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INSIDE<br />
The BEACON<br />
The proposed fourth port of Indiana<br />
is still in the works and will be located<br />
in Lawrenceburg. While Rome wasn’t<br />
built in a day, the construction of the<br />
port seems to be moving at an even<br />
slower rate. Rest assured, preparations<br />
are moving full steam ahead.<br />
On Jan. 14, Governor Eric Holcomb<br />
delivered his State of the State Address.<br />
While the rest of the world waited<br />
to hear about economic statistics<br />
such as the unemployment rate and<br />
capital investments, southeast Indiana<br />
eagerly listened for news about the<br />
proposed fourth port. The reference<br />
made by the governor was brief.<br />
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Indiana’s Fourth Port- Where Are We Now?<br />
Governor Holcomb said, “Now, being<br />
the Crossroads of America means<br />
more than just building roads. That’s<br />
why we’re cleaning up our highways,<br />
having picked up nearly 16 million<br />
pounds of litter last year, blazing the<br />
most trail-friendly state in the nation,<br />
connecting thousands of unserved<br />
homes and businesses to high-speed<br />
internet service, adding more nonstop<br />
flights, transforming northwest Indiana<br />
with two rail projects totaling well<br />
over a billion dollars, finishing our<br />
due diligence on a fourth water port<br />
in Lawrenceburg, and facilitating the<br />
investment of $436 million in 20 communities<br />
to improve local community<br />
water infrastructure, just part of what<br />
cities all over the state are doing to<br />
enhance their water systems.”<br />
Mayor Mollaun, the mayor of Lawrenceburg,<br />
was happy that the fourth<br />
port was mentioned in the Governor’s<br />
State of the State address. “We are<br />
confident that the state will do their<br />
best at ensuring the most environmentally<br />
safe project before any development<br />
or construction occurs,” he said.<br />
In the past, the Ports of Indiana<br />
Commission has extended their contract<br />
to purchase land in Lawrenceburg<br />
Continued on page 3A<br />
Touching Many Lives<br />
The memory of Jesse Smith as<br />
seen through the eyes of his wife.<br />
Page 9A<br />
Library Friends<br />
More than just a lifetime love of<br />
reading! Elise Bostick and Dahlia<br />
Fuson met at the library and have<br />
been best friends ever since. See<br />
what else is going on. Page 7B<br />
100th Win!<br />
EC wrestler Ben Wolf celebrating<br />
his 100th win, and he is only a<br />
junior!<br />
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Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025<br />
Clara Ann Zinser and Sandy<br />
Wagner coordinate preparations<br />
and deliveries for the Sunman<br />
Pantry.<br />
Hope<br />
Bohman<br />
worked<br />
dilligently<br />
to restock<br />
items as<br />
volunteers<br />
prepared<br />
food baskets.<br />
The Schneider<br />
family travelled<br />
from Harrison<br />
to lend a hand-<br />
Xavier (7),<br />
Sharon (mother),<br />
Felicity<br />
(4), Teresa (9),<br />
Maddie (15),<br />
Randy (17),<br />
Nicholas (13)<br />
Giving Back<br />
Volunteers gathered<br />
from all parts of our<br />
community helped those<br />
in need by volunteering at<br />
the Sunman Food Pantry.<br />
Jane Werner and Nathan Haller<br />
teamed up to fill boxes with food<br />
and supplies.<br />
One Mile Bridge<br />
Moving Forward<br />
The replacement of the bridge on<br />
One Mile Road is gradually moving<br />
forward. The project has been<br />
delayed due to the requirement for<br />
a redesign of the proposed project.<br />
Initially, the goal was to coordinate<br />
the demolition and reconstruction of<br />
the bridge by maintaining one lane of<br />
the current structure to accommodate<br />
traffic during construction. However,<br />
those who were approached about<br />
bidding on the project declined, citing<br />
that utilizing one lane was virtually<br />
impossible.<br />
According to Dearborn County<br />
Engineer Todd Listerman, the services<br />
of Jacobi, Toombs and Lanz,<br />
Inc. have been secured to provide<br />
professional engineering services<br />
required for the specified changes in<br />
the project. Certain alterations were<br />
requested to be made to the design of<br />
the project to make it more attractive<br />
to construction contractors.<br />
New specifications were created for<br />
the project, which includes fabricating<br />
a temporary run-a-round for<br />
traffic. The path will be located to the<br />
south of the current bridge. The plan<br />
is to acquire a temporary right-of-way<br />
from an adjoining property owner<br />
where the runaround will be located.<br />
Upon completion of the bridge, the<br />
elements of the runaround will be<br />
removed, and the rented land will be<br />
returned to its original condition.<br />
The need for the replacement of<br />
small structure 667 was discovered<br />
during the annual county-wide bridge<br />
inspection. Repairs would have been<br />
cost-prohibitive, especially when<br />
Continued on page 3A<br />
Dearborn County Courthouse History Preserved<br />
The Dearborn County Courthouse centers around a<br />
gold leaf dome and cupola.<br />
By Maureen Stenger<br />
In 1803 Dearborn County, named after General Henry<br />
Dearborn, who was the Secretary of War for President<br />
Thomas Jefferson, was organized by Governor William<br />
Henry Harrison. At this same time, Lawrenceburg was established<br />
as the county seat. Surprisingly, what is now Ohio<br />
County was originally part of Dearborn County. In 1810 a<br />
two-story courthouse was built on the public square in the<br />
heart of Lawrenceburg.<br />
The original courthouse was a brick building with a<br />
hipped roof, where all sides slope downward to the walls,<br />
it also consisted of an octagonal cupola. The design mimicked<br />
that of most other public buildings at the time. The<br />
courtroom was located on the first floor, while the judges’<br />
chambers and the jury room were on the floor above.<br />
Unfortunately, in <strong>March</strong> of 1826, the courthouse burned to<br />
the ground as the result of alleged arson. The fire was so<br />
devastating that property owners had to bring in their deeds<br />
to be re-copied by hand by the recorder.<br />
A second courthouse was built to replace the previous<br />
one. Local architect Jesse Hunt worked with construction<br />
superintendents George H. Dunn and James W. Hunter. In<br />
1828 the building was ready for use. In addition, two separate<br />
brick buildings were built between the rebuilt courthouse<br />
and Mary Street. These housed the county clerk and<br />
recorder. In February of 1832, the Ohio River flooded as a<br />
result of a warm front that quickly melted the snow and<br />
Continued on page 4A<br />
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Page 2A THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
By<br />
Tamara<br />
Taylor<br />
Cookie Altoff, Bright<br />
Leap of Fate<br />
It’s LEAP YEAR! How<br />
exciting! Okay, realistically<br />
leap year is another year to<br />
celebrate. Or at least smile a<br />
bit more. And we can all use a<br />
reason to do that.<br />
So what’s the deal? Every<br />
year we think the number of<br />
days is 365. Ha- not! Each<br />
year actually consists of<br />
365.2421 days, which adds<br />
up to an extra day every four<br />
years. To compensate and fit<br />
our calendar, we celebrate<br />
leap year.<br />
So what are you going to<br />
do to celebrate the leap year?<br />
If you were born on Feb. 29,<br />
you are 75% younger than<br />
those of us who are mere<br />
mortals. I personally like the<br />
idea of writing a letter to your<br />
future self. Please email me<br />
at editor@goBEACONnews.<br />
com about how you will celebrate<br />
this event. A follow-up<br />
article is planned for our website<br />
goBEACONnews.com.<br />
I recently received a call<br />
from Cookie Altoff, Bright,<br />
about a photo that was on the<br />
cover of last month’s <strong>Beacon</strong>.<br />
It seems that a long lost<br />
friend, Wayne Browning, was<br />
pictured in the article about<br />
the Christmas with Friends<br />
event. Mr. Browning was in<br />
Mrs. Altoff’s wedding fiftytwo<br />
years ago! Sadly, the<br />
Altoffs lost touch with Mr.<br />
Browning and were eager to<br />
get back in touch. How neat!<br />
This isn’t the first story<br />
I have heard about people<br />
featured in the <strong>Beacon</strong> being<br />
long-lost acquaintances and<br />
reunited with friends. Dottie<br />
Schipper was stunned when<br />
a friend she hadn’t seen for<br />
over forty years showed up on<br />
her doorstep. The gentleman<br />
had seen Dottie’s ad for her<br />
shop, Wagonshed Candles,<br />
Wayne Browning, Rising Sun<br />
in Aurora. Ray Leslie had<br />
worked with Mrs. Shipper’s<br />
husband years ago, and then<br />
they lost touch. Today, Mrs.<br />
Shipper, Mr. Leslie, and a mutual<br />
friend, Ms. Hensley, get<br />
together to visit every week.<br />
Very neat. And another<br />
reason why our community is<br />
so great!<br />
I have noticed that so<br />
many of our communities are<br />
intertwined because of lifelong<br />
friendships and family<br />
relationships, especially in St.<br />
Leon. EVERYBODY knows<br />
EVERYBODY! This month’s<br />
volunteers are no exception.<br />
Mention the Hoogs, and<br />
you are sure to see a smile<br />
on other people’s faces. The<br />
Hoogs have lived in St Leon<br />
all of their lives, luckily for<br />
St. Joseph. Yes, there are three<br />
of them- three of the most<br />
amazing, willing volunteers<br />
Marlene Hoog and her<br />
granddaughter Samantha<br />
Hensley during a pilgrimage<br />
to the Holy Land.<br />
Buck and Linda Hoog took<br />
a parish youth mission trip<br />
to West Virginia where they<br />
helped with home repairs<br />
and chaperoning.<br />
you could ever meet. And of<br />
course, they drag their family<br />
into as much as possible to<br />
help the community.<br />
Linda and Buck Hoog currently<br />
reside on State Route<br />
1. At ages seventy-two, they<br />
both keep active with the<br />
church, especially on the<br />
physical facilities committee.<br />
As we all know, keeping<br />
up with an older building is<br />
no small feat. Thanks to the<br />
Hoogs, the challenge is well<br />
in hand for St. Joseph. The<br />
Hoogs can be found, weather<br />
permitting (and sometimes<br />
even when it’s not!), mowing<br />
the grass, and tending to the<br />
grounds of the cemetery. They<br />
are the first to lead the way<br />
when decorating for Christmas,<br />
Lent, and Advent.<br />
Mrs. Hoog is always ready<br />
to handle whatever is needed<br />
for funerals and visitations,<br />
including getting ready for<br />
Mass and preparing meals for<br />
the families. She also takes<br />
it upon herself to clean the<br />
church. Mrs. Hoog retired<br />
from being the secretary at<br />
the Sunman Dearborn Middle<br />
School, and one can only<br />
imagine how she kept that<br />
school running!<br />
Mr. Hoog has a longstanding<br />
reputation of being able<br />
to fix just about anything.<br />
He does odd jobs around the<br />
church, from fixing pipes<br />
to moving things and even<br />
tearing down walls. What he<br />
doesn’t know how to do, he<br />
certainly learns quickly.<br />
Linda and Buck Hoog are in<br />
good company with sister-inlaw<br />
Marlene Hoog. I heard<br />
an exclamation point in the<br />
comment that she does not<br />
mow grass! But she does everything<br />
else. Mrs. Hoog also<br />
coordinates the rentals for the<br />
St. Joseph campus. Not an<br />
easy task when one considers<br />
that the building site is rented<br />
every day. She schedules the<br />
big gym for baseball, basketball,<br />
and softball practices.<br />
She also handles reservations<br />
for showers and parties.<br />
According to Emily Alig,<br />
the office and parish coordinator,<br />
“Marlene, Linda, and<br />
Buck give so much to All<br />
Saints and expect nothing in<br />
return. We are beyond blessed<br />
to have so many dedicated<br />
volunteers at All Saints to<br />
help care for our four campuses.”<br />
Linda and Buck have three<br />
daughters- Bonnie Lobenstein<br />
(St. Leon), Sherri Sterwerf<br />
(West Harrison), and Tammy<br />
Vonderheide (St. Leon). Seven<br />
grandchildren round out<br />
the family as well as many,<br />
many granddogs.<br />
Bonnie describes her parents<br />
as being very dedicated<br />
to both the church and the<br />
St. Leon American Legion.<br />
She shared, “if they aren’t at<br />
home, we know where to find<br />
them- the church, the parish<br />
life center, or the legion!” My<br />
guess is that members of this<br />
large family are the first to<br />
be called by the Hoogs when<br />
volunteers are needed for<br />
events and special occasions.<br />
Thank you, Linda, Buck,<br />
and Marlene Hoog, for setting<br />
the example of the types of<br />
volunteers to which we should<br />
all aspire. Your efforts make<br />
an incredible difference in<br />
St. Leon and throughout our<br />
community.<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 3A<br />
What is it?<br />
Last month’s item was<br />
a kitchen match holder.<br />
Loraine Rumsey, Aurora,<br />
submitted, “The item<br />
pictured in the February<br />
<strong>Beacon</strong> looks like a holder<br />
for wood matches. Of<br />
course, I would probably<br />
fill it with life savers, paperclips, or candy kisses.”<br />
Carol Morton, Brookville, said that the item could<br />
be used as a wall-mount letter holder/<br />
organizer. Karen Getz, Franklin County,<br />
Robert Sommer, Bear Branch, and Larry<br />
J. Meister, Lawrenceburg, also identified<br />
the item correctly.<br />
This month’s challenge was submitted<br />
by Ken Burger of Manchester. Please<br />
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Last month:<br />
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One Mile Bridge Replacement<br />
Specifications Being Redesigned<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
weighed against their potential<br />
longevity.<br />
The cost of the project is to<br />
be taken out of the county’s<br />
cumulative bridge fund,<br />
which is funded by a .3 1 /3<br />
% bridge tax. For example,<br />
every $100 of property tax<br />
that is paid, $.333 goes into<br />
the cumulative bridge fund.<br />
While the tax rate is capped<br />
at 10%, the tax has not been<br />
raised in Dearborn County<br />
since the early 1980s. In the<br />
past, additional funds for<br />
bridge projects have come<br />
from riverboat gaming monies.<br />
“Part of the need for<br />
upgrading small structures<br />
throughout the county is<br />
doing so with the limited<br />
funds we have.’” shared Todd<br />
Listerman, Dearborn County<br />
Engineer.<br />
Construction of the new<br />
One Mile bridge is slated to<br />
take place during the summer<br />
of <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Dearborn County is home<br />
to twenty-four bridges and<br />
small structures. Currently,<br />
six, and perhaps a seventh,<br />
are slated for replacement. In<br />
the 2019 budget, the cumulative<br />
bridge fund amount is<br />
$750,000. Funding for larger<br />
projects may be pursued<br />
through federal and state<br />
funding. For example the<br />
bridge on North Hogan Road<br />
is funded through federal<br />
dollars as an 80/20 match.<br />
The county will be required<br />
to fund twenty percent of the<br />
project. Funding opportunities<br />
such as this significantly<br />
reduce the strain on counties<br />
where reconstruction is<br />
concerned.<br />
Another program that has<br />
a significant impact on the<br />
taxpayers’ responsibility for<br />
road construction costs is<br />
the Community Crossings<br />
Matching Grant Program.<br />
Started in 2016, it provides<br />
funding to cities, towns, and<br />
counties throughout Indiana<br />
to allow them to make<br />
improvements to local roads<br />
and bridges. The investment<br />
by the State, counties, and<br />
local governments fosters an<br />
investment in infrastructure.<br />
The result is greater opportunities<br />
for economic development,<br />
which leads to more<br />
employment opportunities<br />
while strengthening the local<br />
economy.<br />
The Stateline Road project<br />
located at the intersection<br />
of Georgetown Road is also<br />
moving forward. It is set<br />
to be re-let for bid in early<br />
<strong>March</strong>. Concerning the moving<br />
of utilities for the project,<br />
the water line has been<br />
relocated. Both power lines<br />
and gas lines are slated to<br />
be relocated in early <strong>March</strong>.<br />
Every effort will be made to<br />
keep traffic running smoothly<br />
during the reconstruction of<br />
the area around the intersection.<br />
State of the Port- Where Are We Now?<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
for the 725-acre site. The<br />
caveat is that it must meet the<br />
state’s environmental viability<br />
process for the purchase<br />
to move forward. Currently,<br />
the land is owned by Tanners<br />
Creek Development, LLC.,<br />
a private entity based out of<br />
St. Louis, MO. Late last year,<br />
the Indiana Department of<br />
Environmental Management<br />
(IDEM) sent a request for<br />
further information to Tanners<br />
Creek Development citing<br />
deficiencies identified in a<br />
site investigation work plan<br />
(SIWP). The SIWP described<br />
the methods to control or minimize<br />
contaminant releases to<br />
groundwater from the main<br />
ash pond.<br />
According to IDEM, the additional<br />
information provided<br />
by Tanners Creek Development<br />
about the SIWP was<br />
sufficient for approval. Tanners<br />
Creek Development can<br />
now move forward with the<br />
implementation of the SIWP.<br />
The company can also move<br />
forward with the groundwater<br />
monitoring plan that was approved<br />
on Aug. 27, 2019.<br />
Upon completion of the<br />
SIWP, Tanners Creek Development<br />
will be able to proceed<br />
with the development of<br />
a site conceptual model. The<br />
company will be required to<br />
submit a closure plan for the<br />
main ash pond that includes<br />
information collected through<br />
the groundwater monitoring<br />
plan, the site conceptual<br />
model, and the SIWP.<br />
In other words, the project<br />
is moving forward.<br />
Staying on top of the development<br />
of a potential fourth<br />
port is the Southeast Indiana<br />
Regional Port Authority<br />
(SIRPA). The organization is<br />
comprised of four representatives<br />
from the City of Lawrenceburg,<br />
four representatives<br />
from the City of Aurora,<br />
and one representative from<br />
Dearborn County. SIRPA was<br />
created under Indiana Code<br />
8-10-5 and has complete<br />
authority independent of any<br />
political entity.<br />
SIRPA is currently considering<br />
several economic opportunities<br />
and projects related<br />
to the development of the<br />
port. According to Dearborn<br />
County’s website, the entity<br />
can legally do the following:<br />
• Purchase, construct, sell,<br />
lease, and operate docks,<br />
wharves, warehouses, piers,<br />
and any other port, terminal,<br />
or transportation facilities<br />
within its jurisdiction consistent<br />
with the purposes of<br />
the port authority and make<br />
charges for the use thereof.<br />
• Straighten, deepen, and<br />
improve any canal, channel,<br />
river, stream, or other water<br />
course or way which may be<br />
necessary or proper in the<br />
development of the facilities<br />
of such port.<br />
• Establish dock lines, piers,<br />
and other facilities necessary<br />
to the conduct of pleasure<br />
boating within the territory<br />
under the jurisdiction of the<br />
port authority.<br />
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But, as with any growth, we<br />
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evaluating the overall impact<br />
of those opportunities to ensure<br />
positive results. The spinoff<br />
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are far-reaching encompassing<br />
peripheral industries and services<br />
such as housing, retail,<br />
health, and human services,<br />
etc. Controlled growth is<br />
within the grasp of our region<br />
and state as we truly become<br />
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The strategic plan compiled<br />
by One Dearborn is proving to<br />
be an invaluable tool in preparation<br />
for the proposed port.<br />
The plan focuses on the quality<br />
of life in Dearborn County,<br />
including housing, potential<br />
workforce, current businesses,<br />
and attracting new businesses.<br />
The implementation of the<br />
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Courthouse Houses More Than County Administration<br />
Continued from page 1A<br />
brought continuous rain. The<br />
flooding waters broke the levee<br />
and caused major destruction.<br />
The crest of the flood<br />
in Cincinnati came on Feb.<br />
18, rising to just a little over<br />
sixty-four feet. One exaggerated<br />
report at the time stated<br />
that the cupola of the Dearborn<br />
County Courthouse was<br />
the only visible part above the<br />
waters. No matter what the<br />
truth may be, the floodwaters<br />
caused a great deal of strife<br />
and wreaked havoc in the<br />
area.<br />
The county seat was moved<br />
to the village of Wilmington,<br />
now an unincorporated<br />
community in Hogan Township,<br />
from 1836 to 1843. A<br />
courthouse was built there. At<br />
the same time, the governor<br />
of Indiana signed an act that<br />
the part of Dearborn County<br />
south of Laughery Creek was<br />
to be divided to form Ohio<br />
County.<br />
In 1843 the county seat was<br />
moved back to Lawrenceburg.<br />
The courthouse was reverted<br />
to the one built in the 1820s.<br />
As the population in Dearborn<br />
County grew, the wildness of<br />
the frontier had begun to die<br />
down, and wealth was being<br />
accumulated in the area. The<br />
county commissioners wanted<br />
a new courthouse to reflect<br />
the progression.<br />
The commissioners decided<br />
to build the new courthouse,<br />
whose design mirrored the<br />
Floyd County courthouse<br />
located in New Albany,<br />
Indiana. George H. Kyle,<br />
who had lived in Vevay since<br />
1840, was hired as the architect<br />
to carry out the task.<br />
Mr. Kyle was very talented<br />
and had earned an excellent<br />
reputation. On June 15, 1870,<br />
his plans for the new courthouse<br />
were approved, and the<br />
The original finish had deteriorated<br />
beyond repair and<br />
had to be carefully removed.<br />
project began. The pearl gray<br />
limestone used to construct<br />
the courthouse was quarried at<br />
Elliotsville in Monroe County,<br />
Indiana. Francis Raman of Indianapolis<br />
had the contract for<br />
stone cutting, and T.J. Shannor<br />
of Lawrenceburg was the<br />
general contractor.<br />
The ceremonial laying<br />
of the cornerstone for the<br />
new courthouse took place<br />
on April 13, 1871, and was<br />
attended by thousands of<br />
people. Some cornerstones<br />
include time capsules, and<br />
this courthouse was no different.<br />
Items placed in the time<br />
capsule included documents<br />
about the histories of the<br />
Masons, Druids, Good Templars<br />
(a fraternal organization<br />
against the use of alcohol and<br />
drugs), and other articles from<br />
area religious societies. Old<br />
coins from the Revolution,<br />
stamps, and newspapers were<br />
also included in the capsule.<br />
The three-story Greek<br />
revival style courthouse was<br />
completed in 1873 at the final<br />
cost of one hundred thirtyfive<br />
thousand seven hundred<br />
seventy-five dollars. The<br />
towering building included<br />
city offices and a public opera<br />
house. The second floor was<br />
A detail of the original egg<br />
and dart molding on the<br />
courtroom furniture.<br />
One of the pieces midway<br />
through the restoration<br />
process.<br />
home to a large courtroom<br />
measuring roughly seventy<br />
feet long by fifty feet wide.<br />
On a rainy January morning,<br />
Circuit Court Judge<br />
James Humphrey was kind<br />
enough to take time out of<br />
his busy schedule to give me<br />
a tour of the beautiful courthouse.<br />
The circuit court is<br />
the last actual circuit court in<br />
the state of Indiana. When I<br />
walked into the older part of<br />
the Dearborn County Courthouse,<br />
I felt as if I had truly<br />
stepped back in time. The<br />
sweeping courtroom is a sight<br />
to behold. The high ceilings<br />
and stained glass windows<br />
garner your attention. The<br />
large chandelier in the center<br />
The historic Dearborn County Courthouse was completed in<br />
1873.<br />
The judge’s bench after expert repair and restoration.<br />
of the courtroom is the only<br />
original one left. Of course,<br />
in the 1870s when the courthouse<br />
was built, everything<br />
was lit with gas since electricity<br />
was not available. An old<br />
box with a door is located in<br />
the circuit courtroom wall.<br />
Once opened, a valve is revealed<br />
that lit the gas lights in<br />
the room.<br />
The original ceiling in the<br />
courthouse was an ornate<br />
plaster ceiling painted to replicate<br />
the sky with clouds and<br />
stars. It had arches, plaster<br />
cherubs, and two medallions<br />
from which the giant brass<br />
chandeliers were hung. According<br />
to history, during a<br />
trial, one of the cherubs fell<br />
from the ceiling landing on a<br />
juror!<br />
In 1902 Judge George E.<br />
Downey had the courtroom<br />
divided in half. He had the<br />
plaster ceiling covered with<br />
the pressed tin ceiling that is<br />
visible in the courtroom today.<br />
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Community History Preserved for Future Generations<br />
The Circuit Courtroom is filled with historic elements such<br />
as the original stained glass windows.<br />
Hidden above the courtroom is the original mural of stars<br />
and clouds centered around a gold leaf medallion.<br />
An antique safe once held<br />
courthouse documents.<br />
Continued from page 4A<br />
Luckily for me, Judge Humphrey<br />
was willing to take me<br />
on a field trip up to the third<br />
floor of the courtroom in the<br />
attic, where I got to see the<br />
original ceiling! Even through<br />
the cobwebs and rafters, I<br />
could see what a beauty she<br />
had once been.<br />
Another interesting tidbit<br />
about the courthouse is that<br />
during renovations, the insulation<br />
was found to be made<br />
up of dirt, gravel, and horsehair<br />
in the floors! Some of<br />
Photos by Maureen Stenger<br />
the original black and white<br />
marble flooring remains on<br />
the second floor. If you look<br />
at it carefully, the remnants<br />
of shells are visible where it<br />
was originally cut, reflecting<br />
the time period in which they<br />
were formed.<br />
Another neat feature to<br />
the courthouse is the flood<br />
markers that are displayed<br />
outside of the courthouse. A<br />
brass plaque can be found on<br />
the second floor that serves<br />
as a reminder of how high<br />
floodwaters rose in the flood<br />
of 1937.<br />
A marking is etched on one<br />
of the columns at the front of<br />
the courthouse showing how<br />
high the water came up in the<br />
1887 flood.<br />
The renovation and maintenance<br />
of old buildings and all<br />
of their adornments take time<br />
and expertise. Terry Stephens,<br />
a professional woodworker<br />
and resident of Guilford, is involved<br />
in various woodworking<br />
projects at the courthouse.<br />
Artwork such as this portrait<br />
of President Abraham<br />
Lincoln adorn the walls<br />
throughout the courthouse.<br />
Mr. Stephens<br />
was<br />
contacted<br />
by Judge<br />
Humphrey<br />
to examine<br />
a piece of<br />
furniture<br />
that had a<br />
crack in it.<br />
Plaster detail That one<br />
piece grew<br />
into a long list of restoration<br />
projects and new designs.<br />
Although he is now retired,<br />
Mr. Stephens was more than<br />
willing to help. The piece<br />
of furniture that started it all<br />
was the bailiff’s desk that<br />
had a 3/8” crack across the<br />
front of it. Mr. Stephens told<br />
Judge Humphrey, “Give me<br />
the worst piece he had, the<br />
bailiff’s desk, and I would<br />
repair/refinish it. Then if<br />
he was satisfied, we would<br />
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And the rest, as they say, is<br />
history. In addition to the<br />
bailiff’s desk, Mr. Stephens<br />
has repaired and restored the<br />
judge’s bench, a desk, and<br />
both of the attorney’s tables.<br />
He shared that the furniture<br />
is all quartered red oak. Mr.<br />
Stephens said, “The work<br />
consisted of stripping the<br />
original badly-checked finish,<br />
repairing cracks, fabricating<br />
missing pieces, and recreating<br />
some carving to match the existing<br />
carving.” Mr. Stephens<br />
is in the process of building<br />
a ten-foot-high by fourteenfoot-wide<br />
quartered oak<br />
bookcase resembling the other<br />
courthouse furniture. This<br />
new bookcase will become<br />
the home for a collection of<br />
the original leather-bound law<br />
books. Mr. Stephens explains<br />
he has, “Enjoyed working<br />
on these historical pieces of<br />
furniture and helping out the<br />
county.” Judge Humphrey<br />
raved to me about his incredible<br />
craftsmanship! I know the<br />
county is incredibly grateful<br />
for Mr. Stephens’ excellent<br />
work.<br />
Although the hands of time<br />
keep turning and the winds of<br />
change keep blowing, a true<br />
effort has been made to keep<br />
the Dearborn County Courthouse<br />
and its furnishings in<br />
pristine condition. Old glass<br />
in the circuit courtroom had<br />
to be swapped out for safety<br />
glass, but Judge Humphrey is<br />
planning to have the old glass<br />
framed and displayed. In addition<br />
to upholding the law, the<br />
courthouse was once used as a<br />
venue to host political rallies,<br />
graduation ceremonies, and<br />
other public events. A concerted<br />
effort is being made to<br />
pay homage to its history. We<br />
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USINESS<br />
NEWS ABOUT OUR<br />
ADVERTISERS<br />
Sams Named<br />
Civista Regional<br />
Market Executive<br />
Civista Bank has named<br />
Mark J. Sams as Senior<br />
Vice President, Regional<br />
Market Executive for the<br />
bank’s Southeastern Indiana<br />
and Greater Cincinnati<br />
region. Mr. Sams is based<br />
at the bank’s Lawrenceburg<br />
branch. He succeeds former<br />
Market Executive, Mike M.<br />
McLaughlin, who recently<br />
retired after thirty-six years of<br />
service.<br />
Mr. Sams joined Civista in<br />
2014, after being recruited<br />
by current board members,<br />
E.G. McLaughlin and Bill<br />
Ritzman. He has over twenty<br />
years of community banking<br />
and commercial lending<br />
experience. Mr. Sams earned<br />
his bachelor’s degree in<br />
business administration from<br />
the University of Illinois<br />
and is an alumni of the<br />
Graduate School of Banking<br />
in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark<br />
Sams is a Board Member<br />
Mark Sams, Senior Vice<br />
President, Regional Market<br />
Executive for Civista Bank.<br />
of the Civista Charitable<br />
Foundation, a Board Member<br />
and Treasurer of the Sacred<br />
Heart Boosters Club, and a<br />
Board Member and Treasurer<br />
of Dearborn County’s<br />
economic development group,<br />
One Dearborn.<br />
“Mark Sams is an effective<br />
leader who is dedicated<br />
to delivering exceptional<br />
customer service to our<br />
communities,” said Civista<br />
Bank CEO and President,<br />
Dennis G. Shaffer. “He will<br />
continue to lead Civista’s<br />
commercial lending team in<br />
the region, while working<br />
closely with regional sales<br />
leaders – Bridget Davidson,<br />
Assistant Vice President,<br />
Retail Market Leader; Jim<br />
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Financial Consultant;<br />
and Amanda Corsmeier,<br />
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Shaffer.<br />
Auxiliary Contributes<br />
To Highpoint Health<br />
The Auxiliary of Highpoint<br />
Health has contributed more<br />
than $2.19 million to the<br />
hospital since its founding<br />
in 1958. Its most recent<br />
donation of $14,000 was<br />
made at the organization’s<br />
recognition luncheon. It<br />
served as the final payment<br />
on the GE SenoClaire<br />
3D (three-dimensional)<br />
Mammography Unit used<br />
in the hospital’s Breast Care<br />
Center.<br />
Each year, the hospital<br />
hosts a luncheon at the<br />
Dearborn Country Club for<br />
the Auxiliary to thank their<br />
volunteers for their service.<br />
Auxilians are recognized for<br />
their volunteer hours with<br />
service pins and/or guards<br />
and a gift from the hospital.<br />
“It’s truly a blessing to<br />
have the Auxiliary as part of<br />
our hospital family,” stated<br />
Michael W. Schwebler,<br />
Highpoint Health President/<br />
CEO. “Thank you for your<br />
many hours of service and<br />
dedication to our hospital.<br />
Your welcoming smiles and<br />
the care and concern you<br />
show for our patients and<br />
their families help to make<br />
for a more comfortable and<br />
pleasing patient experience.”<br />
At the event, the Auxiliary<br />
held its annual election of<br />
officers. Re-elected to their<br />
current offices were Second<br />
Vice President, Paul Filter;<br />
Recording Secretary, Marge<br />
Waldon; and Treasurer,<br />
Marilyn Courtney. Fulfilling<br />
Jacquie Ritzmann, Highpoint Health Birthing Center<br />
Manager; Angela Scudder, Highpoint Health Chief Nursing<br />
Officer; Tracy Lee; Dr. Natalie Adams ; Dr. Stephan Kraeling.<br />
Jacqueline Pitts (seated) and Rylie Lee.<br />
Highpoint Health Welcomes First<br />
Baby of New Decade<br />
The Highpoint Health Birthing Center welcomed its first<br />
baby of the new decade, Rylie Renee Lee. Delivered by<br />
Highpoint Health Physician Partners Obstetrician/Gynecologist<br />
Dr. Natalie Adams on January 5, at 1:34 a.m., Rylie weighed 6<br />
pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches in length.<br />
Rylie is the daughter of Jacqueline Pitts and Tracy Lee.<br />
As the first baby born at Highpoint Health in <strong>2020</strong>, Rylie<br />
was presented a certificate for a $500 savings account at<br />
the Dearborn County Federal Credit Union, courtesy of the<br />
hospital.<br />
their current terms of service<br />
are Sylvia Plashko, President;<br />
Marita Cizek, First Vice<br />
President; and Sharyn<br />
Makrancy, Corresponding<br />
Secretary.<br />
Entertainment was provided<br />
by two well-known local<br />
musicians, pianist Mark A.<br />
Tanner of Greendale and<br />
flautist Hollie Hosier of<br />
Milan. The duo performed<br />
both classical and Broadway<br />
melodies.<br />
Individuals recognized for<br />
their service at the luncheon<br />
were:<br />
500 hours: Colleen<br />
Aug, Daniel Aug, Mildred<br />
Gensheimer, Mary Kephart,<br />
Janet Petty and Barbara<br />
Vandermuellen<br />
1,000 hours: LaVerne<br />
Bryant, Claudia Richardt,<br />
Winifred Roland and John<br />
Vandermuellen<br />
2,000 hours: Barry Hussung<br />
3,000 hours: Etta Bostwick,<br />
Evelyn Click, Stella Dobson,<br />
Walter Shroyer and Paul<br />
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4,000 hours: Janice Metcalf<br />
7,000 hours: Jean Benning<br />
8,000 hours: Marita Cizek<br />
and Marilyn Courtney<br />
11,000 hours: Marge Waldon<br />
12,000 hours: Wilma<br />
Holden<br />
14,000 hours: Sylvia<br />
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18,000 hours: Ruth Wilson<br />
Life Members: Bruce<br />
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of an executor is part of<br />
creating your will. An executor<br />
must be at least eighteen<br />
years old and of sound mind.<br />
Indiana has an additional requirement<br />
that, if the executor<br />
is a non-resident, an in-state<br />
co-executor must be appointed.<br />
The non-resident executor<br />
may be required to post a<br />
bond. A non-resident can serve<br />
alone as executor if he or she<br />
posts a bond and files a written<br />
notice accepting the appointment<br />
and naming an in-state<br />
agent to receive legal papers.<br />
(Ind. Code Ann. § 29-1-10-1.)<br />
In other words, your best<br />
bet is to consult a lawyer.<br />
Responsibilities of an executor<br />
include:<br />
• locating documents pertaining<br />
to your estate<br />
• hiring an attorney if necessary<br />
• applying for probate<br />
• notifying interested parties<br />
• manage the deceased’s<br />
property<br />
• paying claims and debts and<br />
fees<br />
• filing tax returns<br />
• distribute assets to beneficiaries<br />
• keep accurate records<br />
• file a final accounting with<br />
the court<br />
Should you not have a will<br />
at the time of your death, the<br />
state will assume the responsibility<br />
and “provide” a will for<br />
you based upon state law.<br />
Another item to be considered<br />
for pre-planning is a<br />
durable financial power of attorney.<br />
This document assigns<br />
a person to manage your financial<br />
affairs should you become<br />
incapacitated. It stays in effect<br />
until such time that you regain<br />
your ability to care for yourself<br />
or until you pass away.<br />
A healthcare power of attorney<br />
designates a person to<br />
make medical decisions for<br />
you when you are unable to<br />
make decisions for yourself.<br />
Handling your financial<br />
accounts may be as simple as<br />
making beneficiary designations<br />
on the accounts. These<br />
designations can be assigned<br />
on life insurance policies,<br />
investment accounts, bank<br />
accounts, etc.<br />
If you have minor children,<br />
consider guardianship designations<br />
for them. Establishing<br />
trusts and detailed instructions<br />
concerning insurance, etc.<br />
may be necessary.<br />
“The benefit of pre-planning<br />
is knowing what is wanted<br />
ahead of time rather than<br />
during a stressful time,” said<br />
Melissa Scholl, Esq.<br />
As far as the details of a<br />
service, a vast array of options<br />
are available. However, one<br />
fact is indisputable. By law, a<br />
licensed funeral director must<br />
oversee the final disposition<br />
of a body in Indiana. Which<br />
means there is no opportunity<br />
to prop Grandpa up in the<br />
passenger seat of your convertible<br />
and take one last spin<br />
as he requested. A licensed<br />
Aurora Not-for-Profit Grants Available<br />
Grant applications are now<br />
being accepted for projects of<br />
not-for-profit organizations<br />
that will directly benefit Aurora<br />
residents. An advisory committee<br />
consisting of the members<br />
of the Aurora City Council will<br />
work with the Dearborn Community<br />
Foundation.<br />
Entities that provide services<br />
for the City of Aurora<br />
are also eligible to apply.<br />
Examples of the types of services<br />
include: EMS, historic<br />
preservation, housing, technical<br />
assistance, transportation<br />
and youth services.<br />
For more information visit<br />
https://www.dearborncf.org/<br />
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Bill Ullrich, Grand Knight of the Aurora Knights of<br />
Columbus Council 2111, and Paul Herberling, Knights<br />
of Columbus Council 1231 presented checks to Amy<br />
Phillips, YES Home Executive Director, to assist with<br />
the cost of new entry doors.<br />
Knights of Columbus<br />
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During a recent wind storm, the doors of the YES Home<br />
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Aurora Knights of Columbus Council 2111 and Lawrenceburg<br />
Knights of Columbus Council 1231, new doors are being<br />
installed.<br />
Mr. Ullrich shared, “I’m just glad we had the resources to<br />
take care of a real need for a very deserving group of caring<br />
people that do so much for children and familiies in need.”<br />
The YES Home is a residential group home that provides<br />
a structured, nurturing environment for children ages twelve<br />
to twenty. Their efforts promote connections with youth, their<br />
families, and the community.<br />
For more information on the YES Home and how to help,<br />
visit their website YESHome.org.<br />
funeral director is needed to<br />
file a death certificate and<br />
obtain the necessary permits<br />
for transporting the body, and<br />
for burial or cremation.<br />
Any pre-planning that has<br />
been made comes into play<br />
at this point. To begin the<br />
process, those interested in<br />
pre-planning a funeral should<br />
meet with a Pre-Planning consultant.<br />
Most funeral homes<br />
such as Andres Wuestefeld<br />
Funeral Home, Brater-Winter<br />
Funeral Home, Jackman<br />
Hensley Funeral Home, and<br />
Fitch-Denney Funeral Home<br />
can assist you in this area.<br />
When pre-planning, some<br />
considerations need to be<br />
taken into account. For<br />
example, where one keeps<br />
pertinent information and<br />
legal documents is vital to<br />
ensure that one’s wishes are<br />
carried out. The funeral home<br />
should only collect information<br />
needed to plan ahead.<br />
If a person chooses to prepay,<br />
the insurance company<br />
would need a social security<br />
number and date of birth. All<br />
personal information required<br />
by a funeral home should be<br />
stored in a secured location to<br />
prevent identity theft.<br />
Planning ahead does not<br />
mean that costs must be prepaid.<br />
In fact, planning ahead<br />
should not be associated with<br />
any price. According to Jolene<br />
Winter, Brater-Winter Funeral<br />
Home, “Planning ahead<br />
shouldn’t cost you money.<br />
The funeral home should<br />
give you a cost estimate. This<br />
allows you to think over the<br />
options and make sure you<br />
understand the costs. If you<br />
have questions, speak up.”<br />
If you choose to prepay<br />
funeral expenses, be sure to<br />
make the payment to an insurance<br />
company or trust company,<br />
not a funeral home. This<br />
process protects you in case a<br />
funeral home ever goes out of<br />
business.<br />
Almost all funeral homes<br />
guarantee services and merchandise.<br />
Be sure that guarantees<br />
of services and merchandise<br />
are clear. Cemetery<br />
costs, announcements, etc. are<br />
usually not guaranteed.<br />
Pre-planning does not<br />
automatically ensure that your<br />
wishes will be met. In Indiana,<br />
a Funeral Planning Declaration<br />
must be in place. Ohio<br />
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Page 8A THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Mardi Gras Celebration Brings Communities Together for a Good Cause<br />
The Children’s Advocacy<br />
Center of Southeastern<br />
Indiana (CACSEI) is once<br />
again hosting Mardi Gras on<br />
Feb. 29. This annual fundraiser<br />
supports efforts to help<br />
abused, neglected and maltreated<br />
children.<br />
The CAC helps children<br />
become kids again by helping<br />
them begin the healing<br />
process. It is a child-friendly<br />
nonprofit corporation created<br />
to minimize the trauma<br />
suffered by victims of child<br />
abuse. The CAC is designed<br />
with a multidisciplinary team<br />
approach which facilitates the<br />
prevention, detection, investigation<br />
and treatment of child<br />
abuse.<br />
“We help over 500 kids and<br />
their families every year after<br />
an allegation of abuse. All<br />
of the proceeds from Mardi<br />
Gras benefit CACSEI and<br />
help fund our three regional<br />
locations throughout the year.<br />
We use this money to cover<br />
education and community<br />
outreach programs, provide<br />
forensic interviews and further<br />
our mission of helping<br />
children heal after an allegation<br />
of abuse,” said CACSEI<br />
Executive Director Stephanie<br />
Back.<br />
The Mardi Gras event<br />
includes a King and Queen<br />
contest with candidates representing<br />
each county the CAC<br />
serves. The King and Queen<br />
couple who raises the most<br />
money by 11 p.m. the night of<br />
the event will be crowned the<br />
King and Queen of the Mardi<br />
Gras Ball, <strong>2020</strong>! Every dollar<br />
counts as one vote.<br />
And Mardi Gras wouldn’t<br />
be complete without king<br />
cakes!<br />
“For all of us at Mardi<br />
Gras, it’ll be a fun night<br />
with great memories. However,<br />
the money that comes<br />
from it serves a much higher<br />
purpose for children and<br />
families who have a very<br />
different set of memories<br />
after trauma,” says CACSEI<br />
Development Coordinator<br />
Shannon Perry.<br />
Representing Dearborn<br />
County are Kevin Alan Ruwe<br />
Turner and Marisa Dawn<br />
Selmeyer Turner. They are<br />
lifelong residents of Dearborn<br />
County. Both went to<br />
South Dearborn High School,<br />
Marisa in the Class of 1995<br />
and Kevin the Class of 1996.<br />
They have two children:<br />
Katelyn and Molly.<br />
Marisa was raised in<br />
Dillsboro by her parents<br />
Don and Ora Selmeyer. Her<br />
brother Justin also stayed in<br />
Dearborn County where he is<br />
the choir director and director<br />
of the Opening Knights<br />
Show Choir at South Dearborn.<br />
Marisa earned a degree<br />
in chemistry from Xavier<br />
University and a doctorate in<br />
pharmacy from Ohio State<br />
University. Marisa leads<br />
the Dillsboro Girl Scout<br />
Troop, is a member of the<br />
Dillsboro Redevelopment<br />
Committee, and volunteers<br />
with Bible School. She has<br />
previously been Sunday<br />
School Superintendent at the<br />
family’s church. For fun she<br />
tap dances and performs in<br />
recitals.<br />
Kevin was raised in Aurora<br />
by Randy Turner and Susan<br />
(nee Bentle) Bowling.<br />
In high school he served<br />
on Student Government all<br />
four years, being elected<br />
Student Body President his<br />
senior year. He worked for<br />
Aurora Police as a dispatcher<br />
and reserve police officer.<br />
In 2000 he was hired as a<br />
full time police officer for<br />
Greendale Police, where he<br />
currently works as the Patrol<br />
Sergeant, an investigator,<br />
and a training officer. Kevin<br />
also volunteered as a fire<br />
fighter and fire investigator<br />
for the Aurora Fire Department.<br />
He rejoined the fire<br />
service with Dillsboro Fire,<br />
where he is a Lieutenant and<br />
fire investigator. Kevin is a<br />
first-term Dearborn County<br />
Councilman for District 3.<br />
He previously volunteered<br />
with Aurora Emergency<br />
Rescue Unit as a driver then<br />
EMT. Kevin enjoys coaching<br />
youth sports and recently<br />
obtained certification by the<br />
Indiana High School Athletic<br />
Association as a referee in<br />
football, basketball, and soccer.<br />
In his spare time, Kevin<br />
enjoys playing drums, guitar,<br />
and bass guitar. He also<br />
enjoys reading (still mostly<br />
history), and spending time<br />
with his family including<br />
brothers Wilson, Jake, Oren,<br />
his Uncle Steven and Dad.<br />
Ryan and Rachel Holcomb<br />
of Batesville are representing<br />
Ripley County. Ryan is<br />
a 1997 graduate of South Ripley<br />
High School and a 2003<br />
graduate from Purdue University.<br />
He is currently working<br />
as a Financial Advisor with<br />
Edward Jones in Versailles.<br />
Ryan is also involved with the<br />
Versailles Lions Club, Batesville<br />
Community Education<br />
Foundation, and South Ripley<br />
FFA. Rachel is a 2000 graduate<br />
from Batesville High<br />
School, 2004 graduate from<br />
Purdue University School<br />
of Nursing, and earned her<br />
Kevin and Marisa Turner<br />
are representing Dearborn<br />
County.<br />
Masters of Nursing as a Family<br />
Nurse Practitioner (FNP)<br />
from University of Indianapolis<br />
in 2009. Rachel is working<br />
as a FNP in Family practice,<br />
involved in Mom2Mom in<br />
Batesville and is a health and<br />
wellness coach as well. Ryan<br />
and Rachel have 2 daughters,<br />
Paige and London and they<br />
enjoy going camping and<br />
traveling as a family.<br />
Brian and Courtney Monahan<br />
are your Ohio County<br />
CAC Mardi Gras King and<br />
Queen candidates for <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Brian is a graduate of Rising<br />
Sun High School. After Brian<br />
graduated High School, he<br />
started his career in public<br />
safety. He has held positions<br />
as a Deputy for the Ohio<br />
County Sheriff’s Office, Jail<br />
Officer and Jail Administrator<br />
with the Dearborn County<br />
Sheriff’s Office, and Reserve<br />
Police Officer with the Aurora<br />
Police Department. Brian is<br />
currently employed with the<br />
Ohio County 911 Communications<br />
Center. He also works<br />
for Ohio County Rescue as an<br />
ambulance driver. Courtney is<br />
a graduate of South Dearborn<br />
High School and grew up in<br />
Dillsboro. Courtney attended<br />
Ryan and Rachel Holcomb<br />
represent Ripley County.<br />
Brian and Courtney Monahan<br />
are representing Ohio<br />
County.<br />
Cincinnati State where she<br />
played on the golf team.<br />
Courtney later graduated<br />
from The Medical Institute<br />
of Kentucky as a Nationally<br />
Certified Medical Assistant.<br />
Brian and Courtney are active<br />
donors with the Children’s<br />
Advocacy Center and have<br />
attended the Mardi Gras Ball<br />
the last three years. Brian and<br />
Courtney have a beautiful,<br />
1 year old daughter, Kinley<br />
Aleece. They enjoy golfing,<br />
traveling, and spending time<br />
with their family and friends.<br />
To learn more or make an<br />
individual donation, visit cacsoutheast.org/mardi-gras.<br />
Twenty-five Years of Bringing our Community and Businesses Together.
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 9A<br />
Our community recently<br />
said goodbye to<br />
Bright resident Jesse<br />
Smith. While we are<br />
saddened by the loss of<br />
such a great friend and<br />
neighbor, we know that<br />
his faith led him to his<br />
eternal reward. To honor<br />
Mr. Smith’s memory, we<br />
have chosen an article<br />
penned by his wife and<br />
longtime <strong>Beacon</strong> correspondent,<br />
Jeannie Smith.<br />
Written over four years<br />
ago, Mrs. Smith shared a<br />
lifetime of memories and<br />
laughter that she and<br />
her husband shared. Her<br />
words reflect the spirit<br />
and joy that Mr. Smith<br />
shared with us all.<br />
And They Said<br />
It Wouldn't Last<br />
This past April, Jesse and I<br />
celebrated our 69th wedding<br />
anniversary! In some ways it<br />
seems like it hasn't been that<br />
long ago, but at the same time<br />
I feel like we have always<br />
been married - and I mean that<br />
in a good way. In celebration<br />
of our anniversary, I thought<br />
I'd reminisce about Jesse and<br />
I getting married and share a<br />
little insight to how we started.<br />
On April 18, 1947, Jesse<br />
and I walked down the aisle<br />
of Bright Christian Church to<br />
exchange our vows. We were<br />
only 19 years old and had<br />
no idea what we were doing.<br />
Jesse's uncles, Walter and For-<br />
Half the nap had been eaten George Bentle. It is still there<br />
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In the by mice. She beat it on the hat's today. It's the little white<br />
hat's<br />
clothesline to get the dust Happening house Inthat sets next to Casey's Happening In<br />
OOD OLD<br />
out of it and this became LOGAN our Nursery on Stateline Road. Milan<br />
DAYS<br />
bedroom rug. It looked just We really thought we had<br />
fine to me.<br />
By moved up. It had an upstairs<br />
By<br />
We had a five-foot Crosley Myrtle and a cellar, but we still had<br />
Susan<br />
By<br />
Shelvadore refrigerator that White an outside bathroom. We were<br />
Cottingham<br />
Jeanie we bought from Mike and 25 years old when we lived<br />
(Hurley) Margaret Renck. The house Community there and 30 years later our<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Correspondent<br />
Smith was heated with a wood stove daughter Cyndi moved into<br />
in the kitchen - a red Heatrola that same house when she was<br />
that we bought myrtlewhite.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />
from Aunt 25! I couldn't believe it. scottingham@frontier.com<br />
jeaniesmith10@gmail.com<br />
Bernice and Uncle Joe Jackson.<br />
Each room Whad a door our little house on Salt Fork<br />
Then in 1955 we built<br />
est Kidwell, did everything<br />
W<br />
they could to persuade Jesse that went from one room to Road - now Jackson Ridge. I<br />
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hat's<br />
AURORA<br />
I was irresponsible, Happening haphazard,<br />
and didn't have a brain in you could close the doors and moved in and shortly after,<br />
By<br />
In small window that opened so had Scott and Mark when we<br />
DILLSBORO<br />
By<br />
my head! They were probably the heat would still circulate we had Cyndi. It was a three<br />
Linda<br />
Fred<br />
Ickenroth<br />
right on all three counts, but throughout the house. bedroom Schmits ranch with an inside<br />
thank goodness Jesse didn't By We fastened orange crates bathroom, cistern water, and Jeanie and Jesse Community in their "early<br />
Paul<br />
listen to them.<br />
together to make a "wash an Community unfinished basement with years." Correspondent<br />
Filter &<br />
We moved into a little fourroom<br />
house in Bright, that Louwas<br />
on top and then made a skirt "stoop" on the front of the We don't have a secret for a<br />
stand." We tacked oil cloth a<br />
Correspondent<br />
Mary<br />
coal furnace. It had a little<br />
located next to where Prime from feed sacks to hide the house and a back porch. I MHnews.beacon@gmail.com<br />
Powers<br />
fschmits405@centurylink.net<br />
successful marriage. We are<br />
Time Pizza is today. We had no bottom. We sat our wash pan, thought we had everything we as different as night and day!<br />
running<br />
Community<br />
water,<br />
Correspondents<br />
so I would go soap, and bucket of water could ever want.<br />
We have plenty of arguments,<br />
kpfilter@gmail.com<br />
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to the well across the street, in with a dipper in it, on the top. This is where Jesse and I but sometimes hat's<br />
hat's<br />
we just agree<br />
Happening In<br />
front of Renck's Store, and carry<br />
buckets of water back to our is where I kept my towels, MANCHESTER<br />
We raised our kids here and is the most GREENDALE<br />
important part of<br />
On the shelves underneath Happening have spent Inthe last 61 years. to disagree. Making sure God<br />
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house. If we wanted hat's hot Happening water, wash cloths and extra soap, welcomed so many others our life, makes all the difference.<br />
As we've gotten By older<br />
In the<br />
it was heated on the kitchen tucked behind the skirt. We over the years to stay with<br />
stove. WhitewaterTw<br />
By<br />
Our bathroom was outside<br />
and p there Franklin was a little path anything we could think of. We Poth welcomed grandchildren, Christians, which makes our<br />
used those orange crates for us whenever the need arose. we've become even Shirley<br />
Christina<br />
stronger<br />
Seitz<br />
that led to the "privy." We paid When you don't have much, great grandchildren, and relationship stronger. Community They go<br />
$25 a month for rent and By Jesse you get very creative. Growing<br />
up during the Depression survived Correspondent<br />
great-great Community grandchildren. We hand-in-hand. Correspondent<br />
Linda<br />
made 75 cents per hour working<br />
at Miami Fort power plant. made you perfectly happy and grieved over the deaths out Jesse. One day without<br />
Hall<br />
sicknesses, tragedies I can't imagine my life with-<br />
Our house was mainly furnished<br />
with hand-me-downs. Community After spending about four all, we stayed devoted to each many. I pray that when the<br />
with whatever you had. of loved ones. But through it seitz.shirley@yahoo.com<br />
acpothmanchester@yahoo.com<br />
him would be one day too<br />
Nevertheless, I was sure Correspondent we years in that little house we other. I'm sure Jesse could Wtime does come - God willing,<br />
had the cutest house in Bright. moved to the "Bentle" house. have found plenty of reasons He would let hat's Jesse and I walk<br />
Mother<br />
whitewaterbeacon@aol.com<br />
dragged a rug down We called it the Bentle house to trade me in over the years, "into the sunset" Happening hand-in-Ihand.<br />
God RISING bless. from the top of the corn crib. because it was owned by but I'm glad he didn't.<br />
SUN<br />
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DEAR<br />
ARIE<br />
Dear Marie,<br />
My mom is going to have<br />
major surgery and will need<br />
help and care during her recovery.<br />
My mom works full time<br />
and lives alone.<br />
I am very concerned about<br />
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to help. When I discuss this<br />
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life, with your kids and your<br />
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Marie, my feelings are hurt.<br />
I think my mom believes that<br />
I’m incapable of helping her<br />
and doesn’t want me around.<br />
What can I do?<br />
Jane in Greendale<br />
By<br />
Marie<br />
Segale<br />
marie@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Dear Jane.<br />
I do understand your hurt<br />
feelings. Mother-daughter<br />
relationships are complicated.<br />
Mothers believe one thing,<br />
and daughters believe another.<br />
Mothers know what it feels<br />
like to be a woman, a mom,<br />
and maybe even a woman<br />
who works outside the home.<br />
Wanting to help one’s daughter<br />
is quite natural, but accepting<br />
help from one’s child is a<br />
foreign concept.<br />
Jane, consider that your<br />
mom does not want to accept<br />
getting older and needing<br />
help. It’s entirely possible that<br />
your mom does not want to<br />
be thought of as a burden to<br />
anyone and believes she can<br />
take care of herself.<br />
I recommend open and honest<br />
communication between<br />
you and your mother, and<br />
I know that can be hard to<br />
achieve. Get the feelings you<br />
both have out into the open<br />
where you both can determine<br />
what is going on between you.<br />
You may both be surprised to<br />
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Page 10A THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
By Linda Hutchinson<br />
Very few folks who have<br />
lived in the Bright area for<br />
any length of time have not<br />
personally met or heard of the<br />
name Jesse Smith. Mr. Smith<br />
passed away on January 17,<br />
<strong>2020</strong>, at the age of ninetyone<br />
and received his eternal<br />
reward. As I looked around<br />
the room at his funeral held<br />
at the church where Jesse had<br />
worshipped for over eightytwo<br />
years, I couldn’t help but<br />
think about the legacy he left<br />
behind. A massive crowd of<br />
family and friends came to<br />
celebrate a life well-lived.<br />
Jesse Smith understood this<br />
counter-cultural way of living<br />
that I want to propose to you<br />
today. In God’s eyes, he was a<br />
very rich man!<br />
Let’s face it, so many things<br />
in life compete for your time,<br />
attention, and resources. In<br />
this 24/7 digital age, you can<br />
be quickly overwhelmed and<br />
bombarded from all sides. If<br />
your phone vibrates in your<br />
pocket day and night to the<br />
constant feed of fake news on<br />
social media, filtering out the<br />
good from the bad becomes<br />
harder and harder. For many,<br />
all these things become just<br />
“noise.” Every week we see<br />
individuals, couples, and<br />
families in our office that are<br />
having a hard time discerning<br />
what is worth their time<br />
and attention and what is not.<br />
Many folks become overwhelmed,<br />
shut down, and<br />
even turn on each other due to<br />
the stress. So, where do YOU<br />
spend your valuable resources?<br />
Could I suggest it is NOT<br />
on Facebook or your 401K?<br />
The world today says financial<br />
investments are the most<br />
important ones you can make,<br />
but the reality is they are the<br />
least. What is the “best bang<br />
for your buck” when it comes<br />
to your time, energy, and<br />
resources if it’s not money?<br />
The Greatest Investment You Could Ever Make<br />
It’s relationships! Jesse Smith<br />
would say it’s first a relationship<br />
with Jesus Christ, who<br />
died for you, followed by a<br />
close second, your spouse.<br />
Jesse and his wife Jeanie had<br />
been married seventy-two<br />
years. He understood he was a<br />
rich man!<br />
In today’s digital world, we<br />
have lost the investment of<br />
human connection. Families<br />
are disconnecting, marriages<br />
are crumbling, friendships<br />
are starving, and our mental<br />
health is suffering. Suicide is<br />
now the second leading cause<br />
of death for those between the<br />
age of ten and twenty-four.<br />
Why? This time should be the<br />
prime of their life. Research<br />
shows that, in an age where<br />
we seem so “connected,” we<br />
are feeling more disconnected<br />
and isolated than ever.<br />
How can we change this?<br />
What can we do TODAY to<br />
help build a healthier tomorrow<br />
for our families? Our<br />
community? Our world?<br />
Some simple things we all can<br />
do that don’t require a lot of<br />
money or any special talents<br />
are:<br />
1. LOOK UP. Turn off your<br />
phone in the waiting room or<br />
in line and look around you.<br />
Who is sitting alone? Who<br />
looks like they could use a<br />
smile or a kind word? Reaching<br />
out doesn’t take much<br />
time, and it could make a<br />
massive difference in someone’s<br />
life. You never know<br />
what they are going through<br />
and how your kind word<br />
could make a difference.<br />
Often someone in your own<br />
home is craving face-to-face<br />
connection with you. Maybe<br />
your son who wants you<br />
to put down the phone and<br />
shoot hoops with him. Maybe<br />
your mom would love for<br />
you to take the earbuds out<br />
of your ears and ask about<br />
her day. Look up and look<br />
around.<br />
2. SLOW DOWN. When<br />
is the last time you stepped<br />
away from your desk and<br />
went to lunch with your coworkers?<br />
How about the last<br />
time you called an old friend<br />
and checked on him or her?<br />
Could you slow down long<br />
enough to open the door for<br />
someone or let someone go<br />
ahead of you in grocery line?<br />
So many people, including<br />
myself at times, use the word<br />
“BUSY” as a badge of honor.<br />
You know what I’m talking<br />
about… “Linda, I can’t slow<br />
down and do those things. I<br />
am soooo BUSY!” The time<br />
has come to slow down and<br />
take our “busy badges” off. As<br />
a family, we have overscheduled<br />
our kids and ourselves<br />
so tightly that we don’t even<br />
have time to sit down and<br />
share a meal. We’re missing<br />
out on the greatest time of the<br />
day to connect as a family.<br />
Make it a rule that NO phones<br />
or other screens are permitted<br />
at the table. I’m sure all<br />
of us have seen families out<br />
at restaurants where everyone<br />
is looking at phones or<br />
a TV screen on a wall. Why<br />
bother even eating together?<br />
Spend that time engaging and<br />
reconnecting. Ask about each<br />
other’s day. What were the<br />
highs? What were the lows?<br />
3. REACH OUT. How<br />
about sending an old fashioned<br />
birthday card to a<br />
family member or a sympathy<br />
card to a neighbor who just<br />
lost a spouse? You know those<br />
things you put stamps on and<br />
put in the mail. Make dinner<br />
time with your family a priority.<br />
If you’re married, spend at<br />
least fifteen minutes every day<br />
in face-to-face dialogue. If<br />
you have little ones, your kids<br />
must know how important this<br />
“mom and dad time” is. Take<br />
that initiative to reconnect and<br />
recalibrate your relationship.<br />
Help your spouse feel like the<br />
most important person in your<br />
world. Both communication<br />
at the dinner table and couple<br />
dialogue are tools you can<br />
use to read the temperature of<br />
your family and your marriage.<br />
In today’s digital age,<br />
we are losing those skills.<br />
We’re too busy with our heads<br />
buried in screens. We’ve lost<br />
that human connection.<br />
4. INVEST IN. I believe<br />
the greatest investment of<br />
time and energy you could<br />
ever make is investing in<br />
the life of a child. Want to<br />
know what will give you an<br />
EXPONENTIAL return on<br />
your investment? Before you<br />
give me your excuse as to<br />
why you can’t...let me clarify.<br />
Everyone, regardless of how<br />
old you are or how much time<br />
or money you have, can do<br />
SOMETHING. We are all<br />
called to do SOMETHING.<br />
When we adopted our three<br />
youngest children four years<br />
ago, my husband and I were<br />
so thankful for the many other<br />
men and women God placed<br />
in their lives to encourage<br />
Four Rising Sun High<br />
School senior students have<br />
been named as the <strong>2020</strong> recipients<br />
of the Ohio County<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Scholarship administered by<br />
the Ohio County Community<br />
Foundation.<br />
Emma Davis, Emma Levi,<br />
Kinsey Price and Trey (T.J.)<br />
Manifold will each receive a<br />
$4,000 scholarship for being<br />
named Ohio County Community<br />
Foundation Scholars.<br />
The scholarship will be paid<br />
up to $1,000 a year over<br />
four consecutive years of<br />
study. It may be used at any<br />
post-secondary educational<br />
institution such as a technical<br />
school, a community college<br />
or a four-year college or<br />
university. The scholarship<br />
must be used for books or<br />
tuition.<br />
The four Rising Sun High<br />
School seniors were awarded<br />
the Ohio County Community<br />
Foundation Scholarship<br />
for being selected out<br />
of a pool of eight applicants<br />
as one of the five finalists<br />
of the Lilly Endowment<br />
Community Scholarship<br />
process. The Ohio County<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Board of Directors and the<br />
Ohio County Community<br />
Foundation Scholarship<br />
Selection Committee recognizes<br />
the achievements<br />
of those students chosen to<br />
advance to the interview<br />
process of the Lilly Endowment<br />
Community Scholarship.<br />
The Ohio County<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Scholarship was established,<br />
in 2000, by the Ohio<br />
County Community Foundation<br />
Board of Directors to<br />
provide the financial means<br />
to assist these outstanding<br />
students in their pursuit<br />
them and help them grow.<br />
Watching the connections<br />
they have made with their<br />
new aunts, uncles, cousins,<br />
grandparents, coaches, teachers,<br />
youth group leaders,<br />
neighbors, you name it, has<br />
been amazing.<br />
So look around you? Who<br />
could YOU reach out to and<br />
invest in today? Is it another<br />
adult or maybe a child? Did<br />
you know that over 9,000<br />
children just in Indiana alone<br />
are currently in foster care<br />
with many of those waiting<br />
for a forever home? If foster<br />
care or adoption isn’t for you,<br />
what about giving a few hours<br />
a week as a Big Brother or<br />
Sister? Hundreds of kids in<br />
the Greater Cincinnati area<br />
are waiting to be matched<br />
with a mentor. Maybe you<br />
could be the voice for a child<br />
in need and serve as a local<br />
Child Advocate. What about<br />
loving on babies in your<br />
church’s nursery or volunteering<br />
to coach a neighborhood<br />
t-ball team? People like<br />
Jesse and Jeanie Smith get it.<br />
Investing in things that are<br />
intangible and long-lasting<br />
like relationships may seem<br />
to be counter-cultural, but<br />
they bring the most significant<br />
rewards.<br />
Linda Hutchinson is the Executive<br />
Director of Rock Solid<br />
Families, a faith-based life<br />
coaching organization in St.<br />
Leon, IN. For more information,<br />
go to rocksolidfamilies.<br />
org.<br />
Ohio County Community Foundation Scholars Named<br />
Emma<br />
Davis<br />
Kinsey<br />
Price<br />
Emma<br />
Levi<br />
TJ<br />
Manifold<br />
of higher education. Since<br />
2000, the Ohio County<br />
Community Foundation has<br />
awarded a total of $257,000<br />
to seventy-four Rising Sun<br />
High School students for<br />
being named Ohio County<br />
Community Foundation<br />
Scholars.<br />
Emma Davis is the daughter<br />
of Michael and Sue<br />
Davis. Emma Levi is the<br />
daughter of Nick and Andrea<br />
Levi. Kinsey Price is<br />
the daughter of Jeffrey and<br />
Julie Price. Trey Manifold<br />
is the son of Mark and Kim<br />
Manifold.<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 11A<br />
FROM<br />
H ere<br />
By<br />
Ollie<br />
Roehm<br />
I’m writing this on Tuesday,<br />
Jan. 7, and the world<br />
is on fire. The president has<br />
been impeached, we could be<br />
going to war with Iran, and<br />
Australia is burning.<br />
I have plenty to say about<br />
the sad state of our nation<br />
and the world. But I promised<br />
myself and my editor that I<br />
would refrain from writing<br />
about politics, and I will keep<br />
that promise. So let’s talk<br />
about food!<br />
We all know that southeastern<br />
Indiana is the fried<br />
chicken capital of the known<br />
universe. You just can’t beat<br />
the chicken we have here, be<br />
it pan-fried or deep-fried.<br />
The recipe varies a little,<br />
spice wise, but not that much.<br />
A ton of pepper is always<br />
used, but it never turns out<br />
to be overwhelming. I know<br />
several guys who fry chicken,<br />
and they say lard makes the<br />
best chicken-frying oil. I tend<br />
By Ruby and Tammy Turner<br />
Hi, my name is Ruby, and<br />
I am here at PAWS waiting<br />
for my forever family. I am<br />
a four-and-a-half-year-old<br />
female Pit Bull. I recently<br />
had ACL surgery that Paws<br />
took up a collection for.<br />
I want to thank everyone<br />
who donated and sent good<br />
thoughts for my recovery.<br />
I am doing very well now,<br />
even though I have been<br />
told that I still need to stay<br />
calm for a while. I am okay<br />
with that because I know<br />
it’s really cold outside, so<br />
I prefer to stay inside and<br />
let them wait on me hand<br />
and foot. You may think<br />
that I am going to get really<br />
spoiled, but they say it’s<br />
okay because I am such a<br />
good girl. I can also receive<br />
visitors (and gifts if you<br />
would like) and can now be<br />
adopted.<br />
I want to talk to you<br />
about what we feel when<br />
you come in and adopt us<br />
to take home. For some,<br />
the transition can be a little<br />
stressful, and for some (like<br />
me), we adjust to our new<br />
home just fine. Here is a<br />
list that may help when you<br />
are adopting, so that you<br />
know what to expect. This<br />
chart came from Rescue<br />
to agree.<br />
I’ve had chicken in<br />
St. Leon, New Alsace,<br />
Brookville, Oldenburg, and<br />
at many parties and events.<br />
Every piece was great.<br />
Southeastern Indiana fried<br />
chicken is so good, it was the<br />
subject of a June 2019 article<br />
in The New York Times. It’s<br />
a darned fine read, and you<br />
can find it here: https://www.<br />
nytimes.com/2019/06/18/<br />
dining/fried-chicken-indiana.<br />
html.<br />
But I think the whole story<br />
is bigger than a bunch of yard<br />
birds. I maintain that not only<br />
is southeastern Indiana the<br />
fried chicken capital of the<br />
known universe, other deepfried<br />
delights found around<br />
here are as good or better<br />
than you’re going to find<br />
anywhere. You’re probably<br />
thinking, “Uh Ollie, people<br />
deep-fry all over the world,<br />
not just Indiana.”<br />
That’s true. Deep-frying<br />
is a popular cooking method<br />
everywhere. People deep-fry<br />
everything from Snickers<br />
bars to possums.<br />
However, southeastern<br />
Indiana has a few deep-fried<br />
signature items that are probably<br />
better than what you’d<br />
From a Dog’s Point of View<br />
Dogs 101, and I hope it will<br />
help you to understand. It’s<br />
called the 3-3-3 Rule.<br />
In the first three days:<br />
-Feeling overwhelmed.<br />
-May be scared and unsure of<br />
what is going on.<br />
-Not comfortable enough to<br />
be “himself.”<br />
-May not want to eat or drink<br />
-Shut down and want to curl<br />
up in his crate or hide<br />
under a table<br />
-Testing the boundaries<br />
After 3 Weeks:<br />
-Starting to settle in<br />
-Feeling more comfortable<br />
-Realizing this could possibly<br />
be his forever home<br />
-Figured out his environment<br />
-Getting into a routine<br />
-Lets his guard down and<br />
may start showing his true<br />
personality.<br />
-Behavior issues may begin<br />
showing up.<br />
After 3 Months:<br />
-Finally feeling completely<br />
comfortable in his home<br />
-Building trust and a true<br />
bond<br />
-Gained a complete sense of<br />
security with his new family.<br />
-Set in a routine.<br />
This list may not apply to<br />
have in other areas of the<br />
Midwest and the nation.<br />
You won’t find a bigger or<br />
better pork tenderloin sandwich<br />
than the ones in southeastern<br />
Indiana, and throughout<br />
the state for that matter.<br />
The tenderloin is smashed out<br />
and usually lightly spiced and<br />
battered. The thing turns out<br />
to be as big as a truck hubcap<br />
and is served with pickle on a<br />
normal-sized hamburger bun.<br />
It’s a very strange looking<br />
sandwich and pretty daggoned<br />
good.<br />
When it comes to fish in<br />
southeastern Indiana, cod is<br />
king. Most, if not all, of the<br />
places offering great fried<br />
chicken also put out a mean<br />
cod fish sandwich. I know<br />
there are delicious fish sandwiches<br />
all over the country,<br />
but every piece of fish I’ve<br />
had at an Indiana chicken<br />
restaurant or Lenten fish fry<br />
has been wonderful. Put it<br />
between two slices of rye<br />
with some good tartar sauce,<br />
and you’re in business, my<br />
friend.<br />
The jo-jo potato is another<br />
southeastern Indiana staple.<br />
If you attend an event or<br />
party where chicken is being<br />
fried, chances are there will<br />
Ruby<br />
all, but it may help you understand<br />
what a new home is<br />
like to us. We all want a forever<br />
home, even though we<br />
do have it pretty good here<br />
at the shelter. We just want a<br />
warm bed and someone who<br />
will make us a member of<br />
their family. So please come<br />
in and visit with us. I’m sure<br />
you can find a companion<br />
who will fit into your household<br />
just perfectly, even if it<br />
is a cat!<br />
We’ll be waiting for your<br />
visit. Take care, and stay<br />
warm. Don’t forget to keep<br />
your pets inside, because,<br />
like you, we don’t do well in<br />
the cold either.<br />
Hugs & Kisses,<br />
Ruby<br />
be jo-jos swimming in the oil<br />
with the chicken. When they<br />
come out of the oil, they are<br />
brown and crisp on the outside<br />
and soft and downright<br />
delectable on the inside.<br />
There is a lot of disagreement<br />
as to where and how<br />
the jo-jo originated. Some<br />
say they were invented in<br />
the Pacific Northwest, others<br />
say Cleveland Ohio, and yet<br />
others maintain they came<br />
from Chicago. Ollie says the<br />
jo-jos at a southeastern Indiana<br />
chicken fry are the best<br />
anywhere.<br />
And then there are “turkey<br />
fries.” Since this is a familyoriented<br />
newspaper, I’ll skip<br />
the description for right now.<br />
OK, back to the world…<br />
Old Friends Luncheon<br />
The Old Friends and Bright Beginnings luncheon will be<br />
held on Thursday, <strong>March</strong> 5. A presentation on America’s<br />
Sweetheart “Doris Day’ will be given by a speaker from the<br />
Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Program. The luncheon<br />
begins at 11:30 in the Dearborn Hills United Methodist<br />
Church, 25365 State Line Road.<br />
To make reservations and a $10 donation, please call the<br />
church office by Monday, <strong>March</strong> 2 at 812 637-3993.<br />
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Sudoku<br />
Sudoku is a logical puzzle game that may seem difficult at<br />
first glance, but actually it is not as hard as it looks! Fill a<br />
number in to every cell in the grid, using the numbers 1 to<br />
9. You can only use each number once in each row, each<br />
column, and in each of the 3×3 boxes. The solution can be<br />
found on our website www.goBEACONnews.com/print_<br />
edition. Click on the link for Sudoku and view the solution<br />
for this month and last. Good luck and have fun!<br />
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Page 12A THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
By<br />
Doris<br />
Butt<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
goodolddays@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Jimmy Carter’s<br />
Sunday School Lesson<br />
President Carter came<br />
into the sanctuary at 9:55.<br />
As Jan predicted, he asked<br />
with a chuckle, “Do we<br />
have any visitors?” One<br />
soldier stood up, and President<br />
Carter asked him his<br />
name and where he served.<br />
Then as directed, sectionby-section,<br />
we called out<br />
some twenty-six states and<br />
five countries in an orderly<br />
manner. Three ministers and<br />
three Mormon missionaries<br />
introduced themselves. The<br />
minister from Australia led<br />
our prayer.<br />
When President Carter began<br />
his Sunday school lesson<br />
on Revelation chapter 5, he<br />
was quick to say he did not<br />
like to teach the book, which<br />
he considered very visionary.<br />
I certainly could understand.<br />
It was an international lesson<br />
series, and our class had<br />
struggled with the lessons at<br />
my church in Florida.<br />
President Carter began by<br />
asking us about John, the<br />
writer of Revelation. I must<br />
say we were quite knowledgeable<br />
about him. He<br />
eased his way through the<br />
lesson emphasizing that God<br />
is most powerful, and there<br />
is hope for the future. We<br />
were reminded that our sins<br />
are forgiven; we have hope<br />
and reassurance in our faith<br />
in Jesus Christ.<br />
After the lesson, President<br />
Carter remarked about<br />
picture-taking time, “I once<br />
was delighted to have my<br />
picture taken with you, now<br />
I am willing.” That brought a<br />
chuckle from us.<br />
About half of the visitors<br />
left after the Sunday school<br />
lesson. Ray and I stayed for<br />
the worship service. Those<br />
who remained from the fellowship<br />
hall came in and<br />
filled the sanctuary again.<br />
When President and Mrs.<br />
Carter came into the sanctuary<br />
for the worship service, I<br />
wondered who the handsome<br />
fellows were with them. Oh,<br />
they were Secret Service<br />
men, I realized. Later I asked<br />
one of the gentlemen, “How<br />
many of you are there?”<br />
“Lots,” he replied. I wondered<br />
if one was seated near<br />
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The worship service that<br />
followed was impressive.<br />
The organist’s prelude included<br />
Morning Has Broken,<br />
and for a time, I drifted back<br />
to when daughter Jennie,<br />
then a teenager, played it at<br />
our church. They were celebrating<br />
the third Sunday of<br />
the Seven Sundays of Eastertide<br />
and sang two favorites<br />
of mine, Christ the Lord has<br />
Risen Today and Low in the<br />
Grave He Lay. I thought I<br />
would not get to sing them<br />
again until next Easter. A<br />
choir of ten sang a very nice<br />
When it comes to the prom,<br />
the sky is the limit. From the<br />
“promposal” to the stretch<br />
limo, there seems to be a<br />
never-ending list of costs.<br />
Why are students spending<br />
so much on the prom? One<br />
word: fabulosity. Students<br />
want to be fabulous for social<br />
media. The days of a grainy<br />
photo your parents take and<br />
show only to close friends and<br />
family are over. Prom pictures<br />
are splashed all over social<br />
media platforms like Snapchat,<br />
Instagram, Facebook,<br />
special.<br />
The children’s service<br />
brought laughter when<br />
the pastor asked, “What is<br />
love?”<br />
And a little boy answered,<br />
“When you have a girlfriend,”<br />
and then went on to<br />
give a few details causing<br />
the pastor to stumble around<br />
a bit, much to the delight of<br />
the crowd.<br />
The chubby-faced young<br />
pastor, with a most pleasant<br />
southern accent, gave an impressive<br />
sermon comparing<br />
the peace of fishing to the<br />
peace offered in Christ.<br />
Fabulosity At The Prom Doesn’t<br />
Have To Break Your Wallet<br />
and Twitter. Today’s plans for<br />
the prom center around how<br />
students will look on social<br />
media where their photos will<br />
be seen for years to come.<br />
The average prom dress<br />
costs $200 or more. That’s<br />
a lot of money to spend on<br />
a dress that will probably<br />
only be worn once. And that<br />
doesn’t even include the cost<br />
of accessories, shoes, hair<br />
styling, and make-up, transportation,<br />
or even the ticket.<br />
So why not cut down those<br />
costs by exchanging last<br />
year’s dress for another fabulous<br />
dress for this year?<br />
ReProm, the Dearborn<br />
County Recycling Center’s<br />
formal and semi-formal dress<br />
exchange, saves money and<br />
reduces waste by reusing<br />
dresses that otherwise would<br />
be used only once. ReProm<br />
has over one thousand formal<br />
and semi-formal dresses<br />
that are both new and used.<br />
Dresses that are exchanged<br />
must be contemporary, clean,<br />
and in good condition. From<br />
black to shell pink, dresses<br />
are available in every color.<br />
Styles range from short to<br />
long, straight to full, satin to<br />
sparkly, all in a broad range<br />
of sizes. Everyone can find a<br />
fabulous dress that fits their<br />
size, shape, and style for the<br />
simple cost of exchanging a<br />
dress worn last year.<br />
The dress-exchange is not<br />
a need-based program. The<br />
program is based on the principle<br />
that buying something<br />
to wear only one time can be<br />
After the service, Ray and<br />
I had our picture taken with<br />
President and Mrs. Carter.<br />
We remembered all the rules.<br />
I had my camera ready. We<br />
did not shake hands. We<br />
knew where we were going<br />
to stand. Mrs. Carter invited<br />
us back again.<br />
Afterward, we ate at a<br />
local buffet and watched all<br />
of the familiar church folks<br />
parade through. Even Jan<br />
was there directing people.<br />
Visiting Maranatha Baptist<br />
Church in Plains, Georgia,<br />
was a most pleasant experience.<br />
A wide variety of prom<br />
dresses are available for<br />
purchase at the Dearborn<br />
County Recycling Center.<br />
incredibly wasteful. It is open<br />
to everyone, not just Dearborn<br />
County residents. Those<br />
who do not have dresses to<br />
exchange are welcome to<br />
donate instead. The donations<br />
received are used to grow the<br />
ReProm program. This year<br />
marks the eighth annual Re-<br />
Prom event. The popularity of<br />
the program has allowed the<br />
Dearborn County Recycling<br />
Center to expand the program<br />
from twelve dresses the first<br />
year to over one thousand<br />
dresses this year.<br />
ReProm is open year-round<br />
on Wednesdays from 3-6<br />
P.M. during Creation Station<br />
hours. Extended hours will<br />
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starting <strong>March</strong> 4-28 from 3-8<br />
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are accepted year-round from<br />
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donate but do not wish to<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 1B<br />
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BEACON<br />
PORTS<br />
SCENE<br />
By<br />
Chris Jack<br />
Nobbe<br />
Zoller<br />
beaconsports<br />
@live.com<br />
sports@goBEACONnews.com<br />
EC Wrestling Finishes<br />
Undefeated and Captures<br />
EIAC Crown<br />
The East Central wrestling<br />
team completed the regular<br />
season with an unblemished<br />
35-0 record in dual meets (a<br />
school record) with a win<br />
over Cincinnati Elder as well<br />
as capturing<br />
By<br />
the EIAC title.<br />
Maxine<br />
EIAC Klump Championships<br />
The EIAC meet was held<br />
at South Dearborn Community with EC<br />
coming into<br />
Correspondent<br />
the meet heavilyfavored<br />
and advancing 13 of<br />
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14 wrestlers to the finals and<br />
coming away with 6 individual<br />
titles. Lawrenceburg claimed<br />
4 titles, SD 2, and FC 1, with<br />
Rushville claiming the other.<br />
While the team score was<br />
never in doubt for the Trojans<br />
with 302.5 points, the battle<br />
for second went back and<br />
forth between Lawrenceburg,<br />
South Dearborn, and Rushville<br />
through every round. The<br />
Tigers would put together arguably<br />
the best final round of<br />
any team and would finish as<br />
runner-up with 182.5 points.<br />
South Dearborn was third<br />
with 175, and Rushville ended<br />
with 164. FC (121.5), Connersville<br />
(99.5), Batesville<br />
(98.5), and Greensburg (86)<br />
were the remaining scores.<br />
The individual title matches<br />
saw EC come out strong with<br />
three straight victories started<br />
off by Dylan Lengerich with<br />
a fall over Tristan Smith of<br />
Greensburg at 106. That was<br />
followed by Blake Wolf gaining<br />
a fall over Isaiah Otto of<br />
East Central, under the guidance of Head Coach Adam Wolf, celebrates the <strong>2020</strong> EIAC<br />
title (Photo by Chris Nobbe)<br />
SD at 113. Tyler Schneider<br />
won by fall over FC’s Andrew<br />
Merritt at 120.<br />
The 126-pound title would<br />
go to SD’s Eli Otto, who<br />
avenged a season loss to EC’s<br />
Rider Searcy. Otto garnered<br />
a second period fall to claim<br />
his third consecutive EIAC<br />
title. The 132 crown would<br />
go to Lawrenceburg’s Corbin<br />
Walston who recorded a fall<br />
over Dillon Heinrich of EC.<br />
Adam Crouch of FC would<br />
get the only title for the<br />
Wildcats with a 3-0 decision<br />
over EC’s Charlie Euson.<br />
Lawrenceburg’s Jayce Bohan<br />
would claim a 7-5 decision at<br />
145 over EC’s Ben Wolf.<br />
EC’s Bryer Hall would<br />
receive his second EIAC<br />
MVP and third conference<br />
title by pinning Batesville’s<br />
Josh Mobley at 152 pounds.<br />
Lawrenceburg’s Andrew Roth<br />
would win his second EIAC<br />
title at 160 with a fall over<br />
Kasey Carr of EC. At 170,<br />
Rushville’s Marcus Malson<br />
defeated EC’s Brady Rullman.<br />
Kole Viel of EC would win<br />
his second title with a 16-1<br />
technical fall over Rushville’s<br />
Nick Lawler. Kyle Krummen<br />
of EC would win the<br />
195-pound title with a fall over<br />
Lawrenceburg’s Jack Bradley.<br />
At 220, Lawrenceburg’s<br />
fourth title came from Noah<br />
Rowlett with a 15-5 major decision<br />
over Connersville’s Evan<br />
Shafer. SD’s Jackson Goodall<br />
won an exciting 285-pound<br />
title with a 2-1 tiebreaker win<br />
over EC’s Logan Adams.<br />
Elder Dual<br />
The Performing Arts Center<br />
at East Central became a<br />
sports venue for a tremendous<br />
matchup between the undefeated<br />
Trojans, ranked #13 in<br />
Indiana, and the top-ranked<br />
team in Cincinnati, the Elder<br />
Panthers, which coincided<br />
with Alumni Night.<br />
The dual would start at 160<br />
where Bartley Thomas got<br />
the Panthers off to a strong<br />
start with a 13-3 major decision<br />
over Kasey Carr. Brady<br />
Rullman would get EC on<br />
the board with a 7-3 win by<br />
taking control of a tied match<br />
entering the third period and<br />
leaving the team score 4-3 in<br />
favor of Elder.<br />
Next up came two of EC’s<br />
strongest wrestlers at 182 and<br />
195. Kole Viel captured a<br />
major decision over Montana<br />
Klayman by the score of 15-4,<br />
and Kyle Krummen got a first<br />
period fall over Beau Bryson<br />
to make the team score 13-4<br />
for EC.<br />
The Panthers then exhibited<br />
some muscle of their own<br />
at 220 and 285. Jack Tucker<br />
recorded a fall over EC’s Austin<br />
Cox, and Rowan Tolbert<br />
would get a first period fall<br />
over Phillip Sims to quickly<br />
swing the team score back in<br />
favor of Elder at 16-13.<br />
The 106-pound match was<br />
a tough battle between Dylan<br />
Lengerich and Elder’s Drew<br />
Magness, ranked #11 in Ohio.<br />
Although Magness won by<br />
decision 6-3, Lengerich was<br />
able to keep the score close,<br />
even getting the first takedown<br />
in the match. This left<br />
the team score at 19-13.<br />
Elder would then sub in<br />
Brent Stahl to replace stateranked<br />
Willie Doepker (out<br />
due to injury) to wrestle Indiana’s<br />
#7 ranked Blake Wolf.<br />
Wolf would gain the impressive<br />
second period fall to tie<br />
the score at 19.<br />
Tyler Schneider at 120<br />
put together a strong match<br />
against Jack Roth to earn a 6-0<br />
decision and put EC back in<br />
front at 22-19. The Panthers<br />
got bonus points at 126 with<br />
a 15-0 technical fall by team<br />
captain Jack Collins over<br />
Rider Searcy. Elder’s Kody<br />
Kaimann then turned around<br />
an early deficit and near defeat<br />
(with a save from his back due<br />
to blood timeout) to gain a<br />
second period fall over Dillon<br />
Heinrich at 132. These two<br />
matches swung the score again<br />
to be 30-22 for the Panthers.<br />
Charlie Euson at 138 scored<br />
a first period takedown and<br />
weathered out a strong match<br />
that ended just that way over<br />
Aiden Williams making it<br />
EC’s Bryer Hall celebrates<br />
after gaining the fall against<br />
Elder’s Seth Lambers to<br />
secure the dual meet win.<br />
(Photo by Chris Nobbe)<br />
30-25.<br />
Ben Wolf and Elder’s Patrick<br />
Barrett squared off with<br />
only two matches remaining in<br />
a close dual with a match that<br />
would exhibit the toughness of<br />
the sport. Barrett would suffer<br />
a very limiting shoulder injury<br />
and use up all of his injury<br />
time in the first period. Despite<br />
this, Barrett was able to<br />
get a takedown and put Wolf<br />
on his back before a reversal<br />
left the score at 4-2 after the<br />
first period. The second period<br />
saw the two exchange reversals<br />
as Barrett seemed to no<br />
longer favor the shoulder.<br />
Up 6-4, Barrett chose the<br />
down position to begin the<br />
third; however, about a minute<br />
into the period, the injury<br />
became too much again, and<br />
he took a second injury time<br />
allowing Wolf to choose the<br />
bottom position for the next<br />
restart. Wolf was then able<br />
to gain an escape and a late<br />
takedown over Barrett to win<br />
the match 7-6 leaving the<br />
team score at 30-28 with one<br />
deciding match left.<br />
Bryer Hall, #3 in Indiana,<br />
and Seth Lambers, #9<br />
in Ohio, would put it all on<br />
the line in the final match<br />
which would see each ranked<br />
wrestler get put on his back.<br />
Lambers would gain a pair of<br />
takedowns in the first period<br />
and caught Hall in a headlock<br />
for 3 nearfall and left the<br />
score at 7-3 after the period.<br />
The second period continued<br />
the fast-paced action of this<br />
match. Two escapes by Lambers<br />
led to a second takedown<br />
and throw by Hall to put Lambers<br />
on his back. Hall would<br />
get the pin from the throw<br />
and the EC would win the<br />
dual 34-30 as he and the large<br />
crowd erupted in the excitement<br />
of the moment.<br />
Common Investing Mistakes<br />
In our personal lives, we have a conscience that keeps us<br />
from doing not-so-nice things. Sometimes we even get a<br />
creepy-crawly feeling when we think someone may be up to<br />
no good.<br />
Fortunately, there also are some common red flags that warn<br />
us about things we should avoid when investing. For example,<br />
it’s usually not a good idea to buy a stock just because<br />
“everyone is doing it.” Not only does herd investing run up<br />
the stock price, but not doing your own due diligence can<br />
often lead to a poor result. While it’s best to buy into a stock<br />
position when prices are down, you should check and see<br />
how long and how often that price is depressed. What looks<br />
like a good deal could just be a perennial loser. 1<br />
By the same token, buying a stock just to chase performance is<br />
a common mistake. If you have some good performers in your<br />
portfolio, it’s usually a good idea to periodically rebalance so<br />
that your asset allocation doesn’t get out of whack. Don’t get<br />
so caught up in gains that you<br />
forget about the risks involved. 2<br />
Another illusion investors<br />
may experience is the need<br />
to maximize their portfolio.<br />
In other words, everything<br />
should be gaining all the time.<br />
Unfortunately, unless you’ve<br />
got a crystal ball, that’s not<br />
how the stock market works.<br />
Develop a strategy and stick<br />
with it, and that may mean<br />
Roger Ford<br />
“Recognize that the stock<br />
market is like a roller coaster,<br />
and upward rides eventually<br />
come back down.”<br />
selling when you hit certain price points, or your asset<br />
allocation gets skewed in the wrong direction. The opportunity<br />
to cash out for substantial gains is one way to help maximize<br />
your investment. 3<br />
Recognize that the stock market is like a roller coaster, and<br />
upward rides eventually come back down. The best way<br />
to deal with a decline is to have a plan. For example, don’t<br />
“panic sell” — it could just be a short-term blip. Evaluate<br />
how much you believe in your investments and prepare to<br />
dig in for the long haul regardless of volatility. Finally, if you<br />
do decide it’s time to cash out of some positions, it may<br />
make sense to use that as an opportunity to buy into other<br />
investments you’ve been considering. 4<br />
Also, don’t confuse investment success with some sort of<br />
wunderkind prowess. Markets are cyclical; they’re going to go<br />
up and down no matter what you do. If you deploy some basic<br />
financial strategies like automatic contributions, diversification<br />
or periodic rebalancing, you give yourself the opportunity to slowly<br />
build wealth without succumbing to dramatic fluctuations. While<br />
you may not become a Wall Street genius, you certainly have<br />
the potential to build a healthy retirement portfolio.<br />
1<br />
https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/strategy/warning-signs-bad-investment/<br />
2<br />
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/013015/worst-mistakes-beginner-tradersmake.asp<br />
3<br />
https://www.quicksprout.com/7-lessons-learned-from-losing-739135-in-bad-investments/<br />
4<br />
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/11/when-the-stock-market-tank-dont-do-these-3-things.html<br />
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Page 2B THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
BRIGHT/<br />
SUGAR RIDGE<br />
By<br />
Bob<br />
Waples<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Communities<br />
A Family Tradition Since 1800’s<br />
bright@goBEACONnews.com<br />
I hope everyone enjoyed<br />
Valentine’s Day… I celebrate<br />
it all year long by eating my<br />
share of sweets whenever the<br />
urge hits me.<br />
This month’s Salute to a<br />
Veteran- David Anderson,<br />
US Air Force (1986-90); Ray<br />
Brichler, US Army (1963-<br />
69); Ted Hendren, US Navy<br />
(1969-73); Joshua Price, US<br />
Army (2008-10)<br />
A big congratulations to<br />
Tyler Schneider, a wrestler<br />
at East Central, who recently<br />
achieved his one-hundredth<br />
high school career win. Tyler<br />
wrestles in the 120-pound<br />
weight category for EC and<br />
reached this milestone on Jan.<br />
4. Tyler is the son of Todd<br />
and Alissa Schneider from<br />
Bright. Way to go, Tyler!!<br />
The North Dearborn Library<br />
is expanding its activities and<br />
now offers some exciting new<br />
classes for DIY crafters and<br />
those who love to cook.<br />
In The Kitchen<br />
With Marcia- Mondays<br />
6-8 P.M. on Mar 2<br />
(Casseroles&Appetizers)<br />
and May 4 (Cooking for 1-2,<br />
Make & Freeze)<br />
Taste & Trade– 6 P.M. on<br />
Apr 6 (Italian dishes) and<br />
June 1 (salads). Optionalbring<br />
a recipe to share.<br />
Homemade with Hazelgreen<br />
Farms– Thurs. 6-8 P.M. on Apr<br />
Tyler Schneider achieved his one-hundredth win in wrestling.<br />
16 (Garden Pallets) and June<br />
18 (Fabric American Flag)<br />
Contact the library at 812-<br />
637-0777 for more information.<br />
The North Dearborn Pantry<br />
recently received their portion<br />
of the proceeds from the<br />
Gobble Wobble on Thanksgiving<br />
with a check presentation<br />
from All Saints Parish<br />
for a whopping $22,000! A<br />
big thank you to the organizers,<br />
volunteers, and runners/<br />
walkers for this outstanding<br />
community event.<br />
Hope all you February<br />
folks mentioned last month<br />
enjoy your birthdays. Here is<br />
a heads up for those celebrating<br />
in <strong>March</strong>: Eric Jones<br />
(nephew) 3/3, Caden Wesley<br />
(great-nephew) 3/22, Isabella<br />
Jones (great-niece) 3/31, and<br />
Ann Jeffries on 3/27… don’t<br />
worry, Ann, I won’t reveal the<br />
magic number. Speaking of<br />
magic numbers, may I have a<br />
drum roll, please…. a HUGE<br />
Happy Birthday to Mr. Jim<br />
Stallard, who, on Mar. 28,<br />
will be a very young 101.<br />
On a sad note, we said<br />
goodbye in January to a true<br />
gentleman… Mr. Jesse Smith<br />
(1928-<strong>2020</strong>). Your passing<br />
brings to mind a verse I once<br />
Jim Stallard<br />
read – “Death is the last chapter<br />
in life but the first chapter<br />
in eternity.” Rest in peace, my<br />
friend. Your kindness will be<br />
missed.<br />
Have a good month, and<br />
I will close with this (from<br />
my sis-in-law Mary. Even<br />
though there are days I wish I<br />
could change some things that<br />
happened in the past, there’s a<br />
reason the rearview mirror is<br />
so small, and the windshield<br />
is so big – where you are<br />
headed is more important than<br />
what you left behind.<br />
Just a reminder that if you<br />
have any family news items<br />
you would like to share or<br />
birthdays/anniversaries,<br />
please email me at bright@<br />
goBEACONnews.com.<br />
Ava Myers, Alex Rummel, Tatum Johnson, Samantha Airgood,<br />
Bella Nare, and Lexi Elza collected winter gear for the<br />
homeless.<br />
HIDDEN<br />
VALLEY LAKE<br />
By<br />
Korry<br />
Johnson<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
hvl@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Leap Year, Leap Year!!!!<br />
One extra day of <strong>2020</strong> to<br />
enjoy life and be grateful...<br />
February 29th!!! What are<br />
your plans? The HVL Children’s<br />
Activity Committee<br />
(CAC) is finalizing dates for<br />
all of our wonderful events,<br />
so watch for the schedule<br />
on FB soon. Looks like the<br />
Easter Egg Hunt will be the<br />
next planned event (TBD).<br />
Continuing from a previous<br />
article, let’s give recognition<br />
to six sixth- grade<br />
students- Ava Myers, Alex<br />
Rummel, Tatum Johnson,<br />
Samantha Airgood, Bella<br />
Nare, and Lexi Elza (four of<br />
the girls live in HVL). They<br />
are organizing a drive for<br />
the homeless thru Destination<br />
Imagination. The girls<br />
collected winter gear for the<br />
homeless at the entrance of<br />
HVL and through the Lawrenceburg<br />
School District.<br />
Just over $600 was received<br />
as well! Thank you, thank<br />
you!!!! The girls donated to<br />
many places, one of which<br />
was organized by an incredible<br />
group in Cincinnati<br />
called Maslow’s Army. The<br />
girls and their moms packed<br />
up the collected items and<br />
headed to Cincinnati’s Public<br />
Library to help distribute<br />
them. This service project<br />
was an eye-opening experience<br />
for the sixth graders.<br />
Locally, the girls used the<br />
donated money to purchase<br />
much-needed items for<br />
Closet of Promises in Aurora<br />
(diaper’s, underwear, socks,<br />
wipes, etc.). I would highly<br />
recommend donating items<br />
to both of these trustworthy<br />
and fantastic non-profit organizations<br />
<strong>March</strong> Birthdays: Elliott<br />
Johnson, Juliet Johnson,<br />
Samantha Airgood, Hattie<br />
Hampton, Jason Armbruster,<br />
Cathy Witte, Leah<br />
Cox, Jared Lischkge, Celia<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 3B<br />
ST. LEON<br />
By<br />
Debbie A.<br />
Zimmer<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
stleon@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Just a reminder to high<br />
school seniors that now is<br />
the time to check with your<br />
guidance counselors about<br />
the scholarship application<br />
process. So many scholarships<br />
are available and go<br />
unclaimed.<br />
Jim Horstman, a former<br />
St. Leon resident, was<br />
inducted into the Ripley<br />
County Basketball Hall of<br />
Fame. My brothers, Ron and<br />
Greg, played sports with Jim<br />
at Sunman High School. Jim<br />
graduated from Sunman in<br />
1972. He is remembered as<br />
a great athlete who played<br />
all of the sports that were<br />
offered at SHS. He was a<br />
three-year varsity basketball<br />
starter and scored 1,498<br />
points during that time, making<br />
him first in all-time in<br />
the school’s scoring records.<br />
In addition to being SHS’<br />
only player to break 1,000<br />
points, his career total places<br />
him seventh all-time high in<br />
Ripley County.<br />
Jim averaged 22.4 points<br />
per game, capped by a<br />
game-high forty-three points<br />
against Batesville in 1972.<br />
He graduated with thirteen<br />
varsity letters, more than any<br />
athlete in school history. In<br />
addition to basketball, Jim<br />
played four years of varsity<br />
baseball. He was the MVP<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
and leading hitter on the<br />
1972 sectional championship<br />
team. He played in the morning<br />
regional baseball game<br />
in Columbus then traveled<br />
to Indianapolis for the state<br />
track & field championship,<br />
where he finished seventh in<br />
the high hurdles, then went<br />
back to Columbus to play in<br />
the baseball regional championship<br />
game. He was a<br />
four-year letterman in track<br />
and field being named MVP<br />
of his team. He finished in<br />
seventh place in the state<br />
track meet. Jim married his<br />
high school sweetheart Debbie<br />
Wagner, and they now<br />
reside in Plainfield, Indiana.<br />
Congratulations Jim.<br />
Dave Kuhn recently<br />
retired from his position as<br />
EMS chief from the St. Leon<br />
Volunteer Fire Dept. He was<br />
presented with an award<br />
honoring his many years of<br />
dedicated service to our department.<br />
Dave and Dianne<br />
will be missed by all of us!<br />
Anna Mae “Annie” Werner,<br />
93 years old, passed<br />
away peacefully Jan. 14,<br />
surrounded by family. The<br />
legacy for this family began<br />
when Al Werner was visiting<br />
his uncle at the hospital,<br />
and his nurse, Annie, caught<br />
Al’s eye. Home on leave<br />
from the Army, Al had lunch<br />
in the hospital cafeteria with<br />
a few of his friends, including<br />
Annie, whom he did not<br />
know at that point. Taken by<br />
her charm, Al began writing<br />
to Anna when he was redeployed<br />
to Europe. Married<br />
on July 21, 1954, Annie and<br />
Al celebrated their sixty-fifth<br />
wedding anniversary last<br />
Communities<br />
year.<br />
Annie will be greatly<br />
missed by her husband, Al,<br />
and their children Anthony<br />
(Ty) of St. Leon, Art (Lynne)<br />
of St. Leon, Rick (Brenda)<br />
of Sunman, Anita (Charley)<br />
Smith of Michigan, Jerry of<br />
Lawrenceburg, and daughterin-law<br />
Darlene of St. Leon;<br />
twenty grandchildren and<br />
twenty-six great-grandchildren.<br />
She was preceded in<br />
death by sons Andy and<br />
Alvin Werner Jr.<br />
Annie was a charter member<br />
of the St. Joseph American<br />
Legion Auxiliary Unit<br />
464 and was a past auxiliary<br />
president of the 9th district.<br />
I grew up next door to<br />
Annie’s family and babysat<br />
for her children. Annie and<br />
I worked together on many<br />
projects at the legion. Ronnie<br />
and I enjoyed going to legion<br />
events throughout the state<br />
with Al and Annie. She was a<br />
longtime organist for St. Joseph<br />
Church and even played<br />
the organ for my wedding.<br />
So many beautiful memories.<br />
I will miss Annie’s smile.<br />
Rest in peace, dear friend.<br />
Happy wedding anniversary<br />
in sunny Florida to my<br />
niece Roxanne and Mike<br />
Haag on <strong>March</strong> 3.<br />
<strong>March</strong> Birthdays–2 Henry<br />
Stenger, Shelly Bischoff<br />
and Lisa Nobbe, 3 my<br />
daughter Melissa Barrett,<br />
Joe Schuman, and Shirley<br />
Huber, 4 Jacob Bittner,<br />
my sister-in-law Schere<br />
Kramer, Harper Vogelsang,<br />
and Jackie Gaynor,<br />
5 Danny and Jack Deddens,<br />
6 my daughter Jennie<br />
Geisheimer, Keith Fox,<br />
Stephanie Bulach, Chris<br />
Bischoff, and Robin Fox, 7<br />
Melanie Gutzwiller, Margo<br />
Whitehead, Jacob Stenger,<br />
and Andy Hornbach, 8 Joe<br />
Baker and Matt Wilgenbusch,<br />
9 Tammy Vonderheide<br />
and Nikki Kamos, 10<br />
Virginia Eckstein and Steve<br />
“Buck” Hoog, 11 Corey<br />
Brock, 12 Randy Zimmer<br />
and Chuck Hautman, 13<br />
Mike Haag, Dennis and<br />
Joan Wuestefeld, and Anita<br />
Alig, 14 Jackie Sims, Rick<br />
Kurelic and Kevin Stenger,<br />
15 cousin Mindy Puente and<br />
Estelle Salisbury, 16 cousin<br />
Kari Andres and Roseann<br />
Fuernstein, 18 Justin Alig,<br />
Larry Schuman and Donna<br />
Smith, 19 Carson Whitehead,<br />
20 Ruth Bischoff, 21<br />
Joey Alig, 22 Jill Wilhelm,<br />
Steve Hornberger, Paula<br />
Brennan and Karen Herth,<br />
23 Megan Steurenberg, 24<br />
John Erfman, 25 Stephanie<br />
Smith, 26 McKenzie Callahan<br />
and Danny Craft,<br />
27 cousin Tim Andres,<br />
Pat Schlarmann, 28 Rick<br />
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more?<br />
<strong>March</strong> in Dearborn County, Southeast Indiana...the Perfect Place to Play!<br />
Dave Kuhn received an<br />
award for his years of<br />
service to the St. Leon Fire<br />
Dept.<br />
Stenger, 29 Chad Sterwerf,<br />
my niece in San Antonio<br />
Jennifer Andres and Cindy<br />
Fasi, 30 Mary Jane Telles,<br />
31 Jeff Bulach and Jenna<br />
Dee.<br />
Get in touch with me with<br />
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Spring Carnival at Perfect North Slopes<br />
Southeast Indiana Junkin’ Trail Extravaganza<br />
Vince Neil at Lawrenceburg Event Center<br />
February 1 - <strong>March</strong> 28 – The Call Back Show - Dillsboro<br />
Arts Friendship Gallery - 12926 Bank Street, Dillsboro.<br />
Open Tuesdays 6-8PM, Thursdays 4-8PM, Saturdays 10AM-<br />
2PM. Opening reception is February 7, 6-8PM. Exhibition<br />
of invited local and regional artists who have previously<br />
entered this group exhibition. Info: 812-532-3010, Dillsboro<br />
Arts. www.dillsboro.in/arts/dillsboro-arts-friendshipgallery<br />
<strong>March</strong> 1-31 – Casey’s Outdoor Solutions Events &<br />
Workshops - Casey’s is located at 21481 State Line Road,<br />
Lawrenceburg. Casey’s is a premier garden center and<br />
full service florist and offers monthly educational and fun<br />
events and classes for all ages. Info: 812-537-3800 or<br />
www.caseysoutdoor.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 2-31 – The Framery Events, Camps and Classes<br />
- The Framery, 84 East High Street, Lawrenceburg. The<br />
Framery is a unique frame shop specializing in creating<br />
shadow boxes personalized for each recipient. Visit the web<br />
site for a list of monthly classes, parties, and camps for all<br />
ages. Included are pottery, fused glass, and painting. Info:<br />
812-537-4319 or www.frameryinc.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 7 – Little River Band at Lawrenceburg Event<br />
Center - 7:30 pm, Lawrenceburg Event Center, 91 Walnut<br />
Street. Doors open at 7PM for 7:30PM performance. Hits<br />
include “Cool Change”, “Lonesome Loser” and “Lady”.<br />
Free shuttle service from Hollywood Casino to the Event<br />
Center. www.ticketmaster.com<br />
<strong>March</strong> 7 – Great Crescent Brewery - Comedy at the<br />
Taproom - 9:00 pm, Great Crescent Brewery, 315 Importing<br />
Street, Aurora. David Drake performs at 9PM. He is a New<br />
York based comedian who has been featured on Sirius<br />
XM’s Raw Dog Comedy, Fox’s laughs and Comcast’s Who’s<br />
Laughing Now and Trial by Laughter. The show will also<br />
feature Cincinnati-based comedians Jeremy Johnston,<br />
Grant Stiles and Dearborn County native Logan Cummins.<br />
Tickets are $10 and available for purchase. 812-655-9079 or<br />
www.gcbeer.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 8 – Perfect North Slopes Spring Carnival -<br />
9:30AM-4:00PM, 19074 Perfect Lane, Lawrenceburg.<br />
A family event on the snow, with activities for skiers,<br />
snowboarders and snow tubers. Featured are a decorated<br />
box race, slush pit crossing, garbage bag race and a<br />
downhill dummy contest. No admission. A valid lift ticket<br />
is required to be on the snow and participate in special<br />
events. Info: 812-537-3754 or www.perfectnorth.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 8 – New Alsace American Legion Chicken<br />
Dinner - 12PM-4PM, 25329 Legion Road, New Alsace,<br />
Indiana. All You Can Eat chicken dinner with all the<br />
trimmings. Carryout dinners available. $12.00/adults;<br />
$6.00/children age 4-10. Info: 812-623-3695 or www.<br />
legionpost452indiana.org.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 10 – Oxbow Program-Freeze Tolerant Frogs -<br />
7:30PM at Oxbow office, 301 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg.<br />
Presentation by Dr. Clara do Amaral, assistant professor of<br />
Biology at Mount St. Joseph University. Info: 812-290-2941<br />
or www.oxbowinc.org.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 12-15 – Southeast Indiana Junkin’ Trail<br />
Extravaganza - Shop at 12 local shops in southeast Indiana<br />
for antique, vintage and/or new gifts and home decor.<br />
The Trail is full of incentives and prizes for a fun shopping<br />
experience. A second weekend of Junkin’ Trail shopping<br />
is planned for <strong>March</strong> 19, 20 & 21. Info: 812-487-8008/The<br />
Greenbriar Shop or 812-432-3330/Blue Willow House or visit<br />
the Junkin Trail’s facebook page.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 13, 20 & 27 – St. Mary Lenten Fish Fry - Cod with<br />
God - 4PM-7:30PM, St. Mary Activity Center, 214 Fifth Street,<br />
Aurora. Meals served in the Activity Center on Fifth Street.<br />
Carry-out available in the school cafeteria at 211 Fourth St.<br />
Drive-thru also available. Info: www.mystmarys.com or 812-<br />
926-1558.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 14 – “Luck of the Irish” - Main Street Aurora<br />
Dancing on Main - 7PM-10:30PM, 228 Second Street,<br />
Aurora (Lions Club). $5.00 admission. Dinner is served by<br />
the Lions, for $7.00, with all proceeds going to Relay for Life.<br />
Info: 812-926-1100 or www.aurora.in.us.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 19-21 – Southeast Indiana Junkin’ Trail<br />
Extravaganza - Shop at 12 local shops in southeast Indiana<br />
for antique, vintage and/or new gifts and home decor.<br />
The Trail is full of incentives and prizes for a fun shopping<br />
experience. Info: 812-487-8008/The Greenbriar Shop or<br />
812-432-3330/Blue Willow House or visit the Junkin Trail’s<br />
facebook page.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 28 – Vince Neil at Lawrenceburg Event Center<br />
- Vince Neil of Motley Crue, brings “The Legacy Continues<br />
Tour” to the Event Center for a powerful performance.<br />
This includes all the great Motley Crue hits, plus select<br />
cuts from his three solo albums. Doors open at 7PM and<br />
the show begins with local opening act, Counting Stars, at<br />
7:30PM. Buy tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 29 - Aug 21 – Playball!! - Dearborn County<br />
Historical Society Exhibit - 508 West High Street,<br />
Lawrenceburg. Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00PM-<br />
4:00PM. Closed Saturday, Sunday & holidays. Other hours<br />
by appointment. Included in the exhibit are early Dearborn<br />
County baseball players who played against the Cincinnati<br />
Reds, up to the most recent players to make the big leagues.<br />
Early family memorabilia, baseball cards and photos of<br />
Dearborn County ballplayers are also a part of the exhibit.<br />
Info: 812-537-4075 or www.dearborncountyhs.org.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 29 – New Alsace Conservation Club Sausage<br />
& Pancake Breakfast - 7:30am - 12:00pm. Breakfast held<br />
at the New Alsace American Legion, 25329 Legion Rd., off<br />
North Dearborn Road. $10.00/adults, $4.00/children under<br />
10. Free/children under 3. 812-623-2431 or<br />
www.newalsaceconservationclub.com.<br />
Dearborn County Convention, Visitor and Tourism Bureau<br />
320 Walnut St. • Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025<br />
1-800-322-8198 or www.VisitSoutheastIndiana.com<br />
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Kayla Suits, Kris Beal, Jaime Nobbe and Shannon McBeath,<br />
founders of Batesville’s “So Loved Clothing Closet” (Photo<br />
by Debbie Blank)<br />
BATESVILLE<br />
By<br />
Sue<br />
Siefert<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
batesville@goBEACONnews.com<br />
So Loved … so needed<br />
A team of four Batesville<br />
Intermediate School employees,<br />
Kayla Suits, Kris Beal,<br />
Jaime Nobbe, and Shannon<br />
McBeath, recognized an unmet<br />
need in our community as<br />
children, especially those in<br />
the foster care system, needed<br />
assistance with the necessities<br />
of clothing, hygiene items<br />
and sometimes even a bed in<br />
which to sleep. Through their<br />
efforts, the So Loved Clothing<br />
Closet was born.<br />
The closet has been established<br />
within the Batesville<br />
Intermediate School in its<br />
former computer lab. The<br />
team soon reached out to the<br />
community seeking new and<br />
gently-used items needed by<br />
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the children – and the community<br />
responded by filling<br />
their shelves and offering<br />
their time to help launder and<br />
organize items in the closet<br />
to ensure children in need are<br />
receiving necessities. In the<br />
beginning, efforts were focused<br />
on children in the foster<br />
care system. However, as the<br />
response to the program has<br />
grown, their scope of care has<br />
broadened.<br />
The Indiana Department of<br />
Child Services caseworkers,<br />
CASAs, school counselors,<br />
and One Community One<br />
Family were all contacted to<br />
spread the word, and soon<br />
requests were being filled for<br />
needs in surrounding counties.<br />
The group’s motto is Be<br />
the Village because when<br />
people come together for a<br />
common cause – great things<br />
happen! I encourage those<br />
interested in helping to follow<br />
the So Loved Clothing Closet<br />
Facebook page to learn about<br />
items needed and volunteer<br />
opportunities!<br />
Congratulations are in<br />
order …<br />
The Batesville Area Chamber<br />
of Commerce hosted its<br />
Annual Dinner in January and<br />
recognized: Mary Dickey –<br />
Distinguished Service Award<br />
Recipient; Kim Linkel – Volunteer<br />
of the Year; Paul Ketcham<br />
– Educator of the Year;<br />
and the John A. Hillenbrand<br />
Foundation – Organization<br />
of the Year. The theme was<br />
“Share in the Magic … 100<br />
Years in the Making” as the<br />
Chamber celebrated its onehundredth<br />
anniversary with<br />
slideshow trip down memory<br />
lane capturing Batesville<br />
commerce’s history. Congratulations<br />
to all!<br />
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Cub Scout Pack 610 conducted their annual Pinewood Derby on Jan. 18.<br />
NEW ALSACE<br />
By<br />
Laura<br />
Keller<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
newalsace@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Cub Scout Pack 610 held<br />
its annual Pinewood Derby on<br />
Jan. 18. Each Cub Scout had<br />
a pinewood derby car kit and<br />
modified his car based on provided<br />
rules. Every pack participates<br />
in the annual derby,<br />
and the winners compete in a<br />
district race. Pack 610 is the<br />
Sunman pack, which includes<br />
boys from Sunman, New<br />
Alsace, and Yorkville, respectively.<br />
Great job!<br />
Su GREENDALE<br />
By<br />
Gloria<br />
Carter<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
greendale@goBEACONnews.com<br />
My daughter Debbie,<br />
granddaughter Ella Seymour,<br />
and I started off the New Year<br />
with our New Year’s Day<br />
hike at Versailles State Park.<br />
When we arrived, the parking<br />
lot was filled with over thirty<br />
cars.<br />
Ella decided it was only<br />
a walk, not a hike, because<br />
we did not hike the hills of<br />
the park. Instead, we walked<br />
through The Bradt Natural<br />
Area, which consists of<br />
eighty-three acres with three<br />
hiking trails that wind through<br />
woodland, grasslands, and a<br />
constructed wetland. The farm<br />
has been in the Bradt family<br />
since 1906 when F. Hale<br />
and Lizzie Bradt and their<br />
three children moved into a<br />
log house along US 50. Mr.<br />
Hale accepted a position as<br />
a school superintendent in<br />
Versailles. When Mr. Hale<br />
Valentine’s Day is the time<br />
of year to show your loved<br />
ones how much they mean<br />
to you. If you’re looking<br />
for a special gift for the<br />
men in your life, tickets are<br />
still available for the <strong>2020</strong><br />
E6 Men’s Conference held<br />
Feb. 22 from 8 A.M. to 3:30<br />
P.M. at the East Central<br />
High School Performing<br />
Arts Center. The ticket price<br />
includes inspiring talks by<br />
renowned speakers, free<br />
books, lunch, and much<br />
more. For more information<br />
or to purchase tickets, go to<br />
www.E6catholicmensconference.com.<br />
If you’ve been craving fried<br />
chicken, mark your calendars<br />
for Sunday, Mar. 8. The North<br />
Dearborn American Legion<br />
and Lizzie passed, the family<br />
eventually deeded the farmland<br />
to the State of Indiana,<br />
who then made the property<br />
part of the Versailles State<br />
Park.<br />
If you have been down at<br />
the park by the pool in Greendale,<br />
you might have noticed<br />
a box containing books located<br />
near the playground. This<br />
box is the Eagle Scout project<br />
of Braydon Nutley. Braydon<br />
decided on his project because<br />
Greendale does not have a library.<br />
His parents would have<br />
to drive him to Lawrenceburg<br />
whenever he wanted to go to<br />
a library. Braydon will also<br />
(New Alsace Post 464) is<br />
hosting their annual chicken<br />
dinner 11 A.M. – 4 P.M. Dinners<br />
cost $12 for adults and<br />
$6 for children ages twelve<br />
and under.<br />
The North Dearborn American<br />
Legion is hosting its<br />
monthly euchre tournament<br />
on Feb. 16 and Mar. 22. Doors<br />
open at noon and games begin<br />
at 1 P.M. The entry fee is $5<br />
per person with cash payouts<br />
to the four highest scores. Refreshments<br />
are available for<br />
purchase. Call 812.623.3695<br />
for more information.<br />
I would love to hear from<br />
you! If you have news in the<br />
New Alsace area you’d like<br />
me to share, please contact me<br />
at newalsace@goBEACONnews.com.<br />
Braydon Nutley is making convenience library boxes to be<br />
placed throughout Greendale.<br />
be placing his convenience<br />
library boxes in three more<br />
locations: Oakey Park, Schnebelt<br />
Park, and Homestead<br />
Park. He is a member of troop<br />
604 of Lawrenceburg and<br />
has been in scouts since the<br />
first grade. Please support his<br />
library by placing books in his<br />
boxes. Braydon is a 17-yearold<br />
senior at Lawrenceburg<br />
High.<br />
Happy twelfth birthday to<br />
my granddaughter Ella Seymour<br />
on Mar. 10. Her brother<br />
Allen will be seventeen on<br />
Mar. 14. Time sure goes by<br />
fast. I hope you guys have a<br />
good birthday.<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 5B<br />
OLDENBURG<br />
By<br />
Sue<br />
Siefert<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
CommunitiesDOVER<br />
By<br />
Rhonda<br />
Trabel<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />
dover@goBEACONnews.com<br />
A peaceful Dover snow.<br />
OA’s Feldhaus is<br />
nearing completion<br />
Oldenburg Academy broke<br />
ground on the Hillenbrand<br />
Family Feldhaus last year<br />
and soon students will benefit<br />
from the long-awaited facility<br />
once the installation of the<br />
scoreboard, hardwood floor,<br />
bleachers plus all the components<br />
of the locker rooms,<br />
restrooms, concessions are<br />
complete. Patrick Kolks, athletic<br />
director, has been seen<br />
checking out his office as the<br />
anticipation across campus<br />
builds for the spring opening.<br />
Oldenburg landscape featured<br />
on OA Mural<br />
OA hallways are coming<br />
alive with a collaboration<br />
between Batesville Area Arts<br />
Council funded muralist, John<br />
McCoy, senior Anthony Alderson,<br />
and OA’s Art students.<br />
Under the guidance of Muralist<br />
John McCoy and senior Anthony<br />
Alderson, students are<br />
enhancing the wall outside the<br />
Chemistry Room. The mural<br />
depicts the landscape around<br />
Seniors Anthony Alderson and Ruth Heile with the muralist,<br />
John McCoy.<br />
the Oldenburg community.<br />
John McCoy is a Cincinnati/Northern<br />
Kentucky<br />
based artist and nationally<br />
recognized muralist. Senior<br />
Anthony Alderson created the<br />
design for the mural as his<br />
senior capstone project. He<br />
recruited many of his fellow<br />
OA art students to participate<br />
in bringing the beauty of Oldenburg<br />
indoors.<br />
A welcome change…<br />
Sometimes change can be<br />
difficult and welcoming at the<br />
same time. Such is the case<br />
with the addition of the Village’s<br />
two stop signs. Following<br />
the repaving of Highway<br />
229, a stop sign was added at<br />
the bottom of the hill where the<br />
highway turns right. A threeway<br />
stop at this intersection<br />
was created and significantly<br />
improved traffic safety. Later,<br />
an early Christmas present arrived<br />
when the intersection of<br />
Highway 229 and Washington<br />
Street was converted to a fourway<br />
stop. Previously the intersection<br />
was almost blind as<br />
drivers turning onto the highway<br />
had to cautiously venture<br />
out into the intersection before<br />
they were able to see oncoming<br />
cross-traffic – often resulting in<br />
near-miss accidents. While it<br />
has taken drivers a while to get<br />
used to the new stops … the<br />
increased safety of the Village<br />
people is a welcome benefit.<br />
The winds of change are blowing<br />
in the ’Burg!<br />
Das ist alles von der ’Burg!<br />
Although I am a little behind<br />
on this, I wanted to recognize<br />
the following couples<br />
in the area who have new additions<br />
to their families. Congratulations<br />
to Jonathan and<br />
Lori Hartman on the birth of<br />
their twins last Oct. 22, Elizabeth<br />
Kay and Luke James.<br />
Welcoming them home was<br />
big sister Ainsley. Maternal<br />
grandparents are Steve and<br />
Jeri Eisele of St Leon, and<br />
paternal grandparents are Jim<br />
Hartman of Dover and the<br />
late Belinda Hartman. I’m<br />
sure things are exciting at<br />
the Hartman residence with<br />
two to take care of and not<br />
much sleep to be had. The<br />
twins were also baptized at<br />
All Saints Parish on Dec. 26.<br />
I’m sure Belinda is a proud<br />
grandma from up above.<br />
Congratulations also go out<br />
to Dane and Carrie White<br />
on the birth of their son, Eli<br />
Thomas, last June 11. Welcoming<br />
him home were his<br />
older sister and brother Anna<br />
and Samuel. Maternal grandparents<br />
are Tom and Terri<br />
Huber of Dover, and paternal<br />
grandparents are Tony and<br />
Angie White of Yorkville.<br />
Get well wishes for a<br />
speedy recovery to Alice and<br />
George Klaserner, who were<br />
both hospitalized recently.<br />
Now that we are well into<br />
the winter of <strong>2020</strong>, I see the<br />
snow blanketing the roads and<br />
fields around us. With this,<br />
there seems to be a calmness<br />
and beauty not evident at any<br />
other time of the year. Even<br />
though we hate the cold, we<br />
surely appreciate a few of<br />
these calm days. Pictured here<br />
is one of my favorite scenes<br />
of winter. If you have any<br />
news from the Dover area,<br />
please email me at dover@<br />
goBEACONnews.com<br />
LOGAN<br />
By<br />
Susan<br />
Carson<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
logan@goBEACONnews.com<br />
As spring approaches, many<br />
of us will be looking forward<br />
to the outdoor activities we<br />
promised ourselves we would<br />
do in our New Year’s resolutions.<br />
For Logan resident<br />
Phyllis Barker, it is bicycling.<br />
She tells her story of<br />
how she became such an avid<br />
rider.<br />
“When I retired, I wanted to<br />
find something to do to stay<br />
active. So I decided to start<br />
riding with some other ladies<br />
in the neighborhood. That’s<br />
when I bought my first bike, a<br />
green cruiser. Initially, I rode<br />
at the park in Harrison and the<br />
Lawrenceburg/Aurora trail on<br />
the levy. A year or two later,<br />
I was in the little bike shop<br />
in Harrison, and a gentleman<br />
said I should check out<br />
the Cincinnati Cycle Club.<br />
The group holds over thirty<br />
weekly rides for all levels of<br />
ability and experience. On my<br />
very first ride, I pulled into<br />
the Hartwell Kroger and saw<br />
about thirty people with their<br />
fancy road bikes.<br />
Maybe four of us were<br />
there for the casual ride. The<br />
leader alongside me gave me<br />
the “dos” and “don’ts” as we<br />
rode. I made it to the end of<br />
the eighteen-mile ride, and I<br />
was hooked. I’ve been riding<br />
with the CCC ever since.<br />
Sometime later, I was invited<br />
to ride in the Tree City Rolling<br />
Tour in Greensburg. While<br />
the ride was wonderful, the<br />
problem was I could barely<br />
keep up. My cruiser wasn’t<br />
fast enough. Five years later,<br />
I purchased my road bike<br />
(actually, I was very nervous<br />
about riding on the skinny<br />
tires). Then I began riding<br />
with the West Side Spokes in<br />
Motion cluster with the CCC.<br />
They have a Saturday morning<br />
ride that leaves from Wm.<br />
Henry Harrison High School<br />
and uses all back roads. One<br />
day we rode to Dayton for<br />
lunch. The Tuesday morning<br />
group rides are all around the<br />
Cincinnati area, including a<br />
ride that leaves from Harrison.<br />
I put together an Indiana<br />
ride and lead it several times<br />
a year. We begin at the North<br />
Phyllis Barker, Logan, is a<br />
member of the Cincinnati<br />
Cycling Club.<br />
Dearborn Library and head<br />
to St. Leon and St. Peters.<br />
The group thoroughly enjoys<br />
this ride. On the return trip,<br />
we always stop for lunch at<br />
Logan Supermart, which they<br />
love as well.<br />
A couple of rides in Indiana<br />
are fun. One is held the Saturday<br />
morning of Freudenfest in<br />
Oldenburg in July. The other,<br />
The Hope Ride in Hope, IN,<br />
is in September. They are both<br />
nice countryside rides.<br />
The best thing about riding<br />
is the friends I made along the<br />
way. We all share the passion<br />
for the bicycling adventure<br />
come rain or shine. You always<br />
have someone to ride with.”<br />
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Page 6B THE BEACON <strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
AURORA<br />
By<br />
Margaret<br />
Drury<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Communities<br />
AURORA<br />
By<br />
Fred<br />
Schmits<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
aurora@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Living in an historic home in<br />
Aurora has its share of charm<br />
and challenges, especially in<br />
the cold winter months. Thank<br />
God for things like gas fireplace<br />
logs! With just a flip of<br />
a switch, WAA-LAA, there is<br />
warmth.<br />
Now, not only are my hands<br />
warm, but my heart is warm as<br />
I ponder our Bicentennial year<br />
in review for Aurora. So many<br />
special people and activities<br />
made 2019 a year to remember<br />
with many a Norman Rockwell<br />
moment! We are truly rich<br />
with assets here. Assets that<br />
include our people, our history,<br />
our churches, and our architecture…<br />
all of which add to<br />
our small-town charm. Those<br />
assets contributed to the City of<br />
Aurora making the <strong>2020</strong> list for<br />
Visit Indiana. OUR CITY, li’l<br />
ole Aurora, was named one of<br />
the MUST-SEE small towns in<br />
Indiana. Our Main Street Aurora<br />
was named a Top 10 Main<br />
Street, and our brewery was<br />
named a Top 10 Brewery. Main<br />
Street Aurora, led by Director<br />
Nancy Turner, spearheads so<br />
many different activities making<br />
our city not only a destination<br />
for tourists but also a cool<br />
place for about four thousand<br />
of us to call home. In putting<br />
their 20 In 20 List together<br />
(featuring 20 things you can<br />
do from 20 lists), Visit Indiana<br />
said that we, Aurora, are<br />
a UNIQUE destination! Yay<br />
Cassie Busse, Kristan Roedl, Anna Freeman, Devin Elder,<br />
Maria Whitaker, & Natalie Cauble enjoying one of the 2019<br />
Get Wine(d) & Dine(d) events.<br />
Aurora!<br />
Main Street Aurora sponsored<br />
a New Year’s Eve Dance,<br />
an excellent way to wrap<br />
up the monumental year we<br />
had. I am so accustomed to<br />
seeing Brad Peddenpohl in<br />
some silly outfit at the Main<br />
Street events, but I had to do<br />
a double-take with the photo<br />
that Nancy shared of him and<br />
his wife, Samantha, shown in<br />
formal attire at the dance. What<br />
a lovely couple. Samantha,<br />
how did you manage to get him<br />
to be serious for the picture?<br />
Main Street’s Get Wine(d)<br />
& Dine(d) events will continue<br />
this year, with the next one<br />
being scheduled in Downtown<br />
Aurora from 5 P.M. to 8:30<br />
P.M. on Feb. 21. Mark your<br />
calendars for a good time,<br />
young and old alike.<br />
A few years ago, to improve<br />
the appearance of historic<br />
downtown Aurora and to help<br />
stimulate the business environment,<br />
the city created the<br />
Façade Improvement Matching<br />
Grant (FIMG) & Sign Grant<br />
Program for residential and<br />
commercial properties located<br />
within the core business<br />
district. New in <strong>2020</strong>, eligible<br />
property owners in the Westside<br />
neighborhood accessible<br />
W ellingtons<br />
ice cream<br />
palace<br />
Brad and Samantha<br />
Peddenpohl<br />
off SR 350 may also apply.<br />
Grants are limited to exterior<br />
preservation, restoration, or<br />
rehabilitation of real properties,<br />
including signage improvements<br />
identified on eligible<br />
sites. Do YOU or someone<br />
you know live in the Aurora<br />
Downtown Historic District<br />
or the Hanover west side?<br />
They may qualify for the <strong>2020</strong><br />
Facade Improvement grant<br />
program. The deadline to apply<br />
is Feb. 28. Guidelines can be<br />
found on the City of Aurora<br />
website at https://www.aurora.<br />
in.us/. If eligible, BE SURE to<br />
take advantage of this program<br />
as it is one of the tools that has<br />
helped to ensure the “small<br />
town” charm of our beloved<br />
City of Aurora and to ensure its<br />
architectural assets continue.<br />
One last important Public<br />
Service Announcement… If<br />
you are a resident of Aurora,<br />
I recommend that you sign<br />
up for REACH Alert. Aurora<br />
residents can receive notification<br />
regarding such things as<br />
waterline breaks/ boil advisories,<br />
road closures, construction<br />
or accident delays, hazmat<br />
situations, AMBER / Silver<br />
alerts, police actions, and civic<br />
events. Go to www.reachalert.<br />
com to create a new account.<br />
If you have any problems, you<br />
may call them at (877) 307-<br />
9313… Just DO IT and be “in<br />
the know”!<br />
AND, I know I said I had<br />
ONE last public Service Announcement,<br />
but here’s the last<br />
one… for this month anyway!<br />
If you would like Aurora<br />
Bicentennial memorabilia (tee<br />
shirts, sweatshirts, AuroraOpoly<br />
games, Aurora Picture<br />
books, etc.), we still have items<br />
available. Contact the Main<br />
Street office at 812-926-1100<br />
or mainstreet@aurora.in.us.<br />
aurora@goBEACONnews.com<br />
HI NEIGHBORS!!!<br />
Occasionally a neighbor of<br />
ours here in Aurora receives<br />
well-deserved recognition<br />
for just being “an ordinary<br />
guy.” These were the words<br />
this particular person used<br />
to describe himself when<br />
we met to talk about a<br />
life devoted to family and<br />
Aurora youth. “STRAUTY”<br />
is the short name many in<br />
and around town have used<br />
to talk about Bob Strautman.<br />
We can appreciate<br />
him by taking a look at his<br />
life. He also has the title of<br />
“Mr. Scorekeeper for SDHS<br />
Athletic Dept!”<br />
The story begins with a<br />
Strautman Appreciation<br />
Night held Dec 6. when<br />
the boys’ basketball teams<br />
honored their long-time<br />
scorekeeper and friend. Our<br />
community has received<br />
the best Strauty has to offer<br />
over many years.<br />
Mr. Strautman attended<br />
Cochran elementary, followed<br />
by Northside Middle<br />
school, and finally AHS,<br />
graduating in 1955. He participated<br />
in basketball and<br />
baseball, but his true talent<br />
is for leadership.<br />
After high school, Mr.<br />
Strautman worked at a<br />
cleaning company in Aurora,<br />
married his sweetheart,<br />
Chris, and started a family.<br />
They had three sons, John,<br />
Brian, and Chris, and a<br />
daughter, Lori. Mr. Strautman<br />
shared his passion<br />
for athletics as a volunteer<br />
athletic director and coach<br />
at St. Mary’s and a referee<br />
of many sports for twenty<br />
years. He quit when his hip<br />
gave out while refereeing a<br />
game. After thirty-five years<br />
of volunteering, he fondly<br />
shares memories of his experiences.<br />
In 1972 Mr. Strautman<br />
created the basketball program<br />
at St. Mary’s. He then<br />
helped his daughter start the<br />
volleyball program. During<br />
that time, he coached<br />
Little League baseball and<br />
Babe Ruth baseball teams.<br />
Mr. Strautman continued to<br />
coach basketball for a few<br />
years until Chris Jameson<br />
assumed the responsibility.<br />
Then following in his<br />
father’s footsteps, Chris<br />
Strautman became coach.<br />
Mr. Strautman stayed<br />
involved in athletics at St.<br />
Mary’s over the years by<br />
handling all of the athletic<br />
teams’ needs for schedules,<br />
Bob Strautman<br />
officials, and uniforms.<br />
What made the job even<br />
more challenging was that<br />
St. Mary’s did not have a<br />
gym!! All practices and<br />
games were held either<br />
at the opponent’s gym or<br />
Northside, St. Lawrence, or<br />
Homestead School.<br />
As coach, Mr. Strautman<br />
had an experience not to<br />
be forgotten. His team was<br />
facing a good team from<br />
Brookville, who executed<br />
a full-court press for the<br />
entire game. It wasn’t pleasant!!<br />
On a happier note,<br />
his boys’ team played the<br />
Aurora seventh and eighthgrade<br />
teams twice and beat<br />
them both times. This was<br />
the same AHS team that<br />
went to semi-state in high<br />
school!<br />
“Strauty” had many good<br />
memories, the happiest being<br />
when his 1975 team won<br />
the county tournament. He<br />
is noted for the famous saying,<br />
“That player would trip<br />
over the black ten-second<br />
line,” as a way of describing<br />
players.<br />
Mr. Strautman is still<br />
a scorekeeper at SDHS<br />
for girls’ basketball. This<br />
connection with youth has<br />
existed for forty-eight long<br />
years.<br />
Well, that’s it. But writing<br />
this about “Strauty” has<br />
been an honor! He is an<br />
inspiration to all.<br />
Did you ever wonder…<br />
from where will our leaders<br />
of tomorrow come?<br />
FRANKLIN<br />
COUNTY<br />
franklin@goBEACONnews.com<br />
After covering all of the<br />
wonderful news in Franklin<br />
County, correspondent Karis<br />
Troyer has decided to pass the<br />
torch. We will miss her wit<br />
and love for her community.<br />
If you would like to become<br />
involved as a correspondent,<br />
please email the BEACON at<br />
editor@ goBEACONnews.<br />
com.<br />
Be sure to share news by<br />
emailing franklin@goBEA-<br />
CONnews.com<br />
February 8th - Be My Valentine<br />
<strong>March</strong> 14th - Luck of the Irish<br />
April 11th - Swing into Spring<br />
June 13th - Take me out to the ballgame<br />
August 8th - Pool Daze<br />
September 12th - Oktoberfest<br />
Thursday, December 31st - New Years Eve<br />
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Twenty-five Years of Bringing our Community and Businesses Together.
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 7B<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Communities<br />
Jazzy Blackburn lifted high<br />
by fellow cheerleaders after<br />
coming in second to South<br />
Dearborn High School in the<br />
cheerleader competition.<br />
LAWRENCEBURG<br />
By<br />
Debbie<br />
Acasio<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Indiana basketball. Exciting,<br />
invigorating! Where were<br />
you when Milan took the state<br />
title in 1954? Most senior citizens<br />
can remember that day<br />
DILLSBORO<br />
By<br />
Lorene<br />
Westmeyer<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Our town is thrilled to hear<br />
that we finally have a new<br />
grocery store. We welcome<br />
the new owners, Perry and<br />
Meggie Parmar and family.<br />
We are also happy to have<br />
Phil Hustler back to serve<br />
us.<br />
We are so excited to see<br />
the remodeling of the Victorian<br />
house next to the post<br />
office. It is going to be so<br />
pretty!<br />
The Dillsboro Heritage<br />
Car Show was very successful<br />
last year. Committee<br />
members Gene Barth,<br />
Tracy and Missy Weatherford,<br />
Greg Beetz, Danny<br />
Gall, Bobby Carter, and<br />
Chairman Steve Harmeyer<br />
raised over $5,000. Proceeds<br />
went to the following nonprofits:<br />
Heritage Festival: established<br />
in 2016 to celebrate<br />
Gavin Yoon- boys MVP at<br />
Rivertown Tournament.<br />
as well as the day that man<br />
landed on the moon. Although<br />
I was born two years after the<br />
victory, my mother and aunts<br />
passed on to me the excitement<br />
they felt as the police<br />
and fire departments escorted<br />
the Milan team down State<br />
Route 46 into Sunman from<br />
Indianapolis. Ruth Bernhard<br />
still remembers the massive<br />
cheering crowds and the<br />
excitement. Yes, David slew<br />
Goliath that day.<br />
Lawrenceburg High Schoolbasketball<br />
teams are continuing<br />
the Indiana basketball<br />
fever of 1954 into <strong>2020</strong>. The<br />
girl’s team beat out Switzerland<br />
County for their fourth<br />
championship in a row in the<br />
Rivertown Classic Tournament.<br />
With this year’s win,<br />
the boys have won the most<br />
championships in tournament<br />
history! The most valuable<br />
players of the tournament<br />
were Juliana Kemper and<br />
Gavin Yoon. Gavin achieved<br />
the history and heritage of<br />
our community.<br />
Historical Society: contributions<br />
and proceeds from<br />
the sale of Alan Smith’s<br />
historical collections with<br />
the goal of finding a place to<br />
preserve and display items<br />
and collections of historical<br />
value to the town of Dillsboro.<br />
CARE Team (Community,<br />
Action, Response, Engagement):<br />
the objectives are to<br />
bring together leaders of the<br />
Faith Community to provide<br />
help and assistance in times<br />
of crisis.<br />
Dillsboro Community<br />
Partnership, Inc. General<br />
Fund: The Dillsboro Community<br />
Partnership fosters<br />
community pride, enhances<br />
and promotes growth,<br />
and supports local businesses<br />
and organizations<br />
to strengthen the quality of<br />
life in our community. The<br />
fund provides the match for<br />
grants which support the<br />
activities of the DCP.<br />
Dillsboro Veterans Walk:<br />
We continue to salute our<br />
Veterans throughout the<br />
year by making our Veterans<br />
Walk available to any group<br />
Macy Radenheimer cutting<br />
the net at Rivertown Classic<br />
Tournament.<br />
a personal goal of 1000 baskets<br />
in his high school career<br />
and was recently presented<br />
the 1000 point ball during a<br />
home game at Lawrenceburg<br />
High School. The MVP award<br />
was Juliana’s third straight.<br />
Congratulations to all!<br />
Have you been caught in<br />
the winter blahs? If you have<br />
not visited the Lawrenceburg<br />
Public Library, you are missing<br />
out on some boredom<br />
relief and a gem in our community.<br />
Visit the website, lpld.<br />
lib.in.us/calendar, to see what<br />
all is happening there. Newly<br />
created this year is a program<br />
called mobile media maker<br />
labs. When the laptops are<br />
not in use for this program,<br />
they can be checked out to<br />
use within the library. Guess<br />
what? You can also check<br />
out a ukulele. During Lawrenceburg<br />
E-learning days,<br />
the library is available for all<br />
students. An adult must supervise<br />
grade K-4. Library staff<br />
or organization that should<br />
choose to honor them with<br />
the display.<br />
Evening of Thanks: an annual<br />
event held to recognize<br />
and thank our vast number<br />
of volunteers and contributors.<br />
Other volunteers assisting<br />
with the car show included<br />
Chris and Brooke Patrick,<br />
Cathy Beetz, Jerry Laker,<br />
Danny Goodman, Kim<br />
Harmeyer and DJ – Jared<br />
Teaney.<br />
Sponsors deserving special<br />
thanks include Friendship<br />
State Bank and Boggs &<br />
Race.<br />
“The Call Back Show”<br />
is the current exhibition<br />
at Dillsboro Arts. This<br />
show features the work of<br />
fourteen artists who have<br />
supported Dillsboro Arts<br />
through their participation<br />
in past shows. Each artist<br />
has up to three pieces in<br />
this show running through<br />
<strong>March</strong> 28.<br />
The community is saddened<br />
by the losses of Melinda<br />
“Susie” (Stambaugh)<br />
Morrone, Scharline (Utter)<br />
Fields, Jeanette (Huntington)<br />
Thayer, and Denver Mills.<br />
Elise Bostick and Dahlia<br />
Fuson met at the Lawrenceburg<br />
library for the first time<br />
three years ago. They have<br />
been best friends ever since.<br />
is available for supervision<br />
and help for all. Check out the<br />
beginning crochet classes, the<br />
book clubs, and Pinterest craft<br />
clubs. There is something for<br />
everyone—including a $5<br />
lunch Monday through Friday.<br />
I hope you all enjoyed the<br />
High on the hill with the city<br />
of Lawrenceburg as a view,<br />
Sophia Courtney (daughter<br />
of Ella Schwartz) enjoys her<br />
first birthday cake.<br />
long, carb-filled winter (dark<br />
at 5 P.M.) days and are looking<br />
forward to spring as much<br />
as I am! I am ready to come<br />
out of hibernation. Farewell,<br />
winter!<br />
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Goldie Bolin<br />
MOORES HILL<br />
By<br />
Barbara<br />
Wetzler<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Betty and Ken Bolin<br />
Good news to share from<br />
Moores Hill:<br />
Congratulations to the family<br />
of Rod (Karen) Bolin<br />
and Debbie Bolin (Greg)<br />
Posey on reaching several<br />
milestones. Rod and Debbie’s<br />
grandmother, Goldie Bolin,<br />
turned 102 on Jan. 28. Mrs.<br />
Bolin has been blessed with<br />
three sons (Kenny, Steve,<br />
and Larry Bolin) and one<br />
daughter (Janice), seven<br />
grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren,<br />
and six great,<br />
great-grandchildren. In 2017,<br />
Mrs. Bolin was crowned Miss<br />
Cochran, as part of Main<br />
Street Aurora’s 150th birthday<br />
celebration. She is the oldest<br />
living person to have ever<br />
lived in the little known part<br />
of Aurora called Cochran.<br />
Karen Bolin says her motherin-law<br />
loves her Lord, loved<br />
to sew, and going to craft<br />
shows. Happy 102 Birthday to<br />
Mrs. Goldie Bolin<br />
Congratulations to Kenny<br />
and Betty Bolin on celebrating<br />
sixty-two years of marriage<br />
in November 2019.<br />
Happy Birthday to Betty<br />
Bolin, who celebrated turning<br />
80 in January, with a surprise<br />
party at Rod and Karen Bolin’s<br />
house in Moores Hill.<br />
Rod and Karen moved back<br />
to their roots in Moores Hill<br />
in 2018, where they both grew<br />
up, graduated from Moores<br />
Hill School, and became<br />
school sweethearts. They will<br />
celebrate forty-four years of<br />
marriage in May <strong>2020</strong>. They<br />
recently rebuilt on the land<br />
where Karen grew up. Rod<br />
serves as the pastor at Hogan<br />
Hill Baptist Church. Karen<br />
is a talented quilter and has<br />
worked in Aurora for twentyeight<br />
years.<br />
I plan to devote a future<br />
column on others who have<br />
moved back to Moores Hill,<br />
such as Bobbi Elza and<br />
Randy Foley. Bobbi is restoring<br />
a house on Manchester<br />
Street and doing much of the<br />
work herself.<br />
As soon as HGTV announced<br />
plans for a contest<br />
for one of its shows to renovate<br />
an entire town, Tamila<br />
Wismann, Lynn Allen,<br />
and other volunteers began<br />
developing a plan to submit<br />
a proposal for Moores Hill to<br />
be considered. So much spirit<br />
and love are felt for Moores<br />
Hill among former and current<br />
residents. The annual<br />
Rod and Karen Bolin<br />
Christmas Walk, the 2018<br />
Bicentennial Celebration, and<br />
the 2019 Carnival are examples<br />
of the tireless volunteerism<br />
and support to enrich<br />
living in Moores Hill. Thank<br />
you to this team of neighbors<br />
and friends for undertaking<br />
another large community<br />
project.<br />
If you have news to share<br />
with our <strong>Beacon</strong> readers,<br />
please contact me at<br />
mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com.<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
By<br />
Lisa<br />
West<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Celebrating 100th Day!<br />
North Dearborn Elementary’s first grade class celebrated<br />
their one hundredth day of class by dressing up as their<br />
favorite historic characters. Their teacher, Mrs. Dennis,<br />
shared that they are officially 100 days smarter!<br />
To add anticipation after the holidays, many schools<br />
celebrate the 100th day. The celebration helps break up<br />
winter with fun and activities.<br />
South Dearborn High School Cheerleaders (not in order): Leah Kemper, Blake Sizemore,<br />
Kinley Sweeney, Cambrey Gilbert, Marrgo Arnsperger, Jozie Mason, Brenna VanGuelpen,<br />
Cadence Denney, Elissa Grehl, Taylor Ferguson, Shanna Tschaenn, Zoey Cunningham,<br />
Kendyl McAllister, Macie Teke, Ava Kraemer, Emalee Ramsey, Alyvia Percival, Coaches Lori<br />
Rinehart, Lindsay Buerger, Lisa West and Tara West.<br />
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The cheerleaders of South<br />
Dearborn High School<br />
certainly have something to<br />
cheer about this year. They<br />
placed fifth in their division<br />
at the Indiana State Championships.<br />
To top that, they<br />
won the Rivertown Classic<br />
Cheerleading Championship<br />
in <strong>2020</strong>. Since they also won<br />
in 2019 and 2018, they are officially<br />
“3-Peat” Champions!<br />
Five out of the seventeen<br />
SDHS competitive cheerleaders<br />
are from the Manchester<br />
area. They include seniors<br />
Blake Sizemore (Competition<br />
Captain) and Leah Kemper<br />
(Squad Captain), juniors<br />
Marrgo Arnsperger and<br />
Jozie Mason, and freshman<br />
Kendyl McAllister.<br />
The team won several<br />
regional competitions leading<br />
up to State and Rivertown.<br />
At the December Jefferson<br />
High School competition, the<br />
SDHS Senior cheerleaders proudly holding Rivertown<br />
trophy - Kinley Sweeney, Leah Kemper, Cambrey Gilbert,<br />
Blake Sizemore.<br />
team won “Best Tumbling”<br />
in addition to 1st place. They<br />
have also been recognized for<br />
outstanding stunting (builds),<br />
jumps, cheers, and dance. The<br />
nearly year-long commitment<br />
demands lots of time and intense<br />
physical requirements.<br />
Leah Kemper shared, “This<br />
year’s cheer season was nothing<br />
short of eventful. Receiving<br />
the opportunity to attend<br />
state, and winning Rivertown<br />
was awesome. I am so grateful<br />
that I had the chance to be part<br />
of this winning team during<br />
my final year of high school!”<br />
Blake Sizemore added,<br />
“This season has been so incredible.<br />
Being named captain<br />
of the competition team was<br />
a great honor. It was hard at<br />
first, but as the season went<br />
on I grew into the role. I am<br />
so thankful that my coaches<br />
Lisa, Lindsay, and Lori saw<br />
enough potential in me to<br />
switch our division to coed.<br />
We knew it wasn’t going to<br />
be an easy switch, but our<br />
team adapted very quickly.<br />
We worked very hard and it<br />
paid off by ending in many<br />
successes including Indiana<br />
State and Rivertown honors! I<br />
was also fortunate enough to<br />
help coach our middle school<br />
team. I am excited to continue<br />
working with them and help<br />
them grow.”<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 9B<br />
MILAN<br />
By<br />
Susan<br />
Cottingham<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
milan@goBEACONnews.com<br />
This month is all about<br />
basketball! You may have heard<br />
that the Milan High School<br />
Boys Basketball Team won<br />
the Ripley County Tourney<br />
after a sixty-year dry spell! We<br />
certainly congratulate the team<br />
and their coaches on such an<br />
accomplishment. The 72-63<br />
win was over the Batesville<br />
Bulldogs. The <strong>2020</strong> MHS Boys<br />
Basketball team is made up of<br />
Parker Lewis, Matt Riehle,<br />
Kaleb Rinear, Matt Schmitt,<br />
Carter Wade, Carsyn<br />
Ascherman, Joshua Clark,<br />
Evan Miller, Adam Norman,<br />
Chandler Reatherford,<br />
Ethan Schwipps, Bo Wade,<br />
and Peyton Wert. The Head<br />
coach is Randy Combs, and he<br />
is assisted by coaches Travis<br />
Butte, Luke Williams, Andy<br />
Finnegan, Joel Norman, and<br />
Ethan Voss. Peyton Wert was<br />
named MVP of the tournament.<br />
Carsyn Asherman, Adam<br />
Norman, and Carter Wade<br />
made the All-Tourney Team.<br />
Interesting to note is that<br />
both of Ethan Schwipps’<br />
grandfathers, Don Call and<br />
Dick Schwipps, were on the<br />
last team from MHS to win the<br />
Ripley County Tourney in 1960.<br />
Ethan Schwipps is a member of<br />
this year’s winning team. The<br />
1960 team was coached by Ray<br />
Craft, who was a player and<br />
high scorer for the 1954 State<br />
Championship team. Members<br />
of the 1960 team were Frank<br />
Arkenberg, Bill Burkett, Don<br />
Call, Jerry Caplinger, Bob<br />
Cunningham, Tim Heller,<br />
Jim Lafollette. Jimmy Dale<br />
Richardson, Jim Shanks,<br />
Dick Schwipps, Hank Voss,<br />
and Tom Voss. They defeated<br />
Versailles in the final game<br />
78-47.<br />
Milan was recognized by the<br />
Ripley County Basketball Hall<br />
of Fame with the induction<br />
of Ray Baurley and Craig<br />
Cutter. Ray received the<br />
Meritorious Service Award.<br />
He is best known for his long<br />
involvement with Milan’s<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
<strong>2020</strong> Ripley County Tournament Champions: Milan Indians: Parker Lewis, Matt Riehle, Kaleb<br />
Rinear, Matt Schmitt, Carter Wade, Carsyn Ascherman, Joshua Clark, Evan Miller, Adam<br />
Norman, Chandler Reatherford, Ethan Schwipps, Bo Wade and Peyton Wert. Head coach<br />
Randy Combs assisted by coaches Travis Butte, Luke Williams, Andy Finnegan, Joel Norman,<br />
and Ethan Voss. Cheerleaders: Payton Bledsoe, Madison Cavins, Riley Clark, Olivia<br />
Davis, Autumn Dunn, Abbey Knowlton, Amanda Peckham, Avery Robbins, Maddie Welch,<br />
Lauren Werner.<br />
Milan resident, Ray Baurley,<br />
and MHS graduate, Craig<br />
Cutter, were honored with<br />
induction into the <strong>2020</strong> class<br />
of the Ripley County Hall of<br />
Fame.<br />
basketball program. He was a<br />
business teacher and coach at<br />
Milan High School for thirtyseven<br />
years. Mr. Baurley was<br />
a member of the only New<br />
Marion High School team to<br />
win a sectional and county<br />
tourney. He was named an All-<br />
Conference player in 1963 and<br />
also lettered three years in track,<br />
cross-country, baseball, and<br />
basketball. Upon retirement,<br />
Mr. Baurley continued<br />
his participation in Milan<br />
basketball by being the team’s<br />
official scorer since 2009. He<br />
also currently serves on the<br />
Board of Directors for the<br />
Milan ‘54 Hoosiers Museum.<br />
Craig Cutter graduated from<br />
Milan High School in 1979<br />
and was the all-time leading<br />
scorer, where he amassed<br />
1,502 points over his four-year<br />
career as a varsity starter. He<br />
averaged 21.5 points per game<br />
during his senior year. He was<br />
named to the All-Sectional<br />
Communities<br />
Ray Baurley, Ripley County<br />
Hall of Fame Meritorious<br />
Service Award recipient with<br />
his grandchildren Lainey<br />
Stock, Taylor Stock, Nicholas<br />
Lieland, Brody Stock,<br />
Ross Lieland, and Cayden<br />
Lieland.<br />
team three years, the All-<br />
County team three years, the<br />
EIAC All-Conference team his<br />
senior year, and received an<br />
Honorable Mention All-State<br />
Academic team his senior<br />
year. Before graduation, he<br />
received letters of interest<br />
from several esteemed<br />
colleges, including IU, Purdue,<br />
Notre Dame, and Duke. Cutter<br />
went on to play three sports in<br />
college. He currently lives in<br />
Canon City, CO.<br />
In closing, I would also<br />
like to thank The Rising Sun<br />
Regional Foundation (RSRF)<br />
for their support in awarding<br />
a total of $275,420 in new<br />
grants in the fourth quarter of<br />
2019. These grants included<br />
$12,630 to Milan Community<br />
School Corporation for the<br />
purchase of stop-arm cameras<br />
for school buses.<br />
YORKVILLE<br />
& GUILFORD<br />
By<br />
Laura<br />
Keller<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
yorkville@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Many years ago, I had a<br />
colleague who joked that his<br />
wife was only eight years old.<br />
She was one of the 187,000<br />
people in the United States<br />
who was born on leap day,<br />
otherwise known as February<br />
29. If you’ve ever been<br />
curious why February has<br />
29 days roughly every four<br />
years, here are a few facts for<br />
you.<br />
Our modern calendar<br />
contains 365 days; however,<br />
it takes the earth roughly<br />
365.2421 days to orbit its<br />
star. To ensure we remain<br />
consistent with the calendar,<br />
we periodically add in an<br />
extra day to make sure the<br />
calendar is in sync with the<br />
actual orbit. Pope Gregory<br />
XIII instituted the Gregorian<br />
Calendar in 1582, and according<br />
to this calendar, leap year<br />
occurs every four years except<br />
for years evenly divisible by<br />
100 and not by 400. If you<br />
were like me and thought leap<br />
year always occurred every<br />
four years, we both learned<br />
something new!<br />
Our condolences go out to<br />
the Martini family. Donna<br />
Kennett Martini passed away<br />
on December 24. She loved<br />
to play cards and enjoyed<br />
traveling to Las Vegas. Donna<br />
was an excellent cook. One of<br />
her favorite meals was roast<br />
beef with potatoes and carrots,<br />
potato salad, and german<br />
chocolate cake. She would<br />
fry up whatever her husband<br />
Leo brought home from hunting,<br />
which usually included<br />
squirrels and rabbits! Donna<br />
liked playing tennis and going<br />
out with the girls. She was<br />
a member of the “Golden<br />
Girls.”<br />
Donna leaves behind her<br />
husband Leo and children<br />
Donald (Tammy) Martini<br />
of Bright, daughter-in-law<br />
Lynda Martini of Yorkville,<br />
Brenda (Philip) Jonas of<br />
Harrison, and Rhonda (Eric)<br />
Sizemore of Bright; and<br />
sister Dorothy Cox and<br />
brothers Denver and Ron<br />
Kennett. She will also be<br />
fondly remembered by her<br />
nine grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.<br />
If you have news in the<br />
Yorkville/Guilford area you’d<br />
like me to share, please contact<br />
me at yorkville@Go<strong>Beacon</strong>news.com.<br />
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HARRISON<br />
By<br />
Elizabeth<br />
Janszen<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Special <strong>March</strong> Hours<br />
harrison@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Harrison correspondent<br />
Elizabeth Janszen will be back<br />
next month with all of the<br />
exciting things happening in<br />
Harrison. Send news to harrison@goBEACONnews.com<br />
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SUNMAN<br />
By<br />
Maureen<br />
Stenger<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
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Lisa Wolf of Sunman<br />
shared some exciting news<br />
with me. The East Central<br />
Wrestling Team has beaten<br />
the school record of wins<br />
with a record of 34-0!<br />
Previously the most wins<br />
were twenty-eight back in<br />
2009. Three wrestlers are<br />
undefeated: Blake Wolf, one<br />
hundred thirteen pounds;<br />
Rider Searcy, one hundred<br />
twenty-six pounds; and<br />
Bryer Hall, one hundred<br />
fifty-two pounds. The EC<br />
wrestling team also won<br />
the Eastern Indiana Athletic<br />
Conference on Jan. 19 by<br />
over one hundred points!<br />
A huge congratulations<br />
to these wrestlers, the<br />
entire team, and all of the<br />
coaches. What an impressive<br />
accomplishment.<br />
East Central wrestler Ben<br />
Wolf, son of Adam and Lisa<br />
Wolf of Sunman, had quite<br />
the accomplishment as he<br />
celebrated his one-hundredth<br />
win. Ben wrestles in the one<br />
hundred forty-five pound<br />
weight class for the Trojans.<br />
Few wrestlers achieve this<br />
goal by their senior year, so<br />
for Ben to accomplish this<br />
Kelsey Huber, Lisa Wolf, Ben Wolf, Shirley Huber, Jacob<br />
Huber, Kendall Huber, and Jill Wolf celebrating EC Wrestler<br />
Ben Wolf’s 100th Win!<br />
as a junior makes it even<br />
more amazing. Kudos to Ben<br />
for all of your hard work!<br />
This team sure is making its<br />
school, and this town, proud!<br />
The students at Sunman<br />
Elementary School were<br />
treated to a special visit<br />
from the Cincinnati Reds<br />
Caravan. Sunman Elementary<br />
Instructional Assistant, Miss<br />
Hardin, entered the school in<br />
the Reds Caravan Takeover<br />
Contest this past summer.<br />
Sunman Elementary was<br />
selected as a private stop on<br />
the tour! Reds players Amir<br />
Garrett, Josh VanMeter,<br />
and Jonathan India visited.<br />
A lucky group of twenty<br />
randomly selected students<br />
and staff got the opportunity<br />
to participate in a meetand-greet<br />
after the school<br />
assembly. A great time was<br />
had by all.<br />
Mike Martini of St.<br />
Nicholas School shared<br />
with me that the school has<br />
received a grant for a new<br />
program helping children<br />
in need. The “You Can<br />
Use a Friend” project will<br />
take donations of crayons,<br />
coloring books, and other<br />
items, combining them with<br />
notes of support and prayer<br />
for children going through<br />
challenging circumstances.<br />
Funding for the project is<br />
provided by a Ripley Youth<br />
Outreach Grant. Students<br />
at St. Nicholas will be<br />
asking area businesses<br />
for permission to display<br />
collection bins where people<br />
RISING SUN/<br />
OHIO COUNTY<br />
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PG<br />
Gentrup<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Participating in the program, “You can use a Friend,”<br />
Emma Eckstein, Amelia Eckstein, Isaiah Uhlarik, August<br />
Kulhmann, Brandon Broering, second - Lily Hauefle-Rynn,<br />
Emery Maple, Holly Hoff, Alicia Hudepohl, Cody Batta, Mrs.<br />
Schutte- teacher, Conner Eckstein, Hank Craig, Daniel Perkins,<br />
Lucas Watson, Gabe Yunger, Riley Schebler, Elizabeth<br />
Gigrich, Zeb Streator, Abe Streater<br />
can donate the items for<br />
reuse. The donated items,<br />
along with letters of support,<br />
will be distributed to area<br />
service organizations.<br />
Principal Sherri Kirschner<br />
explains, “We are combining<br />
academics, faith, writing<br />
skills, service and empathy in<br />
this project.” Area businesses<br />
that would like to display<br />
a collection bin can call St.<br />
Nicholas School at 812-623-<br />
2348 or email: grade2@<br />
stnicholas-sunman.org<br />
A lot of great things are<br />
going on around Sunman.<br />
The town has a new website,<br />
townofsunman.com. Please<br />
check it out! Congratulations<br />
to the new town board<br />
members and a new town<br />
clerk who were sworn in on<br />
Jan. 7. Please continue to<br />
share your stories with me<br />
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Time continues to fly by,<br />
and as I get older, it seems<br />
like I spend a lot of time going<br />
to funerals. I thank God<br />
every day when I wake up<br />
for another day on earth. We<br />
have had six military funerals<br />
in the past three weeks, and<br />
I have attended a few others<br />
for friends.<br />
I recently lost a good<br />
friend, John Wolfe, here in<br />
Rising Sun. John retired from<br />
the U.S. Army after over<br />
twenty years of service as a<br />
Master Sergeant and proudly<br />
served in Vietnam. I knew<br />
John for about fifty years.<br />
He had a memorabilia and<br />
antique shop in Rising Sun<br />
and dealt in baseball cards<br />
and other sports items. When<br />
my brother, Cruiser, would<br />
come to town, he and John<br />
would wheel and deal. I<br />
purchased a lot of Rising Sun<br />
memorabilia from John. He<br />
would always call me right<br />
after making a purchase,<br />
and I usually took all of it.<br />
Myron Gehring was recently<br />
presented a patriotic lap quilt.<br />
John was married to Gloria<br />
Neaman Wolfe, who was the<br />
granddaughter of J.W. Whitlock,<br />
and she was quite the<br />
artist. I will miss stopping by<br />
and chatting with John.<br />
I always enjoy meeting and<br />
greeting our World War II<br />
Veterans. America’s Greatest<br />
Generation has some neat<br />
stories to tell. I have been<br />
visiting veterans and presenting<br />
them with lap quilts. We<br />
also present Quilts of Valor.<br />
I met a WW II guy who will<br />
be ninety-eight years old this<br />
year. Myron Gehring was<br />
married to Mildred Bruns for<br />
sixty-seven years until she<br />
passed away. Myron lived in<br />
the Batesville and Oldenburg<br />
area. He was a veteran of<br />
the 36th Infantry, Co. G, and<br />
was a part of the invasion of<br />
Salerno, Italy. He served in<br />
North Africa before going to<br />
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Italy. Most of his company<br />
was eliminated, and he hid in<br />
the bushes along a river for<br />
three days but was captured<br />
and became a Prisoner of<br />
War (POW) for eighteen<br />
months and kept on a fivehundred-acre<br />
farm in Germany.<br />
He told me the story<br />
of how toward the end of<br />
the war, the Germans forced<br />
them to hike eight hundred<br />
kilometers until the Americans<br />
and Russians were<br />
closing in, and the Germans<br />
fled. They had to sleep in<br />
the woods and barns along<br />
the way. Myron served from<br />
1943-45. He said there was<br />
a statue in Oldenburg that<br />
someone had carved of Mary<br />
holding the crucified Christ,<br />
and his mom would walk two<br />
miles each day to pray at the<br />
carving for his safe return.<br />
I saw Chick Kittle, a<br />
ninety-two-year-old Korean<br />
War Veteran. He talked about<br />
serving with Omer Schmeltzer<br />
in the 4th Infantry Division.<br />
I worked with Omer at<br />
I&M for many years. I have<br />
known Chick since I was a<br />
kid. I also worked with Mike<br />
Perdue at I&M and visited<br />
with him. He was on the USS<br />
Forrestal when the big fire hit<br />
back in 1967.<br />
I also got to present a lap<br />
quilt to Tom Ward with<br />
the assistance of Rhonda<br />
Stinson from the Lawrenceburg<br />
Public Library. Tom is a<br />
Korean War veteran.<br />
I’m trying to get healthier<br />
and started the first of the<br />
year by doing some running<br />
and walking. I should hit the<br />
150-mile mark this month at<br />
my present rate. I’ve cut back<br />
on bread, pop, snacks, and<br />
eating too late in the evening.<br />
Last year at this time, I was<br />
about 250 pounds; on Jan.<br />
21, I weighed in at 205, so<br />
something is working. If I<br />
can do it, anyone can!<br />
I pray for good health for<br />
all of you and ask God to<br />
bless you and your family.<br />
Twenty-five Years of Bringing our Community and Businesses Together.
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> THE BEACON Page 11B<br />
By<br />
John<br />
Hawley<br />
Purdue<br />
Extension<br />
Educator<br />
hawley4@purdue.edu<br />
By<br />
Jack<br />
Zoller<br />
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@live.com<br />
By<br />
Melanie<br />
Alexander<br />
Regular readers of this<br />
By<br />
column have Maxine come to expect<br />
that sometime Klump early in the<br />
calendar year, I will devote<br />
a column specifically Community to<br />
Correspondent<br />
chocolate treats. Something<br />
about the cold days of<br />
maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />
winter makes thought of<br />
chocolate enticing. I love all<br />
things chocolate, whether<br />
they use the milder taste of<br />
milk chocolate or the deep<br />
rich taste of dark chocolate.<br />
I rarely refuse any offer of<br />
a chocolate treat, and this<br />
month is devoted to some of<br />
my recipe collection that use<br />
this flavor.<br />
This quick and easy recipe<br />
involves confiscating “eat<br />
straight from the package”<br />
favorite cookies. I prefer a<br />
relatively small piece of the<br />
Creating a<br />
Garden Plan for a<br />
Successful <strong>2020</strong><br />
Whether you’ve gardened<br />
for forty years or you’ve just<br />
recently decided to sprout<br />
a green thumb, creating a<br />
garden plan is a must. When<br />
making decisions about what<br />
to plant, how to plant, and<br />
when to begin, gardeners can<br />
waste a lot of time and money<br />
if they fail to plan accordingly.<br />
In today’s article, I<br />
will discuss garden planning<br />
and what you can do to make<br />
<strong>2020</strong> a successful year.<br />
Gardening is an Art<br />
While the primary goal for<br />
most gardeners is the production<br />
of edible fruits and<br />
vegetables, many also focus<br />
on aesthetics and habitat<br />
improvement. Regardless of<br />
production goals, there is little<br />
denying that gardens beautify<br />
our properties.<br />
When planning your garden,<br />
make landscape beautification<br />
a priority. Consider colorful<br />
additions that benefit both<br />
your palate and landscape.<br />
For instance, many gardeners<br />
include multi-color tomatoes,<br />
peppers, and greens. Flowers<br />
are also easy additions to<br />
consider!<br />
Sketching a mock-aerial<br />
view of your garden can help<br />
you better understand the<br />
space you are working with.<br />
Adding garden decorations,<br />
such as signs, scarecrows,<br />
birdbaths, gnomes, and other<br />
stone art pieces, can make<br />
your garden an enjoyable<br />
sight, even in the dead of<br />
winter. Adding a bird feeder<br />
is also a nice touch following<br />
harvest.<br />
Hope for the Best, Prepare<br />
for the Worst<br />
We’ve all been told never<br />
to count chickens before they<br />
hatch, and the same goes<br />
with tomatoes, peppers, and<br />
any other vegetable! Don’t<br />
hesitate to estimate yields, but<br />
if you are planning on sharing,<br />
canning, or freezing large<br />
quantities, don’t make any<br />
promises or plans you can’t<br />
keep.<br />
From pests and disease to<br />
weather and human error…<br />
countless scenarios wreak<br />
havoc on our gardens. To prepare<br />
for the worst, be sure to<br />
have the equipment, tools, and<br />
chemical ready when needed.<br />
cookies (1/2 inch or so) that<br />
you place into the batter, but<br />
the cheesecake is good no<br />
matter the size of the Oreo<br />
pieces.<br />
Oreo Cheesecake<br />
1 package Oreo Chocolate<br />
Sandwich Cookies<br />
¼ cup butter, melted<br />
4 packages (8 oz size) cream<br />
cheese softened<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
1 cup sour cream<br />
4 eggs<br />
Preheat oven to 325°. Place<br />
30 cookies in food processor;<br />
cover. Process 30-45 seconds<br />
or until finely ground. Add<br />
butter; mix well. Press firmly<br />
onto bottom of 13 x 9-inch<br />
baking pan which has been<br />
lined with aluminum foil that<br />
extends over the ends of the<br />
pan. (Trust me-this really<br />
makes it easy to remove the<br />
dessert from the pan.)<br />
Beat cream cheese, sugar<br />
and vanilla in large bowl with<br />
electric mixer on medium<br />
speed until well blended. Add<br />
sour cream; mix well. Add<br />
One of the most frustrating<br />
scenarios as a gardener can be<br />
scrambling for a pest treatment<br />
or weeding tool when<br />
conditions have rapidly turned<br />
for the worst. Be sure your<br />
tools are in good working condition<br />
and ensure that you are<br />
fully stocked with supplies.<br />
Embrace New Ideas<br />
The best parts of Master<br />
Gardener and garden club<br />
membership are networking<br />
and exposure to new ideas.<br />
Most experienced gardeners<br />
will have taken recommendations<br />
from others in the past<br />
and be happy to pass on those<br />
that are successful. As you<br />
consider what to grow and<br />
how to grow it, keep an open<br />
mind!<br />
When planning, research<br />
recommendations from<br />
friends and prepare accordingly.<br />
You will need to consider<br />
factors such as planting<br />
dates and local soil conditions.<br />
Some plants and ideas<br />
will work well in our area,<br />
and others will be a risky<br />
Call your<br />
local<br />
licensed<br />
Humana<br />
sales agent.<br />
Call your<br />
local<br />
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eggs, one at a time, beating<br />
just until blended after each<br />
addition. Chop remaining<br />
cookies. Gently stir 1 ½ cups<br />
of the chopped cookies into<br />
the cream cheese batter. Pour<br />
over crust. Sprinkle remaining<br />
chopped cookies over top of<br />
cheesecake.<br />
Bake for 45 minutes or<br />
until center is almost set.<br />
Cool. Refrigerate at least 3<br />
hours or overnight. Cut into<br />
squares. Store any leftovers in<br />
refrigerator.<br />
Both of the following recipes<br />
come courtesy of my daughter,<br />
Maria. Although I frequently<br />
take advantage of a brownie<br />
mix, this fudge-like brownie<br />
treat is wonderful topped with<br />
vanilla ice cream for a brownie<br />
sundae.<br />
Easy One Bowl Brownies<br />
1 stick butter, melted<br />
2 (1 oz) squares baking<br />
chocolate, melted<br />
1 cup sugar<br />
½ cup flour<br />
1 teaspoon baking powder<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
2 eggs<br />
endeavor. If in doubt, give me<br />
a call. I’ll be happy to provide<br />
a recommendation and share<br />
resources from our experts on<br />
campus.<br />
Gardening is an ever-evolving<br />
pastime. No two gardeners<br />
will do things the same,<br />
but planning accordingly is<br />
essential. Your plan does not<br />
need to be a formal document<br />
printed on fancy paper. Start<br />
small and use bulleted lists<br />
or sticky notes that will help<br />
organize your ideas and keep<br />
you on track throughout the<br />
growing season.<br />
To learn more about managing<br />
your lawn and garden from<br />
our experts on campus, please<br />
search “Purdue Consumer<br />
Horticulture” on your home<br />
computer or smartphone.<br />
For additional information<br />
about other agriculture and<br />
natural resources topics, please<br />
email me at hawley4@purdue.<br />
edu. You can also reach our<br />
office at 812-926-1189. We<br />
are located at 229 Main Street,<br />
Aurora, IN 47001.<br />
Talk with your local licensed<br />
Humana Sales agent today.<br />
513-857-9513 (TTY: 711)<br />
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Humana Sales agent today.<br />
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br />
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Using a medium bowl,<br />
melt the butter and chocolate<br />
in microwave. Remove and<br />
add sugar, flour, baking<br />
powder, and vanilla extract.<br />
Mix well with a spoon or<br />
electric mixer. Add eggs, one<br />
at a time, mixing after each<br />
addition. Pour batter into a<br />
9-inch square pan that has<br />
been lightly greased or sprayed<br />
with cooking spray. Bake at<br />
350° for 30 minutes. Cool in<br />
pan before cutting into serving<br />
pieces.<br />
I usually do not use white<br />
chocolate, but this candy is so<br />
good that I always “squirrel<br />
away” a few pieces for myself.<br />
I sometimes include pieces of<br />
this treat on a tray of cookies<br />
because of the contrast color<br />
and the difference in flavor<br />
from regular chocolate.<br />
Almond Butter Candy<br />
½ teaspoon butter(softened)<br />
1 ¼ pounds white chocolate<br />
1 ½ cups chunky almond<br />
butter<br />
Line a 9-inch square pan<br />
with foil. Spread butter over<br />
foil. In a microwave or double<br />
boiler, melt the chocolate,<br />
stirring frequently until a<br />
smooth consistency is reached.<br />
Stir in almond butter. Pour into<br />
prepared pan. Cool to room<br />
temperature before cutting into<br />
squares.<br />
I just realized that all the<br />
recipes for this month do<br />
NOT have ingredients that are<br />
“healthy,” but they certainly<br />
satisfy the wish for a taste of<br />
something sweet. Enjoy but<br />
remember to say over and over,<br />
“Moderation is the key!”<br />
See you next month- I’m<br />
already thinking ahead to the<br />
promise of fresh rhubarb and<br />
asparagus that signal spring.<br />
I also have set aside several<br />
recipes that I want to try, so<br />
I’m off to locate some taste<br />
testers from family or my<br />
neighbors.<br />
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