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State officials call vaccine plan ‘evolving process’

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com

ratory therapist, pharmacist, patient care tech and an environmental services tech at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, according to As more COVID-19 vaccines are expected the department. to arrive in Indiana, state officials continue Parkview and Clark Memorial Hospital in to coordinate an Jeffersonville also received doses PANDEMIC unprecedented, on Dec. 14. They were among the rapidly changing five pilot hospitals to receive the immunization plan, saying details of vaccine first. As of Dec. 16, more who will be vaccinated, and when, than 46,000 eligible Indiana health are uncertain as the state waits care workers statewide had regisfor guidance from the Centers for tered for an appointment to receive Disease Control and Prevention and vaccinations.

Box more doses.

More than 50 Indiana hospitals “I know many Hoosiers just want this and clinics were expected to receive a total pandemic to be over and are eager to reof 55,575 doses by the end of last week, ceive their vaccine,” Indiana State Health and additional shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said during a are expected to arrive each week. The vacDec. 16 virtual press briefing. “Please know, cine requires two doses administered a we will get it to you as soon as we possibly minimum of 21 days apart. can.

Health care workers administered the “While this vaccine is the light at what first doses in Indianapolis at IU Methodist has been a very long, dark tunnel, it will still Hospital on Dec. 16. Boone and Hamilton be a number of months before we can make Counties were expected to receive shipvaccines available to every Hoosier who ments soon after. Each county has strucwants it across our state.” tured its own immunization plan.

On Dec. 11, Pfizer and BioNTech received Moderna, an American biotechnology authorization for emergency use from the company, expected the FDA to review its U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allowing COVID-19 vaccine for emergency-use authothe companies to begin shipping doses to rization by the end of the week, health offiall states. cials said. If authorization is granted, IndiThe Indiana Dept. of Health announced ana officials expect to soon begin receiving Dec. 14 that the first doses in Indiana had shipments of the vaccines. been administered to front-line health care A state’s population and number of doses workers when the state’s first allotment available determine the number of doses arrived that morning. The first doses were given to each state. Like other states, Indiadministered to a physician, nurse, respiana 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, at this time, state officials said 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

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Civilians honored for house fire rescue — The Whitestown Fire Dept. was scheduled to honor two civilians Dec. 19 for rescuing a homeowner from a recent house fire. Cody and Brittney Hartman were leaving a friend’s house the evening of Dec. 5 when they noticed heavy smoke coming from a house in the 3700 block of Dusty Sands Road. They rescued the homeowner and called 911. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The homeowner was transported to Eskenazi Hospital in serious condition and is still

hospitalized with mostly third-degree burns on 30 percent of his body, according to Whitestown officials.

Free athletic combine — Parisi Speed School at Correct2Compete will host a free athletic combine for athletes ages 8 and older. The event will be held Jan. 8 during 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. time slots and Jan.9 during 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon time slots. Correct2Compete in Zionsville is at 10730 Bennett Pkwy. Register at parisiindy.com/combine.

Zionsville home sales — Zionsville’s residential estate market saw homes leave the market quickly in November 2020, fueled by a slight decrease in the average sale price. According to F.C. Tucker Company, homes in Zionsville left the market in 37 days, 36.2 percent faster than November 2019. The average sale price for a Zionsville home was down 10 percent., to $483,413, compared to this time last year.

However, the average price per square foot for a home in Zionsville increased slightly.

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County gets $2.1M from CARES Act

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Boone County officials announced the county has received more than $2.1 million in federal funds PANDEMIC to reimburse COVID-19 expenditures.

The funds were granted through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“When this CARES Act came out, we were tasked with finding COVID-19-related expenses to apply for the CARES Act reimbursement,” Boone County Commissioner Jeff Wolfe said during the county council’s Dec. 8 meeting. “We felt we had a really good submission, and then about halfway through the process, the state of Indiana changed the process.”

Wolfe said state officials opted to review the county’s CARES Act submissions as one submission, rather than review each submission seperately. The change required county officials to send another submission.

“That was a way for the state to get us money in a more time-friendly manner,” Wolfe said. “They could get us the money in one shot instead of going through multiple approval processes.”

After a submission review, the county was granted the full request of $2.173 million, county officials said. The money was received late last month, and can only be used to reimburse COVID-19-related expenses.

“Now, we have actual expenses to date somewhere in the neighborhood of $850,000, which leaves us with $1.3 million left,” Wolfe said during the meeting.

The sheriff’s office and other county agencies report COVID-19-related expenditures each week and expect to continue for the foreseeable future. The county also is reimbursing some expenses for the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds, which was used for various COVID-19 initiatives this year. The county’s 4-H fair and other annual events were canceled because of the pandemic.

“We can’t reimburse them for the lost revenue, but what we can do is help cover their expenses,” Wolfe said.

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—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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Miller takes next turn in racing career

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Dr. Jack Miller got a late start in racing, so he was determined to map a different path for his son.

ACHIEVEMENT “I didn’t race anything until I was 26 years old and ran my first Indy 500 when I was 35,” said Miller, who was nicknamed the ‘Racing Dentist’ during his career. “I decided if I had a child interested in racing, I would start him off early.”

That’s what happened as Miller’s son, who goes by Jack William Miller to avoid confusion, starting racing youth 4-wheelers at 2 years old and go-karts at age 3.

“From there, it was just keep climbing the ladder,” Miller said.

Jack, a Park Tudor School junior from Westfield, will move to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship series in 2021. Jack, 17, spent the last two years in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship. He finished eighth in the 2020 point standings. He would have finished higher if three races hadn’t ended in crashes.

“He did very well this year. His highest finish was second,” Miller said. “He finished third in the Indy race. We feel with the skills he has, let’s move him up and see how he does. I think he’ll do really well.”

The next step on the Road to Indy path following Indy Pro is Indy Lights, and then IndyCar. Jack competes for Miller Vinatieri Motorsports, a team formed by his father and former Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri, a Zionsville resident.

“After two years in USF2000, it’s good to make the step up,” Jack said. “I had some good results and performances this year.”

Jack William Miller competes in the Road to Indy racing program. (Submitted photo)

The biggest thing he said he has learned is how to better set up the car.

“The more experience, the more years you have in it, you are always going to do better,” Jack said. “When you move up you have a lot more options of things to do on the car.”

He is ready for the challenge.

“I think we can and should win some races,” said Jack, whose first Indy Pro race will be in March in St. Petersburg, Fla. Jack said there was a benefit to start racing early.

“Nowadays, everyone is starting pretty young. It’s not like back in the day when you could get in a car at 20 and do well,” Jack said. “Now, you have to be so focused on it, it has to be your entire life to be at the top level.”

To be in top physical shape, Jack has participated in triathlons (bicycling, swimming and running) and recently completed his first half-ironman triathlon in Florida.

“Not many people realize how physical racecars are and how much racecar drivers have to train for them,”1993 Jack said.

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DISPATCHES County agency modifications — Operations of many Boone County offices have been modified due to the spread of COVID-19 within the community. The county assessor’s and treasurer’s offices are closed to the public. These changes will remain until further notice. The following county agencies will only be open to in-person visits by appointment only, though phone and email appointments are encouraged: adult probation, area plan, auditor’s office, clerk’s office, commissioners’ office, community corrections, guardian ad-litem, health department, highway department, juvenile probation, maintenance, prosecutor’s office, recorder’s office, soil and water district, solid waste district and surveyor’s office. The county courts and sheriff’s office will operate as normal.

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Blood needed — Versiti Blood Center of Indiana is issuing an emergency appeal for blood donations as communities throughout the state face a potential crisis. Ideally, Versiti strives for a three-day supply of blood for its partner hospitals. Schools and businesses are typically Versiti’s largest source of blood donations this time of year. Because of remote work and virtual schooling, many of those drives have been canceled. Compared to an average year, donations have been cut by more than 50 percent – nearly 20,000 units of blood.

Blood donors are needed now, Versiti officials say, to help ensure life-saving blood is available for Hoosiers who need it. O-negative and O-positive blood donors are most needed now. O-negative and O-positive blood can be transfused to all patients, including trauma victims, cancer patients and those undergoing surgery.

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Mayor Styron participates in Main Street workshop

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A team from the institute was invited to Zionsville two months ago as part of its interview process with community leaders Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron was one of to select the mayors chosen to participate, five Indiana mayors selected to attend the Styron said. She accompanied the team on a Dec. 3-10 Columbus lengthy walk throughout Zionsville PANDEMIC Design Institute’s and explained the town’s plan to Indiana Main reimagine one of its gateways.

Street: Mayor’s Workshop, a multiDuring the workshop, Styron said ple-day virtual event. she received technical assistance The workshop focused on the from designers and urban planners plans of each municipality to adapt on some of the efforts the town is its Main Street and downtown for finalizing. Styron also participated Styron the summer, with the hope that the in discussions with other mayors, COVID-19 pandemic will be winding down. developing relationships while learning of The mayors engaged with a team of denew urban-planning tools. sign and transportation experts and with “We’ve talked about the walkability,” Styeach other during breakout sessions. The ron said. “There was a conversation around mayors are expected to present their takewhat have we learned about traffic patterns aways to their communities, though Styron and pedestrian mobility, just downtown said she was unsure when that will be. main street zones. What have we learned Other mayors invited to the workshop through COVID that we can carry into today were Jim Lienhoop, Columbus; Rod Roberand the future in our main street business son, Elkhart; Tom DeBaun, Shelbyville; and districts.”

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Decorating winners announced news@currentinzionsville.com The Zionsville Residents Association has announced the 2020 winners of its annual holiday decorating CHRISTMAS contest.

Seven years ago, the ZVRA started inviting Zionsville residents and businesses to show off their holiday decorating skills by entering a competition that highlights Zionsville’s Christmas spirit.

The association has hosted the decorating contest ever since.

This year’s judges were Kathy Scales Brown, Debbie and Mia Forbeck, Heather Lusk, Mark Walters and Sally and Mark Zelonis.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER BUSINESS The Flower Shop, Donna Lennox Hobson, 70 S. Main St. Theme “Magical Inspiration” Business Winners • First: Allure Salon, Melissa Ingersoll, 100 S First St. Theme “Country Home Christmas” • Second: Midwest Jewelers, Brian McCall, 190 S. Main St. Theme “Hometown” • Tied for Third: Brick Street Inn, Breanna Delucenay, 175 S. Main St. Theme “Classic Christmas”

CV Art and Frame, Rhonda Crawshaw, 110 S. Main St. Theme “Christmas Art Land” GRAND PRIZE WINNER RESIDENTIAL Susan Danner, 150 W. Walnut St. Theme “Ugly Sweaters!”

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CARMEL Project: New roundabouts Location: 116th Street at College Avenue and Guilford Road. Lane restrictions are in place.

Expected completion: The city has not released an anticipated date.

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

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

Project: Road rehabilitation Location: A 3-mile stretch of 236th Street will be closed for two separate phases for road rehabilitation. The first phase is from west of Devaney Road to east of Tollgate Road. This phase has reopened. The second phase is from west of Deming Road to west of Devaney Road.

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

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REACHING OUT

ZPD officers donated money raised during “No Shave November” to the Boone County Cancer Society. Elizabeth Frost, center, will head the ZPD’s new REACH Unit. (Submitted photo)

ZPD creates REACH Unit to address behavioral health situations

By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com The Zionsville Police Dept. recently announced the creation of its REACH Unit, an acronym for resources, evaluating, assisting in community health, which pairs police with a psychologist to better serve people in need of clinical expertise when police are dispatched.

ZPD Chief Michael Spears first championed the idea, advocating for a behavioral health unit that could help police and the community address predictable challenges.

Police often respond to calls involving people suffering a mental-health crises who do not pose an immediate threat to Spears the public. ZPD officials contend police encounters in such situations might not always be best for people who have mental health needs. Instead, department officials say officers should be assisted by psychologists who can be the first point of contact.

Spears said the unit also can help ensure officer well-being and allows officers to focus on public safety and violent crime.

The REACH Unit will be led by ZPD Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Frost. She said similar units have become widely used in other police departments with success.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. has a behavioral health unit, and Frost spent time shadowing it to learn what elements the ZPD would like to employ.

“I’ve found that a lot of people may want the help, but they may not know where to even begin to look for the resources,” Frost said. “(The units) are starting to show up

at more police departments, and I think that’s why, because you’re seeing them more and more. And I think police departments as a whole are saying, ‘OK, what can we do to help these people, to help our police officers and to help the community that we work and live in all at the same time?”

While calls and reports come in throughout the day, police may be dispatched to a potential mental health situation or a situation where the REACH Unit can follow up.

When officers notify the unit that they’ve made contact with someone who may need a follow up or is asking for a follow up, a representative of the police department and a clinician will make contact with the person, talk to them and try to ascertain how they can assist them, whether through counseling, medication, transportation or some other means.

“The goal is basically to get those people to help,” Frost said.

The unit’s efforts, which prioritize treatFrost ment instead of incarceration when appropriate, are in partnership with community service providers and citizens. Frost said the department will partner with local clinicians from Integrated Wellness, LLC, which offers services ranging from individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, life-skills coaching, recovery and addiction services and school-based therapy. Integrated Wellness, or InWell, serves residents in Boone, Clinton and Montgomery counties.

By creating the unit, the department’s goal is to reduce the risk of injury for first responders and people in crisis by preventing crime and providing connections to mental health, addiction and social services.

“Sometimes people need that kind of assistance over being incarcerated,” Frost said. “In law enforcement, we deal with different situations all the time, but in reality, these clinicians, that’s what they’re trained for. That’s why

we’re bringing the clinicians in — to help with the medical side of it. And on the other side, we are there to represent the police department and also be there for the safety of the clinician.”

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unit operates via the phone. Frost said she expects the unit to conduct in-person responses when it becomes safe to do so.

Zionsville Mayor Emily Styron praised the ZPD’s creation of the unit. “(It is) reassuring that the Zionsville Police Dept. has launched something that has been such a need and filled such a gap,” she said. “The connections being made between people who are struggling and people who can help work those things with them — it really is (a) fantastic service. It’s always been a part of what our community has needed, but now there is a unit and a process for meeting that need.”

WHO TO CALL The ZPD’s new REACH Unit encourages those in need of mental health services to contact any of the following Boone County mental health providers: • Crisis text line: HOME to 741741 • Aspire Indiana Health: 800-560-4038 • Boone County Suicide & Referral Line: 765-482-1599 • InWell: 317-912-1399 or 765-680-0071 • Mental Health America of Boone County: 765-4823020 or 765-3661050 • National Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255 • Project Lifesaver: 765-485-3017 • Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255, press 1 • Witham Health Services: 765-485-8700 ZPD Police Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Frost Elizabeth Frost can be reached at 317-873-5967 ext. 8023 or at efrost@zionsville-in.gov.

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Continued funding needed for Alzheimer’s research

Commentary by Terry Anker

Editor, With 2020 coming to an end, I am encouraged to know that our members of Congress have spent another year committed to addressing Alzheimer’s disease. And with 5.8 million Americans living with the disease and more than 16 million unpaid caregivers, it’s vital we keep the momentum going in 2021.

As an Alzheimer’s Association advocate, I am committed to working with my senator, Todd Young, on this issue, because I witness the heartbreak and challenges of Hoosiers living with this disease every day during my work in Alzheimer’s research. As one caregiver told me, “I just wish they’d find a cure for it before I fall apart.” I watched two grandparents from both sides of my family struggle with this disease and won’t forget the sadness when they forgot who I was.

While I am thankful for the dedicated support of our leaders like Sen. Young for our accomplishments in 2020, there is still much to be done. This year alone, Alzheimer’s has cost our nation more than $305 billion, making it among the most expensive diseases in our country.

Nina Johnson, Carmel, Alzheimer’s Association advocate

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.

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

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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.

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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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Christmas morning was all about the anticipation of what you might be getting. It wasn’t what you necessarily wanted, but it was exciting.

In Mary Ellen’s family, requesting an item made perfect sense. There were no real surprises. Mary Ellen and her brother still exchange gifts. They both ask for Amazon gift cards. The only excitement is seeing who sprang for the most.

To be surprised or not to be surprised is no longer the question. Mary Ellen and I do all our shopping online, and because we share the same Amazon Prime account, we both are always aware of what the other person is buying. When we log on, we see what our significant other has purchased the previous time the website was accessed. Mary Ellen is always quick to share her approval when she sees what

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By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com TriCo Regional Sewer Utility, which serves sections of Hamilton, Boone and Marion counties, has consolidated all UTILITY of its operations in a renovated facility in Zionsville.

TriCo, which had maintained an administrative office at the John Hensel Government Center in Carmel since 1997, moved all its staff into its expanded and renovated Water Resource Recovery Facility at 7236 Mayflower Park Dr. in Zionsville on Nov. 2.

Formerly Clay Township Regional Wastewater District, TriCo collects and treats wastewater for residents in the western half of Carmel, the east edge of Zionsville and sections of Indianapolis north of Interstate 65.

By virtue of the consolidation, TriCo staff will be able to share more resources and improve efficiency in addition to expanding wastewater treatment capacity from 3.05 million gallons per day to 5.7 million gallons per day.

“There are operations efficiencies that TriCo expects from having all staff in one location,” said Drew Williams, utility director for TriCo. “Crews will be able to share resources, such as trucks, tools and personnel. The engineering staff is now located with the operations staff and are now able to readily collaborate on construction and maintenance issues.

TriCo Regional Sewer Utility has consolidated its operations at its renovated Water Resource Recovery Facility in Zionsville. (Submitted photo)

“The majority of construction is occurring on the west side of our service area along the Michigan Road corridor. Staff can more efficiently conduct the inspections of these developments.”

As part of the renovation, the Zionsville plant was expanded to 7,500 square feet and has amenities such as additional office space, larger windows to allow in more natural light and a redesigned lobby for easier access for customers.

“The office is very open,” Williams said.

“Since we are located on the site with our Water Resource Recovery Facility, we hope customers visiting our office will take a tour of the entire facility and learn more about their sewer utility.”

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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.

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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.”

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Battle of the clauses Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt Today we’re going to tackle two opposing types of grammatical clauses: dependent and independent clauses.

A dependent GRAMMAR GUY clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb, but not a complete thought. Dependent clauses cannot stand on their own as complete sentences. For example, “When he was a young warthog” includes a subject and a verb but isn’t a sentence on its own.

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 cer-

tainly 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.

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In the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. (Photo by Don Knebel)

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.

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