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Posey Deputy sustains life-threatening gunshot wound

Members of the Posey County law enforcement community come together to work following a shooting in New Harmony on Saturday. Pictured are Kevin Ellison, Jeremy Fortune, Colton Givens, Andy Porath, Tony Alldredge, and Darrin Lemberg. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Dave Pearce It had been a fabulous first day of the New Harmony Kunstfest. The booths were closed and visitors were out and about enjoying the things that draw people to quiet and quaint New Harmony. But a few minutes before 7 p.m., Posey County Deputies, along with the New Harmony Town Marshal Aaron Straub, responded to a welfare check at 612 Short Street in New Harmony. Everything changed. According to a statement from Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham, “Shortly after law enforcement arrived Posey County Deputy Sheriff Bryan Hicks sustained a gunshot wound to his head. After an exchange of gunfire with the male assailant, identified as 70-year-old Paul Wiltshire, and the scene was made safe by law enforcement officials, Posey County EMS and New

Harmony Fire Department personnel rendered aid to Deputy Hicks and Mr. Wiltshire. Deputy Hicks was transported to Deaconess Hospital where his condition is critical, but stable.” According to information provided by the sheriff, Chief Deputy Jeremy Fortune took over the reins at the scene while Latham rushed to the hospital to be with the family of Hicks. Neighbors described what they heard as what they believed to be loud firecrackers going off nearby but soon realized the gravity of the situation. Wiltshire had served as the New Harmony Town Marshal some 16 years ago and spent many years living in the town. He was wounded in the gunfire and neither the hospital nor

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Fisher chosen principal at NPHS

Members of the North Posey School Board welcomed newly hired North Posey High School Principal Sean Fisher to the ranks at their September 13 meeting. From left Assistant Superintendent Michelle Walden, Board Members Larry Kahle, Amy Will, Greg Schmitt, Fisher, School Superintendent Michael Galvin, Board Members Geoﬀ Gentil and Vince Oakley. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray

By Lois Mittino Gray It’s official! Sean Fisher was hired as the North Posey High School Principal at the September 13, meeting of the North Posey School Board. School Superintendent Michael Galvin recommended him for hire to the board, after the search committee interviewed three applicants for the position. A fourth was included, but did not show for the interview. The Search Committee consisted of Galvin, Assistant Superintendent Michelle Walden, Junior High Principal Steve Kavanaugh, South Terrace Elementary Principal Erin Koester, High School Teachers Sean Nance, Carrie Schmitt, Brad Wallace and Student Representative Max Muensterman. The board unanimously accepted Fisher as the new administrator. He has been the Assistant Principal at the high school for three years and was acting principal, filling in for Scott Strieter in the interim after the former principal resigned in August. Fisher taught Business at the school prior to the principal jobs. He was congratulated and wished well by the board. School Board President Geoff Gentil opened the

meeting to conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2022 School Budget, the Capital Projects Plan, and the Bus Replacement Plan, as advertised on the school website. The budget and several budget resolutions will be presented for consideration of adoption at the October 12, meeting. Gentil asked if there were any patron comments regarding these items and there were no takers. Gentil recommended the official Public Hearing be left open; in the event any patrons might enter the meeting to ask questions regarding the 2022 budgets. A motion was made to adjourn the Budget Hearing at 7:11 p.m. as no patrons entered to address the board during the general meeting. Gentil also opened another Public Hearing for 20212022 North Posey Teachers’ Association Contract Negotiations to hear public testimony regarding teacher compensation and collective bargaining in the school. Galvin presented information from a preliminary negotiations meeting with union representatives two

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APC OKs preliminary solar plan

Mount Vernon homecoming royalty Julia Kingery and Tristan Clowers are all smiles at homecoming. Photo by Garry Beeson

By Trisha L. Lopez The Posey Solar Project got the preliminary go ahead from members of the Area Plan Commission during a continuation of the July 29 special meeting at the Posey County Community Center on Thursday. The preliminary application, submitted to the APC office by developer Tenaska in April, passed by a 6-3 vote after about an hour of discussion. Andy Hoehn, Randy Owen, David Pearce, Keith Spurgeon, Hans Schmitz and Mark Seib voted in favor of the preliminary application. Randy Thornburg, Kevin Brown and Mike Baehl voted against. An independent project review submitted by Mount Vernon-based Tanner Engineering, LLC., conducted at the behest of the APC, highlighted areas that Tenaska attorney Mary Solada assured members would be addressed prior to the submission of the final application. Areas tagged for further examination include, among others: full contact information for all participating project landowners; updated setback depictions in the project site plan; confirmation of up-to-date Indiana building code requirements; completed evaluations from required government agencies; and updated information on the use of mature trees for buffers. Despite the areas mentioned, the Tanner report found the preliminary approval package to be “very thorough.” Thornburg, a member of both the APC and Posey County Commissioners, made a motion to table the vote on the preliminary application for 30 days until all areas of concern could be addressed. Baehl seconded

the motion. “No other client that I know of coming to the Area Plan Commission without all of the paperwork has to be in order and all of the issues addressed. I don’t want to see exceptions made for this client. I don’t want to see any favoritism. I want it to be equal across the board,” Thornburg said. “I think they need to work it out like everybody else has to before it moves on.” A roll call vote shot down the motion. Hoehn, Owen, Pearce, Spurgeon, Schmitz and Seib voted against. Thornburg, Baehl and Brown voted in favor. Attendance was noticeably lower than in previous meetings with the Posey Solar Project posted on the agenda, but the right side of the room was filled with residents donning yellow anti-industrial solar stickers seated behind Michael Schopmeyer, attorney from Kahn, Dees, Donovan and Kahn, LLP, representing the remonstrators to try to stop the project. Attorneys representing both sides were allowed 10 minutes to address the commission and were allowed to answer follow-up questions presented by members. The public portion of the meeting was closed at the conclusion of the July 29 meeting, but no speaking time was needed to convey the feelings of the dozens of residents seated behind Schopmeyer. Facial expressions told a story of anger, dismay and disbelief as those who have fought against the project from its inception heard the roll call vote that propelled the development to the next stage in the process...a final public hearing

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Following in family footprints Young Robb doing well at filling big family traditions

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By Lois Gray “Thank you for displaying the flag today. It means a lot to my kids,” a young mother whispers as she walks by the canvas chair Christopher Robb sits in under the giant flag for the two days of New Harmony’s Kuntsfest Festival. As a member of the New Harmony Volunteer Fire Department, he is one of several on the force who will sit vigil to respect the thirty by fifty foot banner as it flies in the breeze from the arm of the department’s 8Ladder1 truck. Robb and others on the force sitting with him, estimated that the department has been doing this tradition since around 2002.

“We purchased it in response to the 9/11 attack and it has become part of the festival to fly it at the corner of Church and Main streets every year since then. We get a lot of thank-you’s and positive comments from people as they pass. They really love the giant flag. One man said he likes to watch it wave on high as he drives into town,” Robb commented. “We make sure somebody is with the flag at all times and we take it down by 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. We don’t do the intricate folding up here, we wait and do it when we get back to the station,” he explained. Vendors at the festival have ex-

pressed their appreciation for the firefighters attending to the flag by bringing them free food and drinks. Robb specifically mentioned Boy Scout Troop 393, the Mount Vernon Moose Club, and the Posey County Right to Life for their generosity. Robb, 34, has been a member of the force since 2005. After 16 years, he currently holds the rank of Captain. “I guess you could call it a ‘family tradition.’ Both of my grandfathers, an uncle, and of course, my father were members of the department.” His father is Larry Robb, Posey County Emergency Management Agency Director and his mother is Millie Robb.

Captain Robb enjoys serving the community and has participated in fighting several large and small fires, working accidents, and helping those in medical need. “Have you ever had to rescue a cat from a tree like in all the fireman cartoons?” I jokingly asked. He replied, “As a matter of fact, just a few months ago, we had to get a cat down that was on a utility pole behind Yellow Tavern. There were so many wires and we had to be careful, but it eventually came down on its own and was okay.” Christopher is a New Harmony native and attended New Harmo-

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Do not cross the Potomac River

In 49 BC the Senate in the Republic of Rome ordered Gaius Julius Caesar to not bring his army across the Rubicon River into the city of Rome. Caesar said, “Let the die be cast”; that is, I’ll take my chances. He did, Rome as a Republic collapsed into civil war and instead of a representative government the Roman people got a dictator. Five years later, on the Ides of March, Caesar was deposed by force. The people who founded the United States of America came from a tradition of great fear of military power over civilians. In fact, in our Declaration of Independence one of the main complaints against King George III was that, “He has aﬀected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power.”

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This great fear of military control over the civilian populace of America was guarded against in our Constitution. Article I, section 8 endows Congress with the power and authority to declare war, and to raise armies and militias to suppress insurrections. Article II, section 2 establishes that the democratically elected President shall be in control of the armed forces as the Commander-inChief. In his exhaustive and exhausting treatise, The Framer’s Coup, The Making of the United States Constitution, Professor Michael J. Klarman points out the vital importance to our Founders that “[I]n all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.” See p. 330. We Americans profess pride in and support of our military as long as we are assured our military remembers its place. That system has worked pretty well and we are likely to maintain it in spite of political pressure

being brought upon the generals to undermine their Commander-in-Chief. As I recall from my service days, I did not always recognize as wise what my military superiors thought was wisdom. Joseph Heller in his prescient novel, Catch-22, had a pretty firm grip on the banality of much of the military. On the hand, our politicians sometimes also fall a little short of a full deck. Still, at least we have the opportunity to have some say in who our civilian leaders will be and we can fire them. Therefore, for me, I’ll chose to bob and weave with the occasional civilian loser versus a palace military coup. Back off oh ’ye purveyors of a Banana Republic. As Scarlett O’Hara said, “Tomorrow’s another day” and as Annie said, “Tomorrow is only a day away.” I can wait. Elections, yes, coups, no. For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com or “Like/Follow” us on Facebook & Twitter at JPegOsageRanch.

Guest Column: Jim Tomes, State Senator Indiana Senate Republicans offering paid internships The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid spring-semester internships in its communications, information technology, legal, legislative and policy offices during the 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly, said State Sen. Jim Tomes (R-Wadesville). Qualified 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 benefit from scholarship and academic credit opportunities, professional development, community involvement and networking.

Senate internships are full-time 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 March 2022. “Interns play a vital role in our legislative sessions as they engage in the day-to-day work of the General Assembly,” Tomes said. “If you are a college student or recent graduate, or know of someone looking for a unique and valuable experience to add to your resume, I highly recommend applying for this internship.” For more information and to access an application, visit www.IndianaSenateRepublicans. com/Intern. The deadline to apply is October 31.

Letter to the Editor Thank you for grant monry Posey County Community Corrections would like to thank the Promoting a Drug Free Community in Posey County (PDFC) committee for their generous monetary grant for alcohol monitoring services. The PDFC grant allowed Community Corrections to purchase remote alcohol monitors for clients who were sentenced to remote alcohol monitoring. PDFC grant funds were also used to oﬀset some of the daily alcohol

monitoring costs for clients which was a major relief for many clients and their families. The PDFC grant was very beneﬁcial in helping Community Corrections continue providing supervision that beneﬁts the community, reduces recidivism, and saves Posey County many thousands of dollars every year. Justin Rutledge Executive Director

Write a letter!!! You’ll feel better Letters to the Editor Senator Braun joins Senate GOP letter calling for answers from Biden on Afghanistan Dear President Biden: We write regarding the humanitarian crisis created by your withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, and the safety and well-being of our fellow countrymen and allies who you left behind. The signatories of this letter may have differing opinions about whether the United States should have maintained a military presence in Afghanistan, but we all agree that the arbitrary and poorly-planned method by which you withdrew from Afghanistan caused this crisis. You say that more than 123,000 individuals have been evacuated from Afghanistan in recent weeks (nearly half of whom were evacuated by groups or countries other than the United States), but only an estimated 5,500 “self-identified” American citizens (4.5 percent of the total evacuees) were evacuated or able to leave on their own. Further, while it does not appear that you have released exact numbers of our Afghan partners who were evacuated, your administration has publicly confirmed that fewer than 50 percent of evacuated Afghans were Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants or their families. Our immediate priority is the safety and well-being of American citizens, permanent residents, and allies who were left behind in Afghanistan. We are also concerned by reports that ineligible individuals, including Afghans with ties to terrorist organizations or serious, violent criminals, were evacuated alongside innocent refugee families. We request that you provide answers to the following questions no later than 5 p.m., on Tuesday, September 7: 1. How many American citizens does the administration believe to remain in Afghanistan? a. Of the American citizens still in Afghanistan, how many are currently in contact with the State Department? b. Of the American citizens still in Afghanistan, how many have expressed a desire to be repatriated to the United States? c. How did the administration reach this estimate, and what steps is the administration taking to find and connect with

Americans who may still be in Afghanistan but who are not in contact with the State Department? 2. How many green-card holders does the administration believe to remain in Afghanistan? a. Of the green-card holders still in Afghanistan, how many are currently in contact with the State Department? b. Of the green card holders still in Afghanistan, how many have expressed a desire to be repatriated to the United States? c. How did the administration reach this estimate, and what efforts is the administration taking to find and connect with green-card holders who may still be in Afghanistan but who are not in contact with the State Department? 3. How many Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants remain in Afghanistan? a. Of the SIVs remaining in Afghanistan, how many have already received final SIV approval from the U.S. Center for Immigration Services? b. Of the SIVs remaining in Afghanistan, how many are currently in contact with the State Department? c. Of the approved SIVs and the SIV applicants who were evacuated, how many served for a year or more as interpreters or translators for American or allied armed forces in Afghanistan? d. Are the State Department and USCIS still processing pending SIV applications? What steps are being taken to ensure that pending applicants are safe from Taliban reprisals as their applications are adjudicated? 4. According to your administration, more than 50% of evacuated Afghans were not SIV applicants or their families, including vulnerable Afghans such as women and girls at high risk for Taliban reprisals. Of the more than 57,000 Afghans who are not American citizens, green-card holders, or SIV applicants or their families, how many had no pending immigration application or status with the United States prior to being airlifted?

a. By what criteria did your administration select these individuals for the airlift while leaving American citizens, greencard holders, and SIV applicants and their families behind? b. How many evacuees, in total, are Afghans who are not American citizens, greencard holders, or SIV applicants or their families? Please also provide a breakdown of how many of these individuals are adult men, adult women, girls, or boys. c. What steps did your administration take to verify the identities of these individuals before evacuation? d. What steps are your administration taking to ensure that individuals are thoroughly vetted and their identities verified before entering the United States? e. Who is responsible for vetting these evacuated individuals before they reach the United States? f. Is the administration checking for potential criminal records and national-security concerns before admitting individuals to the United States? g. There are reports that a convicted rapist—who had previously served a prison sentence in the United States before being deported—was flown to the national capital region as part of this airlift operation. Was that individual vetted before being flown to the United States? If so, was his criminal record found and ignored, or was it not found in the first ph. How many other individuals have been allowed to enter the United States as part of this evacuation before undergoing vetting and background checks? We request thorough, unclassified answers to these questions that can be made available to the general public. Americans need to see that the United States will not abandon them to terrorists abroad forever. If your answers implicate classified material, you may also submit a classified appendix to your answers and coordinate with us to provide a classified briefing. We look forward to your prompt response.

Character

Things sure have B D changed in H my short lifetime. Funny how things just don’t seem to make sense anymore. Folks nowadays blame everyone else for their problems, but on the other hand they want everyone else to take care of them. I just don’t get it. We grew up poor and didn’t have much so we worked. We didn’t have the money to be involved in after school activities so we stayed home and worked. We found other ways to entertain ourselves when we had

free time, and looking back it was probably way more beneﬁcial anyway. We chopped cotton and pinto beans. We cleaned ditches and hauled hay. We raised a lot of what we ate. We made do with what we had or we just went without, it didn’t bother me much though. As I’ve said before…we were poor but didn’t know it. I ﬁnally graduated to being a tractor, combine, and cotton picker driver when I was about 13. I plowed cotton with a JD 4020 propane or a 60 JD, and neither had a cab. I would complain about how hot or cold it was depending on the time of year. I would P / E D P

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put cardboard and old carpet on the ﬂoor of that butane tractor because the ﬂoor pan would get hot and cook my feet. In the winter time I’d bundle up looking like the Michelin man in winter to try to keep warm. When I would complain the answer was always the same…“just get after it, it’ll make you tough, build character and learn ya how to work. If you learn how to work, you may never get rich but you’ll never go hungry.” The path I chose in life ain’t been an easy one, but I wouldn’t change it much. We ain’t given a good life or a bad life. We are just given life. It’s up to us to make it good or

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bad. The life in front of us is far more important than the life behind us. Galatians 6:3-5 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Funny how we seem to suﬀer more in our own minds than we do in reality. None of us has the choice of where we come from… but we all have the freedom to choose where we want to go from there, but it all depends on one’s character.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 Cheryl Ann Kerzan Cheryl Ann (Essary) Kerzan, 66, entered into the kingdom of heaven on Monday, September 13, 2021, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. She was born March 30, 1955, in Evansville, Ind., to Fred and Carolyn “Sue” (Crowe) Essary. She was a 1973 graduate of Mount Vernon Senior High School and obtained her master’s degree in childhood education from the University of Evansville. She had many interesting careers, but most rewarding to her was being a civil servant for the City of Indianapolis, IN Purchasing Division for more than 16 years as a Senior Buyer before retiring. She was the ﬁrst Indiana President of the National Institute for Governmental Purchasing, INC., and was instrumental in facilitating changes for the NIGP and City-County Agencies, winning awards from the Mayors Oﬃce for her work in cost saving measures. She was a devout Christian and prayer warrior who knew and loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was a member of Harvestime Temple in Mount Vernon, Ind.; Sunbeam Chapter 1, Order of the Eastern Star; Past Worthy Advisor and Grand Worthy Advisor of Sunbeam 126, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls; The women’s Tuesday Club; She co-facilitated a Bible study group at the First Christian Church in Mount Vernon, Ind., and a few prayer chains over the years. She chaired Shoebox for Kids and Soles for Souls; She was sponsored by the United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Ind., for the Walk to Emmaus; She sponsored a child from a third world country for over 10 years and took great joy in exchanging letters, pictures and sending birthday and Christmas gifts. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Cathy Howe, niece Amanda Howe and grandson Anthony Dilcher. She immensely loved, and was very proud of, her family. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Stephen Kerzan; sister Chawn (Lawrence

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Tully) Essary, nieces Cayce Gibbs and Courtny (Michael) Clayton, brother-inlaw Dwight Howe, nephew Jeremy (Christi) Howe, great niece Liv Elizabeth Howe, Stepdaughter Karen (Bryan) Hayden, Stepsons Joe (Janie) Kerzan, Tony (Auleen) Kerzan. Great niece Meah Gibbs, Great nephews Devon Denny, Aidyn Clayton, Brynnon Clayton, Jahvon Gibbs, James Carte and Joseph Carte. Step grandchildren Savanna Dilcher and Stevi Hayden, Ella and Levi Kerzan, Harleigh and Baileah Hayden. Her longtime Frister Cindy Searcy and numerous Brother and Sisters-in-law, cousins, and Many loving friends. She was a giving, selﬂess, and beautiful person who will be sorely missed by so many. The family would like to extend a very special thank you to Dr. Joseph Lee for the extreme kindness and excellent quality of care given to her and our family. We are forever grateful. To the Deaconess 3600 Unit nurses Haley and Bria, our family thanks you for your diligent works and compassion. Also, a special thank you to Courtny Clayton for her loving kindness, care, compassion, and gentleness with Cheryl. A celebration of life service and internment will be held at a future date. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family asks that you donate to the charity of your choice. Please be kind to all those you meet, for you may never know their struggles. Simple Cremation Evansville is entrusted with care. Friends may send a condolence to the family at www.SimpleCremationEvansville.com

Gayden Douglas Gary Gayden Douglas “Abbey” Gray, 75, of New Harmony, Indiana, born July 20, 1946 to Preston and Thelma (Douglas) Gray in Evansville, Indiana, passed away September 19, 2021 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital. Abbey started school in Wadesville and graduated from North Posey High School in 1964. He just loved to go fishing and attending the farm markets and festivals around the area. He just enjoyed to people watch. He drove a water truck for the oil field for many years. Surviving are his wife: Becky (Waggoner) Gray; three daughters: Kassi Neuffer (Cody), Vikki French (John) and Ashli Gray; three grandchildren: Anzlee Gray, Jenna and Jordan Jones. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, September 23, 2021 at the Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony, Indiana with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in

Wadesville, Indiana. Visitation will be 4 p.m. 7 p.m., Wednesday September 22, 2021 at the funeral home. Masks are recommended but not required and social distancing should be observed. Memorial contributions should be made to Pancreatic Cancer Research at: http:// www.pancan.org. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

Suzanne Jean Curry, 77, of Wadesville, Indiana born to Robert L. and Carolyn (Westfall) Wiggins on November 23, 1943, in Poseyville, Indiana passed away, Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. Surviving are her husband: Norris Wayne Curry; daughter: Dr. Elisabeth (Jim) Buchanan of Blue Ridge, Texas; two sons: Wayne Curry, Jr., South Bend, Indiana, Daniel (Tammy) Curry of Freeport Florida; brothers: Wayne T. (Jackie) Wiggins and John R. (Maria) Wiggins both of Poseyville, Indiana; grandchildren: Tony Canul, Justin Canul, Lexy Curry, Ryley Curry, along with three great grandchildren; nieces and nephews: Tricia Murphy, Anna Wiggins, Darrick Wiggins and Jason Wiggins Preceding her in death were her parents. Visitation will be from 2

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New antennas spark hope for troubled radio system By Trisha L. Lopez A possible light at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing saga of first responder radio coverage issues was raised during Tuesday’s Posey County Council meeting at the Hovey House. Seven Posey County Sheriff’s deputies’ vehicle radios were found to have been operating with an incorrect antenna...a problem that could have led to hit and miss radio coverage issues that have plagued Posey County since a new radio system was purchased in 2018. Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham said the antennas were fixed and radio software was updated a week ago, and no new complaints about coverage issues have been raised. VEI, the Vincennes-based company that sold Posey County its Kenwood system in 2017 has worked with Jason Knowles, 911 director, on ways to improve coverage throughout the county. ‘“I was just told this morning that VEI came out last week. I’m still working with them to future out what needs to be done to make this FCC compliant. Not a whole lot of change, but hoping lot of the issues was having the wrong antennas on the vehicles,’” Knowles said in a statement read by Posey County Council President Heather Allyn. Latham was quarantined during the radio inspections and was unable to be there. He said four or five vehicles still need to be done. “I have not received any emails from any of the deputies for quite some time, so hopefully the situation has been resolved,” Latham told council. Dan Shepherd, owner of VEI, emailed Allyn during the meeting. He said his technicians inspected the radios’ wiring and programming. The incorrect antenna prevented the radios from “operating efficiently throughout the spectrum of frequencies of the trunking system,” according to his email. “This could be a main cause of the intermittent perceived

range issues. This would explain why we were never able to duplicate the problem,” Allyn read. Latham returned to the podium to discuss additionals which included a $20,440.31 Indiana Criminal Justice Institute grant to reimburse overtime costs for 2020 and a $500 payment from the Posey County Fair Association and a $375 payment from the KeckGonnerman Antique Machinery Association for security. He updated council members on jail inmate numbers: 94 Posey County inmates; 38 Vanderburgh County inmates; and 15 Department of Correction inmates. The jail received $38,000 for housing Vanderburgh County inmates in August. Other items covered on Tuesday include: Amanda Bender, new 4-H youth development extension educator, introduced herself to council members. The Posey County native and Purdue University alumnus said she is “excited to come back and do some programming with the kids.” She said 4-H enrollment will begin Oct. 1. Members voted to approve $75,000 for Posey County EMS to cover overtime costs, with the caveat that the issue would be revisited in September after reviewing staffing needs.

Thomas Eldon Upshaw, 84, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away September 13, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born December 24, 1936 in New Harmony, Ind., to the late Eldon and Genevieve (Phelps) Upshaw. Tom was born and raised in New Harmony and a member of the New Harmony Rappite Class of 1954. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army in May of 1962. Tom met his wife, Geneva, at a roller-skating rink. He retired from General Electric in January of 2002. While working at GE, he was involved with the Employee Activity Association and lead the club as their President. Tom enjoyed planning events and seeing everyone have a great time. He enjoyed watching his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren participate in sports. Tom bowled on several leagues at Posey Lanes and made lifelong friends at the bowling alley. He was a lifelong Chicago Cubs, Harry Caray, IU Basketball and Bobby Knight fan. Tom loved to plant and care for his annual garden and deliver a large variety of vegetables to his family and friends around the county. Tom never met a stranger and loved to talk to everyone he met. He will be deeply missed. He was preceded in death by his sister, Doris June Cunningham; brothers-inlaw, Jim Cunningham, Bill Meeks and Wilburn Dickhaut. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Geneva (Dickhaut) Upshaw; daughter, Brenda (Clay) Bourne; son, Tommy (Karen) Upshaw; grandchildren, Kendyl Bourne and Landon Upshaw; step-grandchildren, Jeremy (Mindy) Bourne, Erik (Jamie) Bourne, Jesse Bourne, Reid, Brock and Jenna Veatch; step-greatgrandchildren, Bryce, Abbey, Mckynzie, Madyson, Brayden, Ashlyn and Austin Bourne; brother, Ron (Connie) Upshaw; sister-inlaw, Aletha Meeks; special

nieces who helped care for him, Donna (Craig) Valier, Shelly (Niall) McConville, and Pam (Kent) Ziegler; nieces and nephews, Krissie (Nathan) Baehl, Korrie (Ann) Upshaw, Karen (Warren) Evrard, Doris Strupp, and Eric (Joanna) Dickhaut; great-nieces and nephews, Aaron (Kelsey) Valier, Jourdan (Seth) Criswell, Michal (Matt) McConville, Austin McConville, Alison Kissinger, Bradley (Katy) Ziegler, Sydney Ziegler, Mason and Brayden Baehl, and Hadley Upshaw; cousins, Delores Padgett, Carolyn Upshaw, Richard Upshaw and Marilyn Rumsey. Funeral service were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with Pastor Christopher Millay oﬃciating and burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation was held from 3 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at the funeral home. The family requests that anyone who attends please wear a mask to protect themselves and others. The family would like to thank Doctors Kathryn Lee-Kalsch, Matthew Lee and Sheryl Ziegler. Also, Deaconess Home Health and Deaconess Hospice for the care they provided while Tom fought his battle with cancer. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to the MVHS Athletic Department or First United Methodist Church. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com

ANNUAL OAK GROVE CEMETERY MEETING Unfortunately, since we can't have our annual meeting we still need your support. Last year we spent $2640 in just lawn care to take care of the cemetery. Without donations we risk loosing 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, be greatly appreciated any and all. Any and all letters or donations may be mailed to our Treasurer. Thank you for your continued support! Emily Gardner, Treasurer, Oak Grove Cemetery, 1344 Stonehaven Circle, Boonville, IN 47601; Oakgrovecemetery1@gmail.com Search Facebook by: OakGrove Cemetery

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nice things of all these games. When it ceases to have perspective, and becomes way too important, especially when involving young folks, it is just wrong. I have sat in the bleachers and heard irate, loud, and very rude parents shout down to their young players, berating their performance. Instead of experiencing happiness in playing, their children can only end up with disappointment. I have witnessed this from the time my own children were involved to that of my grandchildren. No doubt, it is prevalent in many situations. The most happy days of our lives usually center around special days, and holidays. Needless to say, Christmas is a prime example. About this time, many folks realize that it is on the way, and voice stress. It frequently does not live up to expectations, and, yes, it results in disappointment. Like never before, we are bombarded with very early commercials, and other reminders. If we don’t act on this, we feel like we haven’t done all we should.

Madeleine, I try to actually impart little thought-provoking tidbits in this column. Today, I want to discuss the two basic emotions that we all struggle with. One of them, thankfully, is happiness. However, I believe that it is safe to say that the other is disappointment. Some events of our lives give us both of these. In our country, sporting events are very high on the list for almost everyone. Everything from the Super Bowl down to a little league softball game has a lot of emotion connected. Super Bowl Sunday has become a major event, with carefully planned get-togethers. Parents and other family members faithfully attend ball games, when youngsters are involved. However, sometimes the spectators for both of these can go way beyond happiness into disappointment and let their words and actions become way out of normal range. This, unfortunately, can affect the

Hallmark movies now show a group of Christmas movies during the summer. Our subconscious tells us we aren’t doing enough. In other cases, we remember past holidays which will never return. Yes, I fit into this group. Almost everything we do in our lives has the element of disappointment. I recently wrote about our sudden elopement fifty six years ago, and yes, I am disappointed that the traditional big wedding was not to happen. Most of us have walked out of the movies, sometimes complaining about what we just paid out good money for. Perhaps we have set our standards way too high, and we are already primed for disappointment about almost everything. One thing that has affected me many times is trying out a new diet, and not having it work as hoped for. We try a new recipe and it does not come up to the delicious dish we wanted. I order many things from Amazon, and I am sometimes disappointed. I think that one of the hard-

Guess Who's 90? Bill Heilman! Bill will be 90 on September 26! We are hoping he will receive 90 birthday cards by that date. Friends of Bill and of his family, please send a card any day this month to bring him cheer. Address: P.O. Box 458, Poseyville, IN 47633. Thanks for your help!

Free NAMI virtual classes set NAMI’s Family-to-Family classes educate participants about bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic or anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), schizoaffective disorder, dual diagnosis and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); what to do in a psychiatric emergency; empathy; communication, advocacy. The classes are designed for persons who want to better understand and help a loved one who lives with mental illness. NAMI Evansville offers the classes as a community service. Classes are offered at no cost to participants;

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Note: News in this issue includes: dedications ceremonies for Poseyville church, auto hits a stump, local lodge of Masons issue bonds, breakdown at the ice plant, barn struck by lightning, fish fry a success, and many news briefs and personals. Dedication Ceremonies For Poseyville Catholic Church - The new addition to the Saint Francis Catho-

however, reservations are necessary. Classes will start Monday, September 27 and run for a total of eight (8) Monday evenings using Zoom. Classes are presented by trained family members. Participants gain information and skills. Classes start at 6:30 and end at 9 p.m. Call Diane at 812-423-4333 or email namievansville@gmail.com. NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI also offers ongoing support groups. Email namievansville@gmail.com to learn more about support groups.

National and Local News 100 Years Ago News From The Western Star, September 21, 1921 - Mount Vernon lic Church in Poseyville was dedicated under impressive ceremonies Sunday, a large number from this city being in attendance. Bishop Chartrand of Indianapolis, was in charge of the dedicating service, which began at 9:30. An all-day picnic followed the exercises. Early History - Realizing that a Catholic church was needed in Poseyville, there being about twenty families of this faith residing in this vicinity, an acre of ground was

purchased in 1885 for which they paid $500. In the following summer, the laying of the foundation for the Church was begun, and the cornerstone was laid on Sunday, October 31, 1886, the cost of the building, including some furniture, was $4,100. Rev. J.W. Brook, a noted pulpit orator preached the sermon and the Rev. F.S. Chartand, Bishop of Indianapolis, solemnly blessed and put the cornerstone in position. Father Luebberman, then

R est things to accept is when other human beings do not live up to expectations. Everything from hiring employees to dating is in this category for almost everyone. Even the folks who have been in our lives for a very long time, can leave us shaking our heads. One of my personal pet peeves is being late. I go in the other direction, but I can recall pacing the floor, waiting for late-comers. One of my other major reasons to be disappointed with others is well known. I have appealed many times for someone to come and help me with very simple chores, but

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nobody ever shows up. Many times, we just have to accept limitations and find happiness. I do not like being so imprisoned by my body’s problems now. However, I try to count my blessings and find joy where I can. The things I have always taken for granted have become only memories. Instead of letting my disappointments overshadow my happiness, I concentrate on my ability to mostly care for myself and the fact that my problems are not life-threatening. I know that this is only a daydream, but I could fix almost everything we hear on the

news, if only I was allowed to do so. And, yes, I am somewhat disappointed when obvious solutions are not implemented. I know that everyone can mentally figure this out. Assuming that almost everyone believes in a higher power, do you not think that they are also shaking their heads in disappointment. Madeleine, I wish that I could promise you a life of happiness, but be prepared for the inevitable disappointments. It all boils down to how you balance it all out. So far, you appear to be very good at figuring out life. This makes me very happy.

Ask Amy Koch A monthly column from the Executive Director of the Charles Ford Retirement Communities of New Harmony Living Through a Pandemic We asked Amy Koch, executive director of the Charles Ford Retirement Community, to describe what it’s been like for seniors to live through a pandemic. “Imagine you are a senior and you reside at the Charles Ford Retirement Community. You might expect to be living a life of leisure, because providing you with that kind of existence is our goal. “In that scenario, you would no longer have the wide range of responsibilities associated with taking care of your home - from leaf removal to roof repairs, from mopping the ﬂoors to carrying out the trash - all those tasks are now performed for you. No menu planning or grocery shopping is necessary; the Charles Ford dietary staﬀ cooks-to-order your delicious, healthy meals. “Your days are enriched by conversation with other residents with whom you share common interests. Activities are scheduled and you are encouraged to participate, yet, to what extent is your choice. Transportation is provided;

therefore, you no longer have the need or expense of owning a car, and the town you’ve chosen to live in encourages the use of golf carts on its streets. Sounds like a pretty good life, doesn’t it, and according to the people who live here, it is! “You see, we believe that senior years are precious, and we take that belief very seriously. We understand the value of those years. That’s why it was so heartbreaking to see the Covid-19 virus force such a major disruption, dramatically impacting their daily lifestyle. For many, the quarantine and isolation became major issues and caused health concerns. “From the beginning, in addition to following all infection control guidance, the Charles Ford staff made multiple adjustments to accommodate the change in the way our nursing staff provided care, doing everything possible to make changes in daily routine more palatable. Since, the quarantine required residents to spend many hours in their individual apartments. The staff and residents’ families cooperated to

do everything possible to overcome the challenges and keep people connected. “Providing iPads to each resident proved to be a most signiﬁcant and successful communication tool and everyone quickly learned to communicate with family and friends who could no longer visit in house. As weather permitted and the quarantine began to lift, safe-distanced porch visits were introduced, but it was twelve long months before vaccines were available and all of our residents and staﬀ had been vaccinated. Once immunity was achieved, the quarantine lifted and a normal visiting pattern was resumed, understanding with this newly achieved freedom came some risk of exposure to illness. “Enduring quarantine at this stage of their lives has been extremely taxing for our seniors,” Amy concluded. At any age, life is precious and to live life to its fullest is ideal. Going forward, we will continue to follow all applicable guidance. We want to keep our residents as safe as possible.”

in charge of the Saint Matthew’s Church of this city, was given the credit of giving the citizens of Poseyville their first Catholic Church. Rev. Andrew Schaaf was appointed their resident pastor in 1895 and remained in charge for 15 years, followed by Rev. Francis Wolf. Rev. Verst is the present pastor. Auto Hits Stump: Young Man Badly Injured - Late Friday afternoon, Bertis Coker, age 20, who is employed in the Forthoffer Bottling Works, in company with J.C. Tremper and Allen Blue, started for the Cut-Off on the Wabash River for the purpose of fishing.

About eight miles west of this city, their auto struck a stump in the middle of the road in the Wabash bottoms. Although the car was running less than 12 miles an hour, the force of the impart through Coker forward and his head broke through the windshield, inflicting deep cuts on the head and neck, severing an artery in the right temple. The nearest house was that of Lou Gerton, nearly two miles away to which he was taken, and the nearest telephone was still a mile and a half further on. By the time Dr. Ranes could be summoned nearly two hours had elapsed, and Coker was fast bleeding to death. Dr. Ranes arrives - after the flow of blood was checked, the injured man was left at the Gerton home until the following day when he was brought home in an ambulance. Blue suffered slight injuries by being thrown against the steering wheel and Tremper escaped uninjured. The car did not turn over, but the axle was bent almost double. The stump on this road has been the cause of several accidents and should at once be removed by the road supervisor. Local Lodge Of Masons Will Issue Bonds - Bonds sold by the Masons will be used for improvement to their new home at Walnut and Fourth Streets. After thoroughly discussing the matter it was agreed to issue $15,000 in bonds. After these bonds are sold and issued three Mount Vernonites will be awarded the contracts on the following: (1) general construction, (2) plumbing and heating, (3) electrical wiring. Break Down In Ice Plant - Friday morning the large piston rod in the upright engine of the Consumer’s Ice and Cold Storage Co. broke. The whole apparatus (piston and head) would have been forced through the roof had it not struck a large iron beam. Before Mr. Simpson, the engineer, could shut off the steam, the head was blown out and fortunately after striking the ceiling, fell just on the opposite side of the engine where he was standing. Owing to the accident, the plant will be closed for a week or ten days, but they are supplying their customers with ice brought from factories in Evansville and Vincennes. The noise made by the blowout was heard for several blocks and brought out the entire neigh-

borhood. Struck By Lightning - The large barn on the Gempler farm on the Lower New Harmony Road about six miles northwest of the city, was struck by lightning Saturday night and together with its contents, was consumed by fire, with the exception of the horses and mules which were driven out of the barn before the fire reached them. Fox Chasers’ Fish Fry A Success - The fish-fry given Sunday at the Artesian well in Lynn Township by the Indiana-Kentucky-Illinois Fox Chasers’ Association was a howling success in every way. Eighty or more members brought pies and cakes baked by their wives, and with 100 pounds of fried channel catfish the Chasers’ spent a day to be remembered. Our local Nick McFadden, is president of the group. Sports News - The Mount Vernon Athletics defeated the team from Savah 6 to 1. Shrode pitched for Savah while Hancock pitched for the Athletics, striking out 21. High School Baseball - Wadesville defeated Owensville by the score of 10 to 3. Football - Dave Benthall, a member of the local high school football squad, suffered a painful injury Monday evening when his left hand was badly cut by coming in contact with corn stubble. Babe Ruth - To those who know Babe Ruth simply as a slugger, it may be surprising to know that he has just hung up a season’s record for consecutive hitting in the major leagues. The Sultan of Swat hit safely in 26 straight games. News Briefs And Personals - Births - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jones, Sunday, a son. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hahn, this morning, a daughter. Sick List - Little Susanna Stinson, Saturday morning, underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils and adenoids. Dr. William Stinson was assisted by Dr. Doerr. Sunday Dinner - Mr. and Mrs. Crist Brauser spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hironimous and children. Mount Vernon News 125 Years Ago, September 21, 1896 - Mrs. Phil Yunker has figs growing in her garden on Walnut Street. New House Fred Krittenstein of Robinson Township, is having erected a pretty new residence. He will marry a young lady from near Blairsville soon.

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New Harmony Beautification Committee efforts begin By Lois Mittino Gray Annette Buckland presented a program to members of the Garden Club of New Harmony on Saturday, September 11 about a brand-new committee that envisions twinkling solar lights in trees and daffodil bulbs in bloom everywhere in the spring around town. Annette, the owner of the Antique Mews in New Harmony, is Chairman of the New Harmony Business Associates Design Committee. The three other members are Mary Beth Guard, Laura Foster Nicholson, and Kent Schutte. “This is a new committee for us this year. It’s a step in our goal of having New Harmony designated as a ‘Main Street’ town,” she explained. “We are on a tight budget. We have 58 members in our business association and they pay $90 a year dues. However, only about one third of these members are really active in projects. We spent dues this year for $1,369 in picnic tables, $2,230 for visitor guides, $2000 toward public restroom upkeep in the Ribeyre Gymnasium, and $2,148 for those blue ‘Arts District’ information signs on the Interstate.” “We have a proposal before the New Harmony Town Council asking permission to put small solar lights in the trees and planters on Church and Main Streets in the Business District. Mary Beth Guard suggested this to add an air of ambience year-round to the community. We would raise the funds for them,” she said. The group is also raising funds for new Christmas decorations in the Business District with sales of the first ornament in a limited edition series. It depicts the Granary with a tree all decorated up for the holiday. The Design Committee appreciates all the work Garden Club members have done to beautify New Harmony with plantings and Annette said, “You have made a visual difference in town. My

customers always say how beautiful this town’s flowers are.” The committee asked the Garden Club to help control the weeds in front of the Dollar General Store and the New Harmony Liquor Store on Church Street. Both businesses received grants from the Efroymson Family Fund to add plantings to their property. They were not keeping them weeded as agreed and they were becoming eyesores, so Garden Club members did control work on them. Buckland asked the Garden Club to join in a project with them to encourage a town-wide spring bulb planting campaign. She asked club members to consider identifying sites for plantings along Church and Main Street and to help in ordering the kinds of bulbs. Her group would work on getting permission at the sites from business owners, find volunteers to help plant, and write a grant for $500 for shrubs and bulbs. Garden Club member Paul Allison asked, “Will your business owners take responsibility for maintenance, like watering and Annette Buckland (left) looks to Garden Club President weeding, if we help plant them?” Buckland said she was not sure Marlene Huﬀaker for agreement as she presents a proshe could speak for all of them to do so. posal from the New Harmony Business Association to the A discussion ensued and it was pointed out that this is very late group. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray in the season to start talking about designing plots, ordering bulbs, and planting spring bulbs. Most members agreed it’s time to start the volunteer work potential. “Maybe we could contact the North planting them right now and might be a better idea for next year. Posey High School Student Council and get a volunteer work Also, it was stated that the Garden Club is committed to beauti- day. We can’t be expected to do all the work for everything in fying public places around town. They do not do private property, town,” Allison suggested. The Garden Club Exploratory Committee consists of: Club unless it is care for flowers as a charitable act for a sick person in the town. It was agreed to start out small and work in a concen- President Marlene Huffaker, and members Dan Barton, Gail Antrated area with low maintenance if they did get on board with gel, and Kent Schutte. “We’ll form the committee, get our ducks in a row, set goals, doing the intense plantings. The Garden Club voted to form an exploratory committee to and have dialogue with the business association. Let’s see what study if they would undertake the NHBA offer, consider sites and we can accomplish together,” President Huffaker remarked.

Purdue Land Use Summit proves to be useful, informative By Trisha L. Lopez Two issues emerged from last week’s virtual Purdue University Indiana Land Use Summit: one, not enough studies have been done about “mega” scale utility solar installations to determine property value impact or necessary best practice protocols; and two, the state house fight for establishing statewide renewable energy siting standards at the possible expense of home rule local authority is far from over. The summit, held Wednesday and Thursday morning, featured expert panelists and speakers from Indiana Farm Bureau, the American Planning Association-Indiana, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Kentucky, the Michiana Area Council of Governments, the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, Great Plains Institute, the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, the Association of Indiana Counties, the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Michigan State University Extension and the University of Michigan. While topics like finding ways to incorporate Covid relief funding into development planning and community interaction were included on the agenda, the bulk of the two-day event was dedicated to renewable energy and its rapidly expanding footprint in Indiana. Endnote speaker Dr. Sarah Mills, senior project manager from the University of Michigan, said 950 to 1,330 acre solar development projects fall in the average size category. At nearly 3,000 acres the Posey Solar Project more than doubles that size. If completed, Mammoth Solar, the multi-phase 1.3 GW, $1 billion project slated to be sited on 4,500 acres initially and up to 12,000 acres upon completion between Pulaski and Starke Counties, would dwarf every solar project in the country. Mills said the impact of large scale solar developments on property values for surrounding homes, an issue raised by several anti-Posey Solar residents in the Marrs Township area expected to house the potential future project, is up in the air at this point. “I’ve been trying to read to figure out what studies are out there and there are initial studies on property value impacts that are kind of all over the map and most of those are small. There’s some work underway at one of the Department of Energy labs, but even then, when they come up with their results, one of the caveats that I would give to this is that it’s really difficult to capture what’s going to happen to property values as the scale of solar

farms grow,” Mills told conference attendees, including Posey County Area Plan member and Purdue Extension Educator Hans Schmitz and Michael Schopmeyer, an Evansville-based attorney representing the group of Marrs Township residents in their fight to stop the project. “Most of the observables that they are working with now are relatively small in comparison to what’s to come. I think that’s a caveat and I think that’s a concern that there won’t be great information to be able to address anytime soon,” she said. Steven Chybowski of the IU Environmental Resilience Institute, the organization behind a model solar ordinance released last year, told attendees that too little is known about “mega” sized solar installations to determine if the best practices recommended in IU’s model ordinance...upon which several counties are basing their own ordinances statewide...would need to be reconsidered and adjusted to allow for the challenges associated with projects of that magnitude. “I’m not sure that our ordinance goes from large scale to mega size, that there’s a differentiation there within our ordinance. I do think that’s definitely something worth exploring as we look to update and revise our ordinance moving forward,” Chybowski said in response to a Posey County News question about the need to address the increasing size of solar installations, called “mega” installations by attendees and Chybowski, in best practice planning. “Certainly, those are massive scale systems. That’s a great topic to dive into.” Posey County officials weighing the pros and cons of the proposed local development amended the county’s solar ordinance in April based on information currently available, including the IU model ordinance. Tamara Ogle, regional educator for Purdue extension community development and Kara Salazar, assistant program leader and extension specialist for sustainable communities for Purdue extension, walked attendees through data they collected when surveying county leaders about ordinances throughout the state in May and June. “We found that there is a gap existing for research-based technical assistance information for local land use planning,” Salazar said. Sixty Indiana counties responded to the survey, but Ogle said they reviewed ordinances for the additional 22 counties with zoning ordinances that failed to respond as well and created “snap-

shots” of each county’s information. Still in the draft stage, each county’s snapshot has information including farmland coverage, population numbers and a basic overview of setbacks, buffers and permitted uses. Of the 82 counties that have adopted zoning ordinances, just 42 have commercial solar land use regulations, although Ogle pointed out that a lack of a solar ordinance does not necessarily mean that solar development is restricted. “Honestly, I was surprised to see that a lot of different uses aren’t buffered from solar in these ordinances. Residence was the most common one with 20 of the 42 ordinances. Churches and schools were the second and third most common with only six ordinances,” Ogle said. “So there’s not a lot of buffers against different types of uses.” She said setback distances from residencies varied from 100 to 660 feet, with a median of 200 feet. Posey County’s amended ordinance, included in its snapshot draft, is listed at 100 feet from non-participating property lines. She said 21 counties had solar setbacks listed from property lines. Survey respondents were asked about community perception issues. When asked to what extent renewable energy regulation activities resulted in conflicts within the last five years, most of the 41 respondents answered “not at all.” The summit kicked off Wednesday morning with a policy update session with panelists Jeff Cummins from Indiana Farm Bureau, John Kentzenberger from The Nature Conservancy and Debbie Luzier from the American Planning Association-Indiana. The failed HB1381, a bill geared at unifying the state’s countyby-county approach to renewable energy siting standards under regulations established by the state, dominated the conversation. Kentzenberger said the revival of HB1381 or a similar siting bill is “absolutely possible” moving forward to address the increased attention paid to Indiana by renewable energy companies as power providers are moving away from coal. “I suspect that we will see more activity around this, going forward. The public policy question is how do you balance those local landowner rights and the local community’s ability to regulate what happens in its community with the needs of the state for generating electricity for the people who live here,” Kentzenberger said. “It’s as difficult a public policy question as we’ll have, but

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Sermon of the Week - Psalm 40:1-3 By: Bro. Tom Doty I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Have you ever found yourself in a spiritual slump? Have you ever asked “Where is God”? Yes, even good Christians ﬁnd themselves in spiritual slumps at times. In the past year and a half we have all had our faith put to the test. Many church doors were closed because of a pandemic. We could not experience the strength that comes from fellowship in a worship service. We became comfortable in watching our pastor preach to an empty sanctuary. It’s important to our faith to meet together and encourage one another. Sure, we saw a service but were we really in the spirit of the service. So, the beginning of our spiritual slump. What happens in a spiritual

slump? First there is neglect. We neglect to pray and study God’s Word as we should. Be honest. If you do not attend a worship service do you really take the time to pray and study God’s Word? It’s easy to “get out of the habit” of doing those things which keep us spiritually upbeat. Satan uses every tactic he can to keep us from God and from doing the things God wants. In a “Spiritual slump” we find it easy to skip the things that God often puts on our hearts. It’s easy to stop giving to the Lord’s work. It’s easy to say, “It’s just the way it is”. We don’t intend to be neglectful but it does happen. And then, we begin to go deeper into our spiritual slump. In a spiritual slump we find it easy to complain. We get to the point that we can and do complain about any and everything. Our spiritual slump causes us to look at things outside a spiritual nature. We complain about how things are done or why things are not done. We complain that God has not fixed the problem. Often it’s easier to complain that to get up and do what God

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wants done. There are times in life when our spiritual slump is a learning ground that God has provided. We can become complainers or we can encourage one another. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to ﬁnd fault and how diﬃcult it can be to see the good in others and encourage them? Spiritual slumps bring on complaints. How do I get out of my spiritual slump? Do what David did. Learn to wait patiently for the Lord. Begin to pray again. That’s right; you stopped praying when the slump began. So talk to God. Share your deepest feeling with God. Allow God to begin working again in your life. Start doing what you know

you should be doing. Allow God to pick you up and set you on a solid rock. God has not left you in your spiritual slump. God remains faithful and true. He never leaves nor forsakes. God is ready to help you up, dust you oﬀ, and give you a new song to sing. Spiri-

tual slumps never last if you are willing to see the problem and do something about it. Stop complaining, encourage yourself, and do what God has called you to do. You are an over comer because you are a Child of the Most High God. Now, begin living above the

slump of life and experience the blessings of God. I have prayed for you this morning. I pray that if you are in a spiritual slump that you will seek the God who loves and understands and allow God to put your life back on the Solid Rock.

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The family of

Martin and Kent Hopf

would like to thank everyone for their love and support over the last year. Thank you for all the calls, cards, and prayers for Kent and his family. Thank you to everyone who made donations to the American Cancer Society in Kent’s name and to everyone who came to Kent’s service. What a tribute to Kent the turnout was! We would also like to thank everyone who came to the Community Center to celebrate Kent’s life. All the food and desserts you brought were greatly appreciated. A special thank you to all the local farmers, businessmen and Cynthiana residents for their loyalty to JJ’s restaurant for the past 47 years!!! We apologize to anyone we may have missed.

The Hopf Family

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Good weather, good turnout help numbers for Kunstfest By Lois Mittino Gray This past weekend, New Harmony was decked out in red, gold, and black banners in the colors of Germany’s flag to celebrate the 39th annual Kunstfest. The streets were filled with throngs of visitors, tired of being pent up due to COVID concerns, and ready to get outdoors on a sunny Saturday, September 18. The numbers held up on Sunday September 19, despite the rain showers on and off all day and a tense community reeling from the shock of a police officer shooting on Saturday night in the quiet town. “We really had a great turnout the first day and then Sunday, we had a two hit punch with the rain and the unfortunate event of the night before. Our committee considered calling the whole thing off, due to respect for the seriousness of the situation and people’s upset feelings. Instead, we banded together under the giant flag as a community on Sunday morning and met with the group of vendors, volunteers and interested persons involved with the festival. We talked about what happened, said some prayers for the deputy fighting for his life, and had a moment of silence. We decided to let it all proceed as usual and everyone was in agreement,” said Event Chairman Rod Clark. “Kunst” means “art” in German, and Kunstfest is a celebration of German food, music, and crafts, as well as an arts fair. Artists from across the region sold and showcased their creations. Clark esti-

mated there were over 250 vendors lining the streets and parks, and filling the Ribeyre Gym and Annex with record sales and the smell of kraut balls and bratwurst. Local not-for-profit groups and their wares fared well at the event. New Harmony Kiwanis Club President Ken Backs reported his group bought 600 containers of apple cider and sold out of the juicy autumn drink. They also sold over thirty of the ‘hot off the press’ coloring books about New Harmony drawn by local artist, Marsha Bailey. Tri Kappa President Carol Scarafia said members were delighted to sell out of all the apple butter they traditionally make for the event. Robin Lewis of the New Harmony Business Associates was so pleased that their booth sold over 40 of the Limited-Series Christmas ornaments, while Capers Emporium sold them, too. The group had them made as a fundraiser for new Christmas decorations for town. Music resounded on the streets and in the Ribeyre Gym both days. The event kicked off Saturday morning with three long Alphorns sounding their deep tones on the corner at Church and Main Streets. The Rhein Valley Brass Band provided music inside the Bier Garten fence in Redbud Park on both days. The alphorn players and brass band are from Germania Mannerchor in Evansville. The Southern Hollow Dulcimer Players, and the Shade Tree Players, entertained both days with dulcimers, autoharps, kazoos, and even a washtub, complete with string

to pluck. The Wolfgang Jazz Band and the Red Bank Reunion Band provided their brand of music on both days. The always-popular Helen Kiesel and her Electric Accordion played on Andrew Wilson’s porch on Main Street on Sunday surrounded by a bevy of cute kids dressed in German dirndls and lederhosen. Music was on tap at the American Legion, with two musicians ‘No Fun Travis and Orlando Dan’ for a swingin’ Saturday night. The other event slated for Saturday night, the Big Whopper Liars Contest, was canceled. Historical craft demonstrations, including blacksmithing, basket making, weaving, spinning and broom making, were set up near the Atheneum with the artisans dressed in vintage costumes. Hoosier Salon Director Linda Volz said that her gallery’s Children’s Activities, were popular. At least 45 pumpkins were painted and flowerpots made. The New Harmony Volunteer Fire Department flew a large American Flag from a crane at the intersection of Church and Main Streets, but it was taken down earlier on Sunday due to the rain. By the time the busy two days were over, the adoptable dogs giving out kisses at the PC Pound Puppies booth were frazzled and snoozing on their sides. It was time to put another eventful Kunstfest into the books. Former New Harmony Town employee Andrew Cox The event was sponsored by the New enjoys spending some time with his son Chandler durHarmony Business Associates Education and Activity Fund. It is always held the ing this year’s big Kunstfest celebration. Photo by Dave Pearce third weekend in September.

‘Land Summit’ continued from Page A1 it demands a resolution of some kind based on what stakes are at hand here. We all want the least expensive, most reliable source of energy possible. That all is in transition right now and the implication for property rights is huge because it does take much less land to generate a megawatt of energy in a coal fired plant than it does in a wind turbine or a solar array.” He said Hoosier lawmakers will “have to deal with this question at some point.” “How it comes down is anyone’s guess,” he said. Luzier said it all comes down to “private rights versus the good of the community.” “I think that’s where a lot of the legislation stems from...looking more at the common good versus the individual benefit,” she said. “When you’re looking at the big picture, I agree that we’re going to see more legislation proposed on wind and solar. That’s not going away.” Kentenzberber said tax reclassification issues for land housing renewable energy developments will continue as well. Legislation passed in the last session essentially divided the state into geographical sections and assigned tax values based on location. “The reclassification of land where a solar array is developed and implemented would potentially lower the tax collection for the county in the reassessment process because of the value of the land as opposed to another use. Those kinds of questions are going to have, especially in the

property tax cap era where there’s not elasticity within the structure, if it changes in one area it has an effect on the funding for many other areas as well,” he said. “Those tax questions are going to be pretty thorny in addition to the actual land use issues as the General Assembly goes forward.” Cummins identified an emerging trend he called “land use whack a mole” where broad statewide policies are made based on local issues. “It helps me to think back to some of these meetings I’ve been in with with county Farm Bureaus as they consider what to do when these projects come to their communities and farmers are being offered x times what you can get for a bushel of corn or beans when it comes to wind and solar. It’s an order of magnitude in some cases. I understand the legislature’s perspective that perhaps Home Rule is getting in the way in these cases. We need reliable, affordable energy distribution,” Cummiuns said. “Usually the first phone call or the first meeting that we are in it’s ‘what about the 2,500 acres less of food, fuel and fiber we’ll be producing there?’ It’s kind of a microeconomic argument there, because we’re doing so many millions across Indiana and the country. But it’s important to them. That’s one of their considerations. Some of the conversations are ‘what about the culture and character of the county?’ There are a lot of serious debates going on and struggles at the local level

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with folks who will tell you in the same breath ‘we respect property rights and want (property owners) to have that opportunity. We just don’t know how to package that all together and make that decision.’” Mills also addressed rural identity concerns, questions about threats to farmland and local food systems and the need to be proactive about a county’s planning goals before renewable energy developers come to town. “Solar development is just one additional pressure on farmland that farmland has seen for some time,” she said. “Solar is trickier here. It does change the landscape. Sure. You can screen it, but it’s hard to do at a scale of a couple hundred acres. Again, if you’re going to be surrounded by solar panels, that is certainly a change to a rural vista.” She said the impact on local farm production is something to consider. “It is possible to have agrovoltaics and grow crops or graze livestock under solar panels, but I want to disavow the idea that this is the default. It’s definitely not the default at the largest scale of developments that we are seeing,” Mills said. “If you assume that a typical solar project is what’s built, you won’t be growing food while it’s there. It does have a finite life and those panels won’t last forever so we could be holding the land for future food production.” She has questions about the actual lifespan of renewable projects and is currently researching developers’ long term plans.

“One of the things that I’m not sure about and I would share on this is that it’s unclear to me if this is actually going to be a short term land use or if what developers have in mind is permanently converting that land to a site of energy production,” Mills said. Mills said most of the state’s existing solar farms are smaller, Indianapolis-area developments with an average capacity of four megawatts and those currently under construction are a little bigger. But a jump in size is on the horizon, she said. “Those in the interconnection queue, that’s what the solar developers are studying to see if there’s room for them on the grid, those are much bigger. The calculations that I did by pulling the interconnection queues just yesterday are that the average size of the projects that are being studied are 190 megawatts. Again, that’s compared to four megawatts now. This kind of difference in scale is also something that we are seeing in Michigan,” Mills said. When looking at projects being eyed for the grid overall, Mills said the state’s numbers are “impressive.” “It would be a tenfold increase at least over what’s currently built and under construction. This idea of this rapid expansion, again Indiana is not alone, is astonishing,” Mills said. “Not all those projects are going to get built. They’re under study to see if the grid can actually handle them. But, based on the plans that many utilities have laid out, many of them will be built.”

WMI’s Artifact Under Exam by Melora Adams kins, Scott Mobley, Megan Newton, Jason Mann, Jim Norton, Lynn Schaﬀer, Melanie Johnson, Betty Schisler September 27 - Dallas Travers, Alexandra Alsop, Terry Goodwin, Dirk D. Huck, Hannah N. Winebarger, Terry Goodwin, Marguarette McSpeedon, Judy Blair Nix, Kris Fortune, Kevin Zenthoefer, Nancy Knight, Nic Pierce, Heather Martin, Amy Eﬃnger, Jacob Frederick, Hannah Gray, Gibson Kahle, Melanie McFarland, Tamara Wolfe, Randy Arnold If you have a name to be included, please send to: Posey County News, P.O. Box 397, New Harmony, IN 47631, or email: news@poseycountynews.com

It is intriguing when artifacts relate to one another, and more intriguing when we know the human story which relates to them. A group of objects donated together is sometimes referred to as a collection. In this case it is a group of objects which were owned by a particular

family. The label on the box says, “The Tennant Collection.” Among these objects are a little boy’s skirt, jacket and shoes. Up until the late 19th century and early 20th century, it was not uncommon for small children to wear skirts regardless of their gender up until they were “breeched”; that is, toilet trained. Then the boys began to be dressed in pants ending above the knee (known as britches or knickerbockers). The jacket and skirt are hand sewn and fully lined; they are

very well-made and handsome. And they are in very good condition, too. The shoes did not fare so well. It appears that they were worn daily, while the jacket and skirt were used for more formal occasions. Also in the group of objects is a tintype photo of a little boy. A note written on the back tells us that the boy in the picture is named Frank Beard and that it was taken when he was almost 3 years old, circa 1861. It is wonderful to have that information, but even better is that in the photo he is wearing this jacket and skirt! But Frank Beard was born in Onondaga, New York and never lived here in New Harmony, as far as we know. So how did these artifacts get to the WMI? The person who gave us the Tennant Collection was Miriam Elliott Beard Tennant, a daughter of Frank Beard. She was a granddaughter of Miriam Elliott, who was a granddaughter of James Elliott, who came from England to New Harmony and became part of the Owen Community. So there is a very strong and deeprooted connection between these artifacts and our town. It is just higher in the family tree than we might have expected. Upcoming at the WMI: Farmer’s & Artisan’s Market on Saturday, from 9:00 to noon

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Owl Pro to help constituents hear MV City Council meetings By Lois Mittino Gray Members of the Mount Vernon Common Council give a hoot about how well their constituents can monitor its Zoom meetings from the Hovey House. To rectify the past problems with bad video and sound, councilors approved the purchase of a Meeting Owl Pro at its September 8, meeting; a device advertised as offering “remote meetings so real, you can pinch yourself.” The premium 360-degree camera with its eight smart microphones, and high-tech speaker is combined into one easy-to-use device. It creates the experience of in-person participation for meetings and integrates seamlessly into any conferencing platform, whether it be Zoom, Google Meet, or GoToMeeting etc. The 1080 pixel camera has an automatic zoom that responds to who’s speaking by turning at a 360 degree direction to look at the person and go closer as they speak. It has an 18-foot audio pickup radius and is all WiFi-enabled. It will sit on the conference table at the Hovey House during meetings and can swivel from the elected officials to the audience. The Mayor found it at a good price from Best Buy and ordered it from there to save a little money. He said it was under a thousand dollars, has a two-year warranty, and should arrive the next day. A discussion proceeded on the two days’ notice of Zoom meetings required by the State if a councilor cannot attend in person to be able to vote. For example, Councilwoman Jillian Brothers couldn’t attend at this evening meeting, but they could not give notice two days in advance for her to vote. It was decided to solve this issue by passing a resolution to have Zoom every time, especially with this new camera, if it is posted on the regular meeting agenda. Councilwoman Dana Baldwin stated she likes that as they are covered either way. Councilman Rusty Levings questioned

whether they will use Zoom or Owl? Curtis replied Owl is the camera and Zoom is the platform. They can have the Zoom platform available every time using Owl. Dodd moved they have standing virtual web conference meetings once the equipment is available, and everyone understands the voting rules involved. The motion carried unanimously In other council action: • Councilman Andy Hoehn asked that they once again table the resolution concerning additions and removals of equipment at riverfront parks. It was agreed to do so. • Levings asked about the city website if it was stated at the last meeting that it should be ready by the first meeting in October. Curtis replied yes, that is correct. • In his Third District report, Hoehn stated the Tanglewood drain project repair in Country Club Estates looks good, the grass is coming in and he is very impressed with the quality of the finished work. “It looks like there never was a problem there,” he observed.

The mother-daughter team of Pat Crowdus and Keely Winiger work the United Way booth at Kunstfest. Photo by Dave Pearce

North Posey Class of 1986 The North Posey Class of 1986 invites all classmates to attend the NP home football game at 7:30 pm., October 1, 2021. Gather in front of the announcer’s booth at the top of the stands. On October 2 from 4 until 11 p.m., Dinner at Robinson Twp Conservation Club; $15/person; BYOB. Contact Lynn Koester Ogle at 812-453-3823 to pay by check or Angie Byrd Schmitt at 812-204-0894 for Venmo.

North Posey Class of 1971 The North Posey Class of 1971 is celebrating their 50 year Class Reunion on October 1 and 2. The celebration begins on Friday, Oct. 1, with a home football game at 6:30 p.m. Designated seating will be available for the class in the stands. On Saturday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m., a tour of the High School and Junior High will be oﬀered for those who are interested. Saturday evening Happy Hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Wagon in Poseyville. Happy hour will be followed by a meal which will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information follow our Facebook page, North Posey Class of 71. For questions call Doug Saltzman at 812-457-8763 or Ron Fallowﬁeld at 812-499-4226.

Mount Vernon Class Of 1968 The Class of ‘68, Mount Vernon, Ind., will be hosting our First Annual Meet and Greet. It will be held October 16, 2021, 6-11 p.m. at the American Legion, 203 Walnut. There will be a cash bar. Kitchen will be open until 8:30 p.m. for anyone wanting to order food. No invites will be mailed so please spread the word. All MV Alumni are welcome. Stay healthy, stay safe and hope to see you on October 16.

Briefly The Saint Matthew Catholic Church Adult Life Group of Mount Vernon will meet on Thursday, October 21, in the Walnut Room at 11 a.m., for a lunch of pizza and to play dominos/cards. Call reservations to Helen Cox at 812-455-7864 or Betty Fendel at 812-643-0525.

Wolfgang to begin winter season All instrumentalists and vocalists invited. Wolfgang Orchestra and Chorus will soon begin their Winter Rehearsals on Friday October 1. We always welcome new musicians. Concerts are December 11 and 12. Please call or text Melanie Edling if interested. 812-204-8394.

Posey County Women’s Club Kuchen Sales The Posey County Women’s Club will be selling Kuchens at the Poseyville Autumnfest, September 25 and 26. We will have cherry, cinnamon, and peach again this year for $6 each. Our proceeds go to our Carol Renee Lamar Scholarship Fund. Please come and help support the Women’s Club of Posey County and enjoy the Autumnfest.

Posey County Women’s Club Gift Card Raffle The Posey County Women’s Club will be selling raffle tickets, for our Gift Card give away, at the Poseyville Autumnfest September 25 and 26. Tickets will sell one for $3, two for $5, and five for $10. Come to the Posey County Women’s Club booth for your chance to win.

Saint Philip’s Famous Burgoo Come and get some of Saint Philip’s famous burgoo prepared by the Men’s Club of Saint Philip Parish on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Drive thru and carry-out will begin at 7 a.m. There will be

Connie Koester, Saint Wendel, shows oﬀ one of the many beautiful items that were on hand at The Posey Patch Booth over the weekend at Kunstfest in New Harmony. The event was a tremendous success as area residents enjoy anything in the direction of returning to ‘normal’ again. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

From left, Mark Steﬀenhagen, Dave Wires, and Dan Schultz of the Germania Mannechor played their alphorns twice on Saturday for listeners at the Kunstfest. Photo by Lois Mittino Gray

Day of Caring Is Sept. 24

Class Reunions

Saint Matthew Adult Life Group to meet

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no inside dining. All containers provided. There will also be the Burgoo Raffle drawing around 12 p.m. The Grand Prize is $20,000 along with 23 other cash prizes. There are only 3,000 tickets sold and you need not be present to win. Tickets are $20 each. The event is sponsored by the Saint Philip Men’s Club. Saint Philip is located six miles West of Evansville out Upper Mount Vernon Road or West on the Lloyd Expressway to the Saint Philip Road sign. License# 002601

American Legion Post 5 203 Walnut Street, Mount Vernon, is now serving daily lunch specials. Monday thru Friday, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Salad Bar available 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Dinner Monday thru Thursday 5:30 - 8 p.m. Dinner Friday 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., watch for Friday dinner special. Dine in or Carry out, public welcome.

The United Way of Posey County is starting off their 2021-22 Campaign at their Day of Caring event this Friday, September 24, which is generously sponsored by SABIC. Keely Winiger, Executive Director commented on this year’s Day of Caring. “Even though we are still in the mist of the pandemic the spirit of caring and giving back to our community is still important to our local businesses, industry, and residents of Posey County. Almost 300 volunteers have signed up for our Day of Caring event, and we couldn’t be happier.” Dan Ritter, Chair of the event, has made every effort to follow all the CDC rules and regulations so that the teams will be safe. The annual Kick-off Breakfast will not be held again this year and the teams will go directly to their projects, with breakfast being provided. Dan anticipates a great day for volunteers and project managers alike and feels that “it is a great example of how the United Way not only raises funds, but also brings together volunteers focused on making a difference. It should be a great day for everyone in

Christmas Assistance program apps available This program is open to Posey County residents only. Children, infant to age 18 (must be in high school), are eligible for the program. Applications are available at Family Matters, County

Trustee’s Offices, and many area churches. All completed applications must be returned to the Trustee’s office, or Trinity United Church of Christ at 505 Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon, Indi-

ana. The application deadline is Wednesday, October 13 by Noon. Eligible families with children will be notified by mail by early December when and where to pick up the gifts for their children.

This free series is for anyone wishing to learn or perfect skills in drawing or watercolor. We will be meeting in the Ohio/Wabash room for the ﬁrst workshop. Masks are required. If you have questions call Stan Campbell at 812-838-3286. Must provide your own art supplies for this program. September 23 and 30 at 3:30 p.m. - Virtual Laughs and Crafts - Join us on our Facebook page another virtual Laughs and Crafts program. We will read a story, sing songs, enjoy fun activities, and learn about a fun take-it-andmake-it craft kit. September 27 at 10 a.m. - Virtual Story Time - Join us on our Facebook page for a virtual story time. You will also receive information on a

take-it-and-make-it craft kit. September 28 at 2 p.m. Teen Crafternoon: Recycled Magazine Art - Learn how to easily create some cool, textured wall art from old magazine pages. Register for a free craft kit. Kits will be ready to pick up starting September 21. September 28 at 6 p.m. Virtual Family Story Time Our theme for this month will be “Sunﬂowers.” You will also receive information on a fun family friendly craft available at the library. Note: To register for any of our free adult, teen or children project kits, go to the event calendar on our website at alexandrianpl.org then click on the day of the event or call the library at 812-838-3286. You can also visit the Information Desk.

APL News We would like to express our gratitude to all the local artist who participated in the Alexandrian Public Library River Days Art Show on September 10 and 11. You made our show a great success. September 22 at 10 a.m. - Fabric Arts: Fall banner virtual - Join Monica and learn how to make a lovely autumn banner. Registration is open to reserve your kit for this program. September 22 at 6 p.m. - Dungeons and Dragons Join us in our meeting room for a game of Dungeons and Dragons. Bring character sheets and dice if you have them. For those in Grades six to 12. Registration is open. September 23 and 30 at 10 a.m. - Adult Drawing and Watercolor Workshops MOUNT VERNON

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK JIMMY ROSE

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Jimmy is a ﬁfth grade student at West Elementary School. He is the nephew of John and Tammy Crowe. Jimmy helped his teachers by taking trays back that were not his and leading a Brainpop lesson while encouraging his classmates to stay on task.

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Celebrate Recovery on Thursdays Co-ed Celebrate Recovery group meets on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m., at the Beyond the Walls Campus, 424 Vine Street, Mount Vernon.

Trinity UCC AA Meetings on Saturdays AA meetings are held on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and will continue until further notice. Join us at Trinity UCC in Mount Vernon and enter through the back.

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AA Meetings scheduled for Thursdays AA meetings are held on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Lighthouse Assembly of God.

the county.” Brian Williams, First Vice President and Campaign Chair for the United Way is excited to get the campaign started. He comments for the campaign. “This year’s campaign goal is $575,000 and I know that we can meet our goal. I’m looking forward to a successful campaign to raise money for our community and for the agencies that our United Way supports. Without the United Way funding, many in our community would go without the support they so desperately need.” During the next several months of the campaign, restaurants throughout the county will be conducting “Give Back Days” which a portion of proceeds for the day benefits the United Way. Call the office at 812-838-3637 or watch the United Way of Posey County’s Facebook page (facebook.com/UWPCI), website (unitedwayposeycounty.org), Instagram (instagram.com/unitedwayposeycounty), or follow on Twitter (twitter.com/UnitedWay_PC) for more information or to donate to the United Way of Posey County.

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Court News and Legal Advertisements Arrests September 8 Howard Triana - Evansville - Domestic Battery, Strangulation - PCS Zachary Turner - Mount Vernon - Habitual Traffic Violator - MVPD Dianne Wisnewski - Mount Vernon - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia - MVPD September 9 Rodney Peek - Evansville - Theft of a Vehicle, Driving While Suspended, Criminal Trespass, Unauthorized Entry of a Motor Vehicle - PCS Frederick Esche - Mount 2021-296 NOTICE OF REAL PROPERTY TAX SALE Posey County Indiana Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 18, 2021 Hovey House, Commissioners' Room Posey County Pursuant to the laws of the Indiana General Assembly, notice is hereby given that the following described property is listed for sale for delinquent taxes and/or special assessments. The county auditor and county treasurer will apply on or after 10/01/2021 for a court judgment against the tracts or real property for an amount that is not less than the amount set out below and for an order to sell the tracts or real property at public auction to the highest bidder, subject to the right of redemption. Any defense to the application for judgment must be filed with the Posey County Circuit Court and served on the county auditor and treasurer before 10/01/2021. The court will set a date for a hearing at least seven (7) days before the advertised date of sale and the court will determine any defenses to the application for judgment at the hearing. The county auditor and the county treasurer are entitled to receive all pleadings, motions, petitions, and other filings related to the defense to the application for judgment. Such sale will be held on 10/18/2021 at the Hovey House, Commissioners' Room and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale. At the discretion of local officials, the tax sale may switch to an online format. If those measures are taking place, the public auction will be conducted as an electronic sale under IC 6-1.1-242(b)10 at www.zeusauction.com commencing on the same date / time listed above. All location updates will be posted at www.sriservices.com prior to the tax sale. Property will not be sold for an amount which is less than the sum of: (A) the delinquent taxes and special assessments on each tract or item of real property; and (B) the taxes and special assessments on the real property that are due and payable in the year of the sale, whether or not they are delinquent; and (C) all penalties due on the delinquencies, and (D) an amount prescribed by the county auditor that equals the sum of: (1) twenty-five dollars ($25) for postage and publication costs; and (2) any other costs incurred by the county that are directly attributable to the tax sale; and (E) any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior tax sale. No property listed below shall be sold if, at any time before the sale, the Total Amount for Judgment is paid in full. If the real property is sold in the tax sale, the amount required to redeem such property will be 110% of the minimum bid for which the tract or real property was offered at the time of sale, if redeemed not more than six (6) months after the date of sale, or 115% of the minimum bid for which the tract or real property was offered at the time of sale, if redeemed more than six (6) months after the date of sale, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeds the minimum bid on the real property plus five percent (5%) per annum interest on the amount by which the purchase price exceeds the minimum bid on the property. All taxes and special assessments upon the property paid by the purchaser subsequent to the sale, plus five percent (5%) per annum interest on those taxes and special assessments, will also be required to be paid to redeem such property. In addition, IC 6-1.1-25-2 (e) states the total amount required for redemption may include the following costs incurred and paid by the purchaser or the purchaser's assignee or the county before redemption: (1) The attorney's fees and cost of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5; (2) The costs of title search or examining and update the abstract of title for the tract or item of real property. The period of redemption shall expire on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 for certificates sold in the tax sale. For certificates struck to the county, the period of redemption may expire Tuesday, February 15, 2022. If the tract or item of real property is sold for an amount more than the minimum bid and the property is not redeemed, the owner of record of the property who is divested of ownership at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus. The Auditor and Treasurer specifically reserve the right to withhold from the sale any parcel which has been listed in error, or which otherwise becomes ineligible for sale either prior to 10/18/2021 or during the duration of the sale. This notice of real property tax sale, and the tax sale itself are undertaken and will be conducted pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of Indiana which regulate the sale of land for delinquent taxes, pursuant to I.C. 6-1.1-24-1 et seq.

Vernon - Dealing Methamphetamine, Possession of Syringe, Possession of a Controlled Substance x 2, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine - MVPD September 10 Chad Schmidt - Wadesville - Warrant, Domestic Battery on a Person Less than 14 Years Old x 2, Interference with the Reporting of a Crime - PCS Mary Kennedy - Albion, Ill. - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia - NHTM David Shaw - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Theft (failure to The County does not warrant the accuracy of the street address or common description of the property, and a misstatement in the key number or street address does not invalidate an otherwise valid sale. Minimum bid amounts are prescribed by law and are subject to change prior to the auction date. Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-24-3(e), property descriptions may be omitted for properties appearing on the certified list in consecutive years. A complete property list may be obtained at www. sriservices.com or in an alternative form upon request. Registration For Bidding On the Tax Sale: If you are interested in bidding on the tax sale for an Indiana county, you may register online at https://sriservices.com/. This registration is good for all counties that SRI services. You need to register only once for all counties. Make sure to bring the completed form with you to each sale. This will speed up the registration process for you the morning of the sale. If you do not have access to a computer with internet service you may register the morning of the sale. Please arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time to be assured you will receive your bid number before the start of the sale. Please bring your registration form and W9 form with you the morning of the tax sale. You will be able to print these forms from the registration web site. Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-24-5.1 a business entity that seeks to register to bid at the Posey County Tax Sale must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement in accordance with IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Posey County Treasurer. Dated: 09/10/2021 652100001 65-07-23-400006.000-005 $1,444.89 HAPPEL, LINDA K. N PT SE SE 23-5-13 38.A Springfield Rd Wadesville 476380000 652100002 65-07-23-400007.000-005 $282.25 HAPPEL, LINDA K. SE COR SE SE 23-513 .85A Springfield Rd Wadesville 47638-0000 652100003 65-07-24-300013.000-005 $1,914.30 HAPPEL, LINDA K. SW COR SW SW 24-5-13 1.15A 5020 Springfield Rd Wadesville 47638-0000 652100004 65-07-35-310008.000-005 $748.51 ELLISON, KEVIN & CHRISTINA CAUSEY ENLG. OLIVER LOT 4 & N SIDE LOT 3 288 N Oliver Rd Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100005 65-07-35-340010.001-005 $1,148.72 JOHNSON, J A & BETTY J CAUSEY'S ENLG PT LOT 3 (4' X 75') 284 N Oliver Rd Wadesville 47638-0000 652100006 65-07-35-400001.000-005 $1,105.54 COCHRUM, CHARLES OLIVER LOT 1 Oliver Rd Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100007 65-07-35-400002.000-005 $2,340.40 COCHRUM, CHARLES E. & MARJORIE A. OLIVER LOTS 2 & 3 310 N Oliver Rd Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100008 65-07-35-400015.000-005 $4,534.83 COX, CAROLYN S. PT NW SE 35-5-13 .25A Oliver Rd Mount Vernon 47620-0000 652100009 65-04-31-400016.005-006 $478.22 BGRS, LLC LOT 2 LANGE EXEMPT II 3.73A 881 Highway 66 New Harmony 47631-0000 652100010 65-06-03-537011.700-006 $160.50 GIVEN, WAYNE WELL 537 STATE UNIT 1 50.15349 STATE UNIT WELL 537 STATE UNIT 1 652100011 65-06-03-537021.700-006 $160.50 HEISLER, DONNA G (TRUST) WELL 537 STATE UNIT 1 50.15349 STATE UNIT WELL 537 STATE UNIT 1 Newburgh 47630-8199 652100012 65-90-90-930416.910-006 $433.46 BROKAW, KIM CABIN ON LEASED LAND OF WINERBERGER 11-5-14 1841 W OLD DAM RD, NEW HARMONY CABIN S ON OLD DAM CABIN ON LEASED LAND OF WINERBERGER New Harmony 652100013 65-90-90-930429.900-006 $454.72 BARTLEY, JEFF CABIN X ON WINERBERGER LAND LOT 8 CABIN ON LEASED LAND OF WINERBERGER New Harmony 652100015 65-25-36-432035.000-007 $735.98 BROWN, KAROL RICHARD OWENS ENLG. LOT 26 911 Tavern St New Harmony 47631-0000 652100016 65-26-01-201004.000-007 $1,449.40 KIDD, CHERYL A. PT SW 1-5-14 .33A S EAST STREET LOCATED BY BASEBALL FIELD New Harmony 652100017 65-07-03-701006.700-008 $273.12 EAGLESON SERVICES LLC (W) WELL 701 CULLEY-BARTON 476183 CULLEY BARTON WELL 701 652100018 65-07-08-606009.700-008 $546.34 ROBERTSON,

appear) - MVPD September 11 Michael McNeil - Mount Vernon - Possession of Marijuana - PCS Allen Slatton - Cape Girardeau, Mo. - Possession of Syringe, Possession of Methamphetamine - PCS Gregory Vaiana - Cape Girardeau, Mo. - Possession of Syringe, Possession of Methamphetamine - PCS Cameron Clark - Wadesville - Possession of Syringe (6 counts), Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Controlled Substance I, II, or III - PCS September 12

Donald Wilhite - Fairﬁeld, Ill. - Possession of Syringe NHTM Terry Werner - Olney, Ill. - Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Syringe, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, Dealing in Methamphetamine - NHTM Aaron Webb - Fairﬁeld, Ill. - Possession of Methamphetamine, Dealing in Methamphetamine - NHTM Complaints September 8 6 a.m. - Trespassing Neighbor tried to come into caller’s house. Advised this is an ongoing issue - Second

Street, Mount Vernon 7:23 a.m. - Trespassing Caller advised that there’s a black male wearing all black asking for money at store. Caller advised that he has been asked to leave several times but will not. Caller advised they said they are calling the police and now walking to another location - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 9:49 a.m. - General Complaint - Caller advised male subject took his credit card info and spent money at the boat in Evansville - Meadow Lane, Wadesville 10;49 a.m. - Repossession 2004 Toyota - Second Street,

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Mount Vernon 12:38 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised his ex has hit him with several items while they were driving down the road. Advised he is bleeding, does not need medical - Hwy 62, Sand Road, Mount Vernon 4:46 p.m. - Message - Caller advised that her teenage son is being harassed by an adult male - SR 66, Poseyville 6:26 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Caller advised her son is out of control Advised he is tearing up the house and throwing things - Saint Phillips

Continued on Page A9 BARTER E/2 LOT 9 1027 W Water St Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100109 65-27-08-324005.000-018 $515.76 SULLIVAN, STEPHEN W & TAMMY J CARTWRIGHTS PT LOT 2 & E SIDE 3 926 W Fourth St Mt Vernon 476200000 652100110 65-27-09-142016.000-018 $1,835.60 MOYE, AVIS OWENS ENLG LOT 134 WOOD STREET LOT BETWEEN 604 SHORT SYCAMORE & 528 SHORT SYCAMORE ST Mt Vernon 652100111 65-27-09-201001.000-018 $972.06 NOBLES, ANITA FAYE CHAS HAAS ADD TO KIMBALLS LOT BETWEEN 233 MAPLE ST & 237 MAPLE ST Mt Vernon 652100112 65-27-09-220034.000-018 $1,478.15 OLIVER, ROSA JEAN JONES LOT 31 1018 E Fifth St Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100113 65-27-09-230096.000-018 $852.46 ENGLEBRIGHT, JON O. KIMBALLS S/2 C 206 S Sawmill St Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100114 65-27-09-241006.000-018 $660.30 LOPP, GEORGE OTTO & FLORA E 6' WEST SIDE LOT 30 EDSON'S SUB OF LOTS 33-40 IN KIMBALL'S ADD ENLG. LOT NEXT TO 1215 E SYCAMORE ST Mt Vernon 652100115 65-07-03-666002.700-019 $243.32 EAGLESON SERVICES LLC (W) WELL 666 LEASE 11184 HILL HILL WELL 666 LEASE 11184 652100116 65-08-04-714008.700-019 $401.79 KITCHIN, JAMES D III (ESTATE WELL 714 LEASE 41447/7143 NOELLE-DAUSMAN #1 NOELLEDAUSMANN WELL 714 LEASE 41447/7143 652100117 65-08-18-740001.700-019 $285.18 HOWARD FAMILY TRUST WELL 740 LEASE 1361 PETER DICKHAUT PETER DICKHAUT WELL 740 LEASE 1361 Temple 76502-3360 652100120 65-13-24-200055.000-019 $182.80 MARTIN, RUTH HOLIDAY VILLAGE APT. 106 .05 acres PT NE NW 24-6-12 LOT BETWEEN 11500 UPPER MT VERNON RD & 11440 UPPER MT VERNON RD Mt Vernon 652100121 65-13-28-300012.011-019 $501.27 DEHAVEN, JAMES R & CONNIE J PT N/ SW/ 28-6-12 2.095A AKA LOT 2 OF "ROLLING HILLS" AN EXEMPT DIVISION Off Middle Mt Vernon Rd Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100124 65-14-03-220030.000-019 $842.63 RUPP, G. DANIEL SARTAIN PLACE SUB PT LOT 29 & PT SARTAIN DRIVE 0.316A Ford Rd Mt Vernon 47620-0000 652100125 65-14-06-320040.000-019 $1,138.50 PALMER, W. REGIS & LLOLANDA P. HARBORTOWN PT LOT 400.04A LOT BETWEEN 6650 BUCCANEER DR & 6620 BUCCANEER DR Mt Vernon 652100129 65-01-35-028014.700-020 $155.00 MEYER, WALTER H WELL 28, LEASE 21075 FIFER BATTERY #2 FIFER BATTERY #2 WELL 28 LEASE 21075 652100130 65-01-35-030019.700-020 $160.50 WIMBERLY, VIRGINIA WELL 30, LEASE 51031 HC FORD H C FORD WELL 30 LEASE 51031 652100131 65-01-35-030020.700-020 $160.50 LAWLER, ELOISE W (TRUST) C/O VIRGINIA WIMBERLY WELL 30, LEASE 51031 HC FORD H C FORD WELL 30 LEASE 51031 652100132 65-01-35-030021.700-020 $160.50 LAWLER, DONNA G (TRUST) C/O VIRGINIA WIMBERLY WELL 30, LEASE 51031 HC FORD H C FORD WELL 30 LEASE 51031 652100133 65-02-35-200003.003-020 $241.35 EDWARDS, BRENT W. PT NW/4 35-3-14 1.766A Campbell Rd Griffin 47616-0000 652100134 65-02-35-400010.000-020 $2,262.58 LEE, RYAN ANDREW & ELIZABETH ANN PT SW SE 35-3-14 1.02A. 1451 Continental Camp Rd Griffin 47616-9722 652100135 65-90-90-950056.901-020 $440.23 NOLA 17, LLC ON LEASED LAND OF JACK COMPTON 7-4-13 Leased Land Of Jack Compton Griffin 47616-0016 Total Properties: 111 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true list of lots and land returned delinquent for the nonpayment of taxes and special assessments for the time periods set forth, also subsequent delinquent taxes, current taxes and costs due thereon and the same are chargeable with the amount of tax, etc., with which they are charged on said list. Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of September 2021. Maegen Greenwell, Auditor, Posey County Indiana. Published in the Posey County News on September 7, September 14, September 21, 2021 - hspaxlp

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Court News and Legal Advertisements continued Road, Evansville 8:34 p.m. - Suspicious Young male pulled on the back door to the bank, walking towards another business. Now doesn’t have a shirt on, has a mohawk - Canal/Third Street, Mount Vernon September 9 12:38 p.m. - Theft - Caller advised that she had medica2021-306

tion in her car and it was stolen sometime overnight - Third Street, Mount Vernon 2:45 p.m. - General Complaint - Caller advised that she did an apartment inspection and found drugs on a bed with a baby by it - Ninth Street, Mount Vernon 7:55 p.m. - Hit and Run Caller advised a gray SUV just

hit her vehicle and took oﬀ. There is damage to it - Fourth/ College, Mount Vernon September 10 12:35 a.m. - Loud Music Male subject is playing loud music. Partying like it’s 1999 - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 7:36 a.m. - Vandalism Truck has been vandalized. Believe male and female sub-

ject did it - Vine Street, Mount Vernon 2:35 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised male subject has a knife and pulled it out on her husband. In a white and green van Wolﬂin/ Second, Mount Vernon 6:20 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Driver will not leave the property - SR 62, Mount

Vernon 6:22 p.m. - Welfare Check - Male in the bathroom for 30 minutes - Main Street, Mount Vernon 7:52 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - Caller advised subject is in another subject’s apartment and will not leave. Caller advised the female has broken into the apartment and

will not leave - James Street, Mount Vernon September 11 4:39 p.m. - Theft - Homeowner was allowing caller to store her four-wheeler at this location and when she came to get it caller was advised someone took the four-wheeler and left and has been doing this daily without her permission Broadway Avenue, Evansville September 12 12:44 a.m. - Threatening Caller advised that a female subject is at the property and is involved in the theft deputy is working. Caller advised the female subject got in her face and threatened her. Caller called back and advised that the girl who took the fourwheler is at her house and left it somewhere in town - Broadway Avenue, Evansville 5:18 a.m. - Suspicious Male subject from the other day has come back and locked himself in the bathroom again. Believes he may be doing drugs - Main Street, Mount Vernon 10:25 a.m. - Suspicious Caller advised an older male in a white van is trying to take pictures of them - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 3:42 p.m. - Loud Music Caller advised a black vehicle is sitting out with music playing. He is wanting to complain on them because they started it and complained on him a few days ago - Lynwood, New Harmony 4:52 p.m. - Message - Group of people that want to fight Third Street, Mount Vernon 5:25 p.m. - Suspicious Caller advised a trashy and dirty looking male that is playing with his child at the school. Caller doesn’t believe someone like that should be playing there and advised they have been there playing for too long for her liking - Haines Road, Wadesville Traffic Violations Darwin Helmling, 62, Evansville, false/fictitious registration; Christopher Harms, 37, Evansville, no valid driver’s license, expired plates; Wanda Seabeck, 49, Wadesville, 54/45; Mark Greathouse, 58, New Harmony, 74/55; Jerry Schmitt, 76, Mount Vernon, 45/30; Spencer Peaugh, 44, Evansville, 81/60; Carl Snyder, Jr., 37, Evansville, 95/55, driving while suspended; Dylan Evans, 23, Winslow, 65/55, driving while suspended; Ryan Lewis, 35, Princeton, 77/60; Jessica Walls, 43, Eldorado, Ill., 62/45-school zone; Shyanne Simmons, 21, Evansville, expired plates; Trenton Kittinger, 21, Carmi, Ill., expired plates. Cody Miller, 29, Mount Vernon, 41/30; Thomas Cruz, 25, Homer City, Pa., driving while suspended, 80/55; Jasmine Tonchev, 18, Newburgh, 65/55; Charles Morse, 39, Evansville, light restriction; Khia Reid, 19, Morganfield, Ky., 70/60; Timothy Tedesco, 42, Ballston Spa, N.Y., 75/65; Eric Green, Jr., 30, Alton, Ill., 78/55; Allison Hammers, 22, Evansville, 70/55; Nicole Lueder, 40, Mount Vernon, 41/30; Jessie Bitter, 24, Evansville, 65/55; Rustam Kokcheev, 35, Brooklyn, N.Y., 65/55; Kaleb Sauls, 23, Eldorado, Ill., driving while suspended; Aidan Shrockrem, 25, Evansville, driving while suspended. Ava Hill, 19, Evansville, 80/60; Cassandra Hortin, 46, Grayville, Ill., 44/30; Steven Taylor, 49, West Salem, Ill., 65/55; Andrew Kippenbrock, 19, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Christopher McCammon, 29, Evansville, 82/60; Daniel Schulz, 56, Evansville, 41/30; Tyler Wilkerson, 22, Ballston Spa, N.Y., 90/55; Jared Gossar, 26, Evansville, 76/60; William Miller, 41, Evansville, 41/30; Christopher Wirth, 43, Evansville, expired plates; Cheyenne Hineman, 22, Carmi, Ill., expired plates; Donald Hall, 56, Raleigh, Ill., 59/45; Jacob Griffin, 36, Eldorado, Ill., unsafe lane movement. Nicole Metz-McCall, 38, Denver, Colo., 65/55; Christopher Jones, 42, Rector, Ariz., 75/65; Robert Clifford, 22, New Harmony, 65/40; Shannon Fuelling, 22, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Fernando Olveda, 42, Golconda, Ill., 70/55; Jyl Hoehn, 46, Mount Vernon, 33/20-school zone; Katrina Wilson, 17, Mount Vernon, 41/30; Jacob Belt, 23, Salem, Ky., 70/60;

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Gerton Auto Sales opens in new, nostalgic location By Lois Mittino Gray The new Gerton Auto Sales Inc. building at 1335 East Fourth Street in Mount Vernon has about four times more square footage than the old location at 201 West Second Street that was in the former Studebaker-Hudson dealership. These new digs were also once home to a notable city car dealership. “This new place has some heritage for my father, John Gerton. He worked here way back when it was the Keck Chevrolet dealership,” noted his son, Patrick, who is the lead sales associate for the business, right on the highway heading west into town. “We always wanted to get into a bigger building, so finding one that works like this one was very important to us. When my father originally purchased the old Second Street dealership, we mainly were a classic car dealer and the atmosphere was very cool. Now we have so many recreational vehicles here on the lot, we needed more room. We also have a full Service Department for all the RV brands we carry, a full detailing facility, and a full-fledged Parts Department that we never had room for before,” Patrick explained of the move. A 1965 red Mustang coupe sits in the spacious showroom to catch the eye of a customer at the business selling classic and late model cars, as well as recreational vehicles. They sell many styles of recreational vehicles from tiny Teardrops, to mid-range family campers, and even high end luxury models produced by boutique manufacturers. “One brand we sell is Winebago, both in towable and motorized models. We are consistently in the top one percent

of dealerships selling them and have won their Flying W Award every year it has been offered since 2019,” John Gerton said with obvious pride. The business is the oldest dealership in the country selling teardrop trailers since 2005. Nucamp and Little Guy are brands of the popular small self-contained 17 to 21 foot trailers. Smaller ones can sleep two and have a small dinette and a bathroom. Larger teardrops can sleep several and have a full bathroom and kitchen. “They are popular with people who want to tow them with a commuter car and not have to buy a large truck,” Patrick stated. Gerton Auto Sales also carries brands such as Braxton Creek, Lance, and Intech. Patrick observed that the cost of a recreational vehicle can vary relevant to the quality, technology, luxury and amenities a buyer desires. “We can’t predict prices readily, due to the shortage of raw materials becoming difficult to come by now with COVID delays,” he said. The entire business is a family affair. In addition to John and Patrick, wife and mother Jill works behind the counter taking care of customers. John and Jill’s other son, William, is currently a student at Murray State University studying engineering and graphic design, while their daughter, Olivia, is a senior Wildcat at Mount Vernon High School. She plans to attend the University of Northern Ohio to study high-performance automotive technology. The family cousin, Austin Colson, is the RVIA certified Lead Technician at the dealership.

Jill, John, and son Patrick Gerton Even the trio of communal cats gets in on the picture as they run over to greet showroom customers. Fiona, the eldest, is a tortoiseshell and Amelia is a tabby. The furry feline star of the show though is Ernest, the youngest and largest, who is a polydactyl (six-toed) cat rescued through the Posey County Humane Society. They are always eager for a pat on the head. The business had a soft grand opening on July 17, but at some point, Patrick said a big grand opening will be planned. Hours are 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, closed on Thursday, Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To contact the office, call 812838-2246 or visit www.gertonautosales.com. This is the fourth location for the business that John Gerton started in 2003. “This is the fourth and final one,” he said emphatically.

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Terry Conners, 43, Evansville, no insurance, expired plates; William Jones, 63, Salisbury, N.C., 77/65; Emmili Lane, 19, Carmi, Ill., failure to yield to emergency vehicle; Misty Creason, 28, Eldon, Mo., 90/70; Brittany Belford, 29, Mount Vernon, 33/20-school zone. Betty Slinker, 57, Mount Vernon, 77/60; Ronald Drone, 40, New Harmony, false/fictious registration, no insurance; Roman Maxim, 56, Vancouver, Wash., 65/55; Peyton Egan, 17, Mount Vernon, 33/20-school zone; Zachary Reagan, 29, Mount Vernon, expired plates; Calvin Turner, 62, Mount Vernon, 41/30; Donna Smith, 81, Omaha, Ill., 80/55; Kerry Eagan, 50, Evansville, 43/30; Steve Martin, 45, Poseyville, 74/55; Mathew Verble, 32, Evansville, 67/55; Keren Greene, 41, Mount Vernon, 41/30; expired plates; Rita Flemmings, 62, Carmi, Ill., disregard lighted signal; Brittany Esmon, 28, Fairfield, Ill., expired plates; Robert Erkman, 59, Evansville, 41/30. Steven Clark, 49, Bloomfield, 67/45-school zone; Kyle Alcantara, 24, Winslow, 80/70; Nathaniel Boyett, 40, Evansville, expired plates; Steven Magruder, 51, Evansville, 43/30; Khamza Markmudov, 33, Fenton, Mo., 76/65; Rebecca Wright, 73, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Thomas Nugusse, 41, Raleigh, N.C., failure to register; Kenneth Jacobs, 26, Princeton, 65/55; Carissa Deal, 34, Percy, Ill., 82/60; Stephanie Smith, 29, Newburgh, disregard lighted signal; Kane Schmitt, 33, Wadesville, 60/40; James Oliver, 38, Jefferson, S.C., 75/65; Bryson Williams, 21, Henderson, Ky., 105/70. Danica Dunlap, 17, Mount Vernon, 86/55; Jacqueline Merkle, 60, Daytona Beach, Fla., 65/55; Luke Rohlman, 25, Evansville, driving while suspended; William Reynolds, Jr., 30, Mount Vernon, motorcycle passenger seating restrictions, operating Class B motorcycle violation; Karla Lindsey, 58, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Patricia Riger, 69, Evansville, expired plates; Tauvarus Clemens, 33, Bourbonnais, Ill., 75/65; Brianna Eckelberry, 30, West Salem, Ill., driving while suspended, 74/55; Brandon Paetow, 28, Quincy, Ill., 75/65; Charles Mayes, 41, Henderson, Ky., 85/55, driving while suspended. Lori Carr, 47, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Vazquez Saul, 27, Evansville, 65/55; Pamela Finn, 54, Lexington, Ky., expired plates, 90/65; Chawn Essary, 57, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Kellsea Pruiett, 22, Cynthiana, 80/55;

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Amanda Hoehn gets the kiss for which she paid at the Posey County Pound Puppies booth at New Harmony’s Kunstfest this weekend. Photo by Dave Pearce

‘North Posey School’ continued from Page A1 weeks ago. The first sit-down formal meeting is planned for October1. “We have many shared goals and they are aligned. Our biggest concern will be health insurance,” he said. There were no patrons present to address the board at the general meeting regarding the contract negotiations. A motion was made to adjourn the Contract Negotiation Hearing at 7:12 p.m. According to state law, negotiations must be wrapped up by November 15 with another public hearing before it is ratified. The NEA North Posey was recognized as the exclusive representative of school employees in the MSD of North Posey Schools by a unanimous vote of the board. Galvin noted the money for teacher salaries often depends on the ADM count from the state and how many students there are to receive state fund reimbursement. He reported the current number at 1408 students, about 20 more than expected, so he was elated. In business conducted by Michelle Walden after Galvin left the meeting, the board accepted the recommendation from the Stenftenagel group to award the contract to DeBra-Kuempel for the replacement of the existing kitchen air-conditioning unit for $71,760, plus the alternate for upgrading the JACE controller for $7,625, for a total of $79,405. This firm was the lowest bidder, after requests for proposal (RFP) were sent to several local contractors and seven were returned. Walden presented a new Attendance Policy for students after realizing a Neola policy on it was not in the policy manual. The only change from previous was that college visits will now be counted as not being absent from school and it was approved. The board also approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Ivy Tech for dual credit classes with North Posey High School, such as Introduction to Engineering and Electricity. Walden presented for consideration the contract to secure an architectural firm for development of recommendations for facility improvements for the 2024 bond. Hafer Design was the lower of two bidders and was awarded the contract. She also presented for consideration the revisions to the 2021-2022

District Evaluation Plan and they were unanimously approved. As a follow-up to the discussion held at the last meeting, Walden said, after doing research, there is no evidence there is a need to raise prices on a second student entrée. The Assistant Superintendent also gave the board a COVID update and said numbers were declining. In personnel matters: --Resignations were accepted from Brandon Barrett as the North Posey High School Girls’ Tennis Coach and from Ethan Morlock as the North Posey Junior High School Football Assistant Coach. Traci Newcomer resigned from the North Elementary Student Council Extracurricular duty. --Many new people were hired at the meeting. At North Posey Junior High School, Andrea Harp will be a Language Arts’ Teacher while Cindy Wright will work there as a Library Paraprofessional. Kay Thiem will be a North Elementary School Food Service Employee. Corinna Lambright was hired as a Long-term Substitute Speech Teacher at North and South Terrace Elementary Schools. --In basketball coaching hires at the high school, Damon Cardin will be Junior Varsity Coach and Nick Bohler will be responsible as the Freshman Coach, while Jake Riecken is a Volunteer Assistant Coach. In Junior High School Wrestling, Braxton Lee was named Wrestling Coach with Lorenzo Turi as his Assistant Coach, and James Barrow as a Volunteer Assistant Coach. Tristan Martin will act as a Volunteer Assistant Coach in wrestling for the high school, while Jayden Smith and Dalton Beal will be Volunteer Assistants in high school football. Other coaching positions were given to James White as the high school Girls’ Tennis Coach and Scott Sanford as the North Elementary School Girls’ Basketball Coach. --Bus driver Carolyn Mason had a midday route ($50/ day driven) assigned to her as needed for a Kindergarten student. --FMLA leave requests were granted to Cody Campbell from August 30 through September 17, Julie Gentil from September 16 through October 1, Sabrina McCarty from September 10 through November 8, and Jennifer Kolley from November 30

through January 4, 2022. Mark Kirkman, a North Posey High School Teacher, was granted five days leave request for the birth of his son. Other leave requests were granted to Robin Bretz, North Posey High School Counselor, from October 23 through 30. Several bus drivers requested leaves: Kenny Bridges (October 25-29), Bonnie Gilles (September 20 -24), Dawn Martin (September 3 –10), Pat Watson (September 24 – October 1), Barry Wilson (November 12 through 23), Emma Jennings a South Terrace Preschool Instructor requested leave from October 11 through 15 --A Memorandum of Agreement was entered with Dr. Chester Burkett for the 2021-2022 Standing Orders. --All professional leave requests were granted: Lisa Brandenstein will attend a Starlab Training Workshop in Jasper, Amy Motz will attend a Human Resource Seminar in Plainfield, Danielle Tepool will go to a SIEC English Language Conference in Jasper, Board Members and Central Office members will attend the Indiana School Board Association Fall Conference in Indianapolis. Waylon Schenk has permission to attend the IFCA Coaches Clinic in San Antonio, Texas in January. --Michelle Walden was given permission to sell 14 liquidated buses to Frey Produce for $60,000. South Terrace Principal Erin Koester received permission to declare a piano as surplus. --The Board acknowledged receipt of the Exemplary Governance Award from the Indiana School Boards Association. “Your participation shows your dedication to great boardsmanship for your students and community,” the award letter stated. --The next regular board meeting will be Tuesday, October 12, in the Metropolitan School District of North Posey Conference Room. Regular meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m. The October meeting will feature the Adoption of the 2022 Budget. The Board convened the Executive Session at 5:30 p.m. in the Metropolitan School District of North Posey Conference Room to discuss the assessment of upcoming security plans, prospects for commercial projects agents, and to receive information about prospective employees.

‘Hero continued from Page A1 School, where he met his wife Kristen. The two young Rappites reside right outside of town on Romaine Road on property right in front of the family homestead. They have two big dogs to keep them company: Gwen, a Labrador-retriever mix, and Valentine, a Beagle mutt. He likes to go catfish fishing, but says he doesn’t usually catch too many. The couple enjoys gardening and grew a large garden this year filled with big tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, and lots of zucchini. “We like our zucchini bread,” he said with a smile. He also likes to plant daffodil bulbs with his grandparents’ help. Townspeople started to wonder one spring several years ago when many of the flowers began to bloom on the slopes of Highway 69 around Shepherd Lane, outside of town. There were in groupings of bright yellow blooms and what looked like the letter, R. After speculating who the mysterious highway planter was, it eventually came out that it was Chris and his kin. “Sometimes Little Audrey Spindler enjoys Kunstfest with those flowers still come up in the R members of her family on Sunday afternoon. Pho- pattern, some years they don’t,” he observed. to by Dave Pearce

police agencies have released his condition. “This situation has sent shock waves through our community,” Latham said. “I requested the Indiana State Police investigate the case.” When asked if an arrest had been made, Posey County Prosecutor Thomas Clowers responded only that the case continues to be under investigation by the Indiana State Police. Hicks joined the Posey County Sheriff’s Department some four years ago after moving from the Knox County area where he had also served in law enforcement. A prayer vigil was held on Main Street in New Harmony at 8:30 Sunday morning. Members of the Kunstfest community decided that it would be best, considering the timing and the proximity, that the second day of Kunstfest continue as planned. “I would like to extend my gratitude for the countless thoughts and prayers for Deputy Hicks and his family,” Latham said. “I am asking for continued prayers for Deputy Hicks, his family, the deputies directly involved, the New Harmony Town Marshal, the emergency personnel who responded, this county, and this office.”

It is believed that the last officer-involved shooting in Posey County occurred in 1994. Latham took time to thank other agencies in the area who proved invaluable during this time. “I also want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation towards the Mount Vernon Police Department, New Harmony Police Department, Posey County EMS, New Harmony Fire Department, Indiana State Police, Evansville Po-

lice Department, Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, and FBI,” Latham said. “I also want to thank the public who provided water and support to deputies and other law officials on scene. In addition, I want to thank the multiple Sheriff’s Offices throughout southern Indiana willing to assist in any way they may.” As of Monday. The bullet had been removed from Officer Hicks’ head and he remained in critical but stable condition.

FOP to collect funds The Posey County FOP Lodge 133 is collecting funds for Posey County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bryan Hicks. Deputy Hicks, was shot in the line of duty while investigating a welfare check in the town of New Harmony on September 18, 2021. He was rushed to Deaconess Hospital for injuries sustained. Deputy Hicks sustained a very serious injury, which required surgery. He is currently in critical condition but is stable. He will be recovering from his injury for the foreseeable future. Deputy Hicks has dedicated many years of service to Knox County and more recently Posey County. He is very dedicated to his job and is always willing to help those in need. The FOP just asks for continued prayers for Deputy Hicks and his family during this difficult time. The group is going to take donations through Venmo - @POCOFOP and through the mail at Posey County FOP Lodge 133 P.O. Box 611 Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 Also donations can be dropped off at Evansville Teachers Credit Union locations for the Posey County FOP in name of Deputy Hicks. One hundred percent of funds collected will be given to the family.

‘Solar’ continued from Page A1 and vote on the finalized application likely coming in November or December. One woman sat with her hands cupped over her mouth, her eyes wide with emotion shaking her head as if willing the results to change. Schopmeyer told members that his office has had positive talks with Solada and Tenaska in recent weeks. The groups have met in the middle on a few areas that will be included in the final application presented to the board, he said. “Nine new conditions arose,” Solada said. “It was very productive.” Three of the nine conditions involved Marrs Elementary School, which is located within the project site plan. She said that a fire road will be added south of

the school, Posey Solar Project reps will provide safety training for school officials and school officials will be invited to pre-construction meetings. “We are trying to stay in communication with Marrs school and make them aware of what’s going on, timeline of construction, staging, etc.,” Solada said. Schopmeyer questioned that communication, arguing that representatives from Posey Solar had only been in contact with MSD of Mount Vernon leaders once throughout the process. Dr. Matt Thompson, superintendent of MSD of Mount Vernon schools confirmed Schopmeyer’s statement on Tuesday. “I have only had one conversation with a represen-

tative for the Posey Solar Project. They requested the district’s endorsement for the project several months ago and I informed them that the district will remain neutral,” Thompson said. “At no time has a representative for the Posey Solar Project discussed training opportunities for the staff at Marrs and I am unaware of any additional attempts to make contact with us.” Thompson said he has heard from parents with concerns about the project’s proximity to the school, including questions about fire risks. He said he was told by project reps that the possibility of a fire was “highly unlikely.” He said he has spoken to a member of the APC to gain information about project safety.

Motion to compel granted By Trisha L. Lopez The attorney representing the Posey County Commissioners and the Area Plan Commission has until September 23 to turn over all requested documents in the lawsuit filed by a group of county residents looking to overturn the amended solar ordinance and halt the progress of the Posey Solar Project. An order on motion to compel was filed last Monday in Vanderburgh Circuit Court granting the request made by attorney Michael E. DiRienzo, an attorney with the Evansville-based law firm of Kahn, Dees, Donovan and Kahn, on Sept. 9. The county will be responsible for all legal fees associated with the motion. Court documents show that a failure to comply with the order would result in both groups being found in contempt and facing sanctions. Discovery responses, which include all communication and proof of posting for public meetings regarding the ordinance and Posey Solar Project application, were originally due on or before July 8, according to court documents. A request for a 30-day extension was granted on July 14. The lawsuit, filed with Posey County Superior Court on May 20, alleges “willful and unreasonable actions of the defendants with respect to improper communications between Tenaska and members of the APC, Board (of Commissioners) and their legal counsel regarding the adopted solar ordinance and proposed solar amendment” and conflicts of interest of Board members Bill Collins and Carl Schmitz. A change of venue to Vanderburgh County was later granted. Jeffrey Lowe, the attorney hired by the county’s insurance company to represent both groups, has not responded to requests for comment. Joe Harrison Jr., attorney for the Posey County Council and Posey County Commissioners, called the lawsuit “without merit and frivolous”

at the time of it’s initial filing. “There was nothing improper with the solar ordinance process followed by the Posey County Commissioners. Neither Commissioner Schmitz or Collins had any conflict of interest with regard to the Posey solar ordinance process,” Harrison said in May. “As a matter of fact, the amended solar ordinance that was adopted by the county commissioners on April 20 was much more restrictive to potential solar developers than the original version that was adopted by the county

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North Posey Cheer Team provides options for formals By Reagan Koester Looking for a gown for that special night? The North Posey High School Cheer Team is hosting their annual Formal Dress Consignment Sale. This fundraiser will take place on Saturday, September 25 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the foyer at the high school. There will be a $5 admission fee per person with dressing rooms provided. Once you find your ideal dress, you can pay for it via cash or check. Looking to get a formal dress off your hands? Well, you can consign gently used long and short formal dresses as well. There will be a $5 entry fee for all of those

who sell. The seller gets to set the price from anywhere between $20 to $80. You can personally keep 80 percent and the North Posey High School Cheer Team keeps the other 20 percent. If your consignment sells, your check will be mailed out to you within 10 days. To drop off a consignment, you can bring it to the North Posey High School Foyer on Wednesday, September 22 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Sellers will need to bring their contract and dress description sheet. You can find this information in Coach Stephanie Cox’s room, the North Posey’s Cheer Page, or you can email

Coach Cox at scox@northposey. k12.in.us. If your dress does not sell, you will receive an email to pick up your items in the North Posey High School Foyer on Sunday, September 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. Any unclaimed items will be donated to charity if not sold after 10 days. The North Posey High School Cheer Team would greatly appreciate participation whether in a consignment or by going to take a look at the dresses offered. This money will go towards team gear, including backpacks, warmups, and essentials for cold weather.

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Court News and Legal Advertisements continued Angela Boyle, 43, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended, failure to register; Tabatha Ord, 33, Mount Vernon, driving while suspended; Andrea Wallis, 45, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Benjamin Barchet, 27, Evansville, driving while suspended; Anthony Robles, 21, Mount Vernon, 78/60; Kisha Stewart-Hutchinson, 43, Evansville, 73/60, driving while suspended. Jordan Garcia Miles, 27, Evansville, 82/60; Jeﬀery Post, 48, Newburgh, 80/55; Cody Merideth, 30, Bloomington, 71/50; Jacob Scheu,

30, Evansville, failure to stop at through highway; Daryl Booth, 36, Evansville, failure to stop at through highway; Steven Grabert, 73, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Amber King, 34, Mount Vernon, 30/20; William Alumbaugh, 63, Mount Vernon, failure to stop at through highway; Esteban Camacho, 27, Evansville, 81/50; Michael Smith, 28, Evansville, 78/55; Jacob Lewis, 42, Richmond Hill, Ga., 65/55; Michael Clark, 53, Mount Vernon, 73/55. Roger McGuire, 44, Norris City, Ill., failure to pos-

sess non-resident ﬁshing license; Michele Cheaney, 53, Wadesville, driving while suspended; Jamar Conway, 24, Brownsburg, no insurance; John Chaﬀer, 52, Zephyrhills, Fla., following too closely; Christian Ethridge, 47, Evansville, 65/55; Koba Kiladze, 48, Philadelphia, Pa., 79/65; Marko Markovic, 45, Dawsonville, Ga., 67/55; Dennis Robb, 40, Mount Vernon, false registration; Andrea Wallis, 45, Mount Vernon, 75/55; Trevor Johnson, 18, Evansville, 92/55; Jessica Hoehn, 43, Mount Vernon, 72/55; Cameron Schenk, 19, Jack-

SUBSCRIBE! 812-682-3950 2021-308 The Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District, 1805 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 is hosting the Wonderful Wabash River: Paddling Down Posey County canoe event on October 23rd, 2021 starting at the I64 Boat Ramp and ending at New Harmony Wabash River Access. In accordance with 312 IAC 5-3-3 this is public notice that the Posey County SWCD is seeking a license for a major organized boating activity. This is an explanation of the options available to the persons served. These options are as follows: (A) File a petition with the central office of the division requesting an informal hearing that is signed by at least twenty-five (25) individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old and who reside in the county where the event will occur. A hearing under this clause is governed by 312 IAC 2-3. (B) Request the division to notify the person in writing when an initial determination is made to issue or deny the license. Following the receipt of notice under this clause, a person may request administrative review of the determination under 312 IAC 3-1. Published in the Posey County News on September 21, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-307 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SEWER RATES AND CHARGES FOR POSEY COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that an ordinance (the “Ordinance”) was introduced before the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Posey County Regional Sewer District (the “District”) on September 9, 2021, which would change sewer rates and charges for the District. The Board will conduct a public hearing with regard to the Ordinance on October 5, 2021, at 12:00 noon, (local time), at the Hovey House, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. The schedule of rates and charges for the District set forth in the Ordinance are as follows: The rates and charges and other specific provisions thereof enacted by the Board of Trustees of the District are as follows: Application Fees: Wasteload Allocation $100.00/Application Wastewater Facility Construction Permit $100.00/Application Lateral Construction Permit $100.00/Application Capacity Fees: The Capacity Fee for all commercial and residential connection $3,500/EDU Entire Capacity Fee is due and payable prior to the issuance of a wasteload allocation letter. Interceptor Fees: The Interceptor Fee for all commercial and residential wasteload allocations $1,000 per EDU Entire Interceptor Fee is due and payable prior to the issuance of a wasteload allocation letter. Monthly Service Fees: Monthly Service Fee (calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023): $85.00 per EDU Monthly Service Fee for 2024 (5% increase from prior year): $89.25 per EDU Monthly Service Fee for 2025 (5% increase from prior year): $93.71 per EDU Monthly Service Fee for 2026 (1.6% increase from prior year): $95.20 per EDU Vacant Premise Credit per policy dated June l, 2010 $20.00.EDU/Month Inspection Fees: Wastewater Facility (Sewer) Construction: $ 130.00/hour Acceptance of Facilities (post construction): $ 130.00/hour Lateral Construction: $ 245.00/lateral Plan Review Fees: Wasteload Allocation and Plan Review $ 150.00/Hour Lateral Plan Review $ 150.00/Hour Miscellaneous Fees: Late Payment Penalty Fee: 10% of unpaid current charges Returned Check Fee: $25.00 /occurrence Disconnect Fee for nonpayment: $250.00 per event Reconnect Fee after paid current: $200.00 per event Lien Charges: Cost of attachment of lien plus the amount of fees owed. Industrial Waste Discharge Permit (Non-Domestic): Annual Discharge Permit Fee $50.00 Laboratory Testing Charges Actual Charge plus 15% handling for samples collected and processed by the District Industrial waste, for purposes of this Ordinance, pertains to those non-domestic waste streams discharged as defined by SIC codes as registered under the Code of Federal Regulations CFR 403 Pretreatment guidelines set forth by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and includes significant users who discharge greater than 25,000-gallons/day of flow or contribute a process waste stream which makes up 5 percent or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW Treatment plant; or is designated as such by the Control Authority on the basis the Industrial User has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW ‘s operation or for violating any Pretreatment Standard or requirement (in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)) or by categorical classification. The Industrial Waste Discharge Permit does not apply to restaurants but does not exempt restaurants from Excessive Strength Surcharge fees or excess waste strength, or any required laboratory testing, or the need to install and maintain grease traps as outlined in the District’s rules and regulations. Excessive Strength Surcharge Rates Excessive Strength Surcharge Rates shall be applicable to all users who generate wastewater which contains any nonconventional pollutants or strengths of Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Ammonia (NH3), or Total Phosphorus that exceed the system average strengths listed in the table below, as determined by special laboratory analysis by a certified laboratory. Other special service rates shall be charged on a case-by-case basis for toxic discharges, with the charges being based on the difficulty of treating the toxic pollutant as well as sampling, testing, and disposal charges. Strength charges are to be computed on actual measured strengths and volumes on monthly basis. Excessive Strength Surcharge rates shall be calculated from the number of pounds delivered to the treatment plant more than the concentrations and at the cost per pound listed below: Constituent Concentration Limit Surcharge cost per pound BOD5 300 mg/l $0.52 TSS 265 mg/l $0.45 NH3-N 30 mg/l $2.06 Total Phosphorus 10 mg/l $2.00 Fats, Oil, Grease 100 mg/l $1.05 Dated: September ___, 2021 POSEY COUNTY REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT Published in the Posey County News on September 21, September 28, 2021 - hspaxlp

sonville, Ariz., 79/55. Caitlynn Homberg, 23, Carmel, 71/55; Eric Kendall, 34, Evansville, 39/30; Brian Conner, 56, Boonville, failure to yield to vehicle on right; Kendra Osborne, 17, Mount Vernon, 30/20-school zone; Christian France, 26, Evansville, 69/55; Karmyn Vallee, 20, Evansville, driving while suspended, 73/55; Rontae Johnson, 28, Chandler, driving while suspended, no insurance; Austin Lewis, 27, Evansville, driving while suspended.

2021-309 The following County Operating Claims have been ﬁled with the Auditor’s Oﬃce and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners, POSEY COUNTY, IN at the regular session September 21, 2021 TRAVIS CLOWERS $270.10 ERIN BERGER, ATTNY AT LAW $8,194.75 FARRIS REPORTING $576.90 WILLIAM W GOODEN $2,470.50 MCFADIN HIGGINS& FOLZ- BETH HIGGINS $1,743.25 JOSHUA G. OREM $617.50 THOMAS JARED $3,812.35 SMITH & BUTTERFIELD CO INC $319.43 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR $7,497.80 JOHN JACPB WARRUM $1,140.00 WEST GROUP $305.09 WORD SYSTEMS INC $1,300.00 GRANT TOTAL $28,247.67 MAEGEN GREENWELL POSEY COUNTY AUDITOR Published in the Posey County News on September 21, 2021 - hspaxlp

2021-305 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 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at The Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Upon the following Variance application, the Board of Zoning Appeals will at that time hear objections thereto: VARIANCE: DOCKET NO: 21-13-V-BZA APPLICANT: Joseph Smith OWNER: Joseph P. & Theresa M. Smith PREMISES: Lot No. 4 in Big Creek Manor located in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 13, Township 4 South, Range 12 West, lying in Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana. More commonly known as 9801 Showers Road, Cynthiana, Indiana. Containing 1.5 acres more or less. (Complete legal description is on file at the Posey County Area Plan Commission Office). NATURE OF CASE: Applicant requests a Variance for relaxation of street side yard setback from 25’ to 10’ to build a 30’ x 40’ pole barn garage in an A (Agricultural) Zoning District under Section 153.033 (B) (1) (a) 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 September 21, September 28, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-303 PUBLIC NOTICE Campbell Energy, 1238 CR 1500 N Carmi, IL 62821 has submitted to the Division of Oil and Gas a request to convert and Oil Producer to a Class II Enhanced Recovery to be used for the injection of produced brine. This well is located in Section 16, Twp. 5S, Rng. 14W in Posey County, Indiana. It is intended to inject produced brine into the Cypress Sandstone formation within the depth interval 2692’-2718’and into the Bethel Sandstone formation within the depth interval 2796’-2891’ and into the Ste.Genevieve Limestone formation within the depth interval 3002’-3062’ and into the St. Louis Limestone formation within the depth interval 3062’-3496’ and into the Salem Limestone formation within the depth interval 3496-‘3800’ and into the Harrodsburg Limestone formation within the depth interval 3800’-4010’ and a maximum injection pressure not to exceed 1800 pounds per square inch. The maximum injection rate for this well will not exceed 3000 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 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 September 21, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-304 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 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 14,2021 at The Hovey House, 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Upon the following Variance application, the Board of Zoning Appeals will at that time hear objections thereto: VARIANCE: DOCKET NO: 21-14-V-BZA APPLICANT: Kent Hertel OWNER: Melissa R. & Kent D. Hertel PREMISES: Lot Five in Ryan Place, Section “A” of Section 36, Township 6 South, Range 12 West, lying in Marrs Township, Posey County, Indiana. More commonly known as 5618 Bayer Drive, Evansville, Indiana. Containing 1.26 acres more or less. (Complete legal description is on file at the Posey County Area Plan Commission Office). NATURE OF CASE: Applicant requests a Variance for relaxation of front yard setback from 25’ to 15’ to build a 32’ x 52’ pole barn garage in an R-1 (Residential Single-Family) Zoning District under Section 153.043 (B) (1) (a) 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 September 21, September 28, 2021 - hspaxlp 2021-302 STATE OF INDIANA

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Autumnfest Parade to honor heroes not wearing capes By Lois Mittino Gray What do you do if you find a rock painted gold around Main Street in Poseyville this weekend? “Go to the Information Booth and turn it in for a shiny gold dollar coin,” said Carol Collins, Vice-President of First Bank, sponsor of the “Poseyville Rocks” event. It is one of many on the packed schedule for Poseyville’s Autumnfest on Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, September 26. The festival begins early Saturday morning with the Poseyville Pumpkin Run/Walk 5K slated to begin at 9 a.m. Check in for the run is from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. in front of North Elementary School. Boy Scout Troop 387 will sponsor a Kids Dash at 8:45 a.m. before the race at the same site. The hearty Pancake Breakfast traditionally held before the race in prior years was canceled this year out of COVID concern about indoor activities. “We are trying to have as many events as we can outdoors this year to keep everything safe. The Talent Show and some indoor games were canceled, too,” explained Warren Korff, an organizer and longtime member of the Poseyville Kiwanis Club, the festival’s sponsor. “The Community Center will only be open for restroom use,” he added. The Community Center and grounds, the hub of festival activity, are at the corner of Church Street and Fletchall. Food booths, the Flea Market, and the craft vendors open for sales at 9 a.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday. The Posey County Women’s Club will sponsor a Baby Photo Contest Booth, sponsor a Kuchen Booth to benefit the Carol Renee Lamar Scholarship Fund, and will sponsor a Gift Card Raffle Giveaway. The group also sponsors the Queen and Princess Contest at 11 a.m. and the Little Miss and Mister Contest on Center Stage at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The days will be filled with daily door prize

drawings, several Bingo sessions and a Scavenger Hike at noon Saturday. A Pie Eating Contest is slated for 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Children’s fun contests, such as paper air plane flying, water buckets, an egg toss, a pedal pull, and a hula hoop contest occur throughout the schedule both days. At the Kiwanis Activities Booth, there will be story times throughout both days. The popular inflatables will be set up by 11 a.m. Saturday and by 11:30 a.m. Sunday and close at 6 p.m. both days. They do close down from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday while the parade is going down the street. “We have many new inflatables this year. Many of them will appeal to older children. We have a Bungee Bounce on Saturday only and a Lazer Tag Game on Sunday only,” Korff described. “Of course, familiar favorites such as the Bounce House and Obstacle Course will be back as usual.” The Hot Rod Lincoln Band will perform under the stars from 6 to 9 p.m on Saturday night. A Fireworks Display will take place at 7:30 p.m., performed by Andromeda Displays, from Center Stage. A Community Praise and Worship Service Will take place on Sunday morning at the Center Stage. The festival highlight is the Annual Parade set for 3 p.m. down Main Street on Sunday afternoon. This year’s theme is “Not All Heroes Wear Capes.” Two local nurses, Sarah Nelson and Dee Pardon will serve as Grand Marshals for the parade representing our community’s first responders. Entrants need to sign up at the parade booth, located at Endicott and Pine Streets, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. After the parade, the North Posey High School Marching Band will perform at Center Stage at 4 p.m. and trophies will be awarded at the Center Stage at 4:15 p.m. For more information, refer to the Autumfest site on Facebook or call 812-453-9367. Kathy Wilson, left, and Connie Ross, right, enjoy some Ribbon Fries during Kunstfest on Saturday. The event saw near record numbers coming oﬀ a year full of cancellations. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

Ella Galvin, Rochelle Belt, Caroline Belt and Penny Padgett of Tri-Kappa pause for a photo during Kunstfest on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Dave Pearce

Rhonda Style Photography Studio opens in New Harmony By Lois Mittino Gray The sign in front of Rhonda Style’s Photography Studio announces that the new business is now “Open and Awesome” in the Old Train Depot in New Harmony. But if you miss the on-the-go photographer the day you visit, the

other side of the sign flips to say, “Closed and Still Awesome.” “This is my sanctuary, my happy place. I bring the people I photograph here to New Harmony and have been doing so for years. I always wanted this location as my studio

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and finally rented it in February, 2021,” she explained. “I am fixing it up with settings for photographs, with many of my favorite props and costumes.” Rhonda and her husband, Scott, live in Santa Claus, Indiana, near her family. She commutes to the studio to do her photo sessions, especially with high school seniors in tow from Heritage Hills High School near her home. She is starting to line up clients from this area, too, and will be doing her first Posey County student shoot, Macie from the Red Geranium soon. The vivacious entrepreneur calls herself “the little red fire engine” referring to the voluminous red curls atop a head filled with dreams and new ways to encourage business. “I will do everything I can to stand out. When I told my grandfather I hated my hair, he said you need to shine, Rhonda. Don’t let your glow dim, just let it shine!” Another person who loved her red hair was local legend Jane Blaffer Owen, former owner of the train depot building. “She always called me ‘Red’ when I saw her. I told her one time that the depot would be my studio one day. She smiled, and said,“Not today, darling.” “One day when I was in my first semester at Ivy Tech, I was in New Harmony taking photos. She called me over, ‘Hey, Red’ and looked at my pictures. I had no support from home and her support really helped boost my career. She was a real lamppost in my life.” Rhonda also learned an important vocabulary lesson from Mrs. Owen. “I brought her over a photograph I took of her. I knew it wasn’t very good, but she looked at it a long time and said I was learning. I mumbled that I knew it wasn’t a good picture. She quickly said to me, ‘Never say you take pictures again, darling, you take photographs.’ To this day, I always say I take photographs, not pictures,” Rhonda said, smiling while reminiscing. The California-born photographer, grew up in Oxnard and Ojai, and dabbled in acting before moving to Indiana. She has many plans for her studio photograph settings. At Christmas time, one corner will feature a rocking chair in front of a fireplace with a large tree covered with small trains. “After all, this is an old train depot, right?” If you see her during the Yule holidays, she offers to take your Christmas mail over to Santa Claus to get the special postmark from there. Rhonda wants to do a Halloween backdrop filled with cobwebs and spooky décor, since she believes the train depot is haunted. Her paranormal sensing pal, Joni Mayhen, said the spirits of a woman and a small girl are there. “I was sitting at my desk

Rhonda Style and the wicker doll carriage just rolled across the room one day,” she said, “So I asked Joni to check it out.” Rhonda has costume racks, mirror and clock walls, old suitcases and hats, and a large decorative bed for boudoir shots and Mommy and Me photos. By the bay window is a Victorian sitting area, complete with a silver tea set. She would like to develop a backdrop for Wild West scenes, complete with her set of old liquor bottles. The studio has lovely dried flowers inside and is surrounded by live ones outside around the building and on the iron trellis. “I would love to turn this place into an Alice in Wonderland theme. Can’t you picture this as the Mad Hatter’s Garden?” Rhonda invites everyone to stop by or look up Style Studio on Facebook. “I give my soul in every photograph I take. I try to bring the real person out in all my photographs. I can see them as they really are. I really like to photograph high school seniors and small children.” Rhonda is a member of the New Harmony Business Associates. Her number is 812-4893640 if someone wishes to call her. She also invites interested persons to stop by and look around the studio or just to talk. “I especially love geeking out with fellow photographers,” she enthused.

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Wildcats continue to enjoy banner year with 48-7 win By Trisha L. Lopez Mount Vernon football’s most successful start to a season in 31 years took another step forward on Friday with a 48-7 homecoming victory against PAC foe Forest Park. The Wildcats (5-0) overcame a first possession fumble to have a huge first quarter, putting up 28 points against the Rangers (2-3). Senior Jaden Wilson had a big night for Mount Vernon. The first two scores of the night were courtesy of Wilson. He put the Cats on the board with a 25-yard touchdown pass by sophomore Nicot Burnett and followed that up by making a toss of his own, a 33-yard touchdown pass to senior Luke Hoehn. A pair of extra points by sophomore Logan Dutkiewicz followed, putting Mount Vernon on top 14-0 in the first few minutes of play. Burnett followed up with a 14-yard rushing touchdown. Sophomore Grant Doherty hit the extra point, giving the Wildcats a 21-0 lead. Burnett connected with senior River Snodgrass on a 14-yard passing touchdown before the end of the quarter. Dutkiewicz was good on his third extra point attempt of the night, giving Mount Vernon a 28-0 lead, the team’s biggest first quarter of offense all season. “It was good to come out and do what we’re supposed to do in a game like that,” Wildcats coach Luke Messmer said. “We knew Forest Park would play really hard and if you let a team like that hang around, they will make it close for four quarters. We were able to jump on them quickly with the 28-point first quarter and overwhelm them.” The Rangers lone score on the night came on a 39-yard run in the second quarter, but Mount Vernon answered with Burnett’s second rushing touchdown of the game. Wilson also found the endzone in the third quarter with a 13-yard catch. A 22-yard run by sophomore Kortez Stewart capped a 409 total yard effort for the Wildcats offense.

Mount Vernon’s defense, led by Snodgrass with 4.5 tackles and an interception, senior Isaac Bollinger with 7.5 tackles and Wilson with 6 tackles and a sack, held Forest Park to 224 yards of offense in the contest. Burnett connected on 14 of 20 pass attempts and threw for 180 yards, three touchdowns and had one interception. He had 73 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. Snodgrass had 80 yards on 13 carries. Stewart had 34 yards and a touchdown on 5 carries. Wilson was Burnett’s favorite homecoming target, pulling in 99 yards and two touchdowns on five catches. Hoehn had 42 yards and a touchdown on 3 receptions. Snodgrass had 35 yards and a touchdown on four receptions. Sophomore Jackson Clowers had 23 yards on two catches. Sophomore Jacob Swartz had one 14-yard catch. Dutkiewicz went 5 for 6 in extra points. Up next for the Wildcats is a road match up with Boonville (0-4) on Friday. Messmer said it’s important to not sleep on the Pioneers, despite a winless first half of the regular season. Boonville lost a 35-17 contest to an undefeated Linton squad last week. Week two and three losses to Heritage Hills and North Knox, both 4-1 on the season, were by a combined three points. Messmer said the Wildcats, ranked 6th in 3A in the Associated Press poll and 7th in 3A in the Indiana Football Coaches Association poll last week, “have a lot to clean up on our end that we will get to in practice.” Mount Vernon lost focus a handful of times on Friday, Messmer said, something that can’t happen again if the Wildcats want to continue their winning ways. “(Boonville) will be hungry for their first win, especially with it being a home game for them. They have played some really good teams to this point, so it’s not like they’ve lost to a weak schedule,” Messmer said. “They

Mount Vernon’s all-purpose football player River Snodgrass looks to pick up some added yards during the run on Friday night in the big win over Forest Park. The Wildcats control their own destiny in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Photo by Garry Beeson have plenty of playmakers to make them a so we’ll see if we can play harder than them challenge to slow down. Coach Ward will and be focused on playing our best for four have them playing hard like he always does, quarters this week.”

North Posey volleyball continues to enjoy a fine season By Chris Morlan The North Posey volleyball team was in full swing last week when they played three schools on their schedule. North Posey beat conference opponents Pike Central and South Spencer, then struggled against a good Evansville Reitz team. For the season, North Posey’s season record is eleven wins and three losses. In the Pocket Athletic Conference, the Lady Vikings are 3-0. After a rough loss against the Evansville Memorial Lady Tigers the week before. The North Posey Lady Vikings bounced back and took control of the Pike Central Chargers last Monday evening in Petersburg, Indiana. North Posey beat Pike Central 25-17, 25-18 and 25-16. “The team played well tonight against Pike Central,” North Posey coach Natalie Macaulay said. “We had 31 kills on the night with 15 errors. In addition, the team collected nine blocks on the night. It was a big night at the net.” Leading the way for the Lady Vikings were Julia Fullop and Erin Hoehn with eight kills each. Addison Fullop, Ashton Elpers and Brooklyn Goedde each had three aces. Jenna Rhineburger led North Posey in blocks with five. Hoehn also had 13 digs and Goedde finished with a team-high 13 assists. North Posey 3, Pike Central 0 25-17, 25-18, 25-16 Kills (31): Julia Fullop 8, Erin Hoehn 8, Addison Fullop 6, Claire Koester 4, Jenna Rhineburger 3, Emma Hall 2 Aces (11): Addison Fullop 3, Ashton Elpers 3, Brooklyn Goedde 3, Erin Hoehn 1 Blocks (9): Jenna Rhineburger 5, Claire Koester 2, Erin Hoehn 1, Addison Fullop 1 Digs (45): Erin Hoehn 13, Ashton Elpers 11, Julia Fullop 8, Addison Fullop 6, Brooklyn Goedde 5, Jenna Rhineburger 2 Assists (29): Brooklyn Goedde 13, Addison Fullop 12, Ashton Elpers 2, Julia Fullop 1, Claire Koester 1 In the junior varsity contest, North Posey lost the first set 19-25. Then the Lady Vikings regrouped and beat the Lady

Chargers in the next two sets 25-11 and 15-11 to get the win. North Posey improved their season record to six wins and three losses. North Posey 2, Pike Central 0 19-25, 25-11, 15-11 Kills (17): Sybil Renshaw 6, Alyssa Heath 4, Kaity Oakley 3, Carly Douglas 2, Ashleigh Blankenship 1, Ava Lowe 1 Aces (14): Sybil Renshaw 8, Ava Lowe 4, Ashleigh Blankenship 1, Livie Maier 1 Blocks (0): None Digs (42): Ava Lowe 15, Izzy Hight 8, Ashleigh Blankenship 7, Sybil Renshaw 6, Livie Maier 2, Alyssa Heath 2, Courtney Helfert 2 Assists (14): Ashleigh Blankenship 7, Ava Lowe 3, Courtney Helfert 2, Jade Mueller 1, Sybil Renshaw 1 North Posey was back at home last Tuesday night against the Evansville Reitz Lady Panthers. Every set was close, but the Lady Vikings struggled and lost to the Lady Panthers three sets to one. North Posey beat Reitz in the second set 25-19. “It was a tough game, a great game, but a tough one,” Coach Macaulay said. “I really enjoy coaching those tight, competitive games and I know the girls do too as well. We are going to take our losses and learn from them. These girls are so competitive, so I know that a loss is something that they take pretty hard, but the truth is Reitz just executed a better offense that night.” Leading the Lady Vikings in kills were Julia Fullop with 13 and Erin Hoehn with 12. Julia Fullop also led the Lady Vikings with four aces. Jenna Rhineburger led the team in blocks with four. Ashton Elpers had 52 digs and Julia Fullop with 40. Addison Fullop had 17 assists and Brooklyn Goedde with 16. Evansville Reitz 3, North Posey 1 23-25, 25-19, 24-26, 19-25 Kills (38): Julia Fullop 13, Erin Hoehn 12, Jenna Rhineburger 4, Emma Hall 3, Claire Koester 3, Addison Fullop 2, Brooklyn Goedde 1 Aces (10): Julia Fullop 4, Jenna Rhineburger 2, Addison Fullop 2, Erin Hoehn 1, Ashton Elpers 1 Blocks (7): Jenna Rhineburger 4, Claire Koester 2, Erin Hoehn 1 Digs (138): Ashton Elpers 52, Julia Fullop 40, Erin Hoehn 29, Addison Fullop 8, Brooklyn Goedde 5, Emma Hall 2, Jen-

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na Rhineburger 1, Claire Koester 1 Assists (35): Addison Fullop 17, Brooklyn Goedde 16, Ashton Elpers 2 North Posey played at home last Thursday against the South Spencer Lady Rebels. The Lady Vikings controlled this game from the first serve. After a rough game against Reitz two nights beforehand, the Lady Vikings looked focused and beat the Lady Rebels in three sets 25-4, 25-10 and 25-12. Seniors Claire Koester and Jenna Rhineburger led the Lady Vikings in kills with nine each. Rhineburger and junior Brooklyn Goedde led the team in aces with five apiece. In total blocks, Rhineburger led North Posey with three. Sophomore Ashton Elpers led North Posey in digs with 17 and Goedde led the Lady Vikings with 18 assists. North Posey 3, South Spencer 0 25-4, 25-10, 25-12 Kills (39): Claire Koester 9, Jenna Rhineburger 9, Julia Fullop 8, Addison Fullop 7, Emma Hall 3, Erin Hoehn 3 Aces (16): Brooklyn Goedde 5, Jenna Rhineburger 5, Julia Fullop 4, Addison Fullop 1, Ashton Elpers 1 Blocks (6): Jenna Rhineburger 3, Claire Koester 2, Julia Fullop 1 Digs (41): Ashton Elpers 17, Julia Fullop 6, Addison Fullop 6, Erin Hoehn 5, Livie Maier 4, Ava Lowe 2, Brooklyn Goedde 1 Assists (33): Brooklyn Goedde 18, Addison Fullop 14, Ashton Elpers 1

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Vikings suffer first loss of season to HH Patriots, 35-14 Vikings prove to be own worst enemy as Patriots take advantage of turnovers By Chris Morlan This was supposed to be the year the Vikings were going to travel to the “Jungle” and beat the Heritage Hills Patriots. Not so fast, the first offensive drive, North Posey looked good and had a 7-0 lead. Then from there, Heritage Hills rallied for the next 35 points before North Posey ever scored again. The Patriots beat the Vikings 35-14 for their fourth straight win. North Posey took their first loss of the season. “It wasn’t our night,” North Posey coach Waylon Schenk said. “Hats off to Heritage Hills. They played a great game and executed at a high level. We made too many mistakes to beat a good team on the road. We will get back to work on Monday. Learning experience for our guys, but time to move forward.” After the Viking touchdown, the North Posey defense forced the Patriots to go three and out. North Posey got the ball back and within a few plays, the Vikings turned the ball

over on a fumble. Heritage Hills used up over four minutes of the clock on running plays to score on a Camden Schipp nine-yard run. With a good extra point kick by Ethan Hill. This game was tied at 7-7 with 2:15 left in the first quarter. On the next North Posey drive, quarterback Harold Bender’s pass was picked off by the Patriots Clay Radigan. Then Radigan returned the interception for a 66-yard touchdown. At the end of the first quarter, Heritage Hills had a 14-7 advantage. North Posey had the ball to start the second quarter and the offense was moving the ball well down the field. On second and goal from the five-yard line, Bender threw an interception in the end zone. The Vikings struggled to make any big plays, despite good defense, and went into the locker room for the halftime break down by the score of 14-7. Heritage Hills received the ball to start the third quarter. On a third and nine on the 32yard line, Camden Schipp completed a 52-

yard pass to Evan Bowling. It was Schipp’s only pass completion of the game. The ball was on the 16-yard line after the Bowling catch. Four plays later, Shane Staples scored a Patriots touchdown on a three-yard run. With a good Ethan Hill extra point kick, the Patriots led this conference battle by the score of 21-7 with 8:41 left in the third quarter. On the next Viking possession, the offense went three and out and forced to punt. Heritage Hills got the ball back and used up more of the clock on ten running plays. With 1:29 left in the third quarter, Skylar Staples scored on a six-yard run. At the end of the third quarter, the Patriots led 28-7. The Patriots opened the fourth quarter with the ball and were forced to punt. North Posey went three and out on their next offensive drive and forced to punt. After the punt return, Heritage Hills was inside the red zone at the 14-yard line. Three plays later, Patriot fullback Evan Bowling scored a touchdown on a two-yard run. With 6:59 left in the fourth quarter, Heritage Hills expanded their lead to 35-7. On the kick-off, Jed Galvin returned the ball and took it to the end zone for a 90-yard Viking touchdown. Heritage Hills led 35-14 with 6:44 left in the game. North Posey made an onside-kick and recovered the ball. The Vikings looked like they had some life again and were not backMOUNT VERNON

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ASHTON ELPERS

Mallory Nurrenbern led the Wildcats in kills in all three outings this week. The Wildcats are 11-6 heading into action this week.

North Posey sophomore Ashton Elpers is often out of the limelight in a defensive position but her athleticism has been instrumental in the success of this season’s North Posey Vikings.