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NOT LIKELY, BUT THE FORMER HILBERT RESIDENCE CREATES A STIR FOR OUR SNOOPING SOCCER MOM

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f you’re from Carmel or have lived here for at least five years, you’ve heard of former Conseco CEO Stephen Hilbert and have driven past his former estate on West116th Street at least a dozen times, ogling the “For Sale” sign and wondering when and to whom it will sell.

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1143 West 116th Street, Carmel, IN, 46032 Price: $20 million Built: 1993 by Leonard Watson for Stephen and Tomisue Hilbert Architect: Robbie Fusch (Dallas) Land: 33.6 acres plus an adjoining 7.6 acres Basic upkeep: $10,500 per month Taxes: $92,000 per year 30•year mortgage at 7 percent with 5 percent down: $126,407.47 per month

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Because every good soccer mom is nosy by nature, I decided to investigate the situation and bring all of you billionaire-wannabes up to speed.

First let me state that numerous nice homes have drawn a “Holy (insert favorite expletive here)” out of me, but The Mansion Formerly Known as Hilbert’s is the only one that ever has left me speechless (and wondering if I should dump my husband and marry again for money). It is at once dramatic and warm, inviting and, well, let’s just state it: unattainable. For me.

If I dumped WhatshDanielle isname for big-time Wilson money, it could afford me, among other things, these notables: • There is a personal beauty salon in the basement. (“No, Babs, I cannot possibly make the bridge club today. Francois and Stefan are coming over to touch up my roots.”)

• The kids’ third-floor, Narnia-themed “rec room” is so far from the main living area that they may as well be in an isolated tower surrounded by lava. There is a high probability you won’t see them for days!

• Just off the master bedroom is a private 25-meter, European-tile lap pool. (“No, Babs, I cannot join you when I am finished! Paulo will be here to change the pool filter.”)

• Donald Trump has stayed several times in an upstairs bedroom dubbed “The Red Room.” Now, that’s just cool.

• The home has three “hers” closets, all bigger than my two-car garage. And since I’d winter in Florida, I could designate one for each season!

• The catering kitchen on the main floor (as opposed to the catering kitchen in the basement) has a 4-foot by 6-foot walk-in refrigerator. Do you know how many Tostino’s Pizza Rolls you could store in there?

Despite the hand-crafted banisters, Italian

marble floors, and stunning slate roof, there actually are a few things I’d change should I win Powerball and decide to keep a Carmel residence (although this place is a keeper, trust me): 1. I would move the center-court logo in the 11,000 square-foot private gymnasium to the locker room shower stalls and replace it with a large cardinal. As a native Louisvillian and daughter of a former U of L cheerleader, I think “IU” belongs near the toilets.

2. I would update the lower-level entertainment area. Sure, it has a built-in large screen TV, a bank of three smaller ones, a bar and a live music stage/dance floor with strobes, but where’s the Nintendo Wii? 3. I would convert the front guest house (the one visible from 116th Street just behind the main gate) to a guard house. Everyone thinks that’s what it is anyway, so why not make the public right for once?

4. I would take down half of the wall-towall mirrors in the private workout rooms (yes, plural). I know my butt is big; why would I want to see it from every angle? Plus, if I’m going to aerobicize at home, I should be able to do it in my birthday suit every once in a while and imagine myself a total hottie.

5. I would add a few more fireplaces; there are only nine in the main house.

6. I would re-commission the European artist who painted the mural on the domed ceiling in the foyer to put my face on the bluerobed figure and turn that god into a goddess.

Besides, it would be kind of creepy to have the former owner staring down at me while I’m headed to my in-the-buff workout.

All kidding aside, the Hilberts (and their architects, designers, and builder) deserve high praise for creating a house that is charming

and graceful - even without furniture, artwork or accessories. You get the feeling that people actually lived in and enjoyed the space, all 25,000 square feet of it. It’s not a “museum.”

And although it was easy for me to picture myself scrubbing the floors and singing “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” if I closed my eyes and tried really hard, I could also envision my own kids playing on the elevator, swimming in the outdoor infinity pool, and eating Frosted Flakes at the kitchen’s butcher-block island.

That being said, much as I hate to bare my financial soul, I can’t afford it. The $20 million price tag is, oh, about $20 million more than I can handle at the moment. The monthly mortgage payment alone is only forty-thousand dollars less than what my husband and I paid for our home. But according to Century 21 Realty Group sales associate Greg Cooper, there have been some quite serious inquiries during the last 18 months - and three legitimate offers.

So, who will the likely buyer be? Cooper won’t name names, although he did say that at one point a professional wrestler was interested (Can you imagine Carmel with its own resident WWF personality? Smackdown City!).

Still, Cooper says he believes the buyer probably will be a local whom you would never suspect. And now that Conseco has clear title to the estate (as of January), Cooper says he expects a sale to go through in the next three to six months.

Well, I certainly would hope so. I really can’t waste any more time daydreaming about Paulo and that pool filter.

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

Main House: 7 bedrooms 11 full baths/ 2.5 half baths 24,786 square feet 6 garage bays (carpeted, of course) 9 fireplaces Walk-out basement

Of interest: • The highest-priced single family dwelling sold in Indiana to date went for $8 million. Situated in west Carmel, that property had 60 acres.

• A master craftsman from Germany spent six months creating Hilbert’s home office out of a European wormwood - on site.

• More than 36,000 people visited the estate during the 2006 Decorators’ Show House; the carpets, left uncovered during the event, still look new

OUR TAKES It is our position that we need to take a hard line against racist and degrading remarks and then apply that approach across the board.

CBS and MSNBC broadcaster Don Imus was fired for remarks that he made about the young women of the Rutgers basketball team. It is imminently safe to say that Imus clearly proved himself to be unworthy of our listening.

Then our genius secretary of state, Todd Rokita, chose to make a point in a very poor fashion and is rightly paying the price. He gets no respect from this corner.

In the Duke lacrosse case, the rocket scientist of a prosecutor down in Durham, N.C., exhibited an astonishing disregard for the evidence in his pursuit of a pack of

“frat boys.”

We won’t venture to say if any of these individuals is expressly racist. However, they are exploiting rhetoric that divides people rather than connects them.

Instead, we each must show intolerance to hateful stereotypes, which was the case with cartoonist Tim Campbell’s entry last week on this page, one in which he lampooned the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Caucasian boys are NOT misogynistic, spoiled rapists, and African American females are NOT “ho’s.” And while others may feel they have a right to say such things, we have an equal right to reject them or respond in our own anti-racist way. And we will. At every turn.

MAKE THEM EARN IT It is our position that pay raises for the Indiana Legislature should include some sort of performance requirement.

Don’t get us wrong; we believe that some of our elected legislators are very hard-working folk who earn every penny that we pay them – and perhaps more. Jerry Torr (R-Carmel) burned the midnight oil to get daylight savings time past the naysayers.

But many have lost sight of whom they were elected to serve. You see them in luxury suites watching the Pacers with lobbyists instead of attending important committee and constituent meetings.

We urge Gov. Mitch Daniels to veto the Senate Bill 401 advanced by the legislators giving themselves unfettered

raises with something more akin to what the private sector might recommend.

Bonus pay should be based not upon tenure but upon success. Does our employee attend all meetings and generally show up for work? Does our employee spend our money with better success than other employees?

Does the legislator get the job done?

Many of our elected officials complain that they are underpaid regardless of output; we respectfully disagree. Besides if this political primary season proves anything, it is that there is always someone of surprising quality in line to take the job.

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Strictly business ‌ in july IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MEMORIES In an effort to provide a more focused portrayal of business in our city, Current Publishing, LLC, in tandem with Times-Leader Publications, LLC, will begin delivering monthly to all 3,800 businesses in town the Carmel Business Leader. We’ll launch with a July issue, which will be mailed the last week of June.

TLP is our sister organization, and it has a wealth of experience and a tremendous track record in developing such publications. Too, we have participated mightily in the launches and development of the Hendricks County Business Leader, the Morgan County Business Leader and the Johnson County Business Leader. We know the landscape and are poised to celebrate it.

We figure it’s high time someone put a face on that under-served segment of our community, and we’re pleased to be able to do so. We will be unabashed cheerleaders for local business and the people who make it go – at every TAX SO

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Wanna write us a letter? You can do it a couple ways. The easiest is to e-mail it to info@currentincarmel.com. The old-fashioned way is to snail mail it to Current in Carmel, 1 South Range SOCCER MOM HITS HOME Editor: I just wanted to write to you to let you know how much I enjoyed Danielle Wilson’s short piece on being a Carmel soccer mom (April 10). It really hit home with me, a Carmel mother of three, and it made me laugh.

Unlike Danielle, I was raised right here in Carmel, and I’m still here. Carmel certainly has changed dramatically over my 40 years of life. So, it’s good to hear from people like Danielle, the kind of people that were typical of Carmel as I was growing up (except the Democrat part!). Hopefully, there are still a lot of people like Danielle out there!

I really enjoy your newspaper in general. It is informative and insightful and seems to reflect the true essence of Carmel.

Thanks for your work.

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level. We’ll show you how to make money – or save money – in running your operation, but the focus will be on people.

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Rick Myers, the president of TLP’s niche publishing division.

You may remember Rick from his work for city government here and later with the former Thompson Newspapers on Carmel Drive. The Business Leader concept is Rick’s, and we’re proud to be able to deliver it to Carmel.

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RATE ASSERTION CHALLENGED Editor: In regards to the letter from city council member Ron Carter in your April 10 issue, Carter is incorrect. The rate cap was defeated twice in the past 10 years, in 2000 and 2001 with a 5-2 vote. Council members Norm Rundle, Wayne Wilson, Luci Snyder, Kevin Kirby and John Koven voted against these, because there would be deficit spending in the city budget. The only two affirmative votes were from Bob Battreal and Carter. So much for political muscle-flexing; it appears to be sound fiscal management to me.

- Sandra Johnson 46032

Visions of Clark Griswold and the smell of I-don’t-know-what coming from the backseat, take me back to summer vacations of my youth.

The idea of leaving town for Spring Break was a completely foreign concept as a kid growing up in the countryside of rural Indiana, but now this time of year means family vacation. Packing. Driving.

Praying for quiet. Laughing. And most importantly, creating memories with our kids that will live far longer than we do. Long, smelly, wonderful things that live in our hearts as the halcyon days of our shared past.

They don’t have to be big or expensive, but they do need to get you, all of you, out of the routine. It has to be an adventure.

For us, this year’s trip was the first completely “character-free� one in years. The kids finally were ready to leave the long lines in the hot sun seeking a two-second exchange with a college student sweating away under 100

pounds of foam and fake fur designed to look like some cartoon personality.

What we exchanged it for was long lines in a hot airport after a missed flight. And, we found some amazing shared history as a family. We stressed, recovered and then laughed – together.

We celebrated the unexpectedly good view from our room – together.

We rejoiced in the newfound bravery of our youngest at the beach – together.

We carried luggage until our arms hurt‌ we labored over silly souvenir trinkets in the tourist trap of a market‌ we remembered how the rest of the world doesn’t get to live like we do here in Carmel‌ and we did it all as a family.

Together.

Shared experiences. Shared lives. Next year, as I am still emptying the sand out of the luggage from this trip, I will remember it fondly. All of it.

“Since I first took office, we have grown our park system from 40 acres to more than 700 acres through a careful plan to expand our parks and trails system.

This is one of our greatest assets as a community.”

Mayor Jim Brainard

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Our parks and trails system

has been one of our greatest successes over the past decade. Not only have we recently seen the six year effort to plan and build the new Central Park become a reality, but today we have more than 700 acres of park land and trails in our city.

Our focus on healthy living, with accessible outdoor facilities, contributes to the high quality of life that Carmel citizens enjoy. This important community asset confirms our commitment to a great future in Carmel. It is an honor to serve you.

Jim Brainard

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DISPATCHES WORRIED ABOUT MYSPACE? The Carmel Clay Public Library will present “Navigating the Social Net” from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

This interactive workshop will concentrate on the facts, benefits and dangers of today’s social Internet. Presenters will be Ryan Hupfer, author of “MySpace for Dummies”; Sarah Robbins, Ph.D. candidate at Ball State University; and Mark Bell, M.A. student in Digital Storytelling. The workshop will be divided into three parts: 1) Past, present and future of the social net; 2) “Getting your hands dirty”; and 3) Questions, answers and opinions (a panel discussion).

The workshop is free, but registration is required. Please call 571.4292 to register.

SIGN UP FOR ACTING CLASSES:

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Applications are being accepted for spring acting classes at Carmel Community Players, 15 First Ave., NW. Beginning Acting and Improvisation classes begin May 6 and run for six weeks. Beginning Acting is from 2 to 4 p.m., and Improvisation will be from 4:10 to 6:10 p.m.

Cost for each is $105. For information, call Ken Klingenmeier at 253.2249 or e-mail him at klingenm@comcast.net.

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ETHICS CALL: PRACTICE AS YE PREACH Editor’s note: Jeff Worrell’s Carmel Can! column will return May 1. This represents his signature on a recent newsworthy Carmel meeting.

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ithout uniforms, the only way to tell the two teams apart was from their position at opposite ends of the table.

The home team arranged itself at one end of the long meeting table and thus the visitors must have felt obligated to head to the far end. These two teams have played each other many times, but on this occasion, it was as if they didn’t even know each other.

I am only referring to city councilors KevJeff Worrell in Kirby, Joe Griffiths CarmelCan! and Rick Sharp as the home team, because Kirby is the chair of the council’s Finance, Administration and Rules Committee. That makes Mark Rattermann and Fred Glaser the team whose score will be recorded under

the visitors demanded an up or down vote on the ordinance as written, without changes, and the “game” ended.

I went to a scheduled meeting about ethics and ended up witnessing something seemingly headed in the opposite direction. The authors of this ethics ordinance should practice what they propose.

Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with Carmel” on Cable Channel 16. Contact him at jworrell@ advantagemedical.com

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“visitor.”

The chairman simply asked the city attorney, Doug Haney, to give an analysis of the proposed ordinance that was before the committee to establish an ethics policy for city employees, excluding elected officials.

He presented an 18-page document bearing reasons why the ordinance was poorly crafted and likely would create expensive litigation for the taxpayers. He explained that this was not just his opinion, but the opinion of an outside law firm that had been retained to review the ordinance.

As a spectator with front-row box seats, I nodded my head in agreement because I had been told the same thing by a third set of attorneys. The Carmel Chamber of Commerce also had looked into this proposed ethics statute and determined it would cause many more problems than it could possibly prevent. Even though the visiting team is the author of the pending legislation, the lawmakers appeared to be unconcerned about their work being called unconstitutional.

When the whistle blew for the start of the fourth quarter, so to speak, it seemed as though this match would come to an early conclusion. Kirby asked the visiting team if it would like to re-draft, rewrite or re-submit something without loopholes that might stand a chance of becoming law. In a buzzer-beater,

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CHS grad onstage in ‘Guys and Dolls’

By Patricia Rettig

The stage seems to be set for a promising entertainment career for a 2002 Carmel High School graduate.

Heidi VanSlambrook is making her debut at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre as one of the Hot Box Girls who sing and dance with Miss Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls” (now on stage through May 13).

It’s a homecoming for VanSlambrook, who recently earned her degree in music education from the University of Dayton and has returned to pursue her dream of performing.

She’s received support and guidance from her family and educators along the way. “My experiences at Carmel High School had a big impact on my career (and) instilled in me a love for music and performing,” she says.

She was in The Ambassadors show choir for three years and credits choir directors Lamont Kuskye and Ann Conrad, who “had such energy that (they) inspired me to pursue music and performing.”

Other influences for VanSlambrook were her college voice professor, Lee Hoffman, and “Guys and Dolls” director/choreographer, Ron Morgan, who also is the artistic and executive director of Performer’s Edge in Carmel.

“He encouraged me to pursue performing and scheduled an audition for me with Eddie

Curry, Beef and Boards’ producer,” she says.

“He also helped me with my dance training and provided advice on performing as a career.”

VanSlambrook says she is enjoying being a part of the cast, and she says she has developed many friendships among the actors and actresses.

“Everyone is so courteous, professional and friendly,” she says. “The first day of rehearsal, everyone was walking up to one another and introducing themselves. Theatre can be pretty competitive, but everyone here treats each other as equals. … It’s also a very reputable theatre that I am proud to be a part of.”

And she’ll be back for the next show at Beef & Boards: “The Wizard of Oz.” “I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to gain experience in a nice environment while being close to family and friends,” VanSlambrook said. “This is what I love to do.

It’s what makes me the happiest in life. I love being at rehearsal and performing. I love putting on makeup and costumes and entertaining audiences. I feel very lucky to have this opportunity – this is such a talented cast, and it’s been a privilege to be a part of it. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time from working with and observing other professionals. It’s a great opportunity.”

Heidi VanSlambrook

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Doors open 6:00 p.m., buffet 6:30-7:30 p.m., show at 8:00 p.m.

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Leadership …

“The ability to lead, including inspiring others in a shared vision.”

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Over the past few years I believe I helped inspire you … my neighbors and friends … to share in a vision that is right for Carmel. That vision has included building the Monon Trail, establishing the Farmers Market, revitalizing Old Town Carmel, increasing our park land from forty acres to six hundred including development of the Monon Center and Central Park, and making it possible for our performing arts groups to have a home.

Through this shared vision we have also accomplished providing the best city services with a tax rate that is nearly the lowest in the state.

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Vote for “Woody” “I believe in our city. I have built a business in Carmel that has benefited from the vision Positive Ideas and wisdom of our current leaders. But, as More Energy a businessman, I know the importance of Conservative Values paying attention to the bottom line. Today, our city council needs leadership that will get the facts right and work with the community to ensure a sound future for Carmel. I have the qualifications and the determination to make the tough decisions that will be necessary in the next four years.”

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Becky Kapsalis, aka “Ask Yiayia,” is a certified parenting coach, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, speaker and Current In Carmel columnist.

She can be reached at 810.9358 or askyiayia@ indy.rr.com.

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have lived in Carmel for 17 years and have seen numerous changes for the better in our community. And while our schools – justifiably, I believe – often are cited as one of the amenities that attracts new residents to our city, the Carmel Clay Public Library also provides outstanding programs and services.

Of course, full disclosure is required of journalists, so here goes. For almost four years, I have served as a member of the public library board of trustees. That experience has given me even more reasons to be proud of our outstanding library.

I haven’t been around long enough to have checked out a book from the Carnegie Library, but I do recall the “old” library across from the high school on East Main Street. When plans were announced for a bigger facility, I was pleased that it would be located just down the street. It only makes for what arguably are the community’s two largest education facilities – the library and high school – to be located in close proximity.

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to grow. We are fortunate to have a dedicated, professional, hard-working public library staff that strives to meet the needs of our growing, ever-changing community.

If you haven’t visited the public library recently, I encourage you to do so. Our Tony Willis library, under the On Schools leadership of director Wendy Phillips, has changed to meet the needs of its patrons. For example, audio books now are available for downloading from the library Web site. Books may be renewed on line. Service has improved even though the library’s budget has taken a hit during the last several years.

I have learned much during my nearly four years as a library board member, and I am fully confident that the Carmel Clay Public Library will continue as one of our community’s most valuable assets.

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Tony Willis is the supervisor of curriculum and communication for the Carmel Clay Schools. Contact him at twillis@ccs.k12.in.us or at 844.9961, ext. 1093.

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FOR GIRLS WHO LOVE HOOPS: Any girl who will be in grades 7-12 during the next school year is invited to participate in spring basketball workouts in Carmel High School’s fieldhouse. Carmel girls varsity coach Scott Bowen will direct the sessions, which will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in April and May. Participants will spend the first hour of each session in the weight room and the second hour on the court.

Please bring both running and basketball shoes. For more information, contact Bowen at sbowen@ ccs.k12.in.us or (317) 846-7721 (ext. 7645) or assistant coach Joe Stuelpe at jstuelpe@ccs.k12.in.us or (317) 846-7721 (ext. 7225).

daily lifestyle.

Financial issues cause both spouses to work to make ends meet in the majority of two-parent households. Financial and daily stress issues are even greater for the single parents, who now compose more than 50 percent of American households. Societal pressures cause parents to buckle under to external validations and evaluations of their children. Children are turned over to educators, day-care providers, baby sitters; in essence, all those charged with influencing a child. I see parents frantically trying to parent the “right way.” Can you Becky Kapsalis relate to the followAsk YiaYia ing?

In a typical day, the daily rush begins in the early morning hours. Have coffee, get the kids up, get them fed, leave them alone to catch the school bus (or drop them off at the before-school program, or day care) because you have to get to work. Fight traffic and then work at your stressful job all day.

Stay-at-home moms have the same early morning schedule but instead of work they face the daily stress of household management before the kids come home from school.

After work or school, it’s the same thing, only in reverse, plus dinner and homework.

Sadly, “too many children are victims of this pattern,” according to Dr. David B. Stein, author of “Ritalin Is Not the Answer” and “Unraveling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco.” Writer Thomas Moore (“Care of the Soul”) states that these conditions are ripe for us and our children to develop all kinds of emotional, behavioral and psychological problems, ADD/ADHD (IA/HM) included.”

Dr. Stein goes on to say, “Please don’t feel guilty. The social and economic conditions that created this way of life were beyond your or my control.”

“A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them.”

– Mark Twain

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

SCIENCE TEAM COMPETES: Carmel High School’s Science Olympiad team finished fourth in the state and won eleven individual medals in a competition on March 31 on Purdue’s Calumet campus that featured 24 teams from Indiana.

Team members included seniors Kyle Egbert, Fangzhou Liu, Rohit Majumdar, Michelle Sing, Hao Yang and Helen Yu and juniors Josh Barthuly, Johanna Hutchins, Alice Ji, Yifan Meng, Alex Metz, Xingping Shen, Michael Tu, Morgan Yang and Tyler Zou. Alternates were juniors Yue Jiang, Arthur Nguyen, Austin Nguyen, James Peng, Sachin Santhakumar, Amy Zhang, Will Zhang and John Zhong and sophomores Yon-Sue Choi, Yingxue Li, Annie Wu, David Yang, Alex Yin and Tianyi Zhang.

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CARMEL STUDENTS EXCEL: Elaine Buck and Erin Spahr of Carmel High School and Hillary Smith of Cathedral High School received second place in Performance Art at the state finals of the eXceL Awards competition April 14 at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center on the University of Indianapolis campus. Their piece was titled “Driven Within.” Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has sponsored and administered the competition since its inception 18 years ago and has awarded more than one-half million dollars to Hoosier students. This year, the company presented six first-place winners with $3,000 each. Second-place contestants received $2,500, and third-place entrants received $2,000.

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ome folks believe the wildly ing. When we put one of those plates on our popular “In God We Trust” In- car, some deem us to be arrogant, backwards diana license plate is offensive, and endangering the Union (America, I mean). an infringement The plates are reverent to God, on their individual not to the “Church of Me.” rights and will make Hoosiers a For the attentive, there is great national “religious nut” laughing entertainment in deciphering the stock. two-letter branch code on the At least they believe something. plate … and likely even more Perhaps they believe divisive fun watching the secular-or-else things about U.S. currency as crowd’s heads explode when they well, which if read carefully also realize all those letter combinaoffends. tions can actually have scriptural “In God We Trust.” It’s the best significance. sermonette on the roadways since “J R”? How about Jesus highway signs first began preachRedeemer? “A O”? Why not Alpha Bob Walters ing “Keep Right.”

Omega? “J C”? Um, that one’s Spirituality The new specialty tag, aneasy. There are 50; and 50 more nounced last summer and offered on the way.It’s interesting that since Jan. 1, is available for no former House speaker Bob Garextra charge when Indiana license plates are ton, who for years blocked the “God” plate, renewed. relented in 2006 when he was challenged The Bureau of Motor Vehicles initially, for his Columbus district seat by an overtly crazily, ordered a half-million plates. To the Christian opponent. The plate sailed through undoubted chagrin of leftists, church-state the legislature, and Garton lost his seat. extremists, ICLU’ers, liberal commentators and God Bless America, and the Indiana BMV. leave-me-alone-about-that-God-stuff curmudgeons across the Hoosier state, more than Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com), a Carmel resi400,000 have been distributed and another dent, urges those who are squeamish about the half million have been ordered. plate to read Romans 13 for comfort.

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WHERE I WORSHIP (and why) Meet The Shushkas Family Members: Steven and Anne Sushka, Ella and Eli Residence: Thistlewood Subdivision Why: We started attending College Park shortly after moving to Indy in the summer of 2001. We were immediately attracted to its unwavering focus on the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Biblical preaching, local and global outreach and relevant worship. And now that we have kids, we appreciate their efforts to introduce the children to God at a very young age.

Even though the church is quite large, we were able to connect with several of the leaders and a few smaller

communities within the church. Both of us have been actively involved in serving with several different ministries during our time there, including local and global outreach, nursery and MOPS. The church’s Mission is “To Glorify God by making Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit.” We are truly grateful for this focus and that the preaching challenges us to think and live in view of God’s truth, even when that truth might not always be easy for us to swallow!

Location: 2606 W. 96th St. Phone: 875.0282 Web site: www.yourchurch.com

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Send your nominations to ROSA, 1 S. Range Line Rd., Suite 220, Carmel 46032, or to rosa@currentincarmel.com by May 11. Include your nominee’s name and reason(s) why he or she is deserving of the honor, and please provide your name and daytime contact information.

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DISPATCHES CARMEL TAX RATE APPROVED: The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance has approved Carmel’s property tax rate for taxes payable in 2007. The rate will be $0.4329 per $100 of assessed value. This is down from the rate of $0.5282 per $100. The reduction was requested by Mayor Jim Brainard in response to the state’s implementation of a new formula for property valuation that is expected to cause an increase in property taxes for the majority of residents in Indiana this year.

The reduction in Carmel’s rate is intended to offset that increase, estimated to be 22 percent.

CLOSED FOR ROUNDABOUTS: The intersection of Pennsylvania Street and Old Meridian is scheduled to be closed for roundabout construction from late this month through June 5. In addition, from May 7 to June 20, the intersection of Main Street and Old Meridian will be closed for roundabout construction. During the overlapping construction of these roundabouts, which is estimated to be about one month between May 7 and June 5, Old Meridian will be closed to through traffic from Pennsylvania Street to Guilford Road. Local access to businesses and homes on Old Meridian between Pennsylvania Street and Main Street will be maintained via Carmel Drive. Local access to businesses and homes on Old Meridian north of Main Street will be maintained via Guilford Road.

Detour routes will be in place prior to the Pennsylvania Street/ Old Meridian closure to move traffic around the closures on Old Meridian Street.

CARMEL GIRL IS HOUSE PAGE: Hannah Reese of Creekside Middle School recently served as an Indiana House Page for Rep. Brian Bosma during the 2007 session of the Indiana General Assembly. As a page, students 13 years and older spend the day gaining a greater understanding about state government and how laws are made.

Hannah, 13, got a backstage tour of the Statehouse and worked alongside legislative assistants and interns. The Indiana House Page Program is an excellent way for students to become more familiar with the lawmaking process by meeting their State Representative and witnessing how laws are made firsthand. For information about the program, call 232.9621.

city council candidates weigh in In the fourth of a series of reports on the May 8 primary election, Current in Carmel reporter Vicki Duncan Gardner caught up with the candidates for city council seats, asking them a series of questions to give the community a sense of where they stand on various issues and topics.

Her report:

What do you think Carmel should look like in 20 years?

What is the biggest issue facing Carmel, and what would you do about it?

My vision of Carmel is a city with a perfect blend of commerce and community, big enough to attract solid businesses and small enough to keep backyard and front porch neighborhoods alive. I see Carmel as a place in which my daughter and son will want to raise their families with a great school system, excellent emergency services, low taxes, high property values and a continually improving infrastructure.

Balancing our growth and our debt. If we continue to increase our debt at the current pace, the debt will choke off growth Fortunately, we are not to that point yet.I would address the council’s spending and debt in much the same way individuals do. First, evaluate expenditures based on necessity and return on investment.

Second, make direct payments against the principal debt. Finally, set in place a system of accountability to keep the constituents informed regarding council actions.

Marty Roan(R) District 4

A vibrant, dynamic community where residents have pride and enjoy quality living and where the community and it’s leaders act as a responsible stewards.

I see the nearly 450% increase in the city’s debt that has taken place in the past 3 1/2 years as the biggest issue. I don’t want to stifle growth, I like a lot of the improvements here, but I would harness the unnecessary spending. Our current property tax payments don’t include all payments for what we have already spent.

Joe Griffths(R) District 4 incumbent

Carmel in 20 years well be a vibrant community.

There will be amenities like no other city, with the Performing Arts Facility, Central Park, and the Arts & Design District. They will attract not only new residents and new companies, but young professionals that once went to high school here and have decided to return to Carmel. It will and is the finest place, in the Midwest, to live, work, and raise our families.

... the loss of our intellectual students. It’s been long known that over 90% of our graduating seniors go on to college. Unfortunately, not many of them return to build their careers here. It is critical that we stop this brain drain. To accomplish this, we must stay on the path of what we have developed in this community thus far. ...It is now reality that is taking shape and this will be the gaurantee that our youth will return ...

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By Douglas Haney, Esq. ITEM: Speeding – The total cost BACKGROUND: If you are caught speeding in Carmel, it can cost you upwards of $150, plus a license suspension and a jump in your insurance premium. However, this represents only a small portion of the total cost of speeding to our community.

Speeding is involved in 30 percent of all the fatal traffic accidents that occur in the United States, and therefore is to some degree responsible for one traffic death every 40 minutes.

Distressingly, 50 percent of these traffic deaths occur in business or residential districts. Local roads have triple the death rate of highways.

The inexperience of young drivers compounds the problems caused by speeding. Speeding-related accidents alone cost our nation in excess of $190,000,000 each day.

In addition to these general costs, speeding can cost an offending driver much more than $150. Speeding in a manner that constitutes “reckless driving” carries with it a 180-day jail term and a one-year loss of driving privileges. Traveling 20 miles over

the speed limit (or less in poor driving conditions) and causing a fatal traffic accident can result in a felony charge of “reckless homicide,” which carries with it a four–year jail term and a $10,000 fine, as well as other life-altering ramifications. Perhaps most tragically, the felon will have to live forever with the knowledge that his or her “need for speed” took an innocent life.

SUGGESTIONS: Any way you look at it, speeding carries a very high cost to both the speeder and our community. If you have a “lead foot,” slow down. If you don’t, remember to drive defensively and to report speeders the proper placard or license plate.

RESOURCES: Report speeders to the Carmel Police Dept. (571-2500).

Visit www.nhtsa.dot.gov; www.statisticstop10.com.

Douglas C. Haney is the Carmel city attorney.

The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the City of Carmel.

Haney’s views should not be relied upon as legal advice applicable to a specific factual situation. E-mail him at dhaney@carmel.in.gov.

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DISPATCHES SPEAKER TO FOCUS ON HEALTH: Michael Wasserstrom from Premier Sports Chiropractic will talk about raising healthy children, eating well, affirmations for healthy living and the importance of water from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Carmel Parks and Recreation Offices, 760 Third Ave. SW, Suite 100. Pre-registration, either online or in person, is required. Fee is $10 for residents, $15 for nonresidents. All ages welcome. Contact Kate Schneider at 571.2487 or kschneider@carmel. in.gov for more information.

CLASSES SCHEDULED AT STUDIO: Strength training classes begin April 30 and May 4 at Dance Class Studio, 260 W. Carmel Drive.

These classes will work to increase stamina for daily tasks and to increase muscle mass. A pilates mat class is scheduled to begin May 2. All classes begin at 8 a.m., run for 8 weeks an cost $60. For more information, call the studio at 568.1949.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

REMEMBER THESE MEMORY TIPS: Here are eight breakthrough tips for boosting your memory.

• Get enough iron: Iron helps the neurotransmitters essential to memory function properly.

• Eat an apple: Apples contain antioxidants that increase levels of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter essential to memory.

• Exercise: Cardio increases brain functioning.

• Turn off background noise: Multi-tasking greatly reduces learning, making it difficult to recall information at a later date.

• Meditate: A recent study suggests that meditation can sharpen your memory by allowing neurons time to process and solidify new information.

• Check your medications: Side effects can include memory lapses.

• Control your cholesterol: High levels of cholesterol can decrease blood flow to the brain, blocking essential nutrients and potentially causing memory loss.

• Believe in yourself: Worrying that you will forget can actually worsen forgetfulness.

— prevention.com

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runches, push-ups and squats are great exercises — when you do them correctly. If you don’t use correct form, the exercises will be a waste of time and might lead to injury, says Polly Duke, a veteran personal trainer who owns the Home Bodies studio in Carmel.

Of the many ways to do abdominal crunches, bicycle crunches are among the best choices for working the upper, lower and oblique (side) parts of the ab muscle all at once, Duke says.

• How to do it: Lie on back, rest head in fingertips, and lift shoulders off the floor. Pedal legs slowly, bending the left knee as you lift the right elbow and shoulder toward the Patty Hagen ceiling. Then bend Fitness Forum the right knee and lift the left elbow toward the ceiling. Continue to alternate knees.

• Common errors: Arching your lower back. Instead, concentrate on pressing navel to spine and lower back to floor. To avoid straining your neck, hold your head lightly

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and contract your abs to lift your shoulders.

Do not yank your head with your hands.

Push-ups are “one of the best exercises going,” Duke says. In addition to working arms, shoulders and chest muscles, “you’re really working your core.”

• How to do it: Lie face down on the floor with hands under shoulders. Lift your body by straightening your arms. Push-ups can be done from the knees or toes, or with your legs balanced on a large stability ball.

• Common errors: Poor body alignment, which prevents improvement in core strength.

Don’t let your head hang, or your buns lift up.

“Keep your body as straight as you can.”

Squats are a common way to build strength

in thigh and butt muscles.

• How to do it: With feet shoulder width apart, sit until thighs are parallel to the floor.

To increase the difficulty, hold a dumbbell on each thigh.

• Common errors: Hunching over and letting knees jut ahead of toes. “That’s really bad for your knees,” Duke says. It’s best to keep your weight over your heels; keep your back straight and let your buns stick out behind.

Patty Hagen, a Carmel resident, has been writing about health and fitness for more than 20 years.

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DO HOMEWORK ON COLLEGE PAYMENT PLANS: Financial aid officers — often viewed as the most reliable, trustworthy sources to finding the best lender for college loans — have recently come under scrutiny for their nebulous relationships with lenders.

According to an ongoing investigation

by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office, financial aid officers at colleges across the country are accepting “kickbacks” in the form of gifts, vacations and financial rewards from private lenders. Kalman Chany, founder of Campus Consultants, said students need not be “scared” into choosing a lender by the May 1 deadline. He suggests borrowers take time to shop around and compare rates, not payments.

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follow one television program — meaning simply I watch it every week.

“30 Rock” on NBC appears Thursday nights at 9 p.m. I look forward to that time slot like it was 1980 and I was waiting on “Three’s Company.” There are two or three people at the office who also like “30 Rock.” Friday morning bright and early I met one of my fellow fans in the hall. My first remarks were, “I was kind of disappointed last night; really wasn’t their best show.” And her response was, “What are you talking about?” Further discussion let me know that she didn’t watch the show when I did. “Oh, I watch that on Saturday.”

Brought about by video on demand ( VOD) and digital video David Cain recorders (DVRs), On Marketing this phenomenon is known as time shifting. Time shifting occurs when someone records a program for later viewing or listening. Technically, time shifting has been going on since the videocassette recorder made mass market success in the late 1970s.

Even so, VOD and DVRs are creating a situation where time shifting is even easier.

And let’s not forget the personal computer and the iPod. With portable devices, not only can you time shift but you can place shift. You can watch the program wherever you want.

Now the experience of the show is portable and there is no need to be available at that time, sit through the commercials or even watch it on the television. The traditional advertising model using television was content, content, advertisement, content, content, advertisement and then another show and repeat the same. DVRs and VOD are taking the advertisement out of the content. So why does a sitcom have to be 30 minutes long and only available Thursday night? It doesn’t — check out NBC.com; most of them are there for anytime viewing.

Beyond time shifting and place shifting, there is perhaps the most intriguing shift of all — authority shifting. Consumer-generated media, Web logs (blog), social communities, and user or customer feedback mechanisms are taking authority away from the networks and publishers and putting it in the hands of the consumer. It all may sound a little scary, but it is just part of the disruptive shifts in behavior that signal an end to television and advertising as we know it.

David Cain is president of MediaSauce, a digital marketing company in Carmel. Contact him at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com.

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phrase I hear often from Johnny, who found out that Jimmy makes companies is “we have to be more than he does. Perhaps Johnny should concerned about internal be counseled that Jimmy produces 30 percent equity.” What the heck is more than him, and that if Johnny raises his “internal equity,” anyway? game, he can make more money too.

Here’s the scoop. When companies look at As an employee, you must be aware of your giving raises or try to hire someone, they value proposition and your market value. Save evaluate things in light of what your performance reviews. Set up others within the company get an Outlook folder for all e-mails paid. HR departments have job you receive complimenting your grades, salary ranges and all kinds performance. Save cards or any of other parameters in place that other documentation you receive set up constraints on hiring and that reference a job well done. rewarding high caliber people.

Build alliances internally. Look They also serve to delude and at salary surveys online. Don’t often ignore reality. be afraid to show your employer HR says, “If we pay this that you’ve done your homework. candidate $60,000, it will create Chances are that they haven’t ‘internal equity’ issues in the done theirs. They’re too focused department.” What a BOGUS on “internal equity.” response. Does that mean that The free market is a beautiful Kent Burns you, Mr. Employer, are cheap? That thing.

Pay for performance is On Success you aren’t paying your existing a beautiful thing. Why do a lot employees market value? That of companies sabotage it in you don’t recognize that everyone performs the interest of mediocre and self-serving to different levels? That different levels of management? performance justify different levels of reward?

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s part of my never-ending quest to avoid work, I’ve been thinking about the word “interesting.”

Interesting word,

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ecent events involving celebs like shock jock Don Imus and comic actor Michael Richards remind us there are certain words you shouldn’t say in public or in the media.

Or even in private.

Many of these inappropriate words are now referred to by their initial letters, like the F word and the N word. The irony, of course, is when you hear those letters, you immediately think of those

hammer.

And just as I was thinking that, WHAM! I got lasered — a flash of unbelievably bright light, a snap, and a feeling like … well, like someone has just hit me in the eye with a hammer.

And then I couldn’t see for about two hours. “It’ll be a little blurry,” the doctor said.

Blurry? It was like looking through a half-inch of Vaseline. It counts as one of the weirdest things I’ve ever had happen to me, and believe me, that is saying something. Which gets me back to where I started.

You see, when someone asked me what it was like, I could only answer with one word: “Interesting,” I said. “It was interesting.”

offensive words anyway. I can’t be the first person to realize this.

After the Imus debacle, commentators started referring to the H word and B word, which kind of threw me because in my world, the H word represented housework and homework, for my wife and son, respectively. I thought I knew what the B word was, but there are two B words so now when people refer to “the B word,” I have to spend some time figuring out which one they mean. The problem here is that so many words are considered inappropriate we are running out of letters.

And what about that K word? Actually, I don’t think there is a “K word.” I just wanted to imagine the look on your face when you thought I knew a naughty word that you didn’t.

Maybe instead of letters, we should assign vegetables to represent these words. That

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would make for more polite discourse and a healthier environment.

I thought of this idea because when I was a kid, the S word was spinach and it wasn’t until the third grade when my father hit his thumb with a ball peen hammer that I realized there Dick Wolfsie was another S word.

Humor After that, when I heard we were having the S word for dinner, it really took on a new meaning. Ever since then spinach didn’t have a chance with me, especially in a soufflé.

Instead of referring to “the B word,” people could say Brussels sprout. “Boy, this math problem is a Brussels sprout,” your son might complain. Sounds good to me.

Actually, it doesn’t. I hate Brussels sprouts, but you get the point. Of course, this might be troublesome for dog fanciers who would have to say “my prize-winning Brussels sprout just had puppies.”

Don’t refer to “the C word.” Why not say cauliflower? Then, when someone mentions cauliflower, you won’t think of the vulgar reference. You’ll just think of a cruciferous veggie high in antioxidants.

I also think this concept would be very effective in the public schools, helping to keep conversation between the students mannerly and refined. But I must warn you that as a parent it will be tough to effectively discipline your youngster when the teacher calls claiming your 6-year-old has used the asparagus word, or, heaven forbid, the zucchini word during recess.

If I could get this concept to catch on, think how it would change rap music. Instead of an endless array of obscenities, you could turn on your iPod and listen to a vegetable medley.

My feeling is that we should not only eliminate expletives and insulting words from our vocabulary, but we should eliminate their symbolic letters, as well.

It’ een un writing thi olumn. ee you oon. ” Dick Wolfsie is a columnist, author and speaker.

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blood vessel on my retinal wall. A guy told me what to expect: “It feels like someone hitting you in the eye with a little hammer,” he said.

At first, I was relieved. The image of a little hammer smacking me in the eye was much better than the laser-surgery image I had been imagining: James Bond strapped to a table while Goldfinger aims a laser at his … well, it wasn’t his eye.

Later, though, as the doctor was lining up the laser gizmo, it dawned on me that you really don’t WANT someone to hit you in the eye with a

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interesting.

It seems to have fallen into common misuse, so that its real meaning — “attracts interest, holds attention” — is the one you scarcely hear anymore.

Instead, it finds its greatest use as a wiggle word, as dismissal, and as a curse.

Let me show you what I mean.

Let’s say some new parent hands you his or her new baby.

They expect you to see the child as they do — a drop-dead Mike Redmond gorgeous version Humor of their combined selves — when you’re thinking that all the kid needs is a bow tie and a cigar and you’ve got a miniature Winston Churchill.

Now, you don’t want to hurt the parents’ feelings by saying that, so instead you mumble, “My, what an interesting baby.”

This brings us to interesting as a word of dismissal. This time little Winston is a girl ( Winstona? Winstonelle?) of junior high age, the age when every day is fraught with life-ordeath events, such as who talked to whom in the cafeteria.

Let’s say the same child comes home from school to report to her parents all the day’s news, and that Mom and Dad unfortunately have forgotten what it’s like to be 13 years old and half-crazed with adolescent drama. “That’s interesting,” they murmur before turning back to their laptops. Dismissed.

(These parents, by the way, should not be in the least surprised when their child comes back with a dismissal word of her own: The dreaded “whatEVER.”) This gets us to the third meaning I mentioned. It’s a Chinese curse, actually — “May you live in interesting times” — that has been traced back to the Ming Dynasty.

Well, either that or the Yummy Treat Fortune Cookie Company of Ukiah, Calif. And someone seems to have launched that curse in my direction.

Lately it’s like my warranty ran out. In the same week, my thyroid went kablooey and my left eye blew out a sidewall. In fact, it was the eye that got me started thinking about the word “interesting.”

My ophthalmologist decided to do some laser surgery to spot-weld around a leaking

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ObituaRIES

Elizabeth Ann McClain, 68, Westfield, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007. She was born Sept. 5, 1938 in Murphysboro, Ill., to James and Rachel Wilson Stoever. Mrs. McClain was a State Farm Insurance agent, retiring in 1980. She was a member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Funeral services were April 17 at Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center-Carmel. Burial was in Hamilton Memorial Park Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Roger F. McClain; daughter Debbie McClain; son Jeff (Kerri) McClain; mother Rachel Wilson Stoever; brother Dr. W.W. Stoever; grandchildren

Megan and Mason McClain.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or FACE Spay/ Neuter Clinic.

Russell B. Rennaker Jr., 73, Indianapolis, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007. He was born Oct. 29, 1933 in Sweetzer, Ind., to the late Russell B. Sr., and Ruth Foust Rennaker. Mr. Rennaker graduated from Arlington Heights High School and Purdue University. He retired in 2002 from Charles Industries, a telecommunications company, where he was in sales. Mr. Rennaker was a member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Purdue Alumni Association and the John Purdue Club. He served in the Air Force and was a member of the American Legion. Funeral services were April 17 in St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. Friends called April 16 at Flanner and Buchanan Funeral CenterCarmel. Burial was in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, Barbara J. Preusz Rennaker; children Kathleen Gibson, David Rennaker, Karen Starkey, Steven Rennaker; stepchildren Larry Shepherd, Gary Shepherd, Constance Tupman, David Davis; 14 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; sisters Helen Mansfield, Joanne Windlow and Barbara Hoch. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael Rennaker. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Arthritis Foundation.

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I love driving up in front of my house and seeing the soft yellow color. It looks so pleasant. The process, however, was anything but pleasant. I developed a profound respect for those who make a living as exterior painters.

Save yourself. If you need to have exterior painting, make that call today.

Also, if you know my sons or husband, please don’t mention the summer I decided to paint the house … it’s a bit of a sensitive subject.

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LONGER HAIRSTYLES ARE BACK FOR MEN: If you look around, you will see that hairstyles have started to match the trendiest looks. Where we’ve been seeing 1970s inspired skinny ties and ’80s looks with Miami Vice style colors and patterns, we’re also seeing corresponding haircuts. Just like fashion, hairstyle trends are cyclical by nature. While we may not be rocking our faux ’hawks and almost-mullets anymore, newer and far more flattering looks are here to try. Rocker hair, mediumlongwavy cuts, and punky hairstyles are hot.

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f an exterior paint job is honor in hard work. A single is looming this year, I week of painting would be good implore you to call your for all of us. My husband was painter now. skeptical but agreed due to a 2005 will go down lack of options. in the Earley family annals as the I recall June of 2005 as a year that the Crocus popped up in very hot month. After two addition to the 5- year-old khaki weeks of sending my teenage paint on the Earley house. sons to the back of the I waited until late May to house with roller extensions address the peeling issue. After in hand, I began to all, I had a Rolodex of painters that worry. We hadn’t I had referred through the slow even turned a Vicky Earley winter months. Surely, one or two corner. This Decor of those guys would come running was, indeed, with a crew the moment I called. honorable hard It was a bit of a shock and work. somewhat humbling to hear that I could June turned into July and paint cans still certainly get on the list for exterior painting littered the yard. Extension ladders became and be guaranteed the first place in line … for lawn ornamentation. Weekends were planned spring of 2006. around painting. Friends and family stopped Being a bold and determined soul, I was coming by for fear of ruining clothing by being not deterred. After all, how hard could it be? drawn into the painting vortex.

My house is not large but it is a Cape Cod. I I love my Cape Cod (which I call my knew going into the process that the roof “cottage”), but I recall announcing quite pitch and dormers could pose a challenge, loudly that I was really meant for condo living. but I was game. While I was at it, I thought a As with most miracles, my answer came color change was in order. I love a Cape Cod unexpectedly. A painter who was working in dressed in buttery yellow. my neighborhood had witnessed my pitiful Please don’t think that my plan was to do attempts. It was high noon on a Saturday this project solo. No, I have two healthy sons afternoon when he took over. Two days later, who would benefit from the lesson that there my Cape Cod sported a beautiful yellow coat.

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TIPS FROM FROMMER’S LAS VEGAS: If you are a craps shooter, just look around at the tables where they have the most chips.

Find the guy with the most chips, and do what he does. Follow him along. If you double your money, quit. Not quit gambling, but quit that table. Go have a sandwich or watch a show. And then come back. The odds aren’t that tremendously in favor of the casinos.

How they make their money is through greed; gamblers doubling their money then trying to quadruple it and losing it all, and more.

Try to survive. Don’t try to win the hotel. Just try to win a few dollars. Then stop and enjoy it.

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VIDEO ROCKETRY FOR BEGINNERS: For anyone interested in an easy and fun entry to rocketry, Estes sells a beginner video rocket kit, the Oracle (as low as $75 online) that has everything you need except engines, which are inexpensive.

It is a completely pre-assembled rocket, but it only takes a D-size engine. The video camera is in the nosecone and reflects off a 45 degree mirror to look down the length of the rocket. Google this and have a blast!

Why won’t my e-mail messages go through?

By Gary Hubbard What causes e-mail messages to get filtered by spam filters? Do you often have problems with people saying they did not get your messages?

One of the most likely causes is e-mails contain an image. This will instantly raise your spam score with spam filters.

The reason is primarily the huge increase in “image spam,” the most recent tactic that spammers have adopted to assault us. Instead of putting their pleas in text form, they figured out if they created an image that had their sales pitch in it, they could bypass the text-based spam filters.

Spam filters use an algorithm (among other methods) to score each message based on known spamming techniques and common keywords.

Terms like “mortgage,” “stocks” or “FREE” will also add to your spam score because of the propensity of spam dealing with mortgages, stocks and free offers (and there are hundreds of others).

So if you’re a mortgage broker who has your company logo and the word “mortgage” in the signature and include a marketing message such as “Ask about our FREE appraisal program” in every message, you’re probably going to be dead meat with many of today’s spam filters. Our latest experience with a mortgage broker pointed out that filters don’t like people who call themselves “broker.”

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IDOL iPODS IN HAPPY MEALS: McDonald’s teamed up with “American Idol” and made a toy based on you. Yes, iPod, you’re on top. Starting late last week, little kids across the land (and probably a few Mac geeks) will dig into Happy Meals filled with “American Idol” toys, including a fake mp3 player that looks, shockingly, exactly like an iPod with the Idol logo on it. It can’t be loaded with music, but it seems to have at least contain a tiny amount of music. $300 HD DVD PLAYERS HEADED FOR WALLY WORLD: How do you get a discount price on an HD DVD player? Order two million of ‘em, that’s how. Or at least, that’s how Wal-Mart did it. Everyone’s favorite monopoly discount giant has placed an order with the China Great Wall Group, paying $300,000,000 for the consignment.

If our math is correct that works out at $150 per machine, which leaves Wal-Mart a nice bit of room for profit when these things go on sale at $300 each. These players aren’t due to ship until 2008.

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systems, so what is OK today is considered spam tomorrow. If you want to see how complex this can get, look at the testing parameters for a popular filter called Spam Assassin at http://spamassassin. org/tests.

Among other possible causes that keep your message from getting to their destinations include: • Large file attachments (whenever possible, put the information in the body of the message instead) • Colorful backgrounds, which are essentially images • Extraneous text, such as proverbs or cute sayings at the end of your message, especially if they are in quotes If you are having a problem getting a message out or want to see if your basic e-mail message template is causing your spam score to be higher, try sending it to spamscore@politemail.com.

I sent a blank message and got a score of 1.3 (considered low risk), then sent a blank message with a small image added and it jumped to 4.2 (considered medium risk).

The moral of this story is use the KISS (Keep It Simple, Silly!) system for sending e-mail and you will be more likely to get your message through.

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STUDENTS FEATURED IN THREE PLAYS: Walnut Grove Christian Preparatory School is presenting three plays at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Auditorium of River Oaks Community Church at 13200 Old Meridian in Carmel.

The lower elementary students will perform an adaptation of the tale “Cap O’Rushes,” the upper elementary students will perform a version of the story of Rumpelstiltskin titled “Straw into Gold,”

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and the secondary students will perform “Alice in Wonderland.”

The approximate running time, including two intermissions, will be two and a half hours. Tickets are $7 at the door and $4 for college students. For more information, call 815.6887.

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MORE FINE DINING: The Capital Grille will make its Indianapolis debut when the restaurant opens to the public at 5 p.m. Monday in the Conrad Indianapolis, 40 W. Washington St. The Capital Grille is nationally known for its dryaged, hand-cut beef selections and extensive, award-winning wine list. The restaurant staff prides itself on offering professional, attentive service in an atmosphere of relaxed elegance.

The Capital Grille will be open seven days a week, serving breakfast 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Sunday, lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and dinner 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday and 5 to 11 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations are recommended, but not required. Call 423.8790.

SUPPORT ADULT LITERACY: Join other residents in supporting literacy at the Alphabet Affair, a fund-raiser for Indy Reads, beginning at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 1 S. Capital Ave, Indianapolis. It’s blacktie optional, or guests can wear something inspired by the letter “I.” Cost is $95 per person, and there will be a silent and live auction. For more information and to register, see www.indyreads.org.

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activities.

Artwork on view includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, textile arts and installation art. Prices range from $12 to $2,000. Of the artists involved in this year’s open house, 25 are new participants.

Artists from Carmel are among those welcoming the public into their studios this weekend, as the Stutz Artists Association conducts its 14th annual studio tour and open house at the historic Stutz Business Center at 10th Street and Capital Avenue “Out On The Town” in downtown Indianapolis.

With more than 60 artists taking part in one of the largest gallery tours in Indiana, the two-day event provides a rare opportunity for local art collectors and connoisseurs to discover the work of emerging and established artists from the greater Indianapolis area. More than 7,000 people are expected to attend from 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday. A two-day ticket costs $12, which supports the Stutz Residency Program, a scholarship for emerging artists from Indiana.

Originally a one-day open house, the studio tour became a two-day affair in 1999 to accommodate the enthusiastic crowd that turns out to enjoy the festival “That means if you haven’t been to the atmosphere of the indoor art fair. While Friday Stutz Artists Open House for a while, this night offers acoustic music, wine sampling and is the year to come,” said Stephanie Lewis food vendors, Saturday is Family Day. Children Robertson, a fiber artist and president of the younger than 16 receive free admission, and Stutz Artists Association. “There will be many special art stations around the cavernous new things to see.” building are geared toward children’s art Hamilton County artists participating in

the open house include Janet Chilton (Studio C365), Susan Mauck (Studio A425), Gayla Hodson (Studio D440) and Maren Denys Bell (Studio C300).

Hodson retired from teaching in Fishers in 2005 to devote herself to painting in oils full-time. This is her first Stutz Artists Open House, where she will offer works like “Spring Fever,” “Field of Daisies” and “Out on the Town” for sale. Maren Denys Bell grew up in Carmel and attended Carmel Junior High, where she was influenced by a great art teacher, “Mrs. Dillon.” She has studied painting, printmaking and drawing for over a decade, and her works include abstract landscapes and images from nature.

Stutz artists also created a group show of works of art honoring Kurt Vonnegut’s contribution to American literature and art, originally intended to open on the eve of his McFadden Lecture at Clowes Memorial Hall. Now, the exhibition will pay posthumous tribute to one of Indianapolis’ favorite sons.

For further information, visit www. stutzartists.com.

Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who covers the arts for Current in Carmel and teaches art appreciation at the Carmel campus of Ivy Tech Community College. You can reach her at barbara@i-writersstudio.com.

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Dates: Friday-Sunday, April 27-29. Location: Carmel Community Players, Studio 15, First Ave. NE. Time: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Price: $12 adults, $10 students, seniors and children. Phone: 815.9387. Web: www. carmelplayers.org.

The Full Monty

Dates: Through April 29. Location: American Cabaret Theatre, 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis. Time: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Price: $30/$25. Phone: 631.0334. Web: www. actindy.org.

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make written suggestions which performers will incorporate into the show.

Price: $12. Restriction: 17 years and older. Phone: 951.8499. Web: www. indycomedysportz.com.

Exhibit Museum of Miniature Houses

Dates: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Location: 111 E. Main St. Wartime Toys display features toys and other memorabilia from World War II. Admission: $4 adults, $2 children. Phone: 575.9466.

Web: www.museumofminiatures.org.

Dance Retro Rewind

Dates: Through May 13. Location: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Time: Various. Price: $32.50-$52.50. Phone: 872.9664. Web: www.beefandboards.com.

Date: Wednesday. Time: 10 p.m. Location: Vogue Nightclub, 6259 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Price: $3. Phone: 259.7029. Web: www.thevogue.ws/inside.

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FRIDAY: Peace Train & The Flower Power Brass. This band features a three-piece horn section and a huge selection of one-hit wonders, bubble-gum pop, psychedelic relics, and brass classics.

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SATURDAY: Toy Factory, whose members have been nominated for American Music, Golden Globe Awards, co-written Grammy Award-winning songs, and have years of professional experience. RB& and dance selections await you. 9 p.m.

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Children’s Theater The Tortoise and the Hare Dates: Through April 28. Location: Children’s Theatre Institute, 7435 N. Keystone Ave., Indianapolis. Times: 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.

Tuesday and Saturday, “bedtime” performance 7 p.m. Friday. Cost: $6, $7 on Friday evenings. Reservations required.

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