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Page 10A THE BEACON April 2019 Recycling- Know Where to Throw By Molly Resendes Some things are just hard to get rid of, not because of sentimental attachments, but because they don’t fit into your trash can. Things like unusable sofas, mattresses, and broken toilets can cause us trouble because we don’t know what to do with them. Then there are the things that aren’t supposed to go to the landfill at all like televisions and tires. What to do with those? The simple answer is, don’t throw them in my backyard… or yours! Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 established laws governing the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, in turn establishing the construction of sanitary landfills. After 1976, it was no longer acceptable to just put trash into the ground, thus ending the acceptability of what many simply referred to as a “dump.” Through studies and incidents of soil and groundwater contamination, the determination was made that engineering controls were needed to safely dispose of materials in the ground. Those engineering controls, which are still in use today, consist of natural and man-made layers to entomb trash so that it does not contaminate the soil or groundwater around it. It’s 2019 and awareness is high. You might not be able to name all the protective layers in a landfill, but you know that littering (and open dumping) causes significant problems for our environment. There has been national news coverage about our litter that ends up in oceans after it flows through our local waterways. We have seen what careless disposal is doing to our planet. In an era of unprecedented access to information, it boggles the mind to see furniture, appliances, and bags of trash laying in ditches and hollers around our county. Do people not know? Surely that’s the only answer because it’s hard to believe our neighbors could have such little regard for our planet. Just because something is hard to get rid of does not mean it is impossible. Legitimate disposal options that are not difficult and are not expensive are easy to arrange. The disposal of large items like sofas, mattresses, and anything else that won’t fit into your trash can be handled by a phone call to your waste hauler. In Dearborn County, it’s either Best Way (812-577- 0871) or Rumpke (513-851- 0122); if you live in Greendale, Lawrenceburg, Hidden Valley, or Aurora, call your utility office or POA for assistance. These service providers will provide information about the proper methods for using their disposal services and answer any questions that you may have. If you consider using a haul-it-away service, you need to do a little checking: where do they dispose of the material? Does it go to a certified sanitary landfill, or does the person take it back to their house and pile it in their yard? While these types of businesses need to be responsible, it is also your responsibility to make sure you aren’t contributing to an environmental problem. Because electronics and tires are not allowed in landfills, any reputable waste hauling service will not accept them for landfilling. Likewise, any reputable recycler will be able to provide information about final destinations for your waste. Televisions, electronics, appliances, tires, and a host of other hard-to-dispose-of items are accepted at the Dearborn County Recycling Center. Most of them are free. Residents of Dearborn County help fund the Recycling Center through their property taxes and should use these services. The Recycling Center staff is knowledgeable and will be glad to help with any waste-related questions. You can call them at 812-926- 9963 or reach them through the Contact page of Dearborn- CountyRecycles.com. Whether you have an old sofa, a floor-model TV, a broken refrigerator, or a worn-out tire, you have a responsibility to dispose of it properly. Please make sure your waste doesn’t end up polluting our community. 6 9 5 9 5 2 5 4 1 6 3 4 3 6 3 9 5 1 6 7 8 9 7 2 6 2 1 7 3 5 Sudoku Sudoku is a logical puzzle game that may seem difficult at first glance, but actually it is not as hard as it looks! Fill a number in to every cell in the grid, using the numbers 1 to 9. You can only use each number once in each row, each column, and in each of the 3×3 boxes. The solution can be found on our website www.goBEACONnews.com/print_ edition. Click on the link for Sudoku and view the solution for this month and last. Good luck and have fun! M DEAR, ARIE By Marie Segale marie@goBEACONnews.com Dear Marie is written by the trusted friend, who gives sound, compassionate advice about questions in life that you may have. Dear Marie, I have gotten myself into a situation. For the past five years, I have been helping my divorced daughter raise her two little kids. The children are school age now. I pick them up every day after school and take them home to do their homework. I cook whatever dinner my daughter has planned for that day and have it ready when she gets home from work. During the summer I have had the oldest child with me most of the time except for when he is enrolled in a day camp or activities that she has scheduled, and then I would pick him up afterward. I pick up the younger child from daycare each day. Last week my daughter said she does not want to send the little one to daycare this summer because she does not believe it would benefit her and that she has to pay the daycare for every week regardless if her child is there or not, during a week they might be on vacation for example. I am in my upper sixties now and am struggling with health and financial issues. I don’t think I am up to caring for two kids full time. I am struggling with this, and I feel guilty that I don’t want to take on this full-time job. If anything I think I need to get a part-time, paying job. Marie, can you help me? Marge from Dearborn County Dear Marge, I can understand your reluctance to take on two young children for the summer. Caring for children takes a great deal of time and energy. You mentioned having some physical and financial concerns as well. I would recommend that you and your daughter need to have an honest discussion about what you are thinking and feeling. If it comes down to you needing a paying job, maybe she could pay you what you think you need to make ends meet while also supplying the food to feed her children all summer. Have a pressing issue? Contact Marie@GoBeaconnews.com THE BEACON - Bringing our Community and Businesses Together.
April 2019 THE BEACON Page 11A I’m here now. Where the heck are you? Recently Barb Bedel and Bob Sommer were caught rushing out of an event to check their cell phones for missed calls and messages. Funny- one has a smart phone while the other has an iconic flip phone. Which one is older? Jacksons Celebrate Fifty-Fifth Anniversary Sylvia and Jerry Jackson recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They were married on Nov. 22, 1963, at the Bright Christian Church. The couple was blessed with two children, Troy Jackson and Diane (Pete) Updike. They have three grandchildren, Kyle, Kara, and Kameron Updike. Mr. Jackson graduated from Harrison High School, and Mrs. Jackson graduated in 1962 from North Dearborn High School. Their wedding day was filled with joy despite the fact that the nation was in shock over the shooting of President Todd Listerman, the engineer for the Dearborn County Highway Department, recently announced that the county had been awarded federal funding for a road project scheduled to be addressed four years from now. Dearborn County could receive over $1,012,000 in Federal Highway Administration construction funds for the federal fiscal year 2024. Mr. Listerman completed the application for the federal Sylvia and Jerry Jackson on their wedding day in 1963. Kennedy. As Sylvia prepared for the wedding, she watched updates on the television about the event. Sylvia’s mother and sister kept her on track. Sylvia’s said that she would never forget standing at the altar, holding Jerry’s hands and giving each other comfort. The couple has been retired from their family business since 2001. They now reside in Omaha, NE. Cards may be sent to them at 15441 Charles Street, Omaha, NE 68154. Projected Funds Awarded for 2024 Bridge Project funding to be applied to the replacement of Bridge #24 on Sneakville Road. Receipt of the funds is contingent upon the availability of funding through Congressional appropriations. The funds will be administered by the Indiana Department of Transportation. Up to eighty percent of the total cost of the project may be applied to the project. Dearborn County will be responsible for the remaining twenty percent of the cost. Our Towns- What’s in a Name? Anonymous Author and Neighbor How some of Dearborn County’s cities and towns got their names is pretty obvious. For other towns, the story is not so apparent. Rest assured, there is always a reason for why or how they were named. While facts over time are not always precise, the stories continue to be passed down and accepted. I believe them. Many have never heard of Opptown, a community in the southwest part of Dearborn County. It was a farming community with a church and a store that existed before our Civil War. While the North and South clashed during the war, the farmers in the area surrounding Opptown were frightened by the threatening approach of Morgan’s Raiders. These farmers decided to take a defensive position by bringing their stock and equipment into Opptown where they could be protected. Fortunately for the farmers, Morgan’s Raiders went north of Opptown, and they and their stock were unscathed. The event was significant enough to cause a change to the name of the village of Opptown. Ever since that event, the community has been known, obviously, as Farmer’s Retreat. A small community north of Dillsboro and east of Milan decided they needed a post office. The establishment of a new post office required a petition to be submitted by the community to the Post Office Department. The petition required information including the proposed location of the post office building. The community decided the post office should be located in a mill run by a Mr. Moore, so they wrote into the petition that the post office would be located in Moore’s Mill. No one knows whether the name of the location was sloppily written or whether someone in Washington read incorrectly but the Post Office Department authorized a new post office at Moores Hill. It may actually be a better name, even though there isn’t much of a hill. Nevertheless, taking the name from its post office, the town is known today as “Moores Hill”. A new town was emerging in the early 1800s. It was bursting at its little seams as a center of production of barrels for the Cincinnati trade. Round-trip transportation was available to Aurora every day by horsedrawn coaches. Although some called the village “Turkey Trot,” the majority of residents called it “Hopewell.” In 1830, the village residents were ready to make their village into a town by registering its lots at the courthouse in Lawrenceburg. They approached the County Clerk to register their lots only to be informed that a cost would be incurred for registration. This fact came as a surprise and nearly stopped the process. No one was prepared to pay for registration. The County Clerk was quite a local celebrity. He had been an Army man and was elevated to the rank of General during the War of 1812. He saw a way to VOTE register the village’s lots and to celebrate his fame. He made a deal with the villagers and agreed to register the town at no cost if the village residents agreed to let him name their town. The county clerk’s name was James C. Dills. Today, instead of Hopewell, the town is named “Dillsboro.” To lend credence to this tale, two organizations in Dillsboro, which were normally named for their town, existed before the name change in 1830 and are still called the Hopewell Presbyterian Church and the Hopewell Masonic Lodge. Whether our town has one name or another may make no difference to us. Certainly more important aspects exist that make a town a wonderful place. We, in Southeast Indiana, are blessed to live in an area with friendly people, caring homes, and beautiful scenery. That part of our history has not changed. Call me and my town anything you want, so long as I can be called a Hoosier. I like it here. ANDREW ICEBERG Southeast Indiana REMC Board of Directors Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley Counties District 5 Annual Meeting March 30 South Ripley High School Voting is 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. SHOP LOCAL and tell our advertisers you saw their ads in The BEACON!
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