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Regional Reach. Community Commitment. Covering Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, and Ripley Counties in Southeast Indiana and Southwest Ohio.

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INSIDE<br />

The BEACON<br />

Memories of the Farm<br />

Stories of wit and wisdom from the<br />

Butt Family farm. Page 12A<br />

Everyone Loves Scarecrows!<br />

Aurora Garden Club Decorating<br />

Contest is a huge success. Page 6B<br />

Simply the Best<br />

Award-winning winery shares<br />

secrets of their success. Page 7A<br />

Blessed are the Pets<br />

Fr. Jonathan Meyer holds an annual<br />

pet blessing. Page 9B<br />

PRSRT STD<br />

U.S. POSTAGE<br />

PAID<br />

CINCINNATI, OHIO<br />

Permit No. 9714<br />

SEI READI $50M Proposal May Benefit Entire Region<br />

Strength in numbers has brought<br />

together six counties, four cities,<br />

and five towns in the southeast Indiana<br />

region. The Indiana Economic<br />

Development Corporation has challenged<br />

communities to join forces for<br />

a funding opportunity called READI<br />

(Regional Economic Acceleration &<br />

Development Initiative). Under the<br />

direction of Governor Eric Holcomb,<br />

a $500 million allocation earmarked<br />

for economic growth has been made<br />

to facilitate positive developments in<br />

the quality of place, life, and entrepreneurial<br />

attraction.<br />

Southeast Indiana’s collaborative<br />

By Maureen Stenger<br />

When I was in high school, I can<br />

remember meeting with my guidance<br />

counselor and being asked about my<br />

plans for the future. Well, I had no<br />

clue what I wanted to do with the rest<br />

of my life. Some people’s paths are<br />

paved in a straight line while others<br />

have a few more twists and turns. I<br />

knew, however, that I was going to a<br />

four-year college- it was that or the<br />

military, and I certainly wasn’t brave<br />

enough for that avenue. But, what if<br />

there was another way? What if you<br />

could start training for your career<br />

while you were in high school? That<br />

option was not emphasized to me. I<br />

honestly did not even know that that<br />

existed when I was seventeen. Luckily,<br />

things are very different today.<br />

Here in southeast Indiana, our youth<br />

are blessed to have the Southeastern<br />

Career Center (SCC) in Versailles.<br />

Derek Marshall, the director of the<br />

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Carter, Montana, and Cheyann Grote, children of<br />

Melissa and Eric Grote, and Aunt Sarah Scudder.<br />

Grayson and Huxton Higgins<br />

with mom Brittany.<br />

efforts fall under the name of SEI<br />

READI. Members include Dearborn,<br />

Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland,<br />

and Union counties as well as the<br />

cities of Aurora, Greendale, Lawrenceburg,<br />

Rising Sun, and eleven towns.<br />

Over sixty-six businesses in the area<br />

are also lending support and resources<br />

for the project.<br />

In July <strong>2021</strong>, SEI READI expressed<br />

its intent to submit project information<br />

for consideration of a portion of<br />

the initiative. After extensive efforts<br />

of all involved, community workshops<br />

were held to collect public input on<br />

projects to be included in the plan. The<br />

May Queen Lily<br />

New made her<br />

stunning costume.<br />

Fall<br />

Festivities!<br />

The community<br />

was filled with<br />

creativity ranging<br />

from May Queens to<br />

Tyranasaurus Rex<br />

enjoying all that the<br />

holiday had to offer.<br />

(Photos by Margaret Drury)<br />

Baylor and Josie Schwartz, Olivia, Lily, and Luke Veid, Callie and Leo<br />

Veid, Josslyn Sennett, Ava and Kylie Shelton with Leo the Lion<br />

Career Center,<br />

took time out of<br />

his busy schedule<br />

to meet with<br />

me and share all<br />

of the amazing<br />

things the school<br />

has to offer to its<br />

students. Mr. Marshall<br />

is in his fifth<br />

year as the director<br />

of the center,<br />

and his résumé<br />

before coming to<br />

Versailles is quite<br />

impressive. He<br />

served as a teacher<br />

and coach at<br />

Jennings County,<br />

principal and assistant athletic director<br />

at Switzerland County, and a superintendent<br />

in Attica Indiana. Needless to<br />

say, Mr. Marshall has worn many hats<br />

in the educational sphere and knows<br />

SEI Regional Development Plan was<br />

submitted for consideration at the end<br />

of August <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Mike Perleberg, Executive Director<br />

for One Dearborn, said “With talent<br />

attraction being a key component<br />

for the READI program, southeast<br />

Indiana is uniquely positioned to meet<br />

that goal. Five of the six counties in<br />

this collaborative border Ohio and<br />

Kentucky from which we can attract<br />

people to our community with a higher<br />

quality of place and life.”<br />

Several areas of impact were addressed<br />

for the SEI READI proposal.<br />

Continued on page 3A<br />

The New Deal –<br />

History We Still<br />

Enjoy Today<br />

By Laura Keller<br />

October 24, 1929. While that date<br />

may not be one that you have memorized,<br />

it marked an important piece of<br />

history for our country: Black Thursday.<br />

Black Thursday was the beginning<br />

of the stock market crash that led<br />

to the Great Depression. For several<br />

years, the United States was in turmoil,<br />

as many Americans struggled to find<br />

work, feed their families, and survive.<br />

In 1933, unemployment was at a<br />

record high of 25%. President Franklin<br />

D. Roosevelt sought ways to reverse<br />

the rapidly declining economy and<br />

signed the New Deal. The purpose of<br />

The New Deal was to provide relief<br />

and work for millions of unemployed<br />

Americans. The New Deal created<br />

several well-known programs, including<br />

the Civilian Conservation Corps<br />

(CCC) which employed millions of<br />

Americans in public works such as<br />

constructing buildings and roads. The<br />

Second New Deal created the Works<br />

Progress Administration (WPA) to<br />

build public buildings and roads.<br />

The Section of Fine Arts, often<br />

referred to as the Section, was created<br />

to decorate public buildings with<br />

artwork. More than 1,400 murals were<br />

painted in 1,300 cities and towns. Post<br />

offices were selected as canvases to<br />

inspire citizens as almost every community<br />

had a post office. Artists were<br />

given themes and guidelines for their<br />

murals, which often depicted local and<br />

historical events.<br />

We are fortunate to still enjoy the<br />

benefits from the CCC, WPA, and The<br />

Section in our communities. Locally,<br />

Continued on page 3A<br />

Southeastern Career Center Changes the Lives of Students<br />

Students experience hands-on fire-fighting techniques<br />

on a cold winter day.<br />

what he’s doing. Mr. Marshall shares<br />

that in every capacity that he has<br />

served, the Career Center has always<br />

held a special place in his heart. He<br />

has guided many students to the<br />

Continued on page 4A<br />

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Page 2A THE BEACON <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

By<br />

Tamara<br />

Taylor<br />

Spanning the Ages<br />

I recently received an email<br />

concerning the kerosene iron<br />

that was featured in a “What<br />

Is It?” column. One of the<br />

readers who correctly identified<br />

the item was Dorothy<br />

Wendel from Mt. Carmel,<br />

IN. (Sorry Dorothy, I think I<br />

said you lived in Ohio!). Of<br />

course, I thought that anyone<br />

familiar with such a unique<br />

item must be ____ (mature,<br />

wiser, more seasoned... insert<br />

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Larry Eaton, PG Gentrup,<br />

John Hawley, Mary-Alice Helms,<br />

Merrill and Linda Hutchinson,<br />

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Debbie McCane,Chris Nobbe,<br />

Fred Schmits, Marie Segale,<br />

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Rhonda Trabel, Bob Waples,<br />

Lorene Westmeier Barbara Wetzler,<br />

Lisa West, Debbie Zimmer<br />

Production<br />

FX-Design, Inc.<br />

Fred and Cheri Dearborn<br />

(Photo courtesy of Chuck<br />

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your favorite word here.)<br />

Imagine my surprise when the<br />

email revealed that Dorothy is<br />

only thirteen!<br />

Dorothy has gained a<br />

plethora of knowledge by<br />

helping her grandmother set<br />

up displays of old-time laundry<br />

equipment at the Franklin<br />

County Machinery Show.<br />

Invaluable bonding time<br />

between grandmother and<br />

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General Henry Dearborn<br />

was Secretary of War<br />

1801-1809. (Photo courtesy<br />

of the Dearborn Historical<br />

Society)<br />

granddaughter, I’m sure.<br />

Thanks, Dorothy Wendel,<br />

for being a part of The BEA-<br />

CON and for remembering all<br />

of the wonderful things your<br />

grandmother is sharing with<br />

you.<br />

Fast forward on life’s timeline.<br />

Over a year and a half<br />

ago, I researched pre-planning<br />

and the wonderful “gift”<br />

Nelson Elliott gave to his<br />

family before he passed away.<br />

I learned that preplanning<br />

takes a lot of thought and encompasses<br />

a number of legal<br />

documents. Not a process for<br />

the faint of heart.<br />

Two of our most respected<br />

neighbors are joining forces<br />

to help make preplanning<br />

easier. Nicole Wuestefeld and<br />

Melissa Scholl will share their<br />

knowledge with the community<br />

on Nov. 10 and 18. (See<br />

ad on page 7B).<br />

Now to move further back<br />

in history.<br />

Dearborn County, Indiana<br />

was founded in 1803 by Governor<br />

William Henry Harrison.<br />

The county was named after<br />

General Henry Dearborn who<br />

was the Secretary of War<br />

under President Thomas Jefferson.<br />

The original county has<br />

since been carved into what<br />

we know as Dearborn, Franklin,<br />

Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland,<br />

Farmers Fair Morning<br />

The beauty of the early morning of Farmers Fair was<br />

perfectly captured by Tally Yelton of Manchester as many<br />

began gathering in anticipation of the annual parade.<br />

Union, Wayne, and Fayette<br />

Counties. Never has a surname<br />

of Dearborn graced the address<br />

book in our community.<br />

Until now.<br />

I was attending church one<br />

Sunday morning when the<br />

most delightful couple came<br />

up and introduced themselves.<br />

Imagine my surprise to learn<br />

that Fred and Cheri Dearborn<br />

are the first descendants of<br />

General Henry Dearborn<br />

to ever reside in Dearborn<br />

County. Ever.<br />

The Dearborns have been a<br />

part of the Greendale community<br />

since 2003, two hundred<br />

years after the county was<br />

named after their ancestor.<br />

Before settling in Dearborn<br />

County, Mr. Dearborn was the<br />

Civilian Executive Assistant<br />

at Rock Island Arsenal (RIA)<br />

in Illinois. Mrs. Dearborn was<br />

also employed at the facility.<br />

Another fun fact- Arsenal<br />

Island is located on the<br />

Mississippi River between<br />

Davenport, Iowa, and Rock<br />

Island, Illinois. The arsenal<br />

is the only active foundry for<br />

the U.S. Army manufacturing<br />

ordnance and equipment such<br />

as artillery, gun mount, and<br />

aircraft weapons subsystems.<br />

Fred Dearborn was the general<br />

engineer of the Cannon<br />

Artillery Weapons Systems<br />

field office. He was the leading<br />

employee of the RIA and<br />

was dedicated to maintaining<br />

high-quality standards in all<br />

RIA-manufactured field artillery<br />

because of the coverage it<br />

provided American soldiers in<br />

combat.<br />

One could surmise that serving<br />

one’s country in the armed<br />

services runs thick in the Dearborn<br />

bloodline. While General<br />

Dearborn left his mark in<br />

history, his son, Henry Alexander<br />

Scammell Dearborn,<br />

also served in the military<br />

and political arena. He was<br />

a member of the U.S. House<br />

of Representatives, Mayor of<br />

Roxbury, MA, and the Adjunct<br />

General of Massachusetts.<br />

Mr. Dearborn continued<br />

the family tradition through<br />

his career totaling thirty-one<br />

years in Civil Service.<br />

Thank you, Fred and Cheri<br />

Dearborn, for the opportunity<br />

to bring history to life right<br />

here in our community.<br />

Don’t be<br />

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this<br />

Christmas!<br />

Join Us for a<br />

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WHAT:<br />

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Join us for:<br />

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Christmas Cookies<br />

Holiday Music<br />

Give-A-Ways<br />

Friends of all ages<br />

Love<br />

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<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 3A<br />

This month’s item could<br />

be found useful to many<br />

people today.<br />

Last month’s<br />

item: an aftaba<br />

What is it?<br />

Last month’s item was<br />

given to a friend as a<br />

wedding gift in 1972. The<br />

twenty-five-inch-high item<br />

is a brass aftaba, also called<br />

a Mughal brass ewer.<br />

Typical Islamic<br />

ewers were used for<br />

handwashing. The aftaba<br />

eventually became a<br />

practical symbol of<br />

hospitality. Visitors are<br />

welcomed by pouring<br />

scented water from the<br />

aftaba over their hands<br />

and feet and into a basin.<br />

John A. Ertel, Batesville,<br />

most closely identified the item.<br />

This month’s item caught my attention<br />

when visiting the home of a dear friend<br />

in Dillsboro.<br />

Please e-mail your guess, along with<br />

your name and the community in which<br />

you live, to editor@goBEACONnews.<br />

com by Wednesday, Nov. 24, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

sponsored by<br />

Cornerstone Realty/Lutz Auction Services<br />

SEI READI Proposal- A Community Effort<br />

Continued from page 1A<br />

the projects include:<br />

• Built Assets- Historic<br />

structure repurposing in<br />

Liberty, Lawrenceburg, and<br />

Oldenburg<br />

• Natural Assets- Riverfront<br />

development<br />

• Arts, Culture, and Community<br />

Assets- Versailles,<br />

Ohio County, Milan, US50/<br />

SR101 Connector Corridor<br />

Project, Union County<br />

• Wellness Through Recreation-<br />

Versailles trails extension,<br />

Dearborn County Trails<br />

Project, Aurora Aquatic Center,<br />

Greendale Sports Project<br />

• Safety and Social Services<br />

• Healthcare- cancer center,<br />

care recovery hub<br />

• Housing and Infrastructure-<br />

Vevay, Switzerland<br />

County, Brookville Reservoir<br />

Hill adding 220 housing units,<br />

Aurora Project Better Living<br />

moving 600,000 cubic yards<br />

of fill for construction of a<br />

200,000 square-foot warehouse<br />

for rail spur use and<br />

140 housing units in Aurora<br />

• Natural Gas, Water and<br />

Sewer- fifteen projects noted<br />

for water system expansion<br />

and wastewater handling/treatment<br />

throughout the region<br />

• Broadband- strengthening<br />

and inclusion<br />

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation<br />

• Hospitality and Tourism<br />

• Childcare and Early education<br />

• Lifelong learning- K-12<br />

Paths to Success through<br />

Adult education and upskilling<br />

• Regional branding, marketing<br />

of Southeast Indiana<br />

“Regionalism is the direction<br />

we have been heading in<br />

for the last ten years. If you<br />

add the counties together,<br />

there is a large population<br />

for workforce development,<br />

shared Greg Norman, Executive<br />

Director of Ripley<br />

County Economic Development.<br />

“We knew what we<br />

needed to do, so we buckled<br />

down and everyone did what<br />

they needed to do to make it<br />

happen. A consorted effort<br />

from everybody.”<br />

The effects of receiving the<br />

READI Initiative funds will<br />

impact almost one hundred<br />

thousand residents in southeast<br />

Indiana. Residents are<br />

strongly encouraged to review<br />

the SEI Regional Development<br />

Plan and the details of<br />

all of the projects at www.<br />

goBEACONnews.com<br />

Downtown Lawrenceburg’s<br />

Ice Skating Rink<br />

“Down to the Ferry” painted by artist Henrik Martin is located in the Aurora Post Office.<br />

New Deal Lives On Sharing Art, History, Natural Beauty<br />

Continued from page 1A<br />

the Batesville, Aurora, and<br />

Liberty post offices still<br />

display murals created during<br />

the Great Depression. The<br />

historic post office in Aurora,<br />

located at 501 3rd Street,<br />

boasts a mural painted by<br />

artist Henrik Martin Meyer<br />

entitled “Down to the Ferry.”<br />

This 12’ x 5’6” oil painting<br />

was completed in 1938.<br />

The next post office in our<br />

area featuring a mural is the<br />

Batesville post office, located<br />

on George Street in downtown<br />

Batesville. The post<br />

office was erected in 1938, the<br />

same year that artist Orville<br />

Carroll painted a 13’6 x 5’6”<br />

mural on canvas titled “Building<br />

the Industrial Foundation<br />

of Batesville.” Last but<br />

not least is the post office in<br />

Liberty. Constructed in 1937,<br />

artist Avery Johnson adorned<br />

the post office with a 12’3”<br />

x 4’3” mural titled “Autumn<br />

Fields.”<br />

While the artists’ names<br />

may be unfamiliar to you,<br />

they are certainly known to<br />

art connoisseurs. Meyer and<br />

Johnson were both renowned<br />

artists whose work is displayed<br />

in the Smithsonian<br />

“Building the Industrial Foundation of Batesville.” by artist<br />

Orville Carroll.<br />

American Art Institute. Johnson’s<br />

artwork often featured<br />

sea-landscape and was painted<br />

in watercolor. While Carroll’s<br />

artwork may not hang in the<br />

Smithsonian, the Indiana<br />

native hailed from New Albany<br />

and was known for his<br />

landscape paintings, illustrations,<br />

and murals. In addition<br />

to the mural in the Batesville<br />

post office, his murals can be<br />

found in the Osceola, Arkansas,<br />

and Harrodsburg, Kentucky<br />

post offices.<br />

Switching from The Section<br />

to work completed by the<br />

CCC and WPA in our area,<br />

head to Versailles, IN and<br />

Madison, IN, home to Versailles<br />

State Park and Clifty<br />

Falls State Park.<br />

From 1933 to 1938, the<br />

CCC was active in building<br />

roads, trails, gatehouses,<br />

shelters, bridges, shelters,<br />

and barns at Clifty Falls State<br />

Park. This beautiful park is<br />

comprised of 1,416 acres,<br />

some of which overlook the<br />

Ohio River. In 1939, WPA<br />

workers built the Oak Grove<br />

shelter, campground, and<br />

comfort station at the Versailles<br />

State Park.<br />

The next time you’re in the<br />

Aurora, Batesville, or Liberty<br />

areas, take a few minutes to<br />

stop by the post offices to appreciate<br />

the murals depicting<br />

the way of life in the 1930s.<br />

When you are hiking or picnicking<br />

at Clifty Falls State<br />

Park or Versailles State Park,<br />

you can thank the men who<br />

built the trails and shelters<br />

that still stand strong for us to<br />

enjoy today.<br />

Open Nov. 13 - Jan. 9<br />

Located in the pavilion at Todd Creech Park, 305 W. Tate St. The pavilion<br />

offers a protective roof over the rink, a fire pit for warming those cold hands,<br />

indoor restrooms, and skate distribution.<br />

Rink Hours of Operation<br />

Pre Holiday Hours: (Nov 13 - Dec 19) Mon - Thurs: 4-8P, Fri: 4 - 9P,<br />

Sat: 12-9P, Sun: 12-8P<br />

Holiday Hours: (Dec 20 - Jan 9) Daily: 12-9P<br />

Exceptions: Christmas Eve: 12-3P, New Year’s Eve: 12-6P<br />

Closed:<br />

Events:<br />

Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day<br />

Teen Night (Totally 80’s Theme) Nov 27: 6:30-9:30P<br />

Santa at the Rink (Free Photos) <strong>December</strong> 11: 2-5P<br />

Pricing Includes Skate Rentals<br />

1 hour skate sessions begin at the top of each hour : $8 Ages 13+,<br />

$6 Ages 12 & Under,<br />

L’burg residents skate free w/ proof of residency<br />

Season Passes: $75 Family of 4, $35 Individual<br />

Hours & capacity are subject to change, please call ahead during business hours<br />

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Page 4A THE BEACON <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

SCC Gives Students Experience Taught By Professionals<br />

Continued from page 1A<br />

Career Center even before he<br />

began his role at the center.<br />

In fact, during his time at<br />

Switzerland County, Mr. Marshall’s<br />

recommendations resulted<br />

in doubling the enrollment<br />

of kids who went to the<br />

Career Center; they went from<br />

needing one bus for students<br />

to filling two buses.<br />

The Southeastern Career<br />

Center holds the distinction of<br />

being the first one in the state<br />

of Indiana. It was established<br />

in 1966. Out of fifty-two career<br />

centers in the state, only<br />

five are stand-alone school<br />

corporations, the SCC being<br />

one of those. The Career<br />

Center is one of only five<br />

corporations in the state that<br />

cannot levy taxes. Mr. Marshall<br />

explains that they have<br />

a billing formula built into<br />

their budget that is based on<br />

assessed valuation and average<br />

participation that determines<br />

the billing per student.<br />

The state gives schools a set<br />

amount of funding per student<br />

based on district enrollment.<br />

Additional funding is given<br />

for students taking CTE (Career<br />

and Technical Education)<br />

courses. For instance, last<br />

year East Central High School<br />

sent ninety-five students to the<br />

SCC.<br />

State funding<br />

provided East<br />

Central $6,595<br />

per student.<br />

The career<br />

center billed<br />

East Central<br />

for only thirtythree<br />

percent<br />

of that instead<br />

of fifty percent<br />

because the<br />

school sent<br />

such a large<br />

number of<br />

students to the<br />

SCC. Sending<br />

students<br />

to the SCC is<br />

a win-win for<br />

the schoolsthey<br />

are saving<br />

money on hiring<br />

staff since<br />

these students<br />

are going to<br />

school at the<br />

SCC for half of<br />

the day.<br />

Last year the Career Center<br />

saved their eleven surrounding<br />

school corporations a<br />

combined total of $716,000!<br />

In 2020 the school districts<br />

received 1.4 million dollars<br />

in additional CTE funding<br />

for sending students to the<br />

career center. The CTE funding<br />

comes from the Carl D.<br />

Students on the grounds of the Southeastern Career Center, the oldest in the state of Indiana, in<br />

honor of Patriots Day.<br />

Photos courtesy of<br />

Derek Marshall<br />

A student applies what he learned in commercial welding<br />

at SCC.<br />

Perkins grant, a federal grant.<br />

All fifty states receive a share<br />

of funding from this grant.<br />

Taking courses at the career<br />

center allows students to<br />

earn dual credit and industry<br />

certifications. The SCC has<br />

a student advisory group that<br />

works with the administration<br />

on ways to make the career<br />

center the best it can be. The<br />

Career Center’s numbers are<br />

quite impressive. It serves<br />

eleven high schools in six<br />

counties. SCC students have<br />

earned over three thousand<br />

college credits and seven hundred<br />

forty-five industry certifications!<br />

SCC has twenty-eight<br />

classes and fifteen different<br />

CTE programs.<br />

Ninety-five percent of<br />

SCC’s co-op (work-based<br />

learning program) students<br />

signed employment contracts<br />

before they graduated from<br />

high school! This is pretty<br />

amazing! The SCC graduation<br />

rate is better than the state<br />

and national average. Eight<br />

buildings with classrooms and<br />

labs are located on forty-eight<br />

acres. Equipment worth over<br />

three million dollars is used to<br />

educate the students.<br />

The staff at the SCC are<br />

highly trained, qualified industry<br />

professionals. Because<br />

the teachers are well-paid<br />

professionals in their fields,<br />

most take a pay cut to teach at<br />

the SCC. These extraordinary<br />

individuals value giving back<br />

and helping students grow.<br />

The SCC does, however, offer<br />

some great perks to its teachers<br />

such as five-dollar haircuts<br />

from the cosmetology students<br />

and five-dollar lunches<br />

made by the culinary students.<br />

The SCC offers a plethora<br />

of programs, twenty-two in<br />

all, in the areas of construction,<br />

health science, human<br />

services, media and information<br />

technology, manufacturing,<br />

protective services, and<br />

transportation. Students attend<br />

classes at their respective high<br />

schools for half of the day for<br />

core courses such as math and<br />

English. They travel to the<br />

career center the other half of<br />

the day. Joey Herth, a junior<br />

at East Central High School<br />

and also a student at SCC,<br />

shared with me why he chose<br />

this path, “I knew four-year<br />

college was not for me. I have<br />

older siblings that all went to<br />

college and they have to pay<br />

off school loans, and not all of<br />

them are working in the field<br />

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Career Center Offers Education for a Brighter Future<br />

A student receiving an education on using heavy<br />

equipment from the teacher.<br />

Students are recruited by companies throughout the<br />

country such as Dow Chemicals and Cummins Corporation.<br />

Commitments are made on a signing day.<br />

Continued from page 4A<br />

that they went to school for.<br />

For the past three summers,<br />

I have had summer jobs working<br />

for a concrete business<br />

and a heating & air business.<br />

Talking with my co-workers,<br />

welding is a trade that I<br />

could use in many different<br />

jobs. When I graduate from<br />

high school, I will be able to<br />

go into the working world<br />

earning good money for an<br />

eighteen-year-old. My parents<br />

have always encouraged me<br />

to work and save my money.”<br />

Mr. Herth shared why he enjoys<br />

going to the SCC, “The<br />

teacher that I have is a great<br />

teacher. He is teaching us how<br />

to weld and tells us what to<br />

expect when we get out into<br />

the working world. He is trying<br />

to prepare us to get good<br />

jobs right out of school.”<br />

On May 1 of each year, the<br />

SCC has a signing day where<br />

students sign employment<br />

contracts, just like a signing<br />

day for student-athletes going<br />

to college. Mr. Marshall<br />

shared that one student signed<br />

an employment contract for<br />

fifty-thousand dollars a year<br />

and was also attending college<br />

three days a week, with tuition<br />

being paid for by the employer.<br />

“Ninety-five percent<br />

of our students are employed,<br />

the rest are going into the<br />

military or college. The students<br />

employed have to meet<br />

high standards including good<br />

attendance’” said Mr. Marshall.<br />

For example, Wood-<br />

Mizer in Batesville had nine<br />

students in their work-based<br />

learning program, and on May<br />

1, all nine of those students<br />

signed employment contracts.<br />

The SCC is also unique in that<br />

it has its own graduation for<br />

students at the Tyson Gym in<br />

Versailles.<br />

A comprehensive local<br />

needs assessment is run by<br />

the SCC every two years<br />

because they serve such a<br />

large area. The vast majority<br />

of the Southeastern Career<br />

Center’s Board of Managers<br />

consists of the eleven superintendents,<br />

many with whom<br />

Mr. Marshall has worked as<br />

a teacher, coach, and principal,<br />

etc. They understand the<br />

needs of their districts and<br />

how those needs vary. Having<br />

the superintendents on the<br />

board is imperative because<br />

they understand each school’s<br />

finances and curriculum.<br />

These important relationships<br />

and everyone working together<br />

has been a tremendous<br />

asset, Mr. Marshall shares<br />

“I have a board of eleven<br />

superintendents, I walked in<br />

five years ago and told them<br />

I understand what you’re<br />

going through I’ve lived it<br />

myself, just tell me what you<br />

guys need and we’ll make it<br />

happen. It has sparked a lot<br />

of growth in the career center,<br />

we are very blessed.”<br />

The SCC continues to thrive<br />

and expand. Mr. Marshall<br />

shares just how much growth<br />

has happened, “Five years ago<br />

we had six kids in the morning<br />

and four kids in the afternoon<br />

for our co-op (work-based<br />

learning) program, and I knew<br />

that had to change.” He explains,<br />

“In the beginning, there<br />

were guidance counselors that<br />

were not very receptive, we<br />

had to change that perception.<br />

Last year we interviewed one<br />

hundred and thirty-eight kids<br />

for sixty job openings.” The<br />

staff is working tirelessly to<br />

keep things moving forward<br />

and opportunity abounds. The<br />

SCC goes to each school each<br />

year to let students know what<br />

they offer, and they also host<br />

tours for students to come<br />

and see the career center for<br />

themselves.<br />

The SCC’s Diesel program<br />

services fifteen different truck<br />

lines as well as buses for all<br />

of the eleven school corporations.<br />

Currently, a television<br />

recording studio to make<br />

commercials for local businesses<br />

is being planned.<br />

Several adult education<br />

courses are now being offered<br />

at the SCC and the state pays<br />

for one hundred percent of<br />

them if an individual has less<br />

than an associate’s degree.<br />

Many of these students are<br />

employed by the time they<br />

complete their courses.<br />

At the SCC, students take<br />

courses on check-writing<br />

skills, how to obtain insurance,<br />

and how to interview<br />

well. Mr. Marshall shares<br />

with me what this journey has<br />

meant for him, “Five years<br />

ago I made a choice to leave<br />

the superintendent role of a<br />

K-12 school system to jump<br />

into the CTE Superintendent/<br />

Director position to address<br />

a need for our students in SE<br />

Indiana. This has been a very<br />

rewarding blessing for me<br />

personally to see the immediate<br />

impact that our classes<br />

and teachers have for our<br />

students! I really think the<br />

sky’s the limit for the SCC as<br />

we continue to move forward!<br />

We will continue to assess our<br />

schools and industry needs to<br />

make sure that one hundred<br />

percent of our students leave<br />

either employed, enlisted in<br />

the military, or enrolled in<br />

college.”<br />

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Editor’s Note: Nov. 11 is<br />

Veterans Day honoring all<br />

veterans of the United States<br />

armed forces. We thank you<br />

for your service and sacrifices<br />

made to preserve our freedom.<br />

By PG Gentrup<br />

LAWRENCE VANTYLE<br />

Lawrence Leslie VanTyle<br />

was born in 1945 to Lawrence<br />

Earl VanTyle and Mary Eliza<br />

Lawrence VanTyle<br />

Sherman<br />

VanTyle in<br />

Rising Sun,<br />

IN. He was<br />

one of six<br />

children. Les<br />

graduated<br />

from Rising<br />

Sun High<br />

School in<br />

1963. He<br />

entered the Air Force in Oct.<br />

1965 and faithfully served<br />

until Feb. 1969. He completed<br />

his training at Lackland Air<br />

Force Base and was assigned<br />

to Patrick Air Force Base. Mr.<br />

VanTyle was an Administrative<br />

Specialist in the manned<br />

space flight office. He was<br />

deployed to Vietnam in 1967.<br />

While serving in Saigon, he<br />

was injured by shrapnel from<br />

S<br />

ALUTE<br />

a bomb. He was awarded the<br />

Purple Heart.<br />

Les worked on the farm for<br />

many years while also working<br />

for other companies. He retired<br />

after a thirty-year career.<br />

The family still lives in a<br />

home they built in Cleves,<br />

OH. The VanTyles had two<br />

sons and two daughters.<br />

Les is proud of his service<br />

to our great nation. He continues<br />

to support our troops<br />

today.<br />

MARVIN SIZEMORE<br />

Marvin “Marty” Sizemore<br />

was born in 1950 to Lee and<br />

Marty Sizemore<br />

Louise<br />

Sizemore<br />

and was the<br />

second of<br />

five children.<br />

He<br />

attended<br />

Aurora High<br />

School.<br />

Mr. Sizemore<br />

entered<br />

the Army in 1969 and completed<br />

Basic Training at Ft.<br />

Leonard Wood. He was sent<br />

to Ft. Sill for AIT. He returned<br />

home for two weeks and married<br />

his wife, Vickie, in May<br />

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1970, leaving shortly thereafter<br />

for Vietnam. Not much of<br />

a honeymoon.<br />

Marty said his tour in Vietnam<br />

was, to say the least, different.<br />

He served in an Artillery<br />

Battery and was later sent<br />

to an infantry unit as an RTO<br />

(Radio Telephone Operator).<br />

The life expectancy of an<br />

RTO was very short because<br />

of being a favorite target. He<br />

served with the 25th Infantry<br />

Division at Xuan Loc and<br />

Base Camp Frizell/Jones.<br />

Later he was assigned as an<br />

operator and jeep driver after<br />

many months of almost unbearable<br />

conditions.<br />

Mr. Sizemore returned to<br />

the US and was discharged in<br />

Sept. 1971. He retired from<br />

Aurora Casket with nearly<br />

thirty-five years of service.<br />

Marty said he tried to not<br />

talk about Vietnam, except to<br />

his wife, until he joined the<br />

Southeastern Indiana Vietnam<br />

Veterans of America Lary D.<br />

Fogle Chapter 71 in 1986. He<br />

became the secretary in the<br />

early ‘90s and still holds the<br />

job today. He has been a dedicated<br />

member of the Honor/<br />

Color Guard where he is the<br />

Sergeant of Arms at funeral<br />

details.<br />

He credits his wife, Vickie,<br />

with all his successes over the<br />

past fifty years because of her<br />

love and support. They have<br />

one son.<br />

Marty was awarded the<br />

Presidential Unit Citation,<br />

Meritorious Unit Citation,<br />

Vietnamese Gallantry Cross<br />

with Palm, National Defense<br />

Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign<br />

Medal, Vietnam Service<br />

Medal, Army Good Conduct<br />

Tim Pearson, Vernon Mott, Howard Foster, Chuck Butler,<br />

Colin McGee, Jay Taylor, Larry Kogelman.<br />

Marine Scout Sniper Veterans Reunion<br />

Veterans of the 7th Marine Scout Snipers, deployed to<br />

Viet Nam 1967-68-69 held a reunion at the Moores Hill<br />

American Legion Post 209. Flo Hill says, “It was an honor<br />

and privilege to meet and greet these veterans. I want to<br />

thank each for your service, above and beyond, to the<br />

United States of America.”<br />

Medal, the Expert Shooting<br />

Badges for the M-14, M-16,<br />

and grenades.<br />

Marty is a very dedicated<br />

veteran to other veterans and<br />

our community.<br />

PAUL E. COVINGTON JR.<br />

Paul E. Covington Jr. was<br />

born in Feb. 1949 to Paul Sr.<br />

Paul Covington<br />

and Shirley<br />

Mae Swanson<br />

Covington<br />

in<br />

Switzerland<br />

County, IN.<br />

He has three<br />

brothers and<br />

a sister. Paul<br />

entered the<br />

Army in<br />

March of 1969.<br />

After completing basic<br />

training at Ft. Knox, he flew<br />

to Ft. Lewis for AIT. He was<br />

sent to Ft. Benning for NCO<br />

School followed by Ft. Polk<br />

to help train troops as a drill<br />

instructor. He was promoted<br />

to Sergeant E-5.<br />

Paul served in Vietnam with<br />

the Americal Division, 23rd<br />

Infantry, 11th Brigade at Duc<br />

Pho, South Vietnam in 1970-<br />

71. He was wounded in action<br />

when struck by shrapnel. He<br />

was awarded several medals<br />

for his service: National Defense<br />

Service Medal, Vietnam<br />

Campaign Medal, Vietnam<br />

Service Medal, Purple Heart,<br />

Bronze Star with “V” for<br />

Valor, Vietnamese Gallantry<br />

Cross with Palm, Army Good<br />

Conduct Medal the Combat<br />

Infantryman’s Badge (CIB),<br />

and the Expert Rifle Shooting<br />

Badge.<br />

Paul has four children<br />

and three grandchildren. He<br />

is a member of the Vevay<br />

American Legion Post 185<br />

and a Life Member of the<br />

Southeastern Indiana Vietnam<br />

Veterans of America Lary D.<br />

Fogle Chapter 71 in Aurora.<br />

Paul was honored at a<br />

Cincinnati Reds game as the<br />

Hometown Hero and received<br />

a standing ovation.<br />

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FROM<br />

H ere<br />

By<br />

Ollie<br />

Roehm<br />

OK, it was a few years ago<br />

late at night and I was sitting<br />

on the back porch. I nodded<br />

off for a little while and was<br />

awakened by a weird feeling<br />

in the toes of my right foot.<br />

I looked down and there<br />

was a baby possum trying to<br />

stick its nose in one of the<br />

holes of my Croc. I jumped<br />

out of the chair and made a<br />

kick. The possum and my<br />

Croc flew through the yard<br />

and your buddy Ollie flew<br />

into the garage screaming like<br />

a scared little girl.<br />

After a little while I got the<br />

courage to open the garage<br />

door and maybe go looking<br />

for my shoe. When I opened<br />

the door the baby possum<br />

was standing there hissing at<br />

me with its mama a few feet<br />

behind it. I figured the shoe<br />

could wait.<br />

The possum incident is just<br />

one example of the harassment<br />

I have endured over the<br />

years from members of the<br />

animal kingdom.<br />

Our cat Homer was a sweet<br />

boy and I loved him. But he<br />

had one major flaw and it<br />

resulted in him becoming an<br />

outside cat. Homer loved to<br />

pee on my clothes.<br />

Anything I left on the floor,<br />

on a chair, or hanging too<br />

close to the floor would get<br />

the Homer treatment. And<br />

since I’m a little bit of a slob,<br />

it was a real problem. Sorry<br />

we made you stay outside<br />

Homer, and RIP.<br />

The two most frightening<br />

animal harassment experiences<br />

involved fishing.<br />

One sunny morning I was<br />

on Cross Lake in Minnesota<br />

fishing for northern pike and<br />

I snagged a little bass. When<br />

I got it close to the boat a<br />

bald eagle swooped in out of<br />

nowhere and grabbed my bass<br />

and my spinner bait.<br />

It took off like a kite and<br />

I didn’t know what to do.<br />

I certainly didn’t want to<br />

catch the bird and deal with<br />

the consequences which I’m<br />

sure would not have worked<br />

in my favor. The last thing I<br />

wanted was to injure or kill<br />

that majestic bird, our nation’s<br />

symbol. I was in deep doodoo.<br />

I opened the bail on the reel<br />

and gave the eagle as much<br />

line as I could. When the line<br />

was about to run out I closed<br />

the bail and gave the rod a<br />

mighty jerk.<br />

It worked! The bait popped<br />

out - the bird kept the bass<br />

and I kept my spinner bait.<br />

The eagle landed in a tree<br />

and consumed his catch<br />

while I tried to not have a<br />

heart attack. I think it was<br />

laughing.<br />

Fast forward several years<br />

to Montgomery Bell State<br />

Park in Tennessee. I was<br />

messing around the boat dock,<br />

not catching anything, when I<br />

heard some ferocious splashing<br />

down the way. I put my<br />

rod down and walked over to<br />

see what is was.<br />

It was a couple of beavers<br />

building a dam, making love,<br />

wrestling, playing football –<br />

lord knows. They were making<br />

a heck of a racket. I left<br />

them alone and went back to<br />

where I left my rod.<br />

I made a cast to where I saw<br />

something making a beeline<br />

through the water, thinking it<br />

was a fish. Turns out it was<br />

one of the beavers.<br />

It went under a boat slip<br />

and then popped up about five<br />

feet in front me. It sat up on<br />

its haunches, showed its teeth,<br />

and started screeching. I don’t<br />

speak beaver, but I’m pretty<br />

sure it was using some really<br />

bad language. I left.<br />

I guess my animal-harassment<br />

history goes back to<br />

when I was about 11 years<br />

old on the farm. We had a<br />

big, old, obstinate palomino<br />

horse named Jinx. He was<br />

beautiful but not a very nice<br />

guy.<br />

I made the mistake of walking<br />

too close behind Jinx one<br />

day and he lived up to his<br />

name. He kicked me hard in<br />

a place where no one likes to<br />

get kicked. I rolled around,<br />

moaning and vomiting and<br />

promising myself to never<br />

walk behind that horse again.<br />

And I didn’t.<br />

Sometimes when I’ve told<br />

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I’m often asked, “How<br />

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you would think since grapes<br />

go through many steps between<br />

being picked off the<br />

vine and being poured into<br />

your glass.<br />

Nearly forty-five years ago,<br />

my husband Don said, “If<br />

the farmer’s wife can do it,<br />

I can do it.” He had worked<br />

for a local family helping on<br />

the farm when he found out<br />

the farmer’s wife made wine<br />

from the Concord grapes in<br />

her yard. It sounded like fun<br />

to me! We got an old whiskey<br />

barrel, Concord grapes, lots<br />

of sugar, the yard hose, and<br />

we made a barrel of wine.<br />

Through the years we drank<br />

a lot of wine, dumped a lot,<br />

and discovered a lot about the<br />

process of winemaking.<br />

At The Barn Winery opened<br />

in July, 2013. As an amateur,<br />

Don had been winning<br />

awards in wine competitions<br />

for about five years, so we<br />

were confident that he made<br />

great wines. The reality that<br />

we would open the winery<br />

was scary! With everything<br />

in place, we still were afraid<br />

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By Mary-Alice Helms<br />

My sister, Julie, and I<br />

blinked in the light as we<br />

came out of the Morin Movie<br />

Theater in Brookville. We<br />

were blinded by the memory<br />

of swirling colors and intricate<br />

dance steps. The wonderful<br />

music still sounded in our<br />

ears. We had just seen another<br />

of the great Hollywood<br />

musicals of the time, this one<br />

“On the Town”, starring Gene<br />

Kelly and our favorite female<br />

dancer, Vera-Ellen. It was<br />

1949, and Vera-Ellen was at<br />

the peak of her career. Julie<br />

was eleven years old and I<br />

was fourteen. We had a special<br />

reason for being such fans of<br />

the lovely Vera-Ellen.<br />

Years before, in about 1943,<br />

we learned that a famous<br />

dance instructor was coming<br />

to Brookville from Cincinnati<br />

once a week to give lessons. I<br />

begged Mother to let us take<br />

lessons, but they were a bit<br />

pricey. At 50 cents each, it<br />

would cost a whole dollar for<br />

both of us at each lesson. That<br />

sounds like a pittance, now,<br />

but at that time $1.00 would<br />

buy meat enough for four<br />

meals for our family of four.<br />

However, Mother and Daddy<br />

decided to let us give the lessons<br />

a try.<br />

The classes were held in the<br />

basement of the Peoples Trust<br />

Company Bank, which now<br />

houses the Franklin County<br />

Community Foundation offices.<br />

As Julie and I entered the<br />

foyer on the night of our first<br />

lesson, the metallic sounds<br />

of hundreds of tap-shoes on<br />

the hard tile floors below assaulted<br />

our ears. Julie looked<br />

a little scared as we descended<br />

the stairs.<br />

I will never forget my first<br />

glimpse of the tall, elegant<br />

gentleman who stood at the<br />

head of the room. I knew<br />

nothing about Mr. Harry Hessler,<br />

at the time, only that he<br />

was the teacher. The way he<br />

stood, graceful even when<br />

not in motion, his height, the<br />

way he held his balding head<br />

with its gray strands, spoke<br />

of greatness. And we later<br />

learned just how distinguished<br />

and honored this man was in<br />

his field. Harry Hessler wasn’t<br />

just a dance instructor. He<br />

was a member of the Academy<br />

of Dance Masters of the<br />

United States and his studio in<br />

Cincinnati was considered the<br />

center of dance instruction in<br />

the area.<br />

Mr. Hessler gave us a little<br />

“pep talk” on that introductory<br />

evening, telling us that if we<br />

worked hard there would be<br />

no end to the fame and fortune<br />

we might find.<br />

He told us that Doris Kappelhoff,<br />

who changed her<br />

name to Doris Day, had been<br />

one of his students. Doris<br />

Day!<br />

“And”, he continued, “We<br />

just recently sent one of our<br />

students to Hollywood with a<br />

movie contract. Her name is<br />

Vera-Ellen”. The name Vera-<br />

Ellen stuck in my mind, and<br />

I began looking for movies<br />

listing her as one of the stars.<br />

It didn’t take long. In 1945 the<br />

movie “Wonder Man” made<br />

its appearance, starring Danny<br />

Kaye and Vera-Ellen.<br />

As for Julie and me, our<br />

dance careers were extremely<br />

short-lived. I soon discovered<br />

that I had no talent in that area<br />

and was about as graceful as<br />

a cow on crutches. Julie just<br />

plain lost interest after several<br />

ear infections forced her to<br />

miss lessons. Mother agreed<br />

to let us drop the lessons if we<br />

promised to take music lessons,<br />

instead.<br />

Julie opted to study piano<br />

and I fell in love with the flute.<br />

I never lost my interest in<br />

all things Vera-Ellen and her<br />

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distinguished instructor, Mr.<br />

Hessler. Over the years I read<br />

with great interest that Mr.<br />

and Mrs. Hessler had spent<br />

the weekend visiting relatives<br />

in Cedar Grove. It seems that<br />

Mrs. Hessler was related to the<br />

Fohl family and other Cedar<br />

Grove citizens.<br />

As for Vera-Ellen, it wasn’t<br />

difficult to follow her. Her<br />

movie career grew and grew<br />

and I became more entranced<br />

by her style, grace, and dancing<br />

skills. She made wonderful<br />

movies, including “Words<br />

and Music” with Gene Kelly.<br />

Their dance to “Slaughter on<br />

Tenth Avenue” is still mentioned<br />

by critics as one of<br />

the greatest of movie dance<br />

numbers. “On the Town”<br />

with Gene Kelly followed in<br />

the next year, 1949, followed<br />

by “Three Little Words” and<br />

“ The Belle of New York”<br />

both of which were with Fred<br />

Astaire. Then came “Call Me<br />

Madam” with Danny Kaye.<br />

I never missed one of her<br />

movies. In 1954, the movie<br />

everyone remembers “White<br />

Christmas” made its appearance,<br />

with Bing Crosby,<br />

Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, and<br />

Rosemary Clooney.<br />

While her professional life<br />

soared, Vera-Ellen struggled<br />

By Jenny Awad<br />

Little did I realize when I<br />

walked out of Sunman High<br />

School in May of 1970, it<br />

would be the last time I would<br />

see many of the students I<br />

went to school with every day<br />

for twelve years. Eleven years<br />

have passed since our last<br />

reunion. Last year, due to Covid,<br />

we were not able to meet<br />

for our fiftieth reunion. This<br />

year, the Class of ‘70 was able<br />

to meet for our fifty-first for<br />

an afternoon together.<br />

My class graduated sixty<br />

students. Sadly eight have<br />

passed away. Classmates attending<br />

the afternoon reunion<br />

along with their spouses were:<br />

Wayne and Janet Jenner,<br />

Jenny Bernhard- Awad and<br />

Joe, Colleen Elam-Wright and<br />

Dennis, Julene Huber-Hornberger<br />

and Harold, Mike and<br />

Linda Boyce, David Wuestefeld,<br />

Victor Bischoff, Marie<br />

Andres-Gunter and Ray,<br />

Rosemary Andres-Powell, and<br />

Terry and Wilma Schuman-<br />

Brannan.<br />

Sunman High School consolidated<br />

with North Dearborn<br />

High School and became<br />

East Central in 1974, but a<br />

“Sunman Alumni Reunion”<br />

for the entire school is held<br />

each year. This year the Sunman<br />

School Alumni dinner<br />

recognized fifty-year reunions<br />

for the classes of 1970 and<br />

1971, sixty years for the class<br />

of 1961, and seventy years for<br />

the class of 1951.<br />

The first class to graduate<br />

from Sunman High School<br />

was the class of 1925. The<br />

class was comprised of four<br />

girls and eight boys- Orville<br />

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in her personal life. She had a<br />

life-long battle with anorexia,<br />

which gave her an 18” waist<br />

and many health problems. Her<br />

very thin neck made her look<br />

older, and her costumes were<br />

designed with high necklines<br />

for concealment. She suffered<br />

from arthritis and lost her only<br />

child, Victoria Ellen Rothschild,<br />

to SIDS in 1963. Her<br />

illness eventually caused her to<br />

retire from show business, and<br />

she died of cancer at the age of<br />

61 in 1981. What a sad ending<br />

for such a beauty with so much<br />

talent! We can still enjoy her<br />

dancing and sunny personality<br />

through the old Hollywood<br />

musical movies.<br />

I don’t know why I have felt<br />

such a connection to Mr. Hessler<br />

and his talented student.<br />

Someone told me that the Hessler’s<br />

lived in Cedar Grove<br />

after their retirement, but I<br />

haven’t been able to confirm<br />

that story. As for Vera-Ellen, I<br />

doubt that she ever was nearer<br />

to us than Cincinnati, although<br />

her scrapbooks confirm that<br />

she was very fond of the Hesslers<br />

and stayed in touch with<br />

them throughout her life.<br />

As a teenager, I wanted to<br />

be Vera-Ellen. I wanted to<br />

wear beautiful, filmy gowns<br />

and float through the air and<br />

into the arms of Fred Astaire,<br />

Danny Kaye, or Gene Kelly.<br />

In my mind, Vera-Ellen still<br />

hears the music and steps to<br />

the floor when her partner<br />

asks, “Shall we dance?”<br />

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Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, and Danny<br />

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Class of 1970: Wayne Jenner, Mike Boyce, Victor<br />

Bischoff, David Wuestefeld (Second Row) Jenny<br />

Bernhard-Awad, Julene Huber-Hornburger, Marie Andres-Gunter,<br />

Colleen Bowles-Wright. Not Shown- Wilma<br />

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Brinkman, William Geyer,<br />

Ivan Heavey, John Hohman,<br />

Wayne Lang, Helen Kroner,<br />

Romilda Wipple and Lorraine<br />

Nedderman.<br />

The Class of 1926 holds<br />

the record for the smallest<br />

graduating class, with five<br />

girls and one boy. The largest<br />

was the Class of 1973 with a<br />

total of seventy graduates. According<br />

to the alumni committee,<br />

1,345 students graduated<br />

during the forty-five years<br />

that Sunman High School was<br />

open.<br />

The largest reunion was<br />

held in 2013 with over two<br />

hundred guests in attendance.<br />

This year’s event was attended<br />

by one hundred fifty<br />

people. Gerald Hofmockel,<br />

Class of 1944, represented the<br />

earliest class in attendance.<br />

Traveling the longest distance<br />

was Jim Hartman from<br />

Hudson Wisconsin. David<br />

Wuestefeld, Class of 1970,<br />

gave a special remembrance<br />

to classmate Steve Weiler.<br />

I was the second youngest<br />

of nine siblings who all<br />

went to Sunman from 1950 to<br />

1973. Like most reunions, I<br />

recognized names but not the<br />

faces. I am happy to say that<br />

after fifty-one years, although<br />

I have Lady Clairol’s #10<br />

shade blonde hair, gained fifty<br />

pounds, and have wrinkles on<br />

my wrinkles, I still look the<br />

same.


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Joseph Miller, Bradley Kolb, Josie Hartman, Abby Vendler,<br />

Julie Rider, Reese Hayes, Adrien King, James Bulach, Ana<br />

Eckstein, Evan Kuhn, Sophie Hirt, Jacob Kuhn, Thomas<br />

Eckstein, Kody Schilling, Evan Kramer and Riley Shumate<br />

FFA Competes in Livestock Skillathon<br />

East Central FFA members competed in the Area One<br />

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tested on their knowledge on beef cattle, swine, sheep and<br />

meat-type goats. Events include breed, retail meat cut, feed<br />

ingredient, and livestock equipment identification. They<br />

also completed an industry quiz and completed a quality<br />

assurance exam. The top team for East Central placed sixth<br />

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What is a pelvic floor disorder?<br />

The National Institute of<br />

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Shoppers can take Christmas<br />

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From A Dog’s Point of View<br />

By Alfie and Tammy Turner<br />

Howdy hoomans, it’s me<br />

Alfie again. Do you want to<br />

know a secret? This is my<br />

most favorite time of the<br />

year. Want to know why? Because<br />

of all the FOOD! I love<br />

to eat, and I am not picky,<br />

I love to eat everything. I<br />

love my food that they give<br />

me, I love my treats, I love<br />

my peanut butter kong, I<br />

LOVE IT ALL. Now I know<br />

you’re going to say that dogs<br />

shouldn’t have people food,<br />

but… they can.<br />

I am going to give you a list<br />

of some of the things that we<br />

can have with our kibble.<br />

Carrots – Helps clean our<br />

teeth by removing plaque.<br />

Also, a good source of betacarotene<br />

which is good for<br />

our eyesight.<br />

Eggs – Good for amino<br />

acids, but give only once or<br />

twice a week.<br />

Green Beans – Given for<br />

a snack to overweight dogs.<br />

Green beans are loaded with<br />

vitamins and minerals.<br />

Plain yogurt – High in<br />

calcium to promote teeth and<br />

bone health. Yogurt is also<br />

loaded with probiotics, which<br />

help with digestion. Small<br />

dogs can have 1-2 teaspoons,<br />

medium dogs 1-2 tablespoons<br />

and large dogs can have up to<br />

4 tablespoons a week.<br />

Chicken –<br />

Boiled, no seasonings, chicken<br />

can be given as an additive<br />

to regular food.<br />

Pumpkin – A superfood<br />

that boosts ample numbers of<br />

vitamins and minerals as well<br />

as fiber. It even aids dogs in<br />

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medium<br />

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tablespoons,<br />

and large<br />

dogs up to<br />

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day.<br />

Peanut Alfie<br />

butter – lots<br />

of vitamins, just make sure it<br />

does not contain xylitol.<br />

Oatmeal – abundant in the<br />

store-bought dog food, a good<br />

source of carbohydrates. You<br />

can add a spoonful to your<br />

dog’s food, or a cup for breakfast<br />

once a week.<br />

Green peas – plenty of<br />

vitamins.<br />

Sweet potatoes, potatoes –<br />

Both are good to give to your<br />

dog just without seasoning.<br />

Serve either baked or boiled,<br />

but never raw. Good for vitamins,<br />

but should be given in<br />

moderation.<br />

Rice – Known to alleviate<br />

the symptoms of an upset<br />

stomach in dogs. Rice is one<br />

of the human foods that can<br />

be given to dogs daily.<br />

Pineapple – This can be<br />

used as an occasional sweet<br />

treat. Just a few soft cubes<br />

once or twice a week.<br />

See why I love this time<br />

of year. So don’t be afraid to<br />

give your furbaby a little extra<br />

something. And it’s also the<br />

time of year when everyone<br />

tells what they are thankful<br />

for. I am very thankful to have<br />

a nice warm place to sleep,<br />

and good food to eat, but I’m<br />

thankful that someone out<br />

there has decided that they<br />

just can’t do without me in<br />

their lives any longer. Just go<br />

to www.pawsofdearborn<br />

county.org and fill out your<br />

application, for me, Alfie,<br />

today.<br />

I’ll be here waiting for you.<br />

Wet noses &wagging tails,<br />

Alfie xoxo<br />

Mezzanine booths in the Lawrenceburg Public Library were designed to be used for small group meetings.<br />

Lawrenceburg Library Adds Community Meeting Places<br />

The Lawrenceburg Public Library District (LPLD) continues to have its finger on the<br />

pulse of the community and what it needs. The library’s most recent project addresses<br />

the need for more meeting space in the community that has been continually noticed for<br />

decades.<br />

The LPLD was awarded a grant from the Dearborn Community Foundation to add<br />

a newly created third space in the mezzanine. The City of Lawrenceburg was also<br />

instrumental in making the project happen.<br />

The project resulted in more spaces for small meetings, by reducing the size of the<br />

reference desk. Furniture was updated, and new carpet was installed. A glass partition<br />

created a conference room for educational, community, or business meetings.<br />

Your Child and their Friends<br />

By Linda Hutchinson<br />

As the holidays approach,<br />

you may find your kids having<br />

extra free time and wanting<br />

to hang out with their<br />

friends more. Sleepovers,<br />

bonfires, trampoline parks<br />

are just a few of the fun<br />

things kids beg to do with<br />

their buddies. I remember<br />

those days as a kid. When I<br />

was growing up, however,<br />

the friends I had were either<br />

kids with whom I went to<br />

school or neighbors who<br />

lived on my street. If you<br />

are over the age of forty,<br />

you know what I’m talking<br />

about. We didn’t have the<br />

world wide web that could<br />

connect us instantly with<br />

someone across town or in<br />

a different state. We didn’t<br />

have social media platforms<br />

that would allow us to “find<br />

friends’’ instantly. Kids today<br />

are dealing with scenarios<br />

we never had to deal with<br />

when it comes to making and<br />

keeping friendships. Yes, it’s<br />

a whole new world, but as<br />

a parent, some basic sound<br />

principles are still important<br />

to keep in mind when it<br />

comes to your child and their<br />

friends.<br />

Friendship Principles<br />

1. Speak early and often<br />

about what a healthy friendship<br />

looks like. This can start<br />

even at the age of two when<br />

your child finds a new friend<br />

on the playground. Things<br />

like kindness, sharing, taking<br />

turns are all values you<br />

should begin to instill in your<br />

child the day they start interacting<br />

with others.<br />

2. Surround your kids with<br />

other families who share<br />

similar values. Put them in<br />

positive environments where<br />

some other children and<br />

adults will model what you<br />

want your child to be like. I<br />

didn’t say perfect kids, but<br />

ones who are being guided<br />

with similar values as yours.<br />

Get them involved in Scouts,<br />

Youth Group, a Club, or<br />

Sport.<br />

3. Ask lots of questions<br />

about who they like to be<br />

around and why. If your child<br />

is school age, make sure you<br />

initiate frequent, casual conversations<br />

about things like<br />

the playground, the cafeteria,<br />

the classroom. It’s a great<br />

chance to get a peek into<br />

your child’s world and see if<br />

they are making good choices<br />

in their friendships.<br />

4. Make your home a<br />

safe place to come with any<br />

conflicts or difficulties in<br />

their friendships. Not that<br />

you are going to go in and<br />

fix it for them, but help them<br />

brainstorm how to resolve the<br />

conflict themselves.<br />

5. Encourage your kids to<br />

bring their friends around<br />

your home and family, so that<br />

you can observe how they<br />

interact together. Listen in<br />

on car ride conversations and<br />

how they talk to one another.<br />

Watch how they interact<br />

when they are around their<br />

friends. Make sure you follow<br />

up privately with them<br />

any concerns or red flags you<br />

begin to have.<br />

6. Keep the lines of communication<br />

open and comfortable<br />

even into their teen<br />

years. When our kids are<br />

teenagers, it becomes more<br />

difficult to monitor every<br />

little friend interaction, but<br />

it’s still super important to<br />

keep the lines of communication<br />

open about their friendships.<br />

Continue on the same<br />

routine as above asking them<br />

about their friendships and<br />

what they enjoy about those<br />

friends.<br />

7. Invite their friends to<br />

hang out at your house. If<br />

you find your teen is always<br />

going over to someone else’s<br />

house, get to know that family.<br />

Make sure you connect<br />

with those parents and have<br />

regular communication with<br />

them.<br />

Walk with the Wise<br />

There is a very wise proverb<br />

that says, Walk with the<br />

wise and become wise, for<br />

a companion of fools suffers<br />

harm. Proverbs 13:20.<br />

If you learn that your teen is<br />

walking with the fools and<br />

suffering harm, please don’t<br />

save them from the natural<br />

consequences of their actions.<br />

They will never learn if<br />

you are always saving them<br />

or defending them.<br />

If your teen starts hanging<br />

with the wrong crowd and<br />

breaks your trust, explain to<br />

them you are not judging or<br />

condemning their friend. No<br />

one is forcing your child to<br />

make these poor decisions.<br />

Make sure they understand<br />

the buck stops with them.<br />

They are responsible for their<br />

actions and consequences.<br />

Limit his/her exposure to that<br />

friend or group until the trust<br />

has been restored. Surround<br />

them with positive people<br />

and healthy environments.<br />

Whether it is a mentor, sport,<br />

club, youth group, church<br />

function, serving opportunity,<br />

or all of the above, help<br />

them to walk with the wise<br />

and become wise. Every<br />

child and home is unique. We<br />

believe, however, that by applying<br />

these sound friendship<br />

principles early and often you<br />

can prepare your child for<br />

rich and healthy friendships,<br />

as they grow into a healthy,<br />

independent adult.<br />

Linda Hutchinson is the<br />

Executive Director of Rock<br />

Solid Families located in St.<br />

Leon, Indiana. Rock Solid<br />

Families is a faith-based<br />

501c3 organization that<br />

coaches individuals, couples,<br />

and families through the<br />

power of God and His Word.<br />

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Christmas Tree<br />

Selection, Care,<br />

munity<br />

spondentAnd Disposal<br />

Some of the best memories<br />

om from my childhood involve<br />

selecting Christmas trees<br />

from local farms. I was raised<br />

in Southeast Texas, a region<br />

where many of these trees<br />

thrive. The tri-state region is<br />

also generally favorable to<br />

many varieties that can serve<br />

as beautiful trees in the home.<br />

In this month’s article, I will<br />

discuss the selection, care, and<br />

disposal of Christmas trees.<br />

More than 200,000 Christmas<br />

trees are harvested annually<br />

in Indiana according to<br />

experts on campus at Purdue<br />

University. Common varieties<br />

available at local farms in<br />

our area, as well as at local<br />

retailers, include Norway<br />

Spruce, Fraser Fir, Douglas<br />

Fir, and Canaan Fir. If you<br />

are interested in a native but<br />

less traditional Christmas tree,<br />

consider an Eastern Red Cedar,<br />

which is widely available<br />

in our area.<br />

The care for cut Christmas<br />

trees does not vary dramatically<br />

between species. Trees<br />

should be located away from<br />

heat sources, with a sizeable<br />

supply of water. A cut tree<br />

may require up to two quarts<br />

of water per day, with the need<br />

gradually reduced over time.<br />

Additives are not needed.<br />

With proper care, cut trees<br />

can generally last from late<br />

November to late <strong>December</strong>.<br />

A growing trend includes<br />

the use of live Christmas<br />

trees. These specimens are<br />

generally transported in an<br />

oversized container or in<br />

ball-and-burlap. The benefits<br />

of a live tree include air<br />

quality and potential reuse.<br />

Important precautions for live<br />

trees include higher costs and<br />

difficulty moving, as some<br />

<strong>2021</strong><br />

trees and their containers<br />

By may weigh over two-hundred<br />

Celeste pounds.<br />

Calvitto Many Indiana homeowners<br />

grow their own Christmas<br />

trees. Important considerations<br />

for this project include<br />

Melanie<br />

By<br />

proper site selection and<br />

preparation, planting size, and<br />

Alexander<br />

variety selection. In our area,<br />

the most notable difficulties<br />

The surprisingly By warm<br />

facing Christmas tree production<br />

include poorly drained<br />

fall days recently Maxine have<br />

kept thoughts Klump about cold<br />

soils and disease management.<br />

Homeowners should<br />

weather at bay. Community Only those<br />

commercials Correspondent<br />

and displays<br />

be prepared to tackle several<br />

of Christmas décor in stores<br />

obstacles if a successful harvest<br />

is to occur in time for the maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />

remind me that outdoor<br />

temperatures will soon drop,<br />

and I will need to bring<br />

heavier outdoor wear to the<br />

front of the closet. That also<br />

means baking cookies and<br />

other treats will soon be part<br />

of my calendar.<br />

The recipes for this month<br />

include a delicious (and<br />

incredibly easy) cookie along<br />

with a quick and easy chicken<br />

tortilla soup.<br />

When I find a chicken<br />

tortilla soup on a restaurant<br />

menu, I often enjoy a bowl,<br />

especially if I want a smaller<br />

meal. This recipe uses<br />

ingredients that are usually on<br />

hand. It makes a perfect “lastminute”<br />

and quick addition to<br />

a meal. The amount of green<br />

chiles and hot sauce can be<br />

varied to meet your family’s<br />

taste for “spicy”.<br />

holiday season. If you require<br />

assistance with disease<br />

identification and pest control,<br />

please don’t hesitate to contact<br />

my office for assistance.<br />

Whenever possible, I encourage<br />

homeowners to purchase<br />

Christmas trees directly<br />

from local farms. Despite the<br />

aforementioned difficulties of<br />

growing store-quality Christmas<br />

trees in our area, several<br />

farmers have gained a positive<br />

reputation for producing<br />

quality trees throughout the<br />

tri-state.<br />

Properly disposing of your<br />

Christmas tree is another<br />

important task. Many local<br />

municipalities will haul away<br />

trees left at the curb, with<br />

some recycling for mulch.<br />

If you purchased a variety<br />

that was shipped in, especially<br />

those available at large<br />

box stores, it may be best to<br />

destroy the tree to prevent<br />

the introduction of invasive<br />

species. In some cases, trees<br />

can be submerged into private<br />

ponds to provide habitat for<br />

smaller fish species, such as<br />

minnows.<br />

To find gardening resources<br />

from Purdue University<br />

experts, such as our newly<br />

appointed Consumer Horticulture<br />

Specialist, Karen<br />

Mitchell, search “Indiana<br />

Yard and Garden” on your<br />

home computer or smartphone<br />

or feel free to email me<br />

at hawley4@purdue.edu. You<br />

can also reach our office at<br />

812-926-1189. We are located<br />

at 229 Main Street, Aurora,<br />

IN 47001.<br />

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in the January issue of The<br />

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Chicken Tortilla Soup<br />

1 cup chopped onion<br />

2 teaspoons minced garlic<br />

(or ½ teaspoon garlic<br />

powder)<br />

2 tablespoons oil<br />

1 15-oz. can Italian style<br />

stewed tomatoes, chopped<br />

1 4-oz can chopped green<br />

chiles<br />

4 cups chicken broth<br />

2 tablespoons Worcestershire<br />

sauce<br />

1 teaspoon lemon pepper<br />

1 teaspoon chili powder<br />

1 teaspoon cumin<br />

½ teaspoon hot sauce (such<br />

as Tabasco)<br />

1 pound boneless, skinless<br />

chicken breast, cooked and<br />

cubed<br />

4 tablespoons flour mixed<br />

with ½ cup cold water<br />

1/3 cup sour cream<br />

Tortilla chips<br />

Sauté onion and garlic in<br />

oil over low heat until soft.<br />

Add chiles, tomatoes, chicken<br />

broth, and seasonings.<br />

Simmer for 20 minutes. Mix<br />

flour with water and whisk<br />

into soup. Bring to a boil<br />

and reduce to simmer for 5<br />

minutes. Add chicken and<br />

simmer for an additional 5<br />

minutes. Stir in sour cream<br />

along with salt and pepper<br />

to taste. I break a few tortilla<br />

chips atop each bowl of<br />

soup and serve more chips<br />

alongside.<br />

I participate in a Bible<br />

study group that begins each<br />

meeting by sharing a “sweet<br />

treat.” One of the participates<br />

brought this bar cookie known<br />

as “Holiday Treats” because<br />

they have been part of her<br />

extended family’s holiday<br />

celebrations for years. She<br />

graciously shared the recipe<br />

and I made them the following<br />

night for a family dinner.<br />

Wait until you see how easy<br />

and quick they are to prepare.<br />

Hint: I am headed to a family<br />

gathering/vacation this week<br />

and the recipe is traveling<br />

with me to make when it is<br />

my turn to cook dinner in<br />

a rental condo with limited<br />

kitchen utensils!<br />

Holiday Treats<br />

2 cups graham cracker<br />

crumbs<br />

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate<br />

chips<br />

1 cup chopped pecans<br />

1 14-oz. can sweetened<br />

condensed milk<br />

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix<br />

graham cracker crumbs,<br />

chocolate chips, and pecans<br />

in a 13x9-inch baking dish.<br />

Pour in condensed milk and<br />

stir until all graham cracker<br />

crumbs are moistened and<br />

sticking together. Spread<br />

evenly in the dish, using a<br />

spatula to press down. Bake<br />

for twenty-five minutes.<br />

While still warm, run a server<br />

around all edges for easier<br />

removal from the pan.<br />

Hint: Do not overbake<br />

because all edges will<br />

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By<br />

Doris<br />

Butt<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

goodolddays@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Memories of the Farm<br />

Those of you that have<br />

passed the farmstead since we<br />

sold it have noticed there is a<br />

big change.<br />

First, the house has been<br />

redone. The little bedroom<br />

that had to be made out of a<br />

porch when I could no longer<br />

go to the upstairs bedroom<br />

was removed. That was a<br />

plus since it was kind of a<br />

distraction. The house still<br />

had wooden siding. My siding<br />

survey noted that was rare<br />

for most have long ago been<br />

replaced with vinyl siding.<br />

Soon after our selling, the<br />

house had a new look. The<br />

little bedroom returned to a<br />

porch. The yellow siding was<br />

put on, with accents of red by<br />

the windows. The hundredplus-year-old<br />

beauty now can<br />

compete with the new homes<br />

in the subdivision (once our<br />

land) across the road.<br />

The barn has been changed.<br />

New siding has styled the<br />

exterior in a whole new look.<br />

Now I admit I had to think<br />

about that for a while.<br />

The barn was always special<br />

to me. Even in its previous<br />

appearance, it made quite<br />

an impression. As a child, I<br />

was proud of it.<br />

I have written some of my<br />

favorite words about the barn.<br />

I feel like sharing them.<br />

“My earliest memory is sitting<br />

on a rock in front of the<br />

barn and playing with a makebelieve<br />

miniature village with<br />

houses made of mower teeth<br />

and stick soldiers.<br />

I was about the same age<br />

when something special happened<br />

once a year. No child<br />

who has lived the experience<br />

of seeing and hearing that giant<br />

threshing machine pulled<br />

by a puffing steam engine will<br />

ever forget it. The harmonious<br />

sounds of the chugging<br />

thresher and snorting engine<br />

are still very much in my<br />

memories. I can still see the<br />

neighbor men arriving with<br />

their teams and wagons. The<br />

ladies helped my mother cook<br />

a special dinner that would,<br />

although never a spoken<br />

word said so, outdo all other<br />

meals served. I can smell the<br />

worker’s sweat, see them<br />

washing their faces in the pan<br />

on a bench, and drying off<br />

with feed sack cloth towels. (I<br />

still have the bench and some<br />

of the towels.) A crew of men<br />

carried bags of wheat into the<br />

granary and up the stairs. I<br />

would sit in the bin, and they<br />

would pour the grain over me.<br />

I liked that. It was a wonderful<br />

day.<br />

I have only to enter the barn<br />

to see my mother milking the<br />

cows named after neighbors<br />

while Dad did other chores. I<br />

can see the horses, Fannie and<br />

Barney. I remember slipping<br />

them ears of corn and enjoying<br />

their chomping noises as<br />

they ate. Their noses felt so<br />

soft. Later there was another<br />

team, Sam and Bob. They<br />

were sold when they were of<br />

no more use. My father did<br />

not ask what would become<br />

of them.”<br />

These are my favorite paragraphs<br />

of all my writing.<br />

“I hear the business of the<br />

barn: the squeak of the hay<br />

wagon and hollow sound of<br />

horse’s hoofs as they walk<br />

across the wooden floor,<br />

the creak of that loaded hay<br />

fork as it struggles along the<br />

track of the barn and rattle<br />

of impatient horses shaking<br />

their harness. I hear the sound<br />

of machinery: the slap of the<br />

drive belt as it powers the<br />

feed grinder, the pulsations<br />

of the tractor as each grain<br />

bundle is received into that<br />

noisy thresher or the corn<br />

shredder. I can hear the talk of<br />

horses, bellowing bulls, mooing<br />

cows crying for weaned<br />

calves, cats with kittens, and<br />

chickens clucking in nests in<br />

the hay. I definitely will not<br />

forget the hissing of geese<br />

as they chased me. They are<br />

sounds so alive and gratifying<br />

to my ears.<br />

One of my jobs as a child<br />

was pulling the hay rope back.<br />

Of all the jobs my parents did<br />

I remember harvesting hay the<br />

most. My dad pitched hay to<br />

my mother who arranged it on<br />

the wagon. Later in the barn,<br />

she ran the hayfork while my<br />

father worked in the mow.<br />

M<br />

DEAR<br />

ARIE<br />

By<br />

Marie<br />

Segale<br />

marie@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Dear Marie,<br />

I need some help! I will<br />

have company coming over<br />

starting in November and<br />

throughout the holidays.<br />

Some of my company will<br />

be coming from out of town<br />

several hours away, and some<br />

visitors only live an hour<br />

away.<br />

Marie, is it acceptable for<br />

The barn that was lovingly restored on our farm.<br />

guests to bring their uninvited<br />

pets to my house any time<br />

they come to visit?<br />

I can’t imagine bringing my<br />

dogs or cats to anyone’s home<br />

when I go to visit. In fact, I<br />

think my pets would not be<br />

welcomed.<br />

When I have company, I<br />

make sure to put the dogs in<br />

a different part of the house<br />

where they won’t bother my<br />

guests.<br />

Marie, am I wrong to think<br />

that showing up at anyone’s<br />

home and bringing your uninvited<br />

pet is rude?<br />

Abigail in Bright<br />

The tractor driven by my sister<br />

pulled the rope that pulled<br />

the fork with the hay into the<br />

loft. I pulled it back. It always<br />

seemed to be a very hot day.<br />

“Some changes do not come<br />

easy, but they are for the<br />

best.”<br />

Oh, there are no hollyhocks<br />

or scarecrows at the farmstead.<br />

They were just my<br />

accents I enjoyed. Ray and I<br />

spent much time and money<br />

to see that the barn would be<br />

preserved. We are pleased<br />

that the new owners share that<br />

concern and have dressed the<br />

barn and also the house so<br />

that it will be bright and alive<br />

for all to see for many years.<br />

Dear Abigail,<br />

You most certainly are correct<br />

in thinking that bringing<br />

a pet that has not been invited<br />

to another person’s house is<br />

rude. I have a personal example<br />

regarding this situation.<br />

One of my guests brought<br />

a small dog to my home, I<br />

was not happy about that at<br />

all. While the dog was at my<br />

home, another guest started<br />

playing vigorously with the<br />

little dog. During their rough<br />

play, the dog’s toenail got<br />

caught on my Berber carpet,<br />

pulling it into a snag. So do<br />

you think my guest arranged<br />

to have my carpet repaired?<br />

Of course not! I called the<br />

repairman whom I had to pay<br />

to fix the carpet.<br />

Bringing a pet who has<br />

not been invited to another<br />

person’s home is unthinkable<br />

to me. Choose your adjectiverude,<br />

showing bad manners,<br />

inconsiderate- all will apply.<br />

Have a pressing issue?<br />

Contact Marie@goBEACON<br />

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Houses<br />

Nov. 27, 28<br />

Small Business<br />

Saturday, Mayor's<br />

Reception &<br />

Tree Lighting<br />

Dec. 4<br />

Winter<br />

Wonderland<br />

Parade<br />

Winter Wonderland<br />

Ice Rink Opens<br />

Located at Todd Creech Park,<br />

305 W. Tate St.<br />

November 13 - January 9, 2022<br />

Hello Holidays<br />

Merchant Open Houses<br />

11:00-4:00<br />

Carriage rides downtown, special<br />

discounts, prize giveaways, live music,<br />

and Snowman Scavenger Hunt w/<br />

Cookie Prizes. Lawrenceburg Event<br />

Center – Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine<br />

3 & 7P.<br />

NOVEMBER 27<br />

Small Business Saturday<br />

Over a dozen businesses downtown<br />

will be offering special discounts<br />

for holiday shoppers!<br />

NOVEMBER 28<br />

5:30P Mayor’s Reception<br />

at the Lawrenceburg Event Center<br />

7:00P Official Tree Lighting<br />

Ceremony at the Civic Park<br />

DECEMBER 4<br />

Breakfast with Santa<br />

Lawrenceburg Community Center<br />

Santa’s Workshop Craft Activities<br />

Winter Wonderland<br />

Parade<br />

Santa and Mrs. Claus Arrive<br />

Big Prize Giveaway<br />

DECEMBER 11<br />

Santa arrives at Ice Rink<br />

www.DowntownLawrenceburg.com<br />

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<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 1B<br />

S<br />

BEACON<br />

PORTS<br />

SCENE<br />

By<br />

Chris Jack<br />

Nobbe<br />

Zoller<br />

beaconsports<br />

@live.com<br />

sports@goBEACONnews.com<br />

America’s Pastime<br />

Played at All Ages<br />

Baseball is known as<br />

America’s pastime, and while<br />

some may contend that is no<br />

longer so, the moniker remains.<br />

Many of us fondly recall<br />

our own experiences with<br />

the sport as either a viewer or<br />

participant By in our youth. However,<br />

as the Maxine Lawrenceburg<br />

Gamblers Klump prove, playing baseball<br />

is not just for the young,<br />

but for the Community young at heart.<br />

The Gamblers,<br />

Correspondent<br />

organized<br />

by John Swartz, Jr., recently<br />

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />

completed their inaugural season<br />

competing in the Miami<br />

Valley Roy Hobbs Baseball<br />

League. (Yes, the league name<br />

is a fond reference to the classic<br />

baseball film The Natural<br />

starring Robert Redford.)<br />

However, to conclude its season,<br />

the team played an exhibition<br />

game against the Tri-City<br />

Gems as a benefit for the area<br />

musical organization Voices of<br />

Indiana (voicesofindiana.org).<br />

Back to baseball...How did a<br />

team come to be formed here<br />

in Southeast Indiana? Teams<br />

and leagues used to be around<br />

this area several decades ago,<br />

and the great-grandfather<br />

of John Swartz, Jr., William<br />

(Bill) Walter Bihr, had once<br />

been a part of such teams.<br />

John, Jr., his brother Scott, and<br />

his father John, Sr., all play<br />

on the Gamblers along with<br />

several others from this area.<br />

These Swartz’s and Steve<br />

Bill Bihr is pictured with other members of a Lawrenceburg<br />

baseball team from many years ago. The original<br />

photo currently belongs to the Dearborn County Historical<br />

Society. If you can identify more of the players or information<br />

about the team, contact us at editor@goBEACON<br />

news.com (Contributed photo)<br />

Walker got their start in the<br />

league with the Miami Valley<br />

53s (MV53s) based out of<br />

Dayton some years ago, and<br />

this was the team, now known<br />

as the Tri-City Gems, who<br />

helped to put on the recent<br />

benefit game. However, John,<br />

Jr., was excited to expand<br />

the league into Indiana in<br />

late 2020 as he launched the<br />

idea of a team for the area to<br />

league commissioner Tom<br />

Huetter and began recruiting<br />

men interested in playing.<br />

They play in the Legends<br />

Division of the league which<br />

is for players 50 and over.<br />

Their division was made<br />

up of nine teams this year,<br />

and they hope to add another<br />

next season. Anyone interested<br />

in next year is certainly<br />

encouraged to contact John<br />

at jswartz@jswartz.net. This<br />

year’s team was comprised of<br />

players from Aurora, Osgood,<br />

and Sunman with a few others<br />

from Ohio.<br />

You may be wondering,<br />

as many do, if this is truly<br />

baseball or just another area<br />

softball league. Indeed, it is<br />

baseball with all its joy and<br />

wonder. The Miami Valley<br />

Roy Hobbs Baseball League<br />

has divisions for players over<br />

40, over 50, and even over<br />

60. They play in the Greater<br />

Cincinnati and Dayton areas.<br />

The league has a few nuanced<br />

rules, but, make no mistake,<br />

these men love and play the<br />

sport of baseball that you<br />

will all recognize and enjoy,<br />

and they play from late April<br />

through September.<br />

You can stand at the plate in<br />

this wooden-bat league, dig in<br />

your cleats, and expect a good<br />

pitch. The pitching is overhand<br />

with a hard ball that will<br />

still give a sting if the pitcher<br />

decides to brush you back a<br />

bit. Players lead off and steal<br />

the full 90 feet between bases.<br />

The hurlers still let it fly from<br />

that 60’6” rubber, and they<br />

enjoy all the fun of the game.<br />

The league also keeps a full<br />

compilation of statistics for<br />

all those hoping to up their<br />

old high school average a few<br />

points. It is a competitive league<br />

that also aims to provide a great<br />

deal of fun for all participants.<br />

Perhaps you are interested<br />

but just do not know if you<br />

have the physical ability to<br />

compete any longer. These<br />

leagues have some men in their<br />

70s and even a few octogenarians<br />

rounding the bases still.<br />

Regardless of the number of<br />

wins the team earned in its inaugural<br />

season, they had a great<br />

deal of fun with a sport and in<br />

proving none are too old.<br />

IMMUNITY SUPPORT<br />

Back To<br />

School<br />

And<br />

Back To Work<br />

Essentials<br />

Riehle is Runner-up<br />

at Middle CC State<br />

Gabe Riehle, an eighthgrade<br />

student at Milan,<br />

completed his entire school<br />

season undefeated in races,<br />

so what better way to test<br />

yourself than to compete<br />

in the Indiana Middle<br />

School State Cross Country<br />

Championships.<br />

Riehle competed in the<br />

small school varsity race<br />

ECMS Swimming<br />

Goes Undefeated<br />

The East Central Middle<br />

School Swimming and Diving<br />

team touched the wall on the<br />

<strong>2021</strong> season with convincing<br />

wins for both the boys’ and<br />

girls’ teams at the six-team<br />

Connersville Invitational.<br />

These wins mark each team’s<br />

eleventh title in a row and<br />

also completed an undefeated<br />

season for both teams.<br />

The boys handled all comers<br />

by scoring 440 points.<br />

South Dearborn was fourth<br />

with 131 and Greendale was<br />

fifth scoring 119.<br />

The girls were as impressive<br />

in their side of the competition<br />

scoring 361 points.<br />

Greendale was third with 192<br />

points while South Dearborn<br />

was fifth with 104 points.<br />

Individual event champions<br />

for the boys include Andrew<br />

Strotman in both the 200 and<br />

500 freestyle, Brady Stephenson<br />

in both the 50 and 100<br />

freestyle, Kyle Goodwin in the<br />

100 butterfly and 100 backstroke,<br />

and Brogan Wilson in<br />

the 100 breaststroke. Stephenson,<br />

Wilson, Goodwin, and<br />

Gabe Riehle of Milan is<br />

shown after winning the<br />

ORVC championships.<br />

with 334 other runners. He ran a tremendous time of 9:52<br />

to place second overall.<br />

Thus, he was sixth of 570 competing runners who are<br />

among the best middle school runners in the state. He also<br />

goes on the event record board that keeps track of any<br />

runners over the years who have run a sub-10:00 mark on<br />

the 3K course run at the middle school level, a list which<br />

includes current Batesville senior Ean Loichinger from<br />

2017 and has just 45 runners over the past fourteen years.<br />

The 200-medley relay team of Andrew Strotman, Brady<br />

Stephenson, Brogan Wilson, and Kyle Goodwin. (Photo<br />

courtesy of Leah Stephenson)<br />

Strotman also teamed up for<br />

relay wins in the 200 medley<br />

and the 200 freestyle relays.<br />

The girls shined with champions<br />

for the Aqua Trojans.<br />

Elle Jankovsky won the 200<br />

individual medley and the 100<br />

breaststroke, Riley Reany won<br />

both the 50 freestyle and 100<br />

backstroke, Madison Goodwin<br />

won the 100 freestyle and the<br />

diving competition, Jillian Bley<br />

won the 200 freestyle, and<br />

Audrey Bumgardner won the<br />

100 butterfly.<br />

The girls won all three<br />

relays with Reany, Jankovsky,<br />

K. Goodwin, and M. Goodwin<br />

winning the 200 medley relay.<br />

Bley, I. Dole, Jankovsky, and<br />

Reany won the 200 freestyle<br />

relays, and I. Dole, Brown, K.<br />

Goodwin, and M. Goodwin<br />

swam to the 400 freestyle title.<br />

One season note to add is<br />

that at a meet earlier this season<br />

against Greendale, the 200<br />

medley relay team of Brady<br />

Stephenson, Brogan Wilson,<br />

Kyle Goodwin, and Andrew<br />

Strotman broke a school record<br />

that had stood since 2002.<br />

They set the new mark with a<br />

time of 1:58.44.<br />

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Page 2B THE BEACON <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

BRIGHT/<br />

SUGAR RIDGE<br />

By<br />

Bob<br />

Waples<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

bright@goBEACONnews.com<br />

In remembrance of Veteran’s<br />

Day, I salute all of our<br />

Veterans. Thank you for your<br />

service to our country.<br />

Congratulations to a team<br />

of guys who made an incredible<br />

bike journey in September.<br />

Their journey started<br />

at Point State Park in Pittsburgh,<br />

PA, and ended at mile<br />

marker 0 on the C & O Canal<br />

in Washington DC, a total<br />

of 355 miles. Awesome job<br />

gentlemen!<br />

With Thanksgiving right<br />

around the corner… a little<br />

history lesson. Thanksgiving<br />

began in our country as far<br />

back as 1607. The most prominent<br />

of these early Thanksgiving<br />

celebrations was in<br />

1621 in Plymouth, held after<br />

a successful growing season.<br />

In 1789, President George<br />

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Tom Parks (Atlanta, GA), Perry Taylor (Moore’s Hill, IN),<br />

John Schrecker (Hopkinsville, KY), Dave Mayer (Logan,<br />

IN), John Maxwell (Dover, IN), Bill Fancher, Johnson City,<br />

TN), Gary Page (Wilmington, OH).<br />

Washington proclaimed it a<br />

holiday, and in 1863 President<br />

Abraham Lincoln proclaimed<br />

it a ‘national day of Thanksgiving<br />

and Peace’.<br />

Upcoming events to watch<br />

for/get involved with:<br />

• Gobble Wobble Thanksgiving<br />

Day 5K walk/run, benefits<br />

our local food pantries,<br />

held at American Legion Post<br />

in St. Leon. https://runsignup.<br />

com/race/in/stleon/<br />

• Giving Trees at banks, the<br />

library, and churches supporting<br />

our North Dearborn Food<br />

Pantry.<br />

• Santa Claus will be<br />

visiting the North Dearborn<br />

Library branch on Saturday<br />

12/11/<strong>2021</strong>…. HOHOHO!!<br />

A big shout out to UC football..ranked<br />

#2 in the nation at<br />

this writing, and Go Bengals.<br />

<strong>December</strong> birthdays: Christi<br />

Creek (3), Willie Potter<br />

(4), Susan Carson (5), Matt<br />

Davis (7), Ted Hendren (10),<br />

Mary Beth Doll-Jones, (12),<br />

Harry J Lyness (21)<br />

Happy Thanksgiving and<br />

remember… Thanksgiving<br />

was never meant to be a<br />

single day. Give thanks for a<br />

little and you will receive a<br />

lot.<br />

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Communities<br />

HIDDEN<br />

VALLEY LAKE<br />

By<br />

Korry<br />

Johnson<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

hvl@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Hello HVL! Have you ever<br />

wondered where the money<br />

goes when the Children’s<br />

Activity Club charges for<br />

events? Well, here is a list<br />

of investments the group has<br />

made over the years:<br />

• $4,200 Outdoor Movie<br />

Theatre System<br />

• $3,000 Purple Umbrella<br />

Memorial at the beach<br />

• $300 Family Tragedy<br />

Support - x3<br />

• $125 HVL Soccer Sponsor<br />

- x2<br />

• $600 Prizes for Haunted<br />

Hayride - yearly<br />

• $150 Prizes and free<br />

boxes of chalk for Chalk<br />

Contest - yearly<br />

• $500 Gas Cards for<br />

Haunted Hayride Drivers<br />

(pending on # of drivers, $50<br />

each) - yearly<br />

• $1,000 Lauren Hill Memorial<br />

Dog Park<br />

These are just a few donations<br />

we’ve made!<br />

The Children’s Activity<br />

Club holds the annual Back<br />

to School Bash. Hot dogs,<br />

drinks, cookies, and prizes<br />

are all supplied for free to<br />

over two hundred residents.<br />

Members of the Children’s<br />

Activity Club are Sarah<br />

Thompson, Corrie Naras,<br />

Deana Morris, Karen Hatfield,<br />

Tristan Stenger, Kari<br />

Bullock, Cheni Batchelor,<br />

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Trick-or-Treaters Jaylee, Ziggy, Jackson, Malina, Tenlee,<br />

Maycey, Sharlotte, Brock, Tate.<br />

Bright Firefighter Darren Jones shares a bonding moment<br />

with Atticus Nicholson, a future firefighter.<br />

and Korry Johnson.<br />

<strong>December</strong> birthdays- Maddie<br />

Airgood, Shawnee Airgood,<br />

Sarah O’Brien, Jill<br />

Paul, Tori Heinrich, Elizabeth<br />

Isom, Deana Morris,<br />

Miller & Conner Small,<br />

Lilliah Clark, Donna Boyle,<br />

Dianne Beebe, Fran Weil,<br />

Jessica Kahny, Daniel Ely,<br />

Kaitlyn Ely, Lilly Clark,<br />

Caedan Campbell, Morgan<br />

Hiza, Lindsay McFelea,<br />

Kaylee Mueller.<br />

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<strong>December</strong> anniversaries-<br />

Krystal and Stephen Clark<br />

(1st), Bill and Sharon Mc-<br />

Clure.<br />

Please stay safe and find<br />

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<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 3B<br />

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Communities<br />

GREENDALE<br />

By<br />

Gloria<br />

Carter<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

The church’s bank loan was recently paid off, and the<br />

mortgage was burned at the church picnic to celebrate.<br />

LOGAN<br />

By<br />

Susan<br />

Carson<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

logan@goBEACONnews.com<br />

One hundred fifty-plus<br />

members of the Dearborn Hills<br />

UMC recently had a church<br />

picnic held at the Dunevant’s<br />

barn. The afternoon was filled<br />

with games for the children<br />

and, of course, cornhole for<br />

everyone else. The main<br />

course featured pulled pork<br />

and beef, all lovingly cooked<br />

by Greg House and his willing<br />

assistants. Dan Tupper<br />

made five gallons of homemade<br />

ice cream with the help<br />

of a two-stroke engine from<br />

an old washing machine. You<br />

should have seen it! The meal<br />

was surpassed only by all<br />

kinds of wonderful homemade<br />

side dishes and desserts that<br />

everyone brought. Pastor Bob<br />

Cannon entertained the crowd<br />

with his guitar and singing<br />

before dinner, and a group of<br />

young men from Bright sang<br />

Daniel Tupper, Greg Stall,<br />

Greg House, and Ted<br />

Barker making pulled pork<br />

for the church picnic.<br />

after dinner. But the evening<br />

wasn’t quite over. The church’s<br />

bank loan was recently paid<br />

off, and so we burned the<br />

mortgage for all to see.<br />

Lots of smiles and laughter<br />

were the theme of the evening<br />

at Phyllis and Ted Barker’s<br />

bonfire get-together. This<br />

yearly event is something<br />

many of us in Logan look<br />

forward to in the fall. Jeans,<br />

sweatshirts, and hot apple<br />

cider are the order of the day.<br />

The best part is the roaring<br />

bonfire that we all get to enjoy<br />

after the sun and the temperature<br />

goes down.<br />

The East Central Cross<br />

Country Lady Trojans took<br />

second place in the IHSAA<br />

greendale@goBEACONnews.com<br />

The year <strong>2021</strong> is just about<br />

to come to an end. Thanksgiving,<br />

Christmas, and New<br />

Year’s Eve are all of the holidays<br />

we have left to celebrate<br />

this year. The cute wooly<br />

worms are out, and they are<br />

fat and completely black<br />

which supposedly indicates<br />

a cold and snowy winter.<br />

Let’s see if these little wooly<br />

worms can predict our winter<br />

better than the weathermen!<br />

The Lutheran church in<br />

Greendale honored Judy<br />

Hall for being their organist<br />

since Sept. 1956 for a total<br />

of sixty-five years. When she<br />

began playing for the church,<br />

she was a sophomore at<br />

Lawrenceburg High School.<br />

Judy had eight years of piano<br />

lessons and three years of<br />

organ lessons at the College<br />

Conservatory of Music. She<br />

has served under ten pastors<br />

and played for two hundred<br />

Girls Sectional held at Moores<br />

Hill. Members of that team<br />

who live in our area are<br />

freshmen Emily Klem and<br />

sophomores Faith Henderson,<br />

Jocelyn Inderhees, and<br />

Jorjia Ferguson.<br />

Kelsee Lainhart has a new<br />

address where you can send<br />

cards and notes. PO Box 394,<br />

Harrison, OH 45030.<br />

Judy Hall<br />

twenty-five weddings and<br />

about one hundred seventyfive<br />

funerals. Judy has also<br />

played in the orchestra for ten<br />

musicals for the Rivertown<br />

Players. In 2013 Judy was<br />

inducted into the S.E. Indiana<br />

Musicians Hall of Fame.<br />

What a musical career Judy<br />

has had. Lots of memories<br />

and experiences in all of her<br />

years playing for her church.<br />

My grandson Allen Seymour<br />

graduated from basic<br />

training in the National Guard<br />

at Fort Benning. His parents,<br />

Jim and Debbie Seymour,<br />

sister Ella, grandparents<br />

Larry and Jo Seymour, Tony<br />

and Gloria Carter, and Aunt<br />

Patty Baker were supposed<br />

to travel to Georgia to attend<br />

Allen’s graduation.<br />

Joining them from Florida<br />

were Allen’s other grandparents<br />

Charlie and Mona Mc-<br />

Flag disposal box<br />

Adams, but due to COVID,<br />

we were all unable to attend.<br />

Allen will arrive back home<br />

sometime in January where he<br />

will start making plans to attend<br />

a college or tech school.<br />

A couple of months ago,<br />

I wrote an article about<br />

Nick Morgan’s Eagle Scout<br />

project- a flag retirement pit<br />

in the Greendale Cemetery.<br />

Nick’s project is finished and<br />

is located near the Greendale<br />

Cemetery maintenance building.<br />

At the entrance along the<br />

alley (Gages Lane) is a box<br />

where you can dispose of<br />

your tattered flags.<br />

The great feast of Thanksgiving<br />

is almost upon us. Lots<br />

of turkey and pumpkin pie<br />

with our families.<br />

Enjoy your Thanksgiving<br />

Day.<br />

Dearborn County Visitors Center<br />

#theplace2play<br />

Visit Southeast Indiana<br />

<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

JANUARY 2017<br />

Hillforest Victorian Christmas Exhibit<br />

Holtkamp Winery Holiday Open House<br />

Winter Wonderland Parade & Activities<br />

<strong>December</strong> 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-30 – A<br />

Victorian Christmas Exhibit - Hillforest<br />

Victorian House Museum, 213 Fifth Street,<br />

Aurora, IN. Tours offered Tues-Fri 11am-<br />

3pm. Sat & Sun 1-5pm. Tour Hillforest<br />

and experience the warmth and charm of<br />

166-year-old Hillforest as it is decorated<br />

for a true “Christmas Past.” Info: www.<br />

hillforest.org or call 812-926-0087.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 1-3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-22 – Arts<br />

Alive! Art Fair & Gift Bazaar - 331 Walnut<br />

Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. Come out and<br />

join regional Artisans from Southeast<br />

Indiana as our Gallery is transformed<br />

into a marketplace of handmade fine<br />

crafts and fine art. Info: 812-539-4251 or<br />

dearbornarts@comcast.net.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 2-4 – International Fair Trade<br />

Sale - Dearborn County Fairgrounds.<br />

Lawrenceburg. 12/2 & 12/3 - 4-9pm; 12/4<br />

- 10am-4pm, For more information go to<br />

International Fair Trade .<br />

<strong>December</strong> 2-5 - Christmas in Indiana<br />

Open House - The Greenbriar Shop -<br />

19374 Collier Ridge Road, Guilford, IN.<br />

12/2,3,4 - 10am-6pm; 12/5 - 11am-5pm.<br />

Info: 812-487-8008 or<br />

www.thegreenbriarshop.com.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 4 – Holtkamp Winery Holiday<br />

Open House - Enjoy complimentary<br />

hors d’oeuvres, sweets & homemade<br />

chocolates. Brick Oven Pizza available to<br />

purchase from 1-9pm. Info: 513-602-5580<br />

or visit www.holtkampwinery.com.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 4 – Miracle on Main<br />

Street Breakfast with Santa - Lion’s<br />

Club, Aurora, IN. 8:30am & 10:30am.<br />

Reservations required. Call 812-926-1100<br />

or visit www.aurora.in.us.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 4, 11, 18, 25 – Art Exhibition:<br />

Paintings by Tiena Tallarigo & Clint<br />

Wood - Dillsboro Arts Friendship Gallery,<br />

12926 Bank Street, Dillsboro, IN. 10am-<br />

2pm. Info: 812-907-0504, dillsboroarts@<br />

townofdillsboro.com or .<br />

<strong>December</strong> 4 – Winter Wonderland<br />

Parade & Activities - Activities include:<br />

Breakfast w/Santa at the Community<br />

Center, various Lawrenceburg<br />

Library activities, crafts, and holiday<br />

performances, the Winter Wonderland<br />

Parade, big prize giveaways, and Santa’s<br />

arrival at Lawrenceburg Civic Park. Info:<br />

www.downtownlawrenceburg.com.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 4 – Dillsboro Hometown<br />

Christmas - Dillsboro, IN. Winter Market,<br />

Tree/Wreath Sales, Lighted Vehicle Parade,<br />

Winter Prince/Princess Crowning, Bon<br />

Fire, Mr. & Mrs. Santa Claus w/Photo Opt.<br />

Info: mawalston@hotmail.com or Dillsboro<br />

Main Street .<br />

<strong>December</strong> 5 – Victorian Christmas<br />

Open House - Hillforest Victorian<br />

House Museum, 213 Fifth Street, Aurora,<br />

IN. 1-5pm. Tour Hillforest’s featuring<br />

costumed docents, refreshments, and<br />

periodical entertainment. Info: www.<br />

hillforest.org or call 812-926-0087.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 11, 12, 18, 19 – 17th Annual<br />

Miracle on Main Street - 228 Second<br />

Street, Aurora, IN. 1-5pm. Info: 812-926-<br />

1100 or visit Main Street Aurora .<br />

<strong>December</strong> 11 – Santa at Lawrenceburg Ice<br />

Rink - Info: www.downtownlawrenceburg.<br />

com.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 11 - Sippin with Santa - 315<br />

Importing Street, Aurora, IN. 7-11pm.<br />

Reservations Required. Call 812-926-1100<br />

or visit Main Street Aurora .<br />

<strong>December</strong> 11 - The Nutcracker/Madcap<br />

Puppets - North Dearborn Branch Library.<br />

Lawrenceburg, IN. 11am. Madcap turns this<br />

classic Holiday story into a fantastically<br />

funny tale, filled with giant puppets<br />

and comical characters. Info: www.<br />

dearbornhighlandsarts.org/events.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 18 – Miracle on Main Street<br />

Breakfast with Santa - Aurora Lions<br />

Club, Aurora, IN. 8:30am & 10:30am.<br />

Reservations required. Call 812-926-1100<br />

or visit www.aurora.in.us.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 30 – Last Day to Tour Hillforest<br />

<strong>2021</strong> - 11am-3pm. Don’t let another year<br />

go by without visiting beautiful Hillforest.<br />

www.hillforest.org<br />

<strong>December</strong> 31 – Dancing on Main - 228<br />

Second Street, Aurora, IN. New Year’s Eve<br />

Dance (over 21 event) cost $5.00. Event<br />

runs from 7pm-12:30pm. Info: 812-926-<br />

1100 or visit www.aurora.in.us.<br />

<strong>December</strong> 31 – Perfect North New Year’s<br />

Eve Fireworks - Perfect North Slopes<br />

will be open on New Year’s Eve for skiing,<br />

snowboarding and snow tubing from<br />

9:30am-Midnight. The annual fireworks<br />

show to ring in the new year will happen<br />

at midnight and the countdown beginning<br />

with a torchlight parade down Center<br />

Stage. www.perfectnorth.com<br />

Select Weekends in <strong>December</strong> - Meet Santa<br />

& His Reindeer Tour - Reindeer Ridge,<br />

7621 N. Dearborn Rd., Guilford. Admission<br />

charged. Meet and learn all about reindeer,<br />

enjoy photo opportunities in a real sleigh<br />

and in front of the Christmas tree, shop<br />

for festive treasures in the farm’s Holiday<br />

Barn, visit with Santa and more! Info<br />

and reservations: 513-379-4510, www.<br />

reindeerridgerentals.com, or follow Reindeer<br />

Ridge on .<br />

Dearborn County Convention,<br />

Visitor and Tourism Bureau<br />

320 Walnut Street<br />

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025<br />

www.VisitSoutheastIndiana.com<br />

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BATESVILLE<br />

By<br />

Sue<br />

Siefert<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Communities<br />

batesville@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Proud of Our Youth …<br />

We tip our hat to Meredith<br />

McCreary, the recipient of<br />

the <strong>2021</strong> Doris A. Brelage<br />

Nursing<br />

Scholarship.<br />

The scholarship<br />

was<br />

established<br />

by the<br />

family and<br />

friends of<br />

Doris<br />

Meredith Brelage after<br />

McCreary her death.<br />

Doris was a<br />

registered nurse and EMS<br />

member; she spent thirtyseven<br />

years at the hospital as<br />

Director of Nursing, Head of<br />

Surgical Nursing, and Director<br />

of Infection Control.<br />

Lisa Banks, RN, shared,<br />

“Doris was a dedicated nurse,<br />

great friend, and mentor. I<br />

think she would be very proud<br />

to support Meredith in her<br />

nursing career. Meredith is an<br />

exemplary student and dedicated<br />

community servant.”<br />

St. Louis First Graders<br />

send Greetings …<br />

Andrea McKee, first-grade<br />

teacher reports, “Students of<br />

St. Louis Catholic School’s<br />

first-grade classes wrote cards<br />

of encouragement to local US<br />

Marine, Kelsee Lainhart,<br />

who was injured in the recent<br />

attacks in Afghanistan. We<br />

pray for a quick recovery to<br />

Kelsee and her fellow service<br />

members!”<br />

And the Band Plays On …<br />

A grant from the Rising<br />

Sun Regional Foundation will<br />

be used to replace worn-out<br />

brass instruments within the<br />

Batesville High School band<br />

program, according to principal,<br />

Andy Allen. These new<br />

instruments will ensure that<br />

brass musicians from all types<br />

of backgrounds can continue<br />

their band experience with upgraded<br />

equipment.<br />

Instruments requested on<br />

SANTA SAYS ADD A BOOK FOR THE<br />

READER ON YOUR LIST THIS CHRISTMAS<br />

Find a splendid selection of gift ideas at the<br />

First graders (front) Henry Baker, Isabelle Tekulve, Henry<br />

Brunsman, John Hohenstein, Lou Thomas, Frankie<br />

Mains, Matthew Boedicker. (back) Elijah Graf, Reagan<br />

Bolser, Bella Schirmer, Ethan Fuentes, Jonathan<br />

Hillenbrand, Annalise Schneider.<br />

Gift certificates always fit and<br />

include a discount coupon<br />

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Hours: T-Fri 11-5 Sat 11-2<br />

Closed Sun-Mon<br />

Your Local independent Booksellers<br />

ST. LEON<br />

By<br />

Debbie A.<br />

Zimmer<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

stleon@goBEACONnews.com<br />

A big thank you goes out<br />

to everyone who helped to<br />

make the St. Joseph American<br />

Legion Oktoberfest a great<br />

success. The most wonderful<br />

thing about our town is all<br />

of the community volunteers<br />

who pitch in to help make an<br />

event like this happen and successful!<br />

The weather cooperated<br />

with temps in the 70’s and<br />

sunny. All who came enjoyed<br />

the fish and chicken dinners<br />

and some German beer!<br />

Enjoy the season in<br />

Ripley County!<br />

It’s a great time to celebrate the holidays. Join us<br />

for great shopping, food, lights, and family fun.<br />

Now through January All Aboard Train Display - Batesville Area<br />

Historical Society, 15 W George St., Batesville, IN<br />

November 13 - Tri Kappa Winter Wonderland Arts & Crafts Bazaar -<br />

South Ripley Elementary School, 1568 S Benham Rd, Versailles, IN<br />

November 20 - Milan Craft Fair - Milan High School Gym,<br />

609 N Warpath Dr., Milan, IN<br />

November 25 -January 1 - Drive through Inflatable<br />

Wonderland - 2606 North Old Michigan Rd., Osgood, IN<br />

<strong>December</strong> 1st-31st - Lorhum Christmas in the Park -<br />

Drive through light display - Ripley County<br />

Fairgrounds Park, Osgood, IN<br />

Dec. 1-Jan.1 - Christmas in the Whitewater<br />

Valley - 6 County Driving Lights Tour<br />

facebook.com/Whitewater-Canal-Scenic-<br />

Byway-Association-158299246160/<br />

ripleycountytourism.com<br />

First graders (front) Olivia Steinkamp, Zoey Beckner,<br />

Emmy Giesting, Amelia Munchel, Addy Mays. (Back) Mali<br />

Koch, Ross Wanstrath, Henry Blake, Frank Werner, Lane<br />

Werner, Paxton Smith, Bronson Baum, David King.<br />

the grant application included<br />

baritones, mellophones,<br />

French horns, and a tuba. With<br />

the funds awarded by RSRF,<br />

the Batesville band program<br />

will prioritize the brass instruments<br />

that are most in need of<br />

replacement. Whenever possible,<br />

existing equipment will<br />

be passed down to the band<br />

program at Batesville Middle<br />

School (BMS).<br />

The Batesville High School<br />

band program is being revitalized<br />

under the leadership of<br />

new director Michael Walker.<br />

Mr. Walker came to Batesville<br />

this summer after successfully<br />

leading high school<br />

band programs in California.<br />

Since he arrived, the band<br />

has established a color guard<br />

program and BHS has made<br />

adjustments to class time offerings<br />

to allow more students<br />

the flexibility to participate in<br />

band while also taking other<br />

elective classes.<br />

“The cost of large marching<br />

brass instruments is<br />

prohibitive for many families<br />

to purchase, so historically,<br />

Our family<br />

travelled<br />

to Pigeon<br />

Forge,<br />

TN for<br />

fall break.<br />

Everyone<br />

enjoyed their<br />

time together<br />

and even<br />

saw some<br />

bears.<br />

<strong>December</strong><br />

Birthdays–<br />

1 Blain<br />

Werner,<br />

2 Emma<br />

Hoog, 3 my brother-in-law<br />

Steve Kramer, Alex Wilhelm,<br />

and Erin Wilhelm, 4<br />

my grandson Carter Barrett,<br />

nephew Keegan Haag, niece<br />

Michelle Andres, Andrew<br />

Deddens, and Mary Jayne<br />

Cull, 5 my lovely sister Karen<br />

Fox , Sheila Hoog, and<br />

Emily Vonderheide, 6 Doris<br />

Baker and Ruth Stenger,<br />

7 my niece Chelsea Whitt,<br />

Jennifer Schwegman, Nolan<br />

Stenger, Tyler Wilgenbusch,<br />

and Linda Borgman, 8 Chris<br />

Bader, 9 Terri Gardner<br />

and Judy Stenger, 10 Jerry<br />

Bulach, 11 Claire Stenger,<br />

Mary Schuman, and Tristan<br />

Kamos, 13 Marlene Werner<br />

and cousin Kasey Andres,<br />

14 Addy Prifogle and Carmen<br />

Fischer, 15 Darren<br />

Callahan, 16 Shelli Bulach,<br />

17 Betty Bruns and Becky<br />

Estridge, 18 Tony Kamos,<br />

Dale Schantz, Troy Wilhelm,<br />

Mary Schuman, Steve<br />

students borrowed them from<br />

BHS. Upon inspection, it was<br />

evident to me that some of<br />

the instruments we possessed<br />

had outlived their capacity<br />

to produce quality tones.<br />

With that in mind, I sought<br />

out opportunities to obtain<br />

funding, since purchasing new<br />

large brass instruments is not<br />

currently in the budget at the<br />

schools. Most of these items<br />

cost several thousand dollars<br />

apiece,” Mr. Walker said.<br />

That’s Sue’s News for Now!<br />

Jennie and Todd Geisheimer, Chad, Melissa,<br />

Callie, Cooper, Carter and Ciara Barrett,<br />

Mark Zimmer and Stacie Roth<br />

Ryan and Brianna Inman,<br />

Callie, Cooper, Carter and<br />

Ciara Barrett.<br />

Stenger, and my niece Dede<br />

Miller, 20 Ken Schuman, and<br />

my son-in-law Brad Inman,<br />

24 Merrilynn Hertel, Jerry<br />

Stenger, and Janet Bischoff<br />

, 25 Shar Bischoff, Marvin<br />

Schuman, and Joey Ritzi, 26<br />

Cornie Hoffman, 28 Ryan<br />

Stenger, Jenny Lindsey, and<br />

Putt Bischoff.<br />

Get in touch with me with<br />

any news items for the column<br />

at stleon@goBEACON<br />

news.com<br />

Hillforest Victorian Christmas<br />

November 20-<strong>December</strong> 30<br />

Tours Tuesday-Friday<br />

11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.<br />

Call 812-<br />

926-0087 Weekends<br />

or 1:00 visit p.m.-5:00 p.m.<br />

Hillforest House Museum<br />

213 Fifth Street, Aurora, Indiana<br />

Visit www.hillforest.org<br />

878 W Eads Pkwy, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025<br />

812.926.0273 artisticfloralshop.com<br />

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<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 5B<br />

MANCHESTER<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Communities<br />

By<br />

Lisa<br />

West<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

manchester@goBEACONnews.com<br />

We are over three months<br />

into the school year, and Manchester<br />

Elementary school<br />

(MES) has been busy with<br />

community projects. Principal<br />

Mary Bailey provided an update<br />

about two important interactions<br />

between the school<br />

and local organizations.<br />

Our local Manchester<br />

Volunteer Fire & Rescue<br />

Department held a chicken<br />

dinner fundraiser. Students<br />

from MES volunteered to<br />

serve hungry customers. The<br />

fire department thanked the<br />

OLDENBURG<br />

By<br />

Sue<br />

Siefert<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />

What’s Happening on Oldenburg<br />

Academy’s Campus…<br />

Congratulations to OA Senior<br />

Caleb Lehman who was<br />

recently named a National<br />

Merit Commended student.<br />

Caleb is one of 50,000 nationwide<br />

who received this<br />

recognition.<br />

Congratulations to OA’s<br />

National Honor Society Inductees<br />

…<br />

The OA community celebrated<br />

and honored the newly<br />

inducted National Honor<br />

Society members. Congratulations<br />

to the following senior<br />

and junior students!<br />

Honoring the Feast of St.<br />

Franci<br />

The Oldenburg Academy<br />

community celebrated the<br />

Feast of St. Francis on Oct.<br />

4 with an all-school Mass. S.<br />

Mary Ann Stoffregen, OSF,<br />

shared some reflections on the<br />

Franciscan charism as a Call<br />

to Worship, while celebrant<br />

Fr. Carl Langenderfer, OFM<br />

recounted many of the details<br />

of the life of the school’s<br />

foundress’ patron saint, St.<br />

Francis of Assisi, and his<br />

commitment to following the<br />

Gospel.<br />

OA Students Reaching Out<br />

Andy Murphy and his<br />

MFD Chief Havlin and fellow firemen with MES students.<br />

students for being wonderful<br />

helpers. Customer Irma<br />

Marsh added, “When you<br />

let kids get involved, they<br />

become better community<br />

members.” Principal Bailey<br />

added that MES students<br />

have been learning about the<br />

7 Habits of Highly Effective<br />

People and that the volunteer<br />

family were started on a journey<br />

that changed their lives<br />

forever. Andy was diagnosed<br />

with ALS. This affects his<br />

ability to use his muscles and<br />

communicate verbally with<br />

others. As this disease progresses,<br />

Andy and his family<br />

will continue to face new<br />

obstacles in completing even<br />

the simplest tasks. Currently,<br />

the Murphys are in the process<br />

of building their forever<br />

home in Batesville to create<br />

a safer and more comfortable<br />

environment for their family.<br />

Andy’s wife, Brooke Meier<br />

Murphy, is a 2006 graduate<br />

of the Academy, and the OA<br />

volleyball team reached out<br />

activity was a great example<br />

of Habit 4: Think Win-Win.<br />

The students learned how to<br />

serve as community members<br />

and the fire department<br />

received extra help.<br />

The fire department also<br />

partnered with MES during<br />

Fire Prevention Week.<br />

In their visit, Chief Kevin<br />

Seniors Renee Bauer, Taryn Rodgers. Juniors: Ashley Borgman, Ellena Bruns, Avery<br />

Hammerle, Madelyn Henry, Jacob Hoff, Samuel Hollis, Mary Hunter, Anika Lewis, Erin<br />

Pottschmidt, Allie Savage, Jalyn Stenger, Evelyn Storms, Clare Van Meter, Luke Meyer,<br />

Wilson Walmsley, Mimi Wilder and Kyra Wolfe.<br />

Andy Murphy, his wife<br />

Brooke, and their two children,<br />

Kerrigan and Drew.<br />

As the sun sets on the<br />

‘Burg, the flags on OA’s<br />

campus are still on the<br />

calm, autumn evening.<br />

to the Murphy family during<br />

their annual “Volley for<br />

Hope” game in September.<br />

The team hosted a basket<br />

raffle that evening along with<br />

a “donations bucket” to support<br />

the Murphy family.<br />

The OA community expresses<br />

its appreciation to<br />

Nita Mauer, class of ’82, and<br />

Larry Holtel of Oldenburg<br />

for replacing the flags and the<br />

Academy’s campus!<br />

Das ist alles von der ’Burg!<br />

SPECIALIZING IN<br />

HEALTH and MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE<br />

MES Student Council Members Andruw Richardson,<br />

Wyatt Craig, Shelby Booth, Darby Terrill, Ruby Davidson,<br />

Prestyn Reuter.<br />

MES students Audi Miller, Ruby Davidson, Darby Terrill,<br />

Prestyn Reuter, Wyatt Craig, Shelby Booth.<br />

Havlin, Captain David<br />

Jordan, and Assistant Chief<br />

Leroy Sterwerf showed the<br />

students how the truck sprays<br />

the water, what a firefighter<br />

looks like in smoke and the<br />

different tools on the truck.<br />

It is exciting to see how the<br />

community connections truly<br />

enhance the educational experiences!<br />

On another front, MES is<br />

also in the middle of a multiyear<br />

project, to become certified<br />

by the Indiana Department<br />

of Education in STEM<br />

education. Most people know<br />

BINGO<br />

STEM stands for Science,<br />

Technology, Engineering, and<br />

Mathematics, but it is much<br />

more. Science is everywhere<br />

in the world around us. Technology<br />

continuously expands<br />

into every aspect of our lives.<br />

Engineering is used every<br />

day to design many products.<br />

Mathematics is used in numerous<br />

occupations. Students<br />

are given opportunities to<br />

explore these concepts and the<br />

related occupations. Look for<br />

more information on the new<br />

STEM programs, in future<br />

articles!<br />

Every Friday at 7:00 P.M.<br />

Doors open at 6:00 P.M.<br />

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC<br />

VERSAILLES AMERICAN LEGION<br />

Enter across from the post office<br />

Food available.<br />

parks<br />

dearborn<br />

county<br />

the Dearborn County Parks Foundation.<br />

A Gift For all Seasons!<br />

www.dearborncountyPARKS.com<br />

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AURORA<br />

By<br />

Margaret<br />

Drury<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Communities<br />

aurora@goBEACONnews.com<br />

As I sit here and contemplate<br />

this month’s column, I<br />

look out the window and see<br />

the changing colors of Fall…<br />

which make me think about<br />

nature, life, and such. There<br />

is SO much for which I am<br />

thankful. This is the time<br />

of year that God brings out<br />

His paintbrush to entertain<br />

us with His art. This time of<br />

year, there also seems to be<br />

more activities and gatherings<br />

to entertain us… I am grateful<br />

for all!<br />

Hillforest Victorian House<br />

Museum hosted “A Final<br />

Farewell the Last Dinner<br />

aboard the Titanic.” The<br />

event was originally scheduled<br />

for April 2020, 108 years<br />

after the fated voyage. This<br />

event did NOT disappoint.<br />

“Passengers” boarded the<br />

makeshift White Star Line<br />

Ocean liner, many of them<br />

dressed reminiscent of 1912.<br />

As the Titanic went down,<br />

the fall decorations were going<br />

up in Aurora. The Aurora<br />

Garden Club’s annual Fall in<br />

Love with Aurora decorating<br />

contest had so many GREAT<br />

entries this year. The judges<br />

from a neighboring city’s<br />

garden club said this year was<br />

the most difficult to judge in<br />

the five years they have been<br />

doing this. The Garden Club<br />

wishes to extend its “Thanks”<br />

to everyone who participated<br />

in making our city even more<br />

beautiful this Fall and for our<br />

Debbie Murray was a big<br />

winner at Farmer’s Fair.<br />

Titanic dinner guests<br />

Tabitha and Benny Turner.<br />

(Photo by Nancy Turner)<br />

Farmers Fair.<br />

While we are talking Farmers<br />

Fair, I must say having the<br />

fair was WONDERFUL after<br />

a year off. Thank you to the<br />

Aurora Lions Club. Everyone<br />

seemed to enjoy all the<br />

activities… and the TASTY<br />

fair food! And what would a<br />

fair be without the rides and<br />

games? My answer would be,<br />

“incomplete!” And I think<br />

that Debbie Murray would<br />

agree with me! She was all<br />

smiles as she won a marble<br />

from the 25-cent crane game!<br />

Thelma Howlett, formerly<br />

of Aurora, has owned the carnival<br />

crane game for thirtyseven<br />

years now. She remembers<br />

playing this very same<br />

game in 1959 when she was<br />

in high school. As she and her<br />

late husband were in the carnival<br />

business, she just had to<br />

have this game that had given<br />

her so many fond memories.<br />

Chase Hanson, son of<br />

Denny & Natalie Hanson,<br />

Moores Hill gives Leo the<br />

Lion a “high five” during the<br />

parade.<br />

Nancy Abdon with granddaughter,<br />

Preslee Mattox<br />

and their first-place Residential<br />

trophy.<br />

Her face was all smiles and<br />

she beamed with pride as she<br />

shared that this game only<br />

comes to the Aurora Farmers<br />

Fair. She also added that this<br />

particular crane game has not<br />

missed a Farmers Fair since<br />

she can remember from her<br />

high school days. Thank you,<br />

Thelma, for helping to make<br />

more memories for so many.<br />

And what would the<br />

Farmers Fair be without the<br />

parade??? My answer again<br />

would be, “incomplete!”<br />

Main Street Aurora served as<br />

Caroline Ward, daughter of<br />

Amy Ward, Neve Scheidt,<br />

daughter of Don Scheidt,<br />

and Annabella Longo, Melany<br />

Longo’s daughter with<br />

the beloved Leo the Lion.<br />

Tabitha Turner with Joey<br />

Turner and dog, Krypto.<br />

the Grand Marshals of the parade.<br />

Brad Peddenpohl was<br />

not on the float with the rest<br />

of the Main Street gang because<br />

he was in the parade…<br />

more than once! The undiscerning<br />

eye might not have<br />

recognized him, but those<br />

who know a little about him<br />

(like the fact that he likes to<br />

dress in costumes, and he is<br />

just a big kid) would be able<br />

to recognize him prowling<br />

through the parade and the<br />

fair. Leo the lion was a “kid”<br />

favorite during the entire fair.<br />

Debbie Fehling, Nancy<br />

Turner, Judy Hizer, Jim<br />

Waldon, Tabatha Turner,<br />

Samantha Peddenpohl,<br />

Wayne Schroeder, and<br />

Kerrie Uhlmansiek.<br />

Cindy Rottinghaus awards<br />

Nicole Hufford the Garden<br />

Club’s trophy for her Fall<br />

display<br />

Thanks, Leo (aka Brad) for<br />

bringing so many smiles to so<br />

many kids!<br />

I am so thankful for all<br />

of you who give your time<br />

and talents to make our city<br />

beautiful and welcoming. As<br />

we approach <strong>December</strong>, I<br />

invite you to decorate for the<br />

Christmas Season.<br />

Until next month, I wish<br />

you health, happiness, and<br />

peace.<br />

MERRY<br />

Friday, November 19th<br />

Get Wine(d) & Dine(d)<br />

5 - 9pm<br />

Pickup Rack Card at<br />

Main Street Aurora Office<br />

231 Main Street<br />

Aurora<br />

Sunday, November 28th<br />

Saturday, November 27th<br />

Celebrate and support small<br />

businesses and all they do for<br />

our communities.<br />

#shopsmallbeforeyoushopbig<br />

Get it All at www.goBEACONnews.com<br />

5:30 “The Blessing” Parade<br />

6:00 Tree Lighting<br />

Santa<br />

17th Annual Miracle on Main Street<br />

Saturday, <strong>December</strong> 4, 11, 18<br />

9am - Breakfast with Santa<br />

11am - Breakfast with Santa<br />

Children FREE - Adults $8.00<br />

Limited Seating<br />

Reservations Required<br />

Call 812.926.1100<br />

1:00 - 4:00 Visits with Santa<br />

Sunday, <strong>December</strong> 5, 12, 19<br />

1:00 - 4:00 Visits with Santa<br />

Sunday, <strong>December</strong> 5 & 19<br />

1:00 - 4:00 Live Reindeer<br />

Sunday, <strong>December</strong> 12<br />

Pet Parade, Village Organist, Train<br />

& Live Nativity<br />

Entertainment TBA<br />

Letters to Santa Scavenger Hunt Business Decorating Contest


<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 7B<br />

LAWRENCEBURG<br />

By<br />

Debbie<br />

Acasio<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

O<br />

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Communities<br />

lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Dave Selmeyer with wife Brenda, children and grandchildren.<br />

Sara and Jeremy Chipman<br />

with children Tate and Tenlee<br />

at a Pee Wee football game.<br />

Nothing says fall more than<br />

Friday night sports. The Lawrenceburg<br />

teams started with<br />

some awfully warm weather<br />

in September. However, October<br />

roared in at the stadium<br />

with a night of collecting<br />

blankets, gloves, and coats for<br />

the needy in the area in anticipation<br />

of the cold weather<br />

ahead. The blanket/coat drive,<br />

organized by Brenda Selmeyer<br />

was a success with around<br />

over two hundred items<br />

gathered, including monetary<br />

donations.<br />

The good-natured competition<br />

between rivals Lawrenceburg<br />

High School<br />

and South Dearborn High<br />

School at the Friday night<br />

football game ended with<br />

South Dearborn High School<br />

being the winner of the competition<br />

that night! The true<br />

winners were the area homeless<br />

who will receive this<br />

much-needed help, as donations<br />

continue to roll in from<br />

Lawrenceburg schools, area<br />

businesses, individuals, and<br />

life squads.<br />

Congratulations to Dave Selmeyer<br />

who retired after fortytwo<br />

years as a Lawrenceburg<br />

High School coach and was<br />

honored the night of his wife’s<br />

warm weather clothing drive.<br />

Word has it that he is looking<br />

forward to a future retirement<br />

that includes travel with his<br />

wife, kids, and grandkids.<br />

Pee Wee football players<br />

and their cheerleaders were<br />

honored on Pee Wee Night at<br />

the stadium. It was tons of fun<br />

for the young football players<br />

Avery Lansing, daughter of<br />

Amber and Bryan Lansing,<br />

and Paige Hartford, daughter<br />

of Bryan and Annie Hartford,<br />

enjoying the Arch Street Park.<br />

and cheerleaders as they were<br />

introduced on the turf field.<br />

Hats off to whoever organized<br />

the event as there were a ton<br />

of kids!<br />

Congratulations also to the<br />

Lawrenceburg Women’s Golf<br />

team who finished third in<br />

IHSSA in Madison to advance<br />

to regionals for the second<br />

year in a row.<br />

Something is always going<br />

on in Lawrenceburg like<br />

music and senior ballroom<br />

Farmers Fair King Blake<br />

Gindling and Alyson Galey,<br />

Queen.<br />

Lawrenceburg Golf Team<br />

Sydney Benson, Hannah<br />

Fox, Ella Shelton, Alivia Bushman<br />

and Grace Schmidt.<br />

Jenny Jackson with her<br />

ninety-four balloons.<br />

dancing, among many other<br />

things. One very energetic<br />

dancer turned ninety-four this<br />

month. Jenny Jackson celebrated<br />

with ninety-four balloons,<br />

cake, and dancing. And<br />

yes, she still whirls around the<br />

floor with enthusiasm. Happy<br />

birthday Jenny!<br />

Congratulations to the<br />

Farmer’s Fair king and queen<br />

candidates from Lawrenceburg,<br />

Alyson Galey and<br />

Jackson Bobo. Alyson was<br />

named queen of the Aurora<br />

Farmer’s Fair for <strong>2021</strong>. Blake<br />

Gindling was named king.<br />

Congratulations also to<br />

Barry and Mary Roof<br />

of Newtown on their fiftieth<br />

anniversary. A surprise<br />

celebration was planned by<br />

sons Randy and Dennis and<br />

daughter-in-law Michelle.<br />

Mark your calendars!<br />

On Dec. 4 from 5-9, the<br />

Dearborn County Historical<br />

Society will be hosting<br />

a Christmas walk that will<br />

include a tour of four Greendale<br />

historical homes. (See ad<br />

on this page)<br />

DILLSBORO<br />

By<br />

Lorene<br />

Westmeier<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com<br />

The First Baptist Church<br />

of Dillsboro had a wonderful<br />

time at their Fall Fest. Family<br />

and members of the community<br />

were entertained with food,<br />

fun, and games. A good time<br />

was had by all.<br />

A Hoxworth Blood Drive<br />

will be held in Dillsboro on<br />

Nov. 22 from 1:30- 7 P.M. at<br />

the Civic Center, 9824 Central<br />

Ave. Face masks are required.<br />

Donors will receive a Hoxworth<br />

apron!<br />

The Dillsboro Arts Gallery<br />

is hosting a new show entitled<br />

“Young/Emerging Artists.”<br />

Stop in some Saturday from<br />

10 A.M.-2 P.M. to view the<br />

beautiful display.<br />

Two local churches are<br />

happy to announce the arrival<br />

of their new<br />

minister.<br />

Rev. Jared<br />

Tucher, his<br />

wife Gwen,<br />

and children<br />

Wesley,<br />

Bryce,<br />

Maizie, and<br />

Rev. Tucher Reid now<br />

reside in Farmers Retreat.<br />

Rev. Tucher was born in<br />

Indianapolis and attended the<br />

University of Indianapolis and<br />

Concordia Seminary, Fort<br />

Wayne. Pastor Tucher served<br />

his vicarage in Evansville, IN,<br />

and was Pastor July 2005-<br />

Aug. 2011, then at a church in<br />

Wyoming. A large crowd<br />

attended his installation and<br />

celebration dinner on Oct. 17.<br />

We are so happy to welcome<br />

him and his family to our<br />

congregations and to our<br />

community. We wish them the<br />

very best!<br />

We are glad to announce<br />

that Becky Fryman<br />

has taken the place of<br />

“Dick”Federmann on our<br />

Town Board. Becky lives on<br />

Central Ave. and works for St.<br />

Elizabeth for the WIC program.<br />

She has two daughters<br />

Proud Daddy holding Josie<br />

Werning at the installation.<br />

Her parents are Sterling<br />

and Ashley Werning.<br />

and five grandchildren and<br />

loves attending their sporting<br />

events. She also enjoys<br />

reading. Becky is a life-long<br />

resident of Dillsboro.<br />

Funeral Pre-Planning<br />

and<br />

Estate Planning<br />

“Have you had the conversation with<br />

your loved ones yet?”<br />

This information session will prepare you to make informed and thoughtful<br />

decisions that will ultimately honor your wishes and protect your family from<br />

making stressful decisions at an emotional time.<br />

1 st Opportunity:<br />

• Wednesday, November 10<br />

• 6:30pm – 7:00pm<br />

• St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross<br />

23345 Gavin Lane (Bright)<br />

Lawrenceburg, IN 47025<br />

2nd Opportunity:<br />

• Thursday, November 18<br />

• 6:30pm – 7:00pm<br />

• St. John’s Campus, All Saints Parish<br />

25743 State Rt. 1 (Dover)<br />

Guilford, IN 47022<br />

More opportunities are being created. Stay up to date at Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home Facebook page<br />

To sign up, scan the QR code or go to Sign Up Genius<br />

and search for nmwuestefeld@gmail.com<br />

Presented By:<br />

Melissa S. Scholl<br />

Law Office<br />

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The Sunman Rural Fire Department visiting Sunman Elementary<br />

to talk about fire safety and prevention (Photo courtesy of<br />

The Sunman Rural Fire Department)<br />

SUNMAN<br />

By<br />

Maureen<br />

Stenger<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

sunman@goBEACONnews.com<br />

I had the pleasure of writing<br />

about some of our area<br />

volunteer fire departments<br />

and all of the great work they<br />

do for my feature article in<br />

the last BEACON.<br />

The Sunman Rural Fire<br />

Department continues to<br />

make amazing things happen<br />

in our community! The<br />

department hosted an open<br />

house on Oct. 3, welcoming<br />

all. From 11 A.M. until 2<br />

P.M. visitors could tour the<br />

fire station and see displays<br />

including the University<br />

Air Care Helicopter. Fire<br />

prevention activities were<br />

available for kids, and<br />

lunch was provided. Then<br />

the fire department gave<br />

their time to visit Sunman<br />

Elementary School, Saint<br />

Nicholas School, and New<br />

Horizons to teach fire safety<br />

and prevention. A huge thank<br />

you to these fine individuals<br />

for all that they do for our<br />

FREE COVID 19<br />

VACCINE<br />

Monday-Friday<br />

9:00am-3:30pm<br />

Millie with Sparky at the Sunman<br />

Rural Fire Department’s<br />

Open House (Photo courtesy<br />

of Cheryl Taylor)<br />

community!<br />

On Oct. 13 a pumpkin<br />

painting party was hosted<br />

by The Sunman Park Board,<br />

Beautification Committee,<br />

and other volunteers at the<br />

Sunman Community Park<br />

to celebrate breast cancer<br />

survivors and to honor those<br />

we have lost.<br />

A great time was had by all,<br />

and creativity ensued!<br />

Please continue sharing<br />

your stories with me. I love<br />

hearing them!<br />

WALK-INS WELCOME<br />

All shots given at the<br />

dearborn county Health Department<br />

165 Mary Street<br />

-shots given in the basement clinic<br />

Babs Wuestefeld, Myself, Maria Dubois, Krista Kirchgassner,<br />

Mary Catherine Dubois, Adelaide Dubois, Nicole Becknell, and<br />

Linda Gutzwiller at Mary’s Way.<br />

DOVER<br />

By<br />

Rhonda<br />

Trabel<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

MOORES HILL<br />

By<br />

Barbara<br />

Wetzler<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Tonia Graves and her<br />

daughter Anna have been<br />

painting rocks and “hiding”<br />

them as a surprise for others<br />

to find. It started when<br />

Tonia’s kids found rocks that<br />

someone was painting and<br />

leaving in their yard. Tonia<br />

said, “I just want to thank<br />

whoever is leaving these<br />

beautifully painted rocks<br />

for us! Our kids are having<br />

the best time with them.<br />

“Dearborn County Rocks” is<br />

a grassroots effort modeled<br />

after programs in other communities.<br />

While you are out<br />

and about, look around for<br />

painted rocks placed in public<br />

Kenny Trabel, Larry and Pat<br />

Hoffbauer and Mike Gubser.<br />

dover@goBEACONnews.com<br />

October has been a busy<br />

month. Lots going on! Mary’s<br />

Way, sponsored by the Ladies<br />

Sodality at All Saints Parish<br />

took place on October 12th<br />

at the St. Joseph Campus.<br />

The dinner and motivational<br />

speaker is to honor the Blessed<br />

Mother and all women in<br />

general. The speaker, Jack<br />

Beers, talked about our role in<br />

honoring Mary and raising our<br />

families in the Christian way.<br />

A delicious meal was enjoyed<br />

by all.<br />

Recently a group of women<br />

from our area also attended our<br />

first Aronoff show since Feb.<br />

2020. The show was Pretty<br />

Woman and enjoyed by all despite<br />

the masks. Being back to<br />

attending these fabulous shows<br />

feels good. Nothing like seeing<br />

the real plays and musicals!!<br />

It was also my husband<br />

Kenny Trabel’s seventieth<br />

birthday on Oct. 6. Some<br />

close friends of his surprised<br />

him by getting together to<br />

celebrate. The picture shows<br />

Kenny with this huge dessert<br />

(apple cheesecake). Also<br />

attending were Larry and<br />

Pat Hoffbauer, Mike Gubser,<br />

Rita Klump, Rose Ann<br />

Fuernstein, Larry and Linda<br />

Gutzwiller, Babs Wuestefeld,<br />

areas. If you find a painted<br />

rock, you can keep it or rehide<br />

it for someone else to<br />

stumble across. Anyone can<br />

paint rocks and place them in<br />

a public place where someone<br />

might find them.<br />

Congratulations to Rob<br />

Ashcraft, who is being inducted<br />

into the Southeastern<br />

Indiana Musicians Hall of<br />

Fame in November.<br />

Well wishes for a speedy<br />

recovery to Lanny Dell, who<br />

does so much for our town.<br />

Most recently he coordinated<br />

heavy trash pick-up. Thank<br />

you for all you do Lanny.<br />

There is an old saying, “If<br />

you want something done,<br />

ask a busy person.” There is<br />

a reason highly productive<br />

people are in high demand.<br />

No one exemplifies this<br />

more than Tamila “Tammy”<br />

Wismann. Tammy, along<br />

with Lynn Allen and their<br />

families, have volunteered<br />

their time weeks-on-end<br />

UPCOMING BLOOD DRIVE<br />

Knights of Columbus Council 1231 at<br />

Dearborn Adult Center<br />

Tuesday, Dec. 7, <strong>2021</strong><br />

1:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.<br />

For an appointment, please contact:<br />

Hoxworth at (800) 830-1091 or<br />

www.hoxworth.org/groups/indiana<br />

Tina Connolly, Cheryl Lieland,<br />

Babs Wuestefeld, Pat Hoffbauer,<br />

Loraine Werner, Connie<br />

Webb at the Aronoff.<br />

and of course myself. Happy<br />

birthday to hubby and many<br />

more to come!<br />

Don’t forget about the<br />

Gobble Wobble 5K sponsored<br />

by All Saints Parish on Thanksgiving<br />

Day at St. Leon. All proceeds<br />

go to local food panties<br />

in our county. No better way<br />

to celebrate Thanksgiving Day<br />

than giving to the hungry. Go<br />

to gobblewobble5K.webs.com<br />

to register and/or volunteer.<br />

Now that Thanksgiving is<br />

upon us, hopefully, we will<br />

be able to visit with all of our<br />

family and friends. I would<br />

like to wish everyone a wonderful<br />

Thanksgiving. Enjoy<br />

your turkey, stay healthy, and<br />

be safe!<br />

If you have any Dover news<br />

you would like to share, please<br />

email me at dover@go<br />

BEACONnews.com<br />

producing various community<br />

events since 2016. Tammy’s<br />

love for children and her<br />

hometown grew the annual<br />

Winter Walks, and gave us<br />

the Bicentennial celebration<br />

in 2018, the 2019 Carnival<br />

in the Park, the 2020 Mark<br />

Cubert Christmas Decorating<br />

Contest, the 2020 video submission<br />

to HGTV’s Hometown<br />

Take Over Contest, and<br />

the <strong>2021</strong> Moores Hill School<br />

Farewell Celebration. Tammy<br />

has served on the Carnegie<br />

Hall Board of Directors. She<br />

continues to be involved in<br />

various community organizations<br />

in Dearborn County.<br />

The “Sons of Dearborn<br />

County,” including members<br />

Rob Ashcraft, Doug Heller,<br />

Chris Meyers, Poe Withered,<br />

Monte Dole, Joe Zoller, Greg<br />

Brauer, Harley Day, and<br />

Dan Gutapfel entertained on<br />

the main stage of the Aurora<br />

Farmer’s Fair. The self-described<br />

“seasoned” music artists<br />

grew up in the Dearborn<br />

County area, and absolutely<br />

rocked it out.<br />

As we enter the season of<br />

thankfulness and giving, a<br />

special thank you to those who<br />

serve the community selflessly<br />

as medics, pastors, firefighters,<br />

police, veterans, teachers,<br />

animal rescue volunteers, and<br />

sweet children and parents<br />

who paint rocks to lift someone’s<br />

spirits.<br />

REGISTER AT:<br />

OURSHOT.IN.GOV<br />

Need help? Call us at:<br />

812-537-8843<br />

or<br />

812-537-8844<br />

Get it All at www.goBEACONnews.com


<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 9B<br />

RISING SUN/<br />

OHIO COUNTY<br />

By<br />

PG<br />

Gentrup<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

risingsun@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Morning walks are so<br />

exhilarating in the cooler,<br />

fresh air. On a positive note,<br />

my friend, Sheriff Glen Potts<br />

has been released from the<br />

hospital. I look forward to the<br />

day when he is out walking<br />

around.<br />

My Vietnam buddy, Mike<br />

LaFollette, had another knee<br />

replacement on Oct. 19 and is<br />

on the road to recovery. Mike<br />

is the recipient of three Purple<br />

Hearts from Vietnam, along<br />

with a whole chest full of<br />

medals, for his bravery<br />

Congratulations to Peyton<br />

Merica, Ethan Markland,<br />

and Casey Fletcher of Rising<br />

Sun High School for earning<br />

individual spots to run in the<br />

Cross Country Regional.<br />

Congratulations to Gavin<br />

Gilb and Katie Wilkening<br />

on being chosen to represent<br />

RSHS as the king and<br />

queen nominees for the<br />

<strong>2021</strong> Farmers Fair. Gavin’s<br />

grandma, Betty, and I<br />

graduated from LCHS back<br />

in 1965. The king was Blake<br />

Gindling, from East Central.<br />

He followed in the footsteps<br />

of his mom, Deena, who was<br />

the Queen a few years ago,<br />

and his sister, Paige, who<br />

was the Queen two years ago.<br />

His grandpa, Donnie Miller,<br />

was a good friend of mine<br />

and a Purple Heart Recipient<br />

from Vietnam. Gavin was<br />

asked who his hero was and<br />

naturally, it was Grandpa<br />

Donnie. Alyson Gailey was<br />

chosen Queen. Her dad,<br />

Karl, is the Superintendent of<br />

Lawrenceburg schools.<br />

We lost a good man from<br />

our Rising Sun American<br />

Legion Post 59 Color Guard,<br />

Jerry Vinup. He graduated<br />

with Paula from RSHS in<br />

1970. She also lost a lifelong<br />

friend, Debbie Works<br />

Bovard. Her dad was the<br />

Mayor of Rising Sun for<br />

three terms.<br />

Our Huey Helicopter<br />

project is at Lischkge Motors<br />

awaiting a paint job after<br />

which it will be mounted at<br />

Aurora’s Lesko Park with the<br />

help of Gerry Jonas. The<br />

dedication is slated for May<br />

21, 2022.<br />

The annual Cody Farr<br />

Memorial Ride raised over<br />

$13,000 to help Krystal’s<br />

K9 Camp. The organization<br />

helps train service dogs for<br />

veterans, police officers,<br />

firefighters, and EMT<br />

personnel. Cody was a Navy<br />

Veteran and this ride helps<br />

bring awareness to PTSD and<br />

suicide awareness.<br />

Congratulations to the six<br />

senior soccer players for RSHS<br />

Girls’ Team- Halle Shorten,<br />

Christina Wallick. Sara<br />

Bedunah, Maddy Bovard,<br />

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Larry and Clara Zinser with their friends/family who were in their<br />

wedding fifty years ago. Shown are Carol Niese, Doris Boyd,<br />

Sandy Wagner, Clara and Larry Zinser, Marty Zinser, Tom<br />

Lipps, Joe Kraus, Bob Kraus (Photo courtesy of Jamie Roope)<br />

NEW ALSACE<br />

By<br />

Laura<br />

Keller<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

newalsace@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Congratulation to Larry<br />

and Clara Zinser, who celebrated<br />

their fiftieth wedding<br />

anniversary and renewed their<br />

wedding vows on Oct. 2.<br />

During their renewal of vows,<br />

members of their wedding<br />

party joined them at the altar.<br />

Larry and Clara were wed at<br />

All Saints Church – St. John’s<br />

campus in Dover on Oct. 2,<br />

1971. They have three children<br />

(Angie Whittaker, Eddie<br />

Zinser, and Jonny Zinser)<br />

and three grandchildren.<br />

Be sure to congratulate Larry<br />

and Clara on their milestone<br />

anniversary the next time you<br />

see them!<br />

Dennis (Denny) Kraus, Jr.<br />

was the recipient of The<br />

Association of Indiana Counties<br />

(AIC) <strong>2021</strong> Outstanding<br />

Surveying Award. Denny has<br />

served as the Dearborn County<br />

Surveyor for sixteen years. He<br />

followed in his father’s footsteps,<br />

Dennis Kraus, Sr. who<br />

also served as the county surveyor.<br />

In addition, Denny is the<br />

current President of the Dearborn<br />

County Planning Commission.<br />

Congratulations to Denny<br />

on this prestigious award!<br />

Oct. 3 marked the feast day<br />

of St. Francis of Assisi, who<br />

is known as the patron saint<br />

of animals, merchants, and<br />

ecology. The first Sunday in<br />

October, Fr. Jonathan Meyer<br />

holds an annual pet blessing<br />

where members of the community<br />

may bring their pets to<br />

receive a blessing. Despite the<br />

rainy day, several pet owners<br />

brought their animals to<br />

receive a blessing.<br />

The North Dearborn American<br />

Legion Post 452 in New<br />

Alsace is hosting its monthly<br />

Communities<br />

Commissioner Jiim Thatcher,<br />

Denny Kraus, and Commissioner<br />

Art Little at the AIC<br />

Conference<br />

Owen Leiker proudly holds<br />

his new puppy Mabel at the<br />

Saint Francis pet blessing<br />

on Oct. 3 (Photo courtesy of<br />

Sarah Leiker).<br />

euchre tournament on <strong>December</strong><br />

12. Doors open at noon<br />

and games begin at 1 p.m.<br />

The entry fee is $5 per person<br />

with cash payouts to the four<br />

highest scores. Refreshments<br />

are available for purchase.<br />

(See ad on page 11B)<br />

If you have New Alsace<br />

news you’d like me to share,<br />

please contact me at newalsace@goBEACONnews.com.<br />

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Jim Ketrow, a Purple<br />

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up together in Lawrenceburg,<br />

He recently spent a week<br />

with me. His fellow Vietnam<br />

Army Ranger, Ed Bailey,<br />

joined us from Cadiz, KY.<br />

Jim, Ed, and I attended the<br />

Glad to Be Alive Day for<br />

Brett Bondurant held on Sept.<br />

28, the tenth anniversary of<br />

the day Brett lost both legs in<br />

Afghanistan.<br />

Ben Eads has returned to<br />

Rising Sun and is the office<br />

manager of the tourism office.<br />

It’s hard to believe that the<br />

casino is celebrating twentyfive<br />

years here in Rising Sun.<br />

Gaming has added much to<br />

our community.<br />

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Milan is gearing up for<br />

the holiday season with the<br />

second annual Christmas<br />

Walk on Nov. 27 from 5-8:30<br />

P.M. This year we hope to<br />

offer all that we had originally<br />

planned for the last holiday<br />

season. The Christmas<br />

Tree festivities will begin<br />

at 5:00 with the actual tree<br />

lighting at 5:30. It will again<br />

involve all Milan businesses,<br />

churches, and organizations.<br />

Luminaries will light the<br />

way, and churches along the<br />

route will be open. Santa<br />

will be in town, and an event<br />

YORKVILLE<br />

& GUILFORD<br />

By<br />

Laura<br />

Keller<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

yorkville@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Michael Schwebach, son<br />

of Mike and Deloris Schwebach,<br />

is a senior at East<br />

Central High School and a<br />

member of the cross-country<br />

team. Michael qualified for<br />

the cross-country semi-state,<br />

which will be his third semistate<br />

appearance. Best of luck<br />

to Michael and we’re rooting<br />

for him to compete at the state<br />

level!<br />

Congratulations to Jim<br />

Wells and Tina Engle, who<br />

wed on Oct. 16. Wishing you<br />

many years of happiness!<br />

Happy belated birthday to<br />

Sally and Obie Wells, whom<br />

celebrated their birthdays on<br />

Oct. 29 and Nov. 6. If you<br />

see Mike Kroner, wish him a<br />

happy birthday on Nov. 29.<br />

Yorkville lost life-long resident<br />

Anita Back on September<br />

24. If you attended mass<br />

stage will have local artists<br />

providing entertainment. The<br />

events will all be centered<br />

in the downtown area of<br />

Milan. Most stops will have<br />

complimentary refreshments,<br />

giveaways, or door prizes.<br />

Commemorative Christmas<br />

ornaments will be given away,<br />

one to each family while<br />

supplies last. Participants will<br />

be able to enjoy free rides in<br />

horse-drawn carriages, and<br />

visitors can begin (or finish<br />

up) any Christmas shopping.<br />

Participating businesses and<br />

churches will remain open<br />

until 8:30. We hope you will<br />

plan to join us in Milan for a<br />

fun family event. (See ad on<br />

page 8A)<br />

And we must not forget<br />

about Thanksgiving! I hope<br />

you all count your blessings<br />

and have a wonderful<br />

Thanksgiving with family and<br />

friends.<br />

Jim Wells and Tina Engle<br />

at All Saints – St. Martin’s<br />

campus, chances are you<br />

saw or spoke to Anita. She<br />

dedicated her life to caring<br />

for the church, serving as<br />

the sacristan in addition to<br />

decorating and cleaning the<br />

church. She is survived by her<br />

son, Vernon (Laura) Back of<br />

Indianapolis, daughter Marcia<br />

Dall of Prospect, KY and four<br />

grandchildren.<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<br />

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After sharing so<br />

many wonderful stories<br />

about Harrison and the<br />

accomplishments of the<br />

residents, Debbie McCane<br />

has stepped back from writing<br />

for the BEACON. We thank<br />

her for her dedication and<br />

community support.<br />

Next month we will be<br />

joined by Amanda Kirchner<br />

who is excited about<br />

continuing the tradition of<br />

sharing all things, Harrison!<br />

In the meantime...<br />

Harrison now has three<br />

police officers dedicated to<br />

protecting students at local<br />

schools. School Resource<br />

Officers Jennifer Coyle,<br />

Jamie Bastin, and Nick<br />

Lutterbie can be seen at<br />

the schools interacting with<br />

students and making positive<br />

contact with them. Thanks,<br />

Officers Coyle, Bastin, and<br />

Lutterbie, for making our<br />

schools a safer place.<br />

Mark your calendars for<br />

the VOCE Christmas Concert<br />

on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 4<br />

P.M. at the Martin Marietta<br />

Performing Arts Center. They<br />

will be sharing a Few of Their<br />

Favorite Things, and best of<br />

all, IT’S FREE!<br />

The Passport to the Past<br />

was recently held by the<br />

Harrison Historical Society.<br />

The tour included the<br />

Harrison Village historical<br />

Society Museum, the Othniel<br />

Looker Home (Mr. Looker<br />

was the fifth governor of<br />

Ohio!), The White Water<br />

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The Passport to the Past is<br />

an annual event, so be sure to<br />

look forward to this exciting<br />

opportunity in 2022.<br />

BROOKVILLE/<br />

FRANKLIN CTY<br />

The Whitewater Canal Trail<br />

recently hosted a Whitewater<br />

Valley Walkers Volksmarch.<br />

What is a volksmarch, you<br />

ask? It’s not a race, or a<br />

pledge walk, or a drive in<br />

your favorite Volkswagen. It<br />

is, however, a fun activity you<br />

do with your friends, your<br />

family, your pet, a club, or all<br />

by yourself. Volksmarching<br />

got its name from its origins<br />

in Europe. The event started<br />

at the Yellowbank Trailhead<br />

and spanned 5-10 K, depending<br />

upon the Volkssporter’s<br />

preference.<br />

Take the time this fall to<br />

do your own Volksmarch and<br />

enjoy all of the hard work that<br />

the Whitewater Canal Group<br />

has made to make this one of<br />

the premier trails in southeast<br />

Indiana.<br />

Hospice and Palliative Care- The Difference<br />

To most, the word hospice<br />

is an indicator of the end of<br />

life. But hospice and palliative<br />

care are so much more.<br />

Oftentimes, the words palliative<br />

care and hospice are interchanged.<br />

While both focus<br />

on the comfort of the patient,<br />

they are two different in their<br />

approach to patient care.<br />

Palliative care serves people<br />

with life-threatening or terminal<br />

illnesses. However, does<br />

not signify end-of-life. Hospice<br />

care, on the other hand, is<br />

put into place after treatment<br />

is stopped and the end of life<br />

is imminent.<br />

Palliative care helps patients<br />

Megan Bauer lives in<br />

Sunman and attends East<br />

Central High School.<br />

with serious illnesses feel<br />

better. The focus is on treating<br />

the side effects and symptoms<br />

of a disease and treatment.<br />

Emotional and practical concerns<br />

can also be addressed.<br />

The philosophy is that those<br />

who feel more comfortable in<br />

these areas have an improved<br />

quality of life.<br />

Hospice is a philosophy of<br />

care. It treats the person rather<br />

than the disease and focuses<br />

on quality of life. The goal of<br />

hospice is to surround patients<br />

and their families with<br />

a hospice care team consisting<br />

of professionals who not<br />

only address physical distress<br />

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CHALKTOBERFEST <strong>2021</strong><br />

A HUGE SUCCESS<br />

The second annual Chalktoberfest, sponsored by The<br />

Ripley County Community Foundation, is a competitive<br />

chalk art contest for students in the sixth through twelfth<br />

grades. Twelve participants from five area high schools<br />

and two middle schools competed for cash prizes. This<br />

year’s theme challenged each student artist to draw a 3’x<br />

3’ mural of their favorite album cover. Each artist had three<br />

hours to complete their chalk murals.<br />

Local musician, Matthew Lamping, performed for<br />

spectators. Five local amateur artists created their own<br />

murals during the event. Hannah Lohrum, Milan,<br />

created a mural based upon the “Lion King” soundtrack.<br />

Kyle Hunteman and Andrea Grimsley, both teachers at<br />

Batesville High School, created a Joni Mitchell inspired<br />

album cover. Matthew Gadberry, an art teacher at South<br />

Ripley High School, created a mural of Deftoner, and<br />

Heather Reichert, an English teacher at South Ripley,<br />

created a Manchester Orchestra inspired mural.<br />

but emotional and spiritual<br />

issues as well. Loving Hearts<br />

Hospice & Palliative Care services<br />

provide patient-centered<br />

activities and are driven by<br />

the needs of the patient and<br />

family.<br />

By managing symptoms and<br />

controlling pain, patients are<br />

given the opportunity to enjoy<br />

the highest quality of life for<br />

as long as they have. Patients<br />

are given the chance to share<br />

more special moments with<br />

their families and express all<br />

the things they want to say.<br />

While receiving hospice<br />

care, a patient receives visits<br />

from their personal team<br />

of healthcare professionals<br />

including nurses, aides, social<br />

workers, chaplains, and volunteers.<br />

Each has been trained<br />

to meet the patient’s physical,<br />

mental, emotional, spiritual,<br />

and personal care needs. The<br />

hospice team helps with bathing,<br />

administering medication,<br />

wound care, companionship,<br />

and more.<br />

Anyone can refer someone<br />

to hospice care or request<br />

information. In addition, all<br />

medication, medical equipment,<br />

and medical supplies<br />

needed by a patient will be<br />

provided at no cost to the patient<br />

or their family. Insurance<br />

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This article was made possible<br />

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<strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> THE BEACON Page 11B<br />

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Vacation<br />

The BEACON went to Riviera Maya Mexico with Chris and Jamie Roope, Neil and<br />

Janet Rullman, Joe and Jenny Bulach, Jenny and Eldon Steinmetz, Bill Gerth, Kate<br />

French, Michelle Stock, Tom Robertson, Ed and Jill Brennen, Tony Kraus, Jimmy<br />

and Justine Gutapfel, Jessie Small-Summers, Jamie and Gina Chilcoat, Kenny Kunkel,<br />

Frank and Rhonda Cradduck, and Connie and Grady Reid from Sunman, New<br />

Alsace, Evansville and Cincinnati.<br />

The <strong>Beacon</strong> went on the road to Cabo San Lucas,<br />

Mexico with Paula Gentrup and David and Dianne<br />

Townsend Nugent shown at Land’s End on the Baja<br />

Peninsula.<br />

TAKE YOUR BEACON<br />

ON VACATION<br />

If business or pleasure takes you out-of-town, take<br />

your hometown newspaper along for the trip.<br />

Send your photo, displaying the <strong>Beacon</strong>, to<br />

editor@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Please include where you live. It’s interesting to see<br />

how well-traveled our readers are!<br />

Carrie Liss, Moores Hill,<br />

and her sister hiked to<br />

the southern terminus<br />

OSS the Appalachian<br />

Trail.<br />

LIVE NATIVITY<br />

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Dec. 11 5:30P.M.-9P.M.<br />

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Reunions, Holidays<br />

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Contact Larry @ 812-623-3695<br />

Next euchre party Nov. 14 & Dec. 12<br />

Doors open 12 noon • Games begin at 1 • All are invited<br />

Proudly serving our veterans and the community since WWII<br />

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Saturday, Nov. 27th 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM<br />

Sunday, Nov. 28th 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM<br />

Black Friday Doorbuster Sales!<br />

Register To Win A Casey’s Gift Card<br />

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