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First USI President, New Harmony icon Rice, dies at 90

Special to the News Dr. David L. Rice, 90, founding and first president of the University of Southern Indiana, died at 7:10 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in York, Pennsylvania. A native of New Market, Montgomery County, Indiana, Dr. Rice was born April 1, 1929, to the late Elmer J. and Katie Tate Rice, one of 14 children.

Rice spent significant time in New Harmony and was a tireless worker for the New Harmony Bridge.

In 1967, Dr. Rice and his family came to Evansville. He was the first dean appointed to lead the Evansville campus of Indiana State University, two years after its opening.

In 1971, he was named president of the campus and then, in 1976, Indiana State University also named him

a vice president of the main campus in Terre Haute, Indiana. By 1985, under his leadership, the Evansville campus evolved into a separate state university, the University of Southern Indiana, regarded for its excellent educational programs and innovative regional outreach projects. When he retired in 1994, it was noted he was one of a handful of contemporary university presidents

with a 25-year tenure at the same institution.

During his tenure, enrollment grew from 992 students to 7,443, and the master-planned physical plant on the 1,400-acre campus had capital investments of $45.2 million. He oversaw the expansion of curricula from limited two-year degree programs to a comprehensive range of baccalaureate and master’s degree programs, as well as many cooperative programs with other universities. Under his leadership, USI became the first baccalaureate institution in Indiana to have a degree-transfer articulation agreement with Ivy Tech Southwest, paving the way for all of Indiana to develop a statewide community college system.

Rice earned his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philoso-

phy in Education, all from Purdue University, where he met his wife, Betty J. Fordice. They married September 10, 1950, when both were completing undergraduate degrees.

The following year, Dr. Rice was called to military service and served in the U.S. Army infantry in Korea.

After military service, he taught in the public schools of Wallace, Indiana, while he pursued advanced degrees at Purdue.

Before joining the University of Southern Indiana, Dr. Rice was on the faculty and served as director of research at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. While on faculty leave from Ball State, he was vice president with the Cooperative Education Research Laboratory in Indianapolis and research coordinator in the Bureau of Research for the U.S.

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MV water utility board listens to concerns over higher water bills

By Lois Mittino Gray What’s going on with higher water bills in Mount Vernon? A packed house attended the Mount Vernon Water Utility Board meeting in City Hall to discuss the city’s new water meters and discrepancies in water bills. One outcome of the January 16, meeting is newly-elected Second District Councilwoman Dana Baldwin, who chairs the Water Committee, volunteered to go through over one hundred water bills presented in a packet to the board. She will look at usage numbers on a monthly basis and call each resident about concerns.

The first speaker on the agenda was Samantha Day who said her water bill for two persons went from $150 a month to $483 in December. “We are confused as to why the bill tripled. We know a couple down the street with six kids that pay what we pay. The department said we have a leak, but we had two plumbers check it and we have no leak. The city agreed to adjust the bill and finally, after over three weeks went by, Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray did.”

Day said she posted her problem on Facebook websites and admitted that this has started the furor over water in

town and she is there tonight to stand up for the community. “I had 530 responses of people with similar or worse problems. Some left town and some paid hundreds or thousands of dollars, very afraid that their water would be shut off. They did not know you can contest the bills and get an adjustment,” she explained. “I have a list of over 100 names of houses involved.” This list is what Baldwin agreed to review.

Day feels four different excuses are used by the water department when the bills are high including accusing of leaks, the old meters were reading wrong, the department master reading is wrong and all will be corrected as they switch out old meters for new ones.

Brett LeClere spoke next with a story of his new meter, put in four months ago, jumping from 360 gallons to about 14,400 gallons in usage in November. “They did adjust the bill, but it was a new meter and I had no leak. It was very low then in December. Why? I must add Chuck was accommodating when I reached out to his department.”

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Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis listens intently as resident Bree Reich addressed her meter concerns at the Water Utility Board meeting. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray

Take-home vehicles are source of concern in Mount Vernon

By Lois Mittino Gray The Mount Vernon Board of Works discussed who has use of take-home city vehicles and the need for consistency in the policy they use, especially for determining how income tax on the perk will be paid to the IRS. The board just learned at its January 16, meeting that a tax law exists that an employee has to pay withholding taxes on the perk of a take-home vehicle and the city needs to get it in policy. The rule has been around for a while, but the IRS said it may start auditing it.

City Attorney Beth McFadin Higgins explained during the legal presentations that the taxable charge does not apply to police and fire officer vehicles, the public safety officer, or utility repair trucks equipped with large items, such as a bucket or crane, on them that, “You wouldn’t just drive to Wal-Mart,” Mayor Bill Curtis said. Therefore, pickup trucks with tool boxes on them are not exempt. Board member Andy Hoehn questioned the truck with the salt spreader and Attorney Higgins replied that would be exempt, as well as the Animal Control Officer truck with its animal cages on it. Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray questioned on-call vehicles. “If there is an issue with a lift station in

the middle of the night, are you saying maintenance will now need to drive to the plant first and get a truck?” Higgins replied yes, they are not exempt.

The taxation can take three forms; keeping mileage logs, lease cost calculations, or daily commuting charges of $1.50 to and $1.50 from the workplace to home, totaling $3 a day in taxable expense. She feels that the $3 a day is a ‘safe haven’ and the easiest to use. The employee can pay that to the city, or it can be added to their pay as a fringe benefit. They can pay it monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, or biweekly by paycheck.

Finding out that this tax law has been in effect for awhile, Curtis agreed to look into the issue right away and discuss it at the next meeting. “We will get all the department heads together and get a list of who has permission to take home vehicles. We need to look at consistent policies across the city, such as what days are involved and if it includes weekends, and what jurisdictions are involved, such as only in county use,” he said in summary.

Cell phone use and consistency in covering employee costs of cell services will also be looked into for uniformity. The Mayor said several questions will be addressed by department heads.

What are we reimbursing for text, voice, and internet data use?

What is needed by each department? Can the city get a better rate if we do more? Are we treating everyone the same?

Also in legal presentations, two quotes were opened at the meeting for the demolition of 431 Vine Street. Naas & Son LLC quoted $4,650 and Russell’s Excavating quoted $6,890 to raze the structure. The board voted to accept the lower bid from Naas pending legal review and a perusal by Building Commissioner Sherri Willis.

The board also approved a street cut permit requested by Dotson Construction in two places on Main Street between Grant and Brown Streets. Street Commissioner Max Dieterle said the 3 x 3 cuts were all fine with him and the fees have already been paid to do it.

Higgins submitted a letter dated January 6, 2020 concerning her review of City Garage construction quotes opened at a prior meeting. She wrote that the quote of the low bidder, Daviess County Metal Sales, Inc., must be amended to delete the me-

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Beating all the odds...

Refusing abortion, local couple holds on for a miracle over omphalocele

Marissa, Brandon and Baby Berry.

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By Lynda Baker Brandon and Marissa Berry were overjoyed when they learned in August of 2019 that they were expecting a child.

They were also excited for their gender reveal ultrasound in November of last year, but they were unsettled when the technician left the room and returned with their obstetrician 30 minutes later.

The doctor proceeded to describe a birth defect, a giant omphalocele, whereby their child’s intestines, bowels, liver and stomach had protruded from the abdominal cavity and were contained in a giant bubble outside of their baby girl’s body. Whether an omphalocele is giant or not depends upon how much of the liver is outside of the abdominal cavity.

They were told that omphaloceles occur in one out of 10,000 babies and are not genetic. The doctor had only seen only one or two cases previously. The doctor also informed them of a heart deformity, which would require immediate surgery upon their daughter’s birth. They were relieved to learn that their baby had no chromosomal abnormalities, however; which raised their baby’s mortality rate percentage.

Since learning of their daughter’s conditions, the Berrys have done a great deal

of research on omphaloceles. “We have learned that every story is different,” Brandon said. “Some babies are able to come home within two weeks of delivery, while others may have to stay in the hospital for up to nine months.”

Online groups have been very helpful to them as well. They have been encouraged by talking with others who have been through this experience. “We have learned that sometimes the omphalocele shrinks on its own before the baby is born and can be much smaller than originally shown on the ultrasound.”

Brandon wears an omphalocele awareness bracelet on his wrist.

The delivery and surgeries will take place at Saint Vincent’s Peyton Manning Childrens Hospital. Marissa is currently 28 weeks pregnant. They will learn more this month, but the doctors do not want to push the pregnancy beyond 37-38 weeks, when the baby should be able to breathe on her own.

“Dr. Evans is a pediatric surgeon, specializing in abdominal wall issues. Dr. Evans has written an article on omphaloceles and believes in a slower technique.”

They have also been referred to a pediatric cardiologist regarding the heart defect. One canal of the baby’s heart should

be two. The first surgery will be to correct blood flow in the heart immediately upon delivery.

Brandon and Marissa were high school sweethearts who met in 2010. Brandon moved to Fort Branch, Marissa’s hometown, from Newburgh shortly before they married in 2016. “We have been together for 10 wonderful years,” Brandon said with a huge smile.

Brandon has been working for Fifth Third Bank in Poseyville for over five years. Marissa is employed by Pearison Inc., and is also a flag corp director in Vincennes.

“We understand that Marissa will not be able to work when the baby comes.

Our baby will not be able to stay in daycare due to the high risk of infection. We will be trained as the caregivers for our baby.”

Brandon and Marissa were numbed by the news of their daughter’s omphalocele, but when they were asked whether they wanted to terminate the pregnancy, they refused. As individuals of faith, they do not believe in abortion. They wanted their baby girl to live.

“I believe in miracles and I want to be

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ed, one cold evening I A few weeks ago I treated myself to a new bed. When I moved into my current home, I had borrowed a full-sized bed from my daughter. I wanted – needed – a larger bed for a couple of reasons. One, when I have out-of-town guests who sleep in my bed, I worry that they are uncomfortable as most of them have at least a queen-sized bed at home. Can’t have them tossing and turning in a too-small bed. And, two, and most importantly: when my granddaughters spend the night with me, one or another of the two younger girls (still) like to sleep with me. Close. Very close. Suffocatingly close.

For about a year, I had been looking at a queensized bed frame at a local consignment shop. Since I had purchased a queensized mattress during the band fundraising event, I needed some place to keep my new mattress. Just the nudge I needed to buy the four-poster bed I had been eyeing for such a long time.

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borrowed my daughter and her husband’s pickup truck to move the bed from the store to my house. Since it didn’t ďŹ t perfectly in the bed of the truck – of course – we, or more correctly, Laura, harnessed my bed frame to the truck bed with straps that Keith conveniently stored in his utility box. Looks good.

O we go‌only to have the people bed go left when the truck bed went right. Uh oh.

We continued on our way, going slow enough that we didn’t lose any of the parts on the way to my house.

Unloading wasn’t too diďŹƒcult, either, once she ďŹ gured out how to release the straps. Sorry, Keith‌ Laura and I carried the wooden bed into the house and leaned it against the wall, awaiting the delivery of the mattress and box spring that was temporarily stored in my daughter’s garage. The next Saturday, my son, John, and son-inlaw loaded up the mattress and box springs from that garage and brought it to my house.

I set up the bed frame.

That was fairly simple: set the headboard against the wall, place the side supports in the proper slots on the headboard, then move the footboard into place and, again, place the side supports into place. During this part of the project, a screw fell out. Awfully short – about half an inch – but probably that’s what the previous owners used when the correct screw, for some unexplained reason, dropped out of the proper hole in the bed. The posts are three inches square, so there’s plenty of room for the proper length screw.

Now to place the mattress on the new-to-me bed frame. And yay. It ďŹ t perfectly. Better and better. I noticed that the bed squeaked a bit when I moved, but I thought that was because the bed was old. OK. I’ll learn to live with it.

A couple of weeks later, I thought that perhaps the squeaking was because the legs weren’t completely perpendicular to the frame – out of kilter, as it were. I decided to move the bed a bit to get it into “square.�

Mistake. Big mistake. Or

not, as it happens.

As I lifted the foot of the bed, the entire bed frame fell apart. Literally. Fell.

Apart. All sixteen screws ripped out of the bed frame, and the metal supports for the bed frames fell onto the oor. Wow. At least I wasn’t asleep when the bed fell, and I wasn’t in the line of ďŹ re when everything came tumbling down.

OK, let’s check this out.

Every screw – except the one I had earlier replaced – was only one-half inch in length. Why in the world would anyone use such small screws on a bed??

I can only imagine that the bed, in its former life, was for looks only and had never been slept in by anyone weighing more than 16 ounces, at least not on a regular basis.

Well, gotta ďŹ x this situation. Since it was late in the evening when my bed bit the dust, I slept very low to the oor that night - as in mattress-and-box-springson-the-oor low - vowing to ďŹ nd someone who could ďŹ x the problem the next day.

But wait. I have a drill, and I know how to use it. I’ve got this. So o I headed to the local hardware store to purchase sixteen new screws.

I started attaching the metal portion of the frame to the wooden posts with the longer, inch and a half long screws. Sigh‌another minor setback. I’m not sure what kind of wood the frame is made from but it was very hard. OK, I’ll drill holes for the new screws.

Success.

You’ll be happy to know

that after drilling sixteen new holes, correctly placing the metal piece into position, and properly inserting the screws, the bed is now solid, secure and safe. And no more squeaks. Go, Beth.

The only problem now, and this is the same problem I had the ďŹ rst night I climbed into bed is that, well, I have to literally climb into bed.

You see, it’s tall. Very tall.

I’m going to have to get a step stool to more comfortably get into – and out of.

- my bed. But that’s OK. I love my new bed and I won’t have to worry about guests worrying about falling out of the narrow bed while trying to sleep, and I’ll have another couple of inches to spare when one of the granddaughters spends the night. And that is all that matters.

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or conclude we don’t have what it takes to go on. I’ve thought about that some lately in trying to learn a diďŹƒcult ďŹ ddle tune.

What have you thought about quitting?

Smoking? Alcohol? Drugs? A toxic relationship? There are so many good things in life that require so much work to make them happen. Yet, when we stay with it there is eventual satisfaction. And, even if we don’t ďŹ nish, we aren’t doing a bad thing for trying to do the good things.

There is a process of ďŹ nishing a course and then retiring from the course. We all retire, quit or are terminated. Kenny Rogers sang, “You have to know when to hold them and know when to fold them.â€? We all do. My dad worked over 30 years in underground coal mining and at the age of 55 he retired. He also quit. He never had any interest in going back to work in the coal mine.

Quitting gives you an opportunity to do something else. If you hang on, then how do you ever have the opportunity to experience the next phase of life? Maybe you don’t want to. You like the road you are traveling and you’re going to ride it till it ends. There’s nothing wrong with that because familiarity and what we know can be very comfortable. It will end though.

Life changes.

A man in the Bible said one time, “I’ve fought a good ďŹ ght, I’ve ďŹ nished the course and I’ve kept the faith.â€? There are internal and other rewards for hanging in there and not quitting. An old friend used to say often, “The person who loves God most is at his post when all the others have walked away.â€? Have you ever walked away? Maybe you have or that’s what you are contemplating today. It doesn’t mean life is over, but it will change. Whatever happens next will require a lot of the same stu - tenacity, working hard, and staying at your post. You can walk away from a lot of things in life, but you can’t always walk away or quit everything because then you’ll never accomplish anything.

Can you imagine how all our soldiers have felt on the battle ďŹ elds? They miss their families and home. They go through the agony of war and they can’t escape but ďŹ ght and hang on until their tour of duty is over. Because of their tour of service and not quitting we still have our freedom in America.

You may be on your tour of duty right now and it may not be the military. Anything ever accomplished takes a lot of time, concentration and downright survival of the ďŹ ttest. It’s up to you. You have to ask yourself, “Is it worth it to hang on and not quit?â€? Only you can answer that question.

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Letters to the Editor Wolfgang send letter of thanks Thank you to the Mount Vernon merchants who advertised our December concert on their marquees and displayed our posters in their businesses.

Thank you also to Mount Vernon Fire Chief Wes Dixon for publicizing our Mount Vernon concert on the sign at the Police and Fire Station.

Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus

Matt Hostettler, State Representative Opportunity for students to page at the Statehouse Students looking to learn about our state government are invited to participate in the House Page Program during the 2020 legislative session, which kicks o Jan. 6 and concludes mid-March.

Hoosiers between the ages of 13 and 18 who serve as a pages get a unique look at the legislative process.

While spending a day at the Statehouse in

Indianapolis, students will help local lawmakers and tour government oďŹƒces.

Participants receive an excused absence from school, and groups can participate together.

For more information and to apply, visit https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/ page-program/ or call 800-382-9841. Spots ďŹ ll up fast, so apply soon.

then bring them together to ďŹ nd common ground as well as the dierences that make us all unique.

Roadblocks on the quest for inclusion are not unheard of. With the right help, people come together and communities become stronger.

Location and language barriers can be challenges. In addition, trust must be earned. Everyone involved must be on the same page. There are going to be times when people don’t want to talk

about diversity and inclusion, or times when people are suspicious of your intentions.

To overcome these challenges, it is important to be respectful and genuine when making new connections. Find similarities and understand dierences, and then move forward.

Most of all, be willing to engage with others authentically and keep an open mind. This will bring your community together.

Guest Opinion: Center for Rural Affairs Creating welcoming communities Across rural America, demographics are changing, and community leaders are redeďŹ ning what makes their small towns successful and vibrant.

Traditionally, a prosperous community is deďŹ ned as economically viable, with enough housing and employment. Now, prosperous also includes having a welcoming and inclusive community.

To foster a spirit of welcoming, communities can start with Civity. Civity is the idea of purposefully engaging in

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relationships of respect and empathy with others who are dierent. This helps communities to explore and celebrate differences—across race, class, culture, and politics. The goal of Civity, as it grows, is to transition a “we/theyâ€? mindset to a “we all belongâ€? mindset.

Intentionally engaging with dierence might be a new concept for some communities in rural America. Start with one intentional conversation. Learn who in your community wants to engage,

The first casualty

When our son, Jim, served in the Gulf War in 1990-91 and the Iraq War in 2006-07 and briey in the Afghanistan War in 2007 he observed one of war’s most vital premises: our country should never fall behind the curve of military superiority. America was fortunate to recover from Pearl Harbor in time to help the Allies survive World War II. In the age of nuclear and cyber warfare we might not be able to survive World War III with outdated technology. The United States must remain vigilant. Vigilance does not call for aggression. In fact, our Constitution demands defense, not oense. However, we have been in an oensive mode militarily since we unwisely intervened in Viet Nam after France was driven out in 1954 after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Beginning in 1956 America saw ďŹ t to emulate the errors of the French and we have been intervening militarily in

numerous countries ever since.

One thing we Americans thought we had learned from the discovery that our government had misled us into the Viet Nam War was the old truism that in war the ďŹ rst casualty is truth. This adage is often attributed to Aeschylus (525-456 BCE) but it probably has been noted by many observers of peoples drawn into wars by their leaders. By the way, those leaders have almost always not been the ones to do the ďŹ ghting.

Such examples as King David sending Uriah to die in battle to hide David’s seduction of Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba, Second Samuel, chapter 11, or perhaps President George W. Bush’s false claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or now our government’s claims about our war in Afghanistan may illustrate this ancient principle.

Just this month Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko testiďŹ ed before the House of Representatives Foreign Aairs Committee that America’s M E

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war in Afghanistan, our longest war ever, was conducted on a basis of lies to get and maintain Congressional political and funding support. The Washington Post newspaper published reports that Douglas Lute, former White House Afghan War oďŹƒcial under both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, had testiďŹ ed America invaded Afghanistan in 2001 without a fundamental understanding of Afghanistan or what America planned to accomplish there.

Of course, Americans are no longer surprised that our government misleads us into wars. Unfortunately we have become inured to it. That is the danger. It is as frightening as the old story of the boy who cried wolf. If our government continues to mislead us into unnecessary wars, will we citizens respond appropriately when, and it could happen some day, we are asked to sacriďŹ ce our lives and treasure for a just cause such as our country’s survival?

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JANUARY 21, 2020 Kenneth Milton Andry On Saturday, January 11, 2020 Kenneth Milton Andry, Ill., (age 74) of Evansville, Indiana, passed away peacefully at his home in The Villages, Florida surrounded by loved ones.

Kenneth was born on September 16, 1945 to Kenneth and Geneva (Goldman) Andry. In 1963, he graduated from North Posey High School in Poseyville, Indiana and three years later, he bravely enlisted in the United States Army, where he proudly served from 1967 to 1969 during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged after the war, where he then worked at General Electric in Mount Vernon, Indiana for 35 years. He attended the Griffin Christian Church, where he was highly recognized for his faithful attendance and creditable work. He was a member of Arctic Masonic Lodge 394, Scottish Rite Mason and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He was married in Indiana, where he had two daughters Julie and Jennifer.

In 2003, Kenneth moved to The Villages, Florida where he met his current wife Monica. Recently, in December 2019, Kenneth and Monica celebrated 14 years of blissful marriage.

As an avid NASCAR fan, Kenneth truly enjoyed attending the races as well as watching his favorite Basketball and Football teams play. He enjoyed travelling and spending quality time with his loved ones. Kenneth had a heart of gold, and a smile that can light up a room, and he will certainly be missed by all. He loved life and lived it to the fullest.

Kenneth is survived by his wife Monica (Sinanan) Andry of The Villages, Florida; his daughters: Julie

Yvonne L. Basinger

Eleanor Fern Schutz

Ungetheim of Wadesville, Indiana and Jennifer Brown of Zionsville, Indiana; his son in law: Ryan Brown; his six grandchildren whom he was always so proud of: Cody, Rachel and Logan Ungetheim, Bryce Allen and Reagan and Hudson Brown; his brother: Mike and sister in law Linda Andry of The Villages, Florida; his two nieces: Jill Andry and Jodi Anaya, and her husband Sergio Anaya.

Preceding him in death were his parents: Kenneth and Geneva (Goldman) Andry and his son-in-law: Rob Ungetheim.

Funeral services for the late Kenneth Andry were held 12 p.m., Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana.

Visitation began at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 17, 2020 until service time at the funeral home, followed by burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Griffin, Indiana.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Griffin Alumni Association, C/O Beverly Stone, PO Box 143, Griffin, Indiana 47616.

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

Timothy Eugene Ebert Timothy Eugene Ebert, 57, of Evansville, Indiana, born to Don Lee and Mary Ann (Bayer) Ebert on February 2, 1962, in Evansville, Indiana, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020, at his home in Evansville, Indiana.

He graduated from North Posey High School in 1980 and worked at Deaconess Hospital for 30 plus years.

He was a member of Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church in Poseyville, Indiana.

Surviving are his sisters: Pamela Kuester of Haubstadt, Indiana and Debra Yeager of Boonville, Indiana; several nieces and nephews and his special friends: Brittany Helmling and her children along with his faithful canine.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home

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Eleanor Fern (Schulz) Schutz, 92, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away January 16, 2020 at Deaconess Midtown. She was born November 16, 1927 in Posey County, Ind., to the late Henry and Ida (Wulf) Schulz.

Fern had a positive attitude, great sense of humor and loved to laugh. She also enjoyed listening to her favorite Christian music and programs on her radio. Fern valued and treasured her family, so much that she remembered birthdays for all generations of her family members.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, John Schutz; brothers and sister, Annetta Stallman, Melvin Schulz, Jack Schulz and Edgar Schulz; granddaughter, Jennifer Parrott; great-granddaughter, McKenna Parrott; her leader dog, Havoc.

She is survived by her daughters and spouses, Carol and Harold DeVillez, Myra and Rodger Parrott; grandchildren and spouses, Amber and Kyle Howard, Brian and Meredith DeVillez, Greg and Alyssa Parrott; great-grandchildren, Maddison DeVillez, Megan Devillez, Dane DeVillez, Nathan Howard, Paige

Howard and Katelyn Parrott; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service were held at 12 p.m. on Monday, January 20, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Pastor David Kelle officiating and burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. service time on Monday at the funeral home.

The family would like to thank the staff at Pine Haven Nursing Home and the third floor nurses at Deaconess Midtown for their care and compassion.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lions Club Leader Dogs for the Blind.

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

BURGOO SALE Presented by the St. Philip Conservation Club $18/gallon - Containers provided On sale at The Hall behind St. Philip Church 3500 St. Philip Road South Mt. Vernon IN 47620 Saturday – Feb 15; 2pm-6pm Sunday – Feb 16; 8am-12n For more information contact: Brian Thompson – 812.270.2385 Brian Weinzapfel – 812.664.2974

in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in the Poseyville Cemetery.

Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. until service time, Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church, 46 South Cale Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633.

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

Yvonne L. Basinger, 73, of Terre Haute, Ind., passed away January 10, 2020 in Evansville, Ind. She was born June 17, 1946 in Gibson Co to the late Hershel and Rachel (Shain) Fetcher.

Yvonne graduated from North Posey High School in 1964. She retired from Whirlpool after 30 plus years. Yvonne was a member of Owensville First Christian Church and past union rep for Local 808.

She enjoyed line dancing in her early years. Yvonne was an avid IU basketball fan and tried not to miss seeing a game. She loved to cook for her grandsons. Yvonne had a quirky sense of humor and was not afraid to speak her mind. She loved spending time with people, especially her family and friends.

Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents; infant sister Shirley; and brother Donnis Fetcher.

She is survived by her children James Basinger Jr. and Shelly (Chad) Chamberlain; grandchildren Jessica (Caleb) Reece of Chandler, Okla. Kody (Ashley) Basinger of Fayetteville, N.C., JT and Dawson Basinger

Robert Dale Cox Robert Dale Cox, 92, of New Harmony, Indiana, born January 10, 1928 to Everett Earl and Edna L. (Kincheloe) Cox in Springfield, Indiana, passed away January 16, 2020 at his residence in New Harmony, Indiana.

Surviving are his children: Dan Cox (Suzy), Jim Cox and Pamela Ho (Dung) all of Evansville, Indiana and Patricia Wilson of Paducah, Kentucky, his siblings: Betty Williams of New Harmony, Indiana, Jean Rhodermund of Houston, Texas and Don Cox of Foley, Alabama, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife Nellie Turner Cox; siblings, Harold, Gerald and William Cox, Helen Winiger and Jane Giles.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Saturday, Janu-

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ary 18, 2020 at the Lighthouse Assembly of God Church in New Harmony, Indiana with burial in Mount Zion Cemetery.

Visitation will be 12 - 2 p.m., Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Church.

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Holders Funeral Home is honored and privileged to be entrusted with the care of Mrs. Basinger. Visitation will be Thursday, January 16, 2020 at Owensville First Christian Church, 4680 W.est Sate Hwy 168 from 2-6 p.m., with Funeral at 6 p.m. Interment will be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery at a later date.

Memorial Contributions can be made to Owensville First Christian Church building fund, PO Box 37 Owensville, IN 47665.

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eleine, B C P t h i n g s t h a t used to upset me don’t have that eect anymore, and vice versa, I guess. I put on a brand new red long-sleeved shirt today, and had worn it for about two hours when I dropped a big dollop of butter on the front. I am not very good at getting things like this out of the fabric.

Whenever something like this happens, the shirt becomes a sleep shirt to pair with sleep pants. Yes, I do have a lot of these.

However, this event doesn’t even bother me anymore. The shirt was on clearance, anyway.

I know folks who would have worked on this stain for a while, and probably ďŹ xed it, but I have never been successful in stain removal. I always joked that my main way of doing this was cutting it out with scissors.

On Heather’s ďŹ rst Christmas, I dressed her in a little red velvet dress with a white collar. Babies at that age have a tendency to spit up unexpectedly. I was devastated when my sweet baby girl did this on her dress collar.

My mother-in-law washed it out, and ironed the collar and it was ďŹ ne. Folks from that generation were used to ďŹ xing this type of problem. Surviving the Great Depression and WWII had trained them to salvage al-

most everything. I have mentioned before how being around my grandparents was the beginning of my hoarding tendencies.

I make myself throw things away more than I used to, but it is still hard. Grandpa and grandma would never survive seeing the wasting of almost everything in today’s world.

We all know about making quilts from old clothing, and darning socks, but those ladies found a use for almost everything.

Everyone in my life encourages me to ďŹ ll the wastebasket, and I almost get applause when I discard items.

This is just one of the many huge changes I have observed in my lifetime. There are hundreds of examples. I was complaining at the beauty shop about having to make pumping gas my next stop on this chilly morning. Someone quipped that I should get the “attendant� to do it. I remember hating it when this service left our lives in the late 80s.

Not only did this make it possible to stay warm and dry in the car, it was nice to make casual conversation. Many times, this was a young person’s ďŹ rst job.

One of your Grandpa’s favorite chores at the Silver Bell is to burn boxes. Of course, we get a lot of them every week, and they have to go. At Christmas, we were wondering how many Amazon boxes met this fate this year. Just the number of them our family got was unbelievable. I was amazed when I

Posey County Council on Aging News Do you need a ride?

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Upcoming Trips: Miami and Key West - March 21-29,

2020. $959, double occupancy. This is a Diamond Tours Bus trip and includes eight nights lodging and 13 meals. You will take a cruise on Biscayne bay, visit the enchanting Coral Castle, visit Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens as well as visit the Island City of Key West.

Biltmore Estate and Asheville, NC - April 20-23, 2020. $419, double occupancy. It is a Diamond Tours Bus Trip and includes three nights lodging. Besides visiting the spectacular Biltmore Estate and garden you will visit the new Antler village and winery. You will have a guided tour of Asheville, see the Saint Lawrence Basilica, and take a guided tour on the Blue ridge Parkway.

Birthdays January 21 - Mark Austin, Kendall Wilson, Herb Reynolds, Alan Kent Racine, Kayden Eaton, Velma Hyatt, Payton Powers January 22 - Nicholas Wilkinson, Joyce Artin, Tracy Austin, Brooklynn Hamman, Ryan Mobley, Peggy Eaton January 23 - Mackenzie Lynell Atkins, Winnie Morrison, Jim Ries, Adam Homan, Lindsay Wilhoyte, Raela Cullum, Brittany Givens, Vada Tron January 24 - Jeremy Harris, Mary Huck, Hal Kattau, Robin Lynn Overton, Mack Conyers January 25 - Timothy Homan, Terry

Hon, Ashley Knight, Heather Werry Hendon, Jan Slifer, Justin Rutledge, Bob Ferrell January 26 - Elizabeth Stolz, Jacinda Keitel, Taylor Leigh Espenlaub, Zach Harris, Christine Crews, Noah Miller, Derek Dietz, Monica Crispino, Sarah Brand January 27 - Joanie Mercer, Alice Baker, Becky Rutledge, Mark ScaraďŹ a, Annette Sollman, Brandon Tucker, Je Smotherman, Taylor Koontz, Paige Fifer 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

opened a medium-sized box and found there was only one small item inside. I am sure this is the way it is done. To attempt some type of recycling would most likely not be worth the cost of doing it.

As I said, this is a vastly dierent world you are growing up in. I am sure this reasoning is one of the main reasons it didn’t bother me to ruin a brand-new shirt. Like so many other things, the ship has sailed on preservation and re-using many items.

I have said repeatedly how quickly things will hit the dumpster when I am no longer here. I can mentally picture items ying over the deck railing into the back of someone’s truck, bound for the trash.

As it has been pointed out to me, I won’t be here to care, anyway. A friend who sometimes cleans out old houses was just telling me how horrifying it is to see treasured possessions of old folks being casually thrown away.

Movies and television shows set in the future are usually shown in minimalist settings. Unless an item is truly categorized as an important antique, all will disappear.

Maybe someday, landďŹ lls will be places of archaeological “digs.â€? However, the items made of plastic and Styrofoam will be fairly-well preserved, as sad as that is. Madeleine, your Aunt Heather loves to beachcomb and come up with old pieces of glass

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Heather holding beach glass from her autumn trip, 2019. and pottery. I can’t imagine anyone ever being delighted to ďŹ nd old Tupperware and Happy Meal containers.

One of the best examples of casually thrown away items are the electronic items.

Laptops, phones, and computers have no value and there must be a mountain of them someplace. I am sure that almost everyone has done this.

I have to wonder what the next generation will witness. Will our trash win the battle and push us into space? Hard to predict.

Red Cross: Critical need for blood, platelet donors after holidays The American Red Cross currently has a critical need for blood donors of all blood types – especially type O – and platelet donors to make an appointment now to give and help replenish the blood supply after the holiday weeks. Right now, the Red Cross has less than a three-day supply of type O blood. To help tackle the critical need, the Red Cross and NFL are working together to oer one lucky winner a trip to Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

During the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s, about 500 fewer blood drives were hosted by volunteer sponsor groups than required to meet patient needs. Many groups postpone blood drives during the winter holidays when travel and holiday activities may make it challenging for many donors to give. In fact, AAA estimated that a record 115.6 million Americans traveled during the holiday period of Dec. 21 through Jan. 1.

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National and Local News 100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, January 21, 1920 - Mount Vernon

Note: News in this issue includes the newly organized Chamber of Commerce,buying the Electric Light Plant, going after heavy haulers, County Agent Shrode retained, and many more news briefs and personals.

Newly Organized Chamber Of Commerce Elects OďŹƒcers - There was an interesting and enthusiastic meeting held last evening at the city building by the members of the newly organized Chamber of Commerce.

Topics under discussion were: the proposed Canning Factory coming to Mount Vernon, establishing a freight house or wharf boat at the riverfront, and the election of oďŹƒcers. The following members will serve as oďŹƒcers of the Chamber of Commerce: President, Elwood Lichtenburger; Vice President, Mayor George Zimmerman; Treasurer, Eugene Highman; and Secretary, Martin Smith.

To Buy Electric Light Plant - At the meeting of the City Council Monday night, the ďŹ rst step leading to the purchase of the Mount Vernon Electric Light Plant was taken by the introduction of a resolution which came up for its ďŹ rst reading and passed over to its second and third, when ďŹ nal action will be taken on the night of February 2, 1920.

Going After Heavy Haulers - O.C. Hungate, County Road Superintendent, is determined to break up heavy hauling over the improved roads, during freezing and thawing weather, and as he could not do so by posting “warning noticesâ€? in conspicuous places, has this week ďŹ led charges against quite a number of farmers and others who have paid no attention to his warning. The roads in Posey County, both improved and unimproved, are in worse condition than was ever known before and it does seem strange that they should be ruined by overloaded wagons, when those guilty of this oence must pay their share in their repair and upkeep.

County Agent Shrode Retained - William E. Shrode, our present eďŹƒcient county agriculture agent, was re-elected to this position by the County Board of Education. William is an experienced agriculturist as well as a hustler, and treats all alike with whom he has any business.

Bertillon (Finger Prints) System Established - Mount Vernon’s police force is assuming a metropolitan air in their new headquarters in the City Building, and immediately after being located they established the Bertillon System of IdentiďŹ cation. The system will consist of recording ďŹ ngerprints, palm of the hand, photos and other examinations of criminals and lawbreakers. Mount Vernon is probably the ďŹ rst city of its size to inaugurate this method of identiďŹ cation. Asst. Chief Frank Smith will be in charge of the system.

Truck Causes Death To Horse - A light Ford truck belonging to E. E. Dawson, a mer-

chant in Solitude, and driven by his son, Roy, on Monday night near the watering trough at Main and Grant Streets ran into a span of horses belonging to Sherman Wells. The driver of the truck was on his return home and Wells was coming south on Main Street when the accident occurred. One horse suered injury to his front leg, and had to be put down.

An Up-To-Date Cash Register - Boyce & Williams, druggists, have installed in their store one of the latest and most improved cash registers, which is worked by electricity instead of cranking by hand. A receipt of the purchase is also made.

Estimates Loss At $150,000 - J. B. Curtis, an ex-trustee of Point and who is well known and acquainted with every foot of ground in that territory, estimates that at least 100,000 bushels of corn was lost in Point through the three oods in 1919, many farmers losing their entire crop.

News Briefs And Personals - Trips To Town - John Breeze gave us his annual call Saturday. Charles Durlin of New Harmony gave us a pleasant call Monday. Henry Schrieber gave us his annual call Tuesday and Je Davis transacted business in the city Tuesday. Also, George Schelhorn transacted business in the city Tuesday. Sickness - Mrs. Arthur Schrieber and little daughter, Alice Margrette, are again able to be up after a severe attack of diphtheria. Birth - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones Sunday morning, a son, who has been named Louis. Entertainment - Miss Leola Nigg entertained the following group Sunday: Misses Lucile Neal, Dora Schisler, Alice Espenlaub, and Robert Neal, Rudolph Boerner, Edwin Grabert, and Alvin Schisler.

Winston and Earl Hostetter and Oscar and Lowell Crow went ice skating Sunday afternoon. Butchering - A jolly crowd attended the butchering at Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitzer’s.

Those present were Fred. Beste, Mr. and Mrs. Fred, Weiss, Henry Weiss and daughters, and Mrs. Arthur McMurray. Marriage Licenses - Arthur Reynolds and Ella Wilkerson; Wade Hunter and Levada Doll; Fred Morlock and Macel Green; W. O. Zenthoefer and Mainta Motz; McKinley Suggs and Ida Posey. Miss Gussie Schertz is now teaching the advanced room at the West Franklin School.

Mount Vernon News 125 Years Ago, January 21, 1925 Two runaways occurred Tuesday in which Rev. Wiegon and Mrs. John Quinzer were both thrown out of their buggies, but fortunately

neither were seriously injured. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Weckesser announced the birth of a son, the ďŹ rst in the family - who put in his appearance Friday night. Marriage License - During the past two weeks one marriage license has been issued, the happy couple being James Black and Anna Dunn.

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Rev. Larry Langer, new pastor at First Presbyterian Church to full-time ministry 35 years ago during an Alaskan mission trip in the summer of 1981.

“I distinctly remember. . .the voice of the Lord welled up from inside me, and the Lord said, ‘Larry, why don’t you do this for me full time.’ I think I probably thought, ‘Yeah, why not? But there are going to be hoops to jump through.’”

He soon knew the rigors of the ministry. At 32 years old, he moved from his hometown, Oklahoma City, where he had lived all his life.

He left behind a successful career as a CPA. He “suffered a divorce,” he recalls thoughtfully, from his first wife.

These trials undoubtedly grew his compassion and gratitude once the Lord restored his fortunes a few years later. A little under a year after his calling, by the fall of 1982, the Oklahoma State University graduate had enrolled in the Presbyterian seminary at the University of Dubuque (Dubuque, Iowa). He served as head resident for student housing and thus received free housing. As a senior (fall of 1984), he met Martha, a junior (first year) seminarian. The couple will celebrate 35 years of marriage this July 2020.

Shortly after the summer wedding, his ordination took place on September 29, 1985. Affectionately known as Pastor Larry, he settled down at his first church, First Presbyterian Church in Jesup, Iowa—as he describes it, “a

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IN State Hemp Program Plan submitted to USDA The Indiana State Hemp Plan was formally submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on December 26, 2019.

Robert Waltz, Indiana State Chemist and Seed Commissioner, and Bruce Kettler, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director, were the co-signers of the submitted plan.

Below are some key points along with background information:

USDA released the interim final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program on October 30, 2019.

This rule governs the production of hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill and outlines the provisions for the USDA to approve plans submitted by States and Indian Tribes.

The USDA has sixty days to review Indiana’s plan and to offer comments.

This plan addresses elements of the USDA hemp

rule including sampling, analytical testing, licensing and growing requirements.

Indiana was required by the state legislature to submit the hemp program plan to USDA no later than Dec. 31, 2019.

In Indiana, the 2020 growing season will continue to be a research year.

Indiana anticipates receiving a determination on the Indiana Hemp Program from USDA by early March 2020.

PCCF Announces Women’s Fund Grant Opportunity The Posey County Community Foundation is now accepting applications for charitable projects or activities in Posey County.

The Women’s Fund held at the Posey County Community Foundation is providing funding for grants and invites charitable organizations to describe how their organization would use the award. Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, February 19.

The Foundation welcomes funding requests from non-profit organizations that are tax-exempt under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and from governmental agencies. Funding requests from other non-profit organizations to carry out charitable projects or activities may also be accepted.

The types of charitable activities that may be supported through this grant program include arts and culture, community development, education, health, human services, environment, recreation, and youth development projects and programs.

The grant application process is being

conducted online via the Community Foundation’s website at CommunityFoundationAlliance.org/Posey. Applications submitted by an entity under the auspices of another agency must include a written statement signed by the agency’s board president on behalf of the board of directors agreeing to act as the entity’s fiscal sponsor, to receive grant monies if awarded, and to oversee the proposed project.

The Women’s Fund Steering Committee will review funding requests and will contact grant applicants for an interview. Once interviews have concluded, the Steering Committee will make its recommendations on funding to the Community Foundation. No lobbying or soliciting of Steering Committee or Board members will be permitted.

More information and grant application training are available by contacting John Campbell, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact at 812-838-0288 or jcampbell@communityfoundationalliance. org.

APL News January 21 to February 29 - Annual Adult Winter Reading Program (AWRP) - You may choose any books from the Alexandrian Public Library collection you wish and you can sign up at any point during the program.

Register at the Information Desk and pick up the official rules and reading log. Grand Prize drawing on Monday, March 2, 2020.

January 22 - Dungeons & Dragons for Teens from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Bring character sheets and dice if you have them, if not, some will be provided. Registration starts December 18.

January 23 and 30 - Adult Drawing and Watercolor Workshops at 10 a.m. - This series is for anyone wishing to learn or perfect skills in drawing or watercolor. Registration is required and now open.

Please note that this series will continue through the year.

If you need supplies or have questions about these workshops call Stan Campbell at 812-838-3286. If you have your own art supplies, please bring them.

January 3 and 30 Laughs and Crafts at 3:30 p.m. - Laughs and Crafts Club is a program that offers educational and fun activities, including a variety of crafts, literature, games, short movies and snacks. Registration is required for all seven programs in the series, but attendance at all programs is not required. Registration begins on December 30. Join us for lots of laughs. This program is for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade.

January 27 and 28 - Baby/ Toddler Storytime at 9:30 a.m. - Stories, rhymes, and songs for children ages birth to 36 months and their caregivers. We will be meeting in the Kid’s Corner. You may register for either the Monday or the Tuesday program. Registration begins on December

30. (Please note: if you register after January 13, you will need to call the library.) The Monday storytimes will continue for a total of six times.

(Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 20 - Library will be closed). The Tuesday storytimes will continue for a total of seven times.

January 27 and 28 - Preschool Storytime at 10:30 a.m. - This is a program for children ages 3-5 years that introduces reading in a fun way through stories, crafts, and other activities. Parents/ caregivers are not required to attend storytime with their child, but must remain in the library. You may register for either the Monday or the Tuesday program. Registration began on December 30.

(Please note: if you register after January 13, you will

need to call the library.) The Monday storytimes will continue for a total of six times (Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 20 - Library will be closed). The Tuesday storytimes will continue for a total of seven times.

January 27 - Switch Gaming from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

- We’re playing Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros on our new Switch. No registration needed. We will be in the Ohio Meeting Room.

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town a mile square surrounded by corn and beans that time had forgotten.”

Since then, he has served churches in Portland, Oregon, and in Newcastle, Jasper, and Vincennes, Indiana, before his first day last year (October 1, 2019) in Mount Vernon. “We don’t move any place close,” he comments.

Pastor Larry commutes over an hour oneway almost daily from his home in Huntingburg, Indiana. He keeps up with regular weekly office hours and visitations to the sick and sorrowful as well as preaching on Sundays at First Presbyterian. He searches for the best driving route to Mount Vernon, but he accepts his long-distance travel graciously, as he did when he drove to Vincennes. He believes God called him to care for his new, small congregation, eager to grow under his leadership. The commute represents just another hoop to jump through in obedience to God. The First Presbyterian congregation knows better than to expect him to move close to the church. Pastor Larry and Martha purchased and live on the Huntingburg farm homesteaded and passed down from the women in his wife’s family. Their home allows Martha a short commute of six miles to Dale Presbyterian Church, where she has served as pastor the past 19 years. Their son Peter (29) lives in Huntingburg. Married on December 28, their daughter Kyrstan (31) has lived in Saint Louis

since college.

Despite his commute, Pastor Larry speaks favorably about his tenure at First Presbyterian in Mount Vernon. “It’s a God thing,” he insists. “I’ll be here as long as I’m supposed to be here—as long as the Lord leaves me here,” he states. He then adds with a smile, “And as long as the congregation puts up with me.”

His vision for the church is clear. He quotes Isaiah 55:6-9, as his “desire for the people,” he states, “first and foremost.”

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

As one might expect, Pastor Larry reveals how approachable God remains, as Scriptures proclaim, from his position of authority. Also approachable, Pastor Larry welcomes all those who find their way to the Lord at First Presbyterian Church each Sunday, 10:15 a.m.

Briefly NH Volunteer Fire Dept. to host annual Sausage Supper and Raffle The New Harmony Volunteer Fire Department will host its annual Sausage Supper and Raffle on Saturday, January 25 in the Posey County Fairgrounds Community Center. Serving begins at 4 p.m. with the raffle winners drawn at its conclusion at 7 p.m. All you can eat fare includes sausage, beans, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, corn bread, dessert and drinks for $10. There will be a Chinese Auction and Gun Raffle. Tickets for the raffle are one for $10, three for $20, and eight for $40

Williams to present “Mysteries in Poseyville History” Feb. 5 The Saint Francis Ladies Club has invited Chad Williams of Poseyville to present his program “Mysteries In Poseyville History” on Wednesday, February 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Saint Francis Cafeteria. His presentation recently at the Willard Library was so enjoyable, we asked him to share with the public here in Poseyville. Light refreshments will be served.

Here is a sneak peak: Did you know Poseyville used to be known as Palestine? Did you know that William Jennings Bryan made two whistle stops by train in Poseyville during both the 1904 and 1908 elections? Did you know that land in the Poseyville area was just $2 an acre in gold around 1808 and had to be recorded in Vincennes, Indiana?

Chad Williams grew up in Poseyville and graduated from North Posey and the University of Southern Indiana. Nearly 20 years ago, he had just started researching his family’s history when he realized there was no official written history of the Town of Poseyville anywhere to be found. Chad started collecting stories from local newspapers, court records, and vast amounts of land records to try to piece together a history. Chad has a Facebook page called “History of Poseyville, Indiana” to tell stories of the town. In June 2017, the Town Board of Poseyville recognized Chad as the Official Town Historian of Poseyville.

New Harmony Legion to sell famous Homemade Chowder New Harmony American Legion Post 370 will be selling their famous Homemade Chowder on Superbowl Sunday, Feb. 2 starting at 11:30 a.m. This will be Open House - public is welcome. Prices are as follows: gallons $18; half gallons $10; bowls $4; dine in or carry out.You may bring your own containers, however, no glass. We will also take Paid pre-orders on Saturday. Our kitchen will also be open serving pizza and appetizers. Proceeds to benefit Legionaries, Sons, and Auxiliary. Come join us for pre-game festivities in a great atmosphere with great people and stay and watch the big game.

Tri Kappa Scholarships now available for NP students, graduates Attention North Posey Seniors and North Posey Graduates who are interested in scholarship money. Please contact Tri Kappa Scholarship Chair Traci Newcomer at tracinewcomer@gmail for information and applications.

Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus seeking new members Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus, our community based musical organization, is preparing to begin their Spring season with rehearsals at Hedges Central, Seventh and Canal Streets, Entrance 13 in Mount Vernon, Indiana. The Orchestra and Chorus is hoping to add new instrumentalists and vocalists to our existing group. If you played an instrument or sang in High School or College, we offer the opportunity to sharpen your skills back up and beyond. High School students wishing to expand their repertoire are encouraged to join. The first rehearsal for the Orchestra is Friday, January 24 at 6 p.m. and the first rehearsal for the Chorus is Tuesday, January 28 at 6 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. Spring season ends with a concert in Evansville on May 2, and a concert in Mount Vernon May 3. If you would like to learn more, please text or call (leave message) Melanie Edling at 812-204-8394 or email edlingm8@gmail.com.

Saint Philip Men’s Club to host Sausage Sale The Saint Philip Men’s Club is having a Sausage Sale on January 25 and 26, 2020. The sausage may be picked up from The Hall behind Church after the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday and after the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday. There will be bulk sausage, sausage links, smoked sausage links, brats, liver sausage and soup bones available for sale.

Community Table - January/February Free meal every Thursday, serving from 5 - 6 p.m. at Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church, Poseyville.

Thursday, January 23 – BBQ on Bun, Baked Beans, Chips, Dessert Thursday, January 30 – Taco Soup, Sandwich, Fruit, Dessert Thursday, February 6 – Chicken Chips Casserole, Cottage Cheese, Fruit, Dessert

Thursday, February 13 – Baked Spaghetti, Salad, Bread, Valentine Cupcakes Thursday, February 20 – Relay for Life Chili, Small Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Glazed Fruit Salad Thursday, February 27 – Sloppy Joe on Bun, Potato Salad, Chips, Fruit, Dessert No preaching. Just good eating. Everyone welcome.

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Wildcat Wearhouse now open

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Ribeyes For Ribeyre Dinner and Auction Set For February 22 The 17th annual benefit dinner will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 as the Ribeyre Gym Restoration Group (RGRG) presents the “Ribeyes for Ribeyre� Dinner and Auction.

This benefit event will be held at Ribeyre Gymnasium in Historic New Harmony and boasts an interest for the entire family.

Doors open at 4:30PM. Hand-cut Dewig Meat’s rib-eye steaks will be cooked on-site and served with our famous salad, potato, roll, dessert and drink; hotdogs will also be available. A traditional live auction will begin at 6:00 PM. There will be a variety of items that are sure to appeal to all ages. We will be adding items up until auction time; a complete list will be available at the dinner.

Now in its 18th year, the group of New Harmony School students and dedicated adult volunteers have been able to secure funding and

complete work on the exterior of the building and various interior projects that have allowed this building to once again be used by community events. Current project is a Capital Campaign to raise funds to renovate the stage area.

The Committee members encourage all to attend this fun event and help support one of New Harmony’s oldest landmarks. Tickets are available at the door: $20 for steak dinner, $8 for hot dog dinner. Serving time is 5:00-6:30 PM. This would be a great way to spend an evening with friends and neighbors, and view New Harmony’s latest restoration project. The Ribeyre Gymnasium is located on the corner of South Main and Tavern Streets in Historic New Harmony. For more information or to donate an auction item contact Jim Scarafia or Brenda Butman.

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The Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon has recently opened the “Wildcat Wearhouse.� It offers necessities to students in need, such as: clothes, shampoo, toothpaste, hats, and gloves.

The Wearhouse began through a partnership between the Counseling Department and the Posey County Special Services due to the growing need for basic needs of students to be met. A large problem was students with dirty clothing whether it was pet odor or students not having access to a washing machine. MSDMV also needed a way for the special education students to gain job and life skills. These students help wash the clothes that are donated.

Items that are donated go to students that are sent to the counseling department for dress code or other reasons. The Wildcat Wearhouse also offers PE clothes to students in the school system. Donations are distributed by emergency basis. By the end of January, Kelli Walker, a guidance counselor at Mount Vernon High School, plans to open the Wearhouse up to referrals by teachers and parents. Students that are referred to the Wildcat Wearhouse will receive a set amount of hygiene items and clothes.

Mount Vernon High School students and staff donated items to the Wildcat Wearhouse during the hygiene drive in November. Items donated were shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, toothpaste, body wash, hats, and gloves. A coat drive for the Wearhouse also took place at the Milk and Cookies with Santa at First Christian Church.

To donate, please take the items to any school’s main office. Each school has their own Wildcat Wearhouse; however, the high school

Amber Allyn pictured with just a few of the coats collected from the Milk and Cookies with Santa at First Christian Church. Photo submitted Wildcat Wearhouse serves both the high school and junior high. Trinity United Church of Christ donated space to hold items for the Wildcat Wearhouse, as well. The Wearhouse is specifically in need of shoes, hangers, and laundry detergent. While shoe size for each student may be difficult to find, the Wildcat Wearhouse has received a few monetary donations from Gordman’s and WSI, so they will be able to purchase shoes for students if needed. Monetary donations are appreciated, and there are donation receipts available. Anything can be donated to the Wildcat Wearhouse from clothes to shampoo to detergent. All donations are extremely appreciated.

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‘Vehicles” continued from Page A1 chanic’s lien language in the lower section under the Authorized Signature since this is a public property and a public works project.

Otherwise, it met all legal criteria and should be reviewed by the street department head for compliance with all specifications. Dieterle said it was all in order.

In department reports, Police Chief Tony Alldredge stated there were 198 calls since the last meeting. When asked if this is about average, Chief Alldredge replied yes and added, “the calls do tend to go up some in the summer.” Fire Chief Wes Dixon reported there were 40 calls for his department in that time

period. Numbers broke down into 26 medical runs, six car accidents and nine fire runs.

Gray said his department flushed 7,641 feet of sewer main and worked on 11 trouble lines and helped on two outside jobs, one for the street department and one for the water department since the last meeting. Dieterle said they hauled 126 tons of trash to the landfill and brought in $280 in extra pickups in that same amount of time. Dieterle said they are caught up on leaves and are only taking call in requests for leaf pickup.

In other board action: • approved street closures for the “Hope

On Main Street” American Red Cross Relay for Life event slated for May 2 from 5 to 10 p.m. The board approved the request of Shelley Hargrove and Jessica Wright to close Main Street from Second to Fourth Street from noon to 10 p.m. However, they do not want to block off the busy Second Street intersection. Fire Chief Dixon reminded the pair that they cannot block the street entirely and must leave a twenty foot thoroughfare for emergency vehicle use.

• approved a thirty day extension request of a police force employee on medical leave, since a doctor’s recommendation was submit-

ted supporting it. This adds thirty additional days onto the 90 day original leave.

• the Mayor reported that after a walk through with the contractors on the Main Street Project, it should be completed in seven to ten days with only a small punch list left to do. The main item to do is work on the railing on the right side at the monument. “It will come in under budget, maybe even $100,000 below the estimate for the whole project,” the Mayor noted with pleasure.

Board member Hoehn added it is floating around on Facebook to the contrary, to which Curtis emphasized it is all under budget.

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a great dad. I just want my family. I don’t believe that God will put more on us than we can handle. We can care for our baby. You don’t know how to respond initially. Our faith and our support system have kept us grounded,” Brandon explained. “Our extended family was initially overwhelmed.

They are still trying to learn as much as they can with us and they want to be kept updated on everything.”

“We can’t believe how many people care. Everyone keeps asking what we need, but we won’t know what we need until our daughter is born. It will depend upon how long she has to stay in the hospital and how old she is when we get to bring her home. There is a difference in what you need at a few weeks of age compared with a few months of age.”

A benefit for Baby Berry is set for February 1, 2020, from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Fort Branch VFW. The benefit will include auctions, bake sales, and raffles for large ticket items. All manner of items will be included, from quilts and flower arrangements to a rideable Hot Wheels car. A relative has made arrangements with her employer, Dairy Queen, for burgers and hotdogs to be served at the benefit as well.

A Go Fund Me page has also been set up for Baby Berry.

Marissa and Brandon want to thank everyone for their many prayers, words of encouragement and support. Marissa says, “It is really getting us through this. Our baby is so loved already.”

read by a drive-by system, but Hawkins countered that he heard that doesn’t work. “This system has worked well for over ten years, since it was installed in 2007,” he commented. Hawkins wondered if the rates did go up by 6-7 percent. Gray said the water charge rates remained the same, usage readings may go up.

Bradley asked what the rate per gallon is at this time. Gray replied the minimum is $19.95 for 2,500 gallons of water. Day asked if the rate ordinance is public record and if they can get access to it. Mayor Curtis said yes and it is also online. Gray then explained the meter readings and how the bill they receive each month is generated. The billings are actually a couple of months behind. Baldwin stated if someone gets a new meter in the middle of a billing cycle, that can affect two bills and Gray agreed.

Individual bill discussions ensued, but the audience was told the board cannot publicly discuss bills without a resident’s approval. When asked to use theirs, the Bradleys did not give their approval. Mainly the concluding message to everyone was, if someone needs an adjustment and they have met the requirements of the procedure for one, they will get an adjustment.

Anyone having difficulty with the Water Department was told to call the Mayor’s Office.

Board member Andy Hoehn stated they need a liaison between the city and the residents and that’s when Baldwin volunteered to tackle the list of bill complaints. “We need to follow the data and see if it points to leaks or calibration problems. We need to tackle this big problem one bite at a time,” Hoehn noted.

Under New Business, Bree Reich spoke to the board on an issue with the location of her water meter on Fourth Street. Her bill spiked for one month and she was told she had a leak. No leak was found, and her bill was back to normal the next month.

In experiencing this, she found out her meter is located under

the highway 500 feet away from her property. 455 feet of her water line is not even on her property. She now has an active leak and a plumber came and he indicated he can’t touch the issue without a legal easement. The leak is flagged, but she is concerned that the city wants her to temporarily fix the pipe on someone else’s property.

She feels she should not have to contact the other homeowner or pay for anything other than the leak on her property. It will cost a lot to bore under the road. The Mayor assured her that they are knowledgeable about the problem and working with her on it. “We will work together to get this resolved,” he stressed.

Hoehn said they need to put a meter on her property first. If there is leakage, cap the line and she should not be charged. Her normal rate should be maintained. Mayor Curtis stated that is what they have already done.

Brothers stated this is not a typical circumstance, with a line going under the highway and wondered how it happened. The response was it was done back in the 1970’s. Gray suggested a possible solution. There is a city line to the Lions Club that the city could access, but they will need to get easements. There is a 2-inch line there they can tap.

As a final speaker, Hilary Carrico, with Core and Main, a business that serves many municipalities selling water and wastewater equipment, spoke as an non-resident observer. “This issue seems to be about people not knowing the system and how to communicate if they have a leak. The city needs to put these procedures on the city website so they know how to go about getting an adjustment, what to do if they have a leak, and so forth. This could all be solved easily with online pieces of paper.

This is such a case of ‘he said, she said,’ and coming out with this on Facebook is not appropriate.” Mayor Curtis thanked her for her comments.

‘Water Bills’ continued from Page A1 ter on Tanglewood Drive which had to be checked when he received a high billing and wondered if they’re incorrect. He had an issue in the winter, in the middle of the night and called and someone came out and the water department cooperated.

He said for five months he paid the same amount for water and wondered if estimates are used. Gray said they do not use estimates at all, the meters are read.

Rebecca and Ricky Bradley stated they have bills close to $300 and have had an adjustment a time or two. When they filled their pool, they had their bill adjusted, but it seems to fluctuate monthly. Gray told Bradley his new meter was installed on November 21. Bradley wondered if the new meters are reading accurately. When Bradley asked Gray how often the meters are audited for calibration, he answered every year. Bradley replied they should be audited every six months, and residents should also be notified when a new meter is being installed.

Board member Jillian Brothers questioned the yearly audit and asked if it is public. Gray replied in the affirmative and said it is a very thorough audit and available online. Baldwin questioned the failure rate on the new meters and Gray said the new meters are accurate to 0.03 percent, which comes directly from the manufacturer. “They are super accurate, but we will see some mistakes, since we have so many to install.”

Gray said 2,554 new meters have been installed, with about a thousand yet to do. “The old ones did fail and that is why we are in the process of replacing them,” he explained. “The problem is we had to do these bill adjustments off the master. We need to give these new Karstruck meters a chance.” He added customers may see an increase in their usage by 6-7 percent.

Robert Hawkins went to the podium to say he was present to support this group. He stated 50 people have high meter readings and asked how the meters are read. Gray said the meters are

‘Rice’ continued from Page A1 Office of Education in Washington, D.C. An energetic and dedicated citizen, Dr. Rice gave leadership to many efforts to improve the communities in which he lived.

He was president of the Board of Commissioners of the Evansville Housing Authority and chair of the Governor’s Citizens Advisory Committee for Title Twenty of the Social Services Act. A founder of Leadership Evansville, now called Leadership Everyone, he also served as its president. In 2009, he and his wife Betty received the Leadership Evansville Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Rice was general chair of the Fund Drive of the United Way of Southwestern Indiana, chair of the board of WNIN Channel 9 Public Television, explorer chair of the Buffalo Trace Council Boy Scouts and president of the Indiana Public Broadcasting Society. He also served on the board of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science; the Indiana Business Modernization and Technology Corporation; the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana; The Villages, Inc.; Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana; Evansville Coalition of Adult Literacy; and was active in Rotary. In 2013, Dr. Rice was inducted into the prestigious Evansville Regional Business Hall of Fame. He chaired former Congressman Lee Hamilton’s Southern Indiana Rural Development Project. In

professional circles, he served the Indiana Conference for Higher Education as its president.

Dr. Rice earned many accolades from public service organizations, including the Salvation Army Service to Others Award, West Side Civitan Citizen of the Year, the National Community Leadership Conference Alumni Award, Rotary Civic Award, Boy Scout Distinguished Citizen Award and a Sagamore of the Wabash conferred by Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr. An Evansville native, Orr signed into law the bill creating the University of Southern Indiana on April 16, 1985.

In recognition of his University leadership, both the Faculty Senate and the USI Alumni Council endowed scholarships in his name.

In 2016, to honor Dr. Rice on his 87th birthday, the David L. Rice and Betty Fordice Rice Presidential Scholarship Endowment was established. The University Library was named in his honor and both he and Mrs. Rice received honorary doctoral degrees from the University.

Upon retirement from the presidency of USI, after 27 years of service, he and Mrs. Rice moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where they became active in historic preservation and community restoration. Dr. Rice undertook many of the town’s preservation efforts. He led the campaign and oversaw the

physical restoration of the Rapp Owen Granary, now a center for historical and cultural events in the community. As a commissioner for the bi-state bridge between New Harmony and Illinois, he was an ardent advocate for state and federal funding to stabilize and improve the structure. Although Dr. and Mrs. Rice moved to York, Pennsylvania, in 2014 to be close to their daughter, they maintained their home in New Harmony until 2017. For many years, they were members of Howell United Methodist Church in Evansville and later Johnson United Methodist Church in New Harmony.

Dr. Rice is survived by his wife of 69 years, Betty “Janey” Fordice Rice, and their two children, P. Denise Rice Dawson (Greg) of York, Pennsylvania; and Dr. Michael A. Rice (Mary) of Indianapolis, Indiana. He also is survived by six grandchildren, Clinton C. Dawson PhD (Lindsay), Kaitlin R. Rice Prinsen MD (Andrew), Abigail Rice Haste MD (Paul), Jill M. Rice (Matt), Mitchell A. Rice and Anna A. Rice; and five great-grandchildren, Carter G. Haste, Adalai J. Prinsen, Eleanor J. Haste, Bennett A. Prinsen and Emerson L. Haste.

Dr. Rice has three living siblings, Daniel Rice (Ruth Ellen), Alfred Rice (Ruth) and Arthur Rice (Tyke), all of New Market, Indiana. He was preceded in death by four broth-

ers, Ben Rice, Joseph Rice, Robert Rice, and Sanford Boraker; and six sisters, Wilma Jean Rice Hart, Louise Rice Bell, Sarah Jane Rice Wilbur, Evelyn Rice Reddish, Kathryn Rice, and Elizabeth Rice Kelly and all of their spouses.

Visitation for Dr. Rice will be Friday, January 24, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. in Carter Hall, University Center West on the University of Southern Indiana campus. Beginning at 5 p.m., the Reverend Father Bernard A. Lutz, a good friend of Dr. Rice who was a campus minister at the University for many years, will lead a prayer vigil when family and friends will share memories of Dr. Rice.

Funeral services will be in Carter Hall on Saturday, January 25, at 2 p.m. with visitation beginning at 1 p.m. The Reverend Michael P. Monahan, pastor of Old North United Methodist Church in Evansville, will officiate.

Visitation will also be held for Dr. Rice at 4 p.m. and conclude at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 26, at Machledt and Servies Funeral Home, 301 E. Green St. Waveland, Indiana.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 27, at Machledt and Servies Funeral Home.

Dr. Rice will be buried with military honors at the Fordice Family section of Portland Mills Church Cemetery in Parke County, Indiana.

Valero Renewable Fuels Awards $7,000 to Youth First, Inc. Valero Renewable Fuels - Mount Vernon has awarded $7,000 to Youth First, Inc., to strengthen the social and emotional well-being of students in Posey County.

This school year, Youth First is partnering with 80 schools in 10 Indiana counties to embed 59 Master’s level social workers in school buildings, where they become specialized mentors for students and prevention coaches for parents and teachers. Youth First Social Workers build caring relationships, foster readiness for positive change, and boost resiliency along with other valuable life skills.

Research shows these protective factors are the keys to preventing addiction, suicide, violence, and similar outcomes for young people. The organization’s positive outcomes are driving growth, with more schools seeking Youth First’s help to address the growing social and emotional needs of students.

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Youth First President and CEO Parri O. Black stated, “Our children are growing up in a complex and challenging world that puts them at greater risk for substance use, suicide, violence and harmful behaviors. The investment of Valero is critical to achieving Youth First’s mission. Work-

ing together, we can protect and heal the hearts of more young people and their families in Posey County.”

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Day of Caring The United Way of Posey County started its 2019 Campaign with a kickoff breakfast Friday, September 27 at the Posey County Community Center at the 4H Fairgrounds. The Kickoff coincided once again with the United Way’s Day of Caring. Over 300 volunteers throughout the county left the Kickoff Breakfast to work on over 30 public service projects around the county. Dan Ritter, chairperson for the Day of Caring states, “Our Day of Caring is a great example of how the United Way not only raises funds, but also brings together volunteers focused on making a difference. It should be a great day for everyone in the county.”

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By Chris Morlan The North Posey wrestling team competed in their final three dual matches for the season last week. North Posey was at home against Vincennes Lincoln and Evansville North last Wednesday. Last Thursday night, the Vikings wrestled their last home meet of the season against Evansville Memorial.

North Posey defeated all three teams in dual matches to improve to a school record of 26 wins and one loss.

Last Thursday night, the Vikings went against the Evansville Memorial Tigers.

This was also “Senior Night” for four Viking wrestlers. Seniors Paul Goins, Tristan Martin, Isaac Myers and Nathan Willman walked to center court with their parents to recognize these young men for their hard work and dedication to the Viking wrestling program.

The wrestling matches started with two junior varsity matches. In the first match was Lincoln Schenk (North Posey) against Christian Gordon (Memorial) in the 145-pound weight class. Gordon led the match 4-1 after the first round. Gordon was leading 6-2 in the middle of the second period. With 1:03 remaining in the second round, Schenk pinned Gordon for the win in an exciting match. The next junior varsity match was Paul Goins

(North Posey) against Sam Filbert (Memorial) in the 220-pound weight class. Goins lost the match on an 8-4 decision.

North Posey 40, Evansville Memorial 30: This meet was closer than the North Posey coaches, team, parents and fans projected.

North Posey was down 30-24 with three matches left in the meet. The Vikings won the last three matches of the evening to escape with the win. Nathan Willman (North Posey) competed against Kelton Farmer (Memorial) in the 220-pound weight class. Willman was up 6-2 and pinned Farmer with 18.6 seconds remaining in the first round. Isaac Myers (North Posey) pinned Barry Duff (Memorial) in the second period of the 285-pound weight class. Blake Zirkelbach (North Posey) lost by decision 5-2 against Kyler West (Memorial) in the 106-pound weight class. Camden Lupfer won the 113-pound weight class by forfeit. Braiden Fitts (North Posey) lost by fall against Keegan Williams (Memorial) in the second round of the 120-pound weight class. Kaleb Elpers (North Posey) lost the 126-pound match by fall against Eli Worth (Memorial). Elpers led 4-2 until Worth pinned him with 58.1 seconds left in the match. Na-

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Levi Freeman comes through with a hard-fought win over his Memorial counterpart during the Vikings’ 26th win of the season this week against Memorial. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Wildcat swimmers dominate, boys improving

By Thomas Butler The Mount Vernon swimming and diving Coed team hosted Boonville on Thursday.

The girls team defeated the Pioneers 12049.

“Even though we won the meet, I feel like the intensity wasn’t there this evening.

We are running out of time and must stay focused, especially with Big 8 only a week away,” head coach Stephen Loehr said.

Winning for the Cats were the 200 Medley Relay team of Kaleigh Kelley, Drew Scates, Sophie Kloppenburg and Jamie Glover. Taylor Collins took first in the 50 Free; Kelley won the 200 Free and the 100 Breast. Senior Kat Bellew placed first in the 100 Free and Glover won the 100 Back and the 500 Free.

Kloppenburg landed first in the 200 IM and the 100 Fly. The 200 Free Relay team of Glover, Scates, Collins and Durham placed first as well as the 400 Free Relay of Kloppenburg, Bellew, Kelley and Durham.

The boys fell to Boonville 115-63.

“We had some good swims this evening by our guys leading up to Big 8 next week.

Our 200 Free Relay of Zaine Lindauer, Khai

Mount Vernon Wildcat swimmer Hannah Durham swims a leg in Mount Vernon Wildcat swimmer Ben Powell continues to work and improve as the year goes along. The Wildcat boys have become a tight- one of the relays as the Lady Wildcats continue to enjoy a stellar season. Photo by Garry Beeson knit group this year as numbers are down. Photo by Garry Beeson

Willard, David Powell and Zach Culley came in first with a time of 1:43.33. We had several best times as some were swimming events

for the first time and we had a couple of best times for repeat swimmers. It was a great effort,” Loehr said.

North Posey Seventh and Eighth grade parents: there will be a meeting on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to discuss cub baseball in the high school cafeteria.

Wildcats edged by Vincennes’ Alices

By Thomas Butler The Mount Vernon boys basketball team is practicing hard, studying the game and making improvements - and it shows. The Cats are continuing to grow and develop as a team. Friday’s home game against Vincennes Lincoln is proof. Although the Cats did not win the conference game, they were incredibly close losing by only one point 46-45.

“We came up a free throw short with 4.2 seconds remaining to win the game,” head coach Joe Newcomb said.

In the first quarter, Vincennes won the tip off, but senior Wade Dixon recovered and made a three pointer. At the end of the quarter, the Cats led 13-9.

The second quarter the Alices accelerated and outscored the Cats 17-9 leaving the Cats behind at the half 26-22.

The third quarter started off with Mount Vernon in possession of the ball. The two teams exchanged fouls throughout the quarter and Vincennes outscored the Cats by two points.

The fourth quarter made for an exciting

game.

With two minutes to go in the game, Vincennes was leading 45-43. Kaleb Dosher was fouled and made both free throws tying up the game 45-45.

With less than five seconds to go in the game, Vincennes’ Peyton Curry was fouled and he made his shot, winning the game 46-45.

The Cats were led in scoring by Dosher with 14 points and Dixon with 9 points.

The Cats began the Carmi tournament on Monday.

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JANUARY 21, 2020 Sheriff Tom Latham proudly accepts a $2,000 donation from the Eagles Rider’s 4023 for the Sheriff’s Office K-9 program. The funds were gathered from the Bill Droll Memorial Ride.

Those pictured, left to right, Debbie Durbin, Victoria Beard, Thomas Neaveill, Sheriff Tom Latham, and K-9 Deputy Bryan Hicks. Photo submitted

Judge Travis Clowers traveled to Indianapolis this week to file the necessary documents to seek election for Posey County Superior Court Judge. Clowers was elected three times and served for over eight years as Posey County Prosecutor before being appointed to the bench by Governor Holcomb in 2019. As Prosecutor, Clowers worked closely with law enforcement to address methamphetamine problems in the county and was an integral part of multiple large drug raids. Judge Clowers stated after filing that, “It was honor and privilege to serve as Prosecutor and then to be appointed by Governor Holcomb to be Superior Court Judge. My goal as I move forward is to continue serving everyone in Posey County in a fair and efficient manner.” Judge Clowers lives in Mount Vernon with wife Jennifer and their five children.

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This group of sixth grade South Terrace Panthers played their last game as a Panther in their home gym this week. Next year they will grow into Vikings. The sixth grade girls team has had one loss in their past two seasons. The boys have also succeeded with winning records the past two years. Pictured are, front row, left to right, Kylee Heath, Elle Jo Johnson, Mallory Luigs, Alexander Powers, Trey Buecher, Brennan Barrett, and Ethan Wade. In the back row are Mackenzie Mills, Kyleigh Bender, Jesse Danhauer, Tad Mueller, Ben Freeman, Nolan Schickel, Grant Cullman, Roman Esche, and Isaac Holder.

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The South Terrace sixth boys basketball team won the Saint Bernard Tournament in Rockport, Ind., over the weekend. Pictured are, Front row (l to r), Jesse Danhauer, Alexander Powers, Trey Buecher, Brennan Barrett, and Ethan Wade. In the back row are Roman Esche, Tad Mueller, Grant Cullman, Nolan Schickel, Isaac Holder, and Ben Freeman. The team is coached by Jason Pharr.

Vikings dismantle Tecumseh, fail to finish at Rangers Ricketts with a game ball from the Mount Vernon game a week ago. Ricketts is now the new Posey County all-time leading scorer.

When lineups were announced, there was a shakeup in tonight’s lineup. Junior Chase Christie started his first game of the season in place of Kedrick Wahl who was home for the night with an illness. North Posey won the tip-off and jumped out to an early 7-0 lead at the 3:11 mark of the first quarter. Tecumseh scored their first points of the game with 2:44 remaining in the period. The Vikings dominated the first quarter and closed out the period with a 19-6 lead.

In the second quarter, Tecumseh scored the first four points of the period and cut the Viking lead to 19-10 with 6:25 remaining in the half. North Posey called a timeout to avoid anything going bad. North Posey came out of the timeout and scored the next 11 points in the game to lead 3010 with 4:59 left in the second quarter. The Vikings played great defense and put a lot of pressure on the Braves. Camden Bender played a great second quarter and scored all ten of his 10 points during the period. At half, North Posey led by big margin at 40-19.

North Posey played a solid third quarter and scored 22 points in the period. Tecumseh could not cut a break and their closest deficit being 19 points at 42-23 with 6:22 remaining in the third quarter. Halfway through the third quarter, Josiah Ricketts stole the ball from a Tecumseh player and dribbled the ball down the court for a dunk that brought all Viking fans Grant Allyn realizes that he is about to get fouled as out of their seats. Ricketts scored nine third quarter points, along with Harold Bender with six points and Logan Wunhe goes up for the basket during Friday night’s win over derlich with four points leading the Vikings to a 62-37 lead at Tecumseh. Photo by Dave Pearce the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter was controlled by the Vikings and they led by as much as 34 points in this

By Chris Morlan The North Posey boys’ basketball team played at home last game. This was a great game played by the Vikings. EveryFriday night against the Tecumseh Braves. North Posey led one who played, contributed to this win.

Josiah Ricketts led the Vikings with 23 points, four assists this game the entire way and won 78-47 for their fourth win in a row. This was a Coaches versus Cancer game and the and four steals. Logan Wunderlich with 12 points, three retheme was “Pink Out”. Prior to the tip-off, Former Posey bounds and two steals. Harold Bender with 11 points, four County all-time leading scorer Brian Cardin presented Josiah rebounds, two assists and two steals. Camden Bender with

10 points, six assists, three steals and one block. Grant Allyn with eight points, three rebounds and two steals. Chase Christie with seven points and two rebounds, while Owen Spears finished with seven points.

After the game, North Posey Coach Heath Howington said, “Chase Christie was ready. Credit Chase because he hasn’t played basketball since the eighth grade. Skipped freshman and JV basketball then went straight to the varsity level. With Jonathan (Ricketts) being out. Chase knew he had to be ready. Up until this point, he hasn’t got a ton of minutes, but he has been great in practice. I tell him to keep focusing on getting better everyday and his time would be coming.

His opportunity was here tonight, and he took full advantage of it. Harold Bender and Owen Spears came off the bench and gave us huge minutes. I just thought overall, we shared the ball well. Everybody was involved. Our defense led us in transition opportunities, and we are pretty good when we get out and run. It doesn’t get any easier. On the road in Ferdinand. A really tough place to play against a team that is 10-3 and number ten in the state. We will see if we can go up there and make a statement. We will find out what we are made of in this tough stretch of games coming up. It’s never easy to play against Tecumseh and one of the most well coached teams on our schedule. So much respect for Coach Oxley and what he does with his team.”

In the junior varsity game, North Posey struggled against a good Tecumseh team. The Braves were leading by as much as 17 points in this game. North Posey rallied back in the fourth quarter and cut the Tecumseh lead to two points with less than a minute remaining. That was the closest the Vikings got in the game and they lost by the final score of 53-47.

Owen Spears led the Vikings with 14 points, followed

by Devin Lintzenich with 10 points, Clay Douglas with six points, Alec Elpers with six points, Brandt Elpers with six points, Caleb Doubler with three points and Carter Hannah with two points.

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‘Viking wrestling’ continued from Page A1

Brady Reidford comes through with a critical big decision toward the end of a tight match with Memorial on Thursday evening at North Posey. The Vikings defeated Memorial to move their season record to 26-1. Photo by Dave Pearce than Schoening (North Posey) lost by fall against Justin Sheberly (Memorial) in the 132-pound weight class. Levi Freeman (North Posey) lost by decision 7-6 against Max Auntay (Memorial) in the 138-pound weight class. Tristan Martin (North Posey) pinned Jack Logan (Memorial) in the first round of the 145-pound match.

Clay Will (North Posey) lost the 152-pound weight class by decision 6-4 against Cameron Dollison (Memorial). Dalton Hill (North Posey) lost a 4-0 decision against Aiden Farmer (Memorial) in the 160-pound weight class. Brady Reidford (North Posey) wrestled well and defeated Sam Gertison (Memorial) by major decision 22-13 in the 170-pound weight class.

Sam Belt (North Posey) won the 182-pound weight class by forfeit. In the final match of the night, Wyatt Willman (North Posey) pinned Will Rogers (Memorial) in the 195-pound weight class with 35.5 seconds remaining in the first round for the win.

After the meet, North Posey Coach Cody Moll said, “first time all year I’ve been disappointed in our guys. We wrestled better against Mater Dei than we did against Memorial

tonight. I envisioned this going differently. I figured we would come in fired up because this was our last dual of the year. We talked a lot this week about setting records at North Posey and about being 26-1. Not settling just for a win. We wanted to dominate. We almost lost and should have lost. So, it’s unfortunate, I hate this happened at the end of the year, kind of a sour taste in my mouth, but these kids have done great all year. So, I hated that this last dual ended like this. Memorial is good and I knew six matches were going to be a tossup. I knew it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park.

We got carried by big pins from our studs that always

get pins for us. They won this dual meet and the other guys tried to cost us and I’m disappointed in my juniors. I only had one junior win tonight. They are next up, and everyone is going to be relying on them. Right now, I wouldn’t trust them. Kudos to Memorial, they came in ready to go. We rescheduled this meet because we wanted them full strength and we got them at full strength, and they are a good squad. Exciting dual, I would be a lot happier if I was Memorial because they came here and wrestled really well.”

North Posey 69, Vincennes Lincoln 9: In the 170-pound weight class, Brady Reidford won his match with a first-round

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fall. Wyatt Willman won the 182-pound weight class with a pin in the first round. Paul Goins won the 195-pound weight class by forfeit. Nathan Willman won the 220-pound weight class by forfeit. Isaac Myers won the 285-pound weight class by forfeit. During the 106-pound weight class, Blake Zirkelbach pinned his opponent in the first round of the match. Camden Lupfer won the 113-pound weight class with a firstround fall. Braiden Fitts won the 120-pound weight class by technical fall. Kaleb Elpers won the 126-pound weight class with a pin in the third round. Nathan Schoening lost by fall in the first period of the 132-pound

match. Levi Freeman won the 138-pound weight class by forfeit. Tristan Martin won the 145-pound weight class by major decision. Clay Will won the 152-pound weight class by fall in the first round of the match. Dalton Hill lost his match by decision in the 160-pound weight class.

North Posey 52, Evansville North 16: Wyatt Willman won the 182-pound weight class with a firstround fall. Paul Goins lost the 195-pound match by major decision. Nathan Willman won the 220-pound weight class with a firstround fall. Isaac Myers won the 285-pound weight class with a third-round pin. Blake Zirkelbach defeated his opponent with a first-round fall in the 106-pound weight class. Camden Lupfer won the 113-pound weight class by decision. Braiden Fitts won with a first-round fall in the 120-pound weight class. Kaleb Elpers won the 126-pound weight class by decision. Nathan Schoening lost by fall in the second round of the 132-pound weight class. Levi Freeman won the 138-pound weight class by decision. Tristan Martin won the 145-pound weight class by major decision. Clay Will defeated his opponent with a secondround fall in the 152-pound weight class. Dalton Hill won the 160-pound weight class by decision. Brady Reidford lost the 170-pound match by fall in the firstround.

Moll said, “we started with

Vincennes and I thought we wrestled well. They won two matches. We changed our lineup around. A first-year guy in our lineup and it’s great for him to get experience. We are just not as solid as we were at team state. We are still good. Dalton Hill lost a match against their best guy. There guy pinned us three weeks ago. At least this time, it was a closer match.

Dalton is not wrestling well right now. At the beginning of the year, Dalton was an animal and now he has kind of regressed. I’m hoping at PAC, he brings it out again.

He is going to be the number one seed at conference, and we need him to wrestle like it. Tristan Martin had a tough guy and wrestled well against him. Other than that, we took care of business. Going into North, we wrestled them earlier in the year. They won one match against us. The goal was that or less and that less would be a shutout obviously.

They won a few this time.

They had a different lineup.

This happened last year too.

Brady Reidford was winning the match and then was pinned in a headlock. While I’m talking about headlocks, go back to Memorial, Brady Reidford had some heart to fight off his back to get out of that headlock. If Brady gets pinned there. The dual meet is tied, and we have to go down to criteria and I don’t know if we win. Kudos to Brady for having a good match and some heart for the team. Overall, I thought we wrestled well.”

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Lady Vikings struggle in battle against powerful Patriots

By Chris Morlan The North Posey girls’ basketball team traveled to Lincoln, Ind., last Tuesday night to play against the Heritage Hills Lady Patriots.

A bad second quarter hurt the Lady Vikings.

They lost to the Lady Patriots 51-30.

North Posey previously won against Perry Central on January 11, while Heritage Hills came into this game with a 12-4 record and 5-0 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. During the first quarter, the Lady Vikings played well on defense and held the Lady Patriots to 10 points. After one quarter, North Posey was down 10-6. Heritage Hills came to life in the second quarter and outscored North Posey 27-9 to take a 37-15 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, North Posey outscored Heritage Hills 9-6 but they were still down big at 43-24 to end the period. This game was too far out of reach for the Lady Vikings to make the game close in the second half. However, the Lady Vikings did outscore the Lady Patriots 15-14 in the final two periods.

Jenna Heath led the Lady Vikings in scoring with eight points, Haley Wilson with six points, Jenna Rhineburger with four points, Claire Koester with four points, Emily Fortune with three points, Lauren Kihn with two points and Haley Lowe with two points.

During the junior varsity game, North Posey

lost to Heritage Hills by the final score of 3621. Jaedyn Rhineburger and Lauren Kihn led the Lady Vikings in scoring with five points each. Alexa Simmons finished the game with four points, Ally Schmitt with two points, Livie Maier with two points, Leoni Fisher with two points and Kaylee Bender with one point.

Last Saturday, the Lady Vikings are back in action at home against the Pike Central Lady Chargers. Pike Central came into this game with a 5-11 season record. North Posey played well for the first three quarters and then they were outplayed in the fourth quarter. Pike Central defeated North Posey 53-41.

North Posey and Pike Central finished out the first quarter locked at nine points apiece.

These two teams traded baskets in the second quarter and the Lady Vikings went to the halftime break with a one- point lead at 2221. Pike Central gained control of the game in the second half and led 35-32 after the third period. North Posey was outscored 18-9 in the fourth quarter and lost this game by twelve points.

Haley Wilson led the Lady Vikings in scoring with 11 points, followed by Jenna Heath with eight points, Tori Crawford with seven points, Jenna Rhineburger with five points, Claire Koester with four points and Haley Lowe with four points.

Viking teams split in action Viking Freshmen fall to a Raiders The North Posey boys’ freshman basketball team traveled to Huntingburg last Monday night to play against the Southridge Raiders. North Posey lost this game 36-22.

Southridge won all four quarters of this game. Leading the Vikings in scoring was Dawson Wunderlich with nine points, followed by Landon Hoehn with five points, Lucas Bass with four points, Reece Terhune with two points and Kyle Downey with two points.

After the game, Viking Coach Erik Mattingly said, “unfortunately we just were not ready to play tonight and that is on me as North Posey senior Haley Wilson sizes up the competition as she prepares to drive a coach. We had been practicing hard and trending upward over the last few weeks but during action this week. The Patriots defeated the Vikings. Photo by Dave Pearce just could not get it done tonight. I have been coaching for a long time and everything, I don’t care who you are, as a sophomore and freshman have a lot of growing up to do. We just have to keep getting these guys a lot of

By Thomas Butler experience and get them committed to techThe Mount Vernon Lady nique and fundamentals and as they mature, Wildcats hosted the Tecum-

Patriots handle Lady Wildcats seh Braves on Tuesday. After a tough point for point match, the Cats lost the battle. The first quarter the Cats were down 9-8. In the second quarter each team put up 10 points and at the half, the Cats were down by one.

After the half Tecumseh edged out the Cats scoring 11 to Mount Vernon’s 7.

The final quarter both teams managed 16 points, but the Cats could not recover the distance created earlier and lost 46-41.

Lead scorer for the Cats was Libby Steinhart with 13 points followed by Brooke Jackson with 10. Jackson led defensively with 19 total rebounds. Paige Robinson and Grace Schroeder led in blocks with two each.

The Cats were back at it on Saturday when they took to the road to compete against Heritage Hills.

The Cats started off slow and never picked up their momentum as the Patriots outscored the Cats all four quarters and defeated them 61-29.

“It was a rough Saturday road trip and we fell to a physical Heritage Hills

NPJH Seventh Graders defeat Haubstadt Last Thursday night, the North Posey Junior High seventh grade boys’ basketball team played at home against Haubstadt. The Vikings came to play and beat a good Haubstadt team 31-27. North Posey had a comfortable lead at halftime by the score of 20-11.

Haubstadt got back in the game and cut into North Posey’s lead in the third quarter. After three periods, the Vikings led 26-24. During the fourth quarter, the Vikings won the period 5-3 to get the win by the final score of 31-27.

Jackson Tucker led the Vikings in scoring with 12 points, followed by Noah Koester with five points, Henry Martin with five points, Stone Riecken with three points, Evan Tuley with three points, Austin Schmitt with two points and Kade Buecher with one point.

Rules change for several Ohio River catches The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has amended regulations for catching sauger, walleye, and saugeye on the Ohio River.

The new rule, which will take effect Jan. 19, permits a bag limit of six Sander species, the collective term for these fish, in aggregate per day, a possession limit of 12 Sander species in aggregate, and a minimum length limit of 14 inches. Previous regulations permitted the take of 10 Sander species in aggre-

gate per day, a possession limit of 20 Sander species, and had no minimum length limit. This DNR emergency rule aligns Indiana regulations for the Ohio River with new Kentucky regulations.

Sauger is the most sought after sport fish of the Sander species on the Ohio, and is prized as excellent table fare.

During the winter and early spring, sauger congregate downstream of dams and provide prime angling opportunities; however, high

harvest rates anglers are experiencing are not allowing the sauger population to reach its full potential.

The Ohio River Fisheries Management Team (ORFMT) analyzed long-term survey data and recommended these regulations in 2019 in an effort to increase the size and age structure and therefore the quality of the Ohio River sauger fishery as a way to ensure the sauger population remains sustainable for future generations.

Weekly Sports Schedules

Girls Basketball Tuesday, January 21, at Evansville Reitz (JV5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.)

Saturday, January 25, at home against Jasper (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.)

Boys Basketball 40th Annual Carmi-White County Invitational

Tournament, January 22-25 Wednesday, January 22, vs. Edwards County, IL, 5:30 p.m. (Varsity) Friday, January 24, vs. Mount Carmel, IL, 7 p.m. (Varsity) Saturday, January 25, vs. Carmi, IL, 11:30 a.m.

(Varsity) Saturday, January 25, vs. Harrisburg, IL, 4:30 p.m. (Varsity) Freshman Boys Basketball No games scheduled Wrestling Wednesday, January 22, at Evansville Reserve Invitational (JV Only), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 25, Big Eight Conference Championship at Mount Vernon, 9:15 a.m.

Girls Swimming Saturday, January 25, Big Eight Conference Diving Championship at Mount Vernon, 10 a.m.

Saturday, January 25, Big Eight Conference Swim Championship at Mount Vernon, 1 p.m.

Boys Swimming Saturday, January 25, Big Eight Conference Diving Championship at Mount Vernon, 10 a.m.

Saturday, January 25, Big Eight Conference Swim Championship at Mount Vernon, 1 p.m.

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Libby Steinhart keeps an eye on the ball as she attempts to track down a loose ball during action this week against Heritage Hills. Photo by Garry Beeson team. Paige Robinson led with 9 pts. Other scorers on the game were Libby Steinhart with 6 points, Brooke

Jackson with 6 points and Mallory Nurrenbern with 5 points,” head coach Doug Blair said.

‘Viking basketball’ continued from Page A1 Last Saturday night, the Vikings traveled to Ferdinand to play against the Forest Park Rangers. North Posey looked good in the first half and went cold in the second half for an 80-62 loss. The Vikings poured in 23 points in the first quarter for a comfortable 23-12 advantage.

Forest Park got back in the game in the second quarter and cut the Viking lead to six points. North Posey led at the half 36-30.

The second half was all Forest Park. The Rangers scored 50 points in the final two periods of the game

they will start putting all the pieces together.

I thought Nolan Kihn and Luke Scheller play hard for us and Reece Terhune and Kyle Downey did a good job rebounding and defending the post.”

to defeat the Vikings by 18 points. Forest Park took their first lead of the game at 4140 with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter. North Posey tied the game at 43-43 on a Josiah Ricketts three-point basket. Then Forest Park finished the third period with a 9-0 scoring run and lead 5243 at the end of the quarter.

The Vikings got within five points of the Rangers lead with five minutes left in the game. From that point, Forest Park took over the game and beat the Vikings by 18 points.

Josiah Ricketts led the Vikings in scoring with 28

points. Logan Wunderlich finished with 10 points, Harold Bender with 10 points, Kedrick Wahl with eight points, Camden Bender with four points and Grant Allyn with two points.

The North Posey junior varsity team lost a close game to Forest Park 35-32. This was the Vikings second loss in a row. Owen Spears scored 10 points to lead the Vikings.

Clay Douglas scored eight points, Devin Lintzenich with six points, Carter Hannah with three points, Brandt Elpers with three points and Caleb Doubler with two points.

Girls Basketball Thursday, January 23, at Evansville Memorial (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.)

Saturday, January 25, at Tell City (JV-12 p.m./ Varsity-1:30 p.m.)

Boys Basketball Friday, January 24, at home against South Spencer (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.)

Saturday, January 25, at home against Southridge (JV-5 p.m./Varsity-6:30 p.m.)

Freshman Boys Basketball Wednesday, January 22, at Mount Carmel, 6 p.m.

Friday, January 24, at home against South Spencer, 5:30 p.m.

Wrestling Saturday, January 25, Pocket Athletic Conference Championship at Heritage Hills, 8 a.m.

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West GRADE 1 HIGH HONORS Brenna Bincsik - Avery Buchanan - Scarlett Erwin Connor Ferrell - Savannah Higginbotham - Nicholas Miller Carson Ferrell - Gavin Frisby - Parker Hyatt - Kenzie Johnson Finn Rainey - Arian Reynolds - Charles Spurgeon Jacob Stickles - Sadie Thompson - Westyn Adam Bella Embrey - Trevin Linck HONORS Aarik Baker - Aliyah Corder - Madaline Floyd - Denver Hanks Kayden Hanmore - Eryn Heath - Hank Hildenbrand Nevaeh Jackson - Kaylor Marvel - Austin McCarty Colton McCarty - Ahmilley Alcay - Laelah Atwater Myla Bell - Kyra Beswick - Faith Brakie - Kaydence Clark Cannon Kruger - Jamarion Leach - Oliver Nichols Dayman Sargent - Matthan Wickstrom - Wyatt Adams Kar’mah Anderson - Hope Barker - Cabella Bratcher Garrison Brink - Adain Brock - Allie Keown - Taliyah Lewis Aiden Newton - Knox Schneider - Leland Smith - Zane West Micah Willard - Alexis Wright

GRADE 2 HIGH HONORS Hadley Breeze - Travis Baritt - Blake Bell - Trinity Gates Shelby Hamilton - Maliya Newman - Avalynn Reich Jonis Robinson - Reese Collins - Ellery O’Neil HONORS Remington Bratcher - Savannah Fleming - Braxton Hardin Gabrielle Lafferty - Ginnie McWhirter - Georgia Miniard Jaidra Poore - Kalyssa Sain - Noah Williams - Avery Collins Brylee Daws - Jaylie Denning - Brylee Dixon Lincoln Dobleman - London Dobleman - Gavin Givens Madeline Hargrove - Brady King - Gabriel Sutfin

Breelyn Barnes - Dakota Clark - Hunter Embrey Crystal Fair - Mackenzie Gunter - Ryder Hyatt Adraelius Johnson - Liliana Neave - Chace Reynolds Aaron Wolfe GRADE 3 HIGH HONORS Logan Haynes - Chace Holton - John Hewins HONORS Wastna Biggerstaff - Drake Buchanan - Arianna Dell Mason Dixon - Katlynn Garza - Jayla Houchin Bryant Hubbard - Levi Jarvis - Weston Johnson Morgan Miller - Jersie Reynolds - Xander Snelling Kaiden Stillwagoner - Aubrey Woosley - Avery Capes Isla Day - Logan Houchin - Bella Howell Camrynn McMichael - Mason Osborne - Angel Poole Nevaeh Ricketts - Piper Schneider - Deni Tucker Dylan Willett - Aleah Wyatt - Zoel Barnes Brookelyn Hanmore - Jayleigh Higgins - Keaton Long Billy Miniard - Gabriel Nunn - Makayla Payne Brenyn Reynolds - Lilly Ricketts - Hunter Rose Baylee Stallings - Alexander Wallis - Asa Willard Claire Woosley

GRADE 4 HIGH HONORS Shane Stephens - Aleeah Bebout - Casey Davis Zane Johnson - Kameron Miller - Bryce Boggs - Zoey Lively Elexis Ricketts - Davin Sullivan HONORS Aidyn Breeze - Kali Cobb - Cierra Gross - Isaiah Harrington Carter Howe - Brandtlee Maikranz - Mahkenzie Mosley Shane Nobles - Aubrey Sherretz - Maxwell Thompson Hayden Williams - Grayson Boren - Graysie Braddam Shay Clark - Serenity Fenwick - Erick Godinez Kayden Grooms - Saint Henderson - Kendrick Hershberger Tori Johnson - Lilly McCarty - Maielena Neave Fletcher Wheeler - Carly Yarbrough - Annabelle Brock Kirstyn Cousert - Nolan Cox - Reagan Denning - Jonah Funk Keaton Givens - Rosalena Gonzalez - Bryson Hall Blake Hathaway - Charlotte Millay - Elexis Ricketts Bailey Sargent ROCK Lucas Curtis

GRADE 5 HIGH HONORS Alyssa Fendel - Isaac Hamilton - Athan Sharber Delaney Biggerstaff - Lidia Juarez-Fernandez Gracie Simpson HONORS Madelyn Abel - Samantha Brakie - Emma Jackson Mason Johnson - Joseph Peters - Ajalee Ackman Alexis Buchanan - Cael Collins - Molly Miller - Jada Reinitz Jaxon Schutz - Logan Anderson - Shaylee Johnson ROCK Colten Tinsley

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GRADE 4 HIGH HONORS Julia Emsweller - Monroe Harris - Levi Jones Jackson Meinschein - Braxden Walker - Tyson Boerner Charley May - Brock McNeece - Victoria Poling Tristan Rumley - Henry Scates - Sarah Seifert Adeline Weis HONORS Jacob Caldemeyer - Kaydee Campbell - Emma Fuhs Colton Gentry - Grady Hilt - Lily Kincade Jazmynn Mattingly - Michael McPherson Jacquilynn Pierson - Gavin Schmuck - Sean Spencer Ashlyn Vaught - Charles West - Zoey Wilson Destini Crawford - Taylor Crofts - Benjamin Eaton - Addison Goff Sophia Hasselbrinck - Alex McDowell - Thomas Scates Braxton Shelton - Sydney Spencer - Colton Tenbarge Trinity Terry - Kayleigh Toon - Elias Williams Nakhilyn Williams

GRADE 5 HIGH HONORS Logan Preske - Emerson Walker - Ella Wells - Donald Zhao Carter Zieren - Cassidy Fields - Madison Owens Gavin Schu - Natalie Thompson HONORS Braden Anderson - Elexis Bryant - Jacob Byerly Johnathon Crowe - Kylee Findley - Jade Johnson Makayla Lupfer - Faith Mattingly - Mitchell Ragsdale Mercades Lane - Gracie Luckett - Ellie Rhea - Maddex Salee

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A HONORS Adyn Collins - Dharma Fribley - Calista Jordan Reagan Koester - Emma Moore - Allison Werkmeister HIGH HONORS Mason Ashby - Christina Boyd - Reese Butler MaKenzie Coin - Grace Cullman - Faith Curry Jacob Downey - Shaina Farrar - Levi Freeman Audrey Goetz - Laela Jackson - Bethany Jones Thadeus Jones - Lauren Kihn - Nolan Kihn - Jake Koch Alivia Maier - Kyle Mayes - Kayla Morlan - Madison Olander Victoria Patrick - Josie Payne - Taylor Pieszchalski Maxwell Renshaw - Abigail Rittichier - Luke Scheller Renee Schickel - Paige Schmahlenberger - Molly Seibert Ever Warren - Anna Werner - Emma Westerfield Gavin Wheeler - Kylie Will HONORS William Bergwitz - Madison Coon - Logan Coultas Reanna Eastwood - Shane Embry - Kyle Fifer Tristen Gammon - Logan Herke - Erin Hoehn Landon Hoehn - Emily Johnson - Kylie Kaiser - Kyla Nichols Mason O’Brien - Luke Sailer - Ansley Singer - Xander Stone Reece Terhune - Alec Turner - Emma Word

HIGH HONORS Reese Basham - Aubrey Brandenstein - Kade Buecher Allie Cook - Carly Douglas - Amelia Fifer - Braeden Harp Alyssa Heath - Kayla Jones - Ashlynn Lutz Henry Martin - Ty Mauck - Brantly Oakley - Kaitlyn Oakley Sophie Scheller - Austin Schmitt - Evan Tuley Kathryn Wescott - Tate Wilson HONORS Savannah Armstrong - Zoe Bippus - Danielle Bostian Kylen Brown - Brennan Butcher - Avery Collins Malaya Elliott - Reagan Fortune - Jasmin Freeman Axton Gamblin - Hayden Gee - Jasmine Gibson Jessica Glaser - Caleb Goebel - Jasmine Guest Christian Hall - Isabel Hight - Jack Hirsch - Kalee Joseph Noah Koester - Shawnee Lamar - Morgan LaVanchy Maya Luna - Trace Martin - Makayla Mayer Maggie McCutchan - Christina Meredith - Keegan Meritt Alyssa Miller - Ava Milligan-Staples - Madalyn Newton Morgan Ogden - Adelyn Olander - Laney Owens Colton Palacios - Lillamae Patrick - Jacob Pugh Stone Riecken - Trey Schipp - Devin Schmitt Jonathan Schmitt - Angel-Marie Smith - Charlotte Smith Sydnie Smith - Andrew Stinson - Jackson Tucker Seth Turpen - Zoe Wharton - Rowan Wheeler Valerie Wilderman - Landon Will - Brett Wrobel HONORABLE MENTION Jack Alderson - Kimberly Baize - Ian Decker Carley Elpers - Luke Garrison - Da’Mea Hayes - Dylan Helfert Jaylee Hester - Troy Holzmeyer - Madelyn Knapp Isaac Luigs - Miles Lutz - Nathan Medina - Bailey Miles Darron Myers - Miranda Noah - Alissa O’Brien Dallas Palacios - Piper Rollins - Carson Saltzman Nathan Todd - Shane VanHoosier - Carter Wells Levi Williams - Corbin Ziegler

GRADE 10 A HONORS Kaylee Bender - Alexis Cole - Julia Fullop - Morgyn Hines Claire Koester - Addyson Lingafelter - Maxwell Muensterman Kayla Orpurt - Lauren Zirkelbach HIGH HONORS Annie Alcantara - Riley Basham - Kylee Baumholser Harold Bender - Elouise Bromm - Kendyl Brown Audrey Crawford - Karly Damm - Clayton Douglas Brandt Elpers - Landon Epley - Paige Exline - Heather File Sydni Flowers - Lyndsey Gentil - Cassidy Gish Christian Greene - Anna Gries - Audrey Hirsch Noah Holzmeyer - Lilly Kerby - Haley Lowe Madelyn Mayer - Payton Metcalf - Ruth Ann Meyer Kinley Milligan - Samuel Myers - Rachel Newman Scout Norrington - Nettie Nottingham - Julianne Pardon Annastasia Patterson - Robert Peters - Ella Rapp Jaedyn Rhineburger - Jenna Rhineburger - Eyan Rice Allison Schmitt - Cora Schmitt - Alexa Simmons Alexa Wagner - Nicholas Wargel - William Weatherholt Sean Wharton - Jacob Will - Kyndal Williams - Braden Willis Dawson Wunderlich - Blake Zirkelbach HONORS Meredith Atkins - Abby Baehl - Katelyn Bare - Lucas Bass Kayelee Bratton - Ethan Brown - Bret Bullington Annie Byford - Jesse Cuevas - Addyson Delph Trinity Dessauer - Jonathan Dill - Rachel Drone - Alec Elpers Avery Elpers - Kody Gardner - Suzanne Johnson Tristain Joseph - Chase Krohn - Devin Lintzenich Adam Moye - Megan Payne - Joel Rhineburger Landon Smith - Dylan Teeter - Gracelyn Tenbarge Wyatt Willman

GRADE 11 A HONORS Leoni Fisher HIGH HONORS Mila Alderson - Samuel Belt - Jaxson Bender Jacob Blankenship - Brooke Coleman - Casey Cotton Adam Cox - Victoria Crawford - Jevin Downen - Caleb Dyson Taylor Freeman - Justin French - Grace Glaser Kennedy Hallam - Jenna Heath - Ian Heinlin - Cody Kaiser Kimberly Korff - Garrett Parker - Kyle Payne Braden Schipp - Nicholas Stump - Brennon Sweeney Tyler Thompson - Kim Vogel - Jaydyn Wehmer Clay Will - Caitlin Williams HONORS Remington Adams - Alexander Bare - Chase Christie Kennedy Devine - Caleb Doubler - Makenna Elpers Draike Farrar - Dalton Hill - Tristin Keepes - Gaige Kihn Hayleigh Latham - Kyle LaVanchy - Clayton Lutz Dominic Metcalf - Brinden Morell - Bianca Niehaus Jackson Perigo - Brady Reidford - Olivia Schmahlenberger Braedon Stogner - Kedrick Wahl - Tham Wasansaerekul Reilly Whitler - Jaxon Wiggins - Jacob Wilder

GRADE 12 A HONORS Emily Abernathy - Grant Allyn - Camden Bender Jordyn Beshears - Ivy Brandenstein - Megan Brenton Rylie Farr - Emily Fortune - Emma Goebel - Johnson Koester Macee Long - Sophia Martin - Mallory Motz Samuel Muensterman - Magdalen Newcomb - Isaac Rose Blake Schmitt - Hunter Straw - Haley Terhune - Haley Wilson Logan Wunderlich HIGH HONORS Alexis Bishop - Destiny Brandenstein - Tessa Chanley Carynne Crowe - Laura Cumbee - Faith Droege Zachary Eagan - Haylee Exline - Elizabeth Fifer Michael Goedde - Brooklen Gries - Levi Harms Madelynn Hartig - Naiasha Hutchinson - Cole Koester Zachary Lowe - Drew Lutz - Josilin Merideth - Jaylyn Messic Helen Newton - Isaac Pearison - Matthew Pieszchalski Sean Pieszchalski - Josiah Ricketts - Nathan Ricketts Madasyn Rohrscheib - Gabriel Sailer - Morgan Schmidt Isabella Sims - Reid Smith - Raice Straub - Cameron Tepool Rylee Thompson - Tanner Tichenor - Hunter Wassmer Nickolas Wiley - Nathan Willman - Logan Woods HONORS Chase Andersdon - Theodore Anderson - Emily Barthlow Ethan Baumholser - Sophia Bottomley - Logan Braun Hannah Brendel - Jennifer Brown - Jacob Cobb Trevor Englert - Wade Fickas - Alex Garcia - Paul Goins Caleb Grider - Hunter Harvey - Blake Koch - Scott Lance Preston Lockwood - Tristan Martin - Anthony Martinez Trystan Meritt - Peyton Nelson - Alizea Norrington Haley Wallace - Jacob Wiley - Lazio Ziegler

Saint Phillips GRADE 5 HIGH HONORS Brody Bacon - Henry Bohleber - Zack Hutton - Cecilia Laury Trent Mulherin - Emily Nurrenbern - Laney Randall Nash Stratman - Natalie Weber HONORS Isaiah Allford - Josh Bacon - Thea Birchler - Benjamin Deeg Aiden Hauke - Annabell Knaebel - Ethan Wannemuehler

GRADE 6 HIGH HONORS Isabelle Bohleber - Reagan Reising - Lyla Walker HONORS Levi Bigge - Aiden Fehrenbacher - Isaac Randall Josie Walker - Noah Weinzapfel

GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS Jordan Bacon - Gabe Bigge - Grace Folz - Chelsea Merkley Will Nurrenbern - Jack Shumate - Emily Sinnett HONORS Brayden Caldemeyer - Charlie Griese Hayden Wannemuehler

GRADE 8 HIGH HONORS Kaylee Bacon - James Bohleber - Addison Kelley Mallory Kempf - Kaylee Kramer - Ashley Meyer Zane Norman - Wyatt Stratman - Tyler Vanover - Hailey Wells HONORS Isaac Deeg - Katelyn Goebel - Evan Masterson - JT Sinnett Brett Wilkey

GRADE 8 HIGH HONORS Kathryn Baize - Ashleigh Blankenship - Ava Crawford Ashton Elpers - Olivia Esche - Keira Gengelbach - Ava Lowe Jade Mueller - Natalie Nenneker - Carson Woods HONORS Victoria Abernathy - Kade Bender - Cameron Born Makali Carter - Caige Christie - Madison Crews Lukas Donner - Anna Freeman - Addison Fullop Madelyn Galindo - Kolton Gardner - Kaden Gengelbach Aubrey Glaser - Averi Goebel - Chase Hannah - Olivia Hight Jada Hisch - Ty Johnson - Cody Lynch - Anneliese Mayes Cole Newcomer - Chlope Newman - Abigail Pardon Madeleine Powers - Josie Raymond - Kaiden Reidford Sibyl Renshaw - Noah Roberts - Vincent Scheller Colin Schipp - Logan Simmons - Kaedyn Stewart Liam Stone - Matthew Stump - Lillian Tenbarge Reece Thompson - Aubrey Vaughn - Alexandria Warner Kaelyn Watson - Jenna Wehmer - Olivia Woods HONORABLE MENTION Makenna Bryant - Summer Carwile - Aidan Delano Joshua Dill - Jordan Dillman - Annica Elliott Quinn Fallowfield - Jarod Farrar - Kamden Farrar Jalon Garrison - Kaleb Herke - Collin Kamman Emily Kern - Elijah King - Madalyn Kissel - Troy Knight Easton Luigs - Brendan Mason - Lily Norrick Owen Rogers - Paige Schatz - Kennedy Schmitt Lander Shelby - Logan Sisk - Emma Thompson Samuel Wagner

Farmersville GRADE 1 HIGH HONORS Bell, Remington - Chevalier, Dax - Fox, Jessica Goldman, David - Greenwell, Jessie - Gregory, Brinkley Hamm, Pipper - Konrath, Jack - McGennis, Gracelyn Norton, Lorelai - Orth, Jacob - Peck, Emma Underwood, Isaac - Voelker, Avery - Zirkelbach, Sydney HONORS Ball, Anistyn - Carroll, Reid - Carte, Joseph Erwin, Mikayla Garcia, Sofia - Grabert, Silas - Gross, Adilyn - Gross, Jon Henshaw, Brodie - Martin, Chloe - McCormick, Wyatt Ours, Brendan - Snelling, Kylee - Straw, Evah Tidemann, Jordyn - Trevino, Eliandro - Vaughan, Paisley Webster, Imani - Wildeman, Cora

GRADE 2 HIGH HONORS Clowers, Nash - Dodson, Porter - Ellison, Griffin - Greene, Jax Hoehn, Wyatt - Mattingly, Reagan - McIntyre, Mckenzee Reese, Emmelyn - Stemple, Addison - Wilson, Arianna Wilson, Kourtlynn HONORS Benton, Lilly - Butler, Chelsea - Carter, Jaclynn Criswell, Mackenzie - David, Jensyn - Deckard, Jordan Duncan, Abhayanna - Evans, Natalie-Rose - Feldkamp, Ryder Grabert, Brookelyn - Greenwell, Logan - Hamrick, Melanie Hobbs, Mason - Konrath, Daxton - Kuhn, Oakley Lemberg, Leah - Lyke, Jayden - Mattingly, Serenity Moore, Maggie - Reese, Ellie - Reynolds, Brennen Russell, John - Schneider, Macyn - Sellers, Aether Suedmeyer, Landry - Thompson, Owen - Tinsley, Jesse

GRADE 3 HIGH HONORS Aaron, Aiden - Chevalier, Senna - Clowers, Camden Erwin, Jaylynn - Hamilton, Klayton - Hindman, Jacob Horacek, Kaylee - Long, Braxton - Mathew, Vivian O’Daniel, Mason - Osban, Parker - Rogers, Kenzie Verble, Annabelle - Wilson, Jake HONORS Aldrich, Caleb - Alldredge, Jesse - Daniel, Maycin Deckard, Cameron - Gross, Jake - Hicks, Ryan Hoehn, Paislee - Idler, Jaxon - Mason-Nordgauer, Nicole Mastison, Gage - Middleton, Ayla - Minick, Lynn Reinitz, Samuel - Ricketts, Alyssa - Riecken, Evan Robinson, Jayce - Sims, Teagan - Tharp, Trevor Tucker, Nicholas - Watzlavik, Lillian

GRADE 4 HIGH HONORS Benthall, Isabella - Kelly, Ava - Korb, Wyatt Leverenz, Abram - Mitchell, Logan - Riecken, Marcus HONORS Bell, Rawlings - Briody, Kaydence - Bryant, Jesse Carlisle, Jake - David, Joslyn - Esche-Hart, Anna Goldman, Allie - Grabert, Emma - Greene, Alison Harshbarger, Josie - Kincheloe, Jocelyn - Konrath, Emma Kuhn, Dillon - Lemberg, William - Mandel, Madisyn Mastison, Hayden - Mavrick, Cody - Platts, Michael Tidemann, Daniel - Voelker, Kendall - Wiggins, Jayden

GRADE 5 HIGH HONORS Allyn, Lacey - Allyn, Lindsey - Burgdorf, Madisyn Campbell, Jaycee - Fisher, Alivia - Hartman, Whitaker Henson, Maddux - Howard, Paige - Isham, Lida - Lueder, Jake Middleton, Bryce - Osban, Cadence - Reese, Libby Reinitz, James HONORS Benton, Jude - Durbin, Atticus - Dyehouse, Alyssa Fuhs, Cameran - Gibbs, Jahvon - Grubb, Jaxson Guerrero, Gloria - Hamm, Rainnin - Hatch, Kaylen Hindman, Dylan - Hobbs, Madison - Kercher, Leif Morrow, Campbell - Muller, Jayden - Papenmeier, Cloe Riggs, Peyton - Rocca, Easton - Schneider, Makayla Shiver, Gabriel - Stevens, Jacelyn

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DISTINGUISHED Allyn, Alaina - Blackburn, Ellie - Boerner, Gabriella Bourne, Bryce - Campbell, Wesley - Chapman, Lillian Clowers, Logan - Collins, Cooper - Ditmer, Addison Ellison, Taylor - Gonzalez, Izaiah - Harris, Kalem Harshbarger, Reese - Jarvis, Johnathon - Jones, Emily Jones, Maiya - Kanipe, Natalie - Kessler, Presley Lippe, Grant - Lowery, Kelsey - May, Aubrey McCarty, Madalyn - McCollum, Ryan - McNeece, Hannah Miller, Kloee - Moles, Madisyn - Monroe, Jonathan Osborne, Megan - Powell, Abigail - Powell, Miranda Roberts, Taylor - Sartore, Maelie - Sponn, Ella Starnes, Gianna - Stillwagoner, Jayden - Weintraut, Luke Westerman, Kaleb - Weyer, Kaitlyn - York, Leah HONORS Aldrich, Maggie - Allen, Jaxon - Allyn, Louis Austin, Brennan - Barritt, Noah - Bouch, Samantha Boyd, Lorelai - Brock, Lily - Brock, Mandalynn Carroll, Kaden - Chevalier, Remy - Clowers, Bryce Craig, Nathan - Elderkin, Emma - Embrey, Levi Fischer, Haley - Fraser, Kaylee - Gish, Madison Hamm, Karisah - Hanebutt, Kylee - Hess, Ryan Hoehn, Wesley - Hogan, Kanyon - Kern, Jonathan King, Haley - Kraft, Layne - Krieger, Kaaden - Kuhn, Natalie Leach, Amelia - Long, Julie - Long, Xavier - Lyons, Graeson McWhirter, Morgan - Melendez, Mikayla - Mosley, Nathan Payne, Lillian - Reese, Sophia - Reynolds, Hannah Robb, Meyer - Schroeder-Lambert, Chloe - Siddo, Joseph Siddons, Ambryn - Stacey, Emily - Swartz, Collin Thompson, Addison - Tinsley, Nathan - Wallis Makayla Walton, Adrianna - Watzlavik, Hunter - Weakley, Christian York, Jaylan

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GRADE 7 DISTINGUISHED Angel, Colby - Campbell, John - Collins, Connor Deckard, Hayden - Denning, Jasmine - Dobleman, Cortlynn Dyehouse, Bryce - Edling, Brianna - Emsweller, Charles Funk, Colton - Green, Colton - Hamilton, Jaley Hamrick, Maxwell - Henderson, Rue - Hubbard, Brendan Jones, Cassidy - Lang, Shelby - Mansfield, Ethan Martin, Hannah - Muller, Anthony - Permenter, Jazelle Pierce, Lowell - Preske, Lillian - Ragab, Aaron - Rainey, Kyra Reynolds, Katelynn - Ritchie, Cammie - Slaton, Miranda Starnes, Sophia - Swartz, Chloe - Tenbarge, Grace Thomason, John - Thompson, Layne - Thompson, Valarie Valier, Ava - Wagner, Malley - Wiggins, Makayla Zieren, Isabella HONORS Aaron, Drew - Anderson, Elijah - Banks, Blake Basden, James - Bredemeier, Alana - Brock, Chance Byerly, Nathanael - Chilton, Addison - Clayton, Malachi Davis, Brynn - Dickinson, Julian - Dye, Mason Easley, Amiya - Ethridge, Konnor - Ewalt, Isabella Forsee, Arianna - Gray, Camron - Harralson, Madalyn Hathaway, Grant - Hile, Michael - Howard, Nathan Hoy, Kaitlynn - Jones, David - Lamprich, Krystal Ledbetter, Aaliyah - Lindenschmidt, Kyle - Marchand, Brandie Martin, Liza - Matthews, Gabriel - McCarty, Dylan McCarty, Landon - Medina, Yoeli - Millay, James Moore, Madelyn - Morgan, Blaine - Muller, Savannah Nurrenbern, Rylie - Patel, Yug - Pedrotti, Hunter Peters, James - Potter, Maddox - Robles, Olivia Rutledge, Andrea - Schneider, Colton - Schutz, David Spainhoward, Malachi - Straw, Zoe - Walker, Emma Waller, Harley - Watzlavik, Caleb - Whaley, Alaina Williams, Ava - Whaley, Alaina - Whitesell, Aubrey

GRADE 8 DISTINGUISHED Anderson, Dusten - Axton, Hunter - Bell, Cora Bincsik, Braden - Burke, Adam - Gibbs, Bella Hamm, Isabella - McCune, Ella - McDowell, Adam Paul, Aidan - Rapp, Andrew - Stokes, Emily - Watson, Morgan HONORS Adler, Morgan - Aldrich, Ellen - Alldredge, Maximillian Baldwin, Beau - Beirman, Sara - Bell, Matthew Brucken, Blake - Bruckman, Carlos - Buckley, Zackary Carr, Hannah - Choate, Abrianna - Clowers, Jackson Conyers, Malcolm - Cox, Victoria - Crawford, Camaro Deno, Nolan - Dickens, Kirsten - Dickinson, Halie Doherty, Grant - Dutkiewicz, Logan - Ethridge, Dillan Fisher, Emma - Franks, Brooke - French, Pantera Gentry, Destin - Hamrick, Mitchell - Haney, Asher Hardin, Justina - Hess, Kendra - Holder, Kyle Huss, Madolyn - Johnson, Allyson - Jones, Molly Kelley, Ryan - Kincade, Ava - Krieger, Kaadeigh Krull, Kiearra - Lyons, Rees - Maier, Madeline Martin, Grayce - Masterson, Mercedez - McCord, Derek Miller, Abigayle - Mitchell, Landon - Morgan, Luke Morris, Kenyon - Osban, Piper - Osborne, Emily Payne, Tobias Jr. - Powell, Ben - Redman, Olivia Reyes, Grace - Rhea, Hannah - Ries, Abigail - Robb, Isabel Robb, Lauren - Santoro, Andrew - Schmuck, Rylee Schu, Brandi - Seifert, Hannah - Sharber, Arlissa Snodgrass, Merritt - Snodgrass, Merritt - Spalding, Ryan Stallings, Raycee - Sullivan, Reagan - Thompson, Jacklyn Underwood, Danielle - Wassmer, Kendall - Watters, Ava Weatherford, Hadley - Weis, Aaron - Willard, Parker

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GRADE 4 BLUE AND WHITE Janie Bohleber HIGH HONORS Emily Banks - Isaac Gonzalez - Ira Muller - Ella Rainey Simon Seifert HONORS Colbie Buchanan - Kace Jarvis - Stella McFadin Justice Stillwagoner

GRADE 5

GRADE 10 HIGH HONORS Bippus, Renee - Damm, Tanner - King, Connor - Kuhn, Dalton Potter, Maci - Roberts, Jailyn - Sitzman, Karagen MAROON Biggerstaff, Genna - Black, Jason - Boeke, Lauren Branson, Lane - Bryant, Andrew - Carlino, Andreana Carlisle, Alex - Clement, Taetum - Clement, Trinity Clowers, Triston - Culley, Zachary - Folz, Serenity Friedman, Sydney - Gansman, Alison - Gerton, Olivia Hart, Baylee - Henderson, Dru - Hildebrandt, Mackenzie Hollinger, Derek - Hostetter, Leo - Jolley, Aiden Juncker, Daniel - Kingery, Julia - McKinney, Conner Morgan, Destiny - Moudy, Carissa - Newman, Christopher Parmenter, Isaac - Pedrotti, Austin - Ragsdale, Madison Shepherd, Ariana - Snodgrass, River - Weilbrenner, Charles Wiggins, Mackenzie GRAY Adams, Henry - Bell, Austin - Bilskie, Cole Bommarito, Alessandro - Boyer, Ezekiel - Brink, Damon Cange, Emily - Cole, Christian - Collins, Will - Daws, Braxton Dickinson, Abbie - Diefenbach, Jordan - Epley, Fischer Fischer, Nolan - Flener, Katharine - Forsee, Isaiah Gates, Matthias - Gross, Parker - Harmes, Dylan Hoehn, Luke - Hook, Brady - Irick, Zachary - Ivy, Angel Jones, Elijah - Kern, Keaton - Loehr, Trevor Macon, Alexis - Mavrick, Abbey - McCormick, Matthew McFadden, Isiah - McGee, Savannah - Nelson, Lauren Poole, Brianna - Robb, Jonathan - Scates, Maggie Schmitt, Lauren - Spindler, Abel - Taylor, James Jr. Wilson, Jaden - Young, Drake

GRADE 12 HIGH HONORS Bush, Ellen - DeFur, Jacob - Earhart, Kristen Henderson, Joni - Hollinger, Hagan - Jones, Zachary Parmenter, Ethan - Paul, Kenzie - Quinzer, Bronson Rapp, Jackson - Schaefer, Nicholas - Yarber, Emma MAROON Adamaitis, Alexis - Anderson, Alena - Austin, Breckan Barker, Faith - Bellew, Kathryn - Bradley, Tiffany Browning, Theron - Clark, Dylan - Cole, Nathaniel Collins, Demi - Davis, Pake - Dutkiewicz, Ian Flemmings, Felicitie - Hahn, Kaylee - Hamilton, Collin Hawthorne, Kiaya - Henderson, Delayne - Henn, Bryson Jones, Margaret - Loehr, Savannah - Long, Alison Marvel, Luke - Murray, Dylan - Nurrenbern, Hannah O’Daniel, Madison - Pate, Brooke - Ricketts, Brent Ricketts, Brock - Rye, Lindsey - Scates, Drew Schaefer, Brandon - Schutz, Myra - Slygh, Eric Snodgrass, Rhett - Stills, Evan - Tanner, Nathan Thompson, Tori - Topper, Cameron - Wagner, Nathan Walden, Dakota GRAY Batteiger, Aaron - Bourne, Ashlyn - Bourne, Cole Chaffin, Johnathon - Cochran, Isabella - Collins, Taylor Cornil, Jules - Craig, Alex - Dixon, Wade - Esche, Gary Franklin, Shayna - Krieger, Kaaleigh - May, Jackson Miller, Bailey - Morton, Isaac - Ricketts, Ethan Tanner, Katherine - Turner, Destiny - Valier, Lauren Vaughn, Sabrina - Weis, Anna - Wiltshire, Hunter

Deans Lists

BLUE AND WHITE Braxton Whitfield HIGH HONORS Eastin Hall - EJ Rainey HONORS Johnny Bohleber - Derek Lindenschmidt - Isabel Rodriguez Clyde Sharber

Emily Juncker of Mount Vernon, Ind., was named to the Cedarville University Dean’s List for fall 2019. This recog-

Deans Lists

Kaitlyn Blankenberger of Cynthiana, a student on Trine University’s main campus, was named to the President’s

Bob Jones University Alyssa Juncker, a Junior Music major from Mount Vernon, was among over 900 Bob Jones University students named to the Fall 2019

Dean’s List.

The Dean’s List recognizes students who earn a 3.003.74 grade point average during the semester.

South Terrace GRADE 4 HONORS William Barton - Xavier Bosecker - Bret Buecher Colton Diekemper - Allison Esche - Daphne Fribley Paxtyn Gibbs - Adam Gray - Kianna Griffith - Isabelle Hallam Sullivan Harp - Ayela Hoehn - Makenna Hoehn Jaylen Johnson - Camden Koester - Molly McCutchan Sage Mueller - Jaxon Pierce - Emalyn Raber - Ella Stoneberger Chase Tucker - Knox Wenderoth - Claire Will - Avery Word

GRADE 5 HONORS Ethan Ashby - Hayden Barker - Joshua Freeman - Anna Luigs Sydney Maines - William McDonald - Reaghan Nelson Madalyn Nightingale - Jaidon Parkman - Isla Riecken Alyssa Rittichier - Carter Schickel - Trevor Sikes Asa Spencer - Taryn Wilson - Savannah Wood - Dennis Wright

GRADE 6 HONORS Kyleigh Bender - Landry Blaylock - Jackson Bosecker Trey Buecher - Zachary Colgrove - Aubrey Fisher Benjamin Freeman - Kylee Heath - Elle Johnson Jackson Mills - Ciara Schenk - Samuel Tucker Amelia Wolsiefer

North Elementary GRADE 4 HONORS Carter Cowgill - Ryan Englebright - Brady Farrar Madison Helfert - Elizabeth Hester - Mya Hoops Savannah Lindenberg - Justice McCracken - Chase Meredith Shaylan Meritt - Dylan Murphy - Brayden Rhoads Aydin Roberts - Carter Robinson - Izabella Simpson Grant Stone - Abigail Templeton - Faith Templeton Madelynn Thomas - Jocelyn Tuley - Eli Wirtz - Isabella York

GRADE 5 HONORS John Baize - Tyson Barrow - William Bippus Brayden Compton - Cristian Galindo - Alexa Gutierrez Makayla Helfert - Landan Huff - Carden Kissel - Maya Mauck Blake Schmitt - Drake Schweizer - Lennox Stone Aslan Templeton - Chloe Titzer - Madison Vaughan Maelee Yount

GRADE 6 HONORS Myles Belt - Hayden Farar - Siri Fullop - Adelyn Gamblin Seth Gentil - Kassie Mayes - Addie Murphy - Julia Rice Katelyn Seibert - Peyton Seymour - Kaedynce Wallace Jazalyn Ward

Saint Wendel GRADE 8 HIGH HONORS Nicole Bender - Jackson Graff - Renea Kerchief Courtney Straub HONORS Jonah Zoller HONORABLE MENTION Blaine Herr

GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS Bethany Eades - Lisa Muensterman - Ethan Stofleth HONORABLE MENTION Ella Johnson

GRADE 11 HIGH HONORS Allyn, Amber - Batteiger, Catherine - Campbell, Paul Clark, Emma - Curtis, Haley - Deno, Sydney Hogan, Emilee - Hueftle, Emily - Mansfield, Kaitlyn Schaffer, Autumn - Schmidt, Emma - Steinhart, Elizabeth Williams, Emily MAROON Angel, Xavier - Collier, Autumn - Cox, Adaleida - Curl, Colton Davis, Haley - Denning, Henry - Dike, Braden - Doty, Caleb Fawks, Lakishia - Griffin, Sara - Heckman, Samuel Jackson, Brooke - Mayes, Logan - McDaniel, Kaitlyn Morris, Blake - Ricketts, Jadyn - Ricketts, Kelcey Shell, Brooklyn - Singer, Mallory - Thompson, Emma Trent, Emma - Varner, Gavin - Veatch, Brock - Veatch, Jenna Washabaugh, Thayer - Weatherford, Savannah Weatherford, Savannah - White, Damon - Woods, Morgan Young, Whitney GRAY Alldredge, Bryce - Branson, Landone - Collier, Amber Delancy, Faith - Duffey, Nathan - Duncan, Brayden Durham, Hannah - Fischer, Landon - Hamilton, Kayden Keital, Abbey - Keller, Kennah - Krouse, Haley Kueber, Hayley - Lang, Kelsey - Lopez-Roman, Silvia Lunceford, Jessica - Mofield, Veronika - Owens, Gabriel Ries, Elizabeth - Robinson, Paige - Santoro, Maria Simpson, Megan - Sollman, Sidney - Tenbarge, Emma Thomas, Jackson - Underwood, Tyler - Washabaugh, Thayer Whitney, Ayden - Wiltshire, Olyvia - Woods, Brianna Yates, Payton

Cedarville University nition requires the student to obtain a 3.5 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Trine University List for the Fall 2019 term.

Blankenberger is majoring in Biology/Pre Physician Ass’t Program 3+2.

Belmont University Bayleigh Fore from Wadesville qualified for the Fall 2019 Dean’s List at Belmont University. Eligibility is

based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

JANUARY 21, 2020

GRADE 6 HIGH HONORS Ella Weatherholt - Grant Wenger HONORS Madilyn Garrett HONORABLE MENTION Dylan Ahola - Ryan Wunderlich

GRADE 5 HIGH HONORS Emma Hisch - Breanna Nellis - Douglas Stofleth Elliott Stratman - Marco Zoller HONORS Rhiannon Nellis - Daniel Sieban - Lexie Straub Kiersten Wunderlich HONORABLE MENTION Raela Cullum - Autumn Effinger - Eli Raben - Wesley Schmitt Evie Sherretz

Deans Lists USI Cynthiana: Hailee Campbell, Keeli Farrar, Jade Hatcher, Jennifer Scheller, Loryn Willis, Kaitlin Wright Griffin: Sara Daugherty, Richard Meyer Mount Vernon: Mercedes Angel, Leah Bilskie, Marci Bilskie, Elijah Burden, Savannah Bush, Dealia Carlino, Kelsey Carr, Christiana Carron, Tobi Clark, Damon Collins, Caroline Cox, Hannah Cross, Taylor Culley, Tiffany Darrow, Hannah Denning, Raquel Denning, Jake Duckworth, Dylan Dutkiewicz, Allison Folz, Alexandra Goebel, Benjamin Halter, Jason Hamilton, Luke Harris, Miranda Holbrook, Kiara Jesch, Madison Johnson, Nathaniel Kalsch, Brandon Kempf, Alexandria Klueg, Bryce Krizan, James Marshall, Lauren Marshall, Joshua Martin, Madelyn Maurer, Jake Mitchell, Kelsey Nash, Celeste Nobles, Tess Norris, Cole Osborne, Shelby Phelps, Nicole Reese, Zachary Robb, Rachel Rohlman, Sarah E. Rutledge, Timot Santoro, Zoey Scates, Alison Simpson, Riley Snodgrass, Kyle Threet, Mercedes Wacker, Jacob Whaley, Jake Williams New Harmony: Katherine Barnett, Kendra Harris, Kaitlyn McGee, Cecilia Paradise Owensville: Brooke Berry, Abigail Boyle, Megan Merchant, Kyra Smith Poseyville: Stephanie Cook, Kennedi Kissel, Stephanie Patton, Taylor Patton, Calyssa Peralta, Christine Scheller, Adam Schmitt, Derek Voegel Wadesville: Stephen Barnett, William Bowers, Jakara Downen, Haley Goad, Mallory Lowe, Haley Messic, Amber Mondt, Claire Muensterman, Ethan Rose, Zachary Scheller, Kelsey Teel

UE More than 750 students were named to the Fall 2019 Dean’s List at University of Evansville. The following local students made the list: Forrest Gottman of Mount Vernon, a Senior majoring in Finance.

Cheyenne Angermeier of Poseyville, a Senior majoring in Management.

Jillian Koch of Mount Vernon, a Senior majoring in Management.

Hannah Braun of Wadesville, a Junior majoring in Creative Writing.

Emily Duckworth of Mount Vernon, a Junior majoring in Elementary Education.

Kaylee Crowder of Cynthiana, a Sophomore majoring in English Education.

Caleb Woods of New Harmony, a Junior majoring in

Political Science.

Nicole Tucker of Mount Vernon, a Sophomore majoring in Mathematics.

Veronica Inkenbrandt of Wadesville, a Senior majoring in Psychology.

Brandon Skaggs of Wadesville, a Freshman majoring in Athletic Training.

Joselyn Mercer of Mt. Vernon, a Senior majoring in Health Services Administration.

Lauren Higgins of Mount Vernon, a Senior majoring in Nursing.

To merit the honor of being placed on the Dean’s List each semester, a student must have carried a full academic load of 12 hours or more, excluding pass/fail courses, and have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or above.

JANUARY 21, 2020

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Illinois man sentenced to prison for attempted escape

Kevin Romero Kevin Romero, of Fairfield, Illinois, appeared in the Posey Circuit Court on the afternoon of January 16, where he was sentenced by Judge Craig Goedde to five (5) years in prison.

After hearing evidence during a two-day jury trial that began on December 19, a Posey County jury found Romero guilty of Attempted Escape, a Level 5 Felony; Attempted Auto Theft, a Level 6

Felony; two Counts of Resisting Law Enforcement, Level 6 Felonies; and Criminal Mischief, a Class B Misdemeanor.

Police records show that Romero’s charges stem from an incident that occurred in March of 2018. Romero, age 34, walked onto the property of a homeowner in Poseyville and used a concrete block to shatter the windshield of the homeowner’s truck. Upon hearing the damage to the vehicle, the homeowner and a friend confronted and successfully detained Romero at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived.

Upon arriving on the scene, law enforcement officers noted that Romero appeared to be under the influence due to his odd behavior. Romero was placed under arrest for

the damages to the vehicle and detained in a police cruiser.

Shortly after being detained, Romero somehow managed to climb into the driver’s seat of the police cruiser. Romero put the vehicle in reverse and attempted to flee the scene.

However, officers were able to stop Romero by quickly removing him from the vehicle.

Despite Romero’s efforts to continue to resist arrest, officers were able to successfully detain and transport him to the Posey County Jail.

Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers applauded the work of law enforcement. “Thanks to the quick actions taken by Poseyville Town Marshall Charles Carter, Indiana State Police Sgt. Russ Werkmeister, and Indiana State Police Trooper Dustan

Court News and Legal Advertising Complaints January 7 12:46 a.m.- Female requests oďŹƒcers. Can hear subjects outside making a bunch of house- Second Street, Mount Vernon 6:55 a.m.- Domestic Violence- People in apartment screaming and heard woman say; do not hit me- Green Valley Drive, Mount Vernon 7:42 a.m.- Suspicioustwo propane tanks by house, which weren’t there yesterday. Has no idea who put them there- Grossman Road, Mount Vernon 7:53 a.m.- ThreateningCaller advised male subject keeps going back to his trailer. Advised he has been making threats to the manager and will not leave the property- Deer Run, Evansville 10:05 a.m.- SuspiciousWhite Toyota SUV at residence. Has witnessed cops run him o and homeowner isn’t home- Main Street, Mount Vernon 1:41 p.m.- OďŹƒcer Standby- three-week-old child is supposed to be here with the child’s father. Child’s father is refusing to give subject the baby. Wanting oďŹƒcers to standby while she tries to get the child back. Subject is hysterical- Deer Run, Evansville 2:49 p.m.- Theft- Advised

his wallet got stolen from the library- Fifth Street, Mount Vernon

7:03 p.m.- Theft- Someone stole his credit cardWater Street, Mount Vernon

2020-08 Posey County Local Emergency Planning Committee 2019 Meeting Schedule On Third Tuesday January 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 July 21, 2020 October 20, 2020 The 2020 L.E.P.C., meetings will be held at the EMA Annex, 311 Mill Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., and will start at 5 p.m.

Published in the Posey County News on January 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-09 Posey County EMA Advisory Board 2020 Regular Monthly Meeting Dates On Third TUESDAY January 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 July 21, 2020 October 20, 2020 All regularly scheduled meetings are held at the EMA Annex Building 311 Mill Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., and start at 7 p.m.

Published in the Posey County News on January 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-12 The following County Operating Claims have been ďŹ led with the Auditor’s OďŹƒce and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, POSEY COUNTY, IN at the regular session JANUARY 22, 2020 MATTHEW BENDER & CO $515.61 AT&T MOBILITY $114.79 ERIN BERGER, ATTORNEY $7,481.25 FARRIS REPORTING $59.75 WILLIAM W GOODEN $1,756.50 GROVES LAW OFFICE LLP $1,149.50 JEAN HADLEY $2,233.75 MCKIMS IGA $93.96 MCFADDIN HIGGINS & FOLZ $3,070.90 CONOR O’DANIEL $2,232.50 JOHN JACOB WARRUM $4,560.00 WEST GROUP $1,297.46 WORMAN LEGAL $7,343.50 GRAND TOTAL $31,909.47 Maegen Greenwell Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on January 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that application has been made for the rezoning of certain real estate lying in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, to make changes in the Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance of Posey County, Indiana, pursuant to The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mount Vernon, the Town of Cynthiana, the Town of Poseyville, and Unincorporated Posey County for the following described real estate: Rezoning: Docket No: 20-1-RE-APC Applicant: Greg Tieken Owner: Gregory P. & Sharon E. Tieken Premises: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, containing 5.09 acres, more commonly known as 2800 Luigs Rd., Wadesville, Indiana. (Complete legal description is on ďŹ le at the Posey County Area Plan Commission OďŹƒce).

Nature of case: Petition to rezone property from A (Agricultural) Zoning to R-1 (Residential) Zoning District. The petition and other information concerning the proposed rezoning are on ďŹ le in the Area Plan Commission OďŹƒce, second oor of the Coliseum Building, Mt. Vernon, Indiana Hearing: The petition has been set for public hearing before the Area Plan Commission on February 13, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hovey House at 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Written objections to the proposal that is ďŹ led with the Executive Director of the Area Plan Commission before the hearing will be considered. Oral comments concerning the proposal will be heard at the hearing. The hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary.

Posey County Area Plan Commission

By Mindy Bourne, Executive Director Published in the Posey County News on January 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-07

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IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF EDNA L. WOODARD Petitioner.

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less work of the responding officers, the two Poseyville residents displayed great poise under pressure by being able to lawfully detain Mr. Romero

until the officers arrived,� commented Lugo. “Their actions were spot-on for how folks should defend their property and home.�

2020-01 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 29th day of January, 2020, 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 ďŹ nancial aairs 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 the Ribeyre Gymnasium, New Harmony, Indiana.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chuck Ries, Chairman Matt Schenk, Vice Chairman Jim Droege, Member Larry Burkhart, Member Nick Volz, Member Dated this 3rd day of December, 2019.

Published in the Posey County News on January 7, January 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

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Rubenacker, Mr. Romero and his erratic criminal behaviors were put to a stop that day.

These officers should be commended for defusing a hostile situation that had the potential for a far worse outcome. I’m also grateful to the members of the jury and the Court for holding Mr. Romero accountable for his actions.�

At Thursday’s sentencing hearing, where the Court heard argument from Romero’s attorney and Posey County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Javier Lugo, Judge Goedde handed down a sentence of five (5) years in prison. The Court considered Romero’s extensive out-of-state criminal history that includes prior convictions for aggravated battery and resisting law enforcement. “In addition to the flaw-

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT

CAUSE NO. 65C01-2001-MI-000008

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Edna L. Woodard, whose mailing address and residential address is 6201 Gish Road, Poseyville, IN 47633, Posey County, Indiana hereby gives notice that she/he has ďŹ led a petition in the Posey Circuit Court requesting that his/her name be changed to Edna L. Wilson.

Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said Petition on the 10th day of March, 2020 at 8:30 o’clock A.M. Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 9th day of January, 2020.

Kay Kilgore Clerk Posey Circuit Cour t Published in the Posey County News on January 14, January 21, January 28, 2020 - hspaxlp

Robb Township , Posey County, Indiana Disbursements by Vendor 2019 Amount

Fund/Category/Vendor Name Fire Fighting Services and Charges Town of Poseyville $34,064.57 Fire Fighting $34,064.57 Township Personal Services Charles S Baker $6,369.96 James Nash $450.00 Brenda Garris $450.00 Jean Fehribach $450.00 Catherine M Baker $1,700.04 United States Treasurer $1,441.51 Township Other Disbursements Indiana Township Association $200.00 Dave Voegel $3,400.00 St Francis Church $250.00 Gavin Murray $250.00 Charles baker $9,800.00 Selective $150.00 Posey County News $124.88 US Post OďŹƒce $156.00 Clem Dassel Accounting $1,080.00 TDS Telecom $845.77 Township $27,118.16 Township Assistance Township Assistance Duke Energy $2,965.06 WIN Energy $763.84 Poseyville Municipal Utilities $2,368.80 Vectren Energy $908.16 One Stop Express $217.00 J L Hirsch $438.88 Dave Pearce $400.00 Township Assistance $8,061.74 Robb Township, Posey County, Indiana - Detailed Receipts 2019 Governmental Fire Fighting General Property Taxes $42,268.07 Activities Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $3,222.42 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $199.00 Total Fire Fighting $45,689.49 Township General Property Taxes $16,301.30 Local Income Tax (LIT) for Levy Freeze $10,958.46 Financial Institution Tax distribution $112.04 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $1,604.20 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $236.28 Earnings on Investments and Deposits $62.96 Payroll Fund and Clearing Account Receipts $718.93 Total Township $29,994.17 Township Assistance General Property Taxes $11,560.45 Financial Institution Tax distribution $73.93 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $1,077.69 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $158.72 Total Township Assistance $12,870.79 Robb Township, Posey County, Indiana - Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2019 Beg Cash End Cash Local Local Fund & Inv Bal & Inv Bal Fund Name Jan 1, 2019 Receipts Disbursements Dec 31, 2019 Number Governmental 1 Fire Fighting $150,097.61 $45,689.49 $34,064.57 $161,722.53 Activities 4 Township $112,845.63 $29,994.17 $27,118.16 $115,721.64 5 Township Assistance $42,969.50 $12,870.79 $8,061.74 $47,778.55 Total All Funds $305,912.74 $88,554.45 $69,244.47 $325,222.72 CERTIFICATION State of Indiana SS: Posey County I, Charles S Baker, Trustee of ROBB TOWNSHIP, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly aďŹƒrm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct; that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me; and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated; that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion there of shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. I further aďŹƒrm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of person having been paid money by the township, have been ďŹ led as required by law in the oďŹƒce of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board of Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township.

Charles S. Baker ROBB TOWNSHIP Trustee Telephone: 812-874-3330 Date this report was to be published: 1/21/2020 Subscribed and sworn (or aďŹƒrmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of ROBB TOWNSHIP at its annual meeting, this 13 day of January, 2020.

James Nash Township Board Chairman OPTION 1 This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 13 day of January, 2020.

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2020-05 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Posey County Board of Commissioners will receive sealed bids for the Replacement of Bridge #59.

Bids can be received at The Auditor’s OďŹƒce at the Coliseum, Mt. Vernon IN. up to 4:00 P.M. Local time on February 17th 2020. Or up to 9:00 A.M. on February 18, 2020 at the Hovey House. Any Bids received after the designated time will be returned unopened.

The work to be performed and the proposals to be submitted shall include a bid for all general construction, labor, material, tools equipment, taxes, permits, licenses, insurance, service costs, ect. incidental to and required for this project.

Each proposal must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing the title of the project, bid opening date and the name and address of the bidder ďŹ rmly aďŹƒxed.

The Posey County Highway Department reserves the right to ask for clariďŹ cation for any bids submitted. The SpeciďŹ cation herein states the minimum requirements of the Posey County Highway Department. It shall be the Bidder’s responsibility to carefully examine each item of the speciďŹ cation. Any bid not in substantial compliance with these speciďŹ cations will be rejected. It will be the responsibility of the Bidder to conform to the requirements unless deviations have been speciďŹ cally cited by the Bidder and acceptance made on the basis of the exception.

Proposals shall be properly and completely executed on the proposal form furnished to bidders. A certiďŹ ed check, bank draft, or satisfactory bid bond executed by the Bidder and a surety company in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid shall be submitted with each bid. The Contractor awarded the work will be required to furnish an acceptable Surety Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. As part of the bid, bidders must demonstrate past experience in bridge construction and provide references for ďŹ ve (5) previously completed projects similar in nature.

The Contract Documents, including plans and speciďŹ cations, are on ďŹ le for public inspection at the Posey County Highway Department, 1203 O’Donnell Rd. Mt. Vernon, IN. 47620.

Note: The Construction in a oodway permit for this bridge replacement project is pending with Indiana Department of Natural resources (IDNR) for review. The contractor cannot begin the work Until the approval of the permit.

The Posey County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive any informalities in the bids.

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Court News continued January 8 4:21 a.m.- Theft- Female subject just left, black and gray jacket and black pants. Went out back door. Believes she stole cigarettesFourth Street, Mount Vernon 5:02 a.m.- Breaking and Entering- Advised he had a dream that his house was being raided. Advised he could see three females and one male wearing a trash bag in basement. Is currently outside residence- Old Dam Road, New Harmony 6:54 a.m.- Theft- Caught shoplifter on camera. Needs officer- Main Street, Mount Vernon 3:07 p.m.- Breaking and Entering- Caller advised her Dodge Durango has been broken into- Main Street, Mount Vernon 5:20 p.m.- Domestic Violence- Advised male and female fighting. Kids are in the residence- Main Street, Mount Vernon 5:44 p.m.- Juvenile Problem- Caller advised juvenile has been on social media and has nude photos of girls and women on his phone- Eighth Street, Mount Vernon 5:54 p.m.- Found Property- Has located possibly stolen items in shrubs behind houseVista Drive, Mount Vernon January 9 12:23 a.m.- Suspicious- Someone is knocking at her door at this time. Advised that they have been doing this the last few nights- Second Street, Mount Vernon 9:04 a.m.- Theft- Advised a utility trailer with tools was stolen last night from locationSR 69, New Harmony 10:14 a.m.- Domestic Violence- Sounds

like throwing stuff in apartment or punching wall, little screaming- Green Valley Drive, Mount Vernon 10:23 a.m.- Theft- Stolen dealer plate- Hwy 66, Wadesville 10:27 a.m.- Fraud- Daughter has two fraud charges on car. Skimmers on pumps at gas stations- Poseyville/New Harmony 12:49 p.m.- Theft- Advised her vehicle, a Hyundai, was ransacked last night- Kennedy Drive, Mount Vernon 3:07 p.m.- Drive-off- Light gray truck.

Overpaid by $1.35- Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 6:18 p.m.- Drive-off- $2.13- Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 6:28 p.m.- Fight- two male subjects in front yard, driving off in a blue Chevy Tahoe- Lee Drive, Mount Vernon 8:08 p.m.- Assault- Caller advised female subject just hit him in the face. Caller advised female is driving a white Buick car. Caller advised they were doing a child swap and the female subject hit him in front of the children. Female subject advised she was pushing caller away from car because he shoved her against the car and was trying to get the kidsChurch Street, New Harmony January 10 8:09 p.m.- Vandalism- One of his employees vehicle’s has been doused in gasolineUpper Mount Vernon Road, Evansville 9:45 p.m.- Suspicious- Advised someone is pounding on the side of his house or the neighbor’s house- Second Street, Mount Ver-

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Women (French) 5. Hyrax 8. Distress signal 11. Trade 13. Large northern deer 14. The 3 Wise Men 15. Marten of N Asian forests 16. Hoover’s agency 17. Received an A 18. 2nd Islamic month 20. Light brown 21. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery 22. Frankness 25. Argentina’s capital 30. Citizen of Kenya or Zimbabwe 31. Noah’s boat 32. Family of languages in So. Africa 33. Inappropriate 38. Scientific workplace 41. Hungriness 43. Say to talk about an annoying topic 45. Sing and play for somebody 47. Strike buster 49. A citizen of Thailand 50. Civil Rights group 55. Honest Company’s Jessica 56. ‘__ death do us part 57. Malarias 59. Claim against another’s property 60. Mined metal-bearing mineral 61. Dashery 62. Capacity unit

63. Primary color 64. Indian dress CLUES DOWN 1. Manuscripts (abbr.)

2. Netherlands river 3. Italian island 4. One’s own being 5. More adroit 6. Balkan country 7. Psychologist B.F. 8. Investment group Goldman ___ 9. Double curve 10. The plane of a figure 12. Ocean 14. Public presses 19. Civil Rights activist Parks 23. Cooking container 24. Arctic native 25. Founder of Babism 26. Bashkortostan capital 27. Bulky grayish-brown

eagle 28. Louse egg 29. About sight 34. ___/Tuck: TV drama 35. Black tropical American cuckoo 36. Chest muscle (slang) 37. Expression of disappointment 39. One who assists 40. Antilles island 41. Served food 42. Egyptian Sun god 44. Performed successfully 45. Cavalry-sword 46. Abba __, Israeli politician 47. Jonas __, cured polio 48. The Muse of history 51. Express pleasure 52. Turkish leader titles 53. Castro country 54. Nobleman 58. ___ Lanka

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