Hopefully, you marked your calendars for our Chamber Annual Dinner (Mardi Gras - Let's Celebrate the Good Times). It will be on Tuesday, March 1st at Romweber Party Place!

The nominations are in and the selection committee has chosen our Chamber Annual Dinner Award Recipients! We are blessed to have so many great businesses, organizations, and community members.

To reserve your tickets, you can call or stop by the Chamber office. You can also go to our website to registered online at Click Here - Annual Dinner Registration. Please RSVP by Thursday, February 18th.

Please visit the Chamber Community Calendar for the most updated events at https://batesvillein.com/events/. Remember to post your events so we can share all the great things going on in our community and for visitors coming to the area.

The Coalition for a Drug Free Batesville is again collecting responses to gauge the community's perception of substance abuse throughout the Batesville community. By completing this survey, you will be assisting the Coalition in determining what their focus will be throughout the next year. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes out of your schedule and complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5RRQN8Z. After you complete the survey, you will be asked to enter your name and e-mail address if you wish to be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card. Thank You for providing your input on this issue, so we can continue to improve our community one strategy at a time.

Check out our Batesville Area Chamber Facebook group Together We Thrive daily as we highlight all of our great member businesses throughout the year. Remember our members can also post your upcoming events and specials too!

Be sure to check out all of our great members by going to our DIRECTORY. For more information on all the benefits the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce has to offer, please give us a call at 812-934-3101 or email us at chamber@batesvillein.com.

CHAMBER PARTNERSHIP

The Batesville Area Chamber gift certificates are good at over 175 businesses. These are great gifts for the holidays, just to say thank you, or any reason at all! They come in $5, $10 & $25 increments so call ahead and we can have them ready for you at 812-934-3101. It is part of our membership benefit, so ONLY Chamber member businesses can accept them. All you do is deposit them right into your checking account. Plus you are supporting local too!

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We are excited about the development of our new smartphone app! Be one of the first to download the new app and receive $5 off your very next order. Use code: NEWAPP

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This week we continued to experience soaring positivity rates with more than half (nearly 54%) of all patients tested at MMH returning positive for COVID-19. Our overall percentage of hospitalized COVID patients who are unvaccinated continues to trend around 85%.

Admissions: 14

Discharges: 4

Transfers: 3

Deaths: 2

Inpatient Care: We currently have 26 patients on our Med Surg floor, with 2 of those patients in our Special Care Unit. 15 of our patients are Covid+ (positive) and 13 of those patients are not vaccinated. (See charts below for current patient volumes.)

ER: Please avoid going to the ER for COVID-19 testing. Many people with COVID will have mild symptoms and should rest at home, isolate, take ibuprofen/Tylenol and drink plenty of fluids. Other patients who may be at a higher risk will experience more moderate symptoms and should call their primary care provider for guidance. Patients with severe symptoms, such as shortness of breath, chest pain or bluish lips should come to the ER immediately. To learn more about potential treatment options for COVID-19 click here: https://combatcovid.hhs.gov/possible-treatment-options-covid-19/i-have-covid-19

Testing:  The percent of patients testing positive for COVID-19 reached a record high again this week, with 53.8% of patients (205 in total) testing positive. (See chart for testing details). Those who need to be tested for Covid-19 should contact their primary care provider for an outpatient test to be completed through our lab or schedule an appointment at a local testing site through coronavirus.in.gov. If you have mild symptoms or had a known exposure to someone with COVID-19, self-testing at home with an over-the-counter test is also a good option for fast results.

Vaccination:  If you are not vaccinated or are eligible to receive your vaccine booster shot, please consider doing so. Vaccine appointments for everyone ages 5 and older can be scheduled Monday - Friday at the MMH Occupational Health and Wellness Center in Batesville at 812.932.5105.  Vaccine appointments can also be made Monday – Friday at the Margaret Mary Health Center in Brookville at 765.647.5126. Walk-ins are also welcome in Brookville.

THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS!

Batesville Tool & Die, Hillenbrand & Batesville, Hillrom

Margaret Mary Health and Mercy Health

City of Batesville and Media Muse Studios

Batesville Online, Daily News, Duke Energy, FCN Bank, First Financial Bank,

Great Plains Communications, Health Markets Insurance Agency, Izzy's at Hillcrest,

LaRosa's Family Pizzeria, Pro-Prints Sign Imaging, Pulskamps Flooring Plus,

Rowland Graphics, S & B Driving School, Sharp Painting LLC, Skyline Chili,

St. Andrews Health Campus, Tudor Square Realty, WRBI Country 103.9