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

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

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

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

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

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

The state’s decision to grant eligibility to Hoosiers ages 60-64 when vaccination shipments resume followed news that states

will receive a slight increase in weekly vaccine allotments from the federal government. But state health officials said it would likely not be enough to grant eligibility to residents ages 50-59 and others who meet criteria for five specific comorbidities.

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

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

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

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

“Let’s be clear. The Biden-Harris Administration, the Centers of Disease Control, the Indiana Democratic Party and teachers unions across the state have all called for our teachers to be ‘priority’ for COVID-19 vaccines,” stated Drew Anderson, communications director for the Indiana Democratic Party. “Governor Eric Holcomb, however, has consistently failed to make teachers a prior-

ity for these vaccines. There’s a difference, and it’s a shame Holcomb is not owning up to the fact that he does not value Indiana’s educators.”

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

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

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

When the state receives revised guidance from the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, it will begin accepting applications, state officials said. Updates are available at IndianaHousingNow.org. Renter households in Elkhart, Hamilton, Lake, St. Joseph and Marion counties and Fort Wayne must apply though their local program and are not eligible to apply through the state program.

“Vaccine will continue to remain a precious resource for some time. But we are confident our approach will protect those who are most vulnerable and put Indiana in a strong position to emerge from this pandemic.”

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Elementary and Stony Creek Elementary to Hinkle Creek Elementary, Noble Crossing Elementary school boundaries may Elementary and Promise Road Elementary. change for Noblesville Schools students in White River Elementary would have stuthe 2021-22 school dents moving in and out. No boundEDUCATION year, according ary changes are proposed for any to a press release other schools in the district. from the district.

Current fourth graders impacted The district announced Feb. 16 by the moves will be allowed to stay that it is proposing a rebalancing of at their home school for their last the elementary school boundaries year of elementary if they choose. for the fall. Approximately 200 eleA committee made up of district Mundy mentary students, or 4 percent of staff and parent representatives the district’s elementary population, would developed the rebalancing proposal after be impacted by the new boundaries. Nostudying the issue for several months. Acblesville Schools has already notified those cording to the press release, the plan is to families of the proposed changes. minimize the number of impacted students The new boundaries would move stuwhile appropriately balancing class sizes dents from Hazel Dell Elementary, North and socioeconomic backgrounds as evenly

as possible across schools.

“We know that this kind of change can be stressful for families who are impacted and we hate that,” Associate Supt. David Mundy stated. “Unfortunately, we can’t control where growth occurs and must address the lack of space in some of our buildings. Our goal is to maximize existing space while minimizing disruptions to families.”

The district commissioned a professional demographic study, and leaders used the data to monitor growth trends and enrollments.

With the cost of new construction for an elementary school estimated at $30 million, rebalancing is expected to save money.

“We last rebalanced in 2016,” Mundy stated. “We realize doing it again this year was not ideal given the pressure COVID has

“Unfortunately, we can’t control where growth occurs and must address the lack of space in some of our buildings.”

— ASSOCIATE SUPT. DAVID MUNDY placed on our school systems and families, but due to upcoming student projections we must address space in our buildings now.”

Impacted families have been invited to in-person meetings to discuss details of the proposed moves.

“I want to thank the parents and staff who served on our study committee as their input was a key part of this process,” Mundy stated.

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Education foundation’s largest fundraiser goes virtual

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“In between each round, we will take a break to regroup and show some videos of different education foundation grants Miller-Palooza is Noblesville Education throughout the year,” Young said. “We will Foundation’s largest fundraiser each year, highlight different donors, and at the end and Executive ask you to support our grant proGIVING BACK Director Adriann gram, and people will donate.”

Young is confiLast year, the event raised dent it will be successful, especially $58,000. with the reduced costs involved of “Which was fantastic. That was putting on a virtual event. the most we had ever raised before, “Miller-Palooza is our largest and we keep growing and growing fundraiser every year for the eduthis event,” Young said. “We landed Young cation foundation, and every single at a great number last year, and year it keeps growing and growing, so we I’m anticipating a very good year this year, knew we couldn’t skip Miller-Palooza this mainly because our sponsors have been year, even though we couldn’t have an fantastic, and we haven’t lost any sponsors in-person event,” Young said. “The best part and got some new ones, and some of them about having a pandemic in 2021 is the tech- have stepped up to sponsor at a higher nology allows us to get creative. So, we are level. I think everyone, especially businessnot skipping it by any means, but we are es (that are) doing well, understand the doing it differently.” schools really need support right now and In past years, Miller-Palooza has been a are doing so by supporting events like this.” night of casino gaming, drinks, food, silent Young said she wants to reach $45,000 auctions and other activities. This year, a this year. Approximately $34,000 has altrivia event will replace the casino games. ready been raised.

The event wil be presented at 6 p.m.

Ticket sales won’t close until a few hours March 5 through a YouTube live link. before the event starts March 5.

“We will be doing trivia along with some “It’s just a matter of setting it up at the other things throughout the night, like dohouse on a computer or TV and plugging nations, fund a need, the silent auction, all into the live YouTube link and then you’re those things will be virtual,” Young said. good to go,” Young said.

Ticket options are $30 for an individual Young said the education foundation has ticket, $55 for a pair, or a team of eight for hosted the casino-themed Miller-Palooza for $175. Those interested in the silent auction five years. Before that, it was a luncheon are not required to play trivia to bid on fashion show. items.

“The majority of money raised goes to “(Tickets are) much cheaper than normal grants, but we do take out a couple thousince we’re obviously not in-person with din- sand dollars of money raised each year for ner, drinks and casino games,” Young said. scholarships,” Young said.

The games will consist of five rounds The Noblesville Education Foundation of general trivia, and there will be a cusawarded $17,000 in grants last year. tomized round with Noblesville-specific For more, visit noblesvilleschools.org/ questions. domain/57.

“We landed at a great number last year, and I’m anticipating a very good year this year, mainly because our sponsors have been fantastic, and we haven’t lost any sponsors and got some new ones, and some of them have stepped up to sponsor at a higher level.”

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NOBLESVILLE AND NORTH struction of the Grand Junction Plaza, estimated completion Project: Bridge rehabilitain 2021. tion construction Location: Beginning on or CONSTRUCTION Project: Monon Trail restrooms after March 1, 209th Street, Location: The restrooms on also known as Carrigan the Monon Trail just north of Greyhound Road, will be closed at the bridge over Pass closed Feb.15 and will remain closed Morse Reservoir for bridge superstructure for four weeks for a Citizens Energy Group rehabilitation construction. The road is maintenance project scheduled to be closed to all thru traffic and will tentatively reopen to traffic on or before May 29. In addition to the roadway closure, waterway restrictions at the bridge will be required throughout construction on days overhead construction poses a safety hazard. This will include bridge deck demolition, forming the bridge deck and beam painting.

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

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 has reopened. The second phase is from west of Deming Road to west of Devaney Road.

Expected completion: The second phase is expected to begin in spring 2021.

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

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

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

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

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Project: 146th Street at Ind. 37 Location: All left-turn lanes are currently restricted on Ind. 37 and on 146th Street with traffic moved to the interior lanes.

Through traffic and right turns on Ind. 37 and 146th Street will remain open. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes for all left turn access. For more about the State Road 37 Improvement Project and to receive text updates, visit 37Thrives.com.

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

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

GEIST Project: Admirals Pointe Drive Location: Indianapolis DPW currently has closed Admirals Pointe Drive to replace the timber bridge over Geist and the north fork of Dry Branch. The detour will consist of Old Stone Dr. east to Carroll Rd. / 700 W., then south to E. 79th St. and then west to Oaklandon Rd. Expected completion: Midsummer 2021 ZIONSVILLE Project: North-South Connector Location: The final element to begin on the project is the new, two-lane roundabout on Oak Street at CR 850 E., also known as Cooper Road. While Oak Street is planned to remain open to traffic throughout this phase, CR 850 E. will close south of the intersection for approximately 30 days during construction. This is due to the change in elevation; the roundabout will be higher than the cross-street, so a temporary access cannot be provided.

Expected completion: The closure dates have not been announced yet, but the project is expected to be complete this summer.

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COMMUNITY DISPATCHES Indiana Fire Chiefs Association, Methodist Sports Medicine announce partnership — The Indiana Fire Chiefs Association and Methodist Sports Medicine recently announced their partnership. This partnership will bring Methodist Sports Medicine’s expertise and resources to the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association and its members. Methodist Sports Medicine will provide seminars, programming and training for the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association across the entire state. To become a member of the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association, call 877-733-1850 or join online at indfirechiefs.org/index.html.

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Ginther named Athlete of the Week — After a week in which he averaged 22.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, DePauw’s Nolan Ginther of Noblesville has been selected as the North Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week.

F.C. Tucker statistics — January 2021 saw an active residential real estate market in Noblesville, fueled by a decrease in the average home sale price. According to F.C. Tucker Company, the average sale price for a home in Noblesville decreased 8.4 percent to $289,363, compared to January 2020. Noblesville homes left the market more quickly than this time last year, selling 23.8 percent faster. The average price per square foot for a home in Noblesville decreased slightly, down 2.9 percent to $132.41.

Noblesville Schools Education Foundation to conduct virtual fundraiser — Miller-Palooza, the Noblesville Schools Education Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser, will occur virtually for 2021. The event will be streamed through a YouTube Live link, and it will include interactive trivia, prize giveaways and a silent auction. Participants can play solo or on teams of up to 8. Solo tickets are $30, couples’ tickets are $55 and the cost of teams of up to eight players is $175. To register, visit http://bidpal.net/millerpalooza.

International travelers could be required to quarantine upon return — Noblesville Schools recently announced that if families are planning to visit a COVID-19 Level 4 international area during spring break, they must notify the school nurse and will be required to quarantine upon return. For more, visit https://tinyurl.com/y3zov3vm.

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Fishers High School gymnastics is a mother/daughter affair

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Fishers High School sophomore Savannah Strange sees some good and bad points about having her mother, Susie SPORTS Strange, as her coach.

Fishers doesn’t have a high school gymnastics program, but Savannah competes as an individual representing the school. Her mother is her coach.

“I’d say it’s good because she tells me what I’m doing wrong,” Savannah said. “She never did high school (coaching) before, so it’s a learning experience for both of us.

But I would definitely say she’s a big help.

During the meets, she is Coach. On the way to or from the meets, she is kind of Mom. She puts on different hats.”

Susie said coaching her daughter is a work in progress.

“Sometimes I have to remind her I’m the coach,” Susie said.

Savannah is the first gymnast to compete for FHS, which opened in 2006.

“Freshman season was learning and seeing how high school meets work compared to (USA Gymnastics meets),” she said.

Savannah had knee surgery to repair the meniscus in July 2020, so this season has been about recovery and staying healthy through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’m just kind of recovering, not learning a lot of new skills, but getting back everything I had,” she said.

Susie’s previous experience as a coach was several years ago for a competitive club team. She has judged USA Gymnastics club meets for more than 25 years. She competed in club gymnastics while growing up in Marion.

As a freshman, Savannah finished 18th in the all-around competition in the Noblesville sectional in February 2020. This year, she’ll

Fishers High School sophomore gymnast Savannah Strange, left, is coached by her mother Susie Strange. (Submitted photo)

compete at the sectional Feb. 27.

Savannah competes for DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics in Fishers. She joined DeVeau’s after Geist Sports Academy closed in early 2020.

“We practice at DeVeau’s for our regular routines and do the high school meets on the side,” Susie said.

Savannah said she has made her biggest improvement on the bars.

That shows, as her best finishes have been on bars. She finished in fourth place at Noblesville Jan. 18 and fifth at Shelbyville Jan. 11. She placed eighth in the all-around at Franklin Central Jan. 27.

“There are a lot of new friends that I’ve met through high school gymnastics,” Savannah said. “It’s definitely something I have to think through a lot more because I’m by myself competing instead of on a team.”

Savannah has been participating in gymnastics since she was 2 years old. She also competes in high jump and pole vault for the FHS girls track and field team.

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Noblesville Common Council meeting scheduled — The next Noblesville Common Council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 23. To view the agenda or for more information, visit cityofnoblesville.org.

Hamilton County flood information announcement — In past years, heavy rains caused the White River and various creeks and streams within Hamilton County to overflow and cause floods. The Hamilton County Plan Commission offers assistance to current, new and future property owners, insurance companies, banks, mortgage companies and others concerning a property’s flood zone classification and whether it is in a floodway. Other information provided are flood depths, areas of historical flooding, how to get flood insurance, contour information and wetland nature functions when available for the jurisdictional areas of Hamilton County. For more, visit the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center, One Hamilton County Square Suite 306, Noblesville, or by calling 317-776-8490.

Board president elected — Mark Heirbrandt has been elected president of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. He replaces Christine Altman in the role. Steve Dillinger will serve as vice president. Election of officers is an annual practice at the first meeting of each year.

Graduate school scholarships — The Beryl Showers Holland Fellowship will offer a $3,000 first place and $2,000 second place scholarship to graduating seniors at Indiana University who will attend graduate school in the fall. Learn more and apply at trikappa. org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BSH-Application-2021-Packet-FF-2.pdf.

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Fishers resident leads slate of Democratic candidates

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Dayna Colbert is convinced they are stronger as a unit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more, visit hamcounited.com/.

“We wanted to run together so we could have really good representation for the county. I think we are stronger with this slate with diverse backgrounds.

We come from different walks of lives and bring different perspectives.”

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Rep. Tony Cook, District 32: Cook has authored bills regarding education. House Bill 1514 regards school district accountability.

If passed, the bill will direct the state to establish a school dashboard providing information about test data and anything else school communities want to feature.

Cook Cook also is working on a bill that requires a civics class be established in middle school and that all students must take a semester of civics.

Sen. Kyle Walker, District 31:

Sen. Scott Baldwin, District 20: Baldwin is working on Senate Bill 311, which seeks to clarify that no unit of government can enact a law, rule or ordinance that would prevent a police officer from using any reasonable means of force necessary to defend themselves in a deadly Baldwin force situation.

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Walker discussed Senate Bill 133, which enhances the penalty for child exploitation and child pornography charges for second-time offenders. He also is working on Senate Bill 392, which deals with zoning issues in Marion County and cities like Lawrence that fall within the county Walker boundaries.

“There’s an additional, unnecessary layer between their (Board of Zoning Appeals) and the county BZA, and this bill takes out that second layer to allow the City of Lawrence to control their own destiny as it relates to rezoning and variances.”

Schaibley discussed House Bill 1042, which sets up a claim database that provides transparency. The database would allow the public to compare prices and quality of health care services.

She also is working on House Bill 1118, which allows fire departments Schaibley to offer follow-up care for adults who experience a mental health emergency.

“I’m really excited about this. I think it has the ability to really change how we deal with mental health issues in the whole state,” Schaibley said. “This bill allows paramedics or fire departments to have community paramedicine programs to assist these individuals and allows them to do follow-up care and coordinate with the physicians, check on them, make sure they’re taking medications and help them set up appointments if they need it. I think it really has the possibility of certainly improving the life of these individuals and just improving mental health care in the community.”

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Rep. Donna Schaibley, District 24:

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COMEBACK PATIENT OF THE MONTH This is one in a series of case studies of triumph over injury.

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BACKGROUND: Madelyn has always had a love for tennis, but after injuring her ankle, she struggled to get back on the court without experiencing pain. “I went to several other doctors for treatment but it was not getting better,” said Madelyn. With hopes of making the tennis team at Fishers High School as a freshman, Madelyn knew it was time to seek another opinion.

Old Town Design Group establishes scholarship — Old Town Design Group has established the Orchard Project Scholarship to provide tuition assistance to a Hamilton, Boone or Johnson County student preparing for a career in the construction industry.

Applications are being accepted through March 19. For more or to request an application, please email casey@oldtowncompanies.com

Madelyn Barron is a freshman at Fishers High School.

WHY MSM: “Everyone at MSM has been so nice and helpful,” said Madelyn. “Each physical therapist makes every session individualized to the limitations that I may be feeling that day. The best part is that I can now play without pain!”

THE JOURNEY: After a year of dealing with ongoing ankle pain, Madelyn saw Dr. Arthur Rettig for a second opinion. Dr. Rettig recommended that Madelyn rest in a boot for a month before starting the rehab process. Melissa Schnepp, ATC/PTA, developed a personalized plan for Madelyn’s recovery process.

“Treatments ranged from hands on manual therapy techniques to decrease pain and improve mobility in her joint, to higher level strengthening and sport specific activities,” said Melissa.

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Kindergarten registration to open — Noblesville Schools opened 2021-2022 enrollment for kindergartners and other students new to the district Feb. 1. Enrollment remains open through March 12. Children must be at least 5 years of age on or before Aug. 1 in order to enroll for kindergarten.

Parents will enroll virtually and evening Spanish interpreter services will be available. For more, visit noblesvilleschools.org or call 317-773-3171.

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Madelyn receives therapy at the MSM Finch Creek location where she has access to basketball courts and turf space during rehab that mimics the feel of the court during game play. During her rehab sessions, Madelyn continues to push hard to reach her goals and to get back to the sport that she loves.

THE MSM TEAM: The MSM team included Dr. Arthur Rettig, Upper Extremities Specialist, and Melissa Schnepp, Certified Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist Assistant.

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Email scam — MetroNet is alerting customers of a scam email claiming to be from MetroNet asking for payment information to be updated in MetroNet Customer Portal accounts. The email contains a link to click to update information, but it may distribute malware of viruses. All emails from MetroNet will come from the @metronetinc. com domain. Learn more at metronetinc. com or by calling 877-407-3224.

Virtual judges needed — The Indiana Historical Society is looking for volunteers to serve as virtual judges for the 2021 National History Day in Indiana contests. NHDI is a yearlong program dedicated to enhancing history education in Indiana’s schools. Students in grades four through 12 explore a historical subject that fits under the annual theme. This year’s theme is “Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.” No experience is necessary to serve as a judge, but judges must attend a webinar from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 25. Register for the webinar at indianahistory.org. The volunteer time commitment is approximately six hours.

Noblesville MainStreet publishes 2021 events calendar — Noblesville MainStreet has announced its 2021 calendar of events.

The event calendar, as well as a map for parking, is available at noblesvillemainstreet.org/events. It’s next event is a Sip & Shop from 5 to 9 p.m. March 5.

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If there was ever a year for a staycation, this is the year!

Hamilton County attractions, hotels, and restaurants are following the Hoosier Hospitality Promise Health & Safety Guidelines, so staying close to home is not only safe, it’s affordable. It’s also a great way to support local, independent businesses.

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9th Street Bistro offers Sunday Supper Club — 9th Street Bistro posts a new menu each Tuesday for its Sunday Supper Club. Orders must be placed by 8 p.m.

Saturday at 9thstbistro.com/order. Contactless drivethrough pickup from the Bistro is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays.

Bird Walks begin in March — Noblesville Parks and Recreation will begin offering bird walks March 17. There’s no experience needed and all ages are welcome. Bird walks are free, but pre-registration is required. To register, call the parks’ office at 317-776-6350 or sign up online at bit. ly/npbirdwalk. Bird walks will take place twice a month and will be guided by Jeff Canada who is an experienced birder and a local small business owner. The walks will

be from 8 to 10 a.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month starting March 17. All walks will begin at Hague Road Nature Haven at the southeast corner of Ind. 38 and Hague Road.

Governor’s Fellowship — Applications are being accepted through March 15 for the 2021-22 Governor’s Fellowship, which provides places fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year. The program is open to college graduates who receive their bachelor’s degrees beginning in the fall of 2019 through the spring of 2021. Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate in the day-to-day activities of state government. Apply by March 15 at in.gov/gov/governors-office/ governors-fellowship-program.

Noblesville Police Dept. publishes historic photos — Noblesville Police Dept. has been publishing photos from the NPD archives on its Facebook page.

It recently shared a picture of Mayor Joe Butler who was the Noblesville mayor from 1964-1971.

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Enjoying retirement after surgery for back pain Patient describes life after back surgery at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital George Frampton recalls when his back pain started affecting his everyday life. He said he would often walk around with his co-workers during lunch but struggled to keep up. And at his daughter’s wedding, he said he had trouble standing while his family posed for photos.

“I was very debilitated,” said George. “Over time, I was working and walking stooped over. I felt like I was becoming a spectacle.”

At his doctor’s recommendation, and with much thought by himself and his wife, Chris, George underwent spinal reconstruction surgery at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital. George said he was extremely pleased with the personalized care he received.

“The nurses and doctors interacted so well with both me and my wife, and included her in all conversations.”

— George Frampton, who had spinal reconstruction surgery at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital.

George said he is now able to stand upright and is enjoying retirement with his wife.

“At the end of last February, my wife and I drove to Florida,” said George. “I was able to do a lot of things that I probably could never have done before the surgery.”

“When patients have gotten to the point where nothing else is cutting it, including injections, physical therapy and bracing, it may be the right time to have a discussion with your doctor about surgery,” said John DePowell, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of complex spinal disorders.

If you are experiencing back or neck pain that prevents you from doing the things you enjoy, now is the time to have a discussion with your doctor.

Neurosurgeons at Ascension St. Vincent offer a range of spine surgery options — from minimally invasive to more advanced. Ascension St. Vincent is open for appointments, and their doctors, nurses and care teams are fully prepared for your safety in their care.

George Frampton and his wife, Chris

Take the next step to living with less pain. Schedule an appointment and ask about virtual visits.

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Jameson Camp formed in 1928 as a cleanair camp for children with tuberculosis.

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

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

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

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

Jameson offers programming for children ages 5 to 17. Broady said organizers plan to run traditional and leadership day camps in addition to overnight Youth Leadership camps. Specialty camps, like Tataya Mato for children affected by HIV and AIDS, will operate as well, health conditions

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Broady said 100 percent of campers receive some type of financial assistance.

The staff connects kids who want to attend with donors who are interested in helping send a child to camp.

“One of the things that we try to do annually is make sure that we raise enough dollars to make sure every kid that wants to come to camp can come to camp,” Broady said.

For more, visit jamesoncamp.org.

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SUMMER From left, Zack and Kaelyn Harvey, from Noblesville, attend a previous Christian Youth Theater camp. (Submitted photo)

CYT adds Play in a Day camps

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

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

We’ve had much smaller audiences.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Summer camps return for 25th year at Geist Christian Church

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

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

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

All camps are $90 per child, and each

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Twenty trainers are in the facility during operating hours.

Some have been with Roundripper for more than 20 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

complete more than 40 hours of training.

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

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

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

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

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

Traders Point Christian Schools offers more than 60 camps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camps run for a week and start June 7.

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

Campers also will receive take-home activities.

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

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

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University High School camp registration now open

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

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

There’s a variety of things.

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

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

Last year, UHS offered a variety of new

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Last year, before the pandemic hit, at

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

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

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

June 1 – July 30, 2021 $50 Registration fee applied towards first week’s tuition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rock City World Tour is for ages 3 to 7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BGCN offers themed camps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more, visit bgcni.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE

Noblesville teen spends 14 days in hospital following rare MIS-C diagnosis

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com If there’s one thing Sue Johnson wants parents to be aware of during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the effects of MIS-C on children.

PANDEMIC MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated it is not sure what causes MIS-C, but many afflicted children had the virus that causes COVID-19 or had been around someone with COVID-19.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctors decided to remove Jax’s appendix. But during the surgery, the surgeon discovered the appendix was red but wasn’t inflamed to the point it would cause issues. The surgeon removed the appendix and started IV antibiotics.

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

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

Johnson said doctors began discussing MIS-C and were conducting several tests. Then, Jax’s heart rate, oxygen and blood pressure dropped, and he was having trouble breath-

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

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“We were very lucky. He got very sick, but we are fortunate he’s on the way to recovery. If I continued to think it was the flu, who knows what would have happened at that point. When we saw everything going on and we had to leave the room, it did hit me that we could lose him. That’s what’s going through my mind.”

– SUE JOHNSON ing. X-rays showed his heart was “extremely enlarged” and his lungs were filled with fluid.

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

“At that point, they got his blood test back and he tested positive for the COVID antibody, and they said he has the MIS-C diagnosis because he has the COVID antibody,” Johnson said. “They asked, ‘When did he have COVID?’ and we said he didn’t. They said with MIS-C, they have to be ex-

posed to COVID or had COVID four to six weeks prior to the MIS-C symptoms presenting themselves, and looking at the time frame, that would be December (2020) for us, but he had not been sick.”

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

“Finally, on the seventh day, he was stable enough to be moved up onto the medical floor, but once he got up to the medical floor, he started having what they referred to as ‘episodes,’” Johnson said. “When he would stand up, his blood pressure would drop but his heart rate spiked, and it looked like he was having seizures, but it wasn’t a seizure.

MIS-C attacks all the major organs in your body — your heart, lungs, muscles, anything blood runs through, so we thought maybe it’s starting to affect his brain.”

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

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

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

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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office recognizes two deputies

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

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

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

Hansen lives in Carmel and Crask lives in Hamilton County jurisdiction north of Cicero.

Hansen gave verbal instructions to deescalate the situation. After negotiating for several minutes, “I could not be more proud to work alongside the individual complied and the weapon Dep. Hansen and Sgt. Crask every day,” Sheriff Denwas not used and no one was hurt. nis Quakenbush stated.

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

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NO ONE DIES ALONE

Westfield man receives volunteer of the year award for hospice work

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

Michael Judge’s voice is the last some hospice patients hear before they die.

The Westfield resiGIVING BACK dent, who was recently named Flanner Buchanan’s Hospice Volunteer of the Year, has volunteered with the No One Dies Alone hospice program since 2016. He said participating in the program changed him as a person, although he was initially uneasy about sitting at someone’s bedside as they neared death.

“Back around 2016, I was looking for volunteer opportunities of some kind. I’ve always enjoyed that, and it had been a long time since I had a chance to do volunteer work,” Judge said. “I kept coming across this series of distressed messages from a hospice board saying, ‘We desperately need volunteers,’ and I kept skipping past it. It didn’t seem like something I was interested in.”

But shortly after, a message popped up with the headline, “No one should die alone.”

“And for some reason, that just stopped me in my tracks,” Judge said.

Judge called the hospice group and learned it was seeking volunteers to lead vigils, in which a trained volunteer sits at the bedside of a hospice patient in their final hours if they have no family or if their family is unavailable. The group’s greatest need was to fill a three-hour vigil from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Judge volunteered for that vigil.

“I would get off work, take a nap and at about 11 o’clock at night, go to whatever medical facility it was and sit at their bedside,” Judge said. “They are mostly unconscious and often restless, so I would hold their hand, or if their mouth looked dry, I would give them water. If they were agitated, I might read to them or sing a hymn here and there, but just holding someone’s hand would calm them often.”

Judge served two years on the “No One Dies Alone” team, and as a result, he said he’s not the same person.

“Even if someone is unconscious, the medical community believes the last thing

Michael Judge salutes a veteran in hospice care.

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Michael Judge was recently named the Flanner Buchanan Volunteer of the Year for 2020.

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to go is the ability to hear, so I would introduce myself and speak to them as if they were awake,” Judge said. “I would be all teary eyed even with people I don’t even know. Sitting with somebody and being trusted with them in their last days and hours … this is someone whose life is wrapping up.”

Judge said during the two years he volunteered for the 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. vigil, two hospice patients died while he was with them.

“I remember the first one I wept for a week like it was a long, lost relative,” he said. “When you hold someone’s hand when they take their last breath, especially someone you don’t know, it was life-changing for me. It taught me to grow up and mature and love better.”

After two years of serving with the No One Dies Alone program, Judge assisted

Indianapolis-based Heartland Hospice with developing a local version of We Honor Veterans, a national program conducting ceremonies to recognize veterans in hospice care. Judge is a retired U.S. Marine Corps. master sergeant.

“I stepped over and helped develop that and have transitioned to that now for the last two years going forward,” Judge said.

“The bulk of what I do is, we’ll set up appointments with veterans in hospice in different stages. Most are conscious and (we) hear their story.”

Judge said he dresses in a suit and tie instead of a military uniform because he wants the visit to be about the veteran in hospice care and their service.

“I ask if there’s anything in your (service) history you remember that’s meaningful to you and relationships, and sometimes they

do, sometimes they don’t. Usually, they talk about relationships meaningful to them,” Judge said. “I share with them less than 1 percent of the U.S. population ever served in the Armed Forces and thank them on behalf of the U.S. and Heartland Hospice that they either volunteered or were drafted but didn’t run away. They went and served their country.”

At the end of the presentation, Judge leaves a gift with the veteran.

“Then, I come to the position of attention and give them their final salute,” Judge said.

“It’s kind of like their last Veterans Day. I think of it as a final formation. I’ll tell you, it’s pretty emotional.”

Judge said helping veterans tell their story is healing for the veterans and their families. He said the organization makes sure as many loved ones are present for the ceremony as possible.

Judge travels within a two-hour radius of his home to perform the ceremonies. He received Flanner Buchanan’s Volunteer of the Month award in December 2020. He then learned that he would receive the company’s Volunteer of the Year award as well.

Judge lives in Westfield with his wife, Marianne. They are empty nesters and enjoy spending time with their grandchildren. Outside of working as a customer experience specialist and volunteering with Heartland Hospice, Judge enjoys reading “Sherlock Holmes” detective stories.

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Noblesville resident’s STARTedUp Foundation continues to grow

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com STARTedUp Foundation’s mission is to instruct students to view life through a lens of innovation and entrepreneurship.

“The biggest theme we have is we want to have students who see problems as opportunities,” said Noblesville resident Don Wettrick, who serves as president of the foundation. “Entrepreneurs solve small problems, whether that’s an event, whether that’s a service or whether that’s an app, whether it’s change you want to see in the world or service is demanded, but (if) no one is doing it, you can do it.”

STARTedUp Foundation is heading into its fourth year. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. wanted to start it and approached Wettrick, who was teaching at Noblesville High School.

“They wanted my help as a consultant and they eventually handed the keys over to me,” Wettrick said. “I was flattered the IEDC wanted a teacher to run an educational program. It’s a nod to Noblesville Schools because they approached us because they heard about the innovation class we had.

I’m riding on the shoulders of student giants here because my students were doing great work, and that’s why they called.”

Wettrick taught an innovation class for all four grades at NHS. He was a teacher for 21 years, including his last five at NHS before becoming full time at STARTed Up two years ago.

STARTedUp’s showcase program is the Innovate WithIN pitch competition, a statewide initiative hosted by the IEDC and the STARTedUP Foundation, which is open to high school students across the state.

Applications opened earlier this year, and student teams are encouraged to continue submitting video pitches before Feb. 28.

“Innovate WithIN gets Hoosier students plugged in to Indiana’s thriving and engaged entrepreneurial community,” Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb stated. “This program fosters a pioneering spirit among our leaders of tomorrow, and every year I’m amazed by the innovative ideas these students pitch and the hard work they put into their business plans.”

Innovate WithIN gives students the opportunity to create their own business plans and showcase entrepreneurial ideas

Students visit the New York Stock Exchange during their 2018 Immersion Trip. (Submitted photos)

Innovate WithIN 2018 winners.

throughout the state.

“Through Innovate WithIN, we also run an accelerated program for the finalists as well,” said Wettrick, whose program introduces students to mentors and business

leaders.

In 2020, there were approximately 400 students. Wettrick said he expects more than double that total this year, estimating close to 1,000.

“Without a doubt, we are fostering and encouraging teams,” Wettrick said. “What makes this unusual is we don’t split the prizes. So, if a team of three (wins), they all get the same dollar amount.”

The overall winners of the state competition will each receive a $10,000 cash prize, $10,000 toward one year of in-state tuition, college scholarship award opportunities, internship opportunities and mentoring services, among other opportunities.

“We create curriculum basically around innovation and entrepreneurship,” Wettrick said. “We even fund some student ideas and businesses. The Innovate WithIN is a 2 1/2-month program after we name the top 10 teams.”

There are nine regions and a top 10 is named for all nine regions. Virtual regional pitch competitions will be conducted from April 19 to April 30.

“If you win the region, each team wins $1,000 and you get to be part of this cohort,” Wettrick said.

The 10 teams, nine regional winners and one team selected as a wild card take a trip with the STARTedUp team. The trip will likely be to Phoenix this spring.

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Continued from PAGE 20 “The wild card is basically a team that barely lost in its regional,” Wettrick said.

“We work with those teams to prepare them for the pitch in June.”

Tentatively, the plan is to have the state finals in-person at the JW Marriott Indianapolis, depending on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year’s finals were held virtually.

“It ended up being a big success for us because more people were bored and at home last year,” Wettrick said. “We simulcasted it on Facebook Live and that got a lot of views.”

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NHS’S SUCCESSFUL RUN STARTedUP Foundation President Don Wettrick takes pride in Noblesville High School’s success in Innovate WithIN. The winners of the first competition in 2018 were 2018 NHS graduates Jackson Ramey and Colin Wareham.

An NHS team was second in 2019 and tied for third in 2020.

“All three years, the Region 5 winner has come from Noblesville High School. I’m proud of that,” Wettrick said.

Ramey, a junior finance major at Purdue University, said he wouldn’t have known about the program if it wasn’t for Wettrick.

Ramey said he and Wareham were going to enter a DECA competition when they heard about the new program.

“But then we thought we’d do this and have the chance to get paid,” Ramey said of the cash prizes.

Educaid was the name of the company that made discovery board games.

“We won the idea with a board game that students could learn entrepreneurship and business education,” Ramey said. “We ended up pivoting in the summer to a card game that was Lemonade Empire.

I’m still seeing effects from it. Even though I don’t have a business I’m running now, it’s still in the back of my mind to run them because I’ve seen success from a young age doing the competition. I was able to talk about this a lot at career fairs, and this was one of the main things I talked about to land my internship over the summer.”

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

We all need the association of others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good, lord. Has it really come to this?

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

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

Peace out.

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I literally spent a solid 30 seconds in my car yesterday morning looking for a mask before realizing it was on my stupid face! And yet I had no problem reciting, in chronological order, a list of dead presidents to my history classes – DANIELLE WILSON

Editor, Indiana Highway 32 is the designated highway for semi traffic for both Noblesville and Westfield. It was not a problem when the towns were small and the area was agriculture. Now that the population of both cities has grown so much with a lot of vehicular traffic, the problem of how to support this roadway is finally being discussed.

Noblesville approved an extension of Pleasant Street to the west of White River to divert semi traffic. That diversion would not help Westfield unless Highway 38 would substitute as the designated route for semi traffic. And growth is starting to take effect along Highway 38 to U.S. 31.

I made this suggestion then, and I will make it again. We have a perfect fourlane divided highway that is already built and can serve the purpose of transporting heavy semi traffic within and across Hamilton County from Interstates 65 and 69. That roadway is 146th Street.

Why not use this route and alleviate the cost of building a new road and the cost of destroying designated historical neighborhoods, national historical buildings in Westfield and community supporting businesses for a new bypass roadway?

Mari Briggs, Sheridan

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Commentary by Dick Wolfsie I told my wife the other day that the stress of writing a weekly newspaper column was getting to be too HUMOR much for me.

“Look, Mary Ellen, we have been stuck in the house for a year and there’s nothing left to write about. Plus, you put a stop to articles making fun of you.”

“All right, Dick, because I can see you are desperate, I will lift the moratorium as long as I can approve the stories before you send anything out.”

“Could I do a column about how when you go grocery shopping, you never buy the kinds of stuff I like? You just buy healthy low-fat and organic food.”

“You wrote that in June of 2016. Wasn’t funny then. And besides, look at what good shape we are in.”

“How about one describing how little you know about sports, and that you ask really silly questions?”

“That would be June of 2006 and August of 2018. And I still think it’s a good question, why they call it a strike when the player doesn’t hit the ball. Or why the clock in

football says five minutes left and the game is still going on 20 minutes later. Can’t they buy a better clock?”

“Wait a second, Mary Ellen, have you been keeping track of the columns where I make fun of you?”

“Look, Mary Ellen, we have been stuck in the house for a year and there’s nothing left to write about. Plus, you put a stop to articles making fun of you.”

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

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“The reason I’m trying to get people aware of this, especially parents, is when all this started happening, they told me this thing about MIS-C, and I’m looking at them because I’ve never heard of this,” Johnson said. “They explained it’s very, very new, and the first case was diagnosed in New York in April of last year.”

Johnson said a doctor told her there had been 32 cases of MIS-C in Indiana since the first diagnosis in April 2020.

“So, it’s not something that’s very common,” she said. “Parents have to be an advocate for their child. If you start seeing these symptoms, don’t assume it’s the flu. If they don’t get better in a day or two, question your doctor. Ask them, ‘Have you heard of MIS-C, and if so, what are your thoughts?’

Especially if you know your child has been exposed or has had COVID, ask those questions of your doctor. It can be fatal. We were very lucky. He got very sick, but we are fortunate he’s on the way to recovery.

If I continued to think it was the flu, who knows what would have happened at that point?

“When we saw everything going on and we had to leave the room, it did hit me that we could lose him. That’s what’s going through my mind.”

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

Jax Johnson recently returned to school at Fishers Junior High School. (Submitted photo)

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

Jax has nightmares and anxiety about returning to the hospital. He returned Feb. 17 to classes at Fishers Junior High School.

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Carmel audiologist brings hearing aids with style to U.S.

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Clinical audiologist Jen Aslin saw Jenni Ahtiainen’s jewelry and was immediately intrigued.

DEAFMETAL Finnish designer Ahtiainen founded DEAFMETAL, which is an award-winning jewelry innovation for those of all ages who wear hearing aids.

“When I’m working with patients, they feel like they need to hide their hearing aids or grow their hair out,” Aslin said. “We believe this product is going to destigmatize hearing aids and allow those who wear hearing devices to be able to personalize and individualize their hearing loss and create style and beauty and some attitude with their hearing devices. This makes it fashionable to wear their hearing devices.”

Aslin, a Carmel resident and audiologist for more than 20 years, contacted Ahtiainen in the summer of 2020 and began discussions about marketing the hearing devices in the U.S. “As an audiologist, I hadn’t seen anything like that in the United States,” said Aslin, of JLA Audiology. “I wanted to get more of her story and hear about what she does and her passion for it. Through a series of Skype

calls and gathering information, we both decided this would be a good thing to start in the United States.”

DEAFMETAL seeks to transform hearing aids/cochlear implants into personalized, unique and stylish jewelry to be worn by people of all ages with hearing loss. Aslin said the main innovation of DEAFMETAL is a small-design patented silicone holster that easily slides onto the behind-the-ear hearing aid/cochlear implant processor.

The hearing aid jewelry collection is entitled The Hope Collection. Aslin is serving as DEAFMETAL’s U.S. partner. The products became available Feb. 2 in the U.S. through deafmetalusa.com ”After working in fashion and music industries for many years as an accomplished designer, I have never felt more passionately about my designs,” stated Ahtiainen, who became deaf in 2018. ”Nor have I ever felt they are as important to the world as I do now.”

Aslin said she collaborated with some people to share U.S. trends in jewelry with Ahtiainen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

opment Company, a booking, promotion and management agency.

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

The pandemic has been a difficult time for musicians.

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

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

Hopefully, things will pick up and change.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 5-mile long Themistoclean Wall, opposed as provocative by Sparta, bisected Kerameikos, placing most of the cemetery outside

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

Breif history of February Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I’m going to lean on my three years of high school Latin to answer this question.

I really wanted to GRAMMAR GUY make sure I was profiled as a giant nerd during my formative teen years, so I took a class where we got extra credit for wearing a homemade toga to school.

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

Lupercalia later became known as “Februa,” the festival of purification. This was probably a result of a focus group who thought that the naked whippings with goats’ blood were not politically correct enough. Incidentally, this festival was later replaced by the Christian holiday we know as Valentine’s Day. The month in which the festival of Februa happened was named “Februarius.” Who knows?

Perhaps this year’s Valentine’s Day should have been renamed “Quarantine’s Day.” What about the “ru” in “February”?

Why don’t we pronounce it? The word looks like a mash-up between “Febreeze” and “Furby.” While I don’t claim to be a linguist, my research shows that the dropped “r” in the pronunciation of “February” is a result of dissimilation, or haplology. Dissimilation is when two similar neighboring sounds in a word become different over time.

Think about the word “surprise.” Over time, this word has become pronounced as “su-prise.” This is exactly what has happened with February: Through the years, we’ve dropped the “ru,” now pronouncing the word as “Feb-you-ary.” Also, think about kids in school memorizing and reciting the 12 months of the year — it could be that we started to pronounce “February” the same as “January,” as February comes right after month No. 1.

For my money, the best holidays originate with naked ritual whippings. Forget “National Bike to Work Day;” if the holiday doesn’t have bizarre pagan roots, I’m not interested in celebrating it. For reference, check out the ancient festivals that were replaced with the Christian holidays of Christmas (Saturnalia) and Easter (Eostre).

Our calendar and its holidays have a complicated and fascinating history.

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

the wall. The Dipylon Gate, located in Kerameikos, became the main entrance to Athens.

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

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

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Acropolis. In 431 B.C., Sparta attacked areas around Athens, initiating the Peloponnesian War. The next year, Pericles stood near the Diplyon Gate and delivered his famous Funeral Oration. As reported by Thucydides, the 2,800-word speech honored Athens’ war dead and exhorted the living to defend Athens’ democratic government, “in the hands of the many and not of the few,” against enemies trying to destroy it. Scholars see in Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” several parallels to the reported words of Pericles, who died of the plague in 429 B.C. and was buried in Kerameikos.

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

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

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Complete Bathroom Remodeling -Ceramic and Porcelain Tile Installations -Custom Showers -Leak and Mold Solutions -Low Maintenance Choices

SPRING CLEAN-UP MULCH MOWING FERTILIZING TEAR OUT / REPLACE FREE ESTIMATES CALL 317-491-3491

WILL DO BOBCAT WORK, MOW LAWNS & DO FALL & STORM CLEAN UP

Trim Shrub, remove or trim some trees Clean out houses, garages, basements, attics, gutters, paint.

Do odd jobs, demo small buildings.

Provide personal services Fully Insured Text or call Jay 574-398-2135 shidelerjay@gmail.com www.jayspersonalservices.com

FIREWOOD SALE Topping – Removal Deadwooding – Landscaping Stump Grinding – Gutter Cleaning INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES Call Steve 317-341-4905 or 317-932-2115

GUITAR LESSONS

Wth recording artist Duke Tumatoe Learn from professional and have fun On Line or In Carmel duke@duketumatoe.com or 317-201-5856

GROUNDHOG STUMP REMOVAL

Professional & Economical Remove tree stumps, ugly tree roots, stumps in and around chain link or wood fences. We also remove tree stumps that are protruding up onto sidewalks and around sidewalks. We grind them and/or remove. Please Call & Text at 816-778-4690 or 317-341-4905.

Topping -Removal -Deadwooding Bucket Truck Service , Landscaping Fully INSURED , FREE ESTIMATES Call Grover @ 317-253-3064 or Call Jim @ 317895-1509

SUNNY SANIBEL @ SANIBLE SIESTA

FOR SALE BY OWNER,

AVAILABLE 4/18/21 THRU 6/5/21 & AVAILABLE 6/12/21 THRU 6/30/21 *Beautiful 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Condo *4th Floor with Gulf View *A Beautiful Inviting Pool *2 Lanais with Lounge Chairs *Plenty of Great restaurants to choose from *Perfect biking and walking paths *Up to 6 People A PARADISE AWAITS YOU Please email: rkojsc3@aol.com for rate info and details.

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REAL ESTATE “Under Construction” (Cash Only) 161 Wellington Pkwy, Noblesville 2 Story Home W/Walkout Basement Approximately 3500 SF, 3/4 Acre lot. $225,000.00 For An Appointment Call 317-223-4587

• House Wash • Roof Wash • Concrete Cleaning & Sealing House Wash • Concrete Cleaning & Sealing • Stamped Concrete Cleaning • Stamped Concrete Cleaning & Sealing • Deck Cleaning & & Sealing • Paver Cleaning and Sealing Cleaning Staining • Fence Cleaning and Staining••Dock Paver Cleaning and and Sealing Sealing • Dock Cleaning and Sealing

Guitar Lessons With Baker Scott

Beginners thru Advanced All styles Electric-Acoustic-Bass Private Lessons Parent-Child Lessons I teach improvisation for all instruments.

Gift Certificates Available Read my LinkedIn bio/About near Carey Road & 146th • Carmel 317-

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Give us a call at 317-490-2922 to schedule your Free Quote & Demonstration

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Seeking experience. mature person to walk dogs and care for cats.

Flexible, part time work.

Apply at: www.FetchPetCare.com

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN NEEDED Local Computer repair shop in need of PC and Mac techs with experience pref both PC and Macs, certification strongly desired, pleasant personality & some sales experience. Pay starting at $16/ hour and up for F/T. Send resume with cover letter to jobs@ctcarmel.com

Looking for job security? Simpson Construction Services has so much work that it must hire five people for residential remodeling NOW. The skilled carpenters we select will have strong abilities in bathroom remodeling, but also with respect to kitchens, decks, basements, wood and tile flooring, doors and windows, interior and exterior painting, drywall, plumbing and electrical, siding and room additions. Again: Only skilled carpenters need apply.

For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

2021 VIRTUAL TEACHERS RECRUITMENT FAIR Elementary: Monday, March 1 Secondary: Tuesday, March 2 5:00-7:00pm

www.msdwt.k12.in.us

To RSVP and for questions: mmartin@msdwt.k12.in.us WHY MSDWT? International Baccalaureate • Teaching at all grade levels!

Competitive Salary • $45,000 beginning teacher salary & full benefit package!

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Do you love the excitement of NCAA and Pacer’s basketball, concerts, the Indy 500, the State Fair and The Palladium?

Get paid to be part of the action!

ESG Security is hiring enthusiastic and dependable people to work security for our various venues in Indianapolis and Carmel!

Join the ESGSecurity Team by calling (317) 261-0866 today!

Licensed insurance agent, Indianapolis, IN. The ideal candidate enjoys talking to people and proactively solving issues.

Responsibilities include, Servicing home, auto, & commercial lines of business. Communicate with customers via phone, email & chat. Provide knowledgeable answers to questions about product, pricing and availability.

Work with internal departments.

Qualifications: 1-3 years relevant work experience. Send resume to: rkh156@aol.com

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

Compensation is competitive and based on experience.

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HELP WANTED:

Looking for an entry level employee to round out my help desk. It is a perfect job for college aged students or someone looking to return to the workforce.

Primary duties would be inbound tech support calls, emails, and light office work. Mid-morning, approximately 15 hours per week. Please send resumes, work history, or questions to: mkress@theankerconsultinggroup.com

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

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

• Daily opening and closing of parish administration office.

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

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

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

• Provide administrative support to all Parish Staff.

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

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

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

Interested candidates should email resume to apply@setoncarmel.org

NOW HIRING OPERATIONS MANAGER

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

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

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

OFFICE MANAGER

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

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

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

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

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

GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE,

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

NOW HIRING

We are seeking excellent candidates for our front desk.

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

Some office experience preferred. High school grads and above.

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

YOUR CLASSIFIED AD HERE!

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

Call Dennis O’Malia 317-370-0749

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

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

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