HAMILTON COUNTY Hamilton County’s Hometown Newspaper www.ReadTheReporter.com REPORTER Facebook.com/HamiltonCountyReporter TodAy’S Weather Sunday, May 23, 2021 Today: Mostly to partly sunny. Humidity increases. Arcadia | Atlanta | Cicero | Sheridan Tonight: Partly cloudy. Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield NEWS GATHERING Like & PARTNER Follow us! HIGH: 88 LOW: 65 Hearing the “last” word . Dear Brandon and COLUMNIST Angie, Last week my col- umn was written to your daughters, Abby and Alecksa, who are graduating, one from high school and one from college. This week, it's your JANET HART LEONARD turn. From the Heart Take a deep breath. Actually, you are going to be taking a lot of them. The next few weeks will be tough. I know because I've been where you are now on this "raising kids" journey. Whenever you hear the word "last" it will trigger a tender place on your heart. Last soccer game. Remember those cold and rainy and hotter than blazes days Photo provided and nights and unfair referees and coaches FFBT cut the ribbon on its newest branch on Thursday at 1100 S. Peru St. in Cicero. (From left) Kim Stoneking of that need coached? That was a run-on sen- Springboard International, Jacqueline Beeler of Without Borders Boutique, FFBT Branch Manager Denny Miller, tence that should jog your memory of run- Commercial and Ag Lender RJ Logan, and Senior Vice President of Public Relations Communications Tade Powell. on games and tourneys. You would think these days and nights would never end ... but they do. Last time to wait up until they get home. When they leave your nest, you will not Cicero welcomes First know if they were out past curfew. They won't have one. This doesn't mean your restless and sleepless nights are over. You will wake up wondering if they are okay. You know that you are not okay. Farmers Bank & Trust See Last . Page 2 By STU CLAMPITT Senior Vice President of organizations.” unless you are small enough ReadTheReporter.com Public Relations Communi- One of those differences is and dynamic enough to be able cations Tade Powell told The access to communication with to meet the needs of the cus- Less than two weeks Just after noon on Thursday, Reporter the reception from the top level of leadership at tomer as those change every First Farmers Bank and Trust the Cicero community has been FFBT, not just at the local level. year.” until summer concerts (FFBT) cut the ribbon on its very favorable. “You are going to have the While FFBT started as a newest branch in Cicero at 1100 “We had a soft opening in opportunity to speak with lead- bank for agricultural services, begin again in Fishers S. Peru St. The Cicero branch is mid-December and we were ership in the organization,” they have attracted a large num- The REPORTER FFBT’s 35th location in Indiana not expecting to have a lot of Powell told The Reporter. “Not ber of small business clients The City of Fishers is just two weeks and eastern Illinois. foot traffic,” Powell said. “Due just a branch manager. Not just because of both that levels of away from its first concert at theNP d AMP. While the Cicero branch to the COVID environment a local loan representative. For communication and because Tuesday Night Community Concerts, has been open since mid-De- and weather you just feel that commercial business in partic- they are willing to plan and presented by IU Health Saxony, will kick cember, due to the pandemic, you are going to be relatively ular, you get connectivity to adapt in ways larger banks may off from 7 to 9 p.m. on June 1, featuring this was the first opportuni- slow, but we have really been the president and CEO. Our not be able to. Living Proof on the AMP stage. ty to have an official opening welcomed to the community lending decisions are made in “We are obviously tied to This season-starter event, sponsored ceremony, complete with food incredibly well. We’ve had con- such a way that we are better the agriculture industry,” Powell by kNot Today, will bring out Indianap- provided by The Boathouse sistent account openings. Peo- equipped to handle commer- said. “About half of our portfolio olis Colts Head Coach Frank Reich and Restaurant and Swan Dive, ple are really recognizing that cial clients because of the high is in some related ag business. wife Linda, NFL Play 360 equipment, and DeLullo's Trattoria and Big community banking is a good degree of communication. more, for a full Colts experience before and Dog's Smokehouse BBQ. deal different than your larger That can’t really be replicated See Bank . Page 2 during the show. Union representing Kroger Fishers and its golf cart ordinance By LARRY LANNAN employees pushes back on LarryInFishers.com With weather warming and COVID vaccinations removal of mask mandate allowing people to get out By HANNA MORDOH supermarket chain in the workers safe. The union more in their local neigh- WISH-TV | wishtv.com county and said stores said since March 1, there’s borhoods, you may be must also follow local been a nearly 35 percent seeing golf carts on your Kroger no longer re- mask mandates issued by a increase in grocery work- streets. The question is of- quires fully vaccinated health department or gov- er deaths and a nearly 30 ten asked, are there rules customers to wear a mask. ernment, such as Marion percent increase in grocery governing golf carts on city Now, the union that rep- County. workers infected or ex- streets? Photo provided resents workers at the com- Now, the United Food posed to COVID-19. The answer to that ques- borhood streets only after the requirements of the or- pany is pushing back on and Commercial Workers The president of the tion is yes, the City of Fish- at least 75 percent of the dinance and may legally al- the change. union (UFCW) is caution- union, Marc Perrone, said ers has a golf cart ordinance subdivision property own- low golf carts on the streets. Fully vaccinated shop- ing against top retailers these essential frontline and failure to comply can ers consent and the vote is They are: pers can now remove their ending mask requirements. workers have been forced lead to a $50 fine for the certified. According to the • Britton Falls masks at Kroger, along The group represents 1.3 to play pandemic police. first offense, $100 for a sec- ordinance, the area must • Thorpe Creek with most vaccinated em- million essential food and “America’s grocery ond infraction and $250 for have "proper signage in the • Intracoastal At Geist ployees, unless they work retail workers, including workers are still facing a third violation and each designated locations" where • Graystone in the store’s pharmacies staff at Kroger. daily COVID risks on the one after that. golf carts are allowed on the Click here to read the and clinics. Unvaccinated UFCW is asking the frontlines so that all our So, what does the Fish- streets. full news release from the people are still required to industry to have a majority families can put food on ers ordinance say? According to the Fish- Fishers Police Department wear a mask at Kroger. of stores still require masks First, you can drive your ers Police Department, only reminding local residents of Kroger is the largest to keep both shoppers and See Union . Page 2 golf cart on your neigh- four neighborhoods meet the ordinance. Songbook Foundation in Carmel receives $10K grant to support upcoming gallery exhibit ‘The Roaring ‘20s: Then and Now’ will include items from vast archives The REPORTER rangements and instruments preservation work is that the The Songbook Foundation tions such as the Great Amer- The National Endowment from the Foundation’s vast past can tell us a lot about the project is among more than ican Songbook Foundation to for the Arts (NEA) has approved Songbook Library & Archives. present, which makes this ex- 1,100 across the nation select- re-engage fully with partners a $10,000 grant to support the The interactive, multimedia ex- hibit the perfect choice to wel- ed during this second round of and audiences,” NEA Acting Great American Songbook hibit will compare and contrast come the public back into our Grants for Arts Projects fiscal Chairman Ann Eilers said. “Al- Foundation’s next installation at the 1920s, when postwar pros- gallery after a long hiatus,” year 2021 funding. though the arts have sustained the Songbook Exhibit Gallery at perity sparked a Golden Age in Songbook Foundation Execu- “As the country and the arts many during the pandemic, the the Palladium in Carmel. American popular music, and tive Director Christopher Lewis sector begin to imagine return- chance to gather with one anoth- Opening this fall, “The the 2020s, a decade so far shad- said. “We’re proud and grateful ing to a post-pandemic world, er and share arts experiences is Roaring ’20s: Then and Now” ed by a pandemic and social di- to have the NEA recognize the the National Endowment for the its own necessity and pleasure.” will incorporate recordings, visiveness. importance of the Foundation’s Arts is proud to announce fund- Learn more at TheSong- sheet music, photos, lyrics, ar- “A guiding principle of our mission. ing that will help arts organiza- book.org. 2 Views & News Last Bank from Page 1 from Page 1 Remember praying, When your daughters is a big part of parenting a if they were late getting turn their tassels, you will grown-up kid.