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Westfield council narrowly approves Hometown Heroes program

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out for our first responders and those who put their life on the line for us, but I think that’s where our agreement ends,” Frei said.

Westfield Mayor Andy Cook cast the “I want to make sure we have the smallest tie-breaking vote during the Jan. 11 Westfield government possible, and this is the type of City Council thing that absolutely can be done GOVERNMENT meeting when through public outreach.” it came time Frei also expressed concerns to vote on a Hometown Heroes about the language of the resoluprogram. tion. He said he wasn’t sure what The program was originally proelse the program might include beposed by council member Scott sides lawn care and snow removal.

Willis, a U.S. Marine. Hometown “These are things (that) are great Cook Heroes would be organized causes but a terribly slipby the City of Westfield in pery slope when it comes which city contractors will to taxpayer dollars,” Frei provide free basic lawn said. care and snow removal Frei said he called three at the homes of Westfield local churches, all three residents with a family were eager to possibly member deployed in the partner with the program.

Frei Willis U.S. military or a Westfield Although the services public safety staff member injured in the would be provided by contractors at no line of duty. cost, Frei said contractors’ bid responses Prior to the vote, council member Scott might increase over time because of the Frei said Willis’ heart was in the right place frequency of service requests. but that the city shouldn’t launch the proOther concerns included a high request gram and should instead reach out to local for services through the program, but Willis churches or volunteer organizations to prosaid not all veterans or public safety staff vide the services. qualified — only active-duty military mem“I agree we absolutely should be looking bers stationed outside of Indiana and West-

field public safety staff injured in the line of duty. Willis also challenged Frei’s comment about possible help from churches.

“If this is something the churches really wanted to do, in 2004 and 2005 we were knee-deep in a war and I didn’t see anybody raising their hands, so I do feel like this is the best starting point to get this off the ground,” Willis said.

Council member Joe Edwards shared Willis’ view. Although it may be possible for the private sector to become involved later, he said the city could help by launching the program.

Cook compared the program to the Westfield Youth Assistance Program.

“I think we went through this with our youth assistance program. We found a need and brought it forward and, yes, churches are participating in it, and the private sector funds a great deal of that program, but they have to have a spark to get them going, and I think that’s exactly what this program could very well do,” Cook said.

Council president Mike Johns, council member Troy Patton and Frei voted no.

Council member Cindy Spoljaric abstained, and Edwards, Willis and council member Jake Gilbert voted yes. To break the tie, the vote fell to Cook, who voted yes, therefore passing the resolution with a 4-3 vote.

For more, visit westfield.in.gov.

IDH allows Hoosiers 70 and older to be vaccinated

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“Our goal is to reduce deaths and hospitalizations, and that makes this the right The Indiana Dept. of Health announced approach,” Indiana State Health CommisJan. 13 that residents 70 and older can sioner Dr. Kristina Box said during a Jan. 13 begin scheduling virtual press briefing. “Our system PANDEMIC appointments to is working, and we are going to receive COVID-19 stick with it. I want to be clear vaccinations. about one thing: Indiana has acAppointments can be scheduled counted for nearly every dose we at ourshot.in.gov. People needing have received and the number of assistance with registration can people who we have already vaccicall 2-1-1 or one of Indiana’s Area nated or who have already schedBox Agencies on Aging. A caregiver or uled an appointment. loved one also can make an appointment on “We have not been sitting on doses of behalf of an eligible senior. vaccine, and we never will.”

A week prior, the IDH announced Hoosiers Hoosiers 70 and older account for 11.8 80 and older could receive vaccinations. percent of the state’s population but 42 State health officials say vaccinating oldest percent of COVID-19 hospitalizations and residents, who account for a disproportion78 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the state, ate number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and according to state health officials. When the majority of COVID-19 deaths, will save vaccinations become available for people 60

and older, the state will have opened vaccinations to 22.5 percent of all residents. The age group accounts for 64.1 percent of all COVID-19 hospitalizations and 93.3 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in Indiana.

As of Jan. 13, nearly 220,000 Hoosiers had received their first dose of the two-dose vaccine, and more than 40,000 had received both doses and are fully vaccinated, according to the IDH. The department has created a vaccine dashboard, which is updated daily, showing the number of vaccines administered. It can be viewed at coronavirus. in.gov/2680.htm.

State officials said 455,000 residents were scheduled to be vaccinated by the end of this month. At least one vaccination clinic is open in every county, and residents can check neighboring clinics for availability if they have difficulty scheduling an appointment at the nearest available clinic.

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Rachel Elliott had shared her COVID-19 pandemic stories with longtime close friend Eric Griffin.

GIVING BACK One story stuck with him. Elliott, an intensive care unit and emergency room nurse at IU Health, and the hospital chaplain arranged a FaceTime call for a dying COVID-19 patient so her daughter, who was in another hospital with COVID-19, could say goodbye.

Elliott then stayed with her patient so she wouldn’t be alone when she died at IU Health North in Carmel.

Griffin, a Mazda owner from Chicago, learned about the “Mazda Heroes: Honoring the Human Spirit” program that recognizes individuals across the U.S. who dedicate themselves to their community. He nominated Elliott with a one-minute video, sharing her act of kindness with the dying patient.

Elliott was selected by Mazda North American Operations as one of 50 winners of the national honor. She took home a 2020 Mazda MX-5 Miata Dec. 4 at Tom Roush Mazda in Westfield. Elliott was joined at the celebration by Griffin, along with her parents, sister and boyfriend.

“When they called to say I won, I was so surprised,” she said. “It’s definitely been something bright in kind of a dark year.

It’s definitely been a blessing and a fun surprise.”

Elliott, a Heritage Christian High School graduate who grew up in the Geist area, attended the IU School of Nursing at IUPUI.

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Lawmakers discuss upcoming bills at virtual breakfast

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com The OneZone Chamber of Commerce conducted a virtual presentation Jan. 8 for local state senators and repLEGISLATURE resentatives to discuss upcoming bills for the legislative session. The breakfast typically is held at Conner Prairie in Fishers but was presented virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

District 21 Sen. Jim Buck (R-Kokomo), District 24 Rep. Donna Schaibley (R-Carmel), District 31 District 29 Sen. J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis), District 20 Sen. Scott Baldwin (R-Noblesville) and several others presented at the event. They discussed some of the following proposed legislation: DONNA SCHAIBLEY Schaibley’s bills are specific to health care costs and Hamilton County courts.

One bill proposes an all-payer claims database in which a portal is available for health care consumers to shop for services based on cost and quality and compare the costs between providers.

Schaibley “I have another bill that deals with the consolidation of health care within the state, and it will require the attorney general to look at any mergers or acquisitions by hospitals and give its approval to make sure there’s not a monopoly or reducing of competition in that area,” Schaibley said.

Schaibley also has authored a bill for the creation of an additional court in Hamilton County because of population growth and one servicing endangered adults. “(The endangered adults bill) will provide certain additional services to people who call the fire department for emergency services,” Schaibley said. “It will allow fire departments to do follow-up work with them and help get them community services to benefit them and link them to services they need and hopefully provide them with better quality of life and also possibly reduce the service calls because they’re actually

getting what they need outside of emergency services.”

SCOTT BALDWIN Baldwin serves on the education committee and said one of his bills will correct the funding model for virtual education.

Earlier this year, school districts learned that if a certain percentage of their students attended school through virtual instruction, Baldwin they wouldn’t receive full state funding for that student.

“I think there’s broad support for making certain those schools are fully funded even though they could be considered virtual,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin also is co-sponsoring a bill establishing more oversight for law enforcement, such as a five-member state board to oversee Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. to reduce political influences.

For more on that bill, visit youarecurrent. com/?p=198574.

Another bill Baldwin said he is excited about is expanding broadband in rural communities.

“There are a lot of problems in the rural communities with our agricultural folks being able to get access to the internet service they need to study the data they collect on their fields,” Baldwin said. “We have some problems with our health care systems having access, education (systems) having access. There are kids pulling up to schools or McDonald’s to get Wi-Fi so they can do their homework.”

Baldwin referred to broadband connectivity across rural communities as a “$2 billion problem.”

“We maybe have $100 or $200 million for it, and while I applaud that and support it, it might be like firing cannons into tornados as it relates to the big problem,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin then referenced a bill that would empower redevelopment commissions to fund local broadband problems locally.

For future all-county breakfast previews of the legislative session, visit web.onezonecommerce.com/events.

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What it means: Lantern Commons is proposed on 60 acres at the northeast corner of U.S. 31 and 161st Street. The project has five sub-areas, including Area A, which is designed for assisted living or memory care; Area B, which is designed to accommodate office uses; Area C, which is designed for low-profiled and neighborhood-oriented commercial retail businesses; Area D, which could be uses as two hotel sites or as corporate headquarter sites; Area E, which is designed as a multi-family community; and Area F, which is currently residual property owned by the Indiana Dept. of Transportation, but which the petitioner plans to obtain if INDOT were to dispose of it. A vote wasn’t taken because it was only an introduction.

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What happened: Council member Mike Johns was elected president of the Westfield City Council.

What it means: After Johns was elected president, he asked council member Joe Edwards to serve as his vice president. Edwards accepted.

What happened: The council unanimously approved the Courtyards of Westfield planned unit development.

What it means: The development is proposed for the southwest corner of 151st Street and Towne Road. It is designed for empty nesters and active adults.

Council president Mike Johns called it an excellent project that would be in the right location.

“It provides a new and different type of housing offering, an alternative for residents of Westfield and potentially new residents of Westfield,” he said.

What happened: The council heard an introduction for the Sanders Glen planned unit development.

What it means: The Sanders Glen is proposed on approximately 9.5 acres at 2432 South St. The proposal is south of the Midland Trace Trail, east of the Cottages at Sanders Glen and the Sanders Glen health care facility and west of the city services building. The project proposes three distinct areas. Area 1 would offer 26 for-sale single-family dwellings. Area 2 would offer 50 for-rent senior-focused dwelling units or apartments and Area 3 would offer 14 for-sale, single-family dwellings. A vote wasn’t taken because it was an introduction, but Spoljaric raised concerns about the project not fitting into the area and also having a lack of usable open space.

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What happened: The council heard an introduction for the Lancaster Phase 2 planned unit development.

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The state of Indiana has elevated Hamilton County to a red advisory, the most severe rating level, for PANDEMIC COVID-19 spread. To reach the red advisory, a county must have 200 or more weekly cases per 100,000 residents and a seven-day all-test positivity rate of 15 percent or higher.

Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive order for a red advisory level suggests K-12 education leaders reevaluate their plans for education based on the Indiana Dept. of Education and the Indiana Dept. of Health recommendations. Westfield Washington Schools released a statement saying it will not change its current model.

All Westfield schools are on a hybrid model. Elementary schools and the Westfield Intermediate School have in-person instruction Monday through Thursday and are virtual on Friday. Westfield Middle School and Westfield High School are on a hybrid model in which students attend school in-person two days a week and have virtual instruction on the days they aren’t in-person. All WMS and WHS students have virtual instruction on Friday.

“Having been in continual contact with the Hamilton County Health Dept, they have confirmed that our current plans for education, lunchrooms, masking and hygiene align with the updated restrictions and are not advising a change for WWS,” the statement read. “Because of that, each Westfield Washington school will continue under its current model.”

There will be additional restrictions for athletic activities for WWS. The statement said that until further notice, only athletes, essential staff and parents/guardians and siblings are allowed to attend competitive events.

DISPATCH Hopkins to serve as CAO for Rokita administration — Indiana Attorney General-Elect Todd Rokita has selected Larry Hopkins, a Westfield resident, to serve as Chief Administrative Officer in his new administration. Hopkins’ role began Jan. 11. Hopkins served in this role during two previous administrations.

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Photography permit required

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Hamilton County Parks and Recreation’s policy requiring the registration of professional photographers COUNTY PARKS and videographers conducting commercial operations in its parks drew some immediate questions from the community.

Don Nicholls, HCPR resource development specialist, said the policy was made public via a departmental Facebook posting Jan. 4. The subsequent clarification, after being reviewed by parks leadership, was then posted on the Facebook page Jan. 6. The fees are $10 for a single day or $50 for an annual permit.

“Compared to other (similar) photo permit fees, these costs are very nominal,” Nicholls said. “The park board approved the policy based on input they received from park staff. If you perform an online search of park agencies, you will learn that it is common practice for parks agencies to have a photo-permitting program in place.”

The department clarified amateur and

casual photographers in county parks do not require a permit. Media photographers also are exempt.

According to the post, the policy was established because HCPR was regularly receiving concerns from park users about professional photographers or videographers interfering with park guests’ enjoyment. The new policy will have other benefits as well.

Contact information of registrants will allow effective and efficient communication of current and updated rules and regulations governing professional photography and videography on county park property.

It also will allow HCPR to quickly notify photographers of closures because of safety concerns, temporary wildlife areas or scheduled events.

The new system also will allow HCPR to alert professional photographers and videographers about opportunities to capture images within the county park system.

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Grand Park helps keep tourism industry afloat during COVID-19 pandemic

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Hamilton County Tourism officials were optimistic going into 2020 because 2019 was a record-setting year for the county’s tourism industry. However, Hamilton County Tourism President and CEO Brenda Myers knew things would change when the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the U.S. economy.

But fortunately for the local tourism industry the economic fallout turned Myers out not as be as bad as she feared, thanks in large measure to youth travel sports.

“July was really good. Kudos to Bullpen (Tournaments) and Grand Park, and we should give some credit to our sales staff,” Myers said.

Myers said the results show how resilient the youth travel sports industry is, and that outdoor sporting events helped the tourism organization recoup some of its lost revenue in July.

Myers said four tourism industry subgroups in Hamilton County — the youth sports group, which brought the most visits to the county in 2020; the convention market group; the business transients; and the leisure market — helped stem revenue losses “We have a lot of small training sessions and meetings and associations of different counties meet here,” Myers said of the convention group.

Because the convention groups typically meet in one room, Myers said the tourism group will likely continue to struggle until COVID-19 vaccines become widely available.

The business transient group attracts visitors to the county Monday through Thursday, largely via the many corporate headquarters in Carmel, Noblesville and Fishers. However, that group also took a hit in 2020.

“That drives a lot of weekday training sessions and meetings, and that has all been dried up,” Myers said. “That’s been a real struggle for everyone in the industry right now. We’ve seen it tick up at the holidays just a little, but January and February

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have never been great months for this, so we will hold our breath for these two months.

“We have planned for some bad months, and we’re sure hotels have as well.”

Myers said the leisure market, which includes families visiting the county, did well during the summer. She said the leisure market produced a better turnout than Hamilton County Tourism expected.

“I think families just needed to get away, because they came from fairly close in, like Greenwood,” Myers said. “People came up to stay, got a hotel room and went to Conner Prairie or did some hiking.”

Myers said economy hotels and extended-stay hotels did well in 2020 as a result of construction and transient travelers requiring lodging.

Hamilton County Tourism receives national tourism trend reports weekly, and Myers

said the next few months look “fairly sad.”

“We hope everybody can make it through until spring,” she said.

Hamilton County Tourism did have to scale back operations to survive 2020, letting nine staff members go and all staff taking a three-month pay cut. The organization relinquished all of its leased spaces as well.

“We put whatever money we had back into the community in advertising and marketing,” Myers said. “We are going to be OK because we made such drastic changes in 2020, but as an economy, it’s going to be a rough winter. I’m not going to sugarcoat it for everybody.”

Myers said the industry may begin to pick up again in the spring, as Grand Park will host more activities, and the Carmel Marathon is expected to draw more visitors.

For more, visit visithamiltoncounty.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS Hamilton County Tourism is promoting its Great Dine Out campaign. The initiative showcases more than 35 restaurants in Hamilton County by offering discounts for carryout meals through Jan. 31. In February, Hamilton County Tourism will conduct a promotion around President’s Day weekend and Valentine’s Day promoting safe activities to do that weekend.

“People tend to do a little travel that weekend,” Hamilton County Tourism President and CEO Brenda Myers said.

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Commentary by Terry Anker Sometimes, we have to learn the hard way. It is not clear why we, the most intelligent of God’s creatures, struggle to take stock of the mistakes of the past and repeat them over and over and over again until we have found our own individualized path to enlightenment.

Still, we most assuredly do.

Granddad would offer helpful suggestions to us kids as we set out to do our daily chores. Confident that our new and enlightened “way” would only confuse the old man, we nodded politely and then ignored his guidance. Sure, he’d been doing the job for 70 years or so and probably had gained a bit of experience along the way, but what did this guy know about things? This is a brave new world. We could certainly do it better now.

Hours later, knuckles bloodied and school pants torn, we’d return, defeated. Without so much as a deserved I-told-you-so, he’d put down his smoldering pipe, Captain Black would wait, and come to the barn to help. By learning the time-tested and then, and only then, challenging the standard from a point of both understanding and respect could we hope to improve the process. Change, wrought by ignorance or arrogance, seldom reaps any benefit other than more work. From then on, when advice was offered, most of us would gladly listen for a bit to the voice of experience.

Eager as we might be to make ourselves unique, improve upon the process, or simply not do it the way we are told, are we complicating our lives and ignoring the optimal runway to success? Do we intentionally debilitate our own progress just to ensure that we don’t give those before us the satisfaction of knowing that they, or those before them, developed a pretty good system to ensure human flourishing?

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

A campy escape from reality Commentary by Danielle Wilson So much for a fresh start in 2021. Between skyrocketing COVID-19 cases and an unhinged, maniacal president, HUMOR I’ve desperately been seeking means of emotional escape.

Thank god for online streaming services.

Puzzles and books are fine, but nothing compares to a juicy Netflix series for those wanting a complete detachment from reality. Yes, please!

My latest fave is the CW’s “The 100,” a young adult sci-fi show that follows a group of beautiful but delinquent teens who’ve been sent to a post-apocalyptic Earth to see if it’s inhabitable again. The writing is horrible, the acting is only marginally better, and the production value is somewhere between “Flash Gordon” and a ’90s sitcom.

No matter! I’m immediately transported to a world where eye makeup is consistently on point, whether emerging from gladiatorl-style combat or cryo-sleep, relationships bloom and dissolve faster than I can click “Continue to Next Episode,” and

the ethics of cannibalism is a reoccurring theme. It’s pure TV gold.

More important, “The 100” is keeping me sane. I look forward to it each night, curled up in bed or on the couch, maybe a hot cup of tea in hand, and savor those moments of disconnect from the ever-crazy headlines of the day. Will Clarke become the commander?

Will Bellamy ever confront his demons? And how do humans living in a cultish commune on a distant planet’s moon 300 years in the future acquire a printing press? These are the questions that occupy my thoughts.

And I’m good with that. Self-care is key to surviving these insane times, and if that means binge-watching a “Terminator-meets-Dawson’s Creek” soap opera, so be it. Peace out.

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

Self-care is key to surviving these insane times, and if that means binge-watching a “Terminatormeets-Dawson’s Creek” soap opera, so be it.

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Not the hygiene answer I expectorated Commentary by Dick Wolfsie I called my friend yesterday.

“Hi, Bob, it’s Dick. I have a weird question to ask you,” I said. “Mary Ellen HUMOR and I disagree on what most people do. When you are finished brushing your teeth, do you rinse and spit or just spit?”

“Geesh, Dick, I have never thought about that until now. I’ll call you back at the end of your column.”

I found a few websites on this very topic. One of the so-called experts said he had a small dental practice in rural Virginia with about 50 patients — a total of 200 teeth. He was a big fan of rinsing and then spitting after your daily brushing. Another dentist from England didn’t believe in rinsing, but he wasn’t a proponent of daily brushing, either.

Dentist John Love is considered “the leading voice on dental appliances.” Dr. Love is an advocate of spitting only, but he uses the word expectorate instead, which impressed one manufacturer when he auditioned to be the voiceover talent for their talking toothbrushes.

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A popular website says regardless of which method you use, the most important thing is to avoid sugary foods. At the bottom of the website, there is this note: We Use Cookies.

One woman said she was positive her toothpaste tube says to “always rinse after use.” Then she posted that she had confused her toothpaste with her shampoo.

Now, she’s concerned that she may have swallowed too much soap.

I decided to bite the bullet and call my own dentist, although I knew that biting bullets was not something he recommended.

“Dr. Townshend, this is Dick Wolfsie.

Could you tell me if I should spit and rinse after I brush, or just spit?”

“Dick, do you know how often I get asked that that question?”

“How often?”

“Never. Goodbye, Dick, and don’t forget to floss.”

This was becoming even more perplexing.

Floss, brush, spit, rinse?

Brush, floss, rinse, spit?

Spit, rinse, brush, floss?

Rinse, brush, spit, floss?

I realize some of those sequences made no sense. Why would you spit first? But I was considering every option.

I put the whole thing out of my mind by thinking about important things like: Should I put on both socks first and then my shoes, or one foot’s sock and shoe at a time? Also, should I shave before or after I shower?

Then, the phone rang. It was Bob calling me back, as promised.

“Dick, it’s Bob. Cathy just watched me in the bathroom. She says I brush, spit, rinse and spit. By the way, I also floss at the end.”

“That’s a big help, Bob. Thanks. I think I’m getting a better idea of the normal order.”

“You’re welcome. Now tell me, when should I use my mouthwash?”

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Rita’s Italian Ice MAIN STREET & Frozen Custard is scheduled to open at 110 W. Main St., Suite 125, in the Carmel Arts & Design District in late February or, at the latest, the first day of spring.

“We’re super excited about it. It should be great right off the Monon Trail,” said Wilkos, whose store will have a pick-up window.

Wilkos signed the lease in mid-December for the 1,200-square feet space, formerly occupied by Huntington Bank.

Wilkos, a Westfield resident, moved to Indiana approximately three years ago to work as a sales executive for Finish Line, where he retired at the end of 2018. Prior to that, he worked as an executive for Nordstrom for several years in the Seattle area.

“This is our family business,” he said. “My wife, Sue, and two sons are all going to be running it. Carmel is our first location. We are hoping to have one or two in Westfield and then Noblesville as well. We love the

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The couple’s sons, Steven and Tyler, both attend Westfield High School. Steven is a junior and Tyler a freshman.

The other Rita’s store in Indiana is in Fishers.

In the 1980s, Wilkos said he was in a restaurant and catering business with family members in New Jersey.

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Myth: “We can’t trust COVID-19 vaccines because they were rushed to market.”

Fact: The first vaccines for COVID-19 do involve new technology, and they were developed in record time. But it’s not because there were shortcuts in the process. The new technology at the center of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines is called messenger RNA, or mRNA. While this is the first time it’s being widely used in a vaccine for the public, researchers have actually been working on this vaccine strategy for more than three decades. FDA analysis of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness on people age 16 and older found “no specific safety concerns” that would preclude the vaccine’s use.

Myth: “The vaccine will give me COVID-19.”

Fact: Vaccines prime your immune system to recognize and fight off a disease, but they don’t actually cause an infection. The vaccines that are available in the U.S. contain a strand of the aforementioned mRNA. When the mRNA enters your cells, it instructs them to make a piece of the “spike” protein that’s present on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Those protein pieces don’t actually harm your body, but they do trigger your immune system to mount a response to fight them off.

Myth: “We don’t know what’s in these vaccines.”

Fact: Both Pfizer and Moderna have published the ingredient lists for their vaccines. In addition to the star ingredient, the COVID-19 mRNA for the spike protein, both vaccines contain lipids (fats) that help deliver the mRNA into your cells and a few other common ingredients that help maintain the pH and stability of the vaccine. Despite theories circulated on social media, they do not contain microchips or any form of tracking device.

Myth: “These vaccines will alter my DNA.” Fact: The vaccines use mRNA to instruct our cells to make a piece of the coronavirus’s hallmark spike protein in order to spark an immune-system response. Once the mRNA does that, our cells break it down and get rid of it. Messenger RNA is something that’s made from DNA, but it’s not

designed to integrate with our DNA, and it doesn’t permanently change our genome and who we are in any way.

Myth: “I already had COVID-19, so I won’t benefit from the vaccine.”

Fact: We don’t yet know how long natural immunity to COVID-19 lasts. Right now, it seems that getting COVID-19 more than once is not common, but there still are many questions that remain unanswered. Therefore, even if you’ve had COVID-19, it still would be appropriate for you to get the vaccine to make sure you’re protected.

Myth: “Since COVID-19’s survival rate is so high, I don’t need a vaccine.”

Fact: It’s true that most people who get COVID-19 are able to recover. But it’s also true that some people develop severe complications. So far, more than 1.7 million people around the world have died from COVID-19, as well as some 350,000 Americans, and that doesn’t account for people who survived but needed to be hospitalized. Because the disease can damage the lungs, heart and brain, it also may cause long-term health problems that experts still are working to understand. There’s another reason to consider getting the vaccine: It protects those around you. Even if COVID-19 doesn’t make you very sick, you could pass it on to someone else who might be more severely affected. Widespread vaccination protects populations, including those who are most at risk and those who can’t be vaccinated. It will be important for ending the pandemic.

Myth: “Once I get the vaccine, I won’t have to wear a mask or worry about social distancing.”

Fact: Even if you get the vaccine, you should continue to wear a mask around others, wash your hands and practice physical distancing. There are a few reasons for this. The first is that both of the authorized vaccines require two doses given three to four weeks apart to achieve the best possible immunity. When you get your first shot, you don’t become immediately immune. It takes at least a week to 10 days for your body to begin to develop antibodies, and then those antibodies continue to increase over the next several weeks. The second is that these vaccines were developed and tested for their ability to prevent severe illness and death from COVID-19. It’s not clear whether they also protect against asymptomatic infection and spread.

Myth: “Now that we have vaccines, the pandemic will be over very soon.”

Fact: In order to achieve what’s called herd immunity — the point at which the disease is no longer likely to spread — about 70 percent of the population will need to have been vaccinated or infected. But the companies that make these vaccines can only make so many at a time, so the vaccines will be distributed in phases with priority given to people with greatest need. They may not be widely available to the general public for several months.

Myth: “This vaccine contains egg protein.”

Fact: While most conventional vaccines — including the flu shot — are made with egg protein, the coronavirus vaccine has no trace of nuts, eggs or any food.

Myth: “The vaccine can create serious side effects.”

Fact: According to the FDA’s report, 84 percent of any adverse reactions among participants included pain at the injection site. Additionally, 62 percent of participant reactions were fatigue, 55 percent included a headache and less than 40 percent included muscle pain, chills, joint pain and fever.

Severe adverse reactions occurred in less than 4.6 percent of participants.

Myth: “This vaccine could make women infertile.”

Fact: There is no indication whatsoever that this vaccine would affect the fertility of females.

Myth: “The vaccine will protect us from COVID permanently.”

Fact: The vaccine has only been around for three or four months since it came off the line. Since the virus has been around for about one year, what we don’t know yet is how durable that effect is.

Multiple mutations already may imply need for future boosters.

If you have more questions about the vaccine, talk with your trusted healthcare provider or look to reliable sources, including www.cdc.gov or www.who.int.

For more information, email info@youarecurrent.com.

Andrew R. Greenspan, M.D., is a hematologist/ oncologist with IU Health, in practice at the IU Health Schwarz Cancer Center in Carmel and other IUH sites.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When Emmanuel Carter first heard he had an audition for a variety TV show, he had no idea it was for TELEVISION Noggin, a learning app from Nick Jr. “Fast forward a couple weeks after that, I found out that not only had I booked the show, but they had changed the entire format of the show because of my audition,” the Carmel resident said. “The way the show is now is, it’s a music-based show.

We teach the children about different subjects through song and dance. Originally, it was supposed to be more akin to ‘Reading Rainbow’ and ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ but because I added musical elements to my audition, they rewrote the entire thing.”

The decision was made by ViacomCBS to place the production in Indiana to keep Carter safe and adhere to COVID-19 protocols, he said.

“I was proud of that because I always try to champion bringing more artistic work to Indiana because there are so many people here that are so talented,” he said. “But because of the stigma of Indiana not being an entertainment Mecca, it’s quite often overlooked.”

“Noggin Knows” made its debut Jan. 4 on the Noggin app. A total of five episodes were filmed at the East 91st Street Church in Indianapolis.

“We filmed five episodes over four days, so it was an incredible amount of work,” Carter said.

Carter wrote all of the episodic songs for the show, except for the theme song.

“We aimed for preschoolers but we put material up for children up to 10 could enjoy as well,” he said. “My class is filled with popular Nick Jr. (animated) characters as my students. We have special guests who explain their profession.”

Carter said the show should eventually be shown on Nick Jr. He said it is slated to shoot Season 2 in February, but he hasn’t received the official word.

“The response from the first show was crazy positive,” he said.

‘Classics in Context’ “Classics in Context: Where are the Women?” will present Laura Colgate, a violinist and co-founder of Boulanger Initiative, for a Zoom discussion at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 examining why the classical music industry is not inclusive of women. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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Actors Theatre of Indiana Carmel resident Emmanuel Carter appears with Nick Jr. characters in a TV show for preschoolers.

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Carter, 33, a Broad Ripple High School graduate, has lived in Carmel for four years. He started acting professionally approximately five years ago and it became a full-time pursuit in 2017.

“I decided to take the leap of faith,” he said. “I was miserable having this dream in the back of my head but not really being able to do anything about it because I was doing something else I didn’t really want to do.”

Carter said his wife, Stephanie, told him he should quit his other job and concentrate on acting.

Carter said he always wanted to pursue a different path than most actors.

“There is the same old story you hear from actors coming out who say they got their headshots, went out for auditions and did everything by the books,” he said.

“I wanted to be like nobody else. I try to make my photos a lot different than what anyone is doing. The way I sent in videos was a lot different. I got a lot of commercial work. It’s pretty cool.

“Last year, my agent told me I had surpassed the number of commercials any other actor in Indiana had worked in.”

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“After I got my agent Courtney (Stump) with Lily’s Talent, that’s when the bigger things started to happen,” he said. “I went from doing commercials to doing TV show roles.”

Carter appeared in “Soundtrack” in the Netflix series.

“The commercial work went from being regional to more national commercial work,” he said.

Carter also made appearances on “Fatal Attraction,” a TV One series, and on “Murder Chose Me” on Investigation Discovery.

“I played a villain on ‘Murder Chose Me,’ which was new for me,” he said.

Indianapolis-based 800 lb. Gorilla will perform in the “Live at the Center” series at 8 p.m. Jan. 23 in a livestream from the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. “Live at the Center” is a new series of free livestreamed concerts featuring local and regional artists in genres from jazz and classical to soul and indie rock.

Viewers can enjoy a front-row perspective on Indiana’s top talent, with stereo sound and multi-camera HD video, on desktop, mobile device or smartphone. Those interested can register on thecenterpresents.org.

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Grilled cheese from The Eagle is made with three types of cheese, apricot preserves and Granny Smith apples. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

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For a taste of luxury that you can prepare at home, try the duck leg confit from Smoking Goose in Indianapolis.

The duck leg is cured with an herb-andcitrus sea salt and cooked sous vide, allowing for easy home preparation.

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Ingredients: • Duck leg confit (1 per person) • 1/2 cup Two Brooks Farm Basmati Rice Grits • 1.5 cups of water or broth • .5 teaspoon of salt • .5 tablespoon oil or butter

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Directions: To prepare at home, put the whole unopened pouch into gently simmering water for 15 to 30 minutes.

Do not let the water boil. Then, carefully remove the duck leg from the package and either pull the meat from the bone or sear in a sauté pan, skin-side down, until the skin is brown and crispy. For the rice, add 1/2 cup of Two Brooks Farm Basmati Rice Grits, 1.5 cups of water or broth, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 tablespoon of oil or butter to a saucepan. Stir lightly, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often.

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After consulting with a handful of the top dictionaries (including Merriam-Webster, the Oxford English Dictionary, the Macmillan Dictionary, dictionary.com and Oxford Dictionaries), I have found the following word entries in at least one of them. After all, dictionaries don’t decide which words are words — they simply report on which words are being used out in the wild. Here’s the unbelievable list.

Adorkable — This word made it into the OED’s latest addition of words in December 2020. It’s an adjective that means “unfashionable or socially awkward in a way regarded as appealing or endearing.”

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Repurposing Hamburg’s Bismarck Memorial Commentary by Don Knebel An imposing statue of Otto von Bismarck in Hamburg, Germany, is the world’s largest memorial to the man rememTRAVEL bered for unifying Germany. It was recently repurposed as a commentary on current events.

In 1862, Prussian King Wilhelm I made Bismarck his chief minister, with wide-ranging powers. During a war against France that Bismarck provoked and won, Bismarck sought the aid of the independent states of the German Confederation and succeeded in combining those states with Prussia into a unified German Empire in 1871. Bismarck governed the empire with such authority that he was known as the “Iron Chancellor” until he was removed by Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm II in 1890. Bismarck died on July 30, 1898 and was interred on the eastern outskirts of Hamburg. Three days after Bismarck’s death, the mayor of Hamburg made a public appeal for a memorial to Bismarck and soon raised 400,000 gold marks from Hamburg’s leading (and wealthy) citizens. A committee sponsored a design competition, and construction of the winning design began in 1902 on a hill overlooking Hamburg’s harbor. When completed in 1906, the granite monument, featuring Bismarck standing atop a circular plinth, was 115 feet tall and weighed more than 600 tons. For reasons that are still unclear, the monument included a network of catacombs beneath the plinth, used as an air raid shelter during World War II. Not everyone today sees Bismarck in the same glowing light as did Hamburg’s patricians. Some have accused Bismarck of being anti-Semitic and anti-labor. In May

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