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<strong>Nov</strong>ember <strong>2023</strong> THE BEACON Page 5B<br />
LOGAN<br />
By<br />
Susan<br />
Carson<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
O<br />
ur<br />
Communities<br />
logan@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Logan is bursting with the<br />
colors and scents of fall. Take<br />
the time to look around and<br />
enjoy the change of seasons.<br />
Before you know it, the season<br />
will be changing again...<br />
From one of the last Reds games of <strong>2023</strong> to fall scenes<br />
around Logan.<br />
Other signs cool, crisp weather- colorful field corn and bright<br />
sunflowers.<br />
Decorations in front of residents’ homes at Unity Village.<br />
A beautiful field of fall glory.<br />
OLDENBURG<br />
By<br />
Sue<br />
Siefert<br />
Community<br />
Correspondent<br />
Author, Andrew Collins with OA Freshmen Anna Roll, Riley<br />
Siegel, and Anne Kraus.<br />
oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com<br />
Congratulations to the<br />
Heppners!<br />
Congrats to Jim and Mary<br />
Jo Heppner on their sixtieth<br />
wedding anniversary! The<br />
former Mary Jo Dietz shares,<br />
“Jim was a good friend of my<br />
brother – and after we began<br />
dating and fell in love, we<br />
exchanged marriage vows on<br />
Sept. 7, 1963, at Holy Family<br />
Church in Oldenburg, and the<br />
rest is history!” The couple<br />
welcomed two sons, Eric and<br />
his wife Sarah of Oldenburg,<br />
and Brett and his wife Jennifer<br />
of Marysville, TN. Sixty<br />
years of marriage have also<br />
blessed the couple with seven<br />
grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren<br />
… and a world<br />
of friends who join me in<br />
congratulating the Heppners<br />
on their diamond anniversary!<br />
A Lesson in Forgiveness<br />
In preparation for their<br />
return to school, Oldenburg<br />
Academy students read the<br />
book Convicted: An Innocent<br />
Man, the Cop Who Framed<br />
Him, and an Unlikely Journey<br />
of Forgiveness and Friendship<br />
by Andrew Collins and<br />
Jameel McGee in connection<br />
with the Franciscan value of<br />
reconciliation, the value that<br />
the student body is studying<br />
this year.<br />
Mr. Collins spoke at a<br />
school convocation where<br />
he discussed his incredible<br />
story and how reconciliation<br />
played a role in his life,<br />
including bringing him closer<br />
to a man he wrongfully put<br />
behind bars—the co-author of<br />
the book. Collins also spoke<br />
about what it was like to write<br />
the book with Jameel. Students<br />
appreciated that he was<br />
open about his story and that<br />
he spoke to them as teenagers.<br />
They also were amazed<br />
at the level of forgiveness the<br />
authors showed each other.<br />
Much appreciation goes<br />
to the Batesville Area Arts<br />
Council Arts in Education<br />
Fund and the John and Joan<br />
Hillenbrand VISION Fund<br />
for making this opportunity<br />
possible.<br />
Harvesting Hope<br />
An anonymous Oldenburg<br />
gardener shared the following<br />
after high winds, heavy<br />
rain, and hail wreaked havoc<br />
in the ’Burg. “On July 23,<br />
we awoke to our beautiful,<br />
thriving garden. By evening,<br />
it was gone. The tremendous<br />
hail that afternoon stripped<br />
the plants and damaged what<br />
produce had been ripening.<br />
It was a disappointment, but<br />
my children reminded me that<br />
‘life isn’t about waiting for<br />
Jim and Mary Jo Heppner<br />
the storm to pass, it’s about<br />
learning to dance in the rain.’<br />
While they joyfully splashed<br />
in giant yard puddles, I gathered<br />
damaged green tomatoes<br />
for mock mincemeat pie<br />
filling. Since then, the garden<br />
has somewhat rallied. While<br />
we have not gotten the harvests<br />
that we had hoped for,<br />
God provided exactly what<br />
we needed.”<br />
God sometimes works in<br />
mysterious ways and it’s up to<br />
us to see hope amid chaos …<br />
and in Oldenburg – to see the<br />
opportunity for mincemeat pie<br />
from pummeled green tomatoes!<br />
Das ist alles von der ’Burg!<br />
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