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Lyons Host Game Before National Playoff
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The Indiana Lyons host one last “home game” before traveling to St. Louis for the ABA National Playoffs. The tookthe tiime to present awards to some of the players, and fans, who were unable to attend the previous ceremony. A a hard-fought exhibition game followed against the Midwest Storm that the Lyons lost, leaving them hungry for a victory in the first round of the Final 8. They will play the Chicago Fury on Friday, April 16. A livestream package is available for purchase at https://aba-tv.vewbie.com/live/ aba-finals
Plays have different methods of preparing for the game: Mike Pugh uses stretching to get ready while Jermaine Harris takes the relaxation route.
Young Lyon fans watched Mike Carter and Preston Case warm up before the exhibition game.
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Smokey Fireside Creations, 72 S. Jefferson, has a $5 Soap sale and $15 T-shirt sale rack.
Also, new candles and gifts in stock! Just in time for Mother’s Day.
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Locker Room Sporting Goods, 58 West Main, reminds you that Danville Girls Softball is starting the 17th. - instead of sitting inside watching the TV, get out and watch the kids play ball.
Have a great week!
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Forget-Me-Nots, 197 S. Washington says: “We have seasoned 1.5” thick Live Edge Ash wood up to 12’ long. Hand select yours for bar tops or table tops. We can build it or you can build it.”
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Come to The Gallery On The Square, 51 S. Washington and check out the Mother’s Day collection of prints and greeting cards by Rosie Morgan, one of our local artists.
Shop us for unique handcrafted designs for Mother’s Day!
DAR Info & Help at Danville Public Library
Members of Wa-Pe-Ke- Way Chapter of NSDAR will be in Danville Public Library’s Indiana Room on Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
We will assist women interested in joining DAR by helping track their Revolutionary War ancestor and answering questions regarding DAR.
Due to COVID-19 concerns we request you call Tracie Curtis at 317-407-2864 to setup an appointment. An appointment will insure that you will not have to wait long for a member to help.
Henry Ward Beecher
Tri Kappa Scholarships
Danville Tri Kappa is offering $1,000 scholarships to students who excel in volunteerism and community service while maintaining good academic standing. High School Seniors must be graduating from Danville Community High School or reside in Danville and plan to attend an Indiana college, university or post-secondary program.
Applications must be submitted by 4/19/21 and can be found at danvilletrikappa.org. Questions can be emailed to danvilletrikappa@yahoo.com.
Senior Center Food Pantry
Hendricks County Senior Services offers a food pantry for Hendricks County seniors, including perishable, nonperishable, and hygiene products.
The food pantry is open by appointment. Please call 317-745-4303 to make an appointment to come to the food pantry.
Hendricks County Senior Services reserves the right to limit the number of visits. Individuals must be 60 years old or older and a resident of Hendricks County, to use the food pantry. Donations are always needed, accepted and appreciated.
John Ruskin
A Feature for Budding Artists
Want to explore your talents offline? A local art teacher will be providing tips on how to draw what you see or what’s in your imagination. Pick up a pencil and start a sketchbook as you discover your hidden talents!
Danville Dealership Then and Now
The Indiana Album Collection
A subscriber shared the picture (top) of the local Studebaker dealership with two 1951 models parked our front. (Notice the parking meters). The building still stands on South Jefferson Street and is used for private parking and storage.
Council Approves Annexation Postponed Rezoning for Horton Project
The April 7 meeting of the Danville Town Council once again met in Bosstick Gym, where the sound was somewhat better than before, but was recorded on mute making playback an exercise in futility.
The meeting was gaveled open and continued in the following acts:
Act I: Work Study
Town Council convened a Work Study to discuss the Town’s Architectural Standards in relation to vinyl siding. With all the new construction coming to town, Council President Tom Pado and Vice President Winters wanted to discuss eliminating or limiting vinyl as a choice for exterior siding in Danville.
A slide presentation was made Todd Pyatt, past president of Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis (BAGI), followed by questions from the Council.
Act II: Public Comment
The regular meeting opned to an audience smaller in numbers but just as passionate in their plea for the Danville Town Council to turn down the Miles PUD on the west side of Danville.
Retired attorney, longtime Danville resident and crowd favorite, Greg Black once again stated his opinion that approving the PUD would be irresponsible due to the already dangerous traffic situation in Danville.
Jessica Eaton Flohr, prolific Danville Chatter contributor and main organizer of the remonstrance also took the opportunity to persuade the Council to turn down the PUD rezone.
“I don’t have anything against development in Danville I just think it should happen on the east side,” said Jessica. Mrs. Eaton Flohr lives outside of Danville but close to the potential PUD.
Joe Wilson, resident of Danville and owner of the liquid crematorium company, Bio-Response Solutions, added his two cents at the meeting.
“I moved my business from Speedway to get away from all the apartments and rental houses. I have a $2.5 million dollar investment in Danville and I don’t want to move but I will,” he threatened if the PUD were to be approved.
Act III: The Rest of the Story
Ordinance 5-2021, requesting rezoning of the Quail West property was voted a continuance on request of the petitioner.
Ordinance 4-2021, the controversial for the annexation for D.R. Horton/Miles Farm Property was approved, 4-1, with Council President Tom Pado voting nay.
Ordiance 6-2021, for rezoning the D.R. Horton/Miles Farm property for Planned Unit Development was voted to be sent back to the Plan Commission for adjustments During the last two Town Council meetings, the petitioner agreed to some changes and additional commitments to the Planned Unit Development (PUD). Since these changes were not seen by the Plan Commission, Town attorney Chou-il Lee recommended that the PUD be sent back to the Plan commission.
The bulk of the remonstrators took up the option from the Council and left the meeting as soon as the vote was made to send the petitioner back to the Plan Commission for the rezoning request. While professing a love for Danville, few felt enough love to stay for the remainder of the last act.
Police Chief Jim Hilton presented a capital expenditure request of $11,815 for the purchase of a second K-9 for the Department and training of its handler. The K-9 will be trained in narcotics detection, patrol, and trailing. The monies used are from public donations made to the Department. The request was approved unanimously.
The Town Manager Mark Morgan asked for direction on whether to initiate a mask mandate following the Governor’s lifting of the statewide mandate. After a discussion the consensus was to make mask wearing optional.
Town Manager Morgan presented a replica of the Indiana Lyons ABA Regional Championship trophy and other memorabilia given by the team in gratitude for the Town’s support of the County’s only professional sports team.
Lyons Share Trophy with Town
The Indiana Lyons prented the Town of Danville with a replica of their Regional Championship trophy and other memorabilia.. The items will be placed on display at the Town Hall.
Civility in Civics
“It’s too much to expect that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.” – John Howard
“Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, ‘I’m a conservative, but I’m not in a bad mood about it.’ I’ve always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government.” - Mike Pence
Every week since 1890, The Republican newspaper has been covering those changes in Hendricks County. Over the course of the last 121 years, the paper has long recognized the hard work of elected officials when having to make hard decisions for a community.
While the paper has sometimes disagreed with those decisions, the paper has a deep respect for those having to make those hard choices.
Right now Danville the Danville Council is faced with such a decision. Do they approve a large project on the west side of town because they believe it is best for their town or do they just say “No” because of strong opposition?
With no evidence of wrongdoing (sound familiar?) the elected officials of Danville are being accused of “dirty dealing” by their neighbors, friends and even family.
The newspaper does not condone these personal accusations and misinformation without evidence, and publicly supports the integrity of Danville’s Town Staff, elected officials and commission appointees.
These attacks are slowly creating a terrifying consequence; those serving for the benefit of the community will no longer want to serve and will be replaced by those making decisions for the benefit of the individual.
Please remember, those serving in your local government are your neighbors. They are getting their groceries at Kroger for the neighborhood block party. They are at the sectionals rooting for your son to hit that game winning free-throw against Tri-West. They are crying with you over the death of a loved one and they are doing the chicken dance at your daughter’s wedding.
With social media being used to push misinformation, lies, personal attacks, insults, and slander on the target of the day, it has created an unhealthy level of distrust in community leaders and each other.
What was once saved for the biggest of political stages, distrust is now reaching the level of even the smallest communities. We are better than that. Aren’t we?
Letters To The Editor
To the Editor:
Here is letter I am sending to Plan Commission who recommended March 10 approval of Miles Farm planned unit development by council. But it is impossible to make the requisite finding the commission implicitly made that the development will not worsen traffic congestion. It will.
In no manner does our ordinance permit the commission to recommend this project. The commission should make Horton the developer make Horton’s traffic analysis first. We all know what such analysis will show: 36 is too crowded now, let alone later, were Miles Farm to be approved. It cannot be approved! That would endanger us. Thank you, Greg Black Danville
Dear Mr. Thompson & Colleagues:
This letter asks President Thompson to lead The Commission to comply with town law & procedure in dealing with Miles Farm. I respectfully submit it is common knowledge & opinion throughout Danville & among those who work & travel here we already have a traffic problem in U. S. Highway 36, aka Main Street. This project would worsen the problem greatly.
I live near the Miles Farm planned unit development proposed by D.R. Horton Builders. Danville Citizens For Responsible Development, a group I belong to, opposes approval of Miles Farm until among other things U.S. 36 either is widened or bypassed to completion by The Indiana Department of Transportation. Approval any earlier is dangerous.
Unlike Avon, Brownsburg, Plainfield, Danville west of Kroger has no four lane road. A 1,200 unit residential development producing around 2,000 vehicles in a commuter suburb will endanger us, as things are.
Town Ordinance Section 15 anticipates Miles Farm will “offer the advantage” of counteracting” congestion on streets.” Sub-section 15.1 D.
The ordinance at Sub-section 15.5 A. 4 requires a developer “if requested by ... the Plan Commission” to provide traffic analysis that studies ‘the impact caused (by Miles Farm) and any measures proposed to accommodate that impact (that) may be required.”
Sub-section 15.6 A. 4-6 & 8 requires you to consider (whether) the “proposal will (injure) ... the public ... safety, & general welfare,” whether the (Miles) design” ... provides adequate control over vehicular traffic.”
Continuing, Sub-section 15.6 A. 6 requires you to consider the “relationship and compatibility of the proposed plan (of Miles Farm) to the adjacent properties & neighborhood, & whether (Miles) ... would substantially interfere with the use or diminish the value of adjacent properties & neighborhoods.”
Continuing, Sub-section 15.6 A.8 requires you to find (as I read it) the “proposal (of Miles Farm) will not cause undue traffic congestion,” & can be served by what exists, including today’s U.S. 36.
In March you recommended approval of Miles Farms as proposed, to include an implicit finding Miles Farm would not cause undue traffic congestion. Yet Horton itself has conceded Miles Farm will! Horton’s solution? Wait for INDOT to fix the problem once we build it!
Ladies, gentlemen, this is not our law. The Horton plan to await a state solution is unacceptable & dangerous as well as unlawful.
It appears neither you nor Horton analyzed the impact traffic Miles Farm as proposed will have. Horton essentially admitted this by saying INDOT will solve the traffic problem by reacting to it. Thus, we must revert to square one to comply with Section 15 as to Miles Farm. There is no choice. Here are my requests I believe the ordinance requires of you.
1. Find the proposal would cause undue traffic congestion. It would not counteract traffic congestion, quite the opposite.
2. Find Miles Farm could not be served adequately by U.S. 36 & County Road 200 West.
3. Find Miles Farm incompatible with its surrounds (Clear Creek, neighbors to the west, north, east, the four schools within a half mile or so) & would substantially interfere with the use of such surrounding properties as well as the value thereof. {Restricted use always cheapens value.}
4. Find Miles Farm would not control its vehicular traffic. Thus Miles Farm would harm safety & general welfare.
5. With view toward future petitions to subdivide, request & require Horton to provide traffic analysis addressing the impact on traffic Miles Farm would have in the nine square mile area of which the proposal’s land is epicenter, & list any measures Horton plans to accommodate such impact.
{Lost here to date has been the burden our ordinance casts upon Horton as developer to solve or at least combat traffic snarls its development would create. Horton dodges its duty. Do not let this happen!}
We, your constituents, want to help as you discharge your duty to all arms & facets of Danville. Please honor these requests. Thank you. Greg Black
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
