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Page 8B THE BEACON October 2019 SUNMAN By Maureen Stenger Community Correspondent sunman@goBEACONnews.com As I write this, we are sweltering in 96-degree heat! Don’t complain right, before we know it, the cold winds of winter will wrap their icy fingers around us. Hopefully, by the time you read this, the leaves will be turning a golden yellow as the smell of pumpkin spice permeates the air. The crispness of fall and the beautiful autumn colors are my favorite. Hopefully, we will have gotten some much-needed rain so we can enjoy those colors! St. Nicholas parishioners, alumni, students, staff, and community members gathered to celebrate the dedication and blessing of the new education center. Archbishop Charles Thompson presided over the Friday, Oct. 4 Saturday, Oct. 5 St. Joseph American Legion Post 464 St. Leon, Ind. 2019 O ur Auxiliary Member Kim Carr and Commander Milton Howard accepting the Community Involvement Award. ceremony. Reverend Shaun Whittington cut the ribbon to welcome students and staff to the new school as a new year begins. The new building will be utilized as classrooms for St. Nicholas School, adult education, religious education programming, and other parish activities. In other news, the Sunman American Legion Kenneth L. Diver Post 337 won the Community Involvement Award for the second year in a row. Congratulations to all for your hard work on this great achievement! 15th Anniversary Friday, Oct. 4 • 4 p.m. - Midnight Bier Garden opens featuring fine German & American beers • 5-8 p.m. Fish Fry, Games - Bring the family • Karaoke - Sing along with local stars • Lunch Stand - Post 464 German Style Sausage, burgers, Sauerkraut Balls & Reuben Sandwiches. Saturday, Oct. 5 • 3 p.m. - Midnight • Bier Garten, Games, Pie Auction • Lunch Stand - Post 464 German-style smoked sausage, burgers, Sauerkraut Balls, Reuben Sandwiches • 4 p.m. Big Bucks Raffle throughout evening • 4:30 p.m. St. Leon World Renowned Fried Chicken Dinners • 4:30 p.m. St. Leon Grilled Pork Chop Dinners • 6:30 p.m. Homemade Pie Auction • 7:30 Dance to music of Squeeze Play Proceeds benefit American Legion Programs and other important community activities Celebrate the Harvest License #149741 Communities Congratulations are also in order for the new Sunman Town Council Members, Carol Eckstein, Marilyn Decker, and Don Foley! Best wishes also to the new town clerk, Cheryl Taylor! Finally, congratulations to The Beacon Newspaper on twenty-five years! I truly enjoy writing and reading positive news; it is so refreshing! Here’s to twentyfive more great years! I wish everyone a safe and happy fall. If you have any news you would like to share, please contact me at sunman@goBEACONnews. com. I look forward to hearing from you! MANCHESTER By Lisa West Community Correspondent manchester@goBEACONnews.com Anyone up for a game of Futbol? It is an international team sport more commonly known in the United States and Canada as soccer. In Manchester, we sure know about soccer. From SAY soccer teams (Soccer Association for Youth) to traveling teams, to school teams – we do it all! One Manchester family is all about soccer. Sadie and Easton Schumann (parents are Heavenly and Al Schumann) have been playing soccer all their lives. Sadie started playing SAY soccer at age four and then played club ball for Austyn Tibbs (17), Easton Schumann (12), JD Wickersham (20) - SDMS soccer teammates. years. In high school, Sadie was a starting player for the varsity girls soccer team. She helped lead her team to the school’s first-ever regional title in 2010! The accolades accumulated, including selection to All-Sectional, All-Conference and All-County teams. She claimed the county’s Offensive MVP award her senior year, setting other records along the way! Sadie received a scholarship to play at the University of Southern Indiana. During summer break, she played with the Cincinnati Sirens FC, who compete in the Women’s Premier Soccer League, the highest level of women’s soccer in Cincinnati. She reluctantly stopped playing serious field ball after a season-ending injury her senior year of college. That didn’t stop Sadie. She has come home to Manchester to finish some degree classes and is now coaching for South Dearborn. She coaches local SAY teams and now assists with South Dearborn’s new middle school team. She believes that giving back to the community is very important and is excited to see the young talent in the area. Soccer Siblings Easton and Sadie Schumann. Easton Schuman is also a star on the field. Like his sister, he started playing soccer as a preschooler. Easton currently plays both indoor and outdoor ball. Easton is now leading the South Dearborn Middle School Squires team as their captain! The team was victorious their first game with a score of 2-0, where Easton scored both goals. We are sure more great soccer news will be coming from the Schumann family! No matter the sport or activity, we should be proud of our youth in Manchester and all of Dearborn County. Between the athletes, coaches, and parents, countless hours of sweat and sacrifice are dedicated. So, let’s get out to a game and cheer them on! Ready for Ready for Equal Opportunity Lender Better Banking? Better Banking? You can always... 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October 2019 THE BEACON Page 9B DILLSBORO By Rebecca Davies Community Correspondent dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com We have a guest columnist this month! A little bit about the writer… I am Lorene Westmeier. I was born in Friendship then moved to Farmers Retreat, where I grew up on a farm. I now live in Dillsboro. I came a long way, didn’t I? Traveling down the “Scenic Highway”- State Road 62, about four miles southwest of Dillsboro is the small village of Farmers Retreat. One of the early settlers was Major James A. McGuire who was born in Ireland in 1785 and later purchased land from the U.S. government in 1815 Balloon release for Claire. MOORES HILL By Barbara Wetzler Community Correspondent mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com We welcome Ms. Wetzler as ths new Moores Hill correspondent and look forward to her stories about all of the happenings in Moores Hill. Todd Russell was nominated to the unofficial “Moores Hill Hall of Fame” by Ericka Honeycutt Barnes on the Moores Hill’s Facebook group page. “Todd is always one of the first to jump up when someone needs help.” Over one hundred twenty people “liked” the post. O ur on Laughery Creek. There were quite a few businesses located here during the years of 1849-1990 as well as a post office, four churches, and five schools. Residents of Dillsboro shopped in Farmers Retreat, and residents of Farmers Retreat shopped and banked in Dillsboro and still do. The village is now a rather quiet place with a preschool, St. Johns Church and an historic one-room schoolhouse. The church was built in 1867, and the one-room school was built in 1888, both are still listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The one-room school was closed in 1950 when a new elementary school was built. It was completely restored and is now open for tours. Students attending there were a big part of the working of the school. The boys helped carry in wood and coal for the Residents came together to support a young woman with a huge surprise homecoming on July 4. A community-wide celebration of Kevin and Glenda Thomasson’s granddaughter Claire’s seventeenth birthday started when Kevin invited neighbors to enjoy fireworks. Claire was given a brief overnight release from Children’s Hospital to go home on her birthday. Lynn Russell Allen, Angie Calhoun, Misty Russell, and Dee Russell were among those who sent out a community-wide call for cards and lined streets in Moores Hill with green balloons, Claire’s favorite color. Claire was escorted through town by Moores Hill Fire and EMS. Later, a giant balloon release and those big fireworks were enjoyed by the community. Carla Fehr also invited neighbors to enjoy fireworks at her house. Lanny Dell was welcomed back to work with many wishes for continued healing after surgery. Kudos to JC Chapman, who went out of his way to pick up mattresses that had been dumped along County Line Road. He picked them up and properly disposed of them. Yet another example that servant leadership is alive in Moores Hill. The Moores Hill Old Fashioned Carnival was indeed the Greatest Show! Thank you to Tamila Wismann and family, Lynn Allen, and all Communities St. John’s Lutheran School in Farmers Retreat. (Photo by Rebecca Davies) potbelly stove. The girls carried in drinking water for the crock fountain. There were also sweeping and other jobs. Present-day fourth-graders from surrounding communities take field trips there as a part of their Indiana History studies. For their visits, they play ‘old fashioned’ games on the lawn and learn about life in the 1800’s. The school is open Sunday afternoons Sept.-Oct. 2-4 P.M. Tours are free! Call 812-432-5401 for more information. the sponsors and volunteers for organizing, staffing, and offering free events. Such a celebration! Tamila Wismann offered Moores Hill t-shirts with a Bobcat in the design. The shirts were sold to raise operating funds toward the carnival. There is much hometown pride in Moores Hill. The people of Moores Hill come together enthusiastically as organizers, volunteers, and sponsors. We come together in groups or individuals to help our neighbors, rescue lost pets, and provide free community events for everyone to enjoy. GREENDALE By Gloria Carter Community Correspondent greendale@goBEACONnews.com Wow! It is hard to believe that school has been in session for over a month. The pool is empty of water the playgrounds are empty of the children. Fall is just days away, and I am ready. Has anyone noticed the wood carving in the back of the Greendale Cabin? The remaining fourteen-foot stump of one of the trees that was partially cut down has been turned into a sculpture of a pileated woodpecker. Brian Christman, a native of Switzerland County, is the artist who has turned the stump into a wood sculpture with his chainsaw. A veteran of the US Air Force, Mr. Christman was a mechanic and also practiced as a nurse for twenty-five years with the Veterans Administration. He discovered wood carving on the internet and pawned his base amp in for a A sculpture of a pileated woodpecker created by artist Brian Christman. chainsaw. One of his carvings can take as little as thirty to forty-five minutes, or up to two weeks. Mr. Christman loves nature and started out carving driftwood retrieved from the Ohio River. He and his wife Penny travel between Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, and North Carolina. Take a few minutes and walk behind the cabin and see the woodpecker carving. He has quite a talent. Enjoy the cooler days and nights with fall approaching because we sure do deserve the cooler weather. Happy Oct. 8 Birthday to my daughter Debbie Seymour. FALL FESTIVAL Oct. 6, 2019 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Chicken Dinner – Hayride to the Pumpkin Patch Kids Games – Crafts – Bake Sale Silent Auction – Basket Raffle-Painted Pumpkins I-74 to St. Leon Exit. Go North on S.R. #1 and follow signs to 11001 Bossert Rd.; Brookville, IN 47012 Previously Klemme’s Corner United Church of Christ OUR ADVERTISERS ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. SHOP LOCAL AND TELL THEM YOU SAW THEIR ADS IN THE BEACON.
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