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Moms’ mission: keep grads safe WORRIED ABOUT OUT-OF-CONTROL ‘after’ PARTIES, THESE CARMEL MOTHERS CREATED A fun and secure ALTERNATIVE Story & Photos by: Stephanie Curtis

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Stephanie Carlson, ’83, with her sister Kristen.

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t takes just one mom on a mission to kick off a tradition, but it takes an army of passionate parents to keep that tradition kicking. Such is the case with Project Graduation, the all-inclusive celebration honoring Carmel High School’s graduating class.

More than two decades ago, Carol Carlson, the mother of four teenagers, decided there had to be a better way for students to live it up on the biggest night of their lives.

“For goodness sakes, the kids were graduating,” Carol Carlson said. “They needed something to celebrate and a way to celebrate it so they wouldn’t get into trouble.”

In 1982 and 1983, Allan and Carol Carlson graduated their first two children. After each graduation ceremony, they watched helplessly as their teen took off to hang out and whoop it up with friends.

While both children made it home safely, the Carlsons were aware that the revelry associated with such a joyous event can end in tragedy. They weren’t willing to take that chance with graduates No. 3 and 4.

“I asked my son if he would like to have a graduation party at our home,” Carol Carlson said. “He said, only if I can have my whole class, so I had to find a way to invite the entire graduating class and a place large enough to hold everyone.”

In the spring of 1984, Carlson contacted high school administrators, Principal Dale Graham and Eric Clark, assistant principal in charge of student activities.

According to party planners, administrators at the high school weren’t very supportive.

The concept of having such a huge class party was new and unproven, and school officials were hesitant to jump on it right away.

“We were worried that we would have to draw from our staff to find chaperones for

the party, and that the parents may not have even more volunteers and almost 100 percent enough volunteers,” Clark said. “But they attendance. did, it stuck and it’s a real plus. Now the kids Barb Williams said there were strict rules have something to do after graduation besides students were expected to follow. drinking, drugs, sex or whatever.”

“The kids were not allowed to bring anyCarlson enlisted the help of other parents thing in with them,” Williams said, “and if they like Barb Williams and Billie Francis. With left they were not allowed back in.” only two weeks to plan a celebration for more “It was a combination of parents, teachers, than 700 graduating seniors, the word spread class members and community businesses who quickly, and volunteers combed the commubrought the whole party together,” said Reed nity collecting donations of cash and prizes, Carlson, class of ’84. “We played games, won asking parents for a $10 contribution. prizes, had a great time, stayed out late, and “Everyone was very enthusiastic and very nobody got arrested.” relieved because we were going to have the The shindig was so well-received by the kids right there.” Billie Francis said. graduates that parents threw the party again An unforeseen challenge came in promotin 1985 and a tradition was set in motion. The ing the party to students and their parents. goal then and still is to provide a safe environBecause ment and it was not a place for sponsored the graduby the ates to get school or together the Parent one last Teacher time.

OrganizaSince tion, the its inceponly way tion in to get 1984, the informagraduation Mom squad (from left): Barb Williams, Billie Francis, tion to the party has Carol Carlson and Mary Ann Beesley. Beesley joined the kids was flourished. first three to plan the second party in 1985. by mail. In It is now an effort sponsored to get all the seniors’ addresses, parents tossed by the PTO, supported by school administrain every list they had from the football team tors, is held in the Freshman Center cafeteria roster to drama club, but it wasn’t complete. and has a budget of $23,000.

One student, who will remain unamed, was CHS Principal John Williams said the event able to sneak a full address list from the school is a great option for the kids. office into the hands of party organizers.

“It tells the kids we care so much about The ability to widely promote the first Carthe decisions you make that we are willing to mel High School class graduation party, which spend thousands of dollars and spend hours was held at the Carmel Ice Skadium, attracted planning a party just for you.” Williams said.

CLASS OF 2007…

GET READY TO RUMBLE! When: 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday Where: Carmel High School Freshman Cafeteria How: Register by sending $25 donation up to Sunday.

Rules: All students will take a breathalyzer; student ID required for admittance; no guests allowed; all bags will be checked; no re-entry Questions? Call Cherie Reasner 848.7293 or Linda Schneider 844.9554

What do graduating seniors think?

“It’s a great way to be together before college, win some cool prizes and end high school with a bang!” said Molly Hartman, Class of 2007.

Co-chairs for this year’s event, Cherie Reasner and Linda Schneider, said corporate sponsorships are key to the success of this celebration, and parents are asked to donate at least $25. All students will be required to take a breathalyzer, several police officers will be on hand and approximately 70 adults will chaperone the evening.

“We are expecting about 85 percent of the senior class, which is about 800 students,” Schneider said. “The kids can win tickets by playing carnival games and redeem them for things like gift cards and dorm room items.”

Names will be drawn every half hour for raffle prizes like TVs, cameras, refrigerators and iPods. Two cash cubes will be running all evening so graduates can win money. Cash and prizes aside, the underlying benefit of the party was evident after that first bash 23 years ago.

“A mother came up to me after that first party,” Carlson said. “She told me her son had never been to a ball game, never been to a social function, had never joined any clubs in all his high school years. But that night, he came home and said ‘Mom, I’m going to a graduation party. It’s for the whole class.’ She went on to say, he had more fun that night than he did in all four years of high school.”

“Does that make all the hard work worth it?” Carlson laughed. “You bet!”

Correspondent and Carmel graduate Stephanie Curtis is proud of her mom, Carol Carlson, for helping start the tradition. Contact Stephanie at Stephanie@currentincarmel.com.

OUR TAKES So the Indianapolis-Carmel MSA lost its 2011 Super Bowl bid. We’ve already recovered from the loss, and if you haven’t it’s time to move on.

Not to undermine the marvelous efforts of the Indianapolis Colts, business and government officials who put on a fantastic show in Nashville last week – and we DO hope our area lands a Super Bowl at some point, like when Al Gore’s global warming completely engulfs us and qualifies Indy-Carmel as a warm-weather environment – but we lost no sleep over it. Here’s why: Dallas is Texas, friends, and “everything is bigger in Texas.” Like wallets and stadia. If they can seat 120,000 for the big game in 2011 ( Will Willie Nelson sing the National Anthem?), let them. They’ll need the National Guard to direct traffic coming out of that joint, and to quell fisticuffs related to that mess, which we promise will happen. If you’ve never driven in the Metroplex, you don’t know what you’re missing, and you should be

thankful.

It’s best that Sheriff Bart and the others on his side of the table plow headlong into any number of things, like, say, uh, reducing crime. Hello?!? Republican mayoral candidate Greg Ballard certainly feels that way.

In a stellar response to the loss to Dallas, Ballard says he wasn’t surprised. “Indianapolis is seeing record levels of violent crime in the past year, which must certainly weigh heavy in the minds of those selecting a Super Bowl site.”

Dallas kicked our butts in nearly every crime category, according to the most recent FBI statistics. The murder rate in Indianapolis shot up nearly 55 percent between 2005 and 2006. Dallas’ decreased nearly 5 percent. Indy showed an increase in nearly every crime statistic, while Dallas showed significant decreases.

Indy came to play; Dallas came to dominate.

NO LAUGHING MATTER We cringed when we read the quote from that legislative giant, House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer (D-South Bend), especially in the wake of the editorial we ran last week.

His quote, referring to his suggestion to suspend the 6 percent sales tax on gasoline, was this: “Thanks to the greed of the oil companies …”

Once again using that tired, and cheap, line to get a vote, Mr. Bauer has chosen to play Follow the Leader and shout for all to hear, “Let’s blame the oil companies!” And, we might add, he had the audacity

to say this after he and his fellow legislators approved a pay raise for themselves. Quick!

Someone direct him to the back of the line of lemmings.

As we pointed out last week, government makes far more money on a gallon of gas (31 cents vs. 13 cents) than the oil companies do.

So, Mr. Speaker, how about letting up on your greed and starting to provide some very real and substantial leadership by moving to eliminate ALL taxes on gasoline in Indiana!

Permanently! Enjoy your pay raise then.

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he fresh-faced driver in the seat ahead of me turns with a rare Russian smile and says earnestly, “No, things are much better now.” While the fact that he took his eyes from the frenetic Moscow traffic even for a moment brought great anxiety, the calm and encouraging way that he and his countrymen are embracing the West (and therefore all of us) Terry is highly reassuring. His remarks came on the heels of a list of frustrations that he shared regarding life in the sprawling capital city of more than 10 million citizens, leading me to query, was “Russia better off with communism?”

His answer was not much of a surprise, but neither was his frustration. Moscow is a study in contrasts. Spectacular new buildings and decaying façades. Exotic supercars and decrepit old Volgas. In sum, it is like almost any major city trying to find its way in an ever-changing world landscape.

The Moscow Times, a pro-business daily newspaper, splits its front page with stories on traffic despair — specifically how civic leadership was not adequately prepared for all the new cars that would accompany the post-glasnost economic boom — and a story outlining the ominous implications of the regional election of a number of Communist Party leaders to local office.

It seems that the fear of change and nostalgia for a fading social structure is not unique to us. Even as some grouse and complain about economic growth and roundabouts here in our home town, others worlds away are calling for a “renewal of socialism.”

In the same recent Russian newspaper article Alexandra Gurova, a Soviet-era member of the Pioneers (children organized to support the Communist Party), calls for a return to Marxist-Communist doctrine. “We’ll correct all the mistakes,” she says, believing that this return will fix the problems caused by the

open society ushered in over the last generation in Russia.

When asked about long lines and food shortages that accompany the system of government to which she advocates a return, Ms. Gurova claims that these things were the result of how much cheaper and better the food was “in the old days.” She certainly has a forgiving view of Soviet history.

A passing remark by my driver best illustrates the reality. When Anker seeing a spectacular edifice dedicated to the Soviet ideal (it was an exposition for the proletariat of all the best available in Russia), he said, “This is where we used to visit sausages, because we couldn’t get any in the real world.”

Clearly, we have plenty of sausage in Carmel. Some healthcare advocates would argue that we have too much. But there are parallels to consider as we plan for our own future.

Sometimes, the good old days are not that good.

And even if they were, could they exist in the world today? Why do some refuse to see the success of Carmel’s efforts to grow and remain a world-class city? Is it fear, misunderstanding, ignorance, or just plain hate that blinds some to that which is clear to others?

Perhaps I am the blind one, but it seems that we must continue to change and grow as the world around us changes and grows. Suburbanization is a force of nature that can be harnessed (our city leaders have transformed our sleepy burg into a premier edge city) but it cannot be ignored. The return of communism in Russia would assuredly comfort a few, but the masses would suffer immeasurable harm. Living through change is difficult to be sure, but the abandonment of these shifts is far more daunting.

Terry Anker is a Carmel resident and businessman. He is a member of Current in Carmel’s Editorial Advisory Board. You may e-mail him at terry@ currentincarmel.com.

OK, so about seven weeks ago, we decided to add to the staff of our burgeoning (thank you, readers and advertisers!) weekly newspaper. The new guy needed a way to get his stories into the system.

So, off we went to Circuit City to buy a computer, monitor and all the et ceteras. We got a great deal on a Compaq desktop unit, and off we went. The new guy used it well, treating it with respect and making content for you.

Then, a couple weeks ago, the thing started acting crazy. First came the all-blue screen, then a complete blackout. Tyler Gillaspie, our art director, who is handy with computers, gave his expert diagnosis. It went something like this: “Uh, Dude, we have a problem.”

What we really had was an expensive Compaq paperweight!

So, just as we did with the other Compaq in the newsroom back in January, we called the help line and, well, we asked for help. The manufacturer’s warranty would cover the part – a blown motherboard – but not the labor for in-office repairs. (Lesson No. 1: Make sure to read ALL the fine print that comes with your bouncing bundle of joy.) So our bumper-tobumper warranty cost us more than $100 (truly a rounding error, but it’s the principle, people).

With Compaq No. 2 (there’s symbolism there; figure it out), you may be surprised to know the motherboard also went what pilots refer to as Tango Uniform (politely, toes up). So, guess what? Yes, we called the same help desk, got re-routed to four different people, got run ALL the way around the bush, was made to understand that there couldn’t POSSIBLY be a problem with the motherboards installed in Compaq desktops, and then it happened. The call

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BY THE NUMBERS Editor: A couple gentle corrections/clarifications to the column, “Not What it Seems” (Current in Carmel, May 15): A paltry 27 percent of the registered voters in the City of Carmel bothered to perform their civic DUTY by voting in the May 8, 2007, primary election. This includes voters of both parties.

Steve Greenberg & Brian Kelly was transferred to India. They were having difficulty understanding us, and we were much in the same boat. It was about two hours of useless conversation, raging tempers and being promised that we “would be able to be without your computer for up to 10 business days.” Then, we were transferred to yet another person to verify our business address “in Crown Point, Indiana.” Suffice it to say, that’s when the wheels came off. Completely.

And that’s what Compaq calls customer service. In this case, it couldn’t possibly be more of an oxymoron. We need to have things explained by people who can explain them.

If someone called from Kiev and asked us to explain the newspaper publishing process to a predominantly non-English speaking audience, we wouldn’t do it, because we would fail miserably. We know the folks in India are on the hook because they need the income. We know Compaq has them on the hook because the help desk workers toil for way less than the chump change paid in the U.S. It’s all about understanding. We’ll understand you if you are able to help us understand. The language barrier became very real last week. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Uh, Dude, anyone need a Compaq paperweight?

Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032. Keep letters to 100 words max (we may make exceptions), and be sure to include your home zip code and a daytime number for verification. Oddly enough, some newspapers have been hoaxed.

Can you believe it?

Moreover, the assertion that 73 percent of registered Republicans voted on May 8 is misleading. In Indiana, we do not register by political party and a voter, if they wish, may vote in either party’s primary, further illustrating that there is no such thing as a registered Republican, or a registered Democrat for that matter. Thank you.

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Facilities Chair I am responsible for coordinating all of the physical facilities for CarmelFest. This includes electrical power, water, restrooms, tents, trash pickup, communications, golf carts, and recognize security and safety risks by coordinating with the Carmel Police, Fire and Street Departments. My wife and I have been very fortunate and find the Carmel Rotary and CarmelFest a conduit through which to share, learn and work as part of a larger organization with common goals for the betterment of the community we love and live in.

Mike owns along with his wife, Kay, Brunson and Company, an insurance and real estate brokerage firm here in Carmel.

CarmelFest is recruiting enthusiastic, community-oriented volunteers to staff our annual festival, July 3rd and 4th. This year’s events include an exciting array of performers, activities for all ages, delicious food, music for all tastes, the St. Vincent Heart Hospital Fourth of July Parade, and our fantastic B-105.7 Fireworks, with a simultaneous music broadcast on the evening of July 4th!

We need your help to deliver “Hoosier hospitality” to the thousands of guests coming to our event this year. We plan to provide a quality, friendly and hospitable environment, and you are a critical part of our success.

Your reward for volunteering (in addition to our highly coveted T-shirts) will be the opportunity to interact and be involved with the people of your own community. For some, it has been a life-changing experience, getting them out of the mundane and into the mainstream of our vibrant city. For others it has been the catalyst for greater involve-

The St. Vincent Heart Center Parade at carmelfest begins at 10:30 am, Wednesday, July 4th.

ment with other community and civic organizations. Regardless of the reasons, most people who volunteer for CarmelFest walk away with a deep sense of satisfaction of a job well done.

And we all end CamelFest with a tremendous realization that we could not have done it without our volunteers.

We currently have many time periods open. Each shift is approximately two hours in length, and you may volunteer for multiple shifts, or dip your toes in the water with just one. Either way, we all will benefit from your involvement.

If you are interested in volunteering please go to JulyCarmelFest.org and register. If you have specific questions, please contact Alice Bryan, CarmelFest Volunteer Chair at 317-442-9198.

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DISPATCHES CARMEL CHAMBER EVENTS IN JUNE: • Networking Breakfast with the Westfield Chamber, 7:30 to 9 a.m. June 7 at Charleston’s Restaurant, 14636 U.S. Highway 31, Westfield. Cost is $10 for members.

• Chamber luncheon, noon to 1:30 p.m. June 13 at The Mansion at Oak Hill, 5801 E. 116th St. Cost is $15 for members & $20 guests.

Reservations are required.

Make reservations by calling 846.1049, or register online at www.carmelchamber.com.

SYMPHONY LEAGUE WANTS YOU: The Carmel Symphony Orchestra League is seeking volunteers to help with audience hospitality, special fund-raising projects, office work, music outreach programs for all ages, and refreshments for orchestra members at dress rehearsals. Meetings are at 10:30 a.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Clay Township — John W. Hensel Government Center, 10701 N. College Ave. For more information, contact Jeanne Book at 846.1851 or email sjbook2@ sbcglobal.net.

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BOOK REVIEW The Dead Fathers Club

by Matt Haig Review by Hope Baugh CCPL Young Adult Services Manager This bizarre but intriguing contemporary novel set in Newark, England, will make you want to go back and re-read “Hamlet,” even if you hated English class. The narrator, Philip, is 11 years old, but because of the content and language, this book is probably most appropriate for adults and some high school readers.

Soon after Philip’s father dies, his ghost appears to Philip and tells him that his death was not an accident. He tells Philip that if his death is not avenged, he will spend the rest of eternity in “The Terrors.”

Philip’s attempts to do the right thing keep the reader involved, while the storyline and the dark, quirky mix of humor and creepiness make this novel a page turner.

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SHOW YOUR FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE

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s we live in comand talents in projects that will munity, we are address physical and emotional also called to give needs in our community. During in community.” that week, you will see more yard Those are words work, housework, repairing and that a group hopes you will not painting going on in Carmel than only take to heart, but also let ever before. touch your heart.

Like others in our community Paul Backer organized the who think big and turn dreams snow-shoveling volunteers for into reality, Paul no doubt will Carmel’s elderly residents this be successful. But all big thinkers past winter. I thought that was need big doers to help them pull it generous, but turns out it was just off. Faith Hope and Love could use Jeff Worrell a mild winter dusting compared to your help in three major areas.

CarmelCan! the blizzard he is about to create.

First, name your project. They During July 22-28, Paul is going are collecting ideas for tasks that to assemble 1,000 volunteers into an army of could deliver a blessing to someone in need Faith Hope and Love. through labor and materials or maybe just The volunteers promise to give their time through a simple caring touch. They will care-

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fully examine all reasonable project requests.

Next, consider this your opportunity to donate items that may be in storage or in surplus that could be used for repairs, painting or other household needs. The Carmel business community has always been generous, and maybe there are some items in a storage shed somewhere just waiting to be put to good use.

But the most important request and the opportunity that promises the most reward is for you to pick up the phone and make the call to join the team. For an hour or a full day, Faith Hope and Love will take only what you can give.

Contact Paul Backer at 846.1230 or paulbacker@sbcglobal.net to help.

Contact Jeff Worrell at jworrell@advantagemedical.com.

TO WORK OR NOT TO WORK?

hat seems to be the question for moms today. Of course, sometimes you don’t really have the choice. A month after our first was born, my husband announced he was quitting his job and heading back to school, which meant if we wanted to eat, I’d have to work. Two years later, when I discovered I was pregnant with twins, it was my turn. Turns out that childcare for three kids was more than my salary, so I said good-bye to teaching. But now that my twins are starting first grade in a little over two months, I actually have a choice: Danielle continue at home Wilson indefinitely or put our youngest in day care and go back to work.

To be honest, I can’t say I love being at home. There are days when the solitude, the monotony and the frustration (all the things that make up the thankless job of parenting

small children) have me looking at the next available flight to Cancun. I sometimes resent my husband for leaving me every day and envy my friends who aren’t “trapped” at home.

Plus, I still really miss the classroom. I miss the intellectual stimulation, the adult interaction and the extra money. I miss having eight hours a day where I don’t have the responsibility of keeping a 3-year-old in clean underwear or an 8-year-old out of the ER. I miss dressing like a professional and being respected in my workplace.

Mostly, I miss the excitement I had for my son when I picked him up from day care and the energy I had to devote to his dinner, bath, and bedtime.

Logistically, however, going back to work would be a nightmare. Who’s going to get kids off the bus? Who’s going to go to the grocery, dry cleaner, bank, library, post office and hardware store? Who’s going to make the dinner, do the laundry, clean the floors, dust, vacuum and Windex? How will I find the time to do all the things I do now if I’m teaching? How does any mother who works get it all done?

For me then, the real question becomes, “Would I be a better mother if I went back to work?” I think I might. I know that on most days I’d probably be happier, which I believe

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directly translates into happiness for my family. So we’ll see. It probably won’t happen this fall — I’m too much of a chicken to try it — but definitely someday soon. My kids will just have to suffer through another year of my mood swings and home-cooked meals, which admittedly, can be hit or miss. To work or not to work? That is a hard question!

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

Carmel GIRL SCOUTS AWARDED

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Haley Arnold, Catilin Brown, Sarah Burkey, Amelia Calley, Paige Deer, Ashley Dicks, Kalie Dicks, Elizabeth Frye, Abigail Garrett, Hailey Geis, Kara Glavan, Elizabeth Graupner, Alexis Hahn, Sydne Horton, Kalah Isreal, Lauren Kahre, Dorothy Kimble, Paige Masterson, Elaine Miller, Keana Mowery, Shana Porter, Kenzie Rambicure, Anna Wagner, Kira WegnerClemens and Audrey Ziems.

Carmel Middle School Girl Scouts who received the Girl Scout Bronze Award include: Mary Brooke Johnson, Beverly Falodun, Caroline Law, Samantha Schweiger, Kelly Sheridan, Sara Spence, Caroline Van Hoorde, Stephanie Volkmar, Sarah Wilber, Alyssa Wozniak and Caroline Zemlin.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girl Scouts who received the Girl Scout Bronze Award include: Pearl Brooks, Erin Garner, Hannah Gonzalez, Kasey Martindale, Jane Pangburn, Katelyn Rearick and Sarah Urbanski.

Emily Kowalik, who attends St. Richard’s Episcopal School, also received the Girl Scout Bronze Award.

Carmel High School students who received the Girl Scout Silver Award include: Cassandra Austin, Gina McGauley, Grace Paige, Becky Welch and Kristen Yates.

Ovini Rodrigo, who attends Park Tudor High School, and Victoria Alden, who attends Cathederal High School, also received the Girl Scout Silver Award.

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More than 50 Carmel Girl Scouts are recipients of the Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards this school year.

The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout in fourth through sixth grades can receive, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Working toward this award demonstrates her commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be. Girls who receive the Girl Scout Bronze Award cumulate their activities with a service project in which they contribute 15 hours and that highlights the leadership skills they have learned as a Junior Girl Scout and their commitment to their community and to themselves.

The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout in seventh through ninth grades can receive. It recognizes a girl’s efforts in a wide range of Girl Scouting and community experiences and her commitment to working to better her life and the lives of others. Girls who receive the Girl Scout Silver Award contribute 15 hours in leadership roles of their choosing and contribute 40 hours to a service project that will somehow involve the community and demonstrate leadership.

Clay Middle School Girl Scouts who received the Girl Scout Bronze Award include: Alexis Albrecht, Ellie Anatrella, Kathryn Arland,

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FIREFIGHTERS RIDE FOR CAMP: The Carmel Fire Department Local #4444 is revving up for a purpose. Firefighters will get on their motorcycles Wednesday for the seventh annual Hoosier Burn

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Participants will meet at the Fire Department Headquarters (Civic Square) and leave at 7:45 a.m. HBC offers summer camps for young people who have been injured and treated for burns in Indiana. Last year 100 people made the ride from Carmel to Camp Tecumseh in Brookston and raised $7,400. Anyone interested in participating can register at www.carmelfirefighters.com or by calling 571.2600.

CAMP FOR FUTURE DETECTIVES: If your teen is looking for something worthwhile and educational this summer, look no further.

The Carmel Police Department is holding its second annual Teen Academy. The free one-week academy runs two times this summer (June 11-15 and July 9-13) at Carmel High School. Participants must be at least 13 years old to participate. Teens get a hands-on look at the training it takes to be a police officer. To enroll, call Sgt. Nancy Zellers at 571.2551

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A Smock Fansler Construction employee oversees work at a roundabout under construction on West Main Street near the Monon.

SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: The intersection at 126th Street and Towne Road will be closed on or around June 6 for conversion to a roundabout, the city has announced. The length of this closure depends on the construction crews’ access to the area and utility relocations. The north leg of the intersection will be connected to the reconstructed Towne Road boulevard-style roadway. Other improvements include street lighting, pathways and pedestrian crossings. The detour sends traffic to Shelborne Road using 131st and 116th streets. Access to the facilities around the construction will be maintained through the detour.

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WHY CHRIST HAD TO DIE (Genesis 3:3, 4, 19).

The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). That’s a hard one because, remember, it is not God who makes us sin. It is, however … um …

God who makes us die. No matter how sinless or good (or horrid or bad) any one of us may be, Bob Walters we are going to die Spirituality because, no thanks to Adam and Eve’s sin, we are banished from the Garden.

Christ comes into the picture — and this is why they call the Gospels “Good News” — to do more than forgive our sin. He died a horrible death that totaled the depravity of the sins of the world and in that gave us renewed life and fellowship with God. With Christ’s death, he defeated death.

We need to remember to thank him, and praise him, for that.

Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com), a Carmel resident, expects many of his Christian friends to argue with him over the finer points of sin, death, forgiveness, salvation and eternal life. His views do not represent those of this newspaper.

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hy did Christ have to die?

Anyone who is familiar with the Christian religion will tell you that Christ died to forgive our sins.

OK. But why did he have to die? Why couldn’t God Almighty just say, “OK, you are all forgiven of your sins,” and be done with it?

What was it about God’s plan for our salvation that required Jesus to die?

The answer is: Christ had to die to conquer death itself. There was even more at stake on the cross than our awful sins and the fallen nature of the entire creation. Our eternal lives were at stake.

Christ had to die to beat death itself.

When we read the Gospel accounts of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection, it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t God’s punishment of Adam and Eve that made them sinners, Satan made them sinners (Genesis 3). They were not created to die, but when they sinned God banished them (and all of us) from the Garden of Eden, and that banishment brought death into the world.

WHERE WE WORSHIP (and why) Meet the Schumanns

Family Members: Heather Schumann, 38; Chris Schumann, 39; Justus Schumann, 9; Joshua Schumann, 6; Hailey Schumann, 6.

Residence: Kingswood, Carmel Members of: Carmel Lutheran Church Why: We both grew up Lutheran and when we came to Carmel we sought out the denomination in the area.

We’ve also been involved with the church for 14 years. Our children have been baptized at the church, and my husband and I were married there.

The pastors are fantastic at keeping in touch with families and members of the church. They help everyone feel involved with the church even though it is a very large congregation. They

are also very aware of the needs of its members. Our daughter was born with congenital heart disease and other medical problems. The church helped us out with food and other medical costs. They also helped us with the emotional struggles that came with it as well. Our daughter is doing very well right now and Carmel Lutheran is a reason why. If we had to move away, leaving a church like this would be a hard thing to do.

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Location: 4850 E. 131st St., Carmel Phone: Office: 814.4252, Fax: 814.4260 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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ROAD CLOSINGS: UPDATE

LEGAL BRIEFS

By Douglas Haney, Esq. ITEM: Financing schemes: mortgage fraud BACKGROUND: Purchasing a home is often your largest lifetime purchase. Unfortunately, these transactions attract those who prey on the uninformed. One financial scam that annually bilks consumers out of $1 billion is mortgage fraud. The most common mortgage scams are: Appraisal fraud: An appraiser over-values a house to justify an inflated sales price. The purchaser is left with a loan that exceeds the real value of the property.

Foreclosure Fraud: Homeowners in financial straits are told that they are obtaining the refinancing they need to keep their home. The agent either disappears with their fee, or the homeowners find out that they have sold their house.

Borrower identity fraud: A person with good credit is duped into becoming the “straw buyer” of property that is transferred to the “actual” buyer through an unrecorded “side mortgage.” He thinks that payments from the “actual” buyer will offset

his loan. No payments are made, leaving him with property headed towards foreclosure.

Tips to avoid mortgage fraud include: • Be wary of “no money down/cash back” deals. They often involve a high interest rate mortgage.

• Avoid brokers who coach you to provide inaccurate information on your loan application.

• Question lenders who insist that you purchase “debt repayment insurance.”

• Be cautious of properties that have been sold multiple times within a short period.

• Understand everything you sign.

RESOURCES: A good source of information is our Secretary of State (www.

IndianaInvestmentWatch.com/).Report suspected mortgage fraud to the FBI (www.Indianapolis.fbi.gov), the Federal Trade Commission (www.rn.ftc.gov) and the Consumer Sentinel (www.consumer. gov/sentinel/).

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.

Here are some of the road projects going on in Carmel. For full details, visit the city’s Web site at http://ci.carmel.in.us/services/roadconstruction. htm.

Third Avenue SW/Fourth Avenue SW Realignment Project: Third Avenue SW from north of Industrial Drive to the south side of Second Street SW is closed. Concrete curb and paving operations should be completed in the next few weeks.

Sidewalks and driveways will be constructed soon after paving operations are completed.

Fourth Avenue was scheduled to be closed between Main Street and Second Street SW on May 28 for five days. This project is anticipated to be completed in early June (weather permitting).

116th Street, College Avenue to Range Line Road: Work continues to prepare the north side of 116th Street from Ralston to Range Line for the multi-use path, curb ramps and concrete driveways. Guilford Road is now open, and McKenzie Drive will be closed again to maximize safety for the workers and the traveling public. In approximately two weeks, traffic will be moved over from the old pavement from Ralston to Range Line onto the new westbound lanes. Removal of the old pavement and construction of the new pavement will begin. This will be the last section of 116th Street to be reconstructed.

126th and Towne Road Roundabout

The intersection of Towne Road and 126th Street will be closed for the construction of a roundabout on or after June 6. This project is expected to be completed in early August.

136th Street, Ditch Road to Oak Ridge Road: 136th Street will be reconstructed, from Ditch Road to Spring Mill Road, as a boulevard style roadway with a grass median, concrete curbs and gutters, underground storm sewers, and asphalt multi-use paths on both sides of the road. 136th Street is scheduled to close to through traffic from Oak Ridge Road to Six Points Road on or after June 4. Traffic will still be able to go north and south through the intersection of Spring Mill Road and 136th Street. The road project is to be completed in November 136th Street and Oakridge Road Roundabout: A roundabout will be constructed at the intersection of 136th Street and Oak Ridge Road. Illinois Street will also intersect at this roundabout from the south when completed.

Improvements include: concrete curbing, asphalt roadway, and an underground storm system with a box culvert for the creek at the intersection, and multi-use paths.

Work was scheduled to begin in mid-May, as soon as some utility relocation work was completed. Once started, the roundabout is expected to be completed in 45 days, and remaining items will be finished under traffic.

The entire project is expected to take 90 days to complete.

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DANIEL KIM GRADUATES UNITED WAY TRAINING: Daniel Kim, a graduate of Carmel High School, was one of 19 youth volunteers to graduate May 5 from United Way of Central Indiana’s Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI). The program works to prepare youth leaders to become qualified for membership on the boards of not-for-profit agencies, and to help not-forprofit agencies benefit from age diversity on their boards through placement of YLI graduates.

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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TOP STUDENTS TO SPEAK AT GRADUATION Carmel High School’s four valedictorians and its salutatorian will speak at the Class of 2007 graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at Verizon Wireless Music Center.

The four valedictorians, all of whom will graduate with perfect 4.0 grade point averages, are Marcia Hetrick ( Woodbrook Elementary and Clay Middle School), Ally Klein (College Wood Elementary and Carmel Middle School),

Brittany Smith ( Woodbrook Elementary and Clay Middle School) and Nikki Sullivan (Carmel Elementary and Carmel Middle School).

The salutatorian is Andrew Glaser ( Woodbrook Elementary and Clay Middle School).

• For a list of all the 2007 graduates of Carmel High School, go to www.currentincarmel.com

PAGE GOES ON SUMMER VACATION The Education page is going on summer break. But don’t let that stop you from submitting any and all news relating to education and Carmel. The Education page will return to Current In Carmel on Aug. 14.

parenting of adult children presents unique problems

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randparenting is the best!

Along with grandparenting comes the responsibility of blending additional adult responsibilities into our set-in lifestyles. Therefore, I believe, parents of adult children need to allow their involvement in their children’s lives to be driven by the children and the grandchildren.

My mom often said to me, “expectations bring disappointments.”

Initiating involveBecky Kapsalis ment in our adult chilAsk YiaYia dren’s lives can create major expectations and cause, potentially, major disappointments.

For instance, when a young child ASKS to take piano lessons, we dutifully pursue finding a piano teacher. When we expect the child to take piano lessons because we want them to, frustration, disappointment and resentments can ensue.

Similarly when an adult child ASKS us for our advice or time, we can take heart in knowing that they desire our involvement. When we EXPECT the adult child to involve themselves in our lives because we think they owe us, frustration, disappointment and resentments become the focal point of the relationship.

After our children have left the nest, I believe we must always keep a light on in the window for those times when they need our unsolicited or unexpected support — as their backstop but not as their crutch.

For example: when an adult child is having difficulty with marriage (potentially leading to divorce), we might feel the need to make the difficulty better or, worse yet, try to fix it without being asked. The disappointments for everyone involved can be disastrous.

If there are grandchildren involved, all the more reason to step aside (not take sides) and allow the natural consequences of their decision to play out (as heartbreaking as this can be) and as long as there is no abusive behavior demonstrated.

I welcome your stories about how you feel about being parented as adults by your own parents or in-laws.

Becky Kapsalis, aka “Ask Yia,” 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@indyrr.com.

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LEGACY FUND GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO: Two Carmel High School seniors have received scholarships from the Legacy Fund Community Foundation based on their commitment to community volunteerism, academic achievement, financial need, and demonstrated leadership and/or initiative. Alissa Fritz has been named a Lilly Endowment Community Scholar, and Matthew May has been named a Legacy Fund 2007 Community Scholar.

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CREEKSIDE STUDENTS DELIVER FLOWERS, CHEER: Sixteen Creekside Student Council members delivered 100 flowers they potted by hand to the St. Augustine Home for the Aged on May 10.

Led by cosponsors Mary Zachrich and Pam Irvin, the group assembled and decorated clay pots of fresh petunias the day before.

During the visit, one council member went into each resident’s room to deliver a plant, offer a smile, and chat for a few minutes.

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armel Clay’s 14,500 students and almost 2,000 administrators, faculty and support staff are very close to wrapping up another successful school year.

Among the many events that epitomize each year is Carmel High School’s graduation. Ceremonies are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Verizon Wireless Music Center. While the capand-gown wearing seniors make for an impressive sight, what always strikes me is Tony Willis the number of family On Schools members and friends who attend.

A typical Carmel High School graduation attracts 6,000 spectators. Such a crowd reflects the tremendous support these seniors received during their 13 years of schooling, starting for many of them in a Carmel Clay kindergarten classroom.

As these seniors experience this milestone in their lives, I am about to make a change as well. After working for three and a half years in Carmel Clay’s administrative offices, I am returning to Carmel High School next year to teach English.

I taught at CHS for 13 years before being asked to move to the central office. I was most proud of continuing the tradition of a nationally recognized scholastic journalism program that was already in place, thanks to Mark Shoup, when I arrived in August, 1990.

During my tenure, Carmel High School’s student newspaper was the first in Indiana to be inducted into the National High School Journalism Hall of Fame. During Jim Streisel’s exemplary tutelage since 2004, the HiLite has maintained and even surpassed the quality that resulted in this national honor.

Journalism at Carmel High School is in excellent hands, so I am excited to teach sophomore English next year, where I hope to do a good job helping students learn to read, write and think critically. If you see my name on your child’s schedule next August, I look forward to meeting you.

As the semester draws to a conclusion, this is the last Current In Carmel column that I will write for this school year. I thank Steve Greenberg and his staff for allowing me to share good news about your schools.

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STUDENTS’ WORK ON DISPLAY: Carmel Clay art teachers have selected students’ work that will be framed and displayed at the Educational Services Center through November. Students whose work was chosen include Ruthie Barakat, Carmel Elementary; Morgan Bracken, West Clay; Alex Broerman, Carmel High; Cynthia Cai, Carmel Middle; Emily Crull, Forest Dale; Natalie Eastes, Woodbrook; Maddie Gantt, Cherry Tree; Joseph Gaiser, College Wood; Sunhee Han, Clay Middle; Mikey Hasegawa, Orchard Park; Andrea Hill, Mohawk Trails; Sophia Miller, Prairie Trace; Hazel Ng, Towne Meadow; Nolan Schultz, Creekside Middle; and Cecily Smith, Smoky Row.

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Longevi-Tea, Or Tea-ing is believing

dmittedly, I’m an elitist tea junkie.

Everywhere I go, wellmeaning friends wisecrack, regarding my ubiquitous mug-o-tea. Tea is my cup of Joe, Diet Coke or alcoholic beverage. After all, wasn’t it Mick Jagger who crooned, “everyone needs a little tea and sympathy’’?

For if I am too cold, tea warms me up; if I’m too heated, it will cool me down; if I’m depressed, it will cheer me up; and Wendell Fowler if I’m excited, it will calm me down. Now researchers at UCLA found that decaffeinated green tea extract made lung cancer cells less likely to travel.

Tea touches our souls. Tea is a ceremony: A stand-up performance in simplicity. Tea is second only to water as a world beverage. Over 5,000 years ago, ancient Chinese emperor and herbalist Shen Nung was undoubtedly doubledipping his dumpling in the spicy Chile oil, bumping into his tea bush and causing a leaf to fall into his small pot of boiling water.

According to the book, “The Green Tea

Book,” (Avery Publishing Group, New York), “Despite a high percentage of smokers (75 percent of adult men), Japan has an astonishingly low rate of heart disease. It seems possible that the polyphenols in green tea cause the same paradox that polyphenols in red wine lead to. An encouraging Japanese epidemiology study concluded drinking eight to 10 cups of green or black tea per day can positively affect cholesterol levels whether you smoke, drink are overweight or obese. It won’t be too long till you’re drinking Oolong.

Previous studies have shown an apparent reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy people who drink tea on a regular basis, which also applies to all of us who have already experienced heart problems and fear reoccurrence.

Tea contains the same excellent class of nutrients and polyphenols one would find in red wine and cocoa. Polyphenols are antioxidants believed to negate the effects of a fatty diet and smoking.

Black tea and oolong teas are just as good since they provide isoflavones and flavonoids, all very powerful antioxidants. All teas come from the leaves of the same tree; (Camellia sinensis).

Please ditch teas that come from China, however. Their standards of sanitation, organics and generous use of chemicals could be risky in the shadow of recent discoveries in the pet food industry. They also use bleach on the bag part and it dissolves into your golden cup of tea. Good old organic USA tea is what we want to support. The Brits also have some good teas.

Drinking more than four cups of green tea a day could provide enough active compounds to slow and prevent the growth of cancer cells.

If you look into the bottom of your cup, tea leaves tell us that yesterday’s legends are fast becoming today’s healthy facts.

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TIME TO LAUNDER JUNIOR’S COMPUTER

By Gary Hubbard

As many college students are finishing their finals and heading home, also coming with them are their computers, filled with all kinds of problems.

In today’s college life, the computer is a communication device that is used for messaging, swapping files such as music and videos, downloading information from the Internet, chatting on-line and playing online games.

With all these activities, these computers become filled with viruses, spyware, malware and additional programs and processes that can handicap even the most powerful computer. By the way, this also relates to many home and business computers as well as the college student’s computer.

Here are a few things to look for when checking the condition of your computer.

Check the anti-virus and spyware removal tools and make sure they are up to date and have been run recently. If you have none, you should install them.

I recommend CA for this and quickly discourage programs like Norton and McAfee.

Those are good programs but have so many processes running in the background that it can seriously slow down your machine.

Also check your Task Manager to see how many processes are running. Click on the ‘Processes’ tab in the Task Manager (Ctrl-AltDel in Windows XP, 2000 & NT only — not

supported in 98 or ME) to see what (and how many) processes are running; it should be less than 40, and in most cases less than 30.

Once found, you will see that these processes have strange names followed by SYSTEM, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE or the name of the current user. Leave the items alone that have LOCAL SERVICE or NETWORK SERVICE listed. These are generally core components of Windows. The processes that you may want to remove most likely list SYSTEM or the current user name. Google each process listed to see what it does.

For example, if you search Google for svchost.exe, you will see that it is the Microsoft Service Host Process and should be left alone.

As you go through the list, you will notice that some of the processes are related to specific programs or are known spyware or adware.

Uninstall the process if it is not needed.

To speed up your computer, you may want to change the preference or options of a process by having it load after startup.

Beware of software that claims to automatically clean up your computer. They can be malicious.

If you are up for the challenge, give it a try.

Otherwise, consult a professional.

Gary Hubbard is owner of Data Doctors Computer Services (www.datadoctors.com), a drop center for electronic donations and recycling. Contact Gary at CurrentInCarmel@datadoctors.com.

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World of Warcraft is an online fantasy role-playing game in the style of Dungeons and Dragons. It boasts of having more than 8 million account holders.

Second Life (SL) is an online, immersive world that is totally built and owned by its “residents.”

SL claims more than 6.5 million residents (accounts/users) and is unique in that it allows residents to turn their “in-world” currency into U.S. dollars.

In World of Warcraft, for example, it is not uncommon for users to sell access to online items in the real world, but there is no currency exchange like SL — where your Linden dollars (the online or “in-world” currency) can be traded (based on an exchange rate that fluctuates with supply and demand) for U.S. dollars. Inside SL, capitalism is alive and well.

SL is a real-time three dimensional environment. It presents a place where companies can market a product or company

image, conduct research — possibly in the form of a focus group, train people/employees, or hold events — such as conferences. In SL, you can buy a piece of real estate or an entire “island” and then build your own improvements. What you build is up to David Cain you. In SL, the only On Marketing “zoning” is really just a rating of “PG” or “Mature” — a warning to your audience.

This week, MediaSauce is planning the first focus group for a non-profit organization (Peoples Burn Foundation) inside of SL. The research will be conducted on a rented island and will be conducted with collegeage invitees in SL. The audience will be international — one of the benefits of a virtual world — with no travel costs.

Next week we’ll continue the discussion and report on the success of the research study.

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David Cain is president of MediaSauce, a digital marketing company in Carmel. David welcomes your comments at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com.

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hat do you think of when you hear the term immersive worlds?

Do you think of outer space? Or maybe nothing comes to mind — just wonderment.

Well, immersive worlds, more generically referred to as immersive media, are becoming commonplace on the Internet. Many have social equity incorporated into the Web site — a fancy way of saying there are social aspects for why someone would visit and ultimately join.

Social equity includes things like the ability to share and network with friends, the ability to post pictures, create profiles, chat in real time, and generally be part of an online, social community — even if that is just playing a game.

Immersive media can present business opportunities, too. There are several online examples of immersive media that create an environment for marketing opportunities as well as places to conduct any business that requires gathering people or employees.

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Carolyn K. Worth, 93, Carmel, passed away May 17, 2007, in Crown Pointe of Carmel.

She was born Dec. 16, 1913 in Rockport, Ind. Mrs. Worth graduated from Rockport High School. She retired from Carmel Clay Schools as assistant manager in the school book store. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Worth; her parents; four brothers and three sisters.

Mrs. Worth is survived by her daughter, Gail Ramos; sisters Martha Zenor and Dorothy Hatley; five grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life Mass was held May 22, 2007 in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, of which she was a charter member. A committal service followed in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens cemetery.

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Your participation in the Hunt for the CarmelFest Medallion is voluntary and requires you only to follow the daily clues.

The winner will be announced July 3 between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Gazebo at Civic Square during the Barometer Soup show.

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Robert Eugene Barmore, 78, Homeplace. He was born in Hamilton County on Dec. 25, 1928, to Frank and Rozella Hoover Barmore. Mr. Barmore was a 1947 graduate of Carmel High School. He attended Purdue University extension in Indianapolis and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve for six years. Mr. Barmore was employed with RCA in Indianapolis and Marion, retiring after 35 years. He also worked in for the Magnavox Corporation in Urbana, Ill. After retirement, he owned and operated both Castle Maid and The Enchanted

Florist in Carmel. He was a member of the Carmel-Clay Historical Society. Mr. Barmore was preceded in death by his brothers, Albert, Alfred, Clyde, Carl and Edward Barmore; and his sister, Helen Anderson.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Ellen Humke Barmore; daughters Brenda Jones and Roberta Barmore; son Matthew Barmore; grandchildren Benjamin, Rebekah and Neal Jones, Laura Jones McCaniel, Bradley and Kelly Barmore and Taylor O’Brien; great grandchildren Quinn and Jackson Jones; brother Frank Barmore; nieces Barbara Sampson, Helen Mercer, Pamela Brunson; nephews Ronald and Gary Barmore.

Friends and family gathered on May 22, 2007, in Leppert Mortuary, Smith Carmel Chapel.

The service was at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, of which he was a member, on May 23, 2007. Make memorial contributions to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 445 E. 111th St., Indianapolis, IN 46280

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Well, my friend Steve can, because he’s allergic. And while part of me says that’s too bad, the other part can’t help but think, “Good, more for me.”

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Well, actually, they don’t call me that at all. Oh well. Let’s get on with the lesson, shall we? We’ll begin by …

Preparing the soil: Count on at least four hours for this. The first two and a half will be spent trying to start the rototiller, which has been sitting dormant in the shed since you last used it, exactly one year ago. After three hours of punching the primer button,

yanking the starter cord, checking the gas tank, inspecting the spark plug (as if you know what to look for) and searching for the instruction manual, you will finally conclude that the tiller is, to use the technical term, “busted.”

So off you’ll go to the mega-mart home store for a new tiller, which according to the Manly Laws of Power Implement Evolution has to be at least twice as large as your old one, even though your garden hasn’t grown an inch.

You’ll shell out several hundred clams (or, in the inland areas, dollars) for a TurboTill 2000. You’ll haul it home, gas it up and, thanks to all that new power, till the garden down to bedrock

in just under 15 seconds. Then, while putting it into the shed, you’ll notice that the old tiller’s kill switch was set to “off.” Oops.

This gets us to…

Setting the plants: Now that the soil is ready, you can put in the plants. You did remember to get plants, didn’t you?

Oh. Well, back to the home store, where they have a variety of semi-scraggly plants for sale. Some are heirloom types, some are hybrids, some are indeterminate (the little devils), some have logos such as VFN, UHF and PDQ. My Straight-A’s-InAgriculture Advice is to just get whatever looks the least diseased.

Putting the plants in the ground is

a complicated procedure that involves (a.) digging a hole, (b.) putting the tomato plant in it, and (c.) pushing the dirt back around the plant. You might want to write that down on a card and stick it in your pocket in case you forget.

Now you must: Tend the plants, also known as watering.

You’ll do this as regularly as clockwork for the first two weeks of the season. After that your enthusiasm for running the sprinkler will wane, and it’ll be kind of hit and miss. Mostly miss. Which won’t be good for the tomato plants, and you don’t have to get straight A’s in agriculture to know what happens next. They die.

But not to worry. This seminar promised you’d enjoy homegrown tomatoes (except for you, Steve). All you have to do is …

Memorize the directions to the farmer’s market, where homegrown tomatoes will be abundantly available for purchase. Take them home, slice them up and enjoy.

Hey, all I promised was that they’d be homegrown — that is, grown at someone’s home. I didn’t say it had to be yours.

Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, humorist and speaker. Write him at mike@ mikeredmondonline.com or P.O. Box 44385, Indianapolis, IN 46244. For information on speaking fees and availability, visit www. spotlightwww.com.

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W

e all like to watch people. We observe individuals or couples walking about the State Fair, at a bus stop or at the movies and we wonder what their story is.

Just for fun, sometimes we make up a story.

Here’s one I made up recently about an older man and what appeared to be a younger woman I saw in the front seat of a car parked along the side of the road late at night when I was returning home from a party with my wife: “That was probably a father and his daughter. She was obviously up late doing her homework and started to doze off on the couch, so her father said they should take a drive and get some air and talk about her schoolwork. So they got into a conversation and they lost track of time.”

As you can see, my problem is I don’t have a dirty mind. Which is why most of my stories are so incredibly dull. I’m sure you could have done better.

You can usually tell a lot about people with careful observation, although sometimes it’s a bit tough. For example, I can’t be sure with a casual glance whether a person is a Republican or a Democrat. But I usually have a good idea if someone has never been to the dentist or prefers Denny’s Grand Slam

breakfast to a V-8 juice and dry toast. Just call it intuition.

Sometimes my wife and I sit in a restaurant and watch married couples having dinner together. You are probably saying: “Wait a minute there. How do you know they are married?”

You’re kidding, right? What do you think it means when two people sit across from one another and just stare — not a word. Wow, when I phrase it that way, I guess it could go either way.

It depends, of course, on whether they are staring at each other or at the Dick Wolfsie menu. If you have Humor been married 25 years, the pulled pork barbecue sandwich is going to get your attention a lot quicker than your wife’s halter top or your husband’s new lime green V-neck sweater.

Sometimes Mary Ellen and I will observe a husband and wife at a restaurant who are clearly veterans of an enduring marriage.

The two of them go through an entire meal (including appetizers and dessert) without saying a single word to each other. Even the salt is passed automatically as if their partner’s sodium requirements have been programmed into each other’s psyche.

My wife, who can be quite the dreamer when it comes to other people’s lives, is impressed by this lack of verbal communication. She takes it as a sign that these people are in complete synchronicity.

“Isn’t that just adorable, Dick? They are so in love that they hardly need to speak a word.

Just being at the same table together fills them with such joy that it is unnecessary to converse in the traditional manner.”

Yeah, that’s it. How could I be such an unromantic dolt?

Sometimes we’ll check out a couple where one of the spouses does all the talking. But is the other one really listening? At some point,

it’s time to catch up. “Excuse me, dear, could you repeat everything you have ever said from the beginning of our marriage?”

In conclusion, you can always enjoy a pleasant evening by observing other people.

I recommend it highly. Unless, of course, you are gawking at my wife and me trying to enjoy a bowl of minestrone at the Olive Garden.

Please knock it off. Don’t you have anything better to do?

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker.

Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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A grape mask smoothes out pesky wrinkles. Cut a free-radicalfighting red seedless grape in half and gently crush it (skin and all) in a little bowl, says Tara Oolie, the founder of just Calm Down Spa in New York City. Add a dash of olive oil and apply the mixture to your face. Leave it on for 20 minutes and then rinse off.

Cheeks soak up makeup. Why? Because they have lots of pores that cosmetics settle into. To make blush stay where you want it and not fade away, Jillian Dempsey, global creative color director for Avon, says to apply a cream blush like Mark Just Pinched Instant Blush Tint in Nude, $6, meetmark. com, to the apples of your cheeks.

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Eye drops get the red out … of zits, too! When you wake up with a monstrous pimple in the center of your face, Oolie suggests dipping a cotton swab in “anti-red” eye drops and gently rubbing it over the bump to reduce inflammation.

Hide under-eye bags with dark — not light — concealer. Use a concealer one shade darker than your own skin, just on the puffy area, says makeup artist Debra Macki. “It gives the illusion that the area is receding.”

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Concealer camouflages stray hairs. “When you’re pressed for time and haven’t been looking after your eyebrows, apply a generous amount of concealer right under the brow to hide hair growth,” says celeb makeup artist Mally Roncal.

Pat it out with your ring finger and voila! Just as concealer temporarily makes little scars or age spots disappear, it also coats the hairs so they blend into your skin.

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DISPATCHES TRAVEL TO THE BLACK FOREST: Ambassadair will host a free travelogue on the Black Forest and Switzerland from 7 to 9 p.m. on June 7 in the conference room at Meridian Tower, 201 W. 103rd St., in Indianapolis. Black Forest native Othmar Grueninger will host this picturesque journey through Frankfurt and Black Forest in Germany, and Grindelwald and Zurich in Switzerland. Attendance is free, but space is limited. To reserve a seat, call Ambassadair reservations at 581.1122.

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ISO PRAIRIE SERIES BEGINS JUNE 23: The Indianapolis Orchestra’s 2007 Symphony on the Prairie Series begins at 8 p.m. on June 23 at Conner Prairie with “Heroes and Victors.”

Alfred Savia will conduct music from the greatest sports films, including “Rudy,” “Hoosiers” and “The Natural,” while clips from the movies show on a giant screen TV. A fireworks display will close the show. Call 369.4300 or visit indianapolissymphony.org for tickets.

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Teachers Cindy Baney and Brandon Bovin from Carmel, along with MaryLynn Moore, Robin Keerns and Steve Baney from Hamilton Southeastern, have put together a drama camp designed to engage kids about real-life financial decisions.

The musical is titled “The Three Little Pigs: A Cautionary Tale of Consumerism.” Curly, Surly and Burly, the three little pigs, leave their childhood home and face real-life decisions involving employment, debt, rent-to-own and loan sharks. Only one pig makes smart money moves and has any home to speak of

PARKS HOST TEEN PARTY: Carmel Clay Parks will host an end of the year teen party at the Monon Center West (1195 Central Park Drive West) at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The evening will be filled with games, prizes and music from a DJ. Fee is $5. For more information, call 573.5243 or contact Emily Randell at erandell@carmelclayparks.com.

TRIBUTE TO DR. SEUSS: Carmel Clay Parks will kick off their annual summer Kid Koncerts with Don Miller, “A Tribute to Dr. Seuss,” at 10 a.m. June 6 at River Heritage Park, 11813 River Road.

The free, one-hour performance is designed for families and open to the public. For more information, contact Emily Randell at erandell@ carmelclayparks.com.

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Written in 2001 through a grant program sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education, the musical has caught the attention of economic education experts throughout the Midwest.

The camp will run from June 18 to June 29 at Prairie View Christian. Anyone wanting to be involved with the production is encouraged to call Cindy Baney at 657.3500 or e-mail musical@moriahmusic.com.

The camp fee is $250, which includes a guaranteed role, all costumes, a camp T-shirt, photograph and professionally recorded performance DVD and a CD with pictures.

Discounts are available for families and those with financial need. The final performance will be at 7 p.m. June 29 at Prairie View Christian Church.

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Carmel artists will be on hand at the Indiana Festival this weekend at Conner Prairie. It’s a two-day multicultural festival that features an arts and crafts market, artist demonstrations, five stages of entertainment, a kids’ activity area, games from around the world and a tasty selection of ethnic cuisine.

Sofiya Inger and Jenny Page are just two of the artists to look for in the Art and Craft Marketplace, where you can shop for fine art, jewelry, pottery, photography, furniture, metal sculpture and ironwork, stained glass and glassware, textiles, leather goods, gourd art, baskets and mixed media works by Indiana artisans.

Sofiya Inger After graduating with a BFA from the Kirov Art College in her native Russia, Sofiya Inger moved to Latvia before immigrating to the U.S. in 1991.

She has attracted international attention for her expressionistic and surrealistic “Changing Shapes: works that evoke the Homage to Chagall” paintings of fellow Russian Marc Chagall. In 1994, Inger moved with her family to Indiana, where she has had several group and

solo shows and created commissioned pieces for corporate clients.

“As a Russian transplant on Hoosier land, I am happy to take part in the Indiana Festival, a place to support traditions and connect people locally and all over the globe,” Inger said. “Art seems to be the universal language that doesn’t need translation.”

Beads for Needs Jenny Page, owner of Beads for Needs, designs and sells custom-made 14K gold and sterling silver bracelets using Swarovski crystals, semiprecious stones, pearls and novelty beads.

Beads for Needs donates a portion of the proceeds to charities Bracelet by Jenny Page that are less well known, and generally less well funded, than cancer and diabetes groups, for example.

“I started the company in October 2006 because I saw a need for funding organizations I couldn’t afford to donate directly to,” Page said. “By making and selling awareness jewelry or customized pieces for special events — some of which is sold as silent-auction donations, some of which is sold directly to customers at places like the Indiana Festival

— I can increase the amount of the money I am able to donate to worthy causes.”

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The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Conner Prairie, 13400 Alllisonville Road, Fishers.

General admission to Conner Prairie is discounted for the weekend to $7 for adults, $2 for children 2-12 at the gate. Advance discount tickets ($6 adults, $1 children) are available at branches of Sky Bank and Marsh Supermarkets through Friday.

For more information about the festival, contact Conner Prairie at 776.6000 or visit www.connerprairie.org.

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What: Works by Sofiya Inger. You have two opportunities in June in addition to the Indiana Festival to see works by Russian-born painter Sofiya Inger. Large-scale paintings are on view through the end of the month at the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce’s office on North Meridian Street, Downtown Indianapolis, and additional paintings are on display at the Bungalow in Broad Ripple.

Where: Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce 320 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.

When: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday Where: The Bungalow 924 E. Westfield Blvd., Indianapolis 253.5028 www.bungalow-inc.com When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

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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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Gradually add to dry ingredients; beat 2 minutes at medium speed of mixer.

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RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK Goodfellas has been serving award-winning pizza in the Carmel area for four years. When former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was in the area, he found the only Goodfellas in the Midwest to have a slice. With such high-profile fans, it’s easy to see how loved its food really is. Goodfellas offers a family dining experience that’s relaxing and enjoyable. The menu includes sandwiches, pasta, and other traditional Italian entrees. But the focus of the restaurant is the pizza, which was recently voted best pizza in the world at the 23rd International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. Goodfellas serves traditional New-York-style pizza cooked by a brick oven fire.

Pickup and delivery are available.

Lunch: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day Dinner: 5 to 9 p.m. weekdays, 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday Goodfella’s Brick Oven Pizza and Pasta Restaurant 13190 Hazel Dell Parkway, Carmel 663-0055, www.goodfellas.com

Culture María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by Water

An exhibit containing 34 paintings, sculptures, photographs and new media installations from the Afro-Cuban artist.

Date: Through Sunday. Location: Indianapolis Museum of Art 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Price: Adults $12, seniors $10, college students w/valid I.D. $6, children ages 7-17 $6, children ages 6 and under free. Phone: 920.2660.

Web: www.ima-art.org.

The Wizard of Oz

Date: Through July 1. Location: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Phone: 872.9664.

Web: www.beefandboards.com.

Fat Pig

Dates: Through June 10. Location: Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Avenue, Indianapolis. Time: 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Price: $15 to $29. Phone: 635.7529.

Web: www.phoenixtheatre.org.

Dance Indy Dancers Dance

Date: Saturday. Location: Moose Lodge #17, 7055 E. 16th St.Time: 7:30 to 11 p.m. Dance a variety of social dances to DJ music. Price: Members $5, Nonmembers $10. Lesson 6:30-7:30. Singles welcome. Phone: 767.5665. Web: www. indydancers.com

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Dates: Wednesday. Location: Crackers, 6281 N. College Ave. Time: 8:30 p.m.

Price: $8 regular, $10 preferred. Restrictions: 18 and older. Phone: 255.4211.

Vic Dunlop

Dates: Wednesday. Location: Crackers Downtown, 247 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Time: 8:30 p.m. Price: $8 regular, $10 preferred. Restrictions: 18 and older. Phone: 631.3536. Web: www. crackerscomedy.com.

Comedy Sportz

Friday Nite Late Presents: $5 Improv Jam. Dates: Fridays. Location: 721 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis. Time: Doors open 9:30 p.m., performance begins at 10 p.m. Price: $5. Restriction: 17 years and older. Phone: 951.8499.

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Date: Fridays. Time: 9 p.m. to midnight.

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Local Gigs Date: Saturdays. Location:, 4705 E. 96th St., Indianapolis. Time: 9 to midnight.

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Feeling brave or want to be Perhaps that is little edgy? Why not plant some what I enjoy most heirloom vegetables or patio toabout seasonal matoes in a few pots peeking out pots spilling over among the others. Pair a pyramidal with color. They often look best boxwood or hydrangea that will when a variety of shapes, colors, scream with huge flowers for textures and surprises are competmonths with an updated variety of ing, and you are not really sure colorful tubular begonias, whose which is going to win. heavily textured and crinkled leaf Like a basketball or lacrosse is reminiscent of something alien. game that is seemingly out of Definitely buy something that you control, there is often an underlyhave never seen that intrigues you.

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Outdoors maybe that’s why I haven’t been This is one area where you can asked to coach lately. let your left brain rule. Mix and Nevertheless, pots and hanging match. Combine colors, height baskets are all about color and can transform and texture and have fun. More is better. If a modest outdoor living space into an elegant you require inspiration, go to church or check and inviting retreat. And while the traditional out the spectacular ideas at Salsberry Gardens salmon geraniums and trailing ivy might be or Sundown, my mother-in-law’s (happy 80th, overused, they “rock” when played correctly MaryJo) favorite. and teamed with pots of varying heights.

There are a few rules to the game, howJessi McDougall at Eagle Creek Nursery ever. Ideally segregate sun- versus shade-lovprefers tropicals, such as banana tree or ing plants and absolutely use the premixed hibiscus, for a festive summer feel and will potting soil that has been amended with slow often employ their height for the center of release fertilizer and a water release gel agent. an arrangement surrounded by million bells Beyond that, enjoy life and the respite and/or wave petunias at the base. She loves to of…controlled chaos. layer and plant a variety of heights. For shade Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS by she likes caladiums mixed with new double NatureWorks+, a Carmel design, landscape and impatiens, variegated coleous and some sort remodeling firm. He may be reached at 679.2565 of trailing ivy…a staple in the pot business. or at randy@choosesurroundings.com.

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CARMEL WORDSMITH CHALLENGE

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Answers to ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING: 1) EVERGREEN; 2) FLIRT; 3) MIRROR; 4) ROBUST; 5) WOMBAT; 6) YEW Answers to CARMEL WORDSMITH CHALLENGE: Among the common words in “Flowing Well” are: lifelong, felling, flowing, lolling, lowlife, welling, wolfing, fellow, inflow, legion, lowing, willow, wowing, elfin, feign, felon, fillo, fling, flown, fogie, lingo, login, owing Answers to HOOSIER HODGEPODGE: Networks: MSNBC, CNN, Discovery, MTV, ESPN, CSPAN; Musicals: Dreamgirls, Cats, Hairspray, Evita, Oklahoma; Military Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines; Colleges: Butler, IUPUI, Marian; Personalities: Bob, Tom; Manager: Jewett

ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING

Use logic to fill in the boxes so every row, column and 2 x 3 box contains the letters C-A-R-M-E-L. Answer below.

Puzzles by Sanchez J. Jiminez sjjpuzzles@yahoo.com

HOOSIER HODGEPODGE

CAR-MEL-KU

PUZZLES

PUZZLES 27

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