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One Dearborn, Stellar Pathways - Paving the Way for the Future 

By Laura Keller 

According to Brittanica, economic 

development is the process where simple, 

low-income national economies 

are transformed into modern industrial 

economies. Southeast Indiana, including 

Dearborn County, has boomed 

as more people and businesses have 

moved into the area. 

One Dearborn is an economic 

development non-profit organization 

committed to deploying resources for 

economic development, planning, and 

implementation. The organization’s 

vision is to steer Dearborn County 

to become one of the highest-quality 

and most sought-after counties in the 

tri-state region for prosperous careers 

in a safe and idyllic family environment. 

Founded in 2017, One Dearborn 

devised an action plan, identifying 

projects throughout Dearborn County 

to bring their vision to light, but funding 

is always critical to the success of 

economic development. 

The Stellar Pathways program is a 

multi-agency, multi-dollar initiative 

led by the Office of Community and 

Rural Affairs (OCRA) and is overseen 

by Indiana Lieutenant Governor 

Suzanne Crouch. The Stellar Pathways 

Program provides the opportunity for 

0YEARS 

communities to apply for grants to 

fund projects for economic and community 

development. 

Mike Perleberg serves as the Executive 

Director of One Dearborn. 

He is also the coordinator for Stellar 

Pathways and part of the steering 

committee which is comprised 

of Jim Thatcher, Dearborn County 

Board of Commissioners President; 

Vince Karsteter, Mayor of Greendale; 

Doug Baker, Dillsboro Town Council 

President; Ryan Goode, Greendale 

Main Street and City Council; Derek 

Walker, Dillsboro Town Manager; 

Continued on Page 3A 

She’s Back! 

Mary-Alice Helms returns to pass it 

on through her gift of story telling. 

Page 7A 

Safety and Fun 

All in One 

Miller York volunteer firefighters 

visit school children to share safety 

tips and cool stuff. Page 5B 

Pumpkin Spice and 

Everything Nice 

Fall festivities are child’s play for 

Dillsboro residents. Page 8B 

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Floods of the Ohio- Shaping History for Centuries 

By Maureen Stenger 

The great Ohio River stretches nine 

hundred eighty-one miles long as it 

flows from Pittsburgh to Illinois where 

it empties into the mighty Mississippi. 

After seeing the river for the first time, 

Thomas Jefferson said, “The Ohio 

is the most beautiful river on earth. 

Its current gentle, waters clear, and 

bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks 

and rapids, a single instance only 

excepted.” The word Ohio comes from 

the language of the Seneca people, a 

group of Iroquoian-speaking people, 

and means “Good River.” The Ohio 

River acted as the southern boundary 

of the Northwest Territory. It later 

proved to be the boundary between 

slave states and freedom as many enslaved 

people braved their way across 

it to escape the horrors they endured. 

It carries more water than any other 

tributary of the Mississippi River and 

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It also provides 

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Native Americans, 

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and Wyandot 

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until they were 

forced out farther 

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attractive since the land was inexpensive 

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be held on Nov. 5, 2024. While offices 

spanning from the national to the local 

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Of special interest are the Retention 

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Public Question #1- Shall the 

Constitution of the State of Indiana be 

amended to remove the state superintendent 

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discharge the powers and duties of the 

governor if the office of the governor 

and lieutenant governor are both 

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Three Indiana Supreme Court justices 

and two Court of Appeals judges 

will be on the ballot for retention on 

General Election Day. Voters will decide 

“yes” or “no” on whether to retain 

each of the following appellate-level 

judges: Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush, 

Justice Mark S. Massa, Justice Derek 

R. Molter, Judge Rudolph R. Pyle III 

(Fourth District), Judge Peter R. Foley 

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an important transportation route for 

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Taylor 

The thread that binds 

As with many issues of The 

BEACON, I found an uncanny 

thread between some of 

the stories that fill this issue. 

Many of you are aware that 

I am the founder of A Community 

Bridge, a nonprofit 

organization that hosts special 

events to raise awareness and 

financial support for organizations 

in our community. This 

year’s event on the Triple 

Whipple Bridge was an incredible 

success. More about 

that next month... 

I was recently given what 

was thought to be a podium 

from Aurora’s historic council 

chambers. When I saw the 

piece, I immediately realized 

that PS Form it was 3526 a council member’s 

desk, one that could have 

been used by Ken Maddin, 

Charlie PS Form Thayer, 3526 John Borgman, 

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be used as a podium, so the 

talented Jay Tucker (or should 

I say his wife June!) offered 

to build a base to raise it to 

podium height. 

What Jay told me next is the 

thread. He said the desk had 

obviously been underwater 

and had suffered damage. 

I remember sitting at my 

council desk before many a 

council meetings, staring at 

the fascinating map of Aurora 

that hung on the wall. It has a 

distinctive water line across it, 

marking the flood waters that 

filled the second-story council 

chambers during the flood of 

1937. 

Serendipitous. 

Maureen Stenger’s article 

on pages 1, 4, and 5 had already 

been written. 

Laura Keller has shared the 

story of two very special people 

who have made an amazing 

difference in our community 

for almostt two decades. 

According to the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 

food insecurity is defined as a 

household-level economic and 

social condition of limited or 

uncertain access to adequate 

food. Many factors can cause 

food insecurity, including inflation, 

unemployment, or low 

income. If you’ve been to the 

grocery store lately, you’ve 

seen the impact inflation has 

had on your food bill. 

Many organizations help 

combat food insecurity, 

including food pantries that 

are sprinkled throughout our 

communities. If you live near 

the town of Sunman, you’ve 

probably witnessed the tireless 

efforts of Clara Zinser 

and Sandy Wagner, who manage 

the Sunman Food Pantry. 

For more than fifteen years, 

Clara and Sandy have devoted 

countless hours each week 

to combatting hunger. Clara 

began working at the Sunman 

Food Pantry while she 

was employed full-time and 

continues devoting three days 

a week during her retirement 

years. Sandy Wagner is 

Clara’s cousin and had been 

managing the food pantry 

when she asked Clara if she 

would be interested in helping. 

Clara has a heart of gold 

and enjoys helping others, so 

of course she said yes. 

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and volunteers must also 

complete training. Clara and 

Sandy manage the tedious 

paperwork to remain compliant, 

including the time spent 

ordering food from Gleaners 

Food Pantry in Indianapolis. 

Then there is the work to 

obtain donations from businesses 

and individual donors. 

Clara and Sandy pick up 

items from local grocery 

stores twice a week, including 

eggs, milk, meat, and bakery 

items such as bread, donuts, 

etc. They then spend time sorting 

and organizing the items 

or making room in the freezers 

and refrigerators to store cold 

or frozen items. Both organize 

drop-offs and deliveries to the 

food pantry which is located at 

the St. John’s Church of Christ 

in Penntown. 

Clara and Sandy go above 

and beyond in November and 

December each year to ensure 

patrons have a meal for 

Thanksgiving and Christmas, 

in addition to Christmas presents. 

Food pantries receive 

food from federal programs 

but also rely upon the generous 

donations of businesses, 

individual donors, and local 

food drives to purchase and 

supply food. In 2013, All 

Saints Parish in Guilford 

formed the Gobble Wobble 

5K, a Thanksgiving Day race, 

in which proceeds raised 

benefit the North Dearborn, 

East Central, and Sunman 

Food Pantries. Clara was 

an original Gobble Wobble 

committee member, helping 

start the hugely successful 

5K that attracts walkers and 

runners from the tristate area 

and beyond each year. Clara 

and Sandy work with patrons 

to identify who would 

like a Thanksgiving and/ 

or Christmas meal in addition 

to purchasing traditional 

Thanksgiving and Christmas 

foods. They also coordinate 

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Cousins Sandy Wagner 

and Clara Zinser are the 

faces behind the Sunman 

Food Pantry. (Photo courtesy 

of Jamie Roope) 

volunteers who help the patrons 

load the items into their 

vehicles. 

Every year, Clara and 

Sandy also partner with local 

churches for a Christmas 

giving-tree program. Patrons 

of the Sunman Food Pantry 

are asked for items they and 

their families would like for 

Christmas and Clara and 

Sandy create a tag that is 

placed on a Christmas tree in 

local churches in late November/early 

December with the 

requested item(s). They track 

who requested each item and 

who signed up to purchase the 

item. If a gift isn’t returned 

by the requested date, Clara 

or Sandy will call the person 

who signed up to purchase the 

gift to make sure the item(s) 

have been purchased. They 

also make sure each child in 

a family has the same number 

of gifts (I remember as a child 

counting how many gifts I 

had compared to my brothers 

and claimed it wasn’t fair if 

they had more, even though 

my gifts may have cost more 

money!) and will purchase an 

additional gift if needed. 

You’ll see Clara and 

Sandy’s smiling faces every 

Saturday morning when they 

help distribute food to those 

in need, ensuring community 

members do not go hungry. 

Thank you, Clara and 

Sandy, for your devotion to 

serving others. 

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What Is It? 

Last month’s item was 

a set of Pick-Up-Sticks. 

“When I went to my 

Grandma’s house we 

would play for hours,” 

submitted Robyn Hughes, 

Lawrenceburg. 

“As I recall, the object 

of the game was to dump 

those out of the tall can that 

those came in. Once the 

sticks settled in various criss 

cross fashion the object was 

to try to pick up sticks one 

at a time without causing movement of the other sticks. 

Sometimes some would be laying alone not touching any 

other. Those were always the first ones to go for. If you 

moved a stick that was not supposed to be moved you 

lost your turn. Whoever had the most sticks at the end of 

picking those up was the 

winner of the game. Pick Up 

Sticks, Tinker Toys, Lincoln 

Logs, LEGO and die cast 

farm toys were some of my 

favorites as a kid in the early 

70’s. Even though those had 

two sharp pointed ends, we 

still survived,” observed 

John Ertel, Batesville. 

Correct answers were also submitted by Rebecca 

Neighborgall, Moores Hill; Doris Stouder, Dillsboro; 

Alice Riehle, Harrison, OH; Eileen Henne, Lawrenceburg; 

Karen Meister, Aurora; Rita Chambers, West Harrison; and 

Jimmy Baker, West Harrison. 

Other entires were received from Carol Morton, 

Brookville; Frank Cummins, Moores Hill; Jessica 

Kennedy, Aurora; Debbie Griffin, Lawrenceburg; Marilyn 

(Losekamp) Wuestefeld, West Harrison; Eric Laflin, 

Batesville; and Amy Schmeltzer, West Harrison. 

Phil Heitz, Hidden Valley Lake, commented, “I do not 

remember how many sticks made up the commercially 

available set, but the game was quite simple. The sticks 

were gathered together and allowed to fall into a heap. 

The object was to pick up a stick and remove it from the 

pile without disturbing any other stick. Each participant 

watched closely so if another stick moved, the player who 

was picking up a stick and, as a result, caused another 

stick to move, was out of the game. The game continued 

until all but the last player remained. That player was the 

winner. I do not recall ever removing all the sticks until 

all were picked up. Due to their shape, it was difficult to 

remove a stick without another rolling to another position. 

My Mom loved it. It kept us kids busy for a while and she 

got her work done without too much interference.” 

Darlene Volk, Napoleon; Jen Schmeltzer, St. Leon; 

Sara Duffy, West Harrison; Terry Mayfield, Wrights 

Corner; Peachie Nagel, Guilford; and even Gigi Ewbank, 

Grapevine, TX, got in on the fun. 

Let’s not forget avid gamers Robin Hanson, Sunman; 

Margaret Fain, Brookville; 

Barb Ward, Dillsboro; Karen 

Anderson, Lawrenceville; 

Kim Bush, Guilford; Sharon 

McClure, Lawrenceburg; 

Mary Ann Kocher, Cleves, 

OH; Gayle Rolfes, Harrison, 

OH; Barb Mason, Cedar 

Grove; and Beverly Hahn, 

Lawrenceburg. 

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Nicole Daily, Dearborn 

County Planning and Zoning 

Director; and Eric Kranz, 

Dearborn County Chamber of 

Commerce CEO. 

The Stellar Pathways Program 

timing was perfect for 

One Dearborn to revisit the action 

plan since some projects 

had been completed and others 

had become outdated. The 

organization applied for grants 

to support various projects that 

will reinvest in communities 

within Dearborn County. 

Applying for the Stellar 

Pathways Program required 

several steps. The first was 

to determine which local 

governments within Dearborn 

County were interested 

in participating. Dearborn 

County is comprised of the 

cities of Aurora, Greendale, 

and Lawrenceburg; the towns 

of Dillsboro, Moores Hill, St. 

Leon, and West Harrison. The 

unincorporated territory of 

the county includes all of the 

other areas. Mr. Perleberg met 

with all local governments 

within Dearborn County and 

three agreed to participate- the 

city of Greendale, the Town 

of Dillsboro, and the Dearborn 

County Commissioners 

on behalf of the county. 

Next, additional information 

and discussion with the 

interested governments were 

held, followed by Mr. Perleberg 

participating in city and 

town council meetings, and 

the Board of Commissioners 

approving the letter of participation. 

A Letter of Intent that 

was submitted to OCRA on 

May 1, 2024. 

In June, OCRA announced 

four finalists for the Stellar 

Pathways Program. Dearborn 

County was named one of 

the finalists and received a 

$50,000 planning grant. The 

funds received are being used 

to engage with residents of 

Greendale, Dillsboro, and the 

unincorporated areas of Dearborn 

County. Workshops were 

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held in Bright, Dillsboro, and 

Greendale to gather information 

from residents about projects 

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than eight hundred responses 

provided. Meetings with civic 

clubs, Main Street organizations, 

and schools have also 

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Two Stellar designees will 

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Samuel Vance in 1802. Soon 

after, settlers began coming 

to the area in droves, and development 

followed. Homes, 

schools, businesses, and 

churches were built as people 

laid down their roots in the 

river town. In the 1850s two 

railroads were constructed 

through Dearborn County. 

Lawrenceburg became a vital 

trading center for riverboats. 

The distilleries in town were 

thriving until Prohibition in 

1920 when production was 

stopped, many people lost 

their jobs. But when Prohibition 

ended in 1933, the 

distilleries re-opened allowing 

Lawrenceburg to fare quite 

well during the 1930s when 

the United States was in the 

throes of the Great Depression. 

But all was not always 

grand as Lawrenceburg 

garnered the reputation as the 

town that never quit due to the 

re-occurring flooding endured 

from the great Ohio River and 

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the resiliency of its residents. 

Flooding from the Ohio 

River was nothing new, but as 

settlements were built so close 

to the river banks the ramifications 

were often great. The 

river can rise very suddenly 

and with nowhere to go, the 

floodwaters rage into nearby 

buildings, homes, businesses, 

and even churches. Notable 

floods happened throughout 

time including during the winter 

of 1788-1789. The water 

rose so high that it prevented 

troops from reaching Fort 

Finney. Fort Finney was built 

in 1785 at the mouth of the 

Great Miami River, a tributary 

of the Ohio River that is one 

hundred sixty miles long. Fort 

Finney was built by Major 

Walter Finney to secure the 

area after a peace treaty was 

signed with reluctant Shawnee 

leaders at that location in 

1786. The treaty would later 

be renounced by The Shawnee 

leaders, and war would 

soon follow. 

Throughout the eighteen 

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hundreds, flooding continued. 

So did the destruction as 

progress in the river valley 

heightened. In 1832 the water 

reached about sixty-five feet, 

causing the buildings on High 

Street to be flooded. More 

floods followed. In 1882 Lawrenceburg 

finally constructed 

a levee, but in February of 

that year, the levee broke and 

the flood waters left a trail of 

destruction through the town. 

Like a broken record, more 

floods battered Lawrenceburg 

as time went on. In 1884 the 

water rose to seventy-one 

feet after which, thankfully, a 

much-needed period of calm 

ensued. 

In March of 1913, the Ohio 

River flooded once again to 

seventy feet, placing water in 

town for seven days. After the 

1913 flooding event, people 

in Lawrenceburg had had 

enough and vowed to never 

have to go through this kind 

of suffering again. Huram P. 

Harrison wrote about this in 

his book On the Banks of the 

Ohio, “Their first action was 

to repair the then broken levee. 

In the years that followed 

it was the object of constant 

care and construction.” 

Government and construction 

engineers assured the public 

that the levee was strong and 

could hold flood waters that 

were at least seventy-two feet 

high at bay. A sense of calm 

and a feeling of security infiltrated 

the town. Sadly, that 

sense of peace would once 

again be shattered. 


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On the night of January 1, 

1937, torrential rain began 

falling on the Cumberland and 

Tennessee River basins. Since 

these rivers were already high, 

they quickly started to flood. 

The same was true for the Wabash 

River. Since these rivers 

are tributaries to the Ohio 

River, the Ohio River also 

started to rise at the beginning 

of January. Near-record rainfall 

continued in the middle 

of January. Abnormally cold 

temperatures hung over the 

area as the high pressure was 

almost too dense and heavy 

to move along. On Sunday, 

January 24, 1937, over twoand-a-half 

inches of rain came 

down on the already swollen 

Ohio River. That rain began 

to melt the heavy snow that 

had fallen the previous Friday 

night. This Sunday, January 

24, 1937, would come to be 

known as “Black Sunday,” the 

darkest day of the flood. 

The Ohio River would rise 

to eighty feet, all of the previous 

flood records were literally 

blown out of the water 

and all hell was about to break 

loose. The relentless rain and 

dark clouds cast a curtain of 

gloom over the Ohio River 

Valley as the entire river from 

Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cairo, 

Illinois was way above flood 

stage. Huram P. Harrison lamented 

on the time leading up 

to that dreaded Sunday, “The 

coming morning ushered in 

a day of conflict and longto-be-remembered 

panic and 

disaster. Those who let reason 

rule their action, alarmed yet 

alert to the emergency, began 

to move to higher ground. 

Others dominated by an 

unjust local pride and encouraged 

by allies to believe “it 

just couldn’t happen here” not 

only ridiculed those moving 

but actually discouraged those 

from doing so who asked their 

advice and used all their political 

and personal power to 

stop and prevent all moving.” 

Mr. Harrison’s memoir 

continued, “Schools were 

not dismissed until a lack of 

student body in the afternoon 

made it necessary, and even 

then, we teachers were told to 

report the following morning. 

As the late afternoon passed 

and night came, moving continued 

and the general feeling 

of danger increased. Near 

midnight the warning bells 

began to toll, and at 1:15 on 


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Friday morning January 22, 

the levee broke under sixtynine 

feet of water.” 

The levee would collapse 

at the west entrance of the B 

& O Railroad and the water 

would remain in the city for 

two weeks. Every home in 

Lawrenceburg would fall victim 

to the terrible floodwaters. 

Near Cincinnati, the area was 

so populous with industry, resulting 

in fires breaking out on 

the water, sparked by floating 

gasoline and oil. They burned 

out of control in Cincinnati’s 

Mill Creek Valley. Many 

buildings were destroyed and 

people commented it looked 

like a big lake was on fire. 

Mr. Harrison’s memoirs 

continued, “It was the experience 

of the writer to stand at 

the upstairs window of his 

home in the suburban town 

of Greendale and listen to 

the roar of the water as it 

surged through the streets of 

Lawrenceburg about a mile 

away and to watch the street 

lights go out one by one as the 

water reached their circuits. 

By morning most of Lawrenceburg 

was covered with 

water. Within two days not 

one square foot within the city 

limits of Lawrenceburg was 

out of water and many homes 

and other buildings were submerged. 

Greendale became 

an island about seven blocks 

long and four blocks wide. Its 

normal population of 1500 

grew to 7500 in two days. 

Hospitals were arranged in 

distillery offices and refugee 

centers were established in the 

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School.” 

One makeshift hospital 

was set up in the Old Quaker 

(Schenley) Distillery. The 

other makeshift hospital was 

located in the Joseph S. Seagram 

and Sons facility. Due 

to the unprecedented flood 

happening in the freezing 

cold January temperatures, 

many people were suffering 

and exposed. Pneumonia was 

a top concern. Five hundred 

patients were cared for in the 

two hospitals. An oxygen 

tent was even flown in from 

Cincinnati to Lawrenceburg to 

try to save the lives of people 

suffering from pneumonia. 

George Hooten, a local infant, 

was saved from death by an 

improvised oxygen tent. A 

railroad car located near the 

Old Quaker Distillery was 

used to provide heat for the 

makeshift hospital. In this day 

and age, I think it’s hard to 

grasp and envision all of this 

as Lawrenceburg was truly a 

disaster area. 

Mr. Harrison’s memoirs 

elaborated, “Telephone and 

telegraph service was cut off 

and there was no communication 

with the outside world as 

Infant George Hooten was 

saved by the use of an 

oxygen tent during the 1937 

flood. He had a long life 

until his passing on July 15, 

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the railroad soon went underwater. 

Emergency supplies 

were brought in by airplane 

and later by boat. The coast 

guard arrived and assisted in 

removing people from the 

upper floors of their homes 

where they had expected to be 

able to live. The entire locality 

was soon placed under 

martial law. The usual source 

of electricity was cut off by 

the water and the Seagram 

Distillery assumed the task of 

furnishing the town with the 

necessary light. As the water 

approached the boilers two 

railroad locomotives were 

pulled alongside their building 

and it was from them that 

the power came to furnish 

the necessary electricity for 

several days.” People were 

ordered to boil their water and 

receive typhoid shots to prevent 

the bacterial disease that 

spreads through contaminated 

food and water. A commissary 

was set up so people could 

come get all of the necessities 

they needed for free. 

Sanitation problems created 

a critical situation in the days 

to come. In addition to the 

Coast Guard, the Red Cross 

was vital in aiding people and 

searching the water. As in all 

disaster situations you look for 

the helpers who are the saving 

grace. So many came to the aid 

of others, including everyday 

citizens who opened their 

doors to those in need. Six 

people would lose their lives. 

Six thousand people would 

lose their homes. And property 

damage would be to the tune of 

one and a half million dollars. 

The Red Cross set up a “Tent 

City” with four hundred tents. 

Each tent had a table, chairs, 

cots, and a utility stove that 

could be used for heat, cooking, 

and laundry. The water 

would remain in Lawrenceburg 

for two weeks, and its highest 

height would reach eighty-two 

feet, six inches. 

The story of the Floods of 

southeast Indiana and their 

historical impact will be continued 

in the next issue of The 

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By Mary Alice Helms 

Downtown Brookville is 

getting a facelift. As is usual 

Mary Alice 

Helms 

with any 

kind of 

major 

surgery, this 

operation 

hasn’t been 

without its 

frustrations. 

Delayed 

deliveries, 

rising costs 

of materials, 

and traffic tie-ups are but a 

few of the side effects. 

However, if all the finished 

changes are as remarkable as 

those already completed, 

Main Street in Brookville will 

be more beautiful than ever. 

As the old is renewed, so 

are the memories of those of 

us who have loved this town. 

At the top of Oregon Hill at 

the north end of town is a venerable 

building that those of 

us of a certain age remember 

as The Union House. (When 

she was first learning to read, 

our little sister called it “The 

Onion House”.) In recent 

years the structure has begun 

to show its age. With a varied 

past, including as a stagecoach 

stop, hotel, bar, and restaurant 

the sturdy building has 

been known by such names as 

“Ye Old Shack” and “Crazy 

Dogs”. It is currently “Hilltop 

Restaurant”, a much gentler 

and more descriptive name. 

During its makeover, the old 

exterior was covered with 

clean white paint. New retrostyle 

windows have returned 

the structure to the look of an 

earlier age. 

In the same block, but on 

the other side of Main Street, 

what was once a car dealership 

is now the home of the 

Knights of Columbus. The 

building has been enclosed 

for many years, serving as a 

meeting place, site of many 

a wedding reception and 

famous for Friday night fish 

dinners served there during 

the Lenten Season. It was nice 

but bore little resemblance 

to its days as the home of 

McEntee Motor Sales. Now 

a huge glass-paned window 

has been installed in the front 

of the building, suggesting 

its automobile showroom 

past. As teenagers, we would 

ogle the shiny new Pontiacs 

displayed there, and then use 

the original window as a mirror 

to check on our looks as 

we made our daily walk down 

Main Street. 

The renovators received 

a surprise when working on 

the next block on Main Street 

on one of Brookville’s most 

iconic buildings. While it was 

customary, back in the day, 

to include the name of the 

owner on the façade of a new 

structure, no evidence was apparent 

of such labeling on this 

building. As the outer layer on 

the front of the structure was 

being stripped away, huge 3D 

letters appeared. “Poppers”, 

looked to have been chiseled 

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out of the underlying stone. I 

don’t know if that would have 

been possible, but it is impressive. 

Poppers was a very old 

business. It had been established 

as a men’s haberdashery, 

with everything the 

well-dressed gentleman or the 

hard-working laborer might 

need. From tailored suits, 

overcoats, and ties to coveralls, 

suspenders, and work 

boots, Poppers could dress 

the men of the community. It 

later added a ladies’ section 

which led the most fashionable 

women up the stairs to 

the balcony to try on the latest 

styles. The store sold shoes, 

which sometimes were hard 

to come by in war times. And 

so Poppers also had a shoe 

repair section in the back of 

the store. I loved watching the 

master repairman, Mr. Wm. 

Hertel, as he turned a pair of 

woebegone shoes into things 

of shining beauty. I loved 

the smell of leather and the 

“whirr” of the machine which 

trimmed the edges of newly 

applied soles and did the final 

polishing. That area of the 

store also sported a shoe-shine 

chair and hired local teens as 

shoe-shine boys. Mr. Hertel 

was a quiet man, but it would 

have been difficult for him to 

do much talking as he usually 

had a mouthful of shoenails. 

Directly across Main Street 

from Poppers is what I consider 

to be one of Brookville’s 

loveliest and oldest stores, 

Students and Judge Commemorate Constitution Day 

Submitted by 

Superior Court No. 1 

Dearborn Superior Court 

Judge Jonathan Cleary celebrated 

Constitution Day 

Judge Jonathan 

N. Cleary 

on September 

13, 2024, 

with several 

Lawrenceburg 

government 

classes. 

George 

Washington 

once stated, 

“A primary 

object ... 

should be 

the education of our youth in 

the science of government. In 

a republic, what species of 

knowledge can be equally 

important? And what duty 

more pressing ... than communicating 

it to those who are to 

be the future guardians of the 

liberties of the country?” 

The judge and senior-year 

students observed the anniversary 

of the signing of 

the Constitution on Monday, 

September 17, 1787. The 

seniors shared what they had 

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already learned in class with 

their teacher Joshua Herbert 

and other highly dedicated 

teachers, about the balance of 

the three branches of government, 

and the Amendments to 

the Constitution. Judge Cleary 

discussed some recent Constitutional 

events and examples 

in Indiana. On September 11, 

2024, the Indiana Supreme 

Court set the execution date in 

a death penalty case in Allen 

County, Indiana, involving 

inmate Joseph E. Corcoran 

and the murder of four people 

in 1997. The students openly 

discussed the Constitution 

Amendment VIII, cruel and 

unusual punishment, as it 

applied to this criminal matter. 

One student shared her 

goal of becoming an attorney 

and why. The students also 

discussed a recent civil case 

involving a large window falling 

from an Indiana University 

dorm onto a student. The government 

class students analyzed 

the right to a jury trial. 

Judge Cleary encourages 

all citizens to organize and 

support programs and schools 

that honor and celebrate the 

Constitution. James Madison 

boldly stated, “A wellinstructed 

people alone can be 

permanently a free people.” 

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Ritzi Jewelers. I have been 

asked if the name was a takeoff 

on the word “ritzy”, but 

while that would be appropriate 

it is untrue. It is the last 

name of the founders of the 

establishment. I remember the 

two brothers, who I thought 

were old men when we were 

kids, Joe and Mike Ritzi. If I 

remember correctly the two 

brothers did not get along 

well and were not speaking to 

each other. Joe was a registered 

optometrist who worked 

in the front of the store, and 

Mike was the clockmaker 

working in the back. I never 

tired of looking at the sparkling 

jewelry, crystal, and 

clocks that lined the shelves 

and inside the glass cases. I 

remember going with my dad 

to get his glasses there. Mr. 

Ritzi seemed quite capable, 

fiddling with the dials on the 

side of the optical machine. I 

thought the machine looked 

ancient! Dad loved to brush 

up on his German by talking 

to one of the brothers. 

The building itself is a 

thing of beauty. At a full three 

stories tall, it is the closest 

thing Brookville has to a skyscraper. 

The front is topped by 

an ornate piece of brickwork, 

centered by what appears to 

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Lovely glasswork decorates 

the show window and area 

above the door. I don’t know 

if the building needed any restoration, 

but a new sign with 

the Ritzi logo has appeared 

high above the front window. 

It is so tasteful and in tune 

with the store’s long history. 

The style is reminiscent of 

the tall clock that stood on the 

sidewalk in front of Ritzi’s 

years ago. 

Numerous other buildings 

in our town are living new 

lives but with interesting 

histories. Reviewing their 

pasts can stir many a sleeping 

memory. Somehow, I think 

that is what a town’s changes 

should be about. Perhaps we 

should discard what is truly 

beyond saving and preserve 

the historic and those with 

stories to tell. How much 

those memories mean to us 

now. Maybe we should appreciate 

the good life in our small 

town and pass it on. 

Editor’s Note: Mary Alice 

Helms is so kind to share her 

wit, wisdom, and memories 

with The BEACON. We welcome 

her back with open arms 

and eagerly look forward to 

all that she passes on to us in 

the future! 

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Prescription Drug “Donut Hole” going away in 2025 

By Matthew Hatoway 

The Inflation Reduction 

Act signed into law in 2023 is 

going to begin to implement 

significant changes to Part D 

Prescription Drug plans for 

2025. The law creates sweeping 

changes in many healthcare-related 

plans and many 

other industries. You can read 

about the full extent of the law 

on The White House’s website 

at thewhitehouse.gov. 

This year will be more 

important than ever to review 

your Part D Prescription Drug 

Plan coverage and benefits. 

The plan structure is a major 

change. In 2024 a Part D Prescription 

Drug plan had four 

distinct stages with an $8,000 

out-of-pocket maximum calculated 

in the first three stages. 

Deductible- Plan member 

pays full cost of drugs until 

you reach the deductible 

amount 

Initial Coverage- Plan member 

pays a copay or coinsurance 

and the plan pays the 

rest of the cost for Medicarecovered 

prescription drugs 

Gap (Donut Hole)- Once the 

plan and the plan member pay 

certain amount for covered 

drugs a temporary limit is 

placed on drug costs by the 

plan. 

Catastrophic- Plan member 

no longer pays anything 

for Medicare-covered Part D 

drugs for the rest of the plan 

year. 

In 2025 the plan structure 

will now be three stages with a 

$2,000 out-of-pocket maximum. 

Deductible- Plan member 

pays full cost of drugs until 

you reach the deductible. May 

be increased in 2025 versus 

what the plan member paid in 

2024. 

Initial Coverage- Plan member 

pays a copay or coinsurance 

and the plan pays the rest 

of the cost for Medicare-covered 

prescription drugs until 

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the plan member reaches the 

$2,000 out-of-pocket maximum. 

Catastrophic- Plan member 

no longer pays anything 

for Medicare-covered Part D 

drugs for the rest of the year. 

Plan members will receive 

plan details soon. The Summary 

of Benefits will spell out 

the changes to their plan and 

new premium requirements. 

Early indications are that Part 

D Prescription plans for 2025 

will see significantly increased 

monthly premiums due to 

the changes. Many carriers 

have also decided to simplify 

their Part D Plan offerings. 

Ultimately the law aimed to 

create more benefits and lower 

out-of-pocket costs for many 

members of Medicare. However, 

it will be important for 

Medicare plan members to review 

their new benefits moving 

forward for 2025. Their 

plan may be very different in 

2025 than it was in 2024. 

A plan member can become 

more educated on the details 

of the law and how it affects 

Medicare in 2025 at medicare. 

gov. Medicare.gov can provide 

information on different 

plans available in your area as 

well. Talking with a certified 

Medicare agent would also be 

a great way to learn all of the 

different Medicare products 

available to plan members. 

Original Medicare, Medicare 

Supplement Plans, Prescription 

Part D Plans, and Medicare 

Advantage Plans are all 

products that can help cover 

an individual’s healthcare 

costs. How those plans interact 

can determine an individual’s 

out-of-pocket costs. Do your 

research or talk to an agent. 

Matthew Hatoway is a 

second-generation agency 

owner. Matthew owns Mansfield 

Insurance Agency in 

Lawrenceburg. Mansfield 

Insurance Agency continues to 

provide best-in-class options 

for their clients’ healthcare, 

life, property, and liability 

insurance needs. 


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Deb Lischkge, US Rep. Erin 

Houchins, Lori (Lischkge) 

Parker, Robert Lischkge, 

Lana Lischkge 

By 

Christina 

Swafford 

Community 

Correspondent 

E.G. McLaughlin, James Kittle, Amanda Corsmeier, Mark 

Sams, Jason Rawe, Fred McCarter, Sarah Siegrist, cswaffordbeacon@aol.com 

William 

Ritzmann, Jerry Hacker, Robert Ewbank. 

Area Bank Supports St Elizabeth 

Dearborn Cancer Center 

The Civista Charitable Foundation awarded a grant 

totaling $50,000 over a five-year period to the new St. 

Elizabeth Cancer Center in Greendale, IN. The Civista 

Charitable Foundation was founded as the United Community 

Bank Charitable Foundation in 2006. When Civista 

Bank merged with United Community bank in 2018, the 

Foundation became the Civista Charitable Foundation and 

kept its mission to keep the focus specifically on Dearborn, 

Ripley, and surrounding counties. The Civista Charitable 

Foundation has reinvested well over a $1,000,000.00 into 

Southeastern Indiana. 

Lischkge Motors 

Honored By 

US House of 

Representatives 

Representative Erin 

Houchin (IN-09) honored 

Lischkge Motors on the floor 

of the United States House 

of Representatives for one 

hundred years of service. The 

following is an excerpt of 

Rep. Houchin’s presentation: 

“I rise today to recognize 

the remarkable Milestone of 

Lischkge Motors 100 Years of 

business in Aurora Indiana. 

If you’ve ever driven along 

US 50, you’ve likely seen 

the iconic one-hundred-foottall 

Round Barn, the largest 

of its kind in the state. This 

impressive structure, built in 

1901, took Clayton Lischkge 

two years to convert into a 

thriving business space, an 

achievement that amazed 

professional engineers and 

silenced his critics. 

Mr. Lischkge’s journey 

reflects the spirit of that very 

barn, defying the odds and 

exceeding all expectations. 

Starting out as an apprentice 

mechanic, earning little to no 

pay in exchange for learning 

the trade, he opened his 

own shop in June of 1924. 

His sheer determination kept 

the doors of Lischkge Motors 

open through the Great 

Depression, and his resilience 

carried the business through 

four devastating floods 

including the infamous 1937 

flood that reached the second 

floor of the shop. 

In 1964 Lischkge Motors 

found its new home at the 

Round Barn, a symbol of the 

family’s resilience and adaptability. 

Today they hold the 

title of the oldest Mac Truck 

distributor in the world, and 

their impact on the Aurora 

community is immeasurable. 

As we celebrate a century 

of Lischkge Motors, I stand 

here today to congratulate 

the Lischkge family on this 

tremendous achievement 

and thank them for being an 

invaluable part of our community.” 

By 

Howard 

Hewitt 

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that may seem difficult at first glance, 

but actually it is not as hard as it looks! 

Fill a number in to every cell in the grid, 

using the numbers 1 to 9. 

You can only use each number once in each row, each 

column, and in each of the 3×3 boxes. 

The solution can be found on our website www. 

goBEACONnews.com/print_edition. Click on the link 

for Print Edition / Sudoku 

and view the solution for this month and last. 

Good luck and have fun! 

From A Dog’s Point of View 

Nico 

By Nico and Tammy Turner 

Howdy! My name is Nico. 

I am a very intelligent fouryear-old 

American Bully. 

Now don’t be fooled by the 

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breed, because I am the total 

opposite of a bully. Some 

may even say I’m like a big 

teddy bear. When I came into 

the shelter, I wasn’t feeling 

very well, so they took me 

to the vet only to find out I 

was heartworm positive. My 

friends here took very good 

care of me during my treatment, 

and I got to go stay 

with a nice family while I was 

recovering. I even discovered 

that I even like cats! Who 

would have thought? I am 

all better now and just waiting 

for another nice family to 

adopt me. 

Do you know that Halloween 

is slowly approaching? 

I can’t wait! The kennel 

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workers have been taking 

some pics of some of us in 

costumes. I’m not sure what 

I want to dress up like yet. If 

I get adopted before Halloween, 

I know some really good 

safety tips that I can share 

with my family to keep me 

safe during that time. I guess 

I can go ahead and share them 

with you for your furbabies. 

1.Keep your pets away from 

the door during trick or treat 

is best, just because some of 

them can get scared. 

2. Keep your pets indoors. 

3. The big and really important 

one is to make sure your 

pet is microchipped. You can 

The 2023 pay 2024 Fall Property Tax Bills are due Tuesday, November 12 th , 2024. If you are responsible 

for paying property tax and did not receive your statement(s) in the spring, please contact our office at 

812-537-8811. You may also visit website www.lowtaxinfo.com for tax information, print your bill and 

pay taxes from this website; or you may use the county’s website www.dearborncounty.org to get 

information and pay your taxes; as well as other useful information about other county departments. 

As a reminder November 5 th , 2024 is Election Day and November 11 th , 2024 is Veterans Day and our 

office will be closed. 

You may pay your taxes in one of the following ways: 

In person at the Treasurer’s Office Monday -Friday 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

My mail, postmarked by November 12 th , 2024 to Dearborn County Treasurer Office, 165 Mary St. 

Lawrenceburg, In 47025. Please enclosed a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your 

receipt returned. 

After office hours by using our “GREEN DROP BOX” outside the Main entrance of the County 

Administration Building by November 12 th , 2024. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE CASH!! 

By credit card by visiting website www.lowtaxinfo.com, to View, Print your bill and Pay your taxes!!! Or 

by visiting the county website www.dearborncounty.org. Go to “Treasurer’s Page” under “Taxes” select 

“Property Tax Payment Options” under “Topics of Interest”. 

If you have any questions, please contact our office by calling 812-537-8811, or by email 

bscherzinger@dearborncounty.in.gov as soon as possible to resolve any issues there might be. 

Thank You, 

Barbara J. Scherzinger 

Dearborn County Treasurer 

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By 

Melanie 

Alexander 

and Maria 

Lowry 

Someone once told me that, 

By 

as you age, time Maxine seems to pass 

by more quickly Klump because the 

brain has more memories to 

store. Perhaps Community in one respect 

Correspondent 

that seems logical. Certainly, 

this year seems to be rushing 

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by, especially as I realize that 

the publication schedule calls 

for me to share Thanksgiving 

recipes in this upcoming issue. 

I’ve chosen two long-time 

favorite appetizer/snack 

recipes that look as though 

you’ve spent long hours in 

the kitchen but which are 

quick to prepare. Both can be 

prepared ahead of time for 

gatherings that call for bringing 

something to share. I also 

share a wonderful bar cookie 

recipe with a title that is very 

descriptive. 

Shrimp Tarts 

These tarts are baked in a 

mini-muffin tin and use frozen 

phyllo shells (found in the frozen 

foods section in the bread 

category). Some supermarkets 

also carry these mini shells 

in the bakery/bread section. 

You may use either canned 

shrimp (drained) or fresh 

cooked shrimp (chopped) in 

this recipe. 

36 mini phyllo shells 

3 oz. cream cheese 

2 Tablespoons chili sauce 

2 Tablespoons mayonnaise 

1 Tablespoon horseradish 

1 egg, beaten 

4 oz. shrimp, chopped 

¼ cup minced green onion 

(include green tops) 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Beat cream cheese 

until smooth. Add chili sauce, 

mayonnaise, horseradish, 

and egg until smooth. Fold in 

shrimp and onion. Spoon 1-2 

teaspoons in each cup. Bake 

for 10 minutes or until the filling 

is set. 

Bacon Cheese Ball 

I haven’t made this treat in 

some time, although it is an 

Alexander family favorite. I 

hereby vow to make it during 

the upcoming holiday season. 

The recipe was a must during 

the days when we gathered 

with friends to cheer the 

Bengals. 

8 oz. cream cheese, softened 

to room temperature 

3 oz. cream cheese, softened 

to room temperature 

½ pound bacon-fry until crisp 

and crumbled when cooled 

get that done at your vet, or 

call the shelter and set up an 

appointment and they can do 

it there. 

4. If you are going to dress 

up your pet, make sure the 

costume does not have anything 

on it that they can reach 

and chew on and swallow. 

Watch for signs of anxiety. 

5. Keep candy and treats 

away from your furbabies. 

Chocolate is toxic to dogs 

and sugary candy can cause 

pancreatitis. 

6. If you are going to take 


½ teaspoon garlic powder 

½ teaspoon onion powder 

1 teaspoon Worcestershire 

sauce 

8 oz. grated cheddar cheese 

½ teaspoon horseradish sauce 

Combine 8 oz. cream 

cheese, cheddar, and seasonings 

along with ½ of bacon 

crumbles. Chill until stiff 

enough to shape into a ball. 

Place in freezer until set. 

Whip 3 oz. cream cheese with 

horseradish. Frost the ball of 

cheese and press the remaining 

bacon crumbles evenly 

over the ball. Serve with 

crackers. 

Almost Candy Bars 

½ cup chilled butter 

1 pkg.Devil’s Food cake mix 

1 cup butterscotch chips 

1 cup chocolate chips 

1 cup flaked coconut 

1 cup chopped nuts 

1 can condensed milk 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. 

In a large bowl, cut butter 

into cake mix with a fork or 

pastry blender until crumbly. 

Sprinkle evenly over the bottom 

of the ungreased 10x15- 

inch baking pan. Gently press. 

Sprinkle with both flavors of 

chips, coconut, and nuts. Pour 

milk evenly over the ingredients. 

Bake for 20-30 minutes. 

Cool completely before cutting 

into squares. 

your pets out after dark, make 

sure they are leashed and have 

on reflective gear, such as collars 

or vests. 

If you are a responsible 

pet owner, you know to just 

keep a close eye on your pets. 

Maybe keep a special treat 

ready for them. I mean it is 

trick-or-treat, and we do love 

our treats. 

Stop by the shelter and meet 

me (and bring a treat please). 

Stay safe and take care of 

your furry family members. 

Xoxo, Nico


Credit/Insurance Score 

Impact on the 

Cost of Living 

By Alan Thorup 

In an article I wrote about 

a year ago, I noted the 

importance of a good credit 

score in minimizing costs 

to consumers for multiple 

items that are part of a 

person’s or family’s normal 

budget. These included; 

mortgage loans, consumer 

loans (including auto), rent, 

and insurance. With regard 

to insurance, the average 

annual cost of full coverage 

on a car nationally is up 

over 20% in the last year 

according to the Insurance 

Information Institute, and 

anything a consumer can 

do to keep their rates down 

helps in saving money for 

other needs or to put in the 

bank. 

One of the ways that the 

cost of your car and other 

insurance can be impacted 

is by a person’s credit/ 

insurance score as insurance 

companies use this 

score to assess the likelihood 

of someone filing a 

claim. Through research 

studies, insurance companies 

have found that 

people with lower credit/ 

insurance scores tend to 

file more claims than those 

with higher scores. As such, 

insurance companies may 

associate higher risk with 

lower scores, with an additional 

cost added in to make 

up for the risk. 

As an example, the dollar 

differences in some cases 

can be substantial. Bankrate 

recently showed that where 

an average score cost for 

auto insurance would be 

$2,543 annually, an excellent 

credit score would cost 

$1,988, and a poor credit 

score would cost $4,261 

annually. The difference 

between bad and excellent 

scores in this example is 

$2,273, or 114%! 

Items impacting your 

credit/insurance score 

include paying your bills 

in a timely manner, credit 

utilization (amount outstanding/amount 

available 

to use), the length of credit 

history, the types of credit, 

and the recent issuance of 

new credit. 

Finally, beyond a credit/ 

insurance score, another 

way to potentially save on 

auto insurance is if you 

have experienced a change 

in your life such as retirement 

or now starting to 

work from home that reduces 

your driving. Contact 

your insurer if this happens 

and you may be able to get 

your rate for that insurance 

lowered. 

Goldfinch, an American Beauty! 

By Richard Stoll 

The American Goldfinch 

is a beautiful small North 

American bird in the finch 

family. A migratory bird, ranging 

from mid-Alberta to North 

Carolina during the breeding 

season, and from the south 

Canada-United States border 

to Mexico during the winter. 

During the spring molt, it 

sheds all but the wing and 

tail feathers, which are dark 

brown in the female and black 

in the male. The body of the 

male is a brilliant yellow once 

the spring molt is complete. 

The male’s spectacular summer 

plumage is needed to 

attract a mate. It also has a jetblack 

cap and a white rump 

that’s visible during flight. 

The female is mostly brown 

with a yellow bib. After the 

autumn molt, the plumage is 

almost identical in both sexes. 

In the summer it’s quite a 

sight seeing the male American 

Goldfinch flying over a 

field flashing golden yellow 

in the sun, undulating up and 

REMC Awards Operation RoundUp Grants 

Southeastern Indiana 

REMC has awarded a total 

of $54,550 in grants to local 

non-profit organizations. 

Operation RoundUp is a 

voluntary program where 

cooperative members round 

up their monthly electric bills 

to the nearest dollar. These 

down in flight, and singing 

that sounds like po-ta-to-chip! 

The American Goldfinch is 

a late nester, starting to nest 

from late July to September, 

when most other songbirds 

are winding down breeding 

activity. This timing coincides 

with the abundance of seeds 

which is their main food 

source including seeds from 

wildflowers such as sunflowers, 

coneflowers, asters, thistle, 

and grasses, and elm, and 

some insects. The American 

Goldfinch has dexterous legs 

and feet allowing it to easily 

move up and down plant 

stems and hang from seedheads 

while feeding. American 

Goldfinches are “cowbirdproof.” 

When Brown-headed 

Cowbirds parasitize their 

nests, any cowbird chicks that 

hatch usually die of starvation, 

since the goldfinch hosts 

feed regurgitated seeds to 

their young — a diet that fails 

to meet a cowbird’s nutritional 

requirements. 

The American Goldfinch 

small contributions are pooled 

together to make a significant 

impact in the community, 

funding projects that enhance 

the quality of life for residents 

in the REMC service area. 

Grant recipients for the first 

grant cycle of 2024 include 

Dearborn County CASA 

Dearborn County Soil and Water 

Heart House Inc. 

Pregnancy Care Center of SE IN 

Bright Lions Club 

North Dearborn Pantry 

Big Oaks Conservation Society 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of 

Southeast IN 

Ohio County Historical Society 

Ohio County Community Schools 

Rising Sun – Ohio County 

Park Board 

Morris Volunteer Fire Dept 

A Goldfinch (Photo by Dan 

Davidson) 

prefers open country such as 

weedy fields and meadows, 

open floodplains, and other 

overgrown areas but are also 

common in suburbs, parks, 

and backyards. To help sustain 

the American Goldfinch, 

consider planting a diversity 

of wildflowers for them to 

thrive and in your bird feeders 

don’t forget their preferred 

thistle and sunflower seed. 

Richard Stoll is a Board 

member of Oak Heritage Conservancy. 

For more information 

about Oak Heritage, visit 

OakHeritageConservancy.org 

Ripley County Historical Society 

Lifetime Resources DBA 

Catch A Ride 

Laughery Valley Fish and Game 

Protective Association 

Ripley Crossing 

Batesville Memorial Library 

Versailles Church of Christ 

Oldenburg Academy Girls 

Basketball 

Friends of Batesville 

Memorial Public Library 

Batesville Fire Department 

Since its inception in 2015, 

the Operation RoundUp 

program has contributed 

$930,831.69 to local causes. 

For more information about 

Southeastern Indiana REMC 

and the Operation RoundUp 

program, visit https://www. 

seiremc.com/operationroundup 

Thunderbolt Firearms 

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Bright, IN 47025 

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www.thunderboltfirearms.com 

#1 Gun Shop in Bright 

Now offering Body Armor Packages. Including 

Level III, IIIA, III+ Steel, and Level IV 

Ceramic plate. Soft Armor also available. 

Bringing Our Nation Together 

By Linda Hutchinson 

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln 

warned the nation in 

his “House Divided” speech 

that a country torn by division 

could not stand. While 

his words were aimed at the 

growing chasm over slavery, 

they ring eerily true in 

America today. Division 

has seeped into nearly every 

aspect of society—politics, 

religion, economics, education, 

and even journalism. 

The result has been not only 

a deep divide in our nation 

but also the demise of civility. 

The freedom of speech 

and “agreeing to disagree” 

used to be a part of what 

made America’s democracy 

so special, but as our nation 

becomes more polarized, 

differences of opinion now 

often trigger name-calling 

and personal attacks. 

In past generations, people 

could engage in debate while 

still maintaining respect 

for one another. Today, the 

opposite often holds true. 

Disagreement, particularly 

in the political sphere, leads 

to outright hostility. Entire 

groups of people are being 

vilified based on their 

beliefs. The rise of social 

media has only amplified this 

trend, making it easier for 

individuals to hide behind 

screens and engage in hateful 

speech. 

At the heart of the issue is 

a misunderstanding about respect. 

Many believe respect 

must be earned and that it 

is only owed to those with 

whom we agree. However, 

respect is a fundamental 

principle of human interaction 

and the moral fabric of 

a civilized nation. It is not 

about endorsing someone’s 

actions or beliefs but about 

recognizing the inherent 

worth of every individual. 

The phrase “love the sinner, 

hate the sin” reflects the 

idea that we can separate a 

person from their actions. 

However, in today’s society, 

this distinction is often lost. 

People who engage in behavior 

or hold beliefs contrary 

to our own are often seen 

as “less than”. This dangerous 

mindset erodes the 

foundation of mutual respect 

necessary for a functioning 

society. 

In recent years, slogans 

like “celebrate diversity” 

have gained popularity. 

While well-intentioned, the 

emphasis on differences 

has only deepened division. 

What if we focused on a different 

mindset: “Celebrate 

similarity, respect diversity.” 

By celebrating what unites 

us while still respecting differences, 

society can begin to 

rebuild the civility that has 

been lost. That’s what I love 

so much about the Bright 

Beacon. It focuses on and 

celebrates what we have in 

common as a community. 

We need more of that in our 

country today. 

As Election Day approaches, 

let’s remember Lincoln’s 

timeless words, “A nation 

divided against itself cannot 

stand”. Let’s face it, civility 

is not merely an idealistic 

dream but a crucial necessity 

for the health of our country 

and the survival of democracy. 

Here are practical steps 

we can take today to rebuild 

civility in our homes and 

communities, fostering healing 

and unity as a nation: 

1. Lead by example: Demonstrate 

respectful behavior 

in your interactions, even 

with those who hold differing 

opinions. Model civility for 

your children and encourage 

it with family and friends. 

2. Listen actively: Pay attention 

when others speak, 

seeking to understand their 

perspectives rather than waiting 

to respond or argue. 

3. Speak thoughtfully: 

Choose your words carefully, 

avoiding insults or inflammatory 

language. Aim to engage 

in constructive dialogue. 

4. Practice empathy: Put 

yourself in others’ shoes and 

try to understand their feelings 

and viewpoints, even if 

you don’t agree with them. 

5. Find similarities: Identify 

shared values or goals 

when engaging in discussions, 

rather than solely 

emphasizing differences. 

6. Disagree respectfully: 

It’s okay to have differing 

opinions, but ensure that 

your disagreement is focused 

on ideas, not personal attacks. 

7. Get involved and stay 

informed: Engage in local 

events or initiatives that 

bring people together, encouraging 

collaboration and 

understanding. Educate yourself 

on issues from multiple 

perspectives to avoid spreading 

misinformation. 

8. Exercise your right to 

vote: Participate in elections 

thoughtfully and responsibly. 

Voting is a powerful way to 

engage with your community 

and shape the future, while 

also respecting the democratic 

process and diverse 

perspectives. 

Linda Hutchinson is the 

Executive Director of Rock 

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Conservative Republican 

Garrett Bascom 

Husband. Father. Lifelong Dearborn County Native. 

Former Deputy Attorney General. 

Devoted Republican Leader. 

As our next Republican State Representative, 

Garrett Bascom will: 

• Advocate for Mental Health 

• Apply a Fair Approach to Justice 

• Support Law Enforcement 

• Protect Our Family Values 

• Defend Our Gun Rights 

• Stand Up for Life 

• Promote Indiana’s Main Streets 

• Fight to Limit Government Waste 

PAID FOR BY GARRETT BASCOM FOR INDIANA, E.G. MCLAUGHLIN, TREASURER. 



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Editor’s Note: Nov. 11 is 

Veterans Day honoring all 

veterans of the United States 

armed forces. We thank you 

for your service and the sacrifices 

made to preserve our 

freedom. 

By PG Gentrup 

KENNETH RAYMOND 

“KR” BOOKER 

Kenneth “KR” Booker 

was born on Feb. 5, 1982, in 

Madison, Indiana to Charles 

KR Booker 

Raymond 

and Becky 

(Daugherty). 

His stepmom 

is Brenda 

“Shorty” 

Booker and 

his stepdad 

is Robert 

Graham. He 

has one 

brother, Kaleb Daniel Booker. 

KR Booker attended 

Switzerland County Schools 

and graduated from high 

school in 2000. He joined the 

United States Army and went 

to Airborne Training (Jump 

School) at Ft. Bragg, NC, 

S 

ALUTE 

TO THE MILITARY 

and to Ft. Lewis, Washington 

for Intelligence Training. As 

a proud member of the 82nd 

Airborne, he deployed to 

Afghanistan during Operation 

Enduring Freedom and to Iraq 

for Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

KR was killed in action at 

Diyala, Iraq on Nov. 14, 2007. 

As a Sergeant (E-5) he was 

awarded the National Defense 

Service Medal, two Army 

Commendation Medals, Army 

Good Conduct Medal, Army 

Achievement Medal, Bronze 

Star Medal, Iraqi Campaign 

Medal, Global War on Terrorism 

Medal, Expedition Army 

Medal, Army Service Ribbon, 

Overseas Service Ribbon, 

Combat Infantryman’s Badge 

(CIB), Expert Rifle Badge and 

the Purple Heart. 

KR was a member of the 

Stryker Brigade at Ft. Lewis, 

WA, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry 

Regiment, 4th Stryker 

Brigade Combat Team. He did 

three tours of duty in Iraq. 

Mr. Booker was married to 

his wife Betzaida at the time 

of his death. 

KR Booker is a True American 

Hero and because of those 

who answer the call to serve, 

we all have the opportunity 

to Live the American Dream. 

He faithfully served our great 

nation and lived by the words: 

Duty-Honor-Country. 

JERRY ALLEN GARBETT 

Jerry Garbett was born on 

May 31, 1947 to Helen and 

Jerry Garbett 

Carl Garbett. 

He had one 

brother, 

Tom, and 

two sisters, 

Carol 

(Caddell) 

and Marilyn 

(Hartman). 

Jerry graduated 

from 

Dixie Heights High School 

in 1965. He attended Eastern 

Kentucky University for one 

year studying Horticulture. 

Jerry entered the United 

States Army in Sept. 1966 

and was honorably discharged 

in July 1968. He took basic 

training at Ft. Lewis, Washington, 

and AIT at Ft. Polk, 

Louisiana. He was deployed 

to Vietnam with the 1st Air 

Cavalry and was stationed at 

Saigon and the An Loa Valley 

with Company C, 5th Battalion. 

He was a Sergeant (E-5) 

and was wounded by enemy 

fire and received a Purple 

Heart. He was also awarded 

the National Defense Service 

Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, 

Vietnam Campaign Medal, 

Army Good Conduct Medal, 

Vietnamese Gallantry Cross 

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Jerry married his high 

school sweetheart, Jannes 

Elizabeth (Manchikes). 

They were blessed with four 

wonderful daughters, fifteen 

grandchildren, and one greatgrandson. 

There are also three 

heavenly grandchildren. 

Jerry did electrical and assembly 

work for thirty years. 

Jerry still mows different 

cemeteries in Northern KY. 

Jerry was wounded twice 

while in Vietnam but never 

received his second Purple 

Heart. His first award was 

when he was wounded running 

through rocky terrain 

with his Sergeant and a bullet 

ricocheted and hit Jerry’s 

wrist. The sniper then tried to 

“finish him off” with a grenade. 

The rocks protected him 

but shrapnel hit near his sciatic 

nerve and he still carries 

some of that shrapnel. The 

second time he was wounded, 

a sniper hit him in the back 

with the bullet just missing 

his spine. One of his nurses 

told him he had survived because 

he had a “good heart”. 

Jerry is proud of his service 

and thanks those serving 

today. He is a True American 

Hero and a great American 

Patriot. 

JEROME “JERRY” 

McLAUGHLIN 

Jerry McLaughlin was born 

on Dec. 29, 1943, to Colin 

and Irene (McGraw). He had 

three sisters. 

Jerry graduated from North 

Vernon High School in 1962. 

He entered the United States 

Marine Corps on Mar. 15, 

1966, and took his training at 

Camp Pendleton, California. 

He deployed to Vietnam for a 

thirteen-month Tour of Duty 

where he served as a Corporal 

(E-4) as a 0311 Rifleman. He 

served with the 1st Marines 

at Da Nang, South Vietnam 

where he was wounded in 

Jerry McLaughlin 

action by 

shrapnel 

from a 

grenade. He 

was awarded 

the National 

Defense 

Service 

Medal, 

Vietnam 

Service 

Medal, Vietnam Campaign 

Medal, Vietnamese Gallantry 

Cross with Palm, Marine 

Corps Good Conduct Medal, 

Combat Action Ribbon, Purple 

Heart, Expert Badge for the 

M-16 and M-14. He was 

discharged on Mar. 14, 1968. 

Jerry was married to his 

wife, Mercy, for thirty-three 

years until he passed away 

on Dec. 11, 2023. They have 

three sons, nine grandchildren, 

and three great-grandchildren. 

Jerry & Mercy owned and 

operated the Aurora Dairy 

Queen for twenty-six years, 

and it was in the family for 

sixty-five years. He liked 

horse racing and his cats. 

Jerry was proud of his 

service in the USMC. He 

lived by the words of Duty- 

Honor-Country and also by 

the Marine Corps motto of 

Semper Fi (Always Faithful). 

He loved his family and 

country above all. 

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November 2024 THE BEACON Page 1B 

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BEACON 

PORTS 

SCENE 

By 

Chris Jack 

Nobbe 

Zoller 

beaconsports 

@live.com 

sports@goBEACONnews.com 

Bulldog Gridders 

Setting Records 

Batesville High School 

Football is having a strong 

season thus far. The team is 

ranked #4, #5, or #9 in 3A 

football rankings for the state. 

They have a solid group of 

talented players who are contributing 

to a fine season for 

Head Coach By Evan Ulery. 

In addition Maxine to the team’s 

success enjoyed Klump to this point, 

the early 

Community 

part of the season 

has provided Correspondent great individual 

moments for the team as three 

Bulldogs have broken career 

maxineklump.thebeacon@yahoo.com 

and game records already. 

Seniors Gage Pohlman, Will 

Jaisle, and Damien Dance 

have each notched marks 

within the annals of Bulldog 

Football history. 

During the third game of 

the season for the Bulldogs, a 

home victory over the South 

Dearborn Knights, Pohlman 

surpassed Jeremy Cook with a 

155-yard performance that left 

him just shy of 3,000 for his 

career. Cook, a 2008 graduate 

of the Bulldogs playing under 

 

 

 

Rowan Pies, EC junior. 

(Photo courtesy of EC 

Athletics) 

Eric Heppner, had a previous 

mark of 2,925 career yards. 

Pohlman would finish the 

game with 2,952 yards and 

the all-time record. The next 

game for the Bulldogs against 

Rushville would have Pohlman 

breaking the 3,000-yard 

mark with a 51-yard performance 

to end with 3,003 

yards and then another 78 

against East Central to sit at 

3,081 through five games. 

The Rushville game would 

also be a night for other records 

to fall for the Bulldogs 

during their takedown of the 

Lions. On this night, the passing 

attack would be featured 

with Will Jaisle and Damien 

Dance. 

Jaisle, a baseball commit 

to the University of Notre 

Dame, etched his name in a 

few places among those in 

the record book. As a junior, 

he already claimed the record 

for most touchdown passes 

in a season with 29, surpassing 

Trey Heidlage’s previous 

 

 

Batesville’s Ava South and 

senior Addy Weiler. (Photo 

courtesy of EC Athletics) 

mark of 21 set in 2018. 

During the win over the Lions, 

Jaisle completed 12 of 18 

for 362 yards and a record 6 

touchdown passes in a single 

game. This surpassed Melvin 

Siefert’s five-touchdown 

game against Milan dating 

back to 1979. As some may 

recall, Siefert was a standout, 

all-state athlete who would 

later lead the Batesville basketball 

program to 262 wins 

over his career as head coach. 

With each passing touchdown 

that Jaisle throws yet 

this season, he will only add 

to his record he now owns 

of career touchdown passes. 

After five games this season, 

he sits at 56. 

Jaisle would not be the 

only record breaker on the 

night. The recipient of many 

of those passes was senior 

Damien Dance. He amassed 

270 receiving yards for the 

game to break the 2018 single-game 

record set by Austin 

Siefert of 218 yards. 

Dance, a standout wrestler 

for the Bulldogs, is a strong 

defensive presence on the 

gridiron and has also stepped 

into a larger role for the offense 

with the loss of senior 

Cade Kaiser for the year due 

to injury. 

The defending EIAC and 

sectional champion Bulldogs 

will look to win another conference 

and postseason title 

with these record-setters. As 

The Batesville Lady Linksters captured the title as well as 

claiming all five individual All-County designations. (Photo 

courtesy of Batesville Golf Team) 

was mentioned by Gage Pohlman 

in a radio interview after 

his record night, these players 

realize that individual success 

is a byproduct of the entire 

team and all who contribute 

to the program. This humility 

and recognition of others will 

be an approach to serve them 

well throughout the season 

and in life. 

Area HS Girls’ Golf 

Swings Well All Season 

The girls’ golf season usually 

begins before the school 

year in Indiana. The season 

has again gone well for several 

area girls playing consistent 

golf right from the start. East 

Central junior Rowan Pies, 

and Batesville senior Addy 

Weiler, and Ava South have 

consistently been atop leaderboards 

all season. The Batesville 

Bulldogs, ranked #9 in 

the state, hope to get back to 

the state finals again as a team 

just as they did in 2022. 

Pies was a medalist at the 

Richmond Invitational. Weiler 

was runner-up. The Lady Bulldogs 

won the invitational, and 

the Lady Trojans were fifth. 

The Batesville Lady Bulldogs 

claimed a tournament title 

at the Union County Invitational 

with a score of 325. Weiler 

was a medalist, with South 

a stroke behind for runner-up. 

The Lady Trojans would finish 

fourth with 419, while Franklin 

County was sixth at 436. 

The Lady Bulldogs then 

went on to claim the New 

Albany Invitational title. 

This time South would be the 

medalist, and Weiler tied for 

runner-up. The Lady Bulldogs 

shot 326 while East Central 

finished fifth. 

EIAC contested at Hidden 

Valley Golf Club. Pies of East 

Central would claim the medalist 

honors and EIAC MVP. 

South was one shot off at 70, 

and Addy Weiler was third. 

The EIAC recognizes the top 

twelve as all-conference, and 

the Bulldogs again put all five 

linksters on that team. All- 

EIAC from 4-12 were Ahern 

(84), Kahlen Adams (GB-86), 

Gallagher (89), Chloe Stewart 

(EC-89), Annie Hoff (FC- 

94), Emma Tressler (RU-94), 

Paige Havlin (EC-95), Abby 

Keal (CO-96), and Saner (97). 

The Bulldogs would claim 

their fifth straight sectional 

title at the IHSAA Sectional 

with a team score of 313 to 

runner-up East Central at 357. 

Batesville’s sectional 

scores were South (71), 

Weiler (76), Gallagher (82), 

Ahern (84), and Saner (93). 

East Central’s scores were 

Pies (69), Havlin (90), Stewart 

(94), Alyssa Riehle (104), 

and Alison Griffin (104). 

The State Finals are upon 

them, and we hope these impressive 

seasons end well for 

both teams and individuals at 

the state level. 

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Bill Wells 

BRIGHT/ 

SUGAR RIDGE 

By 

Bob 

Waples 

Community 

Correspondent 

bright@goBEACONnews.com 

Roy Anderson 

O 

ur 

The annual Jack’s Forever 

3 Foundation marathon was 

held to remember/honor Jack 

Allan Carpenter. The foundation 

promotes driver awareness 

and helps those in need 

in our community. This year’s 

proceeds will support the 

Children’s Advocacy Center 

of Southeastern Indiana. 

Belated birthday wishes to 

Bill Wells ... enjoyed a nice 

party celebrating his 50++++ 

birthday given by daughter/ 

son-in-law Amanda and 

David Harper. Guess who is 

older….Bill or the car. 

Attention Veterans – mark 

your calendar for our annual 

Veteran’s Day Program at N. 

Dearborn Library on Nov. 

16, 2024, from 10 A.M. until 

noon. Dave Currence will be 

our speaker, and coffee and 

donuts will be provided. 

Scout Troop 693 will be 

hosting their craft show Saturday, 

Oct. 26 from 10 A.M.-2 

P.M. at Dearborn Hills Church 

(See ad on this page). 

The Bright Lions will be 

participating in the North Dearborn 

Elementary School Trunk 

or Treat on Friday, Oct. 25. 

My friend, Mona Scharff, 

recently took a cruise, along 

with her friend Mary Lou 

Hilbert, to England, Scotland, 

Ireland, and ending in 

Norway. They were able to go 

into Buckingham Palace and 

tour the palace….they said it 

was beautiful. 

Roy Anderson went on 

the Honor Flight on Sept. 17, 

2024. Roy served in the US 

Army right out of high school, 

during the Korean War from 

1952 to 1954. Both of Roy’s 

brothers and brothers-in-law 

served in the military. Roy’s 

older brother lost his life in 

WW11. Roy just celebrated his 

ninety-third birthday on Sept. 

8, 2024. I salute you Roy and 

thank you for your service. 

Enjoy our fall, and in closing, 

remember… ”The happiest 

people don’t necessarily 

have the best of everything…. 

they just make the best of 

everything” 

Communities 

OLDENBURG 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

oldenburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Silent but Powerful 

Many may know Tim Paul 

through his 50+ years in the 

grocery business in Ripley 

County and Oldenburg. The 

ever-jovial Hoosier’s life 

changed twenty-eight years 

ago when he and his former 

wife welcomed their son, 

David, who was born four 

months prematurely weighing 

less than two pounds and 

given a 10% chance at life. 

But David was a fighter! 

After four months in ICU followed 

by weeks in the hospital, 

David came home, only to return 

for surgeries and injections. 

At age two, he was diagnosed 

with Cerebral Palsy and his 

healthcare team noted he probably 

would never talk or walk 

on his own. But they didn’t 

know David’s determination. 

Tim shared, “David was fitted 

with leg and DAFO braces 

and even slept with them on 

to help straighten his legs. He 

began to defy the odds. With 

assistance, he was able to get 

up and walk and was making 

progress with his intellectual 

disability.” 

David became involved 

with Ripley, Ohio, and Dearborn 

County (ROD) Special 

Olympics. He learned bowling, 

and Tim became a coach 

so he could assist David. 

Tim added, “I’ve been 

hooked on Special Olympics 

ever since! David continued to 

get stronger and more balanced 

with his body. I just knew there 

was more he could do.” 

That’s when the father-andson 

team started working with 

a weight lifting friend, Jerrid 

LOGAN 

By 

Susan 

Carson 

Community 

Correspondent 

logan@goBEACONnews.com 

Eighteen-year-old Jacob 

Doll, a 2024 graduate from 

East Central High School 

joined the Marines during his 

senior year. He went to Boot 

Camp in June and graduated 

from there in August. His goal 

is to be in the Marine Band 

where he will be playing 

trombone. 

His twenty-one-year-old 

brother, Sam Doll, is serving 

as a radio operator on the 

West Coast and will finish his 

Tour of Duty next July. 

Be sure to stop by the North 

Dearborn Library’s gardens 

soon. The new colors will 

amaze you. 

David and Tim Paul 

McDonald, who was assisting 

high school kids at Milan. 

Tim explained, “Things just 

took off from there as I got 

back into lifting along with 

my son. Eventually, I contacted 

our Special Olympics 

county coordinator to become 

certified to coach a Power 

lifting team to compete at 

the Summer Games. The first 

year it was just my son and 

me. I’ve been coaching Power 

lifting for over ten years now 

and have coached some amazing 

athletes. Many had never 

lifted before, but they were 

ready for the Summer Games. 

So cool to witness the expressions 

on their faces and their 

families’ faces. Knowing what 

they have accomplished has 

made them better mentally 

and physically.” 

The proud father revealed, 

“That’s why I love doing what 

I do. To see one of your athletes 

dead lift over 500 lbs., 

bench press 260 lbs., or just 

hit their lifts knowing they did 

that all by themselves. No one 

else can lift it for you. That’s 

my reward! Sometimes you 

get lucky enough to even have 

one of your athletes make it 

to the USA Special Olympics 

Games. That is a life-changing 

experience and one you 

will never forget!” 

David is a ten-time consecutive 

state champion in his 

weight division at the Indiana 

Special Olympics Summer 

Games. In 2015 and 2024 Tim 

received Coach of the Year 

as awarded by ROD Special 

Olympics. Recently he and 

David competed together 

for the first time and both 

achieved the same two-lift total 

of 500 lbs. As Tim summarized, 

“Not bad for someone 

who was not supposed to walk 

or talk and a 65-year-old who 

is inspired by such an amazing 

young man. So blessed to have 

been on this journey together.” 

At age 65, Tim continues 

to work out with his son and 

shared, “I will continue my 

Special Olympic coaching 

even now that I am retiring.” 

Das ist alles von der ’Burg! 

Jacob Doll 

Sam Doll 

HIDDEN 

VALLEY LAKE 

By 

Bonnie Starks 

Community 

Correspondent 

hvl@goBEACONnews.com 

Fall has arrived! Schools 

have started up again, and we 

are looking forward to the 

seasonal activities. One word 

of caution, however. Be aware 

of our children while driving 

in the Valley. Please remind 

new drivers to be cautious 

since young children tend to 

just dart out between cars or 

off of buses, excited to get 

home. 

The Garden Club had its 

second Bunco Fund Raiser, 

another big success. The club 

needs these fund raisers to 

support the flower purchases 

to beautify our community. 

The event included an excellent 

lunch with a big selection 

of homemade foods, desserts, 

and drinks. Thirty baskets, 

door prizes, and game prizes 

were awarded. I try to attend 

every one of these functions 

as they are fun and neighbors 

get to know neighbors. 

The Civic Club, chaired by 

Kevin Grosse, planned a Fall 

Fest celebration for Oct. 12 

in the POA parking lot. There 

is something for everyone 

to enjoy. A Bengals Game is 

scheduled and Tailgating is 

encouraged. The Chili Cook- 

Off guarantees plenty of good 

food. Likewise, the children 

have a Haunted Hay Ride 

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ur 

Wilma Gardiner and Ruth 

Ann Little enjoyed Bunco. 

which they adore. What a 

good family function. 

Also of interest, one last 

blast is planned before the 

Holiday Season. The Civic 

Club is sponsoring an adult 

Halloween Party at the Hidden 

Valley Golf Club on Oct. 

19. All HVL residents and 

guests are welcome. Costumes 

could be really scary 

or sweet depending on your 

mood. There will be dancing 

and refreshments all night. 

Come join the fun before the 

mad rush of Christmas. 

Hidden Valley Fish and 

Game Club had fishing tournaments 

all summer. Starting 

in April and commencing in 

October, these sports enthusiasts 

enjoyed the challenge. 

The club also has senior 

tournaments for members 

aged fifty-plus. This group has 

one more competition at HVL 

Lake on Nov. 6, starting at 8 

A.M. and ending at 1 P.M. 

If you have news about 

Hidden Valley Lake and all 

that makes it special, contact 

me at hvl@goBEACONnews. 

com. 

Communities 

ST. LEON 

By 

Debbie A. 

Zimmer 

Community 

Correspondent 

stleon@goBEACONnews.com 

St. Joseph American Legion 

Post 464, St. Leon, will be 

hosting the Hoxworth Blood 

Drive on Nov. 6. To schedule 

your appointment, go online 

to www.hoxworth.org/groups/ 

indiana. Blood banks are desperately 

in need of donations. 

Thanks in advance for your 

donation. 

Roger Bischoff recently 

celebrated his sixtieth birthday 

with family and friends at 

a surprise party at the St. Leon 

Legion. A great time was had 

by everyone in attendance. 

Ray and Donna Hoog recently 

celebrated their fiftieth 

wedding anniversary and 

Ray’s seventy-fifth birthday 

with a gathering of family and 

friends at the St. Leon Legion. 

Delicious St. Leon Fried 

Chicken was served at both of 

these parties! 

Danielle (Callahan) and 

Robert Elwell’s son Theo 

Visit Southeast Indiana 

November 2024 

Ray and Donna Hoog 

was born with multiple 

defects. Theo is the grandson 

of Marissa and Greg 

Callahan. Every year in the 

United States, 1 in 33 babies 

is born with a congenital 

defect. At only nine months, 

Theo has undergone a total of 

five major surgeries and will 

inevitably need more as he 

grows. Danielle and Robert 

know firsthand the difficulties 

of learning to care for your 

child, but also balancing jobs, 

family time, hospital stays, 

and much more. The goal of 

the First Annual Theo’s Gift 

5K Run/Walk, Breakfast, and 

Basket Raffle is to alleviate 

some of the financial burden 

so families can better focus 

on the day-to-day care of their 

precious child. The event will 

be held on Oct. 19, 2024, at 

St. Joseph American Legion 

Post 464. The breakfast is 

Roger Bischoff 

a freewill offering open to 

runners, walkers, and everyone 

who enjoys the St. Leon 

Legion Pancake Breakfast. No 

registration is required. For 

more information visit: theosgift.org 

(See ad on page 3B) 

St. Leon will once again 

have their Historic Pole 

Raising on Saturday, Oct. 26, 

2024. A parade will be held 

starting at 1 P.M. followed by 

the raising of the pole. This is 

a time-honored tradition since 

1892 and is the only Pole- 

Raising event still held in the 

USA! Food will be available 

in town all day. Get in touch 

with me at stleon@go 

BEACONnews.com if you 

would like to have an entry in 

the parade. Come to St. Leon 

and spend the day. 

Happy fifty-sixth anniversary 

to my hubby “Ron” on 

Nov. 30. 

Perfect North Slopes Annual Sale & Swap 

Winter Wonderland Ice Rink 

Hillforest Victorian Christmas Exhibit 

October 3 - November 2 – Perfect North 

Slopes – ColorFall - 6pm. Th, Fr and Sat. 

Perfect North Slopes, 19074 Perfect Lane, 

Lawrenceburg, IN. Spectacular light displays 

and illuminated jack o’lanterns. Info: www. 

perfectnorth.com/colorfall/ or 812-537-3754. 

Select Dates in October – Live Music at 

Whiskey City’s Liberty Theater – 229 Walnut 

St., Lawrenceburg. 8pm. Enjoy original 

live music at this premier historic venue! 

Tickets and info: 859-250-2730 or www. 

whiskeycityslibertytheater.com/shows. 

November 1 & 2 – Perfect’s Annual Sale 

& Swap - Grab some new or gently-used 

equipment and pick up your season pass. 

Info: www.perfectnorth.com/colorfall/ or call 

812-537-3754. 

November 2 – The Bridgerton Dinner & 

Ball – Lawrenceburg Event Center, 91 Walnut 

Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. This Bridgertoninspired 

Ball will have live entertainment, 

food, drinks, dance lessons, and more! Info: 

https://www.thelawrenceburgeventcenter. 

com/entertainment. 

November 2 & 3 – Holtkamp Winery – Fall 

Haul - 12-5pm. Complimentary appetizers 

made with Holtkamp wines. Info: www. 

holtkampwinery.com. 

November 3 – North Dearborn Legion Post 

452 Auxillary Turkey Dinner - 25329 Legion 

Road, Sunman IN. 11-4pm. Holiday Craft 

Bazaar and Turkey Dinner. Info: 513-616- 

8754. 

November 5 - December 29 – Hillforest 

Victorian Christmas Exhibit - Experience the 

Christmas warmth & charm of the historic 

Gaff Mansion Info: www.hillforest.org. 

November 5, 12, 19, 26 – Dillsboro Arts in 

the Creator Space – music, writing & art. 

12926 Bank Street, Dillsboro, IN. 6-8pm. Info: 

info@dillsboroarts.org or . 

November 9 – Artifact ID at Archaeological 

Research Institute - 10am-2pm. 126 West 

High St., Lawrenceburg, IN. Info: 812-290- 

2966 or www.exploreARI.org. 

November 9 – Aurora Lions Club Pancake 

Breakfast - 7:00-11:00am - Proceeds benefit 

local Veterans projects. 228 Second Street, 

Aurora, IN. Info: . 

November 10 – January 6, 2025 – Winter 

Wonderland Ice Rink & Holiday Lights 

Display - Downtown Lawrenceburg. Info: 

www.thinklawrenceburg.com. 

November 15 – Main Street Aurora Get 

Wine(d) & Dine(d) - 5–9pm – Info: www. 

aurora.in.us. 

November 16 – Hillforest - A Very Merry 

Grinchmas Holiday Tea - 11am–1pm. 

Children and adults alike are invited. Info: 

www.hillforest.org or 812-926-0087. 

November 16 – Everclear and Buckcherry 

– Lawrenceburg Event Center - 8pm. www. 

ticketmaster.com 

November 16-17 – Rivertown Rumble 

Football Tournament – Teams from multiple 

states, including Lawrenceburg HS and 

South Dearborn HS will compete at this large 

event. Info: www.rivertownrumble.com or . 

November 17 – St. John Lutheran Church 

Thanksgiving Dinner - full Thanskgiving 

Dinner! 11:30am & 12:30pm. 222 Mechanic 

Street, Aurora, IN. 

November 17 – Christmas Craft Market 

- 10am-4pm. The Coachman Event Venue, 

215 Bridgeway Street, Aurora, IN. Info: . 

November 19 – Archaeological Research 

Institute - Happy Hour History: Speaker 

Series. 6:30pm at 126 W High Street, 

Lawrenceburg, IN. Info: www.exploreARI.org. 

November 21– Main Street Aurora Annual 

Meeting - 6pm. www.aurora.in.us 

November 22-24 – Lawrenceburg Event 

Center – Holiday Shopping Expo. Over 160 

vendors! 91 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, IN. 

Info: www.LawrenceburgShows.com. 

November 22-23 – Over the Moon 

Designers Market - Lawrenceburg 

Fairgrounds. US 50, Lawrenceburg, IN. Fri: 

4-9pm; Sat: 9am-4pm. Info: . 

November 27 – Pre-Turkey 5K - 5:30pm 

- Catholic Parishes in Dearborn County. 

Help us FEED the hungry. 110 Judiciary St; 

Gabbard Park, Aurora, IN. www./runsignup. 

com/Race/IN/Aurora/AuroraIndianaPreTurkey5K. 

November 29 – Making Greendale Bright 

– Holiday Kick Off Event at Greendale Cabin. 

Info: www.greendalemainstreet.com/events. 

November 29 – December 20 – Arts Alive! 

Art Fair & Gift Bazaar - 10am-4pm. Dearborn 

Highlands Arts Council, 331 Walnut Street, 

Lawrenceburg, IN. Marketplace featuring 

fine arts and crafts of all types. Info: www. 

DearbornHighlandsArts.org. 

November 29, 30 & December 1 – Casey’s 

Holiday Open House - Fri & Sat: 9am-5pm. 

/ Sun: 10am-4pm. Info: www.CaseysOutdoor. 

com/events. 

November 30 – Downtown Aurora – Small 

Business Saturday. www.aurora.in.us 

November 30 – Lawrenceburg Small 

Business Saturday - 10am-5pm in 

Downtown Lawrenceburg. Info: www. 

downtownlawrenceburg.com. 

Dearborn County 

Convention, Visitor and Tourism 

320 Walnut St. • Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 • 800-322-8198 

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BATESVILLE 

By 

Sue 

Siefert 

Community 

Correspondent 

batesville@goBEACONnews.com 

Carol Siebert, Big T’s Mother 

Carol Siebert is known by 

many as a Batesville native, 

business professional, political 

supporter, and most importantly 

a mother. Her world 

changed in 2016 when, after 

months of medical testing, 

her son Todd was diagnosed 

with Amyotrophic Lateral 

Sclerosis (ALS) – more commonly 

known as Lou Gehrig’s 

Disease at age 47. Todd and 

his wife Tina along with their 

daughters Stacey Grieshop 

and Mikayla Eckstein 

struggled to accept the reality 

that the once robust, biggerthan-life 

grain and hog farmer 

that the girls called dad and 

Tina wed for better or worse, 

sickness and in health, till 

death do we part - took on a 

whole new meaning. 

ALS is characterized by the 

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gradual degeneration of motor 

neurons, which are the nerve 

cells in the brain and spinal 

cord that control voluntary 

muscles, such as those involved 

in walking and talking. 

While the disease progresses 

differently for every patient, 

most people with ALS die 

from respiratory failure, typically 

within three to five years 

from the onset of symptoms. 

I asked Carol how she 

continued as Todd’s mother 

knowing he was fighting 

a battle with a devastating 

disease, “As a mother, I tried 

to spend much time with him, 

staying positive, supporting 

his family, and telling Todd 

that I loved him every day. 

Even harder watching your 

child struggle knowing there 

is nothing you can do about it 

– and to know he was leaving 

behind a family he loved.” 

After a vigilant years-long 

battle with family and friends 

by his side, Todd left this 

world for his eternal life in 

2021. Slowly, family and 

friends wiped their tears and 

began to seek a positive way 

to honor his legacy. 

Carol shared, “We knew 

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Todd would not want us 

grieving, but rather to create 

something positive from 

such a tragedy.” Motivated by 

Todd’s zest for life, friends 

and family founded the Todd 

Siebert Memorial Foundation, 

and in the words of 

chairperson Erin Eckerle, 

“Our charter is to carry on 

Todd’s legacy by working 

hard, having fun and helping 

where we can within 

our community.” Following 

several successful fundraising 

efforts including the “Big T’ 

Open”, in three short years 

the foundation has paid out 

over $100,000 to worthy 

causes such as Ball State’s 

Dr. Smaldino’s ALS Research 

Lab, Margaret Mary Health 

Foundation, Safe Passage, 

Batesville Parks, Southeast 

Indiana Health Center in addition 

to supporting many local 

charities’ fund raising efforts. 

Today the Todd Siebert 

Memorial Foundation functions 

as a 501 (C) (3) to help 

Indiana families impacted by 

a diagnosis of ALS through 

research, financial aid, and 

support. Giving to and helping 

the local community in 

memory of Todd Siebert. 

Carol added, “I think 

Todd would be very proud 

and pleased that family and 

friends loved him so much 

that they want to keep his 

legacy alive.” 

Albert Einstein once said, 

“In the middle of tragedy lies 

opportunity.” I think you’ll 

agree Todd’s family and 

friends have moved beyond 

their tragic loss to pursue an 

opportunity to help others 

while preserving his legacy. 

It’s what “Big T” would have 

wanted – and has served as a 

hug for his mother’s heart. 

That’s my story. 

DOVER 

By 

Rhonda 

Trabel 

Community 

Correspondent 

dover@goBEACONnews.com 


Some seniors of the winning EC team Mark Kirchgassner, 

Greg Matsey, Brant Trabel, Cheerleaders Tracey 

(Wilhelm) Cleary, Sharie Tiemann, Brian Hart, and Matt 

Rolfes. Still lookin’ good after thirty years! 

Linda Murtaugh with both 

the Centennial and Sesquicentennial 

awards. 

Jack Boyles 

East Central High School 

honored alumni from the 

1994 Class 4A State Football 

Championship Team on Aug. 

23 to celebrate the thirtieth 

anniversary. Members from 

that team were joined by 

cheerleaders, coaches Rod 

Ballart and John Roth, and 

the principal at that time, 

Jim Helms. The Trojans 

alumni had been undefeated 

(14-0) and achieved the first 

state title of East Central. 

Both of our sons were on 

the team which made it very 

exciting for my husband and 

me. 

The Hoosier Homestead 

Sesquicentennial Award was 

presented to the Murtaugh 

Family. This award is given 

to families who have owned 

farms with more than twenty 

acres for over one hundred 

fifty consecutive years. 

Accepting this award was 

Linda Murtaugh, her son 

Chris Murtaugh, daughters 

Barbara (Murtaugh) 

Lawhorn, and Susan (Murtaugh) 

Currence. The farm 

was established in 1855 by 

James Murtaugh. It was 

passed on to Charles and 

Lucinda Murtaugh, then to 

Jackie and Tom Murtaugh 

(Linda’s husband) and Audrey 

(Murtaugh) Schmeltzer. 

Jackie moved away, and 

Audrey passed away at an 

early age. The responsibility 

of the farm fell to Tom 

until his passing in 2009. 

Since then, neighbor Denny 

Gaynor has farmed the acreage 

for the family. Years ago 

beef cattle were raised, but 

now only corn and hay are 

raised. The Murtaugh farm 

was the first to sponsor the 

Greener Grasslands Tours 

that familiarized everyone 

with area farms and demonstrated 

how the farmers were 

seeding their waterways to 

prevent soil erosion in 1966. 

This program was sponsored 

by Dearborn County Soil & 

Water Conservation District. 

In an earlier column this 

spring, I wrote about a very 

ambitious gentleman who 

with the help of his father 

constructed the new fence 

around St John’s cemetery in 

Dover. I finally got to meet 

Jack Boyles and congratulate 

him on his awesome 

work after Mass on Sunday 

where he is an altar server. 

Jack is attending IVY Tech 

to study Architecture. He is 

the son of Dylan and Casey 

Boyles of Bright. Good luck 

in all your future endeavors 

Jack. 

Have a Happy Halloween. 

Hope the ghosts and goblins 

don’t get you!!! 

If you have some Dover 

news you would like to share, 

please email me at dover@ 


GREENDALE 

By 

Linda 

Cromer 

Community 

Correspondent 

greendale@goBEACONnews.com 

Your face at rest is a 

glimpse into one’s psyche. 

Sounds deep, huh? If 

that’s the case, I have a 

perpetual party going on 

‘cause my parents always 

claimed I came out of the 

womb smiling, and I’ve 

rarely stopped since. Could 

be considered aberrant 

behavior in some arenas, but 

Greendale has enough good 

things happening to keep us 

all grinning ear to ear. 

Two summer projects in our 

well-loved parks have been 

completed in grand style, and 

folks couldn’t wait to enjoy 

the improved amenities. 

Stop by the newly renovated 

walkway at Schnebelt Pond 

and settle in on one of the 

handsome new benches. 

John and Shawna Rolfes 

didn’t take much coaxing to 

christen a shiny and inviting 

seat before Jason Dell even 

finished tightening the bolts. 

Their verdict – comfy! Those 

benches and the recentlypaved 

pathway are just part 

of the picturesque scene that 

makes the park a favorite 

destination for pedestrian and 

bicycle traffic. 

The basketball courts at 

Greendale Park are in full 

The old water tower in New 

Alsace located behind St. 

Paul’s church. 

NEW ALSACE 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

newalsace@goBEACONnews.com 

The skyline of New Alsace 

changed when the old water 

tower that was located behind 

St. Paul’s church was 

removed. A newer water tower 

was constructed many years 

ago on the corner of North 

Dearborn and Ester Ridge 

Roads. While the old tower 

was still active, it was shut off 

a week before it was removed 

since it was no longer needed. 

Thanksgiving is right 

around the corner. If you’re 

like me, you’re anxiously 

awaiting a delicious turkey 

dinner. Dine-in or get a carry 

out dinner at the North Dearborn 

American Legion Auxiliary 

Post 452 annual holiday 

bazaar and turkey dinner on 

Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11 A.M.- 

4 P.M. or until sold out. Baked 

goods and crafts will also be 

available for purchase. (See ad 

on page 4A) 

The North Dearborn American 

Legion is hosting its 

monthly euchre tournament 

on Nov. 10. Refreshments are 

available for purchase. (See ad 

on page 10A). 

If you have any news about 

New Alsace, please contact me 

at newalsace@goBEACON 

news.com. 

Brooklyn Craig playing ball 

at the Greendale basketball 

courts. 

play now. New surfacing, 

refurbished backboards and 

bright new striping - complete 

with requisite tiger paw – are 

a magnet for kids of all ages 

particularly after school and 

on weekends. Our favorite 

hard-core baller hit the court 

the day the backboards went 

up, braving extreme heat to 

hone her craft. 

Greendale Main Street 

closed out a season of Movies 

in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 

14. “If” (pun all too intended) 

you missed it, you missed 

out. The group made a quick 

segue, however, to Rock The 

Block, a festive evening of 

food, fun, and live music at 

the Greendale Park Complex. 

Makes my smile even bigger 

to think about it. Dr. Freud, 

can you have too much fun? 

Greendale is fortunate in 

having a wealth of active 

faith-based groups dedicated 

to serving our community. 

Late in September, Firmly 

Rooted hosted David Michael 

Carrillo for a music concert. 

Sited on Ludlow across from 

the Police Station, the event 

was open to the public with a 

free-will offering to support 

O 

ur Communities 

Pastor Carillo’s continuing 

work in Latvia and beyond. 

Convenient food trucks 

provided opportunities for 

refreshments. This is but one 

example of the community 

outreach efforts of the 

Greendale campus of Firmly 

Rooted. 

Bug-eyed youngsters 

(what is it with little boys and 

total destruction?) eyeballed 

the demolition of the tennis 

courts on Rand Avenue 

from a safe vantage near the 

Greendale Park playground 

as Donny McCool tore into 

long-forgotten memories 

of holidays on ice at the 

concrete-based rink hidden 

beneath the old courts. Fear 

not- spring will bring six 

pickleball and a tennis court 

to the site. 

Summer has wound down 

and fall is upon us. Drought 

may have hampered a 

colorful foliage display, but 

it’s almost impossible not to 

get an eyeful of Halloween 

yard décor of all descriptions. 

It’s the perfect chance to get 

your ghoul on. Feel free to 

keep smiling. 

Pre-school teacher Lisa Spangler and volunteer fire fighters 

Michael Freeman and Skip Stutz pose with children at 

All Saints Catholic Academy. (Photo courtesy of Michael 

Freeman). 

YORKVILLE 

& GUILFORD 

By 

Laura 

Keller 

Community 

Correspondent 

yorkville@goBEACONnews.com 

On Sept. 16 and 27, the 

Miller-York Volunteer Fire 

Department taught children at 

All Saints Catholic Academy 

about fire safety. The children 

got to see firefighters in their 

gear and practiced how to respond 

when a firefighter calls 

out, “Is there anyone in here?” 

during an emergency. The 

children even got to practice 

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Jason Dell with John and 

Shawna Rolfes at a bench 

at Schnebelt Pond. 

using the fire hose. Thank you 

to the firemen for taking the 

time to educate children on 

fire safety. 

Halloween is only a few 

weeks away and that means 

the annual Yorkville trickor-treat 

is right around the 

corner! The festivities will be 

held on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 

1-3 P.M. Adults and children 

can sport their Halloween 

costumes while walking, 

enjoying a hayride or ATV 

ride down a couple roads in 

Yorkville. Thank you to the 

residents who make this a fun 

event each year. 

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AURORA 

By 

Randy 

Turner 

Community 

Correspondent 

aurora@goBEACONnews.com 

Hello Beacon readers, 

I am very happy to report 

that my vacation from my 

bicycle crash is over! Not 

100% healed as my ribs are 

still sore, but no pain. I am 

doing my second week back 

at work now. I am so grateful 

for all of you who sent 

cards and prayers my way. 

THANK YOU ALL! Friends 

from as far as Houston, TX 

were calling to check on me. 

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Each day I see improvement 

in how much I can do. And… 

YES! I will get back on my 

bike. Maybe not this fall, but 

as they say, “If you fall off a 

horse, you get right back on!” 

I thought about a new 

hobby, and I could take the 

lead of my sister-in-law, Sue 

Turner. After going through 

some rough times in life, she 

turned to sewing. We knew 

she was doing it since she 

would show up at family 

gatherings, for weddings, new 

babies, and such, with beautiful 

blankets and other items. 

I was really surprised when 

she was helping with “Quilts 

of Valor” for local Veterans. 

She is part of several groups 

that meet weekly to sew like 

Rivertown Quilters and Sew 

the Dearborn County Parks Foundation. 

A Gift For all Seasons! 

www.dearborncountyPARKS.com 

Communities 

and Sew Girls here locally. 

Sue also travels as part of 

the Licking Valley Quilter’s 

Guild. Four times a year she 

goes to the Indiana State 

Quilter’s Guild. I asked her 

if she did this to confuse my 

brother Kenny, and she said, 

“Yes, it’s working!” 

Sue just presented a beautiful 

quilt entitled the “Dream 

Weaver” for the Lions’ scholarship 

raffles. Rick Probst 

handled the raffle during 

the Fair and will continue 

through the Christmas events. 

The Lions send a “Roar of 

Approval!”, Sue. 

Speaking of the Fair, 

THANK YOU Tamara, 

for the production of the 

Farmer’s Fair tabloid! I think 

all were very happy that you 

took this on. A big Lions’ 

ROAR for Tamara! 

At this point, it looks 

like another good Farmer’s 

Fair will be happening as 

there are plenty of vendors 

signed up. With all of the dry 

weather we are seeing, if the 

Fair brings rain, so be it! We 

need it! 

I have mentioned Cochran 

a few times, and of 

course, last year’s Farmer’s 

Fair Grand Marshall was the 

“Harley of Cochran” motorcycle 

club. Always on the 

lookout for lifelong residents 

is getting to be a chore as 

Father Time catches us all. 

One great person who can fill 

me in on the history is Mr. 

Al Dunn. He lives one street 

over from my house. When I 

first started working for the 

City in 1979, Al’s wife Bessie 

had cold drinks and snacks 

for the Rumpke drivers every 

week on pick-up day. Bessie 

is not with us anymore, but 

Al continues to provide these 

treats. The Dunns were not 

looking for any special favors 

but simply wanted to be nice 

to hard-working guys, and 

lady drivers now. When the 

Utility Department took over 

street work in 1984, we were 

also included in the snack 

wagon several times a year. 

So I have had several good 

talks with Mr. Dunn on the 

history of Cochran. One area 

is the “Life Alliance Church” 

of which Al is a member. He 

was baptized there eightyeight 

years ago when the 

church was the “Gospel 

Tabernacle of Christ Missionary 

Alliance.” He has been 

attending ever since. That 

church was located in what 

is now the westbound lane 

of US 50 next to the storage 

facility on Indiana Avenue. 

When the State came through 

Cochran in 1958, they went 

right through the heart of the 

community, not only taking 

the church, but also Bakers 

Grocery, and the Cochran Fire 

Department. 

Cochran was home to 

a lot of families with Irish 

ancestry. The current site of 

Stedman’s Machine was the 

area from which the railroad 

originally operated. Stedman 

took that site around 1904 

after the rail yard moved to 

North Vernon. 

The church was rebuilt 

on West Conwell at Grant 

Street. My first memories 

are from Sunday evenings 

when the church had a PA 

system that played music for 

the whole neighborhood to 

enjoy. Recently Al called me 

on a Saturday during my stay 

in my man cave, as we had a 

massive water main break just 

near the church. He informed 

me that the next day was going 

to be the one-hundredth 

anniversary of the church. 

He knew the Utility guys 

had worked on the break for 

twelve hours, and he understood 

if it was too much. I 

told him that the street would 

be clean, and thanks to the 

“Dream Weaver” quilt being 

raffled by the Aurora Lions 

Club.” 

Aurora Fire Department, it 

was. They had a late run, but 

they came down that night. 

I called Ken Hopper, the 

current Minister and a member 

of the church since 1972. 

He confirmed that Al never 

wants recognition and prefers 

to be behind the scenes. No 

doubt he loves this church. 

Every church or school 

should have someone as good 

as him. Having the status as 

the longest-attending member 

I think confirms this! 

One last item to cover... The 

Aurora Library sponsored 

“The Australian Heelers Program” 

for the younger kids 

ages 1-6. They had a packed 

house in the Lion’s building 

with over one-hundredplus 

kids and parents. The 

program is a take-off of a 

children’s TV show, “Bluey,” 

about an Australian Heeler 

dog and his friends. From all 

reports, it was a huge hit! 

On Oct. 25 the Aurora 

Library Depot will have a 

movie night geared to teenagers, 

showing “Five Nights 

At Freddies!” This sounds 

interesting. Director Leslie 

Sutherlin, and her helpers, 

Tammy Wolfram and Emily 

Combs continue their efforts 

to entertain our community, 

THANK YOU, ladies! 

WELL! I think I have said 

enough! 

Nora Fehr, daughter of 

Holly Fehr, at the climbing 

wall challenge at Camp 

Kern. 

LAWRENCEBURG 

By 

Debbie 

Acasio 

Community 

Correspondent 

lawrenceburg@goBEACONnews.com 

Lawrenceburg took a 

“deep breath” and a short 

break in the downtown area 

this month from the crowds 

of people who poured into 

Lawrenceburg for Music 

on the River. That breather 

was short-lived when the art 

show in Newtown Park drew 

huge crowds on a recent 

warm Sunday. While this 

park was bustling for the 

craft show, it is normally a 

peaceful place to view a cannon 

from the Civil War, encased 

in glass, sit by a beautiful 

central fountain, or play 

on two recently added chess 

and checker boards (bring 

your game pieces). Take the 

time to walk or picnic in this 

city treasure this fall! 

Many who attend the art 

event stop by the St. John 

Lutheran Church booth to 

purchase a walking taco. 

What you may not know is 

that this organization donates 

the proceeds from this 

event to such organizations 

as Lutheran World Relief 

(for natural disasters) or the 

Clearinghouse to fight local 

O 

ur 

Fifth-grade girls at Camp Kern 

Lora James preparing 

walking tacos at the Lawrenceburg 

event. 

food insecurities. 

Central Elementary School 

sent their fifth-graders on 

their yearly trip to Camp 

Kern. This YMCA camp has 

hosted children since 1909! 

For many kids, this is their 

first overnight camping trip 

Communities 

Grant Wunderlich (son of 

Jen and Nick) and Landon 

Baundendistel (son of 

Andrew and Crystal) at 

Lawrenceburg event to 

finance their St. Lawrence 

eighth-grade trip to Washington 

DC. 

and it was both exciting and 

rewarding (and let’s admit ittiring 

for the chaperones). 

Neon night at the game. Boys looking at camera- Calum 

May, Trenton Ester, Evan Lewis, and Ollie Safaviyan. 

Girls looking at camera- Reigha Ghiatis, Morgan Manford, 

Preslee Rugg, Natalie Knigga, Ashley Watkins, 

Kamryn Ferreira, Azley Vertz. 

Ryan Hinthorne, son of 

Ryan and Lee Ann Hinthorne, 

kicking a field goal 

Football nights at Lawrenceburg 

have taken on a 

whole new ambiance with 

their new electronic music 

and light show. Come 

join the excitement as this 

electronic music and light 

show pumps up the fans as it 

Homecoming Queen: Jayci 

Morath, daughter of Eric 

and Lydia Morath. King: 

Noah Knigga, son of Ryan 

and Staci Knigga. 

welcomes the team onto the 

field and initiates additional 

excitement when the home 

team gets a touchdown! 

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“Lights On” October 25 & 26 

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River View Cemetery Walking Tour 

Sunday, October 13, 1pm 

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Aurora Lions Club 

Hoxworth Blood Drive 

Wednesday, October 23 

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Tuesday, October 29, 7pm 

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DILLSBORO 

By 

Kami 

Hamilton 

Community 

Correspondent 

dillsboro@goBEACONnews.com 

SUNMAN 

By 

Carolyn 

Egbert 

Community 

Correspondent 

sunman@goBEACONnews.com 

The BEACON welcomes 

Carolyn Egbert as the Sunman 

correspondent. We look 

forward to exciting stories 

about all that is Sunman. 

It was Your Flight, though 

it was My Honor 

On Sept. 17, 2024, I was 

honored to accompany my 

great-uncle, Raymond 

“Dean” Inlow, as his Guardian 

while the two of us 

participated in an Honor 

Flight Tri-State (HFTS) trip to 

Washinton, D.C. This was the 

first time Dean had ever traveled 

to Our Nation’s Capital. 

In attendance were eightyeight 

Veterans and eightyseven 

Guardians. 

O 

ur 

Autumn has arrived in 

Dillsboro, bringing with it a 

whirlwind of exciting events! 

The Town hosted the seventh 

annual Veterans Car Show, 

which was a resounding success 

with a fantastic turnout 

of classic cars. Following 

that, Heritage Days took 

center stage, drawing a crowd 

of enthusiastic shoppers and 

vendors. 

In a heartwarming community 

effort, six-year-old Wyatt 

Smith, a local Dillsboro resident, 

showcased his impressive 

green thumb by growing 

a variety of unique pumpkins 

at his own pumpkin patch. 

Wyatt generously donated 

some of his harvest to beautify 

Dillsboro’s town pots and also 

to the diner, spreading autumn 

cheer throughout the town. 

The creative spirit was 

alive and well when Cheryl 

Drury hosted a delightful 

kids’ workshop. The children, 

including Kamryn Schoster 

and Makenna Disbro, had a 

blast making their own spoon 

pumpkins, adding a touch of 

craftiness to the season. 

Dillsboro’s One Dearborn 

Stellar Pathways workshops 

have wrapped up, with an impressive 

total of eight hundred 

fifty-nine responses countywide. 

This collaborative effort, 

which includes the Town of 

Dillsboro, the City of Greendale, 

and Dearborn County, 

Upon landing in D.C., 

we experienced many stops 

throughout the day, seeing 

seven memorials and the 

Arlington National Cemetery. 

The most moving moments 

occurred at Arlington where 

we witnessed the changing 

of the guard at The Tomb of 

the Unknown Soldier. While 

walking about the grounds, 

Dean met a fellow Air Force 

Veteran who also served in 

Vietnam and passed through 

Thailand while Dean was 

stationed there. I imagine 

there were dozens of similar 

Communities 

Kamryn Schoster and 

Makenna Disbro. 

has made our region a finalist 

in the competition. We’re 

eagerly awaiting the outcome, 

hoping to secure additional 

funding from OCRA later this 

year or early next year. 

Don’t forget to check out 

the Dillsboro Public Library, 

which is buzzing with a variety 

of fun events for all ages. 

The Air Force Veterans at the Air Force Memorial. 

Carolyn Egbert and Dean 

Inlow with the Indiana pillar 

at the WWII Memorial. 

conversations that occurred 

throughout the day. 

The Air Force Memorial 

was also a special stop for 

Dean, as an Air Force Veteran. 

The Vietnam Memorial 

was an awe-inspiring, if not 

overwhelming, vision as well. 

Dean’s favorite was the Lincoln 

Memorial, he’s a big fan 

of President Lincoln – I never 

knew! 

After landing back in Cincinnati, 

we paraded through 

the Family and Friends Welcome 

Home Rally- it warmed 

my heart to see everyone who 

came out to honor these veterans 

and witness such genuine 

appreciation from patriots of 

all ages. 

Wyatt Smith. 

It’s a great time to explore 

what’s happening in our vibrant 

community this fall! 

The BEACON welcomes 

Kami Hamilton as the Dillsboro 

correspondent and look 

forward to many new stories 

about Dillsboro residents. 

Carolyn and Dean at the 

Lincoln Memorial. 

We want to express our sincerest 

gratitude to HFTS and 

their crew of sixty volunteers 

who made this day a success. 

A Special Thanks to the Blue 

Bus Crew – Kathy, Eric, 

Judy, and our driver Jojo! 

The next Honor Flight Tri- 

State will take place on Oct. 

23, 2024. I’m looking forward 

to welcoming home future 

Honorees!. Email news to 

sunman@goBEACONnews. 

com. 

RISING SUN/ 

OHIO COUNTY 

By 

PG 

Gentrup 

Community 

Correspondent 

risingsun@goBEACONnews.com 

We are heading into a 

beautiful time of the year with 

the cooler weather. I wish it 

would stay this way for several 

months. 

I recently returned from 

another trip to Washington, 

DC with fifty veterans, and it 

never gets old. I was honored 

to have Brett Bondurant and 

his Platoon Sergeant, Rob 

Geer, with me. Both were 

badly wounded in Afghanistan, 

and it put a lump in my 

throat to watch them walk 

on that hallowed ground and 

present a wreath at the Tomb 

of the Unknown Soldier in 

Arlington National Cemetery. 

The other two presenters were 

Lawrenceburg attorney Bob 

Ewbank and Jim Cook. Both 

went to school with me at St. 

Lawrence and Lawrenceburg 

Consolidated High School 

(LCHS). Bob served in the 

Navy on a nuclear submarine 

and at one point stayed 

underwater for one hundred 

ten days. The Ewbank Family 

is well known as their history 

goes back to 1811 in Dearborn 

County. The old homestead is 

still owned by the family. Jim 

Cook grew up right across the 

street from me on Cook Avenue 

in Greendale and served 

in Vietnam in the Navy. His 

dad, Elmer (Pete), was stationed 

at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 

7, 1941, when the Japanese 

pulled off a sneak attack and 

drew us into World War II. 

I missed the one-hundredth 

birthday party for Leroy 

Guard because I was in 

Washington, DC that weekend. 

He is one fine VETER- 

AN. Leroy and Bill Elder are 

our last two WWII veterans in 

Ohio Co. We recently lost Bob 

Browning. I was honored to 

be able to fold and present the 

burial flag to his son, Wayne. 

By the time you read this, 

Fall Fest in Lawrenceburg and 

Farmers Fair in Aurora will be 

over. We will have presented 

Quilts of Valor and Purple 

Heart plaques at each event. 

The Rising Sun Girls Cross 

Country team ran to a championship 

at East Central in a 

5K event. Kynnadi Hartley, 

just a freshman, was the top 

runner for the Shiners with 

a time of 23:19. Teammates 

Lily Courtney, Carrigan 

Friend, Natalie Fisk, and 

Maggie Mossburger all finished 

strong to lead the team 

to the Division II title with 

nine teams competing. Casey 

O 

ur 

Fletcher led the boys’ team. 

The girls team also won the 

Rushville Classic. 

I hope you’ve taken the time 

to go see or play on the new 

Pickleball courts in Rising Sun’s 

Shiner Park. They are nice and 

being used by many people who 

enjoy this popular game. I even 

have my own racquet. 

Stop by and visit our beautiful 

Southeastern Indiana 

Veterans Museum in Rising 

Sun in the old Carnegie 

Library building. The museum 

is full of uniforms, pictures, a 

POW-MIA train set, military 

equipment, flags, prints, paintings, 

statues, plaques, and the 

list goes on and on. Regular 

hours are Monday, Thursday, 

and Saturday from 10-2 but 

all you need to do is give me 

a call at 513-602-5595 and I 

will be glad to open the doors 

for you. We will be there to 

show you around if it’s one 

person or a dozen. It brings 

back so many memories for 

a Veteran and family members. 

I have maps of Vietnam, 

Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan, 

so they can show where they 

served. We’ve had so many 

veterans stop in, even our 9th 

District Representative from 

Washington, DC, and a United 

States Senator. We need to 

make sure we educate the stu- 

Scholars Scholarship organization 

at MHS. The fundraiser 

MILAN 

By 

appeared to be an overwhelming 

success as the parking lot 

Sialia 

Swainson was overflowing much of the 

Community day. The Holt family and their 

Correspondent hard-working staff do great 

things for our community. 

St. Elizabeth Healthcare 

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designated the Varsity football 

As we get deeper into fall game between the Indians 

the landscape changes daily. and Switzerland County as 

You can’t help but notice as their game of the month and 

crops are harvested and leaves recognized Indians QB Wyatt 

are raked that colder weather Marsh as the player of the 

will soon be upon us. game. Milan’s own Emily 

dents and explain to them why A familiar face to everyone 

in Milan will be notably nurse practitioner for St. E. at 

Schmaltz (Class of 2008) is a 

they enjoy the many freedoms 

they have. 

absent for shoppers at the the Milan Primary Care facility. 

She comes by her caring 

I received a phone call from grocery store. Janice Allen 

the Aurora Lions Club telling 

me I was chosen to be the years of employment. Janice as she follows in her mother 

recently retired after forty and competent nature honestly 

Grand Marshal at the Farmers was so helpful to customers 

and always had a smile Good luck to Harper 

Mary’s footsteps. 

Fair Parade on Oct. 5. I have 

been to that fair so many times and cheerful outlook as she Powell and Clifford Horstman 

since I was just a little kid, checked groceries. She will be as they represent MES in the 

and it’s really a Homecoming missed and we wish her many Versailles Pumpkin Show 

for so many in our area. I always 

looked forward to seeing Greg and Jeff Holt, owners Seniors Anna Herzog and 

happy years of retirement! prince and princess contest. 

all the new cars in the parade of the local restaurant since Nate Voss will vie for the 

because back then that’s the 1985, hosted their annual king and queen titles. 

time the new cars arrived. Dine for Dollars event in late If you have news to share I 

I’ve had friends come to town September. On this day, a would love to hear from you at 

and I take them to the Farmers 

Fair and they can’t believe is donated to the Dollars for Let us know what you’re up to! 

percentage of all proceeds milan@goBEACONnews.com. 

how the people stop and chat 

up and down the street. I 

haven’t been to all of them, 

but I would guess at least 

sixty-five or more. Vietnam 

Purple Heart Recipient, Nick 

Ullrich, will be escorting me 

in his Army Jeep. That will 

bring back many memories. 

I had a phone call from 

one sweet lady, Addie Van- 

Winkle, recently and she is 

in rehab at Ripley Crossing. 

She is one who can brighten 

up your day, and we all love 

Addie. 

I continue to pray for good 

health for all of you. Take care 

of yourself and each other and 


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VERSAILLES/ 

RIPLEY CTY 

By 

Cheryl 

Damon- 

Greiner 

Community 

Correspondent 

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What causes excitement 

in September in Versailles 

besides the Pumpkin Show? 

Uncle Jim’s Birthday! Jim 

Tyson, that is – the town’s 

benefactor who left a legacy 

of generosity and community 

involvement. Each year there 

is a birthday party (he would 

have been 168 on Sept. 14) 

to honor him and to award 

grants from a trust fund he set 

up in 1930. The money goes 

to different groups and causes 

in the Town of Versailles and 

vicinity. This year there were 

ten awards totaling $525,535 

for everything from summer 

camp to street repairs and a 

payment on a fire truck. 

One of the newest recipients 

was the Wreaths Across Ripley 

County project. The Tyson 

Fund provided a $2,000 grant 

to Ripley County Tourism 

to be used to help fund the 

purchase of wreaths at Cliff 

Hill Cemetery where there are 

more than four hundred fifty 

veterans buried. The Wreaths 

Across Ripley County program 

honors over 4,300 veterans 

who are buried in more 

than one-hundred-seven cemeteries 

across Ripley County. 

This year the commemoration 

program for Wreaths Across 

Ripley County will be moved 

from the Dec. 14 National 

Wreath Day date to Pearl Harbor 

Day, Dec. 7 to pay special 

homage to the memory of 

John Raymond Stratton, who 

grew up in the Holton area. 

Seaman First Class Stratton 

was stationed on the USS 

Arizona that fateful morning. 

He is the only known victim 

from Ripley County to have 

been killed during the attack 

on Pearl Harbor. The ceremony 

will take place at 3 P.M. in 

front of the Veterans Memorial 

on the courthouse square. 

The Versailles Legion Auxiliary 

Ladies will be providing 

the short program along with 

the Sea Cadets presenting the 

colors and a 21-gun salute 

by the American Legion. 

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Terri Trowbridge, RC Tourism; 

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Railroad bus tour. 

The wreaths for Cliff Hill 

Cemetery will be laid the 

following week on Dec. 14 

at 9 A.M. The community is 

invited to assist in laying the 

more than four hundred fifty 

wreaths. It is not too late for 

other area cemeteries to honor 

their fallen veterans. The 

wreaths are $17 each and they 

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Another worthy project that 

was funded was a structural 

repair project uncovered at the 

Ripley County Historical Society. 

They have worked very 

hard to brighten and renew 

the interior areas. Come visit 

and see the changes and check 

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The old photos and pictures 

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Adam Vogel, local singer, 

and musician at the September 

Open Mic session. 

Sandy Pickett, local singer 

and musician, at September’s 

Open Mic day. 

to the current theme of the 

Underground Railroad. Ripley 

County Tourism organized 

two bus tours to see the 

locations in our county that 

were part of the Underground 

Railroad. The back roads were 

beautiful, but seeing the distance 

from one site to another 

really demonstrated what a 

struggle the enslaved people 

went through for freedom. 

One more history tidbit – 

we had the chance to visit the 

Old Timbers Lodge recently. 

Beautiful beams, stonework, 

and metalwork! It is one 

of the few buildings left in 

Big Oaks National Wildlife 

Refuge, formerly the Jefferson 

Proving Grounds. In 

1940 the US government took 

over 56,000 acres and displaced 

500 families with just 

a few weeks’ notice. Years of 

munitions testing destroyed 

most of everything there but 

the Army thankfully saved 

the lodge. The Big Oaks 

Conservation Society does 

a wonderful job promoting 

the beauty and wildlife of the 

nature refuge that has grown 

in its place. Autumn is a great 

time to visit the refuge out 

on South 421. Normally it is 

$3 to enter but there will be 

free admission on Oct. 13 and 

Nov. 11, 2024! 

The South Ripley Community 

School Corporation 

recently announced that it has 

been named a 2024 District 

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non-profit, non-governmental 

organization that accredits 

primary and secondary 

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is based on the results of a 

rigorous review process in the 

2023-24 school year. South 

Ripley is one of only eleven 

school districts in the world to 

receive this designation! They 

are planning to celebrate with 

their entire staff in November. 

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Two of Versailles’ talented 

singers took the stage for the 

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Regina Larmann of New Alsace, Lance Wuestefeld 

and Gary Wuestefeld of Logan took the Beacon in a 

helicopter to the Mead Glacier while in Alaska. Not 

pictured, Marilyn Wuestefeld. 

Peggy Lockwood of Logan and Chris Nobbe of Manchester 

honored the memory and cause for sainthood 

of Army Chaplain Fr. Emil Kapaun by completing a 

four-day, sixty-three mile pilgrimage from Wichita, KS, 

to Pilsen, KS, Fr. Kapaun’s hometown. Ms. Lockwood 

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who was the personal assistant to Fr. Kapaun during 

the Korean War. Over three hundred pilgrims took 

part this year through heat, rain, and storms while 

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