June 12, 2012 - The Posey County News

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Demos golf outing held The Posey County Democrats held their annual Golf Scramble on June 9, 2012 at CountryMark Course beginning at 8 a.m. The winning team this year was comprised of Martin Redman, Greg Redman, Eric Morlock, and

Kiwanis golf scheduled Poseyville Kiwanis will be holding it’s annual golf scramble on the last Saturday in July. If you would like to take part check out the web page or contact a member.

Farmer’s market change Poseyville Farmers’ Market will change locations beginning June 16 to 35 S. Church St. The market will continue to be held on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until October 27. Call 673-4018 for more information.

Save the date: On Saturday, June 16, 2012, beginning at 5:30 p.m., the RGRG group will celebrate 10 years of “Restoration & Renovation” with a dinner to honor all who have helped with this project through the years.

In its ten years of existence, the organization has brought in nearly a million dollars and has restored the building into the structure that it is today.

Invited are all past RGRG members, volunteers, NHS Alumni, donors, and community members to help recognize those who have helped achieve this vision.

Landlords take note The City of Mt. Vernon, IN is required to enforce the provisions of Indiana Code 36-9-23 concerning the collection of delinquent sewer fees and liens on real estate served by the City of Mt. Vernon Sewer Utility. An informational meeting will be held at the City Hall Annex, 520 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Ind., on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 4 p.m. Landlords and other interested parties are invited to attend this informational meeting at which the Sewer Dept. Supt, lien clerk and the city attorney will review this statutory procedure.

Bowl for Cure set The Evansville Tri-State Affiliate of Susan G Komen for the Cure will be hosting the thirteenth annual Bowl for the Cure at CJ’s Willow Bowling Center from June 14 through June 16. Special midnight bowls will be held Friday and Saturday nights. For only $25 for adults or $12 for kids age 12 and under you get two games of bowling, shoe rental, commemorative t-shirt, goody bag and a chance to win fabulous door prizes.

Entry forms can be found in numerous locations around Evansville or log on to komenevansville.org. Bowlers, nonbowlers, corporate teams and families can get in on the action of this family friendly event to raise funds to fight breast cancer.

Proceeds from the event support breast education programs and services in the tri-state area.

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New Harmony man charged with criminal mischief, drugs Following the investigation by the New Harmony Police Department involving criminal mischief to a rental home located on Steammill Street in New Harmony.

Town Marshal Scott Champlin obtained a Class D Felony arrest warrant for Steven J. Lewis, age 35 of New Harmony. On June 5, 2012, officers of the New Harmony Police Department arrested Lewis at a residence on Main Street.

While executing the arrest warrant, officers observed drug related items inside the home. While Steven Lewis was being transported to the Posey County Jail on the active arrest warrant, Town Marshal Scott Champlin obtained a search warrant for the residence.

Personnel of the Posey County Drug Task Force were summoned to the scene to assist with the execution of the search warrant. As a result of the search, officers located marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Lewis was additionally charged with possession of marijuana and rug paraphernalia offenses. An investigation is continuing into the original incident.

Bigger, better River Days in the works for Sept. festival “Smoke on the Ohio,” in its fourth year, has become a crowd favorite with visitors to Mt. Vernon River Days. The barbecue cookoff is back again in 2012 with as many as 25 teams “Smokin’ & Serving.”

Ed Adams is the coordinator of Smoke on the Ohio, which will be located on Water Street just yards from the “Beautiful Ohio.”

“The whole downtown area will be overcome by the sweet smoky aroma of slow cooked barbecue as these teams are competing for both cash and unique trophies; but, most of all, some will walk away knowing that they beat those that were up for the challenge,” Adams remarked.

Judging will be in three categories: ribs, chicken and pork butts.

Judging results will be announced on the main stage at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The teams are allowed to sell any type of barbecue to the public and

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Members of the Poseyville Town Council Bruce Baker, Bill Bender, Steve Baker and Ron Fallowfield celebrate the ground-breaking of the upcoming Poseyville Town Hall Thursday morning. Photo by Zach Straw.

Mount Vernon’s ‘Click it or ticket’ successful After a 14-day enforcement mobilization, the 2012 Click It or Ticket campaign comes to an end.

But don’t be fooled, law enforcement agencies aren’t letting up on seat belt violators now.

With the support of law enforcement officers, highway safety officials and safety advocates across the country, the recent mobilization saved thousands of lives across the nation by cracking down on those who are not buckling up—day and night.

The Mount Vernon Police Department announced that 64 citations, 45 warning citations, and 5 criminal arrests resulted during the Click It or Ticket mobilization to encourage more Mount Vernon drivers and passengers to always buckle-up.

“A majority of people have gotten the message, but many have not. Tragic crashes can and do happen every day,” said Police Chief Grant Beloat. “Our job is to save lives, and we want everyone to have the best chance of surviving a fatal crash—by always buckling up.”

High-visibility enforcement such as the Click It or Ticket mobilization is credited with increasing the national belt usage rate from 58 percent in 1994 to an observed usage rate of 84 percent in 2011 according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Belt use saves thousands of lives across America each year. NHTSA statistics also show that in 2010 alone, seat belts saved an estimated

12,546 lives nationwide.

“The Mount Vernon Police Department is proud to have supported the 2012 Click It or Ticket mobilization — a highly visible national enforcement crackdown created to save more lives on our roadways,” said Project Coordinator Brennan Reese. “Both during day and also at night, our stepped-up enforcement showed Mount Vernon how important it really is to always buckle up on our roadways.”

“The annual Click It or Ticket mobilization may be over, but that is no excuse to stop using your seat belt. Don’t forget to buckle up and please encourage those around you to always do the same.”

For more on the national Click It or Ticket mobilization, please visit www.nhtsa.gov.

Ruth Multerer was awarded the 2012 Courage Award during the North Posey Relay for Life on Saturday. She was nominated by her son, John Champlain, who wrote a touching letter about her strength and courage during her fight against breast cancer. Pictured are Ruth with her husband, Larry (left) and son, John. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Sheriff Youth Camp set Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth has announced the 33rd annual Indiana Sheriff’s Youth Leadership Camp Program. Two camp sessions will be held. Dates for the Pine Creek Camp are June 13 through June 15. Waycross Episcopal Camp in Morgantown, (Brown County) will serve as the location for the southern portion of Indiana. Dates for the Waycross Episcopal Camp are July 10 through July 12.

Any boy or girl in the seventh or eighth grade who would like to attend or have more information about the camps should contact Sheriff Oeth or their school counselor. Posey County Sheriff Administrative Offices can be reached at 812-838-3541.

Representatives of organizations who were recipients of Posey County Community Foundation grants gathered at the end of Wednesday evening’s meeting. Left to right are Allison Grabert, Ryan Dick, Amy Steele, Julie Suedmeyer, Layton Hopper, Sara Harkness, Rick Johnson, Kendall Morris, Hanz Schmitz, Jeanne Maudlin, Ginger Harper, Roger Nurrenbern, Kay Giles, and Beth Russell. Photo by Dave Pearce

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Mother Nature brings out her best for successful Relay

By Valerie Werkmeister Mother Nature made up with North Posey Relay for Life participants on Saturday after her nasty showing at last year’s event. Heavy rain and strong winds forced last year’s relay event to shut down in the wee hours of the morning.

The sun shined this past Saturday and relay goers helped make this year’s relay one of the best ever by raising $15,250 in just one day. The grand total thus far is $73,007. Relay teams have until August 31, to make it to North Posey’s $79,000 goal.

This year’s Courage Award was given to Ruth Multerer after a touching letter by her son, John Champlain, was read describing her brave battle against breast cancer. John explained how his mom said, ‘she wasn’t going to live with cancer, cancer was going to live with her.’ It is for people like Ruth, that the Relay for Life is all about.

A number of activities kept relay teams entertained and busy. The Hopf family team was awarded for the best tent decoration and the Viking Wrestling team earned the best banner award. The hot, 90-degree day made the frozen t-shirt contest a popular event. In the end, Logan Willman was the first to break through the ice and wear his frozen t-shirt.

The Viking Wrestling team’s banner was chosen as the best banner. Carrying their banner from left are Adam Throughout the day, announcers said a list of names of Schmitt, Logan Willman and Levi Miller. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister those who were going to the Class of 2013 team’s, “jail” and would need to be bailed out. It was a popular and fun attraction that kept people laughing as they would hear the names of those who were in jail next.

Some of the other activities included decathlon games, minute-to-win-it games, a watermelon eating contest, signature bingo, Zumba dancing, and Miss Relay contest.

North Posey Relay for Life Committee members were recognized for their hard work getting ready for Saturday’s relay event. Pictured from left are: Susie Dougan, Nancy Dougan, Marilyn Marshall, Cody Devine, Judy Baehl, Sue Hopf, Mary Peach, Megan Baehl, Jackie Wiggins, Karen Blaylock and Carolyn Higginson. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

North Posey High School senior Austin Little shows he’s proud to be in pink. He participated in North Posey’s Relay for Life event on Saturday. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Rosemary Melton (second from left) has recently won her battle against breast cancer. Her recent test results shows she is cancer free. Her granddaughters, Sherry Reed (pictured on left) and Rachel Williams (pictured on right), who is carrying Rosemary’s great-grandson, Cristian Galindo were at North Posey’s Relay for Life event on Saturday to support her. Friend, Sarah Gibbs, is pictured on right. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

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OBITUARIES Carl Horstman, Sr. Carl A. “Pop” Horstman, Sr., passed away Sunday, June 3, 2012. He was born on October 1, 1916 to the late William August and Mary Johanna (Moore) Horstmann. A lifetime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Evansville, he served as a Deacon, was on the Property Board including serving as Chairman, and also helped maintain the buildings and grounds of the Church and school buildings for years.

After meeting a wonderful redheaded, country girl, Amelia G. Niemeier, at the Saturday night dances at Crystal Heights Dance Hall, on June 23, 1943 while on a short leave from the military before heading overseas, he married into the St. Philip Catholic Church family and upon his return from his military service, quickly learned to love the country life. He never abandoned his Lutheran Faith, but he fully supported his adopted Church as a Charter Member of the St. Philip Men’s Club, serving as Treasurer and Historian, worked at the annual Summer Socials, the monthly Smorgasbords, the famous St. Philip Burgoo, the Fun Fests (Bierstubes), and many work groups formed to fix up and maintain the buildings and grounds of the church and school. He served as an officer of the St. Philip PTO and represented the school before the Posey County School Board. He and Amelia were chosen to the Brute Society representing St. Philip Church, being recognized as stellar examples of good Christian stewardship. In spite of raising a large family on a single income, he continued throughout his life to contribute financially and equally to both churches.

During the Great Depression, Pop worked at Lincoln and Ferdinand State Parks as a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC Camps) where he picked up the skills to help him build his own home following his marriage to “Melie”. Pop was a WWII Veteran, having served in England, France and Belgium in the Army Medical Corps. He was a life member of VFW Post #1114.

Upon his return from service he found employment at the U.S. Postal Service. He served for 30 years, before retiring in 1976. He delivered mail on the Westside Area around Broadway and South Red Road. Upon his retirement he stayed very active as an officer of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE); a Board Member of SWIRCA; President of the St. Philip area Senior Citizens Organization and was honored as an Older Hoosier of the Year in 1995 by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. He was a strong advocate for Senior Citizens, attending many political functions, meeting and corresponding regularly with State and Federal legislators.

Many who knew Pop know his real passion was bowling. Upon his return from WWII he joined a bowling league at the request of his brother, Bart and never looked back. Bowling for the next 65 years, he became involved in promoting the sport, including getting most of his children involved and served many of those years as league secretary including 30 years for the Career Associates League at Franklin Lanes; served on the Evansville Men’s Bowling Association Board of Directors; and was inducted in the Evansville Bowling Hall of Fame for his many years of service. One of his greatest joys was participating in the Senior Games (a.k.a. the Senior Olympics) where he qualified for the National Games every two years since 1987, winning Silver in the Doubles competition in Syracuse, NY and a Gold in Doubles competition in 2003 in Hampton Roads, Va. He also participated annually in the River City Senior Games in bowling, horseshoes, washers and clabber as well as the State Senior Games.

Pop was preceded in death by a son, Allan Ray in 1947; by brothers, Herbert, August, Bart and Harold and sisters, infant Gertrude, Frances, Olga Henry and Mary Hall.

Surviving are his wife of 69 years, Amelia (Niemeier) Horstman; children, Dan (Rosemarie) Horstman; Rose (Cliff – deceased) Backes, Clem (Connie) Horstman, Carl, Jr. (Buffy) Horstman, Tom (Nancy) Horstman, Monica Horstman, Gloria (Mike) McDonald and Martha (Mike) Bohleber; grandchildren, Jeff (Vicky) Horstman, Joanna (Matt) Riney, Bruce (Chastidy) Horstman, Bryan (Leta) Horstman, Brad Horstman, Andy (Mindy) McDonald, Anthony (Addy) McDonald, Paul (Angie) McDonald, Nathan (Annika) McDonald, Audrey, Aaron and Angela McDonald, Matthew (Amanda) Bohleber, Michele Scott and 23 great grandchildren, with a couple more on the way.

He is also survived by a brother, Henry “Hank” Horstman of Evansville; sister, Edna Mae “Masie” Wibbeler of Leesburg, Fla., and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Carl began at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1000 W. Illinois Street, in Evansville, Ind., with the Rev. Sean Esterline officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Philip Church Cemetery, where the Vanderburgh County Retired Veterans Memorial Club will conduct military rites.

Friends visited with the family from 2 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 W. Franklin Street and from 10 a.m. until service time on Thursday at the church.

The family would like to thank the staff at Westpark Rehabilitation Center for their special care of “Pop,” the St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. Philip Legion of Mary and the Corpus Christi Prayer Group for their weekly visits. A special thanks to his frequent religious debater and friend, Father Don Dilger.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Carl’s name to, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1000 W. Illinois Street, Evansville, Ind., 47710 or to St. Philip Catholic Church, 3500 S. St. Philip Road, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620.

Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

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Herman Seibert Herman Joseph Seibert, age 81, of Evansville, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Deaconess Hospital.

Herman was born October 11, 1930 to the late, Clemens and Cecelia (Schapker) Seibert at St. Mary’s Hospital. He grew up in St. Wendel, Ind., attended St. Wendel Grade School and was a 1948 graduate of Reitz Memorial High School. Following his high school graduation, Herman was employed as an aircraft assembler at Seeger Refrigeration Company, now known as Whirlpool Corporation. In 1953, he was called to active duty from the Indiana Reserves and served in the 65th Military Police Company during the European Occupation in Vienna, Austria. Upon his return from duty he continued his employment with Whirlpool until retiring in 1990.

In May of 1955, Herman met his future bride, the former Marian Kercher, at Lamey’s Grove and they were married the following year.

During the 1950s, Herman was an active volunteer with the St. Wendel Double I League baseball team.

He served as league scorekeeper and treasurer until the 1980s. He was also a member of the St. Wendel Knights of St. John, VFW Post #6576 in Wadesville and was active in the founding of the Junior Sheriffs , Herman and his wife, Marian moved to Evansville in 1957 and became active members of St. Benedict Catholic Church. For over 30 years, he served as an usher at the 6 a.m. Sunday mass.

He took immense pride in the academic accomplishments of his daughter, Lisa and grandson, Richard who both earned advanced degrees. He enjoyed following both Memorial and Mater Dei athletics, especially while his grandson, Chris Koester, was playing football and basketball at Mater Dei. He was also an avid fan of his great grandchildren’s basketball, soccer and baseball teams. He enjoyed fishing, picked up golf in his retirement and was seldom seen without his pipe.

Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Marian (Kercher) Seibert; a daughter, Lisa Koester of Evansville; two grandsons, Christopher (Elizabeth) Koester and Richard (Carissa) Koester; three great grandchildren, Bryce, Vince and Sophia Koester and five brothers, Harry Seibert, Charles (Mary) Seibert, both of St. Wendel, Robert Seibert of Newburgh, Clemens (Betty) Seibert, Jr. of Oronoco, Minn., and Don (Kathy) Seibert of Evansville and many nieces and nephews.

Herman was preceded in death by sisters, Evelyn Paul and infant twins, Carolyn and Marilyn Seibert.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at St. Benedict Catholic Church, with the Rev. Harold Hammerstein officiating. Entombment followed in the St. Joseph Cemetery Mausoleum.

Friends visited with the family from 2 until 8 p.m. on Friday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 W. Franklin Street, where there was a memorial service conducted by the church and the St. Wendel Knights of St. John at 6 p.m.

Friends also visited with the family from 8:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Benedict Catholic Church, 1328 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, Ind., 47714 or to the Sisters of St. Benedict, 802 E. 10th Street, Ferdinand, Ind. 47532.

Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

Betty DeFur Betty L. (Conyers) DeFur, 81, born to Raymond and Grace (Green) Conyers on July 27, 1930, in New Harmony, Ind., died on Friday, June 8, 2012, at her home in New Harmony.

Betty loved go fishing on Lake Okeechobee while wintering in Florida. She also loved to go camping and just plan traveling. She was a vivid morel hunter, who never would tell her secret spot and she loved to play golf.

Betty was one of the very first EMTs hired by Posey County Ambulance service when it was established in the middle 1970s. She also was the bookkeeper at her husband’s business, Mount Vernon Electric Motor Service.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Jack N. DeFur, Sr. Betty is survived by her two sons, Jack N. DeFur, Jr. (Carolyn) of Eddyville, Ky., and Steven DeFur (Liana) of New Harmony, Ind., daughter Debra Imbler (Russ) of Evansville, Ind., and daughter Kathy Johnson-Moore (Kevin), of Frankfort, Ky., a brother Gene Conyers (Martha) of Griffin, Ind., and a sister Joanne Chapman of New Harmony. Six grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren also survive.

Private funeral services will be held 10 a.m. on Friday, June 15, 2012, at Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, in New Harmony, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to: Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, P.O. Box 545, New Harmony, Indiana.

The family wishes to thank the caregivers of Deaconess Hospice Care, Dr. Matthew Lee and great friends and neighbors Don and Gayle Williams.

Condolences may be made online at www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

River Days, from Page 1A are not limited to the three competition categories; teams in the past have sold slabs of ribs, half chickens, barbecue sandwiches, smoked pork chops...all of competition quality. Selling will take place on both Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8. They will not be selling on Sunday.

Adams may be reached via email at adamsed85@yahoo. com or by phone at 812-838-0035. It is hoped that as many as 25 teams will be signed up by the August 20, 2012 deadline.

Last year 16 teams competed.

Teams will move in on Thursday night, September 6 and be ready for competition and selling to the public by the time the River Days Festival opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 7.

“Smoke on the Ohio” is just one of the many events that will be taking place on Mount Vernon’s Riverfront on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 7, 8, and 9.

Larry Williams is chairman of River Days this year. Kay Kilgore (483-2922) is chairman of Events and Entertainment, and Nancy Hoehn (499-4234) is chairman of Food Booths.

J.L. Hirsch • 8 W. Main St. • Poseyville James E.Coon James E. Coon, 97, formerly of Evansville and Princeton, Ind., born to Edward and Audrey G. (Sandefer) Coon on May 22, 1915, in Evansville, Ind., passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Denver, Colo.

Jim enjoyed sharing stories of his early career as a jockey for Colonel Bradley’s stable.

He is survived by three children: Audrey Lynn Cates, Myra Frazel, and Don Coon; five grandchildren: Teresa Timmons, Curtis Kelly, Adam Kelly, Miriam Kondelik, and Bobby Coon; nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife: Edna Marie Coon, two sons: James R. Coon and Dennis Coon.

A small memorial service is planned 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in the Chapel at Good Samaritans Home, 601 N. Boeke Road, Evansville, Ind. Jim will be laid to rest in the Poseyville Cemetery.

No graveside services will be held.

Condolences may be made at www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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RETROSPECT Pages of the Past

Compilation by Haylee Moore

June 4, 2002 Posey County News Brett and Dawn Phipps are proud to announce the birth of their twins William and Jacob. The twins were born on March 19, 2002.

Harold and Doris Crawford of poseyville plan to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Robby Fetcher and Angela Rubenstein announce their enagement and upcoming wedding.

Cynthiana High school celebrated their 50th class reunion.

Jessica Fehrenbacher recieved her Master Degree in Public Affairs.

David Cates and Laureen Martin announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

June 3, 1987 Posey County News St. Francis Catholic Church celebrates 100th birthday.

Tercera, Women’s Club celebrated their 40th anniversary with 138 members and guests.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hucks plan to celebrate their 50th wedding aniversary on June 14th. The couple was married June 12, 1937.

Posey County Senior Citizen Queen Helen Knapp accepted her crown from previous winner Dorothy Ewing. Helen will compete in the area 13 Senior Citizen Queen Contest.

Kris Johnson and Gary Schmitt were united in marriage on April 25 at St. Francis Catholic Church.

June 1, 1962 Posey County News Honor Roll for the final grading period of 61-62 school year was announced by North Posey Principal Lloyd Hutchinson. Sixty-Four students hit the mark, with the eighth grade accounting for almost half the number with 31.

Posey County has eight students on the tentative list of graduated to receive degrees from Indiana University.

At Lloyd’s Market bacon was advertised as 2lbs for 69 cents.

At Hirsch’s Food Market soft drinks were advertised for 10 cents.

Lt. and Mrs. James Cox announce the birth of their child Devona Lynn born May 24, 1962.

Guest Column by Dr. Gregory Jantz

Facebook the Anti-Social Network?

Tips for overcoming tech disconnection Social media sites like Facebook connect users with old friends, new acquaintances and everyone in between.

However, studies are revealing an inverse link with online connections and deeper, face-to-face relationships.

Norwegian researchers recently developed a test for networking sites, called the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, which likens inordinate amounts of time spent on the networking site to drug and alcohol abuse. The test measures how often people use the site, if they do so to forget their problems and how using the site negatively affects their personal and working lives.

Researchers found the following groups of people most at risk for Facebook addiction: • Women, who are more social than men, • Young people, who are more tech savvy than older people • Anxious or socially insecure people “Social media, and the new emphasis on the importance of ‘multitasking,’ have helped drive a wedge between family members,” says psychologist Gregory L. Jantz, author of #Hooked: The Pitfalls of Media, Technology and Social Networking (www.drgregoryjantz.com).

Ironically, people become less social the more time they spend on social sites, and they

tend to get less done while multitasking because they do not focus on completing one task at a time, he says.

“When people abuse drugs and alcohol, they are trying to feel better, yet they are worsening their situation. We’re finding this is also true for those who spend excessive amounts of time on social networking sites,” he says.

“Perhaps the hardest hit from social media addiction is the family unit.”

Parents should monitor their own time online to ensure it’s not further limiting the already shrinking amount of time available with their children, Jantz says. And they need to safeguard their children by monitoring their time, as well. Jantz suggests these questions for parents to ask themselves in gauging their kids’ media usage: • How much time do your kids spend with various forms of media? There are plenty of distractions from homework. Estimate how much time your child spends with the television, internet, social networking sites, cell phone, Blu-rays and game systems.

The more time spent with media, the lower a child’s academic performance, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study.

• How much time do your kids spend with you versus online media? Remember, simply being in the same room isn’t necessarily inter-

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acting. The less the scales tip in favor of human-to-human interaction, the more likely there may be a problem.

• Do you know how each device works and how it can be used? Familiarity with your children’s gadgets gives you a better perspective of what their habits may be like.

• What are the consequences of their tech habits, and what should be changed?

Make a list of the good and the bad consequences of your family’s technology use. After comparing the two lists, consider changes that can turn negatives into positives.

“Technology continues at its accelerating pace, and we are in unchartered territory,” Jantz says. “Increasingly, social networking infiltrates our personal lives, but we need to remember that it is created to serve us, and not the other way around.”

Long-time supporters of the Posey County Community Foundation Bill and Muriel Gillenwater enjoy watching as the grants are distributed during Wednesday’s meeting at the Granary in New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce

Immunization clinic June 13, 27 The Posey County Health Department will hold an immunization clinic Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the Coliseum in Mount Vernon from 2 p.m. — 4 p.m. and Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at St. Francis Catholic School Cafeteria from 2 p.m. — 4 p.m. Appointments are not needed for these clinics.

Required immunization additions for the 2012 -2013 school year are as follows: • All KINDERGARTEN students will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine, given on or after the first birthday and separated by 3 months, or a history of chickenpox disease documented by a physician.

Happy Birthday Announcements June 12 - Eula Freeman, Esther Franz, Nellie Ours June 13 - Carmen Allen, Millie Brickman, Riley Goad, Ashley Hasenyager, Zachary Hasenyager, Lynn Mobley, Kristina Moore, Glen Parker, Craig Reynolds, Noah Roberts June 14 - Betty Cohoon, Cheryl Murlock June 15 - Liz Effinger, Ronald Dale Blackburn, Amy Cox, Carl Nix Jr., David Stallings, Paul Wer-

ry, Mathew Wilkinson June 16 - Ashley Wiggins June 17 - Jesse Benton, Benjamin Anderson, Tamara Creek, Hannah May Hedges, Chelsea Hon, Donna S. Racine, Renee Wilson, Tyler Hensley and Madison Ries June 18 - Brice Austin, Wayne Conyers, Eugenia T. Glover, Mary Grace Kirkpatrick, Charlotte Williams Knapp, Jayne Overton, Travis Wilson

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mented by the parent/ guardian.

• All 6th — 12th grade students will be required to have 1 dose of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) given on or after the birthday.

• All 6th — 12th grade students will be required to have 1 dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4).

Please bring shot records for each child receiving immunizations.

Obits continued from Page A3 Ella “Kathy” Haupt Ella “Kathy” Haupt, age 65 of Mount Vernon, Ind., died Saturday morning June 9, 2012 at the Mt. Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 23, 1946, in Evansville the daughter of Paul Hart and Donna V. Ray. She married Robert W. Haupt, Sr. on April 20, 1964, and he preceded her in death on March 9, 1976.

Kathy retired from the Posey County Jail having worked as a matron. She was a member of the Mount Vernon Ladies of the Moose and the Eagles Club. She had attended the Point Township Church of the Nazarene.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Robert W. and Tina Elaine Haupt of Sterling, Ill., and one daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and Robert Kole of Elyria, Ohio; four grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren; one brother, Wilson David Mattingly of Mount Vernon and one sister, Janet Burton of Edinburgh, Ind. She was preceded in death by her parents and her step-father, Wilson Mattingly.

Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Austin~Stendeback Family Funeral Home with the Rev. Dallas Robinson officiating. Visitation will be from 1 until 4 p.m. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com

of The Posey County Humane Society Jeanne Fisher

Chance is a tortoiseshell female, short hair. She is almost 1 year old.

INGREDIENTS 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 14.5-ounce cans of diced tomatoes 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley 1 Tbsp minced fresh dill or 1 teaspoon dried dill 1 to 1 1/4 pounds medium sized raw shrimp, peeled and deveined (can leave tails on), thaw if frozen • Pinch of salt, more to taste • Pinch black pepper, more to taste • 3 ounces feta cheese (about 2/3 cup, crumbled) • • • • • • •

DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Heat oil in a large, oven-proof skillet on medium high heat. Add the onions and cook until softened, 3-5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds more.

2. Add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer, reduce heat and let simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the juices thicken a bit.

3. Remove from heat. Stir in the herbs, shrimp, feta cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Place pan in oven and bake, uncovered, until shrimp are cooked through, about 10-12 minutes.

4. Serve immediately. Serve with crusty French or Italian loaf bread, pasta, or rice.

Yield: Serves 4.

• All KINDERGARTEN students will be required to have one of the required doses of polio vaccine given on or after the fourth birthday, and at least 6 months after the previous dose.

• All 6th — 12th grade students will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine, given on or after the first birthday, and separated by age-appropriate intervals as defined by the CDC, or a history of chickenpox disease docu-

Cici is a white w/ black female, short hair. She is almost 1 year old.

Call The Posey Humane Society at 838-3211 to arrangee a time to look at your future pet. General public hours aree d Mon - Tue 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wed - Fri 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sat 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday Closed

Jeanne LaVere Fisher, 91, of Poseyville, Ind., born January 6, 1921, to George and Carrie (Loughridge) Taylor in New Castle, Penn., passed away Friday, June 8, 2012, at the VNA Plus John and Betty Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville, Ind. Jeanne moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1939 where she met and married her husband, Philip. After Philip returned from WWII, they moved to Indiana to begin farming. In 1959, after years of living and farming in southern Indiana, they purchased a farm near Poseyville that would become their home.

Jeanne was a devoted wife, loving mother and doting grandmother. She was a generous and caring person who touched the lives of many through encouraging words and kind gestures. She was active in her church, St Paul’s UMC, and considered its members her family. Jeanne was also active in many community groups and school functions, especially those that involved her children and grandchildren. She will be remembered as a person who lived her life as an example to others.

Surviving are her four children: Betty Fisher of Oklahoma City, Okla., Bob (Vickie) Fisher of Wadesville, Ind., Kenny (Pascale) Fisher of Villemoiron En Othe, France and Sandra (Brent) Vincent of Poseyville, Ind.; six grandchildren: Sean (Amy) Fisher, Scott (Kara) Fisher, Matthew Woolston, Nikki Woolston, Lucas Fisher and Johanna Fisher; three great grandchildren: Audrey Fisher, Cameron Fisher, and Paisley Fisher.

Jeanne was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Philip.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at the Werry Funeral Home, Poseyville Chapel with burial in the Poseyville Cemetery.

Visitation will be 3 until 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to: St Paul’s United Methodist Church, 46 S. Cale Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633 and/or to VNA Plus, Charlier Hospice Center, PO Box 3487, Evansville, Indiana 47734-3487 or online at http://www.vnaplus.org.

Condolences may be made online at www.werryfuneralhomes.com

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COMMUNITY Historic New Harmony Happenings By Missy Parkinson Historic New Harmony congratulates New Harmony Theatre for 25 outstanding seasons! Please join us opening nights, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Thrall's Opera House, 612 Church St., New Harmony, to view this year's Golden Troupe Exhibit: “Behind-theScenes during the 1882-1883

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Jane Reising, Jane Droege, and Brenda Schmitt enjoy some of the beautiful art on display auring an art show held at The Red Wagon in Poseyville on Friday evening.

Several area artists were on hand for the very successful event. Photo by Dave Pearce

WMI News Thanks to everyone who turned out to shop recently at the Friends of WMI’s annual book sale associated with the Art & Antique fair. Thanks also to the many volunteers who took time on a busy weekend to donate their time and work to make sure the book sale was a success.

This summer WMI is challenging young folks up through grade 5 to Dream Big - READ! Our program began on June 7, and youngsters can sign up at any time. We have big dreams for the summer, and have dreamed up a number of activities to keep you and your child reading and learning all summer long.

On June 14, Flag day, come by the library to

By Steve Cochran look at a couple of former US flags found in our collections. They will be on display in the main reading room during regular library hours, and are a wonderful reminder of how far we’ve come as a nation, and how much of our nation’s history includes New Harmony.

On June 21, we’ll be reading and talking about Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech, delivered at the March on Washington in August of 1963, and participants will use sidewalk chalk in front of WMI to give their own dreams a visual interpretation.

Coming up on June 28 summer reading program participants will be making handmade paper in the

Poseyville Carnegie Library News It’s been busy, busy, busy at the library this week! The summer reading program is going strong. We are still taking registrations throughout the summer if you haven’t signed up yet. We will be

having programs for all ages this summer. This past week we did an outdoor obstacle course and our winner was Kameron Kendall who blew everyone away with a time of 44 seconds. This week’s

Creatures of the Night at APL The night is a strange and wondrous place filled with animals ideally suited for the dark. But you seldom have an opportunity to observe them in action.

The Alexandrian Public Library 2012 Summer Reading Program will be presenting Creatures of the Night. on Wednesday, June 20 at 2

p.m. in the library meeting room.

Silly Safaris funologist Coyote Chris will explore how animals survive in the dark. As always, this program will be a laugh-filled live animal show for all ages.

This performance is free to the public. No registration necessary.

basement at WMI. This program will last a little longer – beginning at 6 and going until 7:30.

Interested in going green? Want to lock in your utility costs and have energy independence?

Coming up on August 4th, from 1 – 3 in the afternoon, Ryan Zarkicki from Whole Sun designs will give a presentation on how solar power systems work, and why solar is a smart financial investment now.

WMI is open TuesdayThursday from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday from noon – 4.

We have a number of new books available for check out – look here next week for reviews of some of our latest additions.

By Amy Effinger programs include: ·Pre-K Story Time-Monday 11:30 a.m. ·K - 2nd Grade ActivityTuesday 10 a.m. ·3rd - 6th Grade ActivityTuesday 2 p.m. ·Young Adult ActivityWednesday 2 p.m. ·Adult CrafternoonsThursday 2 p.m. ·Family Lock-In Camping Theme-Friday 5 - 7 p.m. ·Cookbook Club with Vegetarian Recipes-Saturday 1 p.m.

The library would like to start a Friends Of The Library group. If you are interested, please contact Heather Gallagher at director@pcpl. lib.in.us or you can come see her at the library.

Don’t forget to come in and tell our director, Heather, Happy Birthday on Thursday June 14.

We look forward to serving you this summer at Poseyville Carnegie Public Library; your library for information, programs, technology, and entertainment.

At left: Anthropology Major, Brandon Baxter of Henderson County, holds up a piece of redware pottery with lead-based glaze that was used by Harmonist settlers residing in New Harmony during the 1800s.

The redware fragment was unearthed near the Atheneum during USI and UE’s recent Archaeological Dig. Photo by Zach Straw

The Spectacular World Of Vincent Van Gogh This special exhibit will be on display during open hours this week. This is one of the traveling exhibits provided

by Teacher’s Discovery. The exhibit will be located in the library foyer for public viewing.

Special Needs Storytime On June 12 from 1:30 to 2:15 ages 9 and up will fly butterfly kites to music and make a washable watercolor butterfly craft. Registration is required and is being taken now. And ages 3 to 8 years old have their storytime adventure from 3 to 3:45 p.m.

We will be reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story and activities will include sensory play and a craft. Registration is required and is being taken now.

Basic Knitting On June 13 and 27 at 10 a.m. Cheryl Carroll will return to the library to demonstrate how to stitch during our Basic Knitting Program.

She will teach casting on, knit and purl, and biding off techniques. Yarn will be provided and a limited number of size 8 needles will be available to borrow from the library. No registration is necessary but space is limited.

Busy Hands On June 13 and 27 at 10 a.m. there will be a gathering of crafters - we meet at 10 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month unless the library is closed.

If you quilt, knit, do tatting, crochet, etc. come and join the fun.

Evansville Fire Family The Evansville Fire Family will be performing an indoor version of their traditional fire show featuring LED lights on June 13 at 2 p.m. This performance is suitable for all ages and is free to the public.

In The Shadow of the Vampyre This teen program will take place June 13 at 5:30 p.m.

Could she be the victim of a terrible accident at the KomixFest? But what about the BITE MARKS on her neck?!

If you would like to help solve this case, register at the Alex-

Season.”

New Harmony Theatre’s God of Carnage opens Friday, June 15, at Murphy Theatre.

Historic New Harmony staff will be on hand at the Opera House before the show to talk about the Golden Troupe Exhibit. Come by to get a glimpse into the daily life of

Bella Golden. Artifacts exhibited include clothing, props, and jewelry used by the Golden Troupe on their travels.

Historic New Harmony is a unified program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, www.usi. edu/hnh.

By Stanley Campbell andrian Public Library for the mystery program “In the Shadow of the Vampyre.” You are encouraged to come in costume. There will be prizes for both mystery winners and for creative costumes! Anyone grades 6-12 is welcome to attend. Registration Required.

Basic Drawing: Shadows and Values On June 14 and 28 at 10 p.m. artist Stan Campbell continues instructing artists of all proficiencies on drawing shadows and values. Please note that this course will be held for only two more sessions. This course is intended for individuals 18 and older.

There is no fee to take this course but registration is necessary and being taken now at the Adult Information Desk.

The Laughs and Crafts Club On June14, 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. there is always a craft, Always a story, Always a snack and Always a good time! For kids who are enter-

ing kindergarten through fifth grade. Registration required.

T.A.B. On June 18 at 3:30 p.m. attend the Teen Advisory Board Meeting. We will discuss programming, social networking and test out our ideas. Every week we will have a different project, so stop in for a snack and some good times.

LITerally Speaking Book Discussion This June 19 at 1 p.m., the LITerally Speaking book discussion group will discuss A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson.

Library Hours Alexandrian Public Library is open Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., FridaySaturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

For additional information about library services or to register for a library program call 838-3286 or you can visit our website at http://www.apl. lib.in.us . You can find us on Facebook.

Lead by Assistant Professor of Antropology, Mike Strezewski (not shown), students discovered a kiln used

by Harmonist settlers to create pottery for town around the years 1815 to 1820. Katie Howard shows of the depth and features of the kiln during the recent dig. Photo by Zach Straw

BUY LOCAL, BUY FRESH Posey County Farm Bureau Inc is again proud to sponsor the WADESVILLE FARMERS MARKET beginning Thursday, May 31st through August 30th, from 3-6 p.m. in the empty lot across from Subway Sandwiches on highway 66.

We also encourage everyone to try these other farmers markets: • POSEYVILLE • Starting Saturday May 12th from 9am. - 1 pm.

(Church Street)

• MT. VERNON • Starting Tuesday, June 19th from 2pm - 6 p.m. (next to McDonalds)

• NEW HARMONY • Saturdays from 9am. - 1 pm. (at Church Park, across from the WMI Library)

Sponsored by your local POSEY COUNTY FARM BUREAU, INC.

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Hoosier Salon holds Watercolor Workshop The Hoosier Salon New Harmony Gallery is sponsoring a Children’s Summer Art Program. Because of the great demand, enrollment is limited to children who attend a Posey County school or whose parent or grandparent is a resident of Posey County.

For ages 9 through 13, artist Robert Pote will teach a two day Watercolor Workshop on July 11 and 12. The morning session is from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon session from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Each class is limited to 12 participants

and they must choose a morning or afternoon session.

Hoosier Salon children’s programs are offered free to all children and all supplies are furnished. Funding for the programs are made possible by a grant from the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation and from civic groups such as Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Inc and the Tercera Club of Poseyville. For more information or to enroll a child, call the gallery director, Maggie Rapp, at (812) 459-9851.

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Christopher Koch and Jennifer Talley Terry and Susan Talley of Boonville are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter Jennifer L. Talley to Christopher D. Koch son of David and Terri Koch of Mount Vernon, Ind. Jennifer is a 2005 graduate of Boonville High School, and graduated from University of Evansville. She is employed as a teacher at Sharon Elementary in Newburgh, Ind. Christopher is a 2005 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, and graduated from Indiana State University. He is employeed as First Officer Pilot of Piedmont Airlines in New Born, North Carolina. The couple will be married on June 16, 2012, at Discovery Lodge. The couple will reside in Newport, North Carolina after the wedding. Formal invitations are being sent.

Jeremiah Stump and Jill Thorsen

Andrew Koch & Samantha Reich

Dianna and Christopher Thorsen of Blairsville, Ind. are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter Jill Thorsen to Jeremiah Stump son of Gwenevere Dewitt of Indianapolis and Warren Stump of Montgomery. Jill is a 2003 graduate of North Posey High School and a 2007 graduate from Indiana University. She is general manager at Penn Station in Indianapolis. Jeremiah is a 2000 graduate of Freedom Farm Christian High School, and is currently attending Ivy Tech College. He is employeed as manager at Cash America in Indianapolis. The couple will be married on August 11, 2012 in Nashville, Ind. Formal invitations are being sent.

Cheryl Reich, Bruce and Sondra Reich of Mount Vernon are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter Samantha to Andrew son of Cindy Koch of Owensville and Darrell Koch of Princeton.

Samantha is a 2008 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, and is currently a student at Ive Tech Community College in Nursing Program. She is employed at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. Kyle is a 2007 graduate of Gibson Southern High School, and is currently employed at Five Star Mining. The couple will be married on July 28, 2012 at The Granary in New Harmony. The reception will take place at the Posey County 4-H Community Center. Formal invitations are being sent.

Author Kasandra Jamison book signing Author Kasandra Jamison a resident of Mount Carmel, Ill., will be available to sign copies of her book, His Love for Lexi.

The event will take place at Princeton Public Library, 124 South Hart Street Princeton, Ind. 47670, on June 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Prom night was supposed to be the best night of Lexi Kimball’s life. It was supposed to be perfect. Lexi was humiliated and decided to leave town and never come back. Five years later, a near-fatal accident involving her parents changed that plan.

Adult Education Classes at Ivy Tech WorkOne Southwest and Vincennes University are partnering to offer adult education classes designed to help you transition to higher education. If you meet the criteria, these classes will offer you opportunities to strengthen math, reading, and language skills, add a GED to your resume, prepare for post secondary training, and increase wage earning potential. Classes will be held at the Mount

Vernon General Baptist Church, 1717 Main Street, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. beginning July 6 and ending August 30, 2012. This is a free opportunity but space is limited. GED Online and GED+ classes are also available for those who qualify. GED+ classes offer short term certification in skills employers in this area are demanding. For more details, or to register, call 812-270-0430.

Ribeyre celebration set for June 16 Wayne and Patricia Culley Wayne and Patricia Culley from Mount Vernon, Ind., will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married on Sunday, June 17, 1962, in Evansville, Ind. Pat and Wayne have four children and eight grandchildren. A celebration in honor of Pat and Wayne will take place on Saturday, June 16 at Western Hills Country Club in Mount Vernon from 3 until 5 p.m. Please come by to help them celebrate their golden years. The couple requests no gifts please.

Brenner Family Reunion set for July 7 The Brenner family will have their reunion on Saturday, July 7, 2012, from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. at the Discovery Lodge, Burdette Park

Evansville, Indiana. Contact: BrennerFamilyHistory@ gmail.com. Go online at http://sites.google.com/site/ BrennerFamilyHistory/.

The Ribeyre Gymnasium Restoration Group invites you to join them Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Ribeyre Gymnasium in New Harmony, Indiana for “A Celebration of 10 Years Restoration & Renovation”. Dinner served at 6 p.m.

Program to follow will review the accomplishments of the project with comments by former RGRG Presidents. Tickets $10 per person. For reservations mail payment to: Brenda Butman, PO Box 485, New Harmony, Ind. 47631.You may also phone

Victory Theatre “Movies on Main Street” June 15, 16 Join us this summer downtown at the Victory Theatre for the new “Movies on Main Street “! The same great free family-friendly films and food specials you enjoyed at Mesker Amphitheatre in the air conditioned comfort of the beautiful Victory Theatre.

We are all set for opening night on June 15-16, 2012 with “Big Miracle” on Friday night and “Dr. Suess: The Lorax” on Saturday. Doors

will open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.

Each night will have a newly released family film and full concessions available with food specials including hot off the grill $1 hot dogs and hamburgers.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie will begin at 7:30 p.m.

To join the fun, pick up a FREE Admission Pass at the following sponsor loca-

tions: Wesselman’s Groceries, News4U Magazine, The Centre, WABX, Hot 96, WIKY, 93.5 The Wolf, JackFM, WEVV-CBS44, FOX44, Bunny Bread, Garrett Printing and Graphics and Pepsi Cola Offices.

We look forward to seeing you this summer and once again, this event is family friendly, FREE and fun for all ages! For more information, call 812-435-5770.

‘Smoke on the Ohio’ deadline is Aug. 20 "Smoke on the Ohio," in its fourth year, has become a crowd favorite with visitors to Mount Vernon River Days. The barbecue cookoff is back again in 2012 with as many as 25 teams "Smokin’ & Serving."

Ed Adams is the coordinator of Smoke on the Ohio, which will be located on Water Street just a few hundred yards from the "Beautiful Ohio."

"The whole downtown area will be overcome by the sweet smoky aroma of slow cooked BBQ as these teams are competing for both cash and unique trophies; but, most of all, some will walk away knowing that they beat those that were up for the challenge," Adams remarked.

Judging will be in three categories: ribs, chicken and pork butts. Judging results will be announced on the main stage at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The teams are allowed to sell any type of BBQ to the public and are not limited to the three competition categories; teams in the past have sold slabs of ribs, half chickens, BBQ

sandwiches, smoked pork chops...all of competition quality. Selling will take place on both Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8. They will not be selling on Sunday.

Adams may be reached via email at adamsed85@yahoo.com or by phone at 812-8380035. It is hoped that as many as 25 teams will be signed up by the August 20, 2012 deadline.

Last year 16 teams competed.

Teams will move in on Thursday night, September 6 and be ready for competition and selling to the public by the time the River Days Festival opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7.

"Smoke on the Ohio" is just one of the many events that will be taking place on Mount Vernon’s Riverfront on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 7, 8, and 9.

Larry Williams is chairman of River Days this year. Kay Kilgore (483-2922) is chairman of Events and Entertainment, and Nancy Hoehn (499-4234) is chairman of Food Booths.

812-682-3064 or email bsbutman@aol.com with your name and number of reservations then make payment at door. Reservations must be received by June 12.

This is a public event so share this information with family, friends, and community. We invite all to join us as we recognize those who have worked so hard to ensure the future of this building.

AND SAVE! CALL 1-812-682-3950

Scotty’s Lawn and Garden Auction set After nearly 50 years of serving the local community as an independent family owned business, all the trees and plants which have been synonymous with Scotty’s Lawn and Garden Center are on the auction block as the Hipp family decides to downsize and retire.

A 2-day auction event is planned for Friday, June 15 and Saturday, June 16, when all of the nursery stock and equipment will transfer to new owners. Everything will

be sold including the remaining retail inventory from the popular nursery and landscape center. Even the Red Scotty’s Volkswagen Beetle will be sold.

Bidders interested can preview the auction on Thursday, June 14 from noon to 5 p.m.

Online bidding will be available on select equipment assets and bidders can register online by clicking on www. proxibid.com/wilsonauctions.

The auction will take place at 10 a.m. on both days.

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Members of mission team ‘clean up’

Pictured is the First Presbyterian Church mission team at the home of Gladys Prescott in Henryville, Indiana. L to R in front are Martha Alldredge (who celebrates her 80th birthday in August) and Don Julian; L to R in the middle are Walt Brunton, Jessica Robinson, Tyler Davis and Joseph Julian; L to R in back are Kaysie Collins and Gladys Prescott. Team members not pictured are Sally Julian and the Rev. Monica Gould. Photo by the Rev. Monica Gould

By Pam Robinson They cleaned up debris by day and taught Vacation Bible School by night. Indeed, the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Vernon mission team ran a good race to benefit the tornado-ravaged community of Henryville, Indiana.

“Adults teamed with youth, rather than youth teaming with adults,” explains Rev. Monica Gould, pastor at First Presbyterian. The energy of one pre-teen and three teens inspired five adults, and everyone witnessed the power of positive praying. First Presbyterian youth Kaysie Collins, Tyler Davis, Joseph Julian and Jessica Robinson teamed with adults Martha Alldredge, Walt Brunton, Don and Sally Julian (who helped two days each) and Rev. Monica Gould from Sunday, June 3, to Wednesday, June 6.

The team cleared debris from the yards of two elderly women and removed fallen

Wadesville General Baptist to host Camp Out With Jesus Wadesville General Baptist Church will be hosting a Camp Out With Jesus event on Saturday, July 21 from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Church Fellowship Hall at 7421 Joest Rd, Wadesville, Ind. Calling all kids - preschool through 6th grade - to come camp out with Jesus at Camp Fellowship.

We’ll have a good time - lots of fun - as we learn about getting along with everyone.

That’s what Jesus wants us to do - Love one another our whole life through.

Through Bible lessons, music, crafts,and games, we will emphasize and embrace the

joy of living in harmony with one another as Romans 12:16 tells us to do.

Lunch will be served, as well as a morning and afternoon snack with lots of drinks all day long to keep everyone hydrated.

It’s a day of fun and it’s free. And, parents, you can have a free day. We’ll do our thing with the kids while you go do your thing.

Registration is from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. If you have questions or would like to preregister, you can call the church at 812-6734660 and leave a message or call 812-3063313.

Saint Matthew Vacation Bible School set for June 18-22 Daniel was way more than the guy who survived a den of hungry lions! St. Matthew Catholic Church and Trinity United Church of Christ present “Daniel’s Courage in Captivity” June 18-22 from 9 -11 a.m. The fun each day begins at Trinity Church located at the corner of Mulberry and Fifth Streets in Mount Vernon.

This Vacation Bible School invites all community children ages four through eleven to travel back in time to meet Daniel, who was torn from his home and forced into the king’s service. Imagine the pressure of learning a new language and culture. Imagine being forced to change your name and the shock of discovering your best friends have been tossed into a fiery furnace! Kids, whether they come one day or all five days, will find that they’re not much different from

Daniel and his friends, who kept their faith in a faithless culture.

Kids and adults will explore exotic sights, smells, and food in a Babylonian bazaar, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, visit Daniel, and collect Memory Makers that remind them that God is always with them. Plus, everyone will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings.

Kids and adults will reach out to kids through both a local charity and a hands-on mission project called Operation Kid-to-Kid, in which “tribal groups” will collect loose change for mosquito nets to combat malaria.

For more information, call 457-3665. Call the offices of St. Matthew (838-2535) or Trinity (838-3805) to save time by obtaining an advance registration form.

trees from a creek. In addition, they brought renewed hope for joy to 21 children with a “Party in Paradise” for three evenings at the interdenominational Henryville Community Church.

“Our youth developed, designed and executed the Vacation Bible School for Henryville,” Rev. Gould comments. “They created the theme to go with my Scripture choice, and they created all the pieces to present it.

They were in charge.”

In describing their work, the teens wrote moving reflections and testimonials upon their return home.

Twelve-year-old Joseph Julian reports how his faith was tested—and strengthened— during clean-up efforts in the first yard.

“As we gaped openmouthed at the lawn's dire state, complete with kneehigh poison ivy, my first reaction was one of disbelief.

How could we, a small work force of eight, even make a dent in this mess?” he recalls.

“But as we worked, my eyes were opened. Together, bit by bit, we mowed, hacked, chopped, weeded, trimmed, and sawed the entire front and back yards! Surely, He was there with us while we became his ‘sweaty sheep’ for the people of Henryville.

I was blessed to be a part of the recovery effort. The num-

ber of lives we touched was overwhelming.”

Likewise, thirteen-year-old Tyler Davis witnesses to the deepening of his faith after hearing the testimony of Rev. Shawn Kelly at Henryville Community Church.

“I had a lot of fun learning about God and getting closer to Him. I feel that if I hadn't gone to Henryville, I wouldn't be so close to God,” he comments. “I learned the true power of what He can do while I was listening to Shawn's story of the tornado. He said it was like God put His hand down through heaven and stopped the tornado heading toward his car, saving his life. Shawn also said the roof of the church beside him was lifted straight up, and then fell straight back down on the church, instead of falling on his car, also saving his life. His wife and children were all in the car with him. Those two stories meant more to me than any other story I have ever heard. While listening to those stories I felt a sense of happiness that I hadn't felt before. I am so happy that we were allowed to go to Henryville and help the people of the city.”

Fifteen-year-old Kaysie Collins and Jessica Robinson, who share an October 30 birthday, were surprised by faith as they ministered to the Henryville community.

Seeds of the Sower When John D. Rockefeller was a boy, a medicine man visited the town with a cure all.

He took out a silver dollar and asked, “How much am I bid for this?”

No bids were made.

“Come,” he pleaded, “how much am I bid?’.’

“A nickel,” said little

Harmony Chapel needs clothing donations Please dont forget our new clothing ministry "Worn Again" needs you! We are collecting children's clothing. If you have any that you are willing to donate please bring them to the church.

“It was a joy to be able to bring Bible school to Henryville and see the children’s faces light up each night,” Collins states. “There was still devastation, but it felt good to know that we were doing what we could to help.”

For her part, Robinson admits, “Even though the poison ivy and ticks were pretty bad, in the end it was worth it to know we made an impact on so many people's lives. I also had a wonderful time putting on Vacation Bible School for all the kids. I loved watching them play and interacting with them. I would love to go back again if we ever got the chance!”

The Henryville mission trip stands as a life-changing experience for the four youth at First Presbyterian Church.

They have learned they can make a difference in their world when they are fueled by faith. And the people of Henryville are surely glad they came.

Sts. Peter, Paul to host Mass with polka music In celebration with the Haubstadt Sommerfest Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church will celebrate the 13th annual Mass with Polka Music on Saturday, June 23.

Mass will be at 6 p.m. with singing to begin at 5:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

By Michael Guido

John D. “It’s yours,” said the man. “Hand up your nickel.”

“Take it out of the dollar,” he answered.

There was a man who made money. But money never makes a man. Neither does it make him hap-

py. The more he has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

The Bible says, “Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble there with.”

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CrossWalk to host Fireworks night CrossWalk Fellowship will be hosting a Bluegrass, BBQ, and Fireworks night on July 1, 2012. It begins with a barbeque dinner for $10 (including drink) at 5:30 p.m. Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. and a modest fireworks show at 8:30 p.m. The featured band will be “The Hawt Family Stringband”.

The event will be held outdoors behind the church building which is located at 1510 North Cullen Avenue Evansville, Ind. For further information call 812-464-2446.

Sermon of the Week: A Church Built on the Rock Rick S. Sellers, Pastor Mt. Zion GBC What makes a church?

Several years ago a pastor from California wrote a book titled THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH. Since then, Rick Warren has become a rather common name among active church leaders.

In Warren’s book he explains that there are 5 basic purposes for any church. (Read the book for more specific details.)

As Jesus spoke with the disciples He intentionally taught them the purpose for His coming, which was to establish His Church. This was clearly evident as He spoke to the disciples in the 16th chapter of Matthew.

When Jesus came into the

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region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and

whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

(Matthew 16:13-19 [NKJV]) In today’s society there seems to be a confused understanding of the church.

If the church is truly about accomplishing and fulfilling its purpose then each church will be supportive and celebrate the work together in the community.

Churches are never to be in competition with other churches. This is not a game.

It is not a race to see who can build their membership roster to fastest. Churches that are true to their biblical purpose know that it is not about competition but rather it is all about reaching people

Church of the Nazarene 531 E. Steammill Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3288

First United Methodist Church 601 Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2640

Covenant Reformed Presbyeterian Church (OPC) 4101 Caborn Rd. Mt. Vernon

Griffin Christian Church 319 N. Main Street Griffin, Ind. 47616 Phone: 812-851-3291

Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church 10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, Ind. 47612 Phone: 812-568-8409 Agape Family Ministries 5529 Industrial Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2232

First Baptist Church 1205 N. Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2187

Apostolic Bible Church 9808 New Harmony Road Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-851-5456

First Baptist Church E. Tavern Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631

Bethesda General Baptist Church 1600 Savah Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Black’s United Methodist Church 8012 Baldknob Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-0318 Calvary Baptist Church 618 Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4777 Church of Christ 700 Mill Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2635 Church of God Mission 627 W. 5th Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2236

First Christian Church 7226 Hwy 66 Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-673-4278 First Christian Church 1403 Country Club Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2855 First Church of the Nazarene 424 Vine Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2743 First Presbyterian Church 120 E. Sixth Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2473 First United Church of Christ Corner of North & Walnut Cynthiana, Ind. 47612

Harvestime Temple 101 Roosevelt Drive Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5447 Holy Angels Catholic Church 423 South Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-838-2535 Immanuel United Church of Christ 5812 N. Ford Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-3115 Independent Pentecostal Assembly 312 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Johnson United Methodist Church 403 Raintree New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-4648 Lighthouse Assembly of God Pastor Jason Farrar 1005 E. Tavern St. New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Messiah Lutheran Church 7700 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2278 Mount Pleasant Church 3801 Blackford Road

with the great message about God’s love through Jesus Christ.

True church growth does not occur when new members move from one church to another. True church growth occurs when those within the church reach out to those around them, introducing them to Jesus Christ.

At the church where God has placed me to serve I established a practice pretty much at the beginning in dealing with people from other churches. If I know someone is affiliated with another church, or if they are disgruntled, I will love them through Jesus Christ but will not pursue them.

Some might think this is an uncaring attitude but I would

disagree. Churches do not grow according to the biblical mandate if all we do is transfer members from one church to another.

The Church must be firmly established upon the Word of God. When Jesus spoke with Peter and the other disciples He wanted to gauge their understanding. Many people had their opinion about who Jesus was but He needed the disciples to know with certainty. We must know for certain that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to point the way to God. The Church must be firmly established on an accurate understanding of who Jesus is. Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the

Father except through Me.” There is absolutely no other way. This must be the solid fundamental principal on which the church is established. For anyone to teach any other way to God and heaven is deception, it is a lie!

This explains why I believe that churches are not and cannot be in competition with each other. There is far more at stake than simply living a good life. The church must, if it is to be a part of the Church, reach out and point all people to the love of God through Jesus Christ. Let all competition cease! Let the churches unite under the banner of Jesus Christ and reach our world for Jesus Christ!

Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-3930

Phone: 812-838-5445

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church 10 N. St. Francis Avenue, Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2220

Mount Vernon General Baptist Church 1717 N. Main Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-4555 Mount Zion General Baptist Church 1425 Oliver Road Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-783-2337 New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church 11420 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-5288 New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-3626 North Posey Community Church Poseyville, Ind. 47633 812-874-2028 Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165 Poseyville, IN 47633 Phone: 812-874-3186 Point Church of the Nazarene, 12611 Bonebank Road Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-5182 Poseyville Christian Church 6 E. Main St. , Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-3411 Saint John’s Episcopal Church 602 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620

St. Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-2535 St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cales Street, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-874-2251 St. Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66, Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-985-3416 St. Peter’s United Methodist 2800 S. Saint Philips Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-3751 Saint Philip Catholic Church 3500 St. Philip Road South Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2275 Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 318 Main Street New Harmony, Ind. 47631 Phone: 812-682-4604 Saint Wendel Catholic Church 10542 W Boonville New Harmony Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-963-3733

Stewartsville United Methodist RR 2 Poseyville, Ind. 47633 Phone: 812-851-5561 The House of Prayer COGIC 816 E. Third Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-3841 The Turning Point 9800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-9800 Trinity United Church of Church 505 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-838-3805 United Church of Christ of Cynthiana University Heights Baptist Church 8800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-5158 Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton Street Wadesville, Ind. 47638 Phone: 812-673-4660

Salem Heusler United Church of Christ 11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-985-2542

Zion Lippe United Church of Christ 9000 Copperline Road East Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620 Phone: 812-985-2437

South Gibson Apostolic Chapel 6144 S. 1075 W. Owensville, Ind. 47665 Phone: 812-729-7231

Zoar United Church of Christ 4600 Church Road Evansville, Ind. 47712 Phone: 812-963-3749

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Four St. Philip School educators earn recognition for classroom performance Four local teachers have received national recognition for outstanding performance in education.

Ellie Naas, who teaches first grade at St. Philip School, and Jenny Burris, third grade teacher, were both awarded Reading Model & Master Classroom Certifications by Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., based company. This is Mrs. Naas’ fifth year to earn both certifications and Mrs. Burris’ third year. Karen Stewart, first grade teacher, and Carrie Boehman, second grade teacher, also earned awards this year from Renaissance Learning.

Reading Master Classroom certification indicates that St. Philip teacher’s dedication to implement the company’s Accelerated Reader Best Practices to a high degree has resulted in measurable improvements in their class’s reading performance over an 18-week period. Model classroom involves working on reading performance over a 12-week period. These include allocating 30 minutes daily for students to engage in independent reading practice, monitoring student progress, diagnosing reading problems, setting goals, and motivating their readers.

“I am very impressed by the hard work and dedication both the teachers and students at St. Philip have. They make us proud every year by working to achieve Model and Master Classroom status according to the Renaissance Learning standards,” said Mrs. Lodato Dickel, Principal at St. Philip Catholic School. “We know our community is great but this type of award shows both students and parents what a little extra effort can do for everyone. As we know, reading is fundamental to all

other learning and our students are on their way to being great readers!”

St. Philip School held a Reading Celebration Day for the students and teachers in grades 1-3.

Sponsored by the St. Philip PTO, the students received individual medals during an award ceremony, enjoyed an inflatable obstacle course, and devoured delicous ice cream sundaes!

Renaissance Learning developed the Accelerated Reader software more than 25 years ago to help teachers accurately and efficiently monitor the quantity and comprehension of their students’ reading practice. After reading a book at the appropriate level, students take a comprehension quiz at a computer. Teachers can use Accelerated Reader’s immediate feedback on reading and vocabulary growth to motivate and monitor student growth.

Janelle Schapker, Madelyn Nicotra, Oliver Clark, Cain Boehman, Kailey Walker, Clara Weinzapfel, and Sofia Fehrenbacher Back row: Lisa Weber (teacher's aid) Drew Lannert, Cooper Darr, Clay Martin, Erika Correa, Cody Wells, Isaac Goebel, Alayna Hile, Ellie Naas (teacher) Ellie Naas first grade class was awarded Reading Model & Master Classroom Certifications by Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., based company. Photo submitted

Chloe Miller, Audrey French, Mallory Weber, Madison Boehman, Hunter Schenk, Brennan Epley Row 2 Cooper Thompson, Esther Wannemuehler, Dale Hile, Ethan Mulherin, Joshua Perkins Row 3 Paige Miller, Sam Weinzapfel, Zane Renfroe, Nolan Schapker Row 4 Lukas Roberts, Reagan Hight, Jackson Wannemuehler, Clay Norman, Rachael Greenwell, Julia Dassel Row 5 - Jenny Burris (teacher) third grade class was awarded Reading Model & Master Classroom Certifications by Renaissance Learning, a Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., ba based company. Photo submitted

SUMMER PICNIC 2012 POSEY COUNTY Farm Bureau, Inc wants to remind all District 9 members the deadline to RSVP for the June 20, 2012 Summer Picnic is June 15th.

RSVP’s are required for this event to your local county Farm Bureau office, cost is $15 per person, free for those under age 2.

Paige Egli, Madelyn Merkley, Noah Phillips, Audrey Weiss, Nettie Nottingham, Sophie Weinzapfel, Calvin Stratman, Reed Egli, Kelton Roper Row 2 Cole Norman, Bailey Rhodes, Charley Burnett, Brianne Allen, Garrett Walker, Lauren Masterson, Kelly Blair, Jessie Bacon, Victoria Guzman Row 3 Carrie Boehman (teacher), Tanner Damm, Joey Crowe, Cole Wilson, Hailey Ferguson, Dane Wilson, Lanie Roberts, Alyssa Kempf, A.J. Gratz, Greg Brinkmeyer (teacher's aid) also earned awards this year from Renaissance Learning. Photo submitted

Come join the fun, fellowship and good food with a ride on the French Lick Scenic Railway and dinner at the Black Buggy. Registration begins at 3 p.m. EDT at the Indiana Railway Museum train depot area and attendees must be at the train no later than 3:45 p.m.

For more information contact your local County Farm Bureau, Inc office.

Sponsored by your local POSEY COUNTY FARM BUREAU, INC.

Xavier Bigge, Jasmine Hertel, Allison Weber, Kaileigh Kelley, Brayden Barnett, Sam Wagner, Cameron Birchler Back row Maria Berry (teacher's aid), Evan Seng, Grace Phillips, Austin Vanover, Jack Martin, Cheyenne Ferguson, Taylor Newton, Ava Epley, Karen Stewart (teacher) also earned awards this year from Renaissance Learning. Photo submitted

Jourdan Cox receives Boren Scholarship Representing the Dr. Paul were celebrating their 60th & & Helen Boren Scholarship 50th year graduation anniverCommittee, Norma Sue But- saries. Roll Call of the remainler, presented ing classes was the Scholarship conducted by Award to Jourdan the Membership Cox in the presChairman, Bille ence of his family Sue Galloway at the 37th annual Robinson. Judy dinner meeting Krietenstein of the Poseyville McEver read the School Alumni Secretary’s Reon Saturday, June port with Billie 9th. Jourdan will Sue Robinson be attending Purfollowing with a Jourdan Cox due University. report on the status The presentation followed the of the Alumni Treasury. opening by President, Linda The President conducted Jeffries, and a delicious buf- the election of the 2013 Alumfet dinner catered by Hornville ni Officers consisting of PresiTavern in the social room of dent - Cora Lee Davis Kelly, St. Francis Church.

Vice President- Suzanne WigFollowing the scholarship gins Curry, Treasurer- Billie presentation, Rev. John Matsel Sue Galloway Robinson, Secconducted a Memorial Service retary - Linda Kingsley Jeffor the Alumni that had passed fries, and Historian - Lee Ann away during the previous year. Mahrenholz Hoenert. FolThey are as follows: Foster lowing the officer election, an Tolliver, Class of 1939; Caro- informative Power-Point prelyn Manning Warpenburg, sentation by Lee Ann Hoenert, Class of 1942; Carolyn Wiley titled “School District LegaDancer, Class of 1945; Mary cies”, was shown. Myron Helen Doll Baumeyer & Mary Westfall, Linda Kingsley JefSue Manning Grigsby, Class fries and Bille Sue Galloway of 1946; Jerry R Wilson, Class Robinson as legacies, shared of 1956 and George David their cherished memories reBroyles, Class of 1957. ported by their parents about President, Linda Kings- their parents’ involvement in ley Jeffries, then honored the school activities as students classes of 1952 & 1962, who of the Poseyville School of

Robb Township. Following the presentation, other attendees entertained with additional humorous activities many of which were conducted either before, during or after the school day ended.

Closing remarks were presented by retiring President, Linda Jeffries. Former Cheerleaders then led the group with the PHS School Song.

Lauren Hendricks makes Dean’s List Lauren Hendricks from Mount Vernon has been recognized on the Murray State Dean’s List. Lauren is majoring in Business Management and is the daughter of John and Shellie Hendricks.

Students must have a grade point average ranging from 3.5 to a perfect 4.0 to be eligible for Dean’s List status.

Alyysa Like makes OCC Dean’s List Alyssa Like from Poseyville has been recognized on the Olney Central College Dean’s List. Students must have a grade point average ranging from 3.50 to a 3.74.

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Hiring continues at Mount Vernon, some Rainy Day money also spent

By Pam Robinson The Mount Vernon School Board confirmed more new hires at its Monday, June 4, meeting. New employees include Elaine Lambright as special education preschool teacher at Farmersville (50 percent), Shelley Ryan as counselor and extracurricular monitor at the junior high and Kelli Walker as high school counselor.

Employment was confirmed also for personnel to run the summer school IREAD-3 program: Connie Jesch will serve as teacher, De’Shea Lintzenich as teacher assistant and Susan Roy as bus driver. Superintendent Tom Kopatich announced the dates as Monday, June 11, through Thursday, June 14, for this summer school program offering remediation to six students still needing to pass the IREAD-3 exam.

In addition, the board accepted a few resignations, all effective the end of the 2011-12 school year. Kristy Boyles has stepped down as a teacher assistant at Marrs while Shelley Ryan has resigned as special education teacher and department chair at the junior high. Tammy Schneider has resigned half of her full stipend as junior high cheerleader sponsor, so she and another person may act as co-sponsors sharing the full stipend.

Mount Vernon School Board President Heather Allyn (L) presents a Mount Vernon Finally, as regards personnel matters, the High School diploma to new graduate Caitlan June Titzer at the Monday, June 4, board cut two positions. Low enrollment school board meeting. Photo by Pam Robinson resulted in the termination of Elaine Lambright as teacher assistant for the special

By Brian Pierce education preschool at Farmersville (50

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The weather is really heating up now. Show season will be here soon. We have had several club activities since the last newsletter. First, on April 21 several club members met at Harmonie State Park for what turned out to be a chilly tractor ride with temperatures starting out in the 40’s. The day warmed up (a little) and everyone enjoyed the BBQ from Southern Ride and a stop over at the nursing home in New Harmony.

We also have had a couple workdays at the fairgrounds to make repairs and upgrades on the bleachers and as well as the sawmill. Thanks to all who came out and helped.

Last, we just wrapped up our annual Pulling for Relay antique tractor and garden tractor pull to benefit the American Cancer Society. It was a hot afternoon on May 20 with temperatures around 90. What a difference from the tractor ride! There were 64 pullers and we were able to donate a total of $740 for cancer research.

The club has been asked

to display tractors at the Red Wagon restaurant in Poseyville on June 16. We will meet at the North Posey high school parking lot at 9am and leave as a group at 9:40am and drive to the Red Wagon. We will display our tractors in the parking lot until approximately 2pm, and then drive as a group back to the high school.

We will be having a work night soon to bind the wheat that will be threshed during our show in August. A date has yet to be determined. It will be at the fairgrounds next to the sawmill building. If anyone is interested in helping, please give me a phone call and I will let you know what time and date it will be.

My phone number is listed at the bottom of this newsletter.

The club is again scheduled to have activities during the Posey County Fair. We will have an ATV/UTV pull on Monday July 9. On Tuesday July 10 the garden tractor pull will be held. Both events begin at 7pm. Thursday July 12 at 5pm we will be running

the sawmill. And on Saturday at 7pm we will have farm and modified truck and tractors pulls.

We have a new committee called Cares and Concerns that was created to send getwell/sympathy cards to club members and their families.

Candy Morlock has volunteered to head this up. If you know of a club member or a relative of a club member who is sick, recovering from surgery or who has passed away, please contact Candy.

She prefers to be contacted by email. Her email address is cdmorlock48@hughes.net.

If you don not have email, her phone number is (812) 7832459.

The club would like to thank Richard Kaufman and Kaufman Farms for enclosing the announcer’s stand at the KG pulling track. It was completed in time for the Relay for Life pull and was greatly appreciated by everyone.

The next meeting will be held on Thursday June 7 at 7pm in the old dining hall at the fairgrounds.

percent). As reported, Lambright will now serve as teacher for the special education preschool at Farmersville (50 percent). The graduation of a special education student at the high school resulted in the termination of Sherry Morris as a special education teacher assistant.

In other business: • The board opened the floor for a public hearing concerning the additional appropriation resolution to use $319,000 in the Rainy Day Fund. Hearing no comments, the board approved the resolution to finish the onetime payment of early retirement stipends as well as to satisfy the insurance stipend.

• The board approved the agreement with the Evansville Christian Life Center for the Truth Talk Program from June 1, 2012, through June 1, 2013. This program has been conducted in the middle school for several years already.

• The board granted Caitlan June Titzer a diploma from Mount Vernon Senior High School.

• Successful supply quotes for the 201213 school year were presented to the board for review.

• The board received the proposed revision for the policy regarding student technology use. The board will vote on the revision at its next June meeting.

The Mount Vernon School Board will meet again Monday, June 18, 2012, 5:45 p.m. in the junior high media center.

MV FFA will be represented at State Convention Mount Vernon FFA will send two members to the 83rd Indiana FFA State Convention June 18-20th on the campus of Purdue University to serve as delegates.

Members Mat Seifert and Andrea Seifert will represent their chapter as delegates at the yearly gathering of the Indiana FFA Organization.

Dylan Hahn, Rebecca Miller, Donnie Miller, Ed Schenk, Ryan Ritzert, Brianna Ritzert, and Aaron Dickhaut will also be attending the 83rd Indiana State Convention. The State Convention will be highlighted by the theme “I Believe.”

Rebecca Miller, Ryan Ritzert, Ed Schenk, and Andrea Seifert will be receiving their Hoosier FFA Degree.

Andrea Seifert and Mat Seifert will be running for District Office. Andrea Seifert and Brianna Ritzert will be representing the chapter in receiving the Foundation Donation.

On Wednesday Rebecca Mill-

er and Ryan Ritzert will be receiving the Bronze Chapter Rating on behalf of the chapter. Mat Seifert will be singing in the State FFA Chorus throughout the convention. Aaron Dickhaut, Dylan Hahn, Donnie Miller, Brianna Ritzert, and Ed Schenk will be serving on the Courtesy Corps staff.

The Indiana FFA State Convention is an opportunity for FFA members to be rewarded for the hard work they have put in throughout the past year in Career Development Events, Supervised Agricultural Experiences, and other areas. FFA members also get the chance to hear from keynote speakers and attend leadership workshops.

This years State Convention will be filled with exciting opportunities for 3500 Convention attendees. A premier group of FFA members will walk away as winners of the proficiency areas for their

Supervised Agriculture Experiences, and this year’s class of Hoosier FFA Degree recipients will be honored. The top teams and individuals in the state Career Development Events will also be credited on stage for their success.

Members from the Mount Vernon FFA will have the chance to attend six general sessions in Elliott Hall of Music and Loeb Playhouse.

At the sessions, members will have the chance to be addressed by keynote speakers including Scott McKain, a business expert, author, and renowned speaker in the United States and abroad who will speak at the first general session.

The Indiana FFA Organization was established in 1929 and today serves 9,500 members as they develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agriculture education.

Fifth Third Bank honored with Community Service Award Fifth Third Bank is one of 21 companies honored by The Financial Services Roundtable with the 2011 Community Service Leadership Award. A review committee of national non-profits chose the recipients based of five qualifications of their company’s philanthropic activities: Widespread Employee Involvement, Breadth of In-

volvement, Commitment at the Top, Financial Education Component and Serving People in Need.

Last year’s cumulative community services efforts from Roundtable member companies boasted 357,000 community service projects, with more than 45,000 aimed at financial literacy. Member companies also raised more

than $442 million for philanthropic giving.

In 2011, Fifth Third Bank’s Southern Indiana Affiliate contributed to more than 300 not-for-profit organizations in Southern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southeastern Illinois. In many of those charities, Fifth Third employees also volunteered their time and talent.

Holly's House to offer safety skills for kids Over 5,800 elementary students in the four Southwestern Indiana counties have experienced the personal safety and child abuse prevention program offered to schools at no charge by Holly's House.

Just over 200 of those students have been in Posey County schools. This summer more could have the opportunity to learn to "Think First and Stay Safe."

"Think First and Stay Safe" is a classroom based program through which students learn to identify and outsmart the lures that are frequently used in predatory crimes against children, most often by someone known to the child. Students also learn essential personal safety skills to improve self-reliance and raise self-esteem, while being consistently reassured that most people are kind, safe, and committed to their well-being.

Holly's House selected this nationally acclaimed cur-

riculum that was created by Child Lures Prevention. Ken Wooten, agency founder and former teacher, visited over a thousand convicted child molesters, abductors, and murderers in prisons. Forcing himself to listen carefully to the response of these 'experts,' he asked them, "How? How did you get the child to trust you? To go with you? To keep quiet? How did you LURE them into abuse/ abduction/murder?

And, more important, how could the child have eluded you?"

The eventual result was the "Think First and Stay Safe" curriculum.

Posey County students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade who have not had the opportunity yet to experience "Think First and Stay Safe" in their classrooms are invited to attend a special free event geared toward their grade level co-sponsored by Holly's House and Family

Matters.

Students should sign up for the date below based on the last grade level completed.

Tuesday, July 24 is for Kindergarten through second grade. Wednesday, July 25 will be for third and fourth grades. Thursday, July 26 is for fifth and sixth grades.

Emma Goebel signs one of her works as it is held by her art teacher Janice Racinour All events will run from 1 to 3 p.m. and will be hosted as Emma’s mother attempts to get a photo. Photo by Dave Pearce

by At the Cross Mission in the former Hedges School, 716 Locust St., Mount Vernon On Tuesday, June 5 Ford Center Execu- port of Evansville and the region. Ford Cen(use 8th St. to enter through tive Director Scott Schoenike presented the ter has become the catalyst for economic deDoor #9). Free lunch is avail2012 first quarter update to the Evansville velopment in Downtown Evansville,” stated able prior to the event from 11:30 - 1. Pre-registration is Redevelopment Commission. Schoenike re- Schoenike. required by the deadline: Fri- ported that the facility hosted 60 event per- FORD CENTER INAUGURAL NUMBERS - 6,869,134 ounces sold of beverages day, July 13. Space is limited formances during this time frame. Since its opening in November 2011, Ford Center has - 339,951 units sold of beverages to the first 25 students.

- 47,528 units sold of popcorn Registration forms are generated over $16 million in sales of tickets, merchandise, food and beverage and other - 28,436 units sold of soft pretzels available from Holly's House, - 24,499 units sold of hot dogs/sausages Family Matters, or online items. Throughout its inaugural season, the - 22,277 units sold of nachos at http://hollylshouse.org/ state-of-the-art facility hosted 118 events and For more information on the Ford Center tfssmv. For more information, drew residents to Evansville’s downtown contact Kat Isbell, Prevention while spurring additional business growth. visit www.thefordcenter.com, www.faceEducator, at (812) 437-7233 “Our first season of operation has proven to book.com/fordcenterevansville or www.twitor kat@hollyshouse.org. be a success due to the overwhelming sup- ter.com/thefordcenter.

Ford Center first quarter season labeled a success

United Way to offer workshop June 21 The United Way of Posey County announces a workshop designed to help nonprofit organizations increase their knowledge of how to get the best possible results for their programs and organization by measuring results or outcomes. The workshop, offered in cooperation with the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, will be Thursday, June 21, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. at the Alexandrian Public Library, 115 West Fifth Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana. Refreshments will be provided.

The presenter is June Miller, who has been involved in training for over 20 years, is trained in board governance

by Board Source, and is a Certified Training Professional. Attendance is open to all area nonprofit organizations for a registration fee of $10 per person. Staff, Board members, and volunteers of member agencies of the United Way of Posey County are eligible for scholarships provided by the United Way of Posey County and may attend at no cost. Registration is required for all attendees.

The deadline for registration is June 14. Call the United Way of Posey County at 8383637 or email to uwposey@ sbcglobal.net for more information, and to register for the workshop.

You will have an opportunity to learn more about why grantmakers and other funders are requiring outcomes measurement, a workable definition of outcomes, and how to use outcomes measurement to improve your programs and organization and receive more funding.

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OPINION

Pointing finger often leads to a long line of inaccurate directions I really am not one to use other people’s material for my weekly column. However, this week I read a Facebook post this week that I cdould not help but pass along.

Everyone is always looking for someone to blame TRUTH... the current ecology system STRANGER on. Three generations have THAN contributed, at leasst in part, FICTION to the detrement of the world BY DAVE we now inhabit and its fu- PEARCE ture.

But as I read this post, I couldn’t help but see the differences in the generaions and why each generation has the right to blame to other for the mess we have made of our plant. Like I said, I could not help but share, so here goes.

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to me, that I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.

I apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.”

The young clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future

generations.”

She was right -- our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.

But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.

But too bad we didn’t do the green thing back then.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every store and office

building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.

But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s diapers because we didn’t have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

But that young lady is right; we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran

on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But she’s right; we didn’t have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23 ,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

Good fences make good neighbors when growing a city garden Both my husband Jim and I thought our parents set the standard for vegetable gardening. My mom and dad and Jim’s mom and dad believed in planting plenty. Their prosperous halfacre gardens are legendary among family and friends in Hart County, Kentucky, and Posey County, Indiana.

They harvested bumper crops of everything between asparagus and zucchini.

Several summers ago,

Jim and I hoped to carry on the legend in town and tilled up about a fourth of our

LIVING FOR THE JOURNEY

BY PAM ROBINSON backyard in the Lawrence subdivision. Our backyard won’t measure more than

one-fifth of an acre, but we thought we were really doing something, especially given our space restrictions.

We figured we’d gain notoriety throughout town, if for no other reason, for the novelty of the thing. When our two rows of sweet corn started to tassel, we heard our name bandied about all right. The neighbors started to complain that we were sure to attract deer from Harmonie State Park.

Guest Column by State Rep Wendy McNamara Helping our heros at home Our country’s illustrious history has been forged by our brave military men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifices to protect our nation. These brave men and women need to know they have the full support of their family, friends and country. We are working to ensure our heroes are taken care of on and off the battlefield.

The Indiana General Assembly made it a priority to provide solutions to common problems our Hoosier soldiers face at home.

As part of military training, servicemen and women often complete educational courses, but are unable to receive college credit for those courses. House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1116 requires state educational institutions to award credit to members of the military who are enrolled in school and have successfully completed courses that are related to their military duties while serving in the armed forces. Now they can take their training and experience, and apply it toward their

Gavel Gamut’s Last week I read an article by Angela Geralds, Editor of the Mt. Vernon Democrat, concerning horizontal drilling and fracking in Posey County in particular and southern Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky in general. Angela cited Posey County Recorder Martha Breeze on the “bustling” activity of oil company representatives and their penchant for keeping their plans, and even their identities secret. Angela referenced similar reports of “hush-hush” dealings from other publications such as the Chicago Tribune.

The motto of one news chain is, “Give the people light and they will find their own way.” There are reasons burglars strike most often at night and why people with nothing to hide do not shy from questions about their actions.

It is not mere mythology that Hades is described as a land of darkness. History has taught us that good follows light and evil seeks

education or a state license.

HEA 1065 will provide assistance to servicemen and women who are dealing with divorce and child custody proceedings as they are being deployed. These special obligations hinder the intent of current child custody laws, as deployment often leads to the military member not being able to attend or set a hearing. This measure allows a parent who has received military deployment orders to delegate their parenting time to a person who has a close relationship with their child if the court determines that it is in the child’s best interest.

Additionally, the legislation calls for the allowance of an expedited hearing and testimony by electronic means.

At a time when the economy is tough, veterans returning from duty may have a difficult time “getting back on their feet”. A Military Family Relief Fund (MFRF) was created in 2007, which is primarily self-funded through the sale of “Support Our Troops” license plates. HEA

1059 extends from one year to three years the time that a service member or a service member’s dependent may be eligible to receive assistance from the MFRF. The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 will come in effect next month. Included in this law is the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), which was passed

by Congress and offers up to 12 months of training assistance to unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60.

VRAP will be greatly beneficial to our veterans because it will provide much needed job training through educational programs that lead to high-demand occupations.

To learn more about this program, eligibility requirements and to apply online, visit: http://benefits.va.gov/vow/ education.htm.

It is vitally important to honor the sacrifices of our soldiers by passing laws that positively impact them and provide them with the services they need at home.

‘The Oil Patch ‘ the “dark pall of oblivion”.

Oil and gas and those of us who produce and con-

GAVEL GAMUT

BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE sume them are not intrinsically bad. The internal combustion engine is one of the greatest inventions in history. The ability to travel across our great country in comfort and safety is a relatively recent boon we can attribute to the useful application of petroleum. The benefits of petroleum are legend. The same is true of atomic power. Both require careful oversight. Oversight must be by objective observers with ready access to information.

When I read Angela’s article with its statements about potential damage to our ground water from toxic substances the seekers

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That failed experiment squelched any gardening aspirations Jim and I had nurtured. We became resigned to reminiscing about “the good ole days” back on our parents’ farms and begging for summer produce from our niece and her husband in Point Township.

This summer, though, we’ve seen a reversal of fortune. Our friend Cindy Owens has introduced us to square foot gardening— filling a 4x4 foot wooden container with six inches of dirt and marking it out in 16 one-foot squares. The gardener’s imagination puts up the only limits to what vegetables will grow under these conditions

Given the absence of gardening tools, namely a trowel, Jim and I have started with a rather uninspired selection of vegetables in our garden. Forced to dig with our fingers in the loose mixture of Point Township dirt and Miracle Grow potting soil, we set out one tomato plant each in 10 squares and filled up the rest with red and white onion slips.

For good measure, we have placed weed guard fabric on both the bottom and the top of the soil.

We’ve watered our plants early morning and mid evening daily for a little over a week. Nothing has died so far, and the neighbors think

Letters to the Editor Donations appreciated A special note of appreciation to all who helped collect funds for the maintenance of Bethsaida Cemetery Memorial week. We receive no money from the township county, state or federal government for up-keep on the grounds.

If you send your donations to Mr. Darrell Creek at 8490 Hunts Rd., New Harmony, Ind. 47631, Terry Crawford at 7001 Briar Ridge, Wadesville, Ind. 47638, John East at 4305 Main St, Stewartsville, Poseyville, Ind. 47633, or

Steve Mathew at 8400 Hwy 68, Poseyville, Ind 47633 it will be greatly appreciated.

Darrell Creek President, Bethsaida Cemetery Board

Alumni Banquet a success What a great Alumni Banquet and gathering of New HarmonySchool graduates! The Riberyre Gym Restoration Group

wishes to thank all of those who contributed to the A/C fund. We reached our goal of raising over $17,000!

The banquet was comfort-

able in the gym with 94 degrees outside and 424 +/- people inside.

Carolyn Stone

Mount Vernon Relay for Life says ‘Thank you’ The Relay for Life of Mount Vernon’s Committee would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Relay for Life a success! I think we can all agree that there is no greater sight than hundreds of people coming together in a spirit of camaraderie and cooperation to participate in our annual Relay for Life!

As such, we had so many committee members, team captains, team members and survivors who joined together in the common fight against cancer by fundraising, getting the word out, and

working hard the day of the event to make it memorable for all who attended. Over the last fifteen years, Relay for Life of Mount Vernon has raised over $1.6 million in the fight against cancer, and we’ll continue to fundraise for as long as it takes to make cancer a memory. We want to sincerely thank every survivor, caregiver, sponsor, team member, committee member, and volunteer who has made this Relay – and every Relay – a success. Without you, this overnight event simply wouldn’t be possible.

The list of people we need

of black gold may be hiding I was reminded of the famous speech about our environment attributed to Chief Seattle (1780 – 1866) of the Duwamish Indian tribe long before Henry Ford’s assembly lines. In a response to the United States government that sought to “buy” his tribe’s homeland in what is now the State of Washington he reportedly said: “If we sell you our land, you must keep it apart and sacred as a place where man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers. Will you teach your children, that the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of earth.

This we know. The earth does not belong to man.

Man belongs to the earth.

All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.”

Could it be the Republicans against the Democrats or is it the Democrats against the Republicans? Both parties seem to be able to find millions, even billions to throw at advertising and traveling, only to judge the other person or party or to travel to a community like New Harmony to make promises they never keep.

But let a larger city WANT something and again money seems to be found to do what the big city WANTS. And the smaller towns and communities that NEED something to save their livelihood suffer. But Congress and the Politicians forget

that if it wasn’t for the small areas paying taxes America would be in a bigger mess.

The Wabash River Bridge NEEDS $8.4 million to put it back into operation.

Then the bridge can make the money needed to pay $18,000.00 property tax to the state each year, also the 13 toll workers can go back to work. Putting AMERICA Back to WORK. How many billions have been wasted by both parties through the years on just the Presidential elections alone, especially this years election? Enough to keep several New Harmony Schools and Bridges open for generations to come.

PUBLISHER / EDITOR DAVID PEARCE

OFFICE MANAGER MICHELLE GIBSON

FEATURES EDITOR PAM ROBINSON

to thank is too great to list here, but please know that your contribution – whether monetary, physical or emotional – was appreciated beyond measure. We look forward to your continued collaboration with the American Cancer Society and to another successful Relay for Life in 2013, with Tiffani Weatherford serving as chair for that event. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Marissa Priddis Tiffani Weatherford, 2012 Relay for Life Co-Chairs

Why can’t we save the New Harmony School and the Wabash River Bridge?

dpearce263@poseycountynews.com

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SPORTS EDITOR STEVE JOOS

GENERAL MANAGER ZACH STRAW

sports@poseycountynews.com

the little chicken wire frame around the garden looks very neat. Since the chicken wire stands up to our three rambunctious dogs, we have become confident it will keep out any stray deer as well.

In fact, our confidence is growing as fast as the plants. Next year, Jim and I want to stack 4x4 boxes, maybe even build a pyramid, and plant an assortment of vegetables. We’re now busy figuring how tall into the sky the boxes must reach to count as the equivalent of a half acre traditional garden. We wouldn’t be normal kids, after all, if we didn’t want to do at least as well as our parents.

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If we could only get the members of Congress to work as hard as the New Harmony Community and Local Government have worked to save the School and the Bridge, many more Schools and Bridges could be saved. If you keep doing away with the small communities, towns and bridges, your doing away with the Heart of America.

A Dear Friend of mine once said, If you need a Miracle just wiggle, You do your part and God will do what you cannot do. We are praying and wiggling for the New Harmony Community and other small communities and bridges, won’t you join us.

Jim and Donna Delancy BOOKKEEPING CONNIE PEARCE Pocobooks@aol.com

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BY THE POSEY COUNTY NEWS ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER SCOTT AND PROPERTY MANAGER

MCCORMICK MARK POCHON

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8,000 ACRES OF NATURAL BEAUTY Z.STRAW

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hasn’t made work easy for Property Manager Mark Pochon and Assistant Property Manager Scott McCormick at the Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area. A great equalizer, Mother Nature flooded the Hovey Lake FWA offices last spring just as surely as she did the nearby homes in Point Township. It wasn’t the first time.

“Our office building opened in 1976,” Pochon states. “We’ve had water in the building at least five times since then, each time deeper than the time before. Last year, the flooding left too much structural damage for repair.” The damage, combined with increasingly restrictive building codes, forced the offices to relocate.

Visitors will find Pochon and McCormick now in a trailer used formerly by the Federal Emergency Management Association, or FEMA. The managers are proud their two-member staff has built railed ramps into the trailer, rendering it handicapped accessible.

They are expecting signs any day to mark their new location at 15800 Raben Road, just north of J.T. Myers Locks & Dam. In spite of Mother Nature’s treatment, Pochon and McCormick continue to look after her interests. Including a recent land acquisition, Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area now spreads out over nearly 8,000 acres, including the 1,400-acre Hovey Lake, in the Ohio River and Wabash River floodplains here in extreme southwest Indiana.

As McCormick points outs, Hovey Lake FWA is the oldest, if not the largest, fish and wildlife preserve in the state. The Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, website (www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild) provides an overview of its long history: “It was ceded to the state in treaties of 1803 and 1809 and designated as swampland. The land was then granted to the Wabash and Erie Canal Company.

During the 1880’s it became the property of Charles J. Hovey. The Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife began acquiring this property in 1940. Additional lands were acquired at other times through purchase or lease from the Army Corps of Engineers.”

In fact, Pochon relates that Hovey Lake FWA has just completed a wetlands project with the Army Corps of Engineers, who provided 75 percent of the funding. An additional wetlands project is scheduled later this year.

Hovey Lake FWA receives most of its funding, however, from the sale of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses as well as from the federal Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson programs.

Pochon explains that the federal programs levy taxes on sport hunting and fishing equipment. Income is generated also through the lease to local tenant farmers of some 2,000 acres, both in the bottoms and in the uplands, of Hovey Lake FWA. (The DNR farms 200 to 300 acres at Hovey Lake FWA, but leaves all the crops in the field for wildlife to eat.)

In addition, staff members at Hovey Lake FWA stay busy yearround with any number of projects to sustain wildlife. They build structures, for example, to house mallard ducks and birds, rabbits and even fish. They conduct wildlife surveys and counts to keep track of such wildlife as the bald eagles now present in three nesting sites at Hovey Lake FWA. They work to protect endangered species. They educate area university students. They welcome annual archaeological expeditions from Indiana University.

All Hovey Lake FWA staff members are locally born and raised and bring many years of experience to their positions. Pochon alone has served the state for over 30 years, most of them at Hovey, where he started as Assistant Property Manager in 1983.

McCormick built his career in fish and wildlife preservation also, before coming to Hovey Lake FWA as Assistant Property Manager in 2006. Retiring at the end of July, Fred Bebout will count 36 years solely at Hovey Lake FWA while Donnie Hast will stay to add to his 30 years of experience at the Hovey location.

Pochon hopes the future will bring a new building complex for Hovey Lake FWA – somewhere out of the flood plain – in a location with easy public access and parking. Fickle Mother Nature may fulfill Pochon’s hopes sooner than he expects if drought conditions continue this year.

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Post Five lives dangerously, wins first two

By Steve Joos The Mount Vernon American Legion baseball team is young, but team members have some experience.

However, they started out the 2012 season with the week of living dangerously, and they still started out the season with a 2-0 record.

The Owen Dunn Post Five Legion squad manufactured enough runs to take the lead, played enough heads-up defense to maintain the lead and got enough pitching to post a 4-3 victory over Princeton Thursday night, after opening the season by pulling out a 9-8 win over Evansville Pate, taking the season opener on a bases-loaded walk-off er, walk to Jevin Redman, which forced in Craig Beeson.

“We just like to have close games,” Post Five manager Dan McNamara said. “We prefer to have them work in our favor and hopefully, they do, but again that (Princeton) is another good team with good players from a lot of different schools. For us to compete with them is a big thing for these guys. A lot of these guys are young and they play hard. They make good defensive plays that bailed some pitchers out. We got some hits when we needed them. We got a lucky bounce on a base hit that put us ahead. We’ll take that once in a while.”

A crazy hop on Beeson’s single to left field brought in Trevor Veeck all the way from first base after he singled with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie.

Beeson then stole second and came around on a pair of passed balls for an insurance tally.

Post Five got good pitching from Drake McNamara, who went six innings before Bryce Newman and Veeck salted the game away.

One of those good players from a different school was Princeton pitcher K.D. Patton.

The North Posey product only gave up four hits in seven and one-third innings, but Mount Vernon got those blows in the right place at the right time.

An error led to an unearned run in the top of the first inning and then a single and passed ball made the score 2-0 before Post Five squared the set in the bottom of the fifth inning.

A hit batsman, walk,

wild pitch and Clay Ford’s two-run single tied the game in the fifth and that’s how it stayed until the eighth.

Post Five let an 8-4 lead get away in the late innings, and then needed a bases-loaded walk to Redman in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull out a 9-8 decision over visiting Pate in their season opener Tuesday.

“We played pretty good,” McNamara said.

“That (Pate) is a pretty tough team. They’ve got kids from three Evansville schools on the team, their lineup, one through nine, is pretty tough, and they were pinch hitting three or four guys off the bench in the late innings that were three or four hitters on their high school teams.”

Hank Dausmann kept Owen Dunn in the game, the coach said, giving up four runs in five innings before Ross Canada took over.

Canada was the winning pitcher despite getting a pair of bad breaks at the outset of the ninth inning and enabled Pate to forge an 8-8 tie, but Mount Vernon didn’t give up and came right back to win the game in bottom of the inning.

Three walks and a bunt single did the trick for Mount Vernon.

Beeson walked to open the Mount Vernon ninth, and then Collin Varner laid down a bunt for a single that almost got out of the infield and the Pate third baseman couldn’t control.

Ricer VanZant and Redman followed with walks, the last one forcing in the winning run.

Beeson belted a solo home run for Mount Vernon, while Ford collected four hits and Bo Harris two. Varner’s bunt single was one of three blows for the Mount Vernon outfielder.

“Most of the kids are seniors to be,” McNamara said. “So they’ve got a couple of years. Most of them have been on the varsity already. They know what they’re doing and most of it is a matter of being ready to play every game.”

Wednesday’s game with Funkhouser was cancelled due to a lack of players and coaches for the Evansville post. Many of Funkhouser’s players and coaches were part of Mater Dei’s high school team, which was still participating in the IHSAA state tournament.

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St. Wendel blanks VFW in key Babe Ruth game Story by Steve Joos The St. Wendel Babe Ruth baseball team has been having a pretty good season as the South Gibson League heads into its stretch drive.

St. Wendel took an 8-4 record into Monday’s game at Haubstadt against the Merchants, with a clutch 3-0 shutout over visiting Fort Branch VFW on Saturday.

Derek Lindauer fanned 11 Merchants enroute to the victory, which followed a win over North Posey Red, a loss at the hands of North Posey Black and a victory over Princeton Red on Wednesday.

St. Wendel opened the week by posting a 7-4 win over visiting North Posey Red, followed by a 3-1 loss at North Posey Black.

Drew Cumbee only let one ball get into the outfield, but Christian Jones threw just as well and Black manufactured three runs in the first three innings to pull out the win.

In fact, Jones played a big role in the manufacturing process, collecting a pair of hits with two runs scored.

St. Wendel coach Danny Embry said that Jones was throwing his breaking ball at odd points in the count and getting St. Wendel batters to chase bad pitches.

“He had us guessing a lot in the box,” Embrey said.

St. Wendel’s only run of the night scored in the top of the sixth inning, when Curtis Wildeman beat out a

bunt and came around on a double by Josh Cooke.

Jones fanned 11 and tossed a five-hitter to get the win.

“For the most part, he (Jones) was pretty dominant on the mound,” Black coach Damien Word said. “He did what I’d been expecting of him, what I’ve been waiting for. He came out and showed us what it was all about tonight.”

Jones led off the game with a single, stole second and went to third on a bunt

by Austin Graves before scoring on a single by James Marshall. In the third, Jones walked, stole his way to third and scored on a passed ball.

Black coach Damien Word expressed his respect for Embrey, adding that his team was able to play well with St. Wendel.

“Our guys have been playing St. Wendel, we’ve been battling them,” the coach said. “We’ve played with them, I’ve known coach Embrey for a long time, our teams have worked together and tonight we played good fundamental baseball.”

In addition to Jones, Graves got a hit and scored a run, while Marshall had two hits and drove in a run and Tyler Wright had a pair of hits.

Voegel also thought that his team did well despite Cumbee’s strong off-speed pitching.

The week may have start-

ed off on the wrong foot for Red as far as the scoreboard was concerned, but Red skipper Zac Voegel could see some progress.

“I thought we played a lot harder,” the manager said.

“We made fewer errors and hit better. We’ve still got a way to go to improve, but I thought we went in the right direction tonight.”

The big difference for St. Wendel was a four-run outburst in the bottom of the third inning, when they strung a series of hits together and got back to the meat of their lineup, the 15-year-olds.

Things got kick-started for St. Wendel in the third, as the team took advantage of some Red miscues to plate four runs.

Damon Cardin hit the ball well, as did Lindauer and Bryce Martin.

Caleb O’Risky doubled with one out in the top of the first and Bo Cox followed with a single.

A throwing error brought in O’Risky and a single by Dylan Rankin scored Cox. In the third, Ranking drove in another run, while Zac Stoneberger added another hit.

Rankin had a pair of hits for Red. “Overall, we showed up defensive-wise,” coach Ryan Kearney said. “We played pretty sound defense, we came out and hit

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Mount Vernon Youth baseball mustang team coached by Brian Austin placed second in the Rural league (20 teams) tournament held at Brittlebank June 7-10. After losing the first game of the tournament to Stringtown, the MV team came btouristy four consecutive wins to face Stringtown in the finals. MV won over Stringtown, but had to play them a second time because of the double elimination tournament. MV was unable to get the win in the second final, but played hard - especially considering they played 3 games in a row (12:30-7:30 on the field with 15 minute breaks between the 3 games).

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second in the Big Eight Conference this season, with all three relay teams earning all-conference honors, along with McCormick in the 800 and Ellen Foster in the high jump.

McCormick was also on the 3,200-meter relay team with Lauren Stemple, Megan Randall and Toni Waddell, as well as the 1,600-relay squad, joining Stemple, Foster and Abby Randall.

The 400-relay squad consisted of Stemple, Forster, Abby Randall and Kellen Ray. Kaysie Collins and Cheyenne Strobel earned their first varsity letters this season, while freshman numerals went to Ja’Leigh Jarvis and Madison Seib.

There were 29 boys honored at the recent Mount Vernon boys’ track team banquet, held recently at the high school cafeteria.

Varsity letters went to Devin McCune, Charlie

Schneider, Isaac Redman, Levi Duckworth, Adam Hoehn, Craig Isaac, Dane Wilson, Michael Cannato, Collin Knight, Austin Guthrie, Sage Irons, Ethan VanZant, Mike Rynkiewich, Craig Dick, Jon Hoehn, Alex DeKemper, Sean Ritzert, Ryan Dick, Drew Talbert and Nick West.

McCune, Schneider, Redman and Duckworth each

received their first varsity letters at Mount Vernon, and McCune and Redman each received freshman numerals.

Reserve letters were presented to Brian Murphy, Austin Stallings, Dalton Schaefer, Tyler Moll, Hunter Reece, Lace George, Arin White, Hunter Brookes and Jacob Whaley. Murphy received a freshman numeral.

Jon Hoehn, Adam Hoehn, Dick, Irons, Cannato and Knight each received AllBig Eight honors, while Dick and VanZant were nominated for academic All-State honors.

Jon Hoehn was a Regional qualifier, while the boys were 1-2 in dual meets, third in the Harold Gourley Invitational and Big Eight Conference champs.

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ing a time of 2:21.96.

McCormick’s time was slightly off her Regionalqualifying mark of 2:21.83, but that didn’t take anything away from the senior’s performance, according to Lady Wildcats’ coach Jackie Maier.

“I was very pleased with her performance,” Maier said. “Erica’s time was close to her personal best. She knew she had to go out fast, she did that and I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

McCormick’s performance was even more impressive when one considers her standing prior to the race. She finished 19th in 800-meters after being seeded 25th, Maier said.

Maier thanked McCormick (who will attend IU this fall and swim for the Lady Hoosiers) for her leadership and competitive spirit while running track with Mount Vernon.

The Lady Wildcats were

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Southwestern Indiana had its time to shine Friday as Central’s Taylor Wiley won the state 800-meter run championship in the IHSAA State girls’ track meet at Bloomington.

And back in the pack, at the end of the top 20, but giving one last strong performance, was Mount Vernon’s Erika McCormick.

McCormick came in 19th in the 800 Friday at the Indiana University track, post-

Mike Rogers of St. Wendel caught and released this 7 pound largemouth bass on Saturday June 2nd. Mike was fishing in the Wabash River Bottoms in Northern Posey County. Photo Submitted.

The last of the Rappites finishes competition For the last time in history, a New Harmony High School athlete competed Friday.

Sophomore Kyle Whitmore shot an 18-hole round of 84 (43-41) in the Evansville Sectional boys’ golf meet at Fendrich.

“That was the last hurrah,” Rappites’ coach Rick Johnson said. “It’s regrettable, I’m not happy, but that’s really, really all you can say about it.”

Whitmore could have had an even better round, the coach said, but he three-putted five holes and had trouble with the windy conditions at Fendrich.

Whitmore improved over the course of the sea-

son and developed into a better golfer, Johnson added.

Whitmore and Clint Matthews (who had to miss the Sectional due to work commitments) were the New Harmony golf team this season, often tagging along with North Posey to their dual meets.

It was a profitable collaboration, as the Rappite duo often registered competitive individual scores and often outshot North Posey’s top golfers.

Each will reportedly go in different directions this fall, with Whitmore attending North Posey and Matthews heading for Mount Vernon.

On Friday, for instance, Whitmore was 11 strokes better than the number-one Viking, Ty Stock (47-4794).

“I watched (Whitmore) a bit,” Vikings coach Rich Esterling said. “We’re looking forward to having him on the team and working with him next year.”

Trouble is, Johnson said that Whitmore is also a good baseball player (he was one of the group which signed up for a team that lacked enough numbers to compete this spring) and could play that next year.

The Sectional also ended Johnson’s 34-year run as a coach and teacher at New Harmony.

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Tennis Lady Vikings honored with banquet, ceremony

By Steve Joos Mount Vernon’s Trevor Grant was in pretty good shape after the first nine holes of Thursday’s Washington Regional boys’ golf tournament, but then he made the turn—and his prospects took a turn for the worst.

Grant carded an 82 at the Country Oaks Golf Course.

He was in contention after firing a 36 on the back side, which he played first.

But his score ballooned to 46 on the front side at the Montgomery course.

When things got rougher on the front side, the Wildcat senior found himself well out of the running, eight strokes behind Nathan Pirtile of Sullivan (74) the third of three individuals from non-qualifying teams who will move on to this weekend’s state finals at The Legends in Franklin.

Clayton French of Linton carded a 72 and Dylan Mayer of Central added a 73 to join Pirtile as the top three individuals.

Jasper, led by overall medalist Will Sager (68) won the Regional with a score of 296, while Harrison (303) and Heritage Hills (306) went 2-3 to become the other team state qualifiers. Castle (312) and Memorial (313) rounded

out the top five teams.

Grant and his teammates were honored Tuesday with a banquet and awards ceremony at Western Hills Country Club.

“I’m very happy with the way the season went,” Mount Vernon Coach Doug Blair said. “We lost two very good seniors from last year in Sam Key and Kyle Sheffer, and we knew coming into this season that we had Trevor but it was going to be a learning curve for a lot of these guys because of the tournament experience and I think Brandon (Lauderdale), Todd (Sheffer) and Mitchell (Jackson) as a freshman, they really did a good job. We were very competitive in the matches we played. We knew we were one of the elite teams in that second level.”

The Cats were in the upper half of all the teams in each of their tournaments, Blair added, saying that how well they performed depends on how well they prepare in the off-season.

Grant, Lauderdale and Joe Reinitz were this year’s seniors.

“I’ve enjoyed them,” the coach said. “They’re a good group of seniors.

Brandon Lauderdale has really improved. I wish I had him for one more

year, he’s just a strong kid and his mental approach to the game has really improved.”

Lauderdale just missed having a better score, while Grant was one of the better seniors Blair has had. All the hard work has paid off for Grant, who averaged a 73 (73.85) this season with a solid respect for the game, according to the coach.

Grant is being rewarded for staying focused on golf as a senior, when spring sports sometimes is hampered by a graduating senior’s broadening horizons.

The underclassmen have a lot of work to do in order to get ready for next year, Blair said, using a word he’s uncomfortable with: potential.

“The potential is there,” the coach said. “They’ve got some work to do, with their putting and their swings to get ready for next season. We’ll see what happens.”

Blair is looking forward to next year and he looks forward to having Andrew Higgins (currently the lone senior on the team) leading next year’s squad.

Varsity letters went to Grant, Lauderdale, Reinitz, Higgins, Sheffer and Jackson, while reserve

North Posey Varsity tennis award winners from left to right: Lindsey Droege (Honorary Captain); Kendall Reidford (MVP); Wendi Simpson (MVP); Natalie Thomas (Mental Attitude). JV Awards not pictured: Jordan Butler (MVP); Brianna Perry (Mental Attitude); Madison Werry (Most Improved). Photo submitted letters were presented to Ryan McGruder, Nick McGruder, Adam Beemer and Logan Reeves.

An All-Big Eight Con-

ference selection and Washington Invitational co-medalist along with, Grant was honored for having the lowest average

High School of Indianapolis.

Colton Martin will play in the Class 2A Junior Division game, set to begin at 3 p.m., Indianapolis time, while Jared Meliff and Cody Voelker will play in the Senior Divi-

team, while Lauwas the most imand Jackson was the rookie of the

Split with Heritage Hills means first win for Mount Vernon Junior

After struggling to string some hits together in their first games of the season, the Mount Vernon Junior American Legion baseball team was able to string together the right blows at the right time Saturday and pulled out a 7-4 victory in the second game of their doubleheader at Heritage Hills, the Junior Legion team’s first win of the season.

“We’d been doing better defensively and we were getting some pretty good pitching,” coach Kevin Krizan said. “But our hitters weren’t doing their jobs. We finally put it together in the second game (at Heritage Hills).”

Brandon Merrick collected two hits and drove in two runs in the nightcap to back up sion game, set for 5:30 p.m. the pitching of Logan Brown. Austin Krizan Indianapolis time. singled and drove in a run, while Austin Mar-

Three Vikings to play in Elite games Three members of this season’s North Posey High School baseball team have been selected to play in the Indiana Elite North vs. South All-Star Challenge, set for June 23 at Decatur Central

on the derdale proved named year.

tin doubled and drove in a run.

If there was one thing Mount Vernon Junior wasn’t doing in its first four games, it was stringing hits together. Heritage Hills claimed Saturday’s first game 10-3, while Newburgh’s Junior team blanked Post Five 7-0 on Thursday night at Harrison Field and Pate Junior took a doubleheader Wednesday at Washington Middle School, winning the first game 11-2 and the nightcap 6-1.

Like their senior counterparts, the Junior Mount Vernon team has faced some formidable competition, Krizan said, adding that for instance, Pate Junior drew from four Evansville schools.

But the team will keep working on stringing those hits together.

MV Soccer camp registration started The Mount Vernon Soccer Booster Club will be holding the 2012 Soccer Camp on Monday June 25 through Thursday June 28 from 5:30-7:30 at the Mount Vernon Jr. High Soccer field.

The cost of the camp is $35 and includes the cost of a Mount Vernon Soccer t-shirt (for all campers signed up prior to June 18). Please call 480-0348 or email mvcubsoccer@ gmail.com for more information, sign-up forms, etc.

A check for $35 along with player name, age, 2012/2013 school year grade, shirt size, email address, phone number, and mailing address should be mailed to : Mount Vernon Soccer Booster Club; P.O. Box 48, Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620.

Campers will be separated into girls and boys groups and Members of the Saint Wendel team, proudly holding their trophies are front row (l-r) Scott Fitts, Caleb Dyson, all activities will be age appropriate. All campers should Mikhale Pitrowski, Kyle LaVanchy, Clay Will, Kaleb Elpers, Braiden Fitts and Coach Allen Fitts. Back row (l-r) bring shin guards, soccer cleats, and water to each session.

Coach Jeff Will, Jake VanBibber, Ethan Mauer, Rakyn Hays, Logan Wunderlich, Michael Goedde, Raice Straub and Coach Dan Elpers. Photo submitted

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Front side turns on Grant at Regional

By Steve Joos Mount Vernon’s Trevor Grant was in pretty good shape after the first nine holes of Thursday’s Washington Regional boys’ golf tournament, but then he made the turn—and his prospects took a turn for the worst.

Grant carded an 82 at the Country Oaks Golf Course. He was in contention after firing a 36 on the back side, which he played first. But his score ballooned to 46 on the front side at the Montgomery course.

When things got rougher on the front side, the Wildcat senior found himself well out of the running, eight strokes behind Nathan Pirtile of Sullivan (74) the third of three individuals from non-qualifying teams who will move on to this weekend’s state finals at The Legends in Franklin.

Clayton French of Linton carded a 72 and Dylan Mayer of Central added a 73 to join Pirtile as the top three individuals.

Jasper, led by overall medalist Will Sager (68) won the Regional with a score of 296, while Harrison (303) and Heritage Hills (306) went 2-3 to become the other team state qualifiers. Castle (312) and Memorial (313) rounded out the top five

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Grant and his teammates were honored Tuesday with a banquet and awards ceremony at Western Hills Country Club.

“I’m very happy with the way the season went,” Mount Vernon Coach Doug Blair said. “We lost two very good seniors from last year in Sam Key and Kyle Sheffer, and we knew coming into this season that we had Trevor but it was going to be a learning curve for a lot of these guys because of the tournament experience and I think Brandon (Lauderdale), Todd (Sheffer) and Mitchell (Jackson) as a freshman, they really did a good job. We were very competitive in the matches we played. We knew we were one of the elite teams in that second level.”

The Cats were in the upper half of all the teams in each of their tournaments, Blair added, saying that how well they performed depends on how well they prepare in the off-season.

Grant, Lauderdale and Joe Reinitz were this year’s seniors.

“I’ve enjoyed them,” the coach said. “They’re a good group of seniors. Brandon Lauderdale has really improved. I wish I had him for one more year, he’s just a strong kid and his mental approach to the game has really improved.”

Lauderdale just missed having a better score, while Grant was one of the better seniors Blair has had. All the hard work has paid off for Grant, who averaged a 73 (73.85) this season with a solid respect for the game, according to the coach.

Grant is being rewarded for staying focused on golf as a senior, when spring sports sometimes is hampered by a graduating senior’s broadening horizons.

The underclassmen have a lot of work to do in order to get ready for next year, Blair said, using a word he’s uncomfortable with: potential.

“The potential is there,” the coach said. “They’ve got some work to do, with their putting and their swings to get ready for next season. We’ll see what happens.”

Blair is looking forward to next year and he looks forward to having Andrew Higgins (currently the lone senior on the team) leading next year’s squad.

Varsity letters went to Grant, Lauderdale, Reinitz, Higgins, Sheffer and Jackson, while reserve letters were presented to Ryan McGruder, Nick McGruder, Adam Beemer and Logan Reeves.

An All-Big Eight Conference selection and Washington Invitational co-medalist along with, Grant was honored for having the lowest average on the team, while Lauderdale was the most improved and Jackson was named the rookie of the year.

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Top teams heading for MV shootout

Cinder Vikings honored at banquet Blankenberger, Shane Martin, Lance Inkenbrandt, Devon Germanno, Jonah Quirk, Nathan Allison, Cory Kern, Jacob Gries, A.J. Sims, Mitchell Heldt, Austin Little, Mitchell Kuhn, Willis Heldt, Gabe Mayer, Zach Wargel, Florian Efforth and Patrick Price.

Kuhn received the most valuable performer award for the sprinters, while Heldt was named the boys’ team’s most valuable distance runner and Seibert the most valuable thrower. Mayer earned the most improved award.

Saint Wendel Babe Ruth continued from Page B3 the ball well, and we made them make plays. We were locked in; we just put the ball in play and didn’t make any mistakes.”

St. Wendel lost to Oakland City 10-8 prior to their game with North Posey Red, stranding 15 base runners while giving up 10 runs in the first two innings.

St. Wendel also walked eight batters, eight of which scored.

A game against Haubstadt Legion tentatively set for Sunday was called off.

Both North Posey teams traveled to Haubstadt Saturday for games with the two Haubstadt squads.

How did it go?

Don’t ask.

Black struggled from the start and was hit by two big innings in an 8-5 loss to Merchants, while Legion hit Red with a pair of four-run frames enroute to a 9-2 romp over Red. Black hit the ball well and the top of the other came through, but the team just didn’t seem ready to play the late afternoon contest, according to Word.

“I don’t believe we showed up prepared today,” he said.

“Merchants just outplayed us, they jumped out on us, they hit us with three or four runs in the fourth, we came back and tied things up, but they put up another big number.

They outplayed us, they made several big plays. We made several mental mistakes, but

we just weren’t there today.”

Black didn’t commit many errors, Word explained, but they just didn’t seem to be ready for the game.

Three straight line drives to the gap opened the game for Merchants, followed by a dropped fly ball and some mental miscues, which led to three runs.

Dillman had a good game for Black, which managed to manufacture runs and stay in the game early, driving in four of the team’s runs. Jones scored a run, while Marshall added an RBI and scored a pair of runs.

The bottom of the order wasn’t as fortunate, hitting several balls which were right at opposition fielders.

Some of the younger players, such as Quinton Fife and Josh Wiggins, have been getting playing time and performing well, Word added.

Red scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning and went silent after that, losing to Legion 9-2.

“We couldn’t seem to get the big hit and they were able to,” Voegel said. “It was 9-2 and we gave them four of five of them again, but it wouldn’t have made any difference.

We’ve just got to hit the ball better.”

Red left the bases loaded twice, and then stranded two more base runners in another inning, as 13 baserunners were marooned on base.

Connor Voegel had two hits, including a double, while

NPHS Girls’ Volleyball Camp July 16 - July 19 North Posey High School’s Girls’ Volleyball Team will be hosting a volleyball camp for any girl interested in participating. The camp will be divided into two groups. Players who are currently in kindergarten through fourth graders are invited to attend camp on Monday, July 16 through Thursday July 19, from 8 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. Girls currently in 5th through 7th grade are invited to attend Monday, July 16 to Thursday July 19, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. The North Posey High School Volleyball Team will be in attendance to interact and assist in showing the younger players how to correctly pass, set, and serve along with many other important volleyball skills. The cost is $25. Please make all checks payable to North Posey High School Volleyball.

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On the girls’ team, Stormont presented varsity and reserve letters to Caitlin Herrmann, Whitney Sims, Jessica Smith, Megan Bender, Kaity Taylor, Marlee Sims, Mackenzie Orlick, Tylie Robertson, Abby Bender, Brooke Olivia Goebel and Emma Werry.

Werry had the most points on this year’s team, while Megan Bender was the most valuable sprinter.

Other award winners included Goebel (most valuable distance), Orlik (most improved) and Herrmann (most valuable thrower).

O’Risky, Cox, Grant Scheller and Christian Lebhart each had hits. Dalton Ranking had a pair of singles.

Legion answered Red with four runs in the bottom of the first, and then broke things open with four more in the bottom of the third, three of them on a home run by Mason Mockabee.

On Wednesday, Red erupted for four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and then held off visiting Princeton White 8-7.

“We played pretty good defense most of the game,” Voegel said. “That seventh inning got a little scary there.

Our defense looked like we got a little bit of a lead, but we stepped off the game a little bit and relaxed, thinking the game was over. They (Princeton Red) didn’t think the game was over and they were ready for a fight.”

Quality pitches at the right time made the difference.

With runners on first and third and the lead down to 8-6, Voegel called for his catcher to throw to second on swinging third stake, even though that would have meant a run for Princeton Red. The strategy worked, as the strike-them-out-throw-themout double play left the visitors with two out and nobody on base as the team’s ninth place hitter came to the plate.

A strikeout ended the game and Red had its second win of the season.

Red was a little too aggressive at the outset of its big frame, as a leadoff single was erased when the runner was thrown out trying to steal second.

After that, Stoneberger reached on an error, then Rankin and Scheller each signaled, Sims was hit by a pitch, Alexander bunted his way on with a suicide squeeze, Ryan Daugherty walked to force in one run and Connor Voegel was hit by a pitch, forcing in another.

“We had a couple of good two-strike at-bats,” the coach

Expressway for the Cure Golf Scramble is set for August 12 The Second Annual Expressway for the Cure Golf Scramble to benefit the Greater Evansivlle affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will take place Sunday, August 12 at Cambridge Golf Club in Evansville, Ind. Espressway welcomes your donations through sponsoring a hole and/ or participation in the golf

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said. “We stress two-strike batting and we did a good job of it tonight.”

Voegel singled, Caleb O’Risky doubled and Cox had two hits, while Rankin collected three hits, including a double. Stoneberger, Scheller and Alexander each had hits.

Stoneberger went the distance, something which Voegel was very pleased with,

considering that no Red hurler had gone more than five innings so far this season.

Princeton Red topped North Posey Red earlier in the week, 7-1.

“They scored two in the third and five in the fifth,” the coach said. “They scored in just those two innings. We left a number of runners on base and didn’t hit the ball well.”

already signed with Indiana State, while each of the other teams will bring players with college potential.

The games will start at 9 a.m. on June 30 and continue throughout the day, with the final contests tipping off at approximately 4:30 p.m.

The first game in the main gym will pit Mount Vernon against Southridge, followed by a match-up between Mater Dei. The host Lady Wildcats will return to face Silver Creek before Mount Carmel and Mater Dei (with Buss vs.

Muensterman) following that contest.

Mount Vernon then takes on Barr-Reeve, before Mater Dei and Gibson Southern close things out in the main gym.

It will be Silver Creek against Barr-Reeve in the auxiliary gym opener, followed by a match-up between Gibson Southern and Mount Carmel. The lady Raiders take on Barr-Reeve in the third game, while Gibson Southern squares off against Sullivan in the fourth contest. Silver Creek then plays Southridge, with the finale pitting Sullivan against Mount Carmel.

Admission is $2 for the day, $5 for families. There will be a concession stand open and shootout t-shirts will be on sale.

And anytime those fans come, they’ll see some good basketball, Mitchell said.

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The North Posey boys’ and girls’ track teams were honored for their 2012 season with a banquet and awards ceremony last week at Hoosier Pizza and Wings in Wadesville.

Coaches Kevin Gengelbach, Mike Kuhn and Leah Stormont reviewed each team’s season and presented team awards in the first of a series of separate programs for the spring sports teams.

Gengelbach and Kuhn presented varsity and reserve letters to Kurt Seibert, Kyle Stearns, Tim East, Jonah Cobb, Ben

Dei. Barr-Reeve of the Blue Chip will participate (Vincennes Rivet was invited, but declined), while Sullivan (Western Indiana) and Silver Creek (Mid Southern) will round out the field.

Just how good are the teams in the shootout?

Well, the Lady Cats and Silver Creek had the “worst” won loss records, each going 16-5 last season. Southridge was 19-3, Gibson Southern 20-6, Sullivan 21-4 and Mount Carmel 26-6. Mater Dei and Barr-Reeve each had just one loss on the season.

The format will consist of pool play, with Mount Vernon joining Barr-Reeve, Southridge and Silver Creek in one pool, while Sullivan, Gibson Southern, Mount Carmel and Mater Dei will be in the other pool.

“Every team is going to play three games,” Mitchell said. “This will be a one-day event where everyone is going to see some good basketball.”

Mitchell and his staff hope to expand the tournament next year, but how isn’t certain for now. Expanding the field to include more varsity talent or bringing in the reserve teams are possibilities, Mitchell said, with the former his preference.

The Lady Cats have been working throughout the summer, with a scrimmage against North so far this summer.

In addition to Buss and Muensterman, Sullivan will feature Reagan Smith, a sixfoot-two swing player who’s

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North Posey track award winners. (L-R) Emma Werry, Megan Bender, Gabe Mayer, Mitchell Kuhn,Caitlin Herrmann, and Olivia Goebel. Photo submitted

Some of the area’s top high school girls’ basketball teams will converge on Mount Vernon on Saturday, June 30, for the first ever Mount Vernon Summer Shootout.

Eight teams will compete in the event, which will have six games going in both Mount Vernon High School gyms while drawing top teams from the Big Eight and Pocket Athletic Conferences, along with several from other leagues, including Mater Dei, the defending Class 2A state champs.

“We’ve been kind of knocking the idea around,” Lady Wildcats coach Steve Mitchell said. “We’ve (Mitchell and assistants Keith Oeth and Byron Sanders) been knocking the idea around of getting teams from some of the different conferences together and playing some of the teams we don’t see that much if we could and we just decided this year that we were going to try it and it’s worked out.”

The field started with Mount Carmel and Mater Dei, which the coaches invited to see a match up between the Lady Aces’ Tyra Buss and Mater Dei’s Lara Muensterman. From there, the coaches looked at other area conferences and went after the top teams in each.

With Mount Vernon and Mount Carmel representing the Big Eight, Gibson Southern and Southridge, the top two squads in the PAC were added, along with Castle (which backed out after a tentative commitment) from the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, as was Mater

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North Posey grad named to College Tennis All-Conference Team Wolves double their win total from the previous season and reach the conference tournament semifinals for the first time in the program’s history.

IU East’s tennis team fell short of the national tournament, but Butler experienced a taste of national competition with a different IU East sport. He also was the student manager for the IU East men’s basketball team, which set a school record with 24 wins and advanced to the NAIA Division II National Championship in Branson, Mo. “I’m really happy for Ty,” said IU East tennis coach Erskine Ratchford. “He has done a good job, and I am proud of him for how he has stepped up and handled all the things going on athletically and academically dur-

Wadesville native and North Posey High School graduate Ty Butler was named to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s tennis all-conference team at the conclusion of his freshman season at Indiana University East.

Butler was one of 13 players named to the all-conference team. He is the first IU East player named to a men’s tennis all-KIAC team.

The all-conference team was announced at the end of the KIAC tournament, where IU East reached the semifinals.

“The first thing that went through my mind was, ‘No way!’ I was not expecting any type of recognition since there is such good competition throughout the KIAC,” Butler said. “Once I was standing there with the group

I couldn’t help but think that everyone on our team from the coaches to the players deserved it too because they are who made me the player I am now.”

The all-KIAC team was determined by a vote of the league’s coaches.

“I hope they saw how much I improved from the beginning to the end of the season,” Butler said. “I put in more effort in the last month and a half of the season than I ever have before.”

Butler played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the full 2012 season for the Red Wolves.

He finished with six wins at No. 1 singles and seven wins at No. 1 doubles, including a stretch of 10 singles and doubles wins out of 14 matches in late April.

Butler helped the Red

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According to the National Association of Independent Schools, an organization that represents approximately 1,400 independent schools and associations in the United States, the median cost of elementary school tuition at member day schools for the 2011-2012 school year was $17,669. The median tuition at boarding schools for students of the same age was not significantly higher. Parents who sent their youngsters to such boarding schools paid an average of $19,491. Parents of high school-aged children paid, on average, roughly $22,000 per year for their child to attend an independent day school in 2011-12, while the average tuition for a boarding school for high school-aged children was $25,975 per year. Such were the findings of the NAIS’ annual Independent School Facts report, which included responses from 1,101 NAIS members. Despite the high tuition, more than half a million students were enrolled at the various schools that responded to the NAIS survey.

By Steve Joos For what it’s worth, the Mount Vernon boys’ basketball team went 1-3 at Saturday’s summer hoop shootout, beating Lyon County, Ky. (which was coached by former Wildcat Jeff Embrey), but dropping decisions to Central, Paoli and Eastern Greene.

But that really didn’t matter to coach Marc Hostetter.

“I thought our kids played well,” Hostetter said. “It’s the summertime; we’ve only been together a couple of times since the season ended. We’re just trying to get out of this being in some situations that we haven’t been in before, a chance to compete at a consistent level and just work on some little things of effort, energy, going after loose balls, things like that. I thought we did well. I think it was a good day—a good day all around.”

Wins and losses weren’t really the point of the shootout, Hostetter added, noting that

the Cats used everybody in the contest (including a loss to Eastern Greene where a fivepoint first quarter lead got away) and giving the younger players some experience that will come in handy down the road.

“We played well enough to win all our games,” the coach said. “And we didn’t have everybody. But this wasn’t about wins and losses. It was about competing hard and doing things the right way every possession. If you do that, good things will happen.”

Ty Butler shows of his all-KIAC plaque to Red Wolves coach Erskine Ratchford.

Photo submitted. ing his freshman year.”

IU East is an NAIA proAMERICAN LEGION AMERICAN LEGION gram. The Red Wolves tennis program recently completed BASEBALL: Carmi at BASEBALL: Mount VerMount Vernon; SWIM- non Junior at North Posey; its second season.

MING: Brittlebank at Har- ST. WENDEL SOFTrisburg; RURAL GIRLS’ BALL: MAP Oil vs. Hoehn SOFTBALL: Poseyville Plastics, Multiple ScoreOne at Fort Branch One gasms vs. Sandy’s Pizza, (U-12).

Silver Bell vs. DT’s.

Wednesday, June 13 Saturday, June 16 AMERICAN LEGION SOUTH GIBSON Especially in February and BASEBALL: Mount Ver- BABE RUTH BASEMarch, when wins and losses non at Newburgh (senior), BALL: Legion at North will be a bit more important. North Posey at Mount Ver- Posey Black, St. Wendel Hostetter wanted to have non (junior); SOUTH GIB- at Princeton White, North something like the shootout in SON BABE RUTH BASE- Posey Red at Owensville.

Mount Vernon and that’s how BALL: Owensville at St. Monday, June 18 he got the idea for Saturday’s Wendel, VFW at North AMERICAN LEevent. The team received Posey Red, North Posey GION BASEBALL: Pate great support from the booster Black at Princeton White. at Mount Vernon Junior club, the Hoopsters, as well as Thursday, June 14 (doubleheader); SOUTH from the team’s friends and AMERICAN LEGION GIBSON BABE RUTH family members.

BASEBALL: Mount Ver- BASEBALL: St. Wendel The coach plans on having non at Heritage Hills (se- at Legion, Merchants at a summer shootout every year nior); SWIMMING: Olney North Posey Red, North and expanding it next year, at Brittlebank.

Posey Black at Princeton hopefully adding a junior high Friday, June 15 Red. division.

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Sandy’s Silver Bell, MAP Ferguson making progress Oil St. Wendel winners towards August return MAP Oil scored 11 runs in the top of the sixth inning Friday night to nail down a 20-9 victory over Multiple Scoregasms in the St. Wendel Softball league.

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Sandy’s Pizza opened the evening with a 15-9 triumph over DT’s and then the Silver Bell kept rolling along with a 13-9 decision over Hoehn Plastics.

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By Steve Joos It’s been a bit of a long haul, but North Posey athletic director Virgil Ferguson is getting back to work.

The longtime athletic director underwent a liver transplant on March 16 in Indianapolis and has been coming into the athletic department office in advance of the day when he’ll be released for work on Aug. 1.

“I’m just in here catching up on some paperwork right now,” Ferguson said.

“It’s been a long process, but sometimes it feels like a short process at the same time.”

Ferguson’s troubles started over the last year when he started to become ill and a blood test found him to have a bad liver. After that diagnosis, the liver started deteriorating, with a pattern of illness and recovery, with each illness worsening until he blacked out in January with high levels of ammonia in his blood stream.

That landed Ferguson in the emergency room at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, where he was placed in the intensive care unit, and then at the IndianaPurdue Medical Center in Indianapolis, where he was stabilized and placed at the top of the list for a new liver.

He received the new liver on March 16 and has been working on recovery since then, staying four days in intensive care, then another four days in the regular hospital.

After the period in the regular hospital, Ferguson was given the option of leaving the hospital, but he was not allowed to return to this area since it would be rough on the new liver, so he spent the next eight weeks living in a two-room suite at the Candlewoods Hotel, where he lived with his sister, Pam Burtonshall.

“The suite was $60 a night,” Ferguson said. “The bill was pretty high, but I’ve got good insurance and they’re helping me out on that. My rehabilitation has been mainly walking and my medicine. I can’t lift anything and I can’t play golf. I can’t lift my upper body until Aug. 1.”

Ferguson credited his sister with helping him throughout the process, adding that she had been there step by step in his surgery and recovery.

“They’re happy with my

progress,” Ferguson said.

“I’m five weeks ahead of a normal schedule, my blood work’s good and they see no problems.”

Ferguson’s doctors said that he was in good shape prior to the operation, adding that he had a good mental attitude and a good support system.

“I have had people who were looking after me and helping me,” Ferguson explained. “I said I’ve got my sister looking after me, but the doctor said you’ve also got your friends, your fellow (athletic directors) and prayer. Prayer was really the big thing. I really attribute it (the successful transplant and recovery) to prayer.”

He was told by the doctors that there were no guarantees prior to the operation, but he would have been surprised if Ferguson hadn’t survived the surgery and made a full recovery in a short period of time.

The Viking athletic director currently walks 2-3 miles a day (in the morning and afternoon) and he’s lost 115 pounds since first being diagnosed, going from 324 pounds around Christmas to a current weight of 209 pounds.

“For the first time I’ve ever had a doctor tell me I have to put weight on,” Ferguson said. “He wants me at 225 (pounds).”

Ferguson said that he missed his job and is anxious to get back to work, but he will be cutting back on his work load, as much due to his age (60) as the new liver.

Girls’ basketball coach Tracy Stroud, who served as interim athletic director during Ferguson’s absence is being considered for an assistant’s job, although nothing has been made official yet.

Ferguson thanked everyone for their prayers and the students for their get well cards.

“I got numerous get well cards from students and former students,” he said.

“It makes you feel good to receive get well cards, but when you get get well cards from freshmen, sophomores and juniors, it makes you feel wanted. The kids really like me. I don’t know why, because I holler at them, but they like me.”

Ferguson also thanked the Posey County News for its coverage of the Vikings.

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Mount Vernon’s Troy Paris headed for Olney Central

By Steve Joos Mount Vernon baseball standout Troy Paris felt that he needed some place to get ready for the transition to college baseball and the senior infielder-pitcher thought that Olney Central College had the right fit.

Two of the four-year schools which recruited him (the University of Evansville and Indiana State) wanted Paris to build up his strength and develop more power.

So Paris will be starting his college career at the Southern Illinois junior college.

“I figured it (OCC) would be a good place to build

my skills a little more and get a little stronger,” Paris said. “It’ll be a good place to make that transition from high school to college where I’ll be missing class a little more because of baseball games and getting used to the work load.”

The college baseball life is a bit more complicated than high school has been, Paris explained. There are more three-game road trips which take a player away from school throughout the week. That makes it important for a player to keep up with his class work because of the class sessions a player will miss, Paris explained.

He’s being projected for now as a third baseman, while his hitting will be determined this fall. Preparing to help lead the Knights over the next two years will also be something for Paris to work on.

One thing Paris will definitely bring to OCC is a potent bat.

He hit .521 this season, with 50 hits in 96 at-bats, including 18 doubles, three triples and two home runs, scoring 47 runs, while driving in 32.

Playing at Mount Vernon helped a lot, Paris said, with the experience the coaching staff (head coach Paul Quinzer and assistants

Kevin Krizan and Kevin Brown) beneficial in preparing for the next level.

On the mound, Paris was 6-0 with a 3.61 earned-run average. He fanned 41 batters and walked 18 in 48 and one-third innings this

season while helping the Wildcats to a 24-7 record and a spot in the Class 3A Evansville Sectional championship game.

The son of Tim and Shelley Paris of Mount Vernon, Troy hopes to major in

business at Olney Central.

Both Krizan and Quinzer praised Paris at Thursday’s team banquet, with both coaches citing his leadership skills, as well as those of the other graduating senior, Roberts

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 386 Danner Latshaw, Grafton Grimes, Isaac Cochran, Members of Jason Brandenstein family enjoy the New Harmony Heritage Festival Cade Latshaw, Tristan Bolte, Nick Wiley and Kaimen Haggard man their booth at the over the weekend. A good crowd was on hand both days as the weather cooperated..

New Harmony Heritage Festival over the weekend. Photo by Dave Pearce Photo by Dave Pearce

Members of the Gary Koch family with sones Jake and Blake of St. Wendel enjoy Steve and Diana Anslinger of Haubstadt look at some of the many items available the fun and festivities of the New Harmony Heritage Festival over the weekend. Photo during the New Harmony Heritage Festival. A good crowd was on hand both days as

by Dave Pearce the weather cooperated.. Photo by Dave Pearce

Court News Arrests May 30 Allen Joiner—Evansville—Dealing in Methamphetamine (Petition to Revoke)—PCS Tabitha Seabeck—Evansville—Warrant-Theft— MVPD May 31 Larry Foster—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Criminal Mischief x2—PCS John Bradley—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Theft— MVPD Mark Davis—Mount Vernon—Driving While Suspended—MVPD Robert Troxell—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Theft— MVPD June 1 Michelle Sollman— Mount Vernon—Operating While Intoxicated, Neglect of a Dependent x 2--PCS Brandon Robinson-Mount Vernon--Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Paraphernalia--MVPD

June 2 Jason Wyatt--Address unknown--Operating While Intoxicated--PCS Nicholas Forsee--Mount Vernon--Intimidation, Resisting Law Enforcement, Invasion of Privacy--MVPD June 3 Chad Irvin--Mount Vernon--Warrant-Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury (Petition to Revoke)--MVPD Daniel Farris--Address Unknown--Warrant-Failure to Return to Lawful Detention--PCS June 5 Steven Lewis--New Harmony--Warrant-Criminal Mischief, Possession of Marijuana--PCS June 6 Cody Adams--Evansville--Theft--PCS Jeffery Adams--Evansville--Theft--PCS Charles Payne--Philpot, KY--Battery--MVPD June 8 James Stillwagoner, Jr-Mount Vernon--Domestic

Battery, Battery With Bodily Waste--PCS Complaints May 26 11:43 a.m.—Theft—2 guns and a laptop stolen from the house. Cannot see any signs of forced entry— Zoar Church Road, Mount Vernon 12:49 p.m.—Theft— Brand new push mower, trailer, and metal—Continental Road, Griffin 1:08 p.m.—Welfare Check=--Male subject is acting odd. Has a winter coat on. Walking around the area. Earlier, subject locked himself out of the house— AC Ranch, Evansville 3:05 p.m.—Miscellaneous—Wants to speak with deputy about trailer park.

He did not get much time to move his property. Wants to know what can be done— Lower Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 4:40 p.m.—VIN Inspection—Camper—Meinschein Road, Mount Vernon

Legals 2012-077 ORDINANCE NO. 2012-3 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING REAL ESTATE INTO THE CORPORATE BOUNDARY OF NEW HARMONY, INDIANA

WHEREAS, the Town desires to annex certain property into the Town of New Harmony; and WHEREAS, the owner of said property desires to be annexed into the Town.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the following described real estate shall be annexed into the corporate limits of the Town of New Harmony, Indiana:

9:59 p.m.—Welfare Check—Male subject, 58 years old, medical issues.

Heard from neighbors he isn’t doing good. Talked to him earlier this week.

Caller said the subject does not know who he is—AC Ranch, Evansville May 27 12:57 p.m.—Standby— Needs standby. Should not take long. Just getting clothes—Juanita Av, Wadesville 4:37 p.m.—VIN Inspection—2007 motorcycle— Blackford Road, Mount Vernon 7:29 p.m.—Information—Caller advised he hasn’t heard from his mother since 1:00 a.m.. She went to French Lick and texted him at 1:00 a.m.. He called the hotel to see if she had checked in and she never did. Doesn’t know where she could be—Ft. Branch 11:52 p.m.—Loud Music—Party that has been going on for 2 days, music and noise, is getting out of control Would like an officer to check the area and see if they can get them to quiet down—Copperline Road,

Evansville May 28 10:54 a.m.—VIN Inspection—18 foot fishing boat— Ford May 27 11:52 p.m.--Loud Music-Party that has been going on for 2 days, music and noise getting out of control. Would like an officer to check the area and see if they can get them to quiet down--Copperline, Evansville May 28 10:54 a.m.--VIN Inspection--18 foot aluminum fishing boat--Ford Road, Mount Vernon 5:10 p.m.--Retraining Violation--Advised brother has a restraining order against male subject. Advised caller and her family are listed on the restraining order. Advised the male subject is sitting at Hwy 69 and Farmersville Road.

Advised he has drove past her residence several times-Farmersville Road, Mount Vernon May 29 2:51 p.m.--VIN Inspection--Homemade trailer--St. Phillips Road, Evansville

Legals 2012-075 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 on June 19, 2012.

McFadin Higgins & Folz Smith & Butterfield Farris Reporting VanHaaften & Farrar Baier & Baier John Jacob Warrum Grand Total:

Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 1, Township 5 South, Range 14 West of the Second Principal Meridian, lying within the corporate limits of the Town of New Harmony in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana, containing 0.019 acre, more or less, and more particularly described as follows:

$4,361.11 $17.48 $419.75 $2000.65 $902.50 $3,961.50 $11,662.99

Nicholas Wildeman Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on June 12, 2012

Commencing at an existing three-quarter inch iron pipe in the center of South Street in the Town of New Harmony, Indiana marking the Northwest Corner of Section 1, Township 5 South, Range 14 West; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 896.48 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 1145.88 feet to an existing one-half inch iron pin on the West Side of Main Street marking the Northeast Corner of Lot 7 in Woodlawn Addition to the Town of New Harmony; thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes 25 seconds West along the West Line of Main Street 158.90 feet to the Southeast Corner of said Woodlawn Addition; thence South 01 degree 53 minutes 54 seconds West along the West Line of Main Street 273.76 feet to an existing one-half inch iron pin; thence South 02 degrees 29 minutes 15 seconds West along the West Line of Main Street 133.41 feet to an existing one-half inch iron pin; thence South 02 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds West (assumed basis of bearing) along the West Line of Main Street 224.92 feet to an existing three-quarter inch iron pipe; thence South 03 degrees 32 minutes 08 seconds West along the West Line of Main Street 4.67 feet to an existing one-half inch iron pipe; thence South 03 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds West along the West Line of Main Street 103.33 feet to a five-eighths inch iron pin with plastic cap inscribed “Paul Breeze 29500016” (herein called ‘monument’); thence South 81 degrees 13 minutes 59 seconds West 132.41 feet to a monument marking the POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS SURVEYED DESCRIPTION; thence South 03 degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds West 12.25 feet to a monument; thence South 86 degrees 20 minutes 13 seconds West 134.47 feet to a monument; thence North 81 degrees 13 minutes 59 seconds East 136.59 feet to the point of beginning.

CONTAINING 0.019 ACRE MORE OR LESS. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May, 2012.

Karen S. Walker Joe Strew Donald Gibbs Linda Warrum David R. Campbell

2012-076 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The County Commissioners of Posey County, Indiana, will receive sealed bids until 3:30 P.M. local time, on the 2nd Day of July at the Posey County Highway Department, 1203 0’ Donnell Road, or until 9:00 A.M. local time on the 3rd Day of July at the Hovey House, Mt. Vernon, Indiana for the CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SALT SHED AT THE MT. VERNON GARAGE POSEY COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT The contract documents will be on file at the office of the Owner for inspection. Copies of the documents may be obtained at the office of the Posey County Highway Department, 1203 O’Donnell Road, Mt. Vernon, Indiana.

Proposals shall be properly and completely executed on the forms furnished to bidders and must be accompanied by an executed non-collusion affidavit. Any bid in excess of $25,000.00 shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified check in the amount of not less than ten (10) per cent of the bid.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) calendar days after the date of the receipt of bids.

The Posey County Commissioners reserve the right to reject any part or all bids and waive any informalities in bidding.

POSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS James L. ALsop, President Scott Moye John K. Sherretz

ATTEST: _______________________________ Karla L. Atkins, Clerk-Treasurer

ATTEST: Nicholas J. Wildeman, Auditor

Published in the Posey County News on June 12, 2012

Published in the Posey County News on June 12 & 19, 2012

9:39 p.m.--Threatening-Guy drove by. He threatened caller if he didn’t pay rent he was going to throw him out and other ways-Lynn Dr, Mount Vernon 10:23 p.m.--Reckless-Drunk driver and swerving-Rexing Road, Wadesville 10:30 p.m.--Suspicious-Beach Grove Cemetery, caller advised he is sitting outside his residence and can hear subjects talking over at the cemetery. Not sure what they are doing there--Lower New Harmony and French Road, Mount Vernon 10:52 p.m.--Road Hazard-Caller advised down tree blocking both lanes, Middle Mt. Vernon Road Area.

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Doesn’t have any flashers on. Doesn’t know why the truck is sitting there. Would like a deputy to check the area--North of William Keck bypass, Mount Vernon 6:30 a.m.--Alarm--Far east door--Refinery Road, Mount Vernon 2:03 p.m.--Reckless-Black Ford Ranger boxing other vehicles in. Also speeding--Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 4:54 p.m.--VIN Inspection--2003 Ford F 350--Caborn Road, Mount Vernon 6:13 p.m.--Reckless--Red tractor trailer passing lights-Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 8:07 p.m.--Trespassing--2 pieces of heavy equipment on his property. Wants them removed. Does not know who they belong to--Main St, Cynthiana 10:02 p.m.--Reckless-Walking down the road and a black Ford Explorer doing 80 mph and swerving.

Heading west towards Illinois--Mackey Ferry, Mount Vernon 10:52 p.m.-Suspicious-A car has pulled into the driveway across the road, the house is empty. Car has been there for about 10 minutes--Winery Road, Wadesville 11:23 p.m.--Suspicious-Vehicle is sitting on the side of the road. Red Dodge 4-door. Unknown occupants--St. Wendel-Cynthiana Road, Wadesville 11:53 p.m.--Motorist Assist--Out with vehicle with flashers on--Hwy 62, Mount Vernon

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Misc. Auction CONSIGNMENT AUCTION:

GROFF EQUIPMENT LOT

THURSDAY, JUNE 28 AT 6PM 37.15+/- ACRES OFFERED IN 2 TRACTS MARRS TOWNSHIP, POSEY COUNTY, IN

3 MILES N. OF LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS ON HIGHWAY 1

TRACTORS & COMPACT TRACTORS

SHOWING DATE: Tuesday, June 19 from 4 until 6PM. Showings at other times can be arranged by calling the auction company at 812-474-6100.

AUCTION LOCATION: Salem United Church of Christ Heusler, 11325 Lower Mount Vernon Rd. From IN-62 turn south onto W. Franklin Rd. (at the Busler’s station), then a sharp left onto Lower Mt Vernon Rd. to the church.

PROPERTY LOCATION: The real estate is located in the NE corner of Ford Rd and Darnell School Rd, Posey County, IN. From Evansville, IN, take Hwy 62 west to Ford Rd (just west of Marrs Elem. School), go south 2.2 miles to the property.

REAL ESTATE: The real estate consists of 37.15+/- acres that are nearly all tillable.

The property will be offered in 2 tracts and in combination. The soil is primarily Elkinsville silt loam and is a good tillable soil.

POSSESSION: The landowner’s share of the 2012 growing crop less expenses will be conveyed to the buyer(s).

BUYER’S PREMIUM: A 6% Buyers Premium will be added to the high bid to determine the Contract Purchase Price.

TERMS: A deposit of 10% of the Contract Purchase Price will be required on day of auction with the balance due within 45 days. The land will sell subject to owner’s approval.

OWNER: Debra Clemons

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Fred Delashmit ushers souls into the Lord’s house with a winning smile Mount Vernon resident Fred Delashmit puts neighbors and newcomers alike at ease as he ushers them into Harvestime Temple for worship.

A member of Harvestime since 1983, Delashmit wins trust with his shy, unpretentious smile. This soft-spoken gentleman says more through actions than with words.

For several years, he drove the Harvestime van and brought folks in from the highways and hedges, so to speak, for worship. Today, he drives a Posey Express van for

the Posey County Council on Aging and delivers his neighbors, mostly senior citizens, to their medical and personal appointments.

Along with his wife Sondra, he works behind the scenes at Harvestime to help with preparing bereavement meals and meals for special events. The couple cooks meals for the kids who attend Harvestime’s Wednesday night children’s church as well.

Delashmit’s work history started in the oil fields of Griffin, his hometown.

After five years there, he moved on to Whirlpool and

learned a variety of production jobs during his 46-year career there.

The Delashmits will celebrate 52 years of marriage this October 22. Fred enjoys taking Sondra “fishing� at Four Corners in Carmi, Illinois, along with their dining partners, Larry and Sonia Bogan. He says with enough greenback “bait� anyone can “catch� all the fish he can eat. The couple also enjoys traveling, especially to the Smokies, and their daily devotions. Their 9-monthold Shih-Tzu Dolly keeps them company.

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