The new Rising Sun Main Street board are, from left, Cliff Thies, treasurer; Tim Caudill, vice president; Marsha Louden, president; Amber DePrez, executive director; Adam Buck, membership co-chair; Lisa Buck, membership co-chair; Mike Northcutt, secretary. SUBMITTED PHOTO

New board looking to revitalize Main Street

After not operating for several months, the Rising Sun Main Street board has been revitalized and a new director has been appointed. Longtime Director Karrah Miller took an administrative assistant position with the Rising Sun Police Department, leaving the position vacant.

Gene Kritsky

Get ready for a chorus of cicadas

As discussions and music fill a backyard barbecue’s acoustic ambiance there’s one sound that might pollute the party this summer. Cicadas.

Rev. Francis Dewey West

Rev. Francis Dewey West, 82, of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, passed away peacefully April 7, 2021, at his residence with his family by his side. Francis was born in Oneida, Tennessee, on Aug. 18, 1938, a son of the late Flora and Bernard West.

Edith Dugle

Edith (Harlow) Dugle

Edith (Harlow) Dugle, age 97, of Rising Sun, Indiana, formerly of Sunman, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loving children. She was born Sept. 9, 1923, in Switzerland County, Indiana, the daughter of James Otis and Lenna Mae (Stewart) Harlow. Mrs. Dugle attended elementary school at Riverview, Plum Creek and Thornhill as her family moved from farm to farm early in her life. The family bought a farm in Fairview, Indiana, and the Harlow family was finally settled. Edith worked hard on the farm, loving her work outside, planting the crops, milking the cows, feeding the chickens. She could take care of any farm work that needed to be done. Edith especially loved horses and taking care of them, riding, plowing, feeding, watering, and harnessing them. She was baptized at the Plum Creek Baptist Church.

Death Notices

Carl R. Lay, age 72, of Rising Sun, died April 1, 2021.

Robert M. Stwalley

Public schools need your support

There is a bit of an unexpected tussle going on right now in the statehouse. You see, the Republican super majority did not expect to have any problem pulling more money away from public education and giving it to private education entities. It turns out that people are pushing back, and the more they learn about the on-going scheme to give public money to private schools, the less they like it.

Rising Sun sophomore Dylan Martin clears the last hurdle en route to his 300-meter event win, one of four for the Shiner boys track and field in Thursday’s 4-way meet at Vevay. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Montgomery, Taylor, Martin, boys relay all firsts

VEVAY - Juniors Kendall Montgomery and Grant Taylor and sophomore Dylan Martin marked individual event first-place finishes, while Rising Sun’s boys 4 X 400-meter relay also was a winner in quad meet track and field action at Switzerland County Thursday, April 8.

Sophomore right-hander Merica pitched all 7 innings for the win against No. 2-ranked (Class A) Oldenburg, striking out 7 Twisters batters and walking one. MASON J. UHLMANSIEK

Baseball shocks No. 2 Twisters

RISING SUN - Rising Sun baseball responded to a 2-1 squeaker loss at Trinity Lutheran last Thursday, April 8, with the biggest upset win of the season so far, 9-4 over Class A No. 2-ranked Oldenburg Academy, Friday at home.