Beacon Apr 2024

April 2024 THE BEACON Page 3A
This month’s item
What Is It?
Last month’s item
was an Ediphone or
dictaphone. It had wax
cylinders that recorded
and played back voice
recordings. Barb Ward,
Dillsboro, submitted the
correct answer.
This month’s item finds
its home at the Indiana
historic Landmarks
regional office located
at Veraestau. Share your
your guess as well as
any stories you know.
Last month’s item:
Ediphone, dictaphone
Please e-mail your answer and where you live to editor@
goBEACONnews.com by Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024.
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Emergency Management and Drone
Rescue Lost Resident
A Dearborn County resident
was recently reported missing
after a search by the family
proved futile. The gentleman
suffered from dementia and
had been missing for two to
three hours.
Emergency services including
the Dearborn County
Sheriff and other emergency
entities were dispatched to the
home of the missing resident.
Upon arrival, the services of
Dearborn County Director
of Emergency Management,
Jason Sullivan, were requested.
The reason- Mr. Sullivan
is the drone operator for the
county.
The use of a drone for
search and rescue missions is
highly effective both regarding
time and cost savings.
A drone can search an area
quickly, using both regular
and thermal imaging. When
an individual is spotted, the
coordinates of the location
can be transponded via GPS,
at which point the drone can
be commanded to return to
the operator in a direct line.
Rescuers can then be led
from the point of the operator
directly to the individual in
distress.
Using a drone in this
instance is helpful in numerous
ways. Valuable time and
manpower are saved because
the drone can fly higher and
faster than someone on foot.
The thermal imaging capability
is invaluable when trying
to locate the exact location
of a person. In the case noted
before, an animal trained in
search and rescue may have
had to wind its way to the
person by following that person’s
trail while dealing with
terrain and switchbacks. A
mere fifteen minutes elapsed
to fly over the area and locate
the gentleman who was lost
rather than hours that could
have been lost with traditional
search methods.
Manpower can also be
saved with the use of a drone.
Renck’s Store- Making History Again
Continued from page 1A
depreciation have taken their
toll, like every other institution
in an ever-changing
world. But with change comes
new opportunities, new stories
to tell, and more history to
make. Our family is excited to
facilitate those new stories by
providing a refreshed, communal
space centered around
a coffee shop where anyone
and everyone can gather. With
that future history as the focal
point, we would like to announce
the launch of historic
rencksstore.com, a place for
collecting those stories and
memories, a place to facilitate
those same kinds of gatherings,
like those old timers did,
not so long ago.
I can’t recall how many
times I’ve heard, “The future
is Bright,” about as many
times as I’ve heard, “The
more things change, the more
they stay the same.” I used to
think those were incompatible
viewpoints, that the old ways
had to be paved over to make
way for that Bright future.
Now, I see the value of embracing
the passage of time,
seeing my place, our place,
in all of it. I see what the old
Renck’s Store can be, and I
envision taking my kids there,
Both the fire department,
emergency vehicles, and
volunteers may have been
needed. In an emergency
such as a disaster, drones are
proving to be invaluable tools
for damage assessment and
locating victims.
According to the Federal
Aviation Administration
(FAA), a Remote Pilot Certificate
is needed to operate a
drone. The operator must have
this certificate readily available
at all times when operating
a drone.
The drone acquired by
Dearborn County was made
possible by a grant from the
Dearborn Community Foundation.
Renck’s Store dates back to about 1860 when Mr. Thomas
H. Gibson opened the Gibson General Store. In 1921 the
family added the second floor, and in 1922 high school classes
were held there until the Bright School was completed.
gathering around a table like
those old timers, probably telling
the same stories they told,
becoming a part of history.
It’s a comfort I’m only now
starting to understand, an appreciation
of what those who
came before me built, like the
Rencks, or T.H. Gibson. And
that I will get to be a part of
the history that someone will
read about years from now.
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