Smile

What makes Emma St. Dennis smile? “Conner Prairie and watching and mentoring our youth and helping them prepare for their futures,” said the Noblesville resident, who was found in 2019 at Conner Prairie. Today’s feature is a look back at one of The Times’ previous Faces of Hamilton County. A former executive assistant to the president of Conner Prairie, Emma retired in July 2020. She is also a previous executive assistant for Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Emma became a Girl Scout in 1960, then a leader for more than 40 years, also a camp director, trainer of adults, and is now is a mentor for Girl Scout’s Manuka Service Unit, serving Noblesville and Hamilton Heights schools. She is married to Bill St. Dennis, a handyman who owns Ship Shape Home Services. She has three daughters, Lara, Leah and Lona, and five grandchildren; the oldest, namesake Emma, graduated from high school in 2018. She sings in the Noblesville First United Methodist Church choir, enjoys community theater and traveling, and has traveled to Savannah, Ga., to Girl Scouts’ birthplace. Her ladies group at UMC is hosting a Lydia Circle event, a Steppin’ Up to Help line-dancing fundraiser, 6:30 to 8 p.m. today in Celebration Hall, with the community welcome, no experience necessary, and freewill offering collected to benefit Cherish, a nonprofit that protects children (cherishcac.org). For more info, call the church office at 317-773-2500 or email Marilyn Hensley at [email protected]