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It is our opinion that, with the privilege of living in a free society that gives us the right to vote for our government representation, it is our responsibility to diligently maintain and protect the integrity of the system. Politicians come in a variety of forms, from the dedicated and conscientious public servant to the egocentric, self-serving power broker. It is up to us to vet our candidates to determine if they truly have the best interests of their constituency in mind and if their version of such matches our own. As time goes on, it gets harder and harder to disseminate good and correct information from inaccurate facts or deliberate misinformation. This, nevertheless, is still our responsibility. After the elections, even the most dedicated “civic duty” types may consider their job done. It is also our responsibility to hold our political leaders to the ideals, promises and level of dedication which, presumably, got them elected. Do we check their voting records? Pay attention to bills and legislative activity they attach themselves to? Or do we just believe anything they may say during a public appearance? There should be no such thing as a “safe” seat. We, the people, must be the ones to assure that!

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It is our position that Herb Simon should pay the Capital Improvement Board (“CIB”) a sum of $3,560,000 to reimburse taxpayers for losses in revenue that were promised in exchange for subsidies demanded from the city of Indianapolis under duress as the Pacers threatened to move. A consulting group, hired by the Pacers, found that the city would lose $55 million in economic activity and $17.8 million in annual revenue without its basketball team – a study that was ultimately used publicly to force additional subsidies from Indianapolis than had been previously agreed to. Since the Pacers owner decided to participate in demanding cuts to player salaries causing the season to be cut by 20 percent, we only think it’s fair to request the money we were promised for our investment be returned. Simon had the opportunity to break and acknowledge the conflict of interest he has – it’s one thing for an owner to defer income while trying to work out business matters. . . it’s quite another to rent your arena for $1 a year, threaten to break the lease unless the city gives you millions, and then cancel the season while you negotiate for more from the players.

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Every week, we will print a portion of the U.S. Constitution, followed by a portion of the Indiana Constitution. We encourage you to benchmark government policies against these bedrock documents. Today: the U.S. Constitution. Article. I. Section. 3. Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. Clause 4: The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. Clause 5: The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a

President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. Clause 6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Clause 7: Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

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FROM THE BACKSHOP Rokita takes on the postmaster general We love a good steward of the taxpayers’ dollars, and U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) seems to be just that. He has taken Patrick Donahoe, the nation’s postmaster general, to task on scheduled postal rate increases, which are planned for a Jan. 22 rollout. He cites to Donahoe the detrimental effects businesses in our midst would suffer in the wake of hikes as high as, stunningly, 300 percent. While we commend Rokita’s efforts, we wish to remind him he is dealing with the top dog at a nearly insolvent, union-controlled government organization. In other words: Good luck, Todd, and thanks for trying. (We hope we have to eat those words.) ••• Kudos to Ron Carter, founder of the Carmel Farmers Market, and to Pedcor Cos., which has provided the location, on the launch of the Carmel Winter Market at City Center. Pedcor has donated retail space and staff members to help Carter with the event each Saturday (except for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31) through March 17 from 9 a.m. to noon. What a wonderful, sheltered continuation of the wildly popular outdoor concept and a tremendous amenity for our community! It just keeps getting better. ••• We congratulate Current columnist Bob Walters and Carmel resident Sally Feldman

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg on the recent releases of their first books. Walters’ effort is Common Christianity / Uncommon Commentary ($18.99, available exclusively on www.lulu.com) and it is a compilation of the In Spirit columns he has written for Current since 2006. Feldman’s work, Two Weeks ($11.35, www. amazon.com), is the story of a woman who has had enough of suburbia. Twists and turns abound. … Now, under the heading of Shameless Self-Promotion, Steve and Carmel resident Dale Ratermann combined efforts on a book about the most storied rivalry in all of sports, Ohio State-Michigan football. I Love Ohio State / I Hate Michigan ($14.95), is available at www.triumphbooks. com and fine booksellers the world over.

COMMENTARY By Kevin Kane I’m always interested in unique entrepreneurship stories and recently saw how some are turning a common act of sports fans into a lucrative business. I recently followed a friend, Carmel native and current Fishers resident Adam Shear, downtown as he “went to work” trying to secure the autographs of professional athletes. You know the scene: Star players walk off a team bus or out of a locker room and fans ask for their autographs. But this fan does it for a living. While sports collectibles stores often pay athletes for private autograph sessions, entrepreneurs like Shear have no budget but obtain the same merchandise – signed sports memorabilia – through patience and clever tactics. I stood with Shear outside the Marriot on Nov. 26 as he waited for members of the Carolina Panthers to arrive in Indianapolis. But there was no guesswork involved. Shear knew exactly where the team would be going and when they would get there. He knows, through experience, that pro sports teams and celebrities often stay at one of three or four downtown hotels. To find out which one the Panthers were using, he picked a no-name assistant coach from the team’s roster and called these various hotels until front desk personnel at the Marriot put him through to the coach’s room. Bingo. Through online message boards he easily

found the team’s flight number, so we sat in a bar watching college football until the team landed. When they arrived at the hotel, he and the other “autograph people,” as he referred to them, asked players to sign mini helmets, pictures and other items as they walked off busses. When that did not work, which Shear said is typical, it was time for the fun part: standing outside the hotel for hours and waiting for players to leave. That night was unsuccessful, so Shear was out the money he spent to park and drive to and from the hotel, not to mention his time. But getting one athlete, actor, or singer to sign a few items can make his week, as the autographs can sometimes double or triple the value of the jerseys, helmets or CDs he brings with him. Those items then are listed on his eBay store (shearandson1) and priced to sell while still making him a nice profit. As the recent grad struggled to find available jobs in his field, this business more than kept him afloat. In fact, he said last month was his best ever, as he grossed more than $8,200 from his sales. It’s strong evidence, I believe, that hard work and clever tactics can overcome very limited resources. Kevin Kane is the managing editor of Current in Carmel. You can reach him via e-mail at Kevin@ youarecurrent.com.

A failure to compromise Commentary By Terry Anker When our boys started the inevitable drive to procure a cellular telephone of their own, we laid out for them the acceptable path that might lead to the successful satisfaction of their desires. They had to achieve a certain chronological age; they had to maintain a certain GPA; they had to be involved in some community-serving organization; and, they had to achieve a definite maturity (with we parents as the sole arbiters). Both of our kids have attempted to negotiate these realities – regularly employing a tactic of claiming a desire for compromise. If, the logic goes, we expect them to be a specific number to be eligible for a phone and they are now a lower digit, the “correct” age falls somewhere in between. Failure to compromise would be “unfair!” Innately, I like civic disagreement. It seems good to me to come together in the public square and argue for or against a particular matter in the hopes that resolution can be found.

But that is not to say that there are no absolutes. In fact, I believe that our system works best when an unreachable compromise points to the fact that some issues are irresolvable. Vote no and move on. It has become heresy in the popular media to proclaim that a failure to compromise is, in fact, an action in itself. Many, filled to overflowing with good intentions, take action hoping to “fix” this bad outcome or another. The resulting imperfect “fix” ends up being more problematic than the problem. They have been lost to the dogma that preaches that all problems can (and should) be fixed. If there is not a natural compromise, is it better not to compromise at all? And if fundamental tenets of another’s beliefs are compromised, has there been a compromise worth doing?

It has become heresy in the popular media to proclaim that a failure to compromise is, in fact, an action in itself.

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Hands off the goods, Internet thieves Toys They Will Love for Years naïveté. I believe that people will do the right COMMENTARY By Danielle Wilson I’ve been violated! More specifically, some hacker broke into my checking account and tried to use my debit card number. What the *&#@! I was checking our account online the other day to confirm that Doo and I had both been paid, (still miss the old-fashioned paper checks!), and noticed in pending transactions a $1 payment to something called Google Google, followed by eight, $10 payments to Skype. All well and good if we ever Skyped, or had even installed Skype, but to my knowledge we didn’t owe Skype a skyping dime. Plus, neither Doo nor I was currently in San Diego, where the controversial purchases originated. I first called Doo to make sure this wasn’t some kind of janky Christmas present (my twin sister does live in California and has been encouraging me to embrace 21st Century technology for some time now) but he assured me it was not. Next I contacted the bank, which, thank goodness, was already investigating. We tracked down the culprit − a textbook purchase I had made at a so-called “eBay subsidiary” − and cancelled my debit card. The bank was able to decline the transactions, so everything worked out in the end, but the whole incident messed with my head. I am a trusting soul, almost to the point of

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thing, and when they don’t, I find some excuse for their awful behaviors, like “He has abandonment issues” or “She’s pregnant.” Doo, on the other hand, is a bit more cynical when it comes to human nature. He was royally screwed over in a business deal a few years ago, and is very slow to trust. He also has a bit of the “Big Brother is watching” syndrome and believes our country is headed for an Orwellian dystopia. Completing my husband’s mindset trifecta is that, as an IT geek, he understands how vulnerable our identities are in cyberspace. Needless to say, Doo was not surprised at all. But I was. Until that moment, I’d truly believed I was safe. Invincible even. I mean, all the websites say they are secure. They wouldn’t lie, right? Now I’m second-guessing myself. So I’m angry that those stupid thieves tried to steal my money, sure, but I’m even more mad that they compromised what I think is one of the better parts of my personality. Will I ever be able to trust my friend, the Internet, again? I honestly don’t know. But I can tell you one thing: I’m definitely not getting Skype now. Peace out.

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Reader’s views Support local artists first Editor, Regarding the new sculpture at 136th Street and Range Line Road: While we appreciate the efforts to add public art to our community, we were disappointed that the art work recently unveiled at this roundabout was created by a Los Angeles-based artist. Our hope is that prior to the selection of Brad Howe’s artwork, works from local artists were first taken into consid-

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Here’s a good ‘strange laws’ entry Editor, I think you should put the new ordinance saying that reverse parking is prohibited in the arts center garage in the “strange laws” section of your paper. This has to be the dumbest ordinance to date in Carmel. City Councilman Rick Sharp said that reverse parking was only an issue 15 minutes before an event and creates

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Chamber has a new location editorial@youarecurrent.com The Carmel Chamber has found a new home down the street from its current location. The Chamber was closed last week as it moved out of its current office at 37 East Main St. and into its new location at 21 S. Range Line Rd., Ste. 300A. Though the new office provides some additional space, Chamber President Mo Merhoff

said the move is simply a result of the Chamber being at the end of its current lease, but remaining in the Arts & Design District, she said, was important. “We’re excited to stay close by in the downtown area by moving about a block away,” Merhoff said. The Chamber’s daily hours of operation – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 – will remain the same.

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Carmel native works toward his next feature film major, taking his first major step By Kevin Kane toward becoming a professional kevin@youarecurrent.com actor. A Carmel native is hoping “I said to myself, ‘You know to continue making a name for what, I’m going for it. I want himself in the entertainment to do something that I’m going industry. to love,’” he said. “I don’t regret Actor Blair Jasin recently the decision at all. It’s been a moved to Los Angeles to build fun, interesting ride.” upon his biggest role to date – a Jasin said the absence of a part as Bobby in the remake of consistent paycheck originally Footloose, which was released in “scared the hell” out of him, but October. he’s been able find fairly steady “I play (lead actress) Julianne work in independent films, a Hough’s older brother, who is the Jasin small role in the TV series Single catalyst for why the town stops Ladies and multiple commercials. In fact, his dancing,” Jasin said. “The whole intro is about face could be seen on the packaging of Nerf ’s me, basically.” Super Soakers years ago. Jasin was born in Indianapolis but considers “All of my family members in Indiana have himself one of Carmel’s own. He moved to the one of my guns,” Jasin said. city just before kindergarten, and after attendBut the part in Footloose, he said, is by far his ing Woodbrook Elementary and Clay Middle biggest to date. He was offered the role last AuSchool, Jasin moved to Atlanta before his freshgust after auditioning as a finalist for one of the man year of high school. While his immedifilm’s male leads. ate family remains in Georgia, Jasin said the “I’d never been a part of something that big, majority of his extended family lives in Indiana, that Hollywood,” he said. “It was really, really with some of his relatives – who have the same exciting and if nothing else, it just fueled my fire last name – currently attending Carmel High even more.” School. Now in L.A., he’s already landed his next gig Jasin got his first taste of acting during his own high school days making short movies with – a romantic role in an upcoming music video featuring female pop group L2. Jasin said he’s his friends. At the University of Georgia, he simply looking for experience and steady work took his first acting classes, which both erased in the near term, but ultimately hopes his move his serious stage fright and further piqued his west will soon land him a role in a new TV seinterest in the craft. Though he had always planned to study business, he instead decided to ries or a bigger role in another feature film. “I’m out here to attack it,” he said. make a bold move when it was time to declare a

Upcoming Carmel meetings Rotary meeting – Rotary Club of Carmel will meet Friday, noon to 1:30 p.m., at The Fountains Banquet & Conference Center, 502 E. Carmel Dr. Program: Frank Basile, interim CEO of The Center for the Performing Arts. Contact: Wendy Phillips, 501-4955.

Kiwanis meeting – Carmel Golden K Kiwanis will meet this Thursday, 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall, 852 W. Main St. Speaker: Debra Desvignes, speaking for the Hoosier Veterans Assistance Program. Contact: Don Moehn, 873-1956.

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Midwest Academy is in desperate need of a new facility By Kevin Kane kevin@youarecurrent.com Edy Stoughton said there is something keeping her awake at night. She’s the head of a private Carmel school that is unknown by many in the community – at least until their children are in need of its services. Midwest Academy has an enrollment of about 90 children in grades 4-12, many of whom were teased in larger schools, couldn’t succeed in a traditional academic environment, or both. Stoughton Nearly a third of Midwest’s students have Asperger’s syndrome, and many more have other social or learning disorders. The school, the only of its kind in the state according to Stoughton, does not accept students with conduct or severe behavioral issues. Rather, it exists to offer good but discouraged kids a second chance at education, if not a final one. But Stoughton does not know where this “school of second chances” will be in a little more than one year. “We’re pretty much in panic mode right now,” she said. “We’re running out of time.” Midwest’s lease on its current facility at 801 Congressional Blvd. will be up in early 2013, and while Stoughton and the school’s board believe Midwest won’t be able to renew the lease, a change of scenery is desperately needed anyway. Midwest bills itself as a different type of school, and its appearance backs up that claim, though not necessarily by design. Stu-

Artist’s rendering of the new school, as envisioned by students. dents and faculty make the most of a 16,000-square-foot office building, as adjustments have been made in the last four years to help meet the children’s instructional needs. Lockers were added, a former executive office is now a small library and a garage in the back of the building now houses the school’s art room. But some of the building’s limitations cannot be overcome. A large break room serves as the school’s cafeteria, and without space for a kitchen, Midwest students must either bring their lunches or purchase food brought in daily from places such as Donatos and Chick-fil-A. Students also are without a designated area for outdoor activities and exercise. Without a gym, the students are bused to ancillary locations for physical education classes. During recess, children play in the parking lot of the office complex, but the presence of other businesses brings courier

Midwest Academy’s 90 students attend school in a 16,000-square-foot office building.

Although it is reviewing many options, Midwest Academy would prefer to leave its current 16,000 square feet of office space for a newly constructed school with about 30,000 square feet. Consultants have told the school of less than 100 students it would need roughly $5 million to construct such a facility. “Is it an impossible dream? I don’t know that anyone has done this on our budget and at our size,” said Head of School Edy Stoughton. “But no one would think a school like ours would be this successful.”

trucks through the lot several times per day. Space both is and is not an issue. Myra Cocca, vice chair of Midwest’s board of directors, said the school is not overcrowded at its current enrollment level, but this is because some prospective students remain on a waiting list. Right now, Midwest does not have room to grow. “Students are coming to us needing alternative education and we want to be able to tell them ‘yes’ whenever possible,” Cocca said. Defining the school’s needs in a new building was the easy part. What Stoughton said makes her anxious, however, is the evaluation of all available options and significant fundraising that must be done in a short amount of time. “We’re not in this for some glorified building, but we can’t stay where we are,” she said. “I’ve seen private schools fall apart doing this. It becomes so consuming and so hard. I don’t want us to be in that group.” On Midwest’s wish list is a space with about 30,000 square feet, a full kitchen and a gym. According to consultants, Midwest likely could not build this for less than $5 million, an amount several times greater than the school’s small building fund. Purchasing an existing facility also is an option, but Stoughton said Midwest would like to remain in Carmel, where most of its students live. Despite the tall task ahead, Cocca said the board is not yet ready to begin considering temporary, last-resort solutions. She’s confident that a permanent home will be found by the time the school’s current lease expires. “We’re open to a lot of options,” she said. “There could be a win-win out there for us.”

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DISPATCHES » International Carnivale – The International Talent Academy will hold its fourth annual fundraiser titled “International Carnivale: An Evening of Wine and Dance,” March 4 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Ritz Charles in Carmel. Money raised will benefit performing arts programs and summer camps for underprivileged children. For more information, visit www.internationaltalentacademy.org. » Civic, IRT team up – Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre invite families to “Two’s The Season” with a special holiday offer: one ticket to Civic Theatre’s annual holiday musical, Roald Dahls’ Willy Wonka, and one ticket to the IRT’s A Christmas Carol for just $60. Willy Wonka will run from Dec. 16 through Jan. 7 and A Christmas Carol is on stage now through Dec. 24. Tickets can be purchased through the IRT’s ticket office at 635-5252 and are valid for all performances. » County recruiting mobs – The Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau is recruiting groups that sing, cheer, perform, dance and like to have fun to be a part of a special Hamilton County Hospitality Cheer Mobs program and welcome visitors during the week

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Now to Dec. 11 – Main Street Productions at Westfield Playhouse presents “Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner” by Pat Cook. Three sisters live an uneventful existence until a live-in nurse moves in and changes their lives for the better. Friday & Saturday shows start at 7.30 pm. Sunday matinees start at 2.30 pm.Tickets are $12, and $10 for seniors. For more information, call 896-2707 or visit www.westfieldplayhouse.org. Thursday to Dec. 18 – The Carmel Repertory Theatre presents “A Christmas Carol” at The Studio Theater, 3 Center Green, Carmel. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Based upon the book by Charles Dickens, an old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. For more information, call 843-3800 or call www. thecenterfortheperformingarts.org.

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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas The Carmel Repertory Theatre is putting a twist on this Christmas classic by bringing audiences closer to the story’s original form. “It’s a lot closer to the actual version of that Charles dickens wrote,” director Jonathan Horton said. “It’s more about the ghosts and the apparitions that come to (Scrooge). It’s more like ‘Did this really happen, a la Wizard of Oz?’ Or was it a dream that Scrooge had?’” Horton said picked this production in June after he began researching various versions of A Christmas Carol this time last year. This production, originally adapted and directed by Michael Wilson, has not been performed in the Indianapolis area, Horton said. “I wanted something different because people are Christmas Caroled out,” he said. “It’s a different twist and a great cast with a lot of new people.” When: Thursday through Dec. 18 Where: The Studio Theater at The Center for the Performing Arts Tickets: $17.75 to $20.50, www.thecenterfortheperformingarts.org Details: www.carmelrepertorytheatre.com

Visions of sugar plums will come to life this holiday season in Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. A mix of Roald Dahl’s beloved book and the classic, original film, Willy Wonka follows loveable young Charlie Bucket and a rather eccentric group of children and their guardians as they tour the mysterious candymaker’s fantastical factory. Willy Wonka and his band of singing Oompa Loompas lead the youngsters through an enchanted labyrinth of laughs, life lessons and scrumdiddly-umptious treats. In conjunction with Willy Wonka, Civic and the Simply Sweet Shoppe of Carmel will host two Candy Making Parties at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17 during which Willy Wonka himself will be in attendance, dressed in character. The parties will be immediately followed by the 2 p.m. performance of Willy Wonka. When: Dec. 16 through Jan. 7, Wednesdays through Sundays, no performances on Dec. 24 and 25. Where: Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, 3 Center Green Tickets: $39 for adults and $20 for children 12 and younger; 843-3800 Details: CivicTheatre.org.

CIDE’s The Nutcracker By Maggie Godleski editorial@youarecurrent.com Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will present its 12th annual performance of the Nutcracker this weekend, featuring dancers from various places in the Indianapolis area. The Sugar Plum Fairy, for example, will be played by Carmel’s Megan Noonan and Taylor Hall. Morganne Campbell, also from Carmel, will dance the Snow Queen role. More than 100 dancers and new choreography will be featured in this year’s production, giving the show a unique twist that sets it aside from Nutcrackers of years past. “Every year we make changes to keep the choreography fresh and to best showcase our dancers’ talents,” CIDE Artistic Director Suzann DeLay said. “This year I’m excited to present our new choreography for Act I and the addition of Russian Trepak with our three male dancers.” The show also features the return of guest artist Steven Wright in the role of Dr. Drosselmeyer as well as a new guest artist, Butler University ballet student Matt Doolin, as the Male Arabian. CIDE will present its productions Friday through Sunday at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. For tickets, and show times, visit www.cidedance.org or call 844-7453.

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COMMETNARY By David Cain As the holidays officially arrive, and the first one passes by, I find myself primed to easily slip into the holiday spirit as I fret about all the work still on my desk. To me, the holidays are a reminder of how the rest of the year works for most of us. You have some big things going on and a bunch of smaller things that feel like they are drowning you. We all have a tendency to focus on only the big things and let the smaller things remain undone. In sports, they say defense wins games. In business, the same probably applies, as you certainly have to control expenses and limit risk. But for both the world of sports and your business, you need points on the scoreboard or dollars on the income statement to win. You need offense or you can’t be the champion. When I’m reminded of all the things left undone, I rally the offense. Get the team on the field and score some points. Defense might keep you in every game, but offense is how the winner is ultimately decided. More often people and businesses take a defensive approach to their future. They play it safe; they play to not lose: benchmarking competitors, copying best practices, removing

all risk, over-thinking all decisions. Instead, offense means innovation. Offense means taking a couple of shots downfield throughout the game. Offense means trusting your talent and your instincts when you need them. And, offense also means working through some of those details even when there are bigger distractions. Do you want to be the deer or the shotgun? Are you the cat or the mouse? Do you want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? In business, like sports, you have to have some numbers on the board to win – you have to have some offense. As the distractions of the holidays are here for businesses everywhere, I’m planning on being aggressive with the workdays between the holidays. I’m planning on setting up meetings, getting business charged up, and taking some momentum into the new year. Too much defense and you’ll wake up on Jan. 2 and discover you aren’t any farther ahead then you are now. This year for me it’s more cat, less mouse. This year it’s more offense.

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Holiday traditions important, no matter the faith COMMENTARY By Rabbi Brett Krichiver The days grow shorter, the weather turns cold, all the beautiful colors of fall have faded into shades of gray. Lights appear on houses in many of our neighborhoods as if to push back against the darkening sky. And our communities celebrate winter holidays of many stripes. For the Jewish community, the winter months signal the approach of Hanukkah, a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar, but especially important in modern times for a few key reasons: Hanukkah tells the story of the historical battle between the Maccabees and the GrecoSyrian army under the rule of Antiochus IV. Antiochus issued a series of decrees banning Jewish practice and defiled the Temple in Jerusalem. In one of the earliest struggles for religious freedom, the Jews fought back, and after three years they asserted their independence and rededicated the Temple. The story, told from this perspective, is an important reminder of how precious is our right to religious expression and our responsibility to ensure religious tolerance. In recent years, our Christian neighbors have become passionate about reclaiming a religious Christmas from attempts to commercialize and sanitize it out of existence. I have never been offended by an honest, “Merry Christmas”

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Jesus Christ as our Lord. There is unimaginable power in the name of Jesus Christ – the power of life, the power of forgiveness, the power of adoption, the power of knowledge, light, truth and eternity – the very power of God. As humans we tend to want the power to fix the “light and momentary” pains and troubles of this temporal, fallen world, but that is truly nothing compared to the power of God in His eternal Kingdom. This is all basic Sunday school stuff, which leads us to the wider cultural net of systematically taking the name of Christ out of Christmas. Nowhere in the New Testament does it say Christ wants a holiday or a festival or a feast in his name … in Christ’s name we are forgiven for all time. Amen. We must confess Jesus Christ as Lord, all the time. Amen. Jesus Christ is in our hearts, all the time. Amen. How can any holiday be any more special than “all the time?” The truth is … it can’t. But removing “Christ” from “Christmas” is an attempt to remove the name of Christ from public view … and that’s a likeable, trustworthy, respectable name that is – eternally – not expendable.

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Introduction to creating winter interest LANDSCAPING By Randy Sorrell A primary objective of landscape design is creating drama, excitement, color, texture and fragrance around patios, front entries and incredible outdoor living spaces. Flowering trees, shrubs and perennials are exciting to discuss and fun to design and plant. Even testosterone-riddled teens get a buzz out of seeing a hundred butterflies hanging around a cluster of butterfly bushes, or the intense fragrance of sweet autumn clematis consuming a mood-generating pergola. Throw in a boulder fire pit, a few pizzas and a case of Mt. Dew and they are easily occupied. With our active lifestyles encouraging many to spend as much time outdoors as possible nine months of the year, creating winter interest in the landscape is a pretty low priority … until now. The basics of creating winter interest focus on the structure, or “bones,” of the property. Are there an appropriate number of deciduous trees or large spruce framing the house? Do they create a ceiling and help your space feel intimate while providing a hint of privacy and intrigue? Bed lines are a critical component of structure too. Are they substantial enough to be meaningful or a wimpy afterthought adding little value or dimension? Married with developing critical structure are evergreens, the workhorse of the land-

scape. These basics drivers of winter interest grow in many shapes and sizes and often are guided by the formality of the neighborhood and home. Yews, boxwood, junipers, spruce and pines fall into this category and are tagged evergreens because they remain green throughout the year. Deciduous trees, on the other hand, drop their leaves in the winter, although many have intriguing winter interest as well, to be considered in a future article. Boxwoods lend themselves to more formal spaces while yews and junipers seem a little more relaxed and approachable. And anytime we can sneak in a few princess blue hollies, with their showy orange winter berries, we do. They demand protected northern or eastern exposures where the harsh sun and pounding winds don’t scorch them. Try an anti-desiccant spray in the winter if exposed. Take a smartphone stroll around your home and capture several critical pictures this winter, with and without snow. Need a little extra interest? Expect to see several easy solutions, whether you have a formal outdoor living space, fire feature, teenagers … or not. Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS by NatureWorks+, a Carmel home improvement firm. He may be reached at 317-679-2565, randy@choosesurroundings.com or www.choosesurroundings.com.

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A Griswold family kitchen project REMODELING By David Decker (Disclaimer: This is about the movie, not any of our neighbors!) Picking the right kitchen for your home requires skill, design, money, time, at least a little bit of patience and most definitely a keen sense of proportion. Sometimes a lack of that sense (of proportion) is funny. Think of Clark Griswold in the movie “Christmas Vacation.” He of power-gridcrushing light displays, sequoia-sized Christmas trees, completely non-discerning relatives, an utterly ungenerous employer and – when visions of sugar plums should have been dancing in their heads – children having a SWAT team burst through their bedroom door on Christmas Eve. Ah, classic movies … over-the-top works! But when it comes to custom home improvements – a new kitchen, for example – Clark Griswold’s sense of proportion would be anything but funny. A $75,000 kitchen in a $150,000 neighborhood? That will never pay off when selling the home. A tiny galley kitchen in a sprawling, 5,000 square-foot house? Don’t worry about affecting the home value because it will probably never sell anyway. Ultra-modern shiny steel cabinetry in a traditional-style home? With fuchsia hot-pink highlights and marine-blue neon wall backlighting? How about a $10,000 cook top,

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Sleepy in Indianapolis LAUGHS By Dick Wolfsie When Mary Ellen and I used to see movies in the theater, I would drive her crazy. She claimed that if I paid better attention, I wouldn’t ask so many stupid questions. And the problem goes way back: “Why are people jumping off that ship, Mary Ellen?” “It’s the Titanic, Dick. Is all the screaming on board interrupting your nap?” “Mary Ellen, what is that guy doing up on the roof?” “Fiddling. Did you miss the name of the movie?” Yes, that’s how dense I used to be, but I have improved. And if I do get a little confused, I don’t pester my wife. I go outside and talk to the ticket-taker who has seen the film four times. Back at home, however, my ability to focus is getting worse. For some reason, on the small screen I have an even tougher time following storylines and keeping the characters straight. The problem is I am distracted while viewing the movie: playing with my smart phone, wrestling with the dog, or, more likely, dozing off on the couch. As soon as I get in that reclining position, Mary Ellen makes me promise I won’t fall asleep. I can’t keep that promise, but I have developed a few techniques to appear attentive. First, I am adept at sleeping with one eye open, so if I position myself correctly, it appears

as though I’m awake. This technique usually works, but last week Mary Ellen got up to take a full look at me to confirm I was really watching. She thought I was winking at her. “This is weird,” she said. “You’re telling me that True Grit puts you in a romantic mood?” Once in a while, I’ll rouse suddenly from a slumber and try to outsmart her. I offer an astute generic observation about the movie to make her think I have been concentrating. “What great acting, don’t you think, Mary Ellen?” “I suppose so, but that is a very odd thing to say about the Muppets.” Sometimes, if I awaken during a film, I’ll begin chuckling just to show Mary Ellen that I’m enjoying the movie. This worked the other evening while watching “The Forty-Year-Old Virgin,” but didn’t cut it the next night during “The Elephant Man.” I’m really doing the best I can this holiday season. Tonight Mary Ellen wants to watch “Apollo 13” on the classic movie channel. I’m going to drink a lot of coffee and not take my eyes off the screen. This would be a lot easier if I had seen Apollo 1 through 12.

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