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On the cover: Sunflowers are grown on fewer than 50 acres of farmland in Hancock County -out of nearly 170,000 acres total -- but perhaps no crop is as colorful as a field of dazzling yellow heads as they come into full bloom.
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We nearly called this edition of Discover magazine “Re-Discover.” After all, in a year in which our communities have worked to weather a historic pandemic, they at times have been scarcely recognizable. Beloved events have been canceled. Favorite restaurants were at first shuttered, then reopened with restrictions. Shopping has been sharply curtailed. We’ve all had to keep our distance. Through the lockdown, the economic slowdown and a slew of restrictions and safety protocols that followed, however, one thing became clear: Hancock County is resilient. You don’t actually hear this phrase that much, but you get a sense of the feeling around here: Wait till next year. Our communities and their people are optimistic by nature, which is a common theme you’ll find in the stories told in these pages. We hope you draw some inspiration from them during this uncertain time. — david hill
editor, the Daily Reporter Jon Burroughs and his dog, Pip, take a stroll on Main Street, where the statue in front of the James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum was a reminder of the pandemic.
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Our communities Fortville
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Charlottesville
Charlottesville was platted in 1830. It is a quiet little town in eastern Hancock County, in Jackson Township. Described by those who live there as a close-knit community, Charlottesville is home to Eastern Hancock Schools, the smallest of Hancock County’s four public school corporations.
Cumberland
With a population estimated at 6,017 in 2019, the town of Cumberland straddles both Hancock and Marion counties. It was established in 1831 along East Washington Street, or U.S. 40, which is also known as the Old National Road. It connects Cumberland with Indianapolis to the west and with Greenfield to the east.
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Fortville
Fortville, a town incorporated in 1865, is located at State Road 67 and Fortville Pike in Vernon Township. The town is named after Cephas Fort, who platted the original settlement on his land in 1849. Fortville has a vibrant Main Street, and significant efforts have been made in recent years to turn the downtown area into a destination for shoppers, diners and visitors. Fortville’s most recent population count, in 2019, was 4,162.
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The Jane Ross Reeves Octagon House in Shirley is one of only four remaining octagon-shaped houses in Indiana.
Greenfield
New Palestine
McCordsville
Shirley
The heart of Greenfield is centered at State Road 9 and U.S. 40, an area dotted with antique stores and small businesses. Its population in 2019 was estimated at just over 23,000. Selected as the county seat of Hancock County in 1828, it was incorporated in 1876. Greenfield was once a stop along the old Penn Central Rail Line, on which presidents and the Liberty Bell traveled, historians say. McCordsville, one of the fastest-growing towns in Indiana, is located in the northwestern corner of Hancock County. It grew by 46% from 2010-19, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The heart of this town of nearly 7,500 is at State Road 67 and County Road 600W (also known as Mt. Comfort Road). Leaders are contemplating a longterm campaign of improvements that could eventually include a town center complex of government offices, shops, restaurants and green spaces.
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Located in southwestern Hancock County, the town of New Palestine is a quaint, quiet town with a population estimated at just under 2,600 residents. The town sits along U.S. 52, about 20 minutes east of downtown Indianapolis. New Palestine was established in 1838. It first consisted of 15 blocks and 36 lots. The area became incorporated as a town in 1871. Shirley was established in 1890 when the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan railway extended to the area. The town’s name comes from Joseph A. Shirley, a railroad official. With about 890 residents, the town straddles the Hancock and Henry county lines, claiming both Brown Township in Hancock County and Greensboro Township in Henry County.
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World War I aviator Harvey Weir Cook is a native of Wilkinson. A life-size bronze statue of his likeness stands in the terminal at the Indianapolis International Airport, which bears his name.
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Wilkinson
Located in the northeast corner of Hancock County, Wilkinson has a population of 450, according to the latest U.S. Census estimate. State Road 109 runs through the heart of this small town, connecting it with Anderson to the north and Knightstown to the south. Celebrated aviation pioneer Harvey Weir Cook was born and raised in Wilkinson. The town’s favorite native son is often called a flying ace for his distinguished career during World War I.
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Summer Friday evenings in downtown Greenfield are not complete without Entertainment on the Plaza, a concert series sponsored by Greenfield Banking Co. The series was canceled in 2020, but organizers expect it to return in 2021.
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Organizers are hopeful for a full slate of events in 2021 Riley Festival
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The works of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley are the focus of the annual Riley Festival, but even folks who aren’t familiar with his poetry can find something to their liking during this four-day celebration, which coincides with Riley’s Oct. 7 birthday. Each year, the festival selects one of Riley’s poems as the festival’s theme. The festival features entertainment, arts and crafts vendors, a Riley Festival Queen, carnival-style food and contests in poetry writing, photography, running, fiddling, baking and more. Highlights include the Parade of Flowers, in which children place flowers on the Friday of the festival at the base of the Riley statue on the north side of the Hancock County Courthouse; a large parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning; and an entertainment tent. The 2020 festival, originally slated for Oct. 1–4, has been canceled for this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 festival is Oct. 7-10. Learn more at rileyfestival.com.
ChalkFest attracts people to downtown Greenfield in September with colorful — albeit temporary — art and musical entertainment. Chalk artists spend hours creating sidewalk drawings for visitors to enjoy. Artists of all ages and abilities are invited to participate for cash prizes. For more information, visit greenfieldmainstreet.org/events/.
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Pumpkins and Peddlers Festival townofshirley.com The town of Shirley introduces a new festival for 2020: the Pumpkins and Peddlers festival, to be held Oct. 16–17 at the Shirley Park, east of Main Street inside the city limits. The event will feature vendors, entertainment and food. For more information, visit townofshirley.com/
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Members of the Greenfield Community Choir listen as Jeff Kuehl, portraying James Whitcomb Riley, reads a poem during a birthday celebration for the Hoosier Poet at the Riley Festival.
Cumberland Arts Festival
Will Vawter Juried Art Competition
Bringing together more than 100 art, craft and farmers market vendors together, this event also includes entertainment, children’s activities, food vendors and a silent auction. It typically takes place the third Saturday in August near Cumberland Town Hall but is canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the festival’s page on facebook.com for more information.
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New Palestine Fall Festival
The Will Vawter Juried Art Competition, conducted as a celebration of Vawter’s April birthday, features a juried art exhibit as well as a plein air competition designed to capture scenic Hancock County on canvas. This event is organized by the Hancock County Arts and Cultural Council. For more information, visit hancockcountyarts. com.
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The festival, which takes place annually on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday after Labor Day, is a community homecoming to New Palestine residents. Organized by the New Palestine Lions Club at its community building at 5242 W. U.S. 52., it features music, a parade, karaoke, entertainers and a merchants’ tent.
Bradley United Methodist Church, taking over from the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Greenfield, will host the Strawberry Festival in 2021. The fundraiser, started in 1984, originally relied on local hand-picked strawberries. Today, frozen berries are mixed with fresh ones to pour on the top of shortcake and ice cream. Proceeds from this early June event are combined with other food fundraisers to donate thousands of dollars to local organizations.
Greenfield Christmas Festival and Parade of Lights rileyfestival.com Downtown Greenfield lights up for Christmas in early December with the Parade of Lights and the arrival of Santa Claus by fire truck. The event typically includes craft vendors, a dinner, musical entertainment, the lighting of the plaza tree during opening ceremonies and a live nativity scene. Following the parade and entertainment, children can visit with Santa in his house on the plaza to share their Christmas lists. More information can be found at rileyfestival.com.
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Entertainment on the Plaza gbcbank.com Greenfield Banking Company has sponsored these free concerts on the Courthouse Plaza since 1987. The concerts feature musicians performing everything from oldies to patriotic marches and Southern Gospel. To learn more about the series, logon to gbcbank.com. Click on “Connect,” then “Sponsored Events.”
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Pennsy Trail Art Fair and Music Festival
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Mt. Vernon Optimist Ball Day gives families and other residents a chance to get outside in the parks and watch local children play baseball and softball. The event includes a parade and vendor booths. Ball Day is scheduled for June through a partnership with the Fortville-McCordsville Area Chamber. For more information visit mvoptimist.com.
Artists, musicians and local food vendors combine for the Pennsy Trail Art Fair and Music Festival. Visitors can peruse a range of artistic offerings from pottery and basketry to chic jewelry and fine art. The festival features interactive art therapy activities for children and adults, arts and crafts vendors and live music. The event is a benefit for Mental Health Partners of Hancock County. The 2021 Pennsy Trail Art Fair and Music Festival is scheduled for July 31. Find out more at facebook. com/pennsytrailartfair.
Hancock County 4-H Fair yourhancockfairgrounds.com This annual event celebrates the achievements of children and teens who have spent months preparing to show animals and complete a wide variety of projects including foods, tractor maintenance, sewing and model rocketry. Fairgoers can enjoy the projects on display in the 4-H building in addition to checking out the fun at the baby contest, pet parade, tractor pull and talent show. Family-centered fun also includes live music, carnival rides and fair food. From tangy barbecue to gooey grilled cheese and refreshing lemon shake-ups, there’s something to satisfy any hankering. The 2021 Hancock County 4-H Fair is scheduled for June 18-25, 2021. For more information, visit yourhancockfairgrounds.com.
St. Thomas Festival stthomasfortville.com/festival The parish festival of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Fortville traditionally takes place the first weekend in August. It features events ranging from a kids’ zone, beer garden and parade. The 2021 festival is scheduled for Aug. 6 and 7. Visit the church’s website, stthomasfortville.com/ festival, for more information.
Lord’s Acre Festival www.mccordsvilleumc.org The festival, which traditionally happens over the second weekend of September at McCordsville United Methodist Church, features a fish fry, live entertainment, vendor booths and children’s activities. The event, started in 1952, takes its name from the concept of farmers donating proceeds from an acre’s crops to the church. The festival is canceled for 2020. Visit mccordsvilleums.org for updates.
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Beckenholdt Park
Area Parks Cumberland
Fortville
Lions Park
Hampton Field
301 Buck Creek Road
400 block of West Church Street
This 6.5-acre park features a baseball field used by the Cumberland Cardinals Youth baseball league for home games and practices. The various facilities, or the entire park (except for the baseball fields), may be rented. All shelters have electrical outlets. The small shelter is located near the parking lot, and the large shelter is located at the west end near the large playground. Amenities include one baseball diamond, playground equipment, one tennis court, one basketball court, one sand volleyball court and rentable shelter.
This 6-acre park includes two tennis courts, a picnic shelter, paved parking, concession station (in season), three baseball diamonds, seven bleachers, playgrounds equipment and six picnic tables.
Landmark Park 200 E. Church St. This 3.2-acre park is in a more urban setting, as it is centrally located one-half block from the main street in town. It has an area adjacent to Fortville United Methodist Church for passive recreation with paved walks through the landscaped setting and a gazebo. It also has a soccer/football field.
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Memorial Park
9088 W. County Road 1025S This 25-acre community park is situated at the junction of Stottlemeyer Ditch and Jackson Ditch that creates rolling hillsides and running water. The park also has many facilities for activities and recreation as well as playgrounds equipment. Amenities include four shelters, three playgrounds, two tennis courts, two softball/baseball diamonds, a basketball court, foot trails and sledding.
Greenfield Beckenholdt Park
2770 N. Franklin St.
Beckenholdt Park includes a large pond with a fishing pier, wetland with an observation deck, a two-acre dog park, walking paths, interpretive signs, a picnic shelter and more.
Brandywine Park 900 E. Davis Road
Brandywine Park is a 60-acre sports complex offering 20 soccer fields, three softball fields (two adult, one youth), playground equipment and a wooden trail along Brandywine Creek.
Commons Park 856 W. Fifth St. Commons Park is a small residential park, measuring less than one acre, offering playground equipment in a quiet setting.
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Riley Park
280 N. Apple St.
Riley Park, the feature park of the city, is 40 acres and offers a 7,200-squarefoot skate park, two basketball courts, six tennis courts, five baseball fields, playground equipment, sledding hills and plenty of open areas for play and fishing along Brandywine Creek. In addition, located within the park is the Riley Park Shelter House, Riley Park Pavilion, Riley Pool and the Patricia Elmore Center.
The city’s parks and recreation department offices are located in the Patricia Elmore Center in Greenfield. For more information about activities and events available throughout the year, visit greenfieldin.org/recreation or call 317-477-4340.
Mary Moore Park 951 N. Franklin St. Mary Moore Park is an 8-acre nature park offering mulched trails running throughout a wooded setting. Information markers are located along the trails with plant and bird life points of interest. Visit greenfieldin. org/recreation/facilities/168marymoorepark for more information.
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area parks
Riley Park Pool
New Palestine
Shirley
Jacob Schramm Nature Preserve
Shirley Park
1926 S. County Road 600 W.
200 Second St.
The Jacob Schramm Nature Preserve features a mature woods that seems to arise out of the surrounding farm fields. An easy loop trail takes you through the property, which features American basswood, American beech, American hornbeam, shagbark hickory, slippery elm, sugar maple and sycamore trees. In spring, beautiful wildflowers blanket the forest floor. For more information, visit conservingindiana.org/preserves/jacob-schramm-naturepreserve/
Shirley’s main park offers an outside shelter, a community building, playground equipment, baseball diamonds, an outdoor stage and volleyball and basketball courts.
Sugar Creek Township Park 4161 S. County Road 700W The 88-acre park features a playground, a fitness trail and a nine-hole frisbee golf course. Visit sugarcreektwp.com/ park/ to learn more.
Southeastway Park 5624 S. Carroll Road Though technically part of the Indianapolis Parks system, Southeastway Park is located in New Palestine. The 188acre nature park features newly paved walking/biking trail, forest trails in 80 acres of forest, several prairies, a pond, Buck Creek, a sledding hill, six picnic shelters, several picnic sites, playgrounds and an Activity Center. Visit funfinder. indy.gov/#/details/27 for more information.
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Malcolm Grass Memorial Park 201 Main St. This small park, named for the late Hancock County sheriff, features a seating area, a war memorial and a memorial to Grass, who was killed in the line of duty in 1986.
Wilkinson Weir Cook Community Park 147 N. Main St. This small park offers playground equipment, shelters, green space, a veterans memorial, a Weir Cook memorial and a basketball court.
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Courtney and Kelly Smith of Greenfield peruse the rows of plants offered by Shelli Abbott, of Abbott’s Garlic & Poultry in Albany, at the farmers market at the fairgrounds.
Area Markets
Cumberland Farmers Market hoosierharvestcouncil.com/ farmers-markets/cumberlandfarmers-market/
8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May to October at Cumberland Town Hall, 11501 E. Washington St., Indianapolis.
Fortville Farmers Market
hoosierharvestcouncil.com/ farmers-markets/fortville-farmersmarket/ 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, mid-May to September, 701 S. Maple St., Fortville (Church of the Nazarene parking lot).
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Greenfield Farmers Market at the Fairgrounds
hoosierharvestcouncil.com/ farmers-markets/farmers-marketat-the-fairgrounds/ may to october: Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds, 620 Apple St., Greenfield july through september: Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the fairgrounds. november through april: First and third Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the heated show arena at the fairgrounds
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The Brandywine Wind tune up in front of a full house during the Christmas at the Ricks variety show, held annually as a fundraiser for Friends of the Theater.
Promoting the arts ARTS GROUPS
Friends of the Theater
Hancock County Arts
Friends of the Theater is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the H.J. Ricks Centre for the Arts, an arts venue in downtown Greenfield. The group has regular volunteer days and raises money through a membership program, grants, donations and an annual holiday variety show. The Friends help assure the Ricks remains a place for all ages to enjoy. Visit the website at hctheaterfriends.org or email info@ hctheaterfriends.org to learn more.
Address: 20 N. State St., Greenfield The mission of Hancock County Arts is to “provide leadership for the creative community by encouraging, celebrating, and promoting arts and culture throughout Hancock County.” This arts organization showcases gallery shows, workshops and events that promote local art and artists, including the Will Vawter Fine Arts Competition, the annual Chalk Fest and other community events. Visit hancockcountyarts.com for more information.
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THEATER GROUPS CrazyLake Acting Company The CrazyLake Acting Company is a community theater group that performs one to two productions a year at the H.J. Ricks Centre for the Arts. Visit crazylakeacting.com or email chris@ crazylake.com for more information.
Hancock County Children’s Theater Workshop The Hancock County Children’s Theater is a summer workshop for Hancock County children in grades 4-8. Students spend the month of June learning all aspects of theater production culminating in two performances. Participants rehearse and perform at Greenfield-Central High School For more information, visit hancockcountychildrenstheater.org or email pjohnson@gcsc.k12.in.us.
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Cumberland is a truly connected community with over six miles of multi-use trail. Almost every neighborhood in town is connected to either the Pennsy Trail, Buck Creek Trail, or 21st Street Trail, and those trails connect to parks, restaurants, and shops. Eventually the town will be connected to both Irvington and Greenfield via trail.
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Spend a little time on the Pennsy Trail and you will find a 1:1 billion scale model of the solar system with interpretive panels for each of the planets that were designed to meet state school testing requirements.
Cumberland is a great place for family friendly entertainment. The Blues, Beer & BBQ annual summer concert series brings regional and national blues artists to a family friendly space for an evening of music and, of course, beer and BBQ from local vendors. In December, the town’s annual Weihnachtsmarkt (German holiday market) occurs on the first Saturday in December. This all-day festival features local craft vendors, children’s activities, visits with Santa, a tree lighting, and a free concert by the Flying Toasters!
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The town is a great place to raise a family. Cumberland enjoys a low crime rate with a police department truly dedicated to reducing and preventing crime. In 2018, total calls for service were down 10% and thefts were down 25%. The Cumberland Police Department serves its community well through its hard work and community policing.
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Cumberland also benefits from great access. Being located within a 20 minute drive to both Greenfield and Indianapolis, residents can take advantage of numerous cultural events and amenities. Cumberland also has access to public transportation via IndyGo.
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promoting the arts
KidsPlay Inc. children’s theater
The Ricks-Weil Theatre Company produces multiple shows a year on the stage at the Ricks Centre for the Arts. The Doo-Wop Girls sing back-up for many of the songs in “Little Shop of Horrors.” Pictured are, from left, Carolyn Boulton, Alexandra Kern, Saige Chandler and Juliana McGuire.(Dwayne Caldwell photo)
KidsPlay Inc. children’s theater group is a community theater group for children. The group performs two shows a year with children from Hancock and the surrounding counties. For more information visit KidsPlay on Facebook.com.
Ricks-Weil Theatre Company Performing classics to musicals to premiere plays, the Ricks-Weil Theatre Company delivers the community artists in productions at the historic, art deco H.J. Ricks Centre for the Arts. Ricks-Weil Theatre Company is home to artists, theatre administrators and loyal patrons and donors. For more information, visit ricksweiltheatreco. wixsite.com/information.
MUSIC GROUPS Brandywine Wind
Call Jerry Bell at 317-4652-2033 or Gary Davis at 317-440-0834. Greenfield’s all-volunteer community orchestra regularly performs in various venues throughout the county. Mission statement: To provide an artistic avenue for area musicians to prepare and perform music for the enjoyment of our community and each other.
Greenfield Community Choir
greenfieldcommunitychoir@yahoo.com greenfieldcommunitychoir.com and on Facebook and Instagram The Greenfield Community Choir, Inc. is all about bringing quality choral music to the Greenfield community. Our concerts are designed to be of high quality, entertaining, engaging, and occasionally will bring a smile to your face.
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Hancock County Children’s Choir
hancockcountychildrenschoir.org info@hccchoir.org 317-620-0096 Mission statement: Through excellent musical education and mentorship, we equip youth with essential life skills while igniting a community interest in our youth and the arts.
DANCE GROUPS Wilkerson Dance Studio
Address: 1114 W. North St., Greenfield 317-462-1673 wilkersondance@gmail.com wilkersondance.com
Ricochet Cloggers
Address: 1560 N. State St., Greenfield 260-409-3005 anniewing1@hotmail.com Ricochet Cloggers on Facebook
ARTS VENUES Main Street Arts at the Carnegie Gallery
Address: 115 N. Main Street, Fortville, IN 46040 Social Addresses: @ mainstreetartsmusichistoricfortville @ artbattlefortville
Offers year-round dance classes for all ages and seasonal performances. Classes available in tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, modern and contemporary dance.
Bringing You: Indiana’s only ArtBattle tourney, a competitive painting experience; festivals; gallery exhibits including: plein air paint outs, modern art paired with rare manuscripts and NASA artifacts; and local performing artists and concerts.
Hearts Ablaze Clogging Team
Ten West Center for the Arts
Directed by Cristy Corwin-Howard Address: 3254 W. County Road 400 S., Greenfield Phone: 317-498-5566 Email: knowhimjc@heartsablaze.me Website: www.heartsablazeclogging.com Hearts Ablaze Studio is a recreational and competitive clogging studio that also offers private piano and violin lessons convenient to both New Palestine and Greenfield families.
Contact Angela Mickler for more information at 317-467-7510.
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Sugar Creek firefighters Brock Griffin, left, and Doug Curry clean the kitchen at Station 45. One of the most difficult thoughts among firefighters about dealing with COVID-19, one of the department’s leader says, is the uncertainty: What if they inadvertently transmit infection to a loved one?
On the front lines First-responders push through the dangers and uncertainty of COVID-19
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Most people hunkered down, distanced themselves and kept out of harm’s way when the COVID-19 pandemic first erupted in March. But the county’s first-responders couldn’t do that. Firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement officers were among the dedicated “essential” workers whose jobs didn’t change when everything shut down. They continued to answer the calls for help despite the dangers of exposure to the novel coronavirus. They continue to do so. First-responders are trained to deal
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with stressful and emotional situations, but the onset of the pandemic couldn’t help but fill some with anxiety about exposure. Not just for them, but also their immediate family members. Still, many first-responders say they have been well-prepared, thanks to specialized training and a good supply of personal protective equipment. Brandon Kleine, chief of the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, said firefighters are resilient people by nature, the type who adapt and overcome some obstacle or crisis every day. If the department is a good barometer, first-responders have generally navigated the pandemic without a troubling outbreak. So far, no Sugar Creek firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19 despite
Chief Jeff Rasche — for doing a great job of planning and then adjusting. “They stepped up and put us in position for success, if there is such a thing as success in a pandemic,” Kleine said. First-responders were some of the first in the county to take COVID-19 tests. “We had to get those tests so if we had it, we wouldn’t spread it,” Kleine said. Tony Bratcher, the public information officer for the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, said probably the toughest thing they’ve dealt with is the uncertainty: They could be harboring the virus and not even know it, possibly taking it home to family members. “That was and still is a heavy factor weighing with all the first-responders I talked to,” Bratcher said. “Particularly for those firefighters who have relatives with compromised immune systems.” Still, Bratcher thinks the department has been proactive in keeping employees and community members safe. “We started doing daily temperature screens in early March along with other things,” Bratcher said. “We’ve had our guys in gowns, gloves and protective eye wear, early on and through this.” Officials with the Greenfield Fire Territory noted it has been a trying time for first-responders, but the community support has been phenomenal and lifted spirits. “The outpouring communitywide for our firefighters and our police departments locally has been massive,” said Corey Breese, public information officer for the department.
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being in the field every day since the pandemic began. To date, only one person has tested positive for the antibodies, meaning they had the virus and didn’t know it. While the pandemic is a new challenge, working with infectious diseases is something for which most first-responders have trained. Kleine noted while the pandemic brought new physical and mental challenges, they’re remaining diligent. “My wife and kids have only known me as a firefighter, so reacting to special circumstances is kind of what they’ve seen me do every day anyway, and truth is, in our jobs, you can bring something home with you every day anyway,” Kleine said. After worrying about keeping his immediate family safe, Kleine’s biggest concern is taking care of the 46 firefighters on the department. He credited great planning; having the proper personal protective equipment in place; and shutting down public access to the fire stations as reasons they have been able to keep crews safe. Kleine and his emergency medical services chief, Greg Hunt, had actually ordered an abundance of PPE just prior to the outbreak in March. “Early on, I felt like we were in a good spot being able to provide safety gear, but with the unknown and things changing every week, it was stressful at times trying to stay on top of all that,” Kleine said. The fire chief credited the county’s top health officials and leading public safety officials — from Sheriff Brad Burkhart to Greenfield Police
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From people dropping off food and treats to kids making them thank-you cards, it’s been nice to see the support during the pandemic. “We always say we’re happy to serve, because it’s what we like to do,” Breese said. “But to get that kind of support back from our community is really nice, particularly those first few months when we were locked in the station and couldn’t go anywhere, but on runs.” Capt. Robert Harris of the Hancock County Sheriff ’s Department said he’s proud of the deputies and the service they’ve continued to provide throughout the pandemic. In addition to all the safety gear they carry, they now don masks and carry extra gloves, masks, sanitizer and even safety goggles. But, like most organizations, they’re also suffering from not being able to closely collaborate on things like training and team building. “Two key components of effective law enforcement are information sharing and a strong team,” Harris said. “The pandemic has limited our officers from socially gathering like they did in the past.” He added: “Our officers were forced to be creative throughout this time. Even from an administration standpoint, we had to move our supervisor meetings to a virtual format, limit the ability of deputies to bring people to jail, and conduct more training online.” The sheriff ’s department hopes it can slowly lift some restrictions, but Harris noted
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Clockwise from top: Derek Lopez with ITOWN Church, left, prays with Rich Abner as Abner waits for a meal package. The church distributed food to the public at the Hancock County Public Library in April 2020. Hancock Health received thousands of donated handmade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hancock Health staff pose with food and drinks donated to hospital staff in April 2020. 30 Daily Reporter • Discover Hancock County 2020
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Community copes with pandemic through acts of generosity and compassion
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Shirley-Wilkinson Community United Methodist Church had planned to start its lunch program for area children this summer. Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck in the spring, prompting them to start earlier and expand it to beyond just kids. The church, which has an average Sunday attendance (pre-pandemic) of 40 to 50, served 2,748 meals throughout the program. It’s just one example of the ways Hancock County has coped with the pandemic through acts of generosity and compassion. The local hospital received an outpouring of equipment to keep health care workers safe from the virus when the national stockpile was critically low. When supply levels rose, they returned the favor and paid it forward. A Fishers-based church with a new presence in Greenfield filled vehicles with groceries. A Greenfield couple
gave away thousands of pounds of meat. They all gave the same reason for their efforts: There were needs in the community that needed to be fulfilled. Rick Hutson, pastor of Shirley-Wilkinson Community United Methodist Church, said church member and Eastern Hancock schools bus driver Donita Willis had always wanted to start a summer lunch program for kids. It was bumped up to mid-March, when school districts started closing their buildings and shortly before many businesses shut their doors in accordance with directives from the state government. “We knew there was a need,” Hutson said. “We knew people would be out of work, kids would be out of school... We knew people were going to be in a bad way with the pandemic hitting.” Volunteers from the church,
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other churches and some not even involved in church made the lunches and served them in containers to all comers drive-up style during lunchtime on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through July 31. Food donations came from schools no longer using their supplies due to the closures. Leo’s Market and Eatery helped. So did people in the community. The initiative also received milk from giveaways Prairie Farms conducted, and the church bought food with monetary donations it received. “People would leave donations with us all the time,” Hutson said. “People we didn’t even know would write us a check and say, ‘This is for the lunch program.’” Shirley-Wilkinson Community UMC started a community garden as well during the pandemic, whose fresh vegetables supplemented the food giveaways. The church’s food pantry was and continues to be available to visitors in need of food. On the last day of the lunch program, the church handed out ALDI
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gift cards and split up a large donation of milk, eggs and sausage. Hutson said the program was well received. “Everybody was saying what a help it was, what a blessing it was,” he said.
‘A complete 180’ As executive director of the Hancock Health Foundation, Nancy Davis leads efforts toward reaching out to the community to ask for support for areas of care. That’s included campaigns for areas like hospice, cancer and most recently mental
Jessica Pollock with ITOWN Church directs traffic during the distribution of food at the Hancock County Public Library.
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health and substance use treatment. But as demand for personal protective equipment created a national shortage in the beginning of the pandemic, the hospital started receiving an outpouring of offers from the community to help. “It was a complete 180,” Davis said. “...Our team led that effort. Instead of us asking them for help, they were asking how they could help us. We just had so much community support.” The hospital received more than $33,000 worth of in-kind gifts, including thousands of masks, gloves and face shields, along with 100 isolation gowns and plenty of hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and paper towels. Several companies that use N-95 and ear-loop masks in their day-today operations made donations to the hospital. Avery Dennison gave 7,600 N-95 masks and 15,000 pairs of gloves. Also donating were Keihin, Modernfold, Irving Materials Inc., Novelty Inc. and Draper Inc. Davis said the hospital received more than 2,000 handmade masks from sources like church sewing groups, the Purdue Extension and hobby needleworkers. People also donated face shields they made on their 3-D printers at home. Other mask donations came from physicians, dentists and veterinarians. Some N-95 masks came from regular folks willing to put off a
painting project at home, she said. Almost $40,000 in donated meals went to Hancock Health employees. Davis said Realife Church once brought in a meal for every single associate. There were also donations of Girl Scout cookies, flower arrangements from Penny’s Florist Home Decor & More and popcorn from Legacy Cinema. More than $32,000 was donated to the Hancock Health Foundation’s associate crisis fund. The fund was started long before the pandemic; hospital employees can donate to it and request assistance if they’re going through a tough time. The foundation opened up donations to the public due to the pandemic, which Davis said resulted in more than doubling the amount it started with. “It’s incredible,” Davis said of all the support the hospital received. “...Our job was very rewarding.” When supply levels of personal protective equipment across the U.S. started to improve, it allowed the hospital to in turn share with the community from which so much help was received. Donations went to businesses that had previously contributed, churches, nonprofit organizations, local governments and schools.
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Fishers-based ITOWN Church, which recently started a presence in Greenfield, held two drive-thru food giveaways in the city during the pandemic. Kylie Shinholt of ITOWN Church said the giveaways helped more than 400 families and gave away more than 6,420 pounds of food. “We knew that this is a time of need for people,” Shinholt said. The giveaways were open to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. “If you need food, you come, no questions asked,” Shinholt said. “People were being seen for being
people, and not by their status, and not by their income, and not by their problems; they were just being seen as people.” When volunteers placed boxes of food in recipients’ vehicles, they also often said prayers with them. Tithes went to the church’s COVID-19 relief fund, which helped make the giveaways possible. An organization whose leader attends the church donated boxes in which to pack the food. ITOWN also made a list of food donations needed that donors dropped off. Shinholt said the initiative’s main objective was to fulfill an immediate need for those who lacked it, and to also start fulfilling a spiritual one if they lacked it as well. “We know first and foremost prayer is the most important thing,” she said. “But when you’re trying to reach people who maybe don’t know prayer, don’t know Jesus, the last thing they want to hear is, ‘I’m praying for you.’” They needed immediate relief, she continued, through food necessary for them to survive. If ITOWN could take that stress away from them, then maybe it could lead to letting them know the church and Jesus care about them. “That was the focus of it,” Shinholt said. “How can we help with the immediate need, to start softening their hearts to start meeting that spiritual need as well... We know hunger is a big issue in Indiana and the world. We want to continue meeting that need of hunger physically and spiritually.” She said the church’s efforts were met with “overwhelming gratitude” and that tears of happiness were not an uncommon sight. “It was pretty incredible to be a part of the distributions and to continue to be a part of them,” Shinholt said.
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gave away 400 pounds of meat a week outside their Life Choice office in Greenfield. Like ITOWN Church, they didn’t want to institute any pre-qualifications for benefiting from the giveaways, and all were welcome. “How do you qualify somebody to eat?” Tom Miller said. “People need to eat and they need protein; they need meat, so we didn’t scrutinize on any level at all.” The couple donated the meat along with help from outside donations. Tom Miller said he’s been in the position of those he’s helped. “I’ve been in a spot where I’ve needed help, and I’m no longer in that spot,” he said. “It’s time for me to give back, and at a time like this, it’s important for our community to show strength and determination and support for one another. People needed that little bit of hope that I could give them.” Many recipients were overwhelmed and blessed the Millers with their thoughts and prayers. “I just can’t even put it into words,” Tom Miller said. “It was nice to receive all the kind words.” They also expressed a desire to do more for the Millers in return, but Tom Miller encouraged them to pass on the good will. “When you get into your time and you can help somebody else, help them,” he said.
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Businesses, health care providers adapt to COVID-19 By Jessica Karins Daily Reporter
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Pictured: Dr. Monica Price Kowaleski prepares to see a patient. Her practice has taken many steps to thwart the spread of COVID-19.
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On one day every week, Dr. Monica Price Kowaleski and the employees at Price Eye Care dress up in a different theme, donning Hawaiian shirts or pajama pants. One week, Price Kowaleski had shirts made for everyone bearing a slogan that’s more familiar on bumper stickers — “If you can read this, you’re too close.” It’s a way of poking fun at the way COVID-19 has changed so
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much about their work, although sometimes, Price Kowaleski said, for the better. “I think everyone has probably done this, taking a step back and figuring out how to work smarter,” she said. The streets of Hancock County are, it seems, just as full of cars as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indiana, and buildings from grocery stores
to churches have begun to fill up again, albeit with many wearing face masks. In many ways, Hancock County is back in business. But not everything is business as usual. Retail and restaurants aren’t the only businesses that rely on in-person services and had to close for a time. Some health care providers, like dentists and optometrists, did as well, and are coping with continued restrictions while caring for patients. Dr. Georgia Knotek, a Greenfield dentist, said the procedure in her office actually isn’t much different than it was before COVID-19. Knotek and her staff have continued to wear disposable gowns, face shields and masks, though they’ve upgraded to N95 respirators. “There are other diseases that we
have to be aware of, working with the mouth,” she said. “...We were pretty used to wearing all of that before.” To reduce the risk to patients, Knotek’s office has added extra spacing between chairs and an air purifier to the waiting room. She said she has started to see her schedule return to what it looked like before the pandemic. Price Eye Care was closed from March until May, following the recommendations of professional organizations for optometrists. During that time, Price Kowaleski could still fill orders for glasses or contacts and saw some patients via telemedicine. Now that the office has reopened, things are more spread out to allow for social distancing, and there are usually only one or two patients in
the building at a time. There’s more deep cleaning than ever, and more plastic shielding is in place. A curbside pickup service is available as well. Before coming in, patients fill out a questionnaire asking about whether they’ve traveled or developed possible symptoms. Those who are diagnosed with COVID-19 are asked to wait 30 days before coming in. Many patients still are not coming in to get regular eye exams, Price Kowaleski said, but those who are coming in are often experiencing more severe problems. “It’s a somewhat personalized service,” Price Kowaleski said. “Everyone’s getting a lot more one-on-one service.” While the office was closed, Price Kowaleski and her staff took the
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opportunity to make some changes. They’ve streamlined their paperwork process and added options to their websites to let customers order eye drops and vitamins; buy contact lens via an app; and even “try on” glasses frames digitally using a photo rather than in person. “We really appreciate the community support and feel like we’ve come back stronger in some ways,” Price Kowaleski said.
Looking back In early May, non-essential businesses like restaurants and salons had just been given the go-ahead to begin reopening. Jeff Harris, the owner of Ye Olde Head Shoppe Salon and Spa in Greenfield, was excited. Although he was required to comply with a strict, and entirely new, set of requirements, Harris said his employees and customers were eager to comply.
Nearly four months later, Harris is taking a more pessimistic view of the business climate. “It’s slow,” Harris said. “There’s still a lot of people that aren’t ready, that don’t want to go out.” Harris said in May that his customers were his “biggest supporters” and those who booked appointments did not object to being asked to wear a mask, submit to a temperature check and wash their hands upon entering the premises. In August, though, he said things have changed. Those who are happy to wear a mask are sick of those who don’t want to, Harris said, and those who object to masks are sick of being asked to wear them. More customers are now objecting to being asked to use hand sanitizer when entering the salon, even though it’s a requirement from the state. “We have to follow the rules, and that’s what we try to do,” Harris said.
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“Most days, I get an earful.” Harris said appointments at the salon are still not back to their pre-pandemic levels, as more people are working from home and do not feel the same need to get regular haircuts. Sales of hair care products are also way down, he said; customers know they are not supposed to loiter in stores and don’t spend time looking at what’s available. That’s had a financial impact, although Harris said careful budgeting is keeping the business afloat. “You have to watch your spending,” he said. “Even if there’s a good deal, you don’t go ahead and buy it because you don’t know if you can sell… It’s almost like you’re learning business over again.” Harris isn’t the only one struggling; most businesses, even those that can offer all the same services they did before COVID-19, haven’t had as many customers. Retta Livengood, president of the Greenfield Area Chamber of Commerce, said businesses have seen a gradual increase. “Most of our members that have reopened are slowly coming back,” she said. Livengood said some people are still reluctant to go out, but businesses are adapting to that as well by offering expanded online options. She said she doesn’t know of any chamber member businesses that have permanently closed. Donna Tracy, owner of Bluebird Restaurant in Morristown, was worried about whether customers were ready to return to dining out when she reopened. She also had to close her popular buffet option. Months later, she said she is happy with how things have been going. “Breakfast is absolutely wonderful, and weekends are starting to pick up,” she said. Though sales are still down in some categories, increases in purchases of carryout and desserts have helped make up for it — and
all 19 of the restaurant’s workers, who had to be furloughed at the start of the pandemic, still have their jobs. For Chris Lee, the owner of the Mozzi’s Pizza on West Main Street in Greenfield, the continued closure of the restaurant’s popular buffet is keenly felt. She said she receives about 10 calls per day asking about when it will reopen, but she doesn’t have an answer. Despite that, Lee said, “We are holding our own as far as business.” That’s necessitated a lot of changes for the pizza chain’s dine-in location on West Main Street in Greenfield. Instead of laminated menus, Mozzi’s now offers disposable paper ones or a QR code diners can scan. There are no more individualized bottles of ketchup or shakers of parmesan cheese on tables, and silverware arrives at tables wrapped. A decrease in customers means it’s
harder to give employees hours, and tips are lower. Lee said she also thinks business has been hurt by the national pause in sports, as many come into Mozzi’s to watch games on its TV screens while dining. “Luckily, carryout and delivery have done well,” Lee said. Despite the difficulties, Lee said she feels supported by the Greenfield community and sees many repeat customers in the dining room. Livengood said community members who want to help smaller, local businesses can do so by choosing local options — not just for retail and dining, but also for less obvious transactions like buying a car, choosing an insurance provider, or banking. “We just all need to be patient with each other, and eventually we’ll get back to where we were,” she said.
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When Rick Walker visits the Hancock County Veterans Park, sometimes he overhears other visitors’ reactions as they read the names on the commemorative bricks. They’re often surprised to learn about people they’ve known in the community but did not know spent time in the military, he said, whether it’s a former science teacher, a plumber or the guy who installed their water heater. It even happened to him once, back when he chaired the commit-
tee that created the park, and an order for a brick informed him that the woman who delivered his eldest daughter had been a nurse overseas during World War II. “These people that we commemorate in this park are... the lifeblood of our community,” Walker said. “They have had so many life lessons and realized how good it is to be in a country like this, that they bring that back to this community and they live their lives like that. It’s great that we have these people in this community.” In May 2020, the park marked 10 years of honoring that community lifeblood. The park, located in downtown Greenfield at the southwest corner of State and West South streets,
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from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. A Purple Heart Memorial represents the military award given to those wounded or killed in combat. The park includes more than 1,500 engraved bricks purchased by family members and friends to honor the service of veterans. More than $200,000 was raised for the project through private citizens, local businesses and other organizations at a time when the U.S. economy was reeling from the Great Recession. The park was dedicated on May 8, 2010, before an audience of about 600 people. Walker, an Army veteran, recalled how decades ago the local Rotary Club put crosses on the courthouse lawn to remember county residents
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who lost their lives while serving in the military. “Somebody said we ought to have something more permanent, something we can have all year round,” he said. The idea was born for a park that not only honored those who lost their lives, but all who served. Walker remembers then-Mayor Brad DeReamer’s support for the project and how everyone came together to make the park happen. “I always say it was a perfect storm because everybody seemed to have a certain talent,” Walker said, whether it was imagination, extensive military knowledge or flag protocol, to name a few. The organizing committee was able to secure a site where the former city hall once stood, right in the heart of downtown.
“We wanted the park to be about the men and women that have served this country in the past, serve it now and be an inspiration for those we need to serve this country in the future.” Rick Walker Hancock County Veterans Park organizing chairman
“We wanted it to be in a place where when you drove by, you couldn’t miss it,” Walker said. Donations came pouring in, both monetarily and in kind. “As much as my imagination thought that it would be nice, it ended up light years better than
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what I ever imagined,” Walker said. “I’m just so proud of it.” The committee’s mission was clear. “We wanted the park to be about the men and women that have served this country in the past, serve it now and be an inspiration for those we need to serve this country in the future,” Walker said. Not all military members serve in times of war or come under fire, but all made a decision to act without knowing what their destiny would be, he continued. “They gave a part of their life and helped keep this country strong, safe and free,” he said. Throughout the past decade, Walker has seen people embracing one another in the park, crying as they looked at a brick honoring a loved one. The park even was the
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setting for a celebration for a military promotion. “It’s just a wonderful thing,” he said. “One of the neatest things I’ve ever been a part of in my life — serving with the people that helped build that veterans park.” Walker said David Hine, an Air Force veteran, was part of the perfect storm behind the park’s creation by contributing his knack for detail and good ideas. Hine recalls being grateful for the land the city donated for the park and all of the support from the community and businesses. “We couldn’t have done it without them,” he said. He remembers how hundreds turned out for the dedication despite an uncharacteristically cold and windy May day. “To see that many people come
out with the weather the way it was and show their support, it was phenomenal, it was just great,” Hine said. Whenever he drives by the park during warmer months, there’s usually someone visiting, he continued. Jerry Bean, the park’s current president, was also involved in its creation. The Army veteran recalled himself and others studying veterans parks in Indiana for inspiration. He has fond memories of the stark transformation the empty lot underwent and the way the community came together. “It really makes me feel proud,” he said. That pride continues every time a teacher brings a class to the park, a motorcycle club makes it a stop on their trip or someone just stops him
to tell him they think the park is beautiful, Bean added. Walker encourages those who want to be involved with the park to call him at 317-462-6122 “We need new energy, need new ideas,” he said. For those visiting the park in search of a specific brick, a brick locator index is in the mailbox on the left near the park’s entrance. The mailbox also contains brick order forms for those interested in ordering one for a veteran. Additional information about the park is available at greenfieldin.org/ residents/hancock-county-veterans-park. Unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the park from holding an anniversary celebration. “Maybe at 15 years,” Hine said.
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Restoring dignity Cemetery commission rights years of neglect in pioneer graveyard
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Some of the headstones in Hinchman Cemetery, near the Thornwood Preserve park off Morristown Pike, date to the mid-1800s.
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Time had not been kind to the relatively small cemetery on a quiet country road. Falling trees and vandalism had taken their toll over the years. Hinchman Pioneer Cemetery, just off Morristown Pike in Greenfield, was in a bad state of repair. With about half the headstones crumbling and others buried beneath the dirt, a nonprofit conservation group set out earlier this year to restore dignity to the graves of those laid to rest there. The Hancock County Cemetery Commission partnered with local business Greenfield Granite Co. to restore the cemetery, where most graves date to the mid- to late 1800s. It’s a past worth preserving, say commission volunteers, whose mission is to locate, record, restore and maintain all
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pioneer cemeteries in the county, as a tribute to those who settled the area. A pioneer cemetery is one with graves dating to the 1850s. There are currently 93 known cemeteries within Hancock County, about a third of which are considered pioneer cemeteries, said longtime commission member Tom VanDuyn. The commission was organized around 2002, called upon by the
county to maintain local cemeteries. The group gets about $5,000 a year in county funds to cover supplies and professional help, but most of the work is done by volunteers. The commission is called on to help deal with deterioration, neglect and maintenance. “A lot of graves in these old cemeteries are Civil War-era people,” said VanDuyn, 78, vice president of the cemetery com-
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mission. The 10 or so volunteers are advancing in age, he said, but are driven by a desire to restore honor to local cemeteries that become frayed or forgotten over time. Such is the case at Hinchman, which sits just south of Thornwood Preserve, on East Steele Ford Road in Greenfield. The commission set its sights on restoring Hinchman after learning about four pioneer headstones that had been sitting in storage at the Hancock County Sheriff ’s Department for nearly half a century. Among those was the headstone for Eliza Tyner, who died in 1886 at age 52. Not knowing exactly where the grave stones came from, the commission turned to a catalog of headstone inscriptions compiled by past member Sue Baker — who roughly 50 years ago compiled a comprehensive book of Hancock County graves dating from 1833 to 1933. “This is a really good book for us. It’s one we use constantly to locate grave markers and track down information,” VanDuyn said. Once they realized the displaced gravestones were from Hinchman Cemetery and saw firsthand the cemetery’s state of disrepair, commission members reached out to Greenfield Granite for help in refinishing the old gravestones there. “They worked with us on pricing and spent quite a bit of time there. Our hats are off to them for all their hard work,” VanDuyn said. “They did in two months what would have taken us a year.” The Hinchman Cemetery restoration took about two months, but it completely transformed
the look of the historic cemetery, VanDuyn said. “There are many other pioneer cemeteries in our county that need work. Getting folks interested in helping do the work is the key,” VanDuyn said. The volunteer-based cemetery commission meets at the Hancock County Public Library in Greenfield the first Monday of the month, at 6:30 p.m. in the Indiana Room. The public is invited to attend. With more people joining the effort, “we hope to get more graveyards in tip-top condition. A lot of them are abandoned, and the weeds and trees have just grown up and encroached on them,” said VanDuyn, who is driven to continue restoring the cemeteries for as long as he can. “We feel an obligation to honor
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the people in these final resting places. A lot of them are our relatives,” he said. “They made our county what it is today. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t be here.” The commission’s officers include: Bill Westfall, president; VanDuyn, vice president; Janell Kinder, treasurer; and Nancy Leach, secretary. Other members include Darlene Apple, Jennifer Burk, Nancy Merchant, Cyndie True and Renae VanDuyn. VanDun said True is a perfectionist when it comes to cemetery restoration. “She’ll go through a graveyard and figure out relationships between the people there and figure out different relatives. It’s kind of amazing,” he said. He also sang the praises of Leach, who led the group for years. “Without her guidance, it wouldn’t be what it is today,” he said.
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Goldie Fawn Meet the mastermind behind a dressed-up lawn ornament that delights passersby
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A young deer that stands alongside McKenzie Road has made quite a name for herself in Greenfield. Originally spray-painted gold, the concrete statue has built a legion of admirers who drive by and look to see what crazy costume or accessories she may be sporting on any given day. Nicknamed “Goldie Fawn,” the little deer even has her own Facebook page. Name an occasion, and Goldie probably has been dressed for it. She was spray-painted green around St. Patrick’s Day. She wore a sombrero and sported a margarita glass for Cinco de Mayo. And she’s been known to don a face mask during the pandemic. Although a few people have spotted its owner — Michael Cooper — decorating the deer, the identity of Goldie’s handler Pictured: Michael Cooper stands in front of the concrete deer sculpture he displays in front of the corner of Waterview Estates in Greenfield.
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had remained widely unknown since she started making an appearance about three years ago. “I’ve had a lot of people stop me on a regular basis when I’m working in the yard or moving the deer and talk to me about how much they enjoy it,” said Cooper, who lives in the house nearest Goldie’s perch, on the southwest corner of Riverview Drive and McKenzie Road, at the entrance of Waterview Estates. Goldie’s first life was that of a typical concrete lawn ornament, painted brown, which sat in Cooper’s mom’s yard for many years. “After she passed away, my sister who had been taking care of her gave it to me, and it was in such bad shape I wasn’t really sure what to do with it,” Cooper recalled. “I had it in the back of my truck and people kept asking me, ‘Why do you have a deer in your truck?,’ and I realized it was a great conversation piece,” he said. Cooper used to work in the jewelry business, so he opted to paint it bright gold. Goldie first took up residence on his front porch, until he decided to move her out near McKenzie Road for better visibility. To have a little fun with the move, Cooper moved the deer 5 or 6 feet closer to the road every night, “to make it appear like she was walking to her final destination,” he said. “I think it probably took me a week to be able to get it there.” Moving Goldie is no easy task, given she weighs 133 pounds. A coworker of Cooper’s gifted him with a dolly to make the job easier, and also helped him come up with the name Goldie Fawn. Dressing up the deer in costumes wasn’t initially Cooper’s idea. “I went out there one day and somebody had decorated her for me. It was wearing a cheerleading shirt and sunglasses with a bow on its
head,” he recalled. Cooper has his suspicions about who first decorated Goldie, “but nobody ever owned up to it,” he said. The prank kick-started Cooper’s mission to continue dressing up the deer himself. Every few weeks or so, Goldie appears in a new outfit or with a new theme. The deer is typically decked out for major holidays or significant events. During last year’s torrential rains, which flooded local farmland, Goldie simply sported a life jacket. “I had a lot of positive feedback on that. People loved it,” Cooper. It’s times like those when the whimsical deer can put a lighthearted spin on an otherwise
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negative topic, like the coronavirus, he said. During the 2018 state senate campaign, he posted red and blue signs by the deer poking fun at what he viewed as inherently negative campaigns being run by both candidates. “I don’t shy away from being a bit controversial. Most of (Goldie’s themes are) done just to have fun and enjoy life, because we take it so seriously,” Cooper said. Some of his favorite versions of Goldie were when she appeared as an Easter bunny with spray-painted eggs at her feet, or on New Year’s Day, when she appeared with empty beer cans and a toilet nearby. “The wind chill that day was 20 or
30 below zero, and I was out there at 6 in the morning putting this out. I wanted to make it look like she’d partied a little too much the night before,” Cooper recalled. Another favorite was around the time of the much-hyped royal wedding in 2018, when Goldie appeared in a white dress alongside a concrete goose in a suit. “I went to Goodwill and kept looking until I found a dress that would work. I had to cut it in certain places to make it fit just right,” said Cooper, who found a second-hand child’s suit for the goose. Local shops like Goodwill and the Hope House Thrift Store are his main go-tos when it comes to deer accessories and apparel. “Sometimes it cost me $5 or $10, while the toilet
display cost me closer to $50,” Cooper recalled. It’s all worth it to make people smile, he said. “I’m kind of proud of the fact that people who enjoy it stop and tell me how much joy it brings them. There are people who stop me who I don’t even know who stop to talk about it,” he said. Cooper is open to requests, and asks those who stop to chat if they have any suggestions for future Goldie Fawn get-ups. Someone once left cans of white and black spray paint on his porch along with a hand-written note. “The note said the deer ought to be checkered for the Indy 500, and it looked like it was written by a kid. At the bottom it said, ‘You’ve got
until May 2 to get this done or we’ll take the deer ransom,’” recalled a bemused Cooper, who happily obliged. One particular display had some neighbors stumped, when Goldie appeared to float upside down last year on April 1. Coming up with a structure that could suspend a 130-pound statue in the air was no easy task, said Cooper, but he was up for the challenge. He got the idea from a teenage girl he worked with on a church mission trip. “She told me she had a dream that on April Fool’s Day the deer was upside down, so I decided on April Fool’s Day I would make her dream come true,” he said, because in the end, Goldie Fawn’s main mission is to make people smile.
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A check for $500,000 from the estate of Patricia Pope (inset) sits in front of Eastern Hancock Principal Adam Barton. The school will use the money for scholarships.
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Shortly after Patricia Pope died last year, her close friend and personal representative of her estate, Joy Wallace, found a large box of cards Pope had collected over the years. It didn’t seem like Pope — a Hancock County native and 1958 graduate of Charlottesville High School — had ever thrown away a birthday, Christmas, thank you or sympathy card for what seemed like decades, Wallace said. Several cards stuffed in the box thanked Pope for her “generous gifts” to people’s weddings, baby showers and graduations, as well as church, school and other community fundraisers. “She made a lot of gifts to people that needed something,” Wallace said. “There
was a generous side to her that was really touching.” Pope’s spirit of giving will live on for years in Hancock County through a myriad of donations she left to her hometown community. Her estate bequeathed close to $3 million, and close to half was donated to schools and city departments in the county. Pope gave $500,000 gifts to Greenfield-Hancock County Animal Management, Greenfield-Central High School and Eastern Hancock High School. She also left $50,000 for the Greenfield Police Department and $25,000 for the Hancock County Sheriff ’s Department. While the gifts are large — and unprecedented in size to schools, officials say — Pope didn’t live a life of luxury, Wallace said; she was good at investing. Pope was also quirky and
always sought a deal. Sometimes, Wallace said, her friend looked through the trash for odds and ends she could use. She did, however, splurge on products shown on the QVC and HSN television shopping networks, Wallace said. “There were probably a lot of people that had no idea that she had the amount of money that she did,” Wallace said. “If you were to meet her, she would just look like an average (person). I always teased her that she always had the same blouse on.” Pope also loved dogs, especially greyhounds. When one of her dogs died a few years ago, she wanted to rescue another greyhound. Wallace said some of her friends discouraged against it because she had pain from a bad leg and had trouble getting around — but she persisted and adopted a dog in fall 2017.
A month later, Pope had some health issues and went to the hospital for tests and surgeries. She thought she would return home again, but Pope was diagnosed with cancer and stayed under the care of nurses and doctors until she died on May 5, 2019. Wallace and she and her husband took care of Pope’s dog. “She was a real straight shooter,” Wallace said about her friend of nearly 30 years. “She didn’t pull any punches with anybody. If she liked what you were doing, she was all praise about it, but if she thought you weren’t shooting straight, she told you that.” Pope donated $250,000 to Greyhound Pets of America Indianapolis, and her donation to animal management is designated for the construction costs associated with a new building for the department.
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Greenfield officials plan to construct a new animal control building on a piece of land on the west side of Franklin Street, just south of the Hancock County 911 Center near Tague Street. “A lady this gracious to help us, we certainly want to do it the right way for her,” Mayor Chuck Fewell said, adding that they’ll honor her wishes for the building and memorialize it in some way in her honor. “I’m telling you, that’s a great gift.” Not only did Pope love animals, but she wanted students to succeed after high school. Pope’s parents divorced when she was in high school, Wallace said, so she wasn’t able to attend college. She later attended business school and worked at Eli Lilly as a receptionist for 28 years before retiring in 1989. The two $500,000 donations to Greenfield-Central and Eastern
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Foundation, said the $500,000 donation is the largest the foundation has ever received. Last year, Shirley Gibbs, a Walmart greeter of 25 years, left $275,000 for scholarships, Brown said. Gibbs also gave $250,000 to the Greenfield Police Department’s K-9 program. Another large donation to the community in recent memory was from the estate of Dr. Ralph and Grace Rea, who left a $3.5 million gift to build the new Hancock County Public Library Sugar Creek Branch. Another well-known benefactor was Martha Beckenholdt, who in 1993 created a $1 million trust through the Hancock County Community Foundation that still presents thousands of dollars in scholarships every year. Chief Jeff Rasche of the Greenfield Police Department said the
David Chandler, who represents the estate of Patricia Pope, left, shakes hands with Eastern Hancock Principal Adam Barton as he presents a plaque in honor of the Pope family.
$50,000 donation from Pope will be split between the department’s annual Cops-4-Kids event and the K-9 program. The Cops-4-Kids gift specified that it will be spent in $1,000 installments over the next 25 years. Rasche said the K9 donation will help pay for a new police K9 animal and other costs associated. A K-9 typically costs about $15,000
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On cold nights, most people can’t wait to get home to a warm bed, but Hancock County resident Bob Benefiel can often be found staying out all night. A volunteer at the warming center set up to provide shelter on cold nights, Benefiel frequently stays overnight for seven- or 13-hour shifts so those in need have a place to sleep. During the coldest nights of the year, the center is open from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. at one of several Greenfield locations, including First Presbysterian Church or The Landing Place — as long as volunteers can be found to staff it.
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Benefiel said the temporary shelter provides a vital service, even if only one or two people use it each night it’s open. “Homelessness in Hancock County is hard to put a number on, but it’s somewhere around 30 or 40 people,” Benefiel said. “In the warming center, we really don’t cater only to homeless people. People who have some hard times, maybe they can afford either to eat or to have a warm house or have gas in their car, and sometimes the warm house is maybe lower on their priority list. So we have a warm place for people to stay.” The warming center, which is open whenever the nighttime temperature drops below 20 degrees, serves a variety of people. Some are passing through town and are experiencing car trouble. Some don’t have heating in their homes. Others are homeless and cannot get into Hancock Hope House, the county’s homeless
shelter, because of a criminal record or other factors. “It’s a need that Greenfield has,” Benefiel said. “The Hope House helps a lot, but there are some folks that just do not fit the requirements of the Hope House. We try to take as many of those folks as we can.” Benefiel said if someone staying at the warming center wants to talk about their circumstances, he’s always willing to listen. “Most people have a story that they’re willing to share with you,” Benefiel said. It can be difficult to schedule enough volunteers to open the warming center as often as organizers would like, according to Jim Peters, who is the primary coordinator of the effort as well as a board member of the Hancock County Community Organizations Active in Disaster and the
co-chair of the local Salvation Army. To open the warming center, volunteers are needed to cover each of two shifts, and both a man and a woman need to be present at all times. It can be difficult to find people willing to stay awake overnight for the service, Peters said, but Benefiel is willing to go above and beyond. “He has been a real blessing,” Peters said. “He’s the first to respond and willing to make whatever sacrifice to make sure we get open.” That’s not unusual for Benefiel, who volunteers with a myriad of organizations in Hancock County in diverse roles. He is on the board of Greenfield Sertoma and works with COAD, the Salvation Army, Nameless Creek Youth Camp, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen, among other organizations.
How you can help The Salvation Army and Hancock County Community Organizations Active in Disaster, or COAD, are seeking volunteers to staff the warming centers. Those who are interested can call Jim Peters at 317-3722304. Pictured at left: Bob Benefiel volunteers in a variety of capacities. He is on the board of Greenfield Sertoma and works with Hancock County Community Organizations Active in Disaster; the Salvation Army; Nameless Creek Youth Camp; the Indiana Department of Natural Resources; and Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen, among other organizations.
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doing community service work who needed help — and he wanted to keep giving back. Jerry Bell is the director of Nameless Creek Youth Camp, where Benefiel serves as both a volunteer and a board member. He said Benefiel is a very active member of the organization. “He just commits himself to doing whatever work needs to be done,” Bell said. “Bob is very, very friendly, he’s easy to get along with, and he has a very refreshing outlook.” Scott Johnson, the program manager for the Department of Natural Resources in Hancock County, has gotten to know Benefiel through his work as a volunteer hunter education instructor. Benefiel helps beginners of all ages learn about firearms and
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“If there’s a community need and I’m physically able to do and I have the time to do it, I try to do it,” Benefiel said. He’s also willing to take on almost any task. “The one thing I don’t like to do, particularly, is ask people for money. I’m glad to give my own money, glad to sell things for money, glad to cut wood or paint or whatever else to make things or improve things, but I have a little bit of a problem asking people for money,” Benefiel said. Benefiel said joining the service organization Sertoma in 1974 inspired much of his service work. He is now a member of the Greenfield chapter’s board and has served several terms as president. Working with Sertoma, he said, he met many other people
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hunting safety. “He has helped hundreds, if not thousands, of students,” Johnson said. “He is great at what he does and he has a lot of knowledge to share.” Johnson said Benefiel’s hunting knowledge makes him a great instructor, but so does his patience with students; he’ll always take the extra time to help a student who struggles. “Everybody can relate to Bob,” Johnson said. “Bob is a very kind person. He’ll take the steps necessary to make sure you understand what he’s trying to explain to you.” Benefiel, a native of the small town Elnora in southwestern Indiana, grew up in a family he described as lower middle class. He worked for Eli Lilly and Co. for many years after
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being hired as a lab technician while in college. The company helped him pay his tuition, which he said is the only reason he was able to finish school. Benefiel said he does not spend a lot of time thinking about his motivations for doing so much volunteer work. “It’s just something I do,” Benefiel said. “I like to help people out as much as I can. Maybe it was my background. Maybe coming from a family that really didn’t have a lot, I understand that. And I’d like to try to make things better for people who are in similar situations.”
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In raising turkeys for community dinner, EH student also raises awareness By Jessica Karins Daily Reporter
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Pictured: Bella Witte raised 34 turkeys last year, 25 of which were donated to the Feast of Plenty.
At the 14th annual Lisa Muegge Feast of Plenty last Thanksgiving, 129 turkeys were served. More than two dozen of them were donated by Bella Witte, an Eastern Hancock High School student who has put to use her experience in 4-H and FFA to help feed those in need of a holiday meal. Bella initially became involved in the Feast of Plenty through the Hancock County 4-H Club’s Blue Ribbon Bunch, which donates bags of groceries at the Thanksgiving event each year. Participating in that, she said, made her realize she could make a larger contribution. “I realized that I should do more and use my skills and opportunities that I have living on a farm,” Bella said. The Feast of Plenty, open to all members of the Hancock
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County community, served approximately 2,300 meals in 2019, a record for the event. All food served at the event is donated, much of it by local businesses and 4-H families. In 2018, Bella donated 10 turkeys to the Feast of Plenty. Last year, she stepped up her efforts, more than doubling the number of donated birds. While she covers most of the expenses of caring for the birds herself, she said she received several donations to help pay for the birds’ food. “We had several community donations. I am so thankful for that,” Bella said. Bella’s turkeys also served as a learning opportunity. Eastern Hancock Middle School students helped raise the birds to maturity. Bella said students learned from the
experience about the practicalities of caring for animals that are being raised as food as well as about the value of donating time and labor for a community event. Diana Arellano, the agriculture instructor at Eastern Hancock High School and Middle School, partnered with Bella on the project as part of a Supervised Agricultural Experience, an FFA initiative that helps students gain practical experience in an agriculture-related career. Arellano said the learning experience benefited both Bella and the middle school students. “It’s been really a neat project for the agriculture kids,” she said. Each of Arellano’s four agriculture classes helped to raise a turkey of its own, choosing its name, monitoring its weight and helping feed it and
monitor its health. Arellano said the students in her classes had varying levels of previous experience with raising animals. Though some of them bonded with the turkeys they were raising, she said, they understood that they were being raised for a good cause. Arellano said Bella is “an awesome kid” and was a good role model for the middle school students during the experience. “She has a heart to serve,” Arellano said. “She’s such a wonderful kid.” Bella said she enjoys contributing to the Feast of Plenty because it is a unique form of community outreach. “It really is a sense of community. Not only is it providing a meal, it’s also providing a sense of belonging,” Bella said.
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If you’ve built anything in Hancock County, you’ve probably dealt with Mike Dale
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Mike Dale looks over plans for a building project. In his nearly two decades as director of the county plan commission, Dale has reviewed plans for an untold number of rezoning petitions and variances.
Mike Dale didn’t plan on being a planner. It started as an experience that was supposed to last a year. Then it became his career. He was doing environmental impact assessments for projects in Sacramento, California, when the oneyear rotation opportunity arose for him to work in the city’s planning department. “But after a year, I really liked it,” Dale said. “So I hid and they just kind of forgot that I was on loan to the planning department, and I just stayed there for the next five or six years.”
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He’ll finish his 19th year as executive director of the Hancock County Area Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals in December. From adding a garage on a residential property to multi-million-dollar commercial and industrial developments, Dale leads efforts to ensure projects follow rules, respect neighbors and align with the vision for the county’s future. The native Californian earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental policy analysis and planning from the University of California, Davis. He said the interaction with property owners and developers that he didn’t get working in environmental sciences made him want to remain in planning. Dale came to Indiana to attend seminary in Fort Wayne, but later changed his mind and took a job in Hancock County to become its first officially trained urban planner. His department is responsible for planning and zoning in all of Hancock County’s unincorporated areas along with the municipalities of Shirley and Spring Lake. Hancock County is split into zoning districts, each of which has its own list of permitted uses. Landowners come to Dale’s office in the Hancock County Annex in downtown Greenfield when they want to do something with their land that’s
“That’s why we have human beings making decisions. It’s because everyone thinks differently. There’s room for reasonable people to disagree. That’s what makes it interesting.” Mike Dale Executive director, Hancock County Area Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals
outside of its permitted uses. That may mean rezoning the land, which requires approval from the county’s nine-member plan commission. It may mean seeking a conditional use, which requires approval from the five-member board of zoning appeals. When petitioners come to Dale with requests like those, he starts by looking at how it would affect adjoining landowners. “I believe that we need to take the concerns of the existing landowners first before we approve something unexpected,” he said. He also considers the long-range development plan for the area the proposal is in. “Sometimes a landowner will want to propose something special in an area that’s not anticipating that type of growth, but maybe it’s just a great project,” he said.
Dale includes that insight in reports he regularly presents to the plan commission and board of zoning appeals. Those reports also include any restrictions or limitations that should apply to a project. They’re filled with aerial photographs, ground photos, zoning maps and zoning code citations along with his and his colleagues’ comments as well. Each report concludes with Dale’s recommendation. Sometimes the authorities he reports to agree with him. Sometimes they don’t. “When they disagree with me, there’s always kind of some soul-searching afterwards,” Dale said. Like the farmer who wanted to subdivide his property with four-foot separations between agricultural buildings, when the county code calls for 15-foot setbacks between buildings and property lines. Dale recommended against it, but the board of zoning appeals approved it 4-1. “That’s why we have these hearings,” Dale said. “That’s why we have human beings making decisions. It’s because everyone thinks differently. There’s room for reasonable people to disagree. That’s what makes it interesting.” Tom Nigh, president of the county’s plan commission, has been working with Dale for seven years. He called Dale firm but fair on the rules. “He feels strongly that government should not infringe on people’s rights,”
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Nigh said. “He doesn’t want to go out and be the big heavy; he doesn’t feel like government should do that.” Dale also adheres closely to a major planning document called the Hancock County Comprehensive Plan, Nigh said. “I think he’s a real asset to the county,” Nigh said. “It’s kind of hard to find a good planner. They just don’t grow on trees.” Nigh couldn’t recall a time he’s disagreed with one of Dale’s recommendations, but he knows there have been times when the commission’s majority has. “Sometimes he’ll make a favorable recommendation and the commission won’t go with him,” Nigh said. “But that’s part of having nine members on the planning commission. Not everybody buys into everything.”
Ron Pritzke, a Greenfield-based attorney, represents many landowners and developers with projects that require approval from the county’s plan commission and board of zoning appeals. He’s been working with Dale since he became the county’s planner. “I think he’s a good ambassador for the county,” Pritzke said. “When he meets prospective developers and landowners that need assistance, he’s always very clear, helpful and does a nice job helping people through the bureaucracy that is involved in any zoning-related case.” Pritzke described Dale’s approach as fair and thorough. “I think he does a good job of educating the plan commission on the individual projects,” Pritzke said. “We don’t always agree, but we probably agree a heck of a lot more than we disagree. And when we disagree,
we can do it civilly.” Dale also reports to a technical committee, which primarily looks at major subdivision projects; and a plat committee, which looks at minor ones. Both committees are made up of various county department heads who work to ensure projects align with their respective codes. “I’ve been doing this kind of work for a long time, and there’s really nothing that surprises me anymore,” Dale said. Often, the smaller projects stick out more than the bigger ones, he added. “The developers, they’ve been around the block enough,” he said. “If I tell them they have to move the building, if I tell them it’s too big, too small, too tall... Thousand-dollar decisions — they’re used to it.” But when a couple wants to build
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a lot of projects together that have conflicting interests. “I think Mike does a good job of balancing the individual property owners’ rights versus the needs of the many people that live in the county,” Pool said. “It’s always a tricky balance.” Dale has been part of updates to the county’s comprehensive plan and zoning code. He’s worked on other plans as well, including one regarding county trails. He investigates more than 100 zoning code violations a year, and his department issues various permits needed for projects as well. His department has two employees — office manager Theresa Sweet and clerk Darla Smoak. Dale said he’s always felt the county should have at least two planners — one to focus on day-to-day matters like permits and variances, and one to
focus on long-range planning. “I think my position’s stretched too thin to the point where I feel we’re not providing a level of service that’s high enough for the benefit of the county,” he said. “But we’re also in a time where government has tried to trim excess.” During the recession that began in 2008, the department’s phone barely rang, and it was difficult to justify another planner, he continued. But now business has picked back up again. “The (Hancock County Council) is very leery of adding more overhead unless absolutely necessary,” Dale said. “How do you demonstrate necessity? Especially when long-range planning is kind of a luxury — being able to plan a community versus the day-to-day permitting... It’s very important. It sets the course for all future decisions we’re making.”
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There’s a new reason to pause and take in the scenery along the Pennsy Trail. The Rotary Club of Greenfield in the spring of 2020 installed an art park just west of Riley Avenue, right across the street from the iconic grain elevator downtown. The Rotary Art Park features six panels created by local artists, showcasing Rotary International’s six areas of focus, from peace-building to literacy. “The hope is the park will not only beautify the trail but make people more aware of Rotary and
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The new Rotary Art Park is located on the Pennsy Trail, just west of Riley Avenue. It features six panels created by local artists, showcasing Rotary International’s six areas of focus: Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Disease Prevention and Treatment Water Sanitation & Hygiene Maternal and Child Health Basic Education and Literacy Community and Economic Development
ditional panels explaining Rotary’s Areas of Focus and the Rotary Club of Greenfield’s commitment to Hancock County and the world. The Rotary opted to use vinyl panels with a lifespan of roughly two years with the intention of switching out the art on a rotating basis. “We have budgeted for four year to replace these, so we’re hoping the display generates interest among local artists for future submissions when it’s time to update the panels,” Low said. Josh Gentry, maintenance foreman for the Greenfield Parks Department, said the art park is the perfect addition to the Pennsy Trail. It’s a great way to beautify the trail and promote conversation while fostering an appreciation for local art, he said. “We have always strived to promote local artists in the parks, and this installation is no different. The Rotary Club added an amazing addition to the trail, and we are thankful for their partnership,” he said. “We have thousands of visitors along the trail every year, with even more visitors this year. We hope to expand these offerings of both permanent and temporary exhibits whenever possible.”
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City of Greenfield, Signarama, BLC Outdoor Services, Petry Excavating and the Hancock County Arts Council. Low said the art park’s location was ideal not only because it helps hide an unsightly electric substation, but because it’s on a well-traveled section of the trail just west of the soon-to-be-developed Depot Park. “This location was decided before Depot Park was ever developed, and when we found out about the park going in we were even more excited about it, especially knowing it’s going to be right along the Riley Literary Trail,” she said, referring to another parks department project. The park fit the local Rotary Club’s longtime desire to create a footprint project that could showcase what Rotary International is all about, Low said. It was also a great way to expand the Rotary Club’s support of the 5½-mile-long trail Pennsy Trail, where it has donated three pergolas in the past. Local Rotarians started collaborating with the parks department on the art park two years ago. A public callout for artists was made late last year, encouraging artists who live or work in Hancock County to submit their ideas for the chance to have their work included in the display. A panel was formed consisting of members from the Rotary club, the parks department and the Hancock County Arts Council to select the best artistic renderings for the display. The winning artists include: Cathleen Huffman for “Foundations”; Lauren Hughes for “Rotary Redesigned”; and Sandy Hall, for two of her creations, “Together We Can Make a Difference” and “The Key to Success: Doing Your Best.” The artists received a monetary prize of $500 per panel. Tom Joyner, a local artist and Rotarian, created two ad-
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A new standard City adopts flag designed by students
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The city of Greenfield has a new emblem: an updated city flag, designed by Greenfield-Central High School students. The Mayor’s Youth Council, a group of Greenfield-Central students who advise city government, submitted two final designs for a revised flag to the Greenfield City Council during the summer. The city council’s chosen flag was the design students called the “traditional” flag. The composition features a modified version of the Greenfield city seal, including the slogan “Experience Our Past, Share Our Future,” against a background of green and gold stripes. Contained within the center gold stripe is a representation of the six lighted poles that
mark the gateway to Greenfield at the Interstate 70/State Road 9 interchange. The council voted 6-1 to select the design over the other final option, referred to by students as the “9 and 40” flag, which featured a smaller version of the city seal located at the intersection of stripes representing State Road 9 and U.S. 40. The youth council presented several flag design options at an earlier meeting and created the two finalists based on the council’s feedback. Mayor Chuck Fewell thanked the youth council and especially its president, Conner Kinnaman, for their work on the flag project. Kinnaman graduated from Greenfield-Central in 2020 and
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Mt. Vernon Middle School 1862 W. State Road 234 Fortville, IN, 46040 317-485-3160 Benjamin Williams, principal benjamin.williams @mvcsc.k12.in.us
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Th e d i s t r i c t Children in Buck Creek and Vernon townships attend Mt. Vernon schools.
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School b o a rd Mike McCarty Shannon Walls Kellie Freeman Tony May Beth Smith
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Ad m i n i s t r at i o n Superintendent: Jack Parker jack.parker@mvcsc.k12.in.us | 317-485-3100 Assistant superintendent: Chris Smedley chris.smedley@mvcsc.k12.in.us | 317-485-3100 ext. 5104
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Director of curriculum: Scott Shipley scott.shipley@mvcsc.k12.in.us | 317-485-3100 ext. 2158
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Maxwell Intermediate 102 N. Main Street Maxwell, 317-326-3121 Jobie Whitaker, principal jwhitaker@gcsc.k12.in.us
Eden Elementary 8185 N. State Road 9 Greenfield, 317-326-3117 Melia Hammons, principal mhammons@gcsc.k12.in.us
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Sarah Greulich, principal sgreulich@gcsc.k12.in.us
J.B. Stephens Elementary 1331 N. Blue Road Greenfield, 317-462-4491 Shane Bryant, principal shbryant@gcsc.k12.in.us
Weston Elementary 140 Polk St. Greenfield, 317-462-1492 Meg Welch, principal mwelch@gcsc.k12.in.us
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Eastern Hancock High School 10320 E. County Road 250N, Charlottesville, IN, 46117 317-936-5595 or 317-467-0095 Adam Barton, principal abarton @easternhancock.org
Eastern Hancock Middle School 10380 E. County Road 250 N, Charlottesville, IN, 46117 317-936-5324 Adam Barton, principal abarton @easternhancock.org
Eastern Hancock Elementary 10450 E. County Road 250N, Charlottesville, IN, 46117 317-936-5829 Amanda Pyle, principal apyle@easternhancock.org
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Th e d i s t r i c t Children in Blue River, Brown and Jackson townships attend Eastern Hancock schools.
School b o a rd Scott Petry James R. Jackson Jr.
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and the school’s international exchange program, said Sonja Jaggers, Spanish teacher and event organizer. Students from Greenfield-Central High School’s Spanish, French and German classes — as well as some eighth-graders from Greenfield Central Junior High School — showed off entrees, appetizers and desserts that relate to the countries they’ve been studying in classes. Some brought enchiladas and tostadas, and others made pastries and cakes. The food is judged by a group of teachers and administrators, and the four winners get prizes. Jaggers said the event is the only extra-credit opportunity during the semester for world language students. “It’s neat to be able to interact with the students in an after-school activity and get to know them a little bit better and see their creativity blossom,” Jaggers said. Before the students and their families who attended the event could enjoy the diverse dishes, they listened to short presentations from the high school’s exchange students, who come from Colombia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Poland, Thailand, Ukraine, Chile, Spain and France. The international students briefly introduced themselves and presented their flags to the attendees. The crowd then walked down the hallway, from the cafeteria to the school’s international court next to the library, for a flag ceremony. There, the international students climbed a ladder and placed their flags in holders on the wall and above pictures of current and past Greenfield-Central exchange students.
International Cook-Off winners French: Brooklyn Bettinger — chocolate mousse German: Piper Dalton — German cherry-apple strudel Spanish appetizer/main dish: Grace Cunningham — paella Spanish dessert: Audrey Brinkruff — bizcocho con canela a la leche
Mona, who proudly displayed her red and white Indonesian flag, said she enjoys being in Greenfield. “The activities are so cool, and the friends are so friendly, and the teachers are so helpful,” she said. Iryna Plaskon, a 16-year-old from Ukraine, said attending high school in the United States is quite different than Ukraine, but she likes it. Iryna is taking high school Spanish, which she said it much easier to learn than English. She plans to keep studying Spanish in Ukraine. During the semester, Iryna said she’s enjoyed sightseeing. She has visited Ohio, Kentucky, Lake Michigan and Washington, D.C. Once the flag ceremony ended, the crowd of hungry students was ushered back to the cafeteria to sample the dishes
their peers made, stuffed on two long tables with recipe cards to explain the foods. Jessica Harris, a freshman at Greenfield-Central, made arroz con leche, a Mexican rice pudding. The 14-year-old said she burned the first batch of the milk and liquid-heavy dessert, so Jessica had to run to the store to get more ingredients. The second try was much more successful, she said. Geovanny Sanchez cooked tres leches cake, to represent his Salvadorian heritage. His grandfather lives in El Salvador and has perfected the simple milk cake recipe, Geovanny said. The GreenfieldCentral freshman, who first filled his plate with multiple desserts, said he was excited to try his classmates’ dishes. “It’s a lot of work people put into it,” he said.
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Renshaw first got involved in broadcasting when he was a high school student and went on to work in the industry professionally, including at the former WSMJ in Greenfield. He took up the school board president’s idea and spent the next couple years building the station. WRGF started out with an eclectic musical format, Renshaw said, including soft rock, hard rock, country and metal. It also covered sports and local events like elections and the annual Riley Festival. About a dozen students were involved with the station that first year, Renshaw said. For the first couple years, students participated on a volunteer basis. Then Renshaw worked with the principal at the time and the guidance department to turn the station into a vocational program from which students could earn credit. Everything Renshaw built and put together at the station was recently replaced with what he called state-of-the-art equipment that students would find at any commercial radio station. “It’s really neat that the school has put that much faith in the facility and the people running it that they’ve set it up to run for a lot more than just the 20 years they’ve experienced so far,” Renshaw said. Today, Greenfield-Central’s radio/TV classes draw 70 students a semester. There are seven classes, two of which focus
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solely on sports broadcasting. WRGF consists of two studios: an on-air studio and another set up the same way but used mainly for training and projects, like recording public service announcements and programming like the Christmas murder mystery audio drama students created before Christmas break in 2019. The on-air studio has microphones, a sound board and a computer packed with a library of songs. Posters of musical acts hang on the walls. Jonathan Hudson, WRGF general manager, advances his students’ curriculum every year to keep up with the changes in the industry. Hudson’s students follow a schedule prepared for each show, which last about an hour and 15 minutes. Students read news and the weather,
engage in talk segments and play music. Bill McKenna, director of telecommunications at Greenfield-Central High School, said the station never shuts down, not even over summer break. “The goal is we’re live all the time,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing about the radio station. We want those kids to have a voice on the radio — terrestrial radio. That’s what I love most of all. The music’s whatever the music is, but I want to hear them... When we get four kids in here, we get a good show going, they just rock it.” Hudson said students also play audio from their video projects, write and record public service announcements and produce an hour-long show called “Let’s Talk Sports.” “They get into fiery debates,” Hud-
son said. “It’s really fun.” Working in the radio station teaches communication, writing, making deadlines and teamwork, Hudson said, skills he added one needs in any line of work. “The thing that we hear from so many alums, whether or not they decided to pursue this or not, is they’re coming to college very prepared from a communications standpoint,” he said. “We’ve had kids come in here that were just shy as all be and wouldn’t say a word; and two, three weeks with us, they’ll open up.” Greenfield-Central 2011 grad Brittany Stillinger relocated to Greenfield with her family in 2010 and needed to fill some slots in her class schedule. McKenna was trying to get more female students involved in the radio program and convinced her to try it. She’d always had a passion
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for music, she said, and her former school didn’t have a radio station. “That was interesting to me and just something completely different,” she said. Stillinger started the station’s Twitter and Facebook pages and sharpened skills she now uses coordinating social media for her church. She worked in the station during the school year and as an intern over the summer after graduation. Stillinger then went to Ball State University, where her WRGF experience gave her an advantage at the college radio station. “I ended up not studying telecommunications, but it definitely opened up a lot of doors and allowed me to have a lot more experiences in college because of that,” Stillinger said. WRGF also impacted her life in a personal way. She met her husband,
Josh Stillinger, who graduated from G-CHS in 2012. “Who knows where I would be if it wasn’t for the radio class,” she said. Kyle Vail, a 2008 G-CHS graduate, worked for WRGF as well, including broadcasting football games and other sporting events. “It seemed like a great opportunity to get hands-on experience and produce something,” he said. He enjoyed working with others, interviewing people, following through on ideas and experiencing how an end product turns out, he said. After high school but before starting a career in management consulting, he went to Indiana University, where he was sports director at the student-run radio station for a year. Like Stillinger, the experience he gained at WRGF put him ahead of the game.
“It was a fantastic opportunity,” he said of Cougar Radio. “If somebody wants to go into broadcasting, it was as close as you could get to the real thing.” McKenna said he doesn’t know what’s in store for the future of radio. When he worked in the industry, every station had a complete staff, he said. Now, a conglomerate will buy multiple stations and task one or two people with running several stations at a time. He hopes WRGF will continue to be available to students for decades to come. “I just want them to still have that opportunity,” he said, “because terrestrial radio is not going away... I just want it to be here for these kids, because it makes our school system very unique. Twenty years — it’s a big deal.”
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While he might not admit it, Gabe Cochard has every right to call himself the Big Man on Campus at Ball State University. Cochard, a nursing student, is featured on a 60-foot-tall banner on the side of a 10-story building there. With his arms crossed confidently across his chest, Cochard, sporting navy blue scrubs, smiles down on his peers as they traverse campus. At least, that was the case before the pandemic. Over the summer, the school affixed a mask to Cochard’s face on the banner as part of its efforts to remind students to stay safe. “It’s pretty weird seeing me up there,” Cochard said. “If you’re on a certain side of the building, you can see it from just about anywhere you’re walking.” Not one to seek the limelight, Cochard was taken by surprise
when one of his nursing instructors, Margie Pyron, nominated him to be among the students featured in the university’s “We Fly” marketing campaign. The marketing campaign was refreshed in 2020 with new banners, billboards, television commercials and digital ads, said Marc Ransford, a senior media strategist at Ball State. The banner featuring Cochard is by far the biggest on campus, he said. The Greenfield student was taken by surprise when he received an email inviting him to take part in the campaign. Thinking he’d likely end up in a campus brochure, he had no idea the quick 20-minute photo shoot he took part in would lead to having his likeness taking up the whole side of a building. Cochard has had friends and even a few strangers ask what it feels like to have his portrait gracing the side of the Teachers College, the university’s tallest building, at the busiest intersection on campus. Rather than letting his pseudo-ce-
lebrity status go to his head, he just shrugs and says he’s happy to help promote the college he’s grown to love. “I love going to Ball State. I think it’s a great place to learn,” said Cochard, whose parents are Brian and Deborah Cochard of Greenfield. “I like being able to support the school and having the opportunity to be part of the brand, being able to promote it so others can see it’s a really good school,” he said. Cochard said he appreciates that Ball State allows students to learn in a very hands-on way. “Even when I was a freshman taking pre-req classes in chemistry, I was doing hands-on labs, and now in clinics for nursing I’m going to the hospital or nursing homes in Muncie and taking care of real patients. It’s a great way to learn,” he said. Ransford said Cochard was chosen for the publicity campaign along with other students to represent certain segments of the student body at Ball State. Cochard represents both nursing students and commuters.
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Cochard, who expects to graduate in May 2021, serves as a commuter ambassador for the university’s Office of Graduation and Retention, where he encourages fellow commuters to take full advantage of university resources and stay on track academically. It’s the compassion Cochard shows as a nursing student that inspired Pyron to nominate him for the marketing campaign. “Gabe has a positive, energetic and enthusiastic personality that is exhibited with every patient interaction. He is always smiling, even during the busiest times of the day,” she said. “He is such a compassion-
ate person and always puts others first. He will be an amazing nurse, someone I would want to take care of me, my family or friends.” As for also becoming the face of Ball State’s Cardinals Care public health campaign, which asks every member of the campus community to pledge to do their part in limiting the spread of COVID-19, Cochard was gratified to help remind people of the importance of following the school’s safety protocols. “Knowing they’re going to use that banner to promote wearing a mask and being healthy and being safe during these times, I just really like that,” Cochard said.
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They filled the living room, seated in a circle formed by a couch and chairs. The dozen women and men gathered caught up on their week. A man talked about a Bible study with a colleague over lunch hour. A woman talked about the road to sobriety and getting to talk with her daughter on the phone. Mo Wildey’s Bible was open on the coffee table. He read from the 10th chapter of Luke. As the group prayed, one woman began to cry, and the woman next to her patted her shoulder. They sang a chorus to close. The weekly gathering at a house in Mt. Comfort is one of some
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in an apartment complex. They asked him to go back to his church and see if it was interested. So Wildey brought it up to the leadership at Brookville Road Community Church in New Palestine. They were supportive — of the project, and of Wildey leading it. “The desire that Mo had to share Christ with others and help them out of poverty propelled Mo to start the Yeshua Society,” Kris Sorensen, lead pastor at Brookville Road, wrote in an email. “Our elders and congregation were excited to launch Mo and his team to begin this work and invite others to join him.” Wildey said the monthly police runs to the neighborhood dropped by about 75 percent as the church got started there.
There has been a learning curve as Yeshua Society’s leaders have tried to follow what they feel God is instructing them to do. For a season, the church also operated a Christian elementary school but later felt called to focus instead on recovery ministry. Wildey said the school offered a valuable glimpse, though, into how families live in the inner city. God “wants us to be his presence in places that are kind of tough,” Wildey said. “God gave us a heart for people who are struggling, not only with abuse, but also hurts of any kind.” For Yeshua Society, which takes its name from the Hebrew for “Jesus,” helping those struggling often includes helping them climb out of addiction and/
Yeshua Society Yeshua Society has a service and meal at 10 a.m. Sundays at 90 S. Seventh Ave. in Beech Grove. That site is “The Hub” for the church. There are also a few house churches and some recovery groups meeting in Greenfield and Indianapolis through the week, in addition to two residential homes in the Mt. Comfort area. Leaders hope to eventually open a ministry center on the southeast side of Indianapolis with a minimum of 100 transitional beds for recovery purposes. The hope is to also have a day center for homeless people and a youth center. Yeshua Society is also helping launch a church in Escandido, California, in the San Diego suburbs. Information: yeshuasociety.org
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Mo Wildey — at right, with his hand raised — ministers to a group of a dozen or so worshipers at a prayer meeting.
or poverty. Several of its weekly gatherings are Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based 12-step program, or support group meetings. Leaders are also cultivating a list of businesses willing to offer a job to people trying to make a new start. “We are really against giving things away and doing things for people that enable them to stay in a bad spot,” Wildey said. “Our focus is going to be on working with people who have decided they want to get out of the bad situation they have
found themselves in ... They want to get out, and they understand Jesus is the answer.” Matt Jouppi, president of Custom Exteriors on Mt. Comfort Road, said when he and his father and sister heard Wildey’s vision, it seemed like a good fit. “We’re just trying to extend to them some more security — a good place to work, an opportunity to be around a family-owned and operated business,” Jouppi said. “We’re just really trying to give somebody
another chance to succeed and further their growth.” It’s a chance Justin Gribbins is grateful for. He’s has worked at Custom Exteriors for several months now. Jouppi said Gribbins “has fit in wonderfully here” and is “a wonderful example of what God’s trying to do with this mission.” Gribbins had tried to break free from addiction before, but he seemed to drift back to familiar routines. A second overdose, however, was a wake-up call. He came to and found himself being loaded into the back of an ambulance, not sure what was going on. His mother and cousin were bawling on the front porch. “It broke my heart,” he said. “That was a real eye-opener for me that I needed to do something.” Gribbins connected with people from Yeshua Society who were coming to a Salvation Army rehabilitation center to lead Bible studies and Celebrate Recovery meetings. “I liked the spiritual side of it,” he said. “They build a personal relationship with you, too. They really show the love.” Having been clean for 18 months, Gribbins said he appreciates the family feel of the company and the ways a job and recovery ministry are helping him feel some stability in his life. “I’ve got a great support system,”
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he said. Like Gribbins, Joseph Jones met Wildey at the Salvation Army. He watched lifelong users gravitate to Wildey. “He was talking about hope — hope that comes through the love of Christ.” Today Jones is director of discipleship/recovery ministry for Yeshua Society. He said the work helps him in his own recovery and that, long after drugs and alcohol exit people’s bodies, they have to work on the inner issues that brought them to using in the first place. “This isn’t a program,” he said. “It’s a lifestyle change.” As he looks at different people in various houses, each with his or her own story, he sees how they are the same. “We all come from different places,” he said, but “We’re all on the same page, and that page is God Almighty.”
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Together, Tracy and Miguel got the trim for the new house painted. She speaks English, and he speaks Spanish, but words weren’t always necessary for the task. She could tell the task was special to him, as he participated in the work to form the house that would be his. It was special to her too, a highlight of a recent trip to Mexico. Tracy Gibson and her husband, Dale, were among 25 people from Calvary Christian Fellowship in Cumberland who traveled to Mazatlán, Mexico, in January to build two homes through Youth With a Mission’s Homes of Hope program. They stayed in dormitories at the Youth With a Mission base, built the homes, and shared food and their faith in the surrounding community. As they visited around the area, team members took turns sharing the stories of their own faith journeys. “It was definitely much more than building houses,” said group member Lori Vaughan. “A lot of it was relationship building with the people — just sharing our lives and our stories of how God has worked in our lives and changed us through a relationship with Jesus.” Group members visited an orphanage for children with special needs, a men’s prison, a women’s rehab center and even the local dump. Chris Morales said visiting the hilltop where piles and piles of trash are dumped was one of the hardest moments of the trip. She watched local people sort through the rubbish, hoping to pull out recyclables and earn perhaps $9 a day. The Calvary Christian Fellowship group served rice, beans, vegetables and tortillas from big metal pots to those at the dump, with guava juice to wash it down.
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It was a moment that stayed with several group members. Morales said it was hard to see, and yet she respected the people’s efforts to earn money and provide for their families. Handing over cups to be filled with guava juice, Dale Gibson wanted to cry. Vaughan saw, in the scene before them, the plight of every person. “In many ways I think why it was so powerful was because it reminded us how Jesus entered into our mess — that that’s all of us,” she said. “ … God rescued us out of it.” That sense of something in common brought about other powerful moments during the trip: singing worship songs together, with their new friends next to them voicing the same tune in Spanish; the Mexicans and the Americans taking turns praying for each other, often not knowing what was being said but feeling meaning in it nonetheless. Dale Gibson and some other men from the group found kindredness in a men’s prison. Though they passed through an intimidating The view from a lighthouse shows the coastline of Mazatlan, Mexico.
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series of gates and checkpoints to enter, once inside they eventually came to a more open area and then a chapel. “Guys were on their faces praying before the service,” he said. “Such a sense of freedom — in a Mexican prison. My brothers in Christ.” The man sitting next to Gibson started showing some of his favorite verses, either underlined or highlighted, in his Bible. Gibson borrowed a Bible from a fellow mission group member. He wanted to show the man the 17th verse in the third chapter of the Gospel of John. Like many Christians, he likes the famous “For God so loved the world ...” verse of John 3:16, but he appreciates the next verse too: “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” As he tells the story, Gibson pauses to collect his emotions and keep speaking. “I don’t know why it gets me so much, but he already had it bracketed — both verses,” Gibson said. “We looked at each other and smiled. “It was a connection moment for sure.”
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Such connections between people became the more memorable moments of the trip for Vaughan, not the construction she thought would be the highlight. In God’s economy, she said, people go thinking they will give and yet receive more than what they offered. “When we step into the mess and we give ourselves away, that’s when life really becomes rich,” she said. ”We all have the same value. We all have the same problem — we’ve all fallen short of God’s perfection. “A lot of times we run away from brokenness, but in those broken areas of our lives, it’s fertile soil to find richness and meaning, and to encounter God in an amazing way.”
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A mission team from Calvary Christian Fellowship pauses in the “golden zone” of downtown Mazatlan, Mexico.
Homes of Hope Youth With a Mission’s Homes of Hope program has built more than 260 homes in the Mazatlán, Mexico, area since its founding in 2006. Families in the program buy the land and pay to have a foundation laid, upon which visiting volunteer groups build and paint the house. Each
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Dennis Westrich (second from right) and his wife, Linda Westrich (third from right) traveled to Wisconsin in June. They are part of NOMADS (Nomads On a Mission Active in Divine Service), a group of retirees that organizes work trips at camps and other ministries. The Westriches are part of Shirley-Wilkinson Community United Methodist Church.
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maintenance person — maybe,” said Ruth Allford. “They just don’t have the help that it takes to maintain a camp ... “Whatever is needed, we just go in to serve.” This summer, they planned to visit a church camp in northern Indiana and help it get ready for winter. Since they started working on NOMADS projects in 2009, the Allfords have traveled to multiple states to work on a variety of projects. On one trip they might paint interior cottage walls or refinish headboards at a United Methodist children’s home. On another they might help build office space for a ministry that trains missionaries in sustainable farming methods — methods to help them and those they serve on the field grow food, even in less than optimum conditions. On still another trip they might help a homeowner rebuild a
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house after a natural disaster. On one trip, Mike Westrich, another local NOMAD, built a chicken coop for a camp’s nature experience. In June, he and his wife, Linda, helped clean at Pine Lake United Methodist Camp in Westfield, Wisconsin. Their team devotions were outside, and amid COVID-19 distancing they turned outward from their circle when they sang, but they sought to help the camp catch up after previous work trips for this year were canceled amid the pandemic. The group installed stairs on a slope leading down to a lakeside worship space with benches. The Westriches attend church with the Allfords, who helped influence them to join NOMADS. “Sometimes retirement can be a little bit boring,” Linda Westrich said. “It’s something that gives us a purpose. That’s kind of what NOMADS is, it’s
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Ruth and Mike Allford and other NOMADS (Nomads On a Mission Active in Divine Service) travel in their RVs to camps and other ministries who could use their expertise and volunteerism to check items off their to-dolists. The Allfords are part of Shirley-Wilkinson Community United Methodist Church.
retirement with a purpose.” A coordinator with the United Methodist Church puts out the call for workers for each trip, noting how many RVs are needed and what types of work group members might expect. Trips span various seasons of the year, with winter trips being based in warmer states such as Florida. As the weather warms up in spring and summer, the NOMADS venture into northern states such as Wisconsin. Volunteers can sign up for a trip or two or string several together. A few of the NOMADS have sold their homes and travel full time. Working on trips over the years often means meeting up with some of the same people at work sites. As they gather for daily devotions and work together to aid ministries, friendships are born.
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“Everybody’s got the same heart and the same purpose,” Ruth Allford said. “I think we’ve made some lifelong friends. When you’re that close for three weeks … there’s just a bond that comes real easy.” “They’ve become almost like family,” adds Mike Allford. The Allfords keep a binder with photos and information from each of the work trips where they’ve served. One of the favorites was a trip to a children’s home, where among other tasks the team stripped a floor in the large dining room. Before the team left, the children made a poster and signed it with their first names. “It makes the emotions run deep that they appreciated that work,” Ruth Allford said. “I guess that’s why we do it … to try to make a difference in our little way.”
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Some people have stereotypes about what ministry on the continent of Africa might look like. Have you encountered any odd questions or misconceptions about your daily life? You get quite a few strange misconceptions. I complied a list of most frequently asked questions ... “Is your house like ... a mud hut?” No. I live in Kampala, the capital city, where there are some houses that are quite nice! My house is located near Heritage, an international school, so that I can be close to a community of teachers and staff that are around my age. The place that I am renting
has a cute little backyard and a wall that encloses the compound. “Do you have electricity?” Yes. However, occasionally I have power outages that last up to six to eight hours at a time. Luckily I have a gas stove, so I can still cook, and a solar charger for my phone.
”What is something interesting or funny about the culture you live in?” When I was on a trip to the village, I stayed at a local pastor’s house. They made dinner and starting bringing dish after dish of food into the living room. Then they disappeared outside, and I thought they went to get the rest of the food, but they were gone for over 15 minutes. Finally, one of then peeked back in and said, “What is the matter? Is there something wrong with the food?”
“What about air conditioning?” No. But the temperatures here range from upper 80s in the day, down the the mid-60s at night. So its usually cool at night when you are trying to sleep. Plus I have a fan by my bed in case I’m feeling hot. “Do you go to that bathroom ... outside?” Those are called
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Local Ugandan food consists of rice, beans, matoke (boiled or steamed mashed green bananas), chapati (the African version of a soft tortilla), one or two chucks of meat a little bit smaller than the size of a golf ball, posho (sometimes called ugali; fine white corn flour is mixed with water until it stiffens into a dough consistency), and mandazi (their version of a doughnut). I eat these items when I’m staying in the village.
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batch of delicious ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookies. ... I decided to leave half the batch at my house for my guards to enjoy and to take along the other half for my driver and myself. ... One guard said, “I tried to explain to my wife what this thing was that I ate, and I don’t have any way to describe it other than that it is Jesus bread.” Another guard said, “Madame, The next time you make this Jesus bread, you must show me how to make it!” Their
pure joy and excitement was fun to watch. As I reflected on this, it struck me that we, as Christians, are the “Jesus bread” of life. There are people in the world who have never seen or experienced anything like a relationship with Christ. When we, Christians, are salt and light to the world, people will taste our goodness and want more. They will want to to know how we “make” the goodness that flows from us.
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Luckily, we found an organization that offers a water filtration system for approximately $60 USD. They gave us one water filtration system for free, and we are saving up to buy a water filtration system for our other four clinics. It is an amazing feeling to be able to offer our sick patients clean drinking water when we have never been able to before.
My work weeks and tasks vary quite a bit. As the medical coordinator of the five clinics, my role is administrative and big picture. I am in charge of making sure staff get paid, drugs are available, and other tasks that come along with daily operation. ... I am working to build a Ugandan administrative team who will be responsible for
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One of my biggest concerns is how the cost of food has shot up. A bag of rice that used to cost $8 is now $12 USD. People here already struggle to feed their families; with this price increase there are going to be many who can’t afford food. In turn, this will cause an increase in crime as people are trying to survive. In addition, most Ugandans wouldn’t have the luxury of being able to “shelter in place”; most work to make enough money to buy food for that day. So if they are forced not to work, they won’t have money to buy food that day.
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Fred and Joy began ultrasound training in January.
lively with plenty of moving and shaking. You mentioned some new projects taking shape there. God has beyond blessed us in this past year by bringing in funding for different projects. We have sent two of our staff members, Fred and Joy, to attend a six-month ultrasound training course. They started in January 2020 ... Ultrasound is an amazing diagnostic tool in rural health settings, and
this is a huge step for us to provide better care for our patients. Please pray for them over the next six months and beyond as we launch our ultrasound program in the clinics. In September, at Nampunge Health Clinic 3, we put new paint and tile throughout the clinic. The difference was dramatic. Since the renovation our average monthly number of outpatients has doubled. Including all of our
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us to add labor and delivery services as well as family planning services. A video shows the before and after: https://youtu. be/5jClunEBTHA How can people support you? One of the best ways you can support us is through prayer. Anyone and everyone can give simple prayers to the Lord to help us do more than we could ever ask, think or imagine. The best way you can stay up to date on what to pray for is by following along our journey via Facebook at www.facebook. com/medicalcareafrica. Something that we have seen be very successful is having a
person or group take on the role of being an advocate for a specific project. If you or your church would like to give financially, there are many projects you can support such as purchase of lab equipment, running water and electricity for our facilities, paint and tile so that we can make our facilities an inviting place of healing. To give you can go to https:// www.chogglobal.org/ mission-projects/projectsafrica/uganda-health-care/. If you would like learn more about projects or would like information about adopting a specific project, please email me at KaitlinSmith@Chog.org.
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Pictured: The Rev. Rick Hutson, left, and Donita Willis work in the garden, which will aid the church’s food ministry.
Afterward, people from the congregation delivered a few more meals to older residents, and surplus buns were divvied and delivered, too. Willis and Hutson said the community has offered great support to
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Growers hope to also bolster help for hungry people with fresh produce from the garden. “We’ve got a lot of stuff here,” Hutson said. “It’s going to feed a lot of people.”
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