TODAy’s WeaTHER SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2019 Today: Mostly to partly cloudy. Tonight: Partly cloudy. SHERIDAN | NOBLESVILLE | CICERO | ARCADIA IKE ATLANTA | WESTFIELD | CARMEL | FISHERS NEWS GATHERING L & PARTNER FOLLOW US! HIGH: 85 LOW: 66 As I struggle to rest … My calendar COLUMNIST So for a few had me meeting days I hit the myself coming pause button. and going. I kept Life slows down tripping over my and I allow my- feet as they tried self to rest. to go in several I admit I directions, all at struggle to do so. once. Chuck keeps tell- My "to do" JANET HART LEONARD ing me to GOI: list looked like From the Heart Get over it. Get it was for a crew over the guilt of of energetic 20-year-olds, doing nothing. He reminds not a 60+ year old grand- me I don't have to be doing mother. something, all the time, for My shadow was being everyone. dragged home nightly. It It is difficult for a care- Reporter photo Stu Clampitt was not happy with me. giving, people pleasing, While the threat of rain kept the number of car show entrants lower than last year, more car enthusiasts Ten- and 12-hour days agenda driven person like came to see the show than ever before. The Lions also raised over $3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. at work led to too many me to be okay with resting. nights of missing Jeopar- It always has been. dy. The answer was getting I have the "need to be th away and allowing my mind busy" syndrome. It can be Westfield Lions 11 car and body and soul to rest. I hazardous to my health – struggled with that answer. physically, mentally and Major guilt. It is as if emotionally. resting is one of the “thou Even my worries get in show raises $3,000 on July 4 shalt nots” ... in my mind. the way of my resting. My Why is it so hard to al- prayer list is longer than my The REPORTER some of the most amazing liked a few more cars, I – we had a 1932 Auburn low myself to sit and read grocery list. So many "as The Westfield Lions cars, trucks and motor- can’t tell you how happy 8-100, these are extreme- a 400-page novel, drink my's". Club Car Show at Westfield cycles in central Indiana I am with the quality of ly rare cars. Honestly, we sweet tea and just chill? As my son, Brandon, Rocks the 4th, presented by competed for 12 classes of our entries. We had a ’67 had a world class show this Add in a nap or two a day struggles to recover from Indy Bra, was an absolute awards. Porsche 911S Lightweight and I am consumed with his car accident. As my success. Over 68 entries of “While I would have – the only one in the US See Cars . Page 3 guilt. granddaughter, Alecksa, is And so here I am, get- in Italy for three weeks. As ting away for a few days. my mother has to rely on The weather is hot ... Tam- others while I am away. As Two arrested for burning flag in Fishers pa hot. Two steps outside my absence means that my and the humidity scares me coworkers must help with right back inside to the wel- my customers. literally across the street from Police HQ coming of the AC. Let's just say that I have By LARRY LANNAN across the street fires were report- I sit for hours on the control issues. I do not like LarryInFishers.com from police head- ed in the Sun- sofa, curled up with a Karen asking for help. I don't like quarters, had been blest Apartment White novel recommended to burden others with my Two Fishers men are accused of partially burned Complex. All by my forever friend, author responsibilities. I juggle to observing the Fourth of July by burn- overnight. The the fires burned Susan Crandall, "dreams of make everyone happy all ing an American flag, and are un- flag was large – themselves out falling." the while I am draining my der arrest as a result, on a number of 15 by 25 feet. and caused minor Chuck keeps pouring happiness vessel. charges. Fishers police damage. the sweet tea. We take a And so I find myself ex- Fishers Police say they have arrest- are also investi- Graham and break late in the evening hausted. My husband rec- ed Christopher Graham and George gating additional Drake now face and head out on our bicy- ognizes my exhaustion. Drake, both 18 years of age and both minor fires that Graham Drake charges of arson, cles to check out the Hunt- So for a few days the from Fishers. The suspects were taken officers say appear to be intentional- criminal mischief and flag desecra- ers Green neighborhoods. good Dr. Leonard has pre- into custody at 2 p.m. on Friday near ly set in the area during the same time tion. They are both being held in the Tampa is good for my scribed lots of reading, rest- 116th Street and Lantern Road. frame. At 12:05 a.m. a smoke detec- Hamilton County Jail. soul. It is my place of gath- ing and letting go of what I Authorities received reports early tor alarmed after a piece of paper was Anyone with information regard- ering my thoughts, quietly. cannot control anyway. Friday morning that the large flag be- set on fire in an elevator at the Edge ing these fires is asked to contact Fish- It is where my body has no I must say my body, ing used as a backdrop at the Fishers Parking Garage. Also, during the ers Police Detective Tracy Jones at agenda. It is where my soul Nickel Plate Amphitheater, literally early morning hours, multiple small 317-595-3417. is allowed to be still. See Rest . Page 2 How our own Hamilton County Atlanta’s Choo Choo compares to others across the US I was asked COLUMNIST have 401 square Several counties, towns and supper is always a hit the other day if miles of territo- institutions were named for there is another ry, which seems Hamilton in the years fol- Hamilton Coun- like a pretty good lowing his death. ty in the country, chunk of real es- Many folks may not and the answer is tate, but there know some interesting definitely yes. In are several twice characteristics of the coun- fact there are 10 as big. ties that all bear the same Hamilton coun- The name name. ties in Ameri- FRED SWIFT Hamilton comes, Hamilton County, New ca. Besides our The County Line of course, from York, for example, is home own, the one best Founding Father to the popular Adirondack known to us is probably Alexander Hamilton, Rev- Mountains which take up in Ohio where Cincinnati olutionary War hero, trusted most of its 1,808 square is located. It's the largest aide to George Washington miles. But, the county's Hamilton County in popu- and the first Secretary of population is only 4,542. lation with nearly 1 million the Treasury who put the The famous Suwanee residents. nation on a path toward a River, subject of Stephen Our county is second sound economy. Foster's folk song, is found with at least 300,000; but, Hamilton's name was in Hamilton County, Flori- the surprise, at least to me, popular in the early 19th da, and Chattanooga with is that Hamilton Coun- century, especially after he its famous Lookout Moun- ty, Indiana is the smallest was killed in a duel with of the 10 in land area. We Vice President Aaron Burr. See County . Page 2 Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville expands transportation services The REPORTER Club for many years – is will provide transportation The Boys & Girls Club no longer able to continue for high school, middle of Noblesville (BGCN) the same level of support school and North Elemen- recently announced that it due to bus routing times tary students attending will be managing transpor- with the newly-adjusted BGCN, while Club mem- tation services from several school day. bers coming from Nobles- Photo provided additional schools for Club BGCN and Noblesville ville’s six other elementary This month’s Second Saturday Supper at The Choo Choo Café, 185 members beginning with Schools leadership have schools will be transported W. Main St., Atlanta, starts at 5:30 p.m. on July 13. While reservations the 2019-2020 school year. been working on the tran- by BGCN. are not required, this barbeque extravaganza could sell out early. Food The change comes as sition since early last year “We’re thankful for this good is always worth the trip to northern Hamilton County. Make an Noblesville Schools – who when the adjusted school the transportation support afternoon of it by stopping into Mr. Muffin’s Trains down the street and has provided free transpor- day was first announced. Noblesville Schools has riding the Nickel Plate Express. tation, drivers and childcare For the 2019-2020 school from their schools to the year, Noblesville Schools See BGCN . Page 2 2 Views & News Home Auto Business Life Your Friends in the Insurance Business 317-758-5828 [email protected] BraggInsurance.com Rest County BGCN from Page 1 from Page 1 from Page 1 mind and soul are feeling tain is located in Hamilton provided our families over tation may be at risk going students. We will continue programs to over 2,400 better.