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Cumulative Fire Fund Tax Provides Bright with Much-Needed Fire Truck
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HVL: Nice 3 bed tri level home on
beautiful dbl lot, newer kitchen, and
updated bath. $134,900
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acres, 2 bath, 1 car garage plus
outbuilding, 2 WBFP, front and rear
covered porches. $124,900
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MILAN: Huge manufactured home on almost 7 ac,
additional 2 story cabin, each level has kitchen, living
room, bed, &bath; 28x40 barn with loft, concrete flr &
electric; large lake; and green houses. $164,900
30x36x12 heated insulated pole
building $369,900
YORKVILLE: Affordable living in
a country setting. Beautiful views!
3 bed, 2 bath, home with 2 car
attached garage on 2.5 acres.
$114,900
BRIGHT: 2 story home with 4 LOGAN: Clean older 2 story home
bd,3.5 baths, 1st flr laundry and with large wrap around covered
master suite, open Thinking floor plan, full of porch, moving? city utilities, 28x44 3 car
finished LL with wet bar and gas concrete block garage with loft, on
FP, great Maybe for entertaining, settling large 1.25 acres. an estate?
$159,900
rear deck $244,900
LAND
How about both?
BRIGHT: Nice 3 bed, 3 bath ranch LOGAN: 8.6 acre lot fairly secluded
with eat-in kitchen, gas fireplace, on Sawdon Ridge, utilities at street
LL family room, oversized garage
with concrete driveway
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HARRISON:
Lutz Auction
Beautiful
Service
rolling 3.9
acre lot available on private drive
ST. LEON:
now
Older
conveniently
2 story home
located
all off Edgewood under Rd. one $75,000 roof
city utilities, newer high efficiency
furnace. Great location near to hwy Dover, and SUNMAN: Indiana. .87 building lot available
in Whitetail Run subdivision.
schools, summer kitchen, enclosed
back
Realtors
porch, other
and
room
Auctioneers
upstairs $22,000 Dale & Randy Lutz have
could been 3rd bed. serving $69,900 the community HARRISON: for over Beautiful 30 years. 2.093 acre
BRIGHT: 3 bed, 2.5 bath home
lot on private drive off Edgewood
Their profession is turning your
on nearly 38 acres with exceptional
views nerstone of Tanner Realty Valley, and 1st Lutz LOGAN: Auction 2.89 acre Service wooded coun-
Rd. $60,000 assets into cash. Cor-
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rear deck, wrap around
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Bright’s Pierce Velocity Rescue Pumper.
By Bob Waples
Who says only little boys
love their fire trucks? The
men and women of Bright
Fire & EMS are loving their
new fire truck. Welcome to
SE Indiana to the 2010 Pierce
Velocity Rescue Pumper with
only 55,000 miles on it. The
new addition was purchased
from Grenley Mountain in
July of this year at a cost of
$250,000. While you may be
thinking WOW, know that a
new one of these trucks would
run close to a million dollars.
Our “new” Pierce is in mint
condition and is already earning
its keep. I sat down with
Chief Kendall Eberhart to get
all of the details on the new
truck.
The new pumper coming
to fruition started by discussions
between Bright Fire
and Dearborn County/Miller
Township Board members
Robert Starks, President;
Carl Andry; Deborah Bentle,
and Miller Township Trustee
Patricia Little. As a result
of these discussions, Miller
Township Board (after holding
hearings) voted to enact
a new Cumulative Fire Fund
tax which allowed the township
to provide funding for
the new truck.
Thanks to the Miller Township
Trustees and all of our
neighbors in Miller Township
for bringing this new
fire engine to serve our entire
community.
The Pierce is thirty-four
feet long with a wheelbase of
two hundred ten inches. The
height is just shy of ten feet
(9’11”). It seats six comfortably…
two in front and
four in the rear. Each seat is
configured with airbags and
auto lock/unlock securing
the crew. The cab is airconditioned.
The Pierce has a
five-hundred-gallon tank and
hydraulic ladder rack. It has
a fifteen-hundred-gallon-perminute
side mount pump.
The sale price included
four new tires (retail approximately
$800/1000 each),
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and all the Bright logos
installed on the truck. One
really awesome (non-technical)
detail is the American
flag painted into the grill of
the truck. This is standard
on all Pierce trucks. The
truck also features a touching
memorial on the cab to the
victims of 9/11.
I got to spend time at the
firehouse with some of our
amazing Bright Fire & EMS
folks and got a firsthand
showing and fact-telling session
for the new Pierce. I also
had the honor of sitting in the
driver’s seat and was made
Assistant Chief…..OK, so
it was just for a minute. For
this old guy, the evening was
so awesome, one that I will
always remember.
In closing, I would like to
thank each one of our Bright
Fire & EMS folks for the
amazing jobs they do and for
putting their lives on the line
with each call they make. Last
year our Fire & EMS made
approximately one thousand
four hundred runs. They currently
have about twenty-one
volunteers and are always
looking for more. In late summer/early
fall, they are holding
a volunteer recruit open
house. If interested, watch
for an announcement about
the date coming soon. What a
way to help serve our community
through volunteering
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Firefighters Spencer Broughten, Chief Kendall Eberhart,
Debra Jump, Kris Heitmeyer, and Kevin McKinney with the
truck.
Assistant Chief Bob Waples checks out the Pierce during
his brief stint in office.
or by considering a donation
to our Bright Fire & EMS.
Keep in mind, many volunteer
opportunities are available
to help our Fire &EMS that
do not require training, just
the desire to help like washing
and caring for the trucks/
equipment and other ‘nontechnical’
jobs.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
By Linda Hutchinson
I can’t be the only parent
who fondly remembers the
1996 back-to-school commercial
that became famous
overnight. The one where the
dad is in the store buying his
children’s school supplies
while dancing to the tune of
It’s the Most Wonderful Time
of the Year. Back in 1996, that
was me dancing in the aisles
singing that same tune as both
my boys AND my husband
headed off back to school.
You see my husband was the
school counselor at our local
elementary school, so when
the kids were home for the
summer-so was he. I was always
sad to see summer end,
but so thankful to get back
into a routine and have some
peace back in the house as
everyone went off to school.
Maybe you weren’t a parent
back in 1996, but I was and
still am a parent of two highschoolers.
With five children
ranging from ages 32 to 15
years old, I can relate to the
sigh of relief many parents
are having as they watch that
yellow school bus come down
the street again. As one overwhelmed
parent recently told
me, it was like she was saying
to the child’s teachers at Open
House, “Tag, you’re it!”
Maybe, however, the beginning
of a new school year
elicits more anxiety than relief
for you or your child, and you
are dreading the beginning of
another school year. You don’t
want summer to end. You’ve
enjoyed your time home with
the kids and want more of
it. Maybe you are projecting
onto your child the insecurities
and anxieties YOU used
to have as a child. You worry
they may have the same kind
of issues you had growing up.
Whatever the emotions you
are having as we rev up this
new school year, we are here
to tell you- you are not alone!
All across the country, parents
have had the same wild and
crazy range of emotions as
you. Sometimes, that wide
range of emotions happens
right in your own home. As a
mom, you may have anxiety
and fear for your kids starting
a new school year, while your
husband is happy to see them
go back. You as parents may
be thrilled school is back in
session, but your student is a
ball of nerves.
Give those emotions some
time to settle down. It may be
the fear of a new classroom
or teacher or the pushback of
a new bedtime or schedule.
Usually when families get
back into a routine, children
begin to feel safe and secure
in their new school environment.
If another month rolls
around and your family is still
struggling, reach out for help
from a teacher or counselor.
Get some outside help from a
therapist or coach.
Regardless of how you or
your child may be feeling
right now, a new school year
really can be the most wonderful
time of the year!
Linda Hutchinson is the
Executive Director of Rock
Solid Families, a faith-based
coaching organization in St.
Leon, IN.
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