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INSIDE<br />
The BEACON<br />
Economic growth is the lifeblood<br />
of a community. While many would<br />
like to see things stay the same, rising<br />
costs are a driving factor in the pursuit<br />
of economic growth. The reality is that<br />
economic development is needed to<br />
cover costs, or taxes must go up.<br />
The leaders in surrounding counties<br />
are planning for infrastructure, which<br />
would make the choice of economic<br />
development possible. A connecting<br />
road is proposed to run from Markland<br />
Dam in Switzerland County to U.S. 50<br />
THE<br />
in Dearborn County. The route of this<br />
proposed road would include development<br />
through Ohio County.<br />
At a recent meeting of the Ohio<br />
County Commissioners, the Indiana<br />
Department of Transportation (IN-<br />
DOT) discussed a possible route for<br />
the new highway. INDOT has proposed<br />
relinquishing ownership of state<br />
highways to the county in return for<br />
the state building SR 101. Similar proposals<br />
are being considered in Switzerland<br />
and Dearborn Counties.<br />
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Counties and State Work Together on SR 101<br />
During the meeting with the Ohio<br />
County Commissioners, INDOT representative<br />
Tony McClellan continually<br />
stressed that the final route of the road<br />
had not been determined. The goal is<br />
to design the infrastructure while having<br />
minimal impact on surrounding<br />
residences. Design parameters include<br />
lessening grades and straightening<br />
curves with the new proposed route.<br />
Each lane is slated to be twelve feet<br />
wide with a two- to four-foot shoulder.<br />
Continued on page 3A<br />
Starting Young<br />
Recycling made easier for all ages<br />
in Dearborn County. Page 9A<br />
On the Bright Side<br />
Nancy Waples Condon dresses up<br />
in October raising awareness for<br />
Breast Cancer. Page 2B<br />
Deal Me In<br />
Aurora’s “Our Bridge Club”<br />
(OBC) who have gathered since<br />
<strong>19</strong>86. Page 6B<br />
PRSRT STD<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
CINCINNATI, OHIO<br />
Permit No. 9714<br />
Carly, Heidi, Brian, and Jenny Kane with their St. Bernards Huckleberry,<br />
Opie, and Wilbur. (Photo by Lisa Crail)<br />
Pet Blessings<br />
Pets and their owners gathered<br />
for a pet blessing day in honor<br />
of St. Francis, the Patron Saint<br />
of animals.<br />
Owen Leiker was adamant that Nuncio<br />
needed prayers from Father Meyer. (Photo<br />
by Sarah Leiker)<br />
By Maureen Stenger<br />
The year two thousand and thirteen proved to be a tough<br />
one for four area churches as the Archdiocese of Indianapolis<br />
decided to close them. Lack of priestly vocations<br />
and declining membership has resulted in the consolidation<br />
of parishes not just in our area, but all over the country.<br />
When the news that Dearborn County churches St. Joseph,<br />
St. John the Baptist, St. Paul, and St. Martin were all to be<br />
shut down, shock and sadness rattled parishioners as these<br />
churches were an integral part of not only their towns but<br />
their lives. The buildings that generations of families had<br />
been baptized in, married in, shared their greatest joys and<br />
sorrows in would shut their doors, and these small towns<br />
would never be the same.<br />
Needless to say, when Father Jonathan Meyer received<br />
the phone call on February 14, 2014, from the secretary to<br />
Archbishop Tobin (who is now Cardinal Tobin) that he was<br />
assigned to our area, he was in for quite a challenge. At the<br />
time, Father Meyer was the priest in Jennings County and<br />
was deeply rooted in that community. He was the director<br />
of youth ministry, and he coached cross country at Jennings<br />
County High School. Leaving that community would be<br />
difficult for him as well. But, as all priests know, you take<br />
an oath of obedience, and you do what is asked of you with<br />
Casey & Jessica Gilmour<br />
and their Australian Shepherd.<br />
(Photo by Lisa Crail)<br />
St. Samson (“Sammy”) and<br />
Mary Jean Wethington.<br />
(Photo by Lisa Crail)<br />
an open heart trusting in<br />
God’s will.<br />
Father Jonathan Meyer<br />
graduated from Perry<br />
Meridian High School in<br />
Indianapolis in <strong>19</strong>95. He<br />
then attended two years of<br />
college at The University<br />
of Southern Indiana in<br />
Evansville and then entered<br />
into the seminary in<br />
St. Paul, Minnesota. Father<br />
Meyer arrived in March.<br />
He spent his first three<br />
months here assessing the<br />
situation and listening to<br />
parishioner concerns as<br />
everyone tried to find ways<br />
to deal with the devastating<br />
news that their beloved<br />
Stateline Road<br />
Flagged for<br />
Realignment<br />
The intersection of Stateline Road<br />
and Georgetown Road has been<br />
plagued with accidents for years. The<br />
accident rate is expected to increase as<br />
the population grows in the northern<br />
portion of Dearborn County.<br />
Traffic studies of the site indicated<br />
that the “softening” of the S-curve<br />
before and after the intersection would<br />
allow for better traffic flow.<br />
Federal funds have been earmarked<br />
for the transportation enhancement<br />
project. Twenty percent of the costs<br />
will be paid by Dearborn County.<br />
Because the remaining eighty percent<br />
of the cost is federally funded, a<br />
portion of the funds will flow through<br />
the Indiana Department of Transportation<br />
(INDOT) Local Public Agency<br />
Program (LPA). Additionally, federal<br />
funds will be handled by the Ohio-<br />
Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of<br />
Governments (OKI).<br />
Several steps have to be taken during<br />
the planning process for this project.<br />
While the change in the location of the<br />
road is slight, property acquisition was<br />
required. The assessment of relocating<br />
utilities was also addressed. The<br />
relocation of water lines by Tri-Township<br />
Water Corporation (TTWC) has<br />
already begun. Upon completion, Duke<br />
Energy Corporation and Southeastern<br />
Indiana REMC will proceed with the<br />
relocation of electric lines. The Sycamore<br />
Gas Company will also play an<br />
Continued on page 3A<br />
Divine Intervention and Community Spirit<br />
St. Joseph Campus in<br />
St. Leon.<br />
churches would be no more. The Archdiocese said that by<br />
2017, the parishioners of the four historic churches had to<br />
decide on one place of worship as they merged, one of the<br />
Continued on page 4A<br />
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By<br />
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Taylor<br />
That’s What<br />
Neighbors Do<br />
I first met Jim Scott when I<br />
had this hair brained idea of<br />
making my son’s dream come<br />
true. He wanted to meet Jim’s<br />
coworker, the infamous Bill<br />
Cunningham. (Jim’s laughter<br />
and response are best left<br />
unprinted!)<br />
As I spoke to Jim, we got<br />
on the subject of his move to<br />
Guilford many years ago. The<br />
story Jim shared about his<br />
new neighbor, Clyde Perfect,<br />
coming to his rescue as an imminent<br />
downpour threatened<br />
acres of freshly baled hay, has<br />
remained etched in my mind.<br />
Back to the age-old question<br />
of why we live where we do.<br />
Fast forward a few years,<br />
and I found myself in a<br />
similar<br />
situation.<br />
There I<br />
stood with<br />
over 4000<br />
years<br />
pounds of<br />
fertilizer<br />
in my driveway accompanied<br />
by a tractor with a PTO that<br />
wouldn’t work. (For those of<br />
you who have not experienced<br />
the joy of farming, that means<br />
the fertilizer pours out in a<br />
pile on the ground rather than<br />
spreading.) Not good.<br />
I thought of my neighbor,<br />
who might be able to help<br />
me out. Not like he would be<br />
busy doing his own chores<br />
- feeding cattle, fixing fence<br />
and equipment, etc. I went<br />
to his house and checked the<br />
barn- no neighbor. I timidly<br />
knocked on his door. Mind<br />
you, I had only met this<br />
gentleman twice in my life.<br />
Thankfully, Charlie Thies<br />
came to the door.<br />
I described my predicament<br />
and received a quick response<br />
that Charlie would be over to<br />
my place after he finished dinner.<br />
Wow- what a relief!<br />
A few hours later, all of<br />
that fertilizer was masterfully<br />
Hanna Holton and Ginger accompanies daughter Christy<br />
on Jelly to a nearby orchard on a perfect fall day.<br />
spread. When I offered to pay<br />
Mr. Thies for his time, his response<br />
was, “No, that’s what<br />
neighbors do.”<br />
And that’s the answer to<br />
the question of why we live<br />
where we live. I only hope I<br />
can pay his kindness forward<br />
in the future.<br />
One recent sunny day, I<br />
was traveling down a side<br />
road when I passed an apple<br />
orchard. Two women were on<br />
horseback purchasing apples<br />
for their faithful four-legged<br />
companions. Of course, I had<br />
to stop and ask them all kinds<br />
of questions! Hannah and<br />
daughter Christy Holton had<br />
ridden from their nearby farm<br />
to enjoy the tasty treats. How<br />
neat! (Let me clarify that they<br />
were NOT on thoroughbreds.)<br />
Only in Indiana.<br />
Have you ever met someone<br />
and immediately knew they<br />
had a heart of gold? I had that<br />
experience when I met Nick<br />
and Judy Ullrich. Little did<br />
I know that, years later, they<br />
would become Heart of Gold<br />
recipients.<br />
Nick Ullrich’s name first<br />
started popping up to me when<br />
I heard about his involvement<br />
with Eagle Scouts. He<br />
has dedicated much of his life<br />
to helping over forty scouts<br />
attain the honor of becoming<br />
an Eagle Scout. As a leader<br />
of Troop 637 in Aurora, Mr.<br />
Ullrich has planned numerous<br />
trips for the scouts, including<br />
a trip to West Virginia for the<br />
World Boy Scout Jamboree.<br />
Not to mention that Nick<br />
Ullrich served his country in<br />
the United States Army, where<br />
he served as a sergeant in<br />
Vietnam, with the <strong>19</strong>6th and<br />
<strong>19</strong>9th Light Infantry Brigades.<br />
Nick was awarded several<br />
medals, including the Combat<br />
Infantryman’s Badge, Bronze<br />
Star, and Purple Heart. If you<br />
ever have the opportunity to<br />
hear Mr. Ullrich speak about<br />
the military, take it. He delivers<br />
quite a moving speech that<br />
paints a vivid picture in the<br />
mind of the listener.<br />
Here’s a trivia question for<br />
you. Name five times that you<br />
have seen Nick Ullrich without<br />
his high school sweetheart<br />
Judy Ullrich. What a pair!<br />
Dearborn Community<br />
Foundation Heart of Gold<br />
recipients Nick and Judy<br />
Ullrich.<br />
They both seem to volunteer<br />
in almost every facet of our<br />
community.<br />
Judy is a retired second- and<br />
third-grade teacher. Over her<br />
thirty-three-year career, she<br />
touched the lives of almost<br />
nine hundred students! Mrs.<br />
Ullrich served on the board<br />
of the Dearborn Community<br />
Foundation. She was also<br />
on the grants committee for<br />
South Dearborn Schools,<br />
making a difference in the<br />
quality of education the students<br />
received. Today, Mrs.<br />
Ullrich still volunteers with<br />
the sixth-grade essay contest<br />
for Aurora Main Street.<br />
Judy Ullrich has devoted a<br />
great deal of time to the preservation<br />
of our community<br />
historic sites, Veraestau and<br />
Hillforest. Mrs. Ullrich is currently<br />
president of the Hillforest<br />
Historical Foundation. She<br />
has also been involved with<br />
the historic library in Aurora.<br />
The Ullrichs proudly served<br />
on the LST-325 committee<br />
that brought American History<br />
to Aurora. They also helped<br />
to compile information for a<br />
book commemorating Aurora’s<br />
Bicentennial. The couple<br />
also volunteers with Aurora<br />
Main Street for the Easter and<br />
Christmas children’s programs.<br />
Thank you to Nick and Judy<br />
Ullrich for making our community<br />
an excellent place for<br />
current and future generations.<br />
And thank you, Charlie<br />
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December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 3A<br />
What is it?<br />
Last month’s item’s correct answer was submitted by<br />
Barb Nieman, Cross Plains. “It was a tobacco cutter that<br />
was used in stores years ago when it was common to roll<br />
your own cigarettes!”<br />
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Brookville.<br />
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An ariel view of the Stateline Road re-alignment project.<br />
Stateline Road Project Scheduled<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
integral part in the site preparation<br />
by relocating gas lines.<br />
Engineering plans for the<br />
new section of road are specified<br />
as two twelve-foot lanes,<br />
each with paved shoulders<br />
measuring three feet wide. A<br />
passing blister is also planned<br />
at Georgetown Road.<br />
All bids for the traffic<br />
enhancement project must<br />
Community Crossings Funds Awarded<br />
Over $3,843,278 in state<br />
matching funds for local road<br />
projects were awarded through<br />
the Next Level Roads: Community<br />
Crossings Initiative.<br />
The purpose of the funds is<br />
to elevate Indiana’s economic<br />
competitiveness and quality of<br />
life for all Hoosiers through<br />
investment in transportation<br />
infrastructure. Matching funds<br />
by local governments range<br />
from 50 percent for larger<br />
communities or 25 percent for<br />
smaller communities.<br />
be submitted to INDOT by<br />
the scheduled letting date of<br />
November 14, 20<strong>19</strong>. Upon<br />
selection of a construction<br />
company, schedules for construction<br />
phasing and traffic<br />
restrictions will be made.<br />
Construction is expected to<br />
begin in the Spring of 2020<br />
with the estimated completion<br />
date of late fall in the same<br />
year.<br />
Area communites receiving<br />
matching funds are:<br />
Dearborn County $999,884<br />
Aurora $611,447<br />
Greendale $610,794<br />
Lawrenceburg $556,834<br />
Brookville $216,860<br />
Laurel $145,747<br />
Milan $258,286<br />
Osgood $737,849<br />
Versailles $316,371<br />
Applications for the next<br />
round of funding are due to<br />
INDOT in January, 2020.<br />
Counties Plan for Development, SR 101 Construction<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
The preliminary cost for this<br />
project is estimated at $160-<br />
170 million.<br />
Ohio County Commissioners<br />
feel that they have a<br />
responsibility to ensure that<br />
taking ownership of any new<br />
roads such as part of SR 56<br />
does not cause a financial<br />
hardship for the county in the<br />
future. Similar considerations<br />
have been weighed by the<br />
Dearborn County commissioners<br />
and highway department<br />
for a portion of SR<br />
262. Switzerland County is<br />
attempting to estimate their<br />
responsibility for portions of<br />
SR 250 and SR 156.<br />
Typically projects of this<br />
magnitude are considered<br />
when a county sees a need<br />
in its area and approaches<br />
INDOT about helping them<br />
correct the problem.<br />
“This is the first time in my<br />
career that I have seen the<br />
state approach a county, much<br />
less several counties, with a<br />
proposal for such a project,”<br />
stated Mr. McClellan.<br />
The costs of slide repair and<br />
bridge replacement are both<br />
significant considerations for<br />
the counties. The impact on<br />
budgeting for maintenance<br />
costs for these roads, including<br />
mowing and snow removal,<br />
must also be considered.<br />
Rep. Randy Frye discussed<br />
a proposal that would be costeffective<br />
for the county while<br />
benefitting traffic flow from<br />
Cass Union to Rising Sun. SR<br />
262 is proposed to be rebuilt<br />
with ten-foot-wide lanes.<br />
Under this proposal, Ohio<br />
County would take responsibility<br />
for a portion of SR 56<br />
from Aberdeen to Rising Sun.<br />
Discussions are scheduled to<br />
be ongoing into January.<br />
The route of the proposed<br />
SR 101 would begin at<br />
Markland Dam and go to East<br />
Enterprise. It would then go<br />
to Aberdeen and then to Cass<br />
Union. At that point, the road<br />
would cut across the valley to<br />
Milton, and then into Dearborn<br />
County. Considerations<br />
would have to be made for<br />
intersections at Hartford,<br />
Downey Ridge, and Milton-<br />
Bear Branch Roads.<br />
Rep. Frye stressed that<br />
funding for road projects<br />
is available to communities<br />
through the Community<br />
Crossings Initiative. He urged<br />
municipalities to take advantage<br />
of this program and<br />
strengthen their transportation<br />
infrastructure. He commented<br />
on the proposed project. “We<br />
will see economic development<br />
like I have never seen in<br />
my lifetime.”<br />
Dearborn County Commissioner<br />
Jim Thatcher and Rick<br />
Probst attended the meeting.<br />
Both showed their willingness<br />
to work together with<br />
Ohio County on determining<br />
the best course of action for<br />
the proposed road. Commissioner<br />
Thatcher, president of<br />
the Dearborn County Commission,<br />
stated’ “Ohio, Switzerland,<br />
and Dearborn, must<br />
each work out all the details<br />
surrounding the new State<br />
Road 101 proposal. However,<br />
I believe alleviating truck<br />
traffic on U.S. 50, especially<br />
with the potential addition of<br />
a fourth port in Lawrenceburg<br />
and with a second phase that<br />
All Aboard Train Display<br />
Batesville Historical Center<br />
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would connect all the way up<br />
to I-74 would be a step in the<br />
right direction for our region.<br />
I feel this opportunity would<br />
have a positive economic impact<br />
from improved highway<br />
access, expansion of existing<br />
businesses, attraction of new<br />
businesses, additional tourism,<br />
and travel time savings<br />
for everyone.”<br />
Future plans are already<br />
being discussed for another<br />
section of SR 101 that would<br />
connect U.S. 50 to I-74<br />
through Dearborn and Ripley<br />
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is envisioned to begin five<br />
years after the completion of<br />
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Touching Lives in Our Community and Across the World<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
four historic churches or a<br />
newly built one. “It was very<br />
clear to me that we can’t be<br />
an institutional church; we<br />
need actually to be the body<br />
of Christ. The strong arm<br />
mentality of this is what we’re<br />
going to do doesn’t always<br />
work,” explained Father<br />
Meyer. In Jennings County,<br />
he had been the pastor of St.<br />
Joseph, St. Ann, and St. Mary.<br />
He came from three separate<br />
parishes, three parish councils,<br />
three religious education<br />
programs, and three youth<br />
ministry programs. Father<br />
Meyer knew that the parishes<br />
would have to merge into one,<br />
but did not understand why<br />
they could not keep all of the<br />
doors of the buildings open?<br />
At the time, dedicated parishioners<br />
were in the midst of<br />
petitioning The Vatican in an<br />
effort to keep their churches<br />
open when Father decided to<br />
take his idea to Archbishop<br />
Tobin. The Archbishop encouraged<br />
Father Meyer and<br />
the parish council to write<br />
a formal letter to convince<br />
him to allow the congregation,<br />
united as one parish, to<br />
have four different buildings<br />
to worship in. It was a joyous<br />
day that summer when Father<br />
Meyer was able to announce<br />
at mass that indeed that idea<br />
was approved and All Saints<br />
was born, one parish with<br />
four different campuses!<br />
Once everything was official,<br />
steps to help people heal were<br />
taken, and the formation of<br />
the culture of All Saints Parish<br />
began.<br />
In November of that same<br />
year, the first-ever Gobble<br />
Wobble 5K took place. The<br />
race was intentionally not<br />
about the parish; it was about<br />
giving back to the community<br />
as one hundred percent of the<br />
proceeds are donated to the<br />
North Dearborn and Sunman<br />
Food Pantries. After the first<br />
race, Father Meyer recalled<br />
how a parishioner thanked<br />
him for organizing the first<br />
All Saints Parish event. Father<br />
The 2018 Gobble Wobble Team, who planned and coordinated the Annual Thanksgiving<br />
Day 5K race. Through their hard work, they helped raise over $40,000, which all went to<br />
the local food pantries.<br />
Meyer explains, “That was a<br />
moment for me as our pastor<br />
that we are really coming<br />
into our own and coming<br />
into who God is calling us<br />
to be.” As preparations are<br />
now underway for the Sixth<br />
Annual Gobble Wobble that<br />
will be held on Thanksgiving<br />
morning in the town of Dover,<br />
it has now become the largest<br />
5K in Dearborn County and<br />
the fourth largest 5K in Indiana<br />
on Thanksgiving! Last<br />
year there were over thirteen<br />
hundred participants, and over<br />
forty thousand dollars was<br />
raised! That’s pretty amazing,<br />
especially for a little town that<br />
doesn’t even have a zip code!<br />
In August of 2015, Archbishop<br />
Tobin came and<br />
formally installed Father<br />
Meyer as the pastor of All<br />
Saints. From that moment on,<br />
the “We Are One” philosophy<br />
took off. In January of 2016,<br />
under the guidance of Father<br />
Maureen Stenger, Emily Alig, Samantha Hensley, and<br />
Father Jonathan Meyer after one of the various mud races<br />
they did together.<br />
Meyer, renovations of each<br />
church began. Restorations of<br />
each campus were completed<br />
in amazingly only six months<br />
with the help of numerous<br />
parishioners and community<br />
members who spent countless<br />
hours volunteering their time.<br />
The signal was clear to everyone<br />
that these buildings would<br />
remain open as a lot of money<br />
and time had been invested in<br />
their upkeep.<br />
On March 1, 2017, the Adoration<br />
Chapel opened at the<br />
St. John the Baptist Campus.<br />
Its opening was a vision of<br />
Father Meyer’s. The Chapel is<br />
open three hundred sixty-five<br />
days a year, with over three<br />
hundred committed adorers,<br />
and monthly mass is also celebrated<br />
there. Father Meyer<br />
celebrates mass at each campus<br />
each weekend, along with<br />
offering daily mass Monday<br />
through Friday. The number<br />
of altar servers during mass<br />
is a sight to behold. Having<br />
twenty servers or more<br />
per mass is common. When<br />
asked about this phenomenon,<br />
Father Meyer says, “I call it<br />
radical engagement, how do<br />
you create a community that<br />
attracts other people? How<br />
Seventeen years ago, on<br />
October 10, 2002, Father<br />
Jonathan Meyer was ordained<br />
as a Deacon.<br />
do you create a culture that<br />
people want to be a part of?”<br />
Father Meyer believes the<br />
tremendous impact he has on<br />
the youth is due in part to the<br />
other hat he wears as a track<br />
and cross country coach for<br />
East Central High School. Father<br />
is an avid runner; coaching<br />
enables him to share his<br />
love for the sport while at the<br />
same time, making a positive<br />
impact on young athletes. He<br />
elaborates on how so many<br />
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All Saints is United in Spirit and Through Generations<br />
The Christmas Eve Mass celebration at All Saints Parish at the St. Joseph Campus.<br />
Deacon Bob Decker, Seminarian Andrew Alig, and Father Jonathan Meyer guide the<br />
numerous altar severs.<br />
Father Jonathan Meyer is an avid runner; one of the many<br />
races he participates in is The Annual Gobble Wobble 5K<br />
in Dover on Thanksgiving Morning.<br />
Father Meyer was featured<br />
in an international campaign<br />
for recruiting young<br />
men to answer the call of<br />
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people are looking to be a part<br />
of something. The servers at<br />
All Saints Parish are aware of<br />
the huge impact they make;<br />
their involvement, he says, “is<br />
a game-changer, and they take<br />
pride in that.”<br />
Since Father Meyer has<br />
become the pastor, the growth<br />
of All Saints Parish has been<br />
tremendous, masses are full,<br />
and new parishioners are<br />
joining from all over different<br />
areas. His homilies are taped<br />
by a volunteer each week<br />
and uploaded to YouTube.<br />
Many of his homilies have<br />
gone viral, one he gave on<br />
Catholic Answers to Protestant<br />
Questions just had over<br />
one hundred thousand views!<br />
When asked about where the<br />
inspiration for his homilies<br />
stems from, Father Meyer<br />
said he dedicates two hours<br />
a day to sit in silence and<br />
prayer, which is where he believes<br />
his compassion and his<br />
rejuvenation come from. I can<br />
tell you from experience, you<br />
won’t be bored listening to his<br />
preaching!<br />
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Father takes a group on a trip<br />
to the Holy Land. There is<br />
already a waiting list for the<br />
upcoming event in 2020. The<br />
Holy Land isn’t the only trip<br />
taken; the youth of the parish<br />
have the option to go on a<br />
mission trip in the spring led<br />
by Father Meyer. All Saints<br />
Parish also sends the largest<br />
group of people to World<br />
Youth Day and the National<br />
Catholic Youth Conference.<br />
All Saints also hosts the<br />
Annual E6 Catholic Men’s<br />
Conference at East Central<br />
High School, last year over<br />
twelve hundred men were in<br />
attendance!<br />
It certainly takes a lot of<br />
energy to accomplish what<br />
Father Meyer does, as someone<br />
who has worked for him<br />
for over four years, I can tell<br />
you it’s genuine. We know<br />
that Father Meyer won’t be<br />
here forever, so I asked him<br />
about the legacy he would<br />
like to leave behind when<br />
the day comes that he has to<br />
move on. “When I look at All<br />
Saints, I think the impossible<br />
is possible. People define the<br />
church, not buildings. The<br />
people of All Saints were<br />
willing to be open and believe<br />
and be led by the spirit. What<br />
we have accomplished is almost<br />
a fairytale story.” Father<br />
further elaborated on how<br />
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how sad that the church<br />
in which I was married and<br />
where all of my children were<br />
baptized, would be no more. I<br />
believe that the story of Father<br />
Meyer and All Saints Parish<br />
is one of hope. Through all of<br />
the bumps and growing pains<br />
along the way, the All Saints’<br />
motto of “faithful teaching,<br />
authentic worship, and compassionate<br />
service” has come<br />
to fruition thanks to a leader<br />
who was not afraid to neither<br />
think outside of the box nor<br />
take the road less traveled.<br />
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This summer, the Highpoint<br />
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The training exercise focused<br />
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Friendship State Bank<br />
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The Friendship State Bank<br />
and Friendship Insurance recently<br />
celebrated thirty years<br />
at their Dillsboro location.<br />
Employees, directors, and<br />
retired directors gathered to<br />
say thank you to customers<br />
and community members who<br />
stopped by with congratulations<br />
and warm wishes.<br />
“It was great celebrating a<br />
piece of our bank’s heritage<br />
in this community as the<br />
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The Dillsboro community<br />
gathered and shared<br />
“Friendship” stories of their<br />
personal and family experiences<br />
with the bank.<br />
around. Some shared that they<br />
started banking with Friendship<br />
more than fifty years<br />
ago when their only option<br />
was to drive to Friendship,<br />
IN. Others told stories that<br />
their grandparents and parents<br />
passed down to them about<br />
their experiences with the<br />
Lemon family.<br />
The Friendship State Bank,<br />
founded in <strong>19</strong><strong>12</strong>, took time<br />
establishing roots before<br />
branching out to surrounding<br />
communities. Seventy-seven<br />
years to be exact. Opening a<br />
second bank location was a<br />
topic of discussion among the<br />
board of directors for years,<br />
but it wasn’t until <strong>19</strong>89 that<br />
the first branch of The Friendship<br />
State Bank was opened<br />
in Dillsboro.<br />
The bank’s beginning in<br />
Dillsboro is not unlike the<br />
story of its more current<br />
branches. The locally-owned<br />
bank in town had been sold<br />
several times and was then<br />
based out of Cincinnati. Local<br />
businesses and individuals<br />
requested Friendship open a<br />
location in their town. Dillsboro<br />
was close to “home,”<br />
and Friendship already had a<br />
strong customer base there.<br />
Starting branch growth in<br />
Dillsboro made sense.<br />
Jim Lemon, currently<br />
Chairman of the Board, got<br />
the branch up and running as<br />
Branch Manager and Lender<br />
while Tracy Lemon, currently<br />
Vice President and Versailles<br />
Lender, completed his loan<br />
officer training.<br />
Not wanting to further<br />
delay arrival, a prefabricated<br />
building was brought in in<br />
two pieces for the branch.<br />
The building has since had<br />
several updates and additions.<br />
The most recent addition in<br />
2014 included space for the<br />
Friendship Insurance team,<br />
which previously occupied<br />
what is now the Dillsboro<br />
Arts building.<br />
“We believe that when our<br />
customers thrive, our communities<br />
thrive making them<br />
better places for everyone to<br />
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Ashley Asche Receives DAISY Award<br />
Brittany and AJ Waltz of Lawrenceburg (far right) are very<br />
grateful that Ashley Asche, RN, Highpoint Health Emergency<br />
Department Staff Nurse (center), recognized that Brittany<br />
was very ill when her husband brought her to the Highpoint<br />
Health Emergency Department. The couple thanked Mrs.<br />
Asche by nominating her for a DAISY Award. Mrs. Asche was<br />
presented the award at a celebration in her honor. Attending<br />
the recognition celebration were members of the Waltz family<br />
and hospital clinical staff (from left): Angela Scudder, RN,<br />
MSN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer; Dawn Walcott, RN,<br />
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The East Central FFA<br />
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This biological change is<br />
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For some women, hormone<br />
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Progesterone is added to<br />
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These medications come in<br />
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Is HRT safe?<br />
There’s a lot of misunderstanding<br />
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A second look at the study<br />
in 20<strong>12</strong>, by its initial investigators,<br />
revealed it was flawed<br />
in that it wasn’t a representative<br />
sample of healthy women<br />
just entering menopause.<br />
In fact, the average age of<br />
women in the study was 63.<br />
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This second study reversed<br />
its original recommendation.<br />
It said HRT is safe for healthy<br />
women younger than 60 or<br />
within ten years of the onset<br />
of menopause. Sadly, this<br />
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as much publicity as the first<br />
report, so much misinformation<br />
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It’s important to note,<br />
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The American Legion- Serving Community and Country for a Century<br />
By Katie Ulrich<br />
This year marks the one<br />
hundredth anniversary of<br />
the American Legion. With<br />
many Legion posts in the<br />
area (including ones in Sunman,<br />
St. Leon, Milan, New<br />
Alsace, Aurora, Lawrenceburg,<br />
Brookville, Moores Hill, Osgood,<br />
Versailles, Harrison, and<br />
Dillsboro), it is easy to overlook<br />
them or take for granted<br />
what they do for the community.<br />
Back in March <strong>19</strong><strong>19</strong>, only<br />
a few months after the end of<br />
World War I, the first members<br />
of the American Legion came<br />
together in Paris. By May, the<br />
organization was officially<br />
named the American Legion,<br />
and its preamble and constitution<br />
were approved. It was<br />
built on four pillars: Veteran<br />
Affairs and Rehabilitation,<br />
National Security, Americanism,<br />
and Children and Youth.<br />
In early November, before the<br />
year was up, a vote was held<br />
for the location of the Legion’s<br />
national headquarters. Indianapolis<br />
won over Washington<br />
by thirty-eight votes and still<br />
houses the headquarters today.<br />
The American Legion’s primary<br />
focus is on veterans and<br />
the community. Only six years<br />
after its creation, the American<br />
Legion began a program<br />
for the nation’s most patriotic<br />
sport. The American Legion<br />
Baseball program had a bit<br />
of a rocky start, including<br />
struggling through the Great<br />
Depression, but it is thriving<br />
today. American Legion Baseball<br />
has teams in every state,<br />
as well as Canada. Sixty-eight<br />
members of the Baseball Hall<br />
of Fame were previously part<br />
of American Legion Baseball.<br />
This year was the 93rd American<br />
Legion Baseball World<br />
Series, held in North Carolina.<br />
The Legion also hosts an Oratorical<br />
Contest for high school<br />
students. According to the<br />
American Legion’s information<br />
about the contest, the program<br />
presents contestants “with an<br />
academic speaking challenge<br />
that teaches important leadership<br />
qualities, the history of<br />
our nation’s laws, the ability<br />
to think and speak clearly, and<br />
an understanding of the duties,<br />
responsibilities, rights, and<br />
privileges of American citizenship.”<br />
The national winner is<br />
awarded a $20,000 scholarship,<br />
while the second takes<br />
The granite stone at the<br />
memorial.<br />
home $17,000, and third wins<br />
$15,000. This isn’t the only<br />
scholarship opportunity the<br />
Legion provides. The Legacy<br />
Scholarship provides assistance<br />
for children of post-9/11<br />
veterans, and Eagle Scouts can<br />
be nominated for the Eagle<br />
Scout of the Year Scholarship.<br />
High school juniors who<br />
belong to the American Legion<br />
state programs are eligible for<br />
the Samsung American Legion<br />
Scholarship, which was created<br />
in <strong>19</strong>96 in memory of veterans<br />
who aided Korea in the battle<br />
against communism.<br />
Another way the American<br />
Legion benefits the community<br />
is through its National<br />
Emergency Fund. This fund is<br />
dedicated to helping Legion<br />
Family members and posts<br />
in the event of a disaster,<br />
which has previously included<br />
hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes,<br />
and flooding. Since<br />
the American Legion is a<br />
non-profit, this has included<br />
millions of dollars in aid that<br />
went directly to those in need.<br />
The memorial at the park in Moores Hill is located directly<br />
across from the American Legion post.<br />
The American Legion also<br />
reaches out to veterans in<br />
many ways. One such avenue<br />
is through Operation Comfort<br />
Warriors, through which the<br />
Legion uses donations to help<br />
supply wounded veterans with<br />
comfort items and provide any<br />
assistance they may need. The<br />
Legion also works to assist<br />
homeless veterans, through<br />
the support of laws that would<br />
provide healthy meals, housing,<br />
rehabilitation, counseling,<br />
and employment to veterans.<br />
Additionally, the Legion has<br />
a Homeless Veterans Task<br />
Force that works to provide for<br />
homeless or financially burdened<br />
veterans on a local level.<br />
Events can also be coordinated<br />
at local posts for further aid and<br />
prevention of homelessness.<br />
In <strong>19</strong>90, the Legion developed<br />
a Family Support<br />
Network as a service to men<br />
and women deployed in the<br />
Middle East. This continues<br />
today, providing things such<br />
Photos by<br />
Katie Ulrich<br />
as lawn care, baby-sitting, and<br />
financial help for families of<br />
deployed military members.<br />
In 2002, the American Legion<br />
created the “I Am Not a Number”<br />
campaign. This campaign<br />
allowed them to keep track<br />
of and record the roadblocks<br />
veterans faced in receiving assistance<br />
from the Department<br />
of Veteran Affairs.<br />
Locally, the Legion posts<br />
are very active. The American<br />
Legion located in Sunman<br />
houses a restaurant and bar.<br />
Legions in the area also rent<br />
their space as wedding venues,<br />
have bingo nights, and sell<br />
commemorative bricks as part<br />
of their Veteran’s Memorial.<br />
The Legion post in Milan has<br />
hosted numerous benefits for<br />
families dealing with medical<br />
expenses and hosts an annual<br />
Flag Retirement ceremony. In<br />
New Alsace, the post hosts a<br />
once-a-month Senior Citizen<br />
Lunch. This November will be<br />
their 49th annual Holiday Bazaar<br />
and Turkey Dinner, which<br />
includes baked goods, crafts,<br />
raffles, and carryout meals. The<br />
Moores Hill post has a park<br />
that includes two shelters, a<br />
playground, and a beautiful gazebo<br />
that are directly across the<br />
street from their Legion Hall.<br />
Part of the Legion’s mission<br />
statement says, “The<br />
American Legion’s success<br />
depends entirely on active<br />
membership, participation, and<br />
volunteerism. The organization<br />
belongs to the people it serves<br />
and the communities in which<br />
it thrives.” To celebrate the<br />
American Legion’s 100 years<br />
of community and service, the<br />
United States Mint has released<br />
commemorative coins available<br />
to the public for purchase.<br />
The American Legion has been<br />
growing and giving for the<br />
last one hundred years and has<br />
helped thousands of people<br />
with their efforts.<br />
Holiday Open House<br />
Friday, Nov. 29th 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br />
Saturday, Nov. 30th 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM<br />
Sunday, Dec. 1st 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM<br />
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Twenty-five Years of Bringing our Community and Businesses Together.
December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 9A<br />
A Collaborative Effort to Recycle<br />
By Stephanie Hoffmeier<br />
Recently, the City of Greendale<br />
won the Governor’s<br />
Award for Environmental<br />
Excellence from the Indiana<br />
Department of Environmental<br />
Management for its curbside<br />
recycling program established<br />
in 2018. By adding curbside<br />
recycling, Greendale increased<br />
its recycling efforts by<br />
ten percent and diverted three<br />
hundred seventy-four tons<br />
of materials from the landfill.<br />
The result is the perfect<br />
example of what the Dearborn<br />
County Recycling Center<br />
(DCRC) wants to happen<br />
throughout Dearborn County.<br />
Programs like Greendale’s<br />
contribute to decreasing the<br />
amount of material put in<br />
landfills, which environmental<br />
organizations look at as<br />
a diversion rate. At the end<br />
of 2018, Dearborn County’s<br />
diversion rate was approximately<br />
10%. The national<br />
average is 34%.<br />
The DCRC recently released<br />
a survey to try to gauge if<br />
residents in Miller, Logan, and<br />
Harrison Townships would<br />
have an interest in the reinstatement<br />
of curbside recycling<br />
in those areas. Research has<br />
shown that a significant factor<br />
in recycling participation is<br />
convenience. What could be<br />
more convenient than curbside<br />
pick-up? Once the DCRC<br />
released the survey, several<br />
people asked if the trailers<br />
located throughout Dearborn<br />
County would go away if<br />
curbside recycling were offered.<br />
People also wanted to<br />
know if the employees at the<br />
DCRC would lose their jobs if<br />
curbside pick-up of recyclables<br />
were provided. The answer to<br />
both questions is no.<br />
If you look closely at your<br />
property tax bill, you will see a<br />
line item with a small percentage<br />
(0.0353%) allocated<br />
toward “Solid Waste.” The<br />
formal name for the DCRC<br />
is the Dearborn County Solid<br />
Waste Management District. In<br />
fact, every county in Indiana<br />
has a solid waste management<br />
district. In <strong>19</strong>90, the Indiana<br />
General Assembly passed Public<br />
Law 10-<strong>19</strong>90. This legislation<br />
made sweeping changes<br />
in the existing state solid waste<br />
law, including creating solid<br />
waste management districts.<br />
The Dearborn County Solid<br />
Waste Management District,<br />
operating more familiarly as<br />
the DCRC, was formed in<br />
<strong>19</strong>93 to encourage and assist<br />
residents and businesses within<br />
the county to reduce, reuse, recycle<br />
and properly dispose of<br />
solid waste. The DCRC wants<br />
people to recycle and reduce<br />
waste going to landfills. Any<br />
recycling or waste reduction<br />
that is done benefits the county<br />
and the DCRC as a whole.<br />
The DCRC has more services<br />
available to Dearborn<br />
County residents than most<br />
people realize. Besides having<br />
24/7 drop-off trailers at<br />
fourteen locations throughout<br />
the county, the DCRC also has<br />
a drive-thru located at 10700<br />
Prospect Lane in Aurora.<br />
Residents can drop off many<br />
different types of items such<br />
as fluorescent bulbs, motor oil,<br />
old electronics, batteries, scrap<br />
metal, televisions, freon appliances,<br />
tires, and household<br />
hazardous wastes (HHW).<br />
HHW should not be thrown<br />
in the regular trash, dumped<br />
down the drain, or poured into<br />
yards where they can harm<br />
plants, animals, and the environment.<br />
A staggering eightyto<br />
eighty-five percent of HHW<br />
collected are recycled in some<br />
way. The DCRC Drive-Thru is<br />
the only location in Dearborn<br />
County accepting HHW. It is<br />
open Monday-Friday, 9 A.M.-<br />
4 P.M. and Wednesdays from 9<br />
A.M.-6 P.M. Fees are charged<br />
for televisions, tires, and Freon<br />
appliances.<br />
The DCRC also has several<br />
reuse programs that divert<br />
materials from landfills. The<br />
Costume Swap, a Halloween<br />
program open to everyone,<br />
saves money and reduces<br />
waste by reusing costumes that<br />
would otherwise be used only<br />
once. The Creation Station,<br />
the first reuse program of its<br />
kind in southeastern Indiana, is<br />
a clearinghouse for materials<br />
that are made available to any<br />
Dearborn County teacher or<br />
not-for-profit educator. In the<br />
spring, the Re-Prom program<br />
is open to everyone and has<br />
nearly nine hundred semiformal<br />
and formal dresses<br />
available to swap.<br />
Another essential service<br />
the DCRC offers is education.<br />
Free educational programs<br />
are provided to youth and<br />
20<strong>19</strong><br />
Gabe Aguilera, an enthusiastic<br />
recycler in Greendale.<br />
adults, schools, community<br />
organizations, and individuals<br />
on a variety of topics. Teaching<br />
students about making<br />
intelligent informed decisions<br />
about how they can take care<br />
of the environment will lead<br />
to adults that reduce, reuse,<br />
and recycle. Topics include<br />
recycling, composting, waste<br />
reduction, and pollution. The<br />
DCRC usually has a booth at<br />
community events like the 4-H<br />
Fair, Halloween Sensation, and<br />
the Bright Festival.<br />
Even if curbside recycling<br />
is offered in townships and<br />
cities throughout Dearborn<br />
County, the DCRC will still be<br />
open to serve the community.<br />
Curbside recycling haulers<br />
cannot accept all the items that<br />
the DCRC Drive-Thru can<br />
take. This winter, when you<br />
are cleaning out areas of your<br />
home, think about the DCRC<br />
before placing unwanted items<br />
in the trash. If you are buying<br />
new cell phones, tablets,<br />
and video game systems at<br />
Christmas, bring your old ones<br />
to the Drive-Thru to recycle.<br />
The DCRC is about more than<br />
just recycling and is here to<br />
stay to provide all the services<br />
mentioned earlier to Dearborn<br />
County. We welcome those<br />
who support and look to increase<br />
similar services.<br />
International<br />
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Thu, Dec 5 th<br />
Fri, Dec 6th<br />
Sat, Dec 7th<br />
4p – 9p<br />
4p – 9p<br />
10a – 4p<br />
Dearborn County Fairgrounds<br />
Lawrenceburg, Indiana<br />
Shop fair trade and change lives.<br />
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Firefighters Scholarship Program<br />
The Indiana Volunteer Firefighter’s Association and Ivy Tech<br />
Community College have partnered to give volunteer first<br />
responders the chance to earn a two-year degree, tuition free.<br />
Jared Teaney, a Dillsboro volunteer firefighter who plans to<br />
enroll using the scholarship, is shown with State Representative<br />
Randy Frye who started the initiative. Also joining them is Dr.<br />
Sue Ellspermann, President of Ivy Tech Community College.<br />
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Page 10A THE BEACON December 20<strong>19</strong><br />
A True Gift That Impacted the World<br />
Editor’s Note- I first met<br />
Karis Troyer and her father<br />
quite by divine intervention.<br />
Their story embraces all that<br />
is our community- a smalltown<br />
person having a vision<br />
and tenacity that has literally<br />
impacted the world. I would<br />
like to thank Karis and her<br />
father for sharing this incredible,<br />
lifelong journey with us.<br />
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In the <strong>19</strong>70s, when hedonism<br />
and free love were at<br />
their peak, one girl attending<br />
college in Indiana had a<br />
different idea of what her life<br />
was going to be. Patti married<br />
Mark, and that’s where their<br />
story begins- a young couple<br />
with dreams of changing their<br />
world in a big way. After their<br />
graduation, marriage, and<br />
training, they headed for a<br />
remote Peruvian village on the<br />
other side of the Andes Mountains<br />
where no one spoke English<br />
or had even seen a white<br />
man. They left knowing two<br />
words in the native language<br />
and with the goal of learning<br />
it well enough over years and<br />
years of translating the Christian<br />
Bible into a brand new<br />
language- a Quechua dialect.<br />
Before this trip, I had no idea<br />
that Bible translation took<br />
decades and that a huge team<br />
of people was involved- with<br />
Mark and Patti being one cog<br />
in the translating machine.<br />
Upon their arrival, they<br />
immediately learned a local<br />
legend of a “Pishtaco”- a very<br />
tall, pale boogeyman. If you<br />
have ever seen Mark, he is<br />
very, very tall and very, very<br />
white! The only reason that<br />
the locals weren’t more terrified<br />
of him was that he came<br />
with his wife and small child,<br />
and no one had ever heard<br />
of a Pishtaco with a family!<br />
After settling in, Patti told me<br />
a little bit about those first<br />
days and weeks. She carried<br />
around a small notebook in<br />
which to write words and<br />
phrases with what she guessed<br />
was the interpretation. She<br />
would work with the ladies at<br />
their daily chores and point<br />
to something and then write<br />
down the phonetic word that<br />
one of the women would say.<br />
The Quechua dialect that Patti<br />
and Mark decided to work on<br />
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Look closely to see the flow of the tourists toward the city gate in Macchu Picchu.<br />
had no written language- so<br />
it was more than just learning<br />
the language or translating<br />
it. They had the massive<br />
responsibility of creating a<br />
written language as well!<br />
One of the first chores that<br />
Patti was helping with was<br />
laundry, and she asked about<br />
the big wooden bins in which<br />
the women were washing<br />
the laundry. She was given a<br />
word, so she wrote it down.<br />
Later she asked about a tree<br />
that they were cutting down<br />
and was given the same word,<br />
so she assumed that the word<br />
was something like “wood” or<br />
maybe the type of tree. Later<br />
on again, she was asking<br />
about something giant, blue<br />
and plastic… and was given<br />
the same word. She told Mark<br />
that they were way off track,<br />
but after working it out with<br />
the Quechua speakers via<br />
hand motions and gesturesthe<br />
word was finally assigned<br />
the English descriptive meaning-<br />
“Big!”<br />
I had met Patti and Mark<br />
a few times in my childhood-<br />
the reason for my brief<br />
meshing with their story at<br />
the completion of their dream<br />
started before I was born.<br />
My mom and Patti were<br />
close friends in college- Patti<br />
even stood with my parents<br />
on their wedding day as a<br />
bridesmaid. I heard about<br />
Patti and Mark from birth- my<br />
mom helped support their<br />
ministry of Bible translation<br />
every month and extra at the<br />
holidays. I remember as a<br />
child going with my mom to<br />
the post office in July to send<br />
presents that would hopefully<br />
be delivered to Mark and<br />
Patti and their children before<br />
Christmas! We even received<br />
gifts from Patti- toy llamas<br />
made with llama or alpaca<br />
fur, dolls dressed in Quechua<br />
clothes, and flutes with which<br />
to annoy my parents. What I<br />
didn’t realize, and was only<br />
told about later, was how<br />
much of a contentious issue<br />
the monthly bills sometimes<br />
were for my parents. I was a<br />
kid who grew up blithely and<br />
happily unaware of anything<br />
outside of my small circle of<br />
care- bugs, bikes, Barbies.<br />
But each month when bills<br />
came due, and money was<br />
balanced, my dad questioned<br />
the faithful tithing of my<br />
mom- we needed that money!<br />
But her steadfast belief that,<br />
“You can’t outgive God,” and<br />
her absolute conviction in the<br />
rightness of contributing to<br />
Bible translation always won.<br />
My mom and dad knew<br />
for six or seven years that<br />
the completion of the “mission”-<br />
the full Old and New<br />
Testament translation into<br />
Quechua- was approaching<br />
and had planned to fly to<br />
Huaraz for the dedication.<br />
When my mom died of cancer<br />
in 2017, my dad continued<br />
supporting Mark and Patti in<br />
my mom’s honor but wasn’t<br />
sure about making the trip<br />
without her. After some backand-forth<br />
about what to do,<br />
the trip was planned with my<br />
dad and me flying down for<br />
the Bible dedication. South<br />
America has always been<br />
on my wanderlust radar, but<br />
never in the top ten places that<br />
I want to see. Usually, when I<br />
plan a trip, I know the country,<br />
customs, holidays, roads,<br />
and people as well as I can<br />
through time spent researching.<br />
So the evening I booked<br />
my flight to Peru, I spent time<br />
getting to know the country,<br />
but nothing prepared me for<br />
the arrival! We landed in Lima<br />
and spent one night before<br />
boarding a morning doubledecker<br />
bus that traveled eight<br />
hours to take us to Huaraz,<br />
which is the closest big city<br />
to where Mark and Patti spent<br />
their time working. The whole<br />
Fine glacial silt is suspended<br />
in the water of the<br />
glacier lake, resulting in its<br />
brilliant color.<br />
bus ride, as tired as I was, I<br />
couldn’t stop staring out of<br />
the window! The city of Lima<br />
itself was massive- much bigger<br />
than I expected. It took us<br />
more than an hour to make our<br />
way outside of the city limits!<br />
I didn’t realize that Lima is the<br />
third-biggest desert city after<br />
Cairo in Egypt and Karachi in<br />
Pakistan! Once we were out of<br />
the city, I saw the desert! The<br />
whole western spine between<br />
the Andes and the Pacific<br />
Ocean is a vast sandy stretchfoggy<br />
and surprisingly, full<br />
of rows and rows and rows of<br />
chicken houses!<br />
Once we cut into the<br />
interior of the country and<br />
away from the coast, things<br />
started getting green and more<br />
mountainous- more like the<br />
way I expected Peru to look.<br />
We came over the tallest<br />
pass- 13,871 feet above sea<br />
level and the highest I have<br />
been- and down into a valley<br />
with a vista of snow-capped<br />
peaks spread out around us in<br />
the most beautiful 180-degree<br />
panorama. The sun was setting<br />
behind us, and I can still<br />
see the view in my head. The<br />
light was all golden and<br />
Continued on page 11A<br />
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Karis Troyer and her father, Pat Murphy fulfilling a family<br />
legacy in Peru.<br />
Continued from page 10A<br />
peachy with the best shades of<br />
glacier blue and deep purple<br />
at the tops of the mountains. It<br />
took my breath away.<br />
We settled in Huaraz and<br />
spent the next several days<br />
sightseeing the area from<br />
sunup to well past sundown.<br />
I’m an easy sell to love something,<br />
and Huaraz stole my<br />
heart. It was noisy and dirty,<br />
and hundreds of dogs roamed,<br />
but it was also friendly, open,<br />
accessible, beautiful and gorgeously<br />
old nestled at the base<br />
of some of the tallest peaks<br />
in the Andes. Most of the<br />
buildings are fairly newish- a<br />
massive earthquake nearly<br />
leveled the town in <strong>19</strong>70- but<br />
the buildings were rebuilt in<br />
the old way, just with a little<br />
extra rebar for support! I could<br />
go on and on about the town<br />
and the people.<br />
The Saturday after we<br />
arrived was the Bible dedication,<br />
and the experience was<br />
so amazing. My dad and I<br />
were floored by the emotional<br />
outpouring- people who have<br />
never been able to read the<br />
Bible in their language were<br />
brought to tears by finally having<br />
access to the stories and<br />
words. They whooped, they<br />
hollered, they sang, they kissed<br />
the faces of the Bible translation<br />
team- they were crazy<br />
excited, and their passion was<br />
so genuine and raw. The entire<br />
dedication ceremony was in<br />
Quechua. Even though I didn’t<br />
understand a word, the mood<br />
was palpable, and the language<br />
barrier didn’t matter. We were<br />
all filled with an emotional and<br />
spiritual high- it was a true joy.<br />
What made it even more emotional<br />
for me was missing my<br />
mom every moment- this was<br />
supposed to be her trip with<br />
her friends to see the fruits of<br />
her life’s contribution. It was a<br />
bittersweet chapter in life since<br />
Mom’s death, and I wished every<br />
moment that she was there<br />
with my dad instead of me. She<br />
and Patti were so much alike,<br />
though- getting a ton of momhugs<br />
from her was so nice!<br />
The rest of the trip was<br />
amazing- glaciers, hikes<br />
around glacier pools, a Peruvian<br />
National Park, a Cuy<br />
lunch prepared by a local<br />
church, Huaraz’s central market,<br />
Cusco, Macchu Picchu,<br />
and so much fun time with my<br />
dad. It was a trip of a lifetime<br />
and ended up being so much<br />
more than a check on a tourist<br />
bucket list!<br />
By Merrill Hutchinson<br />
Have you ever seen someone<br />
who is stuck trying to<br />
solve a problem, and you knew<br />
what the solution to the problem<br />
is? You think to yourself,<br />
“Come on, man, all you have<br />
to do is...” The fact that the<br />
person you are watching can’t<br />
seem to see it drives you crazy.<br />
I didn’t say the solution would<br />
be easy, just that the answer<br />
is clear. At this point, things<br />
often get messed up. We want<br />
solutions to be straightforward.<br />
The reality is that sometimes<br />
the solution is obvious, but the<br />
implementation is difficult.<br />
Whether we are talking<br />
about crime rates, homelessness,<br />
poverty, drug abuse,<br />
lack of civility, mass shootings,<br />
etc., the one common<br />
factor is broken families, and<br />
drilling a little deeper, lack of<br />
strong dads! The statistics are<br />
overwhelming!<br />
The solution is right in front<br />
of our faces. In fact, if you are<br />
a man, you can look directly<br />
in the mirror, and the solution<br />
will look right back at you.<br />
It is time to stop ignoring the<br />
“elephant in the room.” We<br />
need our dads to step up and<br />
do their job!<br />
Counseling individuals on<br />
how to be strong dads is a primary<br />
area on which we focus<br />
our efforts. We work hard to<br />
shine the light on the necessity<br />
for men to step up and<br />
be the fathers they have been<br />
called to be. Yes, the solution<br />
is easy, but the work is hard!<br />
Being a strong dad takes sacrifice,<br />
commitment, perseverance,<br />
and unwavering faith in<br />
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the mission of fatherhood. It<br />
means doing things that we<br />
don’t always want to do. It<br />
means giving time, money,<br />
effort, and our hearts.<br />
In an article Eleven Qualities<br />
of a Christian Father, author<br />
David Peach lists eleven<br />
things a father needs to be or<br />
do to positively impact his<br />
family and future generations:<br />
Love God - living for your<br />
creator and recognizing that<br />
you didn’t create yourself, but<br />
were created with gifts for a<br />
purpose to serve.<br />
Love Others - demonstrate<br />
love through your willingness<br />
to sacrifice for others.<br />
Be a Mentor - understand<br />
your responsibility to coach,<br />
teach, and lead.<br />
Be Patient - learn to take a<br />
deep breath and step away.<br />
Be a Good Worker - show<br />
your family what a good work<br />
ethic is through your actions.<br />
Be Self Controlled - understand<br />
your emotions and keep<br />
them appropriate and healthy.<br />
Be Sober - avoid overuse of<br />
drugs and alcohol.<br />
Be Blameless - own your<br />
wrongdoings.<br />
Be Worthy of Respect - your<br />
actions matter.<br />
Not a Lover of Money -<br />
understand the purpose and<br />
value of money.<br />
Understand and Practice<br />
the Fruits of the Spirit - love,<br />
joy, peace, patience, kindness,<br />
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,<br />
and self-control.<br />
How are you doing in these<br />
areas? I know I struggle, but<br />
that struggle is with my selfish<br />
human nature and desires. Understanding<br />
this is our first step<br />
to growing as a strong dad.<br />
If you are a father or plan<br />
to be one, I challenge you to<br />
take a good look at the men<br />
who have been in your life.<br />
Emulate the ones who were<br />
positive and challenged you to<br />
be a great man. Learn from the<br />
ones who tore you down, and<br />
make a promise to yourself<br />
and your family that you will<br />
not do this to your children.<br />
If you have not been the<br />
father you know you need to<br />
be or are feeling convicted by<br />
this article, turn that conviction<br />
toward a positive<br />
change. Start by making a<br />
commitment to your family.<br />
Make apologies and begin<br />
the healing and rebuilding<br />
process. Trust is a difficult<br />
thing to rebuild. If you have<br />
not been trustworthy in the<br />
past, don’t expect everyone to<br />
begin trusting you the minute<br />
you tell them you are a newly<br />
committed father. Actions, not<br />
words, earn trust. Show your<br />
family that you are the father<br />
and leader of your home. Be<br />
the man your family needs<br />
you to be.<br />
I challenge you to listen in<br />
to our weekly podcast called<br />
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this journey as iron sharpens<br />
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on how to be a Strong<br />
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Where Have My Penguin Cookies Gone<br />
By Mary-Alice Helms<br />
Does anyone else remember<br />
those delicious Keebler<br />
creations called “Penguin<br />
Cookies”? Oh, my. Think of a<br />
cookie sandwich, made of two<br />
chocolate wafer cookies put together<br />
with a creamy chocolate<br />
fudge filling, then dipped in a<br />
coating of smooth milk chocolate.<br />
Talk about diet-breakers!<br />
Of course, they are no longer<br />
available. Keebler has discontinued<br />
producing them. I tried<br />
googling “Penguin cookies,”<br />
and got some lovely pictures<br />
of sugar cookies with penguins<br />
on them, penguin-shaped<br />
almond cookies, and penguin<br />
mints. No Keebler’s Penguin<br />
Cookies. They just don’t exist.<br />
Another of my favorite<br />
snacks was the cereal, Puffed<br />
Rice. I used to eat it like popcorn—no<br />
milk, no sugar. Unable<br />
to find it in stores, I again<br />
turned to my faithful computer.<br />
The first listing was from eBay<br />
and turned out to be a 2” x 3”<br />
refrigerator magnet, designed<br />
to look like a miniature Puffed<br />
Rice box. Not at all what I<br />
had in mind! This site also<br />
advertised a “genuine <strong>19</strong>50’s<br />
Puffed Rice box”. It was just<br />
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advertised puffed rice, with<br />
prices ranging from $8.00 for a<br />
1.5-ounce package to a dozen<br />
6 oz packages for $33.48, or<br />
$5.58 per ounce.<br />
Another “lost” item that I<br />
really wanted was Salt Sense,<br />
a low-sodium product that I<br />
have used for years. That, too,<br />
I found online—at $11.75 for<br />
three 10 ounce packages. Pricey,<br />
yes, but it will take a long,<br />
long time to use 30 ounces of<br />
salt (I keep telling myself!).<br />
My kids mention many<br />
other foods from their childhood,<br />
with great longing.<br />
Things like “Whip and Chill”<br />
and “Crispy Critters” and<br />
“Alphabits” cereals. Those<br />
two kinds of cereal could<br />
provide entertainment as well<br />
as good breakfasts. As for me,<br />
I’ve been looking for “Raggedy<br />
Peaches.” Does anyone<br />
else remember those? They<br />
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and not the cling variety.<br />
Of course, there are many<br />
things, in addition to foods,<br />
which have slipped away<br />
from us with time. Kids no<br />
longer play the games which<br />
our kids played for hours in<br />
the pre-electronic age. They<br />
loved Green Ghost, Mystery<br />
Date, and Shenanigans, along<br />
with many other board games.<br />
There were household items<br />
we thought we had to have,<br />
but which have disappeared<br />
without a trace. Our niece, Nicole,<br />
wanted a flour sifter as a<br />
shower gift, but only the kind<br />
that her grandmother had,<br />
which featured a unique backand-forth<br />
handle for sifting.<br />
Her mother finally found one<br />
for her in an antique store.<br />
Maybe it is nostalgia, or<br />
perhaps some things simply<br />
were “better” to us when we<br />
were young. One thing I’m<br />
sure of: Nothing will ever<br />
compare to a fresh- out- ofthe-<br />
box Penguin cookie!<br />
FROM<br />
H ere<br />
It’s been a long time for<br />
this, so I’m a bit on the rusty<br />
side. I haven’t written a newspaper<br />
column since July of<br />
2011. That’s when I left The<br />
Harrison Press after being an<br />
editor and columnist there for<br />
the better part of twenty-five<br />
years.<br />
Since it’s been a while,<br />
I’ve decided to use this first<br />
column to give you an idea<br />
about who Ollie Roehm is.<br />
Here goes.<br />
I was born in Margaret<br />
Mary Hospital in Batesville in<br />
October of <strong>19</strong>52. At the time,<br />
my parents lived in a little<br />
shotgun shack on SR 101<br />
in Negangard’s Corner, just<br />
outside of Sunman.<br />
We eventually moved to a<br />
house on Logan Road, now<br />
known as North Dearborn<br />
Road. I attended Bright Elementary<br />
School, now known<br />
as The Possum Saloon, from<br />
the first grade into the fifth.<br />
The family moved during<br />
my fifth-grade year to the<br />
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Indiana side of Carolina Trace<br />
Road in Franklin County. I<br />
went to Springfield School<br />
out near Mt. Carmel through<br />
seventh grade. In eighth<br />
grade, they sent me to Whitewater<br />
Township School, and I<br />
graduated high school there in<br />
<strong>19</strong>70. There were thirty-five<br />
people in the class; a lot of<br />
them were farm kids like me.<br />
I just told you all that<br />
growing-up stuff to prove<br />
my Indiana bona fides. I’m<br />
a born-and-raised Hoosier.<br />
Some of my family still<br />
resides near Milan, and I<br />
grew up hearing tales of the<br />
Indians’ <strong>19</strong>54 state basketball<br />
championship. My dad, aunt,<br />
and uncle were sitting in the<br />
Hinkle fieldhouse bleachers<br />
when it happened.<br />
I left Indiana in <strong>19</strong>71 to attend<br />
school at the University<br />
of Cincinnati. After bouncing<br />
around Cincy for a few years,<br />
I found the love of my life<br />
in <strong>19</strong>74. We were married<br />
in <strong>19</strong>75 and, truth be told, I<br />
said “I do” to three beauties<br />
on that October afternoon.<br />
Mary had two girls, ages five<br />
and two. Six years later, we<br />
welcomed our son into the<br />
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little girls to worry about. In<br />
<strong>19</strong>81 I started getting paid to<br />
play music, and that helped<br />
make ends meet. More about<br />
that later.<br />
In <strong>19</strong>87 I went to work at<br />
The Harrison Press as an advertising<br />
sales representative,<br />
and by <strong>19</strong>89 I was serving as<br />
editor. You might think being<br />
the editor of a small-town<br />
newspaper would be a laidback<br />
gig, maybe even boring.<br />
You’d be wrong.<br />
We gave our readers the<br />
news about everyday stuff<br />
like births, deaths, schools,<br />
sports, city and township<br />
government, etc. But it was<br />
often a wild ride, as we covered<br />
murders, rapes, robberies,<br />
fires, drownings, plane<br />
crashes, mayoral scandals,<br />
police scandals, elections,<br />
fraud, embezzlement, thefts,<br />
tornadoes, floods, droughts<br />
and so much more.<br />
Our work resulted in eleven<br />
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included six first-in-state for<br />
the column. I’m kind of proud<br />
of all that.<br />
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focus on everyday observations,<br />
humor, local people,<br />
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adventures of a small-town<br />
newspaperman, and whatever<br />
else I can pull out of my old<br />
brain and heart.<br />
I thank Tamara Taylor and<br />
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December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 13A<br />
Brad Callaway, Kevin Shipman, Elisha Clouse, Anne Branditz,<br />
Adrienne Bader, Lisa Tyler, Harweda Davis, Maria<br />
Keck, Melissa Lowe, Christa Loschiavo, Donny Loschiavo,<br />
Tytus Luckhaupt, and Wendy Sandmann.<br />
Bright Elementary Starts NASP Archery<br />
Submitted by Patty Pierce<br />
“Thwarp, thwarp, thwarp -<br />
bullseye!” Sounds of arrows<br />
hitting targets were heard at<br />
Bright Elementary as faculty,<br />
staff, parents, and community<br />
volunteers participated in<br />
the National Archery in the<br />
Schools Program (NASP ® )<br />
training. These archery certified<br />
instructors will present<br />
NASP lessons that are safe for<br />
students and meet state and<br />
national educational standards.<br />
NASP is more than arrows,<br />
targets, and bullseyes. The<br />
in-school program for fourth<br />
through twelfth graders improves<br />
performance in areas<br />
such as physical and character<br />
education, science, math, and<br />
history. It’s a team-building<br />
activity for all students, no<br />
matter the gender, size, academic,<br />
or athletic ability.<br />
Several surrounding school<br />
districts currently participate<br />
in NASP®, and the program<br />
is growing by leaps and<br />
bounds. Patty Pierce, a fourthgrade<br />
teacher at Bright, was<br />
first introduced to NASP and<br />
was inspired by the numerous<br />
benefits, including scholarship<br />
opportunities. She was strongly<br />
supported by Superintendent<br />
Dr. Jackson, the Sunman<br />
Dearborn Community School<br />
Board, and Kelly Roth, Bright<br />
Elementary Principal.<br />
Funding for equipment was<br />
awarded by the Department<br />
of Natural Resources Law<br />
Enforcement Grant, NASP<br />
Grant, and Bright Elementary<br />
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DEAR<br />
ARIE<br />
By<br />
Marie<br />
Segale<br />
marie@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Dear Marie,<br />
I have been divorced for<br />
many years. All my kids are<br />
grown and have families of<br />
their own. My ex-husband<br />
and I are often together with<br />
our kids and grandkids. We<br />
make the situation work.<br />
When our children were<br />
young and we were busy<br />
raising them, we didn’t see<br />
my ex husband’s parents<br />
very often. I remember<br />
his mom saying to him,<br />
“You still have parents.”<br />
My ex-husband’s parents<br />
had only had two sons, so<br />
when they left the nest, the<br />
parents were alone. Their<br />
health problems had somewhat<br />
confined them to their<br />
home. I took on the job of<br />
making sure to keep them<br />
in our lives. On weekends<br />
we had his parents over to<br />
spend the evening to keep<br />
them connected to their son<br />
and grandchildren. Now that<br />
I am getting older and I am<br />
the one who is alone, I can<br />
better understand how my<br />
mother-in-law felt.<br />
I saw my oldest son this<br />
past January and asked if<br />
we could meet for lunch to<br />
celebrate his birthday. I had<br />
not seen him or his wife for<br />
Christmas the month earlier.<br />
They had declined to be with<br />
the rest of the family because<br />
all the kids are so noisy. My<br />
son and his wife have no children,<br />
so they opted to spend<br />
the day with friends who have<br />
no children. I am quite sure<br />
his wife spent time with her<br />
family that day; she would not<br />
neglect them.<br />
Christmas is around the<br />
corner again. I’m not looking<br />
forward to being shunned<br />
by my oldest child again this<br />
year. His three siblings were<br />
also feeling hurt that their oldest<br />
brother did not want to see<br />
them. I have never used guilt<br />
to get my kids to do anything.<br />
Marie what do you think I<br />
should do?<br />
Linda in Brookville<br />
Dear Linda,<br />
I am so sorry to hear how<br />
badly your son is treating his<br />
mom, his dad and his siblings.<br />
Christmas is a time of year<br />
when we look forward to having<br />
happy times with the ones<br />
we love. We all assume that<br />
everyone will get along and<br />
be glad to see one another.<br />
We have a fairy tale idea that<br />
everything will be perfect!<br />
In the real world, life is not<br />
so perfect. When any of my<br />
adult children choose not to<br />
be with me or extended family,<br />
I remind myself that they<br />
are adults with many different<br />
expectations and demands on<br />
their time and energy. When<br />
one of my “little chicks” is<br />
not with the rest of us I am<br />
hurt, but in the end, I know<br />
that they are adults making<br />
their own decisions with<br />
which they will have to live.<br />
Would you really want to tell<br />
your son that you expect to<br />
see him this year for Christmas<br />
and that not showing up<br />
is not acceptable? Would you<br />
really want him to show up<br />
out of guilt?<br />
Do you have a pressing<br />
question or concern? Contact<br />
Marie@goBEACONnews.<br />
com.<br />
From a Dog’s Point of View<br />
By Iris and Tammy Turner<br />
Hi, this is Iris again, coming<br />
to you from the shelter.<br />
It’s getting colder outside,<br />
which is fine with me. I love<br />
this time of the year most,<br />
especially before the snow<br />
starts to fly, brrrrr. We have<br />
been told here at the shelter<br />
that Christmas time will soon<br />
be here, and we need to start<br />
thinking about what we want<br />
to ask Santa for. So while outside<br />
during our playtime, we<br />
all talked about it, and here is<br />
our list.<br />
Me, Iris – female, 6-yearold<br />
shepherd/lab mix. I<br />
want peanut butter kongs.<br />
I absolutely love them. We<br />
get one every day when the<br />
staff goes home, and it is my<br />
favorite thing in the whole<br />
world. Love my peanut butter<br />
(and it’s healthy for me<br />
too, right?).<br />
Speckles – male, 9-month<br />
old pit mix. I want lots of<br />
toys. Toys that squeak, toys<br />
that rattle, stuffed toys, pull<br />
toys, just lots of toys.<br />
Monte – male, 3-year-old<br />
Coonhound. I want lots of<br />
room to run, and even better<br />
would be some squirrels to<br />
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The 1800-pound charbray Tracy<br />
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earnings of $77,934 ranked crowd. Ray and a friendly<br />
times of need.<br />
him behind Ty Murray, the fellow had a hearty discussion<br />
about bulls they had<br />
rodeo favorite. I had seen a<br />
real qualifier and a bull rider, in their farming days. Both<br />
To God for the blessings<br />
no less.<br />
agreed Jersey bulls were the<br />
Round by round went by meanest. I thought Bodacious<br />
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In his lifetime, he had only<br />
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One afternoon we went to<br />
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We toured the casinos. I will<br />
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week of rodeo sessions.<br />
The finale to our rally was<br />
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had not ridden one bull. Nine<br />
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He was scheduled to ride Durango....<br />
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That kiss didn’t bring Mike<br />
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Last year, as a rookie, he<br />
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scores, and no dollars.<br />
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BEACON<br />
PORTS<br />
SCENE<br />
By<br />
Chris Jack<br />
Nobbe<br />
Zoller<br />
<strong>beacon</strong>sports<br />
@live.com<br />
sports@goBEACONnews.com<br />
S-DMS Trojan<br />
Swimming Completes<br />
Undefeated Season<br />
The Sunman-Dearborn Middle<br />
School girls’ and boys’<br />
swim teams each completed<br />
perfect seasons capped with<br />
their eight consecutive Connersville<br />
Invitational titles.<br />
The girls’ By team had regularseason<br />
dual Maxine victories over<br />
Greendale Klump (<strong>12</strong>2-50), South<br />
Dearborn (97-59), Greendale<br />
(114-58), Community and South Dearborn<br />
(105-74).<br />
Correspondent<br />
The regular season meets<br />
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for boys’ team were as<br />
follows: Greendale (140-5),<br />
South Dearborn (93-63),<br />
Greendale (133-25), and<br />
South Dearborn (107-69).<br />
The girls won the Connersville<br />
Invitational with 383<br />
points. The Trojan boys won<br />
the Connersville Invitational<br />
with 382 points, followed by<br />
Richmond (257), Centerville<br />
(237), Connersville (173), and<br />
Greendale (29).<br />
Multiple-event winners in<br />
the invitational for the Trojans<br />
were: Reagan Reany in the<br />
200- and 500-freestyle, Riley<br />
Reany in the 50-freestyle and<br />
100-backstroke, and Henry<br />
Strotman in the 100-breaststroke<br />
and 200-individual<br />
medley. Other winners were:<br />
Ayden Ketchem (50-freestyle),<br />
Brayden Burbrink (200-freestyle),<br />
Andrew Strotman<br />
(100-backstroke), Madison<br />
Goodwin (100-breaststroke),<br />
Adam Stephenson (500-freestyle),<br />
and Bree Cleary (1-meter<br />
springboard diving).<br />
Aubree Popen, Riley<br />
Shumate, Riley Reany, and<br />
Reagan Reany won the girls’<br />
200-freestyle relay. Ella Maxwell,<br />
Riley Reany, Madison<br />
Goodwin, and Reagan Reany<br />
won the girls’ 400-freestyle<br />
relay. Kyle Goodwin, Ayden<br />
Ketchem, Henry Strotman,<br />
and Isaac Quick won the<br />
boys’ 200-medley relay.<br />
Brayden Burbrink, Isaac<br />
Quick, Adam Stephenson,<br />
and Henry Strotman won the<br />
boy’s 200-freestyle relay.<br />
Adam Stephenson, Andrew<br />
Strotman, Kyle Goodwin,<br />
and Ayden Ketchem won the<br />
boys’ 400-freestyle relay.<br />
The Batesville boys’ cross<br />
country team advanced to<br />
the IHSAA semi-state with a<br />
third-place team finish at regional<br />
competition. (Photo<br />
courtesy of Lisa Gausman)<br />
EC Enjoys Perfect<br />
Regular Season<br />
East Central Football undoubtedly<br />
has a tradition-rich<br />
program having enjoyed two<br />
state titles and two runner-up<br />
performances in its school’s<br />
history. However, not since<br />
<strong>19</strong>94 has the program enjoyed<br />
a perfect regular season.<br />
That is exactly what young,<br />
first-year head coach Jake<br />
Meiners, a standout EC player<br />
in his time and recent assistant<br />
in the program, was able<br />
to attain in his first year at the<br />
helm of the Trojan program.<br />
In addition, the Trojans ended<br />
the regular season ranked as<br />
the #1 team in 4A by the Associated<br />
Press Media while<br />
enjoying the #2 ranking in the<br />
Coaches’ Poll.<br />
Granted, the program does<br />
not shy away from tough competition<br />
year in and year out in<br />
the scheduling of its non-conference<br />
opponents, but it has<br />
not been able to produce this<br />
unblemished regular season<br />
against the likes of Moeller,<br />
Roncalli, Chatard, LaSalle,<br />
and the often-tough Battle of<br />
I-74 with Harrison that have<br />
rotated into their schedule the<br />
past twenty-five seasons.<br />
This year’s campaign was<br />
not without a few earlyseason<br />
challenges. The<br />
Trojans came out of the gate<br />
with 30-<strong>12</strong> victory at The Pit<br />
in Lawrenceburg to begin<br />
the season. The Tigers, who<br />
ended up the season ranked<br />
#8 in the Coaches’ Poll and #9<br />
in the AP Poll, carry this loss<br />
as their only regular-season<br />
blemish on a fine regular season<br />
as well.<br />
The Trojans then eked out a<br />
close overtime battle in Week<br />
3 against Harrison with a field<br />
goal by Sophie Browndyke<br />
to take the win. After that, the<br />
Trojans were able to enjoy a<br />
fairly uncontested run through<br />
the other southeastern Indiana<br />
programs. The team outscored<br />
its opponents 361-47 for the<br />
duration of the regular season.<br />
The Trojan offense attack<br />
was led by running back Jake<br />
Fike, who amassed 21 touchdowns<br />
on <strong>12</strong>62 yards on the<br />
ground. Quarterback Ryan<br />
Bond threw for 14 touchdowns<br />
and 1138 yards in the<br />
regular season while receivers<br />
Mac Studer, David Badescu,<br />
and Trevor Becker have been<br />
primary targets.<br />
The strong defensive unit<br />
was led by Kole Viel (61),<br />
Kyle Krummen (47), and<br />
Nathan Griffin (44) in tackle<br />
points. Tyson Keller (5.5) and<br />
Gage Ertel (5) have been most<br />
prolific at getting to the passer<br />
with sacks, while Erik Perkins<br />
and Devon Donawerth lead<br />
the team in interceptions with<br />
3 and 2, respectively.<br />
The Trojans look to match<br />
the <strong>19</strong>94 undefeated state<br />
championship squad as they<br />
enter IHSAA Sectional play. In<br />
fact, if they attain a state title,<br />
they will have one more victory<br />
than the <strong>19</strong>94 team due to the<br />
additional regular-season game<br />
now played in the schedule.<br />
SAVE<br />
THE<br />
DATE<br />
Batesville Girls’ CC<br />
Wins Regional Title<br />
The Batesville High School<br />
girls’ cross country team<br />
captured the IHSAA Regional<br />
title. The win marks the first<br />
girls’ regional title in school<br />
history. The Bulldog boys’<br />
team also advanced to the<br />
semi-state with a third-place<br />
team finish along with several<br />
individual runners.<br />
In the girls’ race, Batesville<br />
sophomore Lily Pinckley<br />
came in second to Greensburg’s<br />
Brenner Hanna while<br />
setting a new school record of<br />
<strong>19</strong>:02 in the 5K race. Despite<br />
the girls’ team failing<br />
to advance to the state finals,<br />
Pinckley was also able to<br />
secure an individual spot at<br />
the state championships by<br />
running a time of <strong>19</strong>:13 at the<br />
Shelbyville Semi-state.<br />
In the regional championships,<br />
Pinckley was followed<br />
by teammates freshman Ava<br />
Hanson in 4th in a time of<br />
<strong>19</strong>:33, Maria Lopez finishing<br />
9th in 20:14, freshman<br />
Madison Rahschulte finishing<br />
14th in 20:37, and freshman<br />
Sophie Myers finishing 24th<br />
in 21:10 to round out the team<br />
score of 53 coming from all<br />
sophomore and freshman runners.<br />
Senior Liz Loichinger<br />
(21:21) and junior Trysta<br />
Vierling (21:31) rounded out<br />
the team scoring in the meet.<br />
Despite some injuries, Lisa<br />
Gausman’s girls’ team has put<br />
together one fine season. One<br />
particular injury to senior Liz<br />
Loichinger had kept her from<br />
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running much of the season;<br />
however, she was able to run<br />
in the IHSAA competitions.<br />
Despite the limited training<br />
during nearly two months of<br />
injury, Loichinger ran a 22:22<br />
at sectional only to best her<br />
time by over a minute a week<br />
later at the regional in 21:21<br />
and again take off even more<br />
time at semi-state to finish her<br />
career in the top five on her<br />
team in her final race with a<br />
time of 20:58.<br />
The Lady Bulldogs were<br />
impressive in the regional<br />
championships by defeating<br />
runner-up Center Grove, 53-<br />
84. Individual runners from<br />
other teams also were able<br />
to advance to the semi-state<br />
race, but none advanced to<br />
the state finals. Individuals<br />
advancing from the regional<br />
were Lawrenceburg’s Hannah<br />
Morgan in <strong>12</strong>th overall<br />
in (20:22); Rachel Campbell<br />
in <strong>19</strong>th in 20:49 and Emilee<br />
Wedding in 26th in 21:13 of<br />
East Central; Rachel Rohe in<br />
29th in 21:20 of South Dearborn,<br />
and Lauren Kelly in 7th<br />
overall (20:14) and Katelyn<br />
Meyer in 24th overall (21:34)<br />
of Franklin County who<br />
advanced from the IHSAA<br />
Regional.<br />
The Bulldog boys’ team<br />
was also able to garner a<br />
semi-state berth with a thirdplace<br />
finish at the regional.<br />
Batesville was led by senior<br />
Adam Moster in the regional<br />
race who finished in 5th place<br />
in a time of 16:15. Moster<br />
also qualified individually for<br />
the state finals by placing 16th<br />
at the IHSAA Semi-state.<br />
Moster was followed in the<br />
regional race by sophomore<br />
Ean Loichinger, who placed<br />
9th in 16:34 and fellow senior<br />
Josh Myers, who placed 14th<br />
in a time of 16:49. Team<br />
scorers were rounded out<br />
by sophomores Ben Moster<br />
in 23rd in 17:26 and Daren<br />
Smith in 33rd, finishing in<br />
17:47. Juniors Dillon Murray<br />
(18:08) and Nathan Villani<br />
(18:11) were the final two<br />
runners for the team.<br />
Other area runners who<br />
competed at the regional level<br />
and qualified for semi-state<br />
were Oldenburg Academy<br />
junior Tyler Kuntz, who was<br />
13th in 16:46 and senior Dylan<br />
Fledderman, who was <strong>19</strong>th in<br />
17:17, and East Central sophomore<br />
Michael Sch<strong>web</strong>ach who<br />
was 22nd in 17:26.<br />
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By<br />
Bob<br />
Waples<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
bright@goBEACONnews.com<br />
In honor of all veterans, a<br />
BIG thank you as we remembered/honored<br />
veterans on<br />
Monday, Nov. 11, 20<strong>19</strong>. As<br />
a veteran myself, I salute the<br />
men and women that have<br />
proudly served our great<br />
nation. My monthly veteran<br />
salute goes to…<br />
Norma Branigan- US<br />
Navy <strong>19</strong>79-<strong>19</strong>83<br />
Julius Huffman- US Army<br />
<strong>19</strong>52-<strong>19</strong>54<br />
Lawrence Lytle- US Army<br />
<strong>19</strong>46-<strong>19</strong>47<br />
David (Didge) Smith- US<br />
Navy <strong>19</strong>58-<strong>19</strong>59<br />
The Bright American<br />
Legion Herald-Seig Post 132<br />
handed out poppies at the<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Kroger store in Lawrenceburg<br />
on Saturday, Nov. 9, in remembrance<br />
of Veteran’s Day.<br />
A big shout out to my sis<br />
Nancy Waples Condon<br />
and her effort in October<br />
for Breast Cancer. A cancer<br />
survivor herself, she dresses<br />
up each Friday in October and<br />
collects monies throughout<br />
her plant (Meyer Tool) to<br />
donate to breast cancer. Last<br />
year she raised nearly $1000.<br />
Thanks, and love to Nancy.<br />
This month I would like to<br />
recognize a great community<br />
resource, the North Dearborn<br />
Library branch. Something<br />
can be found there for everyone,<br />
from books to movies,<br />
seminars, and research.<br />
They take the time to offer<br />
special selections throughout<br />
the year. The staff’s willingness<br />
to help is amazing…<br />
each one is always cheerful<br />
and smiling, and the smiles<br />
are real because they enjoy<br />
helping us. And in December<br />
(right around the corner),<br />
Santa visits our branch on<br />
Dec. 14 from noon to 2 P.M.<br />
before returning to the North<br />
Communities<br />
Pole to prepare his sleigh for<br />
Christmas… HOHOHO. With<br />
all that said… a BIG thank<br />
you to- Lorrie, Peggy, Beth,<br />
Anne, Paula, and Joan.<br />
A few November birthdays,<br />
I would like to recognize:<br />
John Blasdel Sr. (91), Bert<br />
Wagner (91), and Lawrence<br />
Lytle (92). All are embracing<br />
their 90’s like true gentlemen.<br />
Happy Birthday guys!<br />
I would also like to recognize<br />
my triplet great-nephews<br />
on their ‘sweet’ 16th – Avery,<br />
Brenden, Cooper Jones.<br />
Happy Birthday to “my buds.”<br />
As we prepare to celebrate<br />
Thanksgiving this month, I<br />
would like to tell you a little<br />
about the holiday. Thanksgiving<br />
began around 1621 with<br />
the pilgrims as they celebrated<br />
the harvest festival. Thanksgiving<br />
was recognized by<br />
President George Washington<br />
around 1789 and declared a<br />
national holiday by President<br />
Abraham Lincoln in 1863.<br />
Today we celebrate with feast,<br />
family, and football… remember<br />
to take some time to thank<br />
God for our country and all of<br />
our blessings.<br />
Since I am talking about<br />
Thanksgiving, I want to<br />
Nancy Waples Condon<br />
raises awareness of breast<br />
cancer throughout the<br />
month of October.<br />
remind you about the annual<br />
Gobble Wobble. The 5K walk/<br />
run is held annually by All<br />
Saints Parish- St John, Dover<br />
campus. It is held on Thanksgiving<br />
morning at 9 A.M. and<br />
benefits the North Dearborn<br />
Food Pantry and Sunman<br />
Food Pantry. You can Google<br />
Gobble Wobble 5K and get<br />
their <strong>web</strong>site and even preregister.<br />
Gob gob gobble…<br />
turkey talk for ‘see ya there.’<br />
Again, with Christmas right<br />
around the corner, please<br />
The Bright Lions took part<br />
in the North Dearborn<br />
School’s ‘trunk or treat’.<br />
Lions handed out over five<br />
hundred bags of candy.<br />
What an awesome event<br />
for the kids and parents.<br />
look for the ‘giving trees’ at<br />
various locations (churches,<br />
libraries, and businesses.)<br />
Please participate.<br />
In closing…. “As we express<br />
our gratitude, we must<br />
never forget that the highest<br />
appreciation is not to utter<br />
words but to live by them.”<br />
President John F. Kennedy<br />
Happy Thanksgiving, and<br />
remember, there is always<br />
something for which to be<br />
thankful.<br />
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to fill an Operation Christmas<br />
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Deana Morris at 513-687-<br />
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homes, non-profit vendors,<br />
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brings our amazing community<br />
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Children’s Committee’s next<br />
event is Cookies with Santa<br />
on Dec. 8. More details to follow<br />
on FB or HVL email, or<br />
you can contact me.<br />
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Maddie Airgood, Shawnee<br />
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Paul, Tori Heinrich, Elizabeth<br />
Isom, Alix Feiss, Deana<br />
Morris, Lindsay McFelea,<br />
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ST. LEON<br />
By<br />
Debbie A.<br />
Zimmer<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
stleon@goBEACONnews.com<br />
A big thank you goes out<br />
to everyone who helped to<br />
make the St. Joseph American<br />
Legion Oktoberfest a great<br />
success. The weather was<br />
perfect, making for a record<br />
crowd in attendance. That is<br />
the beautiful thing about our<br />
town- all of the community<br />
volunteers who pitch in to<br />
help make an event like this<br />
happen and successful!<br />
The Franklin County<br />
Antique Machinery Show in<br />
Brookville had several local<br />
first-time attendees: Kevin<br />
Conn, Jimmy and Amy Allen,<br />
Donna Smith, and Rita<br />
and Rob Seig. They had a<br />
great time and said they would<br />
be back again next year!<br />
Several residents participated<br />
and won trophies in the tractor<br />
pulls. Mark Sturwold won<br />
first place in the 3500 class.<br />
Don “Unser” Schuman<br />
came in second place in the<br />
5500. Harold Sturwold won<br />
first place in the 4500. Other<br />
participants were Lexi Wert,<br />
Bridget Hoffman, Big Moose<br />
Allen, Little Moose Allen,<br />
Mary Schuman, Tim Hiltz,<br />
Dave Bischoff, Don Huber,<br />
Jessica Getz, Don “Putt”<br />
Bischoff, Steven Hiltz, and<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Randy Schuman. Thirtythree<br />
tractors traveled down<br />
the back roads between St.<br />
Leon and Brookville for the<br />
annual “tractor parade.”<br />
Get well wishes go out to<br />
Alvin and Annie Werner,<br />
Frances Bischoff, Ted Herth,<br />
and Rob Herth. Hope all of<br />
you are feeling much better.<br />
Ruth and Jake Stenger<br />
recently celebrated their<br />
65th Wedding Anniversary --<br />
here’s to many more!!!<br />
Bernita (Beanie) Weisbrodt<br />
Andres, 93 years old, passed<br />
on to her heavenly home on<br />
October <strong>12</strong>. Aunt Beanie was<br />
married to Edgar for fiftythree<br />
years before he passed<br />
away in 2003. They were<br />
blessed with seven children<br />
Carol (Jim) Fox, Marie (Ray)<br />
Gunter, Edgar Jr. (Connie)<br />
Andres, Geralyn (Urban)<br />
Brackman, Gerard (Tonia)<br />
Andres, Gerise (David)<br />
Short, Tina (Mike) DiMeglio,<br />
twenty-six grandchildren and<br />
twenty great-grandchildren.<br />
Two people, in particular,<br />
went above and beyond to<br />
provide the care she needed<br />
for the last several yearsdaughter,<br />
Gerise, and granddaughter,<br />
Alisha. Beanie<br />
loved her Christmas tree so<br />
much that her children kept it<br />
up year-round and decorated<br />
it for every season. Bernita<br />
also loved being outside,<br />
whether it was counting the<br />
cars going by or watching<br />
the bluebirds. She was a fan<br />
of the Andy Griffith Show,<br />
the Cincinnati Reds, and in<br />
Communities<br />
the last few years, became a<br />
fan of pro wrestling on TV.<br />
Bernita loved her sweets and<br />
coffee, especially raspberry<br />
donuts. Bernita was a former<br />
member of St. Joseph American<br />
Legion Auxiliary Unit<br />
464 and a lifelong member of<br />
St. Joseph Church.<br />
Carl Haas, 95, of Southgate,<br />
passed away Sept. 27<br />
surrounded by family. He<br />
was married to Jean for sixty<br />
years before she passed. Carl<br />
was proud of his dairy farm.<br />
He played shortstop for the<br />
Southgate baseball team and<br />
still had his jersey hanging in<br />
a place of honor in his house.<br />
He was a lifelong member of<br />
St. Joseph Church.<br />
Carl will be dearly missed<br />
by his children Stephen (Roberta)<br />
Haas, Carla Sue (Paul)<br />
Bischoff, Sharon (Sherry)<br />
(Ed) Willhelm, Mary (Eddie)<br />
Kesterson, Donald (Patricia),<br />
Jan (Jeff) Schnitker, Emily<br />
Rivers, Betty Jo (Michael)<br />
Buckingham, fourteen grandchildren,<br />
and seven greatgrandchildren.<br />
Congratulations go out to<br />
Kim and Barrett McClish on<br />
the recent birth of their son<br />
Milo James. He is welcomed<br />
home by his big sister Rowan.<br />
Proud grandparents are<br />
Carol and Jim Fox.<br />
December Birthdays– 1<br />
Blain Werner, 2 Emma<br />
Hoog, 3 my brother-in-law<br />
Steve Kramer, Alex Wilhelm<br />
and Erin Wilhelm, 4<br />
my grandson Carter Barrett,<br />
nephew Keegan Haag, niece<br />
Franklin Co. Tractor Show first time attendees: Kevin<br />
Conn, Jimmy Allen, Amy Allen, Donna Smith, Rita Seig<br />
and Rob Seig. (Photo courtesy of Julie Baker)<br />
Michelle Andres, Andrew<br />
Deddens and Mary Jayne<br />
Cull, 5 my lovely sister Karen<br />
Fox (the “Big 60”), Sheila<br />
Hoog and Emily Vonderheide,<br />
6 Doris Baker and Ruth<br />
Stenger, 7 my niece Chelsea<br />
Whitt, Jennifer Schwegman,<br />
Nolan Stenger, Tyler Wilgenbusch<br />
and Linda Borgman,<br />
8 Martha Schuman<br />
and Chris Bader, 9 Terri<br />
Gardner and Judy Stenger,<br />
10 Jerry Bulach, 11 Claire<br />
Stenger, Mary Schuman, and<br />
Tristan Kamos, 13 Marlene<br />
Werner and cousin Kasey<br />
Andres, 14 Addy Prifogle,<br />
and Carmen Fischer, 15<br />
Darren Callahan, 16 Shelli<br />
Bulach, 17 Betty Bruns, and<br />
Becky Estridge, 18 Troy<br />
Wilhelm, Mary Schuman,<br />
Steve Stenger, and my<br />
niece Dede Miller, 20 Ken<br />
Schuman, and my son-in-law<br />
Brad Inman, 24 Merrilynn<br />
Hertel, Jerry Stenger, and<br />
Janet Bischoff , 25 Shar<br />
Bischoff , Marvin Schuman,<br />
and Joey Ritzi, 26 Cornie<br />
Hoffman, 28 Ryan Stenger,<br />
Jenny Lindsey, and Putt<br />
Bischoff, 30 Denise French.<br />
Get in touch with me with<br />
any news items for the column<br />
at stleon@goBEACONnews.com.<br />
December in Dearborn County, Southeast Indiana...the Perfect Place to Play!<br />
Hillforest Victorian Christmas Exhibit International Fair Trade Sale Lawrenceburg’s Winter Wonderland New Year’s Eve at Perfect North Slopes<br />
November 9-Jan 5 – Lawrenceburg Winter<br />
Wonderland Ice Skating Rink Open - Ice Rink<br />
is located at Todd Creech Park, 305 W. Tate Street,<br />
Lawrenceburg. <strong>12</strong>PM-9PM, Saturday November 9th.<br />
Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-537-4507 or www.thinklawrenceburg.com.<br />
November 20-Dec 29 – A Victorian Christmas<br />
Exhibit at Hillforest - Hillforest Victorian House<br />
Museum, 213 Fifth Street, Aurora. Open Tuesday<br />
through Sunday, 1:00PM-5:00PM. Experience the<br />
warmth and charm of the 163 year old Hillforest as<br />
it is decorated for the Christmas Holidays. Info: 8<strong>12</strong><br />
926-0087 or www.hillforest.org.<br />
November 29-Dec 21 – Dearborn Highlands<br />
Arts Council-Arts Alive! Art Fair & Gift Bazaar -<br />
Dearborn Highlands Arts Council Gallery, 331 Walnut<br />
Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. A six week celebration<br />
of Fine Arts and Crafts Vendors - pottery, painting,<br />
artwear, candles, lotions and more. Closed Sunday &<br />
Monday during the Art Fair & Gift Bazaar. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-<br />
539-4251 or www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org.<br />
November 30-Dec 1 – Winter Wonderland<br />
in Lawrenceburg - Saturday is Small Business<br />
Saturday and family activities begin with Breakfast<br />
with Santa at Lawrenceburg Community Center.<br />
The Winter Wonderland parade brings the arrival<br />
of Santa and Mrs. Claus. The lighting of the city’s<br />
Christmas tree will take place Sunday evening. 8<strong>12</strong>-<br />
537-4507 or www.thinklawrenceburg.com.<br />
December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Carnegie Hall<br />
Open for Tours - Carnegie Hall, 14687 Main Street,<br />
Moores Hill, Indiana. Open Sundays through mid<br />
December. Last day this year is Dec. 15. Carnegie Hall<br />
was built in <strong>19</strong>07 and houses three museums. Info:<br />
8<strong>12</strong>-744-4015 or www.thecarnegiehall.org.<br />
December 1-22 – Miracle on Main Street in<br />
Aurora - Enjoy one of the largest Dickens Villages<br />
in the tri-state area, visits and breakfasts with<br />
Santa, carolers, concerts, and more. Festivities begin<br />
December 1 with the annual Christmas Tree lighting<br />
and parade, 6PM, Second & Main Sts. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-926-<br />
1100 or www.aurora.in.us.<br />
December 1 & 5 – Veraestau Open for Tours<br />
- 4696 Veraestau Lane, Aurora. Set on a bluff with<br />
a sweeping view of the Ohio River and Kentucky<br />
below. The original house was built in 1810 by early<br />
settler Jesse Holman. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-926-0983 or www.<br />
indianalandmarks.org/our-historic-sites/veraestau<br />
December 3, 5, 7 – Hillforest’s Return to<br />
Downton Abbey Holiday Tea Time - 1:00PM at<br />
Hillforest Victorian House Museum, 213 Fifth Street,<br />
Aurora. Tour Hillforest’s Victorian Christmas exhibit<br />
and enjoy a “Downton” inspired three-course tea.<br />
8<strong>12</strong>-926-0087 or www.hillforest.org/calendar.php.<br />
December 5-7 – International Fair Trade Sale -<br />
Agner Hall at Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, U.S. Route<br />
50, Lawrenceburg. 4PM-9PM, Thursday and Friday,<br />
10AM-4PM, Saturday. Shop for handcrafted gifts<br />
made by people from around the world who are<br />
trying to break the cycle of poverty. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-290-<br />
8028 or www.facebook.com/InternationalFairTrade.<br />
December 5-8 – Greenbriar Shop - Christmas<br />
in Indiana Open House - <strong>19</strong>374 Collier Ridge<br />
Road, Guilford, Indiana. 10am-6pm/ Thursday and<br />
Friday. 10am-5pm/Saturday. 11am-5pm/Sunday.<br />
Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-497-8008 or www.facebook.com/www.<br />
thegreenbriarshop.net..<br />
December 7 – Lawrenceburg Winter<br />
Wonderland Pet Parade - 8<strong>12</strong>-537-4507 or www.<br />
thinklawrenceburg.com for complete schedule.<br />
December 7, 14, 21 – Miracle on Main Street’s<br />
Breakfast With Santa - Aurora Lions Club at<br />
8:30AM & 10:30AM. Reservations beginning 9/11<br />
at 8<strong>12</strong>-926-2499. $7.00 per adult. Children are free.<br />
Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-926-1100 or www.aurora.in.us.<br />
December 7 – The Velveteen Rabbit - Rivertown<br />
Players - Presented at 11AM, 1:00PM and 3PM at<br />
the Lawrenceburg Public Library, 150 Mary Street.<br />
Free admission. Based on the British Children’s book<br />
written by Margery Williams, the play chronicles<br />
the story of a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real<br />
through the love of his owner. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-539-4251 or<br />
www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org.<br />
December 7 – Our Hometown Christmas in<br />
Dillsboro - 10:00am - 5:00pm. Businesses will hold<br />
holiday open houses. Lighting of the town’s old<br />
fashioned lights, breakfast with Santa, Christmas<br />
caroling, live Nativity and a craft and food bazaar.<br />
Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-432-9002 or www.dillsboro.in.<br />
December 7 – Moores Hill Carnegie Hall<br />
Winter Luminaria Walk - 5:30pm-8pm. Carnegie<br />
Hall, 14687 Main Street, Moores Hill. The town of<br />
Moores Hill and Carnegie Hall present this annual<br />
Christmas event. Obtain a punch card and a map<br />
of participating venues at the American Legion<br />
Park. The lighting of the town Christmas tree occurs<br />
at 5:30PM at the park. Carnegie Hall is open for<br />
tours and additional venues are open for various<br />
activities, such as visits from Santa, horse & carriage<br />
rides, carolers, food and more. Luminaries will light<br />
the sidewalks from the park and throughout the<br />
town. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-744-4015 or www.facebook.com/<br />
MooresHillSchool.<br />
December 8 – Hillforest Victorian Christmas<br />
Open House - 1-5pm, 213 Fifth Street, Aurora.<br />
Bring the family to tour Hillforest’s Victorian<br />
Christmas, featuring costumed docents, holiday<br />
refreshments and periodic entertainment. Regular<br />
admission charged. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-926-0087 or<br />
www.hillforest.org.<br />
December 14 – Mrs. Claus Saves the Day - TCT<br />
on Tour - 11AM at North Dearborn Branch Library,<br />
25969 Dole Road, West Harrison, Indiana. Free<br />
admission. With traditional carols and a worldpremiere<br />
script commissioned by The Children’s<br />
Theatre of Cincinnati, this holiday musical is<br />
about leadership, goodwill and teamwork. The<br />
Lawrenceburg Public Library Classics Series is made<br />
possible through the generosity of the Dearborn<br />
Highlands Arts Council, Inc., with support fromthe<br />
Lawrenceburg Public Library Services and Resources<br />
Foundation. Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-539-4251 or<br />
www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org.<br />
December 14 – Sippin’ With Santa at Great<br />
Crescent Brewery - 7-11pm. Great Crescent<br />
Brewery, 315 Importing Street, Aurora. Sponsored<br />
1-800-322-8<strong>19</strong>8 or www.VisitSoutheastIndiana.com<br />
by Main Street Aurora. Entertainment, cash bar,<br />
appetizers, pictures with Santa. Prizes for ugly<br />
sweater contest. $10.00, with proceeds going to<br />
Crescent Brewery Park. Reservations required - 8<strong>12</strong>-<br />
926-1100 or www.aurora.in.us/main-street-events.<br />
html.<br />
December 29 – Last Day to Tour Hillforest -<br />
Hillforest Victorian House Museum, 213 Fifth Street,<br />
Aurora. Open 1PM-5Pm. Reopens for the season on<br />
April 1, 2020. 8<strong>12</strong>-926-9987 or www.hillforest.org.<br />
December 31 – Aurora Main Street’s Dancing<br />
on Main New Year’s Eve - 7:30PM-<strong>12</strong>:30AM,<br />
Aurora Lions Club, 228 Second Street, Aurora.<br />
Sponsored by Main Street Aurora. Reservations<br />
and tickets are required in advance. $20.00 each.<br />
Tickets sell quickly. Included are admission, dinner,<br />
soft drinks, snacks and party favors. Doors open<br />
at 7PM, dinner at 7:30PM and Denver Brandt and<br />
the Wooden Wheels begin to play at 8:30PM.<br />
Reservations & Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-926-1100 or www.aurora.<br />
in.us/main-street-events.html.<br />
December 31 - Perfect North Slopes New Year’s<br />
Eve Celebration - 8PM-Midnight, December<br />
31, Perfect North Slopes, <strong>19</strong>074 Perfect Lane,<br />
Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Activities for the evening<br />
include a DJ in the ski lodge, party favors, torchlight<br />
parade and fireworks show at Midnight. Open<br />
for skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing until<br />
Midnight. Held annually, this is a popular event<br />
for groups and families to welcome the New Year!<br />
Admission charged to be on the snow, skiing,<br />
snowboarding or tubing. Fireworks free to watch.<br />
Info: 8<strong>12</strong>-537-3754 or www.perfectnorth.com.<br />
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NEW ALSACE<br />
By<br />
Laura<br />
Keller<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
St. Louis Preschool was awarded a grant to transform its<br />
indoor play area into an engaging playscape where preschool<br />
students learn through movement and exploration.<br />
BATESVILLE<br />
By<br />
Sue<br />
Siefert<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
batesville@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Liberty Park officials<br />
unveiled their new Gaga Ball<br />
Pit in October. Originally<br />
high school students voted on<br />
an amenity they would like<br />
to add to the community and<br />
Gaga was selected. Gaga is a<br />
fast-paced, high energy sport<br />
played in an octagonal pit<br />
that is a popular attraction for<br />
local teenagers. High school<br />
students, Adam Hollowell<br />
and Callie Main presented<br />
the proposal to Batesville<br />
City Council and requested<br />
the needed funding. Council<br />
members agreed to allow<br />
funds from the Belterra Community<br />
Fund to be used for<br />
the project to be built by the<br />
Parks Department. Ultimately<br />
the project was a partnership<br />
between local high school<br />
students, the Parks Department,<br />
Mayor’s Office, and<br />
Batesville Schools’ Resource<br />
Officers.<br />
Hillenbrand and the<br />
Batesville Community<br />
Schools have partnered<br />
to create a pilot program<br />
focused on teaching students<br />
about the principles<br />
of sustainability adopted<br />
by the United Nations. The<br />
program focuses on themes<br />
related to the reduction of<br />
poverty and hunger, health<br />
and well-being, and quality<br />
education through reading<br />
books aligned with those<br />
issues.<br />
Tory Flynn, Hillenbrand<br />
director of communications,<br />
noted, “Hillenbrand<br />
recently signed the United<br />
Nations Global Compact<br />
and wanted to create<br />
programming to localize<br />
the principles of the global<br />
goals, which are focused on<br />
Joe Greiwe and has<br />
daughter, Amy Weigel,<br />
recently went on the Honors<br />
Flight to Washington,<br />
DC with eighty-eight other<br />
veterans and their companions.<br />
Joe, a Korean War<br />
veteran, served in the Army.<br />
developing strategies that<br />
improve health and education,<br />
reduce inequality and<br />
spur economic growth. The<br />
company is helping develop<br />
the local programming<br />
and has provided additional<br />
resources.”<br />
Relive the magic of yesteryear<br />
when locomotives<br />
chugged through cities and<br />
villages delivering goods, carrying<br />
travelers and weaving<br />
dreams of life on the rails as<br />
we paused in awe of the train<br />
cars, their passengers, cargo,<br />
and their ever-welcoming<br />
conductors. The Batesville<br />
Area Historical Society is<br />
bringing the choo-choos back<br />
to life in one of its most interesting<br />
exhibits. (See ad on<br />
page 3A.)<br />
That’s Sue’s news for now!<br />
newalsace@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Krista Hutzel received<br />
the Engineering/Technology<br />
Educators of Indiana<br />
Award.<br />
Everywhere we turn, we<br />
are surrounded by technology.<br />
Computers, iPads and smart<br />
phones have transformed the<br />
way we live and it’s critical that<br />
we help children prepare for careers<br />
in information technology.<br />
Congratulations to Krista<br />
Hutzel, a Computer Science<br />
teacher at East Central High<br />
School, who is the recent<br />
recipient of the Engineering/<br />
Technology Educators of<br />
Indiana (E/TEI) Award. Krista<br />
was nominated by East Central’s<br />
principal, Tom Black.<br />
Krista is in her fourteenth<br />
year of teaching and teaches<br />
Computer Science I and II,<br />
Web Design, and College<br />
Careers. In addition, she runs<br />
“The Drop Zone,” a technical<br />
support class where students<br />
diagnose and fix computer<br />
issues for fellow classmates.<br />
Krista has been instrumental<br />
in transforming the computer<br />
science program. Thank you,<br />
Krista, for your dedication!<br />
Our condolences to the family<br />
of Danny Dall, who passed<br />
away on Sept. 30. Danny<br />
loved animals, especially<br />
dogs, and playing cards. He<br />
was an avid fan of the Cincinnati<br />
Reds and Indiana University,<br />
often sporting red to<br />
cheer on both teams. He had<br />
a great sense of humor and<br />
often cracked jokes with his<br />
caregivers. Although Danny<br />
had many challenges, he had<br />
a big heart and will be greatly<br />
missed by many, including his<br />
mother Betty Dall; siblings<br />
Roger (Marcia) Dall; Tim<br />
(Connie) Dall; and Bonnie<br />
McCoy; nieces and nephews<br />
Christopher, Brandon, Nathan,<br />
Natalie, Alexandra, and<br />
Jack; and his special caregivers,<br />
his aunt and uncle Jerry<br />
and Barbara Grace.<br />
The North Dearborn American<br />
Legion is hosting their<br />
monthly euchre tournament<br />
on December 1. Doors open<br />
at noon and games begin at 1<br />
p.m. The entry fee is $5 per<br />
person with cash payouts to<br />
the four highest scores. Refreshments<br />
are available for<br />
purchase. Call 8<strong>12</strong>.623.3695<br />
for more information.<br />
If you have news in the New<br />
Alsace area you’d like me to<br />
share, please contact me at new<br />
alsace@goBEACONnews.com.<br />
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December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 5B<br />
OLDENBURG<br />
By<br />
Sue<br />
Siefert<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Congratulations to Oldenburg<br />
Academy’s Cross<br />
Country Stars. Some of the<br />
nation’s best cross country<br />
teams descended upon Terre<br />
Haute for the John McNichols<br />
Invitational. On the men’s<br />
side, two hundred sixty-nine<br />
runners competed in the 8K<br />
race. OA alumni Curt Eckstein<br />
’17 (Purdue) and Ian<br />
Dickey ’18 (Wabash) were<br />
thrilled to run together again.<br />
Eckstein finished in the top<br />
ten. Once a Twister, always a<br />
Twister!<br />
In other news … OA’s<br />
Cross Country team excelled<br />
at a regional competition in<br />
October. Tyler Kuntz ’21<br />
finished (14th), and Dylan<br />
Fledderman ’20 finished<br />
(20th), earning a coveted spot<br />
to compete at the semi-state<br />
competition. The team placed<br />
sixth overall, missing moving<br />
on as a team to semi-state by<br />
one place.<br />
Sarah Price ’20 obtained<br />
her personal goal of running<br />
a sub 24 on the challenging<br />
rolling course with a time of<br />
23:58. Congratulations to all!<br />
Are those Jingle Bells that<br />
I hear?<br />
Oldenburg’s village people<br />
barely finished folding the<br />
tents and tucking away their<br />
lederhosen following their<br />
annual Freudenfest when the<br />
FRANKLIN<br />
COUNTY<br />
By<br />
Karis<br />
Troyer<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
franklin@goBEACONnews.com<br />
A new two-mile section of<br />
the Whitewater Canal Trail<br />
(WCT) has been completed. It<br />
Curt Eckstein<br />
OA’s Sarah Price<br />
O<br />
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Ian Dickey<br />
sound of jingling bells can be<br />
heard as residents ready the<br />
‘Burg for the holidays.<br />
Just as the villagers come<br />
together to host its Freudenfest,<br />
most are also involved in<br />
Oldenburg’s winter festivities<br />
welcoming visitors from far<br />
and near. Merchants, restaurant<br />
owners, clergy, Sisters, and residents<br />
combine efforts to entertain<br />
and spread some Christmas<br />
cheer – Oldenburg style.<br />
Most of the village’s roads<br />
have been resurfaced; bakers<br />
are preparing their ingredients;<br />
merchants are stocking<br />
shelves; runners are practicing<br />
for the Jingle Bell Run;<br />
and locals are gathering to<br />
rehearse for the production<br />
of the Boars Head Festival.<br />
When it “takes a village” to<br />
accomplish a great task …<br />
you can count on the village<br />
people of Oldenburg!<br />
Das ist alles von der ’Burg!<br />
starts at the parking lot on US<br />
Highway 52 west of Metamora<br />
and across from Pennington<br />
Pike. The trail is level and<br />
wide enough for several people<br />
walking or bicycling side<br />
by side. Construction done<br />
mostly by volunteers included<br />
dredging the canal, building a<br />
footbridge, and clearing trees.<br />
Be sure to read Karis’ story<br />
of a recent personal journey<br />
on pages 10A and 11A in this<br />
issue of The BEACON.<br />
Communities<br />
DOVER<br />
By<br />
Rhonda<br />
Trabel<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
dover@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Fall is definitely upon us<br />
with the change of leaves<br />
and temperature. This time of<br />
year is beautiful with the fall<br />
colors, but that also means<br />
winter is right behind along<br />
with cold and snow. I am not<br />
as fond of winter as I used to<br />
be, but I would have to move<br />
south to escape that. It’s not<br />
likely that’s going to happen.<br />
Chad Gutzwiller was<br />
recently appointed to the<br />
Ivy Tech Board of Trustees.<br />
Chad brings fifteen years of<br />
experience in education to<br />
the board. I know most of<br />
you already know Chad, but<br />
if you don’t and you come to<br />
All Saints Parish for services,<br />
you will see him tickling the<br />
ivories both on the piano and<br />
the church organ. He is very<br />
musically oriented and also<br />
directs our choir on occasion.<br />
Chad teaches middle school at<br />
Franklin County. He attended<br />
East Central High School<br />
and earned his Bachelor of<br />
Science and Master of Arts<br />
in Secondary Education from<br />
Ball State University. Great<br />
accomplishments by a great<br />
guy. Congratulations Chad!<br />
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graduate of East Central,<br />
participated in Age Group<br />
Nationals for the second year<br />
in a row. She was able to<br />
achieve her long term triathlon<br />
goal, placing twelfth<br />
in the Olympic distance and<br />
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for the 30-35 age group. She<br />
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Worlds as part of Team USA.<br />
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Our Condolences to the<br />
family of Richard Gaynor<br />
who passed away recently.<br />
Richard (Dick) was a lifetime<br />
resident of Dover and<br />
enjoyed his Friday Night<br />
Happy Hour and Sunday<br />
Family Day at his home in<br />
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passed in 2005. They had<br />
five children: Linda Hissett<br />
of Cincinnati, Debbie Littiken<br />
of St Leon, Mary Jo<br />
(Dan) Calhoun of Penntown,<br />
Gary (Beth) Gaynor of<br />
Dover, and Kenny (Connie)<br />
Gaynor of Dover. He leaves<br />
behind fifteen grandchildren,<br />
ten great-grandchildren, and<br />
one on the way. After retiring<br />
from Thatcher Glass in<br />
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own company and named it<br />
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be missed by many. Rest in<br />
peace, Richard.<br />
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AURORA<br />
By<br />
Margaret<br />
Drury<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
aurora@goBEACONnews.com<br />
This past month started with<br />
a well-attended walking tour<br />
of downtown Aurora architecture.<br />
One of the favorites<br />
was 425 Third St. “Back<br />
in the day,” it was home to<br />
Marsh’s bowling alley and<br />
their FABULOUS chili! It<br />
was six lanes of fun-filled<br />
bowling where the pins had<br />
to be manually set. Many<br />
reminisced that they were one<br />
of those pinsetters.<br />
We saw Sutton’s Hatchery,<br />
where I remember getting<br />
chicks at Easter time. A<br />
plethora of family grocery<br />
stores used to be downtown<br />
with Teany’s, Lachenmann’s,<br />
and Jacobson’s, just to name<br />
a few. Gambles used to be<br />
the old Kroger Store. We saw<br />
the mural in the Post Office,<br />
a hidden gem. We get so busy<br />
in our rushing, do we take<br />
time to savor our surroundings,<br />
smell the roses, or sit<br />
with a friend?<br />
The Aurora class of <strong>19</strong>59<br />
took the time to visit with<br />
each other as they celebrated<br />
their sixty-year reunion. Roy<br />
Lambert told about the history<br />
of the Aurora schools as<br />
they looked through old pictures.<br />
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Aurora class of <strong>19</strong>59 Front: Cary Eichel, Jerry Jacobsen, Carol Sue Chapman, Donna<br />
Clark, Judy Luke, June Ramey, Bonnie Nocks, Nancy Tibbetts, Melinda Edgerton. Back:<br />
Jerry Kinder, Margaret Vogel, Phee Ellinghausen, Annis Luke, Bill Rahe, Carolyn Titkemeyer,<br />
Barbara Severin, Frank McMullen, Joan Gindling, Carl Lykins, Ken Greive, Tish<br />
Stiegler, Janet Petty, Harla Lyle, David Kemper, Emma Seals. Not shown here, but attending<br />
Friday evening was Margie Stephens. (Photo courtesy of Phee Ellinghausen)<br />
Steve Kittle with Colton and<br />
Emma with a <strong>19</strong>28 Farmall<br />
tractor at the Farmers Fair<br />
Parade.<br />
“Our Bridge Club” (OBC) in the parade at Farmers Fair.<br />
Friday for lunch since 2006.<br />
They also gather every Labor<br />
Day weekend for a cookout.<br />
Aurora Farmers Fair was a<br />
celebration of friends, family,<br />
kings, queens, princes,<br />
and princesses. Veterans Pat<br />
Ferrari, Bill Parks, Selbert<br />
“Seb” Walston, Dave Teke,<br />
Mike Lafollette, and Gerald<br />
“Bush” White were honored<br />
with flags from Rep. Randy<br />
Frye and quilts of Valor from<br />
the Rivertown Quilters.<br />
Saturday morning was PER-<br />
FECT weather for the 111th<br />
annual Farmers Fair parade.<br />
Grand Marshals included<br />
Aurora mayor Donnie Hastings<br />
Jr. and former mayors<br />
J.D. Largent, Robert Cheek,<br />
John Borgman, and Richard<br />
Ullrich.<br />
I visited with a group of ladies<br />
from “Our Bridge Club”<br />
(OBC) which has been gathering<br />
since <strong>19</strong>86. They not only<br />
get together to play cards, but<br />
they travel to various places<br />
every summer. I also saw<br />
Steve Kittle’s <strong>19</strong>28 Farmall<br />
tractor that was originally<br />
owned by his grandfather. It<br />
has been to the Indiana State<br />
Fair, the Indianapolis 500 Parade,<br />
and the Aurora Farmers<br />
Fair since <strong>19</strong>78.<br />
Pastor Pete Bryk of the<br />
Aurora Churches Association<br />
presented Mayor Donnie<br />
Hastings Jr. with a Bible as<br />
an expression of gratitude for<br />
his sixteen years of service as<br />
mayor and additional years<br />
as a councilman. Pastor Bryk<br />
said, “I believe Mayor Hastings<br />
has very graciously<br />
found a balance of allowing<br />
individuals the freedom of<br />
personal expressions of faith<br />
and utilizing the community<br />
of faith for the benefit of all<br />
its residents.”<br />
The Aurora garden club<br />
held its third annual Fall in<br />
Love with Aurora event.<br />
Winners of the decorating<br />
contest include Bonnie Cunningham,<br />
The Sedler Family,<br />
The Jarvis Family, The<br />
Hollander Family, Suprena<br />
McAtee / Charlotte McDaniel,<br />
and Bonnie Cunningham<br />
had a SPECTACULAR Fall<br />
display around her ENTIRE<br />
house and yard. The Hollander<br />
family’s scarecrow was seen<br />
riding a bike down George<br />
Street (aka Scarecrow Alley)<br />
We found ourselves on another<br />
walking tour of Aurora.<br />
We had the opportunity to<br />
see not only the exteriors of<br />
Aurora architectural gems<br />
but also the interiors! Two<br />
of the residences had prior<br />
non-residential use--one being<br />
the home of Ben and Nancy<br />
Turner on Mechanic St.<br />
which was the office of Doctor<br />
Lindgren in times gone by.<br />
Another is the home of Leisa<br />
Burns and Bobby Carter on<br />
Judiciary St. which used to be<br />
a livery.<br />
Congratulations to our<br />
South Dearborn Girls’ Soccer<br />
team. Going into their regional<br />
games, they were ranked<br />
tenth. The Lady Knights won<br />
their regional title. Bobbie<br />
Rudisell, grandmother of<br />
Haley Rudisell, couldn’t wait<br />
to share the news.<br />
Visit all participating businesses and be<br />
entered into a drawing for a gift basket.<br />
Visit Main Street Aurora’s Facebook page for a list of participating<br />
businesses or call 8<strong>12</strong>.926.1100 for more information.<br />
Shop Small Before You Shop Big!<br />
Shop Historic Downtown Aurora!<br />
Entry forms can be picked up at any<br />
participating business during the event.<br />
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before you<br />
SHOP BIG<br />
Miracle on Main Street<br />
“Experience the Miracle”<br />
Sunday, December 1st<br />
6:00pm<br />
Lighted Christmas Parade<br />
Arrival of Santa<br />
Christmas Tree Lighting<br />
Saturday & Sunday December 7th - 22nd<br />
1:00 - 5:00PM<br />
Breakfast with Santa (Reservations required)<br />
Dickens Village & Toy Display<br />
Entertainment<br />
Visits & photos with Santa<br />
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES TOGETHER.
December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 7B<br />
LOGAN<br />
By<br />
Susan<br />
Carson<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Communities<br />
YORKVILLE<br />
& GUILFORD<br />
By<br />
Laura<br />
Keller<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
yorkville@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Since becoming a Community<br />
Correspondent for<br />
Yorkville/Guilford, I’ve had<br />
the pleasure of receiving<br />
many intriguing stories about<br />
the history and residents of<br />
the towns. As a bit of a history<br />
buff, I’m always interested<br />
in learning more about our<br />
community and was fortunate<br />
enough to receive some interesting<br />
facts about Guilford.<br />
The town of Guilford was<br />
laid out by three brothers –<br />
Josiah, Allen, and Charles<br />
Campbell in 1850 (Josiah<br />
is buried in the York Ridge<br />
Jean Pere Nadieul, Pastors Olius Merilus, Jean Francois<br />
Vivil and Robinson Louis.<br />
Widjina, sponsored by Logan<br />
resident Phyllis Barker,<br />
and Harry Lyness.<br />
logan@goBEACONnews.com<br />
We had the great fortune<br />
to have a visit from a group<br />
of men from Haiti. They are<br />
from a mission group called<br />
Hearts and Hands for Haiti.<br />
Harry and Barb Lyness and<br />
Leon and Becky Kersey<br />
kindly provided accommodations<br />
for their stay here<br />
in Logan. Many members<br />
at Dearborn Hills UMC<br />
sponsor children who live<br />
and study at this children’s<br />
home and school, which we<br />
have helped build over the<br />
past thirty-plus years. The<br />
goal of HHH is to “Support<br />
the dignity of the Haitian<br />
people by empowering them<br />
to be self-sufficient based<br />
on Christ-centered principles.”<br />
The children get an<br />
education as well as learning<br />
skills and trades. They<br />
graduate after grade thirteen.<br />
We were concerned that<br />
they would not be able to get<br />
out of the country of Haiti.<br />
The fact that they even made<br />
it to Logan was quite a feat.<br />
You see, violent protests and<br />
widespread civil unrest have<br />
been taking place in Haiti<br />
since September 2, 20<strong>19</strong>,<br />
due to ongoing political<br />
instability. In addition, the<br />
country is experiencing water,<br />
food, and fuel shortages.<br />
Many businesses and banks<br />
are closed. Demonstrators<br />
are burning tires and building<br />
barricades in the streets<br />
to disrupt traffic. Flights in<br />
and out of Port-au-Prince<br />
are limited. In some cases,<br />
people are restricted from<br />
traveling, except for going<br />
to and from work. The<br />
schools are officially closed.<br />
I say “officially” because<br />
children are going to school<br />
anyway. They wear their<br />
regular clothes instead of<br />
their uniforms so that they<br />
are not recognized as school<br />
children.<br />
So we were happy to have<br />
them arrive safely in the US.<br />
On the Sunday of their<br />
visit to Dearborn Hills, the<br />
men sang and gave presentations<br />
about the schools and<br />
churches they each serve.<br />
None of this would have<br />
been possible without the<br />
assistance of Stan Wiebe,<br />
Cemetery featured in last<br />
month’s article). Additions to<br />
the town were added in 1859<br />
and again in 1870. After it<br />
was established, Guilford became<br />
a thriving railroad town<br />
comprised of two townships<br />
– Miller and York (hence the<br />
name of the Miller-York Volunteer<br />
Fire Department). In<br />
1852, lot number one became<br />
the lot for the Guilford Methodist<br />
Church. The church<br />
was erected in 1855 and still<br />
stands today, although it’s no<br />
longer in use.<br />
The Guilford Covered<br />
Bridge was built in 1879 by<br />
A.M. Kennedy and was used<br />
until the early <strong>19</strong>60s as the<br />
only way to cross the creek to<br />
Guilford. It was later moved<br />
to its current location at the<br />
Guilford Covered Bridge<br />
Park. I am fond of covered<br />
bridges and was devastated<br />
when arsonists burned it in<br />
the late <strong>19</strong>90s. Luckily, the<br />
bridge was rebuilt and is the<br />
One of the churches Hearts<br />
and Hands supports in Haiti<br />
Jean Pere Nadieul and<br />
Harry Lyness (on the board<br />
of HHH)<br />
who is the director of the<br />
board at HHH and acted as<br />
the interpreter translating<br />
Creole to English. Stan lives<br />
in Raleigh, NC, and travels<br />
with the Haitians from HHH<br />
who come to the US.<br />
At the end of the service, a<br />
free-will offering was taken<br />
for the visitor’s expenses<br />
and to further their work in<br />
Haiti. $9,200 was collected.<br />
Safe travels home.<br />
last covered bridge in Dearborn<br />
County.<br />
Many small towns had a<br />
post office, and Guilford and<br />
Yorkville were no exceptions.<br />
The Miller post office<br />
was established in 1835<br />
and is the same post office<br />
that serves the residents of<br />
Guilford and surrounding<br />
areas today. Before becoming<br />
a post office, the building<br />
was a general store owned by<br />
Samuel Houston. Yorkville<br />
had a post office until May<br />
<strong>19</strong>55 when it was closed and<br />
consolidated with Guilford.<br />
Carl Buchanan Sr. was appointed<br />
the Guilford postmaster<br />
on August 24, <strong>19</strong>24,<br />
and served in that role until<br />
March 7, <strong>19</strong>63.<br />
I hope you enjoyed learning<br />
a little bit of history about<br />
Guilford! If you have news<br />
in the Yorkville/Guilford area<br />
you’d like me to share, please<br />
contact me at yorkville@<br />
goBEACONnews.com.<br />
Harrison Acceptance Week<br />
HARRISON<br />
By<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Janszen<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
harrison@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Happy Fall, Ya’ll! I’m Elizabeth<br />
Janszen, and I am thrilled<br />
to be writing for you as the<br />
Harrison, Ohio Correspondent!<br />
I’m a mom, a wife, and<br />
a serial entrepreneur. I grew<br />
up in Harrison and graduated<br />
from Harrison High School in<br />
<strong>19</strong>97. My husband and I live<br />
here with our three children,<br />
William, Callie, and Chloe. I<br />
have so much to tell you about<br />
our little town this month!<br />
In October, Harrison High<br />
School wrapped up Acceptance<br />
Week, which was a<br />
HUGE success. Created as<br />
a DECA project by Harrison<br />
student Raileigh Legner,<br />
it’s turned into a huge production<br />
bringing the whole<br />
town together to support our<br />
special needs friends. Kicking<br />
off with a fashion show and<br />
ending with a yellow balloon<br />
sendoff at the Friday night<br />
football game, Acceptance<br />
Week has become a Harrison<br />
tradition that will continue<br />
long after Ms. Legner has<br />
graduated.<br />
If you’ve been near any of<br />
the schools lately, you’ve seen<br />
the construction started for the<br />
new buildings. This is such an<br />
exciting time for the community!<br />
The groundbreaking for<br />
three new elementary schools,<br />
as well as a new middle<br />
school, took place on Aug.<br />
23. The projects are set to be<br />
completed and ready to go by<br />
the fall of August 2021!<br />
The holidays are right<br />
around the corner, and Harrison<br />
is gearing up for some<br />
extra special fun! The Annual<br />
Harrison Christmas Parade will<br />
have “The Christmas Story”<br />
Theme, and it starts at 5 pm!<br />
Bring the kids down for some<br />
ice skating, free hot chocolate<br />
and cookies! The tree lighting<br />
will be at 7:15 pm. We hope to<br />
see everyone there!<br />
As we roll into the holiday<br />
season, I’d like to remind<br />
everyone about the pantry on<br />
Kilby Road. Let’s take care of<br />
our community by donating<br />
our extra non-perishable food<br />
items to those less fortunate.<br />
Do you have news about<br />
Harrison that you would<br />
like to share with Beacon<br />
readders? Please email me at<br />
harrison@goBEACONnews.<br />
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Page 8B THE BEACON December 20<strong>19</strong><br />
MANCHESTER<br />
By<br />
Lisa<br />
West<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
manchester@goBEACONnews.com<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Many of us think of a delicious<br />
spread of food when we<br />
think of Thanksgiving. I could<br />
just skip the turkey and jump<br />
to dessert – rich chocolate<br />
pie is my favorite! Thanksgiving<br />
is also a time to think<br />
about giving. What can we do<br />
for others, and what are we<br />
thankful for? A local church,<br />
Manchester Community<br />
United Methodist, has been<br />
addressing the topic of giving<br />
for over fifteen years. Pastor<br />
Duane Loos started a food<br />
pantry to serve the residents<br />
of Manchester. Pastor Loos<br />
passed four years ago, but his<br />
legacy lives on. Each Thursday,<br />
5-6 P.M., volunteers<br />
staff a pantry pick-up that is<br />
stocked with a variety of food<br />
and cleaning supplies. This<br />
service is provided continually,<br />
yearlong.<br />
Here is how it works: Individuals<br />
and families living in<br />
the Manchester area can stop<br />
by the Community United<br />
Methodist Church to fill out<br />
an Application for Services,<br />
with residency, income, and a<br />
list of family members. After<br />
registering, they can come<br />
twice a month to pick up food<br />
and cleaning items. Friendly<br />
volunteers can assist individuals,<br />
even loading groceries<br />
in their vehicles if needed. In<br />
some instances, if the customer<br />
is medically unable to<br />
get out, church members can<br />
make home deliveries.<br />
The pantry rooms are filled<br />
with meat, dairy, breads,<br />
pastas, snacks, canned goods,<br />
cleaning supplies, and many<br />
more items. Several companies<br />
donate products. Also,<br />
items are sent in by Manchester<br />
Elementary (from<br />
their food drives), local Girl<br />
Scout Troop 5525, and church<br />
members. Other area food<br />
banks periodically share their<br />
overflow. Mr. Chuck Simmons<br />
affectionately referred<br />
to as ‘The Bread Man,’ works<br />
with a distributor to provide<br />
bread throughout the year.<br />
Another special donor is the<br />
local chapter of The National<br />
Wildlife Turkey Association,<br />
which sends in turkeys<br />
during Thanksgiving. Gobble<br />
gobble!<br />
Church worship leader,<br />
Machelle Werning, gave me<br />
a tour of their facility and<br />
explained their operations.<br />
Machelle let me know, “I am<br />
grateful for my church family<br />
and Reverend Helms. Their<br />
prayers, love, and friendship,<br />
no matter the situation,<br />
are uplifting!” While I was<br />
visiting the pantry, church<br />
member Angela Beckmann<br />
was assisting a gentleman and<br />
his granddaughters, in making<br />
their selections. Angela<br />
shared, “I love to do this since<br />
I am helping those who have<br />
needs in our community. I<br />
am thankful for my family,<br />
church, and my job.” It was<br />
clear that recipients were<br />
thankful for the groceries and<br />
also for the welcoming smiles<br />
that Angela shared with them!<br />
Communities<br />
Young church members<br />
Grant Taylor and Lyam<br />
Werning help stock the<br />
Food Pantry shelves. The<br />
beautiful background mural<br />
was painted by Lyam’s<br />
Great Grandmother Adelaide<br />
Kleier.<br />
A ministry group runs this<br />
program at the Community<br />
United Methodist Church.<br />
Mary Kyle, Sandy Shannon,<br />
and Darlene Stamp are the<br />
heart of the food pantry. They<br />
receive key support from the<br />
many groups, including members<br />
of the Buck, Beckmann,<br />
Walthers, Green, Helm, and<br />
Kyle families. Sandy Shannon<br />
shared, “I feel blessed by<br />
all the doors God has opened<br />
for us to receive items since<br />
the need is great, and the<br />
Food Pantry funds are small.”<br />
If any of our readers have<br />
needs or know of others who<br />
may have needs, please call<br />
the church at 8<strong>12</strong>-623-2382.<br />
Sometimes life is full of challenges,<br />
and support from a<br />
service like this can help us<br />
get through those times. The<br />
Community United Methodist<br />
Food Pantry is made possible<br />
by a group of unsung heroes<br />
who are examples of what<br />
Thanksgiving is all about.<br />
DILLSBORO<br />
By<br />
Rebecca<br />
Davies<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Congratulations to Dillsboro<br />
students Bry LaGreca,<br />
Chayne Conly, Katie Cutter,<br />
Katie Townsend, Emma<br />
Cesene, Riley Heffelfinger,<br />
and all the Lady Knights as<br />
they took it to the (former) #1<br />
team in Indiana, on their way<br />
to winning the Regional Soccer<br />
Championship!<br />
Next up: Semi-State in<br />
Evansville, Indiana.<br />
The students at Dillsboro<br />
Elementary and their families<br />
gathered together to “spruce<br />
up” the gravesites of our local<br />
Veterans. They met at Oakdale<br />
Cemetery to clean and<br />
polish plaques on the graves<br />
of veterans. A Dillsboro PTO<br />
representative said, “We hope<br />
to use this opportunity to educate<br />
our kids about what these<br />
veterans have done for us, and<br />
in some small way, give back<br />
to them.”<br />
Dillsboro Arts hosted its<br />
final performance on ‘The<br />
Porch’ for this year with original<br />
music by “Little Spooky.”<br />
The eighth concert was held<br />
on The Porch deck. Soon a<br />
painted ‘dance floor’ area<br />
will be added with the help of<br />
Dillsboro Math Club students.<br />
Inside, our current show, ‘Six<br />
Degrees: Dillsboro Connections,’<br />
runs through Nov. 26,<br />
closing for Thanksgiving and<br />
repairs, then reopening with<br />
Rory and Reegan Walston<br />
‘The Best of Show, Show<br />
SHOW’ Dec. 7- Jan. 25. The<br />
works of Tim Lancaster,<br />
Annette Geil, and Robert<br />
Hunger will be featured.<br />
The Dearborn Community<br />
Foundation awarded<br />
$1000 grants to area nonprofits.<br />
Board Member, Elise<br />
Smith presented Dillsboro<br />
Arts with one of the grants.<br />
The funds will be used to<br />
paint and improve the interior<br />
walls of their three gallery<br />
spaces. Thank you, DCF, for<br />
including Dillsboro Arts with<br />
your generous donation!<br />
A Hoxworth blood drive<br />
will be held on Nov. 25 at<br />
the civic center. To schedule<br />
an appointment, please visit<br />
https://hoxworth.org/groups/<br />
indiana.htm or call Paul<br />
Filter 8<strong>12</strong>-432-5655 or<br />
Mary Lou Powers 8<strong>12</strong>-432-<br />
5680. In June, we collected<br />
thirty-six units of whole<br />
blood.<br />
Little brother Rory arrived<br />
on Oct. 10 welcomed by big<br />
brother Reegan (age 3.) They<br />
are the sons of Richard and<br />
Krissy Walston. Grandparents<br />
are Bill and Cindy<br />
Schuette (Dillsboro) and<br />
Helen Lane (Aurora.)<br />
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES TOGETHER.
December 20<strong>19</strong> THE BEACON Page 9B<br />
MOORES HILL<br />
By<br />
Barbara<br />
Wetzler<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com<br />
In the spirit of the first<br />
Thanksgiving, a communitywide<br />
dinner was held at<br />
Carnegie Hall on Nov. 3. The<br />
annual Carnegie Hall Thanksgiving<br />
dinner is typically<br />
held a week or two before the<br />
official Thanksgiving holiday<br />
and is open to all. Thanks to<br />
Linda and Randy Ickenroth<br />
and the Carnegie Hall Board<br />
of Directors for their support<br />
by opening this iconic place<br />
for the community to gather<br />
together. Many thanks to all<br />
the cooks.<br />
Friends and family met at<br />
the home of Patty and Harold<br />
Richards for dinner and<br />
showering of well wishes for<br />
their son Chris Hines. Chris<br />
left for training in Texas<br />
before deployment to Kuwait<br />
with the Indiana National<br />
Guard for Task Force Spartan.<br />
Best wishes to Annette<br />
Parnell on her move from<br />
Moores Hill to Oregonia,<br />
Ohio. Annette worked at<br />
Moores Hill American Legion<br />
Post 209 for the past twelve<br />
years, where she juggled several<br />
hats and served up many<br />
plates of food and drinks. A<br />
farewell party was held at<br />
Post 209.<br />
Congratulations to newlyweds<br />
Jon and Mackenzie<br />
Dell Case. Following their<br />
wedding on Oct. <strong>12</strong>, the<br />
couple headed to Florida for<br />
their honeymoon. Congratulations<br />
to the parents of the<br />
bride, Lanny and Teresa<br />
Dell, and grandmother Donna<br />
Dell. Congratulations to the<br />
parents of the groom, Dale<br />
and Karen Case.<br />
Madison Roberts (SDHS<br />
’17) and her husband Zachary<br />
Tanner Roberts (SDHS<br />
‘17) are living in Oahu,<br />
Hawaii, where Tanner is serving<br />
in the US Army. Tanner<br />
was selected for the diesel<br />
mechanics training program<br />
and graduated top of his<br />
class in his Army Advanced<br />
Individual Training. Madison<br />
worked at Moores Hill<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Annette Parnell’s last call.<br />
Elementary School as the<br />
2018 Bobcat Girls Volleyball<br />
Coach. Madison and Tanner<br />
celebrated their first wedding<br />
anniversary Sept. 5.<br />
Congratulations to Kendra<br />
Walker and Melf Nissen,<br />
who were married in Süderbrarup,<br />
Germany on Sept.<br />
22. Attending the wedding<br />
were Kendra’s mother Debbie<br />
Walker Russell, step-dad<br />
Todd Russell, and Wanda<br />
Kaye Russell.<br />
Moores Hill Elementary<br />
School (MHES) hosted a huge<br />
cross country event on Sept.<br />
21, with about 500 runners<br />
and <strong>19</strong> teams. Special thanks<br />
from MHES to Linda Forshee,<br />
Amy Casebolt, Elizabeth<br />
Kruetzkamp, Heather<br />
McClanahan, Lisa Snell,<br />
Dawn Bowers, and Rachel<br />
Ransom for their hard work<br />
on the event! On Oct. 3, Carl<br />
Lee, Lisa Snell, and Leanna<br />
Phillippe visited the MHES<br />
sixth-graders from last school<br />
year at South Dearborn Middle<br />
School. They celebrated<br />
the students’ sixth-grade IL-<br />
EARN scores being the highest<br />
of any neighboring school.<br />
MHES held its first “Leader<br />
in Me” celebration with a<br />
dance contest. Each student<br />
leader received a certificate<br />
for “consistently making great<br />
choices, even when no one is<br />
looking.” We are proud of our<br />
MHES student leaders, academic<br />
achievers, and teachers<br />
who give above and beyond.<br />
Moores Hill Sparta Township<br />
Fire/EMS hosted its<br />
second benefit ride of 20<strong>19</strong>.<br />
The Volunteer Fire/EMS<br />
units respond out of the same<br />
building, protecting about two<br />
thousand five hundred people<br />
living within approximately<br />
thirty square miles. Misty<br />
Russell is organizing the annual<br />
Breakfast with Santa,<br />
which will be on Dec. 14 from<br />
Communities<br />
Carnegie Hall’s luminaries<br />
8:30 A.M.–<strong>12</strong> P.M. at the<br />
Firehouse, and is open to all.<br />
Happy 50th Birthday to<br />
Stephanie Lauber! Stephanie<br />
celebrated with family by<br />
climbing Clingman’s Dome in<br />
Great Smoky Mountains National<br />
Park. Way to rock 50!<br />
Thank you to the Town<br />
of Moores Hill (The Town<br />
Board, Andrea Hornberger,<br />
Brent Casebolt, Lanny Dell,<br />
Paul Grimsley), for the many<br />
projects you have overseen in<br />
20<strong>19</strong>. Thank you for clearing<br />
the streets in town during ice<br />
and snow; fixing a broken<br />
stop sign; offering free summer<br />
kid-friendly activities<br />
such as movies in the park<br />
and the Water Play sprinklers/<br />
slides; the week-long residential<br />
heavy trash pick-up, hosting<br />
the community yard sale;<br />
coordinating the sidewalk<br />
installations/road resurfacing<br />
in town aided by the $300,000<br />
community crossing grant;<br />
providing seasonal decorations<br />
along the main streets<br />
in town; working to expand<br />
tower coverage areas; and<br />
supporting events such as the<br />
Carnival and Winter Walk.<br />
The annual Moores Hill<br />
Winter Walk is on Saturday,<br />
Dec. 7. The event starts in<br />
the park at 5:30 P.M. with the<br />
lighting of the tree. Students at<br />
the Elementary School made<br />
the ornaments for the 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Christmas tree. Festivities<br />
continue until 8:00 P.M. During<br />
the Winter Walk, luminaries<br />
line the streets of Moores<br />
Hill, and carolers stroll singing<br />
Christmas songs. Along<br />
the 1-mile Walk, you can stop<br />
for pictures with Santa, crafts<br />
for kids, free hot chocolate,<br />
funnel cakes, cookies, and hot<br />
dogs, free concerts, fire pits,<br />
s’mores, and tours of Carnegie<br />
Hall. Activities are open to<br />
all. 20<strong>19</strong> Christmas ornaments<br />
are awarded to those who<br />
complete the Walk. Volunteers<br />
needed. If interested, or for<br />
more information, contact<br />
event organizer Tamila Wismann<br />
at twismann2@gmail.<br />
com. (See ad on page 7A)<br />
Rob Ashcraft, now living<br />
and producing music in East<br />
Tennessee, composed a song,<br />
“Christmas In My Hometown,”<br />
noting, “It is always great to<br />
return to my hometown.”<br />
No matter where life takes<br />
you, if you grew up or currently<br />
live in a small town,<br />
your small town will always<br />
be your hometown. There is<br />
something special about it.<br />
Christmas time brings a sentimentality<br />
that often leads to<br />
thoughts of home. As we get<br />
out the decorations, strive to<br />
be on Santa’s nice list, and enjoy<br />
various events in our communities,<br />
there is no place like<br />
home for me for the holidays.<br />
Merry Christmas and Happy<br />
Holidays from Moores Hill.<br />
Please contact me if you<br />
have news to share with our<br />
Beacon readers. mooreshill@<br />
goBEACONnews.com.<br />
Su GREENDALE<br />
By<br />
Gloria<br />
Carter<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
greendale@goBEACONnews.com<br />
It seems like time is flying<br />
by, and I am hoping it isn’t because<br />
of my age. Five months<br />
ago, I was enjoying 90-degree<br />
weather and the warm waters<br />
of the Greendale Pool. The<br />
Halloween decorations are now<br />
mingled among the Christmas<br />
decorations in the stores, and<br />
we haven’t even had Thanksgiving.<br />
Passing out candy<br />
for Halloween is hard when<br />
Lawrenceburg has their Christmas<br />
decorations up on Walnut<br />
Street. I am now feeling a little<br />
bit better about time flying by.<br />
It is definitely not my age.<br />
The finishing touches are<br />
being put on the new Greendale<br />
Heroes Memorial at Cook Park<br />
on Ridge Avenue. The monument<br />
will honor our Veterans,<br />
Police, Fire, and EMS. Forms to<br />
purchase a paver brick are available<br />
at the utility building, police<br />
station, and the city building.<br />
One sure sign that summer<br />
is over is I just had my last<br />
BLT sandwich and canned<br />
my last two pints of tomatoes<br />
from my garden.<br />
Enjoy your Thanksgiving<br />
dinner with your family. The<br />
community centers have exercise<br />
classes you can attend<br />
if you eat too much.<br />
I have two birthdays for<br />
November- my sister Kathi<br />
Rowland on Nov. <strong>19</strong> and<br />
Mary Ann, Mirt, Keith, on<br />
Nov. 20. Enjoy!<br />
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Former and current Lawrenceburg<br />
high school students<br />
Hannah Feller, Jack<br />
Schwier, Zane Schwier and<br />
Kyra Strahan at the Aurora<br />
Farmers Fair.<br />
LAWRENCEBURG<br />
By<br />
Debbie<br />
Acasio<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Molly McMullen of Greendale<br />
enjoying bobbing for<br />
apples at the Angevine<br />
cabin dedication.<br />
Fall Fest Queen Lexi<br />
Knight.<br />
35th Indiana Pipes and Drums at the Farmers Fair Parade.<br />
lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Thank goodness the time has<br />
come to write this December<br />
article! I have spent the last<br />
few days obsessing about making<br />
a butterscotch cake (don’t<br />
need the extra calories), trying<br />
to find out where my greatgreat-grandfather<br />
lived in Morris<br />
(the genealogy dead-end),<br />
and recovering from a wonderful<br />
weekend trip to Shipshewana,<br />
Indiana with a friend<br />
(yes, I went crazy in the Amish<br />
bakery). I guess I am enjoying<br />
simpler pleasures these days.<br />
The Eagle Scout project of<br />
Lawrenceburg High School<br />
student Braden Nutley definitely<br />
reminds us of simpler<br />
pleasures. His “Give a book,<br />
take a book, and share a book”<br />
project will consist of four<br />
book stations in Greendale<br />
parks where you are free to<br />
grab a book to take home<br />
or share a favorite. Anyone<br />
interested in donating building<br />
materials, books, or cash<br />
donations (to buy materials)<br />
Gavin Yoon Lawrenceburg<br />
football team scoring a<br />
touchdown.<br />
can send an email to Braden<br />
at bnutley10@gmail.com.<br />
Wouldn’t it be exciting to see<br />
these springing up in all area<br />
parks?<br />
Wednesday is a big night<br />
in Lawrenceburg. Bagpipe<br />
and drum lessons, anyone?<br />
Check out the Lawrenceburg<br />
Fire House on Wednesday<br />
nights from 6-9 P.M. for<br />
details regarding lessons given<br />
by the 35th Indiana Pipes &<br />
Drums Corp. I got a chance<br />
to see them in the Farmers<br />
Fair Parade, and they were<br />
wonderful. Also, don’t forget<br />
Braden Nutley Eagle Scout<br />
community library project.<br />
the free community meal from<br />
5:15-6:15 P.M. provided by<br />
volunteers every Wednesday<br />
at Hamline Chapel. All are<br />
welcome!<br />
Cops and Kids is a service<br />
provided by The Fraternal<br />
Order of Police Lawrenceburg<br />
that allows needy children<br />
to shop with a sponsor (cops<br />
or other volunteers) for warm<br />
coats or other warm clothing.<br />
Greendale Policewoman<br />
Pam Taylor coordinates this<br />
valuable service for the FOP.<br />
Donations can be mailed to the<br />
FOP or dropped off at either<br />
the Aurora or Lawrenceburg<br />
police station. Did you miss the<br />
Communities<br />
November 23 - Milan Craft Fair - Milan High School Gym<br />
Lawrenceburg boys and girls senior soccer teams at Meet<br />
Your Tiger night.<br />
deadline for Cops and Kids?<br />
This organization also awards<br />
$500 to two seniors in Ohio<br />
and Dearborn Counties each<br />
year through the foundation.<br />
Congratulations to Gavin<br />
Yoon, Lawrenceburg High<br />
football player for breaking<br />
the record of most receiving<br />
yards in a game, most passing<br />
in a game, and tied for<br />
the most passing TD’s in a<br />
game. He made parents Shelly<br />
and Kee Yoon as well as<br />
Grandma Barb Scherzinger,<br />
very proud! Also, congratulations<br />
to Lexi Knight for being<br />
crowned queen of Fall Fest.<br />
She is the daughter of Melissa<br />
and Brian Knight.<br />
Don’t forget to check out<br />
the winter festivities in Lawrenceburg<br />
this season. Besides<br />
the ice skating, Santa’s arrival<br />
in the parade, and small business<br />
Saturdays, this year the<br />
downtown area will introduce<br />
a holiday market under Winter<br />
Wonderland Domes from<br />
Nov. 29 through Dec. 15 on<br />
weekends. Unique holiday gift<br />
Nora Fehr at Angevine<br />
cabin rededication.<br />
items will be featured. For info<br />
regarding ice skating hours,<br />
Santa’s arrival, shopping, and<br />
other planned winter activities<br />
call Lawrenceburg Main<br />
Street at 8<strong>12</strong>-537-4507 or visit<br />
their <strong>web</strong>site at www.thinklawrenceburg.com.<br />
(See ad on<br />
page 3B)<br />
Dearborn County recently<br />
celebrated Pioneer Day. The<br />
event was filled with fun,<br />
laughter, and learning.<br />
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ongratulations<br />
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on the birth of your<br />
new little family member<br />
June 2020!<br />
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www.legionpost452indiana.org<br />
Next euchre party Dec. 1<br />
Doors open <strong>12</strong> noon • Games begin at 1 • All are invited<br />
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December 1st-31st - Lorhum Christmas in the Park -<br />
Drive through light display - Ripley County Park Fairgrounds, Osgood, IN<br />
December 6 - Christmas in the City - Downtown Batesville, IN<br />
December 6 - Friendship Christmas Walk - Downtown Friendship, IN<br />
December 7 - Holiday Affair on the Square -<br />
Courthouse Square in Versailles, IN<br />
December 13-14 - St. Anthony’s Live Nativity - Morris, IN<br />
For information or brochures on events<br />
and attractions in Ripley County Indiana<br />
8<strong>12</strong>-689-7431<br />
ripleycountytourism.com<br />
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Grady and Carli Walter, and<br />
Coleton Pettit at the Marine<br />
Corps Memorial.<br />
RISING SUN/<br />
OHIO COUNTY<br />
By<br />
PG<br />
Gentrup<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
risingsun@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Fall is a beautiful time<br />
of the year, and I enjoy<br />
the cooler temperatures. I<br />
like the weather when the<br />
temperatures range from the<br />
mid-’40s to the mid-’70s.<br />
I was back in Washington,<br />
D.C. in October and then<br />
went up to Gettysburg with<br />
Paula, my daughter, Kelli,<br />
and her husband, Rich Pettit.<br />
Three of the grandkids were<br />
with us; twins, Carli and<br />
Grady Walter, and Coleton<br />
Pettit. Fall break was a great<br />
time to go, and D.C. wasn’t<br />
overcrowded. We stayed at<br />
the same hotel where we<br />
stay with the veterans. I<br />
think the kids enjoyed the<br />
breakfast each morning<br />
and the hot chocolate in the<br />
evening. Grady even found<br />
time to shoot basketball on<br />
the outdoor court, as well<br />
as swimming time with the<br />
family.<br />
Traffic is always a<br />
problem in D.C. Toll<br />
roads are everywhere. The<br />
Pennsylvania Turnpike is bad<br />
enough, and D.C. collects<br />
its money too. The biggest<br />
toll we paid was $18.80 in<br />
Pennsylvania. I figure we<br />
spent about $75 just on tolls.<br />
Parking at Arlington<br />
National Cemetery was<br />
convenient. We spent the<br />
day visiting the Arlington<br />
House, President John F.<br />
Kennedy’s gravesite and the<br />
graves of brothers, Bobby,<br />
Joe, and Teddy. I took the<br />
family to the grave of Audie<br />
Murphy and explained what<br />
a famous hero he was from<br />
World War II. They viewed<br />
the Remember the Maine<br />
memorial and went inside.<br />
Presenting the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier<br />
with PG, Grady and Carli Walter, and Coleton Pettit.<br />
Challenge coin<br />
They visited the grave of<br />
Kenneth Richard Sieks II,<br />
who was the brother of their<br />
aunt, Beth Walter. We visited<br />
the space shuttle disaster<br />
memorials for the Challenger<br />
and Columbia, as well as the<br />
Iran Hostage tragedy. You<br />
can do a lot of walking in<br />
Arlington National Cemetery.<br />
We rode the trolley to the far<br />
side and over to the Marine<br />
Corps Memorial or Iwo Jima.<br />
Everybody was impressed<br />
with this magnificent<br />
memorial to the Marines in<br />
all our wars.<br />
The highlight of the trip<br />
was being in Arlington<br />
National Cemetery and<br />
watching the Changing of<br />
the Guard at the Tomb of<br />
the Unknown Soldier. Even<br />
though I have watched this<br />
many times, it never gets<br />
old. We planned this trip so<br />
I could finally walk on that<br />
hallowed ground and present<br />
a wreath at the tomb. I have<br />
chosen sixty people to do<br />
this throughout the years<br />
but never did it myself until<br />
now. Our escort, Sgt. Stuart<br />
Aspinall, instructed the<br />
grandkids about what to do,<br />
and I told him that we had<br />
rehearsed the presentation<br />
many times. I still had a<br />
lump in my throat when<br />
Grady and I set the wreath as<br />
Carli and Coleton remained<br />
behind us. As taps were<br />
played, I couldn’t help but<br />
think of those who have<br />
sacrificed so much for us so<br />
that we can live the American<br />
Dream. After we returned<br />
to the top of the steps, the<br />
kids told Sgt. Aspinall that<br />
the experience was fantastic<br />
and asked questions. Coleton<br />
wanted to know how the<br />
crack got in the tomb. Sgt.<br />
Aspinall invited us down to<br />
their quarters below for more<br />
information about what they<br />
do and to see some of the<br />
memorabilia. He presented<br />
me with one of his personal<br />
challenge coins on which<br />
was his badge number,<br />
669. This will be a family<br />
heirloom added to the coins<br />
all four of us carried. The<br />
Tomb is on the front, and<br />
the back has the engraving,<br />
“Here Rests In Honored<br />
Glory An American Soldier<br />
Known But To God.”<br />
The next day we walked<br />
across the Memorial Bridge<br />
to the Vietnam Veterans<br />
Memorial (the WALL). I<br />
stood in awe as I looked<br />
down at that memorial and<br />
realized that there are 58,318<br />
names on the panels. We did<br />
several rubbings on the Wall,<br />
including my two classmates,<br />
Lary D. Fogle and Thomas<br />
G. Denning, along with<br />
my platoon sergeant,<br />
Malcolm P. Libbey. He was<br />
a significant influence in my<br />
life as he prepared me for<br />
duty in Vietnam. We also<br />
did rubbings for Richard<br />
Wayne Sanders, Bobby Joe<br />
Williamson, and Paul Carter,<br />
who was killed with Tommy<br />
Denning. Someday I will<br />
return and take time to do a<br />
rubbing for all fifty who died<br />
from Southeastern Indiana in<br />
Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland,<br />
Ripley, and Franklin<br />
Counties.<br />
We went to the Lincoln<br />
Memorial and enjoyed the<br />
view from up where Abe<br />
sits in his chair. Then it was<br />
down to the Korean War<br />
Memorial. We walked up to<br />
the World War I Monument<br />
and later on to the World<br />
War II Memorial, where the<br />
kids saw their great-grandpa<br />
Henry P. Curry’s name in the<br />
registry.<br />
We went to the Washington<br />
Monument and took photos<br />
of the White House. We<br />
took photos of the Capitol<br />
Building. We toured the<br />
Bureau of Engraving and<br />
Printing. We jumped on<br />
the Metro (subway) at the<br />
Smithsonian and rode the<br />
blue line back to Arlington. I<br />
don’t think anybody wanted<br />
to walk back.<br />
I had been to Gettysburg<br />
Kristin Rumsey, Maria Townsend, Haley Rudisell, Riley<br />
Bamberger, Rileigh Powell, Jorgia Quinlan, Kyrstin<br />
Bond, Sarah Rutherford, Rylee Thies, and Andrew<br />
Estanislao.<br />
SD Business Professionals Club<br />
South Dearborn High School welcomes a new co-curricular<br />
club, the Business Professionals of America (BPA). Mrs. Kelly<br />
Pettit, a new SDHS Business Education Teacher, has brought<br />
this opportunity to the students. BPA is a national co-curricular<br />
career and technical organization for middle school, high<br />
school, and college students who are interested in pursuing<br />
careers in business and information technology.<br />
BPA members attended the Business Professionals of<br />
America Fall Leadership Conference at Indiana State<br />
University. They participated in sessions, including Professionalism<br />
101 – How to Dress and Act for Success; The Next<br />
State Officer, You; and “Living to Serve, Serving to Lead.”<br />
several times, the first<br />
time in <strong>19</strong>67 when I was<br />
stationed at Ft. Ritchie, MD.<br />
We stayed right next to the<br />
battlefield and park. The<br />
kids enjoyed playing on the<br />
cannons at Cemetery Ridge<br />
and Seminary Ridge. So<br />
much history occurred there.<br />
A highlight was showing<br />
them the plaque outside the<br />
cemetery telling about the<br />
site for Lincoln’s Gettysburg<br />
Address. Next year, I hope to<br />
repeat the trip with my son,<br />
Brian, his wife, Annette,<br />
Kaden, and Alexandra.<br />
They will also get to present<br />
a wreath at the Tomb of the<br />
Unknown Soldier.<br />
Trips like this make you<br />
proud to be an American.<br />
You get to see and feel so<br />
much history.<br />
I’m looking forward<br />
to helping dedicate the<br />
new Veterans memorial at<br />
Greendale on Nov. 10 and<br />
rededicating the monument<br />
for the Civil War at Rising<br />
Sun on Nov. 17.<br />
Stay safe and warm and<br />
enjoy the upcoming holidays.<br />
Thanksgiving and Christmas<br />
will be right around the<br />
corner. God Bless all of you.<br />
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MILAN<br />
By<br />
Susan<br />
Cottingham<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
milan@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Do we still have any<br />
Bengals fans out there? I at<br />
least know of one. I imagine<br />
many of you have heard that<br />
Jeff Lanham lost a bet and<br />
has been camping out on the<br />
roof of his restaurant waiting<br />
for the Bengals to win their<br />
first game of the season.<br />
He has gained a significant<br />
following and has had lots<br />
of press coverage. I hear<br />
comments as I go about my<br />
business. While having a<br />
meal in Lawrenceburg, the<br />
men at the table next to us<br />
were contemplating how<br />
long he will be up there. I<br />
have heard that Jeff said he<br />
intends to be on the roof for<br />
as long as it takes. If no win<br />
is earned this season, he will<br />
come down after the final<br />
game, and then go back up at<br />
the beginning of the Bengals<br />
next season. Hopefully, by<br />
O<br />
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the time you read this, the<br />
Bengals will have won a<br />
game, and Jeff will be back<br />
to his regular schedule.<br />
I want to recognize Rev.<br />
Harris Long for serving<br />
the Milan community since<br />
October <strong>19</strong>89. He and<br />
his wife, Margo, moved<br />
to Milan thirty years<br />
ago to pastor and have<br />
devoted their lives to the<br />
community as a whole. They<br />
are a beloved part of our<br />
community and are actively<br />
involved in organizations<br />
and activities. Margo also<br />
owns and operates an<br />
antique store located next<br />
to the food pantry, where<br />
Harris spends much time<br />
serving those who benefit<br />
from this outreach program.<br />
We are thankful to have<br />
them both here in Milan and<br />
appreciate all they do. We<br />
love you!<br />
I was thrilled to hear<br />
that Milan was awarded<br />
a grant from the state<br />
for $258,286 to be used<br />
for much-needed road<br />
improvements. According<br />
to State Rep. Randy Frye,<br />
$5.8 million was awarded<br />
in state matching grants to<br />
Communities<br />
accelerate road and bridge<br />
improvements in local<br />
communities. Over $100<br />
million worth of grants<br />
were awarded to Indiana<br />
cities, towns, and counties<br />
through the Community<br />
Crossings Matching Grant<br />
program, which is now in<br />
its fourth year. The grants<br />
are made available through<br />
the Indiana Department of<br />
Transportation. Rep. Frye<br />
said grant funding could<br />
be used toward road and<br />
bridge preservation, road<br />
reconstruction, intersection<br />
improvements, guardrail<br />
replacement, and signage.<br />
Smaller municipalities must<br />
provide a match of 25%<br />
in local funds, while large<br />
communities must provide<br />
a 50% match. Rep. Frye<br />
shared that these funds<br />
help keep Indiana moving<br />
in a positive direction,<br />
and everyone will benefit<br />
from these investments.<br />
Area communities<br />
receiving grants are Aurora,<br />
Greendale, Greensburg,<br />
Lawrenceburg, Milan,<br />
Osgood, and Versailles.<br />
Milan will be celebrating<br />
the holidays on Saturday,<br />
Dec. 7. Stop by for cookies,<br />
a candy cane, and hot<br />
Jason Creek, Principal; Jon Seymour, Ex. Director of<br />
Oxbow; and Cathy Mund.<br />
Mullaley Awarded Oxbow Grant<br />
Tammy Mullaley, a South Dearborn Middle School teacher,<br />
was awarded the Art and Ginny Wiseman $500 Oxbow grant<br />
award. This grant will be used to make raised bed gardens<br />
for South Dearborn Middle School students. The raised bed<br />
gardens will promote STEM activities and provide pollinator<br />
habitat. Students will gather and analyze data, communicate<br />
their findings, and apply their findings to real-world questions<br />
and problems. They will learn about topics in the area of<br />
ecology, ecosystems, and human influence, as well as other<br />
content areas.<br />
chocolate from 10:00-4:00.<br />
The Milan High School<br />
Choir will be singing<br />
Christmas carols, and Santa<br />
will be stopping by in the<br />
afternoon. Maybe you will<br />
even be able to get a haircut<br />
in the barbershop and do<br />
some Christmas shopping<br />
while you are there. Watch<br />
for posters with more details<br />
to be up mid-November.<br />
We have known all<br />
summer that our Milan<br />
golf course was in danger<br />
of closing, and the official<br />
announcement has finally<br />
been made. We are all very<br />
sad to hear this and hope<br />
the outcome of this sale will<br />
somehow be good for our<br />
community.<br />
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By<br />
Maureen<br />
Stenger<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
sunman@goBEACONnews.com<br />
The Sunman Rural Fire<br />
Department recently held<br />
an open house. The Sunman<br />
Area life squad and the<br />
Sunman Police Department<br />
were present as well. Also<br />
available for viewing was<br />
the University Air Care<br />
Helicopter, and the fire<br />
station was open for tours.<br />
Lunch was provided along<br />
with activities for kids; a<br />
good time was had by all<br />
Kaytlin, Carsen, and Hannah<br />
enjoying an afternoon<br />
at the fire department.<br />
who attended! Thank you to<br />
our wonderful public service<br />
workers for providing this<br />
great opportunity and for the<br />
fantastic job they do every<br />
day!<br />
A huge congratulations<br />
to Sunman Chamber of<br />
Commerce Winners: Teacher<br />
of the Year, Jessica Risinger<br />
Music Teacher at Sunman<br />
Elementary School, Bus<br />
Driver of the Year, Wendi<br />
Weiler who drives for The<br />
Sunman Dearborn School<br />
Corporation, Citizens of the<br />
Year, Sandy Wagner and<br />
Clara Ann Zinser who run<br />
the Sunman Food Pantry.<br />
As the holidays are right<br />
around the corner, I wish<br />
everyone a joyous season<br />
filled with special moments<br />
and much happiness! I<br />
love sharing your stories<br />
The Sunman Fire Department<br />
mascot greeted Hannah,<br />
age ten, and Carsen,<br />
age seven, with fireman<br />
Kevin Doll.<br />
Artist Annie Back recycles<br />
everyday items into night<br />
lights; her cool crafts were<br />
on display at the Sunman<br />
Legion Craft Fair.<br />
and good news, please<br />
continue sending them<br />
my way at sunman@<br />
goBEACONnews.com. I look<br />
forward to hearing from you!<br />
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By<br />
Melanie<br />
Alexander<br />
For as long as I can<br />
By<br />
remember, baking Maxine cookies<br />
for Christmas Klump has been part<br />
of our family traditions. My<br />
mother always Community made sure<br />
Correspondent<br />
we baked sugar cookies cut<br />
into many shapes and then<br />
maxineklump.the<strong>beacon</strong>@yahoo.com<br />
“painted” them with thin<br />
confectioners sugar icing<br />
tinted in several colors. I<br />
was fortunate to inherit my<br />
mother’s set of cookie cutters.<br />
As my grandchildren have<br />
grown, we always gather to<br />
make sugar cookies cut with<br />
those same shapes. During<br />
the years we lived in Bright,<br />
we were blessed with a large<br />
kitchen and a mammoth<br />
kitchen island (purchased at<br />
an auction of a bakery near<br />
Sunman IN- but that’s another<br />
story). We set up a factorystyle<br />
production. When we<br />
were visiting Mark and family<br />
in Sheffield England for<br />
the holiday, we gathered in<br />
their kitchen (yes, I packed<br />
those same cutters in my<br />
luggage) for baking. Soon,<br />
we will gather with four<br />
generations for this activity<br />
as my great-granddaughter,<br />
Eliana, is able to join with her<br />
mother, Jennifer Durkin, and<br />
my daughter, Maria Lowry.<br />
I’m providing my current<br />
“favorite” sugar cookie recipe<br />
below, along with some<br />
updated versions of other<br />
recipes that are part of our<br />
holiday treats.<br />
Mary’s Sugar Cookies<br />
1½ cups sifted confectioners<br />
sugar<br />
1 cup butter<br />
1 egg<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
2½ cups flour<br />
1 teaspoon soda<br />
1 teaspoon cream of tartar<br />
Mix sugar and butter. Add<br />
egg and vanilla extract and<br />
mix thoroughly. Stir dry<br />
ingredients together and<br />
blend in. Refrigerate dough<br />
for 2-3 hours until well<br />
chilled.<br />
Heat oven to 375°. Divide<br />
dough in half and roll to 3/16”<br />
on a lightly floured surface.<br />
Cut with a cookie cutter.<br />
Sprinkle with sugar unless you<br />
plan to top with confectioners’<br />
sugar icing after baking.<br />
Place on a parchment-covered<br />
baking sheet (or lightly<br />
greased sheet). Bake for 7-8<br />
minutes or until delicately<br />
golden. Remove to a wire<br />
rack to cool. Makes about five<br />
dozen 2-inch cookies.<br />
Thin sugar frosting for<br />
decorating cookies<br />
Sift 1-1½ c. confectioners’<br />
sugar into a small mixing<br />
bowl. Add a small amount of<br />
milk, and ½ teaspoon vanilla<br />
extract. Mix until smooth.<br />
The texture should be thin<br />
enough to spread onto cookies<br />
easily. If you wish, divide<br />
the icing among small bowls<br />
and tint with food coloring.<br />
Hint- I buy several small<br />
paintbrushes at the craft store<br />
and wash thoroughly to apply<br />
the icing. Kids love to paint<br />
creations and bright designs!<br />
I have updated my recipe<br />
for delicious Cream Cheese<br />
Brownies to save time.<br />
Instead of preparing brownies<br />
“from scratch,” I use a mix;<br />
two of my favorite brands are<br />
Duncan Hines and Ghiradelli.<br />
Cream Cheese Brownies<br />
1 box brownie mix (8-9-inch<br />
square pan size)<br />
3-ounce cream cheese,<br />
softened<br />
2 tablespoons butter, softened<br />
¼ cup sugar<br />
1 egg<br />
1 tablespoon flour<br />
½ teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
Prepare brownie mix<br />
according to directions on<br />
the box. Spread ½ of batter<br />
into the pan, which has<br />
been lightly greased on the<br />
bottom. Set aside.<br />
Cream butter and cream<br />
cheese together in a small<br />
mixing bowl. Gradually add<br />
sugar and cream until fluffy.<br />
Blend in egg, flour, and<br />
vanilla. Spread over batter in<br />
the bottom of pan; then add<br />
remaining brownie batter<br />
by spoonful. Zigzag knife<br />
through batter to marble the<br />
batter. Bake at 350° for 35-<br />
40 minutes. Cut into squares<br />
after cooling.<br />
Here is a no-bake recipe<br />
when time is really limited.<br />
Crispy Cereal Cookies<br />
(no-bake)<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
1 cup light corn syrup<br />
1 cup peanut butter<br />
6 cups cereal (such as Rice<br />
Krispies or Special K)<br />
1 stick butter or margarine<br />
6 oz. chocolate chips<br />
Cover cookie sheet with<br />
waxed paper. Heat sugar and<br />
corn syrup in a saucepan,<br />
stirring to dissolve sugar.<br />
When mixtures reaching<br />
boiling point, turn off heat. Stir<br />
in peanut butter, then cereal.<br />
Spread mixture on cookie<br />
sheet. In a small saucepan,<br />
melt butter and chocolate; stir<br />
until smooth. Spread evenly<br />
over cereal mixture. Chill until<br />
set; then cut into squares.<br />
I hope that you and your<br />
loved ones enjoy those<br />
traditions that are part of<br />
your celebration. As for our<br />
family, we’re looking forward<br />
to cookie bakes taking place<br />
here AND across the pond!<br />
BUSINESS &<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
C<br />
By<br />
John<br />
Hawley<br />
Purdue<br />
Extension<br />
Educator<br />
hawley4@purdue.edu<br />
Finding Trustworthy<br />
Gardening Resources<br />
in Age of Fake News<br />
Finding reliable resources,<br />
especially through online<br />
outlets, can be difficult. While<br />
freedom of the press protects<br />
the rights of <strong>web</strong>sites, publishers,<br />
and blogs to share<br />
what they please, accuracy is<br />
not guaranteed. Many organizations<br />
make a habit of publishing<br />
“scientific” information<br />
that is neither tested nor<br />
peer-reviewed.<br />
In today’s article, I will do<br />
my best to lead you toward<br />
trustworthy information to use<br />
in your garden and landscape.<br />
Use Caution Online<br />
While misinformation has<br />
existed since ancient humans<br />
first gossiped around their<br />
caves, the expansion of the<br />
internet has certainly opened<br />
the floodgates. When looking<br />
for resources on important<br />
garden topics, I strongly advise<br />
using <strong>web</strong>sites that end in<br />
.edu, .gov, or .org. While sites<br />
ending in .com or .net can<br />
provide useful information,<br />
online resources published by<br />
universities and government<br />
agencies are the most reliable.<br />
The recommendations<br />
for practice included in these<br />
publications will be tested and<br />
peer-reviewed by experts.<br />
Beware of Viral “Home<br />
Remedies”<br />
I frequently come across<br />
posts from garden sites that<br />
claim to have a miracle<br />
method for controlling weeds,<br />
killing pests, or improving<br />
vegetable production. Many<br />
viral posts advise using common<br />
household products in<br />
the garden to accomplish<br />
these feats. Proceed with caution<br />
when you come across<br />
these posts. If it seems too<br />
good to be true, it probably is.<br />
One site I visited for this<br />
article repeats a common<br />
claim that a combination of<br />
salt, food-grade vinegar, and<br />
dishwashing liquid can be<br />
used for weed control. While<br />
this combo would be slightly<br />
effective in the short-term,<br />
the mixture has little purpose<br />
if you’re going for a natural<br />
approach. These products<br />
contain chemical properties<br />
just as toxic as many conventional<br />
weed killers, and salt is<br />
almost never recommended<br />
because it can quickly degrade<br />
soils. While stronger<br />
concentrations of vinegar<br />
have shown short-term effective<br />
weed control if used on<br />
their own, little to no research<br />
is available showing effective<br />
or safe use of combinations<br />
like this.<br />
Consult with Experts<br />
When tough questions arise,<br />
human nature often nudges<br />
us to look for expert opinions.<br />
If you want a personal<br />
recommendation for your<br />
farm, garden, or landscape<br />
concerns, please don’t hesitate<br />
to give me a call. County<br />
extension services have<br />
been provided in Indiana for<br />
over one hundred years. In<br />
that time, our methods have<br />
changed significantly, but our<br />
mission has mostly remained<br />
the same: deliver practical,<br />
research-based information<br />
that transforms lives and<br />
livelihoods.<br />
Other reliable experts in<br />
our community include The<br />
Soil and Water Conservation<br />
District, Natural Resource<br />
Conservation Service, Farm<br />
Service Agency, Dearborn<br />
County Health Department,<br />
FFA Advisors, and Ivy Tech<br />
Community College faculty.<br />
Making decisions that best<br />
protect your property, health,<br />
and pocketbook can be stressful.<br />
While we don’t know<br />
what the future holds for<br />
improving society’s reliance<br />
on more reliable information,<br />
I hope the advice provided in<br />
today’s article better informs<br />
you along the way.<br />
To learn more about managing<br />
your lawn and garden<br />
from our experts on campus,<br />
please search “Purdue Consumer<br />
Horticulture” on your<br />
computer or smartphone.<br />
For additional information<br />
about other agriculture and<br />
natural resources topics, email<br />
me at hawley4@purdue.edu.<br />
You can also reach our office<br />
at 8<strong>12</strong>-926-1189. We are<br />
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TAKE YOUR BEACON<br />
Chris Grimm, Marty and Joyce Frank, Jeff Mardis, and Dave<br />
Grimm (Peggy Mardis not pictured) visited the Heineman<br />
Winery on Put-in-Bay. The Grimms and Mardis’s are from<br />
Bright; the Franks live in Logan.<br />
Ed Hansmann, Guilford,<br />
and Jacquie Pollitt, North<br />
Bend, on vacation in England,<br />
visiting Cambridge,<br />
London, and The Lake<br />
District. Picture taken after<br />
hiking to top of Skiddaw<br />
Mountain (elevation over<br />
3,000 ft.) near Keswick in<br />
the Lake District.<br />
The Laugle family, Bright, visited their daughter and family in<br />
Texas. They spent a few days on South Padre Island. Pictured<br />
are Nathan Matthews, Joe Laugle, Max Laugle, and Courtney<br />
Matthews.<br />
The Coffmans and the Engles traveled to Durango, Colorado<br />
to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries at a Resort Ranch,<br />
crossing the Centennnial Divide at the highest point, via Wolf<br />
Creek Pass. The photo was taken at the intersection of the four<br />
corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Steve,<br />
Diana, Arlis, Geneva, Anna and Alexa holding the Beacon.<br />
Angela, Joe, Kent, GiGi and Kent Johnson are in front of The<br />
Spanish Steps which were built to connect The Trinita Dei<br />
Monti Church with The Spanish Square below. The long, triangular<br />
Spanish Square is named after The Spanish Embassy.<br />
Jill Rullman, Jeff Rullman,<br />
Neil Rullman, Janet<br />
Rullman vacationed in<br />
Inverness Scotland for the<br />
Highland Games.<br />
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MARKET<br />
Lawrenceburg Civic Park<br />
Shop holiday vendors inside our<br />
Winter Wonderland domes!<br />
Nov. 29, 30 & Dec. 1<br />
Dec. 5 - 8, Dec. <strong>12</strong> - 15<br />
Thurs., 4-8pm • Fri., 4-9pm<br />
Sat., 11am-7pm • Sun., <strong>12</strong>-5pm<br />
Ice Rink Opening Early This Year!<br />
Saturday – November 9<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 Noon Winter Wonderland Ice Rink Opens ... Todd Creech Park, Tate Street;<br />
“Luau on Ice” Beach Theme at the Rink <strong>12</strong>-9PM<br />
Saturday – November 16<br />
11:00-7:00 Hello Holidays Merchant Open Houses ... enjoy specials, sales, raffles,<br />
horse drawn carriage rides & more<br />
Friday – November 29<br />
6:00-10:00 Special Teen Night with DJ for Grades 6 – <strong>12</strong> ... at the Ice Rink<br />
Saturday – November 30<br />
11:00-2:00 Small Business Saturday - Downtown Merchants Snowman<br />
Scavenger Hunt for cookies<br />
Sunday – December 1<br />
4:30 Mayor’s Reception ... at the Lawrenceburg Event Center<br />
4:30-5:45 Cincinnati Brass Band ... at the Lawrenceburg Event Center<br />
6:00 Official Tree Lighting Ceremony ... at the Levee along with Tiger Pizzazz<br />
Saturday – December 7<br />
9:00 Breakfast with Santa ... Ticket Required - Lawrenceburg<br />
Community Center<br />
11:00-4:00 Library Activities ... Crafts, Holiday Performances,<br />
Santa and Live Reindeer<br />
11:00-2:00 Santa’s Workshop Craft Activities<br />
11:00-2:00 Southeastern Indiana Art Guild ... Artwork,<br />
Face-painting, Cards and Bake Sale<br />
<strong>12</strong>:30 Winter Wonderland Parade and PAWS<br />
Pet Parade<br />
1:00 Santa and Mrs. Claus Arrive<br />
1:15 Big Prize Giveaway<br />
Saturday – December 14<br />
3:00-5:00 Santa and Mrs. Claus Visit the Ice Rink<br />
... Photo Ops Available<br />
Ice Skating Rink<br />
OPENS EARLY!<br />
Nov. 9 - Jan. 5, 2020<br />
Located at Todd Creech Park, Tate St.<br />
Tuesday - Thursday: 4-8PM<br />
Friday: 4-9PM**<br />
Saturday: <strong>12</strong>-9PM<br />
Sunday: <strong>12</strong>-8PM<br />
Closed Mondays<br />
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Thanksgiving Day - Closed<br />
Christmas Break Schedule Hours:<br />
December 23 – January 3: <strong>12</strong>-9PM<br />
Christmas Eve: <strong>12</strong>-3PM<br />
New Years Eve: <strong>12</strong>-6PM<br />
Closed Christmas Day<br />
**Teen Night with DJ<br />
Friday, November 29<br />
Grades 6-<strong>12</strong> from 6-10PM<br />
(Rink closed to public during hours above)<br />
For more information contact:<br />
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES TOGETHER.