Betsy Reason

If you want a lead role in Joey Murello’s Stone Soup summer youth musical, you have to show the director that you can handle it. Once she sees and hears firsthand the talents of those participating in the Stone Soup Children’s Musical Theater summer program, she chooses a show that highlights their talents. “I always…

What’s it take to be the best tractor driver? Just ask 16-year-old Arcadia resident Grady Piel or 12-year-old Westfield resident Graham Curtis. Piel won the Hamilton County 4-H Fair’s senior division of the 4-H Agriculture Tractor Driving Contest. Curtis won the Fair’s junior division. Piel is going into his junior year at Hamilton Heights High…

Look around at activities that Hamilton County Extension Homemakers are doing and you find them helping others, striving onward and upward and making home life lovely. Every year at the Hamilton County 4-H Fair — which this year runs through Monday — the Extension Homemakers have their own Extension Homemakers’ Flower Show exhibit. I stopped…

If you’ve driven by the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville this week, you’ve probably noticed that the big tents are set up, barns are open and the parking lot is bustling with 4-H’ers checking in their 4-H Fair projects. We love the Fair and look forward to it every year. Maybe it’s the smell…

The Hamilton County 4-H Fair is happening all weekend in Noblesville, with Conner Prairie’s Symphony on the Prairie continuing, live band at Cook Creek Park tonight, with Kids Day at the Noblesville Farmers Market and String-Time on the Square bluegrass on Saturday night. Here, we offer our Times readers 20 things to do this weekend…

Cicero’s Faith Hittle — the newly crowned Miss Hamilton County 4-H Fair 2022 Queen — hopes to be a good role model for young 4-H’ers and to educate them that they can be whoever they want to be. What’s it mean to be crowned 4-H Fair Queen? “It means so much to me. Because I…

The Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville is bustling with activities this week as the Hamilton County 4-H Fair opens on Thursday. 4-H’ers began descending upon the Fairgrounds Sunday, bringing in their 4-H projects that will be judged this week and will remain on exhibit through the Fair, which runs through Monday. I caught up…

Charlie Jones was a public servant who loved his community. And everybody who knew him loved him. He was the first black police officer to work for the City of Noblesville, hired at the Noblesville Police Department on Jan. 1, 1971. “For over four decades, Charlie was a humble and dedicated public servant who touched…

It’s been a whirlwind of activities for Hamilton County 4-H Fair Queen Pageant contestants, who will compete tonight for the 2022 crown. This marks the 62nd year for the Pageant, which offers an excellent opportunity for this year’s 21 contestants to make lasting friendships throughout the county. Participation in the pageant activities requires commitment to…