Adam & Larry review Kingsman – The Golden Circle.  This week’s guests are Ron Hahn and Victor Talavera from Flix Brewhouse.

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)

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Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

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.

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.

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Craig Adkins

Hamilton County Reporter

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.

Tony Bagato and Brandon Dickinson discuss the city’s efforts in community development

The calendar may say we’ve moved into fall, but road construction continues in and around Fishers as if we are still in the summer season.

Below is the full listing of road projects for the work week beginning Monday, October 2nd, as provided by the City of Fishers:

Riveria Maya, a long-time restaurant fixture in downtown Fishers, is opening a second location at the old Cheesburger in Paradise location north of 96th Street.  Next-door neighbor Archer’s is closing, but new owner of the property says he wants to keep Riviera Maya at its current 116th Street location.\

Lindsey Erdody of the Indianapolis Business Journal wrote the story on all this and can be found at this link.

Three arrests have been made in a September 21st shooting behind a strip mall near 131st Street and State Road 37.  Based on information gathered by Fishers Police detectives, a gun was found in a retention pond near 116th Street and Hazel Dell Road.  Police believe that firearm was used in the shooting.  The victim of the shooting is now identified as Jose Gomez, 18, from Fishers.

Warrants were issued for the arrest of three people authorities suspect were involved in the shooting.  All three were found and arrested in Marion County without incident.

Those arrested, all from Indianapolis, include:

Alan Mendez, 17, facing 10 criminal charges in all, including Attempted Murder and Armed Robbery.

Ivan Jeronimo, 18, faces a number of charges, including Robbery resulting in serious bodily injury.

Alexander Lopez is 16, but charges were directly filed into adult court.  He also faces a long list of charges, including Robbery resulting in serious bodily injury.         

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Hamilton County Reporter 

Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear delivered his annual “State of the City” address to the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce Wednesday afternoon at Harbour Trees Golf Club, 333 Regents Park Lane.

Noblesville’s infrastructure was a featured section of this year’s message.

The city is conducting an engineering survey and has budgeted $16 million for the State Road 37 project. Hamilton County and Fishers are providing an additional $4.5 million each to the northern section, but the city needs to work with its partners at the state level for funding options to deliver a free-flowing interchange system to help relieve traffic congestion.

“One of the most transformative projects facing the city in the coming years is State Road 37, the key north-south corridor through our community,” Ditslear said.

Part of the State Road 37 southern project is the interchange at 146th Street. Storm drain work will begin in 2018 with construction to begin in 2019 or 2020. As this work is being done, the City of Noblesville is considering options for the nearby Herriman Boulevard and 146th Street intersection as a potential roundabout. Ditslear said these improvements “will assist with traffic flow in that area and infrastructure changes at Stony Creek Business Park will greatly benefit those businesses and the thousands of people who depend on this intersection every day.”

“In my opinion, Pleasant Street is just as important as improvements to State Road 37 and is one of our top priorities. The Pleasant Street project is vital to creating a connector between eastside and westside Noblesville while relieving traffic from State Road 32 and through our historic downtown square,” Ditslear said.

Noblesville began preliminary planning this summer to widen and extend Pleasant Street from State Road 37 to Hague Road while improving pedestrian crossings. To better inform citizens of this project, the city will be hosting a public information meeting later this year or in early 2018. Another portion of the city’s work on Pleasant Street is a planning and economic impact study of the corridor including Eighth Street, Southwest Quad neighborhood and downtown.

“It is time to bring some definite answers to residents who live along and near Pleasant Street, and to proceed toward the next objective, which is construction,” Ditslear said.

The city is being proactive and in 2018 will convert the intersection of 19th and Pleasant streets into a roundabout. This project will be 80 percent funded by state grants. One major roundabout completed in 2017 was the Five Points intersection of Greenfield and Christian avenues and 10th Street. The improvement removed a stoplight and has decreased congestion along one of the city’s main corridors.

Other highlights of the State of the City speech include:

• New Police Station – The city is continuing discussions with Firestone about the potential for a new police station at the site. The current station was built for 32 officers, but the department now has 95 employees and desperately needs more space. “So far, the feedback we have received from council members and the public has been very favorable as to the need. It is our intention, if financing is approved, to begin construction next year for a 2019 opening.”
• Police Changes – The police department implemented new strategies to tackle 21st Century challenges with its Intelligence Unit, Problem Oriented Policing Unit and Traffic Unit. At the patrol level, officers are now serving in a particular district for six-month intervals, allowing them to better know the people and places within that geographic area.
• Fire Department – The Noblesville Fire Department has replaced its Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses to provide firefighters with updated models that include new technology such as a wireless heads-up display and a communication system within the masks. The department also has ordered a new ladder truck, fire engine and ambulance to be delivered in early 2018.
• Winter Ice Rink – Noblesville Parks and Recreation has contracted to install a 50-foot by 80-foot temporary ice skating rink at Federal Hill Commons from Black Friday to early January. The rink will be open daily and can accommodate more than 250 people at once.
• Free Wi-Fi – Federal Hill Commons now has free public Wi-Fi. It is the first Noblesville Park to offer this amenity to its guests thanks to a donation from Taylored Systems.
• Seminary Park – The city is taking a fresh look at Seminary Park. Potential improvements include additional trees, benches, lighting and pathways; gardens; historical signage and a wrought-iron fence and arched gateway that harkens back to the site of Second Ward School; and upgrades to the gazebo. Some form of improvements are planned to begin in 2018.
• Bike Share Program – The city is looking at creating two Zagster bike sharing locations in downtown Noblesville next year. Officials also are working on bike share connectivity throughout Hamilton County and looking for Noblesville businesses to host additional bike share stations to expand the city network.
• Downtown Streetscape Plan – Another initiative to improve downtown is the comprehensive streetscape master plan. Its goal is to create a “wow factor” so people know when they enter and leave downtown Noblesville. The plan is in the early stages, but it will extend the downtown borders further out from the Square and create a more functional space for cars and people.
• Riverwalk – Last month, city and Hamilton County officials joined together to open the final phase of the Riverwalk. This phase was the missing link to complete a half mile of trail along the eastside of the White River. It also has led to a tentative agreement to begin another City-County project – a pedestrian walkway is being designed for the Logan Street Bridge to be opened in 2019, which will provide another safe passageway over the White River.
• Riverwalk Extension – Ditslear announced that the city is extending the Riverwalk trail further south. This additional one-mile stretch will run from Division Street to Southside Park – meaning the Riverwalk will connect two city parks (Southside and Forest parks). The trail will be designed this winter and begin construction next summer.
• Midland Trace Trail – Noblesville recently completed its first phase to extend Midland Trace Trail from Gray Road to Hazel Dell Road. The city is now working on creating a trailhead off of Hazel Dell, which will include restrooms, a water fountain, parking, benches and a bike repair and air station. It is expected to open around Memorial Day. Also in 2018, work will begin on Phase II to further extend the trail east to Willowview Road as part of the overall plan to run the Midland Trace into downtown.
• Phosphorus Removal Plant – Noblesville Utilities is preparing to build a phosphorus removal plant, a federal unfunded mandate that will cost the city $9 million. This is due to harmful algae blooms impacting fish habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. Noblesville is about to break ground on this project and expects construction to take approximately one year to complete.