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Works board takes steps to avoid spread of COVID-19

By Lois Mittino Gray That pesty, testy COVID contamination of employees issue reared up again at the Mount Vernon Board of Works July 16, meeting and members took definitive action to fight the numbers. Board members passed a mandate to require testing of all city employees, who were out of the State of Indiana for five consecutive days, to be tested for COVID. If the test is negative, they may return to work. If positive, they must quarantine for 14 days. All missed time off from work waiting for test results and isolating will be paid for at the usual rate of pay. According to the new Indiana numbers as you can see Posey County is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Posey County residents. This brings the county total to 102 cases. Only six

of these cases are associated with 11 that are in the Cynthiana area. The other five new cases are throughout the county. These individuals have been placed on strict home isolation. Anyone identified as a close contact to these cases will be placed on a 14 day home quarantine.. Some 62 remain on strict isolation and none are hospitalized. There have been no reported deaths and at least 40 are no longer ill, and have met all CDC guidelines to be released from isolation. The COVID-19 virus is wide-spread throughout Indiana and our area. The potential of being exposed to this virus is high. However, even with the reported cases, the percentage of residents infected remains at less than one-half of only one perxcent of Posey County residents.

The Posey County Health Department recommends social distancing and hand washing as the primary ways of helping contain the virus. Masks are encouraged by the department and if you are ill, please stay at home. Please contact the health department at 812838-1328 with any questions. Board member Andy Hoehn opened the discussion by stating, “There are now 75 (102 as of Sunday evening) positive cases in Posey County and Florida is going crazy, and so is Dallas and Houston. I feel the city needs to move toward more testing of employees who are coming back from vacation, especially at hot spots. In this electronic age, they can work from home in an effort to protect employees internally. If one comes back infected, we will have to quarantine

all contacts and one case could potentially take out an entire department,” he observed. Mayor Curtis stated some offices could work from home, but the police, fire, street, water, and wastewater can’t really work from home and agreed for testing. Board member David Dodd said he, too, agreed with testing returnees, but asked what parameters would define these ‘hot spots.’ Hoehn remarked that these intense viral concentrations could change weekly, as Ohio is now on the rise. He suggested anywhere out of Indiana should be tested. Dodd and the Mayor agreed that would simplify things. Discussion then turned to varying wait time

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Poseyville to enforce lawn laws By Lynda Baker Poseyville Town Marshal Charles Carter and Town Attorney William Bender have been working in tandem to clean up the town. Two new ordinances were introduced and approved by the Council last Tuesday. The first ordinance reduced the height of acceptable lawn length from the 12 inches set forth in a 1997 ordinance to nine inches. It also gives residents one hour to remove any grass clippings or yard waste from town streets, as such debris is considered a safety hazard and clogs up town storm drainage systems. The second modifies a 1997 ordinance regarding trash and garbage, as well as littering within town limits. Both ordinances are in the process of publication and will be enforceable by the Marshal’s office within 90 days thereafter. In the event it becomes necessary for town crews to perform any clean up work, the offending entity or resident will be billed for such services, along with any and all fines and penalties assessed against the property. Carter also informed the Council that he has received several complaints regarding chickens and feral cats roaming the town. He is looking into these matters and has concerns that they will draw coyotes into town. Council President Bruce Baker reminded everyone that the town has an ordinance against feeding feral cats. Town Clerk Christy Foster presented a gas tracker, which reflected a reduction from 1.78 to .0921,

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Covid-19 plays havoc with NPSC

By Lynda Baker A brief meeting of the North Posey School Board was held Monday, July 13, 2020. The main topic of the meeting was the approval of the COVID-19 school opening. The Board discussed extended resolutions of the School Board’s policies, which have been added to assist area schools in dealing with virus related issues, and to make sure that all North Posey schools are in compliance with Governor Holcomb’s state guidelines. The Board discussed a continuous North Posey graduates from Friday evening are, front row, left to right, Haley Wilson, Emily Abernathy, learning plan in the event of a school Sophia Martin, Megan Brenton, and Emily Fortune . In back are Grant Allyn, Camden Bender, Logan shutdown, which was prepared with Wunderlich, Cole Koester, Johnson Koester, Sam Muensterman and Raice Straub. Photo by Heather Allyn the assistance and approval of the Posey County Health Department and Mount Vernon’s School District. There is flexibility in the plan to comply with any changes Governor Holcomb may present in the future, along with recommendations that may be made by the Indiana School Board Superintendent’s Association, the Indiana Department of Education, the CDC and/or the Posey County Health Department, as more is learned about the virus. Board Member Vince Oakley asked whether this information had been pushed out to area parents and students. Superintendent Todd Camp indicated that the plan had been posted on the District’s website and had been released to the newspaper. He added that any changes to the plan would also be dated, posted and published for everyone’s convenience. Camp also presented a 111-page teacher evaluation plan, required by law, which was prepared by Dr. Angela Bender and the evaluation commitAnna Weis, Myra Schutz, Lauren Valier, and Emma Yarber pose for a picture in their cap and gown Continued on Page A7 following the Mount Vernon Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony. Photo Submitted

It will not always be summer, build a barn... Uhde Family barn treasure celebrates 100 years

By Lois Mittino Gray Woody McFadin Jr., and his wife, Theresa were looking forward to hosting a big birthday bash, complete with food and music, to celebrate the centennial of their beautiful barn. While COVID took that planned hoopla away, the structure quietly shines in the sun on a hill on the “Uhde Homeplace” looking fabulous at 100 years old this month. Inscribed on the wood of an original inside wall is the completion date of July, 1920. Interestingly, Theresa points out that the capital ‘J’ of July is written backwards. The couple is the fifth generation of Uhde descendants who have lived and raised a fam-

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ily at the homesite. Their three grown children housed their 4-H sheep and goats in the old stalls and now their grandchildren do, too. It was used as recently as last year for their 4-H animal projects, but this year’s fair was cancelled. When you walk into the barn’s dimly lit interior, it smells of fragrant dried hay, musty earthen floors, old wood, and memories of decades of children playing in the hay loft upstairs and carving their initials into the sturdy walls. The eye-catching pass-through gambrel roofed barn was built by Woody’s grandfather Herman and his wife, Christine (Rocker) Uhde when she inherited some money upon her parents’ death. In the fall of 1917, trees were cut right off the family farm, south of the barn location, and loaded onto wagons to be cut at the Grimm Sawmill. From there, the wood was taken into town to the Luhring Lumber Company and then brought back to the farm to season in the sun in the field next to the orchard. A crew was hired to build the 35 by 45 foot barn and work started in the Spring of 1918. The head carpenter was paid 80 cents an hour and workers twenty cents an hour. In an old ledger posting that Theresa thumbed through dated April 1920, laborers were paid higher wages of 30 cents to 60 cents an hour, depending on

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Woody Jr. And Theresa McFadin stand before the 100 year old birthday barn.

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JULY 21, 2020

Scholarships and Cousins, friends hold ‘Dairy Extravaganza’ instead stipends offered to student teachers Cousins Julia and Lora Commens, Jackson Madden, and Jonathan and Emily Schmitt gathered together on Tuesday July 14 to showcase their dairy cattle. After their initial disappointment of cancellations, the kids decided to organize

their own “Dairy Extravaganza�. They would like to give a big “Thank You� to Marty and Robin Matlock for judging, Jim Arnold for help with the cows, and St Wendel Posey County Co-op for donating drinks.

Three scholarship and stipend opportunities for student teachers are open for the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Funding is available for Black and Hispanic students, as well as those who plan to teach in high-need fields, such as math, science or Special Education. Scholarship: William A. Crawford Minority Teacher Scholarship: Open to minority students (defined as Black or Hispanic individuals) who intend to pursue, or are currently pursuing a course of study that would enable them to teach in an accredited Indiana school. Eligible students may receive up to $4,000 annually. Application deadline: August 31, 2020. Stipends: Earline S. Rogers Student Teaching Stipend for Minorities: This stipend is available for minority students (defined as Black or Hispanic individuals) who plan to participate in student teaching or a school administration internship as part of their degree requirements during the semester they receive the stipend. Application deadline: September 30, 2020. Student Teaching Stipend for High-Need Fields: The Student Teaching Stipend for High-Need Fields is available for students who plan to teach: Special Education (any grade), middle school math, middle school science, high school math or high school science. Application deadline: September 30, 2020. Students who receive the scholarship/stipends agree to apply for teaching positions in Indiana and, if hired, teach in the state for at least three years. Apply through ScholarTrack and view a full listing of eligibility requirements at www.che.in.gov. For instructions on Cousins who showed their 4-H projects in home surroundings are Julia Commens, Jackson Madden, Jonathan how to apply, visit learnmoreindiana.org/futureteacher. Schmitt, Lora Commens, and Emily Schmitt. The Commission has been focused on increasing diversity in the educator pipeline, specifically calling out various strategies to do so in its fourth strategic plan, Reaching Higher in a State of Change, including ensuring more people of color utilize state scholarship funding and increasing the number of minority students enrolling and completing Educator Preparation Programs. Currently, just 5.5 percent of educators in Indiana are Black or Hispanic. Regarding the teacher pipeline, only 11 percent of student teachers who are enrolled in Educator Preparation Programs are underrepresented minorities. “Studies show underrepresented students do better academically when they have the opportunity to learn from a teacher of color at some point in their educational careers,� said Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers. “We must encourage more students of color to view teaching as a professional option for their lives. That is vital to our work of attracting more quality teachers to better serve Hoosier students.� Visit www.scholartrack.in.gov to apply for the scholarship and stipends, or call the Commission’s Financial Aid Support Center at (888) 528-4719 for assistance. Created in 1971, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education plans, coordinates and defines Indiana’s postsecondary education system to align higher learning with the needs of students and the state. The Commission also administers Indiana’s financial aid programs, including the 21st Century Scholars early college promise scholarship, which celebrates 30 years in 2020. Learn more about the Commission’s Reaching Higher in Pictured with the Grand Champion Cow Tomato. (Left to Right) Marty Matlock, Jackson Madden, Lora Coma State of Change strategic plan at www.in.gov/che. mens, Jonathan Schmitt, Julia Commens, Emily Schmitt, and Robin Matlock.

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JULY 21, 2020 Gary Lee Baldwin Gary Lee Baldwin, 76, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 18, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born July 31, 1943 in Mount Vernon, Ind., to the late Drura and Edna (Hosea) Baldwin. Gary was a proud Eagle Scout and a 1961 graduate of Mount Vernon High School where he was Senior Class President. He then joined the National Guard and served four years. Gary and his father farmed together in Posey County. He retired in 2003 from GE Plastics as a technician after 20 years of service. Gary was a member of Mount Vernon Elks Club, American Legion Post 5, the Mount Vernon Conservation Club and Keck Gonnerman Club. He was long time member of Immanuel United Church of Christ, serving on the church council. Gary enjoyed spending time with his family at their Michigan cabin in the Upper Peninsula for many years. He was a forestry expert, an avid fisherman and hunter. Gary also collected Oliver tractors and was a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan. His greatest treasures were his faith and family. He is preceded in death by his two sisters, Mary Schultze and Virginia M. Baldwin; a brother, Kenneth Kays. He is survived by his loving wife, Ann (Curtis) Baldwin after 57 years of marriage; daughter, Leann (Tony) Fuelling; sons, Bret (Traci) Baldwin and Andy (Charlene) Baldwin; grand-

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children, Isaac (Erin) Fuelling, Hope (Dayton) Merrell, Ashton (Justin) Wagner, Olivia (Paul) Reller, Grace Baldwin, Jackson Baldwin, and Beau Baldwin; greatgrandchildren, Garrison and Oaklyn Merrell; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Immanuel United Church of Christ, 5812 Ford Road, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Immanuel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 ,at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Moutn Vernon, Ind. and from 9-10 a.m. service time on Thursday at the church. Due to the national health crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. Memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel United Church of Christ or Immanuel Cemetery. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Berdena Marie Nix Berdena “Deanie” Marie Nix, 92, formerly of Poseyville, Indiana, born to Monroe and Martha Pearl (Sisson) France on September 6, 1927, in Arthur, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Evansville, Indiana. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1945, then lived and worked in Evansville, Indiana for the telephone company. In 1948, she married Carroll Nix and lived in Poseyville, Indiana for many years. She also lived in Dallas and Houston, Texas. She worked in high end jewelry sales and retail clothing sales. She was interested in gardening, reading, decorating, dancing, traveling, NASCAR racing and her family. Surviving are her daughters: Connie Peelman (Danny) of Torrington, Connecticut, Shirley Ares (Louis) of Houston, Texas, and Nichole Murphy of Dawsonville, Georgia; grandchildren: Gregory Peelman, Lindsay Peelman Murphy, Asa Hidbrader, Kristian Ares, Elizabeth Nix Berg, Taylor Garrett, Natalie Garrett, Samantha Garrett, Blair Murphy and Evan Murphy; great grandchildren: Kelcey Hidbrader, Emma Hidbrader, Payton Berg, Michaela Berg,

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Ian Berg, Ethan Murphy, Cameron Murphy, Lily Peelman, Danny Peelman and Grayson Bryant and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Preceding her in death were her parents; son: John France Nix; five sisters: Helen Heacock, Hazel Stovall, June Jones, Lucille Briggs and Rosalee Rodeghiero; two brothers: Joseph and Norman France; grandson: Derek Nix and a son-in-law: Dr. Brent Murphy. A Celebration of Life Memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Saint Francis Xavier Church Cemetery near Poseyville, Indiana. In her own words: “Tell everyone I had a good time while I was here.” Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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Karen Kay (Lauer) Winkleman, 73, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 14, 2020. She was born May 12, 1947 in Mount Vernon, Ind., to the late Leonard and Pauline (Moore) Lauer. Kay had worked as an animal control officer for the City of Mount Vernon. In her early years, she had pumped oil wells. Kay was a past member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Eagles. She had attended First Baptist Church and other local churches. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Winkleman; sister, Phyllis Lauer; and brother, Eddie Hogan. She is survived by her sons, Ernest Jolley and Joseph “Marty” Jolley; daughter, Lisa Harmon; ten grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; sisters, Carolyn Lemons, Delores Coy and Jerelyn Rizzo; uncle, Tom Moore; nieces and nephews. Funeral service were held at 11:30 am Monday,

Jerry Allyn Becker

July 20, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation was held from 9 until 11:30 a.m. service time on Monday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. Memorial contributions may be made to the Posey Humane Society. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Judith Ann Simpson Judith Ann (Giffel) Simpson passed away suddenly on July 4, 2020, in Lakewood Ranch, Florida (Sarasota) due to unknown causes and went to join the other angels with our Lord. Judy had courageously battled COPD and lung cancer illness for several years. Judy was born May 14, 1938 to Marvin L. and Ruth R. Giffel in Terre Haute, Indiana along with her siblings, Gary H. Giffel and Susan K. (Giffel) Douthit. She graduated from Garfield High School and then attended Union Hospital’s nursing school. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Lowell Donald Simpson, and two loving children, Janell S. (Patrick) Deuel and Randall R. (Linda) Simpson; six grandkids, Kelsey J. (Simpson) Whinfrey (David), Zachary R. Simpson, Abigail L. Simpson, Justin S. Deuel, Nicholas P. Deuel, and Allison S. Deuel. She is also survived by her cousin, Gail (Giffel) Nattkemper and sister-in-law, Wilma Jean (Simpson) Bergfeld. All brought her great love and joy over the years. Judy and Don started their loving life together with their marriage on June 16, 1957 following Don’s graduation from Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre Haute on June 8, 1957. They started what turned out to be a nomadic corporate life on June 26, 1957 in Hammond, Ind. During several corporate relocations that followed, Judy maintained a loving home. All of these moves devel-

Jerry Allyn Becker, 79, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 15, 2020 at Gateway Hospital. He was born October 7, 1940 in Oliver, Ind., to the late Allyn and Geraldine (Kincheloe) Becker. Jerry was a 1958 graduate of Wadesville High School and was a member of the 1956-1958 Posey County championship basketball team. He was also a graduate of the University of Evansville. Jerry worked at Bristol Myers Squibb for 35 years in research and product quality control. He was an active member of Trinity United Church of Christ, where he had been council president. Jerry was a past Republican precinct committeeman, past Center Township Trustee, past member of the Posey County Fair Board, had served on the county Welfare Board and coached Little League baseball. He enjoyed gardening. Jerry was a loving husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by his brother, Larry Lee Becker. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Sarah (Kares) Becker; daughter, Dawn Martin (Randy); sons, Scott Becker (Carol) and Chris Becker; grandchildren, Jacob Martin (Megan), Amanda Wright (Jacob), Megan Martin, Michael Redman, Staff Sergeant Thomas Redman and Brian Redman; great-

Donald Eugene Harrington oped a great liking and aptitude in Judy for designing floor plans for the many new homes they ultimately built. Judy’s worldwide living locations gave rise to a desire to explore many parts of the world. Their European living assignments in the Netherlands and England, plus other worldwide job duties provided exciting trips around the globe. Judy was an avid tennis player for many years which later gave way to more sedate activities like cards, computer games, and computer spread sheets. She was member of PEO and the Peace Presbyterian Church. Above all, she was a wonderful, caring, and loving wife, mother, and grandmother who will be missed greatly. Our Lord just gained a great angel. Arrangements for a future memorial service will be made after facilities have reopened. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to either the Peace Presbyterian Church of Lakewood Ranch, the COPD Foundation, or the American Cancer Society.

Donald “Red” Eugene Harrington, 80, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 16, 2020 at West River Health Campus. He was born May 15, 1940 in Evansville, Ind., to the late James and Georgia (McClarney) Harrington. Red was a 1958 graduate of North High School. He served six years in the United States Navy during Vietnam. Red worked at B & W for fifteen years and General Electric for nineteen years, retiring in 2000. He enjoyed bowling, woodworking and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda (Rutherford) Harrington; and granddaughter, Brittany Harrington. He is survived by his daughter, Donna McPherson (Charlie); grandchildren, Wesley McPherson, Amanda Simon (Steve), Stephen Harrington, Colin Harrington and Clinton McPherson; eight greatgrandchildren; sisters, Beverly Johnson and Rita Wagner; nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednes-

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grandchildren, Alex Martin, Everly Martin and baby girl Wright on the way; brothers, Ronald Becker (Marcy) and Bob Becker (Gayla); niece and nephews. Funeral service was held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Mount Zion Cemetery. Visitation was held from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. service time on Saturday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Church of Christ, 505 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 or the Mount Zion General Baptist Cemetery Fund. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

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Fourteenth Summers; Yours And Mine

D M B C P Madeleine, I am wondering how you will look back at your fourteenth summer. This is a year unlike any other in history, despite one’s age. I did not realize at the time, how simple my teenage summers were. Of course, you have a lot of common sense and the ability to see “the big picture� in almost all things. Picture American Graffiti or Happy Days to see what America was like in my time. We girls walked around Cynthiana, had sleepovers, and watched the cool guys with “DA� haircuts and pegged jeans drive around in hot cars. These guys are old men now, some with arthritis, sitting in their lawn chairs, watching this generation pass by. Our group of girls spent many hot summer afternoons, smeared with oil, “Laying Out� as we called sear-

ing our young skins in search of the perfect tan. Nobody worried about melanoma in 50 years or so. That was way off in the future. We drank cokes out of those real little bottles and ate Hesmer’s potato chips. Gasoline was 25 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread was 20 cents, and the average yearly wage was 5k. A new car could be had for 2,500, and movie tickets were $1. Both Hawaii and Alaska became states. We paid little attention to Fidel Castro coming to power in Cuba. Little girls were thrilled to get their first Barbie Doll. The Soviet Union sent two monkeys into space. NASA launched Pioneer Four, the first American spacecraft to leave the orbit of the Earth. The Vanguard Two was the first successful weather satellite. The Soviet Union crashes the Luna Two spacecraft on the surface of the moon. It was the first manmade item to reach the moon. Award-winning movie Ben Hur

was the most expensive movie of that time with an amazing 15.9 million spent. Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone reached television screens, launching the careers of Ron Howard, Dennis Hopper, Robert Redford and William Shatner. NASA introduced the Mercury Seven Astronauts, who became the most famous men in our early space program. The first known death from HIV was in the Congo. The chartered plane, carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens goes down in an Iowa snowstorm, killing all aboard. Bonanza premieres on NBC, the first program in color. Simon Cowell was born on October 7. Xerox launches the first commercial copier and IBM shipped the transistor - based Mainframe. So, yes, my fourteenth summer and the remainder of 1959 seems pretty laid-back, but important. I am sure there were many other events I

left out. I believe that the main reason we did not have distressing recollections of this time is the absence of the internet. Everyone from young folks to bored old ladies did not have the opportunity to voice “opinions� about any of those historical happenings. You don’t need my help to imagine how it could have been. We had our share of “gossips� in our little town, but nothing as totally wrong and widespread as today’s falsehoods. Just imagine how any of the events I just chronicled here would have been repeated and criticized on Facebook. Now, does everyone get the picture? Lots of great things were accomplished quietly and quickly without interference from folks who know nothing about any of it. People who cannot even use correct grammar have suddenly become “self-appointed� experts on everything. So, no, it isn’t the media who have caused so much trouble. It is

everyday people who suddenly have a voice to the world. It doesn’t matter about truth or common sense. This isn’t a necessity for all too many. I shudder when I think of all the things that might never have happened. We might still have only 48 states, and new technology might have stayed on the back burner for years. Superstition would convince dozens that landing earthy objects on the moon would knock it off into space and leave Earth to burn up. Departing President Eisenhower would probably be called a doddering old man with a frumpy wife. Never mind that he was the General who led D-Day, and our soldiers to defeat Germany and Hitler. Instead of sending out endless messages of stupidity and hate, he made our interstate system a reality. So, Madeleine, I wish you could have more memories from your fourteenth summer to be proud of. There is much to be learned from studying the differences from 1959 and now.

Birthdays July 21 - Erin Renshaw Walker, Marilyn Huck Becher, Deonna Homan, Denise Simkins, Beth Wildeman, Robert VanLaningham, Joan Kolodziej, Anthony Page, Beckett Smith, Dawson Spilman, Nickolas Postletheweight, Bob Ward July 22 - Lilian Nelson, Mary Weinzapfel, Janis Blackburn, Christopher Cullum, Chloe E. Evans, Lauren Breeze, Zoey Richelle Gray, Megan Niehaus, Kent Byrn, Allen Robison, Mike York July 23 - Jane Spradley, Megan Cullum, Julie Butler, Mackenzie Mills, Kenny Robb, Sharon Wa-

ters Crayner, Marti Maddix, Merle Tipett July 24 - Amanda Deig, Emily Patton, Janelle Blaizer, John Peerman, Ron Winiger, Rachel Rogge, Irvin Reynolds, Barry Siegel, Mellody Arrietta, Cookie Bradford, John Bradford, Kara Schmitt, Drew Golba, Marti Maddix July 25 - Molly Oerman, John G. Wilkinson, Justin Conyers, Matthew Creek, Cameron L. Ambrose, Bill Kohlmeyer, Elora Amy Bowers, Paul Allison, Brenda Butman, Chloe McFarland, Ben Reinitz, Isaac Eisterhold, Je Saltzman,

Jerry Uhde, Dorislee Waters, July 26 - Christie Wilson, Michael Austin, Kayla EďŹƒnger, Bert DeFur, Gary Trammel July 27 - Rachel Ann Stolz, Kim Watson, Logan Scott Harris, Gavin D. McCord, Alma Ruth Kincheloe, Audrea Gentry, Lucas S. Schelhorn, Randolph Lange, Ronald Lange, Chelsie Paine, Mackenzie Stratton,Rachel Ann Cooper, John Pierce If you have a name to be included, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631, or email: news@ poseycountynews.com

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Robert Wayne Clark

Robert Wayne Clark, Sr., 70, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 19, 2020. He was born March 7, 1950 in Mount Vernon, Ind., to the late Wilfred and Alvenia (Baker) Clark. Bob was a graduate of Mount Vernon High School and had been a machinist at Mount Vernon Screw Products. In his younger days, he enjoyed playing softball. Bob was a fan of horse racing and betting on the ponies with his nephew, Willie J. He was also fond of going to yard sales and singing karaoke. Bob really enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. He will be truly missed. He was preceded in death by his sister, Nadine Triggs; brothers, Donald Clark and Edward Winston Clark; and son-in-law, Danny Hobbs.

He is survived by his sons, Bobby and Sean Clark; daughters, Kimberly Miller, Tracy Reese (Jim), Ginger Roe (Jonathan) and Gina Hausmann (Keith); grandchildren, Alexa Hale, Hunter Reese, Nicole Reese, Keegan Clark, Katie Clark, Morgan Clark, Chance Clark, Robbie Clark, Emma Mitchell, Kierstin Young, Taylor Young, Whitney Young, Drake Young, Madison Ellard and Destiny Peak; nine greatgrandchildren; brother, Wilfred Clark; sisters, Dorothy Weiss, Norma Healy (Bob), Sharon Utley (Tom), Susie Blythe, Sandra Nussel, Janice Eads and Kathy Nobles. Funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m., service

Goodwin; sisters, Mary Cooney, Julia Becker, Jenny Hogan. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Walter McRoy, Marvin Goodwin, Johnny Goodwin; and sister Frances Walker. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m. on July 22, 2020 at Black’s Cemetery. A walk-through visitation will take place at Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon from 11 a.m. to 12 noon with no congregating. Due to the current national crisis the family is asking that masks

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racing (favorite driver Carson Short). One of her favorite shows was Law and Order SVU and her favorite restaurant was Salsarita’s. Surviving are her husband: Jeremy Michael Rager; son: Ben Lucot of Wadesville, Indiana; daughters: Skyy Shaw of Wadesville, Indiana and Hallie Morris of Evansville, Indiana; brother: Brendan Shaw (Logan Bolton) of Evansville, Indiana and a sister: Jessica Thomas (Lawrence Thomas) of Mechanicsville, Maryland. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Poseyville Cemetery. Pastor Mike Pfohl oďŹƒciating. Visitation will be 9-10 a.m., Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at the funeral home. Due to the national health

GAF participated in the Feed the Future program the week of July 13-17. Various employees from all departments helped prepare, sort and deliver to kids in Mount Vernon. GAF prepared 1,171 meals for the week. Pictured: Todd Holtzclaw from the GAF Still Yard department ďŹ lls bags while Brian Jones, Mod Bit supervisor, helps in the background. Photo submitted

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time on Thursday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of owers, memorial contributions may be made to Schneider Funeral Home to defray funeral expenses. Condolences may be made online at www. schneiderfuneralhome.com.

be worn, and social distancing be maintained. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Natasha Marie Rager Natasha Marie Rager, 32, of Wadesville, Indiana, born to John and Michelle (Moulton) Shaw on May 27, 1988, in Washington, Pennsylvania, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020, at Deaconess Hospital Midtown in Evansville, Indiana. She was a wedding planner; helped with the North Posey Prom Fundraiser and was a big supporter of the Humane Societies (especially the Posey County Humane Society). She also supported Veterans and food pantries. She loved helping people and HER 2017 Ford F250 truck. She belonged to the group Women of Chronic Pain on Facebook. Her hobbies were making decals, shirts, koozies and hats with her cricket. She enjoyed cats (especially her cat “Dashâ€?), ďŹ shing, reading, writing, trips to the Bahamas and Sprint Car

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Amy E. Ewer Amy E. Goodwin Ewer of Hartford City, Ind., passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020. She was born on July 28, 1953 the daughter of John W. and Bessie E. (Willingham) Goodwin. Amy loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them playing games. She was a connoisseur of literature and a natural at making people laugh. Everyone who knew her loved her. She is survived by her daughter, Tara Ewer; granddaughter, Chloe Pedigo; brothers, David Goodwin, Clint Goodwin, Jimmy

Cole Bourne walks down the aisle at the Mount Vernon Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony. Photo Submitted

crisis, masks are recommended and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of owers, memorial contributions may be made to: Posey County Humane Society, 6500 Leonard Road North, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Special Note: There is much news to cover. Mount Vernon Chautauqua Organization, news on interest to farmers, City Council, political editorial of the Star, Elmer Knight (mail carrier) drowns, Posey County fair, aeroplane, and many more briefs and personals. Mount Vernon Chautauqua Organization Completed - The Central school grounds will be used for this year’s entertainment. In three thousand communities across the nation, these outdoor universities bring to towns and people greater progress and inspiration. The committee chosen for the event this year is J. A. Berick, president; E. F. Bamburger, secretary; and William Schenk, treasurer. The chautauqua will extend over a period of ďŹ ve days, August 11-15. City Council - Met Monday in regular session, Mayor Zimmerman oďŹƒciating, Clem Schenk on behalf of the Standard Oil Company, was granted permission to tap a sewer at Fifth and Main Streets where the new oil station is to be erected. The foot-bridge over Mill Creek on Vine Street was reported to be in bad condition, and Engineer Anderson and Street Commissioner Barnett were instructed to make an examination of the same. Bills Allowed - Special police, July 5 - $11.25; John Newman and C. Schenk - $701.44 (for sewer pipe repairs, etc.); Southern Telephone Co. $13.45; Boyce and Williams - $5.70. The Wisdom Of Cox And Roosevelt - Editorial - Hourly, the conviction grows stronger that the democratic national convention displayed wisdom in its choice of standard bearers in this campaign. Consider the strength of James M. Cox as a Presidential candidate. Three times elected governor of Ohio - a normally republican state - he has made a record as an executive almost without parallel. The Ohio school code enacted under his administration and at his urging stands as the model for all progressive states. Other legislative action includes, the workman’s compensation law, the comprehensive budget system initiative, prison reform and a model country road system. His teammate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, has youth, magnetism, enthusiasm, and experience. Mr. Cox will be aided by Roosevelt’s personality and reputation. His record as Assistant Secretary of the Navy will appeal irresistibly to the public. He is a democrat through and through - and a staunch supporter of Woodrow Wilson. He is a powerful campaign speechmaker and his inuence on the stump will be a great asset as the two face Harding and Cooledge. Motorize The Farm - Sponsored by J. G.. Hermann, G. Keck, E. Lichtenberger, W. E. Shrode, J. Dillinger, and Mayor Zimmerman - The biggest train of motor trucks ever assembled outside of New York and Chicago auto shows will visit here on a national tour of education and will demonstrate to the farmer and grower how to more economically operate their farms. The tour is being conducted under the auspices of the Evansville Auto Dealers’ Assoc. It is a known fact that the pneumatic

tried trucks will accomplish what it takes four teams of horses to do. It takes the products from ďŹ ve acres yearly to maintain each horse, while the truck does not consume anything unless actually at work. Posey Farmers Have No Threshing Worries - The threshing worries of the Posey County farmer have been placed in oblivion. Did you ever go threshing? The old horse-drawn implements and the coal-burning engines have been replaced. Keck-Gonnerman & Co. have the solution to the harvesting of wheat by a “Separatorâ€? driven by tractor. Posey County Fair - The Posey County Fair will be held at New Harmony, August 1720. Sec. L. Wade Wilson states that the fair this year will surpass all previous ones, but not only in the exhibit of stock but in the number of pacers, trotters, and jumpers. Aeroplane Passes Over - An aeroplane belonging to the “Fearless Tinneyâ€? ying circus passed over this city yesterday afternoon and threw out many bills advertising the stunts which are to be pulled o at Evansville Sunday afternoon. There will be a parachute drop of 3,000 feet by “Fearless Tinney.â€? Baseball News - Owen Post 5 of the American Legion defeated the Reynold’s Post team of Stewartsville at that place last Sunday by the score of nine to four. Shrode, for Post 5 was in good shape, striking out 15 men and allowing seven clean hits. Overton pitched for Stewartsville. Caborn Wins - The Caborn Team defeated the Mount Vernon Athletics at that place Sunday by the score of twenty-four to nine. Starken started for the Athletics and Hall pitched for Caborn, but was retired in favor of Jourdan. Births - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Highman, Sunday, a son named Robert. New girl babies have arrived at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. L. Wiley, Mr. and Mrs. L Travers, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Cox. Theatre Party - Miss Jessamine Page entertained 25 of her young lady friends with a theatre party at the Empress last Thursday night. Following the show, the guests were served with ice cream in the form of pink roses at the Palace of Sweets. Trips And Visits - Mr. and Mrs. John Mann left Friday for Waukesha, Wis., where they intend to remain until late August. Je Davis transacted business in the city Monday. Auctioneer Dave Redman of Center Township was a business visitor to this city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hahn and daughter, Clara, made their weekly trip to Mount Vernon Saturday night. A Threshing - A threshing was held at Mrs. W. Curtis’ Wednesday. Church Baptism - Sunday afternoon 19 were admitted to membership in the Little Mission Church of this city by being baptized in the Wabash River at Mackey’s Ferry. News Of Mount Vernon 125 Years Ago, July 21, 1895--The cornerstone of the new Zion’s (Lippe) Church in Robinson Township was laid Sunday under impressive ceremonies. Marriage Licenses - Silas Johnson and Lena Finley; John Fisher and Mae Robinson.

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Ruritan National President Linward Hedgspeth, left, recently presented a 50-year Lincolnland District Governor James Zehr, left, and Lt. Governor Beverly Tanner certificate to the Griffin Ruritan Club. He is pictured with, l to r: Charter member presents Griffin Ruritan Club Charter member Sidney Nelson with a certificate in Honor Sidney Nelson; Larry Lingafelter, 31-year member; and John Fiber, 30-year member. and Acknowledgement of 50 years of Membership, Devoted and Unselfish Service ImPhoto submitted pacting the Community and Making a Difference in the Lives of People. Photo submitted

PCCF Announces 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program details

The Posey County Community Foundation is now accepting applications online for the 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program. The scholarship is open to Indiana residents who graduate from an accredited Indiana high school by 2021, and receive their diploma no later than June 30, 2021. Details related to conditions of the award, eligibility and selection criteria are available on the Community Foundation’s website at https://www.communityfoundationalliance.org/scholarships/lilly-endowment-communityscholarship-posey/. The deadline to apply is September 4, 2020. The program provides scholarships for otherwise unreimbursed full-tuition, required fees, and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a fulltime basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any Indian a public or private nonprofit college or university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Community Foundation will nominate one student to receive the scholarship. The 2021 Posey Lilly Endowment Community Scholar will be named in mid-December 2020. The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is a statewide program administered by local community foundations throughout Indiana. The Community Foundation administers the program locally in conjunction with the Community Foundation Alliance (our governing body) and local high schools, and Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) provides statewide oversight of the program. The Lilly Endowment Inc., is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation, created in 1937 by members of the Lilly Family. In keeping with the wishes of the founding members, the Lilly Endowment exists to support the causes of education, religion and community development. Since the program was first introduced in 1998, Lil-

ly Endowment has remained steadfast in its belief that education at all levels is indispensable to the personal, civic and economic well-being of Indiana residents and communities. The scholarships are the result of a statewide Lilly Endowment initiative to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; increase awareness of the beneficial roles

Indiana community foundations can play in their communities; and encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.

Stifel’s Bryan Ruder earns three professional designations Stifel is pleased to announce that Bryan Ruder, Associate Vice President/Investments in the firm’s Evansville, Indiana, Private Client Group office, has earned the Accredited Wealth Management AdvisorSM (AWMA®), Chartered Retirement Planning CounselorSM (CRPC®), and Master Planner Advanced StudiesSM (MPAS®) designations. To earn these designations, Ruder completed coursework encompassing wealth planning strategies, investment-related content, equity-based compensation plans, tax mitigation alternatives, and asset management alternatives. His training included research-based coursework and real-world case studies. Ruder began his investment industry career in 2013 and joined Stifel in 2015. In addition to his three new designations, he holds the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) certification, as well as the Accredited Asset Management SpecialistSM (AAMS®) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designations. He holds Series 7, 9 and 10, and 66 securities licenses, as well as life, health, and variable insurance licenses (including annuities). He earned a Master

of Science in the Personal Financial Planning program from the College for Financial Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish with an Economics Minor from Hanover College. Active in the community, Ruder is a past president of the Green River Kiwanis and serves on the board of directors of the Ark Crisis Child Care Center and the Student Financial Aid Association. Bryan Ruder A former collegiate assistant soccer coach, he volunteers with the Bosse High School soccer program. Stifel’s Evansville office is located at 3000 East Morgan Avenue, Suite A, and can be reached by calling 812-4759353.

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Washington native Ryan Hilderbrand in new priest here but what they want to do. As they say, forcing my ideas on them is like trying to get a pig to sing,” the affable cleric said with a playful grin. Attesting to his sense of humor, socks with a colorful image of staid Bishop Fulton J. Sheen peeked out from under his crossed pant leg. “Sock Religious is the website for socks like this, mine were a gift,” he told me, as we laughed at the pun on ‘sacriligeous.’ Father Hilderbrand hails from Washington, Indiana and was graduated from Washington Catholic School in 2001. Originally wanting to be an engineer, he realized he wasn’t that good at math. He attended a retreat in high school that inspired him and led him down the path to priesthood. The diocese sent him to discern his vocation at a seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota for three years. He completed his studies at Mundelein Seminary in Chicago and spent a semester studying in Rome, which he noted “was just such a beautiful experience.” He was ordained a priest by the Bishop at Saint Benedict’s Cathedral in Evansville in 2009. “I’m a spring chicken by priest standards,” he joked, referring to the advanced age of many priests in the diocese. His first assignment was Saint Peter’s Parish consisting of Montgomery, Cannelburg, and Petersburg churches as Assistant Pastor for fourteen months. He spent a short time in Vincennes after that and then was assigned as the Assistant Pastor of Christ the King for two years. He spent seven year as Pastor at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Huntingburg. Since the congregation there has a high Hispanic population, he said mass and heard confessions in Spanish “well enough to get around.” One of the new challenges he faces with his Posey County assignment is that he has two schools to preside over. “I’ve never pastored a church with a school before, so that will be all new to me.” Fr. Hilderbrand can be watched in action from the comfort and safety of your home on Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. when he hosts a live broadcast mass from Saint Matthew Catholic Church on his Facebook page. He may be contacted at the church rectory, where he often holds office hours on Thursday, at 812-838-2535 or leave a message.

By Lois Mittino Gray Father Ryan Hilderbrand arrived as the new Pastor of Saint Matthew Catholic Church in Mount Vernon just in time to see a virtual Summer Social in action. Old-time summer socials are the highlight of the season for many parishes and are great fundraisers for the church community. In these days of COVID, the fun events aren’t possible, so the Saint Mathew’s Social Committee tried something new on July 12. The result was $27,260 raised, just a little shy of the $30,000 goal. After getting necessary permits, tickets to several contests were sold as usual, but drawings for the winners were held on the church’s Facebook Page live at 6 p.m. that Sunday. As the church bells pealed in the background, a drum of tickets was twirled by Drew Rapp and winners drawn out by Committee Members Sherri Rapp and Donett May. The big winner of $2,920 in the Half Pot Raffle was parishioner Bessie Allyn. The “Cottage Flowers” quilt was won by Sara Scarafia. Former Pastor Father Jim Sauer, now retired, had the winning ticket for the $200 Scrip Raffle. Parishioners winning bucks in the Money Raffle were: Sibyl Johnson, $1,000; Benny and Katie Hoehn, $250; John Bohleber, $150 and Susan Theodosis , $100. “This social was the perfect way to earn some money in these COVID times and I was impressed with how hard everyone worked to sell tickets and make it happen,” the new pastor remarked. “We’ve got some great people here and I am proud to be associated with them.” Father Hilderbrand arrived to begin his Pastor post at Saint Matthew on June 24. He will also serve as Pastor of Saint Philip Catholic Church and resides in the rectory there. Saint Philip plans to have its Summer Social on August 8. “Mount Vernon is a wonderful assignment with all of its residents I’ve met invested in the community. I love this town, people like that make a huge difference. I love this church building and its beautiful stained glass windows of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, too.” “Right now, I’m trying to get to know my parish and what the people are passionate about. I look around and ask how can I best bring the Gospel to the community? I want to run in that direction, but try not to press on them things I want to do,

New Pastor Father Ryan Hilderbrand relaxes on the back porch of the Saint Matthew parish office while showing of his Bishop Sheen socks. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray

Financial Focus

What Should You Do With an Inheritance? If you were to inherit a large sum of money, what would you do with it? The question may not be hypothetical, especially if you are in the millennial, Gen X or Gen Z demographic groups. That’s because the baby boomers – often referred to as the richest generation in history – are poised to transfer some $30 trillion in assets over the next few decades, according to the consulting firm Accenture. Of course, this is a “macro” figure, and everyone’s situation is different. Furthermore, since baby boomers are living longer, more active lives, the total amount passed on may end up being considerably less than the estimate. Nonetheless, you may well receive a medium-to-large inheritance someday, and when that day arrives, you’ll need to decide how best to use your newfound wealth. Your first move may be to do nothing at all. Generally speaking, you have enough time to decide how to handle the various elements of an inheritance, although if you are inheriting an investment vehicle such as an IRA or a 401(k) plan, you will eventually have to make some decisions about liquidation or withdrawals. (And since these accounts may carry tax obligations, it’s a good idea to consult with your tax advisor fairly soon after you receive your inheritance.) But if a big part of your inheritance simply consists of cash parked in a bank account, there’s nothing wrong with moving the money into a cash management account at a financial services company until you decide what to do with it. However, after some time has passed, you may want to put your inheritance to good use. If you’re already working with a financial advisor, you might want to get some guidance on how to use your new assets to strengthen your existing investment strategy. Do you have any gaps in certain areas? Can you use the money to help diversify your holdings? Diversification can’t guarantee profits or protect against all losses, but it can help reduce the impact of volatility on your portfolio. And, of course, if your inheritance is large enough, it may permit you to “max out” on your IRA for years to come, and possibly free you to have even more of your salary deferred into your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement account. Plus, you could use the money for other long-term goals, such as funding a tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan for your children. You also might use part of your inheritance to donate to the charitable organizations you support. Due to recent changes in tax laws that caused many people to stop itemizing their deductions, charitable groups are in more need of support than ever. And last, but certainly not least, take this opportunity to review your goals. Is your inheritance large enough for you to adjust your planned retirement age? And if that age may indeed change, what about your other plans for retirement? Will you now be free to travel more or pursue other hobbies? Will you even need to modify the way you invest for your new reality, possibly by taking a less aggressive approach? Again, a financial professional can help you answer these questions. Someone thought enough of you to leave you a valuable inheritance – so use it wisely. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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Church of the Nazarene 531 E. Steammill Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-3288 Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church 10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, IN 47612 812-568-8409 Faith Fellowship Church Pastor Brad Nolan 1201 W Fourth Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-568-9642

Agape Family Ministries Pastor Jim Weihrauch 5529 Industrial Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2232

First Baptist Church Pastor Joshua Hammond-Kelley 1205 N. Main Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2187

319 N. Main Street Griffin, IN 47616 812-851-3291 Harvestime Temple Pastor Mark Tabor 101 Roosevelt Drive Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-5447 Holy Angels Catholic Church 423 South Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-838-2535 House of Prayer Pastor Darryl Hargett 8012 Bald Knob Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-319-1840

First Baptist Church E. Tavern Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-3225

Immanuel United Church of Christ Reverend Douglas Turner 5812 N. Ford Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-985-3115

Bethesda General Baptist Church Pastor Stan Hoffman 1600 Savah Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-783-2474

First Christian Church 7226 Hwy 66 Wadesville, IN 47638 812-673-4278

Johnson United Methodist Church 403 Raintree New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-4648

Beyond The Walls Pastor Bryan Thompson 424 Vine Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-455-3013

First Christian Church Pastor Rick Sellers 1403 Country Club Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2855

Lighthouse Assembly of God Pastor Jason Farrar 1005 E. Tavern St. New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-3118

Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Kevin Petty 618 Main Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-4777

First Presbyterian Church Pastor Larry Langer 120 E. Sixth Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-2473

Living Word Church Pastor Dale Culbertson 716 Locust Street, Door 13 Mount Vernon, IN 47620

Apostolic Bible Church 9808 New Harmony Road Poseyville, IN. 47633 812-851-5456

Church of Christ Preacher Eric Padgett 700 Mill Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2635 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints President Bernie Gerth 736 Smith Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-0088

First United Church of Christ 10920 North Street Cynthiana, IN 47612 812-845-2776

Messiah Lutheran Church Reverend Sean Esterline 7700 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-985-2278

First United Methodist Church Pastor Christopher Millay 601 Main Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-2640

Mount Vernon Baptist Church Pastor Matthew Watson 1717 N. Main Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-4555

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Enjoying getting out in the hot and humid air on Sunday afternoon in New Harmony are Rieley Clark, Alexa Clark, Emma McKinney, and Michael Clark. Photo by Dave Pearce Black’s Chapel Pastor John Motz 1800 Highway 62 West Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-0318

Poseyville Christian Church Pastor Rocky Wrye 6 E. Main St. , Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-3411

Mount Pleasant General Baptist Church Pastor Dan Reisinger 3801 Blackford Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-483-8414

Saint John’s Episcopal Church Reverend Allen Rutherford 602 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-5445

Mount Pleasant Church of God In Christ Shepardess Regina King 812 E Third Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-5171 Mount Zion General Baptist Church 1425 Oliver Road Wadesville, IN. 47638 812-783-2337 New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church Pastor Darrick Hayden 11420 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN. 47712 812-985-5288 New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-3626 North Posey Community Church Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2028 Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165 Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-3186 Pentecostal Assembly Reverend David L. Payne 321 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 Point Church of the Nazarene Pastor Bryan Thomson 12611 Bonebank Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-5182

Saint Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-2535 Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cale Street Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2251 Saint Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66, Wadesville, IN 47638 812-985-3416 Saint Peter’s United Methodist Pastor Eric Robinson 2800 S. Saint Philips Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-985-3751 Saint Philip Catholic Church 3500 St. Philip Road South Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-985-2275 Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 318 Main Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-4604 Saint Wendel Catholic Church 10542 W Boonville New Harmony Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-963-3733 Salem Heusler United Church of Christ 11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-985-2542 South Gibson Apostolic Chapel 6144 S. 1075 W.

Owensville, IN 47665 812-729-7231 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church 10 N. St. Francis Avenue, Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2220 Stewartsville United Methodist 10060 Pumpkin Run Road Poseyville, IN 47633 812-851-5561 The Message Ministry Baptist Church Pastor Raymond Tucker Hedges Central, Room 7 Canal & Seventh Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-306-3162 Turning Point Reverend Scott Cassel 9800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-646-8050 Trinity United Church of Christ Reverend Jamie Kent 505 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-3805 Wadesville Christian Church 7226 Highway 66 Wadesville, IN 47638 812-673-4278 Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton Street Wadesville, IN 47638 812-673-4660 Welborn United Methodist Church Reverend John Adams 4999 Welborn Church Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-3222 Zion Lippe United Church of Christ Pastor Jeff Long 9000 Copperline Road East Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-985-2437

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Mount Vernon’s water towers to provide more than water By Lois Mittino Gray The impressive brand-new 200-foot water tower on Mount Vernon’s east side, located on the Keck Bypass, was filled with water and sterilized on July 15 and the red light is blinking atop it. Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray reported the good news at the July 16, meeting of the Mount Vernon Water Utility Board. The surrounding fence will be going up on July 27 and that will get it very close to being finished, he said in person at the evening meeting at the Hovey House. Three board members attended the meeting via the ZOOM app. “SCADA is scheduled to come in shortly and do the telemetry work and that will get us closer to getting it in line,” he announced. Water Committee Chairman Dana Baldwin asked him for an estimated completion date. “The final completion date is set for September 15 with the contract, but I feel it will be finished well in advance of that date,” he speculated. Gray also reported that the major water line replacement project going on at on Eighth and Wolflin Streets ran into an issue requiring

more money. A $700,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) was awarded to help the city replace the more than century old water lines under Eighth Street/Wolflin. There was a connection on Fourth Street that was not anticipated in the original OCRA grant funding, and there is a Change Order on the project in the amount of $16,315.00. Board member Rusty Levings moved the Change Order be approved and it was passed unanimously. Mount Vernon Mayor Bill Curtis brought up, under the heading of Old Business, renewal of the WATCH contract for rental of two city water towers for placing WiFi equipment. Board members have expressed concerns that the rental fee for the privilege is too low. The existing contract is for $600 for each tower. One is located near Farmersville Elementary School and the other by the former Keck Motors Building on Fourth Street, now the Mount Vernon Community Church. “After having conversations with their representatives, they are not really interested in

using the west tower anymore. They do want to continue to put their equipment on the Farmersville tower, as it serves 39 customers. The WATCH rep is willing to take an offer of $1,320 rental fee for the year to his supervisor,” Curtis explained. The present contract, for $1,200 in rental fees, is with a company called Sitco, but WATCH has bought them out. Board member Andy Hoehn asked how big of a company WATCH is and do we know much about them? Are they national? Curtis replied, “Yes, and they are bigger than Sitco.” WATCH volunteered to leave their equipment on the west tower, as it does serve the free riverfront Wi-Fi that the company provides, though the area that is does serve isn’t big. Gray was asked if that would interfere with anything by remaining on the tower. Gray replied the equipment is not interfering, though some wires are hanging that need to be removed, and it is not hurting his operation to have it there. Discussion ensued concerning COVID and the need for the Farmersville tower to be able

‘Barn’ continued from Page A1 their varying skills. Renting pairs of mules was noted in the ledgers, as they were instrumental in working the block and tackle ropes to pull up bales of hay and straw to be stored upstairs under the large self-supporting tin roof. A large pole with a winch attached was used in the construction of the barn and its roof. Woody’s Uncle, Oscar Uhde, wrote in a family history of the barn that “six pairs of mules were used for farm work. A good pair of mules cost $200. An additional pair was rented during the planting season. Grain price at the time was 35 cents per bushel of wheat.” Herman and Christine had nine children, seven boys and two girls, and milk cows were kept in the barn at that time. Woody’s mother, Katherine, one of the two girls, felt it was isolated living way out in the country out there in Upton. “That’s probably because their dad always took the boys to town, but the girls had to stay home. That’s the way it was back then,” he recalled. Woody also tells of family reunions when his grandpa still lived there. “The cow on the original weathervane on the cupola was shot full of holes used for target practice and we had many corn cob fights around the barn. We had a pile of the cobs after shelling them and by summer, they would be as hard as rocks. When you got hit by one, you knew it,” he reminisced. His mother, affectionately called Kay, taught newlywed Theresa how to make Woody’s favorite pie, an old-fashioned creamy Cherry Custard Pie. She still makes it for him to perfection after 47 years of marriage. “My grandson loves it and could eat the whole pie,” Woody laughed. The couple has three children: Katy, Matthew, and Carrie and ten grandchildren so they stay busy with family.

NPSC,’ continued from Page A1 Woody Jr., is a direct descendant of the original settlers of Mount Vernon, when it was originally named McFaddin’s Bluff. He recalls participating in the re-enactment of the city’s founding in costume at the city’s centennial celebration when he was about ten-years-old. When he was twelve, he started his farming career when his father gave him a half acre. “I raised bi-color ornamental Indian corn and sold it for 50 cents a dozen for autumn decoration.” The barn started to deteriorate badly through the years, especially the wood around the doors and Woody and Theresa made a big decision as the present owners. A few years ago, they repainted the roof for $5,000, put in new windows and lightning rods, and had the wood replaced with siding. “A friend told me I lost the barn’s historical value by putting on the siding, but I told him that if I had not done that, I would have lost the whole barn.” The refurbished red barn will be featured in a soon-to-be-published book entitled “Barns of Indiana” by artist Gwen Gutwein of Fort Wayne. Theresa and Woody have already reserved a copy of the book that features two barn paintings from all 92 counties. Gwen’s painting of the Uhde/McFadin Barn was already featured in her “Barns of Indiana” calendar, published in 2011. “She pulled up in her car one day and asked me if she could sit on the edge of the field and paint it. I had my laundry on the clothesline and she painted that in, too,” Theresa recounted with a smile. The painting is outstanding and very well done. The birthday barn sits vigil on the hill now, attesting to the family’s past, changing to accommodate the present condition, and standing sturdy ready for future families. “That barn will outlast us all,” Woody said with a shake of his head and a big smile.

‘Covid-19 precautions,’ continued from Page A1 on results depending on the facility being used. Some sites take only 24-48 hours for results, while others can take six to seven days. Curtis added the city will direct where employees are to be tested, so they can use the faster ones. While waiting, they will not lose pay, so they should not fear being tested. Other COVID-related business included going back to ZOOM meetings and new supplies to purchase with government COVID money. The Mayor continued with discussion about ZOOM meetings versus in-person meetings. If they agree to resume ZOOM meetings, they should ALL attend via ZOOM, not a hybrid of some in-person and some via ZOOM. That occurred during Common Council meetings at the Hovey House and it proved cumbersome, according to Hoehn. The board agreed to go all ZOOM meetings until further notice. The public will be informed of ways to join the ZOOM on the city’s website, in newspaper announcements, posts on the door of City Hall, and in some emails with agenda items. It was also suggested to get it out on social media. Hoehn and Dodd attended this morning’s Board of Works meeting via the ZOOM app. Curtis said he is also looking into and getting quotes on new doors for the Mayor’s and Clerk-Treasurer’s Offices. He wants to obtain bids to purchase split doors to increase distance when visitors approach. “As it is now, a person coming in stands right over our desks and it is not so safe,” he told the board. “We can use some of our COVID money on these.” In keeping with the COVID money topic, the Mayor discussed another item to be covered by the $208,000 COVID monies received. “We need a new phone system, as the city’s is very antiquated at best. Prices could range anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000, depending what we want. The system would not be totally digital, rather a hybrid, and all phones would be replaced with new ones and linked together,” he explained. Hoehn asked about an IT person to bounce that off of, as he feels in 2020 there would have to be something cheaper available. Curtis stated there is not an IT person on staff, but he would welcome recommendations. He is anticipating getting more quotes and he will get with IT specialists he knows to see what they say. Board members then asked if they could have any quotes sent to them and Curtis agreed. Hoehn remarked they need a quality system and Curtis added, “also one we can grow with as we do have money.” The timeline to install the phones may be a few weeks after all bids are considered. Curtis indicated everything for the COVID money reimbursement has to be turned in by December 30, 2020. In other board action: • Fire Chief Wes Dixon reported there were 45 calls to his de-

to service the 39 customers in that area for school students who may need to be learning from home. Baldwin questioned the school board putting out Wi-Fi for the school. City Attorney Beth Higgins replied SABIC recently made a donation to the MSD of Mount Vernon to assist in Wi-Fi. Curtis stated it is a 3-year contract, with a 10 percent increase per year. Hoehn asked if the three year contract could be made renewable each year after review. “Just in case issues arise, I would not want them to be the exclusive provider. There are too many things coming down the road with Internet to get locked for three years in this small of a deal, ” he opined. After further discussion concerning exclusivity, interference, and annual review, Hoehn moved that Curtis present to WATCH a three year maximum contract, with a 10 percent increase per year, yearly reviews to be held, and others would be permitted to also use the tower, provided their signal does not interfere with WATCH. It was seconded by Board member David Dodd and carried unanimously.

partment since the last meeting. Of this total, five were fire runs; four were car accidents; and 36 medical calls. • Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray was not present to report as he is currently participating in the IDEM intense inspection of facilities that takes place here every three years. • Street Commissioner Max Dieterle stated $380 was brought into the city coffers in special pick-ups; and 129 tons of trash was hauled to the landfill. 13 properties were mowed as a result of tall weed/grass violations. Hoehn asked if there was any wind damage from the storms the prior night. Dieterle replied, “Just a few small limbs, nothing big.” • The Street Commissioner reported he ordered a large eight foot by six foot sign, to be installed on Highway 69, near the Black Township Fire and Rescue building. Curtis added the city owns the lift station property where the sign is to be placed, and it is in a good spot as no easements or right-of-ways are needed. The sign will remind all truckers making deliveries to GAF, WSI, or CountryMark on Lower New Harmony to turn at Grant Road. The problem is that GPS navigation is leading drivers to turn early onto the Lawrence Subdivision streets that cannot bear the weight loads, ripping them up. The city has already placed smaller signs on the highway and marked the entrance to all streets with “No Trucks,” but to no avail with the persistent problem. Dieterle said the larger sign has been ordered and should be here in about a week, and his staff will install it as soon as they get it. • Under Old Business, Curtis said he has had a conversation with GAF about placing a sign at their exit gate to use Grant Street and it is now there. It indicates the direction they need to turn out of the area and drivers will also be handed written instructions when they exit. In the Mayor’s talks with GAF and CountryMark, both businesses indicated they are willing to cover the cost of the big highway sign. With that income, the city may be able to put up two or three signs. • Also under Old Business, is bid package preparation for destruction of the Tresslar Building, a deteriorating eyesore located at Fourth and Main Streets. The Mayor contacted Hodge Engineering about preparing the package. He said this firm from Evansville was used when the back wall of the building originally collapsed. They are familiar with previous environmental studies there and are familiar with historical buildings in poor condition. They have made contact with Attorney Beth Higgins and it should take them less than four weeks to complete and put bid package together. • Approved claims unanimously, but with some question about the Mount Vernon Democrat clearing out its accounts since closing. “There may be some stragglers,” Clerk-Treasurer Sitzman remarked.

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which will be reflected in town gas rates. The town also expects to receive information regarding its rate study within the next couple of weeks. Councilman Mike Baehl will be meeting with Midwestern Engineers regarding improvements to the town’s 15 year old sewer plant. The Council will discuss the possibility of adding the costs for any such necessary improvements to the current bond issue once the review of the plant has been completed. The Community Crossings Street Project is in full swing. Curbs and corners are being updated and milling should begin soon, so that all such work can be completed prior to the opening of schools this fall. Foster has been looking into a grant to pay for the rebuilding of the shelter house by the Police Department. The cost for this work is presently being researched, but the grant award date has not yet been published. Baker, Baehl, Justin Collins and Foster recently distributed $150,000 received from the COVID-19 OCRA Grant Project to 10 local businesses. These funds will be of tremendous assistance to these businesses and their 54 employees. Due to the rising Posey County Coronavirus statistics, the lobby at the town hall will remained closed. Residents are asked to use the drive thru window and to contact the Clerk with any questions or additional service requests. This policy will be reviewed on a month-to-month basis. The Council was informed by the Poseyville Kiwanis that the 2020 Autumnfest has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. It was felt that the club would not have enough help, would not be able to enforce social distancing and would not be able to keep the Community Center as clean as required by state guidelines under the circumstances. The Council supported the decision of the Kiwanis. Baker added that the Autumnfest was the main fundraiser for the Kiwanis and their vendors, and he hoped that local businesses and residents would consider increasing donations to local non-profit entities this year. The next meeting of the Council will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting, with details to be announced by the Clerk’s office.

NPSC,’ continued from Page A1 tee. The evaluation plan was provided to the Board Members for review prior to the meeting, which included eight specific changes from the District’s former plan. Camp explained that change number four was particularly of interest, as it provided for two mandatory annual reviews for all new teachers. He added that the District has the right to conduct unlimited walk throughs and observations of all new teachers. The Board hopes to approve the District’s 2020-2021 budget by October 12, 2020. A public hearing thereon is set for September 2, 2020. Camp’s office provided photographs of North Posey High School and Junior High School, as both schools have recently been powerwashed and some signs have been replaced. Oakley commented that the schools looked 100 percent better since the work had been done. Some construction is continuing, according to Camp, and the pouring of concrete still needs to be done behind the bleachers and in some areas around the school buildings. A Special Meeting of the School Board is scheduled for July 27, 2020, at 6 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Board is set for August 8, 2020, 6:30 p.m. Both meetings will be held at the District’s office in Poseyville.

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Hans Schmitz, PC Purdue Extension Educator The Invasion of Warm Season Plants As we continue to see 90-degree temperatures day after day, plant competition in the landscape changes a bit. Gone are the prevalence of the purple blooms of deadnettle and henbit. The white owers of poison hemlock on the roadsides are faded. In much of the state, dry conditions have lawns slowing growth or turning a touch brown. Our corner of the state continues to see timely rainfall, but the hot conditions still favor warmer season plants creeping into the picture. Cool season plants, which a majority of plants in this region have the genetics to be, stall in growth at temperatures higher than 86 degrees Fahrenheit. These plants enter a pseudo-dormancy in late morning, with a secondary period of potential photosynthesis for a couple of hours late in the day. The energy needed to respire consumes most of those sugars. Warm season plants, meanwhile, have no restriction on growth with re-

spect to high temperatures. Cool temperature restrictions exist on warm season plants, but we have little chance of temperatures below 50 degrees for the next month. In the lawn, while the bluegrasses and fescues turn a bit crunchy, bermudagrass starts to creep out further into yards where a little seed may have been deposited at some point. Zoysiagrass has potential to do the same, although it does not have quite the growth rate as bermudagrass. Crabgrass, likewise, becomes a big spreader during this time of year. In the ďŹ eld, corn is a warm season plant. As long as temperatures are not so hot and dry conditions such that pollen desiccates before meeting a corn silk, growth is not restricted, nor yield harmed. Soybeans are a cool season plant. Luckily, the canopy closure and transpiration from leaves can hold temperatures in the soybean canopy down, but the uppermost leaves exposed to the

most warmth will reach over the threshold and begin to ip during the early afternoon hours. Exposing the whitish-green underside of the leaf is a defense mechanism by the plant to reduce its sunlight/heat absorption, in much the same way that we can change our perception of heat by wearing lighter colors of clothing. In the landscape, a good example of diverse photosynthesis is purslane. Purslane is a somewhat common spreading weed in mulched or rock landscapes. The plant expresses a warm season photosynthetic pathway and thrives as such during warm periods. What makes purslane fun is that it can turn on and o the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) pathway, a photosyn-

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At right: Enjoying some relaxation on Sunday afternoon in New Harmony are Baylee Oldham, Lydia Houchin, Levi Houchin, Jordan Thomas, and Josh Bowman. Photo by Dave Pearce

BMV to Resume Driving Skills Exams

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) announced today it will begin appointments for driving skills exams on July 16 in select communities. The BMV began rescheduling exams in late June for anyone who had an appointment canceled due to the public health emergency. Once all customers with a previously canceled appointment have had the opportunity to reschedule, the BMV will open appointments across the state corresponding to branch time-slot availability. The first appointments will be available as early as July 16 with all branches offering appointments by July 24. “The BMV typically has driving skills exams scheduled three weeks in advance. As a result, more than 4,000 Hoosiers had Rosetta and Wendell Nealon of Tennessee relax after an exam canceled and were therefore given priority to get their finishing a walk in one of the New Harmony labyrinths exam completed before the schedule is opened to the public,” on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce BMV Commissioner Peter Lacy said. “The number of canceled exams varied by branch, which is why we will open appointments in phases.” Appointments are required for driving skills exams and must be scheduled a minimum of 48 hours and maximum of three weeks in advance. The scheduler will be updated as additional branches complete their backlog. Appointment information and expectations can be viewed on the BMV website, found here:

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USI cancels Spring 2020 Commencement Ceremonies As a result of the continued increase in attendance at risk.” in positive COVID-19 cases in Southern Spring 2020 Commencement cerIndiana, the extension of Stage 4.5 of the emonies, originally scheduled for Friday, Back on Track Indiana plan by Governor May 1 and Saturday, May 2, had initially Eric Holcomb and following extensive been postponed to August 14-16 due to consultation with local and state health the coronavirus pandemic. In-person officials, Spring 2020 Commencement ceremonies were to have been held with Exercises scheduled to take place in the face coverings required and physically Screaming Eagles Arena at the Univer- distanced in the Screaming Eagles Arena, sity of Southern Indiana have been can- which would have limited attendance to celled. graduates, a few ticketed guests per gradOwensboro father and son Joe and Phoenix Chappell “This is not the decision I hoped to uate, and a small number of USI faculty attempted to beat the neat in New Harmony on Sun- have to make. We have worked extreme- and administrators. day afternoon by taking a golf cart ride. Photo by Dave ly hard to explore a way that we could “2020 has delivered some big chalPearce celebrate our graduates,” said Dr. Ronald lenges to date, with regard to our perS. Rochon, USI President. “After review- sonal, and our nation’s health and welling the data that we are receiving for our being,” said Rochon. “The Class of 2020, county and community, and after consult- which has been challenged in ways no ing with the Indiana State Department of one could have imagined, has worked to Health, the Vanderburgh County Health come together and understands that we Saint Peter’s UMC now taking pie orders Department and our elected officials, it all must serve each other. Graduates: we Since the West Side Fall Festival was cancelled Saint became apparent that, despite our best ef- are humbled by your discipline, proud Peter’s UMC, 2800 Saint Phillips Road is taking orders forts, holding in-person Commencement of your accomplishments and excited to for pies. Cherry, blackberry, peach and apple. Large pies ceremonies would not be possible with- see what you will do next to serve your are $8, small pies are $4, these are church made and unout putting the health and safety of those family, your community, this region, our baked. Deadline is July 27, 2020. Call 812-985-3379 and leave a message. We also have fudge, peanut butter fudge, SAVE YOUR MONEY WITH divinity or dream sickle fudge. They will be available for pick-up at the church at later date. A

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nation and the world. This pandemic cannot take away your education. You have persevered despite it.” Members of the USI Class of 2020 will receive a commencement program and gifts from the USI Alumni Association via mail in the coming days. Diplomas will be mailed to all graduates who have submitted a diploma mailing address to the Registrar’s Office. Graduates may also arrange to pick up their diploma, as well as their diploma cover and any honor stoles and tassels, physically on campus. Further questions about diplomas and/ or transcripts, may be directed to registrar@usi.edu. Graduates may also contact the USI Campus Store regarding questions about regalia or refunds at bookorder@usi.edu. All information related to graduation and Commencement is also available at USI.edu/commencement. For information about the full USI Safe Return to Campus Plan, visit USI. edu/COVID-19.

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Update on MV Class of 1968 reunion We are still going to have it but if COVID-19 decides to make a second round we may have to cancel at the last minute. So for now this is the information: Happy 70th Birthday to the Class of ‘68. You are invited to a Birthday Celebration. It will be held at the American Legion on October 17, 2020 at 7 p.m. There will be a Cash Bar, Snacks and Birthday Cake. Since there is no charge, please let one of the Committee Members know if you plan on attending: Don Kleinschmidt 812-838-8477; Jenifer Harget-im1jen@yahoo.com; Dave Sharber-wobeyone@ att.net; Susan Nelson-eastwater611@yahoo.com; Donna Schlegelmilch-gidg@att.net; Waite Rowe-waiterowe@ yahoo.com; Tony Gross-Tony.gross68gmail.com; or Judy Trout-judytrout@wowway.com. You can also respond to our Facebook Post. We made it to be 70 so let’s celebrate. Hope to see you then.

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I’ve been a bicycle rider my whole life. Fifty years ago, this month I was riding my bike about six miles round trip to Bible school at Tomahawk, Kentucky. I did so for an entire week. During the week I was one of several young people who prayed the prayer to receive Christ. On Sunday morning in 90-degree July heat I put on the best clothes I owned and rode my Western Auto yellow three speed bike almost ďŹ ve miles one way over two mountain hills to Inez, Kentucky. I was a bit wet with sweat after that ride. I parked my bike in the front yard of Russell Williamson and went into First Baptist Church to make my decision for Christ public. Russell Williamson was a state hall of fame basketball coach, educator and businessman. Two years later I would be ordained beside Russell William-

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son. Later that night my parents would drive me back to church to be baptized. Since that day I’ve had the opportunities to travel the country and I’ve been all over the world. And, it just keeps getting better, all by the grace of God. He has been a lot better to me than I could ever be to him as I know I’m probably one of the most imperfect people God ever created. Still, I marvel at God’s grace, provisions and all that he allows me to do and enjoy. Here I am today, ďŹ fty years later and I don’t feel like God has ever turned his back on me or excluded me from his care. There have certainly been some bumps in the road and some rough times along the way. The way life is there are bound to be more curves and some tough terrain. It’s just life. If you think you are going to sail through life unscathed from bruises, cuts and some pain then you haven’t lived long enough to know better. Eventually you’ll

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know the journey of life is not always a smooth ride. However, I want to say I’m grateful for life and the opportunity to live life. This is a diďŹƒcult time in the world for everybody in dierent ways. Covid-19, business failures, ďŹ nancial and personal struggles exclude none of us and to some extent are inclusive of us all. Today, allow me to give thanks for my 50-year pilgrimage of faith in Christ. It’s been quite a trip. If you have not opened your heart to God’s love today in Christ please consider it. I’m not talking about joining a church or acting like some ridiculous religious people act. But, consider letting God love you today because he does and he will take you further than you can ever imagine. Contact Glenn at GMollette@aol.com. Learn more at www.glennmollette.com. Like his facebook page at www. facebook.com/glennmollette.

Letters to the Editor Rep. Kirkpatrick and Rep. Newhouse Introduce Local Journalism Sustainability Act Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bipartisan bill that helps preserve community journalistic endeavors throughout the United States. Joining Reps. Kirkpatrick and Newhouse as original cosponsors of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act are Reps. Fitzpatrick, Souzzi, Welch, R. Davis, McKinley P.E., Visclosky, Peterson, Harder, Heck, Takano, Carson, Fleischmann, Grijalva, Lynch, and Weber. Local news publications already faced ďŹ nancial diďŹƒculties before the onset of COVID-19. Now, in the wake of the severe economic consequences of the pandemic, the industry is facing further challenges to remaining sustainable. “Local Journalism is a bedrock pillar of communities across the United States,â€? said Rep. Kirkpatrick. “Unfortunately, journalistic endeavors throughout the country are facing major economic struggles that put the future of many publications in serious jeopardy. These struggles existed before COVID, but the pandemic has only made them more severe. We need to make sure these publications can sustain themselves through this crisis and beyond, and I believe the credits in this bill make signiďŹ cant progress in providing a pathway to that sustainability.â€? “Local journalists and newspapers are essential to ensuring the public remains informed,â€? said Rep. Newhouse. “Local news is crucial – particularly within our rural communities in Central Washington – and our local journalists provide in-depth perspectives that inform their readership regarding local current events. Unfortunately, due to transforming business models and changes to advertising mediums, many of our locally-owned newspapers have been struggling to make ends meet, and the pandemic has only exacerbated their situation. By providing tax credits for readers and local businesses and by empowering our local journalists, we can begin to help our newspapers remain resilient and continue to provide important information and updates to our rural communities.â€? The Local Journalism Sustainability Act oers a series of three tax-credits aimed at sustaining and providing a pathway to viability for the local journalism industry in the years to come. The ďŹ rst credit works to incentivize annual subscriptions to local papers that primarily produce content related to local news and current events, and can also be used for non-proďŹ t publications. The second credit is a ďŹ ve-year refundable credit for local newspapers to employ and adequately compensate journalists. The last of the three credits is a ďŹ ve-year non-refundable tax credit that incentivizes small-to-medium sized businesses to advertise with local newspapers, as well as local radio and television stations. The proposed credits in the Local Journalism Sustainability Act will encourage Americans to subscribe to local publications, help those publications retain and compensate journalists, and provide businesses and publications alike with much-needed advertising dollars. The legislation has gained support of several journalism and newspaper industry leaders: “As journalists are on the front lines reporting on the coronavirus crisis, as well as the public unrest on our nation’s streets following the death of George Floyd, the public’s demand for local news has never been greater. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act [...] would help ensure local news publishers survive the current crises, and that they are around to cover the next ones. We applaud Representatives Kirkpatrick and Newhouse for their leadership in helping to sustain local journalism and preventing further closings of local news publishing businesses and the growth of news deserts across the country.â€? – David Chavern, President and CEO of News Media Alliance “America’s Newspapers and its 1,500 local newspaper members are grateful to Representatives Kirkpatrick and Newhouse for this legislation that addresses the economic damage the COVID-19 pandemic has done to newspapers. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act includes measures that will not only help newspapers continue to serve as vital information ďŹ rst responders in their community, but also help local businesses recover and widen access to trusted local news sources. We urge Con-

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It is not what I have not known that has caused me the most concern, it has been those things I have known for sure that turn out to be wrong. Usually when I have had no doubt of my position on an issue it matters little if the facts belie my stance as only personal embarrassment is the result. However, as a judge, when I have cavalierly approached a problem, say the best way to legally process non-violent drug oenders, real harm may have resulted. At the least, real good that might have been done may not have been. I do not assert that I now have the answer to what is the best way

gress to pass this legislation.� – Dean Ridings, CEO of America’s Newspapers “Keeping journalists active in our communities has become the hardest task for community newspapers in this challenging era. If there is anything worse than losing journalists during a pandemic, it is losing journalists during a pandemic in an elec-

Guest Opinion: Rebecca Weber, CEO of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC] The shameful side effect of COVID-19: mindless and deliberate attacks on our way of life The side eects of the COVID-19 pandemic may have consequences well beyond the safety measures that have conďŹ ned our daily lives. The worldwide count of those who have succumbed to the coronavirus is well above the half million mark; in the U.S. alone more than 150,000 of our friends and neighbors have lost their lives to the disease. But, the unintended consequences of social-distancing, lockdowns and the restructuring of day to day living, have helped spawn disorder by those who have taken advantage of the debilitating pandemic to use it as a means of seizing control of our government and our way of life. Indeed, the killing of a wrong-doer instead of his peaceful arrest was brutal and was a cause for reform of police procedures that focus on rogue actors and allows the vast majority of good cops to do their jobs. And, eorts are well underway toward that kind of reform. In fact, President Trump wasted no time in issuing his Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities. Yet, the crowds called for mayhem-- the kind that, if left unchecked, is designed to achieve not reform but anarchy. The ďŹ rst step they propose is to defund the police. In other words, get rid of them; they get in the way of their nefarious agenda. Imagine what life would be like without police protection in a world where evil doers need not hide their intentions because they have no fear of penalties. Defund our police and you’ll quickly ďŹ nd out. In fact, we don’t have to imagine it; we simply have to read all about it in our morning newspapers. Senseless rioting has gripped the nation from sea to shining sea by rioters disguised as protestors while elected oďŹƒcials just stand by and, in some cases, actually hamper the eorts of police to quell the insurrection. Many of those participating in these acts of rampage may truly believe they are doing it for a just cause. They are easy prey for

Hope is the plan for a judge, at least one judge, to handle non-violent users of illegal substances. In fact, I seem to have transitioned from absolute certainty that the best way to save the miscreant and society was to slam a prison gate for a signiďŹ cant time to fearing I have no solution. I am still comfortable incarcerating anyone who harms others physically, police oďŹƒcers for example. But when one harms only him or herself or even engages in the sharing of substances with other consenting adults not for proďŹ t, expending signiďŹ cant public resources to prosecute and lock them up no longer strikes me as rational. While I have spent years helping to prosecute and/or judge many nonviolent oenders it was yesterday’s chance encounter with someone on the other side of the Bench that

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caused my most recent re-examination of my judicial philosophy concerning these issues. This person shared with me that he has already done several years in prison for illegal drug sales to and from acquaintances. He works full-time and helps support his children. He is still on active probation. His sentence is one I might have imposed had he come before me. Each year of prison cost taxpayers near $20,000 not considering the taxes an inmate could have paid in had he been working those years. This person I was talking with is a skillful and willing workman. Of course, many drug users often have diďŹƒculty ďŹ nding a job or showing up for work and holding on to a job. That is where a good probation system is key. Assuming society does not be-

lieve non-violent drug users should be imprisoned for life, all such offenders must be released sometime. I am acutely aware that almost all low-level non-violent drug oenders are not â€œďŹ rst timers.â€? Often parents, clergy people, police oďŹƒcers and friends have tried to help drug addicts for years before formal legal proceedings are ďŹ led. Then, many times an oender is given another chance to rehabilitate themselves, usually with generous allowances made for “backslidingâ€?. But, if the oenders are harming mainly themselves, society is only wasting taxpayer resources to “punishâ€? a repeat oender who sins again. I can attest that it is extremely frustrating to have someone who has been given repeated opportunities fall o the wagon. On the other hand, the alternative

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puppeteers who seek revolution, not reform. Why else have peaceful protests and the chants for “justiceâ€? evolved into mindless mobs hell bent on obliterating not just statues but our nation’s history? If the cause is to seek justice for black lives, why then do they target national monuments and World War II cemeteries by spraying them with the Hammer and Sickle, the symbol of totalitarian communism? Why do they deface and seek to destroy statues of historic ďŹ gures, including our most celebrated champions of black lives, Abraham Lincoln, who went to war to end slavery and the fearless abolitionist Frederick Douglass, whose monument was the ďŹ rst in the nation to honor a black American? These events are chronicled in newspaper in cities from coast to coast almost on a daily basis. But, you don’t have to read a reporter’s interpretation of events; video coverage lets you see for yourself. In one such video, a threatening mob -- including a number of white rioters -- surrounds a black police oďŹƒcer trying to indoctrinate him and ultimately dismissing him with the words, “get out of here n***.â€? You have to ask yourself, “Is it a coincidence that the rioting is occurring because some of participants may be fed up by the isolation of staying safe, thereby giving the puppeteers an opportunity to use the antsy young victims of COVID conďŹ nement as cover?â€? After all, loneliness can have mind-numbing eects. As commentator Tammy Bruce put it in a recent Washington Times article: “The rampage of violence and destruction of public property and American history is by design. If your goal is to tear down a society, you must ďŹ rst erase its identity, and to do that you wipe out its legacy and history.â€? We cannot let them succeed.

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simply kicks the can down the road and takes resources away from other more pressing public problems. Please remember I have already admitted I have no solutions. On the other hand, I think, a cost beneďŹ t analysis is not unreasonable. At least with the non-violent drug abuser I spent time with yesterday it appears to be the best answer. I do not offer this approach either as a general panacea or a prophylactic for our country’s drug pandemic. But, if we encourage some to become producers instead of consumers of public resources, the ones who are not redirected will be fewer and we will all be better o. For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com or “Like/ Followâ€? us on Facebook & Twitter at JPegRanchBooks&Knitting.

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Tending to the hummingbird feeder at the entrance of the campgrounds at HarEnjoying their group photo as North Posey High School graduates are Drew Lutz, monie State Park on Sunday afternoon is Sam Little. “Feel like” temperatures reached Cameron Tepool. Jacob Wiley, Nate Willman, and Rylee Thompson. Photo by Heather 108 degrees in Posey County on Sunday afternoon. That left few campers in the park. Allyn Photo by Dave Pearce

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Seymour named new head basketball coach at North Posey Seymour is grateful, working his dream job

By Chris Morlan Last week, at the MSD of North Posey school board meeting. Rusty Seymour was named the new boys basketball coach at North Posey. Seymour takes over for Heath Howington who accepted the head coaching position at Evansville Memorial last month. Howington coached the Vikings the past eight seasons. The last four basketball seasons, Seymour has been an assistant coach for Howington. Since Howington took over the coaching position at Memorial. Seymour has been running the Viking program like it was his own during the coaching search. The IHSAA recently allowed workouts for athletes. Being hired as the new basketball coach at North Posey, Seymour said, “It was a great feeling walking into the gym this week for workouts. To know that I have the opportunity to lead this program is a dream come true. My family and I are extremely happy and excited for what’s to come.” Jeremy Schipp and Nick Bohler will be back on the North Posey staff as assistant coaches. Seymour said, “We have a few changes obviously with the move. Coach Josh Smith will be going to Memorial as well so we have a spot or two to fill but we are working on that now and think we will have the staff together in next few weeks.” Seymour is a math teacher at the high school. He is a 2000 graduate of North Posey. After graduating at North Posey, Seymour walked-on and played basketball for coach Bruce Pearl at the University of Southern Indiana for one season in 2001. The following year, Pearl accepted the head coaching position at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Seymour transferred to Murray State University. At the end of his college career, Seymour went back to University of Southern Indiana and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. Both of Seymour’s parents were also athletes. His father got drafted by a Major League Baseball team out of high school and his mother was a state tennis champion in Georgia. His coaching career begin at North Posey an assistant freshman coach. Seymour was later promoted as the head Rusty Seymour and his family was chosen this week to freshman coach and a varsity assistant under Gary Gentil. lead the North Posey boys basketball Vikings into a new In 2008, Seymour left North Posey and accepted the head era. Pictured here are Rusty, Wife Anne Marie, and Pey- coaching job at New Harmony High School. He coached two seasons for the Rappites with 18 wins and 27 losses. ton and Ryder. Photo submitted

Seymour came back to North Posey and coached baseball in 2011 and later rejoined the basketball staff. For the last two years, Seymour has also coached the boys’ tennis team at North Posey. Matt Wadsworth and Heath Howington were the last two head coaches at North Posey. Both coaches moved on in their coaching careers with North Posey as a stepping-stone on their map. Wadsworth coached four seasons at North Posey (2008-2012) before taking the head coaching position at Whiteland High School. He coached at Whiteland for seven seasons before taking the head coaching job at Edgewood this past season. Wadsworth has the highest winning percentage to ever coach at North Posey. Howington coached eight years (2012-2020) at North Posey and has the second most wins in the programs history. Howington expressed getting the Memorial position as a “dream job”. Seymour said, “I look at this as a long-term position for me. This is not a stepping-stone job. I grew up in this community and played for North Posey and to me that’s why this position means so much. We are going to build a program from the ground up starting with the youth programs.” North Posey went 14-11 last season before losing to South Spencer in the sectional championship game in overtime. The Vikings have lost the sectional championship game twice in the last three years. North Posey has one sectional championship (1966) in the school’s history. Seymour elaborated that the Vikings will be a hard-nosed, hard-working team that focuses on shutting teams down. Defense and aggressive play will be our focus as we get these kids back in the gym. I want teams to look at North Posey on their schedule and know they are in for fight. North Posey lost six players due to graduation to include the school’s all-time leading scorer, Josiah Ricketts. Seymour said, “losing last years’ seniors is definitely a blow to this team. They played a majority of the minutes last season, but we have some young guys and returning players that are ready for the challenge. They are showing up and leaving it all on the floor. This group is excited to show what they can do. We want to promote team basketball and defense. I think when people come to the games this winter that they will see the hard work and dedication from the kids. I want to thank the school board and administration for this opportunity.”

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Luke Steinhart is named to NAB Coaches Honors Court

Special to the News Seven DePauw men’s basketball studentathletes have been recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches with selection to its Honors Court. The Tigers’ seven honorees include May graduate Luke Steinhart (Mount Vernon, Ind./Mount Vernon/communication major) as well as rising seniors Ken Decker (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point/history, political science), Nick Felke (Plymouth, Ind./Plymouth/economics), Nolan Ginther (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville/actuarial science, economics), Matthew Godfrey (Car-

mel, Ind./Guerin Catholic/economics), Josh Hall (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South/biochemistry) and Aaron Shank (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern/kinesiology). In order to be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic criteria. The qualifications are as follows: Academically a junior or senior and a varsity player. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2018-19 academic year.

Students must have matriculated at least one year at their current institution. Member of a NCAA Division I, II, III, or NAIA Division I or II institution with a NABC member coach. Founded in 1837, DePauw University is a top-ranked, 100 percent residential, private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Ind. Through its College of Liberal Arts and School of Music, DePauw provides highly personalized education in small classes, with 95 percent of its graduates employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation. DePauw is ranked fifth for

study abroad, and 80 percent of students receive academic credit for off-campus study, including internships, independent projects and service work. The university is ranked in the top 20 for both graduate salaries and internship opportunities among private institutions, eighth for Fulbright Scholars, eighth for producing top business executives, eighth for graduate salaries, and second for Teach For America employees. Our graduates have a 90 percent acceptance rate for medical school and an 80 percent acceptance rate for law school, both well above the national average.

Arena This week in the history of sports the past 40 years By Chris Morlan Below are events that took place in the history of sports during the week of July 21-27. Some of you may remember these games or stories from the past 40 years that brought you joyful memories. Some of you may have never heard of these milestones in the history of sports. Either way, there are some interesting facts that have taken place over time and reading something you never knew or heard about makes it even more interesting. July 21- (1989) Mike Tyson knocks out Carl Williams in 1:33 for the heavyweight boxing title. (1993) Angela Kennedy swims a world record 50-meter butterfly stroke in a time of 26.93 seconds. (1995) Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings. (1996) British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by two strokes against Mark McCumber and Ernie Els. Lehman is the first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier. (1996) Wayne Gretzky signs a two-year deal with the New York Rangers. (2013) British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his fifth major, by three strokes against Henrik Stenson of Sweden. July 22- (1990) British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the second of his third Open Championships by five strokes against runner-up Mark Mc-

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Nulty and Payne Stewart. (1990) 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson. (1990) 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of the United States. (1993) New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits his 200th home run. (1997) Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches. (2019) NFL Dallas Cowboys named most valuable sports team in the world worth $5 billion. New York Yankees were second at $4.6 billion. Real Madrid was third with $4.2 billion according to Forbes. July 23- (1984) Kansas City Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save. (1987) Petra Felke from East Germany throws javelin 78.89 meters for the women’s world record. (1991) Cincinnati Reds reliever Rob Dibble back from a three-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Chicago Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo. Cubs win 8-5. (1993) New York Yankee Mark Hutton is the first Australian to ever be a starting pitcher in an MLB game. Hutton was the winning pitcher and the Yankees beat the Angels 5-2. (1994) Don Mattingly becomes the sixth New York Yankee to get 2,000 hits. (1994) the longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 4-2. (1995) British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his second major title by four strokes in a four-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy. (2000) British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Tiger Woods beats Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els by eight shots to win his first Open title. Woods becomes the youngest player at 24 to win all four major titles. (2009) Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw a perfect game in MLB history by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0. (2017) British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Birkdale Golf Course: American Jordan Spieth wins by three strokes against Matt Kuchar. July 24- (1983) Pine Tar Game: George Brett’s home run disallowed due to large amount of pine tar on his bat. Yankees won 4-3. The Royals protested the game. Twenty-five days

later, American League President Lee MacPhail upheld protest and ordered game to continue from point of Brett’s home run. The Royals won 5-4. (2005) British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland’s Des Smyth. (2019) 19year old Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak breaks Michael Phelps 10-year old, 200-meter butterfly world record at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. July 25- (1990) Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle. (1992) Twenty-fifth Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain. (1997) Quarterback Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50 million dollars on a seven-year contract. (1999) Eighty-sixth Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles, but is later disqualified for drug cheating. July 26- (1984) Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single. (1987) Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. (1988) Mike Schmidt sets National League record appearing in 2,155 games at third base. (1990) United States beat Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games. (1991) Montreal Expo Mark Gardner no hits Los Angeles Dodgers for nine innings but loses in the tenth inning. (1992) Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive season. July 27- (1983) Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts. (1984) Cincinnati Red Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single against the Philadelphia Phillies. (1992) Houston Astros begin 26game road trip to make room for Republican National Convention. (1992) Japanese swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki wins the 200-meter breaststroke in Barcelona to become the youngest to win an Olympic gold medal at 14 years, 6 days. (1996) bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park. One killed, 110 injured. (1999) Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a “900”. (2012) Queen Elizabeth II opens the 30th Olympics in London.

Eagles add DI guard Hunter to roster

Special to the News University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball Coach Rick Stein announced that 5-foot-7 senior guard Ashley Hunter (Flossmoor, Illinois) is transferring from Division I Murray State University to play her final season with the Screaming Eagles in 2020-21. Hunter played in 22 games for the Racers as a junior in 2019-20, averaging 2.8 points and 1.0 rebounds per game. She led the Racers with a season-high 10 points in their season-ending loss to the University of Tennessee-Martin in March and had a season-

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high five rebounds against Cumberland University (Tennessee) last December. Prior to Murray State, Hunter spent two seasons at Morraine Valley Community College, where she finished her two-year career ranked second on the program’s alltime scoring list with 1,206 career points. Hunter, who was a twotime first-team All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference and All-Region IV honoree at MVCC, averaged 21.6 points per game as a freshman and 17.5 points per game as a sophomore. She set multiple singlegame records as a freshman, including an NJCAA record 21 field goals and MVCC

record 48 points. Hunter finished with 611 points as a freshman, ranking third most for a Cyclone in a singleseason—her 21.6 points per game ranked second-most in program history. “”We are extremely excited to have Ashley join our Screaming Eagle family here at USI,” Stein said.” Ashley is a high impact player that can make plays for herself and for her teammates. She has three years of collegiate experience under her belt, and that will definitely help our team right away. “Ashley is a proven scorer and with her athleticism, speed and quickness, she will fit well into how we like to defend,” Stein concluded.

Hunter, who graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School, joins an incoming recruiting class that includes 5-foot-10 point guard Lexi Green (Indianapolis, Indiana), 6-foot-0 guard Kena Hisle (Evansville, Indiana) and 6-foot-0 forward Meredith Raley (Haubstadt, Indiana). USI finished the 2019-20 season with an 18-9 overall record and a 14-6 mark in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The Eagles advanced to the NCAA II Tournament for the 11th time and were set to play No. 2 Ashland University in the opening round of the Midwest Regional before the COVID-19 pandemic put an end to the Eagles’ season.

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Court News and Legal Advertisements Arrests July 8 Trena Morris - New Harmony - Disorderly Conduct, Public Intoxication, Intimidation, Battery on Law Enforcement, Resisting Law Enforcement NHPD July 9 Joshua Cox - Evansville Warrant, Operating a Vehicle with a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance or its Metabolite in the Body (petition to revoke) - MVPD Gary Wiltshire - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Failure to Register as a Sex or Violent Offender - PCS David Lueder - Mount Vernon - Criminal Mischief MVPD Jeffrey Wade - Evansville - Intimidation, Criminal Trespass - PCS July 14 Joseph Gardner - Evansville - Warrant, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (failure to appear) - PCS Joshua Gollnick - Poseyville - Theft - PCS Robert Calhoun - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Driving While Suspended (failure to appear) - PCS Donald Seabeck - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Dealing in Methamphetamine (petition to revoke) - PCS Dennis Wingo - Poseyville Trespass - PCS Daniel Ludwig - Evansville Burglary, Theft, Trespass - ISP Complaints July 1 5:28 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - Request to speak to a deputy. Advised she spoke to deputy on the 28th. Advised there have been bricks that were moved from the front of her barn. Unsure if anything has been taken - SR 66, Wadesville 5:13 p.m. - Theft - Wishes to report a theft - Lynwood Avenue, New Harmony 8:11 p.m. - Citizen Dispute - Start a call for citizen dispute - East Street/Murphy Street, New Harmony 8:13 p.m. - Threatening - Observed on Facebook 3 videos of male subject stating he would burn the Posey Superior Court down at 10 p.m. He stated several times and also named other subjects as being involved. He stated that he was doing it for Instagram and that they are the government and we are the people - Third Street, Mount Vernon 8:52 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Subject is threatening caller and her household. Caller advised he is calling saying for them to meet him and they can fight - Schmidt Road, Wadesville 9:01 p.m. - Theft - Advised the same kid that has given her problems for years, got in today and stole her purse. Happened early this afternoon. Says the subject always comes and does stuff in the night - Church Street, Griffin 9:55 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Advised neighbors are cussing caller out because she told them to stop shooting fireworks because her dogs are scared of fireworks - Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon 11:41 p.m. - Suspicious - Advised there is a lot of screaming going on, possibly a party - Cougar Drive, Evansville July 2 12:21 a.m. - General Complaint - Tired of smelling alcohol, using an electric drill and it’s loud. Advised male subject is shooting female subject with heroin - College Avenue, Mount Vernon 7:25 a.m. - Theft-Automobile - Caller advised someone has taken her vehicle sometime after midnight last night. Unsure if vehicle was locked. 2013 white KIA Soul - Gum Street, Cynthiana

2:51 p.m. - Extra Patrol Caller advised for the past two days someone has been using their dumpster as a place to sleep. Request extra patrol through the night - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 5:00 p.m. - Theft - Caller is requesting to have officer meet her behind the Town Hall reference someone stealing something off her car - New Harmony 6:04 p.m. - Harassment Reference two ladies following her special-needs son - Edson Street, Mount Vernon 6:57 p.m. - Fight - Several calls for a domestic. Subject advised male had a visit and now he is trying to leave with the child - Hoehn Drive, Poseyville 7:37 p.m. - Family Fight - Third party call, son and father are arguing. Caller was on the phone with them - Second Street, Mount Vernon July 3 1:40 p.m. - Theft - Caller advised someone stole his bike while he was inside the store Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 4:39 p.m. - Harassment Advised he was fishing on the river 5:30 p.m. - Fight - Advised several people yelling that they are going to kill each other Third Street, Mount Vernon 6:10 p.m. - Threatening Advised tenant in apartment is playing loud music with door open. Caller went to tell him to turn it down and caller advised tenant got in his face and threatened caller by stating that he was going to have a midnight visitor. Caller advised they have several problems with tenant - Old Blairsville Road, Blairsville 8:11 p.m. - Theft - Advised her boyfriend would not give her phone - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon July 4 2:25 a.m. - Fight - Fight in progress in parking lot - Second Street, Mount Vernon 3:05 p.m. - Threatening - Advised male subject is harassing her - Lincoln, Mount Vernon 4:49 p.m. - Disorderly Conduct - Male subject throwing bricks at cars, blocking caller in so they can’t leave the property. Male subject is in a white car. 4:51 p.m. - Call from female subject said that they’re at a party and male and female just busted out the windows on her white Chevy vehicle. Both parties are on scene and are separated. 4:52 p.m. - Male subject called and advised other male subject threw a brick at his car. 4:53 p.m. - Property owner called, male and female busted out windows, they are in a gray vehicle. Saying people need to hurry because there are babies out there and they’re about to fight again. 4:58 p.m. - Now apparently male subject has a knife. 5:03 p.m. - Female now having a seizure. 5:05 p.m. - Female advised a female subject is having a seizure in the front yard - Nation Road, Mount Vernon 7:06 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Caller advised his daughter was at her mother’s and male subject tried to run her over with a van. 7:34 p.m. - Caller advised the male subject is on his way to pick up his daughter but before he goes there he is going to a residence to kill them - Sycamore Street, Mount Vernon 11:02 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Male subject refusing to leave the residence - Third Street, Mount Vernon 11:54 p.m. - Criminal Confinement - Advised her fiancé will not let her and the kids leave residence - Third Street, Mount Vernon July 5 12:03 a.m. - General Complaint - Advised there is a party with drugs and alcohol going on currently - Old Blairsville

Rd, Wadesville 9:30 p.m. - Harassment - Female and her children are walking and caller’s ex-husband has been following them. Caller doesn’t feel safe - Main Street, Mount Vernon July 6 10:15 a.m. - Information Report - Someone put a bag of trash in his can and someone else went through the trash and strung it all over the alley - Canal Street, Mount Vernon 10:31 a.m. - Information Report - White male holding flag, standing on RRX at the edge. Caller is concerned he will fall onto 62 and die - 62/Overpass, Mount Vernon 12:23 p.m. - Message - Reference a protective order violation and husband tearing down fence and possibly taking the dog. Is unsure about the dog as it may have run off - North Street, Cynthiana 4:44 p.m. - Theft - Advised male subject is taking off with her gray bike. Advised male subject is sitting on her property with the bike, pink rims, taking her rims off currently - Mill Street, Mount Vernon 4:54 p.m. - Information Report - Caller advised that her cousin is a medium who states that a subject has contacted her through spirit. When subject contacted the medium, she kept showing her a white car that she was put in and she was strangled and beaten. Caller states that medium says subject is telling the female subject she is dead. Subject is buried 100 feet from a lake - Posey County July 7 8:39 a.m. - Trespassing Advised her son is back at her property. Advised that he is putting stuff in the yard for a yard sale. There is not a No Trespassing order. Caller states male subject was advised he could not come back. Caller has filed theft charges against subject - Walker Street, Poseyville 12:07 p.m. - Vandalism - No information - Granary Street, New Harmony 4:32 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - Advised son broke into house and stole things approximately 45 minutes ago. Stole DVD player, movies, router, power cords to TV - Gum Street, Cynthiana 7:57 p.m. - Family Fight Caller advised his mother is at residence. She was screaming and hitting caller - Greely Street, Cynthiana 8:40 p.m. - Fight - 40-yearold male, drunk, trying to fight family - Tenth Street, Mount Vernon July 8 1:11 p.m. - Citizen Assist Elderly woman carrying suitcase and barely able to breathe. Walking toward Tile Factory Road. Barely able to stand in convenience store parking lot and now is walking. 1:30 p.m. - Call from business stating female was laying down in grass near his shop - Tile Factory/ Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 7:18 p.m. - Family Fight Female subject is intoxicated. Stomped on caller’s dog and causing problems. Advised she is spitting everywhere - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon July 9 4:31 a.m. - Domestic Violence - Fight in progress - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 7:37 a.m. - Message - Caller advised female subject stole his food stamp card last week - Mount Vernon 8:25 a.m. - Message - Caller advised her ex-daughter-in-law has been harassing caller over Facebook and making threats towards her - Magnolia Drive, Mount Vernon 4:08 p.m. - Threatening - Advised a male subject is on a motorcycle, threatened her life and her son’s life. Blue motorcycle. Advised her boyfriend made a Facebook post about caller’s

back hurting, male subject offered to rub her back - Elk Trail Drive, Evansville 7:18 p.m. - Vandalism - Privacy fence has been vandalized - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 10:52 p.m. - Theft - Caller states cell phone and fan were stolen today while he was gone—Pearl Street, Mount Vernon Traffic Violations Brooke Pate, 18, Mount Vernon, 65/55; Kyle Rust, 28, Evansville, expired plates; Remy Elizabeth, 28, Springfield, 90/70; Luke Mercer, 20, Mount Vernon, open container violation; Isaiah Pruden, 32, Boonville, 85/55; Isaiah Pruden, 32, Boonville, no insurance; Kimberly Gunter, 53, Carmi, Ill., 74/55; Elijah Schauss, 25, expired plates; Jeffrey Decamps, 19, Evansville; Christopher Mitchell, 27, expired plates; Gretchen Smock, 31, Cave In Rock, Ill., 79/55; Mary Morrow, 28, Wadesville, 77/55; Patrick Stucki, 27, Evansville; Christopher Bustle, 42, Stanford, Ky., 80/70; Herman Wonzy, 49, South Bend, driving while suspended; Josiah M. Stanfield, 25, Evansville, 80/70; Spencer Swensen, 38, Charleston, Ill., 80/70; Jimmy Richardson, 66, New Salisbur, 75/65; Tameka Howard, 27, Evansville, no insurance. Billy Cole, 61, Evansville, false/fictitious plate; Billy Cole, 61, Evansville, driving while suspended; Jamell Stewart, 38, Evansville, 80/55; Curtis Shore, 35, Evansville, expired plates; Timothy Gray, 46, Mount Vernon, violation of turn signals, color or visibility; Alisa Carr, 49, Elizabethtown, Ill., 70/55; Theron Browning, 18, Mount Vernon, 71/55; Jonathon Heern, 26, Carmi, Ill., 82/55; Shari Bryant, 41, Evansville, 70/55; Mary Pool, 40, Enfield, Ill., 70/55; Melissa Heath, 39, Ridgeway, Ill., 71/55; Choni Wheeler, 30, Poseyville, 70/55; Eric Deaton, 47, Raleigh, Ill., 69/55; Kimberly Steele, 55, Mount Vernon, 70/55; Katlynne Venecz, 25, Evansville, no valid driver’s license; Ralph

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2020-130 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 JULY 20, 2020 AT&T MOBILITY $86.78 DR FRANK H KRAUSE $1,200.00 GROVES LAW OFFICE LLP $5,443.50 LISA BAXTER HARRIS $2,317.00 SMITH & BUTTERFIELD CO $5.16 STOLL KEENON OGDEN ATTNY $808.00 JOHN JACOB WARRUM $1,626.00 WEST GROUP $648.00 WORMAN LEGAL $4,341.50 GRAND TOTAL $16,475.94 Maegen Greenwell Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

Repro Graphix 17 NW 6th Street Evansville, IN 47708 Copies of Plans and Specifications may be purchased on or after the above date at Repro Graphix, 14 N.W. 6th Street, Evansville, Indiana 47708, (812) 422-2400. If paying by check, please make checks payable to Repro Graphix. You may also order prints at www.reprographix.com. Addenda will be furnished electronically to all registered Planholders. It is mandatory that each prime contract bidder shall obtain one (1) complete set of bidding documents. If mailing is required, mailing costs shall be paid for by the contractor. The Bidder shall refer to the Instructions to Bidders, bound in the Project Manual, for additional bidding procedures and requirements. BID SECURITY: Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified check made payable to Poseyville Carnegie Public Library in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the base bid, or an acceptable bidder’s surety bond made payable to the Poseyville Carnegie Public Library in an amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid, executed by a Surety Company authorized to do business in the State of Indiana. The certified check or Bidder’s Bond shall be a guarantee that said bidder will, if the Contract is awarded to him, execute within ten(10) days from the acceptance of his proposal, a contract for the work bid upon, and furnish acceptable surety bonds as set forth in the Specifications. However, if the Contractor has not executed the Contract within the ten (10) day period or has failed to furnish acceptable surety bonds as indicated, the Owner reserves the right to award the contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, and the bid security will be forfeited. Bid Forms shall be properly and completely submitted on Contractor’s Bid for Public Bidding Form No. 96 as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts for the State of Indiana, in addition to the Bid Form included in the project manual. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening of bids. BIDDER’S QUALIFICATIONS: A Financial Statement is a required attachment to Form 96. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Pre-bid Conference will be held at 2:00 pm (local time, CDT) on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Poseyville Carnegie Public Library, 55 S. Cale Street, Poseyville, IN 47633. OWNER’S RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS: The Poseyville Carnegie Public Library reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any defects or informalities if deemed by it to be for the best interest of said Board. LAWS AND REGULATIONS Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and the minimum wage rates to be paid under the Contract. All wages on this project shall be not less than the common wage rates as determined by the members of the Common Construction Wage Committee appointed pursuant to I.C. 5-16-7. All bidders must conform with the anti-discrimination provisions of the Indiana law. Published in the Posey County News on July 21, July 28, 2020 - hspaxlp

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go, Fla., 67/55; Neal Gehring, 51, Evansville, expired plates; James Ratcliff, 22, Griffin, 75/55; Nicole Moorman, 53, Mount Vernon, 65/55; Derrick Graham, 33, Henderson, Ky., 70/55; Austin Powell, 21, Evansville, 88/70; Hannah Simpson, 24, Evansville, 78/66; Stephen Capes, 36, Mount Vernon, 60/55. Michael Ford, 31, Harvard, Ill., 64/50; Austin Zickefoose, 18, Poseyville, 70/55; Sultan Agaev, 35, Clifton, N.J., driving left of center; Shania Miller, 23, New Haven, Ill., 69/55; Lea Stierley, 53, Wadesville, 45/30; Crystal Givens, 42, Mount Vernon, license plate light; Robert McReynolds, 31, Evansville, 68/55; Lillyanna Fields, 18, Newburgh, 72/55; Aneas Dulin, 19, Evansville, 70/55; Clifford Debose, 45, Eldorado, Ill., 70/55; Katelyn Sizemore, 21, Mount Vernon, 69/55, Dylan Page, 20, Mount Vernon, 73/55; Adam Hoehn, 32, Owensville, over bag on bonus county antlerless deer; Carla Newton, 62, Poseyville, 72/55; Kendra Banks, 29, Evansville, 72/55; Daniel Garrett, 29, Elberfeld, Ill., expired plates; Callia Phelps, 18, Evansville, 70/55. Guillermo Chavez, 61, Bakersfield, Calif., 66/55; Jariko Leathers, 24, Mount Vernon, learners permit violation; Cheryl Ingle, 62, Mount Vernon, expired plate; Brandon Turner, 21, Evansville, 71/55; Bradley Wood, 40, Junction, Ill., 73/55; Jean Large, 43, Carmi, Ill., 74/55.

2020-131 Poseyville Carnegie Public Library ADVERTISEMENT Document 000100 Platform Lift TO July 2020 Poseyville, Indiana BID Project No. 2019038.00 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION Poseyville Carnegie Public Library Platform Lift 55 S. Cale Street Poseyville, IN 47633 The work is to be constructed according to Plans and Specifications prepared by VPS Architecture, 528 Main Street, Suite 400, Evansville, Indiana 47708 (812) 423-7729. DESCRIPTION OF WORK Notice is hereby given that Poseyville Carnegie Public Library will receive sealed bid proposals until 2:00P.M., local time, August 10, 2020, and not thereafter, at the Main Desk of the Library, 55 S. Cale Street, Poseyville, IN 47633, for the furnishing of all materials and labor for Poseyville Carnegie Public Library Platform Lift. Bids will be opened and read publicly. The project will be bid as a single prime contract. TIME OF COMPLETION: Substantial completion: October 30, 2020. EXAMINATION AND PROCUREMENT OF DOCUMENTS: The Plans and Specifications may be examined at the following: BX Indiana Builders Exchange of Kentucky 1028 Shelby Street 2300 Meadow Drive Indianapolis, IN 46203 Louisville, KY 40208

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2020-126 CountryMark Refining and Logistics, LLC, 1200 Refinery Road, Mount Vernon, Indiana for our Riverview facility located at 500 Old Highway 69 South, Mount Vernon, Indiana is submitting a Notice of Intent to notify the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of our intent to comply with the requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) under 327 IAC 15-6 to discharge storm water exposed to industrial activities. Discharge will be to the Ohio River. Any person wishing further information about the discharge may contact David Hertzing at David. Hertzing@Countrymark.com . The decision to issue coverage under this NPDES general permit for this discharge is appealable as per IC 13-15-6. Any person who wants to be informed of IDEM’s decision regarding granting or denying coverage to this facility under this NPDES permit, and who wants to be informed of procedures to appeal the decision, may contact IDEM’s offices at OWQWWPER@idem.IN.gov to be placed on a mailing list to receive notification of IDEM’s decision. Published in the Posey County News on July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

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COUNTY OF POSEY IN RE THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA F. ROBBINS, Deceased

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CAUSE NO. 65C01-2007-EU-000042

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Charles Lucas York was on the 6th day of July, 2020, appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia F. Robbins deceases, who died on the 19th day of June, 2020. All persons having claims against said estate, whether or not now due, must file the claims in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this on 9th day of July, 2020 Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Donna Curtis Deputy Steven T. Charles, #30562-82 Attorney for Personal Representative 2801 Lincoln Ave. Evansville, IN 47714 (812) 476-2762 Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on July 2, 2020, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company and Indiana Gas Company, Inc., both d/b/a Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc., a CenterPoint Energy Company (“Vectren”) filed a petition with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (the “Commission”) for approval of an Alternative Regulatory Plan (“ARP”), pursuant to Ind. Code § 8-1-2.5 (the “AUR Statute”), related to any requirement under 170 IAC 5-1-9.1(f) that rejected groups of meters shall be replaced within the next calendar year. The petition will be considered by the Commission as part of Cause No. 45401. Richard C. Leger Vice President, Regional Operations VECTREN, A CENTERPOINT ENERGY COMPANY Published in the Posey County News on July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION CAUSE NO. 65C01-2007-EU-000043 IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TRUMAN EDWARD MORTON, DECEASED Notice is hereby given that ANITA GAIL MORTON was, on July 7, 2020, appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of TRUMAN EDWARD MORTON, Deceased, who died intestate on April 1, 2020, and was authorized to proceed with the administration of said decedent’s estate without Court supervision. All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED at Mount Vernon, Indiana on 7/8/2020. KAY KILGORE, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana By: Donna Curtis Deputy JOHN P. BROADHEAD Attorney for Personal Representative Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC One Main Street, Suite 201 Evansville, IN 47708-1473 Ph: 812-452-3510 Fax: 812-421-4936 Email: john.boradhead@skofirm.com Published in the Posey County News on July 21, July 28, 2020 - hspaxlp

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MSD of North Posey County NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT In accordance to IC 20-26-5-4.3, a public meeting will be held to discuss the proposed contract of the superintendent. Public comments may be heard regarding the contract at this time. July 27, 2020, 6:00 p.m. Board Room; Office of Superintendent 101 N Church St, Poseyville, IN 47633 Summary of the Proposed Interim Associate Superintendent Contract Terms of Contract 7 Months Salary $108,000.00 Daily Rate $450.00 Stipend $3,000.00 Payable within 60 days upon both obtaining superintendent’s license and completing doctorate program Moving Stipend $4,500.00 Payable If/When Moves into & Resides in MSD of North Posey School District Health Insurance Contribution 100% Minus $1.00 Life Insurance $175,000.00 Policy 401a Contribution $2,500.00/year Contribution to HSA Same Contribution Approved For All Eligible Employees (in 2021 $1,500/HDHP Family) Cell Phone Allowance $600.00/year Automobile Allowance $200.00/month Mileage Allowance Reimburse Up to 500 miles per month At Current Corporation Rate Vacation Days 15 Leave Days 16 Summary of the Proposed Superintendent Contract Terms of Contract 28 Months (March 1, 2021 – June 30, 2023) Salary $108,000.00 Contract Days (July-June) 240 Daily Rate $450.00 Stipend $500.00 Payable Each Year of Contract, Starting July 2021 Pay Increase $2,000.00 to Base Salary Each Year Stipend $3,000.00 Payable within 60 days upon both obtaining (Only if Not Paid in IAS Contract) superintendent’s license and completing doctorate program Moving Stipend $4,500.00 Payable If/When Moves into &Resides in (Only if Not Paid in IAS Contract) MSD of North Posey School District Life Insurance $175,000.00 Policy 401a Contribution $2,500.00/year Contribution to HSA Same Contribution Approved For All Eligible Employees (in 2021 $1,500/HDHP Family) Cell Phone Allowance $600.00/year Automobile Allowance $200.00/month Mileage Allowance Reimburse Up to 500 miles per month At Current Corporation Rate Vacation Days 15 Leave Days 16 Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Posey County Area Plan Commission of a public hearing to be held at 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at The Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Upon the following Special Use application, the Board of Zoning Appeals will at that time hear objections thereto: SPECIAL USE: DOCKET NO: 20-09-SU-BZA APPLICANT: WJ Enterprises, LLC OWNER: WJ Enterprises, LLC PREMISES: The East half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 13 West. Also, the East Half of the West Half of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Black Township, Posey County, Indiana, containing 15 acres, more or less. More commonly known as 1601 Mackey Ferry Road East, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. (Complete legal description is on file at the Posey County Area Plan Commission Office). NATURE OF CASE: Applicant requests a Special Use for a mobile batch plant to manufacture concrete in an M-2 (Manufacturing Medium/Heavy) Zoning District Section 153.105 (B) (10) and 153.172 (B) (30) Use Unit 27 - Heavy Manufacturing and Industry of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mt. Vernon, Town of Cynthiana, Town of Poseyville and Unincorporated Posey County. POSEY COUNTY AREA PLAN COMMISSION BY MINDY BOURNE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Published in the Posey County News on July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-120 MOUNT VERNON BUILDING COMMISSIONER Sherry Willis 520 MAIN STREET MT. VERNON, IN 47620 812-838-5576 ORDER ORDER MADE PURSUANT TO I.C. 36-7-9 AND MT. VERNON CODE OF ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 150 Owners: Stephen Cox REGARDING: Lot Number One Hundred Eighteen (118), in Section “D” in Charles E. Lawrence Subdivision to the city of Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Also, beginning at the southwest corner of Lot Number 118 of Section “D” in the Charles E. Lawrence Subdivision in Section Six (6), Township Seven (7) South, Range Thirteen (13) West: thence from said beginning point S 89 40’ W, a distance of 55.58 feet to a point; thence N 49 49’ 30” W, a distance of 154.87 feet to a point; thence N 89 38’ 30” E, a distance of 173.83 feet to a point, which point is the northwest corner of said lot number 118; thence S 0 03’ E, a distance of 99.37 feet to the place of beginning, containing 0.262 (262/1000) of an acre, more or less. ALSO more commonly known as 441 Lawrence Drive, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620 ACTION REQUIRED Demolish swimming pool , remove side walls and floor of concrete type materials and completely fill opening with dirt to comply with the standards established by Mt. Vernon Code Ordinance Chapter 150. TIME LIMIT The above required action shall be accomplished within thirty (30) days after service of this order. HEARING A hearing regarding the terms of this order will be conducted at 10:00 AM, in the Council Chambers in the City Building, 520 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana on August 13, 2020. At that hearing you have a right to: 1. Appear with or without counsel 2. Present evidence 3. Cross examine witnesses 4. Present arguments relative to this order FAILURE TO COMPLY Failure to comply with this order may result in the enforcement authority, through the Board of Public Works and Safety completing the required work or accepting bids to have the work performed. Pursuant to I.C. 36-7-9, you will be held financially responsible for the costs of the work and related costs set out by the Statute, and Judgment may be entered against you for the costs. In addition, these costs may be certified to the Posey County Auditor for collection w/property taxes. Such a judgment could constitute a lien against real estate and personal judgments are enforced. In addition, willful non-compliance could result in the imposition of a civil penalty from $0 to $5,000. DUTY TO NOTIFY OF TRANSFER Noncompliance with order following notice-liability for failure to give notice as to judgment against government entity. A person or entity who has been issued and has received notice of an order relative to unsafe premises and has not complied with that order: 1. Must supply full information regarding the order to a person who takes or agrees to take a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises before transferring or agreeing to transfer that interest; and 2. Must within five (5) days after transferring or agreeing to transfer a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises; and A. The full name and telephone number of the person taking a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises; and B. The legal instrument under which the transfer of agreement to transfer the substantial property interest is accomplished. I.C. 36-7-9-27. The Unsafe Building Enforcement Authority acting as the enforcement authority in this matter, can be contacted at (812)838-5576. Dated this 17th day of July, 2020 This instrument was prepared by: Indiana Code 36-2-11-15(d) Sherry Willis I affirm under the penalties of City of Mount Vernon, IN perjury that I have taken reasonable Unsafe Building Enforcement Authority care to redact each Social Security 520 Main Street number in this document, unless Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620 required by law. Telephone: (812) 838 – 5576 Sherry Willis, Unsafe Building Enforcement Authority 520 Main Street Mt.Vernon, Indiana 47620 Published in the Posey County News on July 21, July 28, August 4, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-115 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY IN RE CHANGE OF

) ) SS: IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT ) ) CAUSE NO. 65C01-2006-MI-000189 )

Petitioner NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Kristan Reynolds, whose mailing address is: 1231 E Second Street, Mt. Vernon IN 47620, Posey County, Indiana hereby gives notice that she/he filed a petition in the Posey Circuit Court requesting that his/her name be changed to Kristan Mourer. Notice is further given that hearing will be held on said Petition on the 31st day of August, 2020 at 8:00 o’clock am. Date 6/29/2020 Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Kim Cross Published in the Posey County News on July 7, July 14, July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-110 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY IN RE CHANGE OF NAME OF MINOR ASHER EUGENE DWIGHT CAIN

) ) SS: IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT ) ) CAUSE NO. 65C01-2006-MI-186 )

Petitioner Hayleigh Hatch NOTICE OF HEARING Notice is hereby given that Petitioner HAYLEIGH HATCH, pro se, filed a Verified Petition for Change of Name of Minor to change the name of minor child from Asher Eugene Dwight Cain to Asher Michael Hatch. The petition is scheduled for hearing in the Posey Circuit Court on August 31, 2020, at 8:30 o’clock a.m. which is more than thirty (30) days after the third notice of publication. Any person has the right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections on or before the hearing date. The parties shall report to Posey Circuit Court Date: 06-24-2020 Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Jaime Simpson Deputy Clerk Published in the Posey County News on July 7, July 14, July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-124 PUBLIC NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING The Posey County Regional Sewer District previously announced their intention to conduct an in-person public hearing to inform residents of Wadesville and Blairsville about the proposed Sanitary Sewer Improvement project. Unfortunately, Covid-19 setbacks have prohibited the District from being able to conduct this meeting at South Terrace Elementary School as had been originally planned. Instead, the District will hold a virtual Zoom public hearing on July 28, 2020 at 6:00 P.M. (local time). To participate, interested persons can connect to the meeting via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8979 2043145?pwd=TGdKWWNzbFduRDFhUWRseGcvelF0QT09 or by calling into the conference number 1 312 626 6799 entering meeting ID 897 9204 3145 then entering passcode 445769 or view live streaming at https://www.facebook.com/ PoseyCountyRSD/ . Many questions were answered at the March 26 informational meeting, but the District wishes to provide interested parties an opportunity to learn more and express their views on the proposed project. Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact Cheryl Reich at 812.838.1328 not later than July 24, 2020. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons. A Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) has been approved for this project by the Indiana Finance Authority and will be available for review as of July 14, 2020 at the District’s website at https://www.facebook.com/PoseyCountyRSD/. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments regarding the project either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to Cheryl Reich, Posey County Regional Sewer District, 100 Vista Drive, Mt. Vernon, Indiana 47620 or by email to Cheryl.Reich@PoseyCountyIN.gov no later than July 24, 2020 in order to ensure placement of such comments in the official record of the public hearing proceedings. Comments will be received and considered part of the proceedings until August 4, 2020. The Wadesville-Blairsville project will be funded by the SRF program. Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 21, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-118 STATE OF INDIANA IN THE POSEY SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF POSEY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF Casey L. Pullen Petitioner And Angela Dawn Pullen Respondent

CAUSE NO. 65D01-2006-DN-000156

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION You are hereby notified that on the 6th day of June, 2020, Casey L. Pullen, filed a petition for Dissolution of Marriage, captioned, IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF Casey L. Pullen AND Angela D. Pullen, in the Posey Superior Court under cause number 65D01-2006-DR-000156. The petition requests that: A hearing has been set on this matter for the 11th day of August, 2020, at 1:00 o’clock p.m. in the Posey Superior Court, 126 E. Third St., Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. Unless you, or your attorney, appear or otherwise controvert the allegations at, or prior to, the final hearing, the relief requested in the Petition may be granted in your absence. Dated July 8, 2020 Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Sheryl Seifert Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 21, July 28, 2020 - hspaxlp

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Now Hiring The Posey County Commissioners are now accepting resumes for the position of full-time custodian for The Posey County Government buildings. This position will work Monday through Friday with hours to be determined. Please submit all resumes via mail or in person to:

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The windows of my soul I throw open to the son... Repairs have begun on the stained glass windows at Johnson United Methodist Church in New Harmony. The window at left was just recently re-installed as the window pictured on the right has been removed and the parishioners are awaiting its return. Photos submitted

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