Airman Logan P. Bovard graduated from the United States Air Force May 27, and received the John Lee Levitow award, the highest honor presented to a graduate of Air Force Enlisted Professional Military Education, including Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Senior NCO Academy.
As Memorial Day was celebrated on May 31, residents of Rising Sun gathered for a time of remembrance for those loved ones who lost their lives while serving in the US Military. While most festivities were canceled last year due to the pandemic, Rising Sun was well represented to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Loclyn Kirby Dick, infant of Rising Sun, Indiana, died May 25, 2021. Arrangements entrusted to Markland Funeral Home.
The 2021 Rising Sun Alumni Association Dinner will be Saturday, June 19, at the Senior Community Building on South Mulberry, and will honor the graduating classes of 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2021.
The Rising Sun-Ohio County Park Board will have a public meeting for input for its fiveyear master park plan at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Rising Sun-Ohio County Community Center at 510 S. Mulberry St.
The 2021 Future Generations Scholarship application is available online at www.occfrisingsun.com. Applications may be accessed by clicking on scholarships at the top of the page and then selecting Future Generations from the dropdown menu.
FRANKLIN - Rising Sun junior Halle Shorten, girls track and field sectional champion in the 400-meter dash May 18 at East Central, completed her spring season with a 13th place finish in IHSAA regional competition at Franklin Community High School last Tuesday, May 25.
INDIANAPOLIS - Rising Sun junior Kendall Montgomery placed 11th in long jump, while sophomore Dylan Martin was 15th in 300-meter low hurdles in last Thursday’s IHSAA boys track and field regional at Warren Central High School.
OSGOOD - Edging Class A Sectional 60 host Jac-Cen-Del 11-10 in Monday morning’s semifinal round at Bradshaw Field, Rising Sun baseball advanced to its second-straight title game that night. But Oldenburg Academy (16-7), ranked in the top 10 in the state coaches’ poll earlier this season, stopped the Shiners’ quest for their eighth sectional crown in school history - and second-straight, with the 2020 spring season canceled - with an 11-3 victory in the 7 p.m.
CLASS A - SECTIONAL 60 At Rising Sun MONDAY, MAY 24 G1: Hauser 7, RISING SUN 2 TUESDAY, MAY 25 G2: Jac-Cen-Del 15, South Decatur 0 (5 in.) G3: Hauser 15, Oldenburg Academy 0 (5 in.) THURSDAY, MAY 27 G4: Hauser 11, Jac-Cen-Del 0 (5 in.), championship CLASS 2A - SECTIONAL 45 At Switzerland Co. (Vevay) MONDAY, MAY 24 G1: Austin 19, Southwestern (Hanover) 4 (5 in.) G2: South Ripley 11, Milan G2: South Ripley 11, Milan 1 (6 in.) TUESDAY, MAY 25 G3: South Ripley 7, Austin 1 G4: Switzerland Co.