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New ownership for Beacon newspaper
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handled the production of
The Beacon for many years.
As I complete my 44th year
in the newspaper business, I
look forward to participation
in other endeavors where I can
continue to make a contribution
to Dearborn County and
southeast Indiana.”
Publisher/Editor
Celeste Calvitto
Associate Member,
Hoosier State Press Association
Sales Manager - New Accounts
Peggy Waltz
Editorial Assistant
Connie Webb
Columnists & Contributors
Melanie Alexander,
Gloria Carter, Susan Cottingham,
Paul Filter, Jenny Fritsch,
Amanda Harper, Linda Ickenroth,
Korry Johnson,
Cindy Jasper-Parisey,
Ray Johnson, Mike Hornbach,
Leona Houchens, Maxine Klump,
Susan Ray, Tracy Russell,
Fred Schmits, Rylie Seaver,
Sue Siefert, Jeanie Smith,
Debby Stutz, Connie Webb,
Myrtle White, Debbie Zimmer,
Jack Zoller
Production
FX-Design, Inc.
Ms. Calvitto is forming a
communications consulting
business, CalCommIndiana
LLC, to be located in Dearborn
County.
Ms. Calvitto was named the
Businessperson of the Year in
2011 by the Dearborn County
Chamber of Commerce. She
received the Bright Lions Club
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The Beacon is an independent
monthly publication with
distribution in Dearborn, Ripley,
Franklin and Ohio Counties in Indiana
and Harrison, Ohio. Published
since 1994 by Beacon Publishing
Co., 24486 Stateline Road, Suite F,
Bright, Indiana 47025. Postage paid
at Lawrenceburg, IN 47025.
Member: Dearborn County
Chamber of Commerce, Sunman
Area Chamber of Commerce,
Ripley County Chamber of Commerce,
Brookville/Franklin County
Chamber of Commerce, Bright Area
Business Association
Lion of the Year in 2012,
served as a past president and
currently serves as secretary
of the club. In 2014 she was
one of the Dearborn County
Chamber of Commerce Women
of Distinction. She is the
recipient of a Distinguished
Hoosier Award from Gov.
Mike Pence, and in September
of this year she was a Dearborn
County Torchbearer for
the state Bicentennial celebration.
The Bright Volunteer Fire
Department named her as an
honorary member for her support
of the department. She is
the founder and chair of the
Dearborn County Anti-Litter
Initiative, is a member of the
board of the North Dearborn
Pantry, and has served on the
leadership team of the Bright
Area Business Association and
as secretary of the Sunman
Area Chamber of Commerce.
She began working for newspapers
in 1972 while attending
the University of Florida College
of Journalism at Gainesville.
She worked for daily
newspapers as an editor and
reporter in Florida, Tennessee,
Atlanta and South Dakota; and
as executive editor of a group
of weekly newspapers in Westchester
County, N.Y. and Charlotte,
N.C. She has been the
recipient of numerous awards
during her career, including a
New York Press Association
Celeste Calvitto
Tamara Zoller
Award for column writing and
a South Dakota Press Association
award for news writing.
In 2007, she wrote a book,
"Searching for Italy in America's
Rural Heartland."
“I am very excited for Celeste
as she pursues a new adventure,”
Ms. Zoller said. “She
has become an integral part of
the area and I look forward to
continuing to deliver positive,
informative news to the
residents of our community as
both Liz Morris and Celeste
have done in the past.”
Ms. Zoller resides in Manchester
and has a long history
of community service. She
was the first elected female to
the Aurora City Council, and
served on the board of Hillforest
for many years.
Her strong background in
graphic design and advertising
makes working with The Beacon's
advertisers a perfect fit.
"My goal is to help them
reach their marketing goals
in the best way possible. The
Beacon reaches a wonderful
audience that allows advertisers
to reach so much of our community,"
said Ms. Zoller.
Ms. Zoller said one thing
that is very important is to
keep the content of the Beacon
positive and informative.
"I feel the positive focus is
what makes The Beacon such a
great asset to our community,”
she said. “Continuing that
commitment to our readers
is very important to me."
The Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Pre-Legislative
Luncheon on Dec. 1 at Ivy Tech. The Beacon was pleased to sponsor
the event. From left are Beacon publisher Celeste Calvitto, Rep. Randy Lyness,
Sen. Chip Perfect, Rep. Randy Frye and Dearborn Chamber Executive
Director Eric Kranz.
Lawmakers look ahead to 2017
Southeast Indiana lawmakers
attended the Dearborn County
Chamber of Commerce Pre-
Legislative Luncheon on Dec.
1 to give a preview of the next
session, which begins in January.
Sen. Chip Perfect, R-Lawrenceburg;
Rep. Randy Lyness,
R-West Harrison, and Rep.
Randy Frye, R-Greensburg cited
roads and infrastructure and
education as among the priorities
as the next session deals
with a total state budget of
more than $31 billion over two
years. The siting of Indiana’s
4th port in Lawrenceburg was
heralded as a huge opportunity
as the process progresses. Rep.
Frye said he received a “100
percent” commitment from
Gov.-Elect Eric Holcomb for
support of the port.
The lawmakers have been
named as leaders of their
chambers or committees.
Sen. Perfect was appointed
to a leadership role by Senate
President Pro Tempore David
Long (R-Fort Wayne). Sen.
Perfect will serve as Assistant
Majority Caucus chairman.
Indiana House Speaker Brian
Bosma announced that Rep.
Frye will remain as the chairman
for the House Committee
on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety, which he has chaired
since 2015. Rep. Lyness will
serve as vice chair on the
House Employment, Labor
and Pensions Committee.
(For more on this story, go to The
Beacon website, www.thebrightbeaconindiana.com.)
Litter Watch
In early November, the Bright Volunteer Fire Department & EMS
conducted a clean-up of State Line Road. The department also cleaned
up several other roads in the Bright area in the spring as part of the
Dearborn County Anti-Litter Initiative.
Send your photos of roadside clean-ups to
brightbeacon1@comcast.net. Your photos encourage
others to do the same! You can see all Litter Watch
photos at The Beacon website, www
thebrightbeaconindiana.com. Click on the Litter Watch
link on the left of the homepage.
Indiana election has local impact
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Negangard. Ms. Deddens is also chairwoman of the county Republican
Party.
The election for the position is in 2018.
"Aaron Negangard has spent most of his career fighting to
protect Hoosiers and families from crime. He is just the type
of leader needed in the Attorney General's office to help defend
freedom, protect families and inspire solutions to Indiana's
toughest problems," Attorney General-Elect Hill said in a news
release.
"I am honored to be selected by Curtis Hill to help him lead
his office. Curtis is an effective and courageous leader who will
help tackle the hard issues facing Indiana and families. I look
forward to assisting him in serving the citizens of Indiana," Mr.
Negangard said. “It has been an honor to serve the citizens of
Dearborn and Ohio County. I have been very fortunate to work
with great law enforcement officers, probation officers, community
correction officers and the three best judges in the state.
I have also had the good fortune of having a tremendous staff
who was able to take on whatever challenge we were facing. I will
miss this job, being in the courtroom and the one-on-one interaction
with victims of crime, but I believe this new job provides the
opportunity to help serve all Hoosiers by addressing the serious
challenges that face our state."
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exercise for us…It got us
to thinking about roads and
bridges more than we normally
do.” He noted that the county
spends a lot of time and funds
on fixing slips.
“The topography is the
beauty of Dearborn County,
but it also presents
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challenges,” he said.
Mr. Lynch said in his opinion,
the county’s focus should
now be on infrastructure needs
in connection with the port
that is under consideration by
the state at the former Tanner’s
Creek power plant site in
Lawrenceburg.
In interviews with The Beacon
prior to the Dec. 6 meeting,
Board of Commissioners
president Shane McHenry
and Commissioner Art Little
agreed that no action would be
forthcoming.
“I agree that no action
should be taken as far as the
road projects, although I would
like to explore the option of
extending the trails at Bright
Meadows Park,” Mr. McHenry
said. “I have met with a few
people in the community
about this idea and would like
to engage OKI and the other
commissioners about the trail
expansion. I would like to
thank those individuals that
participated in the process of
the I-74 study and want them
to know that their voices were
heard. Community support is
very important to any project
and it's our job as elected
officials to listen to everyone
before making decisions that
affect the future of their community.”
Mr. Little said, “It was a
study for 20 years down the
road, looking to see if the
TIF (Tax Increment Financing
District) area really started
growing, if it (a road) would
be needed. It’s not needed
now.…I said even before the
study started that there were
only two directions, up and
down. It would take millions
to build a road. If we fix a
few roads it might solve the
problem. But then you run
into the same thing when
you talk about taking people’s
front yards, and I don’t blame
them…There will be commissioners
someday that will have
to solve the problem, but to
build that kind of road there
and spend that kind of dollars,
it will probably never happen.”
Mr. Little also said he
believes the future focus will
trend toward the port and
rebuilding current roads in that
area.
(For updates on this story, go to
The Beacon website, www.thebrightbeaconindiana.com.
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