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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Briefly Stewartsville UMC Chowder set for October 1 Stewartsville United Methodist Church will be holding its annual chowder Saturday, October 1. For carry-out get your name on the list by noon that day, chowder will be available for pick-up around 4 p.m. Dine in the basement where chowder, hot dogs, hamburgers, pie, cake, and drinks will be served beginning at 4 p.m. Whole pies and cakes will also be available. Mark your calendar and make plans to get some of the best chowder in Posey County. MVCC to host Annual Cruisin’ for Christ Car Show Mount Vernon Community Church, 1800 West Fourth Street, Mount Vernon, is hosting their Second Annual Cruisin’ for Christ Car Show and Fun Day on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Registration is 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Cars and motorcycles are welcome. Dash plaques will be given to the first 100 registrations. A silent auction, door prizes, quilt show, bake sale, craft table, and concessions will be available. Auction winners, followed by several car trophies will be presented at 2 p.m. For more information, call 812-2042599. October 22 set for Honor Flight, Stories Needed The autumn 2016 Honor Flight to Washington DC will be October 22, 2016, with area veterans and their guardians spending an incredible day seeing the various memorials and being honored. If you know of a Posey County veteran going on this flight, please contact Cathy Powers to have a pre-flight interview. This also applies to former residents of Posey County who might be living elsewhere. 812-963-3890. GE and Sabic retirees to meet GE and Sabic retirees, mark October 18, 2016 on the calendar. We will be meeting at the Red Wagon at 11:30 a.m. Please advise new retirees and people who may not be on the list. St. Philip Burgoo to take place Sunday, September 25 The St. Philip Burgoo will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. The Burgoo Drive Thru and Carry-out begins at 7 a.m. - bring your own container for carry-out or containers are provided for a nominal fee. No glass containers. The cafeteria will be serving Burgoo, Hamburgers, Pies and Drinks from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will also be a raffle for a Grand Prize of $20,000 along with 20 other prizes. Only 3,000 tickets will be sold and you need not be present to win. Each ticket is a $20 donation. The Burgoo and Raffle are sponsored by the St. Philip Men’s Club. St. Philip is six miles West of Evansville out Upper Mount Vernon Road or West on the Lloyd Expressway to the St. Philip Road sign. License No. 136254. Poseyville Autumnfest to be held September 23-25 The Kiwanis Club is once again putting on the Poseyville Autumnfest on September 23-25, 2016. The Autumnfest Princess and Miss Autumnfest Contest will be held Friday evening. For the Saturday evening entertainment there will be a band performing for a couple of hours followed by a 30 minute professional fireworks display. This year will also see some games added: cake walk, beanbag and egg toss, ugly hat and ugly apron contest, water balloon contest, paper air plane contest, sack race, pie eating contest, and power wheel and big wheel race. If you have any questions or comments concerning the Autumnfest the Kiwanis Club would like to hear from you, please call our Autumnfest Chairman, Warren Korff at 812550-7662; Don Schenk, at 812874-3249; or James Reynolds at 812-963-5700.
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Clean-up aid sought from Poseyville locals By Valerie Werkmeister A call for neighborly assistance might be in order for Poseyville residents. Poseyville Town Council members discussed a letter they received from Justin Collins of Poseyville regarding tall weeds and abandoned cars in town in violation of the town’s ordinance. Poseyville Town Marshal Charles Carter stated he viewed some of the properties on the list and wondered if, instead of issuing fines to the residents, a crew of volunteers could help their neighbors get the properties back in order. Carter suggested he could supervise a crew of volunteers that could tackle the tall weeds or mow grass on each property and felt it would help instill a sense of community pride. Some of the properties in need of attention are owned by elderly residents or others who may not be able to adequately handle the required work. Town council members embraced the idea and felt it would be good for the community. Ron Fallowfield stated that a few churches in the community has helped some residents in the past and would like to see the idea expanded. Carter requested approval for the employment of two additional deputies.
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North Posey School District Administrators donned their Red Cross vests and went door-to-door, checking and installing smoke detectors in Poseyville during Friday’s United Way Day of Caring. Pictured l to r are: Dr. Scott Strieter, Principal NPHS; Shannon MacMunn, North Elementary Principal; Paul DeHart, Pastor at Poseyville Christian Church; and Dr. Todd Camp, NPSD Superintendent. See Page A8 for more on this event. Photo by Theresa Bratcher
Town improvements up to Cynthiana residents
This vehicle ended up on it’s top on Sauerkraut Lane in Mount Vernon on Sunday afternoon. See story below.
Chase ends west of MV Special to the News On Sunday September 18, 2016, at approximately 3:49 p.m., Posey County Deputy Sheriff Dan Montgomery attempted to stop a white Ford Mustang for speeding on State Road 69 near Stevens Road. The vehicle was traveling south on State Road 69, and initially the driver indicated that he was pulling the vehicle to the shoulder of the roadway. As Montgomery approached, the driver abruptly accelerated and pulled away from the deputy. The vehicle turned off the highway at Farmersville School, and traveled west on Rippey Road. At times the vehicle reached speed up 90 miles-per-hour as the driver attempted to flee. The pursuit continued south onto Base Road and then west on Givens Road, with the driver operating the vehicle in an extremely reckless manner. The chase ended on Sauerkraut Lane, just south of the Upton Road intersection, as the driver lost control of the vehicle when cresting a hill. The vehicle collided into an embankment and rolled over. The driver was identified as Terry L. McCleve (age 51) of Ridgeway, Ill. McCleve had outstanding Traffic Warrants in Vanderburgh County and licensing issues with the BMV. McCleve was transported to Deaconess Hospital by Posey County EMS. Sheriff Greg Oeth is sending a case file with charging information to the Posey County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Mount Vernon Police and Black Township Fire Department assisted in the investigation.
By Valerie Werkmeister Cynthiana officials are encouraging residents to fill out and return income surveys they have received in the mail. The surveys were recently mailed to a random selection of Cynthiana residents, so not every resident will receive one. The surveys are a necessary part in the process toward assisting the town to receive approval for grants that may cover the costs of upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility. Approximately 170 surveys were mailed out and 152 responses are needed in order for the survey to be
considered valid. All surveys are confidential. If enough responses are not received, a follow-up mailing will be sent out within the next 20-30 days. If necessary, surveys may be taken door-to-door. The town was recently notified they were awarded a Community Crossings grant. They received $60,000 from the state to match $60,000 they pledged to use towards repaving roads. Town employee Ken Gorbett stated he will attend a planning meeting to find out how to pro-
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The American Flag soared above a successful Kunstfest weekend in New Harmony. See page A2 for more photos of the event. Photo by Zach Straw
Posey’s EMS Litton honored by Deaconess
Point Township Fire Chief Jay Price accepts an AED device for his department as the result of Posey County EMS paramedic Jim Litton’s Pre-Hospital Provider of the Year award given by Deaconess this week. Photo courtesy of Deaconess Hospital
By Pam Robinson Posey County EMS paramedic Jim Litton has earned the 2016 Deaconess Pre-Hospital Provider of the Year Award for his 37 years of EMS service, logging over 80,000 hours in more than 15,000 runs. Perhaps more important, the award calls attention to Litton’s respect among community first responders. Three emergency room doctors chose Litton from 10 nominees to receive the 2016 Deaconess Pre-Hospital Provider of the Year Award. He has seen his letter of nomination, but still doesn’t know who nominated him since award judges keep the information anonymous. The 2016 Deaconess Pre-Hospital Provider of the Year Award entitled
Litton to an automatic external defibrillator, or AED, valued at upwards of $6,500 and used to treat cardiac arrest. He could present the AED to the Posey County first response team of his choice. The man of many hats, including Fire Chief, Jay Price expressed great thanks on behalf of his own Point Township Fire Department, which received the AED. Receipt of the AED describes only one small reason, however, for Price’s praise of Litton. Enthusiasm and joy fill Price’s remarks immediately following the September 14 Deaconess awards ceremony. “There isn’t anyone I know more
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Clinics to work together, could add county next By Lois Mittino Gray Posey County’s two school districts announced Wednesday that they will work together in a landmark sharing agreement of their two health clinics to offer better hours and convenient locations for their eligible patrons. Mount Vernon and North Posey school districts will unite to offer more hours to customers at no additional costs to them. “This is unprecedented for two major school corporations to cooperate like this to make it happen. One key is that they both have wellness and health insurance committees made up of teachers and support staff who helped to develop this plan. It will benefit the whole community,” said Joe Neidig, CEO of Tri State Community Health Clinics. His firm provides the medical personnel and equipment to staff the two health clinics. The sharing agreement will allow eligible employees of each school district to use the other district’s clinic when it is available, as well as their own. Each clinic is open twelve hours per week right now. With the agreement, the
hours will not overlap, so this will mean that employees will have 24 hours of clinic time available to schedule appointments each week. In most cases, the same nurse practitioners and nurses often serve both clinics, so employees will see familiar faces at both locations. Clinic visits may be scheduled online, by phone or in person. North Posey’s clinic is located at the corner of Indiana 66 and 165 in Wadesville at 4922 Highway 165. It is the older of the two clinics, started in 2013 according to Dr. Todd Camp, North Posey School Superintendent. The Mount Vernon Clinic is located in the former Hedges Central School. It was opened in spring of 2015 and is very well used, according to Dr. Tom Kopatich, Mount Vernon School Superintendent. Currently, the two clinics alternate morning and afternoon shifts on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Morning shifts run from 7 to 11 a.m. and
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