March 2018
THE BEACON
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ND Vikings 1968 Sectional Champs Honored
This month's item added color and fun to homes
around the area. Do you know what these are?
What is it?
Last month's mystery
items were shucking pegs
made of leather and metal
used to pull shucks off of
ears of corn. BEACON
reader Herb Winters of
Sunman remembered, “I
used them many years
when I was young on my
Dad’s farm when we picked Last month: shucking
corn by hand.” Margaret
pegs
Fain, Brookville, Fred
Wolber, Brookville, and Joni Scudder, Lawrenceburg, also
knew what these old tools were.
This month's challenge includes items that are colorful
and probably had many uses after their original purpose was
completed. Please e-mail your guesses to editor@
goBEACONnews.com by Friday, Jan. 26. Good luck!
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S-D Seeks Funds from TIF
The Sunman-Dearborn
Community School Corpora-
tion has reached out to the
Dearborn County Redevelop-
ment Commission to discuss
a partnership between the two
groups to receive funds from
the TIF districts upon incep-
tion, rather than waiting until
the end of the term of the TIF
agreement. The school cor-
poration would like to begin
talks with the Redevelopment
Commission to create an
agreement where lost funding
for the corporations Capital
Projects Fund (CPF) can be
made whole. The CPF rate is
currently .2424, which equals
$2424 in lost revenue per $1
million in incremental assessed
valuation above the base.
The Redevelopment Com-
mission handles the Tax
Increment Financing, or
TIF districts, that encourage
economic growth in Dearborn
County. While the TIF location
in Sunman-Dearborn’s district
is not yet developed, putting
a plan in place to handle these
funds allows for the school
district and the Redevelopment
Commission to prepare ac-
cordingly when growth occurs.
Jim Deaton, President of
the Redevelopment Commis-
sion, said, “We really want
to support the schools.” The
Commission, while eager to
work with the School Corpora-
tion, has a charter of funds for
which the use is dictated by the
State. TIF revenues are gener-
ated from taxes made only on
improvements to the property
in a TIF district. TIF revenues
can be used for property rights
acquired by the Redevelop-
ment Commission for further
redevelopment or economic
development purposes that
serve or benefit the TIF area.
The funds can also be used to
pay debt service on bonds or
lease payments used to finance
the property.
TIF funds can be used to re-
imburse expenditures incurred
when allocating the property.
The Redevelopment Com-
mission is allowed to spend
up to 15% of their annual TIF
revenues for educational or
worker retraining programs.
TIF revenues cannot be
used to pay for operating
expenses. The funds may,
however, be used for profes-
sional services relating to the
allocation area, such as the
cost of services provided by
One Dearborn.
Discussions will continue at
the school board meeting on
April 12 at 7 PM.
A new tradition began
recently when the Trojan Bas-
ketball program honored the
1958 Sectional Champions,
the North Dearborn Vikings.
The North Dearborn Vi-
kings celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their victory by
gathering at the EC vs. North
Decatur basketball game on
Jan. 27. Memories, stories,
and laughter were shared by
all. They reminisced about
their victory in the Lawrence-
burg Sectional where they
drew a bye and then went
on to defeat the Aurora Red
Devils by a score of 66-59. In
the championship game, they
trounced on the Vevay war-
riors with a victory by thirty-
five points for a final score of
76-41. Their winning streak
came to a halt in the regionals
when they were defeated by
Jac-Cen-Del.
John Kirchgassner, a
forward for the team, remem-
bered the team’s four years
together with great fond-
ness. “That time was like a
Norman Rockwell painting.
The crowds were great, and
everyone came out to support
us. Basketball games were the
social events of the winter.”
Mike Westrich, remembered
his father talking about how
he loved to set pics and shoot
the corner shots.
“The camaraderie was great.
So many of us had played
together since grade school,”
reminisced Bob Boyd, the
center for the team and the
tallest player at 6’ 5 1 / 2 .”
Coach Bill Slayback has
had an illustrious career fol-
lowing his time coaching the
ND Vikings. He coached at
The North Dearborn Vikings celebrated their win in 1968.
Alum John Kirchgassner
watched EC’s game in-
tently.
Aurora and South Dearborn
for over twenty years and had
a record of 258 victories and
eight sectional victories. He
led Aurora to the 1977 Final
Eight of the state tournament.
Mr. Slayback was named
the IBCA District Four Coach
of the Year and was inducted
into the Franklin College
Hall of Fame. He was also
the initial inductee into the
South Dearborn Hall of Fame.
In 2006 Mr. Slayback was
inducted into the Indiana Bas-
ketball Hall of Fame.
The Vikings’ win was the
fourth and final sectional
championship in the school’s
history.
The Trojan Basketball
program plans to honor past
Center Bob Boyd shared
stories with his teammates
before game.
Gina and Doug Graf treat-
ed children Elijah (hiding)
and Finley to the Saturday
night game.
sectional champions from
Guilford, Sunman, North
Dearborn , and EC teams, both
boys and girls.
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