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Aurora Housing Initiative Gains Momentum 

Aurora has been poised for redevelopment 

for decades. But walk down 

the streets of this small town today, 

and one will feel the new energy and 

pride that this river town has. The 

streets are lined with new businesses. 

The homes are beginning to sparkle 

once again. And the blight that has 

been a struggle for many years is 

finally being overcome. 

Thanks to the vision and tenacity of 

community leaders, the revitalization 

of Conwell Street has begun. What 

was once a thriving part of the community 

has fallen into disrepair. Many 

homes where families once lived have 

become vacant and dilapidated beyond 

repair. In 2016 the City of Aurora 

Redevelopment Commission began 

developing the Conwell Street Housing 

Initiative targeted to addressing 

the blight on Conwell Street. Specific 

blighted parcels starting with 604 

Fourth Street have been acquired. 

The row of properties in this area 

had liens attached to them caused by 

uncollected tax revenue, demolition 

liens, and utility liens resulting in a 

loss of over $75,000. The Redevelopment 

Commission has pursued funding 

for the acquisition of these properties 

through a Blight Elimination Grant 

from Indiana Housing and Community 

Development Authority. Dearborn 

County commissioners also contributed 

to the progress of the project by 

transferring tax sale certificates for 

these properties to the City of Aurora, 

Continued on page 3A 

Veterans Memorial 

One Step Closer 

Vietnam Veterans pursue 

Huey Helicopter for 

Aurora memorial. 

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Twice in One Night 

South Dearborn junior Grace 

Quinlan broke record twice. 

(photo courtesy of Marissa 

Lacey) 

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Barn Resurrected 

A Logan landmark’s story 

begins to unfold. 

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Aurora Garden Club members Emily Beckman, Margaret Drury, Jenny 

Boyer, and Cindy Rottinghaus had fun in the dirt. (photo by Mark Drury) 

Area residents mulch gardens 

and plant away in Bright. 

(photo courtesy of Casey’s 

Outdoor Solutions) 

Planting for the 

Future 

Everything is 

coming up roses, 

or close to it, 

in our communities 

thanks to the wonderful efforts 

of area garden clubs. 

Nancy Kramer, Donna Sorge, Valla Sears, Irene Collins and friends 

on a field trip for the Greendale Garden Club. (photo by Nancy Kramer) 

By Maureen Stenger 

On the banks of Laughery Creek overlooking the Ohio 

River, The Speakman House stands in all of its beauty and 

grandeur. Early settler Stephen Speakman hired Timothy 

Newman to design the Greek Revival style mansion as a gift 

to his bride. The almost seven thousand square foot home 

with seventeen rooms was completed in 1846. The site of 

The Speakman House was once a profitable farm with a 

dairy barn, a milk house and smaller home for the farm 

manager. The mansion used to house underprivileged boys in 

exchange for their help in caring for the farm. As the hands 

of time moved forward, The Speakman House fell into a 

state of disrepair. By 2016 it was on the Indiana Landmarks 

Ten Most Endangered List. 

Luckily local businessman and owner of Top Quality 

Building Products, Mark Banschbach, and his partner Aurora 

City Manager, Guinevere Emery, fell in love with the home. 

They were willing to take on the monumental task of restoring 

The Speakman House to its former glory. In December 

of 2017, they closed on the property and through hard work 

secured a grant through The Office of Community and Rural 

Affairs to help with the much-needed repairs. It has been full 

steam ahead ever since. 

On a Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Emery and Mr. Banschbach 

West Harrison 

Development 

Moves Forward 

Progress with the development of 

the West Harrison TIF District is being 

made. A letter of intent has been 

submitted to the Dearborn County 

Redevelopment Commission concerning 

nineteen and a half acres of 

the western portion of the property 

located between Harrison Brookville 

Road and I-74. 

The letter makes clear a developer’s 

intent to consider the acquisition of 

the property. Plans have been submitted 

for the property that entail 

the construction of a 300,000 square 

foot structure that will be built at the 

developer’s expense. The marketing 

and leasing/sale of the structure 

will be the sole responsibility of the 

developer. 

Several steps must be completed as 

the TIF acquisition moves forward. 

The first step is for a price for the 

parcel to be established. The process 

entails receiving two appraisals for 

the property, the average of which 

will determine the sale price. A provision 

is stated in the letter of intent 

that the cost per acre will not exceed 

$50,000 per acre. 

Second, the Redevelopment Commission 

will release an offer for a 

Request for Proposal that will be published 

twice. Third, seven days after 

the last publication, any received bids 

will be opened at a public hearing. 

A Request for Proposal typically 


Speakman House Restoration- A Labor of Love 

The Speakman House located on the banks of 

Laughery Creek stands majestically once again. 

were kind enough to meet me at their home and take me on a 

tour of their magnificent estate. The serene setting, complete 

with what may be the biggest Sycamore Tree in the state, 

took me back in time. We began in the original winter kitchen, 

which is being revamped into a pub room. The airiness of 

not just this room, but the entire home is breathtaking. High 

ceilings and numerous windows let in vast amounts of 


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Lives Intertwined 

Quality of life is a driving 

force for all of us. The pursuit 

of a good quality of life is 

instilled in us beginning in the 

formative years and throughout 

our lives. We go to school, 

pursue careers, and invest in 

our community- all to achieve 

the quality of life we desire. 

Once again, I ponder the question, 

“Why do we live here? 

What drives us to call this 

‘home’?” The simple answer 

that keeps coming back to me 

is, “Because of the quality of 

life we have in our community.” 

Let’s face it. Our little 

part of the world includes a 

broad range of living styles including 

suburban areas, trendy 

urban spaces that are being 

developed, and laid-back rural 

areas. Take your pick. 

In short, we have it all. 

But one common thread that 

binds us all is the people, the 

character, integrity, and caring 

of our fellow neighbors. 

Neighbors who give their time 

and efforts to maintain and 

help improve our quality of 

life. 

Have you ever met someone, 

and you immediately know 

that he or she is a really good 

person? Then the years go by, 

and your paths cross again and 

again. Eventually, you can’t 

even recall under what circumstances 

you initially met. 

I know that I have met a truly 

great individual in the community 

when he or she keeps 

“popping up.” A person’s 

photo will cross my desk on 

numerous occasions when 

information about fundraisers, 

volunteer events, or community 

work days is shared. 

And then his or her name is 

mentioned in conversations 

about totally different groups 

or community efforts. Or I 

will find myself asking, “Who 

did you say is on your board? 

I know him!” Other times I 

will attend a meeting only to 

As the steward of Guilford Covered Bridge Park, Terry 

Stephens works tirelessly to maintain the grounds. 

find that long-lost acquaintance 

is doing a presentation 

about a project designed to 

enhance the quality of life for 

our community. 

All of these criteria fit 

my relationship with Terry 

Stephens. I have no idea 

what brought us together, but 

fate has certainly brought us 

back together time and time 

again over the years (okay, 

decades!). 

Terry is a native of southeast 

Indiana having grown up in 

Bright. Friends still can recall 

swimming in a nearby pond 

together or watching his father 

turn pieces of wood into works 

of art. He eventually married 

Vickie Boyles Stephens, a 

lifelong resident of Guilford. 

The couple made Guilford 

their home and still reside in 

the picturesque valley. 

Terry is a sage man. He 

takes great pride in doing 

whatever he sets his mind to, 

and he does it incredibly well. 

While one might gaze in awe 

at his beautiful property that he 

keeps in park-like condition, 

know that his attention to detail 

carries over to his responsibilities 

as the park steward 

of Guilford Covered Bridge 

Park. Located on the edge of 

Tanners Creek, the Guilford 

Covered Bridge Park requires 

the most significant amount of 

maintenance since it continually 

suffers the ravages of floods. 

The Guilford Park is returned 

to its impeccable state of 

beauty after each rainy season 

thanks to the diligent efforts of 

Terry Stephens and his ability 

to rally volunteers. Terry takes 

his stewardship of the Guilford 

Covered Bridge Park very seriously 

as a way to enhance our 

community’s quality of life. I 

have a feeling that Vickie has a 

bit to do with the park looking 

so good as well. 

Terry Stephens has been 

on the Dearborn County Park 

Board for over ten years. 

While most of his physical 

efforts are dedicated to all that 

occurs at Guilford Park, he remains 

a trusted member of the 

Board for the entire county. 

Park Board president Doug 

Burger described Terry as 

“Having an incredible business 

sense and a good steward 

of park funds. He always does 

the right thing.” 

Terry’s attention to detail is 

a character trait that has taken 

him far in life. He is a woodworker 

by trade, following 

the footsteps of his father. I 

should clarify- in my opinion, 

Terry is not just a woodworker; 

he is a craftsman. Much 

of his work graces homes, 

corporations, and community 

buildings throughout the 

tristate. In 1993 he started 

Stephens Woodworking. Over 

a quarter of a century later, 

Terry Stephens- a lifelong 

volunteer fireman and 

community role model. 

his excellent craftsmanship 

and attention to detail have 

made him an expert in all that 

woodworking entails. In fact, 

this expertise has resulted in 

calls from our county officials 

for help with courthouse 

projects that keep Terry quite 

busy. 

Walk into Dearborn Savings 

or Woody’s, and you will 

see more examples of Terry’s 

craftsmanship. Every detail 

was taken into account to create 

architectural masterpieces. 

Of course, Hillforest, our 

very own National Historic 

Landmark, has significantly 

benefitted from Terry Stephens’ 

talents. 

Mr. Stephens’ volunteerism 

is not limited to his efforts 

as a board member of the 

Dearborn County Parks. He 

has been a volunteer firefighter 

for over thirty-seven 

years. Wow. As a community, 

we rarely stop to consider 

what such dedication entails 

including the training that a 

firefighter must continually 

complete. One of Terry’s fellow 

firefighters so succinctly 

described to me the life of 

a firefighter. They go into 

burning buildings or arrive on 

the scene of automobile accidents, 

the memories forever 

etched in their minds. They 

make every effort to save the 

lives of your fellow neighbors. 

Oh, and don’t forget that 

the firefighter is called out at 

3 A.M. or during important 

events only to be expected to 

drop everything and go. Mr. 

Stephens’ dedication as a volunteer 

fireman for almost four 

decades is pretty impressive. 

Needless to say, the Miller- 

York Fire Department looks 

pretty darn good. Why? 

Because of the volunteer efforts 

and dedication of Terry 

Stephens. He certainly keeps 

what many considered the 

gateway to Guilford, looking 

spiffy. 

Thank you, Terry, for making 

our community better both 

through your volunteer efforts 

and by leading by example,. 

I personally feel as many in 

our community do- honored 

to call you my friend and 

neighbor. 

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What is it? 

Last month’s item was a corn 

sheller owned by Ed Oehlman from 

Brookville. It was correctly identified 

by Chris Hogue, Bright; Ed Emley, 

St. Leon; Terry Benning, Sunman; 

Eric Smith, Guilford; Marc Brunner, 

Manchester; Greg Shell, Brookville; 

Carren Dieckmann, Napoleon; Robert 

Sommer, Bear Branch; Basil Peugh, 

Aurora. Imagine the amount of time it 

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West Harrison TIF Development 

Continued from page 1A 

includes language such as 

requirements for the development 

of the land. A 

minimum investment of a 

dollar amount and the size or 

structural components of the 

structure to be erected may 

be specified. A clause will 

also be included requiring 

that plans must be approved 

by the Redevelopment 

Commission concerning the 

standards of quality for any 

structure to be built. 

The types of business that 

could occupy the proposed 

structure are endless. New 

jobs will potentially be created, 

as well as tax revenue 

for Dearborn County. As a 

result, increased economic 

activity and a higher quality 

of life may result. 

The vision of the Redevelopment 

Commission has 

been fostered by the guidance 

and partnership with 

One Dearborn. This private 

entity’s mission is to assist 

the county with the development 

and implementation 

of a countywide economic 

development strategy. 

One Dearborn has done 

extensive studies on the 

impacts of business retention 

and expansion, attracting new 

businesses, workforce development, 

and what is referred 

to as quality of place. 

Every effort to take into 

account all entities that will 

be affected by countywide 

growth has been made. The 

advisory committee for One 

Dearborn includes representatives 

from Aurora, Dillsboro, 

Greendale, Lawrenceburg, 

Dearborn County, and the 

Dearborn County Convention 

and Visitors Bureau. 

The primary focus of the 

West Harrison TIF District 

has been to encourage economic 

development along 

the I-74 corridor. Future 

growth of the remaining 

acreage in this particular TIF 

district is currently being 

considered. 

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Aurora Housing Initiative Progresses 


“By seeking a long term 

housing investment strategy 

for Conwell Street, our goal is 

to support affordable housing 

transitions and an increased 

tax base with neighborhood 

revitalization rather than continue 

to have blighted properties 

with accelerating tax 

debt,” shared City manager 

Guinevere Emery. 

Currently, a total of ten 

properties are involved in this 

stage of the blight elimination 

program. Two of the buildings 

were deemed unsafe and 

were demolished, leaving the 

vacant land ready for development. 

The hazards of ailing 

retaining walls and uneven 

sidewalks have also been addressed. 

Single-family housing 

units with off-street parking 

garages are being considered 

at this time. A notice of real 

estate for sale and a request 

for proposals is scheduled to 

be issued later this year. The 

Historic Preservation Commission 

will be tasked with 

reviewing redevelopment 

purposes of proposals for 

development. Parcels will be 

released to developers one at 

a time to ensure the success of 

the project. 

The birth of this project began 

when a few friends were 

sitting around chatting about 

what could be done to revitalize 

Aurora- to bring the town 

back to the vital community 

that it has the potential to be. 

Out of this casual conversation 

grew the development of 

a long-range plan. 

“In order to create a financially 

healthy city you need 

to control costs and increase 

income. Infill housing like 

townhouses, condominiums, 

and single family dwellings 

are all appropriate ways to 

increase assessed value (AV) 

and provide necessary housing. 

The right type of infill 

housing and new construction 

is important to the fabric of 

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sunlight and cool breezes. The 

soon to be pub room showcases 

a large fireplace, one of ten 

in the home, and a brick bread 

oven. During the renovations, 

part of the floor in front of the 

fireplace was taken up revealing 

a secret opening that may 

possibly have been a part of 

The Underground Railroad. 

Stepping down from the pub 

room is the original summer 

kitchen which is now being 

turned into a laundry room. 

Up a narrow set of stairs 

above the summer kitchen 

is “the orphan room,” where 

the boys working the farm 

stayed. Through the pub room, 

you walk through a beautiful 

screened in porch that was 

added during the 1960s which 

then leads out to the gorgeous 

veranda overlooking Laughery 

Creek. The home has a north 

and south veranda, both have 

been completely rebuilt. Mr. 

Banschbach explains, “To give 

you a sense of the magnitude, I 

tore off and replaced the front 

of the north veranda and the 

South veranda. That accumulated 

to one hundred and 

seventy feet of porches, that’s 

linear feet, not square footage.” 

The amount of work that 

has been done is staggering. 

All five of the chimneys 

have been rebuilt and tuck 

pointed. The ceilings have 

new drywall, and the walls 

have been re-plastered. Some 

of the ceilings were in such 

disrepair that you could look 

right through them and see the 

sky. There was extensive water 

damage to the home to the 

point where it would run down 

the chandeliers. The porch balusters 

are all being replaced after 

one of the original balusters 

was sent to a company to be 

re-created. The roof is new so 

are all of the box gutters, and 

there is all new limestone on 

the tops of the chimneys. Solid 

wood shutters on the first floor 

have been removed and dipped 

to get rid of the old paint. 

They have been sanded down, 

primed, and re-painted, and are 

now ready to be reinstalled. In 

addition, all of the electric and 

plumbing had to be replaced. 

New propane furnaces and ten 

tons of air conditioning have 

been added. A large honey bee 

infestation was also a problem, 

so beekeepers had to be called 

in to take care of the removal 

of the bees. 

On top of the home stands 

the stunning captain’s walk 

that Mr. Banschbach and Ms. 

Emery have finished. In 1947 

Caroline Williams, who was a 

prominent artist for The Cincinnati 

Enquirer, drew a sketch 

of The Speakman House and 

her original notes refer to the 

captain’s walk. The view from 

the captain’s walk is stunning, 

overlooking Laughery 

Creek, the Ohio River, and the 

Triple Whipple Bridge. Named 

after bridge designer, Squire 

Whipple, the Triple Whipple 

Bridge was built in 1878. It 

joins Dearborn and Ohio counties 

and is the last remaining 

bridge of its kind. Below the 

captain’s walk in the gable 

at the front of the home is a 

An andiron in the still-functioning 

bread oven in the 

original kitchen. 

Photos by 

Maureen Stenger 

concrete statue of a little boy 

with a wooden shovel. The 

statue pays homage to a little 

boy who drowned in Laughery 

Creek near the house. A light 

was always left on so he could 

find his way back. Ms. Emery 

explains how they promised to 

keep the tradition to the previous 

homeowner, Thomas Tallentire, 

whose family bought 

The Speakman House as a 

country estate. “We told Mr. 

Tallentire we would always 

leave a light on. The four lights 

on the captain’s walk are pretty 

much on all of the time.” 

On the side of the home is 

a fire insurance plaque. These 

were used in the eighteenth 

and nineteenth centuries to 

mark a home if fire protection 

was paid for in advance. The 

payments helped to support 

the fire stations. Some insurers 

gave money to these departments, 

and those first on the 

scene sometimes received a 

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Speakman Restoration Gives Respectful Nod to the Past 

and Guinevere Emery are willing 

to take on such a massive 

restoration project. In today’s 

fast-paced world, places like 

The Speakman House remind 

us of simpler times and fill us 

with a rich sense of history. 

Every nook and cranny tells 

a story. Fortunately, such a significant 

piece of the past has 

been preserved and brought 

to life again. I am certain 

Stephen Speakman is smiling 

down. 

The details in the new kitchen are fitting for the home. 

The “Harry Potter” closet underneath the grand staircase. 

Guinevere Emery and Mark 

Banschbach, owners of 

the Speakman House, accompanied 

by faithful feline 

companion “Lou.” 


into a fifty-foot by twelve-foot 

ballroom that is on the home’s 

third floor. From there, we 

walked down to the second 

floor where all of the bedrooms 

are being revamped, 

including one that has been 

turned into a master bath. All 

of the original poplar wood 

floors in the home are also 

being refurbished. Most of 

the interior doors of the home 

had deadbolt locks, which Mr. 

Banschbach and Ms. Emery 

are in the process of removing. 

As we head down to the main 

level, I take notice of the grand 

staircase that cascades into the 

living area. 

The new kitchen, which is 

now in the heart of the home, 

will allow those working in it 

to be a part of the family festivities. 

Handcrafted cabinets 

will adorn the walls, adding to 

the warmth and charm. Three 

gorgeous pianos, including two 

square grand pianos, were left 

in the home courtesy of the Tallentire 

family. Ms. Emery and 

Mr. Banschbach donated one 

of the pianos to Great Crescent 

Brewery in Aurora. They also 

hosted Mr. Tallentire to see the 

progress of the renovations. 

He was extremely pleased to 

see the restoration of the home 

he grew up in and so loved. 

Ms. Emery said seeing him so 

happy when he visited, is one 

of her favorite memories. 

The property also showcases 

a beautiful barn that was built 

in 1941. Once a dairy farm, 

the barn still has name tags 

over the stalls. It also housed a 

1937 white Coach bus that Ms. 

Emery and Mr. Banschbach 

donated to a museum in Maine 

once they took ownership. 

Remnants of an old ice house 

still stand on the property as 

well. These buildings stored 

ice throughout the year, prior 

to the invention of the refrigerator. 

The milk house that 

stands right before you make 

your way over to the giant 

Sycamore tree is full of charm 

as it now finds new purpose as 

a gardening shed. 

The stunning view from the 

Captains Walk overlooking 

the Ohio River, the lanterns 

remain lit to light the way 

for the lost boy to find his 

way home. 

I couldn’t help but think 

on my tour, how happy this 

grand old home must be to be 

restored to its former glory. 

As Ms. Emery said, “There is 

so much to cover. It has been 

such a process; it is transformational.” 

It truly is, the 

amount of work completed is 

staggering, and at times, I’m 

sure overwhelming, but the 

journey is that of a lifetime. A 

journey Ms. Emery and Mr. 

Banschbach want to share with 

their loved ones. They have 

told them to come by now and 

see the progress, that is part 

of the fun! They will have 

a chance to showcase their 

gorgeous home to their family 

and friends in December when 

Indiana Landmarks has their 

Christmas Open House at The 

Speakman House. In addition, 

the Aurora Garden Club will 

help decorate the home in the 

holiday spirit to make it shine 

even more. 

We are lucky in this area to 

have such a treasure preserved; 

we are fortunate that 

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The Ivy Tech Foundation recently received $900 from the 

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students who plan to pursue degrees of higher education. This 

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A Sister’s Vision Grows Through Time to Bond a Community 

The barn at Michaela Farm is one hundred ten years old. 

Vegetables that are raised and sold in the farm store. 

Victor Sarringhaus fertilizes 

plants with fish emulsion. 

By Katie Ullrich 

In the winter of 1851, Sister 

Theresa Hacklemeier made 

the journey from Austria to 

Indiana, where she and Father 

Francis Joseph Rudolph 

founded the Sisters of Saint 

Francis in Oldenburg. Recently, 

cholera had taken the 

lives of many of the parents 

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Father Rudolph to purchase 

forty acres of land near the 

convent on which the Sisters 

began Michaela Farm in 

1854. 

Its namesake, Sister Michaela 

Lindemann, was 

caretaker for the farm for over 

fifteen years and the first farm 

manager. Sister Michaela was 

one of the original three sisters 

who were awaiting Sister 

Theresa Hacklemeier’s arrival 

from Austria and became an 

integral part of the founding 

of the Sisters of Saint Francis. 

Sister Michaela was an excellent 

gardener, already caring 

for a garden on the convent 

grounds when Father Rudolph 

purchased the land that would 

become Michaela Farm. Sister 

Michaela ran the farm efficiently, 

known affectionately 

by the men who worked on 

the farm as the Field Marshall. 

Under her command, 

the farm grew in size. Her understanding 

of agriculture and 

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caring attitude towards the 

land gave the farm the roots it 

needed to grow. 

Today, the farm is still run 

by the Sisters of Saint Francis, 

whose mission to care for 

creation hasn’t changed. Michaela 

Farm does this through 

the tending of their animals, 

crops, and land. The farm is 

pesticide free, using natural 

processes in raising fruit and 

vegetables, as well as with 

their free-range chickens that 

are primarily egg-layers. 

Between 1907 and 1909, a 

barn was constructed that is 

still standing today. The barn 

was built of bricks, using 

lumber only for the beams 

and support. The bricks were 

made in the village of Oldenburg, 

which in the early 20th 

century most likely indicates 

that they were made of clay 

and sand and molded by hand. 

The barn has a basement and 

main floor, with a roof made 

initially of slate. However, 

after almost one hundred 

years, updates had to be 

made. The barn was re-roofed 

with shingles, though they 

were designed to still look 

like slate. Other renovations 

had to be done as well, such 

as tuck-pointing to take care 

of cracks, window repairs, 

new flooring, and the installation 

of downspouts and 

gutters. All of this brought the 

barn up to current standards. 

In 2009, Michaela Farm had a 

barn party for the barn’s 100th 

birthday. 

This barn is just one of the 

facets of Michaela Farm that 

can be appreciated by school 

groups that hail from local 

schools or as far as Cincinnati 

and Indianapolis. These 

groups, or groups from nearby 

churches, often do volunteer 

work. Tour and volunteer 

coordinator, Sister Carolyn, 

says this volunteer work helps 

to “preserve the beauty of the 

grounds” as well as with the 

regular upkeep of Michaela 

farm. Not only does the farm 

host groups, but welcomes 

people who just want to take a 

look around for themselves. 

This year the greenhouse 

was updated, getting a new 

concrete floor over the winter. 

Not only does this floor help 

to hold in heat, lead gardener, 

Victor Sarringhaus, says that 

the new floor makes moving 

the plants back and forth on 

carts easier until the weather 

is warm enough for them 

to stay outside. The greenhouse 

is where the seedlings 

are started. When they are 

mature enough, the seedlings 

are planted in another greenhouse, 

known around the 

farm as the high tunnel. The 

high tunnel was built last year 

and already houses plenty of 

growing vegetables. It sits 

atop a hill, with a beautiful 

view of the surrounding area. 

Michaela Farm has a Community 

Supported Agriculture 

program. CSA allows people 

to sign up and receive the 

farm’s locally grown food 

from May through September. 

The community can also support 

Michaela Farm through 

their Farm Store, which is located 

right next to the historic 

barn. Through the store, they 

sell honey, herbs, and transplants, 

ready to be planted 

in a garden. Perhaps what is 

most amazing about Michaela 

Farm is that it is run by less 

than ten people, though they 

are looking to add a few more 

to the staff. 

Michaela Farm is not only 

important to the Sisters, but it 

is close to the hearts of Oldenburg 

residents. Across the 

street is Oldenburg Academy 

High School, whose photography 

classes have visited the 

farm for opportunities to capture 

the charm of the plants, 

animals, and buildings. Take 

the time to appreciate the 

history and dedicated workmanship 

that has gone into 

Michaela Farm, whether it be 

just driving past or stopping 

in to say hello. 



From a Dog’s 

Point of View 

By Bandit and Tammy Turner 

Hi, my name is Bandit. I am 

a one-year-old very handsome 

hound here at PAWS. I know 

you have heard that from 

many hounds in the past, but 

I am the real deal! I’m talking 

front page calendar material. 

I love people, I love toys, 

and boy, do I love to run. 

My dream home would be 

a house with a big, big back 

yard where I can run, and kids 

who love to play ball. I would 

be a great babysitter for the 

summer while the kids are 

off school. I would also like 

a nice bed that we can share, 

or at least my own bed right 

beside yours. 

Summer is here, and you 

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your hands, or wonder what 

to do with the kids. Here is 

a great idea (thought of it 

myself) why don’t you foster? 

You can take in a litter of kittens, 

because it is kitten season, 

and foster them. PAWS 

will supply all that you need 

such as cage, food, litter, and 

vaccines, and you just supply 

the love. This time of year 

we take in a lot of kittens, 

some with mothers and some 

not, so you get to take the 

litter home and take care of 

them until they make weight 

(2.2 lbs.) and can be spayed/ 

neutered. Sometimes it’s 

just for a couple weeks and 

sometimes it may take two to 

three months. By taking them 

home and caring for them, 

they become healthier. Their 

immune system is not fully 

developed at that age which 

makes them more susceptible 

to illness here at the shelter. 

And if they have a mother, 

she will need someplace quiet 

Bandit 

to nurse and take care of the 

little ones herself. As you 

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can also work with them and 

show them love, so that they 

can be easily adopted. Foster 

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who get along with cats and 

kittens, they can help the kittens 

adapt to having more pets 

around and teach them things 

that you cannot. While all this 

is a plus, the experience will 

teach your kids how to handle 

animals, young or old. Come 

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and take some little ones 

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you do will help out. 

Thank you and see you soon. 

Better come soon, cause with 

these looks and this personality, 

I won’t last here long. 

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Are You a Rescue-Parent? 

By Merrill Hutchinson 

Earlier this year, my daughter-in-law 

shared a video with 

me that showed her kids hiking 

with her on a wet, sloppy 

trail. At first, the hike looked 

like a great family adventure 

out in Mother Nature on a 

beautiful trail. Suddenly, 

our two-year-old grandson 

took off, running up the trail. 

Before anyone could react, 

he tripped and fell flat on his 

face. Mud and water splattered, 

and his entire face and 

belly were covered with mud. 

The stumble did not cause a 

little fall to the knee. This was 

an all-out face-plant! The next 

thing I heard on the video was 

my daughter-in-law chuckling 

and saying, “It’s all right, 

you’re fine.” When she finally 

caught up to him, he began 

to stand up, and when he saw 

she was smiling, he began to 

laugh. She laughed right back 

at him, and they continued up 

the trail. 

While you may wonder why 

I am sharing this story, I believe 

it has merit. After working 

at the elementary school 

level for over twenty years, I 

have met many parents who 

would handle this scenario 

in a completely different 

manner. I can imagine parents 

who would have yelled 

at their children as soon as 

they took off running. “Don’t 

run! You’re going to trip and 

fall!” Or, after seeing their 

child fall, running in a panic 

as if their child just broke 

their neck. Or maybe having 

a child on a leash to prevent 

the child from even having 

the opportunity to leave the 

parent’s side. Or, the ultimate 

in protection, “No, we are 

not going to hike on a muddy 

trail. Someone could get hurt, 

and it will be a muddy mess.” 

Which parent are you? 

We love our daughter-inlaw 

not just because she married 

our son. We love both of 

them as parents to our grandchildren 

because we believe 

they are raising their children 

to be problem-solvers. The 

children are growing up to be 

strong, courageous, adventurous, 

and most importantly, 

victors and not victims. On 

a daily basis, their kids are 

allowed to take reasonable 

risks. As parents, they are 

teaching our grandchildren to 

celebrate the victories but also 

learn from the mistakes. 

No doubt, parenting can be 

difficult, wondering if you 

are doing and saying the right 

things. Trying to determine if 

your discipline is effective and 

meaningful. Wondering if you 

are raising your children to 

thrive and survive in a sometimes 

cruel world. Pondering 

if you are giving your kids 

too much or too little. These 

thoughts and fears may be 

real, but the more important 

question to ask yourself is, 

“What kind of adults do I want 

my children to grow to be?” 

In my twenty years of 

working with parents, I get 

the same answer more often 

than not. “When my child is 

an adult, I want them to be 

happy, independent, welladjusted, 

and feeling successful 

in their life.” AWESOME! 

Me TOO! 

As parents, we understand 

we can’t guarantee our children 

a problem-free life. We 

have a better chance of guaranteeing 

them a life with challenges 

and problems. With 

that being said, if we want our 

children to attain the previously 

mentioned goals, we 

must equip them NOW and 

teach them how to navigate 

problems and failures successfully. 

I suggest that attempting 

to remove all of the issues, 

or solving the problems for 

your children, places them 

at incredible risk for a very 

tumultuous and unrewarding 

life. By trying to protect 

children from failure now, you 

actually set them up for more 

significant failure later. 

So, how can you help your 

child grow up to be happy, independent, 

and well-adjusted? 

• Realize and understand 

that your child is not perfect, 

and neither are you. 

• Don’t own your child’s 

mistakes or short-comings. If 

they fail, allow them to fail. 

Don’t argue with the teachers, 

coaches, referees, or 

anyone else about something 

your child did wrong. When 

your child messes up, look at 

the situation as an incredible 

teaching moment! 

• Never make excuses for 

your child, and never tolerate 

excuses from your child. 

Excuses are the first step to 

allowing your child to become 

a victim. “It’s not my fault” 

are words that should not be 

tolerated in your home. 

• Limit the amount of time 

that you will allow your children 

to pout or feel sorry for 

themselves. Yes, children will 

be emotional when they suffer 

loss, rejection, or make a mistake. 

That’s okay! But please 

do not allow them to get stuck 

there. Once the emotions 

settle, train them to shift into 

problem-solving mode. Again, 

do not solve the problem for 

them. Encourage them by 

saying, “Okay, that didn’t go 

the way you wanted. What are 

you able to do about it now?” 

That’s empowerment! 

• Practice what you preach. 

Allow yourself to make mistakes, 

and own them! When 

you’ve made a mistake let 

your children see that you 

admit the mistake and that 

you are able to work toward 

solving the problem. 

• Encourage age-appropriate 

risk-taking and allow your 

children to own the natural 

consequences of those risks. 

“Yes, you can ride your bike 

and jump off your homemade 

ramp, but if you wreck, you 

need to understand you could 

get hurt.” With that being 

said, if they wreck, do not 

scream and yell, “I told you 

so!” Instead, consider saying 

something to the effect of, 

“Wow! That looks like it hurt. 

Are you okay? Alright, go 

clean up your wounds and get 

back on your bike.” 

• Encourage exploration and 

exposure to activities in which 

your children excel as well 

as things that are a challenge. 

This is all part of the discovery 

process. They may discover 

something they excel at that 

ultimately directs the pathway 

of their life. Or, they may find 

something that they never 

want to do again, and they will 

have solid reasons for why 

they don’t want to do it. 

My parents were not perfect 

by any stretch of the imagination. 

But when I look back at 

what they gave my siblings 

and me, I’m most grateful for 

the following: Teaching us 

that we need faith in God in a 

difficult world. Teaching us to 

be honest and hardworking. 

Teaching us to take responsibility 

for our actions. And, 

teaching us to take risks and 

trust that things will work 

out. As I write this, I hear my 

dad’s voice saying what he so 

often said to us, “Do something 

even if it’s wrong!” 

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Ryan, Missy, Cailyn, & Carson Hess; Chris, Nicole, Anna, & Aaron Mayer; Corey, Jessica, 

Khloe, & Kyle Kaeser; Jason, Beth, Emily, Nolan, & Will Stenger; Andy, Mandy, Savannah, 

Gabriel, Tristen, Maximus, Nathan, & Adilynn Campbell. (photo by Missy Hess) 

St. Leon Community Park before and after. (photo by Missy 

Hess) 

Scouts Make a Difference 

Junior Girl Scout Troop 

40180 members wanted to 

earn their Bronze Award, 

which is the highest award 

Girl Scouts at the Junior 

level are able to earn. The five 

girls are Anna Mayer, Cailyn 

Hess, Khloe Kaeser, who 

attend Bright Elementary; 

Emily Stenger from Sunman 

Elementary; and Savannah 

Cambell who goes to North 

Dearborn Elementary. 

To earn this award, each girl 

spent a minimum of twenty 

hours planning and working 

to improve St. Leon Community 

Park. 

The Scouts saw a need at 

this park and wanted to make 

it a safe and usable environment 

for all to enjoy. They 

coordinated a work day with 

their families and got together 

to pull out poison ivy, weeds, 

and grass from the play area. 

They also smoothed out the 

old mulch and dirt, laid down 

a brand new tarp, and spread 

out new mulch over the entire 

playground area. 

The Scouts also partnered 

with the Dearborn County 

Recycling Center through the 

“A Bench for Caps” program, 

where collected caps 

are exchanged for funds for a 

six-foot bench. They amassed 

over two hundred pounds of 

caps that they cleaned and 

delivered to Greentree Plastics 

in Evansville. They came 

home with a six-foot bench 

to be placed at the St. Leon 

Community Park. The Scouts 

wanted to provide more seating 

for patrons to use as they 

watch their children play. 

Back row Travis Foote, Gage Crone, Austin Schneider, 

Keegan Riesenbeck, Grant Wright, Jared Callahan, Alex 

Newport, and Alex Dudley. Front row Amelia Hartman, 

Anna Loschiavo, Erica Kathman, Alicia Rosemeyer, Rachel 

Kraus, Ryann Griffin, Faith Fox, and Grace Kraus. 

EC FFA Wins State 

The East Central Nursery/Landscape teams competed in the 

Indiana FFA State Nursery/Landscape Career Development 

Event. Contestants had to complete a general knowledge exam, 

plant, pest, and equipment identification, landscape estimating 

practicum, plant propagation practicum, and a team activity. 

The team of Alicia Rosemeyer, Alex Dudley, Rachel Kraus 

and Amelia Hartman won first overall and the state title. The 

team of Austin Schneider, Grant Wright, Travis Foote and Anna 

Loschiavo placed third. The team of Alex Newport, Keegan 

Riesenbeck, Grace Kraus and Erica Kathman placed fourth. 

The team of Gage Crone, Faith Fox, Ryann Griffin, and Jared 

Callahan placed sixth. The win marks East Central’s sixth state 

win in this event (2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019). 

The winning team will represent Indiana at the National FFA 

Convention on October 30-31 in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Congratulations to the EC FFA chapter on another job well 

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Taste of Dearborn County 

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Dearborn County cafe’s and restaurants will be showcased, 

offering select tastings for sale to event patrons. Takes place 

at the new Civic Park at Short and High Streets. 

Food Vendors: Beebs and Bubs • Shift Restaurant and Bar • Captain’s Tavern 

Wang’s Hot Chicken • Strong’s Brick Oven Pizzeria • Grand Buffet • Riverwatch 

Strong’s Sugar Shack • The Restaurants of Hollywood Casino 

Whiskey City Sweet Retreat 

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JUNE 15 

at the NEW Lawrenceburg Civic Park 

Eagle Country 99.3 

Outdoor Show 

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

The second annual Outdoor Show, featuring outdoor activity 

vendors from the local region, dealers and more. Along East 

High Street, near the Civic Park. 

Glamper Show 

11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Glampers are new or refurbished alternative vehicles for 

“glam camping”, which often include renovated Shasta’s, 

Airstreams, teardrop campers, etc. These will be set up along 

Short Street, near the Civic Park. 

Live Music 

Beer Garden 

11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 

My Brother’s Keeper 

11:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m. 

Renegades 

2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. 

Rusty Griswolds 

5:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. 

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Kathy 

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Guilford, 

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along the 

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in Perth, 

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A group of youth and hardy parishioners from All Saints Parish in Guilford set out on a 

pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2019 in Panama City, Panama. This picture of the faithfilled 

journey was taken at the vigil site (Metro Park) where the pilgrims camped out on the 

ground for one evening with 700,000 of their closest friends. Not pictured were Robin Fox, 

Samantha Hensley, and Cindy White who were off seeing Pope Francis on his drive through 

the crowd to the stage. 

DULCIMER AT DUSK 

WITH TED YODER 

Friday, June 21 

8 PM 

Lawrenceburg 

Public Library 

www.lpld.lib.in.us 

Ted Yoder’s hammered dulcimer 

version of Everybody Wants to 

Rule the World has more than 

100 million Facebook Live views. 

Come see Ted perform in person! 

All ages welcome. 

The Beacon sports editor 

Chris Nobbe traveled to 

Mt. Airy, NC, hometown 

of Andy Griffith. The 

trip is well worth it for 

any fan of TAGS, better 

known to some as The 

Andy Griffith Show. 

Julie Blondell, Greendale, recently returned from a mission 

trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras where she was part 

of the Hand Surgery Team through HVO. Pictured are 

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By Mary-Alice Helms 

When I spotted the blue and 

white box, half hidden in the 

back of my kitchen “catcheverything” 

cupboard, I knew 

that the cleaning project was 

done for the day. Carefully, I 

pulled the small object from 

the shelf and held it reverently 

in my hands. How could 

I have forgotten about the 

treasure box of memories 

that had been stored away so 

unceremoniously? 

There is nothing particularly 

stunning or eye-catching 

about the little box. It is made 

of tin, 6 ½“ long, 4” wide by 

2 ½” deep, with a tight-fitting 

lid. When I was a small child, 

I thought that the blue and 

white Dutch windmill picture 

covering its entire surface 

was fascinating. Two small 

triangles, one on the front and 

one on the back, discreetly 

advertised the product that it 

once held, “PATRIA quality 

biscuits.” It is very old, the 

edges of the lid beginning to 

show tiny spots of rust. For 

as long as I can remember, it 

was our grandmother’s button 

box. 

I can remember begging 

Grandmother to let me play 

with that fascinating collection 

of buttons, and of course, 

she always said “yes”. What 

I loved most was when she 

would tell me stories about 

each button when I held it up 

for her inspection. A garment 

was never discarded without 

first having the buttons cut 

off and saved. In fact, nothing 

which could prove to be 

useful was ever thrown away. 

Lace collars, belt buckles, 

even snap fasteners and hooks 

and eyes were carefully stored 

away until they could be 

repurposed. 

I held the box in my hand 

and then carefully pulled off 

the lid. For a moment I stared 

down at the kaleidoscope 

of colors which had been 

revealed. There were buttons 

of every shape and size- tiny 

mother of pearl circles, round 

glass balls, classic white 

shirt buttons, flower shapes 

with brightly colored petals, 

fabric-covered ovals and even 

a brass button here and there. 

Wonderful memories of childhood 

hours spent with my 

grandmother flooded my mind 

as I lifted a handful of buttons 

and let them drift through my 

fingers. 

I remembered sitting on the 

floor next to Grandmother’s 

sewing machine and separating 

the buttons by color, 

shapes or sizes. 

“Tell me about this one, 

Grandmother,” I would say, 

holding up a small button 

The Button Box 

covered in white satin and 

lace. 

“Well,” she would answer 

in her soft voice, “That was 

from the sleeve of your mother’s 

wedding gown. It was so 

beautiful! And then, when she 

was expecting you, she cut 

the dress apart and used it to 

make the skirt and ruffles for 

your baby bassinet.” 

I thought that was a lovely 

story. 

“What about these?” I held 

up a pair of intricately carved 

glass roses. Grandmother explained 

that those two buttons 

were all that was left of the 

beautiful peach-colored organdy 

dress she had made for 

our Aunt Alice, my mother’s 

younger sister. It seems that 

Aunt Alice preferred wearing 

overalls to dresses and somehow 

the organdy had met with 

a fatal accident. The ruffled 

skirt had been torn to shreds 

when it became entangled in a 

bicycle chain. 

“These look military.” I 

held up a pair of shiny brass 

buttons engraved with some 

indistinguishable letters. 

“Was Granddaddy in the 

army?” 

“Land, no, child!” Grandmother 

would laugh. “Those 

came off of the vest of the 

uniform he wore when he 

was a conductor on the interurban. 

My, but he looked 

handsome!” She went on to 

explain that the interurban 

was a streetcar which ran 

between Richmond, Indiana, 

and Dayton, Ohio. I didn’t 

know that there had ever been 

such a thing! 

The afternoon would melt 

away as Grandmother told 

story after story about the 

history of the magical buttons. 

I wish that I could recapture 

one of those days when 

I would sit for hours and 

listen to my Grandmother’s 

voice over the whirring of 

her sewing machine. Sometimes 

the coal in the heating 

stove would shift with a soft 

rumble, sending its comforting 

warmth throughout the 

small house. I can see the 

stiffly starched lace curtains 

at the windows, with rows of 

blooming African violets decorating 

the sills. I shall never 

again know such moments of 

complete contentment. 

Reluctantly, I closed the lid 

of the blue and white box and 

placed it back on the shelf. 

A bit battered and well over 

one hundred years old, it is 

a precious keepsake. I know 

that it won’t be long before 

I once again take it from the 

cupboard, open the lid and 

release the memories from 

that magical button box. 

Huey Helicopter 

Veterans Memorial 

One Step Closer 

Southeastern Indiana 

Vietnam Veterans continue 

to pursue the acquisition of a 

Huey Helicopter to be placed 

at Lesko Park in Aurora. 

They recently traveled to 

Shelbyville to the National 

Guard facility where they 

were met by Colonel Matthew 

Handy, the Director 

of Aviation, Ryan Jarmula, 

Deputy Chief of Staff for 

Congressman Greg Pence, and 

Regional Director for Senator 

Mike Braun, John Moton. Mr. 

Moton said he wanted to attend 

to actually see the Huey. 

Colonel Handy and his crew 

Back: Colonel Matthew Handy, Purple Heart Recipient, 

Mike Lafollette, Purple Heart Recipient, Nick Ullrich, 

Alonzo Caswell, Ron Spurlock and Ryan Jarmula. Front: 

PG Gentrup and John Moton. 

at Shelbyville have been a tremendous 

help with this project. 

To date, paperwork has 

been submitted to Washington 

D.C. requesting the transfer of 

ownership of the Huey to the 

City of Aurora. 

The timing for the project 

has been driven by the desire 

to have the Huey prominently 

displayed at Aurora’s Lesko 

park for the arrival of the LST 

ship in Aurora Sept. 12-15. 

Events for the bicentennial 

celebration of Aurora will 

culminate at that time. 

SE Indiana F.A.R.M. Club’s 

June 27-28-29, 2019 

Ripley Co. Fairgrounds, Osgood, IN 

Feature for 2019: 

Economy Engines & 

The ”Massey Family of Tractors” 

What you will see at our Club’s 23rd Show: Hit-n-miss Engines, Oilfield Engines, Blacksmith, 

Vintage Tractors of All Makes, Models & Years, Threshing, Hay Press, Sawmill in operation, 

Antique-Craft-Flea Market Vendors, Farm Toy Vendors, Homemaker Exhibits, Quilt Show, 

Friday 4-6 PM “Clearfork Bluegrass Band from Happy Valley” & Sat. Noon-4 PM “The Diamondback Band” 

Special Event: Square Dancing - Saturday at 7PM by “The Indiana Dancers Association” 

New this year! 3 Day Community Yard Sale! Indoor & Outdoor Spaces - only $10 for a 10’x10’ spot! 

We have great food available including - “Uncle Bill’s Cabin” - serving F.A.R.M. Club’s World Famous Bean Soup & Cornbread. 

We offer easy walking, level grounds and our very popular “Tradin’ Post” Consignment Barn 

Show Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat, 9:AM–DARK, “Sunday 9AM–2PM Limited Activities, Clean-Up Day" 

2 Big Evenings of Grandstand Events! Fun for All Ages! 

Fri. 7pm - Destruction Motorsports - Demolition Derby 

Sat. 7pm - HD Motorsports Racing - Truck Dirt Drags 

We invite you to bring the family & share the memories at the 2019 F.A.R.M. Club Show 

Vendors Hours – Thurs, Fri, & Sat 9:AM – 9:PM 

General Show Admission to the Show - $3 per person, under 12 yrs. Free 

Community Yard Sale – Set-up cost $10 for a 10’x10’ spot for all 3 days! 

Tom Tepe Kids Pedal Pull - 70 LB Limit - Fri & Sat 6:00 PM 

Ripley Co. 4H - Tractor Operators Contest - Sat 8:00 AM 

Parade of Power - Saturday at 1:00 PM 

Church Service - Sunday 8:00 AM 

Exhibitors Always Welcome, Any Make or Model! 

2020 Feature - IH - National IH Collectors Chapter 7 Show 

2021 Feature - CO-OP - Hoosier CO-OP Collectors Jamboree 

Our Show is always the Last Full Weekend in June! 

www.farmclubonline.com 

Info: Chuck & Sherri Heck 812-926-3654 

email: McCormick.Deering@yahoo.com 

Friday & Saturday Grandstand Event Info: 

Facebook - Destruction Motorsports & HD Motorsports 

Admission charged - Pit & Grandstand 

Camping: Joe Arnold at 765-265-7912 

Electric & water $25 night, Primitive $10 night, 3 night minimum. 

Please: No overnight camping in display areas. 

Tradin’ Post Info: Chris at 812-654-3949 

Golf Cart Registration Fee - $5 

F.A.R.M. Club Membership - $5 

Facebook: FARM Club of Southeastern Indiana 



Talking Trash About Recycling 

Trash Talkers back row: Joe Dittmer, David Criag, Don 

Shelton, Gene Voegele. Front row: Julie Robinson, Randy 

Robinson, Molly Resendes, Elmer Campbell, Sandy Whitehead 

(photo courtesy of Molly Resendes) 

By Molly Resendes 

The Dearborn County Recycling 

Center offers fourteen 

drop-off locations for recycling. 

They are open all hours 

and every day. All locations 

collect paper, cardboard, glass 

bottles and jars, metal food 

cans, aluminum cans, cartons, 

and plastic bottles and jugs. 

Recycling Center trailers 

are divided into sections for 

these material categories. 

Each section is labeled with 

a picture to help clarify what 

belongs inside. 

To increase access to convenient 

recycling, the Recycling 

Center works with Rumpke 

Recycling to provide drop-off 

containers at three of its locations. 

At the Bright Fire 

Department, St. Leon Fire 

Department and New Alsace 

American Legion, residents 

will find large green recycling 

containers that are designed 

for mixed recycling. Loose 

recyclables (no bags) can be 

put into these containers without 

sorting, and all accepted 

materials are recycled. All locations, 

including the Rumpke 

Recycling sites, accept the 

same recyclable items. 

Breaking down /flatten 

boxes and smash plastic 

bottles is important to fill the 

recycling containers as full 

as possible. Wasted space 

equates to wasted funds for 

hauling charges. 

What happens after you 

drop off your recyclables? 

All Dearborn County trailers 

that are full are exchanged 

by Recycling Center staff on 

a weekly basis. After the full 

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expected to offer each family a caring 

compassionate service for 

an affordable price. 

trailer arrives at the Recycling 

Center, materials must be 

separated by type so that they 

can be sent to manufacturers. 

Because the Recycling 

Center mostly sorts by hand, 

source separation (residents 

pre-sorting at trailers) is key 

to allowing proper preparation 

of materials for end markets. 

As the trailer is emptied by 

staff, materials are gathered 

into separate machines or 

holding areas. 

Two large baling machines 

operate continuously, making 

bales of paper and corrugated 

cardboard. Metal food cans 

are baled, as are aluminum 

cans. Plastic bottles and jugs, 

along with cartons are placed 

in dedicated recycling containers 

to be sent to Rumpke 

for further sorting and baling. 

Glass is separated by hand 

into two categories, clear and 

colored. The Recycling Center 

has two glass crushers. This 

keeps the clear and colored 

glass separate for later sale. 

After materials are prepared 

for their next destinations, 

they are either stored until a 

full shipment is ready or they 

are loaded directly onto tractor 

trailers for transport. 

Some materials are sold 

directly to manufacturers or 

brokers. There are a few materials 

that the Recycling Center 

must pay to recycle. All 

outlets for Dearborn County 

recyclables are local, and all 

collected recyclable materials 

get made into new items. 

Unfortunately, some 

items are put in the trailers 

that aren’t recyclable. Each 

trailer is labeled with acceptable 

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included on the trailer doors 

are contaminants and can’t 

be recycled. While sorting 

recyclables, staff must remove 

all non-recyclable materials. 

Things like yogurt tubs and 

take-out containers that are 

put in the trailers must be 

thrown away as trash. Other 

non-recyclable items cause 

bigger problems by clogging 

equipment or posing health or 

safety concerns. 

Adhering to the acceptable 

materials list is critically 

important. 

What happens to 

recyclables in the 

Rumpke containers? 

Rumpke Recycling containers 

are serviced by Rumpke at 

the request of the Recycling 

Center. Containers are located 

at the Bright Fire Department, 

the St. Leon Fire Department, 

and the New Alsace American 

Legion. 

Materials in the Rumpke 

containers are taken directly 

to Rumpke’s Materials 

Recovery Facility in Cincinnati. 

The mixed materials are 

then separated by a series of 

high-tech equipment. Using 

a series of conveyor belts, 

employees monitor and sort 

materials as well. The result is 

fully sorted materials that are 

ready for end markets. 

Why recycle? 

People make a lot of waste. 

Recycling helps reduce the 

amount of waste going to 

landfills. Recycling conserves 

energy, reduces pollution, and 

creates a more sustainable 

economy. Recycling is not 

hard, and it is the right thing 

to do for the future. 

If you don’t recycle yet, 

start today. Finding your 

closest location is as easy as 

checking out DearbornCountyRecycles.com 

or calling the 

Recycling Center at 812- 

926-9963. Recycling Center 

employees will talk trash with 

you anytime. 

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The Life of a Four-Year-Old Kid- How Things Have Changed 

By a Community Friend 

It’s getting harder to remember 

my fourth year in this 

world. More than seventy 

years seem to have passed 

and faded so quickly. But, I 

remember how different it was 

from the life I see today. Time 

has changed our way of life 

and the technology with which 

we live. Today, both a fouryear-old’s 

mother and father 

are working. Today, television, 

an I-Pad, and daycare occupy 

the time of a four-yearold. 

Seventy years ago, many 

families lived together in an 

extended family relationship. 

If not, they lived close enough 

to provide support. The life 

of a four-year-old dealt with 

exploration and personal relationships 

to make the day an 

enjoyable experience. Those 

were war years. Radio news 

broadcasts, in those days, were 

very different. While memories 

fade, important events of 

my fourth year still bring a 

smile to my face. They were 

so different from the memories 

today’s four-year-olds are 

making. 

We lived up the hill in the 

Lawrenceburg “suburbs.” 

That area was annexed in the 

mid-1940s and now, seems 

so much closer to downtown. 

We thought we were living in 

the country. We had a cow, 

Daisy, that my grandfather 

milked every day. A wonderful 

event was bringing the 

cow in from the pasture. It 

was memorable because I 

was allowed to ride Daisy 

from the pasture to the shack 

where she was milked. That 

fun ended the day I fell off 

Daisy, and my grandmother 

proclaimed to my grandfather 

that the rides were over. 

Our yard seemed full of 

clover. My grandmother and 

I would sit in the yard and 

look for four-leaf clovers. 

We didn’t find many, and my 

grandmother found the most. 

When we tired of looking, we 

would braid the clover. We 

picked three clover blossoms 

with long stems and started 

braiding, adding lots of new 

blossoms, until we had long 

braided strands and made 

clover jewelry. We made 

crowns, bracelets, and rings 

and I wore them proudly. 

Exploring was exciting 

because a four-year-old could 

find so many things that were 

new to him. I liked finding 

things. There were always 

monarch butterfly cocoons 

to find and to watch until the 

butterfly emerged. Wildflowers 

were blooming. Pigs 

were having little pigs (in 

Lawrenceburg). There were 

strawberries to watch until 

the first was ripe. There were 

chickens to chase when they 

escaped their pens. I saw 

an escaped chicken squat in 

the lawn, cluck wildly, and 

rise, leaving an egg behind. 

I picked it up, and it felt so 

warm and soft. I was excited, 

so I ran to show the egg to 

my grandmother. She picked 

me up, and we hugged in our 

excitement. I hugged so hard 

that the egg broke and ran 

down her back. We had made 

a memory for each other. 

One of my favorite times 

was watching my mother and 

grandmother do the fall canning. 

We had never eaten in a 

restaurant, and there were no 

take-out places to bring home 

dinner in a sack. We ate what 

we grew and what we could 

afford at the grocery. The depression 

had left its mark on 

our home economy. I would 

watch the harvest of a small 

garden and the preparation 

and canning of most of our 

winter meals. The occasional 

slaughter of a pig or a chicken 

was mostly hidden from me, 

but I know those meals had to 

come from somewhere. 

On a nice day, we would 

go to the chicken coop and 

gather eggs to take to town. 

We would walk down the hill, 

cross the bridge over Tanner’s 

Creek, pass through the levee 

to sell our eggs at Bobrink’s 

grocery. That gave us money 

to buy staples; the necessities 

we couldn’t grow. Being in 

town was so very different. 

There were business buildings, 

and there was a hustle and 

bustle that was not part of life 

up the hill. I was impressed 

by life in town. The trip back 

up the hill was buoyed by 

thoughts of the town experience. 

It expanded my world. 

Reading stories took up 

a lot of the late afternoons. 

There was always someone 

with time to read to me. The 

stories were always the same. 

I had heard those stories so 

many times that I could recite 

them. I would pick up a book 

and recite the stories while 

turning pages appropriately. 

People thought I could read. I 

also thought that I was reading. 

When I started school, I 

learned differently. 

The evenings began the relaxing 

time of the day. As the 

sun declined on a warm day, 

the scent of honeysuckle fills 

the air. We would sit on the 

porch swing and listen to the 

sounds of insects coming out 

to court each other. I’d especially 

listen for the Katy-dids. 

My grandmother would say 

that one sound said Katy-did 

and the reply was Katy-didn’t. 

I listened hard and sometimes 

I could imagine the difference. 

Then we would watch the sky. 

I learned the moon was made 

of green cheese and I could 

see the face of the man in the 

moon. On very dark nights, 

we watched the stars twinkle, 

and we looked for “shooting 

stars.” We knew they were 

there, but nobody noticed because 

they were not looking. 

It did not take long to see them 

streaking, briefly, across the 

sky. I don’t look for “shooting 

stars” anymore. I’m too 

preoccupied but I remember, 

and I know they are there. 

It did not take much to 

amuse this four-year-old. Life 

was new, and there was much 

to see and to do. Today, a 

four-year-old’s exploration 

and entertainment is much 

different. Technology and 

lifestyle changes have made a 

new world. To us, today’s life 

seems so much more complicated. 

Today’s toddlers face 

challenges we could never 

have imagined. As we have 

aged, we have created this new 

world, and we might be having 

trouble keeping up with it. Today’s 

toddlers seem so much 

better equipped than we to 

handle simple things like sending 

pictures from our I-Phones. 

Just as our experience growing 

up was different from our 

predecessors, we understand 

that the new generation’s experience 

is different from ours. 

Their experience is preparing 

them for a different world than 

the world I remember. 

I enjoyed my childhood and 

cherish its memories. I’m 

sure today’s toddlers will 

remember, equally, the joys of 

growing up and the lessons it 

taught them for being successful 

adults. They will have different 

stories to tell the next 

generations. 

St. John Lutheran Church 

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June 24-27 • 6:30-8:30 PM 

Ages 3 thru 5th grade 

Please Join Us! 

St.John 

German Festival 

Lutheran Church 

August 18 •11 AM to 4 PM 

German Food • Entertainment 

Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts 

4937 State Route 48 at Bellair, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 • 812-537-2865 For Info 

Celebrating the Birthday of America 

on Aurora, Indiana's Riverfront 

Lesko Park - State Route 56 

Aurora, Indiana 

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 

Various military vehicles on display all day! 

9:00am-3:00pm River City Classic Car show 

9:00am-6:00pm Craft Show 

3:00pm 

3:00-9:00pm 

Noon-11:00pm 

12:30pm 

4:00pm 

10pm 

Presentation of Colors – Korean War Veterans 

Prayer – Mark Drury 

National Anthem – Linda Rechtin’s School of Voice 

Welcome – Mayor Donnie Hastings Jr. 

Sea Planes 

Beer/Wine Booths Open (Must Be 21 or Over) 

Linda Rechtin’s School of Voice 

LIVE MUSIC BEGINS 

• My Brother’s Keeper 

• Skallywags 

Fireworks over the Ohio River 

Music continues after fireworks 

• Bring Lawn Chairs for Fireworks & Music 

• No Coolers or Pets Allowed 

All events and times subject to change 

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out car pictures from our 

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Unified Track and 

Field Offers Great Fun 

and Opportunity 

The Unified Track and Field 

program offered by the Indiana 

High School Athletic Association 

(IHSAA) since 2014, is a 

cooperative effort of both the 

IHSAA and Indiana Special 

Olympics. By 

I recently Maxine had the honor of 

starting a 

Klump 

unified track and 

field meet Community between Lawrenceburg 

High Correspondent School and Franklin 

County High School. While 

one hundred sixteen schools in 

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the state offer this sport, these 

are the only two schools in the 

area currently fielding teams. 

The meet was preceded with 

the fanfare of Senior Night for 

both Lawrenceburg’s track and 

field team and unified team. 

Unified teams compete long 

jump and shot put for the field 

events. 

Unified track and field is 

serious in its competition 

while the competitors are also 

extremely supportive and encouraging 

of one another. With 

each jump in the long jump, 

cheers and encouragement 

were heard from both teams 

as well as the fans. These 

kids showed great effort and 

technique in their approaches 

and jumps. 

Meanwhile, shot put was 

taking place across the track 

and field complex. Just as in 

many other track meets, one 

athlete had to manage his time 

to get between both events for 

his jumps and throws. 

In unified track and field, 

partner athletes compete as 

well as help other athletes 

learn better technique. It is 

a varsity sport, and make no 

mistake, all of these athletes 

have put in the hours of practice, 

effort, and research that 

allows them to do their events 

well. The athletes learn how 

to persevere through struggle 

and hardship and to become 

stronger in many aspects of 

their characters. 

As the athletes finished the 

two field events, the 100-meter 

Cory Bishop competed in 

the long jump. 

Elizabeth Ariens- Franklin 

County Relay. 

Roxie Moisil, an exchange 

student from Romania. 

dash began. A test fire was 

done from my gun to assure 

all were aware of what they 

would hear and be ready to 

react. Enthusiasm abounded 

as each runner made strides in 

the race and in life. 

Franklin County head coach 

Katina Sirbak, who also serves 

as the county coordinator for 

Special Olympics, had many 

praises for her team and the 

great strides they have made 

throughout the season: 

“Audra Lovins and Kennedy 

Kiracofe are team captains. 

Audra Lovins has improved 

so much not only as an athlete 

but in her everyday life. She 

is more willing to step out 

of her comfort zone and take 

chances she never would have. 

Her parents report she is much 

happier and confident and her 

friend base has grown. 

“This is Kennedy’s fourth 

year participating in Unified 

Track. She has improved her 

long jump just this season by 

3’6”. Makayla Bradley is a 

first-year Unified Track member 

and PR’ed at this meet in 

the long jump by 3’.” 

Coach Melinda Miller of 

the Lawrenceburg team also 

shares a great deal of enthusiasm 

for the efforts and 

improvements of her athletes. 

The kids are ready to compete 

in the state tournament series. 

Roxie Moisil is an exchange 

student from Romania who 

participates as part of Franklin 

County’s team. Moisil has 

stated, “I love Unified Track 

and never want to participate 

in sports unless it’s unified.” 

She has been inspired in such 

a way that she hopes to take 

the experience of being a unified 

athlete back to her home 

country and help to grow the 

culture and movement there. 

She also has continued to 

make athletic improvements 

throughout the season and 

dropped an entire second off 

of her 100-meter dash time. 

Another Franklin County 

athlete who has stood out to 

Coach Sirbak is freshman 

Cory Bishop. Cory was reluctant 

and timid with his participation 

early in the season, 

sometimes not even completing 

an event because he would 

become discouraged. However, 

through constant coaching 

and team participation, Cory 

has improved greatly from 

the Unified program. Coach 

Sirbak calls him their star athlete 

as he is the fastest runner 

on the team and has dropped 

an incredible 38 seconds off 

his best time. She states of 

Cory, “It’s been an amazing 

experience watching him 

grow in self-confidence and in 

becoming such a huge part of 

our team. He is now pushing 

himself to complete every 

event.” Even better is the fact 

that Cory’s parents and teacher 

have seen a remarkable change 

in his attitude and approach to 

many things. 

During the 4 x 100 relay, 

each team was able to advance 

the baton around the track; 

however, along with the baton, 

they passed along an energy 

that swelled until the anchor 

brought the baton and the 

team’s success to the finish 

line. All were proud of their 

efforts, and the coaches certainly 

were a part of that feeling 

by what they have invested 

in these teams and athletes. 

Let’s hope that more schools 

are able to bring this varsity 

sport into the area so that more 

and more will enjoy the wonderful 

nature of the athletes 

choosing to be a part of the 

Unified Track and Field movement 

in the state. 

New Hurdle Record at SD/EC wins 19th title in 20 years 

South Dearborn junior 

Grace Quinlan broke the 

school’s 100-meter intermediate 

hurdle twice in one night 

at the IHSAA Sectional on 

May 14. Quinlan broke the record 

of 16.04 held by Maggie 

Smith since 2006 when she 

ran a 15.85 in the preliminary 

heat. Quinlan would break 

her own record a short time 

later in the finals by running 

a 15.58. Quinlan would go 

on to also be a repeat sectional 

champion in the 300 

low hurdles (46.36) and place 

second in the high jump with 

a leap of 5’1”. 

The East Central Lady 

Trojans would capture their 

19th sectional title in the past 

twenty years. EC had two 

races setting sectional records. 

Eva Grimm broke her 

own sectional record in the 

Grace Quinlan (Photo courtesy 

of Marissa Lacey) 

200-meter dash by running 

25.66 and dropping .21 off her 

old record. The 4 x 400-meter 

relay team of Grimm, Ellie 

Lengerich, Lily Greiwe, 

and Emma Fey ran a time of 

South Dearborn senior 

Austin Boggs was doubly 

happy after his winning 

vault of 13’8” captured the 

IHSAA Sectional and broke 

the school record. (photo 

courtesy of Kathy Boggs) 

4:04.99 to knock more than 

a second off the old sectional 

record. All four relay members 

were also multi-event 

winners on the night. 

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BRIGHT/ 

SUGAR RIDGE 

By 

Debby 

Stutz 

Community 

Correspondent 

bright@goBEACONnews.com 

Happy Birthday to Thelma 

Stutz pictured here with her 

youngest great-granddaughter, 

one-year-old Isabelle Stutz. 

These two ladies were born 

ninety-five years apart. 

Just think of changes in the 

world Thelma has seen in 

her lifetime. She gets a kick 

out of all the happenings we 

have At The Barn which, 

of course, is the barn of her 

childhood. The wine tasting 

area is where Thelma fed the 

horses as a youngster. The 

kitchen is where she helped 

milk the cows. Every day, 

rain or shine, and no matter 

the season, the day was over 

only when the chores were 

finished. Please wish her 

belated birthday wishes on 

Facebook! She will love to 

hear from you. Isabelle is the 

daughter of David and Lisa 

Stutz, granddaughter of Don 

O 

ur 

and Debby Stutz, and greatgranddaughter 

of Eugene and 

Lois Schaich and of course 

Thelma Stutz. Thanks to 

Diane Vollner for sharing the 

photo. 

The calendar has now 

turned to June, and we think 

of Father’s Day. I want to 

say Happy Father’s Day to 

my dad, Eugene Schaich, 

who has had many successes 

and achievements in life. 

Along with my mother Lois 

Schaich, the most prominent 

accomplishment is raising 

five children who all learned 

a high work ethic and dedication 

to whatever you hope to 

achieve, by his example. He 

taught us to be proud of who 

we are and always remember 

from where we came. 

I hope to see everyone at 

the Bright Festival and Parade 

the last weekend in July. What 

will the Cornerstone Realty 

float be themed this year? The 

answer is the best-kept secret 

in Bright during the month 

of July. Cornerstone always 

keeps us guessing until the 

day of the parade. So much 

time is put into the planning 

and orchestration of the 

parade and festival. Please say 

thank you to a firefighter or 

EMS person. They are genuinely 

dedicated to serving our 

Thelma Stutz and greatgranddaughter 

Isabelle 

Stutz. 

CommunitiesHIDDEN 

community. The Jody and 

Karen Blasdel family, along 

with Dale and Rachel Lutz’s 

family, put a lot of time and 

sweat into making the parade 

the biggest one every year. 

Remember to send in your 

raffle tickets for the Festival. 

Profits from this festival make 

a HUGE impact on the budget 

of the Bright Fire and EMS. 

July Fourth is right around 

the corner. Be proud of being 

an American. It means so 

much more than we think. 

Abraham Lincoln said, “I 

like to see people proud of 

the place where they live. 

I like to see people live, so 

the place in which they live 

is proud of them.” Take care 

of each other and celebrate 

America! 

Bezzy Anderson, Sue Marcotte, Sandy Alderrucci and 

Janice Roth take advantage of perfect weather. 

Mary Anna Taylor and Jane Ulrick plant a plethera of 

pretties at the entrance to Hidden Valley Lake. 

VALLEY LAKE 

By 

Korry 

Johnson 

Community 

Correspondent 

hvl@goBEACONnews.com 

Summer is here!!!! Get out 

and enjoy all of the amenities 

that HVL has to offer! The 

Children’s Activity Club will 

hold its second outdoor movie 

night on June 22. Movies start 

at dusk. And the annual 4th of 

July Bike Parade will begin 

at 10 A.M. by the beach. The 

Fish & Game Club will hold 

their Kids Fishing Derby on 

July 13 at Lake Melody (by 

the main entrance) at 8 A.M. 

Such a fantastic event! 

HVL has lots of incredible 

athletes living in our community. 

One gentleman, Bryan 

Wagner, just qualified for 

the Boston Marathon as he 

completed the 21st Annual 

Flying Pig marathon! What an 

incredible accomplishment! 

He placed second overall in 

the “4 Way Challenge With 

Extra Cheese” which means 

Bryan completed four different 

races over the three-day 

event: 1 mile, 5K, 10K, and 

full marathon!! That is approximately 

37 miles! And he 

set his PR (personal record) in 

all four events. Wow! Bryan 

started running five years ago 

Brynn, Bryan, Beckett, and 

Sonny Wagner 

at the age of thirty. Bryan and 

Sonny have two daughters, 

Beckett (age 5) and Brynn 

(age 3) and a third daughter 

due at the end of May. He’s 

able to balance working full 

time as the PE Teacher/Tech 

Coordinator while still making 

time for a family life and 

fitness activities. You may 

see Bryan running, biking, 

and swimming all over HVL 

along with his family in tow. 

You’re a true inspiration, 

Bryan Wagner! 

July Birthdays: Cole 

Jankovsky, Tina Weaver, 

Robyn Stuhan, Annie 

Hartford, Cameron Garland, 

Meghan Lewis, Don 

Donelson 

The Garden Club has been 

very busy recently. Be sure 

to enjoy their efforts throughout 

the community. Thanks, 

gardeners! 

Please email me, Korry H. 

Johnson, if you have something 

to share in next month’s 

article at hvl@goBEACONnews.com 

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news at The Beacon! 

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By 

Debbie A. 

Zimmer 

Community 

Correspondent 

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St. Leon Volunteer Fire 

Dept. will be having their 

annual Firemen’s Festival 

on Aug. 2-3. Volunteers are 

always needed to assist with 

this event. If you would be 

able to give up a few hours 

of your time to help out, get 

in touch with me at stleon@ 

goBEACONnews.com. Any 

help will be much appreciated! 

Cooper Barrett received 

the sacrament of his first 

Holy 

Eucharist on 

May 4 at St. 

Joseph 

Catholic 

Church in 

St. Leon. A 

total of 

twenty-nine 

Cooper Barrett children 

participated 

in this great event. 

Congratulations go out to 

Jessica and Cory Mobley 

on the recent birth of their 

daughter, Caroline May. She 

is welcomed home by her big 

brother, Colton. 

Congratulations also to 

Erin Wilhelm and Emily 

Whitehead on making the 

Dean’s list at Ball State University. 

Way to go girls!!! 

Congratulations also go out 

to Josie Andres on her Cum 

Laude graduation from Ohio 

Northern University with degrees 

in Sports Management, 

Business Administration and 

Communications. Awesome 

job, Josie!! 

Deepest sympathy goes out 

to the family of Al Abplanalp. 

He is survived by his children 

Tony, Bill and Anne, and 

several grandchildren. East 

Central High School had their 

Senior Scholarship Night on 

May 15. Dearborn Community 

Foundation presented three 

scholarships from the Greg 

Andres/North Dearborn Conservation 

Club scholarship 

fund. Recipients were Paige 

Gindling, Jared Tieman, and 

Hannah Weiler. Also receiving 

NDCC club scholarships 

were Anna Andres, Alexandra 

Bamonte and Katelyn 

Whitaker. Good luck to all 

of the seniors in their future 

endeavors. 

Get well wishes go out to 

Tim Andres, Brooklyn Konerman, 

and Dick Gaynor – hope 

all of you are feeling much 

better. 

North Dearborn High 

School Class of 1964 recently 

held their fifty-fifth reunion 

on May 10. The evening was 

spent catching up with Ron’s 

classmates. Eugene Lane was 

home from California! We 

all enjoyed seeing him and 

Kendra again – it has been a 

long time! 

July Birthdays – 1 Jean 

Communities 

Ruwe, Betty Cornelius 

and Marty Hoog, 2 David 

“Schultz” Wuestefeld, 

3 Diana Trabel, 5 Dave 

Ruwe, Cathy Schuman, 

Steve Fischer and Karen 

Anderson, 6 Juli Hollon, 

Candi Hacker and Danny 

Bischoff, 7 Jay Whitehead, 

8 California cousin 

Jim McGlothlin and Amy 

Eisele, 9 Heather Cook, 

10 Gary Eckstein, Shirley 

Werner and cousin Brady 

Andres, 11 Rose Bischoff 

and Kara Metz, 12 Joe 

Bittner, Ron Wuestefeld 

and Donna Paduano, 14 

Bella Rudisell, 15 Trisha 

Todd, and my niece in 

Albuquerque, NM Rachel 

Zimmer, 16 Cheryl 

Wilhelm, 18 Gary Trabel, 

Denise Eckstein and Betty 

Wuestefeld, 20 Dot Hautman 

and Julie K. Wilhelm, 

21 Lizzie Weigel, 22 Anna 

Mae Callahan, 23 Ryleigh 

Schoettelkotte, Lisa Huber 

and Phillip Stenger, 25 

Sandy Whitehead, 26 Brad 

Fischer and my son-in-law 

Todd Geisheimer, 27 Pat 

Schuman, Jeri Eisele, Jeff 

Messerschmidt and my 

cousin Marie Gunter, 28 

Abe Bittner, Jacob Bulach 

and Cindy Gartenman, 29 

Nicole Wilhelm and cousin 

Gerise Andres, 31 John 

Horstman, Joe Rehage and 

Arlene Wilgenbusch 

Get in touch with me with 

any news items for the column 

at stleon@goBEACONnews.com 

Flowers at the pool were waiting to be planted. 

GREENDALE 

By 

Gloria 

Carter 

Community 

Correspondent 

greendale@goBEACONnews.com 

Welcome to spring! The 

weather has finally been warm 

enough to plant our gardens 

and flowers. The Greendale 

Garden Club has been busy 

filling the planters for the ends 

of each street and at the pool. 

Lots of hard work goes into 

making Greendale beautiful. 

Thank you, Garden Club! 

The pool opened for the 

season on Memorial Day 

weekend. Season tickets are 

still $50 for Greendale and 

Lawrenceburg residents and 

$80.00 for non-residents. 

They can be purchased at the 

pool. 

Parkside is still torn up. The 

process of replacing the curbs 

on my side will begin soon. 

July in Dearborn County, Southeast Indiana...the Perfect Place to Play! 

Parking is at a premium- it 

doesn’t cost anything but lots 

of luck finding a place to park! 

When I first moved to Parkside, 

most residents only had 

one car, but now almost every 

family member has a car. 

Our gas lines are also being 

replaced. Steve Lampert, our 

city manager, has his hands 

full organizing all of the work 

that is being done. I must say 

that everyone involved in the 

project is doing a good job. 

Don’t forget to register for 

the Fourth of July 5K race. 

Preregistration has to be 

postmarked by June 22. The 

fee is $15 without a t-shirt or 

$20 with a t-shirt. Register 

and find out more information 

at www.stuartroadracing.com 

Checks may be made payable 

to Voice of Indiana and can be 

mailed to Greendale Fourth of 

July Race, 5557 Jandel Drive, 

Aurora, IN 47001. 

Happy Birthday to Estal 

Dickerson on July 9 and 

Jamey Carter July 21. Enjoy 

your birthdays! 

Greendale 4th of July 

Whiskey City Competitive Cycling Challenge 

Bright Community Festival 

July 1 - Aug 30 – Dearborn Highlands Arts Council Art Show 

- TRACY BEZESKY; 331 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg. Info: 812- 

539-4251 or www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org. 

July 3 – River City Classics Car Club Cruise-In - 6-9pm. 

Cruise-In held at the American Legion Post 231, 119 Bridgeway 

Street, Aurora. Info: 812-290-4775 or www.facebook.com/ 

RvrCtyClassicCC/. 

July 4 – Greendale 4th of July - Greendale Park and Cabin, 827 

Nowlin Avenue, Greendale. 5K Run/Walk , Fishing derby, Parade, 

Fireworks. 812-537-9219 or www.cityofgreendale.net. 

July 5 – Downtown Lawrenceburg Open Door First Fridays 

- Join participating merchants for specials. Info: 812-537-4507 or 

www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

July 5, 12, 19, 26 – Bright Farmers’ Market - Providence 

Presbyterian Church Lot, Salt Fork & State Line Roads, Bright. 

Locally grown produce, meats, eggs, and more. 812-637-3898 

or www.facebook.com/farmersmarketbright/. 

July 5 – Party in the Park - Lawrenceburg Civic Park - 7-11pm. 

The new Lawrenceburg Civic Park, High and Short Streets. Live 

musical entertainment. Info: 812-537-4507 or 


July 6, 21, 27 – Lawrenceburg Speedway - 351 E. Eads Pkwy. 

(U.S. 50). Sprint, modified, pure stock and hornet racing on 3/8 

mile high-banked clay oval track. Info: 812-539-4700 or 

www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com. 

July 6, 13, 20, 27 – Lawrenceburg Farmer’s Market - 

Newtown Park, US Route 50 & Park Street, Lawrenceburg. 

Info: 812-537-4507 or www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

July 6, 13, 20, 27 – Dillsboro Farmers Market - 8AM- 

Noon, Heritage Pointe in Dillsboro. Buy and sell locally grown or 

produced foods. Info: 812-571-0259 or www.dillsboro.in. 

July 6-31 – Casey’s Outdoor Solutions Events & Workshops 

- 21481 State Line Road, Lawrenceburg. Monthly educational 

and fun events and classes for all ages. 812-537-3800 or www. 

caseysoutdoor.com/events. 

July 6-31 – The Framery Events, Camps and Classes - 84 East 

High Street, Lawrenceburg. Monthly classes, parties, and camps 

for all ages. Info: 812-537-4319 or www.frameryinc.com. 

July 7, 14, 21, 28 – Carnegie Hall Open for Tours - 14687 Main 

Street, Moores Hill, Indiana. 1pm-5pm or by appointment. Info: 

812-744-4015 or www.thecarnegiehall.org. 

July 7 – Veraestau Open for Tours - Veraestau Historic 

Home, 4696 Veraestau Lane, Aurora. Open first Sunday and 

Thursday of each month, 1-4pm. Info: 812-926-0983 or www. 

indianalandmarks.org/our-historic-sites/veraestau. 

July 7 – Tri-State Antique Market - U.S. Route 50, 

Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds. “Indiana’s largest antiques and 

vintage only collectibles market.” Info: 513-353-4135 or 

www.lawrenceburgantiqueshow.com. 

July 9, 23 – Movies in the Park - The new Lawrenceburg Civic 

Park at Short & High Streets in downtown Lawrenceburg. Movies 

are free and begin at dusk. Info: 812-537-4507 or 


July 9 – Oxbow Program - Hawks of the Tristate Area - 7:30 

pm. The Oxbow, Inc. Office, 301 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. Info: 

812-290-2943 or www.oxbowinc.org. 

July 11, 18, 25 – Aurora Marketplace - Gabbard Riverfront 

Park, 106 Judiciary Street. 4-8pm. Info: 812-926-1100 or 

www.aurora.in.us. 

July 11, 18, 25 – Music on the River - 7-9pm. The new Civic 

Park, High & Short Streets, Lawrenceburg. Free outdoor concert 

series. Info: 812-537-4507 or www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

July 12, 19, 26 – Lawrenceburg Motorcycle Speedway - 

Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, 351 E. Eads Pkwy (US 50). All classes 

of short track motorcycles, speedway bikes, ATV’s & go-karts. Info: 

513-662-7759 or www.lawrenceburgmotorcyclespeedway.net. 

July 13 – Whiskey City Summerfest - Lawrenceburg Civic Park, 

Short and High Streets. Live music with Delbert McClinton. More 

info: 812-537-4507 or www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

July 14 – Aurora’s Second Sunday Music - Aurora City Park on 

Park Avenue. Info: 812-926-1100 or www.aurora.in.us. 

July 14 – St. Lawrence Chicken Fest - 11am-5:30pm, 524 

Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg. Info: 812-537-3992 or 

www.stlawrencechurch.us. 

July 15-17 – Hillforest American Girl Day Camps - 9am-Noon, 

Hillforest Victorian House Museum, 213 Fifth Street, Aurora. Girls 

ages 5-14 will have a great time learning of the history of the 

“American Girl” doll series. 812-926-0087 or www.hillforest.org. 

July 19 – Aurora Lions Club Summer Outdoor Movie - 9pm. 

Movie begins at dusk in the Lions Club parking lot at 228 Second 

Street, Aurora. Info: 812-926-1100 or www.aurora.in.us. 

July 20 – Whiskey City Competitive Cycling Challenge - 

multiple classes of cyclists competing on a flat and very fast .67 

mile loop through downtown Lawrenceburg. Info: 812-537-4507 

or www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

July 20-21 – St. John Festival - St John Festival is a ministry 

of All Saints Parish. 25743 State Rt. 1, Dover. Info: 812-576-4302 

or www.allsaintscatholic.net. 

July 20 – Spartan Race - Indiana Sprint - 7:30am - 5:00pm. 

Perfect North Slopes, 19074 Perfect Lane, Lawrenceburg. Reebok 

Spartan Sprint. Info: 812-537-3754 or www.perfectnorth.com. 

July 25-28 – Country Roads Shop Hop - Visit six Antique, 

Vintage and/or Home Decor shops, each just a short distance 

from one another. www.facebook.com/countryroadsshopping/ 

July 26-27 – Bright Community Festival - Bright Firehouse, 

23759 Brightwood Drive, Bright, Indiana. Community festival 

raising funds for Bright Fire & EMS. Info: 513-315-1401 or 

www.brightfd.org. 

July 27-28 – St. Martin Festival - 8044 Yorkridge Rd., Yorkville, 

Indiana. Festival is a ministry of All Saints Parish. Info: 812-576- 

4302 or www.allsaintscatholic.net. 

July 27-28 – Indiana Wine Trail - Artisan Weekend at 

Holtkamp Winery - 11am-5pm, 10868 Woliung Road, New 

Alsace. Featured are over 20 Holtkamp wines. Info: 513-602- 

5580. www.holtkampwinery.com or www.indianawinetrail.com. 

July 27 – Dillsboro Summer Concert Series & Cruise-In - 

7pm-10pm, corner of North & Front Streets, Dillsboro. Free family 

music event and cruise-in. Info: 812-432-5028 or www.dillsboro.in. 

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BATESVILLE 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

batesville@goBEACONnews.com 

Beauty in the ’Ville … 

Visitors to Batesville often 

comment, “Your community 

is so welcoming with flowers 

and flags in the summer and 

Christmas lights in the winter 

throughout town – how do 

you do it?” 

The answer is – we have 

wonderful volunteers combined 

with excellent city 

employees who work well 

together! Pictured are several 

members of Batesville’s 

Beautification League, an allvolunteer 

organization formed 

in 1949 – and remains dedicated 

to keeping Batesville 

beautiful and vibrant! 

This group of about twentyfive 

members meets monthly 

O 

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Several members of Batesville’s Beautification League 

to plan their flowering strategy 

to ensure the “beauty in 

the ’Ville” as residents and 

visitors alike marvel at their 

results. Long-time members 

Clara Goble, Carmie Meyer, 

and Diane Fullenkamp 

serve as president, secretary 

and treasurer respectively. 

Clara commented, “I think 

we all enjoy being a league 

member because we love 

Batesville!” 

You may have noticed their 

gardening expertise among 

the flowering displays at the 

downtown gazebo, among the 

planters that line the downtown 

streets, and at Liberty 

Park. In late November, 

Batesville’s downtown comes 

alive with festive potted 

evergreens in planters complete 

with lights and large gift 

boxes to welcome the city’s 

Christmas Parade. This group 

also adorns the Village Green 

area with lights and decorates 

downtown Christmas trees 

all in preparation for Santa’s 

arrival! 

Communities 

This year the garden club 

is featuring Red Riding 

Hood graceful grass, fuchsia 

petunias, blue Scaevola 

and cascading vinca in pots. 

Multi-colored lantana and 

fuchsia petunias are planted in 

downtown area beds while red 

and pink begonias with light 

green leaves are planted in 

Liberty Park. 

While individual members 

are assigned to weed and care 

for various areas, keeping 

such a vast array of blooms 

watered is a monumental task 

that is handled by the city’s 

Parks Department, and as 

needed, members of the city’s 

Street Department assist when 

flags and banner displays are 

being staged. 

Since the city does not have 

a “flower tax,” funds to maintain 

the beauty in the ’Ville 

are raised by the League 

through their raffle at Apple- 

Fest. Residents purchasing 

tickets is a small price to pay 

for a year full of beauty! 

That’s Sue’s news for now! 

MILAN 

By 

Susan 

Cottingham 

Community 

Correspondent 

milan@goBEACONnews.com 

This spring we have been 

“blessed” with lots of rain 

which makes it hard on the 

farmers. By now, I expect 

things to have been drying out 

and hope that everyone can 

get out and do things that need 

to be done. Our Beautification 

Committee has been busy 

filling planters and sprucing 

up our community while the 

Park Board is gearing up for 

an active season. 

The Town Board has noted 

several improvements that 

are needed throughout the 

town. Streets, sidewalks, 

sewer lines, and water lines 

are scheduled to be worked 

on. In conjunction with these 

projects, the Board is asking 

Milan businesses and residents 

to join them in giving the 

town a much-needed facelift. 

They have designated the 

week of June 10-15 as 

“Clean-Up Milan Week.” 

Some businesses have done 

a great job making sure their 

businesses look inviting and 

have a pleasing curb appeal. 

However, a few could still 

use a little work. If you have 

items surrounding your homes 

or businesses such as vehicles 

or junk, you can remove them 

or place a six-foot privacy 

fence around the property. The 

Board is asking everyone to 

pitch in and join volunteers 

from the Council of Churches 

and other organizations. 

Volunteers will help with 

minor repairs and the cleanup 

of properties where residents 

need assistance. 

Milan is a great community 

and can become a beautiful 

place to live if we all work 

together to make a difference. 

A task force of volunteers 

is being formed to help 

some residents who need 

assistance. To volunteer or 

get more information, stop in 

at Milan Town Hall or email 

CleanUpMilan@gmail.com. 

A Planetarium will be set 

up at the library on June 

27. Activities are planned 

throughout the day. Tickets 

are free, but you do need 

to register at the library 

beforehand. 

YORKVILLE 

& GUILFORD 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

yorkville@goBEACONnews.com 

The weather is finally 

warming up, and hopefully, 

it’s here to stay. One of the 

things that many people enjoy 

this time of year is baseball. 

As a child, I fondly recall 

practicing my batting and 

fielding skills with my brothers 

and cousins most nights of 

the week and playing against 

many other small-town teams. 

While some of those fields are 

still around today, many are 

just a memory. 

I was at a local event 

recently, and someone mentioned 

a baseball field in 

Yorkville. Since there isn’t 

one today, I asked where it 

was and learned that it used to 

be on Leatherwood Road. I’m 

sure many residents have fond 

memories of playing baseball 

in Yorkville. 

Anna Mae Kuebel passed 

away on May 5 at the age of 

93. She was well known for 

her cooking and baking, especially 

her peanut butter and 

lemon meringue pies. Some 

of her other hobbies included 

gardening and canning. She 

was a fun person to be with 

and loved her family. One of 

her favorite things to do was 

to sit on her front porch and 

watch the hummingbirds at 

the many feeders she put in 

place. She was a hard worker 

and worked side by side with 

her husband Eugene on the 

farm for many years. Anna 

Mae will be greatly missed by 

her “daughter” Karen Nailor 

and her extended family of 

incredible caregivers. Anna 

Mae leaves behind her brother 

Gerald (Joyce) Huffman and 

several nieces, nephews, great 

nieces and nephews, and greatgreat 

nieces and nephews. 

I would love to feature you 

in my next article! If you have 

news to share about the Yorkville/Guilford 

area, please 

contact me at yorkville@ 

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The red barn restored to its glory. 

LOGAN 

By 

Susan 

Carson 

Community 

Correspondent 

logan@goBEACONnews.com 

THE RED BARN THAT 

ISN’T RED ANYMORE 

Some of you may know that 

it is my family who owns the 

O 

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newly restored barn on North 

Dearborn Road across from 

the North Dearborn Branch 

Library in Logan. I have had 

many requests for an article 

about it. So here is my first offering 

of how that came to be: 

My parents, Robert and 

Helen Dunevant, my two 

brothers Don and Mark, and 

I moved to our farm on North 

Dearborn Road in June of 

1963. (I think we could be 

considered the first “immigrants” 

in Logan!) The farm 

was previously owned by 

Glen McClure, who was the 

agriculture teacher at North 

Dearborn High School. Before 

that, the farm was owned 

by Col. Robert Reese, who 

was the grandfather of the 

late Rick Reese, and his sister 

Toni Cleary. 

Our decision to restore the 

barn was made as we realized 

that a lot of structural issues 

needed to be addressed. Because 

we didn’t want to be a 

statistic of owning a barn that 

had collapsed, we decided to 

proceed with a restoration. 

We did some research and 

contacted a company here in 

Indiana who does repair and 

restoration of timber-frame 

buildings. When the work got 

started in June of 2018, the #1 

question was: “Are you tearing 

it down or fixing it?” 

Susan will be sharing more 

of the story about this famous 

barn in future editions of The 

Beacon. 

DOVER 

By 

Rhonda 

Trabel 

Community 

Correspondent 

dover@goBEACONnews.com 

Hi, my name is Rhonda 

Trabel. I am your new correspondent 

for the Dover 

area. I have been a resident 

here all my life except for 

ten years living in Ohio. I am 

looking forward to representing 

our area. 

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stories about Dover or news 

to dover@go BEACONnews. 

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Discover summer fun in Ripley County 

June 19-21 Batesville Music and Arts Festival 

June 22 Versailles Courthouse Day-5k Walk/Run, Car Show, BBQ 

June 27-29 F.A.R.M. Club Antique Machinery Show, Osgood 

Demonlition Derby (Friday) and Truck Dirt Drags (Saturday) 

July 4-7 Vogt’s Annual Blueberry Festival, Batesville 

July 6 Star Spangled Symphony, Batesville 

July 21-27 Ripley County 4-H Fair, Osgood 

July 27-28 Indiana Wine Trail Artisan Weekend 

Ertel Cellars, Batesville 

August 3 Batesville Bash and Vélo in the Ville 

Downtown Batesville 

August 3-4 Xterra DINO Triatholon 

DINO Mountain Bike Series 

Versailles State Park 

August 14 Music on the Bricks 

Osgood, IN 

NEW ALSACE 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

newalsace@goBEACONnews.com 

The highest rank of 

achievement in the Boy 

Scouts of America is the 

Eagle Scout. John Lake is 

working on his Eagle Scout 

project and helped with four 

pro-life monuments that are 

displayed at each of the All 

Saints parish campuses (Yorkville, 

New Alsace, Dover, 

and St. Leon). If you’re ever 

in the area, stop by and check 

out one of the monuments. 

Great work, John! 

I just finished planting my 

garden this week and hope 

that later this summer, my 

family and I will enjoy fresh 

vegetables. Many farmers 

are planting their crops too. 

I often see farm machinery 

on the curvy, narrow roads 

that require other vehicles to 

slow down or stop, so stay 

alert! 

If you’re looking for a 

family-friendly activity on 

a Friday evening, the New 

Alsace Legion hosts men’s 

softball games starting at 

6:30 p.m. There is no admission 

and a concession stand 

DILLSBORO 

By 

Rebecca 

Davies 

Community 

Correspondent 

dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com 

Indiana Retired Teachers 

Association has chosen 

Dillsboro resident, Cherie 

Rump for the A.M.B.A. 

Clock Award. The Clock 

Award is presented annually 

to individuals who distinguish 

themselves with exceptional 

service and the most volunteer 

hours. Congratulations and 

thank you, Cherie, for all of 

your many hours of dedication 

and hard work bringing 

the Heritage Festival to life 

as well as all of the ways you 

help our community. 

The Indiana Office of 

Community and Rural Affairs 

have announced the 

award for the quality-of-place 

initiative. Dillsboro is one of 

eleven selected from fortynine 

communities throughout 

Indiana. Funding will be used 

to transform an asphalt space 

in front of ‘The Porch’ at 

Dillsboro Arts. Funding will 

is available. The games are 

played weekly until mid-July. 

The legion is hosting their 

monthly euchre tournament 

on July 19 with games starting 

at 1 p.m. Doors open at 

noon and games begin at 1 

p.m. The entry fee is $5 per 

person with cash payouts to 

the highest scores. Refreshments 

are available for purchase. 

Call 812.623.3695 for 

more information. 

Our condolences to the 

family of Mary Ann Disch, 

who passed away on May 3. 

She grew up in Weisburg and 

took the train to Cincinnati 

to become a licensed cosmetologist, 

adding yet another 

skill to her creative repertoire, 

which already included 

gardening, floral designing, 

painting, and sewing. Mary 

Ann won several coveted 

awards from Indiana University 

for her artistry with 

Opening Minds through Art. 

Her children and their spouses 

who survive her are Tom and 

Cris Riehle, Janie and Dr. 

Robert Fleming, Bob and Teri 

Disch, Kathy and Dan Veit, 

Randy and Jeannine Disch; 

eight grandchildren and eight 

great-grandchildren. 

I would love to hear from 

you! If you have news in the 

New Alsace area you’d like 

me to share, please contact me 

at newalsace@goBEACONnews.com. 

be used to install an outdoor 

bulletin board as well as a 

mural designed and painted 

with the help of sixth-grade 

students. Concrete benches 

will be added around asphalt 

that will be decorated with the 

help of math students depicting 

the ‘Golden Ratio’ (which 

is fascinating! Look it up or 

stop by to find out more about 

this project!) The scheduled 

completion date is October. 

Thank you to all involved. 

The Dillsboro In Bloom celebration 

was really a success 

due in large part to the efforts 

of many community members. 

The event opened with a 

ribbon cutting and thank-you 

ceremony. Three musical acts 

provided music, and the town 

was full of activity. Thanks to 

so many people and organizations 

including Dillsboro Town 

Board and staff, Susan Greco, 

Dillsboro Community Partnership, 

Dillsboro Arts board and 

volunteers, Jeff Bittner and 

Dana Bascom, Bruce Murray, 

Jamonn Zeiler, Harley 

Day, Greg Brauer, and the 

Ross Foundation. 

Dillsboro Arts current 

exhibition ‘Being Human - 

from Portrait to Concept’ runs 

through July 27. 

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RISING SUN/ 

OHIO COUNTY 

By 

PG 

Gentrup 

Community 

Correspondent 

risingsun@goBEACONnews.com 

June 16 is Father’s Day, 

so be sure to get a nice card 

for your dad or grandpa and 

let them know how much 

they are appreciated. June 

15 is the Riversweep; try to 

get downtown to the river 

and help clean up some of 

the debris that clutters the 

riverbank. 

The Fourth of July will 

be here soon. Make plans to 

attend the parade in Rising 

Sun and come to the riverfront 

to watch the outstanding 

fireworks display. 

We lost Omer Brown, a 

past commander of American 

Legion Post 59 in Rising Sun 

and a very valuable member 

O 

ur 

of our Color Guard. He was 

a former mayor, having 

served from 1983-87 and 

was well respected. I gave a 

speech at his funeral and was 

honored to do so for such an 

outstanding man. Omer loved 

being a grandpa, or “PA.” His 

grandson, Bodie, was the one 

who could always put a smile 

on Omer’s face. He will be 

missed by so many and was 

an honorable man. 

I went out to Milan and 

met with Bob White, the 

retired history teacher from 

Rising Sun High School. We 

met with his brother, Gene, 

a member of the 1954 Milan 

State Championship team, 

and Bob’s sister, Linda. 

They had their Uncle Vernon 

Wayne White’s memorabilia 

and medals from when he 

was killed on Christmas Eve 

in 1944. He was on the SS 

Leopoldville and I will do a 

story about it later on. 

A Rising Sun native, 

Hospitalman Kean Babcock, 

is a corpsman serving with the 

Fleet Angels in the Navy. He 

Communities 

serves as a flight medic, flying 

in the MH-60S Knighthawk 

helicopter. Kean is carrying 

on a family tradition as his 

dad, grandpa, and uncle 

served in the Navy. The USA 

is proud to have fine young 

men like Kean, serving our 

nation today. 

Sergeant Herman P. 

Smith was killed in action 

in Luxembourg on January 

25, 1945 but his funeral was 

seventy years ago in Rising 

Sun on April 28, 1949. He 

served with the 80th Infantry 

Division under General 

Patton. We need to remember 

those who gave their life for 

our country. 

My grandson, Grady 

Walter, helped his team, the 

Cincinnati Future Stars, win 

the Mother’s Day tournament 

at Lawrenceburg. May 11 

was the championship day, 

and his twin sister, Carli, 

was playing in a tournament 

in Kentucky. She had played 

in a national tournament 

the week before under 

some brutal conditions. The 

tournament hosted fortyseven 

teams from Texas, 

Florida, California, Alabama, 

Tennessee, and elsewhere. 

They had to get the games in 

even if it meant playing in 

muddy conditions and cold, 

rainy weather. 

Alix DeDreu has had an 

outstanding career at Thomas 

More College and has set 

many records for their fastpitch 

softball team. I can 

remember her playing on 

the field I built on our land 

on Cass Union Road when 

she was only six years old. 

You could tell then, with her 

ability and determination, 

she was going to be a good 

player. 

Hopefully, by the time you 

read this, the Rising Sun Lady 

Shiners Fast-Pitch Softball 

Team will still be playing. 

They have a strong team this 

year under Coach Bryce 

Kendrick who is dedicated 

to making them better players 

and a very competitive team. 

Jenna Kendrick graduated 

from Butler University on 

May 11. Her Hooding Day 

was on May 10 when she 

officially graduated from 

Pharmacy School. She is now 

DR. JENNA KENDRICK, 

and we are all so proud 

of her. She’s had six very 

dedicated years of Pharmacy 

School and has worked so 

hard to accomplish this. 

Bryce, Jodi, Ryan, and 

Emily have supported her 

tremendously. Aunt Paula 

and I attended the ceremony 

with Aunt Margaret Curry 

and Grandma Cheryl 

Kendrick. Jenna will be 

working at the VA Hospital 

in Chillicothe, Ohio. They 

are getting a good one. Her 

boyfriend, Dr. Ben Roberts, 

received his pharmacy 

doctorate last year. 

Congratulations to Carli 

and Grady Walter for 

being chosen for the Student 

Council at Aurora Elementary 

School. The twins are 

involved in so much they 

make my head spin. They will 

be in the sixth grade next year. 

Second grader and grandson, 

Coleton Pettit, placed second 

in the spelling bee and his 

buddy, Leo Bressert, was the 

winner. 

Summer is a great time for 

a lot of fun to be had, and it 

always flies by. School will 

start before you know it. I 

hope to get some quality 

fishing time in with the 

kids and grandkids out at 

the property we have in the 

country. 

Take care, be happy, and 

try to make others happy. 

Nobody’s perfect, so don’t 

try to nit-pick others, but 

try to help them have a 

better life. We live in a great 

country and it’s up to us to 

help others. Many of us are 

living the American Dream, 

and that’s possible for all 

people if they can only catch 

a few breaks. God Bless you 

and the USA. 

Volunteers and members of Oldenburg’s planning committee 

shown are Ellen Paul, Jeff Paul, Troy Ilderton, 

Brian Sheehan, Dennis Moeller, Mary Beth Kerker, Paul 

Selkirk, Sister Rose Marie Weckenmann, Gary Munchel, 

Karen Munchel, Adam Bedel 

OLDENBURG 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Thinking outside the box … 

In a past column, I mentioned 

the ‘Burg’s Comprehensive 

Plan efforts that 

were launched with a town 

hall meeting and community 

survey. While the survey results 

are being analyzed, this 

month’s column highlights 

some of the next steps taken 

in the village planners’ quest. 

In an interview with Gary 

Munchel, Oldenburg Historian, 

he shared that a contingency 

of village planners 

ventured to Rushville, at the 

invitation of Brian Sheehan, 

Rushville’s Director of 

Special Projects to learn more 

about how officials created 

their comprehensive plan, and 

the projects they have since 

enacted. 

Gary noted, “Rushville was 

awarded an Indiana Stellar 

Community Award and has 

since been awarded numerous 

grants for a variety of eightyseven 

projects totaling $93 

million since 2017!” 

The Oldenburgers strolled 

through downtown Rushville 

to view current and 

future projects. Brian shared 

a high-level overview of the 

plan and how it has helped 

to drive the vision, goals 

and action steps for a host of 

significant enhancements to 

the city – including the use 

of green spaces, preservation 

of historic buildings, creative 

venues for community enjoyment, 

and economic development. 

At the conclusion of the 

walking tour, Brian provided 

a formal presentation of how 

the city leaders were able to 

“get the right people in the 

right seat, so they were all 

rowing in the right direction,” 

with efforts beginning in 

2011 with their “Downtown 

Dreamwalk” to envision the 

future of their city. Planning 

efforts spanned a five-year 

period and included: 

• Economic Development 

Strategic Plan 

• ADA Transition Plan 

• Library Feasibility Study 

• Downtown Revitalization 

Plan 

• Blight Elimination Plan 

• Parks Master Plan & 

Trails Mapping 

• Historic District Study 

• Housing Market Study 

And more … 

Gary summarized, “We 

all left inspired by their “big 

thinking” projects as Oldenburg 

is in the planning phase 

of creating our comprehensive 

plan.” 

Sue’s commentary- I once 

spoke with a gentleman, 

who upon discovering that I 

worked in Oldenburg commented, 

“That’s where my 

wife and I hope to retire!” 

When I asked how they selected 

Oldenburg, he quipped, 

“Our son and daughter are OA 

graduates, and through their 

years in Oldenburg, we fell in 

love with the ’Burg … and we 

think it’s as close to heaven on 

earth as one place could be.” 

So readers… look for future 

columns as I keep you posted 

of how the village contingency 

plans to improve upon 

“heaven on earth!” 

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AURORA 

By 

Margaret 

Drury 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

Communities 

aurora@goBEACONnews.com 

I am here to say that Aurora 

is not a sleepy ole’ river town! 

Ole’? Yes! River town? Yes! 

Sleepy? ABSOLUTELY 

NOT! To coin a phrase from 

fellow resident, Dan Valas, 

“Good things are happening 

in Aurora!” And this past 

month has been no exception. 

Since the last submission 

we’ve had a MULTITUDE of 

activities in Aurora, but here’s 

just a few for you. 

Many Dearborn County residents 

spent an enjoyable evening 

at an event entitled Meet 

the Holmans of Veraestau 

Hill. Guests enjoyed tours of 

Veraestau which overlooks 

the beautiful Ohio River. The 

event celebrated the historic 

preservation efforts of the 

Aurora Historic Preservation 

Commission (HPC) as well as 

Aurora resident, Jenny Awad. 

The Historical Society corecognized 

the Aurora HPC 

and Mrs. Awad with the 2019 

Outstanding Historian Awards 

for their efforts to preserve 

Aurora’s historic architecture 

and atmosphere. 

Although the scheduled 

River View Volunteers include Justin Meyer, Mike Crider, 

and Ken Ray. 

Judy Ulrich, Main Street member; Aiden Coombs; Bryanna 

Buell; Standing in for Elana Hollingsworth (who was 

on a class trip) was Saint Mary principal, Bob Brookbank; 

Nancy Turner, Main Street Director. 

South Dearborn High School 

Community Service Day was 

canceled due to impending 

weather, the Aurora Garden 

Club and River View Cemetery 

volunteers continued 

their work as planned. Some 

passersby at the park discovered 

that, yes some City 

Council folks do know how 

to get their hands dirty as 

they witnessed Councilman 

Drury manhandling bags of 

mulch to assist the garden 

club. 

The second Saturdays of 

almost every month are busy 

days in Aurora. This month 

the Garden Club ladies got 

their hands dirty once again 

planting the flower pots on 

Third Street. The flower pots 

and beds all around the city 

are GORGEOUS! You must 

take a ride or walk and come 

see. Be careful, though- if you 

see Cindy Rottinghaus out 

and about, she may put you 

to work as she did her niece 

who came for a visit from 

Colorado! 

Later in the afternoon on 

Saturday, May 11, Main Street 

Aurora held a Kids “Super 

Hero” Disco Dance. Seventyfive 

super-heroes and volunteers 

thoroughly enjoyed the 

event. Civista Bank donated 

frisbees and popcorn bags for 

the kids. Main Street Director, 

Nancy Turner, said the kids, 

“…were just too cute; especially 

the little one dressed as 

Jarrad Holbrook, director of SE Indiana Landmarks office; 

Jenny Awad, Aurora resident and vice president of the 

Dearborn County Historical Society; Dan Valas, Aurora 

HPC member; Mark Drury, HPC president; and Cindy 

Rottinghaus, HPC member. 

Charlotte Hastings and 

Cathy Whitham. 

Cindy Rottinghaus, Aurora 

Garden Club president; 

and her niece, Sarah Ehmann, 

from Colorado. 

Chris McGraw 

Groot from Guardians of the 

Galaxy.” 

Aurora Main Street sponsored 

an essay contest in 

which seventy-nine sixth 

graders from Aurora Elementary 

School, Saint 

John’s School, and Saint 

Mary’s School participated. 

In celebration of Aurora’s 

two hundredth birthday, the 

students were given a choice 

to write about one of three 

people important in Aurora’s 

history—Jesse Holman who 

laid out the town of Aurora 

in 1819; Thomas Gaff (1808- 

1884) businessman, banker, 

distiller, and beloved resident 

of Hillforest; or Mary Stratton 

founder of Aurora Woman’s 

Research Club in 1896 and 

daughter of Aurora’s founder, 

Jesse L. Holman. Essays were 

evaluated by Nancy Turner, 

Main Street Director, and 

Judy Ulrich and Debbie Fehling, 

Main Street members. 

The ladies said that all of the 

essays were so good that they 

had a hard time narrowing 

the field to three. Winning 

first place for her essay on 

Thomas Gaff was Elana Hollingsworth 

from Saint Mary’s 

School. Second place for her 

essay on Mary Stratton was 

awarded to Bryanna Buell 

from Aurora Elementary 

School. And winning third 

place for his essay on Thomas 

Gaff was Aiden Coombs 

from Saint John Lutheran 

School. The three winners 

read their essays and received 

their awards at the Aurora 

City Council meeting. 

Not to be outdone by 

the sixth graders at Aurora 

Elementary School, the third 

graders are working on the 

development of a playground 

project for the City of Aurora 

through the Science, Technology, 

Engineering, and Mathematics 

(STEM) program at 

school. With the guidance of 

Principal, Mary Baily, and 

other teachers, the students 

executed a survey of students 

for their preferred playground 

equipment, researched prices 

of such equipment, made 

drawings, are seeking grants 

and other donations for the 

project, and wrote letters to 

the Aurora Park Board. When 

I saw the proposal packet that 

these kids prepared, I was 

truly IMPRESSED. I will be 

doing a follow-up story to this 

as these third graders move to 

fourth grade in the Fall, and 

this project comes to fruition. 

Stay tuned… News at 11! 

And stay tuned for upcoming 

events in Aurora: 

June 21- Aurora Lions Club 

outdoor movie, Blind Side; 

June 22-AHS museum Sock 

Hop; June 28 – Gabbard Park 

ribbon cutting; June 29 – Red, 

White, & BOOM Festival 

& Fireworks at Lesko Park 

(still looking for crafters), and 

Hillforest Blast from the Past; 

July 14 – Sunday Music at the 

City Park. 



MOORES HILL 

By 

Julie 

Murphy 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com 

Moores Hill High School 

Alumni’s annual dinner at 

historic Carnegie Hall was 

attended by over one hundred-fifty 

alumnus of either 

Moores Hill High School 

or Moores Hill Elementary 

School. This year is the one 

hundred ninety-fifth anniversary 

of the school. The 

consolidation of schools into 

the South Dearborn Community 

School Corporation took 

place in 1978. 

Graduating classes who are 

celebrating milestones were 

recognized. Funds were raised 

to provide scholarships to two 

students who either attended 

Moores Hill or whose parents 

or grandparents attended 

Moores Hill. 

The evening began with a 

welcome by Brenda Ochs 

who is the secretary/treasurer, 

followed by the presentation 

of the colors by the Moores 

Hill Legion. Olivia Knue 

Communities 

led the National Anthem, and 

the invocation was made by 

Jim Burkhardt. Dinner was 

catered with the help of South 

Dearborn High School student 

government members. 

Scholarships were awarded 

to Katie Brown and Gunner 

Markland. Katie is the 

daughter of Robin (1981) 

and Michelle Brown. Katie 

currently ranks number one 

in her class and holds a GPA 

of 4.11! She plans to major 

in the health/medical field. 

Gunner is the son of Paul 

and Jennifer Ritchie (1991) 

Markland, and the grandson 

of Virgie Lunsford (1964). 

The colors were presented by Moores Hill Legion Post 

209 members Chuck Butler, Terry Ingersoll, Ron “Rack” 

Kuhn, and Jim Smith. 

Gunner will attend Ball State 

University this fall. 

Special recognition was 

given to Mary Waldon from 

the class of 1945 for being 

the oldest female alumnus 

in attendance. Fred Knopf, 

class of 1946, was recognized 

as the oldest male alumnus in 

attendance. Jim Slater, class 

of 1958, traveled the farthestall 

the way from Seattle, 

Washington. Special thanks 

to Nancy Gerber, sponsor 

of SDHS student government, 

for bringing such an 

exceptional group of students 

to help serve those in attendance. 

Also, thanks to 

Mike McCabe for the lovely 

hanging baskets that were 

given away as door prizes. 

(I was lucky enough to win 

one.) And, finally, thanks 

to the Moores Hill Alumni 

committee members President 

Linda Schwarz, Vice 

President Margie Short, and 

Secretary/Treasurer Brenda 

Ochs. 

Josie Wolfe 

FRANKLIN 

COUNTY 

By 

Karis 

Troyer 

Community 

Correspondent 

franklin@goBEACONnews.com 

We paid for all of the rain 

with a lot of flooding- but the 

flowers are here! Lilac, tulips, 

hyacinth, magnolia, daffodils, 

creeping phlox, Virginia bluebells, 

trillium, and my personal 

Franklin County favorite- 

redbud! It’s also Bradford 

Pear season, and after being 

enlightened last year about the 

invasiveness of that particular 

kind of pear, I can’t help but 

notice them everywhere I go! 

I am so glad Brookville has an 

abundance of redbuds, and I 

hope it always stays that way. 

Kids are getting ready to be 

done with school. Now that 

spring break is over, and it 

feels like everyone has senioritis. 

Meanwhile, kindergarten 

registration took place. My 

five-year-old keeps asking excitedly, 

“Is tomorrow school?” 

No. “The day after that?” So 

we made a paper chain for her 

to illustrate the 100+ days left, 

giving her perspective and older 

kids an idea.....................)))) 

After a few days of rain and 

cold, Easter felt glorious and 

warm- a genuinely beautiful 

day perfect for family gettogethers 

and egg hunts. Our 

family wanted to go check out 

the eagle’s nest at the river, 

14-22 

Braydon Ertel 

Randy Troyer 

but the water level was too 

high because of all of the rain. 

A few brave souls with cameras 

and huge zoom lenses were 

out photographing the eagle 

pair though. Instead of a river 

visit, we hiked in the hills off 

of St Mary’s and enjoyed the 

(finally!) spring-like weatheralbeit 

a muddy walk! 

A chicken nugget eating 

contest recently took place 

at four local restaurants. The 

contest was incredibly funcheering 

on contestants of 

all ages (the group I watched 

had nine- through thirty-nineyear-olds.) 

The four winners 

will go on to compete in a 

final round at CanoeFest held 

at the end of June. My husband, 

Randy Troyer, was one 

of the winners. I can’t wait to 

see him try to win the giant 

chicken trophy. Other winners 

were Braydon Ertel, Josie 

Wolfe, and simultaneous finishers 

Todd Thalheimer and 

Steve Fister. 

Brookville recently hosted a 

world-renowned photographer, 

Sujata Setia. The Londonbased 

photographer visited 

in April. She couldn’t have 

picked a more beautiful town 

in which to hold a workshop 

where she taught other 

photographers about her art. 

Brookville was long known for 

being a creative haven. Having 

the town’s beauty admired 

and captured by her and other 

artists who traveled to take her 

workshop was quite an honor. 

Bring on baseball, heat, summer 

break and longer days! 

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LAWRENCEBURG 

By 

Debbie 

Acasio 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

Communities 

lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Winter is only a memory, 

the Easter bunny has left 

behind his chocolate, and we 

have honored our mothers 

on a chilly day in May. What 

comes next? We begin to roll 

out those “lazy, hazy, crazy 

days of summer!” (Nat King 

Cole hit of 1963 known well 

by the baby boomer generation). 

Nothing can be crazier 

than the vast number of events 

going on in Lawrenceburg and 

Dearborn County this summer. 

While Mother’s Day was 

a chilly overcast day, the 

same cannot be said for the 

Crusin For A Cure Car Show 

the previous weekend. The 

prayers of Logan Lawrence 

and his sixty volunteers for 

a sunny day were answered 

when the sun shone brightly 

on the streets of Lawrenceburg 

that day. This fund raiser car 

show now in its third year, is 

the brainchild of Lawrenceburg 

High School graduate 

(and current Purdue student) 

Logan Lawrence, to honor his 

grandfather who died of ALS. 

Approximately four hundred 

fifty cars from eight different 

states filled the downtown 

streets of Lawrenceburg that 

day! The event raised roughly 

$24,000 for ALS research. 

The prom walk in Lawrenceburg 

was a fun-filled night 

as the Lawrenceburg juniors 

and seniors paraded across the 

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Blake Ramseyer clowning around at the Prom walk. 

Ellen LeBlanc portraying 

Lucy Holman at Verestau. 

Lawrenceburg residents 

Jean Fouch and Val Darlin 

enjoying an evening at 

Verestau. 

Susan Herrick and some of Tiger Pizazz girls at Crusin 

For a Cure. 

Lawrenceburg resident 

Scott Reed with his 1966 

Transporter Single Cab. 

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Eagle Scout 

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stage in their finery. Thankfully, 

the drama of whether or 

not one has a date for prom 

is no longer. Seeing a bunch 

of friends walking across the 

stage together is quite natural. 

I was excited to obtain a fun 

picture of Jon-Ashley Brown, 

Tori Blevins, Krissy Ascherman, 

and Blake Ramseyer 

for a photo op at the foot of the 

escalator as all three girls attempted 

to hold Blake up. Lots 

of laughter. 

A very successful turn out 

was had for the Meet The 

Holman’s event at historic 

Verestau. Verestau, with its 

breathtaking views of the 

Ohio River, was the home 

of Jesse Lynch Holman, a 

governor of Indiana territory 

and a fourteen-year US 

Supreme Court justice. A tour 

also featured the presentation 

of the 2019 outstanding 

historian awards to Aurora 

Main Street and Jenny 

Awad. Aurora Main Street 

has worked tirelessly to plan 

community activities to celebrate 

Aurora’s bicentennial 

anniversary. Jenny Awad, the 

author of several area historical 

books, was recognized for 

work with the renovations of 

the Angevine Cabin and the 

Vance Tousy home in Lawrenceburg. 

You can check out 

these renovations when the 

historical society hosts a Fairy 

party for children. Costumed 

fairies, crafts, and food make 

for an entertaining day for 

young kids. 

The Dearborn County Clearing 

House had a packed house 

for their Hunger Awareness 

Event. You may have seen the 

Logan Lawrence with volunteers 

Emma Pennington 

and Kyle Knight. 

Madelyn Graves, daughter 

of Dede Adkins having face 

painted by Karen Wells. 

Right 2-U - Resource vans 

around as they deliver food 

into the community for those 

unable to obtain transportation. 

Recently their vans helped 

two hundred three families 

and three hundred ninety-nine 

individuals! The Clearing 

House serves 2444 families a 

month and provides 415 Sacs 

of Snacks for weekend food 

for area students in need. 

Congratulations to Lawrenceburg 

high school student 

Tommy Newcomb for attaining 

the highest award in Boy 

Scouts, the Eagle Scout. His 

ceremony was held May 19th 

at St. John Lutheran church 

for his work on beautification 

of their outdoor fire pit with 

handmade benches. Congratulations 

also to Zach Mollaun, 

son of Kelly and Jody Mollaun, 

and Alex Flannery, son 

of Jeff and Elaine Flannery, 

on being chosen as Lawrenceburg 

High School students of 

the month. 

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MANCHESTER 

By 

Lisa 

West 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

The current generation 

Jeff, Chris, Jennifer, and 

Laurie Brandt. 

Frank Jr and Lavern Brandt. 

manchester@goBEACONnews.com 

The community of Manchester 

is full of individuals and 

families with a rich history in 

our area. One such family is 

the Brandts. Back in 1946, 

Frank (Butch) and Helen 

(Folke) Brandt built a garage 

on SR 48 in Manchester, 

in front of a buggy factory. 

They pumped gas (Sinclair) 

and serviced cars by day, 

and they hosted community 

events in the evening. Three 

generations of Brandts worked 

there- Frank (Butch), Frank 

(Junior), and Frank (Jeff). 

Engines were rebuilt, tires 

changed, and sickle bars were 

ground for the farmers and the 

Dearborn County Highway 

Department. They sold regular 

and ethyl gas, penny candy, 

pop, and cigarettes. Butch also 

worked on tractors, back when 

most everything mechanical 

could be fixed! He would work 

on any car, except a Volkswagen 

because it had a different 

engine. Butch retired from 

the garage in 1971, and it was 

closed for business in 1973. 

The Brandt family was 

involved in many other things 

in the Manchester area. Butch 

played baseball as the catcher 

for Manchester in the Tri- 

County league. Later on, he 

managed the baseball team 

and even drove a school bus! 

Butch and Helen were married 

in 1928 in Manchester. 

The property for the garage 

came from her Folke family. 

They had a son, Frank (Jr.) 

in 1929. Frank Jr. married 

Lavern (Jeffries) in 1958, 

lived in Greendale for twentynine 

years, but eventually 

moved back to the Manchester 

Brandt family farm. Frank 

Jr and Lavern had a son, 

Frank (Jeff) in 1959. Jeff 

loved helping his grandpa in 

the garage and started pumping 

gas at age eight! The 

eldest Brandt, Butch, passed 

in 1990, leaving a memorable 

family legacy behind. 

The youngest, Jeff, married 

Chris (Claybaugh) in 1987. 

They still reside in Manchester. 

They have two daughters, 

Jennifer and Laurie, who 

were active in Manchester 

schools and sports. The 

middle generation of Brandts, 

Communities 

Butch and Helen Brandt 

Frank Jr. and Lavern, both 

passed in 2018. 

Generations of the Brandt 

family have lived in this area 

for nearly a century. Jeff, 

Chris, Jennifer, and Laurie 

cherish their family history 

and can share colorful stories 

that go with the many photos 

and memorabilia they have 

collected over the years. The 

Brandts are one of many 

long-time Manchester families 

who have both deep roots 

and fascinating history in our 

community! 

SUNMAN 

By 

Maureen 

Stenger 

Community 

Correspondent 

sunman@goBEACONnews.com 

By the time you are reading 

this, summer will be in full 

swing! School will be out, 

pools will be open, and long 

evenings will be filled with the 

smell of jasmine and freshly 

cut green grass. A rainy spring 

has hopefully given way to 

better weather, and hopefully, 

we are coming up on our 

second cutting of hay. I often 

think, if one wants to know the 

meaning of hard work, spend 

a summer baling hay! Our 

kids are getting older, so it’s all 

hands on deck at The Stenger 

household, and they totally 

love it- ha! Baseball is in high 

gear, and hopefully, the Reds 

are in the running. There is no 

time like sweet summertime! 

A lot of good things are 

happening around town! 

St. Nicholas recently held 

their annual Turtle Trot 5K 

Walk/Run which benefits the 

school. In addition to the race, 

the famous Turtle Soup Supper 

also took place. Numerous 

volunteers make events 

possible through hard work, 

sponsorships, and donations. 

Everyone’s time and generosity 

are much appreciated. The 

5K winners in each division 

were Abigail Kruthaupt, Ben 

Riehle, Krystle Enzinger, and 

Jared Prickel. 

In more exciting news 

from St. Nicholas School 

Fourth Grade Student, Lily 

Eckstein, daughter of Jon 

and Lisa Eckstein, won 

The Association of Indiana 

Counties (AIC) Annual Essay 

Contest for the Southeast 

district! Winners were chosen 

from six regions in Indiana. 

The entire fourth grade class 

at St. Nicholas participated 

with the focus this year, 

concentrating on “Ensuring 

the Administration of the 

Indiana Elections Process.” 

Each student was asked 

to write about the election 

process in their county. In 

preparation, their teacher, 

Mrs. Beth Schwering, 

Lily Eckstein won the (AIC) 

annual essay contest for 

the Southeast District. 

Participants in the Annual 

Turtle Trot 5K Run/Walk. 

helped them research the 

election process. Also, the 

class conducted a candy bar 

election during which the 

entire school participated. 

Guest speaker, Karen Davis, 

spoke about her experience as 

a poll worker. Lily read her 

essay at the district meeting, 

where she received her one 

hundred dollar cash prize! 

Great job! 

Congratulations to James 

and Sandra Wagner who 

will celebrate their fortieth 

wedding anniversary on 

June 30. Wishing everyone 

a happy and safe summer! 

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“Deep summer is when 

laziness finds respectability.” 

- Sam King. 

Even though Harrison is 

busting at the seams this 

month with events around 

town, I hope everybody finds 

some extra time to relax and 

enjoy the simple pleasures 

June has to offer. 

May 18 was the annual 

District Food Truck Rally. The 

downtown streets were packed 

while the crowd sampled 

crepes, gourmet mac-n-cheese, 

and donuts. Mad River Band 

and The Danny Frazier Band 

kept the crowd swinging. 

The Summer Concert Series 

kicks off this month. The 

Harrison Recreation Center is 

switching things up this year 

by moving the venue around 

town! The events offer drinks 

and food for purchase. The 

bands are fantastic and showcase 

a variety of different 

genres of music this summer. 

Friday Night Movie at the 

Community Center is another 

free option to wind down the 

Communities 

Madison Waite and Lucy Schwieterman enjoy shaved ice 

and laughs at the annual Food Truck Festival. 

Jackson Schwieterman 

gets to visit with Firepup for 

Kids at the Food Festival. 

It was a wonderful evening 

filled with food and laughter! 

As always... safety first! 

week! Pizza and popcorn are 

provided with the encouragement 

of bringing canned 

goods for the Mayors Drive. 

Movies always start at dusk. 

The Reds Baseball and 

Softball Camp returns for their 

eighth season at Harrison High 

School June 24-28. The camps 

are open to boys and girls 

ages 6 to 14. Not only do local 

students receive proper training 

throughout the week, but 

they also get to take a trip to 

the Great American Ball Park 

where campers get to meet a 

Reds coach and Reds players! 

Any news in your neighborhood? 

Is there somebody that 

is going above and beyond? I 

would love to hear about it! 

Healthcare coverage 

can be confusing, 

we can help! 

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By 

John 

Hawley 

Purdue 

Extension 

Educator 

hawley4@purdue.edu 

The Mystery of Plant 

Identification in the 

Home Landscape 

My wife and I bought our 

first home last month. We were 

happy to find everything we 

were looking for, and more, in 

Aurora. One of the first joys 

of home ownership has been 

the mystery of discovering 

what was planted in my new 

landscape by previous owners. 

From lilac bushes to mock orange, 

and even skunk cabbage- 

I apparently have it all! In this 

month’s article, I’ll discuss 

plant identification for those 

exploring a new or unknown 

landscape. 

The Basics 

When attempting to learn 

what you see in your landscape, 

take into account some 

primary considerations. Factors 

such as growth type (prostrate 

vs. upright vs. creeping), 

plant type (shrub, tree, grass), 

and whether or not a plant is 

deciduous or an evergreen are 

easy starting points. 

Hands-on I.D. 

When you do come across 

a plant in your landscape that 

Jascia Robinson was recently 

awarded the With Our 

Youth! Award from AARP. 

The AARP With Our Youth! 

Award gives national recognition 

to local volunteers who 

work tirelessly with young 

people. The program was 

established in 1997 to provide 

opportunities to address 

the needs of youth and the 

broader community. 

Ms. Robinson developed 

the Think Smart, Stay Safe 

program. Over sixty volunteers 

in southeastern Indiana 

go into the local schools to 

teach fourth- and fifth-graders 

about their safety at home 

and school, on the Internet, 

with strangers, and elsewhere. 

Working with the Indiana 

State Police, she updates kids 

as young as second grade to 

strategies to cope with dangerous 

situations. Co-leader 

Cynthia Griffith said, “Jasica 

is the ‘energizer bunny.’ She 

works tirelessly to keep the 

PATHS school programs going 

you’re unsure about, don’t 

just assume it’s a weed. Some 

desired plants may emerge 

from the seedbed years after 

their initial arrival and others 

may arrive via birds or the 

wind. To start, look for simple 

defining characteristics. Some, 

like the minty smell of creeping 

Charlie, are unmistakable. 

Others, like the structural 

similarities of grass types, can 

be hard to spot. If you’re determined 

to discover what you’ve 

got growing, begin looking at 

more specific characteristics. 

For example, if you are 

trying to identify a tree, pull 

a leaf and make a note of its 

size, how it is lobed (if lobed 

at all), and whether it is simple 

or compound. Leaves like 

those of the honey locust are 

compound because the leaf 

makeup itself contains many 

smaller leaflets. Conversely, 

the leaf of a tulip poplar is 

simple because the leaf is 

comprised of one single body. 

Other defining characteristics 

to consider might include bark 

patterns, presence of thorns, 

site location, and seed type. 

Leaf identification is great 

for trees and other deciduous 

plants but presents a problem 

in the winter when the tree is 

bare. If you are seriously interested 

in becoming an expert 

in tree identification, don’t 

become too reliant on using 

leaves. 

Defining characteristics will 

vary by plant. In my opinion, 

attempting to identify grass is 

generally the most difficult. 

If you decide to try, you will 

Robinson Receives National Award from AARP 

smoothly. She cares deeply 

about all of the people she 

works with in these programs.” 

Carolyn Stroup, a former 

Think Smart, Stay Safe Leader, 

recalled when the Directions 

program, which included 

Think Smart, Stay Safe and 

Kids of the Block, appeared to 

be doomed. Jascia explored 

avenues to ensure that the 

children in the five counties 

who received these programs 

would not be denied that 

education. “From what looked 

to be an end came the beginning 

of PATHS sponsored by 

Highpoint Health and the very 

successful continuation and 

expansion of these programs.” 

Judy Mosier, former Dearborn 

County Retired Teacher’s 

Community Service Chair, 

shared, “Jasica is a person passionate 

about ministry, as her 

volunteers well reflect.” A big 

bundle of energy, Jascia has 

served as the youth leader for 

her church since the early 90s. 

In addition to working with 

want to look for characteristics 

such as vernation type (folded 

vs. rolled leaves), ligule type 

(absent, present, or hairy 

structures), growth season, leaf 

blade shape, and more. This 

article is far too short even to 

scratch the surface of grass 

identification! 

Technology Tips 

Many of the advantages of 

the internet also apply to basic 

plant identification. Online 

plant identification tools are 

available from several university 

extension services. Some 

phone apps are also useful 

for those with internet access 

in their yards. For those with 

smartphones, there are dozens 

of plant identification apps 

to try. I would advise exploring 

the free iNaturalist app 

as it has been the most useful 

for me. Other resources are 

available online from Purdue 

Extension. 

The suggestions included 

in this article are just starting 

points. For more intricate plant 

identification, I would advise 

purchasing a plant glossary, 

exploring those online resources, 

or bringing a sample by my 

office! I am always happy to 

help with plant identification. 

For additional information 

about other agriculture and 

natural resources topics, feel 

free to email me at hawley4@ 

purdue.edu. You can also reach 

my office at 812-926-1189. We 

are located at 229 Main Street, 

Aurora, IN 47001. 

Look for my next article 

in the August issue of The 

Beacon! 

Betty Bourquein presenting 

an award to Jascia Robinson 

at the Annual Think 

Smart, Stay Safe banquet. 

the youth at church, Jascia 

leads a women’s ministry in a 

weekly Bible study. She leads 

volunteers to prepare and 

serve the Fourth Street Supper 

several times a year. Each 

year she organizes some project 

such as sewing quilts for 

Lutheran World Relief, sewing 

and packing school backpacks, 

or Operation Christmas 

Child. She helps the women in 

the church prepare and serve 

funeral dinners as needed. 

Jasica Robinson truly 

represents the spirit of volunteerism. 


July 2019 Davidson 

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Happening In 

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Next euchre party June 9 & July 14 

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NDHS Fiftieth Class Reunion 

The SNorth Dearborn High School Class of 1969 recently celebrated their 50th reunion with 

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and many shared memories. NDHS no longer exists, but memories will last a 

lifetime! Pictured are Chuck Andrews, John Blasdel, Bob Boyd, Linda Wakeman Collins, Mary 

Neal Cormican, Danny Cornn, Paul Cornn, Bob Decker, Jane Zinser Dever, Gary Eckstein, Linda 

Wuestefeld Eilers, SCENE Harry Fox, Jerry Fray, Chuck Grubbs, Jane Hildebrand Harmeyer, David 

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Janet Sefton Klem, Barbara Raiser Leptak, Cheryl Hiltz Lieland, Joe Lieland, Randy Lyness, 

Kurt Lyttle, Ken Miller, 

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By 

Melanie 

Alexander 

If you are like me, I can’t 

By 

believe that we Maxine are enjoying 

sunny summer Klump days already. 

Though I no longer have 

space for a vegetable Community garden, 

Correspondent 

I’m fortunate to have a 

farmer’s stand nearby with 

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com 

freshly picked produce 

available. I’m devoting this 

month’s column to some of 

my favorite dishes that seem 

tastier with freshly picked 

vegetables. 

This vegetable pasta dish 

seems so creamy, but the 

pasta continues to absorb the 

sauce almost immediately, so 

it’s best to serve right after 

cooking. If the sauce has 

been almost absorbed, add 

a small amount of milk and 

stir to combine. If you want 

a one-dish meal, add some 

cooked, cubed chicken. Feel 

free to substitute other green 

vegetables for the asparagus. 

Creamy Spring Pasta 

2 oz (about ½ cup) fresh 

bread, torn into pieces 

1 tablespoon butter 

2 minced garlic cloves, 

divided 

1 ½ cups asparagus (cut on 

diagonal into about 2-inch 

long pieces) 

1 cup frozen green peas 

6 oz. uncooked fettuccine (in 

refrigerated case) 

2 teaspoons olive oil 

1/3 cup minced green onion 

1 tablespoon flour 

¼ cup chicken broth 

1 cup milk 

3 oz. cream cheese 

1 oz. Parmesan cheese, grated 

(about ¼ cup, packed) 

½ teaspoon salt 

¼ teaspoon pepper 

2 teaspoons dried Italian 

seasonings 

Use a food processor to 

make bread into coarse 

crumbs. Melt butter in a 

large skillet over mediumhigh 

heat. Add about ¼ of 

minced garlic and sauté` 

about a minute. Add bread 

crumbs and sauté´ about 

three minutes or until golden 

brown. Remove and set aside. 

Bring 3 quarts water to boil 

in a large pot. Add asparagus 

and peas to boiling water. 

Cook for about 3 minutes or 

until crisp-tender. Remove 

from pan with a slotted spoon. 

Rinse under cold water; drain. 

Add pasta to boiling water. 

Cook ten minutes or until al 

dente. Drain and keep warm. 

Heat olive oil in skillet over 

medium heat. Add onion 

and remainder of minced 

garlic and cook for three 

minutes until tender, stirring 

frequently. 

Place flour in a small bowl; 

gradually whisk in chicken 

broth. Add broth mixture 

and milk to the large pan, 

stirring constantly with a 

whisk. Bring to a boil. Reduce 

heat and cook for 1 minute 

or until thickened. Remove 

from heat, add cheeses, Italian 

seasoning, salt, and pepper, 

stirring until cheeses melt. 

Add pasta, asparagus, and 

peas. Toss well. Sprinkle with 

breadcrumbs and additional 

parmesan. Garnish with 

chopped parsley (optional). 

Locally grown corn should 

soon be advertised both 

at your supermarket or at 

farmer’s markets in your 

area. I love this colorful salsa, 

which is excellent with grilled 

meats, fish, or burgers. 

Fresh Corn Salsa 

4 tomatoes (about 1 ½ lb.), 

chopped 

1 cup cooked fresh corn 

kernels 

¼ cup finely chopped red 

onions 

¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro 

½ - 1 finely chopped jalapeno 

pepper 

¼ cup bottled Italian dressing. 

Combine all ingredients and 

toss lightly in Italian dressing. 

Makes about 3 cups. 

If you enjoy onions with 

your burgers, this red onion 

jam is a great change of pace. 

The jam can be made ahead 

of time and refrigerated, and 

leftovers will keep for 2-3 

weeks if refrigerated. 

Red Onion Jam 

2 tablespoons butter 

2 red onions thinly sliced 

¾ cup red wine (or use ¾ cup 

apple juice instead) 

2 tablespoons balsamic 

vinegar 

¾ cup brown sugar, firmly 

packed 

1 teaspoon dried thyme 

½ teaspoon salt 

½ teaspoon black pepper 

Heat butter in skillet over 

medium heat. Add onions 

and cook until translucent, 

about ten minutes, stirring 

occasionally to prevent 

browning. Add remaining 

ingredients and bring to a 

boil and then reduce heat. 

Simmer, uncovered, until 

liquid thickens, about thirty 

minutes. Remove from heat 

and cool slightly. If making 

ahead of time, refrigerate 

until about thirty minutes 

before serving. 

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