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Page 2B THE BEACON <strong>Nov</strong>ember <strong>2023</strong><br />
BRIGHT/<br />
SUGAR RIDGE<br />
By<br />
Bob<br />
Waples<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
bright@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Sept. 1 was a fun day at the<br />
Bright Fire Department. Jesse<br />
and Anna from an afternoon<br />
radio show came to Bright<br />
as part of their Crayons to<br />
Computer fund raiser. Chief<br />
Eberhart participated in the<br />
fundraiser, so Jesse and Anna<br />
came to Bright to wash a fire<br />
truck in their speedos (and<br />
Jesse in his tutu) as part of a<br />
challenge. What a fun afternoon<br />
as they both washed the<br />
fire truck with lots of bantering<br />
back and forth between<br />
them and our Bright Fire<br />
folks. Thanks, Kendall and<br />
Bright Fire.<br />
The twelfth annual Jack’s<br />
Forever 3 Run was recently<br />
held. Winners were Lauren<br />
Huber (female runner),<br />
Braydon Ryan (male runner),<br />
Lana DeLong (female<br />
walker), and Allen Edwards<br />
(male walker). The run is in<br />
memory of Jack Carpenter<br />
with proceeds supporting the<br />
Foundation which is dedicated<br />
to improving the lives<br />
of children.<br />
I thought driving to Indiana<br />
Dunes for two days was an<br />
accomplishment but look at<br />
this itinerary by my friend<br />
Bennett Noble. In ten days,<br />
he traveled 3,942 miles, going<br />
to thirteen states and visiting<br />
twelve places of interest,<br />
including five national parks.<br />
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One of the places he visited<br />
was Pike’s Peak. I asked to go<br />
with him but he said his trunk<br />
was already full. GREAT job<br />
Bennett.<br />
The difference between<br />
knowledge and wisdom …<br />
we may have vast knowledge<br />
but wisdom teaches us how to<br />
use that knowledge. Book of<br />
Proverbs<br />
24486 Stateline Road<br />
Bright<br />
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Bennett Noble at Pike’s<br />
Peak.<br />
Jesse and Anna visited Chief<br />
Eberhart and the Bright Fire<br />
Dept.<br />
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812-747-7262<br />
812-747-7262<br />
Communities<br />
HIDDEN<br />
VALLEY LAKE<br />
By<br />
Vivian Kist<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
hvl@goBEACONnews.com<br />
It seems a little crazy, but<br />
Halloween decorations were<br />
in stores as early as August<br />
this year. HVL residents were<br />
still enjoying end-of-summer<br />
celebrations as they tried to<br />
think of any way to stay cool<br />
in 90+ degree weather. Most<br />
of us were not yet thinking<br />
about cooler nights, colorful<br />
trees, and scary goblins! But<br />
several people in our community<br />
were quietly planning<br />
the Children’s Activity Club’s<br />
Annual “Haunted Hayride”<br />
for Oct. 14. Every year,<br />
families join together for a<br />
6.5-mile hayride through<br />
Hidden Valley Lake. Golf<br />
carts are invited to participate.<br />
The hayride starts at the<br />
HVL POA parking lot and the<br />
route includes more than a<br />
dozen streets. The non-scary<br />
hayride for younger children<br />
(and some of us weak-hearted<br />
adults) starts at 5 P.M. The<br />
scary hayride starts at 7 P.M.<br />
for those who love an adrenaline<br />
rush and are not afraid of<br />
ghosts and goblins! The cost<br />
is $5 per hay wagon rider and<br />
$10 if you plan to follow the<br />
route in your golf cart. Let’s<br />
thank the Children’s Activity<br />
Club’s members in advance.<br />
Another event related to<br />
Halloween before the actual<br />
night of trick-or-treating is the<br />
HVL Halloween Walk. It will<br />
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domestic beer<br />
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$5 off on<br />
Celebrate America Recycles Day by bringing<br />
your electronics and old files to recycle!<br />
SATURDAY, NOV. 18<br />
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ELECTRONICS<br />
RECYCLING<br />
& SHREDDING<br />
EVENT<br />
Members of Children’s Activity Club Kari Bullock, Karen<br />
Hatfield, Deana Morris, Tristan Stenger, Sarah Thompson,<br />
Corrie Naras, Korry Johnson.<br />
be held on Sunday, Oct. 22.<br />
Those who wish to trick-ortreat<br />
as often as possible and<br />
get an early start on filling<br />
those candy jars should meet<br />
at the HVL Beach where the<br />
walk starts and continues<br />
down Longview Drive. The<br />
annual tradition is hosted by<br />
residents who have a great<br />
cache of treats for ALL ages!<br />
The walk starts at 1 P.M. and<br />
ends at 3 P.M. This is an event<br />
the whole family will love.<br />
The cost is $3 per trick-ortreater.<br />
The HVL Garden Club Fall<br />
Bunco Fund Raiser was held<br />
on Sept. 30 at the HVL POA<br />
Community Room. Prizes and<br />
raffles made this one of the<br />
most successful fund raisers<br />
for the Garden Club all year.<br />
Lucky Bunco players won<br />
golf passes for HVL Golf<br />
Club and gift cards along with<br />
some other great items. The<br />
Garden Club wants to send<br />
a BIG thank you to all who<br />
participated! This event will<br />
give the Garden Club additional<br />
resources to continue its<br />
great work of making Hidden<br />
Valley Lake a beautiful place<br />
to live.<br />
The Garden Club’s September<br />
Yard of the Month<br />
award went to Bill and Deb<br />
Murphy on Springdale Court.<br />
From their upper gardens<br />
and beautiful retaining wall<br />
to their lower-level patio, the<br />
Buy 1 Lunch or Dinner<br />
Murphy’s house is an example<br />
at regular price<br />
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of<br />
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great gardening skills<br />
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and Expires July a 11, lot 2016 of hard work can<br />
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create. Their upper and lower<br />
gardens make for a wonderful<br />
relaxing atmosphere.<br />
The HVL Gators Swim<br />
Team had a very successful<br />
$5 off on<br />
season. Ninety-six awesome<br />
purchase of $30<br />
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in this summer program. The<br />
Gators finished fourth out<br />
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at 1/2 price<br />
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$5 off on<br />
purchase of $30<br />
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Which electronics<br />
should you recycle?<br />
Televisions ($15 each)<br />
Computer monitors<br />
Computers (including<br />
desktops, laptops, and<br />
tablets)<br />
E-readers<br />
Fax machines<br />
Peripherals (including<br />
keyboards, external hard<br />
drives, printers, scanners,<br />
mice, and projectors)<br />
Video game systems and<br />
handhelds<br />
DVD players<br />
Cell phones<br />
Digital photo frames<br />
Digital media players<br />
iPods/MP3 players<br />
Camcorders/Cameras<br />
DVR/TiVo devices (including<br />
cable boxes and satellite<br />
boxes)<br />
Portable GPS navigation<br />
systems<br />
Small kitchen appliances<br />
Hair appliances<br />
Electronic toys<br />
of eight teams in the SEISA<br />
Swim Conference and deserve<br />
sincere CONGRATU-<br />
LATIONS! Many thanks to<br />
coach Becca Minges and assistant<br />
coaches Bryan Wagner<br />
and Scott Jackson. They<br />
worked very hard to make<br />
this year’s Gators Swim Team<br />
a successful, learning and<br />
character-building experience.<br />
SEI Fiber yard signs are popping<br />
up all over Hidden Valley<br />
Lake in the yards of new SEI<br />
Fiber Optics Services subscribers.<br />
The various streaming<br />
offers are available for viewing<br />
at the POA Community<br />
Center. For additional information<br />
call the POA office or call<br />
Southeastern REMC directly at<br />
(800) 689-4111.<br />
HVL was honored to be the<br />
host of the Ohio Lakes Community<br />
Association (OLCA)<br />
Convention. Representatives<br />
from twenty-one similar<br />
midwestern POA/HOA<br />
communities met and shared<br />
ideas, problems, challenges,<br />
and successful solutions<br />
during the two-day event.<br />
The other communities who<br />
attended were impressed with<br />
HVL’s amenities and hospitality.<br />
Thanks to everyone<br />
who helped make the event<br />
successful.<br />
A few reminders … First,<br />
remember volunteer opportunities<br />
are available at St.<br />
Elizabeth Hospital Dearborn.<br />
Visit their website at stelizabeth.com/volunteer<br />
or call the<br />
St. Elizabeth Dearborn Volunteer<br />
Coordinator at (812)<br />
496-8658.<br />
Finally, HVL Board of Directors<br />
meetings are held on<br />
the fourth Thursday of every<br />
month. If you are unable to attend<br />
in person, most meetings<br />
are available via ZOOM. The<br />
next meeting is Oct. 26.<br />
Event Address:<br />
652 Shipping Street<br />
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025<br />
TVs are $15 each. Small<br />
freon appliances are $10<br />
each. No large appliances or<br />
other recyclables will be<br />
accepted at this event.<br />
Back-up tapes, CDs, binders,<br />
cardboard, and plastic items<br />
are not able to be shredded.<br />
812.926.9963 DEARBORNCOUNTYRECYCLES.COM<br />
Fees accepted in cash or check. Dearborn County residents<br />
and Ross & Squibb employees only.<br />
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