Ripley County Humane Society

http://www.rchumane.org/index.html

Do not rely on gossip - re-post from year 2010

 A Blast From The Past

 I was going through some of my papers looking for a letter I received from a friend a few months ago and ran across the certified letter that I received from a local Ham Radio Club (RCRA). Some 20 years or so ago I was a founding member of a Ripley County Radio club. I donated much time and funds to this organization as did many others. Much fun was had along with a good bit of public service that was provided to the county. Then we gained a few new members that changed the overall internal workings of our little club. These people rooted their way in as officers and made drastic changes, such as dues cost, closed to the public meetings, closed repeater use, and many other things that were not in the best interest of amateur radio. As a result I spoke not favorable of these new changes. The offices campaigned for the membership to discredit me by telling them untrue statements, such as I was using cuss words on their repeater stations and this would be an FCC violation. John Reid N9SFW (repeater trustee) investigated this and other claims they made and found no violations. He also uncovered that many other statements they claimed were completely false, such as tape recordings made of myself cussing did not exist at all. At this outcome the officers discredited Mr. Reid and he was removed or resigned under presser. I could go into many other instances that occurred including much hate mail I received. If indeed and you do not believe me I can prove these and many others. The fact that I want to make is, check things out for yourself, do not rely on gossip from others.
Click the letter to enlarge.

Jack Demaree WB9OTX

*** Edited from original post
*** original post was: OCTOBER 27, 2010
*** By the way, an FCC lawyer told me to put this letter in the waste can

Ripley County Humane Society

Please take me home with you

Hello I'm Rex
Do you how bad it hurts when you get hit by a car and no one wants to help. Well lets just say pretty bad. I was lucky that a kind man picked me up and took me to the RCHS. They took very good care of me, and i`m getting better but I am still a little sore. I am a beagle\ Mix that is around 3 years old. I am told that I am a sweet dog. I am hoping that someone will see this and want to adopt me. Do you want to adopt me ??? See me and my friends HERE

Joe Mann for Sheriff

Go to Joe Mann's web page

Busching Bridge Holiday Card

Every year I receive requests for the Busching Bridge Holiday Card, as always it is located at:
http://wb9otx.com/card/
You can always find all of my pages at:
http://ripleycounty.net
and/or
http://wb9otx.com
The Java app is safe, so you can disregard the warning that pops up......Jack

Herman Jahnigen Interview

Please try to overlook the quality of this video. It was converted from a VCR tapte to DVD then to Youtube format. .........Jack

Ripley County's most decorated veteran. He was a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division and participated in the D-Day landing at Normandy. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded on June 9, 1944 in the European Theatre. Mr. Jahnigen's citations included the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, European Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, French Fourragere, Netherlands Citation, and the Normandy, Belgium, French, and American Defense Medals. On June 27, 1945 he received a battlefield commission promoting him to Lieutenant.

Jahnigen / Bishop Tributes

Herman Jahnigen

Ripley County Indiana's most decorated veteran. He was a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division and participated in the D-Day landing at Normandy. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded on June 9, 1944 in the European Theatre. Mr. Jahnigen's citations included the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, European Campaign Medal, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, French Fourragere, Netherlands Citation, and the Normandy, Belgium, French, and American Defense Medals. On June 27, 1945 he received a battlefield commission promoting him to Lieutenant.
Herman was a dear friend of mine and I feel he never received the credit he deserved. Here with the Internet and YouTube all can give him the credit he well deserved for helping make the USA free for you and I. Please forward this link to others you know.
See the Tribute here:
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Cpl. John C. Bishop USMC Tribute

More than 5000 people have viewed the "Cpl. John C. Bishop USMC Tribute" to date. As time passes this video of John's return to the small town of Versailles, Indiana will help to keep him in our mind. I play this tribute from time to time to refresh my mind of the great sacrifice our veterans have gave in the past to protect our freedom. I reccomend you play the video as I do from time to time to keep our veterans in our thoughts. See the tribute HERE.
Please send a donation to benefit Cpl. Bishop’s children at:
Bishop’s children Fund
c/o Stratton - Karsteter Funeral Home
P.O. Box 84
Versailles, In 47042

Ripley County Indiana Court House Annex

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Is almost complete. It only needs the grass to come up now. The internal offices are all in operation now also.
For a pictorial record please look HEAR

Ripley County's part in WWI 1917 - 1918

I know everyone is not interested in history like I am but if you would like to read an online book about Ripley County's part in the first world war (WWI) you can find it here.
Click this link
Thanks to Mike Stratton for alerting me to this book, and now you.
If you type F11 it will display full page for easier reading.

Vietnam Wall coming to Versailles 7/18/12

The Ripley County Veterans Memorial Committee proudly presents

The Ripley County Vietnam Veterans Tribute

July 18, 2012-Wednesday

See the itinerary at:

http://www.ripleycounty.com/veteranservices/itinerary.htm

Photo = GFDL-WITH-DISCLAIMERS; Released under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Busching Covered Bridge - Versailles, Indiana

People of Versailles (including myself) only have a very short drive to see a covered bridge of noted history. As a kid I crossed this bridge with difficulty on a bike as the floor was uneven with the planking. A little later as a teen It was a nice place to set looking out the side at the sparkling Laughery creek with your best girl. On the way to the park we crossed with a few toots of the horn to warn oncoming traffic as the bridge was only one lane, but the real reason was just to hear the echo inside. I have many fawn memories of the Busching Covered Bridge and I wanted to share a few photos & facts I have found on the net with you. ......... Jack



Spanning Laughery Creek, the Busching Covered Bridge is located
east of the village of Versailles, Indiana. The Busching Bridge was
erected in 1855 by Thomas A. Hardman, a local builder who later
achieved notoriety by rebuilding many of the bridges in Dearborn and
Ripley Counties destroyed by the Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.
The Busching Bridge is a typical example of the Howe truss, a design
which signaled the start of metal construction in bridge building.
The Howe truss system was the product of the imagination of
William H. Howe. Born into a family of inventors in 1803, he worked
as a millwright before patenting his truss system in 18A0,
The patented Innovation introduced in the Howe truss was the use
of Iron bars as tension members. The use of the iron bars and turnbuckles
made it possible to regulate the tension and overcome separation
of the upper and lower cords,a problem frequently encountered in allwood
bridges. Though the use of iron tension members was a real step
forward, a number of spectacular railroad bridge failures in the
min-nineteenth century forced the adoption of all-metal truss construction.
The wood and metal design remained workable In some rural
areas . The Busching Bridge, which is still In use, is a modified Howe
truss composed of 15 irregular bays with a clear span of 170 feet.
Both the wooden x-bracIng, which Is In compression, and the metal
tie rods, which are in tension, are of different dimensions: by
varying the sizes and dimensions of the structural members, the truss
expresses its sophisticated design. The height from peak to
roadbed Is 23 feet.

Click the links below to see some photos of the bridge. Hit the back arrow to return for another photo.

http://www.lindahoopesphotography.com/The-Galleries/All-the-World-is-a-Stage/We-Learn-By-Doing/3853661_iQE9H/1/220400792_3VjRr/Medium


http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/76130/photos.html?id=76384


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:036_34A_Busching,_Versailles_SP,_Versailles_Cty.jpg


http://www.galenfrysinger.com/indiana_covered_bridge_14_69_04.htm


http://www.clrconstruction.com/versailles_covered_pictures.htm


http://bluegrassmiataclub.com/?p=485


http://bridgehunter.com/in/ripley/busching/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/paterdr/4117474178/


http://ripleycounty.net/


http://wb9otx.com/card/

Ripley County plaques of historical locations

Mike Stratton and I traveled throughout Ripley County Indiana and photographed all the plaques of historical locations. Further use of these images will include a web page and pamphlets in the future. This is just a sneak peak. Click here to see larger images or click the photo to enlarge. (update) the web page is almost finished try it at:
http://history.ripleycounty.net/

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