasted asparagus – A great, healthy side. Ingredients: 1-1/2 lb. fresh asparagus spears; 2 to 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 2 to 3 Tbsp. olive oil; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper. Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Discard woody bases from asparagus. Place asparagus and garlic in a 15-by-10by-1-inch baking pan. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss to coat.Roast 10 to 15 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender, stirring once halfway through roasting. Serve immediately. Makes 6 servings. -www.delish.com » Baking soda as silver polish – Wash items, then place on aluminum foil in the bottom of a pot. Add a baking-soda solution (¼ cup soda, a few teaspoons salt, 1 quart boiling water) and cover for a few seconds. The result? A chemical reaction that gets the black off the gravy boat. -www.realsimple.com

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Local artist finds regional success through travel and shows By Lauren Burdick Current in Carmel With upcoming art shows in New Jersey and Minnesota, Mary Johnston, artist and partner at the Magdalena Gallery in the Carmel Arts and Design District, is making big waves with her art, despite her career as an artist happening by coincidence. “I have painted and drawn ever since I was a little kid. I was so interested in art that my mom put me in a special art program as a kid, so that’s what I did in my summers when I was really young,” Johnston said. “I’ve always participated in some sort of artsy thing.” After graduating with communications and English degrees, Johnston found herself working in graphic arts. It was not until her children were born that Johnston began considering painting as a career. “I ended up being at home, wondering what I could do part time, and I started working with my paints again. I started working with watercolors, and before I knew it I was out there showing and selling watercolors.” It was Johnston’s move to Indiana in 2003 that brought her to the Magdalena Gallery after meeting Magdalena Hoyos-Segovia. While her studio may be situated in Carmel, Johnston still frequently travels to art shows, displaying her works in the Midwest, East and South.

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Hamlisch wows at Palladium, Feinstein gives surprise performance Current in Carmel Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch performed at the Palladium to a very enthusiastic crowd March 20 and in the encore, Center for the Performing Arts artistic director Michael Feinstein surprised the audience with a dueling piano performance with Hamlisch. Hamlisch was happy to interact with the audience creating several off-the-cuff musical numbers referencing the proper pronunciation of Carmel, and used song-title suggestions

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By Cheri Dick, executive director of the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll, please. It is with much anticipation, expectation and sheer joy that I officially announce the line-up of shows for Civic Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural season at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series of shows, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brand New Stage, Brilliant New Season,â&#x20AC;? has something for everyone. Whether you like jazz music or show tunes, searing drama or hilarious comedy, stories brimming with life lessons or bubbling with laughs, Civicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011-12 season promises entertainment for all our patrons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including you. Civic will open our first season at the Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 8 with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Drowsy Chaperone,â&#x20AC;? a charming story about a jazz-age enthusiast whose favorite musical bursts into life in his living room. When virtually all we hear about these days are problems and challenges, this evening of whimsy promises some welcomed relief. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amadeus,â&#x20AC;? our second show of the season, explores the dramatic rivalry between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and court composer, Antonio Salieri. Based on history and enhanced by artistic license, this riveting testimony of Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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COMMENTARY By Clint Smith Chile rellenos are poblano peppers – large, mildly spicy chilies – stuffed with a variety of ingredients. There’s some debate about whether cheese or shredded meat is the most faithful interpretation of the dish, but in my encounters, queso is the most ubiquitous. In many Mexican kitchens, chile rellenos con queso (cheese-stuffed peppers) are frequently filled with Chihuahua or Oaxaca cheeses (although Monterey Jack is a suitable U.S. substitute). But as far as fillings go, there aren’t really any rules. Example: I cherish an indelible memory of “Maggie R” – a culinary acquaintance during my more formative days in Chicago – who introduced me to a version of chile rellenos stuffed with

creamy mashed potatoes and served with a roasted red pepper sauce (at the time, a delicious yet unthinkable medley for this novice young cook). One crucial step is removing the skin. This can be achieved by either placing the peppers over an open gas flame or by blistering them under a broiler. Scorching the pepper not only develops flavor, but also allows the skin to be easily peeled away. Finally, you need sauce. But since I’m running out of room, check out my Web site for a tomato sauce recipe that is the perfect finishing touch to this time-tested classic.

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April 1 Seth Rye in concert April 1, 2 and 6 p.m. Lamberts Lowrey Organ Center, 573 Westfield Road, Noblesville Tickets: $10. Call 773-2002 for details. Acclaimed Lowrey organ artist Seth Rye will perform twice in Noblesville on April. Proceeds from ticket sales will be used to help fight child abuse in Hamilton County.

April 7 Rock for Riley April 7, 8 p.m. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Avenue, Indianapolis Tickets: $22. Call 239-5151 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Rock for Riley is a one-of-a-kind organization, created and managed entirely by passionate and involved Indiana University School of Medicine students. Rock for Riley’s primary mission is to organize an annual benefit concert in support of the Riley Hospital for Children.

April 8 Westfield Playhouse-Tuesdays with Morrie Westfield Playhouse 1836 State Road 32 West, Westfield, IN (Eagletown) Fridays and Saturdays - April 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. Sundays - April 10, 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $8.00 ($2.00 from each ticket sold will be donated to the ALS Foundation); Reservations Recommended: www.westfieldplayhouse.org, 317-896-2707 “Tuesdays with Morrie” is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling ALS/Lou Gehrigs Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.

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April 9 Carmel Community Players: I Hate Hamlet Carmel Community Playhouse, 14299 Clay Terrace Blvd Suite 140, Carmel March 31-April 10; Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm, and Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults; Seniors (62+) $12, and $12 for students. Tickets at the door or in advance at www.carmelplayers.org or by calling CCP’s box office at 317-815-9387. This comedy is sure to be fun for those who either love, or love to hate, Shakespeare. The plot is that of a successful television actor who relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his.

April 15 Indianapolis Repertory Theatre: The Gospel According to James The Indianapolis Repertory Theatre 140 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis March 22-April 10; Showtime vary Tickets available online at www.irtlive.com This world premiere performance is certain to make audiences reflect on their own and country’s history. Written by Charles Smith and commissioned by the IRT, “The Gospel According to James” follows James Cameron and Mary Ball as they look back at the racial crimes in Marion, IN when they were teens in the 1930s. Past and present intermingle to create and incredible performance and story.

April 16 Carmel Symphony Orchestra: A Thousand and One Nights The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets available by phone by calling 317.843.3800 or toll-free at 877.909.2787. Visit www.carmelsymphony.org for more information. Carmel Symphony performs Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov in what is sure to be a fantastic musical evening for the entire family. Hamilton Town Center, Noblesville. For more information, call 770-9020. Tuesday –The Stepp-Walker Duo Nipper Grill & Tap, 1772 E. 116th St. Carmel Summer Trivia Nights 8 p.m. Karaoke Dance Party Friday and Saturday 11 p.m.

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The demise of the hands-off living room

DISPATCHES » New IDC tenant – Jack Laurie Home Floor Designs will soon occupy a nearly 5,000-square-foot retail showroom in the Indiana Design Center. The new showroom is set to open in May and will be dedicated to the latest in home fashion, offering carpet, area rugs, ceramic and stone tile, hardwood flooring and resilient flooring. » Women wear the pants – Printed sheaths not for you? Wouldn’t be seen dead in a midi? Don’t worry, tailored trousers also are a focus this season. At Derek Lam, a high waist and relaxed leg were in step with the 70s trend, while at Michael Kors, it was all about borrowing from the boys. And for those of you who can’t make up your minds, the dress-overpants look seen at Richard Chai Love promises to remain a big trend through fall. -www.style.com » Lose the wet look – Product testers from Wired magazine tested four top-of-the-line blow dryers and selected the Parlux 3800 Eco Dryer ($229, parlux.it) as its “Editors’ pick.” “It shaved 10 minutes off our normal 45-minute drying time and left our hair so soft that we (briefly) considered skipping our normal arsenal of finishing potions,” the staff wrote. “It’s robust, too. The burly plastic body survived a couple of hard drops to the floor.” -www.wired.com

of the sunny and wet marine environment. The large atrium windows and open floor plans of current building styles flood rooms with UV rays. The introduction of fade resistant textiles to resolve this issue has heralded the start of bringing “outdoor” in! The big story, however, is cleanability. If a client has dogs, kids and a full life, the ability to hose off a fabric is pretty major! This is such a wonderful about-face from the “don’t sit on it; don’t spill on it; don’t eat on it” mentality. Cleaning is easy, as it is typically fabricated from solution-dyed acrylic fibers. The color is locked in and can’t be bleached out. Even high-end upholster furniture manufacturers are jumping aboard. After all, what good is it to pay thousands for a sofa if it’s not cleanable? When the price of a sofa covered in a Sunbrella type fabric is compared to typical indoor fabric, it will probably demand more from your checkbook. Consider that the cost of a fabric that looks old and worn before its time is far more costly than the dollars invested up front. So here’s to kids being kids, dogs being dogs, and actually living in the living room … and long live the sofa that does not wear plastic! Vicky Earley is the principal designer for Artichoke Designs in downtown Carmel. If you have an interior design question, please contact artichokedesigns@aol. com.

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COMMENTARY By Vicky Earley Ah …. the living room. What a misnomer! There really isn’t a whole lot of living being done in a room that is hands-off! Just the word conjures a visual of a tooperfect place that is a shrine to off-limits furnishings. I think the peak of the formal living room was in August 1971. I was invited to visit the home of a new friend from school and came thigh to polyvinyl with my first sofa encapsulated in plastic. Those were days of very short short shorts, and many homes did not have the luxury of air conditioning. Plastic and skin on a hot day become one. I left a bit of myself on that well-preserved sofa on that hot summer day. I believe living rooms should invite just that … living. A family should feel comfortable using the space freely. The transition of outdoor performance textiles to interior applications has helped this evolution. Before you balk at the thought of a stiff fabric adorned with stylized palm trees, consider that today’s outdoor fabrics can be as soft and lush as many indoor textiles. These “next generation” performance fabrics are woven just like indoor fabrics, with finishing techniques that create the softness and draping that one would expect to find in an indoor fabric. In some cases you really can’t tell the difference until you try to get the “outdoor” fabrics to fade or stain … they won’t! Sunbrella, one of the brands of performance fabrics, debuted in 1961 and became the darling of the boating and coastal communities, where awnings and cushions have to withstand the rigors

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DISPATCHES » Too much cardio bad for heart? – A study conducted a few years ago found that professional marathon runners and some Olympic athletes had suffered heart muscle scarring. Now a new study, this time in laboratory rats, provides solid evidence of a direct link between certain kinds of prolonged elite-level endurance exercise and heart scarring and structural changes. The research effectively shows that years of strenuous cardiovascular exercise – such as marathon training – can damage one’s heart. -www.mercola.com » Baldness drug affects sex drive – A new study from George Washington University indicates that men who take the drug finasteride (sold as Propecia and Proscar) may report an ongoing reduction in sex drive. In some cases, men in the study experienced prolonged periods of erectile dysfunction several months after they stopped using the drugs. -Newswise » Straws cause wrinkles? – Constant puckering can bring on premature wrinkles. Repeated facial expressions, such as pursing your lips, cause fine lines around your mouth

to form over time, dermatologists say. The solution: Lose the straw and drink directly from the glass, bottle or can. -www.msn.com » Antiviral breakfast – Research shows that the right morning meal can help quash the cold virus. In a recent study from the Netherlands, researchers analyzed the impact that consuming a 1,200-calorie breakfast has on a man’s immune system, versus eating nothing at all. They found that eating big and eating early increased blood levels of gamma interferon, a natural antiviral agent, by 450 percent. (Going hungry actually caused a 17 percent decrease.) -www.menshealth.com » Widowhood may lead to dementia – Being widowed and never remarrying may nearly double the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The results of the research, presented March 19 to the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, are preliminary and questions remain about the role of other life stressors. But research on animals suggests that accumulated stress over a lifetime may speed cell death in the hippocampus, one of the brain’s memory centers, perhaps making it more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease. -www.livescience.com

Fight inflammation and reduce risks for heart disease COMENTARY By Laura Marenco Generally, we may think of cholesterol as the primary culprit in cardiovascular disease, but nearly half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. What researchers are finding is that another factor is at work in our body: inflammation. Inflammation causes a flood of white blood cells and chemicals that our immune system unleashes to ward off damage or infection. When we have an injury, such as a scraped knee, inflammation is an important part of the healing process. But when it comes to chronic inflammation, it is system-wide response that does more harm than good. Cholesterol still is the key villain, as it is the formation of clots that cause strokes, but inflammation works as its sidekick. As cholesterol occurs in the bloodstream, excess LDL begins to seep into the inner wall of the artery, and our inflammation levels speeds up the process. And it is a deadly cycle. As cholesterol is absorbed, it produces more inflammation, continuing the cycle. It’s likely the reason that people with normal cholesterol levels can be at risk for heart attacks. And it is levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), released by cells during the inflammation process

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that may be more effective in gauging our risks. There are dietary ways we can deal with the risks. Typical diets are no longer balanced when it comes to essential fatty acids. Omega 6’s are plentiful in our diet and found in refined

vegetable oils, and prevalent in the American diet. Unfortunately, Omega 6’s increase inflammation. What we lack are Omega 3’s, which reduce inflammation response. Primary sources of Omega 3’s are cold-water fish, and

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Effective and safe laser options for Skin of color COMMENTARY By Dr. Jodie Harper & Dr. Angela Corea Can patients with dark skin tones undergo laser procedures safely? Yes. For those with skin of color, are there laserprocedure options for hair removal, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, tightening skin laxity, assisting with acne control and scar therapy? Absolutely! Is this type of laser effective for men as well as women? Yes, again! In the past, there were fewer options in the cosmetic industry regarding laser treatments for patients with darker skin types. The options were limited due to possible significant side effects including blistering, changes in pigment and scarring. There have been dramatic advances in laser technology in the past several years. Longer wavelengths have proven to be effective and safe alternatives, providing excellent clinical outcomes in many areas of skin rejuvenation with fewer side effects. Laser hair removal is now safe for all skin types using the Nd:Yag laser with a wavelength of 1064 nm. An example of this is the Cutera Coolglide. Using this wavelength and longer pulse widths, epidermal (superficial) melanin absorption of laser energy is minimized. This, along with the Coolglide technology on the

handpiece, which maximizes cooling of the skin, helps to decrease complications. Imagine life with less plucking, waxing or shaving and the irritation that accompanies that! Laser Genesis also uses the unique technology of the Nd:Yag, only in a different way. This procedure targets water, which allows stimulation of collagen to decrease fine lines and wrinkles. It also improves acne and acne scarring when used in combination with appropriate topical therapy. This procedure is not only effective, but also extremely comfortable with no “down time.” There are now safer, more effective options for patients with skin of color. Remember that side effects cannot be completely eliminated but are significantly reduced when lasers are operated by well-trained individuals who understand the physics of each laser they use. Always talk to your health care provider before undergoing laser therapy of any kind. Dr. Jodie R. Harper is board-certified in internal medicine, geriatrics and wound care. Dr. Angela Corea is board certified in internal medicine. They are the medical directors at ClarityMD. They can be reached at info@claritymd.com or 317-571-8900.

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DISPATCHES » Two good stocks under $5 – Pacific Sunwear of California (PSUN) once saw its stock soar above $25 several years ago. Now, CEO Gary Schoenfeld is charged with turning the retailer around after revamping Vans in in the ‘90s and producing a fourfold sales increase. Crown Media (CRWN) has the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, which has more than 40 million subscribers. Advertisers love the demographics these channels deliver: women ages 24 to 59. -www.money.msn.com » Don’t own Google? – Forbes writer Eric Jackson last week warned readers against owning Google (GOOG) during the next six months as Larry Page takes over for Eric Schmidt as the company’s CEO. “They can deliver strong results over time,” Jackson wrote. “But I expect a short-term bumpy ride for Google’s stock price until at least October.” -www.forbes.com » Who are the millionaires? – About 7 percent of households have seven figures. Of them: 14 percent say their parents were wealthy; 83 percent say they became wealthy

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What can you learn from saying you’re sorry? Thanks genius! Then he added, “Be sure that MARKETING you learn from it.” By David Cain That didn’t completely make sense to me at the I’ve been working a lot on teaching my daughters to say “please” and “thank you.” With time, but over the years it’s become clearer and been reinforced as a great lesson. When I start an that comes the obvious need to learn how to e-mail with, “Sorry it has taken me so long to …” say “sorry.” With two little girls only 18 months or leave a voicemail saying, “Sorry about …” or apart, there are a lot of reasons for apologies. simply walk into a meetThe echoes of apologies and open with, “Sorry ring out every day and I’m quick to apologize, and ing I’m late …” I think to are only masked by the sound of tears. I’m just as fast to search myself, “What can I learn from this?” I’m quick to These two little misfor the learning point in apologize, and I’m just as chief manufacturers fast to search for the learnhave gotten so good at my need to apologize. ing point in my need to saying sorry that I feel apologize. sometimes it has lost its Saying you’re sorry often means there is room meaning. No matter the exchange, if someone for improvement. Whether at home or work, cries the other blurts out “sorry” and expects all at some point, you want to hear “thank you” in accountability to melt away. If challenged, they place of “I’m sorry.” It’s a great goal to strive for respond dramatically with, “I said I was sorry!” and a lesson I want my over-apologizing daughThere appears to be a fine line between an apolters as well as my co-workers to understand. ogy as a meaningful expression of sorry and regret and its use as an excuse for not doing what you know is right. David Cain works at MediaSauce, a When I first started working, I remember a digital media and online marketing company in Carmel. David welsenior guy offering some advice about apologies. comes your questions or comments He told me that if you ever apologize in busiat David.Cain@MediaSauce.com. ness it means you are doing something wrong.

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Golf 365 opened earlier this month and is Indiana’s newest indoor golf entertainment and training facility. Located in the Hamilton County Sports Complex, the facility is open seven days a week to meet the needs of the serious, business and recreational golfer. The center features PGA Tour simulators, a 2,000-squarefoot putting green and Automatic Tee Up bays to enable golfers to repetitively practice driving. Expert golf instruction is available from registered PGA Tour teaching professionals, including Indiana’s only Credentialed PGA Tour Instructor Sam Foley. Golf 365 also offers customized fitness training programs. The business, owned by Scott Diehl, is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. To celebrate its recent opening, Golf 365 will hold a ribboncutting ceremony tomorrow at 4 p.m. at 9625 E. 150th Street, Suite 101, Noblesville. 150th Street, Suite 101, Noblesville Phone: 773-4860 Website: www.iplaygolf365.com

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Trust in God trumps understanding SPIRITUALITY By Bob Walters Some people are just not that into God because He’s too big to fully understand. He’s infinite, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent … and we’re not. We seek the truth, chase the good, and pursue righteousness. God actually is all those things. He’s the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The “good” is all that resides in and with Him. His righteousness is the final answer. In our humanness, we require an intellectual middle ground for discussion, rationale and knowledge. We crave to learn, but we need context. We strive to form an opinion, find the logic, or settle an issue. God is different. Way different. “My thoughts are not your thoughts,” God tells mankind plainly in Isaiah 55:8. God is so big, He hides from knowledge as we define it. “God,” theologian Joseph Bottum notices, “reveals himself only to faith.” As people, we have a contradictory mix of good and bad in us. Our human truths have limits and conflicts. We debate righteousness. We divide our loyalties on a sliding scale of convenience between human concerns and divine providence. On truth, good and righteousness, God is everything, but He’s not a mix of anything. He’s an absolute, not a sliding scale. We want logical answers, and God wants obedient faith. When

we trust with faith, God makes sense. When we trust with logic, we trip over syllogisms. For example, if God is everything, and evil exists, then God is evil. Blame God. Wrong answer. Try it again with discernment and faith. When we encounter evil – and evil assuredly exists – it is because something is in disharmony with the perfection of God. The starting point is this: God is good and created a perfect world. Since the sin of Adam, “… the whole creation has been groaning,” we read in Romans 8:2123. We’re in “bondage to decay.” Examples are everywhere: an earthquake in Japan, a ruthless dictator in Libya, my friend’s baby granddaughter diagnosed with cancer. Our faith must surpass all understanding, trusting God to shoulder every tragedy borne of a fallen world, earthly sin or human mortality, and ultimately make the world right. Make the world right. That was the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Trust in that, and God starts to makes sense. His ultimate, eternal compassion isn’t about the greatness of our understanding; it is about the greatness of God’s faithfulness. Now that’s big.

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DISPATCHES » Gigapixel cameras coming? - Imagine snapping a panoramic picture from the top of the Empire State Building, then zooming in on a speck to reveal a quarter lying on the sidewalk. That’s the promise of single-shot gigapixel cameras—cameras that shoot images composed of at least one billion pixels. Researchers are working to develop these. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is investing $25 million over the next three and a half years into developing such compact devices. -www.scientificamerican.com GPS goggles - The world’s first GPSenabled goggle doesn’t just protect, it serves. Tucked into the frame below the right eye is a small display that relays your current speed, pace, altitude, distance, vertical, location, time, and temperature. When you’re done for the day, upload your shred session stats with a USB cable and you can review each run as a Google Map overlay. $400, zealoptics.com. -www.menshealth.com

Can your smartphone get a virus? TOYS By Gary Hubbard When you combine the popularity of smartphones with the fact that average usage is extremely high (because of their mobility), you can bet that the attempts to exploit users is going to continue to grow in 2011. The biggest exposure point for smartphone users at this point is in the installation of apps (browser-based exploits are uncommon and easily blocked so far). We have already seen several cases of smartphone apps laden with malware (malicious software) sneaking their way into both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Marketplace. The term “virus” really needs to be replaced with “malware,” because the exploitation attempts we are seeing don’t have the ability to spread smartphone-to-smartphone as a computer virus can. Smartphone exploitation generally centers around getting at the private information that makes the smartphone a target-rich environment for hackers (contacts, passwords, e-mail accounts, etc.). There are significant differences between how iPhone and Android users access apps to install on their smartphones, but how and where you get your apps can greatly increase your chances of being exploited. Apple only allows apps to be installed via

iTunes and the App Store (unless you “jaildiscovered. Novice Android users should stick to getting break” or remove the controls) and they are very particular about what they will allow in the their apps from the Marketplace and in general avoid apps that are very new and have very few App Store. This controlled “walled garden” approach is one of the reasons many techies prefer reviews (from any resource). Google’s Android platform, but it does provide If you have an Android-based smartphone and love to experiment with apps, you may a pretty significant level of security. want to consider installing a free security proAndroid is a much more open platform that allows users to install apps from Google’s Margram called Lookout (http://goo.gl/3COld). ketplace or from lots of other places, but this Not only will it warn you of potential spyware openness also exposes users to more risk. and malware, but it offers backup, a lost-phone Both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Market- locator and remote wiping features. Mobile security experts also recommend place have had apps with hidden malware sneak that you get in the habit of clearing your past their review processes and make it onto smartphone’s browser history and cookies to user’s smartphones, but in general it’s rare. Google recently removed more than 50 apps minimize the exposure should you install an from the Google Marketplace that were found app with malware (it also helps if you lose your to have malware hidden in them and then did phone or it gets stolen – check in the Settings menu for your options). something very interesting: They flipped on The best way to protect your smartphone is their remote kill switch to delete the apps from to make sure to install updates as quickly as you the affected smartphones (Apple also has this can (the latest protection is usually a big part of ability). The reality is, however, once an app gains an update) and avoid installing apps from sites s • muchitabout. access to your information, it can send it off to you don’t know ce wsu EOC tion a a remote server, which means even if the app is R a E ina s Hubbard A • II • Lcy •Gary etis the owner of removed, the damage could already be done. D rimDoctors A V an iscData cr EComputer A e • e iPhone users who “jailbreak” their phones r tl gn D D hts eServices S • A i e – www.datadoctors.com. e e • T Pr e ad s • Rig et LHave dmuch A and install apps from third parties stand a • n c p e Send it to e es • Ra Tr rg a technology m FM l oquestion? i Gbecause e s • higher risk of installing a rogue app, the v g • i a anc A • its ha CCurrentInCarmel@datadoctors. -c s • ge e LA • W on act Wa ce •Rac rthereAD su C C n • N review process by Apple isM bypassed and com e • n n F o v r • • i • w a • O o e t r isLa EE at ts on ion er A s would be no remote rogueeapp si if aS tsremoval

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A drive through Anadarko … and my past RELATIONSHIPS By Rachel Noble My sister recently texted me, “I just drove through Anadarko, bawling my eyes out.” The funny thing is she didn’t even have to explain, because I had done the same thing not too long ago. The last time I drove through my hometown of Anadarko, OK was a bittersweet event. I passed by my little Christian school that once held all 15 of us students (until it closed and we started home schooling) and recalled fond memories of digging in the schoolyard for “doodle bugs” that had burrowed into the red, sandy dirt. I then drove out to the country where our house sat as it always had, on a silent hill on the prairie. I saw the old cellar in which we spent many a spring night, huddled over candlelight as we listened for approaching tornadoes and my mom read to us out of the classic book (to Oklahomans anyway), “Oklahoma Run.” I thought of my parents divorce once we all left home and driving up that long, rickety driveway to see my mom as she sat alone on her porch swing, excited to see me come home from college for the weekend and temporarily fill her now empty nest. On my way back through Anadarko one last time, I noticed the kids running around

barefoot through the streets, the same churches on just about every corner alerting to “Confess your sins” on the signs out front and the famous soft drink drive-thru that brought painful memories of the owner and her infidelities that caused my family trouble. I thought about the hard facts of my past – my family of three sweet little girls and a mom and dad who once seemed like heroes to me – and the fact that not everything was as it seemed. Ah, those family secrets. What it is it about some memories that can hold us back, keeping us from moving on in life? It doesn’t matter how far I’ve moved away; those memories are still with me. I hope to learn how to hold onto the good memories while dealing with the pain of the not so pleasant ones. How about you? Do you have memories that are holding you back? Does a “drive” through your past cause you pain? Perhaps it’s time to take a stroll through your memory lane to see what may be affecting your relationships. We’re in this together, so count me in on this journey too. Rachael Noble is a single Carmel resident and contributing columnist. She can be reached at nobleadvice@yahoo.com.

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Mulch: More serious than you might think LANDSCAPING By Randy Sorrell Politics, religion, sex and mulch: sensitive topics to be carefully discussed. Mulch? You bet. Try sharing mulch preferences with a group of friends, as I did a few Fridays ago at Carmel Rotary Club, and prepare for debate. A mulch addiction approaching two decades, married with exhaustive research, has fueled the following observations: • Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican or independent, your plant material loves 2”3” of the stuff. • Mulch minimizes weed growth, moderates soil temperature and retains bed moisture. • Shredded hardwood bark is the healthy mulch of choice. • Pulverized pallets, sawdust, railroad ties and other filler is a bad thing. “During the decomposing process, it can rob the soil of nitrogen and be stressful to plant life,” according to Shawntel Light, marketing representative at Greendell Mulch and Mix. • Methodists, Catholics and Baptists agree that aged, gray mulch is dull, like occasional sermons. • Dyed mulch demand has exploded recently and typically holds its’ deep brown or black color through the year. Caution: Many color-enhanced products are laced with nasty fillers.

• Have you seen a brick / paint palate that works with red dyed or cypress mulch? Celibacy is best. Avoid the temptation of using either. • Mulch stratamountains around tree trunks are a punishable offense. They invite mildew, pests and unspeakable reactions to oncehealthy trees. • Recovery clinics and creative strategies abound to reduce our annual mulch fix. Groundcover (ivy, pachysandra, sedum) is effective, especially coupled with Prozac. Try planting shapely beds of ornamental grass or spreading junipers to consume square footage. Dry creek beds and clusters of boulders not only add texture, but require little maintenance, seldom die and can contribute to controlling erosion too. YUCK Slime mold, otherwise referred to as dog vomit mold, is a non-harmful fungus easily con-

trolled by turning it over with a shovel. Moisture levels (humidity, rain, irrigation), not the quality of mulch, promote this nasty visual. Summary: Vote, worship, have sex (if married) and use hardwood bark mulch. P.S. … eat your vegetables, too. Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS by NatureWorks+, a Carmel home improvement firm. He may be reached at 317-679-2565, randy@choosesurroundings.com or www.choosesurroundings.com.

Bathroom floors: Something new underfoot COMMENTARY By Dave Deckker From the ground up, even the most private, function-specific areas of any home – the bathrooms – can be both very comfortable and highly stylish. Bathroom flooring takes a special kind of beating, subjected to moisture, cosmetic spills, bacteria and stains. It serves a special kind of purpose securing bare, slippery wet feet. And it presents a special kind of design challenge covering typically tight spaces. Well-installed porcelain or ceramic tile generally constitutes the shortest distance to cover all these points. It’s plentiful in terms of colors, design, quality and budget variations, repels water and germs, cleans well, usually has enough texture to abate wet-foot slippage, and especially with low-energy radiant heat underneath, provides a warm and inviting surface. If the preference is for a softer feel, cork is sturdy, water resistant, skid-resistant, easy on the feet and comes in many colors. Also, because it’s plentiful in nature and quickly reconstitutes itself, cork is a good “green” flooring choice. Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) is another ecofriendly (75 percent limestone composite), comfortable and wonderfully versatile flooring material. It comes in virtually every imaginable color and look – stone, ceramic, natural and geometric designs, even wood planking – and is

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soft and pliable to walk on. It can be installed with or without grout depending on the desired look, and has the water and stain resistance of vinyl. Glass accent tiles are wonderful design enhancers, and great-looking pebble shower floors are currently very popular. Natural stone tiles, granite and marble flooring are beautiful and occupy the upper end of the budget options. Traditional materials like wood, when prop-

erly treated, can be a great choice because of its beauty. I’ve yet to find a carpet option that really works, so if soft and fuzzy is your preference, throw rugs are the solution. Is your bathroom comfortable … or confining? The floor space may be small, but the flooring decision is huge.

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The beauty of lichen GARDENING By Hally Lindzy I’ll be the first to admit that it can be rather alarming to walk around your yard and stumble upon something funky looking growing on the bark of your tree or shrub. Sometimes, though, it can be a good thing … no need for panic. For example, the crusty, greenish, scaly growth commonly found on tree bark can, at first glance, look like mold or fungus. In actuality, the growth called lichen is harmless and quite interesting in its growth habits. It is a fungus that actually contains at least one species of algae, too. The combination is a symbiotic relationship that creates its own survival and thus does not cause any harm to our trees and shrubs. And in fact, it’s pretty cool lookin’ if you get up close and personal with it, and some people even consider it ornamental. What’s really cool about it is that in can be an indicator of pollution levels in a given area. For instance, lichen catch and store excess carbon dioxide in the air, so in essence it filters the air we breathe. Bonus. And in areas where the air is thick with pol-

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lution, lichen will actually die off and be scarce. So in areas where tree bark is absent from lichen, chances are the air quality is quite poor. So the next time you take a trip outside to have a look at your trees, take some time to appreciate the simple beauty of the lichen. And be thankful that your air is cleaner because of it. Holly Lindzy is an Indiana accredited horticulturalist and advanced master gardener residing in Noblesville. Email your gardening woes (or wisdom) to hollylindzy@gmail.com.

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Letters from Dick Wolfsie! HUMOR By Dick Wolfsie My good friend Patty Spitler is the host of “Pet Pals” on WNDY-TV every Saturday morning. She asked me to join the show’s fan Web site, where I could view photos of dogs and cats and post digital shots of my own furry friends. I logged into the “Pet Pals” sign-up page and after entering some preliminary data came face to face with a CAPTCHA. A CAPTCHA is the security feature that requires you to re-type a series of hard-to-read letters and numbers exactly as they appear on the screen before being issued a password or given permission to access a Web site. It ensures a real human being is taking advantage of the various promotional opportunities: Without CAPTCHA, renegade software programs could amass a boatload of $10-off coupons to Bucca de Beppo, creating a scarcity of spicy meatballs right here in Indiana. On the “Pet Pals” site I carefully hunted and pecked the curious series of letters into the box. Let’s see: was that two V’s in a row or was it a W? Was that KLo or Kb? I had no idea, so I took a wild guess. INCORRECT, the prompt berated me. I took out my reading glasses and peered onto the screen. I typed with only one finger to increase my accuracy. There were two words this time with a squiggly line through them. Some letters looked like caps and others didn’t, but

some you couldn’t tell because they were back-to back with another figure. Some of the numbers appeared as if they were doing the tango together. Why was this so difficult? INCORRECT repeated the prompt. Or was it InCorRecT? I became so frustrated that I tried the audio CAPTCHA, intended for folks with vision issues, which clearly included me. In this version of CAPTCHA you hear a cacophony of indistinguishable sounds, much like in a crowded restaurant, then suddenly a recognizable word emerges like ORANGE, then more murmuring, then another, maybe BATHTUB, just as an example. I enunciated each word I heard into my computer’s microphone, not aware my wife was listening at the foot of the stairs: RETREAT … ALAMO … VIOLIN … CHRYSTANTHMUMS … SWITCHBLADE Mary Ellen was frightened by my incoherent rant. She inched back up the steps without making a sound. I finally got into the “Pet Pals” Web site, and I also managed to convince my wife I had not totally lost my mind. How did I do that? Do I have to spell everything out for you?

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

My mother has a case of March Madness HUMOR By Mike Redmond And now it’s time for that semi-regular question-and-answer feature, “A Dip In The Mailbag.” As usual, I’ll be the Dip. Let’s begin. How’s your mom? I have no idea. This is March, which means the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, so my basketball-crazed mother is incommunicado. With her satellite dish and her DVR, it is now theoretically possible for my mother to watch 48 hours of basketball in a 24-hour period. From what I hear, she is doing all she can to move this beyond theory and into reality. What does your mom do when college basketball season is over? She sleeps. Until her birthday. May 29. Are you following the NCAA tournament? To a point. I always enjoy the first round because there’s something so delightfully truant about watching college basketball on a weekday afternoon when you should be working. It’s slightly reminiscent of those bygone days when teachers would wheel big black-and-white television sets into the classrooms to watch the World Series, which was a heck of an improvement over geometry. After the first round, though, I tend to limit my watching to the Indiana schools that remain in the tournament (unlike, say, a certain little old lunatic lady you might have heard about),

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and even then I have to be careful. My cardiologist does not appreciate last-second victories, if you get my drift. Do you fill out a bracket for a tournament pool? No. I am the only human being in my office, so it would be a fairly shallow pool. Besides, gambling on basketball tournaments is illegal, and one of these days the cops are going to come down hard on you tournament gamblers. All 310 million of you. Do you still lift weights? Well, they’re not going to lift themselves. If you mean do I still work out, the answer is yes, although I really just started up in earnest again, and believe me, Earnest is happy to see me. I was laid up for a while there with a bum hip. I was out of commission for about 30 pounds. So you’re trying to lose weight? Yes. It takes time, lifting weights to lose weight, but I find it’s worth the wait. And on that weighty note, you must excuse me. I have to go exercise and watch some basketball. Then, most importantly, I have to not call Mom. Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, humorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, Indianapolis, IN 46244.

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Heartworms are bad, very bad CANINES By Gregory Magnusson Let’s talk about parasites. In my mind, there are three basic kinds of pet parasites. Those that live in the intestines (intestinal worms), those that live on the skin (fleas, ticks) and a third group – those that live in the blood and heart (heartworms). It’s a little tough for some clients to wrap their heads around that last type. It’s not just a figure of speech; heartworms literally attach themselves to the inside of your dog’s or cat’s lung arteries and heart, and that’s where they live out their adult life. The thing about parasites is that they don’t really want to kill the host. Well, not initially at least. For a few years, heartworms prefer to stay in your pet, reproducing little baby worms, that float around the body waiting to be sucked out by a mosquito. Those little vampires then buzz along to the neighbor’s dog, stick her, and inject baby worms into her during a blood meal. The baby worms grow up, attach themselves to the heart, and the cycle goes on. Worms taking up space inside your pet’s arteries leads to heart enlargement and, in later stages, heart failure. They can also cause blood to back up into the liver, leading to liver failure. Eventually, so many adult worms develop in

the first dog’s heart that the dog dies. All of this can be prevented, of course, by killing the baby worms before they have a chance to grow up. This is done with prescription drugs. The original dog heartworm preventive, diethylcarmazine (Filaribits) had to be given every day during heartworm season, and for six weeks afterwards, to prevent heartworm babies from turning into grownups. In 1974, ivermectin was isolated from a routine screen of naturally occurring soil organisms taken from a golf course in Japan. And luck have it, ivermectin (and several followup drugs) do horrible things to all kinds of parasites without (generally) affecting the host. The best part is it only has to be given once a month! So please, don’t let your dog or cat die of heart parasites. Please purchase heartworm preventive from your veterinarian NOW and keep your pet safe throughout the year. And always obtain a negative heartworm test before starting preventive administration.

Worms taking up space inside your pet’s arteries leads to heart enlargement and, in later stages, heart failure.

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To use decades of experience. To fight the fight. To save a life. Indiana University Health has a vast depth of experience to treat the most common and most complex cases. Experience matters. And our skilled physicians have the experience to diagnose, treat and cure a wide range of medical issues like no other team in the state. Our unique partnership with the IU School of Medicine means our depth is also backed by access to the latest in medical research and more treatment options. That’s experience when you need it most. That’s the strength it takes.

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