October 18, 2022 - The Posey County News

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Record pay increases in 2023 Posey Co. budget

By Trisha L. Lopez

Nearly three rows of seats were available at Tuesday’s Posey County Council meeting at Hovey House, but several law enforcement officers chose to stand along the wall as council members voted to approve the county’s $26.8 million budget for 2023.

After months of budget hearings and discussions, the county’s fiscal governing body voted to approve spending changes that include a $1,500 raise for all county workers… an increase that President Heather Allyn said was the largest made in her tenure on council.

“We had a five percent growth quotient. We grew our budget five percent over last year which was a substantial amount, but we stayed within our growth quotient,” Posey County Auditor Maegen Greenwell said.

Allyn outlined several additions including extra funds to cover increased legal fees for the Area Plan Commission and a part-time position in the county treasurer’s office that will be turned into a full time position. She also pointed out changes in pay already made for EMS workers to help cover sleep time hours led to higher budget totals as well.

“Because we have a nice growth quotient and we have been able to hold onto health insurance (costs), we were able to shift enough funding around to have a $1,500 raise for all positions. We know times are tough and salaries are jumping all over the place,” Allyn said.

The salary study authorized by council this summer to assess the county’s current pay rates has yet to be completed. Officials expect the work to take eight months and hope to use the study’s results when considering budget requests for 2024. The $1,500 increase will be added to each worker’s current growth matrix, Greenwell explained.

“I just want to point out that a five percent jump in max levy (growth quotient) is overwhelmingly large in comparison to anything we’ve ever seen in the past. That’s really big. I think that’s going to ripple changes through the tax base. I think that’s going to ripple right into individuals’ tax bills. That comes directly down from the state of Indiana. As your legislators, we should be mindful of that,” Councilman Tom Schneider said.

State law sets the maximum amount that local governments can earn from property taxes. The maximum levy can increase by a maximum levy growth quotient, based on a six-year average of statewide income growth. Property tax and local income tax respond to economic changes with a twoyear delay according to an article written by Dr. Larry DeBoer and published by Purdue Extension in August 2021.

Allyn said the growth quotient number is given to the county by the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance.

“I was hoping the study would show something that would move forward. It’s a fight every year with pay raises and it’s

APC OKs AstraZeneca Solar plan

By Trisha L. Lopez

The Posey County Area Plan Commission granted preliminary development plan approval to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for a Tier 2 solar energy project sited on the company’s land.

AstraZeneca currently operates a 2 MW seven acre solar field and plans to add 1MW on four acres of panels to generate electricity solely for the company’s use. The application is the first Tier 2 project proposed on the county’s wind and solar ordinance approved in 2021.

The company has committed to 100 percent imported electricity from certified renewable sources and has committed $20 million between 2022-23 in onsite solar installations in six sites in five countries, according to AstraZeneca’s application. Mount Vernon Project Manager Alex Bittner said the project is a $3.2 million investment for AstraZeneca. The project is located in a fenced green field area that formerly housed a large research building and the company says it will be “minimally visible from Highway 62.” The application states that the company has no neighbors within close proximity and the installed panels are less than 10 feet in height.

APC Attorney Trent Van Haaften said all setback requirements have been met. No comments were made for or against the project by anyone in attendance during the public portion of the hearing and APC Director Mindy Bourne no calls or emails regarding the project have been received in the APC office. The final hearing is expected to be held during the APC’s November meeting.

New members Joe Marvel, who replaced Kevin Brown as the Posey County Council’s APC ap-

pointee, and Aaron Neufelder, who replaced Hans Schmitz and serves by virtue of his position as Purdue Extension educator, were sworn at the start of Thursday’s meeting. APC President Mark Seib explained that Neufelder will be a non-voting member because state statute forbids members who live out of county to vote. Neufelder lives in Gibson County. The Posey County Commissioners will appoint an ag-related voting proxy, Seib said.

Members approved a rezoning application for Matheson Tri-Gas Inc., to move property from an agricultural zoning designation to an M-2 designation to allow a 5.9 acre expansion project. They also approved a replat application for the City of Mount Vernon for city property on 2nd and Main Street.

Several complaints were addressed at the end of the meeting. Neighbor concerns about trash and large trash fires at 10422 Blake Road in Wadesville were deemed a “two prong issue” by members.

The property is located on land zoned as agricultural and is being leased to site a construction business, Clutch Custom Construction, in violation of zoning requirements, APC Members Andy Hoehn and Randy Owens pointed out.

Bourne attempted to contact the owner regarding the complaints filed by neighbors, but has received no response. Members voted to pursue the issue as a zoning violation with Clutch Custom Construction.

Members also voted to take a look at the existing comprehensive plan, drafted in 2008. Seib said the APC discussed the need to update the plan and revisit current ordinances a few years ago, but the pandemic and the need to update the county’s wind and solar ordinance sidelined the project.

Big Creek study brings concerns of E coli issues

By Lois Mittino Gray

Megan Ritterscamp, representing the Posey County Soil and Water Conservation Service, addressed the Posey County Commissioners with some eye-opening environmental news regarding the recent Big Creek Watershed Water Study at the October 4, meeting at the Hovey House.

Ritterscamp passed out handouts and began her report by stating, “The Soil and Water District recently completed a large hydrological study using federal 319 Grant funds.

We studied stream sites in the Big Creek Watershed here in Posey County looking at nutrient loads, farming practices, and levels of E.coli in the water.” E.coli is a gastrointestinal bacteria found in large mammals that is excreted in fecal waste.

“We looked at three streams and all testing sites were way above the maximum threshold numbers for the bacteria,” she reported.

Ritterscamp stated that the maximum threshold when measuring E.coli is set at 126 mpn. All samples taken were higher than 126mpn, and the Cynthiana site reported in September roughly 30,000 mpn. Little Creek had a reading of 24,000 mpn. “These are alarming amounts,” she stressed.

She told Commissioners the next step is to determine if the feces come from livestock or human sources, and this is accomplished by testing the DNA genotype using PCR tests. “There are confined animal feeding operations (CAFO’s) in the area and they could be having trouble handling large amounts of livestock waste. Our personnel will address the issue of manure storage if it is livestock.

If it is human, it is from failed septic systems or direct draining of human waste sites.”

The Soil and Water district requested help with the funding for DNA testing. The cost is estimated to be $4,000.00. Ritterscamp stated that the Posey County Health Department and the local Drainage Board have both been involved in talks with them and have pledged support. Don Martin, Posey County Health Director, in his department report later in the meeting, emphasized how important he felt it was for the testing to be done for county health purposes.

Collins inquired, “Since the highest amounts are in Cynthiana, have these discussions also taken place with Gibson County and Vanderburgh County Soil and Water counterparts? Ritterscamp stated yes, they realize that much of the problem can originate with problems in other counties and be flowing to our county

The Commissioners expressed their concern and unanimously approved a motion to support the county coffers covering the cost of the needed test. However, they were quick to point out that action was to show support, the actual money request has to go through the Posey County Council and they meet the next week. She thanked them and said she will ask to be put on their agenda. In the interim, County Auditor Meaghan Greenwell

Mount Vernon woman sentenced to 14 years in prison

Special to the News A Mount Vernon woman will serve prison time after being convicted of multiple charges stemming from a stabbing incident that occurred in February.

Tabatha Nichole Ord, age 35, appeared in the Posey Circuit Court on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 12 where she was sentenced by Judge Craig Goedde to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including: Aggravated Battery, a Level 3 Felony; Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon, a Level 5 Felony; Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, a Level 5 Felony; and Operating while Intoxicated Endangering a Person, a Class A Misdemeanor.

Police records show that on February 22, 2022, officers with the Mount Vernon Police Department were dispatched to Lynn Drive in Mount Vernon in reference to a stabbing that had occurred. Officers discovered a victim with multiple apparent stab wounds.

According to the Probable Cause Affidavit, the victim told Mount Vernon Police Department Detective Ben Bohleber that she was giving her friend Tabatha Ord a ride in her vehicle when Ord began striking the victim multiple times with something that caused lacerations and a large amount of blood. The victim stopped the vehicle and jumped out, and Ord then drove away with her vehicle. The victim advised investigators that Ord had stated she had been drinking.

Court records show that the victim was transported to Deaconess Midtown Hospital to be treated for approximately seven separate stab wounds, although they were deemed to be non-life threatening injuries.

Ord was later located in Posey County driving the victim’s

vehicle. Ord was stopped by the Indiana State Police and taken into custody for multiple charges, including aggravated battery and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Ord made comments to law enforcement that she had been drinking for two days straight.

Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers stated: “Thankfully, the injuries inflicted on the victim were non-life threatening, but that does not minimize the trauma this survivor will live with for the rest of her life. Ms. Ord is obviously an unpredictable and dangerous individual, and I’m grateful that she has been removed from our community. I applaud the prompt response and investigation undertaken by multiple law enforcement agencies in this case – including the Mount Vernon Police Department, Indiana State Police, Posey County Sheriff’s Office and New Harmony Police Department. Their teamwork ensured a dangerous offender was apprehended quickly.”

Ord has been held in the Posey County Jail on bond since her arrest on these charges. She will be transported to the Indiana Department of Correction to serve her sentence.

Tabitha Nichole Ord

Mount Vernon color guard member Reese Sutfin is all smiles as members of the Mount Vernon High School band performed on Thursday evening before s crowd at Memorial Stadium. The band enjoyed a successful weekend, qualifying to participate in the ISMA semi-state competition. Photo by Dave Pearce

Mount Vernon youngsters Abel and Lila Woods, recent campers in Harmonie Park, look at the Halloween display at the front of their camping area. Many are already setting up campers for the annual Haunted Halloween event at Harmonie State Park set for this weekend. The campground has reported to have reached full capacity. Photo by Dave Pearce

Members of the Tarty Tuckers 4-H club voted to have their annual club completion trip at Harmonie State Park this year. On Saturday, October 8, they gathered and enjoyed soup made over the campfire, pudgie pies, and an orienteering course using a topographic map and compass. Those pictured are, front row, l to r: mini 4-Her Brayden Fribley, Benton Wehmer, club secretary Lilly Donner, and club president Dharma Fribley. Back row, l to r: Daphne Fribley and club leaders Dave Morlock, Jennifer Fribley.

The club will host Family Night on Monday, November 7 at Saint Paul’s UMC at 6 p.m., for current and new members and their families. This will include a pitch in breakfast for dinner, games, and officer elections for the upcoming 2023 4-H year. For more club info or how to register for 4-H, email or call the Posey County Extension office.

Addie Blake and Layton Morlock of rural Posey County enjoyed the sunshine and a quick photo session with the fall foliage at their home on Sunday afternoon.

Ind., died Thursday, October 13, 2022 in her home, following one year of illness.

Ann worked doggedly for over 60 years in Democratic politics in Posey County and greater Indiana. Her efforts were ever aimed at improving the lives of voters within the state’s “Bloody Eighth” congressional district. In her most active years of service, Democrats held nearly every elected office and most town offices throughout Posey County. Her late husband, James R. Greenfield, was chairman of Posey County’s Democratic Central Com-

mittee from 1969 to 1980.

Born in Oklahoma on September 20, 1935, Ann was the second child of James Watts Powers and Jewel Muncy. The family moved to New Harmony in 1947. After graduating from New Harmony High School in 1953, Ann was recruited by the Posey County prosecutor to open the Posey County Democratic Headquarters in Poseyville, Ind. A young, local reporter covered the story of the headquarters opening. Ann married that newspaperman in 1957, a year after he purchased the

Posey County News. Jim remained owner and publisher of the paper until 1979.

Ann served for many years as vice chair of the Posey County Democrats; owned and operated Heart of Harmony Antiques on New Harmony’s Main Street for over 20 years; kept books for her daughter who owned and operated Amy’s Market on Highway 66 in Wadesville, Ind., for nearly 30 years; and served as adviser and confidant to southwestern Democratic candidates across generations. She read voraciously and trav-

eled the world. Her breadth of knowledge and the style with which she shared it is cherished by her every listener.

Surviving are her daughter, Amy (Kamel) Abuasabeh of Indianapolis, Ind.; stepdaughter, Mary James Damin of Evansville, Ind.; granddaughters, Annie (Brent) Tremelling of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Alena Coleman of Evansville, Ind.; and a greatgranddaughter, Eva Tremelling.

Surviving also are nieces Leslie (Mark) Pribonic of

Saint Charles, Mo., and Gay Lynn (David) Introcaso of Alexandria, Va., and nephew Gary (Afsoon Poozeshi) Sabrowsky of Arlington, Va.

Please join Ann’s family at the Rapp-Owen Granary in New Harmony, Ind., on Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. to celebrate her life.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Rapp Granary-Owen Foundation at 413 West Granary Street, New Harmony, IN 47631.

Condolences may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes. com.

Mary Maxine Peerman

Jean O. Basham, 91, of Griffin, Ind., born January 2, 1931, to Paul and Nola (Mondon) Hyatt in New Harmony, Ind., passed away, Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Premier Healthcare of New Harmony in New Harmony, Ind.

She was a stay at home Mom who enjoyed gardening and cooking big meals for her family. Jean was a devoted mother and grandmother and loved to help others as she was able. She was a lifetime member of the Lighthouse Assembly of God church in New Harmony, Ind. Jean loved to laugh and play pranks on others and playing board games with her family. In 1983, she started working for the Charles Ford Memorial Home where she joined a bowling team with her coworkers. She retired after 28 years, then enjoyed outings and visits from her family.

Surviving are her children: Don Basham (Amgie), Frieda Haggard (Bobby), Paula Howard (Bobby), Jeanette Rice, Jeff Basham, and Patty Marx (Steven); siblings: Paul, Larry and Charles Hyatt and Linda Brown; 14 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren, 32 bonus grandchildren along with many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband whom she married on July

12, 1946 at the Methodist Church in Maceo, Ky.: Hugh Basham; son: Hugh Alan Basham; daughter: Regina Dunlap; siblings: Fred, Kenny, Don, Roberta and Shirley Hyatt; three grandchildren: Donna Marie, David Basham and Tyler Penner; one great grandchild: Brandon Duncan.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the Lighthouse Assembly of God in New Harmony, Ind., with burial to follow in Maple Hill Cemetery near New Harmony, Ind.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: American Cancer Society, 5250 Vogel Road, Evansville, IN 47715 or online at: www.cancer.org.

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

Linda Sue (Cole) Noblett, 86, of Newburgh, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022 at Heart to Heart Hospice. She was born March 3, 1936 in Memphis, Tenn., to the late Reginald Cole and Mary (Ellis) Cole.

Linda was a loving and supportive mother who made the house welcome to all of her children’s friends. She loved being a grandmother and great-grandmother. Linda was a very active member of Gateway Baptist Church where she was a spiritual mentor to many. She was a wonderful friend that maintained longlasting friendships throughout her life.

Linda is survived by her husband of 65 years, William “Bill” Noblett; daughter, Carol (Mike) Collier-Smith; son, Kent (Michele) Noblett; grandchildren, Leslie (Josh) Alton-Day, Matt (Brittany) Smith, Cole and Kady Collier, Adam and Nate Noblett; great-grandchildren, Eli and Isla Day, Ryder and Asher Alton, and twins Mia and Barrett Smith.

Visitation will be from 3 until 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, 800 South Hebron Avenue. Visitation will continue Wednesday, October 19, 2022 from 10:00 until 11

a.m. at Gateway Baptist Church, 7564 SR - 66 West, Newburgh, IN 47630. A Celebration of Life will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with Pastor Dane Gray officiating. The Celebration of Life will be livestreamed at https://www.vlifetech.com/ gateway-baptist/broadcast.

Burial will be at Park Lawn Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gateway Baptist Church or ECHO Community Health Care Dental Clinic, 315 Mulberry Street, Evansville, IN 47713.

The family would like to thank Drs. Karl Sash and Andrew Stevens and the staff of Heart to Heart Hospice as well as faithful friends who supported Linda and her family.

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

Mary Maxine Peerman, 90, of Poseyville, Ind., born October 16, 1931, to William Edgar and Audrey Leona (Fisher) Overton in Stewartsville, Ind., passed away, Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Ind. She graduated from Poseyville High School in 1949 and was a member of the Posey County Home Ec Club and the Stewartsville Apostolic Bible Church. She worked at Johnnies Market in Wadesville, Ind., and was a cafeteria worker at South Terrace Elementary School. She loved her family and her faith.

Surviving are her husband: William W. Peerman; son: Bill Peerman (Carol); daughters: Pam Moore (Butch), Debi Blaylock (Roger) and Cathy Will (Greg); brother: Kenneth Overton; sister: Connie Woods; six grandchildren: Brooke Stroud (Brandon), Casey Will, Brad Will, Rod Blaylock, Adam Moore (Emily Taylor) and Amy Moore (Bill Stein), 11 great grandchildren along with one great-great grandchild.

Preceding her in death were her parents; siblings: Ida Lou Blaylock, Vera Thompson, Allen “Dale,” John “Bud,” Carrol “Toad,”

Malcom “Mac” and Thomas Overton and Janet Staley; grandchild: Amanda Blaylock.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Ind., with burial to follow in Laurel Hill Cemetery near Wadesville, Ind.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time, Friday, October 21, 2022, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Apostolic Bible Church, 9808 New Harmony Road, Stewartsville, IN 47633 or Laurel Hill Cemetery, PO Box 297, Poseyville, IN 47633.

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

Julia K. Hutchinson-Hodges

Betty F. (Garrett) Barnes, 80, of Mount Vernon, passed away on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehab. Betty was born in Wadesville on January 2, 1942, the daughter of Denzil and Katherine (Hoehn) Garrett. She was married to Terry Barnes and he preceded her in death in 2018.

Betty did various jobs throughout her life, but her focus was always on taking care of her home and family. Betty was an avid reader and enjoyed working in her garden. She also liked to work on many different craft projects and loved cooking. Betty attended the Point Township Church of the Nazarene.

She is survived by her daughters, Kristi (Bobby) Turner, and Kathy (Curtis) Owens; grandchildren, Shelena (Chris) Lantrap, Arielle (Kevin) Behricsh, Nathan (Mieka) Turner, Zachery (Carmen) Turner, Robin (Tony) Forston, and Anthony (Amanda) Owens; 10 greatgrandchildren; sisters, Madaline (Putt) Overton, and Wilma (Tom) Jones. She is

preceded in death by her parents, husband, Terry; brother, Paul Garrett; sisters, Diana Elliott; sister-in-law and close friend, Sylvia Barnes

A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., on Monday, October 17, 2022, at Denning Family Funeral Home, with Rev. Dallas Robinson officiating. Burial in Black’s Cemetery followed. Visitation took place on Sunday, October 16, 2022, from 4 until 7 p.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to Point Township Church of the Nazarene. Memorials can be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome.com.

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Willard Gregory Jones, 75, of Evansville, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. He was born on April 13, 1947 in Evansville to Willard and Magdelene (Gibson) Jones.

Greg retired from Krieger - Ragsdale where he worked as a printer for over 30 years. He was a US Army Veteran and was a member of VFW Post 1114. Greg was also a member of the Evansville Train Show Club. He was an avid train and toy collector. Greg enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ann and his parents.

Greg is survived by his son, Joey Jones (Heather); daughter, Heather Weir (Tony); grandchildren, Cassie Cook (Dylan), Whitney Cloin (Drake), Jessica Weir (Mitch Powers), Andrew Weir, Aaron Weir, and Ashlynn Weir; great-grandchildren, Dakota Cook and Mako Cloin; step-daughter, Reneé Rayles; step-son,

Richard Rayles; three stepgrandchildren; sister, Judy Woolsey; two nieces, one nephew; and several greatnieces and nephews.

Funeral Services were held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at Alexander East Chapel with Pastor Mark Silen officiating. Burial was held at Sunset Memorial Park where military rites were performed.

Friends visited on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Monday from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Julia K. (Gibson) Hutchinson-Hodges, 74, formally of Mount Vernon, passed away on October 13, 2022, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. Julia was born on October 31, 1947, the daughter of Robert Gibson and Flora (Emery) Gibson-Mendez.

Julia enjoyed knitting and loved making homemade Native American clothing from scratch, including doing all the beadwork. She loved anything Elvis and spent many hours listening to his music.

She is survived by her children, Timothy (Angel) Hutchinson, Dennis Hodges Jr., Jefferson Hodges, and Deborah Hodges; her grandchildren; great-grandchild and her siblings, Jayne Clark, James Gibson, Lisa Phillips, and Timothy Mendez and ex-husband, Paul Hutchinson. She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Gibson, brother Felix Mendez, sister

Ida Mendez and sister, Susan Gibson.

A funeral service will be held at 12 p.m., on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at Denning Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, with Rev. Dallas Robinson officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Poseyville. A visitation will take place from 11 a.m., until the time of service. Online condolence may be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome. com.

Willard Gregory Jones

Ann Greenfield (née Powers), 87, of New Harmony,

Ann Greenfield

Jean O. Basham

Betty F. Barnes

Linda Sue Noblett

John “Tom” Ledbetter, 62, of Mount Vernon passed away at his home with his family by his side. Tom was born December 9, 1959, in McLeansboro, Ill., the son of Thomas and Elsie (Connaway) Ledbetter. He married Jill (Geiser) Ledbetter on May 3, 2008.

Tom graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1977. He later worked at GE/Sabic for 22 years until he became too sick to work. Tom loved to stay busy and accomplished that very well. He was always on the go working in his garage doing woodworking projects, renovating, or restoring items.

If he wasn’t in his garage, he was outside in his yard making sure everything was perfectly manicured. He was meticulous in everything he did and had an eye for details. He was a member of the Mount Vernon Conservation Club. He loved to get away and go fishing when he was able to. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon, who welcomed him with open arms praying with and for him.

Tom was a person of Great Integrity and loyalty. He believed in always following through with what you said and standing behind it. Although he was stoic at times, he was also very loving and protective. He would stand up for his beliefs, his family, and his friends. He loved his family fiercely including Bella the kitty.

Tom is survived by his wife, Jill; daughter, Summer (Cody) Wright; son, Daniel Ledbetter; bonus son, Christopher Peter; grandchildren, Jace Wright and Aaliyah Ledbetter; brothers, Terry Ledbetter and Mike (Mary)

Ledbetter; niece Lisa Laughlin. Tom wanted to thank his closest friends Paul Herrenbruck, Tony Juncker, and Joe Jarvis for all of their unwavering friendship and support throughout his sickness.

He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Debby Myers.

Funeral services were held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Denning Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon, with Rev. Christopher Millay officiating. Visitation was held on Friday, October 14, 2022, at the funeral home from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 a.m., until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to The Heart-to-Heart Hospice Foundation or Mount Vernon Conservation Club. Online condolences may be left at denningfamilyfuneralhome. com.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude for the love and compassionate care Tom and his family received from Dr. Karl Sash and Jill’s work family at Heart-toHeart Hospice, Dr. Sheryl Ziegler including the entire staff at Saint Vincent Cancer Center, Saint Vincent Infusion Center and Dr. Matthew Lee at Mount Vernon Medical Center.

A four generation photo from the recent party held at the Story Telling House in Jonesborough, Tennessee to celebrate the first birthday of Stella Jolene Ruth Gross. Pictured are her grandmother, Angela York Laws, her mother, Ashley Counts Gross, Stella and her great grandmother, Virginia York Lloyd. Photo submitted

Lincolnland District Governor Beverly Tanner presents a badge and certificate to charter member Sidney Nelson for his 52 years of Community Service to his community and the Griffin Ruritan Club. Also, pictured is Larry Lingfelter - Treasurer of the club. Photo submitted

Note: News in this issue includes: home products show, Mining coal in Lynn Township, three injured in collision, pageant at New Harmony, winners at the closing of Catholic Fair, Ritzerts have Delco lighting, sports, and news briefs and personals.

Home Products Show

Plans are now underway to hold the first annual Home Product Show in Mount Vernon on October 27 and 28.

The exhibit of farm products will be at the People’s Bank & Trust Company, under the auspices of the vocational agriculture de-

The Girls of ‘67 had a wonderful visit and lunch at the Yellow Tavern in New Harmony on Tuesday. Pictured are Paula McFall, Maddy Overton, Irma Donner, Shirley LaVanchy, and Joyce Smith. Photo supplied

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partment of the Senior High School. About $100 will be distributed as premiums in the following classes: Corn and grains, fruits and vegetables, baked goods, canned goods, and sewing. All exhibits must be produced and shown by the exhibitor. All exhibits must be entered by Friday noon, October 27.

First, Second and Third ribbons will be given to all classes.

Mining Coal Near The Artesian Well In Lynn

During the delay in cleaning out the shaft at the Upton Coal Mine while awaiting

the necessary timbers, miners of the Lawrence & Bratcher Coal Company are working at an old abandoned strip mine near the Artesian Well in Lynn Township. The coal is said to be of good quality and was mined 70 years ago. At that time, the coal was placed on barges for shipment, the Wabash River being a short distance from the mine. The land is now owned by Eugene Johnson of New Harmony.

Three Injured In Collision - Late Sunday afternoon an Oldsmobile touring car driven by John Richter, a well-known farmer living on the Black-Point Township line, and a Buick touring car driven by Mr. Freewald of Evansville, collided on the Middle Evansville Road at the bridge near Stucky School. The Richter car had the left front wheel, fender, lamp, and running board demolished. The body and transmission of the Buick car was so badly damaged that the car was put out of com-

mission. Bruises and cuts from glass were suffered by the occupants. Note: This story is dedicated to friends, Larry Morlock and Phil Sutton, old car enthusiasts.

Pageant At New Harmony - To benefit the “Old Fauntleroy Home,” the Daughters of Minerva of New Harmony, will present the pageant on Friday night, October 20, giving the story of the New Harmony home. Among those who will take part will be a charter member of the Minerva Society and her seven daughters and two granddaughters. The three literary clubs of Mount Vernon, the Home Makers of Poseyville, and the Women’s Club of Griffin, have been invited to attend the pageant. Mrs. Calder Ehrman will read the story. An admission of 10 cents will be charged.

Winners At The Closing Of Catholic Fair - Winners: a Grebe radio - Larry Kiefer; a calf - Mrs. George Haas; a pig - Mrs. Catherine Konrad; $5 in gold - Julia Shaw; 100 pounds of Azile flour - Dr. Eckerie; 100 pounds of Dictator flour - Mrs. C. Breiner; 25 bushels of coal - T. Raben; ice tea set - M. Miller; rugJ. Vaal; bedspread - Charles Dawson; $5 in merchandise - Ida Mae Bateman; oil stove

- John Renschler; $20 in gold - Ivan Yaggi; $10 - A. Folz; $5 Charles Henderson; and Minnie Goebel - $2.50.

Ritzert’s Have Delco Lights - Through the local agent, Oscar Keck, a complete Delco lighting system is being installed in the large residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ritzert in Marrs. In addition, it is also being installed in the dairy barn and the poultry houses. Mr. Ritzert will be enabled to attend the chores about the barn easier.

Gypsies - A band of gypsies stopped at Lawrence School yard Sunday evening. They made big campfires of the school’s kindling, dressed their chickens, and had a peaceful supper. Upon the prompt arrival of the Sheriff, Mr. McFadden, they were soon on their way.

Sports - Baseball - Winfield is the county champ by beating Poseyville 9 to 1 Sunday.

Bullard hurled a masterful game. Clifford “Click” Bullard will be given a tryout with the Evansville Three-I League next year. FootballMount Vernon was no match for the Henderson crew.

Henderson battered the local high school football team into submission Saturday at that place and scoring at will,

won by a 39 to 0 count. At no time did the locals threaten to score. Henderson scored 6 touchdowns, the first coming after 6 minutes of play. Mount Vernon will open its basketball season November 3, against Wadesville.

News Briefs And Personals - No Births Sick ListEdward Krug is confined to his home with pneumonia. Mrs. Josiah Alldredge is taking treatment in Hayden’s Hospital. Mrs. Louise Oeth is getting along nicely following an operation at Deaconess. Mrs. John Ramsey of Oliver has been ill this past week. Robert Hargrove is on the sick list. Visits To The City - Henry Goebel of Wadesville transacted business in the city Saturday. Phil Jourdan was a business visitor to this city Friday. Fred Schroeder spent Thursday in this city on business. Adam Hironimus gave us his annual call while in this city Saturday. Mrs. Edward Kueber was a shopping visitor to this city Friday. Lost - Luke Aldrich lost a pocketbook in Mount Vernon Saturday night with a small amount of money and a cream check.

Finder, Please return. A liberal reward given. Sunday

Visits - Adam Daub and daughter, Mildred, of Parkers Settlement, spent Sunday with Adam Hironimus and children, Elnora, Alvin, and Oscar. Mr. and Mrs. Theuerkauf spent Sunday with the August Roehr family. Misses Alma and Louise Krittenstein, Lilian Deig, Meta Schnarr, and Arthur and William Krittenstein spent Sunday with Misses Alice and Louise Espenlaub. Marriage Licenses - Howard Howden (Saint Louis) and Elfreda Hironimus; Harley DuVail and Cora Stratton; Frank Stevens and Sylvia Heath; Andrew Deig and Emma Noelle.

News From 125 Years Ago - Marriage Licenses–Edward Cole and Lorella Green; Lawrence Utley and Irene Allyn; Enos McKinney and Ethel Baldwin; Herbert Fitton and Sarah Fretageot; Joseph Forthoffer and Margaret Gonnerman; Kelley Cox and Katie Stallings. A Child Is Christened - A young child of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Maier was christened at the German Trinity Church Sunday.

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100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, October 18, 1922 - Mount Vernon

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United Way of Posey County’s 7th Year for Day of Caring

Special to the News

The United Way of Posey County just completed its 7th annual Day of Caring event this past Friday, September 23rd with 310 volunteers completing 46 projects across Posey County, which was generously sponsored by SABIC.

Dan Ritter, Chair of the event, commented on the Day of Caring. “We had an outstanding number of volunteers on such a beautiful day, making a huge impact on our community. The 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.” Teams involved in the event were Qualex, AztraZenca, Infinity Molding, CenterPoint and the CenterPoint AB Brown Plant, CGB, Apex Engineering, GAF, Valero, Brands Safeway, Nix’s, BWXT, two Mount Vernon High School student teams, Bankers team (members of United Fidelity Bank, Fifth Third, Crane), North Posey High School students, New Harmony Garden Club, MV Master Garden Club, the Mayor of MV, 11 SABIC teams and a SABIC retirees’ group. To start the day breakfast was sponsored by McDonalds and Subway and delivered by United Way of Posey County staff and board members.

Keely Winiger, Executive Director also commented. “One of the key themes of the United Way of Posey County is Local People helping Local People and the Day of Caring truly exemplifies this. We hope that this love of our Day of Caring spills over to our campaign. Financial support for our agencies needs to help our community is critical as well” This year’s campaign goal is $575,000. This campaign will support funding to: Albion Fellows Bacon Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts of America Buffalo Trace Council, Catholic Charities, Children’s Learning Center, Christian Church Day Care Center, Community Emergency Assistance, Easterseals Rehabilitation Center, Easterseals Rehabilitation Center – Posey County, Family Matters, Lampion Center, New Harmony Ministry Association, Posey County

October 18 and 25 at 10:30 a.m. - Preschool

Story Time - There will be stories and rhymes and activities. Registration for children ages 3 to 5 is required and begins October 3. If the registration is full, please join the waiting list.

October 19 at 6 p.m. - Under the Covers: A Romance Book Club - Join us every third Wednesday for fun conversation about your favorite Romance books. This time we will be discussing “The Hating Game” by Sally Thorne. (Please note that titles may contain mature content and/or adult language).

October 20, and 27 at 10 a.m. - Adult Drawing and Watercolor Workshop - This free series is for anyone wishing to learn or perfect skills in drawing or watercolor. If you have questions or would like to take part call 812838-3286. Must provide your own art supplies for this program.

October 20 and 27 at 3:30 p.m. - Laughs and Crafts - There will be jokes, activities, stories, and a craft. Registration for students going into kindergarten to fifth grade will be required and begins October 3. If the registration is full, please join the waiting list.

October 20 at 6 p.m. - Before There Was Mozart - This performance includes narration of the book, musical interludes by the Eykamp String Quartet, and large-scale illustrations. No registration is required. This program is best suited for children in second to sixth grades. The

If you would like to support the United Way of Posey County you can donate online at www.unitedwayposey.org,

musical superstar of eighteenth-century France was Joseph Boulogne - a black man. This inspiring story tells how Joseph, the only child of a black slave and her white master, becomes “the most accomplished man in Europe.”

October 21 at 10 a.m. - Coffee and (Bingo)

Cards - Join us for BINGO. Winners will receive fun prizes.

October 21 at 6 p.m.- Halloween PartyCome see a boo-rific show performed by Ralph Covert, the musician, of Ralph’s World at 6 p.m. in the Ohio/Wabash Room. After the performance join us for games, photos, refreshments, treat bags, a parade and more. Doors open at 5:50 p.m. Come dressed in costume. Fun for everyone. Registration is required and begins October 3. Call the library at 812-838- 3286 or sign up online October 22 at 10 a.m. - Posey County Historical Society Program - Signature quilts. October 24, and 31 at 9:30 a.m. - Baby/Toddler Story Time - There will be a story, songs, rhymes, and bubbles Registration for children 0 to 36 months is required and begins October 3.

If registration is full, please join the waiting list.

October 25 at 5:30 p.m. - APL’s Adult Trivia Tuesday - Tease your brain, eat snacks and win prizes. Be a team of one or up to four adults.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the game starts at 6 p.m. Your team only needs to register once. Reg-

call the office at 812-838-3637, or visit the office at 215 S. Kimball Street in Mount Vernon. During the next several months United Way of Posey County will also be selling half pot tickets for $5 to help with the campaign. Winiger commented, “help us, help our agencies, help our community today.”

Wildcat

Welcome to the Weekly Wildcat where we highlight a Mount Vernon High School student and their involvement in both their school and community. Ethan Yarber is a senior and a member of the football and wrestling team.

Tell me about yourself.

I stand a whopping 5’7, I’m as funny as Kevin Hart, but as tough as The Rock. I am a fouryear member of the Mount Vernon football team. We’ve taken wins and we’ve taken losses, but it’s a team I’m proud to be a part of.

Tell me about your family.

My parents support me in anything I do, and I have a sister who shows me all the things I shouldn’t do. I’m lucky enough to have a family that provides opportunities for success.

What is a fun fact about you that many people don’t know?

I can do a front flip, backflip, and gainer.

What words do you live by?

You win some, and you lose some

What is a funny or your favorite memory that relates to your involvement at school or the community?

This week’s Viking Pride features sophomore Trey Schipp. Trey plays on the boys soccer team and plays a crucial role. The team, coached by Mrs. Catherine Broshears, had a hard fought season.

Here is more about Trey:

Tell me about yourself.

I love spending time with my friends and family, especially my dog named Pearl. I enjoy seeing movies and hanging out with friends.

How long have you been in the activity?

I have been playing soccer since I was in kindergarten.

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

I am one of eight sophomores on the soccer team. We have all been playing together for a long time. Our goal is to win another sectional title for North Posey.

What do you enjoy most about the activity?

What I enjoy most about this activity is that our team manages to have fun, while simultaneously working hard to better ourselves during practice.

What keeps you interested

A funny memory relating to me and school is when I went through the trash chute in the school cafeteria.

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

I enjoy golfing, playing video games, and working out.

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

Don’t take everything too seriously, make sure to have fun with it.

What plans do you have for the future?

I’m enlisted in the marines and plan to go into logistics after boot camp and pursue a career in the military.

Ethan’s personality makes him a fun person to be around. When it comes time to work hard, Ethan gives it his all while encouraging others to do the same. It’s impossible to have anything but respect for Ethan’s decision to enlist in the marines to selflessly serve our country. Come out to support Ethan and the Wildcat football team as they take on Owen Valley in the first round of sectionals Friday night at home.

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and involved in your activity?

Working towards that sectional title and success keeps

time?

I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family during my free time.

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

My advice is to get involved in as many activities as you can. They are a great way to better your skills, get closer with friends, and have fun in the process.

What is a fun fact about you that people may not know?

I am taller than both of my older brothers.

What is your favorite quote and why?

me interested.

What other activities are you involved in?

I am involved in student council and German club outside of soccer.

Tell me about your family.

My oldest brother is attending college at Indiana University. My other brother, Colin, is a junior who plays basketball for North Posey. I also have a white boxer dog named Pearl.

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

“Friends knock on the door, best friends walk into your house and start eating.” This is my favorite quote because it reminds me of how close I am with my friends, and of course I like it because it is funny.

It is clear that Trey makes hard work not only rewarding, but more enjoyable with his sense of humor! Trey is a supportive teammate and friend that any Viking would be lucky to have. Great job to Trey and the rest of the boys soccer team on their season.

Council on Aging, American Red Cross - Posey County, Salvation Army, and Willow Tree of Posey County, and a new program with NewLife, which is a program that will work with animals and children and mental health issues.

Qualex employees work on the Children’s Learning Center of Posey County during the recent United Way Day of Caring. Pictured, front row, left to right, are Deb Schorr, Andrew Reidford, Jared Van Winkle, Kayla Renshaw, Sarah Baylor, and Ben Koetzel. In back are Tom Schlitt, Rob Cowden, Greg Tieken, Shawn Ahrens, Mark Lasher, and Mike Weatherford. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Enjoying a Sunday afternoon visit to New Harmony during the perfect fall season are Evansville residents Jasper, Tori, Duncan, and Zak Will.

Photo by Dave Pearce

Trey Schipp

Phyllis Brown, from Cookeville, Tenn., interacts with the audience during the Dulcimer Chautauqua on the Wabash Concert held at Thrall’s Opera House on Saturday evening in New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce

Larry Morlock from Columbus, Indiana, is part of the Model A Club which spent a good part of the weekend in Posey County. His 1929 Model A has over 100,000 miles on it, mostly from travel with the club. Morlock is originally from Posey County. Photo by Dave Pearce

Tobacco-Free PC sets event

On October 27 from 6-7 p.m., at the Alexandrian Public Library, 115 W. Fifth Street in Mount Vernon, Tobacco-Free Posey County will host the second annual Community Conversations event.

The intent of this event is to bring awareness to the community about the risks of tobacco product use and the way the tobacco companies target local youth. We will share information on free cessation resources for

both youth and adults. The tobacco backpack will be on display for educators and parents to view products that teens are currently using.

We encourage parents, grandparents, youth workers, and educators to attend. There will be a time for questions and discussion at the end of the presentation. For more information, follow Tobacco-Free Posey County on Facebook or Instagram.

Trick or Treat

Haunted Harmonie Weekend at the Harmonie State Park

We are offering a Bat Chat on Friday, October 21 at 10 a.m., then come back on Saturday, October 22 at 10 a.m. and enjoy a scavenger hunt, 1 p.m. Sasquatch Stomp, 3 p.m. a Pumpkin Judging and the trick or Treat at the campground starts at 4 and goes until 6 p.m. then end the evening with a hayride from 7 until 9 p.m.

Halloween Party at the Alexandrian Public Library

Come see a boo-rific show performed by Ralph Covert, the musician, of Ralph’s World at 6 p.m. in the Ohio/Wabash Room. After the performance join us for games, photos, refreshments, treat bags, a parade and more. Doors open at 5:50 p.m. Come dressed in costume. Fun for everyone. Registration is required and begins October 3. Call the library at 812-8383286 or sign up online

New Harmony Business Trick or Treat

Come to New Harmony and trick or treat at the businesses on Saturday, October 29 from 3 until 5 p.m.

New Harmony Lighted Halloween golf Cart Parade

After trick or treating at the businesses in New Harmony on Saturday, October 29, join in the fun of the lighted Halloween golf cart parade that starts at 5:30 p.m. The parade will wind its way through the streets and pass out treats. It is dress like a witch day so there should be a lot of witches in town.

Mount Vernon Community Church - Black’s Chapel Trunk or Treat

Mount Vernon Community Church - Black’s Chapel UMC will be hosting their annual Trunk or Treat on Sunday, October 30 from 12:302:00 p.m., located at 1800 West Fourth Street. Everyone welcome.

cated at 505 Mulberry Street in Mount Vernon. Come enjoy treats and hotdogs.

Marrs Volunteer Fire Department Trunk or Treat

Come check out the trunk or treat at the Marrs VFD trunk or treat on Sunday, October 30, from 4 until 7 p.m. Walk around and meet the Ladies Auxiliary.

Immanuel UCC Trunk or Treat

Immanuel UCC welcomes trick or treaters during their “Trunk and Treat” event held from 4 until 7 p.m. Sunday, October 30. Children, youth, and adults are encouraged to dress up in their favorite costume and enjoy the festivities. Located at 5812 Ford Road North.

Poseyville House Decorating Contest

Where in Poseyville will be the best decorated house for Halloween? Folks have already started decorating their homes. To enter your house in the contest contact Judy Baehl 812568-3988 or Mike Baehl 812-802-9988. Best decorated house wins $100. Judging will take place on October 31.

Poseyville Trick or Treating Trick or treating will be Monday, October 31, from 4 until 7 p.m.

MV Police and Fire Department Haunted House and candy giveaway

Join in this fun on Monday, October 31, starting at 3 p.m. until candy all gone.

American Thunder will also be there to hand out candy. This event will take place at the police and fire station.

Annual Halloween “Treat Night” Returns

On behalf of the Posey County Democratic Party, The Famil y OfThe Family OfAnn GreenfieldAnn

Saint Francis Xavier Trunk or Treat

deep sympathy is extended to

Ann was an effective, longtime force in policy development for all of Posey County and was a revered voice of sound advice for our Democratic candidates. Her magnetic personality and joy for life drew good friends to our mission of a better life for all in Posey County and southwestern Indiana. She will be greatly missed.

Arbor Day celebration in New Harmony

New Harmony will celebrate Arbor Day on October 30 at 2 p.m., in Murphy Park. We will be planting at least one tree that day.

PC Board of Health to meet

The Posey County Board of Health will meet Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 6 p.m., at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

Posey County Historical Society Meeting

The Posey County Historical Society will meet Saturday, October 22, at Alexandrian Library in Mount Vernon for its last meeting of the year. On display at this meeting will be a quilt from Zoar Church which has signature squares, names from years ago. There will be a brief business meeting at 10 a.m. and then there will be the opportunity to hear more about the historic quilt.

The quilt will be on display only between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. In addition to learning more about the quilt, this will provide an excellent time for folks to learn more about the Historical Society, to join the group and/or to pay dues for the 2023 year.

Annual New Harmony Kiwanis Spook-ghetti Dinner Fundraiser

New Harmony Kiwanis annual fundraiser Spook-ghetti dinner will be held on Friday, October 28, from 5 until 8 p.m., at Holy Angels Catholic Community Center. Dinner will be spaghetti, salad, bread, dessert, and drink. Adults without costume will be $10, adults dressed in costume is $5. Children 10 and under are free and must be accompanied by an adult.

Clean-up day will be October 21 for residents of the Town of New Harmony. Bulky items such as T.V.’s, washers, dryers, sofas, mattress’s and etc., will be taken at this time.

Due to certain rules and regulations, refrigerators, freezers, and other appliances with refrigerants in them can not be taken without proper certification. To be certified, the appliances must have all refrigerants removed by a qualified technician.

Other items that can not be taken include: Yard waste, waste oil and other petroleum products, any liquids, large concrete items, tires, antifreeze and other items considered to be hazardous or medical waste.

All items set out for disposal should be containerized or bundled for handling. Any items not containerized or bundled will be left. To help ensure compliance with this requirement, we are asking that items not be set out for pick-up more than three days prior to clean-up day.

Only household items from those residing within the town limits of the Town of New Harmony will be accepted.

New Harmony Business Associates meets to discuss the future of NH

New Harmony Business Associates invites everyone who cares about the future of New Harmony to attend an informational meeting to introduce their plan to become an official Indiana Main Street community.

This meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 19, from 6 until 7 p.m., at the Working Men’s Institute and Library, 407 Tavern Street.

New Harmony Business Associates, led by its Board of Directors, is expanding the vision and mission of its 501(c)3 to implement an official Indiana Main Street program that will be open to participation by

Join in the fun at Saint Francis Xavier trunk or treat on Sunday, October 30, from 2 until 4 p.m. There will be candy, costumes, BINGO, photo booth, and hotdogs, popcorn, and drinks will be provided by Saints Wendel and Francis For Youth (SWAFFY). donations will be appreciated. If you would like to create your own trunk or treat, sign up in the back of church or call 812-483-8269. No live animals on display or nothing scary.

Trinity UCC Trunk or Treat

Trinity UCC is having a trunk or treat on Sunday, October 30, from 4 until 6 p.m., lo-

all New Harmony citizens and organizations, and interested people from near and far. Using the proven structure of the Main Street program, NHBA seeks to facilitate inclusive collaboration within the community and region, and provide access to national and State of Indiana financial support for small towns. Bring your friends and neighbors to hear the brief presentation.

PC Community to Dedicate Memorial

The Posey County community is dedicating a memorial commemorating seven African American Victims of Lynchings in 1878.

The initiative for this memorial was formed by Sophie Kloppenburg, a senior at Mount Vernon High School, in partnership with Posey County community members, Judge James Redwine, and the College of Liberal Arts Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Committee at USI.

This event will take place on Sunday, October 23 at 2 p.m., at the historic Hovey House and the Posey county Courthouse lawn, Southeast corner.

Trinity UCC Pork Chop Dinner

Trinity UCC, 505 Mulberry Street in Mount Vernon, will have their pork chop dinner on Saturday, October 29. Carry-outs are from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., the dining room is open 4:30 until 7 p.m. There is also a Chinese Basket Auction.

Savah Ham and Turkey Supper happening soon Join us for our ham and turkey supper. John Pate will be the auctioneer for the live auction after the supper. All this fun takes place on Saturday, October 29, at 5 p.m., at the Savah Community Center. Adult tickets are $12, children 10 and under is $6.

Immanuel UCC Gratitude and

After a two-year hiatus due to Covid 19, First Baptist Church, The E4 Church, of New Harmony, would like to cordially invite you to it’s annual “Treat Night,” Monday, October 31, 2022 for a free hot dog, chilidog, nachos and cheese, and drink while you are trick- or- treating with your family.

Doors are open from 5 until 8 p.m. Stop in with the family and enjoy a hot meal. We are located at 823 Tavern Street. Clean restrooms are available, too.

We appreciate our community members. If you are not currently attending a church, our Sunday services start at 10:40 a.m., and usually conclude at noon. Join us as we Exalt God, Encourage one Another, Equip the Saints, and Evangelize the World. The dress is casual and visitors are always welcome.

Add your event by email or 812-682-3950

Grace Immanuel United Church of Christ, 5812 Ford Road North, in Mount Vernon will host a devotional study on gratitude and grace with an introduction to journaling. The study will be held Wednesday, November 2, at 1 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. It will be co-led by Pastor Elizabeth Baer and Pam Robinson. Journals will be provided while supplies last along with light refreshments. The public is invited to attend. Please RSVP at (812) 985-3115 and leave your message.

Saint Philip Ladies Club Jingle All The Way Card Party

The Saint Philip Ladies Club is sponsoring the Jingle All The Way Card Party on Wednesday November 2, 2022 in the Saint Philip Gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. There will be chances on a multicolored quilt called “Christmas Gifts,” a Special Raffle, Chinese Auction, Half Pot Raffle. Also there will be a Tasting Table featuring desserts, appetizers and entrees. Kitchen fare will include chicken salad and ham salad sandwiches, breadsticks, veggies fruit and soft drinks. For more information call Sue 812-618-6088.

Longaberger Basket Bingo is back

Join us on Thursday, November 3, because we are bringing back the Longenberger Basket Bingo to benefit Gateway for Cancer Research. Doors open at 5 p.m. Please help me spread the word. For those wanting to purchase a basket in memory of a loved one or in honor of a cancer survivor, Longaberger baskets will be available for purchase from Bobette Marshall at 812-305-5693. We can pick out a basket for you. If you have already purchased a basket for the event let me know and I can meet up with you to get the basket.

If you’re interested in attending the event, please let me know that as

well. I will have tickets.

Bridges of Hope Annual Fair Trade Christmas Event

Bridges of Hope’s Annual Fair Trade Christmas event will be held Saturday, November 5, 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Wesley Hall at First United Methodist Church Mount Vernon. Lunch will be available/served by UMW from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m..

Poseyville Christian Church Chowder

Poseyville Christian Church Chowder is back. Saturday, November 5, carry out will begin at noon. Buckets are available. Hope to see you there.

Mount Vernon Community Church - Black’s Chapel Chicken Supper

Mount Vernon Community Church - Black’s Chapel UMC will be hosting their annual Chicken Supper on Saturday, November 5, from 4 - 7 p.m.

Dinners include chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, chicken and dumplings, dressing, slaw and dessert. Adult - $14, Children 10 and under - $7.

A Country Store will be available with baked goods, candy, crafts and more.

Saint Wendel Golf Cart and ATV Christmas Parade

Join us for our eighth annual golf cart and ATV Christmas parade on Saturday, November 26 at 6 p.m. This event will take place at the Knights of Saint John 282 in the parking lot, cost is $10 for the driver and $5 for rider, cash only. Kids 12 and under free. Tailgate party following parade, half pot, Chinese auction, prizes, food truck(s), bonfire, music and Santa. All proceeds go to organizations and or families fighting cancer. Rain date is Sunday, November 27.

Kevin Williams, Sara Pace, Jessica Pace, Tom Pace and Becca Pace proved the competition was friendly as the entrants in the Inaugural Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser held at McKims IGA on Saturday gathered for a group photo. Williams took fourth place, while the Pace team placed eighth and took people’s choice award.

Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Several in North Posey School employment to see pay increases

By Lois Mittino Gray

Money matters prevailed at the October 6, meeting of the North Posey School Board with the 2023 Budget, Capital Projects Plan, and the Bus Replacement Plan adopted, teacher and staff salary increases approved, a contract to sell a piece of land, and a laundry list of items considered to do to improve the athletic facilities as discussed last month. The board met on a Thursday night, instead of its usual second Monday of the month, due to state School Board conferences on the usual date.

School Superintendent Michael Galvin presented the 2023 Budget for adoption now that all public hearings were held, and details have been publicly published. Approval was given for the Budget, including these resolutions connected to the Budget: Resolution for Appropriations and Tax Rates, Resolution to Adopt the Bus Replacement Plan Budget Year 2023, and Resolution to Adopt the Capital Projects Plan Budget Year 2023, and a 2022 Budget Transfer Resolution. There was also a Rainy Day Transfer Resolution and a Resolution to Transfer up to $1,500,000 from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund. As a reminder, all required budget items are published on the Indiana Gateway website and the school web page at: https://www.northposey.k12.in.us/schoolboard-information/public-notices.

Galvin was pleased to present for consideration a proposed salary increase policy for Administrators, Classified Staff, Bus Drivers, and Food Service Employees. “When we originally approved these increases with the teacher union, we said we would re-open the contract if our enrollment falls under 1400 students as we will lose some state funds. Our last official enrollment number was 1389.25. It did drop, but we need to honor what is in that contract. Our people work hard and are quality people. Many live in our community and put money back into it. I think we can still sustain that amount because we speculate our enrollment will bounce back up in the future,” he told the board.

The raises will be retroactive to the beginning of the school year. Classified staff will receive 75 cents more an hour, bus drivers $5.25 cents more a day, and teachers two bumps up on their pay scales. Longevity increases were also instituted to reward

said she will look around in the budgets to see if she can come up with $4,000. “Let us know how your talks go with the other counties, too”

President Collins urged.

Collins initiated a discussion stating the Commissioners were approached with the opportunity to begin transporting patients from local hospitals back to Posey County. The Commissioners discussed the pros and cons of this opportunity, including anticipated rates, usage, and manpower, with the Posey County EMS Director, Paul Micheletti. The Commissioners asked Mr. Micheletti to track how many requests are made for this service and report back.

Right now, it may not be worthwhile to do this as two new employees would need to be hired for the service.

In other Commissioner action:

--A contract was approved with Haase Mechanical to replace the two boilers in the County Courthouse was approved. President Collins stated that the boilers have been ordered and should be delivered soon.

--A subrecipient agreement between the Posey County Commissioners and Posey County Regional Sewer District was signed to put into writing the two million dollars in funds that have been committed to the Posey County Regional Sewer District via Posey County using ARPA funds. County Attorney Joe Harrison said it was routine paperwork to let the Auditor obtain the money.

--A service agreement was approved with

just getting worse every year,” Councilman Brandon Dieg said.

Councilman Aaron Wilson said he’s been on the board for five years and “every year we’ve gone across the board and we’ve beat ourselves to death talking about which department should get what, but it’s just a very tough decision.”

“I know that everybody on this board cares about every department in this county and we try to do our best to get everybody taken care of. That’s what we do. There’s nobody up here purposely trying to steer monies away from anything. When we have money, we try to use it the best way we know how,” Wilson said.

Councilman Dave Pearce said “starting to change anything drastically now would be fiscally irresponsible.”

Those standing in the back of the room left after the vote and none wished to speak on the record about their thoughts on the budget when asked after the meeting concluded. Law enforcement pay has been a big issue everywhere and recent changes have been discussed in Vanderburgh County and the City of Mount Vernon.

Vanderburgh County officials voted last week to give sheriff’s deputies a 33 percent raise over the next four years.

The Posey County Council and Sheriff Tom Latham have worked together over the past year to find ways to address salary concerns, including reducing employee retirement contributions

MOUNT VERNON STUDENT OF THE WEEK

BONNIE RAINEY West Elementary

Bonnie Rainey is a first grade student at West Elementary in Ms. Mitchell’s class. Bonnie is always a great role model for her classmates. She uses the quiet sign all of the time during class. She is always very helpful and willing to go the extra mile. We are so proud of Bonnie.

years of service with additional increases for 10, 15, and 20 years or more with the district. Galvin noted health insurance costs will not go up this year either as an added benefit. Additional pay of $30 per day was approved for bus drivers helping out by driving double routes when needed.

School Board Attorney Josh Orem gave details on a sale contract for $10,000 with the Patterson Agency, LLC on behalf of the Indiana Department of Transportation for a partial piece of the Health Clinic Property located at 4922 State Road 165, in Wadesville. He said the .272 acre parcel is mostly grass and some parking lot that will not affect parking. Board members unanimously passed the sale resolution and Orem commented “It will be less grass to mow.”

Considerable discussion ensued on items Board Member Larry Kahle brought up at the last meeting to improve present athletic facilities. Many meetings were held in the past month to discuss costs and possibilities. Superintendent Galvin brought cost estimates to the table including $23,000 for a new scorer’s table, $127,000 for new high school bleachers (lower level only), handicapped football parking at $8,960, softball backstop fence extension at $14,418, a football sound system at $31,068 and soccer and softball scoreboards at $11,000 each. They discussed safety and a railing on the second tier.

The biggest project will be painting the high school gym ceiling. Galvin felt that will be an entire summer project and take about two and a half months. He said originally an oil based paint was used on it and it is cracking and falling. A latex paint is needed on it. The floor boards in the gym were deemed to still be in good condition. The top layer of the floor needs to be removed and cleaned, but the boards are okay under them and Kahle said he felt good about that determination.

“According to Indiana Code, I can only spend 2.8 percent of the budget on athletics and I am getting near that at about $88,000,” the Superintendent said.

“I know everything needed can’t be done all at once, but the little things do help. I appreciate you looking into this,” he remarked.

In other board action:

EREP “cleaning up the contract” for the year 2022.

--Carrie Thompson, with Posey County EMA, is requesting the Commissioners sign the department’s EMPG Grant Extension agreement. Thompson explained that once the grant is approved, there is a performance agreement that is assigned; however, no funds may be spent until the final grant approval is given, and there is typically a delay in this process. This grant was written to provide a generator to the Black Township Fire Department. It was not finalized and signed until March, and the delivery time was delayed, which pushed the payment beyond the performance agreement timeline.

Thompson stated that this request will extend the performance period until September of 2023 and allow for payment to be made once the generator has been delivered to the station.

--Aaron Rohner, with Commonwealth Engineers, Inc., addressed the Commissioners regarding applying to the State for a waiver for the MS4 program on stream discharges. Rohner stated his company would work with the county in preparing the waiver paperwork needed to submit to the State that would allow the county to opt out of the MS4 program. Rohner stated this waiver would be good as long as the County fell within the same parameters that were originally submitted for the waiver. Rohner stated that the factors that will be considered are population growth, pure population, stream regulation, and population density. Attorney Harrison

from six to three percent in April which Sheriff Latham said would increase take home pay $80 to $100 for each employee per check. Additional deputies were added from money saved in insurance premiums in 2021 in an attempt to help with scheduling. Officials have said that salary concerns have led to staffing woes in the jail as well.

The Posey County Sheriff’s Department is not alone in its desire to see higher pay or increased staffing. Requests for extra workers for the Area Plan Commission and the Posey County Clerk’s office were not included in the 2023 budget, although APC Director Mindy Bourne is sharing a part time employee with the Posey County Building Commissioner. Salaries for EMTs and paramedics were raised in 2022 in an attempt to attract and retain workers.

Other items discussed in Tuesday’s meeting include:

Sheriff Latham updated council on the jail’s population: 34 Vanderburgh County inmates, 15 Indiana Department of Corrections inmates and 58 Posey County inmates. The department brought in $46,275 in September for housing

Vanderburgh County inmates. He also asked that donations made to his office be transferred to the K9 fund and reserve deputy budget line.

Council approved a request for $4,427.40 to cover Area Plan Commission attorney fees and four additionals for EMS.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK KENZIE MARKWELL Saint Wendel

Kenzie is a second grader and is an amazing student who is always a great listener. She has a true love for learning. She’s always ready to participate and cheer on her classmates. She is a very happy and thoughtful girl. Kenzie is a wonderful role model to others. She makes friends very easily and always helps others feel included. She loves soccer, ice cream, art, and dogs. We are so lucky to have Kenzie in our school. Kenzie is the daughter of Jeff and Becky Markwell. She has an older sister named Miley. Kenzie Markwell is a perfect example of what it means to be Christlike.

--Kudos were handed out to Assistant Superintendent Michele Walden for her work with the Norseman Academy. “The Department of Education is well-pleased with it. It is what they want for alternative education in our state”.

--Under Patron Concerns, Brad Wallace expressed his gratitude to the North Posey Cafeteria employees. He indicated that the food quality this school year has been excellent. He wished to thank the cafeteria staff publicly for working so hard to make improvements to the food options and encouraging the students to eat right and healthy.

--A FMLA leave request was approved for Gayle Spindler from 10/06/2022 to 11/17/2022. Leave days were approved for Amy Hallam for November 1–9, Cindy Wright from November 3-10, and for Leslie Mills from December 8–13, 2022.

--New hires include Shelby Dalrymple as a North Elementary Instructional Assistant effective October 17, 2022, Wesley Scherzinger as the South Terrace Volunteer Assistant Coach for Boys’ Basketball and Eric Walden as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Boys’ and Girls’ High School Swim Team.

--Victoria Schaefer and Ben Walden were given permission to take approximately three students to Murray State University to perform in the Quad State Honor Choir on November 6-7, 2022.

--A request from Girl Scouts of Southern Indiana to use the North Posey High School Auditorium on October 18, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. was approved.

--The hours of two high school cafeteria employees were adjusted, since Cortney Bowen has obtained her bus license and is now driving. Due to this change, her hours need to be reduced from 5.5 hours to 4 hours. Katie Mayes’ hours shall then increase from 4 hours to 5.5 hours. This change is effective October 3, 2022.

--Six professional leave requests were given the okay to travel to conferences and trainings.

--The next regular board meeting will be Monday, November 14, 2022 in the Metropolitan School District of North Posey Conference Room. Executive session, if needed, will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the regular meeting to begin at 6:30 p.m

stated the contract includes an amount not to exceed $5,000.00. The contract will include the process of drafting the plan, completing the request, submitting the request, and any subsequent questions IDEM may have.

--Collins reported the Commissioners are currently working on phases 1 and 1a, of the Western Bypass Road, which is being funded through bond money. “We need to look forward now to funding for Phase 2 which would be the western connection to the bypass. The fertilizer plant agreed to pay for it. Whether or not that happens, we need to make sure it gets done anyway,” he observed. “The County would like to work with American Structure Point to secure grant funding to fund a portion of phase 2.”

Commissioner Bryan Schorr made a motion to approve working with American Structure Point on securing funding for phase 2 of the Western Bypass; Commissioner Randy Thornburg seconded and the motion carried with a vote of 3-0.

--In Department Reports, Posey County Sheriff, Tom Latham, gave the following hous-

ing updates: Inmates from Posey County: 70, Department of Corrections:14, and Vanderburgh County: 38 for a total of 122 incarcerated. $46,275.00 was billed to Vanderburgh County in September for per-diem expenses.

--Donnie Martin, Posey County Health Department Director, stated that the Health Department currently has both COVID vaccines and flu vaccines available for the public.

--Collins gave the following animal control report for September: 29 Complaints, 8 pickups, 3 bite reports and no rabies or euthanasia.

--Posey County Auditor, Maegen Greenwell, is requesting the Commissioners allow the administrative offices that are able, to close for an hour and a half on December 7th, 2022, to allow for the staff to celebrate Christmas with their offices. Greenwell stated this has been done for the past three years. The motion carried.

--Before adjourning, Collins announced TriState Trophy has the new Posey County Logo on file, if any one would like to order apparel.

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Members of the Joe Jackson family were visitors on the Mount Vernon riverfront on Sunday afternoon for a Pizza picnic in the park. Pictured, left to right, are Kimberly, Braylin, Zaedyn, Joseph and Kai Jackson. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey senior golfer Allison Werkmeister is honored with her parents Russ and Valerie. Senior night was held prior to Friday evening’s final regular-season football game at North Posey. Photo by Dave Pearce

Building trades class will help build home in Lawrence

By Lois Mittino Gray

Members of the Mount Vernon School Board adopted the 2023 budget and adopted a resolution for appropriations and tax rates for funding it at their October 5, meeting. They also passed a resolution for the Capital Projects Plan for 2023-2025 and a resolution for the School Bus Replacement Plan for the years 2023-2034. All budget items passed have been advertised in the local newspaper and on the Mount Vernon School and Gateway State websites.

The total budget is $33,976,283 involving four funds. This includes the Education Fund set at $16,816,279.

It is all funded by the State Department of Education, based on pupil count, without use of property tax money. The Rainy Day Fund, which is like a School Savings Account, is now at $775,000. It also would not involve raising tax money as it is already in the bank. The Operations Fund is adopted at $14, 976,283 and that involves an adopted tax levy of $11, 581,781 with an adopted tax rate of 1.1582. The fourth fund, Debt Service, was adopted at a figure of $2,258,651. This has an adopted tax levy of $2,394,390 at a tax rate .2394. The budget will now be sent to the Department of Local Government Finance for review.

What does this all mean to the taxpayer? “These are upper limits, and we always advertise at the maximum rate knowing that the DLGF will set the budget rates much lower. Given that our assessed value went up, it causes the tax rate to go down and we expect the rate to come in below the 2022 rate,” explained Director of Business Loren Evans. “We are right now the 38th lowest tax rate out of 290 corporations in Indiana.”

Board members also granted permission to advertise on October 11, 2022 for an additional appropriation from the Rainy Day Fund in the amount of $350,000 to finance costs of the home in the Lawrence Addition that the

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Building Trade Class will build. Donations have already covered the cost of the empty lot, but advance funding is needed for materials, equipment, and contractor services that will be required for the build. The Rainy Day Fund has sufficient money in the bank, but the transfer will still need to be approved by the DLGF after advertising. The money can be recouped after the house is sold to the public.

A projected timeline includes a public hearing on November 7 at a board meeting before sending it to the DLGF regulatory agency. Ordering supplies and lining up contractors willing to help teach students will take place in the spring A basement will be poured in summer and work on the house will begin in August at the start of school. Right now, building trade classes, under the tutelage of Bill Riecken, are practicing on smaller builds, such as yard barns, playhouses and a huge model of the future house, according to School Superintendent Matt Thompson.

In personnel matters, board members were elated to confirm the employment of Yaw Frimpong Boakye as a high school Earth Science teacher. He spent the last 13 years as a science teacher with the Ghana Education Service in Ghana, West Africa. “He is here legally on a J1 Visa as part of an International Visiting Teacher program sponsored by the Sagamore Institute,” Dr. Thompson noted. He said he is now here on site and will work with the school’s science teachers to get acclimated and will then start out on his own.

Megan Erwin was hired to be a Teacher Assistant in Special Education at the junior high school, while the resignation of Jennifer Hawkins as a food service employee at the same school was accepted. Board members confirmed employment for the extra duty positions for the 2022-23 school year for coaches, department heads and club sponsors. Superintendent Thompson said most of the list was the same as

Speaking on the Home’s unique culture, its very special location, and introducing the people involved.

During her June lecture at the New Harmony Working Men’s Institute, Amy Koch, executive director at the Charles Ford Retirement Community, was asked to define the community’s unique culture.

Her answer focused on the relationship that develops between caregivers and residents. This column continues a series in which Amy describes the Community by introducing these committed caregivers.

Kim Catt has a catchy, twosyllable name, but her teammates at the Charles Ford Retirement Community describe her depth of character as being much more complicated, wisdom-filled and deeply rooted.

Serving as Director of Nursing at the Charles Ford Retirement Community for ten years, Kim has been acting as a nursing care provider in various settings for over four decades. With experience as a hospice care nurse, lead case manager in a home health agency and a credentialing partner in a physicians’ office, it’s not surprising that the Charles Ford staff seek Kim often as a source for sagely advice.

“I love Kim’s no-nonsense responses,” said Audra Sollars, who also works as a nursing care provider at the retirement community. “It doesn’t matter if you like or don’t

like what she’s going to say, you know in advance her answer will be in gracious words derived from the heart of an angel.” Another staff member laughingly said, “With Kim’s depth of experience, when it’s related to my health, I just ask her and sure enough, she knows what I need. She just tells me and I pass it on to my doctor!”

Koch describes Kim’s welcoming attitude and eager responses as having a beautiful realism expressed with a compassion that makes teammates want to seek her out for guidance. “Kim has a way of responding to our residents with this same gracious understanding,” Koch said. “With residents, her words are chosen carefully, always demonstrating her desire for each individual to be given what they need to live as well as realistically possible when dealing with the aging process. Sometimes with staff, Kim uses a “Suck it up Buttercup” attitude,” Koch said, “but with everyone, she is gentle and kind.” It’s Kim’s job to provide a personalized care plan for each resident at the home, and in her work, she’s described as direct, but understanding.”

Kim lives in Princeton, Indiana, and makes the trip to New Harmony, sometimes

seven days a week. A graduate of both Murray State and Vincennes universities, she says nursing care is all she ever wanted to do. She explains that beyond excellent care for the home’s residents, her primary objective is to provide staff with a balance of time for work and family, and that’s a goal she shares with Koch.

“The challenge is to keep schedules as flexible as possible, in a relaxed, peaceful atmosphere within the community, so we intentionally create less distinction between residents and staff,” Kim explains. “New employees are always surprised that when we have a party, they are expected to be participants at the party, not observers. We try to keep the atmosphere laid back and easy. Staff members sit with residents so there’s no noticeable separation among us, when we’re celebrating.”

“Kim’s forty-plus-years of health care experience is immeasurably important in the care we provide residents,” Koch explains, “and seriously, it’s hard to put a value on the experiential education the staff gleans just by listening to and following Kim’s direction. It serves us well every day. Kim’s leadership is another reason we excel in residential care on a day-to-day basis.”

last year, except for stipend changes for some of the positions.

A resolution passed permitting personnel to attend educational meetings as requested. Alicia Schmidt, FFA Sponsor, will attend the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis on October 26 through 28 with FFA to pay expenses. Brandon Cox and Holley Hatter will attend the Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators Conference in Indianapolis on November 8-11. Hatter was given permission to also attend the CTO2B (Chief Technology Officers to Be) Conference in Indianapolis on January

5-6, 2023.

Board members granted permission to PAWS wrestling for the use of the high school main gym on Sunday, January 8 and January 29, 2023 for wrestling tournaments as requested. Other information presented at the meeting included October menus, extra-duty professional development update, and an ADM attendance count of 2,063.92 which was pleasantly above what was expected.

The next board meeting is slated for Monday, October 17 at 5:45 p.m. in the High School Media Center.

Creepy Objects in the Collections by Melora Adams

There are some objects in the collection which are a little spooky if you really look at them and think about them. Especially if you know a story behind them.

There is a Harmonist coffin, one of the large Harmonist relics in the gallery room here at the Working Men’s Institute. It is fastened shut, and has never been used. Or has it?

One of the strange objects in the collection is the eight legged calf, a mutant which has recently been to the conservator and returned looking like new. It is now in a freestanding case so that its strangeness can be seen from all angles. And so that it is contained and cannot

go wandering around the museum.

Another weird artifact is a piece of a noose that was used in a hanging in Oklahoma. It was used to execute “Cherokee Bill,” a man who had come to enjoy killing people. So that is a gruesome souvenir, sent to someone in New Harmony as a gift. Spooky gift.

We also have a tear vase which was found in a Syrian tomb, brought from there by Julian Dale Owen. Tear vases were used to capture the tears of the bereaved. It may very well be that the occupant of the tomb and the mourner are both unhappy with the fact that this tear vase is now on a different continent.

We have a small oval box which according to our records is a baby coffin. A couple who were bringing their baby here

Court News continued

hear screaming and things being thrown - James Drive, Mount Vernon

5 p.m. - Counterfeit Money - Caller advised juveniles have come in and tried to pay with a fake $100 bill - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon

9:34 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised his girl had been drinking, was causing a problem but he advised she has now stopped and everything was okay - Black River Rest Area, Griffin October 9

2:35 a.m. - Fight - Large fight, owner got punched. Outside in parking lot. Caller advised two subjects left in a silver passenger car eastbound on Blake Road, one subject still in parking lot - Main Street, Wadesville

4:15 p.m. - HarassmentCaller advised female subject has been harassing caller in person - Third Street, Mount Vernon

10:51 p.m. - Disorderly Conduct - Caller advised drunk female falling down and fighting/arguing with subjects there - Water Street, Mount Vernon October 10

2:22 a.m. - SuspiciousCaller advised someone ran into his yard and was banging on the side of his house then took off. Caller advised this has happened multiple times nowChurch Street, Poseyville

8:32 a.m. - Property Damage - Caller advised sometime this weekend someone did donuts in the parking lot and caused some damage - Mill Street, Mount Vernon

10:08 a.m. - Property Damage - Caller stated that sometime over the weekend someone broke out a couple of windows of the storage units - Brown Street, Mount Vernon

5:29 p.m. - General Complaint - Caller is requesting to speak with an officer reference

his neighbors throwing trash and limbs in his yard - South Street, New Harmony

Civil

OneMain Financial Group, LLC v. Tracy Moore

Sheila Brown v. John Alsop LVNV Funding, LLC v. Christina Bland

Citibank, N.A. v. David James

LVNV Funding, LLC v. Crystal Bryan LVNV Funding, LLC v. Rebecca Dockery Samuel Shutls v. Starleen Meadows

Midland Credit Management, Incorporated v. Jennifer O’Neil Med-1 Solutions v. Jeanna Motz-Jacobs Med-1 Solutions v. Justin Brakie Med-1 Solutions v. Sheila Lacey Med-1 Solutions v. Matthew Young Med-1 Solutions v. Emilee Young Med-1 Solutions v. Jeremy Cox Med-1 Solutions v. Kaila King Med-1 Solutions v. Andrea Chipps Med-1 Solutions v. Jordan Schneck

Fayetta Bacon, Amanda York v. T-Mobile

Midland Credit Management, Incorporated v. Steven Fuller

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as Trustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loan Structured Transaction Trust v. Tina M. Parker, AKA Tina M. Drissel, Old National Bank, N.A. Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-2 v. Harrison Whitler, Med-1 Solutions, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Incorporated, et al Hoosier Accounts Service v. Tara Smith

from Germany brought it with them in case the baby died. The really weird thing is that the baby grew up but never got rid of that little coffin.

So come and visit the WMI and enjoy its creepy side.

Upcoming at the WMI: Preschool Story Time with Peggy Meyer will be each Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m.

Advanced Yoga with Patty Beagle is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m.

Kiwanis Story Time will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, for children who have been registered for it.

Admission to all lectures is free. Lectures are recorded and available in several formats. DVD and Blu-ray may be checked out at the library. They are also available on YouTube. Links are posted on our Facebook page.

Hoosier Accounts Service v. Shannon Saltzman Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Nichole Davis, Robert Davis Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Brooke Helfert, Robert Helfert Towd Point Master Funding Trust 2021-PM1 v. Jennifer Thomas Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Tamara West Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Jerome King Derrick Bulkley Motors, LLC d/b/a Expressway Jeep Chrysler Dodge v. Robert Gibson Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Pamela Johnson Discover Bank c/o Discovery Products, Incorporated v. Jessica Hart Tower Construction v. Ashley Norris Tower Construction v. Audra Wood Rod O’Neil v. Rhonda King Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Janelle Flessas LCS Capital, LLC V. Gyneth Fehribach, Eric Critchfield Rhonda King v. Rod O’Neil Rhonda King v. Paul Nurrenbern Caliber Home Loans, Incorporated v. Scarlette Rodenberg, Tyler Rodenberg, Med-1 Solutions, LLC, et al

Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company as subrogee of Jordan Ward v. William Walker Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC v. Michael Daniels State of Indiana v. Carole Hook, Citcorp Trust Bank FSB, Posey County, Indiana Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC v. Landon Mullis, Meagan Gumbel Crown Asset Management, LLC v. Daniel Adamitis Unifund CCR, LLC v. Kerri Stewart Dennis Cox v. Josh Osborne Turn Key Property management, LLC v. Kyle Thomason Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. v. Linda Gumbel Tower Construction v. Tamara West Tower Construction v. Zoe Cox

Peoples National Bank, N.A. Michael Ames, Kishiko Ames Mariner Finance, LCC v. Jason Gish Caliber Home Loans, Incorporated v. Douglas Nowling, State of Indiana Department of Transportation, Unknown Occupant if any Evansville Federal Credit Union v. Nicholas Marshall Cavalry SPV I, LLC, as assignee of Commenity Bank v. Matthew Mattingly John Schoening v. Josette Lohman

Michael W. Treberg v. Kimberly Miller Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC v. Steven Martin

A monthly column from the Executive Director of the Charles Ford Retirement Communities of New Harmony

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Remember our joy as children to receive even the smallest gifts?

Nothing could taste any better than an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. Blowing bubbles outside thrilled us. We listened carefully when Mom or Dad read to us. Even if we didn’t say the words, “thank you,” our body language, especially hugs and smiles, showed our gratitude for simple pleasures.

We are bombarded now with ads on radio, TV, Internet and billboards promising the good life if we acquire expensive material things. We dream of owning such fast cars as the Corvette and Lamborghini, or, my favorite, the Jaguar. Or we covet the biggest big screen Smart-TV on the market, the latest model of iPhone,

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Living a farm life I’m segregated some from much of the noise and the hustle and bustle. There is peace and solitude for me in the stillness.

I’m ever mindful of my surroundings, always on the lookout for the small, simple pleasures… Like when the quail celebrate a pile of spilled grain or when they find a puddle to drink from, or when a king bird catches a grasshopper.

Maybe it’s when the cotton is pushing through the crust in spring, or watching wheat dancing in the wind.

Maybe it’s watching my grandchildren playing in the yard, or something as simple as seeing ducks swimming on a pond.

Then comes the harvest… the time to gather. The end of a life cycle… one day for all of us.

The remembrance of details from former days are but a fog, but many of those little insignificant moments, they seem to be the ones I remember the most… the beauty of life and of living.

Our days are numbered…

Psalms 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

As we get older the realization of time, or the end of our time I should say, becomes more prominent. Anyway, I give it more thought than I use to.

Gratitude and Grace – They’re a God Thing

designer clothes and accessories, or the coolest gaming system.

Most of us will never realize these dreams, at least not all of them. In wanting what we don’t have, we become dissatisfied with our reality. We forget about gratitude and become blind to the grace bestowed on us every single day.

To appreciate grace, we have to look for it and to see it. We have to learn to say thank you with our hearts all the time and our words most of the time.

Sometimes I have to look hard for grace. Like everyone else, I say I am grateful for the obvious blessings: finances and food, health and home, protection and direction, family and friends. Yet, how often do I actually take these gifts for granted.

As I age, I realize my job could end, my home be destroyed, my safety could crumble, I could take

a wrong turn with damaging consequences, and my family and friends could face challenges in their own lives. In an instant, my life could change dramatically, and I would realize just how fragile my life truly is.

For me, keeping a daily gratitude journal sharpens my focus on the grace in my life and stops me from taking grace for granted. I remember the obvious and to say “thank you” for priceless, non-material gifts, like the hummingbird at my front porch feeder or the flowering of my pink dogwood tree outside my home office window, a phone call from a friend, or my husband’s loving gesture of pouring my first cup of coffee every morning.

My gratitude journal lists three specific blessings for which I am thankful—three blessings unique to each day. My daily lists have gone in one journal after the other. The

The human touch

So, I try to avoid obnoxious and cynical people, they just try to drag you down into the mire with them.

I don’t compare myself with others, because it’ll make me bitter, most of the time they are only telling half truths and putting on a facade anyway.

Enjoy what you’ve accomplished, and what you have. But, remember to share those blessings with others and spread happiness.

Keep making plans for the future… and keep on dreaming. Be humble, be helpful and be kind. But at the same time be cautious, because the world is full of crooks and conmen.

But in no way let that blind you from looking for the good in people, and it shouldn’t keep you from well doing.

Be true to yourself, and those around you. Be genuine, the same to one person as you would to any other. Have the human touch.

Soak up the wisdom of the elderly and take advantage of their years of experience. Surrender the nonsense of your youth, and forget about those days, but pass the knowledge you learned from it on. The younger may not readily accept it, but later they will remember it, and you.

It is a good thing to be righteous, just not self righteous.

Finally, whatever you aspire to do, give it all you got. If you don’t quite fulfill all your dreams, it’s still a beautiful world, and you at least had dreams to chase.

Strive to be happy, because those little seemingly insignificant moments, they seem to bring me the most smiles.

Life only happens once, so make

Reports are pointing to an 8.9 percent raise for Social Security recipients. While it won’t feel like enough, it may buy you a sack of groceries or a tank of gasoline. This is a big maybe on the gasoline as California reports prices of over $8 per gallon.

the most of it.

My thoughts from the tractor seat.

I can be a little abrasive at times when I get riled up. So I’m going vent a little bit.

I was told I needed to be more tolerant. That I’m “old fashioned and that times have changed”.

Hebrews 13:8 says “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”.

Jesus taught us to love our neighbor… and his commandments of love do not mean to tolerate, compromise or conform to worldly behavior.

practice brings awareness of just how rich life is, rich enough to fill several books with blessings each year.

On days when gratitude may be hard to find or to see, I look back on these volumes and receive grace all over again. I am reminded I never walk alone. I am able then to call to mind grace-filled moments in the present.

If anyone regards this practice as hokey, I can promise you it has provided me another tool for coping with depression. Whenever I replace worries with wonders, it enables me to appreciate the beauty and the good in my world.

In two weeks, Pastor Elisabeth Baer at Immanuel United Church of Christ will lead a program entitled Gratitude and Grace. To conclude, participants will be invited to start their own gratitude journals with a list of blessings.

Writing the list lends it permanence so we can look back and remember the day, for example, someone paid for our ice cream in the drive-thru line at Dairy Queen. During the program, we will suggest prompts to jog our memories and to encourage us to treasure our blessings.

The program, Gratitude and Grace, will last around an hour on Wednesday, November 2, starting at 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Immanuel United Church of Christ, 5812 Ford Road North, Mount Vernon, Indiana. Light refreshments and discussion will follow.

The public is invited to attend. We do ask participants to RSVP so we can make sure everyone receives a journal. Please call the church office at (812) 985-3115 to reserve your spot.

Thank you for considering our program.

I’m certainly not perfect… the only man that was they hung on a cross.

But in my mind right is right and wrong is wrong. Just because some people want to justify their their behavior doesn’t make it ok…

Because I am not tolerant… therefore I am labeled hateful.

Let me be clear, I have no energy to hate. I either love you, or I will wish you well… you’re acceptance of me is irrelevant.

Why try and be fake when being real takes less effort?

Is it rudeness or is it just my honesty? Why am I supposed to

say “it’s okay” when deep down my belief is that something is not?

I stop being considerate in situations where I am not being treated considerately, though I may choose to be courteous up to a point.

To understand me, you first need to understand that I am not you!

There are two people that I must answer to, the guy in the mirror and the man upstairs… the man upstairs taking precedence over the guy in the mirror.

If my beliefs make my circle of friends smaller then so be it… I am a man of principle and will not change.

Rising prices – one thing you can doM V B D . G M

Buying oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela or any foreign entity is crazy. Why don’t we use our own oil? I’m all for green energy but we aren’t quite there yet. Make electric cars and drive them. Utilize solar energy and else anything that we can to help preserve this planet and its resources. Regardless, our country still needs oil. As long as we need oil, it would be wiser and much more cost effective to use our own oil. Put Americans back to work drilling our oil and selling it to foreign countries.

Saudi Arabia and beg for oil. We should utilize a full arsenal of energy from electric cars and a grid to supply the power. Utilize our oil, wind, natural gas and coal. Once our country can do everything without oil or coal, then we can move on from those resources. Being dependent on getting them from foreign nations doesn’t make sense, especially when we have the resources.

bombed on day one by Ukrainians. Ukraine must do whatever it takes to thwart Russia’s ongoing destruction of their country. The news has been filled with fear that Russia will go nuclear in their efforts. When the nations start hurling nuclear bombs you won’t need to worry about gas, groceries and cost of living adjustments because this planet can only take so much.

Some of our government leadership is crying because Saudi Arabia is cutting their oil production by 2 million barrels a day. This means less oil for everyone in the grand oil supply pool. I don’t understand why anyone in our government would want to do business with the Saudis.

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Our government has been draining our own oil reserve to try to keep the price of gasoline down. This doesn’t seem to be working very well. Plus, it puts our country at risk. When China and Russia decide to attack us, we need to be able to put fuel in our jets and ships. That would not be a good time to have to go back to

Affirmation, finally

I wrote the first of my over 900 “Gavel Gamut”

in 1990 at the request of my friend, Jim Kohlmeyer. Jim was the Posey County, Indiana Republican Party Chairman and the owner of the New Harmony Times newspaper (now The Posey County News owned by my friend, Dave Pearce).

Jim had recently purchased the paper and was desperate for filler. He asked me, the Democrat, elected, Posey County Circuit Court Judge, to write a column about “legal topics.” Jim did not care what I wrote. Since 1990 and every week since April of 2005 I have written about topics from local heroes to national issues as I saw fit. As those of you, Gentle Readers, will note, in several of my burnt offerings my wife, Peg, had to bear the brunt of my ramblings. However, most of “Gavel Gamut” has

A loaf of bread will eventually cost Americans their 8.9 percent Social Security increase. Ukraine has been one of the world’s leading providers of wheat. Having Russia in control of Ukraine, a major source of the bread supply, along with their major supply of natural gas is bad news for the world.

The Crimea bridge that was recently bombed between Russia and Ukraine should have been

dealt with legal topics. A major theme has been the legal system, particularly judges. The federal courts and especially the United States Supreme Court have been the recipients of my chagrin over these thirty-two years during all of which I have served and am still serving as a judge myself. Although after thirty-eight years on the Bench as a partisan-elected judge I term-limited myself and now serve in other judicial venues, such as the Country of Georgia and the National Judicial College.

As I have written numerous times, my belief is that our American democracy is in danger from non-elected, life-tenured judges. I have stated this position frequently and I hold to it firmly.

However, even though I have often expected returning brickbats from those who champion appointing judges and granting them life-tenure, almost nobody has seemed to ever take umbrage from or stated their agreement with my position until October 3, 2022

Keep in mind there is still something you can do to make a difference – vote. Clear your calendar for voting. If you don’t vote then don’t complain about our government, inflation, rising interest rates, gasoline prices and more. I know it doesn’t feel like your one vote matters, but it truly counts. The only way you can bring about change is to clear your schedule, take the time, and vote.

Then, voila, along came that great journalist and philosopher, Fareed Zakaria whose excellent Sunday morning CNN show, GPS The Global Public Square, is the only national news program I find to contain news. On October 3, 2022 at 8 p.m. Fareed aired his special, “Supreme Power, Inside the Highest Court in the Land.”

Now, Gentle Readers, I am not claiming, although I wish I could, that Dr. Zakaria has ever heard of, much less been influenced by my analysis on any subject. However, his special clearly stated one of the greatest current dangers to our democracy is life-tenured members of the U.S. Supreme Court and the totally politicized method of their selection process.

Let me say this about that (as President John F. Kennedy used to say), AMEN, brother Fareed!

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Right to Life announces 2022 Baby Photo Contest winners

Thank you to all participants in the Posey County Right to Life 2022 Baby Photo Contest displayed in booth 74 at the 101st West Side Nut Club Fall Festival.

The sharing of these photos enabled us to increase the awareness of Human Dignity and share with our community that ALL children are precious and worthy of protection.

Birthdays

The proceeds from the contest are used to support pregnant women and their families in Posey and Vanderburgh counties. We also strive to educate the public with Pro-Life literature and merchandise as well as Pro-life and Safe Haven Baby Box billboards. In 2019 we sponsored the installation of a Safe Haven Baby Box at the Fire Station in Mount Vernon, Ind.

October 18 - Ivan Alsop, Kelli Schlarmann, Stacy Muncy, Glenn Scherzinger, Verda Meyers, Shawn Burks, Vickie Straw, Kaden Pettigrew, Anne Shackelford, Mary Jane Schroeder, Jean cox

October 19 - Lynn Cleveland, Hayleigh Hatch, Kristen Becher, Lee R. Garrett, Thelma Straw, Freida Robison Horton

October 20 - Erica Lynn Alsop, Erica Kissinger, Gene Nolen, Erik Hawn, Kyler Butler, Taylor Greb, Lindsey Whitney

October 21 - Deloris Bauer, Deb Guido, Sandra Almon, Carolyn Darr, Dan Wilson, Lisa Moutray, Veronica Mittino, Phillips Wisley, Angie Woodburn, Judy Moore

October 22 - Janelle Patton, Gordon Stallings, Charles Dyer Sr.

October 23 - Jake Armstrong, Laura Hudgins, Maureen Patterson, Kelsey R. Overton, Lenny Deptula, Sarah Gray, Lori Nottingham, Tamara O’Neil

October 24 - Ricky Hutchinson, John Nicholes Barnes, G.P. Rhodes, Heather Fisher Jones, Susan Branigin, Martha Raske, Brad Underwood, Jean Burkemper, Meredith Ashley Walker, Annette Buckland, Mason Dixon, Meredith Morton, Carol Scarafia, Sandra Alldredge, Yvonne Vegas, Macen J. Berry

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.

Class Reunions

MVHS Class of 1972 to hold ‘50 class reunion

The MVHS class of 1972 will hold their ‘50 reunion November 5, 2022, beginning at 5 p.m., at the American Legion, 203 Walnut Street, Mount Vernon, Ind. If you haven’t made

Our latest endeavor is to facilitate the opening of a Family Resource Center, aka Trotter House, in Posey County.

Contact us to learn how you can be a part of the Pro-Life Movementm at poseycountyrighttolife@ gmail.com or 812-781-9293. 2022 winners are:

First place: Willow Kennedy, daughter of Joseph

Kennedy and Kameron Sizemore. Ria’s Photography - One Hour Session plus $75 cash ($275 value)

Second place: Adalynn Turpen, daughter of Adam and Ashlynn Turpen. Mesker Park ZooOne Year Membership plus $75 cash ($175 value)

Third place: Parker Kirkman, son of Mark and Hannah Kirkman. One Hour Massage plus $50 cash ($115 value)

PCCF Celebrates 30 Years Of Giving Grant

Saint Peter’s UCC God’s Storehouse Food Pantry recently received a $3,000 grant from the Posey County Community Foundation through the Celebrating 30 Years of Giving Grant Program.

In celebration of Posey County Community Foundation’s 30th Anniversary, the Celebrating 30 Years of Giving Grant Program allows advisory board members to recommend $3,000 grants to local nonprofit organizations. The Foundation’s most recent grant recommendation was made by Josh Orem and will provide general support to Saint Peter’s UCC God’s Storehouse Food Pantry.

Saint Peter’s UCC God’s Storehouse Food Pantry is an organization that provides supplemental food to Posey County Residents in the spirit of neighbor helping neighbor. They serve as a bridge that connects the abundance of our community with individuals and families who are unable to meet their food needs.

For more information about funding opportunities through the Posey County Community Foundation, contact Amy Smith, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact, at 812-838-0288 or via email at asmith@communityfoundationalliance.org.

and teachers of MVHS to celebrate.

your reservation, contact John Peerman at 812431-5417 or Benny Tennyson at 812-480-8621.

A class photo will be taken at 6 p.m., and with a meal and music to follow. There will be a cash bar. We would like to invite all 1972 classmates

Friday, November 4, 2022, the Class of 1972 would like to invite all graduates of MVHS, alumni, and teachers to a Pre-Reunion at the Copper House on Franklin Street in Evansville

from 6 until10 p.m. A cash bar and the kitchen will be available if anyone would like to order food or drink. Spread the word so that we can spend some time together. Hope to see you there.

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Pictured (left to right): Josh Orem, Posey County Advisory Board Member, and Cathy Winternheimer, Saint Peter’s UCC God’s Storehouse Food Pantry

Second Place: Adalynn Turpen, daughter of Adam and Ashlynn Turpen. Photo supplied

Third Place: Parker Kirkman, son of Mark and Hannah Kirkman. Photo supplied

First Place: Willow Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Kennedy and Kameron Sizemore. Photo supplied

Posey Humane Society/PC Pound Puppies = New Life Rescue and Adoption volunteers spent the better part of their Saturday working the Inaugural Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser held at McKims IGA. Pictured, l to r, are: LaDonna Reid, Deann Sheffer, Tina Parker, and Dave and Becky Heerdink. 100 percent of the events proceeds went to New Life. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Zion Nursery Center was recently visited by Marrs Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week.

The firefighters shared fire safety tips and demonstrated dressing in full turnout gear.

Pictured with firefighters Mathew Hulsey and Dylan Hile are, front row, l to r: Conor Mohr, Wrenlee Stock, Maverick Rittichier, Kayleb McCormick, Meadow Deig, Evelyn Riech, Conner Schmitt, Henry Rynkiewich, and Emersyn Dick. Back row, l to r: Dean Cox, Kennedy Word, Edson Kempf, Deacon Byrley, Winter Tilman, Charlotte Mohr, and EraBella Reising.

Posey Humane Society/PC Pound Puppies = New Life Rescue and Adoption held their Inaugural Chili Cook-Off on Saturday at McKims IGA in Mount Vernon. Pictured l to r are: Judge Henry Smith, Event Coordinator Matt Williams, Winning Team members Wess and Thomas Rose, and Judge Ed Adams. Not pictured: Judge Greg Oeth. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

The United Way of Posey County just had their Leadership Giving event: “Cocktails and Conversation” at the Western Hills Country Club on October 11, 2022. Sponsors for the event, who made this donation in addition to their usual United Way contribution, were Don and Elizabeth Baier, Crane Credit Union, Consolidated Grain, and Barge, CountryMark Cooperative, Fifth Third Bank, First Bank, United Fidelity Bank, Valero, Centerpoint, Warehouse Services, Inc., Russell’s Excavating, McKim’s IGA, MAC Industrial Services, and SABIC.

Keely Winiger, Executive Director of the United Way of Posey County started off the evening thanking everyone for coming. She then went over the past two campaign years since COVID interrupted the past two years of the Leadership Giving events. She stated, “the 2020-2021 goal was $550,000 and $579,109.65 was raised. The 2021-2022 goal was $575,000 and we came in just short by raising $568,064.04. This was disheartening, but we lost two industry work campaigns last year. If that would not have happened, we would have made the goal and then some. Those two industries would have brought in about $28,600. So, we did not meet our goal last year, but we did okay considering the loss of those two industry supporters. Thus, the reason that we have added our own fundraising efforts for this year’s campaign with half pot sales, the recent walk/race, had a booth at Kuntsfest with silent auction items and have sold t-shirts. We have even collected and sold shoes before. And are presently selling trees and shrubs through Tom Guggenheim’s business New Harmony Native Trees and Shrubs. The goal this year is $575,000 and I know that we can make our goal with the help of our Leadership Givers and our wonderful community. “

Keely then introduced Andrew Backus, Executive Director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters who introduced Denise Biggerstaff, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board member and a “BIG” within their program. The two described their agency’s program, their needs, and how the United Way of Posey County and the Posey County community has strongly supported their efforts.

Joe Crissup, United Way of Posey County Board President thanked the Big Brothers/Big Sisters representatives and stated, “this is a great demonstration of how one of our agencies benefits from the United Way of Posey County and the generosity of the Leadership Givers and the Posey County community.” He then introduced Donald Baier, Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award Chair, who explained that the award had been started in 2007 to

Kloppenberg, Koester win Baier Award

honor Elizabeth D. Baier’s 25th anniversary as Executive Director of the United Way of Posey County. The award recognizes an incoming high school senior who resides in Posey County for outstanding leadership, volunteerism, and community involvement. He announced that there were two recipients of the award this year because they “just could not decide amongst the two wonderful applicants.”: Reagan Koester and Sophie Kloppenberg. Reagan is from North Posey and Sophie is from Mt. Vernon High School. Both Reagan and Sophie accepted the award, thanked the committee, the United Way of Posey County, and gave a small background of themselves and their impact of community involvement.

Crissup then congratulated the ladies and thanked Don for his involvement and went on to say “the United Way of Posey County has 16 agencies that we support (Albion Fellows Bacon Center, American Red Cross – Posey County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Buffalo Trace Council-BSA, Catholic Charities, Children’s Church Day Care Center, Community Emergency Assistance, Easterseals Rehabilitation Center, Easterseals Rehabilitation Center – Posey County, Family Matters, Lampion Center, New Harmony Ministry Association, Inc., Posey County Council on Aging, Inc., The Salvation Army, Willow Tree of Posey County) with an additional one being considered by the board this year.........NEWLIFE. NEWLIFE is the combination of PC Pound Puppies and the Posey County Humane Society. They have a program that will help children learn about pets, become a responsible pet owner, and to help cope with everyday trials and tribulations. They will go into all the schools with this program, which is exciting for them and for us as well.” He went on to say “Other new events, we have received a $10,000 grant from the Posey County Community Foundation and will be receiving an additional $10,000 from Centerpoint for the Dolly Imagination Library that stared in Posey County with the help of United Way of Posey County. We are in a new location at 215 S. Kimball Street due to the generosity of the dissolved Homeless Shelter and a $6,300 grant from the Lilly Foundation. We have received a grant from the Lilly Foundation to support both Mt. Vernon and North Posey school districts with mental health services from Youth First. We have also received a $10,000 grant form Indiana United Ways to support new computer software to improve our technology.”

Winiger ended the evening by stating that “we will continue to find grants and new ways to meet our campaign goal to help support our efforts, our agencies, and our community. This year, not only can we continue to support our agencies, but we can also receive a grant that can start a new program within our community called Hometown Helping Hands. With YOUR financial support we can begin this program that will assist the elderly and disabled community members with basic home repairs and maintenance. This program will keep the elderly and disabled safer in their homes, allow them to stay in their homes longer and to repair or maintain items in their homes that they cannot do and/or afford.”

Two door prizes were then drawn with one gift card for $100 from McKim’s IGA and a wine basket donated by board member Tonya McDaniel.

Crissup and Winiger thanked the Leadership Givers again and stated, “we could not do anything without your support and generosity and gave a big thank you to the Posey County News for their continued coverage of their United Way events.”

Leadership Givers are Titanium Level - Wayne and Judy Games and one anonymous donor.

Platinum Level – William and Beth Crafton, Barry Cox, Bill and Muriel Gillenwater, Matt Hoehn, Henry and Michelle Hud-

son, and Christopher Rhea.

Gold Level – Donald and Elizabeth Baier, Jarrod Bartlett, Diana Billman, David and Pam Carl, Rodney and Lynn Clark, Judith D’Agostino, David and Anita Dausman, Bruce and Beth Dingman, Thomas Guggenheim, Jon Hagemann, Kyle Haney and Rachel Gillenwater, John Martin, Steve Onan, Scott Rice, and Dan and Mary Ritter.

Silver Level – David Albright, Sondra Ash, Darrell Bollier, Marguerite Bostick, John Broadhead, Joe Castrale, Kimberly Grimes, Brock Guthrie, Samuel Hartmann, Braden Henson, Dr. Thomas and Nelda Hickey, Duane and Linda Kuhlenschmidt, Ashley Neighbors, Jon and Donna Neufelder, Jacob Oberholtzer, Marie Pease, Gregory Randel, Richard Reich, Tracy and Rita Ripple, Bill Rountree, Bob and Ann Scarafia, Nicole Schenk, Chris and Sarah Spurgeon, Bob and Ann Stemple, Andrew Stocker, Trent and Beverly Van Haaften, Thomas and Kathy Verkamp, Keith Wamsley, Larry Williams, Andy and Keely Winiger, and seven other anonymous donors.

Bronze Level – Paul and Tamara Allison, Jim and Judy Alsop, Phyllis Alspaugh, Joseph and Donna Anderson, Dennis Bacon, David Baylor, Grant and Marressa Beloat, William Bender, Patrick Blankenberger, John Bogolin, Paula Briscoe, Joseph Busby, David and Vicki Campbell, Dennis and Angelika Clark, Wilfred Clark, Nina Clark-Jones, Joe Crissup, Laird and Christy Davis, Jeffrey Defur, Alan and Jerilyn Erwin, Monica Evans, Gregory Fischer, Gary Fox, John Gerton, Denny and Jenifer Hargett, Brian and Beth McFadin Higgins, Richard Hoagland, Andy and Nancy Hoehn, Charles and Tamara Hoehn, Bailee Hunsinger, Christopher Imes, Toni Johns, Ken and Nancy Johnson, Kyle and Kelly Jones, David Julian, James Julian, George King, Donna Kohlmeyer, Danniel Kruse, Dr. Joseph Lee, Dr. And Mrs. R.P. Leibring, Sean Marren, Judy Maurer, Tonya McDaniel, Adam McGhee, John Mobley, John O’Daniel, Ryan and Carrie Parmenter, Jeff Pharr, John Raisor, Dr. And Mrs. Kyle Rapp, Patrick Rose, Dennis and Judy Rueger, Beth Russell, Fr. Jim Sauer, James Scarafia, George Scarbrough, Tom and Tammy Schneider, Kapil Sheth, Eddie Sledd, Tina Spears, Keith and Gloria Spurgeon, Trudy Stock, Jerry and Charlotte Thomas, Bessie Tinsley, Jake Tucker, Diann Uhde, Tim and Barb VanZant, Louis Volz, Kawn Watters, Mark Wehner, Jared Wells, James White, Brian Williams, Eric and Rhonda Wolf, Charles York, and twenty-two other anonymous donors.

Star Givers – Martha Alldredge, Joyce Babillis, Pat Beckgerd, Scott Campbell, Shana Cash, Jeffrey Crabtree, Jane Delesma, Roy Dickens, Randy Drury, Matthew Ellis, Dirk English, Thomas Evans, Adam Farrar, Kevin Franklin, Richard and Ann Garrett, Jason Hamilton, Elizabeth Johns, Sam and Phyllis Johnson, Darin and Jacinda Keitel, Mark Kissel, Erin Koester, Charles Kueber, Bobby Lewis, Amanda Merkley, Keith Mesker, William Minton, Marcia Mishler, Scott Mitchell, Shelia Naab, Kim O’Grady, Laura Phelps, Jessica Raben, Allison Richardt, Joseph Rutledge, Deedra Scheller, Pamela Schneck, Deb Schmitt, Lindsay Schmitt, Thomas Schmitt, Brian Schu, Daniel Schulz, Patrick Seibert, Sandy Seitz, Rakesh Shah, Nancy Simon, Jessica Spalding, Jonathan Thompson, Daniel and Denise Townsend, Samantha Turner, Jesse Walker, Colin Wasson, Bart Webber, Paul Weimer, Kenneth Weinzapfel, Jim and Faye Wilson, Patricia Wilson, and two anonymous donors.

Anyone interested in getting involved with, want to make a donation, or wants more information on the United Way of Posey County can call the office at 812-838-3637 or email unitedwayposey@gmail.com

Mount Vernon Lynchings Memorial marker dedication set

By Lois Mittino Gray University of Southern Indiana President Dr. Ron Rochon will be one of several speakers featured at the Dedication Ceremony of the Mount Vernon Lynchings Memorial Marker at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 23. He will be there to show his strong support of Sophie Kloppenburg’s class project that, due to her hard work and persistence, culminates in the installation of a historical marker on the Posey County Court House lawn. All are invited to listen to the speakers in the Hovey House and then the assembly will walk over to the site of the marker and a memorial bench on the southeast corner of the lawn.

Light refreshments will be served.

Other scheduled speakers include Posey County Commissioner President Bill Collins, Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis, Father Jim Sauer, Dr. Kristalyn Shefveland, and Sophie herself. The Mount Vernon High School Senior will recount the story of how she first heard about this harrowing moment in local history, her research on the events, and her fundraising efforts to get a memorial to make sure the victims won’t be forgotten in obscurity. She raised $13,500 to pay for the metal marker, a granite bench, and other items, such as insurance, for the project.

The memorial site is on

the same corner where on October 12, 1878, Jim Good, William Chambers, Edward Warner, and Jeff Hopkins were kidnapped from the

county jail by an angry mob and lynched at the site. Three others, a father and his two sons, were chased down and died horrible deaths two days

of a tree. All seven men were accused of raping three white women by knifepoint, which they adamantly denied. There was no trial or legal protection for the accused men.

“As I read more about it, as part of my “Open Source Learning and Innovation” class project, I learned there were seven deaths in three days in Indiana’s largest racial lynching incident. There was no trial and no justice for these men as no one was ever charged or held responsible for what happened to them. There is no remembrance. I wanted the marker in order to spark conversations in the community about what happened here and how we can learn from it.”

Ben Uchitelle, will travel from Saint Louis for the dedication. He owns several hundred acres of family farm in Posey County and heard about her project. He read a portion of his greatgrandfather’s diary aloud to the County Commissioners when Sophie was first appearing before them to request permission to erect the marker. “It was a big help to me as it was the whole story as he remembered it as a primary source and upheld all the facts,” Sophie said.

before. Daniel Harrison, Sr. was kidnapped from the jail, “butchered like a hog”, and dumped into the jailhouse privy. Daniel Harrison, Jr. was chased from his home and burned alive when he was forced into the firebox of a steam locomotive. John Harrison was chased from the same home, shot, and stuffed into the hollow trunk

“Most people in our community aren’t even aware this happened. It was buried history until Judge James Redwine took the liberty of uncovering everything there is to know in his book, “Judge Lynch!” She contacted the former judge who supported her project, and invited him to the dedication, but he is presently out of the country.

Another project supporter,

The marker, costing $5,700, was made in Texas of dark metal with gold letter engraving. The Posey County Seal will be atop the double-sided sign telling the story. On it, a QR code can be scanned for more information leading to the USI Library Archives. Dr. Shefveland will explain how all the materials are accessed and stored there for anyone to see photos and articles. Sophie is grateful to local citizens Ray Kessler and Deb Burdick who found the large file kept by the Posey County Historical Society on the events and helped the USI Library get all the information in it.

The ‘Bahama Blue’ bench, costing $3,800, will have all seven men’s names engraved on it.

Sophie hopes the memorial will not spark rancor, but will lead to good conversations among citizens. “It’s a memorial for those who died and a learning tool for current citizens. Just raising awareness can help people reevaluate their conscious and unconscious biases and actions. We are a forward community and we want to make sure those things never happen again.”

Sophie Kloppenberg and Reagan Koester receive the 2022 Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award from Donald Baier during the United Way Leadership Giving Event

Lady Vikings repeat volleyball sectional championship

By Chris Morlan

Repeat champions of the Class 2A Sectional 48. This is what North Posey did last Saturday night. The Lady Vikings have repeated as the sectional champions under coach Natalie Macaulay. Only in her second year as the Lady Vikings head coach, she has now guided North Posey to their second straight sectional championship. North Posey will be playing this Saturday at Mitchell High School against Brownstown Central.

A different season and a different venue. North Posey opened their postseason last Thursday night at Perry Central High School against the Lady Commodores. The Lady Vikings plan was to repeat as sectional champions. Their opening set against Perry Central did not go as planned when they lost the first game 23-25. From that point, the Lady Vikings won the next three matches to advance to the semifinal to meet the Crawford County Lady Wolfpack. This was the toughest match for the Lady Vikings in the sectional.

“After Perry Central, they have a big hitter, and I knew if we could get past them we would have an excellent chance of making history again and taking home a second straight sectional,” Coach Natalie McCauley said following the relatively easy win over Tell City in the sectional title game. “We had a big fight to get past them. Erin Hoehn had a phenominal nightgame, digging up things and hitting things harder than I have seen her hit in a long time.”

Macauley said the team blocked well and did its best to maintain control of the game.

“It wasn’t until the last couple of points in the last game that I was ablew to actully relax a little,” she said. “It was really good volleyball.”

North Posey 3, Perry Central 1 23-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-21

North Posey Kills (42): Erin Hoehn 18, Addie Fullop 10, Kaity Oakley 4, Brooklyn Goedde 3, Sibyl Renshaw 3, Ashleigh Blankenship 2, Siri Fullop 2

Aces (5): Brooklyn Goedde 2, Addie Fullop 1, Siri Fullop 1, Ashton Elpers 1 Blocks (11): Ashleigh Blankenship 5, Kaity Oakley 4, Sibyl Renshaw 2 Digs (101): Ashton Elpers 33, Addie Fullop 21, Erin Hoehn 19, Siri Fullop 11, Mallory Luigs 8, Sibyl Renshaw 3, Livie Maier 2, Kaity Oakley 2, Sibyl Renshaw 2 Assists (39): Addie Fullop 19, Siri Fullop 17, Brooklyn Goedde 2, Ashton Elpers 1 Serves Made (97): Brooklyn Goedde 22, Siri Fullop 18, Ashton Elpers 16, Addie Fullop 15, Livie Maier 14, Erin Hoehn 12

The volleyball sectional resumed last Saturday morning at Perry Central High School. North Posey played the first match and swept Crawford County in three sets 25-5, 25-16,

and 25-10. This win advanced the Lady Vikings to the sectional championship against Tell City. Ashton Elpers finished with 19 digs, followed by Addie Fullop with 19 assists and 10 digs, and Erin Hoehn with 13 digs and 10 kills.

In the second match between Forest Park and Tell City. Forest Park won the first two sets and looked like they were going to meet the Lady Vikings in the championship. Tell City rallied back and won three straight sets to beat the Lady Rangers and punch their ticket to the championship.

North Posey 3, Crawford County 0 25-5, 25-16, 25-10

North Posey Kills (32): Erin Hoehn 10, Addie Fullop 5, Brooklyn Goedde 5, Sibyl Renshaw 5, Ashleigh Blankenship 4, Kaity Oakley 2, Siri Fullop 1

Aces (7): Addie Fullop 5, Brooklyn Goedde 1, Ashton Elpers 1 Blocks (7): Kaity Oakley 3, Brooklyn Goedde 2, Sibyl Renshaw 1, Erin Hoehn 1 Digs (58): Ashton Elpers 19, Erin Hoehn 13, Addie Fullop 10, Mallory Luigs 6, Brooklyn Goedde 5, Livie Maier 2, Siri Fullop 2, Sibyl Renshaw 1 Assists (29): Addie Fullop 19, Siri Fullop 7, Ashton Elpers 3

The North Posey Lady Vikings are back in the sectional championship for the second straight season. This match between Tell City was dominated by the Lady Vikings sweeping the Lady Marksmen in three sets 25-10, 25-8 and 25-13. With this win, North Posey advances to this Saturday’s regional semifinal at Mitchell High School against Brownstown Central. If the Lady Vikings win, they will play the winner of the Hauser and LintonStockton game. For the season, North Posey is 26-7 and ranked No. 10 in the Class 2A MaxPreps poll..

So can the Vikings play better than they played in the tournament, especially against Tell City in the championship game?

“It’s had\rd to tell because the best part of our game is out degenst,” MaCauley said. “Out goal was to make them play out of system (away from the net so they didn’t really give us a lot of balls where we could show our real strength. But we can always play better and we are going to face better teams and that will have to bring better gam)es out of us.”

In the title game, the coach said the team and assistant coaches had a gameplan and she believed that if her team was able to stick to the gameplan and execute it, they had an excellent chance to win. The Lady Vikings did just that.

North Posey 3, Tell City 0 25-10, 25-8, 25-13

North Posey Kills (35): Addie Fullop 12, Erin Hoehn 9,

Kaity Oakley 8, Brooklyn Goedde 3, Sibyl Renshaw 2, Ashleigh Blankenship 1

Aces (11): Brooklyn Goedde 4, Livie Maier 3, Addie Fullop 2, Ashton Elpers 2, Blocks (4): Kaity Oakley 2, Erin Hoehn 1, Sibyl Renshaw 1 Digs (39): Erin Hoehn 10, Ashton Elpers 8, Siri Fullop 6, Addie Fullop 5, Mallory Luigs 4, Brooklyn Goedde 3, Livie Maier 2, Sibyl Renshaw 1 Assists (31): Addie Fullop 13, Siri Fullop 13, Ashton Elpers 4, Livie Maier 1

Members of the team and coaches are hap-

py to have senior Brooke Goedde back in the rotation following an injury.

“She is a fierce server,” Macauley said of the lanky 5-foot-9 senior. “You just don’t want to mess with her serve. Her being back is a huge deal because she has the senior mentality that she’s been here before. She also has a pretty strong armswing and puts up some solid blocks.”

Brownstown Central, the next Viking opponent, is playing back down to Class 2A this season after playing Class 3A due to the success factor they had in Class 2A prviously.

North Posey Vikes to send three runners to semi-state

Evansville

By Chris Morlan

Fall season has been memorable for the North Posey cross-country team. It was a little cool outside but not too windy last Saturday morning for a five-kilometer race. To qualify for the semi-state round of the state tournament, you must be one of the top ten individuals from a non-advancing team and the first five qualifying from regional to advance to semi-state.

North Posey had nine runners competing at the Indiana High School Athletic Association Regional at Prides Creek in Petersburg. Out of the nine North Posey runners, three qualified for the upcoming semi-state round this Saturday at Brown County with a 11:30 a.m. ET start.

The Vikings have Gavin Wheeler, Elle Jo Johnson, and Olivia Esche advancing to the next round at the IHSAA semi-state. Lady Viking freshman Elle Jo Johnson finished ninth overall in the girls’ race with a time of 19:55. Junior

Olivia Esche placed seventeenth in the race with a time of 20:25. In the boys’ race, Viking senior Gavin Wheeler finished twenty-first with a time of 17:10.

South Knox and Evansville Reitz tied for first in the boys’ team scores with a low of 61 points. Princeton won the girls’ competition as a team with a low score of 50 points. Jackson Nolan from Evansville Reitz was the overall winner of the boys’ race with a time of 15:46. Princeton’s Haley Meade won the girls’ race with a time of 18:04.

Boys Meet Team Scores: South Knox 61, Evansville Reitz 61, Castle 102, Gibson Southern 104, Princeton 150, Barr-Reeve 206, Signature 221, Pike Central 255

Overall Top 5: 1. Jackson Nolan-Reitz 15:46; 2. Sawyer Mossberger-Reitz 15:57; 3. Nolan King-Central 16:04; 4. Alex Spindler-Gibson Southern 16:13; 5. Calvin CrabtreeSouth Knox 16:26 North Posey: 21. Gavin Wheeler 17:10; 43. Kade Buecher 17:46; 46. Evan Tuley 17:53

Girls Meet Team Scores: Princeton 50, South Knox 68, Evansville Reitz 105, Pike Central 128, Castle 135, Barr-Reeve 143, North Posey 149, Boonville 189, Gibson Southern 191,

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North Posey’s Addie Fullop and Ashleigh Blankenberger go up for the block as Siri Fullop awaits a possible touch during Saturday evening’s championship match against Tell City at Perry Central. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Strong second half propels Vikings to final game win

king punter Matthew Stump and got a hand on the punt. Charger Peyton Hoard scooped up the abbreviated punt and rant it back 52 yards for the score and the Chargers were in the game. The Vikings then returned the favor as they blocked the extra point attempt and settled for the narrow 7-6 lead.

But just seconds later, Stone got loose from the Charger defense and took the ball 66 yards to give the Vikings a little room at the half. The extra point attempt hit the upright and fell back onto the field and the Vikings led 13-6 at the break.

The half-time pep talk involved useful information that invited the Vikings to get back to the basics and play the kind of football they are capable of playing. Too many mistakes and a lack of intensity made the game much closer than it had to be at the end of the half.

standpoint and ran the ball in from 12 yards out to complete the Viking scoring.

Charger Branden Howald got loose for a 59yard touchdown run later in the fourth quarter but the Vikings had things well in hand at that point.

“From this point forward, we cannot afford to come out and play a half like we played the first half on Friday night,” Coach Waylon Schenk said. “If we do, there’s an excellent chance we will be going home for this season. But you have to give Pike Central credit. They took advantage of everything we gave them in that first half. They are improved this season.”

By Dave Pearce

It was the last regular-season high school football game for North Posey High School’s two seniors. Alex Gammon and Reece Terhune played like it.

The two linemen consistently opened holes for Viking teammates on Friday night to help them go out of the regular season with a 7-2 record. The Vikings defeated Pike Central 41-13 and will now enter post-season play on Friday night at home against Forest Park.

The Vikings didn’t make it easy on themselves in the early going and Pike Central was more than happy to take advantage of the Vikings’ “lackluster” first half play. The Chargers were coming off a win over Forest Park last week and had some pep in their step as the first half ended with the Vikings enjoying a narrow 13-6 lead.

There was good news for Viking fans as Jed Galvin and Jace Gauer were back in the line-up after missing several games with injuries. Both scored touchdowns in Friday night’s contest. Coach Waylon Schenk indicated that despite missing the two starters while they were out, the absence allowed the Vikings to develop a deeper team that could favor them as they advance into tourney play.

The Vikings scored first only 50 seconds into the contest when quarterback Liam Stone handed off to Galvin. Galvin skirted for a 42yard score on his first carry since the Heritage Hills contest. But things evened up in the first quarter after that and the score remained 7-0 throughout the remainder of the first quarter and well into the second.

With just under five minutes remaining in the first half, the Chargers got through to Vi-

A new Viking team came out in the second half as less than two minutes in, Gauer forced a fumble and Stone recovered it for the score and the Vikings took complete control of the third quarter. Kaleb Herke’s extra points gave the Vikings a 20-13 lead.

The Vikings ten seemed to move the ball much better in the second half and marched down the field just under three minutes later to set up a scoring tandem Viking fans have seen a time or two before this season. Stone hit Jackson Graf in stride on a fade route to the corner of the end zone and the Vikings were ahead 27-6.

And they weren’t done.

On their next possession, Gauer got the call and hustled in from five yards out to complete the Vikings 21-point third quarter and remove all doubt as to who would take home the victory on Friday night.

Less than two minutes into the final quarter, Stone put an exclamation point on what had been an exceptional night from an individual

For the game, the Vikings totaled 324 yards of offense and held the Chargers to 233. Neither team passed the ball much as the Vikings finished 3-of-5 for 16 yards. Stone threw an interception as time was winding down in the first half but the Chargers were unable to capitalize. The Chargers attempted only nine passes but completed only three for a total of 24 yards.

The Vikings finished with 308 yards on the ground in 32 attempts for an average of nearly nine yards per carry. Stone finished with 127 yards on seven carries while Galvin had 75 yards on four carries. Kolton Gardner was again the workhorse for the Vikings as he had 53 yards on 13 carries. Graff made good use of his four carries for a total of 41 yards while Darious Vincent had three carries for seven yards and Gauer had a 5-yard touchdown on his only carry of the night.

Graff, Christian Hall, and Kaedyn Stewart each had catches for the Vikings.

The Vikings will host Forest Park on Friday evening at Joe Gengelbach Field beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Rangers played well against the Vikings just two weeks ago in Ferdinand. The Vikings claimed a 28-20 win in that first outing.

Wildcats close out regular season in impressive style

By Trisha L. Lopez

Mount Vernon football returned to its winning ways as the Cats closed out the regular season with a senior night shutout victory against Washington, 56-0.

The Cats were relentless from the get-go. The Hatchets started the contest with the ball, but they didn’t have it for long. A third and forever sack by senior Ethan Yarber, freshman Brady Schickel and junior Abe Thomas forced Washington off of the field early. Mount Vernon’s offense needed just three snaps to capitalize. Junior Jackson Clowers hauled in a 34-yard touchdown pass from junior Nicot Burnett to put the Wildcats on the board. Junior Grant Doherty’s extra point sailed through the uprights and Mount Vernon jumped out to a 7-0 lead with 9:14 to go in the first quarter.

Washington’s offense fared little better the second time around. A run by freshman Xavion Lesure gained two yards, but a pair of incomplete passes by sophomore quarterback Colton Stowers led to the Hatchet’s second punt of the night. The Cats needed just one snap to get the job done. Junior Kortez Stewart scampered down the field for a 61-yard score. A second Doherty extra point was good and Mount Vernon extended its lead, 14-0.

Doherty’s kick was fielded by sophomore Rylan Memer-

ing who was stuffed by freshman Ryder Snodgrass and Thomas at Washington’s 14-yard line. Stowers found senior Nate Aldrich to move the chains and a run added five more yards to bring up third down. Schickel, who leads the team with 12 sacks on the season, had Stowers on the run, but he scrambled and launched a deep Hail Mary to freshman Ayden Chestnut to take the Hatchets across midfield. Washington’s momentum stalled and Mount Vernon got the ball back. A 51-yard touchdown pass from Burnett to sophomore Hunter Pedrotti on the first snap stretched Mount Vernon’s lead even further. Doherty’s extra point was good and the Cats took a 21-0 lead with 3:34 to go in the first.

Mount Vernon started the second quarter with another Stewart touchdown and Doherty extra point. Schickel added another…the first touchdown of his high school career…on a seven-yard pass from Burnett three minutes later.

Tackles by junior Beau Baldwin and freshman Logan Clowers closed the door on the Hatchet’s offense on the visitors’ next possession and the Clowers and Burnett duo teamed up for their second score of the evening. Doherty’s kick gave Mount Vernon a 42-0 lead going into the half.

Washington kept Mount

Vernon out of the endzone in the third quarter, but couldn’t find a way to score. Snodgrass, who subbed in at quarterback in the second half, added 63-yard and 14-yard rushing touchdowns to seal the 56-0 win for the Cats.

Mount Vernon (5-4) secured its fifth consecutive winning season with Friday’s victory. Seniors Brady Ford, Ethan Yarber, Payne Healy, Colton Lippe and Darius Hawkins were honored along with senior members of the Wildcat cheer team prior to the 6:30 p.m. kickoff. Senior members of the Wildcat band were honored at halftime.

Mount Vernon’s defense held Washington to just eight first downs and 138 total yards of offense in the contest.

Sophomore Colton Schneider led the Cats with 6.5 tackles and one sack. Junior Caleb Tyus had five tackles. Schickel had 2.5 sacks.

Offensively, Mount Vernon wracked up 363 yards rushing and 131 yards passing.

Burnett completed six of seven passes for 128 yards and four touchdowns. Clowers led all receivers with two catches for 55 yards and two touchdowns (11 total on the season). Pedrotti had 59 yards on two catches and one score. Schickel had one catch for seven yards and one touchdown.

Stewart led the Wildcats ground game with eight carries for 162 yards and two

NPJH Vikings finish at 5-4

By Chris Morlan

Each season comes to an end. Some with a win and others with a loss. The North Posey Junior High Viking football team played their final game of the season last Tuesday night at home against the South Spencer Rebels.

However, the ending did not go in the right direction for the Vikings. South Spencer defeated the Vikings 32-14.

North Posey finished the year with five wins and four losses. “It was a tough ending with all the injuries to what I thought was a good season,” North Posey coach Dustin May said. “I really enjoyed this group. They are outstanding kids. I look forward to following the eighth graders as they move on and coaching these seventh graders again next season.”

This matchup had the seventh and eighth grade Vikings combined to play against a primarily eighth grade South Spencer team. Plus, the Rebels were much bigger in size on the line too. South Spencer led this game early with an 8-0 lead after one quarter.

During the second quarter, North Posey fumbled the ball, South Spencer recovered the fumble and scored a touchdown. The two-point conversion was good, and the Rebels led 16-0 with 4:31 left in the second quarter. Just before the end of the first half, Viking quarterback Dylan Murphy threw a touchdown pass to Remmy Johnson. The twopoint conversion was no good.

At the half, South Spencer led 16-6.

In the third quarter, South Spencer scored another touchdown on a passing play. Two and a half minutes left in the third quarter and the Rebels led 24-6. With forty seconds left in the third quarter, Murphy threw a touchdown pass to Brody Fehn. On the two-point conversion, Murphy threw a complete pass to Fehn. At the close of the third quarter, the Rebels led 24-14.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Murphy had a fumble recovery and got the ball back for the Vikings. A few plays later, Murphy threw an interception to a Rebel defender at the North Posey 30-yard line. Less than a minute later, South Spencer scored on a touch-

down run and a good twopoint conversion. The Rebels beat the Vikings 32-14.

Players on this year’s eighth grade team consist of AJ Brady, Cody Fitts, Braden Elpers, Brody Fehn, Jace Fortner, Stanton Howell, Cade Mauck, Tristan Rogers, Ashton Reidford, Carter Schickel, Asa Spencer, and Lennox Stone.

Members of the seventh grade are team are Caleb Brown, Bret Buecher, Justin Coleman, Camden Gerling, Sullivan Harp, Jason Holbrook, Luka Hopkins, Remmy Johnson, Julian Lupfer, Chase Meredith, Dylan Murphy, Brennon Reich, Brayden Rhoads, Grant Stone, Hunter Stucki, Easton Sullivan, Riley Wildt, and Lane Young.

touchdowns. Snodgrass had three rushes for 78 yards and two scores. Sophomore David Jones had 39 yards on seven carries.

Doherty was a perfect eight for eight on extra points (38 for 41 overall in the regular season).

Mount Vernon rushed for 1,844 yards and had 1,192 passing yards in the regular season. Burnett was 96 for 158 in passing with 1,171 yards and 17 touchdowns with four interceptions.

Stewart finished the regular season with 117 carries for 866 yards and 10 touchdowns. Burnett had 79 carries for 449 yards with five touchdowns.

Freshman Shane Krieger had 262 yards on six carries with two touchdowns. Yarber had four carries totaling 47 yards with one touchdown. Lippe rushed for two touchdowns with 10 carries for 37 yards.

Clowers was the Cats primary target through the air with 38 catches for 566 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Junior Caleb Tyus had 20 catches for 263 yards and two scores. Stewart had 15 catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Pedrotti had 11 catches for 117 yards and one touchdown. Freshman Nash Hostetter had seven catches for 43 yards and one touchdown.

Yarber and Schickel led the team in tackles, followed by Baldwin, Tyus, Burnett, Healy and junior Parker Willard. Shickel had 12 sacks in the regular season. Thomas had 4.5 and Schneider had four. Willard, Burnett, Krieger, Tyus, junior Jacob Swartz and Clowers had one interception each.

Mount Vernon will host Owen Valley (9-0) in the first round of sectional play at

home on Friday. The Patriots claimed the Western Indiana - Gold Conference title this season and won a sectional title prior to restructuring in 2021. They are led by senior quarterback Brody Lester who went 99-137 in passing with 1,640 yards and 20 touchdowns with four picks in the regular season. Lester had five rushing touchdowns as well. Lester’s main target has been junior Brayden Phillipe. Phillipe had 29 catches for 456 yards and seven touchdowns. The Patriots top running threat, senior Christian McDonald, averaged 107.1 yards per game with 18 rushing touchdowns. Defensively, Owen Valley’s Dillon Risk, a senior, leads the team with an average 9.8 tackles per game.

Senior Logan Mcgraw had 6.5 sacks and senior Seth Brewster had four interceptions during the regular season.

North Posey High School freshman Elle Jo Johnson led the Viking contingent and will compete in this weekend’s cross country semi-state with teammate Olivia Esche.

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Mount Vernon’s Jackson Clowers comes down with a big catch during this weekend’s win over Washington. Photo by Garry Beeson

The North Posey Viking defense forced two fumbles during Friday evening’s win over Pike Central. Here, the ball comes out and was recovered by the Vikings. Photo by Dave Pearce

Jayvee Vikings claim exciting 42-6 victory over Wildcats

By Trisha L. Lopez

North Posey’s junior varsity football team claimed a 42-6 victory at Mount Vernon on Monday, October 10.

The Vikings jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the opening minutes of the contest, but Mount Vernon battled. A North Posey fumble was recovered by the Wildcats with 4:21 to go in the first quarter that set the home team up with good field position. Mount Vernon marched down the field with passes from freshman quarterback Ryder Snodgrass to freshman Logan Clowers and runs by Snodgrass and sophomore David Jones. A first

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down run by Jones took Mount Vernon into scoring position. Snodgrass connected with junior Ryan Kelley to put Mount Vernon on the board. The two-point conversion attempt that followed was unsuccessful, leaving the game tied with 16.5 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

The Vikings came right back, scoring on their next three possessions. North Posey quarterback Julian Dickinson found sophomore Darious Vincent to reclaim the lead, 12-6. The Wildcats had the Vikings three yards short on fourth down. Dickinson bobbled the ball after the snap, but recovered

and took off, moving the chains to extend the drive. Vincent scored on the next play and the two-point conversion was good to stretch the Vikings lead, 20-6 with 2:35 remaining in the half. Vincent followed that up with another touchdown 90 seconds later, giving North Posey a 28-6 lead going into the break.

North Posey started the second half the way it ended the first, with a trip to the endzone.

The Wildcats made some moves early in the third quarter. Snodgrass completed a pass to Clowers, who shimmied his way through North Posey’s defense to pick up a Mount

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Vernon first down, but the Cats were stuffed on first down and flagged for holding on second down. Snodgrass added six yards with his legs and he found Kelley again to bring up fourth and eight as the clock expired on the third quarter. A reverse pass from Clowers to Snodgrass moved the chains to start the fourth and bring up first and goal for the Cats. The Vikings defense stepped up and shut the Cats down four plays later. Mount Vernon turned the ball over on downs at the two-yard line. Dickinson handed the ball off to Vincent who ran the ball the length of the field for the final score of the contest.

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Mater Dei - 6-2

Scecina - 7-1

Triton Central - 6-2

Lafayette Catholic - 6-2

Rochester - 7-1

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S. Adams - 6-2

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Covenant Christian 6. N. Vermillion 2.

The Indiana High School Athletic Association Regionals are set to begin on Saturday, October 22. The admission to attend these events are $10 per session or $15 for both sessions. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.

Class 3A at Corydon Central Greensburg (33-0) vs. Evansville Memorial (16-8), 11 a.m.

Barr-Reeve (33-1) vs. Providence (27-6), 1 p.m.

Championship, 6 p.m. Class 2A at Mitchell Hauser (24-10) vs. Linton-Stockton (25-5), 11 a.m.

Brownstown Central (17-15) vs. North Posey (26-7), 12:30 p.m.

Championship, 7 p.m. Class 1A at Loogootee Tecumseh (28-4) vs. Trinity Lutheran (2310), 10 a.m.

Springs Valley (29-4) vs. Lanesville (26-4), 12 p.m. Championship 6 p.m.

IHSAA Volleyball Sectional Results

Class 3A (Sectional 32) at Gibson Southern

Thursday, October 13: Evansville Mater Dei 3, Evansville Bosse 0 (25-12, 25-9, 2512)

Thursday, October 13: Evansville Memorial 3, Gibson Southern 1 (18-25, 25-16, 2515, 25-23)

Saturday, October 15: Evansville Mater Dei 3, Boonville 0 (25-13, 25-11, 34-32)

Saturday, October 15: Evansville Memorial 3, Mount Vernon 0 (25-9, 27-25, 25-23)

Saturday, October 15: Evansville Memorial 3, Evansville Mater Dei 2 (25-17, 19-25, 2517, 21-25, 15-7) Championship

Class 2A (Sectional 48) at Perry Central

Thursday, October 13: North Posey 3, Perry Central 1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-21)

Mount Vernon senior Mallory Nurrenburn goes up for a kill during the Wildcat loss to Memorial to end the season at 10-10. Photo by Garry Beeson

Congratulations

CROSSROSSCOUNTRY COUNTRY REGIONALEGIONALQUALIFIERS QUALIFIERS!

Members of the North Posey Lady Viking cross country team are elated after finding out that their team score on Saturday was good enough for them to advance to this weekend’s cross country regional at Pride’s Creek. Pictured are, left to right, Coach Jessica Moll, Abby Rittichier, Shawnee Lamar, Elle Jo Johnson, Olivia Esche, Makenah Delph, Katelyn Seibert, Abigail Pardon, and Coach Traci Newcomer.

Photo by Dave Pearce

Elle Jo Johnson

Olivia Esche

Kade Buecher

Gavin Wheeler

Evan Tuley

Members of the victorious North Posey Viking Championship Volleyball team are, in front, left to right, Jazalyn Ward, Ashton Elpers, Addie Fullop, Erin Hoehn, Brooke Goedde, Livie Maier, Ava Lowe, and Addie Murphy. In back is assistant coach Vanessa Fullop, Ava Epley, Carly Douglas, Sibyl Renshaw, Ella Weatherholt, Siri Fullop, Kaity Oakley, Kyleigh Bender, Ashleigh Blankenship, Coach Natalie Macaulay, Alivia Williams, Paige Rohrer, and Renee Hunt.

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