The Fishers Fire and Emergency Services, which handles calls within the City of Fishers and areas outside the city under contracts with townships, has just had an upgrade to its Public Protection Classification (PPC) evaluation from the Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO). The score was elevated from a 4 to a score of 2.
The new rating may mean lower insurance rates within the area served by Fishers Fire and Emergency Services. The higher score takes effect January 1, 2018.
“Improving from an ISO rating of 4 to a rating of 2, is another example of the City of Fishers’ commitment to provide the highest level of public safety services to the citizens of our community,” Fishers Fire Chief Steve Orusa said in a Fire Department news release. “This achievement is the direct result of the hard work and dedication of our firefighters.”
In 2014, the agency was re-accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). Nation-wide, less than one percent of all fire departments are internationally accredited.
The 2017 Past Bown set a record, with 13,880 pounds of pasta collected and distributed to over 46 nonprofit organizations serving local communities. The Pasta Bowl also provides a spotlight on roughly 3,000 children in our area suffering from food insecurities.
Students from Hoosier Road Elementary and Riverside Intermediate joined HSEHS Senior Hana Ghoneima to shop for a few more pounds of pasta to add to bulging crates of donated food. The pasta is a core staple for area food banks and comes at an essential time during the pre-holiday months when donations are often critically low.
A food drive of this magnitude is not possible without the army of donors, but also the behind the scenes support of Meijer, ProShred, Harvest Food Bank, and the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation.
Today was an important day in Fishers. There was an announcement of a high-tech company planning to expand and locate in the downtown Nickel Plate District. It was a very positive story for the City of Fishers. But you will not be reading any details about this story on LarryInFishers.com.
Here is the simple reason. No one at the city bothered to inform LarryInFishers that any announcement of any kind was happening on October 2nd. Lots of other people were informed. The mayor, the governor and company officials were all there. Most of the rest of the media were there.
I don’t want this to sound like sour grapes but I have worked for five years to build a credible, daily news update for Fishers because other media outlets have not been paying much attention to our fair town, later a city. I am a retired guy that could be spending my time doing a lot of other things than writing about news in Fishers and posting podcasts with local people. It takes work to do all this, but has so far been a labor of love for me.
When ignored by the city you try to cover and love so much, I am beginning to wonder whether this LarryInFishers.com endeavor is worth continuing. So, this reporter has some soul searching to do on whether I continue this local news blog.
Hamilton County is a place with a low unemployment rate. lots of open jobs and not much affordable housing. Jennifer Miller and Andrea Davis talk about the work of the nonprofit group HAND in dealing with local housing issues.
When the Archers announced plans to retire and close their business, talk began around town about what the future will be for that 116th Street downtown piece of land.
Lindsey Erdody of the Indianapolis Business Journal has a front-page story in this week’s newspaper about what local developer Corby Thompson has in mind for that property.
You can read Lindsey’s story at this link. (NOTE: If you are not an IBJ subscriber, you may be limited on the number of online stories you can read)
The sale of properties on which property taxes are delinquent will be held at 10 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center. There are 147 parcels of real estate currently listed for the sale. Owners of the properties involved still have until Oct. 11 to pay before seeing their real estate sold to the highest bidder. A full list of the properties can be found on the county website.
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State Sen. Luke Kenley was given a farewell salute in the form of a good natured “roast” for his 25 years of service on Thursday evening at the State Fairgrounds. About 350 state Republicans leaders, fellow lawmakers and other well-wishers said thank you to the Noblesville legislator whose official retirement is today. Taking his seat in the state Senate is Victoria Spartz, Noblesvlle.
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Governor Eric Holcomb is expected to name a new judge for Hamilton County Superior Court 5 within the next couple of weeks. He will choose from 17 local attorneys who applied for the job. Judge Wayne Sturdevant retired in August after serving 20 years on the Superior Court bench. All 17 applicants have now been interviewed by the governor’s legal staff.
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After years of delay, the former Mohawk Hills Golf Course in Carmel is about to be developed into a residential subdivision called Gramercy West. The developer, Mohawk Properties LLC, proposes a high density community of 270 homes on 27 acres at the intersection of 126th Street and Kinzer Avenue. The golf course, originally part of the Mohawk Hills apartment complex, closed in 2015.
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County Commissioners meet Monday, Oct. 2. A work session following the regular meeting will include further review of the planned $23-million expansion of the Government and Judicial Center. If all goes as planned, the county will seek bids in February and break ground in April. The new addition will be built to the west of the present 25-year old structure.
Fishers’ Ben Norton kicked a 48-yard field goal to get the Tigers on the board during their Friday game with Roncalli at Reynolds Tigers Stadium. The Fishers football team wore pink jerseys as part of the school’s Pink Week for breast cancer awareness. (Reporter Photo by Kirk Green)
Hamilton County Reporter
Fishers engaged in a back-and-forth game with Roncalli on Friday before the
Rebels took over in the fourth quarter and won 28-17 at Reynolds Tigers Stadium.
Roncalli, the No. 1-ranked team in Class 5A, led by 14-0 in the second quarter, but
the Tigers wworked their way back to within 14-10 by halftime. Emmanuel Davis took a
kickoff return to the Tigers’ 44-yard line, then Ben Norton got Fishers on the board
with a 48-yard field goal.
On the next drive, Seth Sontich forced a fumble, which gave the Tigers good field
position. Fishers took advantage, as Matt Wolff ran the ball in from six yards to score.
Fishers got its next score in the third quarter to take a 17-14 lead. HL Lewis made
a 50-yard run to get the Tigers inside the Roncalli five, but a fumble gave the Rebels
the ball back. Luke Uribe made two tackles to force a punt. Lewis took over again,
making a long run to get the ball inside the red zone, then scoring from the eight-yard
line.
Roncalli scored early in the fourth quarter to take back the lead, then the Rebels
intercepted a Fishers pass to get the ball back. Roncalli scored on a long drive with
under four minutes left in the game.
With the loss, Fishers dropped to 3-4 on the season. The Tigers will go on the road
to Riverview Health Stadium in Westfield next week to face the Shamrocks in a
Hoosier Crossroads Conference game.
In a game where it was glaringly obvious that both of these two Hoosier Crossroads
Conference rivals were in dire straits for a league win, something was bound to happen
for one.
It happened for Hamilton Southeastern, who used a late score to get past Noblesville
13-10 Friday night at Reynolds Royals Stadium.
Noblesville was forced to punt on the opening drive and Hamilton Southeastern’s
Anthony Eggers returned the punt into Miller territory to the 42.
The Royals would find their way all the way down to the 1-yard line of Noblesville
before they would be stopped by the Millers’ defense on fourth and goal, just shy of the
end zone.
The Millers would take over on their own one, but it wouldn’t go too far. On the
second play of the short-lived drive, Rutger Poiry came storming into the backfield and
immediately tackled tailback Christian Collier in the end zone for a safety and a 2-0
Southeastern lead.
Forcing the Royals to go three and out, Noblesville punted, and was fortunate to
recover a fumble at the HSE 42.
Just into the second quarter, Luke Blevins dove over the goal line from one
yard out for a touchdown to put the Millers ahead 7-2.
The next HSE drive resulted in three plays and lining up to punt once again.
Noblesville punt returner Wyatt Blades called for a fair catch, but tipped the ball,
making it a live ball and the fumble was recovered by the Royals’ Eric Dailey at the
Miller 45. The next few plays fizzled out and the ball was punted back to Noblesville.
Trading punts twice each on four straight drives, it felt like someone had to get something
right in the second quarter.
Noblesville got itself in position to put points on the board before halftime and they
went to the trusty right foot of Jack Knight. The junior placekicker nailed a 47-yard field
goal as time expired for a 10-2 Miller lead after two quarters.
It would feel like a tale of two halves offensively for the visiting Millers.
Starting their second series of the third in great field position at the HSE 38, Noblesville
looked to be in a great spot to score again.
They must have been thinking a little ahead, as quarterback Grant Gremel tossed
his first interception of the night to Isaiah Phillips.
The same result happened when the Millers had the ball again. This time, it was
linebacker Anthony Eggers that snagged the pick.
Two interceptions by the HSE defense, but they wouldn’t account for anything on
the scoreboard for the Royals.
“We were way too casual. We were way too undisciplined on the offensive side of
the ball and it led to us scoring 10 points, turning the ball over four times and not
being able to have our defense’s back,” Noblesville head coach Jason Simmons on
his team’s overall play at Hamilton Southeastern on Friday night.
Casual is exactly how Southeastern saw Noblesville’s defense playing and they were
able to counter it with a little off the wall final half of the fourth quarter.
On first down at their own 37 to start the drive with 6:40 left, the HSE offense pulled
a trick out of their playbook.
Nick Mutchner reeled in a screen pass in the right flat and quickly threw the ball
for a double-pass to Stoan Slaybaugh up the field 41 yards, completely catching the
Noblesville defense off guard.
The big double-pass helped set up Tyler Melser’s 37-yard field goal that would cut
the deficit in half at 10-5.
The Millers next possession started at their own 20 and would end right there, as
tailback Luke Blevins fumbled the handoff from Gremel, giving Hamilton Southeastern
the ball back, in prime position at the Miller 20.
Southeastern has experimented with both Kody Sparks and Cody Huppenthal
playing quarterback for the Royals this season. Sparks has the better arm and Huppenthal
can run with the ball. Plain and simple.
“We knew they were a different offense with him back there. We knew they were
going to try to run the football more and he had some carries,” Simmons on HSE’s
change to Huppenthal at QB in the final minutes of the game.
Following the Miller turnover, Huppenthal called his own number and bootlegged
left to the far side of the field, racing and reaching the front corner of the end zone to
put the Royals on top 11-10 with 3:18 left. Ben Boysen converted the two-point conversion
with a run to the left corner, making it 13-10.
“That’s the package we’ve got and we practice it all the time,” Hamilton Southeastern
head coach Scott May on the Royals late surge in the fourth with Huppenthal in at
QB.
Trading punts again, which seemed to be a common theme most of the night,
Noblesville had one final possession with 1:12 left, but had no timeouts and had to
start from their own 11.
Gremel would try to put the Millers in position to either get into Knight’s field
range to tie or drive further in an effort to win the game, but neither became a factor.
The junior QB would throw his third INT of the night, again to Isaiah Phillips, his
second of the game. That would seal the Millers’ fate and HSE would kneel to run the
clock out.
Hamilton Southeastern (3-4, 2-3 HCC) will host Brebeuf Jesuit next Friday in their
final regular season home game. Noblesville (1-6, 0-4 HCC) will also play their final
game at home, hosting the surging Brownsburg Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1 HCC), who beat
Zionsville 35-10 on Friday.
