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Zionsville honors new firefighters, state‑champion girls golf team and names a Chinquapin Oak 'Tree of the Year'
Summary
The council swore in new and promoted firefighters, read a mayoral proclamation honoring the Zionsville High girls golf team for back-to-back state championships, and the Tree Board presented a Chinquapin Oak estimated at 250–300 years old as Tree of the Year.
Mayor John Stair and deputy chiefs presided over a swearing‑in and pinning ceremony for new and promoted members of the Zionsville Fire Department on Jan. 5. Deputy chief Aaron Gibbons outlined department traditions for new firefighters and presented commemorative necklaces and engraved bottles to mark service milestones. Probationary firefighters Anthony Baer and Jacob Steiner were pinned; battalion chiefs Brian Miller and Mitch Young were recognized.
Mayor Stair read a proclamation honoring the Zionsville High School Girls Golf Team for winning the Indiana High School Athletic Association state championship in October and noted individual achievements, including sophomore Taylor Snively repeating as individual state champion. Coach Maggie Nobby thanked the council and praised the team’s cohesion and character.
The Zionsville Tree Board, represented by president Greta Sanderson, presented this year’s Tree of the Year: a Chinquapin Oak in the Willows subdivision estimated at 250–300 years old. Sanderson described the nomination process and noted that the owners, Peter and Carol Bick, preserved the adjacent lot to protect the tree. The Tree Board highlighted the town’s long‑running Tree City USA designation and said the winning tree’s photograph will hang in town hall.
