Join Us For The Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank #RideToGive Kickstands up at 10:30 a.m. at Harley-Davidson Indianapolis in Fishers #RideToGive September 4 at 9:30 a.m. Feeding Those In Need 12400 Reynolds Drive Fishers, IN 46038 www.HCHfoodbank.org (Click Here To Register) HAMILTON COUNTY Hamilton County’s Hometown Newspaper www.ReadTheReporter.com REPORTER Facebook.com/HamiltonCountyReporter TodAy’S Weather Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021 Today: Mostly to partly sunny. An isolated shower or storm is Arcadia | Atlanta | Cicero | Sheridan possible, mainly in the afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Spotty showers and storms. Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield NEWS GATHERING Like & PARTNER Follow us! HIGH: 95 LOW: 72 Noblesville East Middle School moves to virtual learning The REPORTER In consultation with the Hamilton County Health Department, all Nobles- ville East Middle School (NEMS) students Photo provided moved to virtual instruction on Tuesday. The Ringer Farm was awarded for 127 years of continuous operation last Wednesday at the Indiana State Fair. Over 20 percent of the NEMS popu- lation is currently absent due to illness, including 50 confirmed positive CoVId cases reported last week and 12 more Hamilton County farm receives as of Monday. This 20 percent does not include COVID direct contacts. It does include other illness absences in addition to COVID. Hoosier Homestead recognition • Team Wake Forest will return to The REPORTER a century. culture. economy and heritage." school on Thursday, Aug. 26. The Ringer Farm in Ham- The Ring- "I would The Hoosier Homestead • Team DePauw will return to school on ilton County recently received er Farm is like to con- Award Program recognizes Monday, Aug. 30. a Hoosier Homestead Centen- a part of gratulate farms owned and maintained by • All other NEMS teams return to school nial Award for being in oper- our state's the Ring- the same family for 100 years or on Tuesday, Aug. 31. ation since 1894, according to agricul- er Farm, more. Families can qualify for • If the school nurse has given you a State Rep. Tony Cook (R-Ci- tural heri- as well as centennial, sesquicentennial or different specific return date due to your cero) and State Sen. Jim Buck tage, and I all of the bicentennial awards. personal medical situation, follow that (R-Kokomo). wish them other Indi- Each year, two awards cer- guidance. "Indiana's economy relies continued ana farms emonies are held in the spring Noblesville Schools officials say they heavily on Hoosier farmers, success for Cook Buck on this and summer commemorating have moved to this short-term, tempo- and our communities depend on many years to come." great achievement," Buck said. the achievements of farm fam- rary virtual instruction to slow the spread them for quality goods and ser- The Ringer Farm was "Family-owned farms have ilies across the state. For more of illness. Officials say they believe stu- vices," Cook said. "It takes a lot among 73 recognized at the been an integral part of our information on the Hoosier dents learn best in school and they want of dedication to keep a family Indiana State Fair for their state since it was founded and Homestead Award Program, farm in operation for more than commitment to Indiana agri- contribute significantly to our visit in.gov/isda. See Virtual . Page 2 Trailblazing Judge Sue Shields honored by Commissioners Rendering provided Westfield City Council approves funding for new public library Groundbreaking could take place in spring 2022 The REPORTER us room to grow break ground on The Westfield City and continue to the new library Council has approved a meet the commu- next spring with $16.725 million general nity’s burgeon- a grand open- obligation bond to fund ing needs.” ing in the fall of a new public library. The The cur- 2023.” new 45,000 square-foot rent library on The newly library will be built on 3.6 Hoover Street approved bond acres at Westfield Boule- was built in 1983 will cause a vard and Park Street in the and expanded in 2-cent tax in- heart of downtown West- both 1994 and Sollars crease; howev- field. 2014. At 32,230 square er, Westfield Washington Photo provided “This new building will feet, it doesn’t offer enough Schools plans to decrease The Hamilton County Commissioners recently unveiled a new plaque be a centerpiece in the heart room for further expansion. its tax rate over the next in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the Historic Courthouse in honor of of Westfield’s expanding “The approval on the several years, allowing Judge Sue Shields. Shields, retired, was the first judge of Hamilton downtown,” said Library bond allows us to finalize construction on the new li- Superior Court No. 1 as well as the first female judge elected to a court Director Sheryl Sollars. the purchase of the new brary to be net neutral. of general jurisdiction in the State of Indiana. (From left) Commissioner “While the current building property and put the proj- KRM Architects will Steve Dillinger, Commissioner Christine Altman, Judge Sue Shields, has served us well through ect out for bid,” Sollars serve as the project archi- and Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt. the years, it doesn’t allow added. “Our hope is to tect. Three accidental deaths in Hamilton County on Saturday The REPORTER a call that a body had been in Randall’s death. No tox- Township Fire with a call ing into the pool. Noblesville Police There were three unex- discovered in a local pond icology reports have been to Crooked Creek Avenue Noblesville responded to the scene pected deaths in Hamilton near 116th Street and Cum- released at this time and northeast of Cicero. where a vehicle had struck County on Saturday, Aug. berland Road. the investigation is still David Allan Murphy, car accident the concrete barricades at 21. Two were drownings According to Hamilton ongoing. 78, Atlanta, was found at A single-vehicle ac- the end of Presley Drive, and one was the result of a County Chief Deputy Cor- the bottom of a pool by his cident on Saturday at the near the edge of Nobles- single-vehicle accident. ner Thurl Cecil, the body Atlanta drowning wife. Murphy had a history dead end of Presley Drive ville city limits. No one has been identified as Jesse At approximately 9:30 of heart conditions. Cecil in Noblesville left one was in the vehicle when Fishers drowning Randall, 31, Fishers. p.m. on Saturday, the Ham- told The Reporter that Mur- man deceased, though his police arrived. On Saturday night, There was no indica- ilton County Sheriff’s De- phy most likely suffered a body was not located until Fishers police responded to tion of foul play involved partment assisted Jackson medical episode before fall- Monday. See Crash . Page 2 2 News Life Insurance Affordable and Flexible Life Insurance plans to fit YOUR budget! Visit our website at BraggInsurance.com 317-758-5828 Home Auto Business Life Your Friends in the Insurance Business Virtual Crash from Page 1 from Page 1 the community to know (no late start for NEMS). struction time, please con- they did not make this Teachers will provide fur- tinue to report this to the move lightly. The spike of ther instructions. school nurse. illness NEMS is currently NEMS athletics and If you need assistance experiencing is significant, other after school activities with breakfast and lunch rapidly spreading, and, ac- are canceled through Tues- during virtual instruction, cording to officials, is like day, Aug. 31. please register here. If you nothing the school has seen Please carefully mon- need help completing this before. itor your student’s health form, please contact your Teachers are providing and avoid social gatherings school social worker or live instruction and students outside of school when pos- secretary. should log into class via sible. For more information on Canvas and Google Meet If your child develops quarantines, contact tracing links following their nor- symptoms of illness and/ and other COVID protocol, mal scheduled class times, or receives a COVID test visit the district’s CoVId including on Wednesday result during this virtual in- resource Area. NOW HIRING Photo provided by John Geiger Photography Digital Imaging Inc. An initial search of the Hamilton County Sher- reports are still pending, but Municipal Supervisor area turned up no evidence iff’s Department Public the autopsy showed the in- of anyone from the vehicle. Information Officer Ryan juries were consistent with a The Town of Arcadia is currently Because the search area McClain told The Report- vehicle accident and there is accepting applications for the position of was widened to include the er, “It looks like he was, for no foul play suspected. unincorporated area outside whatever reason, leaving The Hamilton Coun- full-time Municipal Supervisor. Noblesville, on Monday the scene and made it about ty Sheriff’s Department both the Hamilton County 100 feet into a field, which was able to contact family Salary is $50-60K Sheriff’s Department and was out of Noblesville ju- members who were able to based on experience. Hamilton County EMA as- risdiction. That is where he positively identify both the sisted Noblesville PD with was found, deceased.” driver and the vehicle. Applications will be accepted until a search that led to the dis- Hamilton County EMA While the name of the September 15, 2021. covery of the body of the assisted with aerial camera driver had not been re- white male driver, whose drones to both help find the leased at press time, this Applications & job description are name has not been yet been driver and to map the area story will be updated on our available during office hours at the released, approximately between the accident and website, ReadTheReporter.