By James Feichtner
One ecofriendly method Zionsville Town Hall currently employs is the use of rain barrels, which catch rainwater that would otherwise be lost as runoff, and turns it into usable hose water. Previously town hall used a basic blue barrel, but thanks to a charitable donation from the HAWK Foundation and the Alpha Leos Club, town hall received a new rain barrel with a new look.
Two friends put their artistic skills to work in designing a rain barrel with a much more eye-catching design. Using what they call “line connects” the two teens collaborated to design a barrel for the town. Both teens presented the barrel to the town council during the Jan. 5 meeting.
“To be able to express myself through my art means everything,” Hawk Trimmer, the inspiration behind the HAWK Foundation, and one of the presenting teens, said. “I am honored to have been asked to place my expression on this piece that is being dedicated today. I am equally as honored that I was asked to create this piece with my dear friend. We had a few trial and errors with this piece but finally I was able to get my colorful creations put down on this rain barrel. Next comes a collaboration with my dear friend. We worked together creating what we call Line Connects. [My friend] and I begin with a line, a shape and the other person finishes it. Once we were able to put a few line connects sketched down on paper they were then cut out and carefully, diligently stenciled all over the colorful creation I had painted on before. [My friend] then endured many of the stencils with her very own designs. Our favorite quotes where then added.”
The teens each chose a quote that impacted them. They were: “Be the change you want to see in the world,” from Mahatma Gandhi and, “What will your verse be?” from Robin Williams in the film “The Dead Poet Society.”
Council members were pleased with the barrel and motioned to replace the old barrel with the newly dedicated one.
