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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014
Not Forgotten Timothy “Griz” Martin
daughters he left behind. Her cousin, Griz’s father was in the Air Force and traveled around erussell@registerpublications.com a lot, her cousin came to live with It has been nearly 21 years since his grandmother Hattie Martin, her cousin died, but in her heart it Aurora, for his senior year of high is just like she heard the news. school. He would graduate from Nancy Frisch, nee Siemantel, Aurora High School in 1974, said Aurora, lost her Frisch. cousin Army Her mother Master Sgt. Timoand his father, thy Lynn “Griz” Ben Martin, were Martin in Somalia brother and sisin 1993 when he ter, and had been was 38. close, she said. “I’ll always Frisch has a miss him,” said folder full of arFrisch. ticles about her Martin was cousin, and his mortally wounded death in Somalia. in the now infaShe has photos mous Mogadishu of him and his raid for a Somali children in photo warlord that is albums and loose the basis for the in envelopes. She film Black Hawk has some of his Down. MSG medals, and has Griz Martin died some contact while en route This photo of Timothy L. “Griz” with her cousin’s to Germany for Martin was taken shortly after widow and chiltreatment of his he finished basic training and dren via Facebook wounds. AIT when he was 19 years old. and email. The Battle of “Those kids Mogadishu or were his world. He loved his Black Hawk Down was the bloodi- daughters so much,” said Frisch est battle for the Unites States’ looking at pictures of him changmilitary since Vietnam, and would ing a diaper, playing in the pool, remain so until 2004 and the Iraq laughing with his three girls. war. His dedication to the military When Memorial Day rolls was just below his dedication to around every year, or Veterans his family. But in the military he Day, or his birthday, as well as found his niche, she said. other holidays, Frisch thinks of her He worked at Aurora Casket cousin, and the wife and the three Company in the summer after By Erika Schmidt Russell Editor
Memorial Day events
After a triumphant return attracting about 500 people in 2013, the Lawrenceburg Memorial Day parade is back for another year. It will be on Walnut Street going from High Street to U.S. 50. This year there will be several World War II veterans and Purple Heart recipients taking part. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. Monday, May 26. Memorial Day services at Greendale Cemetery’s Soldier’s Circle start at 11 a.m., with Dearborn Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey as the featured speaker. Parade organizers had taken a hiatus when only 50 attended the parade in 2011. So grab a chair, a flag and stop by downtown Lawrenceburg to honor those who have served and especially those who made the ultimate sacrfice. Meanwhile, American Legion Northcutt-Laaker Post 292, Dillsboro, will perform Memorial Day Services Sunday, May 25. Services will be held at 1 p.m. at Oakdale Cemetery, Dillsboro, and 3 p.m. at St. John Cemetery, Farmer’s Retreat. For more information, call 1-812-432-9200. Other area Memorial Day observances are on Page 7B. © REGISTER PUBLICATIONS, 2014
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MEMORIAL DAY Floyd Glenn Colegate, Jr. & Derek Wayne Colegate Floyd Glenn Colegate Jr. proudly served in the United States Marine Corps from 1971-1975. He attended Boot Camp at Parris Island, S.C., and was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, N.C. Floyd was an aircraft electrician working on the Gruman A6A Intruder All Weather Attack Bomber. Derek Wayne Colegate, Third Class Petty Officer, United States Navy, 2007-2011 is the son of Floyd Jr. and Cheryl Colegate of New Alsace. He was stationed on the USS Princeton, a guided missile cruiser out of Pier 10, Naval Station San Diego, California. During his service Derek was awarded two Navy and Marine Achievement Medals, a Good Conduct Award and named Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. On Sept. 9, 2010, the USS Princeton aided the USS Dubuque and 24 Marines in the capture of Somali pirates who had boarded a German owned vessel off the coast of East Africa. In 2008 Derek’s father Floyd was able to board the USS Princeton with his son for a Tiger Cruise from Honolulu, Hawaii to San Diego, Calif. Derek is currently active in the Naval Reserve.
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Colleen E. Mitchell Seaman Colleen E. Mitchell of Crosby Township is serving on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Aircraft Carrier while it is on deployment in the Arabian Sea. Seaman Mitchell joined the Navy after high school graduation in 2011. She is the pride and joy of her parents, Dan and Anita K. Ficke of Crosby Township and Michael E. Mitchell of Miamitown and brother, Barry A. Mitchell.
Tyler Hannah, son of Bob and Kathy Hannah of Rising Sun, is a 2010 graduate of Rising Sun High School. He attends Indiana State University in Terre Haute majoring in aviation management. Tyler also is in the Air Force Reserve and ROTC program. In his reserve duties, he is an avionics technician at Grissom AFB in Peru, Ind. Tyler was recently accepted into the Professional Officer Course for AFROTC and will be attending field training at Maxwell AFB in Alabama this summer. After graduating from ISU, Tyler will be a Second Lieutenant in the USAF. Tyler was married to his college sweetheart, Alexa Davis, on May 17.
Andrew, Sean & Nathan Elliot Lieutenant Andrew Elliott (left) and his older brother, Technical Sergeant Sean Elliott (right) were deployed to adjoining bases Camp Bastion and Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan last summer. Both are safely back in the U.S. now. Sean is a 1998 graduate of East Central and is currently stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas where he works as a parachute rigger for the pararescue team. Sean and his wife, Lisa have, two children; Rhianna, 6, and Sam, 4. Andrew graduated from East Central in 2000, Indiana University in 2004 and I.U. College of Medicine in 2008. He is an Emergency Medicine physician now serving at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. Prior to his deployment to Afghanistan, he and his wife, Kacie, spent two years stationed in Guam. He will complete his time in the Navy this summer and has accepted a position in the emergency department at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Northern Kentucky. Sean and Andrew’s younger brother Nathan Elliott (bottom photo) served in the Army from 2006-2013 including a 15month tour of duty in Iraq. He attends Northern Kentucky University and lives in Loveland with his wife, Harley, son Noah, 7, and daughter, Tori, 5. Submitted by their proud mother Pam Elliott of Guilford.
graduation, and in a story about Griz’s death in The Dearborn County Register in October 1993, his former coworkers recalled what a hard worker he was. Frisch tears up as she continues looking at photos of her cousin. She pulls out two photos, one of Griz and another of his oldest daughter. “I remember how blue his eyes were. His daughter has his blue eyes,” said Frisch, adding his laugh was has hearty and boisterous as he was. She bought a brick for him at the veterans’ memorial at the Dearborn County Courthouse. A tree was planted in his memory at South Dearborn High School in the spring of 1994. There are other memorials with his name in other places as well. Master Sgt. Timothy Lynn “Griz” Martin is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place of heroes, and Frisch knows she is not alone in missing Griz or a family member this Memorial Day, but it doesn’t make the missing any less.
Splash park could replace Aurora pool By Chandra L. Mattingly Staff Reporter cmattingly@registerpublications.com
This could be the last year Aurora has a city pool. Opening at noon this Saturday, May 24, the pool has developed another leak, probably in its backflow system, in addition to a longstanding leak in the deep end. But even before the park board learned of the leak at its Monday, May 19, meeting, Aurora Mayor Donnie Hastings and city attorney Jeff Stratman urged the board to consider replacing it with a splash park. “If you look at the money we're losing every year, we could pay for a splash park in a couple of years,” said Hastings. “We're $4,200 to $5,000 bucks in the hole from last year.” He suggested youngsters who want to swim could go to Greendale or Lawrenceburg swimming pools. City councilman Mike Crider, who serves on the park board, noted the pool season is only 10 to 12 weeks, and questioned the expenditure for so short a time.
Lawrenceburg, Greendale and Rising Sun all have relatively new pools where Aurora kids could go to swim. But Aurora Clerk-treasurer Randy Turner said the youngsters who swim at Aurora aren't going to go to the other pools and pay $8 to get in. Offering the pool is a subsidy, he said. Street superintendent Debbie Peters, who also supervises pool operations, then said the pool is losing water, the level having dropped six inches in about 20 hours Sunday, May 18. She can keep up with the water loss by refilling the pool, and the city doesn't charge the pool for its water use. “You're refilling the pool every 10 days with that loss,” said Stratman. Crider asked about the amount of chemicals used, but Turner said the chemical cost always is high anyway. “If we can't keep it full, we'll have to close it down,” said Crider. That would be bad for the lifeguards who would lose their jobs, but worse for the kids who buy
By Erika Schmidt Russell Editor erussell@registerpublications.com
Lawrenceburg pool managers Tony and Dee Abbott are crossing their fingers the pool will be ready to open Saturday, May 24. Two broken pipes under the main pool deck had to be repaired, as well as updates and changes made to the entrace and building to meet ADA accessibility rules, said Dee Abbott. Even if the main pool isn’t open, the splash park will be and people can buy passes. Admission for Lawrenceburg city residents is free, however proof of residency is required. That proof is a photo ID and a utility or other monthly bill. “It also needs to be a recent bill, for instance only a month old,” said Abbott. Admission for everyone else is $8 per person, kids and adults. Senior citizens 60 and over can get in for $4. Season pass options are $70 for an individual; $135 for family pass, which is four people living in the same household; and $35 for seniors 60 and over. A swim lesson schedule has not been set yet, but it hopefully will be more accomodating for working parents, said Abbott. “We’re hoping to offer two sessions. One in the morning and one in the evening, and those will begin in early June,” she added. For questions or more information call the pool at 1-812-537-3860. Meanwhile, Greendale is gearing for a second year of operations at its new pool, after an inaugural season in 2013.
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Police pursuit in northern Dearborn; shots fired Staff Report Shots were fired at passengers attempting to elude an Indiana State Trooper in northwestern Dearborn County Wednesday afternoon, May 21. The suspects had been under surveillance as part of an ongoing burglary investgiation, when police identified two people whom they believed had broken into a house on Walters Road in Jackson Township near the Ripley County line, said ISP Sgt. Noel Houze Jr., public information officer. Police followed the suspects’ vehicle thorugh Dearborn County and attempted to stop the vehicle at Weisburg and Five Points roads near Lawrenceville. “As the vehicle appeared to be stopping a trooper exited his vehicle and the suspect vehicle attempted to strike the trooper. The trooper fired several shots at the suspect vehicle. The
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Good news, bad news for Fall Fest attendees By Erika Schmidt Russell Editor erussell@registerpublications.com
Good news, bad news time folks with the latest on Lawrenceburg’s Fall Fest. The good news: All rides are FREE for everyone, no matter where you live. The bad news: Only residents of
the City of Lawrenceburg will get into the concerts for free. Greg Tufts, with Hollywood Casino and a member of the Fall Fest committee, asked Lawrenceburg City council for its approval of the latest approach to handling the festival. Everyone who receives a Lawrenceburg city utility bill will receive two wristbands to get into
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■■When: Oct. 3-4, 1993 ■■Number of U.S. deaths: 18 ■■Number of U.S. wounded: 80 The Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized in the best-seller and film “Black Hawk Down,” was part of Operation Gothic Serpent - a 1992 US/United Nations operation in bloody civil war-torn Somalia. US/UN forces’ objective was to capture supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Originally slated as a quick operation to extract Aidid’s supporters on the afternoon of Oct. 3, the situation quickly deteriorated. A ground force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators in Humvees and heavy trucks was sent into Mogadishu with air support. As Rangers fast-roped from helicopters, one fell and was seriously injured. As armed Somalis began converging on the target area, one of the trucks was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. The convoy’s exit was delayed by miscommunication, allowing more gunmen to converge. As the convoy finally loaded prisoners, the first Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. Aurora High School grad and Delta Force Master Sgt. Timothy Lynn “Griz” Martin was part of what became known as the Lost Convoy, which attempted to recover the crew of the downed helicopter. The convoy took a wrong turn and was attacked. Martin was mortally wounded and another soldier killed when an RPG destroyed their Humvee. Meanwhile, another Black Hawk was shot down, with crowds of hostile Somalis surrounding it. Pilot Michael Durant, the lone survivor, spent 11 days as a Somali prisoner before he was released to the International Red Cross. Two Delta Force snipers who volunteered to help protect Durant and his crew were killed in action. Both were awarded posthumous Medals of Honor. Another smaller rescue convoy was repelled and, with the Lost Convoy, attempted to return to base. Trapped as the sun set, the convoys with nearly 100 men were surrounded. Supplies were dropped, but an attempt to medevac a gravely wounded soldier proved futile. A third helicopter was hit, and the soldier died later that night. Yet another rescue, using U.S. troops with Pakistani tanks and Malaysian armored vehicles, was dispatched. The convoy took fire, but the Americans used captured RPGs to hold off the hostiles. Eventually, contact was made with the trapped Rangers and Deltas. The rescue convoy also suffered casualties, with seven Malaysians and two Pakistanis wounded and a Malaysian and Pakistani killed. By 6:30 on the morning of Oct. 4 the battle was over. One last casualty occurred when exhausted Rangers, due to lack of transport, had to doubletime on foot to a safe location. That became known as the Mogadishu Mile.
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