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If there’s one thing Sue Johnson wants parents to be aware of during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the effects PANDEMIC of MIS-C on children.

MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated it is not sure what causes MIS-C, but many afflicted children had the virus that causes COVID-19 or had been around someone with COVID-19.

The syndrome hit far too close to home when Johnson’s 13-year-old son, Jax, became serioulsy ill with it.

Johnson, a Noblesville resident who lives within the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district, said Jax first began to experience symptoms Jan. 18.

“He said his legs were weak and he had chills, and then the next morning he threw up and had a fever,” Johnson said. “(The pediatrician) said to take him in and get a COVID test, so we had a rapid COVID test and he did not have COVID at that point.”

However, Jax’s symptoms worsened, and

by Jan. 20 he had a 103-degree fever and couldn’t keep water down. After calling the pediatrician again, Johnson was instructed to take Jax to the nearest emergency room.

Upon arrival at Ascension St. Vincent Fishers Hospital on Olio Road, Jax’s temperature was 104. Despite hospital staff starting IVs and administering Tylenol and other medication, his temperature didn’t go below 103.1.

Jax also complained of belly pain, so doctors performed a CAT scan to check his appendix, which was enlarged, and his lymph nodes were swollen. He was then transferred to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital.

Doctors decided to remove Jax’s appen-

Jax Johnson spent 14 days in the hospital and was diagnosed with MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (Submitted photo)

dix. But during the surgery, the surgeon discovered the appendix was red but wasn’t inflamed to the point it would cause issues.

The surgeon removed the appendix and started IV antibiotics.

NO IMPROVEMENT “Progressively through the night, Jax’s blood pressure would drop, his heart rate would drop, then accelerate, and he was in a lot of pain, and we couldn’t figure out where the pain was coming from,” Johnson said. “(The next day) they couldn’t get his fever down and there was pain, so they decided to keep him in the hospital.

“That Friday is when everything started going really south for us.”

Johnson said doctors began discussing MIS-C and were conducting several tests.

Then, Jax’s heart rate, oxygen and blood pressure dropped, and he was having trouble breathing. X-rays showed his heart was “extremely enlarged” and his lungs were filled with fluid.

Despite inserting a PICC line, for longterm medication and blood draws, and moving Jax to the ICU, his vitals still weren’t stable.

“At that point, they got his blood test back and he tested positive for the COVID antibody, and they said he has the MIS-C diagnosis because he has the COVID anti-

body,” Johnson said. “They asked, ‘When did he have COVID?’ and we said he didn’t. They said with MIS-C, they have to be exposed to COVID or had COVID four to six weeks prior to the MIS-C symptoms presenting themselves, and looking at the time frame, that would be December (2020) for us, but he had not been sick.”

Johnson said it’s likely Jax had COVID-19 but was asymptomatic. He stayed in the ICU for seven days. During that time, Johnson said doctors were unable to stabilize his blood pressure or heart rate, and he still had a high fever and pain.

“Finally, on the seventh day, he was stable enough to be moved up onto the medical floor, but once he got up to the medical floor, he started having what they referred to as ‘episodes,’” Johnson said. “When he would stand up, his blood pressure would drop but his heart rate spiked, and it looked like he was having seizures, but it wasn’t a seizure. MIS-C attacks all the major organs in your body — your heart, lungs, muscles, anything blood runs through, so we thought maybe it’s starting to affect his brain.”

Another CAT scan didn’t show brain swelling, but when blood test results came back, Jax’s hemoglobin was at a 4 when it should have been at 13. So, he started receiving blood transfusions.

“We got the blood results back to where he could be mobile on his own, but his muscles were atrophied and weak,” Johnson said. “After 14 days, we were able to get him to the point where he could go home, so now we’re on this long road of recovery.”

Johnson takes her son to one or two follow-up appointments each week, and she expects to continue follow-up appointments for a year.

As for Jax and his recovery, Johnson said it’s a day-by-day process.

“Every day he starts with medications we are not used to,” she said. “Some days he looks like a normal kid, some days he’s tired and wants to sleep all day.”

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to identify and finance their own broadband problems,” Baldwin said. “Right now, in order to finance a project like this as a A bill authored by State Sen. Scott Baldpublic/private project, one of the tools they win (R-Noblesville) could close the gap in have is tax increment (financing), but that’s financing with predicated on the future growth of LEGISLATURE regard to hightaxes, and in this particular case, in speed broada broadband project, there’s no real band projects. estate tax growth.

Senate Bill 359 addresses the “This bill allows redevelopment need for high-speed connectivity commissions with the county or across Indiana to allow local govcity or town to create and engage ernments to finance high-speed in a public/private project with Baldwin broadband infrastructure in their private enterprises and then pledge communities by leveraging anticipated the future broadband service fees generservice fee revenue that the project would ated by (the) project as the first payment generate to pay back the bonds. obligation against (the) bond.”

“The Senate bill I’ve proposed is very simFederal Communications Commission ply a measure to allow local communities data shows more than 600,000 Indiana res-

idents lack access to adequate broadband service. Indiana ranks 32nd in the nation for access to fixed broadband and mobile connectivity that meets FCC standards.

The bill would allow counties and local governments to finance high-speed broadband infrastructure in their communities by leveraging anticipated service fee revenue that the project would generate to pay back bonds.

“Now more than ever, Indiana’s businesses, remote workers, farmers, students and Hoosiers seeking access to virtual health care or other services must have access to reliable, high-speed internet,” Baldwin said.

“Yet, many Indiana communities and residents still lack high-quality connectivity. We should empower local communities to identify these needs and give them the tools to

finance local broadband deployment to help sustain their communities and energize their economies.”

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“We have kids pulling up to McDonald’s and libraries trying to get Wi-Fi to do homework. Health care systems struggle with access to the right speeds of internet,” Baldwin said. “My bill speaks to empower local communities to finance some of these local problems.”

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events that brought the cause forward.

Bourff listed several strategies teachers could follow when it comes to teaching A Hamilton Southeastern Schools parent about political issues, and he referenced is calling for the replacement of HSE Supt. an EdWeek article discussing politics in the Allen Bourff. classroom.

EDUCATION HSE parent “It is not our place as educators Amber Welch to advance political causes. I said launched a change.org petition at the onset of this message that shortly after an email from Bourff to there is disagreement as to whethdistrict staff referred to Black Lives er Black Lives Matter is a social isMatter as a political movement. sue or political issue,” Bourff stated “The Superintendent of my chilin the email. “It is clear that many Bourff dren’s school district, Dr. Allen have moved it to the political areBourff, recently sent a letter to staff with na and contend that teachers should not regards to their Black History Month curricbe promoting it. I am requesting that if you ulum. He asked teachers to treat the Black work with the topic, treat it as a political Lives Matter movement as a ‘political issue,’ issue, and as you do with other political and to ‘teach it without advancing it or proissues, teach it without advancing it or promoting your personal views,’” the petition moting your personal views.” stated. “The Black Lives Matter movement is A response to the letter was subsequentbased on the idea that Black people deserve ly published the following day on Feb. 9 safety and happiness. Their lives should clarifying that the humanity of any individumatter just like those of white people. There al would not be debated at HSE. is nothing political about valuing human “We have emphasized that Black Lives life, and someone who disagrees with that Matter, and this remains an emphasis in our should not be teaching our children. We’re equity work as we move towards creating asking our school district to replace Superand sustaining safe places for our students intendent Bourff with someone who values to learn and teachers to teach,” Bourff HSE’s Black families just as much as our stated in the second letter. “The intent of white families.” yesterday’s letter to the faculty was deBourff wrote the email to HSE faculty Feb. signed to provide instructional strategies to 8. In the email, Bourff wrote that he heard discuss and teach Black Lives Matter, one from several parents who were concerned of the most significant issues of our time. that HSE was advancing the cause of Black I understand that the impact was hurtful, Lives Matter, “a political movement within and for that I apologize. The letter was the country.” designed to provide guidance for teachers “They contend that their children are to lead these discussions and to assist stubeing indoctrinated rather than taught and dents as they develop their own positions that this effort has been a distraction from on this important social issue.” the academic purpose of school,” the email Welch asked others to sign her petition if stated. “Where is the line between teaching they believed HSE students should receive about a political movement and promotan education on truth and justice and that ing that political movement? Before we Bourff was the wrong person for the job. go forward, let us suspend the argument As of Feb. 18, more than 2,851 people had that Black Lives Matter is a social issue, or signed the petition. concept rather than a political movement.

Hamilton Southeastern Schools published If we can accept for the sake of discussion the second letter and Pritchett’s statement that it is a political issue, then my quesin their entirety on its Facebook page. To tion takes on a great deal of significance, read the letter and statement in their enbecause as school officials we cannot extirety, visit Hamilton Southeastern Schools pose our politics, and we cannot advance on Facebook. For more about the petition, a political cause through our work with visit change.org/p/hse-school-board-blackstudents.” lives-matter-is-not-political.

Bourff also stated that in order to teach To read the full story, visit youarecurret. students the origins of a political cause, com. students must explore social concepts and

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State officials plan to open eligibility to Hoosiers 60-64

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com State health officials said Indiana would grant COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to Hoosiers age 60-64 as soon PANDEMIC as the week of Feb. 22, assuming vaccination clinics can reschedule appointments that were canceled the week prior due to inclement weather.

More than 80 clinics across the state closed the week of Feb. 15 because of a winter storm, forcing vaccination clinics to reschedule appointments.

“To further complicate matters this week, we have experienced delays in vaccine shipments due to the bad weather,” Indiana State Dept. of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver said during a Feb. 17 virtual press briefing. “We have not yet received our Moderna vaccines for this week.

Therefore, unfortunately, more appointments will need to be rescheduled over the next couple of days.

“We have worked with those clinics to reschedule their patients as quickly as possible. This includes adding new appointments and adding extra days to the clinics’ schedules to ensure there are no unnecessary delays to getting vaccines in arms.”

Weaver said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports second doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines are effective up to 42 days after the first dose. The vaccines are administered a minimum of 28 and 21 days apart, respectively.

If a resident is unable to reschedule an appointment for a second dose within 42 days, it is recommended they still schedule an appointment for a second dose and not restart the two-dose process, Weaver said.

The state’s decision to grant eligibility to Hoosiers ages 60-64 when vaccination shipments resume followed news that states will receive a slight increase in weekly vaccine allotments from the federal government. But state health officials said it would likely not be enough to grant eligibility to residents ages 50-59 and others who meet criteria for five specific comorbidities.

State health officials also reported that Indiana has received more than 1.3 million doses. Of those, 172 couldn’t be administered because of broken vials, broken syringes or because they have been unaccounted for.

“Vaccine will continue to remain a precious resource for some time,” Weaver said.

“But we are confident our approach will protect those who are most vulnerable and put Indiana in a strong position to emerge from this pandemic.”

Teacher vaccinations During the same briefing, Gov. Eric Holcomb said he wants teachers vaccinated, but state health officials have not disclosed when that will happen. Indiana Democrats and others have criticized the state’s decision to not move teachers to the front of the line. The sate is instead prioritizing its oldest population.

“Let’s be clear. The Biden-Harris Administration, the Centers of Disease Control, the Indiana Democratic Party and teachers unions across the state have all called for our teachers to be ‘priority’ for COVID-19 vaccines,” stated Drew Anderson, communications director for the Indiana Democratic Party. “Governor Eric Holcomb, however, has consistently failed to make teachers a priority for these vaccines. There’s a difference, and it’s a shame Holcomb is not owning up to the fact that he does not value Indiana’s educators.”

Rental assistance Indiana has received approximately $448 million in emergency rental assistance and utility/home-energy assistance funding through a new COVID-19 relief bill, which the state used to create the Emergency Rental Assistance program.

The program is designed to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the pandemic. Eligible households can receive up to 12 months of rental assistance and utility/home-energy assistance, including past-due rent and future months’ rental assistance.

An eligible household is defined by the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury as a renter household in which one or more people qualify for unemployment, has experienced a reduction in household income, demonstrates a risk of experiencing homelessness or has a household income at or below 80 percent of the area median income.

When the state receives revised guidance from the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, it will begin accepting applications, state officials said. Updates are available at IndianaHousingNow.org.

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Harris makes dean’s list — Carthage College has named Rachel Harris of Fishers to its dean’s list for academic excellence during the fall 2020 semester.

F.C. Tucker statistics — Residential real estate in Fishers started the year 2021 on a strong note, with home sale prices continuing to climb in January. According to F.C. Tucker Company, Fishers home sale prices increased 7 percent, to $386,771, compared to this time last year. The average price per square foot for homes in Fishers increased 0.3 percent, to $147.25. Fishers homes stayed on the market an average of 3 days, or 9.4 percent longer, compared to January 2020.

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FISHERS for road rehabilitation. The first phase is from west of DevProject: 146th Street at Ind. aney Road to east of Toll37 Location: All left-turn CONSTRUCTION gate Road. This phase has reopened. The second phase lanes are currently reis from west of Deming Road stricted on Ind. 37 and on to west of Devaney Road.

146th Street with traffic moved to the Expected completion: The second phase interior lanes. Through traffic and right is expected to begin in spring 2021. turns on Ind. 37 and 146th Street will remain open. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes for all left turn access. For more about the State Road 37 Improvement Project and to receive text updates, visit 37Thrives.com.

Expected completion: This phase of the State Road 37 Improvement Project will continue into 2021. The overall State Road 37 Improvement Project will be complete in 2022.

Project: 96th Street resurfacing and median island project Location: Periodic, short-term closures will occur along 96th Street as signal work continues east of I-69. Drivers are encouraged to use caution driving through the area.

GEIST Project: Admirals Pointe Drive Location: Indianapolis DPW currently has closed Admirals Pointe Drive to replace the timber bridge over Geist and the north fork of Dry Branch. The detour will consist of Old Stone Dr. east to Carroll Rd./700 W., then south to E. 79th St. and then west to Oaklandon Rd. Expected completion: Midsummer 2021 NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH Project: Bridge rehabilitation construction Location: Beginning on or after March 1, 209th Street, also known as Carrigan Road, will be closed at the bridge over Morse Reservoir for bridge superstructure rehabilitation construction. The road is scheduled to be closed to all thru traffic and will tentatively reopen to traffic on or before May 29. In addition to the roadway closure, waterway restrictions at the bridge will be required throughout construction on days overhead construction poses a safety hazard. This will include bridge deck demolition, forming the bridge deck and beam painting.

Detour: During the closure, local traffic should utilize the signed detour route of Little Chicago Road, Ind. 38 and Hague Road. Property owners will continue to have access to their properties through the construction area.

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Project: Changed stop condition Location: The traffic pattern on Centennial Road changed as of Feb. 16. Traffic will stop at 193rd Street, and traffic on 193rd Street will not stop at Centennial Road. Advance warning signs have been installed to alert drivers to the new traffic pattern.

Project: Jersey Street Location: From Union Street to Mill Street Expected completion: Jersey Street will be closed for the remainder of the Grand Junction Plaza construction.

Project: Grand Junction Plaza Location: The parking lot west of Union Street and south of Main Street Expected completion: The gravel parking lot on the east end of Park Street is permanently closed as the Grand Junction Plaza is moving into the construction phase. Parking is available on the west end of Park Street.

Project: Natalie Wheeler Trail Location: On Union Street between Mill and Jersey streets.

Expected completion: Closed during construction of the Grand Junction Plaza, estimated completion in 2021.

Project: Monon Trail restrooms Location: The restrooms on the Monon Trail just north of Greyhound Pass closed Feb.15 and will remain closed for four weeks for a Citizens Energy Group maintenance project ZIONSVILLE Project: North-South Connector Location: The final element to begin on the project is the new, two-lane roundabout on Oak Street at CR 850 E., also known as Cooper Road. While Oak Street is planned to remain open to traffic throughout this phase, CR 850 E. will close south of the intersection for approximately 30 days during construction. This is due to the change in elevation; the roundabout will be higher than the cross-street, so a temporary access cannot be provided.

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Christopher makes dean’s list – Andrew Christopher of Fishers has been named to Dean’s List at Youngstown State University for the 2020 fall semester. Christopher is majoring in Exercise Science at YSU.

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ing. My second goal is I wanted to improve my ability as a trainer. My strength has always been to over prepare, and sometimes Although Noblesville’s Toastmasters Club, in life we don’t have time to over prepare.

White River Word That was one of my personal challenges to ORGANIZATION Millers, was only deliver effectively without over preparing.” chartered in June as Her third goal was to improve her Noblesville Toastmasters club, it already storytelling. has a distinction.

“I wanted to have a safe place Noblesville residents Tricia Fox, to try new things and improve on John LaBore and Fishers resident that and get feedback as I went,” Peiming Sun have all earned the Fox said.

Distinguished Toastmasters award, Fox chose two different paths, the highest level of educational competent communicator and dyprogram. namic leadership, to complete to Fox, LaBore and Sun are co-foundearn her Distinguished Toastmaster Fox ers of the White River Word Millers. honor. There are 30 projects within They worked for several months each path. forming the club before it was Other requirements are to be an chartered. officer and district officer.

LaBore moved to Noblesville from “You take on a different role each Greenfield three years ago. meeting, so you learn how to run “To my surprise, there was not an meetings effectively,” Fox said. “You active club in Noblesville,” LaBore also learn how to give other people LaBore said. “I ran into Peiming Sun, and feedback. It’s a really inexpensive she was interested in trying to get way to grow professionally.” a club started. She asked if I’d be Sun joined approximately 15 years willing to help.” ago but said she has been an active LaBore and Sun had been inmember for about eight years. volved with the Greenfield club.

“I have a coaching program onLaBore, a retired Eli Lilly employee, line,” she said. “Before that, I was was president of the Greenfield club a scientist at Lilly’s. I worked there Sun from July 2019 through June 2020. for 11 years and then became a small LaBore, who started with the club when business owner.” he was working at Lilly’s office in GreenSun said impromptu speaking has helped field, had been an officer in that club for 11 her respond to questions right away. years.

“We call it table topics. Impromptu LaBore said Toastmasters’ education speeches are part of the training we have,” program helps people improve their public she said. “The training helped me in life. speaking skills. The Word Millers have been I don’t have to rehearse a speech. I just meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursdays through have to (have) bullet points. It helps me to Zoom since March 2020, when the COVID-19 organize my thoughts and present it in a pandemic hit. concise way that people can relate.”

“It’s been a great additional tool to be LaBore has watched as others have able do things through Zoom,” LaBore said. grown through the years.

Fox was active in the Westfield Toast“Every person has significant increase masters Club, serving as president and then in their public speaking ability around the area director. fourth or fifth speech they give to the rest “I am an executive coach, and most of of the club,” he said. “Not only are they my execs were Toastmasters,” Fox said. “I practicing speeches and getting better, but asked, ‘What is Toastmasters?’ And one of by that point they are also evaluating other them challenged me to get into it. I decided speakers. The verbal evaluation reinforces I wanted to improve my impromptu speakwhat you are learning in giving your own speech.”

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Dayna Colbert is convinced they are stronger as a unit.

Colbert, POLITICS a 31-yearold Fishers resident, heads a slate of candidates who are running together as HamCo United for the Hamilton Colbert County Democratic Central Committee’s four positions.

Colbert, president of the Hamilton County Young Democrats since August 2017, is running for chair.

The other candidates are Ronnie Saunders, Goddard Westfield, vice chair; Sarah Russell Goddard, Noblesville, secretary; and Al Moore, Carmel, treasurer.

“We wanted to run together so we could have really good representation for the county,” Colbert said. “I think we are stronger with this slate with diverse backgrounds. We come from different walks of lives and bring different perspectives.”

Saunders ran for State Senate District 20 in 2020. Goddard is a health care advocate and Moore is former Decatur County chair.

Other announced candidates include Kevin Patterson, chair, and Heather Hilbert, vice chair.

The precinct committee persons will cast ballots by mail with the vote to be determined March 6.

The Central Committee serves as the executive branch at the county level.

“We would coordinate elections and appoint precinct committee people who help find the poll workers,” Colbert said. “We work with any election issues that come up. The committee appoints a person to be our representative on the county elections board. In addition, the party looks to volunteers to help expand our message. We’re looking to connect volunteers and give them reSaunders sources, giving candidates resources as well.”

HamCo United’s four key goals for 2021 are: Refreshing the message and brand to build trust for Democrats in our communities; increasing Moore member recruitment while continuing to engage volunteers; increasing voter outreach to encompass voter education and build community relationships; and revamping candidate recruitment processes and training so quality candidates have the opportunity to succeed.

“We have a message that tends to reflect more national trends than local trends,” Colbert said. “We want to focus on what impacts people in Hamilton County and defining ourselves as opposed to having other folks defend us.”

Colbert said in 2019, Democrats picked up three seats in city council races, winning two seats in Fishers and one in Carmel.

In the November 2020 election, Joe Biden became the first Democratic candidate to carry the cities of Carmel and Fishers.

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Nonprofit offers finance courses

By Chenyao Liu news@currentinfishers.com Tru Direction, a nonprofit focused on promoting financial education, is partnering with Banzai to offer free GIVING BACK personal finance courses for local schools.

Banzai is a platform designed to introduce students to adult financial situations, from budgeting and paying insurance to navigating taxes. Although Banzai is typically sponsored for schools by local banks or credit unions, Carmel-based Tru Direction decided to sponsor it for schools in central Indiana.

“We thought it was really a great program, and financial literacy is such an important need in schools and for students,” said Ruth Nisenshal, program director of Tru Direction. “(We) selected to sponsor Banzai programs in schools because of its unique web-based interactive program.”

Tru Direction is sponsoring Banzai for 14 schools in Hamilton, Marion and Elkhart counties. Local schools include Carmel Middle School, Clay Middle School, Hamilton Southeastern High School and Fishers Junior High School.

Banzai courses use realistic scenarios to teach students about financial planning.

The online curriculum is then supplemented by printed workbooks provided to teachers. The course work can be completed remotely, and teachers can monitor student progress.

“Because (Banzai) has always been a virtual program, it’s really become more significant that students can do it at home,” Nisenshal said. “It doesn’t depend on a student being in a classroom. That made it more important now than in previous years.”

Banzai’s syllabus aligns with the Indiana Dept. of Education’s standards for financial literacy.

“When I talked to several teachers, they said that this fulfills the financial literacy aspect (in the curriculum),” Nisenshal said.

“A lot of schools don’t necessarily teach financial literacy, so (Banzai) fulfills that need.”

Tru Direction works throughout the nation to promote financial fitness. It has an annual scholarship program for students that can be used for expenses related to higher education.

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Coed adult softball registration opens – Fishers’ Parks Spring 2021 Coed Adult Softball season is now open for registration. Registration must be completed

by March 28. It is a team-registration program. The individual who registers the team is considered the Team Manager and can invite players to the team’s 12-person roster once registration is complete. Free agents are encouraged to contact Fishers Parks to be matched with a team. The leagues offer weekly scheduled games and a two-day tournament. Anyone 18 years old or older is welcome. For more or to register, visit playfishers.com/163/Adult-Softball.

Old Town Design Group establishes scholarship – Old Town Design Group has established the Orchard Project

Scholarship to provide tuition assistance to a Hamilton, Boone or Johnson County student preparing for a career in the construction industry. Applications are being accepted through March 19. For more or to request an application, please email casey@oldtowncompanies.com Virtual discussion with MVCSC superintendent – Mt. Vernon Community School Corp. is offering the community an opportunity to engage with Supt. Jack Parker and ask any questions they might have. Upcoming sessions included noon April 28 and noon May 19. The discussions will take place on Zoom. For those interested in attending, visit the “Virtual Traveling Talks” website article mvcsc.k12.in.us and sign up to receive the Zoom link.

Lawrence Police Dept. seeking applications – The Lawrence Police Dept. is currently seeking applications from candidates interested in becoming a police officer.

Applications close Feb. 28. Once the application deadline passes, Lawrence Police Dept. will begin the process of hiring. For more, visit joinlawrencepd.com.

Schools recertified with STEM designation — The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Townships had several schools recertified with an Indiana Dept. of Education STEM designation. The schools are Skiles Test Elementary, Belzer Middle School and McKenzie Center of Innovation & Technology.

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Fishers diver Casey ends prep career with a splash

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School senior diver Morgan Casey’s plan was simple as she prepared to defend her state diving SWIMMING title.

“I tried to focus on one dive at a time because I didn’t want to put pressure on myself,” Casey said.

“Everyone motivated each other to dive well. I wasn’t leading going into my last three dives, so I really Casey needed to nail them. Those are some of my favorites but also some of my hardest dives. I just wanted to do every dive the best as I possibly could, just as I practiced.”

She accomplished that mission, winning the 1-meter diving competition in the IHSAA girls state swimming and diving finals Feb. 13 at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI. Casey won with 517.30 points, just ahead of Center Grove freshman Mia Prusiecki, who was second with 510.90.

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“There’s not been a lot of twotime state diving champs, so to 2021 CELEBRATION OF LIFE EVENT be able to come back and repeat really demonstrates her level of excellence,” Fishers coach Joe Keller said. “She works hard. She really deserved it.”

Casey is the first repeat diving Fishers team celebrates its second-place finish in the champion since 2013-14.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has recognized two of its deputies after they encountered a distressed individual armed PUBLIC SAFETY with a rifle.

According to a press release from the HCSO, Deputy Eddie Hansen and Sgt. Kevin Crask were dispatched to check on the welfare of a Hamilton County citizen near 146th Street and Allisonville Road in HCSO’s southeast district.

Upon arrival, Hansen contacted the distressed individual, ton County and its residents.” who was armed with a rifle.

Hansen lives in Carmel and Crask lives in Hamilton County Hansen gave verbal instructions to deescalate the situajurisdiction north of Cicero. tion. After negotiating for several minutes, “I could not be more proud to work alongside the individual complied and the weapon Dep. Hansen and Sgt. Crask every day,” Sheriff Denwas not used and no one was hurt. nis Quakenbush stated.

“Dep. Hansen displayed some of the most The incident occurred in January, and the HCSO amazing communication skills and compasannounced the recognitions last week. Quakenbush sion I have seen in this profession,” Crask attributed the outcome to the personal attributes stated. “Dep. Hansen routinely goes above of Hansen and Crask, but also the extensive mental and beyond to help people, and this was yet health training and Crisis Intervention Training that Hansen Crask another display of his dedication to Hamilis mandatory for HCSO employees.

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Ninety-three years and several different camps later, it still focuses on providing programming for disadvantaged populations. Jameson staff specializes in helping children who face difficult social or emotional circumstances, from behavioral disorders to coping with the loss of a parent.

“We want to inspire youth to find their strengths,” Executive Director Jennie Broady said. “I think that’s the most important thing is really helping everyone understand, what are they good at? And how do they want to contribute to this world?”

The camp, located near Indianapolis International Airport and spanning 125 acres, features an archery range, rock-climbing wall, high and low ropes course, swimming pool and zip line. The facilities align with Jameson’s motto: “Get outside, grow inside.”

“We see the magic happen when people get outside and out in nature and can experience the outdoor world,” Broady said.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Out of necessity, Christian Youth Theater began conducting plays in the past several months.

“We’re mostly a musical theater, but since the (COVID-19) pandemic, (experts) are saying singing is one of the most contagious things you can do indoors when in close proximity,” CYT Executive Director Laura Baltz said. “We just ceased all musicals since the pandemic. What we did instead is a smaller cast play with no singing, just a straight play with no singing. Instead of a cast of 100, we had a cast (of) around 20.

We’ve had much smaller audiences.”

CYT held two plays in October 2020 and a Christmas show, followed this year by “Radium Girls,” which ends Feb. 28. The fact that students enjoyed the plays gave Baltz and staff the idea to hold Play in a Day Camps for ages 8-12, set for June 22 or July 15, and ages 12-18 for June 10 or June 30. All four camps are at The Cat in Carmel.

“There are a lot of kids who thought they really wouldn’t like a play. They wanted to be in Broadway musicals,” Baltz said. “But they have found they love being in a play.

The way you act on the stage is very different when you are acting in a play from when you are acting in a musical. I think their theater skills have really grown over the last year as a result of having to do blocking and expressions and not everything so choreographed. If there is a silver

lining to the pandemic, that’s it. We now have a ton of our students who love plays.”

Baltz said Play in a Day will be fast paced, with campers arriving at 9:30 a.m.

“We’ll rehearse it and we’ll talk about characterization,” Baltz said. “At 4 in the afternoon, they will have family members there to come and watch the play.”

From ages of 4 to 12, students will immerse themselves in the world of “Mary Poppins.” Younger students enjoy a half-day of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious camp, while older students will participate in a full-day program. Acting, dancing and singing in small groups highlight the popular offering.

The Musical Theatre day camps for ages 4-12 are June 14-18 at Carmel United Methodist and June 28-July 12 at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, Zionsville.

For the past few years, CYT has staged a Teen Musical in a Week, where students arrive Monday morning, then spend the week auditioning, learning lines and vocals, rehearsing, then performing a musical on Friday. Baltz said CYT is expanding the Musical in a Week to include younger students between the ages of 8 and 12. Both age groups will perform “Mary Poppins” in keeping with the summer’s theme.

The Musicals in a Week camps for ages 8-12 are July 12-16 and July 19-23 at CrossRoads Church, Westfield, and for ages 13-18 June 21-25 at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Noblesville.

For more, visit cytindy.org.

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Art Lab offers multimedia camps Summer Fun Multimedia camp: July 5-9. $175 per participant. Build clay critters like frogs or dragonflies. Create jars of sculptural Students with a creative streak have an insects and painted flip flops and sunglassopportunity to participate in five camps es. Painting days include under-the-water through The Art Lab this summer. animals and ice cream paintings.

Students can choose Famous Artist Multimefrom a jewelry camp, a dia camp: July 19-23. $175 people and creatures mulper participant. Each day timedia camp, a summer explores a new medium. fun multimedia camp, a Pottery Wheel Fusion famous artist multimedia Mega Adventures in Clay camp and a pottery wheel camp: Aug. 2-6. $180 per fusion camp. All camps participant. Students will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at will work on and off the the Cat Theatre in Carmel. pottery wheel and create Jewelry camp: June various projects in clay 7-9. $105 per particiand glass. pant. Work with colorful Bell said each camp will polymer clay and sculpt have no more than 10 stuThe Art Lab founder and director Marfigurines that could dents to allow for social en Bell works with a student during include superheroes or distancing. a camp last year. (Submitted photo) characters from a movie Camp registration is or book. open until the camp fills, and Bell encouragPeople and Creatures Multimedia camp: es people to sign up sooner rather than latJune 14-18. $175 per participant. Spend each er. The camps are designed for ages 7 to 12. day exploring different art media including For more or to register, visit artlabindy. clay, paper sculptures, and drawing. com/summercamps/.

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Summer camps return for 25th year at Geist Christian Church

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Children will once again have the opportunity to participate in a play-based thematic camp through Geist Christian Church.

“Each camp incorporates math, science and language skills into a fun day of indoor and outdoor hands-on activities,” Geist Christian Church Weekday Ministries Assistant Director Paula Mager said. “Some of the camps we are offering this year are fun and fitness, camping, creative arts, dinosaurs, cooking, pirates and princesses.”

There are 12 camps for children ages 3 to kindergarten age. There also are four different camps for Camp Quest for students in first through sixth grade. In Camp Quest, there is a nature camp, a creative arts camp, a space camp and a STEAM, or science, technology, engineering, arts and math, camp.

All camps are $90 per child, and each

runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday beginning June 7. The last week of camp begins Aug. 16.

Mager said there is no registration deadline and all camps are first come, first served.

“This year, I feel like they’re filling up a little quicker than last year because (space is) limited,” Mager said.

Geist Christian Church did offer summer camps last year, but the camps didn’t start until mid-summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s just a great way for kids to socialize now since interaction has been limited (at school),” Mager said. “Now, more than ever, it’s just great for kids to have that social interaction.”

Geist Christian Church has offered summer camps for 25 years. Most camps will be conducted at both Geist Christian Church campuses, but a schedule of which themes will be at which campus will be on the church’s website. For more or to register, visit geistwdm.org.

Choose from weekly themes like Dinosaurs, S.T.E.A.M., Fun and Fitness, Art, Cooking, and much more.

Kids Camps are available for potty-trained children from ages 3 - Kindergarten and Camp Quest is for students from 1-6th grade. Camps are offered beginning in June and ending in August.

Please visit www.geistwdm.org for more information and online registration. Or call us at 317-578-4591.

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Roundtripper expansion proving to be a home run

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Chris Estep’s life has been baseball.

An All-American at the University of Kentucky, the Carmel High School graduate played in the minors with the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Montreal Major League Baseball organizations, reaching the Double-A level.

“I was trying to figure out what I was going to do,” Estep said. “I always had a great relationship with kids, signing autographs and doing school functions.”

Chris decided to start a training facility while he was still playing. The first facility in 1993 was called the Baseball Factory. He eventually moved the operation to Carmel and renamed it Roundtripper Sports Academy.

“It grew and it grew,” said Estep, who serves as the University High School baseball coach.

There was a Brownsburg site, a Fishers/Geist site and one in Carmel.

“When we built the Westfield location, we closed the others to consolidate operations,” said Chris’ wife, Sue. The Westfield location is at 16708 Southpark Dr. Sue serves is the vice president, taking care of operations for the baseball and softball facility. There are yearround activities, including summer camps.

“We had started the expansion before the pandemic,” Sue said.

There is now 65,000 square feet under the roof.

Roundtripper recently consolidated operations into one Westfield site. (Submitted photo)

“It’s all dedicated to baseball and softball training,” Sue said. “We are one of the few places of this size and magnitude in the nation that have been dedicated to baseball and softball training.”

With all the extra space, Sue said they are able to create pods within the building to separate into smaller groups.

“It’s allowed us to keep things as normal as possible for the kids,” Sue said.

Chris said the addition is the best thing Roundtripper has ever done, even though he didn’t want to do it.

“Sue would say we have to expand,” Chris said. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to expand.’ She said, ‘No, we have to do this.’ It was 100 percent her vision. I can’t take any credit

for that. She saw what the marketplace is screaming for and what it needed. She understood how this would work.

For us, I think it’s going to work out extremely well because we have the best instructors in town. Our clientele is so amazing. Their loyalty is beyond belief.”

Twenty trainers are in the facility during operating hours.

Some have been with Roundripper for more than 20 years.

The summer camps are run similar to the sessions that are run during the year.

“The difference is, in the summer we offer a morning session as well as an evening session to accommodate parents,” Sue said.

Camps are six-week sessions and divided by age groups, from pre-kindergarten to collegiate-level players.

“We have college players that will come back to us and train with us while playing in the summer,” Sue said. “One of the nice things here is we have plenty of space inside and we have three fields outside. They are real grass and dirt.”

The University High School and Traders Point baseball and softball teams use the fields for their teams.

The camp sessions are $250 for non-members. All members receive a 20 percent discount on classes and camps.

There will be open gym times each day following the camp sessions. Open gym runs two hours following morning camp times and is $20 per session. Packages with multiple days can be purchased.

For more, visit roundtripper.com.

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Camps coming this summer editorial@youarecurrent.com A look at some of the camps being offered for children this summer: FISHERS PARKS Fishers Parks opened registration for its summer camps earlier this month. Camps are available for children ages 4 to 14 and follow various themes such as “Year in a Week,” “Let’s Get Messy,” “Amazing Animals” and more. There also is an Indy Eleven soccer camp for ages 8 to 14.

In an effort to prevent spread of COVID-19, all camp counselors and campers will be screened daily and also have their temperature taken. All camp counselors are required to wear a mask for the duration of the camp day, and all campers are required to wear a mask when social distancing is not possible.

All camp counselors must pass a criminal background check and are required to

complete more than 40 hours of training.

Head counselors must undergo an additional vehicular background check. Additional camp safety procedures include onsite medical forms and photo identification for child sign-out.

For a full list of camps, visit playfishers. com/167/Summer-Camp.

INDY STEM CAMPS Indy Stem Camps will offer camps at University High School in Carmel, Zionsville Community High School in Zionsville, Riverside Intermediate School in Fishers, Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville and Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.

Camp offerings are World of Minecraft, Minecraft Engineering, Minecraft PVP Games, Minecraft Explorers, Minecraft MegaBuild camps, Minecraft Build Battles and Minecraft Coding and 3D Printing. For more, visit indystemcamps.com.

Noblesville Parks opens registration for spring break and summer camp — Noblesville Parks have opened registration for its spring break camp March 29-April 9 at Forest Park, its summer break camp for various dates at Forest Park, Dillon Park and Finch Creek Park and its preschool summer camp at Forest Park. To register, visit bit.ly/npcamps.

Traders Point Christian Schools offers more than 60 camps

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Traders Point Christian Schools is conducting registration for a variety of camps designed for students ages 3 through eighth grade. Anyone from the community can register.

“As of right now, we have 120 students registered from over 20 different local schools,” TCPS Director of Constituent Relations Dawn Gilbert said. “Our camps are age-specific, so there are (age) 3 through pre-K, K through fourth and fifth through eighth, which are primarily off-site attending water parks and outside field trips.”

TPCS offers chapel every day at 8:30 a.m., and families of campers can attend.

There are a variety of morning and afternoon camps, and Gilbert said sometimes families choose a morning and an afternoon camp to create a full-day camp.

Morning camps are 9 a.m. to noon and afternoon camps are 1 to 4 p.m.

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dent is interested in,” Gilbert said. “There are areas like STEM, American Girl, superheroes, field trips and water parks.”

In total, there are 65 camps. There is a 10 to 1 ratio of campers to staff members.

Camps run for a week and start June 7.

The last day of camp is July 16. Registrations are accepted until camps are full, and Gilbert said camps do fill quickly. Camps vary from $140 to $200 a week depending on the camp. Snacks are provided, but students must bring their lunch if they’re attending a morning and afternoon camp.

Campers also will receive take-home activities.

“The camps are really just an extension of our mission, which is to challenge and educate students in the framework of a biblical worldview,” Gilbert said. “We looked at this as another opportunity to meet students in our community.”

Families will have the opportunity to tour the TPCS campus if they sign up for a camp. For more or to register, visit tpcs. org.

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University High School camp registration now open

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com University High School summer programs coordinator Nila Nealy said there is space on the school’s campus for children ages 4 through 12th grade for summer camps.

“It’s open to everyone. You don’t have to be a University High School student, including our for-credit classes,” Nealy said. “Most of what we do is geared toward middle and high school, but we do try to get some things in there that serve elementary school children as well. So, it’s a lot of STEM stuff. There are some arts (camps) as well.

There’s a variety of things.

“You can learn to podcast, there’s a camp about Black comic characters, French language and culture camps.”

Registration is now open. The majority of camps run for one week and are from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. Nealy said most camps are approximately $165 to register.

Last year, UHS offered a variety of new

camps but were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, this year will be the first year for several of the camps.

“We were thinking about students in eighth grade getting ready to go off to high school and have had varying degrees of contact in a classroom or live with a teacher, so there’s prep courses or workshops in a couple different areas to help those students prepare for high school in the fall,” Nealy said. “Those aren’t as exciting for little kids, but I think they’ll be good for a student going into Spanish 2 who needs to have someone remind them of things they learned in Spanish 1. I think it’ll benefit most of the University High School students, but I think any student wanting to come into these and be prepared, they’re welcome to join us.”

For a full list of camps and to register, visit universityhighschool.org/academics/ summer/.

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Michelle Sarber said the Indianapolis Sailing Club was fortunate last year not to have had canceled all of its camps because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, none will be canceled.

“We are, at this point, planning on offering six weeks of sailing camp this summer starting in June,” said Sarber, the Junior Sailing director for the Indianapolis Sailing Club, 11325 Fall Creek Rd., Indianapolis.

The camps are broken up into one-week installments, but campers can participate in more than one week.

“The good thing about this program is, it does build on itself, but you don’t have to attend consecutively. Anyone can benefit,” Sarber said. “You can book one week or all six weeks. It builds on itself. Most people do two or three weeks out of the summer.”

The camps are designed for children ages 8 to 17. Each camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and has space for 30 to 32 campers, depending on staff. Sarber said the camps fill up quickly.

“Last year, before the pandemic hit, at

Indianapolis Sailing Club will offer six weeks of camps this summer. (Submitted photo)

the end of February we had three weeks full,” Sarber said.

Registration is open, and the form is accessible at indianapolissailing.org. Registration won’t close until the week fills. The weekly price is $425 for non-members and $275 for members. There are discounted rates if more than one child signs up per family. Children must bring their own life jacket and lunch.

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All indoor camps are operating at 50 percent capacity to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Other safety measures include wearing face masks and extra sanitation, Registration is open at campcathedral. com. Sports camps range from $85 to $160 per camper and enrichment camps range from $130 to $200.

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Cathedral will offer more than 30 athletic camps, including for baseball, basketball, bowling and football.

“Those camps are led by Cathedral coaches, so it’s a wonderful opportunity for young kids to get a taste of what it’s like to work with a coach who’s won a state championship,” Cathedral High School Director of Marketing Grace Rodecap said.

CHS also offers 50 enrichment camps, such as LEGO Robotics camp, babysitting camps and choir camps.

“We are really proud of how diverse our camps are,” Rodecap said. “Really, we do have a lot that appeals to students who are kindergarten through rising ninth graders.”

Camps run one week at a time with the first camp starting June 7. Most camps are half days, and Rodecap said families often sign children up for two different camps.

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Bach to Rock to hold variety of camps at Carmel, Fishers

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Bach to Rock Carmel was able to successfully conduct summer camps amid the coronavirus pandemic in the summer of 2020.

“We were able to operate camps last year, and from that were able to perfect how to create safe and awesome camp experiences in these unique COVID times,” Bach to Rock Fishers owner/Director Kellie Miles-Fink said. “Each of our camp options are a fun and engaging week of musical education.”

Bach to Rock Fishers opened Feb. 15 and the grand opening is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 6. Miles-Fink was formerly the assistant director of Bach to Rock Carmel.

Camps will run at the Carmel and Fishers locations Monday through Friday every week of the summer starting the week of May 31 through July 30. Bach To Rock will offer morning and afternoon camp options for Rock Band, Intro to DJ, Music Production and Rock City World Tour throughout the summer.

Rock Band, Music Production and Intro to DJ are offered for students ages 7 and older and will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the morning sessions and 12:30 to 4 p.m. for the afternoon sessions. Families can choose to combine morning and afternoon camps to create a full-day experience.

Rock City World Tour is for ages 3 to 7.

The camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the morning sessions and from 1 to 4 p.m. for the afternoon sessions. The camps will run in-person at Bach to Rock Fishers.

Each session has a maximum enrollment of five students per camp.

Bach to Rock campers pause during a camp in Carmel in the summer of 2020. (Submitted photo)

“Rock Band campers will spend their week truly becoming a band,” Miles-Fink said. “Band members will pick out their band name, the instrument they would like to play for the week and their set list. The week is then spent learning their set and preparing for the end-of-the-week concert.”

Miles-Fink said In the Music Production Camp, students have access to state-of-theart recording technologies.

Miles-Fink said Rock City World Tour is an excellent camp option for younger students.

“This camp will take students on an adventure of learning about music with instruments as diverse as the African hand-drums to Australian didgeridoos,” she said. “Students play and explore music and instruments with guided movement activities and musically inspired story-telling experiences.

This rockin’ week of camp culminates with a performance to highlight the many musical elements learned by the campers.”

For more, visit fishers.b2rmusic. com or carmel.b2rmusic.com.

Westfield Summer Camps 2021 Preschool through 8th grade

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BGCN offers themed camps

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville Camp Director Justin Cowan helps create themes for each week of summer camps.

Cowan said a Halloween theme week was popular last summer, with campers arriving with costumes.

“We had a Wild West week where campers would dress up as cowboys or cowgirls,” Cowan said. “We’ll do a Water Week in July where we’ll do water balloon fights, getting in the river a lot.”

The summer camps, for ages 6-13, start June 7, usually running from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be eight different camp weeks, ending July 30, at Camp Crosser, a 20-acre camp on the White River. Campers are dropped off by parents at the Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville, 1700 Conner St., and the campers travel by bus approximately 8 miles to the camp site.

Activities include scavenger hunts, major hikes and arts and crafts.

“We have fire pits, so we’ll be doing cooking activities as well,” Cowan said. “We have an obstacle course, archery and a zip line.”

Justin Cowan demonstrates archery for campers during a summer camp. (Submitted photo)

Each of the eight weeks will have a different theme, which will be announced in April.

Registration is open for spring break camps from March 29 to April 2 and April 5 to 9.

There is a variety of activities from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an after-school option from 4 to 6 p.m.

Executive Director Becky Terry said the club’s staff works hard to make sure activities are fun and engaging “It offers kids opportunities to get outside, make new friendship and lifelong memories,” Terry said.

For more, visit bgcni.org.

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Guerin Catholic High School offers Camp Invention, more editorial@youarecurrent.com Guerin Catholic High School, 15300 Gray Rd., Noblesville, will offer a wide variety of camps this summer.

One is conducted in partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Camp Invention will be offered to children entering first through fifth grade.

“This exciting, weeklong summer adventure provides opportunities for open-ended exploration of science, technology, engineering and more,” a statement from Guerin Catholic read. “Children rotate through a variety of hands-on activities each day while collaborating with friends to think creatively and invent their own solutions to real-world challenges.”

Camp Invention begins June 14. It runs through June 18 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Registration is $250. For more or to register, visit invent.org/local.

Guerin Catholic also offers dozens of athletic camps and enrichment camps through its Camp Purple program. Those camps be-

Guerin Catholic High School offers a variety of athletic and enrichment camps as well as Camp Invention. (Submitted photo)

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Fishers sees economic wins news@currentinfishers.com Despite the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in 2020, the City of Fishers experienced near-record investments. In 2020, nine GROWTH companies selected Fishers to relocate to and five existing firms chose to expand operations in Fishers totaling 1,101 new jobs at an average salary Fadness of $83,022 and capital investments of more than $121 million. Fishers’ Class-A Office vacancy rate dropped nearly 5 percent to 11.7 percent over the course of the year. “(This) announcement speaks to the vibrancy and dynamic nature of Fishers’ economy,” Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness stated. “In a year when so many companies were experiencing slower growth, we are fortunate to have a business community that keeps innovating and driving toward growth even in the face of adversity.”

In addition, Fadness launched the Fishers COVID-19 Recovery Program in April 2020.

As part of that program, the City of Fishers loaned $505,000 to 73 Fishers-based businesses to help cover operational costs as firms responded to business changes due to the pandemic.

Since Mayor Fadness took office in 2014, firms have added 7,135 new jobs, retained 1,045 jobs and have committed to more than $905 million in capital investment to catalyze the Fishers economy.

A GLANCE AT 2020 FISHERS INVESTMENTS • Genezen Labs: The viral vector production contractor for gene and cell therapy previously operated out of Launch Fishers. In 2020, it announced an initial $7.8 million capital investment into a new clean manufacturing facility in the Crosspoint Business Park and plans to grow by 36 employees by 2024.

• Highbridge: The Salesforce partner’s growth in 2020 led to its announcement of establishing its headquarters in Launch Fishers. The firm will lead Salesforce’s mid-size and enterprise customers’ digital transformation.

Highbridge plans to hire 57 employees by 2024.

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An art reception was held at Conner Prairie during the 2020 Disability Awareness Month. (Submitted photo)

Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability kicks off month of celebration March 1

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The COVID-19 pandemic won’t stop the City of Fishers from conducting its annual Disability Awareness Month celebration in March. But the events will be virtual instead of live.

“We started recognizing March Disability Awareness Month back in 2016 very briefly, and in 2017, we started a monthlong celebration of events to bring awareness to what life is like for individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities,” said Cecilia Coble, co-chair of the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability with Kelly Hartman. “The City of Fishers has been working on disability inclusion accessibility since 2014.”

Fishers has been working on the initiative through the ADA Roundtable, which was later changed to the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability.

“We bring in different stakeholders from the community to work collaboratively with city leaders and elected officials, the mayor, our direct support providers here in our community, educators, families, individuals with disabilities, to come together to really move the ball forward and build upon our inclusive community,” Coble said.

The theme for the celebration is “Building Our Inclusive Community.” Coble said the goal is to celebrate the achievements Fishers has made, such as expanding employment opportunities, creating social groups and adding affordable housing for people with disabilities.

The event kicks off March 1.

Coble said it can be difficult for individuals with disabilities to connect socially, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. That led to the creation of the Thrive Social Club, designed for adults with disabilities.

“The Thrive Social Club started (last) summer, and we had our first event where we volunteered for Keep Fishers Beautiful and we went over to one of the parks and we picked up trash, and then we ended in a picnic with some outdoor games,” Coble said.

“It’s been tough this year, but we are meeting once a week for an hour on Friday nights through Zoom and doing dance parties, playing hangman, family feud and doing scavenger hunts,” To enhance employment opportunities for people with disabilities, the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disabilities partnered with the OneZone Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Southeastern Schools and other organizations to provide opportunities for meaningful work.

“People around the community are getting on board with this,” Coble said. “We partnered with (Hamilton East Public Library) to offer a number of different workshops and events within the library in the month of March, and Conner Prairie has really made an effort to make the Conner Prairie experience accessible for people who are blind or people who use wheelchairs, and they’re hiring people with disabilities.

“So many businesses have embraced accessibility and inclusion.”

Hartman said she’s excited to see the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability continue its momentum, even during a pandemic.

“As a committee, we have been able to make the virtual pivot to sustain many of the events that have become the center of disability awareness for Fishers,” Hartman said. “The unique opportunity is that we can reach even more people, as we know there are some people who may never have come to an in-person event but will find the virtual awareness opportunities intriguing. We are excited to engage many people in our community in March as we strive to be a community that is inclusive of all people.”

For more, visit fishers.in.us/disabilityawareness.

• Disability Awareness Month Kickoff: Building Our Inclusive Community: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 1. A kickoff of the monthlong celebration with guest speaker and disability advocate Ben Trockman, diversity and inclusion outreach specialist for Old National Bank and First Ward city councilor for the City of Evansville. A video presentation will highlight the work of the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability during the past six years to build an inclusive community in Fishers. Recipients of the 2021 Inclusion & Accessibility Awards will be recognized. The event is free, but registration is required. Visit fishers. in.us/DisabilityAwareness to register.

• Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability Quarterly Meeting: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 2. Hear more about the accomplishments of building a more inclusive community in Fishers. Help the committee identify priorities and goals for the disability community in Fishers and beyond.

The event is free, but registration is required. Visit fishers.in.us/ DisabilityAwareness to register.

• OneZone Luncheon: Expanding Your Applicant Pool: Exploring the Untapped Workforce: 11:30 a.m. March 10. Learn more about the benefits of employing individuals with physical and developmental disabilities from Kylee Hope, director of the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services.

Check out a video presentation of successful employment opportunities from around Fishers and Hamilton County. Cost is $10 per person and registration is required. Visit fishers. in.us/DisabilityAwareness to register.

• Building Our Inclusive Community Through Art: 7 to 9 p.m. March 12.

Celebrate the artwork of local artists with disabilities and view the virtual art gallery exhibition hosted by Conner Prairie. The event is co-hosted by the Fishers Arts Council. Join the virtual broadcast on the Fishers Arts Council Facebook page.

• Other events: The Hamilton East Public Library will host a series of virtual workshops as part of the celebration. Topics include caregiving, disability inclusion and American Sign Language, among others.

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Lonely one

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Commentary by Terry Anker Like so many poets and songwriters, successful (especially in the early 1970s) lyricist Harry Nilsson had a distinct way of taking a simple concept and keeping it, um, simple. “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do” Nilsson crooned in 1968. When the popular band Three Dog Night covered the song a year later, it exploded as an international hit. The uncomplicated song, with its equally uncomplicated message, resonated with millions of listeners around the globe.

We all need the association of others.

We all, even the introverts, are social animals. We all need a pack to survive.

Somewhere around the first day of school, we come to know the effect of social isolation, ostracization and, alternatively, of acceptance. We stand in line waiting to be picked for second-grade baseball only to have our name called out last. Or maybe we are the team captain tasked with putting together a winning program or just picking our friends first. Does winning trump besties?

Today, we are more challenged by the COVID-19 lockdown to stay connected.

Will anyone remember that we exist when they don’t see us anymore? Is Zoom enough? Sure, it is. Well, probably.

Even so, are we returning to a world so increasingly fractured by identity politics and we/they tribalism that we can scarcely know if we can ever again hope to be picked for the team, whether first or last?

Nilsson wrote, “Two can be as bad as one. It’s the loneliest number since the number one.” While one could assume that he was talking about a romance gone bad, it occurs that it might likewise apply to a state where two people so misunderstand each other that they find only isolation where companionship could be. Have we come to be alone together?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Recollections of forgetting things Commentary by Danielle Wilson As I was donning my requisite Bobbi Brown eyeliner the other morning, I fondly recalled the day my youngest HUMOR sister introduced me to it — Oct. 30, 2010. Moments later, I struggled to remember if my mother-inlaw’s birthday was that day or the next.

What gives? Why is it I know the title of Jodie Foster’s 1977 childhood caper film is “Candleshoe” and can easily sing Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” without missing a single word, but cannot accurately state the time of birth of any of my four children?

Is it age? Am I losing short-term recognizance in favor of long-term minutiae?

I literally spent a solid 30 seconds in my car yesterday morning looking for a mask before realizing it was on my stupid face!

And yet I had no problem reciting, in chronological order, a list of dead presidents to my history classes.

I don’t get it. I find myself regaling friends with a hilarious tale of Meijer

misadventure only to learn later that I’d previously shared the story. Twice. Current students’ names are a crapshoot, though I could probably tell you all about a longsince graduated older sibling. I’m constantly “losing” my lanyard and reading glasses but know exactly where the tiny package of 3-year-old Orchid Food is.

Good, lord. Has it really come to this?

Not quite 50 and I’m legitimately earning frequent “Jeeze, Mom” eye rolls? What’s a gal to do? I thought I was keeping my mind sharp with sudoku and voracious reading, but apparently to no avail.

I mean, just last week I wasted half a minute searching for a mask that I was already wearing!

Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a contributing columnist. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com.

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Editor, The editorial “cartoon” in the Jan. 26 Current in Fishers depicted a woman asking for cookies with “nuts” and was directed to a table occupied by Mike Lindell of MyPillow. At a time when the nation needs unity, the degradation of Mr. Lindell is tasteless. The illustrator is attacking Mr. Lindell for his Christian beliefs and/or for the exercise of his First Amendment right to free speech.

America was born on diversity of thought and freedom of speech to express varying opinions. The inference in this “cartoon” is that the expression of a belief or opinion different than another’s is considered “nuts.” The illustration depicts a young girl showing intolerance of another’s thoughts and views which should not be taught, encouraged, or accepted, especially when children are used to show it.

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At a time when the nation needs unity, the degradation of Mr. Lindell is tasteless.

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“Yes. Out of 1,100 columns you’ve written, I have been the brunt of the humor 275 times. And they were all complete exaggerations, taking advantage of what a good sport I am. In those where you’ve made fun of your own behavior, you told it just like it really happened.”

“For example?”

“You really did lock yourself in the garage naked; you really did put on another

guy’s underwear at the gym; you did flood the bathroom with your Waterpik; you did leave your cellphone in the freezer. You are an honest writer … about yourself. But with me, you take a lot of liberties.”

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One time you returned it before you unwrapped it because you guessed what it was: a Keurig Coffee Maker.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When her car trunk opened and Michelle Corrao was rescued, that’s when she maintains her nightmare started.

TRAUMA “It was trying to figure out how to navigate living life because I lost my life that night,” she said.

The Noblesville resident recently co-wrote a book about her journey from darkness with Fishers resident Emily Sutherland. The book is titled “Found,” with the subtitle of “Triumph Over Fear With Grace and Gratitude: The Michelle Corrao Story.”

On Sept. 12, 1996, Corrao, then 32, was abducted by three men after coming home from work at night and walking up to her front door. She was hit and thrown in the trunk of her own car. The men drove to another area, sexually assaulted her and threw her in the trunk again.

“I had pretty severe head trauma and passed out in the trunk of my car,” she said.

“I heard this voice and that’s when I came to and kicked the trunk.”

The voice she heard was Fort Wayne Police Dept. Det. Arthur Billingsley, who promised he would get her out.

The car was in a lot behind a restaurant the men planned to rob. One man had stayed with the car and the other two were near the back of the restaurant and ran when they saw Billingsley drive up. He immediately arrested the man who was in the car.

They arrested the two men within the next couple of days and all three were eventually convicted.

“There were four other females they had attacked that summer, so I was the fifth and final one in their series of crimes,” she said.

Corrao said it was her faith, foremost, that pulled her through the ordeal.

“God just put the right people in my life to help me get through it,” she said.

She was dating the man she would marry, Chris Corrao, at the time.

“Chris was a huge advocate for me,” she said. “He was the one who (would) bear the brunt of a lot of my instability and uncomfortableness, fear and anger and denial. It was all those things you go through when you grieve something. I wanted to be who I was before. That just wasn’t going to be possible.”

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with family and close friends, helped, but his wife deserves the lion’s share of the credit for overcoming the darkness.

“Michelle was very committed that she was not going to let what happened to her define her,” he said.

Providing support for others Corrao said the book is designed to offer hope for others who have experienced similar trauma.

“We get in dark places and we don’t see a way out,” she said. “The book can help with that. I tell the truth. I was in a really dark place. Even having faith, I was still in a dark place. The trauma comes afterwards. I was just in livesaving mode that night. I was going to do anything to make it out alive.”

She eventually left her job as a manager of construction projects because every co-worker knew what had happened to her.

Although her name was not revealed on the news, the details of her abduction were reported frequently.

“The privacy of my life wasn’t so private,” she said. “It made the headline news for almost three years because that’s how long it took for all the trials to go.”

Weekly therapy sessions and journaling helped her heal.

After getting married in 1998, she and Chris moved to Noblesville in 1999. After attending a group session for crime victims, she realized she was ahead of the group healing-wise and could help others. After starting as a volunteer, she worked 18 years for Prevail, which serves as advocates for victims of crime and abuse. She was Prevail’s assistant director when she left a year ago to become the executive director for The O’Connor House, which is a home for homeless pregnant women.

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laboration that needed to happen with everybody working from home. Now, they’re about to go back to the office whenever An advanced commercial virtual collabthe vaccine gets around, and they’ll be oration and communication bringing people back to the office in what GROWTH audio-visual technology is referred to as hybrid workforce, where company has relocated its they’ll have some people at the office, headquarters to Fishers. some people working from home.

Ultimate Technologies Group made the “Going forward, that requires a techannouncement Feb. 16, but the relocation nology upgrade to all the conference happened in December 2020. The company rooms, and that’s why we’re doing that big plans to add up to 25 employees. project.”

Ultimate Technologies Group started Ultimate Technologies Group plans to in Launch Fishers in March 2017 add 25 jobs to Fishers by 2022 bewith four employees and has since cause of the growth. grown to 32 employees. Ultimate “Ultimate Technologies is anothTechnologies Group eventually exer success story we’re happy to panded to a larger space in Fishers share from Fishers,” Fishers Mayor and then relocated to Carmel when Scott Fadness stated. “Just a few it acquired Electronic Evolutions. It years ago they were a new startspent a year and a half in the Carup company in Launch Fishers. The Fadness mel space before relocating again team that Will has assembled and to Fishers. the growth they will experience Now, the company operates in over the next several years is a 12,000 square feet of space at 11793 testament to the entrepreneurial Technology Lane in the Fishers spirit here in Fishers.”

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O’Brien said Ultimate TechnoloUltimate Technologies Group gies Group works with companies President Will O’Brien of Fortville to develop technology plans for a said the company’s growth is hybrid workforce that is different O’Brien largely the result of having landed than what workforces were like an unnamed contract from a large engine before the COVID-19 pandemic. manufacturer based in Indiana. The client “Prior to COVID, employers mostly had has 4,000 conference rooms worldwide, an office-based workforce,” O’Brien stated. and Ultimate Technologies Group signed a “Right now, most of those employees are contract to provide communication techworking remotely. Recent data from the nology to those conference rooms.

Gensler Research Institute suggests that “In IT, all companies (use Skype for video most employees (70 percent) want to be conferencing), and Microsoft announced back in the office the majority of their Skype would be going away in 2021,” week, while only (12 percent) want to work O’Brien said. “(Microsoft) came out with a from home full-time. Companies need help new product called Microsoft Teams, and planning for the technology implications then Zoom came out, so every company of having a hybrid workforce, where some had a plan to migrate over to Zoom or employees are in the conference room, and Teams, but when the pandemic happened, others are working from home. Employees every company converted to that new and customers expect a better experience platform literally overnight because the now that they are power users of Microold system wasn’t sufficient to do the colsoft Teams and Zoom.”

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Music has been Blair Clark’s life.

So, the Carmel vocal coach understands how important it is for young MUSIC people’s mental health to be able to continue their passion for music amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“One of the things I’ve been focused on is coaching young people for the purpose of emotional release,” said Clark, who runs Coach Blair’s Voice & Performance Studio. “It’s giving them that artistic outlet but also it’s very therapeutic. A lot of the parents have mentioned how they noticed how their kids have been able to adjust better because they’ve been able to come here in a safe environment.”

Kristen Boice, a Noblesville licensed marriage and family therapist, said a study led by Mission Behavioral Health showed 7 out of 10 teens reported they are struggling with their mental health in some way during the pandemic. More than 93 percent said they struggled with anxiety or depression and 45 percent said they felt more stressed than usual.

“Music and singing are healthy outlets to express and process through their deeper emotions while having fun at the same time,” Boice said. “It helps release some of the tension, tightness and stress held in the body and nervous system. Both my teenage daughters take vocal lessons from coach Blair, and he’s more than a vocal coach. He reaches the students on a deeper, more personal level and helps process and express their feelings, stress, loneliness and overwhelming that every teen is dealing with right now. It’s a safe place to show up and be yourself, and kids need this now more than ever. It’s not just vocal lessons. It’s having a life mentor.

“My girls feel joyful, happy and more confident after leaving each session with coach Blair every week. It’s a very supportive and nurturing environment.”

A few months after the pandemic forced a lockdown in March 2020, Clark had Appel

Civic Theatre Civic Theatre will present “Pride & Prejudice” as a livestream from The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing arts in Carmel at 7 p.m. Feb. 26-27. An on-demand option will be available for viewing through Feb. 27. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Center for the Performing Arts The “Live at the Center” series will present Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in a free livestream. To register, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Vocal coach Blair Clark wears his face mask in the studio for one-on-one lessons.

(Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

Heating & Air Conditioning install a new filtration system in his Carmel studio.

Clark has installed other measures, such as one student comes in at a time and a parent sits in the lobby watching on a screen.

“My coaching is always one-on-one, and that’s one of the reasons it is working,” he said. “I’m 15 feet away, I keep my mask on and I’m behind plexiglass.”

Along with coaching young people, Clark said he has more adult students coming to him now than ever before.

Zionsville resident Sue Wickliff is one of those adult students. She started weekly lessons shortly before the pandemic began.

“We have very few live gigs, so it’s a great time to keep pursuing your craft,” Wickliff said. “When you are not singing, you are not using your muscles and you atrophy, so when things start up again, you’re not going to be ready.”

Along with coaching and performing, Clark owns and operates the Artist Devel-

opment Company, a booking, promotion and management agency.

“When I’m not performing, I’m booking,” Clark said. “When I’m not booking, I’m coaching. When I’m not coaching, I’m working with young recording artists with my Artist Development Company. I book some other venues.”

The pandemic has been a difficult time for musicians.

“I’ve been in the music business all my life. That’s all I’ve ever done,” Clark said.

“There’s a lot of us out of work. A lot of my gigs got canceled. A lot of musicians’ gigs got canceled. There’s no place to play.

Hopefully, things will pick up and change.”

Clark is the founder and one of the lead vocalists for The Fun Factor Band.

As a solo artist, he has been a frequent performer at City of Carmel events. He is slated to play in the Elkhart Jazz Festival in June.

For more, visit coachblairsstudio.com and artistdevelopmentcompany.com.

From left, the Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Judy Fitzgerald, Don Farrell and Cynthia Collins will perform at Feinstein’s Cabaret. (Submitted photo)

ATI trio to perform at Feinstein’s Cabaret editorial@youarecurrent.com The Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founders Don Farrell and Judy Fitzgerald, along with Terry Woods, will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 19 at Feinstein’s Cabaret in The Hotel Carmichael in Carmel for an evening of sophistication and jazz as they celebrate Indiana’s two favorite sons, Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael.

From Porter’s “You’re the Top” to Carmichael’s “Stardust” and everything in between, Farrell, Fitzgerald and fellow ATI co-founder Cynthia Collins will perform timeless classics performed in the intimate setting of the Cabaret Club.

A livestream option is available for $20 on Eventbrite. With a limited 65-seat capacity, the $50 tickets sold out quickly. Safe social distancing will be in effect and face masks are required. For more, visit atistage.org.

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Commentary by Anna Skinner Address: 110 W. Jackson St., Cicero What to get: Blueberry muffin Price: $3 Anna’s take: Dark Side Roasters is an adorable café and coffee roaster in downtown Cicero. It has everything I love about a cozy place – exposed brick, a variety of seating options, plants and, of course, impeccable coffee and snacks. My favorite item was the blueberry muffin, which like everything — except for the bagels — is made in-house. It was mighty in size and packed with blueberries. It had a delicious crunch on top but was moist and gooey inside. Other notable items are brownies, which are baked with espresso and are practically the size of a brick, and quiche, if

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The quiche is fluffy inside with a beautifully browned top.

Suggested pairings: Chocolate-covered strawberry latte. I’m usually not one to order a sweet drink for my morning java, but I couldn’t resist this one. And, boy, was it worth it. Dark Side Roasters can customize drinks to include as much or as little syrup as you want, so it wasn’t overly sweet and allowed the flavor of the espresso to come through nicely.

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There’s a housing crisis in Fairyville and the Wee Folk need your help! Sign up for our annual fairy house contest for a chance to win cash, art supplies, and bragging rights, as well as to give some deserving fairies a fabulous new home! Applications are due no later than April 16th, and houses must be delivered to Nickel Plate Arts on April 19th. For more information or to register, go to nickelplatearts.org/fairyville

MARCH 2021 NICKEL PLATE ARTS Events, Exhibits, and Classes VIRTUAL FIRST FRIDAY: March 5, 5–8 p.m.

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JUDGE STONE HOUSE EXHIBIT: Child's Play March 5-April 24; Wed.–Fri., 12–5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

LEGAL NOTICE OF DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC’S STANDARD CONTRACT RIDER NO. 50 PARALLEL OPERATION – FOR QUALIFYING FACILITY DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC (“Duke Energy Indiana”) hereby provides notice that on or around February 28, 2021, Duke Energy Indiana, in accordance with 170 IAC 4-4.1-10, will submit its Standard Contract Rider No. 50, Parallel Operation-For Qualifying Facility (“Standard Contract Rider 50”) to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) for approval under the Commission’s thirty-day administrative filing procedures and guidelines.

Standard Contract Rider 50 provides the calculation for the standard offer for the purchase of energy and capacity.

Standard Contract Rider 50 is available to all qualifying Duke Energy Indiana customers and is expected to be approved approximately thirty-days from the date of filing, unless an objection is made. Any objections may be made by contacting the Secretary of the Commission, or Randall C. Helmen with the Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor at the following addresses or phone numbers: Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor PNC Center 115 W. Washington St. Suite 1500 South Indianapolis, IN 46204 317-232-2494.

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MEYER NAJEM SHOWCASE: “The Collected Works of Sydney McQuade Otto”

by Sydney McQuade Otto January-March Meyer Najem Building Reception: Mar 20, 5–8 p.m.

“The Collected Works of Sydney McQuade Otto” Sign up in advance on our website, meet Sydney and enjoy her exhibit

FOUR DAY RAY SHOWCASE: “Bouts...and Beyond”

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SHOWCASE EXHIBIT: Alyssa Overton presents "Explore" March 5–27; Wed.–Fri., 12–5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Caravan Classes Family Art Time March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: 11–11:30 a.m.

Wednesday Art Classes February 3, 10, 17, 24 $15 per session 12:45–1:45 p.m.: Virtual Homeschool Art for ages 6–11 2–3 p.m.: Homeschool Art for ages 6–11 4:30–5:30 p.m.: After-school Art for ages 6–11 5:30–6:30 p.m.: Teen Art 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Adult Art caravanclasses@gmail.com or call 765-557-1969 CEA (Community Education Arts) Callout for “Spring Fancies” Original artwork, poetry/short prose, and music Deadline April 9, 2021 cearts.org/arts-showcase/

Fishers Arts Council Art Gallery at City Hall Presents: The Art of Bridging the Gap: a collection by Rebecca Robinson The Art of RUSH: by Hugh Syme Virtual Exhibit: Building our Inclusive Community Gallery spaces open Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, excluding holidays.

March 12, 7:00pm - Virtual Reception for Building our Inclusive Community March 19, 6:30pm - Virtual Reception for Hugh Syme bit.ly/fishersevents High Frequency Arts Spring Artist Open House & Reception: Mar 19, 5:00-9:00 pm High Frequency Arts at the Hub & Spoke Design Center 8100E 106th Street, Suite 110 highfrequencyarts.com/events

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Blueprint for Improvement: Elegant bath update in Carmel Commentary by Larry Greene The spacious master bathroom in this 1991 Windemere home had a garden tub, separate shower and two sink areas that needed cosmetic updates.

THE BLUEPRINT • The large deck-style tub was replaced with a freestanding tub and custom built-in cabinetry.

• The old flooring (including carpet around the tub) was replaced with porcelain tile.

• The walk-in shower was transformed with Calacatta gold marble and features a frameless glass enclosure. Brushed gold fixtures add beauty and elegance.

• The large vanity is topped with a stained butcher block countertop; the smaller vanity has a quartz top.

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Area of Kerameikos in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Don Knebel)

Kerameikos: The site of a famous Athenian speech Commentary by Don Knebel Most visitors to Athens, Greece, make their way to the Parthenon. Few visit nearby Kerameikos, the location of one of the most famous speeches in history.

TRAVEL Kerameikos, northwest of the Acropolis, was once home to potters attracted by clay deposits along the Eridanos River. The name “Kerameikos” is derived from the Greek word for pottery, the source of our “ceramic.” The area also is the site of an ancient cemetery. In 479 B.C., after Persian attacks, Themistocles, an Athenian politician, erected a wall around Athens to protect it from further invasions.

The 5-mile long Themistoclean Wall, opposed as provocative by Sparta, bisected Kerameikos, placing most of the cemetery outside the wall. The Dipylon Gate, located in Kerameikos, became the main entrance to Athens.

The cemetery area outside the wall became the burial site of prominent Athenians.

In 461 B.C., Pericles became the Athenian leader and built the Parthenon atop the Acropolis to replace an earlier temple to Athena destroyed by the Persians, with a road running from the Dipylon Gate to the Acropolis. In

431 B.C., Sparta attacked areas around Athens, initiating the Peloponnesian War. The next year, Pericles stood near the Diplyon Gate and delivered his famous Funeral Oration. As reported by Thucydides, the 2,800-word speech honored Athens’ war dead and exhorted the living to defend Athens’ democratic government, “in the hands of the many and not of the few,” against enemies trying to destroy it.

Scholars see in Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” several parallels to the reported words of Pericles, who died of the plague in 429 B.C. and was buried in Kerameikos.

Today, 11 acres of Kerameikos, within walking distance of the Acropolis, have been excavated. The area includes a section of the Themistoclean Wall and reproductions of grave markers of prominent Athenians. The Kerameikos Archeological Museum displays numerous artifacts uncovered during the excavation.

Don Knebel is a local resident who works for Barnes & Thornburg LLP. For the full column visit donknebel. com. You may contact him at editorial@youarecurrent.com.

In 431 B.C., Sparta attacked areas around Athens, initiating the Peloponnesian War. The next year, Pericles stood near the Diplyon Gate and delivered his famous Funeral Oration. As reported by Thucydides, the 2,800-word speech honored Athens’ war dead and exhorted the living to defend Athens’ democratic government, “in the hands of the many and not of the few,” against enemies trying to destroy it.

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Breif history of February Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt Picture this: You’re a Roman citizen in the eighth-century B.C. For hundreds of years prior to your time, GRAMMAR GUY your pagan ancestors celebrated a crazy ritual called Lupercalia, a wild fertility festival in which local priests smeared with goats’ blood would run naked through the streets, striking any woman they passed. These runby whippings were said to bring fertility to the women, who got the privilege of receiving these blows from the nude priests. The whips, known as “februum,” literally meant “to purify,” after the ancient Roman god Februum.

Lupercalia later became known as “Februa,” the festival of purification. This was probably a result of a focus group who thought that the naked whippings with goats’ blood were not politically correct enough. Incidentally, this festival was later replaced by the Christian holiday we know as Valentine’s Day. The month in which the festival of Februa happened was named “Februarius.” Who knows? Perhaps this year’s Valentine’s Day should have been renamed “Quarantine’s Day.” What about the “ru” in “February”? Why don’t we pronounce it? The word looks like a mash-up between “Febreeze” and “Furby.” While I don’t claim to be a linguist, my research shows that the dropped “r” in the pronunciation of “February” is a result of dissimilation, or haplology. Dissimilation is when two similar neighboring sounds in a word become different over time.

Think about the word “surprise.” Over time, this word has become pronounced as “su-prise.” This is exactly what has hap-

pened with February: Through the years, we’ve dropped the “ru,” now pronouncing the word as “Feb-you-ary.”

Curtis Honeycutt is a national award-winning, syndicated humor writer. Connect with him on Twitter (@curtishoneycutt) or at curtishoneycutt.com.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HEARING ON PROPOSED CUMULATIVE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE CITY OF FISHERS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana, that the Common Council of the City of Fishers will consider at City Hall One Municipal Drive Fishers, Indiana 46038 at 7:00 o’clock pm on Monday, March 15, 2021, the establishment of a Cumulative Capital Development Fund under the provisions of Indiana Code section 36-9-15.5 for all applicable uses stated therein.

The tax will be levied on all taxable real and personal property within the taxing district and will not exceed $0.05 per $100 of assessed valuation.

The proposed fund will be levied beginning with taxes due and payable in the year 2022. Taxpayers appearing at such hearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. The proposal for establishment of the Cumulative Capital Development Fund is subject to approval by the Department of Local Government Finance.

Within 30 days after the date of the adoption of the cumulative fund by the City of Fishers Common Council, the Common Council will publish a Notice of Adoption. Upon publication of the Notice of Adoption, fifty (50) or more taxpayers in the taxing district may file a petition with the County Auditor not later than noon 30 days after the publication of the Notice of Adoption setting forth their objections to the proposed fund.

CITY OF FISHERS, /s/ Christopher P. Greisl City Attorney One Municipal Drive Fishers, IN 46038

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FISHERS CITY COUNCIL Docket No. AN-21-5 The Fishers City Council (“Council”) hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 15th day of February, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. (the “Public Hearing”), to consider a Petition for voluntary Annexation (the “Petition”) of one (1) Lots known as the Legacy Bible Church property, located at 13490 Hower Rd on the east side of Howe Rd, north of 131st St, also known as parcel 13-11-29-00-00010.001, and consisting of approximately 16.42 acres. The legal description can be found at the Fishers City Hall in the Planning & Zoning Department. The Fishers City Council meeting will be conducted as a VIRTUAL/TELECONFERENCE MEETING. The public may stream the meeting online at http://tinyurl.com/ FishersCityHall.

A copy of the Petition is on file for examination at the Planning & Zoning Department, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana, 46038.

Interested persons may file written suggestions or objections relative to the request with the Planning and Zoning Department at or before said meeting, and/or they may contact Megan Schaefer, Assistant Director with the Planning and Zoning Department at 317-588-1431 prior to the Public Hearing for assistance.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above Petition, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above-specified time and place. The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FISHERS CITY COUNCIL Annexation: ANX-21-4 The Fishers City Council (“Council”) hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 15th day of March, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. (the “Public Hearing”), via Virtual / Teleconference Meeting.

The meeting agenda, with information on how to access this meeting, will be available online the Friday prior to the meeting date at: https://www.fishers.in.us/AgendaCenter, to consider a Petition for Voluntary Annexation (the “Petition”) of one (1) lot known as the Wetherill Estates Annexation located east of of Cumberland Road with the common address of 10275 Cumberland Road Fishers, IN 46037, consisting of approximately 6.44 acres. The legal description can be found at the Fishers City Hall in the Planning & Zoning Department.

A copy of the Petition is on file for examination with the Planning & Zoning Department located at 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana, 46038.

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, written comments, e-mails, and/or questions about the project request may be provided to the department contact prior to the public hearing meeting and/or they may contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 317-595-3155 prior to the Public Hearing for assistance.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above Petition, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above-specified time and place. The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

FISHERS CITY COUNCIL PETITIONER: City of Fishers City Hall 1 Municipal Drive Fishers, IN 46038 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FISHERS CITY COUNCIL Annexation: ANX-21-3 The Fishers City Council (“Council”) hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 15th day of March, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. (the “Public Hearing”), via Virtual / Teleconference Meeting.

The meeting agenda, with information on how to access this meeting, will be available online the Friday prior to the meeting date at: https://www.fishers.in.us/AgendaCenter, to consider a Petition for Voluntary Annexation (the “Petition”) of one (1) lot known as the Summerfield Annexation located south of E 136th Street with the common address of 11137 E 136th Street Fishers, IN 46038, consisting of approximately 5.1 acres. The legal description can be found at the Fishers City Hall in the Planning & Zoning Department.

A copy of the Petition is on file for examination with the Planning & Zoning Department located at 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana, 46038.

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, written comments, e-mails, and/or questions about the project request may be provided to the department contact prior to the public hearing meeting and/or they may contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 317-595-3155 prior to the Public Hearing for assistance.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above Petition, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above-specified time and place. The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

FISHERS CITY COUNCIL PETITIONER: City of Fishers City Hall 1 Municipal Drive Fishers, IN 46038 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE FISHERS CITY COUNCIL Annexation: ANX-21-1 The Fishers City Council (“Council”) hereby gives notice that it will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, the 15th day of March, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. (the “Public Hearing”), via Virtual / Teleconference Meeting.

The meeting agenda, with information on how to access this meeting, will be available online the Friday prior to the meeting date at: https://www.fishers.in.us/AgendaCenter, to consider a Petition for Voluntary Annexation (the “Petition”) of one (1) lot known as Sunderman Estates located south of E 106th Street with the common address of 11110 E 106th Street Fishers, IN 46037, consisting of approximately 5.07 acres. The legal description can be found at the Fishers City Hall in the Planning & Zoning Department.

A copy of the Petition is on file for examination with the Planning & Zoning Department located at 1 Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana, 46038.

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, written comments, e-mails, and/or questions about the project request may be provided to the department contact prior to the public hearing meeting and/or they may contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 317-595-3155 prior to the Public Hearing for assistance.

All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above Petition, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above-specified time and place. The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

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15. Shark’s place 16. Extend an Indianapolis Recorder subscription 17. Fab Four’s fifth?

18. Abe Lincoln feature 19. Photo finish 20. Apt name for a local hair salon 23. Mountaineer’s tool 24. Hamilton County Fair corn serving 25. Kelley School deg.

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39. Purdue alumna bio word 40. Britton Tavern, e.g.

44. Puts into piles 46. Stuffed with food 47. Hang in there 48. The “S” in GPS 50. Broken pottery bit 51. Online periodical 52. Indy newspaper 53. Anger 54. Small songbird 55. Spring bloomer 56. RN’s forte 57. “Say what?”

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TEACHER ASSISTANT POSITION The International Montessori School (www.intlmontessori.com), located in Carmel, Indiana, has a Teacher Assistant position available immediately. Working hours will be between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM Monday through Friday. Qualifying candidates should have an undergraduate degree or a diploma from a technical school and experience working with children ages 3 through 6 years old, should be enthusiastic, kind, and creative with a love for children.

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CATHOLIC CHURCH, CARMEL IN. IS LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME (40HRS/WK, W/BENEFITS) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO JOIN THE PARISH STAFF. AS THE POINT OF “FIRST CONTACT”

this position is vital to the integrity and professionalism of the Parish Offices. It is critical that this position supports the goal of ensuring efficient operation of the Parish Offices.

• Daily opening and closing of parish administration office.

• This person must have excellent people skills; good organizational skills and the ability to multi-task; Handle a high volume of telephone calls with courtesy, speed, accuracy and patience; Greet visitors to the Parish Office, including parishioners, volunteers and visitors, in a pleasant, professional, and sincere manner.

• Work independently with minimal supervision. Self-motivated, and a sense of discretion.

• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook).

• Provide administrative support to all Parish Staff.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate.

• Assist in Stewardship campaigns (mailings, pledge cards, letters, etc.)

• Additional Duties available on request Minimum of three years’ experience in working in similar position and duties. (Able to maintain a friendly and professional presence in person, on telephone, email and written correspondence.)

Interested candidates should email resume to apply@setoncarmel.org

NOW HIRING OPERATIONS MANAGER

Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Anderson Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell. We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

REQUIREMENTS: The ideal candidate is professional entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion, and day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision. APPLY AT Clevernest Inc. 240 W. Carmel Drive In 46032 tom@clevernest.com, 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com

OFFICE MANAGER

Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell. We are looking for more than an Office Manager, we are looking for someone who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis.

This position is responsible for the activities related to office operations; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of an incoming project and day to day office functions.

TO APPLY Clevernest Inc. 240 W. Carmel Drive Carmel IN 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100; www.clevernest.com

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UPSCALE HOTEL AND SPA FOR DOGS IN CARMEL SEEKS ADDITIONAL STAFF:

GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE,

City of Westfield • This role is highly customer-service focused and requires strong professionalism, communication, and multi-tasking skills • Confidence in answering phones, data entry, and greeting customers are essential • Position performs a variety of accounting duties involving utility billing, cash handling, collections, and accounts payable/receivable • Please send resume via email to ksparks@westfield.in.gov or mail to City of Westfield 2728 E. 171st St. Westfield, IN 46074 Attn: Kristen Sparks.

NOW HIRING

We are seeking excellent candidates for our front desk.

Greeting our guest, answering the phones, making appointments for hotel, daycare, and grooming. Also, some general cleaning.

Some office experience preferred. High school grads and above.

We are also looking for daycare members. This job entails you to be familiar with dogs and their behaviors. We need individuals who enjoy taking care of dogs in a setting where dogs play together , that includes cleaning up after messes, playing with them, watching body behavior and make sure dogs are getting along.

YOUR CLASSIFIED AD HERE!

Hotel Staff Members: We also need hotel staff members who can follow feeding instructions, walk dogs, and engage their minds. Keep up with simple chores: such as dishes, laundry, and suite cleaning.

Call Dennis O’Malia 317-370-0749

Our staff works as a team and we require a team minded spirt, client driven, detail oriented. Professional and a dog loving candidates.

Full time and part time positions available. If you meet the criteria, we want to hear from you. Email your resume to : Kim@happydoghotelandspa.com

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