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Volume 138 Edition 5
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
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Grant money needed for county plan
The 2018 Mount Vernon basketball royalty, queen Madison Bulkley and king Nathan Burke, are all smiles after receiving the honor during homecoming festivities on Friday night at Mount Vernon High School. Photo by Garry Beeson
By Lois Mittino Gray Mindy Bourne, Executive Director of the Posey County Area Plan Commission, told the Posey County Commissioners at their January 17, meeting that it is time to think about getting grant money to update the county’s plan. “Our present plan was adopted in 2008. Plans are to be updated every five to ten years, so we’re at that point,” she indicated. “If we are going to seek a grant to get it done, we will need to do an income study. We are asking the county to pay for that part of it and I have brought quotes for the contract work.” Bourne turned the podium over to Carol Hagedorn, Vice-President of Community Development for the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana. Her organization would charge $2,000 for contracted services to do the study. “At this time Posey County does not qualify for a grant with the current numbers we have. We need to assess actual income and need 565 responses to our survey,” she explained. “We will do all the publicity and mail it out, but will probably end up having to go door to door to get the full number of responses. It is a time-consuming process that may take up to six months.” Hagedorn said the survey will involve the cities of Mount Vernon,
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MV school district reorganizes Finance Board By Lois Mittino Gray The annual Board of Finance meeting for the Mount Vernon School District was held at the January 15, regularly scheduled meeting of the school board. It is required by state law to routinely organize this board sometime after the first Monday and before the last day in January. Kathy Weinzapfel was elected President and Joe Rutledge was elected Secretary of the Finance Board. The Board of Finance reviewed and acknowledged the 2017 investment report as
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presented by Director of Business Loren Evans for the General Fund, and Scholarship and Trust Fund Investments. He also presented a list of five local depositories that can be used for investments throughout the year. The board
voted to approve the list, with Mark Isaac abstaining. In regular school board action: • The board accepted resignations from Debra Dick, Administrative Office Secretary/
Accounts Payable, effective February 5 and Michelle Oxley as the Farmersville Elementary School Nurse, effective immediately. • Granted permission to Distributive Education Clubs of America students to travel to Indianapolis to participate in a DECA state competition from Sunday, March 4 to Tuesday, March 6. Future Farmers of America students were granted permission to travel to the Tennessee Agribition Livestock Judging Contest
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Answering God’s call Posey County brothers follow their faith into ministerial positions By Pam Robinson Talking with brothers Nathanial, 29, and Austin Denning, 22, demands full concentration to follow their dynamic movement from one topic of conversation to another. One can only imagine the energy required to keep up with the Point Township natives as they walk their walk in Christian ministry. Youth is definitely not wasted on these young men, the sons of Phillip and Sally Denning. Big brother Nathanial says he accepted God’s call to ministry 10 years ago while attending the Nazarene Camp Camby in Camby, Ind. Now a fully-ordained Nazarene minister, he is preparing to lead a church planting in Evansville this coming August. He will serve as the senior pastor of Northside Community Church to be located in the historic McJohnston Chapel
Briefly Hall of Fame tickets on sale: North Posey Hall of Fame will be held on February 24, at the North Posey High School Cafeteria at 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $15/person by calling the Posey County News Office at 812-682-3950.
Grand Opening: Heritage Federal Credit Union January 29 thru February 2 MV, see page A6 Pancake Supper: St. John’s Episcopal Church February 13, 6 p.m. Sixth and Mulberry, MV
More information on these and other events inside today’s Posey County News
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at the corner of Kansas Road and Erskine Lane in McCutchanville. The doors will open the weekend of August 11 and 12 with a Saturday night and a Sunday morning service that will repeat every weekend thereafter. “I’ve never done anything like this before,” he comments. “I’m excited about it.” Nathanial’s enthusiasm animates every word he speaks about the new venture. He’s excited enough to leave behind the security of a pastor’s salary to become “bi-vocational,” a fancy term for holding down two full-time jobs. In his new situation, Nathanial is surrendering to a full-time volunteer pastor’s position and is searching now for a job to support his family until Northside Community Church becomes self-sustaining.
North Posey Junior High PTO hosted a Glow Party on Friday night for students. Pictured, left, is Erin Hoehn and, right, Lauren Kihn enjoying the party. Photo by Heather Morlan
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Police ask for help in locating Kyler Butler Special to the News On Saturday January 20, 2018, Mount Vernon City Police Officers responded to shots fired call at Sixth and Owen Street. While in route to that area, officers were dispatched to 233 West Third in reference to a person with a gunshot wound. The victim is identified as 40-year-old John Mattingly of Mount Vernon, Ind. Mattingly suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder and has since been released from the hospital. It was determined the shooting occurred at Sixth and Owen, a friend of Mattingly’s then drove him to 233 West Third Street. After a thorough investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for Kyler Butler for two county of attempted murder, battery by means of a deadly weapon, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, and criminal recklessness. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Kyler Butler, contact the Mount Vernon Police Department at 812-8388705 or Posey County Dispatch at 812-838-1320.
Rodgers turns herself in alleged relationship Special to the News when a photo of them A former Farmkissing surfaced online, ersville Elementary police said. The photo School teacher had her eventually reached the initial court appearance victim’s mother, who last week in Posey Sucontacted police. perior Court. Rodgers turned herCamella Rodgers, of self in to police after a Mount Vernon, Ind., warrant for her arrest pleaded not guilty was issued January 5. Wednesday to child She was released seduction over her alfrom jail Wednesday leged relationship with after posting 10 percent the 17-year-old girl, of her $15,000 bond The former teacher Camella Rodgers Rodgers resigned tutored the high school from her teaching posistudent in biology and tion in December. was her track coach. “We handled it,” Superintendent Rodgers is accused of engaging in “various sexual acts” with the teen on Tom Kopatich told a local television multiple occasions, according to au- station. “School corporation-wise we thorities. handled it. Now it’s all in the police’s Community members learned of the hands.”