Beacon May 2023

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The BEACON 

Salute to the Military 

National Medal of Honor recipient 

Sammy Davis to visit Aurora for the 

dedication of the Huey. Page 6A 

Opportunities Abound 

A new Yorkville resident is slated 

for greatness in her life. Page 3B 

See It- Do it! 

The Volpenhein Family celebrates 

a decade of making a difference in 

Logan. 

Page 10B 

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S-D Schools Creating Culture of Educational Excellence 

By Laura Keller 

If you’ve driven past East Central 

High and Middle Schools within the 

past three years, you’ve noticed quite 

a few changes. As an alumnus, I have 

been to East Central High School 

several times since I graduated, and 

feel like I need a map to find my way 

around! Many people are pondering 

what changes have been made and 

what changes are yet to come. I had 

an opportunity to meet with Superintendent 

Dr. Andrew Jackson to 

learn about the exciting changes that 

are planned or have been completed 

within the past three years. 

By Maureen Stenger 

The pursuit of knowledge is something 

innate and central to civilized 

society. Also vital to health and wellbeing 

is an occasional escape from 

daily life. 

Life’s stress, its ups, and downs, 

can take a toll on us and we all need 

a break sometimes. While escaping 

with a vacation isn’t always possible, 

we can always escape with a book. 

Back in 1908 a local women’s organization 

in Lawrenceburg known as the 

Review Club held a fund raiser with 

the forty-dollar proceeds going toward 

building a local library. 

The Club petitioned the mayor along 

with the city council and in February 

1910 the first Library Board was 

established. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Kirtley was appointed 

by the board as the librarian and a 

small store that previously served as a 

post office on Short Street was rented 

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Marvin Mangold, Bob Palmer, Wayne Schroeder (2022/23 Club 

President), Doug Manford, Jay Beyer, Frank Burton. 

Theresa and Mike McCabe with 

granddaughters Ava and Alayna 

are ready for the sweet stuff. 

Roger Fehling and Randy Turner 

peruse the BEACON in between 

mixing, flipping, and fun. 

Flippin’ 

‘Cakes 

The Lions ‘flip’ 

for scholarships, 

community benefit. 

The Lions Club 

touches lives with 

Farmers Fair, medical 

equipment loans, 

eyeglass programs, 

and so much more. 

Brothers Andy and Scott Gordon 

travelled all the way from Dillsboro 

to enjoy a hearty pancake 

breakfast at the Lions Club. 

and fixed up. 

Local citizens 

were encouraged 

to supply any 

books they had 

and the state also 

contributed some 

materials. The 

Lawrenceburg 

Public Library 

opened for business 

on June 18, 

1910. It was 

open three days 

a week for six 

hours a day. 

In 1912 the 

city levied a tax 

to help support 

the library. The 

popularity of the free public library 

grew. More than a third of Lawrenceburg’s 

population were registered borrowers 

of the library. In 1914 Miller 

Sunman-Dearborn Community 

School Corporation was established 

in 1973 when Bright, Guilford, North 

Dearborn, and Sunman schools consolidated. 

The school district is comprised 

of six townships in Dearborn County 

and one township in Ripley County. 


Schools includes five schools: Bright, 

North Dearborn, and Sunman Elementary 

Schools for grades K-5; East Central 

Middle School for grades 6-8; and 

East Central High School for grades 

9-12. There are around 3,800 students 

currently enrolled in the school 

district, which is down from approximately 

4,400 students in 2005. The 

district is seeing enrollment increase 

due to the increased population in the 

school district and open enrollment, 

which allows out-of-district transfers. 

Enrollment is projected to increase by 

up to fifty students per year. 

East Central High School was completed 

in 1973 and although that may 

not seem that long ago, it’s been fifty 

years. A lot has changed in the past fifty 

years, including academic standards 

and student enrollment. The school 

board and Dr. Jackson strive to ensure 

the school district’s mission statement 

Continued on page 3A 

What’s 

In a Vote? 

The Process 

Voting is a right of every citizen of 

the United States who is age eighteen 

or over as stated in the twenty-sixth 

amendment, with the exception of disenfranchisement. 

Voting is not simply 

a civic right. It is a responsibility. 

What happens to that ballot once it 

disappears into that mysterious box 

only to be whisked out of sight and 

counted with similar tickets? The 

process is more streamlined and secure 

than one can imagine. 

Let’s start at the beginning- the 

polling place. Each voter is greeted at 

the door and guided to the appropriate 

check-in location. Then the fun 

begins. Every single voter is asked to 

provide a photo ID. That cute little 

bar code on the back of the photo ID 

truly does have a purpose. It is scanned 

and brings up the voter’s information 

for verification purposes. The voter 

must review the information obtained 

and provide a signature verifying the 

accuracy of the information. These 

electronic poll books have the cool 

feature of being linked to each other, 

thus preventing a person from voting 

more than once in an election, even at 

different sites. 

Please note that the machines ARE 

NOT linked via wi-fi. Each machine 

is securely attached to the Secretary of 

State’s office and has a unique number 

and password. 

Back to those cute little bar codes. 

Upon verification of information by the 

voter, a new bar code is printed on 


Lawrenceburg Library- Cornerstone for 113 Years 

An old-time photo of the front of the old library. It is in the 

genealogy department of the library. (Photo courtesy of 

Lawrenceburg Library) 

Township became a part of the library 

district and it was decided to apply for 

a Carnegie Foundation Grant to build 


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I love Mariemont. Ever 

since that first time that I saw 

the quaint Tudors, the beautiful 

town green, and the huge 

trees, I have been in love. 

Naturally, as a young girl, 

I thought everyone felt the 

same way and that everyone 

knew all about Mariemont 

and its rich history. 

Oh, the naïveté of youth. 

I recently visited Mariemont, 

a quick easy drive east on US 

50. In the middle of the town 

was the National Exemplar, 

housed in an English-Tudorstyle 

building. Again, as a 

child, I never dreamed that I 

would ever dine in a place so 

grand! 

Of course, I shared my 

experience with my friends. 

I quickly realized that not 

everyone knows where 

Mariemont is, much less its 

rich history. The things we 

automatically assume that 

everyone knows... 

Mariemont was founded 

by Mary Muhlenbery Emery 

(note: a woman) in 1923. She 

spent seven million dollars of 

her own money to purchase 

the land and worked tirelessly 

with top architects to 

create what she envisioned 

as a “National Exemplar,” 

in practical town planning. 

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The National Exemplar in Mariemont, Ohio. 

was reminiscent of an English 

garden city, welcoming to 

people of all economic and 

social backgrounds. Her plan 

included a mix of both singlefamily 

homes and affordable 

apartments. 

On a side note- Greenhills, 

Ohio was also a planned urban 

development established 

in 1939 as a Federal Government 

experiment in suburban 

housing for the working class. 

In 2007 Mariemont was 

designated as a National 

Historic Landmark community. 

This designation by 

the Secretary of the Interior 

means, “The buildings, sites, 

districts, structures, and 

objects that have been determined 

by the Secretary of the 

Interior to be nationally significant 

in American history 

and culture. Many of the most 

renowned historic properties 

in the nation are Landmarks. 

Mount Vernon, Pearl Harbor, 

the Apollo Mission Control 

Center, Alcatraz, and Martin 

Luther King’s Birthplace 

are Landmarks that illustrate 

important contributions to the 

nation’s historical development.” 

Hillforest in Aurora was 

designated a National Historic 

Landmark thanks to the efforts 

of Dodie Baker (another 

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of dining at the National 

Exemplar came to life, and I 

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enjoyed one of the best meals 

I have ever had. As I have 

hinted before, I am not shy. 

(I can hear my dear friends’ 

chuckles right now...) 

In true Taylor fashion, I 

stirred up a conversation with 

my waiter, a young man who 

thought he had the world by 

the tail. Of course, I asked 

about his future plans and 

learned that he was on the 

path to, take note, of becoming 

a realtor. He was inquisitive, 

intelligent, engaging, and 

vivacious. 

Sound like anyone we all 

know? 

Our community’s famous 

realtor, Ken Maddin, is all 

that and more. I am sure that 

when Ken was in his early 

twenties, he too thought he 

had the world at his fingertips. 

And he did! Because he had 

Cherie (another AMAZING 

woman!) by his side. 

Ken’s illustrious career 

spanned from working at 

Merries grocery store to 

running a multi-faceted real 

estate firm. But all good 

things must come to an end, 

or so Ken would like us to 

think. Ken’s real estate career 

did not fade into the sunset. 

It has merely been enhanced 

by a plethora of community 

projects about which Ken is 

passionate. 

Most of us have heard about 

Ken’s vision and project, the 

Community Blessing Boxes. 

These boxes help those in 

need, but they also give each 

and every one of us the opportunity 

to contribute and truly 

make a difference. 

Ken’s energy and effort 

didn’t stop with all of the 

boxes placed around the area. 

He and Cherie are involved in 

Dearborn Community Foundation, 

committees, the Clearinghouse, 

political offices, the 

Dearborn Adult Center, and 

Christmas With Friends, just 

to name a few. 

So when does this guy 

sleep? Funny you should ask. 

As Ken tells it, he awoke 

early one morning (supposedly 

he never does that) with 

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Ken Maddin at the first 

20-Buck-Club dinner. 

a thought. Let me interject 

that the idea that woke him 

was actually a spin-off of a 

lunch group started by Debbie 

Acasio, but I’m sure she will 

share the limelight with Kenhaha! 

Ken created a club, the 

20-Buck Club, where a group 

of like-minded citizens gets 

together for supper. once a 

month. Each gathering is held 

at a different restaurant in the 

area, thus supporting the local 

restaurant owners. But the 

fun doesn’t stop there. While 

everyone buys their own 

meals, we each put $20 into 

a pot with our names written 

on cards. The lucky person 

whose name is drawn gets 

to select the nonprofit organization 

upon whom the pot 

will be bestowed. Brilliantly 

simple. Highly effective, Extremely 

enjoyable. 

I personally put “A Community 

Bridge, Inc” on my 

card. The organization has 

been established to help support 

the efforts of nonprofit 

organizations in our community 

such as JCAP. More 

information to come in future 

editions of The Beacon... 

For those of you who follow 

Ken on social media 

(entertainment that is better 

than the Super Bowl!), Ken 

is one large child with access 

to big toys. I recently 

went by his home only to 

find large yellow Tonka-like 

machines digging away in his 

front yard. I’m sure Ken is in 

his glory with whatever this 

project entails... 

One day soon I will venture 

back to the National Exemplar 

and share a bit of Ken’s 

story with that young waiter. 

Perhaps I will be fortunate 

enough to take Ken and 

Cherie with me. That young 

waiter has no idea what lies 

ahead in his life and what 

he too can accomplish with 

a great heart, an eye for the 

future, and compassion for his 

fellow man. 

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A Culture of Educational Excellence at Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools 

Aerial view of East Central High School’s athletic fields. 

(Photo courtesy of Sunman-Dearborn School Corp.) 

A glimpse inside the culinary arts kitchen at East Central 

High School. 

The natatorium opened in 

February 2023. 

Continued from page 1A 

of creating a culture of educational 

excellence for each 

student is met. 

The school board, consisting 

of one representative from 

each of the seven townships 

the school district includes, 

has been pre-planning for 

renovations as far back as 

2015. Dr. Jackson assumed 

the Superintendent position at 


Schools on July 1, 2015. 

During the 2018-2019 school 

year, the school board hired an 

architect firm Lancer + Beebe 

to conduct a feasibility study. 

The goal of the study was to 

determine the facility needs 

for each of the five school 

buildings. In the summer of 

2019, Lancer + Beebe presented 

their recommendations 

and divided them into four 

categories: top priorities, recommendation 

items (budget 

permitting), future building 

projects, and removed items. 

A financial analysis was 

presented to the board showing 

that the project would be 

completed without increasing 

the debt service property rate 

since the debt had been paid 

off and the tax rate had been 

stabilized. While the project 

cost $54 million, only $48 

million in municipal bonds 

were borrowed. Because the 

project was bid during the 

pandemic, aggressive pricing 

was received due to many 

companies seeking work. 

Phase 1 of the project is 

currently underway and all 

five schools in the district 

have had some top-priority 

work completed. Each school 

building had the main entrance 

reconfigured for added 

security. Visitors must enter 

an office area and cannot access 

the building unless they 

are buzzed in through another 

secure door. All five schools 

also had the PA and camera 

systems upgraded; fire alarms 

upgraded; and a water line 

added to prevent cross connection 

at the mop basin. 

Bright Elementary School 

was erected in the early 1990s, 

almost thirty years ago. Safety 

upgrades included new boilers, 

pumps, and exhaust fans. 

The roof was also replaced. 

Restrooms and wash fountains 

were renovated in addition to 

new flooring and a playground 

renovation. 

North Dearborn Elementary 

School is the newest school 

in the district. It first opened 

as an intermediate school for 

grades 5 and 6 in 2003 when 

the elementary and middle 

schools became overcrowded. 

As enrollment declined, the 

former North Dearborn Elementary 

(which was originally 

North Dearborn High School 

located on North Dearborn 

Road between Dover and 

Logan) closed in 2015 and 

the schools were reorganized. 

The roof has been replaced, 

the restrooms were renovated, 

interior finishes were made 

including carpet and paint, the 

playground was upgraded, and 

the access drive was reorganized. 

Sunman Elementary School 

is the oldest elementary 

school, serving as Sunman 

High School until East Central 

High School was opened in 

the 1970s. Sunman Elementary 

School received a new roof, 

air conditioning in the gym, a 

surge protective device (SPD) 

was installed at the main 

switchboard, Federal Pacific 

Electric (FPE) equipment was 

replaced, new interior finishes, 

playground repairs/replacements, 

media center renovation, 

and the kindergarten 

classrooms were moved to the 

previous ROD (Ripley-Ohio- 

Dearborn Special Education) 

location. 

East Central Middle School 

was built in the mid-1980s 

when the elementary schools 

and high schools became 

overcrowded. The building 

has received new finishes such 

as LED lights, tile, and carpet. 

During the 2023 summer 

months, the choir, band, art, 

and agriculture rooms will be 

upgraded. One of the biggest 

changes to the middle school 

is the enlarged kitchen, which 

will be triple the size of the 

original kitchen. The office 

area has also been enlarged 

as more support staff were 

added. Students at the middle 

school will also enjoy a second 

gym and weight room. A 

separate entry for the middle 

school has been created. Previously, 

the entrance for the 

middle school was the same 

driveway used to access the 

high school. 

Many students graduate 

with college credits by completing 

dual-credit courses 

in high school. Students can 

complete thirty college credits 

in high school, enabling them 

to enter college as a sophomore. 

Industry pathways and 

certifications are allowing 

students to gain valuable skills 

before entering the workforce 

after graduating high school. 

Students may elect to attend 

the Southeastern Indiana 

Career Center located in 

Versailles. The number of students 

from East Central High 

School that attend the career 

center has doubled. 

East Central High School 

has experienced quite a few 

upgrades since 2020. The 

school boasts a ProStart certification, 

which is a two-year, 

industry-backed culinary program. 

Students gain hands-on 

experience with food service, 

giving them a head start if 

they opt to pursue culinary 

arts after high school. The 

previous kitchen was replaced 

with a brand new, state-ofthe-art 

kitchen and equipment, 

which mimics how restaurant 

kitchens may be set up. Culinary 

arts students even cater 

school events! 

Because East Central High 

School was built in the 1970s, 

the facilities were not up-topar 

with current ADA guidelines. 

All entrances to the 

building are now ADA-accessible. 

Life skills are critical for 

all students, including cooking, 

which is why the special 

education center received a 

new culinary center. 

During the feasibility study, 

it was determined the former 

swimming pool needed numerous 

upgrades. The middle 

school also needed an additional 

gym. The school board 

decided to invest in a new 

pool instead of upgrading the 

existing pool. The natatorium 

designed by architect Mark 

Beebe opened in February 

2023 and includes deep and 

shallow ends that are separated, 

allowing swimmers to 

warm up or cool down after 

competing. There is seating 

for 499 spectators. The former 

pool is being renovated into 

a second gym for the middle 

school. A fitness area will be 

added behind the second gym 

and the former locker room 

will be upgraded with new 

showers. 

Phase 2 was scheduled to 

begin five years after phase 

1. Phase 2 upgrades include 

mechanical, electrical, plumbing, 

and heating enhancements. 

Lead time is greater 

than 12 months for supplies, 

so the school board will make 

decisions in March 2024 to 

determine what will need to 

be replaced in May 2025. 

With the changes that have 

been made and planned for the 

five schools in the Sunman- 

Dearborn Community School 

Corporation, students are 

gaining skills that will prepare 

them for life – whatever path 

they may choose. 

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Lawrenceburg Annual 

Community Picnic 

Saturday, April 22 

11:30AM-3 PM 

Community Cookout 

Free Rides 

Musical Performances 

Giveaways Throughout the Day 

Grand Prize Giveaway at 3PM 

Local Vendors and Community Organizations 

More info at DowntownLawrenceburg.com 

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Knowledge, History, and Fun, All Rolled Into One! 


a larger library. During the 

years 1901 and 1918, the 

Carnegie Foundation awarded 

Indiana one hundred and fiftysix 

library grants. These grants 

enabled one hundred and 

sixty-five libraries to launch. 

Indiana received over two million 

dollars and the new library 

buildings were built between 

1901 and 1922. The Lawrenceburg 

Library’s grant was 

eleven thousand dollars. 

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Oberting 

donated land on West 

High Street for the library 

building expansion. The 

Review Club and librarian 

Ada Florence Fitch, who 

took over after Mrs. Kirtley 

left, were instrumental in 

obtaining the grant. The new 

Lawrenceburg Library was 

dedicated on October 9, 1915, 

during Farmer’s Fair Weekend. 

It was a fifty-eight-foot 

by thirty-six-foot building in 

the Neo-Classical style with 

big front pillars that were 

made of Bedford Limestone. 

The library sat up high with 

thirteen steps leading to the 

front doorway. The books 

were housed on the second 

floor which was built eighteen 

inches above the 1913 flood 

line in the hopes if the Ohio 

River flooded again, they 

would all be spared. 

An auditorium occupied the 

first floor which held many 

community gatherings. There 

was a lot of excitement about 

the new library including 

socials held on the front lawn, 

a booth at the county fair, and 

a float in the Farmer’s Fair 

Parade. 

A few years later a plan was 

made to get books to those in 

outlying areas so the idea of a 

mobile book wagon was born, 

fast forward one hundred 

years and our mobile library 

that travels to our schools 

is still going strong! The 

The stained glass at the 

library is beautiful. (Photo 

by Maureen Stenger) 

children’s books were such 

a hit money was allocated 

to purchase new materials 

each month. By 1930 library 

lending was over thirty-three 

thousand with eight thousand 

books available. 

Things were going along 

fine and dandy until January 

1937. 

Over thirteen inches of 

snow had fallen in the weeks 

prior and that melted snow 

combined with incessant 

rainfall proved a disastrous 

combination. The Ohio River 

busted out of her banks and 

breached the Lawrenceburg 

Levee. On January 25th the 

waters rose to over eighty-two 

feet and the destruction to the 

city was terrible. 

Over three hundred and 

sixty houses were swept away 

and those that remained suffered 

incredible damage. 

The catastrophic flood 

waters destroyed the whole 

library collection. The 

librarian at the time, Corinne 

Tebbs, graciously donated her 

would-be salary for February 

through April to be used to 

purchase new library books. 

The resolve of the people 

would prove stronger than the 

flood waters and the library 

The Lawrenceburg Library ca. 1916. Residents Anna Garnier Oberting, Victor Oberting, 

Harry Spanagel, Victor Oberting, Anna Bischoff Oberting, Elizabeth Bischoff Seekatz. 

Victor Oberting donated the land on which the library was built. (Photo courtesy of Lawrenceburg 

Library) 

Eleanor Ewbank (Photo 

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was fully 

refurbished 

with doors 

opening 

back up to 

the public on 

September 1. 

During 

World War II 

the Lawrenceburg 

Library 

regularly 

sent materials 

to Camp 

Atterbury in Indiana for the 

soldiers to enjoy. This was 

known as the Victory Book 

Drive and one hundred and 

eighty-two books were sent to 

the active-duty soldiers. The 

library continued to thrive 

and expand services to nearby 

townships. It was soon apparent 

another addition was 

needed. In 1958 the library 

underwent a large renovation 

to the tune of ninety-five 

thousand dollars and added 

seventeen hundred square feet 

to the Carnegie Building. An 

important update made during 

this time was making the 

library more accessible from 

the ground floor. The Lawrenceburg 

Library was one of 

the top libraries in the state 

for circulation and its summer 

reading program for children 

had over seven hundred children 

enrolled in 1960. 

Eleanor Ewbank was the 

library director from 1969 until 

1999 and she left her mark 

due to her help in advancing 

technology and continued 

building upgrades. In 1987 

another large renovation took 

place and one of the new 

rooms added on then would 

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An old-time photo of the front of the old library. It is in the 

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their dedication and support to 

the library. The 1987 renovation 

was aided by a bond issue 

and the Library Improvement 

Reserve Fund. In the early 

1990’s an IBM computer 

was purchased to upgrade the 

technology services. 

In 1992 non-Dearborn 

County residents could buy a 

Library Access Card, known 

as a PLAC card. In 1995 library 

services were expanded 

to those living in Harrison, 

Jackson, Kelso, Logan, and 

York townships. 

In May of 2000, the North 

Dearborn Library opened its 

doors. Itwas built on property 

donated by Mr. and Mrs. Robert 

Dunevant. 

In the summer of 2002, a 

bookmobile was purchased 

to expand the services to visit 

more adult complexes, preschools, 

and daycares in the 

area. At the Lawrenceburg 

Library space was still tight 

and more was required to 

expand services so the Library 

Board of Trustees asked attorney 

Richard Butler to find 

out if it would be possible to 

acquire the former Lawrenceburg 

Train Depot near the 

library. The original Law- 


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The interior of the Train Depot has been renovated as a 

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A detail of the stained glass 

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renceburg Train Depot was 

built in the 1850s near the site 

of the current depot. The current 

depot was built in 1885. 

Turn back time to 1832 

when Lawrenceburg’s George 

Dunn, a lawyer and state 

legislator, wanted to bring the 

railroad to our area as he believed 

it was pivotal for future 

progress. His persistence paid 

off as in 1850 construction on 

The L & I (Lawrenceburg to 

Indianapolis) and The O & M 

(Ohio to Mississippi) began. 

Thomas Gaff, who built the 

stunning Hillforest Mansion, 

was one of the original 

stockholders of the O & M 

Railroad. Mr. Dunn was 

instrumental to the L & I 

Railroad so it was fitting that 

that lifetime achievement was 

carved on his grave when his 

time to leave this world had 

come. The Indianapolis line 

construction began in downtown 

Lawrenceburg near the 

site of the present-day Hollywood 

Casino. Once the tracks 

were completed to Guilford 

A very cool clock in the 

depot, the origin of which is 

not known. (Photo by Maureen 

Stenger) 

people were thrilled to buy 

tickets so they could ride from 

Lawrenceburg to Guilford and 

back. When the tracks were 

installed to Greensburg, more 

excitement abounded and 

large celebrations took place. 

The Ohio and Mississippi 

Railroad’s first tracks were 

finished between Cincinnati 

and Lawrenceburg. The 

railroad extended to St. Louis 

and was completed in 1857. 

Travel by train became the 

preferred method to get from 

place to place. The flood of 

1913 damaged the rail line extensively 

but the tracks were 

meticulously repaired. With 

the passing of time, change is 

inevitable and by the 1920’s 

there were fourteen Chicago 

to Cincinnati trains and three 

Indianapolis to Cincinnati 

trains resulting in passengers 

boarding in the big cities of 

Indy and Cincy. The sad 

repercussion of that was that 

local service became a thing 

of days gone by. 

Acquiring the old depot 

proved a tall task. It took 

two years of negotiating and 

trading a building on Maple 

Street to the railroad to finally 

secure the depot. The Depot 

gave the Library the chance to 

house expanding collections, 

programming, and services. 

The Lawrenceburg Library 

would expand again with 

the help of the city and that 

ground breaking began in the 

summer of 2006. 

This all brings us to the 

wonderful community resource 

we have today. The 

two-story library is a beautiful 

huge space filled to the 

brim with every kind of book 

you can imagine. The children’s 

section is perfectly 

geared toward little ones with 

its whimsical wall art and 

comfortable spaces to curl up 

with a book. The Genealogy 

Room is a sophisticated space 

with numerous resources to 

enable you to travel back in 

time. The drawings along the 

wall feature important pieces 

of local history and lore such 

as the famous local celebrity 

Peggy the Flying Red Horse. 

There is even a quaint café 

where you can grab a cup of 

java and a bite to eat. Try the 

tuna salad toasted on sourdough 

with a mocha latte, it’s 

scrumptious. 

In our fast-paced digital 

age, there is still something 

appealing about curling up 

with a good book on a rainy 

evening after a long hard day. 

Bedtime stories are still to 

be cherished as you tuck your 

little ones in. Whatever you 

are looking for, a friendly 

face and a warm welcome 

will guide you where needed 

if you visit one of our local 

libraries. The community 

and children’s programming 

are impressive from cooking 

classes to kids’ contests 

and book clubs. The sense of 

community thrives within the 

walls of such a magnificent 

resource to which we all have 

access. Once again we owe 

the early citizens of Dearborn 

County as their fortitude and 

perseverance got this wonderful 

community resource 

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SAMMY L. DAVIS 

MEDAL OF HONOR 

RECIPIENT 

By PG Gentrup 

Southeastern Indiana will 

have a very distinguished 

visitor in April. 

SFC Sammy Lee Davis 

will be here to help dedicate 

the Huey Helicopter at Lesko 

Park in Aurora, Indiana on 

Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 

11:00 AM. SFC Davis is Indiana’s 

only living recipient 

of the (Congressional) Medal 

of Honor. President Lyndon 

B. Johnson bestowed the 

honor on Nov. 19, 1968, after 

SFC Davis exhibited heroic 

actions during a major battle 

against enemy forces just 

west of Cai Lay, South Vietnam 

on November 18, 1967. 

SFC Davis kept the enemy 

from overrunning his fellow 

soldiers and saved many lives 

that day. 

Four others were presented 

the Medal of Honor the same 

day that SFC Davis received 

his medal at the White 

House: Chaplain (Captain) 

Angelo J. Liteky, Army; Captain 

James A. Taylor, Army; 

Specialist Five Dwight H. 

Johnson, Army; Specialist 

Four Gary G. Wetzel, Army. 

Their fascinating stories can 

be found on the internet. 

SFC Davis is often referred 

to as the real Forrest Gump. 

The movie includes footage 

of a ceremony where 

Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) 

receives the Medal of Honor 

from President Johnson. The 

footage is the actual film of 

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Sammy’s ceremony at the 

White House with the face 

of Tom Hanks superimposed 

over Sammy’s. 

I have had the honor of 

knowing Sammy for many 

years. He is one of the most 

humble men you will ever 

meet. He loves to talk to students 

and will visit our area 

schools on Apr. 27-28. A True 

American Hero like Sammy 

tells students his story and 

what is expected of them to 

keep our country great. SFC 

Davis shares, “We have done 

our job to protect our freedoms 

and the freedoms of 

the world, and now it’s your 

turn.” 

SFC Davis wears the 

Medal of Honor, the highest 

military award for VALOR 

a person can receive. He is 

not shy about handing it to 

the students to pass around 

and hold. Sammy tells them 

he is only the caretaker of 

that medal. It belongs to all 

Americans, especially to our 

VETERANS and those who 

have fought for freedom by 

serving in our military forces. 

Through the years, millions 

of students around the USA 

have held that medal in their 

hands. 

Only sixty-five recipients 

of the Medal of Honor 

(MOH) are still living- one 

Korean War Veteran, fortyeight 

from the Vietnam War, 

fourteen from Afghanistan, 

and two from Iraq. We lost 

the last MOH recipient from 

World War II last year. Most 

people never get to personally 

see a Medal of Honor or 

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SFC Davis’ medal of honor 

that he shares with students. 

meet a recipient. 

Sammy has visited southeast 

Indiana several times. 

He helped dedicate the War 

Memorial to the Common 

Man on the Lawrenceburg 

Levee, the new bank at Route 

50 and Bielby Road, and the 

Veterans Tribute Tower in 

Rising Sun. He has spoken to 

students at Greendale Middle 

School, Lawrenceburg High 

School, Central School, St. 

Lawrence School, Rising 

Sun High School, and Ohio 

County Elementary Middle 

School. My niece, who is 

now Dr. Jenna Kendrick, 

had the honor of introducing 

Sammy to the students 

at Rising Sun during her 

eighth-grade year. She still 

proudly displays the signed 

citation and challenge coin he 

presented to her. 

This is a golden opportunity 

to bring your family, 

children, grandchildren, etc. 

to meet a TRUE AMERI- 

CAN HERO. SFC Davis will 

give the dedication speech 

at Lesko Park for the HUEY 

on Saturday, April 29, 2023. 

It will start at 11:00 AM so 

get the word out and help us 

pay tribute to our VIETNAM 

VETERANS by dedicating 

this HUEY and monuments. 

This memorial will also represent 

all VETERANS who 

have honorably served the 

United States of America. 

Sammy will be accompanied 

by his lovely wife, Miss 

Medal of Honor recipient Sammy Davis and PG Gentrup 

just a few years ago in 2008. 

Sammy Davis with a poster for the movie Forrest Gump. 

Dixie, as well as many veterans. 

Hopefully, a few World 

War II Veterans will be able 

to attend as well. 

Make sure your children 

know why they have the 

many freedoms they enjoy 

and how they came to have 

them. Have them shake the 

hand of a veteran and thank 

them for their service. 

Huey rides will be available. 

I always tell people that 

you haven’t really flown until 

you take a ride in a HUEY. 

Contact me at 513-602-5595 

for details about scheduling a 

HUEY ride. The cost is $100. 

We must always remember 

the many sacrifices and 

heroic actions that happen 

while battling enemy forces, 

especially those who gave 

their lives for our country. 

General George Patton made 

a statement that explains it to 

us. “It is foolish and wrong 

to mourn the men who died. 

Rather we should thank GOD 

that such men lived.” 

My only wish is that Dave 

Teke could be here for the 

ceremony. He introduced 

me to Sammy many years 

ago. He also worked with 

Dave and Marie Edwards 

to bring the Moving Wall to 

Lawrenceburg where Sammy 

was the guest speaker. Before 

Dave passed away, he 

told me that I had to carry 

the torch for our veterans 

because he couldn’t do it any 

longer. That’s why today, I 

do what I do to pay tribute 

to a very patriotic American, 

Dave Teke. 

May God Bless You, your 

family, your friends, and the 

United States of America. 

Mark your calendars for April 

29, 2023. 


the top of a ballot. The purpose 

of this bar code is merely to 

provide the correct ballot for 

the voter. Ballots can differ 

based on the voter’s address. 

For example, a resident of 

Greendale will receive a different 

ballot than a resident of 

Aurora or Lawrenceburg in the 

upcoming primary election on 

May 2, 2023. 

The next step is for the voter 

to go to a ballot-marking device 

that can call up the ballot on a 

touch screen. The paper ballot 

is inserted, allowing the voter 

to touch the name in the box 

that correlates with the candidate 

for whom he or she wishes 

to vote. Upon completion of 

the selection process, the voter 

can review all of the choices 

and print the finished ballot. 

The voter then gets to take 

his or her ballot and insert it 

into a ballot box. As the ballot 

enters the machine, each vote 

is counted by a tabulator. The 

paper ballot drops inside the 

locked ballot box. 

All good things must come 

to an end, even the ever-exciting 

voting day. When the polls 

are closed, a bipartisan team 

prints a tape of the results 

recorded by the tabulator. The 

team also removes the tabulator’s 

thumb drive that contains 

the results of the ballot box. 

The tape, thumb drive, and 

ballot box are then returned 

by a bipartisan team to the 


A Vote, A Ballot, A Count, All Rolled into One 

Safely, Efficiently, and Securely 

County Election Board office. 

A new bipartisan team takes 

responsibility for the ballot 

box at the County Election 

Board office. The team 

inserts the thumb drive into an 

electronic reader to record the 

totals from the ballot box. The 

resulting numbers are compared 

to those recorded on the 

original printed tape. 

All voting centers/polling 

locations undergo the same 

process. When all bipartisan 

teams from all of the centers 

have reported to the County 

Election Board office, and 

turned in the ballots, tapes, 

and thumb drives, the final results 

are tabulated and printed. 

The ballot boxes, tapes, and 

thumb drives are placed under 

lock and key for fourteen days. 

A recount can be requested no 

later than fourteen days after 

the election. If a candidate 

does not meet that deadline, 

his or her party chair has three 

extra days to request a recount. 

No margin is required and 

there is no set deadline for 

completion. After fourteen 

days, if no request for a recount 

is received, the Election 

Board certifies the final results. 

One can only imagine the 

cost savings and increased security 

provided by the current 

voting system as compared 

to the old way of individually 

counting paper ballots. One 

two, three, four... wait... where 

was I?


The Importance of Financial Literacy 

GROWING FRIENDSHIPS 

By Mary-Alice Helms 

It’s a sure sign that spring 

has almost sprung when the 

seed catalogs in my mailbox 

outnumber the requests for 

donations. Each day ushers 

in a new crop of beautifully 

illustrated wish books with 

pages of impossibly gorgeous 

blooms. I know that the purveyors 

of the seeds and bulbs 

shown have acres in which to 

plant them as well as gardeners 

to nurse them into bloom. 

That doesn’t stop me from 

ordering. 

We come from a family of 

flower lovers. 

I can’t think about our 

grandmother’s little white 

house without picturing the 

purple and white petunias in 

its surrounding flower beds. 

Grandmother could grow the 

most beautiful delphinium. 

The bright blue stocks of 

flowers grew taller than my 

head. Many of Grandmother’s 

flowers were the result of 

“neighbor trades”, rather than 

from bought seeds or bulbs. 

She and her neighbors would 

save the seeds from their 

flower gardens and then trade 

them with each other. Cuttings 

from rosebushes or saved daffodil 

and tulip bulbs, or starts 

dug up from a spreading lilac 

bush, all were traded between 

friends and neighbors. Some 

of the resulting plants could 

be traced back through generations 

of owners. I have an 

example of one of those “traders” 

in my backyard, a large 

hydrangea bush. 

The original ancestor of that 

bush was growing in the yard 

of our house in the country 

when Don and I moved there. 

I have no idea how old it must 

have been at that time, some 

sixty-plus years ago. The 

poor thing lived through years 

of having tricycles ridden into 

it and sheltering generations 

of baby rabbits. No matter 

what its life had been, it never 

failed to produce green leaves 

in the spring. Giant snowballs 

of blossoms covered it all 

summer. Our mother loved 

those white hydrangeas, so 

we gave her a start from our 

bush. It thrived and produced 

its white bouquets. 

Many years later, after my 

husband passed away and my 

children were all grown and 

flown, I bought a small house 

in Brookville. Mother dug up 

a piece of the bush in her yard 

and planted it in my “new” 

backyard. That was about 30 

years ago, so my hydrangea 

is in its fourth generation, at 

least. 

My sisters and I learned to 

love and respect flowers from 

a very young age. Mother 

had one of the loveliest 

gardens in town. She grew 

most of her plants from seed 

which she grew in a makeshift 

“hothouse” located in 

our parents’ bedroom. There 

were two long tables in front 

of the east window, with seeds 

By Alan Thorup, CRMP 

We live in a complex financial 

world today, and while 

it is important for all generations 

to understand this 

complexity, making sure our 

children are prepared for this 

is more important than ever! 

To assist in that effort, legislators 

in Indiana introduced two 

bills in the General Assembly 

this year (HB1281 and SB35) 

that require students in the 

state to successfully complete 

a personal financial responsibility 

course to graduate from 

high school. Educating young 

people properly to understand 

the basics of saving, credit, 

borrowing, and budgeting, 

before they graduate from 

high school can lay the foundation 

for a successful life as 

adults. Luckily, for many of 

us who need help in talking to 

teenagers and young adults, 

we have multiple sources of 

information that can help. 

One of these sources is the 

Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation’s Money Smart 

program. 

https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/moneysmart/index.html 

One of the modules in this 

program, Money Smart for 

Young People, is designed 

for children from kindergarten 

through high school, 

and is split into four different 

grade-related sections; 

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Specifically 

in the 9-12 section, 

all of the items mentioned 

above, along with; paying 

bills, how money grows, 

predatory lending, types of 

loans, credit vs debit, managing 

debt, financial ratios, and 

more. 

Our culture today has far 

too much focus on the ‘here 

and now’ when it comes to 

material items, and it is so 

easy now for young people to 

get into the habit of impulse 

buying and borrowing to satisfy 

a desire, not a need, and 

not fully understand the consequences 

of not saving for 

later. 

I learned at a young age, due 

in large part to my parents, 

that living at or below my 

in various stages of growth. 

Mother loved showing guests 

around her lush garden. 

When someone admired a 

particular flower, she might 

say “Oh, isn’t that lovely? It 

came from a start given to me 

by Dorothy Charni” or maybe 

it would be a root from Marge 

Hillman’s flower bed or from 

seeds passed along from 

someone else. “She’s a good 

friend”, Mother would say. 

She also was generous with 

beautiful bouquets from her 

garden. “They won’t bloom 

if you don’t share them!” she 

insisted. I can imagine those 

friends showing people their 

own flowers and explaining 

that the starts came from our 

mother’s garden. “A good 

friend”. 

There were many pretty 

gardens in our town. A Mr. 

Shriner lived at the end of our 

street. He was a tulip lover. 

Every spring a gorgeous quilt 

of tulips in every imaginable 

color would pop up in his 

huge side yard. People came 

from all over town to view 

them. Another avid flower 

lover was Mr. Ike Harrison. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison lived 

in a two-story house on Main 

Street, which also housed 

Mr. Harrison’s barber shop. 

Behind the house, Mr. Harrison 

grew iris, lilies, roses, and 

other beautiful blooms. 

After we were grown and 

had our own children, they, 

too came to respect our 

means when I went out on my 

own, along with an additional 

focus on starting to save for 

retirement when I secured my 

first full-time job, set me up 

to be able to retire now that 

I am 65. Had I not followed 

their advice, I don’t know if I 

would be in the same position 

today. 

Finally, as someone who 

met with over 1,600 prospective 

home buyers and owners 

in my career as a Mortgage 

Loan Originator, it was very 

gratifying to be able to help 

people purchase their first 

home, dream home, or retirement 

home. Conversely, 

it was very disappointing to 

have to tell someone they did 

not qualify for the loan they 

applied for, in many cases, 

because of items in their financial 

profile that could have 

been avoided. 

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My grandmother with her prized delphinium and other 

beautiful flowers. 

mother’s flowers. They were 

very careful when playing in 

the backyard at their Grandparents’ 

house. 

Some years before, our dad 

had put up a basketball goal 

on the garage. Unwisely, 

it was hung directly over 

a marigold bed. One day 

my sister, Julie, and I were 

watching our kids playing 

basketball when Julie’s little 

son missed a shot. The ball 

bounced and made a direct 

hit on a marigold, knocking 

it to the ground. There was a 

moment of shocked silence. 

Then the would-be basketball 

star dashed to the flower bed 

and began feverishly working 

dirt around the smashed 

plant. “Grow, you stupid 

flower. Grow!” he shouted. 

It didn’t. Of course, there 

were no ramifications. It was 

an accident! 

Our daughter, Laura, 

inherited Mother’s love of 

flowers. She and Mother had 

long discussions about the 

ins and outs of gardening. 

They worked on the flowers 

together. Eventually, Mother 

was no longer able to work in 

the garden, so she would sit 

in her lawn chair and became 

the overseer. Laura says that 

those were some of the most 

wonderful times of her life. 

Laura became an educator 

at Ball State University and 

lives in Muncie, where she 

has followed in her grandmother’s 

footsteps. She raises 

glorious flowers which she 

shares with her neighbors. 

Not only does she share with 

neighbors, but she beautifies 

her chosen town by planting 

and caring for flower beds in 

neglected public spaces. 

“It’s not just about growing 

flowers,” she insists, “It’s 

growing friendships!” 

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The following is a list of candidates as listed by 

the Indiana Secretary of State. Every effort has 

been made to include all candidates and the 

offices for which they are running. Please check 

www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2023-Primary- 

Candidate-List-2.24.2023.pdf for updated 

information. 

MAYOR 

Patrick Schwing Republican Mayor of Aurora 

Melvin (Mel) Kremer, Jr. Democratic Mayor of 

Aurora 

John Irrgang Republican Mayor of Batesville 

Victor C Fay III Republican Mayor of Greendale 

Vince Karsteter Republican Mayor of Greendale 

Matthew Calhoun Republican Mayor of 

Lawrenceburg 

Kelly Mollaun Republican Mayor of 

Lawrenceburg 

CITY CLERK OR CLERK/TREASURER 

Benny Turner Democratic Aurora City Clerk- 

Treasurer 

Paul Gates Republican Batesville Clerk 

Treasurer 

PRIMARY ELECTION- May 2, 2023 

Candidates 

Christine Craig Democratic Greendale City Clerk- 

Treasurer 

Becky Lyons Republican Greendale City Clerk- 

Treasurer 

Mark Fette Republican Lawrenceburg City Clerk- 

Treasurer 

JUDGE, CITY COURT 

Bradley Bergquist Republican Batesville City 

Judge 

Joseph Johns Democratic Lawrenceburg City 

Judge 

CITY-COUNTY OR CITY COMMON COUNCIL 

MEMBER 

Rick Orcutt Democratic Aurora City Common 

Council, At Large 

Joey Turner Democratic Aurora City Common 

Council, Dist. 2 

Terry Hahn Democratic Aurora City Common 


David L Schwegmann Democratic Aurora City 

Common Council, Dist. 4 

Sherry Love Republican Aurora City Common 


Jonne’ Messer Republican Aurora City Common 


Pam Hartford Republican Aurora City Common 


Michelle Jarvis Republican Aurora City Common 


Darrick Cox Democratic Batesville City Common 


Melissa C Tucker Republican Batesville City 

Common Council, 

SPECIALIZING IN 

HEALTH and MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE 

At Large 

Jerry Ertel Republican Batesville City Common 


Beth Enneking Republican Batesville City 


Brad Dreyer Republican Batesville City Common 


Erin Marqua Democratic Greendale City Common 


Patti Louks Democratic Greendale City Common 


Karen Powers Democratic Greendale City 


Brett (Mooch) Hamilton Republican Greendale 

City Common Council, At Large 

Kurt Mollaun Republican Greendale City Common 


Michael Mclaughlin Republican Greendale City 


Jane Pope Democratic Lawrenceburg City 


Dylan T. Liddle Democratic Lawrenceburg City 


Rebecca (Becky) Foster Democratic 

Lawrenceburg City 


Dennis R Carr Democratic Lawrenceburg City 


Brett Bondurant Republican Lawrenceburg City 

Common Council, At Large 

Anthony (Tony) Abbott Republican Lawrenceburg 

City Common Council, Dist. 1 

Ty Ron York Republican Lawrenceburg City 


Justin Noppert Republican Lawrenceburg City 


Thomas (Tom) Rowlett, Sr Republican 

Lawrenceburg City Common Council, 

Dist. 3 

Lennie Fryman Republican Lawrenceburg City 


TOWN CLERK-TREASURER 

Shirley J Meyer Republican Napoleon Town 

Clerk-Treasurer 

Nancy Dobson Republican Sunman Town Clerk- 

Treasurer 

Cheryl A. Taylor Republican Sunman Town 

Clerk-Treasurer 

TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER 

Judy Mulford Republican Napoleon Town Council 

Ron Reynolds, JR. Republican Napoleon Town 

Council 

Bill Vankirk Republican Napoleon Town Council 

Stephen Youngman Republican Napoleon Town 

Council 

Carol Eckstein Republican Sunman Town 


Donald Foley Republican Sunman Town Council, 

At Large 

Dave Laine Republican Sunman Town Council, 

At Large 

Randall Zins Republican Sunman Town Council, 

At Large 

By Jake Moore, 

Lawrenceburg Public Library 

District Director 

Some of you I have met, 

and some of you I have not. 

Either way, it’s my pleasure to 

share a little bit about the library 

with you in the pages of 

the Beacon. My name is Jake 

Moore and I’m the Director 

of the Lawrenceburg Public 

Library District. When I first 

arrived here in July of 2022, 

many people would ask me 

where I came from or what 

my philosophy is. To put it 

simply, I’ve worked for over 

twenty years in libraries of 

all sizes in both Indiana and 

Kentucky. In those twenty 

years I have learned a very 

simple truth: when you have 

an amazing staff who know 

what they’re doing as I do, 

stay out of their way, and let 

them do what they do best. 

From making sure we have 

copies of the newest books, 

movies, and music for all 

ages, to planning and hosting 

events for the entire community, 

the staff works tirelessly 

The following is an excerpt 

from a book written in 1930 

by a lifetime resident of Ripley 

County, Yorkville, and Manchester. 

The BEACON is honored 

to share another chapter 

of the book each month thanks 

to Mary Randell’s descendants. 

Previous chapters are 

available online starting with 

the August 2022 print edition 

at goBEACON 

news.com/print_edition. 

Chapter 10 

By Mary M. Greiner Randell 

I was always a lover of 

birds. I used to go around 

and gather up the nests which 

would be shaken out of the 

trees when they were sawed 

Author 

Mary Randell 

off and pick 

up the little 

birds and put 

them in their 

nests and 

feed them 

until I was 

sure the 

mother bird 

had found 

them. Many 

were killed when the trees 

were cut down. Some were 

killed by snakes. Snakes 

charm birds. When a bird is 

charmed it makes a funny 

noise and flutters its wings but 

can’t move. A snake that is 

big enough to charm them is 

also big enough to swallow 

them whole. Such a snake will 

also swallow little rabbits and 

frogs and little ducks and 

geese and little chickens. One 

time a big snake got in a 

chicken coop with the old hen 

and killed it. T he hen was in 

one corner, and the snake was 

in the other asleep. So when 

the neighbor lady went to 

look after the hen and little 

chickens to turn them out she 

saw the snake and got a hoe 

and killed it. This happened at 

night. Some say that snakes 

don’t travel by night, but that 

is a mistake. 


THE STORY OF MY LIFE 

I Loved the Woods 

to make sure the residents of 

Dearborn County have access 

to resources they want and 

need no matter what station of 

life they are currently in. 

So how did we do last year? 

LPLD by the numbers in 2022: 

Library Card Holders: 24,661 

Visits to the Library: 105,453 

Items Checked Out: 112,920 

Items Downloaded: 89,242 

Program Attendance: 14,422 

WiFi uses: 71,726 

Computer Uses: 11,850 

Meeting Room Uses: 632 

These numbers are kind of 

incredible. For every person 

living in the library district, 

we lent out over six items. For 

anyone that uses the library 

to check out materials, thank 

you. To any of the 14,422 that 

came to attend a story time, 

book club, concert, or another 

event at the library, thank 

you as well. And lastly, to the 

84,208 of you who come in 

to use our internet service or 

use our spaces to host a meeting, 

we thank you as well. To 

One time I heard a mother 

fox and her little ones barking. 

I told my mother I was 

going to the den to watch her 

and find out how she taught 

them to bark. Father told me 

to take the dogs with me, but I 

told him the dogs would chase 

the foxes into their den and I 

would not get to see the little 

ones. I had seen plenty of big 

ones. When I got within ten 

yards of them I watched them 

from behind a big tree. The 

mother fox was teaching them 

to bark. There were four of 

them. They would look up at 

her when she gave on bark. I 

didn’t get to stay long; it was 

a pretty sight to see them, but 

it was a moonlit night and the 

old fox saw me. She stamped 

one foot and the little foxes 

ran into the den, with the 

mother following behind. I 

went home and mother said, 

“I hope you are satisfied and 

will go to bed.” 

There were lots of snakes 

in the woods. My father made 

me a snake club to protect 

myself out of a little hickory 

tree that was rounded just 

above the root. It was about a 

yard and a half long and the 

top was much thinner than the 

end next to the root. I always 

watched that I didn’t step on 

a snake. I have killed many 

a snake in my life. I used 

to have to hunt cows in the 

woods in the summer time. 

Father bought a big bell and 

put it on the biggest cow we 

had. When she was eating or 

fighting flies the bell would 

ring and the cows would be 

easier to find. 

Sometimes it would be 

raining straight down, but 

I had to go just the same. I 

would put on a pair of trousers 

and one of Pa’s broad 

brimmed hats and with my 

new snake club away I would 

go. Maybe I would have to 

go three miles before I would 

find the cows. 

Lawrenceburg Public Library District 

2022 in Review 

parks 

dearborn 

county 

the Dearborn County Parks Foundation. 

A Gift For all Seasons! 

www.dearborncountyPARKS.com 

put those numbers further into 

perspective, there are 24,661 

LPLD library cards out there 

and 33,739 people living in 

our library district. So, for 

any of you out there without a 

library card, we’d like to take 

this opportunity to invite you 

to come in and find your new 

favorite book, learn a skill, 

make new friends, and be a 

part of what makes this community 

great. 

We have many large events 

planned for this year: the 

Community Kindfulness Fair 

at Bright Meadows Park in 

April, our annual Summer 

Reading Program from June 

1-July 31, Halloween Sensation 

at the Lawrenceburg 

Fire Department in October, 

and we’ll again be celebrating 

Winter Wonderland with 

the rest of downtown Lawrenceburg 

in December. On 

top of these events, we continue 

to expand our Library of 

Things collections; recently 

adding cake pans to go with 

our puzzles, games, musical 

instruments, and other equipment 

already available to the 

public. 

I keep a small handwritten 

note tacked up in my office to 

remind me of why we do what 

we do at the library. The quote 

is short, and I honestly cannot 

remember who originally 

said it, but it reads “Without 

a community, you are simply 

a commodity”. It’s my 

hope and sincere goal that we 

at LPLD will never become 

a commodity in Dearborn 

County. Thanks again for 

making 2022 so incredible. I 

can’t wait to see what the rest 

of 2023 has in store.


FROM 

H ere 

By 

Ollie 

Roehm 

As I noted (bragged about) 

in a previous column, I’ve 

lost a bunch of weight over 

the past few years. A hundred 

pounds to be exact. 

There have been plenty of 

positives. I can now tie my 

shoes without grunting like a 

wild boar. 

I don’t have to hit the “big 

men’s” department when I 

buy clothes. That gives me a 

lot more choices in attire than 

I formerly had. Consequently, 

I am quite the dapper dude 

these days. 

OK, not really. I still look 

pretty stupid. 

While there have been 

many great changes because 

of my weight loss, there has 

been one that has been weird. 

Very weird. 

A lot of people I have 

known for years don’t recognize 

me. 

It all started about 30 

pounds ago, and I’m going to 

tell you the tale. The names 

have been changed to protect 

the innocent. Me. 

The first time it happened 

I was sitting with my buddy 

in Martin Marietta Theatre 

at Harrison High School. 

We were attending a dress 

rehearsal for VOCE, a great 

choral group of which my 

wife is a longtime member. 

My buddy was running 

sound for the event. There 

was a lull in the proceedings 

and the director came out to 

where we were seated to have 

a word with him about the 

sound on stage. 

When she approached I 

gave her a little wave and 

said, “Hi Sharon.” She looked 

at me like I had five eyes and 

a big carbuncle on my nose 

and muttered, “Hi.” 

I have known “Sharon” for 

decades and we’re friends, but 

she had no idea who I was. 

I relayed the experience to 

my wife and she relayed it to 

Sharon who was apologetic as 

all get out. It’s OK Sharon - 

you’re certainly not the only 

one. 

For instance, about 20 

pounds ago I encountered 

a couple of ladies I have 

known longer than I have 

known Sharon. I tapped 

my old friend “Gale” on 

the shoulder and she turned 

around, paused, and said, 

“Wow, you’ve lost some 

weight.” 

She grabbed my arm and 

led me to a table occupied by 

our friend “Cheryl.” Gale 

said, “Look who I found!” 

Cheryl looked up from her 

drink and said, “Who are 

you?” She always likes to cut 

to the chase. 

Not long after the “Cheryl” 

experience, there was the 

“Mindy” incident. 

As I was walking into a 

store I glanced at a woman 

sitting in her car and saw that 

it was Mindy. We have been 

acquainted for a long time 

and are good pals. I hadn’t 

seen her in well over a year so 

I walked over, tapped on her 

window, and shouted, “Hey, 

how ya doin’ kiddo?” 

A frightened look came 

over her face and she quickly 

locked all her car doors. She 

reached for her phone, probably 

to call for help. So I said, 

“Mindy, it’s me, Ollie!” The 

poor girl was really shook and 

embarrassed. 

A couple of weeks ago we 

went to a big birthday party 

and two more people didn’t 

recognize me. I’ll spare you 

the details but, again, I’ve 

known them for a long time. 

The latest incident is a 

doozy and it has to do with 

this fine newspaper. 

A couple of months ago I 

gave The Beacon an updated 

photo of myself to accompany 

this column. The one being 

used was from about 70 

pounds ago, so I thought it 

was a good idea. 

Not long afterward our 

editor received a letter. The 

anonymous writer said the 

new photo was not of Ollie 

Roehm, but of some other 

incredibly handsome old 

geezer. 

Hey Anonymous, old pal, 

old buddy! It’s me! Really. 

Truly. 

Positively. Absolutely. For 

surely, me. 

St. Elizabeth Dearborn Breast Center 

Unveils New Upgrades 

Submitted by 

St. Elizabeth Dearborn 

The St. Elizabeth Dearborn 

Breast Center welcomes patients 

to experience its newly 

upgraded facilities, including 

extensive renovations to both 

its lobby and imaging areas. 

Key among these improvements, 

the center now has two 

new tomosynthesis mammography 

units, also known as 3D 

mammography. This state-ofthe-art, 

digital X-ray process 

creates a three-dimensional 

image of the breast. As a result, 

the new 3D mammography 

units provide a more detailed, 

comprehensive view of 

the breast than what was possible 

from traditional, twodimensional 

mammography. 

“We are dedicated to providing 

our patients with the 

highest quality care. Our recent 

upgrade with two new 

3D mammography units at 

Dearborn Breast Center allows 

us to deliver convenient, 

cutting-edge screening and 

diagnostic services to those 

we serve,” says Jaime Grund, 

MS, LGC, director of St. Elizabeth 

Healthcare’s Precision 

Medicine & Breast Centers. 

Because radiologists are 

staffed on-site at the Dearborn 

Breast Center, patients 

receive their diagnostic mammography 

results promptly. 

The center also offers comprehensive 

breast ultrasound 

services for patients who may 

require additional or specialized 

diagnostic imaging and 

procedures beyond mammography. 

Nearly 290,000 new cases 

of breast cancer are diagnosed 

each year, according to 

the American Cancer Society. 

Breast cancer is much more 

treatable when caught in its 

earliest stages. 

The American College of 

Radiology and the Society 

of Breast Imaging continue 

to recommend that women 

at average breast cancer risk 

begin screening at age 40 but 

have a risk assessment at age 

30 to see if screening before 

age 40 is needed. Women 

should continue screening 

past age 74 unless severe comorbidities 

limit life expectancy. 

“There’s no better time 

than now to schedule your 

mammogram – particularly if 

you’ve perhaps been putting 

it off due to the COVID-19 

pandemic or other concerns,” 

says Terri Bogan, a nurse 

manager with St. Elizabeth 

Healthcare’s Women’s Breast 

Centers. “Getting a mammogram 

is a quick and easy process, 

and you can leave feeling 

assured you’ve taken care 

of one of the most important 

steps in managing your overall 

health care as a woman.” 

“By making continuous improvements 

to our services, 

such as those recently completed 

at our Dearborn Breast 

Center, we hope to make getting 

an annual mammogram 

at our facilities as comfortable 

and convenient as possible,” 

says Ms. Grund. 

To schedule screening 

mammography at the Dearborn 

Breast Center, call (812) 

496-7710. 

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By Merrill Hutchinson 

Blending families is no easy 

task. In our case, our family 

blended through adoption. We 

thought the adjustment period 

would be about six months 

or so, and then we would be 

one big happy family. Eight 

years later we learned that 

blending families is a long, 

slow process. Now, we have 

a much better understanding 

of the challenges of blending 

families and how to help others 

win in this process. 

Before we talk about blending 

families, knowing a little 

about how people respond to 

a broken home environment 

is helpful. Home is intended 

to be the primary source of 

security for our children, the 

place where they can feel safe 

and become the people they 

were meant to be. When family 

brokenness occurs due to 

divorce, separation, or death 

of a spouse, an interesting 

phenomenon kicks in- selfsurvival. 

“The ship is going 

down and the only thing I can 

think about is saving myself.” 

How does this relate to 

the challenges of blending 

families? Children and adults 

who are operating in survival 

mode will have more challenges 

with empathy and 

service to others if they do 

not understand how they are 

benefitted directly. They grow 

accustomed to taking care of 

themselves and see others as 

potential threats to their overall 

well-being. 

Blending Families to Win! 

Seven key elements contribute 

to successfully blending 

families: 

1. Slow and Steady - When 

blending families, you get to 

know everyone and adjust to 

their various personalities and 

living styles. You can’t speed 

up the process. Patience in the 

process of learning about all 

the family members and what 

makes them tick. Patience is 

critical to making everyone 

feel understood and secure in 

the new family dynamic. 

2. Listening - If you want 

to build security and understanding 

in the newly blended 

family, you must practice your 

listening skills. Listening to 

their body language, moods, 

energy, and tone can reveal 

screaming messages that you 

cannot afford to miss. You 

may discover the fears and 

insecurities that each member 

brings into the new family. 

Listening also requires adults 

to learn to invite discussion 

with the children but to avoid 

steering the discussion. 

3. Empathy - Acknowledge 

past hurts and baggage that 

each individual brings to the 

new family. A person’s past 

will be part of his or her present. 

Even if you don’t agree 

with it or like it, you must 

acknowledge that the baggage 

is part of the fabric with 

which you are working. If 

kids were abused, neglected, 

suffered grief, or experienced 

trauma, no matter the case, 

these things must be acknowledged. 

Minimizing them will 

push a child back into selfsurvival 

mode. Comments 

like, “They just need to get 

over it,” do not accomplish 

anything. However, teaching 

and practicing empathy, 

“walking a mile in another 

man’s shoes”, is essential to 

achieving true understanding 

and feeling valued. 

4. Foundation Building - 

The foundation on which the 

family is going to be built 

cannot be left up to chance, 

feelings, or opinions. Before 

blending the family, adults 

must take time to intentionally 

establish the values expected 

in the blended family. Values 

do not change with moods or 

opinions. They are the ROCK 

on which your family will be 

built! 

5. Respect - Respect is 

not negotiable. A high level 

of respect is both given and 

received by all parties. “Even 

if we don’t agree….we’ll 

commit to respecting one another.” 

All people need to see 

that they are valued and worthy 

members of the family. By 

demonstrating and expecting 

respect, the family will have 

a much better likelihood to 

work through difficult times. 

6. Fair, Firm, and Consistent 

- Especially when 

blending kids with new 

parents, predictability is the 

key to creating security. Even 

if someone doesn’t like a 

particular rule, knowing that 

the rule is set and will be 

enforced in a particular way is 

important. Research indicates 

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that especially early on in the 

blending process, the biological 

parent must be the primary 

disciplinarian for his or her 

child. Trust is still being built 

by the step-parent and unfamiliar 

discipline often does 

more harm in building trust. 

7. Flexibility - Haven’t 

you heard….BLESSED ARE 

THE FLEXIBLE FOR THEY 

WILL NOT BE BENT OUT 

OF SHAPE. Things aren’t 

always going to go as planned 

and will take time. Learning 

to be flexible will help keep 

your emotions in check and 

allow you to resolve challenges 

with more grace. 

Merrill Hutchinson is 

the President of Rock Solid 

Families, a faith-based marriage 

and family coaching 

organization in St. Leon, IN. 

For more information, contact 

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By Stefanie Hoffmeier 

Spring is upon us, and many 

of us will start cleaning up 

and cleaning out. Before you 

load up your garbage cans or 

rent a dumpster, it is important 

to understand which 

items can be thrown away, 

and which items pose a safety 

risk in the trash. 

Household Hazardous 

Waste, or HHW, is any unusable 

or unwanted product 

found in your home, garage, 

shed, or barn that can be 

hazardous to plants, animals, 

humans, or the environment if 

it is not disposed of correctly. 

HHW are items such as paint, 

garden chemicals, automotive 

chemicals, or other chemicals 

that contain a warning label. 

Almost all products that are 

considered HHW will carry 

signal words on their labels to 

alert consumers to potential 

hazards. These signal words 

include “Poison”, “danger”, 

“warning”, and “caution”, all 

Know Before You Throw 

of which are used to indicate 

the level of toxicity of the 

product. Hazardous household 

products should never go in 

your regular trash, down the 

drain, on the ground, or in a 

burn barrel. Many of these 

HHW items can be disposed 

of properly or recycled at your 

county’s solid waste district. 

In Dearborn County, residents 

can bring their HHW products 

to the Dearborn County Recycling 

Center Drive-Thru. 

In Indiana, the General Assembly 

enacted the Indiana 

Electronic Waste (E-Waste) 

Law (Indiana Code 13-20.5) 

in 2011. The purpose of the 

law is to reduce the amount of 

electronic waste being sent to 

Indiana landfills and to ensure 

that hazardous substances 

found in electronic waste are 

being managed in an appropriate 

and environmentally responsible 

manner. Electronics 

contain heavy metals, including 

lead, mercury, cadmium, 

and hexavalent chromium 

that can be harmful if released 

into the environment. Nonalkaline 

batteries, often found 

in electronics, tools, and toys 

pose a fire hazard risk when 

placed in the trash. The leading 

cause of trash truck fires 

is the improper disposal of 

batteries. All non-alkaline 

batteries should be recycled. 

Dearborn County residents 

can bring their electronics 

and batteries to the Dearborn 

County Recycling Center 

Drive-Thru. Battery boxes 

are also available in libraries 

throughout Dearborn County. 

Prescription medications 

are another item that should 

not be thrown in the trash 

or flushed down the toilet. 

Septic systems and wastewater 

treatment facilities 

are not designed to remove 

pharmaceuticals from water. 

Medicine placed in the trash 

can still ends up in wastewater 

treatment plants when the 

leachate is pumped out of the 

landfill. Medications left in 

cabinets can lead to accidental 

overdose. Old prescription 

medications and sharps can be 

taken to the drop-box in the 

lobby of the jail or the lobby 

of the Lawrenceburg Police 

station. Old inhalers and liquid 

medications can be taken 

to the Health Department or 

dropped off at local pharmacies. 

Don’t forget that pet 

medications need to be disposed 

of in the same manner 

as your prescriptions, as many 

of them are the same medications 

that are prescribed to 

humans. 

The Dearborn County Recycling 

Center will be hosting 

a special recycling event in 

honor of Earth Day on Saturday, 

April 22, from 9:00 am 

to Noon, in the Drive-Thru at 

10700 Prospect Ln., Aurora, 

IN 47001. General recycling, 

HHW, and electronics will 

be accepted. The Dearborn 

County Sheriff’s Department 

will be at the DCRC to collect 

unused prescription medications. 

The Dearborn County 

Health Department will also 

be available for residents to 

receive free sharps containers, 

resource kits, blood pressure 

checks, and glucose checks. 

The event is for Dearborn 

County residents. 


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By 

Melanie 

Alexander 

As I prepare the column 

By 

for this month, Maxine the calendar 

notifies me that Klump spring has 

arrived. However, the temperature 

outside Community assures me 

Correspondent 

that the late stages of winter 

remain. No matter, I plan 

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com 

to write about two fruits of 

spring, (readily available 

from local gardens or farmers). 

Strawberries are celebrated 

and beloved for their 

sweet and juicy bounty while 

rhubarb is not loved by many 

folks. To those of us who 

enjoy the flavors of those tart 

stalks stewed or baked into 

a variety of sweet treats, we 

savor rhubarb as a sign of 

spring. 

This quick bread is a treat 

when one slices it while 

slightly warm soon after removed 

from the oven. Enjoy 

it as a tasty snack between 

meals or add a bit of butter 

or softened cream cheese 

for a more decadent treat. 

The bread can be frozen 

and allowed to defrost on 

the kitchen counter before 

slicing. 

Rhubarb Bread 

1½ cups brown sugar 

(packed) 

2/3 cup vegetable oil 

1 egg, beaten 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1 cup sour milk (made by 

adding 1 teaspoon of 

vinegar to regular milk) 

2½ cups flour 

¾ teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon baking soda 

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 

2 cups chopped rhubarb 

(remove leaves from the 

stalk and discard) 

Preheat oven to 350°. 

Grease two 8x4-inch loaf 

pans or spray the bottom and 

sides with cooking spray. 

Wash and chop the rhubarb 

into slices ¾-1-inch thick; 

set aside. Prepare the sour 

milk by combining milk with 

vinegar. Cream together the 

brown sugar, vegetable oil 

and egg until well combined. 

In a small bowl, combine the 

flour, salt, baking soda, and 

cinnamon. 

Add the dry ingredients 

alternately with the milk and 

combine well after each addition. 

Fold the chopped rhubarb 

into the mixture. Divide 

the dough evenly between 

the two loaf pans. Bake the 

loaves until golden brown 

and the toothpick inserted 

into the center of the pan 

comes out clean (about 45 

minutes). Remove the bread 

and cool it on a wire rack for 

about ten minutes before removing 

from the pans. Allow 

the bread to cool on a wire 

rack before wrapping tightly 

in foil or plastic wrap. 

The extra loaf can be 

frozen for about a month if 

wrapped tightly. 

Like most folks, I love 

strawberry shortcake! As 

soon as locally grown strawberries 

are available, I find a 

reason to make shortcake and 

our family is always ready 

for dessert. My go-to is a 

sweet biscuit base and my 

secret weapon is a packaged 

biscuit mix (such as Bisquick) 

with the addition of 

sugar. 

However, if a special occasion 

is celebrated this recipe 

for a cake makes a great base 

for those luscious red berries. 

And, I’m offering 3 alternatives 

for the topping depending 

on your time constraints. 

Cake: 

½ cup plus 1 tablespoon 

butter, softened 

1 ½ cups sugar 

3 large eggs 

½ cup sour cream (room 

temperature) 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1 ½ cups flour 

3 tablespoons cornstarch 

½ teaspoon salt 

1 teaspoon baking soda 

Strawberries: 

1 pound strawberries, hulled 

and halved 

3 tablespoons granulated 

sugar 

Grease and flour two 

9-inch round cake pans. Preheat 

oven to 350°. Using an 

electric mixer, beat the butter 

and sugar together until 

fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a 

time, beating after each egg. 

Add the sour cream and 

vanilla, then mix just until 

combined. 

Stir the flour, cornstarch, 

salt, and baking soda in a 

small bowl. Fold the dry ingredients 

into the wet ingredients 

just until combined. 

Divide the batter evenly 

between the two pans and 

bake for 35-40 minutes or 

until a toothpick inserted into 

the center of the pan comes 

out clean. 

Remove the cake from the 

oven and cool on a wire rack 

for about 10 minutes before 

removing from the pan. Allow 

the cake to cool completely 

before proceeding. 

Strawberry topping: Mash 

berries with a potato masher 

or a fork. Sprinkle with 

granulated sugar and allow 

to sit for about 30 minutes. 

Place one layer of the cake 

on a serving plate and cover 

it with ½ the strawberries. 

Add the next layer of cake 

atop the berries and finally, 

add the remainder of the berries. 

Topping: This choice depends 

on your available time 

Fastest: Top with whipped 

topping from a refrigerated 

can found in the dairy aisle. 

A moderate amount of 

time: 1 pint of heavy cream 

and 3 tablespoons of confectioners’ 

sugar for sweetness. 

Make your own whipped 

cream and “ice” the cake. 

Should be enough to top both 

layers. 

Lots of time: After assembling 

the cake place it into 

the freezer for 20 minutes 

to make the Cream Cheese 

frosting application easier. 

8 oz. package of cream 

cheese at room temperature 

½ cup butter 

1 pound confectioner’s sugar 

½ teaspoon vanilla abstract 

Using an electric mixer, 

beat cream cheese and butter 

until light and fluffy. 

Add vanilla extract and 

about ½ of the confectioner’s 

sugar and whip. Add the 

remainder of the sugar. Frost 

the top and sides of the cake 

with frosting. Refrigerate 

leftovers. 

By Emy Lou and 

Tammy Turner 

Hello, my name is Emmy 

Lou. I am a 1.5-year-old 

Terrier mix and I only weigh 

forty-seven pounds. I was 

found on the side of the road 

scared, hungry, and pregnant. 

A nice person picked me up 

and brought me to Paws. 

I had nine babies, and we 

were placed in a foster home. 

A nice lady and her husband 

cared for us until we were 

old enough to go back to the 

shelter. I have since been 

spayed along with all my babies, 

and they have all been 

adopted out to loving homes, 

so it’s just me that is left. 

I don’t know what’s going 

on with people, but it seems 

that nobody wants to keep 

their pets anymore. The 

shelters and rescues are full 

and they have a waiting list 

to come in. 

From what I can tell, it 

seems to be a lot of older 

dogs and cats, and many have 

medical issues, that Paws is 

getting taken care of. I just 

wish before people just open 

the door and put their animals 

out, or turn them in, that 

they would call Paws to see 

if there are any other options. 

I know they are giving out 

From A Dog’s Point of View 

food to anyone that is having 

trouble feeding their animals, 

and they have lots of information 

about other problems 

that they may be having, 

such as training issues, foster 

options, or just other places 

that may be able to take their 

pets in. 

I hear them talk all the time 

about things they are trying 

to do to help people out. One 

is the community cat program 

which is helping to get 

stray and feral cats spayed/ 

neutered. They are also looking 

for people who would be 

willing to help foster. They 

keep saying it is almost kitten 

season, so they want people 

to foster kittens, moms with 

kittens, medical dogs, and 

older animals. 

I don’t know exactly what 

kitten season is, but I just had 

to take care of nine puppies, 

so I really hope people step 

up and I don’t have to take 

care of kittens too! 

They are also having a 

big Rummage Sale in April 

to help get money to take 

care of all of us, and I am so 

thankful that they do. 

I don’t know what would 

have happened to me and my 

babies if they wouldn’t have 

taken care of us. 

Emmy Lou 

So please take care of your 

furry family members, and 

if you can’t adopt, then help 

in other ways such as fostering, 

donating, gas cards, 

transporting animals, or just 

volunteering. Everything 

will be very much appreciated 

not only by the staff but 

also by us. 

Come on in and see what’s 

going on at the shelter. 

I would love to meet you, 

my kennel is right in front of 

the window, you can’t miss 

me. Hope to see you soon. 

Hugs and wet kisses, 

Emmy Lou 

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Heimkreiter Honored as McDonald’s 

Outstanding Female 

As Women’s History Month is 

celebrated around the United 

States during the month of March, 

the McDonald’s system is proud 

to count many outstanding female 

employees, franchisees and 

suppliers among its leaders. In 

the U.S., women own and operate 

30 percent of all McDonald’s 

restaurants. One of those 

restaurants is located right here in 

Bright, Ind. 

Karen Heimkreiter is a secondgeneration 

McDonald’s owner/ Karen Heimkreiter 

operator who has spent more than 

35 years under the Golden Arches. 

She owns six McDonald’s locations including the restaurant in 

Bright. 

“I love being a female business owner and a part of this 

community” Heimkreiter said. “I appreciate all the opportunities 

I have been given and I really try to use my position to make a 

difference and empower future female business leaders.” 

Heimkreiter employs more than 300 individuals across all six 

of her local restaurants. 

“It is humbling to be considered a role model. I love working 

in my restaurants with the crew and managers. We have a lot of 

fun, but I also encourage them to think about what they want 

their own future to look like,” Heimkreiter said. 

When she’s not at her restaurants, Heimkreiter is focused on 

her other role: mom. Now that her children are old enough, they 

can even work alongside her in her restaurants. 

“When my kids were young and I was juggling everything 

all at once, it was tough but I had a great 

support system to help me through,” she 

said. “Once they were grown, I was able to 

expand my business and, today, my family 

is very much a part of my McDonald’s 

restaurants. Having my children work with 

me in the business is one of the most 

rewarding parts of the job.” 

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By 

Jeff 

Hermesch 

Purdue 

Extension 

jhermesch@purdue.edu 

Spring Pond 

“Weed” Management 

Now that spring is here, it 

is time to control the aquatic 

weed issues that you may 

have experienced in previous 

years. Vegetation in a pond 

is not necessarily a bad thing 

contrary to popular belief. 

Aquatic plants will add the 

essential food and oxygen to 

your pond that the aquatic 

life residing in your pond requires. 

Some of these “good” 

weeds live under the water’s 

surface and therefore are not 

a visual issue. The issue that 

is the greatest frustration for 

pond owners is not a weed at 

all. It is filamentous algae. 

Filamentous algae is a 

fibrous mat that is not visually 

appealing once it starts 

floating on the pond’s surface 

and is often referred to as a 

“bloom” due to its appearing 

almost overnight. This type 

of algae starts its growth cycle 

on the bottom of the pond 

and as it grows, it builds 

oxygen under its fibrous mat 

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and eventually floats to the 

surface. In the beginning, a 

few mats will appear and in 

a matter of days, the entire 

pond could be covered. The 

complaints I hear the most 

are that it looks bad, it is 

gross to use for swimming 

and fishing becomes more 

difficult when the algae snags 

hooks and lines. If this nuisance 

is left untreated it can 

become a real issue for the 

pond and the cause of major 

headaches. 

So, the obvious question is, 

“How do I kill it?” Unfortunately, 

this question is usually 

asked too late because 

once it floats to the surface it 

is very difficult, if not impossible 

to treat as it is already 

in the process of dying. The 

key time frame to controlling 

filamentous algae is when it 

is growing on the bottom of 

the pond. Control is possible 

with a multifaceted approach 

including mechanical, chemical, 

biological, and structural 

strategies. 

The best form of mechanical 

control is to remove it 

with a rake and pull it out 

from the pond. The best time 

to do this is on a windy day 

so Mother Nature works in 

your favor and will help blow 

the floating algae to one area 

of the pond. Once removed, 

do not leave the mats on the 

pond bank because the nutrients 

will flow back into the 

pond which aids in the next 

cycle of growth. You can also 

drag a rake on the bottom of 

the pond close to shore to 

break up mats and make them 

come to the surface quicker. 

Copper-based chemicals 

typically work well on 

filamentous algae although 

once it comes to the surface 

it is a waste of time, money, 

and energy to treat. Chemical 

application works best 

when filamentous algae first 

appear on the pond bottom 

and before they form large 

floating mats. Chemical 

application will also work 

after the physical removal of 

mats both floating and on the 

bottom of the pond. Caution 

should be taken when 

treating with chemicals to 

prevent fish kills. Treating 

only a quarter of the pond at 

a time will prevent the loss of 

oxygen in the water which in 

turn could kill your fish. 

Reducing runoff from your 

landscape or surrounding 

land will help reduce algae as 

it requires nutrients (especially 

phosphorus) for growth. 

Most homeowners make 

the mistake of fertilizing 

their lawns in the spring and 

excess nutrients end up in the 

pond which is the cause of 

the blooms. Fertilize in the 

fall if possible, to avoid this 

issue. 

A purchase that all pond 

owners should make is that 

of an aerator. An aerator (not 

a fountain) will add oxygen 

to the water and the best type 

is a diffuser which forces 

air from the bottom up to 

the surface. Adding oxygen 

to the bottom layers of the 

pond can encourage phosphorous 

to bind within pond 

sediments. This prevents 

phosphorous from becoming 

available within the water 

column for algae use and 

growth. 

Finally, keep Canada Geese 

off of your pond. They might 

be fun to watch, but they are 

dirty and can make the water 

quality poor, especially in 

smaller ponds. Their manure 

is high in phosphorus, so just 

like spring fertilization of 

your lawns. It adds unwanted 

nutrients to your pond which 

encourages algae growth. 

Many ponds suffer from 

filamentous algae problems. 

Where possible, you should 

strive to reduce nutrients 

entering the pond to prevent 

or reduce excessive algae 

growth. Chemical treatments 

for algae are inexpensive and 

effective but usually must be 

repeated annually or even 

multiple times per year to 

M 

DEAR 

ARIE 

By 

Marie 

Segale 

marie@goBEACONnews.com 

Dear Marie, 

I have been divorced for 

several years. The courts 

ordered my ex-spouse to pay 

child support. Previously, 

he would send a payment 

of $200 every so often, but 

last year I only received one 

payment from him. This was 

a larger sum and not like his 

normal behavior at all. 

I also received his tax 

refund, probably because he 

was in arrears on his support 

payments for ten years. I 

understand that so long as he 

makes some payment, there 

is nothing I can do to collect 

the outstanding child support 

from him. 

I have not attempted to 

go back to court because 

the services of a lawyer are 

required, and I do not have 

the funds for a $5000 retainer 

to reopen the case. As a single 

mom working forty-plus 

keep algae under control. 

If you have questions about 

your pond, please contact me 

for answers. I can be reached 

by email at jhermesch@ 

purdue.edu or by phone at 

812-926-1189. The Dearborn 

County Extension Office is 

located at 229 Main Street, 

Aurora, IN 47001. 

Look for my next article in 

the June issue of The Beacon! 

hours a week, I still struggle 

to make ends meet. I need to 

find a way to obtain the child 

support that the court ordered. 

If some help is available, it’s 

a matter of finding what and 

where. 

My children’s father makes 

no effort to see or contact 

them, even on birthdays or 

Christmas. Marie, I need 

some help. What do you 

think I should do? 

Elizabeth in Batesville 

Dear Elizabeth, 

You are not alone. Too 

many parents are facing this 

situation. Sadly, children are 

the innocent victims of adults’ 

bad behavior. 

Child support orders are 

legal obligations to provide 

financial support for a child 

and and are established by the 

court. Child support obligations 

in Indiana are governed 

by the Indiana Child Support 

Rules and Guidelines that can 

be found at https://www.in.gov/ 

courts/rules/child_support/. 

I found a website which 

might be a good place to learn 

about available help: www. 

Indianalegalhelp.org 

Another resource about collecting 

child support is www. 

usa.gov. 

Have a pressing issue? 

Contact Marie@goBEACON 

news.com 

POSITION OPENINGS - Dearborn County Highway Dept 

Competitive Pay with Generous Benefit Package 

Dearborn County will SPONSOR CDL training to those hired and commit to 3-year position. 

Maintenance Worker – 3 Positions Available 

$20.17 per hour 

Operates various trucks and heavy equipment in clearing, maintaining, and repairing County roads, ditches, and rights-of-way. 

CDL Required 

Special Projects Assistant Crew Leader 


Supervise and direct work crews in construction and maintenance of special projects, including bridges, small structures, culverts, guardrails, and retaining walls. 

Extensive experience in highway construction and maintenance. 

CDL Required. 

Head Mechanic 


Responsible for maintenance and repair of Department vehicles and equipment. 

Operates a variety of machinery, maintains road safety in winter months. 

CDL Required. 

Highway (winter)/Park Maintenance (summer)Worker 

Starting wage: $17 per hour 

Responsible for cleaning and maintaining park grounds/buildings, including mowing, landscaping, snow removal and restroom maintenance. 

Performs minor repairs to signs, exhibits and other park property including minor electrical and plumbing work. 

Operates a variety of machinery, maintains road safety in winter months. 

See website for full list of DUTIES and REQUIREMENTS 

www.dearborncounty.org 

Send resume/application to Sue Hayden at shayden@dearborncounty.in.gov 

Applications may be obtained on website or at 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 

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May 2023 THE BEACON Page 1B 

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BEACON 

PORTS 

SCENE 

By 

Chris Jack 

Nobbe 

Zoller 

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Parris Caps UM Career 

with National Title 

Those familiar with sports 

in the southeastern Indiana 

area are aware of the accolades 

of Mason Parris. As a 

three-sport star at Lawrenceburg 

High School, he competed 

in the state finals of all 

three sports during his senior 

year, most By notably winning his 

third state 

Maxine 

Klump 

title in wrestling. 

Parris matriculated to the 

University Community of Michigan on a 

wrestling Correspondent scholarship to compete 

for the Wolverines. While 

there, he quickly claimed the 

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heavyweight class for the 

team when many customarily 

are red-shirted to begin a 

career at that level. He barely 

missed out on becoming an 

NCAA All-American in his 

freshman campaign while 

leading his team with 32 wins 

that season and toppled the 

#1 heavyweight at the time, 

Oregon State’s Amar Dhesi, 

to make a big splash with his 

first-ever varsity match. 

His illustrious college 

career continued with a Big 

Ten runner-up finish in 2020 

before the NCAA Championships 

were canceled. He kept 

knocking at the door of a title 

in his junior season of 2020- 

21, which saw him finish 

runner-up in both the Big Ten 

and NCAA championships. 

Last year, Parris struggled 

through injury for most of the 

season. He competed well, 

but he was unable to mimic 

the success of his previous 

campaign. Despite this, he 

was still an All-American 

with a fifth-place finish at the 

NCAAs. Also, as a captain of 

the team, he helped to lead the 

Wolverines to a Big Ten title 

as a team. 

However, the doggedness 

taught by the sport of wrestling, 

and within Parris specifically, 

prompted one more 

shot at a title before leaving 

Michigan. (Many wrestlers 

were afforded an additional 

year of eligibility due to the 

circumstances of 2020.) 

Parris produced a phenomenal 

year to cap off his career 

with the Wolverines. He compiled 

a perfect 33-0 record 

en route to a Big Ten title on 

March 4. Two weeks later, 

Parris would stand atop the 

podium at the NCAA Championships 

in Tulsa, Oklahoma 

having won the heavyweight 

Nick Poole (back 

row center) is 

flanked by two of 

his former coaches, 

Brad Fentress 

and Chris Nobbe, 

at the SIWC Tournament 

held at 

Corydon Central 

High School on 

March 4. Poole’s 

sons, Hayden 

and Dawson (front row), compete for the Milan Middle 

School team and helped the team to the tournament 

title against ten other teams that day. The group took 

the opportunity to share a photo together at the conclusion 

of the meet. (Photo by Chris Nobbe) 

title over Greg Kerkvliet of 

Penn State by a score of 5-1. 

The NCAA title is indeed a 

great accomplishment to end 

his career at the University of 

Michigan, but it was not the 

final title he would claim as a 

Wolverine. Parris was also later 

named the recipient of the 

2023 WIN Magazine/Culture 

House Dan Hodge Trophy. 

This award is presented to the 

top collegiate wrestler in the 

country. Being recognized 

with this honor is certainly a 

tremendous capstone to it all 

for Parris as a college athlete. 

Parris finishes his career 

at Michigan with an overall 

record of 124-18. He recorded 

45 of those victories by fall. 

He was a four-time All-American 

as well. His performance 

at the NCAA Championships 

was dominant over a tremendous 

field of heavyweights, 

winning several matches with 

bonus points. 

One might wonder what 

could be next for Mason 

Parris. Collegiate wrestling 

is already very elite in the 

sport, and it essentially is 

the highest level of folkstyle 

wrestling. However, this style 

is not competed at the international 

level. While Parris 

did not do much freestyle or 

Greco while younger due to 

his activity in other sports, 

he has transitioned well with 

freestyle while at Michigan as 

well, capturing a Junior World 

Title in 2019. 

Parris plans to continue 

pursuing the sport with freestyle 

competition in hopes of 

again representing the United 

States. This time, he will be 

looking to do it on the biggest 

stage possible, the 2024 

Olympic Games. Dearborn 

County may be joined by the 

entire country in cheering for 

this native son. All the best to 

him as he pursues yet another 

dream and challenge. Parris to 

Paris in 2024! 

Archery Excels 

At Area Schools 

The Indiana State Fairgrounds 

was the site of the 

2023 Indiana NASP State 

Bullseye Tournament and the 

2023 Indiana NASP State 

3D Tournament for three 

area schools on March 11. 

Batesville, Milan, and South 

Dearborn sent multiple teams 

and individuals to compete 

in this tournament hosted by 

the National Archery in the 

Schools Program (NASP). 

In the high school bullseye 

competition, which is shooting 

at a standard bullseye 

target, Batesville finished second 

of 28 teams while South 

Dearborn finished 17th and 

Milan finished 25th. 

Batesville was led with two 

shooters both scoring 286 to 

help the team achieve a score 

of 3390 and a runner-up state 

finish. Sophomore Lydia 

Haskamp was 7th of 292 

high school girls and 2nd of 

60 sophomore girls and shot 

20 tens (bullseyes) for the 

competition while freshman 

Wyatt Kruthhaupt scored 16 

tens to finish 18th among 359 

high school boys and and 5th 

of 120 freshman boys. 

South Dearborn scored 

3248 points and was led by 

senior Jackson Chipman with 

a score of 287 with 21 tens. 

His score was good enough 

for 12th of 359 boys and 5th 

of 88 senior boys competing. 

Milan was led by freshman 

Gaige Colen scoring 278 

points with 12 tens. He was 

71st among all boys and 19th 

among freshmen boys. The 

team scored 3174 points. 

Batesville’s top middle 

school team also captured a 

runner-up finish by scoring 

3275 points. Seventh grader 

Trace Scott led the Bulldogs 

with 286 points and 18 tens. 

He was 6th of 499 middle 

school boys and placed first of 

158 seventh grade boys. 

South Dearborn Middle 

School was led by eighthgrader 

Dalton Land scoring 

281 (with 15 tens) of the 

team’s 3144 points, enough 

to place the team 19th of 42 

teams. Land was 12th of 499 

middle school boys and was 

8th of 167 eighth grade boys. 

Milan Middle School’s 

Abby Carpenter competed as 

an individual, and the eighth 

grade girl recorded a score of 

258 with 8 tens. This placed 

her 127th of 422 girls and 

52nd of 129 eighth grade 

girls. 

At the elementary level, 

Batesville Intermediate 

School (BIS) also placed as 

state runner-up, giving the 

Bulldogs a runner-up finish 

at each level of competition. 

BIS scored 3065 led by Bruce 

Li. Li was 6th of 306 elementary 

boy archers and was first 

among fourth grade boys. 

Not to be outdone, South 

Dearborn’s elementary team 

was led by fifth-grader Braven 

Combs who scored 284 with 

17 tens. He was first among 

178 fifth grade boys, but also 

first among all 306 elementary 

boy archers. 

NASP also sponsors a 3D 

tournament shooting at physical 

targets of animals instead 

of a bullseye. Batesville High 

School recorded a score of 

1660, which placed the team 

6th of 15 competing teams. 

The Bulldogs were led by senior 

Blake Belter who scored 

283 with 17 tens. This placed 

him 10th of 143 high school 

boys and 2nd of 31 seniors. 

Milan High School had Abby 

Bell compete individually 

with a score of 274 with 8 

tens. She placed 22nd of 117 

high school girls and 2nd of 

23 senior girls in the state. 

At the middle school level 

of this competition, Batesville 

placed 4th of 11 teams and 

scored 1603 points. The team 

was led by Charlie Pulskamp 

with 270 points and 11 tens. 

This placed him 9th of 120 

middle school boys and 3rd of 

41 eighth grade boys. Milan’s 

Abby Carpenter again competed 

individually. She scored 

256 points with 10 tens. 

She was 30th of 115 middle 

school girls and 14th of 32 

eighth grade girls. 

Some of the teams from 

these schools qualified for the 

national tournament to be held 

in Louisville, which would 

extend their season further. 

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, JOIN US FOR 

SENIOR ADMISSION DAY 

April 18 @ 5 p.m.-7 p.m. 

April 25 @ 2 p.m.-4 p.m. 

EIAC track and field 

teams took the opportunity 

to compete 

in the Indiana indoor 

series in preparation 

of the upcoming 

outdoor season. 

Several relays and 

individuals from 

Batesville, East Central, 

Franklin County, 

Lawrenceburg, and 

South Dearborn 

qualified to compete 

at the Hoosier State 

Relay Finals on the campus of Indiana University on 

March 25 with a few from the area hitting the podium 

for their performances. Shown here is Batesville High 

School’s 4x800 relay team which finished 8th in the 

1A-3A finals. (Photo by Lisa Gausman) 

Mason Parris accepting Proclamation from Dearborn 

County Commissioners Rick Probst, Jim Thatcher, 

and Art Little. 

Parris Honored as 

National Champion 

Mason Parris was recently honored by the Dearborn County 

Commissioners for his achievements during his wrestling 

career. Mr. Parris was recently crowned a National Champion 

upon his victory in the Heavyweight, 285 lb. weight class at 

the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 

Wrestling Championships. This completed his perfect 33-0 

season. 

Previously, Mr. Parris won the Big Ten Heavyweight 

Championship and had been named an NCAA All-American. 

He had also won Indiana State High School Athletic 

Association state wrestling titles in 2016, 2017, and 2018 as a 

student of Lawrenceburg High School. 

Mason Parris is majoring in Civil Engineering at the 

University of Michigan. He has been recognized as a member 

of the All-Academic Team by the National Wrestling Coaches 

Association and Academic All-Big Ten. 

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and Batesville Campuses 

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The North Dearborn Pantry volunteer dinner. 

BRIGHT/ 

SUGAR RIDGE 

By 

Bob 

Waples 

Community 

Correspondent 

bright@goBEACONnews.com 

Hope everyone had a great 

Easter and the Easter bunny 

brought lots of goodies. 

A little different veteran 

salute this month. The Vietnam 

Veteran’s Memorial 

dedication at Lesko Park in 

Aurora will be held on April 

29, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. Plan 

on attending to remember our 

veterans. 

I was honored to be invited 

to attend the recognition of 

911 dispatchers, Dearborn 

County Sheriff deputies, and 

Bright Fire & EMS First 

Responders. Through the 

combined efforts of dispatchers, 

deputies, and EMS, these 

folks saved a life in our community. 

Though this extreme 

situation does not happen every 

day, it shows the readiness 

and dedication of the entire 

group of folks serving our 

community. Those recognized 

at the recognition ceremony 

were 911 dispatchers Maddie 

Milish, Paul Mcallister, 

Donnie Hastings, Ashley 

Surette, and Jolee Chase; 

Sheriff deputies Luke 

Surette, Austin Donawerth, 

Kenneth McAllister; Bright 

O 

ur 

Fire & EMS Brian White, 

Greg Rauen, Deb Jump, 

Kendall Eberhart, John 

Miller, Nathan Stevens, 

Denny Callahan, and Kris 

Heitmeyer. Words cannot 

express how thankful we are 

to these men and women who 

serve our community daily. 

I salute you all. Please read 

the complete story by our 

editor in last month’s edition 

which can be found online at 

www.goBEACONnews.com/ 

print_edition. 

North Dearborn Library 

hosted its second annual Veteran’s 

Night, and what a great 

turnout. Dave Currence, 

Dearborn County Veteran’s 

Affairs Officer, gave a great 

presentation on programs that 

are available for Veterans. 

Thanks to Mary Olsen of 

Bright for crocheting three 

beautiful blankets for door 

prizes and the library staff for 

their support and work. 

Last month the North 

Dearborn Pantry honored its 

volunteers with a dinner at a 

local restaurant. A great turnout 

and a great evening with 

fellow volunteers. 

An early Happy Mother’s 

Day (in May) to all Moms. 

This is an early reminder 

of the Bright annual Memorial 

Day Service at Gibson 

Cemetery on Sunday, May 

28 beginning at 12:15 P.M. 

Please plan to attend to honor 

our service women and men. 

In closing, remember…. 

‘The past is in your head but 

the future is in your hands.’ 

Communities 

HIDDEN 

VALLEY LAKE 

By 

Vivian Kist 

Community 

Correspondent 

hvl@goBEACONnews.com 

It is that wonderful time, 

spring in Hidden Valley Lake! 

We live in a place like none 

other in our area. A deer and 

a fox meet along the lake 

shore to welcome the warmer 

weather. 

Two mature bald eagles soar 

over the lake looking for food 

to feed their young. “Crazy” 

loons dance on the water. A 

blue heron sits on the shoreline 

displaying its majesty. 

And since the lake quickly 

filled this year after heavy 

rains, many boats and fishermen 

are already able to enjoy 

being on the water sooner 

than usual. Our community is 

truly a gem! 

Maybe you have seen 

several new birdhouses as you 

drive around HVL. They are 

somewhat 

plain in 

appearance 

and stand 

out in the 

middle of 

nowhere, far 

away from 

any trees. If 

A Bluebird you are like 

me, it 

seemed a little odd to see a 

birdhouse far away from the 

trees. However, this is the 

habitat preferred by the 

eastern bluebird. Many people 

confuse the bluebird with the 

blue jay. They are totally two 

different species. 

The eastern bluebird population 

was decimated after the 

introduction of the English 

sparrow and the cutting down 

of dead trees where they 

lived. Based on the efforts and 

passion of Jim Conner and 

several others in the area, we 

hope to begin to see many of 

these beautiful birds again. 

The annual Easter egg hunt 

sponsored by the Children’s 

Activity Club was again a 

huge success with hundreds 

of children running around the 

ballfields. The Easter bunny 

was on hand to award prizes 

from a dozen special Easter 

eggs. 

Only a couple of days are 

left to cast your vote for who 

will fill the two open positions 

on the HVL Board of 

Directors. Please take time 

to read the bios of the three 

candidates and cast your ballot 

ASAP. 

The Annual Meeting will 

be held on April 27 at 7 P.M. 

where the election results will 

be announced and this year’s 

recipient of the Doerflein 

Award for outstanding volunteerism 

will be presented. 

One person’s cast off is another 

person’s treasure… The 

HVL Spring Yard Sale will 

be held April 29-30. Arrive 

early to be the first to find that 

special treasure. 

You may want to check 

out the Lost and Found at the 

POA office if you have recently 

lost something – it might 

just be there. Be prepared 

with a detailed description of 

your lost item or better yet, 

A deer and a fox on the 

lake’s edge. 

bring a picture, receipt, etc. to 

help identify it as yours. 

To help plan your activities, 

the 2023 lake treatment dates 

have been set. The first treatment 

is on May 9. The next 

two treatment dates are June 

13 and August 15. 

Litter clean-ups are being 

planned, including one for 

State Line Road on April 22 

from 9 A.M. until noon. It is 

a great volunteer opportunity 

along with improving the 

community. 

I look forward to being your 

HVL Community Correspondent 

and hope you will help 

me include information that 

is important to our residents. 

Please email any information 

you want to be shared to 

hvl@goBEACONnews.com. 

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St. Joseph American Legion 

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celebrated the 104th birthday 

of the organization of the 

American Legion with a dinner 

at the post home. 

Several awards were presented. 

Patrick Hartman was presented 

the Oak Tree Award for 

his hard work and dedication 

to getting the job done on post 

projects. 

Two students from North 

Dearborn Elementary School 

were presented with Flag Etiquette 

Awards. They were Michael 

Bess and Wren Bryant. 

Grace Roark and Elly 

Weiler were chosen to attend 

Girls State at Trine University 

this summer. 

Congratulations to all of them. 

Joe Baker recently celebrated 

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Girls State representatives 

Elly Weiler and Grace Roark 

Bob Hoffman with Michael 

Bess, Flag Etiquette recipient. 

15 Randy Stenger, Doug 

Farrow, and Kevin Redelman, 

16 Joel Jones and cousin 

Craig Fox, 17 Pete Lyness, 

Mally Prifogle, Lance 

Weldishofer, cousins Dennis 

Andres and Jessica Andres, 

19 Danny Trabel and Renee 

Baker, 20 Elaine Walker, 

cousin Barb Andres, Janet 

Dawson, and Chad Gutzwiller 

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21 Sally Bertram and 

Charlie Beck, 22 Chris Graf 

and cousin Rosemary Powell, 

24 Michelle Deddens, 

25 Kathleen Tenhover and 

Marilyn Farrow, 27 Easton 

and Emmett Lobenstein, 30 

Lincoln Wilhelm, 31 Miles 

Kamos and my cousin Tonie 

McGlothlin. 

A very Happy Anniversary 

to my daughter Krista and 

Brad Inman on May 19 and 

to cousins Steve and Christy 

Andres on May 28. 

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YORKVILLE 

& GUILFORD 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

yorkville@goBEACONnews.com 

Third-grade students in 

Mary-Kate Campbell’s class 

at Sunman Elementary School 

were given an assignment. 

Each student was encouraged 

to use their creativity when 

writing an essay that focused 

on a donut they created and 

persuaded readers why his or 

her donut should be featured 

in a new bakery that would be 

opening in Sunman. The competition 

was fierce and staff at 

Sunman Elementary School 

voted on the essays. The top 

three essays were provided to 

the bakery owner and Gwen 

Focke, daughter of Gabe and 

Laura Focke, was named 

the winner. Gwen’s creation 

Fruity Tutti Whipped Swirl 

which consisted of a donut 

sliced in half with whipped 

cream, strawberries, and blueberries 

inside, was featured in 

the bakery during the month 

of March. Congratulation to 

Gwen! 

Congratulations to Josh and 

Phylisa Hines on the birth of 

their daughter, Jessa Marie. 

She was born on February 24. 

Proud grandparents include 

Mark and Susan Kraus, Jennifer 

and Joshua Lowe, and 

David Hines. 

Spring is in the air, and that 

means spring cleaning. Thirty 

O 

ur 

Jessa Marie Hines was born 

on Feb. 24. (Photo courtesy 

of Phylisa Hines) 

team members from Perfect 

North Slopes participated in 

their community clean-up day 

on March 1, where trash was 

collected along the hills on 

Pribble and Mount Pleasant 

Roads. Thank you to the staff 

from Perfect North Slopes and 

the Dearborn County Sheriff’s 

Department for directing 

traffic. 

Mark your calendar for May 

6 for the annual York Ridge 

Road clean-up. Meet at 8:30 

A.M. at the top of the hill at 

5311 York Ridge Road. The 

road will be closed at the bottom 

of York Ridge Road hill 

to Fox Road from 9 a.m. until 

noon. Minors are welcome 

to participate but must be accompanied 

by an adult. Thank 

you to the Dearborn County 

Anti-Litter Initiative for coordinating 

litter clean-ups. 

If you have news to share 

in the Guilford or Yorkville 

area, please contact me at 

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SUNMAN 

By 

Cheryl 

Taylor 

Community 

Correspondent 

sunman@goBEACONnews.com 

Do you ever look around 

at your support system and 

feel blessed for all the people 

that make life sweet, work 

easier, laugh effortlessly, and 

the bumps in life smoother? 

Our town is full of amazing 

people whom we need to thank 

more. Let’s start with the gals 

in the Utility Office. Shirley 

Campbell has worked at the 

Town Hall and Utility Office 

for almost twenty-eight years 

now and will turn 88 this 

year. You will find that she 

is often in long and careful 

consideration of every work 

detail making her nearly 

flawless. She is dedicated to 

her family, church, and the 

Sunman Museum, and has 

been the foundation to ensure 

that we follow all the everchanging 

rules and regulations 

in the office, all while making 

it fun. Her easy-going style 

makes you feel comfortable 

and appreciated. Julie Brock, 

daughter of Shirley Campbell, 

came on board in March 2020 

to help fill in when needed. She 

proves to be very dedicated and 

dependable and we couldn’t 

appreciate her more. Her state 

of readiness to respond and 

help is concrete and her pretzel 

addiction is now ours as well. 

When we have to be out of 

the office for medical reasons 

or traveling to care for our 

Nick Miller, Sunman Utilities 

Mike Chambers, Kelly Gardner, 

Alliance of Indiana Rural 

Water Apprenticeship Program 

Coordinator. 

families, she makes it so you 

don’t even worry while you’re 

away. Her flexibility keeps us 

under budget and allows her 

Mom to go home when she 

wants to. This team makes life 

sweet! 

The Sunman Police 

Department recently received 

a grant of $20,000 to purchase 

a fully equipped Police 

Interceptor. This vehicle will 

replace the old Crown Victoria 

that was unable to support 

the department’s technology 

equipment needs. The SUV 

will offer an elevated seating 

position, which improves the 

ability to observe surroundings, 

as well as allows for easier 

entry and exit. Higher 

ground clearance means 

curbs and other obstacles can 

be addressed with greater 

Julie Brock and Shirley 

Campbell. 

confidence and four-wheel 

drive means better traction 

during inclement weather or 

off-road situations. Marshal 

Brian Maynard sends his 

gratitude for this amazing gift 

and appreciates all that is done 

for us and our surrounding 

communities. 

We have another 

congratulation going out to 

Nicholas Miller Jr, Sunman 

Utility Water Apprentice, on 

his Scholarship Award to help 

pay his tuition. The award was 

presented to Nick at the Annual 

Alliance of Indiana Rural Water 

Spring Conference. Both Nick 

and I earned ten CEU hours 

toward mandatory training. 

I stuck to the administrative 

classes and Nick was up to his 

ears in water classes. 

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Visit Southeast Indiana 

May 2023 

JANUARY 2017 

Cruisin to a Cure for ALS Car Show 

Tri State Antique Market 

Rodney Carrington - Lawrenceburg Event Center 

April 29 – Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Dedication 

- 11am. Lesko Park, Aurora, IN. Be apart of History! Join us 

for the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. Guest 

Speaker: Sammy Davis, Indiana’s only living Medal of Honor 

recipient. Huey Helicopter Rides 9am - 11am & 12pm - Dusk. 

$100 per person per ride. $50 for children 12 & under. WWII & 

Korean Vets Fly Free!. Call for reservations at 513-602-5595. 

April 1 - May 27 - Art Exhibition in Friendship 

Gallery - Reception April 14th. Saturdays 10:00am - 2:00pm. 

12926 Bank Street, Dillsboro, IN. There’s always something 

different at Dillsboro Arts. Info: 812-907-0504 or www. 

dillsboroarts.org. 

May 2 - June 24. – Dearborn Highlands Arts Council 

- Spring Into Art - Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri - 10:00am- 

4:00pm. Free, 331 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. 

Celebrate the talents of local and regional artists. 

Info: www.dearbornhighlands arts.org. 

May 6-13 - Southeastern Indiana Art Guild 

Student Art Show - 302 Second Street. Info: www. 

southeasternindianaartguild.org. 

May 6 – 35th Fishing Derby, Lake in the Pines - 10412 

North Dearborn Road, Sunman, IN. Open to the public, rain 

or shine, no fishing license required, registration begins at 

6am the day of the Derby. Prizes awarded for biggest fish by 

weight. Cost: Adults 12+older ($18.00); kids under 12 (FREE). 

Info: 812-212-2601 or www.newalsaceconservationclub.com. 

May 7, 14, 20, 21, 28, 29 – At The Barn Winery - Party 

on the Patio - live music 7pm. www.atthebarnwinery.com. 

May 6, 13, 29 – Automotive Racing at 

Lawrenceburg Speedway - Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints, KOI 

Auto Parts Modifieds, Impact Sports Pure Stocks, Bessler’s U 

Pull & Save Hornets. Info: www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com 

May 6 – Mother’s Day Brunch - Hillforest Victorian 

House Museum - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Celebrate the special 

lady in your life by treating her to a scrumptious brunch at 

Hillforest. The event includes a special gift for mom and a 

tour of the mansion. Reservations are required. Cost $35.00 

for members and $40.00 for nonmembers. Reservations and 

info: Call 812-926-0087 or www.hillforest.org. 

May 7 – Tri-State Antique Market - First Sunday of the 

month at Lawrenceburg Fairgrounds, US 50, Lawrenceburg, 

IN. 6:00am - 3:00pm. COST: $5.00/adult. Indiana’s largest 

monthly antiques and vintage only market with 200 + 

Vendors. Info: 513-702-2680 or 

www.lawrenceburgantiqueshow.com. 

May 7th - 7th Annual Cruisin to a Cure for ALS Car 

Show. Info: www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

May 12 - Spring Wine Walk, Downtown 

Lawrenceburg - info: www.downtownlawrenceburg.com. 

May 13 – Rock, Fossil, & Artifact ID Session - Open 

House - 10:00am - 2:00pm. Free. Archeology Research 

Institute, 424 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. Bring in your 

artifacts, rocks, and fossils and have them identified and 

recorded by a professional. Take a tour of ARI and meet our 

staff. Info: 812-290-2966 or www.exploreari.org/events. 

May 13 – Dillsboro In Bloom - 9:00am - 2:00pm. Corner 

Front & North Street, Dillsboro, IN. Business sales, antiques & 

crafts on the lawn, plant sale and farmer’s market. Info: 812- 

584-0257. 

May 17, 18, 19, 20 - Dillsboro Homecoming Festival - 

Schedule and info: www.facebook.com/DillsboroCivicClub. 

May 13, 29 - Holtkamp Winery Live Music - 7-10pm, 

10868 Woliung Road, Sunman, IN. Info: 513-602-5580 or 

www.holtkampwinery.com. 

May 18, 20 – Youth Archaeology Club - 4:30-6:30pm. 

Open to all students grades 6-8. Learn about different 

aspects of archaeology with real archaeologists! Experience 

an archaeological excavation, go on field trips to different 

archaeological sites, and learn about laboratory analysis and 

interpretation of artifacts. Pre-registration preferred; please 

go to ExploreARI.org to register. Location: 424 Walnut Street, 

Lawrenceburg, IN. 

May 19 - Get Wine(d) and Dine(d) in Downtown 

Aurora - 5:00-9:00pm. Pickup participant card at Main 

Street Aurora, 231 Main Street. Info: www.aurora.in.us. 

May 26-30 - Dawn to Dusk, Memorial Day - 

Veteran’s Walk - Dillsboro Green Space - Corner of Front 

& North Streets. Veterans from the Dillsboro area have their 

service information featured on signs which are displayed 

for viewing Veterans from the Dillsboro area have their 

service information featured on signs which are displayed for 

viewing. Info: 812-432-5648 or www.dillsboro.in/vetwalk. 

May 26 – Rodney Carrington - Lawrenceburg Event 

Center - Tickets starting at $49. Go to www.ticketmaster.com 

to purchase tickets. 

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BATESVILLE 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

batesville@goBEACONnews.com 

Congratulations! 

Husband and wife runners, 

Scott and Jill (Gigrich) 

Weisenbach, of Indianapolis 

and formerly of Batesville, 

ran the 2023 Tokyo World 

Majors Marathon comprised 

of 38,000 accepted runners. 

Scott commented, “In July 

2019 we were accepted 

to compete in the Tokyo 

World Majors Marathon 

slated for March 2020 which 

ultimately was cancelled each 

subsequent year due to the 

pandemic until 2023. The 

people of Japan have been 

all amazing, and gave all 

runners who were accepted to 

run in 2020 their medal for a 

race that never happened. We 

graciously thanked them for 

hosting.” 

Following the marathon 

Scott reported, “Jill and I 

had a strong race and felt we 

gave it our all, and both were 

good with our performances, 

especially since this is one of 

six world major marathons 

with the others being Chicago, 

Boston, New York City, 

Berlin, London. Before this 

week’s marathon there were 

less than 10,000 runners in 

the world that competed in all 

six. Since Tokyo, the number 

slightly surpassed 10,000. 

Both Jill and I are running 

the London Marathon next 

O 

ur 

month to get our “sixth star” 

and become part of this select 

running group. That is if the 

Good Lord gives us a little 

more time on this wonderful 

earth!” 

Congratulations to Dr. John 

Reer, DC who graduated as 

Dr. John Reer, DC 

Valedictorian 

of his 

class at 

Palmer 

College of 

Chiropractic! 

John is 

the son of 

Roger and 

Mary Jo 

(Prickel) 

Reer of Batesville and 

practices in Osgood. 

SLS Academic Team Wins 

a Nail-Biter! 

St. Louis School Academic 

Team Coach, Marisol 

Schutte, reports, “Our St. 

Louis fifth- and sixth-graders 

were Overall Champions 

during the Batesville Deanery 

Academic Meet hosted 

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5th & 6th Grade St. Louis Catholic Academic Team. Top L 

to R: Evelyn Ollberding, Grant Hartwell, Katie Hohenstein, 

Izzy Dierkman, Amelia Spielmann, Alice Austin and Solara 

Scheel. Bottom L to R: Lydia Hopkins, Elsa Schneider, Myra 

Meer, Cam Walke, Principal - Patty Mauer, Sam Walmsley, 

Samuel Rodriguez and Lucy Brelage. 

Scott and Jill Weisenbach in 

Tokyo. 

by Oldenburg Academy and 

Thomas Moore College at 

OA’s Hillenbrand Family 

Feldhaus in March. 

Academic Team is an 

extracurricular activity that 

culminates in a competition 

between the schools in the 

Batesville deanery. Students 

compete in one or two of the 

following subjects: religion, 

language arts, math, social 

studies, science or general 

knowledge.” 

The final scores where: 

80 points - St. Louis 

79 points - St. Michael 

79 points - St. Mary, 

Greensburg 

77 points - St. Lawrence 

68 points - St. Nicholas 

Coach Ethel Rodriguez 

added, “It sure was a nail biter! 

Marisol and I are very proud 

of these students and blessed 

to have been the coaches once 

again. We are proud of how they 

represented St. Louis School.” 

That’s Sue’s news for now! 

One of the line dancing scenes in EC’s performance of 

Footloose. . 

Joe Lieland, Coach Cotherman, 

and Cheryl Lieland. 

DOVER 

By 

Rhonda 

Trabel 

Community 

Correspondent 

dover@goBEACONnews.com 

My sister and brother-inlaw, 

Cheryl and Joe Lieland 

were recently honored by 

the ECHS track coach Steve 

Cotherman for assisting with 

discus and shotput for thirty 

years. They started when their 

oldest son Jeremy decided 

to join the track team in high 

school in 1992. Joe said Mr. 

Cotherman asked them because 

he needed help judging 

the distances. The experience 

was good for both of them, 

and they enjoyed working 

with the kids. Cheryl knew 

most of them since she was a 

bus driver for the corporation. 

The Lielands said to me that 

they will continue to assist 

coach Cotherman until they 

are no longer able physically 

to do it. Coach Cotherman 

has been with East Central for 

over forty years. He started as 

an assistant coach in 1979 and 

has been head coach of both 

boys’ and girls’ cross country 

from 1982 to the present. 

He was assistant to Father 

Meyer. 

If you enjoy watching some 

good plays and musicals, 

check out the ECHS Drama 

Club. I went to their performance 

of “Footloose”. It was 

fabulous! I was amazed at 

how well these kids knew 

their lines, the songs, and 

the dances. They looked and 

acted like professionals. The 

star characters were Caleb 

Griffin and Chloe Stewart. 

Footloose was a high-energy 

musical filmed in 1984 about 

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Peggy Lyness at her party. 

a group of students in a small 

Oklahoma town that protested 

against an eighty-eight-yearold 

ban on dancing. This ban 

was repealed in 1981 which 

became a national news story. 

Kevin Bacon was the star of 

the film back then. I would 

like to compliment the director 

and choreographer Kari 

Zengerling, and the music 

director Donna Tanner, along 

with all the stage crew for a 

job well done. I am sure many 

proud parents were there as 

well. Awesome job EC! 

I would like to wish John 

Huffman of Dover a happy 

seventy-fifth birthday on Apr. 

1. Peggy Lyness, my niece, 

also of Dover, celebrated her 

fortieth birthday on Feb. 23. 

We celebrated with her on the 

25th. She is pictured with her 

birthday ribbon, crown, and 

drink. Lookin’ good Peg! 

Condolences to the family 

of James Ferry of Dover 

who passed away on March 

14, 2023. Jim, also known as 

“Doc”, a tribute to his Dad 

who was a dentist in Lawrenceburg, 

was a graduate of 

Lawrenceburg High School, 

attended Indiana State University, 

volunteered for the army, 

and went to Vietnam where he 

was wounded and was the recipient 

of two purple hearts and 

a bronze star. After returning 

home he met Rosie Wuestefeld 

of Dover and married her 

within the year. They were 

married for fifty-two years. He 

then returned to school to earn 

his Bachelor’s and Master’s 

degrees. As a result, he became 

the Industrial Arts Teacher at 

Northwest School District and 

retired after thirty-three years. 

Jim will be deeply missed by 

his wife Rosie, his children 

Doug(Valerie) Ferry, Angela 

(Ryan) Miller, and Lori (Jay) 

Robinson and seven grandchildren. 

If you have any Dover 

news you would like to 

share, email me at dover@ 

goBEACONnews.com. 

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OLDENBURG 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

Communities403 Walnut St • Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 

oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Creativity in the ’Burg 

Oldenburg Academy 

Freshmen worked with 

local artist Kim Wright 

Brockman, of Oldenburg’s 

Inspired Studios, to paint 

four religious statues to 

be displayed on campus. 

Kim explained her creative 

method and taught students 

about the importance of 

researching the significance 

of the person depicted by the 

statues. Students also learned 

the importance of sealing 

the pieces and the effects 

weather may have on the 

finished product. Kim noted, 

“I really enjoyed working 

with the students. They did a 

marvelous job.” 

The statues will be on 

display in the OA Auditorium 

and future greenhouse. 

Thanks to the Batesville Area 

Arts Council for sponsoring 

this creative opportunity! 

Oldenburgers Love Their 

Kraut 

I checked another goal off 

of my “retirement bucket list” 

when I joined the Oldenburg 

Kraut Heads in making thousands 

of Sauerkraut Balls for 

Freudenfest. 

Michelle Doyle coordinates 

the massive undertaking as 

the “Kraut Cookers” gather on 

four Wednesdays to prepare 

“the recipe” passed on by the 

late Edna Rheindorf. Rita 

Baumer coordinated the 

effort for many years until 

Michelle volunteered her services 

about 10 years ago. 

Additional Kraut Heads 

HARRISON 

By 

Amanda 

Kirchner 

Community 

Correspondent 

harrison@goBEACONnews.com 

Harrison sure has some 

creative residents! Steve 

Mossburger changed a piece 

of driftwood into a roadside 

attraction that lovingly 

became known as The 

Driftwood River Snake. 

The famed River Snake 

enjoyed a quick rise in 

popularity as a mascot of 

sorts by people who passed 

by his resting place under 

the bridge on State Street 

crossing over the Whitewater 

River. He was brought to life 

by Steve Mossburger when 

he gave a snake-like piece 

The “Rollers” under the watchful eye of Gary Munchel. 

OA President, Annette Hunger, was among the “Coaters.” 

Jeff Paul, front, joins in the 

clean-up. 

come together on four Thursdays 

to scoop, roll, coat, and 

transport the night’s final 

product to The Village Store 

to be flash frozen, and finally, 

the delicacies are packaged 

until the “festers” arrive. 

Kraut Volunteer Coordinator, 

Mike Wilhelm noted, 

“We’ll prepare thousands of 

sauerkraut balls each week 

of production, and no matter 

how many we make, the 

sauerkraut balls are always 

a sell-out as one of the most 

requested treats at the fest.” 

Volunteers range in age from 

students earning service hours 

to “slightly older retired 

folks” … all of whom enjoy 

the camaraderie while helping 

a good cause. 

of driftwood a coat of kelly 

green paint, eyes, and a red 

tongue. The snake loved 

celebrating holidays and often 

was adorned with decorations 

to the delight of travelers 

that caught a glimpse of him 

below the bridge. 

Unfortunately, heavy spring 

rains made the water level rise 

significantly in early March 

and Harrison’s beloved River 

Snake was feared to be lost 

for good. 

Scot Wegman posted 

on Facebook in the group 

Harrison Happenings that 

he was able to locate the 

Driftwood River Snake 

downriver tangled up in 

brush along the bank. When 

other commentators started 

to suggest a rescue mission, 

Wegman warned, “For those 

who don’t understand how big 

he is, he’s just over thirty-five 

feet long and VERY heavy.” 

Kim Wright Brockman (right) 

instructs students. 

Village Historian, Gary 

Munchel is among the Kraut 

Heads who have mastered 

the art of rolling perfect kraut 

balls and is eager to pass 

along his skill to newbies. I 

joined as one of the “Coaters” 

whose skill set involves keeping 

one hand wet to dip the 

balls into the slurry solution – 

and the other hand dry to then 

roll the ball in bread crumbs. 

Throughout each evening lots 

of conversations are going 

on, stories of past Kraut Head 

shenanigans are shared and 

laughter fills the kitchen. One 

thing is certain … whenever 

two or more gather in the 

’Burg, a good time is had! 

Das ist alles von der ’Burg! 

Driftwood River Snake 

created by Steve 

Mossburger decorated for 

Valentine’s Day. 

Doesn’t look good for the ole 

boy to make a comeback. 

Mr. Wegman went on to 

state that he spoke with the 

River Snake’s original creator 

and he will look to replace 

the River Snake soon. Will 

it be another snake? We will 

have to see what creative 

collaboration Mother Nature 

and Steve have in store for us. 

Boy Scout Troop 646 members Aaron Rullman, Colton Lewis, 

Jace Lewis, Marshall Dowden, Dillon Rullman, Charlie 

Jenner, and JJ Seubert smile as they clean trays and silverware 

at the New Alsace American Legion chicken dinner. 

Roseann Fuernstein, Kathy Klump, Linda Gutzwiller, Nancy 

Lillie, and Mary Graf pose for a picture while serving chicken 

dinners at the New Alsace American Legion. 

NEW ALSACE 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

newalsace@goBEACONnews.com 

Happy belated birthday to 

Melvin and Mildred Meyer. 

They celebrated their eightyninth 

birthdays on March 5. 

A sign saying Honk. We are 

both 89 today! was displayed 

in their front yard. Luella 

Kneueven celebrated her one 

hundred third birthday on 

March 10, and Joe Knueven 

turned 98 on March 8. We 

hope Melvin, Mildred, Luella, 

and Joe enjoyed their 

birthdays! 

The North Dearborn American 

Legion held its annual 

chicken dinner on March 12. 

Members of the American 

Legion and American Legion 

Auxiliary prepared and 

served delicious fried chicken 

dinners while members of 

Sign in Melvin and Mildred 

Meyer’s front yard on March 

5 for their 89th birthdays. 

Boy Scout Troop 646 assisted 

with clean up. 

The North Dearborn 

American Legion is hosting 

its monthly euchre tournament 

on April 16, May 7, and 

June 4. Doors open at noon 

and games begin at 1 p.m. 

The entry fee is $5 per person 

with cash payouts to the four 

highest scores. Refreshments 

are available for purchase. 

Call 812.623.3695 for more 

information. 

I would love to hear from 

you! If you have news in the 

New Alsace area you’d like 

me to share, please contact 

me at newalsace@go 

BEACONnews.com. 

(812) 537-2020 • lawrenceburgeyecenter.com 



AURORA 

By 

Randy 

Turner 

Community 

Correspondent 

aurora@goBEACONnews.com 

Hello Beacon readers! 

I’m back and ready to 

report on activities in Aurora. 

A taste of winter is mixing in 

with nice days and teasing all 

about the start of Spring. The 

Aurora Lions were lucky to 

have a good day for their pancake 

breakfast, serving just 

under two hundred people. 

One of the first through the 

door, Ms. Tamara, ready for 

a story, so I’m sure there are 

pictures somewhere in this 

issue as proof! I watched as 

she coaxed smiles out of the 

early-risers who cook breakfast. 

As I said, it is hard to say 

no to her! 

The highlight of the day 

was when Roger Fehling 

led everyone in a chorus of 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jack 

Tandy, for his ninety-first 

birthday. I took a break from 

a sink of dishes to go out and 

wish him well. Jack was with 

a group of Aurora business 

owners that I always referred 

to as the “Aurora Mafia.” 

They kept business afloat 

through some rough times in 

O 

ur 

the ‘70s and ‘80s. Without 

them, we would have had a 

very dark business district in 

town. Jack and his late wife 

Delores opened Tandys Apparel 

Clothing store in 1969, 

it was the biggest store in 

southeast Indiana. Jack’s two 

brothers, Joe and Pete had the 

IGA, which is now closed, 

and with the Gambles Store 

also closed, the downtown is 

different. Jack told me he is 

still moving, just at a slower 

pace! Jack grew up next to 

the George Street Bridge. 

His mother had a diner, and 

his father ran a local bus that 

you could ride to other local 

towns for a dime. Like a lot 

of others, they lived on the 

second floor. I asked if he got 

any words of wisdom from 

his mother on his longevity, 

and he said, “No drinking or 

smoking, and work hard.” It 

appears he did that! 

Our Friday Fish Dinners 

are in full swing, I’ve hit 

Saint Mary’s twice and St 

John, who did not get lucky 

with the weather, as it was 

an all-day rain. I had heard 

they would not have a drivethru, 

but at 3:30 I saw Paul 

Kunkel out putting up cones 

in the pouring rain. So I 

made my decision to do the 

drive-thru, and all my food 

was dry and very tasty! The 

Kunkels are a rare breed in 

Aurora, with six healthy 

Communities 

MANCHESTER 

By 

Lisa 

West 

Community 

Correspondent 

manchester@goBEACONnews.com 

The Bees of Manchester, 

Part 1. 

Many area residents have 

come to know and love the 

fascinating life of honeybees. 

Not only do the hard-working 

bees provide tasty honey, but 

they are also a critical part of 

our environment and agriculture. 

Alex Griffith-Johnson 

shared that her father, John 

Griffith is one of many 

beekeepers in Southeastern 

Indiana. John has been keeping 

honeybees for fifty years 

and has passed these skills 

and enthusiasm to his daughter 

Alex and granddaughter 

Zoey Johnson. Both Alex and 

Zoey have been recognized at 

the county and state levels for 

their outstanding knowledge 

of bees and harvested honey. 

This past year, Zoey’s honey 

Every First 

Sunday 

May - October 

growing kids. It seems like 

every activity that I attend 

for my grandkids, the Kunkel 

kids are there also. A healthy 

bunch of high achievers, and 

great athletes. I always feel 

guilty if we have to adjust 

utility rates, for the effect on 

them. I wish we had more big 

families like theirs. 

Main Street Aurora continues 

to be a hub of activity 

in the town. Their first dance 

of the year was held, music 

by The Fifth Wheel. Not as 

big of a crowd as in the past, 

but their dancing shoes were 

working. They did not want 

the night to end! Another 

dance will be held on June 10. 

A Sock Hop theme for 50’s 

music with “Bobby and Lisa 

Live” playing. 

Main Street Aurora has 

also started a new promotion, 

“Explore Aurora” from 

Apr. 1 to June 30. Shop 

“DOWNTOWN AURORA” 

and collect a receipt from 

any business, restaurant, or 

service. When you have ten, 

redeem them for a copy of 

the hardcover book “POR- 

TRAIT of a RIVER TOWN”. 

If you have twenty receipts 

you can enter the Grand Prize 

drawing, an $880 value of 

goodies. The winner will be 

picked on Saturday, July 1 at 

“Light up Aurora” before the 

fireworks! The more receipts 

you get, the more entries you 

can make! 

Yes “Lite UP Aurora” is 

already planning for the Aurora 

Fireworks, they can use 

volunteers, just contact Main 

Street at 812-926-1100. The 

calendar continues to be full 

of good events! 

Zoey Johnson in her 

beekeeping suit. 

Indiana’s Largest “Antiques & Vintage-Only” Market 

Sunday, May 7, 2023 

Upcoming Shows: June 4 • July 2 • August 6 • September 3 • October 1 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana Fairgrounds - US 50 

1 mile west of Exit 16,I-275 (Cincinnati Beltway) 

Admission: $5.00 • 7am - 3pm EDST Rain or Shine (Earlybirds at 6am) 

LawrenceburgAntiqueShow.com • 513-702-2680 

Lastly, we had to say 

goodbyes to City Manager 

Jon Wismann. Guys with 

his drive and credentials are 

in big demand, as he will be 

keeping the Aurora Terminal 

going. Mayor Drury was 

very lucky to find Austin 

Woods for this tough job. 

Austin brings a lot of management 

and organization skills 

to the office, He will need 

them with all of the projects 

facing Aurora. 

Enjoy your Beacon! 

In other news, Father Daniel 

Mahan became a Fourth 

Degree Knight of Columbus 

on March 27 at St. Mary of 

the Immaculate Conception 

Church. His fellow Knights 

recognized Father Mahan 

for all that he does for all the 

Parishes he serves. 

Zoey Johnson and her 

winning honey. 

earned a Special Merit ribbon 

at the Indiana State Fair! 

Alex explained that bees are 

a vital part of agriculture, but 

few people realize just how 

important bee pollination is 

to our food supply. Beekeeping 

is both ambitious and 

rewarding. Challenges include 

new pests/diseases, changes/ 

loss of bee habitats, and the 

ever-present problem of longlived 

pesticides. Beekeepers 

must regularly inspect their 

beehives to make sure that 

their colonies are still thriving. 

Before opening a beehive, 

most beekeepers will 

put on a protective bee suit, 

and gather their beekeeping 

tools. A few puffs of smoke 

will calm the bees. Avoiding 

sudden movements and noises 

will also help to keep the bees 

calm. During an inspection, 

a beekeeper will determine if 

all the stages of bee brood development 

are present, check 

the available honey and pollen 

reserves, test for mites, diseases, 

or other pests, ensure 

that there is an open comb for 

the queen to lay eggs into, and 

possibly even see the queen. 

Once an inspection is finished 

it is time to take notes and 

move on to the next hive. 

Other Manchester residents 

are joining in the beekeeping 

activities. Chris Powell is a 

new beekeeper and is very 

excited about his work in this 

area. Chris said, “Honeybees 

are fascinating creatures and 

I learn something new every 

time I do something with 

them. So, if you’re the type of 

person that gets bored easily, 

bees would be good for you 

because there’s never a dull 

moment!” 

Look for “The Bees of 

Manchester, Part 2” next 

month! 

more? 

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Aurora April Events 

EXPLORE AURORA 

April 1st - June 30th 

Pickup a brochure at any Specialty 

Retail, Personal Services, Professional 

Services or Restaurant. 

Save receipts and enter to win. 

More receipts, more entries 

Hillforest Victorian House Museum 

67th Touring Season 

Now through Friday, December 30th 

213 Fifth Street 

Tuesday - Friday 11am - 3pm 

Saturday & Sunday 1 - 5pm 

Southeastern Indiana Art Guild 

Annual Spring Art 

& Photography Show 

Saturday, April 15th - April 29th 

302 Second Street 

Mondays - Saturdays 1 - 6pm, 

Sundays 1 - 4pm 

Autism Awareness Walk 

Saturday, April 22nd 1pm 

Lesko Park Parking Lot 

#autismstrong 

Hoxworth Blood Drive 

Wednesday, April 26th 

Noon - 6:00pm 

Aurora Lions Club, 228 Second 

Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial 

Huey Helicopter Dedication 

Saturday, April 29th 11am 

Lesko Park 

Local History Library 

@The Depot Open House 

Saturday, April 29th 2pm 

510 Second Street 

Open Heart Quartet 

Sunday, April 30th 2pm 

St. John Lutheran Church 

220 Mechanic St. 



LAWRENCEBURG 

By 

Debbie 

Acasio 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

Communities 

lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Daffodils! What a welcome 

site. After a long winter, it is 

such a joy to see them poking 

their heads out of the ground 

with their promise of new life. 

It has been my tradition for 

many years to take my granddaughter 

up on Ludlow Hill to 

pick the daffodils at St. John 

Lutheran Church. Each year 

I mentally thank the person 

who many, many years ago 

planted those beauties along a 

fence row with the promise of 

decades of spring beauty. That 

person is long gone, but the 

beauty of the daffodils lives 

on. 

The fish fries this year during 

Lent did not disappoint. 

I was lucky enough to attend 

one with my daughters and 

friend Stephanie Nutley. 

It was there that I met none 

other than St. Patrick himself 

(AKA Father Meyer)! 

Let’s see…who else did I 

see there? -- 

Sue Karsteter, Billy 

Folop (with wife and kids), 

Jake Pierce, Indiana Defensive 

Player of the year. 

Ruth Bernhard, Frank 

Kramer, the entire Thies 

family, the Linkmeyer 

family, and the Dan Fehr 

family, just to mention a 

few. 

It was a happening place. 

Congratulations to Mason 

Parris on his NCAA championship 

win in wrestling. 

Lawrenceburg High sent a 

fine student and athlete to 

Michigan to college but I am 

sure he still calls Lawrenceburg 

home. 

Congratulations to Jake 

Pierce for his outstanding 

performance in Tri-State football 

that earned him defensive 

player of the year. He led the 

defense with a team high of 

114 tackles (60 solos) with 

two sacks, one forced fumble, 

Avery Lansing & Elise 

Bostick loading up on 

daffodils on Ludlow Hill 

during spring break. 

two fumble recoveries, and 

four interceptions. He will be 

playing in the North-South 

All-Star game in July. Great 

job, Jake! 

Happy sixteenth birthday 

to Trinity Taylor. Trinity, a 

Lawrenceburg high school 

10th grader and gifted volleyball 

player has had her 

family traveling all over 

the country participating 

in EIAC and All County 

Volleyball. They have been 

on the road to Las Vegas, 

Pennsylvania, and all over 

the tri-state area. 

Whether you stayed at 

home for our freezing spring 

break or headed south, I hope 

this spring was full of great 

Ryker Deno, third-grader 

at Central School and son 

of Josh and Malissa Deno 

living the good life in Pigeon 

Forge during spring break. 

Ava Hall, Trinity Taylor 

and Mia Terrill celebrating 

Trinity’s sixteenth birthday. 

times. See you at Music on 

the River very soon, every 

Thursday this summer starting 

June 8. 

Mason Parrish with parents 

Shay and Mark Baker and 

sister Paxton. 

Stephanie Nutley with 

Father Meyer (AKA St. 

Patrick). 

DILLSBORO 

By 

Lorene 

Westmeier 

Community 

Correspondent 

dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com 

Susan Greco was hired 

by the Town of Dillsboro in 

April 2014 as an assistant for 

the Clerk/Treasurer and the 

Town Manager. Her interest 

in “all things Dillsboro” 

led her to grant writing. One 

of her first projects was the 

Indiana Bicentennial Legacy 

Project in 2016 which led to 

the restoration of Well No.2 

from the Historic Dillsboro 

Resort. This became Susan’s 

first project for Economic 

Development. In the past nine 

years, many changes have 

come to Dillsboro. Businesses 

came, businesses left, and 

groups and organizations were 

formed and dissolved. When 

asked what has been the most 

significant project or event 

during her service to Dillsboro, 

she quickly responded, 

“Dillsboro Arts and the acquisition 

of Friendship Gallery. I 

am very proud to have had the 

opportunity to play a small 

part in this amazing opportunity 

for our town”. We thank 

Susan and ‘Lucky’ for all of 

their “Working for the town 

of Dillsboro!” All the best to 

them in the future 

Now the baton is passed 

to the new Town Manager, 

Kevin Turner who is following 

Susan Greco’s lead as of 

the end of March. In 1998 

Kevin was with the Aurora 

Fire Dept. He also was in 

law enforcement for twentythree 

years, the last two years 

being spent in Dillsboro. He 

has also been a member of 

the Dearborn County Council 

for the last five years. Mr. 

Turner holds a Bachelor of 

Arts degree in History and 

Fire Administration. Kevin 

resides in Dillsboro with his 

wife, Marisa, and daughters 

Katelyn and Molly. He is 

a member of the Dillsboro 

Civic Club, Dillsboro Volunteer 

Fire Dept., and Trinity 

Lutheran Church. He also 

represents the County on the 

Local Emergency Planning 

Committee and Management 

Agency. We look forward to 

learning about all that Mr. 

Turner wants to achieve for 

the town. 

In March approximately 

seventy eighth-grade students 

from South Dearborn Middle 

School traveled to New York 

Kevin Turner and Susan 

Greco. 

Wesley Tucher went to the 

top of Rockefeller Center 

that can be seen in the 

background on a class trip. 

City and Boston. According to 

Wesley Tucher from Farmers 

Retreat, the students had a 

wonderful time. His mother, 

Gwen, chaperoned the trip. 

American Legion Post 452 New Alsace 

Newly 

remodeled 

rental 

facility! 

Perfect for Wedding Receptions, 

Birthday Parties, Anniversaries, 

Reunions, Holidays 

Reasonable rates, nice atmosphere 

Contact Larry @ 812-623-3695 

Next euchre party Apr. 16 and May 7 

Doors open 12 noon • Games begin at 1 • All are invited 

Proudly serving our veterans and the community since WWII 

 

 

 

 

 

DEARBORN COUNTY VOTE 

CENTERS WILL BE OPEN FOR THE 

MAY 2, 2023 ELECTION 

Dearborn County will vote at the following Three vote 

centers on election day from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. 

First Baptist Church of Aurora – 

6060 Blair Dr., Aurora 

Agner Hall – 

145 Speedway Dr., Lawrenceburg 

First Baptist Church of Greendale – 

45 Tebbs Ave., Greendale 

Any registered voter may vote at any one of these three locations. 

We will also have satellite early voting sites open: 

First Baptist Church of Aurora 

6060 Blair Dr., Aurora 

- Saturday, April 22nd 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

- Saturday, April 29th 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

In addition, Early, in-person, voting on the second floor of 

the Dearborn County Administration Building will be daily, 

Tuesday April 4th thru Friday April 28th 

10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. 

Saturday April 29th 

9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. 

Saturday April 22 

9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. 

Monday May 1st 

9:00 a.m. until noon. 

CLOSED APRIL 7 TH FOR GOOD FRIDAY. 

The Early Voting Office will also be open 

Saturdays April 25 th and May 2 nd 

9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. 

Dearborn County will also offer in-home early voting by 

our Travel Board. Valid applications must be filled out by 

the voter to vote by mail or travel board. The application 

is available by calling our office at 812-537-8867 or going 

to Indiana voters and clicking on forms. Print out the ABS 

MAIL and send it to us at 165 Mary St. Lawrenceburg, Ind. 

47025. 

Voter registration is open now but will end Monday April 

3rd at end of day in our office or at 11:59 p.m. online. 

Register, check your status, apply to vote by mail or travel 

board all at www.indianavoters.in.gov or in our office. 

For information you may call Gayle Pennington or Wendy 

Beatty at 812-537-8867. You may also e mail: 

• gpennington@dearborncounty.in.gov 

• wbeatty@dearborncounty.in.gov 

See a list of all candidates on the County Website 

dearborncounty.org 

Gayle Pennington 



VERSAILLES/ 

RIPLEY CTY 

By 

Cheryl 

Damon- 

Greiner 

Community 

Correspondent 

versailles@goBEACONnews.com 

On March 9 tragedy struck 

the home-based business of 

Ozzie and Kim Osbourne. 

Their hatchery caught fire, 

destroying two buildings, 

vehicles, supplies, and equipment, 

and worst of all, five 

hundred baby chicks along 

with several dozen adult hens 

and roosters. Ozzie and Kim 

frantically did what they 

could to get their other treasured 

animals and flocks out 

of harm’s way before the local 

responders from Versailles, 

Osgood, Napoleon, Ripley 

County, and Friendship arrived. 

Ozzie was burned in the 

process. Unfortunately, a shed 

housing their Great Pyrenees 

dogs and a litter of 12 twoday-old 

puppies filled with 

smoke. They carried the pups 

and the mama dog, Samantha, 

to their basement but over the 

next few days, all of the puppies 

died. While dealing with 

the aftermath of the fire, Kim 

was also bottle-feeding an 

orphaned month-old pygmy 

goat named Delilah. The baby 

goat wanted all of Kim’s attention 

but chose to sleep with 

the dogs at night. Samantha, 

the giant dog, and Delilah, 

the tiny goat, both dealing 

with loss, formed such a close 

bond that Samantha has taken 

over nursing Delilah as if 

she was one of her puppies! 

The resilience of their pets 

has been a comfort to the 

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ur 

Fire aftermath at the Osbourne’s. 

Save the date to join us 

for the dedication of the 

Holdsworth Entertainment 

Pavilion on Saturday, June 

3, 2023! 

Osbournes, as well as feeling 

the concern and support of 

the community. They are truly 

what you would call “good 

people” and are already working 

around the burned rubble 

to continue providing eggs 

and chickens for local farms. 

Planning has begun for 

this year’s Farmers Market. 

Significant changes have been 

made to Home Based Vendor 

laws in Indiana since last year 

that will affect market participants 

who are selling food 

of any kind. Booths selling 

eggs must have a retail license 

from the Egg Board at Purdue 

University. Packaging and refrigeration 

requirements have 

changed, too. 

Free Community Art Show and 

Artisan Demonstrations 

Saturday, 

April 29 

(11am-3pm) 

Including Blacksmithing, 

Basketmaking, Moccasin 

making, Papermaking, Pottery and Stained Glass 

Demonstrations, hands-on demonstrations with 

the Southeastern Indiana Wood Turners and more! 

at 

the park! 

See you 

Communities 

Kim and Ozzie Osbourne 

with their unlikely animal 

pals. 

Every home-based vendor 

must obtain a food handler 

certificate, the same that 

restaurants require for cooks. 

Ripley County Health Department 

requires this certificate 

for any food sales other than 

whole, uncut produce. A copy 

of the Vendor Agreement with 

details about the new Indiana 

requirements for Farmers’ 

Market vendors can be found 

online. The market set-up 

this summer will be moved 

to Main Street but still on the 

square. It will border the new 

park, and new street-level 

bathrooms will be accessible 

to shoppers. 

MILAN 

By 

Sialia 

Swainson 

Community 

Correspondent 

milan@goBEACONnews.com 

BINGO 

The sights and sounds of 

spring are always welcome 

and here in Milan, we’ve also 

been enjoying the sweet notes 

of some homegrown music. 

In March, the MHS music 

department, under the direction 

of Stephani Bedel, sent 

several students to solo and 

ensemble contests. Parley 

Hartwell, Liam Horton, 

Grace Bedel, Ruby Brown, 

Zachary Hartman, Graesyn 

Bushorn, and Justin Hicks 

all earned gold or silver medals 

with their performances. 

The high school band was 

able to resume a wonderful 

tradition with their Goodwill 

Band Tour. Band Tour was 

started in the late 1950s by 

Mr. Bill Schein, at that time 

the new band director. He 

would continue in that role 

for a total of thirty-nine years, 

retiring in 1997. Many, many 

young people were touched 

Every Friday at 7:00 P.M. 

Doors open at 6:00 P.M. 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 

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Friday, May 19 • 10-5 

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The Milan High School band in Millennium Park in front of 

Cloud Gate sculpture (aka The Bean!) 

Admission 

$5 

Old Brookville HS Gym 

1010 Franklin Ave. Brookville IN 47012 

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• Panel Play Challenge 

Questions? 765-647-5661 or 765-969-6294 

Email fcquiltshow@gmail.com 

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for more information and entry forms 

Sponsored by Franklin County Extension Homemakers 

& Quilt Batts Quilt Guild 

Like us on Facebook @ franklincountyquiltshow 

and influenced by his teaching. 

His legacy continues 

with the Bill and Janice 

Schein Scholarship awarded 

to a deserving graduate each 

spring. 

Just ask any Milan band 

alumni and they recall with 

great fondness their own 

Band Tour days when they 

rode in the tour buses to 

various cities to perform. 

After a three-year hiatus, the 

band was finally able to take 

its show on the road again. 

This year’s destination was 

Chicago. In the Windy City, 

students performed multiple 

concerts at senior living 

facilities, to audiences that 

included many Veterans. Music 

selections centered around 

the big band era and included 

a salute to the armed forces. 

After each concert, the students 

took time to greet and 

mingle – even dance! – with 

the residents. But it wasn’t 

“all work and no play” as 

the students and chaperones 

found time for some sightseeing, 

shopping, a dinner cruise, 

and enjoying a show by The 

Blue Man Group. 

And if that weren’t enough, 

the jazz band ensemble 

entertained diners at an area 

restaurant on a recent evening 

and the full band has been 

practicing for the Indiana 

State School Music Association 

contest in April. Thanks 

to Mrs. Bedel and our young 

people for all your hard work 

and for being such great ambassadors 

for our community! 

Milan VFW Post 6234 

also showcased local talent 

recently when they hosted 

rising star singer/songwriter 

Rachel Holt, Tony Holt, 

and the Wildwood Valley 

Boys, and headliner country 

music’s Jamie Johnson and 

The Grascals. An impressive 

lineup with local roots! Rachel 

is a member of the Class 

of ‘24 and already performing 

with some country music 

greats. Jamie is a 1990 MHS 

alum who plays guitar and 

sings vocals for the Nashville-based 

Grascals. A large 

crowd was on hand for this 

great show. 

Until next month, have 

a happy spring and please 

email me with any news 

you’d like to share: milan@ 


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GREENDALE 

By 

Linda 

Cromer 

Community 

Correspondent 

O 

ur 

Communities 

greendale@goBEACONnews.com 

The Spring Equinox is 

weeks behind us, but it seems 

like we’re still playing catchup 

to our expectations about 

its import. Some of the things 

we don’t want to get behind 

on are saying thanks to so 

many folks helping Greendale 

get ready for all the beauty 

that lies ahead. 

Our sincere gratitude 

to Paul Seymour and the 

Conservancy District for 

lending a hand to aerate 

Greendale’s Bark Park and 

the outfields at Greendale and 

Oakey Parks in preparation 

for sowing grass seed. Park 

employees work hard to 

establish a lush surface 

for serious ballplayers and 

seriously deranged dogs who 

lose all sense of decorum 

once they’re “off the leash”. 

Living proof of the aptness of 

that descriptive trope. 

Spring cleaning is in high 

gear in homes and yards 

across the community. 

As many leaves are being 

raked to the curb as there 

was last fall. Ditto for the 

soggy messes clogging 

gutters. I keep seeing Mike 

Kernan, Greendale’s building 

maintenance designee, 

balanced on a ladder and I 

have no logical answer as to 

MOORES HILL 

By 

Barbara 

Wetzler 

Community 

Correspondent 

Mike Kernan diligently working 

on the city building. 

why anyone thought those 

foam inserts were a good 

idea. Some marketing team 

somewhere did a super selling 

job on that one. 

If you haven’t yet taken 

a brisk (or less so) walk on 

Tiger Trail, you’re missing 

a lot of fun. It’s a great 

recreational option, now 

enhanced by interpretive 

signage collaborated on by 

the United Way, Greendale 

Main Street, and the City 

of Greendale. One sign 

identifying native birds is 

animated by the flurry of 

activity behind it amidst 

the thick canopy on the 

sloped side of the trail. The 

cacophony of courtship 

among the branches of native 

trees provides proof that love 

is literally in the air. 

Parks employees Randy 

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Spring is here! Always 

so good to spend more time 

outdoors. 

Spring Break travelers to 

Florida included: Lynn Russell 

Allen, Amber Meinzer 

and kids, Sherry Fraasman 

Burton, Jake, Jordan, Jeff 

Burton, Samantha Dixon, 

Mary Donley Volz, and Andrea 

Baylor. 

Rhonda Peterson-Ison is 

starting her 2023 vegetable 

plants in her greenhouse. 

Welcome home to Roberta 

Struckman Smith, who traveled 

from Mississippi to visit 

family in Moores Hill for a 

brief visit. 

Rod and Karen Bolin coordinated 

a group to watch the 

newly released movie, “His 

only Son.” 

A special annual event is the 

Moores Hill School Alumni 

Dinner, usually held each May. 

If you are interested in keeping 

up to date with Alumni news 

or more information about the 

Alumni dinner, please contact 

Brenda Ochs or Linda 

Schwartz. 

Special thanks to all of those 

who volunteer their time and 

talents to make our town a better 

place to live. 

Special recognition to 

Troy Russell. Troy has worn 

many hats around town and 

has often been recognized by 

friends and neighbors as a very 

helpful, humble person. Troy 

has been especially helpful to 

people needing burial information 

at Forest Hill Cemetery. 

One individual wishes to 

recognize Troy, saying “Troy 

has gone above and beyond to 

help our family at a very difficult 

time. This key role often 

A heart-leaved aster for the 

restoration effort. 

Goodwin and Jason Dell 

stepped into the scene when 

installing the signs with a 

coterie of fat groundhogs 

doing culvert dives and a 

canny family of foxes peeking 

through the brush before 

quickly heading for denser 

cover and higher ground. 

Wild Kingdom re-enacted! 

You still have time to take 

advantage of the Dearborn 

County Soil and Water 

Conservation District’s 2023 

Native Plant Sale. Check 

it out by accessing www. 

dearborncounty.org and doing 

a quick search on this userfriendly 

website. The order 

deadline is Apr. 28. Greendale 

Parks and Greendale’s 

America in Bloom Committee 

are working together to utilize 

native plants from this sale 

Charlie Moore and Brent 

Casebolt giving out Christmas 

ornaments at the 2022 

Winter Walk . 

goes unrecognized for the vital 

support and resources given to 

grieving families. Thank you, 

Troy Russell.” 

Many thanks to Charlie and 

Janet Moore for their generous 

support of special town 

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Native wildlife is identified 

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to restore an area of native 

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I can’t close without 

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The latest update on the construction 

of the new Logan Water 

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Kinker of Tri-Township Water 

Corporation, the large steel 

structure being built around 

the bottom of the tower will be 

raised to sit on top. About 80% 

will be complete and painted 

before it is moved into place. 

The remainder will be completed 

and painted once it is on 

top. Raising it into place will 

take about four to five hours. 

Jim said he would notify folks 

about the day the structure is 

going to go up as soon as he 

knows. The project has raised 

a lot of curiosity, and many 

people have been asking about 

it. We may have to declare a 

holiday in Logan so people can 

watch the raising! 

Adam Volpenhein started 

“Clean up Logan Day” back 

in March of 2013 when his 

The new Logan water tower. 

wife Jocelyn had just delivered 

Jenna. He was on 

paternity leave and essentially 

got bored just sitting at home 

with Jocelyn, their new baby 

and two-year-old Jacob. He 

was also tired of seeing all 

the garbage on Whites Hill 

and North Dearborn Hill 

show up this time of year. 

The following year, Adam’s 

brothers helped him with 

the clean-up, and by 2015 

he got even more help from 

neighbors and friends. The 

event has now grown into a 

community event organized 

by The Volpenhein Family. A 

big thank you to the Volpenheins! 

Amazingly, after all the 

clean-up work they did in the 

morning, they left for Disney 

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and Adam, Joycelyn, Jacob, Jenna, Alyssa, and Anna 

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Spring is the season 

we’ve all been waiting for 

with guaranteed warmer 

temperatures and people 

being able to get out and 

enjoy some refreshing air and 

good old sunshine. 

Congratulations to Sidney 

Halloran on signing with 

Franklin College to continue 

her swimming career. She 

holds many Rising Sun 

swimming records. Sidney 

was named All-Conference 

for the Ohio River Valley 

Conference (ORVC) 

Swimming Team and the 

Mental Attitude Award 

recipient. Olivia Graver was 

named All-Conference too. 

Sidney’s mom and dad are 

Angela and Tony Halloran. 

Peyton Merica was named 

to the first team for Academic 

All-State in basketball and 

chosen to the All-Conference 

Team for the ORVC. Dylan 

Martin was named as 

honorable mention for the 

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In Girls’ Basketball, Baylee 

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were named to the ORVC All- 

Conference Team. 

Congratulations to my 

grandson, Grady Walter, 

and his fellow freshmen 

on the South Dearborn 

Knights basketball team for 

winning the Eastern Indiana 

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tournament. Team members 

were Garrett Clawson, Alex 

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I enjoy having students 

from OCEMS and Rising 

Sun High School come to 

our Southeastern Indiana 

Veterans’ Museum. Teacher 

Ashley McClure Bowling 

has taken an interest in 

our museum and brings 

the students regularly. 

Her grandpa, Captain Bill 

McClure, was such an 

interesting man and World 

War II Veteran. His uniform 

is on display along with many 

photos of him. Ashley and her 

students are also making QR 

codes to place by the exhibits 

to explain what it’s about. 

I entertained some Cub 

Scouts at the museum too. 

Rachel Walcott, Den Leader, 

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PG Gentrup; Kevin Thomasson; Candy Miller; Lanny Dell; 

Chuck Butler; Terry Butler; Brett Bondurant, and Mike Witte. 

SEIVB Champs Coaches, Brian Wilhelm and Larry Ehler. 

Players Jillian Gregory, Allyson Frasier, Elizabeth Holt, 

Emma Voss, Ava Walsman, Carli Walter, Reesa 

Zimmerman, Brooke Wilhelm, Macy Stone. 

Oliver Lengerich, Kai 

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to see the displays. 

Ohio County Historical 

Museum hosted the 2023 Cub 

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Derby and First Place went 

to Rhiannon Clark for the 

second year in a row. Second 

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third place to Ben Nienaber, 

fourth place to Callen Brett, 

and Kai Walcott won for the 

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Mark Uhlmansiek, along 

with Den Leaders Rachel 

Walcott, Richard Goley, 

Jessica Wells, and Nathan 

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I am looking forward to 

watching my granddaughter, 

Carli Walter, as her high 

school softball career begins 

at South Dearborn. Her travel 

team recently won another 

tournament in Indianapolis 

and will be traveling to 

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The Moores Hill Legion 

Sons of the American Legion 

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Harrison Athletes and Coaches Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame 

The television series Friday 

Night Lights invokes memories 

of high school sports 

and their powerful impact on 

a community. This impact 

seems to be even more true in 

smaller, tight-knit communities 

where everyone knows 

everyone. 

A perfect example can be 

found at the Harrison High 

School Athletic Hall of Fame. 

The organization is inducting 

four outstanding new members- 

Greg Lake, Class of 

1969; Curtis Meyers, Class 

of 2007; Kyle Nowlin, Class 

of 2012; and Kathy Swink, 

Coach 1980-1990 and 1995 

-2000. 

While Friday Night Lights 

is merely a TV show, the 

sports career of Greg Lake 

is a story that is even more 

amazing. Mr. Lake was heavily 

vested in both football and 

baseball before he graduated 

in 1969. He was a 3-year 

Greg Lake 

varsity letter 

winner in 

football, 

holding the 

positions of 

split end and 

defensive 

tackle. Mr. 

Lake was 

noted as the 

team’s Most 

Valuable Offensive Lineman 

in 1967 and the team’s Top 

Pass Receiver in 1968. He 

also received the honor of 

being chosen as the Post- 

Times Star All-Star, the 

Hamilton County (HCSAA) 

All-Star - Honorary Captain 

of the National Division 

Offensive Unit, and the Bill 

Kuntz Sports Corner Award- 

Outstanding Player 1968. Add 

to that being Varsity Letterman’s 

Club President in both 

1967 and 1968, and one 

begins to understand why Mr. 

Lake is being inducted into 

the Harrison High School 

Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Mr. Lake’s baseball career 

included several accolades 

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such as being a three-year 

varsity letter winner. He was 

elected to the 1969 All-Star 

team before moving on to 

Wisconsin State to be a split 

end and a member of special 

teams in football. 

Curtis Meyers, class of 

2007, is inducted into the Hall 

of Fame for his contributions 

Curtis Meyers 

to the 

football 

team. He 

was a 

four-year 

Varsity 

Letter 

winner as a 

Defensive 

End. He a 

part of the 

was also 1st Team All-League 

in 2005. The honor was 

repeated in 2006 and was 

accompanied by the titles of 

All-City, All-SW District, 

All-State Team MVP, League 

Defensive Player of the Year, 

District Defensive Player of 

the Year, Cincinnati Enquirer 

Division II Player of the Year, 

Division II Player of the Year 

in SW Ohio, the Anthony 

Munoz Foundation Defensive 

Lineman of the Year Award, 

and the Bill Kuntz Sports 

Corner Award. Mr. Meyers 

was invited to the East-West 

All-Star game and the Big 33 

All-Star game. 

In Mr. Meyers’ career, he 

ranked fifth in all-time in 

tackles (293) and second in 

tackles for loss (33). 

The 2012 football team was 

well represented with Kyle 

Nowlin being inducted into 

Kyle Nowlin 

the Hall of 

Fame. Mr. 

Nowlin was 

a 4 Year 

Varsity 

Letter 

winner in 

football and 

held the 

positions of 

Wide 

Receiver, Kicker, Punter, and 

Punt Returner. In 2010 he was 

1st Team All-League, League 

Offensive Player of the Year. 

Overall in his high school 

career, he held 11 records 

including receptions (140), 

receiving yards (2,311), 

Kicking (161 pts – 99 

PATs/21 FGs). 

Mr. Nowlin’s baseball 

career was filled with wellearned 

accolades. in 2010 he 

was 1st Team All-League, 

League Offensive Player of 

the Year. The following year 

Mr. Nowlin became a member 

of the 2nd Team All-League. 

Naturally, in 2012 he was 1st 

Team All-League, 1st Team 

All City, 1st Team All-State, 

Team MVP, Team Offensive 

and Defensive Player of the 

Year, FAVC Player of the 

Year, and Cincinnati Enquirer 

Division 1 Player of the Year. 

Mr. Nowlin also played in the 

Mizuno All-Star Series (1 of 4 

selected from SW Ohio). 

Players are not the only 

ones who give their hearts and 

souls to high school sports. 

Kathy Swink coached Girls 

Varsity basketball for fifteen 

years. She was the “Winningest 

Coach in Harrison 

Girls Basketball History” 

.with a 212-109 record. Her 

1998-’99 team had the most 

wins in a 

single 

season 

(21-1) and 

an undefeated 

regular 

season 

(20-0). Ms. 

Swink was 

Kathy Swink the Ohio 

High School 

Basketball Coaches Association’s 

Division 1 “Coach of the 

Year” as well as District 16 and 

League “Coach of the Year” 

five times. Ms. Swink coached 

the Greater Cincinnati All Star 

Basketball game and coached 

ten girls players who were 

inducted into the Hall of Fame 

and coached five players in the 

1000 point club (Roell, Romohr, 

Pies, Schmitt, Mobley). 

At least ten of her players 

continued to play basketball in 

college (all Divisions). Many 

of her players selected “Player 

of the Year”, District 16, 

All-City, All-League. Numerous 

players went on to coach at 

many levels. 

Congratulations to all of 

this year’s inductees. 

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