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State officials call vaccine plan ‘evolving process’

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com

ronmental services tech at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, according to the department.

Parkview and Clark Memorial Hospital in As more COVID-19 vaccines are expected Jeffersonville also received doses on Dec. 14. to arrive in Indiana, state officials continue They were among the five pilot hospitals to to coordinate an receive the vaccine first. As of Dec. PANDEMIC unprecedented, 16, more than 46,000 eligible Indiana rapidly changing health care workers statewide had immunization plan, saying details of registered for an appointment to who will be vaccinated, and when, receive vaccinations. are uncertain as the state waits More than 50 Indiana hospitals for guidance from the Centers for and clinics were expected to reDisease Control and Prevention and ceive a total of 55,575 doses by the Box more doses. end of last week, and additional “I know many Hoosiers just want this shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine are expected pandemic to be over and are eager to receive to arrive each week. The vaccine requires their vaccine,” Indiana State Health Commistwo doses administered a minimum of 21 sioner Dr. Kristina Box said during a Dec. 16 days apart. virtual press briefing. “Please know, we will Health care workers administered the get it to you as soon as we possibly can. first doses in Indianapolis at IU Methodist “While this vaccine is the light at what Hospital on Dec. 16. Boone and Hamilton has been a very long, dark tunnel, it will still Counties were expected to receive shipbe a number of months before we can make ments soon after. Each county has strucvaccines available to every Hoosier who tured its own immunization plan. wants it across our state.”

Moderna, an American biotechnology On Dec. 11, Pfizer and BioNTech received company, expected the FDA to review its authorization for emergency use from the COVID-19 for emergency-use authorization U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allowing by the end of the week, health officials said. the companies to begin shipping doses to If authorization is granted, Indiana officials all states. expect to soon begin receiving shipments of The Indiana Dept. of Health announced the vaccines.

Dec. 14 that the first doses had been adminA state’s population and number of doses istered to front-line health care workers available determine the number of doses when the state’s first allotment arrived that given to each state. Indiana health officials morning. The first doses were administered said the state was allocated 55,575 doses to a physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, of Pfizer’s vaccine. However, like other pharmacist, patient care tech and an envistates, Indiana officials said it will receive

fewer doses than originally expected this week.

Although registration to receive the vaccine is only open to health care workers and staff and residents of long-term care facilities, state officials said they are waiting for guidance from an advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine which groups should be vaccinated next.

State officials also announced a vaccine data dashboard will be created in the next few weeks to track how many Hoosiers have been vaccinated, with breakdowns by county and other demographics.

Indiana also was chosen by the U.S. Dept. of Defense as a pilot state to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, according to U.S. Army National Guard Brig. Gen. R. Dale Lyles.

“Our soldiers and airmen are actually performing front-line care worker duties today and have been basically for the last nine months,” Lyles said during the Dec. 16 briefing. “So today, we start the vaccine, and we will vaccinate all of our soldiers that have volunteered to do that.”

Assuming more vaccines are granted authorization by the FDA, state health officials said they expect guidance will be issued to ensure the most effective vaccines for different age groups are administered. For example, Pfizer’s vaccine was approved for people ages 16 and older. Other vaccines may only be approved for people 18 and older until clinical trials on children are complete.

“While this vaccine is the light at what has been a very long, dark tunnel, it will still be a number of months before we can make vaccines available to every Hoosier who wants it across our state.”

— Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box

State of the County postponed until spring 2021 news@currentnoblesville.com The Noblesville Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 2021 State of the County luncheon, typically presented in January,

is postponed until spring.

The State of the County includes a presentation from the Hamilton County Commissioners which provides an update on projects, initiatives and progress from the previous

year and upcoming projects for the next year.

The chamber is still selling sponsorships for the event. For more, email Chamber of Commerce President Bob DuBois at bob@ noblesvillechamber.com.

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to provide a temporary ice-skating rink during the winter months.

Patton said the final product was not at Public Works Director Jeremy Lollar gave all what the community expected.

Westfield City Council members an update “This is so disheartening to see this,” on the Grand Patton said. “We’ve promised someCITY COUNCIL Junction Plaza thing to the people of Westfield and, progress during frankly, we’ve soiled our pants and its Dec. 14 meeting, and councilman now everybody has to smell it.”

Troy Patton was blunt in his reInterjecting, Mayor Andy Cook sponse to it. called Patton’s comments disreLollar confirmed that the budget spectful and disgusting. for the project is approximately “I can’t let this go,” Cook said.

Patton $31.5 million, roughly $1 million un“I want to remind you (that) this der budget. However, $11 million in changes entire project was developed over a long had to be completed through a value engiperiod of time by a very large citizen group. neering process to lower the project’s cost.

There were more citizens involved and more Changes include eliminating above-ground transparency in this than any project other construction for the trailhead building, elim- than Grand Park.” inating the vertical structure for the amBecause the item was only a presentaphitheater, changing the playground layout tion, the council didn’t vote. Lollar said a and eliminating the permanent ice-skating construction walk-through will be conductrink. The trailhead and amphitheater can be ed at the site in January or February. For constructed in the future when more funds more, visit westfield.in.gov. are available. The city will use a third party

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“The most exciting thing about studying in Indianapolis is the wealth of opportunity the city offers outside of the classroom.”

—Eden Rea-Hedrick, School of Liberal Arts At IUPUI, Eden honed her research and critical thinking skills in the classroom and put those skills to work at multiple internships. In Fall 2021, Eden will be attending Yale University to pursue her Ph.D. in English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Read more about Eden’s story at iupui.edu/eden.

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Mayor: Councilman Patton owes city an apology Editor’s note: This column is in response to a Facebook post and comments made by Councilman Troy Patton. For the story, see Page 5.

Commentary by Mayor Andy Cook For more than a decade, I’ve served this great city. During this time, no elected councilor has talked as uninCOLUMN telligently and disrespectfully about our city staff. Troy Patton, who has largely never been involved in anything of benefit to this community, posted on social media and reiterated in a public meeting as we discussed the Grand Junction Plaza project, “we have a group that clearly cannot (sic) build anything under budget or run their own house, let alone spend your hard-earned dollars to your benefit.” He also described the project, in no uncertain terms, as a disaster and that “…we’ve soiled our pants and now everybody has to smell it.” Patton’s comments are unbecoming and unprofessional coming from an elected official and flat out false. More importantly, these attacks on our staff, whose sole goal is to serve Westfield residents, are hurtful.

The Grand Junction Plaza is a transformative project deserving of debate and scrutiny. Many citizens volunteered countless hours to envision this project. When construction pricing bids were returned I, along with many others, were disappointed to know — if built to exact specifications — it would be considered over budget. However, a team including construction experts, my staff and me made decisions to continue with the resources allocated. We will deliver Grand Junction Plaza. The changes will not take away from the functionality, quality

and spirit of this project. It will be remarkable and do exactly what it was supposed to do — be a place to bring people together, attract economic development and build a sense of pride.

The display of ignorance from Patton during a recent city council meeting is yet another example of his political grandstanding for his small group of supporters — people who’ve worked to stop Grand Park, Grand Junction, State Road 32 improvements and the Monon Tunnel under 161st Street. All of these have helped our city become the most desired and fastest-growing city in Indiana.

In elected service, politically motivated and personal attacks are expected. However, Patton crossed the line when he focused in on trained and experienced members of my staff. I will not sit by and allow this to happen. The 200-plus individuals who work for the City of Westfield, from police officers, firefighters, IT professionals, road crews, building inspectors, Grand Park staff and everywhere in between, make up an amazing and dedicated team. Our team brings a wealth of professionalism, expertise and, most importantly, care to their work for our community. Politics, policies and projects are always ripe for scrutiny, criticism and ridicule but the people are not!

Patton’s political resume and commentary can no longer go unchecked. He owes our community an apology.

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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.

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GoFundMe raises $14k for HSHC

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money to the Humane Society. His request became a GoFundMe. “We have pickleball players come in, peoFishers resident and entrepreneur Steve ple we invite in, and when they come and Cage already has donated $4 million for the play, we ask for a yearly donation to go to constructhe animal shelter, and it’s GIVING BACK tion of well-received by the players,” the new Cage said.

Humane Society for Hamilton Members donate money to County in Fishers, and he’s the Humane Society instead not finished with fundraising of paying membership fees. efforts.

Last year, donations totaled Cage recently launched a approximately $10,000. This GoFundMe to raise money year, Cage wants to raise for the HSHC as the COVID-19 $25,000 for construction pandemic caused the cancelof the HSHC’s new facility, lation of one of its fundraiswhich is under construction ing events earlier this year. at 106th Street and Hague The GoFundMe, called Friends Road with an estimated comof Steve Fundraiser for Hupletion date of summer 2021.

Stanley the cat is the face mane Society, was launched “Let’s raise some money to of the GoFundMe fundraiser. in October. It has raised more (Submitted photo) get this great facility up and than $14,000 for the Humane Society. going,” Cage said.

The fundraiser started with Cage’s group The face of the fundraiser is Cage’s black of his pickleball-playing friends. They meet cat Stanley, who was adopted from an anat Cage Campus, a pickleball facility owned imal shelter in 2012. For more or to donate,

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DISPATCHES Baldwin named to committees — State Sen. Scott Baldwin (R-Noblesville) has been appointed to five committees during the 122nd Indiana General Assembly. The committees are for commerce and technology, education and career development, environmental affairs, pensions and labor and utilities.

Centier Bank recognized — Centier Bank has been recognized as the top-ranked “Best Bank to Work For” in the state of Indiana by American Banker. For each of the past eight years, Centier Bank has placed alongside financial institutions across the country on the nationwide list. Centier Bank ranked 11th out of 85 banks in the U.S. Learn more at americanbanker.com and centier. com.

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Bank offers educational series online — Centier Bank has launched the bank’s online financial educational series, “Centier To You,” online. Centier has hosted in-person community events about financial wellness and education in the past—at branches, local libraries and other locations in communities across the state. But now, Centier is offering the series online, so visitors can access them on their own time, from anywhere. The site contains financial tips, exercises and information on identity theft, homebuying, credit and more. Learn more at centier.com/financial-education.

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. To apply, visit nationalcharityleague.org/chapter/ crossroads/.

Real estate statistics — Westfield continued its seller’s market in November 2020, with homes selling quickly and sale prices increasing. According to F.C. Tucker Company, the average sale price for a home in Westfield was $401,430, an increase of 12.8 percent, compared to November 2019. Westfield homes also left the market in 30 days, 36.2 percent faster than this time last year.

Westfield homes also saw an increase in the average price per square foot – up 10.4 percent to $161.08.

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Indiana Members Credit Union presented a check for $1,912 to Westfield High School, as part of an ongoing school spirit debit card program. Since launching the program in 2013, WHS has received $16,630 through the IMCU giveback program. IMCU Business Development Officer Abbi Voegel, left, and WHS Athletics Director Andy Tebbe display a replica check. (Submitted photo)

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Westfield High School senior Spencer Burroughs wanted to make an Eagle Scout project that made a EAGLE SCOUT meaningful impact.

“I thought about two or three different projects, and this one meant the most to me because I didn’t want to do a simple project like pulling weeds or make a bench,” Burroughs said. “I wanted to do something for the environment, so I came up with a fishing line idea to help the wildlife.”

Burroughs, 18, had learned that loose fishing line injures or kills wildlife.

Burroughs, a member of Westfield Troop 107, contacted Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Dept. naturalist Zach McNulty to assist him in his efforts to lessen the amount of harmful trash and litter that finds its way into local waterways.

Burroughs invested 50 hours of research, planning and labor in the fabrication of four fishing line recycling containers at the new Koteewi Lake in Strawtown Koteewi Park.

Each of the containers had a sign above the bins on the posts that contained recycling

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Burroughs said older and younger Scouts helped him with the project.

“It’s been a goal for a long time,” Burroughs said of the Eagle Scout award. “I’ve been told that it’s important and I should strive to get it.”

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Heart and Soul Clinic continues seeing patients during pandemic, launches new initiatives

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Many businesses and nonprofits saw a decline in activity this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that wasn’t the case for Heart and Soul Clinic, a free health facility in Westfield for uninsured or underinsured patients.

“We’ve been pretty much business as usual since March,” Executive Director Lisa Kreag said. “We are still seeing patients. We still have volunteers. The difference is how people come into our facility.

We are not having patients wait in our waiting room. They’re waiting in the car.

They’re coming in when the appointment is (scheduled) and the room is ready for them.

We are taking temperatures and doing all the screening procedures.”

Kreag Kreag said the clinic often sees patients who come in with a fever caused by something other than COVID-19.

“If it’s a fever and there’s other symptoms, let’s say it’s a toothache or an ear issue, whoever the provider is would make those decisions,” Kreag said.

The clinic doesn’t see patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, nor does it offer COVID-19 testing. The clinic has seen roughly the same number of patients as it did in 2019.

“We are very close to the same numbers as last year,” Kreag said. “We have had over 1,200 patient visits.”

Heart and Soul Clinic has seen patients throughout the pandemic, but it did stop walk-in appointments in April, May, June and July. It also stopped offering dental services and discontinued its mobile clinic for two months. But all services are now offered again.

“I feel like we are really in a good place as far as the number of people,” Kreag said. “If we hadn’t have had the pandemic, we would be well above what we served last year.”

Typically, patient numbers increase each year.

Despite the pandemic, Heart and Soul Clinic began offering its mobile clinic in Fishers this year. It also began offering mental health services and a women’s health clinic.

Prior to the pandemic, Heart and Soul planned to take its mobile clinic to Fishers. The mobile clinic already made monthly stops at Grace Care Center on 146th Street and Carmel United Methodist Church. Eight percent of Heart and Soul Clinic’s patients were from Fishers. Kreag suspected there were more uninsured people in Fishers who lacked transportation to get to the clinic in Westfield. So, the mobile clinic visited the Delaware Township Trustee Building in Fishers during a three-month trial in September, October and November.

Heart and Soul Clinic offers its mobile clinic in Fishers. (Submitted photo)

“And it was fabulous,” Kreag said of the turnout. “We are planning on returning in March 2021.”

The mobile clinic offers general medical services for scheduled appointments.

Providing mental health services also was planned before the pandemic.

“It just served well during this time,” Kreag said.

The mental health team is staffed by seven licensed mental health providers who volunteer at the clinic. They see patients face-to-face, via phone or through telehealth services.

“These are all patients who have been referred through the clinic already. They are clinic patients,” Kreag said. “Typically, (health care providers) are looking at issues such as anxiety or depression or grief or relationship issues, and we will see patients for six free sessions. It’s brief, solution-focused counseling sessions.”

A limited mental health program launched in May and began fully operating in September. Kreag said the clinic’s

most pressing need is for a Spanish-speaking counselor.

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WOMEN’S CLINIC Heart and Soul Clinic began offering a women’s clinic this year. It is operated by Dr. Denise Thompson, an OBGYN. “Denise Thompson wanted to volunteer, and she is the primary provider for the women’s health clinic,” Executive Director Lisa Kreag said.

The women’s health clinic offers services such as pelvic exams, pap smears and other procedures. It doesn’t offer prenatal services.

“We have a number of women in that 30- to 50-yearold range and need preventative care,” Kreag said. “So, they haven’t had an exam in years, except when they were having babies, so this is a good opportunity for them to make sure they’re staying healthy.”

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Commentary by Terry Anker This time of year usually finds us with holiday carols and festive seasonal songs playing on an endless loop in our brains. We first begin to hear them around Halloween with an ever-increasing frequency and fervor. We once found ourselves filling stores, restaurants and the public square. These tunes were the soundtrack of travel, time with extended family and too much, well, of almost everything. While the season didn’t arrive exactly the same, these melodies couldn’t be stopped. Many are welcomed as old friends, while some others would not be missed. Whatever our proclivity to them, the familiar, in times of uncertainty, is always greeted warmly.

As we mature, especially if we are lucky, our thirst for continued learning grows along with us. The same is true for the classic carols. With this more quiet-than-usual year upon us, we can invest ourselves in reevaluating the familiar — both to learn more and to love all the more. A recent playing of the Nat King Cole classic rendition of the 400-year-old hymn “Adeste Fideles” caught the attention of its 20-something listener: “I never really thought about the fact that this is not being sung entirely in English!” he mused.

Momentarily, the internet delivered a wealth of information and translated from the Latin original.

It is a call for the faithful. It is a call to exalt the glory of God. It is a call to adore the infant Christ. Those enlightened cynics among us might dismiss the whole of it as long past any real value in today’s progressive and pessimistic time. But still, is it wise ever to summarily ignore a reminder of the power found in fidelity of spirit, of coming together under one thought, of rejoicing for the great possibility found in a single birth?

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

Christmas with the cranks Commentary by Danielle Wilson I’ve finally found my holiday groove, people! Between Meijer, Amazon and a lovely merlot, I’m feeling quite good HUMOR about Christmas. True, I have not written the annual family missive, nor have I mailed a single card, but I’m not worried. “Better late than never” is our family motto!

Now, if only my husband, Doo, would stop being such a Grinch. I don’t know if this is all men, but whenever the stress hits in force, he can’t manage to pull himself together.

He’s been oscillating between “I don’t care if Maddie has dance, we’re going to get antibody tested now!” and “I can’t possibly work if you keep nagging me about addressing envelopes.” This is why I’m playing Bing Crosby nonstop. Only a sultry crooner can dissuade me from that twinkle-lit ledge.

I’m also stuffing my face with bourbon-soaked English fruitcake to stifle my retorts. I want to tell Doo to quit whining and go to the office already. Seriously, anyone

here expecting to be left alone in the peace and quiet for seven hours just days before Santa arrives is living in Fa-la-la-la-la-land.

This place is the Island of Misfits Toys, friends. We have cats vomiting on carpets, kids revolting against our self-imposed quarantine and a janky 12-foot fir threatening to topple, spectacularly, of course. Ornament shankings appear imminent.

My point is, I need Doo to get on board my Polar Express, for him to take a moment to enjoy this crazy season and, more importantly, to praise my spectacular purchasing prowess. Also, to help with this card thing.

Our Elf on the Shelf retired years ago, and these envelopes aren’t going address themselves! Peace out.

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We have cats vomiting on carpets, kids revolting against our self-imposed quarantine and a janky 12-foot fir threatening to topple.

Editor, Responding to letters by Ms. Jackson and Ms. Alston printed Dec. 15 in Current.

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• Not all election lawsuits have been thrown out of court. There are still valid legal battles ongoing in multiple states.

• Mainstream media cannot be trusted. Preelection, mainstream media labeled the allegations of Hunter Biden’s secret deals with China as disinformation, attempted Russian interference. Post-election, the same media reports Hunter has been under investigation since 2018. Which is the truth, please?

• If truth and honesty really matter, why did over 80 million Americans vote for Joe Biden who is an admitted plagiarist? Actual fact.

• Ms. Jackson and Ms. Alston, perhaps you would be enlightened to study the censorship of pre-Nazi Germany. To be certain, there are members of our president-elect’s team that definitely have.

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Straight talk on COVID-19 Commentary by Andrew R. Greenspan, M.D. COVID-19 is “coronavirus disease 2019.” It is caused by a virus, SARS-CoV-2. The virus first appeared in late 2019 and quickly spread around the world as a pandemic. As to when it will be under control or done away with is left to conjecture at this time. There have been various myths about COVID-19, and this is an attempt to deliver dispelling facts.

Myth: COVID-19 came from a laboratory in China.

Fact: There exists no proof it was unleashed from a Chinese laboratory, but it is highly likely the virus emanated from an open live-animal market selling bats in the Wuhan district of China.

Myth: The United States isn’t overly affected by COVID-19.

Fact: The U.S. has 4 percent of the world’s population and 22 percent of COVID-19 deaths Myth: The reported numbers regarding COVID-19 are overly high.

Fact: The U.S case rate and death rate likely significantly have been underestimated.

Myth: COVID-19 mortality rates are overinflated.

Fact: The 2020 death rate from all causes rose compared to 2019, the majority as a result of COVID-19. The death rate from COVID-19 ranges from 1 in 100 to 1 in 500 among known incidences.

Myth: The death rate from the flu is worse than from COVID-19.

Fact: The death rate from Influenza-A is 1 in 1,000.

Myth: Physicians are paid more to note cause of death as COVID-19.

Fact: Physicians are not incentivized to label cause of death as COVID-19 on death certificates.

Myth: “As long as I keep 6 feet of distance, I’m good.”

Fact: The virus mainly spreads from person to persons through air droplets and particles within 6 feet, but sometimes up to as much as 12 feet.

Myth: Surface contact is overhyped.

Fact: It is possible to acquire the virus from surface contact by touching your face. The virus has been shown to survive several days on some surfaces.

Myth: “My pet(s) can’t acquire the virus.”

Fact: It also is possible, but uncommon, for the virus to spread from an infected person to an animal, like a pet. Also, there is no evidence that a person could get the virus from a pet.

Myth: “I’m in good shape because I have no symptoms.”

Fact A person can be infected, and spread the virus to others, even without having any symptoms.

Myth: “Everyone can beat this. I did.”

Fact For most people, symptoms will get better within a few weeks. But a small number of people get extremely sick and lose the ability to breathe on their own. In severe cases, their organs stop working, which can lead to death. Risk of serious illness is greater in older people and those with chronic illnesses, immune deficiency and obesity.

While children can get COVID-19, they are less likely than adults to have severe symptoms.

Myth: “I’m safer because I’m loaded up on Vitamin D.” Fact: Vitamins, mineral supplements and antibiotics cannot prevent or cure COVID-19.

Myth: Masks and distancing aren’t the answer.

Fact: Face masks and social distancing are the most valuable prevention, along with hand washing with at least 60 percent alcohol solution or soap for 20 seconds. UV lamps should not be used to disinfect your hands, but they may be used to disinfect surfaces.

Myth: “Wearing a mask just makes me inhale my own carbon dioxide.”

Fact: Masks do not cause carbon dioxide intoxication or oxygen deficiency.

Myth: “Saltwater kills all germs.”

Fact: Rinsing your nose with a saline solution does not prevent COVID-19.

Myth: “Thank goodness for winter. Bye, bye, COVID-19.”

Fact: Colder weather with freezing temperatures and snow cannot kill the virus.

Myth: “I’ve had COVID-19, so I’m in the clear.”

Fact: There is no proven length of immunity or even a guarantee of immunity after being infected.

Re-infection can occur in some cases.

Myth: “Just because they tested positive doesn’t mean I will.”

Fact: If you think you were in close contact with someone with COVID-19, you should get tested, if possible, even if you don’t have any symptoms to protect those with whom you may have come in close contact.

Myth: The vaccine is a total crapshoot.

Fact: Vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna very soon will be available worldwide and represent the best approach to COVID-19 prevention and elimination. Availability of vaccines does not alter the recommended practice of masks and social distancing as preventative practices at this time.

Myth: “There’s no trustworthy information out there. Everything seems conflicting.”

Fact: The most trusted resources are U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov/ COVID19) and the World Health Organization (who. int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019).

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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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“This trailer gives us the ability to be anywhere in the county we are needed,” stated Christian Walker, emergency preparedness coordinator for the Hamilton County Health Dept. “As a self-contained unit we can provide COVID-19 testing in Midtown Carmel and vaccinations in downtown Sheridan within just a few hours’ notice.”

The trailer was designed by JHB Group, Inc., a firefighter-owned and operated small business in the suburbs of Chicago. JHB is in the process of making at least 30 more trailers for health departments across the nation. The cost of the $85,000 trailer was largely covered by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. “We purchased the trailer to respond to

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The show must go on for the Indiana Ballet Conservatory. It just won’t be in front of an audience because of the rise of COVID-19 cases in PERFORMANCE Indiana.

Four performances were originally planned to be held Dec. 19-20 with a receded capacity at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, but all in-person performances have been canceled.

IBC founding Artistic Director Alyona Yakovleva-Randall made the decision to produce an in-studio, socially distanced, adapted production of “The Nutcracker” for the students. A version with each of the three casts will be recorded so that each student will have the opportunity to perform the roles they had been training hard to perform. The performances will be recorded for their parents since they can’t watch in the Carmel studio. The students will wear masks and social distance.

Yakovleva-Randall said IBC had considered a livestream, but that wasn’t feasible because of finances and the equipment required.

“The cast has changed three times, but not the Sugar Plum and Prince,” she said.

“We can only have 15 people in the studio at one time.”

So, sections of the performance were recorded separately.

“It just makes sense to do the best we can right now,” Yakovleva-Randall said.

Kaitlin Casavan, a homeschooled senior from Westfield, returns as Sugar Plum Fairy for the second year.

“I love doing this part and performing it,” Casavan said. “It’s been fun and a new challenge to work on performing, even when you can’t express your emotions through touching. It’s nice being able to do the normal way and then doing it a different way. It’s something new, but it’s a challenge. Having performed the role before, I kind of know how to express

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

Actors Theatre of Indiana “A Christmas Carol,” featuring Jefferson Mays playing each character, on-demand livestream available through Jan. 3, 2021. For more, visit atistage.org.

Westfield Playhouse “Christmas at the Playhouse,” a recorded version of five holiday short plays, will be available through Christmas for a suggested minimum donation of $10. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.

From left, Abigail Kimball, Louis Gonzalez, Cadence Burke, Ian Anderson-Conlon and Kaitlin Casavan rehearse for “The Nutcracker.” (Submitted photo)

myself while doing the piece, so it’s a little easier without doing all the stuff we did last year.”

Casavan is glad the dancers have been able to maintain a practice schedule.

“I know a lot of people have been able to keep doing the hobbies and the activities that they love,” she said. “We would have been really behind in our training if we weren’t able to come in and work hard every day. I’m grateful we’ve taken these precautions that we do this every day.”

Abigail Kimball, a 15-year-old Fishers resident, has been with IBC for 13 years.

Kimball served as Sugar Plum Fairy understudy last year and moved into the main role this year.

“It’s hard trying to do it social distanced,” Kimball said. “The choreography has gotten a lot more challenging. You can’t touch, so you have to do something that’s more interesting. There are no big, huge lifts.”

Cadence Burke, 16, moved to Carmel with her family when she was 14. Burke will be performing as Sugar Plum Fairy for the first time after being an understudy last year.

“I think everyone always wants to

be Sugar Plum and I’m excited to get to perform it, even if it is in the studio,” she said. “Everyone looks forward to ‘Nutcracker’ at Christmas time. A lot of schools have had to cancel ‘Nutcracker’ and that was an option for us, too, but I’m glad we decided to do the studio because I think everyone will enjoy it and it will still be beautiful and magical.”

Louis Gonzalez is from Michigan but lives with a host family in Carmel.

“This is my first time doing Cavalier (or Prince). I’ve done ‘Nutcracker’ before, but I’ve never done this huge main role before, so I’m super excited,” Gonzalez said. “I’m glad we get to show what we’ve been working on. It would be ideal to do it on stage, but we get to still perform.”

In his third year at IBC, Ian Anderson-Conlon, originally from Madison, Wis., was an understudy in the Cavalier role the previous two years and now plays the lead.

“It will be amazing, even if we can’t touch each other or do lifts,” Anderson-Conlon said. “But the music is enjoyable, so it will still be a lot of fun.”

For more, visit indianaballetconservatory.org.

‘The Prom’ earns Heartland Film award editorial@youarecurrent.com “The Prom,” a new Netflix film, was named the recipient of Heartland Film’s Truly Moving Picture Award on Dec. 11, the same day it was released. Since 2010, the Moving Picture Award has honored nearly 200 studio-released films and serves as a curatorial standard, assisting moviegoers in identifying impactful films that do more than just entertain.

“The Prom” was directed by Ryan Murphy, an Indianapolis native, and stars Meryl Streep, James Cordon, Nicole Kidman, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose and Keegan-Michael Key. “The Prom,” a film adaptation of Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin and Matthew Sklar’s award-winning, Tony-nominated Broadway musical, is about down-on-their-luck Broadway stars who shake up a small Indiana town as they rally behind a teen who wants to go to the prom with her girlfriend.

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“I’ve always wanted to give back to the Indianapolis community in some kind of Angela Brown sees great benefits in the way,” Brown said. “Having worked most of Indianapolis Opera’s vision of acquiring and my career with the Indianapolis Opera, this improving is like a no-brainer.”

BASILE CENTER the Basile The campaign launched with gifts Opera Center. of $1.5 million from the Lilly EndowThe Indianapolis Opera has ment, Inc. and $500,000 from the launched a campaign to acquire and Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable sustainably operate the historic Foundation, Inc. In addition, there Meridian Kessler landmark to make have been major gifts from the Indiit a permanent fixture for the Opera anapolis Foundation, Frank and KaBrown and the central Indiana arts and trina Basile, Arnie Hanish, Claudette cultural community. and Larry Einhorn, and Garry and Louise “Raising this money will help make it a Frederickson to raise the campaign’s total viable arts organization and building that to more than $2.5 million in commitments, the community can come to, and having me more than half of its $4 million goal. as part of the whole structure, having a stuThe opera has called the former Greek dio dedicated to vocal lessons is a perfect Orthodox Church home for the last decade thing for the Indianapolis Opera to be part since its purchase by Indianapolis business of,” Brown said. “I’m excited about having a leader Bill Oesterle. home within the opera company.”

With donations from Oesterle, the BaBrown, who is from Indianapolis, began siles and many others, the company has giving lessons at the Angela Brown Vocal made more than $1 million in improvements Studio at the Basile Center in the summer of through the years.

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While “Battle of the Clauses” may not be coming to theaters (or HBO Max) soon, today we’re going to tackle two opposing types of grammatical clauses: dependent and independent clauses. Yes, one set of clauses are fighting for independence while the other clings on for dear life.

Let’s learn about each contender.

It makes the dependent clauses feel secure knowing that they get to go first.

After all, they are nothing but sentence fragments without the more confident independent clauses. A dependent clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb, but not a complete thought.

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Many times, the key to identifying a dependent clause is by finding a dependent marker word. Some of these dependent marker words include “because,” “since,” “if,” “when,” “while” and “after.”

If dependent clauses are clingy phrases, dependent marker words are the red flags signifying the clauses’ desperate, lonely status.

An independent clause, on the other hand, is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and conveys a complete thought. An independent clause is a complete sentence, although you can certainly connect multiple independent clauses together to form a super sentence. An example of such a super sentence is: Tony won an Oscar, and Oscar won a Tony. You see, coordinating conjunctions including “and,” “but,” “or” and “yet” can tie two independent clauses together like a movie with an equally good sequel (like “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” followed by “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey”).

When it comes to the battle for clausal supremacy, the independent clause prefers to fly solo, while the dependent clause grips on to its independent neighbor like a baby koala. In the case of the battling Clauses, Christmas spirit ultimately prevails, thanks to the Coca-Cola polar bears showing up to put South Pole Santa on the permanent naughty list. Will there be a sequel to this Santa saga? It depends.

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

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History of Grotto of the Nativity Commentary by Don Knebel The Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories, is revered by Christians as marking the very spot TRAVEL of Jesus’ birth. Whether it does is a matter of faith.

The Bible recites that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a village about 6 miles south of Jerusalem, but says nothing about the actual site. The Gospel of Luke provided a clue for early Christians in saying that Mary laid her newborn in a feed trough. In A.D. 248, Origen of Alexandria, a Christian theologian, repeated rumors that Jesus had been born in a cave, a rational deduction because people in Bethlehem at the time often kept their animals in caves beneath their homes.

After Emperor Constantine declared in 313 that Christianity was an acceptable religion in the Roman Empire, he sent his mother Helena to the Holy Land to identify sites important in the life of Jesus. She reported that Jesus had been born in a Bethlehem cave beneath a Roman temple to Adonis, the lover of Venus. Constantine demolished

the temple and replaced it with a church, dedicated in 339. After the original church was destroyed during a revolt by Jews and Samaritans against the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Justinian rebuilt the church in essentially its current form in 565. The cave beneath the Church of the Nativity became known as the Grotto of the Nativity.

In 1717, Roman Catholics placed a 14-point silver star in the Grotto over what they claimed was the flat stone where Mary had lain as Jesus was delivered. In 1847, the star was stolen, allegedly by Greek Orthodox monks. The star was returned under government orders in 1853 and the Greek Orthodox Church was given control of the portion of the Grotto that included it. Roman Catholics were given control of another portion of the cave, said to be where the manger was located.

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

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

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

For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

YOUR CLASSIFIED AD HERE! Call Dennis O’Malia 317-370-0749

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Answers to HOOSIER HODGEPODGE: Shoes: HEEL, LOAFER, MULE, SANDAL, SNEAKER, WEDGE; Ranges: BLUE RIDGE, CASCADE, ROCKY, SMOKY, TETON; Paintings: AMERICAN GOTHIC, GUERNICA, MONA LISA, THE KISS; Entrees: FILET MIGNON, PRIME RIB, RIBEYE; Counties: ADAMS, ALLEN; Nonprofits: FLANNER HOUSE

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