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Dearborn County Commissioners and Greendale Mayor Doug Hedrick proclaim Sunday, Nov. 2, Lauren Hill Day. From left: Commissioners Art Little, Kevin Lynch, Hedrick, commissioner Shane McHenry, and Hill. Hill was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in November 2013. The 2014 Lawrenceburg High School grad desires to play one more game of basketball as a college student at Mt. St. Joseph next month.

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means a lot to a lot of people, said McHenry, asking everyone to pray for a miracle and hope for the best. A basketball player at LHS, Hill wanted to play one newsroom@registerpublications.com more game as a college freshman at the Mount St. Joseph Dearborn County commissioners, along with Greendale University. Mayor Doug Hedrick, signed a proclamation declaring The first regular season women’s basketball game Sunday, Nov. 2, Lauren Hill Day during their Tuesbetween Mount St. Joseph Uniday night, Oct. 21, meeting, ter versity and Hiram College will egis r ty oun Dearborn C at the county administration be held Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 building in Lawrenceburg. p.m. at the Cintas Center on In November 2013, Hill, Xavier University’s campus. er.com regist thedc a senior at Lawrenceburg The NCAA granted an exempVeteran High School, was diagnosed recognition tion to play the game earlier 17 May with Diffused Intrinsic Pon- dinner than originally scheduled to tine Glioma, a rare pediataccommodate the wish of a ric brain tumor, that has no terminally ill freshman bascure. Hill has become an ketball player for the Mount, advocate for finding a cure, Lauren Hill, to be able to play sharing her story with others. in a college game. At the end of the meeting, Tickets for the game sold the commissioners expressed Fundraiser for out in less than hour after plant liver trans their admiration of Hill. recipient going on sale at 9 a.m. It has been a very emoWednesday, Oct. 22. Net tional meeting, said commisticket proceeds will be dosioner Kevin Lynch. nated to The Cure Starts “Lauren Hill is an inspiraNow Foundation. Parking tion to us all,” he said. will be free in the lots surShe is an inspiration for evrounding the Cintas Center What’s next? erything she has done and how for the Nov. 2 game. is she has presented herself in a NatioMay To view a video of the nal Foster Care Month tough situation, he said. presentation, visit the Reg“I almost lost it. No parent ister Publications Facebook Something is wrong should ever out live their chilpage. dren. I know firsthand, I lost Meanwhile, Hollywood my daughter,” said commisCasino is providing an opnt orta15, be imp , is, will ily was sioner Art Little. Fam y als: Ma Roy y, ior sda portunity for the commuSen ur ro Th lsbo Dil ry in the Sto coverage “I think the thing that just If you missed Lauren’sMore at e lin on it nity to help raise money in d rea can u , yo blows me away about Lauren is Dearborn County Register support of cancer research how gracious she is. The word thedcregister.com. and Lauren Hill on Saturthat comes to mind is remarkday, Nov. 1. able,” said commissioner president ShaneY McHenry. E TODA INSID Just looking at the comments on social media, Lauren See MORE, Page 4A By Denise Freitag Burdette Assistant Editor

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to one of the scans. Brent the neurology staff due time after taking a half joined them around lunch she said. of these problems perHill. te They had thought some day off work, said Lisa Veterans and a guest are hospital, additional By Denise Freitag Burdet being cut from the soccer While they were at the haps had to do with her invited to the Trinity Christian Assistant Editor in as good of shape this ed. He mom noticed her not discover was Road, she were s .com Pribble Maybe symptom team. Center, 18687 newsroom@registerpublications the right and she was crashed into a teammate Satleft pupil was bigger than to one side, said Lauyear. In October, she had Lawrenceburg, at 6 p.m. drop.” resulting in a black head “It started with a cough eburg High during basketball practice, e, but they thought involuntarily tilting her urday, May 17. Lawrenc way simple ren Hill. That is the had felt fine otherwis The occasion is to honor Hill begins her complex eye. She She also had been having Day School senior Lauren in veterans on Armed Forces some trouble with her vision of story. 20/20 with a meal and a certificate the left eye, but she saw Because there is nothing appreciation for your dedicated you with her contacts, she said. Judy simple about finding out apservice to our nation. Call brain fatal le, Then the medical staff to have an inoperab Wesley at 1-812-637-0172 the bad news. deliver to peared can she tumor. was make a reservation and re“I actually thought I a But that is the news she up. make sure veterans receive a room going to pass out or throw the ceived while sitting in same certificate of honor. Spread HosI think Brent was in the at Cincinnati Children’s word to other veterans about 20, condition,” said Lisa Hill. pital Medical Center Nov. the dinner. the news she a home care worker at is As to That expects 2013. had Trinity Christian while she sat there Children’s Hospital, she orthan more received to tribute be paying and a basseen different diagnosis hoping she did not have 100 veterans. ders in paperwork. ketball-season ending concus“You served our nation so “Just the word brain tumor for sion injury. now let us recognize you where this could of doctors, knew lot I a me, was for said “There your faithful service,” with a be heading,” said Lisa Hill. nurses, all these people told Wesley. faces. “The moment they lot of sad looks on their being a me it was like the rug ... My stomach started taking feet compulled out from under my dive when they all started in the ... and slamming my face ing in with these sad looks. ‘I ground,” said Lauren Hill. All that time I was praying if I on’ “I asked (the doctor) hope I don’t have a concussi lot gave she a and was OK, would be and it turns out it ‘We Fundraiser/yard sale for the worse,” said Lauren Hill. that typical doctor answer we will g Michael Guintini family was diagnosed with are going to do everythin Lauren May be 9 a.m. to ?? Saturday, can,’” she said. Diffused Intrinsic Pontine brain 17. The rain date is May 24. One of the other first quesGlioma, a rare pediatric Brightwhether 23278 was at is asked sale The tions she Salt tumor. basthere wood Drive in Bright, off she would be able to play “There is no cure and . any significant adFork behind the firehouse ketball, she said. resoft hasn’t been ” Hamburgers, hotdogs, “She said ‘yes’ which vancements in three decades, Lauren drinks and water and popcorn said her mother, Lisa (Harper) ally surprised me,” said , play to purchase to on go did available be will Hill, who sale. Hill. year. emand there also is a bake basketball for her senior Basically the tumor is There will be household items bedded in the pons of the brain The medical staff was using ” be of the for sale, and baskets will a lot of words like “possibly stem, the “motherboard” did not raffled that have been donated body. So few people are diand “hopefully.” Lauren the tumor each by local businesses. like it, said Lisa Hill. a agnosed with alMichael Guintini had companies are not “I told them they are not r year, drug said liver transplant in Decembe pursue drug research, lowed to use those words,” to willing fia 2013, and it has placed Lauren Hill. she said. s is nancial strain on his family. They are too open ended, Although the prognosi Bargain hunters also can not good, Lauren has continued SUBMITTED PHOTO she said. check out other sales nearby to live each day as normally as fullest after od is living each day to the since it is the Brightwo with plans to attend School senior Lauren Hill last fall. High possible, eburg Lawrenc sale Breaking the news to family St. JoEstates community yard inoperable brain tumor the College of Mount being diagnosed with an At first they did not menweekend. and friends was not easy. seph in the fall. s. They just said it concussion, tion much about the prognosi In the meantime, the family received from the maybe the collision had resulted in a Hill. have and left it at that, said Lisa the tumor brain a was cherishes the support they Hill. she friends to tell them day they have together said Lisa Nov. 19, Lauren said Lauren Hill gathered her practice community and holds each after LauBut and d, Nick, who was Brent, sidedad sitting on the news. She called her boyfrien close to their hearts, including Erin, 13. to “freak out.” She was started the Alley, sister e, and seminar. t, when her teammat away on a golfing ren’s brother Nate, 16, shed,” said Lauren tears together seems to mean lines, distraugh collided with the prior month, of lot spend a do were we time “There “The same person she talk to now Hill. Hill. and encouraged her to more now,” said Lauren May marks a special time ll team was probably the to savor the little mo- comforted her s Ray Furney. But telling her basketba “You learn really quick of the year to raise awarenes retired LHS athletic trainer said Lisa Hill. see the pediatrician that hardest, she said. ments while you have them,” about the needs of the more Lauren insisted that she including oral chein took Lauren to the CinThen the treatments began, radiation. She also than 4,900 Indiana youth day, said Lisa Hill, who Center urgent care in ng undergoi homes. while foster y ive Medical Lauren ’s motherap non-relat Nov. 19 when cinnati Children drug that is supposed It was during school Caring foster parents open part of a case study for a time. The left side of her Green Township. ily have a was along with radiation, said called her mother at lunch their homes to temporar care staff thought she might s main to help shrink the tumor urgent The these to the hospital’ tongue felt numb. care for and embrace Lauren Hill. drops all day. Her skull fracture. They were sent fospercent shrinkage since taken of her head and She had been using cough children. They value the There has been about 27 s may be due to cough campus so images could be ns ter child’s family connectio mom suggested the numbnes November, said Lisa Hill. said Lauren Hill. neck, said Lauren Hill. s, I was very emoin the hospital emerand provide a safe environdrops sitting on her tongue, later that day, some“After knowing my prognosi They spent the entire night ly received ment until the child can return But at basketball practice would pivot gency department where she eventual room the tional,” said Lauren Hill. she inlive When or right. adopted be seem a home, were sent to thing did not 6A begin to spin. She felt an MRI and CT scan. They See MOMENTS, Page dependently. May is National the morning rounds of her head, the room would legs also were weak, the next day where they missed Foster Care Month and was on a boat. Her she like Dearborn and Ohio County offices of the Indiana Departare ment of Child Services taking time to thank these families who provide homes or and love to the 31 abused gly By Chandra L. Mattin neglected children in Dearthat HomecomStaff Reporter born and Ohio County ■■Biographies■ of■ the■ Dillsboro■ .com he■festival’s■ need them. cmattingly@registerpublications ing■Parade■grand■marshals,■and■t foster become senior A. “People who outstanding■citizen■are■on■Page3 ss and■ For Dillsboro Homecoming's part best the parents have chosen to make ■■Look■for■photos■in■The Journal-Pre royalty, family has been xt■week. a difference for a foster child. Register■ne County Dearborn lives. 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On Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Elementary School (located on Short Street, Lawrenceburg), will be alive with the arts! The 9th annual Arts Alive! For more information contact the Dearborn Highlands Arts Council at 812539-4251 or at www.dearbornhighlandsarts.org

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As Lawrenceburg gears up to celebrate its distilling heritage with the Whiskey City Festival at the Lawrenceburg Event Center Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8, Lawrenceburg Main Street wanted to remember the city’s rich distilling history. The organization requested story submissions from distillery workers and/or their families. The Dearborn County Register is teaming up with Lawrenceburg Main Street to publish the stories over the next several weeks. Meet Jacob M. Bauer of the Bauer Cooperage Company. The son of German immigrants, Bauer was born in Cincinnati in 1858. Some of his family, he was one of four children, would stay in Cincinnati, while he and a brother would come to Lawrenceburg. His descendants remain to this day. One of those descendants is John Albert Bauer, Lawrenceburg, who applied for a patent for an improved barrel as well as a barrel measuring device and other patents related to cooperage.

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L’burg cuts $600,000 from budget proposals, more cuts coming By Erika Schmidt Russell Editor erussell@registerpublications.com

Lawrenceburg City Council and Mayor Dennis Carr trimmed more than $600,000 from the city’s riverboat casino-generated revenue budgets Monday, Oct. 20. Budget changes will continue at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, with a final reading and vote on the city’s budgets slated for Tuesday, Oct. 28. After a discussion about motions made regarding the budgets at council’s Oct. 6 meeting, Aaron Cook said “my main concern it getting the money back for the school corporations.” Then came the discussions of cuts that could be agreed on or in some cases, not agreed on by the mayor and some council members. Councilwoman Jane Pope wanted to eliminate the city marketing director position,

but Carr refused, and after discussion, moved to the 10-county regional economic development grant program. The RED program has a $3.5 million budget line item for 2015. Councilman Mike Lawrence asked what the plans are for RED next year. Carr said some major local companies were looking at expansions, but he couldn’t say who they were. Lawrence noted the city’s accounting firm noted an additional appropriation could be done later if an item were cut from the budget. City attorney noted the RED program money also covers the $84,000 a year the city spends on its lobbyist at the Indiana Statehouse. She asked for city redevelopment director Grant Hughes opinion on the future of the RED program. The RED program was the city’s “guardrail” against the

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Dearborn County Assessor Gary Hensley said he realizes the county might spend more than the fine to be collected. But state statute appears to require him to take property taxpayers, who fail to appear for a requested Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals hearing, to small claims court, he said According to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance Property Tax Assessment Appeals Fact Sheet, a taxpayer requesting a PTABOA hearing to appeal an assessed valuation of property also may request a continuance 20 days before the hearing or request a decision be made without his or her presence at least eight days before the hearing. However, the fact sheet also states, “A penalty of $50 will be

assessed against the taxpayer or his representative for failure to appear at the hearing and if the taxpayer’s request for continuance, request for the PTABOA to take action without the taxpayer’s presence, or withdrawal is not timely filed (a penalty may be appealed).” Last year there were 12 taxpayers who failed to attend the hearings, but after sending two notices, all 12 fines were paid, said Hensley. This year there are three taxpayers with a total of four appeals. The same process was used this year to collect the fine but these still have not been paid, he said. “I am not a bill collector and I don’t want to be,” said Hensley. Every effort has been made to avoid this step, he said. “We do everything can can to get people to show,” said Hensley.

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John Albert Bauer applied for those patents in 1936-38, following the reopening of the distilleries after the repeal of Prohibition. Those patents are nothing new for the family, however. According to the 1914 Dearborn County History, before taking up coopering, Jacaob Bauer had studied law, but decided it wasn’t for him. Instead, Jacob Bauer formed the cooperage with his brother John G. Bauer.

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