Archive for category: Hamilton County

/ March 19, 2013 3:11 am

Former Girl Scout addresses leaders

Annetta Petty, executive director of learning for Noblesville Schools, was the keynote speaker at the Hamilton County Leadership Luncheon on March 11 at the Mansion at Oak Hill in Carmel. Petty talked about her years as a Girl Scout when she was younger and reminded luncheon attendees about the organization’s importance in developing leaders. Nearly 400 community and business leaders [...]

/ February 18, 2013 1:53 pm

Citizens can take deputy ‘training’

Applications are now being accepted for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Academy, a unique, free opportunity to learn firsthand how the sheriff’s office functions and to experience some of the training offered to deputies, being held on Thursdays from March 7 through May 23.The academy training covers many of the topics taught to new deputies, including law, patrol procedures, [...]

/ February 14, 2013 11:32 pm

Anti-Valentine’s Day fun at Nickel Plate Arts

If you see one more advertisement for diamonds, are you going to lose it? Are you sick of candy hearts and the commercialization of Valentine’s Day? Join Nickel Plate Arts from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday for an Anti-Valentine’s Day. For $5, join local writers and poets in the Stephenson House (107 S. 8th St., Noblesville) as they read works that [...]

/ February 14, 2013 11:23 pm

Review: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!

There’s a little bit for everyone at Actors Theatre of Indiana’s current production, “The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!”This spoof of musical theater is enjoyable for everyone from the most avid of Broadway fans to those that are married to them and have trouble just spelling it (the former being my wife, the latter being me). The show is divided [...]

/ February 12, 2013 12:01 am

HCAA to ‘Spring into Spring’

The Hamilton County Artists’ Association presents its first show of the season, “Spring into Spring,” March 1 through April 26 at Birdie Gallery, 195 S. Fifth St., Noblesville. There will be an open house from 6 to 8:30 p.m. March 1. Patrons can meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, purchase fantastic art and enjoy the beautiful Birdie Gallery. The event is [...]

/ February 11, 2013 11:53 pm

First night back, K9 finds his guy

After three months off duty, a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office K9 returned to work and made in immediate impact. Waldo, a K9 unit working with Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Nate Biddle, returned to patrol on Jan. 22. On his first night back, Biddle, Waldo and other night shift patrol deputies helped the McCordsville Police Dept. search for a suspect who [...]

/ February 11, 2013 11:31 pm

Actors needed for ‘Into the Woods’

The Civic Theatre will host auditions for “Into the Woods” at 7 p.m. Monday and Feb. 19. Performances of the show are Thursdays through Sunday, April 26 to May 11. Performers should prepare 16 bars of a song and may be asked to sing from the show. Actual musicals provide the best material. Actors should bring sheet music in the [...]

/ February 7, 2013 2:31 am

County players named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 100 senior girls

Five Hamilton County students have been named to Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 100 senior girls’ high school players for 2012-2013 as compiled by the magazine’s publisher Garry H. Donna. This compilation is the result of observation of many games during the past season as well as contact and discussion with numerous coaches, sportswriters, sportscasters and college recruiters throughout Indiana. The [...]

/ February 5, 2013 1:52 am

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana recruitment fairs Saturday

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana will host a recruitment fair at each Kroger store in Hamilton County from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday. Girls in grades K to 12 and their families are invited to stop by the Girl Scout table at the front of the store to get more information about Girl Scouts or to register to become [...]

/ February 5, 2013 1:17 am

Three injured in ambulance crash

An ambulance transporting a patient from Elwood was involved in a crash in the 24000 block of Ind. 37 in Hamilton County shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 2.  According to the Sheriff’s Office crash report, the ambulance was traveling southbound on Ind. 37 just north of Florida Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle.“The ambulance went off [...]