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cially for toddlers, on fi ve-acre parcel near the entry of West Park.

Sara Ross Keck Shapiro, was born in Evansville during a blizzard in 1961. She grew up in Mount Vernon, a small Indiana town along the Il-linois border on the Ohio River. As the youngest of three children, she learned the value of philanthropy from her parents.

Recently she took her community involve-ment a step further by joining the Carmel Plan Commission as its Parks Board representative.

“There’s so much to learn about zoning, codes and overlay zones, but I warn people,

I have an opinion and I’m not afraid to use it,” Shap-iro said with a chuckle. She embraces the challenge of her new role with zest.

“If you look at the big picture,” Shapiro said, “we’re creating a commu-nity that is able to entice businesses into the city.” She credits the upscale park system, excellent schools, low crime rate and Hamilton County’s Execu-tive Airport as assets that will lure new companies to the area.

Shapiro knows the value of the former Terry Airport. That’s where she parks her Saratoga, a single-engine six-pas-senger airplane. Shapiro inherited her love of fl ying from her father, a World War II veteran and a pilot.

“My dad always told me you get up in the sky and leave all your troubles behind,” Shap-iro said. After several years as an investment banker, Shapiro chose to become a full-time mom with the birth of her fi rst child, but needed something more and decided it was time to get her pilot’s license.

She started fl ying when her daughter, El-len, who is now 14, was 18 months old.

“My husband, Brian, was very support-ive,” Shapiro said. “He saw how happy fl ying

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Favorite movie: “Avalon.” She loves romantic comedies.Last book read: A manual for a Cirrus aircraft but is a huge Dan Brown fan.Creative side: Making jewelry, creat-ing photo albums and Klutz craft kits.Personal hero: Bessie Coleman, who earned her pilot’s license in 1921 as the fi rst African-American fl y girl and all the Women Air Service Pilots (WASP) who served in the U.S. military during World War II.Favorite places: Florence, Italy, and Portland, Ore.

Husband history: Brian (of Shapiro’s Deli fame) and Sally met on an air-plane (of all places), during a 4-hour layover. They struck up a conversa-tion, which led to a relationship and 17 years of marriage.Kid stuff: Ellen, 14, is a great athlete and plays competitive softball with the Carmel Sting. Joel, 12, seems destined to follow in his mother’s footsteps with a passion for aviation and am interest in engineering.What’s next? To someday fl y as a commercial pilot

Pilot and Mom of Ellen and Joel.”

This title, neatly typed on Sally Shapiro’s personal

business card, says a lot but doesn’t say it all. It should also read “commu-nity advocate.” Shapiro’s talent in the air and love for her family is obvious. Her diligent, behind-the-scenes com-mitment to the good of our thriving suburb is not so evident.

Just take a look at Carmel’s cre-ative parks, playgrounds, green space, walking paths and water features. As a member of the Carmel Parks Board, Shapiro has helped turn these recreational visions into reality.

“Twenty years ago there was no park land at all in Carmel,” Shapiro said. “Today we have about 500 acres.” Carmelot, on Gray Road, was the fi rst and only park in the area for many years.

In the past decade, a combination of gener-ous land donations and purchases has allowed the department to develop new parks, such as West Park at Towne Road and 116th Street.

“This park was really community driven,” Shapiro said. “We went to schools, had town meetings and talked to neighbors about what they wanted to see in a park.”

At that time, there were seven staff members in the parks department and no active board, so a neighbor-hood search was conduct-ed for a committee to make up a design team for West Park. Shapiro’s enthusiasm — she attended all of the meetings — prompted the township trustee asked her to become a board mem-ber. That was nine years ago. Today, the Carmel Parks Department employs almost 250 staff members.

Shapiro visited a dozen skate parks in California to fi gure out how to implement one into the master plan. “We now have a skate park for skateboarders and rollerbladers.” Lo-cated in Central Park near The Monon Center, the 55 million dollar crown jewel of Carmel’s park system, this innovative attraction fi ts alongside a gigantic outdoor aqua park, which is scheduled for a grand opening Memorial Weekend.

According to Shapiro, there is still much to do with Carmel’s parks. Two parks on the east side of town have yet to be developed, West Park has 45 untouched acres and there are plans to build a sledding hill, designed espe-

FUN FACTS ABOUT SALLY SHAPIRO

made me.” When she was seven months pregnant with her son, Joel, who is now 12, Shapiro passed her instrument rating test.

“It was the hardest test I have ever taken,” she said. “I’ve never taken a test that my entire family’s life depended on.” She says she takes safety very seriously and trains with an instructor every spring to keep her skills up to speed.

Shapiro hopes to continue her philan-thropy in the air. A few years ago, Shapiro fl ew a mission for Angel Flight American (formerly called AirLifeLine). This organization coor-dinates more than 5,000 private pilots that provide 20,000 free air fl ights a year for adults

and children in need of medical services or during times of national crisis. Someday, she plans to volunteer for this group again.

“I learned from my parents that it’s all about being involved, paying back to your community and leaving it a better place than when you got here.”

Contact correspondent Stephanie Curtis at stepha-nie@currentincarmel.com.

Story & Photos by:Stephanie Curtis

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SOUR TAKES

HAVE YOU VOTED YET TODAY?OK, here’s the way we roll around

here: No vote, no complaints.The primary election is under way until

6 tonight. In effect, the course our city will take for the next four years will be decided then.

Do you care? We know many of you do.

Do you vote? We know many of you don’t.

Look, there’s no Bush running for office, so maybe this isn’t the sexiest ballot you’ve ever seen. The blather on the nightly news has nothing to do with Carmel races. Perhaps you haven’t been reading the local paper, this one, which has profiled all the council races.

Still, there’s plenty of time to become

educated AND motivated enough to get out from behind the desk or off the sofa and go VOTE.

The state graciously gives us until 6 p.m. to exercise our right - could be responsibility - to cast a ballot. Just mere minutes of your day is all it takes, and we know you have an opinion on which candidates should be advanced to the November general election.

A great voter turnout for any election is a wonderful statement. Carmel should lead this state in such.

And if you choose to not vote, please also choose to keep quiet about what transpires beyond Inauguration Day.

It is our position that the non-public family members of public officials ought to be left out of the hurricane that follows a public scandal.

The spouse of recently fallen local business and public service icon Randy Tobias has been contacted by all sort and form of salacious story seeker.

No Pulitzers to be discovered here – just a chance to broadcast one’s private pain into the public domain. Mrs. Tobias wisely has (and repeatedly) said, “Thank you, but I have no comment.” She operates with a level of class and decorum rarely seen.

Private lives become public fodder with increasing regularity these days. Hours after the shootings at Virginia

Tech, distraught family members (of both the victims and the perpetrator) were being circled by jackals looking for that singular (and lucrative) sound byte.

News is our business and we understand its value. But we question the news importance of private pain. Is the father of Jeffery Dahmer, Midwestern-born serial killer and cannibal, proud of his son? What do we expect him to say? Yet his response seems more attractive to the international press than Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s thoughts on the U.N.

Words Don’t Describe.

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FROM THE BACKSHOP

Perhaps you received a piece of election mail last Thursday from Republican mayoral candidate John Koven. If you elected to read it, you’ll know that he went to great lengths to rip this newspaper and its management over our endorsement of candidates that are a part of today’s primary election.

That’s his prerogative and representative of the beautiful power of the First Amendment, and we salute him for exercising that right. It was a politically savvy move to lambaste the community newspaper that endorsed the incumbent mayor, Jim Brainard. (We know you don’t believe us, but we really are being serious here.)

He even credited one of us with being the manager of Brainard’s 2003 re-election. He gave too much acknowledgment there – way too much. Co-manager was as far as it went, folks, but we did a dandy job of handing out yard signs, setting up media interviews, arranging for a podium and riser to be delivered to campaign headquarters and keeping the lemonade chilled on election night. We consulted, because we were a consultant at the time. Manager? Heavens, no! There was a director and two co-managers. The latter two, of which we were one, reported directly to the former.

A reader wrote us on deadline for this edition to mention how Koven’s mailing “seemed like sour grapes.” Not for us to judge. She also said, “You might want to let him know that virtually all newspapers endorse candidates and the rest of the political messages in your paper appear to be paid advertising.” Well, dear e-mailer, every last

one of them was a paid ad. We did offer the challenger’s representative, who rang us up, the opportunity to buy an ad in the heat of deadline, long past the time we customarily cut off such transactions, for the May 1 issue; the offer was declined, even though we and Koven’s rep tried to work out a way to make it happen. You may also wish to know we didn’t pursue the recent investigation of a complaint against Koven, because, to us, when a report reads “no charges, case closed” it instantly becomes a non-story. Other media thought otherwise; that’s their deal.

All we know is this: previous relationship or not, Brainard was going to get our (apparently mighty powerful) endorsement, because we very much like the way things are progressing in this burg. And contrary to some folks’ opinions or beliefs, neither Brainard nor anyone associated with government anywhere between here and the moon has any ownership in this enterprise. Endorsement? Heck, yes. It is earned by everything that has been cobbled together to create a positive vibe and movement for this community, which is an awesome place to live. That matters to us.

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

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STICKS AND STONES ...

It seems to begin with our fi rst words. We call our older brother or sister the worst thing we can think of (generally something

related to bathroom activities). From few short phrases we get

the rising joy of feeling supe-rior and they are nearly mortally wounded (If you don’t believe it, call a 3 year-old a name and see how he or she reacts!). Humans have been disparaging each other since the beginning of recorded history. “Og,” the caveman, likely was calling his neighbor on the other side of the rock a “doo-doo head” because of some disagreement over the color choice of a cave painting.

In nature, creatures from birds to chimpan-zees carry on with great vigor, when affronted by one another. Enjoying our balmy weather on a recent morning, I listened as each and every sort of bird screeched and squawked outside the window. Generally, it appears to be a whole lot of noise but very little action. Evolution may have taught them that it is better to defame the competitive suitor for the attentions of the attractive little starling than to fi ght to the death. But the fact that the en-counter is auditory and not physical does not reduce the fervor with which it is pursued.

We sophisticated and well-educated adults are often not much better than the rest. We squeal and jump around about almost every sort and type of infraction. The telemarketer that called during dinner is a “stupid so-and-so.” The referee making the bad call is “bum.” Should we be angry if others don’t agree with (or even try to see) our point of view? But at which point does trash talking destroy the dialogue?

When we call nations the “Axis of Evil,” what is accom-plished? What is the impact? If enough people call our president “stupid,” does that make it so? How does the world perceive us? Is he the king of the “stupid?” And locally a handful of very, if somewhat inexplicably, angry folks, are

taking the names of Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard and City Council candidate Kevin “Woody” Rider and – gasp! – this very newspa-per, giving them the playground treatment.

You know the routine. “Hey Nelly, you’re so smelly. Smelly Nelly. Smelly Nelly.” Why do bul-lies do this? And why does Nelly, who is really not smelly at all, run crying from the encounter? Not all targets run, cry and hide, though. See, we are just beginning to understand the impact of “hate speech” – how some words are

able to have a profound impact on people’s lives.

Words have great power, and we all learn that fact very early in life. Unfortunately, we seem to be missing the appropriate restraint to keep that power under control. Actor Alex Baldwin recently unloaded on an answering machine repeatedly calling his pre-teen daugh-ter a “pig.” Did this fully grown adult male need to go to that level of expression with this little girl? Rosie O’Donnell and other some other celebs have come to his defense. They cite the immense pressure of being rich and famous among the excuses for this behavior. Riiiight.

Imus, Richards, Cheney, and loads of others indulged in a little public name-calling

of late. These are all people who have access and power at extraordinary levels, yet they are capable of venting like a slighted high school girl writing bad things about a rival on a wall in the boy’s bathroom.

Maybe name-calling keeps us from actually maiming each other, or worse. I’d rather see two dads yell it out than fi ght it out over the fourth-grade soc-cer match. Honestly, I’d really rather see neither.

And if you don’t agree with me, you must be stupid.

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

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DISPATCHESHELP CREEKSIDE WITH YOUR FEET: Creekside Middle School’s fourth annual 5K Walk/Run will start at 8:30 a.m. May 19 in the Village of West Clay. The event raises money for the school enrichment programs, extracurricu-lar clubs and activities, and the athletics department. Registration is $15 for an individual, and there is a form on the school’s Web site: http://www.ccs.k12.in.us/Creek-side/Main.htm. Entrants receive a race T-shirt and are entered in a drawing for prizes. Race-day registration is in front of Broccoli Bill’s in the Village, which is also the location of the start and finish lines. Last year nearly 500 people participated.

GET YOUR FACE PAINTED: Students at Clay Middle School will be attempt-ing to break the Guin-ness World Record for the Most Faces Paint-ed in an Hour at 3:15

p.m. Thursday. All of the proceeds will be given to the Product (RED) campaign, which helps AIDS victims in Africa. There will be a celebra-tion party afterwards with music, food and pictures. For more infor-mation, call Bryan Alig at 844.7251 at the school, 5151 E. 126th St.

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Mother’s day stands for peace

This Sunday, Mom will be the center of attention, receiving cards, phone calls, hugs

and maybe even a little breakfast in bed from members of grateful Carmel families. Little did Julia Ward Howe know way back in 1870 when she first suggested a Mother’s Day devoted to peace, that the second Sunday of May would become a national holiday established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914.

Modern Mother’s Day celebra-tions look very different from the day Mrs. Howe envisioned. Her proclamation indicates that she sought to draw attention to a world without violence, “Whereby the great human family can live in peace.”

Following Julia Howe’s early lead, another group of Moms will be marking Mother’s Day in a similar way, advocating violence preven-tion by delivering “peace pies” to members of Congress. Monica Cannaley, a local member of The Peace Alliance, is trying to establish a Department of Peace within our United States government to research, propose and facilitate practical, field-tested solutions to reduce conflict in our communities, nation and the world.

Immediately I assumed the group was focused on war, but Cannaley informed me her mission is much broader than just the 20 major armed conflicts raging around the world. From school shoot-ings to domestic violence or gang problems to ter-

rorist attacks, there is clearly a need to address local issues related to how we live and interact with each other. Can-naley has been visiting local colleges and universities, in-cluding Notre Dame’s Peace Studies Master program, to develop tools and methods for conflict resolution, peer mediation and post-conflict reconstruction. Her organization is also contacting local government entities to persuade them to support the legislation that now has 62 co-sponsors in the U.S. House.

Everyone knows Mom and apple pie go together. Monica Cannaley is focused on

adding another word……..PEACE. Happy Mother’s Day!

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

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Mother’s Day, 2002 ... ah, the memories. Puking 10-month-old twins, parties for in-laws, my husband ditching me with said

twins and an obnoxious 3-year old for four hours to attend his brother’s medical school graduation in downtown Indianapolis. I’m tell-ing you, nothing says “We love you” like vomit and abandonment.

Luckily I was able to call a “redo” and celebrated a lovely Mother’s Day the following Saturday. More importantly, I learned a good lesson: If I want to have a great Mother’s Day, I need to plan, in advance, a whole day just for me. No kids, no in-laws, no husband. If this is the only day all year that I get to celebrate the joys of motherhood, than I’m going to spend the time pretending I’m not a mom.

With that in mind, consider my fifth annual “It’s Great Being Childless Again” extravaganza.

Midnight to 9 a.m. Sleep in. My husband can get up with the kids and plough through the breakfast melee on his own.

9 to 10 a.m. Shower. For the entire hour. And enjoy every warm, quiet, peaceful minute of it.

10 to 10:30 a.m. Blow-dry my hair, put some make-up on, and get dressed; all without leaving the confines of my bedroom to wipe a poopy toddler bottom or break up a fight over whose turn it is to play Club Penguin.

10:30 to 10:33 a.m. Say “Good morn-ing” to my family; let them present me with my Happy Mother’s Day cards and/or hand-made ceramic gifts, rhyming poems, etc. Say “Good-bye” to my family and sprint for the door.

10:35 to 11:35 a.m. Head to the Barnes & Nobles at 146th and Meridian for a Starbucks venti

latte breve (decaf — I’m too jacked-up on the glory of being on my own to need caffeine!) and a scone. Peruse the magazines, books, and CD selections at my leisure.

11:35 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Drive over to Stein Mart and search for a bathing suit (one-piece or extra-long tankini, of course) and possibly some cute espadrilles.

12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Hit Panera for a cup of broccoli-cheese soup, a large sour dough roll, and a sweetened iced tea. Call my mom in Kentucky and my mom-in-law in Carmel and wish them “Happy Mother’s Day.” See? It’s not all about me.

1:30 p.m. Roll into Regal Cinemas for the 1:45 showing of “The Chick Flick My Husband

Will Never Take Me To Even If He Were Being Tortured ‘Casino Royale’ Style” or possibly “300.” Again. What a delicious smorgasbord of abs to behold!

4 p.m. Swing by the Dairy Queen on Range Line for a vanilla cone. Nothing cuts the too-much-butter-on-my-large-popcorn-induced nausea like synthetic ice cream. Trust me on this one.

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Walk the aisles at Target. Heaven.

5:40 to 6:40 p.m. Walk the aisles at Wal-Mart. Cheaper Heaven.

7 p.m. Fly by McDonald’s for my Mommy Happy Meal: a cheeseburger, small fries, and a Diet Coke, hold the annoying plastic toy.

7:15 to 8:30 p.m. If nothing better comes to mind, kill time by listening to a non-Radio Disney music station while driving the entire I-465 loop, twice if necessary.

8:40 p.m. Return home to wish my beloved offspring “Goodnight.” What’s that? Their bedtime was 8:30? Hallelujah! The perfect end to a perfect day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Carmel moms out there. Even if you can’t do a whole day, try to take a moment for yourself. I’m certain you deserve it!

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

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The Carmel Dads’ Club Girls’ Lacrosse Select Middle School team went 3-0 at the Waverly Tournament in Lan-sing, Mich., recently.Team members on bottom row: Cassie Dugan, Emily Grayson, Hope Thomas, Sara Rogers, Tess Kromar, Jaime Heede, Abby Sniv-ely, Grace Garrett, Kaitlin McBane and Carolyn Beford and on the top row: Alyssa Stetson, Kayla Clark, Marielle Gaiser, Anna Teeter, Aya Tomozawa, MacKenzie Cunningham, Sarah Lankton and Jenna Turner.

Blissful: mother’s day without the kids

DON’T FORGET THE TEA!The reservation deadline has

passed, but those holding tickets for the Carmel Arts Council’s seventh-annual English Silver Tea are remind-ed of Thursday’s event at The Man-sion at Oak Hill at 3:30. Buckingham Companies has underwritten the tea, which allows the council to devote 100 percent of the proceeds to four arts scholarships of $1,500 each for qualifying graduating students

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DISPATCHESMAYOR DECLARES ‘WIZ WEEK’: Mayor Jim Brainard declared this week (May 7-13) ”Wiz Week in Car-mel” to honor Carmel High School’s production of the Tony-award win-ning musical. The declaration was made in a ceremony last Wednes-day at the high school. “The Wiz” is based on the classic novel L. Frank Baum novel, “The Wizard of Oz,” and opened on Broadway in 1975 with an all-black cast. Many of you may remember the movie version of the musical that starred Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Perfor-mances at CHS are at 7:30 p.m. Thu, Fri and Sat. Matinees are also set for 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the high school auditorium. Tick-ets cost $6, $8 and $10.

DISTRICT TO ROCK IN JULY: A big change for this year’s Rock the District: The event, originally set for May 19, has been moved to the beginning of July. The new dates are Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7. Rock the District features a variety of musical performances throughout the day and a district-wide sidewalk sale. This event is free. For more information, call 571.2787 or go to www.CarmelArt-sAndDesign.com

Polls are openuntil 6 p.m. today

Voters must show a form of govern-ment-issued identifi cation to the poll inspector or judge. Acceptable forms of identifi cation include:• Driver’s license• Passport• Military ID

Forgetting your ID will not prohibit you from exercising your democratic right to vote. No ID means you may vote on a provisional ballot, which will nto count until you can carry a form of ID to the Hamilton County Elections Offi ce. Pro-visional ballots and the ID law were in effect last general election.

Absentee ballots are due by May 7.

For the handicapped voter, there are voting machines that read the ballot at each polling place.

By law, you must “put away” all cam-paign materials, because such materi-als are forbidden within 50 feet of the polling place. Of course, this includes buttons and pamphlets, and don’t wear the “Vote for So and So” T-shirt.

Source: Hamilton County

CARMEL’S PRIMARY ELECTION INFO

Carmel MayorD - Henry WincklerR - Jim Brainard (i)R - John R. Koven

Carmel Clerk-TreasurerR - Diana Cordray (i)

Carmel City Court JudgeR - Paul Felix

Carmel City Council - District 1D - Sarann Klain WarnerR - Rick Sharp (i)

Carmel City Council - District 2D - Julie Fernatt R - Kevin Kirby (i) R- Eric Seidensticker R - Drew Williams

Carmel City Council - District 3D - Robyn Pauker R - John Accetturo R - Richard Leirer R - Brian D. Mayo (i)

Carmel City Council - District 4R - Thomas L. Brooks R - Joe Griffi ths (i)R - Martha Roan

Carmel City Council - District 5D - Mary Carter R - Cherie PiebesR - Lucy Snyder

City Council - At-Large - Elect 2D - Edward Chu D - John Sullivan R - Ron Carter (i)R - Mark Rattermann (i)R - Kevin “Woody” RiderR - Wayne Wilson

Board of Elections (i = incumbent. D = Democrat. R = Republican.)

WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD YYOU PREFER?OU PREFER?

We SUPPOWe SUPPORRT BrT Brainard, Cainard, Cararter, Ridter, Rider, Sharper, Sharp, Kirb, Kirbyy, , Griffiths, MaGriffiths, Mayyo and Po and Piebes - and we tell yiebes - and we tell you whyou why

s a community newspaper,Current in Carmel is deeplyinvested in our city.

Not only do we care aboutthe day-to-day happenings inCarmel, but we care deeply

about the quality of life that is the accumulationof our schools, our merchants, our neighbor-hoods and our local government.

Normally, primary elections are partyaffairs and the media doesn't involve itself.But in Carmel, the primary election is, infact, THE election, since the Democratic Partydoes not have enough adherents to mountany reasonable challenge. For that matter,neither does the Libertarian Party.

So, the election on May 8 very muchDOES matter.

The nominee of the Republican Partyessentially will be elected to office, andunless there are political upheavals of tsuna-mi status, we will know our leadership forthe next four years one week from tonight.

We believe that the best interests ofCarmel citizens are served by the re-nomina-tion of Mayor Jim Brainard and at-largeCarmel City Council candidates Ron Carter and Kevin"Woody" Rider.

Our decision is based on the record of the Brainard admin-istration. Since 1995, Brainard has been driven by a commit-ment to keep the tax rate stable and has been able to cut taxesin 10 of the past 11 years.

We were intrigued with the mayor's announcement that hewould petition the state to cut the tax rate by 22 percent, aplan that has been approved by the state's Local GovernmentFinance agency. There is no other mayor in the state who hasdemonstrated such an innovative knowledge of tax law or asbold an approach to cutting taxes.

Too, we strongly believe Brainard deserves credit for man-aging the unprecedented growth in Carmel. While the city hasdoubled in population during the past four years, and throughannexation increased its land size by 100 percent, it is encour-aging that the city has been able to manage its budget with areasonable increase. While Brainard's chief opponent, JohnKoven, has made the increase in budget one of his campaignissues, we believe that his protest fails the test of truth sincehe once chaired the Annexation Committee of the city councilthat increased the size of the city so dramatically.

In considering this endorsement, Current in Carmellooked beyond the obvious signs of the Brainard administra-tion, the roundabouts and the Monon Trail. Instead, welooked at the way the mayor works with the other institutionsand governmental units in our community, county and state.We very much like what we see in the mayor's active participa-tion in our public schools, his dynamic communication with

the school board and administrators. We've also found that heis a strong advocate for our city in his daily negotiations anddealings with county government and state government, wherehe is respected for his innovation and vision.

Our office is in Arts & Design District, at the southeast cor-ner of East Main Street and South Range Line Road. We've real-ly come to know our merchants and neighbors, and when theytell us that Koven has visited their businesses and threatenedto stop the redevelopment of the old downtown and fire cityhall (claims he denies), you have to wonder if his campaign isrational and represents progress or is simply a vendetta againsthis longtime political adversary, Brainard.

We are endorsing Carter and Kevin "Woody" Rider for dif-ferent, but we believe equally significant, reasons. The negativecampaign of incumbent Mark Rattermann, who is runningfor one of the two at-large seats, seems to be entirely focusedon the city's debt; it doesn't add up when you consider thefacts.

Rattermann's campaign literature conveniently has left outkey facts related to the payment of the debt related to thePerforming Arts Center, and he ignores the administration's fis-cal plan that shows debt payments without tax increases.What's more, his 2003 campaign literature contained hispledge to support parks and trails, yet within one week of tak-ing office and then consistently through his term, Rattermannvoted against parks and trail projects.

Wayne Wilson, the other candidate for the at-large seat, webelieve, doesn't offer the level of leadership that this city needsto move forward. Wilson decided to end regular meetings with

the mayor in his past term as a councilman, and hevoted for a provision over Brainard's objection thatended up raising municipal property taxes in Carmelby more than 10 percent. That, coupled with votesthat diminished the city's ability to communicate withcitizens through its cable television channel and itsWeb site, lead us to conclude that Wilson represents aphilosophy and time of government that long sincehas passed in our city. We have serious questions, ifnot reservations, about Wilson's vote against ClayTerrace while at the same time accepting a major con-tribution from the popular shopping center's majorcompetitor.

Carter is an outspoken and often overly candid(which we appreciate) member of our city council,who has shown his commitment to service on theCarmel Redevelopment Commission and as the guid-ing force behind our Farmers' Market. Carter impress-es us with his conservative-but-principled approach togovernment.

Rider, a newcomer to politics but a long-time busi-ness owner in our community, has amazed andenthused us with his commitment to youth, his driveto involve small business in community affairs, and hisdetermination to see the Brainard administration'splans move forward.

We wholeheartedly support and endorse Carter and Rider.The former will continue to be and the latter will becomeexceptional stewards of our city, your trust and your pocket-books. We believe you should add to that list city councilincumbents Rick Sharp, Kevin Kirby, Joe Griffiths and BrianMayo, because each has distinguished himself as a positivecontributor to the city's move forward. We also believe CheriePiebes will make a fine addition to council, and we urge yourconsideration of her business, executive leadership and com-munication qualities.

While newspapers with a wider area focus likely will turntheir attention to races such as those for the presidency andCongress, we are by, for and about Carmel. That is why we areendorsing here. That is a commitment we plan to keep in thefuture and a commitment we share with our readers to do ourpart in a community in which we all can take pride.

Brainard Carter Rider Sharp

Kirby Griffiths Mayo Piebes

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LEGAL BRIEFSBy Douglas Haney, Esq.

ITEM: Political Signs

BACKGROUND: With Carmel’s primary election over at 6 p.m. today away, political signs have sprouted across the city. This is a form of political speech.

In 1791, when James Madison wrote the First Amendment to our U.S. Constitution, one of its funda-mental purposes was to protect the free discussion of political issues. A time-honored method of doing so is to post signs of support for a candi-date or a cause. While this right to “speak from your property” is pro-tected, that right is not absolute, and must be meshed with other important community interests.

THE LAW: Unlike “core” election speech, over which First Amendment protection is “at its zenith,” politi-cal signs are subject to valid “time, place and manner” restrictions. Moreover, a municipality can prohibit the posting of all private signs on public property, given the legitimate governmental concern over traf-fic and pedestrian safety and visual aesthetics.

Carmel is such a great place to

live, in part because its leaders care about the visual clutter and safety problems caused by private signs placed in public rights of way. For this reason, Carmel law does pro-hibit the placement of private signs, including political signs, in all city rights of way, as well as on trees, official traffic signs and utility poles located in those rights of way. Unlaw-fully placed signs will be removed by the city – and have been during this election season.

One other important point to re-member is that the theft, damage or defacement of lawful political signs is a crime.

RESOURCES: Report illegal signs to the Street Department (733.2001) and sign theft or damage to the Po-lice Department (571.5000). See also, City Code Section 25.07.

Douglas C. Haney is the Carmel city attorney. The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the City of Carmel. Haney’s views should not be relied upon as le-gal advice applicable to a specific factual situa-tion. E-mail him at dhaney@carmel.in.gov.

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DISPATCHESF.C. TUCKER’S NEW ASSOCIATES: F.C. Tucker Company has added 29 new residential sales associates to its network of Indianapolis-area offi ces. The following Realtors are now providing real estate services in Tucker’s Carmel offi ce: Eric Credle, Rob Helvaty, Doug Mueller, Adam Prezbindowski and Carl Webster.

BIKE-TO-WORK DAY IS MAY 18: Head to the Circle downtown at 8 a.m. on May 18 to celebrate National Bike-To-Work Day. If you don’t work downtown, come any-way – it’s a party and a happening! If you can’t make the downtown event, pedal your way to the offi ce on your own or with a colleague. Join in group rides coming from all parts of the city and these will soon be posted on the Central Indiana Bicycle Association (CIBA) Web site at www.cibaride.org.

PILATES STUDIO OPENS: A new Pilates studio, Reforming Indy, has

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MARKET YOUR HOME ONLINE: Are you in the market to buy or sell a home? Virtual real estate company eSellHouse.com offers all the ser-vices of traditional real estate com-panies, but without the overhead and expenses that increase costs to the public. Today’s technology allows eSellHouse.com agents to be independent, mobile and fl exible in dealing with clients. “Our fully licensed and trained professional agents are authorized to negotiate fees on the spot, without the red tape or internal bureaucracy of a traditional company,” according to eSellHouse.com broker/owner Tim Meador, SRA. In addition, eSellHouse.com offers the public full access to all its on-line listings — allowing people to look for the right home any time of day or night, 24/7, based on such criteria as home type and price range, Meador said.

I like quotes. I like them so much that I send out a “Thought for the Day” via e-mail to more than 100 people. Last week I found a quote by Dr. Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artifi cial

heart. The quote is, “Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.”

What a great state-ment. The fi rst nugget is that leaders are visionaries. They are focused on the future. They are focused on what could be. Henry Ford was absolutely convinced that it was possible to build a V8 motor. He pushed his engineers relentlessly, even as they repeat-edly told him that it wasn’t possible.

Next, leaders have a poorly developed

sense of fear. I love that. Leaders are coura-geous. They don’t waste time worrying. They aren’t the kind of people who continually see all the things that can go wrong.

Finally, leaders have no concept of the odds against them. Why is that? It’s not because they’re oblivious. Leaders are simply

unwilling to give those odds any power. For them, the odds may exist, but they really don’t matter.

So how can you put this wisdom to work in leading your own life?

Start dreaming. We used to be so good at it when we were kids. Go ahead. Think BIG. Be creative; don’t limit yourself.

Stop worrying. All it will do is give you ulcers. Focus on how cool it will be when your dream becomes a reality.

Ignore the odds. You will encounter obstacles that cause you to second-guess yourself. There will be naysayers who tell you all the things that will go wrong. Ignore it.

There’s a person inside you who wants to step out and make something happen. Maybe it’s starting a business. Perhaps making a major career change. It might be going back to work now that your children are in school. Whatever it is, start dreaming, stop worrying and ignore the odds. You’ll thank yourself for years to come.

Kent Burns is a Carmel resident and partner at MRINETWORK, the nation’s largest staffi ng fi rm. He is also a professional speaker and author of “What’s Your Why?” His blog is www.thewhybook.com/blogs and he can be reached at kent@cur-rentincarmel.com

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tions. 5. Always make it simple.

Communication must be simple and easy. The person who receives your message doesn’t want more work – they seek simplicity. Simplicity also includes speaking the same language. Be sure any content you send to people is easy to open and doesn’t make you download anything.

6. Give up control. Your potential customers will believe another customer over you any day. Don’t always think you have to control the message. Let the user or customer shape the message. That creates interaction. The future of sales and marketing will be allowing your brand (and its reputation) to be vulnerable. You don’t have to control everything, give up a little and you will fi nd that it pays off.

7. Make it convenient. Action or the next step has got to be easy for the user. Have you ever been to a Web site where the only way to get in touch with the company was to call them? How inconvenient is that? You are online and ready to take action, but there is no convenient way to make contact, share or buy. You always have to make it convenient for

the user. If you are using digital or electronic means to contact customers, let them respond or interact with you the same way. It only makes sense.

8. Create an audience. Communications in a digital world requires you to think “audience.” The people you communicate with are your audi-ence. Always remember you have no right to bore your audience. If your company were a sports team and you continually disappointed, soon your audience would disap-pear. The same thing applies to your communications. Make it two-way. One-way communica-tions are boring. Make it two-way and you develop relationships. How strongly would you feel connected to a person or company that never asked for your opinion or let you talk? You wouldn’t feel

connected at all. Let people connect with your company, it’s for the best.

Armed with these eight rules, your com-pany can create electronic communications that are effective and cause results. After all, that’s the point, right — results? Help create those results with your new world mentality approach to your communications.

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

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When your wife or mother makes the annual “don’t-get-me-anything-for-Mother’s-Day” declaration, you know what that means. You had bet-ter do something! (It’s THIS SUNDAY, guys).

Here are few gift ideas for those with the dough who want to bowl her over:Luxury wheels: 2007 Bentley Azure.MSRP Price Range: $329,990. Maximum speed is 171mph, and she gets to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds. (Power ratings are based on 98 RON fuel.) Pick one up at Bentley of Zionsville, 360 S. First St. (873.2360).Wine: There should be no pretense surrounding wine. Vino is for every-one. There is a lot of variety. It is more than just a drink; it is a conver-sation piece, especially if you learn about it. Who better to teach the nov-ice or the more advanced wine drink-ers than the folks at Kahn’s? Nathan Witt or Lewis Calli, the resident wine

guys at Kahn’s, offer in-home tastings. From Wine 101 to more extensive wine conversations, these tastings are fun and interesting. The tastings run about $20 an hour (count on 2 hours), plus the cost of wine, discounted.Contact: 817.9463Fancy ears: She can get her bling on her lobes for a measly $58K. Diamond Drop Earrings from the Vine Collection totaling 7.14 carats, set in platinum, are available from Harry Winston Rare Jewels of the World 212.315.7915.Spa: Pamper her. There are many spas in the area that do just that. Skin Sense Med Spa (39 W. Main St.) would be a welcome treat to any mom. It offers a variety of facials. This month the facials only cost $75 and include a 20-minute massage. If a massage is all you want, those cost $70/hour. Contact: 819-0011

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ture and fresh landscaping. Previously somewhat isolated, the west side of Carmel is becoming increasingly con-venient with all of the new shops and stores up and down 421 in this area.

• Challenges: Some of the paint colors in this house are quite bold. Although this may appeal to the right person, most prefer a more neutral decor. The new owner will have some out of pocket costs for fi nishing the basement.

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MONEY MATTERSWhat was the fi rst thing you saved

your money to buy?

“A Toyota Tercel. I was 22 and in the Air Force.”

Nick Ferro, Carmel

“A bike for my paper route.”

Doug Molloy, Carmel

“When I was 12 I bought a surfboard.”

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Teachers enter the education profession knowing that they won’t make big bucks and retire with a fat portfolio and stock options. (A beginning

teacher in the Carmel Clay Schools will earn $32,028 this year.)

And that old saying about the three best things about being a teacher – June, July and August – is a thing of the past. The summer vacation actu-ally lasts about nine weeks from the last day of one school year to the beginning of the next. Teachers use this “vacation” time to take graduate courses and workshops to maintain their state teaching license, to update lesson plans, to write curriculum

and to work to supplement their income. Despite the fi nancial drawbacks, most

Carmel teachers I know love what they do and wouldn’t consider another career. They are especially pleased to teach in a community that almost always values education and is supportive of their efforts.

But, like any professional, a teacher ap-preciates affi rmation that she is appreciated. Frank Luntz, in his recent book “Words that

Work,” pointed out that today’s American worker just wants to know that his efforts are valued. Teachers are no different.

With this school year coming to a close, Carmel Clay’s professional educators would be pleased – even thrilled – to have that apprecia-tion expressed to them. A handwritten note from a parent or student thanking a teacher for her work, dedication and professionalism would make a teacher’s day.

Before this school year comes to a conclu-sion early next month, readers might consider taking a few minutes to send a note to a teach-er who this year has made a difference in their lives or the lives of their children. Teachers are swamped with e-mail, so a note that arrives via the U.S. Postal Service is one that will be kept in a special fi le or placed on a bulletin board for many years to come.

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

DISPATCHESTEACHER’S WORK RECOGNIZED: Clay Middle School math teacher Amy Lynn Knerr has been tabbed as one of 60 recipients of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distin-guished Junior High School Math-ematics Teaching, which recog-nizes instructors who develop the mathematical talents of students based on their students’ perfor-mances in the annual American Mathematics Competition. “I feel very fortunate to work with such outstanding students, teach-ers and parents. I love teaching math and working with great kids every day,” Knerr said. As a win-ner, Knerr has received a check for $100, a letter of recognition, an award pin, a certifi cate from the Mathematical Association of America, a one-year subscription to Math Horizons magazine and a one-year membership in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

STUDENTS JOIN THESPIANS: The following Carmel High School students have earned induction into the school’s chapter of the International Thespian Society: Evan Cain, Lauren Carpenter, Jill Cimasko, Katie Cooprider, Matthew Crocker, Allison Faust, Abigail Grenda, Alicia Herder, Ra-chel Hill, E.B. Hunter, Ross Jaffe, Erin Lowe, Sarah Donaldson, Jon Martin, Megan Morrison, Eric Root, Arielle Rothchild and Devin Smith. To earn eligibility, students must work at least 100 hours during their high school career both on stage and behind the scenes. The students will be inducted during a May 16 ceremony at the Ritz Charles in Carmel. Tamara Tudor and Jim Peterson sponsor Carmel High School’s chapter.

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Treating behavioral disorders (includ-ing ADD/ADHD) can be a double-edged sword. On

the one edge, we become enslaved by the behavior of our children to the point that we lose our sense of self-control. On the other edge, we succumb to giving our children drugs to help them gain a sense of self-control. Neither of those are cutting-edge solutions.

It is understandable that parents and teachers can become overwhelmed and stressed out by children who are hyperactive at home and in the classroom. It would be great if a pill could make everything go away.

Rita Kirsch Debroitner, writing in The Whole Living Guide in June 2000, states “No-

body really knows what happens to a child’s brain on these drugs. While 90 percent of the world’s Ritalin prescriptions are written here in the U.S. … there are no long-term studies on its effect.”

There is mounting evidence that doctors are prescribing amphetamines at alarming rates to children for behavioral disorders believed to be ADD/ADHD, with “no defi nitive standardized test for ADD/ADHD” (www.addnondrug.com/article.html)

As I stated in an earlier article, our children are victims of our

stress-fi lled life styles. It’s a “Catch 22.” Our children become the reason for our stress-fi lled schedules, and we promote schedules for our children, giving them reasons to be stress-fi lled. It is unlikely that we will change

society, so our only hope is to change our parenting effectiveness. Our children depend on and deserve it.

Some suggestions:1) Stop the battle by saying, “I need to

calm down and not fi ght with you now.” 2) Try to understand what your child

needs on an emotional level.3) Think back to how you felt at that same

age.4) Try showing as much empathy as

possible without giving in to unreasonable demands.

Our unconditional love must be our child’s greatest and only mind-altering drug.

Becky Kapsalis, aka “Ask Yiayia,” is a certifi ed par-enting coach, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, speaker and Current In Carmel columnist. She can be reached at 810.9358 or askyiayia@indy.rr.com.

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HEALTHY RESTAURANT CHOICES: Eating healthy is hard enough at home; but what about when you go out? Choose these entrees for a more nutritious restaurant experience.Asian: Shrimp Stir-FryAnd choose brown rice — it’s lower in calories than fried varieties and has almost six times as much fi ber per serving as white. Diner: Three-egg-white omeletThis dish packs a lot of protein; for more nutrients and extra fl avor, order with lots of diced veggies. Forgo the home fries for the fruit cup.Indian: Chicken tikkaUnlike many Indian dishes pre-pared with ghee (clarifi ed butter), coconut milk, or cream, this ke-bab is simply seasoned with spices and cooked in a clay oven. Italian: Pasta alla marinaraThe tomato sauce is loaded with cancer-fi ghting lycopene, and it has a lot fewer calories than Alfredo sauce. Skip the Caesar and dress your salad with a light vinaigrette.Middle Eastern: Chicken shish kebabAccompany this satisfying skewer of grilled poultry and veggies with a side salad, not hummus or baba ghannouj (an eggplant spread). Seafood: Any fi sh, grilled, w/ lemonBaked or broiled is fi ne, too — it’s the buttery and sautée dishes that are far too generous with calories and fat. Southwestern: Vegetable fajitasWithout the tortilla and the sour cream, fajitas make a healthy stir-fry: A 9-ounce portion offers three servings of veggies. Steak House: Flank steakIt’s one of the leanest cuts of meat on the menu. At the rec-ommended deck-of-cards-size portion, it has 9 g of fat; prime rib can have up to three times as much.

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Summer’s almost here. Time for me to start making the list of Things I Most Likely Will

Not Get Done Again This Year.This is a weird late-spring

tradition in which I come up with a bunch of Grandiose Plans, Big Ideas and Opportunities for Great-ness – some recreational, some professional, some home improve-ment – which have but one thing in common: It’s highly unlikely any will be completed by the end of the summer.

Check that. It’s highly unlikely any will be started.

Oh, I’ll have plenty to do. It will be a busy and happy season, a little light on travel per-haps, but I’ll have fun and get some important things done.

They just won’t be the things I’ve been daydreaming about.

For example, this will most likely be the latest in a series of summers in which I do not ride down what’s left of Route 66 on my motorcycle. I’ve been planning this one for years. Decades, even. It might very well go back to the Route 66 TV show from the early 1960s, the one where Tod and Buz (or, in the

later seasons, Tod and Linc) went adventuring around the country in Tod’s Corvette.

So here I’ve been, nurturing a daydream in which I strap my backpack to my bike and point the front wheel west, avoiding the turnpikes to roll with the Mother Road through small towns and large, seeing America the way it deserves to be seen, eating in ca-fes and sleeping in motor courts, checking out the pretty girls and drawing admiring glances from the guys who wished they could do what I’m doing. And just as

I am about to favor them with one of those waves that says, “Yes, I know exactly how cool I am,” I come back to reality. I couldn’t possi-bly take that much time off. I’ll be lucky if I can fi nd a day I can ride to Shipshewana.

This will also be the summer I don’t get that space above the garage turned into a home offi ce. I’ve had this one on the books ever since I started working from what the real estate fl yer optimistically referred to as a “cute spare bedroom.” You and I would call it a closet with ambition.

Meanwhile, the space over the garage sits – well, not empty. It’s full of whatever I couldn’t fi nd space for in the house. But it

would make a magnifi cent offi ce, with room enough for a desk, a TV, all my toys and comic books, a good assortment of guitars and an electric train layout.

Oh well. It’s too hot up there to do con-struction work in the summer. And if I know my attitude about construction work, it’ll be too cold come winter, too wet in spring and … well, I’m still trying to come up with an excuse for fall. Let me get back to you on that.

Professionally, I think this is the summer I will once again put off writing another book. I always liked Mike Royko’s excuse for not writing books: “Books are long, My column is short. I like short.” Besides, I’m not sure what I want to write about. It’s like in fourth grade, when I waited to enter the science fair: All the good ideas seem to be taken.

You know what might be cool? A book about a ride down Route 66, which would be an excellent project to christen my new offi ce. If I were going to do those things. Which I’m not.

Time’s a-wasting. Summer’s almost here. My list is complete. I’d better get not started.

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

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NOMINEES WANTED!The Rotary Club of Carmel, Indiana is

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HOW TO NOMINATESend your nominations to ROSA, 1 S. Range

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Is it just me, or do you have a tough time fi nding things in your refrigera-tor?

Here’s some stuff I couldn’t fi nd this week: Paul Newman’s Italian

Dressing, Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s Cheesecake, Oscar Mayer’s Bologna, and Mike’s Hard Lemonade. What do these people have against me? Why are they avoiding me?

I did fi nd a tube of anchovy paste, which had expired six years ago and had slid behind the vegetable bin, but my theory is that the difference between fresh anchovy paste and stale anchovy paste is pretty academic, so I put it back where I found it.

I’m always successful at fi nding the gallon of milk and I can usually put my mitts directly on the jumbo bottle of Mountain Dew. After that I’m clueless.

I know these other things are in there somewhere. Sometimes I think my wife is hiding the good stuff. I’m convinced that when I’m sleeping, Mary Ellen sneaks downstairs and rearranges everything. She shoves the horse radish behind the milk carton, buries the tartar sauce under the bag of spinach and conceals the lettuce in the lettuce bin. (Never underestimate how tricky she is.)

It annoys me that companies like Amana, Frigidaire and Maytag label parts of the fridge. Who are they to tell me where to put my food? A specifi c place for butter, cheese, eggs,

meat, vegetables? Please. When you buy bookshelves does the second shelf have “Nonfi ction” tattooed on it? I think not. I want to jam all food on the top shelf so I don’t have to bend down to eat directly out of the appliance.

Sometimes, around midnight, I’ll have a desire for a ham sandwich on rye, with mustard. The rye bread is easy (you seldom lose things in a bread box) and I can usually sniff out the ham. But that mustard has a mind of its own. It should have a label:

Warning: This condiment has been known to disappear when placed in a confi ned envi-ronment under 40 degrees.

I hate to admit it, but I require marital help for this search and seizure. Otherwise, I’d end up sticking my head in the Amana and clank-ing around in there for 20 minutes coming up with nothing but a frost-bitten nose.

I call to Mary Ellen, who is upstairs. “Mary Ellen, where’s the mustard?”

“In the refrigerator.”“Gee, thanks, that really cuts down the

amount of time I’d have spent looking in the washer or dryer.”

It’s about this time that I hear that inevitable sigh. It wafts down from the second fl oor and cuts through me like a dull knife slicing a squishy tomato.

“Keep looking, Dick. It’s there.”

“It’s not here, dear. Are you sure we have mustard?”

“Yes, I’m sure. Look be-hind the pickles.”

“Are you sure we have pick-les? I don’t see the pickles.”

Mustard should be the easiest thing to fi nd. Because I can never see it — even when it’s right in front of me — I always think we are out of it, so I keep buying more. That’s why there are three half-full containers on the fi rst shelf and fi ve more bottles poking out their crusty heads from inside the door.

I can’t fi nd anything. I can’t even fi nd a funny way to end this column. I think I’ll just relax, maybe go in the kitchen and make myself lunch — a hot dog with a little relish

OK, it has to be in here somewhere

Dick WolfsieHumor

sounds good.OK, maybe just a hot dog.

Dick Wolfsie is a columnist, author and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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NEW FROM GOOGLE: IGoogle is a cute package. Google re-launched its personalized homepage service last week, renaming it iGoogle and adding new graphics, a make-your-own syndicated gadget tool and other community-enhancing features. Also new is the Gadget Maker. It’s very easy to create a personalized Google Gadget that you can share with friends. Everything is done through simple wizard web forms, so there’s no programming knowledge required. Also, the gadgets can be syndi-cated openly: they can be shared with users of iGoogle, Netvibes, Pagefl akes or any Ajax-driven homepage service.

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aimed at the consumer market.The new Black-Berry Curve includes the e-mail and calling capabilities of Research In Motion’s

other products, but adds a 2.0 megapixel camera with zoom and software to manage multimedia fi les. The phone is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry with a full keyboard. It will also allow visitors to view photos and video, as well as listen to music. RIM includes new software from Roxio to help organize content on the phone. The Curve comes in a silver fi n-ish, and is about 4 inches by 2.5 inches.

By Gary Hubbard

If you have teenage kids, I bet you’ve already heard it: “We need a Webcam for the computer.” As with any technology, the Internet is continuing to evolve in how it is used. The latest craze is not just chatting on-line but actually hav-ing a Web conference where you see them and they see you.

Webcams have come a long way since the early ’90s. Today’s Webcams can be used for a variety of things, including video chats, video conferencing, video secu-rity, monitoring, taking pictures or even capturing video streams (like a cam-corder) so you can become the next big thing on YouTube.

Most new Webcam users simply want to be able to transmit an image during a live Inter-net session through instant messaging or with an online phone service such as Skype (skype.com). For those uses, just about anything from a name brand manufacturer will do just fi ne. Don’t get too carried away with the specifi ca-tions because anything that is going to be transmitted over the Internet will be degraded in quality from what you are seeing on your computer.

Keep in mind that the speed of your and your recipient’s Internet connection will deter-mine the size and quality of the image that can be reasonably transmitted. In most cases, anything higher than a 640x480 resolution will cause the pictures to refresh very slowly on the other end, so don’t pay for a high resolution Webcam if you are only using it for Internet conversations.

For uses beyond this basic need, you can buy cameras that have auto-focus, auto-light sensors, auto-tracking, wide-angle lenses, built-in microphones and enough resolu-tion to rival digital cameras. If you want it for security purposes, you need to make

sure you use a camera that has a higher resolution (now up to 1600x1200), the ability to adjust for lighting changes and software that will allow you to record. But make sure it comes with software that tells the computer to only record the image when it detects motion so you don’t fi ll up your hard drive with images of a scene that never changes.

The auto-tracking feature allows some Webcams to track your face so you don’t have to sit like a robot when you’re chatting online. The software that you use with your Webcam will ultimately

determine what else you can do with it, so pay particular attention to the included software when comparing Webcams.

There are a number of great Web sites that have reviews and/or user comments on Webcams and Webcam software including Cnet (reviews.cnet.com), Tom’s Hardware (tom-shardware.com) and Epinions (epinions.com).

Gary Hubbard is owner of Data Doctors Computer Services - www.datadoctors.com. Data Doctors is a drop center for electronic donations and recycling. Have a technology question? Send it to CurrentInCarmel@datadoctors.com

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Should Jesus have fired the Apostles?

The 12 Apostles of the four Gospels were a motley crew … regular just-like-us

guys of their time. They were hand-picked by Jesus and had constant front-row exposure to Christ’s teaching and miracles.

Look how they reacted to Jesus: God Incar-nate, the Good Shepherd.

As a group the Apostles variously wavered in their faith, were confused by His teaching, second-guessed His intentions, questioned His divine nature, betrayed Him to the Pharisees, went to sleep on Him in the Garden, denied knowing Him at His trial, ran from Him at the crucifixion (everyone but John), and when He appeared in a locked room with them days later … doubted Christ’s resurrection.

With friends like that, who needs a Phari-see?

The point is, should there be a Christian anywhere who is surprised when another Christian goes astray? Or should any of us be surprised when we doubt our faith or ques-tion God’s motives?

It is instructive to see how Jesus reacted.Jesus mildly rebuked the Apostles who

slept as He prayed for His life at Gethsemane, basically shrugged off Judas’ betrayal, and struck up an engaging conversation with

Pontius Pilate, who soon gave Him over to execution.

Above all, He was kind and compas-sionate with the downtrodden; and brilliantly shrewd with the proud. He did not un-define sin for the comfort of others, but urged all to “follow me” (20 times in the Gospels) and to “go and sin no more.”

Jesus brought grace, yet warned about end times, hypocrisy, unbelief and the eternal consequences. He was plenty tough, but grace does not mean there was no room for sternness and admon-ishments in His teachings.

When we sin – and keep sinning – we miss the exquisite experience of Christ as the Good Shepherd.

That’s an experience you want.

Bob Walters (rlwcom@aol.com), a Carmel resident, has great reason to be glad God does not remember our sins. His views do not represent those of this newspaper.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Family Members: Steve and Kathy Smith; two married daughters, two grandsons, one adult son getting mar-ried this summer.

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timeless truths are being conveyed in a relevant, but not relativistic manner, using both conventional and contemporary methods to touch lives in our local community and around the world. We have made Grace our church home because its ministry is focused on drawing people to God and changing lives. Location: 5504 E. 146th St., Noblesville

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So what are the details that will cause your brick patio to absolutely “rock”?

You! That’s right, the most affective tool to cause your “Out-door Room” to feel totally yours and completely unique is simply sharing your glowing personality during the design phase. That’s often when cool details and creative ideas emerge.

Questions about family and lifestyle can reveal a lot and seem almost therapeutic. For example: Should we concern ourselves with special ability issues or elderly visitors? What about easy steps for Aunt Cathy’s hip or the graying dog’s failing capacity. A ground level patio may be essential for children’s scram-bling play patterns and fear of falling. Does our stumbling uncle have too many margaritas every cookout or would we rather not share in our neighbors nude sunbathing habit (tall shrubs please)? Not all the details are pretty. A playful personality could infl uence the patio shape or color palate.

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hope to harvest, special interests and how you like to entertain, we can begin to create.

Employing a contrasting brick or stone around the edge can high-light a unique patio shape or favor-ite color. Cut limestone or natural fl agstone inserted throughout can play off a detail in the house architecture or remind us of a wooded area nearby. Maybe a few bricks from a previous home that you’ve lugged around for years can be integrated or stones from a favorite vacation spot embedded into a step riser. The possibilities are inspiring.

However, most of us just want a simple place where we can hang out with our family and friends and regain some sense of grace. A place where we can discuss the details of the day with our signifi cant other and “rock” each others’ world all over again.

Randy Sorrell is president of SURROUNDINGS by NatureWorks+, a Carmel design, landscape and remodeling fi rm. He may be reached at 679.2565, randy@choosesurroundings.com or www.choosesurroundings.com.

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DISPATCHESLOCKET REINVENTS A FAMILY HEIRLOOM: Photo lockets were once precious, often passed on through generations. Now Kodak has taken the photo locket one step further. The new Kodak 1881 is a high-tech digital camera that you can wear as a traditional photo locket like a necklace.

When you open the locket you have a LCD display where you can view your favorite photos and use as a viewfi nder for more precise shots. The innovative camera strives to create a more precious medium through which to share your memories, whether at home or on the street. Favorite photos are displayed every time you open, for quick peeks. To capture moments quickly, simply aim and tap. To capture a more precise photo composition, open 1881 and use the LCD viewfi nder.

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FIND THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOM: Look at the colors she wears. These are excellent clues what colors she feels comfortable living around. See if she is currently collecting anything special. Many women collect collectibles, themes such as angels, cats or fi gurines. Does she enjoy jewelry? A very popular Mother’s Day gift is boy and girl charms in the birthstone of her children and grandchildren. Does she have any hobbies she enjoys such as sewing, movies or golf? If she is into home decorating, give her a trinket for the house or a gift certifi cate to her favorite home decor store. A picture of you (and you family) in a nice frame always makes a great gift for a mom. You can always show her you appreciate her by giving a gift that pampers her. Look for more great ideas at www.presentpicker.com.

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A great frame can trans-form a grocery store receipt into a fabulous piece of art.

The wrong frame can render an original into something that looks ready for a ride to Good-will. A poor framing tech-nique, however, can ruin the art permanently.

When asked how he can be certain that a piece of art will fall into the fabulous cat-

egory, Mark Fraley of The Great Frame Up explained, “When a client comes to us for framing we will always begin with our best design. Our best design is not based on cost, it is solely based on what we feel best fi ts the artwork.”

Fraley’s experience has shown that when artwork is framed appropriately it looks like a “piece,” not like something that was simply framed.

Once the appropriate frame is identifi ed, the type of art will determine how to complete the framing process to ensure the longevity of the piece.

Water colors, prints, posters, color photo-graphs, and diplomas are typically framed with mat board and glass. Pieces that are of value, for monetary or sentimental reasons, should be framed with materials that will provide

specialized protection from the elements, which lead to decomposition.

To ensure that the art is protected, Fraley specializes in “Conservation Framing.” This is a process that utilizes materials that will not chemically interact with the art.

“All the mat boards, and backer boards that we use are acid and lignan free. Acids and lignans are generally found in paper products, and in wood. Over time these materials go through a process called out gassing that causes the artwork to discolor and become brittle,” Fraley said.

In addition, Fraley recommends the utilization of glass that is UV protected to prevent fading. When art is exposed to UV rays, the colors fade.

A fi nal step for artwork protection is to be certain that the matting is “hinged.” Hinging is a process that adheres the art to the backer board or the mat board.

“When these steps are used with one an-other you can be assured that your art is safe,” Fraley said.

Vicky Earley is the principal designer for Artichoke Designs located in downtown Carmel. If you have an interior design question, please contact her at artichokedesigns@aol.com

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DISPATCHESHOUNDSTOCK IS GOING TO ROCK: Carmel High School’s annual

outdoor concert “Houndstock” will be from 4 to 10:00 p.m. on May 19 in the CHS football stadium (rain location is the Freshman Center cafeteria).

Nineteen bands, composed of current Carmel High School students and faculty, recent graduates, and students from other local high schools, will perform a variety of music genres, including reggae, classic rock, punk, acoustic and hip-hop. Tickets are $5 at the gate; no advance sales. A fi rework display will close the event at approximately 9:45 p.m. The public is welcome and encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.

PLAYERS PLAN AUDITIONS: Auditions for Carmel Community Players’ production of “Big River,” based on Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” will be from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. May 20 and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. May 21 at Clay Middle School Auditorium, 5150 E. 126th St. Production dates are July 27-29, Aug. 3-5, and Aug. 10-12. Auditioners should be prepared to perform a song of their choosing. For more information, call 815.9387.

PICK OF THE WEEKWhat: Symphony in ColorDetails: 56th annual juried exhibition of works by Indiana schoolchildren in grades one through six and mildly mentally impaired/autistic classes. The exhibit showcases works of art created in response to classical music pieces. More than 33,000 Indiana students participated in the program in 2006.Where: Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St., IndianapolisWhen: Through SaturdayInfo: 232.1637 or www.in.gov/ism.

By Barbara E. Cohen

After two years in a Broad Ripple gallery and a one-year hiatus, the Carmel High School student photography exhibit returns with a new location and renewed spirit.

“We had a good response in Broad Ripple, but we wanted to share this work with the local community” said Kevin Daly, the Carmel High School media arts teacher who curates the show with co-worker Sarah Wolff. “The growth of the Carmel Arts and Design District gives us the opportunity to show the students’ work where their friends and family can see it.”

Following nearly a year of planning, the exhibition of black-and-white prints opened on May 3 at the Ami Gallery, 240 E. Main St. The works — which the students shot, devel-oped, printed, mounted, framed, titled, signed and priced by themselves — will be on display until May 31.

Although student works had been dis-played at the high school in the past, Daly wanted other people to be able to see the rich array of images his students create.

“I saw so much amazing artwork that no one saw if they weren’t inside the school,”

Daly said. “It’s a great learning experience for the students, but I hope people will come see the creative eye, know-how and talent of these students.”

More than 300 images were submitted for the show, from which Daly and Wolff selected about 130, which were voted into the exhibi-tion by Carmel High School staff members and Lois Wyant, owner of the Ami Gallery. The images with the most votes got into the show, which includes about 60 images by 35 students.

For senior Caitlin Clonts, who has taken three photography classes and one photo-journalism class, the experience has helped her decide on a possible direction for college.

She’ll be heading to Indiana State University in the fall.

“I’m planning to major in foreign languages and minor in photography,” Clonts said. “I’m drawn toward the idea of teaching photography, but I don’t want to kill my passion for it by majoring in it.”

Other students in the show include Adam Aisen, Rachel Ander-son, Tiffany Brown, Sara Burwell, Maggie Byrne, Caitlin Causey, Greg Chomanczuk, Scott Davidson, Georgia Edmonds, Lauren Elliott, Maggie Gard, Hannah Harvard, Ben Kaufman, Christy Klink, Jackie

Knake, Michael Landini, Megan Marshall, Mel Moss, Paul Mousdicas, Charlie Myers, Jessie Ogle, Jordan Phelps, Julia Reis, Kat Rhodes, Eric Roth, Kyle Shelton, Courtney Steihl, Grant Straton, Annie Unverzagt, Casson Valiyi, Natasha Vickers, Emma Vittetau, Brad Wescott and Kristin Wilson.

For gallery hours, call 663.4798 or visit www.amiphoto.net.

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

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BOOK REVIEW

1632by Eric Flint

Review by James Collins

Carmel Clay Pub-lic Library

This well-written and thought-provoking novel tells the tale of a modern West Virginia town that is sent back in time and moved to Germany by a freak accident. The residents have to survive on their wits and what technology they have with them during the Thirty Years War. In rebuilding their own government, they reshape history.

The book introduces a whole new cast of characters into the Thirty Years War. While it is fi ction, it is well-researched with many facts about the time period woven into the plot.

This book launched a best-selling series called “The Ring of Fire,” in which the author does a good job of selecting other tal-ented authors to write the sequels.

THE TICKETCultureCarrie Wild Art ShowHer detailed ink and watercolor illustra-tions focus on the natural world. Date: Friday through Aug. 26. Location: White River Gardens, 1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Phone: 630.2001

Story Avenue: African-American Voices That Teach Us AllLearn about the role of storytelling and oral traditions in the African-American community. Date: Wednesday. Location: Children’s Museum, 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Phone: 334.3322

Guys and DollsDates: Through Monday. Location: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Time: Various. Price: $32.50-$52.50. Phone: 872.9664. Web: www.beefandboards.com.

And Her Hair Went With Her Dates: Through Monday. Location: Phoe-nix Theatre, 749 N. Park Avenue,Indianapolis. Time: 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Price: $15 to $29. Phone: 635.7529. Web: www.phoenixtheatre.org.

ExhibitMaría Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by WaterAn exhibit containing 34 paintings, sculptures, photographs and new media installations from the Afro-Cuban artist.Date: Through June 3. Location: India-napolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Price: Adults $12, seniors $10, college students w/valid I.D. $6, children ages 7-17 $6, children ages 6 and under free. Phone: 920.2660. Web: www.ima-art.org.

DanceIndy Dancers Dances• Date: Saturday. Location: Starlite Ball-room, 5720 Guion Road, Indianapolis. Time: 7:30 to 11 p.m. Dance a variety of social dances to DJ music. Price: Members $8, nonmembers $13. Includes lesson 6:45-7:30 and cold-cuts buffet. Singles welcome. • Date: May 8. Location: 8 Seconds Sa-loon, 111 N. Lynhurst Ave., Indianapolis. Time: 7 to 10:30 p.m. Dance a variety of social dances to DJ music. Price: Members $5, nonmembers $10. Phone: 767.5665. Web: www.indydancers.com.

ComedyRoy Wood Jr.Dates: Wednesday. Location: Crackers, 6281 N. College Ave., Indianapolis. Time: 8:30. Price: $8 regular, $10 preferred. Restrictions: 18 and older. Phone: 255.4211. Web: www.crackerscomedy.com.

KaraokeMajors Sports Café Date: Fridays. Time: 9 p.m. to midnight. Special: Budweiser buckets of beer, 5 for $9.95. Phone: 566.8482. (2293 E. 116th St.)

Local GigsMickey’s Irish PubFriday: Carl Storie. Saturday: The Merecats. Time: 9 p.m. Cover. Phone: 573.9746. Web: www.mickeysirishpub.com. (136th Street and U.S. 31)

Majors Sports CaféDate: Saturday. Time; 8 pm to Midnightwith IKE (classic rock)Location; 2293 E. 116th Street .Phone: 566-8482.

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BIRTHSClarian North Medical Center

April 22boy — Henson, Craig and LaTonyagirl — Henson, Craig and La TonyaApril 24boy — Noll, Bryan and Anngirl — Forbush, Andrew and ErinApril 25boy — Galle, Ron and Amanda

POLICE RUNSApril 266:13 a.m., Accident with property damage, W. 116th St. / N. Meridian St.8:20 a.m., Juvenile Complaint, 4242 E. 126th St.8:30 a.m., Accident with property damage, N. Meridian St. / W. 111th St.2:39 p.m., Juvenile complaint, 3525 W. 126th St.2:42 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. 116th St. / Gray Rd.2:50 p.m., Theft, 200 E. Carmel Dr.3:20 p.m., Accident with property damage, 425 Arbor Dr.4:18 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. 116th St. / Hazel Dell Pky.4:15 p.m., Accident with property damage, 11541 Creekside Ln. E.4:31 p.m., Accident with

property damage, 31 I-465 E.5:11 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. Carmel Dr. / Keystone Way5:13 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. 116th St. / Aaa Way5:16 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. 116th St. / SR 431 S.5:46 p.m., Accident with property damage, SR 431 S. / E. 116th St.5:46 p.m., Harassment, 10909 Jordan Rd.6:03 p.m., Suspicious activity, 971 Foxfi re Circle7:14 p.m., Accident with property damage, E. Carmel Dr. / Keystone Way7:10 p.m., Accident with property damage, 14350 Clay Terrace Blvd.7:42 p.m., Suspicious activity, E. 96th St. / Enterprise Dr.

We want your news!Current in Carmel is happy to publish news of wedding, engage-ment and anniversary celebrations. Send in-formation and photos to news@currentincarmel.com

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Join entrepreneurs and small business owners from Hendricks County and the surrounding area on May 16 for

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WAGNER GAME WORKS: Spring arcade sale! All stock of pinball’s arcade, video multicades and home slots plus juke boxes and misc. stock. Closeout priced. Hurry in today for the best price in town. Harley Davidson pin; like new, $3,600. Corvette pinball, low miles, collector quality, $3,895. Call 326.3533 or 498.5323.

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HOUSE FOR RENT — CARMEL: Lovely 3-bedroom ranch. Totally updated. Does include all appliances. Near Monon and Downtown Carmel. No pets/no smoking. Available May 8. $950 per month, 1 year lease. Call Debbie, 848.7076.

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