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Turn to the back to learn how tokeep kids safe this Halloween season.

SEE WHAT’S BREWING IN CARMELFor all little witches and grown-up pirates,

here’s what’s going on this Halloween. P2 Model: Suzie Rodimel; Photo by Shane Photography;

Props courtesy of Party Tree Super Store, Carmel.

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ORY For all little witches and grown-up pirates,

here’s what’s going on this Halloween.

Where to take your trick-or-treaters be-

sides just marching them up and down the neighbors’ drive-ways?

Not to worry — here are several

events around Carmel for kids of all ages.

You can start a day early with the Carmel F.C. Tucker’s Annual

Safe Trick or Treat Day. From 6 to 8 p.m. today, you can visit the offi ce at 1119 Keystone Ave. for treats — and a trip

up the “Haunted Stairway.”

Then on Wednes-day, Northview Christian Church will

sponsor Trunk & Treat from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the church parking lot, 5535 E. 131st St. Everyone is invited to enjoy a safe alternative to trick or treating.

Or go to Trunk or Treat at Carmel Unit-ed Methodist Church, 621 S. Range Line Road. Starting at 5:30 p.m., you and

the kiddies can dine on road kill chili, slime soup and salad bar, enjoy some kids toads nuggets and top it all off with dirt and worm cake.

Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for kids for the soup and salad meal.

Then at 6, it’s time for kids games and crafts, a costume parage and then a Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot with prizes for trunk designs and costumes.

If you want more din-ing options, head to Clay Terrace. From 5 to 7 p.m. Halloween night you can hit the mall for some fun – all for free.

Kids can get trick or treat bags at the Village Green in front of Dick’s Sporting Goods and then visit more than 40 stores for goodies. And if you need a break, Cir-cuit City will show movies.

This is the second year Clay Terrace – which is located at U.S. 31 and 146th Street – has hosted the event.

— Christine Bavender

EventsWhen it comes to costumes, the

hot ticket this year — for kids and adults alike — is pirates!

“It’s the ‘Pirates of the Carib-bean,’ ” said Meghan Girt, manager at The Party Tree Super Store in Carmel. “Pirate stuff just caught on big time. It’s very hard for us to keep pirate items in stock.”

Girt said characters from the movie “High School Musical” are also popular this year, along with the Nickelodeon show, “Hannah Montana.”

Other costumes fl ying off the shelf include Transformers and Ninja Turtles for little boys; while adults — male and female — are going for the camo look with Army outfi ts.

“And the witch costume is still really classic and popular as well,” Girt said. “And we of course, have a lot of sexy costumes for females — basically everything from a French maid to Marilyn Monroe.”

Costumes start around $25 and can go up to $150, Girt said.

Special Halloween store hours this week are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The store is located at 2160 E. 116th St.— Christine Bavender

C os tumes

What Kids want to find in their Trick-or-Treat bags

Offi cial trick-or-treat hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the city of Carmel announced. Police cars will be patrolling the neighborhoods to ensure

everyone’s safety. If you see or fi nd any-

thing suspicious, please call the Carmel Police Department at 571.2580 or emergency 911.

Tric k or Treating

When it comes to goodies in the trick or treat sack, kids seem to want it all! But there are still some all-time favorites, according to Carmel moms!

“My kids love to get the half-sized candy bars,” Julie Mason said. “Not the minis — they want more chocolate it seems.”

Mason said her three children — who range in age from 6 to 9 — also like to get pixie sticks, an oldie but a goodie; ring pops; and tootsie roll pops.

Cheri Sutton agrees with the choco-late but says her trio, ages 6, 10 and 12, like bigger candy bars.

“The bigger the better,” Sutton said with a laugh.

Her children also look for mentos, airheads, bubble gum and tootsie rolls — and just like Mason’s — pixie sticks are always a big hit.

Kris Scott says for her kids it’s

not about what’s in the trick-or-treat bag.

“They just are happy to get some candy,” she said. “For them it’s really more about the process of going out in costume.”

Jay Saylor, manager at Target West in Carmel at U.S. 31 and 151st Street, said the big bags of candy are fl ying off the shelf at her store.

“With all the variety — whether it’s the chocolate or the hard candies,” Saylor said. “And it’s a better deal.”

A fi ve-pound bag of mixed candy can run from $5.99 to $7.99, Saylor said. They come in several different kinds from mini candy bars and hard candies, to bags of suckers.

And, she added, there are still plenty on the shelves for those who are waiting until the last minute.

— Christine Bavender

For all little witches and grown-up pirates,For all little witches and grown-up pirates,

SEE WHAT’S BREWING IN CARMEL

trick-or-treat bag.not about what’s in the

Perhaps Carmel’s only claim to a haunted place is the Screaming Bridge, located near Michigan and Holiday roads. However, this claim is disputed.

Wanda Lou Willis, folklore histo-rian and author of “Haunted Hoosier Trails” and “More Haunted Hoosier Trails,” said she has researched the stories circling around the bridge and found “absolutely nothing pertaining to this rumored haunting,” she said.

“It has not been included in any published books on Indiana haunt-ings, nor can I fi nd anything to substantiate that anything strange happened at the that location – like a murder or suicide,” Willis said.

In high school, former Carmel resident Mike Fischer said he and friends would go to the bridge to

scare each other, or would take girls there to scare them.

“I remember hearing rumors that cults did their nasty deeds at night and that there were satanic sym-bols on the bridge,” Fischer said, although he said he did not see any symbols. “We would drive there at night and turn off the lights and crawl down the road. We would dare people to walk from the bridge to Michigan Road.”

Willis said the stories about the bridge include it being haunted by spirits or hearing a woman screaming at midnight.

“In essence, I believe this is just a spooky, lonely location and someone made up a somewhat com-pelling story,” she said.

— Liz Juranek

Carmel’s S c reaming Bridge


sides just marching them up and down the neighbors’ drive-ways?

— here are several events around Carmel for

kids of all ages.You can start a day

early with the Carmel F.C. Tucker’s Annual

Safe Trick or Treat Day. From 6 to 8 p.m. today, you can visit the offi ce at 1119 Keystone Ave. for treats — and a trip

up the “Haunted Stairway.”

day, Northview Christian Church will


Treat at Carmel Unit-ed Methodist Church,

“And the witch costume is still really classic and popular as well,” Girt said. “And we of course, have a lot of sexy




Tric k or Treating


sides just marching

— here are several events around Carmel for

kids of all ages.You can start a day

early with the Carmel F.C. Tucker’s Annual

Safe Trick or Treat Day. From 6 to 8 p.m. today, you can visit


Treat at Carmel Unit-

“And the witch costume is still really classic and popular as well,” Girt said. “And we of course, have a lot of sexy




Tric k or Treating

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It is our position that the leadership taken by Gov. Mitch Daniels on the state’s property tax problem is a good thing. Particularly in those counties around the state (including Marion County), where local government mismanagement has allowed property tax rates to run unchecked, the property tax issue is at a crisis level. Mitch has at least placed a viable fl ag in the ground.

At the same time, many questions remain with this proposal. For example, how will the business community respond? The Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Indiana Manufacturers Association and many others have publicly decried the proposal, citing

concern about the tax burden being placed disproportionately on one segment of taxpayers: businesses.

What might the proposal mean for Carmel residents? Unlike Marion and

other counties across the state, the property taxes paid by Carmel taxpayers are already relatively low. The fervor of placard-carrying

residents protesting during morning rush hour along Meridian Street earlier

this fall was noticeably absent north of 96th Street. The governor’s plan might well mean that the overall net tax burden could increase for those counties that are well-managed. While Daniels’ plan represents a good start, Carmelites will need answers to several questions. They deserve nothing less.

It is our position that the truck ban on Keystone Avenue is good for Carmel. This ban to clear the street of dangerous and noisy truck travel is a complement to the recent agreement by the state to allow local control of this important roadway.

Our neighbors residing on the eastern portion of our city are all too familiar with the near steady stream of semi-trucks on this thoroughfare. In addition to the level of noise, the current truck traffi c practically prohibits east-west pedestrian and bicycle traffi c for children and adults in this Bicycle Friendly City. Given the signifi cant improvements in east-west roadways such as 116th and 131st

Streets, Carmel should continue the progress to make our “Keystone crossing” more tenable.

What is in store for Carmel’s Westside? The truck ban will steer increased semi traffi c to U.S. 31, which now commands needed attention. Elected offi cials in Carmel and in Hamilton County should increase pressure on the state to begin work on U.S. 31 improvements. Carmel residents and visitors alike should be easily

able to traverse our city with ease and without fear.

Mayor Jim Brainard has improved the Carmel-controlled

infrastructure to make this transition. Now it is time for the others, who control U.S.

31, to implement plans.

CURRENTOON by Tim Campbell ([email protected])

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OUR TAKESProperly TaxedKeep on Truckin’

Carmel residents? Unlike Marion and

rush hour along Meridian Street earlier

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SFROM THE BACKSHOPA MIRACLE HITS HOME

Today, instead of taking potshots at over-offi cious politicians and government waste,

I’m giving co-conspirator Brian Kelly the day off. This is my chance to express how grateful I am to be able to write about a miracle. Really. This is no joke.

Have you ever been on a roller-coaster ride so violent, so fear-inducing that you were convinced you would lose your mind? I have, and I nearly did.

Ever heard of pneumococcal bacteria? I hadn’t either, until medical experts at St. Vincent Carmel Hospital diagnosed it recently, literally just in time to save Annie’s life. Annie is the one who made Sally and me parents. She is an incredibly determined 18-year-old Carmel High School senior with her whole life ahead of her. Thank God. It didn’t seem that way for about 48 hours a couple weeks ago, as she was fi ghting for her life against double pneumonia and sepsis. There were tests aplenty for all of us. I mean, what would you be left to think after a talk with a physician that went like this?

Dad: “So, if this doesn’t work, what’s next?”

Doc: “There is no ‘next.’ It will be up to her.”

Up to her. UP TO HER? I mean, really! The words Ping-Ponged through our sleep-deprived brains. Up to her. You mean the kid in a medically induced coma? The one in the “rocket ship” bed? The one on a ventilator? The one with more lines going into her body than one believed possible? The one who is being poisoned to death by this insidious germ? Right, and I’m the stinkin’ Tooth Fairy! We were all staring acute respiratory distress right between the eyes ... and we were losing the stare-down.

Now, we have to believe, something of a healing hand from a higher plane inter-ceded as if willed to us by a fully functioning international prayer chain. And a team of A-plus physicians, respiratory therapists and nurses were on it, 24/7, in an effort to catch up to a speeding chain of falling dominos. Once they caught up, a miracle drug from Eli Lilly, Xygris, cleared the sepsis from Annie’s system, fi nally allowing the antibiotics to work wonders. It would be another two days before she would be pronounced “out of the woods”

and three more before she would be taken off the ventilator.

Humility is what you learn as a helpless, mumbling bystander. Sobering experiences, such as the one we’re still crawling out from under, absolutely riddle you. I be-lieve they call it shock. You go on auto-pilot. You just “do” without thinking. Then you remember how you nearly fell to pieces, spy-ing Annie’s younger sister, Rachel, a CHS freshman, sitting on the fl oor with Annie face-down and on the vent above her in the “rocket ship,” how she didn’t fl inch when offered the chance to encourage

her sister, tell her how much she loves her sis-ter, that everything would be OK; that kid has moxie. You immediately are appreciative of everything and everyone. You are abundantly hopeful and prayerful. You, like the doctor, are not exactly confi dent, and you cling tightly to

every microscopic sign of improvement. You hug your wife and daughter. You just pray and hope. You ask others to do the same. You beg God to help the medical team heal your kid. You tell anyone who will listen, “This just isn’t right.” And you’re correct. It isn’t. You learn that not much else matters beyond your own fl esh and blood.

Annie will be in school for three hours today, the

max allowed by her doc. It’ll be a long road back, and we’re measuring progress in baby steps. Her doc has taken to calling Annie “my miracle kid!” We’ll take that!

Flash back to Lake Placid , N.Y. , the Winter Olympic Games of 1980. USA vs. Russia in ice hockey. Al Michaels, then of ABC-TV, fairly screaming: “Do you believe in miracles? YES!”

We do, wholeheartedly. Everybody and everything brought Annie back to us. To say we’re grateful to everyone – you know who you are - is a terribly inadequate understate-ment.

We also owe a major debt of appreciation to Annie herself, the kid with now-rosy cheeks sleeping on the couch across the room from me as I write this. Her inner fi re contributed mightily to her rejoining us. It makes a dad want to cry. Matter of fact, he should stop right now before he wakes her.

Steve Greenberg is the executive vice president and general manager of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at [email protected].

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People tell me all the time what a great mother-in-law I have. They’re right, of course,

and I’m not just saying that because she’s a Carmel resident and will be reading this along with you. (Hi, Rae! You look fabulous! Have you lost weight recently?)

On the eve of Halloween, I thought it appropriate to address the Witches-in-law of the world — the thousands of miserable women who are downright evil to their sons’ wives. In the hopes of staying positive, though, I’d like to focus on the fabulous qualities of my mother-in-law rather than the horrible attributes of the Witches (which conveniently rhymes with another choice word).

For starters, Rae is a happy, fulfi lled person. She has lots of friends and hobbies, and loves to travel with her husband, so she is not trying to live vicariously through me or her children.

Yet she is always available if we need her, and with our four-pack, we often do. Baby-sitting, carpool, emergency room runs — I know that if she’s in town, she is glad to help out in any way she can, even if she has to cancel a dinner out or her nail appointment. She is deeply committed to being a part of

our children’s lives. School events, soccer games, special trips to Steak-n-Shake— she adores being “Grams.” And that goes a long way in our relationship.

Another reason my mother-in-law is amazing is that, for the most part, she respects my decisions as a mother and rarely criticizes my parenting skills. If she has a concern, she addresses the matter in a way that is neither

demeaning nor intimidating. I always feel comfortable asking a question or seeking advice because I am never treated as a child who needs scolding but rather as a woman who is still learning. Not that I ever make poor parenting decisions!

Finally, I think where Rae really differs from most other mothers-in-law is that when the time came, she was able to let her son go and become a man, free to make his own choices and mistakes. She recognizes that by nurturing our marriage, she is only enhancing their relationship. She truly believes she has a gained a daughter at each of her fi ve sons’ weddings and that her daughters-in-law make her sons better people.

So please, whether you like your daughter-

in-law, remember this: your son chose her as his wife and the mother of his children. If you truly love your son, then you must, at the very least, respect her and their life together. There’s no need to criticize, complain, or cross boundaries over petty issues, like the number of layers an infant needs at bedtime or

the amount of pasta a 2-year-old should be allowed to consume in a year.

Family is family, whether “in-law” or not, and life is way too short to be using your grandbabies and sons as leverage against your daughter-

in-law just so you can ease your empty-nest syndrome. And though it’s perfectly natural to side with your son during disagreements, keep in mind that there are always, always two sides to every story (and your daughter-in-law’s is probably more legit because men are idiots most of the time).

FYI, all of Rae’s kids are spoken for, so there’s no chance of getting her as a mother-in-law. Sorry.

Peace out!

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

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DISPATCHESTHREE NEW POLLING SITES: Carmel residents in three precincts will have new polling places for the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, according to the Hamilton County Election Board. Here are the precinct numbers and their new locations: 202 Brookshire 01: Brookshire Club House, 12120 Brookshire Parkway. 236 Clay Northeast: Northview Christian Life Church, 5535 E 131st St. 250 Brookshire 02: Brookshire Club House, 12120 Brookshire Parkway.

CARMEL GRAD IN THE FIELD: Ball State senior Maddy Boesen, Carmel High School class 2004, recently completed an Anthropology Field Study offered through Washing-ton State University. Boesen spent six weeks ob-serving and living with the people of Dominica, an island in the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean. Boesen compiled a village cook-book while living with families in a small village.

VETERANS DAY AT SCHOOL: Towne Meadow Elementary will honor veterans with its eighth annual Veterans Day celebration at 1:30

p.m. Nov. 6 in the school gymnasium. Members of Carmel Ameri-can Legion Post 155; two Carmel High School trumpeters, Kyle Borcherd-ing and Perry

Reid; and the school’s Veterans Day poster contest winner will participate. Any military veteran is welcome to attend.

KIWANIS SPEAKER: Guest speaker Pete Setcoski will discuss leader-ship through self-motivation and inspiration at the Carmel Clay Kiwanis meeting at 7 a.m. Monday at the Life & Learning Center, 515 E. Main St. For information, call Don Moehn at 873.1956.

IN PRAISE OF A FABULOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW

Maddy Boesen

40 TREES TO BE PLANTED SATURDAY

The city of Carmel, the Carmel Urban Forestry Committee and the Stone Haven at Haverstick homeowners are partnering for a tree planting at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Stone Haven at Haverstick neighborhood.

A total of 40 trees will be planted along Stone Haven Drive and Stone Pine Trail. The trees are 2 inches in diameter and approxi-mately 10 to 14 feet tall.

This is the twelfth year for the Fall Neigh-borhood Tree Planting Program. Through this partnership, the city will purchase the trees, pre-dig the holes for the trees and provide tree-planting expertise for the neighborhood. The city also will assume responsibility for these trees should they need pruning or replacing in the future.

Indiana Tree Stewards and Carmel High School’s Environmental Science teacher, George Ohmer, along with his students will be volunteering to help plant the trees along with the homeowners.

For more information, or to volunteer to help with future plantings, please call Carmel’s Urban Forestry Specialist Nichole Passineau at 571-2417.

CarmelCan! ColumnJeff Worrell has the day off.

His column will return next week.

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BEDTIME STORIES BECOME BOOKS

VOTENOVEMBER 6

Paid for by the Friends of Jim Brainard Committee

Carmel has the lowest tax rate of any city its size or larger in the state (108 cities have higher rates,)

Carmel’s water rates are half that of IWC customers and have not increased for 13 years. Sewer rates were reset to 1991 levels,

Carmel will pay for its new streets and improvements without raising taxes,

Carmel’s fiscal condition is rated A+ by Standard and Poor’s,

Carmel has over 760 acres of new parks and trails, a new downtown is underway and Keystone Avenue is finally under city control,

This didn’t happen by accident.This didn’t happen by accident. JimJimBrainardBrainard has worked hard to make has worked hard to make Carmel a very special place. Let’s Carmel a very special place. Let’s vote on November 6 to keep him.vote on November 6 to keep him.

By Liz JuranekCurrent In Carmel

Stories about raccoons that Lorene Burkhart told her young sons 45 years ago have been re-imagined as the “Raccoon Tales” series of children’s books.

The books follow the adventures of rac-coons Hip, Flip, Skip and Boo. Burkhart’s fi rst book, “Hip, Flip, Skip and Boo and Their Friend, Stu” was published in August, and the second, “Hip. Flip, Skip and Boo Go to the Zoo” launched Oct. 27 at the Indianapolis Zoo’s ZooBoo.

Burkhart, a Carmel resident, came up with the stories because her younger son liked for her to make up stories, she said.

“We lived next door to woods, and so I made up stories about raccoons,” Burkhart said. “It stayed in the

back of my mind all these years. I talked to my editor about it and she liked the idea. We tested the script with preschool kids, if they liked the sound of it.”

Several events for the new-est “Raccoon Tales” book are coming up. Burkhart will read and sign books at the Carmel Clay Public Library, Helios, Kits & Kaboodle and 4 Kids Books in November and early December.

The books are being test-mar-keted in central Indiana. Burkhart said there are plans to expand the test market to the Mid-west.

“We’re getting such good feedback,” she said. “We have to have proven we have a good product to expand to the national market.”

Burkhart also is the author of “An Acciden-tal Pioneer: A Farm Girl’s Drive to the Finish ...,” her autobiography published in Septem-ber 2006. The sequel, “Home on the Farm ... If Chickens Could Talk” will come out later this year.

“I’m 73 years old,” Burkhart said. “I didn’t start writing books until I was 70. You can be just as creative when you’re older, perhaps more so because there is not as many distrac-tions. I try to use myself as an example of how to have a good time and be creative when you’re 70.”

BOOK READINGS/SIGNINGS DATES:

Nov. 10, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 4th Ave. S.E.

Nov. 4, 2 p.m., Helios, 220 E. Main St.

Nov. 24, 11 a.m., Kits & Kaboodle, 2442 E. 146th St.

Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m., 4 Kids Books, 2902 W. 86th. St., Indianapolis

liked the sound of it.”Several events for the new-

est “Raccoon Tales” book are coming up. Burkhart will read and sign books at the Carmel Clay Public Library, Helios, Kits & Kaboodle and 4 Kids Books in November and early December.

The books are being test-mar-keted in central Indiana. Burkhart

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MAYORAL candidates weigh in Vote nov. 6Current in Carmel is publishing a series of Q&As with the candidates for office in Carmel. This week we feature the mayoral candidates. (For responses from City Council candidates, go to www.currentincarmel.com.)

THE CANDIDATES

Marnin SpigelmanIndependent

Jim BrainardRepublicanIncumbent

If there were something you could change about

Carmel, what would it be?

What do you believe Carmel will look like in five to 10 years?

What is the most important issue facing Carmel today?

How can you help improve the quality of life

for Carmel residents?

I would speed up the completion of the parks and trails system. There are multiple opportuni-ties that need to be addressed. We are working hard to improve transportation. The big dividers for our community are U.S. 31 and Keystone Avenue. By breaking down these barriers and making it easier for pedestrians and bicy-clists to get across these highways safely, we will make it easier for everyone to access work, school, the public library, the Monon Trail or Central Park.

In five years, the Arts & Design District, the City Center, and the Performing Arts Complex will all be in place and operating. The Keystone Reconstruction Project will be completed and most of our street and intersection improve-ments will be finished. A decade from now, our city will make decisions related to the final build out of the city. By keeping our commitment to quality of life and high standards for development, we will ensure the stability and security of Carmel.

The most important issue is to continue the strong fiscal man-agement and standards that have built a city with the lowest tax rate of any city its size or larger in the state and provides out-standing public resources such as our park and trail system, newer amenities such as our revitalized downtown, entertainment and dining options, and cultural op-portunities. By keeping our city on solid fiscal and management footings, we are encouraging the course that has enabled outstand-ing public schools and good high-paying jobs.

The most important thing that I can do is to continue with the strong fiscal management that has invited new businesses to our city. These new enterprises bring high paying jobs and provide a stable and secure tax base on which our schools prosper and our city flourishes. I remain committed to our development of a parks and trails system that encourages recreation and healthy lifestyles and promote civic events that allow our neighbors and friends to gather and get to know one another better.

Spigelman declined to answer these questions. He said his views on the issues could be found at www.spigelman4carmelmayor.com.

Henry WincklerDemocrat

My vision is to end paternalistic government and power politics. Top-down government never works. Practice fiscal restraint because economies collapse and growth (annexation) may not rescue us from our debts. A city government should not spend like a college kid with a new credit card. End the myth of Carmel as a European city like Rome or Paris and return to the reality that we are a Midwestern suburban city, with unique character, issues and needs.

The triple threat of debt, density and traffic will continue to haunt every aspect of our suburban lives because of city debt, rising taxes and uncontrolled growth. Under my administration, concerned Carmel citizens will receive the respect and attention they deserve from an approachable city government. There would be no more “big project per month” without a sound fiscal cost/benefit analysis. I will focus on our neighborhoods and their welfare through a policy of SMART GROWTH driven by neighborhood/developer partnerships.

The lack of a two-party system in Carmel has allowed out-of-con-trol spending, tax-squandering projects, and a large debt ($1/3 billion including the Central Park bond). These are all symptoms of a mayor and rubber-stamp council out of touch with Carmel resi-dents. Twelve years of one-party rule with one person at the top has lead to abuses at every level. This city needs opposing views debated and issues aired which does not happen in a one party system.

Focusing on the most fundamental level of the city, the neighbor-hoods, where all life begins, I will enable city government’s basic functions providing for the expanding fire, safety, and security needs, provide sensible development and localized family friendly amenities designed for specific neighborhoods such as a community center for old estab-lished neighborhoods or a library annex for the west side, and enable a locally focused thriving arts community funded through a public-private partnership. An es-tablished artist-on-artist granting process will distribute funds.

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As a City Council Member, I recognize that these features

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DOCTOR IS A HERO TO HIS PATIENTSBy Barb Padgett

Dr. Mark Beckerman is retiring. This is not a heart-breaking headline if applied to most physicians heading into the sunset glow of Palm Springs with new golf clubs, but Mark Beckerman is not the average physician.

He has been a rarity among doctors in the Carmel area, a man whom most of his patients considered a person-al friend, besides being a man to whom they have entrusted their lives. His story has been one of amazing courage and determination after his own body, at an age when he was “at the top of his game,” was ravaged with one catastrophic ailment after another. Yet he quietly fought through, as much as he could, and returned to practice, his great sense of humor intact, to gain the steadfast loyalty of his patients again and again.

When he took over the practice of Dr. Richard Nolan after his army service, he quickly impressed his patients as a doctor who relished family practice, whose judgment was valued because he would actually listen to them, which was already a rarity.

Once when Carmel’s Eric Clark was very sick, he had no family doctor but had heard of a “new good one.” Dr. Beckerman diagnosed

him with spinal meningitis, and Clark says, “I credit him with saving my life.”

At another point, when a young man trying to raise his son alone had no insurance, the little guy became quite ill, but Dr. Beckerman

insisted he come in right away – although with most doctors the two would not have made it past the receptionist!

“He should teach the class on bedside manner,” says retired teacher Rob Morris.

Too soon Dr. Beckerman began fi ghting the effects of kidney cancer that moved to his brain, then attacked his spine, forcing him into a wheelchair and then into blood clots and ongoing

kidney dialysis, all of which sent him back to the hospital again and again. But he always returned to practice with a grin and a huge interest in us and how we had been faring.

Dr. Beckerman, 53, and his wife, Barb, have two daughters, Holly and Sarah. The fam-ily has lived in Carmel since 1983.

Many people in Carmel admire the cour-age of Mark Beckerman and are enormously grateful for his place in our lives. We know so few true heroes personally, but for us he is just that!

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I’m not writing this to be the Grinch Who Stole Halloween, because Hal-loween in our culture to-day is mostly an exercise

in harmless fantasy and positive community building, not so much a dark Satanic acting-out.

Costumes trigger creativity no matter your age, and creativity is good – a gift of our Godly free will. Fantasy and playacting are keys to developing young, bright minds. But of course, I’m thinking Disney World, not Dungeons and Dragons.

Some of the best social nights in our neighborhood (Forest Dale area) were on Halloween, when parents and kids and grandparents and friends and wagons and jack-o-lanterns and candy — piles of candy — added up to treasured family and neigh-borly memories. But I’m thinking loving and sharing, not destructive pranks, burglary and demon worship.

Halloween is a real conundrum. It’s fun and freeing and harmless. It’s also dark and unloving and dangerous.

Halloween’s origin was in Ireland as a pagan Celtic end-of-harvest festival and occult blurring-of-the-lines between the quick and the dead, making it easier for the Druid priests to predict the future and the weather. It was called “Samhain.”

In the Seventh century as Christianity

spread to the Celtic lands, Pope Boniface IV designated Nov. 1 as All-Saints (All-Hallows) Day, honoring saints and martyrs, as a church-sanctioned replacement to the pagan holiday. Oct. 31 became Hallows-Eve, or Hallowe’en.

Ironically, it was when the church sanctioned the holiday that the real spooky stuff began. If you want a real fright this Halloween, just Google “Halloween history.”

Famed British psychotherapist and pastoral counselor Frank Lake (1914-1982) taught that Halloween was a way that Westerners dealt with their fear of death. A fine local

pastor named Dave Faust preached that Chris-tians should stay away from the occult not because there was nothing to it, but because there absolutely was something to it.

Giving strangers food at your door is very Christian, the mystery of death and resurrec-tion is at the very heart of the Christian faith, and co-opting pagan holidays for Christian purposes (Christmas, Easter, All Saints) is basic church history.

Just watch it out there. Halloween is what we make it; be kind and use it for good.

Bob Walters ([email protected]) suggests that in your Halloween travels you ask Christ to be with you. Remember, you can ask Him anything.

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Family members: Mike; Rhonda; Tyler, 18; Kaclyn, 16; Cameron, 13Residence: Emerald Crest, CarmelWhere we worship: Indianapolis Church of ChristWhy we worship at Indianapolis Church of Christ: It is the emphasis they put on relationships. Indianapolis Church of Christ is family-oriented. Indianapolis Church of Christ has a lot of weekly Bible studies to attend and support groups meet weekly or biweekly. Our kids have also gained a lot of close relationships from worshiping at Indianapolis Church of Christ. The main attraction of was the emphasis on the Bible as a standard. The teachings make it easy to use the teachings of the Bible in practical life. All three of our kids are involved in youth ministry. Our oldest son,

Tyler, is involved with Youth Core. Youth Core went to Pennsylvania, and President Bush was there with them as they taught kids about abstinence. Our kids came away with a lot of conviction from the programs. Our kids have gained their own beliefs from the programs at Indianapolis Church of Christ.

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that matter. This paragraph could go on for quite a while because, according to Amazon.com, I am actually number 445,868. Or at least my book is.

Let me explain a little better. If you look up my newest title, “67 Ways to Amuse Yourself in 2 Minutes or Less” on Amazon, you discover that my book has been assigned a rank reflecting how many copies have sold on the Web site in comparison to other books. Again, that huge number I mentioned isn’t the total books sold (I should be so lucky), but where I am in Amazon’s pyramid of popularity, so to speak. This changes constantly, depending on what books are being purchased at any given point in time. Oops, I just noticed a change in my rank. Someone must have returned a book.

When, for example, Alan Greenspan came out with his new book, “Age of Turbulence,” my ranking of 445,868 shot up to 445,878. Which really means it plummeted 10 points. I’m just trying to put a positive spin on this. Of course, I have no idea if Greenspan really was the cause of my decline, but I’m not going to give the guy a pass just because his financial policies of the ’90s helped beef up my portfolio.

The No. 1 seller right now, if you care, is some stupid book by a guy named Stephen Colbert who apparently thinks just because he’s on TV everyone should buy his books. Boy, it doesn’t take much to puff up a guy’s head, does it?

I was depressed about my pitiful standing, so I called Amazon to get a little insight into the disparity between my abysmal standing and my inflated view of my literary endeavors.

“Hello, this is Amazon.com. How may I help you?”

“Yes, I’m an author, and I’d…”“What is your ranking, sir? We

try not to spend too much time on the phone with hacks.”

“As of 40 seconds ago, I was ranked 445,878. I know that is not very good but I was hoping to improve sales by word of mouth.”

“I see. Well, based on that ranking, I think we’re still searching for that first mouth. You just have to have a positive attitude.”

“Well, I do. And I know that low sales are due to many factors such as the lack of disposable income by the reading public and a poor promotional and marketing effort by the book’s publisher.”

“Yes, sir, but most of the time it just means the book stinks.”

“Hey, this is a great book. It’s a compilation of my humor

columns in Central Indiana newspapers.”

“Wait a second, sir. Are you telling me that after charging newspapers for your column, you slap together the very same drivel and make it into a book?”

“Come to think of it, I guess that’s right.”

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Ever since that discussion I’ve been

keeping a careful eye on the rankings. I was starting to think that the numbers were not an accurate reflection of what was being bought online. But last week I jumped from 445,878 to 445,234, an indication that my new book was beginning to soar in popularity.

I don’t want my ranking to get any better. I can afford to buy only so many books.

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Why? Well, how about popcorn balls, for starters?

Gather ’round, kiddies. Uncle Mike is going to tell you what it was like back before the Needles-In-The-Milky-Ways/Razor-Blades-In-The-Apples panic took over the local evening news in late October, when a third or more of a kids’ Halloween haul would be homemade.

There would be cookies of all descriptions; doughnuts plain and sugared; all types of candy, including several interpretations of my personal favorite, peanut brittle; and, of course, popcorn balls – volleyball-sized asteroids of crunchy, fresh-popped corn held together by sweet, sticky caramel.

Add to this the usual assortment of little candy bars, bags of candy corn, suckers, taffy and gum, and you had a kid’s dream food pyramid – sugar from the base to the peak. It was a mother’s despair and a dentist’s delight. More than one tooth doctor, assessing the damage done by a potent combination of unpopped kernels and extra-sticky caramel, was able to look into a kid’s mouth and see a new swimming pool for the backyard.

OK, so much for treats. What about costumes? I think the costumes were more fun when I was a kid. I came from the golden age of the Ben Cooper costume, which consisted of a mask, which looked only vaguely like the intended character, along with a flimsy rayon jumpsuit that sorta-kinda looked like the intended character’s clothing, but which always included a helpful legend emblazoned across the chest so you had a clue as to what the costume was actually supposed to represent.

What made them great was the selection.

You’d go into the dime store in October and an entire aisle would be lined, floor to ceiling, with boxes and boxes of costumes, their masks staring blankly through the cellophane window in front. A kid could spend hours just going through the selection, imagining the possibilities, dreaming of the impression he would make on Halloween when he showed up as Superman or Zorro, Bugs Bunny or Bullwinkle.

Not that it made any difference in my house. We were homemade costume people. Not only that,

we were hand-me-down homemade costume people, meaning that at some point we all had to wear the witch costume my sister Vicky pioneered in 1955. Boys included. I’m STILL

working through that one.OK, so maybe the costumes weren’t better after all. Although at their worst they were better than what I see now, living as I do in a neighborhood where pillowcase-toting (florals are popular) people in their 20s come up to my door on Halloween night, demanding candy, without so much as an attempt at a costume.

And on reflection, I’m starting to think the homemade treats weren’t

all that good, either. Some were, of course, but let’s face it – not everyone can make a decent popcorn ball. A lot of that stuff

went straight into the trash can after one taste.

You know what? Maybe it wasn’t better when I was

a kid. Maybe it

just feels that way now, because I see kids having all their 21st Century Halloween Fun, shouting and laughing and skipping down the

street, and part of me longs to be a kid

again just for one night, to join them. In a store-bought costume.

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 availability, visit www.spotlightwww.com.

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Add to that my quote: “Anything worthwhile is worth waiting, while working for.” These, of course, reference our

children. There can be no shortcuts when it comes to raising our children.

Parenting is a 24/7, 365 days a year commitment. That breaks down to a time

spent of 8,760 hours a year times 18 (minimum) years = 157,680 hours per one child’s life under our roof. If we have more than one child, (doubling or tripling our hours), which part of the thousands of hours do we want to cut short?

In a positive sense, we have thousands of hours per child to adjust our parenting style to fulfi ll our

parental commitment. I recently read that a parent’s role is not to deliver answers but, instead, to ask questions, invite discovery and be curious.

Easier said than done? Perhaps, but still worthwhile! Exhausting? Of course! I’m still trying to catch up on my sleep. Stressful? Well, when the going gets tough, the tough get going, don’t we? Rewarding? Without a doubt!

Nothing can come close to the love given and received from a child. We are the most important people in the world to our children. We are their standard. We are their trust. We have been where they are. We know what we want to pass down to them, as well as what we don’t want to pass down to them. And we know we can help them get to where they want to go.

It’s never about the dollar. Placing a non-material value on our children is placing a value on their future as potential parents to our grandchildren. You might laugh at that, but before we know it they are out on

their own, living lives they learned from us. Shortcuts cut short the potential in all of us.

Hugs!

Ask Yia Yia (grandmother in Greek), aka Becky Kapsalis, is a mom, grandmother and certifi ed parent coach. She can be reached by phone at 810.9358 or e-mail at [email protected].

DISPATCHESTOP DEBATERS: All 10 Carmel High School students who participated in the novice debate competition Oct.

6 at Kokomo High School earned a ribbon and fi nished

in the top 10 in their category. The school’s top fi nishers were fresh-man Aaron Singer, fi rst place in Congress; and freshman Sara Zhang, second place in spontaneous argu-mentation.

ART WINNERS: Several Prairie Trace students won recognition in the Children’s Museum of In-dianapolis Guild haunted house art contest. Kindergartener Austin Throck-morton earned second place and fi rst-grader Andrew Bly-stone and third-grader Amanda Gjerde, were named fi nalists. Other students recognized were second-graders Frances Miller and Katie Warbinton; third-grader Natalie Crawford; fourth-graders Jarod Throckmorton and Alexandra Raute; and fi fth-grader Sommer O’Donnell.

TOP TEAMS: The National Forensic League has named Carmel High School’s speech and debate teams the outstanding chapter in the Hoosier Crossroads district, which encompasses Central Indiana. The award will be presented next spring at the district speech tournament to be hosted by Fishers High School. English teacher John Love spon-sors the Carmel High speech team. English teacher Amanda Richmond coaches the debate team.

BLUE RIBBON WINNER: Carmel Middle School has been named a 2007 No Child Left Behind National Blue Ribbon winner. CMS was one of only eight Indiana schools and 287 nationally to be honored. The program recognizes schools that are nominated by their state department of educa-tion for their outstand-ing scores on state academic exams, among other criteria.

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are your family and friends visit often because you change the content. You’re constantly updating it with what’s new in your life. You keep it fresh and engaging for your audience.

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If you are an offender, you’re boring us all. Try something different. Make a statement. Update your information often. Allow the customer to talk to you instead of just talking to them. Address your customer’s needs, don’t just tell them about you. The Internet is sup-posed to be the information highway, not the information parking lot.

Even though this next wave of the Internet build-out is coined Web 2.0, the online world is still populated with Web 1.0 sites. Adding video does not make your Web presence more productive. It takes a strategy. It’s a new world. Show some courage and stand out. Be sure that your online infl uence is unique and not just more of the same – the same thing you do offl ine.

David Cain is president of MediaSauce, a digital media and online mar-keting company in Carmel. David welcomes your comments at [email protected]

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MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT TAXES: The 2008 tax brackets will become broader, meaning that more of your income will be taxed at lower rates. The 10 percent bracket on 2008 joint returns will cover the fi rst $16,050 of taxable income, Kip-linger estimates. That’s $400 more than in 2007. Taxing that amount at 10 percent rather than 15 percent will save couples $20. That’s not enough for a wild celebration, per-haps, but the higher your income, the more you save as more dollars fall into lower brackets.

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SUPPERS CLOSED: Super Suppers Carmel has closed as of today. The store was located at 13620 Rohrer Road. In a statement on its Web site, a notice said. “We appreci-ate the friends we have made over the last two years, and the loyalty you have shown to us.”

LOOKING FOR A HOT STOCK? How about a company whose revenue has shot from $455,000 to $68 million in three years? Or from $209,000 to $24 million in three years? Or $662,000 to $40 million in three years? You don’t see revenue growth like that often from companies trading in the stock market. And, in fact, these companies are not pub-licly traded, at least not yet. The three — Cedar Point Communica-tions, Genoptix Medical Laboratory and Santur — are ranked Nos. 2, 4 and 12, respectively, on this year’s Inc. 5,000, a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. They’re also the top three on Inc.’s list of 100 companies that in-tend to go public, so savvy investors will want to keep an eye on them.

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Leadership …“The ability to lead, including inspiring others in a shared vision.”

Over the past few years I believe I helped inspire you … my neighbors and friends … to share in a

vision that is right for Carmel. That vision has included building the Monon Trail, establishing the

Farmers Market, revitalizing Old Town Carmel, increasing our park land from 40 acres to 800,including development of the Monon Center

and Central Park, and making it possible for our performing arts groups to have a home.

Through this shared vision we have also accomplished providing the best city services with

a tax rate that is nearly the lowest in the state.

The upcoming election is about whether Carmel continues to need and want effective leaders …

those who share your vision of keeping Carmel the best place for families to grow and prosper. That is why I ask you to vote for me on November 6th for

City Council, At-Large.

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After dinner at the Burns house last week, we sat in the family room talking about everyone’s

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Her eyes lit up and she said, “No, but Will fl ipped a card today!”

“What did he do?”“He fl ipped his pencil across the

room.”“So what happened when he

had to fl ip his card?”“He just walked up and fl ipped his card.

And when he was on the way back to his desk, he made a face at me like he was happy about it!”

What a hoot! As you have probably fi gured out, “fl ipping a card” is the fi rst consequence of misbehaving in my daughter’s class. It’s regarded by different kids in different ways, from ambivalence to being aghast at the mere thought of it. Can you picture the scene? You’re 6 years old. You’re messing around — talking to your neighbor during quiet time, passing notes, throwing a pencil across the room — and suddenly, you get called out by the teacher in front of the whole class.

Time to fl ip a card. You stand up and make

the long walk to the front of the room, where each child has a card for all to see, a sea of yellow cards representing all the kids who are behaving. You must now turn your card, displaying another color that stands in stark contrast to the rest. After doing the deed, you turn and face the glare of your peers. Walking briskly, you arrive back at your desk, eager to once again blend into the crowd.

Wouldn’t it be great if grown-ups had to fl ip a card? What if ev-ery time someone made a rude comment, they had to fl ip a card

and stick it to their forehead? What if lousy drivers had to fl ip a huge card that was glued to the outside of their car? How about a bad waiter or waitress? Make ’em go to the front of the restaurant and fl ip a card for screwing up your order! What if someone had to fl ip a card for having bad breath or passing gas? Life would be HILARIOUS.

Think about how you behaved today. Should you have fl ipped a card?

Kent Burns is a Carmel resident and partner at MRINETWORK, the nation’s largest staffi ng fi rm. He is also a professional speaker and author of “What’s Your Why?” His blog is www.kentburn-sblog.com and he can be reached at [email protected]

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to Basics, in which several essential clothing pieces such as pants, skirts and jackets could be mixed and matched to create several different outfi ts. The store’s grand opening was Oct. 18, and Chase

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Did you know you are eating petroleum and bugs when you eat artifi cial food colors and dyes?

Science has discovered and proven that behavior, hyperactivity, learning problems and other health problems can be traced to artifi cial colors, food dyes,

chemicals and factory foods.

The plot thickens, and it’s not only a local problem, but we live in a world gone mad playing God. Unfortunately, at the worst time possible, the importance of nu-trition is downplayed in our society.

A revealing British study reported in the London Daily Mail found that certain artifi cial colorings and

preservatives commonly found in sweets and beverages can increase hyperactivity and radi-cal behavior in children with and without At-tention Defi cit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Way back in June 1973, Dr. Benjamin F. Feingold fi rst proposed that artifi cial colors and fl avors might affect children’s behav-ior. Several researchers, including Feingold

and others, claim that some children show dramatic improvements in attention defi cit and hyperactivity behaviors after removing the artifi cial components from the diet.

Again, in 1975, Dr. Feingold added that synthetic fl avorings as well as colors in the diet might be a cause of hyperactivity, and pro-posed an elimination diet. There is more information on this topic at this Web site: www.alternative-medicinechannel.com/naturo-pathic/nutrition.shtml

Anyone who can read is already aware that consumption of soft drinks, and a zillion sweet treats at your local convenience store, cause hyperactivity, mental distress and conduct problems among adolescents.

Nesquik, for example, (and other milk fl avorings) have food dyes in them, so use natural ones or make your own milk fl avor-ings.

What we eat impacts every cell in our body: you are what you eat. Foods can and do have a positive and negative impact on our carbon based, biochemical factory of a body.

If you want to see a list of food additives to avoid, go to: http://www.sweetpoison.com/food-additives-to-avoid.html.

For the sake of big kids, little kids, and our future we must begin to read food labels

not just for the vitamin content, but for the chemicals added in the ingredient list.

Because of today’s foods, the director of the Indiana State Board of Health, Dr. Judith Monroe, fears hospitals will be overrun soon

with 20-somethings battling heart disease and diabetes. She adds that today’s parents will their own children because of what they are fed. Mind numbing.

The conclusion is that a high consumption of sugar-containing, colorful soft drinks and other sweets were associated with mental health problems among adolescents even after adjustment for possible confounders.

This is what your kids eat every day at home and at school.

Something must be done. Meanwhile, read ingredients list and

consume whole foods, just like God planned. It’s not rocket science; it’s compassionate not to feed kids foods that are known to cause learning diffi culties and violent reactions to situations. Dig deep.

Peace.

Wendell Fowler is a retired chef, as well as an inspirational speaker, health humorist, storyteller, author and edu-tainer. Contact him at [email protected] or go to www.wendellfowler.com.

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G DISPATCHESCUTTING OVARIAN CANCER: A study of almost 40,000 older women reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that eating a low-fat diet can re-duce your chance of ovarian cancer by 40 percent. This is the fi rst hard evi-dence that menu changes protect against this particularly lethal cancer. Until now, the only prescription against ovarian cancer aside from surgi-cally removing the ovaries was to use birth control pills. Use for fi ve years can lower the cancer risk by up to 60 percent.

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FOR THE ALREADY FIT: If your body is harder than ancient Swiss cheese, then maybe you need exercises that will kick your caboose and take your fi tness to the next level. Try this one: Set two Swiss balls a few feet in front of a bench. Place a hand on the center of each ball, making sure the balls are touching, and rest your feet on the bench. Lower your body as far as you can with control. Pause, then push yourself back up to the starting position. TIP: If this exercise is too diffi cult at fi rst, have a partner sta-bilize the balls for you or lean them against a wall to brace them.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN: If driving makes you crazy, try these tips. Listen to books on tape — the self-help kind or classic novels — or tune in to a stand-up comedy CD. Praying, repeating affi rmations or meditating (with your eyes open) also help, as they have been proven to lower blood pressure, enhance memory and increase creativity, says Kathleen Hall, Ph.D., founder of The Stress Institute in Atlanta.

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REV YOUR ROUTINE: Short bursts of intense activity burn more calories — and up to 36 percent more fat, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Strolling around the mall or the park for an hour works off about 150 calories; pick up the pace 1 minute out of every 5 to burn one-third more calories (try a similar method if you bike). Swimmers can switch from freestyle or breaststroke to a more challeng-ing crawl every few laps, or just go a little faster. Even small steps make a difference: Skip the eleva-tor and carry your groceries up the stairs to burn 128 more calories, or instead of hitting an automatic car wash, do it yourself and zap 204 calories.

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HEALTH WATCH!

SPONGE PERILS: Even when it appears “like new,” the sponge you use for wiping the table and washing dishes can harbor 10,000 bacteria per square inch. The Journal of Environ-mental Health recently suggested microwaving the sponges to kill the bacteria, but hundreds of people have found that dry sponges catch fi re when zapped. The fi x: “A great way to disinfect dish sponges is to boil them or throw them in the dishwasher once a week,” says Joseph Laquatra, Ph.D., a professor at Cornell.

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FILE EXTENSIONS ARE A CLUE TO DATA’S IDENTITY

When you try to open a fi le sent to you via e-mail, sometimes you’re told that there isn’t a program associated

with the attachment. A computer works with various types of data, including documents,

spreadsheets, databases, video, pictures and music, as well as a host of less common data types.

In order for the computer to understand what type of data the fi le contains, it relies on the fi le extension. Everything before the period in a fi le is called the fi lename, while the (typically) three letters after the period is called the

extension. The “.doc” extension, for instance, tells

the computer (and the user) that the fi le is a document and to use the program that has been “associated” with this fi le extension to open it (most commonly Microsoft Word). When Microsoft Word was installed, part of the installation process is to notify Windows that it will be the program to call on whenever

Windows encounters a .doc fi le. Every program that you install tells

Windows which fi le extensions that they are associated with, so Windows will know which program to use whenever you click on a fi le. When you receive a fi le via e-mail and get the “no association” message, you are generally given the option to choose an existing program to attempt to open the fi le.

The problem for most users is that they have no idea which program to choose because they have no idea what the fi le extension means. The fi rst thing you should do is reply to the sender and ask what program is necessary to view the fi le or what program they used to create the fi le. If they reply with the name of a program that you already have installed, you would simply choose that program from the list that appears after you get the “no association” message. Once you locate the program, be sure to put a

checkmark in the box at the bottom that says “Always use the selected program to open this kind of a fi le.”

If you don’t have the necessary program, ask the sender if he or she can resend the fi le in a format that you can open or give you a link to a Web site to download the program that they are using.

Most fi le types are

readily accessible by most users, so fi guring out what can open the fi le based on the extension is your next step. One of the best resources on the Internet for solving these fi le extension mysteries is www.fi lext.com.

If this still does not make sense and you’re not sure what to do, call your local IT support person to get a little help.

Gary Hubbard is owner of Data Doctors Computer Services, www.datadoctors.com.Have a technology question? Send it to [email protected]

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REALLY MICRO COMPUTING: Experts at a Scottish university say they have paved the way for the creation of tiny supercomputers

which could fi t in the palm of the hand. Engineers at the Uni-versity of Edinburgh studied the behaviour of wires that were 1,000 times

thinner than human hair. They then created a tool which could help develop tiny microchips. German and Italian experts also worked on the project. Their fi ndings will be published in the journal Science.

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DRAG AND DROP YOUR SHOWS: SanDisk Corp. has released the Sansa TakeTV video player, a breakthrough media player that gives consumers an easy way to move video content from their PC to the TV, where it belongs. Using the Sansa TakeTV1 video player is as simple as using a USB fl ash drive: Simply drag video fi les to the TakeTV player, and then slip the player into its TV cradle. The cradle plugs into the standard A/V sockets of nearly every existing TV. Next, consumers are shown a simple, on-screen guide where they can quickly select the content they’ve stored. $99.99 for a 4G model and $149.99 for an 8G ver-sion.

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KEEP YOUR GUARD UP: Malicious hackers and other assorted bad guys looking for new tools for plying their trade this upcoming holiday season will have plenty of toys and services to choose from. Servicing them is a grow-ing underground market bristling with botnets, Trojans, rootkits, spyware and all sorts of shady services aimed at every-body from the humble do-it-yourself hacker to sophisticated, organized criminal gangs. “Just like there is a P2P marketplace, now there’s a C2C — criminal-to-criminal — market,” said Don Jackson, security researcher

with Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks Inc.

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IPOD SPEAKERS ARE WIRELESS: iPod accessory-maker Griffi n Technology has released the Evolve Wireless Sound System for iPod. First shown at Macworld Expo San Francisco earlier this year, Griffi n said the system costs $299.99. The iPod sits on a base and plays music like you would expect. However, the speakers are detach-able and can be placed up to 150 feet away from the base. The speakers need no power outlets and last up to 10 hours on a single charge, accord-ing to Griffi n. When the speakers run out of power they can be reattached to the base and charged again.

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Dr. Lane and work together to create a successful team. You must be detail oriented, a great communicator, self-

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DISPATCHESTIME FOR A KEGGER! Heineken’s DraughtKeg is now available in stores. This innovative minikeg for the home holds fi ve liters (about 14 bottles) and costs around $20, on average an extra penny per ounce. It’s not that the beer is different (Heineken says it still uses the same recipe it perfect-ed for export in the 1880s). It’s that beer from a keg forms a thicker head of bubbles that protects its fl avor from the elements. Heineken ex-pects to sell 1.4 million of the kegs in the U.S. alone next year.

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KEEP YOUR BRAIN FIT: Here are three simple strategies: Choose what you want to remember. Ask yourself whether new information will help you in the future. For example, at a party, learn only the names of people you hope to see again. Read the newspaper with the goal of remember-ing just what is important to you. Make the best use of your technology. Keep fi les and address lists on your computer, PDA, or cell phone current and let their data banks do the remembering. Block unpleasant memories. Lingering bad memories that should have been processed and discarded long ago can blunt your mental sharp-ness. When you feel a problematic memory arise, replace it with a happy one.

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BUBBLY TO GO: Some things are not meant to be thrown in a cooler

with cheap booze. Veuve is one such item. Here it comes in a neoprene-insulated case with two fl utes — now that’s got game.

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HGTV aired a design show this week that vilifi ed the Top 20 design faux

pas of the century. I received a call urging me to watch. The caller was quite proud that the show was up to No. 15 and she had not committed any of the deadly sins.

Being one of the union of women who feel compelled to multitask at all times, I began the construction of a new silk fl oral arrangements for the store.

The mistakes identifi ed were predictable but the advice was funny. “It is fi ne to collect things, but don’t make your guests endure them.” And “Furniture that is placed against the walls in a room makes it feel as if someone has burst in and shouted everyone against the wall!”

Drum rolls resounded for the No. 1 design faux pas of all times...NEVER USE SILK OR DRIED FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS...THEY ARE SO PASSE.

I was caught in mid-fl oral wire cut. I had glue on my hands and moss in my hair. My forthcoming silk arrangement wilted before my eyes.

I have long believed that so-called “permanent” arrangements were not the favorite of the design purists. With it being

declared so vehemently on HGTV, it was getting personal!

The HGTV design expert suggested a bowl of rocks in lieu of silk fl orals for a natural addition to a room. The show suggested using only fresh fl owers in areas that needed a touch of softness. It suggested twigs and dried grasses instead of

greenery.I imagined placing a bowl

of rocks in a home and expecting the client to be thrilled. Nope, couldn’t see it. I imagined advising my clients with two kids in college to invest heavily in fresh fl owers on a daily basis. It wasn’t going to happen. I thought about my clients who have a “to-do” list that is self-multiplying. I visualized Palm Pilots fl ying my direction with the suggestion of dedicating 30 minutes a day to creating fresh fl oral arrangements. If I left sticks behind, regardless of how artfully arranged, I have a feeling that my clients would accuse their 6-year-old of dragging them in from the yard.

You know, that is when I felt vindicated

with my budding fl oral creation. I think this “design mistake” must be taken

lightly. I suppose if we lived in a part of the country where fresh fl owers were bountiful and sold for next to

nothing on every street corner, I might join the anti-silk

league. As it is, I would like to

stand up and admit that I like fl oral

arrangements. I like to see

combinations of natural material combined with well

made “permanents.” I like feathers and I like

moss. I like beautiful urns and artsy composition.

As long as it is understood that permanent fl orals do not mean forever (dust and fading

takes a toll), I am proud to say, “Long live permanent fl oral arrangements!”

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

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A DESIGNER’S DO’S AND DON’T’SBy Kenneth Brown

Design is in the details. But, what exactly does that mean? To start with, you’ll want to pick a style before making any purchases. Don’t get too “theme-y” — your home is not an amusement park. You’ll also want to select a focal piece to inspire your design style, but don’t overdo it. One focal point per room is plenty.

• Do use mirrors to create “vistas” in your room.

• Don’t use mirrors unless they have a frame.

• Do use candles to enhance the mood of your room.

• Don’t go overboard with scented candles — one per room is enough.

• Do layer your lighting with table and fl oor lamps.

• Don’t use light bulbs over 60 watts.• Do use area rugs to anchor a furniture

layout.• Don’t use rugs that are too small. Always

go up a size when selecting your rug so all

furniture has at least the front legs sitting on the rug.

• Do bring in outdoor foliage for creative holiday centerpieces.

• Don’t forget to sit at the table while arrang-ing it so you see it from a diner’s point of view. Avoid the jungle in the middle of the table syn-drome.• Do change the pillows on your sofa with the seasons.• Don’t limit yourself to just two on a sofa — use a mix of styles and sizes to create entirely different looks.• Do have a table

within arms reach in your living room.• Don’t feel like all tables have to be made of

the same material. It’s even OK to mix wood colors from table to table.

Kenneth Brown is one of LA’s most sought-after celebrity interior designers. His work has been featured in numerous design publications and on his own top-rated television show, reDesign, on HGTV.

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HANDYMAN SERVICES I KITCHEN & BATH I REMODELING

WOW! The leaves are incredible this year. It seems

that every intersection is a virtual rainbow of color. It’s especially rewarding since we were antici-pating the leaves to graduate from green to boring as a result of the fossil-fuel-inspired heat and drought. Surprise!

Now the fun begins, and I’m not referring to nature trail hikes or lengthy Monon bike excursions to drink in the exploding splen-dor, but the painful art of leaf removal. OUCH!

Consider it an opportunity to recharge versus discharge, as my friend Ray Hilbert, co-author of a very cool book titled “The Janitor,” would say. Recharge your inner self as sweat tickles your brow, soft hand tissue swells with a blister and muscles are strained. Recharge as your frustrations are released with every stroke of the rake, overstuffi ng another recyclable bag. Or use the mower in an effort to mulch the leaves and their steroidal dose of nutrients back into our sterile suburban soil.

And that’s where the leaves belong: in our soil, mulched and feeding our persevering eco-system of aspiring turf, fl owering shrubs and full canopied trees.

Here are a few tips on leaf removal:

* Start by blowing the dry leaves from landscaped beds

* Then evenly distribute them over the entire lawn

* Try to use a mulching mower with the sharpened blades set on a higher setting

* Fire up the mower, and cut your lawn as usual, going slow to allow the turbulence created to cycle the leaves properly

Simple isn’t it? Sure, you might have to mow repeatedly to thor-oughly shred the colorful jewels

impregnated with water, nitrogen and phos-phorous. If you are incredibly blessed with mature trees, some raking and bagging may be required. You could always hire the neighbor kid looking for a buck or a professional fi rm patrolling for a few more, to accomplish the fat-burning task.

How do you decompress? Try invigorat-ing leaf removal to recharge for joy instead of discharge with anger.

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

RAKING AND MULCHINGARE GOOD THERAPY

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BLUEPRINT FOR IMPROVEMENTBy Larry Greene, Case Handyman & Remodeling

Question: We just purchased a new front-loading washer and dryer for our fi rst-fl oor

laundry room. The rest of our laundry room is outdated. What are some ideas and trends for updating our laundry room now that we have new appliances?

Answer: European style front-loading washers and dryers are taking the market by storm due to their higher capacity and energy/water savings. With a more visible fi rst-fl oor laundry room you should con-sider the overall appearance and function-ality of the room. Consider the following upgrades:

1. More countertop space: A nice feature of front-loading appliances is you can install a new countertop over them. There is no need to purchase the factory pedestals that come with new appliances. A new countertop can provide a folding area. Consider upgrading to solid surface countertops instead of laminate if your budget allows.

2. Custom built-in cabinets and shelv-ing: Eliminating clutter is key. The trend is to use higher quality cabinets in the laun-dry area and consider painted or stained cabinets to add to the décor instead of plain, thermo-foil cabinets. You also may want to add base cabinets to each side of

the washer/dryer. Consider built-in cabi-nets that hide the washer and dryer and add more storage cabinets.

3. Add a sink-base laundry soaking sink: Instead of a stand-alone laundry tub, consider a drop-in or undermount sink with a sink-base cabinet built into the coun-tertop. This looks cleaner and the base cabinet will hide the plumbing. Make sure the faucet is a pull-out version suited for laundry applications.

4. Built-in ironing board: Install a built-in ironing board cabinet. This cabinet opens up to allow the ironing board to fold out and includes room for storing the iron. When you are done ironing, everything folds up back into the wall-mounted cabi-net away from sight. Remember to install an electrical outlet nearby.

5. Lighting: Good lighting and natural light are critical in a laundry area. Include enough under-cabinet task lighting. If there are no windows, consider installing a skylight or sun tunnel to create more natural light.

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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DISPATCHESFREE MOVIE NIGHT: “Charlotte’s Web” will be shown at 6 p.m. Saturday at 2000 N. New Market

St. in the Meeting House in the Vil-lage of West Clay. It’s Family Movie Night, sponsored by King of Glory Lutheran Church. And it’s free.

MIDDLE SCHOOL COMEDY: “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” a comedy by Mary Lynn Dobson, will be presented at 6 p.m. Nov. 8 and 7 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Creekside Middle School Audi-torium, 3525 W. 126th St. A cast of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders play all the parts in this Monty Py-thon-esque spoof of the traditional Robin Hood Story. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children, free for age 3 and younger.

ROAD TO FREEDOM: Conner Prairie will present “Follow the North Star,” a nationally acclaimed program that allows participants to step into the shoes of a slave on the road to freedom through the Underground Railroad, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday and Nov. 8-10 and 15-17. Reser-vations are required. Cost is $19 per person, $16 for members. Call 776.6006 for more information.

ART ENVIRONMENT: Seeing a work of art in a gallery sometimes doesn’t refl ect how it will look in your home. Art House, a project of Indianapolis Monthly magazine, puts artwork into a new, custom designed house for you to exam-ine. Carmel’s Art & Soul Gallery, owned by Wes and Claire Dwyer, is one of the galler-ies participating. The house is in Williams Creek, but parking is at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St. Shuttles will take guests to the home. It’s open 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Nov. 9-11. Tickets are $12 at the door.

RIDE TO THE MILE: The Washing-ton Township Parks and Recreation Department’s Chicago Shopping Trip to the Magnifi cent Mile will take be Dec. 1. The bus departs from 1549 E. Greyhound Pass at 7 a.m. and will return at 9 p.m. Cost is $49 per person. A snack and movie will be provided on the bus. Registration is required by Thursday. Call 574.1074 for more information.

View – and buy – art at Carmel Clay Public LibraryBy Barbara E. Cohen

Although the Hamilton County Artists As-sociation now has a permanent gallery and a schedule of bimonthly exhibitions in Nobles-ville, the group of professional artists will still exhibit members’ work at the Carmel Clay Public Library in November.

This year’s juried show and sale – the 57th for the long-standing group – runs from Nov. 4 to 16. You are invited to attend the grand opening from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. this Saturday, where punch and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

“The theme for this year is ‘the greatest art show on Earth,’ ” said co-exhibition chair Larry Kasey, Noblesville. “Visitors can see the work of over 50 local artists from Hamilton County, with more than 140 works of art on display and for sale.”

Artists participating in the show hail from Arcadia, Cicero, Fishers, Indianapolis, Nashville, Noblesville, Sheridan, Westfi eld and Zionsville, as well as Carmel.

Thirteen artists from Carmel are participat-ing in the exhibition: Kenna Al-Sayed, a work in colored pencil; Robert Bratton, watercolors; Dorothy Chase, watercolors; Karen Fehr, wa-tercolors; Kathy Garnes, pastel; Julie Houck, oil painting; Mary Jane Keys, oil painting; Bruce Moore, watercolors and pastel; Shaomin Qian, Chinese painting; D. R. Roudebush, acrylics; Connie Sands, watercolors; Paula

Smith, watercolor and oil paintings; and Rosemarie Southworth, watercolors.

Their works are priced between $95 for Paula Smith’s “What’s Inside?” watercolor on canvas and Dorothy Chase’s watercolor “Late Summer” at $1,200. Overall prices range from $50 for an oil painting called “The Barn” by Barbara Burbank, Indianapolis, to as much as $3,500 for the fused glass “Excitingly Neutral” by Pam Niccum, Cicero. Most works are affordably priced, as is “Field of Flowers” by Holly Ulrich, Noblesville, at $695.

“With works in a variety of drawing and painting media, sculpture, pottery, brass, glass and mixed media, there’s truly something available for every budget, individual taste or decorating style,” Kasey said.

Even if you don’t buy a work of art, consider purchasing a raffl e ticket for one of two donated works: “Harlequin Horse,” a watercolor by Kenna Al-Sayed, and a horsehair pottery vessel by Carol Bell. Winners will be

decided at a drawing at noon on Nov. 16.A percentage of the proceeds from the sale

of raffl e tickets and artworks fi nances a schol-arship for a graduating Hamilton County high school senior planning a career in the arts.

For more information, contact the Hamilton County Art Association at 776.2278 or check the Carmel Clay Public Library at 844.3362 or www.carmel.lib.in.us for exhibi-tion hours.

Barbara E. Cohen is a freelance writer who covers the arts for Current in Carmel and teaches art history at Herron School of Art and Design (IUPUI) and Ivy Tech Community College. Please send comments or story ideas at [email protected].

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Junior League Holiday MartDates: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Satur-day, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Location: Blue Ribbon Pavilion, Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., Indianapolis.

Riverview Auxiliary Holiday BazaarDate: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 6. Location: Riverview Hospital, 395 Westfi eld Road, Noblesville.

CultureOf Mice and MenDates: Friday-Saturday, Nov. 9-11 and 16-18. Location: Studio 15, 15 First Ave. NE. Price: $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and children. Phone: 815.9387. Web: www.carmelplayers.org.

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a 7-year-old husky mix, from the Humane Society for Hamilton County. In the play, one of the ranch hands has an old dog who is shot to put it out of its misery. Cast member Dave Eckerd, who suggested using a Humane Society dog, plays Carlson, the character who shoots the dog.

Director Lori Raffel contacted the Humane Society, which recommended Camron.

“He’s very loving, friendly and quiet,” Raffel said.

A biography on Camron will be included in the program and the hope is that someone will adopt him after seeing him in the play.CCP President Larry Creviston also suggested giving season tickets to CCP to whoever adopts the dog.

Raffel said the cast are inviting people who are interested in adopting a dog.

“If we got that dog adopted, it would be amazing,” Raffel said.

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NEXT SYMPHONY CONCERT FEATURES SHAPIROCurrent in Carmel

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will pres-ent “The Artistry of Larry Shapiro” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St.

The concert will feature Larry Shapiro, CSO concertmaster. The symphony will perform these selections: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Enesco, Poème for Violin and Orches-tra by Chausson, Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A Major by Wieniawski, and Symphony No. 7 in A Major by Beethoven.

Tickets can be reserved by phone in

advance, or will be available at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (65 and older), and $5 for students (high school through college). Children in eighth grade and younger are free. However, please reserve a ticket if they will occupy a seat.

If reserving tickets by phone at 844.9717, please order by noon on the day of the concert.

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If you found “The Devil Wears Prada” irresistible, you will enjoy this hilarious novel. Bette Robinson is a spunky, intelligent young girl whose life is in a rut. She spends her free time reading romances, staying home with her allergic dog, and occasionally hanging out with her best friend.

Exasperated with this routine, she quits her dreary banking job and becomes a party planner for A-list celebrities. Now paid to party at some of the most exclusive night clubs in New York, Bette’s life is looking up, especially after gossip columns start falsely professing that she is dating the much-sought-after bachelor, Philip Weston. The dream job soon turns into a nightmare, however, and Bette faces a melt-down that leaves even her stunned.

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Of Mice and MenPerformed by Carmel Community PlayersPerformances: Nov. 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m., Nov. 4, 11 and 18 at 2:30 p.m.Location: Studio 15, 15 First Ave. NETickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors and childrenPhone: 815.9387Web: www.carmelplayers.orgCamron

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Getting hit by a car is the second leading cause of injury-related deaths among children 5 to 9 years old. Because depth perception isn’t fully developed at this age, children can’t accurately judge the distance of an approaching car. Please slow down and be alert in areas where they trick-or-treat. Learn more on how to keep kids safe at ACallToChange.org.

Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treaters• Carry a fl ashlight.• Stay in familiar neighborhoods.• Stay on sidewalks – don’t cut across yards.• (If no sidewalk) walk on the left side of the road facing traffi c.• Avoid wearing masks while walking from house to house.• Approach only houses that are lit.• Wear a watch you can read in the dark.• Make sure costumes don’t drag on the ground.• Wear clothing with refl ective markings or tape.• Carry only fl exible knives, swords or other props.• Stay away from and don’t pet animals you don’t know.• Shoes should fi t (even if they don’t go with your costume).

Safety Tips for Parents• Young children should be accompanied by an adult.• Older children should know where to reach you and when to be home.• Although tampering is rare, tell children to bring the candy home to be inspected before consuming anything. Look at the wrapping carefully and toss out anything that looks suspect.• To report suspicious activity, please call the Carmel Police Department at 317-571-2500.• If your child sustains an injury or has a reaction that you’re unsure of, seek immediate attention at the emergency room. Call the Clarian North Emergency Department at 317-688-3100.

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