Cardinal's visit a bright spot for Murrayville woman Rochelle Eiselt, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Sharon VanBebber of Murrayville found a cardinal outside her home and invited him in. “He was the most beautiful bird,” she said.Provided It’s been a gray, difficult year for Sharon VanBebber of Murrayville, but a visiting cardinal provided a bright spot. Amid the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, VanBebber’s husband, Robert, underwent open-heart surgery. Then the polar vortex hit, and it wasn’t kind, claiming the lives of two baby calves on the VanBebbers’ farm. But there was a bright spot — a bright red spot.