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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 138 Edition 10
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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Council taking bids to raze school New Harmony unable to find interested buyer By Heather Morlan You might want to go take one last look at the New Harmony High School. It may not be around much longer. After failed attempts to find an interested buyer, town board President Alvin Blaylock made a motion at the February monthly meeting to get bids to demolish the property. In 2014, the previous Town Council sent out 191 flyers to different businesses and newspapers
seeking ideas for the school property and there are no companies interested in the property at this time. Town Board Member David Flanders suggested that they research keeping part of the school that could be an asset to the town. He suggested portions such as the gymnasium, kitchen, showers and the workshop could be used. He also reminded the board that the parking lot has been used to bus visitors to the Kunstfest as well as
Heritage Days. He suggested that they keep the parking lots for town use. The board voted, and all agreed to entertain bids to tear down the school in phases. Each phase will have a separate bid so that the board can decide how they want to proceed with the demolition. Blaylock then suggested to plow over approximately 15 acres that includes the soccer field as well as the softball field to the south of the
Senior Center to extend parking By Dave Pearce If the Posey County Council on Aging can work out all the logistics, there will soon be an additional 15 parking spaces at the Mount Vernon Senior Center. Director Monica Evans appeared before the Mount Vernon Board of Works at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and stated she would like permission to extend their parking lot for the senior citizens center on West Eighth Street. She added that some of the gentlemen that come down to the facility have a plan. Doing due diligence, she indicated she has also called 811 and the Park & Recreation Department is OK with what the organization wants to do. Evans stated the organization would like to extend the west side about eight feet, then to the south, to the alley. From there, south from sidewalk from at the old building to
New Harmony Town Council votes to remove “New Harmony School” sign from the former school building. Photo by Heather Morlan school and return it to farmland to lease year-to-year. Approximately 26 acres are being mowed each
summer and costing the town about
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Local business man killed in floodwater By Dave Pearce A prominent Mount Vernon businessman died as a direct result of flooding this week in the area. Curry maintained a regular work schedule at his Mount Vernon-based Herb Curry, Inc., company until the time of his death. Herbert Leard Curry, Jr., 87, passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2018, at Deaconess Midtown. His vehicle was discovered partially submerged in the floodwaters near his home in Evansville.
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Herb Curry
Peddler problems spur ordinance discussion
Hazel Tepool poses with Poseyville Carnegie Library patron Jett Alvey as everyone participated in the birthday party for Dr. Seuss on Saturday at the Carnegie Public Library in Poseyville. Photo by Heather Morlan
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By Dave Pearce A subject that was first discussed in the Mount Vernon Board of Public Works and Safety early in the day on Thursday came to the forefront during the Mount Vernon City Council meeting on Thursday evening. Mayor Bill Curtis indicated that it is apparently time to have a discussion on peddler permits in Mount Vernon.
Although procedures are already in place for the peddlers, apparently most are not adhering to standard protocol. Councilman Larry Williams stated he requested this be put on the Agenda, as the city has had several recently, going door to door, that have been causing problems. He
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Vectren discloses ash pond contamination report By Dave Pearce A leading southern Indiana electricity provider released information regarding water contamination on Friday, prior to the information becoming available from the Environmental Protection Agency. Some of the information pertains to an ash pond located near the A.B. Brown Power Plant in eastern Posey County. Vectren South President Brad Ellsworth told some local news agencies that he wanted to give the agencies a “heads up” regarding the information that became available on Friday.
“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule in 2015, which addressed guidelines related to coal ash,” Ellsworth said. “The CCR rule established a multi-step groundwater monitoring process, including a detection monitoring program.” The initial results of that groundwater monitoring data was posted to Vectren’s public website and the website for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on Friday. The report contained the initial information of the company’s monitoring results, including the number and location of
groundwater monitoring wells and the initial sampling data collected under the CCR rule’s detection monitoring program. “It’s important to note that the CCR rule deemed coal ash as nonhazardous waste,” Ellsworth said. “Other utilities in the state (and around the country) with ash ponds will also be disclosing their data along the same timeline.” Vectren has been monitoring groundwater within 50 feet their coal ash ponds since 2016, and there are about 25 to 30
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Briefly Suddenly Sleepy Saturday provides local Rummage Sale/Flea Market: Trinity UCC March 10, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 505 Mulberry Street, MV Wedding Show: New Harmony Granary, Conf. Center and Gym March 11, 12 - 4 p.m. New Harmony Church Auction: Point Township Nazarene March 16, 6 p.m. 12611 Bonebank Road, MV Spring Fling: Ribeyre Gymnasium March 17, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 603 Main Street, NH Marty’s Italian Dinner: Catholic Community Center March 13, 5 - 7 p.m. 419 Steammill Street, NH More information on these and other events inside today’s Posey County News
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family an opportunity for public awareness By Kenda Hartmann Everyone jokes about daylight savings time. Lose sleep, go to work earlier. Gain sleep, go to church later. People experiencing a true feeling of loss of sleep may use the time change as an excuse for many mistakes, forgetfulness, or just being tired, for days following. But to the 1 out of 2000 individuals diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 narcolepsy (with and without Cataplexy), daylight savings time isn’t an excuse that can be used for a few days. Individuals with Narcolepsy struggle every hour of every day, and the time change can throw a much-needed strict sleep pattern out of whack. Narcolepsy is a life-long disorder of the central nervous system characterized by the brain’s inability to control sleep-wake cycles, due to a loss of hypocretin neurons. Simply? Your brain isn’t able to help you figure out night and day. People with Narcolepsy experience sudden bouts of sleep at unpredictable times dur-
ing the day, with a duration of a few seconds to several minutes or hours, and to the average person, having Narcolepsy feels like you have abeen without sleep for 48-72 hours. Symptoms include extreme daytime sleepiness, sudden sleep attacks, disrupted nighttime sleep, and it can cause behaviors such as outbursts, rages, paranoia, and hallucinations. Sleep episodes can occur at any time: at work or school, during a conversation, playing a game, eating a meal, or most dangerously, when driving an automobile or operating other types of machinery. Type 1 Narcolepsy, which includes a condition called Cataplexy, involves a sudden uncontrollable loss of muscle weakness that can cause the individual to collapse, yet the individual is fully aware of the episode, and yet physically unable to control it. Cataplexy is brought on by emotions such as joy, laughter, anger, sadness,
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Kenda Hartmann, grandmother of a six-year-old recently diagnosed with Narcolepsy, poses with Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis while he signs a proclamation to join in a local awareness campaign designating March 10 as Suddenly Sleepy Saturday. Photo submitted