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The SEGway News
Serving South East Grant County
Volume 1 , Number 29 A Good News Ventures publication April 20 , 2017
Taylor University ’ s C . S . Lewis Center Presents Author , Musician Matthew Dickerson
Author and musician Matthew Dickerson will present several lectures and conduct a writing workshop at Taylor University on Monday , 24 April .
Dickerson , a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont , will also speak with the Mathematics and Computer Science and Engineering departments . His evening lecture , On Wizards , Waterboarding , and the Pursuit of Power : The ( Still ) Relevant Moral Ethics of J . R . R . Tolkien , will be presented in the Butz-Carruth Recital Hall at 7:30 pm , and is followed by a reception and book signing .
Dickerson ’ s appearance is sponsored by Center for the Study of C . S . Lewis and Friends .
Dickerson has published a number of books and chapters on the writings of J . R . R . Tolkien and C . S . Lewis including Ents , Elves and Eriador : the Environmental Vision of J . R . R . Tolkien ( with Jonathan Evans ), Narnia and the Fields of Arbol : the Environmental Vision of C . S . Lewis ( with David O ' Hara ), and most recently A Hobbit Journey : Discovering the Enchantment of J . R . R . Tolkien ’ s Middle-earth .
Beyond Lewis and Tolkien , Dickerson ’ s newest book titles include The Betrayed , as well as a three-volume fantasy novel collectively titled The Chronicles of Gondisle : The Daegmon War , beginning with The Gifted ( 2015 ), continuing with The Betrayed ( 2016 ) and concluding in Spring 2017 with Illengond .
His evening lecture , On Wizards , Waterboarding , and the Pursuit of Power , will be followed by a reception and book signing .
Dickerson holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University where he also did graduate work in Old English Language and Literature . At Middlebury , he is a member of the Department of Computer Science , an affiliate of the Program of Environmental Studies , a past Director of the New England Young Writers Conference at Bread Loaf , and a regular contributor to the Writing Program . His songwriting and recording has received national radio airplay first with the blues band Deep Freyed and more recently with the roots gospel and roots Americana duet Dickerson and Nop .
Library Gears up for summer
The Barton Rees Pogue Memorial Library will be hosting another book signing with local author Amy Peterson . Amy ' s book , " Dangerous Territory ," is a stirring memoir of a young woman learning to live her faith and make a difference in the world . Amy will be at the library on Saturday , April 29th from 10 until noon .
The library is also seeking a part time library assistant to work 15 hours or less per week . If you are interested , please bring your resume to
By Marian Douglas and Catherine Kerton-Johnson
Upland , Indiana is home to a wide variety of people , all of whom enhance the community . While Upland continues to add new members to the town and seek new ways to grow , some families have been enhancing this community for decades . This includes families like the Detamores who have been in Upland for more than 70 years .
The Detamore family has provided Upland with jobs , a public servant , and most recently they are providing the land that will serve as the trail head for the Greenways Program .
The first Detamores arrived in Upland in 1945 . Bill and Virginia Detamore , who previously operated grain companies in Landess and Marion , bought the Upland Grain Company and moved to Upland . They ran that factory for 32 years .
While running the factory , the couple had the opportunity to go overseas , even traveling behind the Iron Curtain in 1971 .
Bill and Virginia Detamore the library or mail it to P . O . Box 488 , Upland , IN 46989 .
As the school year winds down , several classes from the local elementary school will be visiting the library to learn
had four children — Lamona Detamore Miller , Demona Detamore Barrett , Sis Detamore Long , and Sonny Detamore . Bill and Virginia Detamore also have eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren .
Mr Detamore served as a member of the Upland Lions Club for 50 years , and Mrs Detamore was the first woman to be a member of the Upland Town Council — a role she held for 20 years . She also served as Grant County ’ s Committee Vice Chairwoman for 40 years .
Bill and Virginia Detamore as well as their daughter Barrett have passed on , but Miller , Long , and Sonny Detamore all still live in Grant County .
The Detamores have played a pivotal role in the Upland Community for the last 70 years , and now " they are giving back to the future ,” said Joe Pearson , the president of Upland Indiana Area Greenways Association . The Greenways is in the process of purchasing the Detamore house immediately southeast of the Main Street bridge for about the Summer Reading Program . This year ' s theme is " Build a Better World ," and we hope to have a lot of fun . This year ' s program will run from Tuesday , June 6th through
the purposes of broadening their Trail Head access at a reduced price of $ 15,000 .
Creating the Trail Head is a huge step in the process of connecting all the paths and trails that are planned to create a walkable , and cyclable community , not only within our suburbs but between the key towns of Gas City , Muncie , Marion and others . It will be an area where groups can meet to walk together , cyclists
Saturday , July 15th . Everyone is welcome to participate from newborn through adults .
Sign up will begin on the first day of the program and will continue throughout . Each Friday during the reading program , there will be a story time at the library at 10:30 a . m ., followed by either a craft or other activity at 11:00 a . m . If any local businesses are interested in making a donation to help out , please contact Barbara Dixon at the library at 765-998-2971 .
Detamore Family gives back to the future
can park their cars safely to unpack their equipment and the community can connect to its trails and paths .
If you would like to help the Greenways Association make this important strategic purchase for our community , please consider a gift towards $ 15,000 goal that needs to be reached . You can contact Cindy Wright at rcwright72 @ att . net to request details about donations .
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