Ticket giveaway: "It's a Wonderful Life"

November 24, 2010
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What are the holidays without a screening of "It's a Wonderful Life"? And the classic film is even greater on the big screen.

I've got four pairs of tickets to give away to a Dec. 2 showing of the film--which includes a pre-show silent auction and complementary appetizers--at United Artists Circle Centre 9. The event, which I'll be hosting, is a benefit for Indianapolis Downtown Beautification.

All you have to do is enter below with a reason why your life is wonderful. I'll pick four winners at random and contact via e-mail.

Good luck.

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  • Wonderful
    DaleNovember 24, 2010 11:37 AM
    Five wonderful kids, a wonderful wife...a wonderful life.
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  • Heirs to my estate...er...debt
    Kathi MooreNovember 24, 2010 11:48 AM
    Life sucks if you let it. Thankfully, our 3 awesome kids keep me in the reality of "you can't take it with you" and cherishing relationships over financial problems.
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  • love
    michaelNovember 24, 2010 12:39 PM
    My life is wonderful because I'm in love. No matter how hard work, school, or just living gets, I always know that I have someone who loves me no matter what and who will always be there to support me. She makes my life a little better every single day.
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  • Wonderful
    AndrewNovember 24, 2010 12:51 PM
    My life is wonderful because I have a relationship with Jesus and the hope of eternal life with him.
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  • Wonderful Life
    TammyNovember 24, 2010 12:53 PM
    My life is wonderful because I have a healthy daughter and an awesome husband. Life is Good!!
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  • Enjoy everything, need nothin
    RongNovember 24, 2010 12:53 PM
    My favorite movie! I know what George Bailey also discovered in the movie - your perception of life...
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  • Wonderful LIfe
    David YeleyNovember 24, 2010 12:54 PM
    Blessings in mind,body, spirit --couldn't ask for more.
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  • George Bailey Rocks
    Dan HNovember 24, 2010 12:57 PM
    My life is blessed with a wonderful spouse, daughter, son-in-law, parents and parents in law. I am blessed with a good job in very tough economic times. But most importantly I was introduced to "Its a Wonderful Life" when I was 11 years old and on vacation with my family. I remember watching it for the first time on an old black and white TV in a small motel room in Gettyburg, PA. It is by far my favorite movie of all time. "Every time a bell rings an Angel gets their wings!"

    A blessed Thanksgiving to All :)
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  • I am Blessed
    AnnaNovember 24, 2010 12:58 PM
    I do have a wonderful life - loving boyfriend, family and friends and even a job that I like! Could not ask for anything more...
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  • Wonderful Life
    MargaretNovember 24, 2010 12:58 PM
    What makes my life so wonderful is, I live in the United States of America and I have my freedom.
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  • Wonderful Life
    SurvivorNovember 24, 2010 12:58 PM
    GOD saw fit to heal me of breast cancer and give me more time here on earth with my wonderful children...and to make a difference while I'm here. It's a WONDERFUL LIFE!
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  • George Bailey was right
    BobNovember 24, 2010 12:59 PM
    George Bailey was "the richest man in town" not because he had money (he didn't) but because he had great friends and a great family. Same here.
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  • licensed agent
    Kim ClarkNovember 24, 2010 1:00 PM
    My life is wonderful because of my family. I feel truly blessed each day to have them in my life. We are also all very blessed to be in good health. I cannot imagine life without them!
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  • Wonderful life
    Nikki GoebNovember 24, 2010 1:00 PM
    I have a wonderful like I have three girls, blessed with twins, a wonderful caring husband who works hard to take care of us. I have a great family we are all very close and there for each other. I couldn't ask for anything more in my life. My family is the best and makes everyday great.
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  • Life
    Rachel S.November 24, 2010 1:01 PM
    Our favorite Christmas film! Life is wonderful because of what you make it. For me it's a strong faith in Christ, my funny husband and our little baby on the way in a few months. And mashed potatoes. They make life pretty wonderful, too!
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  • bad day?
    donnNovember 24, 2010 1:01 PM
    ....you could always be a north korean. IAWL is a totally alien concept to those unlucky people.
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  • Blessings
    CeliaNovember 24, 2010 1:02 PM
    My life is wonderful because I've learned that the best things in life aren't things. I'm blessed with a fabulous family, comfortable home and fulfilling work.
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  • Giving Thanks
    JeffBNovember 24, 2010 1:09 PM
    There are many things today that I am Not Grateful for, but....
    I am loved by the people who really matter.
    I am healthy.
    I have a wife who thinks she is the "Lucky One"
    I am truly blessed.
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  • George Bailey is the Gold Standard
    TimNovember 24, 2010 1:11 PM
    My favorite movie of all time. My two boys, 8 & 5, are healthy. My wife is GREAT. Last year, she was on bed rest twice, had two hospital stays, one surgery, and finally gave birth to our twin baby girls, two months prematurely. But the girls are GREAT, crawling and jabbering. I have a rewarding job. My wife has a rewarding job. Life is good, but then again, life has always been good, even in the 'bad' times.
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  • Wonderful Life
    DanielleNovember 24, 2010 1:11 PM
    I have learned that the key to a wonderful life is all about a positive attitude. My life is richly blessed with faith, family and friends.
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  • Wonderful Life!
    JhenniferNovember 24, 2010 1:15 PM
    I have a wonderful life because I have a job that I love doing, working for people who love what they do and are appreciative of those who help them do it. I have a great house, in a great community, my healthy daughter is getting a fantastic education, and we're in an area (Greater Indianapolis) where we've made great friends, have an array of things to do and try with them, and are just glad to be a part of the community!
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  • Wonderful Things
    ShelleyNovember 24, 2010 1:18 PM
    Wow - too many blessings to count. So thankful for so many things...
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  • Thanksgiving
    AngieNovember 24, 2010 1:19 PM
    My life is wonderful because of all my family and friends, especially my caring, loving husband!
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  • Wonderful Wife
    JimNovember 24, 2010 1:23 PM
    I'm truly blessed to have a wonderful wife.
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  • Life is good
    JJNovember 24, 2010 1:31 PM
    Good job, good health, good friends, good family. Wish everyone could be so lucky.
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  • Wonderful Life
    Cindy BrenemanNovember 24, 2010 1:45 PM
    I'm in the real estate business and although the economy isn't great my life is wonderful because I have a great family, great friends and a God who loves and provides for me!
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  • wonderful life
    kentNovember 24, 2010 2:26 PM
    It's looking good because my work week is over as soon as I hit the send button on this entry!
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  • Wonderful Life
    LarryNovember 24, 2010 3:15 PM
    Great wife, good health,Indy is a great town and I have 5 kids and 8 grandkids.
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  • Great Life
    MatNovember 24, 2010 4:27 PM
    5 great kids, a wonderful wife, I'm employed. God is good.
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  • Wonderful Life
    KristenNovember 24, 2010 4:30 PM
    Because I started a great new job this year after being laid off for ten months, to start! Wonderful family and friends provided support. Wonderful pets keep me company. Four wonderful nieces to pour love into. A loving God, a wonderful church community. Took a wonderful vacation to the desert southwest this year. Have a wonderful house....the list goes on and on!
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  • Wonderful Life
    Stephen A DuncanNovember 24, 2010 4:48 PM
    I miss the old Saving and Loans even when we had them here in Indianapolis, but, as George Bailey and I eventuality learned . . . it takes time to accept the fact that your life has value and that the influence of a positive individual can make a huge difference in other peopleâ??s life. Even though we might not see it at the time. Iâ??m thankful I finally realize, Iâ??m loved, needed and wanted and my life has had a positive influence in others. The movie reminds and reinforces in each of us what we already have... â??Itâ??s a Wonderful Life.â??
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  • I've said it many times, many places...
    philNovember 24, 2010 8:33 PM

    My wife is Ho-Ho-Holly - the consummate Christmas lover.

    As it says on my Facebook profile:

    "We started dating because we (informally - after a weird 1st date 18 months before. (never fall asleep sitting on a couch) We dated six weeks, got engaged, and in fewer than six months (12/12/86), we were married.

    Twenty-four years later, I wonder what took me so long."

    I can't imagine any better than I have it now.

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  • She is alive!!!!!
    GlennNovember 24, 2010 10:42 PM
    My life companion (wife) is ALIVE!!!!

    She has fought the battle with cancer and is now reborn

    Thank you Thank you Thank you Dr Wu !!!! !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Wonderful life
    ScottNovember 25, 2010 10:26 AM
    I am thankful for my wonderful wife and I thank God for the gift of our baby on the way.
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  • Wonderful Life
    mikeNovember 26, 2010 9:02 AM
    I thank God for my faith and my family
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  • Family, friends, and health to enjoy them!
    SusieNovember 26, 2010 11:45 AM
    My family of twelve is fabulous and fun. We have made it through many tough times and still work and play well together. I have reached retirement with the health to enjoy it with my family and friends.
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  • A Great life
    AnnetteNovember 26, 2010 7:04 PM
    I have health, a house to live in and health insurance...life is grand!
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  • It's wonderful in Indiana
    InchoNovember 28, 2010 3:48 PM
    My family and I are so thankful to be home again! It's wonderful to spend the holidays in the place we love with those we hold most dear.
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  • new baby
    tylerNovember 28, 2010 4:53 PM
    I have a wonderful life because of my new baby. He's happy, healthy and has brought my wife and I even closer.
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  • Wonderful Life
    JessicaNovember 29, 2010 6:44 AM
    Seeing everything through the eyes of my 4 month old baby boy!!
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  • Appreciation
    KarenNovember 29, 2010 12:12 PM
    My life is wonderful because I appreciate the people in my life and the things that I have.
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  • It's a Wonderful Life
    nancyNovember 23, 2011 10:05 AM
    Every time you hear a bell ring, an angel gets its wings.
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  1. liek the rest of America

  2. These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.

  3. It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.

  4. No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.

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