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P C N SINCE 1882 Successor to The Poseyville News & New Harmony Times POSEY COUNTY’S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER
Volume 137 Edition 28
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Outstanding Community Volunteer
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Free Wi-Fi available soon at Mount Vernon Riverfront Local firm to pay $600 annual fee for tower use By Lois Mittino Gray Free Wi-Fi service will be coming soon to the Mount Vernon riverfront area. Mayor Bill Curtis made the announcement at the July 6, meeting of the Mount Vernon Board of Public Works. The service
will be part of a reciprocal agreement between the city and SITGO and service should be available in a few weeks. The local firm was given permission several years ago to place its Wi-Fi antennas on the city water tower, and they agreed to pay the city a fee in return. Curtis said the contract was not enforced for six or seven years, with no monies paid to the city.
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Ambulance fee a possibility Charges would recoup funds even if patient isn’t transported
Kenyon Bailey was named the 2017 New Harmony’s Outstanding Community Volunteer during the annual New Harmony Golf Cart Parade and July Fourth Celebration. When looking around New Harmony, many people of all ages are watched as they do various duties to improve the look of the town, help neighbors in need, keep organizations growing and just being there when needed. There were great nominations and the selection was difficult. All persons nominated are truly seen throughout the community as being worthy of this award, but we can only honor one individual. This individual: works on the Posey County Council for Aging; is active in Johnson Methodist Church with many activities; volunteers at River Days and Kunsfest; is involved with United Way of Posey County; is a Workingman Institute Member; and is a Kiwanis of New Harmony Member. Kenyon will have his name on a plaque inside the Ribeyre Gym, and he will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Red Wagon. Photo by Dave Pearce
By Valerie Werkmeister Patients who refuse Posey County ambulance services may soon be charged for their care regardless if they are transported to the hospital or not. Posey County Commissioners are considering assessing a fee to
patients who receive Advanced Life Support (ALS) assistance from Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Director Chuck Thompson presented figures to the commissioners during their meeting last Thursday, July 6. During the last two and one-
half years, the EMS logged 840 Basic Life Support (BLS) refusals and 758 ALS refusals. BLS calls involve a minor health assessment such as taking a patient’s blood pressure. Patients who need IVs, an EKG or blood sugar checks or any type of care that requires the use of supplies are considered ALS calls. Thompson informed commis-
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School district summer projects nearly complete By Lois Mittino Gray Summer work projects in the Mount Vernon School District are progressing and two of them are almost complete. Members of the Mount Vernon School Board and the press were invited to attend a tour of the renovations being done to the high school entryway by
Briefly Blood Drive: PC Sheriff Office July 12, 2-6 p.m. American Legion, MV Bierstube: St. Wendel July 13, 5 p.m. St. Wendel Catholic Church
School Superintendent Tom Kopatich at the July 5, board meeting. The tour is scheduled for Monday, July 17, at 5:15 p.m., a half hour before the next school board meeting. “Things are really moving forward and progressing at a good pace
The winners of all four levels of pageants on Saturday evening at the Posey County Fair are: in front, Princess Lilly Chapman; and in back, Teen Queen Emma Yarber, Miss Posey County Alyssa Juncker, and Duchess Amber Allyn. Photo by Dave Pearce
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Father, daughter physicians welcome patients Poseyville medical center up and running By Bryana Schreiber A father-daughter doctor duo is now seeing patients in the brand new Poseyville Regional Medical Center. The doors officially opened the morning of Wednesday, July 5, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony and public open house the week prior. The completion of the
Regional Medical Center is certainly a point of pride for the entire Posey County community. Longtime local physician Dr. Chester Burkett and his daughter, Dr. Julie Burkett, are excited to practice in the modern facility that’s now equipped with the some of the latest medical technology thanks to the Poseyville Medical
Paranormal investigator conducting series of upcoming ghost tours
Ruthless!: New Harmony Theatre July 14-16 Murphy Auditorium 4-H Fair: July 16 - July 22 4-H Fairgrounds Ice Cream Social: MVCC July 22, 4-7 p.m. Mount Vernon
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Haunted New Harmony
Water Shut Down: Poseyville July 13, 2 p.m. (subject to change) See Page A6 for more info
More information on these and other events inside today’s Posey County News
Foundation and countless others who contributed to the construction of this community asset. The facility’s location and design are intended to provide more convenient access to medical treatment and expand access to quality health care for rural residents in southwest Indiana. “We’ve received tremendous support from
Joni Mayhan invites all registered participants in the first New Harmony Ghost Tour to meet her at Community House Number Two at 6 p.m. Saturday night for a “real deal” paranormal investigation. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray
By Lois Mittino Gray How would you like to spend Saturday night sitting until midnight with Joni Mayhan in New Harmony’s most haunted house? The self-professed paranormal investigator will be conducting the first in her series of five New Harmony Ghost Tours on Saturday, July 15 from 6 p.m. until the stroke of midnight. The planned program will be limited to twenty participants who will visit two of the town’s buildings, Community House Number Two and the Fauntleroy Home, the one she feels has the most “hauntability.” Mayhan’s website invites participants to “investigate the paranormal side of this quaint, incredibly haunted Southern Indiana town and communicate with the souls who dwell here.”
Mayhan, who refers to herself as a “clairaudient sensitive,” says she can hear the spirits around her when she enters a building. She believes the two buildings on the tour have totally different spirit energy. “Community House Two is a gentle haunting. It’s full of spirits who lived there and decided to stick around for whatever reason. Over the years, visitors and tour guides have experienced phantom footsteps and voices in empty rooms. One tour guide reported seeing a woman dressed in 1800’s period apparel walk up a staircase. On another occasion, a caterer inadvertently snapped a photo with an apparition sitting beside a brick fireplace,” she recounted. During the investigation Saturday
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