One of our favorite tasks at the end of the year is to go through moments we captured with a camera. // Here are a few of our favorites from 2022. // We can’t wait to see what’s on the other side of the lens in 2023.
Happy New Year from the Brown County Democrat staff.
Abigail, Corbin, Bella & Larry
Brian Galm, Brown County High School librarian, purchases a cup of hot chocolate from the Eagle Brewing coffee cart in January. The high school business got up and running in January, thanks to a grant from McDonald’s. It’s now a morning staple at the high school.
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Cameron Higgins, 15, takes to the skies on a snowboard from a ramp on the hill at the Brown County School Corporation administration building after a February blizzard.
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Brown County (Nashville) Volunteer Fire Department members stand with Marlene Miller and her daughter after a fire destroyed her longtime scrapbooking store, Wishful Thinking, in March. Since then, the building has been torn down and Miller reopened her store in Heritage Mall.
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IU Health LifeLine paramedic Chris Henderson was honored with IU Health’s System Health Solutions Care Champion award earlier this year, then surprised in April with a gathering as a way to formally recognize Henderson for going “above and beyond” his role as paramedic for residents in Brown County.
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Brown County High School graduates toss their caps at the 2022 ceremony in May. This year the event was fully in person, with an audience cheering on its graduating class.
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Brian Garman in the halls of Brown County Middle School in June. Garman is left the school district after working here for 32 years in a variety of roles and started at Beech Grove City Schools this school year as the director of personnel and human resources.
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Wyatt Robertson on the helicopter ride at the Brown County Fair in July.
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Brenda Beckham and Sawyer Perkins hug on the first day back to school at Sprunica Elementary School on Aug. 10.
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Brown County artist Lyle Denney painted on the expansive grounds at T.C. Steele State Historic Site on Sept. 10, from a vantage point Steele himself painted during his life. Denny was one of many artists at the annual Plein Air Paint Out that happened during Art Colony Weekend.
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An early snowfall on Oct. 18 blanketed peak autumn leaves in the Brown County State Park.
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Boy Scouts of America present the colors at the annual Veterans Day program at Brown County High School on Nov. 11.
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Santa and Mrs. Clause pose with furry friends at the Brown County Visitors Center on Dec. 3. The weekend was full of holiday fun, including the annual light parade and toy drive, the Children’s Auction and the second annual Brown County Christkindl Market.
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