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JACkSOn GArnErS AwArD – Last week, Michele Jack-son, founder of Harden Jackson, LLC and Chair of the Adoption and Reproductive Law Practice Group, was awarded the Con-gressional Colaition on Adoption Institute’s Congressional Angels in Adoption award by Congressman Andre Carson. The award honors individuals whose contributions in the fields of adoption or foster care have had a national impact. Past honorees include Laura Bush, Bruce Willis, Al Roker, Muhammad Ali and Patti LaBelle. For more information, log on to currentincarmel.com.

Chin-uPS fOr ChArity – Fitness by Design, 96th St. and Ditch Rd., is hosting a CHIN-UP charity event to raise money and awareness for two great charities on Sept. 29. Several teams of four will compete against each other to do the most chin-ups and raise the most money. For more infor-mation, visit currentincarmel.com.

GirlS’ niGht Out – On Thursday, Indianapolis-area wom-en will attend Girls’ Night Out Indy at the Ritz Charles, 12156 N. Meridian St. Ten years ago Carmel cosmetic surgeon Dr. Jan Turkle had an idea – what if she brought together at one event the best ex-perts she could identify to provide information about health, wellness, beauty, fashion and more? An event where women could meet and talk with top professionals, retailers and consultants in areas of interest to them? The result was Girls’ Night Out Indy. For all the details, log on to currentincarmel.com.

thrEE nEw birD fOODS On thE wAy – It’s a myth that all birds fly south for the winter. In fact, some of the more colorful, more vocal birds remain in their local habitats year ‘round. Wild Birds Unlimited, the largest franchise system of backyard bird feeding and nature stores, wants to help you attract these beautiful birds to your backyard with two new bird food products and the return of a favorite from last year. For all the details, visit currentincarmel.com.

GOP hOG rOASt – The Carmel-Clay GOP Club will be hosting its annual Hog Roast from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Thurs-day. The event takes place at the home of Herb & Sue Miller, 11300 Haverstick Rd. in Carmel. All Republicans are invited to eat, then meet and greet 5th District candidate for Congress Susan Brooks and Indiana state Senator Scott Schneider. Special guest Rex Early will be present to stir up enthusiasm for the November elections. Event cost is $5 per person. RSVPs are a must. Please visit www.claygop.org and RSVP online or call 408-0200. For more information, call 759-GOP1 (759-4671).

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Two dads and one bike versus 1,033 miles.

That’s the challenge two Carmel will be facing next month when they bike to Orlando for a good cause. Jim Serger and Scott Golden plan to hit the road and raise awareness for suicide, literacy, cancer and addiction organizations.

“We’re riding for other people to under-stand there are groups out there to help others who face these situations,” Serger said. “There are groups you can turn to for help.”

The groups Serger and Golden want to support are the National Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Prospect House in Cin-cinnati, the Multiple Myeloma Research foundation and the International Reading Association. In 1991, Serger’s father at-tempted suicide in 1991, and in 2008 was diagnosed with bladder cancer.

“My dad is alive because of all four of these programs, “said Serger. “I wanted to

pay it forward because so many of those groups have helped me and my family.”

Serger said the idea came to him after reading a book on being an everyday phi-lanthropist. One of the book’s points was that everyone has time to give.

“Everyone has time. We gave up our vacation time,” Serger said.

Not long after finishing the book, Serger

saw a story on ESPN about Bo Jackson’s 300-mile ride through Alabama for tor-nado relief.

“I thought, ‘That’s it!’ That’s what I’m doing!” Serger said.

On Oct. 20, Serger’s father’s birthday, Gold and Serger will head out with one bike and a support vehicle. The men will then take turns riding 65 miles a day.

“I hadn’t ridden a bike in 20 years,” Serger said. “I’ve been biking every day and have logged 1,141 miles since June 19. Once you start focusing on something, you can do anything you want if you ask for help.”

The main things Serger wants people to learn from their trek is that teamwork is crucial to getting along in life and to never be afraid to ask for help.

“Raise your hand, and everyone will come to your aid, but don’t push it off and say it won’t happen to me,” he said.

Serger runs a blog with info about the trip and talks about the other organizations of which he wants people to be aware. To donate, go to www.jimserger.com.

One bike, two guys, four programs

ChS StuDEnt trAvElS tO D.C. – Amber Kriech, a Carmel High School senior, is on her way to Washington D.C. to serve as one of 51 National Child Awareness Month Youth Ambassadors. Kriech will receive funding and train-ing for her campaign to increase the literacy rate of disadvantaged youth in Title I schools by pro-viding their after-school programs with “Rolling Libraries,” a book cart with 200-400 quality books. “Learning to read is one of the most important skills for a child to develop,” said Kriech. “It is needed for almost everything we do and it impacts our ability to continue our education and be successful.” (Sub-mitted photo)

wAlk fOr wAtEr – What is it like to walk for hours every day just to retrieve water for your family and community? On Sept. 16 Reforming Indy Pilates Studio spent a day in someone else’s shoes, holding its first annual Walk for Water in support of char-ity. Participants walked from Reforming Indy Pilates Studio at 12505 Old Meridian St., to the Flowing Water Well Park at 116th St. and Gray Rd. (Submitted photo)

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The morning of September 11, 2001, 24-year-old Welles Crowther arrived at the World Trade Center for his job at a finance firm. Soon after the attack it was confirmed that Welles had died that day.

Crowther, a hockey, soccer and lacrosse player in high school in Nyack, N.Y. and Boston Col-lege lacrosse player and graduate, was known for carrying a trademark red bandana wherever he went.

For weeks what he did and how he died remained a mystery to his friends and family, until his mother, Al-lison Crowther, heard news agencies report of survivors remembering a man wearing a red bandana and helping them to safety. After she contacted those survivors with a picture of Welles, it was confirmed that he that had helped save them. He became known as “The Man in the Red Bandana.”

Ten years later, Welles’ story became public and was featured by ESPN in a segment called Outside the Lines, and Michael Bozoian, head coach of the Carmel Icehounds high school hockey team and Hamilton County deputy prosecutor, who also played college hockey at

Niagara University and was in New York on 9/11, when heard about Welles. That’s when he sprang into action.

“When my wife and I saw that ESPN special, we decided to name our son Wellesley (Welles),” he said. “I have been in contact with the Crowther family and the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, since that time and have sent them pictures of my Welles.”

Inspired by the story, Bozoian and his team decided to honor Welles, and on Aug. 18 they began their season with a 5-mile run on the Monon Trail while wearing red bandanas in memory of Welles.

“I asked them if it would be OK for us to wear red bandanas during our run today and they said they would be honored for us to do so,” Bozoian said. “So, 11 years after 9/11, and half way across the country from Ground Zero, we wore red bandanas in memory of Welles Crowther.”

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Many of Indy’s favorite food trucks will be coming to Carmel on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of the Carmel High School Marching Band’s annual Com-munity Night: Taste of the Trucks - Carmel. The event will be held at the CHS Football Stadium on 136th St. in the west parking lot. At 8 p.m., the award-winning Carmel Marching Greyhounds will perform their full 2012 show for the first time in the CHS stadium.

“Community Night is a season highlight for the Marching Band kids,” said Richard Saucedo, CHS band director. “It is their first opportunity to perform the full competition program for

their families, friends and neighbors. The kids always pull out all the stops for this night, and they never disappoint. Last year’s turnout for

the food trucks and our performance was the best ever.”

Favorites including West Coast Tacos, Scratch, Hoosier Fat Daddy, Neighborhood Pizza, Chef Dan’s, Groovy Guys Fries, Caveman Truck, Seoul Grill Indy, Johnson’s BBQ, Der Pretzel Wagon and MacGenie will be participating. Proceeds will benefit the CHS Marching Greyhounds. Entry to the Taste of the Trucks area

will be $5 per person at the event, with kids six and under admitted for free.

Please contact Jennifer Riley Simone at [email protected] for more information.

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CArMEl rOtAry GOlf OutinG – The Carmel Rotary Club is sponsoring a golf outing on Friday at Brookshire Golf Course, 12120 Brookshire Pkwy. The outing includes play, lunch, dinner and drinks. To accommodate all levels of golfing expertise, the outing will be run in a scramble format with a shotgun start. Check-in and lunch are set for 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The golf event will run from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sullivan’s Steakhouse will provide delectable sliders and host beer tents on the course. Golfers will also compete for prizes in contests such as hole-in-one, longest drive and closest to the pin. After the outing, dinner will be provided with pulled pork and brats courtesy of Zacky’s Hot Dogs and complimentary wine will be offered by Palate Press. For non-golfers, a social gathering and dinner will be offered from 4 to 8 p.m. Activities will include games, music, wine tasting and dinner. To top off the evening, cigars and cognac will be served on the golf club deck. An entry fee of $75 includes golf, meals, beer and beverages. For non-golfers, a fee of $25 covers the social party dinner only. To RSVP for the event or get more infor-mation, contact Rotarian Jon Walker at 502-8495 or [email protected].

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Brooke Taflinger gets up every morning knowing she is the last line of defense in the war against exclusion. Her mission each day is to figure out how to reach out and include every-one regardless of physical or mental challenges. Brooke Taflinger is the “You can do it, I know you can” expert for Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation. In 2012, her expertise and attitude have helped 225 families and brought statewide recognition to Carmel.

As Inclusion Supervisor for the Parks Depart-ment, Brooke looks to adapt programs to allow everyone to participate regardless of ability. Because of her unique skills, parent Catherine Pallotta nominated Brooke for the 2012 Excel-lence Award for Autism. The Autism Society recognizes advocators and business professionals who help raise awareness. At its annual awards banquet, Brooke will accept her honor, giving confirmation that she is on the right track and her work is appreciated.

Brooke said, “The simple fact that a par-ent took the time to write out an essay and complete an application about me, the Monon Community Center and the adaptive programs here makes me feel so honored and humbled. My hope is that with this award we can draw even more attention to the adaptive programs and be able to serve more families and individu-als who are on the autism spectrum. Receiving

this award is one of my greatest accomplish-ments and I just feel so blessed that others ap-preciate what I do and are on board with the direction of the program.”

Prior to Brooke joining the Department, fam-ilies with special needs were clearly underserved. Carmel Clay Parks Director, Mark Westermeier says, “This program sets us apart and including everyone is a primary goal for our organization. We advocate participation by all individuals and make every effort to adapt to their ability.” Point well taken, as only 4 years ago the num-ber of families requiring special adaptations to participate in Carmel Parks programs numbered ten. Now hundreds of families from across cen-tral Indiana enjoy over 121 different programs which cater to their leisure needs and interests. Over 95 families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder participate in Carmel’s programs regularly.

Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation now main-tains over 500 park acres and numerous recre-ation facilities including the Monon Recreation Center. Rest assured Brooke Taflinger is paying attention and making sure everyone has the ability to enjoy them.

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Most all talk in the shop last week was about politicians and how much we all think, or know, they are crooked, self-centered, selfish, uncaring ego maniacs who really are bigger crooks than Al Capone or any gangster. Is there nobody out there with some moral fiber and who cares more about America and its people than how much power and money they can build for themselves and their friends? Someone who will stand up for how this country was built and pay attention to our history on what works and what doesn’t? Someone who will spit in the face of a bribe or lobbyist and do what’s best for the masses? Who will stand up for term limits and moni-tor the bank accounts of public servants while changing our process that is failing miserably? Who can look in the camera and say an honest,

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The new office will be home to more than 30 residential real estate agents based in Carmel.

“We know the Indiana Design Center will be a great home for our business,” said Jimmy Du-lin, owner of Re/Max Ability Plus. “Our agents are proud to share the Design Center with their clients, and clients will appreciate a seamless

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The groundbreaking for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Indianapolis Temple is Saturday. The groundbreaking will take place on the site of the future temple located at the southwest corner of 116th St. and Spring Mill Rd. in Carmel.

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Commentary by James Garretson

Last week, the Carmel Clay community lost one of its great leaders and a man who can share the credit for what is today the best city in the nation in which to live. His name was Dr. Robert Hartman. He was 81.

Most people agree that the Car-mel Clay School system is one of the best in the Midwest. How did it get that way?

Obviously, the nature of the community has been a big con-tributor. A higher percentage of patrons with college degrees and higher income levels are a big rea-son. There certainly is an expecta-tion by families in our commu-nity to see their kids go to college. About 90 percent do so.

However, it also takes leader-ship within the system. Carmel Clay has been blessed with excel-lent school boards through the years, ones that put a premium on quality education.

In 1968, Carmel’s first superin-tendent, Forest Stoops, decided to retire. The school board launched a national search, and what they found was a 38-year old superin-tendent of an “elementary” dis-trict in Illinois. It was Hartman.

He would remain superintendent for 25 years. I’ve contend there are two types of leadership: percolate-up and drip-down. The former encourages staff to be innovative and lets the new ideas percolate up from the grass roots, and gives support. The latter, a product of many newly minted Ph.Ds and Ed.Ds, practices the drip-down approach.

These “modern day” leaders believe they should lead by coming up with the ideas then passing them down. Not Hartman. He let his principals manage their buildings and staffs. He let them apportion resources among departments and grade levels according to needs as they saw fit.

Hartman gave encouragement to principals and teachers when they had new ideas. By the time the ideas reached school board level they had a built in constituency of teachers, parents and administrators.

Perhaps times have changed, and certainly the system is bigger, but I don’t think the basic approach to leadership has changed. Carmel Clay patrons owe Hartman a huge debt of gratitude for his leadership in the great growing years of the school district.

James Garrison is as Carmel resident and retired teacher and department head, Carmel High School. You may write him at [email protected].

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About Robert HartmanDr. Robert D. Hartman was

born to Emil and Hanna (Johnson) Hart-man on their Secor, Illinois farm in 1930.

Hartman married Cathe-rine Ann (Jenkins) in 1952, and they had four children and nine grandchildren together.

Hartman was superinten-dent of Carmel Clay Schools from 1968 until his retirement in 1993. He received his EdD from the University of Illinois, and his Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from Illinois State University.

Hartman served in the US Army from 1953 to 1955. He was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the Carmel Lions Club, the Carmel Chamber of Commerce and the Carmel Dad’s Club. He was also a life-long Chicago Cubs fan.

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Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard appeared earlier this month on Ger-man Radio DW, which is broadcast on 150 English-speaking stations throughout Europe. Here are a few excerpts from his interview:

Dw: “Do you think the Old World can teach the New World a few things about livable cities?”

Jim brainard: “Europe certainly has a much longer history of designing walkable cities than the United States. In my city, we have more round-abouts than any other city in the United States. On our major roads we have over 17 roundabouts, on our minor roads over 80 – and that’s for about 80,000 people. And we’ve lowered our accident rate by about 80 percent as a result.”

Dw: “You’ve obviously traveled quite a bit throughout Europe. Which cities on this side of the pond tick all the right boxes as far as you’re concerned?”

Jb: “Every country has something to offer, I think. I was fortunate to spend some time during my graduate studies in England, where I saw my first roundabout – that was in 1981. Just recently we were in France, Italy, Austria and Germany. In Majorca, Spain, I saw a roundabout intersection configuration that we copied and then modified here. But the key is that Europe, of course, has far more history than we do of designing walkable, pedestrian-friendly streets.”

Dw: “Carmel has tripled in size over the last 12 years. Do you think that’s evidence that many Americans want to live in a city that has more of a Eu-ropean flavor?”

Jb: “Absolutely! As Americans – those of us who can afford to do so – we travel to Europe yearly on vacation. And we enjoy sitting in 300-year-old piazzas, town squares and sidewalk cafes. For us it always begs the question: Why haven’t we built cities like this? Europe’s done a beautiful job since World War II rebuilding and restoring these older cities. And I think there’s great admiration on the part of many Americans for Euro-pean cities. As I’m out talking with people, I oftentimes hear things like, ‘This is just like being in Europe.’ We have a lot to learn from Europe, and it just makes sense to build our cities with design principles in mind that have been used for centuries.”

Dw: “But have you experienced opposition to some of the things you’ve introduced over the years?”

Jb: “Yes, there’s always been a fair share of naysayers. But I think there’s been a referendum on these ideas with my election every time and I’ve won five of them now. So I think the majority of people do like it.”

Dw: “What new plans are there on the agenda in Carmel?”Jb: “We’re continuing to build out our city center, to connect the old

village area with its arts and design center with our new master-planned, mixed use, European-style downtown. We’re looking at more mixed use development in the fringes of the city as well. We’re looking at making sure that every new neighborhood is connected with a pedestrian walkway or bikeway to our new downtown areas. We still have a lot of land that’s undeveloped within our city limits so we’re looking at developing that land very differently to what’s been done over the last 50 or 60 years.”

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Commentary by John Accetturo

Carmel taxpayers should be elated that the City Council is finally taking action to curb the debt machine established by the Carmel Rede-velopment Commission. What took so long? I can provide some insight. During my tenure I was the only councilman who supported reign-ing in the CRC and was very frustrated because no other councilman supported the idea at the time. There were many reasons there was no support, but they all boiled down to politics. Even after Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s ruling that redevelopment commissions could borrow large sums of money without the city council’s approval, there was no movement by my colleagues. Maybe it was the idea that in government there is always tomorrow. I think it was still politics at play.

Frustrated as heck back in 2010, with some help I decided to write a letter to State Sen. Ken-ley recommending changes to the statues so that redevelopment commissions couldn’t continue to borrow themselves into oblivion. He drafted the bill and it passed 49-1. Unfortunately, the bill received no support from House Speaker Brian Bosma and it died in the House. I didn’t

give up and worked with Kenley again last year. Once again the bill died because Bosma did not support it. After three strikes at the Statehouse, the CRC continued to roll up the debt with only faulty revenue projections supporting its actions.

We stand today with $300 million of debt on the table, and the CRC unable to make the pay-ments. Despite the Mayor Jim Brainard's prom-ises, it looks like taxpayers will be responsible for paying this debt. At a recent City Council Finance Committee meeting, a special benefits tax was being discussed to make payments on the CRC debt even if the refinance package is approved. During that meeting it became public that as a result of to loan agreements made by the CRC, a $20 million prepayment penalty will be incurred on certain debt being refinanced. Despite all of this, CRC members are saying they would do it all again. Still frustrated, but loving our city, I think it is time all the Carmel Redevel-opment Commissioners resign or be replaced.

Better late than never

John Accetturro is a Carmel resident and former member of the City of Carmel Common Council. To reach John, write him at [email protected].

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brett ryan finbloom November 8, 1993 - August 5, 2012

family: Father, Norm (54) Mother, Dawn (49), Sister, Jenna (13)

Education: Carmel High School class of 2012

favorites: Soccer (CHS and Club), History channel, vacations with family at Seaside, Florida

known for: Humor, cheerful personality, swivel hips, soccer pig squeal & “Fin-BOOM” kick, Best-Dressed senior at CHS, community/school club volunteer.

favorite Memories:

Norm - “We would have breakfast and read the paper together before school. It was also great with the two of us just hangin’ out in the hotel at soccer tournaments.”

Dawn - “Brett was an ‘old soul’. Recently, at a soccer game he just reached out to hold my hand. What 18 year-old holds his mother’s hand?”

Jenna - “One of my favorite and last memo-ries of Brett was Thursday when I begged him to listen to my music, but he insisted on country because he was “older” and it was “his car”. Brett and I drove around for 30 minutes with the windows down while he tapped his hand on my leg and blasted Zac Brown Band. “Chicken Fried” was the last song we listened to together and it was also the first song he ever told me about. We were enjoying that night and not having a care in the world. I had the biggest smile on my face, and I think that’s when I realized the simple things in life are the most precious.”

Quote from friend - Ashley. “Brett always had a way of putting a smile on my face ... his personality made me love him ... He was fearlessly true to himself. I couldn’t ask for a better Guardian Angel.”

Through their grief after their son, Brett, dies, Norm and Dawn Finbloom promote Indiana’s new Lifeline Law

by Julie Osborne • [email protected]

A sip. A chug. A shot. Soon everything be-comes hazy. Decisions become impaired. Bodies stumble. Fall to the ground. A friend is dragged to the couch to rest and sleep it off, but this time his body is lifeless. There is no pulse. Panic fills the room. Everything is cleaned up. No trace of a party remains. But, with every second of delay, a life slips away. They don’t know about the lifeline that is available to them and their stricken friend.

State Sen. Jim Merritt does. So do Carmel residents Dawn and Norm Finbloom, whose son, Brett, 19, was a week away from beginning his college career at the University of Oklaho-ma, when he left home for a party on August 3.

When reflecting on Brett’s own poetic words, a lesson, indeed, was to be learned but, when young Finbloom penned those words at the end of July, he had no idea his death would be that lesson. On Aug. 5, Brett Finbloom died of alco-hol poisoning, and his parents now are the ones left to teach the lesson.

“Underage drinking is dangerous. Don’t do it,” says Dawn Finbloom. “And if you see other kids doing it, intervene. The new Lifeline Law will protect you.”

Since Brett’s death, his parents tirelessly have been working to spread the word to help others avoid such a tragedy, one that is almost impos-sible to bear.

“Everyday I wake up, I look around and hope the nightmare is over, that Brett really didn’t die. You’re not suppose to bury your kids,” Norm Finbloom says.

Despite their grief, they are taking their mes-sage to the community to educate parents, and especially teens, on the dangers of underage drinking and the new Lifeline Law. In effect only since July 1, the law gives immunity to a person who calls for help and anyone who acts in concert with the caller, when a medical emergency arises as a result of drinking. The Finblooms wish teens at the party on that fatal night had known about the law, but Norm is quick to admit, “Brett’s drinking that night was

his own fault. There is no one else to blame. He made a mistake. But, had the other kids known about the Lifeline Law they may not have been afraid and may have called for help sooner.”

As of last week, the Carmel Police Dept. had concluded its investigation and now considers the case closed.

MAKE THE CALLThe Lifeline Law was co-authored by Merritt

(R-31) with the goal of encouraging teens to “Make the Call, Get Help, Save a Life”.

“Too often kids are afraid to call for help,” Merritt says. “Since 2004, more than two dozen students have lost their lives to alcohol

poisoning.” Actually, it was students from Indiana and

Purdue, as well as colleges throughout the state, that campaigned for the bill in the spring of 2011. Two IU students, Patrick Courtney and Kyle Straub, both Carmel High School class of 2009 graduates, are passionate about educating others on the dangers of underage drinking and created a program at IU, but then pushed to make it a statewide policy.

“Instead of having a culture where people were afraid to pick up the phone and dial 911 in an emergency, we wanted a culture where some of these disincentives were removed and students would not hesitate to make that call,” says Courtney, vice present of the IU Student Association. “(The Lifeline Law) provides im-munity for crimes of public intoxication, minor possession, minor consumption, and minor transportation of alcohol to persons who reveal themselves to law enforcement while seeking medical assistance for a person suffering from an alcohol-related health emergency.”

What teens need to know is that help is avail-able, say Finbloom’s parents and Courtney.

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resources and laws that can help them if they are in an emergency situation,” Courtney says. “We do not condone underage drinking, but we are cognizant that it does occur.”

A RISING TREND?In fact, Indiana State Excise Police officers

issued a “record 258 citations and jailed nearly two-dozen people during IU Move-In Week-end” in August, 25 percent more than last year and nearly double that of 2010, according to statistics made available on line by the state.

The IU leaders not only are concerned about what’s happening at the college level, they are turning their attention back to high school, where the underage drinking problem often begins.

“Ideally, we would like to educate students on the law and procedures and then take it to the next level, to provide them with the confidence to intervene, not only with alcohol but with bullying, eating disorders, etc.,” IUSA President Straub says. “We want to empower students to make the right decisions and reach out to help.”

Intervention often is needed as alcohol poi-sonings and binge drinking have become more rampant.

“Our generation is characterized as pushing the limit,” Straub says. “There is an overwhelm-ing acceptance across our culture that promotes ‘binge drinking.’ When I talk to my parents, they tell me that a heavy night of drinking ‘back then’ is what is considered normal now. It is no longer a beer-related culture. Kids are turning toward hard liquor. It’s a consistent theme we are finding across campuses.”

It also is a theme supported by government data at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which states: “About 90 percent of the alcohol consumed by youth under the age of 21 in the United States is in the form of binge drinks.”

‘A GENERATION PROBLEM’The Finblooms had a similar discovery

through their research. “Underage drinking is a ‘generation problem’. Back in our high school and college days, there was drinking but not to the level it is today,” Norm Finbloom says. “Now it’s amped up and moved down to young-er groups. Back in college we would do shots and drinking games with beer, (and) now kids are doing it with vodka.”

And they are often doing it right in their own homes and, in many cases, without their parents’ knowledge. One common way teens

are concealing alcohol is with water bottles that don’t have a drop of water in them but are filled with vodka, odorless and clear. Says Straub: “Young people can find ways to get around things. We are creative. Students will always find a way around it. We need to get to the core problem. We need to get back to a culture of care and to help someone in trouble.”

And that’s exactly what Norm and Dawn Fin-bloom are doing. “This wasn’t our plan, it just happened. We didn’t even know about the Life-line Law, but as we talked to people we realized that we could help people with Brett’s story and get the word out on the new law.”

The Finblooms already have visited several area high schools and are meeting with school administrations and also forging partnerships with local organizations, such as Promising Futures, whose stated mission is to provide resources to develop healthy relationships and create positive changes for youth and families.

As informal discussions have developed into formal programs, the Finblooms say they plan to start in their own community and then ex-pand, through partnerships, to other areas and to other states; only eight states have their own version of the Lifeline Law. Their long-term goal: “We don’t need to speak because the men-tality of underage drinking changes through educating kids and parents.”

Their hope is that no parent would have to bury a child as they did last month, and that parents would hear their message clearly: “Don’t be afraid. Be aware. Know what your kids are doing.”

Norm and Dawn Finbloom wish they had that night, when Brett left home to say goodbye to his high school friends. Now only his memo-ry and lesson remain.

the law is intended to encourage underaged drinkers to call when a medical emergency arises, due to intoxication. immunity for crimes related to underage drinking is granted to the person who calls 911

and those working “in concert” with the caller to help by completing All of the following:

• Providing information requested by law enforcement officers• remaining on the scene until law enforcement and medical assistance arrive• Cooperating with authorities on the scene

the law is intended to encourage friends to make the call and is not an incentive to drink. Criminal consequences will still be enforced for the intoxicated victim. Other criminal offenses such as providing to a minor, operating while intoxicated, or possession of a controlled substance will not be granted immunity by this law. for more information, see indianalifeline.org.

upcoming underage Drinking/lifeline law Presentations: (the finblooms will be part of the presentations)•Oct. 9 - Cathedral Parent’s night•Oct. 23 - Guerin Catholic (9:00 a.m.)•Oct. 24 - noblesville high School (1:00

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for more information on how you can have a program at your organization, church, or school, contact [email protected].


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from the “Moderate” Side by Jim blessing

Hi, I’m just back from a short trip and fall has arrived.

Thought I would touch on our choices in the governor’s race. Republican candidate, six–term US Congressman Mike Pence has been campaigning as a clone of Mitch Daniels. His campaign signs proclaim “Mike” instead of “Mitch!” In reality, his record is much different from Daniels and his views more resemble Rick Santorum’s. Pence is a strong Social Conser-vative and a former leader in the Republican House. He briefly considered running for the Presidency this year, but opted for the Gover-norship. As a major player in the contentious US congress, Pence brings a lot of baggage.

In 2011, he indicated his willingness to shut down the US government over defunding Planned Parenthood. Pence so hates the Afford-able Care Act (aka Obama care) that he likened the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding it to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Anticipating becoming Governor, he flat-out refuses to consider setting up an Indiana health-exchange system to pro-vide affordable low-cost insurance to Hoosiers. The two other gubernatorial candidates are for the system and Governor Daniels has respon-

sibly taken preliminary steps in this regard. Pence is clean-shaven.

Pence’s Democratic opponent, former Indi-ana Speaker of the House John Gregg, has run commercials emphasizing his Sandborn, Indiana roots. His campaign signs show his trademark mustache. Gregg has quite moderate views similar to those of former Governors Bayh and O’Bannon. As Indiana Speaker, Gregg had a track record of working across the aisle in a non-partisan manner.

A third choice is Libertarian and heavily-bearded Rupert Boneham. Rupert gained fame as being a two-time participant on the TV show “Survivor.” He used part of his winnings to start a troubled-youth charity.

So, as a voter, ask yourself who you want: a strong Social Conservative with national ambi-tions, a moderate Democrat with strong Indiana roots, or a Libertarian with a heart? Or, how much facial hair do you prefer on your Gover-nor: none, some, or a lot? The choice is yours!

The governor's race

Jim Blessing is a Carmel resident. He recently retired from the U.S. Treasury after 33 years. E-mail him at [email protected]


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It is our position that Hamilton County is a great place to live, and now we have confirmation of that! Last month Money Maga-zine named Car-mel as the best small town, top-ping a list of ninety-nine other towns across the country. The article applauds Carmel’s growth from sleepy Indianapolis bedroom community to a vibrant town in its own right. Among the reasons cited for living in Carmel are low unemployment, top schools, diversity of housing, a recreation center and of course the awe-inspiring Center for the Performing Arts.

As the magazine article pointed out, as recently as five years ago, Main Street was mostly second hand shops housed in run-down storefronts, with a few die-hard businesses such as a barber shop and music center staying the course, and certainly not a place many people would want to spend leisure time. Today, there are vibrant restau-rants, art museums, trendy shops, desserts to suit any taste, and easy access to The Monon Trail should one choose to walk or bicycle there rather than drive and park.

It is also worth mentioning that Fishers was named number twelve in the same list. Spread the word: Hamilton County is a fine place to live!

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

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wanna write us a letter? You can do it a couple ways. The easiest is to e-mail it to [email protected]. The old-fashioned way is to snail mail it to Current in Carmel, 30 South Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032. Keep let-ters to 200 words max (we may make excep-tions), and be sure to include your home ZIP code and a daytime number for verification.

Commentary by terry Anker

Delusions of altruism aside, most humans are fundamentally self-interested. That doesn’t mean that we are all some form of Dickenso-nian Scrooge awaiting a visit from the three apparitions to put us on the path to righteous-ness. Instead, the statement simply acknowl-edges that we mostly tend to do what makes us feel good. Some of us like to run compa-nies. Some of us like to run governments. Some of us like to teach. Others of us like to create. Whatever the proclivity, our natures will find a way to lead us there. Clearly, one’s motivation is rarely neatly segregated – it would be most accurate to understand that there are a plethora of reasons instigating our actions all-the-while recognizing that over-arching themes drive us to make important life choices.

This election is being framed, by those who chose to proclaim these kinds of things, as a voter’s decision between competing forms of government. The first, one would imagine, continues to grow and feed the administrative

state. The second, implied by reference, would attempt to shrink it by starvation. But as de-bates like this often become, the discourse has had very little to do with this issue. Instead, lines are drawn and the opposing sides square off talking more about whether entrepreneurs can own their successes and whether welfare recipients are being victimized by government largess.

Does anyone really want to see folks suffer? I have to believe, absent a few sadists, that most of us want good for others. So is it pos-sible that those across the political spectrum are really talking about the exact same thing from very different perspectives? And, if so, how do we come to conclusions about what the best mix might be? And, is it even possible to force an alignment of our individual inter-ests to those of the state?

Was Marley right?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at [email protected].

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We're sure you're aware of the latest contro-versy surrounding the presidential campaign. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has taken some heat for saying Americans “dependent” on government assistance “believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” We're glad he said it. The camera never blinks. This, we believe, is the fundamental issue in the presidential election to be decided Nov. 6 if not, effectively, beforehand. We need to decide what kind of nation we want to have. Do we want individual responsibility, to keep more of what we earn, to stop runaway regulation and to help only the truly needy? Or, do we want a nation based on collectivism, where the notion of indi-vidual is forsaken, thus creating a never-ending cycle of dependency? We’re unequivocally for the former. We hope Romney refuses to back away from his statements. We hope he takes the argument directly to voters. We're no fans of the former Massachusetts governor, who we see as a weak candidate at best. Still, his hopes very well could hinge on his ability to make a silk purse out of this sow’s ear. In the aftermath of his comments, he actually has presented himself an extraordinary opportunity to clarify that message and his policy stances - and to make crystal clear the contrasts between himself and incumbent President Barack Obama are as stark as we believe they are. That, we suppose, will be up to his team of advisors, and given that team’s performance (or lack of it) thus far, it makes for a scary proposition.

Mitt’s misstep?Chance for clarity

Our nation has all sorts of arcane, nonsensical laws on the books. Each week, we’ll share one with you. In Minnesota A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.

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Editor,I felt compelled to comment and can some-

what understand the individual’s point of view that you wrote about in “Don’t play that card.” Her position is from the outside looking in. What you have to understand is that most Af-rican Americans don’t want reparations or an apology for slavery and want to forget about it as well, but some are hypersensitive about race because of what they might experience quite fre-quently. These experiences include hostile stares, subtle racism on the job, rude and insensitive racial comments, present day discrimination, etc. So I’m sure she’s looking from the outside at Carmel and thinking she will definitely en-counter this since it is majority white.

I’m an African American Carmel resident and

I think Carmel is a great community, the best in the state. I live in a very nice neighborhood and was told by my neighbor shortly after I moved into the community that everyone thought I was a drug dealer. The answer, of course, is no. I’m a hard worker and fortunate to have a really good job. I was also once asked by someone in Carmel, how’d I get my car. I’m sure if I looked like Justin Bieber I wouldn’t have been asked that question.

Outside of all that, I still think Carmel is a great community with great people and I’ve been treated very well and made wonderful friends. Sometimes you have to put yourself in others shoes to get an idea of how they feel or their perspective.

terry lester, 46032

Editor,I see where Marnin Spigelman has left Car-

mel. Since things were so bad here, he and his wife had to move on. It would be great if your

staff could find out where he is moving to so we all can be clear where true Utopia really is.

tom nelson, 46032

Editor, After reading your recent column in response

to the preferential debate on living in Carmel versus Indianapolis, I am disappointed and equally offended.

I believe your response is way off base. I am disappointed to read that you have added race as a factor. As I have read all of the articles, the only journalist playing “that card” is you; and a very poor one at that. There was no basis for your comments regarding “playing the race card, slav-ery, black Americans, a tired act, and the internal

struggles the black community faces today.”I am offended, and I question your journal-

istic integrity, especially in the role as managing editor. I believe many readers, like me, would’ve been deceived into believing the author was try-ing to “play that (race) card” if they hadn’t done their homework and read the original articles.

Mr. Fisher, it is because of careless writing and poor journalism tactics, such as you dis-played, as one of the factors to why problems around race still exist.

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Commentary by Derek fisher

I received a lot of response to my Sept. 11 column, “Don’t play that card” – not surprising, given the subject matter. Thanks to any and all who took time to read it.

The responses were varied, as you might imagine. They ranged from like-minded to outraged, from righteously indignant to well-thought-out.

Some questioned my skill set (come try this, please.) Other letters included gems like, “You people” (can’t be taken seriously.) A few detailed why they disagreed in a sensible, intel-ligent fashion (much appreciated).

Anyway, if I had to counter the negative re-spondents simultaneously, using one sentence, it would be: You missed the point.

The point was to highlight the folly in an-other’s thought process; to highlight that the author made her column about race when she didn’t have to. Her work was too preposterous to be taken seriously. It didn’t provoke debate, it provoked incredulousness.

What if I had walked through Indianapolis’ most “diverse” neighborhood and penned a col-umn bemoaning what I saw?

“It’s 85 percent black here. This just won’t do. We need more Volkswagen Jettas and a Star-bucks on that corner.”

I’d be vilified, is the answer. You can’t have it both ways. People are who they are – and that’s OK! One side doesn’t necessarily need to under-stand the other, but it certainly needs to respect its counterpart. People find it much easier to coexist without pieces like that one ramming the idea down their throats.

That’s where the column in question missed the mark. The moment the author typed ‘white’ and ’85 percent,’ the piece’s tone changed. Absent that, what she wrote was perfectly defensible.

I’ll close with this:My son is 5, and beginning to notice skin

color. When he mentions it, I casually tell him all people’s skin is different, if you look closely. Sometimes I’ll put my arm next to his and say, “See?”

I do this because soon, some idiot is going to tell him black people are different, and his world is never going to be the same. Right now, he’s curious but incredibly innocent – something we all should aspire to be. In some Utopian way that’s my idea for the world, and that column reminded me we’re nowhere near Utopia.

Card game concluded

Derek Fisher is the managing editor of Current in Carmel and Current in Zionsville. You may e-mail at [email protected].


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I have never been much of a handyman, which is why our last fix-it guy charged me $30.00 an hour—unless I helped him. Then it was $50.00 an hour.

Now that I’m semi-retired, I have decided to try a few projects that I would never have at-tempted even a few years ago. My first goal was to do some repair work in the guest bathroom. I told my wife about my plans. “Mary Ellen, I have some exciting news about the toilet.”

“Don’t tell me. You’re going to start putting the seat down?”

I promised I would, but first I needed to find a replacement for the old one, so I headed out.

“I’m looking for a toilet seat.” “Back of the store, in the center, behind the

appliance section.”“No, I don’t want to use one. I want to buy

a new seat.”“Sorry, Sir. What kind are you looking for—

round or oblong?”I tried to picture our guests, but they come in

so many shapes and sizes, I wasn’t sure what to do. Plus, just thinking about it was making me feel a little creepy. I took a guess and bought an oblong seat, unpacked it as soon as I got home and got to work. I was struggling with getting the bolts tightened, so I called my buddy, John, who knows about stuff like this. (Last year he repaired our microwave oven in 30 seconds; the

plug had come out of the wall.) I told John that when I sat down there was more jiggling than there used to be. He reminded me how old I was, so I can’t blame the jiggling on the toilet seat anymore.

When Mary Ellen got home, I bragged about the bathroom renovation and told her that this week I was going to write my column on the new toilet seat. “Don’t you think you’d be more com-fortable sitting at the computer desk?” she asked.

I called my friend Bob and asked him to stop by so he would have a chance to see my handiwork. When he arrived, I offered him an ice cold beer. But he wasn’t biting…or drink-ing. “I’m way ahead of you, Dick. I ran into Mary Ellen at the drug store yesterday and she told me you’d probably want me to come over to admire your accomplishment. Your aim is just to get me to use your new facilities, right?”

“Bob, just get in there and worry about your own aim.”

Then Bob—just to drive me crazy—finished his beer and quickly left to go home. I don’t know when anyone else is going to stop by our place. I guess I have to be patient…and will try to sit tight.

Standing room only

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist, and speaker. Contact him at [email protected].

Commentary by Danielle wilson

Prison is tough, for inmates at least. My husband and I are rather enjoying our term as wardens. We grounded our teenage son, see, and he’s struggling to adjust to a life behind bars. Attica!

Make no mistake, Inmate 7 (as we’ve come to call him) is guilty. We warned him at the begin-ning of the school year about keeping up his grades, and thanks to the Internet, we can view them whenever we want. I couldn’t sleep the other night so I did a cursory background check on the suspect. Turns out our little juvie hasn’t exactly been toeing the academic line. The next morning, Doo and I subpoenaed the accused and heard his side. Then we read him his heavily amended Miranda rights and promptly threw him in the can. No trial, no jury, no phone call. (Chez Wilson is more like North Korea when it comes to civil liberties.)

His first day of incarceration wasn’t too bad. He got work-release for school, and the football game he could no longer attend was cancelled as a results of inclement weather. But then the weekend arrived, and his confinement took on a whole new meaning. Fresh fish! Fresh fish! The complaining, whining, and general depression soon morphed into desperate requests for shock probation. Denied. Twice. He did the crime, he’s doing the time.

Then it got really interesting. Apparently word of his confinement spread quickly among his

peeps, and we soon saw various attempts to jail-break him. While he was mowing the back lawn, for example, two would-be accomplices tried to jump our storm-swollen creek and pass him food. Another “friend” boldly rang our doorbell with a mediocre cover story of having left his bike here and needing our perp to ride it back for him. Lame. How naïve do they think we are?

And it’s not like he’s in solitary. We let him keep his cell phone, for Pete’s sake, which basically keeps him in touch with his entire posse. But he’d argue abuse is rampant. Physical labor, lack of junk food, and restrictions on electronics make him think he’s being water-boarded or something. Like Geneva even applies here. (North Korea, remember?) Sorry, Inmate 7. You’ll get your three hots and a cot and you’ll like it. Or not.

We don’t really care. In fact, it’s almost enter-taining to watch him grapple with the knowl-edge that he did this to himself. Hopefully, he’ll learn from his experience and make smarter choices next time. If not, we have no problem Shawshank-ing his behind again. Some kids just take longer to figure out how to make parole.

Yes, prison is tough. But so is parenting. Deal with it. Peace out.

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Carmel: Josh turner concert – Expect some classic twang mixed in with Turner’s deep tones when the 34-year-old country singer bringing his tunes to the Pal-ladium at the Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are available at www.thecenterforperform-ingarts.org. Turner, who hit it big with 2003’s “Long Black Train,” recently released his fifth studio album in June.

fishers: the whipstitch Sallies at hearthstone – This Friday, Hearth-stone Coffee House and Pub is hosting the Whipstitch Sallies at 8 p.m. The all-female, folk quartet features the mando-lin, guitar, harmonica

and bass. Take in the tunes with a pitcher of draft, craft beer and some close friends. Hearthstone also features fairly priced pub food.

noblesville: State of the union – The Belfry Theatre will begin its 2012-2013 season Friday with the drama “State of the Union” – the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning play and a de-lightfully fresh satire on America’s favorite pastime, politics. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Reservations can be made at 773-1085 or www.thebelfrytheatre.com.

westfield: Grand Junction funkion – The annual derby is 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday on South Union St. in downtown Westfield. This year’s activities include the wacky car race (2 to 5 p.m.), The Why Store concert, Sun King Brew-ery beer garden, vendors, kids area and corn hole tournament. For more information, visit www.dwna.org.

Zionsville: blues brothers revue – The Of-ficial Blues Brothers Revue is coming to the Zionsville Performing Arts Center this Satur-day. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a silent auction, followed by the performance at 7 p.m. To order tickets, visit www.tix.com. The

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The Hamilton County Parks & Recreation Dept. will transform the usual tranquil Potter's Bridge Park, 19401 N Allisonville Rd., Nobles-ville, into a lively festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6.

Guests of the Potter's Bridge Fall Festival can listen to live music, visit the art and craft booths, take your little ones to the kid’s area, and enjoy the natural scenery of Noblesville's most scenic park on the White River Greenway Trail. Oct. 6 marks the 13th year of the free, annual festival.

“It’s been a popular event for that long,” said Resource Development Specialist Don Nicholls of the HHCPR dept.

Nicholls said the festival will include 70 ven-dors with a wide variety of products, entertain-ment and food.

“It all takes place in the park setting. Local residents know it is a very peaceful and scenic park and the addition of the historic covered bridge is special,” he said. “Vendors have been coming for a long time and the first spot they ask for is on the covered bridge.”

A 10x10 foot booth space is only $30 and Nicholls said the low price provides in home businesses or entrepreneurial individuals an op-portunity to showcase their goods.

“This is the least expensive way to sell arts and crafts for that kind of traffic and exposure,” said Nicholls. “The great variety adds to the popularity.”

In addition to vendors, the festival will include a kid’s zone with the popular bounce house. Nicholls said parks staff will man an arts and crafts table and the park includes a large children’s playground. Entertainment will be provided by the Poison River Boys, a blue-grass band.

“We’ll have a hay bale stage but asked they

unplug and circulate among the festival so someone with a banjo may walk up to you and start strumming,” Nicholls said.

Kara Joray has been a vendor at the Potter’s Bridge Fall Festival for the past three years. The Noblesville resident said she enjoys how it’s close to home, especially since she attends festi-vals all over Indiana.

“I always ask for the bridge, it’s more fun that way,” she said. “I see a lot more local people around the neighborhood who come.”

Joray’s business, Alpha Pics, sells photos of everyday objects the look like letters. She then frames or mount letters into words and names. Joray and her sister take all of the photos, which has become popular.

“There’s a lot more competition than I had

four years ago when I started,” she joked.Wendy Blaylock of Corner Cottage is also

preparing for her fourth fall festival. Blaylock, a resident of Muncie, said she enjoys the sight of the leaves changing colors and variety of vendors.

“There are unique vendors there – a little more upscale, with nice quality handcrafted items. You find some interesting things there,” she said. “It’s scenic to walk around. Even if you don’t find anything, you don’t feel like you’ve wasted your time.”

If you’re looking for fall flowers, check out Blaylock’s booth, which sells 50 different variet-ies of mums for $5 and 20 kinds of sunflowers.

For more information, call 770-4404 or visit myhamiltoncountyparks.com.

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12th Annual Potter’s bridge fall festival in noblesville. (Photos by Robert Herrington)

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Zionsville farmers Market • Come see Zionsville’s greatest farmers and local artisans at the weekly market. • 8 to 11 a.m. • Parking lot at Main and Hawthorne, Zionsville • Free admission • Zionsville-FarmersMarket.org

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blondie & Devo • Blondie first gained fame in the late 1970s, and

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Schoolhouse rock live • The pop-culture phe-nomenon “Schoolhouse Rock” comes to the theatre stage instructing a whole new generation to “Un-pack your Adjectives” and “Conjunction Junction.” • 10 a.m. Today, Wednesday and Friday; noon today and 2 p.m. Saturday • The Tarkington, 3 Center Green, Carmel • $15 for adults, $10 for students • 843-3800

“Chicago” • A show featuring everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz • Tuesday to Saturday – 8 p.m., Wednesday – 1 p.m., Sunday – 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. • Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 9301 N. Michi-gan Rd., Indianapolis • $37 to $60, includes dinner buffet • 872-9664

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The rules of the contest are simple: have fun, don’t write longer than 450 words and make sure the writing is your own. E-mail your story

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First-place winners in each category will have their stories and author photo published in Cur-rent and stories written about them and their efforts. Select stories will be published on Cur-rent’s Web site, www.currentnightandday.com, for your enjoyment.

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frosting: 6 ounces softened cream cheese, 1 cup confectioners sugar sifted, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1/2 tea-spoon vanilla extract, 2 Tablespoon finely chopped pecans

Prepare: Preheat oven to 350. Lightly butter a 13x9 baking dish. Combine flours, cinnamon, bak-ing powder, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl; add the pecans; stir to blend. Place the oil, brown sugar,

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To make the frosting beat the cream cheese and confectioners sugar until smooth. Add the lemon juice, nutmeg and vanilla.

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AuDitiOnS fOr uPCOMinG bElfry PlAy SunDAy, MOnDAy – Auditions for the Christmas comedy “My Three Angels” will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Belfry Theatre, 10690 Greenfield Ave., Noblesville. Di-rected by Jeff Bick, this family comedy by Sam and Bella Spewack will be per-formed for three weekends beginning Nov. 23 and running through Dec. 9 on the Belfry stage. Roles are available for three women, stage ages 20’s to 60, and seven men, stage ages 25 to 70. Readings will be from the script, and the director will allow a one-minute monologue, but this is not required. For further details, visit www.thebelfrythe-atre.com.

hAuntED trAilS wAntS yOu – Interested in raising money for your club, group or organization? Then come out and volunteer at one of Hamilton County’s most popular events, Haunted Trails. At this event guests can enjoy a non-scary hayride or be led through the trails at Cool Creek Park to experience a fright. Haunted Trails runs 6 to 11 p.m. Oct. 23 to 25 at Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000-1 151st St., Westfield. Several volunteers are needed at this event. Forty trail guides are needed to lead small groups through the trails. Six to seven volunteers are also needed to assist guests with parking. Volunteer groups of four to 10 people are needed for 15 scenes along the trail. Groups will pitch their ideas to the park staff and if chosen will have a haunted scene along the trail. For more information on duties, visit www.myhamiltoncountyparks.com or call 770-4400.


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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month – a time to share information about the life-saving benefits of prostate cancer screening and early de-tection. Prostate cancer can only be cured if treated when the cancer is still contained within the prostate gland. Once the cancer spreads to lymph nodes or bones, it is treatable, but not curable.

Prostate cancer screening is recommended annually beginning at 50. Earlier screening is recommended for men with a family history of prostate cancer and African-American men, who also have a higher risk of developing the disease. Men in both groups should schedule yearly screenings beginning at age 40. Because prostate cancer grows slowly, routine screening is not recommended for men older than 75 or for men who are not in good health.

Screening consists of a blood test (PSA) and a digital rectal examination. Because prostate cancer does not generally cause symptoms, screening with a PSA and rectal examination is

necessary even in the absence of symptoms. The rectal exam is needed to check for hard areas in the prostate that can signify cancer even in the absence of an abnormal PSA. The blood test, which detects 90 percent of all prostate cancer, measures the level of PSA, a protein made only by prostate tissue. When there is any problem with the prostate, such as infection, enlargement or cancer, the PSA level increases.

Common treatments for prostate cancer are surgical removal of the prostate or radiation. Robotic surgeries achieve outstanding results for patients with very few side effects. When radiation is administered, radioactive “seeds” are implanted in the prostate to treat the cancer. Clinical trials are ongoing to find even better ways of treating prostate cancer.

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On Oct. 1, the Indiana Heart Hospital is go-ing to begin transitioning into the Community Heart and Vascular Hospital.

The hospital, which has been part of the Community Health Network for nearly 10 years, is going through the name change to eliminate confusion and build a stronger con-nection to the network, Tom Malasto, president of Community Heart and Vascular Hospital and chief operating offi-cer for Community Hos-pitals of Indiana, said in a phone interview with Current.

“The Indiana Heart Hospital, a long-standing anchor on the Community North campus, is changing its name, not only to bring it more closely into the Community Health Network family by name, but also to reflect the compre-hensive range of state-of-the-art services and procedures available,” he stated previosuly in a press release.

Many of the services, as well as staff and sup-

port, will not change. Some services will see expansion, according to Malasto.

Traditional practices, like vascular surgical services, valve repair and care of congestive heart failure are in place.

“We continue to evolve our services,” Malasto told Current.

He said the hospital’s cardiovascular genetic counseling center is a point of pride, as well as electrophysiology.

Clinicians from the Community Physician Network employ training in cardiovascular and medical genetics, helping patients understand “their risk of inherited heart disease and take steps to prevent or proactively manage the con-dition,” according to the press release.

A combination of each patient’s personal ex-perience and clinical outcomes set Community Heart and Vascular Hospital sets it apart, ac-cording to Malasto.

Employees will started showing off the new facility name on team T-shirts at the American Heart Association Heart Walk on Sept. 15.

The soon-to-be-named Community Heart and Vascular Hospital is connected to Commu-nity Hospitals East, North, South and Anderson via heart and vascular physicians in the Com-munity Physical Network.

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dOUGH InsuranceCommentary by Jamie ianigro

Question from Juliet M. from westfield: I work from home once or twice a week. Are there any insurance issues I need to worry about? response from Jamie ianigro:

If you have an ongoing arrangement that al-lows you to work at home in any capacity, you will be considered a telecommuter. The special privilege of reduced commuting also brings some special insurance considerations in play.

Bringing your work home with you can have some unintended consequences. The main reason is because most homeowners policies severely restrict or exclude coverage for business property. This is further complicated by the fact that business property is usually pretty valuable. Business property could include anything your employer provides for you to work at home in-cluding computers, printers, phone equipment, valuable paperwork, etc.

Liability issues can also arise when you’re working from home. A typical homeowners policy will completely exclude business related losses. A social guest slipping and falling is a simple, and common, claim that your home-owners policy will cover. Switch it around and make that guest a business guest and you can have liability issues for you and for your em-ployer. Liability claims are never fun, but they’re a lot less fun when your homeowners policy excludes them.

Using your personal vehicle for job-related activities, like making deliveries or client calls, can also cause some issues. Most personal auto policies exclude job-related use. Driving to and from work would not fall under job-related use. Some examples of job-related use would be: picking up a client at the airport, running to the store to restock the office vending machine, driving to and from client appointments, etc.

Now that you have a better idea of what you should be worried about, you should take a minute to document what you do so your employer and your independent insurance agent can make sure you’re covered properly. Make note of the following:• What routine job duties do you perform in

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More than 80 employers plan to be in at-tendance and looking to hire at the upcoming Hamilton County Job Fair, hosted by Nobles-ville Mayor John Ditslear. The Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Hamilton County 4-H Grounds, 2003 E. Pleas-ant St., Noblesville. Admission is free.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for citizens in Noblesville and all around. If we help somebody that’s the important thing,” said Ditslear.

Economic Development Director Judi John-son said unemployment in Noblesville has dropped from 8 percent in 2010 to 7.1 percent in 2011 to 6.5 percent this year (all amounts are based on July numbers).

“It’s gone down every year which is promis-ing,” said Johnson. “We’re really excited and looking forward to another great event. If we can help one person, I feel good about the fair.”

Employers in attendance will be from throughout central Indiana and job seekers throughout Indiana are welcome to attend. At last year’s fair, job seekers from 16 Indiana counties attended. In addition to meeting em-ployers, many free resources and four breakout sessions will be taught by job search experts from WorkOne. All session attendees will be entered into drawings for gift cards. The sessions include:

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Commentary by David Cain

I find flies especially irritating. Like a friendly dog that wants to explore you entirely, they are the great intruder of personal space. Unlike the friendly dog however, the fly gets into all kinds of unsavory places and in my mind the fly is indelibly linked to and a symbol of all things dirty. Only the roach comes to mind as nastier than the fly, an overreaction I’m sure.

As summer draws to a close, my outdoor ac-tivities have increased allowing the fly to take his rightful seat at the throne as king of irritations. Again, I completely understand that I’m on the verge of being considered a germ freak, but the fly is an irritating fellow. You can swat and swipe at them and they still find a way to land on your food or the rim of your drink again and again. Efforts to ignore them go unfulfilled. And, even if you don’t share my opinion of their nastiness, most would agree they are irritating. The proof, most people kill them.

For me, the fly also represents a business anal-ogy. This seemingly inconsequential little guy, so tiny you’d like to ignore him, can spoil a party. Consider a cookout. Lots of people, drinks, fun,

kids running about, laughter and smiles. There he sits, the fly with a dozen buddies crawling all over the food and drinks while people talk. You shoo him. He lands on someone’s forehead. You shoo him again, he moves to your arm then to your drink then to your plate. The fly is a relentless, determined spoiler. He always wants to disrupt your party, mildly irritate people, and he’s only interested in himself.

Little things can ruin the entire experience. It takes a lot of work to prevent the little irrita-tions in the daily experience of your customers, too. It’s a lot of work to get rid of the flies in your business. I am consistently on the lookout for flies. I’m the flyswatter or at least the fly spotter. Always working to prevent having flies, spot them quickly when they enter the scene, and immediately escort them out of our busi-ness party. After all, too many flies are a signal that something must be rotten.

Killing flies and taking names

David Cain works at Magnitude, a sales and marketing company. Contact David at [email protected].

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Knock, knock, I am hereyou declare your presence, you have my blessing.

Or, you could always just say, “It’s me,” like the rest of the population would – but in your heart, you would know you were wrong.

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Question: Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s me … umm … I mean, it’s I? Which is right and why? – From Daniel Silver

Answer: Fear not, dear joke-fraught reader, it is I, Jordan the Grammar Guy, here to answer your question. As a matter of fact, I already have.

So who’s at the door, you ask? Well, I am. To figure out why, we’ll be pulling out a tried and true grammar trick: sentence parsing.

Our sentence above, once we’ve put on our best superhero voice to formally announce our-selves, is, “It is I.” At the simplest level, we know that sentences need two things: a noun and a verb. “I am,” for example, is a perfectly accept-able sentence. “I” is the subject. “Am” is the verb. “Me am,” on the other hand, is only acceptable if you work with Barney Rubble or haven’t ad-vanced your diet beyond pureed carrots (not that there’s anything wrong with carrots).

Though both “I” and “me” are personal pro-nouns, “I” is used as a subjective pronoun, while “me” is used as an objective pronoun. Figuring out which one to use comes down to the action of the sentence. To demonstrate, let’s use one of my favorite actions: eating.

If I am eating alone, then I am the subject. I am the one eating. Subjective pronouns are simple enough.

Let’s say, though, I’m eating with my friend

Carolyn. Or, more accurately for this demon-stration, let’s say that Carolyn is eating with me. Why are we using the objective “me” all of a sudden? The preposition “with” has changed the direction of the action. As a preposition, “with” requires an object. That object, in this case, is I.

It can be confusing at first, but the trick is to always look where the action is going. Let’s flip some sentences around and look at how that can change the pronoun.

Carolyn and I need to set up our dinner plans, so I call Carolyn. In this case, I am per-forming the action and Carolyn is the recipient. Of course, Carolyn could always call me, in which case I would become the recipient (thus requiring the objective pronoun “me”) and Carolyn would become the actor.

Now you could ask, since there is no preposi-tion in the statement, “It is I,” why does is require a subjective pronoun? And it would be a good question. The answer is that when we come across linking verbs – words like “is,” “was” and “seem” – we use subjective pronouns. I remember this rule by flipping the sentence around, using the linking verb as the axis. For example, though the sentence, “It is I,” seems convoluted, “I am it,” makes a lot more sense than, “Me am it,” would. Or, “Me is it,” for that matter.

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FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT AMBASSADORSYou are cordially invited to an elegant afternoon with friends of

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The occasion is the major 2012 fundraiser supporting thisaward-winning, nationally-revered group of 50 students

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October 14, 2012 | 3pm - 6pmRitz Charles, 12156 Meridian St., Carmel, IN

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News stories typically use an informational structure known as “the inverted pyramid.”

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The inverted pyramid does a couple of things.First, it quickly relays the most important in-

formation in case one reads only the first part of a news story. Second, it makes the story easy to shorten if space is tight. Rather than requiring a time-consuming rewrite, the story is simply cut from the bottom until it fits. The most impor-tant stuff is already up top.

I’m glad the Gospel writers of the Bible – Mat-thew, Mark, Luke and John – didn’t cut off the end of the story as they revealed the truth of Jesus’s min-istry. That last part in each of the Gospels about the death and resurrection of Christ isn’t exactly extraneous information. But as I was reminded lis-tening to a recent sermon on the Gospel of Mark, it’s really important that we pay close attention to the first things the Gospel reports – not just the

spectacular last things – of Jesus’s earthly ministry.The lead of the “Good News” of the four

Gospels, the first thing Jesus did when enter-ing into his relatively brief but world-changing, life-restoring, and soul-saving ministry was to be baptized by his cousin John the Baptist (Mark 1:9). Jesus’s first message? “Repent and believe” (Mark 1:15). His first ministry invitation / command? “Follow me” (Mark 1:17).

Too often, Christians jump straight to the gory and glory parts of faith: crucifixion, dis-secting our sin, being forgiven, rebirth, expect-ing life ever after, and then saying to Jesus, “Here’s what I want You to do for me…” When that happens we’ve buried the lead, lost the joy, missed the story … missed the point.

The first information of the “Good News” is that we are to be baptized into Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit; to repent – recognize, apologize, and dry our eyes – of our sins before Jesus Christ; to believe in Jesus Christ; and to follow Jesus Christ.

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Progress is good . . . right? Well, sometimes. Progress in the manufacturing of residential fur-nishings is really good . . . right? Well, sometimes.

The internal workings of newer, lower priced furnishings generally feature a Drop-In Machine-Tied system. This is a pre-assembled, machine-made coil system designed to simulate the hand-tied predecessor. The machine made system drops into the frame and is fastened at the corners.

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The frame is critical to the life of your piece, as well. You can find a chair that looks great on the surface only to discover that under the fabric on the arms is rolled cardboard, which is des-tined to fail under use.

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port for the sofa frame. A piece of wood is wedged between one side of the sofa and the other and then secured in place. This construc-tion method offers reinforcement for the joints and results in a stronger frame.

Glue and stapling corner blocks on a frame is the easiest, least costly way of manufacturing a sofa frame, but it carries with it the poorest reputation for strength. A step up is to nail the corner blocks. Screwing the wood joints together is absolutely the best way to create a secure foundation.

A quality piece of furniture … manufactured with methods that were developed prior to the progress in manufacturing should last about 10 years, depending on amount of use. A piece man-ufactured with some or all of the newer methods could last as little as six months to two years.

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Switching from a self-rimming or under coun-ter model to an apron front or farmhouse style will give the space a new look and demand atten-tion. Many top selling lines allow for the apron sink to fit directly on top of the existing cabinetry (while taking into account the removal of the false drawer if you have one). The result is a spa-cious basin that serves both function and fashion.

StAyinG A ‘DOOr’ AblEIf keeping a lid on the budget is of utmost im-

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The desire for modern lines and a clean, maintenance free, abbreviated footprint led us to Azek decking as the non-traditional face of the grill station. Azek offers a “plug” system that hides ordinary screw heads and prompts a very finished look. Tile matching the home’s interior was sourced for the counter with tight joints to ease in cleaning.

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your wood for Winter – Come and pick some up at tornado-land: Marysville IN.:

$75 a Rick. And you pick up 812-987-5049

liQuiDaTioN saleDURAN DESIGNS 317-289-0586

136 N. Union Street Westfld, Ind 46074 Thur, Fri.& Sat Sept 28, 29 & 30th

SALE HOURS 9-3Home decor, Garden accessories, Florals,

Lots of Christmas Items.All Upscale items, priced below cost.

Will sell entire contents of storeMAKE AN OFFER!

NEW ITEMS BROUGHT IN DAILY.

moViNg sale Customized Bar; Barkley Recliner

Jennifer Sofa/recliner; Entertainment Center; and much more: Call for appointment: 317-815-1940

iNTeresTeD iN THe message oF THe Cross?

We are meeting every SundayAfternoon in Hamilton County.

For more information call;(317) 670-6210 or (317) 650-8812

Fall laWN aeraTioNHeat + Drought = Aerate

Free Estimates/ Overseeding available 317-523-4309

www.y-aerate.com

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You: Head to toe – a Women’s Wellness event

You can’t take on the world without taking care of yourself.Join the physicians of IU Health North Hospital during a day dedicated to women’s health. Learn about topics that interest you, including breast and heart health, cancer, cosmetic surgery, nutrition and more. You can also receive health screenings. Admission is free.

saturday, october 68:30 am to noonIU Health North Hospital – Learning Center and K13011700 North Meridian St., Carmel

Reserve your spot at iuhealth.org/north/womens-wellness or call 317.688.3698

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september 25, 2012

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