Brown County High School senior Chase Watson celebrates with his parents, Lauri and Chad Krtizer, at the Cornerstone Inn after he told them he had been named the 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar. This meant his undergraduate college bills would be paid for.
FEBRUARY
Strahl Lake’s overflow turned into a rushing waterfall in Brown County State Park during February flash flooding. The daylong storm blocked roads and stranded drivers, and damaged some homes and businesses.
MARCH
Bob and Delores Gipson pose with photos of themselves from around the time they met. The couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on March 5. “We pretty much agree on most everything, most of the time,” Delores said, as he silently smiled beside her — “until he wants to do something dumb. He gets some dumb ideas once in awhile.”
APRIL
Bags of collected trash sit along Spearsville Road April 13. Seven volunteers picked up 26 bags of trash in less than three hours that morning. The condition of public and private properties in Brown County and ways to dispose of trash were topics of discussion this year. A free Dumpster Day in June, sponsored by Keep Brown County Beautiful, turned into eight Dumpsters full of old furniture, electronics and other miscellaneous items that residents hauled in from all over the county.
MAY
Junior Emma Summers pitches in the May 23 softball sectional game. She managed to limit Northview to just three runs, but the Eagles did not advance past the second round. Brown County finished its season at 19-4, including a 17-game win streak.
JUNE
Lilee DeLoach reaches for a hug from Superintendent Laura Hammack during the Brown County High School commencement ceremony on June 7. BCHS graduated 132 seniors.
JULY
David Mason Jr. lets out the line that held the Brown County Courthouse bell as it is lowered by a crane to the courthouse lawn July 13. A small crowd of onlookers paused their Saturday-morning shopping and strolling to watch the bell come down from the spot where it’s hung for more than 100 years. It was put into safekeeping while the tower was refurbished.
AUGUST
Aryn Fish, right, and Lainey White enjoy a ride on the Star Trooper at the Brown County Fair. Suzannah Couch | The Democrat
SEPTEMBER
Chisato Daugherty, center, holds her breath in a cloud of colored powder during the Color Walk Sept. 21. More than 200 people signed up for the walk to raise money for preschool scholarships and to support local school parent-teacher organizations. The event brought in more than $20,000.
OCTOBER
Steve Gore, center, of the Brown County (Nashville) Volunteer Fire Department, accepts a pin and a card from Indiana Volunteer Firefighters Association 17B District Chairman Heather McGlocklin, left, for his 50 years of service as a firefighter, as 17B District public relations representative Steve Nolan claps.
NOVEMBER
Local Vietnam veteran Hank Marshall shows off his commemorative gift from the Brown County High School History Club during the annual Veterans Day program in the Larry C. Banks Memorial Gymnasium on Nov. 11. The History Club presented Marshall with the gift after it was announced that Marshall was recently inducted to the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame. Marshall joins the ranks of well-known Hoosier veterans, like wartime journalist Ernie Pyle and the 23rd president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, who have also been inducted. Suzannah Couch | The Democrat
DECEMBER
Brown County Junior High School We the People representatives Ava Padgett, Livie Austin and Julia Burt pose outside the Indiana Statehouse, where they did a civics competition demonstration for state legislators and their staffers. The BCJHS We the People team of 19 students captured third place in the state contest.
