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munities to more accurately represent state demographics, according to the ISDH. “Ideally, you know, we would like to test Preliminary results from the first phase every single Hoosier,” Paul Halverson, foundof a scientific study show about 2.8 percent ing dean of the Fairbanks School of Public of the state’s popuHealth, said during a May 13 virtual PANDEMIC lation is estimated press briefing. “But the next-best to have COVID-19 or thing to doing that is random-samhave previously had it. ple testing, a scientific approach In April, the Indiana State Dept. of that allows us to confidently asses Health announced it would collabhow COVID-19 has spread in Indiana orate with the Fairbanks School of without really having to test everyPublic Health at IUPUI to conduct a one, which is just not feasible.”

Holcomb scientific study to help determine Researchers determined 1.7 perthe spread of the new coronavirus. cent of participants tested positive for the For the first phase of the study, research- virus and an additional 1.1 percent tested ers tested 4,611 Hoosiers between April 25 positive for virus antibodies during the and May 1 for viral infections and antibodies last week of April. The study estimated the of the virus, which causes the disease statewide population prevalence of the COVID-19. More than 3,600 residents were virus is 2.8 percent – approximately 186,000 randomly selected, and an additional 900 Hoosiers – as of May 1. volunteers were recruited through outreach The state’s testing registered more than to the African American and Hispanic com19,000 cumulative cases as of May 1, sug-

gesting only about 1 out of every 10 true infections were identified by tests focused on symptomatic or high-risk residents.

Moreover, findings suggest 0.58 percent of infected residents have died from the disease, a figure almost six times more deadly than the seasonal flu, which has an infection-fatality rate of 0.1, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The analysis also showed 44.8 percent of people infected with the virus reported no symptoms. The study also found non-white and Hispanic residents contracted the virus more prevalently than white residents.

Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said the high percentage of asymptomatic carriers underscores the importance of mask use in public, indoor spaces to reduce the spread of the virus.

Participants who reported living with someone who was COVID-19 positive were 12 times more likely to be infected with the disease.

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LC players cap prep career with All-Star honors

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finals. Davis said it was disappointing not to go farther in the state tournament.

“Just to have such high expectations Lawrence Central High School basketfor yourself and not being able to get to ball standouts Nijel Pack and Dre Davis those expectations hurt,” he said. “But I formed one feel as though we put the younger BASKETBALL special dynamic guys through a lot to be able to duo. know what it takes to win a state The seniors were poised to put title and I believe they have a shot a cap on their high school careers to do so.” with the two last games of the Lawrence Central coach Al Indiana Boys All-Stars against Gooden said Davis became a great Kentucky in the annual series leader this season.

Davis June 5-6. Those games were can“I don’t think anyone on the celed because of the coronavirus team has worked harder than Dre pandemic. to get where he is at,” Gooden “Being an Indiana All-Star is said. every Indiana basketball player’s Pack averaged 17.7 points, 4.2 dream,” Pack said. “Seeing those assists and 4.0 rebounds. jerseys hung up at my high school “Nijel is a great athlete,” Gooden made me want my part of the said. “He can score with a 3, midgreat legacy as well.” range jumper and on a layup. He Pack Pack, who is headed to Kansas has great ball skills.”

State, was eager to play with DaPack, a 6-foot point guard, said vis on the All-Stars team. his biggest improvement was his leader“Unfortunately, our last game together ship ability. was in March. Who would’ve known that “They were team players and did what was the end?” Pack said. “It sucks to not they had to do to help the team win,” be able to play after all the hard work we Gooden said. put in to make the All-Star team and be Davis said his biggest improvement able to represent ourselves and our high was becoming an effective leader. school and the state of Indiana.

“I’ve always kind of been that vocal guy “After all the fun I had playing with the on the court, whether it’s me talking to Junior All-Star team, I couldn’t wait to myself, me talking to the other team or play with the seniors.” me talking to my team and being encourDavis said he was blessed to be seaging,” he said. “I feel as though I was lected. The 6-foot-6 Davis, who will play able to learn how to put guys in spots to for Louisville next season, averaged 21.5 be successful. I was able to learn how to points and 8.7 rebounds per game for the communicate with my teammates as far Bears, who finished 22-3. All three losses as being able to get them to correct their were against Lawrence North, the final mistakes and build them up while I was time being March 6 in the sectional semiteaching them.”

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FISHERS Project: Ind. 37 Improvement Project Location: 126th Street west of Ind. 37 is closed and is anticipated to reopen in July. During this time, cross access and all left turns will be restricted, with only right-in and right-out turns until this phase ends. Traffic on southbound Ind. 37 will shift to the northbound lanes and two lanes will remain in each direction. Local access to businesses will remain open via Lantern Road. The official detour route will direct drivers to use 116th Street or 131st Street to Allisonville Road. Detour route markers and advance warning signs will be in place prior to the closure.

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Expected completion: The Sargent Road roundabout is anticipated to reopen in mid-June. 96th Street east of Sargent Road to Cumberland Road will remain closed and is anticipated to reopen in early November. The official detour route will direct drivers to use Lantern Road or Cumberland Road to 106th Street.

Project: Downtown infrastructure improvement Location: The intersection of Morgan Drive and Lantern Road closed Feb. 10. Access to Fishers Elementary will be available from 106th Street. Lantern Road is currently closed to through traffic, beginning south of 116th Street to Fishers Pointe Boulevard.

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help small local businesses forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants of up to $10,000 per business will be awarded based on demonstrated need. Businesses eligible for the Hamilton County Stabilization Fund must be in good standing with regard to state and local taxes, licenses and code compliance, be locally owned and not by an out of state corporation, be in good standing with the Indiana Secretary of State and have been established and operational in Hamilton County for at least the previous six months. Grants can be used for payroll (exclusive of owner compen-

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All-Star Majak achieving longtime hoops dream

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blocked shots per game his senior year.

That earned a spot on the Indiana All-Star team. The games against Kentucky, set Hamilton Southeastern High School sefor June 5-6, have been canceled due the nior Mabor Majak has come a long way in coronavirus pandemic. his development on the “It’s sad,” Majak said of the games beBASKETBALL basketball court in four ing canceled. seasons.

Majak averaged 8.4 points and “Mabor continued to get better 5.7 rebounds as a junior. through his high school career,” Majak arrived in Fishers in 2015 Royals coach Brian Satterfield from then war-torn South Sudan said. “He was frail when he startto live with Michael and Lisa ed but has continued to work on Fox. Michael Fox is co-director of his strength and game to vastly the Indiana Elite AAU Basketball improve. Early in his career, it was Association. the inconsistency that kept him “This season was all about Majak from being great. This year, he growing as a player and a person,” started showing what he was capable of Majak said. “That’s what I set out to do and really shined this season. He was aland that’s what I did.” ways a key piece for us on the defensive Majak said he was more vocal as a end, but this year he really improved on leader during workouts and practice as a the offensive end. senior.

“The second half of the season he shot “When the older players left, I had to around 75 percent from the floor and 72 step up,” Majak said. percent from the line.”

Satterfield was impressed with Majak’s The 7-foot-1, 230-pound Majak, who work ethic. has signed to play for Cleveland State, “He came to practice every day with the averaged 11.4 points, 10 rebounds and 2.6 workman’s mentality,” he said. “He led by

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Majak said when the time is right, he will return to South Sudan to have a short visit with family because the civil war has ended.

“Right now, I’m here achieving my dreams,” Majak said. “I feel blessed. Not a lot of kids where I come from have this opportunity to chase their dreams. I have a lot of cousins back there who say, ‘I wish I had that opportunity.’”

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com A lab near Zionsville has quickly transformed its mission from toxicology screening to testing for COVID-19.

PANDEMIC Aria Diagnostics, at 5365 W. 96th St. in Indianapolis, typically checks for narcotics and opioids, but in recent weeks it has shifted its focus to not only offering COVID-19 tests but assembling them as well.

Founder Zak Khan, a Carmel resident and 1994 Carmel High School graduate, said only testing people showing symptoms of the disease – the policy in much of Indiana and elseKhan where — doesn’t do enough to stop its spread. He said everyone who isn’t staying at home — from road workers to grocery store employees — should be tested.

And he’s not going to let a lack of testing kits stop that from happening.

“If you create a strategy saying, ‘There’s a lack of kits; we only want to test those who are symptomatic,’ that goes in the face of the evidence that says people are going to be asymptomatic (but contagious),” Khan said. “The way the disease works is once somebody gets it, they may be symptomatic, they may not.”

Khan said he became frustrated hearing about testing kit shortages, especially in areas hardest hit by COVID-19, so his team found the raw materials needed to make them and began assembling them this week at Pure Pharmacy at Old Meridian Street and W. Carmel Drive in Carmel.

In the first week, Khan expected to assemble 50,000 kits, with 100,000 assembled per week thereafter. Many of the kits will be used locally, with others destined for clients in North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky and Maryland. Khan and his partners formed Apex Medical to manage the assembly and are donating 50,000 of the kits to New York, one of the hardest-hit areas.

“Nobody that I’m aware of in this country is manufacturing kits,” Khan said. “They aren’t hard to assemble.”

Ramping up As of April 6, Khan said Aria was testing more than 200 people for COVID-19 each day, with results ready within 48 hours. But

Khan said Aria has the capacity to conduct 10,000 tests per day. Many of those tested are first responders from central Indiana, including Carmel, Noblesville, Whitestown, Fishers, Zionsville, Westfield, Avon, Pike Township and the Indiana State Police. But the business also is expanding its reach, offering testing for several facilities in Texas.

Each test costs $175. Carmel plans to test its first responders weekly and other employees at least once, aiming to identify not only those with COVID-19 but also those who may have unknowingly had it and recovered. The city expects to pay $600,000 for the tests, which city leaders expect to be reimbursed through the federal government.

“The testing can prevent even more costly hospitalizations and additional medical treatment among our insured,” Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard said. “Each hospitalization we avoid will save the city health insurance fund tens of thousands of dollars.”

Khan said testing first responders saves taxpayer dollars by identifying firefighters and police officers who can go to work so cities don’t pay overtime to cover shifts for those unnecessarily quarantined.

GETTING STARTED Before founding Aria Diagnostics, Khan began operating surgery centers, including Capitol Street Surgery Center in Indianapolis. He partnered with Vipin Adhlakha, a molecular biologist who had been one of his best friends at Carmel High School, to launch Aria Diagnostics at the request of physicians wanting, in part, to ensure patients were taking potentially addictive drugs as prescribed.

But now, with labwork slowed because many doctors aren’t seeing patients in offices, Aria has the ability to transform its short-term mission to testing for COVID-19. Aria purchased machinery and software to make it happen.

The idea sparked three months ago when reports of the new coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, first came out of China.

“Vipin said, ‘We’d better look at COVID-19, because if we can test for it I think there will be value in the U.S. market, clinically,’” Khan said. “So I said, ‘OK, let’s look at doing it.’”

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READY FOR A NEW VIEW? From left, Sharon Phillips, Kristy Murphy, Amy Hulka and Mona Euler show their support at Carmel Fire Dept. Station 41. (Submitted photo)

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By Emma Uber news@currentnoblesville.com In a time of economic and medical uncertainty, Hamilton County residents Kristy Murphy, Mona GIVING BACK Euler, Amy Hulka and Sharon Phillips found a way to stimulate the local economy while supporting health care professionals.

The Front Line Appreciation Group used donations to purchase meals from locally owned restaurants, then delivered them to those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

FLAG began in New Jersey. Murphy founded the first Indiana chapter in Hamilton County. The community showed immediate support for the program, with the FLAG Facebook group attracting more than 1,700 members and $10,000 in just more than a week.

“There’s a lot of people who are in a similar situation as me, where you just feel helpless and you want to do some-

thing but you struggle to figure out how you can make a difference. FLAG provides that opportunity,” Murphy said. “It’s a very grassroots, genuine effort, and people trust that 100 percent of the money they’re donating is supporting our restaurants, and that it then is going to our front line health care workers.”

Murphy said FLAG is important because it focuses on supporting local workers.

“There have been some restaurants that we’ve been working with that this truly allows them to pay their employees or to bring employees back, which has a downstream effect because then that’s helping that employee to have an income,” Murphy said. “We’re able to really help the restaurants and all of the staff directly, but then as we deliver the meals to the front-line staff, they’re so encouraged by the support that they’re getting from their community.”

For more, visit the FLAG Hamilton County Facebook page.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The City of Fishers is certainly making an effort to assist local businesses during the COIVD-19 pandemic.

Mayor Scott ECONOMIC Fadness said IMPACT the city doesn’t have specific unemployment numbers for the city, which are provided by Hamilton County for the county as a whole. But the city has launched a recovery plan to assist businesses.

“We have a series FADNESS of different tools for local businesses like our startup loan program,” Fadness said. “We allocated half a million dollars to allow for small businesses to apply for loans with generous repayment terms and no interest for the first six months, and once those six months are up, there’s a 1 percent interest rate.”

Ninety-three businesses applied for the loans and 73 received them.

The Fishers Police Dept. and the city’s economic development team are meeting with businesses to discuss best practices for reopening and are distributing personal protective equipment and answering questions.

Because of the pandemic, Fishers has delayed stormwater payments for local businesses and also relaxed its signage ordinance to allow businesses to place large reopening signs without fees or restrictions.

For Lawrence, businesses are a bit behind Hamilton County in their ability to reopen because Marion County’s

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“There hasn’t been any overwhelming negative stops or postponement of projects thus far,” Collier said.

Individual Hamilton County cities, including Fishers, don’t have unemployment data but are sharing countywide data that was provided from March 21 to April 18. During the week ending March 21, the unemployment number was 2,247, a 3,985 percent increase from the same week in 2019. During the week ending March 28, the figure was 3,554, a 6,868 percent increase. During the week ending April 4, the tally was 3,756, a 4,120 percent increase. For the week ending April 11, the figure was 3,618, a 6,478 percent increase. And for the week ending April 18, the number was 2,548, a 3,343 percent increase.

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Memorial to receive facelift

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The War Memorial for Hamilton County Fallen Heroes in Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville will be reRESTORATION stored beginning this week. The project was bid for $46,000 and is expected to take six weeks.

Air Force veteran Bill Doss said the restoration will include pouring a new foundation and walkway and replacing the tops of the urns and cleaning stones and remounting them on the new foundation.

“The memorial is for Hamilton County, and it has the fallen names of soldiers who fought for World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War,” said Doss, the webmaster for the Hamilton County Veterans Corp. “When I met with Mark Heirbrandt, the county commissioner, at the end of last year, we talked about the fact that the stones were crumbling and the base was crumbling.”

The memorial lists the names 82 World War II fallen veterans and a combined 17 from the Korean and Vietnam wars. Two

The War Memorial for Hamilton County Fallen Heroes in Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville soon will be restored. (Submitted photo)

names are still to be added from the Vietnam War. The memorial was built in 1952.

In the future, Doss wants to add the names of fallen Hamilton County soldiers who fought in World War I and the Persian Gulf War. Two stones will be added, one with 30 names from World War 1 and one with eight names from the Persian Gulf War. The Hamilton County Veterans Corp. is fundraising for the two new stones. To contribute, email webmaster@hamiltoncountyveterans. com or mail a donation to Hamilton County Veterans, P.O. Box 503, Noblesville, IN, 46061.

DISPATCHES County building access limited – The Hamilton County Commissioners are further limiting access to the Judicial Center and Old Courthouse in Downtown Noblesville to help slow the transmission of COVID-19. All entrances to both buildings re closed and employee key fobs will be deactivated. The only way to enter either the Judicial Center or the Old Courthouse will be through the East Entrance of the Judicial Center. Furthermore, anyone who enters the Judicial Center must use hand sanitizer and have their temperature taken. Anyone – citizen or employee - with a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit will not be allowed into the building. Public hours at both buildings will be limited to 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana elects board members – Thirteen community leaders were recently elected to serve as membersat-large on the board of directors for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. Board positions were filled by individuals from a variety of communities in central Indiana. New local members include Debi Bardhan-Akala from Fishers, Arwa Ghalawan from Fishers, Sheena Lee from Fishers, Lucia Mar from Carmel,

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Hotel jobs shrinking – According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Indiana is projected to lose 10,991 hotel-related jobs and a total of 44,855 jobs supporting the hotel industry as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. in expected to lose more than 1 million hotel-related jobs and nearly 3.4 million jobs supporting the hotel industry because of the pandemic.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Many residents are doing their part to help “flatten the curve” by sheltering in place and reducing visits to local businesses during the COIVD-19 pandemic. But when they don’t got to an emergency department COVER STORY because of an illness or injury, the delay could be life threatening.

At Riverview Health, Lynne Bunch, the program director of the Fishers and Hazel Dell ER/Urgent Care facilities, said she worries daily that people are waiting too long to see a doctor for fear of coronavirus exposure.

“People are afraid to come out to the ER, and it leads to a much higher acuity level, or sickness, with people who don’t have a choice and have to come, and that’s dangerous for all kinds of reasons,” Bunch said.

Delays in seeking care can make otherwise treatable medical conditions worse.

Bunch “Preventative medicine is shut down, too, right now, so that’s an issue in delaying diagnosis,” Bunch said. “I have several examples of people waiting, and our acuity is much higher than it has been because when they do come in, they are much sicker than they would be.”

Bunch said if someone is second-guessing whether or not to seek care, the answer is to seek it.

“If you have an acute illness, go to an emergency department. Our facility is a unique model because if you are urgent level care, you are billed urgent-level care and you will still see an ER physician and ER-trained staff,” Bunch said. “If you do need to be an ER patient based on what ails you, we can do that right there, too, and you won’t have to be transferred.”

Ascension St. Vincent is noticing a similar downturn in non-COVID-19 patients.

“Our experience has been the same as pretty much every-

where around country. The number of patients presenting with stroke and heart attack are down significantly,” said Dr. Edward Fry, chair of cardiology at Ascension St. Vincent. “Initially, people were embracing that as a good thing, a silver lining to isolation. Maybe people were not stressed and sleeping more, exercising and eating better, but what we are really finding out is people Fry are fearful.

“We are seeing the same phenomenon where people are deferring care and staying home.”

Fry said a recent patient had a prolonged episode of chest pain and eventually visited the hospital a week later, where it was discovered he had had a heart attack.

“He was lucky enough to survive,” Fry said. “There are a lot of examples of that. We are trying, through many different ways, to connect to patients to reassure them that every precaution to keep them safe is being put in place and to not forget their original health problem they had in the first place, especially for things like heart attack and stroke where time is of the essence in terms of treatment. If someone presents in a short timeframe of having a stroke, they can often be treated and reverse the effects of that stroke. Otherwise, it can be disabling lifelong. That’s similar with a heart attack.”

Fry said heart attack cases are down by approximately 50 percent as of early March, but he doesn’t believe that means heart attacks aren’t happening.

IU Health has seen similar examples of patients delaying treatment and is taking steps to ensure patients feel safe enough to visit the ER. “We are separating folks based on screening in the emergency department,” Director of the Medicine Service Line Christen Hoeppner said. “If people are worried about sitting next to somebody who possibly has COVID, we are physically separating them with a wall.

Hoeppner “There are two areas of the department, two entrances, all of that.”

IU Health Emergency Dept. Physician Megan Crittendon said IU Health’s emergency department when the pandemic began but has slowed since then.

“I would say the evolution of this thing has been really interesting,” she said. “Initially, people were coming in just like regular when it first started, and people were con-

cerned they had COVID, and so we were very busy because of it. It then reached this steady state where people started dropping off and not coming in except only for COVID, and we were seeing people in the extremes of illness. They were waiting until they reached the extremis. It has kind of become apparent that people were concerned that they were going to get coronavirus or have exposure or use valuable resources, so we weren’t seeing Crittendon a lot of minor stuff, but we also weren’t seeing serious stuff, stuff people get admitted for. People were coming in extremely sick because they waited such a long time, so we have mitigated that risk by dividing the emergency department and waiting rooms into a cold side and hot side, as we call it, a side for COVID-exposed or concerned and a side of not concerned.

“We still treat everybody with the upmost precaution. We mask everybody to mitigate the risk of spread.”

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Delaying ER visits can lead to serious illness, death Like other hospitals, Community Health has seen a steep downturn in patients.

“Statistics have indicated overall numbers (of non-COVID-19 patients) are down significantly, and those illnesses obviously don’t wait for the COVID-19 pandemic to go away. They happen, regardless,” said Dr. Chris Ross, a Community Health emergency medicine physician. “The overall emergency department volumes (that are) down significantly makes me concerned patients aren’t seeking care when they need help.”

Ross said delaying a visit can result in serious health problems, including death.

“We have seen people who have had pretty significant permanent injury because of the wait and also people who have had deaths,” he said. “We see that directly attributed to waiting to be seen because of coronavirus. Family members are afraid to come to the emergency department because they are concerned of getting the coronavirus, but unfortunately that (non-COVID) illness (and waiting to Ross seek treatment) made them pass away.”

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Sure, things change. The child becomes the parent. And the student becomes the master. But are we all too eager to claim the transition complete before the assumption is tested by the most grueling of standards -- time? Axioms develop slowly. Well, they should.

We humans have flourished for eons precisely because we are adroit at determining safe and practiced patterns and staying within them. Every child can tell you why a little pig shouldn’t build his house out of straw or twigs but only of bricks! It is a dangerous world. More than one big, bad blowhard will do their best to knock the house down.

So today, we are told of “new” normals. That everything has changed. That we will never be the same. Perhaps.

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Curse of the 2020 Mother’s Day quarantine Commentary by Danielle Wilson Quarantine has messed me up so badly that I completely forgot to prepare for Mother’s Day. A rookie mistake that HUMOR resulted in an epic fail where I was forced to spend MD with my family in the house during questionable weather, without even an inkling of how I would enjoy it.

Because let’s be real. Partners and children are generally unreliable when it comes to planning magical moments. I learned long ago that if I wanted to have at least a shot at a good Mother’s Day, I had to clearly articulate my expectations, have several back-up itineraries and establish the ability to call a redo should the proverbial or actual schtick hit the fan (which reminds me, if you’re a mom of little ones, fuggedaboutit.

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surprise rashes or neediness, so best to table your hopes and dreams and give it another five years before you attempt a real Mother’s Day celebration. Sorry).

Usually, I plan an eight-hour all-about-me extravaganza that includes, but is not limited to, brunch with the peeps, consignment shopping and movie theater popcorn, but stupid coronavirus has robbed me of those guilty pleasures. And because this year’s MD was cold and windy rather than warm and sunny, sunbathing with a rum punch was also not feasible. I guess the rum punch part was, but why bother? I didn’t even take off my pajamas!

This Mother’s Day, more than any other, I really needed a solid plan. Curse you, quarantine! Peace out.

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Editor, We are blessed in Indiana to have some extraordinary public servants. The job is not easy but is worth it. Jeff Hern is one of these people, and I am proud to support him for reelection to the Hamilton County Council.

Jeff dedicates himself to everything he does and is a tireless worker for the public. In addition, he has always made the safety of Hamilton County residents a top priority as a councilman. In addition to Jeff’s work on the Hamilton County Council, he serves on the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Committee, the Hamilton County Emergency Management Committee and the County Fire Chief Committee. He believes that through personally working with these individuals that have dedicated their lives to public safety, their collective collaboration will continue to ensure successful outcomes.

I believe that Hamilton County is better due to the fiscal responsibility that Jeff Hern has clung to, and I am excited to see what the future of this county holds with Jeff’s continued leadership.

Because of his continued commitment to the community and passion for service, Jeff Hern will be receiving my vote for Hamilton County Council on June 2.

I urge you to consider him for your vote as well.

Chuck Goodrich, state representative

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Year of the Nurse: Thank you to nurses Commentary by Cindy Adams The World Health Organization and the American Nurses Association designated 2020 the Year of the HEALTH CARE Nurse, and nurses have never been more critically important to the health care industry.

This year, these usually unsung caregivers are being widely recognized as health care heroes.

We have seen countless nurses leave their homes to bravely face the greatest global health care challenge of our time. We are grateful for and humbled by the unwavering dedication to patient care displayed daily by nurses nationwide as they lead with their fellow caregivers at the front line of this pandemic. It is no surprise that Gallup named nursing as the most trusted profession for the 18th consecutive year.

At a time when many patients are alone and isolated from their families, nurses have gone beyond clinical care with simple acts of compassion to brighten long days of solitude and show patients how much they matter. Across Ascension St. Vincent hospitals, we’ve seen nurses sing to their patients, play games with patients in isolation from the other side of their glass room door and help patients and families find new and safe ways to connect through windows, virtual visits and prayers.

We also are grateful for Indiana communities that have stepped up to help support and show appreciation to their local nurses.

So many people, both young and old, have showered our nurses with meals, thoughtful gifts, encouraging chalk messages, children’s drawings and signage around hospital entrances and walkways for our

teams to see and appreciate as they start and finish their shifts.

Celebrating our nurses has never been more important to us than at this moment.

Who could have predicted that during the designated Year of the Nurse our nurses would be leading the response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

While Ascension St. Vincent nurses continue to battle COVID-19 on the front lines, colleagues across Ascension are working behind the scenes to help empower them with innovative solutions to improve how they care for patients and each other. Last year, with the collaboration of our nursing professionals, we established the Nursing Center of Excellence. Our goal is for Ascension to become one of the best places to practice nursing by transforming our ability to care for ourselves and others, holistically. As an organization and as leaders, we must actively remove obstacles and create conditions in which our nurses can experience joy and flourish while caring for those we are so privileged to serve. By acting and delivering on what we’re learning from our nurses, we are building a community — with tools and resources — where nurses can live and grow as leaders who are professional, caring, empowered, knowledgeable, innovative and inspired.

To our Ascension nurses, and all nurses, we humbly say: Thank you.

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Hamilton County ranks No. 2 in small business returns news@currentnoblesville.com A recent study by SmartAsset, a financial technology company, examined the places in Indiana with the most small business owners. The analysis measured the per-

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LEGAL NOTICE DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC Public notice is hereby given to affected property owners pursuant to 170 IAC 4-9-4(f) that within two (2) to six (6) weeks of the date of this notice, weather permitting, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC will be performing vegetation management as part of its power line maintenance program in the area described below. As part of this project, one of its qualified contractors will be applying EPA approved and registered herbicides to control vegetation that may interfere with the safe operation and maintenance of power lines.

This vegetation management will be performed in/near Fishers on or near streets identified below: Beginning at the substation located on Allisonville Rd near the corner of E 106th St, to include areas around & near: N of 106th St, S of 126th St, E of Eller Rd, W of Hague Rd The date this notice is published initiates the two (2) week period for calculating implied consent by an affected property owner under 170 IAC 4-9. If you have any questions you may contact the Duke Energy Vegetation Management toll free number, 866-385-3675.

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DISPATCHES Finding at-home jobs — For job seekers wanting to work from home, the internet is full of scams. There are so many spam postings that it’s tiring to sort through them for legitimate opportunities. Two websites do a good job of screening their postings. Flexjobs.com does charge a small fee, about $50 per year to access its database of listings. RatRaceRebellion. com is free to but is fairly legitimate.

Source: BottomLineInc.com Indy metro area attractive for millennial home buyers — COVID-19’s impact on the economy will affect home buyers for years, likely making it more difficult to buy everywhere. However, some regions, according to a recent report by Construction Coverage looking at the best metropolitan areas for millennial home buyers, have been notably better for millennial buyers in recent years. The analysis rates each metro based on several factors, including the metro’s median home price and cost of living. The Indianapolis/ Carmel/Anderson metro area’s median home price of $179,994 and median fulltime earnings for millennial workers of

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 19 — 010020-FD IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN P. STEPHENS, Petitioner/Husband, and LORRIANE STEPHENS, Respondent/Wife. L NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO: Lorraine Stephens 856 Egret Lane 14022 Northcoat Pl Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 Fishers, IN 46038 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage has been filed against you.

You are required to serve written defenses to Husband’s Petition for Dissolution of Marriage to Husband’s counsel, ROBERTA E. BLUSH, ESQUIRE, The Law Office of K. Dean Kantaras, P.A., 3531 Alternate 19, Palm Harbor, Florida 34683, attornevs@kantaraslaw.com.

A copy of such written defenses must be served on the aforementioned counsel on or before 28 days after 1st publication date and the original must be filed With the Pinellas County Clerk of Court at 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Florida 33756 before service on Husband’s counsel or immediately thereafter. IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Pinellas County Clerk of Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Pinellas County Clerk of Court notified of your current address. You may file a Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915. Future-papers in this lawsuit Will be mailed to the address on record at the Clerk’s office. WARNING: Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.285 requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, if you are a person With a disability Who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Within two (2) working days of your receipt of this Notice of Action, please contact the Human Rights Office, 400 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Suite 300, Clearwater, Florida 33756, (727) 464-4062 (V/TDD). The court does not provide transportation and cannot accommodate for this service. Persons with disabilities needing transportation to court should contact their local public transportation providers for information regarding disabled transportation services.

Dated: April 24, 2020 By: /s/ Thomas Smith Pinellas County Deputy Clerk of Court

$40,000, along with several other factors, make it a more attractive location for millennial home buyers. Overall, the area ranks 10th best for millennial home buyers among large U.S. metros.

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CITY OF FISHERS ADVISORY PLAN COMMISSION & CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RZ-19-13 ANX-19-10 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the City of Fishers Advisory Plan Commission at 6:00PM, Wednesday, June 3rd and a subsequent public hearing will be held for voluntary annexation by the City of Fishers City Council at 7:00 PM, Monday, June 15th in the Fishers City Hall building, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana. We recommend that residents follow the recently released guidelines to avoid gatherings and meeting due to the risk of COVID-19. For those interested in providing public comment, the City of Fishers has established an online form to submit your comment(s), which will be read during the meeting. This form can be found at www.fishers.in.us. Alternatively, you can provide comments to the assigned Planner at the contact information listed below.

REQUEST: At that hearing, the public will be invited to offer comments on the following request (“Proposal”): Faegre Drinker on behalf of Platinum Properties requests a public hearing and favorable recommendation to rezone the subject properties from R-2 and ER to Planned Unit Development Residential (PUD-R); creating the Grantham PUD. Petitioner is proposing a 314 -lot subdivision on 157.6 acres. Petitioner will be seeking approval of a voluntary annexation at the June 15th , 2020 City Council Meeting. The Subject property is at the northwest corner of 113th street and Southeastern Parkway, east of the Whelchel Springs.

LOCATION: The Proposal is located at the corner of 113th Street and Southeastern Parkway and effects the following properties: • 16065 Southeastern Parkway/13-12-32-00-00-023.004 • 16000 E 113th Street/ 13-16-05-00-00-001.001 • 0 E 113th Street/ 13-16-05-00-00-004.001 • 16601 Southeastern Parkway/ 13-12-32-00-00-022.003 • 0 Southeastern Parkway/ 13-12-32-00-00-022.000 The case file about this project is available for public review in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning, located on the 2nd floor at Fishers City Hall. The meeting agenda with room location details and case related information will be posted on the City’s website forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting specified above.

Written objections filed with the secretary of the Advisory Plan Commission before the hearing will be considered. If you would like your written comments to be provided to the Fishers Advisory Plan Commission, you must submit them one (1) week prior to the hearing date noted above. Oral comments will be heard during the public hearing.

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Civic Theatre’s 2020-21 season centers on overcoming challenges

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Civic Theatre’s 2020-21 season will bring something old, something new and something unused.

PERFORMANCES “Bringing in the titles we were not able to produce from last season and adding ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ and ‘The Color Purple’ gives us a season that really speaks to overcoming challenges,” Civic Theatre Executive Artistic Director Michael J. Lasley said. “Even in the darkness, there is light and eventually redemption, even when circumstances are dire. We hope it’s prophetic for our own story as well.”

The recently announced season includes two shows, “Matilda the Musical” and “A Few Good Men,” from the 2019-20 season that were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. “A Few Good Men” was set to open March 13, but three hours before the curtain was supposed to open at The Tarkington, it was announced Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts would close because of the state’s gathering limitations. “Matilda” was supposed to open April 24. Lasley said he hopes most of the cast for both shows can return.

“I think it’s inevitable that a few people won’t be able to return,” he said. “But for the most part, we believe we’ll get the majority to return. Peoples’ lives change and conflicts arise, but we look forward to making roles in ‘A Few Good Men’ and ‘Matilda’ available to everyone that missed the opportunity to perform last season.

“Some of our young performers in ‘Matilda the Musical’ are going to grow, that is certain. But we’ve assured them that there is a place for them in the show if their schedules allow.”

“Matilda the Musical’” will open the season Oct. 2 and run through Oct. 17. “Elf the Musical’ will return for the second consecutive season from Dec. 4-26 — for good reason. “‘Elf’ outperformed our next-best holiday production, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Tech-

“Elf the Musical” will return to Civic Theatre for a second consecutive season. (Submitted photo)

nicolor Dreamcoat,’ (2012) by nearly 30 percent in total sales,” Lasley said. “And it had an average capacity of 98 percent of seats sold. There is no doubt that its popularity is unprecedented, and that is a big driver for the return of the show.

“We also think it’s a perfect fit with the holiday atmosphere at the theater and surrounding areas.”

The 2021 portion of the schedule follows with “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Feb. 5-20; “A Few Good Men,” March 12-28; and “The Color Purple,” April 30 to May 15.

“This is our first production of ‘The Color Purple,’” Lasley said, “We are excited to make this performance opportunity to our African American performers and to make this amazing and uplifting story available to our audiences.”

The Jr. Civic Musical will be “Frozen Jr.” in June 2021, and the Young Artists

Program’s performance will be “Saturday Night Fever” in July 2021. Both shows were scheduled for this summer before being postponed.

“It is our hope that we can present the entirety of our announced season to our loyal patrons as well as new audiences,” Lasley said. “However, we will continue to monitor the ever-changing landscape caused by the global pandemic. We will pursue and adjust our plans for the season while always being guided by the health and safety of our employees, volunteers and patrons.”

Lasley said he hopes that social distancing will be reduced by October but that Civic Theatre is working on contingency plans in the event it is still in place.

“So much changes so fast during this difficult time that we’re trying to stay flexible and creative,” he said.

CSO’s schedule has emphasis on women

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When the Carmel Symphony Orchestra takes the Palladium stage, Music Director Janna Hymes is certain of one MUSIC thing.

“We’re going to be bursting with happiness,” she said. “It’s been quite difficult not to finish this season. While we’ve been making videos connecting with our audience and all of our supporters, it’s been quite difficult physically to have some energy when we aren’t in the same room making music together.”

Hymes announced the 2020-21 “Hope Renewed” schedule May 9 on the CSO Facebook page. The performances are usually held at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“It’s our 45th anniversary. When I program the season, there is an emphasis on women, so we have wonderful women composers and women soloists we’re bringing in this season,” Hymes said. “It’s going to be interesting and I think eye-opening because some of these women really are the voice of classical and orchestral music, so I think that is going to be really fun for our audience to hear.”

The Masterworks Series begins Oct. 10 with “Hope Renewed” featuring Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville Overture,” and pieces by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Mozart.

The Masterworks schedule continues on the following dates: Nov. 14, Brahms Requiem; Jan. 9, 2021, Edgar Meyer in Concert; Feb. 13, A Taste of Europe; and March 13, Musical Tales. Dance Kaleidoscope will join CSO for Musical Tales.

“The Brahms Requiem will feature Rick Sowers leading the choir, and Rick is retiring from Anderson University at the end of the (2020-21) school year,” Hymes said.

“The orchestra has been collaborating with him way before I joined, so that is going to be an exciting collaboration. So, we hope school is in session so the students can prepare like normal. There is a lot of waitand-see here. We hope we will be performing in the hall like normal.”

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ATI to begin 2020-21 season with Patsy Cline tribute

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Cynthia Collins figures the Actors Theatre of Indiana’s 2020-21 season has the right combination.

THEATER “It’s just the right amount of humor and thought-provoking material,” said Collins, an ATI co-founder with Judy Fitzgerald and Don Farrell.

The season, which was announced on ATI’s Facebook page May 12, opens with “Always … Patsy Cline” from Sept. 4 to 27, which ATI presented in 2013. The ATI shows are typically held in The Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

Fitzgerald will reprise her role as Cline and Collins as Louise Seger, a devoted fan.

“In general, a remount is a bit easier if the same cast returns, which it is,” Collins said. “It just happens to be on the heels of the pandemic. We picked to remount the show because of its popularity the last time we presented it. It’s a small-cast show with a big presence. Patsy Cline was a huge talent and this show packs a wallop with all her hits.”

Farrell said the show was selected in part because it is a smaller show to keep costs low.

“It is added fortuitous that it will help us ease into our season with the pandemic going on,” he said.

In addition, ATI will present “Lombardi” and “The Big Bang” for the first time.

“Lombardi” is a play based on the life of the late Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, which had its Broadway debut in October 2010. Collins said ATI has wanted to present the six-person play for a few years.

It runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 22.

“We have shows on the back burner every season,” Collins said. “Just like Patsy Cline, Vince Lombardi was a huge presence. We hope the play will appeal to people across the board, younger and older, athletes and artists.”

Collins and Farrell described “The Big Bang” as hilarious and a perfect show for the third slot. The comedy runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 21, 2021. “‘The Big Bang’ is a hysterical hit that ran off Broadway and will tickle the funny bone of any theater lover with this zany, off-thewall musical comedy,” Farrell said. “If our patrons loved our past productions of ‘The 39 Steps’ or ‘Murder for Two,’ they will love ‘The Big Bang.’”

“Damn Yankees” had been slated to close the 2019-20 season with a four-week run, starting April 24, before the pandemic closed the Center for the Performing Arts. It again is scheduled to close the season from April 30 to May 23, 2021.

The entire cast has been invited back.

Fitzgerald plays Meg Boyd and Farrell is cast as Mr. Applegate.

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DISPATCHES Center for the Performing Arts postpones 2020 Gala — The Center for the Performing Arts is postponing its 10th Anniversary Gala, its largest annual fundraising event, in response to ongoing public health concerns.

The gala, originally scheduled for Sept. 12 at the Palladium, has been rescheduled for Sept 17, 2021. The annual event, which last year netted more than $300,000 to support the Center’s artistic and educational programming, typically includes a dinner, auction, presentations, performances and receptions. The previously scheduled headliner, a cappella ensemble Straight No Chaser, has been booked again to perform on the new date. For more, visit TheCenterPresents.org/Gala. For reservations, email Gala@TheCenterPresents.org or call 317-819-3534.

Red Barn Summer Theatre cancels season — For the first time in 47 years, the stage of the Red Barn Summer Theatre in Frankfort will be empty during the summer. The board of directors of On-Stage Foundation announced May 11 the Red Barn has canceled the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For questions about donations or ticket orders, email boxoffice@redbarntheatre.net or leave a message at 765-659-1657.

Zionsville concert series canceled — The Zionsville Cultural District’s board of directors has canceled its 2020 concert season scheduled for June and July at Lions Park and for August at Lincoln Park due to concern for the health and safety of musicians and concert attendees.

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Natural State Provisions’ Mac Patty is a hearty, delicious meal. The restaurant has not yet reopened. Here, the sandwich is pictured with a brownie, collard greens and a stout. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Address: 9713 District North Dr., Suite 1210, Fishers What to get: Mac Patty Price: $11 Anna’s take: Note that Natural State Provisions has not reopened since closing during the pandemic, but Fishers District recently reopened, and if Natural State Provisions doesn’t reopen soon, there are other options within the Fishers Test Kitchen to place orders. However, if Natural State Provisions does reopen, I highly encourage you to patronize the restaurant. It offers high-quality Southern comfort food, and the Mac Patty was extremely good. It’s a 6

oz. grilled burger with green chile dressing, American cheese, bacon and stout-caramelized onions on Texas toast. The eatery also offers Southern sides like collard greens with house pickles and smoked ham ($4) and many other options. I’m not big on southern food, but everything I tried at Natural State Provisions made me rethink that.

Suggesting pairings: Since the Mac Patty onions are caramelized in a stout, it makes sense to pair this hearty meal with one of Sun King Brewing Co.’s stouts. Sun King is in the same building as the Fishers Test Kitchen, so you can enjoy the beverages and the food in the same place.

Westfield teen Connor to release 1st song

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alike inside than they are different. Connor attended Indianapolis Public Schools for kindergarten after the move from New York.

A first song release holds personal meanShe then started first grade at Westfield’s ing for Westfield Middle School eighth-gradOak Trace Elementary. er Keegan Connor. “‘Dark Eyes’ is a symbol of our light MUSIC “Ever since I can inside and for equality,” Connor said. remember, I’ve been “Every kid has something to offer. singing, dancing and writing They are special and have their own songs to express myself,” she gifts and talents. For instance, young said. “I grew up in New York City, kids just look for someone to play attending a school with kids of with them. They don’t pay attention to various ethnicities. When we what they look like. We’re alike more Connor moved to the Midwest, I began than we are different, and it doesn’t to notice kids with blue eyes were getting matter where we live, we all have hopes comments on how gorgeous their eyes and dreams. were, and no one seemed to mention my “Eyes are one of the first things you dark eyes. Being a very social kid, I wantnotice about someone, but there’s more to ed to stand out, but I didn’t feel like I did. people than what comes to the eye.”

That’s how my song, ‘Dark Eyes,’ started Connor started writing the song two blossoming into my message for equality years ago, forming the lyrics and tune in and friendship.” her head.

The song, which was scheduled to be For more, visit music.apple.com/us/ released on iTunes May 16, is meant to album/dark-eyes-single/1509504099. encourage others that everyone is more

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