December 6, 2011 - The Posey County News

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Tuesday December 6, 2011

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Armed robber at Mount Vernon Pharmacy remains at-large

By Dave Pearce As of late Monday evening, a man who robbed the Mount Vernon Pharmacy was still on the loose, according to Posey County Sheriff Greg Oeth.

The armed robber held up the pharmacy at 100 Lawrence Drive at around 2:30 on Friday afternoon.

Pharmacy employees told Mount Vernon police that a white male, possibly in his early 20s, entered the store about 2:30 p.m., displayed a darkcolored handgun and took an undetermined amount of narcotics.

Mount Vernon Police Chief Grant Beloat said no shots were fired, and no employees were harmed.

The robber fled on foot after taking the medications, heading south.

K-9 units from both the Mount Vernon Police Department and Posey County Sheriff’s Department attempted to track the robber but were unsuccessful.

The trail ended about a block from the Pharmacy where officers believe the robber got into a vehicle. The robber was described as 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build. He was last seen wearing bluejeans and a gray long sleeve shirt.

He had a gray shirt-like material wrapped over his face with holes cut Officers process the scene of a Friday afternoon robbery at the Mount Vernon Pharmacy, located at out for the eyes and mouth, Beloat said.

100 Lawrence Drive.Photo by Jim Robinson

Joseph Trapp

Susan Lewis

Search warrant in Wadesville results in pair of arrests Ivan Alsop tosses candy to some young friends along the parade route at Christmas in New Harmony on Saturday. Phil Werry drives the fire truck. Photo by Connie Pearce

Mount Vernon man faces more drug charges

In November of last year, the Posey County Narcotics Unit responded to a call of a possible clandestine meth lab in a show display apartment in the Green Valley Apartment Complex located on the north side of Mount Vernon.

Upon arrival at the scene, Narcotics Unit personnel located a clandestine meth lab in the bathroom of the apartment. No suspects were present at the time.

Over a period of the following year, items of evidence were submitted to the Laboratory Division of the Indiana State Police regarding drug, latent print, and DNA analysis.

On November 2 of this year, the Posey County Narcotics Unit,

Jon Brody Schmitt

along with other investigative assistance from the Posey County Sheriff’s Department, obtained an arrest warrant for Jon Brody Schmitt, age 22, of Mount Vernon.

During the evening hours of November 2, Schmitt was located and arrested on the warrant by officers of the Mount Vernon Police Department and Posey County Sheriff’s Department.

Jon Brody Schmitt was arrested without incident and lodged in the Posey County Jail on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine within 1000 feet of a family housing complex, a Class A felony, and possession of methamphetamine.

Schimtt was currently still on parole at the time of his arrest.

Santa Claus arrives in style during the Mount Vernon Christmas Parade on Saturday. Jolly Old St. Nick came in on the top of the firetruck ladder. Photo by Jim Robinson

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Mount Vernon man also faces drug charges in arrest this week

By Dave Pearce The Posey County Narcotics Unit has done it again.

In the early part of November, personnel of the Evansville Police Department Meth Suppression Unit initiated an undercover investigation of illegal meth-related drug activity that led them to Posey County.

At that point, officers of the meth suppression unit contacted personnel at the Posey County Narcotics unit at which time a joint undercover investigation was begun regarding the manufacture and dealing of methamphetamine in the Wadesville area.

“Over a period of approximately three weeks, undercover drug deals were conducted at a Wadesville residence in which meth lab precursors were bartered for cash and manufactured methamphetamine.

As a result of those undercover operations, a search warrant was obtained for the Wadesville residence of Joseph P. Trapp and Susan Gayle Lewis.

During the late hours of Monday, Nov, 28, 2011, personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit, Evansville Police Department, Posey County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police, and the ATF executed a search warrant at the Wadesville residence During the search, narcotics officers located methamphetamine, documents, and other related evidence.

Taken into custody at the scene were Joseph Trapp, 42, and Susan G. Lewis, 39.

Lewis attempted to flee from officers through the residence but was apprehended.

During the course of the arrest, Posey County Animal Control Officer Chuck Mobley was bitten on the hand by a pitbull inside the residence. Mobley was transported to Deaconess Hospital inEvansville for treatment.

After the scene had been processed, personnel of the Posey County Narcotics Unit obtained an

additional search warrant for another residence belonging to Trapp.

This property was adjacent to the property where the initial arrests were made.

During the execution of the second search warrant, officers found an active meth lab scene after which the Indiana State Police Meth Lab Team was summoned to the scene to transport and dispose of the hazardous meth-related items that had been found.

The Wadesville Fire Department was also summoned to the scene for safety reasons and to provide logistical support to the narcotics unit.

Both Trapp and Lewis remain lodged in the Posey County Jail facing charges of Dealing Methamphetamine, Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Precursors with the Intent to Manufacture, Possession of Methamphetamine and Maintaining a Common Nuisance.

In an unrelated situation, a 25-year-old Mount Vernon man was apprehended last week as the result of an investigation that occurred on March 25.

According to information provided by the Posey County Narcotics Unit, James Gahl was apprehended by the Mount Vernon Police Department.

Back in March, the Posey County Narcotics Unit processed a clandestine meth lab in the 400 clock of West Fourth Street in Mount Vernon. The meth lab investigation began as the result of a foot pursuit by uniformed Mount Vernon Police officers.

During the ensuing investigation, items of evidence were submitted to the Indiana State Police Lab for analysis.

This week Gahl was taken into custody without incident and charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine, a Class B Felony, as well as possession of precursors, a Class D Felony.

Gahl remains lodged in the Posey County Jail.

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Wilson elected president of Indiana Auctioneers Association New Harmony based Auctioneer Andrew Wilson was elected as President of the Indiana Auctioneers Association (IAA) at the organization’s annual business meeting on November 5, 2011.

The meeting was held as part of the Association’s annual conference at the Indianapolis Marriott North, which more than 360 Auctioneers and guests from Indiana and neighboring states attended.

Highlights of this year’s conference included a vendor trade show, Indiana

Andrew Wilson Champion Auctioneer Competition, Auction Marketing Awards, Hall of Fame Awards, a children’s auction, and President’s Gala auction event. Proceeds from the

auctions went to the benefit of scholarships and to the Indiana Auctioneers Foundation.

Wilson, 32, serves as a Principal Auctioneer and Broker with William Wilson Auction Realty, a regionally based commercial auction firm in Southwest Indiana.

He becomes the 49th President in the history of the Association.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this great Association for the next year. Indiana Auctioneers are the pioneers and innovators

of the industry, and this Association provides a model for continued success” Wilson said.

Wilson unveiled the organization’s Vision2020 plan during the conference, saying that the 580-member group should be focused on growing its assets; and growing its reach. Wilson and the board are preparing the organization for the fast-paced growth being experienced within the auction industry in recent years.

“Public awareness of auction has become more

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widespread, and acceptance of auction is becoming preferred for the sale of all types of assets.” Wilson went on to say, “Internet and cloud technologies are also enabling traditional Auctioneers new access into untapped markets.”

Along with Wilson, fourteen board members from across Indiana were elected or sworn-in for continued terms. Melissa Davis, of Indianapolis, was elected President-elect while Tom Freije of Monrovia, was elected Vice President, and Jonathan Kraft, of Valparaiso, was elected Secretary-Treasurer.

Sara Minor, of Madison, and the organization’s first female President, completed her term as President and will continue to serve as Im-

mediate Past President.

“This Association and its leadership are working to advance the professional auction method, with a focus on doing meaningful things for our members that allow them in turn to be leaders in the industry. I expect that great things are ahead for our Auctioneers.”

The Indiana Auctioneers Association (IAA) represents the interests of over 580 Auctioneers throughout the Indiana and other states. The IAA’s mission is “To advance the professional auction method of marketing”, with a Vision that consumers will think “Auction First.” To learn more about the IAA and the auction industry visit: <http://www. indianaauctioneers.org>

Blood drive set

There will be a blood drive in honor of Ivan Alsop at the Old Ribeyre Gymnasium on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Alsop was recently diagnosed with a form of cancer.

Donations sought for RGRG

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The class of 1972 will be accepting donations from the community to go towards a handicap accessible water fountain to by placed in the “Old” Ribeyre Gym in memory of Benny M. Curtis. A total of $875 has already been donated, and only $425 more needs to be raised to complete the project.

For more info, please contact Carol Reynolds at 4830719. Please make all checks payable to RGRG.

Bell Ringers needed

The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign is ready to kick off for the 2011 holiday season. We are looking for volunteers to ring bells at various sites in Mount Vernon and Poseyville on the following dates: December 10 and 17. Two-hour shifts are available during the hours of 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. If you would like to help, please call Beth Russell at 838-6875. All funds collected are used for direct assistance in Posey County.

Junior high concert set for December 8

Members of the Mount Vernon Junior High School faculty extend an invitation to stop by the Performing Arts Center on Thursday, December 8 at 7 p.m. and be treated to an evening of Christmas music. Our vocal and instrumental students will entertain in this joyous celebration of music!

Democratic women to host Christmas Party

All are invited to the Posey County Democratic Women’s Club annual Christmas Party which will be held at the Holy Angels Catholic Community Center, in New Harmony, Indiana, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided. Everyone is asked to bring a dessert.

Officers for 2012 will be installed. There will be a visit from Santa with gifts for children. Everyone is asked to bring canned goods and non-perishable items for the local food bank and cash donations for the food bank will also be accepted, but there will be no other cost for the evening.

MVHS Vocal Music Concert set

The Mount Vernon Senior High School Vocal Music Department will present a concert of seasonal music on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Matthew Catholic Church (Mount Vernon).

Featuring the MVHS Chamber Choir, men’s ensemble Cul and the women’s ensemble Angelus, the concert will include the traditional works “Allon Gay, Gay Bergeres”, “Il est Ne”, “Riu Riu Chiu” as well as compositions by Michael McGlynn, and Peter, Paul and Mary.

The concert is free and open to the public. Please call 812-833-5932 for information.

Angelus Releases New Recording

The MVHS vocal ensemble has just released its newest recording “Michael McGlynn: Music for Women’s Voices”.

Featuring ten works by Ireland’s preeminent choral composer, the music includes both sacred and secular compositions including “Media Vita”, “Jerusalem”, “The Wild Song” and “Geantrai”.

Music director Dana Taylor notes, “Michael writes wonderful compositions that sing very well. His understanding of women’s vocal needs and possibilities fill these compositions with beautiful vocal colors. engaging melodies and rhythmic excitement. He has been our favorite composer for quite some time and it seemed only right to do a recording featuring his compositions”.

The recording is available for download from cdbaby. com and will soon be available on itunes, amazon and napster. Hard copies will be available after Jan. 1, 2012.

Please call 812-833-5932 for information.

Wadesville-Blairsville to hold meeting

There will be a Wadesville-Blairsville Regional Sewer District Meeting Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 7 p.m. at South Terrace School.

Season of Light planned at Museum

Our holiday planetarium show, Season of Light, will be presented at 1 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through December 31, 2011. Season of Light showcases historical, religious, and cultural rituals of winter – celebrations that bring warmth and light to the coldest and darkest season of the year. Along with a look at seasonal traditions, the show also details winter constellations and examines astronomical explanations for “the Star of Bethlehem.”

Vocalists, instrumentalists to entertain

Stop by the Performing Arts Center at the Mount Vernno Junior High Schoil on Thursday, December 8 at 7 p.m. and be treated to an evening of holiday music. The vocal and instrumental students will entertain in this joyous celebration of music!

Historical Society slated to meet Dec. 10

CONTACT YOUR A.G.H.S.

REPRESENTATIVES TODAY! Todd Guthrie • 812-457-1061 • toddguthrie@ymail.com Chad Kyllo • 701-371-5315 • chad.kyllo@precisionpe.com

The Posey County Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 10 at B&B Antiques, 514 W. Fourth Street in Mount Vernon for its Holiday Meeting. Members and friends are asked to bring historical items that relate to Posey County history for a “Show & Tell” program. Directors and officers for the upcoming year will be elected at this meeting, as well. Refreshments will be served by the hostess, Beverly Tucker. Members are expected to be present, and friends are invited to come.

Dues ($10) for 2012 are now being collected. Dues are payable at this meeting or may be mailed to Posey County Historical Society, P.O. Box 171, Mount Vernon, IN 47620.

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Wolfgang schedules concerts in three area churches Wolfgang Orchestra & Chorus, 65 area instrumentalists and singers under the direction of Dennis and Nancy Noon, will present three free public concerts this week.

Friday Dec. 16 the group will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Murphy Auditorium, 419 Tavern St., New Harmony, Ind. Saturday they will perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Bible Center Cathedral, 5000 North First Ave., Evansville, Ind. This will be a Benefit Concert for the Church’s Haiti mission.

Their final concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec.18 at First United Methodist Church, Wesley Hall, 601 Main St., Mount Vernon, Ind. Donations will be accepted at each of the concerts.

The program will include Mozart’s Allegro, Symphony No.12 and his Flute & Harp Concerto featuring Michelle Forche flutist and Nancy Noon harp/ keyboard. Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King and Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin will be exciting fare. English Horn soloist Lea Vollmer will be featured on Antonin Dvorak’s Adagio From the New World Symphony.

On the fun side, trumpet soloist Larry Davis will take the lead in Chuck Mangione’s Feels so Good and the percussion will be featured in Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, conducted by Matthew Williams.

Wolfgang Chorus will set a Christmas mood with their renditions of Sally

DeFord’s Peace is Born on Earth, Rudy Partin’s O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and Silent Night, and Michele Weir’s O Christmas Tree and Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.

Continuing the Christmas theme, the Orchestra and Chorus combine for a new carol by John Rutter, Carol of the Magi featuring Cello Soloist Matthew Williams followed by a beautiful arrangement of The First Noel. The audience will have their opportunity to join in for the closing song, I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

The orchestra and chorus welcome new members. For more information, contact Dennis Noon at danoon@insightbb.com or call him at (812)-8384481.

Under the Beams concerts begin January 15 As the holidays approach, Under the Beams reminds you that tickets to the 2012 concert series make great holiday gifts! Tickets are available for the 2012 season by calling UTB box office at (812)682-3128.

Join Under the Beams as we continue to bring the world to our stage. The 2012 season will again present 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 14, 2012: Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are an Austin-based, singing, powerhouse duo and known as Texas country’s first couple. Willis is a songwriter, but is best known as a singer, blessed with one of the finest voices in all of country music. Her voice swoops and offers a satiny sheen that is both silky and so fluid it threatens to slip through the notes being played by her and husband Bruce Robison’s crackerjack band. Robison is a singer, but is best known as a songwriter and has written some of mainstream’s country’s best songs – George Strait’s “Wrapped,” Tim McGraw’s “Angry All The Time” and the Dixie Chicks’ “Travelling Soldier.” Together, what they choose to embrace for themselves as a duo, suggests the best that ‘countrypolitan’ and western have to offer.

February 4, 2012: Anonymous 4 - Known for their heavenly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing,

the four women of Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek and Susan Hellauer) combine musical, historical and contemporary performance intuition as they create ingeniously designed programs, interweaving music with poetry and narrative to create their magical sound. The ensemble has performed on major concert series and at festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including appearances at Tanglewood, Wolftrap, BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival and the Brisbane Biennial. Enchanted both by their live performances and by their eighteen recordings of medieval, contemporary, and American music, Anonymous 4's listeners have bought nearly two million copies of the group's albums on the harmonia mundi label.

March 10, 2012: Kinobe and The African Sensation - Kinobe has been performing internationally since the age of ten, captivating audiences with virtuoso performances of Ugandan roots music as well as original compositions, reflecting a wealth of African and world influences. A multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Kinobe leads his listeners into the soul of African music with traditional instruments, songs, and stories from his homeland. As an instrument-maker and teacher of traditional African instruments, Kinobe understands musical creation inside and out and brings an array of traditional percussive instruments, all crafted and brought to life by his

Farmland demand continues Farmers National Company, the nation’s leading agricultural services company, reports that demand for farmland is at an all-time high – based on a record number of transactions – pushing sales prices up 20 percent, on average, over 2010.

Strong grain prices and farmland profits are fueling record demand, sales volumes and land prices. These same factors are also resulting in record increases in cash rent levels, according to Jim Farrell, president of Farmers National Company.

Cash rents in the top production areas have increased by 25 to 40 percent in 2011, some of the largest jumps the market has ever seen, according to Farrell.

On the real estate side, market dynamics indicate there are still more potential buyers than sellers, with the possibility to push land prices higher. Fiscal year sales at Farmers National Company increased by 17 percent over 2010 transactions. The company sold over $450 million in real estate, with over 750 farm and ranch units.

“Just when we felt we had seen the top in the market, record land prices have been surpassed over and again,” said Farrell. “Market factors continue to be ripe for record performance.”

Currently farmers still

make up 75 percent of buyers, despite continued strong interest from investors. Auction activity has reached a record level, which is boosting sales prices for properties to top dollar. During the last quarter of 2011 alone, Farmers National Company will hold over 70 auctions.

Farmers National Company, an employee-owned company, is the nation’s leading agricultural real estate and farm and ranch management company. The company has sold over 3,000 farms and more than $1.6 billion of real estate during the last five years. Farmers National Company currently manages more than 5,300 farms in 24 states.

skilled hands. Together with his band, The African Sensation, they are the vanguard of Ugandan performers representing the inspired synthesis of African roots and global fusion.

April 14, 2012: Karrin Allyson - Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, pianist, composer and bandleader, Karrin Allyson, sings with heart, intelligence, and musical sophistication. She honors the great traditions of blues, jazz, and roots, and embraces French and Brazilian rhythms. Allyson’s diction is flawless, her phrasing conversational, her tempo swinging, and her

improvisation teeming with scat and vocalese. After recording more than a dozen critically lauded albums, performing in cities from Seattle to Paris, and being compared to such jazz legends as Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn, Allyson has emerged as a pivotal force in the international, contemporary jazz scene.

Tickets are available by calling 812-682-3128. Individual tickets are $28, or a season package for all four concerts is $100. For more information, visit www. underthebeams .org or the Under the Beams Facebook page.

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Joan of Arc Black Beans .................. 15 oz.

Joan of Arc Kidney Beans ................ 15 oz.

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RETROSPECT Pages of the Past Compilation by Haylee Moore

25 YEARS AGO,

10 YEARS AGO, Jenny Emmerson of Evansville and Mark Kemper of Wadesville were united in marriage on September 1, 2001 at Salem United Church of Christ Heusler.

Parents of the bride and groom are Diane and Laval Emmerson of Evansville and Mary Ann and Gary Kemper of Wadesville.

Todd and Angela Wiley of New Harmony are proud Enjoying Breakfast with Santa Saturday morning at Christmas in New Harmony to annouce the birth of their is Caitlin Carter, Blair Morris, Ambra Williams, Lacey Wolford, Taylor Espenlaub, son, Jacob Carl. Jacob was born on October 31, 2001.

Hannah Morris, and Courtney Burke, the Santa Seven. Photo by Dave Pearce

Fulfill your New Year’s resolution to give blood As 2011 draws to a close, many may reflect on the past year and the New Year’s resolutions made nearly a year ago. If ‘help others’ was included on your list of resolutions, there is still time to help patients in need by donating blood through the American Red Cross.

With your donation this month, the gift of a blood or

platelet donation can make an even greater difference.

In honor of all December blood and platelet donors, a financial contribution will be made to the American Red Cross annual holiday giving program.

Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information.

The County Cookbook Selection by Zach Straw

Italian Meatballs

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MEATBALL INGREDIENTS 1 pound ground beef (at least 16 percent fat) 1 pound ground pork 2/3 cup milk (whole or 2 percent) 3 slices of white bread, crusts removed (about 3 ounces) 1/4 cup ricotta cheese 1/4 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese 2 eggs 1 Tbsp kosher salt 1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley 2 teaspoons black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano or marjoram 2-3 garlic cloves, minced About 1 cup of flour for dusting 1/3 cup olive oil 2 1/2 cups (24 ounces) of tomato sauce

SAUCE INGREDIENTS 2 Tbsp olive oil 3/4 cup finely chopped onions 3/4 cup finely chopped carrots 3/4 cup finely chopped celery 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley 1 clove garlic, minced 1 28 oz. can crushed or whole tomatoes, including the juice, or 1 3/4 pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil • 1 teaspoon tomato paste • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

November 1, 1961

Thirteen year old Melissa Burkes has been selected as one of the 40 girls to compete for the title Miss Junior America Pageant of January 25 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Melissa, a sixth grader at North Elementary, is the daughter of Noell and Wayne Burkes of Wadesville, Indiana.

Melissa competed in three categories; a screen test, shorts and t-shirt competition, and a gown competition.

Maureen Wade, a junior, was voted North Posey Jr-Sr. High F.F.A. Chapter Sweetheart by the student body. A committe of F.F.A. members selected two girls from both the senior and junior classes to be voted by the student body at a penny a vote. Candidates were chosen on the basis of talent and pulchritude. Other girls in the balloting were Mary Jo Butler, Lana Flanders and Sarah Kingsley. Maureen Wade received approximately 1,050 voted out of the 2,000 cast.

Happy Birthday Announcements December 6 - Jim Folz, Vickie Huck Harris, Judith A. Robison, Erika Kohlmeyer, Lisa White, Scott Lloyd, and Autumn Johnson December 7 - Candy Loveridge, Chris Koester, Charles Schwan, and Micah Hottel December 8 - Greg Wehr, Laura Heriges, Donnie Peerman, Samantha Werry, and Wilton Juncker December 9 -Tim McGennis, Larry Trembczynski, Juanita Underwood, Kristi Teague, Marilyn Straw, Sheri Anderson, Jamie Grabert, Shona Lansdell, Juanita Bailey,

and Doris Crawford December 10 - Juanita Bailey, Deborah J. Cox, Scott Turney, Luke Brown, Mariah Lynn Mobley, Fred Martin, Nicki Viviano, Melissa Lagoo, Shona Lensdell and Hermie Scheller December 11 - Kira M. Garrett, Haley Goad, Martha Mathews, Kathy Reibold, Gary Ambrose, , Riley Trela, and Jean Ann Hutchinson December 12 - Kathy Reibold, Gary Ambrose, Riley Trela, and Carl Isbell

Seven considerations for families of Alzheimer’s or Dementia patients According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in eight people over the age of 65 suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in 2011, with that statistic rising to almost half of individuals over age 85 (that’s 5.4 million Americans overall). With those disturbing odds, it’s likely that you’ll be coming into contact with someone suffering from Alzheimer’s or another dementia this holiday season.

Whether your loved one is a parent, grandparent, other relative, or family friend, you’re probably wondering what to expect during your time together. According to Nataly Rubinstein, the presence of Alzheimer’s or dementia will change the way the holidays “have always been,” but you can take concrete steps that create the best odds for an enjoyable experience.

“When someone you know and love is diagnosed with one of these diseases, the ‘new normal’ can be difficult to understand, accept, and

deal with, especially around the holidays,” says Rubinstein, author of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: The Caregiver’s Complete Survival Guide. “The key to best managing your holiday experience is to educate yourself as to what you should expect and to regulate your expectations accordingly.”

Here are six things Rubinstein suggests keeping in mind if you’ll be visiting someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the coming weeks: • Understand why you feel the way you do.

• Manage your expectations.

• Acknowledge the elephant in the room.

• Don’t expect family dynamics to change.

• Be sensitive to the needs of the patient and the caregiver.

• Arm yourself with knowledge and meet your loved one where he or she is.

In the early stages: • Don’t be afraid of Uncle

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DIRECTIONS 1. Start with the tomato sauce, which will simmer while you prepare the meatballs. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and parsley. Stir to coat with the oil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes until the vegetables are soft and cooked through. Remove the cover, add the garlic, and increase the heat to medium high. Cook the garlic for half a minute, then add the tomatoes (if using whole canned, break up with your fingers as you add them to the pan.) Add the tomato paste and basil. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low and let cook uncovered until thickened while you prepare the meatballs, 15 to 30 minutes. Purée in a blender, or push through a food mill for a smooth consistency. Adjust seasonings.

2. Heat the milk in a small pot until steamy. Turn off the heat, tear the bread into little pieces and soak it in the milk until it partially dissolves. Mash it until you get something that resembles a paste. Turn it out onto a plate to let it cool.

3. In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, ricotta cheese, grated parmesan, eggs, salt, parsley, oregano, black pepper, garlic cloves and the bread-milk mixture. Mix it well with your hands until it barely combines. Don’t overwork the mixture or it will become tough. It is OK to have some discernable bits of bread or meat in the mix; better that than overworked meatballs.

4. Wet your hands and form the meatballs. A traditional size for this sort of meatball is 2-3 inches across, but you can make them any size you want. Once you roll the meatball in your hands, roll it in the flour to give it a good coating.

Set each one on a baking sheet as you work. You might need to rinse your hands a few times as you make the meatballs.

5. When all the meatballs are formed, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the meatballs on at least two sides. Don’t worry about the center getting cooked through, as you will finish these in the sauce.

6. Once all the meatballs are browned, arrange them in the sauce, turning each one over in the sauce to coat. Cover the pot and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes. Serve with the sauce and pasta or crusty bread. Sprinkle with a little chopped parsley for garnish if you want.

Yield: Serves 3-4.

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Joe because he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

He has a disease, but he is still the same person. Be yourself around him.

Don’t wait for Grandpa to feel comfortable enough to join the conversation or activity on his own. Make a point to include him.

Ask specific yes and no questions—they will be easier for your loved one to understand and answer.

These are diseases of forgetting, and memory loss will include words and— eventually—the fundamentals of communicating.

In the moderate stages: Eventually, many dementia and Alzheimer’s patients have trouble remembering names. Even if you’re close, it’s a good idea to start conversations with an introduction such as, “Hi, Dad! It’s your oldest son, Nathan. It’s so good to see you!” If you have to re-introduce yourself midconversation, try to work your name in without embarrassing the patient.

Patients often feel anxious or on edge because they’re confused about whom they’re with, what’s going on, or where they are.

It’s best not to startle them unnecessarily so approach them from the front and make sure you don’t initiate physical contact until your loved one knows you’re there.

Especially as these diseases progress, patients feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed by crowds.

Remember that one-onone conversations in areas without distracting movement or sound will be most effective.

If you’re having trouble talking to Grandpa, keep in mind that he is likely to remember older memories as

opposed to newer ones. Remind him of those things.

• Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients are known for being repetitive. (Partially, that’s because telling a familiar story is comforting to them.) It’s natural to feel somewhat bored or annoyed when Aunt Sue tells the same story five times in a row, but remind yourself that this repetition makes her happy—and it doesn’t hurt you. Be patient.

• Your loved one might not remember your name or all of the memories you once made together, but he will still appreciate hearing sincere compliments about himself.

• If there’s going to be a large crowd of people at an event, ask someone capable to stay near Mom at all times.

This person can help her interact and feel included, as well as make sure that she and others don’t feel needlessly uncomfortable.

In the late stages: • In the late stages of the diseases, Alzheimer’s and dementia patients might not be able to carry out a simple conversation. If that’s the case, just sit near your loved one. A hug or a squeeze of the hand can still be meaningful and comforting.

• Long after many memories, skills, and abilities are gone, patients can still appreciate (and often respond favorably to) music. Play favorite holiday songs for your loved one and sing along!

And for caregivers: Let yourself off the hook! The holidays can be especially trying for primary caregivers.

After all, you’re responsible not only for yourself but for your loved one every day. It’s crucially important for you to make time for yourself.

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Old Union seeks to turn church ministry ‘inside-out’

By Dave Pearce Need anything?

A few years ago, The Marshall Tucker Band recorded a song called “Everybody Needs Somebody.” The chorus of the song goes like this: Everybody needs somebody To help them make it through life Arms to hold, words to soothe Someone to say that it’s all right.

Some needs are greater than others, but we all have needs. The congregation of Old Union Christian Church has decided to turn peoples’ needs into an opportunity to show people that there are people in the community who care for and about each other.

Need Anything? Ministries has risen out of Christian people taking a common sense approach to caring about their neighbors, according to Old Union Church Pastor Baret

Fawbush.

“A couple of my elders and I were sitting down trying to develop a strategic plan for 2011,” the pastor recalled. “Some of the elements that we looked at was the fact that so many of the churches we looked at are ‘in’ our communities but not as much a ‘part of’ our communities. We recognized that we have been very focused on ourselves and we think many churches are focused on themselves and what our four walls contain.”

While Fawbush said that is not necessarily a bad thing, he feels as if the church’s role in the community is to “seek and save those who are lost.”

“We started looking at some of the things Jesus said and did and we realized that the church is supposed to be an active instrument in our community, not necessarily inside our church walls, so we started looking at what we could

Historic New Harmony Happenings This weekend, we began our holiday countdown with Christmas in New Harmony. As you continue your preparations, Historic New Harmony invites you to browse the unique gifts available at the Atheneum Museum Shop and the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. We would like to thank the Interpreters Association for once again making the beautiful swags which decorate the historic sites. Last week’s swag-making get-together was appropriately accompanied by snowfall.

Historic New Harmony is one of the sponsors of New Harmony’s Holiday Ball. This year’s ball will be held at Thrall's Opera House, Saturday, December 10, 8-11 p.m.

By Missy Parkison

The Tri-State’s own Temple Airs big band will perform Christmas music and tunes of the 30s and 40s. Refreshments will be served and there will be an open dance floor. Advance tickets are $15 per person; $20 at the door.

Advance tickets are available at the Antique Showrooms in the Mews, New Harmony. All proceeds from this charity event will benefit local community projects. For more information or tickets, call Donna Creek 812-6823089 or Amanda Bryden 812-682-3085.

Historic New Harmony is a unified program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites.

Please visit www.newharmony.org for more information; or call, 812-682-4488.

Restoration Big Creek meeting is set A public meeting is being held December 20 at 6 p.m. at the Alexandrian Library, meeting room A to present the final designs and costs of a project intended to stop erosion and enhance fish habitat for a portion of Big Creek in Posey County. If the project is approved, more

state Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) funding will be requested and work to restore a ¼ mile section of Big Creek may begin as early as November 2012.

The study is being funded through a LARE grant awarded to the Posey County Drainage Board. The LARE

program is overseen by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and its funding is derived from boat fees. The project is being contracted through Wetland Services, located in Henderson, Ky. The main objective of the grant is to provide designs and environmental permitting information for at least three projects in the Big Creek bottoms. The focus area of the grant was predetermined by the Big Creek Watershed Steering Committee and includes the channel and floodplain of Big Creek from around the Oliver Road bridge to State Road 69 bridge. A topographic survey is being conducted to support a hydraulic analysis and engineering designs. Feasibility of the designs will be determined based on the cost of the projects and the results of a flood study.

Anyone who would like more information should contact Blair Borries at (812)746-9543

Final MV city wide Leaf collection Dec. 9 The last day for city wide leaf collection will be Friday, December 9. After that residents will need to call Grace Glaser paints Native American symbols on her Street Department for colceramic bowl she made at the MVSHS Fine Art acad- lection. Contact the Street emy’s Art Guild Camp. Photo submitted Department at 838-2352.

APL News Steamboat A-Comin’ Traveling Exhibit During Open Hours, the library is celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of the voyage of the steamboat New Orleans in 1811 by hosting the exhibit Steamboat A-Comin’: The Legacy of the New Orleans. This exhibit consists of 19 one-sided, freestanding banner stands. Three are 4-feet wide and 16 are 3-feet wide. The exhibit will be placed in the library foyer and in various locations through out the library until December 20.

Early Library Closing On December 6 the library will be closing at 5 p.m.

Create Your Own Snow Globes Join us December 8 at your choice of 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. as Marissa Priddis along with Monica Emerson will reveal the wonders of creating snow globes. Your supplies will be provided.

do minister to the needs of the community.”

Fawbush said his congregation has a desire to minister to all the needs of the community and that there are people in the congregation who are very good at one thing while others are good at something totally different.

“I asked one of my elders and we started an effort to do something that is kind of already underway in a community called common. org,” he explained. “It is interesting because it takes multiple communities and identifies the needs based on skills that people of the church are able to do. When you look at it, it works very well in larger communities like Evansville or Cincinnati but out here, where people aren’t so computer-oriented and when they need things, they need them now.”

So the pastor said his church looked for a personal way, as opposed to the impersonal Internet, to meet the needs of the people, particularly in and around Poseyville, since the church is just four miles north of the town.

“Most people can pick up the phone and call so really all this amounts to is just neighbors helping neighbors,” Fawbush said. “When you need something you call a friend who has what you need so you can borrow it instead of having to go out and buy it. Need Anything? Ministries is just what is sounds like…Do you need anything?”

So the church has set up a help line with a dispatch for people who have needs to call and find a helping hand.

“They call and express their needs and I go through my directory and see who is best at providing that particular need,” Fawbush said. “Everyone in the congregation very much wants to do that. We have people who have worked on cars for 30 years and people who know how to rewire everything in your house.

When you look at a church full of people, you have innumerable resources and people who are willing to do things but they want to do the things they are good at.”

The pastor said a directory has been pre-

DAR News Regent Eleanor Mourer opened the meeting with the Ritual. Chaplain Beth Dingman presented the Good Citizen awards next. She explained that each of the winners would receive a certificate, wallet card and a pin. Austin Bender of North Poseyville High School was the first place winner of $100. Alex Dekemper of Mount Vernon High School and Elliott Lange of New Harmony High School each received $50. Each of the winners read their winning

pared of people who can provide a huge variety of services…everything from babysitting to errands to mechanical and plumbing.

“There are a lot of things people do in and around Poseyville where they need specialty tools,” Fawbush said. “If they can’t get it from a friend, they are most likely going to have to go out and rent it or buy it. People have budgets and Need Anything? Ministries is just a good way for people to call and get a service provided to them at no charge at all.”

Fawbush said he has a handle on things so members are not burned out.

“We come from a very Christ-centered perspective and we don’t have a problem helping people without expecting anything in return.”

Fawbush said. “We see it as a very good way to minister to the people in our communities.”

The group also has a clothing bank which is set to be open on December 10. Members of the church have been busy for several months and have nearly 10,000 articles of clothing for anyone who shows up on Dec. 10 and needs them.

“Need Anything? Ministries are going on in our communities every day but it’s just not in an official capacity,” Fawbush said. “We just want people to feel free to call when they have a need.”

Old Union has a vision for the future. That vision is that by 2020, OUCC will be effectively ministering to half of the 8000 people living within a 20-mile radius of the church.

With projects already underway, the congregation seems to be headed in the right direction.

“If we want people to take the message of Christ seriously, we need to be in people’s home and people’s yards doing things for people in the community to show that we love and care for them.” Fawbush said. “There’s no reason for anyone to listen to what you have to say unless they know that you genuinely care about them.”

The telephone number for the church is 8743186.

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After the program a business meeting was held. Regent Mourer reported on the attendance of the Fall Forum meeting October 29, 2011.

Our chapter had a table with a set of dishes for sale and made $75 for Project Patriot, plus we gave 181 comfort items. A picture was shown of 30 picnic tables of which our chapter donated one at Camp Atturberry. Regent Mourer gave a message from the National Defender. It was

by General Raymond Odierno concerning the young men of today have the same will to defend our country as did our WWII soldiers. This year is the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Our next meeting will be December 13 at 11 a.m. at the Solarbron Pointe Retirement Community.

Please bring a $5 gift exchange, plus the hat/gloves for the Posey County grade schools. Also, please bring comfort items for our veterans.

Holidays are perfect time to create lasting memories The holidays are a time for family and friends, new traditions and old. And many parents may look forward to the school break as a time to bond with their children.

It’s also important that children engage in some educational activities over the holidays, especially those that continue to develop reading and math skills.

“Take advantage of the break from your regular routines to show your children how learning is an everyday activity,” says Emily Kirkpatrick, vice president of National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). “The days leading up to the holidays are an exciting time, and many children are thrilled to do something new.”

Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, here are some fun holiday activities to do with kids:

• Read Holiday Stories: In the weeks before the holidays, gather your family’s favorite holiday books and read one story or chapter together nightly. Have children participate in following along, turning pages and by asking them questions about the story. Reading the characters in funny voices and acting out the stories can help even the biggest Grinch warm to reading.

• Learn Fun Facts: Do you know why all snowflakes are different? Or why we make New Year’s resolutions? If you don’t, finding out the answers can be fun with your child.

• Make Holiday Cards: Have kids make a list of recipients. Then help them write holiday messages and decorate holiday cards before mailing them. If kids are too little to write a message, have them help you create one and then sign their names.

or friend. This program is for those in grades 6 – 12 only.

Steamboat A-Comin’ Program On December 12 at 6 p.m. Robert L. Reid will discuss the traveling exhibit Steamboat AComin’ and on the origins of the exhibit which go back at least to 1991 and the Always a River project. A DVD on Steamboat history will be shown at the conclusion of his presentation.

Creating Your Own Body Scrub Come to the library on December 13 at your choice of 10 a.m. or 6 p.m. and attend this program as Marissa Priddis and Monica Emerson introduce you to the easy techniques of creating your own body scrub. Your supplies will be provided. No registration needed.

Lego Club Join us for another great meeting of the Lego Club December 13 at 3:30 p.m. The library will supply the Legos and refreshments.

All you have to do is provide the creativity.

All Lego creations will be put on display in the library. Kids ages 6 and older can register for each meeting beginning two weeks prior to the meeting.

Special Needs Storytime Experience Christmas through the senses on December 13 at 6 p.m. at our Special Needs Storytime program. This is a monthly event for children ages 3 and up with autism and their caregivers. The program will include music and movement, “Santa’s Sack” activity, flannel board story and a craft - Christmas tree painted with fir tree needles and decorated. Registration is now in progress and is required to attend. To register your child, call Youth Services at 8383286 or register online at www.apl.lib.in.us.

Basic Knitting On December 14 and 28 at 10 a.m. Cheryl Carroll will be at the library to demonstrate how to stitch during our Basic Knitting Program. She will teach casting on, knit and purl, and biding off techniques. Yarn will be provided and a limited number of size 8 needles will be available to borrow from the library. No registration is necessary but space is limited.

Busy Hands Are you a crafty person? Join us December 14 and 28 at 10 a.m. for a gathering of crafters. We meet at 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month - unless the library is closed. If you quilt, knit, do tatting, crochet, etc. come and join the fun.

Steamboat Stories With Susan If you like storytellers you will want to be at the library on December 15 at 6 p.m. Susan E. Fowler is a storytelling artist & scientist who weaves together drama, music, sign language and sketches to share about the Earth. Her program is interactive - stories come alive as participants become the characters, the landscape and sometimes a vocabulary word. This is a program that will be fun for the whole family.

E-Reader Classes You have an e-reader device and are confused by all the mumbo jumbo. You are not alone and the staff at the Alexandrian Public Library wants to help you sort fact from fiction about e-reader devices.

Learn how to download eBooks and audiobooks with our new Over Drive product at the Alexandrian Public Library at 10 a.m. December 16. Please bring your e-reader.

Movie Night On December 19 at 6 p.m. we continue our tribute to our military heroes with the movie Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq. This HBO film has a simple purpose: to tell the stories of ten American veterans of the current Iraq war who have been badly injured physically and/or psychologically. Each soldier talks about his or her “Alive Day,” the day each of them “should” have been killed, but managed to survive through equal parts sheer willpower and medical.

Christmas Closings December 23, 24, 25 and 26 the library will be closed - Merry Christmas!

Winter Storytimes On December 27 registration will begin for Winter Storytimes. The next storytime session will begin January 9 and will run through February 23.

By Stanley Campbell No registration needed.

Laughs & Crafts Club Join us for fun and games on December 8 at 3:45 p.m. This program is for school age children Kindergarten and up. Program includes stories, games, activities and crafts. Registration is required.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting On December 19 at 3:30 p.m. join us for our bi-weekly T.A.B. (Teen Advisory Board Meeting). We will discuss programming, social networking and test out our ideas. Every week we will have a different project, so stop in for a snack and some good times.

Mini Capsule Snow Globes Create your own snow globe December 12 at 3:30 p.m. and display them around your home or give them as a handy gift to a family member

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SOCIAL Legion to host New Year’s Eve party 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 “MidRanger”. The event will be open to the public. Tickets are now available on a first come first serve basis. We still have a few seats available, they are going fast, don’t wait too long. Come bring in 2012 with us at the American Legion.

Pancake breakfast for Pate family set

Robert and Sandee Redman Robert and Sandee Redman, of rural Wadesville, Ind., will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They were married at the American Baptist Church in Chula Vista, Calif. on Dec. 9, 1961. They have eight children; Bill, Cassaundra, Clif, Robin, Jamie, Rebecca, Kimberlee, and Timothy. They also have twelve grandchildren ranging in age from 19 years old to a one year old.

St. Matthew’s Men’s Club is sponsoring a pancake and sausage breakfast to benefit the John Pate family on Sunday, Dec. 11 from 7 - 10:30 a.m. at the St. Matthew gym in Mount Vernon.

Cost: $8 for adults, $5 for children 12 - 18 years old, and children under 12 are free. For more information call Dennis Herrmann at 812-781-0078.

St. Mary’s free family night at CMoe Dec. 1 St. Mary’s Health System takes great joy in sponsoring a Free Family Fun Night at the Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville (cMoe) the first Thursday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m.

Don’t miss the opportu-

nity to enjoy fun family time together, while also learning about healthy lifestyle choices from St. Mary’s.

All children attending St. Mary’s Free Family Fun Night must be accompanied by an adult. Groups are re-

quired to schedule a daytime field trip. The Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville (cMoe) is located at 22 Southeast 5th Street in Evansville. Their phone number is 812.464.2663 (cMoe).

MVJHS students Ellen Denning, Luke Rusher and Jordan Crabtree stand in front of the bus that is being used for the MVJHS “stuff the bus” campaign to collect items for the Mount Vernon food pantry. The community may drop off items in the MVJHS office now through Dec. 15. Their goal is to fill the bus. Photo submitted

Ministerial Association seeks to expand The Mount Vernon Ministerial Association is an association of ministers and lay leaders committed to serving together for a greater community. We seek to provide programs that meet the needs of the people of Mount Vernon both physically and spiritually. We meet the third Tuesday of every month at 3 p.m. Our

Legion Christmas Party is Dec. 14 Legion Auxilary Post #5 Christmas Party will be Dec. 14 at the Legion Home.

Jr. members are welcome.

For reservations please call Naomi Bell at 838-3808 before Dec. 10. Five dollar gift exchange and members are asked to bring canned and dry goods for the food pantry.

meeting site rotates as different churches host the meeting. We consider all churches in the Mount Vernon area members of the Ministerial Association and we welcome any minister or lay leader to be part of our

meetings if they have not done so before. For more information please feel free to contact the Rev. Monica Gould, president of the MVMA at any time, 8382473 or at firstpresmtv@ sbcglobal.net

Skating Rink Christmas party Dec. 16 The community Center/ Skating Rink will be holding a Christmas party on Dec. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be skating, games, prizes, treats and snacks. Located at 118 and main. for more information contact 838-0066.

Come join us for our Rocking farewell Christmas Party we will be here until the end of the year. Then for the new year we will have a new home at Hedges Central Watch for a Grand opening party in January.

Support United Way at the Posey Grill You can support the United Way of Posey County by Dining out at Mount Vernons restaurant The Posey Grill. On Friday December 2, and Friday December 9, The POsey Grill, 225 Main Street, will donate 10% of all sales during those two days to United Way. No Coupon is required. Come join us for good food, and for a good cause.

Local students to perform in Holiday Pops concert The University of Evansville is proud to announce that the following local students will perform at the Department of Music's 32nd annual Holiday Pops conJessie Bacon, Samuel Heckman, Kelsey Lang, Autumn Collier and Jenna Veatch cert, to be held at 7:30 p.m. show off their cooperative pastel rendition of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night they Tuesday, December 6 in Downtown Evansville's Vicmade at the MVSHS Fine Arts Camp. Photo submitted tory Theatre, Mitchell Davis of Cynthiana, majoring in Music Performance; Timothy

Woolston of Poseyville, majoring in Music; Jaclyn Hostettler of Wadesville, majoring in Music Performance; Haley McConnell of Evansville, majoring in Music Performance; Jason Salo of Evansville, majoring in Music Education; Sarah Tuley of Evansville, majoring in Music Performance. The concert will bring together 115 UE students to perform

holiday favorites and will feature performances by the University Choir, University Orchestra, and wind and jazz ensembles. Holiday Pops is free and open to the public.

This year's program includes sacred and secular musical selections such as "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "Sleigh Ride," "O Holy Night," and "Let It Snow."

New Harmony Holiday Ball set for Dec. 10 Tickets to New Harmony’s Holiday Ball are still available. The ball will be held at Thrall's Opera House, Saturday, December 10 from 8-11 pm. The Tri-State’s own The Temple Airs big band will perform Christmas music and tunes of the 30s and 40s. Guests can enjoy champagne punch and holiday refreshments, and

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All proceeds from this charity event will benefit local community projects. Sponsors include the Kappa Kappa Kappa Beta Chapter and Historic New Harmony, a Unified Program of the University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. Advance

tickets are $15 per person; $20 per person at the door.

For tickets or more information, call Donna Creek 812.682.3089 or Amanda Bryden 812.682.3085.

Advance tickets are also available at the Antique Showrooms in the Mews, New Harmony. Thrall’s Opera House is located at 612 Church Street, New Harmony.

Legion New Years Eve party is set 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 “Mid-Ranger”. The event will be open to the public. Tickets are now available on a first come first serve basis.

We still have about 35 percent of the seats available.

Posey Humane bake sale The Holidays are fast approaching. No time to bake?

Let Posey Humane Society’s Elves help. Order your holiday baked goods and help Posey Humane Society at the same time. All baked goods are home made and sure to please.

Apple pie, Cherry pie or Pumpkin pie are $10 each.

German Chocolate cake, Oatmeal cake, Carrot Cake or Pineapple Upside Down cake are $10 each.

Cupcakes(assorted) $10/doz.

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White Yeast Bread, Banana Nut bread, Pumpkin bread or Zucchini Bread are $5 each. Fudge or Divinity are $7.50 each.

Please order by December 17 for Christmas. Orders can be placed on line at www.poseyhumane.org or by calling Shannon at 812-455-7357. Baked goods will also be available during Posey Humane Society’s Adoptathon on December 3 and 4 at the shelter - 6500 Leonard Rd. Mount Vernon, Ind.

Blood drive honoring Ivan Alsop American Red Cross blood drive honoring Ivan Alsop will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2011, there will be a New Harmony Blood Drive at the Old Gymnasium on Main Street, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

As a way to show honor for Utopia’s Great Friend and Prime Promoter, please come and donate blood.

If you are not physically able to give blood, why not find someone who can donate.

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All are invited to the Posey County Democratic Women’s Club annual Christmas Party which will be held at the Holy Angels Catholic Community Center, in New Harmony, Indiana, on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided. Everyone is asked to bring a dessert. Officers for 2012 will be installed. There will be a visit from Santa with gifts for children. Everyone is asked to bring canned goods and non-perishable items for the local food bank and cash donations for the food bank will also be accepted, but there will be no other cost for the evening. For more information contact Elizabeth Baier at 838-5808.

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CHURCH

Children’s clothing bank to open The Holiday Opening of “The Clothes Hanger”, a children’s clothing bank at Old Union Christian Church, is set for Saturday, December 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church basement.

The store provides free clothing, new and gently used children’s sizes newborn through 18, for area families needing assistance. All gently used items are in excel-

lent condition. Coats and shoes are available in limited sizes.

Old Union Christian Church is located approximately 2.5 miles north of Poseyville on Highway 165. For more information call (812) 963-6266 or (812) 454-1797.

Come enjoy a cup of coffee and checkout the large selection.

Christmas services for Our Savior Lutheran church set The public is invited to come out for a light complimentary supper at 6 p.m.

Dec. 14, followed by our last

Wednesday Advent Service.

A Candlelit Christmas Eve Service will be held at 5 p.m.

Sat., Dec 24, and Christmas

Day Service will be at 9 a.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1102 Jill Street, in Carmi, Ill.

Bethlehem Revisited set for December 9, 10, 11 First Christian Church of Carmi, Ill. will be hosting its annual Bethlehem Revisited program, December 9-11. This outdoor event has attracted thousands to the little town of Bethlehem, as it might have appeared 2000 years ago when Christ was born. Admission is free.

Planning started months ago, and preparations for this annual presentation are nearing completion. “This is our gift to the community,” says a spokesperson for the church. “We try and go beyond a simple nativity to remind folks that when God became flesh, hardly anyone noticed or cared. That’s still true, so we’re trying to help people remember that Christmas is about more than lights, trees and presents,

it’s about the birth of the promised Messiah.

Christmas is about Jesus Christ.”

Everyone is welcome to attend, including groups. There is no cost for this event. Guests are encouraged to dress warmly. Times are 6-8 p.m. (December 9), 5-8 p.m. (December 1011). In case of inclement weather, call (618) 382-5081 for important updates. For a free brochure or more information, call (618) 3827081.

Make-up date in case of inclement weather will be December 16.

First Christian Church is located at 504 Bohleber Dr. at the corner of Bohleber Dr. and Plum St. in Carmi, Ill.

New Harmony Association of Interpreters President Marlene Huffaker, Connie Weinzapfel, Mary Griggs, Tracy Gholson and Kim Key assemble evergreens, holly branches and pine cones to decorate historic sites for Christmas in New Harmony, December 3. Photo submitted

Seeds of the Sower A soap manufacturer made his first million, and a reporter asked, “To what do you attribute your success?”

“To clean living,” he answered.

To be dirty is bad for you - your body, mind, soul and relationships.

By Michael Guido To be clean is good for you - your body, mind, soul and relationships.

Here and hereafter.

A king asked, “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place?”

Sermon of the Week: What Matters Most?

By: The late Rev. Tom Buffington I corinthians 13:3 “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity (love), it profiteth me nothing.”“No matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I am bankrupt without love.”

(The message). II John 2:6 “And this is love that we walk after his commandments.”

Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants us to learn is how to love. It is in loving that we are most like God. Galatians 5:14 “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even this, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. That is why it takes a lifetime to learn it. Of course, God wants us to love everyone, but he is particularly concerned that we learn to love others in his family. Galatians 6:10 “When we have the opportunityto help anyone, we should do it. But we should give special attention to those who are in the family of believers.” Why does God insist that we give special love and attention to other believers? Because God wants his family to be known for its love more than anything else. John 13:35 “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”

The foremost of our “family responsibilities,” is to practice loving each other.

The best use of life is love. “No matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.” I Cor. 13:3.

Life without love is really worthless. Often we act as if relationships are something to be squeezed into our schedule.

We talk about finding time for our children or making time for people in our lives. This gives the impression that relationships are just a part of our lives along with many other tasks. But God says relationships are what life is all about. Four of the Ten Commandments deal with our relationship to God while the other six deal with our relationships with people. But all ten are about relationships. Read Matthew 22:37-40. Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life. What is most important to God is often displaced by what’s urgent busyness is a great enemy of relatonships.

Life minus love equals zero.

Love will last forever. It is eternal. 1 Cor. 13:15 “The greatest of these is love.” Love leaves a legacy. I have been by the bedside of many people in their final moments, when theystand on the edge of eternity. I have never heard one say, “Bring me my diplomas, my awards, my medals, of the gold watch.”

When life on earth is ending, people want people around them thatthey have loved and who have loved them.

We will be evaluated by our love. The third reason to make learning to love the goal of your life is that is what we will be evaluated on it in eternity. One of the ways that God measures spiritual maturity is by the quality of your relationships.

In heaven God won’t say, “Tell be about your career, your bank account or your hobbies.” Instead he will reveue how you treated other people, particularly those in need. Matt. 25:24-46 “You did it to me.”

When you wake up every morning maybe you should kneel by your bed or sit on the edge of it and say “God whether I get

anything else done today, I want to make sure that I spend time loving you and other people.

The best expression of love is time.

If you want to know a person’s priorities, just look at how they use their time. Time is important because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. It is not enough to say relationships are important: we must prove it by investing time in them. One way to spell love is time.

The essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how we give of ourselves. The most desired gift of life is not diamonds or roses or candy. It is focused attention.

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.

The best time to love is now.

Because love is what matters most, it takes top priority.

The Bible stresses this repeatedly. Gal. 6:10 “We should do good to everyone. Eph. 5:16 “Use every chance you have for doing good.” Prov. 3:27 “Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it.”

Why is now the best time to express love? We don’t know how long we will have the opportunity. People die, children grow up. We have no guarantee of tomorrow. When we stand before God how will we explain those times when projects and things were more important than people? Who do you need to start spending more time with?

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time is now.

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BUSINESS

John Raisor (L), representing Fifth Third Bank, presents the bank’s corporate contribution to Keith Spurgeon, United Way of Posey County campaign chair, in front of the 2011 goal marker, now at 89 percent. Photo submitted

Soil books still available at PCSWCD office

The Posey County Soil & Water District has a supply of Soil Survey books available to you for FREE. Get yours before they disappear!

These books were published as a joint effort of the US Department of Agriculture and the agencies of the State. Major fieldwork for these surveys was completed between 1972 and 1977. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1977. The survey was made cooperatively by the then Soil Conservation Service and the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. The books are part of the technical assistance furnished to the Posey County Soil & Water Conserva-

tion District. Financial assistance was made available by the Posey County Commissioners. The books contain easy How to Use This Soil Survey instructions. Soil descriptions are detailed and the book contains a soil legend, map sheets and a general soils map.

These books are a great reference for any Enjoying Breakfast With Santa on Saturday morning at the Christmas in New land user. Need to know if you can put a pond in, where’s the best place for a garden, is this Harmony celebration are Adam and Hannah Gray, grandchildren of Jim and Lois a good site to build on or just what type of Gray of rural New Harmony. Photo by Dave Pearce soil this is, you can find the answer in this book. And, it’s free.

Stop by the office at 1805 Main Street in The Posey County Asses- that have no change or their If you have any questions on the north side of Mt. Vernon to pick up sor’s Offi ce will be sending property value decreased regarding your assessed your book or call to 838-4191. an assessment notification will not receive a notifica- value, please do not hesitate (Form 11) to all real prop- tion. Please feel free to visit to call the Posey County Aserty owners that have an in- our website at http://posey. sessor’s Office at 812/838crease to their real property in.wthgis.com to access 1309. value. Real property owners your property record card.

Real estate assessment notifications to be sent

United Way At Work In Posey County

Keith Spurgeon, chairman of the 2011 United Way of Posey County campaign, announced today that the campaign drive has raised 93% of the $640,000 goal.

He asked all the people of Posey County to get involved.

“With 93% of the goal raised, the United Way campaign is making great progress, but we need everyone’s help to have a successful finish. Contributions help to make sure that important services are available for the people of Posey County when we need them.

The campaign is wrapping up all over the County now in workplaces and homes, so if you haven’t been contacted, please send in your contribution; and if you are contacted, please participate in helping to make these services available to all of our community.

We need to have these services and programs available to have a strong community, and we need your help.”

Spurgeon said that the entire community was helping to reach the campaign goal and that the campaign results at SABIC had helped to push the United Way campaign to its current 93%. The total campaign at SABIC raised $366,330, including a 25% in-

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crease in the corporate match from 40% to 50%, which played a key role. Eric Dudas led the SABIC campaign this year and said, “The Mount Vernon site showed lots of passion and caring for the community.”

United Way of Posey County agencies receiving funds this year are: Albion Fellows Bacon Center, Posey County Red Cross, 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, New Harmony Ministry Association, Posey County Council on Aging, Posey County Rehabilitation Services, Rehabilitation Center, Salvation Army, Visiting Nurse Association of Southwestern Indiana, WNIN Radio Reading Program, and Willow Tree of Posey County.

Contributions also help to fund United Way programs such as Gifts In Kind and Information and Referral Assistance. Additional services in Posey County now are 2-1-1, the easily-remembered number to call for access to information about resources for help in Posey County, and the prescription drug discount program.

Those helping the United Way toward its goal include: Jack and Carolyn Compton, Madeline Kern, Eddie and Carolyn Martin, Sidney and Jo Nelson, Steve and Judy Rutledge, Claudette Carner, Manford and Georgeana Kern, Donald and Carolyn Stone, Charles Lawrence Homes, CSB State Bank Employees, Duane and Linda Kuhlenschmidt, James A. Gray, Wiley Brothers Farms, Kenco Logistics Employees, Roy and Brenda Thompson, Phyllis Ries, Ed Adams, Karl Dorff, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michl, Erin McBride, Children’s Learning Center – Penny Olympics, Guilty Pleasures Flowers & Gifts, Old National Bank Employees, Pat Wiley, Mike Ashworth, Wabash Valley Service Co., Larry D. Rutledge, Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant, Lockwoods Inc., Big J Tattoos Employees, Evelyn Stone, Teresa Spivey, Jim Attebury, Bob and Sue Boerner, Magic Mist, Don Mattingly, Patrick O’Brien, Richard and Virginia Lloyd, Bill Bender – Allyn Abstract, Mt. Vernon Transfer Terminal, Dr. Darin Keitel, Katherine Rybak, McKim’s IGA, McKim’s IGA Employees, Jeremiah Sanders, Elijah Sanders, Bill Sanders, Jim and Margie Tomes, Marilyn McMurtry, Ronald and Joan Siers, Wilson Auction-Realty Inc., GE Employees, Babcock

& Wilcox Nuclear Operations Employees, Clayton Powers, Gary and Sue Shelton, Cargill, Cargill Employees, Expressway Jeep Chrysler Dodge, Expressway Ford-Mercury, Expressway Autoworld, Expressway Autoworld Employees, Expressway FordMercury Employees, Jackson O’Daniel, Madison O’Daniel, Green Duck Beauty Salon, Vickie Orth, Pam Martin, JoAnn Lilleston, Stephen C. Challman, Charles and Stella Haynes, Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. Employees, Kenneth R. and Nancy L. Johnson, Monteen Elliott, Jone Maier, Johna’s Hair Salon, Dennis Moore, John P Broadhead, Atty, Morrow’s Mt. Vernon Electric Service, Dan and Dianna Duckworth, Jane Jett, State Farm Insurance Companies, Posey County Co-op, Jim and Vicky Swinney, KB Auto Works, CountryMark Refining & Logistics Employees, Carrie Robb, Jean Cox, Stanley M. Campbell, June Dunning, Liz Robinson, Monica Emerson, Judy Hardin, Nancy Butler, Hilary Scheller, Anne Cottrell, Marissa Priddis, SABIC-IP, SABIC-IP Employees, Julia Hoehn Vantlin, Kathy Lindauer, Ora and Doris Williams, Charles and Carol Martin, Nathan Maudlin, Mark McDonald, First Federal Savings Bank, Kenco Logistics, Black’s Towing, Best One Tire, Ewing Tire Service, Juncker Brothers Sales & Service, KJ Bradley Trucking, Steve Culley, Sondra McNamara, Glenda Schisler, Dr. R Scott Norris and Jane Norris, Charles Ford Memorial Home Employees, Red Geranium Enterprises Employees, Marcia Schneider, Mary Jo Musgrave, William and Claudette Platz, Verifications Services Inc., Verification Services Inc. Employees, Quality Execution Inc., and Quality Execution Inc. Employees.

Keith Spurgeon announced that special events to support the United Way campaign in Posey County continue through the generosity of local businesses. The Posey Grill at 225 Main Street in Mount Vernon, will donate 10% of sales on Friday, December 9, and will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. that day and on Fridays from now on. Also, Santa is coming to the Posey Grill on Saturday, December 10, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.. There will be free pictures with Santa and Santa pancakes for only $1 during Santa’s visit, and United Way donations will be accepted.

You can contact the United Way of Posey County at 8383637 or uwposey@sbcglogal. net for more information or to get involved. Contributions can be sent to P.O. Box 562, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620.

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SCHOOL

The Mount Vernon HighSchool Fine Art Academy's Art Guild hosted a fall art camp on Saturday November 19, 2011. Over thirty-five elementary and middle school age students attended the club-sponsored camp. Club members taught campers activities that included an Impressionist style cooperative pastel drawing, a Jackson Pollock inspired splatter paint t-shirt and a Native American ceramic bowl.

The Impressionist drawings was on display at the Alexandrian Public Library in Mount Vernon until November 30 and then will travel to area schools, doctor offices

and businesses around Mount Vernon.

"The camp's a lot of fun for both the kids and staff members," said Art Guild president Olivia Mader. "It encourages the younger ones to be involved in art, and the older ones to expand on it further and to join art centered clubs and classes at school."

The Art Guild plans to host a winter art camp on Saturday February 25, 2012. For more information contact the Art Guild sponsor, Mrs. Glaser at 812-838-4356 or glaserkj@msdmv.k12.in.us

St. Philip benefit tickets on sale now Tickets are now on sale for the 10th annual St. Philip School Benefit Dance scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 2012. Tickets are $25 per person and $40 per couple which includes an appetizer buffet, beer, wine,

Robyn Burroughs, left, Kids Caring and Sharing Coordinator for Riley Hospital Foundation receives a $1,028 check from North Elementary School Student Council President, Grant Parker and principal, Tim Teel. The school was recognized as one of 650 schools statewide that helped raise $1 million for Riley Hospital during the last year. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Cody Double graduates from basic training Air Force Airman Cody T. Double graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military dis-

cipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community

soft drinks, and live entertainment by the band Kraftworks. There will be hourly attendance prizes, Heads and Tails game and a half pot. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the band starts at 7:30 p.m. Must be 21 or older to

enter, ID required.

Tickets can be purchased at St. Philip School and Parish Offices, St. Philip’s Inn and Weinzapfel’s Tavern. For further information please call the St. Philip Parish office at 985-2275.

At Left: Riley Hospital cancer survivor, A.J. Stinger, age 11, speaks to North Elementary students about his experience with cancer as Katie Stam, Miss America 2009 and former National Goodwill Ambassador for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Stinger was the 2009 Children's Miracle Network Champion for Riley Hospital.

Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

College of the Air Force.

Double is the son of Dawn Rice of Westbrook, Whitmore Lake, Mich., and Thomas Double of Benthall Road, Mount Vernon, Ind. He is a 2011 graduate of Pinckney High School, Mich.

At right: Katie Stam, Miss America 2009, presents a plaque to North Elementary School Principal, Tim Teel, in recognition of the school's 12 years of support to Riley Hospital and the Kids Caring and Sharing program. The school has helped raise over $12,000 for the program. Photo by Valerie Werkmeister

Preschool Screen Clinic set for Dec. 5 Preschool Screening Clinics to assess developmental skills speech/language skills, vision and hearing are offered to children ages 3, 4, and 5 at no cost to the parent.

The Clinic will be held Monday, December 5, 2011 at Hedges Central in Mount Mount Vernon High School Senior, Sam Oliver, has Vernon, Ind. Please call the Posey been notified that his computer graphic entitled, “On the Other Hand”, has been selected to the Digitized Art Ex- County Special Services Ofhibition. The exhibition is sponsored by the Arts Council fice to schedule an appointof Southwestern Indiana and Regency properties. It will ment at: 812-838-5516 or be on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 318 Main Street in 800-779-6927.

Evansville until January 3. The exhibition is specifically for adult artists in fields such as digital photography and illustration, animation, digital video and audio. Sam’s work was purchased on the first day of the exhibition by a local collector. Sam is the son of Lavonne and Terry Oliver of Mount Vernon.

Tips for winter weather planning for your child Have you set your plans in place for unexpected winter weather? It is time once again to review with your child what they are to do in case of bad weather.

• Where do they go if school is dismissed early?

Do they have someone to call?

• What if school is on a delay? Do they have arrangements made to get to school?

• Do they have a list of numbers at home for emergency purposes?

• Are they prominently dis-

played for easy access?

• Have you made arrangements with neighbors or someone to take care of them if you are unable to make it home?

• Do they know how to answer the phone and what to say if you are not there?

You may not want others to know they are home alone.

• Have you set guidelines for going outside when adults are not present?

• What are the children to do if the electricity or heat goes out?

Mater Dei Student Ambassador David Euler with the second grade students from St.Wendel School.

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OPINION

The joys of growing older together sometimes involve tolerance These hot flashes are killing me.

I’m usually not one to complain about them but as the season has changed, they are about to get the best of me.

I’m somewhat susceptible to cold and flu and always a bunch of sinus gunk this time of year anyTRUTH... how but this year, with the TRANGER S addition of “worst ever” hot T HAN flashes, I think I am going to have to find treatment for FICTION

BY DAVE them.

A few years ago, my wife PEARCE and I came up with the idea of a heated mattress cover. As a matter of fact, since we both have just about everything we need (and more), we decided that we would invest in a good quality heated mattress cover. It has controls on both sides of the bed so if one of us is a little warmer or colder natured than the other, we can adjust it.

Since there is a sheet over the insulated mattress pad, this has been a great investment. If you can remember to turn it on a half-hour or so before you get ready to crawl under the sheets for the night, you don’t have to experience that cold sheet experience.

Don’t even act like you have no idea what I am talking about.

However, with these hot flashes, my life has changed. I have decided never to turn on the heat on my side prior to going to bed.

Because with this instant surges of thermal energy that my wife has been experiencing.

I never know when I will feel the covers go ripping off BOTH sides of the bed and flying onto the floor.

I usually have a good idea because if I am lying anywhere near my wife, I can feel what is coming on ahead of time and prepare myself for it. Even if we aren’t actually that close, I can usually hear the “whew” and can be ready for whatever comes. And that is not an understatement…WHATEVER comes!

Since these awful things have invaded my wife (and life), she has lost all regard for the comfort of the people around her, though usually it is just me. I don’t have a big fancy car, just a little Ford Fiesta and it does not have climate control. It just has a button with red on one side and blue on the other. The further to the red side you turn it, the hotter it gets. If you turn it to the blue side, it just blows the temperature of the air.

Naturally, my wife is cold natured. She has even been checked for a condition that

impedes bloodflow and sometimes makes her extremities slightly discolored. So, the first thing that happens when we get into the Fiesta is she turns the heat and the fan all the way up and within just a few minutes, I am feeling the joy of the holiday season…

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

But then…BAM. The hot flash hits and even if it is raining and 25 degrees, the power windows come rolling down around us, my wife’s face turns red and for the next two to three minutes, I go from the sauna to the next joy of the season…”Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

But no sooner does it come than it goes.

My feet, which were sweating profusely because of the heat that had been going to all parts of the car before the “flash”, are just beginning to feel normal again when the windows go up and the heat begins flowing again. So, I sit and smile and talk about how nice it is to be taking a Sunday afternoon drive…just waiting for the next one to hit.

Guys, if you have a brain in your head, you will simply act as if nothing has happened. I once made the mistake of asking what these hot flashes are like. Bad question.

“If men had them, you would know what they are like. They are terrible, just terrible.

One minute you are sitting there perfectly

fine and the next, you are burning up from the inside out.” And that was only the beginning. But when it was over, I knew without a doubt that I had no idea of what she was going through nor would I ever, even if I lived to be a ripe old age. And that would probably not happen if we had to talk about that again.

With all our insurance deductibles met, I visited our dentist, my family physician, and my cardiologist this week. I had been suffering from a cold with a sore throat and some sinus problems thrown in. So this week, I took Dayquil in the mornings and Nyquil to get me through the night. Hey, you do what you have to do to keep you going.

But even if you are uncomfortable and are on the verge of pneumonia, do me a favor and don’t complain when the temperature in the car goes from 80 to 20 in a 30-second time span. Just smile and nod when the windows begin to return to the “up” position.

Because I promise you that nothing you have had or will ever have could be as bad as hot flashes. I know all about them and I have never personally had one.

And if you do have something that you believe could possibly be that bad, please just mention it to one of your buddies. Your wife will never believe it could possibly be mentioned in the same breath.

Letters to the Editor Be careful when forwarding email

United Way says ‘Thank You’

On Sat., Nov. 26, 2011, I received an email stating that President Obama had dishonored the Boy Scouts of America in several ways. Copies of the email were forwarded to about 20 other recipients.

I thought the information about President Obama's refusing to accept the position of Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, refusing to sign Eagle Scout certificates, etc. was FALSE even though the email was headed by the following message: "Yep I checked this out on Snopes. It is true, sorry to say.

It doesn't say what his reason is. Can't be a very good one.

Shameful! (name)" So I checked the information at http://www.snopes.com/ politics/obama/eaglescouts.asp My inquiry at the above site revealed that contrary to what the email said, Snopes actually stated that all the information about President Obama's refusing the presidency of the Boy Scouts, refusing to sign Eagle Scout certificates, etc. was FALSE. The friend who sent me the FALSE information, though we differ in views of the President, would not knowingly do so, but the damage done could be as real as though driven by evil intention. And the damage done is not limited to President Obama, but to the entire democratic process.

I am writing today to say thank you to all the people in our community who are volunteers for the United Way campaign this year. These individuals are giving their time and efforts to help our United Way in Posey County reach its goal of $640,000 so that the agencies and programs can continue to be available for all the people of Posey County.

These people help those most at risk – children and young people, the disabled, senior citizens, those in need or in the midst of a disaster; and they help to provide services that can aid with intervention earlier to salve issues before they become crises.

These local volunteers are going throughout all of Posey County now to try to get the United Way campaign finished.

When one of them calls on you, please help our United Way in Posey County continue to make these important services and programs available for all the people of Posey County.

It takes the involvement of our entire community to have a successful United Way campaign, and we need your help to make this happen.

United Way campaign volunteers include: Pat Beckgerd, Phyllis Alspaugh, Mike Ashworth, Don Baier, Beth Baro, Grant Beloat, Diana Billman, Frank Chapman, Rod Clark, Carol Collier-Smith, Steve Culley, Dan Gibson, Wyeth Hat-

Man charged with DUI should have been spared I am a lifetime resident of Posey County and have always subscribed to the Posey County News. I read an article last week that I was totally disgusted by and felt compelled to write this letter.Out of respect for him and his family I won't mention the young mans name, but the caption was "Poseyville man faces DUI charges".

I have personally known this fine young man since he was a child. I helped coach and referee youth sports in the North Posey area when I was younger and I had the privilege of help coaching him. He is now and always has been a very good person. I don't know who is responsible for this article but they should be very ashamed of themselves for putting his picture and a story like that in the news.

The article sounded like an add for the FOP ,The Indiana State Police or someone with a personal grudge. I ask myself , why would anyone write and article like. Single one individual out and defame him and his family. The charge was DUI; not murder, rape,construction of a meth-lab, child molesting. It is a Misdemeanor not a Felony charge. Driving over the speed limit is a Misdemeanor too and I didn't see any "mug shots" of grandma Jones driving 61 mile per hour in a 55 zone.

His picture was placed under an accused Child Molester's picture, like they should be placed in the same category or something. The person responsible for writing this article should have

turned a few pages back in the Posey County News, in the Court News Section. You did not have to read very far, and I read Child Molestation, Domestic Battery, Strangulation and even another alcohol related driving offense. Why weren't their pictures placed in the news with a story?

Must be "selective journalism" I guess. It was very very poor journalism at best. I suppose that I am one of those people that believe you are innocent until proven guilty, not hanged in public by the local news paper.

The young man in the article has been volunteering his time and money for youth sports in Northern Posey County for years and years now. He has selflessly devoted his time and effort to helping our youth in the North Posey area. He and his family have competed in sports and gave back to the community in numerous ways. I have talked to several people about this article and we all have the same opinion towards the printing of it. So I am not alone in my opinion.

In conclusion, I would like to give a little advice to the party responsible for drafting this material. Lets keep things in perspective. Drinking three beers and driving should not be a news worthy offense! Put your name on the article so we can judge you on your merits. Oh, an about that "glass house"you live in, I have a stone you can borrow the next time you want to throw one.

Randy Thornburg

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Gavel Gamut’s “Something Old, Something New” The wisdom of using alternatives to incarceration has been recognized for many years. Massachusetts lays claim to one of the earliest systems of Probation/ Community Correction/ Work Release/Drug & Alcohol Programs in America. Such a claim needs to be vetted against the tendency of some people from the east and west coasts to view America as a country bounded by civilization on those coasts connected by a vast wasteland in between.

Be that as it may, there is some historical evidence that Massachusetts enacted legislation first establishing Probation as a means of modifying criminal behavior as early as 1878. Indiana has always encouraged its judges to think beyond

the strict letter of the law if an imaginative sentence would be in the best interests of society and the crim-

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BY JUDGE JIM REDWINE inal in the dock.

Indiana’s contemporary legislature has devised numerous approaches to solving our dilemma of protecting us without bankrupting us. It is up to each of our state’s legal communities to take advantage of these opportunities based on the needs and assets of a particular county. The law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victims, defendants

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and judges all have important interests and roles.

Posey County uses Probation and Community Correction as alternatives to prison. Both of our courts, Superior with Judge Almon, and Circuit with me, have Probation Officers who deal directly with persons convicted of crimes who either serve some executed time followed by gradually diminishing sanctions or just increasing sanctions based on poor performance.

Day reporting, drug testing, restitution, apologies to victims, electronic monitors, house arrest, work release from the jail and intensive counseling are just some of the tools available to our Probation Officers and our Community Corrections staff. Community Corrections is operated under the control of an oversight committee comprised of the courts, law enforcement and volunteers from throughout our community.

As one who started his involvement in Posey County’s system of criminal justice at a time when we had to devise most of our approach to modifying

criminal behavior without such assets, I appreciate the availability of this plethora of resources. We have made many improvements in our approach to protecting ourselves and our budgets. Of course, we have much more to do, but a long journey has been well started.

A brief exposition of where we were when I started as Judge of the Posey County Court (now Superior Court) may be illustrative of the positive changes. As a judge then I had no supervising Probation Officers and there was no Community Correction Committee. My entire court consisted of two very fine women staffers and me.

If I wanted to devise an alternative to incarceration I had to grow it out of gossamer. One small example might suffice to explain the progress we have made.

I had a very young man, barely an adult, who plead guilty to a minor offense.

However, as this was the second time he had come before me, I felt the need to impress upon him the majesty of the law. On the other hand, a year in jail was

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Draconian and unfair. What to do? I had no real Probation Department to monitor his progress and set him on the straight and narrow.

Ah ha! An imaginative approach as encouraged

by Indiana’s Constitution and Indiana’s judicial tradition appeared in my young judge’s thought process.

It turned out that a man I had helped send to prison for theft when I was in the Posey County Prosecutor’s Office had just completed his sentence and had returned home. By coincidence he was friends with the young miscreant and, even better, he was living in a very small rural Posey County community away from Mt. Vernon, Poseyville, New Harmony, Cynthiana, St. Wendell, Wadesville, Stewartsville, or any other pocket of more than five people; no, it was not Pumpkin Run, or West Franklin, or St. Phillip, or Parker Settlement, or Blairsville, or Grafton, or Upton, or Savah, or Caborn, or Oliver either.

Anyway, when the convicted, but reformed, felon offered to be a volunteer

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Probation Officer, I thought, “Why not?” I set certain conditions of behavior, one of which was the young defendant had to work every day with the erstwhile law breaker and he was ordered not to leave the tiny community at any time without Court approval.

I felt good. Everything was right about this arrangement. Punishment fit the crime. Taxpayer money was saved and I felt both virtuous and magnanimous.

What could go wrong?

About a week later I was traveling from Mt. Vernon to hold my then traveling court in northern Posey County and since the “area of confinement” was on my way, I decided to stop and revel in my judicial wisdom by checking on both my defendant and his “Probation Officer”.

After an initial explanation, that my young miscreant was off in the woods fishing, the “Probation Officer” admitted this modern Barabbas had only lasted one day then absconded out of state. On the other hand, he has never darkened my judicial door again.

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Vikings get out of gate early to put away Wildcats, 59-36

By Steve Joos In some ways, Friday’s boys’ basketball “battle of Posey County” wasn’t much of one, as Jourdan Cox pumped in 16 points and Wes Harness added 11 to lead the North Posey Vikings past the visiting Mount Vernon Wildcats 59-36.

“It was a win for these guys who worked so hard,” North Posey coach Matt Wadsoworth said. “They worked hard and they’ve got to fill the shoes of the five guys who graduated. I think you saw tonight how we’re going to do that.”

But in other ways, the game seemed a lot more competitive than the score indicated.

“I think the kids played with some heart,” Mount Vernon coach Marc Hostetter said of the Cats’ performance in his first varsity contest as head coach. “They never gave up. This was the first game for me, the first varsity game for a lot of them and coming into a hostile environment where emotions run high. We survived the first half and got things together in the second half.”

Survive might be stretching things a bit.

Drake McNamara drained a three-pointer to draw first blood for Mount Vernon early in the first quarter, but after Nick Neidig scored with 3:55 to go in the opening chapter, the Vikings really didn’t have much trouble in taking control of the contest.

In addition to Cox and Harness, the Vikings got clutch contributions up and down the court.

Alec Werry had a key basket; Kyle Swope drained a pair of three-point buckets, but the North Posey players started to fit into their roles as the game went on, Wadsworth added.

“We pushed the ball (on offense in the first half),” Wadsworth said. “We scored off some fast breaks. In the second half, they changed the tempo and they became the team that was more aggressive in transition.”

Neidig’s bucket sparked a 9-0 run that put North Posey up 14-5. River VanZant broke the drought for Mount Vernon, but North Posey responded by scoring the last six points of the first quarter (making the score 20-7 at the break) and the first four of the North Posey senior Jourdan Cox goes up for a shot after attempting to drive around second chapter, stretching the lead to 24-7 Mount Vernon’s Troy Paris during the Viking win Friday night. The pair tied for before Austin Goebel scored off a steal with highpscoring honors for the game. Photo by Dave Pearce 90 seconds gone in the quarter.

“Sometimes, the shots aren’t going to fall,” Hostetter said. “We’ve just got to put the trust in our defense, which wasn’t bad and we’re going to have better nights offensively. In the second half, we made our run and we got to that point where you’ve made your run, now can you withstand their run?”

The Wildcats made their run in the second half after falling behind 35-13 at halftime, scoring the first five tallies of the third quarter. The Cats climbed to within 15 points on a pair of buckets by Troy Paris before Harness pushed things back to 42-25 with a lay-up.

Paris matched Cox for game-high scoring honors with 16 tallies, most of them coming in an attempt to bring Mount Vernon back after the intermission. The senior forward pulled the Cats to within 14 points on a driving layup with 4:04 left in the game. Paris was fouled by Colton Motz, but missed the free throw and Mount Vernon would get no closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

“They started getting the ball inside and getting to the free throw line,” Hostetter said. “That’s why it never got any closer.”

Hostetter praised Paris for his work ethic and work in practice, adding that the forward works hard in practice and it is paying dividends on the court.

Free threw shooting was difficult for both teams, but Mount Vernnon suffered more, as the Wildcats hit just eight of 18 from the charity stripe.

That will come, Hostetter said.

“We started out the year in a defensive frame of mind,” the coach said. “Offense takes time. It takes time to develop chemistry, it takes patience, and offense is a work in progress.”

Cox scored his 16 points despite battling a bad ankle and his performance should boost his confidence, Wadsworth said. Overall, the North Posey coach got a good message from the game.

“We won, but we’ve got work to do,” the coach said. “We know we have areas where we have to get better. It’s always enjoyable to say we still have work to do after we win.”

Wadsworth was impressed with Mount Vernon and felt that they would get better,

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New Harmony’s Lady Rappites continue torrid pace, move to 5-1

Kelsey Owen drives to the basket during the furious comeback win over Wayne City this week. Photo by Dave Pearce

By Steve Joos A rough night at the free throw line may be the only thing standing between the New Harmony girls’ basketball team and an undefeated start to their season.

The Lady Rappites had to fight back twice, but that’s what they did in order to win two more games and take a 5-1 record into Monday’s home game with Edwards County.

Madison Worman pumped in 22 points, more than half of them in a third quarter comeback which enabled the Lady Rappites to overtake the Washington Catholic Lady Cardinals en route to a 41-32 victory Saturday in the Bird Cage.

New Harmony snapped back from a 45-41 loss Friday at Tecumseh to beat Washington Catholic, capping a week where the Lady Rappites started by roaring back from a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Wayne City 46-42.

Even though Washington Catholic came into the game with an 0-7 record, caging the Lady Cardinals on their home court was tough.

“The girls were very frustrated,” coach Jennifer Toopes said. “I don’t know if it’s because we’ve had so many games so close together and we haven’t had many practices, but we weren’t on the same page.”

Toopes went on to explain that when the Lady Rappites had trouble shooting from the outside, they were told to avoid the outside shots and drive to the bucket. But when they were told to take the outside shot, they tried shooting from the outside.

She was also impressed with the way Washington Catholic played, adding that she expected more from New Harmony considering the competition.

Despite Saturday’s outcome, the team wasn’t all that happy with Saturday’s game.

Worman definitely stepped up, scoring 13 points in the third chapter and draining four three-pointers.

Burt before Worman warmed up, the Lady Cardinals gave New Harmony fits.

“Washington Catholic hit every shot it took in the first half,” Toopes said. “That really hurt our confidence. At halftime, we talked about who was shooting well and who wasn’t, we came out and made some adjustments.”

The Lady Rappites fell behind 10-8 after the first quarter and still trailed 19-17 at halftime, but two steals at the outset of the third quarter led to a pair of baskets and that got New Harmony untracked, Toopes said. The halftime deficit quickly turned into a 34-27 lead entering the last eight minutes.

New Harmony got on track by doing what they’ve been

Madison Worman works her way inside the key to score for the Lady Rappites during this week’s win over Waynce City. Photo by Dave Pearce doing well this season: forcing turnovers and then generating offense off its defense.

“We’re very small and we’re a good defensive team,” Toopes said. “We play a better full-court instead of half-court defense. As soon as we got those two steals, we got our confidence back and Madison starting hitting them from the outside.”

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Mount Vernon’s River VanZant gets around North Posey’s Wes Harness during the Vikings’ big 59-36 winover county rival Mount Vernonon Friday night.. Photo

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Basketball, from Page B1 especially after 6-foot-5 Dan Koch returns from an injury he suffered during the football season.

Swope finished the night with eight points for North Posey, while Neidig added seven and Werry five. Motz and Cody Ungetheim each had four points, while Michael Bender and Alec Beard each had two. Paris was the only Wildcat to reach double figures. VanZant was second on the team with seven points, followed by Bryce Newman with five and McNamara with four. Goebel and Collin Varner each chipped in two.

The North Posey reserves also took their game 43-34.

Austin Bender pumped in 15 points to lead the reserve Vikings, while Zack Carl added nine and Reed Gertiesen six.

Tyler Adkins, Jacob Brenton and Bryce Martin each chipped in four. Griffin Motz scored two points.

Colton Irvin led the Cats with nine points, while Jacob Norman put in eight. Cody Mobley and Levi Duckworth each chipped in five points, while Levi Shannon added four points and Justin Rutledge three.

The game was the second of the season for North Posey, following a 50-42 loss at North recently.

Mount Vernon was to have played Mater Dei Saturday, but that game that moved to Dec. 13 due to the Evansville school’s participation in the Class 2A State championship football game.

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Vikings turn in ‘quality’ effort at Castle

By Steve Joos If the North Posey Vikings only had a full roster on the varsity wrestling team.

The Vikings had a strong opening, but faded a bit over the weekend, giving up four weight classes in each of the dual meets in the Castle Invitational.

The Vikings took sixth in Saturday’s Invitational, losing to North 45-29 in the fifth-place meet. Earlier, North Posey went 2-2 in pool competition, beating Harrison 47-40 and Tecumseh 58-18, after losing to Union County 50-32 and Indian Creek 36-31. Union County went on to win the Invitational with a win over the host Knights.

The Vikings forfeited three weight classes in each of the dual matches and the coach does not expect those classes to be filled. Aside from the forfeits, the Vikings had a very good week.

“I really thought we did well as a dual meet team, considering we only had ten of the weight classes filled,” North Posey Coach John Spencer said. “To go further than that, we had a number of kids who ended up doing quite well on the day.”

While no one came out of the Castle Invite unscathed, the Vikings did have a number of wrestlers who finished the day with a 4-1 record.

Tyler Stock, Chris O’Risky, Eric O’Risky, Austin Little, Shane Martin, and Gary Martin all finished 4-1 on the day while Seth Elderkin and Kolby Lary each finished 3-2 for the Vikings.

In head-to-head matches, if you throw out the forfeits, the Vikings could have been competing for the championship of the tournament as the quality of this year’s team has picked up considerably as the younger kids have a year’s experience under their belts.

“We wrestled Evansville

North Posey wrestler Chris O’Risky gains control of his Union County opponent during the Castle Invite on Saturday. O’Risky finished 4-1 on the day. Photo by Dave Pearce Harrison extremely well and wrestled hard the entire six well for that first night.” they had every weight class minutes to get that win. He Spencer didn’t want to filled except the heavy- beat a good quality kid who single out any one grappler weight and we didn’t just was hard to wrestle.” for praise and considering win, we won 47-30,” SpenIf you take out the for- the way the Vikings handled cer said of his team’s effort. feits, North Posey actually things on the mats, he had “We had a pretty convinc- defeated Union County in good reason, because if the ing win. The key match was head-to-head matches 32- Bulldogs weren’t accepting when Ty Stock was able to 22. a forfeit, they were contembeat Matt Mastison at 113.

Head-to-head, the Vi- plating the lights, thanks to Mastison is a good wrestler kings defeated everyone North Posey. who looks like he’s about they wrestled on Saturday.

Tyler Stock started the 6-foot tall, despite being But giving up four weight procession at 113 pounds, only 113 pounds. Ty went classes each match is tough, pinning Carmi’s Chrisout and wrestled an incred- and nearly impossible, tian Purcell in 1:26. Jordan ible match and won 4-2.” against most programs.

Frymire (126) followed by But Stock wasn’t the only Spencer said the Vikings sticking Justin Weinbrecht, one who rose to the occa- just didn’t match up well then Shane Martin (132) sion. against the Huskies in the stuck Dylan Kuykendall in “Gary Martin wrestled final match of the day, es- 40 seconds and Seth Elderagainst a kid from Union pecially factoring in the kin (138) took a little longer County and anyone you forfeits, which could have (41 seconds) to pin Jacob wrestle from down there is given them fifth place in the Stubbefield. going to be solid,” Spencer 10-team tournament.

The competition was stiffsaid. “The whole first period Overall, Spencer was er further up the scales, but he was down 2-0 and then pleased with the effort he re- North Posey still came away got a reversal in the second ceived from his team. with four of six, all by pin. period. Then in the third peThe trip to Castle fol- Michael Frymire (145) in riod, they started in a neutral lowed a season opener three minutes over Stephen position and Gary got a take- where the Vikings kept their Quitglia, Gary Martin (152) down to go ahead 4-2 and he opponents on their backs. in 2:30 over Lucas Mercer, The Vikings spotted Car- Chris O’Risky (185) in 3:57 mi an 18-0 lead on three over Zach Clark and Ausforfeits, but when they wres- tin Little (285) in 3:10 over tled, it was the visiting Bull- Nick Brown. dogs who got pinned down, Carmi did get a few licks 48-27 in North Posey’s sea- in on the mats, as Darren son opener.

O’Risky fell 7-6 to Jake The Vikings went 8-2 in Russell at 160 pounds, while the face-off matches, win- Cole Peterson gave Carmi a ning all eight by pins. pin when he nailed Kolby Aggressive wrestling was Lary in three minutes at 182. the key to North Posey’s “We didn’t know how success, coach John Spencer the dual meet score was gosaid. ing to turn out because we “We came out and we started out 18 points in the were ready to compete,” hole,” Spencer explained. the coach said. “We’ve been “We came out and we startpracticing for over a month ed with a flurry of pins and now and the kids were ready it was nice to jump on them to get out and wrestle some- real early.” body else. I thought we It was a nice way to start wrestled hard, I thought we the year, Spencer said. wrestled with spirit in us, we That would be putting it went out and wrestled very mildly.

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Members of the Mount Vernon Junior High cheerleading squad are, Kneeling (LtoR) Ellen May, Claire Schneider, and Taylor Brooks. Standing in back (LtoR) Jillian Schirtszinger, Kamey Denning, Cydney Russell, Brooke Green, Emily Keitel, Morgan Rutledge, and Madison Ries. Not pictured: Chance McClarney and Brittany Rushing. Photo

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The Next Step Dance Company travels to St. Louis

Members of The Next Step Dance Com- Collins, Hunter Lehman, Lindsey Koester, pany traveled to St. Louis, MO on November Mia Schmitt and Jalyn Stough. Arionna 19 through November 21 for the Hollywood Collins and Hunter Lehman both received a Vibe Convention and Competition. High- Team Hollywood Vibe Scholarship to attend light of the trip was meeting cast members Hollywood Vibe free to all conventions in from Lifetime’s”Dance Moms” and MTV’s any city for the remaining year.

Made shows. These shows were filming in Competition winners receiving a overall St. Louis that weekend. The company mem- title at Hollywood Vibe were: Mini Solo: bers took classes in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, Avery Collins; Junior Duet-Trios: Emily musical theatre and lyrical from Hollywood McKee and Jarrett Klusmeier, Teen DuetVibe staff members. They also competed in Trios: Hunter Lehman and Jalyn Stough; the competition on Saturday afternoon and Senior Duet-Trio: Brakston Farrar and evening. Six members of the dance com- Courtney Bunting; Costume Award: Welpany received scholarships for free classes come to the World of Toys Receiving Overall in the Titles were: The Lady Rappites celebrate their come-from-behind victory on Monday. Photo by for next year and the remaining year. Only 30 scholarships were given to the over Jr. Solo: Jarrett Klusmeir; 3rd Overall Jr. Dave Pearce 800 dancers that attended the competition. Solo :Emily McKee; 1 Overall Teen Small Lady Rappites, fromPage B1 Scholarship winners were: Avery & Arionna Group: Hallelujah; 2 Overall: Puppet Show.

Frustrating or not, the week’s home game with vis- fourth quarter charity tosses, Lady Rappites still came iting Wayne City, but they including one by Matthews away from the game with a struggled for the first three which put the Lady Rap5-1 record. quarters against the Lady In- pites back in front less than “The girls are very excited dians.

90 seconds to play. A bucket (about their start),” Toopes Until the fourth quarter, by Brittany Stephenson gave said. “Jordan Lyke really that is. the lead back to Wayne City, stepped up and really played New Harmony outscored but then Morris scored the good. She hadn’t gotten a lot the Illinoisans 23-7 in the fi- last five points of the game, of playing time, but tonight nal chapter and rallied for a starting with a jumper that she rebounded well, she shot 46-42 victory. rolled in to give New Harwell and made very few er“We were confident going mony at 43-42 advantage. rors on the floor. That made into the game,” Toopes said.

New Harmony also strugour depth better.”

“We didn’t really start put- gled to get its defense goThe Lady Cardinals were ting things together until that ing in the first half, which taller and that made driving fourth quarter. We started go- enabled it to score often in to the inside more frustrat- ing to the inside and getting the Edwards County Tournaing, Toopes said, but she some rebounds.” ment., Toopes said. added that the team was able Wayne City coach DeUntil the fourth quarter, to pull out a win. idre Dragg complimented that is.

Alyssa Scherzinger also her team for showing up to Morris paced New Harstepped up, scoring seven play after the Lady Indians mony with 17 points, while points for New Harmony, had taken a 13-6 first quar- Worman added 14 and Matwhile Kendall Morris added ter lead and it appeared as thews nine. Owen, Lyke and five and Kelsey Owen three. if that early run, which saw Scherzinger each put in two Members of The Next Step Dance Academy, bottom row left to right Avery Collins, Lyke and Morgan Matthews Wayne City answer a game- points.

Lindsey Koester, Mia Schmitt and top row left to right Arionna Collins, Hunter Lehmeach chipped in two points. opening Morris layup with Stephenson paced the an and Jalyn Stone get together to show awards after Competing at the Hollywood Elizabeth Perkins’ seven nine straight points, might be Lady Indians with 16 points, Vibe Dance Competition. See inside for more info. Photo by Carol Rodgers points paced the Lady Car- enough. while Olivia Clark added 10. dinals.

That seemed to throw The win followed a loss the Lady Rappites off a bit, to an improving Tecumseh Toopes said, while the Lady team on Friday.

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Rappites then reeled off six New Harmony led 12-11 unanswered points as Morris after the first quarter, but and Matthews each downed they started sputtering in the a pair of free throws, while second period and went to Worman sunk an 18-footer, the locker room trailing 23- cutting Wayne City’s lead to 19 at halftime. The score was 38-29.

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SPORTS

Lady Wildcats struggle through tough week, lose pair victory in the preliminary.

The Lady Cats played a strong first half, in fact it was a strong three quarters before faltering in the fourth quarter and suffering their first loss of the season, 50-46 Wednesday at Princeton.

“Kind of a tale of two halves, wasn’t it?” Mitchell said.

“We played well for the first half and then things didn’t go as well as they could have for us and we got caught back on our heels in that fourth quarter. They took the game to us instead of us stepping up and taking the game to them. It’s a tough loss and I hope we’ll learn from it, go on and get better from it.”

Morris scored 28 points, including the go-ahead bucket with 29 seconds to play in the game, as the Lady Tigers spotted the Lady Wildcats a 17-point lead and then started chipping away before outscoring the Mount Vernon 19-6 in the final chapter.

Dixon drained a trio of three-pointers as the Lady Cats scored 13 unanswered points en route to a 19-7 bulge after the first quarter. She scored nine points and Ritzert added 11, but they were both stymied in the second half after some defensive adjustments by Princeton coach (and former North Posey mentor) Charles Mair during the break.

“Sometimes we take ourselves out of it,” Mitchell said.

“We’ve got to learn that teams are going to do that and we’re going to have to learn to take what the defense gives us.

Anyone worth their salt is going to try and take away your strengths and we’re going to have to learn that coaches are going to try and take those things away from us and we have to respond.”

A bucket by Seifert and a three-pointer by Cash stretched the lead to 24-9 early in the second quarter as the Lady Cats took a 30-20 lead to the locker room at halftime.

The Lady Tigers made a serious run in the third quarter, cutting the lead to five points with 2:33 left in the chapter, but

Seifert connected from 18 feet out and Ritzert converted a three-point play to make it 38-30 with 1:01 left. A free throw

by Veronica Kroeger cut the lead to seven points, but Megan Randall responded to give Mount Vernon a 40-31 advantage heading into the final eight minutes.

That’s when disaster struck.

Princeton reeled off 11 unanswered points to take a 4240 lead. Dixon tied the game, but Morris came back with a bucket.

In fact, the junior swing player hit two more shots to put Princeton in the driver’s seat, only to have Megan Randall and Stemple knock down game-tying buckets until the last 30 seconds of the contest, when Morris really provided the Lady Cats with a teachable moment.

“Our post defense is going to have to get better,” Mitchell said. “We’re not very big and we’ve got to find ways help out our post defenders.”

Wednesday’s game was Mount Vernon’s first since Nov. 18, but the coach would not comment on the layover or the possibility that his team relaxed after taking the big lead, choosing instead to praise Princeton for fighting back and controlling the half-court in the fourth quarter.

Randall’s 14 points paced the Lady Cats, while Seifert added six, Cash three, Foster two and Stemple one.

Strobel scored 10 points and the reserves stayed in control all the way for a 29-15 win in the preliminary. Abby Randall knocked down seven points, while Shelby Ritzert put in five and Erin Wolf four. Kaitlin Ray added three.

Oddly enough, Keller, like Princeton’s Dakota Morris, was both stepping up a bit while Mount Vernon tried to shut down other offensive threats for their respective teams.

But that’s what good teams do, Mitchell said.

Last week must have been Princeton’s week to beat previously unbeaten teams, since the Lady Tigers dealt Harrison its first loss on Thursday.

Members of the North Posey Junior High Dance teammade their debut during the North Posey-Mount Vernon basketball game this week. Pictured are Blake Gamblin, Wyatt Newman recently got his first deer, a 10 point Ashley Rexing, Hailey Goebel, Jade Hill, Mallory Lowe, buck. Photo submitted

Emily Willis. In back are Riley Smith, Cheyenne Angermeier, Rhiannon Angermeier, Rhiannon Bailey, Miranda Johnson, Hailey Harris, and instructor Bre Johnson.

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Young Rappites continue to struggle

By Steve Joos The lid was still on the basket Saturday night for the New Harmony boys’ basketball team.

The Rappites hit 22.6 percent of their shots (12 of 53) and connected on only 15.6 percent of their three-point tries as they dropped a 5032 decision to Washington Catholic at the Bird Cage.

The Rappites did a better job of keeping the other team from scoring, compared to their previous game, however. Unfortunately, the offense was even worse as they were slammed at Tecumseh 8030.

That loss may have still been haunting the Rappites Saturday, as they fell behind 33-14 at halftime and never

recovered.

“Obviously we came out in the first half still stinging from the Tecumseh game,” coach Jim Little said. “We told them that there were two kids they had to concentrate on and we let them get loose, they got the momentum.”

Little said that a lot of little things hurt the Rappites, adding that the team still isn’t a smart one defensively--and the lid was still on the basket.

One of the players the Rappites had to try and stop was Colton Reed, who sprung loose for a game-high 19 points, while Taylor Williams cleared 12 rebounds.

Most of those boards came after the Rappites tried to get back into the game early.

Kyle Whitmore drained a three-pointer midway through the opening chapter pulled the Rappites to within two points of the Cardinals at 9-7, but then things fell apart, as New Harmony went blank for roughly sixand-one-half minutes while Washington Catholic pulled away.

The Cardinals scored the last eight points of the first quarter to take a 17-7 lead at the break and then piled on another five tallies before Clint Matthews hit a threeball to break New Harmo-

ny’s drought.

That made the score 22-10 Cardinals with 5:57 left in the second quarter. Thomas Steagall scored off a steal to pull the Rappites to within 10 points, but Billy Strange downed a layup and Washington Catholic closed out the first half outscoring the Rappites 11-2 for a 19-point bulge at the intermission.

The Rappites played hard in the second half, Little said, but just couldn’t get anything going. They played the Cardinals even in the third quarter, but still trailed 45-26 entering the final eight minutes.

“We played hard in the second half,” Little said.

“We’re not a smart team defensively, we’re not a smart team with our passes, either.

It’s a lot of little things, but what we need to do is get over Tecumseh, get over this game, and go back to the drawing board. We’ve got a lid on the basket right now, but we’re a better team than (Washington Catholic). We just didn’t show it tonight.”

The Rappites may have gotten out of the game plan early, Little said, which led to some wild shots, especially from three-point range.

The team was also out of position under the boards, Little added, saying that the

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Cardinals basically came to play and New Harmony didn’t. Wasington Catholic outrebounded the Rappites 43-36.

Whitmore led the Rappites with 14 points and seven rebounds, but the rest of the team was hard to find statistically. Matthews added six points and Elliott Lange four, while Zack Sollman and Caleb McDaniel each chipped in three. Steagall put in two Lange also cleared six boards, while Matthews pulled down five.

So what did Little have to say about Tecumseh?

“It didn’t happen,” the coach said.

Well, in that game which didn’t happen, the homestanding Braves stormed out to a 24-4 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. The second quarter was more competitive, but the Rappites still trailed 4016 at halftime and Tecumseh went on another 24-4 rampage to open the second half, taking a 64-20 lead after three quarters.

Matthews accounted for half the Rappites’ offense in the game which didn’t happen, scoring 15 points. Whitmore and Lange each scored five points, while Sollman added three and McDaniel two. Six of New Harmony’s nine field goals came from beyond the three-point arc, with Matthews burying four.

Alex Hall scored 23 points to pace the Braves, while Adam Grannan put in 22.

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By Steve Joos After receiving votes in the Class 3A state rankings last week, the Mount Vernon girls’ basketball team came back to earth, dropping two games.

The Lady Wildcats got up, fell behind and rallied to tie Saturday’s game with visiting Vincennes Rivet before falling to the state’s top-ranked Class 1A squad (who are also defending state champions) 52-51 in overtime. That followed the Lady Cats’ first loss of the season, 50-46 in Big Eight Conference action Wednesday night at Princeton.

“We played a couple of good teams,” coach Steve Mitchell said, “Rivet is the top-ranked team in the state and they’ve been to the state finals the last three years, so this will help us down the road. We’re only six points away from being undefeated.”

Mitchell went on to say that a bad day at the charity stripe (the Lady Cats hit only 10 of 19 free throws in a home game) down the stretch could have turned the tide against the Lady Patriots.

Three Lady Wildcats hit double figures as Mount Vernon broke a 12-12 first quarter tie and went to the locker room up 24-21 at halftime, only to have the Lady Patriots overtake them in the third quarter and lead 36-34 entering the final eight minutes.

But back came the Lady Cats, tying the game at 36-36 before Rivet eeked out a win in the extra period.

Ellen Foster had one of her better games of the season, scoring 14 points to pace the Lady Cats. Jade Dixon added 12 and Jacey Ritzert 11, but they just weren’t enough as Rivet’s Elizabeth Keller knocked down 26 to lead all scorers.

Megan Randall added nine points, Amy Seifert three and Lauren Stemple two.

Allison Werhein also hit double figures for the Lady Patriots with 11 points.

The reserve Lady Cats racked up another win with a 25-12

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Lady Vikings pick up first win, confidence as season progresses

By Dave Pearce If an art connoisseur had been on hand on Monday evening, I don’t believe it would have been classified as a “thing of beauty.” But when the smoke had cleared, the improving North Posey Lady Vikings had finally broke into the win column with a hard-fought 36-31 win over the Wood Memorial Trojans.

As a matter of fact, at one time early in the game, their had been eight fouls called and eight points scored by each of the teams. “`”We aren’t going to win the pretty games,” North Posey Coach Tracy Stroud said of his team, following their blue-collar, workman-like win over the Lady Trojans. “We missed a lot of free throws down the stretch there that would have helped seal it but it seemed like every time, Caitlin Herrmann would either get the rebound for us or keep the rebound alive by tipping it and that enabled us to maintain control of the ball.”

Besides not being a thing of beauty, the win was also not an easy one as Wood memorial looked like they might run away with things in the second quarter. The Lady Trojans held a 14-8 lead before the Vikings charged back, mostly on the strength of good solid team defense, to take a 15-13 lead at the half.

But right out of the locker room, the Lady Trojans showed they were not going down without a fight. They scored the first four points of the half and took 17-15 lead before point guard Emma Werry nailed a 3-pointer from the wing to give the Vikings an 18-17 lead.

But Wood answered right back. Neither team was able to get much going in the third period as the teams equally divided 16 points in the quarter and the Vikings clung to their 2-point lead heading into the final period.

But a pair of nifty assists, one by Hayley Harness and the other by Herrmann gave the Vikings a little room at 27-21 before Wood answered with a 3-pointer and called time out.

The Lady Trojans were able to pull to within one point twice in the final period but each time, the Vikings had an answer. Herrmann hit a rebound bucket to give the Vikings a 30-27 lead before Amy Brandenstein drive the lane at the 2:25 mark to give the Vikings a 32-27 cushion.

But a bucket off an offensive rebound, a subsequent turn-

over, and another bucket from outside pulled Wood back to within 32-31 with 54.6 seconds remaining in the game.

Brianna Perry was fouled on the ensuing possession and calmly sunk both ends of a one-and-one situation to give the Vikes a 34-41 lead. But still, the Trojans would not go away.

Following a Trojan miss, Hannah Harness went to the line and missed the front end of a bonus situation but Brandenstein, attempting to gain control of the ball while falling out of bounds, alertly threw the ball off the knee of a Wood Memorial player and the Vikings maintained control and again, Wood took a time out with 34 seconds showing.

Following another empty trip, the Trojans again sent Harness to the line with 19.8 seconds remaining. She missed both ends of the double bonus but Herrmann came up with the offensive rebound.

“Her rebounding down the stretch were huge on the offensive end,” Stroud said. “She has to get stronger with the ball but she is a big defensive player.”

In the end, Wood Memorial sent Harness to the line one more time and then attempted to “ice” her by calling time out just before she was handed the ball. That gave Stroud a chance to go over her mechanics and the left-handed sophomore stepped up and swished both ends to give the Vikings their final 36-31 margin.

Stroud said the biggest key to the game was the team that made the fewest mistakes. Stroud said that even though his team sometimes had more turnovers than they should have had, the kinds of turnovers they had on this night were not as foolish as some have been.

“Dead ball turnovers don’t hurt us as bad because if we get a chance to set up on defense, they might not get anything off those turnovers,” Stroud explained. “It’s the turnovers where we make silly passes and they are able to get lay-ups, those are the ones that kill us.”

For the Vikings, Herrmann finished a good night with 10 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. Hannah Harness finished with eight points while Brandenstein had six.

Haylee Harness had four points and Rachel Ungetheim finished with two.

On Thursday evening at Vincennes, the Lady Vikings scored just one point less but came out on the short end of a 42-35 score at Vincennes Lincoln.

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As usual, the Lady Alices were throwing it up from all over the court and finished with six 3-point baskets to get the win.

The Lady Vikings actually led 10-8 after the first period but were outscored 21-10 in the two middle periods before a rally fell short in the fourth period.

Only 11 free throws were shot in the contest with the Vikings making good on 4-of 6.

Hannah Harness led the way with 11 points while Brandenstein added eight. Perry had five while Herrmann had four and Werry three. Haylee Harness and Ungetheim had two apiece.

The reserves won at Vincennes 30-26.

North Posey senior Caitlin Herrmann goes up for a bucket during the Vikings’ win this week over Wood Memorial Photo by Dave Pearce

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LEGALS Court News Arrests November 22 Roger Greathouse—New Harmony— Warrant-Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felony, Possession of Methamphetamine, Illegal Possession of Anhydrous a.m.monia or a.m.monia Solution, Possession of a Schedule V Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Driving While Suspended—PCS November 25 Brian Brakie—Mount Vernon—WarrantCommunity Corrections Violation—MVPD Ryan Bromley—Evansville—WarrantTheft—PCS Paul Wilkerson—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery—MVPD November 26 Katie McCarty—Mount Vernon—Public Intoxication—MVPD November 27 Donald Simmons—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery—MVPD Michell Marler—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery—MVPD November 28 Mitchell Winiger—Mount Vernon—Warrant-Burglary (Petition to Revoke)—MVPD James Gahl—Mount Vernon—WarrantDealing in Methamphetamine—MVPD November 29 Susan Lewis—Wadesville—Dealing in Methamphetamine, Resisting Law Enforcement—PCS Joseph Trapp—Wadesville—Dealing in Methamphetamine—PCS November 30 Tessa Schatz—Mount Vernon—Domestic Battery—MVPD December 1, 2011 Lucian Bratcher—Mount Vernon—Driving While Suspended--MVPD Complaints November 19 1:13 p.m.—Custodial—Caller is trying to get children and ex-girlfriend is not letting him have the children like they have arranged—Savah Road, Mount Vernon 5:32 p.m.—Car-Deer—2007 Honda Sonata, silver in color, over $1,000 worth of damage—Hwy 69, Mount Vernon 5:59 p.m.—Car-Deer—Believes over $1,000 worth of damage. 2001 Geo Tracker. Caller advised she has already left the scene—Hwy 66, Wadesville 7:25 p.m.—Reckless—Advised two passenger cars are racing each other and one vehicle is passing cars on the shoulder—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 7:29 p.m.—911 Hang-up—Called back, female subject answered and advised her daughter accidentally called. Everything is OK—North Church Street, Poseyville 11:04 p.m.—Car-Deer—2005 blue Camry on the bridge. More than $1,000 worth of damage. Unsure if the deer is alive or not—I 64, Griffin 11:15 p.m.—Trespassing—Caller advised there is a truck on property that he farms on Matz Rd that is trespassing. Spotlighting and possibly poaching on this property. Caller advised he farms this land and knows this vehicle isn’t on the approved list for hunting. All caller could advise is an extended cab truck. He also advised there was a Jeep Cherokee driving around but hasn’t seen it in a while—Matz Road, Griffin November 20 12:29 a.m.—Vandalism—Caller advised there were some male subjects at his house accusing him of stealing a bow and a gun and they were busting the windows out of his vehicle. Caller advised they were leaving at the end of the phone call. Mother of the (name) has called. The male subject has shot at the subjects outside of the residence.

Called the residence back, the subject and daughter have left. They are not at the residence and doesn’t want a deputy. Asked the (name) subject if he had shot at the subjects and he advised not yet—W Copperline Road, Mount Vernon 12:54 a.m.—Suspicious—White male, black jacket and jeans, short hair, in the roadway asking for a ride to Evansville.

Caller advised he almost hit the subject— Hwy 66, Wadesville 1:02 a.m.—Car-Deer—Caller hit a deer.

Chest is hurting from the seat belt. Believes car is totaled. 1999 Buick Century. Talked to the caller for awhile, he was trying to figure out where he was. He got out of the car to try and see a sign. Caller found the deer. Moved it out of the roadway—I 64, Griffin 10:26 a.m.—Accident—Toyota Sion. Will need a tow—Damm and Luigs, Wadesville 1:08 p.m.—Miscellaneous—Caller has bought a gun from subject in Indiana and wants to know what paperwork he needs to have on him to be able to transport gun across the state line—Posey County 4:00 p.m.—Drugs—Caller advised on Mohr Rd there are bottles and debris laying on the side of the road. Believes it may be meth related—Mohr Road, Mount Vernon 5:59 p.m.—Car-Deer—Does not think over $1,000 worth of damage but would like to take the deer—Copperline Road, Mount Vernon November 21 12:21 a.m.—911 Hang-up—Received 911 call from this residence. Static on the line. Tried to call back, line is busy—E Old Hwy 66, Evansville 3:04 a.m.—Medical—18 year-old son is out of control. Has torn up the house. Caller was able to call but can’t get any calls, phone has been torn up—Showers Road, Cynthiana

6:22 a.m.—Reckless—Caller advised there is a dark blue, possibly Chevy S 10, with no lights on. Caller is in a school bus and tried to let the subject know but the driver gave the caller the finger—Hwy 62, Mount Vernon 6:56—Car-Deer—Hit a deer in company truck. Air bags deployed. No injuries—Hwy 66, Mount Vernon 7:58 a.m.—Accident—Vehicle in ditch.

No injuries—Hwy 66, New Harmony 12:40 p.m.—Harassment—Ex-boyfriend was at residence, banging on the door.

Caller states that male subject had a knife.

He has left approximately 10 minutes ago.

Subject left in a tan or gold passenger car— Schuessler Rd, Evansville 1:28 p.m.—Agency Assist—Central advised Vanderburgh County in a pursuit.

Employees and Friends of Little Crazy Daisy welcome Poseyville Town Board PresiBlue Chevy van. Now Old Mt. Vernon todent Bruce Baker to their open house, held over the weekend. Photo by Dave Pearce ward West Franklin. Subject seen earlier at 9:28 p.m.—Suspicious—2 subjects, pos- $150. Three years Indiana Department of Reitz High School trying to lure 2 females into the van. On Smith Diamond vehicle sibly females, walking on the side of the Corrections, suspended to Community has crashed. Subject has fled vehicle. 30’ish roadway—Location unknown Corrections Program.

5:10 p.m.—Car-Deer—Another subject year-old male, short blonde hair, flannel Chad E. Galloway, 21, Evansville. Posshirt, blue jeans, possibly injured. Person hit a deer. Deer is still alive in the roadway. session of Marijuana, Class A Misdemeancalled in and advised that her daughter has Received call from subject that hit the deer. or. $1 plus costs, $200 countermeasure seen this van in the Savah Road area several Advised he has a busted headlight. Unsure fee, One year probation and fees. One year if over $1,000 worth of damage—hwy 69, Posey County Jail, suspended. times—Vanderburgh County 3:29 p.m.—Theft—Leaf blower was New Harmony Edward Lee Hazlett, 60, Mount Vernon.

11 p.m.—Suspicious—Caller’s son nostolen from the garage. No forced entry— Ct. 1- Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, ticed someone with a flashlight. Thought North Street, Cynthiana Class A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Operating a 8:50 p.m.—Missing Person—Wife called they could be in the tow yard. Caller can Vehicle With a Blood Alcohol Concentrafrom USI on her way home approximate- see the lot. Doesn’t see anyone at this time. tion Equivalent of .08% or More, Class C Would like an offi cer to check the area with ly one hour ago. Is usually not late and is Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, $200 countervery concerned that the vehicle that was him—Black’s Towing, Mount Vernon 11:13 p.m.—Suspicious—Caller advised measure fee, counseling, 12 months probasupposed to have been trying to lure children into their vehicles has taken his wife. there is a vehicle parked in the area and has tion and fees. Ct. 1- 1 year Posey County Request to speak to a deputy—Schuessler been for about 15-20 minutes. Caller ad- Jail; Ct. 2- 60 days Posey County Jail, susvised they can’t tell what kind of vehicle pended.

Road, Mount Vernon Lea Hickok-Hart, 45, New Harmony.

10:39 p.m.—Welfare Check—Check on because it is so dark out there. He did advised he heard doors shut and the lights on Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Class A child—Rebecca Court, New Harmony 11:19 p.m.—Car-Deer—Freightliner the vehicle are out. Would like someone to Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Billy Jerome Johnson, Jr., 41, Mount semi, believes over $1,000 worth of dam- check the area—Davis Road, Mount Vernon age—I 64, Poseyville Vernon. Driving While Suspended, Class November 26 A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, driver’s li12:11 a.m.—Drive-off—Red Chevy Sil- cense suspended 1 year, 11 months probaNovember 22 7:34 a.m.—Suspicious—Salesman there verado. White, male driver. Caller advised tion and fees. One year Posey County Jail, last evening about 6 p.m. for a couple of he left the Shell Station approximately 5 all suspended except 30 days. hours. Thought this was suspicious. They minutes ago and headed toward Third St. Michell Lynn Marler, 19, Mount Vernon. were in a green van, older female and early Believes he went down to Bluff Rd—Shell Domestic Battery, Class A Misdemeanor.

20’s male. Would like extra patrol. Wants Station, Mount Vernon $1 plus costs, counseling, One year proba2:25 p.m.—Domestic—Male subject this on file because they thought they maytion and fees. One year Posey County Jail, be casing the house—High School Road, tearing up things and throwing things suspended. around. Small child in the residence. No Poseyville Cristobal N. Martinez, Jr., 53, Mount 3:41 p.m.—911 Hang-up—Static on line weapons—Seibert Lane, Mount Vernon Vernon.

Ct. 1- Intimidation, Class D Fel6:29 p.m.—Alarm—Residence. Garage. then hung up. Busy on call back—Beaver ony; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While InOutdoor—Copperline Rd, Mount Vernon Drive, Evansville toxicated, Class C Misdemeanor. Breath 6:34 p.m.—Alarm—Owen House.

Inte4:46 p.m.—Juvenile Problem—Having problems with 15 year-old son. Did not get rior exhibit motion detector—Tavern Street, Test Refusal. Refusal is terminated. Ct. 1 is dismissed. $1.00 plus costs, $200.00 counon the school bus to come home. Believes New Harmony termeasure fee, counseling, 1 year probahe may be at McDonald’s—Copper Lane, tion and fees. 60 days Posey County Jail, November 27 Mount Vernon 7:32 a.m.—Alarm—A&G Food Mart. all suspended except 20 days.

5:21 p.m.—Department of Natural ReKatie Marie McCarty, 31, Mount Vernon. sources—Deer injured in roadway. Trying Motion—E Fourth St, Mount Vernon 12:50 p.m.—Welfare Check—73 year- Public Intoxication, Class B Misdemeanor. to move off the roadway, dragging its back old male got into physical altercation with $1 plus costs. 10 days Posey County Jail. leg—Lower New Harmony, Mount Vernon 5:33 p.m.—Accident—On scene of acci- son. Caller thinks the son and the wife are Ernie B. Reed, 32, Evansville. Converdent. 1 vehicle down in ditch. Traffic hazard, keeping him in bedroom. The wife talked sion, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus costs, no injuries, might need tow truck. Does not to the caller last night and confirmed that restitution to Kimberly Brumley in the appear to be any other damage in grass. At- the father had been drinking and he got out a.m.ount of $115. Six months Posey Countempted to take corner and went into ditch. of control so they locked him in the bed- ty Jail, suspended.

Elderly female—Old Plank Road, New Har- room—Ramsey Court, Evansville Sandra K. Robb, 23, Mount Vernon. Pos5:12 p.m.—Car-Deer—Red Chevy Blaz- session of Marijuana, Class A Misdemeanmony 8:38 p.m.—Disturbance—Caller advised er, over $1,000 worth of damage. Deer is or. Petition to Revoke. Additional 90 days there is a male subject at the group home dead on side of road—Hwy 66, Wadesville probation. yelling and threatening—John Avenue, New Patricia G. Sharp, 42, Evansville. InHarmony Superior Court timidation, Class D Felony. Judgment of Felony/Misdemeanor Conviction entered as a Class A MisdeNovember 24 Michael L. Batteese, 52, Mount Vernon.

1:38 a.m.—Agency Assist—Deputy with Public Intoxication, Class B Misdemeanor. meanor. $1.00 plus costs, do not go on or Vanderburgh County is requesting backup Fine and costs are waived, counseling, around North Posey High School without in reference to suspicious vehicle—New 6 months probation and fees. Six months prior approval of School Administration, no contact with Erin Koester except to disHarmony/Boberg, Posey County Posey County Jail, suspended. cuss educational issues. Six months Posey 2:27 a.m.—Accident—Caller advised Joanna Jean Chamlee, 26, Mount Vernon. vehicle off in ditch. Made contact with fe- Ct. 1- Dealing in Methamphetamine, Class County Jail, suspended.

Margaret L. Stanley, 47, Mount Vernon. male subject and advised she is okay. Does B Felony; Ct. 2- Possession of Chemical Public Intoxication, Class B Misdemeanor. not need an a.m.bulance. Swerved to miss a Reagents or Precursors with Intent to Mandeer—Hwy 69, Griffin 10 days Posey County Jail. ufacture a Controlled Substance, Class D 2:40 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—AdCarl Strobel, 46, Mount Vernon. Invasion vised when she woke up, front door was Felony; Ct. 3- Possession of Methamphet- of Privacy, Class A Misdemeanor. Fine and standing wide open and money is missing amine, Class C Felony. $1 plus costs, $200 costs are waived, 6 months probation and off of counter—Blackford Road, Mount countermeasure fee. Ct. 1- 6 years Indiana fees, no contact with Jilleen Strobel.

Department of Corrections; Ct. 2- 2 years Vernon Carl Strobel, 46, Mount Vernon. Battery, ·2:59 p.m.—Attempted Breaking and En- Indiana Department of Corrections; Ct. 3- Class A Misdemeanor. Fine and costs are tering—Occurred last night. Caller advised 2 years Indiana Department of Corrections. waived, 6 months probation and fees. 6 Joanna Jean Chamlee, 26, Mount Verdid not see individual. Caller advised his months Posey County Jail, suspended. fiancé heard them in the enclosed porch. non. Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Tony Thompson, 42, Mount Vernon.

Thought it was the caller and called out his Class A Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Public Intoxication, Class B Misdemeanor. name and they took off—Mill Street, CynSean H. Clark, 21, Mount Vernon. ConDismissed. thiana version, Class A Misdemeanor. Petition to Tony Thompson, 42, Mount Vernon. At5:01 p.m.—Lockout—Caller advised her Revoke. Six months Posey County Jail. tempted Theft, Class D Felony. 2 years In16-month-old daughter is locked in a bluishBrandyn A. Cox, 19, Mount Vernon. Ct. diana Department of Corrections. gray Dodge Caravan. Vehicle is running— 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class A MisdeTony Thompson, 42, Mount Vernon. Ct. Busler’s, Evansville meanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Methamphet5:26 p.m.—Road Hazard—Older model amine, Class D Felony. Petition to Revoke. 1- Burglary, Class B Felony; Ct. 2- Theft, red Ford stopped in the westbound lane. No Probation is terminated. Twelve months Class D Felony. Ct. 1- 6 years Indiana Department of Corrections; Ct. 2- 2 years Inhazard lights on or anything. Blocking traf- Indiana Department of Corrections. diana Department of Corrections. fic. Male subject sitting in driver’s seat— Jameson Allen Cox, 23, Poseyville. Ct. Tony Thompson, 42, Mount Vernon. Ct. Hwy 66, Wadesville 1, 2, 3, 4- Theft, Class D Felony; Ct. 5- Ha6:39 p.m.—Custodial—Father of child 1- Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon, bitual Offender. Fine and costs are waived. took 3 week old baby and has locked himself Class C Felony; Ct. 2- Resisting Law Enin the apartment. Caller advised his daugh- 36 months Indiana Department of Correc- forcement, Class A Misdemeanor. Ct. 1- 4 ter is mother of child. She brought the child tions. years Indiana Department of Corrections; Jameson Allen Cox, 23, Poseyville. Ct. over to see the subject’s family for ThanksCt. 2- 1 year Indiana Department of Corgiving. Subject took baby from her car seat 1- Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated rections. and has locked himself inside. Unsure if any Endangering a Person, Class A MisdeTony Thompson, 42, Mount Vernon. Ct. weapons in residence. Refusing to open the meanor; Ct. 2- Operating a Vehicle While 1- Strangulation, Class D Felony; Ct. 2Intoxicated, Class D Felony. Petition to Redoor—Big Creek Apartments, Blairsville Battery, Class B Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

7:01 p.m.—Suspicious—Caller advised voke. Dismissed.

Vernon A. Vance, 41, Boonville. Driving Tamara K. Cox, 47, Mount Vernon. Ct. husband was on his way home. Advised While Suspended, Class A Misdemeanor. male subject walking on Hwy 62. Some 1- Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury, Class kind of reflective tape on clothing. In west- A Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Battery, Class B $1 plus costs, 6 months probation and fees, bound lane and is in the way of traffic. Al- Misdemeanor; Ct. 3- Public Intoxication, driver’s license suspended 6 months. Six most hit caller’s husband’s truck, waving Class B Misdemeanor. Ct. 2 and 3 are dis- months Posey County Jail, suspended.

Sarah B. Whipkey, 23, Evansville. False him down. Trying to get people to stop— missed. $1 plus costs, no contact with DonInforming, Class A Misdemeanor. $1 plus Hwy 62, Mount Vernon na Nation, six months probation and fees. costs. Six months Posey County Jail, sus7:53 p.m.—Suspicious—Can see lights Six months Posey County Jail, suspended. pended. in the woods behind residence. Near (name) Stevey R. Emerson, 21, Mount Vernon.

Charles J. Williams, 33, Mount Vernon. property on Welborn Road. No electricity at Battery, Class B Misdemeanor. Dismissed.

Ct. 1- Possession of Marijuana, Class A this property. Would like to speak to an ofStevey R. Emerson, 21, Mount Vernon.

Misdemeanor; Ct. 2- Possession of Paraficer—Smith Diamond Road, Evansville Ct. 1, 3- Dealing in a Look-A-Like Sub8:15 p.m.—Breaking and Entering—Adphernalia, Class A Misdemeanor. Disstance, Class C Felony; Ct. 2, 4- Dealing in vised he just came home and stuff has been missed. moved around in his residence. Advised a Substance Represented to be a Controlled Charles J. Williams, 33, Mount Vernon. someone has broke into the residence but Substance, Class D Felony. Ct. 2 and 4 are Disorderly Conduct, Class B Misdemeanlocked the residence back up. Advised this dismissed. Fine and costs are waived, $200 or. $1 plus costs. 30 days Posey County, has happened several times in the last cou- countermeasure fee, restitution to Posey suspended.

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Schroeder, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, is making a difference One person making a difference: in our everyday lives we hear all kinds of platitudes and most of them have substance in our life. One that I like is “Anyone can make a difference.”

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