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Volume 137 Edition 24
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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Tile Factory heavy haul postponed Arkansas River height slowing down process
Holding the banner to lead the cancer survivors on the first lap around the track at the North Posey Relay for Life on Saturday are Sherri Bushard, Mackenzie Smith and Kelly Beuligmann. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister
By Lois Mittino Gray Mayor Bill Curtis announced at the June 8, Mount Vernon Board of Public Works meeting that all the buzz about the heavy haul coming down Tile Factory Road in June will be a moot point for now. At the last meeting in May, the board approved two permits for the heavy haul on June-12-13, for two large pieces of equipment to traverse the local roadway. This generated talk around town about damage to it in the process. “We were notified that the materials cannot get to the Southwind Port by that date. The Arkansas River is so high right now that the barges cannot fit under the bridges. We’ll be notified when the move is back on,” the mayor said. The mayor also asked permission to accept a do-
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Tractor-trailer traffic still plagues city residents Council considers options to correct usage of Lawrence Addition streets By Lois Mittino Gray “Is there such a thing as a funeral for a mailbox?” quipped Jim Powers as he spoke at the June 8, Mount Vernon Common Council Meeting. Holding up a photo of his mangled mailbox, ravaged three times by tractor-trailer
Briefly Public Reading: West of the Moon Retreat June 14, 2017, 5-8 p.m. Sara’s Harmony Way, NH Farmers’ Markets: Wadesville Thursdays, 3-6 p.m. Mount Vernon Tuesdays, 2-6 p.m. Immunization Clinics: Poseyville Third Tuesday of month 8-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. St. Francis Catholic Church Mount Vernon Health Department Thursdays, 8-11:30 and 1-3:30 p.m. Football Camp: Mount Vernon June 19-22 Times vary by age More on Page B3 Summerfest: St. Philip Men’s Club June 23, 5-11 p.m. St. Philip Catholic Church
trucks trying to make illegal turns through his subdivision, he took a lighthearted approach to a serious subject. He was obviously a frustrated homeowner trying to get some more action on a problem that has been plaguing the Lawrence Addition subdivision for quite a while.
Powers, who resides at 349 Vista Drive, told the council, “We need to let truck drivers know they are not allowed in here. Children play here and we need to be concerned for their safety. The other day, one was going about 45 miles an hour and another was going about 40 miles an hour in opposite directions on 30 mile an hour Lower New Harmony Road. To avoid hitting each other, one drove up onto my lawn, so the other wouldn’t have to go into the ditch.” “Yesterday, another took out my mail box
Posey County school districts team up for major event By Lois Mittino Gray For the third year in a row, the two Posey County School Districts collaborated to pull off a major teaching event attended by over 300 K-12 educational practitioners who just got started on their summer vacation. Called “Connecting the 4C’s: A Summer of eLearning Conference,” attendees at the two-day event, held on June 6 and 7, at Mount Vernon Junior and Senior High School, agreed it was well worth giving up some off-time. The conference was sponsored by MSD of Mount Vernon, MSD of North Posey, USI School of Teacher Education, and the Indiana Department of Education. Precise planning was required to position over 50 different concurrent sessions, a photo booth, over twenty vendors, conduct games and giveaways, serve breakfast, lunch and snacks each day, and
get the special keynote speakers to their spots on time. Educators felt the opportunity to network and connect with others in their field was the most rewarding part of the fun-filled practical learning conference. The four C’s in education stand for communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity, according to William Stein, Director of Information Systems for MSD Mount Vernon. He emceed and hosted the event along with Pamela O’Risky. He was pleased with the registration figure of more than 300 persons, topping last year’s record of more than 250. Stein presented a workshop on, “10 Beginner Steps to iMovie Creation on the iPad” while O’Risky did one on Sketchnotes. Other workshops included Google Apps and Hangouts, 3D printing, using Snapchat and Cricut, Activ-
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Avery Jaffe, three, of Indianapolis, just loves coming down for visits to Poseyville and to see her grandparents, Charlie and Lana Elpers. Photo submitted
Annual River Days event gets new logo
Riverbend Market: Posey County Alliance June 22 4-7:30 p.m. Mount Vernon Riverfront Wild Edibles Hike: Nature Center June 16, 10 a.m. Harmonie State Park
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Making connections
Around the World in 80 Days: New Harmony Theatre June 23, 7:30 p.m. Murphy Auditorium, NH
More information on these and other events inside today’s Posey County News
for the third time trying to make the turn to go to GAF Materials. Can’t the GAF dispatchers inform them to use Grant Street?” he queried. The problem results when GPS navigation units tell the drivers to turn onto Vista, Lincoln, and Jefferson into the subdivision. Signs have been put up informing drivers that they are to use heavy-duty Grant Street to get to GAF or
Kay Kilgore and Ed Clark unveil the new River Days logo at the Alexandrian Public library on Thursday. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray
By Lois Mittino Gray The new logo for the Tenth Annual Mount Vernon River Days Festival was unveiled on June 8 with its designer taking home a hundred dollar prize and a lot of accolades. Mount Vernon resident Ed Clark’s clean and colorful design was selected the winner from among 34 entries. This number represents 13 individuals who submitted entries, all ages were included from high school on up. Most of them are area residents and one who presently lives out of town. Clark, who submitted fourteen entries himself, attributes his win to simplicity and color in his creation. Kay Kilgore, River Days Committee Chairman, said his work was “precise, clean, crisp and colorful.” She said it is easily scalable when
reduced in size and can easily transfer onto tee shirts. “That was the problem with the old logo. It was so wordy, that when we used it on shirts and letterheads, it was hard to read.” The new logo is a purple circle with gold letters saying Mount Vernon Indiana. Inside the circle is a bright green shape of Indiana with a big red star where Mount Vernon is located in the tip of the toe. Behind the state in varying shades of blue are three wavy lines representing the Ohio River waves and lots of blue river water. The words “River Days” span across the logo in dazzling white. Kilgore presented a slideshow of all 34 entries to her River Days Committee members at a meeting. She
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