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⛵️ Where to find Morels

⛵️ Where to find Morels

PLUS: basketball, guide to the eclipse, and more

Skyler Braun
April 05, 2024

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Good Friday Morning. This is Fishers Digest. Good news for some of you: this may be the last issue we talk about the eclipse 🌒

In today’s digest:

Basketball champions
Morel hunting
Weekend preview
Complete guide to the total solar eclipse

This issue is 1,946 words, a big one (to make up for no issue on Tuesday ❤️)

The Digest

Class 4a champs

Final score: Fishers 65-56 Ben Davis

For the first time in school history, the Fishers Boys' Basketball team are your 2024 State Champions. Here’s a 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary of their season leading up to last Saturday’s Championship. Congratulations, Tigers!

Morel Hunting

2024 user reported sightings

It’s mushroom hunting season! Morel’s love to start popping up when ground temps stay around 50°, which should be soon. Sightings are already being reported so strap in and get ready.

There are four types of Morels that can grow in Indiana: black, half-free, white, and tulip. Blacks are what you’re looking for if you go this weekend. Hunters won’t usually share their spots, but here are some general recommendations to find them:

Start by looking around dead elm trees. South-facing hills and areas where water could stand for at least a day are also good. Fort Ben, Brown County, and Morgan-Monroe State Park are your best bets. Just make sure you respect any signage of preserved land or private property.

Use The Morel Sightings app to see where they are being reported and figure out a game plan that works for you. Good luck 🍄

Ready for a new look?

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The Happenings

Weekend preview 📆

🏀 How to watch Purdue’s Final Four game

Whether you like ‘em or not it’s our duty as the basketball state to support our teams. The 2024 Men's Final Four is (1) Purdue against (11) NC State. Here's how you can watch:

Time: 6:09 p.m. ET
Date: Saturday, Apr. 6
TV channel: TBS/TNT/truTV
Streaming: March Madness Live
Location: State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
Where to watch: Parks Place Pub, Ale Emporium, Mashcraft

Spring Recycling Day ♻️

If you’re looking to declutter while doing it responsibly, this is it! This is a nice event because you can bring things that are harder to recycle. Computers, paint, oil, aerosols—you name it—they probably take it. Saturday (03/06) at Billericay Park from 8am-1 pm. Learn more here.

Flower stand 💐

Today is the first day of the year for the honor flower stand at Double Dog Farm and Floral. Every Friday until mid-May, you’ll find beautiful hand-made bouquets on a stand for your purchase. As the name implies, it’s the honor system and they accept cash, venmo, or paypal. You’ll find the stand at 9505 Sargent Road, Indianapolis, IN from 9 am to dusk.

🏎️ Drift on in

Spring is back with Murphy’s Pubhouse first car show of the year. Show off your sweet ride at on Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm. Expect brunch, live music, and hundreds of cars for you to enjoy locally.

🕶️ Eclipse Preview

Credit: The Great American Eclipse

Millions of people will be coming to the Greater Indy area on Monday. Imagine the Indy 500, Superbowl, and Taylor Swift all happening at the same time and that might give you an idea. Make sure you’re prepared!

Times

The sky will begin to change around 1:50 pm with totality at 3:06 pm. Fishers will have 3m 39s of totality

Glasses

Here’s where to get some:

The Fishers Library has a boatload of them for free
Fishers Digest will have some at FoxGardin Family on Monday
Your local eye store. They love this kind of stuff
Amazon

Where to view the eclipse

I put together a handy-dandy guide for this below. You’ll also find traffic updates and more 👇️

📲 Want to see your business here? Email me to get a highlight. It’s free!

Nothing in this section is sponsored. It’s just something you should know.

Rapid Fire Hits

Quick headlines and things to know from all around 🌐

There’s a new graffiti mural on the Nickel Plate Trail celebrating the eclipse on Monday. (link)

This is what you need to know about the 96th Street and Allisonville Road roundabout construction (link)

Saks Fifth Avenue will be gone by the end of the year at the Keystone Mall (link)

This Reddit thread has the tea 🍵 on which businesses people in Indy avoid. Spoiler: half of them are car dealerships. (link)

An IMPD officer was arrested for abusing his position. (link)

This is the only guide you need for the eclipse on Monday. (link)

Bloomrank is a new local Fishers Business that’s changing how local service business is done. (link)

Last week’s recap

Here’s what readers clicked the most last week 🏆️

Who Mayor Fadness supports for governor in this op-ed (link)
Fishers Elementary is getting a $45 million renovation (link)
How to do the Fishers Flag Crawl (link)

Guest Posts

❌ 🌳 Hamilton County Invasives

Invasive species are non-native species that harm our environment, health, and economy. But green is good, right? Not always. The first greening bushes in many woods are the honeysuckle. And the white-blooming trees everywhere are likely Callery Pear. Yes, these are the trees that smell.

These non-native species do not support our native insects and caterpillars. Fewer insects mean less food for baby birds, so fewer birds and butterflies. While an airport might be happy about that, our environment is not.

Here’s a few more fun facts for you:

83% of invasive plants in green spaces come from our home landscapes
42% of threatened or endangered species are at risk because of invasives
Economic damages from invasive species in the US are over $138 billion annually.

So what can you do? A few things.

Check for invasive species on your property and remove them.
Volunteer for a weed wrangle. The next one is the Cheeney Creek Weed Wrangle, which you can sign up for at Volunteer Fishers.

If you have a large property, HIP can also come out and give you an assessment. You can contact them at [email protected].

To learn more check out the HIP website https://www.hcinvasives.org/

✍️ Dorrie, a reader of Fishers Digest, wrote this post. Thank you Dorrie! - SB

Live Music

The list is growing! New to live music lists are places like Carmel 🤘

Thanks!

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