Noblesville Police Department Adds Four, Promotes Three
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TODAY’S WEATHER Saturday, July 22, 2017 Today: Partly sunny. Isolated shower or storm possible. Tonight: Better chance of showers Sheridan, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia, and storms. NEWS GATHERING LIKE & Atlanta, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield PARTNER FOllOW US! HIGH: 92 LOW: 75 Noblesville Police Department Caucus to adds four, promotes three fill Kenley’s The REPORTER spot should On July 18, the Noblesville Police De- partment (NPD) held a ceremony to official- ly swear in four of their newest police offi- cers. The ceremony took place in the council be public chambers located at City Hall. In attendance It is begin- Columnist for the event were family members, friends, ning to look members of the community, government of- like a crowded ficials and officers of the police department. field of can- Chief Kevin Jowitt officiated the ceremony. didates later The newly sworn officers are Stephen this summer Forner, Matthew Lohrey, Brent Cunningham when precinct and Eric Ditzler. They were officially hired committeemen on Feb. 13, 2017. choose a new Stephen Forner state senator to Stephen was born in Aurora, Ill., in 1987. fill out retiring State Sen. Luke He graduated from Hamilton Southeastern FRED SWIFT High School in 2006. He attended and grad- Kenley's term. The County Line uated from Purdue University with a Bach- But, if tradition elor of Science degree in Financial Planning is maintained Photo provided the public and the press won't be witness to (FROM LEFT) Chief Kevin Jowitt, Stephen Forner, Matthew Lohrey, Brent it. Kenley announced earlier this month he See Police . Page 3 Cunningham, Eric Ditzler. will resign Sept. 30 from the Senate where he has been an influential member for 25 years. Up to a half-dozen local Republi- cans have either announced they want the District 20 seat or are considering running 4-H event stars Llama Trekkers for it. The new state senator will be selected by a caucus of the precinct committeemen and women of the district. And, due to the lack of state law guaranteeing a public and open caucus, the selection process will likely be closed to the public. It is even possible that a person could See County Line . Page 2 Westfield appoints new CFO and principal The REPORTER Brian Tomamichel has been named Chief Financial Officer for Westfield Wash- ington Schools. Tomamichel most recently served as CFO of the Mt. Vernon Commu- nity School Corporation, and had previous roles with Beech Grove City Schools. The CFO role was created with the upcoming re- tirement of Nick Verhoff, WWS’s long-time director of business and operations. Tomamichel recently received the 2017 Pinnacle of Achievement Award from the The Reporter photo by Richie Hall Association of School Business Officials In- Kids of all ages, and adults too, make the Llama Barn one of the most popular places to go during the Hamilton ternational. He begins his new role Aug. 14. County 4-H Fair. On Friday afternoon, the Llama Barn hosted several activities, including a Walk-A-Llama event Mary Beth Riley, a Westfield resident, has been named principal of Maple Glen where the public was invited to guide a llama through a simple obstacle course. Isabella Whitaker, (FROM LEFT) Elementary. Riley most recently served as 10, a first-year Llama Trekker, helped 2-year-old Matthew Gettelfinger and his father, Alex Gettelfinger guide her assistant principal of Noble Crossing Ele- llama, Misty Molly, around the obstacle course. Whitaker will be a fourth-grader at Hinkle Creek Elementary, while the mentary in Noblesville. Riley, who begins Gettelfingers are from Fishers. See more photos on Page 4 and online at ReadTheReporter.com. her new assignment immediately, replaces Dr. Joe Montalone, who has been named Di- rector of Operations for the school district. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the addition of Brian and Mary Beth to the team, Cicero invites you to Dine on the Causeway and are thrilled at the quality of applicants The REPORTER gourmet food, open bars with top shelf and are available on Eventbrite.com. If you for both roles,” said Westfield Washington Experience an elegant lakeside evening cocktails including the Cicero Sunset, live wish to reserve a table for eight, please con- School Superintendent Dr. Sherry Grate. with your friends on beautiful Morse Lake music and an unforgettable setting. The tact Sue by emailing [email protected]. “We have our key pieces in places as we at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9 at this year's event is sponsored by Our Town Cicero – a We would like to thank our sponsors for ready for another successful school year.” Dine on the Causeway. Main Street organization – and is the Sig- this year's event. See you on the causeway! The first day of classes for Westfield Dine features tables stretched along the nature fundraiser for OTC. Washington Schools students is Wednesday, causeway crossing the lake and features Tickets are available through Aug. 10 See Causeway . Page 4 Aug. 9. 2 News COUNTY LINE from Page 1 file for the vacant seat, win in the caucus Saying Goodbye to Clem and be be sworn into office before the pub- lic knows who that person is. There is no By STEVE MARTIN public call for interested persons to file, no Sheridan Rotary Club requirement that names of candidates be public, and no requirement that the caucus When you were 15 years old, would vote be public. your parents have let you move to France State law allows political parties to for a year to live with a bunch of strang- hold private meetings to discuss political ers and go to school there? If you are like strategy, elect officers, and apparently by most of us, probably not. But the reverse is omission, hold closed sessions to fill va- what happened to us here in Sheridan this cancies in public office. It is a glaring ex- past year. Let me fill you in on the details. ample of the lack of transparency that most For the past 45 years, Sheridan Rotary politicians claim to oppose. has been involved with the Rotary Youth In the current case, five candidates Exchange program. Every other year the have come forward to announce their in- club sponsors a foreign exchange student tentions. Megan Wiles, Victoria Spartz, and we have had young people come to Sue Finkam, Brad Beaver and Joe Morris Sheridan from such faraway places as Tai- have made their plans known. Others may wan, Australia, Norway, Germany, Italy, do so, but are not required to tell anyone Sweden, Brazil, Argentina and several except the party leadership which will no- other countries. This past year we have tify committee members and hold the cau- been pleased to have a young lady from cus at a yet to be determined date. In the France be our exchange student. past, Hamilton County Republican Chair Clemence Lekouma arrived in Sheri- Laura Campbell must be credited with re- dan on a very hot and very humid Tues- vealing the date and location of a caucus, day last August, and wouldn’t you know it names of those running, and the winner, but Tuesday is our regular Rotary meeting none of which she would be required to night. On this particular Tuesday, our club make public. was removing juniper bushes from around Mrs. Campbell has said, however, that the Community Center and we were all doors will be closed because she believes surprised when our Youth Exchange Of- such action could prevent undue influence ficer Connie Pearson showed up with a being exerted on committeemen. beautiful young lady in tow — our new Photo provided This writer believes an office as im- exchange student. Connie had picked her Clem Lekouma (left) shares a hug from Sheridan Rotary Youth Exchange Officer portant as state senator, and any public up at the airport earlier and they had just Connie Pearson. Clem will be returning to her home in France later this week office for that matter, should not be filled about enough time to get to Sheridan, after spending a year here in Sheridan. change into work clothes and show up for in secret. The law that seems to allow it lifting and hauling. scholastically, who at a very young age juniper duty at the park. Needless to say, should be amended to open the doors when It turned out that Clem was only 15 came all the way from France and made this was Clem’s introduction to the club — choosing a public official who will be rep- years old, soon to be 16, though, and a quite an impression of all of us Sheridan a bunch of people sweating profusely, and resenting all the people of his or her juris- very willing participant in community and folks. grunting and groaning from all the heavy diction. It is the right thing to do. school activities. At school she quickly be- We are now saying goodbye to Clem came a major player on the soccer team as she prepares to return to her family in because they play a lot of that in France France. As she departs, I have to ask if we and she is very good at it. Later in the fall, made a lasting impression on her, or did believe it or not, she was her class’s prin- she make the impression on us? I suspect cess candidate for Homecoming which it went both ways. No matter, the Sheridan usually means you are rather popular and Rotarians and our Sheridan community well liked. And then basketball season are very pleased she came to be with us came around and, while she had never and share her life with us.