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Greendale - On the Path to a Brighter Future
Greendale residents are experiencing a
lot of change in their community, and all
for the better. Thanks to the efforts of com-
munity leaders and forward-thinking resi-
dents a great deal has been accomplished
in a short period of time in Greendale.
Alan Weiss, the mayor of Greendale,
recently attended a meeting of the Dear-
born County Commissioners to share how
Greendale has utilized their portion of
riverboat gaming funds and to thank them
for their continued support. Mayor Weiss
stressed to the commissioners that the
future of all of our communities strongly
depends on everyone working together.
As previously mentioned by Greendale
correspondent Gloria Carter, curbside re-
cycling has become a part of Greendale’s
start in cleaning up the community. No
longer will one driving through Greendale
be met with miscellaneous trash bags and
garbage strewn along the streets on col-
lection day. Greendale residents now have
containers to use for recycling and trash
pickup that occur throughout the week.
Over the last three months, Greendale has
been able to recycle over eighty tons of
Continued on page 3A
Brookville’s sleeping giant
for over forty-four years.
Page 10A
New students at Aurora Elementary School have fun with a parachute.
Jump Start!
Share the memories of
Doris Butt about her child-
hood on the homestead.
Page 12A
A program started by United Way
of Greater Cincinnati gives
new students a taste of everything
that their new schools have to offer
before the first day of school.
This program helps ease the transition
into kindergarten as students
find their classrooms, experience lunch
in their cafeterias, see the playground,
and learn about their buses. The anxiety
of a new school is replaced with the joys
of the first day of learning and fun.
Mrs. Teke welcomes new students at
Manchester Elementary School.
Bryer Hall
He is setting the world of
high school wrestling on
its ear.
Page 1B
The new bike lanes have
been installed in Greendale.
Potholes,
Paving,
Part Two
Brookville Lake
Good Old Days
September 2018
Students learn how to find
their buses at the Dillsboro
Elementary School.
Mrs. Hughes’ class goes out
to the playground for recess
at Dillsboro Elementary.
They say opposites attract. Nothing
could be further from the truth when
it comes to the roads in Dearborn
County. While the northern part of the
county looks beautiful, the southwest
part of the county is far from pretty. In
fact, it’s been downright treacherous.
Let’s start with the good news. The
Carolina Trace and Whites Hill Road
projects have been completed. Repairs,
repaving, and restriping are finished,
and they look great thanks to the dili-
gence of the Dearborn County Highway
Department and the budgetary fore-
thought of Dearborn County Council.
Ribbons of beautiful, unmarred black-
top flow down Stateline, Whites Hill,
Johnson Fork, Carolina Trace, Sand
Run, and Georgetown Roads, all funded
by the Community Crossing Grant that
the Highway Department submitted.
Many of these projects are awaiting a
second coat of blacktop before their
defining stripes are adhered once again.
But as Ella Fitzgerald sang, into each
life some rain must fall. And fall it did.
On June 14 while many of us enjoyed
lower temperatures and dry weather,
Dillsboro residents experienced a tor-
rential downpour totaling four inches
of water in an extremely short amount
of time. The result was pure havoc.
Residents who live in this breathtaking
part of the county were left stranded
not only by rising waters, but by roads
that literally collapsed into oblivion.
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Covered Bridges - Romance and Engineering in One
By Susan Ray
Originally built with economy and practicality in mind,
America’s remaining covered bridges add a touch of nostal-
gia to the modern landscape and offer respite from the rush
of a digital age, but these often romanticized structures are
the result of innovation and craftsmanship.
In 1785, Colonel Enoch Hale designed a braced beam for
the country’s first long-span framed timber bridge. Although
not a truss design, nor a covered bridge, this span across the
Connecticut River was the harbinger of the future.
According to Dr. James L. Cooper, prior to the construc-
tion of bridges, particularly long-span bridges, the mobility
of goods and people was often determined by proximity
to fords or dependent upon watercraft such as ferries and
rafts. As the new country grew and population increased,
year-round access to neighboring towns and regions became
essential. Community leaders like those in Philadelphia
understood that the expansion of trade would require invest-
ment and vision.
In 1797, Timothy Palmer’s long-span truss bridge de-
sign was patented. Considered to be the young country’s
expert on advanced bridge building, Mr. Palmer was hired
to construct the Schuylkill Bridge in Philadelphia. Upon
its completion in 1805, Mr. Palmer was asked to cover the
Aurora had at least three covered bridges, including
the George Street/Main Street Bridge built by George
W. Lane in 1836, shown in this rare circa 1870 photo.
(Photo courtesy of Roy Lambert)
495’ wooden span in order to protect the $300,000 invest-
ment, resulting in the first documented covered bridge in the
United States. The “Permanent Bridge” as it was known,
was embellished with statues and covered with two coats
of stone plaster and stone dust. From this impressive start,
covered bridge construction spread throughout America. The
Continued on page 4A
Elegance Reborn
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