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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. 4. Clause 1: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. Clause 2: The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, (See Note 5) un-

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Traditions don’t have to be traditional

FROM THE BACKSHOP School district is deserving of recent honors As you might know, Westfield Washington Schools, under the direction of Supt. Dr. Mark Keen, has been getting some deserved recognition outside the city for educational excellence and innovation. WWS has been invited to join the Network for Innovative Education. The network consists of a group of top-performing districts from across the nation. Each benchmarks its performance against high-performing systems in other countries in an effort to make ready its own students for working in a global economy. This is a remarkable invitation, if not honor and achievement. Further, Westfield was selected by the National Quality Education Conference for visits by the Swedish Institute for Quality and the Dutch Center for Educational Leadership in the Netherlands. Drawing notice is one thing, reeling it in from overseas visitors is quite another. It gets better: WWS has been chosen as one of 13 U.S. districts by the Cadre of Leading Edge School Districts, which will work to improve the use of technology by schools in order to increase student engagement and learning. Congratulations to the administration, faculty, parents and students for ratcheting it up yet another level. What are they going to do for an encore?

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COMMENTARY By Lindsay Eckert Tradition are huge in our family, but some we outgrow. My cousins and I don’t go to the new Disney movie every year dressed in an outfit matching the characters and T.G.I.F.’s Friday night shows are long off the air. Our traditions range from who can make Gran drop the phone from an elaborate April Fool’s prank to getting dressed up for a nice dinner at the same restaurant and coming home to watch the ball drop every New Year’s Eve. I never thought any of us would out grow our beloved traditions. Sure, it may look a little silly watching adults age 25 to 80 banging pots and pans in the front yard and waving sparklers after the ball drops in Times Square, but those traditions defined our holidays. Christmas is when we really pull out the big guns; we help my grandparents put up their tree with bulbs twice my age and hang ornaments my mom and uncle made in Sunday school. The stairway is covered in garland and the tree is in the same place every year. My Pap reads the Christmas story by candlelight before we all file into our rooms and onto air mattresses for a Christmas Eve’s sleep. Christmas morning’s alarm clock is my uncle running in and out of our rooms shaking jingle bells and flipping on lights to get us up (it was a little harder for him when we hit the teenage years). Then all of us grandkids would sit at the top of my grandparents’ steps in our new paja-

mas, and when the faces hidden behind cameras counted down to one we raced down the stairs to our stockings on the mantel. This year brought a different story. We celebrated Christmas on a rainy Tuesday night, so much for a white Christmas. Our dinner was carryout from KFC and Papa John’s, a far cry from the years of eating a homemade dinner by candlelight. The air mattresses were rolled up and tucked away in closets, the stairs were dim and the historic and handmade ornaments were missing on the new tree in a new location. Santa is going to be royally confused when he slips down the chimney this year. Although some family members may have outgrown traditions, they haven’t outgrown the spirit of the holidays. Even though traditions have defined our special occasions, it doesn’t mean they will define our future occasions. Sure, my mom and I will still smile when we pass the stairs, I’ll always envision the old Christmas tree in its old place. We still have the memories of our traditions and now we have a future of new traditions. Despite all the changes, we never outgrew each other and being together for every holiday is the best tradition a family could have. Lindsay Eckert is the managing editor of Current in Westfield. You can reach him via e-mail at Lindsay@youarecurrent.com.

Are we truly working on it COMMENTARY By Terry Anker No one likes to feel undervalued. No one wants to believe that they are not competitive with their peers. Yet even as unemployment lines grow, job creators around this fine nation report refusal of work offers because folks simply take the posture that they’d rather stay home than work for “so little.” When crushing debt makes it impossible for a person or a family to make ends meet, a job that would otherwise have fed the family is no longer a solution. College students, once taking entry-level roles, now are wrestling with giant student loan debt and credit card payments racked-up by spring break revelry. And we adults, once coasting on the accumulation of our toil, have no time for retraining or sharpening when a career transition occurs – loss of home equity and, in many cases, old fashioned over-spending have positioned us ill-prepared when things do not progress according to plan. So, who do we blame? The employee is in-

sulted by the pay, the customer is insulted by the price, and, it seems, the government is insulted by the entrepreneur who is working to bridge the two. If one assumes that most of us are both customers of someone and employees of someone, are we working against ourselves? Does our own spending (whether enticed by overconfidence, stupidity or victimization), lead us to an untenable position and eventual surrender? If the market (all of us when we are customers) is unwilling to pay us enough to meet our bloated personal obligations do we have a right to anger? And, can we envy those employees among us who (through sweat, genetics or luck) thriftily are meeting their responsibilities with room to spare? Is it the system that is broken or is it our willingness to play by its natural rules?

If one assumes that most of us are both customers of someone and employees of someone, are we working against ourselves?

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DISPATCHES » Race to the New Year – Take one of the last breaths of 2011 at Cool Creek Park for the Race to the New Year Run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. » FACT presentation at Westfield High School – The Hamilton County Fatal Alcohol Crash gave parents a glimpse into teenage drug use at an open discussion last week in the WHS auditorium. WHS and WMS PTOs sponsored “An Eye Opening Discussion: Teenage Drug Use” presented by Team (FACT) for parents only. The specially-trained team members were able to help parents recognize signs and symptoms of drug use and how teens hide abuse; learn about common drugs teens use (including a discussion of K2/ Spice and Bath Salts); and give proactive tips that can help prevent drug use in teens. » Free healthcare – Heart and Soul Clinic, 202 Penn St. in Westfield is open the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. They are open from 9 a.m. to noon. » T.A.G. – Be part of the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) when it meets at 3 p.m. today at the Westfield Washington Public Library. We need you to help choose and plan teen library activities. These programs are for you, so come and tell us what you want!

Post-Thanksgiving meltdown COMMENTARY By Danielle Wilson What do you get when you mix a hormonal soccer mom, eight hyperactive children and 14 strands of tangled Christmas lights? A bowl full of holiday crazy, that’s what! Read on for details of my day-after-Thanksgiving meltdown. I could tell Friday was going to be rough almost as soon as I woke up. The kitchen still bore the battles scars of the previous day’s feast, so I spent the first 30 minutes of my day unloading the dishwasher and emptying the sink – never a good start. By the time my husband arrived downstairs, I was in a mood. We proceeded to get in to a heated debate over the Kindle Fire versus the Nook e-reader, and the probability that our 10-year-old daughter would lose such an expensive item should Santa bring her one for Christmas. Doo was driving me so crazy that I happily sent him packing for his overnight hunting trip. Shortly thereafter, my sister-in-law dropped off her three kids to play with ours. Two neighborhood children also miraculously appeared at some point, so that by lunchtime I had eight little munchkins between the ages of 6 and 11 running amok and fighting over the computer, Xbox and television. I finally kicked everyone outside to literally play with knives and hunt snakes. Alone at last, I made the unfortunate decision to start setting up for Christmas. I thought it would get me out of my post-holiday PMS funk. I put on Nat King Cole, pulled some

boxes out of storage and began organizing my lighted village. Suddenly, four little girls descended upon me and completely usurped my town-planning power. Fine. I turned my attention to lighting the back deck. After a solid 30 minutes of detangling icicle lights, I discovered half of the strings didn’t work at all, and the other half would only partially light. So I spent another half hour in a futile attempt to replace blown fuses and minilights. I ended up throwing away all but three strands, which of course covered only one side of our deck, and abandoned the whole flippin’ project when I realized the outlet location wasn’t going to work anyway. Curse you, electricity! Frustrated and frankly ready to shove Christmas up the chimney, I returned to my quaint village display. Holy mother! Who broke my lighthouse? And what idiot places Santa’s cottage in the town square! That’s when I knew I’d snapped. I quickly sent all non-offspring home, gathered up my precious angels, and abandoned the house for greener pastures, aka the movie theater. I’m not exaggerating when I say that buttered popcorn saved my sanity (and my sad little village) that evening. Peace out.

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Current investigates why the county has two child advocacy centers Editor’s note: With a tug-of-war over child advocacy support services in Hamilton County, we decided to let those on the front lines of the issue tell the story. In the interest of disclosure, Current Publishing, LLC is a sponsor of Chaucie’s Place, which is a part of this story. Current Publishing owns this newspaper, but its owners and officers did not participate in this special report. By Jordan Fischer and Kevin Kane editorial@youarecurrent.com Three children were in the care of the Carmel Police Dept. in October immediately after losing their parents in a murdersuicide at the family’s townhome. CPD took the children to Chaucie’s Place, a child advocacy center in Carmel, where they would await the help of the Department of Child Services and other members of a multidisciplinary interview team. DCS, however, had kept its agents away from Chaucie’s Place since July 1, 2010 – and this case was no exception. “It showed me that, even in extreme circumstances like that, DCS was not willing to allow its personnel to go to that location, and I said, ‘I’m not going to allow this to continue from this point on,’” said Carmel Police Chief Tim Green. After that incident, Green ordered CPD to begin taking all of its cases involving minors to Green another Hamilton County child advocacy center – The Cherish Center, 493 Westfield Rd., Noblesville. “Ultimately what made that decision was that DCS would not go to Chaucie’s Place,” Green said. “There were several instances when our department was involved in investigations and, had DCS gone to Chaucie’s Place, it would have been a smoother process in meeting the needs of the minors … I was no longer willing to accept that there was a potential here for a problem.”

How we got here

On Sept. 7, 2009, the Board of Directors of Chaucie’s Place received a letter from Doug Carter Carter, then Hamilton County sheriff, expressing his concerns that, without a “substantial change of direction,” law enforcement no longer would be able to conduct interviews of child victims at the CAC. The letter was undersigned by police chiefs from four major county departments: Kevin Jowitt, Noblesville; Michael Fogarty, then Carmel; George Kehl, Fishers; and David Hildebrand, Cicero. Referring only to “historic issues” with the “operation and direction” of Chaucie’s Place, the letter lays out three options for the future of the child advocacy process in Hamilton County. The first option was for the majority of the Chaucie’s Place board to resign; their replacements to be selected by undersigned law enforcement. Option Two was the creation of a new 501(c) (3) corporation which would operate as a child advocacy center, ef-

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fectively creating a competing organization. Option Three was the creation of a new nonprofit organization, into which Chaucie’s Place would then be folded. Stories differ as to why reconciliation ultimately failed – despite apparent efforts by Sonia Leerkamp Leerkamp, then Hamilton County prosecutor and a founder and former board member of Chaucie’s Place, Carter, and eventually, the intercession of James Payne, director of the Indiana Department of Child Services – the result being the formation of The Cherish Center, a new 501(c) (3) organization created by Carter and other supporters, including several prominent former members of the Chaucie’s Place organization: Wendy Rayburn, former executive director; Judge Jerry Barr, former board president; and Deb Keaton, former forensic interviewer. Leerkamp, no longer officially affiliated with Chaucie’s Place, contends that problems stemmed from a failure on DCS’ part to collaborate with local law enforcement agencies, a dispute over the termination of Rayburn from her position at Chaucie’s Place, and personality clashes between herself and others. Citing a desire to ease those tensions, Leerkamp resigned her position from the board toward the end of 2009. “There was a great deal of concern that I was having too great an influence on the board,” she said. On Jan. 4, 2010, Payne sent a letter to the heads of both CACs setting an ultimatum of 10 days, by which time, he wrote, the two should come up with a compromise that would combine the two groups into one entity. “I always expected that, at some point, they would all agree to figure it out,” Payne said. “It Payne

wasn’t that they even agreed to peaceful disagreement. It was harsh disagreement. The animosity I saw was unique in the field of child welfare, in

my experience.” On Feb. 18, 2010, following a letter from both groups stating that they could not reconcile, Payne informed the two sides that his staff would participate exclusively in interviews held at The Cherish Center. “One of my responsibilities is to ensure that our staff locally isn’t torn apart because they have to choose personally between one CAC or another,” Payne said, when questioned why making a choice was necessary. “We talk about having a passion for kids, but what I saw was that tenet festering in Hamilton County. It was a hard decision I felt I had to make.” On July 21, 2010, Leerkamp informed law enforcement and DCS that she would not prosecute any cases involving interviews conducted at The Cherish Center. She later retracted that statement. “I have reflected a lot on my actions, and whether I was motivated by power or ego … and I think it’s hard not to be,” Leerkamp said. “For whatever responsibility I had in causing (the split), I regret it terribly.”

“I have reflected a lot on my actions, and whether I was motivated by power or ego … and I think it’s hard not to be. For whatever responsibility I had in causing (the split),

I regret terribly.”

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The hard numbers

The lack of any DCS presence at Chaucie’s Place, - Sonia Leerkamp beyond a breakdown of the multi-disciplinary interview team, represents a significant portion of referrals – and more than $30,000 in state funding – now being directed toward The Cherish Center. The remaining portion of cases Chaucie’s Place could have expected to see, most of them originating from CPD – which referred 44 of the 189 cases Chaucie’s Place saw in 2010 – has disappeared as well. Toby Stark, executive director of Chaucie’s Place, expressed her dismay at Carmel’s decision, saying she believed DCS was exerting undue pressure on law enforcement agencies to choose The Cherish Center. Stark

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DCS NUMBERS BY COUNTY

“With a level playing field, the Quillen took her life that same year. law enforcement agencies should She was 21. determine where these children are Since its inception, the mission of best served,” Stark said. “It’s not the Chaucie’s Place – to serve as a safe CHINS Children Total responsibility of DCS to determine space for interviews of alleged child County per 1,000 under 18 CHINS whether or not Hamilton County victims – has been driven by Quillen’s children needs two CACs – it already has memory. But while the center was creParke 3,585 6 1.7 them.” ated to serve as an advocate for HamGreen said CPD would still ilton County children and families, Tipton 3,772 22 5.8 be using Chaucie’s Place if DCS exactly how it will continue to do so Jasper 8,526 10 1.2 attended interviews there, and moving forward is not entirely clear. Hamilton County Prosecutor Lee The community’s support for Clinton 9,175 67 7.3 Buckingham said his office has not Chaucie’s Place seemingly never has Boone 15,534 38 2.4 noticed a difference in the quality been stronger, as the nonprofit raised of interviews conducted at both record-breaking amounts during its Hancock 18,032 48 2.7 centers. annual fundraisers in 2010 and 2011. Madison 29,943 289 9.7 Still, Payne said the need in the But with all but the Westfield Police Hendricks 36,778 43 1.2 county is far too low to justify two Dept. now referring cases to The CherCACs. With only 1.1 CHINS ish Center, Chaucie’s Place could (Children in Need of Services) be forced to serve the community Hamilton 80,421 90 1.1 per 1,000 children younger in a different way if it is to remain a than 18, Hamilton County has the separate entity. Allen 94,334 862 9.1 lowest rate of children in the DCS “We’re going to have to change our Lake 130,241 2123 16.3 system in the state. In fact, despite direction next year,” Stark said. “Behaving a child population of just cause our interview numbers are so Marion 227,659 2665 11.7 over 80,000, Payne said Hamilton low, the board and I have made a deciDespite having one of the highest child populations in InCounty places a smaller per capita sion that next year we will focus more diana, Hamilton County has the lowest CHINS (“Children demand on DCS services than Jasin Need of Services”) rate in the state. (Numbers provided on prevention.” per or Tipton counties, with child Payne said the need for prevention by the Indiana Department of Child Services) populations of 8,526 and 3,772 reprograms is great and government dolspectively – more than 10 times smaller than Hamilton County. lars nationwide are being shifted to fund preventative measures. On the flip side, Indiana’s two largest counties, Lake and As things stand now, however, he does not see conducting forenMarion, with child populations of more than 130,000 and sic interviews in the future of Hamilton County’s original CAC. 227,000, respectively, have an average of 14 CHINS cases per As CPD’s Green witnessed in October, DCS case workers have 1,000 children. And neither been instructed to stay away one of them, Payne points out, from Chaucie’s Place. It’s an has two CACs. In fact, Lake order that Payne said he does County doesn’t have a CAC. not expect to rescind in the “At what point can Hamilnear future. ton County justify two CACs “His job isn’t to regulate when every other county in the the number of social service state needs one?” Payne asked. agencies in the county; his job The matter of funding for is to set policy that protects the two entities lurks behind our children,” Stark said in an the debate. Other than funds email. “Policy that prevents his received from a federal victim case workers from participatassistance grant, the entirety ing in the forensic interviews of Chaucie’s $250,000 annual at both CACs is not good budget is supported by private child protection policy.” - Toby Stark Chaucie’s Place has not had donations. And while The Cherish Center will receive a an active service contract with little more than $30,000 this year from DCS, an equal amount of DCS since July, meaning DCS will not compensate the CAC for its $101,000 annual budget will come from corporate donors. forensic interviews. Yet the center is not asking for payment and Though both sides contend that their respective organizations only requests DCS’ presence during interviews. are on solid financial footing, they concede that two CACs “comWithout DCS, part of the multidisciplinary team is missing. peting” for the same pot of community dollars ultimately could At the least, caseworkers must be brought up to end in trouble for both. speed and must review interview tapes at a later time. In some situations, Payne acknowledged Moving forward that DCS must subject alleged victims to a second While differing opinions pulled the two sides apart, all parinterview. Eliminating the need for multiple interties involved – including DCS – agree that the story and legacy views is one of the primary purposes of a CAC. of Chaucie’s Place must somehow be preserved. The center this Asked to comment on DCS’ role in such situayear celebrated its 10th anniversary of serving Hamilton County tions, Payne said, “It is unfortunate.” children. His reasons for maintaining a firm stance Chaucie’s Place opened six years after the death of its nameagainst interviews conducted at Chaucie’s Place, sake, Chaucie Quillen, who committed suicide in 1995. For eight he said, are rooted in his strong desire to prevent years, Quillen was repeatedly raped by her father, Phillip Quillen, the divisive problems of the past from arising once until she left home and filed charges against him in 1992. Three again. According to Payne, not only could using years later, her father was convicted of sexual battery and senboth centers retrigger the animosity that previtenced to six years of probation.

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is not good child protection policy.”

Police at the scene of a murder-suicide at a Carmel townhome in October. After the incident, children were removed from the home and taken to Chaucie’s Place, but Department of Child Services case workers were instructed to stay away from the center. ously existed between the two, but he added that he has heard of instances in which law enforcement agencies were confused as to which center they should bring alleged victims, unnecessarily delaying interviews. But ultimately, Payne said the parties from both centers need to compromise. “My goal here was to force a marriage between the two. There were lots of opportunities that fell apart,” he said. “I think it was an easy decision. They needed to merge. But they were unwilling to think that children were more important.” The missed opportunities, Payne said, include Chaucie’s forced relocation, which occurred Dec. 3, when the CAC moved to 4607 East 106th St., Carmel. Stark said the leaders of Chaucie’s Place are “100 percent” open to discussing “how the two centers can help and work with the child victims of Hamilton County cooperatively,” though she said they don’t yet know how exactly that would be accomplished. “I suppose the best of all worlds would be to take the abilities, assets and skills that both centers offer and create a comprehensive location that provides the best possible service to our communities,” said Chaucie’s Place board president Dan Stevens. Carter said The Cherish Center also is open to such a discussion, but very little progress has been made to this point. “(Chaucie’s Place) still talks about doing all of the forensic interviews,” Carter said. “According to their Web site, they’re still the same as they were three years ago. That doesn’t sound like they’re willing to compromise.” Simply abandoning forensic interviews isn’t an easy solution for Chaucie’s Place, Stark said. If the center only offered educational programming, it would lose its status as a CAC. Because the community created the center in the wake of Quillen’s death, Stark said becoming a different organization would mean Chaucie’s Place “would not be doing what the community created it to do.” Regardless of how this situation plays out, Carter – himself one of the key players in the creation of Chaucie’s Place – said he does not want to see its powerful story lost. “What Chaucie’s Place becomes is really up to them,” he said. “If there are things I can do to help them, I certainly will do that. I have great respect for the people there and Chaucie’s story … I would absolutely talk to them anytime they would like to talk.”

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Mark Fornefeld achieves significant milestone as competent communicator of toastmasters international Editor’s note: The Dec. 6 version of this story contained factual errors. Current in Westfield is reprinting it here in its entirety and with errors corrected.

Current in Westfield Toastmasters International announced Mark Fornefeld has achieved Competent Communicator. “Becoming a Competent Communicator is a great achievement in public speaking,” said Jody Turner, Westfield Toastmasters vice Walter A. Wolfe Sr., DTM, District 11 Governor president of education. “It requires presented Mark Fornefeld with a special a certain level of mastery of both certificate and Competent Communicator pin to communication and leadership skills. recognize the milestone. Mark can really be proud of this For more information about Westfield accomplishment.” Toastmasters Club, please visit www.westfieldFornefield completed all 10 speeches from the Competent Communicator Manual. Forne- toastmasters.org, or contact Vice President of feld joined Toastmasters in 2010 and is a valued Membership Nancy Vesely at info@westfieldtoastmasters.org member of Westfield Toastmasters Club. From one club started in 1924 at the “This is the first rung on the ladder on my YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasway to earning a Distinguished Toastmasters ters has grown to become the world’s leading Award,” Fornefeld said. “I know that I can organization teaching public speaking and do it one step at a time. For example my CC leadership skills and helping people conquer was broken up into 10 individual speeches. their pre-speech jitters. Since that first club, It seems big at first, but you just have to keep more than four million men and women have looking at the individual steps. I know I can enjoyed the benefits of Toastmasters memberdo it, and my next step is completing my ship. For more information about ToastmasCompetent Leader award, by serving in leadters International visit: www.toastmasters.org. ership roles at Westfield Toastmasters Club.”

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Current in Westfield Toastmasters International announced that Jody Turner has achieved her Distinguished Toastmaster award. “The Distinguished Toastmaster is the highest educational award Walter A. Wolfe Sr., DTM, District 11 Governor you can achieve in Toastmasters. presented Jody with a beautifully-crafted plaque to We are very proud of Jody for her recognize the milestone. “stick-to-it-ness’” said Jose Beyer, 2011-2012 president of Westfield Toastmasters Club. “It requires The problem is most people feel once they focus and commitment.” obtain a certificate, that is the end of it. I feel it Turner completed a combination of both is only the beginning. I have amassed more than communication and leadership roles and speakhundreds of certificates from my professional ing positions in under five years. occupational therapy and physical therapy deWalter A. Wolfe Sr., DTM, District 11 govergrees (only a certificate) to sports certificates in nor presented Turner with a beautifully-crafted Karate, flying certificates, poetry certificates, plaque to recognize this milestone. Turner was and now the DTM. It is not what you obtain also commended on her fine work as vice presibut what you do with it.” dent of education at Westfield Toastmasters Club. For more information about Westfield “I worked hard to finish all of the manuals, Toastmasters Club, please visit www.westfieldfollow the path to DTM by also participating in toastmasters.org, or contact Nancy Vesely, vice leadership roles and activities,” Jody said. “I feel president of membership, at info@westfieldthat obtaining a certificate is easy. toastmasters.org

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Snapshot: Westfield in Lights

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Westfield Youth Assistance Director Tricia Akers and her family, Emmaline, Jackson and husband Bob smile for a family picture in front of the “City Tree.”

Mayor Andy Cook decorates the tree with a yellow bow from WHS band

It was home sweet home for gingerbread men and women at The Fern Dec. 2. 18-month-old Colin Chapman gets an up close look at some tasty houses competing in the JoSheWe Girl Scout Gingerbread House Competition during Westfield in Lights.

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What’s your favorite childhood memory of the sport you will be playing in college? Writing, “Eat my bubbles” on my back with a sharpie. What’s your pre-game ritual? Stretch, visualize my race. Do you have a good luck charm, number, etc.? I don’t believe any object is going to make me a better swimmer-instead of relying on my luck, I make sure to make every practice and race my best! How was your first game/meet/competition? I was really, really nervous! But after I won my event, I didn’t want to stop racing! What’s your favorite pre-game or post-game food? I like to eat eggs before I swim for the protein and drink chocolate milk afterward. Is there a song you play to get excited for the competition? “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake.

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What’s your favorite childhood memory of the sport you will be playing in college? My favorite childhood memory is just playing lots of baseball during the summer. I have a lot of memories of playing four to five games a day while playing in tournaments. What’s your pre-game ritual? My pre-game ritual is to go down the line with my teammates and pray before every game. Do you have a good luck charm, number, etc.? My good luck charms are my necklaces. I switch them up or leave them on depending on how I am playing. Throughout the years, I have developed that habit. How was your first game/meet/competition? My first varsity baseball game was my sophomore year. It was the first game of the year against Carmel. We won the game, although I was a bit nervous out there. What’s your favorite pre-game or post-game food? My favorite pre-game food is probably

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Avoiding the ‘Happy holiday’s!’ GRAMMAR GURU By Brandie Bohney It’s that time of year! Time to drag out the boxes from the basement or attic, deck out the house in lights, and send holiday cards to everyone you’ve ever met. It’s also time for my annual warning about the potential grammatical pitfalls of holiday cards. Here’s the short version: Do not use an apostrophe in your family signature. Specifically, when you sign your holiday cards, be sure that you don’t use an apostrophe in your family name. If you write, “Happy Holidays from the Jones’s,” I’m forced to ask, “The Jones’s what?” And, “Who is the Jones?” Funny story: The first year of this column, I wrote a similar column warning readers not to possessify (not a word) their greeting cards. Three days after the column ran, I got the annual Christmas letter from my in-laws. At the top, it read, “Merry Christmas from the Bohney’s.” Since I live three hours from my in-laws and they never read my column, I tried hard to laugh it off while a little piece of me died inside. My mother-in-law is a lovely woman who

taught gifted elementary school kids for decades. She’s well-educated and well-respected. Yet she failed to recognize that her Christmas letter was not, in fact, from “the Bohney,” and “the Bohney” didn’t own anything in the sentence she wrote. The point is this: It’s easy to mess up this fundamental rule of plurality versus possession. Smart people do it all the time. It’s also pretty easy, though, to take a second look at your text and say, “Is that right?” and then scramble for this column to reference. So the rule is this: If you’re using a family signature, your family name is pluralized, but not possessive: the Bohneys, the Joneses, the McInalleys, the DeMarcos. Just as holidays is plural but not possessive, so are family names. Just as you would never (I hope) write “Happy Holiday’s,” so must you also avoid, “the Bohney’s.” Especially if we’re not related.

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Westfield High School graduation rate tops state goal Current in Westfield The Westfield High School Class of 2011 recorded a 93.2 percent graduation rate – a rate well above the Indiana Dept.of Education’s goal of 90 percent. WHS has surpassed the goal each year since it was established in 2009. The Class of 2011 earned more Core 40 and Academic Honors diplomas than the previous year. A Core 40 diploma requires students to earn 40 credits in seven different areas: English/ language arts (eight credits), math (six credits), science (six credits), social studies (6 credits), directed electives such as world languages, fine arts, etc. (five credits), physical education and health (four credits) and electives (six credits). To earn an Academic Honors diploma, students must complete one year of math beyond algebra II and three years of one world language or two years each of two different languages while maintaining a B average or higher. Although the rate is slightly lower than the previous year’s rate of 96.1 percent, the Class of 2011 had fewer students and more students earned Certificates of Completion. The certificates are issued to some students with individual education plans who complete their requirements, but cannot earn a regular diploma.

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Saldutti commits to play baseball for Butler University Nick Saldutti has signed a letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Butler University. Nick played baseball three years at WHS earning two varsity letters and will add another one this Spring. He was named to the 2011 AllHCC Baseball Team, Indy North All-Stars Honorable Mention, All-Indiana Crossroads Series Game. He is also a WHS Scholar Athlete.

WWS Clothing Giveaway Washington Woods Elementary first graders Jessica Stark and Brennan Decker and Westfield Mayor Andy Cook fold and sort clothing for the 11th Annual Westfield Washington Schools’ Clothing Giveaway last Saturday at the Washington Woods Elementary School multipurpose room. The school also collected monetary donations for Amanda Strong Food for the Needy, Inc. For more information about the clothing giveaway, please contact Brian Sawa at 867-7906 or sawab@wws.k12.in.us

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Now to Dec. 20 – Continue a family tradition and take a hayride to the field to choose and cut your own Christmas tree during Stonycreek Farm’s Country Christmas, 11366 Ind. 38 East, Noblesville. You will also find a wide selection of freshly cut trees, fresh wreaths and garland at the greenhouse. Sip hot cider and browse through the gift shop featuring custom-made wreaths and other unique items. For more information, call 773-3344 or visit www.stonycreekfarm.net. Now to Dec. 31 – Tempt your taste buds as you stroll through a wonderland of gingerbread creations in all shapes and sizes at Gingerbread Village at Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd., Fishers. Guests can visit the Science Lab for some gingerbread-themed experiments. Gingerbread village will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 776-6006 or visit www.connerprairie.org.

around the bonfire and join in the dancing, singing and good conversation at the Campell family holiday party. Tour start times are staggered between 5:30 to 9 p.m. Reservations are required by calling 776-6006. Friday to Jan. 7, 2012 – Grab your golden ticket as Civic Theatre presents Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” at The Tarkington, 3 Center Green, Carmel. Performances are 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday with no shows on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Join Charlie Bucket and his quirky cohorts on a tantalizing tour of the mysterious candy-maker’s fantastical factory. For more information, call 843-3800 or visit www. civictheatre.org.

Thursday to Sunday – Proudly The Carmel Repertory Presents Its Holiday Season Offering Theater presents “A Saturday – The Winter Market at Carmel Christmas Carol” at City Center will feature 20 vendors from the The Studio Theater, 3 Carmel Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to noon. Center Green, Carmel. The Winter Market will be held in a storefront Produced by Susan Creviston Performances are 8 p.m. at 719 Hanover Place on the interior of Carmel Directed by Jonathan Horton Thursday through Saturday City Center, located on the southwest corner of Choreographed By JoEllen Ambuehl and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Based City Center Drive and Rangeline Road. For more upon the book by Charles Dickinformation, visit www.carmelcitycenter.com. ens, an old miser who makes excuses for his unSunday – Come be merry with the Hamilton caring nature learns real compassion when three County Parks & Recreation as they welcome ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. For more Mrs. Claus and the Jolly Old Elf himself, Santa information, call 843-3800 or call www.thecenClaus, during the Holly Jolly Jamboree from 1:30 terfortheperformingarts.org. to 3:30 p.m. at Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000-1 Friday to Sunday – It just wouldn’t be the 151st St., Westfield. The Claus’ will be available holidays without a trip on the Polar Bear Exfor pictures throughout the event. From 1:30 to press. The 17th Annual Polar Bear Express is 2:30 p.m. Jingle John of Silly Safaris will be prea holiday tradition for many families who enjoy senting his Animals of the North Pole program story time, a train ride with refreshments, a visit which will include several animals that like the with Santa and a special gift for each child. The cold weather, including a reindeer. For more inPolar Bear Express departs from the Fishers Train formation, call 774-2500 or visit www.hamiltonStation, 11601 Municipal Dr. There are multiple county.in.gov/ParkCalDetails.asp?id=9230. departures each day and reservations are reDec. 31 – Start your New Year’s resolution to quired. For more information, call 773-6000 or get in shape with “Race to the New Year” at visit www.itm.org. Cool Creek Park, 2000-1 151st St., Westfield. The Friday and Saturday – ‘Twas the night before Hamilton County Parks and Recreation DepartChristmas more than 175 years ago and you and ment is partnering with Washington Township your family are in Prairietown helping prepare Parks and Recreation and Westfield Parks and for the holidays. During Conner Prairie by Recreation for this 5th Annual 5K walk and run. Candlelight, guests will visit different homes in Awards will be given in seven age groups. RegisPrairietown on this family-friendly, 60-minute tration begins at 8:15 a.m. with the race starting guided tour. Chat and joke with the Rowdies at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 574-9450. Show Times 8:00 PM : December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 2011 2:30 PM : December 11, 18, 2011 For Tickets Please Call (317) 843-3800 Or Visit Our Website at www.carmelrepertorytheatre.com

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The recipe for “Cinnamon Fingers” was submitted by Current reader Sue Trent. “This is a favorite of everyone I have ever given them to during the holidays,” she said. “If you want to make them more festive you can use colored sugar.” If you have a holiday recipe to share with the community, please email Lindsay Eckert at lindsay@youarecurrent.com. Recipes can also be mailed to 30 S. Rangeline Rd., Carmel, IN 46032.

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Pets in an identity crisis PETS By John Mikesell A new study shows many pets don’t wear ID tags. Eighty percent of pet owners believe it’s very or extremely important for pets to wear identification tags, but only 33 percent make sure their pets actually wear them all the time, according to a new study by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York). The study, written by two ASPCA experts and published in the September 2011 issue of “Preventative Veterinary Medicine,” was done to determine whether providing a free collar and identification tag during a visit to a veterinary hospital or spay/ neuter facility would increase the likelihood that the pet owner would keep the tag on the pet after eight weeks. A second population of dogs and cats adopted

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Minor kitchen upgrades make a big difference REMODELING By Larry Greene Original kitchen: This home was built in 1998 in the Foster Estates Subdivision on the east side of Carmel. When asked why they decided to remodel, they homeowners said, “We think our kitchen is the hub of the house. It needed some updating and a refreshed look and a little color added.” Backsplash details: The homeowners said, “We didn’t like the existing backsplash.” The remodel included a new natural stone tile backsplash featuring Sandalwood Monterrey 3x6 pillowed limestone in a staggered pattern with pencil molding and desert bloom colored grout. Cabinet molding upgrades: The homeowners decided to add new decorative moldings to the existing cabinets. This included new, taller crown molding on the top of all wall cabinets, which were painted to match the existing cabinet color as close as possible. In addition, new light rail molding was installed on the bottom of the wall cabinets. Finally, the refrigerator cabinet and various other wall and base cabinets were relocated to complete the new design. Lighting upgrades: The upgrades included electrical modifications for new appliances and

Before new hard-wired under-cabinet xenon lighting with dimmer switches. According to the homeowner, “Some areas in the kitchen were very dark and now the new lighting hits almost all areas of the countertops. It looks so warm and homey with all the lights on.” Final result: The kitchen perimeter, island and desk include new 3-centimeter Amarello Boreal granite countertops with a standard edge. A new Delta Leland pull-down faucet in Venetian bronze was matched with new Amerock oil-rubbed bronze cabinet knobs. The homeowner commented, “I’m looking forward to the holidays this year. We’re looking forward to

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Receiving the perfect letter… LAUGHS By Dick Wolfsie During my years at WISH-TV, my faithful beagle Barney and I would often visit elementary schools to talk about our on-camera career together. After I spoke, teachers would suggest to their students that they write me a thank-you letter. It was really an assignment, so that’s why the kids took the suggestion. Here are three that I’ll never forget… Dear Mr. Wolfsie, I would like to watch you and Barney on TV, but my mom just lets me watch stuff that is educational. Dear Dick and Barney, We were all very happy you visited us. Mainly because Mrs. Potter cancelled the test. Dear Dick, It was very cool how Barney begged when he wanted something. My father can do that. Since Barney passed away in 2004, I have gotten far fewer invitations. Last month at Stephen Decatur Elementary School, I gave a short presentation on the art of writing. The following week, I received scores of thank-you letters. Here are a few of my favorites… Thank you for coming to our school. You taught us to look at the funny side of everything. I fell down the stairs that night and cracked my head, but I couldn’t think of anything funny about it. You made writing sound like a great job. I think I will be a doctor or a lawyer so I can make a living.

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It was really neat that you drove a whole hour to talk to us. Didn’t you have anything better to do? My teacher read your book and said you can turn nothing into something. I think that is a compliment. Receiving these letters motivated me to reread “Sincerely, Andy Rooney,” a compendium of communiqués sent to the world’s greatest curmudgeon. Rooney, a self-described pack rat, kept a record of all his correspondence. One fan felt snubbed for not getting an immediate reply from the author, so Andy penned: “You may have assumed that I have ignored your letter, but I didn’t. I put it in a special pile of letters I wanted to be sure to answer. I didn’t answer any of those either.” Andy was not very accommodating to devotees who wanted his photo and autograph. “Every night,” he told an admirer, “I throw away eight or 10 self-addressed envelopes from people who want a signed picture. Throwing them away makes me feel bad, but not as bad as sending an autographed photo of myself to everyone.” I can relate to Mr. Rooney’s problem. It must have been tough for him to send personalized photos to everyone who wanted one. But it’s been even tougher for me. No one asks.

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