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HAMILTON COUNTY Hamilton County’s Hometown Newspaper www.ReadTheReporter.com REPORTER Facebook.com/HamiltonCountyReporter TodAy’S Weather Sunday, May 16, 2021 Today: Mostly cloudy, with a few scattered showers, Arcadia | Atlanta | Cicero | Sheridan mainly in the morning. Tonight: Scattered showers later. Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield NEWS GATHERING Like & PARTNER Follow us! HIGH: 71 LOW: 56 Thoughts from Boot brush station unveiled the second row Abigail Marie Bak- COLUMNIST er, Noblesville High as part of first-ever Invasive School Class of 2021. Headed to IU Bloom- ington to study Event Planning. Species Awareness Week Alecksa Gabrielle The REPORTER Baker, IU Kokomo A local group is working to Class of 2021. Dou- ble major, Business JANET HART LEONARD make invasive species manage- From the Heart ment as easy as a walk in the Administration and park. Finance. Minor in Art The Hamilton County In- History. vasives Partnership (HIP) This is a letter to my grandgirls. launched the first of what will Dear Abby and Lexa, be dozens of boot brush stations I just want to share my thoughts with across the county. The stations you as you are both graduating, one from include educational signage high school, one from college. and an easy-to-use boot brush You may not realize this but I have been that is intended for use as you on the second row of your life since the day enter and exit walking paths on you were born. Your parents got to be on local trails. the first row. Invasive species are those I will always be on the second row, that are not native to this area cheering for you and being there for sup- and cause damage to the envi- port. You may not see or hear me, but I am ronment, economy, or human there. health. Many invasive species The next few years will be full of deci- were introduced as ornamental sions, crucial to the trajectory of your life. plantings via the landscape in- Now you must decide what you want to be, dustry and have since spread and now that you are grown up. Who will you taken over roadsides, parks, and marry? Where will you live? natural areas. Invasive species Choose wise people with whom you seeds are often spread by birds, seek counsel but most of all listen to your but they can also be transported gut. Just know that your gut is wiser than on our shoes or our pet’s paws. your heart. The Hamilton County In- Photo provided Some decisions will be scary and will vasives Partnership is working (From left) Hamilton County Tourism President/CEO Brenda Myers, Hamilton County take a leap of faith. Be brave girls! Don't to install boot brush stations at Parks Deputy Director Bruce Oldham, Hamilton County Commissioner Christine ever let anyone tell you that you cannot trailheads throughout the coun- Altman, Soil & Water Conservation District Urban Conservationist Claire Lane, and do something you want to do. What if you ty where trail users can learn County Parks and Recreation Director Chris Stice at the boot brush station at Cool fail? Oh, sweet girls, what if you succeed? about invasive species and wipe Creek Park trailhead near the nature center parking area. Some choices will be wrong, and that is their boots before entering the Recreation Department, shared are a great way for trail users to workdays, an educational webi- okay. Never be discouraged when you must trail and at the end of their walk. that Hamilton County Parks take a small personal action that nar at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May go to Plan B. Plan B may just lead to where This action to limit the spread of has spent “tens of thousands of can have a big impact.” 18 and a variety of educational you are destined to be. There have been lots invasive species can keep qual- hours fighting invasives within The boot brush launch was resources available on HIP so- of beautiful things I found in my Plan B. ity natural areas invasive-free our department.” held in celebration of the first cial media channels. Success isn't all about money in the bank, and limit introduction of new Claire Lane, Urban Con- ever Hamilton County Invasive More information on in- the car you drive or the title you hold. It's invasive species between parks. servationist for the Hamilton Species Awareness Week to be vasive species, boot brush also about character, integrity and kindness. At the launch of the pro- County Soil and Water Conser- held May 15-22. The awareness stations, and awareness week People don't always remember your gram, Chris Stice, Director of vation District and HIP coordi- week will include “Weed Wran- activities can be found at accomplishments as much as they remem- the Hamilton County Parks and nator, added that “these stations gle” volunteer invasive species hcinvasives.org. ber how you made them feel. Always leave people glad that you were a part of their life. Here's something I want you to keep in the back of your mind. Don't settle. Don't allow anyone to make you feel less than Carmel Library partners with Humane the person you are designed to be. If you are in a job, friendship or romantic rela- tionship and the person is constantly belit- Society for Summer Reading Program tling you ... LEAVE. The REPORTER be entered into prize drawings. Participants of all ages are Participants may register for See Thoughts . Page 2 invited to take part in the Car- the Summer Reading Program mel Clay Public Library’s an- online beginning June 1 at nual Summer Reading Program carmel.beanstack.com. from June 1 through July 31. The library will also offer Aesop’s Fable This year’s program theme is a variety of outdoor programs “Tails & Tales” and features throughout the summer, in- and HSE Schools a special partnership with the cluding storytimes, garden- It is quite aston- COLUMNIST Humane Society for Hamilton ing projects for children and ishing that a man, be- County. adults, and nature-inspired ac- lieved to have lived As participants read books tivities for teens. A complete in the sixth century, and participate in activities, they list of events is available on the a Greek named Ae- earn donations for the Humane library’s website at carmel- sop, told oral fables Society. Cans of pet food, dog claylibrary.org. that were passed on treats, and other much-needed The library welcomes for generations, put items will be donated as readers in-person visits at its Mer- into writing centuries earn digital badges throughout ever before,” said CCPL Com- into much-needed items for the chants’ Square Main Library, later and are still read LARRY LANNAN the program. munications Manager Christy Humane Society.” Joyce Winner West Branch, and throughout the world LarryInFishers.com “The Humane Society’s Walker. “Through this special Children who complete the Digital Media Lab. The expan- to this day. That was recent move to their new loca- summer partnership, our read- Summer Reading Program will sion and renovation of the Main an amazing feat for a man tradition tells us tion means that they are able ing program participants will also earn a free book, while Library building at 55 4th Ave. was a slave. to serve more animals than have their reading transformed teen and adult participants will SE will continue until late 2022. One of Aesop’s most famous fables was the Goose That Laid The Golden Egg. As the fable goes, a man and his wife had a goose (some versions of the story describe it as a hen) that laid a golden egg each day. The Bill expanding Hoosier Hospitality Small man and his wife were convinced the goose had a large amount of gold inside to produce those eggs. They killed the goose only to find Business Restart Program signed into law no gold within the body. The couple’s get- The REPORTER local employers ble small businesses but are encouraged to apply rich-quick scheme of antiquity not only did Legislation supporting much-need relief, a grant to cover a and submit expenses for re- not work, it robbed them of the golden eggs jobs, employers and econom- as they continue to portion of business imbursement as soon as pos- they had been receiving every day. ic recovery by investing $60 recover from the and payroll-related sible, as grants will be issued Why do I bring up an Aesop fable at this million to expand the Hoosier COVID-19 pan- expenses. in the order they are received time? Because it has something important Hospitality Small Business demic." Eligible recipi- until funding is exhausted. to say to those of us living in Fishers and the Restart Grant Program is now Schaibley said ents include those Schaibley said this grant Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Dis- law, according to State Rep. many business- whose revenue is program is an extension of trict. We have an institution that is good as Donna Schaibley (R-Carmel). es across the state $10 million a year the already existing Small gold and killing it would be a big mistake. "Whether you are in have been negative- or less and with Business Restart Program and I have been reporting news in Fishers Whitestown, Carmel, West- ly impacted by the Schaibley fewer than 100 em- would continue to be adminis- for more than nine years and have lived field or Zionsville, small pandemic, especially those ployees as of Dec. 31, 2019, tered by the Indiana Econom- here for 30 years.