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Lindner: Scooping Up Life Lessons 6 David

by Beth Taylor

You Drink and Drive 10 Before

by Billy Horvath Lakehouse ‘Burger Joint’ Graces Geist 12 Scotty’s

by Reid Duffy Your Baby, Your Way 16 Having

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Cumberland Road Elementary’s Choir performed recently at the Artsgarden in downtown Indianapolis. The school’s PTO graciously funded a field trip for them to sing at a nursing home as well as at the Centre Mall Artsgarden.

Many parents came to hear them sing and shared lunch with choir members at the food court.

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The National Honor Society at Hamilton Southeastern High School sponsors the event. Students were asked to do extra chores around the house to earn money to donate. Five students accompanied Pugel on a shopping trip to purchase all the items.

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David Lindner: Scooping Up Life Lessons

By Beth Taylor Do you remember your favorite Lindner’s ice cream flavor? Was it the perfect peach, or maybe butter pecan or rocky road? Or possibly a catchy name like Raspberry Salad or Purple Fink calls back childhood memories of warm summer nights. The man behind the fondly remembered ice cream is David Lindner, an Indianapolis business visionary and, a man who continues to live an incomparably full life.

Lindner spent his childhood in the Irvington area of Indianapolis. His father and uncle started an ice cream plant and store, Lindner’s Brothers Ice Cream stores, Inc. in 1929, known for offering the finest quality ice cream for a reasonable price. He attended grade school at George Washington Julian, School #57, where he encountered a love of learning and met his future wife, Elizabeth. After graduating from Arsenal Technical high school in 1941, he attended Purdue for one year.

In 1942, his college career was cut

short when he volunteered to serve in World War II. With a background in flying and an interest in taking it further, he became an aviator. He flew a CG-4A overseas as a glider pilot and those war experiences shaped his life.

With sharp detail, he recalls packing displaced Parisians into a plane to transport them out of the Buchenwald concentration camp. To squeeze more people onto the cramped plane, he asked everyone to leave behind all possessions. He watched a man toss his pair of shoes to the ground. “After seeing that, I decided never to have a bad day in my life.”

When the war ended, Lindner returned home to the family ice cream business. He spent time re-acclimating to post-war life by diving in and learning every manual job at the company, including packing ice cream cans and scrubbing floors. With limited automation, work nights followed long workdays — especially in the summer.

“We had to go back to the plant every night to fill the stoker and set the ice cream machine,” he said, recalling the days before the factory had an oil-fired boiler.

Lindner quickly assumed a leadership role as the director of the company, working with his mother, Hannah Lindner, who served as president of the growing business following his father’s death in 1940.

After contributing to years of measured growth, Lindner became president in 1961.

By 1986, there were 40 locations, and Lindner’s ice cream regularly earned top billing at national ice cream conventions.

Lindner knew that a key component of business success is understanding what pleases the consumer. “On the East coast, vanilla bean was popular, but here that didn’t work. Our customers liked a good, smooth vanilla ice cream at that time,” he said.

Always one to think from a broader viewpoint, Lindner brought convenience stores and drivethru windows to his stores in Central Indiana. Appealing advertising with coupons attracted new customers.

For all of his successes, he admits to having failed many times, but garnered valuable lessons from each failure.

“Failure makes you get smart and refine your approach,” he said.

During his 40 years with the company, he relied on this knowledge as he found success in other business ventures, such as real estate. After selling the ice cream business, rather than retiring, he began a new phase of his career as an

With 40 Indianapolis area locations, Lindner’s Ice Cream advertisements were a staple of Central Indiana newspapers.

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international consultant for several companies, including Chiquita.

Business success lead to far-reaching philanthropic accomplishments. Lindner served as a board member for numerous organizations including Community Hospital, United Way, Franklin College, and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to name a few.

In addition to helming a thriving, beloved Indiana business, Lindner excelled at fatherhood. He guided his two daughters and

later his five grandchildren, to survive any issue by facing it with grace and gratitude,” said his daughter, Karen Lindner Moriarty, executive director and owner of Lindner Learning Center.

Moriarty continues to enjoy the benefits of his business acumen.

He is the senior executive advisor at the private, family-owned tutoring center.

Working with his daughter at the tutoring center has special meaning to Lindner who discovered that he has dyslexia later in life. Although a poor student, he credits his love of learning for

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his success. “The philosophy of learning has allowed me to tackle enormous obstacles in my life and reap rich rewards.” Each year of his adult life, no matter how busy, he has taken a formal course or a class. Most recently, he completed his Stephen Ministry training, so that he can serve as a lay caregiver to people in need.

“Our large, entrepreneurial family greatly benefits from this active coaching in areas of business and finance,” said Moriarty. To help pass on business lessons he’s learned, he and Elizabeth have created and funded investment seminars for their grandchildren.

They also established an annual family vacation to keep the members connected.

Lindner greets each day with a positive mindset and decides how to divide a 24-hour day with intention. He begins each day with calisthenics. “You’ve got to take care of your body; it’s the only one you’ve got.”

As Lindner approaches his 90th year, he feels blessed by the richness of a life well lived. He gladly shares his secret to an active, long life: expect change and embrace it.

Beth Taylor is an experienced freelance editor and writer whose work has appeared in several community magazines during her 15-year career. Crafting a freelance business has provided her the opportunity to stay at home with her two young daughters.

(Opposite page) Beth Taylor, writer for the Geist Community Newsletter, sits down with David Lindner at his Morse Reservoir home. (Above) Early photo of a typical Lindner’s Ice Cream store in 1980.

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And after all that, your auto insurance company will likely increase your monthly premium.

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Ever wonder what happens when you get a DUI in Indiana? Well, getting a cab ride home could save you a lot in the long run!

Depending on the situation, a misdemeanor charge usually comes with the first DUI. If you have a prior DUI conviction or a passenger under the age of 18 in the vehicle, you will likely face a Class D felony charge and possibly some time in jail.

When someone drives under the influence, there is always the risk of causing serious injury or killing innocent people. Drunk driving is extremely dangerous and the laws are meant to deter people from getting behind the wheel after they have had too much to drink. But what happens when you get a DUI? What type of punishment will you receive if you get a DUI, and how can you expect it to affect you financially?

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Scotty’s Lakehouse, opened in March, 2010, in the southwest corner of Fall Creek and Brooks School Roads in Geist, and while fully accommodating family dining, seems geared to older Brewhouse alums who have put their Hoosier-blessed degrees to profitable use through the years, and enamored of a lively session of schmoozing over burgers and beer after a day of romping about the reservoir and bonding with the sea. Housed in a small strip mall that was the original home of Bella Vita Ristorante before Owners Henri and Shelley Najem moved to the banks of Geist Marina, Scotty’s Lakehouse offers a spacious mix of booths, tables, and high tops, flanking a large 22-stool horseshoe bar showcasing several micro-brews on tap, as well as a smattering of outdoor and sun room seating areas. The cheerier-than-thou waitresses are garbed in denim cutoffs and “Scotty”-labeled tee shirts to further emboss the beachy lakeside effect.

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Scotty’s Lakeside is sub-headed “A Burger Joint,” offering an array of gourmet burgers, where the abundant and creative toppings are the starattractions atop fresh, juicy patties.

The quasi-conventional #1 ($12) offers cheddar cheese, red onions, lettuce, tomato, and homemade chipotle.

The Asian-accented #7 ($13) lays on coriander, Asian carrot slaw, cucumber, and garlic mayo. I suggest you pass on the #3 ($13.50) with its inspired toppings of fried egg, apple wood smoked bacon, and smoked gouda if you’re treating your cardiologist to lunch. He or she is only going to steer you to the turkey and black bean “veggie” burger on the menu for the healthinistas prowling the area in significant numbers.

lavishly topped grilled cheese renditions featuring sourdough bread from Scholars Inn Bakehouse and cheeses from the esteemed Fair Oaks Farms up north. Other noted Scotty menu curiosities include its signature fried pickle chips; the next appetizer fad, batter fried green beans; bison burgers and assorted wraps; root beer from the fabled Triple XXX Drivein West Lafayette; and marshmellow s’more sandwiches for dessert. Scotty’s

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On a recent lunch foray, I opted for the #10 ($12), with the medium-well burger generously endowed with red onion, tomatoes, dill pickle slices, lettuce, and Vermont cheddar cheese, and slathered in garlic mayo, which provided the flavor pizzaz, and hitthe-spot burger bliss. The mayo also insured a rather messy repast which explains why the table setting opts for cloth face towels over paper napkins to wipe the likes of chipotle 1000 island and ketchup, sautéed mushrooms, garlic mayo, and dressing toppings oozing down the chin, or in my case, chins. Sandwiches come with a choice of three seasoned fries, including waffle and sweet potato, with a choice of dipping sauces. I prudently opted instead with the very generous house salad of mixed greens, goat cheese, chopped eggs, tomato, and onions in a tastily tart balsamic vinaigrette. I also worked in a well-croutoned French onion soup, with the broth effectively sweetened by carmelized onions.

Non-burger options include three (Opposite page) Long-time restaurant connosseur Reid Duffy samples the #10 Vermont cheddar burger at Scotty’s Lakehouse. (Right) Chef Brett Gerlich assembles one of 16 burger variations.

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Lakehouse is also achieving acclaim, notably from my daughter, Megan, for its weekend brunches, on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., laying on an impressive spread of omelets, scrambled egg skillet dishes, pancakes and cinnamon French toast, biscuits and gravy, and flavored oatmeals.

With the usual allotment of flat screens festooning the premises, Scotty’s Lakehouse is a natural forum for a Sunday afternoon with the Colts, and thus as good a place as any for a group hug as we and they soldier on awaiting … DEPARATELY AWAITING … for Peyton Manning to come back from medical leave, while wondering whether of diet of burgers and beer would speed his recovery.

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Most of us don’t care about the icky stuff that goes along with babies. Some of us find it amusing. In fact, most of my conversations with friends and strangers alike is the bowel movements of my children. Boy, I need to get out more.

Choosing to have a baby is your first step; second step is how you are going to accomplish this.

My personal journey to having a family was an easy one. I was lucky and blessed with conceiving my first two children just by “thinking” about it. However, my third child was more difficult and it took over a year. Mind you, we had stopped trying to have a third after several months of taking Clomid and other helpful drugs to get pregnant failed. And of course, wouldn’t you know it; we were pregnant a few months after we had “stopped trying.” Go figure. But now we are blessed with three wonderful children. Our story is one of many.

Now the hard part-9 months later. Yeah, you’re pregnant, but

how are you going to have this baby? Some go into labor and deliver vaginally, and some have to have a cesarean delivery (c-section), some even plan them. Most women want to have their children the normal way, but the new normal is slowly moving towards the c-section route. I, unfortunately, had to have a c-section with my first child because she was breach. The doctor tried to turn her in a procedure called external version, but she wouldn’t budge, so off to the operating room we went.

I was devastated and very sad. I just wanted to go through the laboring process like everyone else and truly “give birth”.

But now I know that having a c-section is no less giving birth than a vaginal delivery. With my other two children, I planned c-sections. I was given the option to have a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean), but declined. Why not set the date and get all my help in place? Talk about convenient.

My good friend, on the other hand, way other hand, decided to take matters into the hands of a midwife with her third child.

She did the totally opposite of what I did, and I praise her for that. She just let nature take its course. “I chose to do a homebirth because I had a huge laundry list of things I did not want the nurses and doctors to do in the hospital,” she explained. “Examples would include not cutting cord for an hour (there are many health benefits of not cutting the cord right away), not taking the baby away to be weighed and measured (I believe the baby should not be taken out of the mother’s arms for hours), no Pitocin before or after the baby is born, and the list goes on. I truly felt like all my requests would be an uphill battle in a hospital so I went for a more natural environment where I would be more in charge of my birth.”

Josh and Mindy Fleming with their third child, Caroline, born via Cesarean delivery. Their other two children, Gavin and Grace, were also born via a scheduled C-section.

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The Weidners welcome home Maria, their second child who was adopted from Guatemala.

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The Fishers Fire Department recently purchased a new Boston Whaler boat to use on Geist Reservoir. The purchase came after a number of residents in the Geist community requested that the Fall Creek Township Trustee, Jeff Hern, purchase a new boat for safety reasons.

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A new 27-foot fire boat will be patrolling Geist Reservoir on weekends starting next spring.

said. “With all the public safety cutbacks, we hope to keep people safe on Geist and to be able to respond quickly to any emergency situation.”

The new fire boat will join the Geist neighborhood patrol boats that are also on Geist and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ boat, which is used to enforce laws such as operating while intoxicated, fishing licenses, and ensuring that boats are operated safely. Orusa and his crew will dock the boat at the Geist Marina and plan to use the boat on weekends from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

“The Fishers Fire Department intends to use the boat to create a safety presence on Geist. Geist is a valuable natural resource and many people go out on the water during the summer months. We want to be proactive in managing the risk of harm to anyone during that time. We intend to create a strong safety presence on Geist,” added Orusa.

As far as naming the boat, that is still up in the air. Go to TownePost.com and post your suggestions!

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He attended Medical School at the University of Minnesota and completed his Pediatric Residency training at Indiana University at the Riley Hospital for Children. He returns to Indiana after four years of working with a large Pediatric Group in Arizona. Dr. Sleder is accepting newborns through adolescents.

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When the work is completed with a used piano, the gift of being restored has been carefully and painstakingly delivered.

The atmosphere within this area invites a visitor to inquire about the history of these wonderful musical instruments. The stories told are magical.

Piano Solutions is backwards of what you might expect from a piano retailer, but it is exactly how it should be as most people looking to buy a piano, either new or used, have no idea about the anatomy of the instrument or the differences between the various piano types. Having a shop immediately inside the front door reinforces the true nature of Piano Solutions’ business with emphasis on quality and piano repair services.

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By Andy Murphy It’s all backwards. You enter into a storefront area filled with vintage pianos and an all-but-hidden desk sitting to the far left. Did I just walk in the back door?

Where are the luxurious showrooms, water fountains, and granite floors?

An opened doorway leads you directly into a large workshop area where pianos are sitting in various stages of repair and restoration. Parts and tools are scattered across work tables, all within the reach of technicians who are busy restoring heirloom instruments to their original quality of sound and structure.

Once you’ve had a chance to see the structuring of different pianos, you are ready to venture on to the adjacent showroom and recital hall that houses nearly 300 pianos. These areas present an impressive array of new and used pianos from around the world. With prices ranging from $500 to more than $200,000, customers have an open invitation to sit down and play. There are no “Do Not Touch” signs at Piano Solutions, even for the $200,000+ C. Bechstein grand piano that sits among other notable brands such as Estonia, Kawai, Kohler & Campbell, Wm. Knabe, Pearl River and Charles Walter (an Indiana-made piano).

Co-owners Greg Durthaler and Brian Hostetler have crafted their business into a comprehensive rebuilding and service company that just happens to sell quite a few pianos. They are considered piano historians with a national reputation for delivering restoration excellence in this industry.

(Top) Co-owners Brian Hostetler and Greg Durthaler have crafted Piano Solutions into a comprehensive piano refurbishing, sales and service business. (Below) Piano Solutions was selected to restore legendary composer Hoagy Carmichael’s piano.

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a fortune when buying a good piano, and being able to service every brand we sell is an important part of our identity,” explains Durthaler.

Their unique trade-back program provides customers with a risk-free purchasing experience—allowing the original piano purchased to be traded for more instrument as players improve.

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“One of the most rewarding components of our business is when people call us and purchase pianos sight unseen. They trust us to find a piano that will serve them both musically and aesthetically. That’s quite an honor and it’s what Brian and I and our whole team strive for every day,” he adds with thoughtful reflection.

Webster’s Dictionary defines a piano as a stringed instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard. It should be noted that these sounds emit a musical tone that by any definition is pure magic.

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Countdown to Super Bowl XLVI “Deuce,” as he is known on radio station X103 weekdays 2 p.m. – 7p.m., has been asked to join in the radio broadcast downtown during the big event. “I just think it is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” says the 41 year-old jockey who lives close to his favorite haunts – Scotty’s Lakehouse and Jonah’s Market.

“I know ESPN does this kind of stuff all the time, but for me, this is a big deal and I’m glad to be part of it!”

Details have not yet been released, but Deuce knows he will be broadcasting in and around the NFL Experience, which is a huge playground of games, autograph sessions and guest appearances, all housed in the newly remodeled convention center.

X103 radio DJ “Deuce” will be broadcasting downtown at the NFL Experience leading up to and during the big game.

By Pat Carlini

The NFL Superbowl XLVI is coming to central Indiana in February and one Geist resident and local radio DJ is super excited about the big game coming to town!

Media from all over the world will line Georgia Street and the downtown area starting about a week before the game.

Fishers/Geist is also part of the Superbowl fun as one of the 17 designated communities in central Indiana to play host to visitors with special events planned, as well as an information site for restaurants and transportation. Local cheer and dance groups have been making welcome videos for several area hotels and stay tuned for other Hamilton county announcements which will add to the excitement.

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Local businesses such as Gallery 116 in Fishers are jumping on board with special offerings during the week leading up to the Superbowl. Other businesses in outlying areas will announce their programs in January as well.

Noblesville and Carmel are also designated super sites and will have information for visitors at welcome centers in the Arts & Design District in Carmel located at 37 E. Main Street and, in historic downtown Noblesville located at 839 Conner Street.

Most area hotels are booked and some area restaurants have been rented for corporate events.

Craig Toby with Hotel Indigo Inn in Fishers says they have been booked for months and their employees have been taking the online Super Service training program (offerd by the host committee) to better handle out of town visitors.

is one community working “super” hard to make a great impression.

So with thousands coming to central Indiana and millions watching on television, Central Indiana needs to put their best foot forward and offer a warm greeting to all, even if it is well below zero during the NFL Superbowl XLVI! One thing you can be sure of is Indiana will offer a warm greeting to all!

You can learn more about the Superbowl festivities and get involved by going to www.IndianapolisSuperBowl.com.

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“We’ve had many calls and visits about restaurants in the area, transportation options and meeting rooms for rent,” says Toby. “We are ready for them,” he Adds.

It is estimated that more than 150,000 visitors will be coming to central Indiana with an economic impact to the area of $125,000 to $400,000 dollars. Since the crowd will have to fan out from downtown, Hamilton County The TownePost.com network of hyper-local newsletters will be expanding into Center Grove on Indy’s south side in April. For more info, visit www.atCenterGrove.com.

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TownePost.com Network Expanding South Advertising rates are the same as the Geist and Carmel Community Newsletters and a 10% discount will be applied on multiple newsletter ad buys.

Thanks to a couple Center Grove brothers, the Center Grove Community Newsletter will debut in April, 2012. Dann and Jody Veldkamp have teamed up to launch atCenterGrove. com and an accompanying monthly print publication, the Center Grove Community Newsletter. The Newsletter will be the third of a local network of local community newsletters published by TownePost LLC which currently publishes the Carmel (atCarmel.com) and Geist (atGeist. com) Community Newsletters.

If you are interested in advertising, please feel free to contact Tom Britt at (317) 823-5060 or email tom@atgeist.com. Early advertisers will enjoy additional visibility online as we ramp up the marketing in mid-January to the south side business owners.

“We’ve been closely involved in the incorporation efforts to create the Town of Center Grove,” said Jody Veldkamp. “In looking for ways to foster communication to our neighbors, we came across TownePost.com and Tom Britt, who coincidentally was raised in Center Grove.”

Britt, who now resides near Geist Reservoir, launched the Geist Community Newsletter over 8 years ago after seeing a need for more localized news. In 2009, he launched the Carmel Community Newsletter and launched TownePost.com to satisfy the need of small business owners to network locally. Today, over 33,000 newsletters per month are being mailed in Geist and Carmel with quarterly inserts going into Lawrence (atLawrence.com), Noblesville, and Zionsville.

Dann Veldkamp recently retired from Eli Lilly & Co. and was looking for his next career move.

“I love what Tom (Britt) has been able to do on the northside and I’m anxious to bring that same sense of community to Center Grove,” he said.

The Center Grove Community Newsletter will be direct mailed to nearly 13,000 residents and businesses in the 46142 and 46143 zip codes with additional retail distribution through area Marsh, Kroger and CVS Pharmacies.

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Jumping Up and Down in Fishers

By Tom Britt

A new Fishers franchise has customers jumping up and down. Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park just off of 121st and Cumberland Road (10080 E. 121st Street, Suite 182) in Fishers just opened a 25,000 ft. facility boasting 16,000 sq. ft. of indoor jumping fun.

Founded in 2002 in Las Vegas, Sky Zone was originally designed to facilitate a professional indoor trampoline sport.

According to Jeffrey Mast, owner of the local franchise and former senior executive with Stanley Steemer in Ohio, the original concept did not work out but a new business model evolved.

“While they were trying to get their financial backing in place, people lined up to bounce around on the trampolines.

The owner literally put a coffee can out and solicited a $2 donation from the public. After the coffee can was filled for weeks on end, he decided to franchise the idea.”

Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park owner Jeffrey Mast recently moved to the area from Columbus, Ohio where he was a senior executive with Stanley Steemer.

The facility houses two dodge ball courts, an open jump court, a Sky Slam two-lane basketball court, and a threelane Foam Zone complete with 10,000 foam blocks. Even the walls are trampolines around much of the space.

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They say you can burn up to 1,000 calories an hour and not even know it.”

First-time visitors are required to sign a waiver prior to hitting the trampoline surface. Mast recommends reading and signing the waiver online at www.SkyZoneSports.com, as well as scheduling your preferred bounce time. Once the paperwork is completed, visitors are loaned special high top bounce shoes and given a briefing on safety. “Have fun, be safe” is the culture Mast insists on cultivating.

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Cost is $13 per hour and includes shoe rental. Group and nonprofit rates are also available.

“The most popular jump times are 60 minutes. Some younger kids can go longer than that, but in most cases, an hour is enough to wear you out,” Mast said with a smile.

With so much space, music, concessions, and private party rooms, Sky Zone is already a hit with youth groups, schools, corporate groups, and boy/girl scout troops. Dodge ball leagues, exercise classes, and teencentric open jump nights are available for all ages.

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You Could Be a Pet Pal, Too This little puppy has grown into a handsome Bernese Mountain Dog who’s by my side today. Louie gave me the confidence to get out and enjoy life again.

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When you think about it, it’s pretty incredible just how much joy a pet can bring to your life. I should know.

Louie is the man of my house. He’s a Bernese Mountain dog and he’s 120 pounds of love.

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Changes Underfoot from ICC Floors (7226 East 82nd St). The planks alternate between from 3 ¼” to 5” for a varied look. Matt Santimi of ICC Floors says the random pattern adds a little character to the floor. “Homeowners can go with a very random pattern with plank sizes or just a couple different sizes as Rachel chose to do in her home.”

The project began with a crew tearing out the original flooring room by room. The tile on the kitchen floor was taken out, the carpet in the adjoining rooms pulled up, and the light wood flooring strips in the entryway were taken away piece by piece.

“It is best to do this when everyone is out of the house,” says Quade. “It’s a lot of noise as they tear the floor up and it is kind of hard to watch. Once that part is done, the installation goes pretty well.”

Realtor Rachel Quade decided to replace 1,900 square feet of flooring in her Cambridge home with ICC Floors in Castleton.

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“It seems as though every beautiful home I would walk into, I would see hardwood floors,” says Quade, a realtor with F.C. Tucker & Co. who walks through a variety of homes every week.

This job took nearly 4 days to complete and the investment into this nest was close to $20,000 for about 1,900 square feet of flooring in the home. Was it worth it?

“We love it!” says Quade. “Of course, now I see other upgrades I want to do.”

The classic hardwood floors have a clean look and, considering they don’t hold dirt and dander like carpeting, wood flooring can be a healthy choice for your home as well.

Some of the newer offerings can add a touch of old world elegance with distressed planks, the hand-scraped wood and the wider widths of wood planks.

“I knew that was the change I wanted to make in my own home and, I didn’t want to wait until it was time to sell like so many homeowners do. I wanted to enjoy it now!”

Overall, hardwoods can harmonize with just about any architectural theme and interior design in a home. In the case of Quade’s colonial style home, the wood flooring blended right in and helped create a visual room-to-room continuity to the main floor of the home.

Quade chose Shaw brand engineered hand-scraped oak wood flooring called “Sleepy Hollow” in a rich brown stain

Choices in wood flooring today range from oak, maple and black walnut that can range from $5 to $8 per square foot.

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In December 1991, Amanda Pyle and her mother, Sherell, hosted the first Mother/Daughter Christmas. The then 14- and 15-year old Lawrence North students, Allison Boester Holman, Kahla Erwin Grace, Mandy Pyle Gomez, Betsy McQuiston Cox, Cindy Zollar McGuire, Erin Perkins Williams, Jenni Metzinger Meyers and Jill Poske Carlson, gathered with their mothers to celebrate Christmas and revel in faith, family and friendship. Over the years, the girls have graduated from college, started careers, gotten married, started families and, in some cases, moved

women, there are now seventeen to others states. But one constant still babies of which six are daughter of the remains, the annual Mother/Daughter daughters and included in this year’s Christmas gathering. festivities. The group has come a long On December 18th, the eight young way since 1991, but one constant women and their mothers will remains, a special relationship between celebrated their 20th gathering at the mothers and daughters and celebrating home of Jenni Metzinger Meyers in special bond. 10:31 AM Page 1 11052 COHRON HOMES that GEIST 3/14/11 Carmel. Between the eight young

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By Janet C. Striebel

Do you like to ride road bikes or spin cycles, the thought of team competition and fighting cancer? If so, the Heroes Foundation could use your positive energy for its upcoming Spin4Heroes event—which consists of many teams who will ride their spin cycles or road bikes in order to raise money to fight cancer.

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cancer including her husband, Vince Todd Jr., chairman and founder of the Heroes Foundation. She continues, “We aren’t a big corporation. We are just everyday people who are trying to help those affected by cancer and make something positive out of it.”

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The mission of the Heroes Foundation is to serve the cancer community through the funding of support, education, and awareness programs, as well as through funding for medical and scientific research.

If you are unable to participate in the Spin4Heroes fundraiser, then perhaps you could attend the upcoming “Heroes Foundation Gala,” a black tie (optional) affair which also benefits the Heroes Foundation. This exciting “An Evening with Heroes,” hosted by the Heroes Foundation, will take place February 25th 2012, at 6:30 pm and will be held at the Indianapolis JW Marriott. There will be a silent and live auction, live entertainment, dinner, and more. Call now at 317-860-5800 to reserve a room for only $139.00 per night.

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Although there are spin cycles available at LA Fitness and Lifetime Fitness, cyclists will need to bring their own bikes to Motion Cycling & Fitness.

Join Spin4Heros and Help raise money that lead to significant and meaningful progress in the war on cancer.

On January 21st, 2012, we will be hosting our 2nd annual indoor relay-style team bike spinning event that supports the Heroes Foundation. 20 team spots available at EACH location. First come, first served.

Janet Striebel, a Geist resident, is married to Doug and they have three children: Ryan, Jessica, and Justin.

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brand. Lawrence signage featuring a “Mayor Paul Ricketts” engraving and a dispute over a police dog left a less than favorable impression of the City.

As for what the “new and improved” Lawrence will look like, Jessup has some big ideas. After researching other metropolitan areas around the country, Jessup found a striking parallel between Lawrence and Aurora, Colorado.

“Aurora has a decommissioned military base (Lowry Air Force Base) just 6 miles outside of Denver, Colorado. They used the arts, festivals, music, and theater to draw tourism from neighboring communities. As a result, their unemployment rate is about 2% under the national average and they have a vibrant economy.”

Jessup is excited by the assets already at his disposal to see this vision come to fruition. For starters, the historic

The historic Main Post Theater next to the Sterrett Center could prove to be a valuable asset in building an arts community in Lawrence.

Main Post 250-seat theater next to the Sterrett Center, public art sculptures at major intersections, and a strong grass roots arts organization called the Partnership for Lawrence can provide a good base to build upon. Discussions have already started with music festivals, including the Whispering Beard Folk Festival near Cincinnati, to relocate to Lawrence.

“I’m just excited that we are moving toward getting to do something proactive in Lawrence,” said Jessup with a smile. “We finally get to make a difference and get on the same page instead of each others’ backs.”

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The New Face of Lawrence Newly-elected City of Lawrence Mayor Dean Jessup is poised and energized to move Lawrence forward.

By Tom Britt

A city best known for political infighting is about to get a new look, complete with a mustache.

Twenty-six year Lawrence resident Dean Jessup pulled off what many thought was a political upset in November when he beat Republican incumbent Paul Ricketts for the job of Mayor for the City of Lawrence.

“I knew I could win or I wouldn’t have run,” said Jessup in a recent post-election interview. “When (John) Solenberg gave Ricketts such a challenge in May, I knew that the voters were looking for a change.”

Solenberg, a 53 year-old emergency helicopter pilot, narrowly lost to Ricketts in the republican primaries

garnering 47% of the vote. Afterwards, Solenberg came out in support of Jessup who ran in his Democratic primary unopposed.

Going door-to-door, Jessup and his volunteers heard a common theme with Lawrence voters.

“People feel like nothing has happened in the last 8 years, we all feel like we’ve missed some opportunities,” said Jessup. “Now is the time.

Financially, if we don’t do something, we are going to waste away to nothing.

Hopefully that will create enough urgency to start moving some things forward.”

Jessup has big plans for Lawrence.

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complete with a new logo, tagline, flag, and most importantly a new attitude towards the City of Lawrence.

In November, the Lawrence Redevelopment Commission, led by Geist resident John Lewis, approved a rebranding project for the City of Lawrence in an effort to attract more businesses to relocate to the Pendleton Pike corridor. After some internal discussion, the scope of the project expanded to include the entire City of Lawrence.

“We need to get the community leaders all involved in this process to make sure we’re all singing from the same song book. Right now, we’re known as the community that does nothing but politically fight. We have to change that culture.”

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