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Trial date set in double homicide

North Posey High School trainer Robbicca Young gets some needed baby time with daughter Remielle between games Saturday. Remielle’s father Cory was on hand with babysitting duties. Photo by Dave Pearce

Covid test kits scarce

By Trisha L. Lopez As of 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, the Posey County Health Department had fielded 37 phone calls asking about Covid-19 tests.

Thanks to the new restrictions handed out by the state department of health…deemed necessary due to a nationwide shortage of rapid tests…only one of those 37 actually met the criteria to be tested.

During a very rare, and brief, seated moment that crisp morning, Administrator Donnie Martin said that they were honoring appointments previously made for testing, but beyond Tuesday, anyone between the ages of 18 and 50 would

By Trisha L. Lopez stuff on me.”

The trial for the Mount Vernon man accused of Kusturin faces the following charges in connection shooting and killing John and Elizabeth Hall in their with the killings: Count One, Murder, a Class 5 felony beds in their Mulberry Street home in Mount Vernon in with a possible sentence of 45 to 65 years in prison, for early November has been set for July 6. the killing of John Hall; Count Two, Murder, a Class Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers told 5 felony with a possible prison sentence of 45 to 65 Judge Craig Goedde that he expects the trial of Ausyears, for the killing of Elizabeth Hall; tin M. Kusturin, 28, will last about two Count Three, Burglary, a level 1 felony weeks. that carries a possible prison sentence of Present in Posey County Circuit Court 20 to 40 years, for breaking and entering by video on Wednesday, Kusturin stood the Hall’s home with the intent to commit behind a podium at the Posey County Jail a felony which resulted in serious bodily and listened quietly as his attorney, Glenn injury; Count Four, Robbery resulting in Grampp of Evansville, requested a trial bodily injury, a level 2 felony with a posdate be set in his case. sible prison sentence of 10 to 30 years for Grampp filed a discovery request on knowingly and intentionally taking cell Tuesday. Clowers handed Grampp a large phones, a tablet and an AR-15 rifle by usenvelope he said was evidence related to ing force which resulted in bodily injury; the case in court in response to that reand Count Five, Unlawful Possession of quest. He explained that an interview was a Firearm by a serious violent felon, a missing from the evidence because of aulevel 4 felony that carries a possible two dio issues and said he hoped to have that to 12 year prison sentence, for possessing Austin Kusturin issue resolved and supplemental discova shotgun and/or AR-15 rifle after a prior ery to Grampp soon. felony conviction.

Kusturin was arrested at his Melody Street apartment The state is also seeking a habitual offender enhancebuilding on November 9, 2021, three days after the bod- ment which, if convicted, could add six to 20 years on ies of the Halls, both 74, were found by the couple’s the highest sentence imposed by the court and an endaughter. She told police that she last heard from her hanced penalty for firearms use which could carry an parents on the night of Thursday, November 4, 2021. additional five to 20 years.

Court documents show that Kusturin was linked to the Kusturin was on probation after pleading guilty to slayings by fingerprint evidence on a cell phone sto- possession of narcotics in Vanderburgh Superior Court len from the couple’s home, video surveillance and cell in August 2019 at the time of the murders. phone provider tracking data, a gun registered to the According to the state’s court database, Kusturin has victim that was recovered in Kusturin’s storage unit and a history of court appearances in Posey County that a neighbor that witnessed him in the area several hours dates back to March 2013, including a July 2015 conlater on the evening the state says the murders occurred. viction for battery resulting in bodily injury and a May Kusturin pleaded not guilty in his initial court appear- 2017 conviction for conversion, possession of mariance on November 16, 2021. juana and domestic battery committed in the presence “It’s just a bad situation I’m in. I had nothing to do of a child. with it. It’s someone else,” Kusturin told the court on Kusturin is scheduled to appear in court again at 9 November 16, adding “I did have possession of some a.m. on May 16.

have to look elsewhere for rapid Covid testing.

Given that the health department is the lone supplier of rapid testing in Posey County and drug stores have been running out of at-home kits, that search will be difficult.

If the front line in the battle against Covid-19 had a front line of its own, Martin and his staff would surely be considered on it.

Since the early days of the pandemic, they’ve been the voice of authority while the public, government officials and the healthcare commu- By Dave Pearce Another long-time Posey County nity have grappled with ever changpublic servant has passed away.

David Angermeier (Gutterball), Continued on Page A7 73, of Mount Vernon, went to be with Our Lord on Friday, January 7, 2022. He was born August 7, 1948, the first son of Dale and Ruth one year term on the ABC Board. (Behme) Angermeier in Evansville Paula Rudibaugh was appointed to Ind. a four year term on the Alexandrian David was born with Spina Bifida Public Library Board, replacing but despite his physical limitations, Tracy Wilson. Sarah Alcantara will he lived a fuller more generous life serve a similar four year term on the than most able-bodied people. He Poseyville Carnegie Library Board. was a testament to what perseverFour year terms were also given to ance, strength of character, and a Heath Rigsby and Dr. Alesia Brown positive attitude can accomplish. on the Health Board.

David served Posey County Many persons were reappointed as the Recorder for 15 years and to one year terms on boards they are the Clerk for eight years. He was presently serving on, with terms ex- very active in the community and piring December 31, 2022. They in- a member of the Saint Matthew clude the quintet on the ADA Com- Catholic Church, the Lions Club, pliance Board of Carol Redman, Ed Sons of the American Legion, Civil Defense, Kiwanis Club, Tri-State Continued on Page A6 HAM Radio(TARS), and the Gun

Long-time servant Angermeier dies

Posey fathers settle in

By Lois Mittino Gray The Posey County Commissioners filled their first meeting of the year on January 5 with voting for officers and making annual board and department head appointments. Commissioner President Bill Collins was unanimously re-elected to the head position, with Randy Thornburg retaining his post as Commissioner Vice President.

Collins began business with a motion to re-appoint Joe Harrison as the County Attorney for the year and it passed 3-0. Two brand-new appointments started the ball rolling on the lengthy list of names. Jim Kilgore will replace Keith Weedman for a

David Angermeier Club, and many other organizations. He placed third in the bench press event of the National Special Olympics. Most of all David

brought joy to any room he entered as a great example of how to overcome limitations with a smile.

David is survived by his mother, Ruth; sister, Theresa Thomas; brothers, Stephen, Francis, Philip, Walter, Thomas, and Henry; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Dale V; and brother, Lynn E. Visitation will take place on Thursday, January 13, 2021, from 4 until 7 p.m., at the Denning Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., on Friday, January 14, 2021, at Saint Matthews Church with Father Jim Sauer officiating, burial to follow in Saint Matthews Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be donated to Hadi Shrine’s Children Hospital, Posey County Rehab, or Mount Vernon Lion’s Club.

Online condolences may be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Under the Beams to reopen Concert Series on Saturday Special to the News After a nearly two-year pandemic break, Under the Beams is set to open its twenty-first concert season on Saturday, January 15, 2022, with a slate of great concerts for the 2022 season. Tickets can be easily ordered with just a click at www. underthebeams.org or a call to our box office at 812-682-3128. You can choose your own seats online and all seats are reserved. In order to attend the concerts, proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID test within 48 hours of showtime, and wearing masks while inside the building, are required. Tickets are still available for the series of four concerts that take place in New Harmony’s historic Murphy Auditorium, all held on Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

The season kicks off on Saturday, January 15, with southeast Louisiana’s finest, Pine Leaf Boys.

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ed, world-renown Pine Leaf Boys have made a name for presenting their own inimitable brand of Louisiana music with youthful exuberance. Known for their wild shows and thoughtful arrangements, they have breathed new life into Louisiana music, reviving ancient songs and bringing them to the bandstand. The Pine Leaf Boys play the old fashion dance hall standards while making a priority to bring many of the more obscure songs of past masters into their repertoire and play them with gusto.

The variety and energy they release evolves through their shows, bringing multi-faceted angles to Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco. Their mission is to present the beautiful, powerful music of their ancestors and real Cajun music to the world and prove that it is still thriving and full of life.

Saturday, February 12 brings award-winning, preeminent American classical pianist, Adam Neiman to the stage. Adam Neiman

Members of the Pine Leaf Boys are, left to right, Drew Simon, Courtney Granger, Wilson Savoy, Thomas Davis, and Jean Dutile Bertrand. has cultivated a breathtaking career charismatic, and highly virtuosic man’s trajectory as a concert pianist spanning more than three decades performer, whose continually ex- began, with concertos and compeand traversing four continents. panding discography has granted titions through his teen years. As a Neiman has been universally ac- him a rarified legacy among 21stContinued on Page A7 claimed as a thought-provoking, century performers. At age 8, Nei-

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Name, Image, Likeness

B J J R As of July 02, 2021 the NIL of collegiate athletes are no longer the property of their school and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Each student athlete, depending upon many factors such as the laws of the state where their school is located, may sell his or her fame to the highest third-party bidder. Colleges may provide stipends designed to “enhance education” but may not pay athletes to play. However, third parties such as wealthy boosters as well as corporations may.

Until six months ago it was an unpardonable sin for amateur athletes to be caught acting as though they owned their own financial souls. In the land of the free and the home of individual liberty, beginning in 1906 when the NCAA was founded, Big Brother was in charge of amateur athletics, especially at the collegiate level. Of course, Americans being Americans, countless ways were found to transgress the rules without paying any price. The unpunished sins of many were paid for by the examples made out of a few, the greatest amateur athlete in the world for one.

Jim Thorpe was a Native American born on the Sac Fox Nation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1887. Thorpe was taken from his family when he was ten years old and sent to Haskell Indian Institute in Kansas then at age sixteen to Carlisle Indian Institute in Pennsylvania.

During parts of the summers of 1909 and 1910 Thorpe was paid $2 per game

to play semi-professional baseball. In the Olympics of 1912, where baseball was not an event, Thorpe won gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon. The 1912 Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden’s King Gustav V in awarding the medals to Thorpe said to him, “Sir you are the greatest athlete in the world.” In 1913 the Olympic Committee took Thorpe’s medals away from him and expunged his records because of his semipro baseball participation. The medals were returned to Thorpe’s family in 1983, thirty years after Thorpe’s death. I guess it is true, “Timing is everything”. Had Thorpe won his medals after July 01, 2021 no sin would have been assessed. In fact, under the new NIL rules Thorpe would have probably made millions, legally, while still an “amateur.”

The management of NIL and amateur athletics in schools now falls under the same entities that have been charged with addressing COVID. The federal government, each state, counties, cities and schools have a say and a role. What could go wrong?

While it is the right thing to finally put the ownership of an athlete’s Name, Image and Likeness where it belongs, with the athlete, there will undoubtedly be much to consider. Some will be good. For example, my alma mater, Indiana University, has labored in the football vineyards unsuccessfully for years. But one of IU’s alumni is billionaire Mark Cuban who is a rabid IU fan. I say “Go, Mark!” And Harvard, not known for football for a hundred years, has celebrated drop-outs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Do you think the honorary doctorate committee may take note? Then there is Princeton alum, Jeff Bezos, America’s wealthiest

possible booster. What Jeff did for Amazon perhaps he can do for Princeton athletics. After all, Princeton played in the first college football game against Rutgers in 1869. Renewed glory may await if NIL swag can be offered and the transfer portal can be properly greased.

And please let me say I am fully in favor of everyone being the sole owner of their own NIL. If athletes can market themselves, my only objection is that my high school sports career was of no value to anyone. I believe capitalism and individual liberty is a good system.

And if chaos at the top of college sports caused by NIL is good for college sports and if money in the hands of alumni is the mother’s milk of NIL, the future of college sports looks exciting.

My position is athletes should have control over their own images. And call me cynical, but I believe imaginative schools and boosters can find ways to categorize practically anything from books to private jets as “educationally enhancing”.

As for regulating NIL and putting that regulation in the hands of the same people who for the past two years have attempted to address COVID, I say, “Please leave it alone, let the free-market system work it out”. However, I am a little concerned with the effect collegiate NIL laissez-faire competition might have on amateur sports below the college level. When Tee Ballers start threatening to enter the Little League Transfer Portal unless their parent coach provides a new bicycle, we may need some way to reign things in.

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Hans Schmitz, PC Purdue Extension Educator Grain Hauling and Storage Considerations January is a big month for hauling grain. Nearly all farms have some amount of grain storage capacity and a semi with trailer for hauling corn and soybeans to the local elevators. With this grain storage capacity, the opportunity to market bushels when prices are generally considered to be better than that at harvest time arises. The opportunity to create more beneficial tax considerations also play into the January hauling time frame. Costs are associated with on-farm storage and hauling, however.

Those costs can be analyzed to help farmers deliver bushels most profitably.

The ability of farmers to store and haul crops gives rise to a term called basis.

Technically defined as the difference between the current cash price of a grain and the futures price of that grain, the

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I got a call from a close friend of mine and we had a really good visit. My conversation with this friend of mine who lives a very modest

basis always approaches zero as the current price and futures eventually come together.

Transportation and grain storage costs factor heavily into the basis. In strong positive basis markets like most of southwestern Indiana, companies incentivize not storing grain long-term. In negative basis markets, the company cost of getting grain to something like a port is high enough to pass some of those costs on to the farmer.

Movement in basis over time is a market indicator of the relative need or lack of need of companies to receive farmer’s grain.

Because storage and hauling have costs associated with them, one can work out a custom rate to charge for, say, storing a neighbor’s grain in your bin or helping them haul to the elevator with your truck and trailer. Universities

often survey farmers of their experiences, despite how labor intensive the surveys generally are. Purdue had a hiatus of a few years without custom rate surveys, but the Center for Commercial Agriculture has taken up that mantle the last few years.

Along with a myriad of other operations’ custom rates for everything from custom planting to custom spraying or custom tillage, custom grain hauling is listed on Purdue’s survey at 14.6 cents per bushel, with an average of 25 miles of hauling needed.

Purdue does not report grain storage results. The Iowa State University results break down hauling into three categories based on the distance traveled.

Five-mile trips one way average 10 cents a bushel.

Trips over 25 miles averaged 15 cents a bushel, and 100 mile trips cost almost 30 cents

a bushel. Imagine a truck with 1,000 bushels of corn, not uncommon, and those hauling costs are anywhere from 100 bucks a trip to 300 dollars. Meanwhile, Iowa State estimates an average custom rate for grain storage at about three cents per bushel per month.

Some publications average individual state surveys for a more robust look at custom rates around the corn belt.

The University of Kentucky creates one such publication, but it has last been updated in 2020. Across three states in 2020, grain storage per bushel per month averaged five cents.

For custom hauling, Kentucky reports information, but it’s all from one state, Iowa. For more information on these or other custom rates, please contact Purdue Extension office in Posey County via hschmitz@ purdue.edu or 812-838-1331.

JANUARY 11, 2022

Letter to the Editor Dear Hoosiers Four months ago, we walked into an empty warehouse in southern Johnson County, Indiana.

Down the road, thousands of Afghans were streaming into Camp Atterbury after a terrifying and traumatic escape from their country. For years, many of them worked alongside the U.S. military and/or government officials, doing what they could to help to stabilize their country.

Now they were in the United States, forced to leave everything behind because they stood by America’s side.

As one Team Rubicon volunteer said: “They made a conscious choice to help the American troops for hopes of betterment of their country and their lives, and I think we owe it to them to continue and uphold our end of it.”

For Team Rubicon assisting with others on Operation Allies Welcome was a new type of mission.

We’re a veteran-led organization built to serve at-risk and vulnerable populations affected by disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and wildfires. Think cutting tornado downed trees, tarping wind damaged roofs, and pushing mud out water-logged homes.

But this mission was different, it was new, and there was no roadmap to refer to. Before it was over Team Rubicon would assist at 10 separate locations across the United States with the ultimate task of conducting donations management support. Working in a warehouse collecting, sorting, and providing donated items to recently displaced individuals all in an effort to help, all amid a pandemic.

We reacted, we went, we did that which was necessary to accomplish the mission thereby providing the generous outpouring of donations from the citizens of Indiana to our nation’s newest Guests.

Hoosiers demonstrated their hospitality by quickly providing new, meaningful, items towards this effort. These consistent acts of generosity by each person, organization, or group brought not only much needed items to our Guests, but also the hope and promise of a much better beginning then their most recent end.

In just a few weeks, our warehouse was bursting with new diapers, toothbrushes, and shampoos, along with an increasing number of socks, shirts and pants. Over two million items of donated goods were processed at the warehouse assisting Camp Atterbury.

Almost the entirety provided by the people of the state of Indiana.

Each item a sacrifice of someone’s time and money, given to assist another start a new life.

In addition to the material goods came the new Team Rubicon members, people of Indiana who raised their hand, saying “pick me, I want to help.” Close to 250 individual Team Rubicon volunteers assisted over the course of these four months. Many of these individuals were new to Team Rubicon, the majority of them from Indiana, and all of them willing to give of their time, their ability, and their heart. Each open to sweat in the heat of September and shiver in the cold of December to sort, pack, and process the mountains of donated items provided through the generosity of their friends, neighbors and fellow Hoosiers.

Donations came from every corner of the state. Faith communities, charitable organizations, civic groups, businesses, families, children, veterans and others dropped off items at Indiana armories across the state, our collection site at Johnson County Park or in some other fashion ensuring that the donations made it to our warehouse. Many of you give often, returning time and time again to demonstrate your Hoosier Hospitality.

Our mission, to receive, sort, and prepare for distribution all donated items in support of Operation Allies Welcome, would not have succeeded the way it did without the support of Indiana State Leadership, namely Gov. Eric Holcomb along with the Military Leaders at Camp Atterbury, National and Stage Agencies, and other Non-Governmental Organizations. Each knew their role and executed their duties with the intent to serve. It has been amazing to work for and alongside each and every one involved and to witness the care and sensitivity demonstrated to our Guests.

At Team Rubicon, we often say our actions are characterized by the constant pursuit to prevent or alleviate human suffering and restore human dignity – we help people on their worst day.

Hoosiers, you did that! It was YOU who lifted up and gave support to our Afghan guests which was beyond anything we could imagine. But you know this is only the first phase. We trust that you will continue to support our Afghan allies as they settle in your communities and across our country by continuing to demonstrate Hoosier Hospitality.

We share all of this to say Thank You for stepping into the arena with us. For demonstrating that Hoosier Hospitality is more than a tag line. For meeting and exceeding the need, and for giving hope and showing love to others.

May each recipient never forget your compassionate and generous giving as we will never forget all that you have shown us.

In gratitude, Russ Hessler, Task Force Leader Tyler Smith, Liaison, Team Rubicon, Camp Atterbury Note: Tyler Smith served in the U.S. Army and retired from the 10th Special Forces Group. He was deployed for five years in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving in Iraq and Jordan.

Russ Hessler served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1978 to 1983.

Team Rubicon ends its mission at Camp Atterbury on Jan. 7.

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How big is your table? lifestyle, went into a different direction after a bit. We started talking about my son Matthew, and he asked how he was doing and I mentioned that Matthew was working on his house and how hard it was to get materials and to get things done.

Anyway…

My friend started telling me that recently his kitchen table had seen it’s better days and wasn’t functional any more so he went on the hunt for a new

one. He said that he and his wife had looked high and low and could not find a decent table that was in stock or available anywhere. Everything had to be “special ordered.”

So, they went to one of the big box stores and purchased a smaller folding table to get by with for a while.

My friend then started telling me that later they had guests over one evening for dinner. One of the guests was joking around about how the P

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table was “small and cheap looking”. My friend was taking it all in stride not thinking much about it but then replied “well how big is your table?”

To which the guest started describing the size and how it was made of oak… and so on.

My friend was beginning to get irritated about being ribbed about his table so he says to his guest “well it serves a purpose, we eat at it just fine… just as you are eating at it. So he then posed the

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question “if we take all this food to your house and eat from around your bigger table will it make the food taste any better?”

He was telling me this story light heartedly and was laughing about it, but I was finding a hidden lesson.

He made a profound statement without realizing it. It’s not about how big your table is but what’s on it. We can only eat so much until we become full, then we are done.

We’ve become so obsessed with the material things like the size of our table, that we ruin the meal and can’t enjoy the good things that are on our table. The important thing is that we have food on the table.

I know a guy that once fed thousands with a couple of loaves of bread and a few fishes…and I don’t recall any mention of there being a table.

So how big is your table?

It’s all about perspective now ain’t it.

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JANUARY 11, 2022 Tricia Elizabeth Heimer Tricia Elizabeth (Bigge) Heimer, 37, of Evansville, Indiana, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

Tricia was born in Evansville, Indiana on February 4, 1984 to Raymond and Rose Marie “Rosie” (Bonnell) Bigge. She attended Mater Dei High School and graduated from Mount Vernon High School. Tricia went on to attend college at the University of Southern Indiana, majoring in psychology with a minor in art. She was a talented painter and artist.

Tricia had a heart of gold and would do anything to help others. Her daughter, Alana, was her world. She loved being a mother and caring for her. Tricia will be deeply missed by all those who knew and loved her.

Tricia is survived by her husband, Anthony Heimer of Mount Vernon, Ind.; daughter, Alana Rose Heimer; mother, Rose Marie “Rosie” (Bonnell) Bigge; father, Raymond Phillip Bigge, all

of Evansville, Ind.; and by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Private services will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to Saints Mary and John Parish or to Saints Mary and John Food Pantry, 613 East Cherry Street, Evansville, IN 47713 or to Vanderburgh County Humane Society, PO Box 6711, Evansville, IN 47719.

Condolences may be made online at www.browningfuneral.com

Earl Ray Brown Earl Ray Brown, 82, of Evansville, Ind., passed away January 5, 2022 at his home. He was born May 24, 1939 in Mount Vernon, Ind., to the late Lloyd and Jewell Martha Ellen (Chandler) Brown.

Ray had worked for ADM as a truck driver and business owner of R & B Trucking. He enjoyed woodworking and fishing.

He was preceded in death by his twin sister, Faye Cole; and brother, Charles “Brownie” Brown, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty (Walls) Brown; son, Kevin Brown (Jeni); daughters, Ragina Gibson (Greg) and Michele Fleming (Tim); seven grandchildren – Brandon Gibson (Ketsuda), Josh Gibson (Tabitha), Ryan Brown (Kyra), Tara Raben (Zac), Rachael Wolfe (Ryan), Megan Stallings (Jake Stewart) and Tristen Fleming; and sixteen great-grandchildren – Mylee, Ava, Adalyn, Abigail, Madison Gibson, Anthony, Landon, Braden, Ellis Brown, Mason Raben, Baylee, Rayleigh, Kaylee Stallings, Spencer, Aiden and Sophie Wolfe.

Thank you for the excel-

lent care we received at Solarbron Terrace and Heart to Heart Hospice.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Pastor Dave Teruel officiating and burial to follow in Union Ridge Cemetery in Herald, Ill. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Evansville Christian Life Center, 509 South Kentucky Avenue, Evansville, IN 47714.

Condolences may be made online at www. schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Melvin W. Trodglen Melvin W. Trodglen, age 76, of Cynthiana, Ind., passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville. Melvin was born on August 16, 1945, in Liverpool, Ky.; son of John and Agnes (Gatton) Trodglen. He married the love of his life Tawana Overton on December 7, 1968.

Melvin proudly served his country in the United State Army for three years. He was a member of Turning Point Church in Cynthiana. Melvin was an avid Coca-Cola collector, collecting menus and hats from restaurants that he and Tawana visited over the years. Melvin also was known as the jokester and enjoyed sharing his 10,000 jokes to make people laugh.

Melvin’s greatest passion in life was spending time with his family.

Melvin will be missed by his wife, Tawana, daughter, Melissa Locke (Rick),

grandchildren; Derek, Ashley, Joshua, Kiley, Bronson, and Stormie, eight great-grandchildren, brothers; John, Paul, Ralph, sisters; Carolyn, Judy, Sharon, Susan, Mary, and Nancy.

He was preceded in death by his parents and son Michael Trodglen.

Sympathy wishes may be made to the family at www.titzerfuneralhomes. com Arrangements are in the care of Titzer Family Funeral Homes.

Rolan Wayne Jones Rolan “Butch” Wayne Jones, 70, of Norris City, Ill., passed away January 8, 2022 at Linda E. White Hospice House. He was born May 9, 1951 in Evansville, Ind., to late Farnalee and June (McLeod) Jones.

Butch was a 1969 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. He had 40 years of service as a concrete truck driver, starting with Fuelling Concrete and ending with his retirement from Irving Materials. Butch attended New Life Christian Center in Equality, Ill. He was a member of Thumperkeg Long Rifle Black Powder Club and Egyptian Medical Reserve Corp.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and son, Dakota Jones in 2011.

He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Brenda (Wells) Jones; son, Jeff Jones (Sabrina); daughter, Jennifer Williams; grandchildren, Jewel Jones, Hayden Williams, Noah Williams and

Jasper Anderson; brothers, John and Kenneth Jones; sisters, Linda Jansen (John), Carol Lawson (Lynn), Bonnie Lewis (Mike) and Barb Sartore.

No formal services are planned at this time.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to his wife, Brenda Jones, for a memorial in Butch’s honor to be determined later.

Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com

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James W. Scheller James W. Scheller, 94, of Evansville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Jim was born November 29, 1927 in Evansville to the late Joseph and Susie (Rich) Scheller. He was a graduate of FJ Reitz High School. Jim retired from General Foods as a supervisor after 35 years of service in May of 1986.

He was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church for 36 years, where he served as a Eucharistic minister, member of the Men’s Club, sang in the church choir and was a member of the Finance Committee for three years.

Later in life, Jim and Martha transferred their membership to Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Jim and Martha were active members of Sacred Heart and were awarded the Brute Award from the Diocese of Evansville for their service to the church.

Jim also served in the United States Army, European Campaign First Infantry Division during World War II and was a life member of VFW Post 1114.

Jim was also active in athletics, playing semi pro baseball for ten years. He played the last four years with Saint Wendel in the Double II league, winning the league title one year. Later in life, Jim loved to play golf and has two holes in one.

Jim was the biggest fan and supporter of his grandchildren’s sporting events and any activity they were involved in. You could find Jim in the stands of any basketball court, softball field or walking 18 holes of golf.

He was so happy that he was able to watch his great grandchildren as they were growing up. He loved talking sports and academics with them and always encouraged them to do their very

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best. Faithful as he was, Jim prayed the rosary daily, even in the car. He instilled that faith in his family. He was a true role model for us all.

Jim was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Surviving are his wife of 68 years, Martha (Folz) Scheller; daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Ron Luigs of Wadesville; brother, John Scheller; granddaughters, Amy (Craig) Epley, Andrea (Sha-ki) Johnson, Angela (Larry) Harris and Alisha (Amber) Luigs and great grandchildren, Brennan, Ava, Elle, Savannah, Ayla, Preston and Jackson and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death brothers, William Scheller, Joseph Scheller, Delano “Louie” Scheller and Harold “Chub” Scheller.

There was a Mass of Christian Burial held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rev. John Brosmer officiating. Entombment followed in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, where the Vanderburgh County Retired Veterans Memorial Club will conduct military rites.

Friends visited with the family from 9:30 a.m., until service time on Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church, 2701 West Franklin Street, Evansville, IN 47712.

Susie Titzer Susie Titzer, age 60, of Haubstadt, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Saint Vincent Medical Center.

Susie was born September 29, 1961 in Evansville to the late Edward and Germaine (Dewig) Relleke. She was a member of Saint James Catholic Church. Susie worked for Industrial Contractors for 29 years. Currently works as a designer for Scherer Monument Company.

Susie is survived by her husband of 40 years, Lennie “Peanut” Titzer, and her sisters, Patty (Terry) Woehler and her twin Mary Relleke, both of Haubstadt. Also surviving Susie are seventeen nieces and nephews and their children.

There will be no public visitation because of Covid concerns. There will be a

private Mass at Saint James Catholic Church with burial in Saint James Catholic Church Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Saint James Catholic Church, 12300 South 50 West, Haubstadt, IN 47639.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www. pierrefuneralhome.com.

Sandra “Sandy” Yvonne Blaylock, 85, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away January 5, 2022 at West River Health Campus. She was born December 31, 1936 in Redkey, Ind., to the late Robert L. and Kathryn (Morrical) Prevost.

Sandy was a graduate of Royerton High School. She worked as a bookkeeper in the accounting field, retiring in 2010. Sandy was a life member of the Eastern Star, Upland Chapter 411.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald “Dee” Blaylock; son, Billy Joe Marcus; grandson, Jonathan Anderson; and brother, Phillip Prevost.

She is survived by her children, Carroll R. Marcus, Sherilynn S. Anderson (Demont) and Belinda “Jeannie” Duckworth (Mark); grandchildren, Matthew Osborne (Hazel), Jeffrey Osborne, Jr., Joseph Anderson (Rhiannon) and Billy Osborne; great-grandchildren, Danielle Robbins, Carter Howe, Mason Osborne, Khloe Osborne, Maverick Anderson, Monte Anderson and Maxen

Anderson; niece, Kathryn Davis; and nephew, Tim Prevost.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., service time on Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Children’s Hospital Transportation Fund.

Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Douglas Lee Seitz Douglas Lee Seitz, 58, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away on January 3, 2022, at Deaconess Hospital Midtown Campus in Evansville.

He was born on August 11, 1963, to Michael L. Seitz, Sr. and Janice C. (Allbright) Seitz. Doug graduated from Mount Vernon Senior High School in 1981. He enjoyed playing saxophone in the high school band.

Doug was a member of Boy Scout Troop 475, with one of the highlights being a trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico for three weeks with his brother and his father, and other troop members and leaders. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corp., where he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan for a year. After his time in the service, Doug worked primarily in maintenance at various resorts and apartment complexes. He also traveled the country working on cooling towers. Doug was a loving and compassionate person who was always happy to help his family and friends with anything at any time. He was a devoted son and brother and Mom and Kimmi will miss him more than he could ever imagine.

He was a collector of many things, but especially guns and knives. He also enjoyed fishing and growing his own garden. He was an enthusiastic cook, often concocting new and different dishes to his liking using things from his garden.

Doug is survived by his mother, Jan; sister, Kimberly McBride (Kevin Bitter); niece and nephew, Haley Seitz and Drew Seitz (Amanda), and Jensen McBride; aunts, Barbara Grabert, Diane Seitz Hall; uncle, Steve Allbright (Kathy); and many cousins. Special thanks to Larry Cox for helping and “running around” with Doug.

He is preceded in death by his father, Michael, Sr. in 2019; his brother, Michael Seitz, Jr. in 2017.; brotherin-law, Darrell McBride in 2009; and Hoss Albert, his beloved canine companion.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., on Friday, January 7, 2022, at the Denning Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, with Rev. John Motz officiating. Burial will follow at Marshall Ferry Cemetery in Maunie, Ill. Visitation will take place from 11 a.m., until the time of service. Online condolences may be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome.com.

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I have thought back quite a bit this year.

One of my favorite recollections is about my own high school years, Madeleine. I have verbally told you bits and pieces of those years, but there is a specific thing I want speak of today. Just like watching and rewatching “The Big Bang Theory,” I also love “Young Sheldon.” In the episode I watched today, they gave him his own dorm room.

This immediately took me back to my Senior Year, when I had a space, which became known as “Cathy’s Office.”

This space was swallowed up by a later renovation, so you can’t go looking for it.

I wrote a column for The Northern Lights, along with my friend, Sharon Wade. I also did a good part of creating the 1963 Yearbook, including the little pen and ink Viking figures. I made a linoleum block cartoon for the newspaper, and created the full size posters to advertise most school happenings.

I was also considered a very trustworthy person, so when it was discovered that there was no specific key for this small room, they just trusted me with a master key. I never betrayed this trust. I could have opened any school door, but I never let anyone else know of this, until I showed my husband a few years later.

A group of my fellow classmates gathered with me in this room to work on the newspaper, yearbook, posters, and whatever else needed to be taken care of. I hung a large painting I had made, depicting ducks, on the wall. I only had four Senior classes, so I spent much of my time that year here.

Ironically, the one teacher who did not get on board with my status, was my art teacher.

We all know how that turned out.

I wrote my Salutatorian speech here. If it had been in this time, I am sure I would have had a computer hook-up. I polished my Senior research paper, “Jackie and The White House,” there. Most others ended up with a few dozen pages; mine was over an inch thick, illustrated.

Yes, I wanted that year to never end. I look back at that time, and it was like the lull before the storm. I couldn’t have predicted that in the following year, our beloved President Kennedy would be assassinated.

Nor did I have much warning before my dear grandfather, Herbert Montgomery would die a long painful death, due to lymphoma.

Other personal relationships seemed to change, and many of my high school friends were gone. Most of this was my own fault.

I could not rearrange my mind to accept so many unexpected changes.

It took me over a year to get myself back on track, albeit not the one I would have predicted. I forfeited all of my scholarships and never returned to college. Eloping with my adversarial teacher, Don Powers, was certainly not on my original plan. However, after 57 years of building a life with him, I can only conclude that all of this was some kind of destiny.

I wish that I could include all of the details, but I suppose that the X Rated memories will have to wait for the book I am always

WMI’s Artifact Under Exam by Melora Adams Some of the artifacts which we have catalogued are sculptures of roses, made of iron. That something so hard and utilitarian can be worked to appear so delicate is remarkable and worthy of a close look.

One of these iron roses, for instance, was made from a bolt from a Rappite building. The bolt attached an Sshaped piece to the outside of a brick wall. A very mundane object was transformed into an object of beauty.

These pieces of art were made by James Baldwin.

He was a blacksmith here in New Harmony. In his routine work, he made shoes for horses, made and mended tools and made nails and such. According to our records, he made fire hooks for the local fire company.

Amid his routine work, he

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Two Point Township Farmers Narrowly Escape Death - Aloysious Oliver and Elijah Rhodes, nar-

Birthdays January 11 - Vera Johnson, Holly Poshard, Ethel Stallings, Harold Stovall, Phyllis Westfall, Debbie Rowe January 12 - Molly Felder Grimm, Harry Hottel Jr., Laura Mohr, Sue Watson, Rose Wilkinson, Heather Weldon, Sue Curtis, Anna Boyles, Rose Wilkinson, Judy Meyer January 13 - Doug Little, Tina Parker, Ashley Shelton, Gail Norton, Geno Nix, K.D. Patton, Grace Kahle, Benjamin Milbrandt, Terri Brown, Valerie Stratton, Charlie Brand, Derek Perry, Bill Weatherholt, Theresa Reese, Cheryl Carroll January 14 - Agnes Morton, Sophie Panetti, David Parnell, Travis Kidd, Nicole Weinzapfel Schmitt, Shelly Eagan, Karen Walker, Eu-

gene Herrenbruck, Margaret Nelson January 15 - Marilyn A. Cox, Abigail Mae Coon, Marie Johnson, Dot Kohlmeyer, Sarah Mae Mathews, Zachary Sollman, Adam Black, Karen Walker, Austin Walker, Barbara Neaveill, Joan Toth, Vicki Turner, Linda Strupp January 16 - Donald Baier, Ted R. Muncy, Paul Slifer, John Gouldman, Adam Conyers, Judy Twyman, Don Baier January 17 - Jim Gray, Jen Smith, Sharon York, Mike Williams, Kyra Rainey, Robyn Wells, John Tucker If you have a name to be included, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631, or email: news@ poseycountynews.com

was found. Following the funerals for the boys, the remains of all three were laid to rest in Locust Hill Cemetery near Evansville.

Effort Made To Secure Building For Post Office - Martin Smith and M. W. Fuhrer, members of a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce, have wired Congressman Luhring of this district to use every effort to secure an appropriation for the long-looked for Post Office building in this city at Third and Walnut Streets, now occupied by the Court Hotel and was purchased several years ago.

The opportune time is at hand for securing this building, local Chamber of Commerce members believe, and nothing will be left undone to secure the appropriation.

An Ordinance Prohibiting The Cutting Or Injuring Of Growing Trees City Council, December 19, 1921 - Be it ordained by the Common Council of the city of Mount Vernon: (Section one of four Sections) - That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to cut, break, saw or otherwise injure or remove any tree or any limb, branch, or part of a tree growing or projecting over street, alley, or sidewalk within the limits of the city of Mount Vernon, without having first received from the owner of the ground on which such tree stands or the owner of the ground abutting on the street, alley, or sidewalk, where such tree stands, a permit in writing therefore signed by such owner or his duly authorized

agent - providing this ordinance shall not apply to the cutting of limbs less than one inch in diameter.

The Price Of New Buicks At Hermann’s Garage - All 1922 Models - Buick Fours - Two Passenger Roadster - $895; - Five Passenger Touring - $935; - Three Passenger Coupe - $1,295; Five Passenger Sedan - $1,395; Buick Sixes - Three Passenger Roadster - $1,365; Five Passenger Touring $1,395; Five Passenger Sedan - $2,165; Four Passenger Coupe - $2,075; Seven Passenger Touring - $1,585; Seven Passenger Sedan $2,375.

Sports - Both the Mount Vernon boys’ and girls’ teams will play Francis Joseph Reitz here in this city, Friday night. The local girls won over the Owensville girls last Saturday night 25 to 5.

News Briefs And Personals - Slight Earthquake - A slight earthquake was felt by many residents in this city at 9:40 Tuesday night causing windows to rattle. Births Born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bundy, Saturday, a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nolte, a son, Frederick. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Strattman, Friday, a daughter, Mary Ann. Sick List - Mrs Josie Millspaugh submitted to an operation for the removal of her tonsils Saturday morning. L. A. Alexander is slowly recovering from injuries received last week while helping in the building of a barn on the farm of William Gempler. Sad News - An infant babe of Mr. and Mrs.

Wilfred Phillips was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Tuesday. Hog Killings - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beste had a hog killing Monday. Joseph Beirman killed hogs Wednesday. The following attended the hog killing at Louis Esche’s last Tuesday: Mr. and Mrs. William Scherer, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Turner, Mrs. Lawrence Meinkheim, Misses Carrie Reineke, and Edna Pearl Esche, and Messrs. Fred Esche, Louis Pfeifer, Henry Ashelger, Fred Reineke, and Clarence Meinkheim. Oliver News - Charles Causey has purchased a new International tractor. Arthur Esche has installed a new telephone. Mrs. John Matthews was called to Carmi last week on account of the death of a sister, Mrs. Warren McCarty. Visits - Miss Elfrieda Schmitzer took Sunday supper with Miss Elfrieda Morlock. Edward Beste entertained the Zoarville young folks by giving them a hay ride Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. John Durrell celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Sunday. Upton - Mr. And Mrs. Mack La Duke and children spent Sunday with Earl Miller and family. Visits To Town - Ernest Klenck of Wadesville was a business visitor to this city Monday. T. J. Adkins made a business trip to this city Saturday. Louis Bockelman spent a few hours in this city Monday. Thomas Curtis was in the city Friday, and added his name to the Star. Job and Will Barter were business visitors Thursday. No marriage licenses.

National and Local News 100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, January 11, 1922 - Mount Vernon rowly escaped death in the backwaters Friday when an auto in which they were riding was driven off a bridge.

The young men were occupants of a Ford roadster and in backing the machine at a bridge just below the Fred Goss farm near Half Moon Pond, the car plunged into about 25 feet of water. The car turned completely over in the fall, imperiling the lives of the men. The side curtains had been put in

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threatening to write. I am always amused when others make the assumption that we used the art room for “hook ups” while I was a student. Sorry to burst the fantasy balloons of anyone’s imagination, but that never happened.

I would love to re-live this five years or so of my life, beginning in 1962, so that I could have much of that back. However, I would probably do something to mess it all up. I would not want to re-live the long estrangement from my mother, centering around my sudden marriage. I have heard folks critique a book or movie, loving most, but wanting to change one part. I am sure that life itself is the best example of this.

I hate the aches and pains I now live with, and shudder when I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. However, I never fail to count my blessings when my husband returns safely from wherever he has been. My three adult children have all found a place in this world to leave their own signature. Knowing you, Madeleine, you will certainly leave a remarkable footprint of your own life.

saw in the iron that he was mined to take its place in his Much of James Baldwin’s working the potential to be- work. work has been lost, but some, come more than an everyday He drew pictures, some like the iron roses, is more durable and remains. He did routine blacksmith work, shoeing horses and such, but he was also an artist. Both practical and artistic, James was truly an artisan. He enjoyed his work, and that shows.

Upcoming at the WMI: Kiwanis Story Time will be on January 26 (Wednesobject. of which we have in our ar- day) and 27 (Thursday) at How did an artist come to chives. We have several pho- 6:30 p.m. The deadline to have the trade of blacksmith- tos that he took from circa sign up is January 15. ing? Perhaps it was the ne- 1920 through 1930.

Board of Trustees of the cessity of earning a living at In 1930 he was working Working Men’s Institute some trade or profession. The for the Bucyrus-Erie com- meets on the third Thursday 1880 census record shows pany in Evansville. We have of each month at 4:45 p.m.; him as a schoolboy, his older a photograph of a sketch that the next meeting will be Janbrothers as blacksmiths and he made there, and an article uary 20. his father as a wagon maker. about him which was in that Working Men’s Institute It could be said that he inher- company’s newspaper. He quarterly membership meetited his smithing skills. But was a member of their com- ing will be on January 18 his artistic nature was deter- pany band, playing piccolo.

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place on the machine and it was with difficulty that Oliver and Rhodes were able to get out. Their escape from the ice cold waters was almost miraculous. The car was later pulled out.

Body Of Former Mount Vernon Boy Is Found Adam Zehner, a farmer, while searching the backwater of Eagle Lake near Evansville, found the body of Clyde Crow, age 18, of Evansville at 6:30 Saturday morning. Crow, was a former resident of this city where he lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Crow. The father was a motorman on the E. & O. V. Railway. Clyde Crow, in company with Leo Winiger, age 18, and Thomas Fruchte, age 15, all of Evansville, departed a week ago Saturday in a canoe for a duck hunt in the backwaters near that city. The capsized canoe was found the following Tuesday and the search for the bodies of the boys was instituted.

The bodies of Winiger and Fruchte were found early Sunday morning in the same field where the capsized canoe and the body of Crow

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Anniversary

Dennis and Becky Vincent On January 8, 2022, Dennis and Becky (Kaufman) Vincent of Mount Vernon will celebrate their 50th anniversary.

They were married on January 8, 1972, at Saint Paul Catholic Church in Tell City, Indiana.

Together they have two children, Kelli Vincent Rainey and Kevin Vincent. They are the proud grandparents of Alyssa Rainey Schnautz, Ben Vincent, Madison Vincent and Hayden Vincent.

In addition to their family, they have been blessed with three great-grandchildren Karter, Charlotte and Krew Schnautz.

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MV Council lenient on COVID policies

By Lois Mittino Gray With COVID cases raging around the county, members of the Mount Vernon Common Council unanimously voted to take care of their affected city employees once again. They approved a policy at the January 5 meeting that sick or quarantining employees would not have to use their vacation or sick leave or miss any pay while at home.

Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis presented the idea, stating it was done last year and he would like to extend it. He said that last year there was no real budget problem with it, and they do have some surplus COVID money, should it become a major hit.

After discussion, it was voted to cover the days as long as valid COVID documentation is submitted to department heads. They will determine it at their discretion. It was decided to follow this policy until June 30, 2022 and then to reevaluate the situation with the virus at that time. The same thing was agreed upon at the earlier meeting of the Water Utility Board that evening.

Under Legals, the first item was to designate a newspaper for Council publications for 2022. Councilwoman Dana Baldwin moved the Posey County News be designated and the motion carried unanimously, 4-0. Councilwoman Jillian Brothers was absent.

Councilman Rusty Levings moved to “keep with tradition” and retain Council-

man Andy Hoehn as Mayor Pro Tem for 2022 and that also carried unanimously.

Attorney Beth Higgins stated the next Legal item was a ‘Resolution Authorizing the Use of Signature Stamps of the Mayor, Common Council Members, Members of the Board of Public Works and Safety and Water Utility Board.’ It passed and was numbered 22-02. The final item is a ‘Resolution Authorizing the Use of a Signature Stamp of the Clerk-Treasurer.’ It passed and was numbered 22-03.

Under Patron Comments, reporter Lois Gray took the podium and said she has a few questions for the Councilors that arose due to a Letter to the Editor that was published in the newspaper from reader Betty Marvel and was addressed to the councilors. She said Marvel asked the first question as to what they were thinking passing the golf cart ordinance for the city, but she didn’t want to ask about that one. Councilman Andy Hoehn did note, “In reference to the golf cart ordinance, I have spent several hours talking with Ms. Marvel, and, well, we are agreeing to disagree about it.”

Gray said she is more interested in the second question: what is the fate of the two homeless facilities/shelters vacated when the Homeless Shelter Group disbanded? “When I wrote the story on it several months ago, the group said they had several organizations in mind to donate the building to for their use. I drove around today and they still look empty.”

Gray wondered what happened to them and who received them. She wasn’t sure if Council read the article and looked into it.

“As for the homeless shelters, I honestly have no clue what transpired, since the city, nor the council, has a hand in it,” the Mayor replied.

He added it is a not-for-profit organization and he does not know what happened.

Curtis stated he cannot speak for the organization, but the duplex had no people to put in it at the time. Gray stated she will look into the question as a private story.

Hoehn suggested she call Pastor Allen Rutherford since he is the President of the local Ministerial Association.

In reports, First District Councilor David Dodd said, “I have no report, but rather a shout out.” He said he was eating at the newest Mexican restaurant in town when suddenly Mount Vernon Fire Chief Wes Dixon jumped up from his dinner and saved someone’s life by administering the Heimlich Maneuver. He then “sat back down and quietly went back to his dinner.”

Curtis stated there is the new restaurant on Main, Si Senor, and the new Dollar Tree has just opened up as well.

Street Commissioner Max Dieterle reported the brine saltwater pretreatment for snow has been applied and “now we wait.”

Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray stated “everything is running as well as can be expected,” in his report to the Water Utility Board.

PCCF Awards Over $123,000 To 24 Nonprofit Partners The Posey County Community Foundation has distributed $123,949.70 in grants to 24 local nonprofit organizations through its 2021 Community Good Grants program.

This year’s grants provide flexible funding for a variety of charitable projects and organizations serving Posey County. Grants awarded are: • $6,000 to At the Cross Mission to feed the hungry; • $2,100 to Bread of Life Ministry Inc. to provide funds to pay freight for donated food and to purchase food items at discounted prices to distribute to low income families in the TriState area; • $5,000 to Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry to provide funds to pay processing fees for deer and livestock donated by hunters and farmers to donate to food pantries; • $8,683.54 to Rapp Granary Owen Foundation to replace the 3-Phase electric elevator; • $4,391.62 to Saint Wendel Catholic School for the purchase of Follett’s Destiny library automation system for the Saint Wendel Catholic School Library; • $7,850 to Thrive to fund highquality, holistic afterschool programming to Mount Vernon youth in Kindergarten through Eighth grade from West Elementary School and Mount Vernon Junior High School; • $10,000 to United Way of Posey

County to provide funding for the mailing of one high-quality book per month from the Dolly’s Imagination Library to Posey County children ages birth to five-years-old; • $2,649.59 to Mount Vernon Ministerial Association River Bend Food Pantry to purchase equipment and other items to help the food pantry to operate more efficiently; • $5,040 to Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana to facilitate JA programming in Posey County, focusing on Work Readiness, Entrepreneurship, and Financial Literacy; • $9,500 to Mount Vernon Youth Baseball for the replacement of batting cage nets and installing overhead safety netting; • $1,500 to Holly’s House, Inc. to support the “Think First & Stay Safe” child abuse prevention program targeting elementary students that teaches skills to keep kids safe from abuse; • $4,330 to Saint Stephens Episcopal Church for the repair of the interior of the bell tower, including the suspended ceiling, drywall, tile baseboards, and painting; • $3,000 to Zion Lippe United Church of Christ for funding to renovate the playground which is used daily by the surrounding community; • $3,314 to Griffin Community Ruritan Club Foundation, Inc. to provide funding to bring the emergency lighting system up to code at the Griffin

Community Center; • $3,200 to Evansville Christian Life Center to provide funding for the Truth Talk program which collaborates with local schools to educate students with age appropriate curriculum focused on healthy relationships and sex education; • $7,000 to Youth First to fund the “Youth First Prevention & Early Intervention” program in eight Posey County Schools; • $5,000 to Zion Lippe United Church of Christ to provide funding to the “Partners in Food Program” to assist in the food needs of the Posey County Food pantries and United Caring Services; • $3,000 to Tri-State Food Bank to fund its “Mobile Food Distribution” program, partnering with Saint Peter’s United Church of Christ in Wadesville, Indiana, to provide food for 150 households at risk of hunger; • $5,500 to Cancer Pathways Midwest to provide funding to deliver an interactive cancer prevention/coping skills curriculum to youth and teachers; • $7,650 to Mount Vernon-Black Township Parks and Recreation to provide funding for the painting of Brittlebank Park tennis courts, the addition of Pickleball courts, and for the purchase of equipment; • $3,878.95 to Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus for the purchase of a new

instrument and equipment; • $2,000 to Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra to fund the 2021-2022 Helen M. McKinney Young People’s Concerts which enables students from Posey County to attend the March 2022 performances; • $4,615 to Posey County Fair Association to provide funding for LED lighting updates to the Posey County Community Center external/parking lot lights; and • $8,747 to The Isaiah 1:17 Project to provide funding for the “Valuing Every Child & Supporting Fostering Families at Christmas” program.

Funding for the Community Good Grants program is provided by donors and organizations establishing and donating to community good and field of interest funds held by the Foundation. Those funds are: • Atkins Family Fund • CountryMark Black Township Fund • Morris Family Fund • Charles and Frances Crawford and Beth Ann Mosier Fund-Posey • Posey County Youth Council Fund • Rosella and Doyle Oursler Fund • ConAgra Fund • CountryMark Posey County Fund • Ella and Stanley Maynor Memorial Fund • Friends of Posey County Fund • German American Bancorp Com-

munity Fund-Posey • Heritage Federal Community Good Fund of Posey County • Memorial Fund of Posey County • Posey County Veterans of Foreign Wars Fund • Robert and Carole Rust Fund • Smithville Charitable Foundation Fund of Posey County • Smithville Targeting Lasting Change Fund • Tom and Nelda Hickey Fund About the Posey County Community Foundation The Posey County Community Foundation is one of nine regional county affiliates of the Community Foundation Alliance. The Alliance holds more than 1,200 named funds established by individuals, families, businesses, civic groups, and agencies to improve the quality of life throughout southwestern Indiana, with charitable assets over $148 million. During our most recent fiscal year, grants and scholarships awarded from all Alliance funds to benefit programs, projects, and people in the nine affiliate counties totaled over $6.6 million.

The Alliance provides management, administrative, and development expertise and services, so every local affiliate foundation can focus on promoting philanthropy, building endowment, and grantmaking, making a difference in their community today and for years to come.

Sermon of the Week - 2 Timothy 4:3-4 Bro. Tom Doty 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

The time has come that we open our eyes and ears to the Truth of God’s Word. We must be honest as we look around us and realize that we have turned to our own desires and forsaken the Word of God. It is true.

Our society has turned from the Word of God. We no longer want to hear about sin. We

want to be told that all things are right. We want to hear that what we do is acceptable.

What the world accepts God generally rejects. God rejected Cain’s offering (Genesis 4:5).

Most people would say “What was wrong with it.” Yes, our society has come to the place that we are willing to accept the unacceptable. We have allowed the Word of God to be put down. We no longer hold the Word of God as the infallible Truth. We have come to question if the Word of God is relevant. Yes, we have turned our ears to the myths of our modern society.

How did this happen? It happened slowly. From the

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Everyone gets a copy of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid GREG AND ROWLEY’S (BUT MOSTLY GREG’S) SUPER AWESOME STUFF TO DO”. Find pictures of the characters in the library and receive a journal and a pencil. Guess how many pieces of gum in the jar and enter to win the jar and a copy of Hot Shot!

by Jeff Kinney. Make and Take the craft, worm on a stick. Watch the video, “How to Draw Greg” on Alexandrian Public Library’s FB page. Bring your “Unfinished Comic” and/or your drawing of Greg to place on our “Wall of Fame, Not Shame” display.

January 12 at 10 a.m. - Virtual Take and Make Adult Craft-Puffy Valentine Heart Join Joan as she shows you how to make a pretty faux petal puffy

Valentine heart. Register to reserve your free craft project kit now.

January 13, 20, and 27 at 10 a.m. - Adult Drawing and Watercolor Workshops - This free series is for anyone wishing to learn or perfect skills in drawing or watercolor. There are still several seats available. We will be meeting in the Ohio/Wabash room for these workshops.

If you have questions or would like to take part call 812-8383286. Must provide your own art supplies for this program.

January 13, 20, and 27 at 3:30 p.m. - Virtual Laughs and Crafts - Join us on our library’s Facebook page. We will read a story, sing songs, enjoy fun activities, and learn about a fun take-it-and-make-it craft kit.

Note: To register for any of our FREE adult, teen or children project kits, go to the event calendar on our website at alexandrianpl.org then click on the day of the event or call the library at (812) 838-3286. You can also visit the Information Desk

pulpits of America we began to preach a watered down message of God. We wanted to feel good about what we were doing. We did not want to be condemned for our actions. We wanted to hear that everything was okay. We wanted to hear that God would bless us in spite of our actions. God does not bless the sinful actions of people. God holds us accountable for our sin. There are consequences to our sin. There is punishment for our sin. Look at the Word of God. God punished the Children of Israel for forty years because they were unwilling to trust Him and enter the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 1:35). Saul was reject-

ed as King of Israel because of his sin (1 Samuel 15:26). God wants people to hear and obey the Truth of His Word. However, we want to hear that which makes us feel God and not be confronted with our sin.

We have preachers today who preach prosperity. We have preachers today who preach only good times. We have preachers today who preach what people want to hear. Am I being negative?

No. I believe that the problem in the world today is that the people of God have forgotten God. We have forgotten that God punishes sin. We have forgotten that God calls man to repent and turn from sin.

We have forgotten that each of us is accountable to God. The watered down Word of God leads to watered down people.

A watered down gospel leads to people who are unwilling to stand firm in the Truth of God’s Word. Yes, we need to hear about sin and the consequences of sin. Yes, we need to hear that man must repent and turn to God. Yes, we must be willing to confess our sins, seek God’s forgiveness and live in the Truth of God’ Word.

Until man returns to God and the Truth of God’s Word we will experience the problems we face today. The difficult times of our society are the results of our turning from God

and His Word. The time has come that man does not put up with sound doctrine but has turned to his own desires. And God is not pleased.

God continues to confront our sin and God continues to call us to repent. Today is the day of salvation and God is ready to bless us again when we are ready to return to Him, confess our sin, turn from our sin and obey the Truth of His Holy Word. The decision is up to each of us. What will we do?

I have prayed for you this morning. I pray that today you would be encouraged in the Word of God and seek to please God with your faith in Him.

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Wildcat Pride As winter sports progress, Mount Vernon has shown some success throughout the season. With COVID still being an issue, the players are just happy to compete… but winning is nice too. When the Cats win there is always one thing you can count on: Senior Kaleb Dosher hitting his shots. This week’s Meet the Athlete is Kaleb Dosher Dosher is among the starting five of the Mount Vernon basketball team as a center, and values the sport way more than just a game.

“Basketball means a lot to me. It is how I have made friends and developed the relationships in my life.”

While the sport has helped him with his personal life, he also contributes back to the sport. In a win against Salem High School this year, Dosher had 21 points, leading the team in scoring.

This all started when Dosher was in second grade after he witnessed the skill of some of the professional athletes, specifically Kobe

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Although the Cats haven’t had a perfect start to the season, the reason for any success can be traced back to the improving atmosphere of the players.

“The atmosphere has been great this year and has improved every year I have been in high school. It has been the best this year with the great number of seniors we have.”

Dosher has enjoyed every moment playing as a Mount Vernon Wildcat, but this will be his last season doing so as he will be graduating in the summer. “Hanging out and competing with friends of mine has been so fun over the years and is the main reason I will miss playing for Mount Vernon.” Dosher does not plan on playing basketball at the next level. Teammates and coaches alike will miss his calm yet competitive presence on the court.

Kaleb Dosher Bryant, in the 2010 NBA Finals. Ever since then Dosher has made an effort to improve on his game.

Attending every open gym, never missing practice, and even staying late to get some extra shots up, Dosher has done everything in his power to improve on his natural talent for basketball.

As shown in the game against Salem High School, Dosher acts as the glue of the team. He knows the team hasn’t had a great start to the season but knows it will improve as they begin to have more home games.

The crowd’s energy and the

Viking Pride Our next Viking Pride recipient is Claire Koester. Claire is a Senior who starts on North Posey’s basketball team. She is this year’s team captain who provides great leadership and energy on the court.

The Lady Vikings coached

by Jessica Schenk have had a great start to their season.

Here is more about Claire: Tell me about yourself.

I am a senior at North Posey High School. I am involved in several activities inside and outside of school including being a member of the Lady Viking basketball team for four years. After high school, I plan on attending Indiana University and studying a Pre-Med major with the hopes of becoming a pediatrician or pediatric surgeon.

How long have you been in the activity?

I have been involved in basketball for about 13 years.

Since kindergarten, I attended the North Posey youth camps and then started competing for South Terrace in fifth grade. I have continued to play basketball each year of high school.

Tell me about your role, responsibilities, and/or involvement in this activity.

This year I was selected to be our team’s captain which comes with several responsibilities. I always try to be a positive role model to younger athletes and my fellow teammates on the court and lead by example.

I always push myself to give 100 percent effort in all that I do on and off the court. I also love helping support young Viking athletes develop by helping with our youth camps and other activities.

What do you enjoy most about the activity?

I love playing with my teammates and continuing to develop the relationship with them that I have valued for the past four years. I also love being able to play against athletes from other schools that I have grown up with playing for North Posey and in travel sports.

Claire Koester What keeps you interested and involved in your activity?

I have been involved in varsity basketball since my freshman year and it has never been the easiest ride.

We have not had a winning record at any point before this year which pushes me to work harder for what my entire team wants. I love having the opportunity to compete and represent my school in such an enjoyable way.

What other activities are you involved in?

I am also involved in volleyball, Student Council, National Honors Society, HOSA, Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, The Peers Project, RGRG, and SWAFFY youth ministry group.

Tell me about your family.

I am the middle child of two brothers. My older brother is a sophomore at Purdue and my younger brother is a sixth grader at South Terrace Elementary School. My mom is the Principal at South Terrace Elementary School and my dad owns a private business.

My parents both come from large families that I am close to and are often my biggest supporters at athletic events.

I am grateful to still have a great-grandmother, who is 91, who comes to support me at athletic events when she can.

What do you enjoy doing (out of school activities and/or for fun) during your free time?

I love spending time with my family and friends. I have always loved younger kids,

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He said the department is currently down four jail officers, as one just walked out the past Saturday night.

• Jeff Toelle presented the Highway Department Report.

He asked permission to seek reimbursement from German Township for Buchanan Road repairs of an ongoing water main break. “It keeps happening in the same place and we already repaired the road before. I have an itemized bill to present them for our time and equipment. They need to do a permanent repair on that break and not just a patch up,” he commented. Commissioners approved sending the bill with pictures and a request for a permanent fix to the problem.

“Especially since that road is on the list to put new blacktop on next year and that would be a mess,” Collins stated.

• Posey County EMA Director Larry Robb informed the Commissioners that there is minor river flooding and signs are now being put up. New ID cards are being printed. The storm sirens at Saint Phillip School are not working and he will be going to County Council soon to get an appropriation for repairs.

• Collins gave the Animal Control Report as 15 complaints, one pickup, and no euthanasia.

• A first reading passed for an ordinance to include County Parcel Numbers on documents to make for more efficient bookkeeping among county offices.

• The discussion for commemorating the Mount Vernon lynchings under Unfinished Business was tabled until the next meeting as no representative was present to speak.

• The next Commissioner meeting will be on Wednesday, January 19, due to the Monday holiday.

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All three Commissioners will serve on the Solid Waste Board for one year as stipulated by law.

Mark Seib’s appointment to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a one year term was re-affirmed, not necessarily requiring the Commissioner’s vote.

The Posey County News is the designated media outlet for the Posey County Commissioners for the year 2022.

The following department heads were unanimously reappointed: Chuck Mobley Animal Control Officer; John Dike - Veteran Service Officer; Highway Superintendent Steve Schenk; EMA Director - Larry Robb; EMS Director Chris Neaveill; E911 Director - Jason Knowles; and Ed Batteiger - Posey County Building Commissioner.

In department reports and other action: • Donnie Martin, representing the Posey County Health Department, said the county was in red designation and there were 150 new cases in the seven days up to January 4, 2022. He read the new just issued CDC guidelines aloud on quarantining that he agreed are a bit confusing. Rapid testing will be limited to age eighteen or younger and people 50 or over with symptoms. The Commissioners agreed to update the policy used last year to pay COVID employee cases during quarantine, not making them use sick or vacation days.

• Posey County Deputy Sheriff Jeremy Fortune gave the following housing report for the Posey County Jail: 24 Department of Corrections inmates, three Vanderburgh County inmates and 106 Posey County inmates for a total that day of 133 inmates. More inmates from Vanderburgh

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Battieger, Vicki Peerman, Judy Heberer and Nancy Hoehn; Board of Review posts were given to Billy Ray Butler and Don Oeth; Coliseum Board appointees are Phillip Williams, Ed Battieger, Jeff Greenwell, and Mindy Bourne; District Ten Planning Council is Jeremy Fortune; and Compton Ditch Drainage and Repair Board is Ronald Eimer.

Other board appointments for one year are Andy Logan to the EMA Advisory Board and E911 Advisory Board members are Wes Dixon, Chris Neaveill, Tom Latham, Tim Compton, Chuck Carter, Larry Robb, and Stephanie Miller.

The EMS Advisory Board had two recent resignations. JJ Mohr was tapped to fill the one requiring a business or industry professional. The other opening requires a lawyer appointment and it was tabled until the next meeting to locate one.

Kay Kilgore was re-appointed to Visit Posey County, while Rachel Rainey will serve a year on the Tourism Board.

Ralph Weinzapfel was re-appointed to the Wabash River Heritage Corridor, with Carrie Parmenter as the alternate.

Other one year reappointments include the quartet on the Posey County Redevelopment Board of Geoff Gentil, Andy Rudolph, Barry Cox, and Bill Newman. The Jail Building Board of Directors consists of Henry Hudson, Conner Vogel and David Dausman.

Redevelopment Authority appointees are Josh Orem, Stan Billman, and Phil Stevenson.

The Commissioners themselves will serve on several boards throughout the year.

Collins asked to be re-appointed to the Posey County Economic Development Partnership. “I would like to continue on this as we have many ongoing discussions happening right now and I would like to see them through,” he said.

Thornburg agreed to serve another year on the Area

so I also enjoy babysitting and spending time with them which has motivated me to want a career in pediatrics. I love to travel over breaks and summer vacation to Disney or a beach.

What advice would you share with younger elementary or middle school students?

Advice that I would give is that success only comes with hard work and determination. Do not use excuses when the work gets hard… because it will get tough both inside and outside of the classroom. I would also like to share that as you grow up, younger kids will look up to you as a high schooler and to always remember that your influence on them can help Chris Hoehn, them to become successful in right, filed as a our community. first-time candidate What is a fun fact about to replace her sister you that people may not Mary Rhoades as know?

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A fun fact that people may Mary is ineligible not know about me is that to run again as in third grade I fell off of a she has served two pogo stick busting my chin terms.

She is picopen and biting completely through my lip, which even- tured with County Clerk Kay Kilgore. tually required surgery.

What is your favorite Photo by Lois Mittino Gray quote and why?

My favorite quote is, “Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the PC Board of Health to meet The Posey County Board of Health will ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this meet Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6 p.m., world better than when you at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, found it.” (Wilferd Peterson) Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620. For quesI like this quote because it re- tions, please contact the Health Department minds me to surround myself at 812-838-1328. with positive people and let those people motivate me inPC Regional Sewer District to meet stead of negativity.

The board of the Posey County Regional Clearly, Claire represents both Lady Vikings Sewer District will meet on Thursday, JanuBasketball and North ary 13, 2022 at 9 a.m., at the Hovey House, Posey High School well 330 Walnut, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. For when it comes to motivaquestions, contact 812-838-1328. tion and hard work. Not only does she walk with good influencers, but she is SP Men’s Club to hold Sausage Sale one herself. Claire sets an The Saint Philip Men’s Club is having example for those around their Annual Sausage Sale on Saturday, her and especially for Vi- January 22 and Sunday, January 23. Pick kings in the making of what up will be in the Hall behind Saint Philip brings true success - hard Church after the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday work and dedication.

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Oeth is MV School Board president, changes mulled

By Lois Mittino Gray Routine ‘first meeting of the year’ business was the order of the day at the Tuesday, January 4, meeting of the Mount Vernon School Board. The Board of School Trustees elected officers for 2022 by unanimous acclamation.

Greg Oeth was elected to his first term of office as President, calling himself “the rookie.” He ably took up the gavel and conducted the remainder of the meeting. Mark Isaac was voted Vice-President for the third time and Joe Rutledge was tapped to serve as Secretary for his second stint at the job. Board members re-appointed Kimberley Morton as Treasurer and Loren Evans as Deputy Treasurer for the year.

Regular meeting dates will continue to be the first and third Monday of each month at 5:45 p.m. Board members did not give themselves a raise this year and salaries will remain $2,000 annually, with $112 for the second regular meeting of each month, and $62 for any special meetings. Business mileage reimbursement also remains the same at 46 cents per mile when a personal vehicle is driven on school business. Even though the Internal Revenue Service allowance is set at 58.5 cents, the board felt it was best to continue at the lower rate.

The board reappointed the law firm of VanHaaften and Farrar to serve as legal counsel for the school corporation for 2022.

The hourly rate will remain at $175 per hour, and it has been that fee for years. Billing will be done monthly with all charges to be paid off in thirty days.

The board adopted a resolution allowing the district treasurer and deputy treasurer to use signature stamps and signature images on

checks when conducting board business and paying bills and payrolls. Board members approved use of their own signature stamps for signing employee contracts, claims and vouchers. All stamps will remain secure in the Office of the School Superintendent Matt Thompson. Director of Business Loren Evans said they are not used that often in conducting business matters.

To take advantage of discounts and to make advance payments for current vouchers, the board granted permission to write checks in advance of meetings, when necessary to serve the best interests of the school district, stating it is just good business procedure.

Another resolution identified the persons who would be responsible for managing nine separate accounts at different school sites.

Two signatures are required on checks at all times. A corporate resolution was adopted authorizing the following persons to manage these accounts: -School District Fund: Kimberley A. Morton and Loren Evans -School Lunch Fund Extracurricular Account: Carol Evans or Angel Tucker and countersigned by Jennifer Ritzert or Kimberley A. Morton -Farmersville Elementary School ECA: Principal Natosha Bruner and Tisha Koressel, Treasurer -Marrs Elementary School ECA: Principal Katie Bushard, and Traci Baldwin, Treasurer -West Elementary School ECA: Principal Amanda Wilson, and Ashley Nichols, Treasurer --Mount Vernon Junior High School ECA: Marc Hostetter, Principal or Staci Reese, As-

sistant Principal, and countersigned by Jamie Woods, Treasurer --Mount Vernon Senior High School ECA: Kyle Jones, Principal or Justin Fischer, Assistant Principal and countersigned by Angel Tucker, Treasurer or Dawn Luckett --Mount Vernon Senior High School Athletic and Charity Gaming Accounts: Leigh Ann Latshaw, Athletic Director or Kyle Jones, Principal and countersigned by Dawn Luckett, Treasurer or Angel Tucker.

The final routine action of the new year was to adopt a resolution authorizing the school district treasurer to invest surplus funds and to establish investment income accounts for the receipt of this interest income for calendar year 2022.

In regular board action, after minutes were approved and claims paid: • Board members accepted resignations from Timothy Alcorn as a high school social studies teacher. Thompson said his resignation came as a “surprise” and they will work to find a suitable substitute from among retirees. The position will be posted on the school website. High School Custodian Sharon Berry also resigned. Both are effective immediately.

• confirmed the employment of Janelle Burton as a district-wide speech language pathologist. She worked for eight years as the speech pathologist at Mount Vernon Nursing Home. Amy Burkett was approved to go from half stipend to full as a junior high academic coach and Melissa Ricketts was hired in junior high food services.

• accepted the intent to retire from Robert “Bobby” McBride on July 21, 2022. McBride will have 16.5 years of service and

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‘COVID,’ continued from Page A1 ing guidelines and recommendations. What we thought we knew, we now know we didn’t know…and they’ve been responsible for sorting through the muck of endless theories and speculation.

On Martin’s busiest day, he performed 49 Covid tests and the back and forth walking from his desk to cars just outside the health department’s Vista Street entrance and to the tiny supply room where samples are taken for processing totaled more than three miles on his Fit Bit. “I calculated, just with the fifteen minutes (needed for test processing time), plus the phone calls, plus what else we did, Cheryl (Reich, vital records administrator), Kelli (Goedde, RN, public health nurse) and I…that day…put in 41 hours of work time in one day,” Martin said.

Martin said there were 24 messages on the machine when they arrived at work on Tuesday.

“Test, test, test, test, test, test, test,” Martin said.

There were 144 positive cases reported in Posey County between Wednesday and Friday. Those three days alone would have ranked as the third highest seven-day positive test total in the past 12 months.

The county’s positivity rate jumped to 19.2 percent. More than 14,400 people have been tested in Posey County since the start of the pandemic according to state data.

Holiday spikes have been common and Martin anticipated a busy week before the testing limits were imposed.

Martin’s down time didn’t last long. A family arrived and needed a test for their elementary school aged son ahead of the resumption of school. He made a quick dash back to the storage room and donned gloves, labeling the sample kit as he walked out the door.

He walked up to the passenger side of the vehicle and was directed to the back seat on the other side of the car.

“Have you had a Covid test before?” he asked the child, who nodded. Two minutes later, after telling the parents that he’d call them with results, Martin was back inside and laying the cardboard kit out on a shelf. The results take 15 minutes, he explained, but the paperwork that accompanies each test takes the entire process to closer to 45 minutes.

The tests, the same BinaxNow units sold by retailers like Walgreens, must be administered by someone certified to give them. The paperwork requires a different kind of training.

Martin had just walked back to his office when he was no-

tified that three others, adults previously scheduled before the testing limits were imposed, had arrived for tests and the process began again.

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday about the much-maligned OSHA Covid Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that would require all unvaccinated employees of companies with more than 100 workers to get weekly tests (at their own expense).

Under the ETS, states were required to announce intentions to adopt the policy by Friday and plans by Jan. 24. A stay against the ETS was lifted on December 17.

As written, failure to comply with the ETS could result in a $13,653 fine per occurrence (unvaccinated worker failing to weekly test). A “willful” failure to comply, defined

by OSHA as an employer that has intentionally disregarded its obligation or exhibited a plain indifference to employee safety or health, could result in penalties of up to $136,532 per occurrence.

The ETS would apply to about 84 million people nationwide and OSHA estimates that 31.7 million of those workers are unvaccinated.

About 52.3 percent of eligible Posey County residents (including children over the age of five) are fully vaccinated.

According to United States Census Bureau data, about 62.5 percent of Posey County residents are in the workforce.

Weekly testing for almost 32 million workers in a time when rapid tests are scarce would be a daunting task.

Martin couldn’t say how many of the county’s workers would be impacted by the mandate, if imposed. Vaccination rates include children and those long retired, but he thought the number would be big enough to present a problem.

“We would be overwhelmed,” Martin said of the likely impact of the ETS prior to the state’s testing limits, should it go through. “I don’t even know that we could handle that. If we were going to test several hundreds of employees weekly? Logistically, it would put us in a position where I don’t know how we would do it.”

Covid-19 isn’t the only item on the agenda for Martin and the health department.

The health department’s responsibilities are wide including: tracking all births and deaths in the county; food service inspections; septic system inspections; environmental health issue investigations; immunizations; healthy lifestyle education for diabetes,

smoking and balance; natural or manmade disaster preparedness; free STD screening and treatment, free pregnancy testing; running the Angel Store which provides free diapers, wipes, prenatal vitamins, children’s vitamins and formula vouchers; tuberculosis screening, medications and contact testing; head lice screening and treatment; free blood pressure checks; Safe Sleep; home visits to residents in need; medication and dental assistance when needed; and they spray for mosquitos.

“That’s what our whole motto is: prevent, promote and protect,” Martin said. “That’s what we try to do.”

Toni Gross, nurse assistant, travels to people’s homes to help with everyday functions for those residents unable to care for themselves.

“She goes out and does things as simple as maybe going to the grocery store for folks or she gives baths and makes sure their medicine is right. She’s out four days a week, some days it’s all day, some days it’s just part,” he said.

Martin said it’s important for county residents to know that the health department is there to help with whatever needs may arise, regardless of income level.

“If this week you need a car seat, it doesn’t matter what your income is, come in here. We’re going to give it to you. We do that for anybody that needs one. We’re here to help everyone. It’s not a low income thing. We help everybody. If you need some help, we can do it,” he said. “We pay for meds, dental care.”

He said the department’s ability to help cover the cost of medicines varies depending on the funding levels, but he urged anyone in need to call the office to find out if help is available.

“If you call tomorrow and say ‘I’ve got a prescription down here and I owe $134 on it. Can you help me out?’

Sometimes yeah. Sometimes no. We have some that are on a regular basis of doing that.

They may need $5 to help get an antibiotic. We do that all of the time. Rather than you not have it and have to come see us for something else like some infection or go to your doctor.

We’ll just call down to CVS,” he said.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly as Martin tried to sum

up the toll the past two years has taken on health department workers trying to balance their already busy workload with the added demands of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of 46 Posey County residents.

He walked back to the supply room and, thankfully, all four tests were negative. He called the families and gave them the good news.

He said he thought the state’s limits on rapid tests may lead to more Hoosiers choosing to get vaccinated.

“There might be some nonvaxxers out there that are on the fence and they’re saying ‘Man I can’t get tested. I can’t go to work unless I get tested, so I’ll get the shot,’” he said.

“That’s not what the Indiana State Department of Health or what anybody says. That’s just me, sitting here, looking at it.

That’s kind of how I have to look at it.”

He said he has no way of knowing what people choose to do after testing positive.

“In the first round, when we had a state mandate from the governor, you could get a court order signed by either Judge Goedde or Judge Clowers and they could say you have to stay in your house. If you come out of your house, you could be arrested. We never did that,” he said. “We couldn’t do it now.

We don’t have a governor’s mandate. It has to come from a state level or our commissioners or council could do it.

I don’t think the state will ever do it again.”

He said he has received complaints about food service workers not wearing masks when preparing food. He said a person called to complain that they watched a maskless food worker make their food and they took the food from the mask-free food worker home and ate it.

“I told everybody when they called with a complaint like that. If you open the door and you don’t feel comfortable going in there, your option is to go somewhere else. Nobody made you go in there and order that (food). Nobody made you stand there and watch them make it without (a mask). If you’re uncomfortable, it’s time to start saying something or leave,” he said. “It’s simple.

That’s just easy.”

He said the issues of vaccinations, testing and safety come down to personal choice.

“If you want protection, you

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Thompson said, “I am not crazy about this at all. He will be sorely missed. We will try to hire his replacement to work alongside him while there is still some time overlap.”

• adopted a resolution permitting Teresa Crissup, Megan Price, and Lori Westerman to attend the Roxie Reading training at Farmersville Elementary School on January 11 and 12. Early Intervention will pay expenses.

• Board members continued reviewing and revising the district policy manual. They adopted revised policies 207 and 209 and marked 210.01 as reviewed as recommended. Policy 207 deals with qualifications for administrative and supervisory positions. It allows a person to work in these positions while still obtaining their master’s degree at the superintendent’s discretion. Policy 209 deals with work experiences and counts military experience. Policy 210 deals with an administrator’s evaluation process.

• Information to the board included January Menus and Extracurricular Financial reports that are available for review in the Superintendent’s Office. This includes the School Lunch Fund and extracurricular accounts. Dr. Charles Seifert submitted the two appraisal bills required for the property at 405 Sunset Drive. The Buildings Trades Class is looking for property to build its student-built home.

• Wednesday, January 26 is a staff development day with early dismissal.

• The next board meeting is slated for Monday, January 17 at 5:45 p.m. in the school media center. Although it is Martin Luther King Day and school is not in session, the board will still meet.

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On Saturday, March 19, Under the Beams brings Latin Grammy winner, Nella. Born in Venezuela, Nella skyrocketed to international renown fueled by her powerhouse voice and undeniable presence. In a short time, she went from Berklee College of Music graduate to winner of the 2019 Latin GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist. Merging the folklore roots of Venezuela, modern production, and Andalusian inspirations, her sound resounds in every corner of the globe.

She has packed venues throughout the United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, and the UK, and has also accompanied Alejandro Sanz, Jennifer López, Carlos Vives, Luis Enrique, Susana Baca, Los Amigos Invisibles, Monsieur Periné, Caramelos de Cianuro and Guaco as a soloist. Notably, she appeared in the film Everybody Knows alongside Academy® Award winners Javier Bardem, and Penélope Cruz. In 2020, Nella signed with Sony Music Records and released her new album “Doce Margaritas” and has been recently nominated for three Latin GRAMMY® Awards.

We conclude the 2022 season on Saturday, April 2 with Jazz-infused, funkified New Orleans-meets-Brazil brass and percussion Nation Beat. Forró. Funk. Brass. Pounded by calloused hands; blasted by tight grooves. It calls across time and continents – with a response from hips and feet. It’s the force that blew through Louis Armstrong in the twenties. It’s the power that gets Brazilians swinging in the streets for carnival. This is music to make you dance. We hope you’ll join us for this amazing and fun finale to our season.

But wait, that’s not all. This just in… we have just rescheduled our 2020 missed concert with Victor Wainwright & The Train for Saturday, May 7 in Murphy Auditorium.

Available seats will be limited due to the patience of 2020 ticket holders who will fill the reduced number of seats due to social distancing requirements. Announcements will be made as seats become available for this long awaited, makeup show for others who wish to attend.

Under the Beams is a non-profit, 501c3 organization dedicated to bringing arts and educational programming to the New Harmony region through concerts and musical outreach programs for area students of all ages. This programming is not possible without contributions from our supporters and our all volunteer staff and crew. To order tickets or make a contribution to Under the Beams, please contact us at 812682-3128, www.underthebeams.org, or send to Under the Beams, PO Box 813, New Harmony, IN 47616.

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Court News and Legal Advertisements amphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana - PCS John Wagner - Evansville - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Marijuana - PCS January 5 Brian Eaton - Mount Vernon - Theft, Criminal Mischief - MVPD George Robertson - Mount Vernon - Operating Without Obtaining License - PCS William Reynolds - Mount Vernon - Resisting Law Enforcement - MVPD William Reynolds - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Public Safety Official, Battery Against a Public Safety Official, Resisting Law Enforcement - MVPD Traffic Stops Alexis Brown, 25, Newburgh-expired plates, 78/55; Angela Moore, 24, Evansville, 78/60; Brian Richardson, 42, Evansville, driving while suspended, 80/55; Terry Oeth, 62, Crossville, Ill., 65/55; Cleveland Rives, 52, Saint Louis, Mo., 75/65;

Arrests December 29 James Walker - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Intimidation x2, Attempted Battery Against a Public Safety Official, Resisting Law Enforcement - PCS December 30 Ronald McGuire - Mount Vernon - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Synthetic Drug - ISP David Gronski - Newburgh - Warrant, Dealing in a Narcotic Drug, Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Controlled Substances (petition to revoke bond) - PCS Christina Olmetti - Cynthiana - Warrant, Possession of Methamphetamine, Operating While Intoxicated, Possession of Paraphernalia (petition to revoke) - PCS January 2 Jeremy Krietemeyer Evansville - Possession of Marijuana - ISP January 4 Donald Timmons - Evansville - Driving While Suspended, Possession of Meth-

Andrea Ballard, 28, Evansville, failure to register, 72/55; Leonard Rodowich, 41, Belleville, Ill., 90/70; Ashley Harris, 29, Saint Louis, Mo., 98/70; Raymond Collins, 23, Jeffersonville, 95/70; Demetrius Holt, 51, Louisville, Ky., 104/70; driving while suspended; Kristian Newman, 24, Carmi, Ill., expired plates; Caleb Pickering, 25, Benton, Ill., 70/60; Lance Ellis, 51, Tulsa, Okla., 75/65; Heidorn, Anthony, 28, Evansville, 88/60; Stephen Wampler, 40, Colorado Springs, Colo., 90/70; Alfred Worton, 60, Spriro, Okla., 85/70.

Corey Grant, 32, Newburgh, 90/70; Elizabeth Frain, 36, Naperville, Ill., 77/55; Anthony Althoff, 39, Evansville, 79/55; Tias Stewart, 23, Evansville, 75/55; Raynard Ervin, 61, Saint Louis, Mo., 90/70; Drew Cox, 27, Poseyville, 97/70; Krenar Licollari, 48, Saint Louis, Mo., 69/55; Jackie Hunt, 54, East Hartford, Conn., 84/70; Jada Paul, 19, Evansville, 83/60; Elisabeth Boarman, 25, Mount Vernon, 84/60; Anthony Robles, 21, Mount Vernon,

2022-007 LEGAL NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE AND PRELIMINARY HEARING INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION CAUSE NO. 45644 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION’S TRIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE INDIANA UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND Notice is hereby given that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission will conduct a public Prehearing Conference and Preliminary Hearing in the above-captioned Cause in Room 222 of the PNC Center, 101 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, commencing at 1:30 PM on February 1, 2022. This hearing is open to the public.

If an accommodation is required to allow an individual with a disability to participate, please contact the Office of the Executive Secretary of the IURC at (317) 232-2701 or TDD (317) 232-8556 at least 48 hours in advance.

INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (317) 232-2701 BY: IURC – David Veleta, ALJ Published in the Posey County News on January 11, 2022 - hspaxlp 2022-004 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

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IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT-PROBATE DIVISION CAUSE NO. 65C01-2112-EU-000086

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OF JAMES M. GIST JR., DECEASED NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Scott M. Gist was, on December 27, 2021, appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of James M. Gist Jr., deceased, who dies on the September 6, 2021.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

DATED: December 29, 2021 Kay Kilgore Clerk, Posey By: Donna Curtis, Clerk Attorney for Personal Representative Glenn A. Deig, # 13953-82 2804 N. First Ave. Evansville, IN 47710 Phone: (812) 423-1500 attorney@evansvilleattorney.com Published in the Posey County News on January 4, January 11, 2022 - hspaxlp 2022-008 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

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CAUSE NO. 65C01-2112-ES-000088 IN THE MATTER OF THE ) SUPERVISED ESTATE OF ) MARIAN E. SAALWEACHTER, ) DECEASED. ) ATTORNEY: William H. Bender 17 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana 47633 Phone: (812) 874-3636, (812) 985-2102 NOTICE OF SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT, STATE OF INDIANA In the matter of the estate of Marian E. Saalweachter, Deceased Notice is hereby given that Gary W. Saalweachter and Glen A. Saalweachter were on the 27th day of December, 2021, appointed Co-Executors of the estate of Marian E. Saalweachter, deceased, who died on December 9, 2021.

All persons having claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 4th day of January, 2022 Kay Kilgore, Clerk Posey Circuit Court By: Donna Curtis Deputy BENDER LAW, LLC William H. Bender #3734-65 17 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana 47633 Phone(s): (812) 874-3636 or (812) 985-2102 Fax: (812) 874-3637 E-mail: William@BenderLaw.biz Published in the Posey County News on January 11, January 18, 2022 - hspaxlp 2022-009 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

IN THE POSEY SUPERIOR COURT CAUSE NUMBER: 65D01-2102-MF-000053

RUOFF MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

KERRI A. DUKE DAVID W. MILLER UNKNOWN OCCUPANT, IF ANY Defendants.

81/60; Mercedes Ball, 29, Louisville, Ky., 94/70; Delores Henderson, 72, Poseyville, unlawful operation of a golf cart on a highway; Ethan Slygh, 23, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; George Bougas, 71, Enfield, Ill., 70/60; Brock Jones, 21, Evansville, 73/55; Chelsea Schofer, 34, Evansville, 77/55.

Sarah Phillips, 50, Louisville, Ky., 82/70; Gloria Mascaro, 65, Mount Vernon, 70/60; Idalyn Holman, 24, Evansville, 82/60; Cody Miller, 29, Mount Vernon, 76/60; Avery Russell, 20, Evansville, 70/60; Alla Slanskaya, 58, Renton, Wash., 75/65; Zachari Carlson, 32, Mount Vernon, failure to wear helmet; Donnie Dawson, 25, Carbondale, Ill., 81/55; Andrew Jossa, 21, Newburgh, 77/55; James McGraw, 37, Interlachen, Fla., 76/55; Kaitlyn Crawfis, 25, Poseyville, driving at reduced speed in left lane travel; James Slivinski, 35, Galatia, Ill., 80/60; Jeffrey Beebe, 45, Atlanta, Ga., failure to register, 72/55; Jacob Wright, 33, Mount Vernon, 69/55; Matthew Stevens, 49, Evansville, 65/55; Zachary Foley, 29, Evansville, expired plates.

Jacob Simonsen, 20, Evansville, 73/55; Apolina Aldana, 32, Enfield, Ill., 69/55; Peter Zenthoefer, 62, Evansville, 80/60; Justin Schroeder, 30,

80/55; Orlando Vidal, 60, Miami, Fla., 79/65.

Jarrett Dye, 17, Mount Vernon, 80/60; Lora Bennett, 51, Evansville, open container violation; Cory Milliken, 33, Spottsville, Ky., 94/70; Jeffery Beebe, 45, Atlanta, Ga., 75/60, registration and display violation; Ezra Lucas, 23, San Jose, Ill., license plate light, expired plates; Joseph Keller, 43, New Harmony, 45/30; Kara Gross, 27, Mount Vernon, 77/55; Kadie Freshour, 31, Evansville, driving while suspended; Aaron Coy, 45, Hartford, Ky., 83/60; Douglas Nowling, 48, Cynthiana, 60/50; Jacey Hajek, 20, Evansville, 85/60; Kyle Cordle, 21, Mount Vernon, 51/30; Tyler Weidner, 28, Flora, Ill., expired plates; Steven Bennett, 48, Evansville, 77/60; Jariah Moss, 40, Harrisburg, Ill., 71/55; Andrew Richardson, 19, Boonville, failure to possess resident fishing license.

David Ginn, 24, Tollesboro, Ky., 78/65; Genevieve Stone, 37, Louisville, Ky., 84/70; Wayne Littlejohn, 37, Galatia, Ill., 75/55; Holden Grayson, 25, Evansville, driving while suspended; Leeanna Moore, 20, Louisville, Ky., 92/70; Hayleigh Hatch, 26, New Harmony, 77/55; Daniel Nightingale, 45, Evansville, 77/55; Paul Mitchell, 92, Mount Vernon, expired plates.

2022-006 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF LAND OCCUPIERS TO BE HELD FOR THE POSEY COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT To all occupiers of lands lying within the boundaries of the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District, notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of January, 2022, beginning at 6:00 p.m., an annual meeting will be held for the purpose of making a full and due report of activities and financial affairs since the last annual meeting and to elect a supervisor for the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District of the State of Indiana.

All land occupiers and other interested parties are entitled to attend.

The meeting will be held at 4-H Fairgrounds, Community Center, New Harmony, Indiana.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chuck Ries, Chairman Matt Schenk, Vice Chairman Amelia Wildeman, Member Ryan Benton, Member Nick Volz, Member Dated this 21 st day of December, 2021.

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IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2021 TERM CAUSE NO. 65C01-2112-EU-000087

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OF EDWARD LEISTNER, DECEASED NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT OF POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA. Notice is hereby given that Robert Leistner was, on the 27th day of December, 2021 appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Edward Leistner, who died on the 16th day of October, 2021.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

Dated at Mount Vernon, Indiana, this 28th day of December, 2021.

Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court for Posey County, Indiana Beth McFadin Higgins (IN#11615-65) Attorney for the Estate McFadin Higgins & Folz, LLP 227 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 Telephone: (812) 838-9720 bethmh@mhfmvlaw.com Published in the Posey County News on January 4, January 11, 2022 - hspaxlp 2022-001 Legal Notice to Bidders for 2022 Mowing Services Contract Notice is hereby given by the Marrs Township Board, of Marrs Township, Posey County, that sealed bids for: • mowing approximately 7.5 Acres per week • 3.5 Acres on as needed basis • application of herbicide on approximately 2 acres of parking lot, twice a year, must provide the herbicide.

Bids need to show rates, along with your references. Please mark on the outside of envelope that it is for “mowing bid” Must be received by February 4, 2022, at Marrs Township, Posey County, PO Box 15, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 Location address of mowing: 6701 West Franklin Road, Southwest of Intersection of Hwy 62 and St Philips Road.

Weekly mowing at Marrs Township Community Park includes the areas around the entrance of the park, office building, tanks, and all ball fields; approximately 7.5 acres.

The “as needed” area of 3.5 Acres, is the soccer field area also at Marrs Township Community Park.

Must provide all equipment and labor. Certificate of Insurance will be required from winning bidder. Labor must be performed by an employee of the winning company.

Must Provide Township with a Monthly itemized invoice, showing dates mowed.

Due to unique weather conditions in our area extra mowing or less mowing may be requested, which must be agreed to prior to occurrence.

Bids received by February 4, 2022 will be opened and publicly read at the Marrs Township Board meeting scheduled to take place on February 8, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Marrs Township Office.

Bid award shall be determined by the Marrs Township Board members.

Bidders shall comply in every respect with Indiana State Laws Governing service contracts with Township government.

Marrs Township, Posey County; Christina Seifert, Trustee Attest: Alladean Kramer and Stan Weinzapfel; Board Members Published in the Posey County News on January 4, January 11, 2022 - hspaxlp 2022-010 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

NOTICE OF SUIT SUMMONS - SERVICE BY PUBLICATION The State of Indiana to the defendants above named, and any other person who may be concerned. You are notified that you have been sued in the Court above named. The nature of the suit against you is a foreclosure of the real estate mortgage, legally described as: The following described real estate located in Posey County, Indiana, to-wit: Lot Number Twenty-six (26) in Prices First Addition to Prices Station, now the incorporated Town of Griffin, Indiana, except Eighteen (18) feet off the south side thereof.

This property is commonly known as 223 N Main Street, Griffin, IN 47616 This summons by publication is specifically directed to the following Defendants whose addresses are known: David W. Miller 1509 Cumberland Avenue Evansville, IN 47712 And to the following defendant whose addresses are unknown: Kerri A. Duke In addition to the above named Defendants being served by this summons there may be other Defendants who have an interest in this lawsuit. If you have a claim for relief against the Plaintiff arising from the same transaction or occurrence, you must assert it in your written answer. You must answer the Complaint in writing, by your attorney, on or before the 24th day of February, 2022 (the same being within thirty (30) days after the Third Notice of Suit), and if you fail to do so a judgment will be entered against you for what the Plaintiff has demanded.

Matthew C. Gladwell (30493-49) Amanda L. Krenson (28999-61) David W. Cliffe (36402-15) Attorney’s for Plaintiff Reisenfeld & Associates LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 Voice: 1-513-322-7000 Facsimile: (513) 322-7099 ATTEST: Clerk of the Posey County Superior Court Published in the Posey County News on January 11, January 18, January 25, 2022 - hspaxlp

Mount Vernon, 44/30; Geeana Hicks, 21, Belleville, Ill., expired plates; Sean Clark, 31, Mount Vernon, no insurance, 78/60; Macey Storms, 24, Elberfeld, driving while suspended; Jonathan Scheller, 31, Poseyville, 38/25; Lea Hancock, 62, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Melissa Tines, 40, Evansville, driving while suspended; Brian Power, 32, Poplar Grove, Ill., 75/65; Ashlee Howe, 40, Mount Vernon, 77/55; Jonathan Stricklin, 36, Evansville, expired plates; Ryan Persich, 32, Mount Vernon, learner permit violation; Elliot Cooper, 46, Highland, Ill., 65/55.

Adam Cregger, 44, Ceres, Va., expired plates, Matthew Hardesty, 37, Evansville, 80/60; Charles Cissell, 46, New Harmony, 70/55; Jamie Glover, 18, Mount Vernon, expired plates; Robert Shadle, 62, Ingraham, Ill., 70/55; Waylon Boyle, 24, Evansville, 75/60, no insurance, failure to register, false/fictitious registration; Ashley Mercer, 26, Evansville, 72/55; Kiren McManus, 23, Newburgh, 75/60; Kaylee Stone, 21, Wadesville, driving while suspended; Joshua Asperger, 34, Evansville, improper U-turn; Tyler Wheeler, 23, Summer Shade, Ky., 97/70; Savannah Lynch, 23, Olney, Ill., driving while suspended; Katherine Stoppelwerth, 22, Evansville,

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CAUSE NO. 65C01-2112-EU-000089 IN THE MATTER OF THE ) UNSUPERVISED ESTATE OF ) DAVID ZICKEFOOSE, ) DECEASED. ) ATTORNEY: William H. Bender 17 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana 47633 Phone: (812) 874-3636, (812) 985-2102 NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT, STATE OF INDIANA In the matter of the estate of David Zickefoose, Deceased Notice is hereby given that David R. Zickefoose and Wendy L. Babcock were on the 27th day of December, 2021, appointed Co-Executors of the estate of David Zickefoose, deceased, who died on December 8, 2021.

All persons having claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 4th day of January, 2022 Kay Kilgore, Clerk Posey Circuit Court By: Donna Curtis Deputy BENDER LAW, LLC William H. Bender #3734-65 17 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana 47633 Phone(s): (812) 874-3636 or (812) 985-2102 Fax: (812) 874-3637 E-mail: William@BenderLaw.biz Published in the Posey County News on January 11, January 18, 2022 - hspaxlp

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By Dave Pearce Long after most of the community has enjoyed the Poseyville Autumnfest and has gone home for the night, members of the Poseyville Kiwanis Club still have a lot of work to do. Particularly on the days just prior to the festival and the hours following the final day.

So why would members of a small group of community servants want to sacrifice their time and labor to the rest of the community?

“I get a lot out of it,” says long-time Poseyville Kiwanis member James Reynolds. “There are a lot of us that work together on it and I think if they didn’t enjoy it, they wouldn’t do it.”

Although the Poseyville Kiwanis Club has not always been in charge of the Autumnfest, the group has long been involved in activities that benefit the community, as a matter of fact, this past year the local club celebrated 75 years.

“A few years ago, there was just a group of local volunteers who were keeping the Autumnfest going,” Reynolds explained. “It was a big job and the numbers were dwindling. The Kiwanis Club got the opportunity to take it over and we have been doing it ever since.

Kiwanis was founded in Detroit, Michigan, January 21, 1915.

On November 1, 1916, the first Canadian club, Hamilton, Ontario, was formed. Kiwanis has grown up simultaneously in the two North American countries.

The Kiwanis Club of Poseyville, was organized February 28, 1946. The Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club was the sponsor. Walter King was president and Ralph Gronermeier was Secretary of the Mount Vernon Club.

Kiwanis is a service organization for men and women. Its members voluntarily share in the burden of community leadership, they do the humane helpful things that unfortunates cannot do for themselves, that people working as individuals simply cannot do.

Kiwanis clubs render voluntary services to youth, community, and the nation. Kiwanis works with boys and girls, senior citizens, the underprivileged, the mentally handicapped, and sick.

Last year Kiwanis clubs around the world raised and spent more then $65 million on community service activities, with special emphasis on meeting the needs of young children. Kiwanis members also donated more then 22 million volunteer hours to these service activities.

Kiwanis clubs are located in the United States, Canada, and 80 other countries around the world. Today, Kiwanis Has grown to

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Most, but not all, current Poseyville Kiwanis members at the annual Breakfast with Santa, from l to r: Thelma Schenk (not a member,) Teresa Mossberger, Harrison Unger, Melissa Higgins, Andrea Heath, Jim Reynolds, Jane Snyder, Jim Reising, Warren Korff, Don Schenk, and Tom Snyder. Photo submitted number 32,000 Clubs and 600,000 Members.

The name “Kiwanis” has an Indian flavor. It is a coined word taken from the language of the Indians around Detroit.

The Club motto is: “We Build” The names of charter members of the local club read like a Who’s Who of Poseyville. They are: Elbert Allen, Auctioneer and Real-estate sales; Carroll Antle, Insurance sales; Roy Barnett, Dry Cleaner owner; O. A. Bender; Ray Bloom, Texaco Distributor; Paul Boren, Medical Doctor; Elwood Borrows; Wm. Breiner Farm Equipment Dealer; Owen Butler Accountant and Insurance sales; Gene Crabtree, Auto Service Station owner; Ralph Davis, Mail carrier; Myron Downen, Ford Auto Dealer; John A. Erbacher, Public Service Electric fieldman; John F. Erbacher, Appliance Dealer; Milborn Grigsby, Postmaster; A. W. Hammelman, Dentist; Harvey Head; Horbart Head, Television and Radio Store owner; Charles Hirsch, Department Store owner; Harold Krietenstein, Appliance sales; Herbert Lewis, Tavern owner; Robert Lockwood, Department Store owner; Ed Mann, Banker; Ed Meinerding, License branch manager; William Mitchell; Carroll Nix, Chevrolet Auto Dealer; Gene Nix, Hardware Store owner; Kenneth Overton, Restaurant owner; Hugh Phillips, Farming; Maurice Reising, Grain Mill owner; Warner Reising, Grain Mill owner; Cassius Schafer, Druggist; William Schafer; Harold Schweikert, Restaurant owner; Doris Simpson, Carpenter; Kenneth Stevens, Drug Store owner; Nolan Taylor, Barber Shop owner; Otto Uhde, Farm Equipment Dealer; Gerald Ward, Western Auto Parts Store owner; Chester Werry Funeral Director; Ermal West, Lime, Coal, and Rock Dealer, and Royce Wiggins, Tin Smith.

Some of the many activities the local Kiwanians are participants in include Adopt-A-Highway, Clean up four times a year; Saint Judes Bike-a-thon; Pancake Breakfast; Punt, Pass & Kick competition; Easter Egg Hunt; Eye Glasses for Kids; Santa Clothes Club; Local Food Bank; Christmas Food Baskets; Technical & Trade School Scholarship; and a Quilt Raffle. Activities benefit Churches and Church Groups, Athletes, Cheerleaders, the North Posey High School Band, and the Poseyville Community Park Shelter.

Past presidents of the Poseyville Kiwanis Club are: 1946 Herbert Lewis; 1947 Herbert Lewis; 1948 Roy Barnett; 1949 Doris Simpson; 1950 Ed Mann; 1951 Carrol Nix; 1952 Otto Uhde; 1953 H.

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Members of the annual Kiwanis Community Service Award, which began in 1991 include Ned Williams, 1992 Clarence Hopf; 1993 Marian Brooks; 1994 Carrol Lamar; 1995 Viola Wade; 1996 Ed Jochem; 1997 Byron and Lila Brenton; 1998 Bob Hunt; 1999 Iris Reynolds; 2000 Bruck Baker; 2001 David and Marijon Davis; 2002 Flora Mae Hopf; 2003 Dan Hoehn; 2004 Carl Schmitz; 2005 Gene Williams; 2006 Chris Mulkey; 2007 Mike Clem; 2008 Marvin and Ruth Redman; 2009 Patti Wilson; 2010 Mike Knowles; 2011 David and Terri Palmer; 2012 Joe Reynolds; 2013 Kevin Sergesketter; 2014 Dan Buening; 2015 Frank Smith; 2016 Jim and Fay Wilson; 2017 Jason Hoehn and Melissa Wiggins; 2018 Kim O’Grady; 2019 Hazel Tepool; 2020 Sandy Krietenstein; and 2021 Chuck and Susan Pearison.

Receiving the Kiwanis Basketball Award down through the years are: 2021 Josiah Ricketts; 2020 Josiah Ricketts; 2019 Shane Harris; 2018 David Bender; 2017 Ethan Morlock; 2016 Grant Scheller; 2015 Bryce Martin; 2014 Cody Ungetheim; 2013 Wes Harness; 2012 Jordan Cox; 2011 Nick Schelle;r 2010 Bryce Pearson; 2009 Jon Marvel; 2008 Jon Marvel; 2007 Ryan Neumann; 2006 Adam Hoehn; 2005 Taylor Morrow; 2004 Braden Kemmerling; 2003 Cody Elles; 2002 Jeff Bender; 2001 Matt Compton; 2000 Issac Eisterhold; 1999 Kylen Compton; 1998 Jason Toten; 1997 Keith Schmitt; 1996 Scott Alvey; 1995 Jerome Toten; 1994 Mark Hanna; 1993 Brian Arnold; 1992 Rodney Arnold; 1991 Jason Hunt; 1990 Chris Herr; 1989 Rick Embrey; 1988 Dannie Reidford; 1987 Geoff Gentil; 1986 Tracy Elpers; 1985 Jim Brandenstein; 1984 Steve Miller; 1983 Joe Neidig; 1982 Jerry Redman; 1981 Paul Neidig; 1980 Paige Wiggins; 1979 Kelly Williams; 1978 Kerry Williams; 1977 Doug Hamman; 1976 Dan Jochim; 1975 Steve Brenton; 1974 David Carl; 1973 Stu Marvel; 1972 Bob Burkett; 1971 Pete Straub; 1970 Danny Hoehn; 1969 Austin Simpson; 1968 William Smith; 1967 Dan Peelman; 1966 Robert Krietenstein; 1965 Raymond Motz; 1964 Ernie Colber;t 1963 Tom Embrey; 1962 David Handcock; 1961 Clifton Embrey; and in 1960, Jim Fathera.

Girls basketball award winners, beginning with the most recent award are, Haley Wilson, Haley Wilson, Annelsise Brown, Kimberlyn Weaver, Kaitlyn Blankenberger, Brooklyn Hamman, Brooklyn Hamman, Madison Worman, Hannah Harness, Caitlyn Herrman, Nichole Perry, Erin Maile, Erin Maile, Libby Rynkiewich, Ashley Alvey, Eliza Eisterhold, Gale Effinger, Leslie Ricker, Leslie Ricker, Stephanie Tieken, Julie Beuligmann, Donna Merkley, Amanda Herr, Sarah Seib, Sarah Seib, Jennifer Donner, Jennifer Donner, Cathy Tepoo,l Krista Elpers, Amy Whicker, Robin Tepool, Tina Deal, Ashli Crawford, Tiki Thompson, Kristie Tally, Lisa Shown, Staci Schorr, Lynn Neidig, Laura Conrey, Jayne McGee, Leesa Reidford, Sandra Geisler, Frieda Williams, Tracy Compton, and Rose Heldt.

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After long break, Vikings destroy Wood Memorial 74-46

By Chris Morlan It has been over three weeks since the North Posey boys’ basketball team has played a contest. Last Saturday night, the Vikings traveled to Oakland City to take on the Wood Memorial Trojans. This game could of went to different ways due to a long break. North Posey shined in this battle and defeated Wood Memorial 74-46 to extend their winning streak to five games on the season. The Vikings improved their season record to six wins and three losses. Wood Memorial’s season record dropped to 0-8.

“The boys played pretty well coming off a long break,” North Posey coach Rusty Seymour said. “We were able to knock some rust off and put together four good quarters of basketball. We have a big couple of weeks coming up with some tough teams and three games next week. So. the boys have to be ready to play. Thanks to weeks like this, we don’t get time to work on a lot of things because we are mostly preparing for other teams. We need to keep playing hard and smart and hope things keep coming together for us.”

North Posey jumped out to a 19-6 advantage after one quarter and extended their lead to 39-17 at the halftime break.

The Vikings outscored the Trojans 35-29 in the second half with the game beyond over by that time. Jonathan Ricketts led the Vikings in scoring with 18 points. Sophomore Jackson Graff played a great game and scored 16 points, while Dalton Reidford contributed with 11 points. Alton Falls led Wood Memorial in scoring with a game-high 26 points.

VARSITY, Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Wood Memorial North Posey 19 20 23 12 — 74 Wood Memorial 6 11 18 11 — 46 NORTH POSEY (74): H. Bender 3 1-2 8, J. Ricketts 8 1-2 18, D. Reidford 4 1-2 11, J. Graff 5 3-4 16, D. Lintzenich 4 0-0 9, A. Elpers 3 1-3 7, C. Hannah 0 0-0 0, C. Schipp 1 0-0 3, K. Downey 0 1-2 1, A. Schmitt 0 0-0 0, L. Stone 0 0-0 0, J. Galvin 0 0-0 0 WOOD MEMORIAL (46): O. Day 4 2-4 10, R. Morton 3

0-0 6, A. Falls 11 1-2 26, K. Newton 1 0-0 2, W. Morton 0 0-0 0, J. Cargal 0 0-0 0, J. Walker 0 0-0 0, J. Memmer 1 0-0 2, G. Parke 0 2-2 2 3-point field goals: North Posey 9 (J. Graff 3, D. Reidford 2, D. Lintzenich 1, H. Bender 1, J. Ricketts 1, C. Schipp 1) Wood Memorial 3 (A. Falls 3) Free Throws: North Posey 8-15, Wood Memorial 5-8, Fouls: North Posey 7, Wood Memorial 12 In the junior varsity game, the Vikings coasted to a 4523 win over the Trojans. This matchup started with the Vikings taking a 14-0 lead after one quarter. North Posey held Wood Memorial scoreless in the game until the 4:05 mark in the second quarter. The Vikings led 21-7 at the half. In the third quarter, North Posey scored 20 points to extend their lead to 41-19. The fourth quarter was mainly running out the clock to close out this matchup for the win.

Freshman Austin Schmitt led the Vikings in scoring with a game-high 15 points. Colin Schipp finished with 11 points and Jed Galvin scored 10 points. Hayden Mellette led the Trojans in scoring with 11 points.

JUNIOR VARSITY, Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Wood Memorial North Posey 14 7 20 4 — 45 Wood Memorial 0 7 12 4 — 23 NORTH POSEY (45): K. Downey 1 1-4 3, C. Schipp 4 0-0 11, L. Stone 0 0-0 0, A. Schmitt 6 1-2 15, J. Galvin 5 0-3 10, E. Mansfield 2 0-0 4, L. Simmons 1 0-1 2, T. Baudry 0 0-0 0, C. Woods 0 0-0 0, K. Gengelbach 0 0-0 0, N. Roberts 0 0-0 0 WOOD MEMORIAL (23): B. Bobbitt 2 0-0 4, J. Stamper 0 0-0 0, M. Young 0 0-0 0, H. Mellette 5 1-1 11, G. Parke 2 3-4 8, J. Cooper 0 0-0 0, E. Schlottman 0 0-0 0 3-point field goals: North Posey 5 (C. Schipp 3, A. Schmitt 2) Wood Memorial 1 (G. Parke 1) Free Throws: North Posey 2-10, Wood Memorial 4-5, Fouls: North Posey 6, Wood Memorial 9

North Posey’s Dalton Reidford launches a prayer at the end of the first quarter at Wood Memorial on Saturday.

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Mount Vernon wrestlers take Memorial Duals title at 4-0 Hannah West has no trouble moving forward in women’s wrestling action

By River Snadgrass Mount Vernon’s wrestling team had yet another successful week. The Cats participated in the Tiger Duals at Memorial on Saturday, January 8, where they took first place and defeated four teams in the process.

The Wildcats took down Castle in the first round with an overall score of 45 to 26. They then faced off against Memorial in the second round, rolling over them with a final score of 53 to 30. Round three came with a tough Reitz team, but the Cats were able to take care of business with a final score of 54 to 21. Mount Vernon was then given a bye round for round four but was then put up against Vincennes.

The Wildcats did not leave anything up to chance as they obliterated Vincennes with a final score of 57 to 18.

Although all of the Wildcat wrestlers contributed to the first-place finish, the following ended the day with a perfect, 4-0 record: Colton Schneider in the 132 weight division,

Chris Newman in the 160 weight division, Brady Hook in the 170/182 weight division, Derek Hollinger in the 182/195 weight division, and Hayden Huss in the 285 weight division.

Hannah West, a Mount Vernon Wrestler, has been crowned regional champion and will go on to compete in state. The first competitor to face off against West was defeated in 18 seconds in the quarterfinal. West then defeated her next opponent in the semifinal in 35 seconds. West then defeated her last matchup in the finals in 35 seconds to be named the regional champion. She will be competing in the state finals next Friday at Kokomo High School.

Although the Cats have been faced with some adversity with COVID and then the uncertainty of the head coach title, they continue to have success by pushing through the Mount Vernon wrestler Hannah West goes to work during her regional championship adversity with their hard work and dedication match over the weekend. She now advances in the next round of women’s competition. to winning.

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Delancy, Bison combine for FBS title

Faith Delancy with the 2021 FCS national championship trophy. Saturday’s win gave the Bison (14-1) their ninth title in the past 11 years.

By Trisha L. Lopez A Mount Vernon alumnus claimed a national championship with the North Dakota State Bison football team on Saturday in a 38-10 victory over Montana State at Frisco, Texas.

Faith Delancy, a 2021 Mount Vernon graduate and a freshman at NDSU, is an equipment manager for the Bison.

“I’m so overjoyed,” Delancy said. “It was just so fun to win this with the guys because I got really close to them.

You spend every single day with them for 12-plus hours a day. They become your best friends. It just brings a smile to my face.”

Delancy, who was a manager for both the football and basketball teams during her days at Mount Vernon, had her work cut out for her on Saturday.

“It was our first game where it rained. I kind of went back to my good ole’ Mount Vernon roots because I had to make sure the grass was off helmets, make sure the cleats were clean. We had to clean off the shoe cleaners. Had to carry

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around towels. The headsets went out yesterday, so we had to run and fix those and just be there whenever the coaches needed anything,” she said.

Advancing to the national championship game meant no homecoming for Christmas break for Delancy. Instead, she and her teammates got five days off (scheduled to be four, but a snow storm granted team members an extended break) before championship preparations kicked into overdrive.

“We were at football for hours and hours. The guys went from meetings to practice, to walk through, back to meetings.

We rarely got any time off. It was very busy. We had to pack up all of the semi stuff. We had to make sure we had every little thing. I’m the one that deals with all of the lists and keeping track of every last detail, so it was chaotic,” she said. “We had to get all the suitcases ready, load the semi, get coaches’ com…which is our headsets…we had to deal with all of that

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Lady Vikings continue to thrive, thump Commodores by 29

By Chris Morlan Starting off the second half of the season on the right foot is what the North Posey girls’ basketball team did last Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Vikings played at home against the Perry Central Lady Commodores. North Posey jumped out early on a 10-0 scoring run to start the game. From that point, the Lady Vikings controlled this matchup and cruised to a 56-27 win. With the victory, North Posey improved their season record to six wins and six losses.

Perry Central fell to 5-13 on the year.

“I am so proud of these girls,” North Posey coach Jessica Schenk said. “They continue to come in and fight every day. They are starting to all believe in themselves and play with more confidence. They are confident in the girls next to them on the court and that speaks volumes. I love that we don’t have one go to girl and that on any given night, we can have multiple dif-

ferent double-digit scorers. All you can ask for as a coach is that each girl goes out there and gives you everything they have, and I believe our last couple of games, we had that out of them.”

Lady Viking junior Lauren Kihn had one of her best games of the season. Kihn scored 15 points with 11 of those points in the first half.

Claire Koester played a solid game and also scored 15 points. Ashleigh Blankenship came back after being injured in previous game to score 11 points.

VARSITY, Saturday, January 8, 2022, at North Posey North Posey 13 16 14 13 — 56 Perry Central 6 11 7 3 — 27 NORTH POSEY (56): A. Elpers 3 2-4 9, A. Heath 1 0-0 3, C. Koester 4 7-15 15, L. Kihn 5 2-2 15, A. Blankenship 3 5-7 12, K. Bender 0 1-2 1, M. Bryant 0 0-0 0, Ja. Rhineburger 2

0-0 4, L. Maier 0 0-0 0, A. Crawford 0 0-2 0, J. Wehmer 0 0-0 0, M. Carter 0 0-0 0 PERRY CENTRAL (27): K. Hemmings 3 0-0 6, M. Elmer 2 0-0 4, E. Parker 0 2-4 2, J. Smith 1 0-0 2, M. Cunningham 2 2-4 6, J. Etienne 0 0-0 0, A. Goffinet 0 0-0 0, K. Lynch 0 0-0 0, E. Osborne 1 0-0 2, M. Kelly 0 0-0 0, E. Harpenau 0 0-0 0, R. Pund 1 0-0 2, G. Sparks 0 0-2 0 3-point field goals: North Posey 6 (L. Kihn 3, A. Elpers 1, A. Heath 1, A. Blankenship 1), Perry Central 0 Free Throws: North Posey 17-32, Perry Central 4-10; Fouls: North Posey 8, Perry Central 24 Junior Varsity action: The junior varsity game did not start off so well for the Lady Vikings. After being down by a 12-10 halftime deficit, North Posey took over the game in the second half and escaped with a

23-19 win. Laney Owens led the Lady Vikings in scoring with eight points and Jenna Wehmer pitched in seven points for the victory.

JUNIOR VARSITY, Saturday, January 8, 2022, at North Posey North Posey 6 4 6 7 — 23 Perry Central 7 5 3 4 — 19 NORTH POSEY (23): J. Wehmer 2 2-2 7, M. Carter 1 1-2 3, L. Maier 0 0-0 0, K. Oakley 1 0-0 2, A. Crawford 1 1-2 3, C. Helfert 0 0-0 0, Z. Bippus 0 0-0 0, L. Owens 3 2-4 8, J. Freeman 0 0-0 0 PERRY CENTRAL (19): J. Etienne 0 1-4 1, A. Goffinet 0 0-0 0, T. Mullis 2 0-0 5, C. Peter 2 0-0 4, E. Osborne 1 3-4 5, E. Harpenau 2 0-0 4, N. Schultz 0 0-0 0 3-point field goals: North Posey 1 (J. Wehmer 1), Perry Central 1 (T. Mullis 1) Free Throws: N. Posey 6-10, P. Central 4-8; Fouls: North Posey 5, Perry Central 10

North Posey Vikings settle for seventh at team state meet

By Chris Morlan The North Posey wrestling team did not fare so well last Saturday at the IHSWCA Class 1A Team State tournament. This year’s tournament was a shorter drive for the team, parents, and fans. Over the last few years, the Vikings have had to travel to Fort Wayne. This time, the venue was Martinsville High School. In previous years, the Vikings perform very well.

North Posey was seeded third going into this event.

The Vikings struggled against their first two opponents and finished seventh as a team in the competition. North Posey received a bye in the first round of the tournament. In the quarterfinal, the Vikings faced Centerville and lost 37-27. This loss moved the Vikings to the consolation round. Adams Central beat North

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North Posey’s Lauren Kihn sunk the first shot of the game on Saturday and led the team in scoring. The senior also played outstanding defense to help pick up the win.

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Adams Central 42, North Posey 35: 170: Landon Epley (NP) over Dakota Perry (AC) by fall 3:10, 182: Trevor Currie (AC) over Lander Shelby (NP) by fall, 195: Wyatt Willman (NP) over Braydon Moon (AC) by fall 0:23, 220: Keegan Bluhm (AC) over Reece Terhune (NP) by fall, 285: Blake Heyerly (AC) over Tristen Gammon (NP) by fall, 106: Kaleb Baehl (NP)

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(Seventh Place) North Posey 42, Rensselaer Central 31: 182: Trenton Simmons (RC) over Lander Shelby (NP) by fall, 195: Reece Terhune (NP) over Hunter Crabtree (RC) by fall 3:48, 220: Wyatt Willman (NP) over Jordan Cree (RC) by fall 1:05, 285: Tristen Gammon (NP) won by forfeit, 106: Kaleb Baehl (NP) over Beck Doughty (RC) by fall 5:25, 113: Gavin Wheeler (NP) over Kolton Ploughe (RC) by fall 1:00, 120: Briar Rule (RC) over Kade Bender (NP) by TF 16-1, 126: Blake Zirkelbach (NP) over Avery Stanley (RC) by fall 1:48, 132: Mason Stanley (RC) over Nathan Schoening (NP) by MD 8-0, 138: Larz Hughes (RC) over Camden Lupfer (NP) by decision 10-6, 145: Lakin Webb (RC) won by forfeit, 152: Diego Hernandez-Reyes (RC) over Austin Thornburg (NP) by decision 6-5, 160: Ryan Crews (RC) over Brant Oakley (NP) by MD 10-0, 170: Landon Epley (NP) over Andrew Ball (RC) by fall 4:14.

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‘Delancy’ continued from Page B1 stuff. We had to get practice gear because we had a practice down in Texas, so we had to get all players, all 116 players’ practice stuff. It was a lot. But it was a lot of fun.”

Delancy may have had to miss Christmas with her family, but her family was on hand to share in the team’s success on Saturday.

“It was pretty surreal,” Greg Delancy, Faith’s father, said.

“Even though NDSU has had great success, there’s never a guarantee that they will make it (to the national championship game), much less win. They were not going to allow fans on the field after the game, but I guess they were persuaded by the student section. We were able to work our way down to the

front row below the podium. After the trophy ceremony, Faith made her way to the field. Don’t tell her I told you this, but I received the first hug! We will trade Christmas for a national championship any year!”

Faith Delancy said she got to celebrate the win with her teammates for a little while, but she had to get back to work packing up the sidelines for the trip back to Fargo.

Delancy, her teammates, coaches and coaches’ families boarded two chartered planes for their triumphant flight back to North Dakota.

“It was a lot of fun,” she said. “It was not a quiet flight…to say the least.”

ARENA--By Chris Morlan Viking C-Team beats Rebels 49-33 The North Posey freshman/sophomore basketball team started off the new year on the right foot. Last Wednesday night, the Vikings played at home against the South Spencer Rebels. In the first quarter, the Vikings jumped out to a nine-point lead. During the halftime break, North Posey led comfortably with a 25-14 advantage.

The Vikings continued to play well in the second half and defeated the Rebels by the final score of 49-33.

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scoring with 13 points. Carson Woods scored 11 points, followed by Stone Riecken with nine points, Noah Koester with eight points, Noah Roberts with six points and Cole Cullum with two points.

Walden finished second in two races at Mount Vernon Swim Invitational North Posey sophomore Noah Walden competed at the Mount Vernon Swimming Invitational last Saturday.

There were seven schools competing in this event. Walden swam in the 200yard freestyle and placed second out

of fourteen swimmers with a time of 2:01.62. In Walden’s other race, he finished second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:28.60.

Evansville Memorial won the meet with a team score of 527 points. Tell City finished second with 384 points, followed by Mount Vernon in third place with 353 points, South Knox in fourth place with 172 points, Vincennes Lincoln in fifth place with 136 points, Evansville Christian in sixth place with 56 points and North Posey in seventh place with 34 points.

She said she reached out to her former Mount Vernon mentors after the team’s victory to thank them for all of their support along the way.

“Everything that (Hank)Lopez, (Luke) Messmer and Fishdog (Justin Fischer) had me do (in high school)...and (Leigh) Latshaw, (Joe) Newcomb…they prepared me like no other.

They pushed me which I’m so thankful for,” she said.

Delancy said she’s not sure what the celebration will be like once school resumes, but the team’s fan base traveled en masse to Texas to show their Bison pride.

“It was insane. The students even travel. It’s nice to have that support system following you. Most of the time, your energy comes from the fans,” she said.

She said there will be no down time for the Bison. Preparations for the 2022 season will begin as soon as Christmas break ends. She said her second semester schedule consists of football from 5:30 to 10 a.m. every day before classes. Spring games will start in March.

“I get emotional talking about this. When you enter the football program, it is a community. It’s just wonderful. The way they uphold Bison pride is like no other. It’s just absolutely amazing. Everyone’s family here. The coaches act like you’re one of their own. They ask you how you’re doing every day, always checking on you. It’s just a huge family,” Delancy said. “The guys would do anything for me and I would do anything for them.”

She said her experience this season has been worth all of the hard work and sacrifice.

“It was just goosebumps, just chills,” she said. “It’s an amazing feeling that leaves you in awe.”

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