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Opponents of solar project specify wants, needs for agreement By Lois Mittino Gray A tenacious lawyer came and got what she wanted for her group, after not giving up at the March 2, morning meeting of the Posey County Commissioners at the Hovey House. After much discussion, questioning, and even begging on her part, the Commissioners passed a motion to put a stay on submitting solar project applications through March 15. Maria Bulkley, an attorney with Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, once again was on the agenda of a County Commissioners meeting. She spoke

on behalf of an active group of concerned landowners regarding the proposed solar farm project, covering 2500-3000 acres in Posey County, near Marrs Elementary School, north and south of Highway 62. “First, I want to update you on our efforts to date. You asked at the last meeting if the conceptual exhibit we presented to you was drawn to scale. I found out since that it was. We want to show in that diagram what a homeowner might face with 15-foot solar panels on all three sides, with no green buffer strips for separation,” she

explained. She was also asked at the last meeting to bring the group’s requests for zoning ordinance changes to the Commissioners. Bulkley listed the three main requests her group will present at the March 11, meeting of the Area Plan Commission. One, the group would like 100 foot setbacks of the 15-foot panels away from homes and require green buffer strips of trees between them. Two, these solar panels are not for personal use, so they should be considered an industrial project, and treated as such with industrial zon-

ing requirements. Three, the project will have a 35-year life span and the group wants to ensure the solar panels are decommissioned properly when they are taken down after that time period. “We don’t know what the financial situation of the company will be in 35 years. We want a decommissioning plan for their takedown.” Bulkley asked the Commissioners to put a stay on the application process until after the March 9, joint meeting of the County Coun-

Applications for Baier Award being accepted

Kindergarten numbers look good for MV By Lois Mittino Gray Since their February 15 meeting was canceled due to inclement weather, members of the Mount Vernon School Board had to conduct a few retroactive items of business, as well as tackling new decisions, at its March 1, meeting. As School Board President Beth McFadin Higgins noted at the start of the meeting, “March comes in like a lion.” Superintendent Matt Thompson explained that one of the setbacks from the wintry weather was that high schoolers were interrupted taking their ISTEP tests. “We were in the middle of the testing when the snowstorm hit. I wrote the Department of Education for an extended testing window and they rejected our request. Students had a two week layover and then had to jump right back into these high stakes tests. Then, the DOE extended the window for all schools. I still plan to write them about this,” he said, shaking his head in frustration. Students opting to attend school virtually must venture onsite at school to take standardized tests. He said testing next year at the high school level will switch to taking the SAT test. “Last year’s sophomores should’ve taken the ISTEP, but we had to cancel school due to COVID, so they are now taking ISTEP as juniors,” Dr. Thompson explained. “Our ILearn testing for third through eighth grades is still on schedule. We’ll get through this semester as best as we can.” Director of Business Loren Evans discussed the figures on the ADM State Report of total enrollment for this spring semester. “The figure of around 2,000 students was not as low as projected by the state. We’re in good shape considering COVID and mid-term graduations in December. Enrollment should be strong in the fall,” he speculated. Dr. Thompson said current Kindergarten Roundup figures from last week show promise of good enrollment in the fall, too. The board adopted a resolution appointing J. Don Julian as a director to

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Charles Pearison receives the annual Poseyville Kiwanis Community Service Award posthumously through his children. Pictured front row l to r are: Christy Pearison, Jay Pearison, Jamie Pearison, and Pandora Rowles. Back row, l to r, are Kiwanis members: Warren Korﬀ, Jim Reynolds, Tom Snyder, and Jim Reising. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Pearison wins Community Service Awards Special to the News Pearison Music Service was founded in September of 1970 by Charles and Susan Pearison in their Poseyville home. Charles “Chuck” Pearison, passed away in February of 2020. His wife, Margery “Susan” (Lawrence) Pearison, preceded him in death in 2006. The loss of this special couple has been deeply felt by the community they both served so well. Charles Pearison graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1960, after which he worked for Sears and H&H Music Service in Evansville, Ind. He was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Poseyville, as well as a Kentucky Colonel and Past President of the

Poseyville Chamber of Commerce. Susan graduated from North Posey High School and was an avid Green Bay Packers fan. Charles and Susan operated their original small music shop out of their home garage on East Fletchall Street in Poseyville, where they raised their sons, John “Jay” Pearison and James “Jamie” Pearison. In 1982, the company published its first full color band equipment catalog, after which the small company rapidly began to expand. As their Internet sales and services took off in the 1990s, it soon became apparent that new facilities were

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Orem is partner at McFadin-Higgins and Folz Special to the News On Tuesday, March 9, Posey County welcomes one of its own back as the newest attorney in the county. Joshua G. Orem, a Posey County resident, has joined the law firm of McFadin Higgins and Folz, LLP as a partner. Orem joins Beth McFadin Higgins, who has practiced in Posey County for 34 years. For the last seven years, Orem has practiced in a variety of areas, including family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, real estate, appeals, and probate. Orem was also recently selected as the attorney for the North Posey School Board. Joshua graduated from North Posey High School and went on to obtain his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Indiana. Orem received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Indiana University-McKinney School of Law and is licensed to practice law in the State of Indiana and U.S. Federal Court - Southern District of Indiana. Joshua and his wife, Lindsey, and their two children reside

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Posey County’s newest practicing attorney Joshua Orem and local attorney Beth McFadin-Higgins.

Special to the News Applications are now being accepted for the Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award for 2021. The Award, in the amount of $500, is given annually to a high school junior who resides in Posey County and who is involved in community activities in Posey County. Due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, no award was given last year, so this year both a member from the Class of 2021 and a member from the Class of 2022 will be recognized. The Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award was created in September 2007 in honor of Elizabeth D. Baier’s 25th Anniversary as Executive Director of the United Way of Posey County. Michelle Hudson, member of the committee charged with selecting the Award recipient, said, “The United Way wanted to recognize Elizabeth for her service to the United Way, but we also wanted to honor her for her many years of leadership, community involvement, and volunteer services to Posey County. An award recognizing exemplary volunteerism by young people had been a dream of Elizabeth’s for many years, so the creation of the Youth Spirit Award in her name seemed to be the perfect way to honor her.” Funding for the Award was obtained entirely through private donations. An applicant for the Award must be a Posey County resident but may attend high school in Posey, Gibson, or Vanderburgh Counties or may be home schooled. Applicants for this year’s Awards must currently be in their junior year in high school and a member of the graduating class of 2022 or in their senior year in high school and a member of the graduating class of 2021. Applicants must have exhibited outstanding leadership, volunteerism, and community involvement. Two or three letters of recommendation must accompany the application. Applications must be typed and must be post-marked no later than April 23, 2021, for consideration; and the Award recipients will be notified no later than June 4, 2021. An

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Good training makes Crossen a good employee Crossen has no fear of taking on the elements of her job

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By Lois Mittino Gray Ashley Crossen is one tough-as-nails, don’t mess with me, trained jailer. Her no-nonsense demeanor is admired by many who work with her at the Posey County Correctional Facility where she is a Sergeant in charge of a twelve hour shift. She has been employed at the jail for three years come September and her works entails making sure all aspects keep running smoothly and inmates are cared for, safe, and kept in line. To ensure everyone’s safety, she is allowed to carry a Taser device and pepper spray on her person to quell a disturbance. No guns are allowed in the jail. She is qualified to carry those two defense measures, since she underwent and passed the test of experiencing their effects firsthand. “Deputy Brian Hicks, who teaches us defensive tactics, requires us to get pepper sprayed

and Tazed before we can carry them. I can tell you right now, I would rather be sprayed than Tazed. Being Tazed was very scary, I kept my eyes open and I swear, I could see the current go through and right across my eyes. It felt like a million volts!” she recalled. Hicks stood right in front of her and sprayed her right in the eyes and face with the pepper spray, too. She had to run immediately to kick and fight a defensive bag simulating a person with her face burning and on fire from the chemical. She carries both devices, two sets of handcuffs, and a flashlight on her belt as part of her uniform. “I’m not afraid. If something happens, I am trained what to do. I’ve been in plenty of wrestling matches, more males than females,” she explained. “I have a great staff all the way around, but she’s outstanding,” said

Posey County Sheriﬀ Tom Latham. “She goes right in as a female and is not afraid to take anyone down. People just don’t realize what is all involved taking care of inmates. The work can be dark sometime, but she is really dedicated to their care.” Latham shone the light on this Sergeant for her untiring work during the COVID crisis. “She has a husband, a family, a home and yet she was always there working a 14-hour shift if we needed her.” “If my team is here, then I will be here, too,” she said, displaying the positive attitude that earns her kudos. “I think Sheriﬀ Latham has helped the jail a lot. When it comes to complaints or comments, he’s an open door kind of person and listens.” The 36-year-old law enforcement employee has always been interested

in this field. “When I was a small child growing up in Newburgh, my mom said I would always hear an ambulance or police siren and want to know where it was going and why,” she chuckled. She studied Criminal Justice while at Castle High School, but children were born afterwards and she did not take her interests any farther for a while, raising her family. She married her present husband, Brian Crossen, and moved to Mount Vernon six years ago. She worked for three years in the office of Dr. Matthew Lee before accepting the jail job. Now, she spends her days with inmate care consisting of booking them in, fingerprinting, taking temperatures, and filling out medical records. She checks-in property and gets them settled. Inmates

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MARCH 9, 2021

Sights, sounds of spring lift the spirits

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I obsessed about finding the first sign of spring after that horrendous bout of cold and ice. I just had my second vaccine shot and felt free and liberated and wanted the outside world to celebrate with me. I strained to listen and waited. Then, just like popcorn tumbling out of an overcrowded kettle all at once, the signs were here, there, and everywhere. Spring Watch began…. Toward the end of February as it warmed, I stood on my back patio, but could not hear the first calls of the Western Chorus Frogs out of hibernation around our lake. On February 28, I received a joyous message on Facebook from a former science student of mine at New Harmony School, Benton Frisse. “I just wanted to say, I heard the chorus frogs today, and I knew EXACTLY what that meant,” he wrote. It warms my heart that my students remember how we anticipated spring’s arrival. We had a huge Spring Watch board up above my sliding chalkboard in my science lab and we made entries with all colors of chalk on what we saw or heard and the dates. Due to their nocturnal and secretive nature, Western Chorus Frogs although abundant around these parts, are not commonly seen, but mainly

heard. Both males and sometimes females call in large choruses that can be heard from half a mile away. My students used to think they sounded like a “bunch of aliens”. If you can isolate one single call from the cacophony of noise, some say it sounds like someone running a stick across a coarse toothed comb. They call consistently to announce their reproductive urges, about 18-25 times a minute. When it gets really warm in the evenings, that can go up to 30–90 calls per minute. By the way, Posey Countians sometimes refer to them as the “peepers”, but they are not the species actually known as Spring Peepers that really chirp a “peep”. Although they are everywhere, best places to hear the Chorus Frogs are the shallow ditches right past Rush Creek in Harmonie State Park. Don’t try to talk to them out the car window as any disturbances causes them to stop calling and dive into the depths of the water. Interestingly, this small frog ties in to New Harmony history. If you look them up, after their scientific name listing, you will see Wied-Neuwied, 1838. That is because they were first described for science in 1838 by Prince Maximillian von Weid after finding them around Rush Creek, by where it enters the Wabash River, in the state park. To think our area is listed in science books as a type locale for a common species found from Canada down to the Gulf!

Reptiles are out of hibernation, too. Park Naturalist Amelia Wildeman reports turtles are already out on logs sunning themselves to warm up, a behavior typical of cold-blooded animals. My daughter-in-law, Ashley Gray, was startled the other morning while running when a Garter Snake came out alongside the road. They are the first snake to emerge out of hibernation around these parts. “He was almost one smashed snake!” she exclaimed, after the surprise. As for returning migrants, Ken Meyer could always be counted on to tell my class when he heard the first Red Winged Blackbirds to put on the Spring Watch board. With their Okareeee call from atop a cattail stalk, they are males calling to announce they found a great territory looking to establish their harem of females, arriving later. The males started calling around the same time as the frogs this year, although Ken said they were a little later around his place, hearing the first on March 5. Some think Robins are a good sign of spring’s arrival, but we see them around here even in winter. Those are robins from up North and they come down here to overwinter. Many of the species usually here for the summer that fly down south will be returning soon, especially the beloved Purple Martins. Many of the birds that stuck around for the winter are feeling frisky and beginning courtship ritu-

als. I hear Barred Owls softly hooting their “Who Cooks for You” 8 syllable hoot, but the Great Horned Owls are already nesting and incubating eggs. At Harmonie State Park, one of my favorite things to do in the early evening now is to listen to the calls of the American Woodcock, also called a Timberdoodle. Their nasal “peenting” sounds like a game show buzzer to many people. You don’t even need to walk far to hear them. A simple drive, especially near the park campground, usually gets you peents-a-galore. Lifting your head up, sometimes you even get the treat of watching the “sky dance” as males fly way up high into the air and slowly spiral downwards to show off for his lady waiting in the grass in the waning light. Around my lake in Mount Vernon , I watched an amorous goose pairing up for about two days. The male just stared at his lady love all day and stood real close to her along the shore, oblivious to anything else. I haven’t seen the duo in a few days. Either they are off nesting or he didn’t “cut the mustard” for her approval. Great flocks of Sandhill Cranes, with their red topknots and long trailing legs, are flying overhead in huge groups coming back from Arkansas and Texas going north to nest in the tundra. Their raucous calls can be heard as they fly and call on the wing. As for plant sightings, Marlene Huffaker, President of the Garden

Club of New Harmony, reports her Snow Drops flowers are in full bloom. They are down at the end of her driveway and around her mailbox out in the open. She also has the lesser-known Lenten Rose, a hellebore in the Buttercup family, blooming in the sheltered spots around her abode in St. Wendel. She says seeing the early bloomers really uplifts her spirits. Of course, by this time, daffodils and crocus are up and thriving, too, as yellow forsythia buds form on the twig. Aaaah, but those are garden plants. I like to traipse in muddy places on lower stream banks and look for the finely divided tiny leaves of the Salt and Pepper plant, also called the Harbinger of Spring. This is the first cool wildflower to bloom in this area, it is a herald of spring to me. The petals are white and so small with the pollen anthers dark like pepper, hence the name. Spicebush trees are in flower with their tiny yellow blooms. These are just some things to experience in the first Spring Watch records. Spring is said to travel northward about fifteen miles a day, it’s called Hopkins Law. A friend just got back from Georgia and said the redbuds were in full bloom already that far South. Soon our Redbuds, too, will bloom and the woods will be packed with morel hunters. Does that anticipation uplift your spirits after our winter woes?

Letter to the Editor Solar...is there a better answer I recently received in my mail box a post-card from what appeared to be a company entity called “Posey Solar” telling me about the new Solar Farm that will be erected in Marrs Township. The company even called itself “A Good Neighbor”. On the back of this post-card I learned this company planned to use a total of 2400 acres of farm land to erect this rather large Solar Farm. On the back side of this post-card, it numerated 8 “Key Facts.” It appears Posey County government has agreed to allow this project to proceed. I do understand the greater need for electrical power generation in this area of the state of Indiana. In fact, it appears the entire country will be in need of far more electrical power as the future of mankind will certainly move towards a far fuller electrically powered society. I won’t renumerate all of the 8 facts printed on the back of the postcard. We should all remember “land” is a “finite” resource. There will never be anymore land, just maybe less if one believes the amount of Carbon Dioxide is raising our oceans over long but continued time. So, the 2400 acres of land will be used for supplying only supplementary electrical power and only when the sun shines. This seems like a huge amount of land, when only a few acres (2 or 3) could be used to generate far more reliable electrical energy if only a more reliable and efficient process was used. The other 7 “Key Facts” listed on the post-card I received all seemed to be, in different ways, just financial incentives which “Posey Solar” is offering Posey County Government. The post-card also said the total amount of these incentives printed on the post-card were to be “Posey Solar” investment of $264 million into Posey County, Indiana. I do believe “Posey Solar” company is not in the business of losing money (no company does that!) So, it would seemed the price of the “Posey Solar” project will be rolled into it’s consumer’s monthly bills, be they commercial or single home dwellings. I really don’t see that anyone could dispute any of the above with the exception of the fact I mentioned of using only 2 or 3 acres which could provide far more electrical energy than that proposed by “Posey Solar”. I expect most, if not all, seriously doubt what I have said to be true. So, I probably should share with you what most everyone doesn’t know, except some old timers that have been around some time. I’m going to say one word that may make a lot, if not most, throw your hands in the air and say “NO WAY”! But before you do, I hope you will be interested enough in learning something that our US government has kept from us for many years, yet other countries are now (China, India, Sweden, etc) quickly pursuing. Yes, that word is “nuclear”!! But what you most likely don’t know there are at least TWO (2) kinds of nuclear reactors. The one

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Just when it looked like it might be safe to leave the beach and go back in the water the beach is disappearing. After more than a year of masks and isolation Peg and I finally got our second Pfizer shots last Friday. We just need to avoid all human contact for one more week. We were anticipating a return to a normal life. Then I read of an alarming new and totally unexpected world crisis, a sand shortage? Yep, that was the cautionary tale screaming from the Internet. I know I should not use my iPhone for anything but ordering from Amazon, but I find it impossible to ignore the AOL pop-ups in my email. I know better but still click on the cleverly worded come-ons beseeching me to read

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we all know about is based upon the nuclear reaction of a chemical element probably all have heard of called uranium. Now here is something many, if not most, don’t know. A nuclear reactor doesn’t not have to use uranium. The other kind of nuclear reactor uses an element called Thorium. Never heard of it? Probably because the US government wasn’t interested or more probable because the Thorium reactor did not product any Plutonium, an element needed for the production of Atomic Weapons! After WWII, our government felt the need to produce large amounts of nuclear weapons; thus, our military needed Plutonium and started experimenting with both Uranium and Thorium. The US government actually built a Thorium based nuclear power plant back in the late 1950’s and into the 1960s, in Oak Ridge, Tenseness as part of the US government’s experimentation with nuclear power. Yes, the US government realized Plutonium was pretty nasty stuff. So, beside investigating uranium the US government also investigated Thorium. Our government built this experimental facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that conducted several different radiation experiments. One of those experiments was to built an actual Thorium electrical generation plant that did not use water to cool the reactor, it used Molten Fluoride Salt (Fluoride Salt is something a dentist might use to help prevent tooth decay or you might even find on your kitchen table). If heated high enough it becomes a liquid much like water, but much hotter. Except it is still much cooler than the Thorium reactor, thus, it is capable of cooling the reactor. No high pressure water operating at some 2000 plus PSI, it operates at ambient pressure, thus NO high pressure steam explosion like we have seen at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl in Russia or in Fukushima, Japan. This type of reactor can not overheat, by it’s design (which I’ll not go into here) it is inherently safe and will shut itself down if it were ever able to overheat. Yes, this Thorium electrical generation plant was built and put on line. The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) was an experimental molten salt reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researching this technology through the 1960s; constructed by 1964, it went critical in 1965 and was operated until 1969. It was shut down for basically two reasons; 1 - this plant did not produce any Plutonium which the military wanted for the production of Atomic weapons; 2 - Admiral Rickover, a very powerful Naval officer who wanted to use the better known uranium reactors to quickly built his nuclear power Naval fleet. Admiral Rickover simple won the political battle and the Oak Ridge, Tennessee facility was shut down and shelved - forgotten! But today, this technology is starting to be used by other governments to gen-

about global warming, COVID-19, politics, sports or even Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex. This morning as the sun rose I was dinged with an exposé about our planet’s disappearing sands. Had I been aware of the situation I wouldn’t have recognized it even was a problem until I read the CNBC article shouting out the impending catastrophe of sans sand. So, Gentle Reader, just in case you might not have been panicking over this issue either, let me share my newly found angst. Until this morning about my only concern in regard to sand was Peg’s complaint that I traipse it into our cabin after I have been out walking on the sandstone covered prairie. Peg demands that I leave my boots at the door and slide around in my socks on our bare ﬂoors. Now I can tell her I am helping to save the planet when I accumulate sand on her clean ﬂoors. She just needs to start

coal! 4. A Thorium plant can be located almost anywhere, does not need large bodies of water for cooling. 5. Does not need any huge cooling towers or smoke stacks. 6. Does not have to be shutdown to be re-fuel!! 7. Zero Carbon Dioxide emissions! 8. Even more advantages!! (listed in reserch paper) For those who want more information, I have written a research paper on Thorium electrical energy. It’s an eleven page document and those who would like more detail including the basic chemistry information, I would be happy to make that available at no cost via e-mail. Just send a short note to lar2550@hotmail.com asking for this document and I will gladly send anyone a copy (no cost) directly to your e-mail box in the form of a .pdf file. Most all computers today are able to open .pdf files. If you would rather have a word .doc file I’ll be happy to accommodate. I have no financial interest in Thorium or Posey Solar. My sole intention is to bring another option to the county for consideration now or in the future. Larry A. Rhoads Mount Vernon, Indiana

bagging it up. Anyway, here’s what the Internet says is as signiﬁcant to the world as ﬁghting the pandemic. According to an article on CNBC by Sam Meredith, sand is the world’s most consumed raw material after water and it is, “… an essential ingredient to our everyday lives”. In a “coals to New Castle” type comment the article goes on to say the United State government is hauling in countless tons of sand to protect Florida’s beaches that have been decimated by global warming. Apparently this is a world-wide dilemma and just as some people blame China for COVID-19, China’s over use of sand in massive construction projects accounts for almost 60 percent of the world use of sand as it is mixed into cement. It takes 10 tons of sand to produce one ton of cement. You, as did I, might think that with such de-

posits as Sahara or Death Valley or the front yard of JPeg Osage Ranch, we would never run out of sand. However, it turns out that not all sand is created equally. Desert sands, those created from wind instead of water such as by the seas and rivers, are too smooth to be used for construction so we are depleting our “good” sand too rapidly. There is even a huge illegal enterprise in sand excavation in some countries that has led to maﬁa type activity or so says CNBC. As for me, I have resigned myself to continuing to pour cement into fence post holes and hope there will be enough to circle our new barn. If Peg does her part we might be able to make it stretch. For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www. jamesmredwine.com or “Like/Follow” us on Facebook & Twitter at JPegRanchBooks&Knitting

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erate large to small amounts of electrical power, at the same time they produce NO carbon dioxide. So for the past 60 years, our government had been focused upon uranium electrical power plants and the general population and political officials have either forgotten or better yet, never have known about the huge advantage of a Thorium nuclear electrical power plant. During this time we have seen major accidents caused by the use of Uranium based electrical power plants and the word nuclear power has completely soured today’s public on nuclear reactors just because the public has never been more fully informed. So, now that we have filled the atmosphere with carbon dioxide by burning mega tons of coal, oil, and gas to generate electrical power, the public seems to be fairly happy to get auxiliary electrical power from such unreliable (thus expensive) sources such a Solar Farms, and Wind Farms. Some advantages of Thorium electrical power: 1. A Thorium plant the size of the local AB Brown plant would fit on no more than 3 acres of land! 2. The US has enough Thorium close to ground surface to power the entire US for 1000 years! 3. One ton of Thorium will produce the same amount of electrical energy as 3.5 Billions tons of

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MARCH 9, 2021 Ruth Ann Kueber Ruth Ann (Krack) Kueber, 81, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away March 5, 2021, at Solarbron Terrace. She was born November 8, 1939 in Staint Wendel, Ind., to the late Aloysius and Mary Louise (Bassemier) Krack. Ruth was a 1957 graduate of Mater Dei High School. She had previously attended Saint Matthew Catholic Church. Ruth enjoyed genealogy and history. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Kueber; son-in-law, Alroy Key; infant sister, Mary Jeanette Krack; and brother, Donald Krack. She is survived by her children, Tom Kueber (Linda), Charlie Kueber (Sherri), Billy Kueber (Karla) and Mary Key; grandchildren, Shawn Kueber, Andrew Kueber, Brandon Key (Sarah), Craig Kueber (ﬁancé, Christy Flinn) and Hayley Kueber; ﬁve great-grandchildren; four great-greatgrandchildren; sister, Barbara Cheshire (Wayne); several nieces and nephews. Graveside service were held at 12 p.m. on Monday, March 8, 2021 at Saint Mat-

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thew Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ind. Public walk-through was held from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Monday at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind. Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Posey County Historical Society. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Martha Elizabeth Key Martha Elizabeth (Schenk) Key, 95, of Mount Vernon, Indiana greeted Our Lord and Savior surrounded by her loved ones at her home on Monday, March 1, 2021. Martha was born, along with her twin sister, Jane (Schenk) Rappee, on June 10, 1925 to Henry and Mary (Alles) Schenk in her family home in Saint Philips, Indiana. Martha graduated from Mount Vernon Senior High School in 1943 and worked at the telephone oﬃce for eight years. She married her high school sweetheart, William A. Key, in 1948. She raised ﬁve children and was married for 66 years before Bill passed away in 2015. Martha was a devote Catholic and had been the oldest attending living member of Saint Matthew Church. Martha’s heart was in her family. She raised her children with a loving spirit and kindness. Always showing her children that patience and perseverance would get you through life’s challenges. She was always there - listening and willing to help in any way she could. She enjoyed cooking, puzzles, playing cards, crocheting, watching game shows, and viewing wildlife from her porch swing overlooking the Ohio River. What brought her the most joy was family get-togethers. Holiday and birthday parties were a must! She loved watching her grandchildren grow, and she formed special bonds with them that will last a lifetime. She was elated when great-grandchildren came along making her feel young again. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Bernard, Herman, and Robert Schenk; son-inlaw, Mark Buchanan; and granddaughter, Rachel Key. Martha is survived by her loving sister, Jane (Schenk) Rappee; children, William E. (Kim) Key, Tim (Robin) Key,

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Mary Buchanan, Becky Key, and Susan (George) Theodosis; grandchildren, Lana Carlton, Taylor (Craig) Brodie, Jen (Andy) Holder, Matt Glaser, Jeff (Kendra) Buchanan, Hilary and Emily VanHaaften, Loren (Justin) Simpson, and Nicholas Theodosis (fiancé Nicole Berry); great-grandchildren include Lillie Carlton, Farren and Isla Brodie, Shelby and Cameron Holder, Alexis, Drake, and Gauge Buchanan, and Jackson VanHaaften and Tanner Wilsey. She also leaves behind several nieces and nephews. Funeral mass was held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Saint Matthew Catholic Church, 421 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Fr. Jim Sauer officiating and burial to follow in Saint Matthew Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 until 10:30 a.m. service time on Friday at the church. Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. A special thanks to Dr. William Hardesty, Specialty Home Care nurse, Malissa and therapist, Joseph, and Aseracare Hospice nurse, Sally, for their loving care. Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Matthew School, 421 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Noreta Jane Mort, 83, went to be with her Lord on March 1, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her family. Noreta was born to Harvey and Norma (Irwin) Henwood in Syracuse, Indiana on July 11, 1937. She was the third of four children. She graduated from North Webster High School in 1955 and attended Ball State University. After one year, she left school and married her high school sweetheart, Jack Mort. They were blessed with three children. After working as a teacher’s aide, she decided to attend Indiana University at Fort Wayne where she earned an education degree, all while keeping hot meals on the dinner table. She then took a position at Syracuse Elementary as a fourth-grade teacher. A number of years went by and she transferred to North Webster Elementary to ﬁnish out her 28 years of service to the Wawasee School Corporation. As a mother and teacher, she was known to be tough but fair. Upon retirement, she and her sister, Anna, continued to teach and tutor children for an additional 12 years. In her own words, Noreta said she was “a young person in an old person’s body” and she lived life that way. She loved the outdoors and gardening. She always enjoyed learning new things, including Spanish and computer applications, at local colleges. Because she loved to travel and see new things, she made many trips with her husband, sister, and brother-in-law. She always made a point to travel to visit her children, grandchildren, and various friends, as she was never afraid to ﬂy or drive by herself. One of her favorite places to visit was Honduras, where she served multiple times as a short-term missionary. Noreta had a passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a heart for missions. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pierceton, Indiana for well over 50 years. When she relocated to the Posey county area to be closer to family, she joined Mount Zion General Baptist Church in Wadesville, Indiana, where she was very active and served until her death. She believed her house was a gift from God so she always opened it to missionaries, friends, bible study, meetings, and anyone in need. She had many stories and loved to tell them. She would grin and say, “You know what Jack would say” whenever she was sharing one of his “Jack-isms.” A favorite story was when someone once mistakenly called her and asked “How much do you want for your rear-end?” to which she

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matter-of-factly replied, “It’s not for sale!” She loved to play games with her family and was competitive to the end. She loved her friends and family with a passion and was always quick to help, but never too much as that could harm them. She was always ready for ice cream, mint cookies, and Little Debbie Swiss cakes. She would say, “Life is too short not to eat your dessert first.” Noreta was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Jack Mort; her parents; her brothers, Oscar and Buck Henwood; and her grandson, Matt Smith. She is survived by her sister, Anna Clay; children, Cindy (Keith) Jervis, Jerry (Laura) Mort and Bob (Angie) Mort; grandchildren, Brad (Lori) Smith, Errin (Craig) Weisman, Curt (Amanda) Mort, Hannah (Eduardo) Merano, Rebekah Mort, Kei Mort, and Joshua Mort; step-grandchildren: Mark (Sarah) Jervis, Heather (Adam) Fisher, Melissa McConnell, Adam (Erica) Jarvis, Chelsey (Lenny) Gonzalez and Tyler (Tiffany) Jarvis. She proudly had 33 great-grandchildren. She would want anyone reading this to know the secret to a happy life is Jesus, sweets, and family. So, say a prayer, enjoy a sweet treat, and hug your loved ones today. Many bible verses come to mind when thinking of Noreta. Her children decided II Timothy 4:7-8 best describes her. Posey County visitation was held on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 4 until 6 p.m. at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, IN. Kosciusko County visitation was held on Friday, March 5, 2021 from 9 until 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 203 West Market Street, Pierceton, Ind. Private funeral service to be held with Pastors Mike Trotter and Mark Fishburn officiating and burial to follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to General Baptist International Missions for the Matigsalug Bible Institute. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

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Francis “Frank” Gene Tomlinson, 79, of Mount Vernon passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, March 1, 2021 at Deaconess Hospital. He was born in Mount Vernon to Louis and Emma Louise (Hellenberg) Tomlinson on December 20, 1941. Frank married Mary Louise (Bulla) Tomlinson on September 13, 1964. Frank served in the Air Force after graduating high school, where he was a proud member of the class of 1959. He worked at GE in Mount Vernon, until his retirement. He was 50 plus member of the Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5 and served as Commander in 1975. Frank was conﬁrmed in Trinity United Church of Christ and was a lifelong member there. He enjoyed watching sports and traveled to many diﬀerent ballgames across the Country. He was a Cincinnati Reds fan. He enjoyed traveling with his wife and they were constantly on the go. Franks biggest joy was his grandchildren. He was their number one fan and traveled with them to watch them play the many sports events they were involved with. Frank is survived by his wife, Mary Louise; daughters, Michele (Charlie) Gross, Cheryll (Tom) Bealmear, grandchildren Chase Gross and Ashlyn Bealmear; brothers, Ronald and Steve Tomlinson; nieces and nephews; and many close friends. He is preceded in death by his infant daughter, Melissa Jayne; and brother, Jerry Tomlinson, and his parents.

Richard C Gardner Richard C. Gardner, 71, of Poseyville, Ind., passed away on March 3, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 9, 1949 to Charles M. Gardner and Wanda B. (Taylor) Gardner. Richard was a Sgt. In the U.S. Army and retired from Duke Energy after 28 years. He farmed for many years in southern Gibson County. Richard loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed target shooting, gardening, and his loving dogs Ivory and Tilly. Richard was a member of Old Union Christian Church. He married his childhood sweetheart, Verna Jean (Williams) Gardner on September 28, 1968. They were married for 52 years. Richard was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife Verna Jean (Williams) Gardner of Poseyville; daughter Lora (Jim) Anthis of Patoka; granddaughters Taylor (Aaron) Daniel; great-grandchild due in July; Ashlyn and Kyndall Anthis. Daughter Charla (Sean) Wilson of Owensville; granddaughters McKenna (Tanner), Mylee (Drew), Mabrey Wilson, and grandson Maxx Wilson. Son Kevin (Dusty) Gardner of Griﬃn; grandsons Kody and Kolton Gardner, and granddaughter Jaylee Gardner. Daughter,

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Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home. Chaplin Jerry King will be officiating, and burial will follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation took place from 11 a.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to Owen Dunn American Legion Post 5 Honor Guard or Shriner Children’s Hospital. Due to the national health crisis, mask must be worn inside the funeral home and social distancing should be maintained. Special thanks to Dr. Joseph Lee, Dr. Matthew Lee. Home Care nurses, Norman Nelson of the Disabled Veterans Association for the wheelchair. Retirees of General Electric & Sabic for the ramp. Steve Tomlinson of PCCA for transportation. Special Thanks to his friends Ora Maddix & Bobby Thompson for their visits that made his day a little brighter. Extra Special thanks to his niece JoAnna Tomlinson Huff for extra care for meals & her Barber services.

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By Lois Mittino Gray Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis freely passed out kudos to the representatives of the city’s various departments for their efforts during the recent snow and ice storms. He congratulated department heads on Zoom at the Mount Vernon Board of Works February 23, meeting. “I appreciate how hard our city employees worked through this, whether going down into water-filled manholes to cleaning up city streets. I’ve heard several positive comments on snow removal efforts,” he remarked. Street Commissioner Max Dieterle accepted the compliments on behalf of his crews, and then launched into his department report. The department’s Frontline Lightning Loader used for trash pickup was involved in a collision accident with another vehicle. The Commissioner was awaiting the insurance company’s report and it finally arrived in the mail. According to the insurance company, the chassis is determined to be totaled and the city will receive compensation of $40,397.55 for the loss. Dieterle said he has several options to consider and get quotes for at this time. “I could put the current boom from the old loader on a new chassis, but I am not really comfortable with that, since I really don’t know the condition of the boom after the accident. I could look for a new or used vehicle. Right now, I am looking at a used 2019 Kenworth that is in Louisville, Kentucky for $123,500, with only 20,000 miles on it,” he told board members. “I priced a brand new 2019 Freightliner at Best Equipment for $156,992.” The Commissioner expressed that he leans towards purchasing the used one, from a budget perspective. “I’d like to swing the used one. There is $75,000 in my vehicle, and I will have the insurance money, which would mean a hit of only $8,123 to my budget. I would like to run to Louisville to look at it first though before deciding,” he declared. Board members backed his plan and a motion passed unanimously to allow him to travel to Louisville and bring back recommendations on a replacement vehicle at the next board meeting.

Dieterle concluded his report by stating, since the last meeting, they made nine extra trash pick-ups generating $520 and hauled 89 tons of trash to the landfill. In other department head reports: --Police Chief Tony Alldredge requested to change a training date that was approved at the last meeting. The Breath Test Operator course originally approved was cancelled due to the weather. It has been rescheduled for April 6 and 7, but instead of two attending, Woodley will now be the only one going. Davis will be attending the Police Training Academy at that time. The change was approved unanimously with the same permission for use of credit card and of a city vehicle. Alldredge concluded his report by saying there were 177 calls taken by his department, since the last meeting. Fire Chief Wes Dixon was absent, so there was no fire department call update. --Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray also brought training requests to the board. “Due to COVID-19, there were no training opportunities last year, and we need to get our CEU’s updated,” he explained. Gray requested permission to attend training in French Lick on April 11 through 14 with assistant, Gene Carroll, to get their Continuing Education Units. They were given permission unanimously to go and use the city credit card and vehicle. Gray concluded his report by announcing, since the last meeting, they cleaned 11,576 feet of main. --Board member David Dodd asked about an update on the Burnett drainage issue in Country Club Estates. Curtis replied he is waiting on an engineering report from City Engineer Barry Tanner. The Mayor said he knows Tanner is busy working on it, but will give him a follow up call to check on it. He assured the board that Tanner is aware they want to get it taken care of before the onset of the rainy season. --Finally, in reference to the 1888 Main Building demolition, the Mayor said Klenck Contractors is planning on hauling fill material in next week and having most of the rubble hauled away from the site. He said they are looking into patching the holes that were put in Bud’s Hardware wall.

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Charles A. Kaufman Charles A. Kaufman, 89, of Wadesville, Ind., passed away Monday, March 1, 2021 at his home. Charlie was born January 14, 1932 in Wadesville, Ind., to the late Henry and Caroline (Pappenmeier) Kaufman. He was the owner and operator of Kaufman’s Marathon Station at North Main and Virginia in Evansville and later worked in security at General Electric before retiring in 1997. Charlie was a member of Saint Philip Catholic Church, a veteran of the United States Navy and a member of VFW Post 6576 in Wadesville. Surviving Charlie are four daughters, Charlene Kaufman, Cynthia Kaufman, Celeste Byrns and Caroline (Victor) Doubiago; a son, Christopher Kaufman; sister, Ruth Good-

win; grandchildren, Carla Kaufman, Travis (Courtney) McClarney, Brady (Tara) Doubiago, Carson Doubiago, Shae Doubiago, Michael Doubiago, Cassie Jo (Marcus) Bagwell, Carly (Dillon) Merrill and Alex (Paula) Kaufman; nine great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. In addition to his parents, Charlie was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Shirley (Winiger) Kaufman; by a son, C. Paul Kaufman and by many brothers and sisters. There was a Mass of Christian Burial held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Saint Philip Catholic Church, Rev. Dusty Burns oﬃciating. Burial will follow in the Saint Philip Church Cemetery, where the Vanderburgh County Retired Veterans Memo-

rial Club will conduct military rites. Friends visited with the family from 3 until 7 p.m. on Thursday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 West Franklin Street. Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

Janet C. Boehman Janet C. Boehman, 78, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Deaconess Hospital Midtown Campus. Janet was born June 15, 1942 in Evansville to the late John Welborn and Louise (Ashby) Welborn Jones. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother; was very proud of her family and enjoyed spending time with them. Janet worked as a pharmacy assistant at CVS Pharmacy and was a member of Harvestime Temple in Mount Vernon. Surviving Janet are her husband of 53 years, Patrick B. Boehman; a daughter, Kim (Brian) Turner; sons, Charles Michael (Kim) Crowe, David Wayne Crowe and John Patrick

(Lori) Boehman; one brother, Charles J. (Lorrie) Welborn; grandchildren, Charles Earl Crowe, Kaci, Kelsey and Keith Turner, Whitney Bowie, Allyson (Anthony) Barrale and Joe Boehman and two great granddaughters, Adalynn and Amberlin Bowie. In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Candice Crowe. Funeral services for Janet will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Pierre Funeral Home. Entombment will follow in Saint Joseph Mausoleum. Friends may visit with the family from 11 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 West Franklin Street.

Memorial contributions may be made to Harvestime Temple, 101 Roosevelt Drive, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 or to Saint Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

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Prosecutor, Sheriff’s Office, MVPD attend nationally recognized training Special to the News Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers and a team of local investigators from the Posey County Sheriff’s Office, Mount Vernon Police Department, and Posey County Prosecutor’s Office recently completed a week-long nationally recognized death and homicide investigation training in Fruitland Park, Florida. In addition to Clowers, Detective Dustin Seitz and Detective Kyle Reidford from the Posey County Sheriff’s Office, as well as Mount Vernon Police Department Detective Korben Sellers and Posey County Prosecutor’s Office Investigator Kenneth Rose, all obtained proficiency certification after completing the Public Agency Training Council’s Death and Homicide Investigation course. The course instructor, Wayne Sheppard, is an international lecturer on behavioral crime scene assessments, murder and rape typologies, and has

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National and Local News 100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, March 9, 1921 - Mount Vernon

Note: News in this issue includes: A heated debate concerning the Coliseum, big oil gusher, Mount Vernon High basketball, many news briefs and personals. Hoped For A Delay In Coliseum Construction - With the hope of blocking the construction of the Coliseum by petition, a number of citizens from the north end of Posey County appeared before the County Board of Commissioners when they met in the regular March session at the Courthouse Monday morning. Awaiting the arrival of County Attorney James Kilroy, a large number of people had gathered at the county seat, and it appeared that there would be a majority of protestors present. But this was not the case, the greatest number were for the construction, while a similar number were present relative “to a road in Center Township.” “The petitioners” asked that the construction of the Coliseum be delayed for a period of two years, giving the reasons that building materials were high and that labor likewise was high. Pro and con arguments took up much time. Mr. Morton Elliott spoke against the construction. Mr. Elliott came forth with the assertion “that someone had an axe to grind” in the construction, and he opposed it because of this fact, together with the reasons set forth by the petitioners. J. M. Harlem, chairmen of the board of trustees of the Memorial, was the first speaker in favor of immediate construction. He stated that material, labor, and everything to go in the building is cheaper today than it has been for the past four years, and contractors advised that a delay does not necessitate a saving. Mr. Marlem objected to Mr. Elliott’s statement of “an axe to grind,” and said that the coliseum was in memory of the boys who fought in the World War, and they came from All sections of Posey County. Mr. William Holton, cashier of the Mount Vernon National Bank and a member of the Board of Trustees, spoke next. He thought it unwise not to honor the boys who went to war, and said that he heartily favored the construction work to proceed AT ONCE. He stated that plans and specifications of the proposed building had been thoroughly worked out. Oscar Keck, President of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that the membership of the Chamber of Commerce desired the erection of the building WITHOUT DELAY. It was brought to everyone’s attention that the Black Township Farmers’ Assoc. were heartily in favor of immediate construction. Hon. Fred Leonard and Earl Suddoth, speaking for the American Legion, followed Mr. Keck. Both of these speakers dwelt on the fact that the boys who served in the World War should be rewarded for their services. This reward should come Now. Did the soldier boys wait to go to war? They sacrificed and did their duty and now that the opportunity is presented to reward them, it seems as though a few individuals are anxious to place obstacles in their paths, so expressed by both Mr.

Leonard and Mr. Suddoth. At the conclusion of the pro and con arguments, the commissioners announced that they would give the matter in question early attention. The court room was packed with business men, farmers, and members of Owen Dunn Post 5 during the time of argument, and from the manner in which the speakers favoring immediate construction were received and applauded, it was evident that the majority favored the idea of building it at once. Before the conclusion of their work Tuesday afternoon, the county commissioners voted unanimously in approving the plans of the board of trustees for the construction of the coliseum at the county expense on the site already acquired. The cost of the building is $200,000. The county auditor was instructed to advertise for bids without delay for the construction of the building. Note: This story is far from over. Big Oil Gusher? - Excitement ran high in Marrs Township when it was announced Monday that oil had been struck on the John Keck farm in the Blue Pond region of Marrs Township. Mr. Keck stated, “ Since oil has been struck on my farm and coming as it did, a big gusher, a driller will be engaged and drilling started at once.” Mount Vernon Basketball - Mount Vernon Boys Go To Semi-Finals After Beating New Harmony And Patoka In The District Tournament - ”Mount Vernon has a team that they should be proud of.” That was the statement heard all over Owensville last Saturday after the good showing the locals had made in the tourney. The locals have the smallest team “in stature” in this section, but when it comes to real playing, and when they have their basket sites polished up their opponents are out of luck. The locals also displayed the best brand of team work of any team of the tourney. The boys always play hard. Besides the above, the local team is the first team from this city to reach the semi-finals for many a year, and no one remembers if it was ever done before, so the boys can stick another feather in their cap. The Mount Vernon team will face Central in the semi-finals. This section above is dedicated to the Mount Vernon Wildcat basketball team of 59-60 and especially to my fellow “1960” classmates who were part of the team: Charlie Naab, Ralph Juncker, Ron Simpson, David Keitel, and John Schroeder. News Briefs And Personals - Harding is now the President of the United States. Birth - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schneider, a bouncing baby boy. Sick List - Ellen Manahna, the chiropractor, is slowly recovering from pneumonia. Harvey David, Hayward Benner, and Elba Topper, are reported recovering from pneumonia. Each are patients of Dr. Ranes. New Store - Oliver & Yunker extend a most cordial invitation to the public to visit their new grocery store at 702 East Fourth Street. Marriage Licenses - Ernal Wilkerson and Lydia Doll; John Davis and Mrs. Rosa Marx.

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UW of PC – Helping Local People in 2021 Keely Winiger, Executive Director of United Way of Posey County, announced that 18 local agencies that provide services to the people of Posey County will receive funding from the United Way of Posey County this year. Agencies included are: Albion Fellows Bacon Center $13,140; American Red CrossPosey County $18,040; Big Brothers Big Sisters $11,260; Buffalo Trace Council-BSA $2,830; Catholic Charities $3,750; Children’s Learning Center of Posey County $15,000 (for Day Care Scholarships); Christian Church Day Care Center $26,270 (for Day Care Scholarships); Community Emergency Assistance $11,730; Easterseals Rehabilitation Center $10,636; Easterseals Rehabilitation Center-Posey County $57,420; Family Matters $17,830; Homeless Shelter of Mount Vernon $16,890; Lampion Center $7,040; New Harmony Ministry Association $8,450; Posey County Council on Aging $48,790; The Salvation Army $3,130; Willow Tree of Posey County $11,540; and WNIN Radio Reading Program $940. Winiger said, that funding to local agencies was in addition to

the contributions of $100,275.27 specifically designated by contributors. In addition, $13,500 was given out to support Covid relief efforts. The United Way of Posey County also offers Information and Referral Assistance and a discount prescription drug program, runs a local Gifts In Kind program, and funds 2-1-1 for Posey County. 2-1-1 is the easy-to-remember telephone number to call for information on programs and referrals for assistance in Posey County. Winiger said, “Through our United Way, we are continuing to support the people of Posey County through various programs and services of the various agencies. Thank you to all the people, businesses, and industry of Posey County, whose continued support and generosity make this possible.” For more information about services provided by the United Way of Posey County or volunteer opportunities available, call 812-838-3637, email unitedwayposey@gmail.com, view the website at www.unitedwayposeycounty.org, or follow us on Facebook at UWPCI, Instagram at unitedwayposeycounty, and Twitter at unitedway_PC.

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In order to raise money for Riley’s Children Hospital in Indianapolis and in Evansville, the local Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a one-mile walk through historic New Harmony. The walk will be on a designated route, just over a mile in length that will take you past 25 buildings and houses that are 200 years old and yet amazingly still standing. You can sign up for the walk at the Black Lodge Cof-

fee Shop between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Saturday morning, March 13. A donation of 12 dollars is recommended, and kids can walk for free. Free refreshments from Black Lodge of coffee and their locally famous scones will be given to all walkers who participate. Please come, 100 walkers needed. Start whenever you want and finish whenever you want. Just pick up your map and enjoy the stroll.

Kent and Suzy Schuette are the resident owners of one the 200 year old houses on the Riley walk tour. Photo submitted

adorable snowman ornament. This craft is for adults only (18 years and up). Supplies are limited. Registration is required and is now open. March 18 at 6 p.m. - “Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement” presented by master ﬂautist and lecturer Galen AbdurRazzaq - We have rescheduled this program from February 16. Join us as master ﬂautist and lecturer Galen Abdur-Razzaq presents, via Zoom, “Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement,” a lecture and performance of some of jazz’s greatest gifts to the world. You will need Internet access and the ability to run the Zoom program on your device in order to participate in this program. Registration is required. To register for this event, go to https://bit. ly/3c8MRl7 .

Dean’s List - U of M Twin Cities Samuel Campbell, Mount Vernon, Ind., Senior, College of Sci and Engineering has been named to the 2020 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.

Degree earned - Cumberlands University of the Cumberlands wishes to congratulate Austin Crissup of Mount Vernon, Ind., on earning their Master of Arts in Education in fall 2020. University of the Cumberlands is one of the largest and most aﬀordable private universities in Kentucky. Located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, Cumberlands is an institution of regional distinction oﬀering quality undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and online degree programs.

Briefly Saint Philip Church Men’s Club schedules Fish Fry The Saint Philip Church Men’s Club is having their Famous Fish Dinner on Friday March 26, 2021. This year it will be a drive-thru only event from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Each dinner is $10 and includes Fried Fish, Macaroni and Cheese, Baked Beans, Slaw and Cornbread.

Grief Support Group to meet GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts and are here to help. We meet Thursday’s from 6:30 until 8 p.m. This group runs until April 8. Questions contact Troy and Angie DeKemper at 812-838-1726.

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Charles and Rita Baker will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on March 19. They were married at Immanuel Church in Mount Vernon. They have three One of the most frequently asked questions the Indiana De- children, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren partment of Revenue (DOR) receives during individual income with two more on the way. They currently reside in Calitax season is “Where is my refund?” DOR offers two easy ways fornia. Photo submitted. for customers to check the status of their tax refund. The quickest and easiest option for customers to use is the online Refund Status Interactive Tool. This tool allows individuals to check their refund status 24/7 from any internet-connected device. To access the Refund Status Tool go to DOR’s website at dor.in.gov and click on “Get Started” under the “Check the The Mount Vernon River strations, activities and enterStatus of Your Refund” button. Alternatively, customers can also call DOR’s automated re- Days Committee is happy to an- tainment may not be able to take nounce that we are in the plan- place this year as they have in fund phone line at 317-232-2240 and select option “3”. To use these services, have the following information ready: ning stages of River Days 2021. past; however, the committee is In light of the continued uncer- working to incorporate as much Social Security number of the taxpayer; tainties of the pandemic; while as we possibly can for 2021. For Exact amount of the refund; and eager to provide an event that has their twelfth year, Smoke on the Tax year of the refund. become so beneficial to our com- Ohio BBQ Competition will DOR asks customers to keep the following in mind when munity, we are planning a two- again be partnering with River waiting for their tax refund: day event to be held on Friday Days. If you are interested in Allow at least two weeks of processing time for electronically and Saturday, September 10-11, setting up a vendor booth, prosubmitted tax returns and four weeks for paper-filed tax returns. 2021. Although this year’s event vide entertainment or an activProcessing an individual tax return may take longer if there may look a little different than ity we’d love to hear from you. are incomplete forms, missing information or errors. our traditional River Days festi- Also, if you would like to be a Customers who receive a letter from DOR should read and val, we are excited to bring back part of the Mount Vernon River respond immediately to avoid or shorten processing delays. this hometown favorite event Days Committee, please contact After the tax refund is issued by the state auditor, custom- and know the community is as Kay Kilgore at event@mtverers should contact their bank directly, not DOR, for issues with well. We want to thank all the nonriverdays.com or call 812direct deposit. food and craft vendors who have 483-2922. We will be posting the latest More information on checking the status of a state tax refund already committed to participating this year and know that more information and updates as we can be found on DOR’s website at https://www.in.gov/dor/. receive them to our Facebook will be joining us as well. Obviously, due to the ever page and website www.mtverchanging and unforeseen CO- nonriverdays.com. See you in VID restrictions, some demon- September.

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APL News March 11 at 10 a.m. - Take & Make Adult Craft-Easter egg tree - Join Joan to make a cute Easter egg tree. Most supplies will be provided. The demo video will be aired on the library’s Facebook page. Registration begins on March 1 and supplies are limited. March 13 at 10 a.m. - Chapter Chats - Join Miss Janis on Facebook to read two chapters of Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. Students in third to ﬁfth grade will enjoy this quirky book. This book has a 3.3 AR reading level. March 17 at 10 a.m. - Ornament of the Month Club: Llama - Join Monica as she creates the second in the series of Fabric Arts Felt Ornaments. Each ornament will be a bit more challenging than the last. Start with the

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AA Meetings on Saturdays AA meetings began on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. and continue until further notice. Join us at Trinity UCC in Mount Vernon and enter through the back.

beth Schmitt, Jessica Williams March 15 - Aaron Wilke, Logan Wilke, Donna Creek, Joshua Creek, Ashley Austin, Howard Strickland, Ashley Nichole Counts, Patty Scruggs, James Stevens, ‘Dink’ Haggard, Patty Scruggs, Liz Koester, Benton Smith, Amelia Rose Morrow, Katie Buchanan 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

WMI Artifact Under Exam - by Melora Adams In honor of Women’s History Month, our articles for the month of March will focus on women. In the collection is a medal from Serbia which belonged to Nellie B. Chadwick. This medal is the insignia of the Fifth Class of the Order of St. Sava. On the front is a view of St. Sava, painted on enamel. On the back of the medal is “1883” in metal numerals surrounded by enamel. That was the year that the Order was instituted. Nellie B. Chadwick was born and raised in New Harmony. She graduated from New Harmony High School in 1903. She went to college for a few years and then began teaching at New Harmony School in 1908. According to the records in the document archives, she

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C /G Rowen Englebright receives the American Legion District 8, Flag Education Program award and gift certificate from Dave Morlock, left, and Charles Elpers, right. Photo submitted

Tom Sommerfield and Charlie Bradford enjoy some warmer temperatures while selling some of the last tickets for the Saint Matthew fundraiser over the weekend. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Englebright District winner, going to state Rowen Englebright, a fourth grader at North Elementary School, was the winner of the American Legion District 8, Flag Education Program. Rowen and other fourth graders throughout Indiana, studied literature about the American Flag and learned many things that you may not know. They then were tested and graded, and they wrote an essay

on what the flag means to them. The test and essay Post winners (girl and boy) are sent to the District to be scored with the other Post winners. District 8 includes Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties. Next Rowen’s entry will be sent to the Indiana American Legion and will compete with the other district win-

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Sisters Maryjane and Kaylor Marvel, Nevaeh Ricketts, and Teresa Buttrum took advantage of the beautiful weather on Saturday afternoon to have play time on the sidewalk in front of their Fifth Street home in Mount Vernon. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

ners (girl and boy). North Elementary School received an award for participating and having a District winner. This was awarded by Rowen to school representatives and her teacher, Mrs. Quiroz. The entire American Legion Post 278 Poseyville, congratulates Rowen Englebright and North Elementary School for “A Job Well Done.”

Six Foundations provide support for Fostering Families, children they volunteer to love The numbers of children in need of foster care have increased significantly since 2017 and Southwest Indiana has not been exempt from the associated concerns with such an increase. The greatest concern capturing the attention of The Isaiah 1:17 Project is the 7:1 ratio of Southwestern Indiana children in need of help and the fostering families available to give them care. According to state records the eight counties served by the Isaiah 1:17 Project have an average of 1,230 kids with 177 fostering families to serve them. An even greater concern is highlighted by Billy Flynn of Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. “….nationally, more than half of foster parents quit fostering within the first year, with another significant dip in the second year. No matter how many wonderful families step up with big hearts and good intentions, it will never be enough to meet the demand if only 40 percent continue after the first year.”

To better understand the needs of fostering families serving Southwestern Indiana children, The Isaiah 1:17 Project conducted a survey in a funding partnership with Welborn Baptist Foundation. Several needs were highlighted in the survey, among which was an inequity of available resources for supporting fostering families. Great resources exist, but they aren’t easily accessed by all families caring for children across the region. Community foundations from Gibson, Posey, Knox, Daviess and Warrick Counties along with the COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund of the Greater Evansville Region & Indiana United Ways with funding provided by Lilly Endowment Inc., have partnered with The Isaiah 1:17 Project to bring better support to our fostering families. These foundations provided $21,000 of support for Bags of Hope, a program that helps with hygiene and clothing necessities addressing the basic physical and emotional needs of the child in the first critical hours of transition to foster care. These bags allow the fostering family to bring a child home without delay and give them the opportunity to focus on the emotional support that child needs. Lessening the stress of transition improves the experience for the child and the family volunteering to love them.

An additional $35,000 was given to fund the purchase of a truck for transporting tangible support items to fostering families across the region. Uebelhor Toyota joined the foundations in making this opportunity available. Founder and Executive Director, Marcia Lambert, says, “A truck is a significant expense for an organization like ours, but it solves a very important concern in a cost-efficient way. Resource agencies would find it costly to open establishments in each county, but through strategic partnerships between our organizations and this transportation, we can take the resources to the fostering families who need them.” The Isaiah 1:17 Project believes that communities are strengthened when they value and support children entering foster care and the families who volunteer to love them. “In 2018, the National Council for Adoption published a report which showed that, when trained parents continue to foster, it means a more stable foster care experience for the child, dramatically improved outcomes for our kids, and a substantial savings of fiscal dollars.” Marcia continues, “We all win big when we give our best support to fostering families. We can’t thank these foundations enough for getting behind the vision to meet the needs being identified.”

Sermon of the Week - Comfort for the Afflicted Pastor Matthew Watson Comfort the afflicted. Afflict the comfortable. This is what the gospel does. Christ knows the difference between the comfortable and the afflicted. From Christ, there is no hiding. Revelation 2:8-11 tells this story of a small, suffering Smyrnan church of the late first century. Smyrna is the second of the seven churches that receive letters from Jesus in Revelation. Smyrna, the second, and Philadelphia, the sixth church written to church in Revelation 2-3, each received only comfort and no correction. Christ knew the need of the hour. When suffering lurks, comforting works. Christ prepares the would-be sufferer by His powerful, personal presence. First, Christ prepares the would-be sufferer by His power. Lord Axton wrote, that, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolute.” This is especially true of coercive powers If you need help in Posey County, where do you turn? If you’re looking for financial, emotional, housing, transportation, food, literacy, or child care support, you call Family Matters. Why? Because you know you’re going to receive compassionate, immediate, and competent support. For over fifteen years, Family Matters has been serving the residents of Posey County in myriad ways, serving as a beacon of hope and support during the difficult times. Each year, Family Matters fields over 1,300 requests for aid or information, providing a safe harbor for our friends and neighbors who need help quickly, be it financial, educational, or emotional. Family Matters is YOUR community resource. We exist to serve Posey County - to provide hope, help, and support regardless of your location or financial position. Family Matters has been recognized regionally for exemplary work and-leadership, winning the coveted Divisional Integrity Award for Leadership in 2019 from Leadership Evansville. This year, in the wake of the devastation 2020 wrought in our community, Family Matters has the most extraordinary opportunity it’s had in its history a generous donor has offered to match ALL donations to Family Matters up to $40,000 by MARCH 31. This is the LARGEST capital campaign in our organization’s history. Quite simply: your immediate contribution will continue to make Family Matters the leading resource in Posey County for years to come, helping to improve the quality of life for anyone who calls us for help. Family Matters is significantly donation supported, so this opportunity truly is a once-in-a-generation chance for us to secure Family Matters as a resource for the years ahead here in Posey County. Your donation will literally touch thousands of lives, so please, give until you are proud. Thank you for your generous partnership and support of Family Matterswe work for YOU. Gratefully, Family Matters of Posey County Board of Directors P.S. Please send your gift today digitally at poseycountyfamilies.org/ donate. We are counting on your support.

of the state but Jesus’ power is not corrupt. There is no power on earth that Jesus isn’t senior to. Power only corrupts sinners capable of corruption but there is no corruption in Christ. Facing the powers of the state, Jesus comforts the marginalized Christians such as those who were Roman citizens of Smyrna (modern day Izmir, Turkey). Jesus declares His ultimate, enduring, soon to be seen, power. Christ’s powerful words are introduced with the same phrase used 250 times in the Old Testament to introduce prophetic oracles, that is, “The words of…” Jesus is Lord of all - first to last. Christ conquers death. Christ powerfully came back to life after death. In Christ, we conquer our greatest fear - death. So we don’t have to fear the second death, now, like the unbelievers will. Christ conquered death so every believer will too conquer death by going the same way, the way of the cross, the way of suffering, the way through humility to exaltation. Christ comforts the believers with whispers of His senior authority. Second, Christ prepares the would-be sufferer by His personal awareness. Christ is personal with His people. Revelation 2:9 begins with the words, “I know.” Christ knows the tribulation you go through. He knows your economic sanction. He knows the words leveed against you for your faith. Jesus

was rendered too poor to afford his own tomb and too slandered to mount his own defense. The enemies of Christ did the devil’s work in Smyrna too, acting as a “synagogue of Satan,” pressing Christianity to the margins. Thus, the Smyrnan Christians, like many today, faced tyrannical persecution from the state. Left outside the Jewish religion, who had garnished exemption from Roman emperor worship in that place, the Christians were abandoned. So, under more tyrannical dictators like Nero and Domitian, Jews that refused to vouch for the Jewishness of Christians, left them out to pasture. Smyrnan Christians were marginalized, maligned, and in some cases martyred for their faithfulness to Christ. Christ is personally aware of every single word and deed done against His people. Not a hair follicle on your head exists outside the awareness of Christ. Every molecule exists because Christ sustains it. He is not unaware, and, you are not alone. Third, Christ’s prepared the would-be sufferer by His presence. Follow the imperative verbs in Revelation 2:8-11. First and fifth imperatives are Write/ Hear. Second and four imperatives are Fear Not/Be Faithful. Third comes the imperative, “Behold,” or, pay attention to this key thought, the devil is about to be allowed “to throw some of you into prison, that

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you might be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation.” Christ knows what is about to occur and is a present witness to all these proceedings. Christ wants to ready all the churches now through his words to this church then in order to ready us to be faithful as the martyrs of the early church, the Reformation, and today. We should empathize as well as support the people in the world that face tribulation today. We should stand ready to suffer, even like Job did, according to the sovereignly allowed plan of God. Salvation belongs to the Lord, we learn in Jonah. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, we learn in Romans. The same as the Lord secures salvation for sinners, so do we need to leave room for the Lord’s vengeance. Our witness is hampered when we emphasize our personal rights instead of dwelling on Christ’s presence during suffering. When we are faithful even unto death, we receive a crown of life. The second century church father, Polycarp, personally knew John the Apostle (the author of Revelation). John went to prison on Patmos for his faith. Later, Polycarp went to martyrdom in the Coliseum for his faith. John was a wrinkly old eighty plus year old pastor when he wrote Revelation, from prison, on behalf of our Lord Christ. Polycarp was a wrinkly old eighty six year old pastor when he was burned at the stake, refusing to slander Jesus, even testifying to his executioner that a forever-lasting lake of fire judgment awaited anyone that does not receive the gospel of Christ. Far from done, these old men offered faithful witness to Jesus. The voice of the martyrs, if we listen, prepares us to be faithful witnesses too. Christ prepared these sufferers to be courageous the same way He prepares us: by His powerful, personal presence. Suffering hurts. Christ helps. Christ comforts the afflicted. For additional resources on this subject or to share this article online go to http://www. mvbaptist.church/resources

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‘Baier Award’ continued from Page A1 organization may nominate a student for the Award and provide supporting letters, but the nominated student must complete the application. The Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit Award was given for the first time in 2009 and was awarded to Abbigail Mayer, a student at North Posey Senior High School. The 2010 recipient was Johnathan Bradford, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School, the 2011 recipient was Jillian Koester, a student at North Posey Senior High School., the 2012 recipient was Maggie Maier, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School, the 2013 recipient was Olivia Goebel, a student at North Posey Senior High School, the 2014 recipient was Hunter Wilson, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School, the 2015 recipient was Travis Koester, a student at North Posey Senior High School, and the 2016 recipient was Isaac Mayer, a student at North Posey Senior High School. In 2017, the Elizabeth D. Baier Youth Spirit

Award was given to two students: Jackson Baldwin, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School and Lindsey Koester, a student at North Posey Senior High School. The 2018 recipient was Maria Turner, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School and the 2019 recipient was Kenzie Paul, a student at Mount Vernon Senior High School. The Awards for 2021 will be presented at the United Way of Posey County Leadership Giving Recognition Dinner scheduled in August. Applications for the Award have been mailed to schools, churches, clubs and civic organizations. Any student wishing to apply for the Award can also obtain an application at the office of the United Way of Posey County, 128 West Third Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana, or can obtain an application in electronic format by contacting the United Way office at 812838-3637 or at unitedwayposey@gmail.com . The application is also available on the United Way website at unitedwayposeycounty.org.

‘Crossen’ continued from Page A1 are not allowed to have electronic devices of any kind or their own clothes. She can pass them an outﬁt to be worn on the day they are released, but that’s it for clothes. Brian and Ashley reside in Mount Vernon with their three children: Mackenzie Wiggins,16; Makayla Wiggins, 14; and Jayden Wiggins, 12. All are students in the Mount

Vernon school system. She even has a pit bull mix rescue “grand-dog” named Layla. Ashley loves spending time with her family when she is off work. Other interests include fishing, kayaking, and travel. “I don’t always have a lot of time to travel, but I like to go to Kentucky Lake to fish and I like to hang out at my sister’s house in Florida.”

She enjoys watching television to relax. Do people working in law enforcement like the police themed shows, I wondered? “I just love a series called “Sixty Days In” that I watch on Hulu. It shows how the inmates act, why they are incarcerated, and how the jail looks. I also like NCIS and CSI type shows, too. Sure, we like that stuﬀ!”

Lonnie, Jennifer, and Darlene Pruitt take a walk in their Wadesville neighborhood on Sunday afternoon. The weather is beginning to take on a Spring-like atmosphere and more people are starting to take advantage of that. Photo by Dave Pearce

‘Orem’ continued from Page A1 in Posey County and are active members of Christian Fellowship Church. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for my legal career” states Orem “to join Beth and a firm that has an outstanding reputation and whose dedication to Posey County is remarkable, both professionally and personally.” Orem will continue to practice in the areas of family law, criminal defense, civil liti-

gation, real estate, appeals and probate while McFadin Higgins concentrates her practice in estate planning and probate, municipal law, real estate, guardianships, adoption, and business organizations. McFadin Higgins and Folz, LLP offers these legal services in Posey County and surrounding counties in Southwestern Indiana. Beth and Josh are joined by legal assistants Kenda Hartmann and Cindy

Nix. McFadin Higgins & Folz, LLP is located at 227 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., a renovated building in the historic downtown area. Current hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 8 a.m.until noon and 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday 8 a.m. until and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. until noon. The office number is 812-8389720.

‘MV School Board,’ continued from Page A1 pointing J. Don Julian as a director to the Mount Vernon of Posey County Multi-School Building Corporation. Julian is a former member of the Mount Vernon School Board, who lost his bid for re-election, but amiably agreed to serve on this financial committee overseeing building bonds. The three year appointment replaces Jerry Rutledge, who recently passed away. In other board actions: • In personnel matters, the board confirmed the employment of Amy Burkett as an academic coach on half stipend, replacing Rachel Wheaton, and hired Christine Poling as the assistant coach girls’ track, replacing Savannah Snodgrass. Both hires are at the Junior High. • The board also accepted the intent to retire from Greg Halco, in semi-skilled maintenance, effective February 18, 2021. He has 30 years of service with the school district. • Kevin Krizan was given permission to attend with students, the virtual Distributive Education Clubs of America State Competition on March 1-2. DECA will pay the expenses. School Board members wondered aloud how such a state completion might be conducted virtually, but optimistically decided to ask student winners when they appeared before the school board. • approved the memorandum of understanding

with the Association of Indiana Counties effective March 1, 2021. The district will participate in a program designed to increase the collection rate of delinquent debts owed to the school corporation. It will be a free service to the district and save money filing in small claims courts. Claims from 2018 will be sent in, giving debts owed after that year, time to be paid up. • the board rescinded policy 200.03 and adopt revised policies 201.01 and 201.04 as discussed earlier at a prior meeting. Policy 200.03 was rescinded because it deals with Compensation Guides and Contracts and Higgins said, “that is now covered by Indiana State Code.” The two adopted policies deal with Family Medical Leave and Equal Employment Opportunity. • approved the use of facilities for the junior high baseball camp held on March 1, and 4, 2021. Coach Paul Quinzer was responsible for conducting the camp for Grades 6-8 after school from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. • granted permission to Evansville United Volleyball Academy to use a high school gym for practices on the following Sundays: March 7, 14, 21, 28, and April 11, 2021. Several Mount Vernon youth are involved in this program. • Permission was granted to PAWS Wrestling to use a high school gym on Sunday March 14 for

a wrestling match and tournament for elementaryage students and to Mount Vernon Youth Baseball, Inc. to use the baseball field on the following Sundays: March 14, April 18, May 2, 16, 23, 2021 for Cub Baseball games-Junior High level. • granted permission retroactively for the boys’ basketball teams to meet on Sunday,February 21, in the high school cafeteria to watch the sectional pairings, as requested by High School Athletic Director Leigh Latshaw. Board permission is required as it fell on a Sunday, “even though we already know the outcome of the pairings,” President Higgins commented. • authorized renewing a current lease agreement with the Community Action Program (CAPE) for 704 square feet on the lower level of Hedges Community Center , Room Number 11, for $150 rent per month, for one year beginning March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022. • declared recommended items as surplus, including computer and networking equipment, furniture, and classroom equipment. The list also contains items abandoned by a former tenant at Hedges Community Center which cannot be used for school and may have some value when sold. Items will be sold at auction, recycled, or disposed of properly. • Information to the board included the Self-

Insurance Fund report having a monthly balance after January of $2,361,751.36, a budget timeline, SLF report for January, March menus, ADM report, and the ESSER II allocation of 1.1 million dollars. “We are looking at facilities and staff to study what direction to go in with this money,” Superintendent Thompson commented. • The board reviewed and discussed school year calendars for 2021-22, 2022-23, and 202324 school years, and reviewed policies regarding personnel. These items will be placed on a future agenda for possible action. • The board recognized the following achievements:West fourth and 5fifh Grade Robotics Teams competed recently in the Marksmen IQ Rise Above Blended Remote Skills Only Challenge. There were 25 teams from the state participating; West teams finished 13th and 14th. Team A tied with the third highest “programming” score and Team B had the second highest “programming” score.Team A consisted of: Kali Cobb, Nolan Cox, Rosalena Gonzalez, Chace Holton,Morgan Miller, and Max Thompson. Team B consisted of: Aleeah Bebout, AnnabelleBrock, Braylin Jackson, Charlotte Millay, and Jersie Reynolds. • The next board meeting is set for Monday, March 15 at 5:45 p.m. in the Mount Vernon Senior High School Media Center .

‘Commissioners’ continued from Page A1 cil and Commissioners at the Posey County Fairgrounds concerning tax abatement and the March 11, APC meeting on the county solar ordinance. “The current ordinance needs to be vetted at these meetings before the company, Taenaska, is allowed to apply. Give us a little more time. Let the process work.” At first, the Commissioners expressed an opinion that they were confident the Area Plan Commission would address all these issues and they did not need to pass an application stay motion. Commissioner Thornburg, who sits on the APC Board, said “We are certainly looking at your recommendations. I assure you.” “It’s going to be a 35 year project. Why are we in such a rush?” the lawyer queried. “All you have to do is make a motion to stop any application before the APC can make ordinance changes. If the solar company goes ahead and files today, they can come under the old ordinance restrictions.” Commissioner Thornburg made a motion to put a stay in effect until after the APC meeting, but it was not seconded. “Give us a reason why you won’t do this. I beg you not to do nothing. Don’t let this happen!” Attorney Bulkley pleaded. Several residents spoke both pro and con on the stay for the application. “You work for us, not the company” was heard from one person. Attorney Bulkley was adamant that, if the company applied for a permit under the old ordinance soon, then a homeowner could have three fifteen foot panels on all three sides of their home, with no tree buffers. “They have made no secret that they are filing in March. They told me that and everybody know it’s happening soon. What if they slide in before any changes are made?” Commissioner President Bill Collins said in frustration, “I think we’ve heard enough. Things are just being repeated over and over. I see there is a question of when the application will be filed.” Randy Thornburg observed, “This is not an unreasonable request” and restated his motion. Commissioner Carl Schmitz seconded it and the motion carried to enforce a ten day stay on applications for the solar project through March 15. That will allow time for the joint meeting on March 9 and the APC meeting on

March 11 and carry forward to the next Commissioner meeting on Tuesday, March 16. The motion passed unanimously. Nothing can be done before that date. In a related matter, a resolution was passed unanimously stating the Commissioners are in opposition of House Bill 1381 and support local control of land use development. House Bill 1381 would allow decisions regarding wind and solar energy development to be made by the State of Indiana, rather than at the county level. Commissioner Thornburg commented, “I was quite surprised our house representative, Wendy McNamara, voted in support of this bill. I have voiced my displeasure to her. We local governments want our own control of renewable energy standards. Residents need to be able to voice their opinions, too,” he emphasized. In other Commissioner action: • An ordinance amending Chapter 153 of the Posey County Zoning Code was unanimously approved by the Commissioners; using the language they originally supported on the three no build zones for wind turbines. The ordinance has gone back and forth with the APC since August 18, 2020 on renewable wind energy. • The Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance establishing a Posey County Redevelopment Authority. This Authority’s purpose is to control bond funds to be used for land for the Western Bypass around Mount Vernon. The Authority would own these bonds as long as the bonds were outstanding, similar to the debt bonds used for the new jail construction. The Authority would meet several times a year and be controlled by a board of three directors. A motion to appoint attorney Josh Warrum as a director passed, but the other two were tabled until the next meeting to be sure “we have someone for these spots.” • An agreement was entered between Posey County and Transfinder, a company working with the Mount Vernon School District to look at bus routes. They asked to be able to use the county’s GIS information to provide local geographic data for its school transportation software. County Auditor Maegen Greenwell said, “Giving out this information is a common practice. We have done this before.” The Commissioners voted to give them

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Susan and Charles Pearison needed. In 1996, Pearison Inc., the parent company of Superior Cheer (cheerleading equipment manufacturer), Band Shoppe, and Corporate and Team Apparel, broke ground just outside of Cynthiana, for a 27,500 square foot building, where its corporate offices are now headquartered. The Pearison family has always been among the first to step up to meet any need in our community, from the families’ participation in Relay for Life, the distribution of holiday gift

baskets, or the support of reading programs, sports activities, emergency services, or the arts. Poseyville Town Council President, Bruce Baker, indicated that they have also assisted the community in many ways that they humbly requested not to be released to the public. Pearison Inc. has always prided itself on being socially responsible. The company shreds and/or recycles much of the cardboard and other materials used in their manufacturing and shipping services. To cut down on the use of paper products and waste, the company uses online accounting services and conducts as much business as possible via email. Employees are also encouraged to recycle, as the company provides bins for recycling bottles, plastics and aluminum. When the call came out for assistance by the medical community for personal protective equipment (PPE) to combat the COVID-19 virus, it was only natural for the Pearison fam-

ily (Pearison Inc. and its employees) to respond quickly to this need, as Chuck and Susan would have wanted. Beginning March 20, 2020, Pearison Inc. shifted much of its manufacturing services to the creation of washable safety masks. By the end of March, the company had

produced nearly 9,000 masks for use by medical personnel, averaging between 1600 to over 1900 masks having been produced each day. The masks are being prepared per CDC guidelines, free of charge to medical personnel and facilities.

access to the information. • Passed a resolution establishing the intent to conduct a Commissioners Tax Sale on April 28, 2021. Posey County Treasurer Vicki Peerman said there are 46 properties for the sale • Passed a Claims Payment ordinance allowing Commissioners to approve money to be disbursed for lawful county purposes for the payment of claims by the Posey County Auditor, in advance of approval by the Commissioners in a meeting. “This ordinance came up when we had to cancel the last meeting due to inclement weather and had to make payments”, explained County Attorney Joe Harrison. • Area Plan Commission Director Mindy Bourne spoke in support of a rezoning request made by Tiffany Lehman, of Neikirk Engineering LLC, on behalf of the owner C&H Holdings LLC for their property at 3401 Highway 62 East. The owners purchased 11.63 acres of land, most of it already rezoned from A (Agricultural) to B-3 (Commercial High Intensity). Their request is to get it all the acreage zoned B-3. It was approved by the Commissioners, since it was passed by the APC on February 12 by a vote of 8-0 and there were no remonstrators. • Three submissions for yearly asphalt/paving bids were opened by Attorney Harrison. They were taken under advisement until the next meeting. • Barry Cox was appointed to an open spot on the Redevelopment Commission. • President Bill Collins gave the February Animal Control Report . There were 25 complaints, 4 pickups, and 2 bites. • Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham gave his inmate count for the day as: 14 Department of Corrections, 35 Vanderburgh County, and 66 Posey County inmates for a total incarcerated of 115 persons. They are still working on getting the radio towers evaluated for better radio reception. • The Auditor announced new county payroll software goes into effect on March 29, 2021.

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Wildcats fail to find offense in season-ending loss in tourney By Trisha L. Lopez The Mount Vernon basketball season ended on Tuesday with an opening round sectional loss to host Boonville, 48-35. The Wildcats, with a record of 10-11, finished the year with the program’s highest number of wins since 2013. The Wildcats sectional defeat came just seven days after a program statement win over then 10th ranked Evansville Bosse. The post season game was the fourth game the team played in seven days, all on the road. From the opening tip off, Mount Vernon struggled to find ways to score. Turnovers and missed shots plagued both teams and the game was scoreless for the first five and a half minutes of play until freshman Nicot Burnett connected for the Wildcats. Boonville quickly countered, but Burnett scored again to put the Wildcats up 4-2. Senior Noah Gordon added a basket to pull the Wildcats ahead 6-2 with just over a minute remaining. The Pioneers hit a triple on the next possession, ending the first quarter down 6-5. Gordon was called for an offensive foul, his second foul of the game, just 15 seconds into the second quarter and watched

from the sidelines as Boonville tied the game with a free throw and pulled ahead with a bucket with 4:12 remaining in the half. The Wildcats, who averaged 53.9 points per game on the season, scored just two points in the second quarter to go into the half trailing the Pioneers (4-13) 12-8. Boonville, who lost to Mount Vernon 57-43 on Feb. 12, opened the third quarter with a three to stretch the lead to seven. A field goal by Gordon and a free throw by junior Leo Hostetter pulled the Wildcats to within four points, but Boonville scored again. Junior Kaleb Dosher hit a three to make it a one possession game. Boonville answered. Down 24-15 with 5 minutes remaining in the third, Dosher hit another three, his second of four on the night. He added his third triple with 1:56 to go in the third to cut into the Pioneers’ lead, 26-21. The Wildcats would go scoreless for the remainder of the quarter and Boonville senior Ryan Smith drained a three at the buzzer to give Boonville a 29-21 lead going into the final period. Dosher’s fourth three of the game brought the Wildcats to

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Vikings fall in semi-final at Southridge By Chris Morlan The North Posey boys’ basketball team played their first game of the postseason last Friday night at the historical Huntingburg Memorial Gym against the Southridge Raiders. These two schools played the first game of the evening for semifinal round of the Class 2A-Sectional 48 tournament. Back on February 12, Southridge traveled to North Posey and defeated the Vikings by 15 points. In their second meeting of the season, this game was a little closer with less points scored by both teams. Southridge made 16 of their 18 free throws in the Mount Vernon senior Gabe Owens goes up for a shot dur- game to help secure a 43-33 over North ing basketball action this week in Boonville. Photo by Garry Posey. Every possession the Vikings had the ball in this low scoring game Beeson.

was critical. They either scored and only down within basket or two. On the other hand, North Posey could have turned the ball over or missed a shot that could result in a ten or more points deficit. The slower pace helped the Vikings and kept the Raiders from making this contest a blowout. North Posey also kept control of Southridge’s leading scorer Colson Montgomery from one handedly destroying the Vikings hopes. Southridge had two players score in double figures. The rest of the Raider team scored eight points. At the start of the first quarter, North Posey won the tip-off. When the Vikings had the ball on their first possession, it was for nearly 90 seconds before Colson

Montgomery stole the ball for the Raiders. Southridge turned the ball over on their next possession. North Posey got the ball back and Jonathan Ricketts put the Vikings on the scoreboard and a 2-0 lead with 5:58 left in the first quarter. The Raiders scored the next two baskets and led 4-2 with 3:30 remaining in the period. Kedrick Wahl scored on the next two Viking possessions to regain the lead at 6-4 with 1:48 left in the period. Colson Montgomery made a three-point shot from the wing to give the Raiders a 7-6 advantage. Ricketts was fouled with 42 seconds left in the first quarter and made one of two free throw shots to tie this game at 7-7

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Viking wrestlers end season with annual awards banquet By Chris Morlan The North Posey wrestling team had their end of season awards banquet last Saturday evening. At the start of the banquet, there was a meal served by Froggy’s for the athletes, parents, coaches and fans. After the meal was completed, Coach Cody Moll talked about each wrestler and then announced the award winners for the 2020-21 season. Coach Moll announced the letter winners by each class. Freshman Kaleb Baehl, Kade Bender, Lander Shelby and Luke Willis each received a letter. Coach Moll had positive comments on each of these freshman wrestlers. Sophomores Kyle Fifer, Levi Freeman, Tristen Gammon, Tyler Gengelbach, Lincoln Schenk, Nathan Schoening, Conner Simpson, Reece Terhune, Austin Thornburg and Gavin Wheeler each received a letter. Freeman advanced to the state regional in the 160-pound weight class and this was his second trip as a regional qualifier. Wheeler had a great year and made it to semistate in the 113-pound weight class. Juniors Nick Akers, Landon Epley, Camden Lupfer, Wyatt Willman and Blake Zirkelbach each received a varsity letter. Akers wrestled in the 138-pound weight class and was a semistate qualifier. Epley secured the 152-pound weight class this season and finished fifth at the sectional. Lupfer wrestled in the 132-pound weight class and was a semi-state qualifier for the second straight season. Willman was a state qualifier and finished fifth in the 195-pound weight class. Zirkelbach is another state qualifier that finished fourth in the 106-pound weight

The North Posey wrestling team award winners for the 2020-2021 season from left-right are Reece Terhune, Blake

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Owen Spears commits to play baseball for Oakland City baseball for the Oakland City University Mighty Oaks. Oakland City is a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Spears will play for Mighty Oak coach Andy Lasher. At Oakland City, Spears will primarily be a pitcher and some time as an outfielder. He is the third player on this year’s North Posey baseball team to commit or sign to play at the college level. Spears will join former Viking Reid Smith and Owen Spears recently current teammate Chase Chrisverbally committed to play tie on the Mighty Oaks squad. baseball at Oakland City Spears has played baseball University next fall. Photo by at the varsity level since his Chris Morlan freshman year. Spears was part of North Posey’s startBy Chris Morlan ing pitcher rotation during his Last week, North Posey se- sophomore season. In 2019, nior pitcher/outfielder Owen Spears pitched in half of the Spears announced that he has Vikings games. He was a verbally committed to play Wildcats, From Page B1 within five points, 39-34, with a little over a minute left in the contest, but Mount Vernon was forced to foul to stop the clock, placing the Pioneers on the line. Boonville, who went 14-18 from the free throw line on the night, capitalized, adding 9 free throws during the last minute of play to take the 48-35 win. Dosher led the Wildcats with 14 points, 1 assist, 5 rebounds and 1 steal. Gordon had 10 points, 2 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. Other scorers for Mount Vernon were: Burnett, 6 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal; and Hostetter with 5 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. The Pioneers defeated Gibson Southern 5342 on Friday to advance to the sectional championship game, but fell to Heritage Hills 54-32 in the title match-up on Saturday. Tuesday’s loss was a blow to the Wildcats who went into the sectional with a favorable draw, having beaten both the Pioneers and Gibson Southern by double digit margins during the regular season. Mount Vernon’s boys basketball program has won just four postseason games since 1997. “I thought we just really struggled to start the game making shots. We had some great looks and some easy ones around the basket that did not go in and I felt like it was deflating to our Wrestling, From Page B1 class. Seniors Sam Belt, Kaleb Elpers, Braiden Fitts, Dalton Hill and Brady Reidford each received a varsity letter. Belt wrestled in the 220-pound weight class and qualified for the regional. Elpers wrestled in the 145-pound weight class and was a regional qualifier. Fitts wrestled in the 120-pound weight class and was semi-state qualifier. Fitts qualified for regional all four years and twice to semi-state in his high school career. Hill wrestled in the 160-pound weight class and finished fifth in the sectional. Reidford wrestled in the 182-pound weight class and finished fifth in the sectional. Last season, Reidford was a regional qualifier in the 170-pound weight class. The seniors competed at

guys,” Wildcats Head Coach Joe Newcomb said. “You could see us tighten up and feel some pressure with shots in the second half. That is what happens in sectional play.” Newcomb credited Boonville for containing Mount Vernon’s post players. Gordon was held to just 10 points on the night, which tied his second lowest scoring outing of the season. “They did a great job of surrounding our post players and playing extremely physical with them. I thought that limited what we could do and we just were unable to make some shots early. It snowballed as the game progressed for us unfortunately,” Newcomb said. Newcomb said in spite of the tough sectional loss, he “could not be more proud of our guys and everything they have put into our program.” He has reason to be. Mount Vernon boys basketball won just two games in both the 2020 and 2019 seasons. The Wildcats won once in 2018. The numbers speak for themselves. Mount Vernon’s points per game scoring average jumped almost 10 points between 2020 and 2021. The Wildcats’ rebounding increased from 24.4 to 30.3 rebounds per game. Despite playing five fewer games, Mount Vernon committed 137 fewer turnovers in 2020-21 as well. Gordon led the Wildcats in points, rebounds

Team State all four years with placing second, third, first and second at the Class 1A final. Wyatt Willman was also awarded with the “Mental Attitude Award” and “Most Pins” Award with 32 pins for the year. Willman pinned every opponent in his first 30 matches of the season without a forfeit. Sam Belt also won the “Mental Attitude Award”. Blake Zirkelbach and Gavin Wheeler were each presented with the varsity “Most Improved” award. Austin Thornburg and Reece Terhune each won the junior varsity “Most Improved” award. Many milestones and records broken for the Viking wrestling team in the 20202021 season. North Posey had two wrestlers place at the state final in the same season.

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member of the 2018 sectional championship team that went 21-10 as a freshman. Spears was part of the 2019 sectional championship team that had a season record of 23 wins and nine losses during his sophomore year. The 2019 team also won 15 of their final 17 games down the stretch. That same year, North Posey won the Pocket Athletic Conference championship outright for the first time in 15 years. On his decision to attend Oakland City, Spears said, “I haven’t officially signed yet. Me and Chase Christie plan on officially signing with Oakland City in the next 15-20 days. The feeling of committing to Oakland City was kind of surreal honestly. It’s been an ongoing recruiting process for the last two years. It’s stress-

It was the highest that North Posey has ever placed as a team and points scored. North Posey finished sixteenth overall as a team with 107 schools participating at the state meet. The Vikings went undefeated at the PAC Duals. At the 2021 IHSWCA Team State meet, the Vikings finished second in Class 1A. North Posey finished with a record of seventeen wins and four losses in dual meets. The North Posey wrestling team is eligible to compete in the 2022 IHSWCA Class 1A Team State competition. During the summer break, the Viking wrestling team will participate in many wrestling camps. Also, North Posey plans to compete in some dual meets.

ful, but a good stress to know, that people believe in you. It’s definitely a feeling of relief once I made the call and heard Coach Lasher congratulate me. It felt great.” Spears mentioned why he chose to play for Coach Lasher and replied, “It’s a good fit for me to play for Coach Lasher. He is a younger guy. I liked him. He would reach out to me, not just for baseball and ask me if I was OK and talk about homework. He is a great guy.” When Spears attends Oakland City University this fall, he plans to major in computer science. After college, Spears mentioned he would like to play professional baseball. If that doesn’t work out, he said, he would like to settle down by himself, buy a house and have

a stable job for a career. Playing for North Posey coach Mark Kirkman, Spears said, “It’s good. I like him. Obviously, we have been able to bond with him because he is a teacher and filled in for (Heath) Howington’s spot. He knows the game. He is serious about it. We get him for two and a half hours of practice and we get in as much work as we can.” The most successful influence that Spears mentioned during his journey to get to the next level has been his dad because his father was the one when he was younger always there pushing him to take that extra hitting or pitching lesson after practice. His father would talk to him about school and how to balance everything, along with handling pressure

and steals on the season. Mount Vernon’s top five scorers were: Gordon, 381 points, 41 assists, 231 rebounds, 30 steals, 31 blocks; Dosher, 236 points, 36 assists, 66 rebounds, 15 steals, 10 blocks; junior Jaden Wilson, 149 points, 19 assists, 93 rebounds, 5 steals, 1 block; Burnett, 141 points, 41 assists, 75 rebounds, 28 steals, 10 blocks; senior Brock Veatch, 82 points, 3 assists, 73 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. Hostetter led the team in assists with 118 on the season and was third on the team in steals with 26. ““I think, looking back, you can see our guys have come a long way. It is a huge testament to everything they have done on their own to get better and the time they have put into the game. I am thankful for all of the sacrifices they have made and I am excited about where our program is headed, all because of the types of kids we have in our program and the hunger they have to get better. I think this was another huge step forward for our program. I think our kids were able to see we are able to compete with some Vikings, From Page B1 after the first eight minutes played. Neither team scored a basket for the first five-minutes and 20 seconds of the second quarter. Southridge guard Carter Whitehead made a three-point basket with 2:40 remaining in the first half to give the Raiders a 10-7 lead. Colson Montgomery gave Southridge their biggest lead of the night when he scored a field goal with 50 seconds left until halftime. Harold Bender got the ball and nailed a three-pointer to help the Viking deficit to a basket. At the halftime break, Southridge led 12-10. North Posey was held scoreless for over seven minutes in the third period. Southridge took advantage of the scoreless drought by North Posey and increased their lead to 20-10 with 1:53 left in the third quarter. Jonathan Ricketts scored the only North Posey basket with 47 seconds left in the period. Southridge led 22-12 after three quarters.

of choosing a college and being there for him. Other than baseball, Spears has been a member of the Viking basketball team all four years and he played tennis during his freshman year. North Posey coach Mark Kirkman said, “Owen is a very hard worker who shows up to our workouts even when he’s in basketball season. I have no doubt that he will be a big part of our team this season both on the mound and in the outfield. I’m extremely happy for him that he will get a shot at the next level because he definitely deserves it.” The Cincinnati Reds are Spears favorite baseball team and his favorite baseball player is Reds pitcher Luis Castillo. Spears is also a big Joey Votto fan.

of the best teams around and we have begun to develop a culture of expecting to win when we step on the floor, Newcomb concluded” “I could not be more thankful for our athletic administration team with all of the time and support they provided as things changed day to day,” Newcomb said. “They are the behind-thescenes heroes this year and we would not have been able to get through the year without all of them.” Newcomb credited his seniors Gordon, Veatch, Gabe Owens and Trevor Frisby for their work this season. “The seniors have been great. I could not ask for four better kids to be around and there is no doubt that each of these guys will go on to do great things in life. This is a group that leaves our program in a better place than what it was when they came in and I think that is what you want to do when leaving as a senior,” he said. “They have been great workers, great listeners and great teammates. I am excited to see what they accomplish in life after high school.”

Going into the fourth quarter with North Posey down by ten points. Freshman Jackson Graff scored two three-point baskets in the first minute of the fourth quarter. This helped the Vikings get within two scoring possessions at 22-18 with 7:14 left in the game. Graff had a breakout fourth quarter with 17 of the Vikings 21 points. There were a lot of trips to the free throw line for the Raiders in the fourth quarter. Southridge made 13 of their 14 free throws closeout the game. Colson Montgomery led the Raiders in scoring with a game-high 21 points. Also scoring for Southridge were Carter Whitehead with 14 points, Sam Sermersheim with four points and Camden Gasser with four points. Jackson Graff led the Vikings in scoring with 17 points. Graff had three, three-point baskets in the game. Harold Bender scored seven points followed by Jonathan Ricketts with fivAe points and Kedrick Wahl with four points.

The loss ended the Vikings basketball season with ten wins and eight losses in Coach Rusty Seymour’s first season leading this team. CLASS 2A-SECTIONAL 48, Friday, March 5, 2021 AT HUNTINGBURG MEMORIAL GYM North Posey 7 3 2 21 — 33 Southridge 7 5 10 21 — 43 NORTH POSEY (33): D. Reidford 0 0-0 0, J. Graff 5 4-7 17, J. Ricketts 2 1-2 5, H. Bender 2 2-3 7, K. Wahl 2 0-0 4, D. Lintzenich 0 0-0 0, C. Douglas 0 0-0 0, O. Spears 0 0-0 0 SOUTHRIDGE (43): C. Montgomery 6 8-10 21, C. Whitehead 4 4-4 14, S. Sermersheim 1 2-2 4, C. Gasser 1 2-2 4, K. Wibbeler 0 0-0 0, K. Neukam 0 0-0 0 3-point field goals: North Posey 4 (J. Graff 3, H. Bender 1), Southridge 3 (C. Whitehead 2, C. Montgomery 1) Free Throws: Southridge 1618, North Posey 7-12 Fouls: North Posey 17,

PAC teams win pair of area tourneys By Chris Morlan The IHSAA boys’ basketball sectional wrapped up last weekend across many venues in the state of Indiana. There were 34 ranked teams in the four classes of the Indiana tournament that lost to end their season. Upsets will continue when this tournament continues this weekend. Class 3A, Sectional 32: The fourthranked Heritage Hills Patriots won the Class 3A Boonville Sectional with wins over Evansville Memorial, Evansville Bosse and Boonville. This is the Patriots second straight sectional championship. Heritage Hills senior Blake Sisley led the Patriots in scoring with 28.7 points per game for the three sectional matchups. Last Friday night, Sisley scored a careerhigh 40 points against Evansville Bosse. Sisley will continue his basketball career next season at the University of Evansville.

Class 2A, Sectional 48: South Spencer came into the Southridge Sectional as the favorites to win and advance to the next round. Last year, South Spencer defeated North Posey in an overtime thriller to win the sectional championship. Striving for their second consecutive sectional crown, the ninth-ranked Rebels were eliminated by the Southridge Raiders in the championship game 58-55. Southridge’s Colson Montgomery played great in the three games the Raiders won to claim their first sectional championship since 2018. Montgomery scored a game-high 38 points in the South Spencer game and averaged 28 points per game in the three sectional outings. Next season, Montgomery will play baseball for Indiana University. IHSAA Regional Schedule: Saturday, March 13, 2020 Class 4A- at Seymour #13- Bloomington South (23-4) vs. Jef-

fersonville (15-6), 9 a.m. CST. #15-Center Grove (14-6) vs. #16-Evansville Reitz (16-4), 11 a.m. CST. Championship, 7 p.m. CST. Class 3A- at Washington #4- Heritage Hills (19-3) vs. #2- Silver Creek (21-4), 10 a.m. CST. #15- Connersville (17-7) vs. #7- Sullivan (21-3), 12 p.m. CST. Championship, 7:30 p.m. CST. Class 2A- at Southridge Paoli (16-5) vs. Southridge (15-10), 9 a.m. CST. Southwestern (21-5) vs. #6- LintonStockton (23-4), 11 a.m. CST. Championship, 7 p.m. CST. Class 1A- at Loogootee #1- Barr-Reeve (25-2) vs. Trinity Lutheran (12-13), 9 a.m. CST. #15- Lanesville (17-7) vs. Evansville Day School (13-5), 11 a.m. CST. Championship, 7 p.m. CST.

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK ELLEE K.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TREVOR SIKES

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South Terrace Elementary

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK JACKSON GRAFF

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK OWEN SPEARS

Ellee, daughter of Jillian, is in Mrs. Kueber’s First Grade Class. She was nominated for this week’s Student of the Week because she took time at recess to clean up trash on the playground at West Elementary School.

Trevor is a joy to have in the classroom and very responsible. He makes smart decisions, admits mistakes and listens to opportunities to improve. He is well on his way to being ready for junior high.

Mount Vernon freshman Jackson Graﬀ let it be known that he, as a freshman, was ready for prime time basketball as he scored 17 points to lead the team in a semiﬁnal loss to eventual champ Southridge.

North Posey High School senior Owen Spears signed this week to continue his academic career and athletic carrer at Oakland City University for the Mighty Oaks.

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MARCH 9, 2021 2021-97 NOTICE OF REAL PROPERTY COMMISSIONERS’ CERTIFICATE SALE Posey County Indiana Beginning 10:00 AM, April 28, 2021 Local Time STATE OF INDIANA POSEY COUNTY Pursuant to the laws of the Indiana General Assembly and by resolution of the Posey County Commissioners, notice is hereby given that the following described tracts or items of real property are listed for sale for delinquent taxes and / or special assessments. The minimum sale prices listed below are less than the minimum sale prices when offered in the immediately preceding county tax sale held under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 and include all fees and expenses of the county directly attributable to the Commissioners’ Certificate Sale. The Posey County Commissioners will accept bids for the certificates of sale, for the price referred to in IC 6-1.1-24-6.1(a)(3), by public auction on April 28, 2021 at 10:00 AM Courthouse Time at the Hovey House, Commissioners Room. At the discretion of local officials, the sale may switch to an online format. If those measures are taking place, the public auction will be conducted as an electronic sale under IC 6-1.1-24-6.3(c) at www.zeusauction. com commencing on the same date / time listed above. All location updates will be posted at www.sriservices.com prior to the sale. Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that seeks to register to bid in an Indiana Commissioners’ Certificate Sale must provide to the county treasurer, a Certificate of Authority from, or proof of registration with the Secretary of State. Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-24-3(e), property descriptions may be omitted for properties appearing on the certified list in consecutive years. A complete property list may be obtained at www. sriservices.com or in an alternative form upon request. A person redeeming each tract or item of real property after the sale of the certificate must pay: (A) the amount of the minimum bid under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale; (B) ten percent (10%) of the amount for which the certificate is sold; (C) the attorney’s fees and costs of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5; (D) the costs of a title search or of examining and updating the abstract of title for the tract or item of real property; (E) all taxes and special assessments on the tract or item of real property paid by the purchaser after the sale of the certificate plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum on the amount of taxes and special assessments paid by the purchaser on the redeemed property; and (F), all costs of sale, advertising costs, and other expenses of the county directly attributable to the sale of the certificate. If the certificate is sold for an amount more than the minimum bid under Section 5 of IC 6-1.1-24 for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale and the property is not redeemed, the owner of record of the tract or item of real property who is divested of ownership at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus. Indiana law prohibits a person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or costs directly attributable to a prior tax sale, from purchasing tracts or items of real property at a tax sale. Prior to bidding at a tax sale, each bidder must affirm under the penalties for perjury that he or she does not owe delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, costs directly attributable to a prior tax sale, amounts from a final adjudication in favor of a political subdivision in this county, any civil penalties imposed for the violation of a building code or ordinance of this county, or any civil penalties imposed by a health department in this county. Further, each bidder must acknowledge that any successful bid made in violation of the above statement is subject to forfeiture. In the event of forfeiture, the bid amount shall be applied to the delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, costs, judgments, or civil penalties of the ineligible bidder, and a certificate will be issued to the county executive. The Commissioners specifically reserve the right to withhold from the sale any parcel which has been listed in error, or which otherwise becomes ineligible for sale either prior to the start or during the duration of the auction. The Auditor’s Office does not warrant the accuracy of the key numbers or street addresses published herein and any misstatement in the key number or street address does not invalidate an otherwise valid sale. Dated: 03/09/2021 Tax Unit Name: Center Township Owner of Record: Johnson, J A & Betty J Sale ID#: 652000002 Property ID#: 65-07-35-340-010.001-005 Brief Legal Description: CAUSEY’S ENLG PT LOT 3 (4’ X 75’) Property Address: Oliver Rd Lot 3 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Cochrum, Charles Sale ID#: 652000003 Property ID#: 65-07-35-400001.000-005 Brief Legal Description: OLIVER LOT 1 Property Address: Oliver Rd Lot 1 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Cochrum, Charles E & Marjorie A Sale ID#: 652000004 Property ID#: 65-07-35-400002.000-005 Brief Legal Description: OLIVER LOTS 2 & 3 Property Address: 310 N Oliver Rd Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Cox, Carolyn Sale ID#: 652000006 Property ID#: 65-07-35-400015.000-005 Brief Legal Description: PT NW SE 35-5-13.25A Property Address: Oliver Rd Mt.

Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Harmony Township Owner of Record: Howard Energy Corp (w) Sale ID#: 652000008 Property ID#: 65-06-15-476006.700-006 Brief Legal Description: WELL 476 LEASE 41417 FORD CORBIN FARMS 65-07-15-100.003-000.006 15 5 13 Property Address: Well 476 Lease 41417 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Brokaw, Kim Sale ID#: 652000012 Property ID#: 65-90-90-930416.910-006 Brief Legal Description: CABIN ON LEASE D LAND OF WINERBERGER 11-5-14 1841 W OLD DAM RD, NEW HARMONY CABIN S ON OLD DAM Property Address: Cabin S on Lease d Land of Winerberger Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Bartley, Jeﬀ Sale ID#: 652000013 Property ID#: 65-90-90-930429.900-006 Brief Legal Description: CABIN X ON WINERBERGER LAND LOT 8 Property Address: Cabin X Lot 8 On Lease d Land of Winerberger Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Lynn Township Owner of Record: Robertson, David Zachary Lee (w) Sale ID#: 652000019 Property ID#: 65-07-08-606009.700-008 Brief Legal Description: WELL 606 LEASE 41397 ED CULLEY S 65-1109-500.008-000.008 9 6 13 Property Address: Well 606 Lease 41397 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Howard Energy Corp (w) Sale ID#: 652000021 Property ID#: 65-07-19-572004.700-008 Brief Legal Description: WELL 572 LEASE 41131 HATTIE GOLDEN 6507-19-400.007-000.008 19 5 13 Property Address: Well 572 Lease 41131 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Muller, Michael John (w) Sale ID#: 652000022 Property ID#: 65-07-25-617026.700-008 Brief Legal Description: WELL 617 LEASE 5292 E WILEY #3 65-08-25300.009-000.008 25 5 14 Property Address: Well 617 Lease 5292 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Nola 17 LLC Sale ID#: 652000023 Property ID#: 65-07-25-618002.700-008 Brief Legal Description: WELL 618 LEASE 1440 J ANDERSON #3 65-0825-300.009-000.008 25 5 14 Property Address: Well 618 Lease 1440 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Point Township Owner of Record: Fisher, Milton L, Family Tr Sale ID#: 652000027 Property ID#: 65-01-16-000800.020-010 Brief Legal Description: POINT TWP. - COAL 31-7-14 & 32-7-14 160A(3/4INT) Property Address: Coal Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Kirkpatrick Family Sale ID#: 652000028 Property ID#: 65-01-16-002800.210-010 Brief Legal Description: POINT COAL SECTIONS 31 & 32-7-14 160A (2/12 INT) Property Address: Coal Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Beste, Betty (w) (estate) C/o Mike Fleener Sale ID#: 652000029 Property ID#: 65-11-05-829017.700-010 Brief Legal Description: WELL 829 LEASE 1864 B C BRAY COX #1 6519-05-200.001-000.010 5 8 14 Property Address: Well 829 Lease 1864 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Turner, Che Sale ID#: 652000031 Property ID#: 65-11-05-838097.700-010 Brief Legal Description: WELL 838 LEASE 1882 JOHN F LOEHR 65-1905-300.023-000.010 5 8 14 Property Address: Well 838 Lease 1882 John F Loehr Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Morrow, James R Sale ID#: 652000035 Property ID#: 65-11-15-900056.700-010 Brief Legal Description: WELL 900 LEASE 51024 SKILIES UNIT 65-1815-900.001-000.010 15 8 15 Property Address: Well 900 Lease 51024 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

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LEASE 41206 JAMES SALTZMAN 00-00-00-000.000-000.000 27 7 14 Property Address: Well 846 Lease 41206 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

MILL CREEK 8-7-13 MAP 556-20 & 40 Property Address: Chestnut St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Gross, Thomas Sale ID#: 652000039 Property ID#: 65-90-90-950248.901-010 Brief Legal Description: LEASE D LAND OF DEWEY & SHARON HUGHES 5-8-14 Property Address: Lease d Land of Dewey & Sharon Hughes Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Robb Township Owner of Record: Pogue, Danny & Janice Sale ID#: 652000043 Property ID#: 65-04-18-240032.000-011 Brief Legal Description: FORCUM CAMP #39 18-4-13 Property Address: Forcum Camp #39 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Cox, Ella L. Etal Sale ID#: 652000086 Property ID#: 65-27-08-221068.000-018 Brief Legal Description: JAMES & HOVEY W SIDE LOT 84 Property Address: W Seventh St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Stratton, Basil Sale ID#: 652000044 Property ID#: 65-04-18-300005.001-011 Brief Legal Description: SW COR 18-4-13 0.45A CABIN Property Address: SW Cor 18-4-13 0.45a Cabin Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Howard Energy Corp (w) Sale ID#: 652000045 Property ID#: 65-13-16-966005.700-011 Brief Legal Description: WELL 966 LEASE 11401 BENNY CAMPBELL #2 65-04-16-400.005-000.011 16 4 13 Property Address: Well 966 Lease 11401 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Howard Energy Corp (w) Sale ID#: 652000046 Property ID#: 65-13-18-975001.700-011 Brief Legal Description: WELL 975 LEASE 11671 FORD-CORBIN FARMS 65-04-18-700.006-000.011 18 4 13 Property Address: Well 975 Lease 11671 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Poseyville Owner of Record: F & M Coin Laundry, Inc Sale ID#: 652000049 Property ID#: 65-23-19-116002.000-012 Brief Legal Description: CALES PT LOT 48 Property Address: Cales Pt Lot 48 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Cynthiana Township Owner of Record: M & S Properties and Contractors LLC Sale ID#: 652000051 Property ID#: 65-22-11-412003.000-015 Brief Legal Description: N/2 ORIG. PT LOT 19 Property Address: North St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Black Township Owner of Record: Turner, Che Sale ID#: 652000058 Property ID#: 65-02-01-194014.700-017 Brief Legal Description: WELL 194, LEASE 81020 SPENCER-MAIER COMM 65-16-01-300.008-000.017 1 7S 14W Property Address: Well 194, Lease 81020 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Nola 17 (w) Sale ID#: 652000065 Property ID#: 65-02-23-152001.700-017 Brief Legal Description: WELL 152, OSCAR RIES EST. 1960 65-16-23200.004-001.017 23 7 14 Property Address: Well 152, Oscar Ries Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Mount Vernon Owner of Record: 421 East Ninth Street Land Trust Sale ID#: 652000071 Property ID#: 65-27-05-430076.000-018 Brief Legal Description: COMPANYS E/2 LOT 7 BLK 7 Property Address: 421 E Ninth St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Beneﬁcial Indiana, Inc. Dba Sale ID#: 652000072 Property ID#: 65-27-05-430086.001-018 Brief Legal Description: 12FT S SIDE LOT 5 BLK 9 COMPANYS ENLG Property Address: Mulberry St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Nobles, Wilfred G Sr & Sale ID#: 652000075 Property ID#: 65-27-08-130080.000-018 Brief Legal Description: WILLIAMS 35’ MID PT LOT 21 W 2ND ST, MT VERNON Property Address: Oﬀ Second St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Roberson, Brenda Jane (w) Sale ID#: 652000036 Property ID#: 65-11-26-842011.700-010 Brief Legal Description: WELL 842 LEASE 11268 RALPH MORLOCK 6516-26-200.002-000.010 26 7 14 Property Address: Well 842 Lease 11268 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Nobles, Wilfred G Sr & Martha D Sale ID#: 652000076 Property ID#: 65-27-08-131001.000-018 Brief Legal Description: JA MANNS SUB PT LOT 3 JA MANN SUB LOTS 1 & 2 (COMBINED) 127 W 2ND ST, MT VERNON Property Address: 125 W Second St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00

Owner of Record: Bergstrom, Bonnie (w) Sale ID#: 652000037 Property ID#: 65-11-27-846001.700-010 Brief Legal Description: WELL 846

Owner of Record: Stone, Angela K. & Darrell W. Sale ID#: 652000078 Property ID#: 65-27-08-200020.000-018 Brief Legal Description: OUTLOT

Owner of Record: 724 West Sixth Street Land Trust Sale ID#: 652000087 Property ID#: 65-27-08-231009.000-018 Brief Legal Description: NORTHWESTERN PT LOT 24 & 25 Property Address: 724 W Sixth St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Yarber, Thurman O Ii Sale ID#: 652000088 Property ID#: 65-27-08-235002.000-018 Brief Legal Description: WM. NETTLETON 40’W PT LOT 19 Property Address: 914 W Fourth St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Cerastes, LLC Sale ID#: 652000089 Property ID#: 65-27-08-244026.000-018 Brief Legal Description: LOWRY & LARKIN LOT 1 BLK 5 Property Address: 431 vine St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Moye, Avis Bernice Sale ID#: 652000094 Property ID#: 65-27-09-142016.000-018 Brief Legal Description: OWENS ENLG LOT 134 WOOD STREET Property Address: Short Sycamore St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Goff, Anita Sale ID#: 652000097 Property ID#: 65-27-09-201001.000-018 Brief Legal Description: CHAS HAAS ADD TO KIMBALLS Property Address: Maple St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Lopp, George Otto & Flora E Sale ID#: 652000101 Property ID#: 65-27-09-241006.000-018 Brief Legal Description: 6’ WEST SIDE LOT 30 EDSON’S SUB OF LOTS 33-40 IN KIMBALL’S ADD ENLG. Property Address: Sycamore St Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Marrs Township Owner of Record: Kitchin, James D Iii (estate C/o Susan Kitchin Sale ID#: 652000104 Property ID#: 65-08-04-714008.700-019 Brief Legal Description: WELL 714 LEASE 41447/7143 NOELLE-DAUSMAN #1 65-14-05-100.006-000.019 4 7 12 Property Address: Well 714 Lease 41447/7143 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Straeter, Joseph G (w) Sale ID#: 652000110 Property ID#: 65-08-30-662009.700-019 Brief Legal Description: WELL 662 LEASE 476250 JOHN MARX 65-1430-200.010-000.019 30 7 12 Property Address: Well 662 Lease 476250 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Nola 17, LLC Sale ID#: 652000111 Property ID#: 65-08-30-662011.700-019 Brief Legal Description: WELL 662 LEASE 476250 JOHN MARX 65-1430-200.010-000.019 30 7 12 Property Address: Well 662 Lease 476250 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Rupp, G. Daniel Sale ID#: 652000116 Property ID#: 65-14-03-220030.000-019 Brief Legal Description: SARTAIN PLACE SUB PT LOT 29 & PT SARTAIN DRIVE 0.316A Property Address: Between 6224 And 6226 Ford Rd Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Owner of Record: Palmer, W. Regis & Llolanda P Sale ID#: 652000117 Property ID#: 65-14-06-320040.000-019 Brief Legal Description: HARBORTOWN PT LOT 40 0.04A Property Address: Bucaneer Dr Harbortown Pt Lot 40 Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Tax Unit Name: Bethel Owner of Record: Nola 17, LLC Sale ID#: 652000123 Property ID#: 65-90-90-950056.901-020 Brief Legal Description: ON LEASE D LAND OF JACK COMPTON 7-4-13 Property Address: Lease d Land of Jack Compton Mt. Vernon 47620 Minimum Bid: $100.00 Total Number of Properties: 45 I hereby certify that the above real properties have been offered in one tax sale, have not received a bid for at least the amount required under I.C. 6-1.124-5 and have been identified in a resolution of the Board of Commissioners for Posey County, Indiana, to be offered for sale. Given under my hand and seal on 03/09/2021. Maegen Greenwell, Auditor, Posey County Indiana. Published in the Posey County News on March 9, March 16, March 23, 2021 hspaxlp

Legal Advertisements and Court News Arrests February 22 Catherine Willis - Evansville - Warrant, Dealing in Methamphetamine (petition to revoke) - PCS Cody Miller - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Criminal Trespass PCS February 23 Nicholas Reiter - Evansville Possession of Marijuana - PCS Austin Frymire - Wadesville - Warrant, Illegal Consumption of an Alcoholic Beverage, Illegal Possession of an Alcoholic Beverage (petition to revoke) - PCS February 24 William Ricketts - Mount Vernon - Resisting Law Enforcement - PCS Crystal Givens - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Theft x 3 - PCS Sidney Swift - New Harmony - Operating While Intoxicated, Disorderly Conduct, Intimidation - PCS Joshua Reese - Wadesville - Resisting Law Enforcement, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia - ISP February 25 Jennifer Seskey - Mount Vernon - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Syringe, Possession of Paraphernalia - MVPD Justice Eldridge - Poseyville Operating While Intoxicated .15 or More - NHPD February 26 Michael Burris - Evansville - Warrant, Driving While Suspended - PCS James Goebel - Evansville - Habitual Traﬃc Violator MVPD Complaints February 20 3:48 a.m. - Theft - Male stole items, no longer there. Have him on camera - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 7:06 a.m. - Fight - Male subject refusing to leave. No weapons, lots of screaming - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 2:30 p.m. - Bomb Threat or Attack - Found pipe bomb in mother’s basement - Springﬁeld Road, Wadesville 11:14 p.m. - Controlled Substance Problem - Remodeling 2021-92 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The Board of Zoning Appeals for the Town of New Harmony will meet on Monday, March 29, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. at the Town Hall located at 520 E. Church St., New Harmony, IN. The purpose of this meeting shall be to review a request to conduct classes & workshops at 336 Steammill St., New Harmony, Indiana. The public is urged to attend. Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-78 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

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house and found a needle - Elm Street, Mount Vernon February 21 6:59 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Just got back, house has been broken into. Several items are missing - Turner Road, Mount Vernon 1:44 p.m. - Theft - Silver Chrysler, took items but caller got them back, just needs a report - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 3:57 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Male and female arguing near the library. Verbal only at this time - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 6:23 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller stated she could hear screaming and see people fighting at a house - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon February 22 4:02 a.m. - Suspicious - Saw a black male knocking on her window and then he ran off - Highway 62, Mount Vernon 9:24 a.m. - Theft - Ex-girlfriend moved out this morning and took caller’s dog - Third Street, Mount Vernon 9:58 p.m. - Citizen Assist Female found in car in parking lot passed out. Employees got her to wake up. She went to the bathroom and now they can’t get her out - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon February 23 4:14 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Caller advised a juvenile just smacked his grandson - Bluff Street, Mount Vernon 6:37 p.m. - Repossession - 2012 Chrysler 200, white. Owner is aware - Second Street, Mount Vernon February 24 9:25 a.m. - Suspicious - Caller advised his wife believes someone may have gotten inside their garage - Upton Road, Mount Vernon 11:11 a.m. - Suspicious - Caller advised a trailer showed up in their yard overnight. Does not know who it belongs to - Main Street, Stewartsville 4:59 p.m. - Fight - two males fighting in parking lot - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon February 25 12:28 a.m. - Message - Brother-in-law is sending inappropriate pictures of himself to caller - Audubon Drive, Mount Vernon 7:42 a.m. - Child Abuse or Neglect - Caller advised a male subject is yelling and cussing at his small child. White male wearing black jacket with white hood - Ninth/James, Mount Vernon 10:32 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Caller advised someone broke into the residence and

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT CAUSE NO. 65C01-2102-MI-000041

IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: ) Gina Stevens ) Petitioner. ) NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Gina L. Gutowski, whose mailing address is 832 E 2nd Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620, Posey County, Indiana hereby gives notice that she/he has ﬁled a petition in the Posey Circuit Court requesting that his/her name be changed to Gina L. Gutowski. Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said Petition on the 26th day of March, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock a.m. Gina Stevens Petitioner Date: 2/18/2021 Kay Kilgore CIRCUIT COURT CLERK Published in the Posey County News on February 23, March 2, March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-79 Sheriffs Sale File Number 65-21-0006-SS Sale Date & Time of Sale March 25, 2021 at 01:00 PM Cause Number 65D01-1704-MF-000146 Judgment to be Satisfied $121,513.18 Plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2004-BO1 Defendant Chad E. Straw; et al TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said Decree with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, at the hour of 01:00 PM of said day as listed above, at Posey County Sheriff Office, 1201 O’Donnell Rd., Mount Vernon, IN 47620, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate in Posey County, Indiana: Part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Nineteen (19) Township Four (4) South, Range Twelve (12) West of the Second Principal Meridian, lying in Robb Township, Posey County, Indiana and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe on the East line of Endicott Street in the town of Poseyville, Indiana, said pipe being 1025.97 feet South and 607.73 feet West of the Northeast corner of the West half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 19, Township 4 South, Range 12 West; thence South 0 degrees 23 minutes East, for a distance of 163.25 feet; thence East for a distance of 172.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees 23 minutes West for a distance of 163.25 feet; thence West for a distance of 172 feet to the place of beginning, containing 0.645 (645/1000) acre, more or less. Commonly known as: 124 South Endicott Street, Poseyville, IN 47633 State Parcel Number: 65-23-19-100-009.037-012 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. This Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of the above-described real estate upon the owners, pursuant to requirements of IC 32-29-7-3. Thomas E. Latham Jr., Sheriff of Posey County Township Robb Township Common Street Address 124 South Endicott Street, Poseyville, IN 47633 Parcel Number Property Tax ID: 65-23-19-100-009.037-012 Attorney Brian C. Berger Attorney Number 19753-45 Law Firm Codilis Law, LLC Contact Number (219) 736-5579 Contact Email sales@codilis.com Atty File Number 1028062 The Sheriff’s office does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known street address. It is the buyer’s responsibility to research the legal description and associated legal filings. Published in the Posey County News on February 23, March 2, March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp

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ates, the group sponsoring the extensive holiday event. Since the group’s Gnome Scavenger Hunt was such a huge hit during the Christmas season, there will be an encore scavenger hunt called “Spot the Leprechauns, Win Some Green!” Ten stuffed leprechauns will be “hidden in plain sight” in local stores and buildings. Persons wishing to enter the contest this weekend need to pick up a form at the Old Mill Mart. After discovering the hideouts of the lucky ten, filled out forms should be returned back to the Old Mill Mart to be eligible for the prize drawing. A First Place win is worth $200, while Second Place is $100. It may not be a whole pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but it’s good craic for getting some great Irish food. Suzy Schuette is busy hand-making the leprechauns from a DIY pattern she found online. They will be fashioned out of a black sock with a dyed red beard and a green hat. “They will not be as tall as the gnomes were, but will be more like a beanbag doll,” she noted. “They will be easy to spot.” A picture of one will be available at the Old Mill Mart with the form, so hunters will have an idea what to look for as they visit the stores. Another scavenger hunt will be offered at The Mews and Lowry Hollow Stores. “It’s called a Surprise Sale Scavenger Hunt because after customers find everything on the list, they will pick and get a certain percentage taken off their purchases,” explained Chairman Guard. Her Capers shop will sponsor a free “Decorate and Take Shamrock Cookie” activity, in association with the popular bakery located inside. “We will have the

cookies all baked and iced and customers can decorate them m however they want,” she said aid graciously. When it comes to Irish food, ood, a wide variety will be available. able. A classic menu of eatings will be served all weekend at MaryScotts Kitchen, with a St. Patty’s Party slated for Saturday at 1p.m.. Special soup and sandwiches es and Chocolate Stout Cake will be served at Sara’s Harmony Way. Classic Reuben sandwiches are on the menu at the Yellow Tavern. A Mardi Gras themed meal of Shrimp Gumbo and King Cake will be served from noon to 8:30 p.m. each day at the American Legion Open House. What if someone finds the “baby” in their piece of King Cake? “Then I’ll give them a free beer,” promised Manager Sara Neuffer. At Alex Gale’s Black Lodge Roasters, visitors can enjoy a Beer Garden and cornhole games held outdoors in the courtyard on Saturday. A renowned Charcuterie Chef will speak at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday about secrets of designing the perfect cheese, meat, and fruits board. Please call for times at all restaurant venues, for lunch and dinner availability. The New Harmony Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Historical Home Walk on Saturday morning as a fundraiser for Riley Children’s Hospital. It was originally planned for the end of February, but was cancelled due to the inclement weather. Persons wishing to do the tour can pick up a map at Black Lodge Roasters for a $12 donation from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The map is a guide to numbers that will be

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Legal Advertisements and Court News Continued stole tools - Mill Street, Mount Vernon 12:18 p.m. - Suspicious - Suspicious subject is possibly cooking meth. Caller advised that he smelled burning batteries the other night - Tavern Street, New Harmony 1:24 p.m. - Assault - Caller advised he was assaulted last night. He was told by his parole oﬃcer that he needs to ﬁle a report with the police - Seventh Street, Mount Vernon February 26 1:01 a.m. - Suspicious - Female came inside with a bag full of pills and was crying. Has since left - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 1:22 a.m. - Suspicious - Fe-

male came inside and asked if caller was the only one there, then went back outside and got into a white Ford Edge and backed up to the building - Mill Street, Mount Vernon 7:48 p.m. - Theft - Theft of bicycle, Schwinn three wheel with basket on back - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon February 27 4:43 a.m. - Loud Music - Male subject in car playing music loud - Second/Pearl, Mount Vernon 6:09 a.m. - Found Property Suitcase found at location - 62/ Leonard Road, Mount Vernon 6:52 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Items missing - Mill Street, Mount Vernon 7:16 a.m. - Loud Music - Sub-

ject is back playing loud music again - Second/Pearl, Mount Vernon 10:14 a.m. - Welfare Check White male subject sleeping on the corner. Wearing brown jacket and jeans. Said he’s been walking in the area but now he’s just sitting there - SR 66/Stierley Road, Blairsville 10:22 a.m. - Threatening Male subject came in about 15 minutes ago and was aggressive with the employee’s then left and went to another lady’s house and was confrontational with them Walnut Street, Mount Vernon 2:34 p.m. - Citizen Dispute Reference getting in an argument with a neighbor - Wade Park Drive, Wadesville

2021-95 Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana - Disbursements by Vendor 2020 Fund/Category/Vendor Name Amount TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND Personal Services 1220 KRAMER, FRANCES ALLADEAN $900.00 1229 INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE $19.73 1344 WEINZAPFEL, STAN G. $900.00 1212 SEIFERT, CHRISTINA M $27,800.00 1239 UNITED STATES TREASURY $2,399.77 1345 CAULEY, KIMBERLY D $870.00 1335 ATTEBURY, ANGELA M $900.00 TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND Supplies 1253 LOWE’S HOME CENTERS $15.63 1216 OFFICE DEPOT $527.98 TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND Services and Charges 1263 NET RESULTS $1,112.00 1271 SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA $150.00 1261 ST PHILIPS ATHLETIC CLUB INC $3,500.00 1234 SCHULTHEIS INSURANCE $5,902.00 1322 PARAGON SIGHT SOUND SECURITY $420.00 1213 VECTREN - PARK $623.46 1318 VECTREN - OFFICE METER $840.80 1225 GERMAN TWNSHP WATER $246.51 1230 MARSHALL, LARRY D DISPOSAL INC $860.00 1338 WATCH COMMUNICATIONS $1,099.45 1266 SEIFERT, CHRISTINA (REIMB) $840.08 1228 AT&T $1,195.12 1238 T.S.F. COMPANY INC $1,150.00 1232 POSTMASTER $56.00 1332 ARROW TERMITE & PEST CONTROL $200.00 1243 BIGGE, JUDY $10,900.00 1310 POSEY COUNTY NEWS $18.60 1292 BIGGE EXCAVATING LLC $2,325.00 1215 INDIANA TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION, INC $399.00 1346 CAULEY, KIMBERLY D $62.40 TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND Capital Outlays 1343 JOE HISCH DRYWALL CO $700.00 1339 SOUTHERN INDIANA DRAINAGE, INC $566.40 1340 AFFORDABLE ASPHALT PAVING $17,440.00 1341 UNDERWOOD’S HEATING AC AND INSULATION $2,452.84 1342 WEISS RENOVATIONS $1,569.31 TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND $89,077.13 TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE Township Assistance 1222 EVANSVILLE HOMES FOR RENT $509.00 1214 TWIN LAKES MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY $1,470.00 1337 DOLLAR GENERAL STORE $1,073.70 1227 VECTREN ENERGY DELIVERY - TWNP $1,365.00 ASSISTANCE 3 ROCKY FALLS $750.00 TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE $5,167.70 FIRE FIGHTING FUND Services and Charges 1254 MARRS TWNP VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT $295,512.97 FIRE FIGHTING FUND $295,512.97 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS Personal Services 1229 INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE $1,189.82 1239 UNITED STATES TREASURY $4,055.75 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS $5,245.57 Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana - Detailed Receipts 2020 Governmental Township General Property Taxes $49,532.52 Activiti County Adjusted Gross Income Tax (CAGIT) Certified Shares $4,862.00 Financial Institution Tax distribution $206.25 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $4,718.34 Local Income Tax (LIT) Certified Shares $56,969.04 Earnings on Investments and Deposits $466.23 Other Receipts/6500 - MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS $5,447.20 Total TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND $122,201.58 Township Assistance General Property Taxes $18,011.83 Financial Institution Tax distribution $74.99 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $1,715.77 Total TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE $19,802.59 FIRE FIGHTING FUND General Property Taxes $310,328.76 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $27,308.45 Total FIRE FIGHTING FUND $337,637.21 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS Payroll Fund and Clearing Account Receipts $5,245.57 Total PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS $5,245.57 Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana - Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2020 Beg Cash End Cash Governmental Local Local Fund & Inv Bal & Inv Bal Activities Fund Name Jan 1, 2020 Receipts Disbursements Dec 31, 2020 Number 0061 RAINY DAY FUND $18,571.25 $0.00 $0.00 $18,571.25 0101 TOWNSHIP $123,922.31 $122,201.58 $89,077.13 $157,046.76 GENERAL FUND 0840 TOWNSHIP ASSISTANCE $65,832.08 $19,802.59 $5,167.70 $80,466.97 1111 FIRE FIGHTING FUND $302,156.84 $337,637.21 $295,512.97 $344,281.08 9999 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS $0.00 $5,245.57 $5,245.57 $0.00 Total All Funds $510,482.48 $484,886.95 $395,003.37 $600,366.06 CERTIFICATION State of Indiana SS: Posey County I Christina M Seifert, Trustee of MARRS TOWNSHIP, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affirm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct; that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me; and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated; that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. 1 further affirm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been filed as required by law in the office of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board of Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township. Christina M Seifert, (sign) MARRS TOWNSHIP Trustee Telephone: 812-985-3083 Date this report was to be published: Subscribed and sworn (or Affirmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of MARRS TOWNSHIP at its annual meeting this 5th day of January, 2021. Alladean Kramer, (sign) Marrs Township Board Chairman OPTION 1 This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 5th day of January, 2021. Marrs Township Board Alladean Kramer (sign) Stan Weinzapfel (sign) Angie Atterbury (sign) Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp

4:10 p.m. - Custodial Interference - Caller’s son has been physically assaulted by one of his mom’s friends - Blackford Road, Mount Vernon Traffic Violations Anthony Payne, 21, Evansville, improper headlights; Patryk Misztal, 29, Elmwood Park, N.J., 77/65; William Raibley, 49, Mount Vernon, 46/30; Luke Boyer, 31, Evansville, 45/30; James Taylor, 42, Mount Vernon, 51/30, expired plates, no valid driver’s license, operating without insurance; Kaedan Kluesner, 29, French Lick, 60/45; Cody Martin, 20, Evansville, 62/45; Jeffery Ferguson, 56, Henderson, Ky., 74/55; Lucas Jones, 20, Corydon, 80/55; Edward Beasley, 31, Coral Springs, Fla., 68/55; Spencer Hanson, 25, Crossville, Ill., 79/55; Brett Robison, 53, Mount Vernon, expired plates. Tobius Whitfield, 28, Mount Vernon, 90/55; Samantha Clif-

ford, 31, New Haven, Ill., 80/55; Andrew Allen, 44, Evansville, 75/55; Eli Hess, 26, Evansville, 72/55; Alexander Florian, 31, Evansville, 77/60; Katie Jones, 30, New Harmony, open container violation; Harvey Smith, 37, Mount Vernon; Sean Bonilla, 48, Shelbyville, Ky., driving while suspended; David Fuhs, 33, Wadesville, driving while suspended, 84/55; expired plates; Dylan March, 25, Poplar Bluﬀ, Mo., 81/55; Destiny Patrick, 21, Nashville, Tenn., 80/70; Darin Osborne, 51, Evansville, 63/45; Andrew Rife, 23, Ridgway, Ill., 61/45. Tessa Hutton, 26, Richland, 62/45; Misty Nix, 40, Evansville; William Pierson, 31, Evansville, 66/45; Lee Michael, II, 58, Ortonville, Minn., 75/55; Peyton Hughes, 20, Hopkinsville, Ky., 89/70; Bryan McCarthy, 28, Merrimac, Wis., 75/65; Markus Bidabe, 32, Cisne, Ill., 80/60;

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William Vasalech, 36, Pittsburgh, Pa., 67/55, driving while suspended, no insurance; Alice Mower, 24, Louisville, Ky., 76/55; Heather Geier, 32, Evansville, 80/60; Jackson Baker, 21, Albian, Ill., expired plates; James Igou, 29, New Harmony, expired plate; Vincent Brandon, 40, Carbondale, Ill., 62/45/ Sarah Kiesel, 44, Evansville, false/ﬁctitious registration; Dawn Tracy, 47, Carmi, Ill., 63/45; Jaidan Mills, 18, Henderson, Ky., 76/55; Lukas Gunther, 23, Carmi, Ill., 75/55; Haleigh Boerner, 20, Mount Vernon, no insurance; Rickey Blankenship, 37, Wickliﬀe, Ky., driving while suspended; Rene Picard, 58, Central City, Ky., expired plates; Hannah Williams, 25, Carbondale, Ill., 66/45; Kristin Wallace, 30, Evansville, 64/45; Tiama Dent, 48, Granite City, Ill., no valid driver’s license; Mohammad Kamali, 56, Evansville, 75/55; Brandon

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT

IN THE MATTER OF THE ) CAUSE NO. 65C01-2102-EU-000011 ESTATE OF PAUL W. MAURER, ) DECEASED ) Notice is hereby given that Judy K. Maurer was on the 18th day of February, 2021 appointed personal representative of the estate of Paul W. Maurer, deceased, who died on January 23, 2021, and were authorized to administer said Estate without court supervision. All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED this 24 day of February, 2021. Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Jaime Simpson Deputy Clerk W. Trent Van Haaften #15587-65 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR ATTORNEYS AT LAW 204 Main Street, P.O. Box 1026 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 (812) 838-1400 Published in the Posey County News on March 2, March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-99 Center Township, Posey County, Indiana - Disbursements by Vendor 2020 Fund/Category/Vendor Name Amount Township Personal Services Virginia Jung $5,220.84 Darvin Jung $1,229.22 Ann Tepool $391.03 Pat Watson $391 .03 Jerry Alan Becker $215.29 Township Supplies AE Boyce $140.69 Township Services and Charges Indiana Township Association- dues $150.00 The Cincinnati Insurance Co $90.00 Mt Vernon Democrat $142.14 Irma Donner Mowing $1,365.00 Olivia Bender Mowing $150.00 Tim Butler Mowing $265.00 Virginia Jung reimbursement for office rent $1,980.00 Mt Zion Church Cemetary fund $500.00 Virginia Jung - half internet bill $420.00 Internal Revenue Service $1,064.65 Indiana Dept Revenue $460.20 Schneider & Evans $145.00 online conference $99.00 Township $14,419.09 Township Assistance Supplies AE Boyce $78.26 Township Assistance Township Assistance Community State Bank $700.00 Freedom Mortgage $680.38 Vectren $4,442.38 Win Energy REMC $279.25 German Township Water $152.72 Advanced Disposal $72.45 Township Assistance $6,405.44 Center Township, Posey County, Indiana - Detailed Receipts 2020 Governmental Township General Property Taxes $10.668.27 Activiti Financial Institution Tax distribution $157.03 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $907.69 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $188.39 Earnings on Investments and Deposits $233.28 Total Township $12,154.66 Township Assistance General Property Taxes $3.885.79 Financial Institution Tax distribution $57.19 Vehicle/Aircraft Excise Tax Distribution $330.61 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $68.61 Local Income Tax (LIT) Certified Shares $2.604.04 Earnings on Investments and Deposits $186.63 Total Township Assistance $7,132.87 Center Township, Posey County, Indiana - Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2020 Beg Cash End Cash Governmental Local Local Fund & Inv Bal & Inv Bal Activities Fund Name Jan 1, 2020 Receipts Disbursements Dec 31, 2020 Number 2 Rainy Day $1,555.27 $0.00 $0.00 $1,555.27 3 Township $61,605.54 $12,154.66 $14,419.09 $59,341.11 4 Township Assistance $36,709.45 $7,132.87 $6,405.44 $37,436.88 Total All Funds $99,870.26 $19,287.53 $20,824.53 $98,333.26 CERTIFICATION State of Indiana SS: Posey County I Virginia Jung, Trustee of CENTER TOWNSHIP, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affirm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct; that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me; and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated; that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. 1 further affirm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been filed as required by law in the office of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board of Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township. Virginia Jung, (sign) CENTER TOWNSHIP Trustee Telephone: 812-598-6917 Date this report was to be published: March 2, 2021 Subscribed and sworn (or Affirmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of CENTER TOWNSHIP at its annual meeting this 25 day of February, 2021. Ann Tepool, (sign) Township Board Chairman OPTION 1 This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 25 day of February, 2021. Patricia Watson Township Board Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-87 Griﬃn Civil Town, Posey County, Indiana - Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2020 Beg Cash Local Local Fund & Inv Bal Fund Number Name Jan 1, 2020 Receipts Governmental 01 General Fund $50,153.84 $13,888.45 Activities 02 Motor Vehicle Highway Fund $33,283.11 $5,471.36 03 Local Road And Street Fund $7,625.92 $1,660.01 04 Rainy Day Fund $43.33 0.00 06 Economic Development Improvement $2,975.59 $3,619.00 07 Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund $3,188.61 $372.94 09 MVH Restricted $3,701.54 $3,264.50 6005 Public Safety $4,946.08 $1,963.04 Total All Funds $105,918.02 $30,239.30 Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp

Disbursements $18,025.93 $2,472.53 $476.18 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $20,974.64

End Cash & Inv Bal Dec 3, 2020 $46,016.36 $36,281.94 $8,809.75 $43.33 $6,594.59 $3,561.55 $6,966.04 $6,909.12 $115,182.68

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Legal Advertisements and Court News continued Schneider, 22, Ridgway, Ill., 62/45. Bernardo Santos, 27, Levelland, Texas, 80/55; Lovejit Singh, 28, S Richmond Hill, N.Y., 75/65; Joshua Baugher, 35, Eldorado, Ill., 62/45; Cody Miller, 28, Mount Vernon, no insurance; Elisha Smith, 21, Madison, Wis., 81/55; Jacob Belt, 23, Salem, Ky., disregarding stop sign; Tela Williams, 19, Evansville, 55/45; Chris Mercer, 49, Crossville, Ill., expired plates; Donte Clark, 25, Evansville, failure to stop, driving while suspended; Jacob Henshaw, 27, Evansville, 101/60; Curtis Mitchell, 27, Alvin, Texas; Dustin Murray, 38, Carmi, Ill.; Larry Naas, 53, Haubstadt, 69/55; Kalee Ricketts, 30, 74/55. Donald Carver, 42, Charlotte, N.C., 70/55; Betty Baker, 75, Newburgh, failure to change lanes for authorized vehicle; Matthew Hoskins, 32, Booneville, Ky.; Damon Littrell, 23, Evansville, expired plate, 73/55; Sonya Hise, 46, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Jordan Patterson, 34, Farmington, N.M., 64/45 school zone; Rylie Farr, 18, Wadesville, 81/60; Nikila Hernandez, 24, Mount Vernon, 92/70; Kayla Rickard, 32, Madisonville, Ky., 60/45; Dustin Neace, 26, Hazard, Ky., 71/55; Tyler McDurmon, 17, Mount Vernon, 92/60; Kalyn Denham,

20, Mount Vernon, disregard lighted signal. Vincent Jones, 27, Mount Vernon, expired plates; Heather Kelley, 40, Wadesville, 72/55; Lucas Chapman, 42, Evansville, driving while suspended; Ivy Simpson, 18, Owensville, failure to signal lane change; Robert McCarty, 35, Mount Vernon, expired plate; Natalie Case, 29, Evansville, 65/55; Jeannie Tekoppel, 38, Mount Vernon, 65/45; Jordon Embrey, 47, Jacksonville, Fla., no valid driver’s license; Sierra Stepro, 21, Evansville, 75/55; Amanda Ommart, 24, Evansville, 76/55; Kelsee Keitel, 27, Indianapolis, 75/55; Dakota Williams, 20, Fairfield, Ill., 65/55. Elbert Bishop, 48, Owensboro, Ky., no valid driver’s license; Luke Sosa, 21, Henderson, Ky., 70/55; Lindsey Kingery, 36, New Haven, Ill., 72/55; Clinton Mosby, 31, Mount Vernon, 73/55; Tammany Mosby, 35, Mount Vernon, 77/55; Sarah Mayes, 42, Griffin, expired plates; Carl Pitlick, JR., 61, Evansville, 70/55; LI Xin, 51, Alhambra, Calif., 74/65; Austin Crawford, 18, Owensville, 79/55; Austin Jay, 25, Henderson, Ky., 72/55; Albert Simon, 38, Evansville, 76/55, expired plates; Matthew Brown, 36, Griffin, driving while suspended.

2021-93 STATE OF INDIANA

) ) SS: IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT COUNTY OF POSEY ) IN THE MATTER OF THE ) CAUSE NO. 65C01-2102-EU-000015 ESTATE OF ELSA RAE DUNCAN, ) DECEASED ) NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Krista L. Culley was on the 25th day of February, 2021 appointed personal representative of the estate of Elsa Rae Duncan, deceased, who died on January 24, 2021, and was authorized to administer said Estate without court supervision. All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED this 26th day of February, 2021. Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Donna Curtis Deputy Clerk W. Trent Van Haaften #15587-65 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR ATTORNEYS AT LAW 204 Main Street, P.O. Box 1026 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 (812) 838-1400 Published in the Posey County News on March 9, March 16, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-98 Legal Notice Cause No. 45510 VERIFIED JOINT PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLC AND FAIRBANKS SOLAR GENERATION LLC (THE “JOINT VENTURE”) FOR (1) ISSUANCE TO NIPSCO OF A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE PURCHASE AND ACQUISITION OF A 250 MW SOLAR PROJECT (THE “FAIRBANKS PROJECT”); (2) APPROVAL OF THE FAIRBANKS PROJECT AS A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11; (3) APPROVAL OF RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIRBANK PROJECT; (4) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AMORTIZATION RATES FOR NIPSCO’S INVESTMENT IN THE JOINT VENTURE; (5) APPROVAL PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8-1-2.5-6 OF AN ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY PLAN INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT VENTURE THROUGH WHICH THE FAIRBANKS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT NIPSCO’S GENERATION FLEET AND THE REFLECTION IN NIPSCO’S NET ORIGINAL COST RATE BASE OF ITS INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE; (6) APPROVAL OF PURCHASED POWER AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACT FOR DIFFERENCES THROUGH WHICH NIPSCO WILL PAY FOR THE ENERGY GENERATED BY THE FAIRBANKS PROJECT, INCLUDING TIMELY COST RECOVERY PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11 THROUGH NIPSCO’S FUEL ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE; (7) AUTHORITY TO DEFER AMORTIZATION AND TO ACCRUE POST-IN SERVICE CARRYING CHARGES ON NIPSCO’S INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE; (8) TO THE EXTENT GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES WOULD TREAT ANY ASPECT OF JOINT VENTURE AS DEBT ON NIPSCO’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, APPROVAL OF FINANCING; (9) APPROVAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE REGULATORY PLAN FOR NIPSCO IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAIRBANKS PROJECT; AND (10) TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER PURSUANT TO IND. CODE § 8-1-2.5-5 DECLINING TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER THE JOINT VENTURE AS A PUBLIC UTILITY. Notice is hereby given that on March 3, 2021, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (“NIPSCO”) and Fairbanks Solar Generation LLC (“Fairbanks”) filed a Joint Petition with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) to (1) issue NIPSCO a certificate of public convenience and necessity (“CPCN”) to purchase and acquire indirectly through Joint Venture a 250 megawatt (“MW”) solar project (“Fairbanks Project”); (2) approve the Fairbanks Project as a clean energy project under Ind. Code § 8-1-8.8-11; (3) approve associated ratemaking and accounting treatment for the Fairbanks Project; (4) establish amortization rates for NIPSCO’s investment in the Fairbanks Project through Joint Venture; (5) approve pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-6 an alternative regulatory plan to implement the Fairbanks Project as set forth herein, including establishment of Joint Venture and the reflection in NIPSCO’s net original cost rate base of its investment in Joint Venture; (6) approve purchased power agreements and contract for differences through which NIPSCO will pay for the energy generated by the Fairbanks Project, including timely cost recovery pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-8.8-11, which is anticipated to occur through NIPSCO’s Fuel Adjustment Clause; (7) authorize NIPSCO to defer amortization and to accrue post-in service carrying charges on NIPSCO’s capital investments in Joint Venture; (8) to the extent generally accepted accounting principles would treat any aspect of Joint Venture as debt on NIPSCO’s financial statements, grant necessary financing approval; (9) approve an alternative regulatory plan for NIPSCO to facilitate the implementation of the Fairbanks Project; and (10) to the extent necessary, pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-5, decline to exercise jurisdiction over Joint Venture as a public utility. This notice is provided to the public under Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-6(d). A copy of the Joint Petition and other submissions in this proceeding is on file with the Commission, PNC Center, 101 West Washington Street, Suite 1500 East, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. The telephone number of the Commission is (317) 232-2701. Anyone wishing to protest, challenge, or intervene in this action may do so by contacting the Commission. Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-96

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THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS - PAGE B9 ‘Shamrock Days’ continued from Page B7 on the sidewalks in front of the 25 homes and buildings that are over a hundred years old on the 1.2 mile route. “I don’t know if many towns in the country can say they have that many houses that are that old. We are such a special place,” Ken Back observed. He is President of the Kiwanis Club and added that after walkers complete the tour, they can return to Black Lodge and get a free coffee and two small scones. Other daytime activities include viewing the fresh Spring Decor being debuted at Firehouse Antiques and listening to some Irish music at the New Harmony Dulcimer Company. “You can even try your hand at playing a ditty on the dulcimer while there,” Mary Beth remarked. For evening entertainment, a Sunset Lighted Golf Cart Parade will weave up and down the town’s streets for some green glow. Participants are encouraged to decorate their carts with the “wearing o’ the green” and light them up. Carts will assemble at 5:45 p.m. and ride until about 6:30 p.m. There will be more information on the Visit New Harmony website nearer the date of the parade. There are no prize categories, just fun craic, (pronounced crack).

After the parade, patrons might want to dine and try their hand at “Lucky Shamrocks” at the Red Geranium Restaurant and Grapevine Bar. Ten shamrocks will be hidden under chairs in either venue offering prize coupons ranging from a free dessert to a free stay at the New Harmony Inn. The Red Geranium will offer several Irish food fare items on the menu both days. Joni Mayhen will be leading one of her popular Ghost Walks of Haunted New Harmony Saturday Night. “Join us as we wake up the ghosts in New Harmony for our first ghost walk of the season on Saturday, March 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.,” she invited. Limited tickets are available at HauntedNewHarmony.com. Mary Beth Guard, who also owns the A.C. Thomas House Bed and Breakfast is offering twenty percent off on the nights of March 12 and 13. To learn even more about all these events and possible ones that may be added, go to http://www.visitnewharmony.com. “We will be complying with CDC guidelines, as well as state and local requirements as we welcome you back to our classic, and in some cases retooled , or even new, events.”

2021-94 Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana - Disbursements by Vendor 2020 Fund/Category/Vendor Name Amount Township Fund Personal Services Diana Meyer $5,541.00 Darryl Meyer $1,015.85 Patricia Hancock $461.75 Lisa Daugherty $461.75 Sharon Fifer $461.75 US department of treasury $1,315.80 Township Fund Supplies Smithville Communicatons $613.88 Indiana Townswhip association $100.00 Posey County News $128.70 Diana Meyer $2,250.00 Liberty Mutual $290.00 Township $12,640.48 Township Assistance Township Assistance Duke Energy $144.97 Township Assistance $144.97 Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana - Detailed Receipts 2020 Township General Property Taxes $14,284.04 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $108.36 Local Income Tax (LIT) Certified Shares $3,213.00 Total Township Fund $17,605.40 Township Assistance General Property Taxes $8,617.67 Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax Distribution (CVET) $66.64 Total Township Assistance $8,684.31 Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana - Cash & Investments Combined Statement - 2020 Beg Cash End Cash Governmental Local Local Fund & Inv Bal & Inv Bal Activities Fund Name Jan 1, 2020 Receipts Disbursements Dec 31, 2020 Number 2 Rainy Day $1,642.69 $0.00 $0.00 $1,642.69 3 Township $36,266.20 $17,605.40 $12,640.48 $41,231.12 4 Township $34,092.12 $8,684.31 $144.97 $42,631.46 Assistance Total All Funds $72,001.01 $26,289.71 $12,785.45 $85,505.27 CERTIFICATION State of Indiana SS: Posey County I Diana Meyer, Trustee of BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Posey County, Indiana, do solemnly affirm under the penalty of perjury that the preceding report is complete, true and correct; that the sum with which I am charged in this report are all of the sums received by me; and that the various items of expenditures credited have been fully paid in the sums stated; that such payments were made without express or implied agreement that any portion thereof shall be retained by or repaid to me or to any other person. 1 further affirm that a complete and detailed annual report, together with all accompanying vouchers showing the names of persons having been paid money by the township, have been filed as required by law in the office of the County Auditor, and that copies of such annual report are in custody of the Township Board and the State Board of Accounts. Said report is subject to inspection by any taxpayer of the township. Diana Meyer, (sign) BETHEL TOWNSHIP Trustee Telephone: 812-851-3632 Date this report was to be published: 3/2/2021 Subscribed and sworn (or Affirmed) to before me, the Chairman of the Township Board of BETHEL TOWNSHIP at its annual meeting this 22 day of February, 2021. Lisa Daugherty, (sign) Bethel Township Board Chairman This report was received, accepted, and approved by the Township Board at its annual meeting, this 22 day of February, 2021. Bethel Township Board Sharon Fifer, (sign) Patricia Hancock, (sign) Published in the Posey County News on March 9, 2021 - hspaxlp Governmental Activiti

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that program. In market outlooks, the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture has taken to holding monthly market outlooks this past winter. Inverses in the farm futures market, where near-term contracts are holding more value than those further into the future, point to tight supply globally. The Ag Economy Barometer, also administered by the Center for Commercial Agriculture, has shown similar characteristics, as farmer optimism in the here and now is high, but future opinions are much more moderated. The new shiny thing in agriculture seems to be carbon markets. Although agriculture contributes to greenhouse gas emissions in some ways, their potential to hold carbon in the soil has the potential to make farms a recipient of payments in a carbon market. Aggregators of carbon credits, as well as a significant amount of farm data, are recruiting farmers to receive these benefits now. As of this writing, at least six major companies in the Midwest were signing up farmers in our area. In field research, the major finding reported out this winter seems to be that potassium fertility close to soybean planting may negatively affect yield. The findings by soybean specialist Shaun Casteel

have received quite a bit of farm media coverage in the late winter. Jim Camberato, Purdue Extension fertility specialist, also has studies where corn reacts similarly to potash applications at high rates in the spring. In continuing research, the effects of sulfur applications are beginning to be a little more apparent, particularly in the forms that provide the most benefit. Part of the reason for the meeting season extending into late March is opportunity cost. Every decision that is made, especially concerning time spent, sacrifices an opportunity to do something else. In economics, this results in a net profit or expense. Land use has opportunity cost. Whether to farm corn or soybean is a choice that will have a different net return depending on each field farmed. With the state legislature and localities all around the state looking at farming corn, soybean, solar, or wind, that opportunity cost is much more important to consider. Indiana Farm Bureau and the Indiana Agriculture Coalition for Renewable Energy are running a threepart series on farm diversification beginning March 11 and ending on March 25. Details are at infarmbureau.org/events. For more information on any of these topics, contact Hans at hschmitz@purdue. edu or 812-838-1331.

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