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Page 10B THE BEACON <strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2023</strong><br />
NEW ALSACE<br />
By<br />
Laura<br />
Keller<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
newalsace@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Thank you to the North<br />
Dearborn American Legion<br />
Post 452 for hosting its annual<br />
Memorial Day ceremonies<br />
to honor those who lost<br />
their lives while serving our<br />
country and remembering<br />
the veterans who are buried<br />
in the local cemeteries. More<br />
than 100 people attended the<br />
ceremony at All Saints – St.<br />
Paul campus in New Alsace<br />
where trumpeter Jim Carter<br />
performed taps and several<br />
patriotic songs at the end of<br />
the service.<br />
Congratulations to Larry<br />
and Linda Gutzwiller, who<br />
celebrated their fiftieth wedding<br />
anniversary. They were<br />
married at St. Peter’s Church<br />
on June 16, 1973. A celebration<br />
in their honor was held at<br />
the North Dearborn American<br />
Legion Post 452 where Larry<br />
serves as the post commander.<br />
Larry and Linda have two<br />
children, Jennifer Pineda<br />
and Jason Gutzwiller. They<br />
also have a son-in-law Artie<br />
Pineda and two grandsons,<br />
Matthew and Joshua. We<br />
wish Larry and Linda many<br />
more years together.<br />
Each year, the Girl Scout<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Veronica Mullins, Sally Bertram<br />
and Fawn Williamson.<br />
CommunitiesSUNMAN<br />
Larry and Linda Gutzwiller<br />
(Photo courtesy of Rhonda<br />
Trabel)<br />
Paul Stock’s casket pulled<br />
by his tractor.<br />
camp takes over Lake in the<br />
Pines campground for four<br />
days of fun-filled activities.<br />
This year’s theme was Blast<br />
Off in the Pines with campers<br />
and adults enjoying a<br />
variety of activities including<br />
swimming, canoeing, fishing,<br />
arts and crafts, archery,<br />
campfire cooking, and much<br />
more. This was Sally Bertram’s<br />
twenty-eighth year of<br />
camp. Sally, Terry and Fawn<br />
Williamson, and Veronica<br />
Mullins are instrumental in<br />
leading and organizing the<br />
camp that many children and<br />
adults look forward to attending<br />
year after year.<br />
Paul Stock, a life-long resident<br />
of New Alsace, passed<br />
away at age 95. Paul served<br />
in the United States Army<br />
from 1955-1957 as a mechanic<br />
and also received the<br />
Sharpshooter medal. He was<br />
a farmer who loved his John<br />
Deere tractor. For his funeral<br />
service at St. Paul’s Church<br />
(part of All Saints Parish),<br />
his family and friends got his<br />
tractor running, which led the<br />
procession to the cemetery<br />
with Paul on the wagon behind<br />
it. What a unique tribute<br />
to one of our local veterans.<br />
The North Dearborn<br />
American Legion, Post 452<br />
is hosting its monthly euchre<br />
tournaments on July 16,<br />
<strong>Aug</strong>ust 20, and September<br />
24. Doors open at noon and<br />
games begin at 1 P.M. The<br />
entry fee is $5 per person<br />
with cash payouts to the four<br />
highest scores. Refreshments<br />
are available for purchase.<br />
I would love to hear from<br />
you! If you have news in the<br />
New Alsace area you’d like<br />
me to share, please contact<br />
me at newalsace@go<br />
BEACONnews.com.<br />
By<br />
Cheryl<br />
Taylor<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
sunman@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Sunman has released a draft<br />
comprehensive plan that was<br />
developed over ten months<br />
with the assistance of an<br />
engineering firm. The plan<br />
outlines several opportunities<br />
such as strengthening<br />
downtown, updating water<br />
infrastructure, capitalizing<br />
on sewer expansions, new<br />
programming, and State<br />
Road 101/Meridian Street<br />
enhancements. The town<br />
received a grant from the<br />
Indiana Office of Community<br />
and Rural Affairs (OCRA)<br />
for the development of<br />
a comprehensive plan to<br />
address the community’s<br />
needs. Once adopted by the<br />
Town Council and the Ripley<br />
County APC, it will be used<br />
to guide future growth and<br />
development in Sunman. The<br />
draft comprehensive plan<br />
can be found at plansunman.<br />
com. PLEASE review the<br />
draft plan and leave any<br />
comments or suggested<br />
changes by emailing clerk@<br />
townofsunman.org.<br />
Not too long ago, Sunman<br />
welcomed a new business not<br />
realizing the full scope of the<br />
blessings it was bringing with<br />
it. Elisha Hunley with her<br />
three daughters, Hailey, age<br />
18, Sophia, age 9, and Layla,<br />
age 13 share the beautiful art<br />
of making goodies for the<br />
store. When I saw the little<br />
Blessing Box all decked out<br />
in pink.<br />
I went in to talk to Elisha<br />
about it. I asked her about<br />
the box. She replied “The<br />
blessing box is important to<br />
me because I have been in<br />
‘those shoes’ of struggling.<br />
Either pride would get the<br />
better of me and not go to<br />
food pantries, or when I<br />
would have the moment<br />
that I would really need it,<br />
there were none open. With<br />
the blessing box, it gives<br />
flexibility for those in need<br />
that don’t want the judgment<br />
to come at any time or for<br />
ones who just can’t make it<br />
to the food pantry, it opens<br />
the window to work on their<br />
schedule. This also allows<br />
people in the community to<br />
help (most people want to<br />
help just don’t always know<br />
how). These small kind<br />
gestures can truly change<br />
someone’s life. Without the<br />
kind gestures of so many<br />
during my struggles in life,<br />
I would not be where I am<br />
today! It truly does take a<br />
village.” Elisha also sets up<br />
her mobile bakery weekly to<br />
benefit local organizations.<br />
Don’t forget to send me<br />
your summer adventures to<br />
sunman@goBEACONnews.<br />
com<br />
American Legion Post 452 New Alsace<br />
Newly<br />
remodeled<br />
rental<br />
facility!<br />
Perfect for Wedding Receptions,<br />
Birthday Parties, Anniversaries,<br />
Reunions, Holidays<br />
Reasonable rates, nice atmosphere<br />
Contact Larry @ 812-623-3695<br />
Next euchre party July 16 and <strong>Aug</strong>. 20<br />
Doors open 12 noon • Games begin at 1 • All are invited<br />
Proudly serving our veterans and the community since WWII<br />
MOORES HILL<br />
By<br />
Barbara<br />
Wetzler<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
mooreshill@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Congratulations to Jason<br />
Hail of Moores Hill, South<br />
Dearborn High School Class<br />
of <strong>2023</strong>. Jason committed to<br />
playing soccer for Mount St.<br />
Joseph this fall while working<br />
toward a degree in business.<br />
He will be starting college as<br />
an academic sophomore after<br />
completing two classes at Ivy<br />
Moores Hill Fire held training for cadets, future firefighters.<br />
Steve Carter, volunteer firefighter for Moores Hill, is pictured<br />
along trainees in the field.<br />
Tech this summer. Jason is a<br />
certified soccer referee and<br />
lifeguard, and he plans on doing<br />
both this summer to earn<br />
money to put toward college.<br />
He is the son of Erik and<br />
Julie Gangloff Hail.<br />
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South Sparta Community<br />
Church celebrated its homecoming<br />
event with Pastor<br />
Tom Holt conducting the service.<br />
He joined Rachel Holt<br />
in a special musical celebration.<br />
This community church<br />
was built in 1889.<br />
Karen Bolin and sixteen<br />
friends attended the Women<br />
of Joy spiritual weekend in<br />
Pigeon Forge. In addition,<br />
Karen celebrated Mother’s<br />
Day with her daughter and<br />
granddaughters at a pottery<br />
place, where they each made<br />
a unique keepsake.<br />
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Jason Hail<br />
Volunteers Tom Allen,<br />
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Jones fixing the roof at<br />
South Sparta Community<br />
Church.
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