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November 2017 THE BEACON O ur Communities Ashley Wilhelm Andres, family and friends at her induction ST. LEON By Debbie A. Zimmer Community Correspondent [email protected] Ashley Wilhelm Andres was recently inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Hall of Fame for her incredible track career spanning her high school and college years as well as Olympic training. Congratulations to Ashley on this award. Congratulations go out to Eric Callahan and McKen- zie Epling who were joined in marriage on Saturday, Sept. 16. November Birthdays– Nov. 1 Ed Gutzwiller, Nov. 3 my niece Roxanne Haag, Nov. 7 Lauren Deddens, Nov. 8 Donna Davidson and Luke Spade, Nov. 10 Doty Bischoff and Rebecca Baker, Nov. 11 Gina Hoff- McKenzie and Eric Callahan man and Christie Bauman, Nov. 14 Missy Andres, Nov. 15 Karen Schuman, Nov. 17 Amy Vogt and Nicki Hart, Nov. 18 my niece Megan Fox, Nov. 19 Steve Eisele, Nov. 21 Trisha Perry, Nov. 22 cousin Ella Rose Schneider, Nov. 24 nephew Patrick Andres, Nov. 26 cousin Mike DiMeglio, Nov. 29 Scott Ruwe and Bonnie Lobenstein, Nov. 30 Tony Wilson. Happy Anniversary to my hubby “Ron” on Nov. 30. Get in touch with me with any news items for the col- umn at stleon@goBEACON- news.com YORKVILLE & GUILFORD By Amanda (Wells) Harper Community Correspondent [email protected] Packy has won the hearts of passersby for years. DILLSBORO [email protected] honored to speak at an event for the Southeastern Indi- ana Alzheimer’s Associa- tion. The last four years the group has organized a walk to end Alzheimer’s to raise money for the local support groups that provide resourc- es for families dealing with dementia. As you know, this group is dear to me, since I lost my mom to dementia in 2015. A big thanks goes out to the ladies who dreamed up the idea of a balloon launch at night. Hundreds of white balloons with lights in them were released. When we let them go, they all stayed to- gether, almost like a constel- lation, as they floated to the Heavens. I was able to share my experiences with the group and some of what I learned about the disease during the last years. I would like to share a few of those points with my readers. Hopefully, this will help one more per- son out there dealing with this tough disease. 1. Treat the patient as a person – they still hear you and know what you are saying. Do not talk around them but to them. If they are confused, do not argue with them; redirect them to something else that does make sense. 2. Friends and family all handle the disease differ- ently – sometimes spouses or children leave, or friends become distant. This is un- fortunate, but it is okay, they have to manage the situation in their way. 3. The caretaker can