This past Veteran's Day, November 11, 2009 a group of community members gathered to honor our Veteran's, while at the same time dedicating the new flagpoles and flags at the Remington Veteran's Memorial. The memorial placed in 1960, the year of the Remington Centennial, says "In Honor of all who served in our armed forces-Post No. 280 American Legion."
The Veterans present at the flag ceremony representing the American Legion, Post No 280 were Jim Amsler, David Byrd, Darrell Dunlap, Don Erickson, Bob Meents, Myron Meents, Carl Pampel, Harry Schwier, George Scott, Don Siecrist, Jerry Ulyat, and Paul Westmoreland.
Dr. Gib Crimmins, representing the RWCDC praised all veterans of the community and our nation. Pastor Dan Nave from Heritage Bible Church led the group in prayer, followed by a gun salute from the Veteran's. The Indiana State flag was raised by Russ Hammer, representing the library board. The US flag was raised by Darrell Dunlap and Don Erickson from the American Legion. The Town of Remington flag was raised by Susie Sigo, Town Council Vice-President.
Myron Meents played "Taps" from a distance on the bugle. Several community members were in the crowd to watch the dedication and ceremony.
The project at the Remington Carpenter Township Public Library began in early summer with the RWCDC interns placing pavers, building the gazebo, and working on library landscaping. The Veteran's Monument was given a fresh coat of paint, flagpoles installed, flags received, and a little landscaping around the Monument. The summer interns completed projects in both Remington and Wolcott. These students were: Crew leader, Michael Pachuilo, a Building Construction Management (BCM) junior from West Lafayette; Johnny Johnson, a Building Construction Management senior from Beaverton, Oregon; Troy Casey, a Civil Engineering senior from Remington; and Brock Hardebeck, a 2009 Tri-County graduate from Wolcott and freshman in Building Construction Management at Purdue.
The four interns worked 12 weeks for the RWCDC on several local projects. They worked on siding, roofing, tuck pointing brick, painting and repair on the Bill Goff home in Wolcott. The owner paid for materials, and the labor was provided by the RWCDC interns. The interns painted the park shelter for the Wolcott House, and did work on the home of Mary Green in Wolcott, replacing a door, installing gutters, and priming the house for painting.
In Remington, the interns worked on the old town hall/water department building where they removed old shake shingles, power washed, primed and painted the cinderblock in preparation to further enhancements to the historic building. The Town of Remington is underway working at updating the old town hall and fire station to more of its historic look. Inside the building, the rooms have been opened up, showing off the original tin ceiling.
The summer interns re-sided a garage owned by the Remington First Christian Church, and painted another church-owned garage. They also painted a block house at the Old Town Park.
There has been great public support of the projects by the summer interns and the RWCDC. Several area businesses provided complimentary lunches to the interns last summer including Remington McDonald's, Subway, Remington Pizza King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the Town of Remington. Thank you!
According to Wendy Schwab, Executive Director of the RWCDC, the internship project is titled, "Paint the Vision." Schwab encourages others to bring forward projects for in the future, where the owner pays for materials and the labor is completed by the interns. She is hopeful that the project will continue next summer. Schwab can be contacted at:
executivedirector@smalltownoasis.org, and she encourages everyone to visit the RWCDC website:
www.smalltownoasis.org
for information about our communities.