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New Harmony Council blamed for poor communication By Lois Mittino Gray Issues concerning communication were the main discussion points at the August 18, morning meeting of the New Harmony Town Council. Assembling in person at the Town Hall, councilors and audience members all wore masks and were safely distanced apart. New Harmony Utopia Beauty Salon owner Missy Wade appeared before the council to speak during Open Forum about the town turning off the water the Tuesday morning of the meeting. “I am really aggravated that you knew about this work since last Thursday and did not send

out the call on it until yesterday morning. If I’d known Thursday, I would have planned for it. I work by appointments and I had one at 8 a.m. this morning,” she complained. “The businesses should’ve known” Town Council President Alvin Blaylock responded that Town Street Superintendent Bobby Grider called the Charles Ford Home and the New Harmony Nursing Home on Thursday to tell them of the water shutoff to make a planned repair at the intersection of Main and Tavern Streets on Tuesday. “Bobby should have contacted all of us on the council. I didn’t even know un-

til Monday,” Councilman Roger Wade, Missy’s husband, strongly stated. Blaylock commented that many residents passed by on Thursday and saw the town employees trying to fix the valve problem and found out they needed to order parts. “When they asked, we told them the water would be off Tuesday when the part was received. Your husband, being a council member, should’ve checked,” Blaylock informed Missy. “I shouldn’t have to go down and ask them. I should have been informed as soon as you knew,” she retorted.

Blaylock apologized for any inconvenience the shutoff caused to local businesses. Town Employee Becky Harvey came into the meeting shortly after the discussion to inform everyone that the water was back on around 9 a.m., but would require a boil order in place. Another discussion on communication was broached by Councilman Tom Williams. Blaylock requested a motion that a letter concerning nuisance weeds be sent to the home of Henry Means at 626 Frederick Street. He would have 1014 days to get the yard in compliance. The motion passed with four

yes votes, and one nay from Williams. “I hate to vote without looking at it. Let us know this is going to come up in council, as it is hard to vote one way or the other if I have not seen it,” Williams commented. Blaylock remarked, “I ride around town and look at properties all the time” to which Williams responded, “I guess I just don’t do that.” In other council business: • The councilors agreed to work on several new ordinances in the upcoming months. One will look at requiring permits for food trucks to

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Poseyville utilities under rate study consideration By Lynda Baker The Poseyville Town Council met in a special meeting last week to discuss its newly received rate study, prepared by Pat Callahan. Callahan appeared via Zoom to answer questions. He has been preparing rate studies for the town for nearly 25 years. It is recommended that the town have a rate study performed every five or six years to ensure that the town’s water and wastewater utilities are solvent, as expenses for these services are likely to fluctuate over such period. Callahan expressed his appreciation to Jamie Hyatt and Christy Foster for their assistance in preparing the study. Callahan reviewed the town’s financial statements for 2017-2019. He said that revenues and expenses appeared very consistent and he was very comfortable with his findings. He recommended, however, that the Council pay particular attention to its payroll and insurance expenses (health, property, liability, etc.), regarding both the water and wastewater utilities, as these items had noticeably increased over the past three years. There was a brief discussion of the town’s 2019 bond. Callahan indicated that the town had the resources to pay off the bond a year early if so elected. The town’s water utility has the option of depreciation, whereas the wastewater utility does not, by law. He located some non-recurring expenses, such as the purchase of copiers and an easement purchase, but found no surprises in his review. He also said that the town would have the option of a three to five year plan to purchase vehicles or replace meters. The study also revealed that the town’s debt service reserve fund was fully funded. Callahan added that for every $30,000 plus or minus revenue change, rates would be affected plus or minus one percent. Callahan also discussed the town’s wastewater treatment services for the

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Harper Nix, daughter of Adam and Lacey Nix, enjoys a visit to Uncle Rob’s Peach Pit to get apples over the weekend. Photo submitted

McKinney faces felony charges School tax levy OK’d Special to the News A New Harmony man, already on parole, has been arrested and charged with child molesting. According to Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham, Posey County Sheriff’s Office Detective Kyle Reidford was notified by the Indiana Department of Child Services of a complaint of sexual abuse in New Harmony, Indiana on July 13, 2020. Reidford set up an interview at Holly’s House in Evansville, Indiana at which time the 12-year-old victim was interviewed. The victim stated she was at a family friend’s residence in New Harmony, Indiana when the suspect, Delbert Wayne McKinney touched

Traffic Flow At Sherburne Park and Boat Ramp Direction of traffic flow to the boat ramp below Sherburne Park will be changing in the very near future. You many have already noticed that parking below the steps has already been changed. The direction of traffic will be reversed. The entrance will be off College and vehicles will exit on Main Street. Please watch for the directional signs. The purpose of this change was to reduce congestion as people launch their boats. Please use caution as everyone adapts to the changes.

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Delbert Wayne McKinney her in a sexual manner. McKinney is currently on Parole in the State of

Indiana and a lifetime sex offender registrant for pleading guilty to one count of Child Molesting in August of 2018 in Posey Circuit Court. McKinney was interviewed by Posey County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and as a result of the investigation, 67-year-old McKinney of New Harmony, Indiana was arrested for Child Molesting, a level 4 felony, and Failure of a Sex Offender to Possess Identification, a class A misdemeanor. McKinney was lodged in the Posey County Jail where he is being held on the above charges as well as a parole revocation warrant issued at the time of his arrest. McKinney is being held without bond.

By Lois Mittino Gray The Mount Vernon Board of School Trustees approved the Notice to Taxpayers of a Tax Levy of over $13 million for the 2021 budget at its August 17, meeting. They also granted permission to advertise the School Bus Replacement Plan, the Capital Projects Plan, the Education Fund, Debt Service Fund, Operations Fund, and Rainy Day Fund all online. Interested persons can find the figures for the entire 29 million dollar school budget posted at this address: budgetnotices.in.gov. “From there, go to the taxpayer portal and then click on budget notices,” explained MVSD Director of Business Loren Evans. A public hearing for the advertised budgets is set for the board meeting on Monday, September 21 at 5:45 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Mount Vernon Senior High School. Following this meeting, any ten or more taxpayers may object to a budget, tax rate, or tax levy by filing an objection petition with the proper officers of the MSD of Mount Vernon, not more than seven days after the hearing. If a petition is filed, a finding will be determined before final budget adoption. The entire budget is

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Jerry Funkhouser succumbs to cancer Long-time MVJHS principal answers final bell, ends struggle Editor’s note: This tribute to longtime Mount Vernon Junior High School Principal Jerry Funkhouser is made up of excerpts from a feature story written by Bryana Schreiber. The article appeared in the Oct. 31, 2017, edition of The Posey County News. Residents of Mount Vernon can recall traveling along Tile Factory Road past Mount Vernon Junior High School and seeing the lights on in Jerry Funkhouser’s principal’s office at all hours of the day and night, and most weekends. He wasjust that devoted to the school and to the profession he loved and chose. But over the weekend, Mr. Funkhouser’s struggle to beat cancer ended, but not before a long and valiant fight. Anything worthwhile is worth fighting for and he was just that way about life. To battle is to fight tenaciously to achieve something, and Jerry Funkhouser has always been one to tackle life with tenacity. Those who know

Funkhouser often describe him as encouraging, positive, caring, kindhearted, passionate, dedicated and loving. He was a mentor, friend and inspiration to many and has consistently demonstrated his ability to lead and inspire throughout his career as an educator and school administrator. Beyond these roles he was a community leader and a loving husband, father and grandfather. He’s accomplished a great deal in his life — not just in striving to achieve, but in building relationships and making a meaningful impact by, as he would say, always doing what’s right because that’s the right thing to do. Beyond the walls of MVJHS his heart was attached to the Posey County community and the families who are its fabric. He attended all sorts of school-related activities and outside functions from athletic events to funerals for staff members’ families and

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Long-time Mount Vernon Junior High School Principal Jerry Funkhouser.

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AUGUST 25, 2020 Jessie Frances Fetcher Jessie Frances Andrews Fetcher, 96, of Griffin, Indiana, born to Jesse and Hazel (Webster) Hocking on January 31, 1924, in Keensburg, Illinois, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020, at her residence in Griffin, Indiana. She worked at Emge as a meatpacker for 20 years and was a member of the Griffin Christian Church, Posey County Senior Citizens and The Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed family, church, playing cards and watching the Saint Louis Cardinals and was famous for her yeast rolls and bundt cake. Surviving are her son: Dennis Andrews (Jeanne) of Evansville, Indiana; sister: Patty Tice of Cowling, Illinois; brother: Andy Hocking (Patsy) of Mount Carmel, Illinois; sister-in-law: Jane Hocking of Keensburg, Illinois; four grandchildren: Tammy Vogt (Kevin), Pam Ferree (Tim), Kristi Francis (Dan) and Amy Rose (Dan); 10 great grandchildren: Gregory Vogt (Whitney), Caleb Ferree (Violet), Ryan Francis, Abby Ferree, Kelsey Francis, Natalie Ferree, Zach Vogt, Ethan Rose, Kyle Francis and Libby Rose; two great great grandchildren: Parker and Griffen Vogt and nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents; first husband: Archie O’Dell An-

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drews in 1983; second husband: Basil Duane Fetcher in 1996 and siblings: Webster, Sam, Mary, Jack and Fred. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 21, 2020 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Griffin, Indiana. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Griffin Christian Church, 319 North Main Street, Griffin, Indiana 47616. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com. Due to the national health crisis and the state mandate, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. Friends and family are invited for an outdoor Celebration of Life party immediately following the graveside service at 13800 Castle Brook Road, Evansville, Indiana 47725.

John O. Hagan John O. Hagan, 95, of Evansville, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2020, at the West River Health Campus with his family at his side. John was born October 14, 1924 in Waverly, Ky., to the late James and Lula Mae Hagan. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 45 years, Anna Küster Hagan. John was a member of Saint Philip Catholic Church; a life member of the Saint Philip Men’s Club, Saint Philip Conservation Club and the Knights of Columbus. He was inducted into the Brute Society of the Diocese of Evansville for his work for his church. John was an avid sports fan; he started the athletic programs at Saint Philip Grade School, including basketball which was his favorite. He coached many teams including girls’ softball, Little League baseball and basketball. He also umpired girls’ softball in the rural league. In later years, John enjoyed watching his grandchildren and great grandchildren play sports. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening, especially his blackberries. John retired from A&H Truck Lines where he worked as a supervisor. Surviving John are his wife of 27 years, Edith Weinzapfel Hagan; children, Jonna (Jerry) Brenner, Jeff Hagan, Jill (Rudy) Edwards and Jamie (Don) Neel; grandchildren, Andrea (John) Greaney, Jason (Michelle) Hagan, Chris (Angie) Brenner, Jeremy (Jessica) Hagan, Joshua Hedderich, Katie Hedderich, Andrew (Becca) Neel, Adam Neel and Aidan Neel; six great grandchildren; step children, Monica Weinzapfel, Jane (Tom) Antes, Christine Morrow, Beth (Jerry) Spaetti,

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Kurt (Becky) Weinzapfel and Mark (Jane) Weinzapfel; sixteen step grandchildren and twenty five step great grandchildren. Also surviving John are his siblings, William Hagan, Charles “Red” Hagan, Eva (Jimmie) Lyons and Judy (Ed) Willett. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 21, 2020, at Saint Philip Catholic Church, with the Rev. Raymond Brenner and the Rev. Ryan Hilderbrand officiating. Burial followed in the Saint Philip Church Cemetery. Friends visited with the family from 3 until 7 p.m. on Thursday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 West Franklin Street and from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Friday at Saint Philip Catholic Church, 3500 Saint Philip Road, South, Mount Vernon, Ind. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the West River Health Campus Legacy Unit for their kind and compassionate care and treating John like family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Saint Philip Men’s Club, 3500 Saint Philip Road South, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

Margaret Anna (York) Russell, 91, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away August 22, 2020 at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehab. She was born August 26, 1928 in Posey County, Ind., to the late Arve and Mary (Allison) York. Margaret was a 1947 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. She had worked at Rosenbaum’s and then was co-owner of Moll’s Fashion Shop for about 40 years. Margaret enjoyed reading and traveling with the Moore’s and Schisler’s. She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Edward Russell; daughter, Vicky Isabel; sons, Kirby and Bruce Russell; sisters, Ruth Reynolds and Mary Moore; brothers, Herman York, Charles “Chick” York, Paul York and John York. She is survived by her grandchildren, Kris Russell and Sean Isabel; great-grandchild, Robert Bruce Isabel;l; brother, Doug York; brother and caretaker, Arvil York; niece and caregiver, Lisa Frye (David); brother-in-law and caregiver, Tom Moore; sister-in-law and caregiver, Agnes York; caregiver, Vicki Greenwell; many nieces and nephews. Funeral service will

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be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m. service time on Wednesday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. The family wishes to thank Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehab for their special care. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mount Pleasant Cemetery for Perpertual Care. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com

Norma Jean Seifert Norma Jean (Seeger) Seifert, 89, went to be with her Savior on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. She is preceded in death by her husband, Paul A. Seifert, husband of 67 years. She is survived by her children, Pat (Tim) Hulsey, Pam (Mike) Woods, and Tim Seifert; eleven grandchildren, and thirteen greatgrandchildren. Norma Jean was a loving devoted companion, mom, grandma, Sunday school teacher, school bus driver, farm partner, and a member of Bethel Church in Evansville, Ind. A graveside service was held Saturday, August 22 at 3 p.m., at Saint John Cemetery of Caborn on North Caborn Road, Mount Vernon. Friends were asked to go directly to the cemetery (mask, requested to

be worn). In lieu of ﬂowers, memorials may be made to Bethel Church Missions. Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is overseeing the arrangements. Online condolence may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com. Out deep thanks to the staﬀ at West River for their love and devotion to our parents.

Judith V. West Judith V. West, 78, of Hobart, passed away on Monday evening, August 17, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville. She was born on April 4, 1942 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the daughter of Kinsey and Leona (Jenkins) Johns. Mrs. West was a homemaker. She belonged to the Barrington Ridge Baptist Church She is survived by her husband, Prentice J. West; sons, Scot (Isabel) West, Nick (Mischi) West, and Randy (Teresa) West; daughter, Pamela Marshall; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at the First

It is with both sadness and joy we share that Alan Ray “Doc” Ramsey quietly and peacefully slipped away from us on August 1, 2020, at the age of 87. Born to William Earl and Elizabeth (Brown) Ramsey in Posey County on October 8, 1932, he was the sixth of seven children. Upon graduation from Wadesville High School as class valedictorian, Ray briefly attended Purdue University before enlisting in the United States Army, serving three years in the Korean Conflict, with eleven months spent in Korea as an X-ray technician and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant. On December 27, 1952, Ray married the love of his life, Loyce Maier. They were married for 45 years until her death in September, 1997. They were blessed with five daughters, who all survive him. Ray made no secret of the fact that Loyce was his partner in life as well as the business. Ray (or Alan, or Doc!) completed his education by graduating from Michigan State University with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1960. He began his practice in Owensville, Indiana, serving the large and small animal community for fourteen years before moving his practice to Poseyville and later Mount Vernon. Doc’s greatest love was for surgery, and many hours were spent ensuring the animals in his care received the very best of his abilities. He retired in 1997. A brilliant thinker and voracious reader with interests ranging from philosophy and religion to westerns, his knowledge of just about everything allowed him to converse with anyone he met, and he never met a stranger. He was a 32nd degree Mason, being an active member of lodges in Owensville and Poseyville. He also served on the board of the Good Samaritan Home, the Posey County Board of Health, and the local and state veterinary medicine associations. He was a long-time member of Saint Peter’s UCC in Wadesville, and later of Holy Angels Catholic Church in New Harmony. Ray married Bonnie Prather in 2000, and they relocated to Colorado, where they lived the last 15 years. He loved the Rocky Moun-

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tains and spent time exploring the area. They travelled extensively, especially in the southwest. Bonnie survives Ray. Ray and Loyce’s greatest accomplishment and source of pride were their ﬁve daughters. While he acknowledges that they might not have chosen the path he would have liked for them, he also realized that he and Loyce raised them to be strong, independent women. As his daughters reminisced about his life, tears shed were greatly outnumbered by the laughs and stories shared about this man we were honored to call “Dad.” Ray was predeceased by his parents; wife, Loyce Marie Maier; sisters Ruth Pearce, Faye Forrester, and Diane Sue Wolf; and brothers, Earl Gene and William Jacob. He is survived by his daughters, Beth Russell, Valerie (Henri) Rubinstein, Alana (Kevin) Sprague, Erin (Larry) Blankenberger, and Stacey (Paul) Jensen; grandchildren: Laura (Keith) Kuhn; John Adam Russell, Kristin (Jason) Curtis, Jeremy (Kim Delvicchio) Rubinstein, Abigail Sprague, Victoria (Justin) Reidling, Benjamin and Kaitlyn Blankenberger, and Zachary, Dylan, and Audrey Jensen; great-grandchildren Mallory, Natalie, Oakley, and Presley Kuhn, Devin and Logan Curtis, Lexie Cortes and Taylor Rubinstein, and Cecily Reidling, and his sister, Mary June Van Pelt. He is also survived by his wife, Bonnie Prather, and her daughters, Sue Carroll and Jane Prather. Graveside services will be held Saturday, September 5, 2020, at 3 p.m. at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Wadesville, Indiana. In lieu of ﬂowers please consider a memorial contribution to the Posey County Humane Society, 6500 Leonard Road, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620, or to a charity of your choice.

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PAGE A4 Margaret Helen Briggeler Margaret Helen Briggeler, 87, of Poseyville, Indiana, born to Henry and Elizabeth (Schweikhart) Brandenstein on October 27, 1932, in Stewartsville, Indiana, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020, at her home in Stewartsville, Indiana. She worked at Allison’s Nursing Home as a Dietary Aide and was a member of the Stewartsville United Methodist Church. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and loved her family dearly and her little dog Tinker Bell. Surviving are her daughter: Debra Briggeler of Poseyville, Indiana; sons: Otto “Bub” Briggeler (Lois) of Owensville, Indiana, Oscur Briggeler (Sherri) of Poseyville, Indiana and Otis Briggeler of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; brother: Dorris “Dot” Brandenstein of Cynthiana, Indiana; nine grandchildren: Lori Briggeler, Michele Osborne, Rachel Mayes, Nick Brown, Jarred Brown, Susanne Brown, Katie O’Neal, Libby Briggeler and Josh Briggeler and eight great grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband: Otto Albert Briggeler; son: Jerry Brown; brothers: Henry, Clarence, Louis and Harold Brandenstein; sisters: Viola Bridges, Vera Brown, Anna Hess, Mary Neavill and Imogene Brown. Funeral services were

held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Stewartsville Cemetery. Visitation was 11 a.m. until service time, Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at the funeral home. A special thank you to her loving caretakers: Phyllis Martin, Otto Briggeler and Southern Care/New Beacon Hospice. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to: PC Pound Puppies, PO Box 295, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620 or Gibson County Animal Services, PO Box 474, Princeton, Indiana 47670. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com. Due to the national health crisis and the state mandate, masks are required and social distancing should be observed.

John Michael Fischer John Michael Fischer, 71, of Newburgh, Ind., passed away August 19, 2020. He was born March 30, 1949 in Evansville, Ind., to the late George and Wilmetta (Reinitz) Fischer. Mike was a 1967 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. He received his associate’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Evansville. Mike worked at B & W as a draftsman for seven years, and went on to work for General Electric as a technician for 31 years before retirement. In his younger years, he enjoyed working on his uncle’s farm and motocross racing. Mike was a lifetime member of the catholic church, most recently at Saint John the Baptist in Newburgh. He had been President of Ducks Unlimited, a Red Cross blood drive volunteer and a member of the Saint Matthew Parish Council. Mike had also been a bone morrow donor. He held tight to his faith during his battle with cancer. Above all, Mike was a family man. He treasured spending time with his grandchildren and was proud to be married to the love of his life for 45 years. Mike enjoyed his daily game of sudoku, ﬁshing, hunting, shooting trap and skeet and his Disney World trips with the grandkids. He was known for his cooking, especially his meatballs and Christmas ham loaves. Mike loved BBQ and chocolate cake. He enjoyed watching University of Kentucky basketball and St. Louis Cardinals baseball, with a highlight being able to attend the World Series in 2013. Mike

was aﬀectionately known by his grandchildren as Papa and Pappers, and he will be deeply missed. He is preceded in death by his brothers-in-law, Richard Walker and Bill Kight; and nephew, Nick Fischer. He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Jo Ann (Walker) Fischer; children, Matt Fischer and Molly Angel (Shaun); grandchildren, Jack and Lena Angel and Kiera Green; brothers, George Fischer (Ann), Rick Fischer (Karyn) and Greg Fischer (Carrie); sisters, Sharon Miller (Jerry), Mary Jane Kight, Fran Wood, Kathy Cox (Robert) and Lisa Seitz (Darrin); sister-in-law, Sondra Cheney (Bruce); brother-in-law, Warren Walker (Nancy); many nieces and nephews, with one very special niece, Emily Walker. Private funeral services will be held with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Saint Matthew Catholic Church. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

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Jonathan Parkhurst Jonathan Parkhurst, 57, of Evansville, passed away at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2020, at home, was born a surprise and kept surprising throughout his life. Neither the doctors nor his mother imagined that, after delivering Jamie, they would suddenly discover a twin, Johnny, to deliver. The brothers were born on 27 April 1963 and kept their mother running. Jonathan graduated from Bosse High School in 1981 and earned a B. S. from University of Southern Indiana (major in political science) in 1985. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1988 and practiced for almost 30 years in Posey and Vanderburgh counties. Principally a prosecuting attorney, Jonathan worked closely with law enforcement - with officers from Indiana State Police, Posey and Vanderburgh county sheriff’s offices, Mount Vernon and Evansville police departments, and many others throughout Indiana. He assisted law enforcement in criminal investigations; stayed up late many nights drafting search warrants, examining crime scenes, and answering questions for police investigators; comforted the bereft when a loved one was injured or killed, sometimes brutally. He tried to help victims and their families understand justice and work through the system. Indeed, Jonathan helped many children and worked tirelessly to ensure the courts heard their voices. During his nearly 30 years as an attorney, Jonathan conducted countless grand jury hearings and served as special prosecutor throughout southern Indiana. Jonathan never hesitated to file criminal charges when evidence suggested crime and, similarly, had the courage not to file charges in the absence of evidence. Across the United States, he taught criminal law and trial techniques to young prosecutors as an instructor for both the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council and the National Advocacy Center. As a prosecutor, he promised always to seek justice. He prepared and tried well over 150 jury trials. Jonathan was a member of the Evansville Bar Association and a founding board member of Joshua Academy. He served for five years on the board at Belle Manor Homeowners’ Association, four of them as president. He grew up in Saint Mary’s Catholic Church and for many years attended Nazarene Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and for whom he spent three weeks in Africa as a missionary. Recently, Jonathan returned to his Roman Catholic roots, joining Holy Rosary Catholic Church. He loved to travel to exotic places, especially with his family. In addition to Africa, he spent two weeks in Thailand, traveled through Europe, during many summers and holidays cruised from Key West through the Caribbean. He particularly enjoyed time in Rome and Cuba. Jonathan traveled, too, to enjoy his favorite pastime: attending 1980s rock concerts. Although Johnny never married, he loved and even mentored many, many close friends: Royce Sutton, Lori Sutton, Quinn Sutton, Taryn Sutton, Austin Sutton, William Sutton, Dawnya Taylor, William Saucer, Ryan Stevens, Ron McKim, Nick Ford, Callie Baird, and godchild Hannah Ford. Among

his special colleagues and friends Jonathan includes Stan Levco, Doug Brown, Carla Moore, Susie Mattingly, many more. He offers special thanks to Pam Rickenbaugh and Sherry Bevins Darrell. He further leaves behind his best friends from college Matthew Knowles, Daniel Humphrey, Gregg Gerling, Mike Harp, Jeff Whitaker, Kurt Kiefer, Jim Nunning, Brett Swihart and their families. In addition to those close friends, survivors include his older brother, Richard Parkhurst; most special sister, Roseanna Parkhurst Gatewood, husband, Tony, and daughter, Maegan Lamb; his twin brother, James Parkhurst, and wife, Janie, along with their sons, Zachary (Kaitlyn) and Tyler, and Zachary’s daughter, Josie; and deceased sister Lisa Parkhurst Baca’s daughter, Ashley Baca-Nkebengedhe, and husband, Steven; halfsister, Brittany Parkhurst Bollinger; stepsister, Mindy Traylor; stepfather, Everett Traylor. Jonathan follows in death his dear mother, Peggy Lou Williams Parkhurst and sister, Lisa Renea Parkhurst Baca - as well as cousins, grandfathers, and grandmothers - and awaits the touch of their hands and outpouring of love when he greets them in heaven. He follows, too, his father, Russell Lowell Parkhurst. In the important ways, Jonathan surprised by beating the odds: although he grew up poor in a poor neighborhood and worked odd jobs from age 13, he managed to complete a college degree and a law degree to be the attorney he aspired to become and to serve with distinction for nearly 30 years. Jonathan is deeply grateful to sister Roseanna and Uncle Kenny for countless hours helping him navigate cancer treatments. He faced the greatest trial of his life, as he battled Pancreatic Cancer with courage. Celebration of Life was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Boone Funeral Home East Chapel – A Family Tradition Funeral Home, 5330 Washington Avenue with Pastor Larry Rascoe and Father Bernie Etienne officiating. The Posey County Police Honors will perform police honors. A Live Stream will be available beginning twenty minutes prior to the service time. Please visit Boone Funeral Home’s Facebook page and click on the link provided. Burial will be Private. Friends visited from 9 a.m. until service time, Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Boone Funeral Home East Chapel. Memorial Contributions may be made to CLEO Law Program at cleoinc.org or at 1101 Mercantile Lane, Ste 294, Largo, MD 20774. Joshua Preschool Academy at 867 East Walnut Street, Evansville, IN 47713. Condolences may be made to the family online at boonefuneralhome.net.

AUGUST 25, 2020 Brenda Kay Walton Brenda Kay (Goodwin) Walton, 69, of Eddyville, Ky., passed away August 20, 2020. She was born June 15, 1951 in Evansville, Ind., to late Clinton and Alabelle (Carr) Goodwin. Brenda was a 1969 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. She had worked at GE Plastics in the oﬃce as a secretary and later as a payroll clerk. Brenda enjoyed boating, going to the beach and seeing the Gulf. She really treasured family gatherings and spending time with her grandkids. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, D. Michael Walton; daughters, Danielle Clement and Valerie Walton; son, Adam Walton (Tina); grandchildren, Gavin Eagleson, Evan Knight, JJ Clement, Berkley Walton, Elizabeth Burns and Colin McReynolds; sister, Charlotte Lurker; brothers, Clinton “Bub” Goodwin (Theresa) and James Duley; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at Schneider

Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Rev. Dr. Michael Rynkiewich oﬃciating and burial to follow in Saint John’s Cemetery at Caborn. Visitation was held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. service time on Tuesday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Condolences may be made online at www. schneiderfuneralhome.com.

Lila “Jean” Groves Lila “Jean” Groves, 85, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away Sat., Aug. 15, 2020, in Grandbury, Texas. She was born on November 4, 1934 to the late Charlie and Inez (Tranhan) McKendree. Jean retired from National Can after 17 years. She was a faithful member of House of Prayer Pentecostal Church. Her many talents included cooking, gardening, canning and beautiful embroidery and needlepoint. She had a God given ability to make others feel loved while sharing her lifelong experiences with the Lord Jesus Christ. She always managed to give the ones she shared with the opportunity to accept the invitation to make Heaven their home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, L.T. Groves; daughter, Karen Potts; daughter-in-law, Sharon Groves; sons-in-law, Ken Hulse and Allen Rush; grandson, Larry Thomas Groves, and ten siblings. Jean is survived and dearly loved by her children Linda Hulse, Rebecca Cops-

ey (Dan), Donna Jones (Jimmy), Teresa Stokes (Wayne), Larry Groves, and Sharon Rush; 16 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; brother, Bill McKendree; sister, Lorene Shreve; and many beloved friends. A funeral service was held 1 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2020, at Alexander Memorial Park Heritage Chapel. Friends visited from 11 a.m. until service time at the Chapel. A meal followed the service at Alexander Memorial Park Family Center. Condolences may be offered at www.AlexanderWestChapel.com.

Richard M. Fawcett Richard M. Fawcett, 81, of Mount Vernon, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at his home. Richard was born April 3, 1939 in Evansville to the late Melvin and Odelia (Batteiger) Fawcett. He retired from Faultless Caster after 44 years of service. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the military police and was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. Richard enjoyed the outdoors, ﬁshing, hunting and wood working. Surviving Richard are his wife of 59 years, Vera Maxine (Riggs) Fawcett; son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Tonya Fawcett; brother and sister-in-law, Lt. Col. Retired Robert and Carolyn Fawcett: two nephews, Dr. Robert L. Fawcett, Dr. Tod R. Fawcett and a niece, Kathy Seib. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 24, 2020 at Pierre Funeral Home, and the Rev. Mark Lowe oﬃciated. Burial

followed at Immanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery on Ford Road. Friends visited with the family from 9 a.m. until service time on Monday at Pierre Funeral Home, 2601 West Franklin Street in Evansville. Memorial contributions may be made to New Bethel Baptist Church, 4301 Broadway Avenue, Evansville, IN 47712. Condolences may be made online at www.pierrefuneralhome.com.

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D M B C P Madeleine, it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anything new to say that I want things passed down to others, who in many cases, both need and want them. It was a very familiar sight to see the wooden play set in your backyard. However, all of you have outgrown needing it. My memories took me back, and I could conjure up the images of all the happy times of playing spent there. I wondered how many times one of you was pushed in the swings, or helped down the little slide. This was the end of an era, and it is kinda sad. However, this playset left the neighborhood this week, headed to delight other children. Your Uncle Todd stepped up to the challenge, and dismantled much of it, to re-build for his grandchildren, Chris and Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children. Caroline just turned four, and the twins are two, and Baby Ben will have plenty of time to spend on it. It makes me happy to know that

other little ones will have many happy special place they remember from years with it. Adults sometimes forget childhood. It is comforting to shut how things like this are long enjoyed. our eyes and go back in memory later in life. I had the type Someone reof swing popular cently told me in the years of my that their family youth. It consisthad moved severed of sturdy rope and a wooden al times, and they seat. Long after regretted not beI was not a little ing anyplace long child, it was still enough to build my place to reup memorable treat and think. places. I am sad It hung from one for anyone not of the huge pehaving this. Cathy and grandpa Herbert can trees in our I spend a lot of Montgomery backyard. There time alone with was a large area of bare earth under the dogs now, and I see them someit, where my feet had gone so many times move in their sleep, as though times. they are dreaming. I have to wonder Even as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;young ladyâ&#x20AC;? wearing if they are re-living a long ago time, high heels and crinolines under a when they were healthy young pupdress or skirt, I retreated to this place. pies, running and playing. I can recall stuffing my skirt in at the All of our lives are like a movie, sides, so that I still fit into the seat. played out over time, with all of the This was my place to go when I was fun, laughter, and sadness. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rehappy, sad, or angry. member a lot of things I wish I could. Most of us have memories of a I went over the day Grandpa and I

Hans Schmitz, PC Purdue Extension Educator Another Tick Makes an Appearance The Asian Longhorned Tick is spreading in its prevalence, adding another nuisance to the list of deadly things that did not originate in 2020 but have proliferated in 2020. This tick ďŹ rst appeared in the United States in 2017 in New Jersey and has since spread to 11 states around the nation, all East of the Mississippi. The good news is that this tick is not associated with any vectored disease in the ďŹ eld at this point. The bad news is that this tick does not need to vector disease to be deadly. Before focusing on the Asian Longhorned Tick, a summarization of other ticks in Indiana is warranted. The most common tick is the American dog tick. Although relatively large at Âź inch and slow, it can vector Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or tularemia. The deer tick or black-legged tick is common in Indiana. Adults are about the size of a sesame seed, and the biggest risk associated with these ticks is Lyme Disease. The Lone Star Tick has a white dot on its back. This tick vectors a few diseases, notably ehrlichiosis (bacterial disease), the ability for those bitten to

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have allergic reactions to red meat, and something called Bourbon Virus that fortunately was named such for being ďŹ rst found in Bourbon County, Kansas, and carries no other relation to bourbon. Compared to dog ticks, lone star ticks are very aggressive. Enter the Asian Longhorned Tick. Although not yet found in Indiana, two ďŹ nds this year are too close to Indiana for comfort. Metcalfe County, Kentucky, had a ďŹ nd due to a veterinarian being called out because an infestation of the ticks had a bull in severe fatigue. This county is somewhat out of the hills of Eastern Kentucky, being located a little under 100 miles directly south of Louisville. The ďŹ rst ďŹ nd in Ohio also happened this year in Gallia County, about 125 miles east of Cincinnati. As the ďŹ nds come closer and closer to Indiana, knowledge of this speciďŹ c arachnid will help distinguish it from its cousins. IdentiďŹ cation of an individual Asian Longhorned Tick is possible though diďŹ&#x192;cult. These ticks are relatively smaller than other species common in the area and have no distinctive markings. Individuals concerned that a tick

they have found might be this species should reach out to the Purdue Extension oďŹ&#x192;ce with a sample. The easiest way to diagnose this tick in the ďŹ eld is by its fecundity. The female of this species does not require a male to produce thousands of eggs. Wherein normal trips to the woods or prairie may end in a tick or two to remove, hairy mammals that pick up an adult female may have those eggs laid in their fur and result in tens or hundreds of ticks actively feeding at once. Folks that ďŹ nd their pets heavily infested with ticks should call their veterinarian, who can then send samples for identiďŹ cation. Although these ticks are currently more notorious for their sheer numbers, scientists have not completely disavowed their ability to vector other diseases. Lyme disease is likely not a concern, according to the National Institutes of Health. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever was able to be vectored in laboratory settings. For more information on this tick or The Tick, remember â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you get into bed with evil incarnate, it always takes the covers,â&#x20AC;? or contact Hans at hschmitz@ purdue.edu or 812-838-1331.

Bryan A. Ruder Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Financial Advisor The SECURE Act One of the most signiďŹ cant pieces of retirement legislation became eďŹ&#x20AC;ective January 1, 2020 with the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancements (SECURE) Act. It contains 29 separate provisions that encourages workplace retirement adoption and increases saving opportunities for Americans. Below is a summary of some of the more substantial changes that may impact your retirement, tax, and estate planning strategies. Requirement Minimum Distributions (RMDs) have increased from 70 and one-half to 72. Individuals born on or after July 1, 1949, can wait until age 72 to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement plans instead of starting them at age 70 and one-half as required under previous law. This can be beneďŹ cial for individuals who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need the withdrawals for living expenses, because it delays payment of income taxes and gives the retirement account a longer time to grow. If you are still working, participants may be able to delay taking withdrawals from their current employerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan as under previous law. Traditional IRA contributions has no age limit. Beginning in 2020, traditional IRA contributions are allowed at any age, as long as the account owner (or spouse if married ďŹ ling jointly) has earned income. Keep in mind that contributions to a traditional IRA only defer taxes. Withdrawals, including any earnings, are taxed as ordinary income from a traditional IRA unless it is a QualiďŹ ed Charitable Distribution (QCDs). 529 Plans Eligible Expenses Expanded. 529 Plan funds now may be distributed tax-free to pay for registered apprenticeship programs. In 2020 and beyond, 529 Plan funds may also be used to pay down students loans (subject to a

lifetime limit of $10,000). Inherited IRA/retirement accounts, a new 10 year rule will apply. If an IRA owner/plan participant dies in 2020 or after, the new rule requires IRA/retirement account to be depleted within 10 years (by December 31 of 10th anniversary of death). There are several exception including spouses, minors, disabled or chronically ill individuals and non-souse beneďŹ ciaries that are no more than 10 years younger than the deceased. Once a minor reaches the age of majority, the 10-year rule begins. Since the stretch IRA is eliminated with the SECURE Act, the tax obligation from withdrawals may increase signiďŹ cantly to nonspouse beneďŹ ciaries. Tax Credit for New Retirement Plans, SEP IRAs, and Simple IRAs. The SECURE Act includes provisions that make it simpler and more aďŹ&#x20AC;ordable for small businesses to oďŹ&#x20AC;er retirement plans. The tax credit up to $5,000 may be an incentive for small businesses to establish their ďŹ rst retirement plans for employees. If you have questions about the SECURE Act and how it can impact your ďŹ nancial plan, reach out to your professional ďŹ nancial, legal and/or or tax advisors. This information is for educational purposes only. Stifel and its employees do not provide legal or tax advice. You should consult with your legal and tax advisors regarding your particular situation. Article provided by Bryan A. Ruder, CFPÂŽ, MS, CRPCÂŽ, AWMAÂŽ, AAMSÂŽ, AIFÂŽ, MPASÂŽ, Associate Vice President/Investments, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Member SIPC and New York Stock Exchange, who can be contacted in the Evansville oďŹ&#x192;ce at 812-475-9353 or ruderb@stifel.com.

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got married this past week. Fifty five years have flown by since that hot August day. I still look up to where heaven might be and apologize to my mother for having a wedding day like that. I wish I could have made it a happy day for her, instead of acting like an impulsive young person. It is only when one has their own children that we can see things from the perspective of long-suffering parents. I did a lot of things that I now know were selfish and thoughtless. Another friend told me this week how sad it was for her, when her husband became ill, and she was forced to part with all of her things and downsize. My own grown children are always telling me how I must let stuff go and simplify my house. Perhaps many folks really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have feelings about things like this. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about the actual items, in most cases; it is what we remember about them. As long as I can sit here and gaze across the room at various items, all still seems to be right with my world. Stripping my house of all the things I

have loved and preserved seems like having to die twice. I cried much more when I went through my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possessions, when it was obvious she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to return to her little apartment, than I did when she actually passed away. That is the real â&#x20AC;&#x153;deathâ&#x20AC;?, becoming old and perhaps sick, having to let it all go. We found little notes she had written to her grandchildren, and other small things that were personal to her. Even though it was a cold February day, I went out and sat in my swing, on the way to my grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral. It was his strong hands that proudly put it up for me, so long ago. I told him good-bye right there. Madeleine, I hope you will someday remember all of the great times we have had. Perhaps you will pick up a cup you drank out of, here at my kitchen, and remember these days. I also hope the new little owners of the swing set will hear laughter from the past, when it was you on the swing.

Birthdays August 25 - A. J. Eaton, Mike Stolz, Margaret Herring, Rick Stone, Emily Biggs, Ted Burkemper, Ryan Spilman, Quaid Williams, Gerald G. Mohr, Cory Hendon August 26 - Ted Burkemper, Leroy Grabert, Marcia McIntire Jones, Karla Lyn Atkins, Toni Ann Gross, Brittany Whitcomb, Jean C. Parker, Marc Crumbacher, Sarah Milbrandt, Harold Morgan, Martha Jones August 27 - Ashley McCleave, Sondra McNamara, Tom Armstrong, Shelley Will, Stephanie Wrobel, Clay ScaraďŹ a, Rachael Goedde, Jim Spann, Bill Meyer, Phyllis Al-

spaugh, Mary Ann Shrode August 28 - James Pearce, Qutonne Crabtree, Deborah HoďŹ&#x20AC;man, Tom Johnson, Bettye Bennett, Selma Belner, George Renschler, TiďŹ&#x20AC;any AlmondJarvis, Gail Carlisle August 29 - Abbey J. Deckard, Shelley Goad, Catriona Quirk, Douglas Parker, Saundra Blackburn, Jenny Kissel, Hannah Will, Marcia Montgomery, Kathy Osborne, Rita Ricketts, JoAnn Yeida, Barbara Grabert August 30 - Carl Maertz, Barbara Marriott, Doyle Marriott, Abby Jo Creek, Ashley R. Deckard, Barbara Fisher Dixon, Debbie Johnson, Miranda

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J K News From The Western Star, August 26, 1920 - Mount Vernon

Note: News in this issue include: Gov. Jimmy Cox greeted by an enthusiastic crowd, Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Institute and school opening, registering to vote on Nov. 2, body of Pvt. Gerton arrives, riding kids to school in a truck bus, and many more briefs and personals. Gov. Cox Is Greeted By Enthusiastic Crowd - With the appearance of Gov. Cox, democratic presidential nominee, simultaneously the 1920 campaign of the First District opened. The largest concourse of people in Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history gathered at the fairgrounds Wednesday afternoon, where they heard Gov. Cox discussing the political issues of the day. The crowd was estimated to be 20,000. Posey Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showing was the best of the district, and it was estimated that at least 100 autos, all bearing appropriate signs painted by Martin Smith, were given a prominent place in the parade. The Mount Vernon band was considered one of the best of the four bands present, and their music was greatly appreciated. Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Institute And School Opening-The Posey County Teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Institute, under the direction of County Supt. G. E. Behrens, opened Monday for a ďŹ ve dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s session in the auditorium of the Senior High School building, and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s institute promises to be one of the best ever held in Posey County. One hundred and sixty teachers enrolled, this number being slightly below former enrollments for the reason that the institute is being held two weeks earlier than usual. Many of the teachers have not returned from their summer schools. Supt. Behrens has prepared an excellent program for the teachers. City schools will open Tuesday, Sept. 7, and the playdays of the youngsters for nine long months at least, will be a thing of the past. Supt. D.S. Painter has assigned the following to teach at the high school: C. E. Sandefur, Principal and head of History Department; Louis Stinnett, Assistant Principal and head of Science Dept.; Mary Smith, head of the English Dept.; Nola Noel, instructor in English; Mabel LaDuke, head of Mathematics Dept.; Eulah Benton, head of Latin Dept.; Margaret Zerbe, head of French Dept.; Ruth White, head of Commercial Dept.; and J. R. Stubbs, head of Vocational Dept. Voters Have Two Days In Which To Register - Every voter must register Sept. 4 or Oct. 4, in order to cast a ballot at the election on Nov. 2. Voters must register in the precinct in which they vote. All women who intend to vote, must register as well as men voters. One must be 21 years old and a U. S. citizen. Body Of Soldier Arrives - The remains of Pvt. Marion Gerton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Gerton, arrived from France, Wed., and the funeral occurred from Welbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with internment in the church cemetery. The Owen Dunn Post 5, American Legion, having charge of the services. Gerton enlisted in Co. L., organized in this city and in 1917 was sent to Camp Shelby from which point he was sent to France and later was with the Army of Occupation in Germany,

where in Feb. last he took the ďŹ&#x201A;u followed by Typhoid fever which resulted in his death. This was the ďŹ rst body of a Posey County soldier returned from overseas and his funeral was largely attended by relatives and friends. Rural School Children Will Ride In New Truck - J. R. Blackburn is determined that none of the children who he conveys to and from school, shall neither be tardy nor late for the evening meal as the result of a slow team of horses or mules. Several weeks ago, through the local agents in this city, he purchased a Ford School Wagon. The truck is so built that the children would be protected entirely from the cold rains or the winter season and will ride as comfortably as if they were riding in a touring car. The truck is neatly upholstered and will accommodate 24 children. (Note: for-runner of the bus.) News Briefs And Personals - Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Crunk, of this city, a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGregor of this city last night, a daughter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stewart, a daughter. Accidents and Sickness: Mrs. Henry Uhde is slowly improving from rheumatism and was able to step out in town again. Mrs. Mike Maas has been conďŹ ned to her bed with typhoid fever, and her many friends will be pleased to learn that she is slowly improving. Boy Injured In Fall: Frederick, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ernst, accidentally stepped from a small bridge near his home Wed., and as a result his tongue and lip were badly lacerated. Dr. Ranes rendered medical aid. Several stitches were required to sew up the wound. Trips And Visits: Mr. And Mrs. Albert Vaupel and son, Benjamin, spent Sunday with friends in Haubstadt. Mrs. John Staples left yesterday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Verena Stills, in Akron, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hagemann and son, Wilford, motored to Terre Haute and spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt. Mr. and Mrs. Armenius Templeton left Monday for a visit in Fowler, Colorado with their son, G. C. Templeton. John Hahn was in the city Tuesday and while here gave us his annual call. Mrs. Louis Pfeifer and son, Harvey, were in Mount Vernon Tuesday. News Of Mount Vernon 125 Years Ago, August 19, 1895 - The steamer Rosedale, owned by the Hudnuts, sank Sunday in 10 feet of water loaded with shelled corn and ďŹ ve race horses, and 15 passengers were aboard. No lives were lost. The German M. E. Church Conference will meet in Cincinnati. Simon Gronemier and Charles Kreie will attend along with Rev. Fritche. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Want Baby: A young mother, in company with a man, drove to the Poor InďŹ rmary Saturday, and handed Mr. Millett, the Supt., her 18-month old girl baby, with the request that he take charge of the child. The baby expects to be turned over to a worthy mother since the real mother said she did not have time to bother with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;kid.â&#x20AC;? Marriage Licenses: Sam Murry and Kate Hall; Leonard McReynolds and Lucretia Ramsey; and Thomas Pote and Minnie Wylie.

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Television personality and Posey County resident Warren Korﬀ does the Trough Congressman Larry Bucshon gets a taste of Posey County at Three Chicks Fudgery in Challenge at Hawg N Sauce on Saturday. After a valiant eﬀort, Warren almost made it...almost. Mount Vernon this week. He is pictured with owner Rachel Rainey.

4-Her’s of the Month - June

Sydney Deno Sydney Deno has been selected by the Posey County 4-H Council as one of two June 4-H’er of the Month. Sydney is a nine year member of the Diligent Ones 4-H Club and serves as the current 4-H Jr. Leaders’ President. As the group’s President, she is an active member representing

the Jr. Leaders on both the 4-H Council and Fair Board. This summer she put her sewing skills to use making nearly 50 masks for family, friends, and church members. She completed both the 4-H Foods and Jr. Leader project for exhibit at this year’s virtual 4-H Fair, and serves as the MVHS Class

of 2021 Secretary. Sydney is the daughter of Ben and Rachel Deno of Mount Vernon. Kimberly Korﬀ was also recently selected as one of two June 4-H’ers of the Month by the Posey County 4-H Council. Kimberly is a nine year member of the Roaring Vikings 4-H Club and is a student at North Posey High School. Kimberly is a current 4-H Jr. Leader member and her club’s President. Kimberly assists in setting up Zoom meetings for her club and has also participated in her club’s other community service activities this year. Kimberly is a cheerleader at NPHS and cheered at Special Olympics earlier this spring, in addition to completing her 4-H Fine

Arts, Consumer Clothing, and Jr. Leader projects this year. Kimberly is the daughter of Warren and Mary Korff of Poseyville. Both of these Posey County 4-H’ers will be awarded $25 at the 4-H Achievement Banquet in November. To receive this award, a 4-H’er must be nominated by a parent, 4-H Club Leader, or other adult. The Posey County 4-H Council selects two winners every month, from January through September. To find out more information, please contact the Posey County Extension Office by calling 812-8381331 or emailing HYPERLINK “mailto:poseyces@ purdue.edu” poseyces@purdue.edu.

and time given, and will remain on the Facebook page for viewing anytime. August 27, September 3, 10, 17 and 24, October 1 at 3:30 p.m. - Virtual Laughs and Crafts Club - Just visit the Alexandrian Library Facebook page to view the Laughs and Crafts Club video. Join Miss Liz for jokes, a story, fun activities to do at home, and craft demonstrations. All programs will be posted on the dates and times given, and will remain on the Facebook page for viewing anytime. Craft bags with supplies and surprises

will be available by calling the library at 812-838 3286. August 31, September 14, 21 and 28 at 10:30 p.m. - Virtual Story Times - Just visit the Alexandrian Public LibraryFacebook page to view the story time video. Miss Samantha will read a book, do a variety of activities, and demonstrate a Take It and Make It Craft. All programs will be posted on the dates and times given, and will remain on the Facebook page for viewing anytime. Craft bags with supplies and surprises will be available by calling the library at 812-838

3286. Note: Due to social distancing guidelines and our request for patrons to keep their visits brief to maintain safety for our patrons and staﬀ, we have very little seating available for students who are doing virtual learning at this time. However, our Wiﬁ is open 24/7 and is available from outside the building anywhere on our block (like the seating in the garden and in the parking lot). As things evolve and if our guidelines change, we’ll be sure to announce it on Facebook.

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APL News August 26 at 10 a.m. Virtual Take and Make Fabric Arts-Fabric Basket - Fabric Arts returns, virtually. Join Monica as she shows you how to make this Fabric Basket. You must be 18 or older. A supply kit with detailed instructions will be available for you to do safely in the comfort of your home. Registration begins August 5. August 26 at 3:30 p.m. Virtual Lego Demonstration - Miss Samantha will build a fun, simple LEGO project you will love. This program will be posted on the date

WMI News - WMI’s Artifact Under Exam One of the intriguing artifacts looked at this summer at the Working Men’s Institute is this Victorian men’s shirt collar and cuff box. It was donated by Juanita Sharpe, of Evansville, formerly of Griffin, Indiana. According to our records, it was a gift to her family in 1899. Even though it was near the end of the Victorian era, it was certainly in keeping with those times. It is made to fit into a corner, so it would take up a minimum amount of space on the top of a man’s dressing table. It looks like a luxury item – the outside is highly decorated – but this is, in fact, a very practical object. In Victorian times, it was common for a man to wear removable collars and cuffs. They were the parts of his shirt most likely to need cleaning, so he saved the trouble of washing his shirt every day and changed the collar and cuffs instead. His wife or maid had the task of washing, drying, iron-

ing, and starching the collars and cuffs. Presumably, the task of washing his shirt was delayed until it was noticeably dirty. His collars and cuffs had small buttonholes on them, and small buttons or clothing studs on his shirt were used for attaching them. An interesting feature of using removable collars and cuffs is that it was possible to try out different styles without having to purchase entirely different shirts. Another feature is that collars and cuffs which became too badly stained could be replaced without any need to discard the whole garment. That meant saving money by purchasing fewer shirts. A round compartment inside the box served for the storage of cuffs. Collars were stored wrapped around that compartment. There is also a small crescent-shape mirror in-

able residents in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.” “These new funds are important and will go a long way to help low-income residents secure and retain affordable housing during this unprecedented time,” said Hunter Kurtz, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. “Public housing authorities have a vital role to play as we continue our COVID-19 recovery efforts,” said Joseph P. Galvan, HUD Midwest Regional Administrator. “We will continue working diligently to overcome this as expeditiously as possible.” The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) includes the Mainstream Program that provides tenant-based vouchers serving low-income households. The eligible coronavirusrelated activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Tryouts are open to all MVHS and current MVJH eighth grade students. • Must provide email address to elsfelderid@mvschool. org to receive tryout material. • Online Final Forms and an updated Physical should be completed and on ﬁle w/athletic oﬃce at either school. • Video submission deadline is September 4 • Must have parent permission form turned into to coaches at elsfelderid@mvschool.org before tryout routine will be provided to applicants.

Briefly Oak Grove Cemetery needs your support A new year for Oak Grove Cemetery Board Meeting, this year has brought us a lot of trials and tribulations due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, since we can’t have our annual meeting we still need your support. Last year we spent $2,760 in just lawn care to take care of the cemetery. Without donations we risk losing the funds to pay for the maintenance of your loved ones ﬁnal resting place. You can support us by vocal input through email, mail, or our Facebook page or by ﬁnancial help by mailing to the following address as always, any and all would be greatly appreciated. Any letters or donations may be mailed to our Treasurer. Thank you for your continued support. Mail to: Emily Gardner, Treasurer, Oak Grove Cemetery, 1344 Stonehaven Circle, Boonville, IN 47601; or email: Oakgrovecemetery1@gmail.com; or search Facebook by: OakGrove Cemetery.

PC Regional Sewer District to meet The board of the Posey County Regional Sewer District will meet on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at the Hovey House, 330 Walnut, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

Update on MV Class of 1968 reunion As of now, the group is still planning to have the Mount Vernon High School Class of 1968 reunion. Organizers have said day Party h” Biarth of 68 “7to0tmake that if COVID-19 seconderound we may have Classdecides ith th CO eled. W en CancSince to cancel at the there is m noittcharge, please let s beminute. halast ee m the co spreadingknow one of the Committee if youinplan on attending: VID 19 Members st terbe r ou at is it ed Don Kleinschmidt 812-838-8477; Jenifer Harget-im1jen@ had decid of our cancel it. We love all yahoo.com; Dave Susan Nelsonest toSharber-wobeyone@att.net; ne to yo er ev nt wa d eastwater611@yahoo.com; Schlegelmilch-gidg@att. Classmates anDonna we r get bette net; Waite Rowe-waiterowe@yahoo.com; Tony Gross-Tony. be safe. Once things t Together. Ge r he ot an ve gross68gmail.com; or Judy Trout-judytrout@wowway.com. will ha You can also respond to our Facebook Post. We made it to be 70 so let’s celebrate. Hope to see you then.

Grief Support Group offered at MVCC A Grief Support Group will be held on Monday’s from 6:30 to 8 p.m., beginning August 31. The group will meet through November 30 at the Mount Vernon Community Church Black’s Chapel, 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon Indiana. Troy and Angie DeKemper will be the facilitators, for more information call 812-457-7333. GriefShare is a special weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life. We know it hurts, and we want to help.

side the box. A man could take oﬀ the collar he had been wearing all day, and put on a clean collar before going out for the evening.

Hud awards $5.3 Million to public housing authorities The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced $472 million nationally in CARES Act funding to help low-income families during the coronavirus pandemic, including $5.3 million to 49 public housing authorities (PHAs) throughout Indiana. This funding can be used by public housing authorities to help families assisted by Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and Mainstream vouchers prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus. “This funding will provide additional resources to public housing authorities to make sure people have a decent, safe, and affordable place to call home,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “HUD continues to work with our public housing authorities to protect American families from this invisible enemy, including vulner-

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• Procuring cleaning supplies and/or services to maintain safe and sanitary HCV units, including common areas of PHA-owned Project Based Voucher (PBV) projects. • Relocation of participating families to health units or other designated units for testing, hospitalization, or quarantine, or transportation to these locations to limit the exposure that could be caused by using mass transportation. • Additional costs to supportive services vendors incurred due to coronavirus. • Costs to retain or increase owner participation in the HCV Program, such as incentive or retention costs (e.g. the PHA offers owner an incentive payment to participate in recognition of added difficulties of making units available for HCV families to rent while stayat-home orders or social distancing practices are in

effect). • Costs for providing childcare for the children of PHA staff that would not have otherwise been incurred (e.g. children are at home due to school closings, PHA staff are working outside of regular work schedules, etc.). For more information on HUD’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the actions the Department has taken, please visit HUD. gov/coronavirus. Public housing authorities across the nation have jumped into action to help assist their tenants and their communities during this unprecedented time. Read more about their stories featured in HUD’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors campaign, here. The following public housing authorities across Indiana received funding: Mount Vernon Housing Authority, Mount Vernon, $22,375.

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Nix Companies appears on Inc. 5000 top private companies Inc. magazine today revealed that Nix Companies is No. 1242 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. President Matthew Nix offered the following statement. “We are honored to return to the Inc 5000 list for a fifth straight year. This kind of growth is only possible as a result of the incredible team we have assembled. While this group is diverse in thought and backgrounds, it is very much aligned around our values, and committed to the vision.” Not only have the companies on the 2020 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their

markets, but the list as a whole shows staggering growth compared with prior lists as well. The 2020 Inc. 5000 achieved an incredible three-year average growth of over 500 percent, and a median rate of 165 percent. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue was $209 billion in 2019, accounting for over one million jobs over the past three years. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.

com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are also being featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands August 18. “The companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 come from nearly every realm of business,” says Inc. editorin-chief Scott Omelianuk. “From health and software to media and hospitality, the 2020 list proves that no matter the sector, incredible growth is based on the foundations of tenacity and opportunism.” The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring the companies on the list will be held virtually

from October 23 to 27, 2020. As always, speakers will include some of the greatest innovators and business leaders of our generation. “Nix is a diversified metals solutions provider of industrial products, manufacturing, and maintenance contracting. We combine the benefits of working with a trusted, responsive, and smaller firm, while providing a diverse set of big business capabilities. We are a Midwestern based company with a national reach. Founded in 1902, we are a fifth-generation, family business with multiple locations and operating divisions. We believe our competitive advantage is the caliber of our people, our corporate culture, and our mission to ‘Be Big, Act Small℠.’ We stand on our foundation of honesty and integrity, while Forging Ahead℠ to find better solutions that help keep Americas’ industries running safe and efficient.”

‘Communications’ continued from Page A1 set up in town. “It is not fair to our local businesses to have them sell food with no cost to them. They pay no utility usage fees,” Blaylock noted. The issue will also be discussed with the New Harmony Business Associates Group. • Another ordinance will develop a contract for golf cart rental companies to use ensuring with signatures that renters know not to use Church Street, don’t drive on sidewalks, and make sure drivers are of the proper age. Children may not drive them. Councilors are still working on the development of a fireworks ordinance which may be ready by next month. • Clerk-Treasurer Karla Atkins reported that 34 owners have not paid delinquent golf cart registration fees. Town Attorney Erin Bauer is working on the situation. She was also asked to research Indiana code on who is responsible for cleaning up Mill Creek Ditch.

Is it the landowners or town? • The list is getting long for residents who have delinquent utility bills and shutoffs may occur soon if they do not contact the Town Clerk and try to work to get some help for payment. • Dan Mason appeared before the board to give an update on Historic New Harmony events, both live and on Zoom, and reported that he is working to line up funding to tackle building maintenance issues. • The council approved payment to Liquid Engineering of $3,130 to do the five year inspection on the town’s water tower. They made a motion to accept a proposal from the company to lock in the same rate for 2025 and 2030 and $3,290 in 2035 and it passed unanimously. • The Large Trash Pickup date was set at October 9 for anyone living within the city limits. “This does not include

persons living out in the country who have a New Harmony address,” Blaylock emphasized. “We had trouble with that last year.” • Councilwoman Virginia Alsop requested permission to hire cleaners for the Murphy Park Shelter House and park rest rooms. She was told to go ahead and get prices, as the money is out there for her use. • Southwest Indiana Economic Development was selected to be the administrator of the COVID-19 economic grant the town applied for to help small businesses. They will find out on August 23, if New Harmony received it. • The next meeting is slated for Tuesday, September 15 in the Town Hall. Linda Clifford has asked the council to look at the three way stop at Third and Tavern Streets before that date and put it on the meeting agenda. They also plan to discuss incentives for town employees to get training advances.

Susie and Chris Mulkey of the Hoosier Booster’s 4-H Club presents a check to Beth Russell, Director of Family Matters, left, at Walking for Dreams at Tropicana Plaza. Photo submitted

‘Poseyville’ continued from Page A1 the Town of Cynthiana. Cynthiana has its own collection utility. Councilman Bruce Baker indicated that Cynthiana had recently instituted a rate increase. Callahan indicated that this would be something the Council would want to take a look at. The Council thanked Callahan, Foster and Hyatt for their excellent work on the study.

Each Council Member was provided a copy of the study for review. They will discuss the findings with Foster and decide if and where any budgetary changes could or should be made. Once the study is in final form, the Council will consider a change in the town’s water and wastewater rate ordinances.

Mount Vernon resident Eli Simmons prepares to head out for a Sunday afternoon ride on his moped. The 14-year-old is adapting to school as it has never been before as the COVID-19 restrictions have students changing the way they do almost everything. Photo by Dave Pearce Karen Moser of New Harmony enjoys spending some quality time with her brother, Bob Nelson, on Sunday on the Wabash Riverfront. Photo by Dave Pearce

‘Jerry’ continued from Page A1 graduation celebrations for students. He spent many nights and weekends supporting his students and staff and was always going above and beyond. Once he had a student whose father was dying of cancer and Jerry arranged for the young man and his father to attend an IU basketball game and meet Bobby Knight. He drove them to Bloomington on a Wednesday evening and Coach Knight allowed the father to talk to the team before they took the floor. Jerry said there wasn’t a dry eye following his speech. The father and son were treated royally and the father received an IU jacket which he was sadly buried in two weeks later. These are just a couple of instances where Funkhouser’s character shines, and we can’t help but smile at his big heart — even if we’re smiling through tears. Jerry Funkhouser was born on July 1, 1948, as the son of Archie and Edna Funkhouser and was the youngest in his family with an older sister, Nancy, and older brother, Carroll. As a young man going through school, he admired his eighth-grade science teacher, Don Goerlitz, and knew he loved kids and wanted to make a difference in the lives of young people. In 1966 he went on to study at Indiana University where he pursued a degree in biology. He worked his way through school working at the IU library and the refinery. This was the first of many degrees as he would later earn his master’s degree from Indiana State University, an MS+ degree from the University of Evansville in Administrative Endorsement and another MS+ from Indiana State University (ISU) in Administration and Supervision. Even beyond his master’s work he obtained an Education Specialist degree in administration from ISU. He didn’t just believe in education, but also pursued it to better himself throughout his career. His partner in his journey through life has been his wife, Cheryl. He met her when he was home for a street festival in Mount Vernon after his first year at IU. Although she had also graduated from Mount Vernon they didn’t know each other from school. After graduating college the couple married on August 15, 1970. Sharing a love for kids, both of them would spend their careers working in education. Cheryl was an English teacher and also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Evansville. He served on the board of directors, coordinated regional workshops and served as the state president, among other things. He enjoyed connecting with principals from around the state, especially in District 11, and taking part in leadership activities. He tearfully recalls visiting Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis on his trips to the state’s capital. While it was incredibly difficult to visit young patients he always enjoyed making them smile. He would also serve on the Riley Kids Caring and Sharing Advisory Board. Funkhouser was a part of the MVJHS family for 39 years and spent 29 years as the middle school principal. As a principal, he served enthusiastically. He is a proud Hoosier and often played the IU fight song in the morning announcements just for fun. He took part in pep rallies and would visit classrooms to see the students and teachers. He especially loved to pop in the science classrooms and help with experiments. He also enjoyed connecting with families. Beyond being a principal, he sought to be a mentor and a friend. He saw the school as a very special place and in his retirement letter he thanked the parents and community members as well as his “tremendous staff.” He also said that his fondest memories were of the students of MVJHS as he strived to leave a legacy of caring,

excellence encouragement and love. Beyond being a principal, he sought to be a mentor and a friend. He saw the school as a very special place and in his retirement letter he thanked the parents and community members as well as his “tremendous staff.” He also said that his fondest memories were of the students of MVJHS as he strived to leave a legacy of caring, excellence encouragement and love. In August of 2013 following his retirement the couple moved to Mahomet, Ill., which is just west of Champaign. They wanted to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Their daughter Kristen‘s family lives in Mahomet and their son Kyle’s family lives in northern Illinois. While retirement was bittersweet, the couple was thrilled to be closer to family where they could dote on their grandchildren. However, not long after they moved, in October 2013, Jerry experienced a medical emergency. When Cheryl arrived home she found Jerry in the garage and realized he had suffered a stroke. She called 911. “I had met one of our grandchildren at school for lunch and planned to run a few errands afterward, but something told me I needed to get home,” recalls Cheryl. Jerry was hospitalized for three weeks and did both in and outpatient therapy. Since his stroke, he’s dealt with aphasia, which is a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language and can make it hard for people to read, write, and speak. For someone who has always been an excellent communicator, this was a difficult setback but Jerry joined a speech group that meets every Wednesday at the hospital. Some of the participants struggle more than others and he helps his peers practice talking. He makes good company and said there’s a superintendent that sits next to him and another man with his same first name. That’s Jerry. He’s always making a friend. Together the Funkhousers have celebrated many joys and faced tough challenges throughout their marriage of 47 years. From births to deaths and everything in between they’ve been there to support one another. “There was a time when I had to undergo several surgeries and Jerry would bring his laptop and work all night at the hospital just to keep me company. Now he’s battling cancer and he’s never asked, ‘why me?’ He’s the most positive person I know,” said Cheryl. “My mother’s face used to just light

up when she saw him. I always said she’d keep him in the family no matter what.” While they’ve faced many things together, this has been one of the most challenging and Jerry is especially appreciative of his wife who continues to be a light and source of strength. “Cheryl is my nurse, supporter and helper — she’s my everything,” said Funkhouser of his wife who has served as his primary caretaker. Together they strive to start each day with a grateful heart, and accept all the hugs and encouragement others have to offer. While they maintain their positive outlook on life, this has caused them to cherish each day even more. “We don’t look ahead too far. We just try to deal with things as they come and make the most of each day,” said Cheryl. “Cancer is serious, but we try to laugh. Even if we are laughing through tears.” The family will now cherish those times together and through Jerry’s example, will be there to support each other through this most difficult of transitions. Funeral arrangements were pending at press time.

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Local pastor expresses forgiveness for sign desecration From one sinner to another sinner. Matthew 5:43-48 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. On Friday, July 10, 2020, as I was leaving home to go to work, I received a call informing me that the church where I am pastor had been vandalized. I did not know to what extent or what damage had been done. As I drove from my home toward Mount Vernon, I prayed about what I would see and how I should respond. Why did I not become angry? Throughout my life I have been known to express my anger which has ALWAYS resulted in more problems. God gave me an overwhelming sense of peace about this. Upon arrival at the church I saw graffiti on the church sign and the posts at the entry to the church. One of our church Elders was walking over as I drove in. Before calling the local police, we stopped and prayed. I took some pictures of the vandalism and after the police officer arrived, we looked over everything and came to the conclusion that the damage was contained to the sign and posts. When the police officer left, I went on to work, but returned after a few hours to find two of our fine men in the church working to clean the signs. A woman (from Texas) was in town for a funeral, passed by the church. She called the church while I was away and left a message letting us know she saw the vandalism and wanted to let us know she saw a suspicious person there, so she took a picture of the possible culprit’s vehicle. It

turned out that it was not the vandal, but her concern was appreciated. Another passer-by saw the vandalism, took pictures and posted his disgust with it. This caused an outpouring from many in the community who expressed their dismay. Many reached out to me to say that they “could not believe that someone would do such a thing.” It is refreshing to see that there are still those who hold in high regard the church as something representing God and His people. It is easy to love those who are loveable. It is easy to pour random acts of kindness to people who are good. But it is often difficult to show love for those who persecute you. It is difficult to put a smile on your face and show kindness to someone who stabs you in the back. It is difficult to be nice to someone who is not nice. Jesus tells us that we are to “be perfect just like our Father in heaven.” We all know that we cannot be perfect because we are flawed. How can we be perfect? How can we love the unlovable? How can we, unless the Holy Spirit work through us? Our Father in heaven loves us even though we do not deserve it. Jesus entered this flawed world and became one of us, yet He remained perfect and sinless. Jesus did for us what we do not deserve, He took our mess, our sin and “clothed Himself” with it while He gave Himself as the payment for our sin. Because Jesus wore our sin garment to the cross and died an agonizing death, He in turn gave us a robe of righteousness to wear. All who will wear that robe of righteousness become perfect and are loved for eternity by God our Father. There is so much hate in our nation today, so we do not need to add to it by returning hate for hate. That only makes matters worse. But love covers and multitude of sins (I Peter 4:8). There is perfect love in Jesus, and it is only through THIS love that we can experience the peace and hope that everyone is looking for. To the individual who committed this act of Vandalism against First Christian Church, I want you to know that Jesus Christ gave

Signs at First Christian Church in Mount Vernon were recently vandalized. His life for yours. Don’t get me wrong, what was done was wrong but that is now in the past and you can be forgiven. It would be my pleasure to talk with you about this great love because I know first-hand how much this love means to me since God has taken

my sin and removed it so far away and it will never again be retrieved. From one who has been forgiven, you too can experience this forgiveness. To God be all glory forever and ever, amen.

APL to hold virtual art exhibit The Alexandrian Public Library will hold their first virtual art exhibit beginning September 14. Organized and exhibited by the Alexandrian Public Library, the show is presented as a component of the library’s continuing community art awareness project. Fine craft artists and artisans from all over Posey County are invited to participate in the Alexandrian Public Library Virtual Fine Art and Craft Exhibition. Artists may submit a digital photograph of one item they completed in the year 2020. Acceptable media will include watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, photography, sculpture, jewelry, crayon, finger paint, pastels, chalk, and silverpoint. Students, amateurs and professionals are all encouraged to participate in this exhibit. Artists are asked to include their full name and title of the work submitted. There is no entry fee. The exhibit will be posted on the Alexandrian Public Library Facebook page. Images of entered items will also be posted on Flickr, as well as preserved in the library archives. Those wishing to enter the exhibit may begin doing so September 1 through September 8 by sending them to apl_core@live.com or scampbell@pl.lib.in.us. Images will be posted on the Alexandrian Public Library Facebook page beginning September 14. For additional information concerning the exhibit contact Stan Campbell at the library by calling (812) 838-3286.

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Get the Most from Your 401(k) You won’t see any greeting cards celebrating it, and it’s not likely to be on your calendar, but in just a few weeks, National 401(k) Day will be observed. And this type of recognition may be warranted, too, because 401(k) plans have become key building blocks for a big part of people’s lives – a comfortable retirement. Are you making the most of your 401(k)? Of course, during the past few months, you may have had mixed feelings about your 401(k). After all, at the beginning of the coronavirus, when the financial markets tumbled, the value of your account probably fell significantly, although it has likely regained some ground since the initial drop. Nonetheless, the recent market volatility and its short-term effects on your 401(k) should not unduly influence your decisions about this important retirement account. After all, a 401(k) is truly a long-term vehicle, in every sense – you contribute to it for decades while you’re working, and you can draw on it, along with other sources of income, for decades during your retirement. Consequently, you’ll want to consistently review your account to ensure it is working hard for you. Here are a few suggestions: • Get the match. At a minimum, put enough into your 401(k) to earn your employer’s matching contribution, if one is offered. While employers can set their own rules, a typical match is 50% of what you put in, up to 6% of your salary. So, if you don’t contribute the amount needed to earn the match, you are essentially “leaving money on the table.” (Be aware, though, that some employers have temporarily suspended matching contributions in response to the economic slowdown during the pandemic.) • Give yourself regular “raises.” Every time your salary goes

up, increase your annual contributions. Most people typically don’t come anywhere near hitting the maximum annual 401(k) contribution limit (which, in 2020, is $19,500, or $26,000 for those 50 or older), and you might not, either, but try to put in as much as you can afford. Not only will you be building tax-deferred resources for retirement, but you’ll be giving yourself a big tax break, because the more you contribute each year, the lower your taxable income (unless you have a Roth 401(k), in which case your contributions aren’t deductible, but your earnings can grow tax-free). • Invest for growth. Because your 401(k) is designed to help fund your retirement, which could last 20 years or more, you’ll want to build the biggest account possible. That means you’ll need to include investments designed to provide growth within your 401(k), subject to your personal risk tolerance. • Be careful about loans. You can take out loans from your 401(k), but it’s not always a good move. You’ll have to pay yourself back, and if you leave your job, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the repayment may be due at an inconvenient time. (However, as part of the CARES economic stimulus act, many 401(k) loan repayments are being suspended for up to one year.) Furthermore, by taking out money from your account, even temporarily, you can slow its overall growth potential. So, you may want to look for other sources of income before tapping into your 401(k). National 401(k) Day is just that – a day. But by taking the appropriate steps, you can help ensure your own 401(k) gives you many years’ worth of benefits. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC

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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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Monday - Friday: 7am - 5pm Saturday: 8am - 12pm 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.

TURN BACK TIME... ﬁnd our digital archives online at poseycountynews.com 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

AUGUST 25, 2020

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Mount Vernon City Council addresses junk vehicle issues By Lois Mittino Gray Members of the Mount Vernon Common Council agreed to form a new committee to take action on the city’s trash and junk car problem at its August 13, meeting. Mayor Bill Curtis said this issue actually involves Street Commissioner Max Dieterle, Code Enforcement Officer Dave Ashworth, Police Chief Tony Alldredge, and Building Commissioner Sherry Willis. He then suggested two council members serve on it, as well as himself and Area Plan Commission Director Mindy Bourne. They could have an initial meeting to discuss specifics and how they should proceed with the problem’s enforcement. Councilman Andy Hoehn added he would like to see this be in the process and finalized by August 26. There is a virtual Code Enforcement Conference planned for that date that Willis and Ashworth will attend. He thought involving the APC is not necessary at this time, as junk cars and trash don’t really involve the APC, although cars parked on grass would. Councilmen Rusty Levings and David Dodd volunteered to serve on the new committee, along with the Mayor, Dieterle and Willis, and Ashworth for starters. They will begin with junk cars. The decision was made to revisit this on August 26, to at least have a starting point and then go from there. On the topic of cars, Curtis opened a discussion on codification code section 153.204 relative to side yards, which Levings asked to be put on the agenda. “According to this section, cars parked in side yards must be parked on a hard surface. I would like to see that changed to allow for rock, which would be less expensive and still keep the surface dust-free. The rock would need to be kept out of the road and far enough away from adjacent property owners,” Levings remarked. “Keep it simple, and still allow no parking on grass.” City Attorney Beth McFadin Higgins explained that would be a zoning ordinance change under the Area Plan Commission and would have to be referred to that agency. There would be several steps to take after it is sent to them. There would be a public hearing done by the APC, and then the ordinance would come back to the Council for three readings. Councilwoman Dana Baldwin observed there are a lot of cars doing that now, parking in their side yards, even on grass, and it is not being enforced. Curtis suggested all councilors read the ordinance to be sure this is what they want and then bring their opinions to the next meeting with a motion and a vote at that time to send it to the APC. Higgins will send additional information on the permitted uses in side yards and the surface for them to peruse. Levings also brought up another agenda item he requested under New Business. The discussion was on codification code section 34.71 Police Officer’s Departure from Department within Three Years from Date of Hire. “Since we passed our ordinance to expand our hiring circle to adjacent counties, this

would help protect the city more when it comes to money invested in an officer,” he said. He proposed to re-write the ordinance to include verbiage on repayment back to the city for cost of training, meals while attending training, equipment, and materials for the Police Academy. Right now, the costs are in set increments for the first three years. He suggested switching from a set number to a percentage of the training cost to adjust repayment rates automatically, as they increase through the years. Levings proposed these changes. For those officers who leave in the first year of service, change from $8,000 payback to 100 percent of the costs. Second year is from $6,000 to 75 percent of costs; third year from $4,000 to 50 percent; and fourth year from $2,000 to 25 percent of costs. “All things considered, that first year, the city puts out roughly $14,000 to train, and the way the ordinance is written now, they would be losing $6,000,” he explained. Alldredge was questioned about his feelings on this change and he stated the figures for training costs would not be hard to find, as everything is documented. He would not be opposed to it. Levings stated since they opened up the hiring pool, this would help protect the city a little bit more. Council agreed it would be worth pursuing and that this is actually a common practice among police departments. Curtis stated the motion carried unanimously, and Higgins will proceed on the amendment to the ordinance. In other council business: • Under Legals, two ordinances that have been discussed for the past few meetings were passed unanimously upon third reading. Ordinance 20-12 will amend the city Traffic Code Ordinance, Chapter 74 on Traffic Schedules to establish a MultiStop Intersection (Four Way) at the riverfront on Water Street at Sherbourne Park. Ordinance 20-13 will vacate 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 West Sherman Street to the South of said alley. It has not been in use for years. • Under Old Business, in reference to the Tresslar Building demolition plan bid packet, the Mayor reported the engineer in charge of it has been down this week to look the building over. The Mayor met with him and Phil Wells on the roof of the Bud’s Hardware Building. One thing they did was to put a hole in the side of the Bud building in order to look between the two buildings. The engineer feels he will have more information for the city next week after he reviews his findings with his associates. Councilwoman Jillian Brothers asked if Curtis would forward the information to all councilors once received, and Mayor replied it looks like it will be about a 50 page docu-

ment, but he gingerly agreed to do that. • Under New Business the Mayor gave an update on hiring a city engineer, as he has been in contact with a civil engineer who is familiar with the city. “Hopefully, I will be able to finalize this and have him appointed by next week on a retainer basis,” he commented. • Curtis gave an update on truck violations going illegally through Lawrence Addition. He and Hoehn met with GAF representatives and he was pleased to report GAF is interested in working with the city. They appeared to be surprised at what they heard was happening, and have agreed to share the expenses on the signs to try to locate drivers to Grant Street. They have also managed to get the GPS changed from Vista to Grant, and they will be working on egress and ingress, signs, and directions. “They have taken some giant steps, and things should work out,” Hoehn speculated, looking ahead with optimism. • Hoehn, in his district report, asked if there was a truck accident in front of Dr. Lee’s office recently on the highway, and asked what the problem seemed to be. Alldredge replied a truck going westbound stopped to turn, and then there was a domino effect with three vehicles. Hoehn stated the city has already deemed that a dangerous intersection and asked if INDOT has responded. Curtis replied no, and added he called that in, but with INDOT, the more calls the better, as that seems to be the best way to get action. He will send council members the number at INDOT to call. • Brothers stated she has moved to Tanglewood Drive, and now resides in District 3, not 4, just to let Council know. She introduced her two week old baby girl, MacKenzie to the Zoom audience. • At the Water Utility Board meeting held right before the Council session, Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray stated the last block of the main on Eighth Street is installed and they have replaced the fire hydrant at Grant and Main Streets. “Actually, we moved it to the other side of Main Street because the telephone pole on that corner would then become a target for truckers.” • Chris Joyce attended to request a water tap at 1601 Mackey Ferry Road. The paperwork has been done. The request is for service at the old Juncker Brothers building, west of town. Joyce added they just received approval for a Special Use from the Area Plan Commission for Jerry David Enterprises to operate out of the building. The current water line is not enough for their purposes, as they will require a two inch line on the southeast corner of the property. Superintendent Gray stated there are no pressure or flow issues in the area. Hoehn moved the tap be approved and that the use of signature stamps for signing of the water agreement be used, as necessary. It was unanimously approved.

‘School Tax Levy’ continued from Page A1 slated to be adopted by the board on Monday, October 5 at the usual meeting time and place. The estimated school maximum levy to be raised for the Operations Fund is $10,618,962 from taxpayers. The maximum estimated tax levy to be raised for the Debt Service Fund is $2,705,654, resulting in a total maximum levy of $13,324,616. Evans was quick to point out these are only estimates and always calculated at the highest number. The actual figures will be determined by the Department of Local Government Finance and usually always come in lower than advertised. The school district’s advertised total budget estimate at this time is $29,168,078. The remainder of this money that is not raised by tax levy will come to the district from the state payment per pupil. The budget is divided into the four funds as follows: Rainy Day - $775,000; Debt Service - $2,593,148; Education - $14,403,030; and Operations $11,396,900. The budget was prepared by Evans as if it will be fully funded by the state, although it is speculated that may not be the situation next year with the ravages of COVID on state funds. The School Bus Replacement Plan for 2021 includes the purchase of three buses for a total replacement cost of $340,935. “However, we will not be buying those buses next year. Our goal is to make them stretch out in use as long as we can and underspend to stay fiscally sound,” Evans told the board. The Capital Improvement Plan proposed expenditure for 2021 is $2,058,900. “There is no one large improvement project we intend to do next year. We are slowing things down and underspending as we don’t know what will happen with state funding. Many of our line items are for basic maintenance and upgrades at schools, such as HVAC work,” explained

School Superintendent Matt Thompson. He reported the current enrollment figure for the district is 1,992 students, with 320 (16 percent) of them opting to attend school virtually. “Both figures will fluctuate for the next few weeks as the school year still gets underway,” Thompson predicted. In other board action: The remainder of the meeting mainly involved personnel matters. Retired teachers Pamela O’Risky and Cheryl Potter were given one year temporary contracts to assist with elementary virtual teaching. Joy Alldredge was hired to be an English teacher at the high school. Alldredge taught English at Reitz High School in Evansville for the past 19 years. Alexa Erkman will be the new Speech Language Pathologist at Marrs Elementary School. At Farmersville Elementary School, Lauren Fendrich was hired as a part-time music teacher, while Misty Gross will work as a teacher assistant in remediation at the school. Rachel Richards and Cynthia Smith will both be in food services at Farmersville Elementary. Rodger Norman was hired as a custodian at the high school. Scott Smith was hired to be the head coach boys’ tennis, while Cody Ungetheim was tapped to be a social studies teacher, assistant coach girls’ basketball, and Unified Track coach, also at the high school. Logan Worthington was hired to be the junior high PE/health teacher and intramural sponsor and the assistant coach girls’ basketball at the high school. The board also accepted resignations from: Kate Carter as a Speech Language Pathologist and Amanda Dobleman as a teacher assistant in remediation at West Elementary, both are effective August 21. John Schelhorn resigned his position as a junior high PE/Health teacher, effective immediately. They granted Allison

David Hurt enjoys some family time with his grandson, Wadesville resident Allen Shorter, on Sunday afternoon at Murphy Park in New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce

Larry and Linda Hurn, Olney, Illinois residents, enjoy driving their 1931 Cord around New Harmony on Sunday afternoon. The Cord was made in Auburn, Ind., and this particular one is one of somewhere around 200 left in the world. The vehicle was purchased by Hurn’s father in 1950 and has been in the family ever since. Photo by Dave Pearce

King a nonpaid pregnancy leave of absence from September 25 – October 30, 2020 as requested. Permission was granted to the Triple Threat Travel Softball Team, a middle school travel team, for the use of the softball field on Sundays for practices on August 16, 23, 30, and September 6, 13, and 20, 2020. This group recently lost access to their main practice field and needs a field to practice on at their regular Sunday times, although they may not need all these approved practice dates. Information to the board included the SelfInsurance Fund Report, which has an end of the

month of July cash balance of $1,816,648.93, School Menus, and Teacher Appreciation Grants policy. September 28 and 29 is the Indiana School Board Association Fall Conference. A curriculum update is planned for the next meeting featuring Dr. Beth Johns. The Executive Session scheduled after the meeting was cancelled. • The next board meeting is slated for Tuesday, September 8 at 5:45 p.m. in the cafeteria of Mount Vernon Senior High School. The usual Monday time was changed due to it being Labor Day.

Mount Vernon resident Anthony Doty now rides around town with a new wagon, making his main mode of transportation easier. He can now transport small items easily and can prepare for Wildcat football games.

Mount Vernon Country Club Pro Heath Rigsby prepares to present the Western Hills Invitational Championship trophy to Bo Brien late Sunday afternoon. The Evansville resident took top honors to claim the title with a two-day total of 143.

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Owensville Police Dept. arrests three after multi week investigation On August 18, 2020, at 9:29 p.m. Owens• Taylor Slaton was charged with Possession ville Town Marshal Rodger Leister, Deputy of a Lookalike Substance with a Prior ConvicBryce Jutzi, and Indiana Conservation Oftion and Possession of Paraphernalia with a ficer Matt Clark went to 606 East Brummitt Prior Conviction. Slaton was also booked in on Street to serve a warrant on 25-year-old the outstanding arrest warrant. He remains in Taylor Slaton of Owensville. custody on $1,400 bond. Upon approaching the residence Owens• Tara Reinhart was charged with Possesville Leister observed Slaton seated inside sion of a Lookalike Substance, Possession or the residence. Once inside the residence Control of Hypodermic Needles, Possession of Leister placed Slaton into custody and conMethamphetamines, Possession of Paraphertinued an investigation into this residence nalia, and three counts of Neglect of a Depenthat he had been conducting for the past two dent. Reinhart remains in custody on a $750 Nathan Owen Taylor Slaton Tara Reinhart weeks. During this investigation a search of bond. the residence and surrounding property was • Nathan Owen was charged with Possession ing warrant. Further 34-year-old Tara Reinhart who also conducted. resided at the residence was taken into custody during the of a Lookalike Substance with a Prior Conviction and PosDuring this search 36-year-old Nathan Owen, who also investigation. At the conclusion of his investigation Owens- session or Control of Hypodermic Needles. Owen was also lived at the residence came home, and was placed into cus- ville Town Marshal had Taylor Slaton, Tara Reinhart, and booked in on an outstanding arrest warrant. He remains in tody after it was discovered that he too had an outstand- Nathan Owen transported to the Gibson County Jail. custody on a $1,500 bond.

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Vernon - Animal Neglect Daniel Minor - Evansville MVPD Possession of a Handgun WithCarolyn Davidson - Mount out a License - MVPD Vernon - Animal Neglect Daevonne Ford - Evansville MVPD - Possession of Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon - MVPD August 13

2020-155 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 September 9th, 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 E-911 Overtime $45,000.00 K-9 Supplies $2,000.00 LOIT Contractual Service $581,716.38 Jail Maintenance Repairs and Maintenance $136,970.00 Infraction Deferral Contractual Services $5,000.00 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 August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-153 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

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Timothy Davis August 14 Tonya Hayhurst - Evansville - Warrant, Driving While Suspended (failure to appear) - PCS Dylan Stepro - Evansville Warrant, Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Criminal Mischief (petition to revoke) - PCS Timothy Tyre - Newburgh - Warrant, Maintaining a Common Nuisance-Controlled Substances, Possession of Meth-

CAUSE NO. 65D01-2006-DN-000156

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Casey Pullen PETITIONER AND Angela Pullen RESPONDENT SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION TO: Angela Pullen, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. You are hereby notified that on the 5 day of June, 2020, Casey Pullen filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, captioned, IN RE MARRIAGE OF Casey L. Pullen AND Angela D. Pullen, in the Posey Superior Court under cause number 65D01-2006-DN-000156. The petition requests that: The marriage be dissolved. A hearing has been set on this matter for the 10 day of September, 2020, at 2:00 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: August 13, 2020 Kay Kilgore Clerk of the Posey Superior Court Published in the Posey County News on August 18, August 25, September 1, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-1 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-20-0030-SS Date &Time of Sale: Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road, Mt. Vernon, Indiana Judgment to be Satisfied: $19,396.50 Cause Number: 65D01-1907-MF-000308 Plaintiff: LEGENCE BANK Defendant: ANDREA HOWARD F/K/A ANDREA FALLOWFIELD and ET AL. By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County Indiana, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said DECREE, with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder at the date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: Lot No. 4 Block A, located in Williams Fourth Addition to the Town of Poseyville, Indiana. Also, Lot Number Three (3) in Williams Fourth Addition to Poseyville, Indiana. Subject to any easements, rightsof-way, restrictions or any prior conveyances and reservations of record. Commonly Known as: 92 EAST OAK STREET, POSEYVILLE, IN 47633 Parcel No. 65-23-20-220-008.000-012 AND 65-23-20-220-007.000-012 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Rhonda S. Miller, Plaintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No. 22872-42 By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant Smith & Miller LLP PO Box 3435 (812)838-1321 Carbondale, IL 62902 (812) 882-0222 Center Township The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published herein. Published in the Posey County News on August 25, September 1, September 8, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-151 19-022824 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-20-0029-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be Satisfied: $66,610.11 Cause Number: 65C01-1908-MF-000338 Plaintiff: PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendant: CHERYL DOUGLAS and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) NA By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said DECREE, with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder at the date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: Beginning at a point Fifty (50) feet due West of the Northwest corner of Lot Number Eight (8) in Young’s First Addition to the Town of Poseyville; thence due West One Hundred Eight (108) feet; thence due South to the North line of the rightof- way of the CSX Railroad (formerly known as the Illinois Central Railroad); thence along said rightof- way in a Southeasterly direction to a point Fifty (50) feet West of the Southwest corner of Lot Number Eleven (11) in Young’s First Addition to the said Town of Poseyville; thence due North with the line of the street One Hundred Seventy (170) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Commonly Known as : 179 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, POSEYVILLE, IN 47633 Parcel No . 65-23-19-100- 023 .001-012 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant Phone: (812) 838-1321 Robb Township Nicholas Smith, Plaintiff’s Attorney Attorney No. 31800-15 P.O. Box 165028 Columbus, OH 43216-5028 Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published herein Published in the Posey County News on August 18, August 25, September 1, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-156 Notice Mt. Vernon Mini Storage will take Possession of the following unit(s) if full payment And all late fees are not received by: 9-3-2020 Unit #12 Mark Greathouse Unit #36 Michael Keith Ray Logan Today’s date: 8-25-2020 Published in the Posey County News on August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp

On August 18, 2020, at 8:56 p.m. Deputy U.B. Smith conducted a traffic stop on a Red 2007 Dodge Truck after observing the driver of the vehicle was not wearing their safety belt on State Road 165 near Elm Street in Owensville. Upon approaching the vehicle Deputy Smith detected the odor of alcohol coming from the driver 56-year-old Timothy Davis of Owensville. At that point Deputy Smith began

a roadside DUI investigation that resulted in Davis being taken into custody and transported to the Gibson County Jail. Upon arriving at the Jail Davis was charged with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. He has since posted a $650 bond. Assisting Deputy Smith in his investigation was Owensville Town Marshal Rodger Leister.

amphetamine, Possession of tery - PCS Paraphernalia - PCS Angel Kaufman - Mount Complaints Vernon - Driving While Never August 9 Receiving a License - MVPD 12:36 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Advised stepdad is August 15 threatening his wife - Ford Patrick Poag - Wadesville Drive, Mount Vernon - Warrant, Causing Serious 2:24 p.m. - Harassment - AdBodily Injury when Operating vised male subject yelling at a Vehicle While Intoxicated, caller and census worker that Operating a Vehicle While In- parked in front of his house toxicated Endangering a Person Pearl Street, Mount Vernon - PCS 7:18 p.m. - Threatening Wanting to speak with an oﬃAugust 16 cer in reference a restraining orChad Boarman - Evansville der. Caller said this subject was - Operating a Vehicle While In- going to go to his house and get toxicated Endangering a Person a gun and come back - Fletchall - PCS Street, Poseyville Nathaniel Spann - Wades10:29 a.m. - Disturbing the ville - Warrant, Domestic Bat- Peace - Subjects at this resi-

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2020-157 PUBLIC NOTICE West Drilling Company, P.O. Box 96, Mt. Carmel, IL, 62863, will submit to the Division of Oil and Gas a request to convert an existing well to a Class II Enhanced Recovery well being used for the injection of produced brine. This well is located in Section 5, Township 6 South, Range 13 West of the 2 nd PM, Posey County, Indiana. The subject well, Albert Aldrich &amp; John Brown #1, permit # 19595 will be injecting fluid into the Mansfield Sandstone within the depth interval of 1162 feet to 1171 feet at a maximum injection pressure rate not to exceed 1300 pounds per spare inch. The maximum injection rate for this well will not exceed 200 barrels per day. Written comments and objections, a request for a copy of this application or a request for an informal hearing concerning this application must be submitted to the Division of Oil and Gas within 15 days from the publication date of this notice and should be mailed to: Division of Oil and Natural Gas Department of Natural Resources Attn: Technical Section 402 W. Washington St., Room 293 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748 Published in the Posey County News on August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-160 PUBLIC NOTICE West Drilling Company, P.O. Box 96, Mt. Carmel, IL, 62863, will submit to the Division of Oil and Gas a request to convert an existing well to a Class II Enhanced Recovery well being used for the injection of produced brine. This well is located in Section 12, Township 6 South, Range 14 West of the 2nd PM, Posey County, Indiana. The subject well, Ed Culley #2, permit #35742 will be injecting fluid into the Mansfield Sandstone within the depth interval of 1106 feet to 1126 feet at a maximum injection pressure rate not to exceed 1300 pounds per spare inch. The maximum injection rate for this well will not exceed 200 barrels per day. Written comments and objections, a request for a copy of this application or a request for an informal hearing concerning this application must be submitted to the Division of Oil and Gas within 15 days from the date of this notice and should be mailed to: Division of Oil and Natural Gas Department of Natural Resources Attn: Technical Section 402 W. Washington St., Room 293 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748 Published in the Posey County News on August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-159 LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Posey County Area Plan Commission of a public hearing to be held at 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at The Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Upon the following Special Use application, the Board of Zoning Appeals will at that time hear objections thereto: SPECIAL USE: DOCKET NO: 20-11-SU-BZA APPLICANT: Steve Schenk OWNER: Board of Commissioners of Posey County PREMISES: Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 12 West, Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana. Containing 4.08 acres more or less. More commonly known as 9250 Wolfinger Road, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. (Complete Legal description is on file at the Posey County Area Plan Commission Office). Nature of Case: Applicant requests a Special Use for a pole building (storage of equipment) for the County, in an (A) Agricultural Zoning District. Use Unit 2 Area Wide Special Exception Uses - Section 153.032 (B) (2) and Section 153.147 (B) (6) of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mt. Vernon, Town of Cynthiana, Town of Poseyville and Unincorporated Posey County. POSEY COUNTY AREA PLAN COMMISSION BY MINDY BOURNE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Published in the Posey County News on August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-158 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SUBDIVISION PLAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE POSEY COUNTY AREA PLAN COMMISSION, ON THE 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 AT 6:00PM AT THE HOVEY HOUSE, 300 WALNUT STREET, MT. VERNON, INDIANA. WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST BY DANNY T. & MARY G. DARR FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF DARR MINOR SUBDIVISION. SAID SUBDIVISION INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE IN BLACK TOWNSHIP, LOCATED AT WEST SHERMAN STREET, TO WIT: BOUNDARY DESCRTIPTION Part of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Black Township, Posey County, Indiana, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the intersection of Lower New Harmony Road and Grant Street in the City of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 17 seconds East 156.00 feet to a ¾” pipe (found) marking the Southwest corner of a tract deeded to Paul J. and Teresa H. Corn, recorded in Instrument Number 202001807 in the Office of the Recorder of Posey County, Indiana; thence North along the West line of said Corn tract 161.00 feet to a 5/8” rebar/Noelle cap (set) marking the Southwest corner a tract deeded To Danny T. and Mary G. Darr, recorded in Instrument Number 202002172 in said Office of the Recorder and being the point of beginning of this description; thence continuing North along the West line of said Darr tract 135.00 feet to a 5/8” rebar/Noelle cap (set) marking the Northwest corner of said Darr tract; thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 17 seconds East 70.00 feet to a 5/8’ rebar/Noelle cap (set) marking the Northeast corner of said Darr tract; thence South along the East line of said Darr tract 135.00 feet to a 5/8” rebar/Noelle cap (set) marking the Southeast corner of said Darr tract; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 17 seconds West 70.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 9449.5 square feet (0.217 acre). Written suggestions of objections to the provisions of said request may be filed with the Secretary of the Area Plan Commission at or before such meeting and will be heard by the Posey County Area Plan Commission at the time and place specified. Said hearing may be continued from time to time as may be necessary. Interested persons desiring to present their views on the said request, either in writing or verbally, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. AREA PLAN COMMISSION OF POSEY COUNTY BY: MARK SEIB (PRESIDENT) Published in the Posey County News on August 25, 2020 - hspaxlp

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Keely Winiger, United Way of Posey County, recently received four $50 gift cards to McKim’s IGA and coupons for a gallon of milk a year from McKim’s IGA plus ice cream for a year from Prairie Farms for the weekly and monthly drawings for the campaign this year. To enter all you have to do is: 1. Donate through Facebook; 2. Donate $50 more than you did last year; 3. Become a Leadership Giver and donate $300 or CountryMark recently made a $10,500 donation to the United Way of Posey County. more. Thanks Brian Williams for your big donation to United Way of Posey County. You Joe Crissup, Board President, right, and Keely Winiger, left, were excited and appreciamake us hometown proud. tive to receive the check from Jim Scarafia, middle. Let’s keep it going Posey County.

EPO announces “Re-Imagined” Opening Night Concert The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra announces that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will begin its 86th season with a “re-imagined” Opening Night concert, entitled “Visionaries Re-Imagined.” Because of mandates limiting attendance to 250 people, there will be three performances of this program at the Victory Theatre: Saturday, September 19 at 7 p.m. (subscribers only), Sunday, September 20 at 2 p.m. (subscribers only), and Sunday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. (single ticket buyers only). Social distancing and other safety precautions will be in place in accordance with State of Indiana and the City of Evansville guidelines. Precautions being implemented for the safety of musicians include a shorter concert (45 minutes to one hour with no intermission), reduced Orchestra size (30 musicians), wearing masks on stage, backstage temperature checks, and no sharing of music stands. For concert attendees, there will be temperature checks (along with security checks - metal detector, clear bag

policy), mandatory mask wearing, open doors to maximize air flow, socially distanced seating assignments. Venuworks staff will be cleaning between each concert, disinfecting lobby, hall, and bathrooms. The bar will not be open, but ticket holders are encouraged to visit a Main Street restaurant before or after the concert. Bar Louie (7700 Eagle Crest Boulevard) will offer patrons a free appetizer with entrée purchase for those with a ticket stub for the weekend’s concerts. Music Director Roger Kalia has planned a wonderful program to help introduce him as the EPO’s new conductor! The concert opens with a World Premiere Commissioned Fanfare for the EPO and the City of Evansville by composer Paul Dooley. The brass musicians will be performing their parts in the balcony in order to offer a call and response with the onstage strings and percussion. This makes for a unique experience for attendees to have sound coming from behind and from the front of the au-

ditorium. Next on the program is the joyful and gorgeous J.S. Bach Keyboard Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 featuring pianist Sean Chen. “Lyric for Strings” by American composer George Walker will follow. This work is reflective, meditative and very beautiful and the first time for the Orchestra to perform. George Walker is the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Music (1996). To conclude the concert, the Orchestra will perform Mozart’s soulful Divertimento for Strings, K. 136 - a wonderful way to close the program. To purchase a subscription for the 2020-2021 season or to order single tickets for this concert, please call our ticket office at 812-425-5050, Ext 300 between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. All student tickets free at the door for the Sunday, 7:30 p.m. performance. Concert Sponsor is Crescent, Cresline, Wabash Plastics Foundation and Guest Artist Sponsor is the Martha and Merritt deJong Foundation.

SALUTE TO THE VETERANS OF WWII WHERE: Indiana Military Museum, Inc., 715 S. 6th Street Road, Vincennes, IN. 47591 WHEN: September 5th and 6th, 2020; Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MUSEUM ADMISSION: $8 Adults (Seniors & Veterans get $1 discount); $5 Children 5 to 17; WWII Veterans free; Free admission to outdoor events; Parking is $3 per vehicle EVENTS: WWII Veteran speakers, authentic camps, military vehicle parade, living history interpreters, battle reenactments, weapon demonstrations, food & drink vendors. HIGHLIGHTS: The museum and annex features almost 40,000 square feet of showroom ﬂoor space and outside you will ﬁnd 9 airplanes plus artillery and vintage military vehicles. In order to comply with CDC guidelines face masks are recommended outside along with social distancing. Face masks will be required inside the museum buildings. Please call 812-882-1941 with questions or check us out on Facebook at Indiana Military Museum, Inc.

Court News Continued dence are being loud and residence to get a pair of shoes having a fire outside - Third and a toy car - Overpass Road, Street, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 3:59 p.m. - Theft - Subject August 10 has attempted to use caller’s 3:03 a.m. - General Com- card. Request an officer - Edplaint - Having problems with son Street, Mount Vernon neighbors lights that are point9:42 p.m. - Noise Comed directly at caller’s house plaint - Neighbors are playing and in child’s room - Bone- music loud - Elk Trail Drive, bank/SR 69, Mount Vernon Evansville 10:16 a.m. - Harassment 11:17 p.m. - Threatening - Caller is being harassed by Male subject saying he is bemale subject. They are sepa- ing threatened - Pearl Street, rated. Subject keeps driving Mount Vernon by the apartment and flipping caller and his girlfriend off August 12 James Drive, Mount Vernon 7:31 a.m. - Domestic Vio1:09 p.m. - Disturbing the lence - Mother calling her Peace - Trying to leave resi- names and pushed her up dence and won’t let her leave against the wall - Second with their son. They have been Street, Mount Vernon arguing verbally - Cougar 2:34 p.m. - Public Intoxication - Advised male subDrive, Evansville 5 p.m. - BOL - 2006 BMW ject with American flag and X3, silver. Stolen by male female in a black lumberjack subject. Vehicle stolen today shirt are on the curb drinking around 1:04 p.m. Caller ad- Captain Morgan - College Avenue, Mount Vernon vised male subject 4:27 p.m. - Domestic Vio9:41 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Advised girlfriend lence - Male subject is screamcalled him at work and told ing. Female is not answering him her son is beating on her. questions. Three males fightKicked a window out and ing, has been physical - Lee kicked the front door in - Lang Drive, Mount Vernon 4:34 p.m. - Theft-AutoRoad, Poseyville 10:54 a.m. - Juvenile Prob- mobile - Caller advised he lem - Caller advised several left his Silverado at the boat juveniles are messing around ramp last night and someone a shelter house by the play- has stolen the vehicle. Vehicle ground - Brittlebank Park, was locked - Dogtown Boat Ramp, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 5:11 p.m. - Threaten3:44 p.m. - Welfare Check - Advised two minor juve- ing - Caller advised several niles playing in the stairwell. subjects are across the street Approximately 2-3 years old. threatening them. Does not Female did not have shirt on, know who they are. Advised they have been following no parent in site. her for weeks - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon August 11 6:30 p.m. - Threatening 9:24 a.m. - Citizen Dispute - Wanting a standby at this Advised someone is threat-

ening to come in his house and steal stuﬀ and (**) - Lee Drive, Mount Vernon 9:22 p.m. - Controlled Substance Problem - Advised strong smell of marijuana in the building - Edson Street, Mount Vernon 9:25 p.m. - Theft - Caller advised that someone stole money oﬀ her card from the gas station and her husband watched someone use the ATM with their car - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon

9 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Neighbors fighting, can hear it, physical. Caller knows the male subject has been drinking. Heard a female yell stop hitting me - Cougar Drive, Evansville August 14 4:14 a.m. - Suspicious - Request officers to check area. Thinks he hears someone messing with vehicles - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 10:32 a.m. - Repossession - Owner is aware. 2019 Erika Maurer helps Golf Pro Heath Rigsby post the latVolkswagen - John Ave, New est scores during the Western Hills Invitational ChampiHarmony 12:01 p.m. - Reckless Driv- onship on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce er - Male holding flag, walking in center lane on Fourth. 812-673-4996 Won’t move. Second call; Advised he is marching up and 812-781-4054 down the road - Fourth Street, 7247 Main Street Mount Vernon 12:30 p.m. - BOL - Black Wadesville, Indiana four-door car. Passenger is suspect in armed robbery. NOW Black male, white shirt with OFFERING shotgun. Gray 2020 Hyundai DELIVERY! I64, westbound from Warrick/ Poseyville, Indiana OPEN DAILY AT 10:30 A.M. O 1:57 p.m. - Information Report - Worried about his son Monday - Saturday being killed over life insurClosed on Sunday Clos y ance money - Wolflin, Mount Vernon 6:05 p.m. - Theft - Request to speak to an officer reference stolen iPhone - Lee Drive, Follow us on Watch for Mount Vernon FACEBOOK our website 7:41 p.m. - Theft - Request for to speak to deputy. Wife was and weekly told to move items and not DAILY entertainment furniture - Ford Road, Mount LUNCH Vernon schedule

August 13 3:18 a.m. - Assault - 21 year-old son was jumped an hour ago. Conscious and breathing, injured - Main Street, Mount Vernon 4:26 p.m. - Vandalism Caller advised someone broke out the back window of their car - College Avenue, Mount Vernon 5:42 p.m. - Message Caller is needing to speak to an oﬃcer reference being scammed. Advised he has been scammed out of over $23,000 - Ford Road, Mount Vernon 6:31 p.m. - Information Report - Caller advised the subject who hangs around her residence has put something in her AC unit and now it is not working. Also advised he busted out her basement window - Church Street, Cynthiana 6:59 p.m. - Theft - Advised scooter was stolen from Evansville. Advised he was following it down Second Probate Street. It was ridden by a male Harold Gross, Nathaniel subject. Caller advised that they located the scooter in an Lewis, Kenneth Wood, Wilalley on Pearl Street - Mount liam Higginbottom, Patricia Robbins, Truman Morton Vernon

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Some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Problems Can Be Fixed

Some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems can be ďŹ xed. Voting in the November election should not be a problem for Americans. Open the polls for at least two days. Every state should open their polls from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. Some states already have later evening hours like Californians who may vote until 8 p.m. and New Yorkers who may vote as late as 9 p.m. Some states allow you to show up at the courthouse and vote early. You vote on one of the voting machines like always if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available to vote on November third. Indiana will allow voters to come in as early as October sixth to cast their ballot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absentee in-person voting.â&#x20AC;? This would be a good idea for every state. You will never have more than one or two people in front of you when you vote early. Social distancing occurs, you pick the day and you know for sure your vote has been cast. The stage for a ďŹ asco is set for any kind of mail-in ballots this

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year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big issue. Some people want it and others donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. This is not the year to try it out. People are hollering social distancing and Covid-19. Yet, these same people are walking through Walmart. One idea for handling the election day voting is to let ChickďŹ l-a handle the process. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen anyone take the orders of ďŹ fty cars and have all their food to them in ten minutes like they do at our local Chick-ďŹ l-a. Every time I go there, I think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow, this being closed on Sunday is just killing them.â&#x20AC;? I say that as a joke of course as their business is better and greater than ever. The United States post oďŹ&#x192;ce has timed their demands for money at the right time. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve declared they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guarantee delivery of mail-in ballots on time because of lack of funds. Can they ever really guarantee delivery? I mail stuďŹ&#x20AC; out priority mail occasionally and sometimes it shows up ten days down the road. The promised delivery time is sometimes much shorter than actual delivery. I would never depend on my vote making it to the courthouse via mail. Oregon uses mail entirely for voting. Wash-

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ington state has a lot of mail-in votes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sympathetic with the needs of the post oďŹ&#x192;ce. Eliminate Saturday mail delivery and close the post oďŹ&#x192;ces on Saturday. This should save some money. Go ahead and raise all the postage costs ďŹ ve percent. Many Americans pay their bills online. Christmas cards are going out online for many. Plus, someone needs to make sure Amazon is paying a fair price for delivery of their goods. Free delivery of Amazon products is not really free. Someone is paying the cost. For seniors over 70 on minimal incomes, give them some free stamps very month to mail their bills. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already hurting enough. Some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems can be ďŹ xed. Our greatest problem is ďŹ xing Congress. They are the greatest obstacle in solving most of our problems. Contact Glenn at GMollette@aol.com. Learn more at www. glennmollette.com Like his facebook page at www.facebook. com/glennmollette.

Jim Tomes, State Senator

What is the end game with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rona? What is the magic formula that is going to allow us to sound the â&#x20AC;&#x153;all clear?â&#x20AC;? Is it zero cases? For a while, the goal was to simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;ďŹ&#x201A;atten the curve,â&#x20AC;? but now that we are disconnecting utilities for gatherings in California, setting up check points in New York, and recommending goggles (whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next?), it seems as if there is, in fact, no end game. And, truthfully, the only way that we will see numbers drop is if we cease testing and stop reporting. Keep in mind that hundreds of thousands have shown up to be tested, registered, left due to long waits, and still come up positive when they received their results. Is it a vaccine? It took 25 years for a chicken pox vaccine to be developed. The smallpox inoculation was discovered in 1776 and the last known natural case was in 1977. We have a ďŹ&#x201A;u vaccine that is only 40 to 60 percent eďŹ&#x20AC;ective (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generous- the last two years it was more like 20-25 percent), less than half of the US population chooses to get one, and roughly 20,000 Americans still die annually due to ďŹ&#x201A;u or ďŹ&#x201A;u complications.

Oh, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll mandate it in order to attend school, travel to some foreign countries, etc.? We already have a growing number of vaccine researchers refusing proven, tested, well-known vaccines that have been administered for decades. Do you really believe the majority of people will ďŹ&#x201A;ock to get a fast-tracked vaccine, whose long-term side effects and overall eďŹ&#x192;cacy rates are anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best guess? How long are we going to cancel? Postpone? Reconsider? Now we are advised against in-person school until second quarter? What if Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbers are the same as Augustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s? Then what? Move football to spring? What if next March is worse than this March? When do we decide quality of life outweighs risk? We understand this virus can be deadly for some, but so are shellďŹ sh, peanut butter, and bee stings. We take risks every day without a second thought. We know driving a car can be dangerous, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave it parked in the garage for months on end. We know the dangers of smoking, drink-

ing, and eating fried foods, but we do it, none-the-less. We speed on highways, some idiots still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buckle their seatbelts, we take medications more than â&#x20AC;&#x153;as directed,â&#x20AC;? and a good number of individuals donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think twice about unprotected sex. Is hugging Grandma really more dangerous than rush hour on the freeway? Is going to a bar with friends more risky than four day old gas station sushi? Or operating a chainsaw? When and how did we so quickly lose our free will? I want a waiver that says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand the risks, but I choose a life with hugs, smiles, college athletics, the state fair, concerts, and school dances.â&#x20AC;? I understand that there is a minuscule possibility I could die but, more probable, I will end up feeling like junk for a few days. I understand I could possibly pass this virus onto someone else, but I can pass any virus onto someone else at any time until the end of time. Are we busy living or busy dying? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to tell these days.

The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is oďŹ&#x20AC;ering paid spring-semester internships in its communications, information technology, legal, legislative and policy oďŹ&#x192;ces during the 2021 session of the Indiana General Assembly, said State Sen. Jim Tomes (RWadesville). QualiďŹ ed candidates may be of any major and must be at least a college sophomore. Recent college graduates as well as graduate and law school students are also encouraged to apply. Positions are open to Indiana residents as well as nonresidents who attend a college or university in Indiana.

Interns earn a $750 biweekly stipend and beneďŹ t from scholarship and academic credit opportunities, professional development, community involvement and networking. Senate internships are fulltime positions at the Statehouse in downtown Indianapolis that typically begin with a mandatory orientation in late December and conclude at the end of the legislative session in April 2021. The Indiana Senate is currently developing plans to conduct legislative work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and, as always, strives to provide a

Guest Column: Thomas E. Clowers, PC Prosecuting Attorney

Letter to the Editor

We must protect our children from Online Predators

The Godless Revolution Continues

It is not a stretch to say the COVID-19 pandemic has turned just about every aspect of life on its head. Many are still working from home and all Hoosier students ďŹ nished the school year taking online classes. As we start another school year, many districts are opting to start with online classes, while some are going for a hybrid approach, with some in-person instruction coupled with virtual learning. Most of the districts that are returning to the classroom are also oďŹ&#x20AC;ering a virtual option for students, including Posey County schools. No matter what option your family goes with during this school year, it is reasonable to expect screen time will increase for children here in Posey County. This is on top of what is likely an increase in screen time and exposure to the internet due to many popular outdoor activities and events being cancelled as a safety precaution. As Posey County Prosecutor, I wanted to remind parents, grandparents and guardians of children that we must constantly be vigilant in what our

G G B J J R Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s column was fueled by my current fear that the upcoming football season will not come up and my fond memories of football seasons past that did. It is not just football but all team sports and communal activities such as church and school choirs that each of us is anxious about and yearning for. And that yearning is truly about personal relationships, not the games we played and the songs we sang. The symp-

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children are exposed to and who they are interacting with online. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already seen the numbers of online exploitation complaints rise this past spring when lockdowns ramped up across the world. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a global organization that disseminates tips to law enforcement, cataloged 4.1 million reports of cyber abuse against children in April 2020, four times as many complaints as they received in April of 2019. With so much going on, it can be daunting to try and add on additional monitoring of a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online activity, but online exploitation of children can, unfortunately, happen to anyone. Online predators can pretend to be many diďŹ&#x20AC;erent people on many diďŹ&#x20AC;erent sites in an attempt to befriend children and teens before trying to coerce them into sending photos or videos or meeting in person. Parents and guardians have to be diligent in monitoring social media use, staying up to date on the latest apps and trends as well as having open conversations

about internet safety. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure where to start, www. commonsensemedia.org is a great resource for many tech related issues as well as how to set parental controls on your childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devices. Potential warning signs that someone may be grooming your child online or that your child may be in trouble can include your child constantly being online and not wanting to do anything else, becoming angry when unable to get online, turning oďŹ&#x20AC; the computer or locking their screen when you enter a room, receiving calls or packages from people you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know and withdrawing from family and friends. This is not an exhaustive list but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helpful to have some idea of what to look for. My oďŹ&#x192;ce remains committed to protecting those among us who are the most vulnerable, including children. As we all struggle to ďŹ gure out what normal looks like these days, rest assured that anyone who engages in these kinds of heinous acts against children will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The revolutionaries continue their ungodly revolution, not only against the police, but any private citizen they choose to beat up or plunder. A prime example of how vicious some of the BLM rioters really are, can be seen in a video of a Portland, Oregon attack, where a young man and a woman (might have been his wife) were robbed and attacked. After the crowd chased the man down and punched him through the window, causing him to crash, they pulled him out of his vehicle, and severely beat him, without him ďŹ ghting back. Then while

he was still down, the video shows, in the background, a person started a fast run towards the victim, and then viciously kicked him in the face, slamming the back of his head on the street hard surface. They say, and it looks like, that person was wearing a black BLM shirt, with the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;Securityâ&#x20AC;? on it. That is the kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;securityâ&#x20AC;? America will have if these ungodly individuals take over America. Yet, the Socialist/Abomination/Democrat Party, remains silent about the chaos and murderous activities going on around the Countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest cities! They are oblivious,

safe working environment for all interns, staďŹ&#x20AC; and senators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This internship gives young people the opportunity to grow their professional skills and expand their understanding of the legislative process while working alongside state lawmakers,â&#x20AC;? Tomes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I encourage any college student or recent graduate with an interest in public policy and government to apply for this internship.â&#x20AC;? For more information and to access an application, visit www.IndianaSenateRepublicans.com/Intern. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31.

while most news organizations remain silent too. Are they all just plain scared of the monster they have helped create? After seeing the way that person kicked that man, it is obvious the intention was to kill him. Other bad news reported a man walked to a ďŹ ve-year old girl in her yard and kill her with shot to the head. America has become so ungodly. If God, in His InďŹ nite Mercy, was to send Jonah to warn America, as He did Nineveh, America would not repent and would be destroyed. Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

Updates, substantial changes made to City Ordinances As announced in the Posey County News, Poseyville has updated and made some substantial changes to our Grass and Trash Ordinances. At the direction of the council, we have begun tagging properties and sending warning letters to property owners in violation of these ordinances. We know that times have been exceptionally hard lately. It feels like stress is coming from every angle and there is a lot to juggle. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want this to be another thing to worry about. This week 34 notice letters were sent out. If

you have received one of these notices, please take the time to read the new ordinance that was sent to you in regard to your property. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Town Marshal, Charles Carter, directly at 812622-1175. Please let us be clear in stating that we have no desire to assess ďŹ nes. If you need help with your property, or require more than the ďŹ ve day allowance stated in the ordinance, please call your Marshal and an arrangement can be made. Charles Carter Poseyville Police Department

Empty chairs at empty tables toms of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ole 19 include social distancing from friends and family but, ironically, our current isolation evokes poignant memories of times we did get to share with people who once ďŹ lled our lives and now do not. Should you have read last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gavel Gamut you probably saw the photograph of my high school football team. It was my wife Peg, you know, the one who actually does the work on Gavel Gamut (and most everything else at JPeg Osage Ranch), who suggested using the team photo that appears in my 1961 high school annual. I am glad she did as it was a virtual reunion for me

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and, I hope, for others such as Ron Reed who is the brother of my friend and teammate Jim Reed who appears next to me in the picture. Ron contacted me after last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article appeared. Gentle Reader, you may hear more from Ron in some future column. Anyway, there are several of my friends in the team photo who look young, strong and positive who went on to greater accomplishments such as Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service in the Viet Nam War. Another of our teammates was Bud Malone who, along with his twin brothers, Jerry and Gary, also saw combat in Viet Nam where Gary gave his

life for his country on July 28, 1966. The team photograph caused me to concentrate on several other of our teammates who no longer can bring laughter and high jinks to my life and it evoked thoughts of two of my favorite songs from one of my favorite musicals. In Les MisĂŠrables young revolutionaries are ďŹ lled with idealism and bravery in their quest for social justice, kind of the elĂ n our football team had hoping for a championship season. Our team did achieve such success but some of the young revolutionaries in Le Miz paid with their lives in their losing cause.

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Patriots are ‘Messmerized’ in opener as Wildcats prevail

Mount Vernon’s River Snodgrass attempts to avoid a tackle in the backfield and gets away from a Heritage Hills defender. The Wildcats went into The Jungle at Heritage Hills and pulled out a rare win over the Patriots. Photo by Garry Beeson By Dave Pearce This was not supposed to happen. After all, the Mount Vernon Wildcats have struggled over the years to field a better-thanaverage football team. They are under the direction of a first-year coach with no head coaching experience. And finally, they were going into an environment where no team

had escaped with a win in the past 20 games. So what were the chances? On Friday night, the chances were excellent as the Wildcats went into the Jungle at Heritage Hills and put a 24-14 spanking on the Patriots. The ‘Cats trailed 6-0 at halftime but hung 24 points on the Patriots in the second half while allowing only eight.

There would have been little doubt if you had heard what Coach Luke Messmer told his team following a good performance in last week’s scrimmage against Tell City. “This week, we are preparing to be the best we can be on Friday night,” Messmer told the team following the scrimmage. “We are not looking ahead to anything else. And I know, and every one of these coaches know, that we have what it takes to go up there and prove everybody wrong and take it to those guys. I 110 percent believe that we are going to do it. If you get after it every single day and give it everything you’ve got and focus as a team and pull together, we will go up there and get it done.” Messmer’s words proved prophetic as the Wildcats, despite playing a miserably ugly first half, came out and outplayed and outhustled the state champion runners-up from last year. “We played about the sloppiest half we could play in the first half and were only down 6-0 at the half,” Messmer said with a smile. “We couldn’t move the ball and we were not completing passes. We were sloppy in the hand-off game. We looked at all that and we realized that the defense had the back of the offense. We knew if we could get things going on offense, we would be all right. I think the kids felt that too. The switch flipped at half-time.” So how did it happen? “I don’t know about rankings and all that stuff but hopefully, that will get some buzz about Mount Vernon football and get some respect,” Messmer said on Saturday after the

Vikings overcome Rebels, lightning delays to win season opener on road By Chris Morlan The 2020 North Posey football team kicked off their season last Friday night against conference rival South Spencer Rebels in Reo, Indiana. Ten minutes before the kickoff, the game was delayed due to lightning. Games are usually delayed about 30 minutes and then resume. That was not the case last Friday night as this game was postponed to the following evening. North Posey controlled the game from the start and beat South Spencer 30-6 for their eighth consecutive win against the Rebels. This game started on time last Saturday evening. During the first quarter, South Spen-

cer received the ball first. North Posey’s defense forced South Spencer to go three and out on their first possession on offense. Viking linebacker Wyatt Willman sacked Rebels quarterback Kobe Bartlett for a two-yard loss on a third down and three to force South Spencer to punt with 9:10 remaining in the first quarter. When the Vikings received the ball on offense, it only took 54 seconds on three plays before the Vikings put points on the scoreboard. North Posey scored a touchdown on a 43-yard pass from Harold Bender to Devin Lintzenich to give the Vikings a 6-0 lead with 7:50 left in the first

quarter. South Spencer received the ball back for their second offensive possession and after one play. Another lightning delay went in place. The game delay lasted over 30 minutes. This game resumed with South Spencer having the ball. The Rebels were forced to punt the ball again. North Posey got the ball back and moved the ball to the end zone again in just three plays. Lucas Bass rushed the ball on a 12-yard run, then a 25-yard pass from Harold Bender to Dalton Reidford that put the Vikings on the one-yard line. Devin Lintzenich scored on a oneyard touchdown run. Dalton Reidford scored extra-point kick to give the Vikings a 13-0 lead with 5:05 remaining in the first quarter. North Posey’s defense continued to put pressure on the Rebel offense and forced them to punt on their third possession of the game. North Posey received the ball back with 2:33 remaining in the quarter. With 4.5 seconds left in the first quarter and their seventh play of this possession, Brady Reidford scored a touchdown on an eight-yard run. Dalton Reidford’s extra-point kick was good and the Vikings led 20-0 after one quarter of the game. The second quarter had no points scored by either team. South Spencer went for it on fourth down twice on two separate possessions with the Vikings stopping them both times. At the half, North Posey led 20-0. North Posey received the ball first in the third quarter. The Vikings moved the ball down the field despite some petty penalties called by the officials. With nine-and-a-

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game. “The kids worked really hard and I think they deserve the respect.” Messmer said his team could not have practiced against a better team to get ready for the Patriots. Tell City has a senior-laden team and they run an offense that is very similar to the offense of Heritage Hills. So his team got a sneak preview of what they were going to see. Messmer said the Wildcat defense worked well against Tell City in the scrimmage and did again on Friday night. “I had a good idea what we would see from coaching against them,” Messmer explained. “Coaching at Southridge the past three seasons, we had a great idea of what they were going to do. Our staff worked really hard and we have great coaches here. We left no stones unturned. We went into great detail for our kids and they executed very well.” Looking for a star of the game, Messmer was complimentary of the entire team but Blake Ritzert was a huge force for the Wildcats. “Blake had three fumble recoveries and a blocked extra point,” Messmer said of his senior. “He is incredible and he never stops. He goes full speed on every single play. He plays on special teams, defense and offense and never left the field Friday night. He is an iron man and a big leader for us.” But Brady Hook also had a big night, scoring two times and quarterback Luke Hoehn also found paydirt for the Wildcats. “Brady kept us moving on offense but our offense wasn’t real crisp,” Messmer said of

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Lady Cats come out blazing, move to 4-0 in early going By Chris Morlan Last Tuesday night, the Mount Vernon Lady Wildcats traveled to the Westside of Evansville to play volleyball against Mater Dei. Mount Vernon came into this match undefeated after sweeping Southridge in three sets a week ago. This match went five sets with Mount Vernon winning the match to remain unbeaten. In the first set, Mount Vernon won 25-9, Mater Dei won set two 28-26, Mount Vernon won set three 25-21, Mater Dei won set four 25-16 and Mount Vernon won the fifth set 15-11. Brooke Jackson led the Lady Wildcats with 17 kills, 14 digs, two aces and two blocks. Libby Steinhart finished the five sets with 15 digs, 13 kills, three aces and two assists. Jenna Veatch had 24 assists and one kill. Paige Robinson with 23 digs, one ace and one assist. Kaleigh Kelley finished with 15 assists, 10 digs and one ace. Brooklyn Shell with six kills and six digs, Grace Schroeder with three kills, two digs and one block, and Mallory Nurrenbern with four kills, one block and one dig. The Mount Vernon Lady Wildcats went back on the road last Thursday night to Oakland City to play against the Wood Memorial Lady Trojans. Mount Vernon took care of business and swept Wood Memorial in three sets 25-12, 25-15 and 25-15. Mount Vernon remains undefeated with a 3-0 season record.

Libby Steinhart led the Lady Wildcats with 13 kills, 12 digs and six aces. Brooke Jackson finished the three sets with 13 kills, five aces and five digs. Jenna Veatch had another great match with 22 assists and two kills. Grace Schroeder finished with three blocks, two kills, two aces and one dig. Kaleigh Kelley had 13 assists, four digs and one ace. Brooklyn Shell with five digs, four kills and one ace, Paige Robinson with eight digs, Mallory Nurrenbern with four kills and Brooke Sledd with one dig. Last Saturday morning, the Lady Wildcats traveled to Lincoln City to play against the Heritage Hills Lady Patriots. Mount Vernon refused to let off the gas pedal and beat Heritage Hills in three very close sets 25-20, 25-23 and 25-23 to stay unbeaten at four wins and no losses. Libby Steinhart led the Lady Cats with 16 digs, 15 kills, five aces and one block. Brooke Jackson finished with 12 kills, nine digs, five aces and one assist. Jenna Veatch had 18 assists, one kill and one block. Kaleigh Kelley had 20 assists, five digs and one ace. Paige Robinson had 16 digs, two aces and one assist. Brooklyn Shell had 10 kills, four digs and one ace. Grace Schroeder had four kills, three digs, one ace and one block, while Mallory Nurrenbern finished with two digs and one kill.

Mount Vernon senior Brooke Jackson hits around the Mater Dei block on the way to a win over the Evansville Parochial School. The Cats are 4-0. Photo by Garry Beeson

Youthful Lady Vikings simply need time, experience By Dave Pearce The North Posey Viking volleyball team perhaps had things too easy in their opener this season against Evansville Christian School. Despite a slow start, the Vikings came back to win in three straight games. But on Thursday evening at Mater Dei, the Vikings came up with a bad case of nervousness and faced a Wildcat team that had just come off a hard-fought fiveset match to Mount Vernon. The Wildcats were at home in the gym with no air conditioning and all-totaled, the Vikings were unable to gain an advantage and lost to the Wildcats in straight sets. However, Coach Madison Alton was proud of the team despite the loss. She has seen the talent on the squad and sometimes has to remind herself the Vikings are starting no seniors, a junior or two, a couple or three sophomores and a freshman. But despite their youth, this North Posey group is competitive and doesn’t like to lose. “They really wanted to win that one,” Alton said on Sunday evening. “They were shaking in their boots. They really were excited to play but nervous.” Mater Dei got out of the gate quickly, taking advantage of some of the timidity shown by the young Vikings, Mater Dei scored the first

five points before a hitting error gave the Vikings the serve. But a nice block sent the serve back to the Wildcats and they ran off two more points before a serve error gave the ball back to the Vikings. A Julia Fullop middle row kill gave the Vikings a point. Shortly after, a Claire Koester kill gave the Vikings another point but the local girls trailed 9-4 Mater Dei ran off another three points in a row before they were called for in the net giving Addison Fullop an opportunity to serve an ace. But the Vikings just could not maintain momentum and a flood of errors put the Vikings in a 15-7 holr. But a Goedde dink and a Hoehn serve got the Vikings to within 16-9. At that point, the Vikings went on a rampage. With Goedde serving, the team ran off seven straight points to even the contest at 16-all. A serve error by the Wildcats evened the score at 17 but the Vikings continually made mistakes that cost them not only points but momentum. But before the end of the first game, the Lady Vikings got back into it on a Koester block, a Hoehn kill and an A. Fullop kill and the Vikings were back to within 23-21. However, a Hoehn tip would be the last point the Vikings would score and they dropped the game 25-22.

The second game mirrored the first as Mater Dei again jumped out to a lead before Jaedyn Rhineburger evened the score at two with a service winner. But mistakes continued to haunt the Vikings and they again fell behind, only to come back and tie the game at nine after Koester’s dive for the ball resulted in a winner coming off her foot. But that wasn’t enough as the Wildcats ran out to a 2010 lead. The Fullop sisters scored the next four points and pulled the team to within 20-14 but a strong finish by Mater Dei put a quick end to the second set, 25-14. The Lady Vikings final found some life in the third game but the heat and the errors eventually took their toll, but not before the team extended the Wildcats to the limit, finally falling 28-26. For the match, Julia Fullop led the team with 10 kills. Koester and Hoehn each had five while Goedde and Hall had two each. A. Fullop and Jenna Rhineburger each had a kill. A. Fullop and Jaedyn Rhineburger each served up a pair of aces in the contest while J. Fullop and Hall were each credited with an ace. Koester had a pair of blocks while Je Rhineburger and Hall each had a block. A Fullop led the team with 15 digs while J. Fullop had 13. Along with teammate

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Hoehn. Hall and Ja Rhineburger each had for digs and Koester had two and Milligan one. Against Evansville Christian in the opener, the youthful Vikings also took a while to get the offense going but once they did, the team rattled off three straight games. Statistically, Julia Fullop led the team with 11 kills but Erin Hoehn was also in the mix with nine kills. Sophomore Emma Hall finished with four kills for the Vikings while Claire Koester added three. Jenna Rhineburger and Addison Fullop each had a kill for the Vikings. Emma Hall led the team with three blocks while Koester and Hoehn each had a block. Addison Fullop had nine digs while Julia Fullop had six. J. Rhineburger had three digs while Hall had two and Hoehn and Kinley Milligan each contributed a dig. “Julia Fullop played really well and Brooklyn Goedde had 20 assists and made some good decisions,” Alton said. While Alton saw plenty of things for the team to work on in practice, only two sessions separate the team from four straight home games this week. “We will just have to continue to learn as we go, especially this week,” Alton said. “The Mater Dei game opened our eyes to a whole bunch of weaknesses we need to work on but we are learning. We just made so many mistakes, especially early, that we took ourselves out of the match. We were not making their blockers work at all.” The Vikings are 1-1 heading into a week of action. “We have a lot of athletic North Posey’s Julia Fullop goes up for a kill during this ability on the team,” Alton said. “We just have to learn week’s match at Mater Dei. The Vikings got better as the night went along but the start was too slow. to work together.”

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Wildcat tennis team finishes second at Wood Memorial Invite Special to the News After a tough 5-0 loss to Reitz two days prior, the Mount Vernon Wildcat tennis team traveled to Wood Memorial with the hope of righting the ship at their annual invite. The Wildcats got off to a quick start with Daniel Juncker and Adam Burke breezing into the championship round with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Boonville. Braxton Daws faced tough competition from South Knox at No. 2 singles, dropping the first set 2-6. At 3-2 in the second set, a comeback seemed more out of reach with Daws snapping a string on his racquet. After borrowing a replacement, Daws cruised through the second set 6-4 before dismantling his opponent 10-4 in the tiebreak behind crushing serves and deceptive backhand slices. Landon Fischer faced a similar struggle at No. 3 singles rushing out to a 6-3 lead before dropping the second set 1-6 to Wood Memorial. In the tiebreak, Fischer found his game late, finishing his opponent 13-11. After coming up short in the first round to a game opponent, Rylan Paul seemed determined to get his points against Wood Memorial. After splitting the first two sets 6-2, 2-6, Paul began painting lines with his leaping topspin forehand before closing out the tiebreak 10-5. It was a similar story for Alex Keitel and Alessandro Bommarito who lost out at No. 1 doubles to Wood Memorial in the first round. In the consolation round, Keitel’s slice serves and Bommarito’s put-away volleys at the net were the one-two punch needed to secure the 6-3, 6-0 victory over Boonville. After starting the day strong, Juncker and Burke came up short in the championship match, falling 6-0, 6-1 to a tough South Knox team. Shortly after, Braxton Daws cruised to a No. 2 singles championship over Wood Memorial 6-2, 6-0. Even with the day’s drama, the match of the tournament came from Landon Fischer who lost the first set 1-6 to South Knox. At 5-4 in the second set, Fischer toppled on the court with leg cramps and after an injury timeout, limped

to an 8-6 win using a lefty slice backhand that his opponent could never chase down. It was more of the same in the 10-6 tiebreaker with Fischer winning the last four points of the No. 3 singles championship behind a mixture of slices and overpowering backhands. Despite such a good performance, the Wildcats came up short of the overall championship by tying South Knox with 15 points but advancing fewer players into the championship round, therefore settling for second place. After kicking off the season with a 3-2 victory over Tell City, Mount Vernon met a depleted Pike Central team. With the visitors only able to fill the No. 1 singles position that day, it fell to Mount Vernon’s Rylan Paul to deliver the sweep. Pike Central’s Ethan Huck came out strong behind a blazing first serve and thudding backhand. It would have been easy for Paul to wilt under the onslaught after a tough threeset loss to Tell City’s Cameron Young two days prior. It was clearly set to be a different match for Paul whose return game and forehand were both dialed in after a few games. At 4-3 in the first set, Paul held serve behind his consistent second serve with the occasional ace mixed in for good measure. After closing out the first set 6-4, Paul’s steady play in the early stages of the second set helped weather an attacking Huck, who won over spectators with his determination in light of being his teams’ sole competitor. The players traded games throughout the second set with Huck’s backhand driving Paul deep into the ad-court. Paul responded with leaping forehands, generating enough topspin to send the ball out of Huck’s reach on multiple points. The game of the match came after Paul dropped serve, giving his opponent a 5-4 lead and the opportunity to serve for the second set. Paul fought off six set points by adding perfect lobs and backhand slices to his attack, eventually forcing a tiebreaker.

Mount Vernon’s Braxton Daws makes a forehand return during tennis action this week in Mount Vernon. Photo by Garry Beeson Huck jumped out to a 3-1 lead over Paul and looked to cruise into a third set, but Paul fought back with crushing forehands and overhead smashes that proved too much for Huck. Paul solidified the sweep for Mount Vernon by picking up the second set 7-6 (7-3).

Lady Vikings face tough field at Vincennes Rivet Invitational By Chris Morlan The North Posey girls’ golf team competed in the Vincennes Rivet Golf Invitational at Country Club of Old Vincennes last Saturday morning. This event brought in some of the best teams in the area including Evansville North. The Lady Vikings finished the Rivet Invitational with a team score of 426. Evansville North won the meet scoring 287 points as a team on the course. Four golfers from Evansville North placed

in the top four of the individual standings. Vincennes Rivet placed second with 342 team points. Evansville Mater Dei finished third as a team with 357 team points. North Posey junior Alexa Simmons led the Lady Vikings on the 18-hole golf course with 90 strokes. Ruthie Meyer had a good day on the greens and scored a 100. Sydni Flowers finished the tournament with 109 shots and Rachel Newman finished fourth on North Posey’s team with 127 shots.

At this same tournament last season, Alexa Simmons improved her game at this years Vincennes Rivet Tournament by ten shots (100 last year), Ruthie Meyer went from 129 shots to 100, while Sydni Flowers went from 118 shots to 109. Great job by this young Lady Viking team. On Thursday, August 27, the Lady Vikings will compete in a triangular meet at Cambridge Golf Course against Gibson Southern and Southridge with a 4:30 p.m. tee time.

North Posey’s Weekly Sports Schedule

Mounds (Harrison Invite), 9 a.m. Volleyball: Tuesday, August 25, vs. Bosse (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.); Wednesday, August 26, vs. Vincennes Rivet, (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.); Thursday, August 27, vs. Harrison, (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.); Saturday, August 29, at Boonville (Varsity) 9 a.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Boonville (JV Invite) 9 a.m.

Girls Golf: Tuesday, August 25, at Boonville (Country Club), 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, August 27, at Helfrich vs. Castle/Central, 3:30 p.m. Boys Tennis: Tuesday, August 25, vs. Southridge, 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, August 27, at Princeton, 5 p.m. Cross Country (Boys and Girls): Saturday, August 29, TBD, 9 a.m. Girls Volleyball: Tuesday, August 25, vs. Central - Senior Night, 6 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, vs. Washington/ South Spencer 9 a.m.

Football: Varsity: Friday, August 28, vs. Princeton, 7 p.m. Boys Soccer: Thursday, August 27, vs. South Spencer, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Tell City 10 a.m./12 noon Girls Soccer: Thursday, August 27, at South Spencer, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Tell City 10 a.m./12 noon Girls Golf: Tuesday, August 25, Quad at Cambridge (Quad meet: Pike, GS, Tecumseh), 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, August 27, at Cambridge, (Tri-meet: GS/Southridge), 4:30 p.m. Boys Tennis: Thursday, August 27, vs. Southridge, 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Evansville North vs. Tell City/ Washington, 9:30/10 a.m. Cross Country (Boys and Girls): Thursday, August 27, at South Spencer, 4:45 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Angle

Mount Vernon’s Weekly Sports Schedule Football: Varsity: Friday, August 28, at South Spencer - Senior Night, 7 p.m. Junior Varsity: Monday, August 24, vs. Heritage Hills, 6 p.m. Boys Soccer: Thursday, August 27, at Memorial, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer: Tuesday, August 25, vs. Princeton - Senior Night, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, August 29, at Southridge, 1 p.m.

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‘Vikings’ continued from Page B1 play for the Rebels, North Posey’s Clay Douglas intercepted a Kobe Bartlett pass to give the Vikings the ball back. With 8:18 left in the third quarter and two plays later, North Posey scored a touchdown on a Harold Bender 27yard pass to Dalton Reidford. The extra-point was good by Reidford and the Vikings led 27-0. At the 3:03 mark of the third quarter, Dalton Reidford kicked a 31-yard field goal to give the Vikings a 30-0 advantage. After three periods, North Posey led by the score of 30-0. During the fourth quarter and a big Viking lead, North Posey Coach Waylon Schenk pulled most of his starters and gave the backups some varsity minutes in the final 12 minutes of the game. The only points scored in the fourth quarter were at the 5:30 mark when Cam Weigand from South Spencer scored a one-yard touchdown run. The Rebels extra-point kick was blocked by North Posey. When the Vikings had the ball on offense, they ran out the clock. North Posey won the game by the final score of 30-6 to get their first win of the year. For the game,

quarterback Harold Bender completed nine of his fifteen passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns. Devin Lintzenich caught three passes for 66 yards and a touchdown. Dalton Reidford had two receptions for 52 yards and a touchdown. Brady Reidford had one catch for 29 yards. Clay Douglas had two receptions for 32 yards and Jaxon Wiggins had one reception for one yard. Brady Reidford led the Vikings in rushing with 14 carries for 86 yards and a touchdown. Devin Lintzenich had one rush for one yard and a touchdown. Lucas had three carries for 51 yards. Dylan Teeter rushed the ball five times for 17 yards and Draike Farrar had one carry for four yards. Dalton Reidford went one for one on field goals with a 31-yard kick between the posts. This was Schenk’s fourth straight win against the Rebels. Next up for North Posey is their first home game of the season against the Princeton Tigers. This will be Schenk’s first game against the Tigers. Schenk coached at Princeton prior to taking over as coach at North Posey. After the game, Schenk

said, “for week one and the short summer we faced, I thought our guys played great. We showed up in July and we haven’t seen the guys since March because of the shutdown. I was pleasantly surprised how conditioned the boys were coming into our first practice of the season. I knew last night we would be the better conditioned team. Our kids have worked hard in the weight room and to get ready with our cross-fit program to get ready and I knew we had the depth advantage with a no huddle offense to speed up the game. I feel like we wore South Spencer down. Getting out early helped and we got on top early. South Spencer has a new coach, with week one, on the road. We scripted the first few play perfectly on offense. I felt good where we are with the limited number of practice’s we’ve had with the stipulations in those practices to be able to execute the way we did. We have a lot of experience back from last year, especially up front which helps Harold (Bender) play well. He was protected well. Last year, our passing game only had Devin Lintzenich. This year,

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK WYATT WILLMAN

Mount Vernon junior Brady Hook finished with 96 yards and 11 tackles to help lead the Wildcats to their big upset win at Heritage Hills on Friday evening.

North Posey junior Wyatt Willman led the Viking defense with 15 tackles, two for losses, in the Vikings’ season-opening win over South Spencer on Friday night.