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By Mike BeasCurrent in Carmel

Wall clocks and wristwatches would shatter longstand-ing tradition by acquiring a 13th and 14th hour. Yet the concept of the occasional 28-hour day inserted into Beth Cisco’s office calendar might be something she wholeheart-edly would embrace. Too bad time can’t stand still because, well, neither can Cisco.

On the job as system marketing executive at St. Vincent Health since Aug. 11, Cisco’s nearly two decades of seasoning in the fields of strategic market-ing planning and development, brand development and management, marketing communications and public relations have prepared her well for this latest challenge.

Talk about a kid in a corporate candy store.“I’m very passionate about what I do. I absolutely

love marketing. A lot of people don’t completely understand what marketing is, but to me it’s think-ing strategically and making people understand our brand and what we do every day,” said Cisco, 46, of Carmel. “One of the reasons I love what I do is be-cause of what I get to market, and that’s healthcare. And I believe St. Vincent does it exceptionally.”

But can it reach higher? Certainly. Medicine and technology constantly are improving, and the general public’s healthcare attitudes are ever-changing. Keeping her finger on the pulse of all the moving targets and incorporat-ing methods in which to fuse them is but one of the many hats Cisco wears.

Her marketing track record illustrates she’s quite adept in this area. During a four-year stint as vice president of marketing and development at St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Cisco’s marketing implementations and strategies produced astounding results. From 2007 to 2008, there was a 41- to 63-percent jump in net promoter scores. Cisco and her team also created a HeartScan marketing program,

which, in turn, experienced a 700 percent spike in appoint-ments from October 2007 through July 2008.

Unrelenting as she is strategic, kindhearted as she is detail-oriented, Cisco is recognized as one of Indiana’s premier healthcare executives. Sort of makes one wonder where she would be if she actually polished off her work resume and went searching for greener healthcare pastures.

“I wasn’t looking for this job. I was asked if I would like to do the job,” she said. “I’m always challenging myself. I do believe if you’re given these wonderful blessings, you should take advantage of them and do the best job possible.”

One of those blessings, frankly, is frankness. When Cisco devises her course of action, the end result tends to reek of boldness.

“What I say to a lot of people is let’s look up and out. The old stereotypical ‘Let’s look outside of the box’ . . . I say, ‘Let’s break the box,’ “ she said. “We have been spend-

ing monies that I don’t think were spent as wisely as I believe they should be. A lot of it is that I have a goal to be more efficient with our marketing dollars and much more strategic and systematic in our approach.”

With Cisco’s job title come expectations, and those expectations usually translate into 60- to 70-hour work weeks, not to mention approximately six to eight meetings

and 100 to 125 e-mails received per day.It’s enough to make an executive kick off her high-

heels (Cisco owns 58 pairs) and rest her aching feet at the end of a long day. The caffeine of a Coca-Cola surely would hit the spot right about then, except Cisco, who sleeps four, maybe five hours a night, reserves that vice for her morning hours on the job.

And work doesn’t stop when she leaves the office. Cisco recently remarried and she and her husband, Jim Warner, just built a home in on the city’s west side; they have a combined brood of five children. One is hers and four are his. Sounds a bit like the Brady Bunch, but Cisco said, “I don’t recall Carol working outside of the home, and we don’t have an Alice or even a Sam the Butcher to help us; however, we manage to figure it out … sometimes with the help of a glass (or two) of Cabernet!”

Another of Cisco’s passions is Stephen King novels. The title of the approximately 20 she claims to have

read is, fittingly, “Insomnia.”But what’s eight hours of shuteye when there is work to

be done? Cisco’s reputation in healthcare circles is well-doc-umented. She’s a doer, plain and simple, and if her previous employment stops are any indication, St. Vincent Health plucked itself a jewel.

“My end goal would be to drive increased preference for St. Vincent and make certain our various target audiences know and understand the breadth of what we offer,” said Cisco. “It’s about facilitating relationships and sharing what differentiates us from others.”

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BuiLd it and thEy WiLL ComEIt is our position that the Carmel

International Arts Festival demonstrates the success of the “build it and they will come” framework of Old Town’s Arts & Design District. On a lovely final weekend of September, Carmel hosted the 11th annual event, featur-ing north of 150 juried artists with their creations on display in booths on Main Street down-town (yes, we have a down-town!). Attendees were encour-aged to explore artistic creations from Indiana to Spain to Japan. Just to make that global journey appeal to even more of one’s senses, the food booths offered a nice variety of geographically-diverse, edible treats.

Perhaps much to the surprise of the

sniping critics of our fine berg, the arts in Carmel represent truly a sensory and learning experience. Several new busi-nesses were in full bloom, including the delightful Serendipity tea room, where sidewalk passersby repeatedly cupped

their hands to peer into the vibrant business where they saw a roomful of diners. To continue the sensory theme, the Hamilton County Artists Association, headed by Carmel resident Julie Houck, provided a

tangible experience for those adults who crave for a hands-on, artistic outing. In the HCAA booth, grown-ups were invit-ed to sit alongside the professional artists and to try painting a bookmark in order to release “that inner child.” Perfect.

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should read and understand the constitu-tions of the United States and Indiana. We all can use a refresher course on what the founding fathers intended for the gen-erations that followed the launch of this nation.

Beginning this week, we will run excerpts from an article of the U.S. Constitution, then the Indiana Constitution, through Election Day, Nov. 4. Today, we offer Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution (reprinted as writ-ten). See how sections therein connect with today: “To borrow money on the credit of the United States.” ... “To estab-lish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,

and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” ... “To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two

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dEtERminE WantS and nEEdS

My Dad was fond of saying “you’ve got your wants and needs out of order.” As a teenager it used to bug me to no end. It

always seemed that which I believed an imperative was only a want. And the stuff that I could have lived with-out was what I really needed. Much like the seasonal trips that we would make to the barber shop (no salons for me), I’d get a winter haircut or a summer one. Two choic-es. The need was a haircut. Simple and direct. As I got a little older and my list of wants became more compli-cated, an object of my high school affections convinced me to visit the “beauty parlor” (as dad would have called it). Moreover, she believed I needed a perm much like Christopher Atkins had in Blue Lagoon. Whether overcome with hormones or just persuaded by her argument, I agreed. An appointment was arranged; and soon

I found myself sitting in a chair with tin foil and curlers.

When I left the chair smelling faintly like a chemistry classroom that was in need of a good cleaning, my head was reeling

from the list of rules and regu-lations that accompanied my new ’do (those of us who are committed to these regimen are to be regarded with the highest esteem). My pockets felt light, emptied by the considerable cost associated with my fulfill-ing this “need.” As the days passed, dad’s words became clear. I didn’t need an expensive haircut. I needed the experience of having one. And fulfilling that need satiated much of the want. Luxury is good. And most of us want it. But know-ing the difference between

wants and needs and taking advantage of both in moderation, isn’t that

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

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a ChangE iS gonna ComE

Sam Cooke sang about it, Daniels is justifying it and Clarian is call-ing for it.

Change. Let’s talk about it.In 1979, James Prochaska

published the landmark Prochaska Model, which out-lines the stages a human goes through in making a change in behavior. They are:

Precontemplation – a person is unaware that an improvement can result from a change in behavior;Contemplation – a person recognizes a problem and begins to gather information as to how a change could help reduce or eliminate the problem;Preparation – a person inter-nalizes the need to change, chooses a course of action and prepares to act within a few weeks;Action – a person implements new behaviors to meet their desired goal for several months;Maintenance – a person’s newly acted upon behaviors become routine.

The rate at which a person travels through the change process is highly vari-

able, and depends greatly on internal mo-tivation and outside events that influence the person’s decision-making.

So, if you’re a candidate for President for the United States of America, and your

platform is about change (sound familiar?), how are you going to attempt to move Congress through a change process? Is that remotely even contemptible?

If you’re Barack Obama, and you want to win the Hoosier State, how can you convince several hundred thousand Hoosiers that your idea of change is better than John McCain’s brand of change, given that Hoosiers openly resist change and for decades this state has voted red?

No matter what, come November, Sam Cooke was

right, “A change is gonna come.” Let’s hope and pray it’s for the better.

Sue Finkam is interested in making a difference in the community through healthy conversa-tion. You can participate in the conversation by posting a comment on her blog at www.youarecurrent.com.

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Here’s a fine How-Do-You-Do (and you probably won’t believe it, but we’re not fabricating this one bit.):

The fact that you were holding last week’s newspaper in your hands was all but a miracle. Had it not been for our alert printer, the guy who produces the cards that carry the postage for the delivery of Current, you’d have been empty-handed.

The story goes like this: One U.S. Postal Service worker told our printer, “Sure, go ahead with a larger card (than we usu-ally use). It will be fine.” Our customer requested it, our printer’s postal specialist verified its permissibility, and then the postal dude sealed the deal. Until his boss piped up.

No way could we use the larger cards, as that would be against postal regulations, she said. WHAT? Thankfully, the printer has several weeks’ worth of our customer’s cards, so we quickly reverted to the origi-nal size. Bear in mind, this happened with no time to spare. None. Had the cards not been available, you and our advertising

partners would have been up a creek, to say nothing of our operation. At that, the paper was delivered late in Carmel, and we received not the first phone call telling us that would be the case.

Of course, this is the same agency that keeps foisting upon all of us postage in-creases. It used to take an act of Congress, and then we’d have months of warning. Now, you pretty much can bank on it hap-pening every May. The USPS just needs to find a jump in the Consumer Price Index and then add that percentage of increase to the current rate.

This is yet ANOTHER example of us taxpayers getting the unsanitary end of the stick. Until we stand up repeatedly to this nonsense, it’s going to continue – and we’ll deserve it.

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I am finally starting to feel old. I went for my annual “female” exam and for the first time ever, my doctor and I discussed, “You’re past having babies, let’s move on to pre-menopause”

stuff. Besides the usual urine sample, weight (which was up) and height (which was down?) check and that very special in-ternal exam, we ventured into a new and terrifying territory: geriatrics.

First up, the mighty mam-mogram. Many women are having base-line mammograms at 35, but I really don’t want one. Being squeezed and prod-ded and then photographed holds absolutely no appeal for me, especially since I opted out of the boob job. I have no family history of breast cancer and I do regular self-breast exams (well most months, anyway), so my doc agreed to let me wait until I turn 40, in the dis-tant (yet all-too-near) future. Can’t wait!

Next on the elderly agenda, bone den-sity. Apparently now is the time to start OD’ing on calcium to prevent frail and brittle bones when I’m 80. Twelve hun-dred milligrams per day will do the trick, and that can represent a combination of supplements, vitamins and dairy products such as milk and yogurt. So as long as I

take my Women’s One-A-Day and drink a large chocolate (real ice cream) shake with my extra-cheese pizza, I should be styling when I attempt a Silver Sneaker Half-Quarter Marathon. Walker/Cane Division,

of course.Finally, that most magical

of topics, the “monthly curse.” I certainly still get them, so I guess that’s good, but the PMS has substantially worsened over the last few years. Hot flashes, insomnia and just a smidge of manic depression. “Moody” doesn’t really do it justice, unless you’d call Giselle “pretty.” But as new psychiatric medicine would have it, I’m in luck. My doctor recommended Sarafem, (aka Prozac!) to help ward off the devil during the two weeks lead-ing up “the visit.” And though

my husband has mixed feelings on the subject (“Can’t you just learn to deal with the turmoil-inducing hormones natural-ly?” versus “Psycho wife exorcised forever? Hmmm, sounds good, I’ll have that!”) he’s willing to support my decision. So I’m happily hopping on the anti-depressant wagon and giving drugs a try. I figure it can’t make me any crazier (side effects are supposedly mild on this low of dosage) and maybe, just maybe, it’ll actually help. Plus, I’m supporting a local outfit, Eli Lilly

& Co., and fueling the American economy with my copay! I will certainly keep you posted on my medicated, flag-waving state of being. God bless the USA (and pharma-ceutical companies).

In retrospect, the morning was not all bad, despite the “You’re past your prime” vibe. I got to catch-up with my favorite OB/GYN, who ain’t too hard on the eyes, if I may say so, and read high fashion magazines while I waited in a room full of very pregnant women. I felt so thin! Plus, having just come from the dentist where I had “reclined” for 45-minutes in the white-knuckled grip of primordial fear as the technician scraped tarter build-up off my teeth (which, coincidentally, are not only yellowing due to age, but also revert-ing back to their pre-braces days!), a pelvic examination was like Christmas come early. Yippee!

I don’t mind the idea of getting older; after all, age brings wisdom, experience and maybe a savings account. But I dread the decline of mental and physical health. And even though most of that is years off, you can be damn sure I’m going to keep having annual check-ups and taking the advice of my doctor. I won’t grow old without a fight! Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and con-tributing columnist. You may e-mail her at [email protected].

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OKTOBERFEST AT KING OF GLORY - King of Glory Lutheran Church (2201 E. 106th St.) is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration on Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. Included in the festivities will be a live magic show with live animals along with fun and games geared for children. There will also be a pretzel-eating contest, a bake-off and of course, German food. Admission is free. However, donations will be collected for Lutheran Family Services. Attendees may also bring a bag of food items for the Sharing Place to help disadvantaged children cared for by Lutheran Family Services.

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE - The Monon Center is a one-stop shop! Why drive all day searching for individual garage sales? This Saturday, Oct. 11, the Monon Center east parking lot will become a giant garage sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendance is free, but bring some cash for great deals. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled.

VISITOR IMPACT STUDY - Visitors to Hamilton County in 2007 left behind $240 million in direct expenditures, according to a report released by the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau – a combined increase of 12.6 percent over the two-year period, or a net gain of 5.4 percent when adjusted for inflation. Overall, approximately 1.8 million destination travelers visited the county in 2007, up 6.1 percent from the previous two-year period of 2003-2005. In Hamilton County alone, tourism directly contributed $15.5 million in local taxes, or approximately $160 per household. Total employment in the tourism sector also increased between 2005 and 2007.

STRIKING ACCORD - VOCE (an esteemed vocal choir) is partnering with the Circle City Ringers (a bronze-level community handbell ensemble) to present this unique and exciting musical experience. The collaboration of these two dynamic local groups is sure to provide an evening of diverse musical stylings, fantastic music and a lot of smiles. The concert will be presented at the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis (8600 N. College Avenue) at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12. Adult admission is $10 at the door; students and seniors may attend for $7. Cash or checks only, please. For more information, please email the Circle City Ringers at [email protected] or call (317) 250-2126.

Towne Road and 136th Street: Construction on a roundabout at this intersection is scheduled to begin in mid-October. The intersection will be closed for about 45 days. It will remain open until the roundabout at Towne Road and 131st is complete and open to traffic.

1st Avenue SW: Construction began last week on the section of 1st Avenue SW between 1st Street SW and 3rd Street SW. It will remain closed until late-November, but access to local businesses will be main-tained. Improvements will include roadway reconstruction, drainage improvements, street lights and on-street parking.

Keystone Avenue and 106th Street:Keystone traffic moved last week from the west side to the newly constructed east side. Northbound traffic will now flow onto the new 106th Street ramp system. Southbound traffic will flow onto the lanes that will eventually be used for northbound traffic. Access to 106th Street from Keystone will remain closed during this phase of construction. Traffic flow will remain in this configuration until mid- to late-November when all Keystone traffic will move to the newly lowered section of road.

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Bryan UnruhCurrent in Carmel

Carmel residents Ersal Ozdemir and David Cain were among the 10 Indy’s Best and Brightest award winners on Sept. 26.

The awards ceremony, hosted by Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, honored 100 of the state’s most out-standing professionals under the age of 40. Ozdemir, presi-dent and CEO of Keystone Construction, won in the category of real estate develop-ment and construction. Cain, president of MediaSauce, took home the technology award.

“It’s a great honor,” said Cain. “Especially because I learned later that the nomination came from a client.”

The winners will receive benefits including enrollment in a leadership training program. They will also benefit from a new partner-ship with the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee.

Finalists in each category were judged on professional accomplishments and leadership qualities.

Visit www.indysbestandbrightest.com to view the list of current and past winners.

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Editor:I read the letter to the editor from Dan Grossman accus-

ing Bob Walters of being a hypocrite with double-standards and really do not think he has a leg to stand on because he is neither. He has not exhibited those traits in any of his articles I have read. I watched the Republican convention, as well, and was wondering exactly which convention Mr. Grossman was watching, because Sarah Palin never used coded racial lan-guage to describe Barack Obama. Also, I think the only person associating Obama as the Anti-Christ here is Mr. Grossman. I have not seen it in John McCain’s ads. Maybe I missed it, but I don’t think so considering those ads have been playing non-stop for weeks and weeks and weeks. Both candidates are tell-ing the American people that the other candidate is the wrong choice, which is the way it is supposed to work. As far as campaigns go, I have seen more mudslinging at the local and state level than this year’s presidential campaign. Just because Mr. Walters chooses to defend Palin does not mean he has to defend Obama. Besides, Obama himself put out the Muslim fires long ago. So it is hilarious that a mother and father would love their daughter no matter what? Unconditional love to me shows integrity. I have no problem believing Mr. Walters would say the same thing if that same scenario happened to Obama because for me the character he exhibits in the col-umns he writes attests to it. That would not necessarily mean he would vote for Obama though. In the articles I have read of Mr. Walters he is neither a hypocrite or has double-standards.

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By Bryan UnruhCurrent in Carmel

It’s never too early to start voting.That was the theme last Wednesday at the Village of

WestClay’s Primrose School, where State Sen. Mike Delph helped teach a class of preschoolers about the American electoral system.

Students learned a variety of voting procedures, includ-ing registration and ID verification, and voted for their own president. Billy, the courageous duck, won 8-6 over Percy, the honest rooster.

Pretzels and cheese beat bananas and yogurt in the vote for that afternoon’s snack.

Delph also read the book Duck for President to the chil-dren and helped tally their votes. He said he was happy to participate.

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The Sertoma Club of Carmel is the newest addition to the civic organization network in our city. With just a year under its belt, plans are underway to celebrate

their second-year anniversary in February. Had it not been for the resolve of Mickey Brooks to give it a try, fail and then try again to establish the club, there would not have been even a first-year anniversary. The 42 members now look back with gratitude on the hard work and resolute effort of proud Sertoma Mr. Brooks.

Actually, starting the club may have been the easy part. As we know, service organizations made up of civic-minded people con-nected by living or working in Carmel turn out tremendous ben-efits to groups and organizations tasked with making Carmel a better place to live. Raising money, contributing time and ensuring it all will happen is hard work. The young Sertoma Club is no different and immediately partnered with Children’s TherAplay Foundation promising to work hard and raise some revenue for them.

Wednesday at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce luncheon, President Kurt Fancher along with members of the club will ceremoniously present a check to officials of TherAplay. The presentation will commemorate the financial success of “Putt Away for TheraAplay.” Not just

another fundraising golf tournament, but an 18-hole golf tournament held on a putt-putt course complete with a “popgun start.” Complete with hole sponsors, door prizes and raffle items, yet family-orien-

tated so that everyone has fun raising money for a local char-ity. Fundraising Chairman Pat Linquist is proud of the con-tribution the first two years has brought, but vows year No. 3 will top them both.

Meetings are held at noon each Thursday at Mudsocks Grill for lunch. Treasurer Mat Foley and Program Director Clara Lehman are among the members you would meet should you decide Sertoma sounds right for you. They will tell you that they are looking for passionate individuals who

are interested in providing service to man-kind and know that they can offer more through an organization of many indi-viduals working together than they could alone. Membership Chair Ron Stevens is ready to hear from you at 888-705-2304

Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis and now Sertoma. Without Mickey Brooks, we would have been one club short.

Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with Carmel” on cable channel 16. Contact him at [email protected]

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For Current in CarmelMatthew Anthony Carfagna, a Carmel

High School graduate and member of Boy Scout Troop 125, recently received Boy Scouting’s highest award, the Eagle rank. Only two percent of all Scouts attain the coveted Eagle rank.

Carfagna’s Eagle service project involved

the replacement of a bridge for Third Phase, a Noblesville Christian ministry which provides shelter for people in transi-tion, as well as food, clothing and house-hold goods for Hamilton county needy. The son of Mark and Tracy Carfagna, and Debra and Greg Jones of Carmel, Matt is a freshman at Anderson University.

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For Current in CarmelThe Carmel Symphony Orchestra

announces its Annual Young Artists Concerto Competition, sponsored by Meridian Music. Eligibility requirements: students up to and including grade 12 and must be a resident of one of the follow-ing counties: Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Shelby or Tipton.

The winner is featured at the Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s “Family Fun!” concert on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Westfield High School Auditorium. The

winner also receives a $1,000 cash award provided by Meridian Music. First runner-up will receive $500 and second runner-up $250 courtesy of the CSO League.

Entry forms with information and requirements are available at Meridian Music (12725 Old Meridian Street, Carmel), the Carmel-Clay Public Library (55 Fourth Avenue SE, across from Carmel High School), on-line at www.car-melsymphony.org or by calling the CSO office at 317-844-9717. Completed entry forms must be postmarked by Nov. 10.

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Dilly bars, soft-serve cones and Blizzards will soon be served up at the Carmel Dairy Queen. A fire last spring destroyed the original building that had been standing on North Range Line Road since 1960.

Owned for the last 13 years by Carmel resident Mina Khoury, the fire forced the demolition of the building. The new one is modeled after Dairy Queen’s latest design known as the Grill and Chill.

“It’s not the way we wanted to get a new store,” said Khoury. “But we are excited about it, and you know you just have to put bad things behind you.”

The new DQ will be an all-brick build-ing that will be closer to the road. Khoury

said it all reflects the vision of the City of Carmel for all new North Range Line Road development.

“The cooperation we have had from city officials in expediting permits and getting through all the red tape has been great,” said Khoury.

Ground was broken on the new build-ing in June and it is expected to reopen for business by Dec. 15. A grand opening cer-emony is set for March. Khoury said cus-tomers have stopped by to check the prog-ress and some even offered their services to help get the DQ back up and running.

“It’s wonderful to know there are people that care so much,” said Khoury. “It’s very heartwarming to know how many loyal customers we have here.”

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WEALThY ARE AFRAID ThEY’LL RUN OUT OF MONEY - It’s not just the middle class that has money worries. Even the affluent are worrying about running out of cash. According to a new survey from American Express Publishing and the Harrison Group, nearly half of respondents with incomes of $250,000 or more agreed with the statement that “I worry that at some point I could run out of money.” That’s up from about a third in April. Fully 69-percent agreed with the statement that “The recent real estate and banking crisis has affected my sense of financial security.” Of course, $250,000 is only “Obama wealthy.” And running out of money at some point is a long-time horizon. Yet the survey suggests that even high-income earners are cutting back their spending for fear of what the financial future might bring. Fully two-thirds say that they are “looking closely at every spending category to see where I can save.”

The categories most likely to be hit hardest:

• SUVs• Jewelry• Handbags• Leather goods• Private jet usage

Areas not as affected:• Hybrid cars (the new status symbol)• Children’s clothing and business travel

Silver lining:• Real estate

The survey found that three quarters of the respondents cited real-estate as “an opportunity,” compared with about a quarter who cited it as a “risk.” Fully 30-percent are in the market to acquire real estate this year.

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DUNKIN’ WON’T COST A LATTE - In today’s tough economy, Dunkin’ Donuts is introducing a new way for Americans to treat themselves to a delicious latte without blowing the lids off their budgets. Dunkin’ Donuts launched America’s Latte Break, a new nationwide program to help people keep themselves running in the afternoon more affordably. Beginning today, customers at any participating Dunkin’ Donuts shop throughout the country can purchase a small hot or iced Dunkin’ Donuts Latte on any weekday between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. for just 99 cents through Nov. 11.

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hocus focus, you keep working, but nothing gets done. Days filled with interruptions, clut-ter and waste, it’s easy to feel like you work all the time but

get nothing done. It’s not surprising that over two-thirds of the working world feel like they end each day having worked hard but having accomplished very little. It’s also no shock to learn that only about one-third of workers are actively engaged in their jobs.

If you feel relieved by these statistics, you’re probably one of them. Sure it’s natural for work to lose its luster sometimes, but that nagging dis-satisfaction of work undone takes its toll. Going to work with the excitement of hangover is no way to spend your day.

Momentum is what you need – the BIG MO – big momentum. Have you ever stopped exercising in the middle of a workout and then tried to restart? How

about stop for coffee on your way to work? Stopped to chat on your way to do something else? Been interrupted while making a point? Any minor interruption that kills your momentum gobbles up a lot of time and energy alongside the in-terruption activity.

Keeping the Big MO is tough work, but if you can harness momentum there is a payoff. However, it does require discipline and a strategy. Strategy like creating uninterrupted work blocks, honing your no and not-right-now skills, and understanding that each interruption is like making a payment, and it should have a payoff, too: a payoff greater than getting your work done.

Marketing needs momentum as well. There’s no payoff for stopping your mar-keting MO in the middle. Think of it like a business workout. You have to keep going to stay in shape and be attrac-tive to others. If you stop in the middle, you’ll never realize your goals. This MO doesn’t need Larry or Curly to get the job done. Just don’t slow your MO.

David Cain works at MediaSauce, a digital media and online marketing company in Carmel. David welcomes your questions or comments at [email protected].

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In an ongoing effort to help make the buying and selling process even easier, Century 21 Scheetz has introduced Mobile Search Technology. Consumers can now call one simple phone number, 814-5555, and search any home from their phones. This new technology pro-vides consumers one number to use to search the entire listing inventory in cen-tral Indiana.

“Providing consumers with a single phone number so they can have instant information 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is a convenience that they expect and deserve and Century 21 Scheetz is proud to offer this through its Mobile Search Technology,” said Mick Scheetz, broker/owner.

Century 21 Scheetz has five offices throughout the Indianapolis area and is a full service brokerage. For more informa-tion, go to www.c21scheetz.com.

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MONEY MATTERSWhat is your reaction to the proposed

federal bailout of Wall Street?

“I think we have to maintain faith and trust in our elected officials and let them do their jobs.”

Claire Zmak Carmel

“I’ve got mixed feelings. I understand why it is necessary, but I am afraid it will be ex-tremely inflationary.”

Paul Maanum Carmel

“I am in favor of it because I think it will help the economy in the long run.”

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By Jeffrey A. MagginnisFor Current in Carmel

You have been reading quite a bit lately about the financial woes of our country, in particular the banking crisis that has claimed many companies in its wake. If you have not personally felt the effect of this crisis, you will if you apply for any type of credit right now. Banks are increas-ingly tightening their lending standards in an effort to bolster liquidity. In short, capital is very precious.

For example, credit scores to command the best rates on consumer debt have gone up. I cannot speak for every bank as each one has different lending standards, but I know from my experience that getting a home equity today is more difficult not only because it requires a stronger credit score, but appraisals are coming in lower. Credit card companies appear to be get-ting more aggressive in their collection efforts, as have many banks on both con-sumer and business debt. Some banks are exiting certain industry classes on the busi-ness side and even some lending classes on

the consumer side. All of this tightening is a direct result of the mess on Wall Street.

Is credit available? Yes, but you had better be prepared for more questions and additional scrutiny. Businesses are expe-riencing more-detailed questions about their business. If a company is not properly capitalized, it is nearly impossible to get credit, even from non-traditional lenders in some cases. Any blemish on a personal or business credit report can easily disqualify you. Do not expect to get credit based on expected earnings, but on proven results.

All of this sounds pretty gloomy and it is. However, the markets will settle down and we will return to a better lending cli-mate. Just expect it to be much more pru-dent than before this crisis began.

Jeffrey A. Magginnis is vice president of busi-ness banking for Key Bank. You may reach him at [email protected]

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For those of us who have been married awhile, we know it’s not always puppy dogs and lollipops. No marriage experience is without its ups and downs, but

the trend line for my wife and me has (almost) always been headed in the right direction. The canvas of those experiences is what makes our life together rich.

My wife, bless her heart, has adapted and adjusted and overlooked my shortcomings over the past 15 years. She gets better every day at managing my ego and eccentricities. We recently worked through an issue together, and she handled it so masterfully that it got me thinking about offering a few words of wisdom to wives everywhere.

• Don’t ask us really important and in-volved questions super early in the morn-ing, or super late at night. I know it’s incredibly tempting, but our brains are either waking up or fried from the day’s events during these times.

• We only ask for a few specific things from the grocery. Please keep them in stock. A guy has to have his favorite

snacks and beverages. It helps us think of answers to the really important and in-volved questions you want to ask us.

• If you think we’re really messing something up, enter the waters gently. It’s all about the approach. I know, I know – wives think this is crap – but please try to humor us. In the vast majority of cases, we’re trying to do the right thing and do our best. Talk us through it and lead us to the right answer.

• Make us a list. Guys are “big picture”. Don’t dribble out tasks (we always think we’re done), and don’t vomit out a list verbally (we tend to get overwhelmed).

There it is, a list of things to help us husbands function. Wives, don’t get offended as you read this. Maybe Danielle (Wilson) can write about the litany of things that we husbands should handle more appropriately to help keep your world intact.

Kent Burns is a Carmel resident, investor and co-founder of CrossConfirm. He is also a profes-sional speaker and author of What’s Your Why? His blog is www.kentburnsblog.com, and he can be reached at [email protected].

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…the markets will settle down and we will return to a better lending climate.

taiLgatE aFtER houRSKen LaRose, former football coach at Butler University, teaches a group the finer points of the sport during the Carmel Chamber’s Tailgate After Hours on Oct. 2 at the Mansion at Oak Hill (left). Also involved was Jim Brocke of WestPoint Pribate Client Group, a Chamber member and former player at Notre Dame. In all, 60 Chamber businesses took part in the event. Pictured (above) are Janet Corbin of UN Communications and Bill Redman of First Merchants Bank.

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If you are trying to lose weight, you may be tempted to try the latest fad diet. Don’t do it. Manage your weight by making healthy eating and lifestyle changes rather than focus-

ing on weight loss alone. Make gradual changes in eating and exercise habits to achieve your goals.

SET REALISTIC WEIGhT-LOSS GOALS: Weight loss should be gradual (average about ½ to 2 pounds loss per week).

KEEP A DAILY FOOD JOURNAL: Studies have shown

that people who write down what they eat are more successful with weight loss. Write down what you eat, how much you eat and when you eat. Keeping track of calo-ries and fat can also be helpful. There are several benefits to keeping food records:

• Helps you pay more attention to what you are eating.

• Allows you to choose the foods you like to eat and stick to your meal plan.

• Helps you plan out meals and snacks.

• Helps you pinpoint areas that you are doing well in and areas that need improvement.

START AN ExERCISE PROGRAM: Start slowly and progressively work up to 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise most days of the week. Try to add strength training 2-4 days per week on non-con-secutive days and stretch after exercise. Do what you can to add more physical activity to your daily life (park further away from buildings, take the stairs, etc.). The key is to start moving more.

EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: You may have heard this before, but many Americans still do not eat enough fruits and vegetables. Not only are they excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants, but they are also high in water content and fiber, which can make you

feel fuller.

RESTRICTING TOO MUCh CAN NEGA-TIVELY IMPACT METABOLISM: Meal plans that are too low in calories can be detrimental to your weight-loss goals and are too strict to maintain long-term. Consider consulting a registered dietitian to determine the amount of calories that is right for you.

BE PATIENT: Healthy weight loss takes time, but the benefits are worth the effort. By making gradual changes and forming healthy habits, you will be able to main-tain a healthy weight and lifestyle for a lifetime.

Eve Olson, M.D., is the owner and founder of the Olson Center for Wellness. For more infor-mation, please e-mail [email protected], or call 705.1400.

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hEaLthy ChangES FoR a LiFEtimECOATS FOR NEEDY ChILDREN - Dr. Mark Jones of Jones Chiropractic will be donating his services to the public to help raise coats for needy children. From Oct. 6-17, new patients will receive a complete examination and x-rays (if needed) at no charge in exchange for a new or slightly used children’s coat. Coats will be donated to Open Doors of Westfield. Jones Chiropractic is located at 16409 Southpark Dr. in Westfield across from Oak Trace Elementary School.

POP A MINT - Another reason to poop a breath mint after meals: Folks who inhaled the scent of peppermint ate nearly 3,000 fewer calories per week than those who didn’t, say experts at Wheeling Jesuit University. Scientists note the scent naturally boosts activity in the hunger control center of the brain – leading to a prolonged sense of fullness.

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VITAMIN E ShIFT - It used to be that a lot of people – doctors included – took vitamins E supplements thinking that the pills would protect their hearts. It turns out that was a mistake because not only has recent research shown that vitamin E won’t reduce the risk of chronic disease, but it has also shown that it may actually increase that risk. To get enough (but not too much) E, just eat E-rich foods like nuts and seeds or take a multivitamin.

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Researchers have found eating over-cooked meat – poultry in particular – may cause cancer. Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are created in meats cooked at high tem-peratures, and they have been found to cause cancer in animals that consume the meat. While there’s no smoking gun yet, here are a few things you can do to avoid the HCAs just in case:

Marinate: Just 40 minutes of marinad-ing can reduce the creation of HCAs 90 percent.

Microwave first: Microwave meat for 90 - 120 seconds and pitch the juices cre-ated to eliminate 90 percent of HCAs.

Bake, roast or stir-fry: Grilling and barbecuing generate the most heat, and therefore the most HCAs.

Cook in liquid: Boiling, stewing, steaming, poaching and frying create no HCAs.

Flip frequently: If you flip every

minute, no HCAs are formed.Skip the pan drippings: The drip-

pings can have more HCAs than the meat itself.

Eat your veggies: Veggie burgers and grilled veggies generate few, if any, HCAs.

Don’t panic if you like blackened foods at restaurants, though. Generally, it’s the sauce – not the meat – that is charred.

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The secret to youthful skin, healthy bones, sharp memory, and disease pre-vention can be found in your fridge. The more colorful your diet, the more antioxi-dants you get. “Every hue – green, yellow, orange, red, purple and even white – sig-nifies a different class of nutrients, each of which offers a unique benefit,” explains USDA research chemist Ronald Prior, Ph.D., who was among the first research-ers to measure the antioxidants in food that protect us as we age. For example:

Yellow/Orange: Sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, mango, corn, and melon all contain a variety of carotenoids, which reduce the risk of developing cancer.

Green: Vegetables such as spinach and

broccoli are high in lutein, which keeps your vision sharp and clear.

Blue/Purple: Blueberries and blackber-ries are chock-full of anthocyanins, which prevent tumors from forming and suppress their growth.

Red: Tomatoes and water-melon are loaded with lycopene, which may protect against cancer and heart disease.

White: Cauliflower offers the same cancer-fighting benefits as broccoli, its cruciferous cousin, and potatoes are a good source of vitamin C. There’s also some evidence that the sulfur com-pounds in garlic and onions may ward off stomach and colon cancers.

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hASLETT, JAMERSON hONORED - Two Carmel High School seniors have been named semifinalists in the 45th annual Achievement Scholarship competition by the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Anthony Haslett and Derek Jamerson now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 800 scholarships worth more than $2.6 million, awarded next spring. The program identifies academically-talented African-American high school seniors based on their PSAT math, writing and critical reading scores.

CMS FLU ShOTS ON OCT. 13 - Carmel Middle School welcomes The Visiting Nurse Service, Inc. (VNS), which will be administering flu and pneumonia vaccinations Monday, Oct. 13, from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Flu shots are $25; ½ doses are $15; pneumonia shots are $45; FluMist is $35-$40. VNS administers shots to children six months and older. Children under the age of 18 will require the presence of a parent and/or written consent.

YOUTh AS RESOURCES - Youth as Resources awards money to students of all ages to do community service projects. Any group of three or more students is eligible, which is perfect for school clubs, scouts, youth groups, etc. They are currently in their fall grant cycle, with applications due on Oct. 20. For more information please contact Jessica Kleffman, Youth as Resources Hamilton County coordinator, at 317-815-4600, ext. 11, or email: [email protected].

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Discipline comes from the word disciple. Disciple is defined as somebody who believes in and follows the teachings of a leader or a joyful follower.

This can certainly put a monkey wrench in our understanding of discipline. Discipline in our society has taken on a nega-tive connotation. Experts have agreed that when we use disci-pline solely as a negative way to tell our children they have misbehaved, we are ineffective. Experts also agree when we treat our children as disciples – fol-lowers of our lead – it makes sense that our discipline be commensurate with our leader-ship. That could be a positive form of discipline. i.e: “Follow me to a world of wonderment”; “Follow my lead”, “Where do you want me to take you.” Noticing the choices and behaviors our children make when they think we’re not paying attention becomes our clues into what their real interests are.

Even the negative behaviors can fit into our plan for them. It is important we have a clear understanding of which behaviors we want to see our children display, how those behaviors should be taught and how their choices should be encouraged. We can take those interests and develop them

into a five- or 10-year plan.One example of this plan is if we see

our child early on showing a strong inter-est in learning and exploring how things work. We can begin the plan taking the

necessary steps to encourage and promote exploration. We might buy him/her gifts of science projects, take him/her to a museum, buy him/her books on Indiana Jones, enroll him/her in science fairs where he/she might be able to win merit badges. Consistency and follow-up are other effective disciplines in teaching behavior we want our child to acquire such as hanging their coat up in the same place, putting shoes where they belong and making their beds.

As we spend time pursuing the activities in the plan, we will probably find that the need for negative discipline is less necessary. The plan also helps to place the focus on what skills we want our child to have and how to encourage the develop-ment of these skills. “A failure to plan can be a plan to fail.” Hugs!

Have a parenting topic or question? Submit it to Ask Yiayia, aka Becky Kapsalis, Certified Parent Coach, at [email protected] or call 810.9358.

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By Brandie BohneyCurrent in Carmel

No one has escaped the total cheesiness of the famous Jerry Maguire line: “You complete me.” And while it’s a com-pletely absurd beginning for a grammar column, completion is something many people just don’t do well in writing or speaking.

I’m referring to comparisons here. When comparing things, the comparison must be completed or it just doesn’t make sense.

My favorite example of this comes from a TV commercial I’m sure you’ve seen for Diet Dr. Pepper. It’s the ad (not the soda) that’s offensive, at least grammatically. Repeatedly, these commercials state, “Diet Dr. Pepper tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper.”

Than what? If it only tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper than, say, the bottom of my shoe, I’m not sure that I want to try it. I expect it to taste more like regular Dr. Pepper than Pepsi or Sprite or Red Pop. But the ad doesn’t specify. So who knows? Not much of an endorsement, if you ask me.

Completing comparisons makes you more clear and specific, and it leaves no room for doubt:

Between me and Michael Phelps, he’s the better swimmer.

That’s the best wine of the samples I’ve tried.

This meal is better than the last one I had here.

Now, of course, if your comparison

is made in context, it may be acceptable to leave off the completion. If, however, you aren’t sure that your reader or listener will make the contextual connection (or if you’re unsure what a contextual connection is), be safe and com-plete the comparison.

If the Dr. Pepper commercial made it clear that this is a new formula for Diet Dr. Pepper, then the assumption could be made that it tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper than the old diet formula. Even with the assumption in place, how-ever, completing the comparison at least once in the series is a good idea.

Completing comparisons also brings me to a pronoun trick for people who have trouble using subject pronouns to complete verb-based comparisons: always add the verb – at least in your head – before choosing the pronoun:

She’s a slower reader than I (am).Jenny likes chocolate more than he (does).Putting a subject pronoun at the end of a

sentence seems unnatural to many people, but this little technique makes clear why it’s necessary.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll have a Pepsi. I hear they’re not at all like regular Dr. Pepper.

Brandie Bohney, an editor for Current Publishing, is a former English teacher who developed a mastery-learning technique for teaching grammar, style and punctuation to high school seniors. If you have a grammar question for her, please email bbthegrammar-

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ALL OCTOBER - Rodney Reveal is exhibiting his watercolor artwork on the Carmel/Clay Library Art Wall (55 Fourth Ave., SE) during scheduled library hours. For more information, please call 984-4531 or email [email protected].

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NOVEMBER 1 - Moonlight and Music presented by the Carmel Arts Council to benefit The Michael Feinstein Foundation for the education and preservation of the Great American Songbook. This is a formal evening of cocktails, dinner and entertain-ment at The Ritz Charles, 12156 North Meridian Street from 6 p.m. to midnight. Black Tie is optional; there will be free valet parking, an open bar/Raw & Sushi Bar from 6 to 7 p.m., and from 7 to 10 p.m. there will be a silent celebrity auction, a performance by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, dinner, recognition of sponsors, guest speaker Irwin Helford, Chairman of the Michael Feinstein Foundation, and a live auction. Special Entertainment: Catherine Russell, and from 10 p.m. to midnight, dancing to Blair and Company. $125 per guest. Please call 317-844-6033 for more information or to purchase tickets.

OCTOBER 30 - The Guilded Leaf Book and Author Luncheon, pre-sented by the Guild of the Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation, will be at The Ritz Charles, 12156 North Meridian Street, from 9:30 - 11 a.m. Meet the authors, purchase books and have copies signed. Luncheon and author presentations will be from 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Then from 2 to 3 p.m., sales and signing continues. More information can be had by calling 814-3905. Rservation deadine is Oct. 22. Proceeds to benefit the Carmel Clay Public Library.

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try a little chivalry. We notice those little things you do: how you walk on the side of the sidewalk where the cars are driv-ing, opening doors for us, listen-ing intently to what we have to say, refraining from cursing and so on. It makes us feel safe and valued.

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More on this subject next week. In the meantime, just refrain from tucking your Disneyland t-shirt into your acid-washed jean shorts with the brown dress belt, sporting your white tennis shoes and tube socks, and we’ll give you an ‘A’ for effort.

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PUMPKIN PATCh FESTIVAL - Join Clarian North for a fall festival for the whole family. The event is this Saturday, October 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and there will be something for everyone: face painting, free pumpkins, food, drinks, a bounce house, train rides, fire and other emergency vehicles and live music among many other things. The event is free, and costumes are encouraged.

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By Barbara E. CohenCurrent In Carmel

Ben Freeman admitted that on the flight into Indianapolis he had no idea what to expect of the Carmel Arts and Design District, where a dozen of his multimedia constructions were about to go on display at the Evan Lurie Fine Art Gallery. The Boston-based artist was excited about his new business relationship with the gallery, especially for future opportunities to exhibit his large-scale surrealist images in Los Angeles and Miami. But Carmel? Where is it, and who would attend a gallery opening there?

“I was pleasantly surprised as we drove into Carmel under the iron arch,” Freeman said. “As soon as I walked into the gallery, I was humbled to be show-ing there.”

Turnout for the Sept. 13 opening of the group show at Lurie Gallery, which Freeman shared with painter Jason Myers and sculptor Jorge Marin, was beyond anything Freeman expected.

“I was impressed with the hundreds of people who came to see the show, and the conversations I had with artists and collec-tors – the kinds of conversations you don’t even get in New York,” said Freeman, who has shown his work in Boston, New York and Chicago. “I’ve never had an experi-

ence like this.”Those who have seen the arts district

take shape, especially since the open-ing of Lurie’s gallery one year ago, can laugh a little when they hear a reaction like Freeman’s. It’s still a challenge to get people who have yet to visit to see the dis-trict for what it is today. But its reputation is rapidly changing.

Once people like Freeman visit Carmel’s gallery district, old illusions fall away and new respect replaces them. Visitors are impressed with the transformation from a sleepy Main Street into a true arts district.

Another sign of the district’s success is the new Gallery Guide, unveiled at the Sept. 13 Gallery Walk. Eight gal-leries in the Arts & Design District have joined in the venture, which provides a map to draw visitors to the area; it will be distributed alongside brochures identifying Indianapolis’ more well-known cultural districts.

Before he left, Freeman promised to return to explore more of the area. Back in Boston, he’ll spread the word about the extraordinary caliber of the art by Indiana artists he saw and the kind welcome he received from the people he met here.

That kind of buzz will reap rewards within the national arts community, where Evan Lurie’s efforts are paying

off. Any questions about what to expect in the Carmel Arts and Design District are being answered: Carmel means top quality.

Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who covers the arts for the Current community newspapers and teaches art history at Ivy Tech Community College. Please send comments or story ideas to [email protected].

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Capri Ristorante and Lounge, with its recent expansion, has plenty of room to sit back and relax while you eat. Capri Ristorante has plenty of pasta dishes like the Tagliatella del Fattore, which is Fettuccine Pasta with Diced Chicken Sauteed in Olive Oil, Garlic, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Fresh Asparagus and Cream Sauce. The menue also includes plenty of meat and seafood entrees. An exten-sive wine selection is always available. The excellently trained staff as well as the owner, Arturo di Rosa, will help you pick out that perfect bottle of wine for dinner. Capri Ristorante was rated by Indianapolis Monthly as one of the best restaurants of 2003. Capri Ristorante welcomes children over the age of 16. While the weather is still decent, Capri Ristorante has plenty of outdoor seating.

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Where she likes to eat? Ruth’s Chris Steak House

What she likes to eat there? Filet with asparagus.

What she likes about Ruth’s Chris Steak house. It’s very classy. It’s just a nice restaurant.

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An Aggravation is an easy lowball drink served on the rocks. It’s a nice flavor combination of Scotch and coffee that is perfect for fall evenings. It is also referred to as a Teacher’s Pet.

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If you are a true midwest born and bred Hoosier, the start of October means more than the leaves fall-ing, a chill in the air, pumpkins and trick or treating. It may also conjure

memories of warm persimmon pud-ding and the annual trip to a southern Indiana town’s claim to fame, the Persimmon Festival in Mitchell.

While most people favor the pumpkin, corn or acorn festival, the persimmon is truly a food worth celebrating. Many people walk past

them in the grocery store wondering what they are and who in the world eats them. But once the secrets are revealed and the fruit is sampled, it quickly becomes a fall favorite. In peak season, from October to December, even the native Indians of the midwest knew of their characteristics. They classified them not only as food, but also a holy gift of the gods with many medicinal purposes. And they were partly correct, as this large, apple-sized, acorn-shaped, yellow, orange or reddish colored smooth-skinned fruit has significant levels of Vitamins A and C, plus iron and potassium, and is low in cholesterol and sodium.

Persimmon trees are prized not only for the fruit, but for the wood as it is one of the hardest trees grown. The wood is pri-marily prized by wood carvers due to the deep decorative grain which runs through it. At the start of the 20th century the wood was solely used in the making of golf clubs due to its durability and bounce projectability when the golf ball would come into contact with the wood head. At one time there was higher demand for the wood for golf clubs than the fruit for consumption. Today, persimmons are still a nickname for wood-shaped clubs used for driving and distance, and wood heads

are still preferred by a few old timers who no longer play competitively, but are nostalgic.

These days there are literally hun-dreds of varieties of Persimmon trees grown, due to grafting technology. Commercially, most are grown in California, Florida and Hawaii; however, they are prized and uti-lized more in the midwest than any other region. There are two primary types com-mercially grown and sold both retail and wholesale. These are the Hachiya, which is more heart shaped and the Fuyu, which is more flattened. Both produce fruit that is bitter and tart until fully ripe and juicy.

At the Marriott Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, we have been featuring Mini Persimmon Glazed Short Ribs with Wild Mushrooms in banquets for groups of up to 1,000 people. It is always a home run. An easier recipe to try for a blast from the past is persimmon rice pudding, and it goes something like this:

Makes 10 servings3 1/2 cups cooked steamed white rice1 1/4 cups granulated sugar1/3 cup all purpose flour3/4 tsp vanilla extract1/3 cup dried currants or raisins2 cups persimmon pulp (in baking aisle at the grocery store)1 1/4 cups whole milk1 extra large egg beaten3/4 cup chopped pecans toastedCool Whip topping (optional)Combine sugar, milk, flour, egg and va-nilla. In a separate bowl, combine the rice and pulp. Then mix the two together and add the pecans and currants. Pour into a lightly greased 3-quart Pyrex dish, and bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 45 minutes (for best results use a water bath). Pull from oven, let cool 15 minutes and serve warm with whipped cream or cool whip on top.

Chef Michael R. Vlasich, CEC, AAC, is a Carmel resident and the executive chef at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. You may e-mail him at [email protected]

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ThEATRE:Sherlock holmes: The Final Adventure Saturday, October 11 is the final performance of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure at The Indiana Repertory Theatre. Join Sherlock Holmes and his invaluable companion Dr. Watson for a dangerous case they can’t refuse. Tickets range from $29 to $49 each, and can be purchased at www.irtlive.com.

EVENTS:Chatham Arch home TourCome see ten of the homes in this downtown neighborhood, and after, take advantage of its location in the Mass Ave Theatre and Arts District. This year, the Chatham Arch Neighborhood Association will present a “canvas” of different types of downtown living, from penthouse to quaint house, from contemporary to historic, all filled with homeowners’ artistic touches. The Home Tour will take place Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12,

from 1-5 p.m. both days. Tickets will be available downtown at Fuseks Hardware Store, Euro Loft Furnishings, and Mass Ave Wine Shoppe for $10 prior to the Tour. On Tour Days, tickets will be available at Euro Loft for $12. For further information, contact Tour Chair Bruce Tryon at (317) 917-0866.Margaret Cho One of comedy’s leading women, Margaret Cho will be performing at the Murat Centre this Friday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m.. Her tour, Beautiful, explores what is funny and scary about beauty and what it means to be beautiful. Tickets are $28.50 - $45, and are available at www.livenation.com. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC:Muldoon’s 111 W. Main Street, Suite 100, CarmelThe Jeff DeHerdt Trio: Thursday, October 2, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.Rick Stump: Saturday, October 4, from 8 to 11 p.m. Visit www.muldoons.net or call 571-1116 for more information.Mickey’s Irish Pub136th and Meridian in CarmelJamie and the Hardknocks: Friday, October 10 The Tides: Saturday, October 11 Entertainment Reservations are accepted. Call 573-9746 for reservations or visit www.mickeysirishpub.com for more details.

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Acclaimed postmodern writer David Foster Wallace, the recently deceased author of Infinite Jest, once said, “The only thing that is capital T True

is that you get to decide … what you worship.”

This particular truth coming from a postmodern-ist – someone who shuns the ideas of absolute truth or of a God who is the final arbi-ter of right and wrong – is astonishing.

In adult life, Wallace said, “there is no such thing as athe-ism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship – be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some set of ethical principles – is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.”

Wallace eloquently describes how our automatic, hard-wired human self-centered-ness traps us and spiritually kills us, i.e., eats us alive: we will fear the loss of money, the loss of beauty, power and allure, the inad-equacy of not knowing everything.

Wallace is saying that my conscious faith in Christ or your conscious faith in some-thing else pulls our human passions away from, and hence gives us freedom from, our self-centeredness – our utter focus on

self, and on self as God – that was Satan’s leverage in the Garden with Adam and Eve.

Wallace went on to say, “the really important kind of freedom involves … (our individual) … discipline … to care about other people and sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”

Unwitting as it may have been, that is an excellent description – a capital T Truth – of what Christians are supposed to be.

Wallace suffered from long-term depression and commit-ted suicide Sept. 12. I doubt he

would have read so much Christian theol-ogy into his address, given that he couldn’t bring himself to spell out “Jesus Christ” (J.C.). But Jesus was unmistakably in that piece of writing.

We choose what we believe. True. Choose wisely.

Bob Walters ([email protected]) found this ad-dress in the Sept. 19, 2008, Wall Street Journal. It makes Bill Mahar’s new “Religulous” movie about the irrationality of faith seem awfully small.

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WEAThER WIThOUT ThE MAN - This Oregon Scientific home weather station includes a USB upload function that allows you to send the weather data to your PC where you can keep track of weather changes and patterns over time using a piece of included software. Other features include an auto-setting clock that uses the atomic time broadcasts, indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity measurements, a 12-hour forecast, weather warnings which include ice, heat, storm, fog and frost alerts, and it will even show you the current phase of the moon. The main unit is powered by 3 AA batteries while the remote sensor that goes outside requires just one. The release date is still uncertain, but the unit will retail for $89.99.

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DECORATIVE hEADPhONES - Once upon a time, headphones were functional and remained as that, without really paying much attention to looking good for both itself and the wearer. Times sure have changed, and today we have Thanko rolling out their new earring headphones, known as the Sounds Live Magnetic Headphones. They look pretty much like earrings and can be clipped onto an earlobe whenever you want to listen to your favorite tunes. Each pair will retail for approximately $19.

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First and Foremost, are you backing up the data on your computer? If not you should be willing to accept that it could all be gone tomorrow. Without warning your

hard drive can fail and you can loose all your data. You can go to a data recovery lab, which we have, but it is ex-pensive compared to the cost of a simple backup device.

Backing up your computer used to be complicated and very time-consum-ing, but that is no longer the case. With an external hard drive and a

simple-to-use program like Acronis True Image or Norton Ghost, just to name a couple, backing up your computer is fairly easy and the software does all the work so you don’t have to. There are even some external hard drives that all you have to do is plug them into your computer and they automatically back up your computer.

When backing up your computer you can either back up just the data or back up the entire computer. I strongly recom-

mend backing up the entire computer and here’s why. If your computer’s hard drive fails and you only have a data backup, you will have to purchase a new hard drive and then load the operating system and all of its updates. Then you will have to install the other programs you had on the com-puter before you can bring back and use the data you have on your backup device. If you do a complete system backup you

can copy the image to a new hard drive and are right back to where you were when you made that backup copy. It is a much easier solution for everyone.

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FREShEN UP YOUR DESIGN - Do you need a couple of easy ways to freshen up a stale room? Try these: Take everything off. Clear your bookshelves or fireplace mantel and put only half back. Editing your collection of knick-knacks, books, pictures and so on can really make a difference. Reframe family photos. Buy matching frames (or spray paint mismatched frames all one color) and group on a table or on the wall.

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A year ago, we placed an incred-ibly beautiful wool rug under the work table at our custom studio. The rug was drop-dead gorgeous … it was the pride of

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uming this beauty under-foot, Cindy Thomas an-nounced for all to hear that the rug had given birth to puppies. Sure enough, upon investigating the vacuum, there was an entire litter of puppies filling the bag, the beater bar, the attachments and

the extensions. There was even some spec-ulation that they were Golden Retrievers.

Wait, these were not puppies. This mound of fluff and fur was my rug. After a moment of pure panic, calmer heads prevailed and I was reminded that even the best wool rugs do, indeed, shed. Oh yeah, I had forgotten, was reminded and all was well with the world of area rugs.

At least until the next time the rug was vacuumed. This time I was not going to be fooled. These were not

puppies and this rug should not betray me this way.

I made a frantic call to the sales rep for this particular rug company. She reassured me this was something that just happens with most area rugs. The fact that mine was hand-tufted wool led the rug to shed more than if it were a synthetic or machine made. I was assured that my investment would not be sucked into the abyss of a vacuum bit by bit.

I was suspicious, but placated.My gorgeous rug became an issue of

contention. For several months, it con-tinued the vigorous balding process. Las Vegas put the odds of it going completely bald within the year at 10–1.

Then something really big happened. Those who grabbed the vacuum and performed the arduous chore no longer squealed with delight over newborn Golden Retrievers in the bag. The rug was

just cleaned of all debris and it was busi-ness as usual.

Both synthetic and wool hand-tufted rugs experience some shedding or pilling. This is also a characteristic of all fine wool rugs and it is not considered a manufactur-er’s defect.

Factors that may affect shedding in-clude the type of yarn and the manu-

facturing process. Machine-made rugs shed less than hand-made rugs. Synthetic yarns shed less than wool,

which is a natural and more porous fiber. Shag rugs, because of their longer yarns, tend to shed even more.

Yes, I forgot all about the grave concern that I had for the health and well being of my gorgeous rug. I forgot all about it until I received a message from a client with a brand new, drop-dead gorgeous rug. Her message: “Help, my rug has filled the vacuum bag.”

With the confidence of one who has witnessed the critical situation first hand, I was able to assure her that this was simply a phenomenon we like to call rug puppies.

I could assure her because I was stand-ing on my hand-tufted wool rug that is still gorgeous today.

Vicky Earley is the principal designer for Artichoke Designs in downtown Carmel. If you have an interior design question, please contact [email protected].

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PET PhOTO BENEFIT - Have the entire family’s picture taken while supporting the Humane Society of Indianapolis. Pet Photographer Michael Joseph will set up studio at the Humane Society of Indianapolis this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. to close each day. There is a $50 reservation fee that is applied to your portrait order and an in-studio session fee of $50 is paid directly to the HSI the day you are photographed. These are popular sessions and are generally limited to the first 80 families. The sessions are by appointment only; please call (800) 822-1379 to reserve your session.

GARBAGE DISPOSAL DANGER - Natural climbers, cats usually find their way to the kitchen sink sooner or later. Many have been known to play with electric switches such as the one for a garbage disposal. Obviously, this situation can lead to danger for the cat and for anything in the sink and the disposal unit itself. Special covers for switches are available at hardware stores to help avoid disaster.

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CANINE GOOD CITIZEN - Started in 1989, Canine Good Citizen (CGC) is a certification program that is designed to reward dogs that have good manners at home and in the community. The CGC Program is a two-part program that stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs. All dogs that pass the 10-step CGC test may receive a certificate from the American Kennel Club. Locally, there are several CGC evaluators (you can find them by using the CGC locator at www.akc.com), and the Indianapolis Humane Society offers a training course (call 317-872-5650 for more information).

By Michelle AlexanderCurrent In Carmel

Common diseases that affect us can also affect our pets. Cancer accounts for half the deaths of pets over the age of 10 years, and dogs tend to be more susceptible to the disease than cats.

According to the National Canine Cancer Foundation, the 10 early warning signs of cancer in dogs are:

Abnormal swellings that persist or con-tinue to grow.

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defecating.

Typically, blood work, x-rays, ultra-sound or a biopsy is required to determine the presence of cancer. Common types of canine cancer include osteosarcoma or bone cancer which accounts for more than 6,000 new cases each year. Lymphoma is characterized by swollen lymph glands and is one of the most common types of canine cancer. Hemangiosarcomas affect the endothelial cells that line the blood vessels. These tumors are highly malignant and are often in an advanced stage before clinical signs are present. Mast cell tumors are typically found on the skin or underly-ing tissues.

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Your veterinarian or veterinarian on-cologist will likely take a holistic approach to treating your dog’s cancer. This may include pain management and nutritional support. Maintaining an appropriate intake of nutrients and fluids as well as normal elimination habits is vitally im-portant for the pet undergoing cancer treatment. Cancer will typically have systemic affects and require treatment of other organ systems such as the kidneys. When treatment is not successful, pallia-tive care is available for terminally ill dogs to manage symptoms and relieve suffering in the end stages of cancer.

Consult the National Canine Cancer Foundation at www.wearethecure.org for additional resources or to donate to canine cancer research.

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PEANUT is a 10-month-old female brindle Mastiff/American pitbull mix. Peanut is an absolute angel. She is housetrained and loves all people, especially little ones. She’s gentle, intelligent and has an excellent temperament. She thrives on human companionship, but also adores her big sis. Peanut arrived with her sister, Mia, when their owner moved and couldn’t keep them. They are heartbroken to lose the only home they’ve ever known.

MONA is a 2-year-old female torbie DSH. Mona is happy that she isn’t wandering the streets anymore, but she isn’t thrilled about her current surroundings. She is very scared in the shelter and it is really hard for any visitors to see her when she is curled up in the back of her crate. Mona really does have a softer side and she can enjoy human companionship, but she is so insecure with the other kitties around her that she has difficulty bonding with someone. Mona feels that if someone can take a leap of faith and adopt her that once she gets home she will be able to relax and show her new family that she really will make a great pet.

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design phase: The homeowners wanted to create a more-luxurious feel to the master bathroom utilizing marble tile, granite tops and higher-end European plumbing fixtures. The design phase focused mainly on the selection of the materials. The new air-jetted tub was selected first as it required a four- to six-week lead time. The decision was made to salvage the owner’s existing cherry vanity cabinets, but give them an updated look with new tops, sinks and faucets.

project schedule: The project design phase in-cluded several visits to showrooms to select the tile, tub, granite countertops, glass shower door and plumbing fixtures. The initial design phase started in December

and construction began in February and lasted approxi-mately six weeks.

final product: The remodeled tub deck area is shown in the “after” photo. The exist-ing dark green cultured marble tub was re-moved and replaced with a new air-jetted tub, including a marble-tiled splash and granite tub deck. The dark granite used on the tub deck was also used for the vanity tops, shower seat, shower sill and soap/shampoo niches. An access door was built into the adjoining linen closet to provide access to the tub motor. The shower was updated with coordinating marble tile with a bench seat. All plumb-ing fixtures were upgraded to Hansgrohe European fixtures in a sleek chrome finish. The vanity cabinets were upgraded to include new granite tops and Kohler white under-mount sinks. Finally, the shower was updated

with a new mud pan with mosaic floor tile and a new frameless glass shower door.

Have a remodeling question? Ask Larry Greene, owner of Case Handyman & Remodeling. You may e-mail him at [email protected] or call 846-2600.

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In order to get from right-wing Fox News to left-wing MSNBC, I have to click past this program hosted by Howie Mandel, whose career path detoured to game show host when

his audition for the remake of “The King and I” went horribly bad.

Going from Bill O’Reilly to Howie is an odd transition. The one guy has no talent, blathers for an hour and accomplishes noth-ing worthwhile. And the other guy’s name is _________ (Fill in a name. Make your own joke here).

For the uninitiated, Deal or No Deal is a program where contestants have an option to take the money they have al-ready accumulated and go home to pay off all their debts, replace their 25-year-old Ford Pinto and send their kids to a nice junior college . . . or risk it all to win the jackpot.

I love watching the 26 drop-dead gor-geous, leggy women who do nothing but stand there and open these numbered briefcases representing various amounts of money. I’m not sure how these ladies audi-tion for the job, but you have to think that poor Vanna White is somewhere watch-ing this show and wondering how she got stuck with a gig where you not only have to move around in a clingy dress, but are required to know the entire alphabet, as well.

If Deal ever has a shortage of contes-tants, I know where the producers can find people who are greedy, lack basic common sense and are happy to take an unwise gamble. They could call it Deal or No Deal: The Wall Street Edition.

When some poor soul risks all his money and then loses it, I want to get in my car, drive all the way to Quail Creek, Arkansas, walk up to the guy’s trailer and slap him silly. I mean, how stupid can you be? “Howie,” he’ll probably say on the show, “I didn’t come all the way here with my entire family in a Greyhound bus just to walk away with a lousy 750,000 dollars. NO DEAL.”

At the proclamation NO DEAL, the entire audience explodes, applauding and cheering this inane decision. If you have children at home, do not let them near the TV when this is on. I would rather have my son play a violent video game where people are decapitated than expose him to actual people who are functioning without a head.

Prior to the show, the audience is appar-

ently given some fun medications. When a player picks a case to open, let’s say No. 25, the crowd goes wild, acknowledging this insightful decision. But absolutely no skill or thought is required here. It would be like the entire Lucas Oil Stadium erupt-ing in applause right before the coin toss. “Heads! Great choice Peyton. You’re a genius.”

The contestants also drag along loved ones from their hometown. These folks could care less that their friend, Sheila, has no job and has been wearing the same dress for two months. They encourage Sheila to say NO DEAL with the hope that if their buddy wins big, they can score a free meal at Cracker Barrel when they get back home.

The other day I saw that there’s a Deal or No Deal website where you can play the game online. I tried it, but it lacked a certain something. That would be: 26 gor-geous women and my 10 dumbest friends.

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

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I have a birthday coming up, and I am pleased to report that someone recently told me I don’t look my age. That’s the good news.

The bad news is he said I actually look about six years older. Oh, well. With the life I’ve lived, I’m

lucky it’s only six. Fun can age a person, you know.

Anyway, I was asked what I want for my birthday, and guess what? I couldn’t think of a single thing. I’m serious. I pondered the question for a full five minutes and couldn’t come up with anything, not even, “Oh, I don’t know, some socks and underwear, I guess.”

This proves that I’ve either got everything I want and need, or that after you reach a certain age your imagination simply drains out your ears.

It’s a far cry from previous years when I was known for what my parents called outrageous birthday wishes. In my world, I was just being honest. People asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told them.

For example:Age 4 An elephant.Age 5 A chimpanzee.Age 6 A pony.Age 7 Ventriloquism lessons.Age 8 A horse, preferably Palomino.Age 9 A go-kart and/or a mini-bike. See, I could be

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Age 13 A Nehru jacket and love beads. Plus the Beatle boots.

Age 14 A small motorcycle.Age 15 A large motorcycle.Age 16 Permission to move to New Mexico.Age 17 A 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. Robin’s egg

blue, with the 383 engine and a four-barrel.Age 18 Money, but not much. Just enough to move to

New Mexico, buy the Plymouth and the motor-cycle, and live like a Rockefeller.

Of course, I didn’t get any of it, not even the money. Can you believe it?

Now, this is not to say I didn’t get some wonderful presents over the years. The

Mattel Dick Tracy Snub-Nose .38 with the Snap-Draw Shoulder Holster was a clas-sic. I still have all the baseball gloves. The first electric guitar is somewhere up in the attic, in pieces, a victim of my enthusiasm for The Who.

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I suppose this might be the reason why I don’t really want anything for my birthday anymore. I’ve had a lot of great birthday memories despite all those presents I didn’t get, and I’ve kept many of the presents I did. I really do have about everything I need, including a good supply of socks and underwear.

Mike Redmond is an author, journalist, humorist and speaker. Write him at [email protected] or P.O. Box 44385, Indianapolis, IN 46244. For information on speaking fees and avail-ability, visit www.spotlightwww.com.

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