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July 2018
THE BEACON
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Assessed Valuation
Expected to Rise
Sesquicentennial recipients from the Timke and Crum Farms in Ripley County
Hoosier Homestead Awards
Recently at the Indiana
Statehouse, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Suzanne Crouch and
Indiana State Department of
Agriculture Director Bruce
Kettler presented families
with a Hoosier Homestead
Award.
In honor of Indiana’s rich
agricultural heritage, the
Hoosier Homestead Award
Program recognizes families
with farms that have been
owned by the same fam-
ily for one hundred years or
more. The farm must consist
of more than twenty acres or
produce more than $1000 of
agricultural products per year.
Indiana farms may qualify
for three honors: Centen-
nial Award for 100 years of
ownership, Sesquicenten-
nial Award for 150 years of
ownership, and the Bicenten-
nial Award for 200 years of
ownership.
The program began in 1976
and recognizes the contri-
butions these family farms
have made to the economic,
cultural and social advance-
Centennial recipients from the Kohlman Farm in Ripley
County
ments of Indiana. In the past
thirty years, more than five
thousand farms have received
the honor.
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The 2017 real estate market
produced sufficient sales in
the market area in Dearborn
County to use only one year
of sales in the 2018 ratio that
will be paid in 2019. Using
only one year of data has
not been an option for over
eleven years.
Dearborn County is not
alone in being impacted by
the upturn in the real estate
market. Ripley County has
seen a 14% increase in thir-
teen market areas.
Form 11 notices of assess-
ment will be sent to home-
owners in August. The Notice
of Assessment of Land and
Improvements (Form 11) is
an assessment notice that
is sent to taxpayers by the
county or township assessor.
The assessed value on Form
11 is the starting point for
calculating annual property
tax payments. The deadline
for appeal of the assessments
is forty-five days.
For more information
contact the Dearborn County
Assessor’s office at (812)
537-8809.
812-537-3800 • www.CaseysOutdoor.com • 21481 State Line Rd. L’burg, IN
Celebrating the Birthday of America
on Aurora, Indiana's Riverfront
Lesko Park State Route 56 - Aurora
Military Equipment will be on display both Friday and Saturday
FRIDAY, JUNE 29
4-9pm
Free Military Boat rides (Lesko Park)
5-11pm
Beer/Wine Booth Opens (Must be 21 or over)
6pm
Opening Ceremony
8-11Ppm
MudBugs Band
9pm
Lighted Boat Parade & Judging
Music continues after lighted boat parade
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
8am-3:30pm
9am-6pm
9am-Noon
Noon
River City Classic Car show
Craft Show
Free Military Boat rides (Lesko Park)
Opening Ceremony (PG Gentrup)
Presentation of Colors – Korean War Veterans
Prayer – Mark Drury
National Anthem – Linda Rechtin’s School of Voice
Welcome – Mayor Donnie Hastings Jr.
History of Military Boats (Tim Robertson)
12:30pm
Linda Rechtin’s School of Voice
1:30pm
Roni’s Dance Group
2pm
Free Military Boat rides resume
2:30pm
Aurora Police Department Officer John Kolb & K9 dog Ozzy
3pm-5pm
Bob & Lisa Bennett (Almost Live Oldies Music)
6:30-8:30pm My Brother’s Keeper (Bluegrass/Folk band)
9pm-11pm
Skallywags Band
10pm
Fireworks over the Ohio River
Music continues after fireworks
• Bring Lawn Chairs for Fireworks & Music
• No Coolers or Pets Allowed
• Alll events and times subject to change
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