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Tuesday December 21, 2010

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Unified school employees make commitment

Teachers, personnel agree to 5 percent pay cut ‘for the good of the students’

By Dave Pearce “No person was ever honored for what he received. He was honored for what he gave.”

– Calvin Coolidge Employees of the Mount Vernon School Corporation have agreed to make a substantial gift to the students and the Mount Vernon community. Beginning with the 2011 school year, employees across the board will be taking a 5 percent salary cut to help the corporation remain in solid financial shape.

This follows two years of no pay increases and a year of a .55 percent decrease last year.

The end result will be a $500,000 reoccurring savings per year.

“The first thing I want people to know is that this was not something the teachers had to do and it is not something that was easy for them to do” MSD School Supt. Tom Kopatich said while making the announcement. “They did it because they believe in the school, the community and the students.”

Kopatich went on to praise the staff for excellence in performance indicators measured

by the state.

“The performance in our school is so high that we cannot fall into an academic probation,” Kopatich exclaimed. “Taking a 5.55 percent pay cut is very painful for anyone in the community in tough economic times. But our teachers are willing to do this because they believe in what they do. I believe that their insurance went up a little bit this year, too.”

Kopatich indicated that every group in the corporation from administration down has agreed to the decrease except the custodians and the bus drivers. The offer will be made to them when it is time for renewal of their contracts. He indicated that in the past, the two groups have worked together in taking increases and he would expect them to work together when taking the decreases.

The second major part of the announcement is that the school will initiate a retirement package using one-time funds provided by the Stimulus Package that must be spent on classroom instruction. In an effort to help

bring down payroll costs, a one-time “retirement incentive” payment of $25,000 will be offered to some 50 teachers who are currently eligible for retirement.

Kopatich explained that a one-time payment of $10,000 had been offered about a year ago but that few teachers took advantage at that time because of the rising cost of health insurance. This one-time $25,000 payout should pay for about two years of health insurance for the average retired employee.

Using these “one-time” funds wisely could create a potential first-year savings in excess of $2 million, depending on the number of people who decide to take the “buy-out.” A minimum of 20 certified personnel members must agree to the retirement within the next 24 months for the plan to be effective. The more teachers who take advantage of the package, the more savings there will be for the school corporation as the teachers who are eligible for retirement are at the top of the pay scale. They would be replaced with teachers who, of course, will be less experi-

DCP deadline is June 1 Greg Knowles, County Executive Director of the Posey County FSA, reminds producers that June 1, 2011, is the deadline for enrolling in the 2011 DCP program or the 2011 ACRE program. All signatures of producers receiving a share in DCP/ACRE payments are required by the June deadline.

It is important producers contact the Posey County FSA office to set up appointments. Also wheat certification is also going on. The deadline to certify your wheat is May 31, 2011, and planting dates are required. If you have any questions, please contact the Posey County FSA Office at (812) 838-4191, ext. 2.

Chamber Choir on TV The Mount Vernon Senior High School Chamber Choir will appear in the Channel 44 television broadcast of “High School Holidays.” Featuring area high school choirs, the program will include a variety of seasonal choral music.

Dana Taylor notes, “it is always a pleasure to participate in activities like this and affords community members an opportunity to hear what vocal music programs do.

It is also good for school music and for our students.” Broadcast times are Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m. and Midnight and Dec. 25th at noon and 12:30 p.m. on CBS44 in High Definition. It will also be broadcast on Dec. 24 at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on My44 The Chamber Choir features Josie Brown, Melanie Davis, Carly Gray, Katelyn Herrenbruck, Michelle Huff, Kate Higgins, Kirstie Keene, Carynn Koch, Jenna Rueger, Amy Seifert, Kaci Turner and Michelle Walker. The ensemble is directed by Dana Taylor and is accompanied by Teresa Bloodworth.

By Dave Pearce State elections officials have certified Republican Wendy McNamara as the winner in the tight Indiana House District 76 race after a recount held at Posey County’s Hovey House this week.

“Words cannot capture the gratitude for and great joy of working with outstanding members of the Posey County community throughout my campaign. Getting to know the struggles and triumphs of our community has been an inspiration,” McNamara said this weekend. “Those experiences will be of great value as I get to work. I look forward to the opportunity to serve Southwestern Indiana and the constituents of House District 76.”

Now that a recount in the race has been finished, the Indiana Election Commission, a three-person panel headed by Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita, made the results official during a meeting Saturday at the Statehouse.

Out of more than 18,000 that were cast, McNamara’s victory over Democratic state Sen. Bob Deig ended up being by a mere four votes.

But while Deig offered his congratulations to his opponent, he also issued a challenge.

“I want to congratulate my opponent, but would ask one thing of her.

She presently is an administrator with the EVSC and has a 180 contract and a salary of nearly $80,000. She will now be in session from January to May and that is the main part of the EVSC school year,” Deig said. “She will be in session in Indianapolis for nearly 120 days of her 180-day school contract. If the school district can do without her for that long, they either need to hire someone else to take her place or eliminate her position. I ask that she resign her position from her taxpayer-funded position and work for the people of District 76 as the elected representative.”

When asked to comment on Deig’s request, McNamara retorted that she is an administrator in the Vanderburgh County School Corporation that works year-round. She indicated she is not on a teacher’s contract of 180 days, as Deig had stated.

More importantly, McNamara continued, has Mr. Deig asked the same of Pat Bauer, Kreg Battles, Terry Gooden, and Dave Cheatham just to mention a few Democrats. There are several educational professionals in the General Assembly, and having a part-time legislature allows persons from all walks of life to serve their state. Having such an unreasonable request would surely limit our legislative body and possibly diminish the field of qualified servants to our State.

“When I was elected to the Indiana State Senate four years ago, I was the Facility Director with the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library,” Deig stated. “I decided at that time to resign my position and work full time for my constituents.”

But McNamara indicated that Deig is and has been employed with Energy Systems Group.

Following the recount, the commission’s certification of McNamara’s victory was expected because after their review of all but three of the disputed ballots, she had a seven-vote lead.

According to a news release from the secretary of state’s office, those three votes were disqualified.

Jolly little fellow, Ace Cox, one and one-half, of Poseyville was all smiles in his Santa suit while attending a Christmas program at Continued on Page A6 North Elementary on Friday. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Wadesville’s Brown ready for a ‘normal’ Christmas

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Makensie Brown

By Pam Robinson Wadesville’s Makensie Brown shares the dreams of a typical 10year-old when asked what’s on her Christmas wish list—an iPod touch and her very own cell phone. Yet, Makensie’s life has been anything but typical.

Just last year, when most children heard about visions of sugar plums dancing through their heads, Makensie dealt with electrodes bulging from her scalp. This surgical procedure preceded a second surgery to remove a part of the right front lobe of her brain as a treatment for tuberous sclerosis, the growth of benign tumors in the brain, and the petit mal seizures it caused.

Makensie’s seizures started when

she was only six months old.

“When she was a baby, if she was sitting up, she would slowly fall to the right side,” explains Makensie’s mom, Julie Brown. “As she got older, she would do the same thing, but would not fall. If she was eating or drinking or whatever, she would continue to try and do those things.

Her right hand and arm would just be shaking, and she wouldn’t get the cup or the food to her mouth. If she was writing, she would continue to try to do so, but the pencil might hit the paper and be just scribbles.

She always remained conscious, and I would talk to her during the seizures. She would usually try to answer me, but would not always remember what I said when the

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enced but will come in considerably lower on the pay scale.

“Yes, we would be losing teachers with many years of classroom experience but there is always a price to pay in a situation such as this,” Kopatich explained. “But, that will allow us to be very selective as to who we hire to replace these teachers, if replacement is necessary. Furthermore, it would give us an opportunity to hire teachers from area universities who want to stay in the area.”

Kopatich indicated that while the average teacher salary in Mount Vernon has been higher than some areas, so has the number of years of classroom experience for teachers.

As a matter of fact, Kopatich indicated that on average, Mount Vernon teachers have seven years more experience than counterparts in other counties.

Kopatich said that when the referendum in Posey County failed last year, as referendums in several parts of the state did, the teachers,

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seizure was over. A typical seizure would last anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds.”

The Browns met Dr. Jesus Eric Pina Garza through the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Garza treated Makensie with a variety of medications and controlled her seizures until just two weeks before school started in August 2009.

“Makensie was having up to 30 seizures a day then, and medication wouldn’t stop them,” recalls Mom Julie. “In September, we started talking about surgery.” By October, neuropsychologist Craig Roof was called in to Makensie’s case, and by

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OPINION

Balanced reporting includes the use of common sense During the past week, both Mount Vernon and North Posey schools received some not-so-desirable television news time.

For Mount Vernon, the TRUTH... “news” involved a fight STRANGER in one of the bathrooms in THAN the school that was eventu- FICTION ally placed for all the world BY DAVE to see on Youtube. All our PEARCE technical advancements seem to have made it even easier for students to get themselves in trouble.

Statements from both sides of the situation were later placed on Facebook. Parents and friends became involved in the event, placing the comments on the popular networking media. I read some of the remarks and none appeared to be flattering, to say the least. While I don’t personally know any of the four young ladies who appear to have been involved in this fight, is that really what people around the area need to be seeing about Mount Vernon?

In the case at North Posey, a minor was suspended from school for two days for writing a swear word on a tobacco questionnaire. It is my understanding that

participation in the questionnaire was voluntary. It is my understanding that the answers to the survey were to be marked in small circles so the answer could be scanned and read by a computer. This particular student decided to write a swear word on the paper.

Was he within his Constitutional rights…probably.

Was the student following the school rules? Was it a nice or smart thing to do? Did it serve to be anything positive for the student, the school or the community? I think everyone knows the answer to those questions. Was the entire incident just something a student just like you and I may have done when we were his age? Probably.

If, indeed, the survey was supposed to be totally confidential, the administration could have lost credibility on future “confidential” surveys by going through steps to figure out who wrote the swear word on the paper. Looking back, it probably would have been best just to pitch the survey since marks were made outside the answer areas. It appears to me that someone got what they wanted out of the markings…

True forgiveness has no limits This past Saturday, the entire Robinson family awaited the arrival of Jim’s younger brother Joe, his wife Andrea and their three children from Indianapolis. The one-year-old twins, Adelyn and Bradyn, along with their 8-year-old brother Tyler were christened by the Rev. Dallas Robinson at Point Township Church of the Nazarene.

Timing the service during Advent helped all of us to remember the reason for the season, the birth of a very special baby over 2,000 years ago. We all entered into the fellowship hall for our traditional holiday gathering with a renewed love for one another, young and old alike. The service witnessed in a special way to the sacredness of life. We are all God’s children.

Brother Dallas read from Matthew 19, where Jesus insists, “Let all the children come unto me.” He commented that certainly children grace heaven, including the unborn whose lives never really touched the earth. I wept, knowing God protects those innocent souls in spite of the violence that breaks their bodies. Surely every post-abortive mother can be comforted with realizing God cares for her child, especially when she could not, for whatever reason, herself care for her child. As it’s been said, “Abortion stops one heart, breaks another.”

We live in a time where post-abortive mothers, in particular those who participate in late-term abortions, are often demonized for their actions. Frankly, I believe the righteous say no more than what the post-abortive mother has already said to herself. My belief comes from my previous work with post-abortive women in the setting of a confidential weekend retreat designed for their emotional and spiritual healing, Rachel’s

Vineyard.

Many of the women can scarcely believe God forgives them, particularly when many in our society withhold such forgiveness. Another story about Jesus told in John 8 comes to mind— his pardoning of the adulterous woman. I say, along with Jesus, let him without sin cast the first stone at the post-abortive woman.

I agree abortion is wrong, but I believe to help bring healing to this broken world, we must offer love, forgiveness, and reconciliation to postabortive women. Reconciliation can occur only where understanding exists. The postabortive woman is not a devil. We don’t need to support her action, abortion itself, but we do need to support the woman. The very hairs on her head are numbered, just like her child, and God wants her to return home. Many well-meaning individuals may actually work against God’s will, for all to receive his salvation, with their hate-filled words that distance, rather than unite, a post-abortive woman with God. Those familiar with the Bible will remember Jesus’ words of caution in Luke 17:2 to those who lead his children astray: “It would be better for you if a millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea than for you to cause one of these little ones to stumble” (RSV). The repentant, Jesus continues in the next two verses, must be forgiven.

The post-abortive woman is also a child of God. This Christmas, I am especially grateful to know God’s love is unconditional.

Whether or not we choose to believe in and cultivate that kind of love reveals the nature of our own character—not the character of God.

Gavel Gamut’s “The List” Poetic justice is much within the spirit of Christmas. You know, the good get rewarded and the bad get punished. Or, in the lyrics of the song, “Santa’s making a list and checking it twice.

He’s going to find out who’s GAVEL naughty and nice.”

GAMUT Back when coal was used to heat homes directly instead BY JUDGE of being burned to create elec- JIM REDWINE tricity, parents would threaten their children with lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings instead of toys. Of course, that was, also, an era when Merry Christmas was the normal greeting of the season instead of happy holidays. What Grinch stole Christmas from Christmas anyway? But that’s fodder for another column.

What we are discussing today is the subject of just desserts.

I know the old adage, “No good deed goes unpunished,” but, thanks to our federal government, we can now posit, “No bad deed goes unrewarded.”

You will surely recall the series of columns I wrote about the trillion dollar bailout of Wall Street. I remonstrated against the givea-way of our tax money to the very people who caused the worst recession since the Great Depression.

I suggested that borrowing a trillion more dollars from China to give to the naughty boys and girls of ING, Goldman Sachs, etc., was not only wrong but, also, would be ineffective. Please refer to your carefully preserved copies of Gavel Gamut from the weeks of October 27, November 17 and November 24, of 2008, and March 23 and 30 of 2009.

Two years later, our federal government is borrowing another trillion dollars of our money, much of which will be given to fat cats. Oh, sure, the rest of us are being bought off with some tax benefits, but it’s our money they are giving us!

Let me try this again. If our federal government wants to actually address the financial crisis, shouldn’t we first stop making it worse? You know there’s another adage that applies here.

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”

As I suggested in 2008, why not reward the good taxpayers rather than the bad speculators? Instead of borrowing money from foreign countries to give to the undeserving, why not allow Americans with tax deferred savings such as IRA’s, 401K’s and 457 plans to access a portion of their own funds without paying a penalty or taxes.

That was my proposal then and it is still more likely to help the economy than trying to borrow ourselves out of debt. A single addition to the tax code could facilitate the plan at virtually no cost. Maybe that’s the problem. My plan would reward the good, not the bad, and it would not put us at the mercy of foreign governments. It would not put us deeper in debt if the funds withdrawn were required to be spent within twelve months as they would stimulate the economy and generate new tax revenues. In other words, this plan would truly be within the old Christmas Spirit, but some people in our government must be deathly afraid of that.

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some television air time.

But the above being said regarding the county’s two largest high schools, were either of these events worthy of the kind of coverage that was afforded them by major market media? You decide.

I have visited and even been a substitute teacher in at least one Evansville high school classroom where an off-duty police officer was hired to stand in the back of the classroom so class can be conducted in an orderly manner. Have you ever seen this on television or in the major media? Were there no two-day suspensions handed out in the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation last week? Were there no fights in any of the big city schools last week?

Could the television station not have saved itself some money and reported the events in their own backyard?

Where were they to report when North Posey was honored for 10 straight years of academic excellence? Where were they when the North Posey band went to state for the seventh straight year? Where were they when Mount Vernon Junior High students collected 2,500 canned goods just last week for the food pantry? Where were they when Mount Vernon student group Angelus was performing in front of thousands in huge cathedrals in the past few months? Are they going to be aware and report that the groups’ has been recorded

and the recordings are now going to be available for sale? Time will tell.

As a journalist, I am the first to stand up for freedom of speech. But since when was a school suspension put on the news for the public to see and to debate? Since when was a fight in a local girls’ high school bathroom a front page story on any newspaper?

While I feel the public has the right to know what goes on in the schools, I don’t feel it necessary to go out and look for bad things that happen in small communities so your ratings will go up or you can sell a few papers in that community. The students, parents, and teachers (and even police) that needed to know were well aware of what happened in our high schools last week.

We elect a school board to hire teachers.

We hire principals, guidance counselors, and teachers to do their best to teach the children. The teacher pay concession in Mount Vernon in today’s paper is an example of how much the school means to those who work there. Personally, I don’t deem it necessary to get the media involved in school discipline.

I believe there is a Biblical reference here to the effect: “First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”

Letters to the Editor ‘Christmas on Main Street’ to be bigger, better Mount Vernon sponsored its first Christmas parade since the mid-1970s on December 11. This year’s parade was small, but Santa Claus (a.k.a. Jim Powers) made his official entrance to Mount Vernon. The MVHS Marching Wildcats lead Santa with Christmas music. The MV Dance Cats passed out candy canes during the parade route. Also in the parade were the 2010 Little Mister and Miss River Days and the Posey County 2010 Queen and Duchess.

Thank you to the Mount Vernon Street and Police Departments for bringing Santa safely to town. Thanks also to the Mount Vernon Fire Department for letting Santa use the ladder firetruck for his ride downtown.

This year’s event was sponsored by the City of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Park & Rec., and the Mount Vernon River Days Committee. A special thank you to McKim’s IGA, Dana Taylor and Mayor John Tucker for helping to get children’s toys for door prizes, and the 4-H Posey County Homemaker groups for baking over 30 dozen cookies for the Christmas party after the parade. Kudos to Ruth Fulwider and her crew on putting together the Christmas party with games, crafts and visits with Santa Claus.

Next year, there will be a larger parade and hopefully, a community Christmas tree at the riverfront.

Larry Williams and Becky Higgins Chairs of “Christmas on Main Street”

Community generosity overwhelming, appreciated The MSD of North Posey County schools would like to thank our community for their help in making this holiday a little nicer for many of our families. We were able to distribute food, clothing and gifts to children whose parents needed a little support this year.

Assistance was received from business-

es, non-profit organizations and churches, school groups and staff, and individuals in our local area. We appreciate the overwhelming generosity for our students in this difficult financial time. Happy Holidays to you all.

Dr. Todd Camp, Superintendent MSD of North Posey County

Ministerial Association grateful for number who will benefit To The Editor: The Mount Vernon Ministerial Association would like to express its appreciation to businesses, churches, organization and individuals who supported the 2010 Christmas Assistance Program. Five hundred eighty children received gifts, and 186 families will have a Christmas dinner as a result of the generosity of the Mount Vernon community.

One recipient family’s application contained a hand written note expressing the gratitude for this program and a prayer that “the Lord will bless you all abundantly.”

Once again citizens of Mount Vernon have demonstrated that they wish to share with those less fortunate in order for everyone to have a memorable and happy holiday season. Thank you to Larry Williams of McKim’s IGA for providing the food basket items at a minimal cost and to SABIC for donating the boxes to contain the food items. Thanks to everyone who contributed in any way, including preparing or purchasing Thanksgiving turkeys that were sold to build the fund’s coffers, shopping for gifts,

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filling food baskets, and volunteering to wrap, organize or distribute gifts. Thank you to the co-chairs of the program, Jan King, office manager of Trinity United Church of Christ, and Trinity member, Diann Uhde, whose organizational skills made the project run smoothly. Its success depends not only on individuals unselfishly purchasing clothing and toys, but also on the contributions of time and effort by many, many people.

Thanks to each one of you.

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OBITUARIES Mary Ruth Noon

Earl Eugene Craig

Mary Ruth Noon, 92, p passed away peacefully a Mount Vernon Nursing at a and Rehabilitation Center o Monday, December 13, on 2 2010.

She was born Nov vember 3, 1918 in Omaha, IL to Freeman and Gladys (A (Akers) Allen.

She was a member of F First United Methodist C Church, an honorary memb of the Elks Lodge and ber h earned her degree in had In Interior Design. Mary was a avid reader. an Mary was preceded in d death by her parents; her h husband, Samuel Topper N Noon; brothers; Ralph and G George Allen; and her siste Ruby Allen. ter, Mary is survived by her children children, Stephen M M. N Noon and his wife Heidi of Huntsville, Ala., Dennis A. Noon and his wife Nancy of Mount Vernon, Anna Vivian Noon and her husband John Egan of Wales, United Kingdom, and Stanley R. Noon and his wife Loretta of Mount Vernon; sister, Rosalie Rodgers of Omaha, Ill.; grandchildren, Christopher M. Noon and his wife Kellie, Grace Egan, Anna Catherine Noon, Amy Alexandra Noon, Amanda Nicole Noon, Aaron W. Samuel Noon, Jon Stephen Noon and his wife Aundrea Bailey; great grandchildren, Evan Nathanial Noon, Lindsey Morgan Noon, Logan Mathew Noon, Brandon Tyler Noon, and Kenya Anahe Tovar.

Services will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St. in Mount Vernon with burial to follow in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Visitation was held from 2 until 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75244.

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

Scharlotte D. Muller Scharlotte D. Muller, age 75 of Mount Vernon, Ind., died Monday afternoon Dec. 13, 2010, at Deaconess Hospital. She was born in Posey County on June 10, 1935, the daughter of Louis J. and Myrtle Mildred (Kinder) Kaffenberger. She married Leo V. Muller on Dec. 30, 1955, at St. Matunt Vernon. thews Catholic Church in Mount Mrs. Muller had worked at Tygert Funeral Home in Mount Vernon for several years. She loved to crochet and go camping. She was a member of St. Matthews Catholic Church in Mount Vernon.

She is survived by five sons and daughters-in-law, Leo Ray and Phyllis Muller of Mount Vernon, Bill and (the late Rebecca) Muller and significant other, Pam Wood of Mount Vernon, James and Sherri Muller of Norris City, Ill., Allen Muller of Mount Vernon and Gerald of Evansville; three daughters and sons-in-law, Delorse and (the late, Faustino B.) Mendoza of Eldorado, Ill., Linda and Wendell Carroll and Melody and John Henderson of Mount Vernon; 23 grandchildren, one honorary grandson, John Alldredge, 25 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Louis A. Kaffenberger of Mount Vernon; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Sharon and Eugene Miller of Bakersfield, Calif,. and Wanda and Ronald Marx of Evansville. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Leo. A funeral mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday Dec. 16, 2010, at St. Matthews Catholic Church in Mount Vernon with burial in Parklawn Cemetery in Evansville.

Visitation was held from 3 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Austin~Stendeback Family Funeral Home at 1330 E. Fourth St. in Mount Vernon. A rosary was recited at 2:45 p.m on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be left at austinfuneralhome. com. Memorials are suggested to the Shriners Childrens Hospital.

Ruth L. Batey Ruth L. Batey, 90 of M Mount Vernon, Ind., died T Thursday night at VNA C Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville. She was b born on Oct. 31, 1920, in Mtount Vernon, the d daughter of Rufus and Este (Goodson) Wells. She tell m married Leonard Ricketts, th then Tommie Batey and hey preceded her in death. they Mrs. Batey retired from the Housekeeping Dept. at St. Mary’s Hospital and had worked at Exylin Manufacturing and a drycleaners in Mount Vernon. She was a member of Harvestime Temple and had attended Oxford Church while living in Florida with Ken and Mary.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Ken and Mary Ricketts of Mount Vernon; one daughter, Linda Walls of Mount Vernon; eight grandchildren, Tammy Rickard, Teresa Dittemore, Tony Ricketts, Todd Ricketts, Penny K. Guess, Rick Guess, Matt Walls and Gerald Walls; 14 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Violet Friemiller of Evansville. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter in infancy, Ruth Imogene Ricketts; and two sisters, Lucy Wade and Elnora Jane Dutschke.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at the Austin-Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon. Visitation was from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, at the funeral home.

Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Harvestime Temple. On-line condolences may be left at www.austinfuneralhome.com.

Earl Eugene Craig, 69, of Mount Vernon, Ind., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at the Deaconess Hospice Care Center. He was born on January 22, 1941 in New Harmony, Ind., to Dorris Earl and Juanita Mae (Bullock) Craig.

Earl retired from Lloyd Schoenheit Track and Tractor Service in 1985 where he was a dozer operator in the oil fields. He was a member of the Keck Gonnerman Antique Association. Earl loved his old tractors and enjoyed caring for his cattle.

Earl was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Irma K. Kuhn in 2001.

Earl is survived by his wife of 46 years, Flora (Ayers) Craig; sons, Michael, Roger, James, and William Craig; brothers, Robert, Lloyd, and David Craig; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at the Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St. in Mount Vernon with burial to follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.

Visitation was held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Cornelius Key Cornelius Key, age 59 of Mount Vernon, Ind., died Tuesday afternoon December 14, 2010, at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. He was born February 18, 1951 in Mount Vernon the son of James Cornelius and Future Mae (Lee) Key. He married Helen Blazier on November 12, 1993.

Key had worked at ADM Milling. He was a United States Marine veteran. He loved to play pool and was a member of Harvestime Temple Church in Mount Vernon.

He is survived by two sons, Bobby Key of Mount Vernon and Justin Givens of Evansville; one daughter, Rachel Meriwether of Evansville; five grandchildren; two brothers and sister-in-law, Alroy and Mary Key of Mount Vernon and Spencer Ray Key of Evansville; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Marlene and Carl Crenshaw of Evansville, Brenda and Lance Givens of Evansville, Valorie and Marion Payne of Evansville and Nadra and Anthony Jelks of Indianapolis.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 18, 2010 at the Austin~Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Mount Vernon with the Rev. Mark Tabor officiating.

Burial was in Bellefontaine Cemetery with military conducted by Owen Dunn Post #5. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at austinfuneralhome.com

Carol (Seed) Schaeffer Carol (Seed) Schaeffer, 6 of New Harmony, Ind., 60, d died early Saturday morni in ing, December 18, 2010, a her home. at She was born March 28, 1 1950, in Lawrenceville, Il Ill. Surviving are her husb band of 34 years: Lynn S Schaeffer; four children: Brandi McDaniel and her hhusband Chris of Tucson, Ariz., Christina Hibbert and her husband Barrington of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jessica Schaeffer of Vincennes, Ind., and Brian Schaeffer of New Harmony, Ind.; three grandchildren: Corey McDaniel, Alyssa Hibbert and Barrington Hibbert II; three children she baby sat for: Megan Watson, Hunter and Taylor Brooks; two brothers: Mickey Milligan of Lawrenceville, Ill., and David Milligan of Mooresville, Ind.; three sisters: Marla Robinson, Vicky Butler and Jeanne Jerrell all of Lawrenceville, Ill.; her father and stepmother: Everett “Buck” and Mary Seed.

Preceding her in death were her mother: Barbara (Richardson) Wells; brother: Danny Seed and Nephew: J.D. Robinson.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Wed., Dec. 22, 2010,, at Holy Angels Catholic Church in New Harmony, Ind., with burial in Poseyville Cemetery. Father Tom Kessler and Pastor Charlotte Lee officiating. Visitation will be from 2 until 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at Werry Funeral Home, Poseyville, Ind., where there will be a Memorial/Prayer service at 3 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Holy Angel Catholic Church, 423 South Street, New Harmony, Indiana 47631, or to: VistaCare Hospice, 323 Metro Avenue, Evansville, Indiana 47715.

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Hazel P. Waren Hazel P. (Martin) Waren, 8 of Mount Vernon, Ind., 85 p passed away peacefully on T Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at M Mount Vernon Nursing and R Rehabilitation Center. Haz was born in Evansville, zel In on June 20, 1925, one Ind., o 11 children, to George of a Carrie (Huck) Martin. and She was a lifetime member of St. Paul’s United Met Methodist Church. Hazel was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Millersville Chapter #300 for over 50 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George Waren; nine siblings; and her longtime companion, Kenneth McGrew.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Goodridge; brother, Robert Martin; grandchildren, Dianna Reeves (Lee), Sarah Jayne Vyvoda (Mark), James Goodridge II, all of Posey County, Ind.; John Goodridge (Kathie) of Evansville, Ind.; great grandchildren, Seth, Logan and Nathan Reeves, Eric and Todd Born, and Ashley Gray; and two great-great grandchildren.

Services were held at 11 am., on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at Schneider Fun.eral Home, 512 Main St. in Mount Vernon with burial in Tupman Cemetery.

Visitation was from 10 a.m. until service time on Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.

Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com

Eugene Andrew Fehrenbacher Eugene Andrew Fehrenb bacher, 65, of Mount Vern non, Indiana, passed away p peacefully Friday, Dec. 17, 2 2010.

Eugene worked as a M Maintenance Planner for G General Electric, retiring a after 35 years. After his reti tirement, he enjoyed workin part-time with his coing workers at J.E. Shekell. Euge Eugene was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Legion of Mary and Knights of Columbus. He volunteered at Life Choice Maternity & Youth Home, and St. Ben’s Youth Group, where he was a project leader for 9 out of 11 annual mission trips. Eugene is survived by his wife of 44 years, Jackie (Keil) Fehrenbacher, of Mount Vernon, Ind., children, Brent Fehrenbacher, (Jennifer) of Evansville, Ind., Jill Fehrenbacher, of Indianapolis, Ind., Jonathon Fehrenbacher, of Florence, Italy, Aaron Fehrenbacher, of Evansville, Ind., sisters, Marilyn Holzmeyer (Roger), of Ft. Branch, Ind., Darlene Lingle (Jim), of Henderson, Ky.; and grandchildren; Luke and Landon Fehrenbacher. Nieces and nephews also survive. Eugene is preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Elizabeth (Pfeiffer) Fehrenbacher. A Mass of Christian Burial was held 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1760 Lodge Ave., with Fr. Claude Burns celebrating. Burial was at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

Friends visited from noon until 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, at Browning Funeral Home, 738 Diamond Ave. A rosary was recited at 5:30 p.m. Visitation was also held from 9 a.m. until mass time, on Monday, at Holy Spirit Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Spirit Endowment Fund, 1760 Lodge Ave., Evansville, IN 47714, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, 6415 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 or St. Ben’s Youth Group, 1328 Lincoln Ave., Evansville, IN 47714.

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CHURCH CHURCH HURCH Poseyville Christian Church Christmas Eve services set

Eric and Erin Koester and little Camden enjoy the Relay for Life Breakfast held this week at St. Francis Church in Poseyville. Photo by Dave Pearce

Christmas Eve is Friday, December 24. This is when we celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus. Bring your family and come to spend the night, the evening at least, in Bethlehem Inn where all who arrive are included as guests at Bethlehem Inn. On this particular night, Eli the innkeeper, Sarah his wife and their servants are in for some BIG surprises. When there is Standing Room Only, a weary couple shows up ALSO needing a room for the night. Just when Eli and Sarah think there is not room for one other person, some shepherds stop by talking about angels singing to them in the pasture, and about a really big star hovering right over the Inn. It is almost too much excitement for one night, but everyone pulls together and makes the best of what turns out to be a truly momentous and joy-

ous occasion. The Birth of the Baby Jesus.

There will be singing of Christmas Carols, and a Candlelight Communion Service will be served for everyone in attendance. The night will end with the singing of "Silent Night" while everyone holds a lighted candle to symbolize Christ as the Light of the World.

Poseyville Christian Church, Disciples of Christ invites you to come to Bethlehem Inn on Christmas Eve where we will make room for you no matter what. The service and drama begin at 7 p.m. Jane Montgomery will be playing the piano at 6:30 p.m. with some pre-lude Christmas music.

The church is at 6 East Main Street on the corner of Main and Cale Streets, across Cale Street from Hirsch's Store. The church phone is 812874-3411. www.poseyvillechristian.com

SERMON OF THE WEEK: SUBJECT OF LOVE SHOULD NOT SURPRISE

By: Rev. Sean Esterline of Messiah Lutheran Church Surprise is what we focus on during the month of December. The whole idea of giving and receiving gifts involves the element of surprise. We work hard to keep secrets this time of year—well, I do anyway. (I’m the one who asks my wife on December 1st if she’d like one of her presents early... and she always says “No.”) That look of surprise and joy is the key to it all though. That’s why we wrap presents in pretty paper.

That’s why we find hiding places for the presents until we can put them under the tree. We love to see the look of joyful surprise when we give a gift. We all know what’s coming, and we spend all month becoming prepared, getting ready, to be surprised. The season of Advent really reminds us how God is filled with surprises. To start with, just think of the place where Jesus was born... Bethlehem. Not Jerusalem or any other exciting, attractive bustling city, but in Bethlehem Ephrathah. (Literally translated, Bethlehem is the “House of Bread” and Ephrathah means “fruitful”—the house of fruitful bread—that sounds more like a Christmas fruitcake than the place where the Messiah would be born!) This really was a place where nobody expected to find the Messiah. Even the wise men, as wise as they were, see the star headed past Jerusalem and stop there instead of going onward. They headed off to the royal palace expecting to find this child whose star they had been following. But he wasn’t in the palace because He wasn’t even in the capitol city. He was born in a barn, in the out of the way village of Bethlehem. That must have been a huge surprise! The next surprise was the birth of John the Baptist. The Bible tells us that Zechariah and Elizabeth were both well past child-bearing years. Not only that, but all during their married lives together they had been unable to have children. So, God identified an old, childless couple as the parents of the man who would be the last great prophet to announce the coming of His son. What a great surprise!

God’s amazing love is filled with surprises, isn’t it? And obviously we don’t want to overlook the mother of Jesus, a lowly, humble virgin. She was a very young woman, a teenage girl, who had never had sexual relations with a man. And she is the one who is going to bear the Christ child? As she herself said, “How can this be, since I have never known a man?” In that question, Mary is also expressing no small amount of fear.

Unwed, pregnant teenage girls in those days were stoned to death. This put her in a very tough situation! But for God’s Son to be the savior of all, He had to be preserved from sin, and this was the way God was going to do that. Once again,

a surprise from God’s amazing love. God chose Mary for the same reason that God has done anything with the human race, including anything with you and me. His grace. God chose Mary out of His grace. Mary did not deserve to be the mother of Jesus, any more than any other young woman. Mary didn’t have the sort of “qualities” that caused God to take notice of her. No, God simply chose her. The truth is, in His amazing love, God makes some surprising choices. Mary faithfully responded to God’s choice with “I am the Lord’s servant. May it be to me as you have said” (Lk 1:38). Mary had several options. She could have rejected the choice, and said, “No way God! That’s way too much!” She could have become proud and bragged about what had happened to her. “You think your baby is so perfect. Hah!” But it was all God’s doing. And so her response is simply to “magnify” or make large the Lord.

A lot of the time, we try to do the opposite, don’t we? Even when we accomplish things by the power of God, we want to take the credit. When we exalt ourselves instead of God, God opposes us. Mary even warns us when she says, He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from their thrones. As we read Mary’s song of Amazing love, we recognize ourselves for who we are. We are sinners, deserving nothing from God but His wrath and punishment. God is holy, we are not. Mary recognized this. She admitted that she was a humble servant. She needed what we all need—the grace of God that sent a savior into this world, to save us all from sin. God sent that savior from sin in the Son that was born to Mary. Jesus is God’s amazing love. And the surprises didn’t end with Jesus being born in a humble town of Bethlehem of a virgin in a stable. God’s amazing love moved Jesus to sur-

prise all of creation as He gave His perfect life as a sacrifice.

In what looked like a defeat, Jesus surprised the devil and the forces of evil by winning the victory over sin and death. That victory belongs to you and to me, who by faith continue to trust in Jesus. God’s amazing love calls us to be His people, instruments of His love. Just as Mary was humbled at God choosing her to bear the savior from sin, it can be humbling that God calls us to share His Word. Like Mary, we can be afraid. Like Mary, we may wonder “why me?” St. Paul says in 2 Cor. 4:7, 7 – “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” In His amazing love, God calls us as the instruments of His love to those around us. That means telling about His Son, Jesus Christ, and about His love for all people that sent Jesus on Christmas to grow up and die and rise again to save us from sin. Mary carried Jesus’ physical body into this world.

We have a chance to carry Jesus through His Word. We are simply the vessels, the power comes from God. We know that Mary was surprised when God chose her to be the mother of his Son, our Savior. We also know that God’s undeserved and amazing love is often unexpected and surprising. But, this Advent and Christmas we magnify God along with Mary for the great things he has done for us. Most of all, we praise him for the life and salvation he gives to us through his Son, who comes to us again this year. Together, we respond in thankful praise for all he has done for us. We trust him to continue to bless us and give us what we truly need. And we magnify the Lord, speaking a witness to all who will listen, telling them about God’s amazing love through the simple but surprising truth that all your sins have been forgiven, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

THE COMMUNITIES OF SAINT PHILIP, SAINT MATTHEW AND HOLY ANGELS Invite you y to join j us in fellowshipp as we come together g to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus at the following Christmas Masses:

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Friday Dec. 24 • Christmas Eve • St. Philip • 4:00pm Friday Dec. 24 • Christmas Eve • St. Matthew • 4:30pm Friday Dec 24 • Christmas Eve • St. Philip • Midnight Saturday Dec 25 • Christmas Day • St. Matthew • 9:00am

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Lorine Eaton (front row left) George Slagel (front right) Mary Kuper (back left) Pictured are five generations: Margie Cox front and center with L to R her son and Jennifer Greathouse (back right) kicked off the annual Christmas Party at New Ken Cox, her granddaughter Tammy Arbary, great-granddaughter April Arbary and Harmonie Healthcare Center on Monday, Dec 20. Photo submitted great-great granddaughter Nevaeh Riecken. Photo submitted

The baby born on Christmas

by Steve Joos

Pages of the Past compiled by Tammy Bergstrom 10 YEARS AGO, December 19, 2000 Students at West Elementary School presented their Christmas program, “The Mice Before Christmas.”

New Harmony Healthcare Center held their Christmas Pageant last Friday. Residents participating in the pageant were Helen Jones, Lance Robinson, Sherman Clark, Elwood McReynolds, Elizabeth Wilsey, Forrest Worman, Margaret Morris, and Rebecca Williams. Everyone in attendance joined in singing Christmas carols.

Jim and Shana Juncker would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Louise. Grandparents are Barbara and Pat O’Brien and Rawlin and Virginia Juncker, all of Mount Vernon.

John Wood has been named the superintendent of the MSD of North Posey. Mr. Wood will replace Ernie Rapp who recently announced his plans to retire at the end of the current school year.

Sandy Osborn and Gerald Zink were both honored at retirement receptions for their years of service with Countrymark Co-op.

Happy Birthday Announcements

December 21 - Kathy Brady, Jameson A. Cox, As we open our gifts and eat Kim Gates, Jon D. HidEdgar C. Cole has been It was announced that the our Christmas dinner brader, Kim Rodriguez, Posey County National Bank appointed as the Poseyville do we ever wonder why we Becky Trela, Sarah Ellen will merge with Citizens Na- agent for the Illinois Central celebrate this happy day?

Whitmore, Josey Wilson, Railroad Company. tional Bank.

Brenda Titzer Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moye Do we ever think about the Airman Jeffrey Ronald, December 22 - Lisa son of Donna Reynold of recently returned from atlittle baby born in a lowly Marie Benton, Charlene Griffin has been assigned to tending the American Farm stable so long ago in Crumbacher, Nicholas Chanute Air Force Base, Il- Bureau convention in DenBethlehem?

Cullum, Mike McFall, linois after he completes his ver, Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert King- God’s gift born to be the ul- John Rice, Margaret ShafAir Force Basic Training.

Jeffrey is a 1985 graduate of sley of Poseyville proudly an- timate gift of love To bring fer, Amy Stallings nounce the approaching marNorth Posey High School. peace on earth good will December 23 -Don BarCheer plates of home- riage of their daughter, Linda toward men. ton, Herman Deckard, Don baked goods have been deliv- to Gerald Jeffries, son of Mr. Powers, Amber N. Sailer, ered by the United Methodist and Mrs. Gerald Jeffries, Sr. When the little ones Jeff Wolf, Rosemary York, Women of the Steewartsville of Mount Vernon, Indiana. play with toy balls and Debby Effinger The fourth graders at United Methodist Church. drums Pa-rum-pa-pa-pum December 24 - John The Mount Vernon Parks South Terrace School have do they wonder why?

25 YEARS AGO, December 18, 1985

50 YEARS AGO, December 23, 1960

and Recreation Youth Center would like to thank KMart, Druthers, and Hooks for their donations to their recent Christmas Party. Special prize winners were Kim Walker, Mario Merriweather, Jimmy Ricketts, Danny Alvarado, and Rickey Coys.

Marriage applications: Frank DeGiacomo and Teresa Breiner, James Alsop and Caren Walker, John Davis and Nancy Stratton, Randall Alsop and Janet Shuler, Roger Tron and Patricia Welsh.

been studying the proper use of the telephone as well as creating bells from egg cartons which will be used as Christmas decorations for their classroom.

The Posey County fiveacre corn champions for 1960 are Kenneth Eisterhold and Bill Mulkey, both of Robb Township. Eisterhold produced 167 bushels per acre to win the senior division while Bill Mulkey, a 4-H Club member won the junior division with 145 bushels per acre.

Becher, Darla Chapman, Nikki Nelson, Steven Douglas York December 25 - Steve Alsop, Jessica Bannon, Chelsea Pfister, Tonya Ricketts, Billy C. Williams, Debbie Woodruff, Mark Crews December 26 - Rodney M. Cox, Noelle Meyer, Wyatt Stafford, Lori Stallings, Amelia Wilderman December 27 - Tammy Mills, Barbara Moore, Manuel Ramirez, Shawna Wilson, Loren Redburn, Marcy Wolfersheim

On a day when a peaceful child drew wise men who left gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The bells which peel through the silent night, were they like the angels’ song of joy to the shepherds?

For after all the gifts and toys, all the wrappings and joys This comes down to the baby born That first Christmas day.

The County Cookbook Selection by Zach Straw

Swedish Coffee Bread Wreaths

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BREAD INGREDIENTS 1 cup whole milk 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter 2-pkg active yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water About 4 cups all purpose flour 1 large egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cardamom FILLING INGREDIENTS 2 Tbsp melted butter 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 Tbsp white sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup golden raisins (optional) 1/2 cup slivered almonds (optional) 1/4 cup almond paste (optional) EGG GLAZE INGREDIENTS 2 egg yolks 2 Tbsp cream SUGAR GLAZE INGREDIENTS 1 cup powdered sugar 1 Tbsp water

DIRECTIONS 1. Put milk into a small saucepan and heat on medium heat until steamy (but not boiling). Remove from heat. Stir in the butter and sugar until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Pour into a mixing bowl. Mix in yeast mixture and egg.

2. Mix in salt and cardamom. Slowly add in 2 cups of the flour. After the first two cups of flour gradually add more flour until a soft dough starts to form a ball and pull away from the sides of the bowl.

3. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead dough for 7 to 10 minutes until smooth, OR use a dough hook in a stand-up mixer and knead the dough that way for 7 to 10 minutes, adding more flour as needed to keep the dough

from being too sticky. Note that the dough should remain soft, so take care not to add too much flour.

4. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, covered with a clean tea-towel or with plastic wrap. Let rise for an hour or until the dough has doubled in size. At this point you can make a simple braided bread if you want (2 loaves), by punching the dough down, dividing the dough in half, and then dividing each half into three equal parts, rolling the dough pieces into ropes, braiding them, and tucking the ends under. Or you can get more fancy, which is what we’ve done here, with a filling, and forming the dough into a wreath shape. The following directions are for the wreath form.

5. Press the dough down to deflate it a bit. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Take one part (saving the other for wreath number 2) and use your fingers to spread it into a 8-inch by 16-inch rectangle on a lightly floured, clean, flat surface. If you are having difficulty getting the dough to keep its shape, just do what you can and let it sit for 5 minutes before trying again. Like pizza dough, the dough needs time to relax while you are forming it. Brush the dough with melted butter, leaving at least a half inch border on the edges so the dough will stick together when rolled. Mix together the brown and white sugar and the cinnamon and sprinkle the dough with half of the mixture (saving the other half for the second batch of dough).

Sprinkle on more fillings, as you like, such as raisins, slivered almonds, or almond paste. You could even sprinkle on some cream cheese for a creamier filling.

6. Carefully roll the dough up lengthwise, with the seam on the bottom. Carefully transfer to a greased baking sheet.

Form a circle with the dough on the baking sheet, connecting the ends together.

7. Using scissors, cut most of the way through the dough, cutting on a slant. Work your way around the dough circle. After each cut, pull out the dough segment either to the right or to the left, alternating as you go around the circle. The dough circle will look like a wreath when you are done.

8. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and set in a warm area for a second rise. Let rise for about 40 minutes to an hour; the dough should again puff up in size. Repeat steps 5, 7, and 8 with the rest of the dough, to form a second wreath.

9. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Whisk together the egg yolks and cream. Use a pastry brush to brush over the dough.

Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes. After the first 15 minutes of baking, if the top is getting well browned, tent with some aluminum foil.

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Remove from oven and let cool completely. Whisk together powdered sugar and water to create a final glaze (optional). Add more water if the glaze is too thick to drizzle, add more powdered sugar if the glaze is too runny. Drizzle the glaze in a back and forth motion over the pastry.

Makes 2 wreaths.

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SOCIAL I L Tax abatement granted as Bristol Myers invests $20 million in Posey County

By Dave Pearce Bristol Myers Squibb is spending over $19.5 million and creating 26 positions that will have a starting pay of $29 per hour plus another 40 percent of that in benefits.

Members of the Posey County Council rewarded Bristol Myers for their belief in the Mount Vernon community and for their investment by voting unanimously to allow a seven-year abatement on real property tax for the company.

While a Bristol Myers representative appeared to be happy with the decision, the company had initially requested a 10-year abatement but commissioner Tom Schneider pointed out that due to the standard abatement procedures in the county and tax benefits, he suggested the seven year 100 percent abatement.

The request will now run as required in local newspapers and if there are questions, Bristol Myers executives will be back at the next Posey County Council meeting set

for the second Tuesday of January.

In other action, as the end of the year approaches, highway supt. Steve Schenk was pleased to report that some 95 miles of Posey County roadways had major improvements over the course of the past year. Much of the money had come from the one-time stimulus package but it allowed nearly $700,000 to be spent on resealing roads and another nearly $1.8 million to be spent for overlay on exist-

ing blacktop. Some $1.5 milnt for overlay on lion was spent chip-and-seall roads for a total of nearly $4 million million.

Schenk said that it is his belief that this is the most money ever spent in a oneyear period on the roads in Posey County. He indicated that while not all roads were repaved, the previous highest amount was some $1.2 million that was spent on the roads during one year in the mid 1990s.

In other action:

•EMS Director Chuck Thompson reported that ambulance run reports have been sent to Ludwig Ludwig, the company hired to do a study on ambulance response times in Posey County. The results will likely be presented in a public meeting sometime in the first couple of months of 2011.

•Members of the council indicated their appreciation for Gerald “Bud” Parkinson, serving in his final meeting as a Councilman. Don Mattingly will replace Parkinson on the

Members of the New Harmony Kiwanis enjoyed their Christmas Party at Samuel’s Place on December 13. Photo submitted

Council at the first meeting in January. Mattingly will be the lone Republican in the group.

•The director of 911 Dis Dispatch Gary Cullman appeared before the council to tell them that new FCC requirements would probably mean replacement of the current 911 system which has been

Deig, g McNamara, from Page g 1A “The three involve in-person absentee ballots in Vanderburgh County precincts. The commission determined the votes were invalid because the in-person absentee applications lacked signatures where such a signature is required by state law,” the release said.

“Additionally, no evidence was presented demonstrating that valid photo IDs were shown to ensure the individuals casting the absentee ballots truly existed.”

The final vote tally has McNamara with 9,373 votes to Deig’s 9,369 votes. That makes the final Indiana House division 60 Republicans to 40 Democrats.

The Vanderburgh County Democratic Party had filed for the recount and also requested a do-over special election.

The elections commission denied that request, though, saying Democrats hadn’t cited specific reasons the election should be re-done.

Deig indicated that with the Speaker of the House being Republican in a Republican-controlled house, he thought his chances of winning by taking the matter through the court system is slim, if not non-existent.

“I have the option to take the election recount to court,” Deig said. “But I doubt if I follow through.”

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by November, with test results back, Makensie was agreed to be a good candidate for surgery.

On December 7, 2009, Makensie was admitted for the twostep surgery to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. On December 10, the first step took place—making incisions in the upper right quadrant of Makensie’s head.

“They placed two grids in the opening and stimulated the brain to graph the area around the tumor in the right front part of the brain,” Dad Mark Brown recalls. “They did testing several hours a day for a week to determine what was affected by that part of the brain.”

On December 17, Makensie underwent her second surgery in which surgeons removed the right front section of her brain. The Browns explain that gray matter has filled in this section of the brain, which won’t grow back. The day before her surgery, Makensie suffered 26 seizures; the morning before her surgery, 7 seizures.

Makensie serenaded the nurses with “Cowboy Casanova” in the recovery room after surgery. Since then, she has had no seizures. Miraculously, she has had no side effects from the surgery either.

Mom Julie says doctors report tuberous sclerosis, although usually hereditary, can just pop up as it did with Makensie.

Makensie’s brother Luke (13) and sister Kendyl (6) show no signs of the disease.

“I feel great now,” Makensie affirms. “I don’t have to go through as much medicine. I like playing with Ellie [the family’s schnauzer], reading and cheering.”

In fact, Makensie has been a student of dance and cheer at Next Step Dance Studio in Poseyville since the age of 3.

She now is on the competitive cheer team even after sitting out from last December to June of this year. She also plays basketball on the South Terrace Elementary fourth grade team and plans to play softball again next summer.

Makensie and her family wish to express their gratitude to all their family and friends, who welcomed Makensie home last December 22, just in time for Christmas, with a printed banner, balloons and food. The Next Step cheerleaders receive special mention also for sending Christmas gifts in advance so Makensie could open a present every day she stayed in the hospital. The Browns are thankful as well for her teachers and the nurse at South Terrace Elementary, who worked with Makensie and kept her safe so she could continue to attend school.

All the Browns admit last Christmas will be hard to ever top.

in place for some 15 years.

The new laws will take effect in early 2013 and Cullman indicated it could take the better part of a year to make the transition from the current system to a new system.

The Council will meet again the second Tuesday of January.

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“The Girl Scout Cookie Sale is our most popular

program,” said Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana Board Chair Jane Wittmer Kuhn,“and it is the premier business and economic literacy program for girls. Since the early 1900s, this annual tradition has been an entrepreneurial training ground for millions of women who are today’s business owners, corporate executives, educators, Congresswomen, and professionals. Each year, thousands of girls, grades k-12, in GSSI’s elevencounty jurisdiction, develop business acumen, ethics, and interpersonal skills by setting sales goals and planning how to achieve them, delivering presentations to customers, brainstorming how to increase their customer base, making change,

and tracking revenues. And, they make the world a better place by donating cookies to local organizations, sending them to military personnel overseas, and funding service projects with troop proceeds.”

“The annual cookie sale provides funds that directly benefit troops and individual girls, and help the council offer Leadership Development programs that are affordable for Girl Scout families,” said Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana CEO Jan Davies.

“The cookie sale generates fifty-four percent of the money the council spends on Leadership Development programs for girls, leader training, camp maintenance, communication with parents, and transportation. Girl

Scout troops and groups use troop cookie proceeds to finance trips, participation in council events, and service projects. Individual girls use Cookie Dough credit they earn from their sales to help fund participation in the various Girl Scout Pathways—as members of troops/groups, on trips, at events, at day or resident camp, or in special interest groups.

Cookies sell for $3.50 per box. Girls will deliver cookies and collect money for them, February14-March 13. Customers can order online at www.girlscouts-gssi. org. (Choose “Cookies” and click on “Place your order online.”)

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The American Legion Post 5 will have a New Years Eve party this year. The party will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. with music by “Kraft Works”. The event will be open to the public. Tickets are now available on a first come first serve basis.

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Water topics dominate meeting

By Pam Robinson Information about Mount Vernon Water Works dominated the Monday, December 13, meeting of the Mount Vernon City Council.

City Water Superintendent Chuck Gray was in high spirits as he “apologized” for again denying the city its annual Thanksgiving boil order, noting it had been five years now since a city-wide boil order had been issued.

He noted that recent leaks have all been fixed now and that the department is working with the pump seal that failed on the temporary intakes.

Later in the meeting, Gray stressed that the temporary intakes were intended to last about two years—a goal met and exceeded. Not surprisingly, discussions will ensue soon on Phase 3 of the water treatment facility project.

Phase 3 will address the water intakes.

Tom Hogan of Johnson Controls, Inc., or JCI, commented that his company wanted to provide the best solution for the intakes at the lowest possible cost.

Councilman Bill Curtis expressed his desire to review a number of possibilities for the intake project. Hogan indicated he would be pre-

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senting six options to find the best solution for the best price with the least impact on rate payers.

Meeting as the Water Utility Board, Council agreed discussions need to be completed on the Phase 2 performance contract, involving plant upgrades, before discussions are scheduled for Phase 3 of the water utility project. From all reports, discussions will move forward promptly. Superintendent Gray spoke highly of the completed work for Phase 2, emphasizing, in particular, the $8,000 to $9,000 reduction in electricity costs since the completion of the filter system.

In other news, Gray announced the resignation of bookkeeper Wanda Bennett at the water utility. Gray then requested the promotion of part-time employee Deanne Blackburn into Bennett’s position. Another employee will be hired part-time to fill Blackburn’s current position. The Water Utility Board consented to the request.

In other business: •Meeting as the Water Utility Board, council voted unanimously to proceed with the building inventory conducted by Universal Val-

uation with the water utility to pay its portion for the inventory.

•Council as Water Utility Board signed the water tap-in agreement with Beth Custer for water service on Sauerkraut Lane.

•Council passed ordinance 10-24 establishing salaries, effective January 1, 2011, for the city’s elected officials.

•Council passed on first reading an ordinance to regulate the use of the city credit card.

•At the recommendation of the Area Plan Commission, council passed on first Santa and Mrs. Claus (Scott Champlin and Adele Champlin) made an early visit, reading an ordinance to rezone 206 W. Tenth Street Friday, Dec 17 at New Harmonie Healthcare with gifts for all of the residents. from RM (residential multifamily) to CG (commercial general). The property, located across the street from Eaton Auto Repair, will be used as a parking lot for that business.

•The following appointments were made for 2011: Mayor Pro Tem will once again be Councilman Bill Curtis, and Councilman Steve Fuelling will remain on the Posey County Solid Waste board.

The Mount Vernon City (Left to right) Marissa Priddis, Director of the Alexandrian Public Library, and LesCouncil will meet again on Monday, December 27, at 7 lie Veatch, Administrator Assistant, deliver gifts to the Black Township trustee Office p.m. in the City Hall Annex. to be given to a low income working family. Photo submitted

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Patron Appreciation Days The Alexandrian Public Library cordially invites you and your friends to attend our Pa-tron Appreciation Days celebration on December 20, 21 and 22.

Sew Happy “Sew Happy” is a bi-weekly gathering of crafters - we will meet at 10 a.m. This month our remaining

meeting will be on December 22 at 10 a.m. - unless the library is closed.

If you quilt, knit, do tatting, crochet, etc. come and join the fun!

Holiday Closings The library will be closed December 23, 24, and 25 for the Christmas holidays. The library will also be closed December 30 and 31, and January 1 for New Years.

Christmas Gifts Need last minute Christmas gifts?

New products are on display at Treasures just in time for Christmas shoppers looking for that unique gift for that special person and more products are being added.

Art Gallery Attention Artists: In order to expand our service to the community,

the Alexandrian Public Library has created a wall gallery for artists to display their work in our foyer. We are in search of local amateur and professional talent. You need not live in the Mount Vernon area to participate, display and promote your work. We are now accepting requests for this free gallery space for March and April of 2011.

Library Hours Alexandrian Public Library is open Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fri-day-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For addi-tional information about library services or to register for a library program call 838-3286 or you can visit our website at http://www.apl.lib.in.us.

Under the Beams concerts set to begin January 15 It’s not too late to give the gift of music for the holidays!

Tickets are available for the 2011 Under the Beams Concert Series by stopping by or calling Events of Harmony, or call the UTB box office at (812)682-3128.

Join Under the Beams as we bring the world to our stage. The 2011 season will again bring an eclectic and exciting mix of concerts, featuring four of the finest performing groups found across the globe. All concerts are held in New Harmony’s Rapp-Owen Granary on Saturday evenings beginning at 8 pm.

January 15, 2010: The Greencards are a multinational, progressive bluegrass threesome made up of Australians Kym Warner, mandolin, and Carol Young, bass and

vocals, with Tyler Andel on fiddle. Considered by critics to be part of the progressive bluegrass ("newgrass") musical school, The Greencards draw from a wide variety of musical influences, ranging from Bob Dylan and the Beatles to the Celtic tone of Irish traditional music, gypsy themes, and Latin sounds.

Despite the wide array of influences that shape their music, The Greencards have always maintained a distinctively Americana sound.

February 12, 2010: Le Vent du Nord is a folk music group from Quebec, Canada that performs traditional music heavily influenced by Celtic music from both Ireland and Brittany, in French. The group's array of instruments consists of button accordion, vocals, and Irish bouzouki

to fiddle, foot-tapping, and hurdy gurdy. Since its inception in 2002, Le Vent du Nord have been enjoying rocketing success. They have received several prestigious awards, including a Juno. The band is now one of the most-loved Quebec folk outfits throughout the world. On stage, these four friends achieve peaks of happiness they eagerly share with any and all audiences.

Le Vend du Nord know how to deliver music that will move any crowd – to their feet and in their hearts! This is undoubtedly music of the here and now.

March 12, 2010: Quartetto Gelato, a new classical quartet, also comes to us from Canada and is composed of Peter DeSotto, Liza McLellan, Alexander Sevastian and Colin Maier. Known for

WMI News William Penn and An American Christmas (Third of 3 articles) William Penn has contributed more than one might think to our present-day celebration of Christmas. Although his contribution was indirect, it was significant.

William Penn established his colony, Pennsylvania (literally Penn’s Woods) as a safe haven for his fellow Quakers and all who sought a refuge from persecution. Many who sought safe haven were German immigrants. They included Moravians and the “Plain People” -- Mennonites, Amish and others including our own Harmonists. But the great majority were “church people,” members of the Lutheran and Reformed churches from the war-torn section of Germany known as the Palatinate. They were farmers and artisans, with a more relaxed attitude toward religion than their “plain” brothers. In the end, it was these people, the “Gay Dutch” (Dutch being an English term for German) who dominated the land and gave it the characteristics that have become known to us as Pennsylvania Dutch.

The custom of decorating evergreen trees had become widespread in central Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And so, it was a well-established Christmas tradition for the Germans settling in Pennsylvania.

They chose Juniper trees to decorate not only because they were evergreens – the symbol of eternal life – but also because it bore fruit as the Paradise tree had also borne fruit.

In early days the trees were decorated with small round

cookies to resemble Communion wafers. By the time the Pennsylvania Dutch were decorating their trees, the cookies had become small works of art including angels, bells, lions, wise men, a colorful little bird called a distelfinck and more.

The final touch was the placing of small candles on the tips of the branches. It was a tradition begun by their own Martin Luther long ago to symbolize the everlasting life and light of Jesus.

The Christmas tree was the center of a festive celebration that included the telling of Christmas legends, feasting and visits from the Christkindlein. The Christkindlein was an angel sent by the Christ Child to give gifts to the good children.

For years the Pennsylvania Dutch lived apart from their English neighbors. But as time passed, Christmas traditions were mingled and adapted. The Christkindlein gave way to a more secular Kriss Kringle. In time Kriss Kringle was replaced by Santa Claus.

But as the Germans gave up Kriss Kringle for Santa Claus, Americans were in the process of adopting the Christmas tree.

In 1823 a newspaper published an article on how to deck a Krishkintle Baum (Christ Child Tree). The public readily accepted the idea. In 1830 the ladies of the Dorcus Society of York, Pennsylvania sold tickets to see their decorated Christmas tree as a charitable fund-raising project.

The tradition was taking hold. There are recorded instances of Christmas trees in

their wide musical repertoire consisting of a mix of classical masterworks and operatic arias with tangos, gypsy and folk songs from around the world, their musical versatility is supported by an array of instruments including strings, oboe, accordion, and piano, as well as an operatic tenor in Peter DeSotto. Unique in their field is their penchant for performing without musical scores and their sense of humor. The quartet's CDs have literally been heard around the world - Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk took their first two CDs with him during his NASA flight on board the space shuttle Columbia. The Juno and Gemini nominated Quartetto Gelato persists with repeat sold-out performances throughout the globe.

April 16, 2010: Catherine

Russell – We close our season by coming back home to our stage with some of America’s best jazz and blues from New York City. Catherine Russell is that rarest of entities - a genuine jazz and blues singer - who can sing virtually anything. Her voice is full blown femininity incarnate, a dusky stalwart and soulful instrument that radiates interpretive power, yet remains touchingly vulnerable.

She launches fearlessly into each tune, getting inside the melody and capturing every emotion. Coming from a distinguished musical pedigree (father- Louie Armstrong’s band leader; mother – Julliard trained big band bassist and vocalist), Catherine Russell is firmly in the ranks of the great

interpreters and performers of American popular song.

Tickets are available by calling 812-682-3128 or purchasing tickets at Events of Harmony, 527 Church Street, New Harmony. Individual tickets are $28, or a season package for all four concerts is $100. For more information, visit www.underthebeams.org.

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Boston as early as 1832 and in Williamsburg in 1842. Then in 1848, a drawing of Queen Victoria, her children and German-born husband admiring their own royal Christmas tree was widely circulated in America. And the rest is history. Today, the Christmas tree is without a doubt one of the two most important symbols of our celebration of Christ’s birth.

What is the other symbol?

It was also given to us by Germen refugees seeking safety in Pennsylvania. The people were the Monrovians.

The Monrovians like the Harmonists were a communal society. Settling in Pennsylvania, they named their first town Bethlehem. Like the Harmonists, music was an important part of their lives. And through hard work, they prospered in the new land.

Christmas Eve was celebrated with the Christmas Eve vigil, a moving service with the singing of beautiful Monrovian hymns and with the worshippers breaking bread together as did the Apostles.

On Christmas Day, families would visit each other to admire seasonal displays. The most important of these was the Putz or Nativity scene.

The family Putz was added to over the years. And throughout the year items were gathered for it. A piece of driftwood or lovely rock might be collected to add to the pastoral scene. Before frost, wood moss and ferns would be gathered and kept in a damp cellar for the construction of the Putz.

The Putz might fit on a

table-top or take up most of a room. Large scenarios would include hillsides and fields with shepherds, flocks and the Magi moving down dirt roads populated by mills with running water, blacksmith shops and duck ponds. But at the center was always the manger and the Holy Family.

The Holy Family, serene and the heart of the Monrovian Christmas has been an unchanging part of their celebration. And in time it was adopted by Americans of all denominations. With the Christmas tree it is the mainstay of an American Christmas.

As years past, the Monrovians prospered in America.

And although they dropped communal living and many of their earlier traditions, the Putz is still an important part of a Monrovian Christmas celebration, and it is their gift to their new homeland.

And so it is that the Christmas tree and the Nativity scene came to this country with German immigrants seeking safe haven in William Penn’s colony. Saint Nicholas sailed over with the Dutch, and after meeting with English Father Christmas, eventually became Santa Claus. Christmas customs were absorbed, mixed and mingled until today we have our uniquely American Christmas.

Then, in closing, let it be said to one and all in the words of that most American Christmas icon: A Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.

The WMI will be closed for the holidays Dec. 24-27 and Dec. 31- Jan.3

The Posey Humane Society During the Christmas season supporters will be able to specify how they would like their donations to be used. Look for our Giving Trees currently located at Dr. Zieren’s office (Hawthorne Animal Clinic), the office of Dr. Sarah Appel, and The Posey County Co-Op in Mt. Vernon. Take a tag from the tree in the amount you’d like to donate and mark how you want your gift to be used. Envelopes are supplied as well as donation boxes. Please help a homeless animal have a warmer, loving experience.

Roscoe is approx 1 - 2 year old American Staffordshire Terg He was rier mix. He is approx 50lbs and is a medium sized dog. abandoned along with two other dogs.

Roscoe gets along with other male dogs when properly introduced and does good with kids. Roscoe doesn’t seem to mind cats. He loves going Roscoe on walks and stretching. He is crate ate te on his shots. He is conco contrained. Roscoe is neutered and up to date shes are growing inward sidered special needs because his eyelashes inwards. ire a little It doesnt affect his vision but does require little extra care as hhis eyes tend to collect dirt and debris.

Tyler y and Fiona are two adult declawed cats looking for a h home.

They are both approximately 2 y years old and are spayed/neutered as w as up to date on their shots. Even well those these two extra large cats might those l look like couch potatoes - they have a Tyler and Fiona pplayf side as well. These two can be playful ad pted for a special adopted pecial price p ice of $ 35 for the pair.

For more information on Roscoe, R Tyler, Fiona or the many other animals at the shelter or to make a donation: visit www. poseyhumane.org or call 812-838-3211. The shelter is located at 6500 Leonard Rd in Mt. Vernon, IN.

~ 6500 Leonard Road, Mt. Vernon, IN. ~ PHS hours are from 12:00 – 6:00 Thursday-Sunday. Appointments for viewing or for surrenders may be made on other days by calling 838-3211. Go to www.poseyhumane.org for more information on events and to view other animals available for adoption.

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BUSINESS/AG S SS/AG United Way seeks to exceed 100 percent Keith Spurgeon, chairman of the 2010 United Way of Posey County campaign, announced today that the campaign drive was at 100 percentof the $620,000 goal. He said, “All the contributions we all make are used to provide services for the people of Posey County.

This year the United Way of Posey County is providing funds to 21 local agencies that help Posey County Keith Spurgeon, United Way of Posey County Campaign Chairman for 2010 an- people: Albion Fellows Banounces that the campaign has reached 100 percent of its goal thanks to the hard work con Center, American Red Cross Posey County Chapof the many volunteers and the generosity of the Posey County Community. ter, Boy Scouts of America Buffalo Trace Council, Catholic Charities, Children’s Learning Center, Christian Church Day Care Center, Community Emergency Assistance, ECHO Community Health Care, Family Matters, Homeless Shelter of Mt. Vernon, Indiana Legal Services, Lampion Center, Mental Health America, New Harmony Ministry Association, Posey County Council on Aging, Posey County Rehabilitation Services, Rehabilitation Center, Salvation Army, Visiting Nurse Hunter Wilson, and Dean Bieber, right, were the last two standing at Mount Vernon Junior high’s Spelling bee last week. Principal Jerry Funkhouser, center, presents the awards.

The Posey County Spelling Bee is scheduled for January 18 at Murphy Auditorium.

Farm Bureaus honored for advancing agriculture Local and regional activities that promote agriculture and advance the goals of Indiana Farm Bureau were highlighted during the organization’s state convention awards session, held on Dec. 10 during the IFB annual convention in Indianapolis.

County Farm Bureaus were recognized for reaching five action goals identified by Indiana Farm Bureau and intended to strengthen the statewide organization’s public policy, membership and public relations activities.

The overall action goal winner for 2010 was Brown County.

The action goal 2010 goals, along with the counties recognized for their activities in reaching those goals, were:

· Hold a membership campaign to gain six new members. Top honors in this category went to Brown, Floyd, Franklin, Ripley and Spencer counties. · Hold a renewal campaign. The top counties in this category were Boone, Brown, Clark, Elkhart and Pulaski. · Select a PR coordinator, create a plan and complete three outreach programs.

Greene, Marion, Posey, Switzerland, Tippecanoe and White counties were singled out for special recognition. · Host, participate or facilitate at least four meetings with locally elected officials. The counties recognized in this category were Brown, Carroll, Grant, Marion, St. Joseph and Switzerland.

· Visit the Statehouse with at least three members. Fifty-six county Farm Bureaus met this goal.

Vanderburgh, Gibson and Posey counties were recognized with a special innovation award for organizing a tri-county meeting with legislators to tour a large livestock operation, answer questions and dispel myths about agriculture.

Twenty-six of Indiana’s 92 county Farm Bureau organizations reached all five goals. Those counties are: Benton, Brown, Cass, Clinton, Dearborn, Decatur, Elkhart, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Kosciusko, Lake, LaPorte, Marion, Newton, Ripley, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Wells and White.

Association of Southwestern Indiana, WNIN Radio Reading Program, and Willow Tree of Posey County.”

Spurgeon added “We have reached the goal due to the hard work and generosity of our community, but the campaign is still not finished so if you haven’t contributed yet, there is still time. When we support the United Way of Posey County, we are working together to make life better for our families and their future here in Posey County, and that is why a successful United Way campaign is so important.

A service recently started in Posey County is 2-1-1, the easy-to-remember number to call for access to information about resources for help in Posey County.

There is a new prescription drug discount program, too, with cards available from the United Way of Posey County and at Mount Vernon Pharmacy, CVS, and Chris’ Pharmacy in New

Harmony.”

He also noted that the United Way of Posey County is a local organization and is governed by its Board of Directors who are: Steve Bennett, President; Keith Spurgeon, First Vice-President; John Wood, Second Vice-President; Niall McConville, Treasurer; Staci Reese, Secretary; Connie Marvel; Phyllis Johnson; Aaron Wilson; Kenyon Bailey; Todd Jackson; Jennifer Loehr; Larry Williams; Grant Beloat; Paul Allison; Scott Strickland; Pat Beckgerd; Wayne Games; Glen Kuper; Lindsay Schmitt; Fran Thoele; Tom Verkamp; Michelle Hudson; Dan Ritter; and Bill Gillenwater; and that Elizabeth Baier has served as Executive Director since 1982.

For more information, call 838-3637 or email to uwposey@sbcglobal.net.

Contributions may be sent to the United Way of Posey County at P.O. Box 562, Mt. Vernon, Ind. 47620.

Solid Waste holiday closures announced The Posey County Solid Waste District office will be closed Thursday, December 23, Friday, December 24, Monday, December 27, and Monday, January 3. The New Harmony Recycling Center will be closed Friday, December 24. All recycling centers – Mount Vernon, Marrs, Cynthiana, Poseyville, and New Harmony – will be closed Saturday, December 25 and Saturday, January 1. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For more information, contact the District at 8381613.

Top picture: Ethan and Kaylee Layman visit with Santa at the Posey Grill’s Pancakes with Santa held as part of this year’s United Way campaign. Photo submitted Pictured right: CLC Penny Olympics: Pictured are (L to R) Abby Ries, Alyssa Frisby and Mac Conyers working on the Penny Olympics United Way competition at the Chiland cause cancer.

All electronics can be re- dren’s Learning Center. cycled at the Mt. Vernon Re- Photo submitted cycling Center for free. Console tvs must be removed from the cabinet. Smaller electronics, like cell phones and iPads, can be recycled at each of the other recycling centers in Posey County.

For more information on recycling electronics or other items, contact the Posey County Solid Waste District at 838-1613. Follow us on facebook at Posey County (Ind.) Solid Waste District.

Recycling electronics to be made law Beginning January 1st, it will be illegal in Indiana for households, businesses, and schools to put computers and televisions in the trash.

Televisions and computers as well as other electronic devices contain a number of toxic materials and should be recycled.

Approximately 40 million computers and televisions are discarded each year in the United States. In Indiana, more than 1.2 million if these devices are thrown away annually. And this doesn’t in-

clude other electronics such as cell phones, copiers, MP3 players, PDAs and other devices. These items can contain lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and brominated flame retardants. There are at least four pounds of lead in each old computer monitor or television. The toxins found in these items can negatively affect fetuses and children, can damage the central nervous system, the kidneys, the liver, the thyroid, the reproductive system, the respiratory system,

L to R: Travis Koester, Philip Blankenberger, Alyssa Blankenberger, Lindsey Koester, James Blankenberger. Photo submitted

4-H Team competes in Career Event at Purdue University The Vanderburgh County 4-H Entomology Judging team competed in the State Entomology Career Development Event, December 11, 2010 at Purdue University. The team won this honor by placing first in the Area Career Development Event.

Area results include Alyssa Blankenberger, senior 1st

Illness and accidents are part of life.

Health insurance coverage can be too.

Thousands of families are eligible for low-cost health insurance coverage for their kids and don’t know it. A phone call is all it takes to find out.

Our State children’s health insurance programs cover more than just urgent health needs. Your kids can get regular check-ups, dental care, immunizations and prescription drugs.

You’ll have peace of mind knowing they are covered. Even if you’ve been turned down in the past, call or go online today to find out more.

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place; Philip Blankenberger, junior first place; James Blankenberger, junior first place; Travis Koester, junior second place, and Lindsey Koester, junior third place.

Career Development Events are designed to encourage youth to learn all they can about a specific topic. They learn to iden-

tify insect specimens. They must also complete a quiz on this topic. Youth practice the skills of observation, analysis, and communication, skills they will use their entire lives. Youth also enjoy the fun, teamwork, and competition for Career Development Judging Events.

Annie’s Project workshop registration to begin Annie’s Project is a one night a week workshop for 6 consecutive weeks, designed especially for farm women to help them with management and decisionmaking in the complex, dynamic world of agriculture.

Sessions will combine lecture, discussion, individual and small group activities, and computer training to help farm women gain the understanding and knowledge necessary to be active and involved farm partners.

Annie’s Project will also help women find new ways to balance the demands of family, community and professionalism within the Agriculture community.

The program is in honor

of Annie Fleck, a woman that lived in a small town in Illinois. She spent her lifetime learning how to become a better business partner with her husband.

Annie’s Project workshops will be held in the evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 pm Central time on six consecutive Thursdays, beginning January 13th and concluding on February 17th.

This series of workshops will be held at the Vanderburgh County, Purdue Extension office located in Darmstadt.

Registration is $75 per person until January 6th.

After that date, registration increases to $85 per person. Financial support for

this program may be available from the Farm Credit Services or your local bank; contact them for more information.

For a registration form or more information, contact Jon Neufelder, Extension Educator from Posey County at: (812) 838-1331, by e-mail at: neufelde@ purdue.edu, or by going to the “Women in Agriculture” website at: http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/wia/.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any extension program, prior to the meeting, contact the site coordinator listed at each location or call: (888) EXT-INFO (398-4636).

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St. Wendel students help others as real Christmas is celebrated

By Diana Carithers It is the season for caring and sharing with family and friends and with those less fortunate than us. The students, families, faculty and staff at St. Wendel School in Wadesville, Indiana have begun to see the real meaning of Christmas as they participate in several class and faculty sponsored service projects this season.

The fourth grade class’ service project strives to show support for members of the military with St. Wendel connections.

Throughout the year they correspond with the military. Twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, the fourth graders sponsor a drive to collect items for their Christmas and Easter care packages. Once the items have been collected, the fourth graders organize the items brought in by the students, families, and faculty members in the St. Wendel community.

Then the items are packaged and shipped to the men and women serving in the military.

he fourth graders This Christmas season, the ms to fill 40 care have collected enough items packages. Mrs. Dyson, the fourth grade teacher, states “This is the lleast we can ddo to show our support. Military personnel, thank you for protecting us and defending what the United States believes in. May God protect you!”

St. Wendel’s fifth graders chose a service project called Nets for Malaria. They researched this deadly disease and presented their findings through oral presentations and videos to each classroom throughout the school so that all the students would have a better understanding of malaria and how it affects the people in Uganda. Then the fifth graders sponsored a Hat Day. Students paid $1.00 to wear a hat at school. All proceeds went to buying insecticide-treated bed nets for the people in Uganda. As fifth grader, Jaylyn Sweeney stated, “They (the nets) protect the people there from the dangerous mosqui-

toes. Many people in Uganda are very poor and don’t have enough money to buy a $10 net. One net can save a whole family.” The fif h graders d i d about b $175 fifth raised $175. Th They were able to buy 17 nets and save many lives.

The sixth graders at St. Wendel chose to collect items to donate to St. Vincent’s Day Care Center as their service project. St. Vincent’s Day Care Center serves as many as 158 children daily, aged six weeks to six years old. Approximately 88% of these children and their families live in poverty. The sixth graders are in the process of collecting school supplies, first aid supplies, books, puzzles, and other items needed for the classroom.

Their service project runs through December 17th. It is the sixth graders’ hope that their donations will help make a difference in the

lives of these small children and those who work with them.

Each Christmas, Catholic Charities sponi i program which hi h pairs i families f ili in i sors a giving need with “adopting” groups or individuals.

A family Christmas wish list is provided giving information about clothing needs and sizes, household items that are needed, and toys the children would like to have. St. Wendel’s faculty and staff have adopted two families this year and have been busy shopping and wrapping many Christmas surprises for each family. We hope that these gifts will brighten the lives of those who receive them. We’ve all learned this Christmas season that making a difference in someone else’s life not only brightens their life, but brightens our lives as well.

St. Wendel fourth graders hold 11 of 40 care packages being shipped to our men and women in the military. Kneeling from left to right are Noah Blankenberger, TanSt. Wendel’s fifth graders collected $175 to purchase 17 bed nets for their service ner Schickel, Grant Schneider, Casey Straub, Alaina Spahn, and Jenna Zirkelbach.

Standing from left to right are Kaitlin Wright, Jared Wilderman, Alex Gries, Jenna project Nets for Malaria. Pictured from left to right are Mitch Hall, Arionna Collins, Noah Gates, Corey Heath, Jaylyn Sweeney, Jack Heldt, Lindsey Koester, Claire MuenFehrenbacher, and Olivia Effinger. Photo submitted sterman, Kathryn Muensterman, Claudia Duncan, and Hannah Adler.

St. Wendel sixth graders Abigail Abernathy, Ali Spahn, Kyle Luigs, and Rylee PhilFourth graders Noah Blankenberger, Jared Wilderman, Kaitlin Wright, and Tanner Schickel begin organizing donated items for Christmas care packages going to our lips stand in front a poster highlighting donations needed for St. Vincent’s Day Care Center. military men and women. Photo submitted

Williams, Johnson honored for work on project

By Pam Robinson New Harmony Town Board President David Campbell read resolutions 2010-5 and 2010-6 Thursday night to honor Don Williams and Rick Johnson for their untiring work in the Ribeyre Gymnasium restoration.

The reading of the resolutions was met with applause from every corner of New Harmony Town Hall. The board also thanked Mickey Grimm, Gene Culiver and the New Harmony School students for their efforts.

In other business: •President Campbell announced that U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will serve as the honorary co-chair for New Harmony’s Bicentennial Commission.

•President Campbell stated that Johnathan Scott had agreed to serve on the Parks Board. He commended Olin Davis for his past service to the board and said he would be “sorely missed.”

•The board approved and signed the petition for annexation of the old fairgrounds property.

•The board approved the purchase of the mosquito control chemical at this year’s price plus $50 shipping for a total of $2,879.

•The board approved an ordinance regarding insurance premium payments for town employees effective January 1, 2011.

•The board approved a transfer resolution for $622.45 into the general fund from electric for fire department supplies, official bond and tree service.

•The board granted permission to Bill Gillenwater to fill his fire pond when it is low from the town hydrant.

Gillenwater agreed he would pay for the metered water.

•The board granted permission for the New Harmony School senior class to put up a Welcome to New Harmony sign on the east side of the ditch on the old fairgrounds property.

•The board granted sewer fee waivers for the following unimproved properties: 1026 Church Street, 1014 S. Locust Street, 612 Murphy Street.

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SCHOOL New North Posey School Board members take oath, ready for 2011 meetings

By Valerie Werkmeister The New Year will ring in with two new faces on the North Posey School Board.

As the board said goodbye to long-time members, Kathy Mauck and Mark Seibert, Linda O’Risky and Geoff Gentil were sworn in. During the board’s regular meeting, December 13, Attorney Bill Bender led them as they took their oath of office to begin as school board members in January. Mauck and Seibert have served on the board for the past 16 and one-half years.

Board president Joe Neidig and Larry Lewis expressed their appreciation for their years of service which put the children’s best interests first.

Both were presented with a school bell and plaque to commemorate their service.

Current board member, Steve Bender, was also sworn in as he begins another term in January.

German Township will soon be providing water to the junior high and high school following board approval of the installation of a new water line. The new line will extend from an existing valve box on the southeast side of the football field to the corner of the tennis court/concession stand area. The board approved Superintendent Dr. Todd Camp’s recommendation to hire Deig Brother’s for the work at a cost of $5,130.

Steve Bender raised the question of why the junior and senior high schools are supplied with drinking water

through wells when the playing fields receive water from German Township that must be paid for.

Camp explained it comes down to a capacity issue and State of Indiana regulation issue.

“The regulations require us to have separate sources (of water) for education and athletics,” Camp said.

When the fields are watered through the wells, the schools run the risk of draining the wells. When the wells are low, the chance is high for increased bacteria growth.

A few times in the past, the schools have been forced to supply bottled drinking water to junior high and high school students as they started back to school following summer break.

Camp felt that by doing this project, it will ease the problem of running the wells too low to water fields and it will keep academics and athletics separate to satisfy state regulations. In the future, it will also give the schools the option to switch to German Township water as the supplier for drinking water, if and when, it’s necessary.

Camp presented guidelines that high school agriculture teacher, Mike Wassmer, has written to aide the maintenance staff in their grounds upkeep responsibilities. He included educational support for weed control, fertilizer and cutting to improve the grounds’ appearance.

In a true case of being in the

right place at the right time, Bill Bender, helped save the high school auditorium – literally. Bender happened to pass the high school in a 45minute time span on Thanksgiving Day. He noticed water filling in the ditch on his first pass by, but did not expect to see a potential flooding situation arise so quickly when he passed by a second time.

“If you remember, that was when we received a lot of rain in a short amount of time after a long period without any rain,” Bender explained.

Many local areas flooded as rain quickly ran off instead of soaking into the ground.

Camp explained that when Bender drove by a second time, he decided to take action. Corn husks had piled in the ditch furthering the problem. Bender took it upon himself to dig out the ditch and prevent the water from flooding the auditorium. According to Camp, if it had not been for Bender, the auditorium would have surely flooded. Camp and the board praised Bender for his efforts.

Camp presented the timeline for the proposed North Elementary School project that will begin at the end of the school year. The board will detail the project during their January board meeting.

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Pay cut, from Page 1A ers, administrators and the school board were sent a message that they wanted tthe budget to be balanced by oother means. The first was tthe closing of Hedges Central S School and next was the cuttting of some of the programs ooffered by the schools.

Kopatich reemphasized tthat personnel was never an iissue, even on the referenddum.

“We took a long hard look aat our programs and our progrress,” Kopatich said. “We ssaw this as an opportunity to bbe creative and constructive w with the resources we currrently have. One resource we aare fortunate enough to have iis a community that supports oour schools through voluntteerism, donations, and local

New North Posey School Board members Linda O’Risky and Geoff Gentil. accept bids from January 31 – March, with the contract granted during their regular March meeting.

In other business, the board approved: •The 403(b) plan document from Valic. Superintendent Camp explained this was a formality and no benefits were changed.

•The Security Benefit Plan document for the VEBA plan that was transferred from the ISTA Trust. The ISTA has discontinued the trust and has turned it over to Security Benefits as the provider.

•A request by Marilyn Rogers to take Physics, Calculus and AP English students on

the annual trip to Chicago March 12 – 15.

•A request by Julie Butler to hold a dance and cheer clinic at the high school on January 15 and February 5.

Participants will perform during half time at local basketball games •A request by the Wadesville-Blairsville Regional Sewer District to use the South Terrace library on January 18, March 15, May 17, August 16, October 18 and December 20.

•A request by J. Pearison to allow Cub Scout Pack 387 to use North Elementary’s parking lot during the pack’s annual Paoli Peaks trip on Sat-

urday, January 22.

•A recommendation by high school principal, Dr. Scott Strieter, to hire Levi Cox as the boys’ golf coach for the 2011 season.

•The verbal resignation of Adam Nix as the junior high wrestling coach. The opening has been posted and the search for a new coach has begun.

•The FMLA request for Nancy Davis from November 23 – January 3.

The next regular meeting will deviate from its usual meeting time, due to school board member schedule conflicts. It will be held on Friday, January 14, at 8 a.m.

scholarships. And we know our community expects us not to sacrifice our excellent track record in academics and student activities as our funding decreases.”

When Kopatich was appointed as the new school superintendent upon the departure of then-Supt. Keith Spurgeon, there was no replacement named for him.

His job was absorbed into the work of others on the administrative staff.

“There were several other things we could have looked at,” Kopatich said. “Our teachers and staff not only ‘talk the talk’ but they also ‘walk the walk’.”

Leigh Ann Latshaw, president of NEA Mount Vernon, indicated that last year, members of the association saw many of their colleagues left without jobs with the closure of Hedges Central and the cutting of more school programs.

“We can’t go through another cut like we had last spring,” Latshaw explained.

Latshaw and Kopatich agreed that there are some advantages working in a school corporation such as Mount Vernon. The facilities have been updated and the camaraderie among the teachers is excellent.

“It makes this a desirable place to live and to teach and many teachers have come here and realized this is where they want to spend their teaching career,” Latshaw explained. “There are some districts that don’t have that problem.”

Kopatich indicated that

if the retirement incentive package achieves the desired effect, money will be spent carefully with the possibility of opening an academy within the high school, using teachers and classroom space already available.

The board was set to vote on the new package Monday.

The Mount Vernon High School Physics class annually designs and builds roller coasters as part of their semester projects. Proudly displaying their finished product are seniors Dan Watzlavik and Kevin Corressell. The roller coasters will be tested during finals week. Photo

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Opportunity Center enrollment set The Mount Vernon Opportunity Center will have open enrollment for GED classes for adults Tuesday, January 18.

Classes are 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Opportunity Center is located at 6th and Byrd Streets in the high school. Call Greg at 812-480-4219 to register.

Local Students Graduate from U of E Multiple local students will celebrate their college

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The local students will be among 95 new UE graduates taking part in the ceremony, where a total of 99 degrees will be awarded.

The ceremony will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the University's Student Fitness Center, with UE Associate Professor of Exercise & Sport Science Jeffrey Tilly serving as Commencement Speaker.

Tilly earned the University's Outstanding Teacher Award at the 2010 Spring Commencement ceremony.

Local students graduating during the ceremony include: Holly Mitchell of Mt. Vernon, graduating with the Master of Science, Tara Neth of Mount Vernon, graduating with the

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Cox’s 3-point shot on Friday night nothing but net, just as a similar shot that sent last year’s regular reason game into overtime at Mater Dei. The Vikings ended up winning that contest but also ended up losing to Mater Dei in sectional play at Southridge at yearend.

But this year’s Vikings were going to leave little to chance as their man-to-man pressure full court forced Mater Dei into numerous turnovers and in the end, into submission as the Vikings claimed a 64-46 win over the west-siders.

But North Posey head man Matt Wadsworth made sure this year’s team was more ready for what they might see this season.

The team has concentrated more on improving themselves than on any single opponent, despite going into the game with a 3-0 record.

“All week we have talked about ourselves,” Wadsworth said of his team. “Even though we have won the last three games, we have seen flaws with the way we played, both offensively and defensively. Offensively we have taken so many quick shots that we have spent about 80 percent of the time playing on the defensive end. That’s not going to work against good teams. We put Mater Dei in that category. We think that come sectional time, they will be a good team, just as will be South Spencer and Forest Park. We play in a very tough sectional.”

Mater Dei Coach Kurt Wildeman echoed Wadsworth’s sentiments concerning the sectional in a conversation prior to the start of the game.

“There are some tough teams in this sectional,” Wildeman said. “Right now, we are hitting some shots here and there and when North Posey’s Dillon Davenport gets the we are hitting, we are competitive.” worst end of this defensive play as Mater The Wildcats did hang around for awhile Dei’s Tom Tekoppel gets up in the air and on Friday night. has no open teammate during the team’s After Cox hit the first shot of the night, loss to the Vikings on Friday night. Photo Continued on Page B3

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By Dave Pearce When Jourdan Cox spotted up from the corner Friday night about 30 seconds into the North Posey-Mater Dei basketball game, Mater Dei fans probably found themselves

Cameron Calvert and Dillon Davenport have inside position on their Mater Dei opponents while hitting the boards during the Vikings’ 64-46 win over the Wildcats on Friday night. Photo by Dave Pearce

Lady Wildcats head into holidays with 7-1 record

By Steve Joos There haven’t been all too many December Saturdays over the past few years where the Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team has been on the short end of one-sided games with Washington.

That wasn’t the case this year.

The Lady Wildcats scored 17 unanswered points in the first quarter and then went on another roll in the third quarter as they pulled away from the visiting Lady Hatchets 49-35 in Big Eight Conference play over the weekend.

“We got a good day inside and a good day outside,” coach Steve Mitchell said. “So I guess we’re lucky there.”

More defensive intensity in both the halfcourt and full-court was stressed in practice last week and that’s what helped the Lady Cats establish control of things early in the game. Former Lady Wildcat Kendra Kopatich helped out with a pre-game talk that got the team fired up, Mitchell added.

“They really put the pressure on them,” the coach explained. “We feel we play better when we put the pressure on people.”

The two teams traded baskets to open the game and then Clare Heaton put the Lady

Hatchets in front briefly with a layup.

Very briefly.

Jade Dixon answered Heaton with a threepointer to put the Lady Cats in front 5-4 with 3:50 to go in the first quarter. Carynn Koch rolled in a shot and Jacey Ritzert hit two charity tosses to help spark Mount Vernon, which went on to score 12 unanswered points and take a 17-4 lead into the second chapter.

Olivia Lengacher snapped Washington’s cold spell at the outset of the second quarter, but the Lady Cats quickly responded with a pair of buckets to make the score 21-6.

Washington did mount an 8-2 run after that and shrunk the deficit below double digits at 23-14 before Amy Seifert and Koch each downed buckets to give Mount Vernon a 2714 advantage at halftime.

The Lady Cats kept up the pressure in the third quarter, opening the second half with a 9-2 run that made the score 35-16, and then answering the Lady Hatchets’ next basket with seven more unanswered points. Seifert capped that rampage with a layup to make the score 42-18, as the Lady Cats took a 4220 bulge into the fourth quarter.

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Mount Vernon’s Jacey Ritzert goes up for another easy two points during Saturday’s win against conference rival Washington. The Lady Cats beat the Hatchets 49-35 and improve their record to 7-1 and 2-0 in conference play. Photo by Terri Koch

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Mays are more than Good Neighbor sponsors State Farm’s Eric May and his wife Donett have sponsored the Good Neighbor of the Week feature in the Posey County News since its beginning nearly three years ago.

We decided we’re overdue in highlighting the Mays’ community activities. In deed as well as word, this couple knows how to serve “just like a good neighbor” and “is there” for many others.

Celebrating his 20th anniversary with State Farm, Eric opened his independent agent office in Mount Vernon 10 years ago once Bill Loehr retired. The move allowed the Southern Indiana native to move closer to his own family in Tell City as well as to Donett’s family in her hometown of Mount Vernon. Through his work, Eric has educated several junior high and high school classes about insurance choices.

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Winning Wildcat combination still elusive at Memorial

By Steve Joos If Mount Vernon boys’ basketball coach Gary Wilsey can’t find anything good to say about the way his team plays, he’ll compliment the opposition.

But even that gets a little frustrating at times.

Like Friday night at Memorial, for instance The Tigers scored the first eight points of the game, put four players in double figures and dominated the Cats on both ends of the floor, winning 73-43.

In the opening two periods, Memorial did just about everything right and in the process, put Mount Vernon away as the Cats hit just six of 16 first-half field goal tries, six of 15 free throws in the first chapter and committed 18 turnovers, many of them smash-and-grab steals which looked like strong-arm robberies.

The frustration with the start of the game and the way Mount Vernon has opened the season was just too much for Wilsey.

“I don’t have much good to say,” Wilsey ssaid. “I don’t want to be rude, but there’s not much to say other than hat’s off to Memorial, but you know what? I’m tired of that.

I’m tired of saying that the other team played so well. We’ve got to find five guys who can play well, who can execute.”

Wilsey is still looking for those five players the Wildcats were manhandled in the opening minutes and never recovered.

The Tigers had taken an 8-0 lead before Troy Paris broke the ice of the Cats by hitting one of two free throws with almost three minutes gone in the first quarter. Another five unanswered Memorial tallies followed before Jacob Steinhart drained the lone three-pointer among Mount Vernon’s 14 attempts from beyond the arc Friday.

Brian Koch hit one of two free throws with 3:18 left in the opening chapter, cutting the lead to eight points, but another 14-0 rampage followed as Memorial build a 27-5 lead.

Steinhart scored off a steal to make the score 27-7 at the break, but 20 points was as close as Mount Vernon would get the rest of the evening.

Turnovers were a big factor in that stretch.

The Cats coughed up the ball 11 times in that early stretch and committed another seven turnovers as the Tigers took a 44-19 bulge to the locker room at halftime. There was nothWildcat junior Austin Goebel goes up for two points over the Memorial defense dur- ing that Memorial was doing in the first two ing Friday night action at the Tigers’ gym. Photo by Dave Koch periods other than showing a little more heart, according to Wilsey.

Vikings win, from Page 1A senior Nick Scheller hit the second and the Vikings took an early 5-0 lead. They built the lead to as many as seven in the opening period and settled for an 18-13 lead after one period.

When Scheller found Cooper Martin open underneath for the first points of the second period, all five North Posey starters had reached the scorebook. Cameron Calvert came up with seven big points in the second period to help the Vikings pull away a little bit in the period for a 33-22 half-time lead.

“We just had to take a good hard look at ourselves this week and try to make ourselves better,” Wadworth said.

It is often said that timing is everything and it is difficult for the other team to score when the Vikings have control of the ball and they used ball control, patience, and better shot selection to win both games over the weekend. They defeated Pike Central 47-38 on Saturday night.

But it was the second half of Friday night where the Vikings showed marked improvement from their first three games.

“I think it was a matter of patience,” Wadsworth said of the contest. “I think we struggled against zone defenses last year because we didn’t have the patience against man-to-man offense.

I feel like we are getting better in that area.”

The Vikings put the first five points of the second half on their side of the scoreboard as Martin hit a pair of free throws off a putback attempt and Calvert put back his own miss and got the foul and suddenly the Vikings were up 38-22. The Vikings held onto that edge throughout the third quarter,

leading 45-29 at the end of three quarters.

Scheller came up big for the Vikings most of the night as he had the hot hand, canning a couple of big 3-point shots in the game.

“Tonight we were really a team that was hot early but we have to have that consistency throughout the game,” Wadsworth said. “They were pressing late in the game and Nick hit a big 3-pointer from the corner and you have to have some of that. As a coach, when you talk about patience, it doesn’t mean we can’t take a 3-pointer or score off a fast break. It just means we have to understand the time and score. One of the places I would like to see us reduce turnovers is on fast breaks. There are too many times when we come up with the big defensive play and then turn it right back over on the break.”

The teams traded buckets the first couple of minutes of the fourth quarter but the Wildcats realized that if they were going to have any chance, they needed to turn up the defensive heat and go for steals and not just trade baskets. As a result of that increased pressure, the Vikings spent most of the rest of the period at the free throw line as the Vikings hit 11 of 16 free throws in the final period.

While Wadsworth had nothing but good things to say about his entire team following the game, he is concerned with continuing to develop more depth on the team. Nick Neidig and Colton Motz provided some valuable minutes off the bench.

“As a coach, you are always looking for that person who can come off the bench and give you a spark,” he explained. “We have to have

some people who can do that.”

Scheller led a balanced scoring attack with 14 while Calvert added 12, Cox 11, and Davenport 10 (hitting eight of ten free throws).

Martin had six while Wargel game off the bench for five and Wes Harness and Jacob Bender had two apiece.

On Saturday night at Pike Central, the Vikings put up their second conference win of the season, defeating Pike Central to move to 5-0 and 2-0 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Davenport finished with 17 to lead the team while Scheller had 13, Cox seven, Martin six, and Calvert two.

The Vikings allowed the game to remain close as they hit on only 11 of 25 free throws on the night.

NORTH POSEY 64, MATER DEI 46 MATER DEI (1-4): W. LaRue 2 0-0 4, S. LaRue 2 1-2 6,Wannemuehler 3 0-1 7, M.Walsh 1 2-2 5, T. Walsh 2 0-1 4, Martin 5 2-2 12, Tekoppel 0-0 0-0 0, Wilmes 1 0-0 2, Wahl 1 4-8 6. Totals 17 9-16 46.

NORTH POSEY (4-0): Davenport 1 8-10 10, Bender 0 2-2 2, Scheller 5 2-2 14, Calvert 5 2-3 12, Harness 1 0-2 2, Wargel 2 1-2 5, Neidig 0 2-4 2, Cox 3 4-6 11, Martin 2 2-2 6. Totals 19 23-33 64.

Mater Dei 13 9 7 17—46 North Posey 18 15 12 19—64 3-Point Goals—Mater Dei 3 (S. LaRue 1, Wannemuehler 1, M. Walsh 1), North Posey 3(Scheller 2, Cox).

Total Fouls—Mater Dei 22, North Posey 15. Fouled Out—M.Walsh,Tekoppel. Reserve—Mater Dei 35-31.

NORTH POSEY: Davenport 6 2-5 17, Bender 0 0-0

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“They just showed more heart than we did and out executed us,” the coach explained.

“It’s kind of odd, because we don’t seem to be mentally prepared to get on the bus, let alone get off the bus.”

Wilsey took responsibility for that situation and said that he was going to keep looking for that combination of players who were willing to play hard.

The two team played a relatively even second half, but Memorial scored the last two points of the third quarter and led 58-33 entering the final chapter, then closed out the contest on a 5-2 run to make the final score 73-43.

Former North Posey coach Rick Wilgus’ team also unleashed a balanced offensive onslaught which saw four players reach double figures. Alphonso Baity led the way with 20 points, while Bruce Lueken and Nick Ahlers each put in 12. Lucas Stippler added 10 tallies as the Tigers raised their record to 2-3 by winning a game which was expected to be much more competitive.

The Wildcats, on the other hand, didn’t have anyone in double figures. Steinhart and Paris each put in eight points to share teamhigh honors, while Aaron Straub added seven.

Craig Dick and River VanZant each scored six points as some of the reserves got an extended look in the second half. Koch added three points, as Austin Goebel and Jevin Redman each put in two. Jason Stemple chipped in one.

The preliminary was closer, but the news wasn’t any better for Mount Vernon, as the Tiger reserves posted a 52-46 victory, despite 12 points from Dick and 11 from Redman.

Bryce Newman added eight points, while Drake McNamara and Collin Varner each put in six. J.T. Silvers added two points and Will Russell one.

The Wildcat reserves finished second in their round robin invitational Saturday, losing to Bosse 53-45, after beating Boonville 41-39.

Koch poured in 16 points and Varner 13 in the championship game, but it wasn’t enough as the Bulldog reserves went on a 22-7 rampage in the third quarter to take control of the game.

Dick added seven points and McNamara three, while Redman and Russell each chipped in two.

Newman had the hot hand against Boonville, with a team-high 11 points, while Varner put in 10 and Redman eight. McNamara and Koch each scored six.

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Alec Werry goes up for a hot during the reserve Vikings’ furious comeback on Friday night against Mater Dei. After falling behind by 12, the Vikings pulled to within two points before falling. Photo by Dave Pearce 0, Scheller 5 3-4 13, Calvert 1 0-4 2, Harness 0 3-6 3, Wargel 0 0-0 0, Neidig 0 0-0 0, Cox 2 3-4 7, Martin 3 0-2 6, Motz 0 0-0 0.Totals 17 1125 48.

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1 0-0 2, Parson 5 2-4 16, Robling 0 0-0 0, Western 0 2-2 2, Eck 3 0-0 6, Reed 1 0-0 3, Petty 0 0-0 0, Mathias 0 0-2 0, Asbell 1 0-0 2, Hulsman 3 0-0 6. Totals 14 4-8 37.

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8 11—48 Pike Central 13 10 8 6— 37 3-Point Goals—North Posey 3 (Davenport 3), Pike Central 5 (Parson 4, Reed 1).Total Fouls— North Posey 13, Pike Central 25.

Wildcat wrestlers sweep at Princeton

By Steve Joos The Mount Vernon wrestling team didn’t have a good night when Memorial came calling last week, but they made up for it when Saturday rolled around.

Wildcats coach Todd Gilpin went to Princeton Saturday expecting a sweep of the invitational meet and that’s what his team did, rolling over Washington 51-21, Princeton 4024, Boonville 45-27, Mount Carmel 75-6 and Vincennes 72-6, in a mini-Big Eight Conference meet.

“We wrestled well at Princeton,” Gilpin said. “We wrestled as well as we have all year.”

There wasn’t any secret to how the Cats improved, the coach said, they just went out and wrestled better, winning close matches in the last five seconds instead of losing them.

Six Cats were perfect on the day, including Jon Hoehn, Andrew Konrath, Jordan Dallas, Blake Marshall, Tyler Osborne and Jacob Ewers.

As for what Saturday’s performance might suggest about where the Cats would fit in the Big Eight, Gilpin was quick to point out hat winning the conference depends on the entire team.

“The kids everybody knows will show

up and do well,” he said. “But it’s the kids with the worst record on the team that determines the championship. If they come out and get points for you, your team has a good chance.”

The Cats ran into trouble on Tuesday, losing 39-19 to visiting Memorial.

“We didn’t look good,” Gilpin said. “That hasn’t been us for the last four years. We lost matches in the third period, we got outtoughed, we got out-hearted, we got outwrestled.”

Gilpin took responsibility for the team’s struggles, citing the lack of preparation on the part of his team.

Memorial came into the meet ranked fourth among the state’s smaller schools, but that was of little solace to the Wildcats’ coach.

“Look at all the close matches we lost,” he said. “If we win the close matches, we win the dual. We weren’t the aggressor, we didn’t wrestle with the most heart and have to fix that.”

For the most part , Gilpin thought that the team wrestled hard and there were several winners, but it was just a rough night for Mount Vernon, from the coach on down.

The Cats are now off until the Mater Dei Classic after Christmas.

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SPORTS P RT Lady Cats win again, from Page 1A the score 42-18, as the Lady Cats took a 42-20 bulge into the fourth quarter.

The Lady Cats were trying to keep Washington from penetrating, Mitchell said, especially senior guard Payton Shake.

“We talked to our perimeter people about making it tough for Shake to get it inside,” the coach ssaid. “We wanted to pressure them on the perimeter so they couldn’t get it inside to their big people.”

That forced the Lady Hachets to go to the outside, leaving them with open shots from around 15-feet out, Mitchell said. That was part of Mount Vernon’s plan.

Shake wound up leading Washington, but with a mere nine points, all of them on threepointers.

Mount Vernon had three girls in double figures who led a balanced offensive attack. Usual suspects Ritzert and Carynn Koch scored 12 points each to pace the Lady Cats, while Seifert added 10.

“That what makes our team so tough to defend because you don’t know who’s going to score,” Mitchell said. “We’ve had five different people, I think it’s six, six different people

score in double figures.”

Jenny Koch is the only player who hasn’t had a game where she hit double figures, but she has seemed like a big point producer with her defense and floor game, the coach added.

“Some teams have one superstar that’s tough to defend,” Mitchell added. “But we have a whole team that’s tough.”

That team went is heading into the holidays with a 7-1 record.

“I’m really happy for the girls,” Mitchell said. “They’ve worked hard, they’ve really tried to buy into what the coaches have been trying to tell them and they’re such a great group of kids to work with. It’s a pleasure.”

Dixon and Megan Randall each put in six points, while Jenny Koch added two and Lauren Stemple one.

Unfortunately for Mount Vernon, the preliminary played a little closer to form, as the reserve Lady Hatchets went on a 10-3 rampage in the second quarter enroute to a 36-27 victory. Bailee Schelhorn and Charlotte Roberts each scored eight points to pace the reserve Lady Cats, while Brittany Wilson put in six, Rachel Cash three and Shelby Ritzert two.

Wildcat Jon Hoehn gets the nest of his Mater Dei opponent during the recent Mount Vernon Invitational. Photo by Dave Pearce

Stemple named ‘Player of the Year’ Mount Vernon High School quarterback Jason Stemple has been named the all-Southwestern Indiana Player of the Year by the Evansville Courier and Press.

The 5-foot-11, 175-pound signal caller was one of five Posey County players named to the All-Area football, which was announced Sunday.

When a player has the kind of season Stemple had in 2010, it’s easy to see why he was named.

The Wildcat quarterback amassed 2,800 yards in total offense with 40 touchdowns in leading the Cats to a 6-5 record and a semifinal berth in Class 3A Sectional 24.

He completed 180 of 288 passes (63 percent) for 2,365 yards and 30 touchdowns, compared to just eight interceptions.

If that wasn’t enough, Stemple also carried the ball 95 times for 446 yards, another 10 touchdowns and a two-point conversion. His 379 net yards made Stemple

second only to Tim Davis in the Wildcats’ ground attack.

Those exploits, along with a strong sense of the game, were among the reasons why Stemple received Player of the Year honors as well as an Honorable mention on the Class 3A All-State team.

And they were also reasons why his favorite target, Aaron Straub, was a firstteam All-State pick. Straub was one of three wide receivers named to the All-Area squad, while offensive lineman Teddy O’Connell (also an All-State pick) earned a spot on the team.

A linemen and linebacker represent the Vikings on the All-Area squad. Brandon Baumgart is on the offensive line, while fellow senior Cameron Calvert is one of four linebackers named to the team.

Jasper leads all teams with five picks and all of them are big bruisers, including offensive lineman Aaron Miller, defensive linemen C.J. Boeckman and Joe Tucker, along with linebackers Dan

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Heritage Hills had three players on the honor squad, while Forest Park had two to go along with Area coach of the Year Terry Wagner.

Patriot junior Trent Simpson was an offensive lineman, while senior teammates Ethan Cowgill and (All-State pick) Tirey Birch were defensive linemen from Heritage Hills. Wide receiver Kyle Schwinghammer joins Straub in the recover corps, while junior Ben Braunecker was the team’s offensive specialist. Wagner was named the area’s top coach after directing the Rangers to an 8-3 record and a spot in the Class 2A Sectional 32 semifinals in just the third year of existence for the Forest Park football program.

Southridge and South Spencer each have two picks.

The Raiders are represented by defensive lineman Kyle Seger and linebacker Adam Messmer, while Rebels’ linebacker (and four-year quarterback) Zeke Harmon and receiver Jared Lauer are on the team from south Spencer.

Rounding out the team are Perry Central running back Mikey Wilkerson, Washington running back Joe McCormick, Tell City linebacker Trent Gunn and Gibson Southern’s Leo Williams, who made the team as an offensive lineman, but was also the Titans’ best special teams player and an all-state linebacker.

Wildcat Lauren Stemple puts a move on her Washington defender. Photo by Terri Koch

Lady Rappites enter break at .500

By Steve Joos A .500 record and more wins in less than half a season than the previous two years combined.

How’s that for an early Christmas present?

The New Harmony girls’ basketball team broke a 26-26 third quarter tie and pulled away at the end for a 37-32 victory over visiting Washington Catholic.

“I explained to the girls before the game started that we are halfway through the season now and everything should be clicking,” coach Jennifer Toopes said. “They understood and made it happen on the floor. It was another close game, but the girls played smart and came out with the win.”

Madison Worman hit the first shot of the game as the Lady Rappites jumped out to an early lead, but had to charge back in the final chapter after the Lady Cardinals chipped away at New Harmony’s 13-8 first quarter bulge.

The Lady Rappites were up 24-20 at halftime, but the Lady Cardinals tied the game

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Each member of the team made their contributions to the win, Toopes said.

“Morgan Matthews had the best game today that I have seen her play,” the coach said. “She controlled the post area and had awesome positioning. Kelsey Owen did a great job down low, Alyssa Scherzinger may not be one of our scoring guards, but she plays awesome defense and we can count on her for steals in tight games. Kendall Morris does a great job setting up the offense and controlling the point. Everybody did their part in the win today.”

Just about everyone did their part offensively, too, as New Harmony had to counter Elizabeth Perkins’ game-high 15 points.

Worman led the team with 10 points, while Matthews added nine, Owen eight and Morris seven. Scherzinger added two points, while Winter Nelson added one.

There was no reserve game since Washington Catholic lacked enough players for a team, leaving the Lady Rappite reserves with a 2-1 record heading into the holidays.

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The game Fairfield at North Posey scheduled for Saturday Dec. 18 has been cancelled no make-up date has been scheduled at this time.

Lady Cats game with Carmi rescheduled The Mount Vernon Lady Wildcats home-court girls’ basketball game with Carmi set for set for Monday night was postponed due to the weather.

The game has been moved to Tuesday, Jan. 25, with the reserve game to tip off at 6 p.m.

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SPORTS

Weather wreaks havok on Posey County sports week It could always have been worse.

The rough winter weather which hit Southern Indiana last week forced school to be called off twice and delayed one day, but there wasn’t much in the way pf sports disruptions in Posey County during a week which included semester finals at two of the three county high schools.

North Posey lost all of its girls games scheduled for last week, games, including Saturday’s home game with Fairfield, Thursday’s home game with Mater Dei and last week’s contest with the Lady Panthers on Reitz Hill. The Lady Pickings will host the Lady Wildcats on Wednesday, Dec. 22, with the Reitz game set to be made up on Jan. 20.

New Harmony also had one major disruption with the postponement of Friday’s boy-girl hoop doubleheader with Frederick Friaze High School of Cloverport, KY. Classes in the Cloverport schools were cancelled Friday, which forced

postponement of the twinbill, which was supposed to include a breast cancer awareness program for New Harmony.

Make-up dates for the games will not be determined until after classes resume in January, according to New Harmony athletic director Tabbi Farrar, who added that the breast cancer program will be rescheduled, either with the rest Frederick Friaze twinbill or with another home game.

The Rappites’ buys’ hop game at Galatia set for Saturday was also cancelled, due mainly to poor road conditions in Illinois, a concern similar to thane which led to the postponement of the North Posey-Fairfield girls’ basketball game.

Mount Vernon’s girls’ basketball game with Carmi was postponed until Jan. 25.

The weather also wiped out the junior high and a large part of freshman slate for last week.

Thursday’s junior high boys’ game between Mount Ver-

non and Boonville was called off, as were North Posey’s boys and girls’ hoop contests with Heritage Hills. The snow earlier in the week scuttled North Posey’s junior high games with Tecumseh and the Mount Vernon girls’ junior high contest with Castle North. A grade school match up between the Fort Braanch and South Terrace girls was also called off.

Freshman boys’ basketball games set for last week which were weather casualties included the Tecumseh-North Posey game set for Thursday at North Posey and the BoonvilleMount Vernon clash.

Mount Vernon suffered the least of the three county schools, with just the one varsity contest and two freshman games.

A triangular swim meet with North and Central had been set for Thursday, but was moved to Dec. 2 at North’s request.

Michea Reinitz shines as UE finishes second at DSU Former Mount Vernon girls’ swim standout Michea Reinitz played a big role as the University of Evansville women’s team finished second at the Delta State Christmas meet, held over the weekend at Cleveland, Miss.

Reinitz brought home the only blue ribbon of the third round Sunday, when she won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:09.03. That wasn’t enough to keep the Lady Aces from falling behind fellow Missouri Valley Conference member Missouri State and finishing second in the women’s meet 926-870. The host Lady Statesmen, whose roster includes another former Lady Wet Wildcat, freshman Liz Frye, came in third with 708 points.

Sunday’s blue ribbon was one of two individual and two relay finishes registered by Reinitz in the three-day meet, which drew five teams to the DSU pool.

On Saturday, Reinitz was part of the first-place 200-medley relay team for the Lady Aces. The sophomore and her teammates took the race in 1:46.56. She came back to finish third in the 100butterfly with a time of: 57.86, after winning the 50-freestyle (:24.01) and being part of the first-place 400-freestyle relay team (3:54.99) on the first day of the meet.

Frye was 11th in the 500-freesytle on Friday, posting a time of 5:21.50 and came in 17th in the 200-freestyle (2:01.99) on Saturday.

Evansville is off until Jan. 1, when both men’s and women’s teams will depart for a Foray training trip before heading to Oxford, Ohio, for a Jan. 5 dual meet with Miami of Ohio.

Delta State will return to action on Jan. 7, when it hosts its Tunica Invitational meet.

The Mount Vernon Elks Lodge #277 held their annual Hoop Shoot Saturday giving the youth of Posey County an opportunity to advance to the district competition to be held in January. The nationwide contest concludes in April in the home of basketball, Springield, Massachusetts. Local winners were: kneeling, left to right, Libby Steinhart and Brant Wilsey and standing, left to right, Maddie Cross, Hallie Fisher, Blake Jackson and Jordan Williams.

Mount Vernon’s Jade Dixon dribbles one way while looking to pass the ball to the opposite side of the court during Saturday’s win against visiting Washington.

Smith helps Graceland to win Jake Smith registered another double-double Saturday, as the former Mount Vernon High School basketball standout helped Graceland University to another big win.

A senior forward for the Yellowjackets, Smith pumped in 15 points and hauled down 11 rebounds as the Jackets topped visiting Clark University 83-69 at Lamoni, Iowa. Smith also dished out two assists and stole the ball once as he and the rest of Graceland’s starting five each scored in double figures as the Jackets squared their regular season record at 6-6 and their Heart of America Athletic Conference mark at 2-2.

And that wasn’t even Smith’s best offensive show of the week.

On Tuesday, he pumped in a game-high 28 points as Graceland held off visiting Central Methodist 75-68, clearing five rebounds and registered an assist as the Yellowjackets jumped out to seven-point halftime lead and never looked back.

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Reality check makes ‘Cats believers

By Steve Joos This is the toughest part of the schedule for the Mount Vernon High School swim teams.

The Wet Wildcats have swam in a dual meet at Castle, traveled to Noblesville, where they have competed in an invitational meet against some of the toughest teams in the state and then traveled to Hamilton Southeastern this weekend for the Royals’ “Splash and Clash” meet.

They then will head back to the Indianapolis area over Christmas break for a large meet at IUPUI. It‘s time for a reality check as to what the Wet Wildcats need to do in order to compete with the state’s best and according to coach Larry Zoller, his team has a lot of work to do.

“We had a mediocre meet,” Zoller said after the Wet Cats returned from Fishers Saturday. “Some of the kids swam very well and some of the kids swam very average.”

Average swims will not do against a field which includes the likes of Homestead, Muenster, Fort Wayne Snyder and Hamilton Southeastern, but average is how the coach thought both Mount Vernon teams performed.

The Wet Wildcat girls came in fifth with 246 points, while the boys managed to place in only five events and came in ninth with 160 points.

“We swam against three of the teams that would be in the top five in the state (at Hamilton Southeastern),” Zoller explained. “Our secondary kids did not step in a way that I think they have the potential to do.”

That was especially the case in the girls’ meet, although Ericka McCormick did step up, taking first in the 200-yard individual medley with a ttime of 2:09.03, and then giv giving the depending state ch champion a battle in the 100100-breaststroke, losing to Hom Homestead’s Tori Bagan by three three-tenths of a second (1:04.53 (1:04.53).

The breaststroke came down to the last few feet, where Bagan was able to get past the Mount Vernon sophomore.

McCormick had the best two individual finishes and swam on the Lay Wet Cart relay squads which came in third in their respective races.

Mary Klueh also did well, registering a personal best in the 200-individual medley, while Kelsey Turner came in third in the 100-backstroke.

The boys had the same trouble, Zoller said, with many of the secondary swimmers struggling.

Jacob Poole and Reid Mobley did well for the Wet Cats, however. Poole registered a personal best time in the 200-freestyle (1:51.75), while Mobley registered personal bests in two events.

Classes in Mount Vernon were called off twice last week due to the weather and

that may have caused some trouble as they weren’t able to get their regular practice schedule in, Zoller said, adding that the team went through a more strenuous practice session Friday, even though it was the day before a major meet. That will also be a problem this week, with semester exams underway.

But the Wet Cats will have to go from there to swim at Indianapolis after that.

“We will have competed against four or five of the top 10 teams in the state over the next few weeks,” Zoller said. “This has been a reality check for us. We’re seeing what we needed to do in order to compete against some of the best swimmers in the state, we’re seeing what we need to do in order to step up and compete at a higher level.”

Hamilton Southeastern Splash and Clash girls invitational meet:

200-medley relay: 3) Mount Vernon (Turner, McCormick, Kasey Gerst, Klueh) 1:53.28; 200-IM: McCormick (first) 2:09.03, Klueh (sixth) 2:19.95; 100-butterfly: Gerst (fifth) 1:02.34; 100-freestyle: Turner (second) :55.68; 100-backstroke: Turner (third) 1:01.56; 100-breaststroke: McCormick (second) 1:04.53, Klueh (fourth) 1:09.46; 400-freestyle relay: 3) Mount Vernon (Gerst, McCormick, Amy Steele, Turner) 3:46.46.

Boys: 200-medley relay: 5) Mount Vernon (R. Mobley, Wade Mobley, Poole, Jordan Wooten) 1:44.42; 200-freestyle: Poole (fourth) 1:51.75; 200-IM: R. Mobley (fourth) 2:02.61; 100-backstroke: R. Mobley (fourth):56.53; 400medley realy: 7) Mount Vernon (Poole, Clint Weimer, Zach Hellenberg, R. Mobley) 3:31.05.

Seventeen year old Gaby Lara swims the 100-yard backstroke during the Candy Cane Classic Invitational Swim Meet at the Mount Vernon pool. Photo by Terri Koch

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Arrests and Complaints Arrests December 8 Daniel Huber—Evansville—Operating While Intoxicated—ISP December 9 Cory Waters—Mount Vernon—Warrant; Receiving Stolen Property—PCS December 10 Gregory Harmon— Mount Vernon—Operating While Intoxicated, Reckless Driving—ISP Andrew S. Smith—Evansville—Warrant; Petition to Revoke-Receiving Stolen Property, Resisting Law Enforcement x 2—PCS David Fuhs—Wadesville—Strangulation, Battery x 2—PCS Ryan Jordan—Rockport—Warrant; Small Claims, Check Deception x 2, Fraud, Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury— PCS December 14 Trent Lockyear—Mount Vernon—Public Intoxication—PCS Complaints 8:56 a.m.—Department of Natural Resources— Deer in the middle of the highway, still alive—Hwy 66, Wadesville 10:45 a.m.—Suspicious—Advised male subject came into diner with his pants around his ankles.

Advised he is very disoriented and leaving at this time, headed towards camp.

Advised subject is driving a black truck, possibly a Dodge. Advised male subject backed into ditch when leaving. Does not need to speak with anyone, just request area to be checked for welfare of subject—S Main, Griffin 12:27 p.m.—Deliver Message—Needs a message delivered to male subject for him to contact her asap in reference to his father— Sassafrass Dr, Evansville 1:55 p.m.—Drugs— Advised has located a large box with duct tape all over it while he was cutting wood.

Advised he opened the box to see what it was and it is a large jar with a clear liquid

in it with a white powder floating on the top—Story St, Stewartsville 2:11 p.m.—Theft—Site manage advised employee has come to him stating that another employee tried to sell him business tools that was taken from a field site—AB Brown Plant, Mount Vernon 3:13 p.m.—Alarm— Front door, residence— Posey County Line Rd S, City not listed 3:15 p.m.—Theft—Wire off irrigation equipment has been taken within the last 2 weeks. Found it missing this morning. Requests a deputy meet him at his residence— Matz Road, Griffin 10:36 p.m.—Suspicious—Caller advised that a vehicle is on the side of I 64 eastbound near the 1 mm and subjects are out of the vehicle, huddled around a small fire—I 64, Griffin 11:04 p.m.—Alarm—Ag door—North Posey Jr. High School, Poseyville December 8 12:39 a.m.—Suspicious—Out with suspicious vehicle at the Co-Op—Griffin 9:05 a.m.—Suspicious— Advised someone is throwing children panties in her mailbox and in her yard.

Advised this has been going on for almost a month. Advised she did not keep the first couple of sets because she did not think anything of it, but has kept the most recent two sets to give to an officer. Advised she has spoke with her neighbors and they advised they do not know anything about them.

Advised she is worried since she has a young daughter in the home—E Boberg Road, Evansville 12:00 p.m.—Accident— One vehicle has hit a tree, elderly female—Upton Road, Mount Vernon 1:12 p.m.—VIN Inspection—1 semi trailer, 1 utility trailer—Ries Road, Mount Vernon 7:39 p.m.—Alarm— Silent alarm going off that irrigation system has been turned off. Caller will be at the corner of Highway 69 and Old Evansville Road,

green Chevy pickup. Another guy will on the corner of Highway 69 and Griffin Road, copper color pickup—1/2 mile north Hwy 68 and Hwy 69 intersection, New Harmony 8:12 p.m.—Domestic— Female advised that male was hitting her. Also female subject in the background is yelling at the male. Received a second call from female subject stating a female subject was harassing brother via text messages— Tavern St, New Harmony 10:34 p.m.—Theft-Automobile—White Oldsmobile, Illinois plates, 4 door.

Vehicle was stolen from the residence—Mackey Ferry Road, Mount Vernon December 9 8:33 a.m.—Utility Problem—Some sort of wire near the ground. Caller could not tell if it was cable or electric or telephone—Stierley Road, Wadesville 9:23 a.m.—Theft—Caller had electric turned off for the gas pump and someone has pried the electric box open and turned it on and got gas out of the pump. This occurred sometime between last Friday and today. The pumps are between farm shop and grain bins. He also has noticed tire tracks near the area. He does not want an officer but would like extra patrol—Base Road, Mount Vernon 9:51 a.m.—Breaking and Entering—Window broken out and unsure if anyone is in the basement—Mackey Ferry Road, Mount Vernon 11:01 a.m.—Suspicious— Advised vacant home across from her at the corner of Ashford and Bald Knob has the back door kicked in. Advised it was not like this yesterday—Bald Knob Road, Mount Vernon 1:12 p.m.—Found Property—Found Tupperware bowl full of tobacco. Doesn’t want kids to get a hold of it.

He is going to take it to the Sheriff’s Department and drop it off—Bluff Road, Mount Vernon 2:45 p.m.—Accident— Female subject hit tree head-on and advised no injuries—Oliver Road, Mount

Legal Ads 2010-180 Board of Commissioners of Posey County Ordinance No: 2010-12-07-01 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE OF SUBSTANCES CONTAINING SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS OR THEIR USE IN PUBLIC FACILITIES WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of Posey County have been made aware that substances containing synthetic cannabinoids, which include substances containing one or more of the following chemical compounds.

1. (6aR, 10aR)-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6-dimethyi-3-(2methyloctan-2-yI)-6a, 7,10,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol, also known as HU-210; 2. 1-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, also known as JWH-018; 3. 1-Butyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, also known as JWH-073; or 4. Any other equivalent compound or derivative (“Products”) have been marketed, sold, and offered for sale to the residents of Posey County, including minors; and WHEREAS, the citizens of Posey County and various elected and law enforcement officials have noted an increased use of such Products, currently marketed and sold under the name of K2 and Spice; and WHEREAS, Indiana law provides that the County Executive may enact Ordinances to promote and protect the safety, health and welfare of its citizenry; and WHEREAS, The Products containing synthetic cannabinoids have not been tested by the Food and Drug Administration (U.S. Department of Agriculture) or other government agency for human consumption and may contain chemicals detrimental to the health and welfare of those who may ingest them; and WHEREAS, medical studies and treatises note deleterious health risks and adverse effects associated with synthetic cannabinoids and the Products; and

December 10 10:34 a.m.—Accident—2 vehicle accident, no injuries—Frontage Rd and 165, Poseyville 11:14 a.m.—Threatening—Was advised by a Saline County, Illinois deputy to call Posey County to report threats that she is receiving from a girl that lives in Posey County. She has threatened to burn the caller’s house and burn the caller up in her car—Posey County area, Mount Vernon 1:58 p.m.—Family Fight—Brother assaulted caller. He grabbed her and then tried to choke her. He then went after the Mother.

The caller has now left in silver Sebring with Mother in the vehicle and are in the Haines Road area. Caller is also 13 weeks pregnant. She said he just started going off on her and yelling. Asked if she needed medical attention and she said she didn’t think so—Springfield Road, Wadesville 3:44 p.m.—Car-Deer— Hwy 69, New Harmony 3:57 p.m.—Suspicious— Strange vehicle sitting at an abandoned house. Silver Honda, 4 door. Has been sitting there since about noon.

Has had vandalism and theft in the area and is concerned about the strange vehicle in the area—Pine Hill Dr, Evansville 10:11 p.m.—Suspicious—Chevy Tahoe, dark colored, sitting with a spot light, shining on caller’s property and the property across the road from him— Bohleber Road, Mount Vernon

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Posey County believe it is in the best interests of its citizens to prohibit the sale, marketing, or offering for sale of the Products within Posey County, Indiana, to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and children of Posey County.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of Posey County, Indiana, as follows: 1. Products containing synthetic cannabinoids (“Products”), such as K2/ Spice, or similar products which contain one or more of the following chemical compounds: (1) (6aR, 10aR)-9-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-(2methyloctan- 2-yl)-6a,7,10,10atetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol, also known as HU-210; (2) 1-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, also known as JWH-018; (3) 1-Butyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, also known as JWH-073;Or (4) Any other equivalent compound or derivative shall not be sold, marketed, or offered for sale within Posey County, Indiana; and 2. Products containing synthetic cannabinoids (“Products”) may not be burned, incinerated or ignited in any public place or on any property owned, leased or controlled by Posey County. .

Persons or entities violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to the penalty imposed for a Class B infraction, as set forth in Indiana Code 34-28-5-4. Accordingly, this ordinance shall be enforced by the provisions of Indiana Code 34-28-5.

This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon publication pursuant to Indiana Law. ALL OF WHICH IS ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Posey county, Indiana, this 7thday of December, 2010.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF POSEY COUNTY W. Scott Moye W. Scott Moye James Alsop James Alsop John Sherretz John Sherretz Approved as to form: Adam Farrar Adam Farrar, County Attorney Published in the Posey County News December 14 & 21, 2010.

December 12 1:38 a.m.—Alarm—Griffin Co-Op, north door— Griffin 5:09 a.m.—Suspicious— Subject in the area—Griffin Co-Op, Griffin 12:34 p.m.—Vandalism— Boyfriend’s tires slashed on 2003 Toyota Rav 4—W Main St, Poseyville 1:22 p.m.—Accident—1 vehicle, no injuries—Upper Mt. Vernon Road, Mount Vernon 5:03 p.m.—Alarm— Warehouse door north— Mackey Ferry Road, Mount Vernon 10:12 p.m.—Traffic Hazard—White car stuck in the middle of the road—Ford Road, Mount Vernon 10:45 p.m.—Information—Caller advised she can see lights down the

December 11 1:04 a.m.—Accident— Silver Chrysler Minivan, no injuries. Caller said it wasn’t his vehicle, he’s a witness.

He advised the driver was

Legal Ads 2010-178 NOTICE OF UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION NO. 65C01-1012-EU-103 IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY J. O’DELL, DECEASED Notice is hereby given that MICHAEL A. KEMMERLING was on the 2nd day of December, 2010, appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of MARY J. O’DELL, Deceased, who died testate on November 16, 2010 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, this 2nd day of December, 2010.

DONNA K. BUTLER, Clerk, Circuit Court of Posey County, Indiana By: Brittney Givens Deputy

WHEREAS, several states and municipalities throughout the United States have banned the Products and synthetic cannabinoids as a danger to public health and welfare; and WHEREAS, the smoke emanating from the burning or incineration of the Products may cause adverse effects on bystanders or those in the vicinity of such activity; and

trying to dodge an animal— Ford and Wolf Road, Mount Vernon 2:34 a.m.—Abandoned Vehicle—Blue Ford pickup with its flashers on, partially in a ditch. Can’t tell if anyone is around. Approximately 50 yards off of Hwy. 62—Evansville 8:28 a.m.—Alarm— Burglar alarm—St. Wendel Cynthiana, Wadesville 9:18 a.m.—Suspicious— Subject stopped an Evansville officer and advised vehicle was just shot by a paint ball on Hwy 66 and the Parker Settlement area—Wadesville 9:31 a.m.—Trespassing—Caller has a parking lot attached to his property.

Has put up signs and things to get people to stop parking there. There is a silver Kia parked there and caller doesn’t want it there. Caller has to run an errand, will be back in 15 minutes—Hwy 66, Wadesville 3:15 p.m.—Theft—Caller advised that he got his vehicle back on Wednesday or Thursday and now would like to report things missing from the vehicle when it was returned—Mackey Ferry Road, Mount Vernon 5:37 p.m.—Family Fight—Advised Mother is intoxicated and has kicked the family out of the house.

Female advised Mother is inside the home beating herself up. Advised she will not give Father the medication he needs for the evening. No weapons in the home—Owensville Road, Cynthiana

Vernon 6:03 p.m.—Citizen Dispute—Male subject advised he is out of gas. Needs assistance to get to gas station.

Does not feel safe to walk the interstate. 1 mile from Poseyville exit in a silver Impala—I 64, Poseyville 11:39 p.m.—Suspicious—Someone was tapping on the window at the front of his house. He looked out the window and couldn’t see anyone. Just wants the area checked—In the area of Eastlake, Wadesville

hill about a mile from her house. She advised it’s High School Rd and Mt. Pleasant Road, south of the intersection. She advised these lights have flashed a couple of times, like they’re trying to signal for help. Doesn’t know if they’re stuck or if they have help on the way.

Requesting someone to check it out—South of High School Rd on Mt. Pleasant, Poseyville December 13 12:08 a.m.—Suspicious—Couple of vehicles out in the roadway—Cale St, Poseyville 4:42 a.m.—Road Hazard—Truck is stuck in snow drift—Seibert Ln, Mount Vernon 5:10 a.m.—Road Hazard—Vehicle in a ditch, subject sitting in the vehicle.

Husband called the caller on the way to work, he couldn’t stop due to the snow drifts— Between Downen Rd and Hwy 66, Wadesville 6:22 a.m.—Road Hazard—Silver Ford Ranger.

She’s stuck in a snow drift and people are trying to pass her—Industrial Rd/ Bellefontaine Road, Mount Vernon 7:38 a.m.—Accident— Had accident last night and thought there was no damage. When he went this morning, axle and other things are tore up. He has already called tow company and they will get there when road is open—Base Road, Mount Vernon 11:16 a.m.—Information—Pulling car out. Will need road shut down while he pulls vehicle out—Hwy 66, Wadesville 5:01 p.m.—Impaired Driver—Older Dodge Ram pickup with camper shell.

Vehicle traveling at approximately 25 mph on Hwy 66 and all over the roadway— Stierley, Blairsville 10:06 p.m.—Alarm— Register motion and glass breakage—Busler’s, Evansville December 14 3:12 a.m.—Information—Caller advised there is a man on a horse on their property and they are needing a deputy to get him off of their property—Sabic Gate 9, Mount Vernon 4:07 a.m.—Alarm-Residence burglar alarm—Granary, New Harmony DIVORCES GRANTED Heather Dardeen and Jason Dardeen Thomas Bilby and Erin Smith Destiny Dowden and William Robb, Jr. Peggy Wilderman and Timothy Wilderman Kendra Fisher and Anthonie Fisher Robert Wilson and Amber Wilson Crystal Yates and Roman Yates Tiffany Glaser and Matthew Glaser Kendra Tooley and Everett Tooley David W. Weir and Jolene S. Weir Christopher L. Wire and Phyllis Ann Wire

Published in the Posey County News on December 14 & 21, 2010.

2010-179 STATE OF INDIANA

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COUNTY OF POSEY

IN THE POSEY CIRCUIT COURT 2010 TERM

CAUSE NO: 65C01-1011-ES-000101 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF UNSUPERVISED ESTATE OF GEORGE R. MILLS, ) DECEASED.

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ATTORNEY: William H. Bender 7 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 430 Poseyville, Indiana, 47633 Phone: (812) 874-3636, (812) 985-2102 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF POSEY COUNTY, INDIANA. In the matter of the estate of Elmer Gene Sanders, Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that, Stephanie R. Mills and Dennis a. Mills, were on the 29th day of November, 2010, appointed personal representatives of the estate of George R. Mills, deceased, who died on November 15th 2010.

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.

Dated at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, this 29 day of November, 2010.

Donna K. Butler Donna K. Butler, Clerk Posey Circuit Court Jamie L. Simpson Deputy Published in the Posey County News on December 14 & 21, 2010.

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aint Matthew Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

All I want is the Spy Net Video watch.

From: John McDowell

Did you get my list of what I want for Christmas? Just in case hers a few things I wawnt for Christmas a baking soda volcano kit and a Dear Santa, chemistry kit, a inflatable For Christmas I want a DSI skating rink, more nerf guns, and video girl and moon sand and a ant farm with ants it it! and a cat and a puppy and a Did you know on Christmas tv in my room and a poster of I track you? Thanks for letJustin Beber and a red lava ting me ride on your float. My lamp.

Grandma said thank you for From: Lexus Jernigan going to my Grandmas Salon. Send back.

From: Hank Denning

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I would like to know how you travel the world in one night? I would like to have a special gift which is a cell phone. I heard a boy say your not real and you have to believe in Santa to get presents and if you don't believe you get coal. I want all of the Twilight series Please.

Love, Kennah Keller

How are you doing? If you are doing good send a letter back. I know you are busy but please give me every Pokemon video game except platnium and emerald because I already have them.

From: Zeke Maxwell

aint Philip Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I would like these things for Christmas because I’ve been so good. Can I have a Sled? Well you come to my house? I would also like some Hunting gear. I’ve been so good. Maybe I can have a Bow and Arrow. I really want a Tree Swing. Could I have a Pulley too?

Your Friend, Clay Norman

Please bring me a slushy machine because I was very good this year. I want it because I have never eaten a slushy before. I want an iPod Touch because my cousin does not share his. I want a Colts helmet Fat Head because I want to see what it looks like. Are you going to give every kid a toy?

LOVE, Dale Hile

I’ve been GOOD TODAY so I should get something I want!!! Are you coming to my house??? Have a look at what I want: Ghostbusters video game, Ghostbusters video sound track, Scary Stories #3, Ghostbusters #3, an I-pod, an I-phone, and a Laptop!!!!!! Hope you get me some of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your friend, Cooper Thompson

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I was very good this year.

Here are some things I want.

I want an iPod touch, dolls with dresses, and a pillow pet. I have a stinky little brother. What do you do?

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Love, Reagan Hight

I want a Nintendo DS. I’ve been good. I really want a new pair of shoes and a BB gun. I would also like an Ipod touch and the Walking IRON MAN. Your friend, Lukas Roberts

Dear Santa, Can I please have a laptop, a kids Bible, an alarm clock, a light sketch, and a guitar.

I think I should have these things because I’ve tried my hardest to not fight with my brother this year. Will you come to my mamaw and papaw’s house this year?

Love, Julia Dassel

I would like 3 Nerf guns, some Wii games, some camouflage Nerf bullets. I would also really like the 5th Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and some Ds games. P.s I will give you lots of cookies.

Your friend, Jackson Wannemuehler

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is 5 things. But you don’t have to get me everything. I want Cleo the Mummy’s daughter, Dear Santa, a new bike, a pillow pet, a I want the Aqua Sand with Snuggie, and a Monster High penguins because I like pen- jacket. guins, a laptop because I like Love, laptops, a four-wheeler beEsther Wannemuehler cause I rode one and I like it.

I want Legos because I like Dear Santa, Can I please have a laptop, to build. I want a Nerf gun because I like Nerf guns. I necklace, matching bracelet, would also like a phone with sparkle blue shoes, and an Easy Baker? I have been games.

Your buddy, very good. I would like them Hunter Schenk because they are my favorite things to play with.

Your friend, Madi Boehman

Dear Santa, For Christmas I want crazy bands because I like to wear them and I want a Nerf gun because I like to shoot them.

I also want Lego Star Wars and Lego Halo Wars because I like to play with them too.

Love, Samuel Weinzapfel

Dear Santa Claus, I would like to have a tank for my fish. I’ve been good. I would like to have a Nintendo Ds. I would like to have a Barbie. I would like to have a gift for Kya, my niece. I would also like to have a horse. I like Santa.

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I want a drum set because I know how to play one. I really want a Kung Zhou Tank because I have a Kung Zhu pet and a Mario Figure because they are cool.

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Dear Santa, Hi! I hope you have a good crismas driving present around. I have been a good boy this year. I want the Glalicin Forcer, Space Truck get away and dragons land for crismas please. Please give Ellason books and a new duck toy. Me and Ellason want these things because we want to have other people play with us more. Santa please have a very good crismas. Your elfs too.

Love, Grant Martin

Hello. I have been very good this year. I would like star wars legos and so would my brother. They are very fun to build. I would also like Nerf Mace because I like to play around with Nerf stuff.

From, Blaise Kelley

Dear Santa,

Hi! I have been good this year because I have helped mom with the babys. So for Christmas I would like moon dough because I have none.

Next, I would like Aqua Sand because it seems really cool.

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Your Freind, wants a motor bike a dirt bike Darby Simpson and a laptop. My mom wants a new vacume cleaner. Our Dear Santa, other one is getting old. My Hi! I have been good this dad wants a new set of tools. year. Would you please give His other ones are getting me these toys? I want a rusty. My dog Buddy wants Madden NFL PSP game, a a chew toy and I would also Tiger Woods PGA Tour PSP like him to survive the winter. Game, Legos, and a PS3 Merry Christmas! game station. If you don’t Love, Evan Herr give me these things it’s okay all I care is if my family is with me.

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Dear Santa,

Hi!!!!!! I was good this year so please do not bring me cole. Please bring me presents. I want a brother. I want a brother because he would Dear Santa, play with me. My mom would Hi! I hope you can make a like a robot that could do her lot of toys. Can I please have work. My dad would like a these things….please? First, lawn mower so he can mow I want a Ipod Touch. My the grass. friend has one and I don’t.

Love, Evan Cates Next, I want some money so I can buy some more stuff Dear Santa, like my sister does. Then, I Hi! I have ben good this want cool shirts. I would like year. I hope I get a phone for to look cool like my friends me and my brother. I want do. Then I want cool pants a dog. I also want a new and so does my sister Kait- sled. I want a iphone so we lin. I think she is just trying to can call our mom and dad at copy me but oh well. I would recess to tell them where we also like a labtop. Labtops are. I want some money. are fun. Last, I want a new Love, Jenna Heath waterbead. Santa you are awesome. DO you know Dear Santa, Hi! I have been good this Roudolph is my favorite reindeer? Sorry but thats all I year. I don’t care what I get this year but there is just one got. PEACE. Your friend, thing I would really like A Cody Wright REAL HORSE and thats all I would like. I did help mom dekerat the tree while dad and Dear Santa, Hi! I’ve been very very Grant were at Angl Monds. very good. I wood like to Brigit would like a green toy have $10,0000. I wood bye lon mower and Grant would good things. My dad wood like legos. I would also like like new car tirs be cus his a D.S.I. because I have been helping around the house. I truck tirs are flat.

Love, Brent Hertel know that they are a lot of muney. Please give prezents to the poor. They also need Dear Santa, Whats up? I have been food and shelter and clothes an awsome boy. I hope you very badly.

From, bring lots of presents for me.

Savana Schneider What I want is Pokemon Soul Silver the DS game. I have been very nice to my dog, my mom, my dad, and my sister.

And I want Bakugan because I have helped my family with a lot of things. You have been doing a good job and I just know it! I want a lot more things but you don’t have to get me all of them.

I bet it would be awsome to be you. Just to let you know I love Pokemon! So I hope you get me a lot of things that envolves Pokemon.

Love, Brennon Sweeney

Dear Santa, Hi! I think I have been a good boy and when I saw you last night I forgot to tell you the best thing on my list that I really want is a DSI. Sometimes I help my mom and dad and my sister. You asked me if I feed my pet well I haft to feed the dog and Abby gets to feed the cats.

I also feed the fish. I think my sister Emily wants a baby doll and I think Abby wants a new DS. We have been real good I promise.

Love, Will Kiesel

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Catherine One of those dirt bikes.

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Dear Santa,

I would like a camcorder, Littlest Pet Shop, Fin Fin Friends, and a Snuggie for Christmas. Merry Christmas Santa.

From Laney.

Dear Santa, I can’t wait till you come. I have been waiting for you for a while. I can’t wait! There will be a surprise in the kitchen. I think you know it. I love you!

Your friend Brianna Woods

Dear Santa, I want an elf. All the Diary of A Wimpy Kid Books.

A Robbot to do everything I want. I want a lot of money. A real computer. Bop ot. All the I spy books. All the books.

Food, stay up late evrey night. A phone. Internet. Everything free for me. All the stuff I am thinking of.

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I want a spy pen, and a merry Christmas I want phone a TV and most of all a one rat and books and a pil- snow globe!

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Merry Christmas. Dear Santa, The End. I like Christmas. I would like a Nerf gun and Some Legos.

Dear Santa, Tucker Schenk age 8 I’ve been a pretty good girl. Can I have a pet turtle, a stuffed turtle, a shirt with a Dear Santa, turtle on it, a drum set, a key Thank you for letting Clyde bord, and a mikerphone? the elf came to are house.

Love, How are the reindeer? I Madelyn Anne Hargett would like for Christmas a looket diary, lipstick, lip gloss, jewelry and a autograph.

Dear Santa Love, Kayce Lopez For Christmas I want a D.S.i and a dog a lap top and a cat and a camera and a Dear Santa, dollhouse amd a doll. People I want a ipad and a Game think your not real but I think chair (lime green) and Books you are. Im going to leave and any kind. And Barbie Essome cookies for you. My calade Zoo Zoo pet House. brothers are ok. I hope you And I made a picture for sango to our house on chrismas ta and my to front teeth Love eve.

Addison wells Christina

Dear Santa Claus, What I like about Christmas is you give us presents.

I like giving you cookies.

My sister and I and cousins make cookies for you every year. I hope you have a good time with your reindeer. I love you Santa Claus!

Brooklyn Shell

Dear Santa, I have loved you ever since I heard of you. I hope it will snow on Christmas. I hope you bring one of your elfs to breakfast with Santa this Sunday. You know if someones good or bad. Which I think is really cool Santa.

Your friend Mallory Singer

Dear Santa, Thank you for giving me my dirt bike for Christmas last year. I had a lot of fun racing it this Summer. Please see me again. P.S. we have moved but we will have our snowman all lit up for you to find us.

Be careful from Tyler U.

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Dear Santa,

My name is Lennon Haton.

I hope you and Mrs. Claus had a great Thanksgiving!

I bet the Elves are hard at work getting the toys ready for Christmas. I want an x Dear Santa, My Name is Robert Eu- box 360 this Year. My mom gene Blankenship. I am 8 and I will set milk and cookyear old and I live in Mt. Ver- ies out for you!

Love, Lennon non, IN. I’ve been a good boy.

I wish for A Nerf Gun and it’s Dear Santa called A Nerf Stampele ECS I want a Gold fish for I wish for a Nerf Long shot. Christmas. How are your hay santa I wish how is Ru- reindeer? Hope they are dodolph the re nose. ing good. How do you find all Love Robert of the elvess to work for you?

Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like a Video Camera, a Tonka Ricochet, a Telescope, and an alarm clock. I would also like to have a white Christmas.

Sincerely, Colton Curl

Dear Santa, Can you get me a Netbook? Are the elves working hard? Why does Rudolph have a red nose? How is Mrs Claus? What is the head elf’s name? I have been very good this year. Thank you for the dsi I got last year. I really like it. Thank you for the clock. It’s hanging up in my room showing the time. I am very glad that Christmas is almost here. We will leave you a bunch of cookies and 1 cup of milk.

Love, Amber Allyn

Dear Santa,

Dere Santa

Mom said I’ve been good.

I relly want a lava lamp and a big pillow, some moor dough.

I relly, relly, relly want the wedding Barbie doll!!! Dad said I’ve been good to.

From Parker

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa.

Dear Santa,

For Christmas I want a DS This is the present you can game and I want spurs and bring to my house. I want a snake skin boots and I want monster truck game for the a nerf gun and I want a king X-box. I want transformers game for the play station. I kong movie and I will leave some cookies and milk on would like a coloring book.

Your friend, Alex Bare Christmas evening Your friend, Adam

I would like an I Spy for my DS and a scribblish game.

I also want an i-pod touch, a wii party the game for wii.

A cruncher, a cell phone a blackberry and legos. That is all Santa. I will keep out milk and cookies Yuur friend, Garrett

Dear Santa, I like Chistmas. I am going to leave cookies on the table.

I want a book, and a scooter for Chistmas. For Chistmas I want a Ds and I want an ice crem maker, and I want a notebook and an I pod.

Love Dominick

Dear Santa, for Christmas I want a cat and an x-box 360 and a fourwheeler and a psp with games and a kung zuh and a soccer ball and a trampoleen and an Ipod touch and an electrick scoter and a Dsi and a mario kart for my wii and I want a new skateboard and a go cart and a play station 2 with games and a camera and a romote control Dune Bugy Sincely, Kevin

For Christmas I want a pillow pet and a DSI and some games for it. I want zuh zuh pets two the game. How are the reindeer? We are going to leave out some cookies for you and carrits for the reindeer.

Your frinend, Delaney

Dear Santa, I would like cal a duty for wii for Cristmas. I would like a gumball machine. I would like Kong Zuh pets. I would like an I phone. I would like Ironman 2. I would like the movie Cat in the Hat. I will leave cookies for you and carrots for the reindeer.

Love, Marcus

Dear santa, Do you know Elf on the Shelf? I want Go Go and me.

I want a DS, a Zoo Zoo pet, some make up a four- wheeler, a computer an American girl doll, a radio some dolls, big gift bag, slide goam hair bows, and just stuff Love, Maddison!

Dear Santa, for Christmas I would like a pro football and a pre Purdue football helmet. I would like a dsixl and a four weeler.

I would also like an I phnone and Mario cart and super Mario 2 and Monster Jam. I also want lego Star Wars. I will lave you cookies and carrots for your reindeer.

Your friend Sam.

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I have been good. I would like a cat. a bike, a diary, a Dear, Snanta I would like Mario and toy horse and a new fridge.

Sonic at the Olympics DS Your friend. Grace Estella Plouchard Game. I also would like some ribbon. And a DSIXL bag with my name on it. I would like a Dear Santa, How is Rudolph? For picture of Rudolth. I would Christmas I would like a I Pod like an ITunes card. I love touch. I would also like a few you very much.

Love, Morgan cases for it. I Love you very much! P.S. Could you bring Dear Santa, me a Picture of Rudolph?

What I want for Christmas Love, is a ipad Touch with a purple Autumn Grace Schaffer cover, Taylor Swift barbie doll with a signed dress, a elitrick scooter, Fraction bars, and a new kids jeep.

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Love, Blake

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I want to tell you I’ve been good (ask my parents). I really want a nativity. Are the reindeer good? Will Rudolph guide the sleigh still? I really want to tell everyone about baby Jesus.

Love, Lily York

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Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like a b-b gun, an I phone a dirt bike X-box 360, legos, Star War legos and a real life lap top and the Sims 1 for Play stashon 2 and a puppy but most of all 7 bucks and a TV flat screen TV and a DSI I will leave cookies on the table for you Love, Mason

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For Christmas I would like a rocking horse, Vinny the dog, Baby All gone, Mp111 player DSI and La La dolls, La La pets, new Barbies, an rapunzle braid girl a humongous dall house and dress up clothes pillow pet your Friend, Mackenzie Merry Christmas

Dear Santa, I would like for Christmas a new scooter. I would like Magic Tree House number 23 and a DS, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days. I will leave cookies and milk out for you.

Love your friend, Jaxson.

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NORTH ELEMENTARY Continued Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I want a soccer ball and All i want is an ipod Star can I get an Ipod too? Have Wars, legos mussel loader a safe trip. puzzles books electric scootLove, Draike er gome and an electric sclir and a grat Chrismis I’ll have Dear Santa worm cookes and worm milk For Christmas I wunt an for you.

I pod touch, and a dog gam from Cade for my DS. I will leave some milk and cookies and I will Dear Santa, leave some carrots for the Can I have the new xbox reindeer.

360? And Kung fu Panda?

Love, Grace Can I have a jumprope? Can I have a Kangaroo? Can I Dear Santa, What I want for Chrstmas have a puppy! Can I have a is an I-pad, four-wheeler, and cat! Merry Christmas Love, Kaylin much more. But my family will put out milk and cookies Dear Santa, just for you, and they will put can I please have a doll? It out food for the reindeer. is real life doll It is about my Love, Hayleigh heigth. I really want it really bad and I want a lot of pretty Dear Santa, I want earrings gold earprents and toys and a new rings, pink earrings. and an baby doll and a star for the IPod touch, and a movie. It’s tree and a baby penguin and called Mego Mind. I want a rollrscat.

Love, Brooke new bike and a spoiler bike, a real laptop, a real cell phone and DS games.

Dear Santa, Love, Stephanie For Christmas I would like an I pod touch and I would Dear Santa, like a lap top a Barbie doll a I’ve been good. How many Barbie doll house an electric elfs do you have? I’m guessguitar a purse a wallet a baby ing 20. P.S. I’ve been good I doll, a Dsi a rupunzle brade would like the Madden NFL II doll game.

Sincerely Makenna From your friend, Lucas

Dear Santa, I want a DS, and hot weels mad scientist.

Hope you have a safe trip.

Love Zach Seibert

Dear Santa, I tride being good. How is it like being famis? I would like silly bands, makup not strog sented and a camera. I don’t know wat else I want. P.S. No I did’t bake thos cookies last year.

Love, Kimberly

Dear Santa Would you get me and my sister a pillow pet and my mom, dad, and my sister and me a big family picture. I hope you have a safe trip..

Love Lakishia

Dear santa,

Santa please please please please oh please get me all the legos in the wold I beg you. And I want to have a santa stuffed animal. And a lot of toys please. I want a cat, dog, fish, lion, seal. P.S. Dear Santa, I’ve ben god I wish you a Merry ChristKedrick mas can you please bring me Dear Santa, a Play station?

Please bring me Some silfrom Justin ly ban rings my sister too. My Dear Santa, sister wants a silly ban neckCan I have a Xbox 360 lace Please bring my mom a and a new game boy and ku necklace. Please get my dad fu panda and a puppy and new cologne. Please get my perfumed deodrent brother a new bike. I hope Caleb you have a good trip.

Santa, Love Tori I’ve Dear bin very good please bring me a huge Dear Santa, I want you to get my famstuffed animal, a book of Christmas songs, a chocolate ily and I a. I want to have an fountain. How many elves do Xbox 360 and a X Box 360 you have? I hope 100. What Game. Pillow Pet. Justin Bieis your favorite kind of cook- ber Poster., get a ring for my ies? Can you bring my mom mom, get a deer for my Dad, a new coat, can you bring my get a Xbox 360 for my brothdad some new hot sauce. er. Get me a reindeer. Merry Christmas Santa Merry Christmas!

Love Julia Love you friend, Jevin

outh Terrace Dear Santa,

This year I will leave cookDear Santa, ies. I hope I will get a dsi, I think you are a cool guy. Sonic colors the game, and My sis is good but I am good Iron Man 2 the DS game. It too. I want a dsI xl, and an would be great if I got these.

Love, Brendan Niehaus iron man and a movie. And a teddy bear and a Santa and a Hulk Toy and a DS game and Dear Santa Claus, I have been good. I want tap shoes and a flute. Santa I want to know how your elves a DSI XL, a horse, and a TV, and a house an X BOX 360, are doing.

Your Friend, Dalton and a couch.

Sincerely, Ethan Mauer

Dear Santa, Do you have a favorite kind of cookie? I was hoping this year you would bring me a bow and a new gun!

Merry Christmas Sincerely, Scott Fitts

Dear Santa,

I have been great this year.

This year I would like Zubles, Sqinkies, Justice stuff, Play Dough ice cream maker, and charms for my charm bracelet. If you could get me that it Dear Santa, would be great!

How are you? I think I have Sincerely, Casey been good this year. We will leave a leave a present for Dear Santa, when you come to our house.

How is rudolph doing? Are What I want for Christmas is the elves working hard? Is a TV. My brother wants one it really cold up there? I am too. Have a good trip and hoping I get a DSI and I hope wish the elves good luck!

I get a Hannah Montana Sincerely, Angel movie.

Dear Santa, Are the reindeer good at night? Do you want milk an cookies? Have I been good?

Well you land on my wroof?

Would you please bring me two DS games, rubics slide, little puprel Christmas tree, and schools supplies. Thank you!

Merry Christmas, Taylor Freeman

Dear Santa, How are the raindeer doing? Is the North Pole cold at night? Is Rudolp’s nose really bright still? I bet your sleigh goes fast. I would like another barbie doll house and some barbies! I would also like a rubics slide and barbie doll cloes and a few stuffed animal’s. I would also like some squinkis and some Zoobles.

I would also like some brand new markers and some stickers please. I hope you have a good Christmas Merry Christmas, Cierra Stearns

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Have I ben good? I think I have. I want a DSI for Cristmas and a PS 2 and a DS. Zand a footshege.

Merry Christmas, Nick Wescolt

Santa is the north pole cold? Does your stomach ever hurt whenever you eat all the milk and cookies?

Have I been good this year Santa? I would like Barbie dolls and Babey dolls and a rubics slide for Christmas!

Tell the raindeer I said hi to them and hi santa I hope you land safe on everey roof!

Merry Christmas, Grace Johnson

I think you are a good friend. I would like to have a baby for Christmas. My sister was good so she will get some presents.

Sincerely, Olivia

Dear Santa, I was wondering how you fly? Also Santa this year for Christmas I would like to receive a WWE wrestler and a wrestling ring.

Have a Merry Christmas, Jackson Perigo

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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

have i ben good? do you have fun? I want a X Box 360 a night lite a hamster a too sheycy do you want to get a present?

Merry Christmas, Christian Hayden

Is Rudolph real Santa?

Why do you wear a suit?

I don’t know. Are the elves Will you bring me a ChristBusy? I want pokemon cards mas present? I would like a and an ipod tuock. Is it fun batman toy and a toy grill. flying?

Happy Christmas Merry Christmas, Santa, From Evan Myers Dominic Metcalf

Dear Santa,

I am going to have a good Christmas this year because I am going to my Grandma’s house. Me and my family really want presents because Merry Christmas we will be going to Florida Eelyssa. probably. I would like spy net stuff. I hope we get presents.

Dear Santa, Sincerely, Tyler Thompson I’ve been good this year. I think I should be appreciated. I want this for Christmas. Dear Santa, Does Rudolph realy have Diary of a Wimpy Kid The a red nose? Will you land on Ugly Truth, Ipod Touch (3rd generation), Clue mysteries, my roof? Is it fun going down ammo belts for vulcan, Sprial the chimney? I would like a football. The thing I like about paper jam, DSI, loops, caster Christmas is that my birth- scooter, x box 360. I hope day is basicly 1 month after you have a good Christmas Merry Christmas, Christmas.

Clay Will Sincerely, Isaac Rose

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa, This is what I want for Christmas. Some ds games, a lighting coaster that you build and hot wheels with a track that you build and a spy Net Gear that shines off a mirror and a Ds I that is blue and an ice cream maker and balls that have water in it that you make.

Sincerely, Braiden Lewis

Dear Santa, Can I please get for my Dad a Purdue coffee cup.

Could I get a big four wheeler. Could I get a Barbie doll for my sister l. Could I get a rig for my Mom. Love Jaydyn!

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa, Plese bring me a dsi and a waterbed and plese bring me a Niklback cd and a transformer and a pooltable and some sill bans.

Love Jacob

Dear Santa, Please get me a new DS charger because I can’t find it. Please get my sister a pillow pet. Please get my baby sister a baby toy to chew on.

Please get my puppy a new sweater size extra small. P.S. I hope you have a safe trip.

Love, Makenzie

I wood like a Blizzard maker and makeup and Justin Bieber new cd. Can you get my mom a necklace and my dad a gun and my sister a ring and my brother a bb gun? And Mrs. Crawford a pony.

Love Zareya Dear Santa, Wish you a Merry Christmas. might have a special Dear Santa, How is Rudolf the red nose gift for you. I would like a reindeer. Please can you zebra pillow pet, a picture of bring a XII DS. Would you you and Mrs. Claus, and Rubring me a Justin Beiber doll dolf, and all of the other reinthat sing O Baby. Hannah deer. Merr Chismas Love Haylee Montanna doll. Pleas you Gengelbach brig me a Rudlf the red nose reindeer stuff animal.

Love Emma Santa, I’ve Dear bin very good please bring me a huge Dear santa, stuffed animal, a book of For Christmas I would like Christmas songs, a chocolate a santa beerd. I would like fountain. How many elves do a santa hat for my sister for you have? I hope 100. What Christmas I would like a bat- is your favorite kind of cookting cage for my dad and a ies? Can you bring my mom bat for my brother and a a new coat, can you bring my chocolate fouten and a ring dad some new hot sauce. for my mom.

Merry Christmas!

Love Kaleb E. Love you friend, Jevin

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I have been very good this year. I would really like a Kun Zuu it is white red armor and I would really like a white badeblade. Also some DS games.

Sincerely, Austin

I have been good. I hope you have a good Christmas. I would like a set of match box cars and a Dukes of Hazard DS Game. I hope you don’t get caught on the moon.

Sincerely, Kaleb

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Dear Santa,

I love Christmas. I hope I Do your reindeer make don’t get coal. What I what for your sleigh move. Can you Christmas is an iPod touch, get me star wars legos. And and a fushigi ball, and a bow books. I love you and arrow.

Sincerely Sincerely, Konnor Schmitt Kennedy Nicole Devine

Dear Santa, Is Rudolph doing good? Is the North Pole cold? I would like a rubics slide. The elves are cool!

Merry Christmas, Sincerely, Kyle LaVanchy

Dear Santa, Is the North Pole doing good? I would like a bell and some WWE guys. I might make a snowman. I’ll get you some cookies.

Cole McCullough

Dear Santa, What is your favorite kind of cookies? Will you go in my Do you have a brother?

And do you rember me? I chimney? I would like a Ruwould like a long shot nerf bics slide. How are you doing? How is Mrs. Claus? gun or a lego plane.

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Dear Santa, Merry Christmas, I’ve been great this year. I Michael Craft thought that I was good I will probably get a couple LEGOS Dear Santa, and DS games and a Red Wii Hi my name is Owen I and a Xbox 360 and a Game hope you come to my house. boy and a Game boy game What I want for Christmas called SUPER MARIO 3. MY Is a Hobby Robby, Dsi xl, sister was good. She wanted KungZhu the game for ds. a Pink DSI and LEGO Harry And one real turtule and silly Potter THE video game. My bands. And a I pod touch brother was nicer. He wantand I want is aqua the Bey ed train stuff. blade and I want a dirt bike.

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Dear Santa, I want an x-box for Christmas and bring a doll for my sister, a collection of drums and guitars for my dad, and a collection of dolls for my mom.

Your friend, Grant Fox

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I have been super good. I hope you and the elves are doing great. I would like a taylor Swift doll and a pillo pet the ladybug. Leave my brother and sister something.

I will leave you cookies and milk.

Your friend, Maddison DeVillez

I want a X Box 360 and clothes.

Your friend, Zion Dear Santa, Please bring me a camera stewart and anything else you wunt Dear Santa, to. I have been good.

I have been good this year.

Your friend, Dez Miles I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. I want a dall, a movie, and a new zebra comforter. Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for the BIG Please bring something for dollhouse Santa! I love my my sisters, Hope and Madipresents that you give me! son.

Your friend, I love my baby changer for Haylee Muller my baby dolls, I really like it Santa! Do you know the elf in Dear Santa, my house? How many elves Thank you for the skate- do you have? Do you know board, DS, army games, Spi- my dog, Rosie? Did you derman games, and every- know that we found a kitten? thing. How are you doing? I love him so much! What You are the best, Santa. I do your reindeer like to eat, will leave something for you Santa? My Christmas tree is to eat. Do you like donuts? in my living room! I have a How do you fly all in one Christmas tree in my breezenight? How cold is it? How way. It is a fake Christmas do reindeer fly? How is Ru- tree! My birthday is March dolph? How many toys did the 7th!It is amazing that you you make? How long did can travel around the world it take to make them? My in one night. Santa, you are brother wants a new Venom. awesome! I hope you have My Christmas tree will be in a safe trip this Christmas. the living room this year and Please bring my sister, Abyou know my address. How bey, a big Woody doll from many elves do you have? Is the movie Toy Story. Tell the there an elf in my house? elves “Merry Christmas” for Which elf is your favorite? me. Merry Christmas to you, Merry Christmas, Santa!

Sincerely, Sincerely, Caleb Doty Elizabeth Ries p.s. Bye!

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa Claus,

Thank you for my stuffed animal I got last year. If I could give the whole wide world a present, I would give the world….well, the few bad people that we have, I would make them into good people.

If I could give the world another present, I would give them peace. How many elves do you have? What do your elves wear? Do they wear socks? I would like to know what your reindeer eat.

In first grade, Emma Schmidt lost a tooth on Christmas and she thinks you and the Tooth Fairy met. Is that true? I would really like to know that.

I am eight years old. How old are you, Santa? Do you have an address? If you do, what is it? How do you fit down the chimney? I do not have a chimney. Last year we wrote to you and in my letter I asked, “How can you come in my house, I don’t have a chimney?” You wrote back saying you have a magical key and now I want to know where the magical key is hidden. Will you write me back?

Please write back!

Your friend, Emily Grace Hueftle

Thank you for my Snuggie last year. I liked when you gave me a trampoline.

I really want an iPod nono this year, please! If I could give a present to the whole world, it would be peace.

What do reindeer like to eat?

How do your reindeer fly?

Do you have bells on your sleigh? How do you take a trip around the world in one night? How do you get in the house if there is no chimney?

Why don’t you come through the door? How much time do you have to make those toys? How many elves do you have? Do you have any lady elves? What do your elves wear? Why do you have self elves? I had a self elf in my class last year. I like Christmas Eve because of the presents; my Christmas tree will be in my living room.

My sister’s birthday is on the 25th of December. My family likes to make Yorkshire puddings, the best thing on my dinner plate! Do you like chocolate or peanut butter cookies?

Sincerely, Alex Mary Peddie

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I have been good this year.

I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. I would like to have a Zhu Zhu pet that looks like a raccoon. My sister wants a Dear Santa, pillow pet.

My family cannot wait to Your friend, see you. My family has been Tyler McDrmon good. Please bring my brother some presents. I want a I Dear Santa, I have been good this pod touch and a teddy bear.

I will leave you cookies and year. I hope me or my family are not on the naughty list. milk.

Your friend, Please give me and my famBaylee Boerner ily something.

Your friend, Aaron Reynolds Dear Santa, I have been good and a Dear Santa, little bit whiney. I want 2 gold I hope you and mrs. Claus fish and a Spanish Shih Tzu. are wel. I have been good. I I’d like the dog in a box with would lik a book about Spinedog food and some water. saurus and an encyclopedia Thank you. Mrs. Claus, how about dinosaurs. Please give are you doing? my brother and sisters presLove, ents too.

Madisyn Merideth Your friend, Can you give me a puppy and a kitten for Chirstmas?

Love, Taylor Long

I have been good this year.

I have been good this year.

I hope you and Mrs. Santa I been waiting for Christmas.

Claus can get my sister and I am very happy Christmas is near. me a DS. your friend, Your friend, Exson Almraz Nikhil Arora

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I have been good this year.

I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. I would like to have a ladybug pillow and a Zhu Zhu game and a Kung Zhu games.

Your friend, Kirsten Demos

I have been good this year.

I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. I wood like to have a Barbie doll and a Zhu Zhu pet. Please bring my brothers a present too.

Your friend, Virginia Jeffires

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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I have been good this year.

I wonder how you guys are doing? I want a nobi and a lunch box. Please bring my brother a few presents. And please bring me and my sister a lot of presents. My family will leave cookies and milk.

Your friend, Haley Davis

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

I have been good this year.

I would lime a DSI and a My little pony. Please bring my sister and brother presents too. We will leave cookies and milk for you.

Your friend, Caitlin Abel I have been a good girl this year. For Christmas I would like it if you got me a psp and a Barbie doll How are you and Mrs. Claus doing?

I hope you get a present for my brother and sister. I will leave you milk and cookies.

Happy Holidays.

Your friend, Whitney Young

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

Thank you for the spark scooter. How much time do you have to send presents?

My Christmas tree will be in the living room. I am seven years old. What do the reindeer eat? How many reindeer do you have? How do the reindeer fly? Is Rudolph a good leader for the reindeer? How do you travel around the world before morning? How do you get in somebody’s house if they don’t have a chimney or if they have a chimney but they have a fire? How many elves do you have? Did you know that one of your spies came to my house to ask what I wanted for Christmas? Did you know that we had a girl in our class last year that lost a tooth on Christmas Eve?!

What kind of cookies do you like? Did you know that I have a cousin named Nick?

So on Christmas Eve, I call him Saint Nick. Christmas is my favorite holiday because you get presents and most of all spending time with family!

Love, Gabe Owens p.s. My mom wants a coffee maker.

How many elves do you have? It’s amazing how you get around the earth. How to you get all the way around in one night? Well Santa, I am going to get some carrots for the reindeer. Santa, what kind of cookies do you like?

Do you like chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies? My Christmas tree is going to be in the living room. Santa, can you get me a trampoline for Christmas this year?

How do you get in the door without a key? Are you really magic, Santa? If I could give the earth a gift, I would give it the gift of love. Santa, you’re the best! How many friends do you have? I have 11 friends. Santa, I went to my grandma and grandpa’s house. It is three stories. I got to go swimming in a hot tub and I got to go horseback riding. I also got to go to the movies. I ate lots and lots of turkey for Thanksgiving.

Love, Chloe Wild

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Dear Santa Claus,

Dear Santa Claus,

This year for Christmas I just want an iPod and a car with a camera on it with a remote control. I have two questions for you: How do you fly around the world in just one night and how do you go into the houses that don’t have chimneys? My Christmas tree is in the living room. I like Christmas because you get presents and that is cool!!! Is one of your elves named Sprite? My door number is 69.

Love, Damon Ashton White

The Christmas present you gave me last year was the best present ever in my life!

I got my puppy for Christmas and it was the smallest puppy I ever saw. This year my tree is going to be by the TV. How can you come through the door when it is locked?

Are you really down here listening to us or is somebody sending you a letter? How can the elves make so many toys for the whole world?

How can your reindeer fly around the world and not get out of breath? Santa, I am eight years old. How old are you?I know that Christmas is about giving, not receiving.

Dear Santa Claus, Love, Thanks for the scooter.

Dalton Schmidt Thank you for the red DS, which was my favorite toy.

How to you get in the houses?

I hope I get good presents Dear Santa Claus, this year. Thank you, Santa, Thank you for the game, for the iPod. My favorite holi- how did you know I wanted day is Christmas because Madden 10 for Wii? I loved you give me presents every all of my video games, but year. Can you please bring next year get me an iPod me an iPod Touch cover?

Touch, please. How are your Your friend, elves doing? Are they wrapKayden Hamilton ping? I love your holidays.

Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for all the good presents you give me each year. I celebrate Christmas at my house by having my family over. I also travel to my Nanny’s and Papa’s.

How long do you have to travel all around the world?

How can your reindeer fly?

Is it fun delivering presents?

How do you watch the whole world through the whole entire year? Do you have a TV remote control that watches kids? Do you like kids? Do you get stuffed after eating cookies and drinking some milk? I am going to bake chocolate chip cookies for you. Do you like cupcakes?

Do you like juice or milk? My favorite thing to drink is milk.

Does your reindeer get much food along the way? My Christmas tree will be in the living room by the chimney.

Do you have Christmas trees at your house? Is it true you have rosy red cheeks?

Some people don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I do. Santa Clause, Santa Clause, I know a dog named Puppy Pause.

Did you like that poem? By the way, I made that poem up. My friend Emma Schmidt lost a tooth on Christmas day.

It was like a miracle! How are your elves doing? How many elves do you have?

Which elf is your helper? Do you even have a helper? Do you really have a shelf elf?

I’ve seen a shelf elf before.

Elizabeth Ries’ shelf elf ate her dad’s baloney in the refrigerator. Christmas is my favorite holiday. My favorite food is Mexican food. What is your favorite food? I like to read Junie B. Jones books. I also like Magic Tree House books. I would like to know where the North Pole is. I am going to see you at the Legend in December. What is your address? My state is Indiana. What is your state?

My city is Mt. Vernon. What’s your city’s name? Do you sleep every day? How did you become Santa Claus?

Does Rudolph’s nose shine through the night? Have you ever lost a reindeer before?

How are your reindeer? I am eight years old. The year I was born was 2002. My birthday is September 20th!

When is your birthday? How old are you? What year were you born in? By the way, my name is Berkeley Elizabeth Neikirk. Do you want to know why Christmas is my favorite holiday? Here’s why; Christmas is my favorite holiday because I get lots and lots of presents and also because you come and deliver presents!

Sincerely, Berkeley Neikirk

What do you like best, milk or juice? What kind of cookies do you want, chocolate chip or peanut butter? How to you fly with flying reindeer, is it magic? How do you go down chimneys? Is Rudolph doing well showing you the way? Some people don’t believe in you. Is it true that the Polar Express takes you to the North Pole? Does the best kid get the first presents? Do you think I have been good or bad this year?

Your friend, Bryce Cape

Dear Santa Claus, First, I wanted to tell you thank you for the presents.

One time I saw you putting presents under a tree. My Christmas tree is in my living room. My friend lost a tooth on Christmas Eve. I love Christmas Eve! Did you see the tooth fairy, Santa?I go to my cousin’s granddad’s house every single Christmas. It is fun! I love Christmas because you get to give presents and get presents.

Do you get dirty when you go down the chimney? How do you get in someone’s house if they don’t have a chimney? How many elves do you have? Do your reindeer eat carrots? I will give you chocolate chip cookies. I am 7 years old, how old are you, Santa? How much is going on at the North Pole.

Your friend, Brooke Jackson

Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for getting me the Lego trains for Christmas.

My favorite present you gave me was my pool table and air hockey. One thing I want for Christmas this year is a four story toy house. My very favorite holiday is Christmas.

Why do you like Christmas?

What makes Christmas fun for you? How do you get to every home? Have you ever gotten lost before? Do you ever get scared? How many reindeer do you have?

Do your reindeer like to eat carrots? Do the reindeer like reindeer feed? What kind of cookies do you like? How many elves do you have?

Last year in the first grade, we saw a shelf elf. What do the elves and the shelf elves like to eat? Do you have the Polar Express? How is Mrs. Claus? What is it like to live in the North Pole? I am going to move to a new house next summer. My Christmas tree is in my living room.

Maybe this year I will go to my Grandma’s house for Christmas.

Your friend, Gavin William Varner

Dear Santa Claus,

Dear Santa Claus,

I love the presents and the snow. I like Christmas the most. My favorite present is my DS. THE GRANDEST PRESENT IS MY TRAMPOLINE!!! How do you travel so fast? How do reindeer fly?

What food do the reindeer like? How do you get down the chimney? I like chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies. Which would you like, chocolate chip or peanut butter? Have you been watching over me? I believe in you and the elves and the reindeer. Are you magic? In first grade we saw you in the classroom. Santa, I’m seven.

How old are you? My birthday is May 6th. I’m going to leave a present for you!

Sincerely, Ross Lee Stevens

I like the presents that you gave me last Christmas and even the Christmas before last year. I was going to ask for a ZuZu pet for Christmas, but I bought it with my birthday money. I am eight years old, how old are you, Santa Claus? My mom’s birthday is on Christmas day, so my mom doesn’t have to have Christmas at our house. How do you get all around the world? How are your elves doing? Last year we had a shelf elf in Mrs. Parker’s class. Christmas if my favorite holiday because I get to be with my family. I just love Christmas! I am going to leave you cookies and milk.

Love, Autumn Collier p.s. My sister wants a new DS game.

Dear Santa, I have been good this year I hope you and Mrs. Claus have a good Christmas. I would like a box of legos and a case for matchbox cards.

Your friend, Austin Cox

Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for the stuff that you gave me last year. I wish I could open up your present right now! Christmas is the best thing! I love Christmas because Santa gives us presents. I love to celebrate, it is fun! Will you be giving my mom and dad presents?

How are you so quiet in my house? How do you fly around the whole world in one night? I think I will give you some cookies and I will also give Rudolf some carrots. How many elves do you have? I can’t wait to go sledding this winter!I’m seven years old, Santa. How old are you? I want to go to the North Pole Santa! I can’t believe Christmas is almost here!

Your friend, Emma Thompson

Dear Santa, This Christmas I get to go to my Grandma and Grandpa Deno’s house. I wonder who got me for Christmas this year. Last year in first grade we had a shelf elf. Was it your shelf elf that helped you make presents for good children? What do your reindeer like to eat on Christmas Eve? Do they like carrots? How do you get all the way around the world in one night? How many reindeer do you have?

How old are you? Two of my favorite Christmas songs are “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “Jingle Bells.”

Are one of those your favorites too? My most favorite present is my DS that my mom and dad got me. My little brother Nolan really liked last Christmas because he got a big barn. He also got a lot of farming things and he really loves that kind of stuff.

Two years ago you gave me a whole pack of Junie B. Jones books and I LOVE them! I’ve read all of them but I am reading them again because I have not taken an AR test on them yet.My Christmas tree is in the living room by the door. I think I am going to leave you a snack.

What is your favorite kind of cookie?Guess where I went on vacation. I went to Florida and I got to keep some shells I found and take them home. The bad part was that it rained the whole time except on Friday, the day we left! The rain was really cold.

I did not like it, but I could live with it. We went inside when we saw lightning. The good thing is that we all had fun!

Thank you for everything! I have always believed in you and Christmas is my favorite holiday. I will never forget you!

Love, Sydney Deno

Dear Santa Clause, My birthday is on July the 6th. I am seven years old and I just moved to a different street. Thank you for my last presents on Christmas.

Could you give the world love? I don’t have a Christmas tree up yet. My tree is going to be by the TV. How do you get in our house? I have a dog so please be careful. How do you get it all done in one night? What do your reindeer like to eat?

How are your shelf elves?

Which shelf-elf is your helper? How old are you? Do you like chocolate cookies?

I like Christmas because it is the best holiday! You get presents on Christmas.

Love, Haley Lynn Krouse

Thank you for the great presents you have given me through my years. How do you deliver presents all through the night? Do you get dirty when you go down the chimney? How many elves do you have? What do the reindeer like to eat? Is Rudolph real? Do you ever go on vacation? What is your address? Is the North Pole cold? Last year we had a shelf elf in the first grade.

I am eight, how old are you, Santa? Have you seen my wish list? Christmas is my favorite time of year because I get presents!

Sincerely, Bryce Alldredge

Dear Santa Claus, I like the monster truck I got last Christmas. Have you been busy? I have been a good boy. I am going to leave you some cookies.

Love, T.J. Thomas

Dear Santa, Christmas is wonderful.

Christmas is not all about presents and things like that, it’s all about Santa. I live in Indiana and my favorite movie is Jaws. My favorite thing to do is play on the computer.

I love Christmas Eve. Last year Mrs. Parker was my teacher.

Your friend, Tristen Flemming

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Dear Santa Claus, Thank you for the Barbie’s and other things like that. Do you want to know what I want the most for Christmas? It is a trampoline. What are you getting me for Christmas?

I’m just kidding; I know you can’t answer that. How do you get in the houses that don’t have chimneys? How do you fly through the whole world in one night? What else do the reindeer like to eat other than carrots? How old are you, Santa? I am eight years old.I had a shelf elf in my classroom last year.

Can I have a shelf elf for my house? We read The Polar Express in class. Have you read it? It’s about Christmas.

I don’t know, but I think my Christmas tree will be in the living room. What kind of cookies do you like with your milk? Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday!

Your friend, Halle Bailey

Dear Santa Claus, I only wanted a couple of presents last year. I did not expect that many presents in my family room!!! It was awesome because I got to open my presents on Christmas Eve night! I hope your reindeer liked the treats.

Last year we put donuts out for you and you wrote a note on the napkin. We were being funny! We will try to leave cookies this year. How do you get in my house without being loud? I don’t have a chimney. I am only eight years old; I do not want that many presents this year. One thing I do want is a phone.

Do you think you can do it?

Do you know why Christmas is my favorite holiday? I love it because you get candy and presents! How do you get to the North Pole? How do your reindeer fly to the North Pole? How do you fly all over the whole world in one night?

I would like to know, please tell me.

Your new friend, Cassidy Rose Reyling p.s.

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WWW.POSEYCOUNTYNEWS.COM WEST Continued Dear Santa, Thank you for the ring I got last year. I want a Barbie house and a Barbie doll. Can I have a baby doll please?

Please can my Grandma have a painting esel. Can I have a Robin bird? How are the reindeer going?

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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

How are your reindeers?

How is Mis. Claus? Hoar are you? Can you git my Dad a jack? Can you git me a tool box?

Your friend, Brooklyn B.

How do you get your reindeer? How do you get your magick? Can I have a Xbox 360 for Christmas? Have I ben a good boy this year?

Are you real? Is it cold at the North Pole?

Sincerely, Michael P.

Hi Santa!

Would you like to know what I want for Christmas?

How is Rudolph? I sure Yes well good. I would like hope Mrs. Claus is doing two set of wiring, two piecfine. How is Jingl? I hope es of pipe and a video tape he is doing fine. May I hav a camra. Do you know what I Caloway Critter Doll House? want those things for? Well, It would be nice if you could I will tell you. I want to make please bring me a carryoky a unavirsal camunacaiton masheen. Can I please have devise and a TV show. It a laptop? will be funny. Have a good Love, Bella K. Christmas.

Dear Santa, Love, Logan M. How are the reindeer?

I hope you have a Merry Dear Santa, Christmas.

How is Mrs. This year we will be home.

Claus? Is Mrs. Claus mak- So how is Rudolph? Maybe ing a lot of cookies Santa? you can get ma a camra.

Did you know Rudolph is my Can you get my little brother favorite reindeer? Was it 2 a Lego kid? Am I on the noty years ago when you gave list? Maybe I will make you me a Wii? Am I on the nice some cookies but it is going list Santa? to be a surprise. How is Mrs. Your friend, Amber C. Claus?

Your friend, Maria S.

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa Claus, How are you and your reindeer doing? I hope you will get me a Play Station 3.

Can you plese get me a Play Station 3 game called Call of Duty Black Ops and Call of Duty Modern War Fare 2?

Love, Branson H.

Dear Santa Claus, I want a GoGo Puppy for Christmas. I want a toy stuffed reindeer named Rudolph. I want a toy Santa Claus. How is Mrs. Claus?

How are all the reindeers?

Your friend, Sydnie K.

Dear Santa, How is Mrs. Claus? Please get me a Gameboy. How is Rudolph? Give my mom a penguin pichear please.

When is your birthday?

Your friend, Ayden M.

Can I please have Fin Fin Friends?

How are your reinDear Santa, I’m 8 years old. How old deer? Please can I have a Please can you bring me are you? I want a Kindle something called the Mony in for Christmas. What kind of flat screen TV? Can I please the Bank King? How is my cookies do you like? How is have some books? What is your favorite color Santa?

Elf Zack? Is he fine? Can Mrs. Claus?

Your friend, Kaitlyn M. I have an Xbox and kontols?

Your friend Lenyx R. How are you and Mrs. Claus?

Dear Santa, Is she fine too?

May I hae a Super Mario Dear Mr. Claus, Your friend, Zakkary P. game for my DSi? How is How are you doing? How Mrs. Claus?

May I have a old are you and your reindeer? Can you please get make-up set? May I have me a pistle or rifle? How is a globe? I am going to give Dear Santa, Mrs. Claus? Can you give you a present. What do you Thanks for the paint gun my mom a car because she like? from last year. How is Mrs. Love, Grace T. has to use her friend’s car?

Santa Claus? Can I please Your friend, Duncan H. Dear Santa Claus, have a Barbie? I would love Can you please get me to have a Barbie house too.

Dear Santa, an army Toy Story Lego set?

Will I get a Poly Pocket? I How are you doing? Can Can you please get me a want to wish you a Merry I please have a PSP? I also Snugee? Can you get my Christmas. want a football game, an arm sister a shirt that says I love Your friend, Payton Y. bracelet and a leg bracelet Justin Beiber? Have a Merry for the Wii. It’s like Kinect for Christmas. Do you have any Xbox 360. May I have 100 new reindeer? How old are Dear Santa, How are you doing? San- football cards? Can my fam- your reindeer? ta I have a question for you. ily have a trip to Hawaii?

From Joshua M. in Love, Trevor F. How old are your reindeer?

Mt. Vernin, In I wish you could give my Dear Santa, sister a new and real guitar Dear Santa, This year I want an Ipod How is Rudolph the Red because her string broke and Touch, a DSi and some Nosed Reindeer?

I am hapshe likes to make real music. games with it. That is pretty Santa can I have a slinky dog py that you are rele. Are you much it. I know my sister from Toy Story 1, 2 and 3? I going to bring me presents? wants a camra if you could Is Mis. Claus OK? How old wish you a Merry Christmas. bring her one. I see my elf are your reindeer?

Love, Grace W. Love, Madison C. watching me. It is freaky when he flys. I am going to have good cookies. Does your belly hurt when you are done? I think my dad wants some jeans. How are your reindeer? Do you have any Dear Santa, new reindeer? I have been Dear Santa, I want a Mystery Machine For Christmas I would like and DS games, and a DVD. trying to be good.

Your friend, Emma S. some DS games and Zhu Sincerely, Will Ayers Zhu pets please.

Signed, Haley Curtis

Dear Santa,

armersville School Dear Santa, I left some cookies in the basement. I have been good so can I have a sub machine gun? I also want a whoopee cushion. And also an Xbox 360, Burnout Revenge, Ranger suit, boots, books, seeds, Hawk Eye helicopter, fish, and a tiger.

Ashton Johnson

Dear Santa, I have had a good year. I hope you have had a good year also. My sister would like a new Barbie doll. My mom would like a new necklace. My dad would like a new Wii game. Last, but not least, I would like an American Girl Doll. We all will leave you some cookies and milk. Of course we will leave some reindeer food.

When you get home, relax and have a wonderful New Year’s Day! Sincerely, Savannah Weatherford

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

Could you bring dog treats for Hot Rod, Gizmo, and Boo? I want a cat. I want Silly Bandz. My mom wants a picture of reindeer. My dad wants a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Claus. I want a puppy so I can play with it. My others will not play with me but I am nice to them and they still will not play. I have tried everything. I do not know what Dear Santa, to do.

I wish that you had a great Hayley Kueber day because I did. So I want to ask you something. My Dear Santa, Please I want an Xbox mom wants a new convertible please. Will you get her 360, NCAA basketball vidone? Please can I have a eo game, 11 NFL Football laptop? O I forgot. I am 7. game, and a set of Junie B. O I will give your reindeer books. I want 10 Wii games, some carrots. My dad wants an Amelia Bedelia book set, a car too please and I want a NFL pencils, a Dr. Seuss phone please and my brother book set, Main St. book set, wants an Xbox 360 Balancer. and a Tennessee football for O my cousin wants an Xbox my dad. I want you to get my mom a new car. My sister 360 Balancer too.

Sincerely, Katelyn wants make-up.

Alexis Alldredge Sincerely, Alex K. Keitel Please get me a Nerf gun that is a Tommy gun and something for my dad and mom. A Transformer and a Star Wars ship for me, too.

Also we would like a new Xbox game and a Mario game for our Wii and a Grand Theft Auto Game for Wii. Signed, Seth Edward Dewar

Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I want 30,000 dollars and a Wii. I would like a picture of every reindeer with you and Mrs. Claus. I want a four-wheeler and a dirt bike.

A flat screen TV would be nice, too. I would like a 22 shotgun, a DSI, a PSP, and an Xbox 360. I’d also like the movie Mega Mind and some race cars. I want a real phone. We need some snow on Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas, Jacob Herrington

Dear Santa, Can I please have a Colts jersey, a DSI, and a PSP? My dad needs a new cord to a PlayStation and a flat screen TV. My mom needs a new car and money. My brother needs a toy car.

Can I please have an Xbox 360? All of my family wants popcorn for Christmas and a family cookout. Can I have 90,000 dollars and a rocket?

Can I please have some Nerf guns? My dad needs a new rake. Can I please have the game MARIO VS DONKEY KONG? I want an iPhone. I want a new Mario Brothers.

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Dear Santa, My sister would want a new DVD player and she would like a new movie like Kidsong. My mom would like a new car and new clothes.

My dad would like a laptop and a TV and my mama would like a new DVD player and some new books. I would like books and clothes and a new iPod Touch and a new TV. I would like pictures and I would like Littlest Pet Shop and a new chair. I would like a wood bed. I would like a picture of Rudolph. My papa would like a new DVD. And my other papa would like a new movie. I will leave cookies and milk for you and I will leave reindeer food.

Sincerely, Kelcey Ricketts

For Christmas I would like Camp Rock 2 the movie. I would like a Barbie and a lot of Silly Bandz. I would like some nail polish and a bike.

I would like a snow globe and a Little Critter book. I would also like a pair of earrings.

And I would like a sleeping bag. I would also like some Littlest Pet Shop. I would like a fish and I also would like a necklace.

Signed, Jenna Veatch

Dear Santa, My grandma would like a new couch. I would like Creepy Crawlers, Skeet Shooter, two Halo Reach controllers, Gears of War 3, Halo Wars, and an iPod, a Men in Black movie, and a picture of Rudolph. I also want a b.b. gun, Paper Jams, the game Star Wars the Clone Wars and some Ben 10 toys. Can you get a box of chocolates for my grandma and a new car for her? I would like a Wii and a U.S. Navy Seal knife.

I would also like some DSI games.

Signed, Kevin King

Dear Santa, I am wanting an Xbox 360.

Can I please have games called Halo Reach and Halo? I would like some DSI games, too. I would also like a new bike, laptop, bow, and Nerf bullets with a Nerf gun.

I need an apron for cooking. How are you doing? I want an iPod Touch. I want a Nerf muzzleloader and a leaf blower. I want a Santa suit and a new book.

Love, Blake Ritzert!

Dear Santa, I’ve been good this year.

I’d like my whole family to get something. I would like a Windows phone and an Air Soft gun and a laptop that is real and a McDonald’s cooking play set and an iPod. My sisters would probably like a play laptop and some fake fingernails and a My Little Pony. My dad would like a tool box, some tools and some socks and work gloves. My mom would like some perfume and some lotions and some hair ties.

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Dear Santa, My dad wants new tools for his workshop. I want a blizzard maker please. My sister wants a license. My brother wants a video game.

I want a muffin maker.

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Dear Santa, My mom wants a Barnes and Nobles gift card for Christmas. Ethan would like a Star Wars movie. My dad wants new shoes. I want an iPhone, a dog, a DSI, a flat screen TV, the movie Marmaduke, a Barbie Video girl, some pictures of reindeer, a laptop, and some sparkly nail polish for my mom and I. I also want an iPod touch and a radio. Please put candy in our stockings. We will leave cookies for you.

Sincerely, Kaitlyn Mansfield

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How many elves are there?

What is your real name? I would like a laptop the most and maybe the Deal or No Deal game for DS. I want photos of the elves working and a Colts mug for my Mom. Love, Brock Veatch

Will you please bring my Dear Santa,

How are you doing? Please mom a laptop? How are you? get my Dad a laptop and my Is Mrs. Claus doing good? I would like an iPhone, a hair Mom candles. Please give beautician set, Magic Tree Celeste Candy Land and CaiHouse books and A to Z Mys- lee a phone. Please give me an A to Z Mystery book, a cell tery books.

Love, Jadyn Ricketts phone and an iPod Touch. I would also like a telescope.

Love, Aaron Nobles Dear Santa,

Are you almost done making all of the toys? The only Dear Santa, thing I really want is an Xbox How are you doing? I hope 360 and a game with it. good. My mom wants a make- Please get my sister a box up kit and my dad wants of Littlest Pet Shop animals, a fishing pole. My brother my brother a toy car and wants a bow and arrow my Christmas decorations for sister wants a phone cover. my Mom. Please get my Dad My dog wants a squeaky toy. a four wheeler.

My cat wants a little toy that Love, Josh Robison looks like a mouse. I want an iPod Touch.

Dear Santa, Love, Megan Simpson What do you do when it’s not Christmas? Can you get me a PS3 and a Madden Dear Santa, How many presents do you NFL 10 game, Moon Hopz, give in an hour? Can I please Lego city police headquarters have a puppy? Thank you if and Perry walkie talkies? My you do. P.S. I really want it mom needs a new light for please. And if you would my her room. Meckenzie wants mom wants a new bed. Oh, a white Reggie Wayne jersey and how is the North Pole? and Skyler wants an Eagles Oh, and if you would, my dog Desean Jackson jersey.

Thanks, Sam Heckman wants a bone. I think. Please get my cat, Alice a food bowl.

Dear Santa, Please get a play house for How are the reindeer? my cats. Please get a dog What do the elves do when for my Aunt Rachael and my it’s not Christmas? Give my cousin Nathanielle wants a dad a new tool box and my Lego set.

Thanks a bunch, mom a Ghost Hunter book.

Paige Robinson I would like a PlayStation 3 and a new soccer ball.

Thanks, Braden Dike

Dear Santa,

How are you doing? I hope Dear Santa, How are you doing? What do you do when Christmas isn’t near? Can I have photos of you and your reindeer?

Can I have some DS games, Zhu Zhu pets and a hug from you? Can you give Mimi and papaw something? Can I have an iPod, iPad, and a DSI? Can I please have a wind up and a really big teddy bear?

Love, Lexus Chavez

Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

How are you and Mrs. Claus? What is the favorite toy that the elves make? For Christmas I would like a photo of an elf, a bow and arrow, and a DQ Blizzard Maker.

For my cats I would like a cat toy. For my dad I would like a tool box. For my mom I would like an Indian knick knack.

Thanks, Jackson Thomas

What do I need to leave out to feed the reindeer?

Can you bring me some board games to play with my brother, Jordan? I’d like a movie or two. I also want a DS game. Can you bring one for Jordan too? Be careful with your sleigh. See you soon.

Your friend, Lauren Carr

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Dear Santa, Dear Santa, How are you? How are the elves? How’s Raymond?

I would like a laptop and a DSI. Give my dad a new tool box. Give my cat a ball.

Please give my mom a Precious Moments doll.

Love, Emily Williams

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Dear Santa,

Dear Santa,

How is Rudolph doing with the reindeer? Did you get enough cookies? I want a toy horse and a toy gingerbread man. I want a DSi, an iPod and some DSi games.

My mom wants a bear with a heart and my dad wants a new car. My brother wants a DSi and an iPod too.

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My mom would like Eeyore socks. My grandma would like a glass rooster. My papa would like a shirt with drums on it.

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Dear Santa, I want a DS lite and a radio.

My dad wants a model car.

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My mom wants $1,000,000.

My grandma wants a bag of gold. My grandpa would like a cow.

Love, Nathaniel Taylor

How are Comet and Rudolph feeling? Most of all, how are you feeling? I hope you do not get sick on Christmas, that would be terrible.

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