Jim Hodapp gave selflessly to the community almost to the day of his death

By John Estridge Volunteer: “a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.” The definition for the noun “volunteer” does not adequately describe Jim Hodapp. There should be a different word for volunteer for people like Jim, because he took volunteering to a new level. Jim drove for Brookville …

By his bootstraps Apex Products grew; by his son’s bootstraps his legacy continues

By John Estridge When Roger McQueen was in the first grade, his elementary school, Richland Township Elementary School, was just off Indiana 244, and he had a window seat. Instead of taking instruction during that first year of school, Roger spent his days looking out the window, not daydreaming, but watching for his dad, Everett …