Vol. 2, No. 142Sunday, July 26, 2015 Partly sunny today, mostly cloudy tonight.A 30 percent chance of showers andthunderstorms all day.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Sheridan, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield HIGH: 85 LOW: 69

By DON JELLISONReporter EditorThe Hamilton County Reporter has

learned that a meeting will be held nextThursday, July 30 concerning the future ofHighway 37 between Noblesville and Fish-ers.

Earlier, in a story published in The Re-porter, the Hamilton County Commissionsshared their hopes for a “37 Corridor” onthe east side of Hamilton County which inmany ways would duplicate what the Cityof Carmel did with Keystone Parkway onthe west side of the county.

“Something has to be done and we(Hamilton County, Noblesville and Fishers)need to do it before the State does to StateRoad 37 what it did to Highway 31,” at thattime County Commissioner Steve Dillingersaid. Dillinger represents the Noblesvilleand Fishers areas.

“Westfield lost millions of dollars inassessment when the State came throughand took out those businesses on Highway

31,” said Hamilton County attorney MikeHoward.

Howard will be one of the folks at theJuly 30 meeting, along with CommissionersDillinger, Mark Heirbrandt and ChristineAltman, Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear,Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness, representa-tives from INDOT (the state highway de-partment) and perhaps Senator LukeKenley. A life-long resident of Noblesville,Senator Kenley has long shown his supportfor the “37 Corridor” project.

July 30 “37” meetingReasons for an

executive session*Discussion of security.*Purchase of real estate.*Discussion of pending litigation*Discussion of personnel.*Interview prospective employees

By JANET HART LEONARD"Oh he is just a bit "funny turned".I've heard my mother say that, so

many times, over the years. It's an oldsouthern expression. Now I use it as Itry to explain people in a less judgmen-tal way.

But let's face it, there are just somepeople that seethings very differ-ently than we do.It's not about theirglass being halfempty, it is  filledwith vinegar.

Somethinghas taken out allthe niceness andjoy inthem...unless they

are getting their way. They see anydiscussion as a debate, only they refuseto listen to your thoughts. They justwait for you to take a breath and thenthey start with their next thought. Evenworse, they talk over you.

With some "funny turned" people,they seem to get great pleasure in pick-ing an argument. They are killjoys. Ifthey think you will be getting pleasureor satisfaction from something, they areready with reasons or arguments to castdoubts on your thoughts or feelings.

To be funnyturned...ornot to be

Mark Aug. 29 on your calendar andplan to celebrate fall at this year’s Miller-Palooza at Purgatory Golf Club.

Miller-Palooza, hosted by the Nobles-ville Schools Education Foundation, is anevening for adults that will feature a fashionshow, dinner, silent auction, live auction,raffle, entertainment, and more. A socialhour begins at 5:30 and the main eventbegins at 6:30.

This year, the fifth annual Miller-Paloo-za, will feature an online auction that willopen in mid-August so that patrons may bidon great items even if they cannot attendMiller-Palooza. Be sure to watch theFoundation’s website and Facebook pagefor more information.

Individual tickets for this fundraiser are$40. All proceeds from Miller-Palooza areused by the Noblesville Schools EducationFoundation to fund classroom grants foreach of Noblesville Schools’ ten schools aswell as scholarships for seniors planning to

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A meeting is scheduled on Thursday concerning the future of Ind. 37 in Noblesvilleand Fishers. There has been talk about making the state highway into a limitedaccess freeway with overpasses; shown here is what that would look like at Ind. 37and 126th Street.

Miller-Palooza scheduled for Aug. 29

Photo courtesy Noblesville Schools

Kristen Boice and her daughters look at one of the items offered at the 2014Miller-Palooza auction, a picture of 2014 State Champion Noblesville Miller baseballteam and a baseball signed by team members and coaches.

By MARY SUE ROWLANDThe vision of the Belfry Theatre located in

Noblesville for 50 years is, "to be recognizedas a preeminent community asset in CentralIndiana by providing quality theatrical produc-tion in a collaborative, welcoming and inti-mate atmosphere". Congratulations to decadesof dedicated people who have made the visiona reality. The Belfry was established in1965in the month of July by a group of friends wholiked to read plays and wanted to take the

readings to the next step. The formation of the Hamilton CountryTheatre Guild was lead by Rev. John Burbank and Mrs. AnneBraswell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. RobertKraft, Mr. and Mrs. John Kyle, Mrs. Shirley Pritchard and Mr. andMrs. John Foland. The opening season was the following yearwith the production of "Ah, Wilderness!" with several hundred inattendance. In 1969, director John Foland opened with "The OddCouple" in the former Emmanual United Methodist Church wherethe group still performs to this day. The Belfry Theatre has

The show must go on

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entertained thousands of patrons in the last50 years and many dedicated founders, ac-tors, directors, artists and volunteers havefound a home for their talents. Many of thefounders have moved on for one reason oranother and all were outstanding leaders inthe community. Providing the arts for thecommunity was a true vision and very pro-gressive for the time. The time was right in1965. The Wild Opera House had been torndown in 1959 leaving no other live theatrevenue for a decade.

There have been some very importantfolks that have passed through Noblesvillethru the years. The founders of the Belfry

are certainly at the top of the list. As sus-tainability continues to be the most difficultmission for communities, the 50 year anni-versary is a golden achievement for thecommunity. It should be recognized thatthe Belfry Theatre continues its work withamazing success. The theatre is still at thesame location, that it outgrew years ago, butremains loyal to the original site.

The current board of directors continuethe discussion of what is next for the the-atre. A new home? A bigger theatre? Howmuch money to build? How to pay the bills?Where to build? What to do with the exist-ing theatre? What would the founding fa-

thers and mothers say and do? Everyoneknows the time is right to commit to thenext 50 years of the arts in Noblesville.Now considered a historic theatre with along history even adds more to the theatre'sstory.

Moving the historic Belfry Theatre intothe historic downtown would add to theopportunity to attract visitors, tourist, andshare the arts with the community. It wouldbe possible to have dinner and the theatre,for visitors to arrive by train to see a liveshow and to be a major economic engine.The historic downtown has a financing toolto even pay for such an adventure. The

theatre could also be a center for music,arts, classrooms, banquet facilities and agathering place for the arts. With the addi-tion of a theatre, a true arts district couldstart to take shape and add to the NickelPlate Arts campus and the many arts activi-ties already in the downtown. Why not usethe cities tools that are available and addsomething substantial to the historic down-town with dollars that have been set asidefor such an amenity? With a historic theatrethat has a successful history of contributionto the arts and a desire and energy to contin-ue the work, it is time for the city to partnerand further the vision.

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pursue a career in education and teacherspursuing advanced degrees in education.

The ticket order form may be down-loaded on the Foundation’s website,www.noblesvilleschools.org/foundation ormay be requested may be ordered at anyschool office or by calling Sharon Trisler,the Foundation’s executive director, at 773-2134, ext. 44123. An order form also isavailable on the Foundation’s website,www.noblesvilleschools.org/foundation.

Questions may be directed to Mrs. Trislerby phone or email,sharon_trisler@nobl.k12.in.us.

Proceeds from Miller-Palooza will helpfund grants for enrichment activities inNoblesville’s schools as well as scholar-ships for graduating seniors who are plan-ning to pursue a bachelor’s degree ineducation and teachers who are seeking anadvanced degree in education.

MILLER-PALOOZA From Page 1

Hope doesn't stand a chance for survival intheir neck of the woods.

Some "funny turned people"actually strike you with verbal venom andwait to see if you will cower to their way ofthinking. It is a way of controlling you.They attempt to suffocate your hopes anddreams. How dare you be happy! The truthis...misery loves company. They welcomeyou with open arms into their den of woe.They are actually a bit happy to see you somiserable.

I don't get it. I never will.Happiness is a choice and so is misery.

Happy people inflate and miserable peopledeflate.

We too have a choice. Stay and spendtime trying to figure out how to make some-one happy or realize that some people willnever be happy...even when they get theirway. Why? Because there will always be

something else that will come up that willmake them want to bring you down.(Control?)I can't imagine living that way. I can't imag-ine what they have been through to get themto such a sorry place in their life.I learned a long time ago that "funnyturned" people can only exist in my life...ifI allow them to be there. So I don't.  Well Ishould clarify that a bit. I choose, whenI  am forced  to be around them, to not letthem get me caught up in their downings. Iraise my pointing finger as if I'm going tomake a point. I smile and then I walk away.You can't argue with someone who is notthere. If they yell as I walk away, I turnaround and smile again and keep walking.It is wise to learn to walk away and not getcaught in an unwinnable argument with a"funny turned" person. I think it is a bithumorous too.

JANET From Page 1

The Reporter also has been informed bya source close to the project that soon afterthe July 30 meeting Governor Mike Pencewill make a key announcement concerningthe project. Perhaps in the next week or two.

Gov. Pence was in Hamilton County fora GOP breakfast earlier last week andtouched on his support for the project.

The County Commissioners have saidthey want the State to relinquish State Road37 and with that it appears 70 to 80 percentof the construction cost would come fromthe State, the remainder being split by Ham-ilton County and the Cities of Noblesvilleand Fishers.

Currently, it is rumored, the discussionconcerning monies from the State, $100million, isn’t enough with some of thosewho will attend the July 30 meeting.

It also is rumored that being discussedis that Hamilton County, once the new roadis completed, will return State Road 37 tothe State and the State then will maintainthe road. That, of course, in years to comewould save Hamilton County more dollarsthan likely can even be imagined.

INDOT paid $90 million of the $115million for the Keystone project. Carmelmaintains the road.

The Hamilton County Reporter hasbeen told by Commissioners President

Heirbrandt that the July 30 meeting will bean executive session and therefore not beopen to the public or the press.

“We have been advised by Mike How-ard that it should be an executive session,”Heirbrandt said.

“Anytime land acquisition is discussed,it is necessary to go into executive session,”Howard told The Reporter.

Reporter editor Don Jellison is ques-tioning that decision.

“I don’t think they are nowhere nearpurchasing specific parcels of land,” saidJellison. “I don’t think they will be discuss-ing the acquisition of any one parcel ofland,” which is how we understand the‘open door’ law.

“The meeting should be open to thepublic and to the press, and that is whatwe’re challenging the Commissioners todo,” Jellison added.

The Commissioners will meet in a regu-larly scheduled meeting on Monday, July27, in both an executive session and regularsession.

Local motorists shouldn’t get too excit-ed about any decisions reached on StateRoad 37. It is estimated it will take five tosix years, maybe more, to plan for the proj-ect, obtain the land and build the new high-way.

MEETING From Page 1

Photo courtesy Noblesville Schools

ABOVE: Noblesville Schools Superintendent Dr. BethNiedermeyer models styles from AH Collection.

ABOVE RIGHT: NHS Baseball Coach Justin Keeverdisplays a framed picture of the 2014 State ChampionNHS Baseball Team and a baseball signed by teammembers and coaches. The picture was auctioned at the2014 Miller-Palooza.

RIGHT: NHS Football Coach Lance Scheib talks with WilHampton, emcee and president of the EducationFoundation, as he prepares to model MIller spirit wearprovided by Miller Backers.

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I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praisesof the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us,and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hathbestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to themultitude of his lovingkindnesses.

- Isaiah 63:7

50 Years AgoJuly 26, 1965

News: Stormy weather hit Indiana today with drenching rain, damagingwinds and bolts of lightning. Mrs. Bernard Thompson, Noblesvilleweather observer recorded .98 of an inch of rain fell.Sports: Wednesday evening Noblesville’s sparkling defense had fans atthe District Twelve Babe Ruth tournament buzzing with excitement.Last evening the same defense fell apart completely as Noblesvillecommitted ten errors and dropped an 11-to-4 decision to the AndersonOlympics.Deal of the Day: Diana Theatre showing The Amorous Adventures ofMoll Flanders.

Ralph L. DashiellMarch 12, 1928 - July 24, 2015

Ralph L. Dashiell, 87, of Noblesville, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2015 atRiverview TCU in Noblesville. He was born on March 12, 1928 to John and Emma(Hayes) Dashiell in Noblesville, Indiana.

Ralph proudly served his country in the United States Army, and worked for 36 yearsat Chrysler. He was a member of Noblesville VFW and Fishers American Legion, andformerly volunteered at Riverview Hospital.

Ralph is survived by his wife, Janet Dashiell; sons, David Dashiell, and DennisDashiell; brothers, Jack Dashiell, and Robert Dashiell; and three grandchildren, Brian,Emily, and Benjamin Dashiell.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters.Honoring Ralph's wishes, there will be no services or calling.The family has entrusted Randall & Roberts Funeral Homes with Ralph's care.Condolences: www.randallroberts.com.

By DON JELLISONReporter EditorAs third generation owners of Hare Chevrolet, Courtney (Cox) Cole and Monica

(Cox) Peck already in life have seen their share of changes.“Success is hard; change is hard,” said Monica as Hare Chevrolet is about to celebrate

a man, Paul Schernekau, who has seen lots and lots of changes in the car selling business.“As leaders of an organization of over 200 employees, Courtney and I have to make

difficult decisions all the time.“Those who deal with change best, those who embrace change, are the most success-

ful,” Monica added.That’s Paul Schernekau, who is celebrating his 45th year selling cars at Hare Chevrolet.“Forty-five years Wow,” Monica Peck continued. “Courtney and I are third generation

owners of Hare Chevrolet that have had the privilege of having Paul on our team. Can youimagine all the changes Paul has seen in the car business?”

“Car changes with no computers, voice mail, cell phones, fax machines, email, on-linecredit bureaus. If all of those changes were no operational at our store for just fiveminutes, our business would come to a screeching halt,” said Peck.

Paul Schernekau has seen it all in his 45 years.

Paul Schernekauhas seen it all

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By TERRY COOMERThere have been many good men who

have helped and en-couraged the youngpeople in Noblesville.Donald J. Dunker isone of those men. Hisloyalty to Noblesvillespanned many years.Coach Dunker was agreat baseball coach!He influenced manyyoung athletes formore than 50 years.

He came into my life when I was 15 yearsold in 1969. I will never forget that phonecall. I was not even sure if he knew who Iwas. I had just finished playing on theNoblesville Babe Ruth All Star coached byDon Jellison. As a 15 year old, I had brokenmany records and held them for severalyears for that team. If you ever received aphone call or talked with Don Dunker youknow he talked loud! I answered the phoneat our home that day. Coach says,“TERRY! This is Coach Dunker. I needyou to come up to the high school baseballfield.” I had never talked to the man in mylife up to that point. He said, “The KansasCity Royals are holding a tryout camp todayand I need you to come up and pitch.”Really! Me? Why? He said, “Now you justget on up here and bring your glove andcleats.” I took it to mean there was no “no”for an answer. For the next four years thatwas the way it was.

I got on my ten speed bicycle with cleatsand glove and headed up there. He alwaystold the story that I was hiding behind a

bush and he had to come find me. Thatwasn’t necessarily what happened but itmade a good story. I looked around andthere were guys getting out of cars whowere high school stars and college AllAmericans. I thought, “Why does he wantme here?” I did not hide behind a bush, butI did not run onto the field either. I stoodback and waited, hoping he would not seeme. Then, there it was, “TERRY! Come onover here.” He was at the pitching mound.I ran over. He said, “I want you to pitch toabout six batters! Now, don’t worry aboutit, they are going to hit you, but just throwthe ball as hard as you can. I want theRoyals to get a look at you!” Talk aboutscared, I was terrified. Why me?! I amthinking, “This guy must be nuts! I amgoing to get killed here! Somebody mighttake my head off with a line drive! Okay, ifyou want me to do this I will throw as hardas I can.” I had just gotten out of the 8th

grade. I got loose and was ready to go. Istruck out the next six hitters and wasnamed the outstanding pitcher of the camp!After the third hitter, the Kansas City scoutsaid, “How old did you say he is?” Dunksays, “Fifteen and you better be watchinghim!”

Coach made a decision for the Nobles-ville High School team in 1969. He playedme as a freshman. The first freshman toever start a game for Noblesville HighSchool in baseball. In the sectional, hemade another decision, he said, “You aregoing to start in left field.” He benched asenior who was not hitting his weight to doso. I got four hits in the game and we wonthe championship. Don Jellison, the Sports

Editor at The Noblesville Daily Ledgercalled it, “A brilliant move by “Dunk” tochange it up and it paid off!” During thosefour years from, 1969 to 1973 we were thefirst Noblesville team to win four sectionalchampionships in a row. In 1971, I pitcheda perfect game in the championship gamestriking out 19 out of 21 hitters. Coach justsmiled. In 1972 another no hitter. In 1973with more than 20 major leagues teamsrepresented I struck out 14 batters in a rowto win the sectional championship. Coachwas immediately out of the dugout and outto the mound. He hugged and told me howproud he was! We both turned around andthe Oakland A’s scout was out on the field.He said, “You will be drafted by our ballclub tomorrow.” By the time we got backto the dugout, the Chicago White Sox, Kan-sas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, De-troit Tigers, and the Cleveland Indiansscouts said the same thing. Dunk says,“Well you made an impression! Guess wehave a lot to talk about!” That we did! Onthe next day I did not get drafted by any ofthose teams! I was the 78th player taken inthe draft by the San Francisco Giants, andthe first Indiana player drafted. They werethe only team that did not send a scout toForest Park that night! They saw me pitchthe first game of the season in a one hitshutout of Roncalli High School. I struckout 16 out of the 21 players I faced. Guessthat was good enough for the Giants!

I received the call from the Giants thenext day. When the phone rang a lady said,“This is a long distance phone call fromNew York City. Will you hold please?” Isaid, “Yes!” “Terry, this is Gene Thomp-

son with the San Francisco Giants. Youhave been drafted by our ball club. We willget back to you in a few days to work outdetails of your contract. Welcome to theSan Francisco Giants!” My next thing wasto call Coach Dunker! He told me howhappy he was for me and told me to comeover to his house to discuss what we weregoing to do. He negotiated my contract withthe Giants.

From the time I was 15 years old until Igraduated from high school Don Dunkerwas like a father to me. It did not stop afterI graduated either.

The next week we played in the Ander-son Regional. On a very hot Indiana day, Iwas to pitch against the top rated team in thestate, Kokomo Haworth. We won 2 to 1and I lost 20 lbs. during the game. I wasreally struggling in the night game with justtrying to get over losing that much fluidearlier in the day. I played right field and welost to Anderson with Roy Taylor, the greatbasketball player from Anderson pitching.When the game was over Coach Dunkerwas walking toward me in right field. Hecame and put his arm around my shouldersand said, “Thank you for making me asuccessful coach these past four years. Youare one of the best baseball players I haveseen.” Him, thanking me? I was trying tothank him! That was just the way he was agreat coach who was a humble man! Hewas a real caring person. For baseball in the'60s, '70s and '80s, there wasn't anyonebetter than Don Dunker.

The love Coach Dunker had for hisplayers continued on after our playing days.

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When I was playing in the Giants sys-tem, he would always call me to ask how Iwas doing and to ask if he could do any-thing to help. He always remembered mygirls' birthdays and graduations with phonecalls and cards.

A few years before his death, he cameinto my office when I was the Publisher ofThe Noblesville Daily Times and told methrough the illness and death of his wife,Billie, that he might lose his home where hehad lived many years. I asked how muchmoney was needed. He told me. I promisedhim he would not lose his home. I contactedall the former players I could think of andwrote about it in the paper. People andplayers contacted me from everywhere.“How can we help?” Through the efforts ofpeople like Ron Wilson, Warren Westrich,David Cox, and many others, the moneywas raised to help Coach Dunker in his timeof need. Many of the men from the Nobles-ville American Legion were very helpful aswell.

Coach Dunker was a legend in his owntime. His influence on young athletes wasmemorialized in 2004 with the naming ofDonald J. Dunker Field, the diamond whereNoblesville High School plays its homebaseball games at Hazel Dell ElementarySchool.

In 1950, he started baseball and golfprograms at Noblesville Junior High andwas one of the founders of the NoblesvilleBabe Ruth Baseball League. He becamevarsity baseball coach in the 1960s and alsocoached freshman football and basketball.His team won the Advance Babe Ruth StateChampionship in 1972. We played in aseven state playoff in Alpena, Michigan. Ipitched against the Kentucky state champi-on and we won the game. I struck out JohnLeMaster the number one draft pick of theSan Francisco Giants and a future teammatein the Giants organization, three times inthe game. Coach Dunker won two statechampionships in the National AmateurBaseball Tournament, the Babe Ruth Na-tional Championship Tournament in 1977,The National Amateur Congress in 1977,the Palomino Tournament in 1984, theConnie Mack Tournament in 1982, 1983,and 1988, and the Stan Musial Tournamentin 1988, 1992, and 1997. His team ad-vanced to the finals in the Amateur WorldSeries in 1992 and 1993.

Success always followed Coach Dunk-er. As a pitcher at Indiana University, hewas Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1941and was the winner of the Balfour Award,IU's highestathletic award. Dunker completed two de-grees at IU, and coached the IU freshmanbaseball team. He also taught History atNoblesville High School for many years.

During World War II, he served in theU.S. Navy. After Pearl Harbor, the Navydiscovered that of the 4,000 sailors who losttheir lives from that attack, over half diedbecause they did not know how to swim.Dunker was instrumental in establishing aprogram to teach swimming to all sailorsbefore they were assigned to a ship.

During the war, there were a number ofmajor league players, including Stan Mu-sial and Ted Williams, who formed an All-Service All-Star team. Dunker was the onlycollege player to be part of that team. Thisteam played all of the major league teamsand most minor league teams toraise more than $3 million to help needyfamilies who had lost husbands and fathersin combat.

After the war, Dunker played with theChicago Cubs organization for a time, butan injury to his foot during his militaryservice shortened his professional career.He was a major league baseball scout forthe Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Kan-sas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, andNew York Mets. He was inducted into theIndiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. In2002, the governor of Indiana presentedhim with the prestigious Sagamore of theWabash award.

As I have written all of this, I miss himgreatly and I am thankful for the place andmentorship he had in my life. One of thegood men from Noblesville who have beena powerful influence in the lives of youngpeople.

Dr. Terry L. Coomer is the Pastor ofHope Baptist Church in the North LittleRock and Sherwood areas of Arkansas. Heis the Director of For the Love of the Fami-ly Ministries and Hope Biblical CounselingCenter. He may be contacted attlcoomer@juno.com.

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By LEANN WILSONJesus told Paul “My strength is made perfect in weak-

ness" 2 Cor 12:9 (NKJV). What isstrength but power under control?Some time ago I heard a messagedeclaring the mighty works of God.My feeble rendition does not do jus-tice to the passion with which it waspreached. “Indeed I have But He” wasthe subject of the sermon – Noahindeed built an ark, but He sealed thedoor and flooded the whole earth andHe sent the mighty wind causing thewaters to recede! Moses indeed led

the Israelites out of slavery but He parted the waters,congealing them into a wall so His people could walk ondry land across the Red Sea! Moses indeed led the Israel-ites through the desert but He guided them in the form of acloud by day and by pillar of fire at night, and He was therock that followed beside providing Spiritual water for thejourney! Gideon indeed led 300 men to the edge of theMidianite camp for battle but He caused the Medianites toflee and turn their swords on each other! Daniel indeedinterpreted the dreams of a king but He shut the mouths ofthe lions! There is none stronger than God himself. “Haveyou an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice likeHis?  Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, Andarray yourself with glory and beauty.  Disperse the rage ofyour wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humblehim.  Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;Tread down the wicked in their place.  Hide them in thedust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness” Job40:9-13 (NKJV). And I add - What is weakness but anadmission of our frailties? Ah, but more than this, it is thesetting aside of pride in our perceived abilities and admit-ting that we are nothing but dependent solely on Him andHis strength. For indeed my flesh is weak but He that is inme is strong! Indeed my might is meager against theadversary but He is the rock and strong fortress! Indeed myprayers are insufficient but His spirit in me makes interces-sion with groanings too deep for words! Indeed the yoke ofmy transgressions burden me but He has a yoke that iseasy! Indeed I have sinned but He became the atonement!“For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock,except our God? It is God who arms me with strength, andmakes my way perfect” Psalms 18:31-32 (NKJV).

Paul while writing to the Corinthian Church prayedthree times for what he referred to as a thorn in his side to

be removed. What this thorn was we are never actuallytold. I myself think this was a physical affliction. Othertheories include that the thorn was an emotional issue suchas an anger control problem, or possibly a temptation tosin. Some Bible experts even theorize that for all theirgrumblings the thorn may actually have been the Corinthi-an Church itself. Whatever this thorn was is not really ofany consequence. What mattered is that God used the thornto keep Paul humble. Paul had been given such greatrevelation from God that Paul could not even recount hisstory of being caught up to Paradise in the first person forfear of becoming, or fear of being perceived, as boastful.And then there was also a “lawful” prohibition on Paul’srevealing of the glories he saw in heaven. Self-pride is atrait that God finds detestable hence the thorn in Paul’sside. In 2 Cor 12:7-10 (NKJV) Paul tells us “… lest Ishould be exalted above measure by the abundance of therevelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messen-ger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted abovemeasure.  Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lordthree times that it might depart from me. And He said tome, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength ismade perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I willrather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ mayrest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, inreproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, forChrist's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” Thethorn remaining unnamed allows us to identify with Paul’sweakness and gives us the example of how we are to relyon the Strength of God in dealing with the difficulties inlife. Christian we are not exempt from life’s problems.Scripture tells us that “…He makes His sun rise on the eviland on the good, and sends rain on the just and on theunjust” Matt 5:45 (NKJV), and “There is a vanity that takesplace on earth, that there are righteous people to whom ithappens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there arewicked people to whom it happens according to the deedsof the righteous” Eccl 8:14 (ESV). These scriptures tell usthat life is not always fair. In this world we will havetribulation; we will have trails and we will have troubles,however God wants us to walk through the fire in meek-ness and humility, not puffed up and arrogant, so that whenwe are able to bear up through our reliance on Him and Hisstrength, all glory will then go to God. In can be verydifficult to watch the worldly seemingly prosper throughwicked ways but God never promised to keep us from trialsand persecution. What He did, and does continue to prom-ise is the Grace to carry us through. The promise of this

Grace is what carries God’s children through in perfectstrength. "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makesflesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD. Forhe shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see whengood comes” Jer 17:5-6 (NKJV). God “does not delight inthe strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legsof a man. The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him,in those who hope in His mercy” Psalms 147:10-11(NKJV). “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, anddelivers them out of all their troubles, the LORD is near tothose who have a broken heart, and saves such as have acontrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous;But the LORD delivers him out of them all” Psalms 34:17-19 (NKJV). In the words of Jesus - “…in Me you may havepeace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be ofgood cheer, I have overcome the world" John 16:33(NKJV). Through His spirit in us we have a peace thatsurpasses all understanding in the midst of our troubles“and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”Phil 4:7 (NKJV).

Walking in obedience to God’s ways while perse-vering through the trials of life is what brings us humility.Romans 5:3-4 tells us “… we also glory in tribulations,knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perse-verance, character; and character, hope.” “My brethren,count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowingthat the testing of your faith produces patience.   But letpatience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect andcomplete, lacking nothing” James 1:2-4 (NKJV). Fix yourthoughts on this; if you are His you are never alone. “Trustin the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your ownunderstanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and Heshall direct your paths” Prov 3:5-6 (NKJV). Within youresides God’s“Ischys” – this is His strength and His powerat work in the believer, it is the strength and ability givento each believer by God through the Holy Spirit. Now runthe race for an incorruptible prize and remember “He givespower to the weak, And to those who have no might Heincreases strength” Isaiah 40:29 (NKJV). Until the daywhen we are called home we will find our rest and comfortonly in Him.

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learnfrom Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you willfind rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and Myburden is light" Matt 11:28-30 (NKJV)

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The following photos are being sentfrom the July 11th Keep Noblesville Beau-tiful Neighborhood Blitz.  60 volunteersfrom Helmer Scientific, Boy Scout Troop101 and local residents spent the morninghelping 15 neighbors with their landscapeprojects.  Services such as mulching, treetrimming, gardening, painting and eaves-cleaning  were  offered  free  of  charge  toresidents in the neighborhood bordered by17th and 19th Streets on Division and Han-nibal.  This event was co-sponsored byServe Noblesville.  Two 20-yard dumpsterswere filled with unwanted items from yardsand garages.  Volunteers enjoyed a pizzalunch sponsored by Helmer Scientific whenthe work was finished.

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Keep Noblesville BeautifulNeighborhood Blitz volunteers arepictured with Nola Pyle, a resident whotakes pride in her gardens, but can nolonger take care of them. Sheappreciated the volunteers whoweeded and brought her gardens backto life.

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By RICHIE HALLReporter Sports EditorSoccer is arguably the most international sport there is.Guerin Catholic got a little taste of that when the Gold-

en Eagles hosted the School of Excellence High SchoolGirls Elite Soccer Camp this week. The camp, which wasprimarily attended by GC players but was also open toplayers from other schools, was designed to help highschool players prepare for the upcoming season.

The camp brought in Andjelovic Spaske, a FIFA li-censed coach from Serbia, to provide instruction. GuerinCatholic coach Rainford Hunter said the goal was forSpaske "to just bring a little bit of a perspective from aSerbian standpoint." Spaske has also played the game at aworld-class level, so he definitely brought some high-levelexperience to the Golden Eagles' field.

"The girls have been really impressed," said Hunter. Henoted that one of the players' mother emailed him, sayingthat her daughter had "been really enjoying the coach'saccent." Hunter had to laugh about that.

"So I said, 'OK, that's great that she's enjoying thecoach's accent, but hopefully she's also learning some newmethods as far as the game itself,'" said Hunter.

And the players have been learning. Three of them -Kendal Ajdaharian, Kiana Hunter and Lindsay Wisdorf -took some time to talk about what they were getting out ofthe camp.

"It's pretty different," said Ajdaharian. "We're having alot of fun. It's kind of awkward at first, just like howdifferent it was. He's used to not smiling, not showing a lotof emotion towards us."

Ajdaharian said that "felt a little awkward at first." Butshe was speaking on the third day of the camp, and notedthat Spaske was "opening up and we're feeling morecomfortable and we're both getting a lot out of it."

"We're learning a lot," said Kiana Hunter. "More of thetactical and technical sides of the game. He taught us somenew warm-ups, and how to take better touches on the balland stuff like that.

"My thing is first touch, getting hard balls in the airbecause I'm a defender. And we worked on that kind ofstuff yesterday, and I felt like I really improved as a player."

"He's been through a lot," said Wisdorf, noting that thecoach "knows a ton about soccer," and appreciated that sheand her fellow players "get to see it from a professionalstandpoint" and from the perspective of another country.

"Basically, it's just teaching us new ways to look at thegame, and different ways to warm up and stuff like that,"said Wisdorf.

"I think one of the things I need to work on is mytouches on the ball, and getting more technical, and thisdefinitely helps me do that."

For his part, Spaske said that the girls at the camp are"very talented with a lot of potential." Mile Milovac, afellow Serbian and assistant coach for the Golden Eagles,served as Spaske's interpreter as he talked on Wednesday.

"The only difference in between those girls back homeand here is basically, they do have more experience," saidMilovac. "But these girls, being young and talented, theydo have a lot of room to grow. So down the road, heexpects for them to be even better, and hopefully have agood college future. And maybe even pro, semi-pro."

And of course, getting the chance to see the perspectiveof a different culture is always a good thing for a youngperson to see. Hunter said that the experience is "not justabout soccer," but also about "the girls being exposed tosomeone from another culture. And someone who speaksanother language. So that's good from that perspective aswell."

Guerin Catholic hosted the School of Excellence High School Girls Elite Soccer Camp last week. The camp got some international flavor when Serbian coach AndjelovicSpaske (in purple shirt) provided instruction during the week. Spaske is being assisted on a drill by Golden Eagles assistant coach Mile Milovac (far right), who is alsofrom Serbia.

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Hamilton County hosts NSA “B” Northern World Series

The Grand Rapids Cyclones won the 14U division at at the NSA “B” Northern World Series. The Cyclones beat the KalamazooKlash in an all-Michigan championship Saturday at Hamilton Southeastern’s Olio Fields.

The Indiana Revolution, a Delaware County-based team, beat the Hurricanes Black to win the 10U division.

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The sounds of softball have been fillingHamilton County this week, as it hosted the2015 National Softball Association "B"World Series.

A total of 263 teams from 14 statescompeted in the event, which featured agebrackets from 8U to 18U. Action wrappedup Saturday at Olio Fields, which is locatedon the Hamilton Southeastern campus. OlioFields was the main site, but games wereplayed at other locations, such as at HSE'sfield, and the Fishers High School field.

Fall Creek Intermediate School and RoyHolland Memorial Park hosted games aswell. Noblesville's softball complex onMonument Street was used, and Westfieldhosted some games at Grand Park andMonon Elementary School.

All in all, it was a good week, said BillHorton, the vice president of NSA's NorthCentral Zone.

"We've had pretty much an issue-freeweek," said Horton. The weather was spec-tacular, giving the area a much-neededbreak from all the rain it had experiencedduring the summer. Fishers was also a greathost, with the NSA hosting its skills compe-tition in the city's downtown.

"That went off great," said Horton."People here with the HSE Cats group andthe Olio park group, they've done a phe-nomenal job, along with the city."

This was the NSA B World Series’ firstvisit back to Hamilton County since 2011.The event took place in Northwestern Indi-ana in 2012 and 2014, and in East Peoria,Ill. in 2013.

In addition to Indiana, the NSA’s NorthZone includes North and South Dakota,Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-souri, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio,Wisconsin and Canada.

Brennan Boesch silenced a selloutcrowd of 15,042, singling home two runs inthe 10th inning to give the Louisville Batsa 4-2 victory over the Indianapolis IndiansSaturday at Victory Field.

Louisville opened the 10th with a singleand hit batter to put two runners aboard, butfirst baseman John Bowker made an im-pressive play on the lead runner at homeand a force out at second base to leave theBats with runners on the corners and twoouts.

Irving Falu was then hit by a pitch toload the bases and Boesch split the first andsecond baseman with the go-ahead singleinto right field.

Louisville closer Carlos Contreraswalked three and induced the Indians’fourth double play as part of a scoreless10th and his third save.

Willy Garcia and Bowker had two hitsapiece and each scored a run. Gorkys Her-nandez reached base three times and drovein one run.

Tribe doomed by fourdouble plays and10th-inning single

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Joe Gibbs Racing's Carl Edwards wonthe pole for the Crown Royal Presents theJeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard at the India-napolis Motor Speedway.

Edwards drove his No. 19 Stanley Toy-ota to his 15th career pole and first in 11races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedwaywith a lap of 183.464 mph. In searching forhis first win at Indianapolis on Sunday,Edwards will look to improve upon hisbest-ever performance at IMS when he fin-ished as the runner-up to Jimmie Johnson in2008.

"After yesterday, this is amazing," Ed-wards said. "We started so slow yesterdayand we struggled. We buckled down andworked hard. I'm proud of my guys. This isthe first pole at the Brickyard for Toyota.Stanley has been behind us 100 percent, notjust me, but our entire program. This isbig."

Due to the new high-drag aerodynamicpackage on Sprint Cup Series cars, CrownRoyal 400 at the Brickyard qualifying wasmodified to a two-round format. Each carposted a time for one lap in the first round,with the 12 fastest cars advancing to a sec-ond round, where one more single-lap runwas used to determine the polesitter.

"It worked out well. I like this style ofqualifying," Edwards said. "You feel likeyou have all the pressure, and I like that.

"The first round, we weren't the fastestcar. I watched the clouds and the timingworked out pretty well, and I thought I'mgoing to be pretty aggressive on this secondone. Plus, Kyle Busch was talking smackabout how he was going to beat me in thesecond round, so I was really motivatedfrom that. Then, after going through Turns

1 and 2, I thought 'This is going to be areally good lap."'

Joey Logano and David Ragan qualifiedsecond and third behind Edwards - the sametop 3 qualifiers as a week ago at NewHampshire.

Rounding out the top-10 qualifiers fromtoday's action were two-time Crown Royalat the Brickyard winner Tony Stewart(2005-07), Kyle Larson, reigning NA-SCAR Sprint Cup champion Kevin Har-vick, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray.

Four-time Crown Royal 400 at theBrickyard winner (2006, '08, '09, '12) andsix-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cham-pion Jimmie Johnson qualified 12th, withfive-time Brickyard 400 winner (1994, '98,'01, '04, '14) Jeff Gordon of nearby Pitts-boro, Indiana,  qualifying 19th for his finalSprint Cup race at Indianapolis.

The 160-lap Crown Royal Presents theJeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard starts Sundayat 3:50 p.m.

Busch wins Lilly Diabetes 250: KyleBusch continued his Saturday dominationat the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, catch-ing Ryan Blaney on the last lap for hissecond win at the Lilly Diabetes 250.

Blaney led Laps 76-99, but a bobblecoming out of Turn 2 on the last lap afternegotiating lapped traffic allowed Busch,who started on the pole, to dart to the insidefor a pass on the back straight and a win by.421 of a second.

"I just got close enough to make himmess up and made him get tight off (Turn)2 and then I was able to capitalize under-neath him when he lost his momentum,"said Busch, who won his first XFINITY

race at IMS in 2013 and has led 206 of 400laps in the four-year history of the event."The Monster Energy Camry was the classof the field. We should've won this thinggoing away, but I guess we had to make itexciting. Hopefully it was exciting downthe last lap for the fans."

Blaney took full blame for falling threeturns short of the win.

"It was my fault, obviously," saidBlaney, driver of the No. 22 Discount TireFord. "You saw it. I screwed up. The crewdid not deserve that. I dropped the ball forthem today. I take full responsibility. I gottight and got in too deep and didn't get rightoff the corner. I threw it away. It's a prettybad feeling to throw one away at the Brick-yard. There was no pressure for 25 laps andthen the last one - I just made a mistake."

Daniel Suarez finished third in his No.18 ARRIS Honda, followed by Paul Me-nard in the No. 33 Richmond/MenardsChevrolet, Elliott Sadler in the No. 1 One-Main Financial Ford, reigning Sprint CupSeries winner Kevin Harvick in the No. 88Morton Buildings Chevrolet and Kyle Lar-son in the No. 42 Dixie Chopper/Big Ma-chine Records/Jacobsen Chevrolet.

Regan Smith finished eighth in his No.7 AmericasPower.org Chevrolet, and indoing so earned a $100,000 bonus in theNASCAR XFINITY Series "Dash 4 Cash"program.

Busch, who qualified ninth for theCrown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 atthe Brickyard, will attempt to win his thirdSprint Cup race in a row and fourth in hislast five starts.

TRACK SCHEDULE10 a.m. Public gates open3:50 p.m. Crown Royal Presents the JeffKyle 400 at the Brickyard Public gates close with Checkered FlagACTIVITIES:IMS Midway: 10 a.m.-3:50 p.m.Kids Zone Activities: IMS Road Crew(Music and Games), EBash Simulators, In-flatable Slide, Inflatable Obstacle Course,Face Painter, Caricature Artist, StriderCourse.Hero Zone Activities: Military Themed Ob-stacle Course, Rock Wall, Donation Collec-tion for Wish 4 Our Heroes.Indianapolis Motor Speedway Info Tent:Batak Reaction Testing Games*, ForzaSimulators, NASCAR Tire Changer, 2015Honda CBR600 Motorcycle on Display*Prizes awarded each day for the topscores.Driver Appearances at the Chevy Stage11:45 a.m.: Ryan NewmanNoon: Danica Patrick12:15 p.m.: Jimmie Johnson12:25 p.m.: Kevin Harvick12:45 p.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and MartinTruex Jr.1:00 p.m.: Kasey KahneTrack Walk: Noon-1:30 p.m.: Fan TrackWalk - Enter North Pit Gate, Exit South PitGateDrivers Walk the Bricks: 2:30-2:55 p.m.:Fans can watch drivers walk from the Yardof Bricks in Pagoda Plaza to the PanasonicPagoda for driver introductions.Pre-Race Ceremonies: 3-3:37 p.m.: Driverintroductions, "America The Beautiful"sung by Maddie & Tae, invocation, nationalanthem sung by Kellie Pickler, flyover,command to start engines.PUBLIC GATES OPEN: 10 a.m. (localtime). Pedestrian gates open are Gates 1,1A, 1B, 1B.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7Vehicle, 7 South Pedestrian, 9, 10, 10A, 11,11A, 11C, 12, 27.STANDS OPEN: A Stand (Flex Ticket -Premium GA), A. Penthouse (reserved seat-ing), B Stand (reserved seating), B Pent-house (reserved seating), C Stand (reservedseating), E Stand (reserved seating), E Pent-house (reserved seating), H Stand (FlexTicket - Premium GA), J Stand (reservedseating), Northeast Vista Turn (reservedseating), Northeast Vista Deck (reservedseating), Northeast Vista (Sec. 1-25 re-served seating), Northeast Vista Deck(reserved seating), North Vista Wheelchair(reserved seating-Sec. 21-56), NorthwestVista (reserved seating), Northwest VistaDeck (reserved seating), Paddock (reservedseating), Paddock Wheelchair (reservedseating), Paddock Penthouse (reserved seat-ing), Southeast Vista (reserved seating),Southeast Vista Deck (reserved seating),South Terrace (reserved seating), SouthTerrace Wheelchair (reserved seating),South Vista (reserved seating-Sec. 1-5),South Vista Deck (reserved seating-Sec.1-4),  Southwest Vista (Flex Ticket-Premi-um GA), Southwest Vista Deck (reservedseating), Tower Terrace (reserved seating),Tower Terrace Wheelchair (reserved seat-ing), Wheelchair Accessible Inside(reserved seating), Backstretch Mounds,Backstretch Family Mounds, Turn 2Mounds, Turn 3 Mounds.MUSEUM HOURS: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Ad-mission is $8 for adults and $5 for fans6-15 years old, with children 5 and underfree. Gate admission to the Crown RoyalPresents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyardevents July 24-26, is not included in IMSHall of Fame Museum admission and mustbe purchased separately.

Carl Edwards wins Brickyard pole

American LeagueEast W L PCT. GBN.Y. Yankees 54 42 .563 -Toronto 50 49 .505 5.5Tampa Bay 49 50 .495 6.5Baltimore 47 49 .490 7.0Boston 43 55 .439 12.0Central W L PCT. GBKansas City 58 38 .604 -Minnesota 52 45 .536 5.5Detroit 48 49 .495 10.5Chi. White Sox 45 50 .474 12.5Cleveland 45 51 .469 13.0West W L PCT. GBL.A. Angels 54 43 .557 -Houston 55 44 .556 -Texas 47 49 .490 6.5Seattle 45 53 .459 9.5Oakland 44 55 .444 11.0

National LeagueEast W L PCT. GBWashington 52 44 .542 -N.Y. Mets 50 48 .510 3.0Atlanta 45 52 .464 7.5Miami 41 57 .418 12.0Philadelphia 36 63 .364 17.5Central W L PCT. GBSt. Louis 63 34 .649 -Pittsburgh 56 41 .577 7.0Chi. Cubs 51 45 .531 11.5Cincinnati 43 52 .453 19.0Milwaukee 43 55 .439 20.5West W L PCT. GBL.A. Dodgers 56 43 .566 -San Francisco 53 44 .546 2.0San Diego 46 52 .469 9.5Arizona 45 51 .469 9.5Colorado 41 54 .432 13.0

Saturday’s scoresDetroit 5, Boston 1San Francisco 2, Oakland 1Philadelphia 5, Chi. Cubs 0Toronto 8, Seattle 6Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1Washington 9, Pittsburgh 3Chi. White Sox 10, Cleveland 3

Kansas City 2, Houston 1, 10 inningsN.Y. Mets 15, L.A. Dodgers 2N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 5St. Louis 1, Atlanta 0Cincinnati 5, Colorado 2Arizona 2, Milwaukee 0San Diego 3, Miami 1Texas 7, L.A. Angels 6

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