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P C N SINCE 1882 Successor to The Poseyville News & New Harmony Times POSEY COUNTY’S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER
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Volume 138 Editionn 4477
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Community Crossing Grant is approved for Poseyville By Dave Pearce Members of the Poseyville Town Council Heard good news when they convened for their monthly meeting at the Poseyville Town Hall on Wednesday at 4:30. Board President Bruce Baker announced the award of a $150,097 Community Crossing Grant to the Town. The grant represents 75 percent of the estimated cost of local street resurfacing. The Town’s cost for the project will be $50,000. This will be an ongoing annual project, with the resurfacing and repairs to be done according to greatest need, as determined by the Town’s engineers.
The grant, which could be even more if the town could come up with more than $50,000 in matching funds, has already been earmarked for improvements around town and in the area of North Elementary School. In other business: Discussion regarding the Dollar General Store in Poseyville brought out some ideas. Town Marshal Charles Carter announced that he is working with the Dollar Store in town and manager Donella Hunter regarding a toy drive for local children. He requested that
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Progress continues for Dollar Store location in New Harmony
Macbeth (Quincy Irick) and Lady Macbeth (Emma Yarber) carry on dialogue during this weekend’s Mount Vernon High School Production of Macbeth. Photo by Dave Pearce
By Lois Mittino Gray Two recent meetings have paved the way for more progress on the Dollar General Store being constructed at the edge of New Harmony on Church Street. At one, the Harmony Manor Subdivision Project was vacated to enable the owner to sell some land off for the DG venture. At the other, a monument sign was approved, but at a smaller size than originally was requested by the company doing the
installation. Local contractor Jeff Koester attended the November New Harmony Town Plan and Historic Preservation Commission Meeting to request the Harmony Manor Subdivision Project be vacated. Koester said that in 2010 the town approved a subdivision consisting of five half-acre lots at the location, formerly owned by Tim Wilson. He and his sister own the property and Dollar General requested to pur-
chase a small portion of it, 27 feet to the east, to complete their plans. The commissioners approved the vacation request. “We plan to sell the parcel they need to them and then hold on to the rest. We are still thinking of one day making a residential area there with smaller lots. We have nothing definite planned at this time. It is in the floodplain and we still need to
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Johnson takes talent in development to Ky. Is new CEO/President of GOEDC
Special to the News The Executive Director of Posey County Economic Development Partnership Brittaney Johnson has been hired as President/CEO of the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation. Johnson will begin her role with the organization on December 17, 2018. Johnson earned a bachelor’s
Briefly BVM announces Thanksgiving holiday hours All Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will be closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Branches will resume regularly scheduled business hours on Saturday, November 24. For a complete list of branch locations and hours, to complete an online transaction, or to find a 24-hour BMV Connect kiosk near you visit IN.gov/BMV. Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign seeks bell ringers Volunteers are needed to ring bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign! We will be ringing every Saturday until Christmas in Mt. Vernon and Poseyville. If you would like to ring at another time or have questions, please call Beth at 812-838-6875. This is a great way to celebrate the season with family, friends, and co-workers. Two-hour shifts are available. Go to www. registertoring.com or call Beth at 812-838-6875. If you have helped before, let others know how much fun it is! All funds raised directly help Posey County families.
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degree in marketing from the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville and is a graduate of Oklahoma University’s Economic Development Institute where she completed advanced coursework focusing on business retention and expansion, marketing, and real estate development. Johnson was honored by The Tristate Business Journal with their “Top 20 Under 40 Award” this year. Prior to serving in her economic development capacity in Posey County, Johnson served as the Posey County Director for the Southwest Indiana
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Not your common cutting: The sawdust was flying on Wednesday morning as ACE Hardware took a unique approach to their ribbon cutting ceremony with a wooden sign and chain saw in hand. Pictured are, l to r: Jason Brown, District Manager; Heather Newman, Assistant Manager; Madison Mansfield; Jessica Powell; James Banks, Store Manager; Steve Kilgore; Lacy Hughes, Marketing Director, and Michael Zywicki, Assistant Manager. According to Brown, “We are excited to continue to be apart of this community and this is not just an Ace hardware but we’ve put in a gold crown hallmark store and we are the only master case knife dealer in entire state. Our employees worked very hard on this and will work harder to give you the helpful experience Ace is known for.” The store, located in Southwind Plaza, is open Monday thru Saturday from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and can be reached at 812-831-3622. Photo by Theresa Bratcher
Variety is the spice of life Few things aside from change consistent in Redman’s journey By Pam Robinson The one constant Sandee Redman has counted on is change. The long-time Wadesville resident has allowed her vibrant spirit, however, to embrace change throughout her life and to trust in an unchanging God to guide her with grace and love. Born in Springfield, Ohio, on March 4, 1942, Sandee confides she was initially sold to a family before she was brought into foster care and was adopted by Myron and Stella Woods when she was nearly seven years old. The family moved from Ohio to California a couple of years later, and her dad found work immediately making a particular aircraft part at Rohr Aircraft. The move suited everyone. Sandee recalls “all good memories” from her growing up in California. She attended grade school, junior high, and high school in Chula Vista. She really enjoyed not wearing a coat. Otherwise, she says, “I learned to iron and bake with Mom. As a high schooler, I made cakes and sold them to people. That was my first love of baking. I
baked cakes and iced them. That was when you made ‘em from scratch. You didn’t have a cake mix. I still love to bake.” As a teenager, Sandee sang in a girls’ trio that performed in churches up and down California also. When she was a senior in high school, she met Robert Redman, a Navy officer from Posey County, stationed in San Diego. He introduced himself at her church, where he became involved in the congregation’s ball team. Soon, he and another officer rented an apartment in Chula Vista, and he was picking Sandee up in his sleek-lined, white and gold ’58 Ford Fairlane. By the time Sandee graduated from high school in 1960, Robert had shipped out for a West Pac cruise with the Navy in the region of Japan. During this time, Sandee completed beauty college in August 1960. Her passion for styling hair started at an early age. She recalls cutting her adoptive mom’s hair at age seven
The Golden Years
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Sandee Redman