The REPORTERFishers Fire Department Deputy Fire

Marshal Josh Earl has ruled the cause of the Sunblest Apartments fire on Sept. 8 as accidental – which displaced eight fam-ilies – from improperly discarded smok-ing material on an upstairs balcony. The building was a complete loss and the re-moval of the remains began Tuesday.

Seven of the eight families had rent-ers insurance and all families were able to be relocated. Sunblest Apartments, Del-aware Township Trustee and American Red Cross assisted families after the fire and the community donated over $12,000 in cash, gift cards and materials.

Firefighters arrived within two min-utes of being dispatched, and 31 firefight-ers took an hour and half to bring the fire under control.

Dollar loss is estimated at: Structure, $1,000,000; and Contents, $700,000.

There were no civilian injuries, and

two firefighters sustained minor injuries.Firefighters remind everyone the

importance of properly extinguishing smoking materials, campfires, charcoal ash, and fireplace ash by wetting them down completely and placing in a metal container instead of a plastic one. Never

place the ashes near a building or in your garage.

Renters and homeowners insurance makes recovery from these incidents so much easier. It doesn't always replace ev-erything, but without insurance, it replac-es nothing.

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COLUMNISTWe have just over a month until the 2020 election, and we have yet to hear what any of our local candidates pro-pose if elected. Come on now, talk to us.

Democrats have been telling us they want to offer an alter-native to Republicans. But, so far not a word from commissioner or council candidates about what they would propose that differs or improves upon what county government currently offers.

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Hamilton County will celebrate its bicentennial in 2023. Hamilton County was officially designated by the state and founded as a gov-ernmental entity in 1823.

A 2023 Bicentennial Commis-sion has been appointed by the Hamilton County Commissioners to oversee the bicentennial’s cele-bration through events and projects throughout the county. The Commis-sion will consist of a representative from each township appointed by the town-ship trustee. County Clerk Kathy Kreag Williams and County Surveyor Kenton Ward will co-chair the commission.

“I had the honor of serving on the 175th celebration and am excited to be a part of the 200th anniversary,” Williams said. “Hamilton County has so many deep-root-ed traditions as well as the many changes that have come with our growth. I look for-ward to celebrating it all.”

The 2023 Bicentennial Commission will be supported by an executive commit-tee consisting of Jessica Petty, Hamilton County Historical Society; David Heigh-way, Hamilton County Historian; Bren-da Myers and Sarah Buckner, Hamilton County Tourism; and a voluntary treasurer to be elected from the township appoint-ments. Regular reports to the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners will be made.

“The Bicentennial is an opportunity to

not only look to our past but also our future,” said Heighway. “This com-munity has experienced significant change over time, and this will be an opportunity to reflect on where we are and where we want to go.”

The Commission will launch in the fourth quarter of 2020, then meet quarterly in 2021, nine times in 2022, monthly in 2023, and once in 2024 to review a program as-

sessment and define the bicentenni-al’s committee structure.

There will be many opportunities for folks to engage in the bicentennial through committee membership, by signing up for special projects, submitting programming ideas and using some of the materials for classrooms and clubs that will be devel-oped for the celebration.

A web portal will be developed by early 2021 to allow anyone interested in know-ing more to sign up for email information or to serve on a committee.

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Photo providedThe building was a complete loss and removal of the remains began Tuesday.

Sunblest Apartments fire ruled accident

Photo providedHorseshoe Prairie Chapter, NSDAR (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution), will hold a plaque dedication and commemoration honoring Hamilton County’s only REAL Daughter of the Revolutionary War, Phoebe Davis Touhig (shown above), at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. A short ceremony will be conducted with the Chapter officers and participants. The public is invited to attend. editor’s note: the above photograph was taken in 1923.

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Fishers launchesinclusive social club foradults with disabilities

The REPORTERA new social club for adults with

intellectual and developmental dis-abilities has launched in Fishers. The mission of the Thrive Social Club is to connect citizens of all abilities in the community to participate in life enrich-ing social activities.

The club was founded by the Fish-ers Advisory Committee on Disability and was the idea of committee member Mari Kennedy, who has an adult child with disabilities.

“We created Thrive to provide people of all abilities a welcoming and inclusive way to participate in all the social oppor-tunities in Fishers,” Kennedy said.

Fishers City Councilor and Chair of the Fishers Advisory Committee on Disability, Cecilia Coble, says the club can help to fill the gap that exists after high school.

“My daugh-ter Crysta will be 18 years old in a couple of weeks,” Coble said. “Af-ter she graduates from high school, the inclusive so-cial opportunities that are in place in a school setting are difficult to find. Many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabil-ities find themselves very isolated and disconnected from the community.

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The Board of Com-missioners and the County Council are the policymak-ing bodies in local govern-ment. Candidates for these offices especially have an obligation to spell out some kind of program, if elected.

Most folks seem reason-ably satisfied with local law enforcement, county high-ways, health care, parks, etc. So maybe the Democrats have nothing different to of-fer, but improvements can al-ways be made. And, Republi-can candidates should tell us what they plan to do to meet the continuing challenges of our growing county.

Candidates for state and

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Government at the local level is very important to all of us in our daily lives.

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This social club will pro-vide a way for people to meet, make friendships, find support, and engage in community events.”

The founders of Thrive hope that the club can help to build community con-nections during this time of

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all want to feel connected with others and to partici-pate in community events,” Coble said. “The COVID-19 situation brought even more isolation to individuals with intellectual and develop-

mental disabilities and their families. The Thrive Social Club will help us to connect with one other and engage in the community.”

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The first club meetup will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Flat Fork Creek, 16141 E. 101st St., Fishers. The club will volun-teer with park cleanup as part of Keep Fishers Beautiful, a citywide initiative to support the vibrancy of the city and neighborhoods hosted by the City of Fishers. Attendees should bring their own lunch for a group picnic.

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commentary – people around Indiana and possibly outside our state are watch-ing our school board election and the tenor of the debate among the citizenry within the HSE School District.

I will not address the school board election in this piece, but I do wish to warn everyone in Fishers and the HSE Schools boundaries (the HSE boundary takes in more than the city of Fish-ers) that we all need to take a deep breath and think … think for more than a few seconds … about the social media post you are about to send.

Look, I am not arguing that everyone commenting on HSE Schools are part of the problem … most comments I see about our schools are no problem at all. But we must think about how we can have a civil argument … disagreeing without being disagreeable.

I am not going to share specific examples of what is going wrong about our local school debate because do-ing so would just provide a megaphone to those that are not engaging in this discus-sion in what I would consid-er the right way.

I always start with this simple precept – every-one with students in HSE Schools wants the abso-lute best for their children. I moved here in 1991 and several years later my twin daughters entered kinder-garten at Harrison Park-way, middle school at Sand Creek, went to Fish-ers Junior High and spent four years at Fishers High School. My daughters re-ceived a top-shelf education at HSE Schools which pre-pared them well for college, and they are both college graduates.

My wife and I saw up close and personal how HSE Schools work. As you might guess, all was not perfect all the time, but for the most part, my wife Jane and I were impressed by the teachers and staff at all those schools (Jane is not an easy person to impress).

My family had that out-standing experience with our local schools at a time

when the student popula-tion was growing every year. It is a little like add-ing on to an airplane while still in flight. Somehow the teachers and administrators continued their high-quality work despite the challenge of rapid growth.

The key to continuing the high quality is recruiting and retaining the best teach-ers and administrators. That is a big reason I am writ-ing this post at this specific time.

HSE is not at the top of the teacher pay scale in our geographical area. But local leaders have always told me we do not want to be at the bottom of the compensation list, but if HSE can stay in the middle, the quality of our community can be the main driver for staff.

Here is my point. Some social media posts locally have been savagely attack-ing school staff, administra-tors and board members. I understand what it means to be a public employee; I was one for 28 years and under-stand that public criticism is part of the game.

But when allegations are made that are just not true, or amount to person-al attacks, that is when we are all impacted. Suddenly, that draw of a quality com-munity is dented by the vit-riol that comes across when teachers are attacked. There is no good reason for this.

I know a number of teachers in HSE Schools and they all, to a person, tell me the pandemic has result-ed in a workload far beyond anything ever seen before. The teaching staff all care about their students and are trying their best under the worst circumstances they have ever seen. Attacking these people will not help, but it can hurt.

Teachers are highly-ed-ucated professionals. They either have their Master's Degrees (or higher) or are working on an advanced degree as they work. There is a teacher shortage in Indi-ana that has been document-ed by media outlets and our major universities that are seeing far fewer education students entering that field

of study.Teachers can go to an-

other school district if they feel under attack here. And, many have lucrative pri-vate-sector options if the decision is made to leave teaching.

I am not saying teachers should be shielded from all criticism, but be construc-tive if you believe a change is needed. Anytime Jane and I offered such feedback to a teacher, we had a good, constructive conversation.

This pandemic has not been easy for our local school administrators. They are dealing with a situation like nothing experienced by them before. These leaders face the challenge of pro-viding school virtually, in the classroom and combi-nations of both. Keeping students and staff safe in the middle of a major pandemic is a high priority. One can suggest other options with-out savagely attacking these people.

I understand the school board is elected and some say that makes them fair game. I started covering the HSE School Board in 2012 and have either attended or watched meetings online for about eight years. There may be a few exceptions here and there, but what I have mostly experienced are school board members that may not always agree, but always put the students first and work to take care of the district staff as best they can. With some of the bud-get problems I witnessed in my early years of covering the board, this was not al-ways easy to accomplish.

I recently wrote a story about HSE School Board President Michelle Full-hart's Facebook post which she described as a "rant" about the tenor of debate among the residents of the HSE School District. Mi-chelle just posted a Face-book message that she was surprised I wrote a story about that. Michelle, you are the president of the board and your comments on a subject like that carry a great deal of weight. If you choose to make such com-ments, it will get the atten-

tion of the news media.When HSE School Dis-

trict voters overwhelming-ly approved an operating referendum, an open house was scheduled for those interested in applying for the many new teaching po-sitions about to open. The turnout was massive. It was difficult to speak with ev-eryone and several school officials stayed late to talk with everyone. Teachers wanted to come and work for HSE Schools.

When I went back and thought about that night in May of 2016 when teachers flocked to that open house, I wondered – would that hap-pen today? I would hope the answer would be yes.

But that is why we should all take that deep breath and think before we write. When teachers come under unfair attack by parents, even a fairly small num-ber compared to all in the school system, it hurts the reputation of our commu-nity's attitude toward those teaching our children.

If you have an issue with the local schools and are about to post, just think about a few things … Do I truly understand the issue? Are my facts correct? How will this impact all that I am writing about?

I want to be clear that I welcome a robust debate about issues surrounding our schools, but how we

conduct that debate is as important, maybe more im-portant, than winning the debate. I was on the debate team in college. You had to have verifiable facts to win, and you could be marked down for personally attack-ing the opposing team.

All I ask is that you give deep thought to any mes-sages posted on social me-dia. They can take on a life of their own once posted. Think about your children, their classmates and friends and your own friends in the HSE Schools community. We want the best teachers and administrators to be drawn to this district. Let's work at not driving them away.

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partment on Monday wel-comed its three newest of-ficers.

Officer Elias Rebollar, Officer Chadwick Nickson, and Officer Thomas Szy-bowski started their careers with a swearing-in cere-mony at CPD headquar-ters. All three officers have previous law enforcement experience and are current certified law enforcement officers. They will spend the next several months in orientation and field train-ing.

officer elias rebollar comes to CPD from the Westfield Police Depart-ment. Rebollar has over six years of police experience. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Public Affairs from Indiana University.

officer Thomas Szy-bowski comes to CPD from the Upper Dublin, Pa., Police Department. Szybowski has 13 years of police experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from

St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pa. He also earned a master’s degree in Organizational Develop-ment and Leadership from St. Joseph’s University.

officer Chadwick

Nickson comes to CPD from the Noblesville Police Department. Nickson has two years of police experi-ence and is a current mem-ber of the United States Air Force Reserve. He holds a

bachelor’s degree and mas-ter’s degree in Criminal Justice from the Universi-ty of Cincinnati. He also earned a master’s degree in Divinity from Liberty Uni-versity in Lynchburg, Va.

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Since you can’t see the Carmel Symphony Orches-tra perform indoors, the group is taking its music outside.

The string quartet per-formed in a Carmel neigh-borhood on Sunday eve-ning. Dozens of people pulled out lawn chairs to hear the orchestra in its first backyard concert.

The Carmel Symphony says this event happened out of creativity.

“This is perfect for this kind of neighborhood and having the cul-de-sac to play in. People just walk in, hear it outside in their yards and just walk down here en-

joying this, isn’t that fun,” said Jeanelle Adamak, ex-ecutive director of Carmel Symphony Orchestra.

Next weekend they plan to do the same in a Zions-ville neighborhood. The concert will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the home of Bill and Brenda Culpepper, 3290 S. U.S. Hwy. 421, Zions-ville. Bring a lawn chair, snacks, beverages, and wear a mask during this evening of beautiful music. RSVP by end of today, Sept. 30, to cpittenger@carmelsym-phony.org.

The orchestra’s season starts Oct. 10 with limited seating.

The REPORTERIndiana Attorney Gen-

eral Curtis Hill on Tuesday asked a federal court to stay its preliminary in-junction against a 2019 state law permitting a coun-ty election board, but no one else, to request an order from a state court extending voting hours.

Such extensions may be necessary in the event of technical problems at polling places but cannot be undertaken without a court

order.A lawsuit by

Common Cause Indiana argues that anyone should be able to request such a court order, but Hill noted that permitting all voters to file such lawsuits could inundate courts with demands for extended polling hours. In-diana law otherwise affords voters ample opportunity to

cast their ballots even before Elec-tion Day, and the statute at issue does not preclude voters from filing claims under fed-eral law in either state or federal court.

“This is but one of many lawsuits de-signed to throw our elec-tion system into chaos on Election Day,” Hill said. “The U.S. Supreme Court

has said that courts should not issue election-related injunctions at the eleventh hour, but here we go again, with various left-leaning groups urging federal dis-trict courts to re-write the election laws and micro-manage election proce-dures.”

As long as the federal court’s injunction stands, Indiana cannot enforce the law under challenge.

Hill

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ers were looking for a man caught looking into cars just after midnight Tuesday.

The Fishers Police De-partment said a resident re-ported a suspicious person

in the 14900 block of Den-nison Drive and provided a description of a vehicle seen leaving the neighborhood. FPD located the vehicle and tried to pull the driver over, but the suspect fled on foot.

K-9s and drones were used to search a wooded area but the man was not found.

Police describe him as an early 20s white male with dark hair and a black sweat-shirt.

If you discovered any-thing missing from your car on Tuesday morning, please call the Fishers Police De-partment at (317) 773-1282 to file a report.

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Featuring Fishers & Hamilton County ArtistsIn the Art Gallery at City Hall, Fishers

Free public reception October 9thVirtual gallery also availableVote for people’s choice award

A Juried Exhibit of Hamilton County

Artists

The REPORTERTake a glorious tour of Indiana through

the eyes of 42 talented Hoosier artists at the Historic Indiana En Plein Air Art Show, Oct. 10 through Nov. 27 in the Indiana State Museum’s King Bridge Gallery.

The exhibit of 60 oil, pastel and water-color paintings is included with admission to the Indiana State Museum. Adult tickets are $17, seniors (ages 60 and up) are $16, youth (ages 3 to 17) are $12 and children younger than age 3 are free. Save $1 by purchasing tickets online at indianamu-seum.org. The museum, located at 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sun-day.

The artwork by members of the In-diana Plein Air Painters Association (IP-APA) showcase views of the state from Lake County to Jefferson County, Steuben County to Posey County and many places in between.

“This exhibit combines the very best of Hoosier art and the accomplishments of statewide historic preservation,” said Mark Ruschman, senior curator of art and culture at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. “We’re honored to host the inaugural exhibition for this unique artistic partner-ship between IPAPA and the Indiana De-partment of Natural Resources.”

All the paintings in the show, mostly executed on-site, depict one of Indiana’s 2,000 listings on the National Register of Historic Places. They depict a full range of the state’s listed sites, from county seat towns to ethnic heritage sites, historic houses, farmsteads, grand civic buildings and tranquil parks.

The Indiana DNR – Division of His-toric Preservation & Archaeology (DHPA) and IPAPA developed the exhibit and cat-alog to mark the 50th anniversary of Indi-ana’s historic preservation program. DHPA has just nominated the 2,000th property to the National Register, St. Ferdinand Parish Historic District in Dubois County.

"Plein air painting – the practice of painting outdoors – has a long and storied history in Indiana, inspired by the work of T.C. Steele and the Hoosier Group, Frank Dudley and so many others," said Cathy Ferree, president and CEO of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. "What we see in the Historic Indiana En Plein Air show is that the beauty of the Indiana land-scape continues to excite and motivate art-ists around the state to do their best work."

After the exhibit closes at the Indiana State Museum, it will travel to Fort Wayne Museum of Art, where it will be on display from December 2020 to January 2021. Other venues for the show include Histor-ic Brown County Art Gallery, April-May 2021; Richmond Art Museum, June-July 2021; and Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart), August-September 2021. Consult each institution’s guidance for vis-its regarding COVID-19 safeguards.

The exhibit catalog will be for sale at each venue.

The artists, their paintings, the settings and the prices include:

• Anne-Karine Bley, Sunny Day at the Wylie House, Monroe County, $225

• Anne-Karine Bley, Maple and 6th, Monroe County, $350

• Beverly Bruntz, Pepin Mansion New Albany, Floyd County, $950

• Beverly Bruntz, House of the Singing Winds, Brown County, $1,100

• Mark Burkett, After the Storm, Mor-gan County, $750

• Mark Burkett, Lake Ditch Bridge, Morgan County, $1,200

• Kevin Carlson, Madison, Jefferson County, $640

• Mary Ann Davis, Circle View, Marion County, $1,150

• Mary Ann Davis, Franklin County Courthouse, Franklin County, $1,150

• Steve Dawson, The Old Hinkle Gar-ton Farmstead, Monroe County, $750

• Debi Black Edwards, Ford Bridge, Jennings County, $525

• Vivian Gladden, Franklin Square, Johnson County, $300

• Karen Graeser, Early Tribal Sacred

Burial Site, Marion County, $950• Gwendolyn Gutwein, Martin Blume

Jr Farm, Allen County, $1,050• Margaret Peters Hanke, Woodruff

Place Neighborhood Fountain #1, Marion County, $375

• Alice Harpel, Henry S. Lane House II, Montgomery County, $375

• Thomas Himsel, Twin Bridges, Hen-dricks County, $1,200

• Thomas Himsel, Turkey Run State Park – Sunset Point, Parke County, $900

• Sally Hughes, Readmore Book Store Richmond IN, Wayne County, $350

• Robert Hunt, Hancock County Court-house, Hancock County, $1,500

• Michael Janosky, Losing Ground at the Dunes, Porter County, $975

• Jeffrey Klinker, Linden Depot, Mont-gomery County, $1,800

• Jeffrey Klinker, Snow Covered Bridge, Montgomery County, $1,800

• Patrick Kluesner, The Old Carnegie, Madison County, $1,000

• Barbara Knuckles, Marquette Park Aquatorium, Lake County, $385

• Virginia Kramer, USS LST 325 Morn-ing Docking, Vanderburgh County, $575

• Virginia Kramer, Tugboat Elizabeth Lea, Dearborn County, $500

• Alan Larkin, Allen County Court-house – Detail Joy and Peace Mural, Allen County, $1,200

• Alan Larkin, Railroad Bridge on the St Marys River, Allen County, $1,800

• Abby Laux, Evening Prayers, Dubois County, $300

• Abby Laux, Sturm's Hardware, Du-bois County, $675

• Ron Mack, Morris Butler House, Mar-ion County, $1,600

• Ron Mack, Granary Street Looking East, Posey County, $1,400

• Mark Millis, Tarlton House in Historic Martin Place, Johnson County, $550

• Pamela Newell, roberts Chapel, hamilton County, $1,650

• Chris Newlund, Huddleston Farm-house, Wayne County, $1,200

• Chris Newlund, Noblitt Mansion, Bar-tholomew County, $1,200

• Patricia Rhoden, First Frost, Brown County, $995

• Susan Ring, Welcome to Thomas Marshall, Wabash County, $295

• Douglas Runyan, Pokagon Spring, Steuben County, $750

• David Seward, Barn on the Hill, Boone County, $850

• David Seward, Traders Point Cream-ery, Boone and Marion Counties, $1,600

• Donna Shortt, Gaar Farm Valley View, Wayne County, $540

• Donna Shortt, Bates-Hendricks House, Marion County, $540

• Jerry Smith, Henry S. Lane House, Montgomery County, $750

• Jerry Smith, Yountsville Mill, Mont-gomery County, $1,200

• Sallie Spencer, McCord Candies, Tippecanoe County, $800

• Sallie Spencer, Trinity Church, Tippe-canoe County, $800

• Curt Stanfield, Zacke Cox Bridge, Parke County, $1,250

• Justin Vining, The Cannon Blast on Race Morning, Marion County, $1,500

• Steve Warner, Illinois Central Rail-road Depot, Monroe County, $850

• Carol Strock Wasson, Looking East, Randolph County, $1,000

• Carol Strock Wasson, I Love a Rainy Night, Randolph County, $1,000

• Avon Waters, Red Soffits, Wabash County, $400

• Rick Wilson, Gem of South Walnut Street, Johnson County, $1,200

• Rick Wilson, Mid Day Shadows, Johnson County, $950

• Melanie Wissel, The Lure of Lithia Water, Orange County, $500

• Dan Woodson, Morning on Washing-ton Street, Delaware County, $2,500

• Dan Woodson, Betty's Cabin, Dela-ware County, $2,500

• Megan Wright, Harrison House, Mar-ion County, $500

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Meeting Notices

The Hamilton County Parks Department will hold a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Cool Creek Park Nature Center, 2000-1 E. 151st St., Carmel. An executive session on land acquisition will precede at 9 a.m.

Pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5 (a) The Hamilton Coun-ty Emergency Management Advisory Council will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 at 18100 Cumberland Road, Noblesville. The purpose of this meeting is for discussion of Emergency Management projects.

The Delaware Township Board of Trustees will hold a budget hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at the Delaware Township Government Cen-ter, 9090 E. 131st St., Fishers.

The next Hamilton Heights School Corporation Su-perintendent Advisory Group meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, Hamilton Heights Middle School, 25150 State Road 19, Arcadia. This meeting will be an opportunity to meet HHSC Board Candidate for Jackson Township and current Board President Dr. Kevin Cavanaugh, and candidates from White River Township, David Adam Sheller and Gretchen Pennington. A Board Candidate Forum will be led by the HHSC Classroom Teachers Association. The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast on the Husky Broadcast Network. For more informa-tion, visit hhschuskies.org/schoolboard.

The Noblesville Redevelopment Commission will meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in the Coun-cil Chamber at Noblesville City Hall, 16 S. 9th St., Noblesville.

Pursuant to IC 5-14-1.5-5 (a) The Hamilton Coun-ty Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at 18100 Cumberland Road, Noblesville. The purpose of this meeting is for discussion of Local Emergency Plan-ning projects.

The City of Westfield Finance Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at West-field City Hall, 130 Penn St., Westfield. The meeting will be held in person and will be viewable online at youtube.com/user/CityofWestfieldIN.

Darrell Edward Nash December 9, 1942 – September 15, 2020

Darrell Edward Nash, 77, originally of New Albany, Ind., and recently a resident of Noblesville, passed away of heart failure on September 15, 2020 surrounded by his family.

He was born on December 9, 1942 in New Albany to Wilbur and Orpha (Cleora) Nash. He attended schools in New Albany and graduated from New Albany High School. He then attended Indiana University.

He worked for the Courier Journal in Louisville, Ky., in market-ing at the age of 25 and his career continued in sales, marketing and management for Johnson & Johnson Company. He was a licensed insurance agent, had managed health care placement agencies, and

had traveled abroad extensively in import/export sales. After retirement he served as a caregiver in home health care.

He enjoyed fishing, traveling, and watching Colts football games and New Albany basketball games. Most of all he loved spending time with his daughters, grandchildren, and his brother and sister.

Surviving him are three daughters, Kimberly Kelly, Carmel, Lori Mergell, Nobles-ville, and Kristen King, Noblesville; a brother, Warren Nash, New Albany; a sister, Marylin Nash Doyle, New Albany; and grandchildren, Sofia King, Austin Lugo, Dustin Kelly, Brooke Mergell and Lexus Mergell.

His parents and his brother, Wilbur Nash, Jr., preceded him in death.Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at First Chris-

tian Church, 16377 Herriman Blvd., Noblesville, IN 46060. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of the services.

Arrangements are entrusted to Hartley Funeral Home Cicero Chapel where you may send condolences at hartleyfuneralhomes.com.

Patricia May Ping May 29, 1927 – September 26, 2020

Patricia May Ping, 93, Cicero, passed away September 26, 2020 at Miller’s Merry Manor in Tipton.

She was born May 29, 1927 in Indianapolis to James Edward and Helen Frances (Alexander) Gaston. She attended schools in Terre Haute and graduated from Wiley High School as the salutatorian with the Class of 1945.

She first was employed as a bookkeeper by the Prudential Insur-ance Company at offices in Terre Haute and Indianapolis. She then became a co-owner and bookkeeper for the Ping Drapery Company near Cicero. Lastly, she was an owner/manager of the White River Campground.

She was a member of Cicero Christian Church and the Blessed Buddies Group at the Church, the WSCS group at 8th Street Christian Church in Indianapolis, and the Pruden-tial Women’s Group. For 18 years, she was a Girl Scout Leader.

She married Vern Allen Ping on February 7, 1948. He preceded her in death on Octo-ber 21, 1986. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Shinault; brother, James R. Gaston; sister, Gladys R. Gaston; great-grand-daughter, Selah Grace Ping; and granddaughter-in-law, Melisa Shinault.

Surviving her is a son, Thomas A. (Mary Beth) Ping, Cicero; daughters, Rebecca S. Paul, Noblesville, Donna K. McManis, Hamilton, Ohio, and Jennifer J. Lamkin, Elwood; 11 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at Hartley Funeral Homes Cicero Chapel, 209 W. Jackson St., Cicero, with John Knapp officiating. Burial will follow at Cicero Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of the services. Please wear a mask when attending the services.

Memorial contributions may be made to Selah Grace Ministries, 12702 E. 256th St., Cicero, IN 46034.

You may send condolences at hartleyfuneralhomes.com.

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David L. “Dave” RodgersNovember 25, 1935 – September 15, 2020

David L. “Dave” Rodgers, 84, formerly of Sheridan, entered the gates of heaven on Sep-tember 15, 2020. Our hearts find com-fort in knowing he is reunited with his bride, Barbara A. “Barb” Rodgers, once more.

Born November 25, 1935 in Lewisburg, Ohio, Dave was the son of the late Marion and Hilda Rodgers. He grew up on a dairy farm and learned the value of hard work at an early age. He was a curious kid, always tinker-ing, creating and reading. When Dave turned 16, he got his driver’s license and drove himself to the airport where he performed his first “solo” flight.

He loved cars, motorcycles, airplanes, boats and anything mechanical. He was a 1953 graduate of Lewisburg Union High School in Lewisburg, Ohio.

Shortly after graduation Dave entered the Navy, but not before marrying the love of his life, Barb. They were sta-tioned in Annapolis, Md., and then Newfoundland, Canada. Dave served for four years as an electronics technician, fol-lowed by four years in the reserve. While stationed in New-foundland in 1957, Dave and Barb started their beautiful family. After various moves between Michigan and Ohio, they eventually settled in Sheridan, planting roots and em-bedding themselves into the community some 50 years ago.

Dave was an entrepreneur at heart. He and Barb were best known for establishing Rodgers Finishing Tools “RFT” in 1970, but his other ventures included owning a gas station, a solar energy company that catered to marine craft, and even a small airport. He owned and operated Howard County Airport where he was a single engine in-structor and an instrument rated multi-engine pilot with a commercial license.

Dave enjoyed all of his professional successes, but his real enjoyment came when he was able to use his hands. His ability to build and refurbish things was an art. He built ultra-light aircraft and refurbished motorcycles, planes, sailboats and even an old 1915 Model T car. Dave loved to sail and convinced Barb to live on a 35-foot sailboat for a year during early retirement.

The only thing that rivaled his love for his hobbies was the love he had for his family. A man of many talents, never boastful but always willing to teach and share his knowl-edge and wisdom with them. His soft blue eyes, Ralph Lauren Polo cologne smell, beautiful smile and hugs you could feel for days will be missed the most.

Dave is survived by his four children, Steven Rodg-ers, Melanie Rodgers, Chris Rodgers (Sheryl) and Doug-las Rodgers (Tina); nine grandchildren, Malissa Crawford (Brad), Michael Rodgers (Gina), Kelly Isley (Doug), Nick Rodgers (Whitney), Grant Rodgers, Andrew Rodgers (Emily), Alexander Rodgers, Taylor Rodgers and Mer-edith Rodgers; 12 great-grandchildren; and nephew, Jeff Shafer (Susan).

He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion and Hilda Rodgers; his siblings, Beverly Shafer and Jimmy Rodgers; and his wife of 64 years, Barbara Rodgers.

A private memorial service will be held on October 4, 2020 at Kercheval Funeral Home in Sheridan.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a public celebration of Dave and Barbara’s lives is being planned for a later date.

Please visit KerchevalFuneralhome.com to leave condolences and share your best Dave story with the family.

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TODAY’S BIBLE READINGMen, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

Acts 22:1-8 (KJV)

Kenneth W. Burgess, Jr.January 6, 1971 – September 24, 2020

Kenneth W. Burgess, Jr., 49, Noblesville, passed away at home following an extended illness on September 24, 2020 while sur-rounded by his family. He was born in Anderson on January 6, 1971 to Ken-neth and Marlene (Moyer) Burgess, Sr.

Ken attended Hamilton Southeast-ern High School and later served as a Supply Specialist in the U.S. Army. Ken worked as a butcher at Fort Ben-jamin Harrison for many years. He attended Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Noblesville.

Ken loved Harley Davidson mo-torcycles and was especially proud of his 1967 Camaro. He was an outdoors-

man who loved to be in the woods. He also enjoyed gun-smithing and was an avid firearms enthusiast, but above all, Ken loved to spend time with his wife and family.

Ken is survived by his mother, Marlene; his wife, Lai (Sibayan), who is the love of his life; one son, Mark Lou-is; two daughters, Hayley Burgess and Courtney Burgess, both of Virginia; one sister, Karmissa Foreman, Anderson; and two nieces, Kristina Cornett and Meagan Foreman, both of Anderson. Ken’s great nieces Aleena, T’Nyla, Max, Tren and Harper also survive, as does his beloved pit bull, Kane.

He is preceded in death by his father; Granny Marga-ret; Grandpa Bill; Weezie; and cousin Amy.

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Betty J. LivelySeptember 2, 1929 – September 27, 2020

Betty J. Lively, 91, Atlanta, passed away on Septem-ber 27, 2020 at Riverview Health in Noblesville.

She was born on September 2, 1929 in Lexington, Mo., to Francis Lester and Mattie Jane (Stapleton) Stone. She attended Tipton Schools and graduated from Tipton High School with the Class of 1948.

She had worked as a bookkeeper for various companies including Indi-

ana Seed Company of Noblesville, FMC Corporation in Tipton, and Noblesville Cable Company. She also enjoyed her role as a homemaker.

Betty enjoyed square dancing, bowling, shopping and watching her favorite sports teams that included the Indiana Pacers, Purdue Boilermakers, Butler Bulldogs and the Cin-cinnati Reds. But most of all she loved being with her fam-ily, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She married Donald Eugene Lively on May 20, 1949 and together they raised a family of five: Ronald (Jan) Lively, Atlanta, Johnny (Brenda) Lively, Sweetser, Ind., Linda (Jim) Freeman, Noblesville, Peggy Morris, Cice-ro, and Debra Lively, Noblesville. Additional survivors include brothers, Earl Stone, Anderson, and Norman Stone, Frankfort; a sister, Margaret Snyder, Noblesville; plus six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preced-ed in death by a son-in-law, Steve Morris; great-grandson, Cole Brown; and brothers, James, Bill and Charles Stone.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Oc-tober 5, 2020 at Hartley Funeral Home, 209 W. Jackson St., Cicero, with Pastor Todd Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Tipton. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of the services.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 8604 Allisonville Road, Suite 140, Indianapolis, IN 46250.

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The Hamilton Southeastern volleyball team won the Mudsock trophy on Tues-day, beating Fishers in four sets at the Ti-ger Den, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20.

The match had been postponed for a couple weeks, and it was worth the wait. Both teams played at a high level, with the Royals coming out on top to keep their Hoosier Crossroads Conference re-cord (4-0) and overall record (15-0) per-fect for the season.

“Fishers is about as well-coached as they come,” said Southeastern coach Ja-son Young. “Their program has just un-believable talent. It’s a rivalry like none other, and it’s wonderful again to have friends play friends.”

The Royals won the first set, then were engaged in a back and forth battle in the second set. Fishers led 10-6 early in the set, with Jada Allen starting a run by hitting back-to-back kills.

Southeastern fought back to take an 18-15 lead. Olivia Phillips, Delaney Gar-ner and Taylor Lauri were among the HSE players hitting kills and Emi Rob-inson served an ace during that run. But the Tigers came back to take a 19-18 lead, thanks to an ace and another kill by Allen.

Grace Dunnuck later hit a kill to get Fishers up 23-22, then Allen and JaNyah Henderson teamed for a block to give the Tigers two set points. Fishers won the set minutes later.

The Royals came out strong in the third set, leading 3-0, then absorbing a Tigers comeback to take a 9-5 advantage. Fishers made another comeback, but the Royals would later go on a 5-0 run to lead 18-11. Taylor Harden and Avery Hobson both hit kills during that time.

The Tigers cut that lead to 19-16, as Emily Waldrop, Allen and Mikayla Christiansen all had kills. Southeastern held on, though, and won the set on back-to-back spikes by Hobson and Garner.

The Royals hit the ball hard, but used several light touches at the net to win points as well.

“That’s part of the game plan,” said Young. “We wanted to try to mix things up as much as possible. We’d been a little bit predictable in the past few matches, so it was nice to mix things in and get things going nicely.”

The fourth set was more back and forth, although the Royals were able to steadily increase their lead as it went on. Garner hit back-to-back kills to give HSE an 18-12 lead. Fishers continued to fight, but a Harden kill gave the Royals match point at 24-20, and Southeastern won the next point to clinch the match.

Harden led the offense with 17 kills, while Garner had 16 kills, as well as two aces and two blocks. Lovie Wallace hit eight kills.

Emily Weber handed out 23 assists, with Phillips dishing out 17. Robinson served two aces. Carly Mills collected 30 digs, while Jordan Engelmann had 14 digs.

Waldrop hit 18 kills to lead the Ti-gers, with Allen hitting 13 and Christian-sen nine. Henderson made five blocks and Allen had four. Camryn Haworth dished

out 44 assists to go with 21 digs and two blocks. Samantha Perdue had 15 digs and Waldrop had 14.

“It’s a very high bar, and Fishers, In-diana has phenomenal volleyball,” said Fishers coach Steven Peek. “It’s a really high bar, so you can play well and be the losing team when you play Mudsock. I do think that we played well tonight. I ab-solutely think we’re better today than we were two weeks ago, which is definitely a sticking point for us as we get near the post-season. We have to improve con-stantly.”

Fishers is 15-5 and plays at Nobles-ville at 7 p.m. tonight, while Southeastern will host Noblesville on Thursday.

Sheridan split its early-week match-es, beating Christel House Academy on Monday and falling to Rossville on Tues-day.

The Blackhawks beat Christel House 25-13, 25-9, 25-6, hitting a season-high 29 aces. Lillie Dickerson led Sheridan with 22 total service points, including 11 aces. Taylor Bates served six aces, with Emma Went Jacquellynne Bates and Kaiden Wilson each hitting three. Allie Delph served two aces and Lilly Chesney

hit one.Delph hit 10 kills for the ‘Hawks, fol-

lowed by Wilson with eight, Dickerson with four and Jacquellynne Bates with three. Taylor Bates handed out 16 assists.

On defense, Delph, Chesney and Dickerson each made one block. Sierra Duke and Taylor Bates both collected two digs, while Kayla Beahrs, Jacquellynne Bates and Dickerson each had one dig.

Sheridan lost to Rossville in four sets, 25-17, 25-12, 18-25, 25-23. Went had 12 digs, with Jacquellynne Bates add-ing seven digs, five kills and three aces. Delph hit 14 kills and collected nine digs.

Wilson hit seven kills and made two solo blocks, while Taylor Bates handed out 28 assists to go with nine digs, one solo block and one block assist. Dicker-son had four kills and three block assists, while Payton Warren spiked three kills and made two block assists.

Chesney had one solo block and one block assist, and Duke collected seven digs.

In junior varsity matches, the ‘Hawks beat Christel House 25-22, 25-13. Clau-dia Headlee had seven aces, Chesney served three and Kendra Blankenship hit two. Chesney had four kills, followed by

Blankenship with three, Headlee with two and Makaylee Wilson with two. Hai-ley Curry handed out six assists, while Wilson had five digs and Curry had four.

Sheridan’s JV fell to Rossville 25-18, 24-25, 15-10. Wilson made five digs and also had two aces and two kills. Laney Inman served two aces, Beahrs had eight digs, Chesney had eight digs and five as-sists, Curry contributed five digs, four as-sists and two kills, while Blankenship and Valerie Adams both hit three kills.

The Blackhawks varsity plays tonight at Traders Point Christian Academy.

Carmel won a four-set match over Pike on Tuesday, 25-20, 21-25, 25-16, 25-10.

Macarty McQueen had a good all-around game with 12 digs, 11 kills and three blocks. Savanna Rogers added 11 kills and six digs, while Caroline Yuska hit 10 kills and made one block. Ella Bos-tic dished out 44 assists and served three aces.

Westfield beat Noblesville 25-11, 25-17, 28-26 in a Monday all-county match.

The Shamrocks play at Cathedral to-night, while the Millers host Fishers.

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Volleyball

The IHSAA boys tennis post-season begins today with the sectional semi-fi-nals at two local sites.

Carmel will begin its quest for a fifth consecutive state championship by host-ing Sectional 53 at the Todd Witsken Tennis Center. The Greyhounds play Uni-versity in one semi-final, while Guerin Catholic and Westfield will face off in the other semi-final. Play begins at 4:45 p.m.

Over at Hamilton Southeastern, the Royals will host Sectional 45, which starts at 4:30 p.m. Southeastern plays Hamilton Heights in one semi-final, with Noblesville and Fishers set to contest the other semi-final.

Today’s winners at both sites will play for their respective sectional champion-ships on Thursday.

Boys tennis sectionals start today

Reporter photo by Kirk GreenFishers' Emily Waldrop (right) hits the ball as Hamilton Southeastern's Olivia Phillips (25) goes up to defend during the Mudsock volleyball match Tuesday at the Tiger Den. The Royals won the match in four sets.

Royals tough out four-set win for the Mudsock trophy

The IHSAA announced the sectional draws for next week’s boys and girls soc-cer sectionals on Monday.

In Class 3A boys soccer, Hamilton County teams will play in two sectionals. First, Hamilton Southeastern will host Sectional 8.

Noblesville and Muncie Central will play the opening first-round match, then the host Royals will take on Pendleton Heights. The winners play each other in the first semi-final, followed by the sec-ond semi-final between Anderson and Fishers.

Carmel will host Sectional 10. Shor-tridge and Pike play the opening match, followed by Zionsville and North Cen-tral. The winners advance to face off in the semi-finals, with the second semi-fi-nal to be contested between Westfield and the host Greyhounds.

In Class 2A boys, Guerin Catholic and Hamilton Heights will play at Cardinal Ritter, a seven-team sectional. The Gold-en Eagles will take on Lebanon in the first match, while the Huskies will play the host Raiders.

The third first-round match will be contested between Brebeuf Jesuit and Western Boone. The Lebanon-Guerin winner plays Covenant Christian in the first semi-final, with the Ritter-Heights and Brebeuf-WeBo winners playing in the second semi-final.

Sheridan’s boys will compete in Class 1A Sectional 39 at Anderson Preparato-ry Academy, a five-team sectional. The

Blackhawks and the host Jets will play each other in the first round.

Liberty Christian and Tri-Central will face off in the first semi-final, with Taylor taking on the Sheridan-APA winner in the other semi-final.

GIRLS PAIRINGSLocal 3A girls soccer teams will also

compete at two sectional sites. Nobles-ville will host Sectional 8.

In first-round games, Pendleton Heights plays Muncie Central, with the host Millers taking on Anderson. The winners will face off in the first semi-fi-nal, with Fishers and Southeastern play-ing in the second semi-final.

Guerin Catholic hosts Sectional 10, which is a seven-team competition. In first-round games, Zionsville plays Arse-nal Tech, North Central takes on Pike and Carmel will play Westfield.

The host Golden Eagles will play the Zionsville-Tech winner in one semi-final, with the NC-Pike and Carmel-Westfield winners facing off in the other semi-final.

In Class 2A, Hamilton Heights plays in Sectional 24 at Delta, which consists of five teams. The Huskies play Delta in the first-round game. New Castle takes on the host Tigers in the first semi-final, with Jay County playing the Heights-Del-ta winner.

Sheridan will play in Class 1A Sec-tional 37 at Tipton, which is a four-team site. The Blackhawks play Tri-Central in one semi-final, with Eastern taking on the Blue Devils in the other semi-final.

IHSAA announces soccer sectional pairings

SoccerMiller boys beat HSE, clinch HCC title

Reporter photo by Kent GrahamNoblesville's Palmer Ault (center) has his sights set on the ball while being defended by Hamilton Southeastern's Peyton Atwood (13) and Neel Wetzel during the Millers-Royals boys soccer game on Tuesday. Noblesville won 2-0 and clinched the Hoosier Crossroads Conference championship.

The Noblesville boys soccer team clinched the Hoosier Crossroads Confer-ence championship on Tuesday, beating Hamilton Southeastern 2-0 at the Royals’ field.

The Class 3A No. 1 Millers scored both of their goals in the second half. The 3A No. 3 Royals came out tough in the second half, and got a shot off the cross-bar, but Noblesville goalkeeper Gabe In-gle made a reaction save.

Palmer Ault scored the Millers’ first goal in the game’s 45th minute, off a back heel flick by Drew Barnes. Ault would return the favor later, as he sent a ball to Drew Barnes, who scored. Noblesville then held off Southeastern in the final 10 minutes.

The Millers are 6-0 in the HCC and 14-0 overall, and finish conference play Thursday by hosting Brownsburg. The Royals finished the regular season 11-2-3, 5-2 in the HCC, and host Pendleton Heights Monday in the first round of the sectional.

Hamilton Heights’ girls team, ranked No. 5 in 2A, beat Oak Hill 3-0 in a Mon-day away game.

The Huskies outshot the Eagles 31-1. Jenna Peterson scored the first goal for Heights in the fourth minute, with Maria Mitchell providing the assist.

In the second half, Sophie Martin added the second goal 15 minutes in, with Jayla Logan making the assist. Lo-gan then scored a few minutes later off a

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Final 2020 Major League Baseball standingsAmerican League

East W L PCT. GBz-Tampa Bay 40 20 .667 -x-N.Y. Yankees 33 27 .550 7.0w-Toronto 32 28 .533 8.0Baltimore 25 35 .417 15.0Boston 24 36 .400 16.0Central W L PCT. GBy-Minnesota 36 24 .600 -x-Cleveland 35 25 .583 1.0w-Chi. White Sox 35 24 .583 1.0Kansas City 26 34 .433 10.0Detroit 23 35 .397 12.0West W L PCT. GBy-Oakland 36 24 .600 -x-Houston 29 31 .483 7.0Seattle 27 33 .450 9.0L.A. Angels 26 34 .433 10.0Texas 22 38 .367 14.0

National LeagueEast W L PCT. GBy-Atlanta 35 25 .583 -x-Miami 31 29 .517 4.0Philadelphia 28 32 .467 7.0N.Y. Mets 26 34 .433 9.0Washington 26 34 .433 9.0Central W L PCT. GBy-Chi. Cubs 34 26 .567 -x-St. Louis 30 28 .517 3.0w-Cincinnati 31 29 .517 3.0w-Milwaukee 29 31 .483 5.0Pittsburgh 19 41 .317 15.0West W L PCT. GBz-L.A. Dodgers 43 17 .717 -x-San Diego 37 23 .617 6.0San Francisco 29 31 .483 14.0Colorado 26 34 .433 17.0Arizona 25 35 .417 18.0

w - Clinched wild card / x - Clinched playoff berth / y- Clinched division / z- Clinched division and best record in league

NFL standings - Week 3

National ConferenceWest W L T PCT PF PASeattle 3 0 0 1.00 111 86Arizona 2 1 0 .667 77 61L.A. Rams 2 1 0 .667 89 71San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 87 46South W L T PCT PF PATampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 82 61New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 88 94Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 81Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 90 108East W L T PCT PF PAWashington 1 2 0 .333 62 81Dallas 1 2 0 .333 88 97Philadelphia 0 2 1 .167 59 87N.Y. Giants 0 3 0 .000 38 79North W L T PCT PF PAGreen Bay 3 0 0 1.00 122 85Chicago 3 0 0 1.00 74 62Detroit 1 2 0 .333 70 92Minnesota 0 3 0 .000 75 102

American ConferenceNorth W L T PCT PF PAPittsburgh 3 0 0 1.00 80 58Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 56Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 75 88Cincinnati 0 2 1 .167 66 74West W L T PCT PF PAKansas City 3 0 0 1.00 91 60Las Vegas 2 1 0 .667 88 90L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 52 57Denver 0 3 0 .000 45 70South W L T PCT PF PATennessee 3 0 0 1.00 80 74Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 84 45Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 70 84Houston 0 3 0 .000 57 95East W L T PCT PF PABuffalo 3 0 0 1.00 93 77New England 2 1 0 .667 87 66Miami 1 2 0 .333 70 65N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 37 94

Week 3 scoresKansas City 34, Baltimore 20

Pittsburgh 28, Houston 21Cincinnati 23, Philadelphia 23, OTSan Francisco 36, N.Y. Giants 9New England 36, Las Vegas 20

Tennessee 31, Minnesota 30Cleveland 34, Washington 20

Buffalo 35, L.A. Rams 32

Chicago 30, Atlanta 26Carolina 21, L.A. Chargers 16

Indianapolis 36, N.Y. Jets 7Seattle 38, Dallas 31

Tampa Bay 28, Denver 10Detroit 26, Arizona 23

Green Bay 37, New Orleans 30Miami 31, Jacksonville 13

corner kick by Emma Hall. The Huskies’ defense recorded its eighth shutout.

Heights travels to Pendleton Heights today for its regular-season finale.

In an all-county girls game on Mon-day, 3A No. 2 Carmel beat Westfield 2-0.

Susie Soderstrom scored the Grey-hounds’ first goal off an assist by Emily Roper; that would make the halftime score 1-0. In the second half, Tammy Smith got Carmel’s second goal, with Emma Dom-ke making the assist. Erin Baker earned her 14th shutout of the season.

Carmel finished its regular season 15-1, while the Shamrocks are 4-5-3 and host Avon tonight.

The Carmel boys team, ranked No. 10 in 3A, beat 3A No. 17 Harrison 3-0 on Tuesday.

Gui Basso, Medard Mikobi and AJ Caito each scored one goal. Jackson Carl had two assists, with Basso making one.

TJ Barrett recorded the shutout.“Our team shape allowed us to transi-

tion from defense into our attack quickly,” said Greyhounds coach Shane Schmidt. “This allowed us to be very dangerous down the wings.”

Carmel plays Thursday at Ben Davis.

The Fishers boys team finished its regular season with a 2-0 win over Green-field-Central on Tuesday.

Noah Reinhart and Keiji Nakamae each scored one goal for the Tigers. Nick Rambo and Tyler March combined for the shutout.

Fishers is 8-6-1 and plays Anderson next Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the sectional semi-finals.

Sheridan’s girls fell to Traders Point Christian Academy 7-0 on Monday.

The Blackhawks host Tipton tonight.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana are team-ing up to drive awareness for Gleaners’ vital mission to end hunger in Central Indiana, especially its No One Runs On Empty awareness campaign.

Gleaners becomes an Official Char-itable Partner of IMS through the new partnership, announced Sept. 29 at IMS during Race Week for the INDYCAR Harvest GP presented by GMR and the Indianapolis 8 Hour races Oct. 1-4 at the Racing Capital of the World.

“IMS always has looked beyond its gates to help the Central Indiana com-munity, so this partnership with Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is an ideal exten-sion of that mission,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “Gleaners tirelessly works to provide meals for hungry Hoo-siers, a need that has become even more acute during these challenging times. We’re honored to help, and we encour-age all race fans to donate to Gleaners as often as possible.”

A variety of promotional assets at IMS and around Central Indiana will be used to encourage fans to regularly do-nate to Gleaners. The No One Runs On Empty awareness campaign, launched in early July, highlights advocacy and volunteerism, and encourages financial support for Gleaners’ hunger relief pro-grams.

An estimated 1.5 to 2 million Hoo-siers face food insecurity, a number that has climbed significantly from 1 million prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The need in Marion County increased dra-matically more than in the other 20 Indi-ana counties served by Gleaners, but all counties have seen increased need.

The No One Runs On Empty aware-ness initiative is made possible through the generosity of the Anthem Founda-tion. Anthem issued a $1 million chal-lenge to encourage community giving. Gleaners is approximately halfway to that goal and hopes to meet the challenge by the end of this year.

IMS also will host two community food distribution events with Gleaners later this year as part of the partnership.

“For the past seven months, Gleaners has been in the midst of an extraordinary effort to respond to the COVID-19 pan-demic,” said Joseph Slater, chief oper-ations and financial officer of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. “Since March,

we’ve been distributing approximately 1.5 million meals each week. Some dis-tributions, such as the Mega Fresh Mo-bile hosted by IMS last Memorial Day, have served nearly 5,000 families in one day."

This partnership is a continuation of Gleaners’ No One Runs On Empty ini-tiative. Racing was the launching plat-form for the program that focuses on education, advocacy, volunteerism and giving. NTT INDYCAR SERIES soph-omore sensation Colton Herta drove the No. 88 Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana for Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Auto-sport in the GMR Grand Prix in July and the 104th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in August at IMS.

Fans are encouraged to promote Gleaners’ mission by posting to social media with the hashtags #NoOneRun-sOnEmpty and #Donate88.

Gleaners was founded in 1980 and is a respected leader within Feeding Ameri-ca, the nation’s food bank network. Since that time, Gleaners has distributed more than half a billion pounds of food and critical grocery products through more than 585 hunger relief agencies, schools and community partners serving hungry Hoosiers.

In addition to food distribution to agencies, Gleaners serves the most vul-nerable populations, seniors and chil-dren, through specialty programs such as School-Based Pantries, Mobile Pantries, Summer Meals for Kids and Senior Hun-ger Initiative programs. Fresh Connect Central began as an initiative focused on the distribution of fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables in 2017 and has grown to include meat and dairy. Gleaners also serves as the reclamation site for Kroger Central Division, and a FEMA disaster relief staging site.

Charity Navigator has recognized Gleaners as a 4-Star organization, the highest rating for charity demonstrating fiscal management and accountability. In addition, Gleaners is an accredited char-ity with the Better Business Bureau and has earned a Platinum Seal of Transpar-ency from GuideStar. To learn more, vis-it www.gleaners.org.

Gleaners also is on social media at www.facebook.com/GleanersFoodBan-kofIndiana and on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn at @GleanersFBIndy

IMS, Gleaners Food Bank join forces to help ensure no one runs on empty

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