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CenterPoint, Thornburg spar over accuracy of information presented By Trisha L. Lopez CenterPoint Energy executives say that a recent statement made by a Posey County official inaccurately portrays their role in the Posey Solar Project. In a statement made during a meeting of the Posey County Commissioners on April 6, Posey County Commissioners Vice President Randy Thornburg shared his concerns about the possible 2,400 acre project. In a statement made after commissioners voted to grant a further moratorium against the filing of solar energy project permit applications, Thornburg said that 90 jobs would be lost at A.B. Brown should the solar project come to fruition. Natalie Hedde, director of communications for CenterPoint Energy, said that the plans for closures...and job losses...at A.B. Brown were in place long before Tenaska and Capital Dynamics expressed interest in Marrs Township land as a potential project site. Citing a report filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in 2016, Hedde said the company has been upfront about its plans regarding the closure. She said the reason was simple...it is no longer economically feasible to make the necessary...and government-mandated...changes to keep the facility fully operational. She said any implication that the potential project is responsible for the closure of A.B. Brown is “just factually inaccurate. That is not true.” “We have to run A.B. Brown to the end of its useful life. We are not going to be able to run that plant past October 31, 2023, period, because of the expense that would need to be invested in that for strict environmental regulations. New Harmony resident Don Hatfield enjoys some time Sunday after- That is what is driving us away from A.B. Brown, not the noon in his yard among the tulips. The tulips are reaching the end of their solar array in Posey County,” Hedde said. “We want to be really clear about that.” spring blooming season. Photo by Dave Pearce

Thornburg said he stands by his statement. “Jobs are going to be gone. My contention is that’s $5.4 million out of the local economy and 90 jobs lost. When they do their calculations and they do their numbers, they leave out the negative that would put them in a negative light. My letter (to the editor of the Posey County News) was just to state here’s the reality of the situation,” Thornburg said. He said he reviewed an economic impact analysis provided to the group of Marrs Township residents opposing the Posey Solar Project by a professor at Ball State University. Thornburg is the first Posey County elected official to take a definitive stance against the potential project. As a member of not only the Posey County Commissioners, but also the Posey County Area Plan Commission, he is in a unique position to decide the outcome of the project should a permit application be filed to take the next step in the development process. He said his concerns lie with Posey County voters. Hearing hours of testimony and receiving hundreds of telephone calls from concerned residents has weighed heavily on his decision-making. “They’ve got over 2,300 signatures opposed (to the project). As a representative, I have to listen to what they say,” Thornburg said. “I’ve had individuals come up to me with tears in their eyes saying ‘we lease several hundred acres. We’ve got two families that are counting on that income. We’re not going to be able to make it. They are real life stories. You can’t just ignore all that. I feel for them 100 percent.” CenterPoint announced plans to seek IURC approval to

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Western bypass life renewed By Trisha L. Lopez The Western Bypass around Mount Vernon topped the Posey County Council agenda Tuesday as council members looked at funding for the $21 million project expected to ease semi traffic in town. There is no timeline for construction of the bypass. “We are looking at taking out a bond for $5 million to start the land purchase and moving the utilities for the first phase of the project,” Posey County Council President Heather Allyn said. “This will help get semis out of the city and Lawrence subdivision.” She said the $5 million bond is needed to cover expenses for the first phase of the bypass project from Indiana State Road 69 to Base Road. Phase 1A also includes Base Road to Givens Road near GAF and CountryMark. The initial $5 million bond is expected to be rolled into a $21 million bond within the next two to three years and paid through tax increment financing. “The debt service is contemplated to be a little more than $1.5 million a year on $21 million. The first payment would begin in 2024,” Council Attorney Joe Harrison said. “The reason we’re here

is to obviously inform you about the proposed project, but property taxes are requested to be a backup for the TIF funds that are going to be used to pay the debt service. That is simply for a more marketable interest rate. There are sufficient TIF funds. Property taxes will not be used unless something tragic happens.” Harrison said the life of the bonds will be 21 years. “This is a way to save the county a couple million dollars,” he explained. “Through this financing mechanism, it’s a lease rental arrangement. The redevelopment authority that was recently created will own the road after it’s constructed for 20 years during the life of the bonds, thereafter the county will own it.” Council members were told 20-plus property owners would be impacted in the project’s initial phase. Council members passed the resolution approving a lease between the Posey County Redevelopment Authority and the Posey County Redevelopment Commission for the project. “This is just part of the initial bypass project.

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Holly and Lilly Branam do a little yard work on their beautifully landscaped Mount Vernon home on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce

Mount Vernon will return to in-person meetings in May By Lois Mittino Gray At the combined meetings of the Mount Vernon Common Council and the Water Utility Board on April 7, members agreed to stop meeting totally on Zoom starting in May, and moving meeting location to the Hovey House. The Mayor announced it is his understanding that they would continue Zoom meetings

through the end of April. A person he spoke with in the governor’s office says that date may even be extended again, per SB369, which allows for Zoom participation. If that is the case, there would need to be three members in attendance at a meeting if they want to meet face to face and two others could Zoom. Board member Rusty Levings stated he

would like to meet in person starting with their next meeting in April. He feels the meetings flow better, there is easier access and it’s easier for the public to attend. The others agreed to meet in person, but continuing to Zoom through April would simplify things with making public announcements. Board member Hoehn stated he is good either way, though he is ready to get

COVID behind him and try to get things back to normal. Mayor Curtis said he received permission from the county commissioners this week to use the Hovey House for their meetings, though they are having issues with their Zoom capabili-

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Newcomer is anything but Long-time teacher uses experience to keep tradition alive

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By Lois Mittino Gray Last Thursday, April 15, was one of Traci Newcomer’s “favorite days of the school year.” She watched all of the sixth grade students at North Elementary School in Poseyville present their Wax Museum talks as parents and staﬀ walked up to them to listen. With COVID concerns, listeners couldn’t touch them anymore and pretend to press a button to get the students started. Instead, the creative teacher ﬁgured a way to have guests press their foot on the chalk circle ‘button’ on the sidewalk in front of each speaker to get each one started. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were there. “I’m super excited about that one!” she noted. Others include Olympian Wilma Rudolph, Ben Franklin, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, author C.S. Lewis, Shirley Temple, and

even, Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist who invented Pepsi. “I especially like the persons who are success stories after been told they couldn’t do it. Michael Jordan was told he was not good enough and cut. Walt Disney was told he was not creative enough to become successful. Those stories inspire my students.” How did her students choose the persons they would portray? “Well, ﬁrst I ask them what are you interested in? One student loves art, so I gave her some names to research. She is going to be Georgia O’Keefe, the New Mexico desert ﬂower artist. Another student really enjoys cars. He chose Ferruchio Lamborghini, who founded his own company when he had trouble with his Ferrari,” she said. Another student chose Cesar Chavez, a Hispanic labor leader, and he will recite a quote he

memorized in Spanish. All total, 51 sixth graders participated in the Wax Museum program. Mrs. Newcomer has been doing the special event for 17 of her 21years of teaching. “I love this because all students can do it, no matter what they think. At ﬁrst, they say they can’t, but that is because they are afraid to speak in front of people. They don’t mind the research, and writing out their notecards. It’s the public speaking, but what a great skill to learn. At our ﬁnal practice the day before, every student gave their presentation to the class, not using their notecards. Look, you CAN do it!” I said, praising all of them. A Posey County native, Mrs. Newcomer was a member of the NPHS Viking class of 1989. She earned her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Ball State University

by 1992. “At the time when I graduated, there were zero teaching jobs in Indiana, but Illinois was hiring. I lived with my aunt and uncle in Springfield, Illinois. My first job was teaching Kindergarten and second grade in the small nearby town of Chatham for four years.” After that, she returned to “my home grounds in the area, married my husband, and took a job with the Catholic diocese teaching at Resurrection School.” She taught fourth grade there for 13 years. In 2016, she went back to Viking land and has been there ever since teaching sixth grade at North Elementary for five years. “I teach language arts to my homeroom and I teach Social studies to all fifth and sixth graders.” She also works with students in School Council and in the Sling

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‘One Game At A Time’

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G e n t l e Reader, should you have read last week’s Gavel Gamut you may recall that another reader, Dr. Michael Jordan of Osage County, Oklahoma, sent a letter to the editor asking that I address the topic of immigration. No, I do not know why, but after a couple of minutes of reflection I thought, “Why not?” So here goes. Our current immigration mess should not be any more challenging than Winston Churchill’s view of the old Soviet Union that he called, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. A few quick paragraphs ought to suffice. Let’s start back in the 1960’s when our national immigration policy began to gradually change from one based on admitting immigrants based on entrepreneurial or economic qualifications, that is, what does the immigrant have to offer, versus admitting family members to reunite with previous family immigrants already in America. According to George Mason law professor F.H. Buckley: “U.S. immigration policies were radically changed in 1965, when national origins quotas were replaced with preferences for family reunification. People from countries that had recently supplied immigrants were given a leg up, while those from countries that had supplied immigrants centuries before found it much harder to get in. In the 1950s two-thirds of legal immigrants came from Europe or Canada, by the 1990s that figure had fallen to 16 percent. During that same period, the percentage of legal immigrants from Latin America and Asia rose from 31 percent to 81

percent.” See The American Illness, Essays on the Rule of Law By F.H. Buckley at p.51. Buckley has written extensively about immigration to America. Ironically, Buckley is himself an immigrant from Canada. That aside, in his above referenced book, Buckley posits that part of the immigration solution is for the United States to return to our pre-1965 immigration policies. Buckley avers that USA law used to determine admittance of immigrants on a general policy based on national origin quotas and economic benefits to America, but changed to a policy of family reunification being the main factor. This led to a change from the long-time admission of immigrants mainly from Europe and Canada to those mainly from Latin America and Asia. Buckley states: “What is uncontroversial is that the United States could do a better job of competing for the highly qualified immigrants who are more likely to confer economic benefits on natives. America is exceptional in the way in which, more than any other first world OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operational and Development) country, it favors family based immigration and admits relatively few employment-based immigrants. “A move to a more entrepreneurial immigration system would likely offer non-economic spillover benefits. Economic immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or to rely on the welfare system, and for countries that favor them, immigration is less contentious. The natives are more likely to welcome immigrants, who in turn are more likely to assimilate to the natives. Buckley: pp. 51-53 Buckley’s book was published in 2013, but it

has an eerie prescience to today’s southern border crisis of children being dropped over walls and left alone in the desert in hopes of somehow uniting with their family members already in the United States. Of course, this does not resolve the immediate situation. We must follow our Constitution and provide due process to those who are legitimately seeking asylum. We have the means to provide humanitarian relief as we abide by the laws and policies we established until we change them. Deserving immigrants should be welcomed without prejudice as to national origin, race, ethnicity and faith or lack thereof and without encouraging the breakup of families. A gradual, fair return to an entrepreneurial immigration policy should begin now. And before anyone projects a conclusion that Buckley or anyone else is saying Canadians and Europeans are superior to Latin Americans or Asians, let us be clear. It is not one’s race, ethnicity or national origin that should determine whether an individual is admitted into our country. The criteria should be mainly whether the aspiring immigrant can be a beneﬁt to America. Through the fog of one of my undergraduate psychology courses at Indiana University I loosely grasped the concept of projection. One aspect of Sigmund Freud’s theory of projection is that we humans subconsciously cast upon others our own failings as a self-defense mechanism. When it comes to America’s approaches to the problems of immigrations and debates that have raged since at least 1620 and Plymouth Rock, I submit Dr. Freud would diagnose many of us as projectionists. But before we address what Emma Lazarus called the Mother of Exiles, the Statue of Liberty,

and the “…[H]uddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,” let me suggest an analogy between immigration and environmentalism based on an old adage. In the simplest of terms, the green debate is between those who want to build a house in the woods and those who already own a house in the woods. And with immigration, the competing positions are often those held by we whose ancestors immigrated here versus those who would like to become ancestors for those who may later immigrate here. And while we have certainly managed to maintain many raging controversies about whether certain classes of peoples, Irish, Catholics, Chinese, Muslims, Italians, even people indigenous to North America, and numerous other groups, have a right to exist in the United States, our current concentration involves our southern border. Some of us might project our own fears, prejudices and greed onto one side or the other of the issues. However, as with every extremely complex problem it may require much more time, effort, and goodwill than most of us care to invest. It is easier for us to simply say those who disagree with us are motivated by hate or ignorance. Hard work is never as appealing as harsh rhetoric. Facts are the enemy of bombast. A knowledge of the facts on immigration is vital to constructively addressing the problem. Just as catcher Crash Davis advised in the movie Bull Durham, we need to concentrate on the here and now and take things one “game” at a time. For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www. jamesmredwine.com Or “Like/Follow” us on Facebook & Twitter at JPegRanchBooks&Knitting

Letter to the Editor Things I learned in the fourth grade To the friends and foes of Posey Solar Project, Concerning the Posey Solar Project, there is an old adage that comes to mind, ‘everything I need to know I learned in fourth grade’. Some of those things that we all learned are: treat people the way that you want to be treated; play fair; when you point a finger at someone, there are four fingers pointing back at you; there will always be winners and losers, but don’t gloat when you win or be a sore loser. Based on the events of the last couple of years, both at the national and local level, it seems that many people have fallen out of practicing these simple guidelines for life. I would guess that most of us think we are “good” people, but believe that we must take a stand against people who: are selfish, tell us how to live our life, know it all, have an unfair advantage, or take away what we have. The fact of the matter is that we are all those kinds of people at the same time, depending on the day and circumstances. I would appeal to all of us to remember that there are no “bad” people in this fight, only people in different circumstances trying to pursue their own interests. Unfortunately, as in almost all circumstances in life, there are winners

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and losers. I have listened to the testimonies of many people both for and against the Posey Solar Project, considered the opinions of members of the Area Planning Commission, and read previous letters to the editor. I believe that the facts surrounding the Posey Solar Project are actually quite simple: •Solar panels provide necessary (renewable) energy for residents of Posey (winners) and Vanderburgh counties, without emitting harmful carbon. •Solar panels are not unsightly (like a junkyard is unsightly), but do not look like a corn field. •The production of solar energy would also significantly increase the income of the 75 +/- landowners (winners) whose land is included in the Posey Solar Project, and increase Posey County tax revenues for the benefit its 25,000 + residents (winners), but have a negative financial effect on the farmers who currently rent the land, and (evidently) have a negative emotional effect on the people who have signed a petition against the Project. •The landowners who stand to benefit from the installation of solar panels on their land (winners) feel that they have a right to make a different choice about the productive use of their land, but those opposed to the project are saying that the Project takes away their right to choose that the land and their lifestyle remain the same. •The production of solar energy on 2,500 +/- acres would provide 250 +/- financially-rewarding jobs for residents (winners) of Posey County, but reduce the income of the (mostly tenant) farmers who now farm the land.

•The installation of solar panels and the resulting lease income would increase the value of the land included in the Posey Solar Project (winners), but possibly decrease the value of some adjacent properties. Although, there is little evidence that supports this claim. (Furthermore, I would be willing to wager that if the County Commissioners wanted to guarantee the real-estate value of every Posey County residence against any negative effects of developing adjacent real-estate, such as opening a new business in Mt. Vernon or building a factory or school, it would be opposed by an overwhelming majority of residents. However, those opposed to the Project believe that a measure that would tilt the playing field to their advantage seems like a really good idea!) In closing, as Americans, our “rights” are very important to us. But, as we learned in fourth grade civics class, with any right comes responsibility. The right to free speech comes with the responsibility to not slander others; the right to bear arms comes with the responsibility to not harm others; the right to practice our religion comes with the responsibility to not persecute others. I believe it is clear, using 4th grade math, that the Posey Solar Project financially benefits all residents of Posey County, as a whole. Further, I believe it is the responsibility of Posey County leadership to not take away this opportunity to benefit the many, but instead find acceptable ways to lessen the negative impacts to the few. Respectfully, Glenn Angermeier Third generation native of Posey County and landowner with the love of agriculture in my blood

Doing it the hard way

I was told in high school that B D I needed to go to H college in order to earn enough to make a decent living, and that life without an education was hard. They attempted to brainwash me into thinking without paying for higher education and earning a degree, that basically I’d be just another knuckle dragging, mouth breathing redneck, working for another man all my life... and that I’d have a hard life. Or at the very least, I should to go to a trade school to learn a trade and further my education in that direction... Well I did for a while and I hated it... and ya know what? Life was hard back then and life is hard now. Life has always been hard. Life for me started getting really hard when I was around 12 years old. That’s when I decided there were things I’d like to have for myself. Like a rifle, a shotgun and shells to go with them both and what not... That’s when dear old dad decided I was big enough to go to work and buy stuff for myself, and I did. It was hard too. I figured out real quick what the Bible meant

when it said in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ... “this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Because if we didn’t get outta bed and head to the cotton patch... we didn’t get paid. If we didn’t get a paycheck, we had no money... no money meant nothing to spend on either necessities nor luxuries. Life was hard, so we learned how to work. Let me say that again... We Learned How To Work. I mean to give it all you had. Next thing we learned was how to do things the right way. If you didn’t do a good job then you had to go back and do it again without pay. Life was hard. This is how screwed up America has become... Now most kids have no idea how to work anymore, because their life at home has never been hard. They never had to work, they never had to chop cotton, dig out rows, or haul and stack hay. Most never had to break a sweat to make their own money to buy their own clothes or anything else... they just don’t know what hard is. Not to downplay higher education... it’s just not for everyone. Also one needs to make smart choices when choosing a degree. P / E D P

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But some go oﬀ to college to get educated and earn a degree... so life won’t be so hard. They join that fraternity called “I tappa keg” and they have a good time, all the while their education is likened to electricity... they travel the path of least resistance and they get a worthless degree that wasn’t too hard... BUT they never knew what hard was to begin with. So now they get out in the real world and right away they go looking for that perfect easy job where they’ll be the CEO of the company with a 6 ﬁgure salary by the time they are 25 and they can retire by the time they’re 40, easy peasy. Then all of a sudden when looking for a job, life is starting to get hard... “no sir, I don’t have work experience... Nobody said I would have to start at an entry level position and work my way up... I’m worth more than that...Don’t you know I have thousands of dollars in loans I’ve acquired for this degree? Life is so not fair.” So now we’ve come to the point where we need all our student loans forgiven... and jump for joy when getting a stimulus check and unemployment because some are afraid to work. I hate to tell ya cupcakes but... there is plenty of work out there if you’re willing to do the hard

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stuff. Meanwhile those of us who live the hard life, and who do the hard work... we are always looking to hire more people to help us do the hard stuff. I’ve never been without a job, and I can do most anything, because I was never afraid or too proud to do the hard stuff. We are considered “essential”, we are the people doing the hard stuff... We do the trades that bust knuckles and you have to break a sweat. We are the ones that have to shower after work and not before. We’re not fun to work for, and we will absolutely, 100 percent bust your chops when you screw up. It’s how we were treated and how we learned. It made us tough enough to do the hard stuff. Guess what, life is hard, always has been and always will be. So quit looking for the easy way out. The easy stuff has a long line, with lots of competition, the line for the hard stuff is always short of candidates and in high demand... just roll up your sleeves and give it all you got, let’s face it... life is hard and always will be. I guess I’m just a hard man and I need to quit listening to the news. Just my rant from the tractor seat.

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APRIL 20, 2021 Richard Lee Jay Richard “Dick” Lee Jay, 83, of Stewartsville, Indiana, born to Orville “Hunter” and Maisel (Buchanen) Jay on June 9, 1937, in Ottumwa, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. He graduated Ottumwa High School and earned an associate degree in mining technology from Wabash Valley College. He worked at AMAX coal company at Keensburg, Illinois and was a member of the UMWA and was an EMT at the coal mine. After retirement Dick enjoyed working his company, J’s buttonhole, selling buttons and lace along with attending his grandchildren’s sporting events, especially girls softball (where he supported his granddaughters locally and throughout their travel careers). He was a veteran of the U.S. Airforce and an avid Saint Louis Cardinal baseball fan. Surviving are his wife of 48 years: Velma (Hawkins); daughter Kendra (Carl) Elpers of Saint Wendel, Indiana; two sons: Rick (Carmen) Jay of Haubstadt, Tim (Pam) Jay of Evansville; step-daughter: Dawna (Scott) Sandala; stepson: Jody (Christine) Cumbee of Cynthiana; 13 grandchildren; Hannah Everly, Nicholas Jay, Jourdan Bourne, Alexandria Elpers, Madison Elpers, Andy Turpin, Troy Turpin, Claire Sandala, Olivia Kent,

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Another round of small business grants available, deadline set for April 28

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Jackson Sandala, Megan Reidford, Andrew Cumbee, Laura Cumbee; and seven great-grandchildren along with one sister: Judy Inkenhaus of Evansville. Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother: David Jay. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 23, 2021 at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Stewartsville cemetery. Oﬃciating will be Father Eugene Schmitt. Visitation will be 2-7 p.m., Thursday, April 22, 2021 and 9 a.m. until service time Friday, April 23, 2021 at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Leona Jane (Jarred) Wilson, 86, passed away on April 18, 2021 at her home. She was born September 5, 1934 in Evansville, Ind., to the late William and Anna (Emery) Jarred. Leona enjoyed gardening, knitting and crocheting. She dearly loved her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Marvin Wilson; son, Mark Wilson; sister, Farrell Oliver; brother, William Jarred. She is survived by her children, Rodger Wilson, Ronald Wilson, Brian Wilson (Kim), Bruce Wilson (Tracy) and Brenda Hartmann (Daniel); grandchildren, Kimberly Brumley, Nicole Greene (Kurt), Devin Wilson, Amanda Wilson (Ryan Sperling), Samantha Wilson (Denny Newman) and Christopher Baker; step-grandchildren, Drew Linder, Bill Floyd and Chelsea Hartmann; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Wilfred “Glen” Jarred (Bonita); sister, Joyce Illingworth (Ralph), many nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation was held from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the funeral home. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mighty Mason ﬁghting Neuroblastoma IV in C/O Taylor Mileham. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

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Special to the News Mount Vernon has received a $250,000 COVID-19 Response Program Phase 3 grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). This program provides funds to small businesses within the corporate limits of Mount Vernon. The funds are to be used as working capital to offset financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. General Eligibility Criteria Eligible businesses/individuals must meet the following guidelines: •Be a legal business, which can include self-employed individuals •Micro-businesses/sole proprietors must receive W-2 or 1099, or other form of schedule approved by the IRS. No cash wages will be considered. •Must meet the definition of a small business. •Demonstrate the direct correlation of their business disruption due to COVID-19. •Primary office or business location must be within Mount Vernon corporate boundaries. •Businesses receiving other COVID-19 assistance such as PPP, EIDL are eligible to apply. Businesses interested in applying will go to the online application at https://www.southwestindiana.org/phase3/. The application opens at noon on Wednesday, April 21 and will close at 3pm on Wednesday, April 28th. If you have questions regarding this program or the online application please contact the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (EREP) at 812-423-2020, or via email at cdteam@evvregion.com.

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Teachers encouraged show of disdain for funding formula By Trisha L. Lopez Mount Vernon teachers were encouraged to wear the color red to school today to show their displeasure with the state’s current funding formula that they say favors private schools at the expense of public schools and does nothing to address teacher compensation shortages that have led to hiring problems statewide. The fate of school funding for the next two years should be decided by the end of the week as state lawmakers vote on HB1001, the state’s much-maligned budget bill. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 39-10 on Tuesday. It was returned to the House with amendments on Wednesday, but a motion to dissent was filed. The motion to to dissent has left the door open for changes to the legislation. The Indiana tax revenue forecast was released on Thursday, showing a $2.4 billion increase in the state’s revenue projections over the next three years. “The legislature intends to adjourn by the end of the week, so there is an urgency to amend HB1001 to account for this optimistic revenue projection,” Richard Jesch, president of the National Education Association at MSD of Mount Vernon said. Educators and lawmakers alike are questioning what the increase in state revenue might mean to fund Indiana schools and teachers. For public school teachers, the answer is simple. About 93 percent of Indiana’s children attend public schools. To them, that means the only fair way to fund education is to ensure that 93 percent of the roughly $22 billion the budget earmarked for education should be given to public schools. Senator Vanetta Becker (R-Evansville) said the bill’s move to expand the state voucher program, opening the upper end of the income eligibility to $95,000 for a family of four… $59,000 above what a family of four can make to qualify for the Healthy Indiana Plan… and doing away with the state’s current formula of awarding different percentages of what would have been paid to a public school based off of income to a flat 90 percent across the board is just “another tool to allow the rich to send their kids to private school at taxpayers’ expense.” “The $95,000 is nowhere close to being low or median income. If you look on your stats, you’ll find that for the aged, blind and disabled, you know how much money they can make and get help with healthcare? They can make $26,000,” Becker argued. “I’ve polled my district again this year for those of you who say ‘Oh well it’s popular. We bit the bullet. Everybody loves these programs.’ Not in my district they don’t. Polling came back 70 percent against and 30 percent in favor because we have good public schools,” Becker said, arguing against the bill on the Senate floor on Tuesday. “People also have a choice to send their kid to any other public school. That’s a very popular program as well. A lot of the kids that left public schools are coming back to public schools. Our public schools provide all of the special education that is needed in our private schools because they do not have the tools. If the charter schools and the voucher schools had the same accountability on their funding, I can be a little more supportive. But they don’t. I think they should have to live with the same rules and regulations that public schools have to live by.” She said the budget bill also neglects to address the issue of teacher compensation… an area of concern highlighted by Governor Eric Holcomb’s call for research which led to Indiana’s Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission report published

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in December. The report showed that Indiana teachers ranked 38th in the nation in pay and were one of the lowest states in the region. Indiana ranks last in the nation in teacher pay raises since 2002. “We’re losing teachers left and right in this state because we are underfunding teachers’ pay,” Becker said. Despite her very vocal opposition to the bill, last week’s Senate roll call lists her as having voted for it. Senator Jim Tomes (RWadesville) voted in favor as well. Lawmakers on the other side of the issue argue the issue boils down to empowering families. Funds should follow students, they say, not schools. “We’re empowering students and families to choose where to go,” Andy Zay (R-Huntington) said on the Senate floor. “If we would reflect for a moment on what we do in higher education, we give out over $400 million in scholarships to students to go to the institution of higher ed of their choice. Yes. It includes all of our private institutions as well as our public institutions. Why this is such a radical concept for our K through 12, I don’t understand. I think empowering families and empowering students is doing the right thing.” School choice and voucher dollars have been debated for more than a decade and the debate is not likely to change. What is changing, however, is the number of Hoosiers choosing to become teachers. All schools obviously require teachers, regardless of funding sources. Teachers may soon be in short supply, studies show. The Next Level Teacher Compensation Commission report revealed startling statistics: students entering Indiana teacher preparation programs dropped by 29 percent between 2013 and 2018; the number of emergency teaching permits approved in Indiana more than quadrupled between 2012 and 2019; 52 percent of Indiana’s school districts reported having to hire teachers outside of their licensing area; and, most troubling of all, 87 percent of the state’s districts reported they are struggling to find qualified teachers. Those numbers are not broken down between public and private schools, showing that the issue is a problem across the board. “We are currently funded at the same level as the early 1990’s but our costs have not stayed that low. The Indiana legislature also changed the law and teachers do not get a yearly increase for experience anymore,” Mount Vernon High School Principal Kyle Jones said. “That means salaries for new teachers climb very, very slowly. This affects both our ability to retain teachers and also to recruit new teachers because fewer people are going to school to join the profession. “Funding issues are decimating the number of young people who go to school to become teachers. Those that do enter the profession often have to work multiple side jobs to pay the rent and other bills. Since pay is so static, we often can’t retain teachers.

Experienced teachers are not being paid what they are worth, but they at least were able to move up the pay scale until laws were changed; however, many of these teachers are nearing retirement and we do not have enough quality prospective teachers to enter the profession to take their place.” MSD of Mount Vernon Superintendent Dr. Matt Thompson said the problem will only get worse if changes are not made. “We’re really seeing the teacher shortage in our applications. Jobs that used to draw 50 to 100 applicants are now drawing five to 15,” Thompson said. “So far we’ve been very fortunate. We’ve been able to fill our positions with qualified applicants, but I know many districts throughout the state that have not been able to do that. They started the school year with vacancies and have not been able to fill those vacancies all school year.” The Indiana Department of Education job bank lists almost 1,400 teaching positions currently open statewide, many of which were posted months ago. While Thompson said MSD of Mount Vernon isn’t as hard hit by shortages as some of the smaller corporations in the state right now, “it will be.” “It’s just a matter of time,” he said. “The bottom line is we need more support financially.”

Spring Property Tax deadline set The spring deadline for 2021 property taxes is Monday, May 10, and we are open to the public. Other options to pay your property taxes are: - Send your tax payment in the mail to 126 E. Third Street, Room 211, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. We do accept your payment as on time with a postmark of May 10. - Drop box located in front of the Coliseum Building at 126 E. Third Street, Mount Vernon. - Drop off at United Fidelity Bank in Mount Vernon, the West Side, and St. Joseph Avenue locations in Evansville. - Pay online at poseycountytax.com.

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Gladys Reising gives and receives from River Bend Food Pantry Gladys Reising is a board member and volunteer at the River Bend Food Pantry. She volunteered first, years ago during fall, back when the River Bend Food Pantry was known as the Mount Vernon Food Pantry. The pantry had just moved from the Mount Vernon General Baptist Church to the basement of the First Presbyterian Church where Gladys has her membership. Gladys tells that they had just received a food donation from the local school and were looking for volunteers to help get the food items sorted and put away. She didn’t hesitate to raise her hand to volunteer because she knew she was good at detail and somewhat good at organization, and also very familiar with working with groceries. When asked what compelled Gladys to volunteer, she replied, “I had to take care of those pork and beans!” Apparently, included in the food donation from the local school were cans of pork and beans. Enough cans to fill a 50 gallon drum (barrel). When Gladys was very young, her dad, Lee Rowlett, was the manager of A & P Grocery in Harlan County, Ky. (The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company originated in New York and began by selling tea.) As time passed and the A & P Grocery continued to grow, her dad became the district manager in the Nashville, Tennessee area. As district manager, they later moved to the Memphis area, and then to Evansville, Ind., to manage the then fourteen A & P Grocery Stores in this area. Gladys started high school in Evansville at the old Central High School in downtown. After graduating high school, Gladys went to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and attended Middle Tennessee State University and earned a degree in business. She then returned to Evansville and lived with her parents until getting married. Shortly after the pantry moved to the First Presbyterian Church, they created a board of directors. In those days, in order to receive food from the food pantry, people would call the

church and leave a message. Then someone volunteering from the church would call them back and set up an appointment for them to come to the church to receive a prepackaged box of food. The board did not have officers at this time. The current pastor at that time, Pastor Laurie Fields, bought the food for the pantry and kept the checkbook. When she left the church, Gladys took over the checkbook and began to purchase the food approximately twice a month. Most of the food was purchased at the local Dollar General Store and some from Wesselmans Grocery Store. Gladys said that her grandson, Tyler (then age six), would often help her. The director of the pantry was Erin Hollinger at that time and she also bought food from Aldi’s. Since that time, Mount Vernon Food Pantry has moved to it’s current location at Hedges Central Community Center and has also undergone a name change, now known as River Bend Food Pantry. In 1992 Gladys worked full-time here in Mount Vernon as the secretary at the Posey County EMS. She worked there until retiring in 2012. After retiring she began volunteering twice a month at the Hedges School location. When asked if there was anything Gladys would like to see changed or developed in the pantry, she said, “Basically, I think they’re doing really good. We need to make sure our people are polite to our patrons. I’ve never had anybody make negative comments. They realize we are not a grocery store, we don’t have everything. I’m glad we are back to buying cheese. As far as changing things, I’m glad we started getting eggs. We still have good people like Kim Tanner who go way above. I can’t imagine what it’ll be like in five years. That’s for someone else to decide.” When asked what her favorite part of volunteering was, she responded, “Talking with the people. The clients are so nice and grateful that we are here. I haven’t had any trouble with them.

Gladys Reising This is my main activity. I read a lot and do a lot of crossword puzzles. But I don’t have other activities like bowling or such. I intend to keep active with the pantry for many more years.” Gladys continues serving on the board of the River Bend Food Pantry and volunteers twice a month. Thank You, Gladys for all you have done and continue to do for this community. You are greatly appreciated.

Friends and family of Arthur Stierley gathered at the home of his daughter Sunday afternoon in Mount Vernon to celebrate his recent 80th Birthday. He remains active working several days a week, and also remains very active in his church. He is pictured here with his wife, Betty Ann. Photo by Dave Pearce Residents of the Charles Ford Retirement Community began enjoying a brand new inhouse beauty salon on Friday. New equipment and a fresh updated decor make a return to regular salon visits even more pleasant for those residing at the community. Pictured are Resident, Rosemary Alsop, with Stylist, Kassidy Brown. Photo by Zach Straw

Debbie Simpson and Brooke Storozuk sell raffle tickets for the Posey County Humane Society on East Fourth Street in Mount Vernon on Saturday evening. Photo by Dave Pearce

Birthdays April 20 - Lora Arneberg, John R. Southard, Sharon Saltzman, Kelly Lyke, Shelby Ackerman, Carol Logan, Brent Luebke, Brian Luebke, Linda Will, Joey Naas, Lora Arneberg, Miette Elora Madi, Kyle Haney, Klon Kissel, April 21 - Tina Wheeler, Malaeha Wheeler, John M. Hall, Allyson Zwahlen, John Cameron Parker, Nathan Hoffman, Aaron Ziebell April 22 - Dwayne Barton, Junior Deckard, Savannah Sturgell, Greg Watson, Laura Schipp, Brandi McDaniel, Cayden McGrew, David Vincent Coon, Cayden McGrew, Karen Tron, Helen Wasson April 23 - Brett Butler, Mitchell Pfister, Jeff Fleck, George Postletheweight, Lucien Maes, Jo-

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Note: News in this issue includes: more on the fate of the Coliseum, Ex-Sheriﬀ McFadden dies, moonlight excursion planned, Tuberculosis Association meets, farmers gift corn to starving Near East and many news briefs and personals. Attempt Made To Stop Coliseum Plans - The citizens of the northern part of the county, through their attorneys,

National and Local News 100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, April 21, 1921 - Mount Vernon Bryce, Hatfield, and Brady of Evansville, Tuesday afternoon filed in the office of the Posey Circuit Clerk a temporary injunction against further proceedings in the building of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Memorial Coliseum in this city. As the County Commissioners have selected Tuesday, May 3, as the day for receiving bids for the construction of the Memorial, Judge Clements has set Friday, April 29, as the day for hearing the evidence in the temporary injunction. If it should be granted, the complaint will

be heard at the May term of court. There are 607 names signed to the complaint as filed in the Clerk’s office. Every attorney in Mount Vernon has volunteered his services to look after the interest of the World War Veterans. Ex-Sheriff And Well Known Resident Dies - James F. McFadden died Saturday in his home on College Avenue, his death being due to heart trouble. He was 56 years of age. The deceased was born on his father’s farm in Lynn Township, on April 12, 1865, the old-

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est son of the late P. and M. McFadden, and since boyhood has been actively identified with the agricultural interest of the county. In 1894 he was elected trustee of Lynn Township, and later elected Sheriff of Posey County, faithfully discharging the duties of this office from January 1, 1902, until January 1, 1906. He was a life-long democrat of the Jeffersonian School. He was a member of the Baptist Church. In 1885 he was married to Miss Ida Aldrich. Their union produced one son, Ivan McFadden. The funeral took place from his late home on College Avenue Monday afternoon - Rev. Edwards, a Baptist minister and Rev. Schneider, pastor of the First M.E. Church conducted the funeral - internment - in the Bellefontaine Cemetery. Moonlight Excursion On Big Steamer Majestic - The first of a series of moonlight excursions will be given tomorrow evening on the big steel hull, non-sinkable Steamer Majestic. The boat will leave the local wharf at 8:15, returning at 11:15. Fare for the round trip is 75 cents plus war tax. She has five large roomy decks with a capacity of 2,500 passengers, and a large dance floor of smooth hard maple. Tuberculosis Association Of Posey County Meets - Saturday a meeting of the Posey County Tuberculosis Association was held at the home of Mrs. Louis Keck, the President. Also present were: VicePresident, Mrs. I. Wolf; Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Lawrence; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Harlem, Mrs. G.F. Zimmerman, President of the Parent-Teachers’ Club,

and M.S. Parker, Educational Director of the Indiana Tuberculosis Association. Plans were made for an active health campaign in this county. Rail Car Of Posey Gift Corn To Near East - Posey County farmers are not lacking in the spirit of giving. A rail car was partially loaded at the FuhrerFord Milling Company in this city last Friday. From this point, the car was transferred to Reisinger and Sons of Poseyville where the loading was completed. The car contained 1,362 bushels of corn as a gift of the farmers to the millions of sufferers in the Near East. From Poseyville, the car will be sent to headquarters in Indianapolis, and from that point will be sent to New York Harbor. The corn was donated free of charge, the grinding and loading was free of charge, and transferring the corn from point to point was free of charge. Home Burglarized - The home of Henry Ritzert of Caborn was entered by a burglar Sunday morning while the members of the family were attending church, and stole a sum of money and a number of articles in the bureau drawers. News Briefs And Personals - Forthoﬀer Falls - John Forthoﬀer met with an accident last week that has caused him considerable pain and loss of sleep. While at work at his pop-shop, he stumbled and fell, his right hand coming in contact with a broken bottle which badly cut his hand and severed an artery in the wrist and he is now carrying his arm in a sling. Births - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schmidt, Sunday, a son, William Howard; Born to Rev.

and Mrs. Hatfield, this morning, a daughter, Irma Louise; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fisher of Marrs, yesterday morning, William Franklin. Sick List - Josiah Aldredge of the Upton area, is reported seriously ill with cancer. Trips To The City - Ellis Conlin and Soda Lawrence made a flying trip to the city Friday. Sam Seifert, prominent young farmer of Marrs Township, was a business visitor to this office Monday. A Move - Mr. And Mrs. Raymond Benner have moved from Zoarville to the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe. Sunday Visits - Henry Weiss and daughters spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Denning and children entertained quite a few Sunday. New Car Sales - Henry Lang, agent for Chevrolet, reports the sale of a 490 roadster to Mr. Holt, M. Alldredge and Fred Roehr. Charles Rhein purchased a light-Studebaker from Mr. Lang. Marriage Licenses-Elijah Perchman and Jennie Peele; Arnold Wild and Beulah Burlison. Baseball News - The Evansville Eagles will come down and play the Farmersville Nine this Sunday. Babe Gets His First One - Babe Ruth knocked his first home run Saturday in a game with the Philadelphia Athletics. News From 125 Years Ago - Marriage Licenses - Alfred Pendle and Ethel Saltzman; Lawrence Barter and Katherine Miller; William Krittenstein and Minnie Espenlaub; Walter Lupton and Anna Kaffenberger; John Frahlich and Alice Parish. Marriage Conrad Kleinschmidt and Miss Minnie Daub Sunday morning.

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Pictured above are the North Posey FFA members who were in attendance at the banquet this year. Back row left to right: Logan Herke, Taylor Freeman, Camden Lupfer, Jonathan Dill, Brayden Bauer, Paige Schatz, Ava Crawford, Lander Shelby, Luke Willis, Kyle Fifer, Kaleb Herke, Lukas Donner, and Joshua Dill. Front row left to right: Jaxson Bender, Reagan Koester, Sam Belt, Grace Glaser, Audrey Hirsch, Levi Freeman, and Advisor, Robyn Bender. Photo submitted

North Posey FFA celebrates unusual but successful year The North Posey FFA Chapter celebrated its successful year with a banquet on Tuesday, April 6. Members and guests enjoyed a meal catered by Papa Bears’ Catering and then held the ceremony in the auditorium. The banquet began with opening ceremonies. Members were recognized for their accomplishments. We had several members compete in CDEs this year. This included soils judging in the fall. This consisted of Sam Belt, 9th overall; Reagan Koester 13th overall; Grace Glaser 15th overall; and Myles Belt 1st in the Junior Division. The team of Sam Belt, Reagan Koester, and Grace Glaser received 3rd overall. In the winter we had members compete in Forestry and Entomology. We also had one member, Brayden Bauer, compete in Forestry at state. Reagan Koester competed in State Entomology and placed 22nd overall. In the spring we will have members competing in Dairy and Livestock judging. Reagan Koester placed 12th in Dairy Judging at the State Purdue Invitational. We will also have several members competing in Area Livestock judging on April 17th. This includes Grace Glaser, Sam Belt, Audrey Hirsch, Camden Lupfer, Cordale Straub, Luke Willis, Lukas Donner, and Lander Shelby. Additionally, Myles Belt and Jack Hirsh will be competing in the junior division. This year we had three proﬁciencies. Reagan Koester received ﬁrst place in the District in AgriScience Integrated Systems. She received a gold rating at state and is waiting to hear further state results.

Grace Glaser received a bronze rating at state for her proficiency in Swine Production Placement. Finally, Reagan Koester received second place in District on her Service Learning Proficiency. We also had one member, Reagan Koester, compete at Nationals this year and receive 3rd place in Agriscience. Our chapter also had a Chapter Meeting team which consisted of Grace Glaser, President; Reagan Koester, Vice President; Audrey Hirsch, Secretary; Kaleb Herke, Treasurer; Brayden Bauer, Reporter; Lukas Donner, Sentinel; Luke Willis, Advisor; and Josh Dill, member. The team received 9th overall at the Section contest. This year our chapter had a lot of success at the District Leadership Contest. The Quiz Bowl team made up of Jenna Wehmer, Kaleb Herke, Luke Willis, and Lukas Donner received second. Reagan Koester received first place in the Job Interview contest. Audrey Hirsch received first place in her Food Science Demonstration. Reagan Koester placed first in Public Speaking. Jenna Wehmer competed in creed speaking. In the Agriculture Business Demonstration Reagan Koester received first place. Also, Reagan Koester received first place in Extemporaneous Speaking. Audrey Hirsch received first place with her Secretary’s book. Jaxson Bender also received first place in the Treasure’s book competition. Finally, Kaylee Bender and Reagan Koester got first place in Talent. This year we had several members receive their Greenhand Degree. This includes Gavin Corne, Ava Crawford, Jonathan Dill, Josh-

ua Dill, Lukas Donner, Taylor Freeman, Averi Goebel, Kaleb Herke, Cole Newcomer, Paige Schatz, Lander Shelby, Kennedy Schmitt, Jenna Wehmer, and Luke Willis. Our 2020-2021 Star Greenhands were Lukas Donner and Luke Willis. We also had four members earn their Chapter Degrees. This includes Kyle Fifer, Levi Freeman, Logan Herke, and Reagan Koester. This year senior sashes were handed out to the following students: Sam Belt, Jaxson Bender, Grace Glaser, Cole McCullough, Kyle Payne, Konnor Schmitt, Jaydyn Wehmer. The Cargill Mental Attitude Award was awarded to Grace Glaser. Also, the Dekalb Ag Accomplishment Award was awarded to Sam Belt. The chapter scholarship was awarded to Grace Glaser. Retiring Officers are Grace Glaser - President, Sam Belt- Vice President, Jaxson Bender- Treasurer, Audrey Hirsch - Secretary, Reagan Koester- Reporter, and Levi Freeman - Sentinel As you can see, our chapter has had a very successful year so far. The officers would like to give a big shout-out and thank you to Ms. Bender for all she has done for us and the chapter. We truly appreciate all the work she puts into building us FFA members into future leaders. To stay updated with the North Posey FFA chapter, follow us on Instagram @northposeyffa. Photo submitted

The Mount Vernon High School Chapter of the National Honor Society recently held induction ceremonies. Pictured at right are Row 1: Grace Lueder, Haley Curtis, Brooke Slledd, Genna Biggerstaﬀ, Trinity Clements, Sydney Redman, Brenna Julian, Mathania Burnett, Haley Rutledge, Alexandra Healey, and Alayna Reising. In Row 2 are: Olivia Culley, Kori Leverenz, Abigail Dosher, Taylor Randel, Sophie Kloppenburg, Kaden Leverenz, Kaleigh Kelley, and Sadie Redman. In Row 3 are: Connor King, Micah Luckett, Carson Tucker, Khai Willard, Rylan Paul, Gabriel Owens, Colton Lippe, Garet Hollinger, and Taylor Jarvis. Photo submitted

Briefly PC Board of Health to meet The Posey County Board of Health will meet Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 6 p.m. at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620. For questions, please contact the Health Department at 812-8381328.

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Honors’ Day Program The Honors’ Day Program will be held at North Posey High School this year on May 13, 2021. This program starts at 8 a.m. and will end around 10 a.m. All parents/guardians of North Posey High School seniors are invited to attend. All attendees must wear a face covering.

Azaleas and Plant Sale Beautiful azaleas, vegetables, ﬂower plants will be for sale at the Riverbend Park on Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.

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. AA Meetings on Saturdays AA meetings are held on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and will continue until further notice. Join us at Trinity UCC in Mount Vernon and enter through the back.

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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 of the Class of 2021 and a member of 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. 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 Award 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 recipient will be notified no later than June 4, 2021. An organization may nominate a student for the Award and pro-

vide supporting letters, but the nominated student must complete the application. The Awards for 2021 will be presented at the United Way of Posey County Leadership Giving 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 812-838-3637 or at unitedwayposey@gmail.com . The application is also available on the United Way website at unitedwayposeycounty. org

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Evansville Philharmonic brings new series to Tri State The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra hosts their April Connect & Celebrate: NEW TRADITIONS diversity series at Tri State Hindu Temple & Cultural Center, located at 6044 S Vann Road, Newburgh, Indiana on Thursday, April 22, at 6 p.m. Members of the Eykamp String Quartet (Alan Snow, violin; Jia-Rong Gan, violin; Mark Hatlestad, viola; & Graham Cullen, cello) will play works by Reena Esmail and ColeridgeTaylor Perkinson. The performance will begin with a duet by Leanne Hampton, flute and Mark Hatlestad, viola playing Esmail’s Nadiya. The quartet will perform String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary” by Perkinson and Zeher (“Poison”) by Esmail. Indian American composer Reena Esmail (b. 1983) works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music and brings communi-

ties together through the creation of equitable musical spaces. Esmail is the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 2020-2023 Swan Family Artist in Residence, and Seattle Symphony’s 2020-21 Composer-in-Residence. Previously, she was named a 2019 United States Artist Fellow in Music, and the 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the S & R Foundation’s Washington Award. She holds degrees in composition from The Juilliard School (BM’05) and the Yale School of Music (MM’11, MMA’14, DMA’18) and is currently an Artistic Director of Shastra, a nonprofit organization that promotes cross-cultural music connecting music traditions of India and the West. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (b. June 14, 1932 - March 9, 2004, Chicago) was an innovative American composer whose interests spanned

the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was Afro-American. He was named after AfroBritish composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912). His mother was active in music and the arts as a piano teacher, church organist, and director of a theater company. Perkinson cofounded the Symphony of the New World in New York in 1965 and later became its Music Director. He was also Music Director of Jerome Robbins’s American Theater Lab and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He wrote a great deal of classical music but was equally well-versed in jazz and popular music. He served briefly as pianist for drummer Max Roach’s quartet and wrote arrangements for Roach, Marvin Gaye, and Harry Belafonte. He also composed music for films. Admission is free and open to the public. For

more information, call (812) 425-5050, Ext 316 This project is made possible through a partnership with Toyota. About the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra: Under the new leadership of Music Director Roger Kalia, the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra continues to be the largest non-profit performing arts institution in the Tri-State area with a commitment to artistic excellence, diverse and creative programming inside and outside its historic Victory Theatre home, its engagement with communities throughout the state of Indiana and its ambitious approaches to music education, performance, and collaboration. In the decades since its founding in 1934, the EPO has presented a range of classical, pops, family, and holiday programming to thousands of people each year.

that He wants them to enjoy “peace.” Their initial response was anything but positive. We are told, “they were terriﬁed and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.” They could not believe the women. They did not believe Peter and the two men from Emmaus. They now appeared too frightened to believe their Savior, for they were facing something which they could not understand. How could Jesus be alive, when they knew He had died? Jesus, Our Living Savior, understanding the problem and moving quickly to overcome it, asked, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?” The disciples believed in God, but seemed unable to accept the reality of the awesome power of God in its ability to overcome death. Jesus urged His disciples to look at His hands and His feet. He urged them to come forward and touch His body. Do not be unbelieving, but rather believe and experience the peace, which arises within a soul that rests its hopes and future on Jesus - the Son of God, Our Living Savior. Have the things you have seen in this world - have the troubles you have or are experiencing blocked for you the peace of mind and

heart God desires for you? If so, look to Jesus. Read again and again the precious words of divine revelation you find in your Bibles. God, our heavenly Father, does not want us to live lives filled with fears and doubts. Rather, He wants you to experience the peace, which can only come when we are led by the Spirit to believe in an infinite power in heaven above. When we understand and believe that God, our heavenly Father, created us as we are with all of our gifts and abilities. When we understand and believe that Jesus, God’s beloved Son, has redeemed us and thereby brought us close to our heavenly Father. When we understand and believe that God the Holy Spirit sanctifies us by faith and has an eternal plan, which calls for our personal relationship with God to last throughout eternity. Then we can begin to appreciate the blessings Jesus has in store for us when He says, “Peace to you.” Listen to Your Living Savior. He wants you to enjoy His gift of peace - a peace, which removes all fear and a peace, which removes all doubt. Your Living Savior has forgiven you all your sins, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Sermon of the Week - Luke 24:36-49 Pastor Sean Esterline It couldn’t possibly be true. Jesus’ disciples had listened to the women that first Easter morning as they described what they had witnessed at the empty tomb and as they related the message of the angels, but they didn’t believe them. It just couldn’t possibly be true. They had seen Jesus arrested, abused, and crucified, and you know as well as I do, that seeing is believing for most folks. They knew Jesus had died. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus had buried Him. They just couldn’t believe that Jesus was alive. There must be some other explanation for what the women saw and heard. Even after they listened to Peter assure them that Jesus had appeared to him, and they heard the account of the two disciples from Emmaus, they remained unconvinced. It was just too good to be true. It would take the words of our blessed Savior Himself to convince these early believers, and so that first Easter Sunday evening Jesus appeared in their midst to speak to them. Let us Listen To Our Living Savoir. He wants us to enjoy His peace - a peace, that removes fear and a peace that removes doubt. When Je-

sus suddenly appeared in the disciples’ midst on that first Easter Sunday evening He said, “Peace to you.” Peace is a sense of general well being - an absence of conflict, the basis for a full and confident life. Jesus wanted His disciples and us to enjoy true “peace.” The “peace” of which Jesus here speaks is not the external peace that the world offers, which is dependent upon man and the external relationships of men - that can so easily be disturbed by the unfaithful actions of man (cf. John 14:27). Rather, it is an internal “peace” based upon Jesus and His work of redemption (cf. Romans 5:1). It is a peace with God based upon a faith relationship, in which our sins are forgiven and we have the assurance of our eternal salvation. It is a peace, which exists and thrives as the Spirit abides in our hearts, even when we face great tribulation in this world. Jesus had told His disciples on Maundy Thursday evening, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Now, He appears after His resurrection and the very first thing He says is

Garden Club Trellis Project will help beautify New Harmony

Above, active participants in the New Harmony Garden Club Trellis project are, left to right, Dan Busler, Ken Back, and Tom Smith. At left, Barb McConnell is pictured with the Garden Club Trellis project completed. The garden club has all the plants ready for planting. Photos by Lois Gray

Kenny Rudibaugh proudly holds up a Wilfred Clark presents Jessica Hansen check with his grandson Xavier Angel who received a donation from the Lions Club to with a donation in memory of his father Wilfred Clark, Jr. Photo submitted help with his college. Photo submitted

A good number of health care workers and volunteers showed up Saturday morning to help Posey Health Doctor Kyle Rapp with the COVID Clinic at Marrs School. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Lois Mittino Gray The neon green shirts that members of the Garden Club of New Harmony work crews wear can be seen again back on the streets this spring. The newest of their many beautification projects involves constructing a Harmonist trellis up against the USI Barn behind Black Lodge Roasters. It should be completed by May. The club received a $500 beautification grant from the Efroymson Foundation through USI to fund materials for the latticework and the plantings. Club members pitched in to begin the work in early April. Kent Schutte designed the trellis and engineer Mick McConnell did the drawings from it for the 28 foot by 8 foot structure. Tom Smith heads the construction crew, consisting mainly of himself, Tom Stahl, Dan Bussler, and Ken Back. Workers primed and painted it ‘Invisible Green’,which will help to deter carpenter bees. Over $700 worth of plantings from Hastings Produce were ordered to landscape the area. These include Burgundy Red Astilbe, Heuchera Christa, Red Hot Poker Elvira, Hollyhock, Crystal Fountain Clematis, and Prairie Dropseed to give the area a native traditional look. There is a grape vine (Vitus) planned for the location, too. “Our costs to build the trellis have exceeded the grant money. In addition, the Garden Club has committed its own funds to the landscape project. If the community would like to help offset some of the costs, they can send a donation to us,” Beautification Chairman Barbara McConnell said. The address is: Garden Club North Elementary received $1,500 from Duke Energy to help oﬀset costs incurred during the pandemic. North Elementary used the funds to purchase social distancing directional star stickers that line each side of our hallways. These stickers have been a huge help this year. Pictured are Kurt Phegly and Principal Shannon MacMunn. Photo submitted

of New Harmony, PO Box 244, New Harmony IN. 47631. McConnell also announced that the mulch available to citizens in town has arrived. For eight years since 2013, the club has been offering mulch to citizens at the cost of $4 per bag. Using the honor system, residents know they can go to the ‘Garden House’ near the Methodist Church on Church Street and take however many bags they would like. Payment can be cash or checks delivered to Barb at 534 Granary Street. “We have people take anywhere from two to 50 bags at a time off the pallet,” she said. The Tuesday work crews maintain the many beautification spots around town with a spirit of camaraderie and outdoor enjoyment. They work on flower beds at the post office, waterworks, trailheads, Town Hall, and in the beautiful Redbud Park in the center of town. They planted one thousand daffodil bulbs there last year. After their labors, they gather to talk and catch up at Black Lodge Roasters where the owner, Alex, looks forward to seeing them and has the hot brews ready. At least eight to 10 members show up each week on these Tuesdays. Other special projects include maintaining the large metalwork at the Old Train Depot, and the triangle at the north entrance to Murphy Park. One hundred Lambs Ear plants were just put in at that location. Anyone wishing to get more information on joining the club, may call Barbara McConnell at 812-449-0649 or Club President Marlene Huffaker at 765-749-1682.

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House Bill 1381 dies, control returned to local government By Trisha L. Lopez An Indiana bill seeking to establish statewide siting standards for the state’s rapidly growing renewable energy market died on the Senate floor on Tuesday. After months of debate and outcry from local officials throughout the state, a heavily amended version of HB1381 was due for its third reading on the Senate floor on Tuesday. Senate Sponsor Mark Messmer (R-Jasper) passed on reading the bill. A brief recess was called and the bill was later called again. Messmer walked up to the podium, but instead of reading the bill before a vote, gave a

statement of defeat. “Working through this bill was like working through a hostage negotiation with a schizophrenic captor on the other side. Everything that was asked to be changed in the bill to make it local control was done. It’s like having a hostage crisis negotiation going along. You give the captor everything that they want then they shoot the person at the end of the ordeal anyway,” Messmer said. “This bill, as everybody who’s in our caucus heard this morning, has statewide support. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Obviously there’s relationships with commissioners that people just felt like they couldn’t break.

It’s a good piece of legislation. Everybody who was opposed to the bill who said ‘wait and bring something back better next year’ I challenge any one of you to do it and I doubt that it will happen.” The Association of Indiana Counties and Indiana Association of County Commissioners spoke out against the bill. Nearly 60 counties passed resolutions of opposition as well, claiming it was an attack on local authority. There were concerns amongst the bill’s opponents that language from the bill might show up in other legislation. Rep. Edmond Soliday

(R-Valparaiso), the bill’s author, penned a bill that establishes uniform assessment standards for solar sites. HB1348 passed after its third Senate reading on Tuesday with a vote of 417. It returned to the House with amendments on Wednesday, but a motion of dissent was filed, a move some feared was a tactic to add elements of the failed siting bill in an effort to appease solar developers. Senator Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg), a member of the Senate Utilities committee, said that fear is unfounded. She said language from HB1381 “won’t be inserted into HB 1348 and also won’t advance in any form this session.”

‘Mount Vernon City Meeting,’ continued from Page A1 ties. They can record the meetings, but they are not able at this time to broadcast or livestream. Under Old Business, the Mayor gave an update on the 1888 Main Building (Tresslar) demolition project. “Klenk Construction is finally getting to do the top edge on the south wall this week. Masonry contractors had problems with getting stock in and shipments. The wall is now finished and the company plans

to finish up the grading and seeding in the next few days,” he reported. Mayor Curtis also brought good news on the change order previously discussed at a prior meeting. When petroleum was found on the property in the form of a deteriorated 500 gallon fuel oil tank, the tank and surrounding soil were taken to Laubscher Meadows Landfill in Evansville, as advised by environmental managers. The 752

tons Klenck estimated they would haul actually turned out to be 441 tons, so the amount of the change order will be around $31,500, not well over $50,000. “We have weight tickets from every load taken there,” the Mayor said, as calculations are completed. The Mayor and councilors were effusive in praise for the Klenck Company. Councilwoman Dana Baldwin commented they have done a really good job with the lot and

Mount Vernon resident Tom Straw cleans up his yard-keeping tools on Sunday afternoon after beating the rain to get his yard mowed. Temperatures are expected to be near the freezing mark this week in Posey County. Photo by Dave Pearce

‘Western Bypass,’ continued from Page A1 I know there’s been questions (that) doesn’t this mean that Midwest Fertilizer is here and they’re moving forward. This is totally separate because this is actually on the north end of the bypass area and to help semi traffic at CountryMark and GAF,” Allyn said. “CountryMark is TFF’d so part of the funding that we’ve been getting from them will go back to this project that actually helped them get their semis in without going through Lawrence Subdivision which has been a problem for quite a while.” Council members also discussed the American Rescue Plan and the $4,931,410 that will be awarded to Posey County through the $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan signed by President Joe Biden on March 11. The county expects to receive the first half of the funds around May 11 and the second half sometime next year, “With any money there are strings and there’s

specifications as to what those are allowed to be used for. We can’t just throw it out there and use it for what we want,” Allyn said. She said American Rescue Plan funds can be used to: respond to or mitigate public health emergencies in respect to Covid and its negative economic impact; provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenues due to Covid; and make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure. Allyn said the funds would be used to cover the matching funds portion, a little over $1 million, of the county’s broadband grant. She said the county will be required to submit a plan for the use of those funds. Harrison said that county commissioners will discuss a state-required ordinance to establish a fund for the money during their meeting today. He said the county will have to spend the money by 2024.

Councilwoman Jillian Brothers agreed. Councilman Andy Hoehn stated he has heard nothing but compliments on Klenck from everyone who has talked with him. Under New Business, the Mayor discussed the American Rescue Plan. The city will be receiving $1.354 million dollars from the rescue plan. He speculated that it should arrive between May 8 and May 12. All funds must be spent by December 2024. He heard from municipality support groups, AIM and the Association of Counties, that are requesting more information from OCRA in order to come up with a better plan to use the funds, as there is some confusion. The groups are going to find out the hurdles to jump to spend the money. “We will need to pass a resolution at the next meeting establishing a fund for the money to be deposited into before it comes in,” Mayor Curtis declared. Also under New Business, Councilman Hoehn initiated a discussion on the city’s role in River Days. “The city gets accolades for River Days, although it is not a city entity. It is becoming a Mount Vernon standard event and the city needs to get behind it. We put up the barricades and the water and street departments do great for the event, but I’m talking about helping out with some money,” he explained. He wondered if the city might be able to chip into the event, if they want to see it remain and bring people in to Mount Vernon. “It takes seed money and last year was a bad year. People may be timid about coming back. I’m sure they are in a financial crunch,” he speculated. The event this year is being scaled down to a two day event. Councilwoman Baldwin agreed funds are low as she serves on the planning committee. Attorney Beth Higgins said she will look into the question and get some options back to council on how they could donate money. Councilwoman Brothers stated she had someone “reach out” to her concerning the benches on Main Street in the

downtown area. “Can they be turned to face the street?” she queried. Mayor Curtis replied this has been discussed so many times already. “Think about if we turn them, most folks, especially short children, will be staring at the side of a parked car if we turn them. The engineers of the project say this is standard procedure how they are positioned. If they face the street, they would be up against a building.” Councilwoman Brothers added she just wanted to relay the citizen’s concern. She wondered if they could possibly be staggered. She stated she will go down there and take a look, it would be nice to face the street for parades, and events. Attorney Higgins added this is really a Board of Works issue and needs to be taken up there. A lengthy discussion took place once again about hiring part-time help for the fire department. Fire Chief Wes Dixon said from 4 p.m. to midnight, which is when he would like an extra man, covers the largest percentage of runs. Several persons would be hired to work a total of 40 hours a week. Chief Dixon said if the city raises the pay to $15 per hour that is roughly $30,000 a year. Mayor Curtis stated he ran some rough figures that afternoon and if they continue paying the part time help $12 per hour through the remainder of 2021, that is nine months, or 270 days of eight hours per day x $12/hr x 270 = $25,900. The Mayor noted that Chief Dixon has that in his budget now. In fact, between the paid volunteer line and the part time help line, there is $44,232 remaining as of March 31. He was urged to hire part-time help now from his budget. Mayor Curtis stated he just wanted to clarify that when Councilman Levings had indicated the fire department was “understaffed”, they are actually “adequately” staffed, though of course they could use more help. He said he is in favor of putting part time

people on, but he doesn’t want anyone thinking they are “understaffed”. Councilman Levings stated he knows budget is tight already and changing from $12 to $15 per hour would definitely impact that. He did some rough figuring and around $6,240 would be needed for 2021 to make that change. Attorney Higgins added if the change is done this year, it will require an ordinance change or they can discuss it more at budget time for 2022. They could consider then if all part-time help in all departments should be raised to $15 per hour. --First District Councilman David Dodd thanked Police Chief Tony Alldredge and the MVPD for the extra patrols in the downtown area. They are doing a good job in curbing past behavior problems and he is most appreciative. --At the Water Utility Board meeting before the Council meeting, Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray requested permission to replace two trucks. He has a quote from Expressway Ford for Ford F150s for $29,215 each. The quote is for two wheel drive, standard cab trucks with V6 engine models. Superintendent Gray has the money in his budget and the purchase was approved. He said there will be no trade ins, as his two old trucks (2003and 2006) have holes in the floorboards and body and high hours of use. They will sell them to the highest bidder, as they have done in the past. --Board members voted to allow Superintendent Gray to handle water tap requests on his own, without having to bring them to the board for approval as long as required paperwork is in and the tap is a single, ¾ ” residential tap. This will not slow down the process for anyone wanting service, as long as there is sufficient quantity and pressure. Anything larger than that would come to the Board for approval. Board member Hoehn stated he would like a report from Gray when a tap has been requested.

‘CenterPoint’ continued from Page A1 purchase the 300 MW solar array on Feb. 23. The company’s 2019-20 Integrated Resource Plan filing with the IURC outlined a strategy to shift resources out of coal production and into renewables. The plan calls for the retirement of 41-year-old A.B. Brown 1 and 34-year-old A.B. Brown 2…with a combined 490 MW production capacity…as part of its goal to avoid more than $700 million in upgrade costs that would be necessary for continued operations. The FB Culley Generating Station in Warrick County is also slated for closure in 2023. “The preferred portfolio recommendation is to retire 730 MW of coal generation and replace them with 700 to 1,000 MW of solar generation and 300 MW of wind,” according to the IRP filing. Hedde said the IRP was the result of a year-long public planning process looking into what the future might hold for CenterPoint and its stakeholders. “We have to go through this IRP process every three years, which is exactly what we did in 2019 and 2020, the output of which directed us away from a primary coal fired generation fleet into one that was led by more renewables but also backed up by gas generation because we have an obligation to serve our customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Hedde said. “While we are going to produce renewable energy through wind through solar, it’s not lost on us that we have to have what we would consider baseload generation to back up those renewables when we need them to.” Hedde said the proximity to A.B. Brown and having infrastructure already in place made the Marrs Township sited project appealing. “We want to produce these utility-owned infrastructure in our service territory for customers that are going to ultimately pay for them. We could go out and put these somewhere else, but we don’t want to. The closer they are to infrastructure that we already have in place, the lower the transmission costs to get the power from the generation site onto our grid,” Hedde said. “To be frank, we don’t own this property. We don’t own the property that we need to meet the obligation to fulfill what the IRP is directing us to do.” Thornburg said CenterPoint’s desire to utilize existing infrastructure shouldn’t take precedence over prime farm ground in Posey County that the economic impact statement from Pete Heurer of Ball State University said would bring in more than $223 million if left in production over the next 37 years. He thinks CenterPoint should find a way to meet its needs on its own property despite the added connectivity costs. “Personally, CenterPoint owns thousands of acres of reclaimed land from strip mining. They could use that property and not come in and use prime farmland,” he said. Hedde said CenterPoint wasn’t involved in the selection process for the Posey Solar site plan. “This was not property that we pursued, necessarily. The developer pursued this and then we became aware of the project and we showed interest in it. CenterPoint Energy did not go out and look for this piece of property,” Hedde said. “I don’t want to speak on behalf of the farming community. I also don’t want

to speak on behalf of the individuals who have chosen to lease their land and are proponents of (the project). You’re going to hear from the vocal majority in opposition. Nobody comes out of the woodwork to say positive things and ‘hey we’re proponents of this.’ We’re going to hear from people that oppose, but we want to make sure our Posey County residents and our customers understand the facts.” Steve Greenley, CenterPoint’s senior vice president of generation development, said the connection between Tenaska, Capital Dynamics and CenterPoint Energy happened after CenterPoint released a request for proposals from renewable energy developers across the board to meet the goals set in the 2019-20 IRP. Posey Solar developers, along with many others, responded with their project for consideration, he said. He said they had a bias toward the project because of its location. “This is a good project on our footprint, reduces the need to invest in transmission infrastructure to bring it across the state to our customers. It’s right here. We make investments in our local community versus other parts of the state or other states,” Greenley said. Justin Joiner, director of power supply services for CenterPoint, said the Posey Solar project was the company’s highest scoring solar project submitted with the lowest costs according to company analysis. How will these company savings translate to customers’ bills? Hedde said the shift from coal to solar will not translate into lower energy bills every month. In fact, the cost of energy will likely increase with or without solar energy...but the increases are going to be smaller, she said “We have to make decisions now on behalf of our customers that are going to serve them well for the next 20 years plus. Bills will go up less than they otherwise would have if we do nothing at all,” she said. A bill passed last week by the Indiana Senate will help with customer savings, too, Hedde said. Senate Bill 386, otherwise known as the securitization bill, will save customers up to $100 million over the next 15 years by allowing CenterPoint Energy to refinance its remaining money owed on A.B. Brown at a significantly lower, 2 to 3 percent AAA interest rate compared to its current 10 percent rate. The bill essentially helps customers avoid paying for costs on coal plants after they’ve closed. One of the recommendations for receiving these savings: the bill’s language encourages utility companies to reinvest those savings in clean energy projects. The bill was authored by Senator Ed Koch (R-Bedford) in January...about six weeks before CenterPoint Energy’s involvement with Posey Solar was announced. Koch is the chair of the Senate Utilities committee and co-chair of the Indiana 21st Century Energy Task Force, a group tasked with exploring Indiana’s energy future. The task force’s findings were released in November 2020 and the basis for HB 1381, a bill that died in the Senate last week that called for statewide renewable energy siting standards to make the development process more consistent and reliable for the state’s rapidly growing renewable energy market.

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Lady Vikings defeat Lady Wildcats in rivalry softball game

North Posey sophomore Shaina Farrar scoots toward ﬁrst base after laying down a near-perfect bunt during this week’s win over South Knox. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Chris Morlan North Posey 7, Mount Vernon 3: On Monday, April 12, North Posey went on the road to Mount Vernon to take on the Lady Wildcats. Mount Vernon led early in this game. North Posey scored three runs in the fourth and sixth innings to beat Mount Vernon 7-3. In the bottom of the first inning, Hannah West hit a single and drove in Cherish Anderson for the first run of the game to give Mount Vernon a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning, Lauren Kihn hit a double to drive in Ava Lowe for a North Posey score and tie the game at 1-1. Mount Vernon’s Hannah West doubled in the bottom of the third inning to drive in Kaylen Salee for another Lady Wildcat run. After three innings, Mount Vernon led 2-1. North Posey came to life in the top of the fourth inning. Ava Lowe hit a single that drove in Jenna Wehmer for the score and tied the game at 2-2. Next at bat, Kihn singled and Addie Fullop scored another Lady Vikings run. North Posey then took the lead at 3-2. Lowe scored the third run of the fourth inning to give North Posey a 4-2 advantage. Mount Vernon got their bats going again in the bottom of the fifth inning when Kaylen Salee hit a double to score Paige Robinson. This cut the North Posey lead to one run at 4-3. The Lady Vikings scored three more runs in the top of the sixth inning. Ashton Elpers singled. Ava Lowe hit a single. Erin Hoehn was intentionally walked to load the bases. Haley Lowe was the next at bat and she hit a double to score Elpers, Ava Lowe and Hoehn and give the Lady Vikings a 7-3 lead. Erin Hoehn was the winning pitcher. Hoehn threw seven innings, struck out 13 batters and only allowed seven hits and three runs. VARSITY AT MOUNT VERNON North Posey 7, Mount Vernon 3 North Posey 0-0-1-3-0-3-0 - 7-12-1 Mount Vernon 1-0-1-0-1-0-0 - 3-7-2 NORTH POSEY: L. Kihn 3-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 SB; E. Hoehn 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB; H. Lowe 1-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI; M. Olander 0-4; K.

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Mount Vernon’s Cora Bell makes the throw to ﬁrst to snag an out during this week’s loss to North Posey. Photo by Garry Beeson

Wiggins breaks 200-meter record, Vikings beat Chargers By Chris Morlan The North Posey boys track team competed in Petersburg against the Pike Central Chargers on Monday, April 12. North Posey controlled many of the events and went on to defeat Pike Central 82-50 to win their first dual meet of the season. There were many great individual performances by the Viking track team. Jaxon Wiggins had four first place performances at this meet. Wiggins won the long jump at 18 feet, nine inches, the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.06 and he was part of the 4 x 100-meter relay and 4 x 400-meter relay team that both won. Tyler Underwood won three events. Underwood won the high jump at five-feet, eight inches, the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.85 and he was a member of the 4 x 400-meter relay team that won with a time of 3:50.03. Kedrick Wahl won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.06 seconds. Wahl finished second in the high jump at a height of five-feet, four inches and second place in the 110-meter

hurdles with a time of 17.06 seconds. In the 110-meter hurdles, Thomas Turner won the race with a time of 17.03 seconds. Dawson Wunderlich won the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.25 seconds. Liam Stone finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.62 seconds. The North Posey 4 x 100-meter relay team of Liam Stone, Clayton Lutz, Ian Wallace and Jaxon Wiggins won with a time of 46.59 seconds. Riley Basham placed second in the 400-meter dash in a time of 59.37 seconds. Thomas Turner finished second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.25 seconds. Logan Herke won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.87. Dawson Wunderlich placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.62 seconds. Brayden Bauer placed third in the 3200-meter run with a time of 12:47. The North Posey 4 x 400-meter relay team of Austin Danhauer, Jaxon Wiggins, Riley Basham and Tyler Underwood won the race with a time of 3:50.3. In the field events, Caleb Doubler won the discus with a throw of 118-feet. Doubler also

finished second in the shot put with a throw of 32-feet, 10 and a half inches. Kyle Fifer finished third in discus at 101-feet, five inches and third in the shot put at 32-feet, 10 and a half inches. Austin Danhauer finished third in the high jump at five feet, four inches. Clayton Lutz placed second in the long jump at 17-feet, two inches. Liam Stone finished third in the long jump at 16-feet, 11 inches. The Viking track team went to Evansville Central last Thursday night in a triangular meet against Evansville Central and Evansville North. In the team scores, Evansville North won with 70 points, followed by Evansville Central in second place with 66 points. North Posey finished third with 30 points. There were some great individual performances by North Posey at this meet. A school record was broken at this meet. Jaxon Wiggins broke the 200-meter dash record that had been held by Kelly Freeman for 28 years (1993) and a time of 22.9 seconds. Wiggins won the 200-meter dash with a new school record time of 22.85

seconds. Senior Austin Danhauer won the high jump at the height of five feet, eight inches. Kedrick Wahl finished second in the high jump at five feet, four inches. Dawson Wunderlich ran a great race in the 100-meter dash to place second with a time of 11.22 seconds. Wunderlich also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.03 seconds. The North Posey 1600-meter relay team of Austin Danhauer, Jaxon Wiggins, Riley Basham and Tyler Underwood placed second with a time of 3:40.81. Caleb Doubler placed third in the shot put with a throw of 38-feet, nine inches. Doubler also finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 99-feet, five inches. Logan Herke placed third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:13.33. Jaxon Wiggins placed third in the long jump at 18 feet, eight inches. Thomas Turner finished third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 44.44 seconds. Kedrick Wahl placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.87 seconds.

Lady Vikes outrun Chargers By Chris Morlan The North Posey girls’ track team competed in a dual meet on Monday, April 12 at Pike Central High School. North Posey won 10 of the 16 events to cruise to a 72-52 victory over Pike Central in their first dual meet of the season. There were many great individual performances by the Lady Viking track team. Sophomore Reagan Koester won three races for the Lady Vikings. Koester won the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.28 seconds. She won the 200-meter dash with a time Mount Vernon High School graduates Lori (Logan) Westerman and her husband Eric of 28.75 seconds and won the are all smiles at the POPS dinner and auction Saturday evening at the Posey County Com400-meter dash with a time of munity Center. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Wildcat track teams enjoy success, golf team gains experience By River Snodgrass It was yet another great week for Mount Vernon Wildcat sports as the spring season progresses on. The track team traveled to Tecumseh to participate in a quad-meet with Tecumseh, Evansville Christian, and Signature School. The girls team dominated the night, winning the entire meet with an outstanding score of 72. First place finishers include the 400 meter relay team, consisting of Kori Leverenz, Lera Wilson, Grace Schroeder, and Natalie King, Kori Leverenz in the 400-meter dash and 200-meter dash, Emma Thompson in the 800-meter run, the 1600-meter relay consisting of Kori Leverenz, Maddie Maier, Grace Schroeder, and Emma Thompson, Grace Thompson in the shot put, and Lera Wilson in the high jump and the long jump. Second place finishers are as follows: Brooke Sledd in the 110-meter hurdles, Lera Wilson

in the 200-meter dash, Emma Thompson in the mile, Maddie Maier in high jump, Ashley Lilleston in the 3200-meter run, and Grace Thompson in discus. Third place finishers include Jillian Higginson in shot put, Grace Schroeder in high jump, and Brooke Sledd in long jump. The Lady Cats also had their first home meet Tuesday against Princeton. Although the Wildcats ran hard, they fell to Princeton with a final score of 77-52. First place finishers for their first home meet were Kori Leverenz, Grace Schroeder, Maddie Maier, Emma Thompson, and Lera Wilson. The boys track team also had an outstanding week alongside the Lady Wildcats. The boys also placed first in the Tecumseh quad-meet with a tremendous score of 97 points. First place finishers for the meet were the 3200-meter relay team, consisting of Carson Tucker, Scott Russel,

Luke Schelhorn, and Rylan Paul, Jacob Swartz in the 100-meter hurdles, Luke Hoehn in the 100-meter dash, Carson Tucker in the mile and 800-meter run, the 400-meter relay team consisting of River Snodgrass, Ace Reeves, Caleb Tyus, and Luke Hoehn, River Snodgrass in the 400-meter dash and the 200 meter dash, Trevor Frisby in the 300 meter hurdles, Noah Gordon in high jump, the 1600 meter relay team consisting of Carson Tucker, Ace Reeves, Trevor Frsiby, and River Snodgrass, and Caleb Tyus in long jump. The Cats also had their home opener against Princeton early in the week. Although they ran well, setting many new personal bests, they fell to Princeton by a score of 75-54. First place finishers in this home opener were Luke Hoehn, River Snodgrass, Noah Gordon, Brady Ford, Brady Hook, and Ace Reeves. Along with the track team, the golf team was

back in action this week. The Cats performed well against Mater Dei on Thursday, April 15. Leading the Wildcats, once again, was junior Dru Henderson with a score of 41. Logan Dutkiewicz, Landon Fischer, and Brady Ford followed with scores of 53, 54, and 54 respectively. Although the Cats played tremendously, Mater Dei came out on top defeating the Cats by a final score of 168-202. The Cats turned around on Saturday and played another 18 hole tournament. Cutting eight strokes off their 18 hole score from the previous week, the Cats continue to work to improve. Again leading the Wildcats on Saturday, with a score of 86, was Dru Henderson. Following Dru Henderson was Landon Fischer, Zach Culley, and Logan Mayes shooting 101, 104, and 113 respectively. The Cats took 16th place with an overall score of 404.

Wildcats move to 3-5 on year By Trisha L. Lopez Mount Vernon varsity baseball went 2-1 on the week, including a big 3-2 win against PAC rival Gibson Southern at home on Thursday. The Wildcats were up 2-0 against the Titans in the first inning when senior center fielder Blake Ritzert stole home to score Mount Vernon’s final run of the night. Senior Brock Veatch held the Titans (6-6) to just one run in five and one third innings of work. He struck out four and allowed one walk and five hits. It was the second win of the 2021 season for the Wildcats with Veatch on the bump. Junior Hayden Huss came in relief with runners at first and second and one out in the sixth with a 3-1 lead and got two ground balls to shut the door on the Titans’ comeback hopes. Junior Logan Maurer, who struck out three and allowed 4 hits in 6 innings of work, held the Wildcats scoreless in the sixth. Gibson Southern threatened in the seventh. With runners at second and third, junior Colton Okes hit a single to shallow center, scoring junior

Noah Bryant from third to pull to within a run with one out on the board. Huss struck out the next Titan batter to face Maurer, hitting .444 on the season with the team’s secondhighest hit total. Maurer hit a sharp ground ball to junior Tyler Brown at shortstop who recorded the out to end the game. Brown led the Wildcats’ offense, going 2-3 at the plate. Huss was 1-3 at the plate with a double and had two RBIs. Junior Keaton Kern, who leads the team in hitting with seven hits and a .368 average through seven games this season, also had a hit. They followed Thursday’s win with a 26-7 victory over Evansville Christian School on Saturday. The Wildcats trailed 6-3 after three innings, but the bats took off in the fourth. They put up nine runs in the fourth inning, four runs in the sixth inning and 10 runs in the seventh. Mount Vernon had 20 hits in the contest. Ritzert had multiple hits, including a grand slam. He had five RBIs on the day. Huss, Veatch, sophomore Zaine Lindauer

and sophomore Aiden Watters had three hits each. Kern and senior Aaron Nobles also had multiple hits, including a third-inning long ball for Kern. Hamilton had one hit. Huss, who threw in relief of starting pitcher Ritzert, earned the victory on the mound for Mount Vernon. He struck out five and allowed two hits and one run in three and two-thirds innings of work. The Wildcats fell to Washington at home on Tuesday. Hatchets’ Senior Trey Reed, an Indiana State University baseball commit, struck out 14 in the 6-0 Mount Vernon loss. Reed allowed just one hit, a fifth inning single to Ritzert, in the complete game shut-out. Senior Kayden Hamilton went five innings on the mound for the Wildcats. He gave up five hits and five runs. He struck out five. He was relieved by Senior Landon Fischer. The Wildcats (3-5) will be on the road this week for a pair of PAC matchups. They travel to Ferdinand today to face Forest Park (4-3) and Lincoln City on Thursday to face Heritage Hills (2-7).

Vikings move to 3-0 in PAC By Chris Morlan The North Posey baseball team played four games last week winning two and losing two. The Vikings beat Heritage Hills and Pike Central to improve their conference record in the Pocket Athletic Conference to 3-0. North Posey lost to Class 4A third ranked Evansville North and lost a nail biter at Vincennes Lincoln. For the season, North Posey has four wins and four losses. North Posey 12, Pike Central 0: After the rough loss against Vincennes Lincoln the night before. North Posey was back on the field again last Thursday at home against the Pike Central Chargers. North Posey got back in the win column and shutout Pike Central 12-0. Jared Farrar got the win on the mound for the Vikings. Farrar threw four innings, allowing no runs on two hits, striking out four and had no walks. Brandt Elpers threw one inning in relief and gave up one hit, no runs, no walks and one strikeout. Adyn Collins went two for two at the plate with a double, one run batted in and a run scored. Jayden Wehmer went two for two hitting with one run batted in and a walk. Easton Luigs went two for two at the plate with two runs batted in and two runs scored. Kyle LaVanchy went one for two hitting with two runs batted in, a run scored and a stolen base. Clay Douglas went one for three hitting with a run scored and a stolen base. Gaige Kihn went one for four at the plate with a run batted in, a run scored and a stolen base. Chris Akers scored three runs and had a stolen base. Chase Christie drove in one run and scored a run. Cordale Straub had one hit and scored a run. Jackson Graff scored one run. Vincennes Lincoln 15, North Posey 14 (11 Innings): The Viking baseball team lost a heartbreaker last Wednesday evening on a walk-off hit to give the Vincennes Lincoln Alice’s a one run win that went eleven innings. This game was tied at 14-14 in the bottom of the eleventh inning when Blake Meadel from Vincennes Lincoln hit in a fielders’ choice to score an Alice’s run. This was a high scoring game with 29 runs by the two schools. North Posey had 24 hits as a team. Clay Douglas went four for five at the plate with five runs scored, three walks and two stolen bases. Gaige Kihn went three for seven hitting with two runs batted in, one run scored, one walk and a stolen base. Chris Akers went three for five at the plate with a double and five runs batted in. Chase Christie went two for seven hitting with three runs batted in and a run scored. Jayden Wehmer went one for six hitting with a double and one walk. Kyle LaVanchy went three for four at the plate with two runs scored, three walks and two stolen bases. Harold Bender went two for seven hitting with a run scored. Owen Spears went three for six at the plate with three runs batted in, two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base. Adyn Collins went three for five hitting with one run batted in, two runs scored, a walk and two stolen bases. On the pitcher’s mound, Harold Bender started the game and went five innings for the Vikings. Bender surrendered five hits, five runs, two walks with four strikeouts on 91 pitches. Jake Will threw one-third of an inning. giving up two hits, four runs and one walk on 23 pitches. Adyn Collins threw for 4.2 innings

and gave up six hits, three runs, no walks with four strikeouts. Clay Douglas threw one-third of an inning to surrender three hits, three runs, one walk along with one strikeout. North Posey 12, Heritage Hills 6: Chris Akers had a big day at the plate for the North Posey baseball team last Tuesday evening. Akers had two hits, with one going for a grand slam and he recorded five runs batted in for the game. North Posey defeated Heritage Hills 12-6 on the road to improve their season record at three wins and three losses. Jake Will got North Posey on the scoreboard in the top of the third inning when Heritage Hills committed an error. With loaded bases, Chris Akers hit a grand slam to drive in Adyn Collins, Clay Douglas and Gaige Kihn to give the Vikings a 5-0 lead. Heritage Hills had a three-run homer and made the score 5-3 at the end of the third inning. North Posey scored five more runs in the top of the fourth inning when Gaige Kihn hit a single to drive in Adyn Collins. Chris Akers grounded to shortstop and Clay Douglas scored a run. Chase Christie singled to score Kihn. Jayden Wehmer was hit by a pitch. Kyle LaVanchy singles a line drive to right field to score Christie and Wehmer. North Posey led 10-3. Heritage Hills scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the score 106. Owen Spears singled in the top of the sixth inning and drove in Chris Akers and Brandt Elpers for two more North Posey runs. This made the score of the game 12-6 in favor of the Vikings. Kyle LaVanchy got the win for the Vikings on the mound. LaVanchy threw 4.1 innings, struck out six, allowed eight hits, six runs and four walks on 89 pitches and faced 24 batters. For the game, Clay Douglas went two for five hitting with a double and two runs scored. Gaige Kihn went one for four hitting with a run batted in, a walk and one stolen base. Chris Akers went two for three at the plate with a home run, five runs batted in and two runs scored. Chase Christie went two for four hitting with a run batted in and a run scored. Jayden Wehmer went one for two hitting with a run scored. Kyle LaVanchy went one for three hitting with two runs batted in and a walk. Owen Spears went one for four at the plate with two runs batted in. Adyn Collins went one for three hitting with a double, two runs scored and a walk. Jake Will scored a run and had a walk. Evansville North 8, North Posey 2: On Monday, April 12, the Vikings went and played at Evansville North High School. The North Huskies are ranked third in Class 4A. North Posey stayed with Evansville North for the first five innings of the game with the score tied at 2-2. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Huskies rallied to score six runs to go on to beat the Vikings 8-2. As a team, North Posey had seven hits in the game. Clay Douglas, Gaige Kihn, Kyle LaVanchy, Jayden Wehmer, Jake Will, Owen Spears and Adyn Collins each got a hit for North Posey. Owen Spears started on the mound for the Vikings. Spears pitched five innings, gave up five hits, two runs, one walk and struck out six. Jake Will threw a one-third of an inning. Will allowed three hits and four runs. Harold Bender pitched two-thirds of an inning giving up two hits and two runs.

Mount Vernon tennis player Morgan Woods shows a clear Western grip as she follows through on this forehand during tennis action this week at home. Photo by Garry Beeson

‘Viking softball,’ continued from Page B1 Hallam 2-3; A. Fullop 2-4, 1 R; A. Blankenship 0-4; A. Elpers 1-3, 1 R; A. Lowe 3-3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB MOUNT VERNON: P. Robinson 1-4, 1 R; C. Anderson 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB; B. Rhodes 1-3; K. Salee 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 2B; P. Rush 0-3; M. Mason 1-3, 1 SB; C. Bell 0-3; R. Stallings 0-3 Pitching NORTH POSEY: E. Hoehn (W) 7.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 13 K, 1 BB MOUNT VERNON: P. Rush (L) 7.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 4 K, 2 BB North Posey 5, South Knox 3: Last Tuesday night, the North Posey softball team were back at home to play against the South Knox Lady Spartans. South Knox kept this game close until North Posey scored two big runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings to pull away for the 5-3 win. South Knox scored the first run of the game on a home run in the top of the second inning to lead 1-0. North Posey rallied back in the bottom of the third inning with three runs scored. Lauren Kihn hit a double to score Ava Lowe and tie the game at 1-1. Next at bat, Erin Hoehn cranked a triple to score Kihn and give the Lady Vikings a 2-1 advantage. Haley Lowe came the plate and

hit a ground out to second base to help Hoehn score another North Posey run and lead 3-1. South Knox scored a run in each of the top of the fourth and fifth innings to tie this game at 3-3. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Kihn hit a single. Hoehn doubles a line drive to center field to help Kihn score and retake the lead at 4-3. During the bottom of the sixth inning, Brooklyn Goedde hit a double to left field. Three batters later, Ava Lowe singles on a line drive to the South Knox shortstop and Goedde scores a run. North Posey led 5-3 after six innings and this score stood for the win. On the pitcher’s mound, Addie Fullop and Brooklyn Goedde each threw a solid game for the Lady Vikings. Fullop threw 4.1 innings, allowing six hits, three runs, one walk with six strikeouts. Fullop threw 46 strikes on 58 pitches. Goedde was the winning pitcher. She threw 2.2 innings, giving up no hits, runs or walks with one strikeout. Goedde threw 18 pitches with 14 counting as strikes. North Posey had ten hits as a team. Lauren Kihn and Erin Hoehn led the Lady Vikings in hitting. Kihn went three for four with a double, one RBI and two runs scored. Hoehn went 2-3 with a triple, a double, two RBI’s

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and scored a run. Maddy Olander went one for three hitting. Addie Fullop went one for two at the plate with a double. Brooklyn Goedde went one for one hitting with a double and a run scored. Shainia Farrar went one for three at the plate. Ava Lowe went one for three hitting with a run scored and a stolen base. Tecumseh 4, North Posey 3 (8 Innings): The Lady Vikings went to Lynnville last Wednesday night to take on the state ranked Tecumseh Lady Braves. North Posey went into this game on a five-game win streak. This game was locked at 3-3 and went into extra innings. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Tecumseh hit a single to center field to drive in a run and beat North Posey 4-3. North Posey had only two hits in the game. Addie Fullop and Ashton Elpers each got a hit. The Lady Vikings were walked nine times. Erin Hoehn led the Lady Vikings in walks with four. Erin Hoehn pitched six innings for North Posey allowing six hits, three runs scored, two walks along with eight strikeouts. Jenna Wehmer came in for relief and pitched 1.1 innings, surrendered two hits, one run, one walk with three strikeouts. North Posey’s season record fell to six wins and two losses. NORTH POSEY

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Viking golf still searching for roles By Chris Morlan The North Posey boys’ golf team began their season on Friday, April 9, at Cambridge Golf Course in a triangular meet against Gibson Southern and Pike Central. Gibson Southern won the triangular with 157 strokes. North Posey finished second with 197 and Pike Central placed third as a team with 222. Jaxson Bender was awarded as the Team Medalist. Bender shot a 42 on the nine-hole course. Caleb Dyson and Brennon Sweeney each scored a 52. Tyler Thompson finished with a 57. Carter Hannah scored a 51 and Blake Zirkelbach ended the day with 56 shots. On Saturday, April 10, the North Posey golf team went to play in the Vincennes Invitational at Country Club of Old Vincennes and competed in a 15-team outing. The Vikings finished seventh out of 15 schools 385 shots. Evansville Mater Dei won the invitational with 326. Barr-Reeve came in second place with 330 strokes. Washington ended the day in third place with 331. Evansville Memorial with 340 and a fourth- place finish and Gibson Southern rounded out the top five in team scoring 342. Jaxson Bender received the Team Medalist award and shot an

86 on the eighteen-hole course. Brennon Sweeney came in second for the Vikings with a 92. Caleb Dyson finished with 102 shots. Tyler Thompson scored a 105 and Carter Hannah finished with 114. Monday, April 12, North Posey played at (Jasper) Buffalo Trace Golf Course in a triangular meet against Jasper and Evansville Central. North Posey struggled on the day and finished last with 206 shots as a team. Jasper won with a team score of 165. Central finished second with 204. Brennon Sweeney led the Vikings with a low score of 43. Jaxson Bender finished with 54 shots. Caleb Dyson finished with 54. Tyler Thompson and Carter Hannah each ended the day with 57 strokes. Last Tuesday afternoon, North Posey played at Cambridge Golf Course and played a dual match against the Heritage Hills Patriots. The Vikings came up short in the end and lost by the score of 182-174. Brennon Sweeney was awarded as the Team Medalist and shot a 43. Jaxson Bender finished with 44 shots, Caleb Dyson scored a 46, Tyler Thompson scored a 49 and Carter Hannah finished with a 58.

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$15. Registration the day of the ride is $20. All proceeds goes to the Danny Embrey scholarship fund. Registration starts at 10 a.m. First rider out at noon with judging at 5 p.m. The route will be posted on the Ramblr app a few days be-

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Vikings take second at Central Invite By Chris Morlan The North Posey girls’ tennis team played against six opponents last week. North Posey won four of the six matches. To end the week, the Lady Vikings finished second at the Central Tourney. North Posey played Caleb Dyson follows through on his shot during golf action Evansville Central in their final this week at Cambridge Golf Course. Photo by Dave Pearce match at the tourney. The Lady Vikings played Central in their first competition of the season back on April 1 and lost 4-1. Last Saturday, North Posey defeated Central 3-2. North Posey 3, Southridge 2: Last Tuesday evening, the Lady Vikings went to Huntingburg to take on the Southridge Lady Raiders in a conference match. North Posey won all three singles’ matches to defeat Southridge 3-2. This was North Posey’s second win of the season and their second conference win in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Sydni Flowers (North Posey) defeated Olivia Durcholz (Southridge) in two sets 6-3 and 6-2 of the One Singles match. Alexa Simmons (North Posey) won the Two Singles match against Olivia Lopez (Southridge) in two sets 7-5 and 6-1. In the Three Singles match, Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) beat Abby Kerkhoff (Southridge) in two sets 6-1 and 6-2. D. Jordan Biehl/ North Posey No. 3 singles player Meaghan Pearl serves up a Kelby LaRoche (Southridge) winner during tennis action this week. Photo by Dave Pearce won the One Doubles match

against Ellie Carlson/Rachel Newman (North Posey) in two sets 6-3 and 6-1. Gabbie Werner/Emily Roby (Southridge) defeated Jenna Heath/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) in the Two Doubles match by the scores of 6-1 and 6-2. North Posey 5, Pike Central 0: The Lady Vikings kept up the momentum from the previous win against Southridge and shutout the Pike Central Lady Chargers at home in five matches to nothing. Sydni Flowers (North Posey) defeated Ella McGuire (Pike Central) in two sets 6-0 and 6-1 in the One Singles match. Alexa Simmons (North Posey) beat Shelby Keeker (Pike Central) in the Two Singles match in two sets 6-0, 6-4. In the Three Singles match, Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) beat Jaime Sallee (Pike Central) in two sets 6-2, 6-0. Ellie Carlson/Rachel Newman (North Posey) won the One Doubles match in two sets against Kenley Beck/ Zoey Davis (Pike Central) 7-6 (3), 6-1. In the Two Doubles match, Grace Cullman/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) defeated Reagan Craig/Alaina Johnson (Pike Central) in two sets 6-2, 6-2. Evansville Reitz 4, North Posey 1: Last Thursday night, the Lady Vikings had a home match against the Evansville

‘Viking track, continued from Page B1 In the 4 X 800-meter relay, North Posey won the race with the team of Brooke Coleman, Mason Ashby, Olivia Esche and Audrey Hirsch in a time of 12:29.38. Coleman also won the 1600-meter run in a time of 5:46. Esche finished second in the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:54. Abigail Pardon placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:16.72 and Abby Rittichier finished third in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:19.69. Audrey Hirsch won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:45. Abigail Pardon finished third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 31.71 seconds. Olivia Esche placed second in the 3200-meter run. The Lady Viking 4 x 400-meter relay team of Brooke Coleman, Reagan Koester, Audrey Hirsch and Taylor Freeman won with a time of 5:15.94. In the field events, Lyndsey Gentil won the high jump with a season best at four feet, nine inches. This was Gentil’s third

win in the high jump in three meets on the season. Gentil also placed second in the long jump at 12-feet, nine inches. Abigail Pardon placed third in the long jump at 12-feet, eight inches. Livie Maier finished second in the discus with a throw of 64-feet, one inch. Maier also placed third in the shot put with a throw of 19-feet, eight and one-fourth inches. On Thursday night, the North Posey girls track team competed at Evansville Central in a triangular meet. The Lady Vikings went against Evansville Central and Evansville North. North won the girls meet with a team score of 94 points, followed by North Posey in second place with 47 points and Central finished third with 22 points. With 16 total events in running and field events, North Posey won seven. Senior Taylor Freeman had another outstanding performance. Freeman won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17

seconds. She also won the long jump at 14-feet, 10 inches and placed second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.10 seconds. The 3200-meter relay team of Brooke Coleman, Mason Ashby, Olivia Esche and Audrey Hirsch won with a time of 11:18.51. Coleman also won the 1600-meter run with a time of 5:44.41. Reagan Koester won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:05.75. Audrey Hirsch won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:41.56. Olivia Esche finished first in the 3200-meter run with a time of 12:28.97. Also placing for the Lady Vikings were Lyndsey Gentil finishing second in the high jump at four feet, eight inches. Gentil also placed fourth in the long jump at 13-feet, five inches. Natalie Schoening finished second in the discus with a throw of 64 feet, four inches. Mason Ashby placed third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:59.23.

Reitz Lady Panthers. The Lady Panthers dominated the match to defeat the Lady Vikings 4-1. Sydni Flowers (North Posey) beat Lauren Luebke (Reitz) in two sets 6-1, 6-0 of the One Singles match. Alexa Simmons (North Posey) lost to Jayda Poag (Reitz) in the Two Singles match 6-1, 6-2. During the Three Singles match, Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) lost against Charlotte Walling (Reitz) in two sets 6-0, 6-0. In the One Doubles match, Abby Brown/Annabelle Owen (Reitz) defeated Ellie Carlson/Rachel Newman (North Posey) in two sets 6-0, 6-1. Grace Cullman/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) lost to Katee Wiley/ Zoie Bateman (Reitz) in two sets 6-0, 6-1. Last Saturday morning, the Lady Vikings went to the Northside of Evansville to compete in the Central Tourney. There were four school participating at this event. North Posey won two of their three matches for a second-place finish. Washington won the Central Tourney winning against all three schools. Evansville Central came in third place and Evansville Bosse finished fourth as a team. Washington 5, North Posey 0: In their first competition of the day, the Lady Vikings went against a good Washington Lady Hatchets team. In the One Singles match, Bella Thorne (Washington) defeated Sydni Flowers (North Posey) in two sets 6-3, 6-0. Alexa Simmons (North Posey) lost against Alaina Thorne (Washington) in the Two Singles match 6-0, 6-0. During the Three Singles match, Kenli Barber (Washington) beat Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) in two sets 6-2, 6-2. In the One Doubles, Sophia Davis/Sydney Melton (Washington) defeated Ellie Carlson/Rachel Newman (North Posey) in two sets 6-1,

6-1. Grace Cullman/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) lost to Chloe Browning/Addy McMurray (Washington) 6-4, 6-1. North Posey 5, Evansville Bosse 0: In the second round of the Central Tourney, the Lady Vikings regained their confidence and swept the Bosse Lady Bulldogs for the win. Sydni Flowers (North Posey) defeated Kyleigh Mayer (Bosse) in two sets 6-1, 6-1 of the One Singles match. During the Two Singles match, Alexa Simmons beat Athena Dare (Bosse) 6-3, 6-4. In the Three Singles match, Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) won against Kaylee Lester (Bosse) in two sets 6-0, 6-0. Ellie Carlson/ Rachel Newman (North Posey) defeated Amelia Perry/Erika Roth (Bosse) 6-0, 6-4 in the One Doubles match. Jenna Heath/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) won the Two Doubles match against Zoe Hooper/ Gabriella Boswell (Bosse) 6-0, 6-1. North Posey 3, Evansville Central 2: The Lady Vikings played against the Central Lady Bears in the final round of the tourney for the win. North Posey improved their season record to five wins and four losses. Sydni Flowers (North Posey) won the One Singles match against Sydney Bosecker (Central) in two sets 6-1, 6-2. In the Two Singles match, Claudia Emig (Central) defeated Alexa Simmons (North Posey) 6-3, 6-2. Meaghan Pearl (North Posey) beat Madison Acton (Central) 2-6, 6-2 (102) of the Three Singles match. Jessica Laine/Kiersten LeBarron (Central) beat Ellie Carlson/Rachel Newman (North Posey) in two sets 6-3, 6-3 of the One Doubles competition. Grace Cullman/Kennedy Gauer (North Posey) beat Ella Sills/Zoee Robinson (Central) in the Two Doubles match by the scores of 3-6, 6-4 (10-8).

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Legal Advertisments and Court News Arrests April 9 Kordell Stewart - Mount Vernon - Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Controlled Substances, Possession of a Controlled Substance - MVPD April 10 Andrea Hargrove - Mount Vernon - Possession of Methamphetamine, Neglect of a Dependent, Possession of Paraphernalia - MVPD April 11

Leonard Joseph - Buford, Ga. - Driving While Intoxicated - Endangerment - MVPD Complaints April 6 5:42 p.m. - Harassment Advised she reported some inappropriate behavior last week and is now being approached and followed by male subject and a female subject - Second Street, Mount Vernon 6:52 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Advised male subject

2021-155 STATE OF INDIANA IN THE POSEY SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF POSEY CAUSE No. 65D01-1907-DC-000302 IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Patricia Marie Pearce PETITIONER AND Jarred Bruce Pearce RESPONDENT SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION To: Jarred Bruce Pearce, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. You are hereby notified on the 23 day of July, 2019, Patricia Marie Pearce, filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, captioned, IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF Patricia Marie Pearce and Jarred Pearce, in the Posey Superior Court under cause number 65D01-1907-DC-000302 The petition requests that: the hearing date be published in the newspaper A hearing has been set on this matter for the 6 day of May, 2021, at 8:00 o’clock A.M. in the Posey Superior Court, 126 E. Third St., Mount Vernon, Posey County Indiana. Unless you, or your attorney, appear or otherwise controvert the allegations at, or prior to, the final hearing, the relief requested in the Petition may be granted in your absence. Dated: April 6, 2021 Kay Kilgore CLERK OF THE POSEY SUPERIOR COURT By: Sheryl Seifert Published in the Posey County News on April 20, April 27, May 4, 2021 hspaxlp 2021-150 STATE OF INDIANA

) )SS: IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT COUNTY OF POSEY ) IN THE MATTER OF THE ) CAUSE No. 65CO1-2104-EU-000031 ESTATE 0F JESSE P. HERRON, ) DECEASED ) NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Kathleen A. Herron was on the 8th day of April, 2021 appointed personal representative of the estate of Jesse P. Herron, deceased, who died on December 9, 2020, 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 8th day of April, 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 April 13, April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp

came to residence to get ID. Advised that he became irate and spit on caller. Caller advised subject threatened to have caller beat up if he loses his son. Requesting oﬃcers James Drive, Mount Vernon 8:18 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised male

and female subjects have been arguing for two days now and are now yelling at the baby that they have there - Main Street, Mount Vernon April 7 1:39 p.m. - Threatening Caller advised male subject followed caller home from the

2021-159 The following County Operating Claims have been ﬁled with the Auditor’s Ofﬁce and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, POSEY COUNTY, IN at the regular session APRIL 20, 2021 BINGHAM GREENEBAUM DOLL LLP $308.56 CAROTHERS TANISHA $673.55 FITZGERALD MARY KAY $97.85 WIILIAM W GOODEN $924.50 SMITH & BUTTERFIELD $52.00 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR $1,211.25 DOUGLAS S WALTON $3,895.00 JOHN JACOB WARRUM $4,240.00 WEST GROUP $1,596.20 WORMAN LEGAL $1,814.50 GRAND TOTAL $14,813.41 Maegen Greenwell Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-156 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2021 TERM CAUSE NO. 65C01-2104-EU-00032 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OF JACKSON L. HIGGINS, DECEASED NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT OF POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA. Notice is hereby given that Rebecca L. Higgins and Brian A. Higgins were, on the 9th day of April, 2021 appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Jackson L. Higgins, who died on the 2nd day of April, 2021. 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 from the date 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 at Mount Vernon, Indiana, this 9th day of April, 2021. Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court for Posey County, Indiana Beth McFadin Higgins (IN#11615-65) ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE McFadin Higgins & Folz, LLP 227 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 Telephone: (81 2) 838-9720 bethmh@mhfmvlaw.com Published in the Posey County News on April 20, April 27, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-154 SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon, LLC (with corporate offices at One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620) is submitting an NOI letter for our facility (located at One Lexan Lane, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620) to notify the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of our intent to comply with the requirements under 327 IAC 15-5 to discharge storm water exposed to construction activities. Runoff from the facility will discharge to Smith Creek. Questions or comments should be directed to Mr. Greg Michael at the abovementioned SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon, LLC corporate address. Published in the Posey County News on April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-138 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-21-0012-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be Satisfied: $28,812.89 Cause Number: 65D01-1903-MF-000101 Plaintiff: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST, SERIES INABS 2005-A, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, Defendant: ANGELA S SMITH and ET.AL. By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County 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 date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS ELEVEN (11) AND TWELVE (12) IN WILLIAM NETTLETON’S ENLARGEMENT OF THE CITY OF MT. VERNON, POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA. SUBJECT TO ALL LIENS, EASMENTS AND ENCUMBRANCES OF RECORD. Commonly Known as: 229 NETTLETON ST, MOUNT VERNON, IN 47620 Parcel No. 65-27-08-325-025.000-018 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Matthew C. Gladwell, Plaintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No. 30493-49 Reisenfeld & Associates LPA LLC By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant 3962 Red Bank Road Phone: 812-838-1321 Cincinnati, OH 45227 (513) 322-7000 Center Township The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published herein. Published in the Posey County News on April 6, April 13, April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-146 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-21-0011-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be Satisfied: $138,230.28 Cause Number: 65D01-2011-MF-000377 Plaintiff: LOANCARE, LLC Defendant: DEBRA J. FARRAR 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 date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: Lot Seventeen (17) in the Original Part of the Town of Wadesville, ALSO, Part fo Lot Eighteen (18) in the Original Part of the Town of Wadesvllle, Indiana, and described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of said Lot Eighteen (18); thence North 40 degrees 18 minutes West, along and upon the Westerly line of said Lot Eighteen (18), Thirty-seven (37) (set; thence North 49 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds East, and parallel with the Southerly line of said Lot Eighteen (18), One Hundred Thirty-two (132) feet to a point on the Easterly line of said Lot Eighteen (18); thence South 40 degrees 16 minutes, East, along and upon the Easterly line of Lot Eighteen (18), Thirty-seven (37) feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot Eighteen (18); thence South 49 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds West, along and upon the Southerly line of said Lot Eighteen (18), One Hundred Thirty-Two (132) feet to the place of beginning. ALSO, Part of Lot Sixteen (16) in the Original Part of Town of Wadesville, Indiana, and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the Westerly line of Lot Sixteen (16) In the Original Part of the Town of Wadesville, Indiana, said point being North 40 degrees 16 minutes West, Thirty-seven (37) feet from the Southwest Corner of said Lot Sixteen (10); thence continue North 40 degrees 16 minutes West, along and upon the Westerly line of said Lot (16) Twenty-three (23) feet to the Northwest Comer of said Lot; thence North 49 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds East, along and upon the Northerly line of said Lot Sixteen (16), One Hundred Thirty-two (132) feet to the Northeast Comer of said Lot Sixteen (16); thence South 40 degrees 16 minutes East, along and upon the Easterly line of Lot Sixteen (16), Twenty-three (23) feet; thence South 49 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds West, and parallel with the Northerly line of said Lot Sixteen (16), One Hundred Thirty-two (132) feet to the place of beginning. Commonly Known as: 7218 MAIN STREET, WADESVILLE, IN 47638 Parcel No. 65-06-08-301-025.000-005 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Phillip A. Norman, Plaintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No. 13737-64 By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant Phillip A. Norman PC Phone: (812) 838-1321 2110 Calumet Avenue Valparaiso, IN 46383 Center Township (219) 462-5104 The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published Published in the Posey County News on April 13, April 20, April 27, 2021 - hspaxlp

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Continued on Page B5 IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2021 TERM 65C01-2103-EU-000021

IN THE MATTER OF THE UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN KESSLER. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Donna Allyn and Rhonda Sammet were on the 31st day of March, 2021 appointed as Co Personal Representatives of the Estate of Helen Kessler, deceased, who died on June 1, 2020, 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 from the date 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 at Mt. Vernon, Indiana this 31st day of March 2021. Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By Donna Curtis Deputy Thomas G. McClellan Attorney #9442-65 109 E. 2nd Street P.O. Box 664 Mount Vernon Indiana 47620 Telephone 812-838-6649 Attorney for the Co Personal Representatives Published in the Posey County News on April 13, April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-148 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2021 TERM CAUSE NO. 65C01 -21 03-EU-000028 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OF MARTHA S. KEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Mary E. Buchanan was, on the 31st day of March, 2021 appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Martha S. Key, who died on 1st day of March, 2021. 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 from the date 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 at Mount Vernon, Indiana this 1st day of March 2021. Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court for Posey County, Indiana Beth McFadin Higgins (IN#11615-65) ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE McFadin Higgins & Folz, LLP 227 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 Telephone: (81 2) 838-9720 bethmh@mhfmvlaw.com Published in the Posey County News on April 13, April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-144 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-21-0013-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be satisfied: $152,363.35 Cause Number: 65D01-2003-MF-000089 Plaintiff: LOANCARE, LLC Defendant: ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON and ANGELA M. HAPPE AIKIA ANGELA M. HIGGINSON, DEMPSEY FUNKHOUSER, LINDSEY A. FLIGGINSON, AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON, PEGGY SUE HIGGINSON, AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON, TYLER G. FLIGGINSON, AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON, TYLER G. ELIGGINSON, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON, HOOSIER ACCOUNTS SERVICE, LARRY HORTON, LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN K. DEIG, LLC, PRICELESS CONSTRUCTION, LLC, THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES AND CREDITORS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, OF THE ESTATE OF TROY G. HIGGINSON By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County 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 date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: Two Hundred Forty Feet on the South End of the East Half (E/2) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Twenty-six (26), Township Five (5) South, Range Thirteen (13) West, containing Three and Sixty Hundredths (3.60) Acres, more or less. Commonly known as: 1000 WADE ROAD, WADESVILLE, IN 47638 Parcel No. 65-07-26-400-022.001-005 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. David M Bengs, Plaintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No. 16646-20 Marinosci Law Group, PC By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant 455 West Lincolnway Phone: 812-838-1321 Suite B Valparaiso, IN 46385 Center Township (219) 531-3508 The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published Published in the Posey County News on April 13, April 20, April 27, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-145 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-21-0009-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be Satisfied: $130,725.58 Cause Number: 65D01-1908-MF-000342 Plaintiff: FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendant: SOPHIE ANN REICH By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County 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 date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX (36), TOWNSHIP FIVE (5) SOUTH, RANGE TWELVE (12) WEST, LYING IN ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-SIX (36), TOWNSHIP FIVE (5) SOUTH, RANGE TWELVE (12) WEST, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED BY MEASURING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION WITH A BEARING OF SOUTH 89 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST, ALONG AND UPON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AND FORTY HUNDREDTHS (483.40) FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SUBJECT BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION; THENCE FROM SAID BEGING POINT MEASURING SOUTH 0 DEGREES 23 MINUTES EAST AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION EIGHT-ONE AND EIGHTONE HUNDREDTHS (81.81) FEET TO THE POINT IN THE CENTER OF A POSEY COUNTY ROAD; THENCE MEASURING NORTH 87 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE CENTER OF POSEY COUNTY ROAD, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND FORTYNINE HUNDREDTHS (156.49) FEET TO A POINT; THENCE MEASURING NORTH 0 DEGREES 23 MINUTES WEST AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION; SEVENTY-THREE AND FORTY-SIX HUNDREDTHS (73.46) FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION; THENCE MEASURING NORTH 89 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST ALONG AND UPON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER QUARTER SECTION, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDREDTHS (156.28) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly Known as: 11618 BOBERG RD., EVANSVILLE, IN 47712 Parcel No. 65-06-36-400-033.000-016 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Valerie Matheis, Plintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No 28670-02 Nelson & Frankenberger By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant 550 Congressional Blvd, Suite 210 Phone: 812-838-1321 Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 844-0106 Robinson Township The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published Published in the Posey County News on April 13, April 20, April 27, 2021 - hspaxlp

APRIL 20, 2021

THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS - PAGE B5

Katie Lutton from Wadesville holds up small items she found at the New Harmony Town Wide Yard Sale to include in Operation Christmas boxes for next year. She said over Phillip Hawkins, Hans Schmitz, Carrie Parmenter, Kathy Yearwood, Jeri Ziliak, and Jessica Harig were working at the 1,400 boxes were sent by local churches. Photo by Lois Mit- free compost day sponsored by PUSH IT held at the Mount Vernon Tree and Yard Waste Site on Leonard Road on Saturday tino Gray morning. Photo by Dave Pearce

More than 1,000 drivers cited during distracted driving campaign The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute today announced the results of the one-day enforcement campaign, Connect 2 Disconnect, that took place on April 8 to discourage distracted driving in Indiana. Altogether, more than 60 police agencies participated in the mobilization which, combined, issued a total of 455 written warnings and 596 citations under the hands-free device driving law. The overtime patrols, which took place as part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, were funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through ICJI. “Driving distracted is one of the most dangerous activities a person can do behind the wheel,” said Devon McDonald, ICJI Executive Director. “It’s on the same level as impaired driving and can be just as lethal. As a society, we need to change how we view this issue and treat it as something that’s socially unacceptable.” Data from NHTSA shows that in 2019, distracted driving crashes claimed the lives of 3,142 people in the U.S. – a 10 percent increase from the previous year. In Indiana alone, there were 24 traffic fatalities involving a distracted driver in 2019. One of the goals of the Connect 2 Disconnect campaign was to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, as well as educate motorists about the hands-free law, which went into effect last July. Under the law, motorists are prohibited from holding a mobile device, except in emergencies, while their vehicles are moving. Violators could face a Class C infraction and be subject to a fine.

ICJI Traffic Safety Director Robert Duckworth said that while the law is still relatively new, it was put in place to reduce distracted driving and is already having a positive impact in Indiana. “Every time an officer stops someone under the hands-free law, that’s an educational opportunity and another person that will think twice before driving distracted,” Duckworth said. “Our hope is that we’ll see more people, without being prompted, putting away the distractions when behind the wheel.” While the high-visibility enforcement mobilization is over, the criminal justice institute wants to remind motorists that distracted driving is a choice and preventable. It’s considered any activity that diverts attention away from the task of driving and includes everything from adjusting the stereo to grooming to eating and drinking. Although texting is the most alarming distraction, all forms are considered dangerous, as they increase the risk of crashing. Drivers are encouraged to activate their phone’s “Do Not Disturb” feature or place it in their glove box, center console or back seat until they reach their destination. They can also designate a passenger to be their “designated texter” by allowing them to access their phone. For more information on distracted driving, visit www.nhtsa.gov/campaign/distracted-driving, or for more information about Indiana’s hands-free device driving law, visit www.HandsFreeIndiana.com.

Court News and Legal Advertisements continued law and he didn’t have any paperwork to prove the eviction. Caller advised the officer was looking at him weird and telling him not to look at him that way. He believes the officer has the wrong information and is requesting a senior officer - Deer Run, Evansville 9:11 p.m. - Citizen Dispute - Advised neighbor was banging on their windows about a fire they were burning. Left and came back again banging on their door. Neighbor still standing outside in his own yard but caller is worried he is going to continue harassing them. 9:15 p.m. - Call from male neighbor, advised neighbor was burning plastic and he could smell it in his house. He then advised they were putting it out while on telephone but were cussing at him and he could still smell it - Middle Mount Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 10:01 p.m. - Message - Advised male subject is at son’s residence and is not supposed to be. Son’s ex is supposed to be moving out tonight but was told father was not allowed to be there. Son cannot call in as he is at work but can see them on a camera - Sherman Street, Mount Vernon 10:17 p.m. - Theft - Caller advised his ex just came over to get the rest of her belongings and advised that she took two of his phones - Elk Trail Drive, Evansville April 8 4:09 p.m. - General Complaint - Caller advised that she would like an officer to come and take pics of texts that she received from female subject - Second Street, Mount Vernon 7:42 p.m. - Theft - Caller reported that her plate was stolen off of her vehicle - Saint Phillips Road, Mount Vernon 8:29 p.m. - Extra Patrol - Was involved in a domestic last week and female subjects brother now texting caller asking if he is at home. Worried brother will try to break into home - Ninth Street, Mount Vernon April 9 12:09 p.m. - Harassment - Meet caller reference ongoing issues with his neighbor harassing him - Saxe Road, Poseyville 4:51 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller ad-

vised a male subject just hit her and was fighting her - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 5:42 p.m. - Juvenile Problem - five juvenile boys tearing up the playground - Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon 10:34 p.m. - Trespassing - Male subject on his way to female’s apartment. She does not want him there. She called property manager. He is barred from the property. 10:39 p.m. - He is threatening rape and kill her and put on video - Edson Street, Mount Vernon 11:53 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - No information - Leffel Court, Mount Vernon April 11 12:35 p.m. - Message - Caller advised he is having a long-standing issue with his neighbor over property lines. Advised his neighbor has been mowing over the property lines - Raben Road, Mount Vernon 7:35 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised third party that there is a male subject in the house refusing to leave. Caller advised the male subject was trying to take the phone from her while she was calling - John Avenue, New Harmony 10:28 p.m. - Suspicious - Male subject running down the road yelling with a flashlight. Advised the male appeared to be looking in a car and took off running - Bluff/Edson, Mount Vernon April 12 1:45 a.m. - Domestic Violence—Can hear a male and female screaming at each other James Drive, Mount Vernon 9:44 a.m. - Message - Caller owns field to west of residence. Advised the homeowner on Haines Road keeps putting logs and wood in his field. Caller has tried to knock on the door to speak with homeowners to get the logs removed but didn’t get an answer - Haines Road, Wadesville Civil TD Bank USA, N.A. v. Kathy Bullington Troy D. Rutledge v. Lino Montoya, Tiffany Jackson Hoosier Accounts Service v. Wendy Wilson Hoosier Accounts Service v. Elizabeth Dun-

2021-157 Legal Notice Cause No. 45529 VERIFIED JOINT PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLC AND ELLIOTT 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 200 MW SOLAR PROJECT (THE “ELLIOTT PROJECT”); (2) APPROVAL OF THE ELLIOTT PROJECT AS A CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT UNDER IND. CODE § 8-1-8.8-11; (3) APPROVAL OF RATEMAKING AND ACCOUNTING TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELLIOTT 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 ELLIOTT 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 ELLIOTT 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 ELLIOTT 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 31, 2021, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (“NIPSCO”) and Elliott Solar Generation LLC (“Elliott”) 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 200 megawatt (“MW”) solar project (“Elliott Project”); (2) approve the Elliott Project as a clean energy project under Ind. Code § 8-1-8.8-11; (3) approve associated ratemaking and accounting treatment for the Elliott Project; (4) establish amortization rates for NIPSCO’s investment in the Elliott Project through Joint Venture; (5) approve pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5-6 an alternative regulatory plan to implement the Elliott 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 Elliott 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 Elliott 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 April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp

lap Cavalry SPV I, LLC v. Brittany Wilsey LVNV Funding, LLC v. Susan Merriman LVNV Funding, LLC v. Patsy Tuley LVNV Funding, LLC v. Susan Merriman Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC v. Matthew Martin Ruoﬀ Mortgage Company, Incorporated v. Kerri Duke, David Miller, Unknown Occupant, if any Andrei Sharygin, Tatiana Sharygin v. Ira Weaver, Rebecca Calhoun Discover Bank C/O Discovery Products, Incorporated v. Joshua Absher Andrei Sharygin, Tatiana Sharygin v. Elizabeth Espenlaub, Kirbi Espenlaub LVNV Funding, LLC v. Kelly R. Timmons LVNV Funding, LLC v. Matthew Martin JHPDE Finance 1, LLC v. David Moore TD Bank USA, N.A. v. Crystal Porath Discovery Bank C/O Discovery Products, Incorporated v. Christopher Scott LVNV Funding, LLC v. Gina Carey TD Bank, USA, N.A. v. Jermiah Kirby LVNV Funding, LLC v. Andrew Cloutier Cindy Miller v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, DXC Technology Services JHPDE Finance I, LLC v. Joshua Wickert

Turnkey Property Management, LLC d/b/a Green Valley Apartments v. Dustin Blankenship Midland Credit Management, Incorporated v. Paul Greene Fifth Third Bank, N.A. v. Larry Lisanby Troy D. Rutledge v. Robert Amann, Cathy Dunigan Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. v. Teresa Brown Mariner Finance, LLC Successor in interest to Personal Finance Company LLC v. Patrick Thomas Hoosier Accounts Service v. Michele Chamness Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance a/s/o Adam Farrar and Amber Farrar v. Bradley Spann, Nathan Spann Hoosier Accounts Service v. Marsha Stewart Hoosier Accounts Service v. Brandon Trost Hoosier Accounts Service v. Anthony Deig Jeﬀerson Capital Systems, LLC v. Marvin Carr Hoosier Accounts Service v. Teresa Osborne Discover Bank v. Gale Roach Hoosier Accounts Service v. Douglas Burks B.T. v. Robin Hood Funding, LLC Andrei Sharygin, Tatiana Sharygin v. Kirbi Espenlaub, Elizabeth Espenlaub

2021-158 ORDINANCE 2021-4-12-1 An Ordinance Reducing Speed Limit on all Town of Cynthiana Streets WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-1-3, which is commonly known as the “home rule”. provides that local governments (such as cities and towns) have the authority to do anything not Specifically prohibited by federal or state rules and regulations. WHEREAS, the Town Council (hereinafter “Council”) of the Town of Cynthiana (hereinafter “Town”) has the authority to establish speed limits on streets within the Town. WHEREAS, the Town of Cynthiana (hereinafter “Town”) desires to reduce the speed limit on all Town Streets. WHEREAS, this legislation was passed at a meeting conducted by the Town Council: said meeting was in compliance with the public meeting law, which is codified at Indiana Code 5-14-1.5. WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-5-2-9.2, the meeting at which this Ordinance was passed was attended by a majority of all of the elected Town Council members of the legislative body WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-5-2-9.8. said Ordinance was introduced and approved unanimously. A suspension of the rules occurred, which was approved unanimously by the members of the legislative body in attendance. The Ordinance was then passed upon a Second reading, which also occurred unanimously. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN OF CYNTHIANA, STATE OF INDIANA: 1. The speed limit on all Town Streets shall hereinafter be set at 25 miles per hour. 2. This Ordinance supersedes all applicable Ordinances, Resolutions, or approved Motions previously passed by the Council; however, all prior Town of Cynthiana legislation (approved Motions. Resolutions, and Ordinances) not conflicted by this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Cynthiana. Posey County, Indiana on the 12 day of April, 2021. Jeff Gee President of Town Council Cindy Schmitz Clerk Treasurer - Town of Cynthiana Published in the Posey County News on April 20, 2021 - hspaxlp

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