January 21, 2014 - The Posey County News

By Dave PearceIn a decision handed down late

last week, Judge Carl Heldt ruled in favor of County Treasurer Jus-tin White and Chief Deputy Chris Harp in the matter involving the position of Posey County Trea-surer.

“The Posey County Republican Party is very pleased with today’s decision,” GOP Party Chairman Greg Newman said in a prepared statement. “Judge Heldt’s decision reaffi rms the wishes of the voters in the November 2012 election.”

Harp, who was elected to the position of Posey County Trea-surer, had diffi culty securing a suggested $300,000 surety bond. Harp eventually resigned after securing a $100,000 surety bond.

The Posey County Republican Party held a caucus and selected

Justin White to serve in the capac-ity of Treasurer.

Harp, on March 6, 2013, sent a letter to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence stating she would be resigning effective March 18, 2013. That same day, Posey County citizen and chairman of the Posey County Democratic Party Ed Adams fi led a Verifi ed Complaint for Declara-tory Judgment against Harp in Posey Superior Court.

Posey Superior Court Judge Brent Almon recused himself from the case and the parties agreed that Heldt would serve as a special judge in the case.

Heldt found that the county executive of Posey County is the Posey County Commissioners and Heldt also found that the county

executive is required to approve the county treasurer’s surety bond before it is fi led with the county recorder.

However, in Heldt’s fi ndings, he ruled that Harp was duly elected to the position and the reason she was unable to secure the $300,000 bond was an error that appeared on her credit record, that indicated Harp had an unpaid tax liability.

On April 11, Adams fi led a Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against both Harp and White in Posey Superior Court. Adams contended that Harp’s initial bond was insuf-fi cient and therefore, never quali-fi ed and never took offi ce. The document continued stating that Harp’s resignation was not effec-

tive because she never held the of-fi ce and that therefore, White was not the duly elected Posey County Treasurer by virtue of the GOP Caucus.

Heldt also ruled that the statute requiring County Treasurers in In-diana to post a surety bond is di-rectory and not mandatory.

Despite that fact, Heldt found that Harp was reasonably diligent in her efforts to secure a surety bond in a timely fashion. He found that she was duly elected and found no errors in the way the entire process was handled.

But while looking back, Heldt did determine that the bond for Linda Curtis, who took offi ce in

By Valerie WerkmeisterA new year often means changes, but

not so for the MSD of North Posey. Board members met for their fi rst meeting of the year on Monday, January 13, and voted to keep things status quo.

Stephen Bender will remain president, Joe Neidig continues as vice president; Linda O’Risky remains as secretary; Carol Lupfer will be the corporation treasurer and Jayme Bender will serve as the deputy treasurer and William H. Bender will con-tinue as the corporation attorney.

Geoff Gentil will continue as the board’s policy liaison and Neidig will serve as the legislative liaison.

The board also chose to keep their com-pensation the same. Board members re-ceive $2,000 annually and $100 per meet-ing for a maximum annual salary of $3,200 per year.

Confl ict of interest statements were signed by Bender, Gentil, Neidig and

O’Risky as they either have relatives em-ployed by or companies that do business with the corporation.

Dr. Angie Wannemuehler informed board members of the districts’ recent ac-countability grades. All four North Posey schools received an ‘A’ ranking for stu-dents’ achievements on test scores. North Posey is one of only 27 other Indiana school districts to have received this des-ignation.

Superintendent Dr. Todd Camp stated it is the second time in three years that North Posey has achieved this ranking. Board members expressed their appreciation for the hard work by teachers and students.

Danny Ellis discussed the outcome of a recent energy audit completed at South Terrace Elementary School. The audit was performed free of charge by Vectren as part of the Energizing Indiana initiative. All en-

By Valerie WerkmeisterWith little choice and much discussion, Posey County Council mem-

bers approved a $90,064 additional appropriation request to fund six probation offi cer salaries during their monthly meeting, Tuesday, Janu-ary 14.

Rodney Fetcher, chief probation offi cer, addressed the council to give them information on why the budgetary shortfall exists. The salaries are partially funded with fees paid by the probationers. Fetcher stated there are currently 320 adult and juvenile participants on probation in Posey County. The fees, as well as the probation offi cer’s salaries are set by the state. If the probation clients are unable to pay their monthly probation fees, a civil judgment is entered against them. Ultimately, the shortfall in fee collection means the county must cover that much more of the probation offi cer’s salaries.

The fees are also used to pay for supplies, training, travel and drug testing for the probation clients.

While the fees have never been enough to fully fund the salaries, more fees were collected in years past. The amounts have dwindled recently

as many probation clients struggle fi nancially or have lost their jobs. It is a clear sign of the current economic times.

Posey County Council President Bob Gentil went over the fees col-lected in past years. In 2008, a total of $97,500 was collected. The next year, $84,000 was brought in and in 2010, the amount dipped to $73,000. During the years of 2011-2013, the total fees collected each year aver-aged between $60,000-$62,000.

The total of the six probation offi cer’s salaries is $217,326. Gentil not-ed that the county general fund must then compensate roughly $156,000.

“Now, the thing of it is we’ve got to solve a problem here. Knowing that the fees are never going to pay 100 percent of these salaries and knowing that we have no control of the salaries that are set by the state, it still has to be funded. We’re currently in a negative balance and we’re going to have to at this time, take some kind of action that’s going to fund these negative balances and fund these probation salaries for either the year or a period of time,” Bob Gentil said.

On January 16, 2014, 34-year-old Brandon Scott Westerfi eld appeared in Posey County Supe-rior Court and pleaded guilty to Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman, a Class C Felony, and to Domestic Battery, a Class D Fel-ony, for an incident that began during the early morning hours of November 27, 2013 at his home located at 11660 Denzer Road. Westerfi eld was ar-rested and charged on that date with physically attacking and injuring his live-in girlfriend. Westerfi eld will be sentenced on February 25, 2014 to serve three years in prison at the Indiana Department of Corrections. After his release from prison, he will serve an additional year on Posey County Community Corrections and on house arrest.

At the time of his arrest in No-vember of 2013, Westerfi eld was serving a sentence on house arrest for a prior domestic battery assault upon his ex-wife which occurred on December 18, 2012. In this earlier case, Wester-fi eld was charged with Domestic Battery and two counts of Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person with a Passenger Less Than 18 years of Age, all Class D Felonies, as a result of his assault upon his ex-wife and for fl eeing the crime scene with two young children before he crashed his car into a ditch. On August 27, 2013, he was sentenced to serve two years on Posey County Community Corrections and was serving that sentence at the time he assaulted his girlfriend three months later.

On November 27, 2013, Westerfi eld was living

with his girlfriend when he became enraged over a conversation they were having about her preg-nancy. The girlfriend fl ed to a neighbor’s home clothed only in her pajamas and the police were called. She reported to the Sheriff’s Department that Westerfi eld punched her in the eye, beat her about the head and body and bit her on the wrist. Westerfi eld was arrested and had been held in the

Posey County Jail since the date of his arrest.

Deputy Prosecutor Jonathan Parkhurst stated, “Too often, women who have been physically abused by a husband or signifi cant other blame themselves for the abuse. Some are frequently manipu-lated by their abuser into believing it was

their fault and that if they were only a better wife or lover than the abuse would magically stop. We have victims who call the offi ce shortly after an arrest has been made asking that we ‘drop charges’ and allow the abuser to return home. Some have even been manipulated or threatened into lying or changing their story about how they or their children were hurt. We at the Posey County Pros-ecutor’s Offi ce believe it’s important to hold the abuser responsible for his crimes even when a vic-tim has had a change of heart or asks to be reunited with her abuser. In this case, we worked hard to ensure that Westerfi eld’s victim stood strong and

told the truth about how she had been abused in order that he might be removed from this Commu-nity. He is now going to be in prison for the next 18 months or so and that is a good thing.”

Westerfi eld has prior criminal convictions for burglary and escape in Vanderburgh County. He will be sentenced in Posey County Superior Court on February 25, 2014.

In an unrelated case, On Janu-ary 15, 2014, Corey Ricketts ap-peared before the Honorable James Redwine for sentencing. Ricketts pleaded guilty to one count of Deal-ing in a Look-a-like Substance, a class C felony, one count of Deal-ing in Methamphetamine, a class B felony and one count of Maintain-ing a Common Nuisance, a class D felony. He was sentenced to prison for a total of twelve (12) years.

Ricketts’ arrest stemmed from a long-term drug investigations called ‘Operation Fair Warning’ which cul-

minated in the arrest of over thirty (30) individuals for illegal drug activity in late 2012. The opera-tion was conducted by the Posey County Narcotics United, which is made up of Kenneth Rose who is an investigator with the Posey County Pros-ecutor’s Offi ce, Detective Jeremy Fortune of the Posey County Sheriff’s Department, and Glenn Boyster of the Mount Vernon Police Department.

Travis Clowers, Posey County Prosecutor, stat-ed that, “The tireless efforts of the Posey County Narcotics Unit to rid our community of illegal drug activity should be recognized. That ‘team’ of offi cers has had profound infl uence in detecting

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Mount Vernon Bicentennial Committee to meet Jan. 22

The fi rst meeting of the Mount Vernon Bicentennial Committee will be held on Wednesday, Janu-ary 22 at the Alexandrian Library in room B at 5 pm. Everyone is

invited to share ideas and to help plan this celebration. For more

information, fi nd us on Facebook at Mount Vernon 200 Birthday or email - mv200birthday@gmail.

com for any questions.St. Matthew School

celebrates National WeekNext week, St. Matthew

School will join with Catholic schools all across the country as they celebrate National Catholic

Schools Week.This year’s theme is ‘Catholic Schools: Communities

of Faith, Knowledge, and Service.’ On Tuesday, January 28, as part of their Catholic Schools Week

celebration, St. Matthew will hold their annual Open House for Po-

tential Families for 2014-2015 for grades K-5. Everyone is welcome to attend. The evening will begin with a meal from 6-6:30 p.m. Fol-lowing the meal, Vickie Wannem-uehler, principal, will give a brief

presentation about the school, the curriculum, and the many scholarships that are available. Families will then have time to

tour the school, meet the teachers, and ask questions. Reservations

are not required; however, they are apreciated. Contact Wannemuehler

at 838-3621.Meet Your Legislators

The Posey County ‘Meet Your Legislators’ is an event organized by The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana. This important community meeting will serve as an opportunity for the Legislators to speak about the issues they are facing and for the community to ask questions and raise concerns.

Representative Wendy McNamara, Senator Jim Tomes and Con-

gressman Larry Bucshon will be attending. Held at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 25, at the Hovey House in

Mount Vernon.Posey County Historical Society to meet Jan. 25

The Posey County Historical Society will meet on Saturday,

January 25 at 10 a.m. at the Alex-andrian Public Library in Mount Vernon. Research Assistant June

Dunning will be talking about new equipment and other tools that the Library has that will offer help to those doing family and historical research. Members and friends of the Society are invited to the

meeting.

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Court fi nds no issues with Harp, transition

Indigent probationers add more burden

Chris Harp

Mount Vernon wrestler Chris Newman and his opponent pay close attention as they re-ceive instructions from the referee prior to their match on Sunday. Photo by Dave Pearce

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North School’s wrestler gets taken down by Jarrett Dye.

MVSHS wrestler Julian Suar raises the hand of Garet Hollinger who won his match against Central.

Aiden Reed takes on an opponent from North School during the Mount Vernon Invite.

Derek Hollinger quickly pins his oppo-nent during his match with a North School wrestler.

Mount Vernon wrestler Brady Hook shows his skills during his match with a wrestler from North. Photos by Dave Pearce

By Valerie WerkmeisterA new year means new goals and the

North Posey Relay for Life (NPRFL) has lofty ones planned. Team captains and com-mittee members met Monday, January 13, to discuss new objectives for the coming year. Last year, NPRFL was charged with meet-ing an $83,000 goal. They blew that num-ber off the chart when they surpassed it by raising $101,000. This year, they hope to continue the upward trend by meeting a new goal of $103,000.

Last year, the American Cancer Soci-ety awarded both North Posey and Mount Vernon Relay for Life with second place in the United States in terms of per capita fun-draising. Most relay events raise $1.10 per person. Posey County raised $5.94 per capi-ta. Little ol’ Posey County is ranked second in the entire nation against other counties our size. Simply amazing.

In addition, both Relays were awarded another national second place award as an All-American Relay. This award is based on growth, retention, Relay for Life branding, diversity and leadership.

Other awards included the Paceset-ter award which was achieved by meeting the income goal before the actual relay event took place. The Hopf Family team and the Pearison team received Team Ex-cellence Awards for raising $14,940.84 and $10,241.75, respectively and fi nally, NPRFL received the Director’s Award from the Southwest Indiana American Cancer So-ciety offi ce.

These awards were not achieved simply by the acts of one person or one team. It took a lot of hard work from a dedicated crew of people. I can tell you, not one of these peo-ple do it for the recognition or awards. They do it because it is their hope, that one day, there will be a world without cancer. One day, our friends and family members will not have to endure this monster.

This year’s event is scheduled for Sat-

urday, June 7, beginning at noon and will end at 6 a.m. on the following morning. For those new to how relay works, teams walk the track throughout the relay event. One person isn’t expected to walk the entire 24 hours. Team members can divide up times to cover various shifts, day time, night time or however best fi ts their individual team schedules.

If the thought of walking in the hot sun, the pouring rain or mile after mile seems daunting or unappealing, I would like you to consider this: a person with cancer doesn’t get to choose the type or time of day they have cancer. They just have it. It is our job as participants in a Relay for Life to let those with cancer know that they do not walk alone. We also remember and honor those who bravely battled this horrible disease.

Hourly activities are planned throughout the event to help keep the momentum go-ing and the event entertaining and fun for all. Most teams hold fundraisers on the day of the event, although most plan fundraisers prior to the big event.

One upcoming fundraiser will be a pan-cake and sausage breakfast planned by the St. Francis Relay for Life team on Sunday, January 26. It will be held from 7:30 - 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church in Poseyville. Pancakes, grilled sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit and drink are on the menu. The cost is $6 for ages 14 and up, $4 for ages four to 13 and free for children three and under.

Details on other fundraisers will be adver-tised as they are fi nalized. Staying informed of upcoming events is easy. A Facebook page has been created online—search for Relay for Life of North Posey. The website is: www.relayforlife.org/northposeyin

New teams are welcome and volunteers are always appreciated. If you would like to form a new team, please contact Julayne Miller at at [email protected], or Committee Chairperson, Mary Peach at [email protected] or 483-0848.

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Mount Vernon Youth Wrestling Invite

Thrall’s Opera House will be the site of this year’s Harmoniefest, New Har-mony’s annual community gathering in the tradition of the original Harmonie So-ciety, on Friday, February 7 at 6:30 p.m. Harmoniefest commemorates when peo-ple joined the Harmonie So-ciety, a 19th century group of religious separatists from Germany who established the Southwest Indiana town of New Harmony in 1814.

This year, two profes-sors from the University of Southern Indiana will talk about their research into the Harmonie Society.

Dr. Silvia Rode, Chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and board member of the Center for Communal Stud-ies at the University of Southern Indiana, will in-troduce her book project on George Rapp’s 1824 treatise Thoughts on the Destiny of Man.

Dr. Bartell Berg, assis-tant professor of German at University of Southern Indi-ana, will be speaking on his work of translating a liter-ary/religious/communal text written and published by the Harmonie Society. The text, Fiery Coals, has never

been translated and, even more interesting, has been attributed to Gertrude Rapp, George Rapp’s granddaugh-ter. Berg will discuss the text and the implications of it being written by a woman in an early 1800s communal society.

All are welcome to learn more about the Harmonists who founded New Harmony 200 years ago.

Harmoniefest is spon-sored by Historic New Har-mony, a unifi ed program of the University of Southern Indiana and Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, and Harmonie Associates.

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Local auditions for Holi-day World’s 2014 cast of entertainers are scheduled for next month at the theme park.

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Gerald ‘Jack’ Jack-son McLamb, 69, of Poseyville, Indiana and formerly of Kamiah, Ida-ho, born to Gerald and Margaret (Stratton) on July 18, 1944, in Wash-ington, D.C., was a won-derful husband, father,

brother and friend to many. He loved his family very much. Surrounded by his loving wife, sons and oth-er close family, our nationally known, husband, be-loved friend and brother, retired Peace Offi cer Jack McLamb, passed peacefully into his heavenly rest on Saturday, January 11, 2014 in Evansville, Indiana.

As a youth, he lived in Washington, DC and with his special aunt and uncle, Betty and Bob Hasbrouck and family in Tucson, Arizona. As a youth in Arizona he developed his athletic skills in pole vaulting and tennis and was very artistic. He loved the ocean, scuba diving, snorkeling and animals. After graduating from high school he had completed some college and de-cided to join the Navy thinking he was going to be a Navy Seal as he had already been scuba diving certi-fi ed. However, once in they sent him to the jungles of Puerto Rico at an intelligence radio communication site during the Vietnam Era. On his time off he spent a lot of time spear fi shing in the coastal waters. He served honorably in the Navy. Upon getting out of the Navy he moved to California and was very successful with Amway. Continuing to work with Amway, he and his family relocated to Phoenix, Arizona and also sold insurance.

At the age of 32 he had a special calling to become a Peace Offi cer and entered the police academy in Phoenix, Arizona. As a Peace Offi cer, Jack quickly rose to prominence, and his awards were many, be-coming one of the most highly decorated offi cers in the history of his Department of over 2,000 offi cers. One night at a meeting in Sun City, Arizona his life was forever changed. A little old man in the back of the room spoke up during the question and an-swer period and ask him about police duties and the US Constitution and he didn’t know the answer. He quickly educated himself on it and learned what the US Constitution said and how things should be done as a Peace Offi cer. Soon after, he started educating other Peace Offi cers. During his time as a Peace Of-fi cer he originated the ‘Offi cer Friendly’ Program in Phoenix, Arizona and Sears became a sponsor of it. It was a program in which Peace Offi cers visited the school children to help them to be better acquainted with them. He would take Sneakie the Snake and Alli Oops the Alligator to the children in the classrooms and they loved it. Jack loved animals and later in life had cockatoo’s, geese and dogs. He had a very sensi-tive and caring heart. He was injured in the line of duty and had to retire. He continued his work edu-cationally as a writer/publisher, international speaker and radio broadcaster on Republic Broadcasting and Genesis Communication and other Networks. In 1998 he relocated his police and military education associa-tion from Phoenix to reside in the beautiful mountains of north central Idaho.

Jack was well known as Offi cer Friendly, being a living example and demonstrated what it meant to be a Peace Offi cer – protector of the people’s rights per the Constitution – in distinct contrast to that of mere enforcer of the law. His motto was, “If police offi cer’s and soldiers will not enforce tyranny, it will never be enforced.” Also, Jack assisted Bo Gritz, who was called in by the FBI to negotiate with Randy Weaver and family in the siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, memo-ries that were forever in his heart.

What has endeared much of the nation at large to Jack McLamb is his great heart and deep love for peo-ple, and for God-given American rights and freedoms, in defense of which he especially devoted the last 37 years of his life.

Jack is a member of the American Legion in Ka-miah, Idaho and for many years donated to the Peace Offi cer Memorial Foundation for fallen offi cers.

Surviving are his wife: Angela (Straub); three sons: Mathew (Ginger) McLamb of Glendale, Arizona, Jef-fery (Leona) McLamb of Scottsdale, Arizona and Agustin (Francis) McLamb of San Antonio, Texas; a sister: Sandra Murray of Show Low, Arizona; nine grandchildren; one great grandchild; his aunt: Betty Hasbrouck; cousins: Bob and Dudley Hasbrouck of Vancouver, Washington; family dogs: Tessa, Dono, Sunshine, Babie, Tiger, Muffi n, Peekaboo and Arthur and his cockatoo’s: Precious and Cuz.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sis-ter: Margaret Frazier; uncle: Bob Hasbrouck; cousin: George Thompson and others.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in the Stewartsville Cemetery with full military rites. Pastor Butch Paugh offi ciating.

Visitation will be from 4–8 p.m., Wednesday, Janu-ary 15, 2014, at the funeral home.

A celebration of his life will be held later in Phoe-nix, Arizona and Kamiah, Idaho.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the fam-ily online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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Gerald McLambMarjorie J. Walker, 73,

of New Harmony, Indi-ana, born July 10, 1940 to Clarence and Ruth (Baker) Wine, died on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at New Harmonie Healthcare in New Harmony.

Marjorie loved to travel the world. She worked for

ATT and was originally from San Diego, California, where she graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. in Astronomy and later received her Mas-ters Degree in Computer Engineering from National Technical University.

She loved her family very much, especially her sis-ter, nephews and great nephews and nieces.

Surviving are her sister, Lynn Mobley of New Har-mony, Indiana; nephews, Scott Mobley of New Harmo-ny, Indiana and J.D. Mobley of Mount Vernon, Indiana.

Preceding her in death were her parents, brother, Loren Wine and her brother-in-law, Ronald Mobley.

A celebration of her life will be held 10 a.m., Satur-day, January 18, 2014 at Harvestime Temple in Mount Vernon, Indiana.

Private graveside services will be held at Bellefon-taine Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Indiana.

Memorial contributions may be made to Harvestime Temple, 101 Roosevelt Drive, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105 or online at [email protected].

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Marjorie WalkerLyndell E. Hayes, 82,

of Griffi n, Indiana, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at his residence in Griffi n.

Lyndell was born to Frank and Ara Barnett Hayes.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife

Janice Biggs Hayes and his sister Lera Park.He is survived by his daughter, Marcia Yestings-

meier, of Griffi n, his son, Jack Hayes of Griffi n, two grandsons, Andrew Scott and Jason Hayes, two grand-daughters, Ashley and Kristen Ratcliff and two great grandchildren, Carter Happe and Oakley Stewart.

Funeral services will be on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony, Indi-ana, at 2 p.m., with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Griffi n, Indiana where Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5 will have military graveside services.

Friends may call at Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 from 4 un-til 7 p.m.

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Dorothy (Cox) Brown-fi eld 87, of Evansville, died on Saturday, Janu-ary 18, 2014 at Columbia Health Care Center.

Dorothy worked as a nurse’s aide in the health care fi eld. She attended Abundant Faith Church

and enjoyed collecting dolls and cooking.She is survived by sons Rodney ‘Rod’ (Tamara)

I. Cox of Poseyville, Ind., and Mark (Billie) Cox, of Evansville, Ind., daughters, Donna (Phillip) Wyrick of Evansville, Linda (Denny) House of Poseyville, Ind., and Sharon (Tim) Gerbig of Evansville, grandchil-dren, Karla (John) Payne, Connie (Keith) Vailes, Greg (Kristy) Wyrick, Tim (Mishel) Gerbig, Jeremy (Pen-ny) Gerbig, Jeremy (Barb) Reeves, and Jason (Sarah) Reeves, 14 great grandchildren; Jared and Kyle Payne, Jonathan and Daniel Vailes, Isaac and Trevor Wyrick, Kalei, Abren, Scarlette and Jasper Reeves, Corey, Eli-jah and Gracelin Randolph, and Sophia Gerbig, and great-great grandchild, Isaiah Randolph.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Lillian ‘Callie’ Brownfi eld, and ex-husband and father of her children, William F. Cox.

There will be a private service held at a later date by Ziemer Funeral Home Central Chapel, 626 N. First Ave., Evansville, IN 47710.

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Lanny Mendenhall, Sr., 77, of New Harmony, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Dea-coness Hospital. He was born January 14, 1937, in Plattsmouth, NE.

Lanny was a member of Bethsaida Congrega-

tional Christian Church. He served from 1955-1959 in the Air Force.He loved the outdoors, spending time with his fam-

ily and friends, and loved to sing and play cards.Lanny was preceded in death by his wife, Carol

Mendenhall in 2001; son, infant Jess Charles Menden-hall, and his parents, Charles and Dene Mendenhall.

He is survived by his sons, Lanny (Jeannie) Men-denhall and Lance Mendenhall; daughter, Lynne (David) Nation; grandchildren, Christopher (Janell) Gardner, Zachary (Jenny) Mendenhall, Nicole Nation, Michael Nation, Peter Mendenhall, Mariah Menden-hall, and Patrick Mendenhall; great grandchildren, Courtney Gardner, Austin Gardner, Paige Gardner, Chase Gardner, and Logan Mendenhall.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Alexander West Chapel, offi ciated by Rev. Kenny Rager, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park, with military rites at the cemetery. Friends may visit Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Amer-ican Heart Association, 6100 W 96th Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46278. Condolences may be made online at www.AlexanderWestChapel.com.

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Lanny Mendenhall

RETROSPECTPAGE A4 • JANUARY 21, 2014 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

BirthdaysJanuary 21 - Mark Austin, Kendall Wilson, Herb

Reynolds, Alan Kent Racine, Kayden Eaton, Velma Hyatt, Payton Powers

January 22 - Nicholas Wilkinson, Joyce Artin, Tracy Austin, Brooklynn Hamman, Ryan Mobley, Peggy Eaton

January 23 - Mackenzie Lynell Atkins, Lindsay Creek, Winnie Morrison, Jim Ries, Adam Hoffman, Lindsay Wil-hoyte, Raela Cullum, Brittany Givens

January 24 - Jeremy Harris, Mary Huck, Hal Kattau, Robin Lynn Overton, Mack Conyers, Ruth N

January 25 - Timothy Hoffman, Terry Hon, Ashley Knight, Heather D. Werry, Jan Slifer, Justin Rutledge, Bob Hogan

January 26 - Elizabeth Stolz, Jacinda Keitel, Taylor Leigh Espenlaub, Zach Harris, Christine Crews, Noah Miller, Derek Dietz, Monica Crispino

January 27 - Joanie Mercer, Alice Baker, Becky Rut-ledge, Mark Scarafi a, Donn L. Almon, Annette Sollman, Brandon Tucker, Jeff Smotherman, Taylor Koontz, Paige Fifer

If you have a name to be included in the birthday cal-endar, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631 or email: [email protected].

Madeleine, I was trying to decide on a subject to write about this week, and started another topic that I wasn’t all that crazy about. I then made a Facebook post about having to start a notebook entitled ‘Where Things Are,’ so that I don’t spend half of my life looking for things. Even though this wasn’t my original intention, I real-ized this was a great column idea. Every year, after putting Christmas away, I try to spend the endless winter months cleaning out closets, drawers, etc. However, when I move things, I never know where they are. So I decided to write a list of ‘stuff’ and where they are hiding in my house. As I mentioned on Facebook, I think the real trick here will to be keeping track of that note-book.

As most people know about me, I do have a lot of ‘hoarded’ stuff, and when rummage sale season returns, I am sure that I will add to it. I have greatly edited my pur-chases in the past couple of years, but I can’t help buying a few things. My husband, Don, refuses to let me build any more storage buildings, etc, so my only choice is to organize and get rid of the things I will never use.

If anyone remembers my column about hoarding from last fall, I fi nd it very hard to let things go. I often fi nd a new use for things that I have kept, or someone else has need of them. However, if I can’t fi nd these items, there is

no point.Memory does, indeed, be-

come a bit elusive as we age.

I have had a problem remem-bering names for a few years now. My younger readers will not be able to relate to this, but it is so embarrassing to run into somebody and not remember their name. That is really true if you are with another person who stands by patiently waiting to be intro-duced. I fi rmly believe that everyone should be required to wear name tags every day.

For those of you, like my very tidy daughter, Heather, who have a totally uncluttered home, you won’t understand how things can disappear in plain sight. When I go down-stairs to do laundry, I carry the phone down with me. I have learned now to make a con-scious mental note of where I set it down. I have had to make many trips back up-stairs to hit the locator button.

The new type of car keys cannot be duplicated easily and cheaply, so I am always in fear of losing mine. When I had older model vehicles, I had several sets of keys, just in case. Heather really did not do a lot of naughty things in her childhood, but one of the ones we all remember is when

she hid my keys. I had a big wad of keys, with a decora-tive leather fob connected to them. I am not sure exactly how old she was when she de-cided that if she hid my keys, I would have to stay home. We looked for weeks and fi nally they appeared behind a little wooden bucket that resided in a corner. This incident taught me to have extra keys for all locks.

Madeleine, I know that you are used to my asking you to remind me of things. I have a feeling that I will be saying this to you more and more of-ten in the future. I have long kept a book of passwords, etc, for all of the many things we need to have them for. After misplacing that for a short time this past month, I am now going to make a backup copy.

Most people make grocery lists, especially when they need several things, but I do it for as few as three things now. I do think that mak-ing a list keeps us from im-pulse and excessive buying. Who among us hasn’t gone shopping for just a couple of things, and ended up with a cartful? The very worst part of this, if you have forgotten your list, is buying things you don’t need, and forgetting one of the items that you actually wanted.

The younger generation keeps track of many things on their phones, and my daughter just returned to me a stack of those cute little notepads that make great stocking stuffers.

I had given them to her over a few Christmases. She simply does not take the same plea-sure that I do in writing on these. I know that I will prob-ably keep on with the hard copy method. I happen to take joy in writing on these cute little lined notepads. Doesn’t everyone have a pen and pa-per next to the phone? Oh, wait, a lot of folks have done away with their ‘land lines,’ so maybe not. I always have a stack of hastily scribbled phone notes. However, when I neglect to add a name to a phone number that I have jot-ted down, it is not much help later on.

Madeleine, I know that you can’t imagine being this ab-sent minded, but it comes on so gradually that you won’t notice. By the time you are my age, the buttons on your clothing will probably be able to keep note of things for you, though. That is assuming that buttons will still be used, of course.

Yes, I am betting that your generation will totally depend on electronic help to keep track of almost everything. That is actually the case now. When my age group needs to remember to take medica-tion, they check their watch; younger ones have a phone alarm that sounds.

So perhaps you won’t need to write a notebook list, Mad-eleine, to fi nd your brown gloves in 2075, but I sure hope that you don’t lose your little smart gadget, or your hands will be cold that winter.

DEAREST MADELEINE

BYCATHYPOWERS

Copies of copies of ‘Where Things Are’

POSEY COUNTY PAGES OF THE PAST

Compilation by Michelle Gibson

JANUARY 10, 196450 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Majorie Harper of Poseyville has been employed as a part-time clerk-typist in the offi ce of the Metropolitan School District of North Posey. She succeeded Mrs. Janet Wiggins, who has resigned.

Posey County is under seige by burglary. The Gordon Rumble Ga-rage, Espenlaub Equipment Co, Renschler Farm Equipment Co., Stephan Implement Co., and Rogers Elevator at Cynthiana are among the businesses broken into.

Terry Clark, a Mt. Vernon High junior and recent winner of the dis-trict Voice of Democracy broadcast scriptwriting contest, has been ad-judged winner of the state context.

Mr. and Mrs. James Embrey are announcing the birth of a son, Mi-chael David, who weighed 7 lbs., 14 1/2 oz.

Six of seven children spent Christ-mas Day with their father, Mr. Carl Barnett, and Mrs. Barnett.

Ft. Branch’s Twigs had listtle diffi culty in racking up their fourth straight holiday tourney crown with a crushing 68-51 win over the Mount Vernon Wildcats.

Declining hog, cattle and corn prices forced Indiana farm prices down two per cent from mid-October to mid-November. This has been the fourth consecutive period in which there has been a decline.


Shawn Duckworth replaces Roger Waters as fi re chief of the Mount Vernon Fire Department. He is a 1979 graduate of Mount Vernon Senior High School and started on the fi re department in 1985.

Amy Johnson, the daughter of Larry and Darlene Kings-bury of Wadesville, and Gregory Gammon, the son of James and Vicy Gammon of Chandler, were united in marriage on October 11, 2003.

Mrs. Agnes Thomas celcebrat-ed her 95 birthday with friends and family.

Joining the Next Step Dance Studio of Poseyville is ballet teacher Joe Matinez of India-napolis.

Drew Mathews, a junior on the New Harmony Basketball team, is the Athlete of the Week spon-sored by Jeff Koester Construc-tion.

Judge James Redwine swears in new offi cials. Joleen Elpers as auditor, Saundra Elpers for re-corder, Shelia Schwindel as jail matron and prosecutor Jodi Ue-belhack.

The Tri-State’s newest comput-er store, PC Quest, opened their doors in Mount Vernon during the second week of October. Mount Vernon native Brent Suits is a system engineer for the company.


Mark and Becky Ziliak of St. Wendel are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Megan Elizabeth, born December 29 at St. mary’s. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 22 in. long.

Evansville residents Terry and Versa Burns are the new owners of Sinnett’s Packing Company in Wadesville.

A tornado demolished 47 homes, eight businesses, and the town hall and fi re department in the small community of Allendale, Illinois.

Every Thursday night Bockel-man’s Restuarant on 4001 Cyn-thiana Road has All You Can Eat Fried Chicken for $5.95.

Steve and Vicky Schmittler of Point Township are the proud parents of the fi rst baby, Steven Lee, of Posey County who arrived on Thursday, January 5. Grand-parents are Barbara and Dallas Robinson of Mount Vernon and Richard and Merita Schmittler of Grayville.

Gilbert Myer, son of Ruth Myer and the late Carl Myer of Wadesville, has been selected for membership in the American Mu-sical Ambassadors Band.

Mount Vernon Sophomore Rob-ert Morlock, son of David and Candace Morlock, was chosen the winner of the speech contest host-ed by the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District.

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Charles Ford Memorial Home Director Amy Koch welcomes RN Kim Catt (standing) as their new Director of Nursing. Kim has helped at nursing homes since the age of 14, when she helped hand out ice water to patients of Princeton Nursing Home. Photo by Zach Straw

Hartsell Valdane George, 78, of Wades-ville, Indiana, born to Hartsell Clayborn and Le-nora L. (Funk) George on July 8, 1935, in Ozark, Il-linois, passed away Satur-day, January 18, 2014, at his residence near Wades-

ville, Indiana.He was a member of the Wadesville Fire Depart-

ment and the Wadesville Athletic Club. He owned and operated Val George & Sons Garage and was Cub Master of Wadesville Post 490.

Surviving are his wife: Janice Gayle (Shelton) George; three sons: Daryl Gene (Gail) George, Tim-othy Dale (Rebecca) George and Steven Val (Stacy) George all of Evansville, Indiana; eight grandchil-dren; 13 great grandchildren and two sisters: Karen (Wendel) Yeager of Richland, Indiana and Mabel Ice of Evansville, Indiana.

Preceding him in death were his parents; two brothers: Bill and Ronnie George and a sister: Betty Jean George.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Janu-ary 22, 2014, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Wades-ville, Indiana. Pastor Rick Barton offi ciating.

Visitation will be from 3–8 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at the funeral home.

In lieu of fl owers, memorial contributions may be made to: Deaconess Hospice Care, 600 Mary Street, Evansville, Indiana 47747.

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Therese Janette Fitzhugh was born April 5, 1943 in Vandalia, Ill., the only child of John E. Fitzhugh and Frieda Mae Whalen. She lived in New Harmony, Ind., graduating from St. Theresa Grade School in 1958, and Mater Dei High School in 1962. She graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in psychology.

She contracted polio at the age of 12, and through her life and career, she was active in Easter Seals and other organizations for the physically challenged. She worked her entire adult life promoting barrier-free access to public places for the physically chal-lenged. She participated in Wheelchair Games and Paralympics for six years, earning bronze, silver, and gold medals in track and bowling. She was success-ful in business, working in New Jersey for 13 years for a pharmaceutical company and several law fi rms. She was also actively involved in her Catholic Faith through her church in Indiana and Oklahoma, teach-ing classes, preparing instructors, and singing. She was a lover of the arts; she was very talented in many artistic venues.

She died January 18, 2014, at her home in Norman, Oklahoma.

The family requests donations be made to Carter Hospice, 828 N Porter Ave, Norman, OK 73071.

Therese Fitzhugh

Dorothy M. Bender, 87, of Owensville, Indiana, born to William A. and Flora O. (Schweikhard) Keil on May 31, 1926, in Cynthiana, Indiana, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014, at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton, Indiana.

She graduated from Cynthiana High School in 1944 and had worked the grain eleva-tor in Nesbit, Indiana. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church; the St. Francis Ladies Club and Homemakers Extension Club.

Surviving her are several nieces and nephews.Preceding her in death were her parents; husband: Bernard Joseph Bender and a

brother: Raymond W. Keil.Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Poseyville,

Indiana with burial in the church cemetery. Father Ed Schnur offi ciating.Visitation will be from 3–8 p.m., Monday, January 20, 2014, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana

with a Rosary/Memorial service at 7:30 p.m.In lieu of fl owers, memorial contributions may be made to: St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 10 N. St. Francis

Avenue, Poseyville, Indiana 47633.Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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The Mount Vernon com-munity got a little bigger this week when Danielle Moore and her son, Jaden, accepted the key to their new home on Second Street.

Wiping away tears of joy, Moore thanked her parents, friends, Habitat for Humanity and CountryMark for the new home she and her son will soon move into.

“It’s so much more than I could have ever dreamed of,” said Moore. With three bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, utility room and large bathroom, the home has ev-erything a new homeowner needs.

Moore is the newest Habi-tat for Humanity homeowner in the Mount Vernon commu-nity. Through Habitat for Hu-manity, participants contrib-ute over 300 hours of sweat equity, and in return, receive a new home with a 25-year, zero-interest mortgage. Habi-tat for Humanity and corpo-rate sponsor support keeps monthly mortgage payments manageable for recipients.

CountryMark was the sponsor on the Moore’s home. In 2011, CountryMark an-nounced it would match all contributions up to $55,000 to build two Habitat for Human-ity homes in Mount Vernon. The community took the chal-lenge and enough funds were raised to build homes in 2013 for two Mount Vernon fami-lies – Reverend Myers and Anna Hyman, as well as Dan-ielle Moore and her son Jaden.

“Working side-by-side with Danielle in building this home has been a great experience for everyone involved,” said CountryMark Vice President of Operations Pat Ward, who was one of many Country-Mark employees who spent Saturday mornings and week-day afternoons this past fall building the Moore’s Home.

“There is nothing like the positive feeling after your shift is completed,” said Ward. “It’s the combination of being physically exhausted and knowing what you are doing is going to benefi t the entire community and specifi -

cally a deserving family, like Danielle’s.”

CountryMark employee Brenda Falb echoed Ward’s comments.

“We really had a great time building this house with Danielle,” said Falb. “My co-workers and I care a lot about Mount Vernon, and it just makes us so proud to drive down Second Street and see the Habitat for Humanity

homes we have worked on to-gether.”

The last words of the eve-ning came from Danielle’s excited nine-year-old son, Jaden, who offered a guided home tour to everybody at the home dedication.

“I’m going to put my bed right here,” Jaden said proud-ly as he drew an imaginary rectangle next to the window in his new bedroom.

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Forty-one years ago the Supreme Court decided a case that would ultimately end the live of tens of millions of unborn babies. The legalization of abortion through the Roe v. Wade decision allowed the death of up to 1 out of 3 children born in the following generations. On the same day, they released the Doe v. Bolton decision that ultimately made abortion legal up to the day of birth in all 50 states. For forty-one years the United States continues to have one of the most extreme abortion regimes in the world. Together Roe and Doe make the U. S. one of only nine countries in the world permitting abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy, and one in only four that allows abortion for any reason after viability, yet most Americans still falsely assume that abortion is strictly limited after the fi rst trimester. Today a child, in every context of American law except for abortion, merits her parents’ care and protection.

Forty-one years later, women’s health is still a central issue, but scientifi c data does not support abortion access as healthy for women. Data proves the increased likelihood of pre-term birth and placenta previa in subsequent pregnancies, both of which put mother and child at increased risk of health-and life-threatening complications. Women who have had abortions are also at increased risk of anxiety, depression and substance abuse. A 2011 study revealed that more than half of all women experienced mild to severe mental problems following their abortions, including a 155% increased risk of suicidal behavior. Short-term complications including hemorrhage, uterine perforation, and infection injure tens of thousands of women each year.

Forty-one years later, the pro-life community is as committed as ever to promoting the human dignity of both mother and child. You can join Posey County Right to Life and be a part of protecting the unborn. Proceeds from our fund-raisers are currently used to support Birthright, Life Choice, Pregnancy Resource Center West, Black Township Trustee

offi ce, and Precious Poseys. These organizations, counsel, support, and nurture women both before and after the

birth of their child.

Posey County Right to LifeDedicated to Saving the Lives of the Unborn.

Contact us at [email protected]

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Recipe of the Week

Point Township Church of the NazareneBonebank Road, Mount Vernon 838-5182

1 1/2 lb. ground beef1 small onion, chopped1/2 c. green pepper, chopped

1 1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese1 small can tomato sauce1/4 c. mild taco sauce

DIRECTIONSBrown beef, onion and green pepper until onion is transparent. Drain and set aside. In a large

pan, such as a Dutch oven, melt cheese, taco sauce, stirring until smooth. Add beef mixture. One can keep this warm by putting it in a crock-pot on low heat. Serve with tortilla chips, Doritos, etc.

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The Eighth Annual Adult Winter Reading ProgramOur Eighth Annual Adult

Winter Reading Program con-tinues until February 28 and all you need do is read six books/ebooks/audio books. Fill out an entry form to win a fun prize with each book read. Get a completion prize after you’ve read all six. Grand Prize drawing held for those who have completed the pro-gram. Winners will be noti-fi ed on March 3, 2014. Books must be read during the pro-gram dates. You must register.

Basic DrawingThis popular continuing

adult series will be on Janu-ary 23 and 30 at 10 a.m. This series is an ideal opportunity for beginners and advanced artists to gather. Learn how to ‘see’ like an artist, and how to draw that image on paper. All supplies provided. Additional classes will be offered Febru-ary 6, 13, 20 and 27.

Laughs and Crafts ClubWe will be offering our

Laughs and Crafts Club pro-grams on January 23 and 30 at 3:45 p.m. There is always a craft, a story and a snack and always a good time at Laughs and Crafts Club. This

program is for kids who are in kindergarten and up. Registra-tion is required.Babies/Toddlers Storytimes

This program for children ages birth to 36 months fea-tures books, movement, mu-sic, and rhymes to promote early literacy will be held January 27 and 28 at 9:30 a.m. Parents/caregivers help their children follow along by participating in this storytime with them. Registration is re-quired.

Preschool StorytimesThis program for ages 3-5

introduces children to read-ing and language in a fun way through stories, crafts, and other activities will be held January 27 and 28 at 10:30 a.m. Parents/caregivers are not required to attend this sto-rytime along with their child, but must remain in the library.

Registration is required.Posey County Artists

It is time again for local artists to shine. Fine craft art-ists and artisans from all over Posey County are invited to participate in the Alexandrian Public Library Annual Fine Art and Craft Exhibition from March 7 to March 9. Orga-nized and exhibited by the Al-exandrian Public Library, the show is presented as a com-ponent of the library continu-ing community art awareness project.

Anyone residing or work-ing in Posey County may par-ticipate and submit one entry in any of the categories of clay, glass, furniture, quilting, fi ber, metal, photography, jewelry, needle work, painting, wood and 3D mixed media. Stu-dents, amateurs and profes-sionals are all encouraged to

participate in this exhibit. Those wishing to enter

the exhibit may begin doing so February 26 to March 4. There is no entry fee. Those entering items considered fragile or easily stolen, such as jewelry, must provide a se-cure display cover to protect the item.

Want to register?The library offers multiple

ways you can register, includ-ing: on the web, by phone, and in person. You can regis-ter well in advance by going to our website at www.apl.lib.in.us. Can’t register on-line? Call the Adult Information Desk at (812) 838-3286 or visit the Adult Information Desk in person. Our library staff representative will be ready to assist you and answer your questions. Check out our Facebook page and Like us.

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On Tuesday, January 21 the Alexandrian Public Library’s Eighth Annual Adult Winter Reading Program gets under-way at the library.

For each Alexandrian Pub-lic Library book, eBook or au-dio book read, you may enter your name in a drawing for prizes.

Register at the Information Desk and receive your offi cial rules and records card. Every time you’ve read a book bring in your card we’ll give you a white card to fi ll out. List the author and title of each book, and a brief comment, then put your name and phone num-ber on the bottom entry form. Hand the card to the person at the Information Desk and detach the entry form with your name and phone number and place it in the box for the prize you want to win. The more you read, the better your chances of winning.

After reading six (6) items, you will receive a comple-tion prize and a white card/entry form for the Grand Prize drawing of a $100 Visa gift card.

Forms and additional infor-mation are available at the In-formation Desk or the Book-mobile.

Not sure what to read? Check out our Recommended Reads bookmarks, our online booklist (at apl.lib.in.us) or use our Novelist database (ask a librarian to get you started). Of course you can also ask our friendly staff for recom-mendations.

Participants who read more than six books during the Adult Winter Reading Pro-gram can get an orange card/entry form for each additional item read, up to 10 additional entries. These entry forms may be used for the Grand Prize drawing or for any of the smaller prizes. The Grand Prize Drawing will be held on Monday, March 3, 2014. Winners will be notifi ed by telephone on Monday, March 3, 2014.

So, Drift into Your Library, check out a book, and read.

For more information about this program, call the Alex-andrian Public Library Adult Services Desk at 838-3286.

Drift into Your Library begins Jan. 21

If you are coping with grief, please join the VNA Plus Hospice staff for its next ‘Life Beyond Grief’ program.

This free program will be Thursday, February 6 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. at the VNA Plus Evansville of-fi ce at 610 E. Walnut Street. Hospice professionals will present a panel discussion on several grief-related topics;

there will also be numerous opportunities for small group interaction and sharing per-sonal experiences. Lunch and take-home resource ma-terials are included as well.

Reservations are neces-sary; please call 812-425-3561 or toll free, 800-326-4862 and ask for Margaret Holland. Reservations must be made no later than Friday, January 31.

VNA, Hospice to host grief support program

Enjoying their meal at this year’s annual New Harmony Volunteer Fire Department Sausage on Saturday evening, January 18 at the New Harmony 4-H Fairgrounds is (left side front to back) Kelcey Ricketts, Kylee Ricketts, (right side front to back) Greg Ricketts and Kim Ricketts. Photo by Michelle Gibson

Danielle Moore (center) and her son Jaden are Mount Vernon’s newest recipients of a Habitat for Humanity Home. Earlier this week, Danielle received the key to her new home during a home dedication ceremony. Attend-ing the dedication were CountryMark employees (pic-tured left to right) Dennis Rueger, Brenda Falb, Larry Moore and Pat Ward. Photo submitted

Habitat home completed with support from CountryMark, community

By: Pastor Matt Watson, MVGB Church

Marriage. Most want it. Many have it. Those that have it, want it better. Mid-dle-aged rush toward it out of fi delity. Youngers test the waters, prior to com-mitment, out of fear. Old-ers who have stayed true to vows are revered. This...is...marriage.

Paul David Tripp wrote a helpful book. Here’s the bibliographical informa-tion: What Did You Expect?

Redeeming the Realities of Marriage. Crossway, 2010, pp287, $17.99. Of course, you can probably get the book cheaper if you’re will-ing to do online purchasing, follow sales, or buy used. Here, I offer a quick book review, refl ections, and an opportunity.

First, a review. Tripp of-fers chapters 1-4 that fo-cus on biblical precept. You might say, “Eh--Bible study!” But Tripp, and my-self, are utterly convinced

that good marriages be-gin with God. A chord of three strands is not easily broken. These strands are man, woman, and God the Holy Spirit. A good mar-riage equation (Genesis 2:24) is: man+woman+God = strength. Tripp is right to begin his book with the ways in which sin has infi l-trated our marriage thinker. He says, “Marriages are fi xed vertically before they are ever fi xed horizontally (35).” Next, Tripp offers six practical commitments for marriage health. He gives two chapters of press to each commitment, consti-tuting chapters 5-17. Com-mitments include confes-sion, daily agendas, trust building, real love, differ-ences, and good smart work. Tripp’s book is accessible to whosoever will engage.

Second, refl ections. Mar-riage can be described by three stages (see Sacred Marriage): the honeymoon stage, the blame-shifting stage, and ownership stage. We begin in stage one as honeymooners where spouses minimize differ-ences. We are lucky-in-love. Stage two is when the little-easy-to-overlook differences become huge-hard-to-forget frustrations! The fi ercest battle for mari-tal maturity is done in stage two: the blame-shifting stage. The sobering reality is that many never make it out of stage two. Many sim-ply replay stages one and two over and over again

throughout their adult lives. They get excited, have an extended honeymoon, tough out frustrations for a while, and then exit-marriage-stage-right. Then, repeat-o. This is why sec-ond time marriages are 15 percent more likely to end in divorce than fi rst timers. Biblical marriage support at deep soul and ethical levels may be needed to overcome strongholds in marriage. Tripp helps defi ne-in com-munity just what stage two marriages are: unfulfi lling. And Tripp helps one or both partners see the potential for stage three: taking own-ership. When a partner, or both, take 100 percent own-ership responsibility for the marriage health, rather than 50/50, opportunity ignites. Stage three marriages can move from barely surviving to thriving.

We tend to view marriage mentoring, studies, or bibli-cal counseling as last resort. As long as there’s a per-ceived way out (divorce), we contend, we don’t ‘need’ help. The way out props us blame-shifting (Oh yea, well he/she did this...) then we never realize stage three because we will not take seriously our opportunity to have our best marriage now! We will just continue in a malaise of false hap-piness, going through the

motions, and belief that the grass is greener on the other side rather than where it’s watered. Perhaps your mar-riage is in what Tripp calls a marital ‘detente.’ Detente (pronounced dey-tahnt) is an early twentieth century war term meaning “a relax-ing of tensions, especially between nations, as by ne-gotiations or agreements.” Often we view our spouse as a rival nation. We settle for calm between crisis. The key is each still view the other as separate entity with separate interests. Trust is minimal. God is little. They are two rival nations marked by toleration not affection; passivity rather than part-nership (66). Would you like to move from detente to mature, married love?

Third, an opportunity. You have an opportunity to study Tripp’s book in-depth with well-meaning Chris-tians on Wednesday nights at 6pm starting January 29. What would prevent you from joining us? Are you

afraid of an indefi nite com-mitment? That’s why this is only twelve Wednesday evenings. Afraid your chil-dren will have no place to go? That’s why we offer discipleship ministries for kids of all ages. Single? Reviews say singles get a lot of out this study too! Afraid you will have to talk out loud? You won’t. The DVDs and group lead-ers do the main talking. Afraid you can’t afford it? Study guides are only $5 and book purchase of What Did You Expect is not re-quired. Afraid we will keep you late? Don’t be, you’ll be home by 8pm. Afraid you can’t fi nd us? MVGB Church is located at 1717 North Main Street, Mt. Ver-non. Don’t know how to register? You can reach us email [email protected] or phone 838-4555. Just say, “I’m calling (or emailing) about the Wednesday mar-riage study.” We’ll take it from there. Your opportu-nity awaits.

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Community Table for JanuaryEvery Thursday, serving

from 5 - 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome, sin-gles, couples and families. No preaching, just good eating.

Thursday, January 23 – Chicken Strips, Milk Gravy, Toast, Green Beans, Dessert

Thursday, January 30 – Chicken Casserole, Salad, Hot Roll, Dessert

Seeds of the Sower by Michael Guido

Agape Family Ministries5529 Industrial RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2232

Apostolic Bible Church9808 New Harmony RoadPoseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5456

Bethesda General Baptist Church1600 Savah RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Black’s Chapel United Methodist1800 West Fourth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-0318

Calvary Baptist Church618 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-4777

Church of Christ700 Mill StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2635

Church of God Mission627 W. 5th StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2236

Church of the Nazarene531 E. Steammill StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3288

Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC)4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon

Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Phone: 812-568-8409

First Baptist Church1205 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2187

First Baptist Church E. Tavern StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631

First Christian Church 7226 Hwy 66Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4278

First Christian Church 1403 Country Club RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2855

First Church of the Nazarene424 Vine StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2743

First Presbyterian Church120 E. Sixth StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2473

First United Church of ChristCorner of North & WalnutCynthiana, Ind. 47612

First United Methodist Church601 Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2640

Griffi n Christian Church 319 N. Main Street Griffi n, Ind. 47616 Phone: 812-851-3291

Harvestime Temple101 Roosevelt DriveMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-5447

Holy Angels Catholic Church 423 South StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-838-2535

Immanuel United Church of Christ5812 N. Ford RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-3115

Independent Pentecostal Assembly 312 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Johnson United Methodist Church 403 RaintreeNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4648

Lighthouse Assembly of GodPastor Jason Farrar1005 E. Tavern St.New Harmony, Ind. 47631

Messiah Lutheran Church7700 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-2278

Mount Pleasant Church3801 Blackford Road

Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3930

Mount Vernon General Baptist Church 1717 N. Main StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4555

Mount Zion General Baptist Church1425 Oliver RoadWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-783-2337

New Beginnings Christian Fellow-ship Church11420 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5288

New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3626

North Posey Community Church Poseyville, Ind. 47633 812-874-2028

Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165Poseyville, IN 47633Phone: 812-874-3186

Point Church of the Nazarene, 12611 Bonebank RoadMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5182

Poseyville Christian Church 6 E. Main St. ,Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-3411

Saint John’s Episcopal Church 602 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620

Phone: 812-838-5445

St. Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-2535

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cales Street, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-874-2251

St. Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66,Wadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-985-3416

St. Peter’s United Methodist 2800 S. Saint Philips RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-3751

Saint Philip Catholic Church3500 St. Philip Road SouthMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-985-2275

Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church318 Main StreetNew Harmony, Ind. 47631Phone: 812-682-4604

Saint Wendel Catholic Church 10542 W Boonville New Harmony RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3733

Salem Heusler United Church of Christ11325 Lower Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2542

South Gibson Apostolic Chapel6144 S. 1075 W.Owensville, Ind. 47665Phone: 812-729-7231

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church10 N. St. Francis Avenue,Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2220

Stewartsville United Methodist RR 2 Poseyville, Ind. 47633Phone: 812-851-5561

The House of Prayer 8012 Bald Knob Rd.Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-550-4653

The Turning Point9800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-9800

Trinity United Church of Christ 505 Mulberry StreetMount Vernon, Ind. 47620Phone: 812-838-3805

United Church of Christ of Cynthiana

University Heights Baptist Church8800 Middle Mount Vernon RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-985-5158

Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton StreetWadesville, Ind. 47638Phone: 812-673-4660

Zion Lippe United Church of Christ9000 Copperline Road EastMount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2437

Zoar United Church of Christ4600 Church RoadEvansville, Ind. 47712Phone: 812-963-3749

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Immediately, James held up his hand and said, “My Dad says it’s in terrible shape.” And most people would seem to agree with his dad.

Years ago a Psalmist gave us a reason for the condition of the world: “The kings and rulers of the earth,” he said, “take their stand together against the Lord...and His

Anointed One.”This Psalm points to the

One who was to come - the Messiah. In it we fi nd a de-scription of Jesus - His life, death, resurrection and fu-ture reign. This Psalm also describes the rebellion of the nations of the world and their refusal to be obedient to the Word of God. The author wanted his readers to know and understand that God would fulfi ll His promises of peace and hope, grace and mercy, love and salvation. God, speaking to us through

this Psalm, gave us His assur-ance that He is the One who is in control of all things - past, present and future. He wants us to know that through His Word we can become free from the worries and cares of this world and be certain of being with Him in eternity.

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day, January 23 at 6 p.m. at the Alexandrian Public Library. No registration is required, and all are wel-come to attend to learn about Relay for Life in 2014.

The Board of Directors of the Greater Mount Vernon Association agreed to col-laborate with the City of Mount Vernon to share the cost of construction of a service building to be constructed at Riverbend Park. The service building will be located on the park plaza and will provide space to house lighting and audio controls for the stage area for storage and for a small con-cession area. The design of the building is to refl ect the design of the Pagoda in Scher-burne Park. The building should be under construction in early spring to be completed in time for summer activities in the park.

Donett May reported on an initiative to develop a marketing program for Mount Vernon. The propose of the marketing pro-gram will be to encourage people who work in Mount Vernon to live here. The direc-tor’s intend to promote the city as a family friendly community for people to work and raise their families.

In an effort to build a community consen-sus to focus the energies of service organi-zations, local government and individuals who seek to develop a family friendly en-vironment, Mike Ashworth proposed de-velopment of a community wide planning group. Ellen Harper of the Indiana Offi ce of Community Affairs and Rural Planning is being scheduled to meet with the Greater Mount Vernon Association Directors. Ms Harper works with the Indiana Main Street Program. She is to advise the directors regarding development of a program for Mount Vernon.

Directors Mary Weintraut, Mike Ash-worth and Mel Levin plan to attend the Chamber of Commerce meeting entitled, ‘Transforming Your Local Community’ on January 30. The program fi ts the goals of the Greater Mount Vernon Association to increase the positive aspects of living in Mount Vernon.

Relay for Life meeting scheduled

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The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon fi nished 2013 by ship-ping more cargo during the fourth quarter than any other quarter in the port’s 37-year history. The 1.59 million tons shipped in October-December 2013 were more than the to-tal annual volume for each of the port’s fi rst fi ve years of operations.

“Because of the extremely strong fourth quarter, 2013 is one for the record books,” said Port Director Phil Wil-zbacher. “This was the fi rst time our shipments exceeded 500,000 tons for two consecutive months, let alone three consecutive months. Coal, fertilizer and a record grain har-vest were the primary reasons for the surge in shipments at the end of 2013.”

For the year, the port handled over 4.15 million tons, up 21 percent from 2012. The signifi cant increase in annual tonnage was driven by strong shipments of coal, grain, soy products and fertilizer. Coal was up 47 percent over 2012, while fertilizer shipments rose 42 percent and grain in-creased 38 percent from last year. Coal, grain and soy prod-ucts made up approximately 75 percent of the port’s 2013 shipments.

“We could not have achieved the record fourth quarter without the ongoing commitment and efforts of our port companies,” said Wilzbacher. “By no means was this an easy feat. It’s very satisfying to end the year in such a strong way.”

For the year, the port handled approximately 2,200 barg-es, 85,000 trucks and 26,000 railcars.

Fourth quarter shipments set record at MV Port

It was with a great deal of grati-tude that CountryMark employ-ees presented a check for $2,255 yesterday to eight members of the Owen Dunn, Post 5, Mount Vernon, Ind., American Legion.

“It’s hard to describe the respect and gratitude we have for these men and women who put their lives on hold to serve our country and defend the freedoms we all enjoy every day,” said CountryMark rep-resentative Gene Grabert.

After the check presentation the veterans shared stories with the CountryMark employees about

their military experiences.“I was only 17 when I enlisted,”

said Veteran Steve Cummings. “It was physically demanding work, but I was proud to do it.” Cum-mings served in the Vietnam War.

Veteran Dale Rickert added that it’s not always easy to talk about the wars they served in, but they know the world is a better place because of the service of American soldiers.

More than 500 veterans are mem-bers of the Mount Vernon American Legion, and according to local le-gion Member Phil Handel, a num-

ber of Mount Vernon American Le-gion Members have been employed over the years at CountryMark.

“We’re very familiar with Coun-tryMark and appreciate their sup-port of the Mount Vernon American Legion,” said Handel.

The Mount Vernon veterans plan to use the CountryMark donation to buy heavy presentation coats for wintertime graveside services. The CountryMark dollars will also help cover some of the cost of placing fl ags along the main avenues of Bellefontaine on the 4th of July and Veteran’s Day.

CountryMark fuels efforts of Mount Vernon American Legion

Pictured left to right: Dale Rickert, Don Schneck, John Weir, Dennis Hargett, Max Dieterle, Steve Cum-mings, Don Oeth, Gene Grabert and Phil Handel.

Pictured left to right: Owen Dunn American Legion Representatives Max Dieterle, Don Oeth, Dale Rickert, Phil Handle and Gene Grabert. Photos submitted

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The following ten students were selected by the faculty of Mount Vernon High School as ‘Wildcat of the Month’ for December 2013. Students are selected based on criteria which include academics, citizenship, effort and attendance.

December honorees are: l to r, Ellen Denning, Abby Randall, Devyn Wilson, Hilary May and Mackenzie Stratton. Not Pictured are: Ethan Slygh, William Hershey, Isaac Redman, Brandon Montgomery and Morgan Bottomley. Photo submitted

Wildcats of the Month

Hoosier students in grades six through 12 who are having trouble with math or science school work can get help by con-tacting Rose-Hulman In-stitute of Technology’s Homework Hotline.

Tutoring is provided over the phone by col-lege students who were recommended by their professors. These tutors are trained on how to best answer questions and ex-

plain diffi cult concepts to younger students.

The Homework Hotline can be accessed through May, Sunday to Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Toll free at 1-877-ASK-ROSE (275-7673)

Rose-Hulman also pro-vides ISTEP+, GQE and SAT resources, such as study tips and practice tests, to prepare students for these standardized tests.

Homework Hotline available

Monty’s Plant Food Company, a Louisville, Kentucky-based manu-facturer of plant and soil enhancement products for the agriculture, industry, is now accepting applica-tions for fi ve, $1,000 col-lege scholarships. The awards will be made in conjunction with the Na-tional FFA Organization to high school seniors who are members of FFA.

To be eligible students must also meet criteria in-cluding:

• Be a resident of Ala-bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, North Carolina,

North Dakota, South Caro-lina, Tennessee or Virginia

• Live on a family farm• Plan to pursue post-

secondary education and study agronomy and crop science, sustainable agri-culture, soil science or soil conservation

• Have a minimum high school GPA of 3.25

• Have participated in community service

A complete list of crite-ria is listed online at www.montysplantfood.com/FFA.

Scholarship applications are available online at www.ffa.org/scholarships. The deadline to apply is

February 1, 2014. The Monty’s Plant Food Com-pany scholarships will be awarded in May 2014.

“FFA is a wonderful leadership program and we are proud to partner with such an infl uential organi-zation to offer scholarships to young people in agri-culture,” said Dennis Ste-phens, president, Monty’s Plant Food Company. “We value education and are pleased to help students pursue a college degree.”

Students can complete one application to be con-sidered for all scholarships offered through the Na-tional FFA Organization.

FFA members eligible for scholarship

Tickets are now on sale for the 12th Annual St. Philip School Benefi t Dance scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2014. Tickets are $25 per person and $40 per couple which includes an appe-tizer buffet, beer, wine, soft drinks, and live entertainment by the band Kraftworks. There will a special raffl e and a half pot draw-ing. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the band starts at 7:30 p.m. Must be 21 or older to enter, ID required. Tickets can be purchased at St. Philip School parish offi ce, St. Philip’s Inn and Weinzapfel’s Tavern. For further information please call the St. Philip Parish offi ce at 985-2275.

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Pictured front row, l to r, are Clay Douglas and Sydni Flowers, fourth grade students at South Terrace Elemen-tary School and winners of the Warrick County VFW Flag Contest. This yearly contest includes schools from all over Southern Indiana. The students study a booklet of fl ag facts and take a written exam and two winners are selected from each school, they then move on to a district contest. The two winners received $25 gift cards. Also pictured are Alison Rose, classroom teacher, and two representatives from the Warrick County VFW.

Applications are now be-ing accepted for this year’s HCAMPS (HealthCare Academy for Middle School Pupil’s Success) – a week-long program for middle school students interested in a career in healthcare.

St. Mary’s created HCAMPS to give students an opportunity to interact with health care providers, learn about the variety of careers available in the health care industry, and understand the educational requirements for a career in health care.

This year’s program will take place Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6 and is open to Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson or Posey county stu-dents entering eighth grade in the fall of 2014 who have a minimum 3.3 grade point average. Interested students must submit a teacher’s on-line evaluation, a 150 word essay, and a recent school

picture. The deadline to ap-ply is Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 4 p.m.

HCAMPS highlights in-clude:

• Treating ‘patients’ in a simulation lab.

• Hands-on experience in the St. Mary’s Emergency Department, Nursery, and Trauma Services Depart-ments.

• Touring health science facilities at Ivy Tech Com-munity College, the Univer-sity of Evansville, and the University of Southern Indi-ana.

• Performing hands-on ac-tivities, such as dissecting a cow heart.

The cost of the program is $75. Financial aid is avail-able. For more information, please contact: Margaret L. Moutseous, Project Director HCAMPS, 812.485.4221 or [email protected].

St. Mary’s offering HCAMPS program

The following local stu-dents earned a position on the University of Evans-ville Dean’s List for aca-demic achievements dur-ing the Fall Semester 2013:

Andrew Abad of Mount Vernon, majoring in Biol-ogy.

Jonathan Boettcher of Mount Vernon, majoring in Communication.

Shannon Dick of Mount Vernon, majoring in Exer-cise Science.

Nora Evans of Mount Vernon, majoring in Cre-ative Writing.

Lauren Grabert of Mount Vernon, majoring in Nurs-ing.

Torsten Maier of Mount Vernon, majoring in Me-chanical Engineering.

Isaac Martin of Cynthi-ana, majoring in Sociology.

Martin Mason of Mount Vernon, majoring in Global Leadership.

Brandyn Mohr of Mount Vernon, majoring in Orga-nizational Leadership.

The students made the Dean’s List by achieving at least a 3.5 grade point aver-age on a 4.0 scale.

UofE Fall Dean’s List announcedUniversity of Evansville

student Andrew Abad of Mount Vernon, Ind., will spend the Spring 2014 semes-ter studying abroad at Har-laxton College, UE’s British campus near Grantham, Eng-land.

Abad, who is majoring in Biology, is among 172 stu-dents who begin classes Mon-day, January 13 at Harlaxton, housed in a 120-room Victori-an manor in the East Midlands countryside.

“For more than 40 years, studying at Harlaxton College has been a defi nitive part of the University of Evansville experience. Where else can students live and study in a grand manor house, travel throughout the United King-dom and Europe on week-ends, and form lasting ties with local residents?” said Earl Kirk, UE director of study abroad. “We’re thrilled to provide this transforma-tional educational experience for students such as Andrew Abad, and we wish all of the Spring 2014 Harlaxton stu-

dents a semester of learning, discovery, and growth.”

The Harlaxton curriculum features a core course, The British Experience, which offers an interdisciplinary in-troduction to British life and culture. Literature, art his-tory, economics, history, and political science are part of the course, which combines lectures, seminars, and fi eld trips to locations such as Lin-coln and London. In addition to The British Experience, students enroll in a range of classes in the liberal arts and pre-professional studies. Har-laxton College’s British facul-ty is supplemented by visiting faculty members from Ameri-can institutions.

Optional weekend trips to destinations such as London, Paris, Ireland, Wales, and the Lake District in northern Eng-land provide students with opportunities to engage the culture in Britain and beyond. While at Harlaxton, students may participate in the popular Meet-a-Family program, ath-letics, and other activities.

Abad studies at UofE’s British Campus

Ivy Tech Community Col-lege - Southwest proudly rec-ognizes the following Posey County students for making the Dean’s List for the 2013 fall semester. To be on the Dean’s List, Ivy Tech students must achieve a minimum 3.50 grade point average in non-academic skills advancement courses with no D’s or F’s, must have earned six or more credits during the semester, and at least 12 non-academic skills advancement credits dur-ing their course of study.

Students from Posey Coun-ty: Micah Bechtel; Matthew Bellgard; Chelsea Blackburn; Diana Burkes; Kristi Car-roll; Rebecca Cleek; Stephen Cote; Matthew Crum; Kendra Cullum; Luke Curry; Jamie Deuerling; Emily Droste; Han-nah Duncan; David Elliott; Becky Evans; Katie Ewers; Brittany Gee; Jeffrey Haskett; Victor Heath; Lesly Hester; Daniel Hoffmann; Sierra King; Nicolle Konrath; Caitlin Lash-ley; Dakota Logan; Charles Marler; Tristan Mathew; Kyle McDonald; Christina Morgan; Francisco Ortiz; Pamela Pow-ell; Jesse Raes; Jean Reising; Zachary Risher; Kelsey Ross; Cassandra Sampson; Sheila Schapker; Dana Schroeder; Nathaniel Stone; Katie Stovall; Jacob Straw; Margaret Tieken; Erick Voelker; Andrea Wallis; Lisa Weis; Emily Wenderoth; Noah Westfall; Shelley Wil-son; and Dustin Woolsey.

Ivy Tech anounces Dean’s List

St. Wendel students who participated in the Spelling Bee. Top row (L-R): Alaina Spahn, Jenna Zirkelbach, Kathryn Muensterman, and Claire Muensterman. Mid-dle row (L-R) Isaac Scheller, Raice Straub, Caleb Dyson, and Evan Herr. Bottom row (L-R) Cora Schmitt, Daw-son Wunderlich, Jake Koch, and Kathleen Glaser. Photo submitted by Cathy Dyson

Pictured are St. Wendel Spelling Bee Winners sixth grader Raice Straub, left, and runner-up seventh grader Jenna Zirkelbach, right. Photo taken by Cathy Dyson

The Mount Vernon Senior High School Fine Arts Acade-my will hold auditions for chil-dren interested in appearing in their upcoming production of ‘The Little Mermaid, Jr.’ The auditions will be held on Sat-urday, Jan. 25 from 1-4 p.m., in the MVHS Performing Arts Center. Children are asked to sing ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ and participate in a brief choreographic routine.

Only children in Kindergar-ten through fi fth grade will be eligible to audition.

For an audition reservation and information, please call 812-833-5932.

Little Mermaid auditions planned

PLEASE EMAIL ALL CALENDAR INFORMATION TO: [email protected]

At the recent annual meeting of the United Way of Posey County, more than 130 volunteers were recognized for their work on the recent United Way campaign and in reviewing agency funding requests including: Jim Alsop, Phyllis Alspaugh, Tammy Anderson, Mike Ashworth, Don Baier, Kenyon Bailey, Jenny Ballard, Beth Baro, Pat Beckgerd, Grant Beloat, Steve Bennett, Diana Billman, Jason Bradshaw, Martha Breeze, Sharon Burns, Todd Camp, Stan Campbell, Frank Chapman, Jennifer Childress, Travis Clowers, Roxann Coleman, Carol Collier-Smith, Joe Cris-sup, Steve Culley, John Deaton, Linda Dickens, Dana Dieterle, Beth Dingman, Cindy Eaton, Jerilyn Erwin, Sue Farquharson, Janet Fischer, Wayne Games, Andrea Gentry, Angela Geralds, Mary Ellen Gerard, Dan Gibson, Kay Giles, Bill Gillenwater, Rebecca Harvey, Wyeth Hatfi eld, Jack Higgins, Tammy Hoehn, Michelle Hudson, Mark Isaac, Janet Johnson, Phyllis Johnson, Barb Keitel, Dr. Darin Keitel, Kay Kilgore, Tom Ko-patich, Linda Kuhlenschmidt, Glen Kuper, Lynn Kyle, Bob Lange, Yvonne Lawrence, Tami Lech-ner, Kathy Lindauer, Marilyn Marshall, Heather Martin, Connie Marvel, Winter Maynard, Niall McConville, Ann McDonald, Ken Meyer, Rhon-da Money, Emily Morrison, Jon Neufelder, Bill Newman, Randy Northrop, Sarah O’Daniel, Kim

O’Grady, Monique Osban, Cindy and Randy Owens, Michael Peck, Charlene Penn, Candice Perry, Sherrie Plouchard, Clayton Powers, Jay Price, Marissa Priddis, Jerry Prow, John Raisor, Raymond Raisor, Staci Reese, Richard Reich, Lauren Rickelman, Dan Ritter, Carrie Robb, Bob Royer, Susan Rudisill, Beth Russell, Kath-erine Rybak, Ann Scarafi a, Beth Schilling, Jean Schmitt, Lindsay Schmitt, Marcia Schneider, Nicholas Schubert, Sue Shelton, Keith Spurgeon, Jamie Stevens, Erin Stump, Barbara Tennyson, Benny Tennyson, Eric Thomason, Mayor John Tucker, Carlene Vanlaningham, Tommy Veeck, Tom Verkamp, Jackie Verville, Angela Wannem-uehler, Bob Webster, Michelle Wheaton, Jennifer Whitaker, Nick Wildeman, Jaime Wilder, Karen Williams, Larry Williams, Sherry Willis, Aman-da Wilson, Faye Wilson, Fran Wood-Osborne and Shawn Worman.

Sarah O’Daniel was honored as Outstanding Volunteer of the 2013 Campaign for her efforts as a volunteer in workplace campaigns with busi-nesses in Black Township for the past six years.

The campaign has raised $680,284 so far, which is the largest amount yet. Wayne Games, 2013 president of the United Way of Posey County, and Pat Beckgerd, campaign chair for 2013, thanked all the volunteers for their hard

work on the campaign, and thanked the Posey County community for its generosity and caring saying that raising the largest amount ever is a tremendous credit to the people of Posey County.

Olivia Goebel was recognized as the 2013 winner of the Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award. This award is given annually to an in-coming high school senior from Posey County in recognition of the individual’s leadership, volunteerism, and community involvement, and started in 2007 to recognize Elizabeth Baier’s then 25 years with the United Way of Posey County. Olivia Goebel was selected from many outstanding applicants from throughout Posey County. She mentioned the signifi cance of the work the United Way does in Posey County and her involvement as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Elizabeth Baier said the new grant opportu-nity in the campaign had emphasized increases in giving and new contributions by Leadership Givers and in the workplace with $63,927 need-ing to be raised to claim the full match. Through the generosity of the Posey County Community over $75,000 was raised toward the match. The grant is designed to strengthen the United Way initiatives of Education, Family Financial Sta-bility, and Health and the United Way of Posey County is trying to use the funds to help work on concerns now rather than trying to deal with bigger problems later.

MSD Mt. Vernon will receive $51,000 for a socialworker’s cost and program expenses to re-duce alcohol, tobacco, and drug use and reduce the incidents of suspensions and expulsions. MSD North Posey will receive $10,000 to be used to continue the services of a school resource offi cer to maintain a safer school environment. Children’s Learning Center of Posey County will receive $2,500 to help them attain Level 3 and Level 4 on the Paths to Quality program to help provide superior child care and school readiness. The Medical Needs Committee will receive $427 to provide vouchers for emergency dental care for the uninsured of Posey County.

Elizabeth Baier said, “We think these funds will make a great difference in our Community. We thank the people, businesses, and industry of Posey County for their overwhelming generos-ity and support. This is the second grant we have been able to claim in full in the past 3 years, for a total of over $129,000 to impact our Commu-nity.”

Wayne Games was congratulated and thanked for his year of service as 2013 president and his accomplishments during that time to support the

United Way mission to help provide services to the people of Posey County and improve the quality of life in Posey County. Games said he was glad to have the chance to participate and thanked the volunteers, Board members, and agencies for making a difference in people’s lives; and that the need is here in our commu-nity. Pat Beckgerd was recognized for the efforts of the 2013 campaign which will help to provide services for Posey County and expressed her thanks to everyone for their help and the com-munity for its support and generosity.

Ken Meyer presented Niall McConville with the Volunteer of the Year Award. Meyer de-scribed the 2013 Volunteer of the Year as a dedi-cated member who has been volunteering for the United Way of Posey County for 12 years, in-cluding as an Industry Division campaign volun-teer, Finance Committee member for 7 years and 7 years as Treasurer. The Volunteer of the Year served 11 years on the Resources Deployment Committee and the past 9 years on the Board of Directors, and 9 years on the Board of Directors. Outstanding service by Niall McConville helped ensure the fi nancial soundness of the United Way of Posey County in a very diffi cult econo-my. Niall McConville said that he was involved in the United Way of Posey County because it helped a lot of people, and was important to the community.

Andrea Gentry was thanked for her efforts in helping the United Way launch its website – unitedwayposeycounty.org.

Offi cers elected for the coming year are Pat Beckgerd as President, Dan Ritter as First Vice-President, John Raisor as Second Vice-President, Staci Reese as Treasurer, and Andrea Gentry as Secretary.

Kenyon Bailey, Nick Wildeman, and Niall McConville were thanked for their years of ser-vice on the United Way of Posey County Board of Directors.

Newly elected directors include John Rai-sor, Gretchen Mansfi eld, Kyle Haney, Keith Spurgeon, Andrea Gentry, Staci Reese, Tom Verkamp, and Jeanne Maudlin. Other directors continuing their terms on the United Way Board of Directors are Bob Lange, Phyllis Johnson, Shawn Worman, Jay Price, Angela Wannem-uehler, Grant Beloat, Dan Ritter, Benny Ten-nyson, Steve Bennett, Pat Beckgerd, Wayne Games, Lindsay Schmitt, Dana Dieterle, Mi-chelle Hudson, Bill Gillenwater, and Larry Williams. Elizabeth Baier continues to serve as Executive Director, and was congratulated and thanked for her more than 30 years of service.


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United Way honors the leaders of 2013

Olivia Goebel accepts her 2013 Eliza-beth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award

Outstanding Volunteer of the year went to Sarah, O’Daniel.

Niall McConville receives his Volun-teer of the Year Award from Ken Meyer.

Wayne Games was congratulated and thanked for his service as Posey County’s 2013 president. Photos by Zach Straw

‘Probationers’ continued from Page A1Council members discussed partially fund-

ing the salaries for a six-month time period in order to allow time for the fees to be collected. Gentil countered that if they voted to fully fund the salaries now, the collected fees could later be used to help offset next year’s salary budget fi gures.

In the end, council members decided fund-ing the full appropriation request was the right choice at this time.

The council voted to retain Gentil as presi-dent and Alan Blackburn as vice-president. They also approved Greg Reynolds to the ABC Board; Don Mattingly to the Area Plan Commission; Ruth Redman to the Board of Review, Ralph Weinzapfel and Jon Neufelder to the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana; Mitch Luman to the EMA Advisory board; Charles Jansen, Phillip Werry, Tim Flemming and Leitha Deig to the EMS Board; Amy Stephens to the Poseyville Carnegie Public Library Board; Rodney Wade and Gary Thiem to the Redevelopment Board; Jim Elless to the Poseyville Economic Devel-opment Commission; Martin Redman to the Solid Waste Board; and Vicki Simpson to the Southwest Mental Health Board.

Beth McFadin-Higgins was chosen to con-tinue to represent the council as the attorney. She stated her fees will remain the same as last year at $165 per hour. The council also called

on Higgins to represent them during Redevel-opment Commission meetings.

Discussion of an employee handbook was put on hold until the council can meet in exec-utive session with the commissioners. Black-burn suggested the two bodies meet to go through the proposed handbook page by page to discuss concerns. No date has been set yet.

Commissioner Jerry Walden addressed the council regarding hiring a new Veteran’s Ser-vice Offi cer for Posey County. Walden stated the commissioners have interviewed three po-tential candidates, but no offi cial decision has been made. Walden stated that due to new fed-eral and state mandates the position requires training and accreditation. Offi cers must work no less than 1,000 hours which equates to ap-proximately 20 hours per week. Posey County has only budgeted approximately $10,000 for the salary, which will need to be raised in order to adequately compensate the requirements of the position. No action was taken at this time.

Dr. Kyle Rapp introduced the new health department nurse, Kristina Carter, to the coun-cil. Rapp asked for authorization to appropri-ate $4,000 to her salary. The health department funds Carter’s salary and no county funds are expended. However, the council must still give their authorization for the health department to utilize their funds. The council approved his request.

‘North Posey’ continued from Page A1ergy aspects of the school

were evaluated and the school received many energy saving tools that will save the school money over the course of the year.

He explained a vending ma-chine-miser was installed so that energy using components will automatically shut-off when it’s not in use will save $193 over the next year.

Smart-move power strips were placed on 66 computer monitors that are projected to save $1,300 annually. Thirty light sensors were also placed in storage rooms and the rest-rooms that could save the dis-trict $4,000 annually.

Overall, the audit results rat-ed STES with a 95 out of 100 in its current energy effi ciency usage. Board members were pleased to hear the results and that the school received many new energy effi cient tools to further reduce costs.

In other business, the board approved the following:

• A resolution Plan of Con-stitution which changes board voting districts.

• Adding a provision to Dr.

Camp’s contract qualifying him to receive health savings account contributions that all other employees receive if he chooses a high deductible in-surance plan.

• A request by Marilyn Rog-ers to take the physics, calcu-lus and AP English classes on the annual Chicago trip March 1-4. Students will visit Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium, the Fermi Lab, the Hancock Tow-er, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry.

• A request by Mike Was-smer to take 53 FFA students to the Louisville National Farm Machinery Show on February 12.

• A facility use request by the Wadesville-Blairsville Re-gional Sewer District to use the library at South Terrace Elementary School for month-ly meetings the third Tuesday of each month.

• An agreement with Amer-ican Appraisal for fi xed asset accountability that will cost $1,120.

• Debra Whitfi eld’s request

to use personal leave days to attend WorldStrides Interna-tional teacher convention in Florence, Italy on February 13-17.

• Camp’s request to hire Frank Smith as the district School Resource Offi cer.

• North Elementary School (NES) principal, Terri Wauga-man’s request to hire Court-ney Wolf, Rochelle Belt and Susan Cooper as instructional assistants for the Title 1 pro-gram.

• Camp’s request to transfer Jenny Wiggins from a tech-nology coordinator position to a technology teacher position at NES. She will develop new curriculum that will be im-plemented in the 2014-2015 school year.

• Brad Miller’s request to add Joe Schmitt as a volunteer junior high wrestling coach.

• Kelly Trafton’s request to add Weston Whitehouse as a volunteer assistant director for the spring production at the high school.

The next meeting will be held on Monday, February 10, at the corporation offi ce.

‘Harp’ continued from Page A1

November of 2008, was never approved by the Posey County Board of Commissioners be-fore it was fi led and recorded with the Posey County Re-corder on Jan. 5, 2009.

On Dec. 12, 2012, Harp was administered the Oath of Offi ce for the offi ce of Posey County Treasurer effective Jan. 1, 2013, by Posey Circuit Court Judge James Redwine and she commenced her term on Jan. 1, 2013.

During the fi rst fi ve or six weeks of Harp’s term, Curtis worked in the Posey County Treasurer’s Offi ce assisting Harp with learning her elected position.

In late January, Harp was contacted by the Shrode Agency regarding the specifi c amount of the surety bond needed. Harp was surprised by the inquiry believing that the surety bond has already

been obtained by the Shrode Agency on her behalf.

She relayed the $300,000 amount to the Shrode Agency and on Feb. 4, 2013, Harp received a letter from Ken Johnson of the Shrode Agency informing her that he could not locate a surety bond for her and recommended that she fi nd another insurance agent to assist her in trying to obtain the proper bonding.

Andy Weintraut, of Shul-theis Agency then secured a $100,000 surety bond and on Feb. 19, 2013, in a public meeting, the Posey County Commissioners approved the bonds of several Posey County offi ceholders includ-ing the $100,000 surety bond for Harp.

On or about Feb. 22, 2013, when looking at her credit re-port, Harp discovered an er-ror on her credit report, The

report showed that an Indiana Department of Revenue Tax Liability which had been satis-fi ed more than two years prior to that date was listed on her credit report as an outstand-ing debt. That had hindered Harp’s efforts to obtain the $300,000 surety bond.

On March 7, Harp ap-pointed Justin White to serve as Chief Deputy and White was administered the Oath of Offi ce on March 7, 2013, the same day he secured a $300,000 surety bond.

On March 18, a surety bond was ordered for Harp as Posey County Treasurer. But since she had already sub-mitted her resignation, Harp asked that the $300,000 surety bond request be canceled and on March 19, White’s surety bond of $300,000 was ap-proved by the Posey County Commissioners. White was

administered the Oath of Of-fi ce by Redwine that same day.

Following the decision, Newman concluded his re-marks by stating, “Justin White and Chris Harp have continued to serve the people of Posey County honestly and respectfully through this process. Now they are eager to move forward and turn the page on this issue and contin-ue making improvements to the Treasurer’s offi ce. The Re-publican Party, Justin White, and Chris Harp owe a big ‘thank you’ to everyone for their support during the past eleven months.”

In a prepared statement, Adams relayed the following.

“When it came to light the

Posey County Treasurer could not be properly bonded, I fi led this suit out of concern for the taxpayers of Posey County and the protection of county assets.

The judicial process has now addressed these concerns and I respect the judge’s deci-sion.

After this issue arose, I be-gan working with State Sena-tor Jim Tomes to clarify and correct Indiana Law as to the bonding of county offi cials. I was encouraged Sen. Tomes agreed with me and fi led Senate Bill 32 to address the future bonding of county of-fi cials. Now that SB 32 has unanimously passed the Sen-ate, I encourage the Indiana House to follow Sen. Tomes’

lead and pass this legislation so future county offi cials will be properly bonded and coun-ty assets protected.

I want to specifi cally thank Chris Harp for her kindness throughout this matter. I con-sider Chris a friend and this was never about her person-ally, it was about the law.

As the judge stated in his decision, Chris Harp was duly elected and qualifi ed to hold the offi ce of County Treasurer. In carrying out the wishes of the voters of Posey County, I encourage local Republican Party leaders to return the duly elected and qualifi ed Chris Harp to the offi ce of County Treasurer.”

Harp could not be reached for comment prior to deadline.

My son and I got into a taxi in Lou-isville, Kentucky a few nights ago.

We were going to the theatre during a downpour and didn’t want to arrive

drenched. When the taxi driver pulled up he couldn’t understand a word I was saying. I tried to explain that we were just going a few blocks away. I pointed, talked slowly and even tried to help him fi gure out the GPS attached to his visor. I was sensitive and kind because I know what it’s like to be in a foreign country. The conversation was almost impos-sible.

Give me a break. He has moved to America, has a driver’s license, works for a taxi company and is trying to drive people around Jefferson County, Ken-tucky. He did not speak much English.

Finally, I was able to understand that he had moved here from South Africa and this was his second day of working as a taxi driver. I explained to him that I had been to South Africa, loved his country and welcomed him to America. I didn’t say it but I wanted to shout ‘Learn the English language!’

I am happy for people who come to America. He is trying to work. I wonder how many people need a job but would never consider driving a cab? My hat is off to the people who are coming to

America legally and working jobs that average Americans won’t work.

One big problem is that these well meaning new residents need to learn English. I realize this is tough to enforce since many Americans have trouble passing an English class.

The national language for South Af-rica is English. Unfortunately there are at least ten other offi cial languages and a multitude of unoffi cial languages. Many people in the country never become fl u-ent in speaking English. They are brought up to learn the language of their tribe and struggle with English throughout their lives. This scenario makes it tough for everyone to be on the same level when it comes to national communication.

I love South Africa, Mexico and a lot of other places but this is still America. Let’s keep the conversation in English.

Glenn Mollette is an American col-umnist read in all fi fty states. Contact him at [email protected]. Like his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glennmollette.

He is the author of American Issues and numerous other books.

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Frank McDonald sat in the small audito-rium as Steve Owen was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame September 17, 1966. A member of the Hall’s fourth class, Owen was almost a charter member along with Jim Thorpe with whom he played in the ‘secret’ game of 1924. Neither man lived to see their induction.

McDonald’s thoughts drifted away from the ceremony to the last week in Decem-ber 1924. Young Steve Owen was fi ve feet eleven inches tall and weighed 260 pounds. ‘Stout Steve’ at twenty-six years of age was a prize defensive tackle for the Kansas City Blues (Cowboys), but his true worth went unrecognized by the Cowboys organization which dismissed his innovative football theo-ries.

Owen’s birth in a tiny town in Indian Territory in 1898 and his stint as a profes-sional wrestler under the nom de guerre Jack O’Brien, did not lend credence to Owen’s ideas.

It was not until he was sold for $500 to the New York Giants in 1927 that Owen’s A For-mation on offense and his Umbrella Defen-sive Formation were fully implemented. But in 1924 Coaches Frank McDonald and Rich-ard Hanley needed all the help they could get for the Haskell Indian Institute’s exhibition game to be held December 28.

With Owen’s natural affi nity for his Indian friends on Haskell’s team coupled with the Kansas City Cowboys refusal to consider his ideas, Owen couldn’t wait to go up against the Cowboys in an off-the-books contest. Mc-Donald and Hanley gave Owen carte blanche to teach his game plan to Haskell’s young players and to Owen’s fellow professional players Rudy Comstock, John ‘Pepper’ Mar-tin, Jim Thorpe and new professional recruit, just graduated Haskell senior, John Levi.

To open up the traditional single wing of-fense played by the Cowboys, Owen put four

offensive linemen on one side of the center and only two on the other. The quarterback, fullback, halfback and tailback were aligned

so that the center could snap the ball to any of them which allowed for any of the four to run or pass. This ‘A’ formation was named such because it was Owen’s favorite of several offensive formations, none of

which the Cowboys would try.On defense, instead of lining up nine men

on the line with two defensive backs, Owen had the defensive ends and the center drop back for pass plays and stay on the line for runs. This approach presaged modern defens-es and resembled an upside down umbrella. The Cowboys’ traditional passing offense would fi nd no open receivers against Owen’s ‘umbrella’ defense.

Owen had John Levi, Pepper Martin and Jim Thorpe play in the offensive backfi eld with George Levi who was a sophomore at Haskell. All four could run the ball and catch a pass. In addition, Thorpe and Levi could pass the ball fi fty yards on a line. Owen at of-fensive and defensive tackle and Comstock at guard on both sides of the ball would anchor the blocking and tackling.

Owen’s trick play of having the ball cen-tered to any of the four backs who would initially charge toward the line then lateral the ball back to one of the other three for an outside run or a pass was the origin of the modern “fl ea fl icker” and a total surprise to the 1924 Cowboys.

McDonald smiled as he remembered his team along with Thorpe, Martin and Com-stock secretly practicing for several hours each day at Chief Lookout’s ranch.

Others may have forgotten Steve Owen, but McDonald never would. The fi nal play of the December 28, 1924 game was as fresh in his mind in Canton, Ohio as it was in Osage County, Oklahoma that yesterday forty-two years before.

Chapter 22 - Ozymandias

GAVELGAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE

Since my fi rst day as your state representative, it has always been a top priority of mine to make our county and state a clean and safe environment for all of us to live. Posey County was not ranked as one of the worst counties in the state for methamphetamine busts, but our state as a whole was ranked 3rd in the nation last year for the incredibly high number of lab seizures.

In looking at the past few years, meth lab busts have continued to increase, and I consider this a very serious problem that is affecting our community and many others throughout Indiana. This session, I introduced a bill alongside State Rep-resentatives David Ober (R-Albion) and Rebecca Kubacki (R-Syracuse) that will allow people to get a better understanding of where they are living.

This past year, I had the opportunity to meet a man who had suffered the ef-fects of breathing in air from houses previously contaminated by metham-phetamine. The real estate appraiser had suffered lung damage and now carries a breathing mask while on the job. My intention with this bill is to stop instances

like this and create a health-ier, safer community.

With House Bill (HB) 1141, the Indiana State Po-lice will be able to create a database with house listings of all properties affected by methamphetamine. Also included on this list would be houses that have been decontaminated and emp-tied. The ISP would be able to keep a second list with all previous houses associ-ated with the production of methamphetamine even if it has already been taken off of the public list.

Currently in state stat-ure, after a ‘meth’ bust is made, the police are re-quired to contact the Indi-ana Department of Health who will then evacuate and decontaminate the home. Throughout this process, costs can go into the thou-sands to make sure the home isn’t a health risk to the surrounding people and properties. But, the process doesn’t end there as many times the blighted property will be vacant for months or years, lowering property values and depreciating en-tire communities.

What I would like to see happen with HB1141 is for a person that is looking at buying a home to be able

to see, in the buyer’s agree-ment, if that house has ever been in contact with the creation of methamphet-amine. Furthermore, buy-ers would be able to see if the home has been prop-erly decontaminated, and it would be required that the real estate commission obligates owners into dis-closing if a house has ever been involved in the cre-ation of methamphetamine. My intention is to protect the public from others who don’t seem to care.

Right now I am working with the Government and Regulatory Reform com-mittee on the bill to better explain its purpose, and I remain hopeful that this bill will pass in year. The amount of victims left in the wake of methamphet-amine is unacceptable and hurts Indiana communities. I look forward to collabo-rating with my fellow leg-islators on making sure this bill will have a positive im-pact on our state and com-municating with my district on the positive changes that would be made for their hometowns.

Rep. McNamara (R-Mount Vernon) represents portions of Posey and Van-derburgh counties.

Guest Column State Rep. Wendy McNamaraHB 1141 will address key issue facing Indiana communities


Guest Editorial: Glenn MolletteMake sure we all understand

God sure must have thought it impor-tant to place such a commandment in the number one slot. If you believe in such things, ‘Other gods’ could be the opposite sex, athletes, celebrities, your career, poli-ticians, or just about anything.

There’s danger in putting politicians, or anything else for that matter, on a pedestal.

C.S. Lewis once said, “The Golden Ap-ple of selfhood, thrown among the false gods, became an apple of discord because they scrambled for.” Although you may have to search deeply into Lewis’s atoning words for meaning, it could very well ap-ply to what occurred during the U.S. Presi-dential Elections of 2008 and 2012.

Many put their hopes in a man, the fi rst black President of the United States. Al-though the President of the United States is no doubt considered the most powerful man on the planet, he’s still just that, a man who’s fallible. There’s a danger in hang-ing our hopes on a politician who may or may not be ethical or moral. There’s an inexhaustible list of politicians and world leaders who fi t that mold of distinction, and have for eons.

The mainstream media have, and con-tinue to, put Barack Obama on a pedestal.

Politicians aren’t deity, although some may think they are. They’re just humans with elevated responsibility who are in-deed fallible.

There’s been an assault on conservatism by the progressive movement in America for the last hundred years. That infection, yes, I’ll call it that, has infected both par-ties. They’ve tried to thrust their will on the masses for all too long, but I see an uprising stirring among the electorate.

Evidence shows the Obama administra-

tion knew all along millions of Americans would lose their existing insurance poli-cies and doctors. If he said, ‘You’ll proba-bly lose your doctor and insurance policy,’ instead of the fabrication he told repeat-edly, he would not have been elected.

Polls, no doubt, verify my theory of a pending political upheaval to come as demonstrated by the polling being con-ducted nowadays and the unfavorable sta-tistics they reveal.

A growing public unrest is refl ective in the story of an eight-year-old Indiana boy who took a pocket knife to school. Although the boy always carried it, never took it out of his pocket, another student made the principal aware of it. The police were called, but no arrests were made. The community was outraged to hear that an eight-year-old was even remotely being considered a ‘Terrorist.’ The community outrage was so great the local newspaper was inundated with letters to the editor condemning the school board, the super-intendent, and the principal of the school for weeks. Many of those who wrote to the paper claimed there would be a turn-over, come next election, of the school board and that would trickle down to the fi ring of the superintendent and possibly the principal.

Outrage is also refl ective in the story of a middle school girl in Kentucky who refused to wear a badge around her neck. The device had a computer chip tracking device in it; she refused to wear it for reli-gious reasons. Her reason was in reference to biblical text found in Revelation that refers to the mark of the beast.

The principal, in turn, suspended her. As the story goes, several students in protest

threw their badges in a trashcan in front of teachers. In the face of such protest, the principal decided to scrap the program.

You might say ‘Prosperity bred com-placency in the past,’ but the vanishing of both is now a way of life. I’m hearing the phrase ‘People are getting fed up’ far more.

George Will, a fellow syndicated col-umnist, has said more than once, “What I’m about to say is probably prophetic.” I don’t know if George has such talents, but I’ll make some utterances of my own that may be prophetic in nature too.

I believe the Republican Party will re-tain their majority in the House of Repre-sentatives in 2014. I’m also of the opinion the Republican Party will regain a major-ity in the Senate as well. Along the way, some establishment Republicans, moder-ates so to speak, will lose their seats in

the upcoming primaries because of voter outrage. Voters will have a tendency to lean toward ‘Political Outsiders’ who have distaste for what Washington has become.

A lack of trust in certain politicians will be an emboldening factor for many voters, many of whom favored the Democratic Party in the past and no longer will. And it’s a safe bet to say the Democratic Party won’t hold a majority in Congress for the next 20 years, mostly because it will take them that long to regain the trust they’ve squandered with the public.

Greg Allen’s column, Thinkin’ Out Loud, is published bi-monthly. He’s an author, nationally syndicated columnist and the founder of Builder of the Spirit in Jamestown, Indiana, a non-profi t organi-zation aiding the poor. He can be reached at www.builderofthespirit.org or follow him on Twitter @GregAllencolumn.

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At right: Evansville Icemen defence-man Jacob Johnston sends the puck up the rink during Saturday night’s game against the South Carolina Stingrays. The Icemen secured a 4-1 win.

Below: The Ford Center was packed with a record of over 9,400 attendees for the Star Wars and Pack the House Night. Mount Vernon resident Chuck Gray at-tended the event as a Tusken Raider with international Star Wars costuming orga-nizations 501st Legion and Rebel Legion.

At right: A family tradition, Evansville residents Jeff Market and his daughter Ava showed up as a scout trooper and young, pod-racing Anakin.

Below: Defenceman Loren Barron and Goaltender Mike Clemente share a con-gratulatory fi st-bump after Daultan Lev-eille netted his 12th goal of the season dur-ing period two. Photos by Zach Straw

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By Dave PearceFans of North Posey basketball got a glimpse of what the

team is capable of doing this weekend when the Vikings manhandled Tecumseh at home in a conference match-up and fell to a very good Forest Park team 43-42 on the road.

But on Friday night at home against a Tecumseh team that came in 7-4, the Vikings got help from literally every-one on the team as they started a little slow offensively, but used good defense and timely offense to pull away from the Braves and gain their third win of the season 58-40.

In a rare start, Drake Davenport buried a 3-pointer from deep in the corner to open the scoring but the Braves then scored the next seven points.

“We had to deal with some adversity with missing Bryce Martin but Davenport came out and hit that big three and I thought that set the tone for us,” North Posey Coach Heath Howington said.

James Marshall hit one of two free throws and that was followed by buckets by Cody Ungetheim and Michael Bender and the Braves found themselves down 9-7, forcing boss Kevin Oxley to use a time out.

His Braves responded with a 3-point bucket. Damon Car-din scored inside before the Braves got the last basket of the quarter to lead 12-11 at the break.

But defensive pressure by the Vikings began to take its toll on the Braves. With fresh bodies running in and out, the Vikings lost very little when they substituted.

Howington, in absence of regular starting point guard Bryce Martin, used a variety of players in various positions

to take the Braves out of their gameplan.Cody Ungetheim infl icted the most damage as the senior,

who has spent the majority of the past year recuperating from a knee surgery, showed that he has regained the shoot-ing touch he displayed during his sophomore season.

He got the fi rst basket of the second period and immedi-ately took a charge on the defensive end of the fl oor.

Marshall scored one one-on-one move and Ungetheim hit two of his four free throws in the next two possessions to put the Vikings ahead 17-12.

Ungetheim would hit two more free throws before the Braves would fi nally get on the second quarter scoreboard at the 4:36 mark.

But Reed Gertiesen answered the Braves and the order of the next few buckets was more about the assists than the scoring. Cardin came up with a big steal and threw the ball ahead to Ungetheim for an easy two before Zack Carl came up with a steal and found Davenport open ahead and the Vikings had moved out to a 30-18 lead. After the Braves missed a 3-point opportunity, the Vikings held for one shot and Marshall drove the lane to give the Vikes a 32-18 lead at the half.

“We really challenged our guys to play with energy and passion and this is such a fun game to play,” Howington said after the game. “When you play the right way, that energy is contagious. We have 11 guys that are capable. We showed that tonight because our depth really wore them down. De-fensively, we forced them into 24 turnovers and I was very pleased with our effort.”

But the Braves would not go away easily. As a matter of fact, they scored fi ve of the fi rst six points of the second half to pull to within 33-24 before Gertiesen found Ungetheim for a deuce.

By Steven KocherspergerThe Mount Vernon six team duels were held on Saturday

morning at Mount Vernon High School and in the end it did not disappoint. Mount Vernon, North Posey, Tell City, Evansville Reitz, Evansville Central, and Castle all battled it out in a preview and tune up for both the Conference championship meets taking place this week and the section-als which will take place in a little more than a week. In the end the Mount Venon Wildcats went 3-2 losing to Central and Castle while beating North Posey, Tell City, and Reitz to improve their overall record and gain experience necessary

moving into the post season.The Wildcat day began by taking on a tough Reitz team

that not only has the athletes but the experience to go deep in any duel. Reitz went up early on Mount Vernon but wins by Tristin Choate, Austin Stallings, and Harley Gorman all sealed the win for the home team. Mount Vernon ended up beating Reitz 40-25 to open the duel in a positive way.

Mount Vernon would drop their second match up as they took on the ever tough Central Bears. Both the Bears and the Wildcats traded wins and took their turns tightening the scoreboard but it was Evansville Central that hung on to defeat Mount Vernon in a close duel 42-31.

The third match up would go much better for Mount Ver-non. The Wildcats wrestled Tell City going ahead early and not looking back. Tell City was over matched and did not do well against the Wildcats as Mount Vernon cruised to a 52-21 win over the Marksmen.

The Wildcats would get their third win over a short hand-ed North Posey team on Saturday as well. North Posey gave it all they had but Mount Vernon ended up on the right side of a 69-12 score.

Mount Vernon’s only other loss came at the hands of a tough Castle Knights team that came into Mount Vernon and went home undefeated as a team. The Knights made easy work of almost every team in the six team duels and Mount Vernon was no exception. Castle defeated the Wild-cats 41-24 to send Mount Vernon to their second loss of the day.

Mount Vernon now looks ahead to this week’s Big Eight Conference championships which are set to take place in Boonville on Saturday morning. Mount Vernon feels great about where they stand right now and seem ready to move forward and compete for a Big Eight championship. The good news is that the team is made up of some hard work-ing wrestlers that are focused right now in such a way that just might spell championship. If each and every wrestler in every weight class can come out and continue to do what they have been doing this season, Mount Vernon will head into sectionals as champions. Good luck to the Wildcats as they head to Boonville this week.

By Steven KocherspergerMount Vernon head coach Marc Hostetter says his team

has been looking for a signature win to help boost them to the next level and this past Friday night they had that op-portunity as they took on a 9-2 Vincennes Lincoln team that was coming off an impressive win over Evansville Bosse

at home. The Wildcats knew that defense would be the key as they were taking on one of the better guards in the area as well as a duo that has played great in the post all season long. Mount Vernon took the challenge and ran with it get-ting the signature win they have needed and have sought beating the Alices 52-48 Friday night to remain undefeated in conference play.

“It was a fun and emotional game,” coach Hostetter said after the game. “Both teams played well but not great. I thought we did a great job against a team like that and it was an important win for us to get to help us go to the next step in our season. Our guys played well and we had some guys step up and have big games. My hope is that our guys re-member what it took to prepare for this game and can come out and do it again.”

Both the Alices and the Wildcats opened the game look-ing rusty as time after time the teams traded shots and turned the ball over to each other. Down 2-1 early on, it was senior Colton Irvin that stepped up and came through for the Wild-cats when they needed someone desperately to do so. Irvin hit two three pointers in a row and had a layup to propel the team to a 9-7 fi rst period lead at the horn.

Irvin would be needed for the remainder of the fi rst half as teammate Bryce Newman picked up a technical foul and had to sit on the bench due to foul trouble. Down 11-9 at this point the Wildcats got a big three pointer from guard Luke Steinhart to give Mount Vernon the lead 12-11 before Irvin took over to score the next fi ve points to give his team a 17-15 lead. Irvin would end the fi rst half with fi fteen points as the Wildcats went to the locker room down 23-21 at the half.

And while Colton Irvin kept Mount Vernon in the game in the fi rst half, the second half looked to belong to fellow senior Bryce Newman. Newman came out and opened the third period by scoring eight of the ten third period points for Mount Vernon. Newman’s jumper in the opening min-ute of the period tied the contest at 23-23 and just a few minutes later he would draw a foul and get the basket. That three point play helped Mount Vernon regain the lead at 28-26 as both teams continued to battle back and fourth.

Vincennes Lincoln would go on a 8-2 run to fi nish the third period and place themselves ahead by four points at

36-32 heading into the fi nal period of the game. It was in that fi nal period that Mount Vernon looked to slow the Al-ice tempo and take control of the game.

That would be more diffi cult against a team like Vin-cennes Lincoln but the Wildcats were wanting to show that they would not lay down to any team. Wildcat Zach French had an important offensive rebound and a three point play that helped Mount Vernon get back into the game with 5:58 left. Bryce Newman would tie the game just a minute later at 37-37 and Colton Irvin’s three point play would give Mount Vernon the lead at 40-39 with 3:22 left in the game.

Mount Vernon would build their fourth period lead to 46-41 on some great free throw shooting before watching Vin-cennes Lincoln climb right back into the game with some great free throw shooting of their own. After hitting a pair of shots from the charity stripe the Alices found themselves down two at 46-44 before hitting a shot to tie the game up at 46-46 with just 1:17 left in the game.

But it was Bryce Newman who would get a three point continuation play of his own to put Mount Vernon back on top to stay. After hitting his free throw the Cats lead 49-46 and never looked back.

Mount Vernon would only allow the Alices two more points in the contest and hung on to win their third Big Eight Conference game of the season at 52-48.

Colton Irvin lead the team in scoring Friday night with 20 points and 10 rebounds while teammate Bryce Newman added 16 points. All of Newman’s points came in the sec-ond half.

The Wildcats now get back even with a 4-4 overall re-cord. The team has played three Big Eight Conference games and has won all three of those to start the conference season.

Mount Vernon takes this momentum and hopes to build on their recent success as they travel to Carmi, Ill., this week to play in the Carmi-White County Invitational. The Wildcats will play Harrisburg on Thursday night and Fair-fi eld on Friday before matching up with fellow conference opponent Mount Carmel on Saturday evening. All three games will be played at Carmi High School with a tip time of 6 p.m.

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Wildcats fi nd swagger, take down Vincennes

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Bryce Newman glides down the lane for the shot in Friday nights win over Vincennes Lincoln. Photo by Ste-ven Kochersperger

By Valerie WerkmeisterFor the fourth year in a row,

North Posey High School history teacher and coach, Brandon Barrett, has orga-nized the Valhalla 5K, a 3.1 mile run/walk and two-mile fun walk. The event is set for Saturday, March 8, beginning at 9 a.m. in front of North Posey High School (NPHS). The course is set to begin on High School Road and con-tinue onto Hunter Road then return to the school.

The race has grown in popularity and size and so have the prizes. Barrett stated a number of new sponsors have boosted the door prizes to over $500 in value. Prizes range from shoes, socks and sandals donated by Williams International Consulting, LLC, to massages donated by Bodyworks Massage In-stitute and Evansville Mas-sage Specialists and nutrition items from Complete Nutri-tion and Accelerated Nutri-tion. Other door prizes have been donated from Ultimate Fit, Swift Athletics, Leg-ends Evansville, Subway in Wadesville, Fusion Spa and Boutique, All Weather Stor-age, LLC, and Scheller’s Fit-ness and Cycling.

Also new this year, Rise up and Run Productions will do chip timing for the event.

Check-in time is from 8 – 8:45 a.m. A free kids’ dash will be held at 10 a.m. and all kids in the event will receive

a participant medal.Registration forms are

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Entry fees for adults who register before February 22 and want a shirt are $15. After that date, the price in-creases to $20. Students in K-12 will only pay $10. A shirt choice of cotton or tech style, is guaranteed to those who enter by February 22. All fees are non-refundable.

The overall male and fe-male 5K run and 5K walk winners will receive an award. The top two runners in male and female age groups will also win an award. The top fi ve competitive walkers will receive an award. All race results will be posted at valhalla5k.com. You must be present to win door prizes and awards.

Course records were set last year by Hunter Motz who completed the run in 16:08; Angela Reckelhoff who fi n-ished with a time of 20:23 and Shirley Fearheiley who fi nished the walk in 18:50.

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Fourth annual Valhalla 5K is bigger and better Cody Ungetheim goes up for a 3-pointer early in Friday night’s

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After James Marshall hit two free throws, Gertie-sen came up with a big-time block to save a nearly sure bucket and Carl was fouled on a drive during the ensuing possession. He hit both free throws to build the lead to 39-24 again.

Tyler Adkins then took a charge to help the Vikings re-gain control and when Cardin scored inside on the last play of the quarter, the Vikings en-joyed a 41-29 lead

But unlike some recent contests, the Vikings played well with a lead, particularly defensively.

Gertiesen scored on a drive, Ungetheim hit a free throw, Gertiesen got a bucket inside and Marshall hit a pair of free throws before the Vi-kings took a time out at 5:35 with a 50-29 lead.

Out of the time out, Un-getheim scored before the braves fi nally got on the fourth-quarter board at the 4:32 mark with a rebound bucket.

Braves’ boss Oxley took

a time out to try and inspire his troops at the 3:45 mark but the best the Braves could do was try to match the Vi-kings basket-for-basket down the stretch as Bender found Gertiesen on back-to-back as-sists and Cardin scored on a drive.

The Vikings built a 56-33 lead before the Braves scored seven of the last nine points in the game. Jacob Brenton buried two free throws for the fi nal points of the night for the Vikings.

Ungetheim fi nished with 17 points while Gerteisen had 13 and Marshall 11. Cardin fi nished with six and Daven-port had fi ve while Brenton, Carl, and Bender had two points apiece.

“We challenged Cody Un-getheim and my goodness, he really responded,” Howing-ton said. “We’ve struggled to put 32 good minutes together. This was just a good team win.”

On Saturday evening at Forest Park, the Vikings put up a good fi ght against the

Rangers before falling 43-42.“They were a very physical

team,” Howington said. We were right there and it was back and forth most of the game.”

Except for the third quar-ter, where the Vikings came out of half-time fl at and fell behind.

“We had one of those stretches where we just went scoreless for a few minutes,” Howington said. “I just can’t explain it.”

Unlike the night before, the Vikings turned the ball over 20 times and hit only 10 of their 17 free throws and lost by a single point. Meanwhile, Forest Park hit 14-of-16 free throws. But despite that, when all was said and done, it came down to losing by a single possession.

“We played hard and I can’t fault our effort and our pres-sure defense was outstand-ing,” Howington said. “We gave up only 40 to Tecumseh and 43 to Forest Park. You would think holding teams to the 40s, and especially the

low 40s at that, would give you a good opportunity to win. And we had opportuni-ties. We forced them into 18 turnovers. We have made sig-nifi cant strides defensively.”

The Vikings shot well from the fi eld around the basket where they hit 16-of-28. But the Rangers began packing it in to challenge the Vikings to shoot from long range and they could not hit a single 3-point shot in the game. Un-timely turnovers cost the Vi-kings, as well.

After falling behind by as many as nine in the third pe-riod, the Vikings came back to take a lead with a minute to go on a steal and free throws by Bender. Then down 43-40 with about 10 seconds remaining, the Vikings used their fi nal time out to draw up a play. The play was de-signed to set a pair of screens for sharp-shooting senior Mi-chael Bender. But when the ball came in, an open lane to the bucket was too enticing and without a time out, the Rangers did not have to make an inbounds pass to take the one-point win.

Gertiesen fi nished with 16 points and eight rebounds while Ungetheim had nine, Marshall had eight, Cardin had fi ve and Bender and Carl each had two.

The Vikings will play twice this week, on Friday night at 7-2 South Knox and will host South Spencer on Saturday night.

By Steven KocherspergerIt might have taken a little

longer than the Mount Ver-non Wildcats would have hoped but the girls’ basket-ball team is coming together and playing with confi dence. The team came into this week’s pair of games getting more healthy and shooting better than they have all sea-son long. This equated into a pair of wins over Tecumseh at home on Thursday night and at Heritage Hills on Sat-

urday afternoon to run their win streak to four straight.

After their win at home against Tecumseh, Wildcat head coach Steve Mitch-ell really liked the way his team played and felt they are playing like a team that has felt the sweet release of pressure that was put on them due to several key players out with injuries early in the year.

I thought we had a slow start tonight and kicked it in

eventually,” Mitchell said. “We had a really good third quarter and did some things really well to win this game. We have improved and are liking where we are right now. I think we are starting to play with our confi dence back. When you get some of your players back from injury it takes the pressure off some of the others on this team.”

That game against Te-cumseh started very slowly

for the Wildcats though the team seemed to play through it all and come ahead the better for it. After being down 2-0 early on, Stefanie Bulla his a three pointer to put Mount Vernon ahead 3-2. The fi rst period would go back and fourth as the two teams traded bas-kets and turnovers as well. But it was Ellen Foster and Alexis Nall that took over that fi rst period of play ac-counting for all but three of the Mount Vernon points. Foster and Nall hit a pair of free throws mid way through the fi rst period to put Mount Vernon ahead and eventually lead by six as the period ended and the game moved forward to the second frame.

It was in that second pe-riod that the Lady Cats took over and stretched their lead. Mara Canada, Alyssa Smolsky, and Cheyenne Strobel all had big bas-kets as the Cats spread the wealth around in the game. After Smolsky hit her layup the team went ahead 25-14. From there, Mount Vernon went on a 7-0 run in a short amount of time to put them-

selves even further ahead 32-16.

Tecumseh would end the second period by going on a 8-4 run of their own to try to cut into the Wildcat lead as Mount Vernon took a com-fortable 36-24 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The third period saw Mount Vernon lock down defensively and hold Te-cumseh to just fi ve points the entire period. The Wild-cats outscored the Braves 19-5 in that third period to take a 55-29 lead at that point in the contest.

The fourth period would be much sloppier for the Wildcats as Tecumseh put on the pressure and send the Wildcats to the line time and time again. But the Wildcats showed that they were not the same team they were earlier in the year and over-came all the Braves would throw at them to walk away with the win 65-49 Thurs-day night.

Senior Ellen Foster led the Wildcats once again in scoring Thursday with 17 points most of which came in the fi rst half of play. Alexis Nall added 15 points

and Stefanie Bulla ended her night with seven points to help her team win the game.

The Wildcats took that win and traveled to Heritage Hills on Saturday afternoon to take on the Patriots in a game that ended up being a defensive battle. The teams had a hard time scoring but in the end it was the Mount Vernon Wildcats that ex-tended their win streak by defeating Heritage Hills 39-33.

The Lady Cats are now 7-7 overall on the season. Their four game win streak is the longest all season and all signs point to that streak extending as long as the team continues to play to-gether.

Mount Vernon will play two games this week as they travel to Reitz on Tuesday evening before heading home to play Big Eight Conference foe Jasper on Saturday afternoon in Mount Vernon.

Thursday night’s contest with Tecumseh was the an-nual ‘think pink’ game in which the teams and schools wore pink and collected

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By Steven KocherspergerIt will be a night that

four members of the Mount Vernon swimming and div-ing team will never forget. Most athletes do not forget their fi rst experience com-peting at the High School level and most cherish the fi nal time of competing in front of family and friends as well. For Jacob Poole, Katie McDonald, Amanda Duckworth, and Saman-tha Reese Thursday night’s swim duel against the Boonville Pioneers would be the fi nal time of compet-ing at home in the regular season.

Swimmers Jordan Crab-tree, Josie Mercer, and Tay-lor Culley had lifetime best times in the duel meet as Mount Vernon crushed the Pioneers in both the girls’ and boys’ meets to send them to the Big Eight Con-ference meet this week with confi dence and experience.

Thursday night’s meet with Boonville started with the girls’ 200 yard medley relay. Mount Vernon sent two teams into the pool and both teams fi nished in fi rst and second. The team that fi nished fi rst consisted of Claudia Crawford, Saman-tha Gowdy, Josie Mercer, and Rachel Burke. That team fi nished the medley with an impressive time of 2:04.39 to get the meet started.

In the boys 200 yard medley relay Mount Vernon fi nished fi rst and second as well. Wildcat swimmers Tyler Moll, Jacob Poole, Adam Duckworth, and Da-vid Rheinhardt fi nished the

race with a time of 1:53.41 to win the race and get the boys team heading in the right direction Thursday evening.

Mount Vernon would come in fi rst and second in the next three races that took place Thursday night. Clara Baggett and Saman-tha Reese fi nished fi rst and second respectively in the girls’ 200 yard freestyle race while Travis Harris and Bailey Shumate did the same in the boys 200 yard freestyle. Rachel Burke and Drew Glover also fi n-ished one and two as they impressed the crowd in the girls’ 200 yard IM.

Mount Vernon would not do as well as hoped in the boys 200 yard IM but bounced back in the girls’ 50 yard freestyle race.

It was in that race that the Wildcats took the top three spots as Samantha Gowdy, Claudia Crawford, and Josie Mercer fi nished in the top three.

Senior Jacob Poole want-ed to leave a lasting impres-sion Thursday night as well. Poole swam a great race in the boys’ 50 freestyle as he won that race with a great time of 22.55 to set the school record. Poole would go on to set another record in the boys’ 100 yard but-terfl y as he fi nished with a time of 52.45. That is not a bad way to leave an impres-sion on senior night.

Samantha Gowdy would also break a school record, this time in the girls’ 100 yard freestyle race. Gowdy was fast as lightning in the water Thursday evening as

she fi nished the race with a record time of 55.75.

Mount Vernon would go on to win all but one of the remaining races to beat the Pioneers easily in the duel meet at home.

In diving, senior Katie McDonald continues to impress as she once again fi nished in fi rst place. Mc-Donald once again went over 200 points on the night as she won with a total of 214.15 points. Her diving continues to improve and impress all who watch her and that hopes to carry over this week to not only the conference meet but also to the up coming sectional meet as well.

All together Mount Ver-non defeated Boonville in impressive fashion. The girls team beat the Pioneers 124-59 while the boys picked up another win as well at 107-49.

The team honored their four seniors during the meet Thursday evening as well. All four seniors, Amanda Duckworth, Katie McDonald, Samantha Re-ese, and Jacob Poole have added much to the success of Mount Vernon swim-ming and diving over the past four years. They will be missed and were thanked for all their hard work and dedication to the program.

The team now sets its sights on winning a con-ference championship once again. The Big Eight Conference meet will take place this Thursday eve-ning and Saturday after-noon at Mount Vernon High School. Good luck Cats.

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Alexis Nall scored 22, 17. and 15 in her fi rst three games back from being injured for the Mount Vernon wildcats..

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Taylor Culley swims in Thursday evening’s win over Boonville. Photo by Steven Kochersperger

Sports ScheduleTuesday January 21Boys’ basketball: Central at North Posey 7:30 p.m.;Girls’ basketball: Mount Vernon at Reitz 6 p.m.Thursday January 23Boys/Girls swimming and diving: Big Eight Championships at Mount Vernon 5:30 p.m.;Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon vs Harrisburgh at Carmi-White County Invite 6 p.m.Friday January 24Boys’ basketball: Mount Vernon vs Fairfi eld at Carmi-White county In-vite 6 p.m.; North Posey at South Knox 7 p.m.Saturday January 25Wrestling: Mount Vernon at Big Eight Champi-onships in Boonville 9 a.m.; North Posey at Pocket Athletic Confer-ence Championships in Heritage Hills 9 a.m.Boys/Girls swimming and diving: Big Eight Championships at Mount Vernon 1 p.m.Girls’ basketball: Jasper at Mount Vernon 12 p.m.; North Posey at Tell City 12:30 p.m.Boys basketball: Mount Vernon vs Mount Carmel at Carmi-White County Invite 6 p.m.; South Spencer at North Posey 7:30 p.m.

Wildcat swimmers honor seniors, beat Pioneers

Forty-one years ago the Supreme Court decided a case that would ultimately end the live of tens of millions of unborn babies. The legalization of abortion through the Roe v. Wade decision allowed the death of up to 1 out of 3 children born in the following generations. On the same day, they released the Doe v. Bolton decision that ultimately made abortion legal up to the day of birth in all 50 states. For forty-one years the United States continues to have one of the most extreme abortion regimes in the world. Together Roe and Doe make the U. S. one of only nine countries in the world permitting abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy, and one in only four that allows abortion for any reason after viability, yet most Americans still falsely assume that abortion is strictly limited after the fi rst trimester. Today a child, in every context of American law except for abortion, merits her parents’ care and protection.

Forty-one years later, women’s health is still a central issue, but scientifi c data does not support abortion access as healthy for women. Data proves the increased likelihood of pre-term birth and placenta previa in subsequent pregnancies, both of which put mother and child at increased risk of health-and life-threatening complications. Women who have had abortions are also at increased risk of anxiety, depression and substance abuse. A 2011 study revealed that more than half of all women experienced mild to severe mental problems following their abortions, including a 155% increased risk of suicidal behavior. Short-term complications including hemorrhage, uterine perforation, and infection injure tens of thousands of women each year.

Forty-one years later, the pro-life community is as committed as ever to promoting the human dignity of both mother and child. You can join Posey County Right to Life and be a part of protecting the unborn. Proceeds from our fund-raisers are currently used to support Birthright, Life Choice, Pregnancy Resource Center West, Black Township Trustee

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Being honored on senior night are senior swimmers; from left to right: Jacob Poole, Samantha Reese, Amanda Duckworth, and Katie McDonald. Photo by Steven Kocher-sperger

Shane Martin moved his overall record to 26 and 5 with his performance on Saturday. Photo by Steven Ko-chersperger

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By Dave PearceIt was Casey Jean Noll who once said,

“The moment you decide there is no such thing as defeat - you will never feel defeated again, rather - you will feel challenged to fi nd new ways to succeed.”

The North Posey Lady Vikings have ap-parently taken this advice to heart as they are in the midst of a streak that has raised their record to 10-7. After winning two games this week, the Vikings have won seven of their last nine and have poised themselves for a run for the conference title.

At Heritage Hills on Tuesday evening, the Lady Vikings held the Lady Patriots to only two points in the fi rst quarter and only nine in the fi rst half to build a 19-9 lead at the half. The Vikings outscored the Patriots in every quarter on their way to pulling away for the lop-sided win.

“We’re on a little bit of a run and we want to keep it up,” North Posey Viking Coach Tracy Stroud said after this week’s games. “We just want to keep it up. We want to carry this momentum right on into the tourna-ment.”

The Lady Vikings are fi nding the amaze-ment that comes when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit, as long as the team wins.

Aside from a miserable day at the free throw line (5-of-17) the Vikings had a bal-anced attack that took Heritage Hills out of any plans they had to disrupt this new train the Vikings appear to have boarded.

“Our pressure was probably the biggest factor in the game,” Stroud said. “Our full court pressure and trapping took them com-pletely out of their game.”

Hannah Harness found her 3-point shot again as she hit a pair on her way to a team-high 12 points in Dubois County. Kayla San-ford had one 3-point basket as she scored nine points. Hayley Harness, Emma Werry and Madison Worman had eight each. Brook-lyn Hamman had two and Kelsey Owen had one for the Vikings.

A big spark for the Vikings has been the play of Emma Werry, who is fi nally near 100 percent after nursing a knee injury and sur-gery for almost a year.

“Emma was injured all last year and her brain was always in it but her body couldn’t keep up with her brain,” Stroud said with a chuckle. “She is back close to 100 percent and that makes a big difference for us. She’s playing really good basketball and that gives us a whole lot of options.”

In Werry, the Vikings have another out-standing ball handler who has a good feel for the game and rarely makes silly mis-takes. She is a capable shooter and lately, has shown the ability to drive to the basket, a dimension that was lacking in her game dur-ing the time she was working her way back to health.

But that was Tuesday. However, Satur-day’s game was just as impressive.

“We are just playing a whole lot bet-ter basketball,” Stroud said. “On Saturday against Perry Central, we were hitting our shots and could have won the game by about as many as we wanted to. The whole second half, we quit putting pressure on and we ro-tated people in and out. We were on fi re. We scored 57 points but I think we could have scored 80 very easily.”

That is good news for a team that strug-gled against bigger and quicker opponents earlier in the season.

“We were hitting shots that we haven’t been hitting,” Stroud said of Saturday’s win. “We got to the point that we weren’t even taking open 3-pointers near the end. We were fi nally hitting the shots that we thought we would have been hitting all year. When you are hitting your shots, it makes you look a whole lot better.”

The Vikings won the contest 57-38 and never were in trouble.

“We had nine girls score and that’s a big thing for us,” Stroud said. “Ever since that rough start, we have had fi ve, six, seven, eight or nine girls scoring about the same amount of points. Worman and Sanford were the leading scorers.”

With the pair of wins, the Vikings now hold their conference destiny in their own hands. There are still three teams in the Pock-et Athletic Conference that have not lost and all three are still on the Vikings’ schedule.

“We’re in the thick of things,” Stroud said. “I think Gibson Southern and Forest Park still have each other left and neither of them have lost in the conference.”

This week, the Lady Vikings have two games, both on the road. They will face Vin-cennes Lincoln in Vincennes and will travel to Tell City on Saturday.

“We are playing great team ball. We have had different people who have had ups and downs but we seem to be tuned in to picking up the ones that are down,” Stroud said. “It has been just a great team effort the last few weeks.”

The 10th-ranked University of Southern Indiana men’s basketball team won the battle of the second half and defeated the 14th-ranked University of Indianapolis, 73-64, Saturday afternoon at the Physical Activities Center. USI rises to 13-1 overall and 5-1 in the GLVC, while UIndy falls to 12-2 overall, 4-2 GLVC.

After the teams fought to a 32-32 halftime draw, the Screaming Eagles used a 9-0 run to begin the fi nal half and take command of the game. The Greyhounds, however, pawed their way back into the contest, cutting the margin to three points, 43-40, but, that would be as close as they would get the rest of the way.

USI extended the second half lead to as many as 12 points, 57-45, with 3:53 to play before settling for the nine-point, 73-64 vic-tory.

Neither squad was able to get much sepa-ration in the opening half, producing 10 lead changes and four ties. The largest margin for either team had in the opening 20 minutes was four points.

For the game, USI outshot UIndy, 47.2 percent (17-36) to 36.9 percent (24-65) and outrebounded the Greyhounds, 36-30. The Eagles also made their trips to the charity stripe count tonight by converting 37-of-44 (84.1 percent), their best performance of the year (84.1 percent).

Individually, USI senior guard Lawrence Thomas (Springfi eld, Illinois) led all scor-

ers with a game-high 16 points, 10 coming in the deciding half. He was three-of-seven from the fi eld, two-of–three from long range, while dropping in a perfect eight-of-eight from the line.

Senior forward Aaron Nelson (Chicago Heights, Illinois) hung onto his double-dou-ble streak with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Nelson, who has 14 double-doubles this year, was two-of-two from the fl oor and seven-of-eight from the line, while all 10 rebounds came on the defensive end.

The fi nal Eagle to reach double-fi gures was junior guard Evan Brinkmeyer (Evans-ville, Indiana). Brinkmeyer posted a career-high 12 points on a fi eld goal and 10-of-12 from the charity stripe. He has registered a career-best each of the last two games.

USI goes on the road for the next three games, starting with second-ranked Bellar-mine University at 7 p.m. (CST) Monday night in Louisville, Kentucky. The Knights rebounded from their fi rst loss of the season with a 103-60 win over Saint Joseph’s Col-lege Saturday afternoon and rose to 13-1 overall, 5-1 GLVC.

USI leads the all-time series with Bellarm-ine, 46-34, but Bellarmine took two of three from the Eagles a year ago. The Knights lost to USI at the PAC, 62-49, but defeated USI at Knights Hall, 73-62, and in the NCAA Divi-sion II Midwest Regional, 78-55, in Spring-fi eld Missouri. Bellarmine also leads the se-ries at Knights Hall since 2000, 7-6.

Rachel Ungetheim goes up for a shot during Lady Viking basketball action. The Vikings have won seven of their last nine games. Photo by Dave Pearce

Members of the North Posey Dance team fi nish their routine at half-time of Friday night’s win over Tecumseh. Pictured are, in front, Ashley Rexing, Riley Smith, and Lexie Fifer. In the back are Cherie Johnson, Hannah Craig, Abbey Goetz, Hailey Goe-bel, and Hailey Harris. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Vikings fi nding successin working together, win two

Eagles hand UIndy, Gouard their second loss of season

Austin Graves drives to the basket during Friday’s basketball action. Photo by Dave PearceFreshman Levi Ricketts drives during the Wood Memorial game. Photo by Dave Pearce

ArrestsJanuary 10

Joshua Kuykendall—Crossville, IL—Public Intoxi-cation, Trespass—PCS

January 11Edwin Smiley—Mount

Vernon—Warrant, Residential Entry, Public intoxication, Il-legal Consumption of an Al-coholic Beverage—MVPD

Ronald Tieken—Mount Vernon—Operating While In-toxicated—PCS

January 15John Cooper—Owens-

ville—Warrant, Operating a Vehicle With an Alcohol Con-centration Equivalent of .08% or More, Illegal Consumption

of an Alcoholic Beverage (Pe-tition to Revoke)--PCS

Complaints January 1, 2014

12:35 a.m.—Reckless—Blue van all over the roadway. Eastbound on Hwy 66—Hwy 66, city not listed

1:42 a.m.—Alarm—Resi-dence, burglar alarm, liv-ing room motion—Hoenert, Evansville

2:13 a.m.—Fight—Large fi ght in parking lot—W 2nd, Mount Vernon

3:30 a.m.—Shots Fired—Has heard several shots fi red. Sounds like it came from a high capacity high powered rifle—Bufkin-Springfield

Road, Mount Vernon4:18 a.m.—Harassment—

Having trouble with male subject posting things on his Facebook about caller. Tex-ting and calling all the time. Would like to talk to a depu-ty—Meinschein Road, Mount Vernon

January 26:19 a.m.—Accident—Ve-

hicle went off of the roadway, went into the median. Caller didn’t stop, saw it in her rear-view mirror—I 64, Poseyville

6:29 a.m.—Accident—Someone out in front of the caller has hit a guardrail. Is not injured. Needs report for insurance. Red Chevy club cab—Hwy 66, Evansville

6:33 a.m.—Accident—Call advised car ran off road into ditch, can’t see the vehicle. He then made it to the vehicle and advised the car was upside down in the ditch. Three occu-pants and trying to get them all out. Unsure of injuries. Re-ceived 2nd call; caller advised saw a vehicle go off the road-way. Flipped on its side, down an embankment. Received 3rd call; advised there is still one person in the vehicle and was wanting time of arrival—I 64, Poseyville

6:49 a.m.—Accident—White Vectren truck and Cavalier. Vectren truck was rear-ended at stop sign. No injuries and minor damage to car—Hwy 66, Wadesville

6:54 a.m.—Accident—Black Dodge Ram with dam-age. Hit a guardrail—I 64, Griffi n

7:30 a.m.—Accident—Chevy Trailblazer, dark gray. No injuries. Hit a speed limit sign—Hwy 66, Evansville

7:51 a.m.—Accident—2 vehicle crash, just happened—Hwy 66/Street. Phillips Road, Street. Phillips

8:30 a.m.—Theft—Has had their mailbox stolen twice. Unsure if there was mail in it or not—Rexing Road, Wades-ville

9:44 a.m.—Theft—Con-tractors have had some items stolen. Requesting a deputy at the offi ce—Twin Lakes, Evansville

9:28 p.m.—Information—Advised his black 19886 Ford Bronco was stolen last night from Vanderburgh County. Received a call the vehicle is now at the (named) location. Advised no plate will be on the vehicle. Request a call af-ter an offi cer checks. Called caller back and advised depu-ties were unable to locate the vehicle in the area—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

January 33:36 a.m.—Alarm—Bur-

glar alarm, no location—Hwy 66, Wadesville

6:44 a.m.—Assault—Call-er advised mother-in-law tried to run her vehicle in her truck. She also advised tried to take license plate off truck and tried to hit her. Advised she is

sitting at Street. Phillips Inn waiting on an offi cer—Upper Mt. Vernon, Mount Vernon

8:32 a.m.—Accident—2 vehicle. One subject com-plaining of neck pain. Also received call and said she was involved in an accident. Caller advised she hit another vehicle from behind. Advised the oth-er subject complaining of neck pain—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

8:47 a.m.—Accident—2 vehicles with at least one in-jury—Hwy 69/Farmersville, Mount Vernon

1:24 p.m.—VIN Inspec-tion—Side by side—All-dredge Road, Mount Vernon

3:33 p.m.—Information—Caller advised they’ve been having problems with the subject at this address putting stuff in the roadway. Caller advised there are now fence posts near the roadway. He ad-vised they’re not on the pave-ment but they’re in the right of way—Caborn Road, Mount Vernon

3:39 p.m.—Reckless—Advised red Colbalt all over the roadway. Witnessed male driver with container of alco-hol—hwy 62, Mount Vernon

5:24 p.m.—Accident—Car in a ditch, unsure what kind it is. The headlights and fl ashers were on but unsure if anyone is in the vehicle—Springfi eld Road, Mount Vernon

6:20 p.m.—Alarm—Front motion detector—Main Street, Poseyville

January 4

10:27 a.m.—Welfare Check—5 or 6 year-old fe-male in a pink jacket in the roadway. No adults around. Called back and the child now has turned east onto Boberg Road. Called back and the female is now heading back toward Street. Phillips on Boberg. Has a backpack with Tinkerbelle on it. Called back and advised the girl has went into a brick house on west side of Street. Phillips—Street. Phillips, city not listed.

11:56 a.m.—Breaking and Entering—Male subject just broke into above residence. Believes male subject may be hitting female, possibly heard female scream—Elk Trail, Evansville

11:57 a.m.—Reckless—Beige vehicle, 4-door, all over the roadway—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

7:49 p.m.—Alarm—Front door burglar alarm—Rexing Road, Wadesville

January 53:29 a.m.—Fight—Hus-

band and son are fi ghting. Only verbal at this time but she is afraid it is going to turn into a physical fi ght—East-gate Drive, Evansville

8:40 a.m.—Abandoned Ve-hicle—Blue and Champagne Suburban in a ditch. No one around vehicle—Raben/Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

10:06 a.m.—Hit and Run—99 to 2000 gold Jeep hit train at crossing—8th and Wolfl in, Mount Vernon

January 67:05 a.m.—Criminal Mis-

chief—2 vehicles stuck in the power line right of way. Dodge and Ford pickup. They have done damage to a wheat fi eld. Requesting an offi cer—Mertens Road, Mount Vernon

1:56 p.m.—Accident—Ac-cident, no one getting out of cars—Street. Phillips/Wolfi n-ger, Mount Vernon

2:46 p.m.—Accident—An-other vehicle ran off the road-way. It was able to get itself out—Street. Phillips/Wolfi n-ger, Mount Vernon

5:48 p.m.—Lockout—Lin-coln, white. Caller is aware deputies or Sheriff’s depart-ment not liable for any damag-es that could occur—Caborn Road, Mount Vernon

10:27 p.m.—Assault—Was assaulted by boyfriend. Caller does not need medical attention. Made caller leave the residence and her son came and got her—Blackburn (Kimball), Mount Vernon

Marriage ApplicationsMonty Smock, 52, Mount

Vernon and Jessie Davis, 47, Mount Vernon

Nathan Bradley Hilton, 54, Mount Vernon and Christian Nicole Henson, 22, Mount Vernon

Josh Beach, 24, Mount Ver-non and Jordan Johnson, 24, Mount Vernon

Robert Allen Hudson III, 22, Mount Vernon and Lato-sha Renee Toliver, 20, Mount Vernon

Scott Allen Ricketts, 35, Mount Vernon and Melissa Jean Cameron, 34, Mount Vernon

Jeffrey Scott Steer, 49, Gar-land, Texas and Lisa Ann Re-nard, 47, Mount Vernon

John R. Schmidt, 25, Mount Vernon and Ciara West, 24, Mount Vernon

Brent Kyle Pettyjohn, 20, Mount Vernon and Rebecca Marie Miller, 19, Mount Ver-non

Rodney Alan Cole, 49, Mount Vernon and Stephanie Lee Smock, 49, Evansville

Kyle Seibert, 26, Poseyville and Kymberli Bennett, 36, Poseyville

LEGALSPAGE B6 • JANUARY 21, 2014 THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS • SERVING THE COUNTY SINCE 1882 • WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM

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2014-07

NOTICE OF A HEARING ON PROPOSED RATES AND CHARGES

Property owners, ratepayers and other interested parties currently served by or to be served by the waterworks and/or sewage works of the Town of Poseyville are hereby notifi ed that Ordinance No. 2014-02-12-01 (water) and Ordinance No. 2014-02-12-02 (sewer) establishing rates and charges for ser-vices to be rendered by the waterworks and sewage works, will be introduced for fi rst reading at the regular meeting of the Town Council to be held on February 12, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Immediately following the regular meeting beginning at approx. 5:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Poseyville Town Hall located at 38 W. Main, there will be a public hearing on the matter of the rates and charges, and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 2014-02-10-01 and 2014-02-12-02 which provides in part as follows:

The Town of Poseyville, Indiana shall charge users of the following water rates as measured by metered water usage:

USAGE PER MONTH RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS1st 2,000 GALLONS $14.70OVER 2,000 GALLONS 10.72

INCH METER MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE5/8 AND 3/4 “ $29.401 inch 40.131 1/2 inch 61.572 inch 222.313 inch 500.944 inch 886.72

The Town of Poseyville, Indiana shall charge users the following sewer rates as measured by metered water usage:

USAGE PER MONTH RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS1st 2,000 GALLONS $18.60NEXT 18,000 GALLONS 9.30OVER 20,000 GALLONS 3.28MONTHLY MINIMUM 2,000 37.20

All other aspects of current water and sewage ordinances will remain in effect.such rates and charges shall apply to all usage beginning with March 2014 consumption that will be billed on April 8th, 2014. At such hearing and prior to fi nal adoptions of said ordinances all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 2014-02-12-01 and 2014-02-12-02 may be examined at the Poseyville Town Hall.

Dated this 15th day of January, 2014

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2014-08

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Community Action Program of Evansville (CAPE) is soliciting proposals to perform residential Weatherization servcies to eligible low-income house-holds in Vanderburgh, Gibson & Posey counties.Proposal packages may be picked up from Sandra Thompson, CFO at the CAPE Corporate offi ce (Walker Building 401 S.E. Sixth Street, Suite 001-Evansville, IN 47713). Sealed proposals must be returned to the CAPE Corporate offi ce. Please mark proposals attention: Sandra Thompson, Propos-al Weatherization on envelope and submit no later than 4:00 P.M. on Friday, January 31, 2014.The CAPE Weatherization Assistance program is funded by the Indiana Hous-ing & Community Development Authority with funds from the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy (DOE) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) from Department of and Health and Human Services (HHS).Minority and Women Based Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals.


2014-09

PUBLIC NOTICE

On or about February 28, 2014, the Town of Cynthiana intends to apply to the Indiana Offi ce of Community Rural Affairs for a grant from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Planning program. This program is funded by Title I of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. These funds are to be used for a community development planning project that will include the following activities: a Wastewater & Water Utility Plan. The total amount of CDBG funds to be requested is $40,000. The amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefi t low- and moderate-income persons is $23,960 (59.9%). The Applicant also proposes to expend an estimated $4,500.00 in non-CDBG funds on the project. These non-CDBG funds will be derived from the following source: Wastewater and Water Operating Funds.

The Town of Cynthiana will hold a public hearing on February 11, 2014, at 6:00 P.M., in the Cynthiana Town Hall, 10868 Main Street, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612 to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federally funded CDBG project. Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact Clerk-Treasurer Greta Mounts at Town Hall, 10868 Main Street, P.O. Box 95, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612, or by phone at (812) 845-2924 not later than January 29, 2014. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons. Information related to this project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as of January 27, 2014 at the offi ce the Cynthiana Town Hall located at 10868 Main Street, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612 between the hours of 8:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments regarding these issues either at the public hear-ing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to the Cynthiana Town Council, P.O. Box 95, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612 no later than January 31, 2014 in order to ensure placement of such comments in the offi cial record of the public hearing proceedings. A plan to minimize displacement and provide assistance to those displaced has been prepared by the Town of Cynthiana and is also available to the public. This project will result in no displacement of any persons or businesses. For additional information concerning the proposed project, please contact Debbie Bennett-Stearsman or Wylie Zeigler at the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, 318 Main Street, Suite 400, Evansville, Indiana 47708 or (812)423-2020.


2014-10

The following resolution was adopted by the board of trustees of the M.S.D of North Posey County, Indiana, on January 13, 2014. The resolution proposes a plan that changes the election residence districts for school board representatives. Pursuant to IC 20-23-8-14 voters have the right to fi le a petition for alternative plans or a petition protesting the adoption of the plan set forth below. IC 20-23-8-14(d) states not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the publication of this notice, voters of the school corporation may fi le with the Posey County Clerk a petition protesting a plan initiated or approved by the governing body or a petition submitting an alternative plan as follows: 1. A petition protesting a plan shall be signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the voters of the school corporation or fi ve hundred (500) voters of the school corporation, whichever is less. 2. A petition submitting an alternative plan shall be signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the voters of the school corporation. A petition fi led under this subsection shall be certifi ed by the clerk and shall be fi led with the governing body in the same manner as is provided for a petition in section 11 of this chapter.

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PURSUANT TO IC 20-23-8RESOLUTION NO. 2014-01-13-01

WHEREAS, M.S.D. of North Posey County (“North Posey”) was organized in 1957 and has always been governed by an elected school board. WHEREAS, North Posey at inception consisted of Smith, Robb, Bethel, Center, and Robinson Townships in Posey County, Indiana, and those townships were divided into three (3) residence districts for purposes of electing a fi ve (5) member school board, with a member from each residence district but no more than two (2) members from one (1) residence district. WHEREAS, North Posey and Consolidated School Town of New Harmony & Harmony Township (“New Harmony”) adopted a Joint Resolution on January 19, 2012 whereby North Posey annexed New Harmony pursuant to IC 20-23-5 and the annexation was effective July 1, 2012. WHEREAS, North Posey now consists of Smith, Robb, Bethel, Center, Robinson, and Harmony Town-ships in Posey County, Indiana. WHEREAS, pursuant to the temporary plan of constitution approved by the State Board of Education upon annexation of New Harmony, North Posey was allowed time to consider and propose a fair and equitable plan of constitu-tion for the election of all fi ve (5) board members in November, 2014, and for elections thereafter. WHEREAS, North Posey has held open meetings discussing a plan of constitution, solicited public input, and published in the local newspaper articles describing this proposed plan of constitution that North Posey believes promotes fair and equitable representation, clearly describes and identifi es residence districts, and simplifi es election ballots. WHEREAS, North Posey has two (2) elementary schools, one (1) junior high school, and one (1) senior high school, and a plan to divide North Posey into two (2) residence districts generally based upon the boundary line of the two (2) elementary schools districts is fair and equitable based upon population and student enrollment. THEREFORE, the board of school trustees of North Posey RESOLVES as follows: RESOLVED, that pursuant to IC 20-23-4-27 (c)(2), North Posey board of school trustees shall consist of fi ve (5) elected members elected to four (4) year terms. North Posey shall be divided into two (2) residence districts with two (2) members of the board of trustees residents within Residence District 1 and two (2) members of the board of trustees residents within Residence District 2 as described below. One (1) member of the board of trustees shall be elected at-large and may reside in Residence District 1 or Residence District 2. All candidates must be voted on by all registered voters of North Posey (Residence District 1 and Residence District 2) voting at any board of school trustees election. Board of school trustees shall be elected at general elections when county offi cials are elected. When the at-large seat stands for election, North Posey registered voters may vote for two (2) candidates in a residence district and one (1) candidate in the other residence district. Elections when the at-large seat does not stand for election, North Posey registered voters may vote for one (1) candidate from each residence district. RESOLVED, that Residence District 1 shall consist of the political townships of Smith, Robb, Bethel, and Harmony Townships, and that part of Center Township described below: 1. North and East of the following described line:Beginning at the Harmony and Center Townships boundary line intersection with the center line of Hidbrader Road, thence East and continuing along the center line of Hidbrader Road to its intersection with Stallings Road center line, thence South along the center line of Stallings Road to its intersection with Hidbrader Road center line, thence East and continuing along the center line of Hidbrader Road until the center line of Hidbrader Road turns North. 2. West of the following described line:Continuing North along the center line of Hidbrader Road until the center line of Hidbrader Road turns East. 3. North of the following described line:Continuing East along the center line of Hidbrader Road to its intersection with Springfi eld Road center line, thence from the center line of Springfi eld Road continuing due East to the center line of the former Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L & N) right-of-way as described in a Quit Claim Deed recorded at Deed Book 95, Page 202, in the offi ce of the Posey County Recorder. 4. West of the following described line:Continuing from the center line of the L & N Railroad Company right-of-way North to its intersection with Main Street, Wadesville, Center Township, and thence continuing 165 feet along the center line of the railroad. 5. East of the following described line:Continuing in a Southeasterly direction 165 feet from and parallel to the center line of Main Street, Wadesville, to the intersection of the center line of Joest Road. 6. North and West of the following described line:Continuing East along the center line of Joest Road to its intersection with Blake Road center line. 7. North of the following described line:Continuing East along the center line of Blake Road to its intersection with Center and Robinson Townships boundary line (Big Creek). RESOLVED, that Residence District 2 shall consist of Robinson Township and the remaining part of Cen-ter Township not included in Residence District 1. RESOLVED, that Center Township is the only township that is split. RESOLVED as to the November 2014 election only, all registered voters of North Posey may vote for fi ve (5) candidates: three (3) candidates from one residence district and two (2) candidates from the other residence district. November 2014 election vote totals shall seat candidates as follows: A. The candidate from Residence District 1 with the most votes and the candidate from Residence District 2 with the most votes shall have the option to be seated to a two (2) year or four (4) year term in their residence district. The can-didates must exercise their option to select a two (2) or four (4) year term by fi ling a written designation with the Posey County Clerk prior to January 1, 2015. Failure to timely fi le the designation will result in the candidate or candidates being seated to the four (4) year term. B. The candidate from Residence District 1 with the second most votes and the candidate from Residence District 2 with the second most votes shall be seated to the other term in their residence district. C. The remaining candidate with the most votes from either Residence District 1 or Residence District 2 shall be seated to a two (2) year term as the at-large member. RESOLVED, that this plan of constitution shall be effective upon certifi cation of the plan by the State Board of Education, but no later than July 1, 2014. RESOLVED, that this resolution and plan of constitution shall be construed to comply with IC 20-23-8-(1-25), and if a provision of this plan violates any part of the Indiana Code, the invalidity does not affect the other provisions or applications of this plan that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. The provisions of this plan are severable, specifi cally as set forth in IC 20-23-8-8(b). Adopted and approved unanimously by the M.S.D. of North Posey County Board of School Trustees this 13th day of January, 2014.

Stephen Bender James Scarafi a Stephen H. Bender, President James R. Scarafi a, Member

Joseph Neidig Geoffrey Gentil Joseph D. Neidig, Vice President Geoffrey A. Gentil, Member

Linda O’Risky Linda K. O’Risky, Secretary


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NOTICE OF REAL PROPERTYCOMMISSIONERS’ CERTIFICATE SALEPosey County IndianaBeginning 10:00 AM, March 10, 2014 Local TimeSTATE OF INDIANA POSEY COUNTYPursuant to the laws of the Indiana General Assembly and by resolution of the Posey County Commissioners, notice is hereby given that the following described tracts or items of real property are listed for sale for delinquent taxes and / or special assessments.The minimum sale prices listed below are less than the minimum sale prices when offered in the immediately pre-ceding county tax sale held under Section 5 of I.C. 6-1.1-24-5 and include all fees and expenses of the county di-rectly attributable to the Commissioners’ Certifi cate Sale. The Posey County Commissioners will accept bids for the certifi cates of sale, for the price referred to in IC 6-1.1-24-6.1(a)(3), by public auction on March 10, 2014 at 10:00 AM Courthouse Time at the Hovey House; Commission-ers’ Room.A person redeeming each tract or item of real property after the sale of the certifi cate must pay: (A) the amount of the minimum bid under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale; (B) ten percent (10%) of the amount for which the certifi cate is sold; (C) the attorney’s fees and costs of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5; (D) the costs of a title search or of examining and updating the abstract of title for the tract or item of real property; (E) all taxes and special assessments on the tract or item of real property paid by the purchaser after the sale of the certifi cate plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum on the amount of taxes and special assessments paid by the purchaser on the redeemed property; and (F), all costs of sale, advertising costs, and other expenses of the county directly attributable to the sale of the certifi cate.If the certifi cate is sold for an amount more than the mini-mum bid under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale and the property is not redeemed, the owner of record of the tract or item of real property who is divested of ownership at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus.Indiana law prohibits a person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or costs directly attributable to a prior tax sale, from purchasing tracts or items of real property at a tax sale. Prior to bidding at a tax sale, each bidder must affi rm under the penalties for perjury that he or she does not owe delinquent taxes, spe-cial assessments, penalties, interest, costs directly attribut-able to a prior tax sale, amounts from a fi nal adjudication in favor of a political subdivision in this county, any civil penalties imposed for the violation of a building code or or-

dinance of this county, or any civil penalties imposed by a health department in this county. Further, each bidder must acknowledge that any successful bid made in violation of the above statement is subject to forfeiture. In the event of forfeiture, the bid amount shall be applied to the delin-quent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, costs, judgments, or civil penalties of the ineligible bidder, and a certifi cate will be issued to the county executive.The Commissioners specifi cally reserve the right to with-hold from the sale any parcel which has been listed in er-ror, or which otherwise becomes ineligible for sale either prior to the start or during the duration of the auction. The Auditor’s Offi ce does not warrant the accuracy of the key numbers or street addresses published herein and any mis-statement in the key number or street address does not in-validate an otherwise valid sale.Dated: 1/15/2014Tax Unit Name: Center TownsipOwner of Record: Johnson, J A & Betty J Sale ID#: 651300007Property ID#: 65-07-35-340-010.001-005Brief Legal Description: CAUSEY’S ENLG PT LOT 3 (4’ X 75’)Property Address: 282 Oliver Rd Minimum Bid: $25.00Owner of Record: Cox, David & Diana Sale ID#: 651300008Property ID#: 65-07-35-400-001.000-005Brief Legal Description: OLIVER LOT 1Property Address: Land Only - Walnut & Cherry Minimum Bid: $25.00Owner of Record: Cox, David & Diana Sale ID#: 651300009Property ID#: 65-07-35-400-002.000-005Brief Legal Description: OLIVER LOTS 2 & 3Property Address: 310 Oliver Road North Minimum Bid: $50.00Owner of Record: Cox, Carolyn S. Sale ID#: 651300010Property ID#: 65-07-35-400-015.000-005Brief Legal Description: PT NW SE 35-5-13 .25AProperty Address: Walnut & Cherry Minimum Bid: $50.00Tax Unit Name: PoseyvilleOwner of Record: Duncan, Jerry Lee & Brenda S. Sale ID#: 651300050Property ID#: 65-23-17-340-024.000-012Brief Legal Description: EAST PARK LOT 14Property Address: 217 E Fletchall Minimum Bid: $100.00Tax Unit Name: Cynthiana TownshipOwner of Record: Sinay, Jackie Sale ID#: 651300060Property ID#: 65-22-12-325-046.000-015Brief Legal Description: ORIGINAL E/2 LOT 50Property Address: 10965 North St Minimum Bid: $150.00

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Sale ID#: 651300125Property ID#: 65-27-08-325-036.000-018Brief Legal Description: WM. NETTLETON E/2 LOT 6 909 W 2ND ST.Property Address: 909 W 2nd St Minimum Bid: $200.00Owner of Record: Chapman, Judie L. Sale ID#: 651300126Property ID#: 65-27-08-326-017.000-018Brief Legal Description: NG NETTLETON 46’E SIDE LOT 43Property Address: 621 W 2nd St Minimum Bid: $150.00Owner of Record: Moye, Avis Bernice Sale ID#: 651300128Property ID#: 65-27-09-142-016.000-018Brief Legal Description: OWENS ENLG LOT 134 WOOD STREETProperty Address: Short Sycamore Street Minimum Bid: $50.00Owner of Record: Burton, Edward Sale ID#: 651300131Property ID#: 65-27-09-215-055.000-018Brief Legal Description: KIMBALLS ENLG 50’ N SIDE LOT 38Property Address: 1015 E Water St Minimum Bid: $150.00Owner of Record: Free Will Baptist Church Sale ID#: 651300132Property ID#: 65-27-09-225-006.000-018Brief Legal Description: KIMBALLS LOT 5Property Address: 900 E 3rd St Minimum Bid: $150.00Tax Unit Name: BethelOwner of Record: S, & S Sawmill Sale ID#: 651300158Property ID#: 65-90-90-950-056.901-020Brief Legal Description: ON LEASED LAND OF JACK COMPTON 7-4-13Property Address: Leased Land Of Jack Compton Minimum Bid: $50.00Total Number of Properties: 20I hereby certify that the above real properties have been offered in one tax sale, have not received a bid for at least the amount required under I.C. 6-1.1-24-5 and have been identifi ed in a resolution of the Board of Commissioners for Posey County, Indiana, to be offered for sale.

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To apply, please e-mail cover letter and resume to:[email protected]: 812-682-4522 or apply in person at:

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Licensed or able to obtain Indiana licenseLTC experience preferred but willing to train

8 1 2 - 6 8 2 - 4 1 0 4

Responsibilities - General Care and Charting

CNA Positions Available. All Shifts. Apply in Person. New Harmonie Healthcare. 251 Hwy 66 E. New Harmony, INEOE. 2/4

IMMEDIATE OPENINGSFT & PT Rest Area Attendants needed—Black River Rest Area in Griffi n. Janitorial, grounds keeping, and monitoring of fa-cility. Drug Test/Criminal His-tory will be completed. Appli-cation/Resume to: [email protected], Fax 812.897.0123 or mail to/drop off at SIRS, 1579 S. Folsomville Rd, Boonville, IN 47601. E/O/E. 1/21

The Children's Learning Center is hiring for Full-Time and Part-Time posi-tions. A CDA or higher is preferred, but not required. To apply, pick up an appli-cation at 2100 W. 4th Street in Mt. Vernon, IN. You can call 812-838-3312 for more information. 1/21

PT Food Service Help Wanted. Breakfast/Lunch in Mount Vernon. Back-ground & Drug Testing Re-quired. Call 812-838-8281 to apply. 1/28

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60. More ethereal61. Adornments66. No (Scottish)67. 805 km Venezuelan river68. Occasion69. Time at 0 meridian (abbr.)70. Nathan and George Ellery71. S.I.T.C. character Jones72. South southeastCLUES DOWN1. Protocist genus

2. Hell3. Copies4. 1932 & 1980 Olympic mtn.5. Part of harness6. Macaws7. Mutual savings bank8. Flat or fi tted bedding9. Canted10. Dissertation11. Bulgarian monetary unit

CLUES ACROSS1. 1. Chronicles (abbr.)4. Wallops9. He supported the world14. Own (Scottish)15. Ungentle16. Sinews17. Computer processing18. A Monkey’s song20. Narrate or tell22. Lampreys23. Dialogue for the audience24. Many signatured requests29. Cost, insurance and freight30. Not under31. Exchange32. S. Am. river - Rio de la ___34. Isaac’s mother (Bib.)38. Sodium39. Possesses40. Falls42. Animal pouch43. Overdose44. Samoyeds45. Genus bellis47. Mediation council50. Beachware manufacturer51. Not on52. Inactive56. 1963 Nobel chemist59. Bambi

Seeking Owner/Operator with their own Authority to pull 53’ trailer. All loads originate from Paris, KY. All mileage and stop pay. Weekly Settlement. Making deliveries a large retail store in OH,IN,KY and St. Louis area. Please contact Matt Little at 859-435-5345 or [email protected]

Duplex for Rent. 2BR Duplex in New Harmony. Large Garage. W/D Hookup. Refridgerator and Stove provided. $550/mo. $300 dep. Owner pays water/sewage. Call 838-0570 or 431-1161. 1/28

Looking for a RELIABLE, PATIENT, AND FLEXIBLE MAINTENANCE WORKER. Healthcare experience is

preferred, but not required for this position. Perfect position for retired, or semi-retired, professionally skilled worker

with a broad range of maintenance experience. Building is a beautifully maintained, Historic facility, that needs someone who can give it the TLC it deserves. This is an assisted living home, with delightfully pampered residents, so a pleasant and professional demeanor is required. If you think this describes

you, please send resume, and thank you for your time!THE CHARLES FORD MEMORIAL HOME, INC.920 S. Main St. New Harmony, IN • (812) 682-4675

THANK YOU

To all family and friends for celebrating my 90th Birthday with me.Your presence was greatly appreciated!

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God Bless,Charlie Reeves

Special Thanks to my Neices - Judy, Nancy and Ann

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The Evansville Philhar-monic Orchestra will present its 58th annual Young Artist Competition on Sunday, Janu-ary 26, 2014 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Victory Theatre in downtown Evansville. The competition is free and open to the public.

The Young Artist Compe-tition draws talented young instrumentalists to Evansville each year to compete for cash prizes and performance op-portunities. Eligible students in grades six-12 and attend-ing school within a 125-mile radius of Evansville will per-form a solo selection on the stage of the Victory Theatre and be evaluated by a jury of professional regional musi-cians. Contest winners (grand prize, second and third place) are awarded cash prizes in the amount of $1,000, $600 and $300, respectively, as well as performance oppor-tunities with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Prize money awarded to the outstanding musicians of the competition is designated for further music studies.

The Evansville Philhar-

monic Orchestra will be ac-cepting applications for the competition until Wednesday, January 22.

The Young Artist Competi-tion is designed to promote, encourage, and nurture excep-tional young talent.

For more application infor-

mation, or to explore oppor-tunities to support the event, please contact the Evansville Philharmonic Education De-partment at 812/425-5050, ext. 316 or visit the Phil-harmonic website: www.evansvillephilharmonic.org/student-programs.

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VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NEW HARMONY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

(l to r) Jordyn Miller, Brian Hunt, Chris Robb, Levi Hyatt and Robert Hyatt pose for a quick picture as they help serve the drinks at their Annual Sausage

Supper held on Saturday, January 18.

INTRODUCING KIM CATT, NEW DIRECTOR OF NURSING.

Kim is a Registered Nurse, who brings 33 years of experience to our tight knit family. Her compassionate nature manifested early on, passing out ice water to patients at a Princeton Nursing home at the tender age of 14. Her spirit and dedication is evident in everything that she does. She is a strong, passionate advocate for our residents, and a wonderful addition to our lovingly selected staff.

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