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INSIDE<br />

The BEACON<br />

Journey of Hope<br />

Lawrenceburg resident cycles<br />

across the country for a worthy<br />

cause.<br />

Page 11A<br />

Moving On...<br />

Steve Lampert will leave a colorful<br />

mark on the City of Greendale<br />

after twenty-one years as City<br />

Manager.<br />

Page 5B<br />

Let’s Go for a Spin!<br />

The Lawrenceburg Community<br />

Picnic brought smiles all around.<br />

Page 7B<br />

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Broadband Readiness Plans Moving Forward<br />

The frustration of having slow or no<br />

internet service has been felt by all. If<br />

anything was learned during the recent<br />

pandemic, the need for high-speed<br />

internet plays a vital role in today’s society<br />

not only for entertainment but for<br />

conducting business and educational<br />

purposes<br />

Broadband is defined as a highcapacity<br />

transmission technique that<br />

utilizes a wide range of frequencies to<br />

simultaneously transmit a large number<br />

of messages. Sadly southeast Indiana<br />

is riddled with areas that have little to<br />

no broadband service, also known as<br />

digital exclusion.<br />

For the past twenty-four years, Judge<br />

Humphrey has shared a moving tribute<br />

and history lesson at the Greendale<br />

Cemetery on Memorial Day. The<br />

BEACON is grateful for the Judge’s<br />

willingness to share his speech with<br />

our readers and for his continued selfless<br />

commitment to our community.<br />

Memorial Day <strong>2022</strong><br />

By Judge James D. Humphrey<br />

Also I heard the voice of the Lord,<br />

saying, Whom shall I send, and who<br />

will go for us? Then said I, Here am I;<br />

send me. -Isaiah 6:8<br />

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Indiana’s Lt. Governor Suzanne<br />

Crouch recognizes the positive impact<br />

that broadband and digital inclusion<br />

can have in southeast Indiana. Her office<br />

oversees a broadband and digital<br />

inclusion task force whose mission<br />

is to assist residents with acquiring<br />

affordable and reliable broadband connectivity.<br />

A Broadband Ready Communities<br />

Program has been established<br />

to certify that communities have taken<br />

the necessary steps to reduce barriers<br />

to broadband infrastructure installation.<br />

Receiving this certification gives<br />

potential broadband suppliers such<br />

as REMC the sign that a community<br />

The Huey UH-1H Iriquois was recently placed in its new home at Lesko<br />

Park in Aurora. (Photo by PG Gentrup)<br />

Lt. Col. John Borgman<br />

attended the setting of<br />

the Huey.<br />

Jim Meyer, Robert<br />

Lischkge, and Andy<br />

Beard await the final<br />

placement of the Huey.<br />

Robert Lischkge and<br />

a coworker secure the<br />

Huey for its last flight<br />

with the help of<br />

a crane.<br />

FINALLY!<br />

Area Veterans<br />

saw an opportunity<br />

to a Huey<br />

that was slated<br />

for destruction<br />

into a memorial.<br />

The project was<br />

made possible<br />

by veterans, an<br />

Eagle Scout,<br />

and local businesses.<br />

Onlookers Charlotte Hastings, Nick Ullrich,<br />

Marty Sizemore, PG Gentrup, Eagle Scout<br />

Noah Jackson, and Ed Shannon.<br />

Here am I, Send me!<br />

I. A Call to Arms<br />

In the Summer of 1898, the young<br />

men of Dearborn County gathered in<br />

Lawrenceburg and prepared to leave<br />

for the Spanish American War.<br />

There was a ceremony and an American<br />

Flag was given to our soldiers by<br />

a grateful community. The Flag was<br />

presented to Lieutenant George W.<br />

Fitch. He stepped forward and accepted<br />

the gift, and on behalf of his fellow<br />

soldiers, he said:<br />

“…in accepting the flag, we accept<br />

the responsibility that goes with it…we<br />

will respond one and all to the wish<br />

that no dishonor shall ever rest on<br />

these colors, and it will be our endeavor<br />

to carry them bravely wherever<br />

duty calls us and on to victory, which<br />

we hope shall crown the arms of our<br />

country. We are not drafted men, but<br />

volunteers. Our country has called<br />

and we are ready to go.”<br />

II. The Call is Answered- Send Me<br />

One hundred eleven years later,<br />

another young man from Dearborn<br />

County, carried the colors of his Country-<br />

this time for the War on Terror.<br />

Now thirty-one years old, it seems like<br />

a lifetime ago since he volunteered to<br />

welcomes broadband expansion and<br />

that regulatory hurdles have been addressed,<br />

a key step toward encouraging<br />

investment in broadband infrastructure.<br />

Dearborn and Ohio Counties are well<br />

on their way to achieving Broadband<br />

Ready Community certification by<br />

having a broadband task force in place.<br />

Jim Thatcher, Dearborn County<br />

Commissioner, shared, “Broadband access<br />

is an essential service that everyone<br />

needs in today’s electronic world.<br />

Telecommuting for work, student<br />

access for e-learning, and now virtual<br />

calls for all types of services, E-Doc<br />

Continued on page 3A<br />

A Port Authority<br />

with No Port?<br />

What Is It?<br />

While southeastern Indiana does<br />

not have a port, the region does have<br />

a port authority. Its mission- to spur<br />

economic development in Dearborn<br />

County using the river, railways, highways,<br />

and the proximity to the Cincinnati/Northern<br />

Kentucky International<br />

Airport. Not to mention its prime<br />

location on the outskirts of greater<br />

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.<br />

Dearborn County is served by a system<br />

of commuter transportation that passes<br />

through the county. The Southeastern<br />

Indiana Port Authority (SIRPA) has<br />

been established to oversee Dearborn<br />

County’s commuter transportation<br />

district.<br />

Why create Port Authority if we<br />

have no port? A port authority is<br />

defined as a governmental entity with<br />

the power to manage or construct port<br />

facilities and other transportation infrastructure.<br />

SIRPA is in the process of developing<br />

a long-range comprehensive plan<br />

addressing the future transportation<br />

needs of the county. On the table for<br />

consideration are electric vehicle<br />

charging stations, trans ports, parks,<br />

and trails. Also entering into the equation<br />

is the need to be financially selfsustaining.<br />

One of the responsibilities of SIRPA<br />

is to pursue grants for the improvements<br />

to county infrastructure. A prime<br />

source of that funding could come<br />

from the Nationally Significant Multimodal<br />

Freight & Highway Projects<br />

(NFRA ) which awards competitive<br />

grants for multimodal freight and highway<br />

projects. Projects must improve<br />

Continued on page 3A<br />

serve.<br />

Brett<br />

Bondurant<br />

graduated in<br />

2009 from<br />

Lawrenceburg<br />

High School.<br />

Brett grew<br />

up in Lawrenceburg<br />

and<br />

came of age<br />

in the shadow<br />

of September<br />

11 and the<br />

War on Terror.<br />

While in<br />

high school,<br />

he was an Judge Humphrey<br />

athlete. He<br />

played wide receiver and defensive<br />

back for the Lawrenceburg Tigers<br />

football team. He was the centerfielder<br />

for the baseball team and a guard for<br />

Continued on page 4A<br />

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Page 2A THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

By<br />

Tamara<br />

Taylor<br />

On That Note...<br />

I recently had the opportunity<br />

to travel to Missouri.<br />

Why, you ask? Why not! One<br />

never knows what lies ahead...<br />

The scenery in southern<br />

Illinois and Missouri was<br />

beautiful. Not as beautiful as<br />

southeast Indiana, of course,<br />

but beautiful nonetheless.<br />

As I wound my way<br />

through the hills and valleys<br />

dotted with pristine farms<br />

(look at those horses!), I came<br />

to Anna, IL. The town reminded<br />

me of Seymour- small<br />

businesses, a main street lined<br />

with shops, banks, restaurants,<br />

then the meticulously maintained<br />

Victorians and bungalows...<br />

And there it was.<br />

As if dropped from the<br />

sky, there stood the Stinson<br />

Library. A perfect example of<br />

the Prarie style of architecture.<br />

Stunning stained glass<br />

windows, the use of natural<br />

materials like cut limestone, a<br />

low roofline...<br />

Of course, I had to stop<br />

and explore the building. The<br />

feeling as I walked inside was<br />

overwhelmingly welcoming.<br />

The low ceiling encouraged<br />

the eye to wander left<br />

and right to take in the entire<br />

interior. The use of space was<br />

obviously thought out to the<br />

most minimal detail to encourage<br />

use by the community and<br />

all that it invites. Okay, I’m<br />

such a geek about architecture.<br />

The architect was Walter<br />

Burley Griffin. He studied<br />

Prarie style architecture and<br />

worked with Frank Lloyd<br />

Wright. He designed the Stinson<br />

Library to appear as if it<br />

rises out of the earth. The base<br />

of rough-cut limestone from a<br />

local quarry rises to a ring of<br />

refined leaded glass windows<br />

placed just below the roofline.<br />

All in Anna, Illinois.<br />

When one has a passion,<br />

they are driven by it. Their<br />

passion often impacts others,<br />

sometimes having lasting<br />

effects on those around them.<br />

So goes the life of Sarah<br />

Barkdoll.<br />

Another great opportunity<br />

arose when I attended the<br />

Spring Concert of the Southeast<br />

Indiana Youth Orchestra<br />

with my dear friend, Cherie<br />

Maddin. As I listened to the<br />

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

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The Stinson Memorial Library in Anna IL., a surprising<br />

icon in a small midwestern town.<br />

beautiful sounds that only<br />

an orchestra can create, I<br />

looked around Carnegie Hall<br />

in Moores Hill and realized<br />

how lucky we are. The hall<br />

was packed, not a seat to be<br />

found in this historic venue.<br />

All because of the vision of<br />

one woman who sees a need<br />

and fills it.<br />

Sarah and Dr. Barkdoll have<br />

six children. Sarah chose to<br />

homeschool them, sometimes<br />

having all of them in school at<br />

once. A nomination for sainthood...<br />

Mrs. Barkdoll knows the<br />

importance of music in curriculum<br />

and development.<br />

Rather than cart her children<br />

to Cincinnati for lessons, Mrs.<br />

Barkdoll founded a youth<br />

orchestra that benefits the<br />

community. Brilliant!<br />

Add to her list of accomplishments<br />

Young Life, Young<br />

Voices Youth Choir, International<br />

Fair Trade, Pregnancy<br />

Care Center Parenting Basics<br />

classes... not to mention raising<br />

six children.<br />

Crystal Powers, the conductor<br />

for the Youth Orchestra<br />

shared, “She is a very kind,<br />

sweet, thoughtful, wonderful<br />

individual. I feel it an honor<br />

to know her.”<br />

Mrs. Barkdoll epitomizes a<br />

life of service. Her children<br />

describe her life’s ambition as<br />

caring for the expression of<br />

human flourishing, an organizer<br />

of performing arts.<br />

Thank you, Sarah Barkdoll,<br />

for ALL that you have made<br />

possible for the community<br />

with grace and humility. I<br />

can’t wait to see what you accomplish<br />

next.<br />

To end on a different notedid<br />

you know that the Oreo<br />

was sold for the first time in<br />

1912? One hundred ten years<br />

ago. Sweet!<br />

The Bright Parade - A Community Tradition Lives On!<br />

The 32nd Annual Bright<br />

Parade will go on this year<br />

on Saturday, <strong>July</strong> 30.<br />

The Bright Parade started as<br />

an idea to boost the spirit of<br />

the Bright community thirtytwo<br />

years ago. After decades<br />

of putting on the Bright<br />

Parade, Dale Lutz, Jody<br />

Blasdel, Art Little, and their<br />

families are passing the torch<br />

to the Bright Area Business<br />

Association.<br />

While much of the parade<br />

will remain the same as in<br />

the past, some things may<br />

be a little different. Details<br />

concerning the time and<br />

Grand Marshall are yet to be<br />

set.<br />

Those who would like<br />

to participate in the parade<br />

should be ready to come and<br />

show off their businesses,<br />

ball teams, Scout troops,<br />

antique cars and tractors,<br />

youth groups, dance teams,<br />

civic and political groups, just<br />

to name a few. Hundreds of<br />

people will be lining the route<br />

all through the town.<br />

The Bright Area Business<br />

Association has quietly<br />

supported community events<br />

through golf outings, festivals,<br />

and volunteerism. Taking on<br />

the Bright Parade is a perfect<br />

way for the organization to<br />

support all that is Bright and<br />

the community. With the<br />

guidance of the founding<br />

members of the parade, and<br />

the support of the community,<br />

this year’s Bright Parade will<br />

go on, and it will be better<br />

than ever!<br />

Sarah Barkdoll<br />

Residents of all ages enjoy<br />

the Bright Parade every<br />

year.<br />

Please show your support<br />

and thank all involved for<br />

their dedication and hard<br />

work. Together we can all<br />

make this year’s parade a<br />

success.<br />

Questions about the<br />

parade? Email us at parade@<br />

goBEACONnews.com.<br />

Stay tuned for more details<br />

in the weeks to come. See you<br />

at the parade on <strong>July</strong> 30!<br />

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Track Monthly Expenses<br />

Knowing exactly how much you’ll spend each month goes a long way toward ensuring you don’t<br />

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Analyze Health Care Costs<br />

As many expenses often decline in retirement, health care typically becomes more costly with age,<br />

as a majority of seniors eventually need some form of long-term care.<br />

Update Beneficiaries<br />

To prevent avoidable disputes among your loved ones, be as clear as possible when explaining how<br />

you want your finances divided among your spouse, children, relatives or charities of your choice.<br />

Research Social Security<br />

All of those monthly contributions toward Social Security are about to pay off. Choosing when and<br />

how you start receiving benefits determines the size of your payouts from this point forward.<br />

Attack Debt<br />

Once you stop receiving regular paychecks, every dollar spent will come from your hard-earned<br />

savings. You’ll likely want to pay off as much debt as possible while you’re still working and making<br />

an income.<br />

Evaluate Investment Portfolio<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 3A<br />

This month’s item was a staple for merchants.<br />

What is it?<br />

Last month’s item was a<br />

Lincoln log connector. The<br />

thought of the item brought<br />

back fond memories. “My<br />

grandchildren loved to<br />

build things with the ones<br />

I have, also now my greatgrandchildren,”<br />

shared Joe<br />

Ann Kern, Harrison, OH.<br />

Last month’s item: Lincoln<br />

log connector<br />

Correct answers were submitted by Margie Schaffeld,<br />

Sugar Ridge - Hidden Valley; Ed Smith, Yorkville; Chris<br />

Hogue, the thriving metropolis of Bright; Don Boehringer,<br />

St Leon; Randy Slayback, Logan; Sandra Carlesco,<br />

Harrison; Carol Morton, Brookville.<br />

“My grandkids still play with our old set that my<br />

children used,” said Marlene Graf from Dover.<br />

Jenny Bulach, New Alsace, and Mike Lutz, Aurora, also<br />

guessed correctly.<br />

Greg Meyer, Batesville, said, “The item is a corner<br />

connector of a Lincoln Logs set. Had one for years and<br />

have a new one for my granddaughter.”<br />

This month’s item has been provided by Pat’s Bulk<br />

Foods in Versailles. Please e-mail your guess to editor@<br />

goBEACONnews.com by Wednesday, June 23, <strong>2022</strong>. Be<br />

sure to include your name and the community in which<br />

you live.<br />

sponsored by Cornerstone Realty/Lutz Auction Services<br />

State, Region Improving Broadband Availability<br />

Continued from page 1A<br />

and more. It has become a musthave<br />

not unlike the need for a<br />

telephone back in that era.”<br />

To be eligible for the Broadband<br />

Ready Community certification,<br />

communities must<br />

adopt legislation concerning<br />

broadband. communities must<br />

put into place legislation that<br />

provides for:<br />

1. The appointment of a<br />

single point of contact for<br />

broadband development<br />

projects<br />

2. The establishment of procedures<br />

for electronic submission<br />

of forms, applications,<br />

and documentation required<br />

for broadband development<br />

projects<br />

3. A requirement that all permit<br />

applications are approved<br />

or denied within ten business<br />

days after filing<br />

4. All inspections related<br />

to a broadband project will<br />

be completed in a timely and<br />

expeditious manner<br />

5. The designation of a<br />

final contractor to complete a<br />

broadband project will not be<br />

required<br />

6. No fees will be imposed<br />

to review an application or to<br />

issue a permit on a broadband<br />

project<br />

7. A seasonal moratorium on<br />

the issuance of permits for a<br />

project will not be imposed<br />

8. Discrimination among<br />

communications service providers<br />

will be prohibited<br />

The availability of broadband<br />

plays an impactful role<br />

in economic development and<br />

quality of life. The more digitally<br />

inclusive the community<br />

becomes, the more competitive<br />

advantage it has for economic<br />

development. Southeast<br />

Indiana Regional Planning<br />

Commission (SIRPC) plays a<br />

vital part in the development<br />

of a strong digital network in<br />

southeast Indiana. Their goal<br />

is to “future-proof” the expansion<br />

of broadband, allowing<br />

for the creation of a sustainable<br />

digital ecosystem that can<br />

be expanded as technology advances.<br />

SIRPC is involved in<br />

establishing priorities, identifying<br />

funding, and noting and<br />

mobilizing local resources.<br />

The project includes three key<br />

components- hardware, training<br />

on digital interaction, and<br />

cybersecurity.<br />

Mike Perleberg, One<br />

Dearborn Executive Director,<br />

stated, “We’re fortunate to<br />

have most of our households<br />

with some option for broadband<br />

internet service. But<br />

as I’ve gotten to learn about<br />

the concept of digital inclusion,<br />

it quickly became clear<br />

that there is more work to do<br />

around adequate devices, digital<br />

skills, and digital literacy.”<br />

According to Reneisha Rudder,<br />

Digital Inclusion Fellow<br />

at SIRPC, “The Indiana Connectivity<br />

Program connects<br />

residents and businesses that<br />

lack access to broadband to<br />

internet providers.”<br />

Locations unserved or<br />

underserved (speeds less than<br />

25Mbps download and 3Mbps<br />

upload) can apply for consideration<br />

at the Next Level<br />

Connections portal at https://<br />

indianaegms.force.com/nlc/s/<br />

login/SelfRegister?locale=us<br />

If residents do not have<br />

internet access to complete<br />

the form or need help with it,<br />

they can call 833-639-8522 to<br />

submit their information.<br />

Port Authority Plans County’s Future Transportation Needs<br />

Continued from page 1A<br />

the safety, efficiency, and reliability<br />

of the transportation of<br />

freight and people across rural<br />

and urban areas.<br />

As electric vehicles become<br />

more prevalent in our community<br />

so does the need for<br />

charging stations. SIRPA recognizes<br />

that need and is considering<br />

the types of charging<br />

stations and the most effective<br />

locations for maximum efficiency<br />

and convenience.<br />

Also under the jurisdiction<br />

of SIRPA are trans ports,<br />

entities used for transloading<br />

goods from one mode of<br />

transportation to another. An<br />

example is an area used for<br />

offloading goods from a train<br />

and placing them on a semi to<br />

be taken to another destination.<br />

Consideration must be<br />

given to the impact that such<br />

facilities will have on the<br />

infrastructure of the county.<br />

In addition to the other<br />

powers, SIRPA can contract<br />

for, accept, or otherwise<br />

acquire and maintain railroad<br />

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property and rights-of-way. It<br />

can also issue revenue bonds<br />

for the construction, operation,<br />

and maintenance of the<br />

property and rights-of-way.<br />

SIRPA’s powers and procedures<br />

as defined by IC 5-10-<br />

5-8.1 give it any authority created<br />

as defined in that chapter<br />

even though the railroad<br />

facilities will not serve a port<br />

or harbor.<br />

How does the Dearborn<br />

County Park Board fit into<br />

all of this? SIRPA can pursue<br />

what is known as railbanking,<br />

a voluntary agreement between<br />

the Park Board and a railroad<br />

company to use out-of-service<br />

rail corridors as trails until<br />

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the basketball team.<br />

Making the choice to serve<br />

his country was easy for Brett.<br />

Serving America was a family<br />

tradition: His grandfather, Jerry,<br />

was an army paratrooper.<br />

His great grandfather served<br />

in the United States Navy in<br />

WWII. Another grandfather<br />

served in the Air Force in<br />

Vietnam.<br />

He was only eighteen years<br />

old and still in high school<br />

when he made his commitment<br />

to the United States<br />

Army- it was December 7,<br />

2008.<br />

Brett entered basic training<br />

immediately after graduation<br />

in May of 2009. After basic<br />

training, he was assigned to<br />

the 25th Infantry Division and<br />

was stationed at Fort Wainwright,<br />

Alaska- near the North<br />

Pole. He then transferred to<br />

Ft. Irwin, California for Desert<br />

Training. On Easter weekend,<br />

April 21, 2011, his unit<br />

was assigned to Afghanistan,<br />

on the outskirts of Kandahar.<br />

Like Lt. Fitch, his Country<br />

had called and he was ready<br />

to go.<br />

PFC Bondurant’s duty was<br />

to lead a platoon of thirty<br />

men and search for IEDs- Improvised<br />

Explosive Devices.<br />

Private Bondurant would<br />

Here am I, Send me! (cont.)<br />

carry a mine-sweeping device<br />

at the head of his platoon to<br />

locate the IEDs. This device<br />

was called a “mine hound”<br />

or GPR (ground penetrating<br />

radar). Some of these IEDs<br />

were constructed to be set<br />

off by a cellphone. Others<br />

would ignite after a person<br />

stepped on a pressure plate<br />

on the mine. When the person<br />

stepped off of the mine, the<br />

release of pressure would<br />

cause the explosion. Some<br />

IEDs were placed to destroy<br />

vehicles. Some devices were<br />

filled with nuts, bolts, and<br />

other objects to cause as much<br />

damage as possible. Their<br />

purpose was to kill or maim<br />

American soldiers.<br />

Brett believed in America’s<br />

mission and he felt that we<br />

were trying to do the right<br />

thing. Most importantly,<br />

he and his fellow soldiers<br />

believed in each other. As he<br />

walked into an area with his<br />

mine sweeper, his comrades<br />

would follow and literally<br />

step in his footsteps. Brett<br />

loved his job and he proudly<br />

accepted the duty to protect<br />

his friends and fellow<br />

soldiers. All of their lives<br />

depended on him. He proudly<br />

accepted his responsibility.<br />

Brett considered it an honor<br />

to walk shoulder to shoulder<br />

with the best and bravest men<br />

he would ever know.<br />

In September of 2011,<br />

Brett’s unit moved to an area<br />

on the outskirts of Kandahar,<br />

known as Mushan. Intelligence<br />

indicated there was<br />

significant production and<br />

placement of IED’S. They<br />

found cashes of guns, ammunition,<br />

and bomb-making<br />

materials. It was a dangerous<br />

mission in a dangerous place.<br />

In fact, on September 26, a<br />

close friend in a sister platoon<br />

had stepped on an IED and<br />

suddenly became a double<br />

amputee.<br />

On September 28th, PFC<br />

Bondurant’s unit received additional<br />

intelligence. A compound<br />

that they were searching<br />

that day would be a “hot<br />

spot”. Brett and his comrades<br />

entered the area with PFC<br />

Bondurant in the lead. He led<br />

them down a pathway through<br />

a compound with numerous<br />

mud huts. Like every other<br />

day, PFC Bondurant’s mission<br />

was to find the danger,<br />

remove the danger, and keep<br />

his fellow soldiers safe.<br />

In front of the doorway to<br />

one hut, with his mine sweeper<br />

in hand, Brett stepped with<br />

his right foot into a hole.<br />

When he stepped off there<br />

was a massive explosion and<br />

the mud hut collapsed. PFC<br />

Bondurant was knocked to the<br />

ground in a cloud of fire and<br />

dust.<br />

Amazingly, Private Bondurant<br />

did not lose consciousness.<br />

He did temporarily lose<br />

his vision and it felt like all<br />

the bones in his feet had been<br />

broken. It seemed strange<br />

that he was not bleeding. In<br />

fact, fire from the explosion<br />

had cauterized his wounds.<br />

Although he did not realize it<br />

at the time, both his legs had<br />

been blown off and the pain<br />

that he felt in his feet was a<br />

phantom pain from his missing<br />

limbs that he still feels<br />

today.<br />

Brett’s fellow soldiers were<br />

yelling for him. He could not<br />

speak because he was choked<br />

with debris and mud and<br />

blood. The platoon’s medic<br />

rushed toward Brett and<br />

talked to him in the chaos of<br />

the moment. But as the brave<br />

medic approached, he also<br />

stepped on an IED and immediately<br />

lost a leg.<br />

The explosion from this<br />

second IED caused additional<br />

burns and injuries to<br />

Brett. As Brett tried to speak<br />

to his injured medic, a third<br />

IED exploded and additional<br />

troops were wounded. A call<br />

was made for a helicopter<br />

medivac. PFC Bondurant and<br />

six other soldiers had been<br />

injured.<br />

Brett still had not lost<br />

consciousness but based upon<br />

the seriousness of his injuries,<br />

he was the first taken in<br />

the medivac. He was placed<br />

into an induced coma for the<br />

helicopter flight. He still did<br />

not know the extent of his<br />

injuries.<br />

Private Bondurant woke up<br />

nine days later in a hospital<br />

in Kandahar and learned that<br />

his nose had been split in two<br />

and that he had received serious<br />

burns. After six or seven<br />

days, he was transferred to<br />

Landstuhl Medical Center<br />

near Ramstein, an Air Force<br />

base in Germany. He did not<br />

wake up again until he was<br />

on a flight back to the United<br />

States.<br />

He flew home on a C130<br />

with other seriously injured<br />

troops. He was still on a<br />

breathing machine. The<br />

breathing tube was removed<br />

on the flight. He remembered<br />

a nurse giving him his first<br />

solid food in days- a yellow<br />

skittle; it was a small thing,<br />

but he will never forget how<br />

special it felt.<br />

Brett was then taken to<br />

a military hospital in San<br />

Antonio Texas- Ft. Sam<br />

Houston. He was in and out<br />

of consciousness for days. In<br />

those brief conscious moments,<br />

he remembered always<br />

seeing his grandfather, mother,<br />

father, and his fiancé London.<br />

Each day he awakened and he<br />

learned that there would be<br />

more treatments. Each day it<br />

seemed that there were more<br />

surgeries on his nose, his arms,<br />

his shoulders, and his shattered<br />

pelvis. He was in a full body<br />

cast- burns and scabs covered<br />

his entire body. Due to the fog<br />

of drugs and his injuries, each<br />

day he had to relearn that he<br />

had lost his legs.<br />

After twenty-eight more<br />

days in the hospital, he was<br />

finally able to start eating and<br />

start recovering. He was finally<br />

able to leave with his family<br />

for a few hours and began<br />

feeling like a human being,<br />

again. He received encouragement<br />

from soldiers who<br />

had received similar injuries.<br />

He heard their experiences<br />

and he learned how they were<br />

able to cope and rehabilitate.<br />

Hearing from these mentors<br />

gave him hope for the future.<br />

Brett’s future life began again<br />

while recovering in Texas. He<br />

proposed to his wife London<br />

and they were married on<br />

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Over time, healing progressed,<br />

and the swelling decreased.<br />

Months passed and<br />

he was fitted with prosthetic<br />

legs. This warrior would<br />

walk, once again.<br />

Since that fateful day in Afghanistan,<br />

he has rebuilt his<br />

body and his life. An organization<br />

called ‘Homes for Our<br />

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accessible homes for injured<br />

veterans. Injured servicemen<br />

and women are given<br />

the opportunity to receive a<br />

home free of charge in any<br />

place they choose to live<br />

in the United States. Brett<br />

Bondurant chose Lawrenceburg<br />

because of his family<br />

and his friends. He chose<br />

our community because this<br />

is his home. And he came<br />

home to heal his body, he<br />

came home to calm his mind,<br />

he came home to restore his<br />

soul. He lives here today with<br />

his wife, 2 daughters, and a<br />

newborn son. He now serves<br />

his community on the Lawrenceburg<br />

City Council.<br />

Purple Heart recipient,<br />

PFC Brett Bondurant does<br />

not dwell on the limbs he<br />

lost, rather he remembers the<br />

kindness he found with the<br />

support of friends, family,<br />

and fellow veterans- Veterans<br />

like- P.G. Gentrup, Captain<br />

Bill McClure, and Luther<br />

Rice.<br />

When asked if he had<br />

known what the outcome<br />

would be, would he still<br />

serve, without hesitation his<br />

response is, “Absolutely!” He<br />

loved the men that he served<br />

with and he is proud of the<br />

job that he did. His only<br />

regret is that when he was<br />

hurt, he had to leave. He still<br />

wears a bracelet bearing the<br />

names of two of his friends<br />

who died when their truck<br />

struck an IED. Brett still<br />

thinks things may have been<br />

different, maybe he could<br />

have saved them if he had<br />

still been there with his mine<br />

sweeper.<br />

Over ten years later, he can<br />

still hear the laughter and the<br />

voices of the friends he lost.<br />

He can still feel the brotherhood<br />

of his comrades-atarms.<br />

He knows that it is now<br />

his duty to carry on for those<br />

who are gone.<br />

Here am I, Send me! (cont.)<br />

Seeing what life is like in<br />

a place like Afghanistan has<br />

helped him understand what a<br />

gift all of us have been given:<br />

a way of life and freedom in<br />

the United States of America.<br />

After all that he has experienced,<br />

he knows why the<br />

people of Ukraine fight, with<br />

everything they have, against<br />

an evil enemy.<br />

Purple Heart recipient Brett<br />

Bondurant stands proudly<br />

with us today and will never<br />

forget that “Freedom” is more<br />

than a simple word; “Freedom”<br />

is our most cherished<br />

possession. But American<br />

Freedom sometimes comes at<br />

a terrible cost that we recognize<br />

on the last Monday of<br />

each May.<br />

III. Remember the Dead<br />

“As surely as this day<br />

comes around we are in the<br />

presence of the dead … for<br />

1 hour on this day when we<br />

decorate their graves, the<br />

dead come back and live<br />

with us…” -Oliver Wendell<br />

Holmes Jr. 1884 Memorial<br />

Day Speech<br />

Over the past twenty-four<br />

years, we have joined together<br />

on Memorial Day in<br />

this place of honor. We have<br />

remembered the “Maine” and<br />

Pearl Harbor, we have lived<br />

through September 11 and<br />

the War on Terror, and have<br />

witnessed the specter of war<br />

rising once again in Europe.<br />

We have told stories of<br />

soldiers, sailors, and airmen<br />

from Dearborn County<br />

from all of America’s Wars.<br />

We have reached back into<br />

Dearborn County’s history<br />

to remember those who have<br />

served. We have remembered<br />

Privates and we have remembered<br />

Generals. We have<br />

been honored by the presence<br />

of brave servicemen and<br />

women. We have stood with<br />

and shaken the hands of our<br />

remaining WWII Veterans.<br />

Our gold star mothers ignited<br />

an eternal flame of remembrance.<br />

But on this day, more<br />

than anything else, we have<br />

remembered the dead. We tell<br />

and retell their stories, handed<br />

down through generations,<br />

to remind us of the price that<br />

they have paid for the United<br />

States of America.<br />

On Memorial Day 2000, we<br />

remembered Lieutenant William<br />

C. Ewbank-Eagle Scout,<br />

a graduate of Lawrenceburg<br />

High School and Indiana University.<br />

Lieutenant Ewbank<br />

was involved in planning the<br />

Normandy invasion in WWII.<br />

Ewbank, however, felt that<br />

it was more important for<br />

him to be involved in combat<br />

after the Normandy landings<br />

than to remain in ground support<br />

as an intelligence officer.<br />

He knew the actual danger<br />

our soldiers would face on<br />

those fateful days. He could<br />

have remained in safety, but<br />

he made the choice to fight.<br />

Before D-Day, Lieutenant<br />

Ewbank composed a letter<br />

to his wife, Maxine, for<br />

safekeeping, to be delivered<br />

in the event of his death. On<br />

April 19, 1944, he wrote:<br />

“I do love you, dear, and<br />

if I die, your name will be on<br />

my lips and your picture in<br />

front of my eyes… You will<br />

understand, I know indeed<br />

your letters have shown that<br />

you understand why I had<br />

to transfer to satisfy myself.<br />

I regret that it turned out<br />

fatally but it was a chance<br />

everyone took…some things<br />

are hard to explain, but I was<br />

idealist enough to believe in<br />

what we are fighting for and<br />

I was glad to get a chance to<br />

do my share. If I had known<br />

for sure that it would mean<br />

never coming back to you, I<br />

don’t know if I would have<br />

been brave enough to do it...”<br />

Lieutenant Ewbank’s letter to<br />

wife Maxine in 1944<br />

This letter was given to<br />

Maxine, after her husband<br />

was killed by a sniper on <strong>July</strong><br />

31, 1944, near Saint-Lô in<br />

Normandy, France. Thirtyone-year-old<br />

Lieutenant Ewbank<br />

was also the father of a<br />

daughter, not yet three, and a<br />

seven-month-old son, whom<br />

he’d never met. Ewbank also<br />

composed a letter for this<br />

little boy. It reads:<br />

“Dear son, you will be a<br />

big boy before you see this. I<br />

have never seen you. That is<br />

one of the hard things about<br />

war. But always remember<br />

that there are worse things<br />

than war and one of them is<br />

not standing up for what is<br />

right and honorable. Don’t be<br />

Live music every<br />

Saturday at 7 pm<br />

afraid of being alone if right<br />

is on your side. Goodbye<br />

and good luck, son.” Signed:<br />

Love Dad.<br />

If we pause today and<br />

listen, we can hear the dead,<br />

calling to us from the past- a<br />

past before most of us were<br />

born; yet, we can still feel the<br />

pain left behind. They may<br />

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have given their lives decades<br />

ago, but their courage still<br />

speaks to us through yellowed<br />

letters, old newspaper articles,<br />

family histories, and stories<br />

passed down through generations.<br />

We hear them through<br />

memories that will never be<br />

silent. We hear them through<br />

the soul of this day. They are<br />

heroes for all time; they are<br />

heroes for our time. They are<br />

brave young men of Dearborn<br />

County who gave their lives<br />

for America, who we have<br />

remembered over the past two<br />

decades. Hear their names and<br />

never forget; they speak to us<br />

again today.<br />

• Lieutenant William Ewbank<br />

31- killed in action in WWII<br />

• Lieutenant Roy Neary 26-<br />

the first Lawrenceburg High<br />

School athlete to give his<br />

life in WWII<br />

• Tommy Denning 19- killed<br />

in action in Vietnam<br />

• Tony Seig age 19- killed<br />

while serving in Iraq in 2006<br />

Brookville • St. Leon<br />

• Harry Bales, age 17- killed<br />

in action in WWI<br />

• William “Bill” Dennis, age<br />

22- killed in action during<br />

WWII<br />

• Lary Dale Fogle,18 killed<br />

in action in the Jungles of<br />

Vietnam<br />

• Benjamin ‘Sonny’ Harris- 18<br />

years old, killed in action in<br />

WWII<br />

• Major William Lee Crouch,<br />

age 29- hero of Saipan,<br />

killed in the last Samurai<br />

attack of WWII<br />

• Joshua Shaw, age 32- died<br />

from wounds in the second<br />

battle of Murfreesboro/<br />

Stones River, Tennessee during<br />

the Civil War<br />

• Captain John George Woliung,<br />

age 31, of Guilford, a<br />

pilot- killed in action during<br />

the Korean War, his final<br />

resting place is known only<br />

to God<br />

They, and thousands more,<br />

cry out from their graves:<br />

“Let me not then die<br />

ingloriously and without a<br />

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struggle, but let me first do<br />

some great thing that shall be<br />

told among men hereafter.”<br />

-Homer, The Iliad<br />

And as these brave warriors<br />

sleep the eternal sleep<br />

of death, of what do they<br />

dream? Do they dream of the<br />

life that may have been? Do<br />

they dream of their families?<br />

Or perhaps, do they dream of<br />

us and the hope that we will<br />

gather and remember what<br />

they have given for at least<br />

one moment, on this sacred<br />

day in the spring of each year.<br />

Time marches on and our<br />

youth will continue to answer<br />

the call to serve. They will<br />

fight for America. They will<br />

pay the price of freedom.<br />

And new voices will speak<br />

for them in this and other<br />

FROM<br />

H ere<br />

By<br />

Ollie<br />

Roehm<br />

They call it The Forgotten<br />

Coast. In my book, it is the<br />

best place to vacation in all of<br />

Florida.<br />

The Forgotten Coast runs<br />

from Carrabelle on the fareastern<br />

side of the Panhandle<br />

down the coast through<br />

Eastpoint, St. George Island,<br />

then around the bottom of the<br />

Panhandle through Apalachicola<br />

and over to Port St. Joe,<br />

St. Joe Beach, Indian Pass,<br />

and Mexico Beach. We visited<br />

all of those towns during our<br />

ten-day stay in May.<br />

We spent two nights in<br />

Apalachicola, a quaint but<br />

vibrant fishing town with<br />

plenty to do in a laid-back<br />

atmosphere.<br />

We took day trips to nearby<br />

Port St. Joe, Indian Pass, and<br />

Mexico Beach.<br />

Mexico Beach was the most<br />

interesting, in a tragic sort of<br />

way. Mexico Beach was literally<br />

flattened by Hurricane<br />

Michael in October of 2018.<br />

A little more than three years<br />

ceremonies, but the message<br />

will always be the same- to<br />

remember their sacrifice, the<br />

life they have given, and the<br />

freedom we have gained.<br />

And the dead will continue<br />

to beckon us to keep this eternal<br />

flame burning- to warm<br />

their souls and light their path<br />

so they may return to us and<br />

the America they love. Their<br />

histories will fill us with gratitude<br />

for their sacrifice and<br />

renew our hope for America’s<br />

future. And as their ghostly<br />

presence surrounds us, we<br />

will affirm, once again, that<br />

their deaths were not in vain.<br />

They have not been forgotten.<br />

“Thus do we memorialize<br />

those who, having ceased<br />

living with us, now live within<br />

us. Thus do we consecrate<br />

later there are lots of new<br />

houses being built and the<br />

town is bouncing back.<br />

I’d venture to say that ninety-five<br />

percent of the buildings<br />

in Mexico Beach are brand<br />

new. Eerily peppered through<br />

the streets of new houses and<br />

businesses are empty lots<br />

where buildings used to be.<br />

Mary and I were impressed<br />

by how the incredible people<br />

of Mexico Beach have persevered<br />

and how much progress<br />

has been made. It was, to use<br />

an overused word, amazing.<br />

Following our stay in<br />

Apalachicola, we headed<br />

over to St. George Island to<br />

join our son and his wife for<br />

a week in a rental home that<br />

had it all. It was situated about<br />

thirty feet from the waters of<br />

Apalachicola Bay. We had<br />

a beautiful swimming pool,<br />

hot tub, game room, outdoor<br />

shower, small private beach to<br />

launch kayaks or take a dip, a<br />

private fishing pier, and more.<br />

There was a television in<br />

the living room and all three<br />

bedrooms. But I don’t think<br />

any of us watched TV the<br />

entire time we were there.<br />

I know I didn’t.<br />

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ourselves, the living, to carry<br />

on the struggle they began.<br />

Too much blood has gone<br />

into the soil for us to let it lie<br />

barren. Too much pain and<br />

heartache have fertilized the<br />

earth on which we stand. We<br />

here solemnly swear this shall<br />

not be in vain! Out of this,<br />

and from the suffering and<br />

sorrow of those who mourn<br />

this, will come-we promisethe<br />

birth of a new freedom for<br />

the sons of men everywhere.<br />

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Iwo Jima)<br />

God bless all of you for<br />

being here today, to remember<br />

our honored dead, and to<br />

celebrate this great Nation.<br />

God bless the United States of<br />

America.<br />

Ollie and Mary Roehm at<br />

St. George Island, Florida.<br />

was a three-minute golf cart<br />

ride away and the beach was<br />

uncrowded and beautiful.<br />

We walked it and loved it.<br />

Dolphins visited us in the<br />

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Mary was kayaking and two<br />

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Ms. Schmaltz is a lifelong<br />

advocate for health and<br />

wellbeing. She brings that<br />

philosophy, as well as several<br />

By Stefanie Hoffmeier<br />

At the end of March, the<br />

Dearborn County Recycling<br />

Center (DCRC) lost a friend<br />

and co-worker. Dale Workman,<br />

one of the DCRC’s<br />

residential drivers, passed<br />

away on March 22, <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Dale had worked part-time at<br />

the Recycling Center for just<br />

over 12 years. As a residential<br />

driver, Dale would swap out<br />

the trailers located throughout<br />

Dearborn County.<br />

Dale Martin Workman, 80,<br />

of Lawrenceburg, Indiana,<br />

was born Aug. 14, 1941, in<br />

Cincinnati, Ohio. He has<br />

lived in Dearborn County for<br />

over seventy-seven years.<br />

Dale is survived by his loving<br />

wife Carol Sue Workman of<br />

Lawrenceburg; son Robert<br />

Dale (Natalie) Workman of<br />

Lawrenceburg; daughter Rae<br />

Ann (Brandon Batchelor)<br />

Howard of Lawrenceburg;<br />

three grandchildren, three<br />

great-grandchildren, and three<br />

brothers. He was a veteran of<br />

the US Army. He had a fortyyear<br />

career before retiring and<br />

coming to work at the Recycling<br />

Center. In his free time,<br />

Dale enjoyed woodworking<br />

and was a dedicated East<br />

Central High School Football<br />

fan since 1978. Every Friday<br />

before a home football game,<br />

Dale would head over to East<br />

Central to lay a tarp down on<br />

his seats for the game.<br />

In honor of Dale, the DCRC<br />

had two benches made from<br />

recycled plastic caps. The<br />

caps were sorted by students<br />

from East Central Middle<br />

School and members of the<br />

DCRC’s Citizens Advisory<br />

Committee during their Give-<br />

Back day. One of the benches<br />

will stay at the Recycling<br />

Center, while the other will be<br />

placed near the football field<br />

at East Central High School .<br />

The benches were purchased<br />

by the Recycling<br />

Center through a program<br />

called ABC (A Bench for<br />

Caps) Promise Partnership.<br />

The ABC Promise Partnership<br />

program is designed for all<br />

age groups that want to learn<br />

more about the different types<br />

of plastic, how to properly<br />

recycle, use the program as a<br />

community-building program,<br />

and become good stewards<br />

of the earth. For a group to<br />

“qualify,” they must sign a<br />

pledge that a mentor and a<br />

group will be involved in the<br />

years of internal medicine<br />

experience, to patients in the<br />

Milan area.<br />

“I knew from a young<br />

age that I wanted to work<br />

in healthcare. Both my<br />

grandmother and mother<br />

were nurses, and my own<br />

healthcare journey began at<br />

age 16 in Dearborn County<br />

Hospital,” says the Milan,<br />

Indiana, native. “Since then,<br />

I’ve worked my way through<br />

the different levels of nursing<br />

to earn my Doctor of Nursing<br />

Practice (DNP).”<br />

Ms. Schmaltz received her<br />

DNP and Master of Science<br />

in Nursing (MSN) degrees<br />

from Northern Kentucky<br />

University. She also received<br />

her Bachelor of Science in<br />

Nursing degree from Western<br />

Governors University.<br />

Before joining St. Elizabeth,<br />

Ms. Schmaltz worked as an<br />

emergency medicine nurse<br />

practitioner and as a family<br />

medicine nurse practitioner in<br />

Lawrenceburg.<br />

Throughout her career,<br />

Schmaltz has led interdisciplinary<br />

teams to evaluate<br />

patient and family needs.<br />

Working collaboratively, she<br />

has diagnosed and treated<br />

individuals with acute conditions,<br />

such as heart attack and<br />

stroke, as well as provided<br />

care for patients with Parkinson’s<br />

and dementia.<br />

As a primary care provider<br />

A Bench To Remember<br />

collecting, sorting, and weighing.<br />

Several benches from<br />

the ABC Promise Partnership<br />

Program have been placed at<br />

parks and schools throughout<br />

Dearborn County. Groups are<br />

responsible for collecting,<br />

sorting, weighing, and delivering<br />

the caps, along with a<br />

payment for the benches.<br />

The benches made from<br />

recycled plastic caps are a<br />

great way to commemorate<br />

a loved one or serve as a gift<br />

from an organization to a<br />

park, school, or church. While<br />

an adult must serve as the<br />

mentor, students can easily<br />

help to collect and sort caps.<br />

If your organization would<br />

like more information about<br />

the ABC Promise Partnership,<br />

contact the DCRC, and<br />

we will point you in the right<br />

direction. The DCRC has<br />

extra caps if an organization is<br />

interested in getting a bench.<br />

While we prefer that plastic<br />

caps be placed back on bottles<br />

at the Milan Primary Care<br />

office, Ms. Schmaltz will care<br />

for individuals ages 16 and<br />

older. She can provide primary<br />

care services, including<br />

screenings, as well as chronic<br />

pain and chronic disease management<br />

and wound care.<br />

“I have a passion for<br />

helping people in my local<br />

community,” Schmaltz says.<br />

“I want to see them succeed<br />

when it comes to healthcare.”<br />

Ms. Schmaltz joins a team<br />

of primary care specialists<br />

at St. Elizabeth dedicated to<br />

working together to diagnose<br />

and treat a variety of common<br />

and complex conditions.<br />

From mental health needs to<br />

frequent eye, ear, and skin<br />

problems to substance abuse<br />

services, the providers are<br />

dedicated to giving patients<br />

a comprehensive healthcare<br />

experience that addresses all<br />

their medical needs.<br />

The No. 1 goal for primary<br />

care providers is to create a<br />

health and wellness plan that<br />

best suits their patients. To do<br />

that, they provide physical exams,<br />

order and interpret tests,<br />

and prescribe medications to<br />

improve health management.<br />

When needed, patients can be<br />

referred to a specialist.<br />

To make an appointment<br />

with Ms. Schmaltz or to learn<br />

more about the Milan Primary<br />

Care office, call (812) 496-<br />

8784.<br />

Dale Workman and Sandy<br />

Whitehead, Director of the<br />

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Maybe I have become an<br />

old fuddy-duddy… I know<br />

every generation has them.<br />

The old folks always complain<br />

and ask what’s wrong<br />

with these kids today?<br />

Many people have been<br />

working from home, and<br />

some students were learning<br />

from home. So many changes<br />

occurred in our society,<br />

including the lack of a dress<br />

code. The shift to a casual<br />

wardrobe has crept into all<br />

facets of society including<br />

social outings.<br />

I see young girls, teenagers,<br />

women, housewives, and older<br />

women wearing leggings<br />

as if they were slacks. Six<br />

or seven years ago, women<br />

were wearing leggings under<br />

sweater dresses and it was a<br />

good way to keep warm. As<br />

time passed, women of all<br />

ages wore leggings with long<br />

tops which seemed appropriate<br />

enough, but that ended.<br />

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their workout attire in the<br />

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waist-length t-shirt. I<br />

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wearing clothes at all if you<br />

want to show every curve and<br />

detail of your body?”<br />

Marie, am I just an old<br />

woman, or has this lack of<br />

a dress code gotten out of<br />

hand?<br />

Judy in Lawrenceburg<br />

Dear Judy,<br />

You have a great point. We<br />

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on the store shelves, and if we<br />

buy those clothes, the change<br />

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store and you will notice<br />

the environment is geared to<br />

women. As women, mothers,<br />

aunts, and guardians teaching<br />

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By Mary-Alice Helms<br />

Our dad was an outdoor<br />

kind of guy. While others<br />

opted to become lawyers,<br />

teachers, and businessmen<br />

after graduation, Dad wanted<br />

to “work with his hands”<br />

and not be confined by four<br />

walls. World War I ended<br />

just in time to keep him from<br />

going to war, so he kept the<br />

job that he had gotten as a<br />

young teenager, working for<br />

a dairy farmer, Mr. Smiester.<br />

He labored at everything from<br />

milking cows to making deliveries<br />

of milk and cream. It<br />

was the kind of life he loved.<br />

He had time to go hunting and<br />

fishing, made a decent living,<br />

and spent most of his time out<br />

of doors. He also honed his<br />

woodworking skills, making<br />

small tables, what-not shelves<br />

and plant stands for his mother’s<br />

home. In 1934 he and<br />

our mother were married and<br />

lived in a small rented house<br />

across the street from his<br />

family home on 11th Street<br />

in Brookville. Mother was<br />

educated as a secretary and<br />

had been working at Wright-<br />

Patterson Air Force Base in<br />

Dayton until their marriage.<br />

She felt that his potential was<br />

wasted, but Dad was happy<br />

being outdoors.<br />

Eventually, he bought his<br />

own cream truck and partnered<br />

with a friend at a cream<br />

station in Brookville. The<br />

friend, Cecil Rose, tested the<br />

milk and cream for butterfat,<br />

while Dad drove to the farms,<br />

picked up the filled cream<br />

cans, and brought them back<br />

into the station, where milk<br />

was separated from the cream.<br />

A truck from the French<br />

Bauer creamery then took the<br />

products to Cincinnati.<br />

Dad got up early to start his<br />

routes and got home in the<br />

late afternoon. That schedule<br />

allowed him to make and<br />

tend a large vegetable garden,<br />

build beautiful trellises for<br />

Mother’s climbing roses, dig<br />

up areas for her flower beds<br />

and make numerous tall birdhouses<br />

for his beloved purple<br />

martins. He still found time<br />

for a little hunting, fishing,<br />

and “tinkering”. When their<br />

first baby arrived (that would<br />

be me!) followed three years<br />

later by my baby sister, Julie,<br />

we outgrew our little house.<br />

Mother and Dad bought a<br />

larger house on 11th Street,<br />

across the street and just a<br />

few doors up from where we<br />

lived. The house was nice<br />

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Dad had his work cut out for<br />

him!<br />

In just one year, Dad took<br />

on the Herculean task of<br />

digging out a huge basement<br />

under the entire house. Using<br />

a pick and shovel, he dug out<br />

all of the dirt and hauled it up<br />

a handmade wooden ramp in<br />

a wheelbarrow. As the hole<br />

enlarged, he shored up the<br />

house with beautiful rock and<br />

cement walls. We have had<br />

stonemasons tell us, some<br />

80 years later, that he did a<br />

remarkable job. The finished<br />

product was a cement-floored<br />

basement complete with a<br />

shower, a furnace, a laundry<br />

area, and a wonderful play<br />

space which we enjoyed, as<br />

did our friends.<br />

Dad never stopped providing<br />

play spaces for his<br />

children, which eventually<br />

included yet another little girl,<br />

Ellen. Our backyard became<br />

a neighborhood mecca for<br />

kids. Dad built a great slide,<br />

a teeter-totter as well as a<br />

covered sandpile for us. Our<br />

parents welcomed neighborhood<br />

kids into our yard. They<br />

said that they liked having<br />

lots of kids around, as then we<br />

would be where they could<br />

“keep an eye” on us!<br />

Part of the dirt from under<br />

the house was utilized to build<br />

up the uneven backyard and to<br />

build a sunken garden space<br />

for our mother. The space<br />

was complete with flat stepping<br />

stones and cement steps.<br />

She delighted in her garden,<br />

transforming that part of the<br />

yard into a fragrant, blooming<br />

wonderland of flowers.<br />

We kids knew better than to<br />

invade that space! As her garden<br />

expanded, Dad’s interest<br />

in the flowers<br />

increased. He<br />

began asking<br />

about the different<br />

varieties<br />

and colors.<br />

While driving<br />

in the country,<br />

something<br />

caught his<br />

eye. In front<br />

of an old<br />

farmhouse, he<br />

saw a fence<br />

completely<br />

covered by<br />

beautiful blue<br />

flowers. When<br />

he found that<br />

those blooms<br />

were Morning<br />

Glories,<br />

he became determined to try<br />

growing them on our fence at<br />

home.<br />

Mother didn’t like that idea<br />

so much.<br />

“Those Morning Glories<br />

will spread everywhere,<br />

Walt”, she said. “They’ll end<br />

up in my flower bed.” But<br />

Dad promised to keep the<br />

flowers under control, and<br />

that’s when one of his greatest<br />

joys began. He carefully<br />

watched the “Farmer’s Almanac”<br />

to find the best time to<br />

plant the seeds each spring.<br />

I remember how he would<br />

spread the small, hard seeds<br />

out on the table on the night<br />

before planting day. Using<br />

his ever-present pocket knife,<br />

he would painstakingly knick<br />

a tiny wedge in each seed,<br />

then drop it into a jar of warm<br />

water to soak overnight. In the<br />

morning he would carefully<br />

plant each seed in the plot that<br />

he had prepared in front of a<br />

wire fence. When the first tendrils<br />

of the plants appeared,<br />

they would be coaxed gently<br />

My dad, Walter McCarty, and some of his<br />

beloved morning glories.<br />

onto the strings attached to<br />

the lower part of the fence,<br />

where they would begin their<br />

climb to the top wires.<br />

When those beautiful blue<br />

blooms began to appear, Dad<br />

would be ecstatic. Every year<br />

that fence would become a<br />

wall of blue. When the neighbors<br />

would comment on its<br />

beauty, Dad seemed prouder<br />

than he was of any of his<br />

other accomplishments. He<br />

kept his word about preventing<br />

the invading plants from<br />

spreading. In the fall, when<br />

the flowers were at an end,<br />

Dad would cut them by first<br />

pulling a burlap bag over<br />

each plant and holding it shut<br />

while cutting the stems, making<br />

sure that every leaf and<br />

stick was contained. After the<br />

debris was carted off to the<br />

dump, the area around where<br />

they were grown was carefully<br />

raked to catch any stray<br />

seeds. Not one sprouted into<br />

the neighbor’s yard or our<br />

mother’s garden, thanks to<br />

our beloved Morning Glory<br />

Dad.<br />

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Do You Want a Rock Solid Family?<br />

By Merrill Hutchinson<br />

Families are the most important<br />

building blocks of our<br />

society. When families aren’t<br />

doing well, so goes society.<br />

We believe that families must<br />

be intentional about being<br />

healthy and functioning well.<br />

To achieve this, every family<br />

can be more intentional about<br />

six essential elements to build<br />

a healthier family and society.<br />

1. Parents lead the family.<br />

Parents are naturally in a position<br />

of authority and leadership<br />

in the home. They have<br />

something that children do<br />

not- WISDOM. Parents must<br />

stop second-guessing what<br />

they know to be right and<br />

draw from their upbringing<br />

and past experiences to lead<br />

their families.<br />

2. Parents unite and determine<br />

the VALUES of the<br />

home and define the family’s<br />

values. Without family values,<br />

children will live for the<br />

most important thing in their<br />

lives- themselves. Look at the<br />

behavior of a two-year-old or<br />

a sixteen-year-old. The only<br />

difference is about three feet.<br />

To help your children through<br />

these times of self-seeking,<br />

parents must guide them into<br />

the values of the family over<br />

the values of self.<br />

3. Parents teach the essential<br />

SOCIAL SKILLS. Manners<br />

and civility are of the<br />

utmost importance in society.<br />

Children who fail to learn<br />

that others have value tend to<br />

develop a practice of valuing<br />

themselves above all else. The<br />

term we use for this is narcissism.<br />

Highly functioning narcissists<br />

tend to have greater<br />

difficulties in relationships, in<br />

their personal lives, and their<br />

professional lives. They get<br />

out of relationships because<br />

they are quick to put their<br />

needs ahead of others. They<br />

leave behind them a wake of<br />

broken relationships. Never<br />

underestimate the importance<br />

of the Golden Rule: Treat others<br />

as you would want to be<br />

treated.<br />

4. Parents model what they<br />

desire in their families. MOD-<br />

ELING is best explained by<br />

the phrase, “More is caught<br />

than taught.” If children are<br />

to learn and practice a particular<br />

skill or behavior, it<br />

must be demonstrated in daily<br />

living. Things like manners,<br />

work ethic, faith, and emotional<br />

control are much better<br />

taught through daily modeling<br />

than preaching. When we as<br />

parents preach a particular behavior<br />

but act in a completely<br />

different manner, children<br />

become confused and experience<br />

their first encounter with<br />

hypocrisy.<br />

5. Parents discipline their<br />

children. DISCIPLINE<br />

LEADS TO SELF-DISCI-<br />

PLINE. As the pendulum<br />

of life tends to swing from<br />

one side to the other, so too<br />

have we seen the pendulum<br />

of parents recognizing and<br />

implementing discipline in<br />

the home. Many of us grew<br />

up with parents we considered<br />

to be “strict.” They would<br />

discipline us quickly and<br />

often. But, that idea fell out<br />

of vogue in the 1980s, and we<br />

now see the fruit of that experiment.<br />

We complain about<br />

people being selfish, lazy,<br />

and entitled, and wonder why<br />

they won’t get off the couch<br />

and get a job or work out a<br />

marriage when things become<br />

difficult. We must realize that<br />

a person’s quality of life is<br />

largely related to their ability<br />

to self-discipline. Disciplining<br />

children will teach them to<br />

self-discipline as adults.<br />

6. Parents serve and teach<br />

the value of SERVING to<br />

their children. At about two<br />

St. Mary’s School Closes- A Student’s Insight<br />

St. Mary’s School in Aurora<br />

has drawn its last breath.<br />

While the church will continue<br />

to serve the community as<br />

it has since it was founded in<br />

1857, the school will become<br />

a preschool. Audrey Gerke, a<br />

seventh-grade student at St.<br />

Mary’s School, shared insight<br />

and wisdom beyond her years<br />

about the end of an era at St.<br />

Mary’s School.<br />

By Audrey Gerke<br />

St. Mary’s means almost<br />

the world to me. It has been<br />

one of the main parts of my<br />

life since I started in Kindergarten.<br />

St. Mary’s provides a<br />

lot of fundamentals such as<br />

academic teams, Math Bowl,<br />

Spell Bowl, National Junior<br />

Honor Society, and so much<br />

more. This school has set up<br />

kids for greatness. We are all<br />

very sad the school is closing,<br />

and for some people, its closing<br />

will leave an empty spot<br />

in their hearts.<br />

During a recent homily at<br />

mass, our priest mentioned<br />

flowers and how even when<br />

they are gone, the seed will<br />

create new life. Even with our<br />

school closing, the students<br />

will still set off as seeds,<br />

growing with the faith and<br />

bringing new people along.<br />

St. Mary’s will never be fully<br />

gone because the people will<br />

keep the spirit of St. Mary’s<br />

alive, and I believe that<br />

St. Mary Immaculate Conception, Aurora<br />

through and through.<br />

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The event started with<br />

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and current students who<br />

were ringing and singing in<br />

the choir, doing the readings,<br />

and serving. To see all of the<br />

seats filled was heartwarming.<br />

After the mass, everyone<br />

ventured to the school<br />

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Page 10A THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

By<br />

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Alexander<br />

Recipes for this month<br />

By<br />

feature vegetables. Maxine If you are<br />

someone fortunate Klumpenough<br />

to have access to locally<br />

grown garden Community vegetables, my<br />

Correspondent<br />

guess is that you are beginning<br />

to enjoy the wonderful<br />

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />

taste of just-picked goodness<br />

and before long may even<br />

experience “too much of a<br />

good thing.” Here are some<br />

suggestions for using them.<br />

They represent some of my<br />

favorites and one newly<br />

found favorite courtesy of my<br />

daughter, Maria.<br />

Our family especially<br />

enjoys salsa when we serve<br />

grilled meats and whenever<br />

tacos or burritos are on the<br />

menu. This recipe from Maria<br />

for Corn Salsa is delicious and<br />

very versatile. Best of all, the<br />

original recipe uses canned<br />

ingredients which are part of<br />

my pantry shelf. All the items<br />

used to flavor the salsa should<br />

be ‘to taste” but I list the approximate<br />

measurements that<br />

I used. This keeps well for<br />

several days if refrigerated (if<br />

it lasts that long).<br />

Quick Corn Salsa<br />

1 Can Ro-Tel Tomatoes (diced<br />

tomatoes with green chiles)<br />

DO NOT Drain<br />

1 can of black beans, rinsed<br />

and drained<br />

1 can corn, drained (or use 1<br />

to ½ cups fresh corn kernels)<br />

Cumin to taste<br />

(I used 1 teaspoon)<br />

Garlic Powder<br />

(I used ½ teaspoon)<br />

Onion Powder<br />

(I used ½ teaspoon)<br />

Salt and pepper to taste<br />

¼ teaspoon sugar<br />

Dash of lime juice or cider<br />

vinegar (I used fresh lime<br />

juice for a fresh taste)<br />

Mix all ingredients and chill<br />

for at least an hour before<br />

serving.<br />

This recipe for zucchini<br />

and fresh corn has long been<br />

a family favorite. My mother<br />

introduced this one August<br />

day when the garden was<br />

abundant with both zucchini<br />

and corn. I have no idea if she<br />

had found a recipe or if she<br />

just decided to find another<br />

way to serve the vegetables.<br />

No matter- the Renck/Alexander<br />

families continue to love<br />

it. For long-time readers, yes<br />

this has appeared in former<br />

columns. However, as I made<br />

it this past week, I realized<br />

how comforting the dish is for<br />

B<br />

eacon<br />

me because I remember good<br />

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table on summer evenings<br />

as we enjoyed produce from<br />

our garden. Note: This is a<br />

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days. The amounts that I<br />

list will yield servings for 3-4.<br />

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lengthwise and then thinly<br />

sliced into half rounds (do<br />

not peel)<br />

Vacation<br />

Fresh corn kernels from 2-3<br />

ears of corn<br />

¼ cup chopped onion<br />

¼ cup sliced celery<br />

Salt and pepper to taste<br />

1 tablespoon chopped fresh<br />

dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill<br />

Butter to sauté the vegetables<br />

Melt butter in a skillet and<br />

then add all vegetables. Cook<br />

over medium-high heat and<br />

stir frequently to prevent<br />

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are softened remove from heat<br />

and add seasonings.<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 11A<br />

By<br />

Doris<br />

Butt<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

goodolddays@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Special Pet<br />

Something new is in my<br />

life. For the first time in my<br />

eighty-seven years, I have a<br />

cat in the house, a very special<br />

cat. He came with the name<br />

Mikey, but I just call him<br />

Kitty. He’ll come to my lap<br />

to watch TV with me. Sometimes<br />

we take naps together,<br />

but mostly he sits by the window<br />

in hopes of seeing a bird.<br />

A couple of times he banged<br />

his head against the glass as<br />

though he could get one.<br />

He really took to daughter<br />

Jennie and husband Frank<br />

when they visited. However,<br />

Frank did not appreciate that he<br />

chose to sleep next to his head.<br />

(He has now positioned<br />

himself in front of my computer<br />

screen. Oh well, I need<br />

a break. He just moved on.<br />

Back to my column.)<br />

I enjoy Kitty very much.<br />

Once we had two special<br />

cats at the farmstead. I wrote<br />

about them. They certainly<br />

would envy Kitty’s life. I<br />

found those words.<br />

Ray and I decided now that<br />

we are retired we would be<br />

gone from the farmstead too<br />

often to have any pets, One<br />

problem, we forgot to tell two<br />

cats that have chosen to live<br />

with us.<br />

Several summers ago, we<br />

noticed a long-haired tabby<br />

cat dashing between the barn<br />

and the granary. Ray and I did<br />

not discourage or encourage<br />

her: in fact, we could not get<br />

near her. In the fall, we left<br />

for Florida with no thought of<br />

leaving our trespasser.<br />

The next spring when we<br />

returned, we were surprised<br />

to see her again. When she<br />

started venturing near the<br />

house, Ray began leaving<br />

feed by the door. She soon<br />

slipped up to enjoy his offering.<br />

We wondered about the<br />

history of our new friend that<br />

had a blind eye and a passion<br />

for meowing when she nears<br />

anyone. By fall Ray was able<br />

to pet her. Before we left, we<br />

arranged for our caretaker to<br />

feed her during the winter.<br />

When we returned from<br />

wintering in Florida, we<br />

were surprised when she immediately<br />

greeted us with a<br />

welcoming, “Meow, meow,<br />

meow.” She soon decided she<br />

wanted to be near us and even<br />

made a home in our garage.<br />

She learned the exact height<br />

when the door was opened<br />

enough to enter or leave.<br />

Somehow she always managed<br />

to get in so she could<br />

sleep there at night. Much<br />

to our dismay, she preferred<br />

to sleep on the van. She left<br />

it only after we made her a<br />

comfy spot to rest.<br />

We discovered it was indeed<br />

a “she,” although she never<br />

has had kittens. We named her<br />

Miss Kitty.<br />

We find she has a distinct<br />

personality. Obnoxious. She<br />

loves to jump on your lap.<br />

There she gets so excited<br />

she can’t sit still and tramps<br />

around, then up onto your<br />

shoulders and around your<br />

neck, clawing and switching<br />

her tail in your face while she<br />

slobbers all over you while<br />

constantly meowing. She is<br />

no lap kitty, believe me.<br />

Miss Kitty greets strangers<br />

by rubbing against their<br />

legs while serenading them.<br />

If she is ignored she gets<br />

their attention by scratching<br />

them. But then it isn’t smart<br />

to respond to her, for we have<br />

been embarrassed more than<br />

once when someone has been<br />

attacked when they pet her<br />

under her chin and tummy,<br />

definite no-no areas. The<br />

grandchildren have learned to<br />

keep their distance, although<br />

she seems to enjoy following<br />

them about the yard.<br />

She has her good points.<br />

She is a working cat and<br />

makes us very happy when<br />

she deposits a baby mole by<br />

the door. She loves to tour<br />

the farmstead on the golf cart<br />

with me and supervises my<br />

work in the flowerbeds. Her<br />

coloring is the grays and tans<br />

of nature and I love to see<br />

her sitting about the yard and<br />

especially among (not on) the<br />

flowers in my beds.<br />

She is very faithful. Something<br />

is touching about<br />

pulling into the farmstead<br />

driveway after months away<br />

and being immediately welcomed<br />

home with a meowing<br />

serenade from Miss Kitty,<br />

especially when you know<br />

the poor thing has lived in the<br />

barn and not in the luxury of<br />

our garage. We have grown to<br />

expect her welcome.<br />

During Miss Kitty’s fourth<br />

summer with us, a black and<br />

white kitten arrived at our<br />

door. Ray and I both noted<br />

that his tail had a kink in it.<br />

The next day Ray observed<br />

there is no skin on his tail.<br />

Just bones. I did not look. It<br />

was too much for Ray. The<br />

kitten went to the vet. The<br />

result- he became tail-bobbed<br />

Bobby. “More money than<br />

I ever spent on a cow!” Ray<br />

proclaimed.<br />

Bobby grew and prospered<br />

during the summer. His entertainment<br />

was pestering Miss<br />

Kitty, who responded with a<br />

quick swat that sent him scurrying.<br />

When it came time to go<br />

to Florida for the winter, Ray<br />

and I were determined to<br />

make a special place where<br />

the “cats” could feed themselves<br />

and our caretaker<br />

would have to stop only once<br />

a week. Ray put a closed keg<br />

of feed under the steps of the<br />

granary and filled a large pan.<br />

The next day the keg had been<br />

opened and emptied, obviously<br />

not by Miss Kitty or Bobby.<br />

The pan was licked clean.<br />

We traveled to Pet Smart and<br />

bought an automatic batteryoperated<br />

feeder. We filled it<br />

and put it in the granary. The<br />

next morning the feeder was<br />

in pieces, expensive pieces I<br />

might add. Ray is determined<br />

to outsmart the feed thief. He<br />

boarded up the area six feet<br />

high and made a neat little cat<br />

hole. Same story, all gone<br />

again. The next night I coated<br />

the floor with flour to footprint<br />

the varmint. Coons!<br />

Ray added another board and<br />

a light hoping to discourage<br />

them. Frustrated, we had to<br />

give up for it was time to<br />

leave for Florida. We directed<br />

our caretaker to feed the cats.<br />

When we arrived home for<br />

the Christmas holiday, we were<br />

greeted by Miss Kitty and<br />

Bobby. Plus two dogs. The big<br />

friendly fellows stayed with us<br />

both weeks we were home.<br />

We noticed we had no<br />

problems feeding the cats<br />

when the dogs were around.<br />

Then we thought of a feeding<br />

plan that was sure to work.<br />

We would arrange to feed the<br />

dogs to keep the coons away.<br />

Ray purchased a supply of<br />

Old Roy at Wal-Mart. Our<br />

caretaker would still have<br />

to feed our “cats and dogs”<br />

but not very often. We left<br />

confident we had the coons<br />

conquered. It did not work.<br />

The dogs left when we did!<br />

This spring we arrived<br />

back to faithful Miss Kitty’s<br />

meows. Bobby arrived on<br />

the scene in a couple of days.<br />

I suspect they boarded with<br />

kind neighbors. I thank them<br />

if they did.<br />

We are settled in for a summer<br />

together.<br />

Miss Kitty claims our laps<br />

once more and has returned to<br />

her favorite spot in the garage.<br />

She is frustrated by the presence<br />

of a mother fox that lives<br />

with her two kits in the barn.<br />

The intruder loves cat food<br />

and will venture to the house<br />

for it. I do not always see the<br />

fox but know when she has<br />

been feeding. Miss Kitty is up<br />

a tree! This is the second year<br />

the fox has raised a family in<br />

the barn. I enjoy seeing the kits<br />

playing in front of the barn.<br />

Poor Bobby, he is headed for<br />

another trip to the vet. Ouch.<br />

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Johnson Auctioneers (Roger, Susan and Chuck)<br />

Lutz Auction Service (Dale and Randy)<br />

Nelson Elliot Auctioneers<br />

Paul Hall & Associates<br />

Rosechein Processing, Rising Sun, IN<br />

Tree-Land Inc.<br />

Kathman Electric<br />

Wilhelm Lumber<br />

Napoleon Locker Plant<br />

Quality Auto Mart<br />

Saturday June 18, <strong>2022</strong><br />

Wednesday June 22, <strong>2022</strong> Cont.<br />

8 AM 4-H Horse Show (Horse Ring)<br />

Wednesday<br />

6 PM<br />

June Bake-off 22, Apple <strong>2022</strong> Cont. Pie Contest & Pies for Prizes Entries<br />

PM Bake-off Apple Pie Contest & Pies for Prizes Entries (Agner Hall)<br />

9-11:30 AM Judging of 4-H Projects, Clover Buds and Open class<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

entries (Agner Hall)<br />

6 - 8:30 PM Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway)<br />

6-8:30 PM Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway)<br />

PM 4-H Sheep Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

Monday June 20, <strong>2022</strong><br />

7 PM<br />

PM 4-H St. Elizabeth Sheep Show Healthcare (Miss Ellie Baby Show Show Arena)<br />

(Haag Ford Stage)<br />

8 AM 4-H Poultry Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

7 PM St.<br />

8:30 PM Bake-off<br />

Elizabeth<br />

Apple<br />

Healthcare<br />

Pie Contest<br />

Baby<br />

& Pies<br />

Show<br />

for<br />

(Haag<br />

Prizes<br />

Ford<br />

Auction<br />

Stage)<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

9 AM 4-H Dog Show (Agner Hall)<br />

8:30 PM Bake-off Apple Pie Contest & Pies for Prizes Auction<br />

2 PM Youth Livestock Judging Contest (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

5 PM Opening Ceremony with 4-H Tenure member<br />

Thursday June 23, <strong>2022</strong><br />

recognition (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

9:00 AM Small Animal Supreme Showmanship Contest (Miss Ellie<br />

Followed by: Dearborn County Town Hall (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

Show Arena)<br />

5-10 PM Midway Open (NO RIDES will be open)<br />

10 AM-10 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open<br />

6-6:30 PM Frog Jump Registration (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

10 AM 4-H Pocket Pet Show (Agner Hall)<br />

6 & 8 PM Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway) Followed by: 4-H Cat Show (Agner Hall)<br />

6-10 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open 12 PM Clover Bud Clinic (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

6:30 PM Frog Jump (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

1 PM Alpaca Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

7:30 PM 4-H Royalty Crowning (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

3 PM Dairy Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

7:30-8:30 PM Cooking Demonstration - "Eating Healthy on a Budget" 4-7 PM Community Service Sewing/Quilting Project (Agner Hall)<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

5 PM 4-H Beef Heifer Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

Tuesday June 21, <strong>2022</strong><br />

Followed by: 4-H Market Beef Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

5-10 PM Midway Open with Carnival Rides by "The Carnival Company"<br />

8 AM 4-H Rabbit Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

10 AM-10 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open 5:30-7 & Bee Keeping Demonstration (Demonstration Tent)<br />

1 PM Clover Bud Clinic (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

8:30 PM<br />

4 PM Demo & Public Speaking Contest/Read Creative<br />

6 & 8:30 PM Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway)<br />

Writing Stage (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

7:30-9:30 PM Josh Brock of 90 Proof Twang (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

4-7 PM Community Service Sewing/Quilting Project (Agner Hall) 7-8 PM Cooking Demo - "What to do with so Many Monsters<br />

5 PM 4-H Public Fashion Revue (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

that you grew" (Agner Hall)<br />

5-10 PM Midway Open with Carnival Rides by:<br />

Friday June 24, <strong>2022</strong><br />

"The Carnival Company"<br />

10 AM-10 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open<br />

5:30, 7 & Recycling Paper Making (Demonstration Tent)<br />

10 AM<br />

8:30 PM<br />

Large Animal Supreme Showmanship Contest<br />

6-8 PM<br />

(Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

STEM (Science, Technology & Math) Demonstration<br />

3:30-7:00 PM Pork Chop Dinner (Agner Hall)<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

6 & 8:30 PM Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway) 4-11 PM Midway Open with Carnival Rides by "The Carnival Company"<br />

7-8 PM Cooking Demonstration - "Bread in a Bag" (Agner Hall) 4:30, 7 & Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway)<br />

7 PM Pedal Tractor Pull (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

9 PM<br />

7 PM 4-H Swine Show (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

5:30, 7 & Wood Working Demonstration - Bill Wells<br />

7:30-9:30 PM My Brother's Keeper (Haag Ford Stage)<br />

8:30 PM (Demonstration Tent)<br />

6:30 PM<br />

Wednesday June 22, <strong>2022</strong><br />

Kiwanis 4-H Livestock Sale (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

9 AM Pygmy Fiber Class & Dairy Goat Show<br />

Saturday June 25, <strong>2022</strong><br />

(Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

8:30 AM 4-H Breakfast/Awards Program (Agner Hall)<br />

10 AM- 10 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout,<br />

8-10 AM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open<br />

11 AM Livestock Release (Livestock Barn & Rabbit Barn)<br />

Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open<br />

4-9 PM<br />

Flower Show Entry (Agner Hall)<br />

Limited Animals will be available to view (others released<br />

9-10:55 AM<br />

Flower Judging (Agner Hall)<br />

for safety reasons)<br />

11 AM<br />

4-8 PM Agner Hall - 4-H, Girl Scout, Homemakers Exhibit Hall Open<br />

1:30 PM Beef Fitting Contest (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

4-11 PM Midway Open with Carnival Rides by "The Carnival Company"<br />

3 PM Boer Does & Market Kid Goat Show<br />

5, 7 & 9 PM<br />

(Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

McKay Family Farms LLC Exotic Animal Show<br />

(Demonstration Tent)<br />

3:30-5:30 PM Bake-off Apple Contest & Pies for Prizes Entries 5, 7:30 & Brunon Blaszak's Royal Bengal Tigers Show (Midway)<br />

(Agner Hall)<br />

9:30 PM<br />

4-7 PM Community Service Sewing/Quilting Project (Agner Hall) 7:30 PM "Let's Make a Deal" (Miss Ellie Show Arena)<br />

5-10 PM Midway Open with Carnival Rides by:<br />

(Registration 6:30-7:15)<br />

"The Carnival Company" 8-9 PM Exhibit Hall Project Release (Agner Hall)<br />

5:30-7 PM St. Elizabeth Healthcare Baby Show Registration<br />

(Midway booth)<br />

5:30, 7 & Poultry Demonstration (Demonstration Tent)<br />

8:30 PM<br />

Visit dearborncountyfair.com for more info.<br />

Be sure to like us on Facebook!<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</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 />

Five Conference Records<br />

Broken at EIAC Track Meet<br />

The EIAC track and field<br />

championships were held at<br />

South Dearborn High School<br />

on May 10, and five conference<br />

records were broken in<br />

one night of competition.<br />

Three records were broken<br />

in the girls’ competition. The<br />

first was By set in the 100-meter<br />

hurdles where Maxine East Central<br />

Klump<br />

senior Hope Fox broke the<br />

record of Community her coach Ashley<br />

(Wilhelm) Correspondent Andres, which was<br />

set in 2001 in a time of 15.64.<br />

Fox ran a time of 15.41 to set<br />

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com<br />

a new record in an exciting<br />

race with Greensburg senior<br />

Elizabeth Mitchell, who holds<br />

their school record. Mitchell’s<br />

time in this race was 15.49.<br />

Hope Fox then joined<br />

up with teammates Rachel<br />

Campbell, Anna Graf, and<br />

Ellie Hill to set a new mark<br />

in the 4x100 meter relay.<br />

The team ran a time of 50.26<br />

to best the previous mark<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

of 50.29 set in 2018 by the<br />

East Central team of Lobenstein,<br />

Messmore, Griffin, and<br />

Grimm.<br />

South Dearborn’s Lisa Tyler<br />

has held the mark in the shot<br />

put since 1985 with her put of<br />

42’. The longstanding mark<br />

was bested by the impressive<br />

sophomore Emarie Jackson<br />

of Greensburg with her put of<br />

43’.75” at the championships.<br />

The boys also saw three records<br />

fall on this night. Dave<br />

Galle of Batesville set a high<br />

jump mark of 6’6.5” back in<br />

1983. The nearly 40-year old<br />

record was toppled by Franklin<br />

County senior Chad Cox<br />

with a leap of 6’7” on this<br />

night.<br />

East Central senior Leo<br />

Maxwell then went about setting<br />

two new records in field<br />

events. His put of 59’7.5”<br />

was good enough to take the<br />

decades-old record of Mark<br />

Parris of East Central who<br />

had a distance of 59 feet set in<br />

1988.<br />

Maxwell also went about<br />

breaking his own discus<br />

record set last year. In last<br />

year’s meet, Maxwell threw a<br />

distance of 174’8” but improved<br />

that mark to 179’5” in<br />

his senior year.<br />

The East Central girls won<br />

the conference title scoring<br />

186 points, followed by<br />

Batesville (112), Greensburg<br />

(88), Lawrenceburg (71),<br />

<br />

<br />

Connersville (53.5), Rushville<br />

(45), Franklin County (38.5),<br />

and South Dearborn (27).<br />

The boys’ title was won<br />

by Batesville with a score of<br />

127.33, followed by Lawrenceburg<br />

(94.5), Connersville<br />

(93), Franklin County<br />

(64.33), Rushville (64),<br />

South Dearborn (62.33), East<br />

Central (58), and Greensburg<br />

(53.5).<br />

At the IHSAA sectional,<br />

East Central freshman Ellie<br />

Hill set a new sectional mark<br />

of 18’11” to win the event and<br />

claim the record from Franklin<br />

County’s Ashlan Hill of<br />

18’2” set in 2018.<br />

Maxwell also bested two<br />

sectional records, both his<br />

own from 2021. He set a<br />

new mark of 179’8” in the<br />

discus to improve last year’s<br />

record of 168’11”. In the shot<br />

put, Maxwell’s final attempt<br />

resulted in a put of 61’1.75”<br />

to set a new school record and<br />

sectional record over his old<br />

mark of 59.6.75”.<br />

Ava South Continues Her<br />

Success on the Links<br />

Ava South continues to<br />

progress in her golf prowess<br />

as she gets ready to swing<br />

into her high school career in<br />

the fall beginning in August.<br />

Ava just finished her middle<br />

school years at South Dearborn<br />

Middle School and competed<br />

on the middle school<br />

golf team. This is a coed<br />

team, and Ava has competed<br />

for the past two years.<br />

In that time, Ava was able to<br />

medal in fourteen matches in<br />

a row. Throughout two years,<br />

she was able to beat out 129<br />

other golfers against whom<br />

she competed. In her very first<br />

meet for South Dearborn Middle<br />

School in 2021, Ava was<br />

co-champion of the St. Mary’s<br />

of Greensburg Invitational in<br />

Back Row: Dylan Wynn, Corbin McHenry, Braden Foist,<br />

Max Burger, Ryan Richard, Logan Thies, Conor Huff,<br />

Clay Gentry, Logan Hochstrasser and Carson Cheek.Front<br />

Row: Vance Wheat (Bat Boy), Sean Sohmer, Reese Willoughby,<br />

Adam Kunkel, Ryan WIlloughby, Gabe Perry,<br />

Drew Probst, Hunter Gates, and T.J. Wissing. Knights are<br />

coached by Head Coach Jay Malott and Assistant Coaches<br />

Adam Wheat and Austin Bowling (coaches not pictured)<br />

SDHS Varsity Baseball Team Wins<br />

Charlestown Tournament<br />

Congratulations to the South Dearborn High School Varsity<br />

Baseball team on being the <strong>2022</strong> Charlestown Tournament<br />

Champions! SD traveled to Charlestown, IN to compete in<br />

their high school baseball tournament.<br />

Great job on the win and best of luck in the rest of the season<br />

to the SD Knights!<br />

a field of sixty competitors.<br />

Her middle school coach Justin<br />

Bushorn remarked, “Ava<br />

is an academic athlete who<br />

excels on the course and in<br />

the classroom. With her determination,<br />

Ava will stay on the<br />

path of a champion well into<br />

her high school career.”<br />

Ava has also had recent success<br />

outside of school competitions.<br />

In the fall of 2021,<br />

she competed in the Hidden<br />

Valley Lake Club Championship.<br />

She got to play against<br />

Sharon Voelker, who has won<br />

the club championship for<br />

fourteen years. South was<br />

able to defeat her and others<br />

for the club title, but she was<br />

more thankful for the opportunity.<br />

“I enjoyed being able to<br />

play with someone who had<br />

a lot of experience with the<br />

sport.”<br />

More recently, South competed<br />

at the Covered Bridge<br />

Indiana Girls Jr. event in Sellersburg.<br />

She competed against<br />

54 of the top junior golfers<br />

throughout the state, which<br />

includes girls up through high<br />

school. Ava tied for fourth<br />

with Batesville High School<br />

junior Emma Weiler in the<br />

36-hole event on April 9-10.<br />

They both scored 152 over<br />

36 holes to end up two shots<br />

from the title in the event.<br />

During the event, South had<br />

one of those memorable shots<br />

many hope to experience on<br />

the course. South’s second<br />

shot on the seventh hole par<br />

four was from 124 yards out.<br />

“I hit my eight-iron, and it<br />

hit the front of the green and<br />

rolled into the hole for my<br />

first eagle on a par four. It was<br />

a magical moment, and one I<br />

will certainly remember for a<br />

long time.<br />

Fireworks!<br />

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Page 2B THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

BRIGHT/<br />

SUGAR RIDGE<br />

By<br />

Bob<br />

Waples<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Communities<br />

HIDDEN<br />

VALLEY LAKE<br />

By<br />

Korry<br />

Johnson<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

bright@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Fellow American Legion<br />

member Norma Branigan<br />

and I were honored to help<br />

Linda Sieg do the annual<br />

Spring cleanup/mulching<br />

for her son Tony Sieg’s<br />

memorial in Sunman. Pvt.<br />

Anthony Sieg, an East Central<br />

graduate, lost his life in<br />

Iraq on Sept. 9, 2006. What<br />

a privilege to work at the<br />

memorial with Linda, but<br />

more important was spending<br />

time with and talking with<br />

Linda about this memorial to<br />

Tony. Thank you, Linda.<br />

I was pleased to attend the<br />

pancake breakfast held by<br />

Boy Scout Troop 693 out<br />

of Dearborn Hills Church.<br />

Needless to say, I did not<br />

have to eat lunch after all<br />

the yummies in my tummy.<br />

Thanks!<br />

The Bright Lions will<br />

be hosting their annual<br />

golf outing on <strong>July</strong> 9. In<br />

conjunction with the golf<br />

tourney, the Lions are selling<br />

raffle tickets for a large-screen<br />

TV to be given away. Tickets<br />

are available thru any Lion<br />

member (including me). If<br />

interested please contact<br />

Jasper Thompson (513-368-<br />

6689) or Dave Nash (513-<br />

615-2149).<br />

I attended Southeastern<br />

Career Center (Versailles)<br />

graduation for my great-niece<br />

Shelby Milton (Dental) and<br />

my great-nephew Brenden<br />

Jones (Emergency Service).<br />

Both will also graduate from<br />

East Central on June 5. SCC<br />

serves multiple schools in<br />

SE Indiana. What a great<br />

opportunity for students to get<br />

a jump start on their future.<br />

Our North Dearborn Library<br />

will be hosting its Summer<br />

Reading Program during<br />

June and <strong>July</strong>. Programs and<br />

prizes are available for all<br />

age groups. Stop in or call for<br />

info.<br />

The Bright Community<br />

Parade, at this writing, is ON!<br />

The longstanding tradition<br />

will be held on <strong>July</strong> 30, <strong>2022</strong><br />

thanks to the Bright Area<br />

Business Association with<br />

the help of the founders, Dale<br />

Lutz, Jodi Blasdel, and Art<br />

Little. Stay tuned for more<br />

details….<br />

As many already know, the<br />

Bright Community Festival<br />

is canceled for <strong>2022</strong> due<br />

to cost/inflation. Sad but<br />

understandable news for our<br />

community. As a community,<br />

we appreciate and thank all<br />

Celebrating lives<br />

of the ones you love.<br />

(812) 576-4301 • 25615 STATE RT 1 • DOVER, IN<br />

Boy Scout Troop 693 members, leaders and parents<br />

served a delicious pancake breakfast.<br />

NICOLE WUESTEFELD<br />

WWW.ANDRES-WUESTEFELD.COM<br />

Brenden Jones (Emergency<br />

Service) and Shelby<br />

Milton (Dental) and at<br />

graduation.<br />

that our Fire and EMS folks<br />

do for us and look forward to<br />

the return.<br />

Remember to wish the<br />

following happy birthday<br />

in <strong>July</strong>: Carole Muething<br />

(1), Niece Jenny Jones<br />

(5), Nephew Job Osborne<br />

(5), David Harper (6),<br />

Sally Taylor (6), Mona<br />

Fricker (7), Allen Fox (7),<br />

Sandy Carley (8), Nephew<br />

Jamie Osborne (9), Megan<br />

Hamilton (10), Mitch<br />

Weldishofer (11), Kathy<br />

Swales (12), Joe Viel (13),<br />

Niece Ellie Osborne (15),<br />

Jon Batch (16), Nephew<br />

Wesley (16), Bill Lindsley<br />

(17), Jacob Roberts (17),<br />

Rebecca Woolslayer (19),<br />

Dave Lyness (20), Jared<br />

Martini (22), Vernon Waltz<br />

(30), Bob Althoff (31).<br />

I was thrilled to be able<br />

to attend the recent Garth<br />

Brooks concert with my niece<br />

Natasha Wesley…what an<br />

awesome evening and I will<br />

close with words from one of<br />

my favorite songs…. “Our<br />

lives are better left to chance.<br />

I could have missed the pain<br />

but I’d have had to miss the<br />

dance.”<br />

hvl@goBEACONnews.com<br />

June is such a wonderful<br />

time of the year! Some of us<br />

love the heat and some of us<br />

love the a/c.<br />

I’ll take the heat any day.<br />

Our very own Shirley<br />

Hicks takes some amazing<br />

outdoor photos around our<br />

community. She has an eye<br />

for beauty!<br />

The pool is now open. That<br />

means swim lessons are back.<br />

Check at the pool for information<br />

about how to sign up. If<br />

you enjoy adult swims, mark<br />

your calendar for weekdays<br />

from 11:15 A.M. to 12 noon.<br />

The adult swims are scheduled<br />

until <strong>July</strong> 30. Remember,<br />

adult swims will not be<br />

scheduled during the weeks<br />

that swim lessons are held.<br />

One of the best holidays in<br />

the Valley is the 4th of <strong>July</strong>.<br />

The fireworks are incredible!<br />

The Kids Bike Parade is at 10<br />

A.M. at the ballfields. Decorate<br />

your bicycle with red,<br />

white, and blue colors for the<br />

parade. The Boat Parade starts<br />

at 6 P.M. Such a fun-filled day!<br />

Outdoor movie nights will<br />

begin at dusk Saturday, June<br />

25 at the pool. This is the first<br />

time for a pool movie night.<br />

The movie night planned for<br />

Aug. 20 will be held at the<br />

ball fields.<br />

Cruise-Ins will be held on<br />

Tuesday, <strong>July</strong> 12, Tuesday,<br />

August 9, and Tuesday, September<br />

13. Events begin at 6<br />

P.M. and go on until dark. The<br />

free events are family-friendly<br />

with cool cars to see, live<br />

music, food, and drinks. Bring<br />

your “cool car!” (Community<br />

Center parking lot).<br />

Be sure to get your new ID<br />

if you haven’t already. Passes<br />

issued before August 2021<br />

will no longer work at the<br />

pool or beach.<br />

<strong>July</strong> Birthdays: Cole<br />

Jankovsky, Tina Weaver,<br />

Nicole Isom, William Lindsley,<br />

Mackenzie Gering,<br />

Justin Kahny, Samuel Feilhauer,<br />

Katie Lyman, Nancy<br />

C<br />

Our very own Shirley Hicks<br />

takes some amazing outdoor<br />

photos around our<br />

community. She has an<br />

eye for beauty!<br />

Maly, Barb Gillespie, Annie<br />

Hartford, Paige Hartford,<br />

Wesley Smith, Mia Stenger,<br />

Greg Corsmeier, Meghan<br />

Miller, Sharon McClure,<br />

Ethan Campbell, Justin<br />

Kahny, Joyce Hiza, Meghan<br />

Lewis.<br />

<strong>July</strong> Anniversaries: Larry<br />

and Carol Tiettmeyer, Sheri<br />

and Keith Catching, David<br />

and Joyce Hiza, Chris and<br />

Kim Buckman.<br />

Please stay safe and find<br />

your kindness! Plus, support<br />

local!<br />

Please email me, Korry H.<br />

Johnson, if you have something<br />

to share in next month’s<br />

article at hvl@goBEACON<br />

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news at The <strong>Beacon</strong>!<br />

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Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

milan@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Milan correspondent Susan<br />

Cottingham will be back next<br />

month. If you have news<br />

that you would like to share<br />

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the information to milan@<br />

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master suite, open Thinking floor plan, full of porch, moving? city utilities, 28x44 3 car<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 3B<br />

YORKVILLE<br />

& GUILFORD<br />

By<br />

Laura<br />

Keller<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

yorkville@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Each year, the Indiana State<br />

Department of Agriculture<br />

(ISDA) recognizes farms that<br />

have been owned and maintained<br />

by the same family for<br />

more than one hundred years.<br />

The Kuebel/McCarty farm in<br />

Yorkville received Centennial<br />

and Sesquicentennial Hoosier<br />

Homestead awards from Indiana<br />

Lt. Governor Suzanne<br />

Crouch and Bruce Kettler,<br />

Director of the Indiana State<br />

Department of Agriculture.<br />

Dale and Alice Mc-<br />

Carty currently reside on<br />

the Kuebel/McCarty farm.<br />

The Kuebel farm was established<br />

in 1855, when John<br />

Becker sold a parcel of land<br />

to Charles Kuebel. The farm<br />

has been owned by several<br />

members of the Kuebel-Mc-<br />

Carty family, including Dale’s<br />

grandfather Frank Kuebel.<br />

Orville and Louise McCarty,<br />

Dale’s parents, moved to the<br />

farm on September 15, 1945,<br />

to care for Orville’s father<br />

Frank, who was a widower.<br />

Dale grew up on the family<br />

farm with his brother Linus<br />

and sister Margie. Dale recalls<br />

farming the old-fashioned<br />

way with mules and horses!<br />

Neighbors assisted during<br />

threshing time, helping put<br />

hay in the barn and caring for<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

CommunitiesST. LEON<br />

The family of Dale and Alice McCarty received Centennial<br />

and Sesquicentennial Hoosier Homestead Awards<br />

from Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director<br />

Bruce Kettler and Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch.<br />

(Photo courtesy of Hoosier Homestead Award Program)<br />

Volunteers helped clean up York Ridge Road. (Photo<br />

courtesy of Dearborn County Anti-Litter Initiative)<br />

the hogs, chickens, and cows.<br />

While farm life is hard work,<br />

Dale said they took time to<br />

have fun as well.<br />

The original farmhouse<br />

and barn were each struck<br />

by lightning and burned at<br />

different times. Both buildings<br />

were rebuilt and are still<br />

used today. Dale and Alice<br />

purchased the farm on Dec. 4,<br />

2004, and reside in the farmhouse<br />

that was built in 1905.<br />

The award ceremony was<br />

attended by Dale, Alice,<br />

Shawn, Lindsay, Tyler, and<br />

Kari McCarty; Kim Gudgeon;<br />

Kelly Werner; and<br />

Kyle, Shannon, Grace, Henry,<br />

and Eleanor Flaspohler.<br />

While in Indianapolis, the<br />

McCarty family enjoyed<br />

touring the historic capital<br />

building which took ten years<br />

to build and cost a whopping<br />

$1.980,969! Congratulations<br />

to the McCarty family on<br />

receiving the Centennial and<br />

Sesquicentennial Hoosier<br />

Homestead Awards.<br />

More than twenty-five volunteers<br />

helped with the annual<br />

York Ridge Road clean-up<br />

this year. The clean-up was<br />

organized by the Dearborn<br />

County Anti-Litter Initiative<br />

currently chaired by Celeste<br />

Calvitto and York Township<br />

Trustee Greg Callahan. The<br />

Dearborn County Sheriff’s<br />

department and the Miller<br />

York Volunteer Fire Department<br />

helped patrol traffic<br />

along the busy road to keep<br />

the volunteers safe. While<br />

many volunteers were local, a<br />

Girl Scout Troop from Colerain<br />

Township assisted as part<br />

of their community service<br />

work. Thank you to everyone<br />

for helping keep Guilford and<br />

Yorkville beautiful!<br />

By<br />

Debbie A.<br />

Zimmer<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

stleon@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Carter Barrett with Father<br />

Jonathan Meyer.<br />

Dearborn Community<br />

Foundation presented three<br />

scholarships from the Greg<br />

Andres/North Dearborn Conservation<br />

Club scholarship<br />

fund. Recipients were Karly<br />

Scholl, Maria Deddens, and<br />

Olivia Stenger, all from East<br />

Central High School. I would<br />

like to thank all of the golfers<br />

from the outing who help support<br />

this very worthy cause<br />

each year.<br />

North Dearborn Conservation<br />

Club held a memorial<br />

shoot in honor of Greg and<br />

presented scholarships to<br />

Allie Andres, Peyton Hoog,<br />

Kailyn Lobenstein, and Jill<br />

Wilhelm. Congratulations to<br />

these students and good luck<br />

to all of the Class of <strong>2022</strong> in<br />

their future endeavors.<br />

Congratulations to Chloe<br />

and Spencer McGuire on the<br />

birth of their twin sons, Jaxon<br />

and Liam who were born on<br />

May 9. Sue and Tim Wilhelm<br />

are the proud St. Leon<br />

grandparents.<br />

Twenty-eight First Communicants<br />

received Jesus in their<br />

First Holy Eucharist on Apr.<br />

30, <strong>2022</strong>, at St. Joseph Church<br />

in St. Leon. My grandson,<br />

Carter Barrett, was among<br />

the class. A celebration was<br />

held in his honor after mass<br />

for his family. His grandparents,<br />

Susan and Bill Barrett<br />

from Atlanta, GA, were home<br />

to help him celebrate this<br />

great occasion as well as his<br />

local grandparents, aunts, and<br />

uncles.<br />

Happy anniversary to Betty<br />

and Bob Fischer on <strong>July</strong> 28.<br />

Get in touch with me with<br />

any news for the column at<br />

stleon@goBEACONnews.<br />

com<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

JANUARY 2017<br />

<strong>July</strong> 1 – Jim Breuer - Lawrenceburg<br />

Event Center - 8:30 at Lawrenceburg Event<br />

Center. Tickets at www.ticketmaster.com<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30 –<br />

Archaeological Research Institute -<br />

Field & Tours - May - October. Lab year<br />

round. Wednesdays & Saturdays - 10am<br />

& 2pm. Tickets at www.exploreari.org/ or<br />

call 812-290-2966.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Art Exhibition:<br />

Non-Traditional Craft - Exhibition of<br />

various artists who work with traditional<br />

craft media - clay, fiber, metal and<br />

glass. Dillsboro Arts Friendship Gallery,<br />

12926 Bank Street, Dillsboro, IN. Info:<br />

dillsboroarts@townofdillsboro.com.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – At The Barn<br />

Winery - Party On the Patio - Enjoy<br />

live music (regional artists) and award<br />

winning wines on the patio, deck or<br />

tasting room. Free tastings. Info: www.<br />

atthebarnwinery.com/.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2 – Aurora Fireworks - 10pm<br />

-10:30pm. Aurora, IN. Info: www.aurora.<br />

in.us/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Farmers Market<br />

- Lawrenceburg, IN - 9am - 1pm. Info:<br />

www.downtownlawrenceburg.com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 16, 30 – Holtkamp Winery -<br />

<strong>July</strong> 4th Weekend Celebration - Music<br />

by Josh Wells. 7-10pm. Info: www.<br />

holtkampwinery.com.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 9, 24, 30 – Lawrenceburg<br />

Speedway - KOI Auto Parts<br />

Modifieds & Late Models. Info: www.<br />

lawrenceburgspeedway.com/eventcalendar<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2 – Light up Aurora - 6pm - 10pm.<br />

Gabbard Riverfront Park, 110 Importing<br />

Street, Aurora, IN 47001. Info: www.<br />

aurora.in.us/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Yoga in the<br />

Park - Lawrenceburg, IN - 9am at<br />

Lawrenceburg Civic Park. Info: www.<br />

downtownlawrenceburg.com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 4 – Greendale Fourth of <strong>July</strong><br />

Celebration & Fireworks - 513-484-3622<br />

or check online for more info.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 5, 12, 19, 26 – Movies in the Park<br />

- Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Civic<br />

Park. Info: www.downtownlawrenceburg.<br />

com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 5, 12, 19 – Terrific Tuesdays -<br />

Terrific Tuesday are hosted by the<br />

Lawrenceburg Public Library District at<br />

Lawrenceburg Civic Park. Go to www.lpld.<br />

lib.in.us/.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 6, 13, 20, 27 – Exercise in the Park -<br />

Lawrenceburg Civic Park at 6:30pm every<br />

Wednesdays June - August. Info: www.<br />

downtownlawrenceburg.com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 6 – River City Classics Cruise In -<br />

200 Block of 2nd Street between Judiciary<br />

& Main Streets in Aurora, IN from 5:30 -<br />

8:30pm. www.aurora.in.us/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 7, 14, 21, 28 – Music on the River -<br />

Lawrenceburg Civic Park from 7pm - 9pm.<br />

Info: www.downtownlawrenceburg.com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 8, 22 – Lawrenceburg Motorcycle<br />

Speedway - Friday Night Racing. www.<br />

lawrenceburgmotorcyclespeedway.net/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 9 – The Wag ‘n Purr Social -<br />

P.A.W.S. - The Wag ‘n Purr Social<br />

fundraiser at The Livery in Aurora, IN. The<br />

event will include dinner, a silent auction<br />

& raffles. Tickets will be $40 each and<br />

will be available at the Humane Center<br />

first of June. www.facebook.com/PAWS.<br />

Of.DearbornCounty.HumaneCenter<br />

<strong>July</strong> 10 – Paint Parties at the Guild<br />

with The Painted Cicada - Open to the<br />

public, $25 Class Fee. RSVP Required<br />

at paintedcicada.com/classes/ols/<br />

categories/siag. 302 2nd Street, Aurora,<br />

IN. Info, email Tara@paintedcicada.com<br />

<strong>July</strong> 11 – Hillforest - Mind your P’s & Q’s<br />

Children’s Tea - 1pm - 3pm. Young ladies<br />

and gentlemen ages 6-12 will learn how<br />

to apply Victorian etiquette to modern<br />

times. Reservations required. Cost $20<br />

members, $25.00 non-members.<br />

www.hillforest.org/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 15 – Aurora Lions Club Summer<br />

Outdoor Movie - Aurora Lions Club<br />

Summer Outdoor Movie 9:00pm. Lions<br />

Club Parking Lot on Main Street.<br />

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

<strong>July</strong> 16 - 19th Annual Knight Flight 5k<br />

Run & Walk. Info: www.aurora.in.us/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 16 – Whiskey City Challenge -<br />

Competitive, high speed cycling race<br />

through downtown Lawrenceburg. 1:15 -<br />

10pm. www.thinklawrenceburg.com/<br />

<strong>July</strong> 21, 22, 23, 24 – Country Roads<br />

Shop Hop - Hours 10-5/ Sunday 12-<br />

5pm. The Blue Willow, The Greenbriar<br />

Shop, Rustic Nail, Whistle Stop and White<br />

Swan. Info: 812-487-8008.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 23 – WFC Mixed Martial Arts -<br />

Lawrenceburg Event. Center Doors open<br />

at 6pm - Fights start at 7pm. Tickets<br />

available at www.ticketmaster.com/<br />

Dearborn County Convention,<br />

Visitor and Tourism Bureau<br />

320 Walnut St. • Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025<br />

www.VisitSoutheastIndiana.com<br />

SHOP LOCAL and tell our advertisers you saw them in The BEACON!


Page 4B THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

BATESVILLE<br />

By<br />

Sue<br />

Siefert<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

batesville@goBEACONnews.com<br />

The ’Ville was alive with<br />

the Sound of Music!<br />

Over sixty Batesville Community<br />

School Corporation<br />

students performed flawlessly<br />

as they brought Rodgers and<br />

Hammerstein’s The Sound of<br />

Music alive. The show included<br />

the musical’s “So Long,<br />

Farewell,” “Sixteen Going<br />

on Seventeen,” and “Maria.”<br />

The multi-talented group also<br />

rocked a few songs from the<br />

Broadway production that<br />

were not in the well-known<br />

movie providing two nights<br />

of memorable entertainment.<br />

Thanks to Mrs. Lisa Barnett,<br />

BMS teacher and BHS Drama<br />

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Front: Arie Obermeyer, Molly Walter, and Levi Essick.<br />

Back: Ella Moster, Abby Hartz, Jen Dodge, Brayden Mc-<br />

Clellen, Zeke Obermeyer, and Mary Kate Ketcham. (Photo<br />

by Lisa Barnett)<br />

Check out current scrap prices!<br />

Director,<br />

and all the<br />

production’s<br />

volunteers<br />

and performers!<br />

St. Louis<br />

School (SLS)<br />

Junior High<br />

students in<br />

Mrs. Kyna<br />

Ritz’s class<br />

participated<br />

in The Patriot’s<br />

Pen,<br />

a patriotic-themed writing<br />

contest hosted by the VFW.<br />

After finishing their piece for<br />

class, students had the opportunity<br />

to enter it in the VFW’s<br />

contest to showcase their writing<br />

abilities. Participants were<br />

up against many competitors<br />

from other schools and in the<br />

end, the SLS students won the<br />

top four out of five awards!<br />

Congratulations to first-place<br />

winner Kathryn Mack, second<br />

place Ava Hollins, thirdplace<br />

Belle Young, and fourth<br />

place Sophia Hohenstein!<br />

Thanks to the Rising Sun<br />

Regional Foundation, St.<br />

Louis School PTO, and<br />

Archdiocese of Indianapolis<br />

for providing grants to help<br />

purchase SLS’s new playground<br />

equipment, the Kindergarten,<br />

first, and second<br />

graders are seen trying out<br />

the new equipment! Students<br />

will make memories on this<br />

equipment for years … I still<br />

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By<br />

Lisa<br />

West<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

manchester@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Manchester Elementary<br />

recently competed in the Vex<br />

Robotic World Championship<br />

in Dallas, Texas. This firstyear<br />

robotics team designed<br />

and built a robot that competed<br />

against opponents in a series<br />

of specific challenges. The<br />

team placed in the top 23% of<br />

worldwide teams in their age<br />

group, only seven months after<br />

the team was formed.<br />

Robotics team members<br />

recall the whirling spinner,<br />

hang-on-for-your-life, bonecrusher<br />

ride from my time<br />

at SLS a few decades ago<br />

– today there may be fewer<br />

band-aids and less Mercuro-<br />

Chrome needed!<br />

Speaking of rides, thanks<br />

to the Batesville Kiwanis for<br />

bringing their carnival downtown,<br />

and to Mother Nature<br />

for providing three gorgeous<br />

days for carnival festivities!<br />

That’s Sue’s news for now!<br />

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Belle Young, Ava Hollins, Kathryn Mack,<br />

and Sophia Hohenstein. (Photo courtesy of<br />

Photo by SLS Staff)<br />

Teagan Pfaffl, Wyatt Heeman,<br />

Piper Cole, Jade<br />

Miller, Dominic Shepherd,<br />

and Charleigh Fox practiced<br />

two to three times per week<br />

with their coach Scott Sickmeier.<br />

In the Southeastern<br />

Indiana event, they received<br />

the “Excellence Award” for<br />

the overall highest performing<br />

team, which qualified them to<br />

compete at the Indiana state<br />

level and then to receive an invitation<br />

to compete in Dallas<br />

at the World Championship!<br />

At the Vex Robotic World<br />

event, the Manchester team<br />

and their robot had to perform<br />

several tasks. Coach Sickmeier<br />

explained that the biggest<br />

challenge is not driving the<br />

robot, but working with others<br />

to develop a strategy on<br />

Livi Butt of Brookville is<br />

shown riding the Tea Cup<br />

at the carnival with the<br />

Rainbow Sky in the background.<br />

(Photo by Jo Butt)<br />

Manchester fourth-graders<br />

Teagan Pfaffl, Jade Miller,<br />

Wyatt Heeman, Piper Cole.<br />

how to score the most points.<br />

Hundreds of teams from many<br />

countries were in Dallas. Next<br />

year Manchester is planning<br />

to name their robot. May I<br />

suggest ‘MAN-E’ (representing<br />

Manchester Elementary),<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 5B<br />

GREENDALE<br />

By<br />

Linda<br />

Cromer<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

greendale@goBEACONnews.com<br />

We glory in being GREENdale,<br />

but we like to color our<br />

world with the whole box of<br />

crayons. Spring bulbs and<br />

flowering trees have given<br />

way to annual planting and<br />

plans coming together for a<br />

bright and beautiful season.<br />

There are a lot of grimy<br />

knees and green thumbs due<br />

to the Greendale Civic Garden<br />

Club’s successful annual plant<br />

sale and many of the lovely<br />

landscapes gracing our city<br />

feature flowers purchased<br />

through the sale. The sale is a<br />

great way to buy quality plant<br />

material at below retail prices<br />

for your home garden while<br />

supporting the public plantings<br />

that enhance parks and other<br />

OLDENBURG<br />

By<br />

Sue<br />

Siefert<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

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public places city-wide.<br />

Automobile traffic exiting<br />

I-275 and entering Greendale<br />

is getting a glorious and<br />

colorful greeting in the<br />

form of broad waves of<br />

blooming native plants.<br />

What a fabulous welcome<br />

to Greendale, Dearborn<br />

County, and indeed all of<br />

southeastern Indiana! This<br />

striking entryway planting,<br />

funded by the Greendale<br />

Redevelopment Commission,<br />

is part of the long-discussed<br />

Gateway Beautification<br />

Project. The project is a<br />

multi-faceted initiative and<br />

Greendale City Manager<br />

Steve Lampert stepped up<br />

to develop specifications<br />

for plant selection and<br />

installation to help move the<br />

project forward. Just a small<br />

example of the countless<br />

contributions Steve has made<br />

to our community and why<br />

it is bittersweet to report that<br />

he has tendered his six-month<br />

notice of resignation. We are<br />

happy for Steve that he has<br />

Communities<br />

Garden Club Volunteer<br />

Cathy Weiss<br />

chosen to open a new chapter<br />

in his career, but deeply sorry<br />

to see him go.<br />

Steve has a remarkable<br />

skill set as an engineer, with a<br />

razor-sharp intellect and broad<br />

base of knowledge that has<br />

served our community well<br />

for the two decades he has<br />

been our City Manager. Our<br />

vastly improved infrastructure<br />

is certainly a massive benefit<br />

we depend on daily and enjoy<br />

without even realizing it’s<br />

there. Thank you, Steve.<br />

Look around at our green<br />

spaces and park amenities<br />

and know that Steve has<br />

Valla Sears, Garden Club<br />

Treasurer and Pam and<br />

Kevin Taylor<br />

played an important role in<br />

maintaining and enhancing<br />

those things that we CAN<br />

see. Steve’s first job upon<br />

returning to Greendale in<br />

2001 was dredging Schnebelt<br />

Pond to remove decades of<br />

built-up silt and debris. What<br />

had become essentially a<br />

well-sited mud hole just three<br />

feet deep and home to carp,<br />

catfish, and the occasional<br />

turtle was transformed into<br />

a popular fishing spot where<br />

you can reel in a variety of<br />

fish including largemouth<br />

bass, redear sunfish, bluegill,<br />

Steve Lampert at<br />

Schnebelt Pond<br />

and channel catfish. Silt sumps<br />

were installed as part of the<br />

dredging project to prevent<br />

problems in the future. If your<br />

idea of fun doesn’t involve<br />

baiting a hook, you can enjoy<br />

the playground facilities, the<br />

community shelter, the muchused<br />

walking path, or simply<br />

sit back on a comfy bench and<br />

savor the view. Thank you,<br />

Steve.<br />

An engineer who loves<br />

parks as much as schematics...<br />

who wouldda thunk it? Our<br />

best wishes to Steve and his<br />

wife Trish and their family.<br />

oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Dolores “Toots” Enneking and her family. (Photo courtesy<br />

of the Enneking family)<br />

May 14 brought sunshine to<br />

the ‘Burg as one of its most<br />

senior residents celebrated her<br />

ninety-fifth birthday surrounded<br />

by her extended family.<br />

Congratulations to Dolores<br />

“Toots” Enneking, you are<br />

truly one of Oldenburg’s<br />

treasures. Dolores is seated<br />

in the center of the photo<br />

cradling the latest addition to<br />

her family.<br />

OA’s May Crowning<br />

Directly across from Toots<br />

Enneking’s home another<br />

queen was celebrated on May<br />

13 as Oldenburg Academy<br />

students crowned the Blessed<br />

Virgin Mother in an outdoor<br />

ceremony at the Our Lady of<br />

Fatima Shrine.<br />

May Crowning is a traditional<br />

Roman Catholic ritual<br />

held during the month of May.<br />

It is a solemn procession and<br />

at its close, a statue of the<br />

Blessed Virgin is crowned<br />

with a crown of flowers honoring<br />

Mary as “the Queen of<br />

May.” The queen symbol was<br />

attributed to Mary because<br />

she was a perfect follower of<br />

Christ, who is the absolute<br />

“crown” of creation. She is<br />

the Mother of the Son of God,<br />

who is the messianic King.<br />

Our Lady of Fatima is a title<br />

of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />

from 1917 when Our Lady<br />

appeared to three shepherd<br />

children in Fatima, Portugal -<br />

Lucia Santos, Blessed Jacinta<br />

Marto and Blessed Francisco<br />

Marto. Our Lady appeared to<br />

the children seven times and<br />

performed a miracle making<br />

the sun dance in the sky,<br />

which thousands of people<br />

witnessed. Oldenburg Academy<br />

students and staff participated<br />

in the May Crowning<br />

on May 13, the Feast of Our<br />

Lady of Fatima, at the outdoor<br />

Fatima Shrine.<br />

The procession was led by<br />

OA seniors while all students<br />

joined in praying the rosary in<br />

procession to where Mary was<br />

crowned by Senior Emma<br />

Back. Songs in honor of the<br />

Blessed Mother were led by<br />

OA Seniors led the May<br />

Crowning Procession.<br />

the Academy Singers in addition<br />

to the seniors leading<br />

the school in the Litany of<br />

Loreto. Later Senior Alyssa<br />

Wanstrath crowned the<br />

Blessed Mother statue located<br />

in the entryway of the Academy.<br />

Das ist alles von der ’Burg!<br />

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Page 6B THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

AURORA<br />

By<br />

Margaret<br />

Drury<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

aurora@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Spring just FLEW by, and<br />

summer is upon us. As I look<br />

through my list of recent<br />

activities in our city, I can see<br />

why the time seems to have<br />

flown by.<br />

To start, we had very<br />

busy clean-up days that<br />

were city-wide. Members<br />

of South Dearborn High<br />

School (SDHS) were a big<br />

help pulling weeds, spreading<br />

mulch, and painting curbs,<br />

picnic tables, and probably<br />

themselves! Saint Mary’s<br />

students helped serve lunch to<br />

the volunteers. Seeing these<br />

young people freely give<br />

of their time (AND giving<br />

it on a school day no less!<br />

! ! LOL) to make our city a<br />

more beautiful place was a<br />

breath of fresh air. Thank you<br />

to EVERYONE who helped<br />

on that day by donating time<br />

and resources- SDHS and St.<br />

Mary’s students and staff, Aurora<br />

Lions Club, Main Street<br />

Aurora, Aurora Garden Club,<br />

Aurora Park board members,<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Charlotte Hastings supervising<br />

a group of SDHS students<br />

spreading mulch.<br />

Communities<br />

Briana DeSanctis,thru-hiker,<br />

writer, backpacker, speaker,<br />

outdoorswoman.<br />

City of Aurora Street, Parks,<br />

and Utility departments, Debi<br />

Hornsby, and many more.<br />

During lunch that day, I<br />

noticed an unfamiliar young<br />

woman who was hiking<br />

through. She was looking<br />

intently at her phone, so I<br />

asked her if she needed help<br />

or directions. Turns out, she<br />

is Briana DeSanctis from<br />

Maine and was looking for a<br />

place to have lunch. Needless<br />

to say, I invited her to join us<br />

for lunch.<br />

On New Year’s Day this<br />

year, Ms. DeSanctis began<br />

her solo hike of the American<br />

Discovery Trail in Delaware<br />

at the Atlantic Ocean. She<br />

hopes to be in the Rocky<br />

Mountains by mid-<strong>July</strong> but<br />

has set no time limit for<br />

completing her journey to the<br />

Pacific Ocean. For Briana,<br />

the journey is about meeting<br />

new friends. She will be the<br />

first woman to complete this<br />

5,057-mile trail. You can follow<br />

my new friend on Facebook.com/rockygoeshiking.<br />

Not many days after Briana<br />

passed through Aurora, a large<br />

group from Illinois who were<br />

taking a River hop riverboat<br />

tour stopped in Aurora. They<br />

had a brief visit to a nearby<br />

alpaca farm and were quite<br />

the friendly bunch. Their next<br />

stop was Vevay, Indiana with<br />

the final stop in Louisville for<br />

the Kentucky Derby. I LOVE<br />

making new friends!<br />

A different kind of horsepower<br />

could be seen in Aurora<br />

on May 4. The first Wednesday<br />

Car shows have started<br />

once again on lower Second<br />

Street. This first show of the<br />

year boasted thirty-seven<br />

cars. Winners included Chris<br />

Wood (1955 Chevy), Tom<br />

Wiley (1963 Corvette), Kris<br />

Koons (1957 Chevy), and<br />

Matt Seiter (1964 Mustang).<br />

The next evening featured<br />

the National<br />

Day of Prayer<br />

event at Veraestau<br />

overlooking<br />

the<br />

Ohio River<br />

and the City of<br />

Aurora. The<br />

simple yet<br />

majestic gathering<br />

was of the<br />

faithful who<br />

came together<br />

to worship God<br />

The AES Sixth grade classes held a “Pennies for the Pool”<br />

fundraiser for new Aurora Community Pool.<br />

JJ South (6th grade), Kathy South (Aurora Park Board<br />

member), Denise Rose (Director of Aurora Parks), Mark<br />

Drury (Mayor), and Brooklynn Reeves (6th grade)<br />

and pray for our city and our<br />

nation. The view from up<br />

there is beautiful.<br />

A few days later on Saturday<br />

before Mother’s Day, Hillforest<br />

hosted a delightful Mother’s<br />

Day Brunch. From the photos<br />

that Clyde Thies shared, the<br />

event appeared to be quite the<br />

elegant yet laid-back event<br />

with scrump-dilly-icious food<br />

enjoyed by a full house.<br />

Aurora resident Cameron<br />

Clark recently received a<br />

scholarship from the Dearborn<br />

County Home Builders Association.<br />

Cameron is a Senior<br />

and will be applying for an<br />

apprenticeship in the building<br />

trades this summer. He plans<br />

to follow in the footsteps of<br />

his uncle who is a licensed<br />

electrician. The Dearborn<br />

County Home Builders Association<br />

was formed in 1992<br />

by a group of local businessmen<br />

that looked at all businesses<br />

not as competitors, but<br />

as businesses working toward<br />

the same goal.<br />

The Vietnam veterans have<br />

been working diligently for<br />

the last several years to create<br />

a Vietnam Memorial at Lesko<br />

Park. The dream is finally<br />

realized, a Huey helicopter is<br />

now perched on a pedestal,<br />

looking as if it were going to<br />

land near the river. On the day<br />

it was installed, many veterans<br />

Dee and Jerry Hacker with<br />

Ruth Ann and Bill Hoyt.<br />

(Photo by Cliff Thies)<br />

gathered and shared stories<br />

as they witnessed the installation.<br />

Thank you, men, for<br />

your service to our country.<br />

Before I sign out for this<br />

month, I have to say thank<br />

you to a group of sixthgraders<br />

at Aurora Elementary<br />

School (AES) who had a<br />

fundraiser called, “Pennies for<br />

the Pool.” Brooklynn Reeves<br />

and JJ South, grandson of<br />

Aurora Park Board member<br />

Kathy South, were point persons.<br />

Their classes voted on<br />

ideas for the fundraiser, made<br />

a slide show, and calculated<br />

the cost of supplies. Donation<br />

buckets were placed in each<br />

classroom of AES, resulting<br />

in a collection of $1,250 for<br />

the new community pool. The<br />

winning classes who collected<br />

the most money were Ms.<br />

Schuman’s third-grade class<br />

and Ms. Gabbard’s secondgrade<br />

class. Way to go kiddos<br />

for a job well done!<br />

Take care and God bless.<br />

Aurora<br />

Events<br />

Aurora Kids FREE<br />

SummerTime Dine-n-Dive<br />

Aurora City Park, 244 City Park Circle<br />

Weekdays, Noon - 1pm<br />

Eat lunch and, while supplies last, get<br />

a free pass to the pool for that day.<br />

Hillforest<br />

American Girl Day Camp<br />

Monday–Wednesday, June 13, 14, 15<br />

213 Fifth Street<br />

812.926.0087 or www.hillforest.org<br />

Aurora Lions Club<br />

Summer Outdoor Movie<br />

“Wreck it Ralph”<br />

Friday, June 17<br />

Dusk<br />

Main Street Aurora<br />

Hard Hat Hang Out<br />

Saturday, June 18<br />

10am - 1pm<br />

Aurora Lions Club Parking Lot<br />

Aurora High School Museum<br />

All Classes Alumni Dance<br />

Saturday, June 25<br />

6pm - midnight<br />

215 Bridgeway Street<br />

813.785.6974<br />

Aurora Lions Club<br />

Hoxworth Blood Drive<br />

Wednesday, June 29 Noon - 6pm<br />

228 Second Street<br />

513.451.0910<br />

City of Aurora & Main Street Aurora<br />

Light up Aurora<br />

Saturday, <strong>July</strong> 2<br />

6 - 10pm<br />

Gabbard Riverfront Park<br />

City of Aurora<br />

Fireworks<br />

Saturday, <strong>July</strong> 2<br />

10pm<br />

Aurora Riverfront<br />

River City Classic Car Club<br />

Cruise In<br />

Wednesday, <strong>July</strong> 6<br />

5:30pm<br />

200 block of Second St.<br />

Judiciary to Main Sts.<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 7B<br />

LAWRENCEBURG<br />

By<br />

Debbie<br />

Acasio<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Lawrenceburg residents,<br />

like most all tristate area residents,<br />

are anxiously awaiting<br />

the activities that come with<br />

warm, summer weather. A lot<br />

was happening in Lawrenceburg<br />

in April and May- from<br />

The Cruisin For a Cure car<br />

show, to spring cleanup, to<br />

renting bikes on the Dearborn<br />

Trail.<br />

More than one person has<br />

said they are counting the<br />

days until the first outdoor<br />

concert at the Downtown Civic<br />

Park. However, we did not<br />

allow the chilly temperatures<br />

(yes it snowed the Monday<br />

after Easter!) to keep away<br />

Easter activities, including a<br />

visit from the Easter Bunny.<br />

The ASG formerly known<br />

as the Arch Street Gang managed<br />

to pull off a fantastic egg<br />

hunt at the Babe Ruth Park<br />

near the Community Center,<br />

filling it with hundreds<br />

of candy-filled eggs. Some<br />

eggs had a paper entitling the<br />

lucky child to pick from a<br />

treasure trove of prizes. The<br />

Easter Bunny appeared for<br />

great photo opportunities.<br />

Lawrenceburg resident<br />

Laura Wilson, daughter of<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Monitors/employees of Lawrenceburg<br />

Community Center<br />

left to right Adrian Bryant,<br />

Gabrielle Eldridge, Gabrielle<br />

Dole, Jordan Inman at the<br />

Grand Reopening.<br />

Linda Wilson and the late<br />

Buddy Wilson, has been<br />

putting her Master’s degree<br />

in music performance from<br />

Miami University to great<br />

use lately. Her expertise with<br />

percussion instruments has<br />

earned her the opportunity<br />

to substitute at the Dayton<br />

Philharmonic Orchestra. This<br />

makes for late nights for this<br />

hard-working young woman.<br />

Congratulations, Laura!<br />

Her training in the music<br />

department within Lawrenceburg<br />

schools (and beyond)<br />

has served her well.<br />

Always looking for a way<br />

to keep the kids at Lawrenceburg<br />

Primary School motivated,<br />

teachers recently encouraged<br />

the kids to pick a partner<br />

and dress like twins for a<br />

day of fun. Amber Lansing<br />

opted instead for a quadruplet<br />

day when she made four cute<br />

little Tiger second graders<br />

very happy by making them<br />

matching shirts for the day.<br />

While not a school-sponsored<br />

event, the Nerf Wars<br />

are back. If you haven’t heard<br />

Communities<br />

Guilford resident Liz Baur<br />

at Community picnic with<br />

children Josey and Cam.<br />

Harley Bollmer, Ryleigh<br />

Griffin, and Eva Griffin of the<br />

Royal Rockets softball team<br />

at opening day parade at<br />

the fairgrounds.<br />

of Nerf Wars, you now know<br />

why you may have seen<br />

teenagers running around like<br />

crazy, hiding behind bushes<br />

or whatever, attempting to<br />

catch opponents off guard to<br />

be shot with nerf bullets. The<br />

local police departments are<br />

looking the other way (within<br />

limits) to allow these teenagers<br />

to just be kids. Stay safe<br />

kids but have fun!<br />

Lena Sturgeon, daughter<br />

of Jason and Rania Sturgeon,<br />

pitching for the Pink<br />

Flamingos team, part of<br />

the 8-and-under Dearborn<br />

County Softball league.<br />

Molly Dunn daughter of<br />

Randi & Kevin Dunn, Lawrenceburg,<br />

enjoying new<br />

hobby- rock climbing.<br />

parks<br />

dearborn<br />

county<br />

the Dearborn County Parks Foundation.<br />

A Gift For all Seasons!<br />

www.dearborncountyPARKS.com<br />

DOVER<br />

By<br />

Rhonda<br />

Trabel<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

dover@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Before I start with this<br />

month’s edition, I need to<br />

apologize to the Leiker family.<br />

A photo was in last month’s<br />

edition of Olivia Leiker,<br />

daughter of Jared and Sarah<br />

Leiker at All Saints Parish.<br />

But I misspelled it, Lecher. My<br />

sincere apologies.<br />

Congratulations to Hope<br />

Fox, who was selected for<br />

Girl’s MVP<br />

at East<br />

Central’s<br />

Varsity Track<br />

and Field<br />

Invitational.<br />

She scored<br />

30.5 points<br />

for her team<br />

Hope Fox and also tied<br />

with the<br />

boys’ leader Justin Re from<br />

N O W<br />

A C C E P T I N G<br />

C O N S I G N M E N T S<br />

A N T I Q U E S • V I N T A G E<br />

C O L L E C T I O N S • M I L I T A R Y<br />

R E T R O • M O R E !<br />

Elder. She not only excels in<br />

Basketball and now in Track.<br />

What an amazing athlete. Hope<br />

is the daughter of Josh and<br />

Robin Fox of Dover. What<br />

proud parents they must be.<br />

The East Central Winter<br />

Percussion Ensemble won<br />

the Winter Guard International<br />

World Title. This is the<br />

school’s first world title as<br />

stated by East Central High<br />

School Band Director Andrew<br />

Scharf. This group did an<br />

amazing job especially since<br />

one-third of them are eighthgraders.<br />

Members of the group<br />

are Nate Bailey, Kathryn<br />

Brice, Riley Ealy, Moses<br />

Gutapfel, Owen Hasenzahl,<br />

Logan King, Noah Ledbetter,<br />

Owen Mersmann, Logan<br />

Reddell, Sarah Roszell,<br />

Julianne South, Leah South,<br />

Peter Williams, and Maddie<br />

Zurweller. Congrats to such an<br />

awesome group.<br />

Well, that seems to be all the<br />

news I have this month. If you<br />

have any Dover news to share,<br />

please email me at dover @go<br />

BEACONnews.com.<br />

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Page 8B THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

VERSAILLES/<br />

RIPLEY CTY<br />

By<br />

Cheryl<br />

Damon-<br />

Greiner<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

versailles@goBEACONnews.com<br />

This is my first column<br />

where I get to share the news<br />

(and history) of Versailles<br />

and the surrounding area.<br />

You may know that our town<br />

shares its name and border<br />

with the second-largest state<br />

park in Indiana but did you<br />

know that there’s a drive-in<br />

theater, sporting activities, and<br />

a covered bridge within a short<br />

distance of our Courthouse<br />

Square? That’s right- there’s a<br />

historic, beautiful square at the<br />

center of town where you can<br />

stroll, take your picture on the<br />

swing of the cherry blossom<br />

mural, grab a bite or shop for<br />

antiques and specialty foods.<br />

Starting June 4 you can also<br />

enjoy the farmers market along<br />

Tyson St. on Saturdays from<br />

9-12. Concerts are scheduled<br />

7247 State Road 46E<br />

Batesville, IN 47006<br />

812.932.3300<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

The Versailles Courthouse<br />

and bell tower were built<br />

around 1860.<br />

Katie Guenther, bakery vendor<br />

at the farmers market.<br />

to rock the square this summer<br />

on June 4, <strong>July</strong> 2, Aug. 6, and<br />

Sept. 3 from 7-9 P.M. A pavilion<br />

named after local music<br />

educators, Gary and Patsy<br />

Holdsworth, is planned to be<br />

ready for future events. And be<br />

sure to mark your calendar for<br />

the 3rd Annual Main Street 5K<br />

TOPSOIL<br />

(Regular and Shredded)<br />

FILL DIRT<br />

GRAVEL<br />

SPECIALIZED HAULING<br />

& DELIVERY<br />

Communities<br />

Aly Wright, Children/Teen<br />

Librarian at Tyson Library<br />

with sea decorations made<br />

by South Ripley Elementary<br />

School students.<br />

Tori Baumgartner, an employee<br />

at Pat’s Bulk Food,<br />

posing for her senior pictures<br />

at the cherry blossom<br />

mural on the square.<br />

on June 25.<br />

Now, you might expect history,<br />

shopping, and fun from<br />

a small Indiana town, but<br />

what about visiting penguins?<br />

Tyson Library is kicking off<br />

its Oceans of Possibilities<br />

summer reading program with<br />

a special visit from Newport<br />

Aquarium, on June 11 at 1<br />

P.M. at Tyson Activity Center.<br />

Free to everyone! The Library<br />

is also gathering supplies<br />

for local kids served by SEI<br />

Voices for Children/CASA.<br />

Toys, books, and hygiene<br />

items can be dropped off<br />

Monday-Saturday.<br />

You may be wondering<br />

about the connection<br />

between Versailles and the<br />

name Tyson. James Tyson,<br />

the co-founder of Walgreen’s,<br />

was born in 1856 and lived<br />

on the square across from the<br />

courthouse. Uncle Jim, as he<br />

is known in Versailles, generously<br />

benefitted his hometown<br />

with a school, library, church,<br />

water treatment plant, and<br />

ongoing grants even today.<br />

Bo wrestles a stick while helping with spring clean-up.<br />

LOGAN<br />

By<br />

Susan<br />

Carson<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

logan@goBEACONnews.com<br />

More Boeing...<br />

This spring has been very<br />

busy with mowing, mulching,<br />

planting, etc. Who couldn’t<br />

use a little help? My “help”<br />

has come in a variety of ways<br />

from my dog Bo. Sometimes<br />

he picks up sticks. The one in<br />

this picture is about eight feet<br />

long. Sometimes he decides<br />

to help me rake grass (even<br />

though I really need to have<br />

Enjoying the fruits of his<br />

labor.<br />

my clippings bailed) because<br />

there is so much. One of his<br />

latest joys is to run through<br />

my hosta bed. He’s pretty<br />

good about staying between<br />

the rows, but not always.<br />

Good thing hostas are resilient<br />

to a little mischief. Then at the<br />

end of the day he sits down to<br />

look over his fine work.<br />

Harrison High School’s first uniformed baseball team in<br />

1910.<br />

HARRISON<br />

By<br />

Amanda<br />

Kirchner<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

harrison@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Graduation season may<br />

have you reminiscing about<br />

your days in high school.<br />

Here are some grand old<br />

photos to enjoy of the band<br />

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events planned for the<br />

summer months.<br />

The <strong>2022</strong> Summer Concert<br />

Series will kick off in June.<br />

The music starts at 7:00 pm<br />

and goes until 9:30 pm at the<br />

Harrison Community Center<br />

located at 300 George Street.<br />

Harrison will be hosting the<br />

annual <strong>July</strong> 4th parade and<br />

fireworks. The parade will<br />

wind its way through historic<br />

downtown Harrison and the<br />

fireworks will be set off from<br />

the Harrison Community<br />

Center at dusk.<br />

Harrison Historic<br />

Community Market<br />

happens the last Sunday of<br />

each month, May through<br />

September at 200 Harrison<br />

Ave. (Firehouse Parking Lot),<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 9B<br />

O<br />

ur<br />

Communities<br />

Jerry and Madonna Gordon<br />

were out browsing at the<br />

craft show.<br />

DILLSBORO<br />

By<br />

Lorene<br />

Westmeier<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com<br />

We always look forward<br />

to our “Big” spring celebration.<br />

The day was cool, but<br />

no rain fell on “Dillsboro In<br />

Bloom.” Despite the weather,<br />

the day was successful. The<br />

crafts were lovely. And “Oh<br />

Yes” lots of delicious food<br />

could be had- delicious pork<br />

bar-b-q, five tables of pies,<br />

cakes, coffee cakes, cookies,<br />

brownies (you name it!). The<br />

NEW ALSACE<br />

By<br />

Laura<br />

Keller<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

newalsace@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Many people believe in the<br />

power of prayer. For more<br />

than thirty years, a gathering<br />

has been held weekly (with the<br />

exception of Christmas Eve<br />

2007 and during the COV-<br />

ID-19 pandemic) at St. Paul’s<br />

Church, All Saints Parish, in<br />

New Alsace to pray for those<br />

in need. In January 1990,<br />

amidst the Desert Storm Conflict,<br />

the late Michael Klump<br />

began leading the rosary every<br />

week with the blessing of<br />

Father William Turner.<br />

At the time, the church<br />

would be full and those who<br />

attended prayed for the intentions<br />

that were brought to<br />

Mr. Klump. The intention or<br />

person that has been placed<br />

on the prayer list remains<br />

indefinitely. Any intentions<br />

or requests are prayed for,<br />

whether they may be deemed<br />

big or small. Since its inception,<br />

hundreds of intentions<br />

Millie Stenger and her<br />

grandma, Evelyn Meyer,<br />

had fun at the craft show.<br />

vendors and the Ladies of St.<br />

John’s, Farmers Retreat had a<br />

great day.<br />

The Dillsboro Homecoming<br />

started off with a BANG.<br />

The following citizens won<br />

crowns and awards:<br />

• King and Queen: Blake<br />

Roberts and Mariyah Baker<br />

• Prince and Princess:<br />

Weston Downey and Novia<br />

Ellsworth<br />

• Senior King and Queen:<br />

Mike and Loretta Heffelmire<br />

• Outstanding Citizen:<br />

Cheryl Drury<br />

• EMS of the Year: Mike<br />

Wallace<br />

• Firefighter of the Year:<br />

and prayer requests have<br />

poured in from many different<br />

religions.<br />

Many community members<br />

have led the rosary prayer<br />

group since its inception.<br />

Michael Klump led the group<br />

until 2006 when Vernon<br />

Galle took over as the leader.<br />

Years later, Doris Boyd became<br />

the leader.<br />

All are welcome to attend<br />

the weekly event, which<br />

is held at 5:30 p.m. every<br />

Tuesday. If you would like<br />

to add an intention or someone<br />

to the prayer list, please<br />

contact Terry Damon at<br />

812.623.3884.<br />

The North Dearborn American<br />

Legion, Post 452 is also<br />

hosting their monthly euchre<br />

tournament on June 12, <strong>July</strong><br />

10, and August 21. Doors<br />

open at noon and games begin<br />

at 1 p.m. The entry fee is $5<br />

per person with cash payouts<br />

to the four highest scores. Refreshments<br />

are available for<br />

purchase. Call 812.623.3695<br />

for more information.<br />

I would love to hear from<br />

you! If you have news in the<br />

New Alsace area you’d like<br />

me to share, please contact me<br />

at Newalsace@Go<strong>Beacon</strong>news.com.<br />

Mike and Loretta Heffelmire,<br />

Senior King and Queen.<br />

(Photo by Susan Greco)<br />

Mariah Baker, Novia Ellsworth,<br />

and Blake Roberts.<br />

(Photo by Susan Greco)<br />

Lt.Seth McKeever<br />

• Policeman of the Year:<br />

Derek Stevens<br />

Submitted by Susan Greco<br />

The winner of the Dillsboro<br />

<strong>2022</strong> Homecoming 5K was<br />

Ayden Potts, 16, of Dillsboro,<br />

with an official time of 18:29.<br />

The winner in the Women’s<br />

Category and fifth place<br />

overall was Kim Johnston,<br />

50, from College Corner, OH,<br />

timed at 21:21. A big “thank<br />

you” to the two hundred-seven<br />

registered runners/walkers<br />

this year. Of these, three<br />

elementary running clubs<br />

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Outstanding Citizen Cheryl<br />

Drury. (Photo by Susan Greco)<br />

participated from Dillsboro,<br />

Manchester, and Aurora.<br />

Also competing was Bill<br />

Whipp from Lawrenceburg,<br />

IN, who completed his 1500th<br />

race on Saturday. He has<br />

competed in every state at<br />

least twice.<br />

Dillsboro was honored to<br />

host Wayne Doehlman of<br />

Cincinnati Ohio, who recently<br />

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Page 10B THE BEACON <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

RISING SUN/<br />

OHIO COUNTY<br />

By<br />

PG<br />

Gentrup<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

risingsun@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Things have been very<br />

busy here in Southeastern<br />

Indiana. We have finally been<br />

able to complete our Huey<br />

Helicopter project, and it now<br />

is majestically displayed at<br />

Lesko Park in Aurora. Our<br />

Vietnam Veterans are indebted<br />

to Colonel Matthew Handy<br />

and his crew at the National<br />

Guard in Shelbyville. Without<br />

their dedication to this project,<br />

we would not have been able<br />

to acquire the helicopter. This<br />

is a dream come true. Now<br />

our focus is on getting the<br />

plaza built under the chopper.<br />

We are seeking $45,000 in<br />

donations to buy a monument,<br />

three flag poles, a bench, and<br />

cobblestone pavers to finish<br />

the project.<br />

The Honor Guard has an old<br />

van which is on its “last leg”<br />

with 366,000 miles on it. A<br />

replacement van, estimated at<br />

$45,000, will be of great value<br />

to us as we continue to attend<br />

and be a part of funerals for<br />

area veterans.<br />

I finally have to admit that I<br />

am not Superman, and I have<br />

limitations. I strained my left<br />

knee and had to restrict my<br />

walking, no running. The last<br />

three weeks have been very<br />

humbling, since I’m not very<br />

patient and was “climbing the<br />

walls” to get back in action,<br />

but my body told me no. My<br />

new goal of five to six miles a<br />

day will be more reasonable,<br />

with a day off regularly,<br />

at least once a week. I did<br />

31.2 miles back on Apr. 8 in<br />

honor of my nephew, Kirk. I<br />

will call it “lesson learned”<br />

and will pay more attention<br />

to what my body is telling<br />

me. I turn 75 on June 12 and<br />

have to realize I need to use<br />

common sense.<br />

Congratulations to Will<br />

Hayes, a senior at Rising Sun<br />

High School, on winning the<br />

Impact Sports Pure Stock<br />

division feature in the season<br />

opener at the speedway.<br />

Ron Spurlock and I<br />

attended the Never Forget<br />

fundraiser in memory of<br />

Matt Maupin and promoted<br />

American Legion Post 452 New Alsace<br />

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and Pat McClanahan,<br />

Vice-Presidents; Ed<br />

Shannon, Treasurer; Marty<br />

Sizemore, Secretary; and<br />

Marvin Mangold, Sergeant<br />

of Arms.<br />

by his dad, Keith Maupin.<br />

Donations help the Yellow<br />

SUNMAN<br />

By<br />

Cheryl<br />

Taylor<br />

Community<br />

Correspondent<br />

sunman@goBEACONnews.com<br />

Look at you! All shined<br />

up, capped, gowned, and<br />

ready to take on the world.<br />

Congratulations Class of<br />

<strong>2022</strong>! Remember to teach<br />

what you know. Whether<br />

you become a fireman,<br />

a certified technician, or<br />

a small business owner,<br />

you can give back to your<br />

community by simply sharing<br />

your knowledge and skills.<br />

Sunman-Dearborn Teachers<br />

and Staff, thank you for your<br />

dedication and commitment<br />

to our schools and our<br />

students! We appreciate your<br />

professionalism, compassion,<br />

and commitment to our future<br />

leaders! Enjoy your muchdeserved<br />

summer break!<br />

Sunman Elementary<br />

second-grade Tigers visited<br />

the Town Hall and other<br />

Ribbon Support Center.<br />

Our Ohio County<br />

Veterans Museum is almost<br />

ready to open after many<br />

renovations. Stop in and see<br />

the memorabilia and how the<br />

old Carnegie Library has been<br />

spruced up. Tammy Elbright<br />

and Todd Walton put in a lot<br />

of effort to make this happen.<br />

I want to thank the family of<br />

Dean Carrigan for donating<br />

several items to the museum.<br />

Rising Sun High School<br />

held its annual prom, and<br />

I stopped in to see the<br />

decorations. Deb Cappel and<br />

her crew never cease to amaze<br />

me with their dedication to<br />

this project.<br />

Sunman Elementary second-grade Tigers<br />

businesses on a walking field<br />

trip last week! Julie Brock<br />

talked with the students and<br />

answered questions about the<br />

different departments within<br />

the town hall and artifacts<br />

in the museum. This crowd<br />

loved the Telegraphs!<br />

The Sunman Rural Fire<br />

Department is offering a<br />

program to our younger<br />

generation as they announce<br />

the launch of their Fire<br />

Cadet Program which allows<br />

qualified youth to spend<br />

time at the Fire Department<br />

for hands-on training and<br />

coaching. For details, contact<br />

Lieutenant Randy Miller at<br />

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The Biggest Loser contest<br />

ended with great success.<br />

Shelia Wilson does an<br />

outstanding job working with.<br />

almost seventy people who<br />

are starting to make their lives<br />

better. Congratulations to<br />

Diane Bowling on winning<br />

and receiving $500 with<br />

Courtney Hochstrasser in<br />

second and receiving $250.<br />

Jason Lillie was first for the<br />

men, and in second place was<br />

Bud Vann.<br />

Congratulations to Jeff<br />

Hinton on his position as a<br />

new deputy sheriff for Ohio<br />

County. Good luck and be<br />

safe.<br />

Get out and enjoy yourselves.<br />

Bill Neyer and Perry<br />

Cassidy<br />

of Indiana Rural Water in<br />

their Wastewater Operations<br />

Specialist Apprenticeship<br />

Program. Perry Cassidy,<br />

our newest utility employee,<br />

a Veteran, and a Sunman<br />

resident will participate in<br />

a combination of paid onthe-job<br />

training under Bill<br />

Neyer, Utility Superintendent,<br />

with classroom instruction to<br />

prepare for his certification.<br />

The Indiana Office of<br />

Community and Rural Affairs<br />

(OCRA) announced the<br />

Town was awarded in the<br />

3rd quarter Planning Grant<br />

process for a Comprehensive<br />

Plan. Comprehensive<br />

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assessing assets and<br />

identifying opportunities<br />

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fellow Committee Members,<br />

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Mike Norman, and Kara<br />

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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> THE BEACON Page 11B<br />

By<br />

Jeff Hermesch<br />

Purdue<br />

Extension<br />

jhermesch@purdue.edu<br />

Is That A Fungus<br />

On My Plant?<br />

I’m Not Lichen It…<br />

Every year I get numerous<br />

calls, emails, and texts about<br />

lichens. Most clients will tell<br />

me that this “strange fungustype<br />

growth” is killing my<br />

plant, but in reality, it is not<br />

killing or even harming the<br />

plants. Lichens (pronounced<br />

“liken”) are two organisms,<br />

fungi and algae. These two<br />

organisms occur together and<br />

form a mutually beneficial,<br />

or symbiotic relationship.<br />

The fungi provide protection<br />

for the algae to live while the<br />

4-H for Everyone<br />

Your Place to Belong<br />

Visit the <strong>2022</strong> Dearborn<br />

County 4-H Fair, June 20-25<br />

located at the Lawrenceburg<br />

Fairgrounds on US 50. 4-H<br />

members’ accomplishments<br />

will be celebrated in exhibit<br />

hall project completion and<br />

livestock competition. The<br />

4-H Fair also serves as a fundraiser<br />

for the County 4-H program.<br />

On average, running the<br />

4-H program costs $27,000<br />

a year, not including fair<br />

expenses. The 4-H program<br />

reaches over two thousand<br />

youth grades K-12, across the<br />

county through 4-H membership,<br />

school enrichment,<br />

afterschool programming, and<br />

additional educational programming.<br />

This year’s fair includes a<br />

carnival midway and Tiger<br />

Shows throughout the week.<br />

The Fair opens on June 20 at<br />

5 P.M. with Opening Ceremonies<br />

where 4-H members in<br />

their last year will be recognized.<br />

The public is invited<br />

to speak with state and local<br />

elected officials Monday at<br />

the Legislative Town Hall immediately<br />

following opening<br />

ceremonies.<br />

Every day at the fair offers<br />

different family activities.<br />

Local sewing talent will<br />

teach interested folks to help<br />

create quilt tops on Tuesday,<br />

Wednesday & Thursday from<br />

4-7 pm in Agner Hall. Completed<br />

quilts are donated to<br />

foster care youth. Don’t miss<br />

frog jumping, food demos,<br />

a baby contest, Bake Off<br />

competition & pie auction, recycling<br />

shows, and more. 4-H<br />

animal shows happen every<br />

day of the week. And don’t<br />

forget your chance to eat your<br />

favorite fair food! We hope<br />

to have the, Hidden in Plain<br />

Sight trailer on the grounds,<br />

in partnership with Dearborn<br />

County Health Department<br />

and Sheriff’s office.<br />

The 4-H and Girl Scout exhibits<br />

are displayed throughout<br />

Fair week, in Agner Hall,<br />

located on the Fair Grounds.<br />

If adults have an interest in<br />

entering a competition, the<br />

public is invited to participate<br />

in Family Arts Exhibition and<br />

Flower Show. Please support<br />

the community and our youth,<br />

by visiting the fair, viewing<br />

exhibits, and speaking with<br />

4-H members and families to<br />

find out the value 4-H adds to<br />

lives.<br />

Dearborn County 4-H is<br />

a positive youth development<br />

year-round program. If<br />

you are interested in joining<br />

4-H or as an adult sharing a<br />

talent or skill with youth as<br />

a volunteer or for additional<br />

fair information, contact Liz<br />

Beiersdorfer at ebeiers@<br />

purdue.edu. Visit www.dearborncountyfair.com<br />

for daily<br />

schedules and more.<br />

algae provide energy (food)<br />

through photosynthesis.<br />

Lichens are found on all<br />

types of plants and can also be<br />

found on non-living surfaces<br />

such as rocks, window panes,<br />

sidewalks, and benches. They<br />

are located on every continent<br />

on earth, in every climate and<br />

altitude. Lichens only require<br />

an undisturbed surface, time,<br />

and clean air. They are very<br />

sensitive to air pollution and<br />

are rarely found in urban areas.<br />

Finding them throughout your<br />

landscape is a good thing because<br />

the environment is clean<br />

Lichens are good!<br />

Grayce Klayer, Max Burger, Hayden Fox, Mary Hallgarth<br />

and Dr. Dawn Sowders.<br />

SDHS Science Academic Team<br />

Places Third in State Finals<br />

Congratulations to the SDHS Science Academic Team for<br />

qualifying and competing in the Purdue University Academic<br />

Super Bowl State Finals for the past two years! Last year,<br />

they placed second in Class 2 and this year, they finished third<br />

in their class. The team was excited to attend the state finals<br />

in person this year on May 7, <strong>2022</strong> at the Loeb Playhouse<br />

of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. They look<br />

forward to next year’s competition.<br />

Each year the academic super bowl highlights a special<br />

theme. The theme this year was Canada: Our Neighbor to the<br />

North. Students on the Science Team studied topics involving<br />

the mining industry, Canadian biomes and climate, and physics.<br />

Team members include Max Burger (Captain), Hayden<br />

Fox, Mary Hallgarth and Grayce Klayer. The team is<br />

very appreciative of their coach and mentor, Dr. Dawn<br />

Sowders, SDHS Chemistry Teacher and Head of the Science<br />

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enough to support them.<br />

The color and form of these<br />

growths are often used to<br />

group and classify lichens. The<br />

most common species tend<br />

to be a gray-green color, but<br />

other species may be orange,<br />

yellow, slate blue, or even<br />

black. The three main body<br />

types are foliose, fruticose,<br />

and crustose. Foliose lichens<br />

produce growths that are leaflike,<br />

flattened, and lobed. They<br />

are commonly found growing<br />

on tree trunks. Fruticose<br />

lichens grow erect and have<br />

visible fruiting bodies. Crustose<br />

lichens form a crust over<br />

their host; some of these are<br />

brightly colored.<br />

Lichens rarely develop on<br />

rapidly growing trees, probably<br />

because the bark is shed<br />

before the lichens have time<br />

to spread. There may be more<br />

lichens on a mature, declining,<br />

or less vigorous tree, due to a<br />

slower growth rate. Lichens<br />

themselves do not cause the<br />

decline so there is no need to<br />

remove them. If you find them<br />

on garden statues or sculptures<br />

they should be removed<br />

because they can penetrate<br />

and damage the stone. Scraping<br />

does not remove the entire<br />

growth, so use sprays containing<br />

copper salts to control<br />

lichen growth.<br />

Lichens provide many benefits<br />

in nature and for humans.<br />

Lichens are eaten by many<br />

animals and many species of<br />

birds use lichens to construct<br />

their nests. Certain lichens are<br />

used in producing antibiotics,<br />

while others can be used in<br />

making dyes and are popular<br />

choices for rock gardens.<br />

The bottom line is that<br />

lichens are a good thing and<br />

not a sign that your plant is<br />

infected or dying. Leave them<br />

where they are because trying<br />

to remove them from your<br />

plant will do more harm than<br />

good. As always please contact<br />

me if you still have questions<br />

about lichens or need me to<br />

identify the “strange fungustype<br />

growth” on your plant.<br />

To find more tree care<br />

resources from Purdue University<br />

experts please feel free<br />

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