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Indiana’s state-wide amended mask mandate in place Posey residents, elected officials, question governor’s Executive Order penalty

By Dave Pearce An email sent by Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham to county employees and office heads on Friday made the rounds of local television stations and social media.

Upon hearing that Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb had issued an Executive Order that all Indiana residents must wear face masks beginning on Monday or face a Class B Misdemeanor and/or a fine, Latham issued the email.

In the email, Latham indicated that his deputies would not be enforcing the executive mandate handed down by the governor because the legislative branch, not the

executive branch, is charged with making laws. Latham said the governor’s mandating masks with a misdemeanor penalty for violation would be unconstitutional.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill echoed a similar opinion to the Executive Order and indicated that a special session of the Indianan law-making body would be required before any such penalty could be imposed.

Late last week, the governor amended the executive order to eliminate the portion of the Executive Order that indicated that violation of the order would come with a penalty.

A clarification of Latham’s stance was

posted on The Posey County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page following the amended mandate.

“After the dust has, somewhat, settled from the latest discussion pertaining to Governor Holcomb’s order, I wanted to clear some fuzzy points,” Latham said in the post.

“What had been posted was an internal county-wide email I sent, due to phone calls I had received in what was going to be Governor Holcomb’s order, and if people would be going to jail for any violations. It was not a public distribution intention.”

This was not intended to bring Governor Holcomb any discredit or disrespect. I have

been privileged to speak with Governor Holcomb on several occasions, and there’s no doubt in my mind he has the public’s best interest in mind, trying to make the best decisions for our health and economics,” Latham continued.

Here’s the reason I made the statement, which has no reflection as to whether one should or should not wear a mask. I instructed deputies not to make any arrests based on the original order because ultimately it would have been a false arrest. If that had been the case, the potential of civil

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Body found in Ohio River identified Special to the News Workers at the office of Posey County Coroner Bill Dennning have been able to identify the body of a woman, “Jane Doe” who was recovered in the Ohio River on February 10, 2020.

DNA samples were taken from Jane Doe and sent to the Indiana State Police Lab and they received a hit on those results.

The woman has been identified as 54-year-old Wilma Jean Crawford of Henderson, Ky. The iden-

tification was also confirmed through fingerprints by Indiana State Police Lab Technician Mallory Webb confirming Jane Doe was Crawford. Family has been notified and they are preparing to lay Crawford to rest.

“Through the cooperation of several agencies and local media we have been able to successfully get her identified and give her family a chance to give her a proper burial. My personal thanks to all those people that helped in any way to make this possible,” shared Denning.

Posey cemetery care is questioned

By Dave Pearce The condition of Posey County cemeteries, several specifically in Marrs Township, became a topic of discussion during the Posey County Council’s Tuesday meeting this week.

However, it seems the hands of both the Posey County Commissioners and the Posey County Council are tied at this point as Marrs Township Trustee Kristina Seifert, who oversees the care of the Marrs Township cemeteries, does not answer to local officials.

Posey County Councilman Tom Schneider brought up the alleged problem and told those in attendance, “This is really a hot button for some families out there.”

Posey County Commissioner Carl Schmitz was on hand and was asked to elaborate on the matter and he

indicated the Marrs cemetery issue has a long history within the County.

Schmitz indicated that the commissioners have been at odds with Seifert over the cemetery issue for nearly six years. He said that Seifert has appeared before the Commissioners and has asked them to take over the care of the cemeteries. Schmitz indicated it is the Trustee’s decision and responsibility as to how often the cemeteries are mowed.

Councilman Aaron Wilson asked if the Council had the authority to hold the trustee accountable from the financial end of things. However, County Auditor Meagan Greenwell indicated that the Council could request

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MSDMV Aug. 7 start date confirmed

By Lois Mittino Gray Mount Vernon School Superintendent Matt Thompson told the school board at its July 20, meeting that he is not considering pushing the date for the first day of school back later into August, as was done recently by the Evansville school district. The first day of school for the MSD of Mount Vernon is still set for August 7 at this time.

“We will continue to be in communication with the county health department, especially if there is a large spike in COVID numbers, but our plan is in place,” he told board members. Staff will return on August 6.

The board discussed virtual learning, wearing masks, teacher health concerns, and adopted a recommended resolution to suspend school policies that conflict with statutory waivers or extensions granted by the Governor, state agencies, and the legislature during the pandemic. Change in Marrs Elementary parent pickup routes, and two new courses at the high school with the new Industrial Technology teacher were approved, as well as other personnel and financial concerns.

Thompson said that he’s received many positive comments so far from parents about the reopening

plan that was in the local newspaper and Internet. More detailed information will soon be available on the school websites to answer COVID questions and first day facts. A survey was put out to parents regarding whether they preferred on-site instruction or total virtual learning at home for their children. With a fifty percent response, less than ten percent of MV parents are considering virtual, far less than the 17 percent estimated by the state.

As for the virtual learning curriculum, plans call for using Apex Learning, Inc., for junior and senior

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In front of a healthy stand of corn, Point Township resident Ruth Mueller looks at the rain gauge on Sunday afternoon only to see that the shower left no measurable precipitation. Barring unforeseen circumstances, farmers are expecting record crops. Photo by Dave Pearce

Hard work never hurt anyone...

Bert Fieber credits her work eithic with her longevity, will celebrate 100th Wednesday

By Lois Mittino Gray As the warm summer breezes swirled around her, Bert Fieber sat in the gazebo in the backyard of the Charles Ford Retirement Community and whispered her secret for living 100 years in two words, “Hard Work.” The centenarian will be feted on her hundredth birthday on Wednesday, July 29 with a special celebration chock full of activities.

Elberta “Bert” Fieber was born a century ago on July 29, 1920 to George and Ollie Wasson on a 100-acre farm in Posey County. She was the firstborn and together with her siblings, she began her years

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of “Hard Work” on the family farm. “I worked in the cornfields with my father, helped tend a big vegetable and flower garden, and had to milk the cows. I hated doing that one,” she reminisced.

For fun, Bert loved to run track when she was young and always enjoyed playing games with her family. “My favorite thing to do with my siblings was to go to ball games. Sometimes, we would eat my favorite meal, mom’s fried chicken, before we went.”

Bert was the first in her family to get married when she wed Ray Fieber when she was about 25-years-old. Her husband helped his dad farm and, then in later years, he worked for Farm Bureau. When asked what she liked about Ray, she replied, “He was pretty nice to me and was helpful in the house whenever he could be.” Bert did some work outside of the home, but she was mainly busy with her children. She had two sons, both deceased, one as an infant and the other, Douglas, who just died last year in 2019.

When her children were small, the young mother liked to go out and play baseball with them. Her family attended Mount Vernon baseball games and she still loves to watch her beloved Red Sox

play on television. She thought maybe she was about 20 or 25 when she got her first TV, but it may have been a later date. Bert loved to laugh with Lucille Ball, listen to Dolly Parton belt out her songs, and fawn over Frank Sinatra crooning tunes on the radio. In her prime, she loved to dance, especially to whirl in a waltz. Happy memories were family parties. Sad ones were remembering polio and how fearful everyone was for their children before the vaccine was developed in the 1950’s.

Spry Bert remained vibrant and active through the years, still driving her Ford well into her 90’s, when she moved to the Charles Ford Retirement Community about 18 months ago. “I really like living in the Ford Home,” she said. “Everybody is really nice, and there’s always something different to do.” Golf cart riding is her favorite planned activity and she likes to ride around town and down to the river.

“My family used to have picnics by the Wabash River in New Harmony,” she recalled.

The staff of the retirement community plans to celebrate the special centenarian on Wednesday with a full slate of activi-

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Bert Fieber turns 100 during Covid-19 pandemic.

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prison. He shared the details of his crime and current status on his “split� sentence with me after it came out in our generally casual discussion that I, as a trial judge, had the experience of confronting a defendant in court who had stolen my car twenty years earlier. That surreal coincidence developed as set out below.

In 1965 I had just received my honorable discharge from the United States Air Force and had moved to Indianapolis, Indiana with my wife and son. I found a job selling encyclopedias for P.F. Collier Company door to door. One of my co-workers was a young man I knew as Sam whose last name was of the threesyllable type and hard to forget. Sam and his wife were as poor as we were but he fell in love with my 1956 Ford Fairlane convertible. I had paid $350 for it but planned to replace it with a more family suitable model.

Sam implored me to sell him my car for cash with the promise he’d pay me $50 per week for seven

Gentle Reader, should you have read last week’s column you may recall it involved issues of how our legal system processes non-violent illegal drug users. Well, I know at least one person besides Peg read it as that person sent me an email outlining his views about my views. As I was surprised that anyone had read my article and had even taken the effort to respond to it, I carefully considered his positions. It also helped that the reader has been a good friend of mine for several years and is well informed and thoughtful on issues of public interest. Sometimes we agree; sometimes we do not. However, he, and, I hope I, always respectfully hear out the entire discussion. \To recap last week’s topic, it contained my chance encounter with a convicted drug dealer who is still on probation after doing four years in

weeks as we received our Collier paychecks, assuming of course, that we sold anything. I acquiesced, and gave him the keys and never saw the car again. The next time I saw Sam was when he appeared in front of me charged with a home burglary to which he oered to plead guilty per a deal he and his attorney had worked out with the Prosecuting Attorney.

When I read the pre-sentence investigation a dim light began to glow. In open court, in the presence of Sam’s attorney and the Prosecutor the following colloquy occurred: Judge: “Mr. ( ), your ďŹ rst name is in the pre-sentence as ( ). Have you ever been known as Sam?â€?

Sam: “Yeah, that’s an old nickname.�

Judge: “Mr. ( ), the pre-sentence lists your residence as in the state of Oregon. Did you ever live in Indianapolis?�

Same (somewhat surprised): “Yeah, but I left there pretty quickly.�

Judge: “Mr. ( ), when you were in

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Indianapolis did you ever sell encyclopedias for P.F. Collier?�

Sam (really surprised): “Yeah, I did.�

Judge: “Mr. ( ), you stole my car!�

Naturally, I oered to recuse and get Sam another judge and I took a recess so Sam and his attorney could discuss the situation. But, as Sam had had about as much experience with our legal system as I had between 1965 and 1985, he just advised me that he only came to Posey County, Indiana to burglarize a home. Then he told me, “Judge, I just want to get out of your county jail and get back to prison as soon as possible.â€? After his attorney agreed and with the Prosecutor’s blessing, Sam got his wish.

This true story of how the system handled a defendant led the probationer I told it to to describe how his sentence had aorded him an opportunity to work and support his family versus simply serving out his entire ten-year sentence. In last week’s ar-

ticle I wrote approvingly of a system based more on forgiving 70 x 7 than long-term incarceration. My friend who disagreed with that approach supported his views with sound reasoning, albeit not as suďŹƒcient to persuade me.

When I prosecuted drug oenses for seven years my views were similar to my friend’s but after forty years of judging such situations, I ďŹ nd myself doubting the eďŹƒcacy of spending $20,000 per year of taxpayer funds to house non-violent oenders.

However, I do understand those who think the way I used to. I am glad I serve in a legal system and live in a country where all rational views can be fairly debated and tested; that does remain true, right? And I am glad to have friends with the fairness to discuss such matters with an open mind.

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Jim Tomes, State Senator A number of constituents have voiced concerns regarding several issues currently affecting our district and state. I acknowledge how upset many of you are and share your concerns. With the cuts in funding of essential facilities in our community, the mask mandate and the future of schools up in the air, I want to take this time to let you know that I hear you and am working with my colleagues to get these issues looked into and resolved to the best of my ability.

To start, I am very upset over the cut in funding of local essential facilities. This includes Blue River Services, Easter Seals Rehabilitation Services Posey County, Evansville Arc, Gibson County Arc, Knox County Arc and Rauch. This diďŹƒcult news has negatively affected all of these providers who oer important services to our community. Furthermore, many employees of these facilities will now be unemployed. I know several of these workers who loved their jobs working for our community and contributed an unmatched amount of service. It is truly sad to see this unfold.

Secondly, Gov. Holcomb’s statewide mask mandate announced Wednesday, July 22, is extremely upsetting to me and others in our community. It is especially harsh that the consequence of not complying is a Class

B misdemeanor. To elaborate, a conviction for a Class B misdemeanor carries up to 180 days in county jail and up to $1,000 in ďŹ nes.

It is also upsetting that children as young as eight years old are required to mask in public spaces. Being required to mask instead of having the freedom to choose is unsettling to me and others in our district and state. This being said, I would urge individuals to use their best judgement in determining whether or not they should wear a mask.

Another pressing issue is the ongoing concern about schools and what action they will be taking during this time. Will school be all virtual, or will children be able to go back to their classrooms? Will third graders and up be required to wear masks for eight hours a day?

For parents and teachers, I understand this is a top priority for you. Safety is the number one consideration when deciding to restart schooling. I completely understand your concerns on all ends of the spectrum. At the end of the day, Hoosier students need to return to their education in some manner.

This is a diďŹƒcult time for everyone, and I wanted to let you know I understand your frustration. I will be discussing and working with my fellow legislators to take a deeper look into these issues.

Guest Editorial: By Emily Weikert Bryant, Executive Director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry Congress Must Strengthen SNAP, a Progam Vital to Ending Hunger — and Saving the Economy — in the Face of COVID In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Hoosier neighbors are struggling against unprecedented hardships, including hunger. Food insecurity is estimated to rise 40% in Indiana this year as families must work harder and harder to make ends meet. Right now, 17 percent of Indiana adults who live with children report that their children don’t have enough to eat because they can’t aord it.

The member food banks of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, as well as the more than 1,700 partner pantries and meal sites around Indiana, are working around the clock to help families in need keep food on the table. But food banks cannot do this work alone. The only way to ensure no one goes hungry during, and after, the coronavirus crisis is through both a strong charitable sector and deep government investment in our federal nutrition programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Every single one of our 11 member food banks serving Indiana reported a signiďŹ cant increase in need for food assistance in their communities, with an average 60 percent increase in demand. And while these food banks have completely revised distribution, food sourcing, and logistics practices in response to COVID to do what they do best — feeding people millions of pounds of food — they are struggling to help the hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers who are seeking food assistance right now, including many families who are seeking help for the ďŹ rst time.

We cannot expect food banks to completely shoulder the task of feeding our nation during one of its greatest times of need. Strengthening our federal nutrition programs, particularly by expanding SNAP beneďŹ ts, is a crucial step in the right direction toward stemming the tide of increased demand for food assistance.

Congress must increase SNAP beneďŹ ts by 15

percent — similar to what was done following the Great Recession — to help feed families who are already and newly struggling against hunger. SNAP is proven to help safeguard the food security of people in times of need and its strength is unparalleled. In fact, for every meal the Feeding America network of 200 food banks provides, SNAP provides nine.

SNAP is not only an anti-hunger powerhouse: It is also a critical economic multiplier.

When low-income families receive SNAP beneďŹ ts to purchase groceries, those dollars are circulated within and stimulate local economies.

As unemployment claims across the country remain high, it is likely that an economic downturn will follow the end of our present public health emergency. Increasing SNAP beneďŹ ts will help make the program even more responsive to any economic downswing that is sure to come. To that point, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget OďŹƒce rated an increase in SNAP

beneďŹ ts as one of the most cost-eective ways to boost economic growth and create jobs in a weak economy.

In the midst of heightened hunger and impending economic distress, failing to strengthen SNAP is unconscionable. Congress has already passed legislation that includes some muchneeded support, but more needs to be done to help our Hoosier neighbors. As Indiana food banks continue to struggle to meet the huge breadth of need for emergency food assistance, we call on Senator Young and Senator Braun to support an increase of SNAP beneďŹ ts by 15 percent in the upcoming COVID-19 relief legislation, and to keep that increase in place for the duration of the economic downturn.

As our Hoosier communities continue to weather extraordinary circumstances, we need extraordinary help. More than ever, this means increasing SNAP beneďŹ ts for people facing hunger.

Guest Column: By Trudy Lieberman, Community Health News Service Health Insurance Law Under Siege Again At the height of the pandemic, many Americans are experiencing ďŹ rsthand the aws in the Aordable Care Act and the health insurance it guaranteed. They are also facing the possibility that even the protection it does aord may be stripped away.

The fate of the Aordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is again uncertain. The 2010 law that began to whittle down the large number of uninsured Americans is back at the U.S. Supreme Court awaiting a decision – most likely next year – about whether it is constitutional. The court has upheld the law against court challenges twice before.

In late June the Justice Department ďŹ led a brief asking the court to overturn the Act. The Administration argued that the entire law is invalid because Congress eliminated the individual mandate in 2017, which had required almost all Americans to carry health insurance. Therefore, the ACA can no longer be considered a “tax,â€? which was the basis on which the court found it constitutional in 2012.

The Administration also argued that two other provisions make the law unconstitutional. One calls for insurance companies to sell coverage to people who have preexisting conditions, socalled guaranteed issue policies. The other requires community rating.

Community rating prevents insurers from varying premiums based on geography, age, and other factors. The Administration said in its legal brief that without those three provisions the Affordable Care Act cannot survive.

If the Court sides with the group of Republican attorneys general who brought the case and strikes down the law, that means

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the millions of Americans with preexisting health conditions will be in the same pickle they were in before the law took eect in 2013.

They will have trouble buying new insurance that covers medical conditions they already have since insurers would no longer be required to oer them coverage. People with common ailments like diabetes, heart disease, mental illness, and cancer would be out of luck once again. But so would people with more minor problems like recurrent ear or sinus infections.

A new group of Americans may also ďŹ nd it impossible to get coverage. Those who have recovered from COVID-19 may face long-lasting health challenges resulting from their illness.

Reports are coming in that detail such problems as blood clots, strokes, heart and lung damage, and neurological problems such as numbness and muscle weakness. It’s unlikely any insurance company would voluntarily issue coverage to people with those medical problems.

Like sick people before the Aordable Care Act took eect, COVID-19 survivors will be uninsured.

Do Americans really want to go back to the days when sick people, the very ones who need insurance coverage, are thrown out of the marketplace?

I would argue they don’t. The last four months have taught us that we are all vulnerable to the possibility of long-lasting medical harm from the coronavirus. Insurance to help cover whatever ills show up is essential.

The Aordable Care Act, however, was not a perfect solution for uninsured Americans. Millions of people who’ve had to turn P

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to the ACA because they lost their employer-provided coverage during the pandemic shutdown are learning about its shortcomings, which were given short shrift for years by politicians and the media advocates for the law. “With health insurance in particular we have a social support system that really isn’t very functional when you have job loss,�

Ben Zipperer, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., told Bloomberg News. That’s a problem in the best of times, he said, adding, “It’s a real disaster when you have tens of millions of workers suddenly lose their jobs.�

Some 27 million workers may have lost their job-based coverage as of the ďŹ rst of May. Many of those newly uninsured have experienced the weaknesses that were baked into the law. Policies with cheaper premiums come with high deductibles, often $7,000 or $8,000 a year or more. Paying that much out of pocket is a heavy lift for those out of work.

The trade-o is paying higher premiums. That’s hard, too.

Some people who’ve lost coverage might qualify for Medicaid, or they may qualify for subsidies under the ACA that help pay premiums or required cost sharing. Those are options people in that predicament should investigate, but many people won’t qualify.

If the ACA survives this latest challenge and everyone sick or well can still buy insurance, maybe the country can begin to make sure no American goes without coverage when another disaster strikes.

What improvements would you like to see in health insurance?

Write to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

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JULY 28, 2020 Lloyd Juncker Lloyd Juncker, age 94, went to be with his Lord and Savior and loved ones on July 24, 2020. Lloyd was born July 20, 1926 in Caborn, Ind., to William P. and Anna (Spath) Juncker.

Lloyd grew up and went to school in Posey County until he was interrupted by WWII. Drafted in the U.S. Navy, he proudly served on a ship, LSMR (Landing Ship Missiles and Rockets).

Lloyd served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theatres.

He served as a Cook and Gunner’s Mate.

After serving his country, he returned to Posey County where he began farming with his brothers. Lloyd met and courted Mildred Clayton and married her on September 1, 1948.

In 1951, Lloyd, his two brothers, Leonard and Clarence, and Herb Hunt started Juncker Brothers Sales and Service in Leonard’s twocar garage. In 1956, they acquired and moved into the old Keck Gonnerman Steam Engine Plant at Fourth and Pearl. They continued to expand and eventually outgrew the block and a half as customers and size of farm machinery grew. In 1967, Juncker Brothers built a new modern building off of old HWY 69 S and Mackey Ferry Road. Time went by and Herb retired in 1979. Lloyd and Clarence had their sons working in the family business. In the late 90’s, the family started researching, testing and designing modular track units. This venture eventually went into the formation of the Company ATI, Inc., providing tracks for the Agricultural, Industrial, Forestry, Mining and Seismic Industries.

Dad was not all work.

Lloyd helped with the Boy Scouts of America, guiding his sons as well as other young men to the Eagle Rank. He was a life member of the American Legion Post 5 and Mount Vernon Conservation Club and a longtime member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

Lloyd came from a family of 12 children. Preceding him in death were his parents, Anna and William P.; brothers, Maurice (Clara),

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Leonard (Dorothy), and Clarence (Nell); sisters, Elnora (Daniel) Schmitz, Selma (Irwin) Willman, Edna (Alvin) Kunze, Esther (Norman) Wolfe, Delta (Ted) Wimpleberg, Bertha (Oscar) Hartman, Viola (Bill) Meredith and daughter-in-law, Mary.

He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Mildred; sons, David (Nancy) and Ken (Diane) Juncker; grandchildren, Christopher Lloyd (Shannon) Juncker, Kimberly (Dustin) Bredemeier, Anna (David) Blankenbaker, Rebecca (Mark) Wildeman, Christa (Sean) McMahon, Caitlin and Chandler Gardner; great-grandchildren, Irelyn Rose Garvey Juncker, Alana and Warren Bredemeier, Mordecai and Nicodemus Blankenbaker, Allison, Sarah, Claire and Rachel Wildeman; sister, Carolyn (Delton) Krietenstein; and many nieces and nephews that he enjoyed and loved.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 1717 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Rev. Matt Watson and Rev. Curt Mort officiating. Burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery with Owen Dunn Post 5 providing Military Rites.

Visitation will be held from 10 - 11 a.m. service time on Thursday at the church.

Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

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

Larry Joe Kusturin Larry Joe Kusturin, 63, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away July 24, 2020. He was born September 23, 1956 in Dallas, Texas to the late Joe Matt and Annie (Veorster) Kusturin.

Larry worked for Celanese Plastics Corporation as a Lab Technician. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, fishing and watching the Cubs and the Cowboys play.

He is preceded in death by his grandson, Bentley Kusturin; brother, Floyd “Cowboy” Kusturin; and sister, Terry Kusturin.

He is survived by his sons, Andrew (Lisa) Kusturin and Austin Kusturin; grandchildren, Adilynn, Kayson and Fallyn; brothers, Donald (Debbie) Kusturin and Rick (Margaret) Kusturin; several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 31, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street,

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Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 - 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at the funeral home.

Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed.

Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Hospital.

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

Mildred Clara Miller passed away July 20, 2020.

She was born in Evansville, Indiana to John Schuessler and Sophia Wilhelmina Strueh on January 21, 1938.

Mildred was a third generation German.

Her first years were spent on the family farm on Hogue Road and she attended Bockelman School. Her family moved to a farm in Gibson County when she was eight years old.

She graduated from Fort Branch High School in 1955.

As she talked about in her later years, she had to get up and milk cows before school, every morning.

Mildred graduated from Saint Mary’s School of Nursing where she developed a life time friendship with Mary Becker. She also kept up with her friends from high school. Until her health failed her; they met once a month for breakfast in Fort Branch. She also maintained a friendship with Ray Seib from high school.

During her employment at Saint Mary’s after graduation, she was involved in moving the hospital from Columbia Street to Washington Avenue.

In 1958, she met Ted Miller who was stationed at Camp Breckinridge at the time. They were married on January 2, 1960 at Saint Lucas UCC in Gibson County.

After her husband’s retirement in 1992; they enjoyed several years of traveling and raising grandchildren.

Mildred went back to work at Welborn Hospital and worked in delivery.

She raised four children who survive her: Ted Miller, Lori (Tim) Dolletzki, Melissa (Dave) Sexton and Steve

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(Debbie) Miller. She is also survived by three brothers: Bob, Jim and Ed Schuessler, two sisters: Wilma Reibold and Evelyn Graper. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She is survived by grandchildren: Andrew Miller, Bryce, Taylor and Mitchel Dolletzki, Ian and Grae Maddox, Teagan (Travis) Wilke and Dayne Sexton Great grandchildren: Autumn and Mylee Maddox, Lydia and Brooks Dolletzki, Ethan and Maddy Sanford, Avery and Alivia Wilke.

Her parents John and Sophia Schuessler preceded her in death as did her brother Art Schuessler and her sister Marcella Winstead.

A private family Funeral Service was held Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Alexander West Chapel. A live-stream of the funeral service began at 9:50 a.m. at www.facebook.com/funeralstreamusa.

There will be a Celebration of Life Service held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, 485 Half Day Road Suite 350, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089.

Condolences may be offered at www.AlexanderWestChapel.com.

Edith Mae White Edith Mae White, 95, of New Harmony, Indiana, born June 5, 1925 to John and Sarah (Burkett) Deel in Vincennes, Indiana, passed away July 21, 2020 at her home in New Harmony, Indiana.

She was a member of the Moose and Elks Lodges in Mattoon Illinois, and the New Harmony American Legion Ladies Auxillary.

She married Paul White on September 24, 1955 in Carmi, Illinois. She worked at GE in Mattoon, Illinois, was a beautician and enjoyed sewing, baking, world–wide traveling and playing solitare.

Surviving are her sister: Lula Bell Hogan of New Harmony, Indiana; daughterin-law: Janice White of Mattoon, Illinois; grandchildren; great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband:

Paul White; step sons: James and Paul Eugene White; brothers: John and Andrew Deel; sisters: Goldie Osborn, Grace Deel and Opal Pruitt.

Funeral services were held 10 a.m., Friday, July 24, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony, Indiana with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Email obituary information to: news@poseycountynews.com

Lynda F. Hurt, 75, of Owensville, Ind., passed away July 20, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born August 31, 1944 in Gibson County, Ind., to the late Hershel and Rachel (Shain) Fetcher. Lynda attended and graduated from North Posey High School.

She worked at Potter and Brumfield for 10 plus years before they closed then retired from Whirlpool after 10 years. Lynda was a member of Owensville General Baptist Church where she served as a treasurer for the Sunday School Class, attend First Christian Church, and a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She loved to quilt with the ladies at Bethlehem Church, go country line dancing, and volunteer at the local nursing home. Lynda enjoyed making pies or treats for the residents and spending time with them.

She was preceded in death by her parents Hershel and Rachel Fetcher and siblings Donnis Fetcher, Yvonne Basinger, and infant Shirley Fetcher.

Lynda is survived by her children Michelle (Brian) Evans, Vickie (Chuck) Ellis, Tommi (Stan) Miller; grandchildren Kyle Evans, Whit-

ley Curtis, Peighton Curtis, and Samantha Miller; brothers Gene Fetcher and David Fetcher.

Holder’s Funeral Home is honored and privileged to be entrusted with the care of Mrs. Hurt. Visitation was held Friday July 24, 2020 at Holder Funeral Home from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Graveside was held Friday at 6 p.m. with Bart Newton officiating at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to Heart to Heart Hospice.

All those who wish to honor and remember Lynda in person at the visitation or service is encouraged to wear a mask while inside the funeral home for the safety of all those in attendance.

Donald Wayne Sander Donald Wayne Sander, 83, of Evansville, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Parkview Care Center. He was born in Evansville, Indiana on November 18, 1936, to the late Fred and Alvina (Zeuschel) Sander.

Donald was a graduate of F.J. Reitz High School. He graduated from Ball State with a Masters Degree in Industrial Arts. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and a honorary member of Epsilon Pi Tau. He had been an Industrial Arts teacher for 35 years at North Posey before retiring. Donald was a lifelong member of Zoar United Church of Christ, where he had served as president of the church council, secretary of Sunday School and Trustee.

He was an Army veteran, where he worked in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Heidelberg, Germany. He was a Mason 64 and a Shriner on the Hospital Staff. Donald enjoyed camping and spending time at Kentucky Lake.

He also pitched on the softball team for Zoar UCC. Donald had been a bus driver for EVSC for 10 years. He had taught Judo at the YMCA. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family.

He is preceded in death by his parents; granddaughter, Ava Elizabeth Curtis; and brother, Allen Sander.

Donald is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dorothy Sander; brother, Mel Sander (Ava Lou); sister-in-law, Julie Sander; daughter, Danica

Curtis (John); son, Derek Sander; grandchildren, Jordan Barclay, Daniel Sander, and Danielle Sander; great grandchildren, Brantley Barclay and Stella Davis; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

A special thank you to Park View Care for their loving care towards Don and his family.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Zoar United Church of Christ, 4600 Church Road, officiated by Rev. Art Christmas and Rev. John Heumann with entombment in Alexander Memorial Park. Friends may visit on Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m., at Alexander West Chapel w/a Mason service at 7 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to Zoar Church of Christ or Hadi Shrine Hospital Staff.

Condolences may be offered at www.AlexanderWestChapel.com.

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JULY 28, 2020

Memories, As Well As Coffee, Come In Cups

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P Madeleine, as you know, one of the topics folks bring up about my “hoarding,� is my collection of coffee cups and mugs. Of course, I have multiples of many things. However, since I drink a lot of coffee, in any season of the year, it makes a lot of sense to collect cups.

In a way, this is also the perfect souvenir for me to look for. I also have several seasonal cups; mostly Christmas. I used to buy them at rummage sales. I have almost stopped going to these sales, even before the Corona Virus came into our lives.

First of all, I don’t need anything.

It is only the rare thing that calls out to me now. From jewelry to kitchen items to clothing, I have plenty. I am supposed to be purging many things.

Getting back to my cups, there are certain things I look for. In fact, there is one in particular that I will probably never find again. It is a thin,

porcelain cup that was originally supposed to be a Christmas gift. Once I started using it for myself, I knew it would always choose it first.

Ironically, my daughter found another one in that series, but wouldn’t you know, I accidently broke that one. It was originally sold at Cracker Barrel, so there had to have been hundreds, if not thousands of them.

Since it was easily chipped and broken, there may not be all that many of them that survived. I just want a thin, porcelain cup made like this one; pattern does not matter. If any of my readers are coffee fanatics, they probably already know how much better the brew tastes out of thin porcelain.

I started being an avid coffee person when I was attending Evansville College. (No, not a University then.)

There was a group of us who had a mid-morning “Pick Me Up� snack at the old Rexall Drug Store across the street. A “fried roll� and coffee sent us back to class; the roll being a Honey Bun, thrown on the grill.

My mother got my son Todd into drinking coffee, but he is the only one in the family.

Of course, there are many types of coffee now. I recently started the newly touted “super coffee.� It is supposed to be filled with other nutritional items. Decaf is a must, because I need something to lull me off to sleep.

Getting back to my mugs, I try to buy one as a souvenir every time we travel. Most of them are the expected china type – not porcelain - , and yes, there is a big difference. For one thing, drinking out of one with a thin lip makes a big difference. And the handle has to be just right. The lip of the cup needs to be slightly flared.

When we were on the bus trips a few years ago, I always checked out the truck stops, which always had things to buy.

There were always cups, but all too many were thick ones, or just weren’t right. Nobody seems to mind, but we have a group of mugs at the Silver Bell that are like the old-time diner

mugs. They are thick and white. I am coffee from the important ones. Folks sure that these were widely-used be- no longer treasure things like this. cause they were very durable and not I would like to think that someone easily chipped. will use a few of Even though them, and feel me I fully intend to giving them a hug weed out sevof appreciation. I eral cups that have spent many I don’t need, happy mornings some mean a with a warm cup of lot to me. I recoffee before scurmember buyrying off to whering many of ever I need to be. them. I have My deceased one with lilacs friend, Janie Weyfrom Mackinaw erbacher, and I Island, famous always started for this bloom.

Country Cottage A brightlymornings over a colored lobster cup and discussed one came from the happenings of Maine. I ignore Cathy’s favorite porcelain cup ... the day. I can piccomplete with chips the various ture her now, with chips and use them anyway. coffee pot in hand. I would give anyMy daughter, Heather, made one thing to get one of those mornings for me, with a collection of personal back. photos depicted. I recently wondered Besides the obvious, coffee makes if, in the future, anyone will drink good memories.

‘Fieber’ continued from Page A1 ties. The morning starts off with a newspaper article generated around Bert and features events that took place in the 1920’s, her first decade of life. These will be laminated and used as place mats for breakfast; so that residents will know first thing that it is her special birthday. Bert will be ‘crowned’ and given a sash emblazoned with the sentiment, ‘100 years loved’ for the honored lady to wear.

At 10 a.m. residents will venture outdoors to release a butterfly in Bert’s honor, while the celebrant releases 100 butterflies to the wind herself. A mid-morning snack of beautiful fruit skewers and cucumber bites and elegant cookies with Bert’s picture on them will stave off hunger pangs, until lunch is served. The kitchen will be making her favorite meal for lunch, meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Meanwhile, a video highlighting her 100 years of life in pictures has been prepared and it will play for the residents. The production features videos from grandkids and special guests who cannot attend the afternoon party planned for them.

After lunch, the retirement community will host a party for Bert’s family. They can watch the video while sitting six feet apart under tents, enjoying cold drinks, and those special Bert cookies. The honored matriarch will release another one hundred butterflies in front of her family.

Elberta has two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a great-great grandchild due to arrive at any moment. What a legacy.

The day’s festivities will include a birthday cake. “I like birthday cake of most any kind, especially vanilla cake with vanilla icing. Chocolate would be okay, too,â€? she said, excitedly speculating what flavor it might be Bert will be presented a stack of cards and well-wishes generated by a card shower that was advertised on Facebook by the facility to try to get a hundred replies. “I have messaged Dolly Mount Vernon brothers Grant and Colton Lippe prepare to launch their kayaks along Parton a couple times in hopes that she will send a personalized message. I have also contacted with their parents for a ďŹ ve-mile trek on the Little Wabash to Harmonie State Park on the White House and Good Morning America for shout outs and letters. I have received nothing as yet, but we’ll see,â€? Life Enrichment Director Amber Sweeney observed optimistically. “So Sunday. Photo by Dave Pearce far, we have around 50 cards for her, but I am expecting more by Wednesday, especially from the staff.â€? “My heart breaks because this is not the party I had imagined for Bert before COVID-19 hit.

Even last week, with the rising number of cases, we just had to rethink everything again. We are trying to make it as safe and fun for everyone as possible. No matter what, I will ensure this beautiful woman is lavished, honored, and made to feel like a queen,� Sweeney remarked.

Bert will celebrate her one hundred years with honor and delight. She was asked to give some words of advice to the younger generation from her insights. After musing on it for a minute, she responded, “Watch your spending.� “Be nice to everybody.� “Friends are a good thing to have.�

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J K News From The Western Star, July 28, 1920 - Mount Vernon

Enjoying some quiet alongside Main Street New Harmony on Sunday are Bloomington residents Bob Schneider and Sarah Mitchell. The pair enjoyed sharing conversation just outside of Sara’s Harmony Way. Photo by Dave Pearce

Birthdays July 28 - Brad Reynolds, Bonnie Stallings, Lauren Luebke, Patty S. Stovall, Tish Mumford, Norma Harper, Esther Mohr, Debbie Nobles July 29 - Mac Manchette, Roy Defries, Vince Morton, Mark Seib, Owen M. Robertson, Aaron Hensley, Collin Landsell, Jim Vanlaningham, Mark Gibson, Kathryn Shackleford, Elberta Fieber, Mary Price, Nina Duckworth, Bert Fieber, Dorislee Waters July 30 - Stephen M. Harrington, Jason Nelson, Nancy Andry Ramirez, Brenda Andry Zwahlen, Megan Whitney, Carol Reynolds, Debbie Lyke, Wyatt Lyke, Becky

Smyth, Nathan Allen Wiley, Emily Weldon, Johnathon Weightman, Geri Sue Blackford, Bonnie Johnson, Jason Gray, Matthew Henry Wildeman, Aletha Martin July 31 - Jim Tomes, Bradley Anderson, Judy Davis, Joyce Kron, Alan Deshields, Judy Kissel, Mona Wood, Logan Bosecker, Don Reising August 1 - Jim Atkins, Andrea Becher, Holly Powers, Betty Moore, Cuchulainn Quirk, Daniel Nightingale, Jill Deshields, Brooke Franks, Kollins Marie Hon, Zechariah Melton, Drew Rapp, Leon Tieken, Ruth Schmit, Bonnie Young, Harold DeLap

August 2 - Mary Hidbrader, Sabra Fisher, George Homan, Paul Sturgell, Angel Coy, Carl Simkins Jr., Amanda Wilson, Stephanie Crumbacher, Deb Ricketts, Lucille Reibold, Clint Willis August 3 - Gilbert EďŹƒnger, Betty Barnett, Patty Wilson, Bonnie DiCapua-EďŹƒnger, Doris Jeries, Bonnie EďŹƒnger, Beverly Cross, Augusta Martin, Brennen Reynolds, Tom Cochrdan 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

GS Troop 268 helps North Stars ‘Be Prepared’

By Lynda Baker Girl Scout Troop 268 (North Elementary and Saint Francis Church) have a new project.

They are raising funds to create facemasks to be used by students and staff members of North Elementary. The Scouts have already reached their initial goal of $200, which will

be used to pay for the cost of materials. Individuals have also donated materials for the making of the facemasks.

Their fundraising efforts are continuing in order to prepare more masks.

Katie Mayes, a PTO member, explained that the PTO was seeking a way to provide

free masks to local students, when the Girl Scouts offered to head up the project. This will free up PTO funds for other projects.

The masks are being made

by Carey Morell. They come in child and adult sizes, with adjustable straps and a tag for the user’s name. The masks will be kept in the school office and will be provided to any student or staff member in need or a new or replacement mask. The Scouts hope to be able to provide enough masks for 425 students and 55 staff members.

If you are interested in helping the Girl Scouts with this project, please contact Carey Morell 812-604-7058, Megan Helfert 812-457-4032 or Katie Mayes 812-457-0469.

Special Note: News in this issue includes: free barbeque dinner and picnic for Posey farmers, watermelons and cantaloupes, Oliver Wolfe in faraway Africa, an automobile accident, tomatoes thieves, and many more news briefs and personals.

Big Free Barbecue Dinner And Dinner Posey County farmers are to enjoy a real day’s outing - the place selected New Harmony fair grounds - the time, Tuesday, August 10.

The arrangements for the big event are in the hands of C. Cox of Wadesville, County Agent Shrode, and Harvey Davis of Poseyville. The boys intend to make this one of the biggest affairs ever given in this county, and apparently, they are going to do just as they say. The Posey County Farmers’ Association has a membership of 1,200 and a great portion of these members will be present on this occasion.

Watermelons And Cantaloupes - Dr. J. R. Ranes, owner of a large watermelon and cantaloupe farm near Upton, ďŹ ve miles northeast of this city, is the ďŹ rst in this section to market cantaloupes, having brought in several baskets Tuesday morning. The doctor also brought to this city a Monte Cristo watermelon weighing 20 pounds. This melon was pulled before thoroughly ripe, but next week several wagon loads from the Ranes’ farm will be placed on the local market.

Oliver Wolfe In Africa - Oliver Wolfe, a Posey County lad, is now in far-away Africa, purchasing timber for the Talge Veneer Co., of Indianapolis. For the present, Mr. Wolfe is stationed in a section surrounded by forests. He purchases and rafts the mahogany logs, which are oated to the ocean and then brought to this country in ships. The young man completed a college course in Bloomington prior to going to Africa. He is the son of C. P. Wolfe, editor of the New Harmony Times.

Auto Accident - Martin Mann, manager of the Imperial Hotel in Evansville, accompanied by his guest, Charles Keowen, of Edwardsville, drove to this city Monday in an auto belonging to the former, and when near the eastern approach of the iron bridge over McFadden’s Creek, east of the city, they overtook a buggy occupied by a woman. The latter instead of driving through the bridge, suddenly stopped at the entrance, and in order to avoid a collision Mr. Mann swerved his car to the left, and had it not been for the guards at the bridge, the machine would have gone over the embankment. Mr. Keowen was thrown against the wind-shield and suered a bruised cheek, and the rear part of his pants were torn and his hips scratched,while Mr. Mann escaped without receiving any injuries. An axle and several cross-bars were bent on the car, which was towed to this city for repairs.

Tomatoes Thieves - Complaints are numerous from residents in parts of the city to the eect that their tomato patches are visited

almost nightly by thieves. One lady reported that her patch was visited sometime during Tuesday night and at least a peck of tomatoes were taken. Schools Open Sept. 7th - At the meeting Friday night of the city board of education, it was decided to open the Mount Vernon Public Schools on Tuesday, Sept. 7th, for the 1920-21 school year. Baseball - American Legion of Mount Vernon lost to the Evansville Cherry Blossoms 9 to 1, and the Stewartsville American Legion defeated the Keensburg, Ill., team 5 to 4. Judge Clements Speaker At Boonville - Accepting an invitation to speak at the Boonville Chautauqua, Judge H. Clements will give a speech pleading for the United States to join the League of Nations.

News Briefs And Personals - Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Foester of Marrs Township, a daughter. Car Purchase - Gustav Langelsen, prominent farmer, has purchased a Buick car from the J.G. Herrmann Agency. Trips And Visits - Mrs. Charles Wheatcroft of New Harmony, spent last Thursday in this city the guest of her mother, Mrs. Franciscia Rhein. Mrs. Emil Dickhaut was in the city shopping Monday and says the corn is suering from lack of rain. Henry Orth transacted business in the city Saturday and while here gave us a call. George Stephens gave us his annual call Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Maas and son, Cliord, returned Tuesday from a week’s stay in Denver, Colorado. William Maurer, William Reicken, and Albert Kaufman returned Friday from a trip out west. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Downer, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Duckworth. Mr. and Mrs. August Neidermeier of Wadesville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kleinschmidt and daughter, Emma.

Marriage: Kreutzinger-Mendenhall - Miss Rita Kreuzinger and C. H. Menenhall of Evansville stole a march on friends Tuesday by quietly going to Princeton, where they were married in the parsonage of the M. E. Church

by Rev. Flynn, the pastor. Blackburn-Hinch Marriage - The marriage of Miss Golden Blackburn and Edward Hinch took place at 7 Saturday morning at the home of the bride.

Marriage License - Harvey Phillips and Jesse Elliott.

Mount Vernon 125 Years Ago - July 28, 1895 County Auditor Thomas Johnson is still conďŹ ned to his bed from the eects of a kick by his horse. High School - Work upon the new high school is progressing rapidly and it is expected to be completed by Oct. 1. The barn of L. Helm in Lynn Township, near Savah, was struck by lightning Sunday morning, but the ďŹ re was extinguished. Marshall Quick of Mount Vernon said that if you don’t want your dog killed, muzzle the dog or keep him conďŹ ned. Marriage Licences - Jesse Wade and Ada Reister; James Briston and Mary Stallings; Sam Sloan and May Willis.

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Remnants of Tresslar Building encouraged to be saved

By Lois Mittino Gray When the deteriorating Tresslar Building finally comes down around the end of the year, is there anything to try to save from the decaying structure, built in 1889? Members of the Mount Vernon City Council grappled with this issue at the July 16, meeting.

Mayor Bill Curtis announced that the bid packets for the demolition of the crumbling building at Fourth and Main Streets should be finished in four weeks, and advertising for bids from contractors will begin at that time. Councilman Andy Hoehn requested that the Mayor makes sure local contractors are notified of the opportunity.

Councilman David Dodd asked if the city would be trying to save any of the components from the building. Curtis replied that decision is actually a part of the bid packet and pre-bid meetings. “I personally would love to see some of the iron work on front, as well as the 1889 on the top, preserved,” the Mayor noted, “We’ll discuss it as we move forward.”

Dodd agreed and added he would like to preserve the top part, as long as it was not cost prohibitive. Hoehn wondered if there was anything inside the building itself that anyone would definitely want preserved. Curtis commented that most everything left in the building is not in very good shape. “There is some old woodwork, a huge old safe cut with a blowtorch, old Christmas decorations, some machinery and gears that maybe Chuck Gray can use in his Waterworks artwork. Not much else.”

Hoehn said he asked because he was just curious. “I don’t want to put someone in the building up there looking, as I think it is unsafe. I was just wondering if there was something to dig out of the pile after it falls,” he remarked.

Councilman Rusty Levings asked if there was a way to save bricks and allow persons to get one for free as a memento. Curtis replied, “The city has done that before with special building bricks, but there needs to be caution when doing that, as people will take truckloads, instead of one or two. If they were to be stacked to the side of the worksite, that might be a possibility.”

Levings stated many folks have memories of that building and would like that. The Mayor agreed saying, “I still remember the dimestore candy counter and they sold goldfish in the back.”

Councilwoman Jillian Brothers asked if Curtis had a chance to look into financing the project. Curtis replied he talked with two institutions, along with some contractors. “The money involved may be considerably lower than the first estimate of $400,000 from when we were pursuing an OCRA grant. We won’t know anything until the bids come in, and we can decide how to go forward with financing once we have some figures before us.”

In other council action: • Under Audience Concerns, Paula Rudibaugh asked if Curtis had any comments on the Food Truck Fest cancellation down at the riverfront.

Curtis noted the city had nothing to do with the event. “It was a decision by the Chamber of Commerce, who sponsored the event. The response was so good; there was concern about the large numbers of people gathered together.

They have not cancelled future events; they are just on delay and will resume as soon as they get the green light to do so,” he announced.

• Under Legals, Attorney Beth Higgins presented the second reading of the city ordinance to amend the traffic code to create a four way intersection at the riverfront by the boat dock to

APL News July 27 at 10:30 p.m. Monday Story Times. Join us for stories and activities you will love. “Take It and Make It” craft or activity will be provided. Program will be posted on our Facebook page on July 27. We will be using a shaker. If you don’t have a shaker, these examples will work just fine: A plastic container of cookie decorations, plastic container of spices, or a salt container. Call the library (812-838-3286) to request a bag containing a craft and surprise.

July 28 at 2:00 p.m. - Teen Bad Art Challenge. Join us on Zoom to create a disasterpiece. We challenge you to create the worst art you can come up with, using the materials and objects we provide

and whatever you might have at home. For grades six - 12 only. Supplies provided will be random but might include t-shirts, paint, wood blocks, notebooks, and more. Once you register for this program, you can pick up your supply bag at the Information desk during normal library hours, or via Curbside Pickup until 7 p.m. Monday, July 28.

July 30 at 9 a.m. - Take and Make Craft for Adults: DIY Flag Wreath. Register to pick up your bag of supplies for our Take and Make Craft for Adults, a safe way for you do to a library craft program from the comfort of your home. Our project will be an Easy DIY Flag Wreath.

The demonstration of the craft will be posted on our Face-

book page on Thursday, July 30 and will be available for later viewing. The bag of supplies can be picked up during normal library hours. Call the library (812-838-3286) to request a kit, set a pick-up time.

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July 31 at 2 p.m. - Fractured Fairy Tales Friday. Join us for a fun and silly retellings of some of your favorite fairy tales. Program will be posted on our Facebook page on July 31. Call the library (812-8383286) to request a bag containing a craft and surprise.

regulate traffic flow in the busy location. It carried unanimously, as did the second reading of an ordinance vacating the east/west public alley located between the west edge of North Main Street and extending to the east edge of Jefferson Drive, and located parallel between West Lincoln Avenue to the north and W. Sherman Street to the south. Higgins noted that she cannot speak on behalf of the petitioners, but in this case, the alley in question has never been constructed. The petitioners mow and maintain it, and vacating it will allow for a driveway off Elk Street. Curtis added the alley was platted, but it just isn’t there. He lived in the area as a child and he said there wasn’t even gravel there on it.

• Also under Legals, council members passed Resolution 20-11 to authorize submission of a COVID-19 Phase 2 Program Application. Debbie Bennett Stearsman of the Economic Development Coalition would administer the OCRA grant money, if received, and her agency would be doing most of the work on the grant application. After much discussion on how the program works, the timeframe involved, and the general process, it was approved by councilors and the Mayor. “If we do receive the grant, it does not come back on the city, meaning there is no local match,” the Mayor explained. “Our only responsibility is to hold an applicant’s review.

The maximum award to a small city business is $10,000.”

• Curtis said earlier in the day, the Board of Works agreed that if any city employee were to be out of the state for five consecutive days, he or she would be required to be tested for COVID-19 before returning to work. The board decided all days off with testing and subsequent quarantine, if positive, would be paid by the city.

• The Board of Works also agreed, as long as the governor permits, to hold meetings strictly via ZOOM until further notice, from individual locations. Brothers added she feels this is wise as the numbers continue to grow and added she is okay with that, especially being pregnant.

It was unanimously agreed that all would do ZOOM and not just some, with the others being in person at the Hovey House, as it interfered with audio to be in two places at tonight’s meet-

ing.

• Finally, Second District Councilwoman Dana Baldwin wondered, if when in the bidding process of construction projects, contractors could be made aware of the city’s noise ordinance. “Noise can start at 7 a.m., not 5:20 or 5:40 a.m. like they have been doing in my district lately,” she said. Higgins stated the Building Commissioner can take care of that when he issues permits. Curtis added he has been in contact with these contractors on an individual basis and he understands her concern. He will talk to the general contractor.

• Hoehn gave his report by stating he had noticed properties being mowed, and quite a few have been caught up to where they should be.

He reemphasized that wearing masks is a good thing. “It’s a simple thing to do; let’s look after each other.” The other councilors agreed.

• Levings stated he has had people reach out to him from his district concerning the availability of grant money to update sidewalks. Curtis stated the city does not own the sidewalks, the landowners themselves keep them up. From time to time, there are grants available in conjunction with a sewer or street project. Levings stated he realizes with COVID going on, most grant money is being used for that, but possibly in January next year they could take a look at that and apply and the Mayor agreed. Higgins added they did have a Safe Routes to School Grant several years ago that included sidewalks to West Elementary.

Dodd asked if there is a long stretch of bad sidewalks in front of homes that the residents have never addressed; does the city come in and take of it? Higgins replied there is a statute, the Barrett Law, which would have to be used to identify the area as an improvement district, there would be an additional tax, and those tax monies would help fund that area.

Concluding the ZOOM meeting, Curtis said he would like to second what Councilman Hoehn stated about masks. He will not mandate masks, but he will strongly encourage their usage. “There is nothing to lose by wearing a mask. That is where I stand. Let’s take care of each other.”

NH Atheneum: Welcome Center, Museum and Architectural Icon next in ‘conversations’ series July 30, 1 -2 p.m. CT Standing proudly on the banks of the Wabash River in Southern Indiana, is something most unexpected… an icon of modern architecture. Designed by famed architect Richard Meier and executed in all white to reflect the colors of its surroundings, the Atheneum stands as a welcome center for New Harmony, a museum and a testament to groundbreaking and thoughtful design. Now in its 40th year, the Atheneum remains true to its intended impact and purpose and continues to inspire around the globe. Join us for an exciting conversation with

architects and educators on the history, driving philosophy and impact of the New Harmony Atheneum.

Guests: Jack Faber, Principal Architect and Designer, Hafer; Ben Nicholson, Professor, Dept. of Architecture and Interior Architecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://usi.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvcmuqzorEtf6DeS8RrYft5_6g2fU6kxT After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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JULY 28, 2020 Two local couples dedicated their babies to the LORD on Sunday at Harvestime Temple in Mount Vernon. Justin and Mary Barnes are shown with their baby, Wilde.

They are on the left of Pastor Mark Tabor and Tonya Tabor. Pictured to the right of Tabor, is Jake and Kaya Duckworth who are shown with their baby, Lorelei.

Tax dollars used to support many agencies The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) administers over 65 different tax types, annually processing over $20 billion in tax revenue. Once processed, funds collected on behalf of the state are made available for use by the 92 state agencies subject to oversight by the State Budget Agency.

Taxes collected on behalf of local units of government are distributed to those units for such diverse activities as public safety, economic development, education and many others.

Did you know your tax dollars are used to help veterans, support K-12 education and encourage clean water and air, to name a few? The graphic to the right shows where taxes that are collected by DOR are used to serve the State of Indiana.

To view more in-depth information you can access the state’s transparency portal or the budget report. You can also follow DOR on social media @INRevenue to learn more about how your tax dollars are being used by different agencies.

Financial Focus

Preparing to launch their boat at the Mount Vernon riverfront on Sunday are Carmi, Ill., residents Jeff Cantrell. Lynn Cantrell, Ian Mosier, Eli Mosier and Shon Mosier. In the boat already are Tina Mosier, along with Mati and Elli Orr. Photo by Dave Pearce

Create Strategies to Help Achieve Your Financial Goals Like most people, you probably have many financial goals: a comfortable retirement, long vacations, college for your children or grandchildren, the ability to leave something behind for the next generation, and so on. To achieve these various goals, you may have to follow different investment strategies – and you might have to make some tradeoffs along the way.

To pursue this multi-goal/multi-strategy approach, try to follow a clear course of action, including these steps: - Define your goals – and invest appropriately. You will need to identify each goal and ask some questions: How much time will you have to achieve this goal? How much return will you need from your investments and how much risk are you willing to take?

With a longer-term goal, such as retirement, you may be able to invest more heavily in growth-oriented vehicles with higher expected returns. Keep in mind, though, that the value of these investments will fluctuate, and they carry more risk than more conservative investments. However, your long-term horizon allows time to recover from short-term dips. But for a shorter-term goal, such as an upcoming vacation, your investments don’t have the same time to bounce back from large drops in value, so you might follow a more conservative strategy by investing in instruments that preserve principal, even though growth may be minimal.

- Know what you’ve invested for each goal. Once you know what type of strategy you should follow to achieve each of your goals, you’ll need to enact that strategy. How? By matching specific investment accounts with the appropriate goals. You should know why you own all your investments. Ask yourself these questions: What goal will this investment help me achieve? How much do I have allocated toward a specific goal? If I have an IRA, a 401(k) and another account devoted to achieving the same goal, are they all working together effectively? The connections between your different investment accounts and your goals should be consistently clear to you.

- Understand trade-offs. Your various investment goals may be distinct, but they don’t exist in isolation. In fact, your strategy for achieving one goal may affect your ability to work toward another. For example, would significant investments in your child’s education change your funding for retirement? If you decide to buy a vacation home when you retire, will that alter the legacy you’ll be able to leave to your family? Given limited financial resources, you may have to prioritize some goals and make some trade-offs in your investment moves.

- Track your progress. Each of your strategies is designed to achieve a particular goal, so you need to monitor the performance of the investments within that strategy to help ensure you’re making progress. If it seems that you’re lagging, you may need to explore ways to get back on track.

To manage these tasks successfully, you may want to work with a financial professional – someone who can look at your situation objectively, help you identify and quantify your goals, and suggest strategies designed to help you achieve them.

Trying to achieve multiple financial goals can seem like a daunting task, but by saving and investing consistently through your working years, following a clear strategy, being willing to prioritize and accept trade-offs and getting the help you need, you can help yourself move forward.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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Dear F.O.P. SUPPORTER We would like to invite you to the Posey County FOP Lodge #133 Annual Golf Scramble on Monday August 24th, 2020 at the Western Hills Country Club for an 8:00 A.M. shotgun start. Cost of the event is $50.00 per person ($200.00 for a 4 person Team) which includes 18 holes of golf, green fees, food, non-alcoholic beverages, and cart rental. Alcoholic beverages will be available to purchase through WHCC. A check made payable to Posey County FOP Lodge #133 for you and your team members will secure your spot for the event. For your convenience a selfaddressed envelope is enclosed. We will also be accepting payment through Venmo and Paypal this year, for this information please contact one of the individuals below.

If you own a business and would like to be a Hole Sponsor, the cost is $100.00. We will display a sign for you advertising your business and showing your support of our organization. If you would like your logo on your sign please send it to us at mvfop133@gmail.com.

If you have questions, please contact Trooper Brandon Deig at 812-661-0817, Deputy Glenn Boyster at 812-270-0975 or Detective Dustin Seitz at 812-483-8448.

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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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Posey County F.O.P. Lodge # 133 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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Commissioners recognize need to stimulate Posey County economy

By Lois Mittino Gray The Posey County Commissioners approved a resolution recognizing the need to stimulate economic growth in Posey County and to help small businesses during this pandemic at their July 20, meeting at the Hovey House. Resolution 20-20-7-20 unanimously approves applying for a $250,000 COVID-19 grant through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) to meet that economic need.

Commissioner President Carl Schmitz said small business owners could apply for the $10,000 maximum that will be granted to a local business if the OCRA grant is approved. Schmitz stated the county held a public hearing the prior Friday via Zoom on it.

The Commissioners signed the eight-paged authorization packet that will be prepared to include a letter to OCRA, federal funding accountability and transparency certificate, an applicant disclosure update report; four factor analysis; an English proficiency certificate; certification of tax-exempt forms; and authorization for direct deposit.

Schmitz stated there would be another public hearing coming soon regarding this grant. “Oh boy, another Fun ZOOM meeting to attend,” he wryly remarked.

In other commissioner business: • Mindy Bourne, Posey County Area Plan Director, addressed the Commissioners regarding a rezoning request for 6250 Ford Road North to rezone the property from a Commercial HighIntensity Zone of B3 to a Residential Single Family Zone of R1.

She said this address is currently being utilized as a home, but in the past was a business. The Area Plan Commission heard this request at their July meeting with no remonstrators and they passed the request with a 7-0 vote. The owner was present to answer any questions at this meeting, but there were none from the Commissioners of the public. The motion promptly passed.

• Posey County Highway Superintendent, Steve Schenk, informed the Commissioners that the July MVH funds are down $50,000 from last year. Schenk stated the department is down

$160,000 for the previous three months compared to the previous year. He said his department would begin paving next week. The Raines Road box culvert project is moving along, and the design work and engineering work for the Broadway Road project is still in the works.

• Posey County Chief Deputy, Jeremy Fortune, addressed the Commissioners regarding radio issues that the department had experienced last week. Deputy Fortune reported the department had deputies that had to use personal cell phones to communicate with one another and dispatch. The issues have since been resolved, and he has received no more complaints. However, Fortune said he was informed that dispatch was experiencing a slow response from their radio vendor, VEI, as it was ongoing for ten days. Commissioner Randy Thornburg told the Commissioners that he has already spoken with Jason Knowles and Sheriff Latham regarding this issue. “You have any problems you give me a call,” he told Fortune.

• County Council President Heather Allyn announced that the council meeting will be held tomorrow with budget hearings and abatement discussions on the agenda, but they are still awaiting word on the Broadband grant.

• Posey County EMA Director, Larry Robb, stated the National Weather Service surveyed the damage in the Denzer Road area around Parker Settlement and classified the storm as an EF1 tornado with top wind speeds at 95 mph. “There were no injuries.

There were minor repairs to be made and clean up in the area is progressing. Some trees were left down in the woods, unless someone needs firewood,” he recounted. Robb reminded department heads that his department has N95 mask available as needed • The Posey County Health Department reported 111 positive COVID-19 cases as of that Monday morning. “Saturday morning it was at 91. There were 20 more over the weekend. I know we have several hot spots in the county. We won’t pass a mask ordinance. We are all adults and need to do what we consider safe. I know people want to get out and back to normal, but slow down, take it all in reason,” Schmitz advised.

An Evansville family decided to take advantage of some social distancing by enjoying a picnic lunch at Hovey Lake early Sunday afternoon. Pictured are, in front, Viggo and Soren Rodenberger. In back are Daniel, Andrea, and Hollis Rodenberger. Photo by Dave Pearce

increase to $93,625.

• Latham reported that there are currently 120 inmates being housed in the Posey County Jail of which 77 are Posey County inmates, 35 are Vanderburgh County inmates, and eight are from the Indiana Department of Corrections. Latham indicated the county could expect to see that number increase as Vanderburgh County continues to look for housing for inmates.

• It was reported that a 6 p.m., July 28 meeting of the Wadesville/Blairsville Wastewater District would be online for anyone interested in viewing it.

Following the meeting, the Council heard the budget requests

of four Posey County Department heads. The Council will hear a number of Budgets following the next two meetings to try and cut down on the lengthy proceedings that have been held every September. Prior to this year, the Budget Hearings lasted the majority of a week. Members of the council are hoping that by hearing the requests in smaller timeframes, not only will deliberation times be decreased but councilmen will have more time to think through the requests and make more thought-out decisions.

The Posey County Council will meet again on the second Tuesday in August at 9 a.m. at the Hovey House.

‘Cemetery’ continued from Page A1 that township trustees come before the Council.

In other action during the meeting: • The council approved continued abatement requests for CountryMark, Astra Zeneca, and Valero. In all three cases, the companies had either met or exceeded the requirements set by the council for abatements. CountryMark had originally committed to 272 employees for the project and in reality, has 319.

• Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham came before the County to request a state-mandated raise for the sheriff. State statute indicated that the sheriff must make 70 percent of the salary of judges and the prosecutor and that would require a 3.3 percent

‘Mask’ continued from Page A1 liability would have been significantly increased, opening the deputy and/or the county for a lawsuit and most importantly taking someone’s freedom. The statement and my stance was made with the best interest to the people of Posey County,” he concluded.

Indiana State Senator Jim Tomes of Wadesville indicated that his phone “had been ringing off the hook” after word came out about Gov. Holcomb’s statewide mask mandate that was announced Wednesday, July 22.

“It is extremely upsetting to me and others in our community. It is especially harsh that the consequence of not complying is a Class B misdemeanor,” Tomes said “To elaborate, a conviction for a Class B misdemeanor carries up to 180 days in county jail and up to $1,000 in fines. It is also upsetting that children as young as eight

years old are required to mask in public spaces.

Being required to mask instead of having the freedom to choose is unsettling to me and others in our district and state. This being said, I would urge individuals to use their best judgment in determining whether or not they should wear a mask.”

Prior to the governor’s amended announcement, other sheriff’s departments in the area indicated they, too, would not be enforcing the mask ordinance for the reasons indicated by Latham.

The amended Executive Order went into effect on Monday. Evansville residents are already under a similar mask ordinance imposed by Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.

Meanwhile, the most recent Posey County Covid-19 numbers available at press time indicated that of Posey County’s nearly 27,000 residents,

there have been 143 cases reported since the beginning, with 10 of those being new cases.

The ten individuals reportedly with new cases 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, according to officials at the Posey County Health Department.

At the current time, 101 individuals remain on strict isolation and two are hospitalized. There have been no reported deaths in Posey County and 42 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.

In information received from Posey County Health Doctor Kyle Rapp, he said, “I would like

to say that both from a personal belief and from the Posey County Department of health that we feel that the residents should follow the mandate as per the governors executive order for health and safety of everyone in our community which does not enforce any legal penalties; however, I would also like to say that never did we expect the Posey county police force to arrest anyone or fine anyone for simply not wearing a mask. As long as everyone is respectful and does what is required of all businesses at this time to follow the mandate because they don’t have an option then there will be no problems. But please do not take it out on businesses that are only doing what is required because that is what puts the police force in a no win situation. Common courtesy for those that are doing what they have to do at this time is all that is required.”

‘MSDMV’ continued from Page A1 high school. The company, founded by Paul Allen of Microsoft, is a privately held provider of digital curriculum headquartered in Seattle. Teachers in grades K through Five will use an in-house curriculum. Teachers will be recorded during the day and the video will be posted at the end of the day for those online. Some teachers have concerns about health in returning to the classroom and Thompson said he’s had individual conversations with them to deal with their concerns and questions.

The board adopted Policy 806 called Pandemic/Epidemic Events – Use of Face Masks, as recommended. Under the circumstances when the district requires face masks, such as older elementary and secondary students passing in hallways and on the bus, the coverings are free of charge to students when they are provided through state and federal agencies. “We will provide them as long as we can and they are strongly recommended. We currently have a good supply, but will need more throughout the year,” Thompson said.

When asked by Paul Wilcoxen why masks aren’t required for all students, the Superintendent bantered back, “Would you turn away a second grader without a mask?”

There are 1,971 students currently enrolled in the district’s Skyward system. Textbook rental fees can be paid through Skyward via credit or debit card beginning July 20 or at the school sites, via check or money order, beginning July 27. Cash is only accepted at the high school. No payment will be accepted on Thursday, August 6 at any location.

In other board action: • A new map for the parent pickup plan at Marrs Elementary

School was distributed and approved. The revision to the route was done to get cars off the highway and to change the enter/exit in the parking lot.

• William W. Riecken was hired as the Industrial Technology teacher at the high school, replacing Charles Seifert. Since he is bringing considerable experience in construction to the job, the board granted permission to add two Construction Trade courses to the 2020-21 school year. Construction Trades I would be offered to Grades 11 and 12, and Construction Trades II would be a senior class. Thompson said Riecken, “has a great demeanor with students for this position.”

• confirmed the employment of Gordon Hartig as a temporary part-time teacher in high school German, coming in every other day. He replaces Keith Kinnaird and has taught German at Reitz Memorial High School for the past four years.

• There is still an opening for a Speech and Language Pathologist and one elementary teacher.

• accepted the following resignations, effective immediately, from Shelly Ford in junior high food services, Jacquelyn Maier in high school Unified Track, Jade Moore as a lifeguard-teacher assistant at the junior high and Kristina Prow as a high school custodian.

• accepted the intent to retire of Brenda Zoller as a teacher at West Elementary, effective at the end of this past school year. “She will definitely be missed. She is an excellent teacher,” Thompson remarked.

• granted Theresa Johnson a non-paid medical leave of absence from August 3, 2020 through September 4, 2020 as requested.

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• approved the employment contract between Dr. Matt Thompson and the Board of School Trustees of the Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon for a term commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2023 reflecting language specifying, as advertised, that upon evaluation and receiving the status of either effective or highly effective, the Superintendent may receive a stipend of up to $3,000 per year, as well as receiving the same salary and benefit increases as other administrative employees. The evaluation stipend will be added to his annual salary of $116,150.00.

• Information to the board included bus contractor - fuel adjustment chart, monthly report of the Self Insurance Fund, and the Indiana Department of Education annual financial report. The Board discussed proposed revisions to the Student Transfers policy, and began discussion regarding annual budgets for the various funds for the school district. At the meeting, the board reviewed and discussed proposed school revenue and expenditure budgets for the Education Fund and Rainy Day Funds, as presented by Director of Business Loren Evans.

• The next board meeting is set for Monday, August 3 at 5:45 p.m. in the high school library.

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Hans Schmitz, PC Purdue Extension Educator Another Dierent Kind of Worm No discussion will be held on Asian jumping worms this time, because another potentially invasive worm has been found in Evansville.

This one cannot be confused with an earthworm due to its at head. The hammerhead worm is a atworm in the Bipalium genus.

Most atworms are parasitic, but the hammerhead worm is carnivorous to earthworms and slugs. The classiďŹ cation of these worms has them more related to tapeworms than earthworms. In addition to the at head, the worm is light to dark brown with black striations running the length of the worm.

Unlike Asian jumping worms, these worms do not seem to infest an area. They are unsettling to notice but rarely can be found in groups. They feed on earthworms and slugs by covering them in slime and then placing their mouthpart, midway down their body, over a section of the food, beginning digestion in the environment before consumption. They are

nocturnal and found more easily while moving at night.

The worm probably ended up in Indiana in potting soil or nursery plants brought up from the south. Even in Mississippi, Extension suggests that only the southern portions of the state would remain warm enough throughout the year to allow for year-round survival.

Therefore, the worms rely on greenhouses in more northern areas to overwinter. In Indiana, the ďŹ rst sighting of this worm was in Evansville two weeks ago. In Missouri, the ďŹ rst news of this worm occurred in mid-June, suggesting some form of infested plant or soil was sold in a widespread manner throughout the region this spring. Despite the initial ďŹ nding in Indiana, the return to cold temperatures this winter will likely stop any wild geographical spread of the worm.

Whether this worm is a good or bad thing in the environment is of debate. In its more native range of the far southeast, the hammerhead or

land planarian is considered more of an oddity than a nuisance. The feeding on slugs has some suggest the organism is beneďŹ cial, while earthworm farmers would be very likely to disagree. Since reproduction can occur via eggs or by detaching the tail, complete eradication of the worm is rather diďŹƒcult. Tail detachment results in growing a new head over the course of a week.

If one would happen to ďŹ nd a hammerhead worm or land planarian in the landscape, contact your local Purdue Extension oďŹƒce or the EDDMaps website to report the sighting. Control of the worm is not necessary, as the worm is not poisonous or parasitic and will likely be taken out by cold weather soon anyway. Reporting is encouraged mainly to track the range of the worm for science sake and prevent anyone from salting the earth to remove the worm.

For more information on weird worms, apparently, contact Hans at hschmitz@purdue.edu or 812-838-1331.

Posey County Emergency and Severe Weather WARNING System People that work and live in Posey County are safer by being notified about Severe Weather and different Emergencies that may affect your area by having access to CODE RED. This CODE RED system is critical in passing along information to the community like, Evacuation Orders, Boil Orders, Emergency Road Closings, Missing Persons, State of Emergency Notifications, and other types of messages important for the public to know.

The Weather part of CODE RED is automated and will call when a Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado WARNING is issued for the address listed in CODE RED. This system works by calling your home phone and or your cell phone and or Texting your phone and or e-mail with the important information.

We also encourage you to ensure that at least one phone is on our CODE RED call list (Phone number should be a direct dial number, not on an automated system) but CODE RED will leave a message on Voice mail or home answering machine.

We would also ask that you pass along the CODE RED information to your Friends, Family and Co-workers There is no cost for this system and Posey County EMA can assist you with CODE RED if needed, so please contact us.

You can sign up for CODE RED by going to the Posey County Web Page Poseycountyin.gov or call the EMA Office at 812-838-1333 or send an e-mail to poseycounty.ema@poseycountyin.gov Larry Robb, Director, Posey County EMA Larry.robb@poseycountyin.gov

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Kenzie Paul named State DAR Good Citizen Award winner

By Margie Waible dation: “extremely bright, dedicated, motivated, and kind Each year the General Thomas Posey Chapter of Daugh- hearted...Kenzie’s real passion is helping others. Whenever ters of the American Revolution (DAR) recognizes and someone has a need, Kenzie is taking the lead to help. It is rewards high school seniors who possess good citizenship amazing, but not really surprising what she has already acqualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism complished... Kenzie Paul has already started to change the in their homes, schools and communities. Each award is world and I believe that she has a bright future.” “Kenzie given on a merit basis including completion of a question- Paul has excelled in academics and athletics. However, unnaire, essay, scholastic record, and a letter of recommenda- like most other students she was quick to perceive problems tion. Winners receive a cash honorarium from the local DAR and suggest solutions.” chapter, a Good Citizen pin, and DAR certificate. This year’s Presentation of the State awards were given to Kenzie by winner, Kenzie Paul’s winning packet was submitted to the the local General Thomas DAR Chapter on July 25, 2020 DAR’s state level to be judged and was at the Red Wagon Restaurant in one of thirteen 2019 DAR Good Citizen Poseyville.

Finalists.

Kenzie Paul is the daughter of It is an honor to announce the Indiana Joseph and Heather Paul of Mount DAR first place Good Citizen Award Vernon. In high school she was winner and the Indiana DAR state wide a member of the National Honor winner of the John Christian ‘Jay’ RuckSociety, was involved in several elshaus, IV Faith & Courage Award to clubs, academic activities, and a be Mount Vernon High School graduate member of the ladies’ soccer team.

Kenzie Paul.

She started the organization KenThe Jay Award is presented to one of zie’s Helping Hands, which prints the thirteen Indiana State DAR Good limbs with a 3-D printer for chilCitizen finalists who has shown faith and dren that have a limb loss. She is courage as modeled by Jay Ruckelshaus, also a 4H member, does volunwho was a State finalist in 2011 repreteer work for local charities, and senting Cathedral High School in Indiacoached youth soccer. Kenzie is The Jay Award is presented to one of the currently enrolled at the University napolis. A month after the State Awards Luncheon that year, Jay sustained a spi- thirteen Indiana State DAR Good Citizen of Notre Dame. nal cord injury resulting from a tragic finalists who has shown faith and courage.

The National Society Daughters diving accident which left him a quadriplegic. After a heroic of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote year of hospitalization and rehabilitation Jay enrolled at Duke patriotism, preserve American history, and support better edUniversity. While at Duke, Jay founded his own non-profit ucation for the nation’s children. Its members are descended Kenzie Paul of Mount Vernon was recently named the organization Ramp Less Traveled which assists high school from the patriots who won American independence during 2020 General Thomas Posey Chapter of Daughters of the seniors with spinal cord injuries. Jay was co-valedictorian the Revolutionary War. With more than currently 185,000 at Duke upon graduation and was named a Rhodes Scholar members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide, DAR American Revolution Good Citizen Award winner. Phoamong other honors, and remains in England to work on his is one of the world’s largest and most active service orga- tos courtesy of Ann Garrett doctorate. nization. More information about the DAR is available at Kenzie was chosen for her awards because of quotes www.dar.org or by visiting the General Thomas Posey DAR such as the following taken from her letters of recommen- Chapter, Mount Vernon Indiana facebook page.

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Heckert sponsors School Supply Donations Drew Heckert, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Mount Vernon, Indiana, is sponsoring School Supply Donation Campaign from July 6 to August 10 at 431 East Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. For more information, call Donna or Kim at 812-838-0555.

Saint Philip Summer Social one-day only event set for August 8 The annual Saint Philip Summer Social will be one day only this year on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Carry-out only Fried Chicken Dinners with all the fixings will be served from 4 - 7:30 p.m. Dinners are $11 each. The Big Raffle and Quilt Raffles will be virtual only this year with winners being announced on Facebook Live at 8 p.m. on August 8.

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IN Poet Laureate Graham ‘Conversation’ set for August 13 Join us August 13, 2020 from 1 - 2 p.m., for a special conversation with New Harmony supporter and Indiana Poet Laureate, Matthew Graham as we gain insight into his inspiration, approach and role as the current Indiana Poet Laureate.

During his 35 years in southern Indiana, Matthew Graham has been a respected and recognized writer, teacher, and advocate for poetry and the arts. Having recently retired from the University of Southern Indiana (USI), he has taught all levels of creative writing, contemporary literature, and worked with multicultural and international students in freshman composition. Among other community service Graham has worked with diverse writing groups such as high school students and community writing groups.

Matthew Graham is the author of four books of poetry, most recently The Geography of Home (Galileo Press, 2018).

His work has earned numerous national, regional and local honors and awards, including a Pushcart Prize, an Academy

of American Poets Award, two grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Artist of the Year Award from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.

While at USI, Matthew co-founded and co-directed (with Thomas Wilhelmus) The Ropewalk Writers’ Retreat, a summer program that brought national and international writers to New Harmony, Indiana for 22 years, and the Ropewalk Visiting Writers Series, which brought prominent fiction and nonfiction writers and poets to the USI campus for free public readings. The list of participating writers includes the present U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo.

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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.

North Posey Class of 1975 to hold 45th reunion North Posey Class of 1975 will hold its 45th Class Reunion on August 15, 2020 at the Red Wagon, in Poseyville, Ind. Social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Contact: Eda (Morlan) Jung 812-550-4384 or Cindy (Will) Kemmerling 812-205-6492.

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here’s no place like home. And if you don’t believe it, just ask New Harmony Granary Street residents Steve and Wendy Huck.

Steve was born to Charles and Sally Huck and lived three months in Virginia while his father was stationed there in the military. The family came back to New Harmony and Steve never saw a good reason to leave. After all, New Harmony was also home to his grandparents. Wendy grew up in Griffin, the daughter of Joan and Wendell Cullum. The couple has been married for 40 years.

Shortly after they were married, they bought an older home in New Harmony, not giving a ton of thought to how long they would stay in it. But like all good things, the family began to grow and the couple’s love for the home grew, as well.

“We bought it in the mid 80s and were just living across the street actually,” Steve explained. “We moved in here and completely went through this old house that was built back around 1865. It’s a few years old now.”

So why would a young couple want to buy a home that was already 125 years old when they bought it?

“Right now, when we are tied to the indoors, it has all been worth it,” Wendy explained. “It’s your house so make it the way you want it so you can live in it and enjoy it.”

To make it safe to raise a family and to make it worth the investment, new wiring, insulation and new plumbing were installed throughout. All the plaster walls were taken out and replaced with drywall. But the hardwood floors are the original floors and have been refinished.

So the Hucks raised their family in the home with three bedrooms and the bathroom all on the upstairs level. It wasn’t until recently that changed.

“It did not have a bathroom downstairs so just recently, we added a half bathroom downstairs,” Huck explained. “And just in the last couple of weeks, we have had a complete redo of the bathroom upstairs.”

But Wendy insists that whatever the price tag, it’s worth it for one simple reason…it’s your home.

Daughters Erin and Ryan did not get to reap the advantages of the new bathrooms while they were growing up in the home. But both still visit frequently and are glad to be able to watch their parents maintain and improve the home where they grew up.

Once Wendy realized they were settled and happy in the house, she began to do outdoor landscaping as time and finances allowed. One afternoon about 25 years ago she decided it would be nice to have a coy pond in the back yard.

Le It took very little time to realize that the pond was not going to dig itself. So she went to the shed and got a shovel and began to dig.

“I was working full time and Wendy was working parttime at that time,” he said. “She came out and started digging and it wasn’t long until our oldest daughter came out and grabbed a shovel and began to help. The a few minutes later, our younger daughter, probably 8 at the time, came out and started digging.”

The project almost became a Tom Sawyer fence do-over.

“There were three girls who were raised next door and pretty soon they brought their shovels and came over and started digging,” he said with a chuckle. “We ran out of shovels and they went down the street and borrowed shovels from the neighbors and the neighbors came down and started to help dig. It ended up being our girls, my wife, the three girls next door and their neighbors. When I came home, the hole was dug and I hadn’t had a thing to do with it.”

But Wendy wasn’t quite ready for the gang to take all the credit for what is now a beautiful and fully-stocked coy pond, with a pair of waterfalls on the sides.

“Well, we had a hole in the ground,” she said with a smile.

But at least that’s how the pond began and the back yard has taken off with the centerpiece being the pond.

When it comes to the flowers and the green thumb, Steve turns the work and the credit to Wendy.

“We started putting some things in the ground and people give you starts and some of it comes back and some of it doesn’t,” she said while looking around to make sure no new weeds had popped up. “We’re both retired and we have time to keep the weeds out.”

Steve gave Wendy credit for staying on top of the weed-

Above, son-in-law Austin, Westyn, Steve, Erin, Wendy, and Dustin enjoy the quiet solitude that is theirs in the back yard of Steve and Wendy Huck’s New Harmony home. At right, one of the original New Harmony Street signs allows everyone to know that they are passing 903 Granary Street when they pass the Huck home. Just below, left, a flag hangs in the back yard to add color and let everyone know that the pups are an important part of the Hucks’ life. Below is another photo of the Huck family on the bridge Steve built to go over the Coy pond. At bottom right, Wendy, Steve and their grandson Westyn just off the back porch that offers shade on a hot day and an invitation to the ‘Haven in Harmony.’

ing adding that he takes care of the mowing. But there’s more to the yard kinda young here with one daughter when she was five. Anthan the pond and flowers. gie and Bill Hein next door also had four daughters and they Next to the corner of the house facing the back porch, a have moved on. But it’s a nice escape back here.” gazebo-type structure allows for the couple and company to sit outside on most summer days, Netting helps keep the bugs out but let the air in. A fan keeps the breeze moving through the structure.

The couple feels that everything they do in and around their home is an investment in something they love. About three years ago, they added a bridge over the coy pond not only to enhance beauty but also for an easy route to the back gate. But all these things have progressed over time.

It takes a lot of time and I was a lot younger then,” Wendy says of all the yard. “As time goes on you just keep adding to. Steve built the bridge and it has related once. We had the one waterfall and then last year we did the large waterfall.”

Looking back, the couple can remember when their “Haven in Harmony” was a regular lawn where their daughters played softball. They removed a hot tub and sold it for $50 just to get it out of the way so they could expand the garden.

The exterior of the house itself is a light brown and is sided. When they decided to put siding over it, several in the area wanted them just to repair some of the rotted wood and start paining the house. It could then be added to the State Historic Register. But the couple declined.

“I just told them I didn’t want to get into painting the house every five years,” Steve said. “We had the siding put on then it was replaced with the big Leap Year hail storm came several years ago. We changed everything to the restoration-type siding and we get a lot of comments on it. A lot of people really like it. It just looks like weathered wood.”

Back to the yard and the plants, the couple is already enjoying tomatoes off the vines in the yard. There is a large number getting ready to turn red.

While the house seems perfect “It’s been a wonderful life here on this wonderful little corner,” Wendy said, remembering the years. “We started out

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MV 3 ends NP Black’s undefeated season in youth baseball

By Chris Morlan Last Tuesday night, the North Posey Black youth baseball team (7-8-year old) played their final two games of the season. North Posey Black was undefeated going into their final two games of the season. In their first game, North Posey Black played against Mount Vernon 3 and North Posey Red in their final game of the evening.

Mount Vernon 3 started off the game with five straight hits and led 3-0 after one inning. North Posey tied the game at 5-5 after the end of the fourth inning. Mount Vernon 3 scored five runs in the fifth inning to get the 11-7 win and give North Posey Black their first loss of the season.

Jon Gross went five for five hitting for Mount Vernon 3. Warren Bredemar had four hits and three runs. Travis Bennett, Brodie Henshaw and Easton Sharber had three hits each. Karson Hutchison contributed with two hits. Kai McCory, Jordan Deckard and Ryder Feldcamp each had a hit in the game.

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Wehmer, Will Jenkins and Jonah Bender each had four hits. Bailey Wathen, Warren Bowers, Cannon Taylor and Carson Lupfer had three hits apiece. Sam Engelbright also contributed with a hit.

North Posey Black 13, North Posey Red 5: During the final game of the evening, North Posey Red got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning and took the early 2-0 advantage. North Posey Black answered back and scored four runs in the top of the second inning to take the lead and went on to win by the score of 13-5.

Carson Lupfer and Jonah Bender led North Posey Black with four hits apiece. Bailey Wathan, Warren Bowers and Sam Engelbright each had three hits. Benton Wehmer Levi Gentry and Cannon Taylor had two hits each, while Will Jenkins had one hit at the plate.

North Posey Red was led by Asa Blaylock and Barrett Gibbs with three hits each. Owen Blaylock, Gradey Lynn, Colt Gipson and Brycen Compton each had two hits. Wyatt Shenk contributed with one hit.

North Posey Black (7-8-year old) baseball team. Front Row (Left to Right): Sam Englebright, Carson Lupfer, Jonah Bender, Benton Wehmer and Bailey Wathen. Middle Row (Left to Right): Will Jenkins, Cannon Taylor, Levi Gentry, Paisley Fisher and Warren Bowers. Back Row (Left to Right): Coach Scott Fisher, Coach Tad Taylor and Coach Eric Gentry. Photo by Chris Morlan

Strikers bounce back from one run losses, beat Mater Dei 4-3

By Chris Morlan The Strikers girls fastpitch softball team played three games last week at the Deaconess Sports Park. Last Tuesday night, the Strikers played a doubleheader against Indiana Gators Arnold and Cheetah Girls Grey.

Strikers lost both games by one run each. Last Thursday evening, Strikers played Mater Dei and redeemed themselves with a 4-3 win that went extra innings.

Indiana Gators Arnold 7, Strikers 6: This game was the first matchup played last Tuesday night in their doubleheader. Strikers were trailing in this game and scored two runs in the sixth inning and two more runs in the seventh inning to take this contest to extra innings. Indiana Gators scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat the Strikers by one run. Strikers had 17 hits as a team.

Jaylin Carr went three for four at the plate with a double. Avri Anslinger went three for four hitting with a double and a run scored.

Morgan Carr went three for

four hitting. Claire Koester went two for three at the plate with a run scored, a walk and two stolen bases.

Paige Patterson went two for three hitting with a stolen base. Julia Fullop went two for four hitting with two runs scored. Megan Brenton went one for four hitting with a double and two runs scored.

Kennedy Hallam went one for four at the plate.

Cheetah Girls Grey 5, Strikers 4: In another heartbreaker loss last Tuesday evening, the Strikers came up a run short in this matchNorth Posey Red (7-8-year old) baseball team. Front Row (Left to Right): Asa Blaylock, Owen Blaylock, Wyatt up. Strikers had seven hits in the game. Morgan Carr went Shenk, Gradey Lynn, Barrett Gibbs and Noah Kirlin. Middle Row (Left to Right): Bryan Rhoads, Colt Duran-Gipson, two for two hitting with a Brycen Compton, Eli Hawkins and Lucas Clegg. Back Row (Left to Right): Coach Sam Hawkins, Coach Roddy Blaydouble, run scored and a sto- lock and Coach Codey Lynn. Not Pictured: Nicholas Forbes and Grayson Kram. Photo by Chris Morlan len base. Shaina Farrar went Strikers took on Mater Dei two for two with a double. last Thursday night. This Addie Fullop went one for game went extra innings and two hitting. Kennedy Hallam Morgan Carr hit a walk-off went one for two hitting with double to help the Strikers a run scored and a stolen defeat Mater Dei by a run. base. Sydnie Hardin went Carr went two for three at one for two at the plate with the plate with the walk-off two RBIs, a run scored and double and scored a run. a stolen base. Kaylee Bender Megan Brenton went one for walked twice, and Claire one hitting with two walks, a run scored and a stolen Koester scored a run.

Strikers 4, Mater Dei 3: In Continued on Page B3 their third game of the week.

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‘Strikers’ continued from Page B2 base. Kennedy Hallam went two. Julia Fullop went one- ting and Haley Lowe scored a one-for-two with a run scored. for-three at the plate. Addie run.

Claire Koester went one-for- Fullop went one for three hitAt the end of the week, Striker Coach Aaron Farr said, “this team is always in the fight and never give up.

The chemistry that these girls have from working together and from dealing with the demands of putting everything together as a team at the last minute to make this happen so they can play at the level that they’re playing in such a short notice is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen.

I’m very proud of them and blessed to have them as a team and to be coaching them.”

There are three games remaining on the Strikers schedule. On Wednesday night, Strikers will play against Reitz at 6 p.m. The game will be played at the Poseyville Youth Community Park on field number 3. Thursday, July 30, the Strikers will play their final two games of the season. The first game will be against Indiana Gators Rupert at 6 p.m. at Deaconess Sports Park, on Blue Field 2. StrikCamden and Logan Clowers enjoy the Coach Mac Golf ers will play their final game Camp at Western Hills Country Club this week. Photo by against Mater Dei at 7:30 p.m. on Blue Field 1.

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) ) SS: IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT COUNTY OF POSEY ) IN RE THE ESTATE OF ) CAUSE NO. 65C01-2007-ES-000045 HAROLD E. GROSS, ) DECEASED ) NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Ricky A. Bowman was on the 15th day of July, 2020 appointed personal representative of the estate of Harold E. Gross, deceased, who died on June 27, 2020, and was authorized to administer said Estate with court supervision.

All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred.

DATED this 20th day of July, 2020.

Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court By: Donna Curtis Deputy Clerk W. Trent Van Haaften #15587-65 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR ATTORNEYS AT LAW 204 Main Street, P.O. Box 1026 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 (812) 838-1400 Published in the Posey County News on July 28, August, 4, 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

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 28-August 3. 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 28-(1984) the Summer Olympic Games open in Los Angeles. (1987) Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth jockey to win 6,000 races.

(1989) Atlanta Braves Dale Murphy hit two, three-run home runs in an inning. Murphy is the fourteenth MLB player to hit two home runs in an inning. Murphy also tied MLB record with six RBIs in an inning. (1991) US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Oakland Hills Country Club: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by four strokes in an 18-hole playoff. (1991) Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles 17-13 in the American Bowl at London’s Wembley Stadium. (1991) Dennis Martinez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history.

(1994) Baseball players decide to go on strike.

(1994) Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels. (1996) New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run. (1996) Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics. Kiraly is the first to win gold in both indoor and beach events.

July 29- (1988) Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling. (1989) Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8’0”) in San Juan. (1989) 2020-121 PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION

BY COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for consent for Crane Credit Union, an Indiana-chartered federally-insured credit union, with a main office of 1 West Gate Drive, Odon, Indiana, 47562 to acquire substantially all of the assets including the following branches of Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana, an Indiana commercial bank with a main office at 220 South Lockwood Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633: (1) 10351 Evansville Street, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612; (2) 11201 Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Evansville, Indiana 47712; (3) 201 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620; (4) 1128 East Church Street, New Harmony, Indiana 47631; (5) 220 South Lockwood Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633; and (6) 4800 St. Wendel-Cynthiana Road, Wadesville, Indiana 47638.

It is contemplated that these six (6) branches will all become branches of Crane Credit Union and will continue to operate.

This notice is published pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1828(c)) and 12 C.F.R. Sections 303.65 and 303.7 of the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This notice will appear on three (3) occasions: July 14, 2020, July 28, 2020 and August 11, 2020.

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July 14, 2020 Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana Poseyville, Indiana Crane Credit Union Odon, Indiana Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 28, August 11, 2020 - hspaxlp 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 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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Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton’s #32. (1990) Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game. (1991) the first Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0). (1995) Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their first NFL exhibition game 20-14. (2007) British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Tom Watson wins his third Open Senior title by one shot against Mark O’Meara and Stewart Ginn. (2012) British Senior Open Men’s Golf, Turnberry: Fred Couples wins by two strokes from fellow American Gary Hallberg. (2018) Chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Jack Morris are inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame.

July 30- (1988) Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in one month.

(1990) George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of the New York Yankees. (1995) Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball’s Hall of Fame. (2012) General Motors (Chevrolet) sign a record breaking seven-year, $559 million dollar sponsorship deal with English Premier League club Manchester United.

July 31- (1981) Mid-season strike by MLB players ends after 42 days causing cancellation of 713 games; players and owners come to an agreement of free agent compensation. (1983) Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell and Walter Alston inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. (1984) US men’s gymnastics team score emotional upset win over world champion Chinese team in combined event to take the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. (1987) Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers.

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Court News and Legal Advertisements Arrests July 16 Brian Blankenship - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Theft - PCS Brian Blankenship - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Disorderly Conduct (petition to revoke) - PCS July 17 Erich Reutter - Evansville Operating While Intoxicated - PCS Alex Hartley - Evansville - Driving Without a License - PCS Shawna Brandenstein Cynthiana - Driving While Suspended - NHPD Jeffrey Miles - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Unlawful Possession or Use of a Legend Drug, Possession of Marijuana (failure to appear) - PCS July 18 David Vibbert - New Harmony - Operating While Intoxicated - MVPD Complaints July 10 5:45 a.m. - Vehicle Fire Trash truck on fire, 10 ft from structure. Advised something blew up in the dumpster - Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 10:09 a.m. - Message - Caller advised someone has stolen her medication. Unsure when it was stolen. Advised it has been disappearing a little at a time. Needing an officer report - SR 69, Mount Vernon 10:22 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Someone broke into her residence 2 weeks ago and damaged the door. Needs a report - Lee Drive, Mount Vernon

4:23 p.m. - Violation of Restraining Order - Caller advised she has a protective order against male subject. Has called her several times today.

Requesting to speak with an officer - Second Street, Mount Vernon 5:04 p.m. - Extra Patrol Request extra patrol reference altercation he had with his exgirlfriend last night in Indy. Ex showed up to his residence in Indy last night stating she had a gun with her. He advised he never saw the gun - Gail Drive, Evansville 8:07 p.m. - BOL - Female subject, gray Dodge Caravan.

Doesn’t have a license - Posey County 8:38 p.m. - Suspicious - White car parked behind house near basketball court.

Caller thinks she is being stalked - Main Street, Mount Vernon 10:41 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Teenager drunk and high. Destroying the house Schroeder Lane, Saint Philip 11:04 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Black female, blue tank top and short, screaming “you killed my brother”.

Standing in the street - Second/Owen Street, Mount Vernon July 11 8:08 a.m. - Theft - Advised son’s bike was stolen a couple of days ago and a female has been texting her stating she knows where the bike it but has been giving her the runaround on where the bike is Mount Vernon area

10:19 a.m. - Information Report - Caller advised her son’s neighbors partially burned an American flag and threw it over his fence. Caller advised she is wanting it on record that her son did not do it - Third Street, Mount Vernon 5:18 p.m. - Threatening Male subject threatening to shoot male subject - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 5:57 p.m. - Threatening Advised subject is back and causing problems - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 6:40 p.m. - Suspicious Subject in the area, possibly breaking into concession Ball Diamond, Poseyville 7:11 p.m. - Controlled Substance Problem - Male subject brought in. Found something wrapped in his shoe. Needing it tested by a deputy O’Donnell Road, Mount Vernon 8:09 p.m. - Fight - 2-3 males fighting, it is physical. Doesn’t see weapons - Saint Wendel Ball Diamond, Saint Wendel 8:17 p.m. - Welfare Check White female, blue jeans, pink tank top, headband. Swinging a bag around, yelling - Jefferson Street, Mount Vernon 9:05 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Female subject at residence. Caller doesn’t want her there - Water Street, Mount Vernon 9:42 p.m. - Trespassing Male subject at residence. Not supposed to be there. Searched the residence, no evidence that he is there - Walker Street, Poseyville

2020-121 PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION

BY COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for consent for Crane Credit Union, an Indiana-chartered federally-insured credit union, with a main office of 1 West Gate Drive, Odon, Indiana, 47562 to acquire substantially all of the assets including the following branches of Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana, an Indiana commercial bank with a main office at 220 South Lockwood Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633: (1) 10351 Evansville Street, Cynthiana, Indiana 47612; (2) 11201 Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Evansville, Indiana 47712; (3) 201 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620; (4) 1128 East Church Street, New Harmony, Indiana 47631; (5) 220 South Lockwood Street, Poseyville, Indiana 47633; and (6) 4800 St. Wendel-Cynthiana Road, Wadesville, Indiana 47638.

It is contemplated that these six (6) branches will all become branches of Crane Credit Union and will continue to operate.

This notice is published pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1828(c)) and 12 C.F.R. Sections 303.65 and 303.7 of the regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This notice will appear on three (3) occasions: July 14, 2020, July 28, 2020 and August 11, 2020.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois 60606, no later than August 15, 2020. The nonconfidential portions of the application are on file at the appropriate FDIC office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request.

July 14, 2020 Community State Bank of Southwestern Indiana Poseyville, Indiana Crane Credit Union Odon, Indiana Published in the Posey County News on July 14, July 28, August 11, 2020 - hspaxlp

July 12 2:16 a.m. - Domestic Violence - Everything escalated, wife is cranky - Mary Anderson Road, Wadesville 9:34 a.m. - Assault - Advised that female subject came to caller’s location and slapped her in the face over a Facebook post about a stolen bike - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 12:59 p.m. - Theft-Automobile - Caller advised he let female subject borrow his 2007 GMC Sierra, silver on Thursday night and has not returned with it. Caller advised he cannot get a hold of her now. She was supposed to return it Friday - Deer Run Drive, Evansville 1:02 p.m. - Assault - Caller advised someone just assaulted her son and daughter. Advised son was out on the road and the male subject stopped his truck in the middle of the road, got out and assaulted both subjects - Riviera Drive, Mount Vernon 6:04 p.m. - Suspicious Caller advised she found a hidden camera in her bathroom vent. She advised she took it out and left her residence out of fear. Request to speak with an officer - Main Street, Cynthiana 6:26 p.m. - Theft - Had some items stolen out of the bar - Winery Road, Wadesville July 13 4:44 a.m. - Theft - Black male, red hoodie and red shorts. Came in the store and stole a Brisk Tea and tore open a case of water and dumped 20 out in the parking lot. They left

on foot. White female wearing black/red/green hoodie also with him - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 10:51 a.m. - Harassment Advised female subject tried to hit caller while caller was delivering mail. Female subject is in a silver Taurus - Bald Knob Road, Mount Vernon 10:59 a.m. - Message - Advised female subject pulled in front of caller and stopped in the middle of the road. Caller had to swerve to avoid her.

Caller had her 2 year-old in the car. There is a no contact order between the two—Raben Road, Mount Vernon 2:58 p.m. - Harassment Advised male subject keeps calling and harassing caller and caller’s wife - Church Street, Poseyville 6:23 p.m. - Vandalism Advised someone folded up his speed limit sign he has on his private drive - Gun Club Road, Mount Vernon 9:29 p.m. - Family Fight Father is intoxicated and saying he’s going to hurt child, caller and the wife - Evansville Street, Cynthiana July 14 12:10 a.m. - Suspicious Advised she has men locked in her basement as she stated that they held her hostage.

Caller stated that one guy was going to kill someone. Advised someone got raped outside tonight. Advised there is 4 girls and 2 guys. Called back, saying police need to come right away. 3 little girls and 2 boys ran away after giving their information to the police and now hears people talking

the basement - Tracey Dallas Lane, Mount Vernon 12:13 a.m. - Trespassing - Having problems with exwife, stealing things and trespassing on caller’s property - Walnut Street, Mount Vernon 6:22 a.m. - Theft - Female caught shoplifting - Main Street, Mount Vernon 8:40 a.m. - Theft - Report a theft - SR 62, Mount Vernon 12:24 p.m. - Juvenile Problem - White female in shelter house being verbally abusive to staff - O’Donnell Road, Mount Vernon 9:38 p.m. - Message - Was putting her golf cart away and found a box of razor blades South Street, New Harmony 10:08 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Verbal, in front yard arguing - Walnut Street, Mount Vernon July 15 3:03 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Male subject, orange shirt, gray shorts, screaming and cursing. Child present.

Acting like a fool. Has not been physical at this time Walker/Oak Street, Poseyville 5:25 p.m. - Citizen Assist Caller states that she is living in fear every day. Says that she just doesn’t feel safe - Walnut Street, Poseyville Probate Lawrence Gosh Michael Morrow Bernadette Montgomery Marion Shuler Joseph Goebe Richard Payne Joan Toth Loretta Englebright Harry Hess Imogene Manning

2020-128 Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed Additional Appropriations Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Posey County that the proper legal officers of The Posey County Council will meet at 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana on August 11 th , 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year.

Name of Fund Purpose Intended Amount County General Legal Services $11,000.00 Adult Probation Security Upgrade $986.00 LIT Public Safety Vehicles $10,551.68 EMS Part-time $90,000.00 EMS Overtime $100,000.00 Infraction Deferral Contractual Services $5,000.00 Health Board Group Insurance $30,000.00 Health Board Utilities $5500.00 Health Board Perf $8500.00 Health Board Overtime $15,000.00 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The additional appropriations as finally approved will be referred to the Department of Local Government Financing. The Department will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriations within (15) days of receipt of a certified copy of the action taken at the above meeting.

Maegen L. Greenwell Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on July 28, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-129 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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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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NH Atheneum: Welcome Center, Museum and Architectural Icon next in ‘conversations’ series July 30, 1 -2 p.m. CT Standing proudly on the banks of the Wabash River in Southern Indiana, is something most unexpected‌ an icon of modern architecture. Designed by famed architect Richard Meier and executed in all white to reflect the colors of its surroundings, the Atheneum stands as a welcome center for New Harmony, a museum and a testament to groundbreaking and thoughtful design. Now in its 40th year, the Atheneum remains true to its intended impact and purpose and continues to inspire around the globe. Join us for an ex-

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Sudoku and Crossword Puzzle

The solution to last week’s puzzles:

CLUES ACROSS 1. Blackbird (Scot.)

5. Part of (abbr.)

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