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1 The REPORTERThe Westfield Lions Club s Poker for Sight Tournament is coming back this what has become the largest charity poke event in the Midwest, it draws players from across North America and is now an international success, as last November s winner, Jack Dick, came all the way from Canada to take the top prize of $10, you want to get in on the action, the next tournament will take place March 25 and 26 at the Hamilton county Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. Seats will be $135 at the $25,000 up for grabs and a $10,000 top prize, you need to get your seat before they are all last fall s event, the Lions present a donation at the start of each of three-qualifi-cation rounds to a local char-ity.

2 Westfield s Open Doors, Helping Veterans and Fam-ilies of Indiana (HVAF) and Third Phase of Noblesville, were presented with $1,000 each from the Poker for Sight series constitutes the largest fund-raising efforts of the year for the Westfield Clubs Internation-al is a non-political service organization of over mil-lion members worldwide. It has over 46,000 local clubs in more than 200 DENISE Saturday at 502 East Event Centre, 502 East Car-mel Dr., Carmel, the Hamil-ton county Republican Par-ty held a caucus to officially vote in its new party Chair-man, Mario Massillamany. Acting Chairman (and former Vice Chair) Will Ri-ley started the morning off and announced that he will be stepping down in his role By JOHN GEIGERFor The ReporterAssociated Builders and Contractors of Indiana/Ken-tucky (ABC) Commercial Construction Prep Academy held a ribbon-cut-ting ceremony last Friday for the grand opening of its new location at 11837 Technolo-gy Lane, Fishers.

3 Gibson Commer-cial Construction renovated the new to ABC Prep Academy Director Rob-ert Kneberg, the ABC Prep Academy is currently serv-ing students from six high schools and three homes-chool groups. The Academy is currently accepting junior and senior enrollments for the 2022-2023 school year. ABC is a national con-struction industry trade asso-ciation providing the avail-ability of apprenticeships for individuals who want to begin a career in the trades. ABC President JR Gaylor said the Academy represents around 700 contractors and employs 175,000 construc-tion workers. The industry needs young people, Gaylor said. There are many, many openings and we hope that you continue in the pipeline to-wards further training, employ-ment, and a great career.

4 This pro-gram is and has always been about you the students and their career and opportuni-ties. Kneberg said the ABC prep Academy is designed for students to discover what the trades are available, and which might be the right fit for each of the ABC program, a student can come from high school, go directly into January 31, 2022 Arcadia | Atlanta | Cicero | Sheridan | Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | WestfieldIndy s Largest Poker Tournament $10,000 WINNER S PURSE/$25,000 TOTAL PAYOUT MARCH 25th & 26th 2022 Hamilton county FairgroundsReserve a seat at Proceeds Support Lions Club Charitable ProjectsEarlybird Entry Starts Jan 31st at $ or $ at the door Approved by the state of Indiana Charity Gaming Division Permit #011908 Photo providedLast fall s $10,000 winner, Canadian Jack Dick.

5 Shown here with just some of the Westfield Lions who make the Poker for Sight event all-in with Westfield Lions Club onbiggest charity poker event to hit MidwestBy STU Playhouse has a new name. In honor of a sizable donation from philan-thropists Frank and Katrina Basile, the Main Street Pro-ductions (MSP) board of directors has decided to re-name the building Basile Westfield Playhouse . At a press conference last Wednesday, several MSP board members had the op-portunity to thank the Basiles in person and on the photo by Stu Clampitt(From left) Current and founding Board Member Teresa Skelton, Community Relations Thom Johnson, Frank Basile, Katrina Basile, treasurer Kevin Shadle, Board Member Tom Smith, and of Business Bill to BasileWestfield PlayhouseHamilton county Parks gets 129 acres on White River in NoblesvilleThe REPORTERA significant amount of land in Hamilton Coun-ty has been transferred by Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc.

6 (CILTI) to Hamilton county Parks and Recre-ation (HCPR).The transfer will result in the county park depart-ment gaining 129 acres of non-developed land, referred to as Burr Oak Bend, which is comprised of land parcels adjacent to and near an exist-ing canoe landing HCPR cur-rently owns and maintains. Photo courtesy Bryon Settles, Staff, Hamilton county (From left) Friends Foundation Board Members Ryan Fuhrmann, Todd Irwin, Thomas McLean and Executive Director April Williams; CILTI staff Stephanie Paine Crossin and Executive Director Cliff Chapman; HCPR Director Chris Stice; Hamilton county Council President Steve Schwartz, Hamilton county Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt, and HCPR Deputy Director Bruce Oldham.

7 $ Mario MassillamanyReporter photo by Denise Moe(From left) Outgoing Vice Chair Will Riley, treasurer Raju Chinthala, incoming Chair Mario Massillamany, outgoing Chair Laura Campbell, and Secretary Lisa GOP chair elected in uncontested caucusSee Caucus .. Page A3 Fishers welcomes ABC Prep AcademyPhoto providedCicero Police Chief Jeff Rednour recently recognized Officer Holdan Sanford (left) and Major Doug Grishaw (right). Officer Sanford was recognized for his lifesaving response to a medical emergency and performed CPR until medics arrived. Major Grishaw recently completed 20 years with Cicero Cicero police officers recognizedHoldan Sanford saves a life,Doug Grishaw completes 20 yearsSee Basile.

8 Page A4 See Parks .. Page A6 KnebergSee ABC .. Page A8 The REPORTERW estfield Mayor Andy Cook announced last Friday that Chief of Staff Todd Burtron is retiring after 26 years of service to the city. Todd is a natural leader and a man of deep faith, Cook said. He s chosen to put those attri-butes together and take his skills to the next level as a future attorney. He has served Westfield with dis-tinction and with honor and I am grateful for the many years he has dedicated to our wonderful city. Burtron first served as a fire-fighter, followed by five years as Westfield fire chief. He was ap-pointed Chief of Staff by Mayor Cook in 2011. In that role, he was instrumental in developing Westfield s Grand Park Sports Campus, negotiated the $91 mil-lion sale of the city s water and sewer utilities, implemented a fiscal Sustainability Strategy and helped move city employees to a self-funded insurance program.

9 His retirement from Westfield comes after he was recently accept-ed to Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. There are not enough words to properly express my gratitude to this community, Burtron said. Serving for the past 26 years has been such an honor and I am humbled to have been allowed to lead such a dynamic team who have transformed Westfield in so many positive ways. Mayor Cook has appointed the current director of the De-partment of Public Works, Jer-emy Lollar, as the new Chief of Staff. Lollar began his career with Westfield in 2005 as a wa-ter supervisor and then assis-tant director before becoming director of public works. Lollar graduated from Indiana Wesley-an University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

10 Working with Todd over the last seven years has been a highlight of my professional ca-reer, Lollar said. He has been an exceptional mentor, leader and friend during my tenure as direc-tor of public works and the city is forever changed by the impact of his service. It is an incredible honor to be following in his foot-steps and I look forward to con-tinuing to advance this communi-ty in the direction that he and the mayor have guided us over the last 10 years. Burtron s last day with the city is Feb. News Week of Jan. 31, 2022 Please call to schedule a private tour.(317) 449-5696 Boutique memory care residence in Carmel Custom-designed with innovative safety features One dedicated caregiver per four residentsLimited Rooms AvailableStory Cottage at Carey Road & 136th StreetThompson appointed NPD Deputy ChiefThe REPORTERN oblesville Police Chief John Mann an-nounced last Thursday that Lt.