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Page 8B THE BEACON <strong>Sept</strong>ember <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 />
Late summer will soon<br />
become autumn with its own<br />
set of activities, sights, and<br />
aromas to enjoy. While it’s still<br />
sandal weather, Community<br />
Night Out will be Aug. 17,<br />
6-8 P.M. on the Courthouse<br />
Square. This is a chance to<br />
honor our First Responders<br />
and Armed Forces, and meet<br />
these brave members. Kids can<br />
check out emergency vehicles,<br />
play games, and win prizes!<br />
Music and refreshments will<br />
be provided for all.<br />
During the Community<br />
Night Out, a booth will be<br />
set up by a local group that<br />
focuses on supporting those<br />
responders who suffer the effects<br />
of being the first to run<br />
towards danger. The Cody<br />
Carl Moore<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Farr PTSD/<br />
Suicide<br />
Awareness<br />
organization<br />
raises funds<br />
to provide<br />
trained<br />
service dogs.<br />
Their<br />
Memorial<br />
Motorcycle<br />
Ride will be on <strong>Sept</strong>. 17<br />
starting in Rising Sun. Call<br />
Carl Moore at 812-756-1676<br />
to register for the ride or to<br />
learn about the help that is<br />
available.<br />
Kicking off Labor Day<br />
weekend, the Keith Swinney<br />
Band will wrap up this summer’s<br />
Concerts on the Square<br />
in Versailles on Saturday,<br />
<strong>Sept</strong>ember 3 at 6 P.M. Bring<br />
your chair or blanket to sit on,<br />
and wear your boots for some<br />
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Communities<br />
RISING SUN/<br />
OHIO COUNTY<br />
By<br />
PG<br />
Gentrup<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
risingsun@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Believe it or not, another<br />
school year has started.<br />
Summer was very short.<br />
I recently had Jim Ketrow,<br />
a good buddy I grew up with<br />
in Greendale, spend a week<br />
with me. He lives in Oregon<br />
now. We were able to play a<br />
lot of golf with his Vietnam<br />
buddy, Ed Bailey, from<br />
Cadiz, KY, and Kevin Wang.<br />
Jim and Ed were Airborne<br />
Rangers in Vietnam. Jim is a<br />
Purple Heart recipient.<br />
Ron Spurlock, Mike<br />
LaFollette, and I spent a<br />
couple of hours at a senior<br />
living facility, presenting<br />
a program to the residents<br />
with the help of Rhonda<br />
Stinson and her mom,<br />
Bev. Rhonda works at the<br />
Lawrenceburg Library and<br />
does a tremendous job visiting<br />
the residents and giving<br />
very interesting programs.<br />
This program was about<br />
the American Flag. We<br />
presented a small flag to each<br />
of the residents, along with<br />
a Vietnam commemorative<br />
bill. We showed them how<br />
we fold a burial flag at the<br />
funeral of a deceased veteran<br />
and how it is put in a shadow<br />
box for display. We also had<br />
two forty-eight-star flags to<br />
show them. One was a large<br />
handmade flag made by the<br />
grandmother of Sog Teaney<br />
from Aurora. When I was<br />
explaining the history of the<br />
flag, Sog’s widow, Mildred<br />
Teaney, spoke up from the<br />
audience. I remembered her<br />
from when she came to Rising<br />
Sun several years ago to give<br />
me Sog’s World War II Navy<br />
uniform, a Navy blanket, and<br />
the flag. We were in awe of<br />
the detail of the flag and all of<br />
the hand stitching. We passed<br />
a display case around to show<br />
the residents several military<br />
medals including a Silver Star,<br />
Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.<br />
The Rising Sun Alumni<br />
147th dinner was a big<br />
success again this year. Over<br />
one hundred guests were in<br />
attendance. The 1972 class<br />
received their fifty-year pin.<br />
Betty Rose Vinup, class of<br />
1947, received her seventyfive-year<br />
pin.<br />
Congratulations to Nora<br />
Powell for being named to the<br />
Class A/2A All-State Softball<br />
Team. Kendall Montgomery<br />
was the lone letter blanket<br />
recipient this year. Academic<br />
All-State awards were<br />
presented to Josie Bell, Ella<br />
Eldridge, and Cora Poling.<br />
Letter winners were Jonathan<br />
Jimenez, Kate Jenkins, Nora<br />
Powell, Alyssa Simpson,<br />
Nate Graves, Jenna<br />
Housemyer, Ani Edwards,<br />
and Isabelle Davis.<br />
Our Ohio County Veterans<br />
Museum is open for tours.<br />
Regular hours will be set<br />
soon. For now, call me at 513-<br />
602-5595 to arrange a tour. I<br />
will be glad to show you the<br />
museum and memorabilia.<br />
The Rising Sun 4-H Fair<br />
picked Ellie Ohlmansiek for<br />
Queen, Cara Ohlmansiek for<br />
Princess, and Holt Walton for<br />
Royalty Prince.<br />
Thanks to the City of Rising<br />
Sun for the outstanding<br />
fireworks display. That same<br />
day the RSHS Band’s car<br />
show was spectacular.<br />
Kendall Montgomery and<br />
Nora Powell were honored<br />
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Vietnam Veterans Mike LaFollette, Jim Ketrow, PG Gentrup<br />
and Ed Bailey. Mr. Ketrow and Mr. LaFollette are<br />
Purple Heart Recipients.<br />
PG Gentrup, Rhonda Stinson,<br />
Janice Teaney and<br />
Mildred Teaney with the<br />
handmade American Flag.<br />
for their state achievements<br />
in track and softball. Kendall<br />
jumped 22 feet, 2.5 inches,<br />
and just missed the forty-yearold<br />
record by one inch.<br />
In golf, Nate Elliott and<br />
Casey Fletcher earned All-<br />
ORVC awards.<br />
Congratulations to Peg<br />
Dickson on her retirement<br />
as the Executive Director of<br />
the Ohio County Community<br />
Foundation. Peg made a lot of<br />
friends serving in that job and<br />
did so much for many people<br />
and organizations.<br />
RSHS Lady Shiners were<br />
ranked number 3 in Class<br />
A softball and finished with<br />
a 20-3 record. The boys’<br />
baseball team won the<br />
Sectional and finished 16-9.<br />
Rising Sun lost one of<br />
her “Good Guys” with the<br />
passing of Virgil Neaman.<br />
He was a long-time teacher<br />
and business owner. If you<br />
lived in Rising Sun, you knew<br />
Virgil.<br />
Ohio County lost another<br />
World War II Veteran with<br />
the passing of Bob Bailey. He<br />
was a member of America’s<br />
Greatest Generation and a<br />
True American Patriot.<br />
Rising Sun’s Peyton<br />
Merica posted a 7-2 record<br />
with a 0.61 ERA and was<br />
named to the 1st team<br />
baseball All-State Team.<br />
I continue to pray for all<br />
of you and hope that you<br />
continue to look out for each<br />
other. God Bless you and our<br />
great nation.<br />
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