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SPORTS: No more excuses for the fortunate Coach Davis
March 28, 2005
Bill BennerI find it semi-amusing that Mike Davis has to be publicly reminded that there are higher expectations for Indiana University
basketball than seconddivision Big Ten finishes or NIT bids, that "We're No. 4" is not an acceptable rallying cry, that the
fans are demanding, that the boosters tend to be cranky and that, gee, a third mediocre season in a row might cost him his
$800,000-a-year job. Well, yeah. So? Nonetheless, now the basketball literally is in Davis' court. Which...
MoreLocals seek $10M to lift Lampoon: Laikin seeks to 're-energize' money-losing L.A. company
March 28, 2005
Greg AndrewsNational Lampoon Inc.'s in the comedy business. Yet in recent years, anyone who perused the L.A.-based company's financial
statements would be more apt to grimace than crack a smile. A group of Indianapolis businessmen who own most of the stock
think they can stem the company's heavy losses and in the process breathe new life into a comedy brand best known for the
1978 classic "Animal House" and the 1980s "Vacation" films. Here's the catch: They need more money to...
MoreSTATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Kenley's funding plan has momentum despite critics
March 28, 2005
Ed FeigenbaumRemember when Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels felt "car-bombed" by House Democrats when they refused to provide a quorum for
votes on 132 bills? Then Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Chairman Luke Kenley, RNoblesville, must have felt last week
that his plan to help finance a new stadium for the Indianapolis Colts and an expansion for the Indiana Convention Center
was hit by rocket-propelled grenades. Kenley proposed to finance the two projects through a combination of private, state
and local...
MoreChicago Express is not only asset ATA Holdings to jettison: More than $1.7 million for Boeing 727s won't land in ATA's pocket
March 28, 2005
Chris O\'malleyAs ATA Holdings Corp. prepares to ditch its Chicago Express commuter line after a tiresome series of low-ball bids, another
batch of its aircraft about to be sold won't fetch much attention-or even a dime-for the Indianapolis carrier. Up to seven
of ATA's former Boeing 727s and as many as 20 engines for the tri-engine aircraft are to be sold by early April for at least
$1.7 million, according to documents filed by ATA earlier this month in U.S. District...
MoreMillion dollar baby: Hospital reaps benefits of caring for high-profile boy A public relations jackpot
March 28, 2005
Tom MurphyThe Afghan boy may have arrived last month at Riley Hospital for Children with heart trouble and a need for complicated surgery.
But behind those soft, brown eyes and that adorable smile lies a 12-cylinder marketing engine. A sample of the 15-month-old's
power: Qudrat's often-reported story created at least $1 million in free media for Riley, according to hospital officials.
That's 10 times the amount Riley spends on print or broadcast advertising in a year. He could be responsible for...
MoreNOTIONS: My son's latest lesson in censorship
March 28, 2005
Bruce HetrickMy son, Austin, phoned a few weeks back. He was excited. Well, he was as excited as a 16-yearold can be (read: a little).
The cast list had just been posted for the spring musical at his high school. For the second year, Austin had landed a part-not
a lead, he said, but for a sophomore, a good part. Rehearsals were to begin immediately. I uttered my fatherly bravos. We
said goodbye. And I shared the news with his grandparents,...
MoreStruggling IndyGo pays big for technology expertise: At $94 an hour, IT director raises some eyebrows
March 28, 2005
Chris O\'malleyFinancially struggling IndyGo is paying a handsome sum to its information technology director, hired to help turn around a
city bus system that began 2004 with a $4 million budget deficit. Dale Meyers would earn about $188,000 if he worked 40 hours
a week, based on a $94-an-hour employment agreement inked last July. Meyers' pay would dwarf the $120,000 annual salary of
Indy-Go CEO Gilbert Holmes. It's also salty compared to others' in his field. The median pay for an...
MoreThe seeds of original thinking grow sales SALES:
March 28, 2005
Tim RobertsOK, true confession time. My first attempt at a sales gig was selling flower seeds. That's right, seeds. The ones you would
order from the back of a comic book. I was 9. The incentive was a "prize." Of course, you could select your own prize, and
the prizes were the kind that would make a 9-year-old do anything because these were "must-have" prizes. My wild-eyed eyes
were set on X-ray vision glasses. As I said, "must-have." I remember Mom's...
MoreSoftware-maker expands through public incentives: Exact Target must prepare for market's consolidation
March 28, 2005
Peter SchnitzlerIt made for a great photo-op. With the morning sun shining brilliantly through the windows, Exact Target showed off its brand
new headquarters in the Guaranty Building on Monument Circle. It was the second day of spring. Bipartisan smiles were the
first item on the agenda. Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican, was there to celebrate the fast-growing e-mail software-maker's
$1.14 million package of government incentives. So was Mayor Bart Peterson, a Democrat. Exact Target had earned its tax credits,
abatements...
MoreTyler Mason Salon/Spa: Salon pampers its customers Owner has extremely high standards for her staff
March 21, 2005
Susan Raccoli"It's all about the client," Tammie Baker tells her staff at the Tyler Mason Salon/Spa. That's probably one reason her business
has been listed among the top 200 salons in the country by industry magazine Modern Salon. Assembling the right staff to fit
her vision was the biggest challenge Baker faced when she started her business in 1992. But once she hired someone-after a
lengthy interview process requiring several visits-she made sure that employee continued his or her education and...
MoreSupreme Court drug case could restrict development: Lilly, other firms want research exemption confirmed
March 21, 2005
Scott OlsonThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments April 20 in a case that Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharmaceutical corporations
say could restrict the development of new drugs. The dispute stems from a June 2003 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. The panel affirmed a district court's finding that Merck KGaA in Germany infringed
upon four of New Jersey-based Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.'s licensed patents. At issue is whether pharmaceutical companies...
MoreGIZMOS: Videoconferencing is envisioning change
March 21, 2005
Tim AltomI'm used to technology, but sometimes it creeps me out. A while back, I was in a small conference room that had one of the
newest small videoconferencing units crouched atop a massive monitor. I picked up the remote from the table to move it out
of my way, and abruptly the unit came to life, swiveling about to stare at me. The monitor, until then comfortingly black,
now had my picture on it. It was a flashback moment to...
MoreWKLU sings new tune to gain competitive edge: Some experts say station's new strategy can't last
March 21, 2005
Tracy DonhardtreporterBruce the Radio Pirate has left the building. Dr. Demento, Pop and Scratch and "The King Biscuit Flower Hour" are gone, as
well. The hippie-sounding radio personalities and offbeat shows that were WKLUFM 101.9 moved out of the roughly 100-year-old
house in Brownsburg five months ago when the station's new owner, staff, music-and business strategy-moved in. But whether
that strategy-to keep the smalltown station sounding small while it brings in big bucks-can work remains to be seen. And now
WKLU...
MoreSmoke carries economic toll: Ban backers cite health, productivity costs
March 14, 2005
Chris O\'malleyThe annual cost of treating the secondhand-smoke-related illnesses of Marion County residents likely exceeds $16 million,
a cost borne partly by businesses that provide their employees health insurance. Businesses also shoulder harder-to-calculate
costs in the form of lost productivity and absenteeism, according to a 2002 study for the Marion County Health Department
believed to be the best estimate yet of the local impact of cigarettes. But backers of the proposed City-County Council ordinance
that would ban smoking in Indianapolis' bars...
MoreSTATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Lawmakers likely to resurrect best bills in second half
March 14, 2005
Ed FeigenbaumThe second half of the General Assembly's "long" session is now upon us, even though it doesn't quite feel like it had closure
to the first half. Unless you were in Florida or Arizona watching baseball's spring training games, you are well aware of
the House Democrats' tactics that resulted in a lack of quorum on the final days for passage bills from their chamber of origin.
The lack of a quorum meant more than 130 bills died ignominiously on...
MoreMarketing plan takes bad bounce: Owners of local IT firm, ABA pro hoops team get caught in snare of negative publicity
March 14, 2005
Anthony SchoettleUnfortunately, the stories have focused on a series of bizarre events surrounding the team and its owners. The Rhythm's third
owner, recording artist Sally Anthony, Bucher's wife, found herself at the center of several of the stories. Neither Bucher
nor Christian returned repeated calls seeking comment for this story. Anthony was also unavailable for comment. The trio initially
made a series of savvy moves, including filling the team roster with top talent just short of making the NBA. The owners...
MoreCity should prepare for energy shortage:
March 14, 2005
Clarke KahloIndianapolis city planners should begin planning for a declining energy future. "Peak oil" and natural gas (generally, the
point at which worldwide production begins to decrease, and the resource subsequently depletes)-are well-documented and loom
directly ahead. Yet local plans are silent on the subject. Long-term impacts on our economy and community fabric will be significant.
Mobility and development patterns will be heavily affected. Politicians and the media need to inform the public and properly
plan for this sobering eventuality. The...
MoreDepartment store consolidation likely means loss of major revenue source for newspapers:
March 14, 2005
Tammy LieberShoppers and mall owners aren't the only ones preparing for fallout from the planned merger of Federated Department Stores
Inc. and May Department Stores Co.-the advertising world is bracing for the impact, too. Newspapers will bear the brunt of
it, experts predict. Observers need look no further for evidence than the Sunday circulars or the midweek pullout sections
preceding a big sale. Locally, Macy's, formerly known as Lazarus, and L.S. Ayres are both among the top 10 advertisers with
The...
MoreUnifying Indiana's IT efforts: State's new CTO plans to centralize computing
March 7, 2005
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana's state Web portal, access-Indiana, won at least a dozen awards over the last four years. It was frequently lauded
as a model of modern government efficiency-robust, reliable and user-friendly. But, according to new Indiana Chief Technology
Officer Karl Browning, the reality was only skin deep. Certainly, accessIndiana is the handsome public face of state information
technology. But beneath the surface, there's a tangled mess of unconnected systems, each managed independently by a separate
agency. Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican,...
MoreSTATEHOUSE DISPATCH: At half-time in the Statehouse, it's politics 1, people 0
March 7, 2005
Ed FeigenbaumThis column is typically devoted to the intersection of politics, government and business (with an occasional tortured sports
analogy tossed in). We don't usually address the higher order of the universe, but after last week, we find that we must delve
into the field of metaphysics to provide you with some perspective on legislative events. March 1 marked the halfway point
in the 2005 session of the Indiana General Assembly. But with more than 130 bills dying for lack of...
MoreSPORTS: Tournament committee ready to pick and defend
March 7, 2005
Bill BennerHe describes the experience as gutwrenching, intense, agonizing and exhausting. But also, some kind of fun. "It's like going
off to basketball junkies camp for a week," said Jon LeCrone, commissioner of the Indianapolis-based Horizon League. "Camp"
convenes this Wednesday, when LeCrone joins nine other members of the NCAA's Division I men's basketball committee to select,
seed and bracket the 65 invitees to the tournament, aka the Big Dance. To be sure, it's not Camp Granada, with rustic cabins,
bunk...
MoreRepublic Airways ponders employee concessions: But union complains about 'disingenuous' memo
March 7, 2005
Chris O\'malleyA memo by Republic Airways warns of the need for employee concessions if ailing partner U.S. Airways ceases operations, Teamsters
officials said. The union representing 1,000 cockpit crew members and 600 flight attendants at Republic's Chautauqua Airlines
unit has found itself-not the Indianapolis company-on the defensive, however. Union leaders are wrinkled at what they say
is a disingenuous memo Republic CEO Bryan Bedford sent to workers about seven weeks ago, alleging that the union has withheld
information from pilots and...
MoreTV weather war becoming a race for arms: Local TV news ratings, advertising dollars at stake VIPIR attack
March 7, 2005
Anthony SchoettleA storm is brewing. But the weather-related tempest has as much to do with television viewer ratings and advertising dollars
as it does with tornadoes and hailstorms. With an array of new forecasting technology hitting the market, Indianapolis' four
local TV news operations are arming for a weather war that would make Dorothy and Toto run for the nearest Doppler radar.
"The weather is an enormous driver in local TV news ratings," said Bill Perkins, president of locally based Perkins...
MoreAs leaders argue, local crime rises: Inner-city residents fear police consolidation, but city says it can't afford current
structure
March 7, 2005
Peter SchnitzlerDespite Mayor Bart Peterson's addition of 200 cops in 2000-which gave IPD the strength to try community, or preventive, policing-crime
jumped 11 percent over the last two years. Between them, the Indianapolis Police Department and the Marion County Sheriff's
Department responded to 5,487 more offenses last year than in 2002. Unless new money is found, Peterson has repeatedly warned,
the cash-strapped city soon will be forced to fire IPD officers. Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson already struggles to
fight suburban...
MoreCLOUD OF CONTROVERSY: Suburbs might follow city's lead Backers: Tough Indy ban would sway others
February 28, 2005
Chris O\'malleyThe City-County Council's handling of a proposed smoking ban has implications well beyond Indianapolis, to neighbors poised
to adopt their own laws but watching the outcome in the state's most populous city. If Indianapolis doesn't enact a smoking
ban, or adopts one that's politically unpalatable to neighboring cities and counties, those communities might adopt a confusing
variety of laws, observers on both sides of the debate say. They say a lack of uniformity could even spawn a migration of
bar...
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!