BEACON8-19

August 2019 THE BEACON Page 9B
AURORA
By
Fred
Schmits
Community
Correspondent
aurora@goBEACONnews.com
Hello Neighbors!!!
A recent meeting on the
street of a few Aurora neighbors
was very interesting
because friends were telling
me how they appreciated
FRANKLIN
COUNTY
By
Karis
Troyer
Community
Correspondent
O
ur
what they read in The Beacon.
Their comments were
very humbling to hear since
we don’t usually receive
responses to the articles.
Thanks to all who read The
Beacon!
Many neighbors have had
all the rain they want, and
our neighboring farmers are
having a problem. The usual
schedule to raise a good crop
is out of whack due to water.
Any other time, rain would
be welcome, but too much
is not.
Communities
When the neighbors were
recently at the “gossip filtration
station” (coffee shop),
the topic was TIME. We are
always amazed that we have
one absolute thing in common
regardless of family,
age, standing, or any other
characteristic. It is time. It
is not limited in any way. It
is always there in the same
amount. So, the usual statement
that we hear is, “Where
did the time go?”
The boys at the table attempted
an answer. Allan
Smith felt like fifty days were
disappearing in each successive
day. David Greive stated
the years go by faster as he
gets older. Marianne Borgman
just knew she had used a
lot of time, but for what?
So ask yourself, what have
you done with your time?
For those who work, both
husband and wife, the issue is
twice as challenging to manage.
Too little time exists to
be used for that which could
be used for family, church,
recreation, or anything else.
Those who have responsibilities
of assisting other family
members have their time
taken to do so. Any time used
to travel, attend church, shop,
gather food, and all else we
do certainly causes our time
to be used without regard for
personal desires.
Let’s all rethink what we do
with this resource. Let’s all
give all we can to each other,
and Aurora will be better
because we do.
That’s it for all this philosophy!
Let me hear from you.
Did you ever wonder…
how could AURORA be so
old already!
Love
Do you
the Beacon?
Be sure to tell
our advertisers!
franklin@goBEACONnews.com
Well, I requested baseball,
heat, summer break, and
longer days- June was three
for four of those! The heat
was suspiciously lacking- and
man has it rained!! Our area
of the midwest has broken
records for rainfall amounts,
washed out roads and delayed
planting of crops- as well as
spoiling my plans to be at the
river every possible day over
summer break! The rain has
also shortened the baseball
season with a week and a half
worth of games being canceled
because of storms.
Memorial Day weekend
was stormy and rainy
as well but cleared off for
Brookville’s Annual Family
Fun Day. This year the Franklin
County schools had to go a
few days after Memorial Day,
and the extra time was dedicated
to awards ceremonies
and such! Three Brookville
Elementary kiddos (one each
from third, fourth, and fifth)
won Kindle Fires for having
the most “AR” points for the
year. Issac Johnson had the
most out of all of the grades
with nearly six hundred points
which is absolutely fantastic!
An area organization was
recognized in Indianapolis
for its accomplishments- The
Whitewater Canal Trail Inc
was recognized as Greenways
Foundation’s 2019 “Outstanding
Trail Group.” I live near
one of the WCT’s trailheads
and love to take walks as a
family down the well-maintained
path. Having something
like this so close to my house
Terry Duffy, Judy Hancher, Jaime Love of Interact for
Health, Shirley Lamb and Tom Cooney at the presentation
of a grant to fund exercise equipment along Whitewater
Canal Trail to enable residents to be more active.
in town has been amazing,
and I’m incredibly thankful to
all of the members of the Trail
Board for both working on
the trails and working toward
expanding the trails!
Another local curiosity was
featured in- of all places- The
New York Times! An article
published on June 18 highlighted
the area’s Fried Chicken
Trail with stops including
Oldenburg, St Leon and in
Brookville! I’ve yet to make
a stop outside of Brookville
on the Chicken Trail, but it’s
a to-do on my Troyer Family
Summer Bucket List! And
if you do go to them all and
have your passport stampedyou
can turn it in for prizes!
Early in June Brookville
Main Street Inc. hosted other
Indiana Main Street boards and
organizations for a Community
Exchange to discuss ideas and
relate successes. The event was
also a great chance to highlight
the beauty and usefulness for
meetings at our new library!
Main Streets from Shelbyville,
Connersville, and others (some
as far as two hours away) spent
the day learning, enjoying a
luckily rain-free lunchtime
walk to Third Place and chatting
over pizza.
I hate to wish for less rain
as I’m afraid July will be as
dry as June was wet, but I
would love a few lazy, hot and
slow river days… weekends
with the river full of kayaks,
rafts, and tubes, a chance for
the corn to be planted and
grow tall, some sunny blistering
days to whine about and
store away for February.
Ready for
Ready for
Equal
Opportunity
Lender
Better Banking?
Better Banking?
You can always... Rely on Friendship
8 LOCAL
Download your easy-fill Switch Kit
at friendshipstatebank.com
LOCATIONS WITH ONLINE & APP SERVICE 4 U
LAWRENCEBURG » DILLSBORO
VERSAILLES » RISING SUN
BATESVILLE » VEVAY
877-667-5101- friendshipstatebank.com
INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT PRODUCTS ARE: NOT A DEPOSIT; NOT FDIC INSURED; NOT INSURED BY
ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY; NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK; MAY GO DOWN IN VALUE.
Equal
Opportunity
Lender
FRIENDSHIP » VERSAILLES » DILLSBORO
BATESVILLE » RISING SUN » VEVAY
MADISON » LAWRENCEBURG
You can always... Rely on Friendship
877-667-5101- friendshipstatebank.com
OUR ADVERTISERS ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. SHOP LOCAL AND TELL THEM YOU SAW THEIR ADS IN THE BEACON.