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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
Volume 139 Edition 9
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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New Harmony School building decision back on hold By Lois Mittino Gray “I look forward to working with all the people involved in these bids to get what is best for the town of New Harmony,” Town Council President Alvin Blaylock told the packed crowd in the Town Hall at the Tuesday, February 19 morning council meeting. After conducting routine business, President Blaylock went through the details on all seven bids received on the former New Harmony School property. The submissions were tabled until the March meeting to allow time to gather information on planned use for the property. Blaylock announced he would discuss each bid in no particular order. Attorney Darin Higgs bid $125,000 for the entire 31.185
acres, on behalf of his client, Eric Arneberg, with no use specified. John Goodridge, an Evansville attorney, bid $80,000 on behalf of an unnamed client, for five acres on the north end (baseball fields), four acres to the south in the low-lying fill area, and for 13.185 acres to the east, including croplands, powerlines, and walking paths. No use has been specified. Joe Lupfer, of Cynthiana, bid $80,500 for the entire property. No use was specified in the bid, but Blaylock said verbally Lupfer has expressed interest in demolishing the building and converting it all back to agriculture. Mount Vernon resident Tom Guggenheim bid a combined total of $79,000 for eighteen acres. The bid was broken down into five
acres of ballfield ($40,000) and thirteen acres under the power lines ($39,000). The SABIC employee said he would like to relocate to New Harmony after retirement and start a tree nursery. He wishes to grow 10,000 to 20,000 trees, four to six feet tall. From there, he could “branch out” into tree removal, consulting and full-time work. He would use the property for an office, storage of equipment, and possibly have a water well. Jason Baize of Baize Contracting bid $12,000 for the school building, open shelter, pole barn, parking lot and the low-lying four acres to the east. For the remainder of the acreage, he cited a figure of $73,000 to be paid in two years. The total bid is $85,000. Baize would operate his construction com-
pany out of the old school shop area, with uses for the rest undetermined as yet, but he wishes that the school remain part of New Harmony’s history. He stipulated that the second offer would be void if the first part was not accepted. New Life Apostolic Church of Carmi, Illinois bid $10,000 for the school building, parking lot and five acres. They would hold services there for their private use and utilize the facilities for activities, such as open gym for the community and future youth retreats. The town would retain ownership of the remainder of the property. Blaylock also talked of a letter received
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Cynthiana sees positives ahead By Dave Pearce The Cynthiana Town Council made strides on Wednesday evening to help the town’s residents not only now but into the future. The Council took steps to repair the problem that has caused a “lake” to form at the corner of Indiana 68 and Elm Street in the town. A nearby resident was happy to hear the news as she indicated that the corner has been a problem in the past, causing her basement to flood four or five years ago. But the council took swift action under the direction of town employee Ken Corbett and allocated an estimated $7000 to $8000 to repair the problem. Some of the work will have to be hired done but Corbett believes
it can be repaired in a timely and reasonable manner. Board president Todd Kennedy asked if residents had noticed the flags up and down the main thoroughfares of the town. He indicated that he had received information that new streets and sidewalks are planned for Cynthiana as part of a $5 million project slated to be done in 2020 or 2021. Those in attendance also heard that board members are looking into the possibility of purchasing some type of marquee sign for the side of the Town Hall. Such a sign would inform residents in the event of a boil order
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Baby Safe Haven to come to MV
Showing off in what is believed to be one of the last New Harmony Band hats is Ellis Arneberg. The hat was purchased by Nancy Deshields, the grandmother of Ellis. The band hat was purchased during the auction portion of the Ribeyes for Ribeyre dinner and auction held on Saturday evening at the Ribeyre Gymnasium. Photo by Dave Pearce
By Lois Mittino Gray Mount Vernon will have the seventh Safe Haven Baby Box in Indiana with action taken at the February 14, Mount Vernon Common Council Meeting. Fire Chief Wes Dixon reported that the box has been delivered to the city’s public safety building. Council members voted to pass a resolution authorizing the placement of the newborn safety device in it, as soon as the gen-
erator required to keep it powered at an even stable temperature is installed. The resolution also acknowledges receipt of donated funds for the purchase and fees to Safe Haven Baby Box, Inc. Chief Dixon explained that the $10,000 fee for the device was paid for by Posey County Right to Life with donations from the organization and many individuals. The donation was paid directly to Safe Have Inc. The actual cost to the
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Maier’s license taken Special to the News Former Mount Vernon Junior High School teacher and head football coach at Mount Vernon High School Herman Paul Maier will not teach again. According to Adam J. Baker, a representative of the Indiana Department of Education, Maier voluntarily gave up his license and was entered into Indiana and National database this week. The action comes as a result of action taken by an attorney for the Indiana Department of Education on May 31, 2018. Attorney Kelly Bauder presented the complaint to the Office of Legal Affairs in Indianapolis. According to information filed by Bauder, the IDOE became aware of an investigation being conducted by the Mount Vernon Police Department and the Posey County Prosecutor’s office in March of 2018. The investigation was begun as the result of allegation involving Maier and a former student. “During the course of the investigation,” Bauder’s complaint reads, “the former student detailed a sexual relationship she had with Maier.” The student alleges she had an ongoing sexual relationship with Maier beginning when she was in middle school at the age of 14. That would have
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Hazel Tepool was given the Distinguished Service Award as The Kiwanis Club of Poseyville handed out its annual Community Service Award, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at The Red Wagon Restaurant. Tepool received the award for going above and beyond expectations by a life of community service. Her many accomplishments include 10 years as SWIRCA’s Kitchen Band Director, an active member of Saint Vincent DePaul, many years serving as a girls’ sports coach, and many roles at Saint Francis. Pictured from left to right are Teresa Mossberger, Jim Reynolds, Tepool, Warren Korff, Don Schenk, and Jim Reising. Photo by Theresa Bratcher
A spoon full of sugar...
Long-time Mount Vernon pharmacist retires (again), remains active The Golden Years By Pam Robinson When he turned 80 years old on September 20,2018, pharmacist Wayne Culley decided it was finally time to end his career. It was his second retirement. The 1959 Purdue grad retired first in 2002 after a lifetime in retail pharmacy. He started right after college at H.A. Woods Drugs in Evansville until he was called to serve in the Army briefly in 1960. Afterward, he returned to H.A. Woods and married Patricia Ann Kroeger on June 17, 1962. Two years later, his father, Lloyd Culley, the first generation Culley pharmacist, purchased Rothrock’s Apothecary at 231 Main in Mount Vernon. The elder Culley completely remodeled the apothecary to feature a brand-new soda fountain, his son recalls, and renamed the business Culley Pharmacy. Wayne Culley drove back and forth between H.A. Woods in Evansville and Culley in Mount Vernon before he came to work solely for his dad in 1966. After his father passed away, he purchased the pharmacy from his mother, Martha (Moore), in 1973. By this time, he and Patricia aka Patsy were blessed with their four children—their only daughter, Patricia Lynn, and their three sons, John, Mark, and Jim. Three retail downtown pharmacies were open in Mount
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Jim and Pat Culley enjoy a light-hearted moment. Photo by Keren Hoehn-Greene Vernon at that time. Two of the owners, Jim Carroll and Wayne
Culley, both pharmacists, attempted to serve their customers together with a clinic pharmacy in addition to their separate downtown locations. Even though the clinic featured a drivethru window, it never caught on. Culley explains most customers continued to pick up their prescriptions at the downtown retail stores. The clinic did convince Jim and Wayne to combine energies and to open Jim and Wayne’s Pharmacy in 1977. They started in the old Rosenbaum building on Main and moved later to their Fourth Street location, where Jim continued once Wayne sold his interest in 2002. “I like to stay busy, and I like people,” Culley states about his love for his profession. Little wonder, he left retirement immediately, without pausing long enough to even take his shoes off, much less to stretch out in a recliner. He was a relief pharmacist at Buehler’s in Evansville at first, then worked at Mount Vernon Pharmacy, and finally helped at Chris’ Pharmacy in New Harmony until last year. He declined working for his son, Jim, the third generation Culley pharmacist, employed at CVS in Mount Vernon. Culley has always known how to have fun also. He played the coronet (similar to a trumpet) all four years at Bosse High School. He continued to play as a first semester freshman with Purdue’s band until he enrolled in ROTC, graduating as a Sec-
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