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Plainfield Centenarian with a Passion for Education
Reba Hadley’s photo from the first year she taught in a oneroom school is display along with book of Mother Goose nursery rhymes and the school bell she used to call the children to class.
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March 30, 2021 Interview by Kerry Anderson
This year on May 27th, Reba Hadley will be celebrating her 103rd birthday. She was born in 1918 and has been witness to the birth of vehicles, computers and many other major world changes throughout her life. When asked how she has lived so long, she says, “I don’t drink, I don’t smoke and I talk to God every day.”
Reba Hadley on her 100th birthday.
Reba grew up on a farm in Reelsville, Indiana and had one sister, Erma who was two years older than she. Erma lived to the age of 95. Their family had pigs, cows and chickens. They didn’t have a lot, but they were happy and never went hungry. On Sundays after church, they would have friends over and play croquet all afternoon. The piano, saxophone and violin as well as other instruments around the house made for lovely afternoons full of music.
Once a week, her family drove their horse and buggy from Reelsville to Brazil, Indiana to buy steak. Upon arrival home, they dropped it down into the well to keep it cold. “It was primitive times,” Carolyn said.
She graduated high school at 16 and went to Indiana Normal College
in Terre Haute, which was the teacher’s college at the time. At age 18, she finishedcollege and began her job as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in Putnam County at a township school out in the country. Beyond her normal instructional duties for all the 1st to 8th grade students, Reba also had to keep up with housekeeping chores, such as carrying water into the building every day, as well as wood for the stove.
“It was a big job, but I love children, so I got it done,” Reba said.
That same year, she went on a double date and ended up liking the boy, Elmer Hadley, who her friend was paired up with more than her own date. Sure enough, Elmer asked Reba out, and they got married soon after.
“I guess it was love at first sight,” Carolyn said.
Reba’s family joined her in the celebration of Reba’s100th birthday in 2019.
There was one problem: teachers at the time weren’t allowed to teach once married. For that reason, Reba and Elmer eloped and didn’t tell anyone they had gotten married until her teaching contract ended that year. She hated having to step away from the classroom, but didn’t have much of a choice.
Reba and Elmer Hadley in 1965.
Though Reba taught hundreds, if not thousands,
of children throughout her career, she only had one biological child, Carolyn. She would crochet and sew and make Carolyn little dresses when she was a young girl.
Once Carolyn was ten, Reba went back to teaching in Terre Haute in the Vigo County School System. The year was 1950, and she had 52 first graders with no teachingassistant. Furthermore, there were no duplicating machines at the time, so Reba spent many hours using a hectograph to produce all her classroom materials.
“She was a very innovative person,” Caroyln said about Reba, “and still to this day, her old first grade students [who are now adults] come to visit her.”
After decades as a classroom teacher, Reba moved on to become a Reading Consultant, which involved her going from school to school to assist in best practices with the education of literacy.
Reba and Elmer were married for 50 years until he passed away. As a widow, Reba spent time playing cards at the senior center on Friday nights. She has always loved playing cards and games- Euchre, Pinochle and Scrabble especially.
“She can beat anyone at Scrabble, even still today,” Carolyn said.
The senior center was where Reba met Jim Morley, who had also lost his spouse of 50 years. At the age of 75, the couple married. Reba finally retired from teaching at this time, as the newlyweds went to Texas for the winters.
“I honestly think, if she hadn’t gotten married again, she probably would have taught even longer,” Carolyn said, “she was a ball of fire.”
Jim and Reba were married for five years, until he passed away. After that, Reba started going to Bonita Springs, Florida with Carolyn and her husband Ron for the winters.
Reba and her second husband, Jim Morley.
“She always tried to eat healthy,” Carolyn said, “When we were in Florida, I remember her wanting the different food groups, which were made up of different colors, on her plate and she would arrange them and say, ‘Doesn’t this look pretty’?”
In Florida, Reba’s family bought her a three-wheeled bike which she rode all around their community. She had never been able to ride a bike so this was great fun for her and her friends. Carolyn said one day she looked up to see Reba and a friend riding down the street with their feet on the handle bars, just having a great time. Reba spent 16 winters in Florida with Carolyn’s family.
After growing up with a horse and buggy as her family’s main means of transportation, her first car was a Model T Ford. She drove until the age of 98. Her last car was a Buick.
While cars definitely made an impact on changes, so did many other inventions, such as technology.
“It’s a whole new world,” Reba said, “some things make it better, and some make it worse. One thing that’s better is that you don’t have to walk to school in the cold anymore. Something that makes it worse is that life is moving too fast. You don’t have time to stop and enjoy the good things in life.”
Reba has two grandsons and four great grandchildren. She currently lives in Plainfield with Carolyn and Ron.
Reba said, “I enjoy life, I have a good family, I don’t have any worries and I still have a good life.”
Grants Awarded for Summer Remedial Programs
Two local school corporations will receive funds for summer remedial learning programs through a grant initiative by Duke Energy.
The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded $311,246 in grants to 22 different K-12 education programs in 15 Indiana counties for 2021. The grants support summer reading programs, energy, engineering and environmental education programs, and programs that support under-represented, low-income or diverse audiences.
“We all know many students missed out on several learning opportunities last year,” said Stan Pinegar, Duke Energy state president for Indiana. “I am proud that we are able to offer these grants to students in communities throughout our service territory with the hope of helping those students catch up, restore their passion for learning and encourage them to meet and exceed their educational goals.”
The Foundation makes these grants available through the company’s “Powerful Communities” program, which helps power the lives of customers and the vitality of communities through charitable giving.
In Hendricks County, the following grants were awarded:
▪ Danville Community School Corporation - “Warrior Whiz” summer educational remediation program, $11,506
▪ Plainfield Community Schools - Summer reading camp to improve reading and math skills, $10,000
▪ The Imagination Lab (Plainfield Community Schools) - One-day intensive summer Odyssey for Plainfield elementary students, $10,000.
Libraries Assist with Vaccine Registration
Hendricks County libraries are partnering with the Hendricks County Health Department to assist with scheduling and registering eligible people for the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently, individuals 65 and older are eligible to sign up and register for the vaccine at any location in the state of Indiana.
In order to sign up for the vaccine, individuals may go online to www.ourshot.in.gov or call 211 for assistance.
Both the website and 211 have been experiencing high traffic and wait times can be lengthy, which is where Hendricks County libraries come in to assist.
Anyone who needs assistance with scheduling and registering for their COVID-19 vaccine can contact any of the following Hendricks County libraries for assistance:
▪ Avon: In Person Only
▪ Brownsburg: 317-852- 3167
▪ Clayton: 37-539-2991
▪ Coatesville: 765-386- 2355
▪ Danville: 317-745- 2604
▪ Plainfield: 317-839- 6602
Hearings on ACSC Projects
Expansion, efficiency, and improvement - these are the type of proposed project that Avon Community Schools will be discussing at a public hearings scheduled in April.
On Monday, April 12. A hearing will take place at 5:30 p.m., at Avon High School, 7575 E CR 150 S, Avon. The projects to be discussed include renovation, improvements and expansion of Avon High Schoool, Avon Intermediate School East, Avon Intermediate School West, and other school facilities within the corporation.
On Monday, April 26, the Board will hold a second public hearing to discuss and hear objections and support for the proposed projects and determine whether to move forward by entering into a lease and issuing bonds.
Please check the SchoolCorporation’s website (www.avon-schools.org) prior to the hearings to receive up-to-date information about meeting logistics.
William Wordsworth
North Salem Local & Social
Jonah Fish Fry North Salem Fire & Rescue will host their Jonah Fish Fry on Saturday, April 10, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the North Salem Community Building. All you can eat fish, 3 sides, dessert, and drink for $9.00.
Kids Fish Dinner (ages
10 & under), $5. Fish Sandwich, $4. Each extra side dish, $1. Hot Dog, $1.50 Chips, 50¢. Drink & free refills, $1. Come enjoy a GREAT meal!
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Circle of Concern for so many.
Jennifer Williams Hankins - heart problems. Hear she is doing OK.
Steve Hubbard - stroke enrought home from vacation. Neena able to drive them from Georgia after hospitalization there. Steve reports he is hanging in.
Karen Hardman still not up to par. Special get well wishes to her from all of you.
So many suffering from colds, sinus conditions and more. Hope our Spring weather will be a healing for all.
Thoughs for Jane Gossett Buckingham - lots of pain with arthritis. Love you, Jane.
Haven’t talked to Delores Shelton for several days. Our thoughts and prayers are with her.
Also thinking of Sonny Johnston and family.
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Received beautiful Easter Card from Katherine Burkhart, former North Salem State Bank employee and close friend to Barbara Oliver, Kathy Walton and I. She is doing OK and looking forward to when she can come up to visit with us.
So much cleaning up to do following storm and just usual Spring clean up time. Have had several real warm and nice days. Thankful for all. Many were doing repairs and yard work Easter Day. Celebrations wer late.
The Butch and Alta Trump family were guests Sunday for the Holiday. They had a good day.
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The Jackson Township Ladies Luncheon has been scheduled for May 8. It is held in Cochran’s Catering at Jamestown. Call Susie Rich - 765-676-6483 for further information.
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Don’t forget the Eel River Township Jonah Fish Fry, Saturday, April 10, 4-7 p.m. at the Eel River Community Building. Everyone looking forward to it. Thanks to our many volunteers on the Fire Dept. and all abou the town. We are truly blessed.
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Lots of restrictions lowered to the Virus. But please continue to be as safe as you can. Together, we shall overcome the virus and get our lives back to normal. We all miss the times we could be together. God’s blessings to all.
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Kyle and Hanna Miller, with help from friends, have set up a small swing and slide set for their little daughter, who is just over one year old. She is so cute and will really like the swings, etc. Thanks Mom and Dad and all.
Imagine Robb and Josie Patterson also have something for their little one, too. Both dads on Eel River Twp. Volunteer Fire Dept.
So good to see Coonsie driving by on his cycle. He is now looking for a dog to replace his beloved one that passed away. It rode the cycle with Coonsie all the time.
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Don’t forget the North Salem Christian Church will be having their drive-thru Spud Dinner on Saturday, April 24, at the church, from 5-7 p.m. Free will offering to help the with Church Camp later. Aways very good.
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North Salem Alumni Banquet, Saturday, June 5, at North Salem Elementary building, 4 - 9:30 p.m. For more info, call Larry or Kay Michael 803-627- 2773. Good time planned for visiting and enjoying the evening. Mark your calendar!
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This warm weather, beautiful days, is bringing many people out. So happy to get to meet new close-by neighbors. Welcome to our Community of North Salem.
Young couple, four houses up, walking their three dogs. Live in the former Perry Nathan & Imogene Owen property. They are expecting new baby in June, so our street is growing in more ways than one!
Kyle and Hannan and daughter just over one, and with new couple we are growing. Makes for a great street, to mix in with our old and middle-aged residents. Dogs and cats and squirrels also abundant. We have it all. Lots of love and friendliness.
Gene McCullough and Robb stopped by. Brought chicken tenders, macaroni & cheese. Jim Basham brought ham, mac & cheese and even the ham bone to be used later (Phyllis Pearcy). And Dixie Harnishfeger, ham, macaroni & cheese and escalloped cabbage. So now you know - the pounds add on. Plus other food from Karen. (I even fix at bowl of cereal now and then!) Riley and Linda, meat & potatoes and more.
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Birthday wishes April 12 to Joyce Robinson at Jamestown, sister of Gene McCullough - Big 80th!
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Gene McCullough went to Celebration of Life April 3 for his friend, Dan Stanley at Mooresville, and on April 10 will go to Emminence for Celebration of Life for friend, Robb Wagner.
Barbara and Jim Oliver both out mowing yard today (Monday).
An Easter Bunny - life sized - came by Sunday. Gave me a nice candle. Still don’t know its name.
Dottie, Jim Basham and Bella doing okay. Enjoying games on TV. Mark and Teresa enjoyed dinner with them Sunday.
Thinking of Nancy Hume. Hope she is OK,too. Also Barbara Jane Peters. And good friends of the past - Dick & Clara Thmpson. Good ole days!
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Chili Supper For Project Homeless
Christ Lutheran Church, 701 E. Tilden Rd., Brownsburg, will host a Chili Supper to raise funds for Project Homeless, on Saturday, April 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Dine in or carry out. For orders with curbside service, call 317-626-9876.
To learn more about Project Homeless, visit www.projecthomelessindy. org.
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Senior Center Membership
Membership in the Hendricks County Senior not only provides extra benefits, but membership dollars are an important part of the funding that prove the wide variety of activities and workshops offered to all senior citizens in Hendricks County.
The annual membership fee is $55 per person. If you use the services of the Hendricks County Senior Center. The cost of membership is only $.22 per day for the 247 days the Senior Centeris open a year.
Membership enables you to participate in activities and programs that are exclusively for members and provides discounts to members when a fee is charged for an activity or program.
Becoming a member is easy. Simply visit the Senior Center, complete a Membership Form and pay the membership dues. Members can renew their membership online. Visit hcseniors.org to learn more.
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Transportation For Seniors
Hendricks County Senior Services provides transportation services to anyone, 60 or older, needing a ride within Hendricks County. Transportation is provided for daily necessities, like medical appointments, grocery shopping, legal, social service, financial business, nutrition sites, and other life-essential service destinations. This service is provided on a donation basis.
Transportation services are provided by properly licensed staff who receive regular appropriate training. We are committed to the safe operation and maintenance of our vehicles, including the safe boarding and unloading of passengers.
Appointments are made on a first come/first servedbasis for door-to-door transportation (including wheelchair transport, portable oxygen, attendants, and service animals) for destinations in Hendricks County.
Transportation is available five days a week during office hours (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Service is not available on holidays or when weather is inclement.
To make an appointment call 317-718-4474. It is suggested that you call as far in advance as possible. __________
- Kurt Vonnegut
Pittsboro Local & Social
Weren’t we blessed with a beautifully gorgeous Easter Day? Temperatures were perfect for the windows to be open for awhile. I saw pictures of the Venture Church Easter Egg Hunt. It looks like a good crowd and a good time was had by all. Thank you, Venture Church for hosting this.
Have I seen some farmers hard at work? Let us pray for a safe and successful spring season for all our farmers.
According to the Town of Pittsboro Website, heavy trash pick up will be Saturday, April 17. This will also be shred day. Please call the Town Hall at 317-892-3326 for more information.
The daffodils in Scamahorn Park are just beautiful. Thank you to those who take such good care of our parks.
And I see someone had planted some flowers at Pittsboro Christian Church. Thank you, Cathy Vandivier!
For those celebrating April birthdays, happy birthday to you!
Help With Installation of Child Carseats
Did you know Washington Township Avon Fire Department can help you with proper installation of child carseats?
You can schedule a 30- appointment by going to https://calendly.com/was.../ carseat-installation-appointment
A confirmation email will be sent once you sign up for a specific date and time with more information.
Hendricks Co. Humane Society Offers Pet Food Pantry
Hendricks County Humane Society’s Pet Food Pantry is still operating. You don’t have to be an existing Pet Food Pantry recipient - just call 317-745-3338, answer some simple informational questions, and you can receive dog or cat food (& litter) as available. Arrangements will be made for pickup.
The HCHS Pet Food Pantry is part of the County Food Pantry Coalition, and also participates in three Gleaners Mobile Food Pantry distributions. For more information about the Hendricks County Humane Society, visit the website at hendrickshumane.org.
Yard Waste Recycling Centers Open
Hendricks County Recycling District operates two Yard Waste Recycling Centers that accept woody waste (brush, limbs, firewood, etc.), grass clippings, leaves, and other organic matter from Hendricks County households. Material collected at the centerswill be recycled into mulch.
Brownsburg Yard Waste Recycling Center is at 90 Mardale Dr. Hours are Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 317-858- 8231.
Plainfield Yard Waste Recycling Center is at 7020 S. CR 875 E. Hours: Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 317-838-9332.
Learn more about Yard Waste Recycling and check out the online recycling guide, visit RecycleHendricksCounty.org.
LINK Public Transit Service
LINK Hendricks County provides public transit service to persons of any age (including wheelchair transport, portable oxygen, attendants, and service animals).
Services are available to anyone needing a ride within Hendricks County. Those under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. If your child falls under the Indiana Child Seat Law you must provide a state approved car seat.
LINK service is scheduled on a first come, first served basis, so riders are encouraged to call as soon as possible, up to three (3) months in advance.
Curb to curb transportation is available Monday through Friday, during the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Service is not available on holidays or when inclement weather prohibits safe boarding and/or travel.
This is a fee-based service, $6 round trip within a town; $8 round trip within the county.
The service is scheduled by calling LINK at 317- 718-4474 and requesting LINK transportation.
Collector’s Historic Firearms To Be Featured in Local Auction
(Clockwise from top left) 1. Lone Star Silver holster with heavily engraved sterling silver panels. Lee & Verna Wesley Western buckle and belt tip. Unmarked Abercrombie & Fitch-style holster. 2. Colt First Model U.S. .44 round ball Dragoon percussion cap revolver. It can be assumed this 1850 model was with the Texas Rangers; Serial #6388 falls within the serial number range. 3. Colt Model 1871-72 “Open Top” .44 Single Action Army Revolver from 1872. A complete restoration reportedly in former collections of Mel Torme, Buddy Hackett and Texas Collector Bobby Smith. 4. A Colt .38-40 Single Action Army revolver from 1908, with ivory grips and sterling silver finish. Engraved in “cattle brand” style. Cow skull carved into right grip. Reportedly from Sammy Davis Jr.’s collection.
Iconic elements of American Western history will be sold absolute to the highest bidder in Danville live and online Saturday morning at 10 a.m., April 17, when Lawson & Co. auctions an estate collection of Winchester repeating rifles and Colt revolvers.
TV and movie Western fans will immediately recognize the lever action rifles and Single Action Army revolvers. Lawson expects collectors of these rare historic relics of the past to demonstrate interest from across the nation, and possibly the world. A sale preview is Friday, April 16, Noon-6:30 p.m. The estate of Michael B. Snite extends far beyond those seminal relics of the American West. The career commercial pilot was an avid sailor, owning two sailboats. He was a second-generation member of the Great Lakes Cruising Club out of Chicago. His father, John T. Snite, co-founded the club in 1933-34, and was its Commodore in 1937. Snite Senior owned several yachts; he won Chicago Yacht Club races with Bagheera and Copperhead, and their memorabilia alone are highly collectible.
The maritime element of the estate includes model yachts and numerous articles ranging from breathtaking black-and-white photographs believed to be shot by Morris Rosenfeld, the godfather of maritime photography, to things expected on a racing yacht.
But it’s the truly classic firearms that are the auction’s focus.
Winchester Model 1873 .38-40 lever action repeating rifle. Made in 1884, it was presented in 1886 to the retiring superintendent of His Majesty’s General Prison in Perth, Australia, by his officers.
One Winchester was presented to the retiring superintendent of the General Prison in Perth, Australia, in 1886. How it ended up in Snite’s collection is a mystery. Mr. Snite died in early 2019. Lawson & Co. contacted the country’s antique arms collector’s society about it, and there is interest Down Under.
Another Winchester rifle belonged to the colonel commanding the 6th Cavalry at Fort Apache. Colonel E.A. Carr won the Medal of Honor during the Civil War; he was awarded the medal in 1894 for his actions at the battle of Pea Ridge.
An English-made double-barrel 10-gauge stagecoachshotgun is engraved “Wells Fargo.” There’s an 1875 Wells Fargo letter referencing a petition for mail service at Fort Shaw in the Montana Territory.
Other items in the auction include this Late Victorian Tantalus set with silver-plate frame and matching crystal block optic decanters (scotch and bourbon). Includes silver plate decanter labels.
The collection includes two 1884 chromolithographs of yachting scenes Frederic S. Cozzens painted the year before. Cozzens, highly popular in that era, regularly was commissioned by wealthy New York yachtsmen to depict their sailing pride.
An Ames Model 1840 Dragoon saber manufactured in 1849, with nickel-plated scabbard.
A perpetual motion clock awaits the winning bid from someone averse to winding the mantel timepiece.
Reportedly once belonging to Sammy Davis Jr., one Colt .45 revolver is covered with a variety of engraved cattle brands. Massive percussion cap Colt Dragoons date to the 1850s. A Civil War .58 caliber revolving cylinder rifle musket is heavily provenanced, with virtually everything known about the young Union soldier who carried it.
A beautifully replicated Jacob Metzgar flintlock Kentucky long rifle is on the block to be sold April 17.
Perhaps it was a touch of the whimsical that prompted Snite to purchase a non-working Thompson Machine Gun replica from an old Chicago music store in 1962. The solid aluminum prop comes in a violin case.
Two holsters are designs patented by the man Matt Dillon shot at the beginning of just about every episode of “Gunsmoke.” One two-rig gun belt formerly belonging to Stembridge Gun Rentals reportedly was used on “Gunsmoke.”
Enthusiasts are being drawn to the collection’s .45 Colt 1911s semi-automatics, an outstanding M1 Garand, and Model 1840 Dragoon sabers dating to the War Between the States. Experts disagree which side carried one of the sabers; if it’s Confederate, it’s worth considerably more.
A more modern (circa Vietnam Era) U.S. Marines’ ceremonial mameluke is heavily engraved.
Snite, a former president of the Michigan Antique Arms Collectors, held every leadership position there over a 25- year period. He was a 47-year member of the Ohio Gun Collector’s Club. A marksman from his youth, he was recalled by a dear friend as being quite particular with his collecting. He wanted museum grade. The friend says Snite verified serial numbers and markings. Authentication letters accompany a number of the firearms.
The Lawson & Co. Auction Gallery is located at 1280 E. Main St., Danville, Ind., just east of Hendricks Regional Hospital. Phone 317-745-6404 for auction details.
For a full description of the entire collection, go to www.lawsonandco.hibid.com, or drop by the Gallery for an auction brochure.
Public Notices & Local Government
By Steve Keys Hoosier State Press Association
It’s time to debunk the myth of the financial burden advertising public notices places on local government units.
The cost is the No. 1 cited reason given by representatives of local government associations while testifying for the elimination of the publication requirement for a specific public notice or all public notices.
They don’t say the interests of legal due process or government transparency will be better served through the elimination. They can’t because they know the chances average Hoosiers will ever see the notices on their government websites are slim and none. So it comes down to cost as their argument.
Reviewing information provided to me by two Indiana newspapers – one a major daily and the other a weekly in a mid-size county – pokes holes in the cost argument.
For the East-central Indiana weekly, the average cost per public notice for local government units in 2019 was $95.57. For the northern Indiana daily, that average was $85. 78.
I was surprised to see that the average for the weekly newspaper was larger, but looking at the data, it comes down to fewer public notices published because there are fewer government units that publish their notices in the weekly newspaper, so the weight of notices placed by townships increases the average. Six of the 10 townships only published one notice during the year – their annual financial report,
which ranged in cost from $152 to $307. The financial report is a larger than normal sized public notice, particularly for townships because they have to add a list of expenditures that no other local government unit is required to publish.
Ironically, that average cost will decrease if S.B. 409, authored by Sen. Rick Niemeyer is approved during this legislative session. His legislation would eliminate the list of expenditures from the published yearly report for townships.
The daily published 1,927 public notices for local government units, compared to 289 for the weekly. That would be expected in an urban county with more local government units. An interesting note was that the average cost per notice dropped down to $73.69 if you took the County Treasurer out of the picture. The average cost for the three notices published by the treasurer was $7,834 because of the size of the tax sale notice. The daily’s county has an unusual number of properties each year subject to the tax sale.
For the weekly paper, the county auditor spent the most taxpayer dollars for public notices - $7,608, but it also published the most public notices (36 with an average cost of $211 for them). The auditor is required to publish the chart every year that shows the different tax rates in effect across the county, which would push that average cost up.
Except for the Auditor, the most any government unit paid to publish public notices was $2,381. Hardly an amount that would hamper any government unit’s ability to serve their community.
(Full disclosure: the cost for public notices for county units in both counties would be higher because most of notices would be published in two newspapers in a county. Although that wouldn’t be the case in a third of the counties because they only have one newspaper.”
As the Hoosier State Press Association continues to fight legislation that would move publication of public notices from newspapers to posting on government websites, beyond all the arguments for government transparency and how the public will never see the notices on government websites, publishers might want to take a look at the cost to local government to place public notices in their newspaper(s).
I think one will find the cost argument against publication to be a weak point for Hoosiers who value government transparency. Don’t forget that 63% of adult Hoosiers said in an American Opinion Research survey in 2017 that notices should be published in their local newspapers even when told it could cost the government unit several thousand dollars.
Libraries Help with COVID-19 Registration
Hendricks County libraries are partnering with the Hendricks County Health Department to assist with scheduling and registering eligible people for the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently, individuals 65 and older are eligible to sign up and register for the vaccine at any location in the state of Indiana.
In order to sign up for the vaccine, individuals may go online to www.ourshot.in.gov or call 211 for assistance. Both the website and 211 have been experiencing high traffic and wait times can be lengthy, which is where Hendricks County libraries come in to assist. Anyone who needs assistance with scheduling and registering for their COVID-19 vaccine can contact any of the following Hendricks County libraries for assistance:
▪ Avon: In Person Only ▪ Coatesville: 765-386-2355
▪ Brownsburg: 317-852-3167 ▪ Danville: 317-745-2604
▪ Clayton: 37-539-2991 ▪ Plainfield: 317-839-6602
Yard Waste Recycling Centers Open
Hendricks County Recycling District operates two Yard Waste Recycling Centers that accept woody waste (brush, limbs, firewood, etc.), grass clippings, leaves, and other organic matter from Hendricks County households. Material collected at the centers
will be recycled into mulch.Brownsburg Yard Waste Recycling Center is at 90 Mardale Dr. Hours are Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 317-858- 8231.
Plainfield Yard Waste Recycling Center is at 7020 S. CR 875 E. Hours: Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 317-838-9332.
To learn more about the Yard Waste Recycling Cneter and check out the online recycling guide, visit RecycleHendricksCounty.org.
Got News?
If you have a local news item you would like to contribute, you can call call 317-745-2777, send by fax to 317-647-4341, or send an e-mail to therepublican@ sbcglobal.net. Deadline is noon on Monday.
