Sunday December 18 2016Sheridan Noblesville Cicero Arcadia Atlanta Carmel Fishers Westfield

Vol 3 No 250A 30 percent chance of snow before 8am then mostly cloudy and cold Awinter weather advisory is in effectuntil noon

TODAYrsquoS WEATHER

HIGH falling to 9 LOW -4

By FRED SWIFTIndiana delegation members of the Electoral College

will meet tomorrow at 10 am at theStatehouse to cast the states 11electoral votes The group is allRepublicans since GOP delegatespledged to candidate Donald Trumpand vice presidential candidate GovMike Pence won in the Nov 8 generalelection

Two of the 11 electors areHamilton County residents LauraCampbell Carmel and Edwin SimcoxFishers They were elected at the

Republican State Convention in June by conventiondelegates who had been elected by voters in the May primary

Although some folks may visualize the ElectoralCollege as a convention-style gathering of all the nationselectors in one location the participants actually meetingin the 50 statehouses and simply send in the results of theirvote to a congressional clerk in Washington DC VicePresident Joe Biden will read the results to the Senate

Although various liberal organizations have tried toconvince electors to vote for someone other than theTrump-Pence team there is no indication any of Indianaselectors will jump ship tomorrow Some of the tactics usedto try and change the minds of electors have been describedas over the top One Michigan GOP elector indicated his

life was threatenedLocal electors Campbell and Simcox are definitely not

expected to defect Campbell is County RepublicanChairwoman and Simcox is a former Republicanofficeholder In fact experts say there are likely to be veryfew if any defectors nationwide because most electors havebeen loyal party supporters long before being chosenfor tomorrows vote

If the national Electoral College vote goes by the resultsin the states on Nov 8 Trump and Pence will receive 306and the Clinton-Kaine ticket will get 232 Trump will thenbe sworn in as president on Jan 20 and Pence who leavesoffice as governor Jan 9 becomes the sixth vice presidentfrom Indiana

Countys 2 electors wont jump ship

By JANET HART LEONARDGrief Ive learned is really just love

Its all the love youwant to give butyou cannot All ofthat unspent lovegathers up in thecorners of youreyes the lump inyour throat and inthat hollow part ofyour chest Grief isjust love with noplace to go

I wish I knew who wrote that It soperfectly describes grief I take no creditI read it this week as I was going throughsome old pictures

In 2005 there were pictures of my Dadat Christmas In 2006 he wasnt in any ofour family Christmas pictures I didnt getto buy him a bottle of Old Spice Momhad to buy me a box of chocolate coveredcherries She signed the tag Love Dad

I miss him I will always miss himThere was just so much love that I hadleft to give him

I would love to have heard theconversations that he would have hadwith Chuck Oh and Dad would havetaken Aiden fishing and Leah would havewrapped my Dad around her little finger

Matt remembers my Dad as doesAlecksa He loved being a Pop Pop Abbywas only three years old when he passedaway Jake was two months old We keepDads legacy alive with stories Storiesthat make us laugh Stories that make uswipe tears

I love hearing the stories that myMom continues to share This week shefound a pillow that my Dad had sent herright before Christmas in 1944 It wasduring WWII Dad was in the army

Grief isjust love

The Boys amp Girls Club of Noblesville(BGCN) recently received a $50000 grantfrom the Hirst Family Charitable Trust afund of Legacy Fund CommunityFoundation The grant is intended for tosupport the Clubrsquos mission and goals in2017

With the support of the Hirst FamilyCharitable Trust the Boys amp Girls Club ofNoblesville will be able to continue tobroaden its reach to more of thecommunityrsquos youth The Club has experi-

enced growth in average daily attendanceand the amount of members registered dur-ing the school year and summer 2280members between the ages of 5-18 partici-pated in BGCNrsquos programs over the last 12months

Over the past year with the continuedsupport from the Hirst Family CharitableTrust the Club has been able to place agreater focus on academic success pro-gramming by hiring a full-time Director ofAcademic Success Club members are now

being introduced to STEM programmingwhich provides hands-on educational activ-ities Members are also able to participatein 1-on-1 tutoring at no additional costThis grant also makes it possible for theClub to achieve itsrsquo goal of providing awide variety of various programming at alow cost Memberships for the year areoffered at only $45 while the actual cost tothe Club to provide a membership is $428By providing this low-cost afterschool op-tion over 280 members are currently partic-ipating in the Clubrsquos activities each day

Boys amp Girls Club of Noblesville receivesgrant from Hirst Family Charitable Trust

Silent Night at Westfield

Reporter photo by Richie Hall

The Westfield High School student section was in the Christmas spirit Friday night with its holiday-themed ldquoSilent Nightrdquo atthe Westfield-Noblesville boys basketball game The Shamrock cheer block remained quiet until the team scored eight pointsthen was cheering loudly for the remainder of the game

News2

stationed at Fort Walters in Texas Dad waseighteen years old They had been marriedfor two years Mom was living with myGrandpa and Grandma Hart and Dads foursisters They were both homesick

The pillow was silk and adornedwith fringe It had a poem inscribed with thewordsTo My Wife

Wife of my heart it is youYou make my life so completeYou make my dreams all come trueSo loving so loyal so sweet

Sharing each laugh and each tearFaithful and true to the endTo me you will always be dearMy sweetheart my partner my friend

The pillow was faded but the words hadstood the test of time as did the lovebetween my Mom and Dad Sixty threeyears of marriage

The grief will always be there becausethe love will always be there

Sometimes I open the garage door at thehouse where they lived since 1952 and Iclose my eyes and remember the scent ofOld Spice the sound of Dads antique clocksbeing repaired and his laugh

I wipe a few tears and I go into the houseand hug my Mom You see love still lovesthere

JANETFrom Page 1

The Indiana Department ofTransportation deployed about 600 yellowsalt trucks last night ahead of freezing rainsnow and ice Yellow trucks continued tobattle challenging conditions this morningon interstates US highways and stateroutes ahead of rising temperatures

Low temperatures the past few dayscaused the pavement to remain well belowfreezing when rain moved in causing therain to freeze on contact INDOTrsquos primaryweapon was to deploy granular salt justbefore and during this type of storm as plowblades can only scrape solid ice Granularsalt provides additional traction while thefreezing rain dissolves the salt

Freezing rain and ice are the mostdangerous of all winter road conditionsbecause it affects all vehicle sizes and types

including those with four-wheel drive andINDOTs own salt trucks In these types ofconditions motorists are stronglyencouraged to stay off the roads to allowaccess for salt trucks and emergencyvehicles

Hamilton Hendricks and Henry countiesin Central Indiana declared orange travelwatches meaning that conditions threatenpublic safety and only essential travel isrecommended An additional 25 Indianacounties declared yellow travel advisories

Weather forecasts show the potential formore freezing rain later today into tonight

Drivers that must venture out in theseconditions are urged to make room forINDOT crews Yellow salt trucks moveslower than the posted speed limit foroptimal salt spreading but stopped traffic

delays normal route times of every two tothree hours

For more driver tips please seeyesterdayrsquos weather noticeat httpslnksgd22xMRP8

Drivers can monitor road conditions andtraffic alerts across the state at any timeVisit wwwTrafficWiseINgov or dial toll-

free 800-261-ROAD (7623) for INDOTrsquosTrafficWise Traveler Information ServiceSubscribe to receive text and email alertsabout INDOT projects and servicesat httpbitlyINDOTsubscription

Find links to INDOTrsquos regionalFacebook and Twitter pagesat httpbitlyINDOTsocial

INDOT deploys 600 yellow salt trucks to fight freezing rain ice traffic

Herersquos a list of events scheduled for Januaryat the Westfield Washington Public Library

Library Closed January 1 2 and 16

Childrenrsquos EventsSteps amp Styles of the Indy Dance AcademyRegistration requiredJan 10 17 24 31 at 130 PMPreschool DiscoveryJan 17 at 1030 AMStorytime (Toddlers)Jan 23 30 at 1030 AMJan 24 31 at 1115 AMStorytime (Preschool)Jan 23 30 at 100 PMJan 24 31 at 1015 AMStorytime (Baby Love)Jan 26 at 1030 AMStorytime (Paws and Read)Registration requiredJan 14 at 1030 AMCraft Creature CreationsJan 11 at 315 PMLego Free BuildJan 18 at 430 PMBook-a-Roo Bonzai DramaJan 25 315 PM

Teen EventsAnime Manga ClubJan 9 23 at 300 PMTeen Advisory Group MeetingJan 24 at 300 PMWii WednesdayJan 4 11 18 23 at 300 PMFriday FilmJan 6 13 20 27Safe Sitter ClassRegistration requiredJan 14 at 1000 AM

Adult EventsAmerican MahjongJan 3 10 17 24 31 at 500 PM

Jan 4 11 18 25 at 100 PMJan 8 15 22 29 at 130 PMESL ClassRegistration requiredJan 3 10 17 24 31 at 600 PMJan 4 11 18 25 at 100 PMJan 5 12 19 26 at 1030 AMJan 7 14 21 28 at 130 PMMystery Book Discussion Before I Go toSleepJan 4 at 100 PMEuchreJan 4 18 at 530 PMAcrylic on Canvas Painting ClassRegistration requiredJan 5 at 1030 AMGenealogy GroupJan 7 at 1015 AMIntermediate Computer Class MicrosoftAccessRegistration requiredJan 10 at 630 PMLibrary Board MeetingJan 11 at 700 PMBook Discussion Readerrsquos favorite choiceJan 18 at 100 PMWatercolor Painting ClassJan 19 at 1030 AMNew Year New You with Riverview HealthJan 24 at 630 PMWriters GroupJan 26 at 100 PMBeginner Computer Class Get an EmailAccountRegistration requiredJan 26 at 130 PM

January events at Westfield Public Library

Hamilton CountyReporter

Contact InformationPhone

317-408-5548

EmailHamiltonconorthreporterhotmailcom

Publisher Jeff JellisonHamiltonconorthreporterhotmailcom

317-408-5548

Editor Don JellisonHoosiermabaaolcom

317-773-2769

Sports Editor Richie HallRhall1977gmailcomTwitter Richie_Hall

Web Addresswwwhc-reportercom

Mailing AddressPO Box190

Westfield IN 46074

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He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receivea prophets reward and he that receiveth a righteous man in thename of a righteous man shall receive a righteous mans reward

- Matthew 1041

50 Years AgoNews The Hamilton County Council this morning turned down a requestfor $50000 more money with which to repair the Courthouse lower towerand replace the roof of the leaking structure A motion to approve theappropriation passed by a 4-3 vote but the Law holds emergencyappropriations must receive five votes for approvalSports Bill Shepherd stole the headlines and Carmel won the basketballgame here Saturday evening but cut Glen Harperrsquos Noblesville Millersin for a share of praise as the two county rivals got together in the biggestgame of the area so far this seasonAd GC Murphy Co Family Bibles $1088

3News

By COREY SYLVESTERWersquore just about ready to open the door

to 2017 so you mightbe thinking aboutsome New Yearrsquosresolutions Whatrsquoson your list this yearMore visits to thegym Learning a newlanguage Masteringthe perfect beefbourguignon Allworthy ambitions ofcourse but why not

also include some financial resolutionsBy reviewing your needs and goals youcan identify some resolutions that areparticularly relevant to your own situationBut here are a few suggestions

Build an emergency fund If youneeded a major car repair or a new furnaceor faced some other large unanticipatedexpense could you cope with it If youdidnrsquot have the money readily availableyou might have to dip into thoseinvestments intended for long-term goalssuch as retirement Instead build anemergency fund containing three to sixmonthsrsquo worth of living expenses kept ina liquid low-risk account

Cut down on debts Itrsquos not easy to cutdown on onersquos debt load But if you canfind ways to reduce your debts yoursquoll helpimprove your overall financial pictureMany debts are not ldquousefulrdquo ndash that is theydonrsquot carry any tax advantages ndash so everydollar you spend to pay down those debtsis a dollar you could use to invest for yourfuture

Boost contributions to your retirementplan If your employer offers a 401(k) orsimilar retirement plan take full advantageof it Your earnings have the potential togrow tax deferred and your contributionsmay lower your taxable income Plus mostplans offer a selection of investmentoptions so you can choose the investment

mix that fits your objectives and risktolerance Therefore if your salary goesup this year or if you think you can findother ways to free up some moneyincrease your contributions to yourretirement plan

Review your portfolio Is yourinvestment portfolio still on track towardhelping you meet your long-term goals Ifnot you may need to make some changesYoursquoll also want to study your investmentmix to make sure it still accurately reflectsyour risk tolerance Over time and oftenwithout your taking any significantactions your portfolio can ldquodriftrdquo to aplace where you are taking on too muchrisk ndash or even too little risk ndash for yourneeds and long-term objectives If thishappens you may need to ldquorebalancerdquoyour holdings

Avoid mistakes None of us can avoidall mistakes in life and in our investmentactivities But as an investor yoursquoll clearlybenefit from minimizing your errors Forexample itrsquos generally a mistake to jumpout of the market in response to a periodof volatility If you wait for things to ldquocalmdownrdquo before investing again you mightmiss out on the opportunity to participatein the next market rally

Think long term Keep this in mindYoursquore not investing for today ortomorrow but for many years from nowTry to keep a long-term focus whenmaking all your key investment decisionsBy doing so you can avoid overreactingto short-term developments such as asudden drop in the market or aldquomomentousrdquo political event that actuallydecreases in importance as time goes by

Try to follow these financialresolutions as best as you can You couldmake 2017 a year to remember

This article was written by EdwardJones for use by your local Edward JonesFinancial Advisor

Consider Some New Yearrsquos(Financial) Resolutions

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By GAREN BRAGGThere are not many Americans who are

unfamiliar with thesecond amendmentand its guarantee thatldquothe right of thepeople to keep andbear arms shall not bei n f r i n g e d rdquoThroughout ourhistory local and stategovernments havetried to limit and insome cases remove

this right regardless of what the constitutionsays The justification for this is that thepublic will be safer by keeping guns out ofthe wrong hands Our experience in thiscountry however has been the oppositestrict gun laws have correlated with gunviolence Now those of us who support theSecond Amendment find ourselves in aunique position ndash the chance to declarevictory

State Representative Jim Lucas (R-Seymour) will introduce legislation to allowHoosiers to carry a pistol without a licensea proposal known as ldquoConstitutional Carryrdquowhich is already in effect in 11 other statesUnder existing Indiana law you do not needa license to possess a firearm including apistol Unlike rifles and shotguns which maybe carried in public or kept in a vehiclewithout a license a pistol may not be loadedand accessible in the vehicle or carried inpublic without a license ConstitutionalCarry lifts the requirement for a license tocarry in public and have it accessible in thevehicle while loaded What ConstitutionalCarry does not do is change who is and isnot allowed to have a firearm such asldquoserious violent felonsrdquo those convicted ofdomestic battery or individuals under arestraining order Federal law also placesrestrictions on gun ownership that would notbe affected by State Constitutional CarryPenalties for violating these possession lawsare steep ndash up to 10 years in prison with thepossibility of an even longer sentence undercertain circumstances

The primary argument againstConstitutional Carry is that it may somehowallow more dangerous people to carryloaded weapons in public This fear isunfounded because the same laws thatpenalize prohibited possessors forpossessing a firearm would still be in placeThis is significant because as many as 92percent of homicide suspects in Indianapolisover the last four years already had an adultcriminal record according to theIndianapolis Police Department This meansthat in most of these cases the suspect wasnot even eligible to receive a license to carrya handgun As far as the remaining suspectsthe penalty for carrying in public without alicense as long as you are not a prohibitedpossessor is only a misdemeanor And ifyou think that fear of a misdemeanorconviction is what is preventing someonefrom committing murder then I have abeach house to sell you in the State ofArizona

The other argument that you hear againstConstitutional Carry is the misconceptionthat it may affect ldquoreciprocityrdquo with otherstates This means that in the 32 states thatrecognize Indianas carry license you maylegally carry a pistol in those states with an

Indiana license to carry It is for this reasonthat Rep Lucas proposal does not affect anycurrently issued license to carry or theability to get one if you want one soreciprocity will not be affected Theres alsoa rumor on social media that ConstitutionalCarry is somehow a trick to eliminate theright to carry altogether The theory is thatthe General Assembly passes ConstitutionalCarry and then repeals it leaving us all withno legal right to carry at all This ismisguided because the legality of the currentlicense to carry a handgun will remain inplace

Back in July of this year Mayor JohnHamilton of Bloomington penned an Op-Edin the New York Times bemoaning the factthat he cannot trample his citizensconstitutional rights or their human right toself-defense He said that ldquoI worrythathellipsome day my city may lose the awfulviolence lotteryrdquo - which was his way ofsaying that he as a mayor should have theright to determine what rights his citizensdo and do not need And yes - this is thesame mayor of Bloomington that justchanged the names of Good Friday andColumbus Day to be politically correctPassing Constitutional Carry puts one moreprotection on our rights from those whoreally do believe that a local governmentshould decide what is best for you when itcomes to how you defend yourself and yourloved ones We just won an election but itsmeaningless unless we can win issuesSupport Constitutional Carry and lets winthis one

Itrsquos time for Indiana topass Constitutional Carry

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF HAMILTON COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that the Hamilton County Council of Hamilton County Indiana will meet on January4 2017 in Regular Session at 700 pm in the Commissioners Courtroom at their regular meeting place atOne Hamilton County Square Noblesville Indiana Purpose of the regular meeting is for transfer offund(s) amend 2017 form 144 reduction of funds and to consider the following additional appropriations inexcess of the budget for the current year The Council will hold a public hearing concerning the additionalappropriations Any person having concerns or questions concerning said appropriations shall be heard atthe public hearing

MEETING NOTICE

The Noblesville Park Board will meet at 7 pm Monday December 19 in Noblesville City Hall Room A213(on the second floor) Business on the agenda includes an update on Finch Creek Park and Federal HillCommons policies

PUBLIC NOTICES

News 5

Until the age of eight when my brotherwas born I was an ldquoonly childrdquo and spent agreat deal of time playing or reading bymyself though my other favorite pastimewas hanging out with my father followinghim around like a little shadow

My dad was the person who taught methe importance of giving to others Momwas more focused on running the house andkeeping things organized On SaturdaysI would go with my Dad on his ldquoroundsrdquo ndashwe visited the bank and the hardware storefilled up the car with gas etc I alwayslooked forward to those Saturday times justto ldquopal aroundrdquo with Dad (RememberAmerican National Western Auto Phillips66 etchellip)

When I was around the age of 5 near theholidays Dad asked me if I wanted toaccompany him on a very special errandDaddy was a member of a lodge in our townwhose members decided that they wanted tohelp some local families in need during theholiday season Names and addresses weredistributed and Dad and I stopped at thelocal grocery store to pick up some fooditems and the ldquofive and dimerdquo store (similarto a tiny Walmart I suppose) to purchasesome small toys Though I thought it wasa neat adventure I did not of course have anunderstanding of what real human needwashellipmy world was secure and cozy thatwas all I knew

So we purchased our items and off wewenthellipto an area of town where I had nevervisited My dad parked the Buick (healways drove a Buick) on the street andlifted a large box out of the trunk and carriedit to the front door My first impression wasthat the door was very dirty (An odd thingto remember specifically after so manyyears but there you go) We were loadeddown with packages and waited patientlyfor the door to be answered and it washellip

My experience with people in general atthat point in my life was pretty much limitedto my immediate and extended families andDisney television programs After so manyyears I can still visualize the appearance of

the mother who answered the door To meas a child she looked both frightened andfrightening Her eyes were red her facedrawn hair unkempt and I recall that shewas very thin Behind her were severalsmall children and nearby in the room werea couple of older kids ndash older than me atleast I could see that someone was lyingon the threadbare sofa but the mother andchildren were mostly blocking my viewfrom the doorway

I donrsquot recall exactly what my dad saidto her but I am sure he was indicating whowe were why we were there etc I amsure that my mouth dropped open com-pletely because still today I recall howshocked I was When my eyes left the dirtfloor I was able to see more clearly the formon the sofa in the tiny house It was a manwho was obviously ill Although of courseI never learned what his illness was onlythat he seemed quite incapacitated He mayhave sat up but I donrsquot recall that he everactually stood up I believe he was unableto do so I now realize as an adult howutterly humiliated he must have been as wellThe time frame was mid-1950 and it waswidely considered at that time that a manwas the sole provider of his home and family

The children and I am guessing at thistime of course but I believe there were atleast 5 of them ndash were barefoot (recall thatthis is just before Christmas - in Indiana)and were wearing thin and dirty clothesThere was no Christmas tree and I think thatto me at that time was just as shocking asanything else

The large box we delivered was mostlyfruit oranges apples pears ndash and the chil-dren immediately began digging into thebox which included staples such as breadmilk as well some small toys for boys andgirls I consequently learned that Dad hada list of all the genders and ages providedby the coordinators at his Lodge I then sawthe children opening some packages and thecontents really surprised me as I did notknow we even had these items with us ndashunderwear and socks (I suppose my

mother was in charge of purchasing those)I could not imagine at the time why anyonewould get underwear and socks for Christ-mas

The house was cold there was newspa-per taped up to the wall in several places andnow of course I know that was to help keepout the cold air I am sure there was littleif any heat in the house It was so differentfrom anything I had seen in my short lifethough the images that day made such alasting impression that I can still close myeyes and see it all again

My dad was born in the1920rsquos one offour children and his father was a coalminer in Kentucky Most of Dadrsquos growingup years were rather poor I am certain Thefinancial woes of the Great Depressionlingered for many years throughout thiscountry I believe though he never said sothat the visit that day had some familiarovertones from his own youth Membersof what Tom Brokaw has often referred toas the ldquoGreatest Generationrdquo seldom talkedabout their Depression-era experiences ndashthey just used them to make a better life forthemselves and their families and to reachout to others in need

That cold December day in 1955revealed to me in no uncertain terms themeaning of love ndash the purest form of lovewhich is that for fellow suffering humanbeings ndash the love that causes people to stepout of their own comfort zone with a heartand hand for others As often happenssignificant childhood memories stay some-what buried through our teenage and youngadult years and then settle into our psychesas we become more mature adults Seeingfor the first time my dadrsquos compassion forthese people (and other instances throughthe years) made a lasting impression uponme ndash and one that I will always cherish Ifirmly believe that it is due to my dadrsquosexample that I do have a heart and amotivation to help those in need bothhuman beings and othersndash all Godrsquos crea-tures There were many similar examplesthroughout my childhood but this one is

truly memorable to meLove is about what we can do to reduce

othersrsquo suffering to give them a reason tohope and a reason to believe that their livesare significant and that others care aboutthem

From serving those in the greatest needaround the world to those who may livearound the corner in our own neighbor-hoods love manifests itself in its greatestform by each of us individually I feel socompletely blessed that growing up I knewthat I was loved by my family and as anadult I have found committed and romanticlove with my spouse I am both thankfuland humbled by this

And I am very grateful that although Dadis no longer here that he left to me thegreatest legacy a parent could provide ndash anexample of how to love others and give ofyourself because to me that is the meaningof love I hope that I too have modeledthat behavior to my own children and thatthey will continue that legacy to my grand-children and beyond Generations of loveand compassion will give us the power totruly change our world for the better

What are you doing In the 1950rsquos therewere few organized efforts to reach out tothose in need of shelter food clothing andyes ndash toys for Christmas Thankfully todaythere are many organizations and the needis great Most of us are blessed with somelevel of resources to make a difference inour communities and our world Whether itis your financial resources your volunteertime the extra goodies you prepare forfamily friends and neighborshellipand the timeyou take to smile and wish a stranger aldquoMerry Christmasrdquo all make this seasonshine a little brighter for many May yourChristmas shine bright with peace healthand joy

The author who wishes to remain anon-ymous considers herself ldquoOld Noblesvillerdquowith treasured memories of growing up in asmall town called Noblesvillehellip

A Box of Hope ndash Just in Time for Christmas

As many of you are already aware a Sheridan family dealt with a devastating loss thispast weekend The Hawkins family lost their home and all their belongings in a house fireThe Sheridan Public Library is proud to work with and support the efforts of SheridanCommunity Recreation Inc as they try to help this family recover from this loss

The Sheridan Public Library has boxes at each of its entrances for the collection ofitems for this family and strongly encourages community members to provide food andclothing to help them Monetary donations are also being accepted via SheridanCommunity Recreation and Sheridan Youth Assistance Please contact MichelleWestermeier (mlwesty1201gmailcom) or Lisa Samuels (lsamuelssheridank12inus)for further information about making your monetary donation

The Sheridan Public Library is located at 103 West First Street in beautiful uptownSheridan just on the country side of Hamilton County Indiana Library hours are Mondaythrough Thursday 10 am to 7 pm Friday 10 am to 530 pm and Saturday 9 am to 1 pm

Please help us make this a special Christmas for this family in need

Donations being acceptedfor Hawkins family

Photo courtesy Sheridan Public Library

Please donate

Hamilton County ReporterHamilton Countyrsquos

Hometown Newspaper

Contact us Hamiltonconorthreporterhotmailcom

6 Puzzles

SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION

No peeking The crossword andSudoku puzzles are located on Page 10

News 5

Until the age of eight when my brotherwas born I was an ldquoonly childrdquo and spent agreat deal of time playing or reading bymyself though my other favorite pastimewas hanging out with my father followinghim around like a little shadow

My dad was the person who taught methe importance of giving to others Momwas more focused on running the house andkeeping things organized On SaturdaysI would go with my Dad on his ldquoroundsrdquo ndashwe visited the bank and the hardware storefilled up the car with gas etc I alwayslooked forward to those Saturday times justto ldquopal aroundrdquo with Dad (RememberAmerican National Western Auto Phillips66 etchellip)

When I was around the age of 5 near theholidays Dad asked me if I wanted toaccompany him on a very special errandDaddy was a member of a lodge in our townwhose members decided that they wanted tohelp some local families in need during theholiday season Names and addresses weredistributed and Dad and I stopped at thelocal grocery store to pick up some fooditems and the ldquofive and dimerdquo store (similarto a tiny Walmart I suppose) to purchasesome small toys Though I thought it wasa neat adventure I did not of course have anunderstanding of what real human needwashellipmy world was secure and cozy thatwas all I knew

So we purchased our items and off wewenthellipto an area of town where I had nevervisited My dad parked the Buick (healways drove a Buick) on the street andlifted a large box out of the trunk and carriedit to the front door My first impression wasthat the door was very dirty (An odd thingto remember specifically after so manyyears but there you go) We were loadeddown with packages and waited patientlyfor the door to be answered and it washellip

My experience with people in general atthat point in my life was pretty much limitedto my immediate and extended families andDisney television programs After so manyyears I can still visualize the appearance of

the mother who answered the door To meas a child she looked both frightened andfrightening Her eyes were red her facedrawn hair unkempt and I recall that shewas very thin Behind her were severalsmall children and nearby in the room werea couple of older kids ndash older than me atleast I could see that someone was lyingon the threadbare sofa but the mother andchildren were mostly blocking my viewfrom the doorway

I donrsquot recall exactly what my dad saidto her but I am sure he was indicating whowe were why we were there etc I amsure that my mouth dropped open com-pletely because still today I recall howshocked I was When my eyes left the dirtfloor I was able to see more clearly the formon the sofa in the tiny house It was a manwho was obviously ill Although of courseI never learned what his illness was onlythat he seemed quite incapacitated He mayhave sat up but I donrsquot recall that he everactually stood up I believe he was unableto do so I now realize as an adult howutterly humiliated he must have been as wellThe time frame was mid-1950 and it waswidely considered at that time that a manwas the sole provider of his home and family

The children and I am guessing at thistime of course but I believe there were atleast 5 of them ndash were barefoot (recall thatthis is just before Christmas - in Indiana)and were wearing thin and dirty clothesThere was no Christmas tree and I think thatto me at that time was just as shocking asanything else

The large box we delivered was mostlyfruit oranges apples pears ndash and the chil-dren immediately began digging into thebox which included staples such as breadmilk as well some small toys for boys andgirls I consequently learned that Dad hada list of all the genders and ages providedby the coordinators at his Lodge I then sawthe children opening some packages and thecontents really surprised me as I did notknow we even had these items with us ndashunderwear and socks (I suppose my

mother was in charge of purchasing those)I could not imagine at the time why anyonewould get underwear and socks for Christ-mas

The house was cold there was newspa-per taped up to the wall in several places andnow of course I know that was to help keepout the cold air I am sure there was littleif any heat in the house It was so differentfrom anything I had seen in my short lifethough the images that day made such alasting impression that I can still close myeyes and see it all again

My dad was born in the1920rsquos one offour children and his father was a coalminer in Kentucky Most of Dadrsquos growingup years were rather poor I am certain Thefinancial woes of the Great Depressionlingered for many years throughout thiscountry I believe though he never said sothat the visit that day had some familiarovertones from his own youth Membersof what Tom Brokaw has often referred toas the ldquoGreatest Generationrdquo seldom talkedabout their Depression-era experiences ndashthey just used them to make a better life forthemselves and their families and to reachout to others in need

That cold December day in 1955revealed to me in no uncertain terms themeaning of love ndash the purest form of lovewhich is that for fellow suffering humanbeings ndash the love that causes people to stepout of their own comfort zone with a heartand hand for others As often happenssignificant childhood memories stay some-what buried through our teenage and youngadult years and then settle into our psychesas we become more mature adults Seeingfor the first time my dadrsquos compassion forthese people (and other instances throughthe years) made a lasting impression uponme ndash and one that I will always cherish Ifirmly believe that it is due to my dadrsquosexample that I do have a heart and amotivation to help those in need bothhuman beings and othersndash all Godrsquos crea-tures There were many similar examplesthroughout my childhood but this one is

truly memorable to meLove is about what we can do to reduce

othersrsquo suffering to give them a reason tohope and a reason to believe that their livesare significant and that others care aboutthem

From serving those in the greatest needaround the world to those who may livearound the corner in our own neighbor-hoods love manifests itself in its greatestform by each of us individually I feel socompletely blessed that growing up I knewthat I was loved by my family and as anadult I have found committed and romanticlove with my spouse I am both thankfuland humbled by this

And I am very grateful that although Dadis no longer here that he left to me thegreatest legacy a parent could provide ndash anexample of how to love others and give ofyourself because to me that is the meaningof love I hope that I too have modeledthat behavior to my own children and thatthey will continue that legacy to my grand-children and beyond Generations of loveand compassion will give us the power totruly change our world for the better

What are you doing In the 1950rsquos therewere few organized efforts to reach out tothose in need of shelter food clothing andyes ndash toys for Christmas Thankfully todaythere are many organizations and the needis great Most of us are blessed with somelevel of resources to make a difference inour communities and our world Whether itis your financial resources your volunteertime the extra goodies you prepare forfamily friends and neighborshellipand the timeyou take to smile and wish a stranger aldquoMerry Christmasrdquo all make this seasonshine a little brighter for many May yourChristmas shine bright with peace healthand joy

The author who wishes to remain anon-ymous considers herself ldquoOld Noblesvillerdquowith treasured memories of growing up in asmall town called Noblesvillehellip

A Box of Hope ndash Just in Time for Christmas

As many of you are already aware a Sheridan family dealt with a devastating loss thispast weekend The Hawkins family lost their home and all their belongings in a house fireThe Sheridan Public Library is proud to work with and support the efforts of SheridanCommunity Recreation Inc as they try to help this family recover from this loss

The Sheridan Public Library has boxes at each of its entrances for the collection ofitems for this family and strongly encourages community members to provide food andclothing to help them Monetary donations are also being accepted via SheridanCommunity Recreation and Sheridan Youth Assistance Please contact MichelleWestermeier (mlwesty1201gmailcom) or Lisa Samuels (lsamuelssheridank12inus)for further information about making your monetary donation

The Sheridan Public Library is located at 103 West First Street in beautiful uptownSheridan just on the country side of Hamilton County Indiana Library hours are Mondaythrough Thursday 10 am to 7 pm Friday 10 am to 530 pm and Saturday 9 am to 1 pm

Please help us make this a special Christmas for this family in need

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7Sports

By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorCarmel defended its team championship

in a highly-competitive Hamilton Countywrestling meet which took place Saturdayat Guerin Catholic

The Greyhounds held off Westfield227-209 followed by HamiltonSoutheastern in third with 189 points andNoblesville fourth with 172 Carmel wonfive of the 14 weight classes with four otherschools taking two individual championseach

The Hounds did most of their damagein the lighter weights Brendan Mattinglywon at 106 pounds Dom Pecorarotriumphed at 120 and Adam Jerde took theblue ribbon at 126 Jack Eiteljorge was the160-pound winner in a major decision whileBryce Sharp won the 182-pound divisionwith a fall in the championship match

We were happy said Carmel coach EdPendoski Coach Welch in our room put itin on our kids to get one percent better Thisisnt our solid lineup We moved a guy upwe wrestled seven freshmen andsophomores todayrdquo

Pendoski noted the competition todayfeatured ldquoa pretty good fieldrdquo HamiltonCounty is a solid wrestling area with ahandful of state qualifiers every year

So were pretty happy that we wonsaid Pendoski

Westfield picked up two wins in theheavier divisions Liam Jagow won at 195pounds with a championship-round pin andAustin Dollens took the 285 pound blueribbon in a 3-1 decision

I think we wrestled great saidShamrocks coach Phil Smith I think wemade a couple mistakes but as far as ourteam our team wrestled really well Carmelhad a better day than us for the most part Ithink as a team we wrestled really well Justa couple mistakes here and there and wellget those fixed before the end of the season

Southeasterns two victories also camein the upper weights Joe Mazero defendedhis 170-pound title with a 20-5 technical fallin the final Joe Myren won the 220-poundchampionship by making a second-periodpin

Royals coach Kyle Poyer said his teamis a really young squad and its fun towatch them grow each week And we tooksome real positive things out of thisweekend Obviously wed like to havefinished a little higher and werecompetitors But the Carmel squad wrestledvery well deserved winning thechampionship Just look forward to keepgrowing the rest of the season

The Millers two champions were in thelighter weights Nick Brady repeated as113-pound champion and Gary Kitko tookthe 132-pound title with a pin in thechampionship match

The Huskies winners were right next toeach other Riley White kept himselfundefeated for the year with a win at 138

pounds and Clayton Cowan followed thatup by taking the 145-pound division

Fishers won one championship SpencerBischoff was the winner at 152 pounds

Guerin Catholics best finish was arunner-up result from JT Lazarra at 160pounds Justin Delph scored Sheridanshighest place taking third at 145 pounds

Team scores Carmel 227 Westfield 209Hamilton Southeastern 189 Noblesville 172Hamilton Heights 138 Fishers 1235 GuerinCatholic 735 Sheridan 635

106 poundsFirst place Brendan Mattingly (C) def CarsonEldred (W) 9-6Third place Reece Luhmann (HSE) def AidenRay (HH) by tech fall 20-4Fifth place Jonathon Koscal (GC) def PJPritchett (F) 4-1

113 poundsFirst place Nick Brady (N) def Reid Hutson (W)7-2Third place Kyle Holman (C) def Jacob Simone(HSE) 6-2Fifth place Caleb Jones (HH) def SamuelMirande (GC) by fall 029

120 poundsFirst place Dom Pecoraro (C) def Blake Forbes(HSE) 5-1Third place Dalton Huffman (N) def Milo Merkel(W) 3-2Fifth place Mace Bond (S) def Zachary Sutton(GC) by fall 433

126 poundsFirst place Adam Jerde (C) def AlexanderStrueder (F) 8-3

Carmel wins team title five schools get multiple champs

Reporter photos by Richie Hall

Carmel won the Hamilton County wrestling meet which took place Saturday at Guerin Catholic The Greyhounds held offWestfield by 18 points and claimed five individual champions

Noblesvillersquos Conner May (left) and Hamilton Heightsrsquo Alex Naylor facedoff in the third-place match at 195 pounds with May winning

Sports8

Big free throw shooting helped theNoblesville girls basketball team to comefrom behind and beat Westfield 37-34 in aSaturday afternoon Hoosier CrossroadsConference game at The Mill

The Shamrocks led 22-17 at halftime and29-23 after three quarters But the Millersoutscored Westfield 14-5 in the fourthperiod with Brooke Herron and Emily Kiserstepping up at the line Herron hit four foulshots to get Noblesville within one thenKisers two free throws gave the Millers a35-34 lead Herron made two more foulshots to move Noblesville ahead 37-34 andthe Millers were able to hold on

Kiser got another double-double with15 rebounds to go with her 12 points Herronscored eight points including a 6-of-6 effortfrom the line OIivia Morales grabbed sixrebounds

Jade Shipley and Sophia Kreag bothscored 10 points for Westfield both hit apair of 3-pointers as did Emily KatterKatter also had eight rebounds with Kreagpulling down six and Shipley getting five

Noblesville is now 3-2 in the conferencewith the Shamrocks 2-2 Overall the Millersare 7-6 with Westfield now 5-7

Next up for Noblesville is a trip to Class3A powerhouse Northwestern on ThursdayThe Shamrocks also are back in action thatday to begin play at the Greenfield-CentralTournament

Noblesville 37Westfield 34

Westfield FG FT TP PFMorgan Clary 0-6 0-0 0 4Emily Katter 2-5 0-0 6 3Jade Shipley 4-4 0-2 10 2Sophia Kreag 4-13 0-0 10 5Annabelle OHair 1-4 2-3 4 2Ryann Bunting 1-8 2-2 4 1Hillary Muntel 0-2 0-0 0 1Allison Dotson 0-0 0-0 0 0

Megan Rops 0-1 0-0 0 0Totals 12-43 4-7 34 18Westfield 3-point shooting (6-17) Kreag 2-7Katter 2-4 Shipley 2-2 Bunting 0-3 Rops 0-1Westfield rebounds (27) Katter 8 Kreag 6Shipley 5 Clary 4 Muntel 2 OHair 1 Bunting 1Noblesville FG FT TP PFMallory Johnson 2-8 2-3 6 1Olivia Morales 1-4 2-2 4 0

Maddie Knight 2-9 1-2 5 2Madison Whetro 0-0 0-0 0 0Abby Haley 0-1 0-0 0 0Brooke Herron 1-8 6-6 8 4Emily Kiser 3-8 6-7 12 0Kailyn Mertens 0-0 0-0 0 0Sam Salmon 1-3 0-0 2 2Totals 10-41 17-20 37 9

Noblesville 3-point shooting (0-12) Herron 0-4Johnson 0-2 Knight 0-2 Salmon 0-2 Haley 0-1Kiser 0-1Noblesville rebounds (36) Kiser 15 Morales 6Knight 4 Herron 4 Whetro 1 Mertens 1 Salmon1 team 4Score by QuartersWestfield 7 15 7 5 - 34Noblesville 7 10 6 14 - 37

In a Saturday all-county game HamiltonHeights beat GuerinCatholic 56-14 at theHusky Dome

Heights led 14-7after the first quarterand 34-11 at halftimeKayla Kirtley scored15 points for theHuskies includingthree 3-pointers AnaCollar and LaurynWiley each pullednine rebounds withSydney Griffeygetting five Collar

also made five stealsGuerin stats were not availableHeights is now 6-4 and is off until Dec

29 when it begins play at the East CentralTournament The Golden Eagles are 3-10and host Shelbyville on Wednesday

Heights 56 GuerinCatholic 14

Heights FG FT TP PFAna Collar 2-2 0-2 4 0Bayleigh Runner 1-1 4-6 7 2Kayla Kirtley 4-9 4-7 15 3Ashton Runner 3-8 1-1 8 1Lauryn Wiley 3-5 0-0 6 4Sydney Griffey 2-5 0-1 5 1Abby Christiansen 0-1 1-2 1 0Lexi Branham 3-5 0-0 7 1Peyton Bissett 1-1 0-0 2 0Totals 19-37 10-19 56 12Score by QuartersGuerin 7 4 3 0 - 14Heights 14 20 12 10 - 56Heights 3-point shooting (7-11) Kirtley 3-5 ARunner 1-2 Branham 1-2 B Runner 1-1 Griffey1-1Heights rebounds (34) Collar 9 Wiley 9 Griffey5 B Runner 3 A Runner 3 Kirtley 2 Branham2 Bissett 1

Sydney GriffeyHeights

Third place Jacob Garcia (HSE) def CordellCowan (HH) 5-1Fifth place Ben Holtz (N) def AnthonyDeInnocentes (GC) 11-2

132 poundsFirst place Gary Kitko (N) def Jaren Tunstill(F) by fall 428Third place Garrett Sharp (C) def SimonHolowach (HSE) 3-2Fifth place Luke Brogan (W) def Alex Kraus(HH) 16-4

138 poundsFirst place Riley White (HH) def NoahRobinson (W) 9-4Third place Ryan Bell (N) def Jeff Dunasky(GC) 3-1Fifth place Tyler Wagner (HSE) def GeorgeVrachnos (F) by fall 244

145 poundsFirst place Clayton Cowan (HH) def ChadSauder (C) 9-2Third place Justin Delph (S) def BeauWilbrandt (F) 5-3Fifth place Kyle Saez (W) def Ronan Hiner(HSE) injury default

152 poundsFirst place Spencer Bischoff (F) def DreikenDunn (HH) 6-2Third place Kyle Wagner (HSE) def KorbinLane (GC) 17-7Fifth place Ryan Mahoney (W) def MichaelStorey (N) 2-0 OT

160 poundsFirst place Jack Eiteljorge (C) def JT Lazzara(GC) 15-6Third place Justin Miller (W) def David Kitko(N) 6-2

Fifth place Teegan Heiniger (F) def Williams(HH) 4-0

170 poundsFirst place Joe Mazero (HSE) def SpencerMendez (F) by tech fall 20-5Third place Logan Hart (C) def Collin Ells (S)by fall 230Fifth place Sam Medlen (W) def Luke Stohler(HH) 13-0

182 poundsFirst place Bryce Sharp (C) def Ashton Mills(N) by fall 254Third place Brody Martin (W) def KeeganLawhead (HSE) by fall 137Fifth place Ryan Williams (F) def SamuelAshton (GC) by fall 212

195 poundsFirst place Liam Jagow (W) def Eric Boleman(C) by fall 447Third place Conner May (N) def Alex Naylor(HH) 9-2Fifth place Ethan Reynolds (S) def MaxBurris (HSE) by injury default

220 poundsFirst place Joe Myren (HSE) def LeviGleason (W) by fall 358Third place Ryan Leslie (N) def JamesWackenhuth (HH) by fall 126Fifth place Jayden Williams (C) def CameronPowell (S) by fall 345

285 poundsFirst place Austin Dollens (W) def JackWilliams (C) 3-1Third place Crae Kunkelman (HSE) def BradKillion (N) by fall 139Fifth place Ian Pence (S) def BrendanPerrigo (F) by fall 248

WRESTLING From Page 7

Hamilton County ReporterHamilton Countyrsquos

Hometown Newspaper

Heights beats Guerinin all-county game

Free throws give Millers comeback victory

Reporter photo by Kent Graham

Noblesvillersquos Emily Kiser (left) and Sam Salmon (43) battle for the ball with Westfieldrsquos Hillary Muntel (42) during theMillers-Shamrocks girls basketball game that took place Saturday afternoon at The Mill Noblesville came from behind to win37-34

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Sports 9

Fishers won both the girls and boys team championshipsat the Hamilton Southeastern Splash-n-Clash on Saturday

The Tigers girls won with 6765 points with the hostRoyals runners-up at 5435 Individual winners for Fisherswere Madison Folta in diving Lauren Edelman in thebutterfly and breaststroke and Lauryn Parrish in thebackstroke The Tigers also won all three relays

Emily Barnes picked up a win for HSE in the 50 freestyleFishers boys team scored 5315 points for the team

victory Nolan Yorkman won the individual medley ColeVandevender was the diving champion and the Tigers 200free relay also placed first

Southeasterns boys were fifth with 3555 pointsHayden Wenger had the highest Royals finish taking thirdin diving

GIRLS MEETTeam scores Fishers 6765 Hamilton Southeastern5435 Munster 313 Homestead 286 Greenfield-Central 217 Jeffersonville 208 Fort Wayne Snider 65Lapel 13200 medley relay 1 Fishers A (Lauryn Parrish AllySperring Lauren Edelman Kyla Srncik) 15019 2Southeastern A (Abby Harter Victoria Vicory HannahPugh Sydney Knurek) 15087 3 Fishers C (CorinneYorkman Miya Wai Nicole Rueff Hannah Pratt)15487 4 Fishers B (Savannah Kennedy EmmaGillespie Lizzy Pfeifer Ellen Fero) 15546 7Southeastern B (Megan Lugar Ellie Pedersen AbbyTaylor Meghan Cleckner) 15673200 freestyle 4 Hannah Taylor (HSE) 15701 5 AbbyJahns (F) 15735 6 Morgan Booth (F) 15886200 individual medley 2 Gillespie (F) 21157 3Kennedy (F) 21186 4 Sperring (F) 21224 5 Pugh(HSE) 21553 6 Yorkman (F) 2165650 freestyle 1 Emily Barnes (HSE) 2412 2 Parrish(F) 2429 4 Knurek (HSE) 2507 5 Amilia Nusbaum(F) 2527 7 Fero (F) 2564 8 Srnick (F) 2566

One-meter diving 1 Madison Folta 44607 3 SarahBallard (HSE) 41625 5 Halli Siwik (HSE) 37071 7Ashley Sinicropi (HSE) 35169 8 Hannah Van Tassel34950100 butterfly 1 Edelman (F) 5771 2 Pugh (HSE)5809 3 Pfeifer (F) 5954 4 Jahns (F) 10163 6Rueff (F) 10171 8 Audrey Rose Lo (HSE) 10322100 freestyle 3 Barnes (HSE) 5435 5 Nusbaum (F)5513 6 Wai (F) 5522 7 Knurek (HSE) 5598 8Srncik (F) 5650500 freestyle 2 Booth (F) 50839 4 Sam Hietpas (F)51529 6 Carissa Schneider (F) 51733 8 H Taylor(HSE) 52423200 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Fero NusbaumSrncik Parrish) 13948 2 Southeastern A (BarnesKnurek Bri Saple Cleckner) 13954 4 Fishers B(Schneider Wai Booth Yorkman) 14303 5Southeastern B (Abby Taylor H Taylor Kayleigh WittKatie Mueller) 14329 7 Fishers C (Pratt SperringPfeifer Jahns) 14524 8 Southeastern C (SophiaKegley Lauren Passios Caroline Cross Kaitlyn Ross)14706100 backstroke 1 Parrish (F) 5692 2 Harter (HSE)5995 3 Yorkman (F) 10068 4 Kennedy (F) 102155 Lugar (HSE) 10331 6 Kara Robeson (F) 10348100 breaststroke 1 Edelman (F) 10881 2 Sperring(F) 10901 T3 Gillespie (F) 11072 Vicory (HSE)11072400 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Booth WaiNusbaum Edelman) 33989 2 Southeastern A(Barnes Taylor Harter Saple) 34319 4 Fishers B(Schneider Jahns Pfeifer Gillespie) 34726 8Southeastern B (Witt Ballard Ross Pugh) 34961BOYS MEETTeam scores Fishers 5315 Homestead 4395Munster 387 Greenfield-Central 3755 HamiltonSoutheastern 3555 Fort Wayne Snider 141Jeffersonville 89

200 medley relay 3 Fishers A (Kyle Haflich NoahBaldwin Joel Crull) 13945 5 Southeastern A (BlakeRatliff Andrew Truxall Connor Harrison DJ Rogers)14173200 freestyle 2 Drake Stallworth (F) 14581 3 NickHarris (F) 14747 7 Sam Kuhn (F) 15068 8 ZackTeffeteller (HSE) 15076200 individual medley 1 Nolan Yorkman (F) 157632 Haflich (F) 15836 4 Ratliff (HSE) 20272 8Christopher Goolsby (F) 2049950 freestyle 3 Joe Moser 2232 T4 Nathan Brown(HSE) 2299 6 DJ Rogers (HSE) 2302 7 Isaiah Wolf(F) 2308One-meter diving 1 Cole VanDevender (F) 49866 3Hayden Wenger (HSE) 34221 5 Nathan Barr (HSE)31752 6 Garrett Garwood (HSE) 31110100 butterfly 2 Stallworth (F) 5249 4 Moser (F)5434 6 Teffeteller (HSE) 5468100 freestyle 6 Wolf (F) 5007 7 Rogers (HSE)5077500 freestyle 2 Harris (F) 44402 T3 PeytonDewaelsche (F) 45621 Aaron Frollo (F) 45621200 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Trevor AdcockYorkman Wolf Moser) 13032 4 Southeastern A(Rogers Teffeteller Marcus Eden Brown) 13118 7Fishers B (Tyler Richmond Baldwin Harris Crull)13494 8 Southeastern B (Nick Barr Hadi ElgaaliEvan Sellers Ryan Cockman) 13755100 backstroke 3 Haflich (F) 5389 5 Yorkman (F)5562 8 Ratliff (HSE) 5606100 breaststroke 4 Baldwin (F) 10351 5 Barr (HSE)10488 7 Cory Jacocks (F) 10557 8 Truxall (HSE)10600400 freestyle relay 3 Fishers A (YorkmanStallworth Haflich Moser) 31514 5 Southeastern A(Brown Teffeteller Harrison Ratliff) 32463 6 FishersB (Dewaelsche Trevor Adcock Goolsby Wolf)32484) 8 Fishers C (Richmond Frollo KuhnBaldwin) 33004

Fishers sweeps at HSE Splash-n-Clash

The Noblesville West Middle School eighth-grade boys basketball teams split apair of Thursday games with Hamilton Southeastern

The West Millers A team won 46-44 Tolliver scored 10 points to leadNoblesville West followed by Conard 9 Easters 9 Bowen 7 Durham 5 Kriese 4 andMoller 2 Conard and Easters both pulled five rebounds followed by Tolliver 4 Kriese3 Durham 1 Bowen 1 and Moller 1

The NWMS B team fell in overtime to Southeastern 36-34 Howard scored 12points followed by Hardy 7 McCormick 4 Kozakiewicz 4 Watness 2 Unger 2Hampton 2 and Dripps 1 Howard also pulled eight rebounds followed by Hardy 6Dripps 3 Watness 2 McCormick 1 Unger 1 and Hampton 1 Hardy had four steals

The Noblesville East seventh-grade boys basketball team fell to Creekside 44-36on Thursday

Middle school results

By WHEAT HOTCHKISSCourtesy nbacompacersAfter disappointing back-to-back losses

in Miami and New Orleans earlier this weekthe Indiana Pacers bounced back onSaturday night to close out their three-gameroad trip on a winning note The Pacers(14-14) cruised to a 105-90 win over theDetroit Pistons (14-15) in the first meetingof the season between the two CentralDivision rivals

The Pistons led for most of the firstquarter extending the margin to as many asseven points But the Pacers ralliedeventually taking the lead after Paul Georgeknocked down a 3-pointer just before thefirst quarter buzzer sounded

The momentum from Georges threecarried over into the second quarter asIndiana opened the period with a 10-2 runAl Jefferson provided a big boost off thebench over that stretch scoring six points tohelp the visitors seize control of the game

The Blue amp Gold remained in front forthe rest of the half and scored the final sixpoints of the quarter to take the first double-digit lead for either team

The Pistons would never get back withinsingle digits the rest of the way

Indiana opened the third quarter with a9-1 run to stretch the margin to 19 pointsDetroit managed to cut the margin back to11 but the Pacers kept them at arms lengththanks in large part to George who scored12 points in the third quarter on 5-of-9shooting

Detroit never seriously threatened in thefourth quarter as the Blue amp Gold cruised toa comfortable win snapping a two-gameskid Now over a third of the way throughthe season the Pacers have yet to win or losemore than two games in a row

We played well defensively thats gotto be us George said Offensively wellmake shots We might have a slow nightoffensively but defensively thats got to beus Weve got to be a consistent and well-coached defensive team

Six Pacers players and all five startersscored in double figures in the victoryGeorge led all scorers with 26 points on11-of-26 shooting while also collectingseven rebounds and two steals Jeff Teaguestuffed the stat sheet with 19 points ninerebounds and seven assists

Glenn Robinson III recorded his seconddouble-double of the year finishing with 12points and a career-high 12 reboundsThaddeus Young added 12 points whileMyles Turner and sixth man CJ Miles eachchipped in 10

Jefferson also had a strong game off thebench finishing with eight points and nineboards

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroitwith 20 points and Reggie Jackson added 19points and 10 assists All-Star center AndreDrummond the NBAs second-leadingrebounder had nine points and 15 boards

The Pacers return to the friendlyconfines of Bankers Life Fieldhouse onMonday night when they will host JohnWall and the Washington Wizards at 700PM ET

Pacers reboundwith win at Detroit

Basketball games postponedFive basketball games were postponed due to weather conditions on

Saturday They wereSheridan girls vs Tri-Central - will be played Wednesday Dec 21Westfield boys at TiptonSheridan boys at TaylorHamilton Heights boys at Noblesville - will be played Saturday Feb

18Guerin Catholic boys at Lafayette Jeff

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GBToronto 18 8 692 -Boston 14 12 538 40New York 14 13 519 45Brooklyn 7 18 280 105Philadelphia 6 20 231 120Southeast W L PCT GBCharlotte 15 13 536 -Atlanta 13 14 481 15Washington 11 14 440 25Orlando 12 16 429 30Miami 9 18 333 55Central W L PCT GBCleveland 19 6 760 -Milwaukee 13 12 520 60Indiana 14 14 500 65Chicago 13 13 500 65Detroit 14 15 483 70

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GBUtah 17 10 630 -Oklahoma City 16 11 593 10Portland 13 16 448 50Denver 11 16 407 60Minnesota 7 19 269 95Southwest W L PCT GBSan Antonio 21 5 808 -Houston 21 7 750 10Memphis 18 10 643 40New Orleans 9 19 321 130Dallas 6 20 231 150Pacific W L PCT GBGolden State 24 4 857 -LA Clippers 20 7 741 35Sacramento 10 16 385 130LA Lakers 11 19 367 140Phoenix 8 19 296 155

NBA standingsSaturdayrsquos scores

Oklahoma City 114 Phoenix 101Indiana 105 Detroit 90

Charlotte 107 Atlanta 99

Cleveland 119 LA Lakers 108Houston 111 Minnesota 109 OT

Denver 127 New York 114Golden State 135 Portland 90

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Sports 9

Fishers won both the girls and boys team championshipsat the Hamilton Southeastern Splash-n-Clash on Saturday

The Tigers girls won with 6765 points with the hostRoyals runners-up at 5435 Individual winners for Fisherswere Madison Folta in diving Lauren Edelman in thebutterfly and breaststroke and Lauryn Parrish in thebackstroke The Tigers also won all three relays

Emily Barnes picked up a win for HSE in the 50 freestyleFishers boys team scored 5315 points for the team

victory Nolan Yorkman won the individual medley ColeVandevender was the diving champion and the Tigers 200free relay also placed first

Southeasterns boys were fifth with 3555 pointsHayden Wenger had the highest Royals finish taking thirdin diving

GIRLS MEETTeam scores Fishers 6765 Hamilton Southeastern5435 Munster 313 Homestead 286 Greenfield-Central 217 Jeffersonville 208 Fort Wayne Snider 65Lapel 13200 medley relay 1 Fishers A (Lauryn Parrish AllySperring Lauren Edelman Kyla Srncik) 15019 2Southeastern A (Abby Harter Victoria Vicory HannahPugh Sydney Knurek) 15087 3 Fishers C (CorinneYorkman Miya Wai Nicole Rueff Hannah Pratt)15487 4 Fishers B (Savannah Kennedy EmmaGillespie Lizzy Pfeifer Ellen Fero) 15546 7Southeastern B (Megan Lugar Ellie Pedersen AbbyTaylor Meghan Cleckner) 15673200 freestyle 4 Hannah Taylor (HSE) 15701 5 AbbyJahns (F) 15735 6 Morgan Booth (F) 15886200 individual medley 2 Gillespie (F) 21157 3Kennedy (F) 21186 4 Sperring (F) 21224 5 Pugh(HSE) 21553 6 Yorkman (F) 2165650 freestyle 1 Emily Barnes (HSE) 2412 2 Parrish(F) 2429 4 Knurek (HSE) 2507 5 Amilia Nusbaum(F) 2527 7 Fero (F) 2564 8 Srnick (F) 2566

One-meter diving 1 Madison Folta 44607 3 SarahBallard (HSE) 41625 5 Halli Siwik (HSE) 37071 7Ashley Sinicropi (HSE) 35169 8 Hannah Van Tassel34950100 butterfly 1 Edelman (F) 5771 2 Pugh (HSE)5809 3 Pfeifer (F) 5954 4 Jahns (F) 10163 6Rueff (F) 10171 8 Audrey Rose Lo (HSE) 10322100 freestyle 3 Barnes (HSE) 5435 5 Nusbaum (F)5513 6 Wai (F) 5522 7 Knurek (HSE) 5598 8Srncik (F) 5650500 freestyle 2 Booth (F) 50839 4 Sam Hietpas (F)51529 6 Carissa Schneider (F) 51733 8 H Taylor(HSE) 52423200 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Fero NusbaumSrncik Parrish) 13948 2 Southeastern A (BarnesKnurek Bri Saple Cleckner) 13954 4 Fishers B(Schneider Wai Booth Yorkman) 14303 5Southeastern B (Abby Taylor H Taylor Kayleigh WittKatie Mueller) 14329 7 Fishers C (Pratt SperringPfeifer Jahns) 14524 8 Southeastern C (SophiaKegley Lauren Passios Caroline Cross Kaitlyn Ross)14706100 backstroke 1 Parrish (F) 5692 2 Harter (HSE)5995 3 Yorkman (F) 10068 4 Kennedy (F) 102155 Lugar (HSE) 10331 6 Kara Robeson (F) 10348100 breaststroke 1 Edelman (F) 10881 2 Sperring(F) 10901 T3 Gillespie (F) 11072 Vicory (HSE)11072400 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Booth WaiNusbaum Edelman) 33989 2 Southeastern A(Barnes Taylor Harter Saple) 34319 4 Fishers B(Schneider Jahns Pfeifer Gillespie) 34726 8Southeastern B (Witt Ballard Ross Pugh) 34961BOYS MEETTeam scores Fishers 5315 Homestead 4395Munster 387 Greenfield-Central 3755 HamiltonSoutheastern 3555 Fort Wayne Snider 141Jeffersonville 89

200 medley relay 3 Fishers A (Kyle Haflich NoahBaldwin Joel Crull) 13945 5 Southeastern A (BlakeRatliff Andrew Truxall Connor Harrison DJ Rogers)14173200 freestyle 2 Drake Stallworth (F) 14581 3 NickHarris (F) 14747 7 Sam Kuhn (F) 15068 8 ZackTeffeteller (HSE) 15076200 individual medley 1 Nolan Yorkman (F) 157632 Haflich (F) 15836 4 Ratliff (HSE) 20272 8Christopher Goolsby (F) 2049950 freestyle 3 Joe Moser 2232 T4 Nathan Brown(HSE) 2299 6 DJ Rogers (HSE) 2302 7 Isaiah Wolf(F) 2308One-meter diving 1 Cole VanDevender (F) 49866 3Hayden Wenger (HSE) 34221 5 Nathan Barr (HSE)31752 6 Garrett Garwood (HSE) 31110100 butterfly 2 Stallworth (F) 5249 4 Moser (F)5434 6 Teffeteller (HSE) 5468100 freestyle 6 Wolf (F) 5007 7 Rogers (HSE)5077500 freestyle 2 Harris (F) 44402 T3 PeytonDewaelsche (F) 45621 Aaron Frollo (F) 45621200 freestyle relay 1 Fishers A (Trevor AdcockYorkman Wolf Moser) 13032 4 Southeastern A(Rogers Teffeteller Marcus Eden Brown) 13118 7Fishers B (Tyler Richmond Baldwin Harris Crull)13494 8 Southeastern B (Nick Barr Hadi ElgaaliEvan Sellers Ryan Cockman) 13755100 backstroke 3 Haflich (F) 5389 5 Yorkman (F)5562 8 Ratliff (HSE) 5606100 breaststroke 4 Baldwin (F) 10351 5 Barr (HSE)10488 7 Cory Jacocks (F) 10557 8 Truxall (HSE)10600400 freestyle relay 3 Fishers A (YorkmanStallworth Haflich Moser) 31514 5 Southeastern A(Brown Teffeteller Harrison Ratliff) 32463 6 FishersB (Dewaelsche Trevor Adcock Goolsby Wolf)32484) 8 Fishers C (Richmond Frollo KuhnBaldwin) 33004

Fishers sweeps at HSE Splash-n-Clash

The Noblesville West Middle School eighth-grade boys basketball teams split apair of Thursday games with Hamilton Southeastern

The West Millers A team won 46-44 Tolliver scored 10 points to leadNoblesville West followed by Conard 9 Easters 9 Bowen 7 Durham 5 Kriese 4 andMoller 2 Conard and Easters both pulled five rebounds followed by Tolliver 4 Kriese3 Durham 1 Bowen 1 and Moller 1

The NWMS B team fell in overtime to Southeastern 36-34 Howard scored 12points followed by Hardy 7 McCormick 4 Kozakiewicz 4 Watness 2 Unger 2Hampton 2 and Dripps 1 Howard also pulled eight rebounds followed by Hardy 6Dripps 3 Watness 2 McCormick 1 Unger 1 and Hampton 1 Hardy had four steals

The Noblesville East seventh-grade boys basketball team fell to Creekside 44-36on Thursday

Middle school results

By WHEAT HOTCHKISSCourtesy nbacompacersAfter disappointing back-to-back losses

in Miami and New Orleans earlier this weekthe Indiana Pacers bounced back onSaturday night to close out their three-gameroad trip on a winning note The Pacers(14-14) cruised to a 105-90 win over theDetroit Pistons (14-15) in the first meetingof the season between the two CentralDivision rivals

The Pistons led for most of the firstquarter extending the margin to as many asseven points But the Pacers ralliedeventually taking the lead after Paul Georgeknocked down a 3-pointer just before thefirst quarter buzzer sounded

The momentum from Georges threecarried over into the second quarter asIndiana opened the period with a 10-2 runAl Jefferson provided a big boost off thebench over that stretch scoring six points tohelp the visitors seize control of the game

The Blue amp Gold remained in front forthe rest of the half and scored the final sixpoints of the quarter to take the first double-digit lead for either team

The Pistons would never get back withinsingle digits the rest of the way

Indiana opened the third quarter with a9-1 run to stretch the margin to 19 pointsDetroit managed to cut the margin back to11 but the Pacers kept them at arms lengththanks in large part to George who scored12 points in the third quarter on 5-of-9shooting

Detroit never seriously threatened in thefourth quarter as the Blue amp Gold cruised toa comfortable win snapping a two-gameskid Now over a third of the way throughthe season the Pacers have yet to win or losemore than two games in a row

We played well defensively thats gotto be us George said Offensively wellmake shots We might have a slow nightoffensively but defensively thats got to beus Weve got to be a consistent and well-coached defensive team

Six Pacers players and all five startersscored in double figures in the victoryGeorge led all scorers with 26 points on11-of-26 shooting while also collectingseven rebounds and two steals Jeff Teaguestuffed the stat sheet with 19 points ninerebounds and seven assists

Glenn Robinson III recorded his seconddouble-double of the year finishing with 12points and a career-high 12 reboundsThaddeus Young added 12 points whileMyles Turner and sixth man CJ Miles eachchipped in 10

Jefferson also had a strong game off thebench finishing with eight points and nineboards

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroitwith 20 points and Reggie Jackson added 19points and 10 assists All-Star center AndreDrummond the NBAs second-leadingrebounder had nine points and 15 boards

The Pacers return to the friendlyconfines of Bankers Life Fieldhouse onMonday night when they will host JohnWall and the Washington Wizards at 700PM ET

Pacers reboundwith win at Detroit

Basketball games postponedFive basketball games were postponed due to weather conditions on

Saturday They wereSheridan girls vs Tri-Central - will be played Wednesday Dec 21Westfield boys at TiptonSheridan boys at TaylorHamilton Heights boys at Noblesville - will be played Saturday Feb

18Guerin Catholic boys at Lafayette Jeff

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GBToronto 18 8 692 -Boston 14 12 538 40New York 14 13 519 45Brooklyn 7 18 280 105Philadelphia 6 20 231 120Southeast W L PCT GBCharlotte 15 13 536 -Atlanta 13 14 481 15Washington 11 14 440 25Orlando 12 16 429 30Miami 9 18 333 55Central W L PCT GBCleveland 19 6 760 -Milwaukee 13 12 520 60Indiana 14 14 500 65Chicago 13 13 500 65Detroit 14 15 483 70

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GBUtah 17 10 630 -Oklahoma City 16 11 593 10Portland 13 16 448 50Denver 11 16 407 60Minnesota 7 19 269 95Southwest W L PCT GBSan Antonio 21 5 808 -Houston 21 7 750 10Memphis 18 10 643 40New Orleans 9 19 321 130Dallas 6 20 231 150Pacific W L PCT GBGolden State 24 4 857 -LA Clippers 20 7 741 35Sacramento 10 16 385 130LA Lakers 11 19 367 140Phoenix 8 19 296 155

NBA standingsSaturdayrsquos scores

Oklahoma City 114 Phoenix 101Indiana 105 Detroit 90

Charlotte 107 Atlanta 99

Cleveland 119 LA Lakers 108Houston 111 Minnesota 109 OT

Denver 127 New York 114Golden State 135 Portland 90

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Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GBToronto 18 8 692 -Boston 14 12 538 40New York 14 13 519 45Brooklyn 7 18 280 105Philadelphia 6 20 231 120Southeast W L PCT GBCharlotte 15 13 536 -Atlanta 13 14 481 15Washington 11 14 440 25Orlando 12 16 429 30Miami 9 18 333 55Central W L PCT GBCleveland 19 6 760 -Milwaukee 13 12 520 60Indiana 14 14 500 65Chicago 13 13 500 65Detroit 14 15 483 70

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GBUtah 17 10 630 -Oklahoma City 16 11 593 10Portland 13 16 448 50Denver 11 16 407 60Minnesota 7 19 269 95Southwest W L PCT GBSan Antonio 21 5 808 -Houston 21 7 750 10Memphis 18 10 643 40New Orleans 9 19 321 130Dallas 6 20 231 150Pacific W L PCT GBGolden State 24 4 857 -LA Clippers 20 7 741 35Sacramento 10 16 385 130LA Lakers 11 19 367 140Phoenix 8 19 296 155

NBA standingsSaturdayrsquos scores

Oklahoma City 114 Phoenix 101Indiana 105 Detroit 90

Charlotte 107 Atlanta 99

Cleveland 119 LA Lakers 108Houston 111 Minnesota 109 OT

Denver 127 New York 114Golden State 135 Portland 90

Puzzles

Solutions are located on Page 6

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD CLUESTHEME PRIMETIME TV

ACROSS1 Fate of many Game ofThrones characters6 Death ____ for Cutie9 Back talk13 Americas funniest14 Spermatozoa counterparts15 Salks conquest16 116 ounce pl17 For every18 Donors bequest19 Cookies drama21 The ____ ____ Theory23 High drink24 Back in the ____ The Beatles25 Not square28 ____ Grimes of The WalkingDead30 Web connectors35 Bagnold or Blyton37 Urban myth

39 ____ Mara Kenya40 Stalactite site41 Celebrity dancers43 River of Hades44 Door openers46 Sad sound47 Owls cry48 English or Irish canine50 Type of word52 Be nosy53 Bridge site55 Do this with hot drink57 Gordon Ramsays turf61 Investors on Shark Tank64 Gem State65 East Coast time67 Lumps of fuel69 Andrea Bocelli eg70 Day before71 Small island72 Door fastener73 Cuba Libre ingredient74 Down and out

DOWN1 Blu-ray precursor2 De Valeras Ireland3 The Goldbergs narrator4 Do like sirens5 Legwear monger6 Deal with it7 Park or Fifth eg8 Wire prickles9 Acid gritty-textured fruit10 One algae representative11 aka Xian12 Frequently belted out in TheVoice15 Organized persecution of ethnicgroup20 Train tracks22 Any doctrine24 Russias neighbor25 Family in The Middle26 Foolish27 Basketball foot maneuver

29 Army beds31 100-meter race32 Impede33 Bill de Blasio eg34 Leslie Stahls minutes36 Collection agencys target38 Cogito ____ sum42 Be quiet45 Sentildeor in Portugal49 Fish eggs51 One of B-vitamins54 Unkind look56 Nonpoetic writing57 ____ and kin58 Creative spark59 Sunbathing results60 Karate blow61 Kind of cell62 Leafy supergreen63 Downhill racer66 Law amp Order acronym68 Pigs digs

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