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CDC issues new guidance for vaccinated people

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened guidance for people who are fully vaccinated PANDEMIC against COVID-19.

Fully vaccinated people include those who have received two shots of Moderna’s or Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccines and have waited at least two weeks past completing their vaccine regimen. Also included are those who have been inoculated with Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine and have waited two weeks past completing their vaccine regimen.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidance, fully vaccinated people can gather indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask. They can gather indoors with unvaccinated people from one other household — such as when visiting relatives who live together — without masks, unless any of those people, or anyone they live with, has an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

Fully vaccinated people who have been

around someone who has COVID-19 do not need to stay away from others or get tested unless they have symptoms, according to the guidance. However, if they live in a group setting, such as a correctional or detention facility or group home, and are around someone who has COVID-19, they are advised to quarantine for 14 days and get tested, even if they don’t have symptoms of the disease.

“COVID tends to hit those (long-term care) facilities like a wildfire, so they want people to be extra careful when visiting folks who live in congregate care settings or who are seniors or who do have a higher risk of death or complications from COVID,” said Claire Haughton, public health educator for the Boone County Health Dept.

The CDC still recommends fully vaccinated people to practice proper mitigation efforts in most situations, including in public, when gathering with unvaccinated people from more than one household or when visiting an unvaccinated person who is at an increased risk of death or severe illness from COVID-19.

According to the guidance, fully vaccinated people should still avoid medium

and large gatherings and consider delaying domestic and international travel. The CDC recommends everyone still monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and continue to follow workplace guidance.

“It seems like more and more we are getting positive news,” Haughton said. “We are learning positive things, and I think this (guidance) is a positive indication that the vaccines are working.”

Haughton said the CDC has not issued additional guidance for those who have already had COVID-19 and recovered. She advises those people to continue social distancing, wear masks, avoid indoor spaces and wash their hands regularly.

As of March 8, 44,624 Hamilton County residents had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Indiana State Dept. of Health.

The CDC cautioned that even though the three available vaccines have proven effective, more information is needed to see how effective they are against new variants of COVID-19. It is also unknown whether fully vaccinated people are less likely to spread the disease. The CDC also reports it is unknown how long the vaccines are effective.

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To receive accreditation with United Way, a nonprofit in the human services sector The Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County must meet all legal requirements for a has announced that it now is an nonprofit agency in Indiana, align accredited partwith United Way’s focus areas of GIVING BACK ner with United education, financial stability, health Way of Central and basic needs and serve individuIndiana. als and families in Boone, Hancock, The partnership means ShepHamilton, Hendricks, Marion and herd’s Center can apply for United Morgan counties.

Way grants in basic needs, family “We are grateful for the impact Guynn opportunity and social innovation United Way of Central Indiana’s and have access to training, technical assis- COVID-19 pandemic response funding had tance and capacity building programs. for seniors in our community. We were able

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to ensure that seniors remained safe and healthy during this difficult time,” stated Lauren Guynn, Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County’s executive director. “Our new accreditation allows us to continue this great partnership to change the way people age in Hamilton County.”

There are 91 accredited community-based organizations of United Way of Central Indiana. Applications are reviewed on an invitation-only basis.

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Getting aggressive in battle against crime Commentary by State Rep. Chris Jeter Violent crime has increased in Marion County and across central Indiana. It’s almost daily that we learn of another family, business or community devastated by senseless acts.

VIEWPOINT In 2020, Indianapolis recorded nearly 250 homicides at a time when our state was working hard to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. We can do better.

More collaboration and communication between central Indiana counties are required to eradicate the plague of violence in our community.

This session, I was proud to co-author House Bill 1558, which would create the Indiana Major Crimes Task Force. This group would be a partnership between Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks, Hancock, Johnson, Shelby and Boone counties — with an eye toward statewide implementation. The goal

of this task force would be to establish an open line of communication between local agencies to solve major crimes and get violent criminals off the street. The legislation allows for law enforcement agencies to send their best and brightest to learn the newest technology for tracing crime guns, investigating shootings and elevating the role of real-time data to identify potential suspects. It is a substantive, measurable step toward staying ahead of the criminals.

This approach builds on an existing partnership between the police departments in Fishers and Indianapolis to pool resources. HB 1558 would allow both agencies to collaborate, share information and help link guns to crimes committed across the state. In 2019, 51 of the 171 illegal firearms confiscated by the Fishers Police Dept. were connected to crimes in Indianapolis. We know criminals don’t stop at city or county lines, which is why our law

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State Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers) represents House District 88, which includes portions of Marion, Hamilton and Hancock counties.

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Motorists asked to use zipper merges in construction zones

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INDOT will use signage to direct motorists to use zipper merging in several construction zones this year in an effort ROADS to promote safety and ease congestion.

A zipper merge occurs at the point of a road closure, with drivers taking turns entering the construction zone. Signs will alert drivers to use all lanes until the merge point, then direct them to take turns merging at that point.

Mallory Duncan, INDOT communications director for the Greenfield District, said that many people move out of a lane to be closed as soon as they see a sign about the closure, which can often be well before the closure point. Such early merges can lead to drastic changes in speed, unexpected lane switches, serious crashes and road rage.

“A zipper merge is a lot safer for people, and it’s a lot faster,” Duncan said. “We don’t get that queueing in the work zone, whether it’s up a ramp or actually on the interstate.”

According to INDOT, zipper merges are beneficial because they reduce speed differences between two lanes, reduce queue length by up to 40 percent, reduce congestion, create a sense of fairness and equity that all lanes are moving at the same rate and bring order to the merging process.

Duncan said INDOT is trying to educate the public about zipper merges before construction season begins because many drivers don’t fully understand how they work and can become offended by others who try to use them.

“A lot of people think (zipper merging) is rude, but it’s actually a thing that can really

Drivers stay in their current lane until the designated merger point.

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Zipper merges are the “preferred” method for entering construction zones, Duncan said, but they aren’t always feasible, such as when backups are not present. Signage near the construction zone will alert drivers how to best navigate through the site.

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Democrats elect new committee news@currentinfishers.com The Hamilton County Democrats have elected a new Hamilton County Democratic Central ComPOLITICS mittee. The new committee members are Chair Dayna Colbert of Fishers, Vice Chair Ronnie Saunders of Westfield, Secretary Sarah Russell Goddard of Colbert Noblesville and Treasurer Al Moore of Carmel.

A county party reorganization was conducted via a vote by Democratic precinct committeepersons in the county.

A press release states: Goddard “Their election marks a first for the county with Colbert serving as one of the youngest chairs at 31 and as a Black woman, both key demographics that have become the backbone of the Democratic Party nationwide in its recent success at capturing the Presidency and Congress. She also becomes the third Black

woman serving as a Democratic county chair in Indiana.”

“I am humbled that the precinct chairs and vice chairs are placing their trust in myself, Ronnie, Sarah and Al. We look forward to solidifying the Democratic presence here in Hamilton County,” Colbert stated. “This begins an exciting chapter for our county party as we aim to elevate leaders who Saunders are transparent, inclusive, diverse and committed to serving our communities.”

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Fishers attorney recognized — Craig, Kelley & Faultless has five lawyers that are 2021 Indiana Super Lawyers or Rising Stars honorees, including Fishers resident Scott Faultless. Each year, Indiana Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Indiana via a patented multiphase selection process involving peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. Only 5 percent of the attorneys in Indiana become Super Lawyers honorees each year.

Shepherd’s Center accredited by United Way of Central Indiana — United Way of Central Indiana recently announced that Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County has been approved for accreditation and can apply for United Way grants in basic needs, family opportunity and social innovation as well as access training, technical assistance and capacity building programs.

Fishers Health Dept. seeking vaccine volunteers — The Fishers Health Dept. is looking for licensed/certified volunteer vaccine administrators and general volunteers to join the effort in vaccinating the community against COVID-19. This is a temporary, volunteer position. For more, visit fishers. in.us/1274/Volunteer-Opportunities.

Baker named to dean’s list — Vanessa Baker of Fishers was named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2020 Fall Semester. Baker is in the environmental science program.

Feurestine named to dean’s list — Kyle Feuerstine of Fishers was named to the Ashland University Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. Feurstine is majoring in analytics.

Hamilton County Emergency Management prepares for severe weather preparedness week — Hamilton County Emergency Management is preparing for severe weather preparedness week, March 14 to 20. The statewide tornado drill will be between 10 and 10:30 a.m. March 16.

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Students launch coding courses

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Raghav Sriram, Maxwell Ye, Eric Guo, Eamon Mukhopadhyay and Avinash Valuveri. Zhu, who joined in November 2020 and guides Eric Zhu has developed coding skills marketing, said the other founders began to quickly and is already seeing the beneform the initiative a few months earlier. fits. The Carmel “We’re aiming to make this worldEDUCATION 13-year-old wants wide,” Zhu said. “Right now, we’re to help other stunational with more than 150 regisdents do the same. tered students.”

“We wanted to teach kids coding Zhu said the courses are taught because there are two problems,” by volunteer teachers who are high said Zhu, who credits coding with school and university students. helping him earn an internship with “We go through testing with all Zhu Carbon Zero Financial. “The first of them and give them volunteer problem being that people who learn coding hours,” Zhu said. “With our new partnership and self-learn don’t have the motivation. with Rapid Education, we’re hoping to also They don’t have the classroom setting. Codget money from a third party to fund them ing is the closest to being a superpower. as well.”

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Westfield Washington Township Trustee and Hamilton County Township Association President Danielle Carey Tolan said she’s expecting 6,000 applicants.

Tolan She estimates the more than $10 million in funds will help 3,000 renters in the county. The funds were awarded to Hamilton County by the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance. The township association is overseeing distributing the funds.

To qualify for up to $5,000 in assistance with rent or utility payments, applicants must rent property in Hamilton County, have had their income affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and earn up to 80 percent of the median-area income. Funds are scaled as incomes rise, so people making up to 30 percent of the median-area income are eligible for up to $5,000. Those making up to 50 percent of the median are eligible for up to $4,000, and those making up to 80 percent of the median are eligible for up to $3,000. However, if someone needs more assistance than what the federal funds provide, they can receive help through the individual townships.

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A table showing what up to 80 percent of the area median income might look like for certain households. (Source: Hamilton County Township Association)

dents,” Tolan said. “The software program is a modern application software program, and it’s doing initial verification and making sure applicants qualify and have the right documents. Then, (applications) go to a case manager at each township location, and that case manager is doing second quality control, checking the documents, and then at that moment they are able to see, ‘Oh, Jane Smith has $8,000 (in needs) and we can only cover $4,000 because of her area median income.’

“Now, the trustee can step in and say she also can apply for township assistance to help close that gap.”

Tolan said there are more than 26,000 renters in Hamilton County, and 39 percent are house burdened, meaning most of their income goes toward rent, so they have trouble covering other bills.

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Nugget, a golden retriever, works with students and staff at Lawrence North High School

By Haley Miller news@geistcurrent.com Nugget, a 2-year-old golden retriever Lab mix, failed her service dog training because of a personality trait she just can’t control.

She’s just too friendly.

So, Nugget’s caregiver, Connie Sivertson, switched career paths for Nugget, who is a facility dog at Lawrence North High School to provide emotional support, stress relief and social engagement for students and staff.

“We come to school and she is so excited to interact with students,” Sivertson said.

“Some days, (she’s) too excited. We’re working on manners.”

Sivertson, a school counselor at Lawrence North, pushed for a full-time facility dog after seeing the overwhelmingly positive reaction to bringing in emotional support dogs temporarily during final exam weeks. Lawrence North applied and received approval for Nugget through the Indiana Canine Assistance Network.

Nugget started at the end of January.

Sivertson said Nugget aligns with her department’s goal of implementing a wide range of tools to reach students and improve their mental health.

“Over the last six or seven years, our counseling department has really tried to put a focus on social/emotional learning, on mindfulness, on gratitude,” Sivertson said. “(We’re) really trying to use a lot of those philosophies around helping teach students how to handle stress.”

Nugget helps address many different mental health concerns for stu-

Nugget interacts with a Lawrence North High School student. (Submitted photos)

dents. She can soothe anxiety and help with depression. Sivertson said Nugget bonds with students who might struggle expressing their feelings verbally.

When the Lawrence North community faced a student’s death, Sivertson said she witnessed Nugget calm students and give

them a momentary break from their grief.

“She provides something we cannot,” Sivertson said. “She is furry and loving and unconditional, and there is something she provides in that ability to absorb energy, especially that heavy emotional energy.”

When she isn’t on the job, Nugget is a family dog. She lives with Sivertson, who said Nugget has been highly adaptable, intelligent and well behaved.

“It is absolutely amazing to watch her approach a kid and see somebody who’s a little bit hesitant or doesn’t look like they’re terribly engaged in school,” Sivertson said. “She is a complete icebreaker. She diffuses that.”

Nugget visits classrooms, greets students as they pass in the hallways and even stars in a TikTok account created by Sivertson, @nugget_the_facility_dog. Students and staff also can drop by and interact with Nugget in Sivertson’s office.

Nugget interacts with a minimum of 100 people and a maximum of 300 to 400 people, depending on the day, Sivertson said.

“It’s not unusual for me to be in the middle of a meeting and (hear) a knock on my door, and a student says, ‘Can I come in and sit with Nugget?’” Sivertson said. “Some days it’s adults that come in and say, ‘I’m gonna need a minute with Nugget.’ Whoever it is, she is available to do it and she loves to be part of it.”

SIVERTSON’S RELATIONSHIP WITH NUGGET As the primary caregiver, school counselor Connie Sivertson has a special relationship with Nugget. They arrive at school together, train together, interact with students together and leave at the end of every school day together.

“I’m her person right now,” Sivertson said.

After Nugget trained with the Indiana Canine Assistance Network, Sivertson participated in team training for three days to bond with Nugget

and use cues. Nugget knows cues for walking, down, stay, roll to the side for grooming and pull a cabinet door open, among many others.

“She went home with me the second night of training, slept 6 feet from my bed,” Sivertson said. “We came back the next morning, and you could just see that after having spent that time together, there was already a connection.”

Connie Silvertson is Nugget’s caregiver

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Commentary by Terry Anker “I do not like green eggs and ham.”

OK, the declaration seems reasonable enough. Still, Sam marches on, relentlessly pressuring the beleaguered Guy to conform. “Eat them. Eat them. There they are.” Cars, boats carnivorous members of the canine family. Could not entice the stubborn Guy. To be sure, Sam really, really wants Guy to eat the likely tainted ovoid.

Why won’t Guy relent? Is he stupid?

Eat them. Eat them now. Can’t he see that the pressure will continue until he conforms to the tireless demands of the valiant Sam? Although it is never entirely clear if Sam likes green eggs and ham or if he has, one time, tasted them, Sam is, one could surmise, alive with the notion of the unlikely variation on the breakfast classic. He is anointed, by his own importance or by that of the verdant foul and swine cabal, to be the green eggs and ham evangelist.

Proselytize, Sam! How dare Guy resist! Sam must save Guy from his ignorance. Well, bring him into the light or mark him an outsider. Shun him. Punish him. Take away his stuff. Erase him from history. In the tidy wrap to the parable, author Theodor Seuss Geisel tips Guy into relenting to Sam’s onslaught. In tasting the forbidden, Guy is transformed and enlightened. Sam is heartily ingratiated by the repentant Guy. Imagine that Guy is allergic, or vegan, or full. What right does Sam possess to lift Guy’s ignorance to the fine points of pork products? Is it possible that Sam is wrongly judging Guy’s legitimate intention as slack-jawed idiocy? Is Guy closed-minded or Sam abusive? Do the ends justify the means? Or is the real point that we all must agree with the domineering Sam?

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

Fear of phoning it in Commentary by Danielle Wilson In the heyday of my youth — the totally tubular ’80s — receiving a personal phone call was cause for great joy. I’d run HUMOR that cordless up to my room, close its unlockable door and flop myself down to discover what magical conversations awaited, be it a dissection of Billy Ocean’s latest release or a strategy session on the upcoming Aerosmith/Cheap Trick concert. Alas, like my truly magnificent bangs, those times are long gone.

Most banal communication now is handled through text messages, meaning if my phone actually rings, it’s for one of three reasons: Mom wants to recount her day in detail, possibly for the third time; a sneaky telemarketer has gotten around the do-notcall list; or, bless their hearts, one of my precious little angels has bad news to deliver. Every call has a thorn!

Such was the case last Sunday. Our older daughter, a collegiate mad scientist in-the-

making (she accidentally grew anthrax in her microbiology lab), rang to announce that she had lost her car: “I parked it in front of my apartment (in a tow zone) to unload groceries, and when I came back (five hours later), it was gone.” Oh, dear. Or a few weeks back when her sister called me: “Hey, Mother, I think I just hit another car.” You think? And when our heir apparent fled a party being crashed by police, did he have the decency to utilize text? No, he phoned. From his hiding spot. In the woods. Sweet child of mine!

My ringtone literally triggers a Pavlovian response of acute anxiety. Because whoever is calling certainly isn’t wanting to applaud the “My Prerogative” MTV premier.

Peace out.

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

My ringtone literally triggers a Pavlovian response of acute anxiety. Because whoever is calling certainly isn’t wanting to applaud the “My Prerogative” MTV premier.

– DANIELLE WILSON

Editor, On Feb. 24, I noticed in the comics section of the Indianapolis Star that they discontinued the Mallard Fillmore strip. The conservative Mallard strip was just across from the liberal Doonesbury strip. I thought these two created a balance between the liberal view and the conservative view. Now, with the elimination of the Mallard strip, this balance has been altered and who knows what will replace the Mallard strip.

But in thinking about this, one can view this action by the Indianapolis Star as just another step in the silencing of an extensive list of conservatives and conservative ideals. Could this one small action just be one of many used to eliminate the conservative narrative from reaching the people? Others already eliminated include Bill O’Reilly, Lou Dobbs, a local priest and many, many others.

These actions, in my opinion, point to the slow but inevitable decline in the conservative American way of life. This growing liberal cancer will continue until it is too late or until the American people finally wake up to what is happening and start putting conservatives back in political office and change the direction in which this soon-to-be Marxist nation is headed.

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Looking for compatible couple for (TV) hookups Commentary by Dick Wolfsie We miss seeing others in person, but through the magic of FaceTime and Zoom, we have been able to keep in HUMOR touch. Most of our friends have been similarly stuck at home, so there isn’t that much to talk about — except movies and TV shows.

“Hi, Bob and Cathy, it’s Dick and Mary Ellen. Have you seen ‘Your Honor’ with Bryan Cranston on Showtime? It’s great. Lots to think about.”

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Dietary guidelines updated Commentary by Tina Willis For the first time, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans includes recommendations for ages newborns to 23 VIEWPOINT months. Adult guidelines recently were updated concerning alcohol and sugar.

Guidelines for ages newborn to 23 months: • Supplement with vitamin D soon after birth • For at least the first 6 months, exclusively feed human milk or continue with (iron fortified) formula up to one year • At 6 months, introduce nutrient-dense foods • Under age 2, avoid added sugars • At age 2, less than 10 percent of calories should be from added sugars and saturated fat • Less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day • From 12 months, meet nutrient needs from mostly foods rather than by supplements Adult nutrition Adults’ diets should be nutrient-dense, with less than 10 percent of calories from added sugars and saturated fat, and less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. Diet should include: • Vegetables of all types and colors • Fruit (whole as much as possible) • Grains (at least half being whole grain) • Dairy, incorporating fat-free or low-fat and/or lactose-free and fortified soy alternatives • Protein foods, including lean meats, poultry, seafood, beans, lentils and soy products • Vegetable oils and natural oils found in foods like seafoods and nuts • Men of legal drinking age should limit alcohol intake to two drinks per day, while women should limit intake to one drink per day.

For more, visit dietaryguidelines.gov or contact your primary care physician for a referral to a registered dietitian nutritionist.

Tina Willis is a Fishers resident and registered dietitian at the Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center in Indianapolis.

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Fishers resident develops new type of dog leash

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

Fishers couple Joe and Lisa Herzer with one of their beagle terriers and their Loyal Leash. (Submitted photo)

Fishers couple Joe and Lisa Hetzer faced some difficulty walking their two beagle terriers.

“Our dogs struggled with tugging and pulling on the leash PETS constantly,” Joe said. “They are sniffers, they love to put their nose down and drag you along for the walk, and that’s what they were experiencing. We watched videos and looked online for different cures of it. We couldn’t find anything that was effective for our dogs.”

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ence, decided to create a solution himself. Lisa is the owner of Loyal Leash.

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Loyal Leash, a 6-foot leash, is patented for its automated tension-control technology under the business name Hetzer Design and Innovations.

“To our surprise, our dogs were trained in under 10 minutes and totally stopped pulling on the leash,” Joe said.

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Nagy to perform Irish music for children’s series at The Tarkington

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com It is certainly fitting that Katherine Nagy will make her debut at the Center for the Performing Arts shortly CONCERT after St. Patrick’s Day. Nagy moved to the United States from Ireland when she was 7.

After moving, she still spent every summer in Ireland visiting relatives. Her original music reflects a definite Celtic influence.

“It’s a huge part of me,” she said.

Nagy, an Indianapolis resident, and her band will perform at 10:30 a.m. March 20 in the Peanut Butter & Jam series at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. It will be her first appearance in the series, designed for ages 1 to 7.

“I’m a mother of three, so I do a lot with children on an everyday basis,” Nagy said.

Nagy said she has performed Irish music with her band at her children’s schools on St. Patrick’s Day. They would talk about the Irish culture, make Irish tea and have Irish soda bread.

“So, I’ve done this type of a show before but never for a formal thing (like the) PB & J (series),” Nagy said. “I don’t consider myself a children’s entertainer. The show will be music that adults will enjoy, too.

The show is intended for children, and I will be talking to the audience like they are children. But the music is going to be traditional Irish music. It’s not going to be children’s music.

“We’ll do a blend of blend of familiar Irish ballads and pub songs and then my original music that is Irish.”

Nagy’s band includes guitarist Austin Johnson, violinist Jane Rupert and Dmitri Alano, who plays the Irish flute, bagpipes and Irish tin whistle.

Alano is the director of the Irish Arts Academy.

In addition, Nagy will be perform Irish music during xZOOberance at noon March 25 at the Indianapolis Zoo. Nagy said singer/songwriter, plus folk,

Center for the Performing Arts The “Live at the Center” series will present Huckleberry Funk at 7:30 p.m. March 16 in a free livestream. To register, visit thecenterpresents.org.

Westfield Playhouse Main Street Productions will present “Squabbles” March 18 to 28 at Westfield Playhouse, 220 N. Union St. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 18-20 and March 25-27 and at 2:30 p.m, March 21 and March 28. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org. Fifty percent capacity is allowed for the performances. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

Actors Theatre of Indiana The ATI Trio will perform a live show celebrating Indiana music legends Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael at Feinstein’s Cabaret at the Hotel Carmichael at 7:30 p.m.

March 19. The show is sold out but $20 tickets for livestream viewing are available at atistage.org.

Katherine Nagy will perform Irish music with her band at 10:30 a.m. March 20 in the Peanut Butter & Jam series at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

is her main genre.

“There’s a little bit of Americana in there, too,” she said. “I’ll do Dolly Parton, Lady Antebellum, Patsy Cline covers. Then I do some Norah Jones, those are the covers I do. The original songs I do are folk and a little bit of that bluesy and Americana stuff.”

Nagy said she was able to perform outdoors in the summer of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I played with the Indy Parks concert series at Eagle Creek Park,” Nagy said.

“My band was able to play at the Midtown Plaza in Carmel. I played at the Carmel Farmers Market and I’ll be doing that again. I was really happy to be able to play outside.”

The Peanut Butter & Jam performance will be her first indoor show of the year.

“I don’t play a ton of gigs, anyway,” she said. “I was focusing more on writing this

winter. I’m working on a new album I can’t wait to start recording, hopefully in studio this summer.”

Nagy released three songs in 2020, one in October, one in November and one for Christmas.

“I was able to work with my band members and record my vocals at home,” Nagy said. “The silver lining of the past year is learning how to create new music using all the wonders of technology that they have.”

Tickets for The Tarkington show are $10 per child with free tickets for two adults with each child ticket purchase. Masks are required for those 8 and older and are encouraged for ages 3-7. With capacity limitations, the performance will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube for those who can’t attend in person.

For tickets, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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Caregiver workshop explores benefits of music for seniors editorial@youarecurrent.com Caregivers, health care professionals and others who work with older adults can learn the benefits of music-based activities through an online workshop presented by the Great American Songbook Foundation and its Perfect Harmony program.

The two-day 2021 Perfect Harmony Virtual Workshop is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon March 25 and March 26. Titled “An Intro to Music for Care Partners,” the event offers an opportunity to learn about the benefits of music for older adults, connect with others in the elder-care community and master simple techniques and musical exercises that can create positive, shared experiences with loved ones or community residents.

The featured speaker is Meredith Hamons, an MT-BC, board-certified music therapist and founder of North Austin Music Therapy in Texas. Registration and more information are available at TheSongbook.org/PHvirtual.

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Discovering Broadway hosts writers’ retreat

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Discovering Broadway founder Joel Kirk’s mission is to bring the Broadway process to central Indiana.

THEATER With Broadway shut down since March 12, 2020, and not set to reopen until at least this summer, the focus has shifted to the writing and development process.

Kirk, a Carmel High School graduate and New York theKirk ater director and producer, and Discovering Broadway hosted a writers’ retreat for the six-person creative team for “The Devil Wears Prada” musical in February at the Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. At the end, the writers held a question-and-answer session with central Indiana artists and Discovering Broadway board members.

Kirk said the focus of the weeklong retreat was fixing the second act. They worked on new songs during the process.

Kirk said each writer had their own room and digital piano keyboard. However, most of the work was done through collaboration in the Presidential Suite. The writers were able connect through Zoom with pop star Elton John, who is writing the score. “(The creative team) said the secret sauce for doing it in Indiana and Hamilton County is that there is a supportive community here,” Kirk said. “They said you’ve got a community that honors research and development. When you bring musicals to life, you realize what does work and what doesn’t work. From the hotel staff that are Broadway fans to the board to the Carmel Mayor (Jim Brainard), the city screams artistic support.”

Kirk said staying in Carmel takes away the distraction of everyday life that would impede the process if the group stayed in New York.

The musical is set to open in Chicago in July 2022.

Discovering Broadway is next hosting Samantha Pauly, star of the Broadway musical “Six,” who will teach two master classes in Carmel April 17. She will lead 12 students through a pop rock vocal course.

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Leatherman, Hill have fun with ‘Squabbles’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Duane Leatherman sees himself in his character in the play “Squabbles.”

“The character is kind THEATER of me, maybe a little more grumpy than I am,” said Leatherman, an associate math professor at Butler University.

Leatherman, a Westfield resident, will appear as Abe in Main Street Productions’ “Squabbles” March 18 to 28 at Westfield Playhouse, 220 N. Union St. Capacity will be limited to 50 percent for adequate social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The challenge is there (are) a lot of lines,” Leatherman said. “It’s a very large role and I’m on the stage about 90 percent of the time.”

Leatherman, 74, said he has been performing since he was in junior high school.

The role of Abe is his biggest since performing in the “The Sunshine Boys” in 2017 at Westfield Playhouse. He has performed several plays for Belfry Theatre in Noblesville and for Carmel Community Players. His

Duane Leatherman and Susan Hill appear as the in-laws in “Squabbles.” (Photo by Mark Ambrogi)

favorite role has been Benjamin Franklin in “1776,” which he has done three times.

Noblesville resident Susan Hill plays Mildred, the mother of the young man.

“The father, Abe, has come to live with the couple because he’s had a heart attack,” Hill said. “Then my character’s house burns down, and I have no place to go. My son invites me to stay with them but it’s a small apartment and the in-laws hate each other. My character tried to kill him at the

wedding reception. The father loves to argue. He will argue about anything.”

Hill appreciates that the play focuses on the older couple’s relationship.

“So many plays are about young people and their problems,” said Hill, who is in her fourth production at Westfield Playhouse.

“I have a lot of fun yelling at Abe. It’s a fun role because it’s a very comedic role and there are a lot of fun lines. The way they react to each other is pretty funny.”

Sabrina Long, Whitestown, portrays Abe’s daughter, Alice.

“It’s very challenging because my biggest fear is pregnancy, followed by failure and death,” Long said. “It’s interesting I get to play a pregnant woman. It’s very scary. I don’t like it all. I really didn’t know that before accepting the role.”

Matt McKee plays Mildred’s son, Jerry.

Director Doug Davis said Westfield Playhouse is proud to bring back live theater.

He said people on both sides of the curtain have missed it.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 1820 and March 25-27 and at 2:30 p.m. March 21 and March 28. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

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First-century mosaic in Capernaum, Israel. (Photo by Don Knebel)

Unearthing the ‘Jesus Boat’ Commentary by Don Knebel According to the Christian New Testament, Jesus spent a lot of time on a boat.

Visitors to Israel can now see TRAVEL how that boat looked.

At the time of Jesus, a number of fishing villages lay along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Magdala, the home of Mary Magdalene, was along the west side.

Capernaum, the center of Jesus’ ministry, was on the northwest corner. Bethsaida, where Jesus fed the 5,000, was on the north side. Jesus and his disciples traveled between these and other waterfront villages by boat.

Although some of Jesus’ most famous miracles, including walking on water, calming the waves and helping his disciples catch fish, occurred in connection with these boats, the New Testament does not describe them and, until recently, there was no physical evidence about their size or appearance. That changed in the 1970s, when excavations at Magdala uncovered a mosaic in a first-century house. The mosaic, now

on display at the excavated ruins of Capernaum, illustrates a fishing boat having a sailing mast, two sets of oars for propulsion and an oar near the rear for steering.

In 1986, two brothers living along the Sea of Galilee discovered the long-buried remains of the hull of just such a boat, visible in the mud during a severe drought. Archaeologists carefully removed and preserved the hull, which testing showed had been in use around the first century A.D. The hull, composed primarily of cedar planks, is 27 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide, with a preserved height of 4.3 feet. The flat hull allowed the boat to get very close to shore. The so-called “Jesus Boat” is now on display in the climatized Yigal Alon Museum in Ginosar, a kibbutz along the western shore of the Sea of Galilee that is home to the men who found it.

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.

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