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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, December 30th, 2020.
Coming up in today’s feature report, Interpretive Naturalist Jill Vance, from the Paynetown State Recreation Area of Lake Monroe, speaks with Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman about the history of Bald Eagles in Indiana and an upcoming eagle watch event at Lake Monroe.
Also coming up in the next half hour, WFHB Correspondent Katrine Bruner has an update on a lawsuit against the e-cigarette company, Juul. Lastly, we have the latest edition of Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment hosted and produced by Richard Fish.
But first, your local headlines:
Organic Tree Recycling for Monroe County Residents
The Monroe County Solid Waste Management District is offering Christmas Tree recycling to all Monroe County residents, rather than residents throwing their trees away.
They are accepting natural trees, wreaths, and garlands. All of the recycled trees and branches will be turned into mulch at one of their district recycling centers. Any decorations including lights, ornaments, garlan, tinsel, and any other additive decorations must be removed before drop off.
The organic material can be dropped off at one of their five locations: the South Walnut Recycling Center, Ellettsville Recycling Center, Westside Recycling Center, Southside Recycling Center or the Northeast Recycling Center. All drop offs will be accepted through January 9th. No artificial trees will be accepted.
CVS Health Administered Covid-19 Vaccines to Aspen Trace Nursing Home in Bargersville
CVS Health began the first round of Covid-19 vaccinations in hundreds of Indiana nursing homes on Monday.
Aspen Trace Family-first Senior Living in Bargersville, Indiana was among the first nursing homes in the state to receive the first round of Covid-19 vaccines this week.
WFHB talked to Gregg Gormal, CEO of Cardon and Associates who operates almost two dozen nursing homes in the state, including Aspen Trace. Gormal talked about how the vaccination process played out on Monday.
“We were able to trickle in staff and residents into the vaccination site,” said Gormal. “That went really smooth.”
Gormal mentioned the number of residents and staff members at Aspen Trace who received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine earlier this week.
“92 percent of our residents received the vaccination,” said Gormal. “There were a few that, because they were a little ill, were not eligible for the vaccine.”
He walked through the process CVS Health implemented with Aspen Trace to administer the vaccines.
“CVS administered all of the vaccines,” he said, “we did not do that.”
Gormal touched on the importance of receiving a coronavirus vaccine – especially for at-risk populations of society in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
“Our residents knew that this was the first step in actually holding their grandchildren again,” said Gormal.
According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the vaccine is 94 to 95 percent effective in study participants who received the vaccine, including seniors.
ISDH says it is a two-part vaccine. That means you receive a second dose of the same vaccine between 21 and 28 days after receiving the first dose.
Most people will be immune to the virus 7 days after receiving the full vaccine, according to the state health department.
Feature Reports:
On December 15th, the e-cigarette company Juul made an appearance in a school board meeting. WFHB Correspondent, Katrine Bruner reports on this meeting and the history behind the lawsuit.
Bald Eagles are making a steady comeback in Indiana, which you can witness first hand by spotting a Bald Eagle at Lake Monroe. In today’s feature report, Interpretive Naturalist Jill Vance, at Paynetown State Recreation Area of Lake Monroe speaks with Assistant News Director Sydney Foreman about the history of Bald Eagles in Indiana and an upcoming eagle watch event at Lake Monroe.
Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment. The topic for today is gold-brick scams. Richard Fish has more.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News.
Today’s headlines were written by Aaron Comforty, Kade Young and Sydney Foreman, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our Engineer and Executive Producer is Kade Young.
Our features were produced by Katrine Bruner and Sydney Foreman.
Better Beware is produced by Richard Fish.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
