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Indiana officials welcome COVID assistance By Jarred Meeks jarred@youarecurrent.com Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb lauded the federal COVID-19 stimulus package that was awaiting President Donald PANDEMIC Trump’s signature as of press time. Congress approved a $900 billion stimulus package Dec. 20. The bill is crafted to provide qualified recipients with $600 stimulus checks and unemployed Americans with Holcomb weekly $300 payments. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said individual payments could begin as soon as this week. The nearly 6,000-page bill is the result of months of partisan debate and compromises in Washington, D.C., Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said during a Dec. 22 virtual press briefing. “In terms of the household ($600) payment, the number was just the right number in order to get a bill passed,” Young said. “Hoosiers sent me to Washington in order to get an outcome, and outcome often involves principled compromise, and Hoosiers couldn’t wait any longer. “This should have passed months ago, and it’s unfortunate that it did not and that the gears of Washington took so long to finally get moving and come together.” At the federal level, the package includes

To our valued readers: It seems as though it was years ago when we communicated our revised distribution plan for Geist, but it was actually only the end of March. Time flies when you’re battling the fallout from the pandemic, we suppose. Current in Geist remains exposed to the financial repercussions of the pandemic, although we’re proud to state we have retained all full-time staff at the levels

$325 billion for small business relief, including $284 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program second-draw loans. It also includes $25 billion for rental assistance and a onemonth extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium, and $82 billion for education, including $54.3 billion for K-12 schools, and $22.7 billion for higher education. Another $10 billion is allotted for child care, $29 billion for vaccine development and distribution and $22 billion for COVID-19 testing and related state-level efforts. “Obviously, Indiana went into this pandemic in a strong position, sure footing beneath us, but some unprecedented things washed upon our shores just as they have with Hoosier families,” Holcomb said during the virtual briefing. “And what was passed is going to tremendously help us get through this, and then in turn accelerate away from this pandemic.” Vaccine update Indiana health officials said they expected for more than 40,000 front-line health care workers in the state to have received their first doses of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine by the end of Dec. 23. Phase 1a of the state’s plan calls for front-line health care workers and residents and staff to be vaccinated first. The next groups are other health care workers and essential workers, according to the CDC. State officials expect another 50,000 health care workers to receive first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 4, including 8,800

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that were scheduled to receive a vaccine Dec. 22. On Dec. 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Moderna, an American biotechnology company. Shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines will continue to be sent to Indiana. Data collection error On Dec. 22, state health officials acknowledged a previously undetected reporting error. Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box said an error in a computer algorithm used to determine weekly positivity rates was discovered and that fixing the error would change the state’s cumulative positivity rate and individual counties’ positivity rates. The state initially tracked a seven-day positivity rate by averaging the daily rate during a reporting week, but Box said the formula failed to account for variances in the number of tests conducted each day. The state will now calculate seven-day positivity rates by assessing the number of positive tests compared to the number of total tests conducted. Box said the change, which would affect data dating back to the start of the pandemic, would likely increase the state’s cumulative positivity rate. The change would have a less certain affect on individual counties, possibly lowering some rates while raising others and leaving others relatively unchanged.

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have seen our residents step up to support strangers, participating in food drives and The City of Fishers has announced a new creating holiday care packages for those in initiative to spread kindness throughout the need. To cap off this unprecedented year, I community. The 2000 Acts of Kindness Chal- challenge our community to give back 2,000 lenge encouragtimes over, in ways both big and GIVING BACK es residents to small. Shovel a neighbor’s driveway, complete 2,000 send a letter of encouragement to a acts of kindness by Martin Luther friend, hold the door for a stranger. King Jr. Day on Jan. 18. Find opportunities to serve others The challenge supports locally in new ways and let us showcase owned Fishers restaurants and what Fishers is all about.” encourages residents to dine local. Residents can share their kind Fadness Fishers is committing $100,000 in act, or nominate someone who has gift cards from locally owned restaurants to performed a kind act, through an online distribute to residents for completing and form at smartsheet.com/b/form/2bb80dsharing their act of kindness. b199a44683b3c19e881bc5cb50 or on social “2020 has been a year that has chalmedia using #FishersKindness. By completlenged us as a community, but it has also ing the online form, the individual is eligigiven us new opportunities to come toble to receive a $50 gift card to a Fishers gether,” Mayor Scott Fadness stated. “I’ve restaurant. seen neighbors helping neighbors, offering For more or to participate, visit Thisisto pick up groceries or deliver meals. I Fishers.com/Kindness.

Arts council names new board news@currentinfishers.com The Fishers Arts Council has named several individuals to its 2021 Board of Directors. They are Les Reinhardt, execARTS utive director; Tom Rich, president; Laura Villanyi, vice president and treasurer; Madeline Romeo, secretary; and Shari Knox, ex-officio Reinhardt member. Board members are Patricia Grabill, chair of juried exhibit; Olivia Holt, chair and creator of ASSET Lecture Series; Thomas Kneeland; Jill Lehman; and Mike Patrick. The Fishers Arts Council Villanyi is a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer board that promotes art and culture in

Fishers. The council oversees the exhibits at The Art Gallery at City Hall, sponsors Spark of Creativity events in June, November and December, participates in Harvest Fest held by the Fishers Parks and Recreation Dept. in September and works with businesses and the city to present art pop-ups around the city in the summer and fall. Les Reinhardt, a former Romeo board member, will be the organization’s first paid staff person. The executive director is a part-time position, and Reinhardt will be responsible for day-to-day operations. She will serve a two-year term. Rich For more, email info@ fishersartscouncil.org

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New fire station, cultural campus planned in 2021 By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier said he expects COVID-19 restrictions to remain in place through the first quarter of 2021, but that after that, the city might return to normal. “What I expect to have happen as the vaccines role out by the end of February, 80 or 90 million people will be vaccinated by that time, so we will begin to return to normality,” Collier said. The return to normal will likely lead to a host of rescheduled events taking place at the same time. Collier “People are going to reschedule events as early as they can, but that might be competing with others who already have scheduled events,” Collier said. “Everybody is facing the same problem, and I would anticipate we will become uber busy once we begin to remove restrictions. Something will be going on every weekend and weekdays, too.” Some of the major events in Lawrence in 2021 include the opening of the Arts for Lawrence Fort Harrison Cultural Campus, an arts and cultural campus constructed with funding from a Lily Endowment grant. “The cultural campus has plans to be completed sometime in late March or April, and it is hoped by most that they’ll be done with the pandemic, but we will wait and see. There’s no hard date for that,” Collier said. The city recently broke ground on the 80-room Hilton Tru hotel at 9135 Otis Ave. Construction will continue into 2021. Earlier this month, the Lawrence Common Council was

ment,” Collier said. “It was not built to house a 24/7 crew.” The new station will be built on the same site. “Next to it is the old dispatch, and that will be all demoed,” Collier said. “The footprint for the new Station 38 will be the same as what we see now for 38 and the dispatch.” The Station 38 crew will be primarily housed at Station 40 during construction. “We already have made plans to keep that crew fairly mobile, and we will still have four fire crews ready to answer any kind of call,” Collier said. “It’ll be a bit of a pain for them to be moving around.” Construction will begin in April and last 10 to 12 months. The city also will continue its infrastructure improvements in 2021 by replacing all the old sewer and storm sewer lines. Collier said paving and road reconstruction will slow in 2021.

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informed of plans for the Lawrence Fire Dept. Station 38 on McCoy Street. The McCoy Street station is the oldest in Lawrence. The station will be demolished and rebuilt. “It was built when we were still a volunteer fire depart-

Among other 2021 projects, the City of Lawrence also plans to transform its Community Park. “We are consolidating the two baseball leagues into a new, updated facility, and probably over the course of four to five years spend in the neighborhood of $5 or $6 million dollars,” Collier said. Lee Road Park will be repurposed to add more greenspace, trails and appeal for people 55 and older. Amenities will include pickleball and shuffleboard courts.

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Commentary by Terry Anker Here we sit at the precipice of another year as 2020 wanes. Some might say good riddance. Others, probably quietly, took great advantage of the previous months and are unhappy to let them pass. For the introverts, a little less water cooler talk is welcomed. For the extroverts, the daily performance art that is the protracted Zoom meeting is a joy. There are those who love the time at home — day drinking is harder to pull off when “officially” on the job. Household chores are attended, and commuting is a thing of the past. But also, there are those who suffered their partner’s “harmless” afternoon “just to make it through that last Zoom” beer that led to six more and a drunken night of abuse. Too many face being evicted because carry-out doesn’t replace the lost shifts and tip income. A few mourn the death of family or friends, from COVID-19 or from other causes, and will long regret that they were unable to hug one last time and say goodbye. Regardless of the perspective, time marches on and this rotation of our planet around the sun is about to culminate for all. Yet even as 2020 spins off, its reality marches on. Dec. 31 is only a made-up day on a made up-calendar (the Romans fought over who were the namesakes for the longest and most coveted periods of the year). With each day bringing more light, are the darkest days now behind? Can we feel empathy for those near us most suffering while still celebrating our own improved condition? Will we be amongst those who survive (and even flourish) during winter? If so, can we reconcile the disproportional effect of it? Or is it more likely that we don’t really care as long as we come out on top?

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The (dead) beat goes on Commentary by Danielle Wilson Wouldn’t you know it, to close out 2020, I got sent to collections! How’s that for a fitting end to this awful year? HUMOR Not surprisingly, the alleged incident involves a February ER run and mishandled insurance claims. Admittedly, as the point person for this particular bill, I dropped the ball. I confused the physician statement with the hospital one, assuming they were the same, as they were both outrageously expensive and within $50 of each other. And because I was preoccupied with my dad dying from cancer and the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic, I pretty much ignored the perpetual flood of statements for most of the summer, thinking insurance would ultimately take care of it. If only it had been filed correctly! When the first “pink slip” arrived in August, I immediately sought to remedy the situation. I spoke with insurance directly, set up a payment plan, and even signed up for auto draft so I wouldn’t forget to pay. But for

whatever reason, none of this was communicated to one of the health care providers, which obviously proceeded with collections. The kicker is, we only discovered the debacle because the interest rate on yet another student loan I was co-signing (so our oldest could return to an exorbitantly priced in-state school, mind you) came back at 13 percent! Thirteen! My husband, Doo, applied and was offered 6 percent. What the what! Now, I’ve been financially blackballed. Fiscally shamed. Deemed unworthy of a respectable credit score. Seems about right, given the apocalypse. Thank goodness I only have to survive a few more days before I can legitimately say, “Farewell, 2020, you stupid awful year!” Peace out.

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

Now, I’ve been financially blackballed. Fiscally shamed. Deemed unworthy of a respectable credit score. Seems about right, given the apocalypse.

Editor, Although I have many issues with the Mari Briggs’ letter (Election Handed to Biden) in your Dec. 1 issue, my bigger concern is that you actually published it. Below the letter, Current’s policies for publishing state, “Current retains the right to reject or return any letter it deems to carry unsubstantiated content.” The first two sentences of the letter in question state that Biden did not win the election and then repeats the wornout conspiracy theories about cheating, vote flipping and fraud. All “unsubstantiated content.” While I do not begrudge the writer her right to state opinions, I am disappointed that Current would print the statements that are known to be false. Or as you say, unsubstantiated. Publishing these conspiracy theories perpetuates the attempts to erode our democracy. Biden won a free and legitimate election, which has been substantiated by numerous courts across the country. I expect better out of Current. Daniel Hook, Fishers

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Something actually funny about 2020 Commentary by Dick Wolfsie According to the cover of the Dec. 14 edition of Time magazine, the year 2020 was “The Worst Year Ever.” HUMOR Sad to say, there is a lot of truth in that for many of us, but I have sought for the last 50 weeks to find humor in a world that desperately needs some laughs. So, as I do every year at this time, here is a quick look back at a few of my most comment-generating columns of the past year. In this case, hindsight really is 2020. So, thanks to… • My wife, who refused to characterize my daily exercise routine as running, or jogging, or even fast walking. I Googled the difference and showed Mary Ellen the mph rundown for each definition. “Look up running in place,” she said. • An article in Consumer Digest that warned we are all unknowingly eating too much plastic. Apparently, the average person eats the equivalent of a credit card each week. You can imagine how deadly it would be to swallow your entire Mastercard. You don’t want

to expire before the card does. • Our local HOA that organized a cornhole tournament this summer. Mary Ellen was very concerned about COVID-19, so I had to constantly rub my hands with antibacterial gel. I also wasn’t allowed to eat off the pitch-in buffet table because, to quote my wife, “You’ve touched everyone’s equipment in the neighborhood.” • The PlantSnap app claims that with a click of your smartphone camera it can name any plant you might want to identify. One night, I was messing with the app and accidentally snapped a photo of my toes. I was surprised to find that I do not have a foot at the end of my leg but rather a fine example of a pleurotus cystidiosus — or for those unschooled in the world of fungi, my toes are actually mushrooms. • My wife (again), who apparently has major crushes on two men seen on TV. First, Idris Elba. The 6-foot-3 talented actor is a major hunk with a British accent. She also has a thing for Dr. Anthony Fauci. Standing 5-7, he’s a brilliant

immunologist and is articulate and measured. What do I have in common with either of these men? I was once 5-7. • To my insurance company that gave me a gadget to insert in the car dashboard. It monitors my driving habits to demonstrate I am a safe driver and therefore less likely to have an accident. I had a perfect driving record. Maybe that’s because I haven’t gone anywhere in 10 months, unless you count backing out of the driveway to get to the mailbox. • Finally, to WISH-TV. The day I retired after 30 years, I said to my boss it seemed like just yesterday that I had no idea what camera to look into, and that I felt nervous and unprepared for my segment on the air. “That was yesterday,” he said. Have a great 2021, everybody!

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HSE graduates Ahlwardt, Luginbill produce holiday album By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Ryan Ahlwardt and Mike Luginbill are making music together again. The 1999 Hamilton SouthMUSIC eastern High School graduates released a holiday album, a five-song EP, “This Year,” under the duo’s name of Small Town City. It is their first album of original music together in 17 years. The two met in junior high and became close friends while performing together in choir at HSE. The friends then went on to sing together at Indiana University for the a cappella group Straight No Chaser. Ahlwardt said when Straight No Chaser’s video of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” from 1998 went viral on YouTube in 2007, Atlantic Records soon after offered the group a recording contract, “Mike and I joined SNC again and performed around the world together,” Ahlwardt said. “I was part of the professional group with Mike from 2008 to 2012. He remains a current member and recently sang on ‘The Today Show’ with the group.” Ahlwardt lives in Fishers and Luginbill is based in Nashville, Tenn. “Mike and I formed our songwriting duo Small Town City in 2003 during our senior year at IU,” he said. “We chose the name Small Town City in our early 20s from a lyric we liked in a James Taylor song, ‘Her Town Too,’ and recorded ‘Round In Circles,’ our first album of original songs, a handful of years before our adventure performing around the world with Straight No Chaser began.” Ahlwardt said after several years of recording holiday and pop cover albums together with Straight No Chaser on Atlantic Records, two of which have each sold more than 1 million copies, they decided in 2019 that it was time to return to thir roots of writing original music together. “(The EP) was written and recorded virtually during the pandemic,” Ahlwardt said. “We plan on writing a new full-length Small

Actors Theatre of Indiana “A Christmas Carol,” featuring Jefferson Mays portraying every character, on-demand livestream available through Jan. 3, 2021. For more, visit atistage.org. Civic Theatre Livestream of “Holiday Lights,” a Christmas variety show from The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts, is available on demand through Jan. 1, 2021. For more, visit civictheatre.org.

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Town City album in 2021 and performing live shows together as soon as we can.” The duo had two writing sessions in person in January in Nashville and March in Indianapolis before COVID-19 restrictions were implemented. “The virtual writing process included sending home demos and voice notes on our phones to each other,” Ahlwardt said. “We recorded our vocals individually from our home studios and sent the files to our producer, Matt Mellinger, who assembled all the parts from the musicians on each song. The pandemic not only inspired many of the lyrical themes on the album, but also forced us to get creative on how we were going to complete the recording process and release the album on time.”

Ahlwardt said Luginbill wrote four new original songs on ‘This Year,’ including the title track that features Brian Newman of Lady Gaga’s band on horns. “Very Merry Christmas” is their favorite song, Ahlwardt said. “It’s an upbeat, catchy song with a sound that is reminiscent of The Beatles and The Beach Boys,” Ahlwardt said. “Mike arranged and sang lead vocals on the fifth and final song on the album, a beautiful and modern cover of Joni Mitchell’s song ‘River’ from 1971.” The EP is streaming on digital platforms, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon and is available on CD at RyanSongs.com. The duo can be found on social media at @ SmallTownCityMusic.

Latin jazz, Celtic rock, funky jams and more are on tap as the Center for the Performing Arts has announced MUSIC seven 2021 dates in its new livestream concert series featuring Indiana artists. Free to view on YouTube, Facebook and the Center’s website, the “Live at the Center” series, sponsored by Allied Solutions, delivers a front-row perspective. More information on registration and viewing options are available at TheCenterPresents.org/LATC. Shows from January through March include sets from Jeff Kelly and the Graveyard Shift, 800 lb. Gorilla, Pavel & Direct Contact, Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery, Highland Reign, Huckleberry Funk and the Warrior Kings. With more shows planned later in the spring, the initial 2021 dates for the livestreams include: Jeff Kelly and the Graveyard Shift, Americana, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, from the Studio Theater; 800 lb. Gorilla, funk/jam, 8 p.m. Jan. 23, the Palladium; Pavel & Direct Contact, Latin jazz, 8 p.m. Feb. 6, Palladium; Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery, psychedelic rock, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25, the Palladium; Highland Reign, Celtic rock, 7:30 p.m. March 4, Studio Theater; Huckleberry Funk, funk, 7:30 p.m. March 16, the Palladium; and The Warrior Kings, rock, 7:30 p.m. March 24, The Tarkington.

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Farrell: ‘Alabama Story’ is the show we need right now Commentary by Don Farrell I truly believe the theater has the ability to change people’s hearts and minds. That is why I’m drawn to this VIEWPOINT art form because it brings together people to not only to be entertained, but touched. Great plays and musicals stick with people long beyond those two hours in the darkened theater where priceless memories are created and experiences occur that not only heighten our understanding and enjoyment of theater, but also teach us who we have been, who we are and who we can become. A year ago, I was part of a powerful production that I believed sparked conversations for audiences. Actors Theatre of Indiana produced the Indiana premiere of Kenneth Jones’ play “Alabama Story.” It is about a librarian who was persecuted by politicians for protecting a children’s book in the Jim Crow South. It’s a true story about Indiana’s own Emily Wheelock Reed, who, as the Alabama state librarian in 1959, defended a book called “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” which depicts a blackfurred rabbit marrying a white-furred rabbit. Politicians wanted to censor the story because of its themes of interracial marriage. I enjoy speaking with theater patrons as they exit one of our shows, but it was quite different during our 2019 run of “Alabama Story.” Normally, patrons and actors would express their appreciation for each other. Post-show conversations would be pleasant yet brief. But with “Alabama Story,” I noticed that patron after patron wanted to stay longer and share their thoughts on the play. Some, with tears in their eyes, asked if they could give an embrace after expressing

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nails on a chalkboard to me, but this is not a new phenomenon. Let’s look at the popular holiday song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Songwriting duo Eddie Pola and George Wyle (Wyle also penned the “Gilligan’s Island” theme) wrote the song for Andy Williams’ Christmas album in 1963. To date, it’s an iconic holiday classic that exudes the idealistic optimism of the season. I love this song, but the writers played fast and loose with some nouns that found themselves playing the roles of verbs. For instance, “with the kids jingle belling” rhymes well with the next line “and everyone telling you ‘be of good cheer,’” but that

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