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Remember the days when the notion of shaking hands with a rock-n-roll star or rubbing elbows with an NBA player made your heart aflutter? Remember the way your children watched superhero movies with their eyes wide and their mouths agape as they sat, mesmerized, at the notion of being able to fly, deflect bullets and neutralize the bad guys? Remember the times you had a random encounter with an A-list Hollywood actress at an airport or a legendary musician while vacationing in an exotic location? We remember such encounters because we, as a society, have elevated Hollywood superstars, sports icons, music legends and fictitious comic book characters as heroes in our minds.

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With the global COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are working through ways to ensure the public safety of individuals and families. In Hamilton County, one way residents can better equip 9-1-1 and first responders with all the information they need is by creating a free account with the Smart911 national safety profile registry. “Participants can self-identify if they are under quarantine, and whether it is self-imposed or directed by a health professional,” says Jeff Schemmer, executive director of Hamilton County Public Safety Communications. “The Smart911 app also allows quarantined individuals to receive

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In many cases, Schemmer explains that an individual’s phone number may not even tell 9-1-1 responders where exactly they’re calling from. This is where Smart911 comes in handy. “80 to 85% of our 9-1-1 calls are cellular,” Schemmer says. “We have no way to pinpoint a phone, so what they can do is link their home address, or even work address, to their cellphone number.” In signing up for a Smart911 account, Hamilton County residents can also ensure they’re receiving any and all public safety announcements from county officials. “We just also added Rave Alert, which is part of the Smart911 suite,” Schemmer adds. “It allows us to push out notifications

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Determined to succeed amidst this sea change in agriculture, the couple switched up the way they do business. In 2017, they began operating their own on-site creamery. From growing the cows’ food to shipping the bottled milk, Dandy Breeze does it all.

Tom and Sally Waitt purchased their Sheridan dairy farm in 1983, adopting a business model that many other small farms followed at the time. They sold Dandy Breeze Farm’s milk to a co-op for processing The result is fresher milk that’s distributed and distribution. That way of doing business locally — and a way of farming that the proved to be effective for their farm and the Waitts hope will inspire future generations. dairy farming industry overall. Over time, however, small farms like the Waitts’ found it increasingly difficult to compete with large farms. Five hundred cows seemed to be the minimum to make milk distribution financially feasible, Tom Waitt says. Dandy Breeze Farm has about 85.

No surprise Tom turns to a basketball movie for his analogy. His farm, built more than a century ago, boasts a hayloft with a basketball half-court and goal where the Waitts’ three sons and daughter frequently played while growing up.

Dandy Breeze Farm produces, processes and ships milk directly to coffee shops, college dining services, hospitals and momand-pop grocers in Central Indiana. Dandy “I always ask people if they’ve seen the Breeze Creamery also sells milk online. movie ‘Hoosiers,’” Tom says. “There’s a line From 9 a.m.-noon on Saturdays, that milk, toward the end where he says, ‘Let’s win this produced only hours earlier, is available for game for all the small schools that never had pickup at the dairy. a chance to get here.’ I’m doing this for the small farmer who never got a chance to sell It’s more than local distribution that sets their own milk.” Dandy Breeze milk apart. Jersey cows

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produce the milk sold from the Waitts’ dairy. The cows eat alfalfa grown at the Dandy Breeze. Using a process called wet wrapping, the Waitts preserve their alfalfa so the cows can continue to eat it even during the winter.

as a science teacher in Westfield. But as the creamery business grew, the constant demands of operating a farm and dairy led him to leave his teaching job in 2018 and join Sally in focusing solely on the Dandy Breeze business.

The result, according to Tom, is milk that tastes better and is better for you. While most commercially available milk comes from Holsteins, he says, Jerseys’ milk contains more protein, phosphorus and healthy fats. Grass-fed cows also provide milk with natural vitamin D.

Tom, who grew up on a Sheridan farm, and Sally, a Massachusetts native, have been farming together since shortly after they met in an animal science class at Purdue University.

Dairy Breeze milk is non-homogenized, meaning its cream remains on the top. When shaken to blend, these healthy fats — no skim or 1% here — are more easily digested, Tom says. “This is the old school way,” he says of the Dandy Breeze’s milk production. “We’re not trying to take over the world. We just want people to have good milk.” The Waitts started their dairy by bottling just on weekends. Tom continued his job

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Business for Dandy Breeze Creamery has remained brisk despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The dairy quickly beefed up its focus on online sales and on-site pickup this year. That willingness to once again adapt to change has helped keep Dandy Breeze on course to meet Tom Waitt’s goal of running a sustainable local creamery that one day might branch out to produce additional dairy products. Dandy Breeze Creamery currently sells white, chocolate and strawberry milk. The dairy also serves up hope for the next generation of farmers, who are looking for

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ways to succeed in a changing industry. And that’s important when so many farms are struggling and young people are turning away from agriculture, Waitt says. All of the Waitts’ children, now adults, remain interested in farming but only one still regularly works at the Dandy Breeze. In 2018 alone, 10% of Indiana dairy farms halted production, leaving a state whose dairy farms once numbered in the thousands down to just 900. “I’ve had a lot of farmers call me, and I would like to see young people come into farming,” Tom says. “The wave of the future is to know where your food comes from, so we’re at a really good point.” Dandy Breeze Creamery is located at 2317 N. Road 1100 East in Sheridan. Contact the dairy by phone at 317-508-4978 or by email at dandybreezedairy@gmail.com. To learn more and order online, visit dandybreezedairy.com. 10 / WESTFIELD MAGAZINE / MAY 2020 / WestfieldMag.com

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It wasn’t until this spring when an insidious, highly contagious disease swiftly and jarringly upended our routines, our lives, our families and our world that our definition of “hero” was sharply redefined. Suddenly we looked to doctors, nurses, hospital staff, first responders and emergency personnel with fresh eyes of gratitude and a renewed sense of awe as we recognized the grand and personal sacrifices they were making, daily, for the sake of their communities.

its wake. As schools, churches, restaurants, hair salons, gyms, movie theaters, shopping malls and other businesses shut down, those on the frontlines never stopped working. In fact, many put in overtime, both physically and mentally, to ensure the safety of their fellow man.

This strange and surreal experience has brought many lessons, the greatest of which is that we have heroes living among us. And for that, we are all eternally grateful. Therefore, we wanted to take We are grateful to our hometown heroes in a this opportunity to thank these beautiful way that perhaps we never have been in our people for their ceaseless sacrifice, unwavering commitment to serve and lifetime because we know the blood, sweat boundless love of humankind. and tears that these men and women have shed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept through our country, leaving Jill McKinney, Director of Emergency Services, Critical Care Services, & School confusion, uncertainly, and blind fear in 12 / WESTFIELD MAGAZINE / MAY 2020 / WestfieldMag.com

Nursing, has been touched by the response and respect frontline staff have received in recent weeks. They’ve gotten thank-you cards, flowers, meals and positive postings on social media. “Patients we are seeing in the ER and ICU express their gratitude for the work we are doing every day,” says McKinney, noting that from a nurse’s perspective, they feel duty-bound to heed their calling.

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Donetta Gee-Weiler, RN, MBA-MSN, Hospital Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer for Community Heart and Vascular Hospital, has worked for Community Health Network for 25 years and says she’s always known it was a special place. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that point as teamwork has taken on a new meaning. “Caregivers are moving from areas that are no longer open to help support areas of greater need. This means learning new roles, moving to a new site of care and even changing shifts,” Gee-Weiler says. “During such a time of uncertainty, our team is adjusting to make sure 14 / WESTFIELD MAGAZINE / MAY 2020 / WestfieldMag.com

we continue to deliver the best possible care to those in need.” Nevertheless, this is the field these men and women have chosen, and they feel driven to step up and care for humanity just as they always have. “I view the role of the caregiver as something that cannot be replaced,” says Gee-Weiler, noting that they are welcomed into their patients’ lives during the best moments (e.g., the birth of a baby, cure from disease) and worst moments (e.g., terminal diagnosis, loss of a loved one). “We are part of the family’s story as these memories are some they carry with them for the remainder of their life,” Gee-Weiler adds. “Now I think the community is finally seeing just how much these moments also mean to us. We are showing that health care is truly a career of passion to help others, regardless of the need.” Dr. William Harvey, pulmonary critical care specialist and medical director of the ICU at IU Health North Hospital, has been practicing critical care medicine for two decades. As medical director of the ICU, he provides calm reassurance to the nursing staff and communicates with administration to ask for and receive the necessary resources to treat patients. “Although there is more stress and longer hours than usual, I feel very blessed that I have been trained to do this job and that I have an opportunity to help the citizens of Hamilton County,” says Harvey, who is thankful to the Hamilton County residents for their sacrifices. “We will get through this time. It will not last forever. Fortunately, at IU Health we have the resources, the manpower and the will to respond to this crisis and ultimately defeat the virus.”

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favorite teacher, is Erin McKinney, a math teacher at Westfield High School. Not only was she an amazing teacher, and helped me find a new passion in math, but she also was, and still is, an amazing friend and mentor,” Eggleston says. “Mrs. McKinney has helped me through some of the hardest times in my life,” she adds. “To this day, I try and see her at least once a week just to say hello or have a conversation. It is not only Mrs. McKinney at Westfield, but there are so many teachers like her. I know so many students that have a relationship similar to mine with a teacher and those relationships will stick with the students for the rest of their lives.” Eggleston says Student Impact of Westfield has also helped her tremendously. “I attend Student Impact every Monday and Friday and volunteer as an intern/ student leader every Tuesday and Thursday,” Eggleston says. “I love everything about this organization. I love the people who run it and attend it, what they stand for, what they do for Westfield, and everything in between.

part of Student Impact since the fifth grade and will be a member until the moment she graduates high school. “I started volunteering at student impact my sophomore year, but it wasn’t until my junior year that I was volunteering on a constant basis. As of right now, I volunteer nine or more hours a week, and love every minute.”

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WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ENCOURAGES CLASSMATES TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE “I feel extremely humbled and honored to win,” Eggleston says. “My high school journey has been far from easy. During Student Impact, 536 North Union Street, my freshman year, I was diagnosed with Zionsville, is a safe place where students Crohn’s Disease, and missed a lot of school from grades 5-12 can build relationships because of it. I get sick easily and miss more that bring hope and healing. It was started in school than most people. It has taken a 1999 to be an environment where kids can lot of hard work and dedication to school

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When Westfield High School senior Jacob Roberts joined the Best Buddies club in middle school, he had a very personal motive for doing so. At that time, he had no idea that five years later, he would be the club’s president. The self-proclaimed shy and quiet student has become a champion for promoting inclusion and recently led a convocation to encourage his peers to respect people of all different ability levels.

Eggleston plans to study zoology in college. “Ever since I can remember, my favorite thing has always been animals, particularly of the mammal species, but still animals in general,” Eggleston says. “My dream job has always been something to do with animals, whether that was a veterinarian or a zoo keeper, I did not really know, but I knew it had to be with animals.

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“Shea is just an amazing young woman,” Easterhaus says. “She leads with a quiet, yet strong sense about her, despite all the issues she faces each and every day. She puts others first and displays leadership not in

“Once I started trying to narrow down my dream job, I knew I did not want to be a veterinarian, but that is about all I could figure out. I hope one day I can figure out what career I want, but for now, I know it must be working with animals.” Eggleston noted that Westfield has some of the best teachers. “Almost every single teacher I have had since first grade I have really liked. With Westfield teachers you can tell they want every single one of their students to succeed, and they try to make that happen. I have had so many teachers inspire me, and make me want to be a better person and student.” Eggleston has a favorite teacher. “One teacher that will forever have a place in my heart and will forever be my absolute

“I originally joined Best Buddies in eighth grade at the middle school. I had just gotten news that my brother was going to be born with Down Syndrome,” Roberts says. “So, I really joined just to figure out how to treat him since he would be different. Throughout that year and my freshman year, I learned so much more about Best Buddies.” Roberts continues, “I learned that my original thinking was completely wrong and I believed the wrong mission. The mission of Best/ Buddies is to end the social, physical, Writer Braden Ochs and economic of those with Photographer / Elidiscrimination Beaverson intellectual and developmental disabilities.

For the third year in a row, Westfield High 20 / School is competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) under the name SHAM-ROCK-BOTICS, team 6956.

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intellectual and developmental disabilities are paired with a regular education peer. The club typically meets on Fridays during the CORE Advisory period. Activities are Westfield High School is among The SHAM-ROCK-BOTICS team was opportunities STEM-related organized and foster growing friendships many schools bothinnationwide and fields, while each buddy pair. of On2017 Oct. when 29, FIRST founded in August teaching them andBuddies helping to between internationally thatlife offlessons er the Best organized and led a special program as a student activity. Students with Roberts alumni visited Westfield High School, and build confidence. We include and accept people for who they are and simply just be friends.”

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FIRST was founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen, and has spread to schools and young people across the globe. There are competition levels for many ages including kindergarten through fourth grade, fourth through eighth, seventh through twelfth, and ninth through twelfth.

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encouraged school leaders to participate and students to join. Westfield began competing with FIRST in 2018.

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“We wanted to make sure these students had the opportunity to participate in the program,” says Hannah May, a SHAMROCK-BOTICS mentor.

Currently the team consists of 23 Westfield High School students and eight mentors. The team has grown considerably since 2017, and is excited to continue developing and improving in its third season of FIRST participation. The SHAM-ROCK-BOTICS members are proud to be the first partner team in the midwest to become a gold-tier LGBT+ partner in FIRST Robotics. During the building season, which runs through January and February, students learn about the cultural aspects of the type of robot they’ll be constructing, and how to build it. Students on the team then create content for the competition’s building portion and presentation portion. Student team members handle many required tasks on their own, with the help and guidance of their mentors. One such task is securing sponsors by emailing or calling local businesses and organizations. Mentors are mostly volunteers, and each mentor spends personal time teaching, leading and getting to know each student. “My favorite part of SHAM-ROCKBOTICS is that no matter what, our mentors help us with anything we need help with, including school,” says Toni, a Westfield High School tenth grader and team member. “This helps me to learn better. They try to help you find something to do that you want to, so you don’t feel like you can’t do something.” Each student team member has a different task for the competition. In addition to working on the team’s robot, Toni videotaped the students offering their thoughts on FIRST, why they participate, and what they think of the team. Iris, a Westfield senior, works on the robot’s shooter and electronic controls. The team members and mentors met on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings as well as Saturday mornings during the 2020 build season. Their first competition for 2020 was March 7, and the Indiana state competition runs from April 3 through 5.

“My favorite part of being on this team is how much I’ve changed,” Iris says. “I am now able to talk to people easier, and I have learned a lot. It has improved me outside of just robotics, which has been very beneficial.” After graduating in May, Iris is off to Purdue University in the fall to study robotics. According to Iris, SHAM-ROCK-BOTICS helped her find a passion for robotics, and this passion has cultivated an interest in a future career in the robotics field. “I take great joy from being able to witness the growth of our students,” May says. “Every practice and season they continue to impress me, and I love getting the chance to be a small part of their success.” For more information on FIRST including details on starting a team, programs available based on grade level, and important info for parents, visit firstinspires. org. To learn more about SHAM-ROCKBOTICS, go to shamrockbotics.com.

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Help Us Celebrate the 2020 Seniors! Mallory James-We couldn’t be prouder of you! You really picked up your grades in High School and made the dean’s list twice! Looking forward to visiting you at Indiana University. Love, Mom and Dad

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Nathan Jones- Your graduation is a direct result of the way that you constantly strive for excellence. I know you’ll have a future full of many great achievements and accolades. Keep up the good work. Congrats! Love, Mom, Dad, Lucy & Grace.

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Clair Blazinski-We couldn’t be prouder of you! You really picked up your grades in High School and made the dean’s list twice! Looking forward to visiting you at Indiana University. Love, Mom and Dad Anthony Scott- Your graduation is a direct result of the way that you constantly strive for excellence. I know you’ll have a future full of many great achievements and accolades. Keep up the good work. Congrats! Love, Mom, Dad, Lucy & Grace.

Megan Hoﬀman -Your success is the result of your hard work and dedicatio n. We have no doubts that you’ll continue to thrive in college. Love, Aunt Ruby & Uncle Todd Brandon Smith-We couldn’t be prouder of you! You really picked up your grades in High School and made the dean’s list twice! Looking forward to visiting you at Indiana University. Love, Mom and Dad Nick Blossom -You have been successful because you’ve worked so hard over the past few years. Your determination is going to get you what you want in life. Love, Mom Brianna Thomas- Your graduation is a direct result of the way that you constantly strive for excellence. I know you’ll have a future full of many great achievements and accolades. Keep up the good work. Congrats! Love, Mom, Dad, Lucy & Grace. Hunter Windsor- You have been successful because you’ve worked so hard over the past few years. Your determination is going to get you what you want in life. Love, Mom

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Sierra Jackson-We couldn’t be prouder of you! You really picked up your grades in High School and made the dean’s list twice! Looking forward to visiting you at Indiana University. Love, Mom and Dad Elizabeth Mark-We couldn’t be prouder of you! You really picked up your grades in High School and made the dean’s list twice! Looking forward to visiting you at Indiana University. Love, Mom and Dad Lily Franklin -You have been successful because you’ve worked so hard over the past few years. Your determination is going to get you what you want in life. Love, Mom

Monica Sinclair -Your success is the result of your hard work and dedicatio n. We have no doubts that you’ll continue to thrive in college. Love, Aunt Ruby & Uncle Todd

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