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Indiana to remain in Stage 4.5 until August 27

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com

tive order that prohibits the disconnection of utility services. Starting Aug. 17, the state government capital complex will begin to reopen.

State officials have announced Indiana Contact tracing efforts will remain in Stage 4.5 of its reopening plan Box said about 77 percent of people with through at least Aug. positive cases were reached by various PANDEMIC 27. methods of communication to trace Local governments their recent contacts in an effort to can still impose more stringent guidekeep them from spreading the virus. lines for reopening. Marion County has “Those are the people we really worry enacted its own guidelines, capping about because it means that they likely social gatherings at 50 people and aren’t taking the steps they need to closing bars until at least Aug. 12. In (in order) to protect themselves, their Holcomb the state’s initial reopening plan, Indifriends and their family members who ana was scheduled to enter the fifth and final might also have been exposed,” Box said. “I stage by July 4, which was postponed due to a cannot stress enough how invaluable contact rise in COVID-19 cases. tracing is in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Indiana is one of several states in the MidEvery Hoosier has a role to play by telling your west, according to national health officials, employer, your friends and family members and that could be seeing early signs of a surge contact tracers if you test positive. in COVID-19 cases. State officials said July 29 “We’ve been able to mitigate the spread of they are working to keep “on top of” potential COVID in a number of situations in Indiana beoutbreaks. cause people have cooperated with our contact “I think that we’re nowhere near what we tracers.” see in Florida, Arizona, Texas and some other Box said a staffer at a recent church camp places,” Indiana Health Commissioner Dr. Kristested positive, and contact tracers were able tina Box said during a July 29 press briefing. to quickly trace the staffer’s contacts and “But because we did see an uptick not only in advise them to quarantine. Of the camp’s 50 our hospital admissions but in our percent pos- staff, who came from several states, 40 tested itivity and our number of positive cases, that’s positive but were able to quarantine or isolate why we stayed in (Stage) 4.5.” on-site.

State officials released data July 29 indicatBox said contact tracers intervened in at ing Indiana had more COVID-19 hospitalizations least 75 other large gatherings that could during the prior week. A state hospitalization have become hot spots for the virus’ spread census revealed 907 patients were hospitalized but were mitigated. They included weddings, with COVID-19, up from 595 reported June 26, camps, family reunions, church events, gradbut less than the 1,579 reported May 4. Howevuation parties and bachelor parties. In one er, daily hospitalizations had fallen to 53 July instance, at least 60 people were exposed at a 23, down from the 74 patients hospitalized July single prom in Indiana, Box said.

13 and the 121 hospitalized May 4.

Long-term care facility numbers The state’s seven-day moving average posDr. Daniel Rusyniak, the chief medical officer itivity rate increased to 6.8 percent July 21. of the Indiana Family and Social Services AdPreviously, the state reported a positivity rate ministration, responded July 29 to assertions of 4.5 percent June 18 and a 14.6 positivity rate that the state underreported long-term care May 3. facility deaths in the state.

“We are hopeful, but we have to do every“We have never underreported or hid data,” thing we can,” Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said.

Rusyniak said.

“What I’m reminded of on a daily basis is this State officials recently released preliminary virus will take what we give it, so it’s incumdata from individual long-term health care bent upon us to be on our best behavior and facilities in Indiana. The data included the numpracticing physical distancing and good hyber of positive cases and deaths among resigiene and masking up when you can’t put that dents. To compile the data, the state required distance between you.” facilities to submit their COVID-19 data dating Holcomb also announced a moratorium on to March 1. To date, roughly 95 percent of facilevictions from rental properties and that a pro- ities have reported data, and state officials are hibition on filling foreclosures will be extended working with the remaining facilities to secure through Aug. 14, which aligns with the executheir data, Rusyniak said.

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mid-June. 96th Street east of Sargent Road to CumProject: Ind. 37 Improveberland Road will remain ment Project closed and is anticipated Location: The 126th Street CONSTRUCTION to reopen in early Novemclosure switched to the ber. The official detour east side and is anticipated route will direct drivers to use Lantern to reopen in November. During this time, Road or Cumberland Road to 106th Street. cross access will be restricted, with only Project: Downtown infrastructure right in and right out. Northbound Ind. improvement 37 traffic will not have access to 126th Location: The intersection of Morgan Drive Street. Traffic on northbound Ind. 37 will and Lantern Road closed Feb. 10. Access to shift to southbound lanes and two lanes Fishers Elementary will be available from will remain in each direction. Local access 106th Street. Lantern Road is currently to businesses will remain open. closed to through traffic, beginning south Expected completion: 2022 of 116th Street to Fishers Pointe Boulevard.

Detour: Drivers will be directed to use Expected completion: The project will be 141st Street to Allisonville Road or 131st complete in the fall.

Street to Cumberland Road.

Detour: Lantern Road access open from Project: 131st Street at Nickel Plate Trail the north for local traffic and Fishers Crossing Elementary School but will be closed Location: 131st Street at the Nickel Plate between 116th Street and Fishers Pointe Trail Crossing closed July 28 for approxiBoulevard. Use Fishers Pointe Boulevard mately one week. Work included regrading for detour. of the crossing, removing the stop sign and the construction of speed tables. Beginning Aug. 5, after the reopening of 131st Street at the Nickel Plate Trail Crossing, the roundabout and the trail construction will begin. 126th Street from the Nickel Plate Trail Crossing to Ford Drive will be closed.

Expected completion: Late September Project: Utility relocation for future 96th Street expansion Location: 96th Street between Lantern and Cumberland roads Expected completion: 96th Street expansion to begin this year, utility work expected for the next several months Project: Sargent Road roundabout, Mud Creek bridge replacement and additional travel lanes Location: 96th Street between Sargent Road and Cumberland Road.

Expected completion: The Sargent Road roundabout is anticipated to reopen in

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Project: Pennington Road structure replacmenet Location: Pennington Road is closed to through traffic between Ind. 32 and 186th Street for the replacement of a small structure.

Expected completion: Oct. 16 Project: Road rehabilitation Location: A 3-mile stretch of 236th Street will be closed for two separate phases for road rehabilitation. The first phase is from west of Devaney Road to east of Tollgate Road. This phase is scheduled to be closed through Dec. 1. The second phase is from west of Deming Road to west of Devaney Road.

Expected completion: The first phase is expected to be closed through Dec. 1, and the second phase is expected to begin in spring 2021.

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Fishers resident earns pageant title

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Vani Sharma embraces the welcoming nature of the pageant system of International United Miss.

ACHIEVEMENT “They really emphasize on showing others that they care,” Sharma said.

Sharma, an incoming freshman at Fishers High School, was crowned the 2020-21 International United Miss Preteen July 17 in Galloway, N.J. “The best part was meeting everyone, and all the themed parties were fun,” Sharma said.

Sharma, who turns 14 this month, competed in the weeklong event with girls from across the U.S. in the areas of evening gown, personal introduction, personal interview and high-fashion runway. Sharma, who was appointed as the Indiana pageant representative, won the academic achievement and talent awards and was the first runner-up for community service.

Sharma performed a Bollywood dance on stage at the pageant. She chose the live performance instead of a taped perfor-

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“Christina Hale is trying to reinvent herState Senator Victoria Spartz, the Reself as a moderate, but just last week she publican nominee for Indiana’s 5th District was endorsed by far-left Democrat Congressional seat, Elizabeth Warren. Hale has been ELECTION has challenged handpicked by the Washington Democratic nomiestablishment because they know nee Christina Hale to at least three Hale will vote to make Nancy Pelosi debates before the Nov. 3 general the Speaker of the House and push election. the button for every item on Pelosi’s Spartz suggested a September out-of-touch, partisan agenda.” debate hosted by Indiana Town As of press time, Hale had not Spartz Halls and challenged Hale to agree returned Current’s request for a to at least two more debates hosted by response to Spartz’s challenge. neutral organizations and moderators.

It was not immediately clear what “Fifth District Hoosiers should have the mitigation efforts the candidates would opportunity to hear directly from their implement during the COVID-19 pandemic if candidates for Congress in multiple dedebates were scheduled. bates,” Spartz stated. “Hoosiers have a clear U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, who was first choice between my record of standing up elected in 2012, is not seeking reelection. to the establishment in both parties and Spartz and Hale, along with Libertarian canworking with Governor (Eric) Holcomb to didate Ken Tucker, are vying for the seat. strengthen our economy, protect Hoosiers which many observers regard as a toss-up. with pre-existing conditions, and make govSpartz, Indiana’s District 20 state senator ernment more efficient and effective, and representing Noblesville, defeated 14 candiChristina Hale’s record of opposing all the dates in the June primary to win the Repubmajor reforms of Governors Daniels, Pence lican nomination. She received 39.7 percent and Holcomb that led to record prosperity in of the vote.

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Disability committee holds first meeting

By Sophia Ling news@currentinfishers.com Carmel’s Advisory Committee on Disability held its inaugural meeting July 24, four months later than CITY NEWS scheduled because of the pandemic. The two-hour virtual meeting included insight from the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability.

Members of both committees said their primary goal is to educate themselves and the public and make events more accessible for people with disabilities.

Marissa Deckert, assistant director of Fishers Parks & Recreation, said she continually challenges her team to find ways to make events inclusive for all. She cited local partnerships, such as with Culture City, a nonprofit that provides training and resources for events, to accommodate those with sensory processing disorders. Sensory bags with noise-reducing headphones, communication cue cards and other items can be checked out at events to improve the experience for those with sensory processing disorders.

To increase transportation and housing

accessibility, Carmel’s ADA Coordinator David Littlejohn is taking an inventory of the city. If any city infrastructure is noncompliant with ADA requirements, it is prioritized on the list and will be addressed. Littlejohn is working with relevant departments to meet accessibility requirements so people can be accommodated in public facilities and apartment buildings. He aims to make all of Carmel’s roundabouts ADA-compliant by the end of the year.

The Carmel committee wants to offer more social opportunities for students and adults with disabilities. Fishers has developed a program called THRIVE Fishers to connect families through social meetups, such as concerts and movies. For adults, program started a chapter of the Kiwanis Aktion Club that the Carmel committee may also take into consideration.

The groups aim to evolve disability awareness into a “yearlong and very integrated process of changing people’s minds (about disabilities),” according to Kelly Hartman, co-chair of the Fishers committee.

The Carmel committee meets quarterly and airs meetings on Carmel TV. The next meeting is in October.

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Fishers playgrounds, splash pads reopen — Fishers Parks and Recreation Dept. recently announced it reopened its playgrounds and splash pads. . Shelter and facility rentals for up to 250 people are permitted, as are athletic field rentals for non-contact sports.

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Fishers AgriPark opens to the public news@currentinfishers.com The Fishers AgriPark, 11171 Florida Rd., opened to the public July 28. Leading up to the opening, the AgriPark conducted several produce giveaways.

FARMING Now, people can visit the farm and learn about farming practices. When the produce is ready for harvest, it will be available to the community at no charge. Guests can take part in the harvesting.

AgriPark offers open house-style evenings through August, which includes tours, encounters with farm animals and more. Registration is required for each of the 10

grand-opening events. The events are from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday each week.

On Aug. 6, Mayor Scott Fadness will speak and lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“The vision for the AgriPark is finally coming to life,” Fadness stated in a press release. “Connecting future generations to the roots of Fishers’ past through hands-on farming experience will not only remind us of our city’s history, but teach all residents the breadth of impact agriculture has on each of us. We look forward to sharing this exciting new park with our residents.”

The 33-acre urban farm includes a tunnel-covered grow-

ing area and a 3-acre produce garden. There also is a 5-acre animal farm and a tree nursery with 200 trees. The trees will be used to replenish trees throughout Fishers’ parks, facilities and roadways. There also is a 5-acre open-play area and a trail. A corn maze, pumpkin patch and sunflower field will offered in the fall.

Face masks are required when guests can’t socially distance with those outside of their household while at the AgriPark.

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Ride to benefit food bank

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The inaugural Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Ride ran into one major roadblock in 2019.

EVENT “We had about 10 riders last year. I didn’t realize we planned the ride for the same day as Motorcycles on Meridian,” said Greg McKenzie, one of the event’s organizers. “Our promotion was OK, but we didn’t capture many people for that very reason.”

There will be no such conflict when the second Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank Ride begins at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 at Harley-Davidson of Indianapolis, 12400 Reynolds Dr., Fishers. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m.

Riders will visit food pantries in Cicero and Sheridan and the Harvest Food Bank in Noblesville. It ends with a meal at Harley-Davidson’s lot.

McKenzie said he is shooting for 50 riders.

“But I’d be happy if we had 30 riders,” McKenzie said. “I’ve been putting (out) feelers with different motorcycle groups.”

McKenzie said if he doesn’t have a ride captain, he will most likely lead the ride.

McKenzie, who lives in north Indianapolis, serves as a co-organizer with Bob Killmer and Mary Lou Finchum, Harvest Food Bank board president. McKenzie and Killmer both are members of the Hamilton County Division of MIBOR, or Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors.

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Killmer, a Noblesville resident, said the Harvest Food Bank serves 40 different organizations, including 28 food pantries and school systems for summer lunch programs and regular lunch programs during the school year.

“Our goal is to raise awareness on what a food bank does versus a food pantry,” Killmer said. “The food bank supplies the pantries and different organizations.”

Killmer is in charge of the grilling for a meal at noon after the ride. Harley-Davidson is donating some of the meat.

Cost is $25 for a rider and $30 for a rider and passenger. For more, visit the Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank’s Facebook page.

OBITUARIES Richard A. Braley, age 75, passed away peacefully at home in Noblesville, IN, on March 24, 2020, surrounded by loved ones. He was born on September 13, 1944, in Grinnell, IA, to Frank W. Braley and Harriet (Gwin) Braley. A graphic artist, t-shirt designer and cartoonist, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Drake University in June 1966. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served as an artillery officer in Vietnam (1968-69), where he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat “V”.

Richard is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, Leigh Ann (Dodson) Braley, their children, Andrew Braley (Renee) and Rebecca Braley; sons Michael Braley (Kate Davis) and Matthew Bersagel Braley (Kari), and their

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Donations may be made in Richard’s memory to The Skin Cancer Foundation (www.skincancer.org), The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), Suburban Hospice (c/o Hancock Regional Foundation, 801 N. State St., Greenfield, IN 46140), or a charity of your choice.

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Holcomb’s statewide mandate requires masks to be worn in all indoor places and outdoors when social distancing is not posQuakenbush sible. The mandate went into effect July 27.

“Regardless of any opinion of masks or their impact on COVID-19 good or bad, we must not deviate from the documents which protect our freedoms and liberties.

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– Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush The mandate is required for those 8 and older. Originally, violators could face a Class B misdemeanor, but Holcomb changed the enforcement to focus mainly on education,

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Quakenbush noted that the mandate was not introduced as a bill in the General Assembly and that Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill recently issued an opinion stating the mandate is unconstitutional.

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Solar United Neighbors offers solar tips 2007 in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “Here in Indiana, we’ve helped about 40 homes and businesses go solar through three solar coSolar United Neighbors Indiana Program ops. We have two solar co-ops in Hamilton Director Zach Schalk recently offered his County and Boone County that just selected virtual prean installer (July 14), so we’re hopENVIRONMENT sentation of ing to help more groups go solar Solar 101. through those groups as well.”

“We are a nonprofit that is workThe free solar co-ops make it ing to build a new energy system easy to save money with a bulk disthat is clean, just and equitable and count by going solar with a group. gives control to local communities,” Schalk said co-op members get a Schalk said on a Zoom session. “We free review of their roof to see if soSchalk help Hoosiers go solar, join together lar panels will work for them, along and fight for their energy rights because with 1-on-1 one support for their questions we think we need a strong solar movement about going solar and an individualized prohere in Indiana and around the country that posal for solar at a bulk rate is pushing for rooftop solar and other clean Solarize Indiana is a statewide partner. energy technology (and) policies that allow In Boone County, Schalk said Solar United everybody to benefit from a clean and equiNeighbors is partnering with Boone County table energy system.”

Voices of Change and the Town of Zionsville, Indiana’s program was launched in 2019 and in Hamilton County with Carmel Green and is one of the newer of the 12 states, Initiative, Westfield Green Together and the Schalk said. cities of Carmel and Fishers.

“Nationally, we have facilitated more than Schalk said he addresses reasons why 240 of our solar co-ops and helped nearly some people are skeptical about going solar 5,000 homes and businesses go solar since in Indiana because it’s cloudy or snows for we started as a volunteer neighbor group in long periods of time.

Schalk uses a solar intensity map to debunk some of those myths to show available solar resources in states where there is a lot of sun and some without much.

“Indiana is right there in the middle of the range,” he said. “The map compares Indiana with Germany, which has some of the highest solar penetration in the world, even though they have much less solar resources in Germany than we have here in Indiana. If they can harvest sunshine in Germany, we can certainly do so here in Indiana.”

The south face of a roof is generally the best option for panels.

“Panels are efficient enough today that east or west installation can often make economic sense, but really, you just want to avoid a north-facing roof. That’s when your production will really fall off,” Schalk said.

“We want to avoid as much shading as possible because when your system is being shaded, it is not producing electricity.”

The nonprofit recommends replacing a roof first if the homeowner thinks it will need to be replaced in five to 10 years.

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ER, urgent care center to open — Riverview Health Emergency Room & Urgent Care will open its newest combined emergency room and urgent care facility at 7 a.m. Aug. 3 at 14585 Hazel Dell Parkway in Carmel.

The center is the second of three new freestanding facilities to open in the northern Indianapolis suburbs. An additional facility is planned to open in West Carmel/Zionsville later this year.

Fishers AgriPark gives away produce — Fishers AgriPark in southeast Fishers has been conducting regular produce giveaways through its Facebook page. For more, visit the Fishers AgriPark Facebook page.

Farmers market — The Fishers Farmers Market runs from 8 a.m. to noon at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater. The market will run through Sept. 29.

HCAA exhibit — The Hamilton County Artists’ Association will hold an exhibit in Fishers City Hall, 1 Municipal Dr., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday. The exhibit is free.

Governor appoints Fishers resident to Indiana Election Commission — Gov. Eric Holcomb reappointed Fishers resident Zachary Klutz to the Indiana Election Commission.

Klutz is a partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and will serve until July 1, 2022.

F.C. Tucker stats – Fishers continued to see a strong residential real estate market in June 2020. According to F.C. Tucker Company, the average sale price for a Fishers homes was $353,147, a 14.3 percent increase compared to June 2019. Homes in Fishers left the market more slowly in June 2020 compared to this time last year, however, spending 6 more days on the market. The average price per square foot for a Fishers home increased in June 2020, compared the June 2019, to $137.05 – a 7.5 percent increase.

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St. George Orthodox church welcomes new pastor, Rev. Nabil Hanna reassigned to L.A.

in this case, it was a wonderful opportunity to be together for three Sundays and other services during the week,” Hanna said. “Sometimes, (pastors) just leave and the other one comes in. This time, there was an opportunity to have a good pass off and passing of the baton. I know it will be seamless.”

Hanna and Yazge attended seminary together at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York.

“We were classmates and got to know each other when we started in 1986,” Hanna said. “We’ve been friends.”

Hanna said his proudest accomplishment during his time at St. George Orthodox Christian Church was building a sense of family within the parish.

“No matter what peoples’ backgrounds are, and we are very diverse, we are all one in Christ, and that’s our bond,” he said. “We have God as our father, and that makes us all brothers and sisters.”

Hanna said the biggest challenge in moving to Los Angeles is the impact of tight COVID-19 restrictions in California.

“It’s much worse out there. They cannot have anything indoors,” he said. “They are doing services in the parking lot. It’s a large community there in Los Angeles, so how do I meet people, how do I get established?

That’s going to be a major challenge to find people and keep them connected to the church in this strange time.”

Hanna’s three adult children live on the West Coast: Two in Portland, Ore., and one in Southern California.

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com After 25 years of leading the St. George Orthodox Christian Church through growth and change, Rev. Nabil Hanna will move to Los Angeles to serve as the pastor at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Los Angeles later this month.

“I’ve been with the (St. George Orthodox) parish since 1995, 25 years, and we just (recently) celebrated that with the parishioners,” he said. “It was a 25-year (celebration) and sendoff.”

Hanna’s first Sunday in Los Angeles will be Aug. 16.

Established in 1926 in Indianapolis, St. George Orthodox Christian Church moved to Fishers in 2013.

“We relocated up here to follow where our people were. About 80 percent of our people live within a 10-mile radius of this location,” Hanna said.

Pastoral assignment is decided by the Orthodox Christian Church Bishops.

“The bishops do the assigning. They just have to assess needs and see where is the best fit,” Hanna said.

The bishops assigned Rev. Anthony Yazge to replace Hanna as the church’s pastor.

Yazge was most recently the director of an Antiochian Village camp in West Virginia.

He served there for 14 years. Prior to that, he served at St. George Orthodox Church in Terre Haute for 18 years.

Yazge looks forward to his new assignment at the church.

“The idea that this is one family in Christ here, that it’s really exciting for me coming back into parish ministry after doing camp and youth ministry for 14 years,” Yazge said.

Because he previously worked with young people during two-week camps throughout the summer, Yazge is familiar with some of the St. George parishioners who sent their children to camp.

A smooth transistion is expected because Hanna and Yazge served together for a few weeks prior to Hanna’s departure.

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Rev. Anthony Yazge preaches from the Gospel at St. George Orthodox Christian Church. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

Although not as confining as California’s, St. George Orthodox Christian Church in Fishers has its own COVID-19 restrictions. One hundred parishioners can attend in-person, and another 100 can visit the church but watch on a television in a separate room. Other parishioners can view the service online.

Parishioners make reservations to attend services.

Another interruption is the iconographers from Greece finishing the church’s iconography. They had to abrubtly return to Greece on an evacuation flight due to the pandemic. When restrictions ease, the iconographers are expected to return and complete their work.

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Living in land of systemic opportunity

Commentary by Terry Anker In early March, technology giant Cisco updated its report on, among other things, the use of internet-based video, which has increased to the point that 1 million minutes of content crosses the platform per second. Each minute of our lives, one could consume 1 million hours of video-based information. Considering that a human who manages to achieve the impressive maturity of 85 years has spent a mere 744,600 hours alive, it would be a neat feat to take in even a single “internet” minute. Even more, if that admirable addict managed to constrain sleep to seven hours per day, they could get to slightly more than one-half of the content pumped into the ether.

Add the countless print articles, voice-only blogs and web pages, then the scope of what a mortal could manage to absorb, even if fully and only dedicated to the web, would be statistically insignificant. Humans cannot consume it all. Still, we have a justifiable appetite to be informed. It protects us and gives us an advantage in a challenging world.

If internet years blow by exponentially faster than dog years, how do we proceed?

Speed reading? WebsiteHostingRating.com (yes, there is such a thing) contends that “The average attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds; this year the average attention span is just 8 seconds. That is less than the 9-second attention span of your average goldfish.” Experts? Among the many millions of experts, we have come to rely on experts to select our experts who were chosen by other experts. Emotion? We could “follow our guts” and feel our way.” Localize? We have the best chance of making sense if we withdraw to our nation, state, town, home, or safe place under the bed. Maybe it’s time to take a walk — without a phone.

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

Flush with low expectations Commentary by Danielle Wilson

facility, incorporating the combined men’s and women’s score into the ever-expanding As many of you know, I’ve been spending overall Best-to-Worst list. I’ve even written this already difficult summer in Kentucky articles about this (anyone recall the Wilson helping to care for my father I-70 Adventure of 2010? An unpretentious HUMOR who has terminal cancer. The Kansas Conoco stole our hearts!). other night as my mom and I My point is that, during this topsy-turvy were preparing for bed after a particularly year of COVID-19, protests, election shenanexhausting evening, she commented, “If igans and, for me, a dying parent, each day nothing else, this is a crapshoot. Will certainly is a journey.”

I be pleasantly surOr, will even my low I immediately replied, prised with air fresh“Yeah, if that journey expectations be surpassed eners and silk flowers is a cross-country and urine-free floors? with no toilet paper, road trip and every Or, will even my low day is a questionable unidentifiable wall stains expectations be surgas station bathpassed with no toilet and a rotting mackerel room!” How’s that for paper, unidentifiable on-the-fly metaphors? stink that makes me gag wall stains and a And the more I rotting mackerel stink on my beer nuts? thought about it, that makes me gag on the more brilliant I my beer nuts? realized my observation was. Interstates, Either way, I suppose I’m making memhighways, backroads — wherever your vaories. And isn’t that what journeys are all cation is taking you, the unpredictability of about? Peace out. potty stops is a major factor of the driving experience. I know my family isn’t alone in attempting to predict cleanliness and Danielle Wilson is a contributing accessibility based on things like storecolumnist. You may email her at front displays, parking lot conditions and info@youarecurrent.com. which, if any, fast-food chain is sharing the building. Then we delight in ranking the

Editor, I am a minority from a poor (legal) immigrant family. I have experienced racism, prejudice, bullying and even beatings growing up in a Caucasian neighborhood. Nevertheless, my dad taught us that regardless of racism, the USA is indeed great! In spite of her faults, we immigrated to the land to which immigrants flock. We are here not to face racism, but for the systemic opportunity. Disagree? Point to another country which provides more opportunity regardless of race, color, creed — then move there! Even Jesus lived in the time of slavery/racism and did not conquer it.

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Calling it a TV career Commentary by Dick Wolfsie “How much longer can you do a crazy gig like this?” Marcus Collins, my WISH-TV photographer, asked. It was a subHUMOR tle reference to both my age (44 at the time) and the nature of the job. In November of 1990, Channel 8 hired me to do live remotes between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. every weekday. Before that, I had hosted a morning talk show on Channel 13, live from Union Station.

“Geesh, who knows?” I remember saying to Marcus. “I really can’t see doing this after I’m 50.”

But soon I was 50, then 55. Then 60, 65 and 70. At 73 (after 4,890 shows), I picked up the remote control for my career this past March and clicked the pause button. With the pandemic, it was too risky to venture out, interacting with the public.

Last month, I picked up that career remote again, this time hitting the exit button. My mug had been on TV for 40-plus years. Enough is enough.

It’s weird to get up in the morning now and realize there is little to do on my to-do list. I already miss the action, finding something really cool that most people don’t know about, and creating a show around it. I loved discovering a novel place or event and deciding after arriving at the shoot how to turn it into four interesting segments. It usually involved interviewing people I had

never met, many of whom had never been on TV. That was the challenge.

Before getting my big break at a TV station, I was a high school teacher and was sure that “performing” in front of 30 kids every day was my only real talent. What a stroke of great luck to find another outlet for my abilities. I would have made a lousy … well, made a lousy almost anything else.

Last week, WISH-TV prepared “Goodbye” snippets from previous shows that aired throughout the week and concluded with a half-hour special July 31. The show included video clips, recorded well-wishes and a lot of ribbing, all well-deserved. Most all of it is now posted on the WISH-TV Facebook page and Wishtv.com.

In my next couple of columns, I’ll recount some of my favorite stories, about Barney and Richard Simmons and Dick the Bruiser, and there will be some surprises — if not for you, for me. Who can remember that far back?

Thanks to everyone who has watched through the years. What a privilege it has been for me!

Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.

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Mary Poppins and chimney sweeps appeared at Kits & Kaboodle Classic Toys for a July 17 grand-reopening ceremony at its new store at Carmel City Center, 723 Hanover Place. The store will be open at its previous location at Cool Creek Commons, 2442 146th St., with a clearance sale through the end of July. Store owner Teena Dobbins, a Carmel resident, waving, opened Kits & Kaboodle in 2004.

The new shop features a Mary Poppins theme and will eventually include a Bert’s Book Nook and an interactive Poppins Play Area. Dobbins said she wants a more British toy store-theme in the new store. (Photos by Mark Ambrogi)

DISPATCHES Indiana has 5th-highest need for loans — The U.S. unemployment rate is improving but is still at 11 percent. The personal finance website WalletHub recently released updated rankings for the states where people need the most loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indiana ranked fifth on the list. WalletHub combined internal credit card report data with date on Google search increases for three loan-related terms in the 50 states and Washington, D.C. To see the full study, visit wallethub.com.

Source: WalletHub.com Credit cards for foreign travel — If you’re traveling in foreign countries, credit card transaction fees add up. There are some credit cards, however, that are attractive for foreign purchases. Many cards charge neither an annual fee nor a foreign transaction fee. These no-fee cards include Bank of America Travel Rewards, Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards, Discover it Cashback Match and Priceline Rewards Visa.

Source: BottomLineInc.com Indiana has slow recovery from unemployment claims — Although unemployoment claims continue to fall nationally, Indiana’s unemployment claims have experienced the slowest recovery in the U.S., according to a recent study by the personal

finance website WalletHub. To identify which states are experiencing the quickest recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub compared the 50 states and Washington, D.C., across three metrics based on changes in unemployment claims. To see the full study, visit wallethub.com.

Source: WalletHub.com New car replacement insurance — Typical insurance policies only pay a depreciated value for your car if it’s totaled in an accident. Recent ads offering full replacement cost are very common. They don’t, however, tell the whole story. Full replacement cost coverage will increase your premium by at least 15 percent and is only good for a limited time period, or specific number of miles.

It might not be worth the extra premiums given the chance of totaling your car is less than 1 percent in a year.

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Keep our community safe Commentary by Jonathan Nalli The emergence of the novel coronavirus earlier this year presented the world with an unprecedented PANDEMIC challenge. Not since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 have we faced such a daunting public health crisis. By late February, it was clear our health care system, government and every American citizen would need to work together to conquer this invisible enemy.

Throughout this challenge, we have found inspiration in witnessing the incredible and selfless work of caregivers at the front lines of our health system and across the U.S. The doctors, nurses, facility management teams and other support teams in our hospitals are giving everything they have to meet the needs of Indiana communities.

These heroes are the embodiment of our mission to serve.

As we enter the fifth month of this public health crisis, I continue to take comfort in seeing the compassion and commitment of everyday citizens to protect Indiana communities, families and neighbors and help our health care heroes stop this virus.

It is important to understand that COVID-19 is easily spread and can have devastating effects. Therefore, our communities should come together to use every mitigation tool at our disposal to halt its spread. Looking after each other and being neighborly is what American values are all about.

We should all be taking some simple steps to reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting COVID-19. For starters, we should all wear a mask or face covering while in public. Masking helps prevent respiratory droplets from traveling into the air and onto other people, an important aspect of “source control” of the virus.

Frequent hand-washing for about 20 seconds with soap and water, and refraining from touching your face, are two of the most effective ways to remove germs and prevent infection to yourself and others, requiring nothing more than a few moments of your time. This kind of hand-washing should extend beyond the pandemic and become a regular, healthy habit.

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lic spaces is another simple yet important way to keep the virus from spreading.

While we still have much to learn about COVID-19, we know that everyone in our community plays a crucial role in helping us all stay healthy and safe. Only through the cooperation of everyone can we curb the high number of cases that we are experiencing.

We appreciate the efforts of local businesses, institutions and schools that have developed and are implementing mitigation strategies, including mask guidelines and social distancing for their employees, customers and community members. We’ve seen many organized efforts come together during the past several months to ensure front-line workers and our most vulnerable community members have access to masks and other protective equipment.

We understand some of these safety measures may result in discomfort. However, we have a shared responsibility as members of our communities to care for others as we would ourselves. As you venture outside during these hot summer months, we implore you to proudly show your American values: Be responsible, do the right thing and love your neighbors through these simple acts.

Equally important is seeking the care you need if you become sick or develop an emergency. We’ve made many changes to our hospitals, office practices and emergency departments to keep you safe and protect you from the COVID-19 virus. Too often, we’ve seen patients suffer at home with a medical emergency out of fear of coming to the hospital or other health care setting.

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If we work together, continue to wear masks, wash our hands and adhere to social distancing, we will be successful in helping keep each other safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Customers can get a free eye exam and two pairs of eyeglasses for $69.99. The store also offers contact lenses and is outfitted with state-of-the art equipment.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana co-founder Don Farrell’s creative juices are flowing.

Farrell and co-founders THEATER Judy Fitzgerald and Cynthia Collins are working on ways to reimagine the 2020-21 season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ATI announced July 28 it has canceled its four productions planned for the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. ATI was set to open Sept.

4 with “Always … Patsy Cline,” which featured a two-person cast of Fitzgerald and Collins. The other shows canceled were “Lombardi” in 2020 and “The Big Bang: The Musical” and “Damn Yankees” in 2021.

Farrell said it would put the organization at financial risk if it attempted to move forward only having to later postpone or cancel productions. Originally, he said they believed ATI could put on the two-person “Patsy Cline” show because it is a two-person cast. But the production costs were higher with COVID-19 testing and other factors.

“Plus, our (COVID-19 case) numbers were a lot better then,” he said. “It’s a trying time for everyone, and the entertainment industry has been hit so hard.”

Farrell said the safety of ATI performers and patrons is at the forefront of any decision.

“The good news is this. While we are taking a pause from presenting full-scale productions, we are all thinking outside the box to stay relevant and publicly connected during these difficult times for all arts organizations,” said Farrell, whose company uses Actors’ Equity Association performers.

Farrell said several options are being explored, which he hopes to announce soon.

“I’m waiting on an approval for the board for one project,” Farrell said. “It will be a little different, but we’re excited to be able to offer it.”

Farrell said if circumstances allow, ATI can add more traditional programming back into the schedule.

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Don Farrell and Judy Fitzgerald appear in Actors Theatre of Indiana’s “Sweeney Todd” in 2016.

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Civic Theatre shows on for now Civic Theatre’s first show, “Matilda The Musical,” is scheduled for Oct. 2-17 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts.

“We can’t know at this point exactly what our future will be like for live experiences, but we are committed to finding the best path forward while ensuring the safety of our patrons, staff and volunteers,” said Melissa Hook, Civic marketing and events manager. “Following social distancing guidelines at this time, available seating in the venues at the Center for the Performing Arts have been significantly reduced to ensure patrons and their families are at least 6 feet apart while enjoying a performance.”

CCP cancels 2020 shows Carmel Community Players closed its final three performances of “The Last Five Years,” July 31, Aug, 1-2 after learning one

of the show’s staff tested positive for COVID-19. The individual did not have direct contact with audience members but did have contact with the cast.

The occurrence helped convince CCP to cancel the final two shows of 2020. CCP Board President Lori Raffel said when the decision was made to resume the season, CCP believed it could do it safely.

“We now feel strongly that in the best interest of our patrons and volunteers, we must cancel all in-person activities for the remainder of the year, which means that ‘Shipwrecked! An Entertainment’ and our holiday show will not be happening as planned,” Raffel stated. “Season ticket holders will be given the choice to either receive a refund for the last show of the (2020-21) season or donate that amount to CCP for use in finding a new home and future show expenses.”

For more, visit carmelplayers.org.

Organizers cancel Indy GreekFest editorial@youarecurrent.com Indianapolis GreekFest organizers explored several options before announcing the decision July 26 to cancel the annual event.

“We were planning on having preorder and drive-thru,” said Renee Brochhagen, Indy GreekFest secretary and marketing director. “However, given the increases in COVID cases, the uncertainty of what new restrictions may be in place at the end of August, and for the health and safety of the volunteers, customers and the community, we thought it best to cancel the event.”

The event, which celebrates Greek Orthodox and traditions, was scheduled for Aug. 28-29 at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 3500 W. 106th St., Carmel.

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(Above) Michael Hogan performs with Toy Factory July 24 as part of the Fishers Pop-Up Concert Series at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater. Toy Factory performed two shows in the limited-capacity outdoor setting. Huckleberry Funk will perform two shows at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21. The Fishers Parks Dept. sponsors the concert series, which is presented by IU Health Saxony. (Left) Angela Smith sings with Toy Factory July 24 (Photos by Fishers Parks)

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much stiffer when the film won the Summer White Lynch Memorial Award Grand Prize of $2,000, which was announced July 25 near Raymond Mo was pleasantly surprised the conclusion of Indy Shorts. when his film was selected in the Heartland “I was ecstatic we won,” Mo said.

Film Festival ’s InternaMo and Hong worked on the FILM tional Indy Shorts Internafilm as their final project during tional Film Festival. a 2019 summer film program at Little did he know the best was Northwestern. yet to come.

“When we decided to make a The Carmel High School senior film together, we decided to find co-directed and co-wrote the film common links between us,” Mo said.

“Whipped Cream Cake” with Minju “She’s a Korean American and I’m Mo Hong, who is from the Detroit area a Chinese American, so we had our and is now a Northwestern University background. Being Asian American is a cenfreshman. tral part of your identity.”

After completion of the film in 2019, the Mo said they had similar priorities as duo sent it to several film festivals. It was far as family life and school. The story was accepted into Indy Shorts as an Indiana filmed in two weeks.

Spotlight winner in the High School Film The six-minute film is about a Korean Competition.

American girl, played by international stu“Then we were lucky enough to win the dent Yinuo Jiang. grand prize, too,” Mo said. “When it came Film is one of Mo’s many interests, along out we were the winners, I was very surwith journalism, finance and economics. prised. In my mind, the reason we won the He has written some articles for Current Indiana Spotlight is I was an Indiana resinewspapers. dent and it fit the criteria.”

“I enjoy being able to capture moments of However, Mo knows the competition was other people’s lives,” Mo said.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Red Geranium Artisan Market gives central Indiana artists an opportunity to display and sell their SHOPPING works. Equally important, proceeds from the Aug. 15 event support the First Presbyterian Church of Noblesville’s missions.

“We currently are involved with the Last Bell Ministries. They work with orphan graduates (in Ukraine), helping them get established with vocations and housing,” said Sue Jourdan, a missions elder of the church and founder of the Artisan Market. “We support Cru, which works on the campuses around the United States, working with our college youth. We have supported missionaries in Hungary through One Mission Society, which works with youth and does a yearly English camp. These are a few of the projects that we are involved in.

“We feel that especially now during these uncertain times that we continue to support these projects financially. This market helps do just that.”

Roman Lawson, right, pauses in front of his table at Red Geranium Artisan Market. (Submitted photo)

The fifth annual Red Geranium Artisan Market is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 15 at the church, 1207 Conner St. Admission is free.

Proceeds from the event help the church’s mission locally and abroad. Jourdan, a Noblesville resident, said there will be 35 different artisans.

Most of the vendors will be outdoors.

Masks are recommended outdoors and will be required for indoor shopping. Social distancing practices will be in place.

The entrance to the market is in the parking lot off 12th Street. Free parking is available at the Noblesville City Hall lot.

Anderson’s photos earn spotlight editorial@youarecurrent.com The Fishers Arts Council will present the “Art of James Anderson: Vacations and Abstracts” for its August exhibit ARTIST in The Art Gallery at City Hall in Fishers. The exhibit opened Aug. 1 and runs through Aug. 29. A free public reception for Anderson will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7 at The Art Gallery at City Hall.

Anderson said he has always enjoyed capturing photos and creating art from his youth. He received a prestigious L.S. Ayres Gold Key for one of his watercolor cityscapes in high school.

“I never understood what was so special about that one watercolor until nearly 50 years later when I saw a Matisse exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art,” Anderson said in a Fishers Arts Council news release. “That one work I created was very Matisse-like.”

During a physical for college, Anderson discovered that he is red/green/brownshade color blind.

“It is not that I don’t see those colors, but I have trouble distinguishing between them in certain lighting situations,” he said. “I always wondered why it was difficult for me

James Anderson’s photo abstract of a canyon and buttes. (Submitted photo)

to blend colors to achieve a desired color when painting with acrylics. Therefore, my wife has become my color advisor.”

Anderson set aside his artistic talents for several years to follow a career in information technology before eventually turning back to art.

“Shortly before retirement, God opened my eyes again to those dormant artistic talents as he showed me what I missed during my IT career,” Anderson said. “He brought artist friends back into my life who urged me to display the scenes I captured for others to view as well.” Buffalo Creek flows beside his Indianapolis home.

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History of Coyoacán: Honoring coyotes Commentary by Don Knebel The historic heart of Coyoacán is the second-most popular tourist destination in Mexico City. An iconic fountain TRAVEL at its center pays tribute to its history.

In the late 12th century, the Tepanecs established a village on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico.

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For both Tepanecs and Aztecs, coyotes represented cunning and sexual prowess and were the model for the god they called Huehuecoyotl (Old Coyote). In 1519, the Tepanecs supported Hernán Cortés against the Aztecs and Cortés launched his attack against Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, from Coyoacán. After defeating the Aztecs, Cortés made Coyoacán the capital of New Spain. In 1520, monks brought to Coyoacán to convert the Tepanecs began building the Baroque Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Church of St. John the Baptist) in the center of Coyoacán.

Coyoacán remained an independent municipality until the mid-19th century, when it

Fuentes de los Coyotes in Coyoacán, Mexico City.

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Responsibilities: • Oversee and coordinate all accounting, reporting and financial activities and personnel for all entities • Establish controls and monitor budgets to mitigate risk and increase return on investments • Standardize and maintain a system of accounting processes and procedures to facilitate accurate record keeping • Cash Management oversight of several bank accounts, producing weekly cash projection and other analysis as requested • Work with the companies’ CPA firm to complete EOY Review, Income and Property Tax Returns • Manage all Prepaids, Monthly Allocations and Accruals for retail locations and related companies • Maintain relationship with the companies

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banking partners regarding cash and loan accounts, as well as monitoring covenant compliance and reporting • Allocate and record all new Asset Purchase Transactions and maintain related depreciation schedules • Perform other duties as assigned Qualifications: • Accounting Degree required plus 6+ years of relevant Accounting Experience • Experience with Inter-Company Accounting • Experience performing a Month End Close • In depth experience working with Microsoft Excel and experience working in Quickbooks required • Strong leadership qualities • Self-motivated and willing to work as part of a team • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

To apply send resumes to Tamra Marks via email tamra.marks@indianaliquor.com

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people for this upcoming school year at Westfield Washington School District for a variety of positions including: Nutritionist, kitchen lead, barista, office admin, and cafeteria worker. Please call Linda McCoy 317-867-8061 or Joey Healy at 317867-8060 for more details. Apply at the Support Services office at 18160 Market Court, Westfield, Indiana 46074.

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