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

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

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

“We have worked with those clinics to reschedule their patients as quickly as

possible. This includes adding new appointments and adding extra days to the clinics’ schedules to ensure there are no unnecessary delays to getting vaccines in arms.”

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

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

The state’s decision to grant eligibility to Hoosiers ages 60-64 when vaccination shipments resume followed news that states will receive a slight increase in weekly vaccine allotments from the federal government. But state health officials said it would likely not be enough to grant eligibility to residents ages 50-59 and others who meet criteria for five specific comorbidities.

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

“Vaccine will continue to remain a pre-

cious resource for some time,” Weaver said.

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

Eligible Hoosiers can visit ourshot.in.gov or call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment.

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

“Let’s be clear. The Biden-Harris Administration, the Centers of Disease Control, the Indiana Democratic Party and teachers unions across the state have all called for our teachers to be ‘priority’ for COVID-19 vaccines,” stated Drew Anderson, communications director for the Indiana Democratic Party. “Governor Eric Holcomb, however, has consistently failed to make teachers a priority for these vaccines. There’s a difference, and it’s a shame Holcomb is not owning up to the fact that he does not value Indiana’s educators.”

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viously served the City of Fishers Fire Dept. as a chauffeur, or engineer, and as an EMT, The Zionsville Fire Dept. has hired Ryan SCBA technician, safety and health board Flora as its fire inspector/investigamember, pension board member tor. Flora has been and technical rescue team member.

NEW HIRE with the ZFD for “Ryan’s energy will undoubtedly more than a year, help expand our fire prevention working part time as a fire inspecactivities within our ever-growing tor. He is now full time. community,” ZFD Chief James VanFlora has been in fire service for Gorder stated. more than 29 years. He began as a Flora has an associate degree Flora volunteer firefighter in 1992 at the in public safety management from Indian Heights Volunteer Fire Dept. He preIvy Tech and a bachelor’s degree in occu-

pational safety and health from Columbia Southern University. He has been involved with part-time code enforcement since 2008 with the Noblesville and Fishers fire departments.

Flora has numerous certifications, including International Code Council Fire Inspector 1, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional, Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional, several state certifications and has attended the National Fire Academy three times.

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ZPD installs cameras to capture vehicle data of suspects

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Last month, the Zionsville Police Dept. installed 10 new Flock Safety license plate reader cameras LAW ENFORCEMENT throughout Zionsville, including at the town’s entryways.

Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood has said the cameras are investigative tools commonly used by municipalities and counties to gather evidence to prosecute criminals.

The cameras capture footage that can assist police in discerning a vehicle’s license plate number, vehicle type, color, direction of travel and the owner’s sex offender status, among other information.

ZPD patrol officers have immediate access to data captured by the cameras via an alert on their mobile computers, which provides real-time enforcement data, according to ZPD Public Information Officer Elizabeth Frost. Flock Safety also alerts police through a “hot list” if a stolen vehicle, missing persons vehicle or any vehicle that was used in a crime is detected by a camera.

Data captured by the cameras is stored for 30 days on an encrypted cloud server, after which it is completely wiped from storage unless manually saved into a case file, Frost said. The data is accessible to law enforcement only, and guidelines exist regarding how and why officers can access the data. Flock Safety employees cannot access the data, according to the ZPD. “The whole purpose of the Zionsville Po-

er’s association or business own all footage captured by the cameras, which would not be synced with any police surveillance technology. Flock Safety does not share or sell data, and the associations or businesses can determine who can access its footage, including police.

The cameras are wireless. They run on solar and battery power, so no power source is necessary. Neighborhoods and businesses can install them nearly anywhere, according to town officials.

HOAs and businesses that purchase a camera will own all footage captured and can share footage with the ZPD if they choose.

The camera can be placed at the entrance to a neighborhood, facing inward to document vehicles entering the neighborhood.

lice Dept. purchasing these cameras was to help with our investigations and to minimize crime that we get in and out of our town,” Frost said. “With these cameras set in place, we are getting the traffic coming in and out of our town. The benefit of it is that, say, we have a missing person that we are looking for, and we know what vehicle they are driving. If that particular person drives by one of our cameras, it is going to alert our police officers. It can help us locate those people. In the same sense, it does the same style of thing for people who have done a crime using a vehicle. Obviously, we would have to know the particulars of that vehicle, but sometimes we do.”

Flock Safety also sells license plate reader cameras to local neighborhoods and businesses. In those instances, the homeown-

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Council considers appropriation to reconfigure Town Hall

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ments at Town Hall for a one-stop customer experience, both for the internal and external customer.”

The Zionsville Town Council will consider The town originally contemplated hiring a $118,000 additional appropriation to fund a lobby receptionist to greet and assist a proposed reconfigvisitors on the first floor. The task has now CONSTRUCTION uration of Zionsville’s been reimagined as a small team that would Town Hall at its guide visitors and help them with all their March 1 meeting, which town officials say customer-service needs while still performcould save more than $1 million. ing administrative duties.

To meet the need of a growing populaTown officials estimate construction and tion, the town is considering utilizing more furnishing costs for both floors of Town Hall than 5,000 square feet of unused space on to total no more than $367,694. the second floor of Town Hall. The space Town officials said $249,694 can be was purposely left unfinished. Construction appropriated for the project from the Zion Town Hall, which onsville’s Town Hall opened in 2017, began Fund and “Essentially, this is a twofold Improvement in 2016.

Motor Vehicle Highway initiative, the first being to If reconfigured, the Fund, but to cover the additional space would relocate the DPW and parks and rest of the funds, the allow 11 staff members would need (recreation department) to Town council to move to Town Hall, to approve a $118,000 which would facilitate Hall to assemble the leadership additional appropriathe creation this year and administrative functions tion or consider other of four new positions: options, which of those teams, joining the rest funding two Dept. of Public councilors said they of the departments at Town Works staff and two planned to do during planning and economic Hall, to have all our leadership the council’s March 1 development staff. meeting. under one roof.”

The new positions Initial discussions – LANCE LANTZ indicate the town are not contingent on the reconfiguration, council could approve according to town officials, who say the $20,000 from the town’s Cumulative Capital reconfiguration is necessary for existing Improvement Fund and $98,000 from the staff levels.

Cumulative Capital Development Fund to If plans for Town Hall are approved, the provide the additional appropriation.

Zionsville Parks & Recreation Dept. and In 2018, the town introduced plans for a Dept. of Public Works would move to the new municipal complex that initially was second floor. Nine Dept. of Public Works planned to house Zionsville’s Parks & Recrestaff and three parks and recreation staff ation Dept. and Dept. of Public Works. Lantz would move to the second floor. One parks said the complex is still anticipated, but no and recreation staff would move to the first progress has been made because a funding floor to manage daily interactions with the request failed in 2019. By moving the two public. The reconfiguration also would facildepartments to Town Hall, Lantz said the itate the move of all three human resources town would save more than $1.6 million that staff into close proximity of each other. would have been spent to build new spaces “Essentially, this is a twofold initiative, for the departments in the complex. the first being to relocate the DPW and “We’re just simply not going to need to parks and (recreation department) to Town build the kind of space we were thinking,” Hall to assemble the leadership and adminLantz said. istrative functions of those teams, joining Lantz said the town would provide a the rest of the departments at Town Hall, long-term cost savings of an estimated $1.3 to have all our leadership under one roof,” million by approving the $367,694 additional Lance Lantz, the town’s director of public appropriation. Due to the the COVID-19 panworks, said during the Feb. 16 town council demic, he said there has never been a more meeting. “It is also to reassemble the foropportune time to disrupt the daily funcward-facing services of the existing departtions of the Town Hall.

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COMMUNITY DISPATCHES Carmel Marathon 5-mile tune-up — CRRG Events announced a new five-mile event in Westfield as a tune-up for the Carmel Marathon Weekend. In partnership with Personal Best Training, Jack Rabbit of Carmel, Grand Junction Brewing Co. and Aquafina, the Carmel Marathon Weekend 5 Mile Tune Up Presented by PBT will be held at 9 a.m. March 13. The course will start and finish in front of Grand Junction Brewing’s taproom in Westfield and will tour around and through Grand Park Sports Campus.

The 11th annual Carmel Marathon Weekend will be an in-person event on April 3 in Carmel, with participant limits and COVID-19 policies in place in accordance with local guidelines. A virtual option is also offered to interested participants. The Carmel Half Marathon is sold out; a waitlist is available.

To sign up for the Carmel Marathon Weekend 5 Mile Tune Up Presented by PBT event, visit runsignup.com/Race/IN/Westfield/ CarmelMarathon5MileTuneUp. Zionsville home prices — The residential real estate market in Zionsville was dynamic to start the new year, with homes selling quickly. According to F.C. Tucker Company, in January 2021 the average sale price of a home in Zionsville decreased 33 percent, to $421,531, compared to January 2020. As a result, Zionsville homes left the market an average of 31 days faster than this time last year. The average price per square foot of a home in Zionsville decreased 13.3 percent, to $164.93, compared to January 2020.

Smart College Selection adds consulting team member — Smart College Selection welcomed Stephanie Aikins to its college consulting team beginning immediately.

Aikins will be responsible for working directly with high school students to help them identify their strengths, build strategic college lists and create college applications. Aikins has 15 years of experience as a guidance counselor and a college counselor in public and private high schools, most recently at the International School of Indiana and previously at Carmel and Greenwood high schools.

State of the Town — Zionsville’s annual State of the Town event will be at 7 p.m.

Feb. 25. Hear from Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron on the town’s accomplishments in 2020 and its vision for 2021. The event will be streamed live on the Town of Zionsville’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. A recording will be available on YouTube after the event.

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know,” said Kitchel, referring to the COVID-19 said. “I think that helped us a lot. I won (my races). Elyse did incredibly well in her (racpandemic. “The prelims were interesting on their own. I was pleasantly surprised at my es). Reagan scored in hers (ninth in the 500 Zionsville Community High School junior freestyle), and our relays did better than times in the finals.”

Devon Kitchel surpassed her own expecexpected. We were really happy with it.”

Kitchel helped the Eagles place second in tations with her perthe 400 freestyle relay with senior Kitchel said it was difficult to improve CHAMP formance at the IHSAA Elyse Heiser, senior Carlin Barksdale this season because of the initial break girls swimming and and junior Reagan Mattice. The everyone had to take at the start of the diving state finals. pandemic in mid-March 2020. same four girls finished fourth in Kitchel repeated as state champi“In swimming, it’s always interesting to the 200 medley relay. on in two races, finishing the 200Heiser, who will compete for Indi- get back in the water after you’ve been out yard individual medley in a time of for so long (of a) time,” she said. “I didn’t ana University next season, placed 1:57.69 and the 100 butterfly in 52.93 want to psyche myself out too much about third in the 500 freestyle and fifth Kitchel seconds – both school records – in the 200 freestyle. where I was last year and what I was doing.

Feb. 13 at the Indiana University Natatorium I just tried to put my head down and work The Eagles finished fourth in the team at IUPUI. standings. hard, do the right things and, hopefully, it “Definitely, her goal was to go back and ended up OK. Obviously, it worked out.”

“We were seventh last year, and the year repeat, and she did it in pretty much domiKitchel made a verbal commitment to the before we were 10th, so we’re moving up,” nant fashion,” Eagles coach Scott Kubly said.

University of Michigan before the 2020-21 Kubly said.

“She’s a great kid to begin with, and she Kitchel credits bonding for the improvement. season. works really hard. What she did, she definite“I’m so excited,” Kitchel said. “I love their “We really came behind each other this ly earned it. She set two school records, both year. The team aspect was huge,” Kitchel team atmosphere. I love their coaches.” in the finals, so a couple more marks on the record board for her. She is definitely leaving “I didn’t want to psyche myself out too much about where I was last year and her mark on Zionsville swimming.” what I was doing. I just tried to put my head down and work hard, do the But Kitchel didn’t know what to expect in right things and, hopefully, it ended up OK. Obviously, it worked out.” the finals.

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State legislators review bills during legislative breakfast

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Several state senators and representatives joined a Zoom meeting Feb. 12 to discuss Indiana House GOVERNMENT and Senate bills going through the General Assembly. OneZone Chamber of Commerce conducted the meeting and allowed each presenter to discuss up to two bills they were working on. Some are as follows: Rep. Tony Cook, District 32: Cook has authored bills regarding education. House Bill 1514 regards school district accountability.

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

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

Sen. Kyle Walker, District 31: Walker discussed Senate Bill 133, which enhances the penalty for child exploitation and child pornography charges for second-time offenders. He also is working on Senate Bill 392, which deals with zoning issues in Marion County and cities like Lawrence that fall within the county Walker boundaries.

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

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

Rep. Donna Schaibley, District 24: Schaibley discussed House Bill 1042, which sets up a claim database that provides transparency. The database would allow the public to compare prices and quality of health care services.

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

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

Schaibley said several communities already have paramedicine programs in place.

Sen. Jim Buck, District 21: Buck discussed two bills, but he went into greater detail about Senate Bill 332.

“For many years, the House has sent over a bill to the Senate having to do with public notice reform, and to this point, candidly, I’ve never given it a hearing because it was always just all or nothing,” Buck Buck said. “So, this year on 332, I introduced and (it recently went through its third reading). It basically starts us on a path where local units of government like schools, municipalities or counties can choose to have their second notification (for public notice) to go on their website. The caveat to that is, it needs to be on that website for seven days. This is probably the tiniest baby step you could ever hope for in converting from a mandated effort to do public notices through the newspaper. It’s a maybe for some units, because some units may not have a website, so it still allows them to put that second notice in that paper.”

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When there is snow on the ground and the temperature hovers in single digits, I think about apples. I remember winter in the Northwoods of WisPLAIN TALK consin, when we huddled around the stove in the evening and Dad would send me down to the cellar to retrieve apples from the barrel.

We had apple trees in the backyard, and in the fall, my job was to wrap each apple in newspaper and place it gently in a large wooden barrel.

“Don’t drop them or toss them in,” he would say. “It bruises them and makes them rot.”

By the time we were done, the barrel would be nearly full, and Dad would tip it and roll it across the yard and gently down the cellar steps. By mid-winter, the cellar was honey-rich with the aroma of apples.

When my wife and I moved to our village in 1981, there was a large Golden Transparent apple tree in the backyard. I immediately thought we might again have apples to munch all winter.

What I didn’t know about Golden Transparents, however, is they ripen on the Fourth of July, and a day later, they turn to mush. For several years, our Independence Day ritual was to pick and peel apples and make applesauce.

The tree died a few years later, and efforts to replace it failed. I even lugged a McIntosh sapling down from Minnesota thinking that any tree that could survive the sub-zero climes of the north would be right at home in Indiana. Sadly, while it had no problem with our milder winter, the blistering heat of summer did it in. I didn’t try again, and since then, our applesauce has come in jars from the store.

In recent years, at least a dozen new varieties have hit the market. My favorite is something called Honeycrisp. They have the tart smack of McIntosh and the mellow sweetness of Golden Delicious.

Once again, we can munch on apples on winter evenings.

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Area couple meets in an unexpected way

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Keree would stare at John from the other end of a church in Lebanon during an addiction recovery meeting. She thought he was cute. During a later meeting, she noticed he got a new tattoo, giving her an excuse to finally talk to him.

Their love story bloomed from that conversation 1 1/2 years ago.

John and Keree McIntyre, both 44, have since married and started a construction business, aiming to offer others in recovery a second chance.

After a sports injury in 1993, John, while attending Western Boone Junior-Senior High School, became addicted to prescription painkillers. “(I) had a typical two-parent home upbringing for the early stages of my youth,” John said. “Everything was normal — made great grades, three-sport athlete, tons of friends, life-of-the-party-type of kid.”

John, a Thorntown native, later married and had a daughter. He projected the image of a husband and father for several years, all the while hiding his addiction, compulsively lying, infidelity, spending money the family didn’t have. He became addicted to more substances. After he was arrested and incarcerated several times, he knew he needed help, so he went to a rehab facility.

John checked into Progress House in Indianapolis and got sober four years ago.

Although he continued to attend his narcotics and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and went back to work, his ex-wife had had enough. John found himself single, working 16-plus hours a day.

Keree, a Florida native, grew up in a dysfunctional family. When she was 12, she said a neighbor raped her.

“By the time I was 13, I was using acid and about anything else I could find from friends or people,” Keree said. “That was most of my young adult years.”

Keree was sober for two years, married and had two sons. Her marriage ended shortly after her second son was born, and she relapsed.

“About 20 years of my life was on drugs or drinking, homeless, just bouncing around,” Keree said. “Sometimes I would get

day at a time, Keree said.

“I wouldn’t say we worry about it, definitely, but it is always there, and it probably always will be there,” John said. “But if you are open and honest about things and you work on it in a small way every day, the chances (of relapse) are fewer and fewer every day.”

John and Keree now help others in their journey to sobriety by staying active in the recovery community. By doing so, they say it continues to remind them of all they’ve gained while helping others.

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John and Keree McIntyre met in an addiction recovery meeting and have since married and started a business. (Submitted photos)

my head together, but I was still using. I tried to get help, but I wasn’t ready. I tried six times to get my sobriety.”

In 2017, Keree said she “went off the deep end.” She was in Florida, homeless and spending most of her time with other people struggling with addiction. Facing charges of possession and paraphernalia, she fled north and was apprehended following a high-speed chase in Whitestown.

“By the grace of God, it was really what I needed,” said Keree, who has been sober for two years.

Keree lived in a halfway home in Craw-

fordsville and later a recovery home for women in Lebanon.

Since meeting, John and Keree have supported each other’s sobriety journey.

“I make sure whenever I have a thought or issue, whether it’s substance related or anything that could make me emotional to where I would want to use, I have a partner who I can talk to about anything,” Keree said. “I know I can say anything without judgment.”

Residents of Kirklin in Clinton County, which is just north of Boone County, they now take their battle with addiction one

After becoming acquainted during an addiction recovery meeting, John and Keree McIntyre fell in love, married and started a company, Dirty Hands Landscaping, located north of Zionsville.

They started Dirty Hands Landscaping after the COVID-19 pandemic affected John’s employment.

“I worked summer jobs doing landscaping, so we decided to start our own little side business doing some landscaping things, and it quickly went from a very small operation to now we are busy six days a week with clientele we never thought we would be helping,” John said.

John and Keree soon found they needed employees, so they reached out to people in recovery, with felonies and other transgressions that might limit their employment options.

The company now has six employees.

They hope the company can help others in recovery by offering them not only employment but also a supportive environment that encourages them to believe they “aren’t their past.”

“Recovery is possible,” John said.

“I would tell other people, ‘Don’t be ashamed or afraid or embarrassed to ask for help. That doesn’t show a sign of weakness. It can be done.

There are others just like us who do it every day.’”

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Lonely one

Honest opinion of columnist

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

We all need the association of others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good, lord. Has it really come to this?

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

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

Peace out.

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

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

Editor, I just can’t understand why (Danielle) Wilson gets hate mail based on her opinions. In my opinion, nobody, and I mean nobody, in print today is more honest and open than she.

When she says she’s cleaning dog poo out of her carpet, I believe her. I can almost picture her in the act. Also, I’m very well acquainted with her. Well, I saw her once in Meijer (I actually said hello and shook her hand) and have whistled at her twice during the annual Fourth of July parade as her car went by, so that must count for something, right?

Anyway, please leave her alone. I’m honored to know I live in the same town as someone so humorous, down to earth and honest as she is.

Peace out.

Jay McCarty, Carmel

“Anyway, please leave her alone. I’m honored to know I live in the same town as someone so humorous, down to earth and honest as she is.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more, visit jamesoncamp.org.

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

CYT adds Play in a Day camps

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

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

We’ve had much smaller audiences.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Summer camps return for 25th year at Geist Christian Church

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

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

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

All camps are $90 per child, and each

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Roundtripper expansion proving to be a home run

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Twenty trainers are in the facility during operating hours.

Some have been with Roundripper for more than 20 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

complete more than 40 hours of training.

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

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

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

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

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

Traders Point Christian Schools offers more than 60 camps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camps run for a week and start June 7.

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

Campers also will receive take-home activities.

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

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

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University High School camp registration now open

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

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

There’s a variety of things.

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

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

Last year, UHS offered a variety of new

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“So, a lot of kids stay all day,” Rodecap said. “They could do a football camp in the morning and a pottery camp in the afternoon.”

All indoor camps are operating at 50 percent capacity to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Other safety measures include wearing face masks and extra sanitation, Registration is open at campcathedral. com. Sports camps range from $85 to $160 per camper and enrichment camps range from $130 to $200.

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Children in kindergarten through ninth grade have the opportunity to learn from Cathedral High School coaches at athletic camps this summer, even if they aren’t a Cathedral student.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Camp Weeks Week 1 - June 7-11 Week 2 - June 14-18 Week 3 - June 21-25 Week 4 - June 28-July 2 Week 5 - July 12-16

13 beautiful acres on Geist Reservoir is the perfect place for your child to learn to sail. The camp for novice to advanced sailors ages 8-16 is designed to teach basic sailing & water safety for beginners and more advanced sailing and racing to veterans. Camp is divided by age and ability. Camp runs every day rain or shine with lots of sailing, swimming, instructional videos, on/off water coaching and educational games.

Week 6 - July 19-23

Please contact Michelle Sarber at office@Indianapolissailing.org or by phone at 317-335-7385.

Also see indianapolissailing.org for photo tour and camp application.

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

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

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

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

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

Rock City World Tour is for ages 3 to 7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BGCN offers themed camps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For more, visit bgcni.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“We were under some pretty serious travel advisories,” Haughton said. “For the last couple days, they’ve discouraged any nonessential travel, so we opted to cancel the clinic. And Boone County, while we do have some municipal areas, it is primarily rural.

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I don’t think handling the influx of patients will be an issue.”

Haughton said she doesn’t believe the clinic will need to extend operating hours to accommodate additional appointments on Feb. 23 or Feb. 24. The BCHD’s vaccination clinic is open Tuesday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

At the fairgrounds’ clinic, volunteers can vaccinate approximately 10 residents every 10 minutes, Haughton said.

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Witham Health Services officials said as of Feb. 17, more than 51 percent of the hospital’s associates PANDEMIC have elected to receive a COVID-19 vaccine through the hospital. A Boone County official called the percentage “concerning” because of expectations of much higher participation.

The percentage only represents health care workers and staff who received vaccinations at the hospital. Some have gone to other clinics or hospitals for vaccinations, according to Witham officials. Witham employees are not required to disclose if they have received the vaccine, so officials said they can only report those that come through Witham’s clinic.

Boone County Commissioner Tom Santelli said he found Witham’s 51 percent figure concerning for several reasons. He said county officials want at least 70 to 80 percent of all residents to get vaccinated.

Health officials estimate the same figure is approximately the percentage of people who would need to be vaccinated to establish herd immunity to COVID-19. Santelli said if health care workers aren’t willing to be vaccinated at that rate, it might be difficult to reach herd immunity in the general population.

The Indiana State Dept. of Health reports 68 percent of health care workers and first responders in the state had received vaccination as of Feb. 17. In Indiana, 57 percent of Hoosiers 80 and older have been received immunizations and 65 percent of Hoosiers 70 and older have been vaccinated.

Mary Beth Searles, Witham’s director of marketing and public relations, said some employees have contracted the disease in recent months and have chosen to wait to receive a vaccine. According to Witham officials, some previously infected employees want others who may be more vulnerable to the disease to receive a vaccine because they believe their natural immunity, which health officials estimate lasts at least three months in most cases, likely provides enough protection from reinfection.

“Those people feel at this time they have the coverage so that they can wait at least three months for the vaccine,” said Gene

Davis, Witham’s infection control director.

Searles said some employees are waiting to see how the vaccine affects their friends’ health, while others are concerned about its effect on fertility, which she said is a misconception.

“We hope with additional education and time this number will significantly improve, and we will continue to work on it until it is,” Searles wrote in an email.

“I’m extremely thankful for the people who have taken it,” Davis said. “It is a choice. It’s an individual decision that people have to make, and I have repeatedly said to people that I’m going to respect the choice people make because I’m not sure the reasons each person has. I don’t know how much they have put into this, studying the reasons for it. We have tried to provide our staff information so (that) they feel comfortable and educate them as things would come up.

“If there would be something that would be maybe a knowledge deficit, we have given them the tools. We have given them the information to help them so (that) they can make an informed decision in this.”

Santelli echoed Davis’ comments, agreeing that each person’s decision about the vaccine should be respected. But he said he is concerned as a potential patient.

“I think we all go into a hospital, knowing that (health care workers) were the first in line to be vaccinated (and expect) that there would be a high level of participation,” Santelli said. “I would think that the hospitals and staff would want to work very hard to control the spread of the virus. And certainly, getting vaccinated is a strong contribution to that. So, yes, it is concerning.”

Davis said Witham’s vaccination clinic at its Lebanon hospital has exhausted its shipments of first doses of the Moderna vaccine and is trying to finish its shipments of second doses of the vaccine. Davis added that the hospital also administers Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccines. The clinic administers vaccinations to eligible Hoosiers with an appointment. When the shipments of Moderna vaccines are depleted, the hospital will only offer Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, he said.

Eligible Hoosiers can schedule an appointment by visiting ourshot.in.gov or by calling 2-1-1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civic Theatre Civic Theatre will present “Pride & Prejudice” as a livestream from The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing arts in Carmel at 7 p.m. Feb. 26-27. An on-demand option will be available for viewing through Feb. 27. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

Center for the Performing Arts The “Live at the Center” series will present Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in a free livestream. To register, visit thecenterpresents.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

opment Company, a booking, promotion and management agency.

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

The pandemic has been a difficult time for musicians.

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

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

Hopefully, things will pick up and change.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do odd jobs, demo small buildings.

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

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

GUITAR LESSONS

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

GROUNDHOG STUMP REMOVAL

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

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

SUNNY SANIBEL @ SANIBLE SIESTA

FOR SALE BY OWNER,

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

SERVICES

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

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

Guitar Lessons With Baker Scott

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

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

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Pet & House Sitting Service

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Give us a before call at 317-490-2922

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to schedule your Free Quote & Demonstration omaliashsr.com Serving, Hamilton, Marion, Boone Madison & Hancock counties

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

Serving, Hamilton, Marion & Boone counties • omalias.com .com

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

Flexible, part time work.

Apply at: www.FetchPetCare.com

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

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

For immediate consideration, call Gary Simpson at 317.703.9575.

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

www.msdwt.k12.in.us

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

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

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

Get paid to be part of the action!

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

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

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

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

Work with internal departments.

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

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

Compensation is competitive and based on experience.

PLEASE REPLY TO: RKD1948@SBCGLOBAL.NET ***** No phone calls, please. *****

HELP WANTED:

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

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

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

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

• Daily opening and closing of parish administration office.

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

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

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

• Provide administrative support to all Parish Staff.

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

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

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

Interested candidates should email resume to apply@setoncarmel.org

NOW HIRING OPERATIONS MANAGER

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

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

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

OFFICE MANAGER

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

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

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

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

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

GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE,

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

NOW HIRING

We are seeking excellent candidates for our front desk.

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

Some office experience preferred. High school grads and above.

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

YOUR CLASSIFIED AD HERE!

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

Call Dennis O’Malia 317-370-0749

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

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

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