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Volume 138 Edition 42
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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Steve and Cinda Wassmer enjoyed the incredible decorations, the food and friendship at the “Meet in the Street” celebration on early Sunday evening in New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce
Special to The News Evansville Police arrested 46-year-old Roy Bebout on multiple charges after he tried to abduct a juvenile female on Friday evening. Police were called to the 200 block of North Main just before 4 p.m. for a report of a handcuffed woman screaming for help. A METS driver saw the girl running away from a red Dodge truck and called 911. The driver of the truck fled the scene Roy Bebout while driving in reverse.
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DG store agrees to tone down signage
Council hears proposed water project details By Lois Mittino Gray Members of the Mount Vernon Common Council learned details concerning the proposed water project at Eighth and Wolflin Streets at its September 27 meeting. Wylie Ziegler, with the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, told the council that her group is helping the city apply for grant funding on the much-needed project. The grant application, due on November 30, is for $600,000, with the city match being $680,000 taken from water utility funds. The meeting served as a public hearing for the application of a CDBG Grant. As a requirement, Ziegler informed the council that the city will need to conduct another public hearing, in addition to this one. She told them that detailed minutes are being recorded verbatim tonight for the grant application submission. The next public hearing is slated for late November. The city will be notified by January 9, 2019, if they are awarded the money and the project must be completed by April 2020. According to Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray, the project will entail replacing the old cast iron pipe from 1886 with thicker-walled 8-inch PVC pipe, basically in an area from Tenth Street to Fourth Street, including West Elementary School and the Southwind Apartments to Main
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C R : To the water/water and sewer residents of Cynthiana: Please be informed that the disconnect date pertaining to the Cynthiana utility bill will be changed starting October 1, 2018. As of this notice the disconnect date is on the fifteenth of the following month after the due date. This will be changed on the September billing, (due in October,) to be as follows: • Due date will stay on the twentieth of the month. • Penalties will be generated on the twenty-first of said month, along with disconnect tags being delivered on or around that time. • The disconnection date will be changed from the fifteenth of the following month to the thirtieth day of that same month. If that date falls on a Friday, then disconnection will occur on following Monday. See the Cynthiana story for more info.
Early voting tally is record high for county Ballots sent: 552 Ballots received: 280 In person votes: 228 (As of 10-12-2018)
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run behind in paying their water bills in Cynthiana are going to have less time between billing and shut-off. City worker Debbie Seaton had indicated in prior meetings that individuals must pay their water bills before the town has enough money to pay German Township for the water they provide.
By Lois Mittino Gray Signs for the new Dollar General Store in New Harmony have been worked out to accommodate citizen requests for less intrusive bright yellow color affixed upon the building. At its October 4, meeting the New Harmony Town Plan and Historic Preservation Commission approved a signage application from Dollar General affiliates. Commission Chairman David Flanders said the approved signage for the building was changed from a 29 foot banner strip of yellow with black letters on the front of the store to just shorter individual yellow lettering. This change was suggested in a letter written on behalf of the Blaffer Trust by Docey Lewis, sent to DG representatives and published in the Posey County News three weeks ago.
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Ryder Alton particularly enjoyed the cotton candy at the Marrs Burgoo on Saturday evening. Photo by Dave Pearce
Cynthiana water bill due date changing By Dave Pearce There was good news and bad news from the Cynthiana Town Council meeting on Wednesday evening. The good news is the annual Trunkor-Treat is upcoming on October 31, 2018, this year at the Cynthiana Community Center instead of at the City Park where it is normally held. The bad news is that individuals who
Commission adopts social media resolution By Lois Mittino Gray The Posey County Commission took action at its October 2 meeting to ensure that all county employees and public office holders play nice when posting information on social media. The commissioners adopted an extensive new Social Media Resolution 2018-10-02-for all Posey County offices, employees, and public officials.
County Attorney Trent Van Haaften told the commission it was time to enact a Social Media Policy and after discussion, it was unanimously approved. It specifies that county computers are for work-related business only. Employees may use personal cell phones/pagers only during breaks and during meals, in an area not to disturb other workers on the job. They must not
post inappropriate comments, slurs, political opinions or personal attacks. Infractions may result in disciplinary action, or possibly termination, of the position. The policy reads, “The use of social media has become an important means of informing
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Servant’s spirit 77-year-old is always ready to lend a helping hand The Golden Years
Poseyville Community Table continues to dish up hot meals
By Pam Robinson Margaret Shaffer has lived in Poseyville 50 of her 77 years of life. She is a role model for the transition into the Golden Years. At 77, she remains active and keeps her eyes and her mind focused on helping her friends and neighbors as well as her family. She’s so focused on helping others, she talks only with great reluctance about herself. One of Margaret’s two daughters, Joy York, explains her
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By Pam Robinson Since May 2011, area residents have come without money, as the familiar Catholic hymn says, to the table of plenty, the Poseyville Community Table. The community meal is served free to men, women and children every Thursday from 5-6 p.m. in the fellowship hall at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, or St. Paul’s UMC, 46 S. Cale Street. Margaret Shaffer
Founder of the Poseyville Community Table, Connie Koester, says about 25 people came to the first meal, and now, 50 to 60 people gather at the table every week. She adds 38 meals are delivered to neighbors without transportation. “We serve anyone with no questions asked. We don’t ask for ID. Everyone is welcome,”
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