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crews might return too. Organizers also had made plans to expand the festival after it was so well received during its inaugural year, so this year’s event will cost more. For instance, the popular ice fights (carving competition featuring professionals) didn’t have enough space in the Depot District. Last year’s first night of the ice fight drew 850 to 1,000 people and the second night even drew about 200 to watch in cold rain, Thistlethwaite said. Plans have been made to move the ice fights to the city parking lot at Seventh and North A streets. By offering ice fights at the parking lot, more nearby activities can be organized, such as special music at Morrisson-Reeves Library. Organizers also want to have a higher number of larger sculptures with improved lighting to draw even more people. Clark said this year’s festival would offer an educational activity to help connect local students with ice carvers. The carvers have culinary school backgrounds and would share information with students about how important education is for their careers. Festival organizers also plan to repeat the Family Fun Zone, an interactive area with a slide and games made of ice, that encouraged visitors to get outside and be active. Walker admits she tried the slide last year.
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percent of the medical students were women. Why did you choose family practice? It lets you do everything and you really get to know people. I never regretted going into family practice. I worked four and a half years in private practice in Richmond and our daughter was born then. I still thought I could do it all — deliver babies whether I was on call or not. It was too hard to do that and the office practice. I had male colleagues who respected me, but they were a different generation and they didn’t know how to include me. I went back to Maine (where Halsted did her residency) for a year and taught. My husband, Michael, was a stay-at-home dad that year. I got an offer from the Wayne County
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Health Clinic in 1992 and I took it. It brought Michael back to Earlham, where he’d taught before we moved. You’ve been a physician for the Wayne County clinic for more than two decades. What’s special about this practice? The clinic meets real needs and that’s important. It’s interesting. We have a full variety of patients. It’s challenging to care for patients with limited resources or no insurance. You have to be aware of where assistance can come from, so the job is part social worker. Some come to the
clinic because of a sudden change in their means. We also have some five-generation families at the clinic and I know a lot of them. I try to treat everyone with respect, to be there to listen to their stories and try to improve their health. What challenges does a public health clinic present? I’ve learned new skills over the years. We needed someone with gynecological skills for Pap tests and HIV testing. The clinic didn’t have See HALSTED, Page 11
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he methods of providing the services might have changed. But the mission never has. Second-generation pharmacist Ray Zaleski Jr. is just one of several family members active in the family owned Phillips Drugs. The store has been a retail fixture in downtown Richmond for nearly six decades. The family, and other like businesses, continue to provide medications and related products and services for local residents. Phillips now does so with a larger organization. With three locations and about 60 employees, Phillips continues to thrive. According to Ray Jr., it’s because they provide the same personal service his dad, the late Ray Zaleski Sr., began offering in the mid-1950s. Ray Jr. wouldn’t have it any other way. “I think we have a niche in our market. We continue to strive to provide great personal service, service that is not as rushed as some other places,” he said recently. “Our family feels very blessed and appreciates the loyalty of our customers, and we want to show the same loyalty to them as we continue to serve them.” Phillips Drugs maintains a store in the same downtown location at 631 E.
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Main St., but has added locations at 1626 E. Main St. and 1390 National Road W. in recent years. The business continues to be a full-service, independent drug store, with a staff of pharmacists available to serve customers at each location. Included on the staff are family members Ray Zaleski Jr., his brother Peter, and sisters Lynn Miller and Carol Overstreet. All are Butler University graduates in pharmacy. Other pharmacists serving the public for Phillips are Sarah Newcomer, Beth Van Der Burgt and Ted Thiede. According to the company website, the company was formed in 1955 when Ray Sr. bought Luken’s Drugs and moved to Richmond. He bought Phillips Drugs in 1957, and by 2005, there were about 20 employees, plus family. That number has grown over the past decade with the acquisition of the two new locations and the continued success of the business overall. Ray Jr. spoke of one new thing
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that Phillips now offers: robotic equipment at the original downtown location that can organize and package all medications for a customer into what Zaleski calls a compliance pack. “We can offer this service that organizes all meds into plastic cellophane packs by the time of day. The technology can put all morning medications together, for instance, or organize a pack for noontime, into an imprinted package,” he explained. Zaleski Jr. said this takes this burden away from the customer, or a family member of the customer, and can be done for four weeks of medication at a time. “Synchronization of drugs is the key to safety and effectiveness,” he added, saying that there is no extra charge for this service. He said that initially only about half a dozen customers used the service at its inPHOTOS BY JOSHUA SMITH/PALLADIUM-ITEM ception, but he estimates now that A customer is served at the checkout counter at the Phillips Drugs store on East Main and Seventh streets. 60-70 customers do so. “What with people living longer and longer, there are often more medications needed to help elderly customers get along well from day to day,” he said. The expensive organizing and packaging equipment has been at Phillips about 21⁄2 years, Zaleski Jr. says. At this time, the company is considering delivery to a larger geographical area, but not adding new locations. “We want to maintain our core business, with our three store locations, and keep our stores,” Zaleski Jr. said. “We have some house accounts, and work with local nursing facilities. We always want to remain able to provide the basic, routine, but needed, medications to our customers in a timely manner. The meds are needed when they are needed,” he said. For more information, or to contact the store, visit phillipsdrugs.com. All three stores can also be reached by separate phone numbers or in person daily. “As we approach our 60th year, we are proud to still be serving the community, even surviving the downtown Richmond explosion of 1968,” Ray Melissa Wise adds medicine to a machine that organizes Zaleski Jr. said of the company’s per- Peter Zaleski sorts envelopes that organize medications by dose at the Phillips Drugs store. medications by dose at the Phillips Drugs store. spective as 2014 ends.
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growing trend in business is to offer employees opportunities to empower themselves when it comes to their health. Companies sometimes do this by offering health and wellness programs that often have incentives built into them. There are also many options for the health-conscious individual outside of these programs. Dot Foods, for example, has empowered TREVOR their employees to OAKERSON stay healthy by giving them access to a company clinic to provide employees and their families with convenient and affordable medical care that is easily accessible. Reid Hospital and Health Care Services also has a similar employee empowerment strategy in which employees may participate in a variety of wellness planning and man-
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during the winter. These clubs include Anytime Fitness, the Cycling and Fitness Warehouse, Family Fitness Works, the Rec Plex by Family Fitness Works and the Richmond Family YMCA. Finally, there are many options for enjoying a walk in Richmond. Glen Miller Park offers a beautiful location to experience nature and remain active. Individuals can also take a stroll
downtown and into the Depot District to experience the community in an important way. This presents the opportunity to build the foot traffic in the area and showcase support for local business. Trevor Oakerson is director of marketing and membership for the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce, 33 S. Seventh St., Suite 2, Richmond. Learn more at www.wcareachamber.org or (765) 962-1511.
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or those seeking a new and different approach to changing a life situation, and bringing a positive energy to that situation, Melissa Risch is a person to consider calling. Risch and her husband, Kevin, operate From Pieces to Peace, a business that provides medical massage and integrated energy therapy at 128 S. Ninth St. They have worked out of the building there for eight years, with Kevin serving as office manager. Melissa works with people young and old in a range of ways, from physical massage of sports injuries to dealing with emotional, mental and spiritual issues through integrated energy therapy. “It is kind of hard to explain,” Melissa said when asked what integrated energy therapy is. “I really believe that the things we hold can begin to affect us physically, and those negative energies can go to different parts of the body.” Melissa has been named an IET Master from the Center of Being in Woodstock, New York, and the Earlham College graduate received a Top 30 IET Instructor Award in 2013 from the center. She treats people by appointment at her Richmond office, doing the physical work on many clients, but doing something much different and much more for others. “The body can build up emotional and mental energies that are negative, everything from stress to anxiety to depression, anger, guilt, fear, sadness, and just many things that can physically affect a person,” Melissa said. “I get referral from nurse practitioners and psychologists often in cases where no physical reason for pain can be
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detected, cases where some other factor may well be causing the problem for a client.” Melissa even expressed a phrase developed to describe IET. “We seek to get the issues out of the tissues,” she said. Specifically, she said the therapy works on
what she calls the meridians of the body, where the energy tissues flow, and pulls that negative energy out. Risch says that she and other trained professionals pull out the negative energy and replace it with positive energy. Risch cautions that she is not a medical doctor. “As an integrated energy therapist, I cannot diagnose, but I can treat,” she explained. Kevin pointed out that some of Melissa’s work has been with veterans back from military conflict, vets with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “Those people have been in unbelievable situations, and her work has helped some a great deal,” he explained. “She works with the energy field around the body, and is very giving of her time in working with each client to help that individual situation.” Melissa worked for about three years just in medical massage before discovering IET in helping some clients who were not responding to the physical massage treatments normally used with dealing with the pain of injury. She sees clients of all ages, and even some people visit for an appointment before a doctor checkup just to feel better when going in for a routine exam. For those dealing with abuse history or current situations, Melissa has worked with traumas of that kind as well. On the spiritual side, she says many clients work with her in an approach that is called “Healing with the Angels,” tied to an individual’s soul mission, but she says that IET works for people not interested in that spiritual part of her work. “IET is a growing thing, particularly in dealing with stress on both the mind and body in life today,” Melissa added. For those interested in finding out more about IET and the work of From Pieces to Peace, you may phone (765) 914-0840, e-mail her at melissarisch@comcast.net, or visit the website piecestopeace.vpweb.com.
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ords mean things. For Becky Codiano, owner of Therapeutic Solutions at 139 S. Fifth St., the word “therapeutic” is important. “The services we provide here are therapeutic, not alternative,” Codiano said recently from her business in Old Richmond. “I believe that all massage is medical, and that what I do here, and all of the other professionals in my building do, is complementary to other disciplines for the needs of people,” she explained. Codiano is a certified massage therapist, and owns the building on South Fifth Street directly across the street from the Olde Richmond Inn. She bases her practice there, and rents rooms to other likeminded professionals. The other businesses are Soul Restoration, EEGle Group, Joyful Awakenings, Caring Hands Therapeutic Massage and The Road to Clarity. This is Codiano’s 15th year as a massage therapist based in the building. She has owned and operated the home of Therapeutic Solutions for just the past three years. “All of the people here share the desire to help our clients, make them heal, make them whole, make them a better person overall,” Codiano said. In her case, the desire to help people heal is one she learned from her father, Joseph Codiano, a longtime high school football coach at Brookville High School, which is now the consolidated Franklin County High School. “My dad used to rub and help his football players heal, back when schools did not have athletic trainers and coaches had to help injured athletes themselves,” Codiano explained. Today, young and old athletes alike come to Codiano for treat-
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ment of injuries in practices and competition. She also volunteers her time by going to area 5K road races to treat injured runners, often acquiring followup clients as a result of her immediate attention at races. But she treats many other people other than athletes. Codiano is a contract employee of Earlham College, spending one day a week on campus treating EC athletes, employees and staff members. She also works at Friends Fellowship, treating many residents there with chronic conditions. But she emphasizes that the work she, and others in her building, provides is in concert with the patients themselves. “I often say I don’t cure people. We work with people to solve the problem, or at least dramatically improve the conditions that are hampering the client,” Codiano explained. “I think there is more awareness of massage therapy, how it can be helpful to people. I
do in treating clients. “I cannot diagnose, treat or prescribe, and I can not crack someone’s back, or manipulate the spine,” Codiano said. “Those procedures are for physicians and/or chiropractors. But what I can do is deep tissue massage, Swedish massage, trigger points, neuro-muscular, acupressure, myofascial release, and stretching techniques. “I really enjoy what I do. It gives me great satisfaction to help a person feel better when they leave here than they did when they LOUISE RONALD/PALLADIUM-ITEM FILE came in the door.” Codiano owns the building at 139 S. Fifth Codiano stressed that all of proSt. that houses her Therapeutic Solutions fessionals in the building work by and five other businesses. appointment only, and she can have evening and weekday appointments. get referrals from medical doctors Codiano worked for many years sometimes to help a patient of as a recreational therapist at a theirs, and I ask to speak with a local mental health facility before personal physician when a client’s moving into this new field. interest in our service suggests “I am happy to now be getting that.” paid for something that I sometime She pointed out what she cannot would help people with before just
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as a friend,” she said. On a rainy afternoon, Carole McCleary of Richmond arrived for a treatment, and shared her experience of Codiano’s work. “Becky treated my mother at Friends Fellowship for years, and really helped her,” McCleary said. “So now, I come to Becky and feel that her treatments help me as well.” The other professionals in the building are Monica Hackman, an EPTworks practitioner at Soul Restoration; Teri Wiggans, RN, MSN, with Joyful Awakenings; Jim Sprouse and Lana Sprouse with EEGle Group; Sue Geier, MHN, CMY, CST, PDMT, with Caring Hands; and Clare Seffrin Bond, certified life coach, at The Road to Clarity.
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HEALTH, WELLNESS JOBS RISING LOUISE RONALD / PALLADIUM-ITEM FILE
Ava Dils, 5, smiles after tumbling into some of the soft padding at Rec Plex. The padding allows tumblers and gymnasts to make safe landings as they practice new skills.
As baby boomers age, demand for local health services will keep growing By Louise Ronald
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he health care industry has a huge impact on the Wayne County economy — an impact that isn’t likely to go away anytime soon. “We know a long time ago, manufacturing played a big role in the economy,” said Litao Zhong, assistant professor of economics at Indiana University East. During recent decades, manufacturing has declined. “On the other hand,” Zhong said, “we see health care on the rise. It pretty much filled the pocket left by manufacturing.” According to data from the Indiana Business Research Center, Wayne County went from having 4,503 jobs in health care and social assistance (including hospitals, doctors’ offices, auxiliary health services, nursing and residential care facilities) in the first quarter of 2001 to 5,566 jobs in the second quarter of 2014.
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Megan Hill, center, checks blood glucose levels during a "Healthy Heart Celebration" and mini-health fair at Reid Hospital. The fair aims to promote wellness and honor national recognition for the hospital's heart center.
Over the same time period, the average weekly wage for those jobs went from $540 to $838. This growth reflects a national trend, said Zhong. As baby boomers age, the demand for health services will continue to grow. Wayne County Commissioner
Mary Anne Butters said the economy is just beginning to see the effects of the baby boom. The biggest spike is due to come in 2022, when babies born in 1957 — the height of the baby boom — become eligible for Medicare. “Look out,” Butters said. “Seven years from today.”
That impact could be stunning in Wayne County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2013, 17.5 percent of the local population was 65 and older, with another 27.4 percent between 45 and 64 years of age. “We do have an older community,” said Amy Holthouse, president and chief executive officer of the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce. The good news is that means jobs. Butters spearheaded the Wayne County Task Force on Jobs, which sponsored seven job fairs over the past two years. She said about 15 percent — or one in seven — of the jobs filled at those fairs were in the health care field. “Reid Hospital & Health Care Services is Wayne County’s largest private employer and that organization alone creates hundreds of outstanding career opportunities for those who attain higher education and certifications,” said Butters. Director of Community Relations Larry Price said Reid’s employment numbers are at about 2,300 right now. That means payroll dollars, tax dollars and more. Price said Reid
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Barry Hughes, executive director at Golden Living Center-Golden Rule in Richmond, shares a happy moment with Sharon Pierce. Pierce used to work in housekeeping at the facility and has been a patient in the rehabilitation-to-home program. “I couldn’t ask for a better place to go to,” she said.
has a policy to buy local whenever it can — for both supplies and services. And Reid has another kind of influence as well. Barry Hughes, executive director of Golden Living Center-Golden Rule in Richmond, called the hospital a center point for everyone in the area involved in health care. Hughes is part of an Extended Care Facility group that meets quarterly at Reid. The services provided by Reid go beyond what might be expected in a city the size of Richmond or a county the size of Wayne, he said. Holthouse agreed. “It’s kind of like we have this health continuum,” she said. “We have these resources really for anyone at any stage.” Those resources include wellness facilities, alternative medicine, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes
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Employers and job seekers meet during a jobs fair at Golay Center. About 15 percent of jobs filled at recent fairs are in health care.
and long-term care. That means even more jobs. Hughes said his facility alone — one of at least 10 in the county — employs 140 and has an annual payroll of $3.5 million. And that’s just the regular staff. Golden Rule also hires contract workers for housekeeping, laundry, lawn care and more. Tony Shepherd, executive director of Area 9 In-Home and Community Services Agency, said programs in their five-county region bring in as much as $5 million a year. Those programs make it possible for older or disabled people to stay in their own homes. That population,
Mary May, left, and Marcella Stikeleather sit in the lobby of Forest Park Health Campus in Richmond. The facility earned five stars in the U.S. News & World Report Best Nursing Home Rankings for 2014.
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Technology offers connections
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Reid provides visits with specialists at its 5 satellite medical offices
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here’s now a way to be visited by a Reid specialist at the hospital site in Richmond without coming to the Rose City. It is now possible to go to any one of five Richmond facilities around the area, and with the help of a trained licensed practice nurse at each location, be examined and have a doctor visit without physically being transported to the main hospital location on Chester Boulevard in Richmond. So says Melinda Schriver, director of the program called Richmond TeleHealth, which has been implemented and growing in conjunction with locations in Winchester, Connersville, Hagerstown, Liberty and Eaton, Ohio. “The goal is to expand access to specialty care,” Schriver said in describing the new effort. “This is much more convenient for people where travel is difficult, or if they, or a family member, have little time to get off work and drive to Richmond and back.” She reports there has been overwhelming satisfaction with the new program. Surveys indicate that 98.9 percent of patients were satisfied with TeleHealth visits as the program was rolled out this year. Schriver reports that 188 TeleHealth visits have been conducted, with 185 completed surveys after the visits. Nine cardiologists and one oncologist have taken part in the TeleHealth visits so far. It is expected that specialists in pulmonary and psychiatric services will be involved in the growing program. Diabetes specialists also could be working with TeleHealth in the future. Schriver says that patients choose to be involved in TeleHealth. They may still come to the Richmond hospital if they prefer, and specialists still see patients at each site now offering the program. It is hoped that New Castle and
Greenville, Ohio, Reid facilities will have the equipment needed for the program soon. The program uses webcams and digital exam cameras to have audio and video capabilities during the visit. Medical data is gathered at the remote site by the nurse there, and is immediately transmitted to the specialist at Reid in Richmond. Reid TeleHealth is now used just in follow-up and check-up situations. Other types of care still require a visit to the Richmond campus. The program was made possible by funding from the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant and the Reid Foundation. The genesis of the idea came a few years ago when Reid serviced out-of-area patients in TelePsychiatry technology for a facility that had no specialists to offer in that field. “I think the future is very bright for this program as future technologies could facilitate the remote monitoring of patients,” Schriver said. This could mean providing direct patient evaluation, diagnosis and treatment through the use of technology, as stated on the Reid website concerning the TeleHealth program.
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Dr. John McGinty, Reid cardiologist, chats with a patient and Reid’s TeleHealth nurse Nancy Fry during a visit. The doctor very clearly can see the patient and can talk easily and comfortably with the patient. He can control the camera to zoom in on the patient, if he chooses. He also sees a small photo of himself (and how he is presenting to the patient) on the lower right corner of the screen (he can turn that off).
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Registered nurses Peggy Robinson, left, and Amber Blevins work inside Reid Hospital and Health Care Services.
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been practicing in San Francisco since 2006. “There are a couple of tech companies I go to. They have a quiet office I can go into and work on the animal,” said Barr, who typically sees about 15 pets a week. The treatments don’t necessarily mean incense burning around a massage table. Barr is guided by what the dog desires, which sometimes means the pet chews on a bone the whole time. Grace Granatelli, an animal masseuse in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, said she would play newage music or “spa sounds,” which help relax dogs. In her sessions, Granatelli would have the dog lie down on the floor or its bed and start by massaging its neck. She would then move to other areas, including legs and hips. But it’s not crucial that the dog lie down or sit still. “There are times where the dog is either very distracted or anxious or isn’t quite receptive,” Granatelli said. “So I just do the best I can doing the strokes while they’re standing — whatever I can do to get the strokes in and get some relaxation in their muscles.” That was until Granatelli became one of three animal massage practitioners who received cease-anddesist letters from the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board earlier this year. The trio has sued the board, arguing that the statute is overly broad in defining veterinary medicine. They are not practicing while the lawsuit moves through the courts. The board says “I was doing more
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Shelah Barr of Happy Hounds Massage, center, gives a massage to Dewie, 2, at the home of Laurie Ubben, left, in San Francisco.
than just pampering dogs and that was breaking laws,” Granatelli said. The American Veterinary Medical Association classifies animal massage as a form of veterinary care that should require a license. It is up to each state’s veterinary licensing board whether to categorize it that way. “We do consider them veterinary
procedures, and we feel the same standards should be used because a lot of harm can come from them,” association assistant director Adrian Hochstadt said. Carol Forrest, a former client of Granatelli’s, said her dachshunds, Maxie and Lucy, got regular massages for five years. The two, who have since passed away, were able
to relax after a massage despite dealing with issues such as arthritis. Forrest said she believes massage benefits dogs as much as people. “It’s like if you go to one regularly that you like, they get to know you and you get a better treatment out of it,” she said. “The same goes for the dogs ... versus going to the vet — my dogs aren’t relaxed at the vet.”
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That demand is not going to go away, said Zhong. “The health care industry will play a big role in our Continued from Page 13 regional economy now and in the near future.” Shepherd said, pays more into the Butters recommends that young local economy for food and services people in high school take this inthan most nursing home residents formation to heart. do. “There is certainly a bright “It’s a significant impact on jobs future for health care industry and dollars in the community,” he employment in Wayne County said. moving forward,” she said.
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excited about opportunities Editor’s note: The Hayes Arboretum board recently appointed Stephen Hayes Jr. as executive director of Hayes Arboretum. I truly enjoyed my role as operations supervisor over the past four years, and I have learned a great deal about our family nonprofit, the day-to-day operations, and how we relate to the community we serve. While operations supervisor, I worked side-by-side with great volunteers and staff members. I enjoyed being outside and interacting with people. It was a great experience supervising the STEPHEN maintenance of the HAYES JR. 466 acres under ownership of the Stanley W. Hayes Research Foundation. I accepted the role in March 2011 with enthusiasm, when I moved from Baltimore, Maryland, and began work here at the Arboretum. I take a great deal of pride working with my father and carrying on a family legacy with our service to the Whitewater River Valley community. We are one of a few fourth-generation businesses in the area, and our unique history is one worth preserving and sharing with the public. My new role as executive director is a great opportunity to expand upon the potential that I have always seen in our organization. I look forward to enhancing our relationship with our current visitors, members and donors and bridging the gap with those whom we are not currently serving. I see a great opportunity for increased involvement with community members and partnerships with other organizations. A major goal is maximizing the Arboretum’s availability to the public. This year, we will be continuing operating hours throughout the winter, offering the opportunity for
AT A GLANCE Hayes Arboretum will offer winter hours this year from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Visitors can watch birds indoors, use snowshoes or cross-country skis, hike or visit the nature center. Learn more at (765) 962-3745 or www.hayesarboretum.org
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unique recreation such as snow shoeing and cross-country skiing. We continue to include diverse new ways to engage visitors in our natural environment, such as the mountain bike trails recently added on the east side of the property. I see the vital role our organization has in SUPPLIED this community, and I am proud to be A group from Community Christian School visits for leaf collecting in early October. a part of it.
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Health care law
making a difference for Hoosiers The Affordable Care Act is working to make health care more affordable, accessible and high quality for the people of Indiana by:
Better options
Through the Health Insurance Marketplace, Hoosiers can compare qualified health plans, get answers to questions, find out if they are eligible for lower costs for private insurance or health programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and enroll in health coverage. At the end of the first annual open enrollment period, enrollment in the MarSHARON ketplace surged to 8 MURFF-HARVEY million people nationwide. In Indiana alone, 132,423 individuals selected a Marketplace plan between October 1, 2013, and March 31, 2014, (including additional special enrollment period activity through April 19, 2014). Of the 132,423 Hoosiers who selected a plan:  56 percent are female and 44 percent are male;  33 percent are under age 35;  26 percent are between the ages of 18 and 34;  67 percent selected a Silver plan, while 28 percent selected a Bronze plan; and,  89 percent selected a plan with financial assistance. Enrollment is currently open from now until February 15, 2015, to receive coverage by the first quarter. To learn more about your coverage options outside of open enrollment, log on to www.sba.gov/in/aca. Indiana has received $7,895,126 in grants for research, planning, in-
formation technology development, and implementation of its Marketplace.
Estimate your SHOP health care tax credit
The SHOP Tax Credit Estimator can help determine if your business may qualify for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, and if it does, how much it could be worth to you. To qualify for the tax credit, all of the following must apply:  You have fewer than 25 fulltime equivalent (FTE) employees  Your average employee salary is about $50,000 per year or less  You pay at least 50 percent of your full-time employees’ premium costs  You offer coverage to your fulltime employees through the SHOP Marketplace The tax credit is worth up to 50 percent of your contribution toward your employees’ premium costs (up to 35 percent for tax-exempt employers). You don’t need to offer coverage to your part-time employees or to dependents to qualify for the tax credit. https://www.healthcare.gov/ shop-calculators-taxcredit/ Sharon K. Murff-Harvey is public affairs specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Indiana District Office in Indianapolis. For more information, call (317) 226-7272 x123 or follow the office on www.twitter.com/SBAgreatlakes or www.facebook.com/SBAGreatLakes
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Martel Richardson, left, gets help from Kaitlin Studer at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis to sign up for health insurance on the national exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Navigators of the system, like Studer, help people to register and understand their options.
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Are you looking for some ways to support local businesses or organizations? Seeking a New Year’s party? Do you want to get in better shape during 2015? Here are a few upcoming activities and events offered by local businesses and non-profit organizations. » Annual Lions Club Fruit Sale, ends Dec. 21, 3631 E. Main St. (next to El Rodeo restaurant), Richmond. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Orders may be placed at www.richmondlionsclub.com. (765) 993-4408 » Whispering Christmas, 6-10 p.m. daily through Dec. 31 , Fort St. Clair, Camden Road and Ohio 122 West, Eaton, Ohio. Features nearly 1 million lights in dozens of displays. Drive or walk through. Music. The park’s cabins are open from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 1-24 for visits with Santa, hot chocolate and refreshments. Admission is free and donations are gratefully accepted. (937) 456-4125 » “The Family Tree: A Christmastime Concert,” Dec. 19-21, Richmond Civic Theatre, 1003 E. Main St., Richmond. Shows at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Next play: “The Great Gatsby,” Feb. 6-8 and 13-14. Information or tickets can be obtained at www.goRCT.org or by calling the box office, (765) 962-1816. » Community Breakfast, 7 a.m. Dec. 20, Williamsburg Community Center, Centerville Road North, Williamsburg, Ind. Offered by Williamsburg Lions Club. $6 per person; younger than 8 is $3. All you can eat. Carry-outs available. Serving pancakes, sausage, biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, orange juice and coffee. Benefits local and national Lions Club service projects. » Breakfast with Santa, 9-11 a.m. Dec. 20, Preble County YMCA, 450 Washington Jackson Road, Eaton, Ohio. Tickets: $20 per family or $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-17 and free for younger than 2. Tickets available at the Y. Raffle prizes. (937) 472-2010 » Winter Farmers’ Market, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 20 and every other Saturday, Elizabeth Starr Academy, 301 N. 19th St., Richmond. Find local arts and crafts, vegetables, fresh breads, meat, eggs, honey, jams, jellies, pickles, soap and more. All vendors grow or make what they sell. » Christmas Tour of the Churches, 2-5 p.m., Dec. 28, Historic
Starr Neighborhood, Richmond. Enjoy a Christmas week celebration of some of Richmond’s most historic churches, sponsored by Richmond Columbian Properties and the churches of Richmond’s Victorian Gas Light District, the Historic Starr Neighborhood. Scheduled to be open: William G. Scott House, 204 N. 10th St.; The Olde North Chapel, 200 N. 11th St.; Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1004 N. A St.; First Presbyterian Church, 100 N. 10th St.; Life Gate Ministries, 100 N. Ninth St.; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 800 N. A St.; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 720 N. A St. Refreshments will be served at the William G. Scott House during the tour. » Rock in the New Year, 7 p.m. Dec. 31, 4th Floor Blues Club, 923 N. E St., Richmond. Music by Jay Jesse Johnson. Includes an all-you-can-eat buffet, party favors, a Champagne toast at midnight, and a free ride home within Richmond city limits inside the Blues Mobile. Must be 21 or older. $25 per ticket. (765) 9663614 or inconcertrichmond.com » New Year’s Eve Celebration, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Dec. 31 to Jan. 1, Fountain City Wesleyan Church, 5600 U.S. 27 N., Richmond. Dance with DJ, prizes, party hats, noise makers, balloon drop at midnight. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks provided. Event is alcohol- and smoke-free. Organized by CAST Singles (Christian Adult Singles Together) but all are welcome. It’s not just for singles. Tickets are $7.50 each if bought in advance; $10 at the door. » New Year’s Eve Party, 9 p.m., Dec. 31, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 213 S. Eighth St., Richmond. » Old Trail District Boy Scouts of America Adult Leaders Roundtable, 7-8 p.m., Jan. 8, First English Lutheran Church, 2727 E. Main St., Richmond. Monthly training, program plans and idea exchange of Cub Scout and Boy Scout Adult Leaders. All leaders, parents and potential leaders are welcome. (765) 9627191 » Art to Heart fundraiser, Jan. 17, Forest Hills Country Club, 2169 S. 23rd St., Richmond. All proceeds benefit Richmond Art Museum and Reid Hospital Foundation. (765) 9833102 » Free Legal Aid, 1:30 -3:30 p.m., Jan. 28, Morrisson-Reeves Library’s Bard Room, 80 N. Sixth St., Richmond. Offered the last Wednesday of each month. No appointments please. Spaces fill quickly. Residents of
Wayne, Union, Rush, Fayette, and Franklin counties are invited to engage in free 15-20 minute consultations regarding virtually any legal matter with an attorney. » Holy Family Chocolate Fest & Silent Auction, 5-8 p.m., Feb. 7, Holy Family Catholic Church, 815 W Main St, Richmond. Adults, $10 in advance; $15 at the door; children 6-12, $5; under 6, free. For advance ticket sales, contact Kelly Knapke at (765) 914-6639 or Lisa Rourke at (765) 969-4919. » Ryan and Ryan father-son piano duo, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7, Civic Hall Performing Arts Center, 380 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. $25 for adults, $18 for students, with group rates available. Call the Civic Hall Box Office for tickets: 765-9733350, or visit www.civichall.com. » Power Lunch Series for Next Generation Leaders on Work-Life Integration, 12:10 -12:50 p.m., Feb. 13, March 6 and April 24, Room 912, 912 E. Main St., Richmond. Offered by Indiana University East. Free 40-minute sessions. For more information or to reserve a spot, contact http://www.iue.edu/business/ leadership/programs/ work-life-series.php » Red Dress Ball, Feb. 28, a fundraiser for Reid Hospital programs. www.reidreddressball.org » Richmond Symphony Orchestra’s “Exploring the Orchestra: Images in Nature,” 7:30 p.m. March 7, Civic Hall Performing Arts Center, 380 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. The RSO performs works by Vaughan Williams, Glazunov, Respighi, Ravel, and Debussy, and Carter Pann’s exciting “Slalom.” Adults, $15 (box seats $20); students in grades K-12 admitted free. (765) 966-5181 or http://richmondsymphony.org » Running Wayne County, 7:30 a.m. Saturdays, free group runs in various locations in Richmond and Wayne County. There are 4-, 6-, and 10-mile options. Contact runningwaynecounty@gmail.com for more information or check its Facebook page. » TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 7:30-9 a.m. Saturdays at Hodgin Road Christian Church, 4050 Hodgin Road, Richmond (765) 9351405; and 8:15-8:45 weigh-in and 9-10 a.m. meeting Saturdays at FaithTrinity United Methodist Church, 2900 W. Main St., Richmond, (765) 935-5059. » Live music, Taffy’s, 123 E. Main St., Eaton, Ohio. 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tues-
days, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Go to http://taffysofeaton. com/Upcoming_Gigs_and_Events_2. htm to check the concert calendar. Featuring Grammy Award winners, national and international artists, regional and local artists. Most concerts do not require a door cover. (937) 456-1381 » Community Yoga, 6-7 p.m. Fridays, Beatree Yoga LLC, 424 N. 10th St., Richmond. Join us each Friday evening for a donation-based class open to any member of our global community. Each class will allow the student to experience a different teacher and different style of yoga. » Free children’s art class, 4-5 p.m. Thursdays, Hagerstown Museum & Arts Place, 96 1⁄2 E. Main St., Hagerstown, Ind. Kids’ acrylic painting class is taught by Bess Sturgis. Lessons and materials are provided thanks to a grant from the Wayne County Foundation. Call for holiday schedule. (765) 489-4005 » Train Rides and Model Train Display, Richmond Furniture Gallery, 180 Fort Wayne Ave, Richmond. Every Saturday and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. Free vintage kiddie train rides. (765)939-3325 or www.richmondfurnituregallery.com » Free adult and teen painting sessions, 2-6 p.m., Saturdays, Hagerstown Museum, 961⁄2 E. Main St., Hagerstown. Materials and classes provided for first three sessions. New participants encouraged to come at 1:30 p.m. Those who continue after three lessons are encouraged to purchase their own basic art supplies. Instruction remains free and participants are encouraged to join the Museum & Arts Place at $25 for the year, or volunteer a couple hours each week at the museum or Arts Place. The Arts Place art gallery is open from 1-6 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays. Members of the Hagerstown Museum & Arts Place can paint anytime during open hours. (765) 489-4005 or find updates on Facebook. » Free computer classes, Morrisson-Reeves Library, 80 N. Sixth St., Richmond. Various classes offered on introduction to computers, Internet usage, Microsoft software, electronic books and other topics. Schedule varies. Call (765) 966-8291 or go to www.mrlinfo.org for reservations. Send your upcoming event to mmartin@pal-item.com. Listings are free and run as space permits.
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Small Business Saturday brought the “Cash Mob,” a group of volunteers committed to spending at least $20 at a local business once a month, to Black-Eyed Susan Home Expressions at 925 E. Main St. in Richmond.
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Pat Orzechowski and Amy Waltz can be seen through a window shopping in Richmond’s Black-Eyed Susan Home Expressions on Small Business Saturday.
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Annabelle Jackson, 4, and her mother, Kristy Jackson, pick out ornaments for gifts at the Senior Opportunities Services Craft Shop in Richmond on Small Business Saturday.
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Shoppers, eaters stop by festival Businesses in Richmond’s Historic Depot District were graced with new and returning visitors during the Old Fashioned Christmas Festival. The festival took place on Tuesday nights from Dec. 2 to 16 and featured indoor and outdoor activities. Several non-profit organizations were also involved and benefited from the festival.
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Kids go for a ride on the train inside the Richmond Furniture Gallery in the Historic Depot District for the 10th annual Old Fashioned Christmas Festival. The festival drew shoppers to the district on the first three Tuesdays in December.
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Customers shop at Teenie Greenies on Fort Wayne Avenue in the Depot District. Teenie Greenies offers items for expectant parents, parents and young children.
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Visitors walk along Fort Wayne Avenue in the Depot District for the Christmas festival. Horse-drawn carriage rides and live reindeer helped draw crowds.
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Ground is broken for The Annex of Richmond, a student housing development on West Cart Road near Indiana University East and Ivy Tech, in late October. The project calls for 61 units and 216 apartments. It is expected to be completed by August 2015. Officials say it will generate about $120,000 per year in property tax revenue.
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Ivy Tech Community College and the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon-cutting Nov. 18 for the college’s new School of Computing and Informatics and Microsoft and Cisco Academies. Pictured from left are June Salzarulo, chamber volunteer; Chad Bolser, campus president; Ron Sloan, vice chancellor of academic affairs; Curtis Blakely, chair of the new school; Andrew Bowne, East Central and Richmond regions chancellor; Melanie Caldwell, chairperson of the Ivy Tech Richmond regional board of trustees; Peg Terrell, dean of the business and public services division; and Amy Holthouse, chamber president.
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Kevin Ahaus, second from left, receives the Benefactor of the Year award from Ivy Tech Community College President Thomas Snyder during a dinner at the West Baden Hotel in French Lick, Ind. Ahaus Tool & Engineering received the honor for its apprenticeship program. Also pictured are Congressman Marlin Stutzman, left; Chad Bolser, Ivy Tech Richmond/Connersville campus president, second from right; and Andy Bowne, chancellor for Ivy Tech’s East Central and Richmond regions, right.
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Indiana University East celebrates the completion of its newly renovated central outdoor space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 10. The new quad includes a pergola, rain garden and sculpture pads for future artwork.
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The 10th annual Old Fashioned Christmas Festival was celebrated in the Depot District on Dec. 2. The festival offered activities on Dec. 2, 9 and 16.
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Indiana University East broke ground on the Student Activities and Events Center on Nov. 11. The building is slated for completion in 2016. Pictured from left are Phillip N. Eskew Jr. of the Indiana University Board of Trustees; IU East student Emily O’Brien; IU East Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe; and IU President Michael McRobbie.
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Muddy Monkey dessert shop opened at 3314 E. Main St. It offers 21 flavors of soft-serve ice cream, frozen yogurt, gelato, frozen custard and Italian ice, plus many toppings.
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Habitat for Humanity ReStore celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 29. It sells donated new, surplus and gently used building materials, furniture and appliances at 3014 E. Main St.
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