Beacon Sept 2023

September 2023 THE BEACON Page 9A
FROM
H ere
By
Ollie
Roehm
OK, folks, it’s time for me
to wallow in some shameless
self-promotion.
Thanks to my way-cool editor
Tamara Taylor for allowing
me to debase myself.
My book, From Here, the
Soul of a Town Newspaperman,
is now available on
Amazon, BookBaby, Barnes
and Noble, Apple Books, and
several other book-selling
sites.
As the cover’s subtitle says,
the book is, “A compilation of
columns and recollections that
reveals a time, a town, and
a man.” The following is an
excerpt from the book’s main
introduction that will tell you
all about it:
There was a time when
community newspapers
thrived and were of great
importance to the area they
served. People could count on
their newspapers to give them
what they wanted and needed
to know. They depended on
the folks at the paper to put
out the latest important information
about their schools,
mayors, city councils, planning
commissions, township
trustee boards, crime, and
other serious news.
Readers also enjoyed lighter
fare such as stories about
community events, sports,
births, weddings, engagements,
feature stories, and a
lot more.
Issues of the day were
discussed and debated on the
opinion page.
I was part of The Harrison
Press for the better part of
twenty-five years, serving as
editor for most of them. It was
during a time when the town
newspaper was an important
part of the fabric of a community.
Ours was not a sleepy publication.
We covered all the
usual stuff you would find in
a weekly community newspaper
- the aforementioned
area events, sports, births,
weddings, engagements, and
the like.
But, we also delivered stories
about mayoral scandals,
police scandals, elections,
fraud, embezzlement, tornadoes,
hurricanes, fires, floods,
blizzards, droughts, plane
crashes, rapes, murders,
thieves, child molesters, and
much more.
I am proud to say The Harrison
Press earned a combination
of thirty national and
state awards during the time
I was there. Sixteen of those
awards were for my column,
“From Here.” Those awardwinning
columns are scattered
throughout this book.
There were upwards of
a thousand “From Here”
columns and I have selected
forty-six of them for you.
You will find very few about
tragic news events and local
scandals. There were a lot of
columns of that nature worthy
of inclusion but I don’t want
to reopen old wounds.
Moreover, I believe that my
best stuff was about people
I encountered, humorous
adventures, heart-tuggers,
anger, loss, duty, and family. I
hope you agree.”
I was lucky to have plenty of
great assistance and encouragement
during the year and
a half it took to complete my
mission. The “Thanks” section
of the book follows:
I could not have put this
book together without the
assistance of three wonderful
women. I offer them my
profound thanks.
Irene McLaughlin Fritz
transcribed all of the columns
from the huge bound volumes
at the library, the only
place where back issues of
The Harrison Press existed.
Irene wrestled the books into
submission, magically extracted
the columns I selected,
and gave them to me in great
condition for this book.
Thanks to my wife Mary
Ewing Roehm and my cousin
Vicki Anderson Davis for
proofreading all of the words
in this book. If you happen to
find a typo or error, it’s not
because they didn’t try their
best.
There was a period where
I almost gave up and packed
it in.
I stopped working on this
book because I couldn’t come
up with a good reason why I
was doing it. What was the
point? Why would anyone
want to read a bunch of old
columns by an old newspaperman?
I shared my consternation
with my friend. I told him I
didn’t know why I was doing a
book of old columns. He said:
“Because they are really
good columns.”
Those six words put me
back on track and are probably
the reason you are reading
this. Thank you, Lee Rolfes.
So, there you have it, dear
reader - Ollie’s lazy, shameful,
self-serving column/advertisement
for his new book.
If you decide to buy a copy,
I thank you and I hope you
enjoy it. You can easily find
the book by going to Amazon,
Bookbaby, or your favorite
book-selling site and putting
my name in the search. It will
pop right up and is available
in paperback and e-book versions.
I feel so dirty…
Don’t Forget To Recycle Your Cartons
By Stefanie Hoffmeier
Did you know that you can
recycle food and beverage
cartons in Dearborn County?
This includes refrigerated
cartons — such as milk or
juice cartons — and shelfstable
cartons — such as
broth or almond milk cartons.
Recycling cartons is easy
and convenient. Just toss
your empty cartons into your
recycling bin along with your
other plastic bottles, glass
jars, and steel cans.
Recycling cartons doesn’t
have to stop at home. Encourage
your local schools
to recycle milk and juice
cartons as well. School
recycling programs encourage
children to learn about
the importance of recycling
and conserving our natural
resources. According to the
Carton Council, the average
U.S. school of 545 students
consumes around 75,000 cartons
each year. The Dearborn
County Recycling Center
already picks up from all of
the public and private K-12
schools for free each week.
Recycling milk cartons will
not cost your school anything
and will save them money
with less garbage.
By recycling your food and
beverage cartons, you are
helping to create raw materials
that are used to make new
paper products, such as paper
towels or even ceiling tiles.
Recycling cartons helps conserve
natural resources and
reduce landfill waste. One of
the common myths about cartons
is that they have a layer
of wax coating. Cartons are
made primarily from paper,
with a thin layer of polyethylene
(plastic), which some
mistakenly identify as “wax.”
Whether you have curbside
pickup or recycle using
the Dearborn County Recycling
Center’s trailers, all
residents can recycle cartons.
The types of cartons that
are accepted include juice,
milk, soy milk, soup, broth,
egg substitute, and wine
cartons. Remove straws and
caps from the cartons before
recycling. When using the
trailers, place cartons in with
your plastic bottles, glass
jars, and metal cans. The
cartons recycled in Dearborn
County are sent to a recycling
center in Cincinnati,
where they are sorted using
an optical scanner that uses
infrared technology to identify
and sort cartons from the
recycling stream. The recycling
center received a grant
in 2013 from the Carton
Council for the special carton
optical sorting equipment.
If you need information
about which cartons are acceptable,
call the Dearborn
County Recycling Center at
812-926-9963. We will be
glad to answer any questions.
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