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“That’s almost 6,000 Hoosiers that aren’t here this year because of this virus,” Box said during the briefing. “Each of these indiAlthough COVID-19 cases in Indiana have viduals has a name, a face and a family that steadied since the start of new gathering loves them that is grieving. Many of them restrictions that are Hoosiers over the age of 60, but PANDEMIC went into effect no age group is immune.”

Nov. 13, they conBox said the increase in deaths tinue to hover near record highs, and record-high cases and hosand health officials have warned pitalizations underscore the imof an expected surge following the portance of vaccines. Pfizer Inc., Thanksgiving holiday. in partnership with BioNTech, and During a Dec. 2 virtual press Moderna announced a Food and Box briefing, state health officials reDrugs Administration panel would vealed the state’s updated color-coded map, review emergency use authorization for showing 16 counties in red, one in yellow their COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 10 and Dec. and the rest in orange. No county was blue, 17, respectively. If authorized, shipments in which signifies the lowest level of spread the United States could be sent out as soon Yellow, orange and red signify higher levels, as mid-month. respectively.

Front-line health care workers and longBoone and Hamilton County are orange, term care facility residents and staff will meaning social gatherings are limited to 50 likely be the first to be vaccinated, health people. Social gatherings in red counties are officials said. limited to 25 people.

Slower test results Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. As cases rise, labs have limited supplies, Kristina Box said the expected Thanksgiving which create longer wait times for test surge, which officials predict will start to results, Box said, adding that the state is show roughly two weeks after the Nov. searching for untapped laboratories that 26 holiday, could further burden Indiana’s have additional capacity to “spread out the already strained hospitals. A state hospital work load.” census shows record hospitalizations in Moreover, the rise in cases has placed Indiana in recent weeks. pressure on the state’s contact tracing sysOn Dec. 1, 3,441 Hoosiers were hospitaltem, Box said. To help ease the bottleneck, ized with COVID-19. Hospitalizations peaked she said the state health department has in the spring at 1,799. Box said more hospiimplemented a number of changes to its tals have sent patients to other hospitals contact tracing system, which went into because of a shortage of space or staff. effect Dec. 1.

The state also has seen an uptick in Contact tracers will now work with a COVID-19 deaths. The Indiana State Dept. of shorter script when interviewing people Health reported 142 new COVID-19 deaths who test positive. Interviewers will focus Dec. 1 and 92 additional deaths the followon notifying the case of the positive result, ing day. In total, the state has reported share guidance about quarantine protocols, 5,688 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the share information about social services and pandemic, and another 285 probable deaths list medical signs to watch for. have been reported.

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NCL opens scholarship — The Crossroads Chapter of National Charity League is offering a $500 scholarship to a female high school senior in Boone or Hamilton counties who has shown consistent involvement in community service and leadership. Applicants will have until Feb. 15 to apply. The winner will be notified in March. NCL was formed to encourage mothers and daughters to build relationship and leadership skills, while serving together in their community. The scholarship allows the chapter to recognize

others outside of NCL that hold the same values of community service, leadership and cultural experiences. To apply, visit nationalcharityleague.org/chapter/ crossroads/.

Hamilton County 4-H to put on Holiday Gifts Spark Club — Hamilton County 4-H will offer the Holiday Gifts Spark Club from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 for grades three through six. Previous 4-H enrollment is not required. Register at http:// bit.ly/HolidayGiftsSparkRegistration.

age the positive individual to notify all of their close contacts,” Box said.

A close contact, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is any person who has been within 6 feet of a person with the disease for a total of 15 or more minutes.

Updated quarantine guidance The CDC also has updated its guidance on quarantine lengths for people with the disease. Quarantine periods can remain at 14 days but can end in 10 if the person has not had a COVID-19 test and has not developed symptoms.

Quarantine also can end in seven days if the person tests negative for COVID-19 on Day 5, 6 or 7 and no symptoms have developed. Both alternative options require the person to adhere to strict practices of face masking, social distancing, hand washing and watching for any symptoms through 14 days of their quarantine.

The CDC, in its updated guidance posted at cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-options-to-reduce-quarantine. html, acknowledged shorter quarantines risk being less effective than 14-day quarantines. But shorter quarantines, according to the CDC, have other benefits.

“A 14-day quarantine can impose personal burdens that may affect physical and mental health as well as cause economic hardship that may reduce compliance,” according to the CDC. “Implementing quarantines can also pose additional burdens on public health systems and communities, especially during periods when new infections, and consequently the number of contacts needing to quarantine, are rapidly rising. Lastly, the prospect of quarantine may dissuade recently diagnosed persons from naming contacts and may dissuade contacts from responding to contact tracer outreach if they perceive the length of quarantine as onerous.”

Participants will create a complete gift set ready to give to a special recipient all while learning the arts of homemade gifting, iris folding, gift wrapping and the joy of giving. Cost is $60 per participant ($35 for current 4-H’ers) and includes program fees and supplies. Payment may be dropped off or mailed to Purdue Extension Hamilton County, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville, IN 46060. For more, email allen563@purdue.edu, call 317-776-0854 or visit extension.purdue.edu/hamilton.

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Westfield grad receives Dean’s Award — Colgate University student Katherine Hand has earned the spring 2020 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. Hand is a biology major and a graduate of Westfield High School.

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Riley Hospital for Children in need of toys — Riley Hospital for Children is in need of toy donations, but it is asking donors to donate online this year instead of visiting the hospital due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If someone has in-person donations, they must be scheduled in advance and will not be accepted in the lobby. Call 317-944-8705 for assistance. Purchasing directly from the Riley Cheer Guild Amazon Wish List at amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/XN9AQ13HNHDN will have the toys delivered to the Riley Hospital toy room. Toys are used every day to help kids get through their procedures, treatments and long stays at Riley Hospital for Children.

Spartz announces transition team — U.S. District 5 Rep. Congresswoman-Elect Victoria Spartz announced her transition team as well as opportunities for parties to express interest in serving on her Congressional staff. Transition team members are Hon. Susan W. Brooks, Judy Buck, Murray Clark, Nate Feltman, Karen Glaser, Hon. Chuck Goodrich, Jeff Papa and Megan Savage. To be considered for a position in both the district and the DC offices, email a cover letter and resume to resumes@spartzforcongress. com over the next several weeks.

Mortgage loan officer appointed — Justin Schreiber has been appointed mortgage loan officer at Centier’s Carmel Branch.

Schreiber joined Centier Bank in August, bringing with him more than seven years of experience in retail banking and online mortgage lending. He is NMLS licensed, as well as a licensed notary in the State of Indiana. The Westfield resident is an alumnus of Indiana University in Bloomington and holds a bachelor of science degree in management and a certificate in finance.

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The Westfield Shamrocks run out of the locker room before their game against the Center Grove Trojans Nov. 27 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Submitted photo)

Shamrocks end special season as state runners-up

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The Westfield High School football team began and ended the season by losing to the two teams most observFOOTBALL ers considered the best in the state.

In between, the Shamrocks won 12 consecutive games. Westfield lost to Class 5A state champion Cathedral 56-20 in the season opener. Then the Class 6A No. 2 Shamrocks lost to No. 1 Center Grove 38-14 in the Class 6A state title game Nov. 27 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Center Grove finished 14-0, and Cathedral’s only loss was 17-13 to Center Grove.

“It was an amazing season,” Shamrocks coach Jake Gilbert said.

The Shamrocks (12-2) won the Hoosier Crossroads Conference at the varsity, junior varsity and freshman levels. “(This is) the first team that we’ve had make it to the 6A championship and the first HCC team to make it to the 6A championship,” said Gilbert, whose team won the Class 5A title in 2016.

“We lost two games to two great teams and won 30 others as a program (including JV and freshman),” Gilbert said. “I couldn’t be happier with the season overall. In addition to all that, we had people close to our program pass away. We have four people in our program with cancer. We’ve had all kinds of adversity. We had a couple of varsity players who weren’t here to play because of COVID. I think we showed tremendous resolve. It’s tremendous character by our kids.

“I think the gratitude of hoping we have a season, period, just really manifested itself with tremendous unselfishness and care for each other. Every day we just had a great attitude to be out here.”

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Although the final result wasn’t what he wanted, Gilbert did like what he saw from his team after halftime against the Trojans.

Center Grove led 38-7 after two quarters.

“They’re an amazing football team,” Gilbert said. “They’re very physical. We wore down defensively. We couldn’t manufacture any drives so our defense was out there a long time. That’s what they do to teams.

They give you an onslaught and you have to survive it. We didn’t quite do that in the first half. The second half we tackled better.

We managed to run the football. I just think we showed tremendous toughness.

“I was happy and proud of the effort our kids played with in the second half.”

Junior quarterback Maximus Webster said Gilbert encouraged the team at halftime.

“We kept fighting,” Webster said. “Coach Gilbert told us no matter what the score says, give it your all and do it for the guys next to you and do it for the people in the stands.”

Webster said the returning players will remember the sting of losing the state title game.

“It puts a chip on our shoulder because we don’t want to feel this, for sure,” Webster said. “We’ll get right back to work.”

Webster threw for 155 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown pass to senior Mason Piening (seven catches for 111 yards).

Junior running back/defensive back Micah Hauser, who played on an injured left ankle, rushed for a team-high 118 yards on 11 carries to push his season total to 1,059 yards.

Hauser wouldn’t have missed it.

“This group has been growing up dreaming about this state championship,” Hauser said. “It didn’t end with the result we wanted, but even being here is a blessing.”

Westfield defensive back Benji Welch won the Mental Attitude Award for Class 6A. Welch plans to attend Taylor University.

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By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com As COVID-19 cases continue to climb, the Hamilton County Health Dept. has issued a public health order outlinPANDEMIC ing new restrictions in addition to those put in place Nov. 13 by Gov. Eric Holcomb.

The restrictions are based on the state’s color-coded map indicating COVID-19 positivity rates by county that went into effect Nov. 25.

As of Dec. 3, Hamilton County is orange, meaning moderate to high levels of COVID-19 transmission are occurring.

The health order states if the county is listed as orange: • The HCHD will not approve any safety plans for social gatherings of more than 250 people.

• Attendance at community recreational sports leagues and tournaments will be restricted to 250 people (including participants, personnel, and spectators).

If the county is listed as red (very high transmission level): • The HCHD will not approve any safety plans for social gatherings of more than 100 people.

• Attendance at community recreational sports leagues and tournaments will be restricted to 100 people (including participants, personnel and spectators).

• Restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs and other establishments providing in-person food and drink service must limit capacity to 50 percent of indoor capacity.

• Restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs

and other establishments providing in-person food and drink service must be closed and cleared of customers between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. to perform enhanced cleaning and disinfecting protocols.

• Restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs and other establishments providing in-person food and drink service will only be allowed to seat customers at tables. Bar seating will be closed.

• Table seating must be limited to six people per table and tables must be spaced at least 6 feet away from one another. Also, self-service food stations will be banned unless a staff member serves patrons. Outdoor tent seating will only be permitted if the tent has at least two open-air sides for ventilation.

• Gyms, exercise and fitness centers must limit capacity to 50 percent.

• Cultural, entertainment and tourism sites must limit capacity to 50 percent.

• All other nonessential entertainment businesses must limit capacity to 50 percent.

• Personal service businesses (including salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, microblading and tattoo parlors) may remain by appointment.

Schools will be allowed to manage and implement their own plans for maintaining education services, so long as they utilize effective and appropriate measures to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

The HCHD is strongly encouraging residents to quarantine for 14 days after traveling to or from another county, state or nation. All residents are asked to wear a mask outside of the home and maintain at least 6 feet of social distance while out in public.

DISPATCHES Bulk item pickup fee increase — Republic Services has increased its fee for bulk item pickup from $10 to $20 and raised the fee for bulky landscape waste from $10 to $45 per pickup. This does not affect the free weekly pickup of up to 20 bags or bundles of landscape waste offered from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15 and in April and May. Schedule bulk item or bulky landscape pickups by calling 317-917-7300.

Free math, science homework help — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s free AskRose homework helpline is available to help middle and high school students get a head start on understanding their math and science homework problems through a simple phone call, email or chat session. Rose-Hulman students are available Sunday through Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. during the school year to help youth in grades 6 through 12 review math and science concepts. Connections can be made at 877-275-7673 or AskRose.org.

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A recent partnership between Westfield Washington Schools Parent University and Women of Westfield GIVING BACK has been a huge boost to the schools’ care closets.

Ashley Knott, WWS coordinator of family and community engagement, said Westfield Intermediate and Westfield Middle School care closets were established in the fall of 2019.

Sarah Worth, Westfield High School teacher, reached out to Parent University with the dream of having a care closet at the high school.

“Parent University had some funds and we made it happen before school started,” Knott said. “It’s everything from basic hygiene needs, essentials for students and just really breaking the stigma of having to ask for it. Since then, we’ve continued to develop the care closets at all three schools.”

Knott said they handed out hand sanitizers, face masks, school supplies and laundry detergent.

Knott said the partnership with Women of Westfield helped to keep care closets stocked.

“It really helps them with essentials we didn’t know were essentials until 2020 (with the pandemic),” Knott said. “We have students and parents who don’t want to ask for help and just to provide them that

support (is rewarding).”

Care closets allow the WWS counselors to fill the immediate needs of the students.

Calculators are in major demand this school year.

“Our classrooms have always had classroom calculators, but without being able to share in some of our advanced math classes, having calculators donated has been a huge asset,” Knott said. “It’s a wonderful gift for our students not to have to do that advanced math on their phone. Women of Westfield has been a huge asset in donating the calculators.”

Laura Crum, manager of public outreach for Westfield Washington Township and Women of Westfield board member, said the group conducted a drive to get items on a wish list. People could buy directly from Amazon or Target.

“The main goal for the Women of Westfield is to build relationships and service with women that live or work in Westfield,” Crum said. “We try to do at least four service projects a year.”

The support from Women of Westfield has been strong.

“We’re finding people are really wanting to help kids succeed,” Crum said. “It’s finding this cause that we can all get behind.”

Crum said there is always going to be a need.

“So, this is a long-term partnership that we can develop,” she said. “We’ve seen our Women of Westfield membership grow tremendously the past year.”

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WESTFIELD Expected completion: Dec. 11.

Project: Road rehabilitation Project: Winter weather Location: A 3-mile stretch Location: Check the City of 236th Street will be of Westfield’s Facebook CONSTRUCTION closed for two separate page and its @TravelWestphases for road rehabilifield Twitter page for last tation. The first phase is from west of minute winter weather updates regardDevaney Road to east of Tollgate Road. ing Westfield roads.

This phase has reopened. The second Project: 2020 crack sealing phase is from west of Deming Road to Location: Contractors will continue west of Devaney Road. crack sealing on various Westfield roads.

Expected completion: The second phase Drivers are encouraged to use caution in is expected to begin in spring 2021. work zones and follow the directions of flaggers.

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: East Street extension Location: East Street is being extended north from 196th Street to Ind. 38. Utility relocations are ongoing.

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

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

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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 was anticipated to be completed by the end of November but is still under construction as of press time.

CARMEL Project: Reconstruction of Range Line Road, including a new roundabout at Walnut Street and pedestrian and bicycle connectivity Location: Between Elm Street and City Center Drive Expected completion: January 2021

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Project: Water main installation on River Road Location: River Road will be closed between 146th Street and 160th Street. Local residents will have access to their homes, but through traffic should seek an alternate route.

Project: Hamilton Boone County Road and Little Eagle Creek reconstruction Location: Little Creek Avenue south of 146th Street will be closed for approximately 120 calendar days. The closure began Aug. 10.

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DISPATCHES Ward elected to AIC board — Hamilton County Surveyor Kenton Ward was elected First Vice President of the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC) Board of Directors. He began his term on Nov. 1. Board elections were held during the AIC’s Virtual Annual Conference in September.

Least politically engaged ranking — Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked Indiana as the 10th least politically engaged state. The site found that Indiana ranked 33rd for registered voters who voted in the 2016 presidential election, 42nd for electorate who voted in the 2018 midterm election, 44th for total political contributions per adult population and 35th for voter accessibility policies. Read the full report at wallethub.com/edu/ most-least-politically-engaged-states/7782/.

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COVID-19 complaint line — The Hamilton County Health Dept. has established a COVID-19 complaint line at 317-776-8237.

Callers are asked to limit complaints to employees and staff at restaurants, bars and food stores not complying with the mask mandate.

COVID-19 grants — Two Hamilton County organizations are among recipients of $500,000 awarded by IU Health to organizations statewide to address community needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carmel-based Trinity Free Clinic received $11,600 to purchase equipment to support deep cleaning and to purchase two touchfree temperature scanner kiosks. Noblesville-based Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County received $25,000 to fund its Crisis Response Plan for low-income seniors and virtual programming to keep seniors connected to each other.

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Students warn of tobacco use

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Five Hamilton County high school students have dubbed themselves The Action Five.

EDUCATION The group started a chapter of VOICE Indiana, which is a statewide initiative to engage, educate and empower teens on maintaining a tobacco-free lifestyle.

“The most important thing to me about being a core team member of VOICE Indiana is that I have the ability to educate my peers about vaping and help them learn that what they are doing to their bodies today can affect their futures,” said Guerin Catholic senior Lucy Schenk, a Westfield resident and Action Five member. “We created a QR code with a link to a Google survey asking students from Hamilton County to share with us their story about how tobacco has affected them, whether that be directly or through family/friends.”

Westfield High School sophomore Alana Halsted is another Action Five and core member.

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Other Action Five members are Nicole Liu, Noblesville High School; Isabel Jenson, Carmel High School; and Gabe Anderson, Westfield High School.

Other Action Squad members are Alison Beckwith, Hamilton Southeastern High School and Isabella Miller, Noblesville High School.

Anyone interested in joining the Hamilton County VOICE Action Squad can contact Stacy London. For more, visit breatheeasyhamiltoncounty.com.

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Legislative internships — Applications are open for paid internships with the Indiana State Democratic Caucus.

Interns are assigned to assist legislators and staff as they expand their knowledge of the Indiana General Assembly and legislative process. For more information and to learn how to apply, visit indianasenatedemocrats.org/ opportunities/internships.

Real estate statistics -- The seller’s market returned to Westfield in October 2020, with home sale prices increasing and homes selling faster than October 2019. The average sale price for a Westfield home in October 2020 was $392,903, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to this time last year, according to F.C. Tucker Company. Homes in Westfield sold 17.1 percent faster than October 2019,

spending just 34 days on the market on average. The average sale price of a Westfield home also increased compared to this time last year, up 15 percent to $163.15.

North Central Beekeepers Club — The North Central Beekeepers Club meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Cool Creek Park Nature Center in Westfield.

Socializing begins at 6 p.m. and meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. The club is for all levels of beekeepers from centrally north of Indianapolis. Those interested in becoming a beekeeper are welcome. There are no dues.

Prevent property theft, fraud — The Hamilton County Recorder’s Office has rolled out a new program to protect residents from property theft and fraud. The new system,

Doxpop Property Watch, notifies property owners with an email to alert them to changes or filings that affect them. Doxpop is a free service that provides residents access to all their recorded documents online. Multiple parcels can be registered for those who own several properties throughout the county. To access and enroll in the system, visit doxpop.com under “Other Services” and “Doxpop Property Watch.”

4-H Photo Challenge set – The 4-H Photo Challenge is open to youth in third through 12th grade. Participants should take photos fitting the monthly theme and submit entries online at bit.ly/hamco4hcameracorp by the last day of the month. Monthly themes for 2020 include: December – Holiday Happenings.

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Baby box installed at Station 83 news@currentinwestfield.com A new Safe Haven Baby Box has been installed at Westfield Fire Dept. station No. 83, 17944 Grassy Branch GIVING BACK Rd. Safe Haven Baby Box’s mission is to end infant abandonment by raising awareness of the Safe Haven Law and providing resources for legal infant surrender. The baby box at WFD is to facilitate legal infant surrender.

The new Westfield box is the 51st location in the nation.

“I am pleased to see Westfield have a Safe Haven Baby Box,” Westfield Mayor Andy Cook stated. “While I hope it is never used, it is important that we have this available for a parent in crisis. Every baby deserves a chance, and this program is one way to make that possible.”

Cook’s wife, Barb, led the fundraising efforts for the baby box. Safe Haven Baby Boxes cost approximately $15,000 to install.

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lock as soon as a baby is placed inside.

“We are always looking for innovative ways to serve our community,” Westfield Fire Dept. Chief Marcus Reed stated. “Adding a Safe Haven Baby Box to one of our stations is just another way we can proactively protect our most vulnerable.”

Indiana is one of five states with an updated Safe Haven Law to include additional infant surrender options, such as the Safe Haven Baby Box. For more, visit shbb.org.

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

“The guardianship program permits us to care for those who once cared for us,” Nation stated. “In light of the projected Hamilton County now has a program to increase in the elderly population in Hamilhelp adults in need of assistance in living ton County in the next five years, the need independently. for this type of program is greater SERVICE The Hamilton than ever. By serving the elderly in County Volunteer Adour community with this program, vocates for Seniors or Incapacitated we not only invest in the culture Adults Guardianship Program was of our county, but also take the opstarted this year through a grant portunity to thank our seniors who from the Indiana State Supreme have given so much of their lives to Court and the Hamilton County ensure that individuals in the next Seeger court. Guardianship Program Direcgeneration will have better lives tor Stephanie Seeger joined the program and futures.” in May. The program’s activity picked up Seeger said the program trains volunteer during the summer. advocates who are paired with clients unSeeger said Hamilton County didn’t have der guardianship. They talk with the client a program previously. The program is run by once a week and have monthly visits. the Noblesville-based Shepherd’s Center of “They provide a level of care that we maxHamilton County in a partnership with the imize their dignity and independence,” Seecourts. ger said. “We set their care plan based on “The biggest benefit as we have increaswhat they desire. We involve any support ing numbers of our population aging (is), system they have, according to their wishes we are seeing an increase in the number of as well. Family and friends can continue to the people who need assistance to be able be involved in their life and support them.” to continue living with independence and Seeger said they also can serve as guarddignity,” Seeger said ians for adults who might have suffered a Through the program, Shepherd’s Centraumatic brain injury or a stroke. ter of Hamilton County will serve as the All volunteer advocates undergo initial court-appointed legal guardian of incapacitraining, are provided ongoing support and tated adults in Hamilton County and provide continuing education and are screened assistance through trained volunteers. through an application and background There is no cost to the people and their fam- check process. For more on the guardianilies for the assistance. ship program or serving as a volunteer Steve Nation, a retired Hamilton County advocate, contact Seeger at stephanie@ judge, is a member of the program task shepherdscenterofhamiltoncounty.org or force.

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OBITUARY Wilma R. Girton, 79, Anderson, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at her home in Anderson following a two year battle with cancer.

She was born on June 5, 1941, in Sullivan County, Indiana to William Harold and Geneva Rose (Begerman) Figg.

Wilma was graduated from Walnut Grove High School.

She retired from GTE and also Kroger in Westfield, Indiana.

She is survived by children, Wendy (Kevin) Wash of Anderson. Tony (Olga) Watters of Westfield, Audra (Walter) Morales of Summerville, SC, Sarah (Jim)

Rawlings of Lafayette, and David Girton of Louisville, KY; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Barbara Lacey of Pensacola, FL. Wilma was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy L. Girton; two sisters, Marilyn and Shirley; and a daughter-in-law, Jackie Girto Private family graveside rites will take place at Brookside Cemetery at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Hersberger-Bozell Funeral Home, Lapel Online condolences: hersbergerbozell.com

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INDIANA MEMBERS FOUNDATION DONATES BACKPACKS

Indiana Members Foundation, the charitable arm of Indiana Members Credit Union (IMCU), provided 5,000 backpacks and 104,400 school supplies to local community organizations to help provide assistance to underserved children in the communities served by IMCU for the 2020 school year. Since 2006, Indiana Members Foundation has donated 59,000-plus backpacks and 1,061,400-plus school supplies to students in need in the communities served by Indiana Members Credit Union. Indiana Members Foundation partnered with the following organizations for its 2020 backpack donation: Family Promise of Hendricks County, Academics for Zionsville Community Schools, Morgantown Volunteer Fire Dept., Merciful HELP Center of Camel, Johnson County Fast Track, Beech Grove City Schools, Open Doors- Westfield, Franklin Township Schools, Grace Mission/Sunrise Mission, Muncie Mission, Noblesville Schools, Boys & Girls Club-Marion, Chin Community of Indiana, Teacher Locker-Evansville, Clarksville Community Schools Corp., Chapelwood Elementary and Indy BackPack Attack. (Submitted photo)

On October 8th, we held our Tom Wood Memorial Golf Tournament, in honor of our owner; Tom Wood, who lost his life to cancer in 2010. For the past 10 years, the Tom Wood Automotive Group has been the largest fundraiser to the American Cancer Society in the state of Indiana!

This year was no different, through the help of all the players who participated, the ball drop, the silent auction, the donations and the sponsors, we were able to raise another $82,486.00 for ACS!!! Wow, that is our largest amount to date!

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization, dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. They are working to finish the fight against every cancer, in every community. Your donations help them do the most for people with cancer today and work tirelessly to find cures to end this disease tomorrow.

Through the help of all the players, we were able to raise another $82,486 for American Cancer Society.

Their mission is to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer and the Tom Wood Auto Group is proud to sponsor them, through so many events each year! It is our mission, to help raise as much money as we can, to end this horrible disease! Won’t you join us in the fight today?

Thank You to ALL our corporate sponsors, foundations and patrons. Without EACH of you, we would not have survived 2020 and COVID. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting and believing in ATI.

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SANTA ARRIVES AT CLAY TERRACE

Marnie House, right, helps Hudson Harber color a Christmas tree.

Charlee Halstead of Carmel waves a flag as she welcomes Santa to Clay Terrace.

Santa Claus waves to guests at Clay Terrace as he travels along Clay Terrace Boulevard. (Photos by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

Santa Claus arrived at Clay Terrace Nov. 27 in a horsedrawn sleigh. Guests made flags to wave as they welcomed Santa on the way to his new location to visit with families in the Carmel shopping center.

Santa will be available to meet families and pose for photos through Dec. 24 in the storefront at 14311 Clay Terrace Blvd. See a schedule and make a reservation to visit Santa at reservations.cherryhillprograms.com/ view/WlnsEDe9/clay-terrace.

Cindy Lou Who the reindeer takes a break from visiting with families.

25 th Annual Governor’s Luncheon A VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER FOR SCOUTING

H E L P C H I L D R E N P R E PA R E F O R A L I F E O F L E A D E R S H I P Join us at noon on Tuesday, DEC. 15 2020, as we kick off the 2021 Friends of Scouting Annual Giving Campaign with a virtual event streamed online. For more information or to donate, visit crossroadsbsa.org/govlunch.

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Westfield woman opens sister shop to Root 31

Angela Gapinski pauses in Remedy’s classroom. (Photo by Anna Skinner)

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Countless business owners have struggled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t kept Westfield resident and Root 31 owner Angela Gapinski from opening a second store.

Root 31 is a plant boutique and floral studio on Park Street in downtown Westfield.

Gapinski leases the space from business owner Bob Beauchamp, who also owns a building on Jersey Street, which has a backyard bordering Root 31’s backyard. The Jersey Street building previously housed a hair salon, but after the owner retired, it became vacant.

Beauchamp assumed Gapinski might want to use the space for storage for Root 31. However, when Beauchamp made the suggestion to Gapinski, she had temporarily closed Root 31 shortly before its one-year anniversary due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Bob called and said, ‘I think this would be a good opportunity for you for storage,’ since we don’t have much space over at Root 31. But I thought it was crazy, honestly,” Gapinski said. “I was like, ‘My business that’s less than a year old is closed due to a

pandemic. That’s insane. I don’t even know if I’m going to be open come the summer.’

But he kept calling, basically, so then we came over and looked at the space and thought there was so much potential to create something really unique that no other downtown gets.”

Gapinski said having the yards connected created an endless list of possibilities for the space. A room inside the Jersey Street building has been remodeled to provide classroom space. When the building was a residence, the room was a garage.

“Nobody gets a greenspace between their two buildings, so then when we saw the actual house, we immediately knew that the garage classroom would be amazing,” Gapinski said.

The new store is called Remedy. It opened on Small Business Saturday and will remain open from noon to 5 p.m. daily until Christmas Eve. Then, it will close until spring for further remodeling of the outdoor space.

“We are a small business supporting lots of other small businesses,” Gapinski said of Remedy. “It’s a sister store to Root 31, so we are hyper-focused on plants, flowers and plant-related items at Root 31, and this allows for us to have more space for a lot of

the makers.”

Gapinski said Remedy sells “all the things we wish we could carry at Root 31 but don’t have the space for,” such as candles, journals, dish towels, decorative rocks, art prints, cards, skin care and shower and bath products.

The name “Remedy” was chosen so customers could feel good about their purchases.

“You’re helping a lot of different businesses by one single purchase here,” Gapinski said. “We want people to feel good about learning something new, feel good about gardening and nature and outdoors and about the community and adding something really unique to our community.”

When Gapinski opened Root 31, she began attended traveling art and craft pop-up shows and met several artists. Many of those same artists now have items for sale at Remedy. Ninety-five percent of Remedy’s products are made in America, including items needed for the store’s remodel.

“We have been intentional about light fixtures and even our refrigerator,” Gapinski said. “We wanted to be intentional with our fixtures and still supporting as many businesses as we could in America.”

A UNIQUE SPACE During a brief closure planned between Christmas and spring 2021, Remedy owner Angela Gapinski plans to further remodel the space at 203 Jersey St. Gapinski is in the process of obtaining a beer and wine license to offer beverages during classes and sip and shop events. Root 31 will offer classes such as floral arranging, terrarium building and wreath building in Remedy’s new space, and there will be other classes, too, such as how to dry herbs and how to use herbs in cooking, beekeeping and gardening.

“That’s why we wanted to keep this really versatile, so other people can rent out the classroom and other makers in the store that want to do classes, like a soap maker can do a class,” Gapinski said. “It gives us a way to highlight some of our artists, too.”

The space will be used as a temporary art studio until spring. A garden with seating will be constructed in the greenspace behind the building.

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Commentary by Terry Anker To a few, it has become a quaint, old-fashioned way of expressing a simple truism of polite society: “Love thy neighbor, as thyself.” One can imagine that it has hung on walls in homes for centuries, either since Jesus said it or Matthew reported it. The verse has been painted, needlepointed, cross-stitched, tattooed and engraved into statues. But what of it? And why did Grandma so cherish the lovely lithograph of it hanging in her kitchen?

To some, it serves as a reminder that we are all human, that we all must remember our shortcomings in excusing those that we see in others. Many might hold the belief that a heart filled with love is impossible to fill with hate. Yet, a quick survey of the national news or throbbing beat of raging social media suggests that to others, no doubt, it represents an oppression of the present hierarchy urging the dissatisfied and disaffected to “know their place.”

Hmm. “I’m absolutely right and you are entirely wrong.” Likely? “If you don’t agree, you are stupid, dangerous and a threat to common decency.” Really? “We know how deadly people like you can be.” What?

For reasons too many to count, we find ourselves bursting at the seams.

Our relationships strain to process the endless stream of facts and counters pumped into our collective bloodstreams 24 hours per day. How can we love our neighbor? Aren’t they terrible?

Aren’t they the problem? Then, are we the answer? Are we worthy? Or, do they see us the same as we see them?

Maybe we don’t really like ourselves too much. To love another, do we have to love ourselves first? Or maybe, we like ourselves entirely too much. In a loop of circular logic, is there room for the love of others?

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

Home for the holiday Commentary by Danielle Wilson Well, that was interesting. I’m speaking, of course, of the most unusual Thanksgiving I can recall. And in retrospect, I HUMOR liked it. Blasphemy!

Normally, we would have hauled whichever kids were not a member of Seal Team “Carmel Color Guard” down to Kentucky or over to Ohio for my-sideof-the-family festivities, such as Scrabble tournaments, forced nature walks and Black Friday “Hunger Games” at the mall cinemas to watch the newest stupid holiday movie.

We’d cram our six-pack into a single Embassy Suites hotel room, sleep terribly and gorge ourselves on all things fattening and delicious. My husband Doo and I would take the rest of the weekend to recover and guilt trip each other into putting up Christmas decorations. We’d be lucky if we disposed of the rotting pumpkins on our porch.

Not this year! COVID-19 meant we were staying put, and because our eldest daughter learned that she’d been exposed to a

germy McGerm cousin right before Turkey Day, we initiated DEFCON 5 for the entire household, excluding, of course, Meijer, which I frequented thrice daily.

Keeping with tradition, I did channel Martha Stewart and create an hour-by-hour agenda that I strong-armed everyone into following. Football and a cheeseboard, competitive Jeopardy that almost came to blows when the shade being thrown started to resemble a Pollock painting, Zoom calls and an early feast, followed by a neighborhood walk. And for the finale, a communal viewing of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” I was in my own bed by 9 p.m.

Did I miss seeing family? Absolutely. But did I miss the craziness of a typical Thanksgiving?

I did not. Blasphemy, I know! Peace out.

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

Did I miss seeing family? Absolutely.

But did I miss the craziness of a typical Thanksgiving? I did not. Blasphemy, I know!

Editor, In the recent election season in Hamilton County, more than 75 percent of registered voters exercised their civic privilege, with more than half of those voters choosing absentee or early voting.

The League of Women Voters of Hamilton County appreciates these community partners whose flexibility and practicality assisted voters in not only getting to the polls, but also provided important information.

First, we thank all the employees at the Hamilton County Election Office, who shared information that the league passed on to voters through its social media and other outlets. The office assisted with data for the league’s Vote411. org website, which features election data, poll location information and candidate platforms.

Many of the candidates themselves generously provided information and shared their views for the league’s Vote411.org website and the forums. We appreciate their willingness to work with the league on these projects.

For more, visit lwvhcin.org.

Lisa Dick, president, League of Women Voters of Hamilton County For the full letter, visit youarecurrent.com

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A laser focus on inattention Commentary by Dick Wolfsie My wife and I have been getting along so well during the pandemic, I don’t think we realize how unhappy we are. I HUMOR don’t mean unhappy with each other; I mean antsy from being home all the time. Mary Ellen has decided that with COVID-19 cases increasing during the holidays, I should not be going anywhere. I’ll follow this advice, because of my underlying condition: I’m scared to death of her.

I’ve tried hard to make sure Mary Ellen knows I am staying involved with whatever she’s doing. For example, if she is looking at something on the computer and says, “Awww,” I’ll ask, “What’s so cute?” At that point, she asks me to scoot my chair over and look at the YouTube video. Of a kitten.

And I watch it. For. Six. Endless. Minutes.

If she’s downstairs on the treadmill watching a show on her iPad and I hear her laughing, I trudge down to the lower level and ask, “What’s so funny?”

Let’s say it’s a “Grace and Frankie” episode. She’ll patiently describe to me the entire set-up — which is something no

person can really ever successfully accomplish. But I giggle anyway. That’s what good husbands do.

She seldom asks about my own audible reaction to videos or something I am reading.

For example, recently we were sitting next to each other on the couch while I read an amazing story. At one point, I belted out, “Wow, that is really weird.” There was no reaction, no apparent curiosity to see what had triggered that response from me. She just continued with whatever she was reading.

Mary Ellen has decided that with COVID-19 cases increasing during the holidays, I should not be going anywhere. I’ll follow this advice, because of my underlying condition: I’m scared to death of her.

Minutes later, as a little experiment, I tried a different tack.

“Oh dear!” I said, looking directly at her.

“This is just terrible news.”

No response. Her eyes remained focused on her own material. I tried again. This time I burst out laughing, “Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!”

One final try. While watching a video

posted on social media, I pretended to cry. Mary Ellen was sitting right next to me, still concentrating on something. When I got no response, I said, “Mary Ellen, I’ve been sobbing for two minutes. Don’t you want to ask me something?”

“I’m sorry. Do you want a tissue?”

I explained to her why her lack of interest and curiosity bothered me.

“Dick, unlike you, I am always very focused when I’m working on something,” she said. “I block out everything else. Remember, I’m the one who does our taxes, oversees our health care coverage and carefully analyzes our investments.”

I was embarrassed for being self-centered and needy.

“I’m sorry, Mary Ellen, you do handle the important household responsibilities. So, what were you doing when I was weeping for two minutes?”

“Sudoku.”

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

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By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Business partners Allie Commons and Chris and Stefanie Dillow are opening their new venture, RIVET Coffee NEW BIZ Roasters, in stages. Although the café portion of the business won’t open until spring of next year, coffee fiends can still get their caffeine fix.

The company’s roastery, attached to the same building the café will open in at 337 Jersey St., is currently open.

Chris Dillow left the business world as the CTO of a major car company and wanted to turn his coffee-roasting hobby into a business venture.

“We found a place in Westfield and moved in there in the beginning of August of this year,” Commons said. “We were looking around to see where (RIVET) might fit, and if we could have the building and have the roastery with it, the whole idea was to encompass the roasting in with the café because it starts there and ends up across the counter to someone.”

Commons and the Dillows found a bungalow in downtown Westfield and converted the garage into a roastery. The roastery includes a windowed garage door, so customers will be able to watch the roasting process. RIVET sells bags of coffee to individuals and restaurants, and next year it’ll open the café side.

The bungalow sports a new wrap-around deck, as well.

“I think we have more outside seating than we do inside,” Commons said.

Commons and the Dillows live in Carmel.

Chris and Stefanie Dillow serve as the roast-

ing team, and Commons will organize and manage the café portion of the business when that opens.

Until the café opens, those looking for their caffeine fix can visit rivetcoffee.com.

Although the café isn’t open yet, Commons said she welcomes visitors so she can talk about coffee and explain how to brew the best cup.

RIVET was served at Rail, a restaurant in downtown Westfield that closed last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is available in local Good Earth stores and Bovaconti Coffee in Fountain Square. It also ships around the world.

To roast the beans, the team orders green coffee beans and sources beans that are in season.

“We are a specialty coffee roaster, so we only purchase the top 10 percent of the best beans available,” Commons said. “A lot of different stores do bulk beans, and if they over roast, it doesn’t matter with the flavor, but we really want to bring out the flavor of the bean, so we are buying the best beans and finding the right flavor profile for that bean.”

Commons and the Dillows are pleased with what they’ve discovered in Westfield.

“I feel like Westfield is up and coming, and it’s got so much to offer,” Commons said. “We really love the fact we could be in this location and really be around a lot of different businesses. There’s good foot traffic, so we want to be there to support the community that way.”

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Civic Theatre gets in the Christmas spirit with ‘Holiday Lights’

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Civic Theatre is doing its part to provide some holiday cheer amid trying pandemic times with a Christmas variety MUSIC show.

“It’s holiday music and dance, one song after the other, with short interview pieces.” said Civic Theatre Executive Artistic Director Michael Lasley, who is directing the show. “We’ll have a bigger production with people moving around a little more to begin with, then there will be a solo, followed by a duet and a trio of dancers.”

“Holiday Lights” is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 12 on a livestream from The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

The show, which will run between 75 and 90 minutes, will then be available for on demand from Dec. 13 to Jan. 1, 2021.

The performance is a fundraiser for Civic Theatre, whose productions were shut down in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For us, it’s a lot about keeping contact with our audience,” Lasley said. “We’re in this situation where we can really perform for people and bring them in. You want to do your best to maintain that connection with your audience, so when this is over, it feels like we were never really gone.”

Anne Beck is the choreography director and Brent Marty is the musical director.

Lasley said the presentation in some respects is a bit like the “Ghost Light Cabaret,” an October fundraising performance, but is a little different in others.

“There will be more songs, more music, less of transitional stuff in between,” Lasley said. “There is a little pre-recorded video.”

Lasley said there will be some different treatments of holiday favorites.

“There are some jazzy treatments, but we don’t get too far away from the standard music people are used to. When it comes to holiday music, people like what they like,” Lasley said. “If you mess with

Civic Theatre “Elf The Musical,” a recording of the 2019 performance of the Civic Theatre’s production from The Tarkington in Carmel with added features, will be streamed at select times through Dec. 26. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Civic Theatre performers rehearse for the livestream of “Holiday Lights.” (Submitted photo)

things too much, it doesn’t go over well.

We’re best served to be that stable experience for them, the things that warm their hearts and the things they look forward to during the holidays and are real touchstones for them.”

There will be additional musicians for the performance.

“Before, we only had piano, bass and drums,” Lasley said. “We’re going have a guitar and a woodwind player. We’re going to have more choreography. It was originally conceived as both streaming and live with an audience. If we did it live with an audience, there wouldn’t have been any of the pre-recorded stuff. The pre-recorded pieces allow us to do some extra things we wouldn’t be able to do if it was live.”

“Ghost Light” was a virtual live performance, but Lasley said it was a smaller group of performers.

“We still have to live with the safety measures in place,” Lasley said. “We can only have a small number of people in the dressing rooms getting ready. There will still be plenty of people wearing masks, especially those doing backing vocals. For

singers doing a duet, they will be able to be spaced apart without a mask. Dancers will be masked. With the increase in the virus, we have to be careful about even people who are used to being together being safe as possible.

“We’re doing our best to keep everyone involved with the show safe and healthy.”

Lasley said cloth masks with a body microphone work better than shields with the sound.

“If they are a soloist or a duet socially distanced, they will not have masks on for those, so people will still get to see plenty of expressions,” Lasley said. “We’ll have a stable of performers that people are used to seeing on the stage and a couple of new ones.”

The cast includes Beck, Marty, Robyne Ault, Matt Bays, Nya Beck, Ian Black, Ben Boyce, Jacob Butler, Emily Chrzanowski, Marni Lemons, Bridgette Ludlow, Alex Smith, Tobin Strader, Jonathan Studdard and Parrish Williams.

Tickets are $27 for the livestream. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Fishers Arts Council exhibit set editorial@youarecurrent.com The Fishers Arts Council is celebrating the “Art of the Emerging Artist” throughout the month at The Art Gallery at City Hall featuring 11 local artists. The exhibit runs through Dec. 28 at One Municipal Dr., Fishers.

Featured artists are Liv Ash, Aparna Bhave, Ingrid Blount, Laura Crawford, Tony Elliott, Amy Johnson, Judy Mintze, Kenya Ferrand-Ott, Megan Rosta, Bob Shimer and Taylor Walker.

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There will be a different format for Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s annual “Holiday Pops” conCONCERT cert, but some things won’t change.

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by IU Health, is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 as a livestream from the Palladium at the Hymes Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.

“There is going to be ‘Winter Wonderland,’ “O Holy Night,’ tunes that people will know,” CSO Artistic Director Janna Hymes said. “But when you have a more intimate setting and it’s being streamed and you are watching it on (a TV or computer screen), it’s definitely going to have a different feel.

It’s going to be upbeat and exciting. It will be entertaining for all ages. We want to make sure people tune in and enjoy the holiday favorites. It’s going to be music that is familiar with maybe some different type of arrangements.”

Hymes said a matinee performance set for the same day was canceled when CSO learned it would not be able to have an audience because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

“This is one of our biggest and most popular concerts of the year, so we’re pretty disappointed but, of course, we understand that we need to take safety measures,” Hymes said.

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I do love that the WNBA’s version of this became affectionately known as the “wubble.”

Flatten the curve: The idea was that, if we mostly stayed home and severely limited contact with people other than the people living in our homes, the upward trajectory of the coronavirus surge would flatten out. It kind of worked for a few weeks, and then it didn’t. Americans thumbed their collective noses at stay-athome orders and suggested mask-wearing in the name of personal liberty. Now, new cases are surging. So much for “flattening the curve.”

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Secrets of a Naples Museum Commentary by Don Knebel The National Museum of Archaeology in Naples, Italy, contains the world’s finest collection of art from nearby TRAVEL Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Throughout much of the museum’s history, access to some of its most famous pieces was severely limited.

In 1734, Spanish forces led by 18-year-old Charles of Bourbon captured Naples from the Austrians and Charles became king of Naples. He brought to Naples an extraordinary collection of ancient Roman sculptures he inherited from his mother, a member of the House of Farnese, an influential Italian family whose members included Pope Paul III. The collection contained the “Farnese Bull,” the largest ancient sculpture ever recovered; the “Farnese Atlas,” the oldest known statue of Atlas holding up the celestial sphere; and the “Farnese Hercules,” a copy of a Greek work that gave rise to the familiar image of Hercules. Charles supported excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii and ordered that the finest frescoes, mosaics and bronzes from those sites be brought to Naples. When Charles became King of Spain in 1759, his son, King Ferdinand, assembled his father’s collections in what had once been a Naples cavalry barracks.

What was originally known as the Royal Bourbon Museum included erotic frescoes and statues recovered from brothels and private homes in Pompeii and Herculaneum.

These items were sequestered in the museum’s Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto), where they could be viewed only with permission from the king. After the short-lived Revolution of 1848, the Bourbons, fearing that knowledge of their collection of erotica would suggest their depravity, stopped allowing outside access to the Secret Cab-

“Farnese Bull” in National Museum of Archaeology in Naples, Italy (Photo by Don Knebel)

inet. Later regimes occasionally opened the doors for select visitors. In April 2000, the museum, now under national control, opened the Secret Cabinet to the general public, with children under 14 allowed only if accompanied by an adult.

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