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OCTOBER 31, 2008 - INDIAN HILL BULLETIN - PAGE 4
The ATBZA has set three additional hearing dates in order to hear the rest of the Martin Marietta presentation,
other proponent testimony, and opponent testimony. Given the level of interest in the case, and the pace of the
presentations and cross examinations, it is anticipated that a decision on the requests will not be made until
sometime in December. The additional hearing dates are November 6, 2008, November 19, 2008, and December
4, 2008. All the ATBZA meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. and are held in the Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road,
Anderson Township 45230.
Village officials and our legal counsel will continue to attend the hearings and express our concerns about noise,
truck traffic, light pollution, and dust pollution. We will also continue to advise residents of the status of the case
and any related Village actions in direct mailings to south Indian Hill neighborhoods, future Bulletin articles, and
on the Village webpage: www.ihill.org.
Any questions about the current status of the case may be directed to the City Manager’s office, 561-6500.
ROWE ARBORETUM NEWS
Hurricane Ike Update
Thanks to a sizable donation and some volunteering from one of our frequent visitors, and some speedy responses
by a couple of tree service people, we were able to reopen the Arboretum to the public in rather quick order.
Due to a few partially downed trees hanging precariously up in others we had to close the Arboretum for a few
days. This combined with a number of pathways blocked by other downed trees and brush made the collections
unsafe for visitors. We hope this didn’t inconvenience anyone including those trying to get in the gate when the
power was out.
A total of 17 trees over 40’ were totally lost with many other smaller specimens damaged or destroyed. One
bright side to all of this is we now have some new spaces for new plant acquisitions.
Workers from Fred J. Hensley Sr. Arborists and from Nature’s Touch responded in getting the hazardous trees
taken care of quickly and gave the Arboretum a discount when they could have charged us the going rate during
the storm’s aftermath. We thank them for their consideration and their efforts to help get the gardens back in
order.
One of our neighbors contributed funds to help with the costs of the clean up. We really appreciated their
concerns and with their donation we will be able to continue with the professional tree services we need to
properly prune the damaged specimens. The donation will also allow us to replant new specimens to replace
those lost.
If you would like to help us in our efforts to restore the collections and plant new specimens to replace those
lost, please send your contributions to: The Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum, 4600 Muchmore Rd., 45243. We
thank you for your consideration and all contributions will be acknowledged with a thank you letter for your taxdeductible
donation.
Tree of the Month
Normally we describe a particular specimen growing at the Arboretum that maybe deserves a little more attention
from our visitors. Given the recent storm one is more apt to talk about any tree which survived September 14. Here
at the Rowe we are glad to have on display over 1400 different kinds of trees and shrubs and they are all special
in some respects. A visit to our gardens now will allow you to see many specimens that withstood the storm with
flying colors. Please come and enjoy the solitude of the Arboretum and see for yourself the beauty of the trees that
are still standing. Although the collecting of specimens has been going on here for over 82 years, there are trees that
are much older than that. You too may have such trees in your own yard. We invite you to get out this fall and enjoy
our woody companions no matter where they are located, and you pick one that is your own ‘tree of the month’.