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Anti-harrassment policy presented to NPS Board By Lynda Baker It was announced at the September meeting of the North Posey School Board that Assistant Superintendent Mike Galvin has located property in Posey County and would be finalizing his move to the area the following weekend. The Board approved the distribution of the $4,500 stipend stipulated for moving expenses in Galvin’s contract with the district. There was a discussion regarding a 20 percent increase in the health insurance expense for the corporation. NegoPosey County farmer Travis Beuligmann unloads beans into the semi as farmers raced on Sunday af- tiations with the contract committee of ternoon to beat the expected Monday morning rain. Rain, however brief, gave farmers a short reprieve administrators and teachers resulted in before cooler temperatures were expected to be the rule the remainder of the week. Photo by Dave Pearce adjustments which reduced the expense

by 22 percent. Since this is a recurring expense for the district, concern was expressed regarding the same in the 2021 budget, which has already been set. The expense will need to be revisited during next year’s negotiations. Another insurance carrier has been found and Dr. Camp felt that the plan the committee had agreed upon was the best possible scenario at this time. The plan was submitted to the Board for review. Galvin added that, “there were a lot of hard conversations.” As the afternoon pre-K program at South Terrace Elementary could not

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Mount Vernon School Board presents $29 million budget By Lois Mittino Gray The September 21, meeting of the Mount Vernon School Board opened with the public hearing for its 2021 budgets for next year. Citizens were provided an opportunity to comment on the advertised numbers and tax rates, totaling $29,168,078. No comments were made in person or in writing to the office. The board will now adopt the budgets at its next meeting on Monday, October 5. Budget details and figures will be summarized in this newspaper after the adoption.

Dr. Charles Seifert, Director of Buildings, Grounds and Maintenance, gave the board an update on facility plans for the next three years. He presented a thick document called ‘Facilities and Equipment Plan 2021-2022-2023’ to them. The general statements list the corporation as employing 160 certified personnel and 221 noncertified staff members. Projected student enrollments for the highlighted three years hover around 1,900 to 1,950 students, down from the present figure over 2,000. Running a school district is a multimil-

lion dollar operation. All five district schools together have an estimated current value of $96,421,200. This includes current values for Farmersville Elementary at $8,629,600, Marrs Elementary at $8,742,700, and West Elementary at $10,086,800. Mount Vernon Junior High School is valued at $25,171,600, and Mount Vernon High School is valued at $43,790,500. The four remaining facilities operated by the district total $12,367,700 in value. The quartet are: Administrative Office, $851,100; Booker T. Washington, $414,200; Bus/Maintenance

Building, $510,600; and Hedges Central Building, $10,591,800. Seifert’s plan addressed needed general maintenance and repairs for all of these nine district structures in those three years, with an additional timeline on what has been done in each. Many of these timelines go as far back as the 1960’s. He cited two current concerns as the repair of the Marrs Elementary water line break and taking down the building destroyed by fire

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Myriad of projects, concerns meet MV Board of Works By Lois Mittino Gray The Mount Vernon Board of Works met on September 24 to discuss storm sirens and water projects, a dearth of demolition bids, crow conversations, and a big question for many city residents. So is the city going to have the popular Halloween haunted house and candy giveaway at the Public Safety Building this year? Because it has been asked so often, Mayor Bill Curtis brought the question up for discussion under New Business. “I know the department plans to hand out packaged candy safely and with social distancing, but I don’t know the status of the haunted house,” he told the board.

Utilities Superintendent Chuck Gray, who started the innovative spook houses in the building a few years ago, replied his crew had no plans to do one now due to the pandemic. “If you want to have one though, we would only need a month to get it together,” he speculated. “As we are all aware, the governor has moved the state to Stage 5 of reopening, and the haunted house is a fun thing for the kids, but it is in really close quarters. Given the situation, I suggest we do not go forward with it this year,” Curtis remarked, Board member Andy Hoehn agreed and observed, “Maybe next year we can do it again. Having it now would really put

Top dog... The Town of Cynthiana is excited to announce that K9 Jagger and his handler, James Harrington have been chosen as the top American Police Canine Association small Department K9 team of the year. This is based on overall performance in drug seizures and apprehensions in their category. This is a great honor and we are very proud of this team. Jagger is the pup of Kodiak, Harrington’s retired police K9, and Layla belonging to Wade and Lindsay Maddox. Harrington is the Cynthiana Town Marshal, leading eﬀorts to make the community a safer place to live. Photo submitted

stress on the city insurance carrier, too.” Board member David Dodd agreed and added, “Yes to the candy, no to the haunted house.” Fire Chief Wes Dixon gave the board an update on his progress working with a vendor to narrow down quotes for the city’s storm sirens, with the possibility of adding a sixth siren on the east side of town. It has been determined that the current sirens cannot be heard around the Hawg N’ Sauce and Expressway Autos area, which are now within the city limits. He brought in a quote for $65,556, which includes an upgrade

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Posey buildings to see progress By Lois Mittino Gray After a moment of silence for former County Clerk Donna Butler, the Posey County Commissioners ‘ramped up’ their efforts to make things better for all county residents at their September 15, meeting at the Hovey House. They unanimously approved a motion to add electric upgrades to the already-approved handicap ramp into the Coliseum building. This will allow easier ingress for everyone into the county courts and offices in winter, as the electric ramp will melt all snow and ice. The ramp is to be completed by the end of the year and paid for with COVID-19 funds. Posey County Commission President Carl Schmitz said the upgrades will add about $95,000 to the total cost of the project, putting the estimates at a little over $300,000 when the bids are opened in Oc-

tober. Lochmueller Engineering said the upgrade will involve five new transformers and circuits. Before approving the total package to go out for bid, all councilmen agreed they would go with the engineering firm’s original design approved at an earlier meeting. The councilors listened respectfully as city resident Judy Heberer asked to speak on the design as a “citizen interested in preserving our wonderful buildings downtown. I would like the façade preserved and make it look more pleasant to the eye.” She asked them to consider an alternate design, not prepared by the engineers, that would look similar to the one on the Main Street side of the Court House. She said it would not be a blocked view and it would look more authentic and histor-

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Kavanaugh comes back home Former student turned teacher offers unique insights By Lois Mittino Gray Imagine strolling the same halls in high school that you walked as a teen, while hobnobbing with your former teachers as peers. Teachers, who may have once given out ‘teacher’s dirty looks’ now share laughs with Audrey Kavanaugh in the staﬀ lounge at Mount Vernon High School. “It was a weird feeling at ﬁrst, but I’m getting used to it. My principal, Kyle Jones, was Coach Jones

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to me and was my eighth grade math teacher. Bernie Riedford, Rick Jesch, and Vicki Rueger are all instructors of mine that are still on staff. I just love this school,” the MVHS Class of 2000 alumnus said. Kavanaugh is a first year Art teacher at the school. Her class load assignment is three sections of Digital Art and two sections of Photography I/II, with a lunch duty. She actually started in the position back in March, just before everything had to shut down, replacing Stephanie Sharber who resigned mid-year to do counseling work at EVSC. She also helps the ‘other’ Art teacher, Kendra Glaser, with the Art Guild. Interestingly, Kavanaugh did not take any art classes when in high school. She started taking them in college at the University of Southern Indiana, while working toward an advertising and graphics degree. “I really enjoyed them and ended up having an art minor to go with my first degree. I wanted to teach art so

I went back to earn a degree in Art Education in 2013,” she explained. While learning the fine art of teaching art, she especially thrived on 3-D Art excelling at ceramics and woodworking. “My grandfather, Bill Schisler, had a workshop and I was his assistant.” Her grandmother is Glenda Schisler and her mother is Cindy Schisler Miller. Kavanaugh was employed with the Evansville School District and assigned to Washington Middle School in August of 2014. She continued there until her transfer to her alma mater last year. “Working on my first degree at USI, I learned how to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, since those are the most used today in advertising and magazine layouts. My students in Digital Art are now learning to use them and draw in colors and effects,” she remarked. Photography is a side passion of the young educator and she has a prize old camera collection. She

now uses a modern high-end Canon Rebel camera, but concedes that today’s cameras in cell phones can do the job well, too. Her photography students mainly work from cell phone cameras and they are learning all kinds of techniques, such as time lapse photos, restoring old photos and colorizing black and whites, and putting themselves into several frames at once. One physical feature of Kavanaugh’s that is eye-catching is her extraordinary height. She is six foot, one inch tall. She says it has never been a problem for her, unless you count how hard it is to get pants long enough for her legs. Kavanaugh is aware that looking over her students’ shoulder while they work on a computer screen or phone does put her in close proximity with the student, but she is very careful of COVID safety. “I wear my mask at all times when I am at close distance most of the day and I do try to keep all my students safe

Audrey Kavanaugh distances apart. COVID is not preying on my mind. We are taking necessary precautions and I feel very safe here,” she said with conﬁdence.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 Ralph Aaron Ricketts, II Ralph Aaron Ricketts, II, 74, of Mount Vernon, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at his home. Ralph was born in Evansville, Indiana on March 3, 1946, to the late Ralph Aaron and Goldie Lucille (Sattoh) Ricketts. He was a 1965 graduate of North High School. Ralph retired as an Ironworker after 39 years of service and was a member of the Ironworkers Local 103. He was a faithful member of Oak Hill Church of Christ and read his Bible every day. Ralph was a member of Ducks Unlimited as he loved to duck and goose hunt. He was also an avid skeet shooter. Ralph was a Colts fan and enjoyed being able to challenge the men at work to an arm wrestling competition. He loved his family dearly and his greatest joy were his grandchildren. Ralph is survived by his daughters, Amanda GreenAdams (Jason) of Evansville, Ind., Sarah Minnette (Colton) of Mount Vernon, Ind., and Brianna Mitchell (Jordan) of Evansville, Ind.; sister, Diana Feuerbach (Don) of Rockport, Ind.; brother, Randy A. Ricketts (Janice) of Evansville, Ind.;

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grandchildren, Ethan Adams, Braydn Minnette, Temperance Minnette, Elizabeth Green-Adams, and Amelia Mitchell; and several nieces and nephews. A celebration of Ralph’s life was held at 11 a.m. on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Browning Funeral Home, 738 Diamond Avenue, Evansville, IN 47711, with Jon Riley oﬃciating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends visited from noon until 6 p.m., on Sunday, September 27, 2020, at Browning Funeral Home and again from 10 a.m. until service time on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to Oak Hill Church of Christ, 4311 Oak Hill Road, Evansville, IN 47711.

Linda L Pretzsch Linda L. (Thomas) Pretzsch, 80, of Newburgh, formerly of Mount Vernon and Carmi, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Linda was born in Long Branch Township in Saline County, Illinois on January 15, 1940 as the daughter of Charles L. and Mary Pauline (Bozarth) Thomas. Linda was married to her high school sweetheart, Charles E. “Sonny” Pretzsch, and he preceded her in death this July. Linda went to beauty school after graduating high school and worked as a beautician for several years before staying at home to raise her children. She was a devoted Christian woman who always found root in a Southern Baptist church wherever she lived. She was a Sunday school teacher and secretary for the First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. She last attended Gateway Baptist Church in Newburgh. She enjoyed bowling and was a member of the Woman’s Bowling Association in Princeton. She enjoyed baking, especially making desserts. But nothing was as joyous to her as spending time with her grandkids. She is survived by her daughter, Cathy (James) Elliott; son, Scotty (Kathy) Pretzsch; grandchildren, Sara Elliott, Braden (Rachel) Pretzsch, Jennifer Elliott, Chelsea Elliott (Craig Voges), Amber (Jordan)

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Shots, Taylor Elliott, a great granddaughter due in February; brother-in-law, Ronald “Ronnie” (Kay) Pretzsch. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brothers, Charles E. Thomas and Toney L. Thomas Senior. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. Burial will follow at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery in Thompsonville, Illinois. Visitation will take place from 4 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at the funeral home. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorials may be left to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer’s Association. Due to the national health crisis, mask will be required, and social distancing should be maintained. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Viola Fay (Davis) Reeves age 82 formerly of New Harmony passed away Saturday September 18 2020, at Saline Care Center In Harrisburg Illinois. She was born May 12, 1938 in Poseyville ,Indiana To Joshuas (Jouck)And Cleo Davis. Viola was a homemaker and housewife. She loved cooking and baking her famous apple pies. She was a farmer’s wife her and her late husband Bob Reeves lived on Indian Mound Farm many years till their divorce. Then she moved to Illinois with her daughter. She loved her children and the Lord. She was a member of the New Harmony Seventh-Adventist’s Church. Preceding her in death were her parents and four sisters Thelma Aldrich, Inogene Straw, Violet Hadley Mary

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Ripple and one brother Ermil Davis. Viola is survived by her daughter Sandra Germain; son Bobby Reeves Jr.; brother Kenny Davis; sister Fern Multon; and several grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; cousins Burial will be at later date at Bethseda Cemetery in Stewardsville Indiana.

Shelva Jean Lewis Shelva Jean (Robison) Lewis, 69, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away September 26, 2020, at Deaconess Midtown. She was born October 16, 1950 in Mount Vernon, Ind., to the late Carl and Edith (Gross) Robison. Shelva had worked at Casino Aztar as a cashier, a security guard at Sabic and manager of the Platolene Station. She enjoyed going to church at Faith Fellowship. Shelva collected quilts and enjoyed spending time with her family and her dogs. She was a loving and caring person who never met a stranger. She was preceded in death by her husband of 11 years, William E. Lewis; sister, Doris Cox; and brother, Dennis Robison. She is survived by her son, Billy Lewis (Patsy); grandchildren, Patrick Garrett and Kayley Jo Lewis; brother, Ermil Robison; sister, Diana Martin; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday,

Fread Morris Gibson, 41, of Evansville, Indiana, born to Roy H. and Carole Ann (Settles) Monroe on September 29, 1978, in Evansville, Indiana, passed away Monday, September 21, 2020, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from North Posey High School in 1997 and was a self-employed mechanic. He enjoyed country music, singing, karaoke, drag racing, demolition derbies, tinkering with and ﬁxing electronics, friends and family. Surviving are his wife: Rima Marie (Neely) Gibson; daughter: Robin Ann Gibson of Evansville, Indiana; brothers: Morris Gibson of Evansville, Indiana and Roy Monroe of Eagan, Minnesota; sisters: Morisa Cleveland (Charlie) of New Harmony, Indiana, Morleea Gibson (Abdi Gebayire) of Eagan, Minnesota, Lisa Milsap (Frank) of Evansville, Indiana and Carleea Monroe of Oswego, New York and two grandchildren: Rose Berry and Luna McGuire. Preceding him in death

were his parents and a brother: Donald Cook. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the Werry Funeral Home in Poseyville, Indiana with burial in Liberty Cemetery in Cynthiana, Indiana. Visitation was held 11 a.m. until service time, Saturday, September 26, 2020 at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis and the state mandate, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family online at: www.werryfuneralhomes.com.

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October 1, 2020 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ind., with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Due to the national health crisis, masks are required and social distancing should be observed. In lieu of ﬂowers, memorial contributions may be made to Posey Humane Society. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com.

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Barbara Joanne Blackburn, 90, of Mount Vernon passed away at Solarbron Terrace on Thursday evening, September 24, 2020. She was born on December 3, 1929 in Booneville, the daughter of Roy O. and Rose Elizabeth “Betty” (Rhodes) Bauer. She was married on September 10, 1950 to Robert J. Blackburn, who preceded her in death on May 14, 2018. Joanne was a secretary at GE Plastics before her retirement. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and belonged to the Farm Bureau Golf Club. She enjoyed golﬁng, reading, cooking for family and friends, and was devoted to her family. She is survived by sons, Kirk J. (Sapna) Blackburn and Brian J. (Deann) Blackburn; niece, Linda (Werner) Munro; grandchildren, Robert A. (Dana) Blackburn and Casey Jean Blackburn; great grandchildren, Brayton, Brenna and Brooklyn Blackburn; and grandniece, Laura (Mercer) Hazlett. She was preceded by her sister, Betty

Werner and granddaughters, Rachel E. Blackburn and Chelsea Jo Blackburn. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Mount Pleasant Baptist Cemetery on Blackford Road with Rev. Dallas Robinson oﬃciating. In lieu of ﬂowers memorial donations are suggested for Niemann-Pick Type C research to the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation at nnpdf.org. Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at stendebackfamilyfuneralhome.com.

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The Indian Train of 1886

B L M G Something disturbing happened 134 years ago this week in Mount Vernon that showed not all lives mattered. In todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s times of racial tension, it is a reminder that racial discrimination in our country is not something new. About 500 local residents crammed into the L and N railroad depot to gawk as a train rolled into the station deporting 382 Apache Indians in forced exile to a reservation in Saint Augustine, Florida. It would be very remote and very diďŹ&#x20AC;erent from the Southwestern lands they called home and ďŹ ercely fought to preserve, along with the likes of Geronimo and Cochise. The Mount Vernon Western Star newspaper wrote an account printed in the Thursday, September 23, 1886 edition called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lo, The Poor Indian.â&#x20AC;? It described the scene vividly as the Indians â&#x20AC;&#x153;were on display like animals in a circus.â&#x20AC;? There were six bands of the Native Americans, accompanied by three companies of US troops. In the account, the babies were described as papooses or the derogatory term, â&#x20AC;&#x153;embryo ďŹ ends.â&#x20AC;? The author of the article wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The babies were strapped rigidly to boards, and stood up against the sides of their railroad car looking at the strange scene, without uttering a sound. The stench in every car was fearful, and beggars description, while the presence of vermin in untold quantities was easily seen on casual inspection.â&#x20AC;? As for clothing, some wore a meager amount of clothes and the other half, not much at all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;About half the bucks manifested a disregard for conventionalities in the matter of dress, showing that they were true children of nature. Those in full dress wore a pair of white cotton drawers and a stoical expression enlivened with a streak of

red paint. The half mentioned dispensed with the drawers and overlooked the situation in a very abbreviated army undershirt. They were all undersized men, lithe and sinewy; with heads so large they appeared deformed. Their features are of the true Indian type, lips thin, cheekbones high, with the keen black eyes and eagle nose of the traditional red man,â&#x20AC;? the article continued. Guarding them were detachments of soldiers from the 8th, 22nd, and 10th Regiments of infantry, consisting of 84 men and 9 ofďŹ cers. The troops were stationed in the front and rear cars, and on the platforms, but no attempts were made to escape. They were so heavily guarded because they were Chiricahua, one of several divisions within the Apache tribe of North American Indians. The Chiricahua, were the last of the great Apache tribe, when they surrendered in 1886. They were deported to Florida and Alabama prisons, so they would be far from their native terrain. They were renowned for being powerful, brave, and aggressive, as very ďŹ erce warriors and knowledgeable strategists. But the ones who pulled into the station that day were said to look miserable, beaten, and defeated. According to the news report, one band of Chiricahua consisted of 13 men, 31 women, and 24 children. Another was called the infamous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Locos Chiricahua murderersâ&#x20AC;? as 15 bucks, 27 women, and 32 children. Several of the six bands were from Warm Springs, the Chiricahuan center in New Mexico. One band had 10 men, 14 women, and 16 children. Chevezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had 10 warriors, 23 squaws and 31 â&#x20AC;&#x153;embryo ďŹ endsâ&#x20AC;?, as written. The notorious Chattoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Followers were reported as â&#x20AC;&#x153;footing up only four bucks, 18 women and 25 children.â&#x20AC;? Zeich, the Warm Spring chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band consisted of 8 men, 23 women and 18 children while Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warm Spring band of ďŹ ve bucks, 25 squaws and 19 papooses made up the ďŹ nal six band count, totaling 382. The train ride continued for days to Fort

Marion, today called the Castillo de San Marcos, in Saint Augustine. It is written in an Internet article, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they walked oďŹ&#x20AC; the train that early morning in Florida, these people did not resemble the proud, fearless men and women who had evaded, fought, and struggled against the American Army. Onlookers undoubtedly had expected to see a spectacle of mighty warriors disembarking on that day. What they saw instead, was a group of tired, weary, poorly clad people completely exhausted by their long years of ďŹ ghting and hardship.â&#x20AC;? Upon their arrival, a Florida Times-Union reporter described the scene as the Apache prisoners emerged from the train. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First came the men, each with shoulders and head wrapped in a blanket and all marching with expressionless faces and stately gait; then came the young bucks with less dignity and fewer blankets, as well as fewer clothes of any kind; then straggling along one by one, came the young women, girls, and childrenâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? Their identities and reputations as Apache Indians, the last western tribe to ultimately surrender, had preceded them. But when they arrived in Saint Augustine, they were forced to succumb to their new identity as prisoners of the US Army. The Native Americans were allowed to live in tents at the fort. Women often made and sold tribal craft items to visitors. The children were encouraged in school to learn English and forget their native language. They wore uniforms and had to change their name and assimilate into the mainstream. Captain Richard Henry Pratt was the jailor

of the Plains Indians at Fort Marion 10 years prior to this. During his tenure, he had attempted to assimilate the prisoners, too, and was a great believer in doing that for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;savages.â&#x20AC;? After leaving Florida, he opened the Carlisle School to educate Native American youth. Pratt visited Saint Augustine in 1886 to assess the Apache students coming into the fort. He selected 103 children to attend his institution. Those children boarded trains, separated from their families, and were taken to Pennsylvania, where they were outďŹ tted in uniforms, given Christian names, and learned how to integrate into mainstream, white society. A lot is written on the forced relocation of Native Americans onto reservations in America and you may want to read more. As many of you know, I am an avid reader and have written about book recommendations in my column. One of my favorite novels is about four children who escape a severe Indian assimilation school in 1932 during the Depression. The quartet forms the family each other needs and makes their way by boat to Saint Louis. The character development and adventures along the way make a great read. The popular book is called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This Tender Land,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; by William Kent Krueger. Also, I would like to thank Nathalie Elderkin, who works at the Alexandrian Public Library in Mount Vernon. She helped me to research the Indian Train and ďŹ nd the article, after I read about it long ago in something written by Ilse Horachek and it stuck in my mind. Hope the injustice of it sticks in yours, too.

Letter to the Editor Is it Baseline Road of Baseline Raceway? We ďŹ nally have a nice road, but some drivers are not obeying the posted 40 MPH speed limit. People drive 60 miles an hour down the road that intersects with Gish Road. There are tractors, semis, feed trucks, and all kinds of

recreational vehicles, pedestrians, bike riders who use Baseline Road. Someone, please put up stop signs at this intersection before someone gets injured. Doris Arnold

Guest Editorial: Senator Mike Braun Braun stands in support of Pledge of Allegiance Senator Mike Braun recently passed a Senate resolution in support of the Pledge of Allegiance, and recited Vincennes, Indiana native Red Skeltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pledge of Allegianceâ&#x20AC;? speech on the Senate ďŹ&#x201A;oor. In 2002, 18 years ago, Senator Tom Daschle raised a similar resolution with unanimous support from the Senate. It passed on the ďŹ&#x201A;oor uneventfully, without amendment. Today, this body can choose to do the same, to re-aďŹ&#x192;rm our support for the Pledge of Allegiance. I rise today, too, to honor a Hoosier who understood the

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innate value of the Pledge of Allegiance to civic education. In 1969, Red Skelton, the American comedian and entertainer who was well-known for his program on CBS, The Red Skelton Hour, wrote a speech on the importance of the Pledge of Allegiance. ReďŹ&#x201A;ecting on his time in Vincennes, Indiana, he spoke about the value instilled by one of his high school teachers in the words of the Pledge of Allegiance. After the performance of the speech, CBS received 200,000 requests for copies. The speech would go on to be sold as a sin-

gle by Columbia Records and performed at the White House for President Richard Nixon. I think it would honor Mr. Skeltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory, and the importance of the Pledge of Allegiance, if it were recited today on the Senate ďŹ&#x201A;oor. In the words of Mr. Red Skelton: When I was a small boy in Vincennes, Indiana, I heard, I think, one of the most outstanding speeches I ever heard in my life. I think it compares with the Sermon on the Mount, Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gettysburg Address, and Socratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Speech to the Students. We had just ďŹ nished reciting

the Pledge of Allegiance, and he [Mr. Lasswell, the Principal of Vincennes High School] called us all together, and he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uh, boys and girls, I have been listening to you recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester, and it seems that it has become monotonous to you. Or, could it be, you do not understand the meaning of each word? If I may, I would like to recite the pledge, and give you a deďŹ nition for each word: I -- Me; an individual; a committee of one. Pledge -- Dedicate all of my worldly good to give without self-pity. Allegiance -- My love and my devotion. To the Flag -- Our standard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Glory:â&#x20AC;? a symbol of courage. And wherever she waves, there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom is everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job.â&#x20AC;? of the United -- That means we have all come together. States -- Individual communities that have united into 48 great states; 48 individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided by imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common cause, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of country --

Of America. And to the Republic -- A Republic: a sovereign state in which power is invested into the representatives chosen by the people to govern; and the government is the people; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. For which it stands One Nation -- Meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;so blessed by God.â&#x20AC;? Under God Indivisible -- Incapable of being divided. With Liberty -- Which is freedom; the right of power for one to live his own life without fears, threats, or any sort of retaliation. And Justice -- The principle and qualities of dealing fairly with others. For All -- For All. That means, boys and girls, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as much your country as it is mine. Afterwards, Mr. Laswell asked his students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance together, with newfound appreciation for the words. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with

liberty and justice for all. Mr. Red Skelton concluded his speech by saying: Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be a pity if someone said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is a prayerâ&#x20AC;? -- and that be eliminated from our schools, too? Just as those students that day, Mr. Red Skelton included, re-committed to the meaning of the words of the Pledge of Allegiance, I call upon the United States Senate to recommit to the meaning of these words. There are times today that the words of the Pledge of Allegiance are tossed around without too much care. Other times, they are altered to remove what today is deemed oďŹ&#x20AC;ensive or antiquated. But Americans should not misuse or abuse our Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge of Allegiance is meant to remind Americans of our guiding principles and inspire adherence to those ideas which make our country great: Equality under the law, and recognized rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

ing and meeting the threats to our country from Japan and Germany. But even though Stimson was not naĂŻve about foreign designs on American assets he famously eschewed delving into personal matters. Stimsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous quote relates to secret Japanese dispatches. Stimson explained trust cannot be established by distrust. He succinctly posited: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gentlemen do not read one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mail.â&#x20AC;? As story after story and book after book come out

about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and Mike Pence the muckraking inundates the investigative journalism. We do need to know our politiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; philosophies, positions and past performances. But such information is sometimes obfuscated by â&#x20AC;&#x153;revelationsâ&#x20AC;? about their personal lives and peccadilloes. For more Gavel Gamut articles go to www.jamesmredwine.com or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like/Followâ&#x20AC;? us on Facebook & Twitter at JPegRanchBooks&Knitting.

The National Inquirers Royal Governor William Cosby. Cosby took umbrage at these early eďŹ&#x20AC;orts to inform Americans about government malfeasance. Cosby had Zenger charged with libel but in 1735 a jury refused to convict Zenger because the jury determined that what Zenger wrote about Cosby was the truth. What Zenger printed about Cosby related directly and only to Cosbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions as governor. Cosbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal life was not in issue. Such subjects as the state of his laundry or personal habits

were not material to Cosbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oďŹ&#x192;cial actions. There was no â&#x20AC;&#x153;need to knowâ&#x20AC;? any salacious scatology. The First Amendment is our best protection from bad government but it should not be cited in support of mere muckraking. Gossip is fun, if it is about others, but it is not germane to curing our body politic of corruption or bad decisions. And a bipartisan cooperation on matters of national importance would be most welcome. We have certainly been blessed

many times before with such attitudes. For example, Republican President William Howard Taft appointed Republican Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) as Secretary of war (now Secretary of Defense) in 1911-1913. Then later two Democratic presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman, appointed Stimson for the same position (1940-1945). Stimson had the experience and knowledge America needed. His political party aďŹ&#x192;liation was irrelevant to understand-

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‘Buildings’ continued from Page A1 be conducted for as many hours as the morning program, it was decided that the cost of the afternoon program would be reduced from $130 to $90 per month. Galvin was excited to announced that the district had received a grant through the Department of Education in the amount of $49,310 for the purpose of establishing a virtual teaching/coaching program for principals and two teachers per building. He also presented the final all-inclusive anti-harassment policy that was discussed in detail and approved at a prior meeting, which policy incorporates state and federal laws, as well as information from other Indiana school corporations. In addition to defining the various manners of harassment, it also addresses the process of investigation and hearing of such matters, as well as penalties for false and malicious reporting. Camp updated the Board on the district’s supply of PPE for COVID-19 and announced that some changes had been made regarding the continuous learning plan. Updates are being provided to parents and students via press releases, Facebook and website videos, and the administration is attempting to be completely transparent regarding these issues. He added that, as of the date of the meeting, the district had discovered four cases of the virus: one at North Elementary, two at North Posey, and one staff member at South Terrace. The cases have been occurring following long weekends. The Board felt that the district had been handling matters regarding the virus very well, particularly its students. Camp also wanted to thank Jeff Wright for donating masks and sanitizer for the elemen-

at the high school baseball field. The complete report is available for view at the Administration Office. In personnel matters, the board accepted four resignations from teacher assistants, mainly working in computer labs. Amber Howard and Dana Jarvis resigned in the high school computer lab, while Jennifer Jones worked in the computer lab at Marrs Elementary School. Amanda Hamilton worked in the Marrs Elementary library. Three of these were confirmed by the board to be re-employed in other capacities. Amber Howard will be a teacher assistant in high school study hall, Dana Jarvis as a teacher assistant in the Marrs Elementary Library, and Jennifer Jones was tapped to be a teacher assistant in high school Special Education. Other business conducted by the board included: • granted permission to Mount Vernon Cub Softball for the use of the softball field for games on Sunday, September 27 and Sunday, October 11. The group is a Sunday-only league for sixth to eighth grade level girls and they have been using the field on Sunday for several years now. School Board President Joe Rutledge abstained from voting due to his close association with the group. • adopted a resolution to transfer funds from the Facility Donation Fund to the Rainy Day Fund for a total of $135,000. These are donated

funds received for construction of the artificial turf football field that will reimburse the Rainy Day Fund, which was used to pay off construction costs. To spend these tax-supported Rainy Day Funds, the district must obtain appropriation authority from the Department of Local Government Finance for any expenditure in accordance with code. • Information to the board included the SelfInsurance Fund Report. Total revenue to date is $2,060,365.57 and total expenditures are 1,691,750.77. The month end cash balance is $1,998,463.69. • School Superintendent Matt Thompson made a free meal announcement. Effective September 15, all breakfast and or lunch meals will be available at no charge to all MSD of Mount Vernon students physically attending school. An emergency waiver from the USDA on August 31 gave the district funding for this until December 31, 2020 or until funding runs out,whichever comes first. Then things will go back to normal menu price. Students may continue to purchase ala carte items, second entrees, or second entree meals at current prices. This service is not available to virtual attendees, but “We might come up with a workable plan in the near future,” Thompson said. • The next board meeting is slated for Monday, October 5, at 5:45 p.m. in the high school media center. This is the annual budget adoption meeting.

tary schools. A free lunch program has been established for all students through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Press releases are in process, explaining that students will be provided breakfast and lunch through the end of the year, or until funding is depleted. Virtual students will be included in the program. Students may purchase extra food and will also be permitted to opt out of the program. The updates at South Terrace have now been completed and the projects at North Posey High School are winding down according to Camp. “Because we were able to obtain such good pricing, we will be able to do a few extra projects that we thought we would have to leave out.” The candidates for school board were announced as follows: District 1 – Lee Rogers, Larry Kahle and Vince Oakley District 2 – Amy Will, Josh Warrum and Rick Nightingale Due to issues with the election software, Noah and Hayden Williams sell Boy Scout popcorn on East Fourth Street in Mount some changes will soon be announced regarding the voting process. Camp has been in Vernon on Sunday. If you have not yet purchased popcorn, please give the Williams contact with election officials in this regard. brothers a call at 812-760-5560. Photo by Dave Pearce As it had been announced that the educator’s convention for this year would be virtual, without any reduction in the fees therefor, it was agreed that the corporation would not be attendance as a cost saving measure. However, Geoff Gentil will serve as a delegate for the district. It was announced that the corporation’s budget meeting would be held September 21, with the next regular meeting of the Board to be held October 12, 2020.

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‘Buildings’ continued from Page A1 of the entire system. The actual new siren itself runs about $41,000 and the remaining $24,556 is for the software, equipment for dispatch and a $7,500 per year maintenance agreement, including software upgrades. Hoehn questioned if the maintenance agreement would be helpful since all the equipment would be new. Dixon replied they currently have budgeted $5,000 in the Public Safety Tax Budget for the sirens and $2500 for software, and in the past, they have needed that and more. Dixon said the fee can be negotiable and could also be monthly. Dodd asked Dixon if he felt the $7,500 would be a good investment. The Chief opined that once everything has been purchased, they may not need the $5,000 they have budgeted, and instead pay for any maintenance required by the hour. “Regardless, the system we have now is haphazard and not reliable,” he stressed. “We need to do something to make it more dependable.” Curtis noted there is no current service contract at this time and any maintenance is being billed by the hour. Dodd said it sounds like a warranty situation and that Dixon would feel better to not do the maintenance agreement part. Hoehn agreed and added that an upgrade of the system across the board would buy some years of longevity. Dixon added they have already started that process. Hoehn stated he will leave this up to the Chief, as he is more familiar with it, and go from there. Gray reported his crew is making an emergency repair on a collapsed sewer on Brown Street. “Within the next week or so, we will be televising storm sewers and smoke testing sanitary lines from Main Street to Lower New Harmony Road, looking for storm water connections. We will go door to door to tell neighbors on Brown and Grant and adjoining streets along the route that we are doing this. Don’t be afraid if you see a little smoke in your kitchen, it just means you have a connection. That sewer collapse is letting a lot of rainwater in and we will be looking at other issues, too” Since the last meeting, they have flushed 11,050 feet of main.

Hoehn asked how the demonstration of a new piece of equipment, using UHF radio waves to look for straight line problems, went earlier in the week. Gray replied he and his ‘guys’ were very impressed with the technology, though it is rather pricey at $8,800. Curtis noted this equipment could possibly be an asset to the water and street departments if purchased by the city. It is very good for locating PVC lines, as well as storm and sanitary lines. For an extra two thousand dollars, GIS can be added to it and they would then have the capability to map their infrastructure. Hoehn remarked it sounds like a novel piece of equipment as PVC’s are hard to find without a locator and the Street Department could use it for culverts. “I don’t feel the cost is prohibitive. It could pay for itself pretty quickly and we’d get our money back over time,” he predicted. The board agreed to let Gray purchase the tool with the GIS, if he feels it would be of value after further study. Gray said he would order it. “It’s light years ahead of what we are using now.” In other board action: • Alldredge asked permission for Officer Leo Gonzales to attend Physical Tactics Instructor Training in Lawrence, Indiana on October 5 through 9 and then again on October 12 through 16. It was unanimously agreed to allow him use of the city credit card and city vehicle to attend the training. Alldredge reported that, since the last meeting two weeks ago, his department had 198 calls. • Street Commissioner Max Dieterle reported, since the last meeting, his department collected $180 in extra trash pick-ups, hauled 108 tons of trash to the landfill, and mowed two properties that were in violation of the weed ordinance. The leaf vacuums are “ready to go,” but there are no routes starting up as yet. Residents wishing a leaf pickup may call the department office. Once Eighth Street is complete, his department will get to work on paving that as soon as possible. • Hoehn asked about timing on the Eighth Street Water Proj-

ect. Gray replied they have taken the second water sample yesterday and if that is good, they will start to tie everyone over and fill in the “monstrous holes.” He is anticipating they will be ready for Dieterle’s crews to begin paving in about two weeks. • Under Legals on the agenda, quotes were to be opened on two demolition properties: 541 Wolflin and 615 Short Sycamore. The Mayor said none were received. “Now it goes on to open negotiations,” he explained. “Since all work will have been under $10,000, four quotes had been solicited, and none received.” Hoehn asked that they try to stay local as they can with negotiated work. • Under Old Business, they have advertised for bids on the demolition of the Tresslar Building on Main Street. The board hopes to get bids on that major project and the engineer says there has been some interest. There is a required site visit in order to bid. Attorney Beth McFadin Higgins added the bids will be opened at their next meeting, October 8. • Dodd reported the “crow conversation” from last meeting has not died. He has talked quite extensively with Gray about the avian situation. “Gray has a wealth of information, I didn’t realize crows are so smart,” he declared. He talked with a gent who does own his own drone and may use it. He needs to get a 107 pilot’s license and it could still be five to six weeks out yet on that. “I don’t anticipate a big breakthrough this year. Most other cities I talked to about how they handle crows just said Good Luck,” he remarked.

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‘Buildings’ continued from Page A1 “That building is very historic. It was one of the first war memorials in Indiana and the first to have an indoor pool,” she pointed out. Commissioner Randy Thornburg agreed with Heberer that he shared her concerns about the historic building, but did not want to get into demolition of the original steps. “We have to work with what we have and cost is a factor.” Commissioner Jay Price stated the option did not seem feasible and was not looked into for everyone to use the ramp and take out the steps. The Commissioners thanked her for taking the time to make her thoughts known. In other commissioner action: • County Highway Superintendent Steve Schenk reported that paving is now complete on the Community Crossings Grant. Two sections of road cost almost $800,000 to do. The first was Springfield Road from Wadesville to Record Road and Saint Phillips Road from Highway 62 to Middle Mount Vernon Road. Striping is being done at this time. • County Treasurer Vicki Peerman announced Thursday, September 17 is the 2020 County Tax Sale at the Hovey House. • Justin Rutledge, Community Corrections Director, appeared for the second reading of the CC ordinance which passed with a 3-0 approval. • County Councilman Aaron Wilson gave a brief report on the

new Wadesville-Blairsville sewage project. “The state is paying for the whole system. A homeowner only needs to run electric to a grinder pump to opt in to it. They have the option to not tap in to the system if they want to continue with their own septic system.” He stressed the need for clean, E.coli free water in the area, especially with South Terrace Elementary School included nearby. • County Auditor Maegen Greenwell announced that an issue brought up at a prior meeting about overtime pay for highway workers and others in similar positions was resolved and brought together in the county employee handbook. All employees will be given a new handbook. • Thornburg gave his Indiana Workforce Committee report. The current national unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. The state rate is at 7.8 percent. In our southwestern district of the state, numbers vary from eight percent to five percent. The low of five percent is our own Posey County. “We’re getting there. Hang on,” he said with a smile. The six top jobs being filled right now are: farm laborers, production, registered nurses, post-secondary teachers, dispatchers, and taxi drivers. • Schmitz ended the meeting with a shout out to law enforcement, firefighters, 911, and all first responders for great work in the past few months. Thornburg added, “They do an outstanding job. I back the boys in blue.”

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A man and his city... Higgins’ influence on Mount Vernon gains permanence By Dave Pearce believed that, tackling many issues, often with little sup- in Mount Vernon as well as the expansion of Brittlebank Jackson Higgins was a life. He was born to be a Wildcat port. Park by adding shelter houses and baseball diamonds. He and after 68 years as “The Voice of the Wildcats,” Higgins He was elected and served as a Mount Vernon City Coun- was also instrumental in the building of the highway 62 rail was honored prior to Friday evening’s homecoming foot- cilman for seven years and eventually served as mayor of overpass. ball game as the IIAAA District VI recipient of the “Dis- the City of Mount Vernon for 32 years (that’s eight terms if It was a common site to walk into the mayor’s office and tinguished Service Award you’re counting). see him studying blueprints or mulling over problems while Winner.” During much of that time, Higgins chewing on his trademark pipe. The recognition for this was also working for General ElecTo say he is active in the community is an understateaward came on the heels of tric in Mount Vernon and insisted ment. He has been a member of the local Kiwanis Club for having a street on the Mount 55 years as well Vernon waterfront named in as the Eagles, the his honor on Friday afterElks, the American noon, “Jack Higgins Drive.” Legion, the Posey Higgins was born in an County Historiapartment above the old cal Society, and is Rosenbaum Jewelry Store on a past member of Main Street in Mount Verthe Civil Defense non. And aside from some Fire Department. stints with the military, he He also service never really left the city he for 20 years in the loved, Mount Vernon. Indiana National At the age of 2, the HigGuard, retiring gins family moved a across with the rank of from Sherburne Park, in a Captain. small house between the EaHiggins turned gles and the Riverside Hotel. down several ofHe lived there until he was fers to be appointed 11 before moving. to higher positions At 3 o’clock on Friday afor to run for higher ternoon, the Higgins family, along with offices because of distinguished members of the commuhis devotion to his nity and the Democratic Party met to Mount Above: The official family beloved honor the town’s long-time mayor and photo used for Higgins’ ini- Vernon. He named forever cheerleader. tial mayoral campaign which the town “Smile “He remembers the drive being began in 1971. Photo submit- City” at one time in named after him being a dirt road the late 1980s. ted when he played there as a kid,” daughHe was a foundter Becky Higgins said. “It is very cool ing member of the Mount Vernon M-Club, into that he lived across the street as a kid which he was inducted in 1983. He has served as from his soon-to-be-street.” a director and a chairperson of the Hall of Fame Higgins played both basketball and Induction Committee. He accepted the responsibilfootball while attending Mount Vernon ity to compose biographies of inductees for many High School. After graduating in 1952, years, using a type writer. Higgins became the official voice of Higgins has served as a Little League and Amerithe Wildcats in those two sports as well can Legion baseball coach and served as an assisas others when he was available. tant Scoutmaster. He was the first male co-leader of Higgins is a gifted writer and bethe Raintree Girl Scouts. came the Sports writer for the Mount In 1992, he was awarded the Sagamore of the Jackson Higgins was surrounded by his children at the ceremony naming the lower Wabash by then-governor Evan Bayh. That was the Vernon Democrat not long removed from graduation. He worked under the drive of Sherburne Park Jack Higgins Drive on Friday, September 25, 2020. Pictured highest award a governor could bestow on a citizen. instruction of renowned journal purist are David, Becky, Mary, Higgins, Sharon, and Brian. Photo by Theresa Bratcher In 2017, he was awarded the Golden Hoosier Award

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Orvan Hall, a name synonymous with newspapers in Mount Vernon. It was Hall who urged Higgins to get involved in politics after seeing the love and devotion Higgins had for his hometown. Higgins was once quoted as saying, “the best place to ﬁnd a helping hand is at the end of your arm.” He lived as if he

Friday, September 25 was oﬃcially named ‘Jackson Higgins Day’ for the city of Mount Vernon by current Mayor Glenn Curtis. A ceremony was held at the entrance of the lower drive of Sherburne Park which was named Jack Higgins Drive. Photo by Theresa Bratcher

“He remembers the drive being named after him being a dirt road when he played there as a kid,” daughter Becky Higgins said. that he take only a half-time salary instead of the full mayor’s salary. When he was finally defeated for the mayor’s seat, he was the second longest active mayor in Indiana history. He served from 1972 until 2004. But Higgins always loved sports and Mount Vernon. As a matter of fact, he and his best friend Richie Moore went to a football game at Tell City his first year out of high school and it was there that he met Barbara Nussel. As a freshman, she had ridden to Tell City on the fan bus. Higgins stated he knew it was love at first sight. It must have been. Barbara avoided much of the limelight and was a wife and mother to the five children who came along after the Nov. 10, 1956 wedding at the First United Methodist Church, in Mount Vernon, of course. The Higgins family was blessed with first Becky, then Sharon, Brian, David, and Mary. Barbara passed away about four years ago but left Jack to be grandfather to 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. It was often said of Higgins that he could work with either party, as long as they had the best interest of Mount Vernon in mind. That was evidenced by his service as a Black Township Trustee prior to becoming mayor. While mayor, he is most proud of being instrumental in the building of Cloverleaf Senior Housing

and was an Indiana Bicentennial Torch Bearer. Higgins has served on numerous committees By virtue of his District Distinguished Service Award, he has been nominated for the IIAAA State Distinguished Service Award in the spring.

Jackson Higgins was awarded the IIAAA District VI Distinguished Service Award during Friday night’s football game. Here he is ﬂanked by Leigh Latshaw, MVHS Athletic Director and Kyle Jones, Principal. Photo by Garry Beeson

Brady Hook, left, Jackson Higgins, and Jaden Wilson, right, help Higgins onto the ﬁeld during Friday’s nights game for the oﬃcial coin toss. Photo by Garry Beeson

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Depleted Vikings prevail By Chris Morlan In a very unusual week in the final hour before the Friday night game. North Posey coach Waylon Schenk found out he would be without eight starters for the game due to the COVID pandemic and/or players quarantined. This was also homecoming night against the Tecumseh Braves. The Vikings came into this game on a three-game losing streak and the plans were changed right up to the kickoff. North Posey dressed out 34 players with many Freshman dressing out for their first action in a varsity game. This game did not start well for the Vikings when Tecumseh scored a touchdown two plays into the game. North Posey picked it up with scoring 27 points in the second and third quarters to snap their three-game skid with a 27-15 victory. For the season, North Posey improved their season record to three wins, three losses. Tecumseh’s season record fell to one win, four losses. North Posey received the ball first in the game. On the second offensive play of the Vikings possession, Quarterback Harold Bender threw a pass to Tecumseh’s Chase Jones for an interception return for a touchdown. This was only 48 seconds into this game. With 11:12 left in the first quarter, Tecumseh led by the score of 6-0. At the end of the first quarter, North Posey got the ball down to the one-yard line when time expired. Tecumseh’s lead stood at 6-0 to end the first period. Viking running back Brady Reidord punched in a score on a one-yard-run. The extra point kick by Dalton Reidford was good to give North Posey a 7-6 advantage with

11:59 left on the clock in the second quarter. Tecumseh was forced to punt on their next offensive possession. When the Vikings go the ball back, Harold Bender threw a 30-yard pass to Dalton Reidford for a touchdown. Reidford made the extra point kick and the Vikings led 14-6 with 9:19 remaining in the second quarter. Tecumseh moved the ball down the field on a six minute-drive. Braves quarterback Nick Gallagher threw a six-yard pass to the endzone for a Tecumseh score. Tecumseh went for a two-point conversion and the North Posey defense stopped the play for the Braves to score. At the halftime break, North Posey led this close battle 14-12. Tecumseh received the ball to start the third quarter. The Braves had the ball for nearly half of the period during this 12-play possession. Tecumseh had to settle with a 25-yard field goal kick by Keegan Clutter to give the Braves a 15-14 lead with 6:32 left in the third quarter. North Posey wasted no time getting another score and retaking the lead. On two plays, 50-yards and a twenty second drive, Harold Bender threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to freshman Jackson Graff. The twopoint conversion failed, and the Vikings led 20-15 with 6:12 left in the third quarter. North Posey forced Tecumseh to punt on their next offensive possession. When the Vikings got the ball back, North Posey scored on their sixth play of the drive, when Harold Bender threw a 66-yard bomb to Dalton Reidford for a Viking touchdown. Reidford made the extra point kick and North Posey led 27-15 with

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An unidentiﬁed Tecumseh defender attempts to strip the ball and/or take down North Posey junior Dalton Reidford as he heads for the sidelines after running for a big gain in Friday night’s homecoming win. Photo by Dave Pearce

Wildcats move the ball but not enough to beat Pioneers By Trisha L. Lopez Mount Vernon faced it’s biggest challenge of the 2020 season Friday night against PAC rival Boonville. The Wildcats had their chances. They moved the ball effectively. Freshman quarterback Nicot Burnett, filling in for unavailable junior starter Luke Hoehn, drove the team to the red zone four times. Getting there wasn’t the problem. Getting the ball into the end zone proved to be the difference maker in the 35-7 loss to the 4-2 Pioneers. Mount Vernon turned the ball over four times in the game, three in the red zone as Burnett and the Wildcats appeared ready to score. The Wildcats had the ball inside the 20-yard line on their opening possession and ran a screen play to junior Jaden Wilson only to have the ball stripped and recovered by Boonville senior and Navy football commit, Devin Mockobee. Mockobee wasted no time in making the Wildcats pay, scoring on an 80-yard run. Following a successful extra point, the Pioneers jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Mockobee went on to score four more times on the night, two of which were defensive touchdowns. “Defensively, we did a really good job of playing with high effort,” Mount Vernon Head Coach Luke Messmer said. “We tackled much better as well. Unfortunately when you play someone like Mockobee if you leave him any daylight, it’s a touchdown. Margin of error is extremely slim.” Mockobee was everywhere at Memorial Field Friday night. The six foot, 190-pound senior leads the nation with 1412 yards rushing this season according to Max Preps, the country’s leading statistics site for high school athletics. Mockobee tacked on a 33-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to take Boonville to a 13-0 lead. Mount Vernon drove the ball down to midfield before Burnett got hit by Mockobee while attempting a pass. Mockobee scooped the ball and ran it back for a 55-yard touchdown, followed by a two-point conversation. The Wildcats responded and drove the ball down the field. A 40-yard pass from Burnett to Wilson set up a 13-yard Mount Vernon Wildcat junior Brady Hook cuts back touchdown run for junior Brady Hook. The extra point by seto gain some additional yards against Boonville on Friday nior Xavier Angel was good to take the score to 21-7. Hook evening in the Wildcat homecoming game. The Wildcats had 75 yards rushing on the night. Mount Vernon got the ball back before the break. Burnett came up short against the Boonville Pioneers. Photo by connected with junior Leo Hostetter on a 34-yard pass play Garry Beeson to bring the Wildcats down to the 5 yard line as the clock clocked closer to halftime. Hook fumbled the ball attempting to score. The Pioneers recovered the fumble and took a knee to end the half. Burnett had 143 yards passing and 37 yards rushing in his

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quarterback debut. The freshman standout is the team’s third leading rusher with 21 carries for 151 yards and one touchdown on the season. “Nicot Burnett had a great game for a freshman in his first varsity game (at quarterback),” Messmer said. “He showed tremendous poise and leadership and we were able to move the ball quite well with him at quarterback.” The Wildcats started the second half the same way they ended the first. They drove the ball back down to the five yard line on the opening possession, only to turn the ball over again. Mockobee stepped in front of a Burnett pass and returned it 98 yards for a Pioneer touchdown. He scored one more time in the third quarter, a 47-yard run, to take the score to 35-7. A scoreless fourth quarter followed, handing the Wildcats their second loss on the season, their first in PAC play. Messmer was disappointed by the loss, but said he saw better effort from his team than in the team’s 29-20 victory over Forest Park a week ago. We played hard,” Messmer said. “We also did some really good things on both sides of the ball for most of the game. It just came down to those handful of big plays.” Additional offensive leaders were the Wildcats were junior Austin Pedrotti with two receptions for 37 yards and junior River Snodgrass with three receptions for 14 yards. Mount Vernon’s defense was led by senior Blake Ritzert with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack. Other defensive leaders were Hook with seven total tackles, Snodgrass with six total tackles, Kayden Hamilton with three total tackles, one for a loss; and Burnett with four total tackles. The Wildcats have another tough game ahead on Friday night as they travel to Fort Branch to face Gibson Southern. The Titans defeated Heritage Hills 38-0 on Friday night. They defeated Boonville by a score of 43-35 on Sept. 11. The Titans’ quarterback, 6’5”, 210 pound junior Brady Allen, has committed to Purdue University.

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Wildcats win, move to 18-4 By Trisha L. Lopez Mount Vernon Senior Jenna Veatch recorded her 1,000th career assist en route to the Wildcat volleyball team’s win of the Martinsville Invite on Saturday. The Wildcats beat the host Artesians in three sets, 25-21, 13-25 and 16-14 Saturday evening to clench the title. Martinsville is 14-8 on the season. They beat the North Central Panthers in two sets Saturday morning, 25-18 and 25-19. The Panthers are 9-11 on the season. Mount Vernon lost to Bloomington North to start the tournament in three sets, 17-25, 25-22 and 13-15. The Cougars are 10-5 on the season. The Lady Wildcats defeated Evansville Bosse on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 25-9, 25-8 and 25-8. Senior Brooke Jackson had a big game, recording 20 kills, two aces and nine digs on the night. Senior Libby Steinhart had 10 aces and nine digs. Sophomore Grace Schroeder had three aces. Senior Paige Robinson had nine digs and senior Brooklyn Shell had ﬁve digs. Veatch had 24 assists and Mount Vernon Wildcat sophomore Grace Schroeder sophomore Kaleigh Kelley goes high to put this ball down during this week’s win had eight assists. over the Martinsville Artesians. Photo by Garry Beeson Mount Vernon is 18-4.

Wildcat soccer edges Vikes By Chris Morlan The Mount Vernon boys’ soccer team traveled to North Posey last Tuesday night for a county rival and conference matchup. This game was also “Senior Night” for North Posey. Prior to the game, seniors Brinden Morell, Braden Schipp, Brennon Sweeney, Garrett Parker, Tyler Underwood and Nicholas Stump along with their parents walked onto the soccer field and honored for their accomplishments. This game went in favor of the Wildcats. Mount Vernon beat North Posey 5-1. The Wildcats improved their season record to eight wins and two losses. Mount Vernon has won five straight games. North Posey’s season record fell to one win, eight losses. The Vikings are on a four-game losing streak. Braden Dike from Mount Vernon scored three goals and Xavier Angel scored the other two goals for Mount Vernon. Gabe Owens helped with two of the goals for the assists. Kaleb Herke from North Posey scored their only goal of the game with Garrett Parker getting the assist. Wildcat goalkeeper Sam Heckman fielded six shots on goal with five saves. North Posey’s Brinden Morell fielded 23 shots on goal with 18 saves. Mount Vernon 5, North Posey 1 Teams 1 2 F North Posey 1 0 1 Mount Vernon-2 3 5 Goals: (Mount Vernon) B. Dike 3, X. Angel 2; (North Posey) K. Herke 1 Assists: (Mount Vernon) G. Owens 2; (North Posey) G. Parker 1 Goalkeeping: (Mount Vernon) S. Heckman 5 saves on 6 fielded shots (North Posey) B. Morell 18 saves on 23 fielded shots North Posey played at home on Thursday night against the Heritage Hills Patriots. The Patriots dominated this matchup and beat the Vikings by the final score of 4-0. Heritage Hills scored three goals in the first half and another goal in the second half to beat the Vikings. For the season, Heritage Hills improved their season record to nine wins, three

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‘Vikings’ continued from Page A1 1:21 left on the clock in the third quarter. During the fourth quarter, Tecumseh quarterback Nick Gallagher threw an interception to North Posey’s Lucas Bass. When North Posey got the ball back. They were forced to punt on that possession. On the next Tecumseh offensive possession, Gallagher threw another interception. This time, the pass was picked off by Devin Lintzenich with 3:48 left in the game. North Posey had the ball for the remaining of the game and won by the score of 27-15. Right after the game, Viking coach Waylon Schenk said, “great team effort. We were without eight starters. Several kids stepped up and took advantage of the opportunities they were given. I didn’t find out until late in the week that we would be short-handed. There was not much time to prepare for changes. Our kids handled the situation the right way. They made no excuses and went out and competed to the best of our ability. We’ve got some talented young kids. Great team effort.” VIKINGS 27, BRAVES 15 North Posey 0 14 13 0 - 27 Tecumseh 6 6 3 0 - 15 First Quarter TEC – Chase Jones 35-yard interception return (Keegan Clutter kick no good) 11:12 Second Quarter NP – Brady Reidford 1-yard run (Dalton Reidford kick) 11:59 NP – Dalton Reidford 30-yard pass from Harold Bender (Dalton Reidford kick) 9:19 TEC – Kaden Hopkins 6-yard pass from Nick Gallagher (Two-point conversion failed) 3:05

Third Quarter TEC – Keegan Clutter 25-yard field goal 6:32 NP – Jackson Graff 33-yard pass from Harold Bender (Dalton Reidford kick) 6:12 NP – Dalton Reidford 66-yard pass from Harold Bender (Dalton Reidford kick) 1:21 Fourth Quarter No points scored TEAM STATISTICS TEC-NP First Downs TEC 14; NP 16 Total Yards TEC 302; NP 320 Turnovers TEC 3; NP 2 Penalties-Yards TEC 6-50; NP 2-30 Time of Possession TEC 29:38; NP 17:08 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: North Posey: Brady Reidford 1238-1; Harold Bender 7-6-0; Dylan Teeter 2--10; Dalton Reidford 1-2-0; Tecumseh: Lane Patterson 18-103-0; Drew DuPont 10-71-0; Chase Jones 18-54-0; Gabe Bradley 1-20-0; Nick Gallagher 4-18-0; Keegan Clutter 1-2-0 Passing: North Posey: Harold Bender 22-29280 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT; Tecumseh: Nick Gallagher 4-7-34 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT Receiving: North Posey: Devin Lintzenich 9-96-0; Dalton Reidford 4-96-2; Jackson Graff 4-46-1; Clay Douglas 4-37-0; Dawson Wunderlich 1-5-0; Tecumseh: Lane Patterson 2-210; Kaden Hopkins 2-13-1

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Football: Varsity: Friday, October 2, at Forest Park, 6:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Tuesday, September 29, vs. Forest Park, 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: Wednesday, September 30, vs. Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, October 1, at Southridge, 5 p.m. Volleyball: Tuesday, September 29, vs. Wood Memorial (JV-5:30 p.m./Varsity-7 p.m.); Thursday, October 1, vs. Forest Park, (JV-5 p.m./Varsity-6:30 p.m.); Junior Varsity - Saturday, October 3, at Tell City, 10 a.m.; Varsity - Saturday, October 3, Tournament at Washington, 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Cross Country: Saturday, October 3, at Pike Central, PAC Championships, 9 a.m.

Football: Varsity: Friday, October 2, at Gibson Southern, 7 p.m. Boys Soccer: Tuesday, September 29, at Reitz, EVSC Fields, 7:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Wednesday, September 30, at North Posey, 5 p.m.; Saturday, October 3, Heritage Hills, 1 p.m. Boys Tennis: Wednesday, September 30, IHSAA Sectional hosted by MVHS, 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, October 1, IHSAA Sectional hosted by MVHS, 4:30 p.m.; IHSAA Sectional hosted by MVHS, 10 a.m. Girls Volleyball: Tuesday, September 29, vs. Gibson Southern, 6 p.m.; Freshmen - Saturday, October 3, at Southridge Invitational, 10 a.m., Varsity, Junior Varsity, Saturday, October 3, at Forest Park, 10 a.m. Cross Country: Saturday, October 3, at PAC Conference Meet - Prides Creek, 8 a.m.

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Wildcat goalkeeper Sam Heckman shows why the Wildcats are enjoying a great seaBy Trisha Lopez son. Photo by Garry Beeson Mount Vernon tennis had a losses and two ties. North Posey’s season re- big week, beating PAC rival cord fell to one win, ten losses. As a team, Boonville 4-1 on Monday North Posey took 12 shots with nine of those and Evansville Bosse 5-0 on shots on goal. The Vikings had one corner Wednesday before falling to Tecumseh 5-0 on Thursday. kick and committed three fouls. “I think we are playing Heritage Hills 4, North Posey 0 our best tennis right now,” Teams 1 2 F Coach Paul Quinzer said. North Posey 0 0 0 “This is the time to do it with Heritage Hills -3 1 4 sectionals (this) week.” Goals: (Heritage Hills) Ethan Hill 2, Jaxon Rylan Paul went three sets Foertsch 1, Geo Arias 1; (North Posey) None with Boonville’s Nicholas Assists: (Heritage Hills) Jose Lara 3, Angel Hyndman but lost 1-6, 6-4 Barco 1; (North Posey) None and 3-6. Alessandro BomGoalkeeping: (Heritage Hills) Aiden Harris marito defeated Nicholas 12 saves on 12 fielded shots Murphy 6-0 and 6-3. Landon (North Posey) B. Morell 8 saves on 12 Fischer defeated Kyle Denk, fielded shots 6-4 and 6-3. North Posey played at Vincennes Rivet Doubles teams Alex Keilast Saturday in a non-conference game. The tel and Daniel Juncker deVikings played great game and finished the feated Boonville’s duo of matchup with a 0-0 tie. North Posey’s season Fardig and Montgomery 6-4 and 6-3; and Braxton Daws record is 1-10-1. Wildcat tennis player Adam Burke steps inside the baseline Viking goalkeeper Brinden Morell had and Matthias Gates beat Moesner and Vu 6-0 and 6-4. to take this ball early in a recent match. Photo by Garry Beeson seven saves in the game.

Lady Vikings win on Senior Night, fall to Evansville Christian By Chris Morlan Last Tuesday, the North Posey girls’ soccer team played at home against the Pike Central Lady Chargers. North Posey defeated Pike Central 3-0 to improve their season record to 6-4-1. The Lady Vikings also had their “Senior Day” after this game to recognize the seven seniors on this seasons team. Seniors Brooke Coleman, Tori Crawford, Kennedy Devine, Jevin Downen, Hayleigh Latham, Destiney Nottingham and Olivia Schmahlenberger along with their parents walked onto the soccer field and were recognized for their accomplishments. North Posey controlled this game from the beginning with great passes and dribbling the ball down the field. The Lady Vikings also dominated the time of possession with the soccer ball. Early in the first half with 37:55 remaining on the clock, Kennedy Devine scored a goal to give the Lady Vikings a 1-0 lead. Right before the halftime break with ten minutes left, Hayleigh Latham scored a goal. At the half, North Posey was up by the score of 2-0. During the second the half, North Posey continued to con-

trol the time of possession of keeping the ball. Reagan Koester scored a goal for the Lady Vikings with 13:34 remaining in the game. This was a great game played by the Lady Vikings with the final score of 3-0. After the game, Coach Derek Sweeney said, “we’re continuing to build the team’s possession play and quick movement of the ball. It was a great night for our seniors with so many showing up to support them. The match began a little slow for our taste, but the second half was much faster with more efficient passing. We had three goals on the night by Kennedy Devine (1), Hayleigh Latham (1) and Reagan Koester (1). Our defense played very well and composed allowing only one shot on goal. Annie Alcantara fielded one shot with one save. We thank Pike Central for making the trip and wish them a safe and successful remainder of the season.” North Posey 3, Pike Central 0 Goals: Kennedy Devine 1, Hayleigh Latham 1, Reagan Koester 1 Goalkeeping: Annie Alcatara 1 save on 1 fielded shot

North Posey played at Evansville Christian on Monday, September 21. The Lady Vikings led this game at the half 3-2. Things went in favor of Evansville Christian in the second half when the Lady Eagles scored three goals to beat Lady Vikings 5-4. Kennedy Devine scored two goals and had one assist for North Posey. Lauren Zirkelbach scored a goal and had an assist. Tori Crawford scored a goal. Reagan Koester and Brooke Coleman each had one assist in this matchup. “Unfortunately, another heartbreaking loss,” North Posey Coach Derek Sweeney said. “We had multiple opportunities to put the game away, but just one of those nights we couldn’t finish well. Evansville Christian’s team took the field in the second half with twice the intensity they showed in the first. We couldn’t match it. It is always a privilege to watch our ladies grow with each match. This program is on the right path to becoming more competitive, and close to winning matches we know we should. Very proud of the ladies.” Goals: (North Posey) K. Devine 2, L. Zirkelbach 1, T. Crawford 1

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Viking tennis team unable to clear final hurdle--Covid

North Posey High School sophomore Max Renshaw shows the Western grip he uses, preparing for a big forehand in recent tennis action. The sophomore was 16-1 this season. By Dave Pearce According to North Posey High School tennis coach Brandon Barrett, the 2020 edition of the boys’ tennis team came to an abrupt ending this week. A member of the team, riding home from an away match, was not feeling well and tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, forcing the remainder of the team into a 14-day quarantine, which will eliminate the team from team sectional competition. Depending on the sectional draw, sophomore Max Renshaw, would have had an excellent chance to advance in the No. 1 singles competition, His only loss of the season came to the Reitz No. 1 singles player by a score of 6-2, 6-2. Renshaw ﬁnds his sophomore season over but with a phenomenal record of 16-1. According to Barrett, the team was aware the their biggest rival match, against Gibson Southern, could be their ﬁnal match of the year depending on the results of the impending test. “I told them before the match started that we didn’t know what the results would be of the kids getting tested,” Barrett said. “We went out and got the job done.” A match scheduled earlier in the year against the Titans was called prior to its start because of rain.

The win over the Titans was particularly sweet for Barrett as he got his 80th win as a coach in nine seasons. “It’s been a season I will never forget,” Barrett said, as most coaches in 2020 would agree. “I’m really shocked that we got to play 17 matches.” The Vikings finished the season with a final record of 7-10 but finished 7-5 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. The Vikings were never swept by a PAC opponent and last several of their matches by a 3-2 score. The results of the final matches of the year are as follows: NP 3 vs Gibson Southern 2 #1S: Max Renshaw (NP) def Evan Birch 6-1, 6-1 #2S: Ian Heinlin (NP) def Bryce Simpson 6-1, 7-5 #3S: Gaige Kihn (NP) def Elliott Church 6-3, 6-4 #1D Jake Decker/Dawson Maurer (GS) def Luke Scheller/ Kedrick Wahl 6-1, 6-1 #2D Isaac Merrell/John Kiesel (GS) def Jacob Downey/Colin Schipp 6-3, 6-3 Final Record: 7-10 (7-5 PAC) NP 1 vs Heritage Hills 4 #1S: Max Renshaw (NP) def Josh Dellamuth 6-0, 6-0 #2S: Kayden Bell (HH) def Ian Heinlin 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 #3S: Kevin Dilger (HH) def Chase Krohn 6-2, 6-4 #1D Aiden Susnjara/Josh Smith (HH) def Clayton Lutz/Gaige Kihn 6-3, 6-4 #2D Kyle Eubank/Jacob Smith (HH) def Luke Scheller/Kedrick Wahl 6-1, 6-2 Record: 6-10 (6-5 PAC) NP 2 vs Reitz 3 #1S: Will Hayes (R) def Max Renshaw 6-2, 6-2 #2S: Ian Heinlin (NP) def Logan Tillison 6-1, 7-5 #3S: Chase Krohn (NP) def Reese Wines 6-3, 6-2 #1D Jordan Wilson/Trey Fulton (R) def Clayton Lutz/Gaige Kihn 6-1, 6-0 #2D Cayden Fulton/Carter Loveless (R) def Luke Scheller/ Kedrick Wahl 6-0, 6-2 Record: 6-9 (6-4 PAC) NP 2 Forest Park 3 #1 S: Max Renshaw (NP) def. Nathan Jarboe (FP) 6-0 6-1 #2 S: Wes Stout (FP) def. Chase Krohn (NP) 6-2 7-5 #3 S: Landen Marks (FP) def. Jacob Downey (NP) 6-0 6-3 #1 D: Gaige Kihn/Clayton Lutz (NP) def. Bryson Partenheimer/Carter Fleck (FP) 7-6 (2) 6-0 #2 D: Conner Tretter/Kris Fuhrman (FP) def. Kedrick Wahl/ Luke Scheller (NP) 7-6 (2) 6-2 Team Record 6-8 (6-4 PAC) NP 2 Mater Dei 3 #1 S: Max Renshaw (NP) def. Conner Frey 6-0 6-0

#2 S: Chase Krohn (NP) def. Taylor Newton 6-2 6-1 #3 S: Lucas Kuhn (MD) def. Luke Scheller 2-6 6-4 6-4 #1 D: Pete Doepker/Kurt Denning (MD) def. Gaige Kihn/ Clayton Lutz 3-6 6-2 6-1 #2 D: Travis Folz/Simon Stratman (MD) def. Kedrick Wahl/ Jaden Englert 6-2 7-5 Team Record 6-7 (6-3 PAC) NP 5 vs Mt. Vernon 0 #1S: Max Renshaw (NP) def Rylan Paul 6-0, 6-0 #2S: Luke Scheller (NP) def Alessandro Bommarito 7-6(5), 7-5 #3S: Chase Krohn (NP) def Landon Fischer 6-4, 6-0 #1D Zach Seibert/Clay Will (NP) def Nolan Fischer/Matthias Gates 6-1, 6-1 #2D: Clayton Lutz/Gaige Kihn def Braxton Daws/Daniel Juncker 6-3, 6-1 Record: 6-6 (6-3PAC) JV NP 3 (Jacob Downey, Kedrick Wahl/Jaden Englert, Noah Roberts/Vince Scheller) MV 0 NP 3 vs Princeton 2 #1S: Max Renshaw (NP) def Lance Stuckey 6-1, 6-0 #2S: Ian Heinlin (NP) def Garrett Scott 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 #3S: Cade Hurt (P) def Luke Scheller 6-0, 6-0 #1D Zach Seibert/Clay Will (NP) def Brayden Tanner/Jacob Payne 6-2,6-4 #2D: Brady Kidd/Drew Morris (P) def Clayton Lutz/Gaige Kihn 6-3, 7-5 Record: 5-6 (5-3PAC) JV P2 NP 2 (Jacob Downey/Jaden Englert & Colin Schipp/Kedrick Wahl) “In an ironic twist I’m pretty sure Zach Seibert and Clay Will are going to get to play in the individual sectionals,” Barrett said. “They have been away from the team and I actually put them in at 1 doubles for sectionals. This will have to be approved by IHSAA, I believe.” Like everything else in 2020, there were a lot of ups and downs for the team this season. It is also possible that sophomore Renshaw may be able to play as his quarantine ends the day before he would play in the tournament. “It was a tough season, and we just never could get it going,” Barrett explained. “And having half the varsity team quarantined for several matches hurt. However, the boys who stepped in and played, like Kedrick Wahl and Like Scheller, did a great job for us.”

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Special to the News The Mount Vernon Boys Cross Country team finally got a break from the heat and a chance to compete among a full field of competitors as they traveled to Petersburg, Ind., for the annual Pike Central Invitational. It would be an understatement to say they took advantage of both opportunities. In placing ninth, the ‘Cats found how well they stack up among the perennial powers of southwestern Indiana. From the teams present, they were fifth among sec-

tional opponents and second among conference opponents. Posting a season-best split of 3 minutes and 49 seconds from first to fifth place runners, the Wildcats proved that their hard work is definitely paying off in advance of the tournament portion of the season. The Mount Vernon harriers will return to this same course next weekend for their first appearance in the PAC conference meet where the remaining seven schools will also step up to the starting line. The competition will be just as tough, or even tougher, with the full PAC field that includes premier programs such as Tell City, Forest Park and Heritage Hills. Leading the ‘Cats once again was senior, Braden Dike, who posted an 18th place time of 17:15.91. He was only beaten by one conference opponent and nine sectional opponents. As he is poised to drop down into the 16 minute club, he is also setting himself up to continue his success into the post season. Dropping over two-and-a-half minutes and running second for MV was sophomore Ben Powell in 58th place (19:08.59). As his confidence continues to grow, he is more and more able to run with sophomore Carson Tucker giving the ‘Cats a strong 2-3 punch as they pushed each other the entire race. Cutting 43 seconds from his time, Tucker crossed the finish line in 59th (19:13.78). Shedding 35 seconds and running 4th for the ‘Cats was junior Lane Branson (20:42.03) in 83rd place. Making the most of his downhill opportunities, Branson was able to pass several runners while working his way up throughout the race. The final score for Mount Vernon was Ethan Sutfin who continues to cut time along with the rest of the guys. Ethan completed the hilly course 30 seconds faster than his last race at Angel Mounds crossing the line in 86th place (21:04.12). The final two runners for the Wildcats were seniors Blake Morris and Seth Dewar who also trimmed over a minute-and-a-half each from their last race. “Enjoying their success on a tough course motivated the guys,” said Coach Leigh latshaw. “The talk on the ride home was about making the most of every practice this week, working hard and holding each other accountable.”

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WMI News - WMI’s Artifact Under Exam by Melora Adams One of the more tute, just to the east of slab crumbled while [Fitzgerald] fore interesting objects in the school, but that is trying to remove it.” man.” Van Hoy & Son the Working Men’s another story. This bottle con- was based in LoogooInstitute collection In 1913 the school tained an envelope, tee in Martin County, is an ordinary bottle. board opted to tear taken apart and rolled Indiana. The Routts The bottle may be or- down most of the up inside. It was a and William Lawhead dinary, but the story is 1874 school build- “message in a bottle” were from there, too. not. ing and build a new sent forward in time These are the In 1874 the Harmo- one, to be finished in from 1914 to the pres- names of working ny Society (Rappites) the centennial year of ent. men who did the acsent a delegation to 1914. The door which The envelope was tual brick and mortar New Harmony. They was in the north wall originally addressed construction work bought the old brick of the old building, to Mr. William A. to build that school. Rappite Church from known as the “Door- Lawhead c/o Van They knew that they the town and demol- way of Promise,” was Hoy & Son, the firm would not be on the ished the large part of saved and used as the which was hired to plaque on the front of it that was in bad con- door in the west wall do the construction the cornerstone, but dition. They used a lot of the new building. work. Written on the they wanted to have of the brick to build a In 1988 the school paper are “Ernest their names recorded wall around the burial board again chose Rout [Routt] Brick and remembered. ground they had used to tear down the old Layer,” “Riley [Reily] New Harmony residents Dan Mason and Andrew Wilson donned their German while residents here. school building and Routt Brick Layer,” wardrobe in the face of KunstFest’s cancellation this year. At the suggestion of build a new one. and “James Fitzrearld the Harmony Society During the demolidelegation, the town tion process, a bottle used what remained was found behind the of the building to erect older part of the builda school. ing’s cornerstone. The They also built a record we have says, Shoebox Processing Regis- involved in processing shoeKnow someone else who building to house the “Bottle was found beWorking Men’s Insti- hind concrete slab … tration Opens Soon boxes at all of our locations. may be interested? Forward You can help bring the Periodically check our CO- this email to a friend. Good News of Jesus Christ VID-19 landing page for Get your shoeboxes today to millions of children this updates. Shoebox season is here, year. Just sign up to volunRegistration begins as and we’re praying it will be teer at one of our eight Oper- early as Sept. 30. Check the one of the best ever. 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Photo by Dave Pearce making adjustments to help seasonal paid opportunities lect more shoeboxes than protect the health of those at our processing centers. ever this year as we anticipate even greater opportunities to reach children with the Narconon suggests that an addict should attend a program longer than the traditional hope of the Gospel through rehab stay. our local church partners. We want every child to An addict’s body takes way more than 28 days to physically heal from the damage the know that God loves them drugs and alcohol have done to their body. Making the shorter but “more convenient” and has not forgotten them, rehab stays not very effective. An addict should take the time to physically get better then especially in this time of fear dig into the different things they need to deal with emotionally. They will then have the and uncertainty. 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Church of the Nazarene 531 E. Steammill Street New Harmony, IN 47631 Fair Haven Christ Fellowship Church 10500 Hwy 68 Cynthiana, IN 47612 812-568-8409 Faith Fellowship Church Pastor Brad Nolan 1201 W Fourth Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-568-9642

Agape Family Ministries Pastor Jim Weihrauch 5529 Industrial Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2232 Apostolic Bible Church 9808 New Harmony Road Poseyville, IN. 47633 812-851-5456 Bethesda General Baptist Church Pastor Stan Hoffman 1600 Savah Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 Beyond The Walls Pastor Bryan Thompson 424 Vine Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-455-3013 Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Kevin Petty 618 Main Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-4777 Church of Christ Preacher Eric Padgett 700 Mill Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-2635 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints President Bernie Gerth 736 Smith Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620

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

It’s not unusual to hear someone say, “But I don’t want to be a role model.” But that’s not the way it is. All of us are, at one time or another, a model who someone will try to imitate for one reason or another. David made this observation a long time ago. “My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,” he said. When David looked for a role model he did not look for one who was famous or powerful, one who had wealth or riches, he looked for one who was “faithful to the Lord.” He was committed to build his life on God’s principles - principles that were eternal and everlasting. So, he searched for those who had God’s purposes and plans in their minds and hearts, those were obedient to God. And when he found them he surrounded him-

self with them and even invited them to “dwell” with him. Someone once asked John Rockefeller, “How did you become so successful?” He looked at him sternly and said, “Because I surround myself with successful people!” Here we ﬁnd a great lesson for life: If we want to achieve great things for God, we must surround ourselves with people who have done or are doing great things for God. We cannot become more than we are for God if we associate with and follow the examples of those who do not care much for God or do not have loving and serving God at the very center of their lives. David expressed his need for being surrounded by the “faithful.” He knew that “He whose walk is blameless will minister to me.”

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Point Church of the Nazarene Pastor Bryan Thompson 12611 Bonebank Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-5182

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Griffin Christian Church 319 N. Main Street

Mount Vernon Community Church Black’s Chapel Pastor John Motz 1800 Highway 62 West Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-0318 Mount Pleasant General Baptist Church Pastor Dan Reisinger 3801 Blackford Road Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-483-8414 Mount Pleasant Church of God In Christ Shepardess Regina King 812 E Third Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 Mount Zion General Baptist Church 1425 Oliver Road Wadesville, IN. 47638 812-783-2337 New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church Pastor Darrick Hayden 11420 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN. 47712 812-985-5288 New Harmony Christian Church 307 N. Brewery Street New Harmony, IN 47631 New Harmony Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Robert J. Lloyd 611 Steammill Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-550-5345 New Life Pastor James Robinson Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2028 Old Union Christian Church 10017 S. State Rd. 165 Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-3186 Pentecostal Assembly Reverend David L. Payne 321 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620

Poseyville Christian Church Pastor Rocky Wrye 6 E. Main St. , Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-3411 Saint John’s Episcopal Church Reverend Allen Rutherford 602 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-838-5445 Saint Matthew Catholic Church 421 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-2535 Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church 46 Cale Street Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2251 Saint Peter’s United Church of Christ 10430 Hwy 66, Wadesville, IN 47638 812-985-3416 Saint Peter’s United Methodist Church Pastor Eric Robinson 2800 S. Saint Philips Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-985-3751 Saint Philip Catholic Church 3500 St. Philip Road South Mount Vernon, IN. 47620 812-985-2275 Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church 318 Main Street New Harmony, IN 47631 812-682-4604 Saint Wendel Catholic Church Reverend Ed Schnur 10542 W Boonville New Harmony Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-963-3733

Salem Heusler United Church of Christ 11325 Lower Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-985-2542 South Gibson Apostolic Chapel 6144 S. 1075 W. Owensville, IN 47665 812-729-7231 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church Reverend Ed Schnur 10 N. St. Francis Avenue, Poseyville, IN 47633 812-874-2220 Stewartsville United Methodist Church 10060 Pumpkin Run Road Poseyville, IN 47633 Turning Point Reverend Scott Cassel 9800 Middle Mount Vernon Road Evansville, IN 47712 812-646-8050 Trinity United Church of Christ 505 Mulberry Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-3805 Wadesville Christian Church Pastor Aaron Sweigart 7226 Highway 66 Wadesville, IN 47638 812-673-4278 Wadesville General Baptist Church 3262 Princeton Street Wadesville, IN 47638 812-673-4660 Welborn United Methodist Church Reverend John Adams 4999 Welborn Church Road Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-3222 Zion Lippe United Church of Christ Pastor Jeff Long 9000 Copperline Road East Mount Vernon, IN 47620 812-985-2437

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Legal Advertisements and Court News Arrests September 18 Howard Krieg - Griffin Habitual Traffic Violator-Life - NHPD September 19 John Sumner - Lafayette - Driving While Suspended PCS Kyle Vincent - Branchville - Battery, Disorderly Conduct - PCS William Torres - Kansas City, KS - Operating While Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of an Accident - PCS September 21 John Bollinger - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Driving While Suspended (failure to appear) - PCS September 23 Alexis Watson - Mount Vernon - Warrant, Illegal Consumption of an Alcoholic Beverage (failure to appear) MVPD Chad Irvin - Mount Vernon - Theft - MVPD Clinton Kaylor - Auburn Public Intoxication - MVPD Lucian Bratcher - Evansville - Warrant, Criminal Reckless, Intimidation, Criminal Recklessness, Leaving the Scene of an Accident - ISP Complaints September 8 10:50 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - People are there with guns trying to break into residence. A few shots have been fired - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon

September 9 2:32 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Car load of people just tried to break into the home. Dark gray vehicle. Caller fired a shot off into the air. He believes one of the occupants had a gun. Vehicle was occupied by four subjects - West Franklin Road, Evansville 6:50 a.m. - Theft - Advised someone stole speakers off front porch - Third Street, Mount Vernon 10:29 a.m. - Threatening - Advised female subject came onto property and verbally threatened owner - Third Street, Mount Vernon 1:48 p.m. - Fight - Caller advised subjects who broke into her residence are now outside physically fighting her boyfriend - Cougar Drive, Evansville 3:01 p.m. - Fire - Storage shed on baseball field on fire Harriett Street, Mount Vernon 3:08 p.m. - Threatening - Advised receiving death threats from male subject Brown Street, Mount Vernon 4:26 p.m. - Fight - Caller advised male subject just went and beat up another juvenile. Ongoing situation in the trailer park - Cougar Drive, Evansville 11:53 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Advised female subject and her bunch are yelling in the street - Pearl/Third Street, Mount Vernon September 10

1:25 a.m. - Assault - Advised mom is drunk and ran in her room to attack her - is pregnant, kicked her in the stomach. Does not need an ambulance. Is still there, has a knife. Brother is in the garage, he was assaulted too - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 9:34 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Attempted breaking and entering, entry was not made - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 1:22 p.m. - Theft - Advised soon to be ex has stolen her gun - Lynn Drive, Mount Vernon 3:41 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Advised daughter and wife are fighting - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 3:45 p.m. - Message - Advised was kicked out of residence by girlfriend. Has questions regarding this. Was also threatened by another female via text - Second Street, Mount Vernon 4:13 p.m. - Theft - Advised lawnmowers were stolen last night - Southwind Plaza, Mount Vernon 4:59 p.m. - Domestic Violence - two females fighting outside. Female stated they were beating on each other Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 6:31 p.m. - Theft - Advised some items were taken out of her 2001 Volks Beetle - Fredrick Street, New Harmony 8:46 p.m. - Harassment Caller advised female subject

2020-203 Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed Additional Appropriations Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Posey County that the proper legal officers of The Posey County Council will meet at 330 Walnut Street, Mt. Vernon, Indiana on October 14th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year. Name of Fund Purpose Intended Amount Circuit Court Maintenance Contract $1,300.00 Coroner Autopsy $7,600.00 County General Maintenance of Vehicles $15,000.00 County General Unemployment $8,000.00 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The additional appropriations as finally approved will be referred to the Department of Local Government Financing. The Department will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriations within (15) days of receipt of a certified copy of the action taken at the above meeting. Maegen L. Greenwell Posey County Auditor Published in the Posey County News on September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-202 TOWN OF POSEYVILLE INDIANA ORDINANCE NO. 2020-10-13-03 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A STORM WATER SEWAGE WORKS DIVISION WITHIN THE UTLITY DEPARTMENT AND TO ESTABLISH A STORM DRAINAGE FEE FOR THE TOWN AND ALL THE MATTERS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH. WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Poseyville, Indiana (the “Town”), has heretofore constructed and has in operation sewage works for the purpose of collecting and disposing of the sewage of the Town in a sanitary manner (the “Sewage Works”); and WHEREAS, the Town also has a storm drainage system that drains into the sewage works (“Storm Water System”); WHEREAS, the Town desires to improve, update, and properly maintain the Sewage Works and Storm Water System; WHEREAS, the Town desires to qualify for grants that require storm drainage fee matching funds; WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-9-23, the Town desires to establish a storm water sewage works division (the “Storm Water Division”) within the Town’s Utility Department, under the jurisdiction of the Town Council for the purpose of implementing capital improvements, operation and maintenance activities, and public education and outreach to comply with federal and state requirements; WHEREAS, the Town Council finds it necessary to update the sewer utility rates and charges, and desires to establish storm sewage fees that will take effect simultaneously with updated rates and charges under Ordinance Number 2020-1013-01. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF POSEYVILLE, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each sewer utility customer shall be assessed a Two Dollar ($2.00) per month fee identified as storm drainage fee. 2. The Two Dollar ($2.00) per month storm drainage fee shall be added to the monthly statement of each sewer utility customer. The Two Dollar ($2.00) per month storm drainage fee shall be imposed when the sewage revised rates and charges imposed by Ordinance Number 2020-10-13-01 take effect. PASSED AND APOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Poseyville on the 13th day of October, 2020. POSEYVILLE TOWN COUNCIL Bruce C. Baker, Council President Michael A. Baehl, Council Member Justin J. Collins, Council Member ATTEST: Christina L. Foster, Clerk-Treasurer Published in the Posey County News on September 29, October 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-200 NOTICE OF A HEARING ON PROPOSED INTERIM AND PERMANENT RATES AND CHARGES Users of the Town of Poseyville, Indiana (the “Town”) waterworks system, owners of property served or to be served by the Town’s waterworks system, and other interested persons are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 2020-10-13-02 (the “Ordinance”) was introduced at a meeting of the Town Council held on September 15, 2020. The Ordinance, if finally adopted, will adopt interim and permanent rates and charges for services applicable to the Town’s waterworks system (as described in the below Ordinance). At a meeting of the Town Council to be held on October 13, 2020 at 5:30 p.m., there will be a public hearing on the matter of such interim and permanent rates and charges, and consideration of final adoption of the Ordinance. To attend the meeting via computer, tablet or smartphone, go to www.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 85644851037 and Passcode: 597622. At such hearing and prior to final adoption of the Ordinance, all interested persons may appear and be heard. Following adoption of the Ordinance, users of the waterworks system for service to property located outside the Town’s corporate boundaries may be entitled to petition the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission pursuant to I.C. 8-1.5-3-8.3(d) to review and adjust the interim and permanent rates and charges imposed on them. A copy of the Ordinance may be examined in the office of the Town’s Clerk-Treasurer, which reads as follows: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF POSEYVILLE, INDIANA: SECTION 1. The Prior Ordinance table of rates and charges is amended as indicated below. The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows and shall be effective in three phases as further described in Section 2: (1) Metered Rates: Each metered customer shall pay a monthly charge based upon the quantity of water supplied by the Water Utility as metered in accordance with the following schedule: Metered Quantity Monthly Charge Per $1,000 Gallons Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 First 2,000 gallons per month $16.18 $17.66 $19.13 Over 2,000 gallons per month $11.80 $12.88 $13.95 (2) Minimum Charge: Each user shall pay a minimum charge in accordance with the following applicable size of meter installed, for which the user will be entitled to the quantity of water set out in the above schedule of rates. Meter Size Minimum Charge Per Month Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 5/8 inch meter $32.36 $35.32 $38.26 3/4 inch meter 32.36 35.32 38.26 1 inch meter 44.16 48.19 52.21 1 1/2 inch meter 67.75 73.93 80.11 2 inch meter 244.62 266.93 289.24 3 inch meter 551.21 601.48 651.75 4 inch meter 975.71 1,064.70 1,153.99 SECTION 2. Implementation of Rates and Charges in Phases. While this Ordinance is intended to be effective upon adoption by the Town Council, the new rates and charges set forth herein will not be implemented until the commencement of the Phase I billing cycle and then will be further implemented for the Phase II billing cycle and Phase III billing cycle as follows: Phase I - effective on November 1, 2020 Phase II - effective on May 1, 2021 Phase III - effective on November 1, 2021 and thereafter. SECTION 3. Except as hereby amended and revised, the Prior Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. Severability of Provisions. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Ordinance should be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way, be affected or impaired and shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. Notice is given this 29th day of September, 2020 by Christina L. Foster, Clerk-Treasurer of Poseyville, Indiana. Published in the Posey County News on September 29, Octobeer 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

is stalking caller - Second Street, Mount Vernon September 11 1:01 p.m. - Harassment Male subject is sending inappropriate sexual text messages - Lynn Drive, Mount Vernon 1:47 p.m. - Suspicious Caller advised he received a suspicious piece of mail. Caller states he took it to the police department and spoke with detective who advised him to call dispatch to put on file - Dogwood Place, Mount Vernon 3:59 p.m. - Suspicious - Advised received a piece of mail and when caller opened it, it was from a Joe Doe and it contains a bag of moldy feces - Locust Street, Mount Vernon 4:04 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - Advised someone tried to get into house in the last two hours - Locust Street, Mount Vernon September 12 1:16 a.m. - Domestic Violence - Man beating on the front door and pacing back and forth. Does not know who it is. White male wearing red shirt and basketball shorts - Fletchal 2020-197 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

Road, Wadesville 9:29 a.m. - Bomb Threat or Attack - Bomb threat in a porta-pot - Lexan Lane, Mount Vernon 10:56 a.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised his wife just attacked him. No medical needed. Advised he and the children are out of the residence - Third Street, Mount Vernon 1:31 p.m. - Vandalism Caller advised someone cut wires in the engine of his van - Fernwood Drive, Mount Vernon 3:48 p.m. - Citizen Dispute - Advised neighbor is putting vinyl strips in caller’s fence. Caller advised that it looks like trash and she has asked them to quit - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 6:30 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Caller advised his wife threw him out of vehicle and tried to take his phone. Says he was in a pool tournament today and had some drinks. Says he was not drunk. They got into an argument. They wrestled for his phone, which he

got back - SR 66, Wadesville 7:11 p.m. - Theft - Advised that a theft occurred at 6 p.m. Female stole a flashlight Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 10:40 p.m. - Noise Complaint - Advised male subject revs his motorcycle at all hours of the night, plays music loud, makes lots of noise - Canal Street, Mount Vernon 10:45 p.m. - threatening Caller’s girlfriend’s dad is out front of this residence staring at the caller and caller says he is scared for his life - Emmick Street, Mount Vernon 11:45 p.m. - Fight - Fight starting to break out - Second Street, Mount Vernon September 13 12:01 a.m. - Fight - Inmate fighting - O’Donnell Road, Mount Vernon 12:48 a.m. - Theft - Someone is stealing signs out of his yard - Saint Phillip Road, Evansville 2:19 a.m. - Attempted Breaking and Entering - Broke into vehicle. Vehicle was locked, nothing stolen. One person ran into cornfield - Tile

IN THE POSEY CIVIL COURT CAUSE NO. 65C01-1908-JP-000186

IN RE THE MARRIAGE/PATERNITY of: Brycen Riggan Amelia Price PETITIONER And Donte Riggan Respondent NOTICE OF PRE-PRETRIAL Comes now, Amelia Price, pro se, having filed a Verified Petition for Modification and the Court finds that the matter should be set for pre-pretrial. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that if they are unable to reach an agreement as to all the issues at the pre-pretrial, the parties shall be ordered to mediation and the parties shall be equally responsible for the costs of the mediation. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve this pleading by Certified Mail upon Donte Riggan, at the following address: unknown - service by publication. So ordered this 18 day of September, 2020. Dated: September 3, 2020

Honorable Craig Goedde Judge, Posey Circuit Court Published in the Posey County News on September 22, September 29, October 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-201 NOTICE OF A HEARING ON PROPOSED INTERIM AND PERMANENT RATES AND CHARGES Users of the Town of Poseyville, Indiana (the “Town”) sewage works system, owners of property served or to be served by the Town’s sewage works system, and other interested persons are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 2020-10-13-01 (the “Ordinance”) was introduced at a meeting of the Town Council held on September 15, 2020. The Ordinance, if finally adopted, will adopt interim and permanent rates and charges for services applicable to the Town’s sewage works system (as described in the below Ordinance). At a meeting of the Town Council to be held on October 13, 2020 at 5:30 p.m., there will be a public hearing on the matter of such interim and permanent rates and charges, and consideration of final adoption of the Ordinance. To attend the meeting via computer, tablet or smartphone, go to www.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 85644851037 and Passcode: 597622. At such hearing and prior to final adoption of the Ordinance, all interested persons may appear and be heard. Following adoption of the Ordinance, users of the sewage works system for service to property located outside the Town’s corporate boundaries may be entitled to petition the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission pursuant to I.C. 8-1.5-3-8.3(d) to review and adjust the interim and permanent rates and charges imposed on them. A copy of the Ordinance may be examined in the office of the Town’s Clerk-Treasurer, which reads as follows: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF POSEYVILLE, INDIANA: SECTION 1. The Prior Ordinance table of rates and charges is amended as indicated below. The usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows and shall be effective in three phases as further described in Section 2: 1. Treatment Rate - per 1,000 gallons of metered water usage per month: Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 First 2,000 gallons per month $20.85 $23.10 $25.30 Next 18,000 gallons per month 10.42 11.54 12.65 Over 20,000 gallons per month 3.68 4.08 4.45 Minimum Charge 41.70 46.20 50.60 Town of Cynthiana Treatment Rate - per 1,000 gallons of metered water usage per month: Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 First 1,000 gallons per month $3.10 $3.45 $3.75 Capacity Charge 3,180 3,180 3,180 SECTION 2. Implementation of Rates and Charges in Phases. While this Ordinance is intended to be effective upon adoption by the Town Council, the new rates and charges set forth herein will not be implemented until the commencement of the Phase I billing cycle and then will be further implemented for the Phase II billing cycle and Phase III billing cycle as follows: Phase I - effective on November 1, 2020 Phase II - effective on May 1, 2021 Phase III - effective on November 1, 2021 and thereafter. SECTION 3. Except as hereby amended and revised, the Prior Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. Severability of Provisions. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Ordinance should be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not, in anyway, be affected or impaired and shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. Notice is given this 29th day of September, 2020 by Christina L. Foster, Clerk-Treasurer of Poseyville, Indiana. Published in the Posey County News on September 29, October 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-198 ORDINANCE NO. 2020-09-01-01 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR THE TEMPORARY HOUSING OF POSEY COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTICIPANTS IN THE POSEY COUNTY JAIL WHEREAS, I.C. 36-1-3 et. seq. grants the Board of Commissioners of Posey County the authority necessary and desirable to pass ordinances relating to the conduct of its affairs; and WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. 35-28-2.6-5, if the Posey County Community Corrections Director determines that a Community Corrections Program participant has violated the terms and conditions of such person’s placement in the Posey County Community Corrections Program, the Community Corrections Director may have such person’s Community Corrections placement modified; and WHEREAS, if the Posey County Community Corrections Director decides to modify a person’s placement in accordance with I.C. 35-28-2.6-5, the Community Corrections Director shall notify the Posey County Sheriff and either the Posey County Circuit Court Judge or the Posey County Superior Court Judge of such situation, and such Community Corrections participant shall be temporarily placed in the Posey County Jail, if space is available, until such time that Community Corrections Director determines that such temporary placement should be ended; and WHEREAS, if a person’s Community Corrections placement is modified and such person is temporarily placed in the Posey County Jail, the Community Corrections Program shall pay the Posey County Jail the sum of $8.00 a day for the temporary housing of such person in the Posey County Jail. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of Posey County, Indiana as follows: SECTION 1. A. Pursuant to I.C. 35-28-2.6-5, if the Posey County Community Corrections Director determines that a Community Corrections participant has violated the terms and conditions of such person’s placement in the Community Corrections Program and the Community Corrections Director determines that such person’s Community Corrections placement should be modified by the temporary placement of such person in the Posey County Jail, the Community Corrections Director shall notify the Posey County Sheriff and either the Posey County Circuit Court Judge or the Posey County Superior Court Judge of such matter and such person shall be temporarily placed in the Posey County Jail. B. If a Community Corrections Program participant is temporarily housed in the Posey County Jail, the Community Corrections Program shall pay the sum of $8.00 a day for the temporary housing of such person in the Posey County Jail. C. All monies received by the Posey County Jail in connection with the temporary placement of Community Corrections participants shall be deposited in the County funds currently used for the deposit of fees received by the Posey County Jail for the housing of out of County inmates in the Posey County Jail. SECTION 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage by the Board of Commissioners of Posey County and following publication of the same as provided in 1.C. 5-3-1. First passed by the Board of Commissioners of Posey County, Indiana on this 1st day of September, 2020. Final passage by the Board of Commissioners of Posey County, Indiana on this 15th day of September, 2020. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA Carl Schmitz, President Randy Thornburg, Vice President Jay Price, Member Attest: Maegen Greenwell, Posey County Auditor Approved As To Legal form: Joseph H. Harrison, Jr. Posey County Attorney Published in the Posey County News on September 29, October 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

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Legal Advertisements and Court News Continued Factory Road, Mount Vernon 9:17 a.m. - Citizen Dispute Caller advised his ex will not let caller get his belongings - Second Street, Mount Vernon 9:37 a.m. - Information Report - Caller advised someone stole political signs from his yard - Denzer Road, Evansville 2:45 p.m. - Message - Has

questions about removing property from late mother’s house. Also advised male subject is causing problems for caller. 2:55 p.m. - Caller called back and advised the male subject is causing issues and she is wanting him removed - Locust Street, Mount Vernon 3:09 p.m. - Message - Advised he’s heard rumors that

2020-199 NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR SEALED BIDS The Town of Cynthiana (hereinafter “Town” or “Cynthiana” with said terms used interchangeably) will accept sealed bids for the purchase of a 2002 Chevy Silverado 2500 4WD (hereinafter “Vehicle”) with VIN 1GCHK24U32E128051. The Vehicle has 144,000 miles on it. The Vehicle has a utility bed with an overhead rack on it. The gross vehicle weight of the Vehicle is 9,200 pounds. The Vehicle has a 6.0-liter engine. The Vehicle has an automatic transmission. The Vehicle is being sold “As Is”. Bids must be received by the Town’s Clerk’s Office no later than the time of the opening of the bids, which will occur on Thursday, October 15, 2020, at 2 pm. Immediately after opening, the bids will be taken under advisement. The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Published in the Posey County News on September 29, October 6, 2020 hspaxlp 2020-204 Notice to Taxpayers of Proposed Additional Appropriations Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Posey County Indiana that the proper legal officers of Board of Trustees will consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the current year at their Regular meeting place at 10779 State road 66, Wadesville, at 5:00 P.M. on the 12th day of October, 2020 Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. The additional appropriations as finally approved will be referred to the Department of Local Government Financing. The Department will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriations within (15) days of receipt of a certified copy of the action taken. Fund Name: CUM FIRE (TWP) Amount Major Budget Classifications: Personal Service $ Supplies $ Other Services $ Capital Outlays $ 40,000 Township Assistance $ Debt Service $ Total for CUM FIRE(TWP) Fund $ 40,000 Published in the Posey County News on September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp

male subject is trying to harm his family - Fifth Street, Mount Vernon 5:07 p.m. - Domestic Violence - Advised husband is trying to take daughter. Caller advised they have been in a verbal argument - Hidbrader Road, Wadesville 6:57 p.m. - Threatening - Advised son-in-law has threatened to come shoot up caller’s house - Luigs Road, Wadesville September 14 10:37 a.m. - Theft - Caller advised female subject stole jewelry from caller and sold 2020-206 The following will be sold at auction on 10/26/2020 Black’s Automotive & Towing LLC 7701 Bald Knob Rd. Mount Vernon IN 47620 Bids will be taken up till 10:00 am 2003 Chevrolet Suburban VIN# 3GNFK16Z13G122728 Current charges are $1,000.00 Vehicle SOLD AS IS 2007 Chevrolet Impala LT VIN# 2G1WT58K579372169 Current charges are $500.00 Vehicle SOLD AS IS 2002 Toyota Camry VIN# 4T1BE32K02U574387 Current charges are $500.00 Vehicle SOLD AS IS 2006 Pontiac G6 VIN# 1G2ZG558664254297 Current charges are $500.00 Vehicle SOLD AS IS 2000 Chrysler Concorde LX VIN# 2C3HD46R6YH118733 Current charges are $500.00 Vehicle SOLD AS IS Published in the Posey County News on September 29, 2020 hspaxlp

2020-189 NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION NO. 65C01-2008-EU-000052 IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WALTER BROADHEAD, DECEASED Notice is hereby given that SHARON R. BROADHEAD was, on August 19, 2020 appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of WALTER BROADHEAD, Deceased, who died on June 22, 2020, and was authorized to proceed with the administration of said decedent’s estate without Court supervision. All persons who have claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED at Mt. Vernon, Indiana on August 19, 2020. KAY KILGORE, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana Donna M. Curtis Deputy John P. Broadhead Attorney for Personal Representative Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC One Main Street, Suite 201 Evansville, IN 47708-1473 Ph: 812-452-3510 Fax: 812-421-4936 Email: john.broadhead@skofirm.com Published in the Posey County News on September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-177 STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF POSEY ) IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: SS - DOB 2/5/2019 AND Steven B Robinson (Parent) Shannon Smith (Parent)

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT CAUSE NUMBER: 65C01-2004-JT-000046

SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING

TO:

Shannon Smith Whereabouts unknown NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has ﬁled a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Judge of the Posey Circuit Court, 300 Main Street, P.O. Box 745, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 - 812-838-1302 for a(n) Termination Hearing on 11/2/2020 at 9:00 AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. You are further notiﬁed that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child. You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. Kay Kilgore Clerk Daniel Jankowski, 27892-82 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 1262 Main Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 Published in the Posey County News on September 15, September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-175 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF AR’EAZION PRYNCE CADET DE’ZARION CLARK, A MINOR CHILD

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT

it. He is requesting an officer. 11:30 a.m. - Caller called back and advised female subject is going to bring the jewelry back - West Franklin Road, Evansville 11:59 a.m. - Threatening Caller advised they are receiving threatening emails from a neighbor reference dogs barking - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 1:40 p.m. - Message - Caller is needing to speak to an officer reference her neighbor’s possibly taking her cat - Pearl Street, Mount Vernon 9:20 p.m. - Harassment Male advised female subject is texting him and harassing him again. He has already filed a report - Serenity Drive, Poseyville September 15 5:13 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Vehicles broken into overnight - Downen Road,

Wadesville 6:55 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Vehicle broken into overnight - Oakfield Court, Wadesville 7:20 a.m. - Extra Patrol - Advised vehicle broken into. Also, tools taken. Advised neighbors were also vandalized - Downen Road, Wadesville 8:57 a.m. - General Complaint - Employee took her keys because she’s refusing to sign a paper - Main Street, Mount Vernon 10:49 a.m. - Theft - Advised $20 and jumper cables stolen last night out of two vehicles Vienna Road, Wadesville 10:52 a.m. - Theft - Advised two political yard signs taken Friday night from yard around 3:30 a.m. - Tanglewood Drive, Mount Vernon 3:31 p.m. - Trespassing - Advised neighbor was trimming

2020-205 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY IN RE THE ESTATE OF NORMA JEAN SEIFERT

her bushes. She told them not to come in her yard and they yelled at her - Wade Road, Wadesville 5:34 p.m. - Message - Neighbor has a target for a bow set up in their backyard that if missed could hit caller’s house or anybody in their yard. Wants officer to talk to them about moving target - Jackson Road, Mount Vernon 6:52 p.m. - Theft - Caller requests deputy for theft of gun Winery Road, Evansville 7:56 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Advised daughter is out front screaming out of control Jefferson Drive, Mount Vernon 8:35 p.m. - Caller’s daughter has red marks on her face from hot water by her grandma - Jefferson Drive, Mount Vernon 9:30 p.m. - Theft - Forklift stolen today - Locust Street, Cynthiana

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT

CAUSE NO. 65C01-2009-EU-000062 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that Patricia Ann Hulsey, was on the 25th day of September, 2020, appointed personal representative of the Estate of Norma Jean Seifert, Deceased (“Decedent”), who died testate on August 18, 2020. The Estate will be administered without supervision. All persons who have claims against this Estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the Office of the Clerk of this Court within three (3) months of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the Decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. DATED this 25th day of September, 2020. CLERK: By: Donna Curtis Deputy Clerk Adam Farrar IN # 24871-82 VAN HAAFTEN & FARRAR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLC Attorneys at Law 204 Main St. Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 adam@vhflawyers.com Phone: (812) 838-1400 Fax: (812) 838-1401 Published in the Posey County News on September 29, October 6, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-190 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF POSEY

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POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2020 TERM

CAUSE NO. 65C01-2008-ES-000054 ) IN THE MATTER OF THE ) SUPERVISED ESTATE OF ) RANDALL L. NEALE, DECEASED. ) ATTORNEY: William H. Bender 17 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana 47633 Phone: (812) 874-3636, (812) 985-2102 NOTICE OF SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT, STATE OF INDIANA In the matter of the estate of Randall L. Neale, Deceased Notice is hereby given that Tracey N. Tomes was on the 1st day of September, 2020, appointed Administrator of the estate of Randall L. Neale, deceased, who died on May 27, 2019. All persons having claims against this estate, whether or not now due, must file the claim in the office of the clerk of this court within three (3) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or within nine (9) months after the decedent’s death, whichever is earlier, or the claims will be forever barred. 11 Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 11 day of September, 2020 Kay Kilgore, Clerk Posey Circuit Court Amanda Dobleman Deputy Published in the Posey County News on September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp 2020-178 STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF POSEY ) IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: SS - DOB 2/5/2019 AND Steven B Robinson (Parent) Shannon Smith (Parent)

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT CAUSE NUMBER: 65C01-2004-JT-000046

SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING

TO:

Steven B Robinson Whereabouts unknown NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the above noted parent whose whereabouts are unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has ﬁled a Petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Judge of the Posey Circuit Court, 300 Main Street, P.O. Box 745, Mount Vernon, IN 47620 - 812-838-1302 for a(n) Termination Hearing on 11/2/2020 at 9:00 AM and to answer the Petition for Termination of your Parental Rights of said child. You are further notiﬁed that if the allegations in said petition are true, and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the Court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest an adoption or other placement of said child. You are entitled to representation by an attorney, provided by the State if applicable, throughout these proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you, in your absence, without further notice. Kay Kilgore Clerk Daniel Jankowski, 27892-82 Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services 1262 Main Street Mount Vernon, IN 47620 Published in the Posey County News on September 15, September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp

CAUSE NO. 65C01-2007-GU-000012 NOTICE

TO: Shayla Raven Clark Whereabouts Unknown On the 13th day of October, 2020 at 8:30 AM in the Posey Circuit Court at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, the Posey Circuit Court will hold a hearing to determine whether a guardian should be appointed for Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark. A copy of the petition requesting appointment of a guardian. The petition requesting appointment of a guardian states, in part, the following: That Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark is a male, born xx/xx/ 2018, and presently residing at 3001 Ford Road, Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. That the nature of the incapacity of the Minor is that they have not reached the age of majority and are not an emancipated minor. The Minor does not own property of any value. Petitioner seeks no limitations on the guardianship. To the Petitioner’s knowledge, no guardianship has been previously appointed for the Minor. The name of the person most closely related by blood or marriage to the Minor is his Mother, Shayla Raven Clark, whose current whereabouts are unknown. The Father of the Minor is unknown. The Petitioner currently has had the care and custody of the Minor since approximately April 1, 2018. The Petitioner does not currently serve as guardians for any other person. Petitioner seek this guardianship because Minor is a minor, has not been emancipated, is incapable of managing his personal and financial affairs, and it is in the best interest of the Minor that Petitioner is appointed to serve as his legal guardian. At the hearing the court will determine whether Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark is an incapacitated person or minor under Indiana law. This proceeding may substantially affect the rights of Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark and Shayla Raven Clark. If the court finds that Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark is an incapacitated person or minor, the court at the hearing shall also consider whether Melinda Kay Niehaus should be appointed as guardian of Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark. The court may, in its discretion, appoint some other qualified person as guardian. The court may also, in its discretion, limit the powers and duties of the guardian to allow Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark to retain control over certain property and activities. The court may also determine whether a protective order should be entered on behalf of Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark. Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark may attend the hearing and be represented by an attorney. The petition may be heard and determined in the absence of Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark if the court determines that the presence of Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark is not required. If Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark attends the hearing, opposes the petition, and is not represented by an attorney, the court may appoint an attorney to represent Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark. The court may, where required, appoint a guardian ad litem to represent Ar’Eazion Prynce Cadet De’Zarion Clark at the hearing. The court may, on its own motion or on request of any interested person, postpone the hearing to another date and time. Kay Kilgore Clerk, Posey Circuit Court Published in the Posey County News on September 15, September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp

2020-173 TO THE OWNERS OF THE WITHIN DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Sheriff Sale File number: 65-20-0031-SS Date & Time of Sale: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm Sale Location: Posey County Sheriff’s Office lobby, 1201 O’Donnell Road Judgment to be satisfied: $109,291.64 Cause Number: 65D01-1911-MF-000491 Plaintiff: VANDERBILT MORTGAGE & FINANCE, INC. Defendant: DAVID M. COX and DIANA COX, STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DEACONESS HOSPITAL, INC., HOOSIER ACCOUNTS SERVICE, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA, N.A.) AND TREASURER OF POSEY COUNTY By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me, directed from the Clerk of Superior/Circuit Court of Posey County County Indiana, requiring me to make the sum as provided for in said DECREE, with interest and cost, I will expose at public sale to the highest bidder at the date, time and location listed above, the fee simple of the whole body of Real Estate, a certain tract or parcel of land described as follows: Lots Number Four (4) and Five (5) in the Town of Oliver, in Posey County, Indiana as shown by the recorded plat of the said Town of Oliver, Indiana. Also a 2007 Clayton Mobile Home, VIN # CH0003078KYAB Commonly known as: 4544 WALNUT STREET, MT. VERNON, IN 47620 Parcel No. 65-07-35-400-006.000-005 Together with rents, issues, income and profits thereof, this sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. In accordance to the requirements of IC 32-29-7-3, this Notice shall also represent service of Notice of Sale of this real estate upon the owners. * An entire Sheriff’s Sale may be cancelled due to inclement weather or other county emergencies. If the entire Sheriff’s Sale is cancelled, each parcel will be cancelled. Each parcel will be assigned to the next available sale (normally 2 months from original sale). This will allow compliance with Indiana Code concerning posting, publication, and serving time frames. Also, new Sheriff’s Sale fees will be assessed and the parcels will be automatically re-advertised. The plaintiff will be responsible for the new fees and advertising costs. Angela L. Thompson, Plaintiff’s Attorney Thomas E. Latham, Sheriff Attorney No. Angela L. Thompson, PLLC By: Erin Fuelling, Administrative Assistant 2200 East Parrish Avenue 812-838-1321 Building C, Suite LL107 Owensboro, KY 42303 Center Township (270) 663-1071 The Sheriff’s Department does not warrant the accuracy of the commonly known address published herein. Published in the Posey County News on September 15, September 22, September 29, 2020 - hspaxlp

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Legal Advertisements and Court News Continued 10:08 p.m. - Suspicious - Advised received a call someone is currently breaking into one of the storage units. Can see flashlights moving around - Edson Street, Mount Vernon 10:20 p.m. - Fight - Caller advised she was witness to verbal threats made to subject 2nd Street, Mount Vernon 11:54 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Wife is mad and flipping out. Requests an officer Lincoln Street, Mount Vernon September 16 7:44 a.m. - Vandalism Someone busted out front windshield - Ninth Street, Mount Vernon 12:55 p.m. - Disorderly Conduct - Male subject threatening employees and out of control Second Street, Mount Vernon 3:29 p.m. - Message - Caller is needing to speak with an offiQuizmaster Jonathan GluďŹ&#x20AC; of Challenge Entertain- cer about filing charges on three ment calls out question during a recent Trivia Night at subjects for tearing up furniture he bought for a family member Zaps Tavern located in Saint Philip. Photo by Theresa that has passed away - Main Bratcher Street, Mount Vernon 11:58 p.m. - Disturbing the Peace - Caller advised wife refusing to let him in residence Elk Trail Drive, Evansville September 17 6:56 a.m. - Theft - Purse was stolen out of her vehicle last night. Was pretty sure one door 11:27 a.m. - Breaking and Entering - Attempted breaking and entering - Durham Drive, Mount Vernon 12:56 p.m. - Controlled Substance Problem - Advised someone is smoking skunk weed in one of the upstairs units - Main Street, Mount Vernon September 18 12:41 a.m. - Domestic Violence - Callerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiancĂŠ came to residence and physically assaulted her and then she left and he tried to run her off the road - Old SR 62, Evansville 8:40 a.m. - Burglary - Received call bank is being robbed - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 8:44 a.m. - Theft - Advised came home last night and door was open. Apartment was a

mess and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find purse. Pills missing - Main Street, Mount Vernon 9:35 a.m. - Information Report - Homeowner in their way. Has turned her dog on them in the past and now wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move for tree trimming. Caller working for utility company - Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon 9:54 a.m. - Fight - One male wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, physically fighting with another male. Male in blue shirt and jeans was assaulted by other male - Fourth Street, Mount Vernon 3:30 p.m. - Message - Advised detailing company has had callerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69 Firebird for 8 months. Will not let him see the vehicle when he goes out there. Caller is requesting to speak to an officer - Mount Vernon September 19 9:33 a.m. - Theft - Wallet stolen out of her car last night - Walnut Street, Mount Vernon 10:19 p.m. - Breaking and Entering - Caller and his girlfriend walked into their apartment and there is a male subject, they do not know him or how he got there, in work clothes and is asleep on the floor. Caller states the roommate does not know who male subject is - Barter Street, Mount Vernon September 20 4:19 a.m. - Suspicious Advised wife was leaving for work and advised a package is on the front porch with a note that reads â&#x20AC;&#x153;do not open or you will be going to the hospitalâ&#x20AC;?. Believes is a pressure cooker Cardinal Drive, Mount Vernon 8:52 a.m. - Theft - Caller advised female subject stole several items from him while he was sleeping - William Keck Bypass, Mount Vernon 6:18 p.m. - Noise Complaint - Advised neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music is disturbing her - Lee Drive, Mount Vernon 8:49 p.m. - Suspicious - Maroon car, advised sitting on Sherman Street. Caller advised

he was driving reckless through the neighborhood, screeching tires and almost hit a house. Now revving his engine - Harrison/Sherman Street, Mount Vernon Civil Absolute Resolutions Investments, LLC v. Kaci Jacob Portfolio Recovery Associated, LLC v. Michael Cremeens Portfolio Recovery Associated, LLC v. Brian Oliver Midland Funding, LLC v. Jessica Spalding Professional and Business Collections, LLC v. Patrick Ragsdale Portfolio Recovery Associated, LLC v. Elizabeth Wallace Midland Credit Management, Incorporated v. Teresa Wyatt Midland Funding, LLC v. Cheri Bowler Portfolio Recovery Associated, LLC v. Debbie Attebury First Financial Bank, N.A. v. Jeremy Bolte Portfolio Recovery Associated, LLC v. Elena Cowgill Second Round, LP v. Nicholas Jones, Marcia McIntirejones Crown Asset Management, LLC v. Hayley Turner Warehouse Services, Incorporated v. PC Connection Sales Corporation Madison Cox v. Tara Hancock Carla Rollins v. Brandi Rollins Virginia Alsop v. Trena Morris Carla Rollins v. Antjuan Rollins, Michele Schmidt Tower Construction v. Randall Armstrong Tower Construction v. Haley Overton Tower Construction v. Angel Hill Hoosier Accounts Service v. Michael Cobin Hoosier Accounts Service v. Clifton Redman Hoosier Accounts Service v. Karrie Griggs Hoosier Accounts Service v. Trisha Smith

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Managing life in a world of

COVID-19 Part One of a Two-Part Series By Trisha L. Lopez sociation released a study this spring move with his parents and sister from point. Molly Jones isn’t really Molly Jones. about the impact on America’s frontline Rosedale to Mount Vernon. A conHe had no cough. He had no fever. He Her name is something that she doesn’t workers. struction major, he’d spent his spring said he had some congestion and dizzifeel comfortable revealing. Of the nearly 700 workers involved in on quarantine renovating his family’s ness. The worst part, he said, was the Why? the JAMA study, almost half reported home instead of traveling with his team- headache. The headache was so intense Because she is a registered critical care symptoms consistent with Post Traumat- mates enjoying his freshman season. He that it made him sick to his stomach. He nurse in a Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit ic Stress Disorder, 25 percent reported was signed up to play summer baseball spent hours in his room in the dark to at a Southern Indiana Hospital and, while symptoms of depression and 20 percent in a men’s league with a group of guys avoid light and noise. He was exhausted. she doesn’t want her name to get out and said they suffer from anxiety. that he’d known since his days in Little Normally an early riser and pretty enerrisk jeopardizing her job, her story needs “I often go entire shifts without eating League, a big win in a time when travel getic, Foncannon struggled to stay awake to be told. or drinking any water. On a good day, I seasons were still doubtful and the Amer- throughout the day. The story of the Covid-19 pandemic grab a quick lunch, but instead of eating I ican Legion baseball season had already Foncannon knows that he was lucky has been told from many angles. will go into the breakroom, lay on a blan- been canceled. He got a job he loved in that his symptoms were relatively mild A simple search of the phrase “Cov- ket on the floor and turn the lights off,” his new town. and did not require hospitalization. id-19” on the internet search engine Bing she said. “The emotional toll that this has He was exposed to the virus the week He fits the mold of a lot of young peoboasts 302 million potential hits. and will continue to have on healthcare his family moved. He went to work one ple that are contracting the virus across The story, much like the virus itself, is workers is enormous. My mental health morning only to be told to turn around the US. everywhere. and that of Foncannon turned 19 while in quarThe numbers have been hotly debated, the coworkantine. He was a three-sport athlete in but the Centers for Disease Control, the ers who I high school and is a two-sport athlete much-maligned national health institute have conin college. He’s very active and he operating under the United States De- fided in is in works out regularly. He has no underpartment of Health and Human Services, the toilet. I lying conditions or health risk factors paints an ominous picture. feel like a lithat would put him in the elevated risk As of Sept. 19, the CDC has reported ability to my category for Covid complications. 30,588,989 confirmed cases of Covid-19 family and Knowing that his risk factors were globally, 6,819,709 nationally, low helped put him at ease, but Fon111,900 within the state of Indiana cannon said there was always a little Above: Suite mates, left to right, and 294 in Posey County. They worry in the back of his mind. Derek Foncannon, Garrett Lawson, have reported 953,482 deaths globThere was so much unknown. FonAlex Atkinson and Logan Harrison ally, 201,735 deaths nationally and cannon said the “unknown” was what quarantine together at Vincennes 3,495 deaths within the state of InUniversity after a team mate tested scared him the most. diana. Like Jones, Foncannon said he was positive for COVID-10. Those numbers have many conoverwhelmed by the number of online tributing factors. The national deopinions he saw that seemed to have bate about the validity of those very little basis in the reality he was numbers may rage for decades. living. A quick scroll down his FaceJones’ story isn’t about those book feed showed a daily barrage of debates. Her story isn’t about the posts about the virus that ranged from opinions of social media posters or touting its’ potential to usher in the Derek Foncannon of Mount Vernon quarantines in his politicians scrambling to provide room at Vincennes University. This is his second round of end of the world to denying its exanswers to an increasingly distrust- dealing with COVID-19. The first time he isolated due to istence and relegating it to a politia co-worker exposure which him to a positive result and ful voting base. cal conspiracy designed to shake the Jones says her story is not about mild yet intense symptoms. Photos submitted and go home. A coworker had American government. what ifs. Her story is about her experi- friends.” “It made me mad to see the stuff ontested positive for the virus. He and his ences with what is. “After I get off work, I just shut down. I fellow employees were all expected to go line,” he said. “I knew what I was going She is not alone. The story of Ameri- am mentally, physically and emotionally home and begin the waiting process… through. I knew people who were going cans living in the “new normal” of our running on (empty). My husband often completely in the dark about whether through worse cases than mine. It is easy collective reality during this global health isn’t home until after I am in bed, and I symptoms would actually develop. for people to post things saying the virus crisis extends beyond test results, hospi- leave before he wakes up. I don’t see him Two weeks seemed like an eternity to isn’t real because they aren’t the ones livtalizations and memes. much. At this point in my life I should be wait to find out if he was going to devel- ing with it.” “It’s just the new reality, I guess,” Jones starting a family, but that has been put on op a virus that had already been deemed “People are sick. They feel bad enough. said. “I’d love for the public to know what hold.” responsible for the deaths of more than They shouldn’t have to worry about anyis actually happening isn’t what the news one’s opinions or see nasty comments onShe feels like she’s been treated like an 100,000 people at that point. shows. It’s scary and healthcare workers outcast by the very public she’s pushed He was also told that anyone in his im- line,” he said. are burning out faster than we can replace her own dreams aside to try to protect. He gets angry when people debate the mediate family should be on the alert for them. Our voices need to be heard.” “I feel ostracized by the public if I symptoms as well. He’d spent the week- number of deaths associated with the viAll stories have a beginning. Jones’ is am seen in scrubs outside of the hospi- end before learning of his exposure with rus around him. no different. She was a certified nurses tal, even if it’s just to get gas before my his grandparents, both in their 60s and He blames the dismissal of the loss assistant through high school and fell in shift,” she explained. “I am not the type considered a higher risk for complica- of life on some people’s inability to see love with the profession. of person that is used to being alone. Pre- tions should they become infected with what doesn’t directly affect them. “I wanted to be the one to help people Covid, I would just scroll through my the virus. Were they also at risk? when they are at their worst, whatever phone when I am home alone and bored, “I already believed the virus that may be,” Jones explained. “It’s not but I take every ‘this will go away after was real and serious,” he said. always about saving lives. Sometimes it’s the election’ or ‘no worse than the flu’ so- “I knew it had killed people. It just about listening to (people).” cial media post to heart and seeing them closed my school. They wouldn’t But who is listening to our nation’s just makes me feel worse. The only peo- have closed colleges all over the medical heroes? ple I feel like I can talk to are those who country if it wasn’t real. It scared “The world knows nothing but has all of have seen what I have. They understand. me…not so much for myself, but the opinions. I have accepted the fact that No one else knows what to say.” for the people I’d been around.” no one knows what I am going through Derek Foncannon’s story is entirely His symptoms began six days unless they’ve seen what I have seen. The different. after the day he was exposed, but suffering of someone that you try so hard The 19-year-old Vincennes Univer- they didn’t look like anything to heal takes a toll. Covid is a monster,” sity student from Mount Vernon does he’d seen on the news at that she said. “One day the patient is doing not spend his days trying to wage war okay, the next they are on the ventilator. against an unseen enemy that seems to tips for self care: Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare It isn’t like other illnesses that we have shift tactics at every turn. been dealing with for decades and know The self described “simple guy” just rver of your life, be in the present. dfully; learn to be an objective obse min Live If you are what to expect or what we need to do to wants to have a chance to go to his n stuck in memories about the past. If you become depressed you are ofte You are yet. ened happ even not have fix it. As a nurse or physician, it is hard construction technology classes each things that in the anxious it is likely you are thinking of or re futu We cannot make changes in the to accept that you can’t save someone or day and finish fall baseball as a memon stuck in the “what ifs” of the future. “Tefl a e Hav ent. pres the to make change is in keep them from suffering.” ber of the Trailblazer baseball team. of our past. The only time available for us out slide them Let . ions mpt assu ts and The national debate about the reality His story, like Jones’, is one of frusmind.” Work on letting go of judgmen r situations objectively. you ng seei you ede imp se The d. min of the virus makes things even harder for tration. wonder tool of our time. family and friends. Video chat is a with ed nect con Stay her. Foncannon and his three college get a handwritten letter or card. a few However, it is an amazing feeling to “It makes me feel disposable. I avoid suite mates Garrett Lawson, Logan Be sure to start and end your day with e. itud rs, Practice an attitude of grat othe than er long is list that s eday social media, TV and the news. Every Harrison and Alex Atkinson are cureful for?” Som moments to identify “what am I grat g each time you reflect. time I log on Facebook, I see stuff like rently on quarantine in their dorm after . Food but it is crucial to find at least one thin risk category, consider volunteering high a in not this, even from family members. I have a teammate tested positive for the virus If you are healthy and sure, expo with ble forta com less ’re you r help. If had coworkers hospitalized, so sick that on Friday. s litie banks are very busy and can use you faci care term e in situations such as long consider writing letters or cards to thos we thought we might lose them. We are Countless Americans have been that may remain very isolated. a family and seeing someone that sick asked to quarantine after being exposed tobacco to cope. These will increase use of alcohol, drugs, caffeine and the id Avo l stress. that you care about is rough enough, but to someone that has tested positive for to add family discord as well as lega your anxiety and have the potential r pets and you with time d spen , cise the fact that it could have been me in that Covid-19. The CDC recommends that well, exer Take care of yourself physically. Eat nose and r you e slow deep breaths, in through hospital bed is gut wrenching,” she ex- anyone that has been less than six feet children. Remember to breathe. Thre em that syst ous nerv etic path ging our parasym plained. “At the end of the day, if some- away from someone confirmed to have out through your mouth, aids in enga k. attac c pani ing loom of a one comes in on a ventilator wearing a the virus for longer than 15 minutes rewill help to interrupt the threat response ks. If we are immersed in the fear, tragedy brea et outl s new and ia med al soci e Tak shirt that says’ Covid is a hoax; masks main quarantined in their homes for 14 ts in our 24/7 world we will y that bombard us from current even tivit nega ent curr and are for sheep’ every single one of us will days to reduce the possibility of spread. n the remote, commit to watching alanced. Change the channel, put dow unb me beco ily fun to treat them with the same amount of comThis isn’t Foncannon’s first quaranng a walk, working on a project or fam a comedy, reading a good book, taki input as tive posi e som have you that ure passion and respect as we would our own tine. y r mind and soul to recharge. Ens allow you family. We would put our own lives on He was asked to isolate at home i ortant! well. Balance is imp struggling with drug If you feel overwhelmed, feel you are the line to save theirs. That is just who we in June. The big difference between ghts, reach out for thou idal suic nce erie or alcohol use or exp are and what we do.” his current quarantine and his experiHealthcare has an ral immediately. Southwestern Behavio help h The emotional and physical toll of try- ence this summer? He tested positivee g same day aserin off y entl curr offi o ce in Posey County. They are ing to ease the suffering of the sick who for Covid-19 a little over a week afterr our local communities. The sess se ments in response to the needs in reach the suicide prevention are fighting to get back to their loved ones being exposed. number is 812-838-6558. You can also has been overwhelming for Jones. Foncannon had a busy June. in at 812-422-1100. hotline The Journal of American Medical As-houur He was in the middle of a three-hour

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